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Vol. XX III.
I - - - - - 1 - -!
THE FRITTS Of, WIVWA7?0,XK,
Oh. tMgW wb t Vfr,
I wa. Married while fNif, lit sst
ff y choice; as 4 bo hippy y flurried
lift was. 1 hardly bear la Itiak, Mr.
,rry w. D on matter; aBl
W.Medw Woa. I!, iW.!U;:1,Ufil,,, qoe
pro(eio. . e..y rr.ie.e. 1 JI f " ,M
rrr j, ! "-nunrn Bin ery riostiy
n funs. u ua vifqinru iwaj
Tbe.e art r tPPy bear, ..d nuapeakatl. 1
drJ ,.,eei of . ,.jri .oj oort ru tfc,rPr
.. .
Fat ie. je.f. afitt oar ,rrur. wt
B. . .r, inu, ..repi ,Wr ..
hii neer Uioufbl nf lainf i. But at
tiai time we had two etilJrrn boy ; and
I. fool sH that I w, ihoht that they
were delicatethai they pined for freth
amatiy ar. ail ao; and wrfd ay
hatband; (or be, in,! tho(ht, waa wear
ift bioitell ay by keepiaf eo elate to
vai bf iai, BFa bbj
hit office. I U'frd him to re tie t from i
bifinfat and LonJ-n for a few weeka,!
n.l iiliiu .11 ;u . .....1.. f. . .l.... t
anj t.kae.lltntotbeeount,y forachngej
bf air.
hloh Mr. Iar. ...hol u ar. .
1 H.( iHvin'n vim-
... , .... s . ,
rede: and be now look paiaa ! gratify
e. lit eould not lei.a Loodoa e.uraly.
LlivV f. h!h,0tt,Jt
eome and .e. u. ae of.en a. peat iblt . j
utii. we went into me eountri; t ana ,
y children. It waa ia a pleasant tillage M
.1 leaal, I tlugh It pleaa.nt thea) abooi !
eigni miles no our lnaon tionr; ana
left busiaesa early ia tht afiernoon, w ;nou-t Uul mf 5pPy, ay wicked
spend the evening with ns, aud returned ,,, ; on 1 it was that did all the mis
early the next morning. I e,ef The instant he waa told that 1 b.d
Ontdty oh I I shall acter forget that j racei?,j ,.0 B kmott tmmt.
day I received a note from a friend ho.rillfr ,fr.ard a arted lor Undon. ht
W VI nillBjsj HlBCff Sf wff;v Htrvtif
there, aod my friend had eng.getl to aej,
r.V:: .T's ll I J
bal no expectation that my husband
would visit us thst day. Indeed. 1 bsliev-'i,.
ed ,t impossible that h. e.u.d, a. lkn.w
commnwe on that very evening.
I bad gtten di.ee .ona to y a.rvant,
. mI ll,l k.a K.. .k.. ll .Al .al.i.n until m
late, but had not said wniiher I was go- bv
Hi.r: and was leaH'g ihe door ol oone,
4nttwflrs Br.afi mv VOUIttrrPi out. ucsli tie-
a aa .a.at
tie fellow ! (then nil quite fie years old.)
ran ep t me. and asked
- Mother, where are yoe goirgP ,
I evaded the question; for I feared the
bora would wish to go with me, if I should
mention the name ot Mrs., and I bad
made up mf mind to go alone.
Itui Willv dune to mv hsnd. and, in
biswinnior way, said, "Yon most not j
gn, mother, without teibng me where you (
art going. And ihen Ins biotner ran.
out, and pot the que.tion in anomer way.
Are you going
10 Londor, to see
rather!" .
Ungosrdedly, thoughtlersly, and yet,
oh, how criminally ! 1 answered, Yes,
yes, to be sure, I am going to London."
Little did I an icipa t tht iraio of miserie.
Which followed upon thai answer. How
could It
M.i.a than nnea. durinf HIT Walk, be
thouithi obtruded itsrll that 1 had decied
my children, and I f. It ill at esre; and if 1
ad, even then, listened to the reproofs of
Conscience, forgone my anticipa'ed plea
Hire, and returned to undeceive them, all
might have been well. But I quieted my
sell with some wretched topbi'irj: I he
pot told an untruth:! am going w London,
though not to-day; aud I did n ii ssy lint
was going to-dy.
I had my pleure uie lasi oay oi
pleasure in tin woild tlul I etrr enj.yed,
pr fch.ll enjoy, though I lite to be sn
hundred yer. old; and then t returned.
It was about nine o'rhrk. I found my
bqyi opt of their beds; and the first ques
tion hey put to me, wss
pid laths r find jou!"
Find me ! Father find me ! What do
you mean! and why ars you not in bed!"
I replied.
Their story wii soon told. My hus
bnd had arrited at the cotuge about an
hour after left it. and was told that I was
gone to Lnt m; thai I was walking thith
er eien ther thst I had had a letter thst
morning whir h 1 had put into my orket;
an I that I had seemed in a great hurry to
go after the letter came.
On heaiinc this, my husbsnd, accord
to our servants, account, .rented trou
bled, and, without waiting for relreth
ment or rest, immediately returned; leat
ing word that he would be bark in the
evening with toe, and thst our boys might
sit op till we came, if it wera not tery
late.
Alt this wa. my.terious to mt, except
that put of fie account which rrlrted to
my deception. I could understand that,
a'a, too well. But why Mr. Percy
lZ"m?i& uoubled an.iou. lest some b.d' -f ili-
that fnsad wss the mother or our o ar to hm ,nJ hof.j bck , Uj mort hu. . ... .
fc1"!" ,;." ! " ,b" f l"J'," t i SSi? " iX-S;
uking lunch wib my poor bojs, I pre., inf to ticb ht ey M fOO0 as rayself l.,.:,.,.. mutl jv ,. ...iimit vir.
pared for iht walk. I pieferr.d walking .. undl(M lhkl i. h.d nai met: but re' !UU,..refd? J0' KlTlT'
U0.f. THE
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sbou!d have reaot so early is lb day. o
how be cneld M roikt U e thai day,
I cuhiIJ not eadtrstaa J, nor b j Lc lUotld
be so talipes w tee me,
1 did not wait long is fttipcntf. Tht
sound ef wheel, waa root Leird i a
barkery-roara Iie sn at the door. end
t my hbad sprang t. Jii fitsi exrj.
' I .7 a a a
ftly areovat wai aooa given. Dul. ;
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7JZ? " m "
J M B
'alJ - Mlor. "you tfi
b Jl;
"P w " sj WiBW
mterpotr d livery, our
did job rt go
g M , fo , ,,,,, h).
band l-oked terrible fiif oed, and eery
amiHij anj I tu.ied myiclf is doin
oraihirf for hie coojlorts and then put
(lie by a to bfd. .
And iheacamo ray batbiati'e ei plana
tKa. lie, ton, had received ft letter ihat
fatal aaornint;, of fr mote iaporanre than
aamr a letter tli.t be thought required
rav eoBtidr rational well aeha owe; and.
' la all Mtl ttn.inc.a h kxt .
. -"" - ( wire, nu n.i urcu inimcu I W'KB J Nil.
hiW.BJ ,., eoBMl mt. Totf, MM, iknkull hM ,iat, ..i, hrfakrjM. :JB
ail.Ma ma.!. rJ Mntcttafi In lha it.
.7. - J V ' V
ae a n ma uniea llt RI(J cuoea 10
, , e.,cJ M bjW, lher fcfet(
h, woaJ b pr,,.ired WikiB. Al aU
- "'''eredhadbs found
e at the eU.. or even bad be kwn j
,.miBi - i ... . k. iuoJ.
j hid u metMt ,, t ,,i,er I
fniat . htm m,tU h, l(lB.
fot Ke- hf W0J,j 1,,, ihought ol mi
friend '
m BB llll 11BIB1 BUUVIII BBalBB BB K III
tk . . a am .All awaaW ta ttlMm
WM po,bk. , hlJ ukei dl(tt.
; v rh t oi ,h: rr ;
Whea my husband reached London,
taanA u't a.ha.sed and an. ell ,
- . - - - w - - . I Bill Iff IfTB llipir B rBflSBlaaaaB.Birnf BSBI IB VI I W
'milh " u a Mg.mglJTS
wntB ha f(M,a lh
nau sot rtacritti
hom - befor, hit0, ll9 wlled lfnptlienUy j
........
tl, nreaaiae busine.s which bad eaus-.
aD(xpected visit, sad Djr my ooac-
countable abseaee, to take the re I rem- ,earjng bcgiu4 to grow less ; bul time
raeoi be so much needed. After waiting ,10rlent Wllj, it .it it almost dinner time
for sorus lima in great and inert asing sas- j ome arcident dial joint of m;at is
pense, be went Irom one lo anotberol our j rroleucompany calls Ir. Itenmin for
London friends, imagining the possibility g0t l0 gel iUy Pggg oa Saturday, Mrs. II.
of my be ng thu fonnd, noUiin doubting ; mugl j0 n,e m wayiiie bell ring,
the reality ol my 'journey to London, j lweiVc Uie dKr open., and iu rush the
How was he w dubt it! he asked. d ! t..:ijfen floin StIOul John has torn hie
' . a .
I not cznticitlv told our boys that I wa.i
- 0ing tbilheil and bad 1 aer flecetrea
then or himl :
At Unglh, distressed ueyonu measure,
tT int j0ihi tncit oi uisappuiuuuciu,
anxiety, buatnes. eoggeosoi.. sou bou..
a - , . a I
ly f.tigue and .ickness, my husband once !
more leached hit office, and, finding thst,
I had not mad. my appearance, determm-,
ed to take a coach, ana return m uie cut-.
tsje, with the tague hope that be had j
misunderstood ihe poor boy., or thai they
ami ihe servant bad mt.uncer.toou me.
Thus ended this terrible dsyr-ienible.
at least, in it. consequences.
I must dsss oter. eontined Mrs. Percy,
ths reoaiodei of my history as briefly a.
lean. I dars ool dwell upon it,
Tht night, iiwtead of snjoying tbe rest
he so much needed, my husband complain
ed of pain and wearnet. The following
lay hi. .ufferinj. increased: we sent for
a physician. It was putrid fver I The
infection might hae been taken from tht
coach io which Mr. Percy travelled. We
never ascertained whether or no it were
ao; but were this the case or not, mine
wa. iht guilt, and mine hat been tbe
nunishmenv My husband died. Poor
hula all was the next victim, and then
his brother. Iu less than a month from
the day of that ile fdsehood, 1 had neith
er husband nor son!
From the Christian Watchman.
FEMALE TRIALS.
Mv heart always "stits within me,'
when 1 read selection, made by editors
of newspapers, even "CluUtian Citizens,"
which ate designed for it. married ladies.
setting f rth our duty with relation to mak
ing our home, nanny to our nusuanup,
that wc should always welcome them will
a rlipprlul smile, when they come in Irom
the cares and fatigues of the day, and do
all we can to make married life pleasant
lo them, &c. Now, this is well, I ac
knnwleilire. and trust I strive daily to re
tluce a irood theory to practice. But al
hnv me to inquire if the catcs and fatigues
of the wife are always 1 might say, ever
appreciated by the husband T
Shall I give -t short sketch of domestic
life as it is ; not, ot course, ucscriDing
CONSTITUTION. AN I THE
TIIUItDA Y. AlCl'HT 20, l!47.
CunHjr it altouUI I. bvt I ih to irr
a fir esanple ef every djjr life at home.
Mjr Mtijhtfir, Mr, Iknson, a Uyer bjr
prefmioa, U nl.al thp mvriJ rali a rt
fpectaUe man. Ilia income b await, but
he rairrird a la! who waa aMe to furo'ub
ilieir mall ho.rt Itauttsomclv, anJ thej
bate aome hcpeuf mpfri!T (a remsioa.
Mrs. D. vra eJueatrd ia UMtJtra timra,
and eofnwliat flikjnaMjr, to tbat tbe
boat of e ila htch ignorant young
lefDCra are lirir In. rame ll.u-k ami futt
upon her, when the atartrd on the doubt
ful pilgrimage f matrimonial life.
But abe bad firto prinriiilet. rnerry of
t i i t t i
vuaracirr, anu arroiru lore lor iter nue.
band all food eiimuhote in t1e path of
uuiy, tirareti like a licroine all the
" M a pot tompeu," which ofun roiue from
the clonda not ao bij aa a mau'a luud,"
and in due time, succeeded in miking a
cheerful and faithful inanjjernf their eco
nomical eatal.lMimrnU .M r. II. baa been
a wifo twelre year, and ia a mother of
tire children, the joungrstbut a bibe.and
tlie family are aa iuiuy aa a large portion
of families.
It ia Monday morning, ami this pekt
J unutterable thingn" to a New Knglarul
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I. .. .1.. -I .: I 1
"" w w fiw tu
Uie oflire, wbete the boy has a good 6rt
the bolf and papers are all in good or
der, and Mr. U. ails down to answer few
borne to dinner puuetually at one oVIock
naiU C,r ,n-be tale it q.,iCly,
by, and then hurries back to the office.
Al the hour f tea bo eors koine otv
, , . . , . , : m - - - - - - ,
liini. i. l..r..l I il.
. . itv. tiMti nu, iv uuviv ma; .iiuuic i
rhyme of an old song.
Ths hearth waa rlran, ttia fin m rlrar,
Tbe kritle mm on fu Ira;
Denaon i in hia Mrkiiif rhir,
A ltd Meat as niru could be.
,
handkerchief., () ;, u Z)
r- ii . onkr and n nw the babv is crv.
" J"' r.V""d: ,"W.,r..3r "?
utinv.
i... ... - i..i i... r t .:
:'h. Bmi,' lfl Bllloo.hls
ilLi ' , ,u "7
telj outjr -Vhe Tlotiv Pile of i week a
" .
n.jnt!iliMiim M.irv iiumt have some mou-
eyt ,jlcIU to ,.vl a thimMc, olie hud just lost
hers WilUaiu has cut his linger with a
p,ece 0f gia,,,f anj u calling loudly lor hi.
10iuer.
M VeDton endeavors lo keep
Wl B B W Wlirwii Vimvn f w
chctrM anJ lighted i i,e hubbub : ai
uwt by,l(relrorls Mione, j,
M Jler' ,1U8banJ c(Mne m al
nd
perhaps wonders the " pie is not a little
better warmed," and with this comment,
and a smile on the baby, he is off, till it is
time for tea. I forbear to finish the day,
Mr. Editor, and shall only say, Uie after
noon is made up of little trials, too small
lo mention, bul large enough lo try Uie
aitli and patience ol all the patriarch'.
Now, sir, this wife has surely borne the
burden and heat of the day ; her limbs
are wearied Iter whole energy ol mind
and body exhausted and she is exhorted
M to welcome her husband with a smile."
She does it, for a woman's love is strong
er than death. I would ask, should not
M r. Benson givo his wife a smile f U hat
i:is he done to lighten her cares through
the day ! How is it ! Iu nine cases out
of ten, after silting an idle hour, he wish
es Mrs. It. would put nil those noisy chil
dren to- bed he should be glad to have
her tell David to go to the post ofhee for
letters and papers, and at length, when
half way between sleeping and waking.
he looks at his pale, exhausted help-mate,
and exclaims Well, wife, you begin to
look a little fatigued. .
I cannot ask yon, Mr. Editor, if my
picture is not a true one, for you are a
strangerto the joys and cares of a married
life : but I pray you be more just, and
now and then exhort husbands to do their
part towards making home ngrccahle to
their wives, when the latter have, like At
lass, borne a world of cares and vexations
through the day.
The Two Sisters of Survey. Tlie
following beautiful passages on thcadvan-
9 . a
tages of those wonderful instruments, the
microscope and telescope, is by that elo
quent writer, Dr. Chalmers whose re
cent death is the more to be lamented, says
the Boston Transcript, when one reflects
on the depth and expansion of so great
HWS-TIIE OUAUniANS OF
easiJ, and in horn has passed away from
easb both a 'philosopher and a Cbiratiaa :
While the irlcfcope enaUrs ua to tee
a aistcm in every star, the mkcrocope un-
loiis la us n world ia every atom, jne
on instructs ua that this mighty globe,
will the whole burthen of its people and
its countries, ia but n grain of sami in the
van field of immeniv ; the other, that
evy atom may harbor ll-e tribes and fa-
wil a of a busy population. The one
shews ns the insignificance of the wot Id
we inhabit ; tbe other redeems it from all
its insignificance, lor it lis us that in the
leases of every fivest, in the flowers of ev
ery ganlen, in the waters of every rivulet.
there are worlds teeming with life, and rjake raali promises. Look before you
numberless aa are the atara of Uie tirnta !eap, and not leap aa thousands do, and
men. The one suggests to us, ihaUabove afterwards, when too late to jump back,
".nd beyond all that is visible to man. bitterly lament the consequence f your
there may be regions f creation which 1 folly. Tbe best course is, to keep your
swtrp immeasurably bmg, and erry the' eyra open, your mouth shut, and joor
impress ol the Almighty'a bund to the re- inri, p,irc. Then. ,f J0U prumUe, you
mutest scenes of the uuivetse t Uie other, wilt not hesitate to fulfil, or run cmiy be
that, wiihin ami beueath all Uie minute- raust every body is priming to yon as the
nets which the aided rye of nun is able to ',M3n who never fulfils bis agreements or
explore, there may be a world of invisible nr 0p 0 bU word.
beings ; and that, cotdd w e tlnw aside the I u .
mysterious veil wbirh shroud, it frotu our t ScIcnCfJ for Jfltcheib-Profrssor
senses, we might behold the Uieatre oT ;.. Lklji i( a ,cUer ,0 VnkttM SlUiuiau,
maey wonders as astiomiuiy can unfIJ ; fray .
a universe wiU.in a comp:,s. of a piHnt, . I The metl0j of U 0b,iouMv
so small as lo elude? all the tNiwers of the ,i, t.. . .. it
microscope, but n liere the Almighty Ktf u, j, foIlow j, tf
''.''.itiferdirted. -Ifapice of meat I put
of II,. attributes, where lie can ra.se an- ia eotJ mJ hefcleJ Q
other mechanisni r worlds, and fill and am, UtM u , h W
auimate them with evidemea or Ilia glo- ,wr dt.f ,nJ haVe leaa taste than if the same
ry ' .' piea-e had been thrown into water already
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HUUSIUUUj
creaiior. I "ere was
a certain lawver on the I ape a bng lime
on me t. apr
f . , . ,,-.
Tavn.lhe mil mm ll.na dioritina llin.
i lima tltgtfins" then.
a J -
aim nir uiieiii anuw ai iniirni. 11,
. ..ii .! in it.. -..n.l ...,i
waa a man wiil to oo in tlie worm, and
, . . ... , .
what was tomewhat surpr.s.ng , a ,,.,b
of the law, averse to encouraging U ig.t on.
One day a client eaiue to bun in a vw-
lent rage. Look a here, 'Squire, taid
he, that ere blaMed sh.maker down lo !
Pigeon Cove ha. gone and .ued me for
iht money for a patrol boots lowed him." i
Did the boou suit yo.i !" Oh. ves ;
Pie got em on, fust rate boots. Fair '
price r " Oh ves.' Then you ewe
i r . ... i i. . . ... . ii.
him the money honestly!" "In course."
Well why don't you pay him f - Why
cause Ihe bhtsted n..b wvtil and sued me,
and I want in Un l,in ....loflha innn.v
ifl kin." It will cost you something. ,
"I dwn v keer e-cus for Uiat. How .
much money do vou want to bee in with !'' I
Oh, ten dollars will do." 1. that all i f
Well. btree a X. eo vou rear eo ahead," i
fdtfelfilifdrDarted, wtllsaliafied with
Our lawyer next railed upon Ihe shoe-1 tiiou.anua peinaps nave cuiuvaieu wiui
maker and asked him what he meant by oul notiring Ihe fact, is never known to
commencing U gal proceedings tgaiusl ascend from right to left. If uncoiled.
y Whv." said he, "I kept on and f.nced lo assume a direction contrary
sendin to him for money till I gt lired ' to that ordained by nature, it will aicken,
know'd be was able to pat, and I wa j and perhaps die outright. Theie sre oth
'tennined to mske him. That'a the long ! er plaint which twine indiscriminately ei
and the abort or it. Well," said the ( Iher way, or both ways, as art or in.tinci
lawyer, he's always been a good cue- j may direct. Wire liranch.
tomer to vou. and I ihiitk you acted too I r 7" ' " '"' !
hwtily. There's a trille lo pay on ac-
ctHint or your proceetlinjt but 1 think i
you'd better take this five dollars and call
ii square.' Certain, Squire, if you say .
so and darned glad to get it," was ihejhc will make an excellent husband. If
a a a .lt .aa .
answer. , fn the lawyer lor ken over me .
one V. and kept the other. l
In a few day. his client came along and
anked him how he got on with his ease, i
Rapidly I" cried the lawyer ; we ve
nontuttfil him T he II neve i trouble you.
"Jerusalem! that's great!" rried the cli
ent; "I d rather gin fifty dollars than
have had him got the nmnry fur them
boots!" Spirit vf Iht Timtt.
The Hen-Pecked A friend of ours on
Fourth sereet, had a sprightly male Cana
ry bird which he mated a short time sinee,
and Mrs. Canary soon built herself a nest
in the cage, laid the right number ol eggs
and commenced sitting on tlirm. It would
seem from what followed, that she now
thought herself entitled to exemption from
all other labor, even that of providing food
for herself, aqd that Mr. Canary was ne
glectful of her wants. On Sunday last
she came off her nest and went at him,
drove him about the cage and after pick
ing him severely, returned to her scat on
the nest. The result of lliiu thrashing was
soon apparent: Mr. Canary has ever
since been careful to keep her well sup
plied wiih food, bringing the seed to her
and putting it in her mouth in the kindest
manner, the flogging having operated to
a charm. Tiou 7 elegruph.
Newspapers. A man (says Dr. Frank
lin) ns often gets two dollars for the one
he spends in inlorming his mind as he
docs for a dollar he lay out in 'any other
way. A man eats up a pound of sugar
and it is cone, and the pleasure he has en
joyed is ended ; but tiio information he
gets Irom a newspaper is treasured up in
the mind to be enjoyed anew, and to be
used whenever occasion or inclination call.
for it. A newspaper is not the wisdom
of one man, or two men ; it is the wisdom
of the age, and of past agcS too.
A family without a newspaper is al-
a ,ways half an age behind the times in ge
aUR LIBERTY.
aeral fn formation ; beeidea they can nev
er think natch nor find rum k to ta!k about.
And tlieai tlicre are little ours growing no
in ignorance, without any tate f r read
ing, ttetides all these eiils, tlteree the
ife, who, vhraj the work is dour, has to
it do with ber hands ia her lap aad
nothing t aninse ber, or dirert ber mind
from the mile and cares of die domestic
circle. W ho, then, would be without a
newtpaperf
Bo U yoa Ap-ee. Do aa yon agree.
The plighted wrd should neier be bro
ken. Hate you vowed to bap into the
dork f Co and do it. But mind and not
uoilinir. Iii the first case, the
H.ttn.
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bumen of the meat coagulates from the
. auaii uie rtMiu, in i uc Hi viiii) mic ai
. - . " . .
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,urfar inward, and envelopes the interior
. . - .. . . , , .
with a layer w hich is impermeable to wa
, J,
imM ,he Ulea McwJ;.
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An Error. Profewor Ohustead dt nes
Ut he i. the author of Uie roiumunicalion
a'Tthnting to the Teh-graph the power to
V lhuM4jfr 9U"m' -le ) " lhe
,,,e ,h;l1 e haU hT' no ''"'y lndei
vtn, or hear of lightning striking, as
,lon tfinnpn Hee spreau
over the earth, could not, should suppose,
,c nweriaineii ny any one who reticcts
"OW em:ill a porlU.n SUlll SlrtlCtUreS Ol art
mjxteM, to the grand operationa of
CuriOTU Fact rhere are many twin-
ing plant, that ascend their supporter, on-
,ly fiom left to right. Of thisdeteriptinn
Good HusTjand. When yon see a
vnunif man modest and retiring in his man-
rter, who cares less about his dress than
bi rnoial haracter, depend upon it,ladies.
y(u see one mat is Kind anu attentive to
his mother, affectionate to his sisters, in-
dustriou. in his habits, and economical in
his business, rest assured you have found
one of w horn you never will be asjiainrd
A Word to Boys. The Learned
Blacksmith" says: Boys, did you ever
think that this gteat world, wiih all its
wealth and wo, with all its mines, moun
tains, oceans, seas, nnd rivers, wiih all its
shipping, its steamboats, railroads, and
magnetic telegraphs ; with all the science
and progress of ages, will soon be given
over to the hands or the Boys of the pre-
rent age ? boy. like yon, assembled in
school-rooms, or playing vjnhnut them.
on both side, of the Atlantic ! Believe
it, and look abroad upon your inheritance
and get ready to enter upon its possession.
The Kings, Presidents, Governors, States
men, Philosophers, Ministers, Teacher.,
Men, of the future, are all hoy, whose
feet, like yours, cannot reach the floor,
when seated upon the benches upon which
they are learning to master the monosyl
tables of their respective languages.
Dreadful Explosion. Among the late
news from England, is an account of a
terrific explosion, which occurred at the
Gun Cotton Works in l aversham, on the
15th of last month, apparently from the
spontaneous ignition of gun cotton. About
twenty live, were lost by the explosion,
many persons injured, and a great amount
of property destroyed. 1 he account Irom
which we derive this information, says :
Before the introduction of cotton the four
buildings exploded were used for drying
powder, and were called stoves being in
a row one before the other, with a mound
of earth in a pyramidical form, of about
twenty feet, base, between each to cut off
communication in the event ol an accident:
but this device proved utterly useless, for
all were blown to attotns. immense bars
of iron even were twisted like twigs. The
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scene of trrrot and df i tmrtioa was appal,
hog men, women and children fly ing w ith ,
streams in every c.rrrtjoa.
Tka extraordinary effect of the exploo-
ioa en ike buildings in the neighbor hood,
and oa the com fields in the vicinity, ran
not possikk be realized eseept fcv aa ejs "
nitnes.. l be roota of aU the buildings .
iihin afcovt quarter of a anile of tlie ex
plosion are mm tidily stripped of their
tiles, and the walls art much shaken. E
ven in the town of Faverthara, fully n
mile distant fiom tbe scene cf the disaster,
windowa ere broken and the looses oth .
crwie damaged in some instances. On
the opposite side of Uie stream which ,
forms ihe oorthern boundary of the Marsh
W orks is a field of wheal oftomn extent.
The explosion has completely blasted thie
over a space of about two acre., and the
ears, drooping and discolored, present n
scene of desolation in perfect character
with the adjoining ruins. Tlie willow
trees wiihin about fifty yards of the build
ing. No. 3 and 4, are lorn up by the
roota and trattcred about in all direction..
Those more distant are let. seriously in
jured, but ihe foliage of all within a veiy
large circle is wholly destroyed. One of
the most remarkable effect, of the explo
sion is the removal, as it appears almost
botlily, of the enormous mound of earth
skirting the No. 4 stove. Another in
stance of its power waa shown in the forc
ible ejection from a deep well of two mas-
sire pumps, Uie leaden pipes of which.
neatly twenty fc-et long, were drawn op
and thrown to a very considerable die- ,
lance.
The explosion waa heard distinctly at
the distance of tliirty miles. The strength
of gun cotton is stated, by the English pa
pers, to be just six times that of gtinpow-
dr. Professor Schoenbein has said that
it will not explode at two hundred and
eighty-four degrees but the facte of this
case seem to prove the reverse,
ninnesoU. The following in relatioa
to this new territory we lake from lha
Wellington Correspondence of the Balti
more Sun :
"The territory of Minnesota it looliur
op a large number of imlusiriout New-
Liiglund settlers are going into it. Their
mill, are atreadr makitur music in the
wild woods. An immense amount of
dressed lumber will be sent down from the
Fall, of St. Croix to St. Iritis and New
Orleans, (.'en. Gushing and hit Masra
chuselts irgiment will settle in Min-ne-n-ta
after the close bf the-war. It will
be a favorite resort, too, for the soldiers
of the New York and Pennsylvania, and
many of the Western regimentt rh will
inHifa-tir iranr wno4 BtMuntfif-a
mess of pottage."
Improvements la Manufactures
The Scientific American announce, a revo
lution in calico printing as at hand ; house
paper is to be printed so cheap that block
ing must be done away. Instead of two
or three weeks now required to engrave a
copper roller of the highest finish, the in
ventor, with a few diamond point graver,
and acids, gels up one in as many houts.
He has also invented a machine for shear
ing cloth, which shears five to six hun
dred pieces in a day, and does the work
belter than it is now done by the old pro
cess. cotton manufactories in Georgia.
lie uuiiioti V vtmuii itiviurica ai mo
at the present time in Georgia, is 28, via :
n Upson county, 4 ; Clark, 4 ; Greene,
9; Richmond,? ; Muscogee, 2 ; Newton,
2; Baldwin, 1 ; Putnam, 1 ; Morgan, 1 ;
Bulk, 1 Cobb, 1 ; Chattooga, 1 ; Elbert,
; Troup, I ; Campbell, 1 ; Walker, I ;
Warren, 1.'
Pitcalrn's Island. This remarkable
island was visited on the 26th of Febru
ary by the British Government brig Spy.
The officers went ashore, and were re-'
reived by George Adam?, son of the cel
ebrated John Adams, the founder of the
colony. They met with a cordial wel
come, and after partaking of n repast, in
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ntuiiiis a uiu voltage, me iany reiurnCU OH
board the Spy. Forty-six whalers, most-
y American, had called during the year
1840. It will he remembered that this
island (in the South Pacific Ocean) was
settled about half a century ago by seve
ral Ltiigltslimen, mutineers of an English
ship, who took with them Ouheitan wo
men. .
Mr. Alexan ler Dickerson of Newark.
ha recently invented and patented a mode
of melting iron ore and producing bloom
ed iron, which appears to be a vast im
provement upon the plan heretofore pur
sued. Amongits other advantages, (which
are oertified hy that veteran iron master,
Col. Joseph Jackson, of Rockaway.) it
saves half the fuel and hair the time for
merly consumed in the operation it is in
tended to facilitate.
Some drunken chap io the country, in
attempting to cross a deep stream ou the
shadow or a tree on a beautiful mooulight
night not long since, came near being
, drowned.
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