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T f - " BBssijsTsMsTslMllslsFsj Published every Friday Mornim, by PRICE & PULTON, Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $3 50 a-yean in advance, or $3 00 if not paid within three months after subscribing- No paper discontinued until all arrearages arc paid. No subscription received for less than twelve months. We will pay the postage on letters containing Three Dollars and upwards, and money may be remitted through the mail at our risk. The Postmaster's cer tificate of such remittance shall be a sufficient receipt therefor. 0 All Letters ua business connected with this of fl e, must be addressed post paid to Pkice & Fulton, or thoy will not be attended to. OUR CIRCULATIOS. rr3-WE mean to keep the following paragraph stan ding for the benefit of all whom it may concern: ADVERTISING. -We would commend the following fhcts to the attention of the advertising community. The "V,lmington Journal" circulates upwards of 13 hundred copies weekly. Its circulation in the town of Wilmington is as large as that of any otherpaper pub lished in the pbce. We would further statf M ta circulation in the counties which trade to this pkice is three times as large as that of any other paper publish ed in North Carolina, and that its list is daily increasing. We say, therefore, without the fear of contradiction, that it is the best vehicle for advertising which the peo ple of Wilmington can select. One other observation We think, that although a large majority of the readers of the "Journal" are Democrats, still they occasionally do a little trading, as well as the readers of the whig pa pers. We have written the above merely for the Infor mation of those who are most deeply interested busi ness men of all professions and all political creeds WHO WANT CUSTOMERS. "mail arrangements"" Post Office, Wilmington. Northern Mail., by Rail Road, due daily at 2 P. M., and close at IQevery Bight. Southern Mail, by oteannT from Charleston, is due & aily at 9 A. M., mnd closes at 1 1 A. M. every day. Favbttbvii.lk Mail, by Rail Road, is due on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, at 3 P. M., and closes on same dys at 10 at night. Fayettevili.e Mail, by Prospect Hall, Elizabetbtown, Wcstbrooks, and Robesons, is due on Tuesdays Thurs days and Saturdays, at 9 A. M., and closes n same days t 10 P. M. Smithvillr Mail, by Steamer, is due daily at 8 A. M., and closes at 12J P. M. every day. Tavlor's Hridoe, Long Creek, Moore's Creek, Bi ack River Chapel, and Hariiell's Stcse Mail, is due every 'Thursday at 6 P. M., and closes same night at 10. Onslow Court House, Stump Sound, and Topsail Mail, is due every Monday at 4 P. M., and closes every Thuisday night at 10 P. M. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Neatly executed and with despatch, on liberal terms for cash, at the JOURNAL OFFICE. ATTORNEY AT LAW. WILMINGTON, N. C. MYERS & BARNUM, fttattufacturers Sealers fit HATS AND CAPS, WHOLESALE AND HETA1L, MARKET STREET Wilmington. N. C. GEORGE W. DAVIS, Commission and Forwarding MERCHANT, LOUDON'? WHARF, Wilmington, N. C. &m'4 & m&xtisutiBt Auctioneer fc Commission Blcvcltaiit, WILMINGTON, N. C. Liberal advances made on shipments to his friends in Neto York. September 21, 1844. 1-tf. ('untinue the AGENCY business, and will make liberal advances on consignments of Lumber, ?iaval Stores, &c. &c. Wilmington, August 1st, 1815. INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT WASH INGTON. We copy the following interesting account of the installation of George Washington as President, by a living eye witness, from Mr. Cist's Cincinnati Daily Advertiser. It is from the pen of the venerable Judge Burnet, of Cincinnati; and in publishing the communica tion Mr. C. well says " It is one of those rare articles, of which the value ami interest are increased rather than impaired by its length, and that of the very few surviving witnesses of the memorable scene described, there is probably no individual living so well qualifi ed as Judge Burnet, to write out his impres sions and recollections of the subject. .Mr. Cist In a recent conversation, you requested me to give you an account of the installation of President Washington, after his first election to the Presidency, which I had the pleasure of witnessing. You will recollect that the first Congress, chosen under the Federal Constitution, assem bled at New York, early in the month of April, 1789 ; and that alter the houses were organized, they proceeded in the manner pre scribed in the constitution, to open and count the votes given for President and Vice Presi dent of the United States; when it was ascer tained that George Washington, of Virginia, w as eleected President by the unanimous vote of the nation, and John Adams, the elder of Massachusetts, by an overwhelming majority. A certificate of the election of George Wash ington, signed by the President of the Senate, was immediately transmitted to him by Chas. Thompson, Secretary of the Congress, and delivered at Mount V ernon, on the 14th of April. Having determined, after seiious delibera tion, to accept the appointment, and being a ware that the atliiirs of the nation required his presence at the seat of government, he bid a reluctant adieu to Mount Vernon, and com menced his journey to the seat of government, on the second day alter the arrival of Mr. Thompson. Here the writer enters into a description of the manifestations of popular enthusiasm in his progress, with which most readers are probably familiar, and we therefore omit it. The Governor of New Jersey joined him at New-Brunswick, and accompanied him to Elizabethtown Point. On the road between those places, the President was met by the Committee of Congress, who received and conducted him and his suite with military honors to the Point, where they embarked on a magnilicent barge, built and decorated for the occasion, and rowed by thirteen branch Pilots, selected from different harbors, and dressed in white uniforms. Writers of that day have represented the incidents of the journey, from its commence ment to its close, as being equal in splendor, :and far exceeding in sincerity, kindness of feeling, and unfeigned admiration, the trium phal procession ol the great conquerors of an tiquity. New York bay was litterally white with vessels and boats of all sizes, filled with ad miring multitudes, both male and female, clad in their richest attire Many of these vessels had bands of music on board', and all of them displayed flags painted for the occasion, each having an allusion to some interesting event in the life of this great man. The bay, a broad sheet of water extending eight or nine miles, seemed to be animated with grateful and happy multitudes, competing with each other to do the first and highest honors to him they idolized, and regarded, not only as the greatest, but the noblest and the best of the human family. It was understood that the city would be crowded with peopie from eve ry section of the countrv, on which account it DAVID FULTON, Editor. VOL. 3. NO. 41. J was thought not prudent te make public the place at which the barge was to land ; but as she reared the Battery, the place of her des tination was pretty well ascertained by the multitude, from the course she was steering, which they had closely observed ; so that when she reached the stairs errected on Mur ray s wharf, where the admired of every ad and the mirer was to embark, the landing streets as far as the eve could extend, were to see their great benefactor. At the landing I the President was received by the Governor l ' i iii v vf iruo ua uuiiian uciued, aiiAiuu. j anxious of the State of New York, and conducted with military honors throughout an immense ton course of admiring friends, to the lodgings prepared for his reception. In the evening, the city was brilliantly illuminated, and there was a fine display of fireworks from the Bat tery. Being myself, at that time, a student of Princeton college, and these interesting scenes taking place during the Spring vacation of the institution, it was in my power to be present and witness the greater part of them. In the memorandum made by the general, in his pri vate journal, was the following statement : " The display of boats which attended and joined on the occasion, some with vocal, and others with instrumental music on board the decorations of ships the roar of cannon, and the loud acclamations of the people which rent the sky as I passed along the wharves, filled my mind with sensations as painful as they were pleasing." Before the arrival of the President elect, Vice President Adams reached the city, and took his seat in the Senate, as the presiding officer of that august body ; without doubt the most learned and patriotic assembly in the world. Both houses were then organized, & while they were waiting the arrival of the President elect, various subjects were moved and discussed, relating to the forms and modes of conducting the public business that might be brought before thern ; and, among other topics, a proposition was made to settle the title, or, more properly, the style, in which the President of the United States should be addressed. On that subject various opinions were expressed. It was proposed by some to give him the title of " His Excellency." Br others, "His Honor," and by others, the sim ple address of " Mr. President." For some time, the subject was discussed with serious ness and good feeling, but finally an effort was made to laugh down tne whole subject, and bring it into ridicule. With that view, a res olution was offered declaring that the title of the President should be " His High Mighti ness." By that movement it was seen at once, that it was time to dismiss the whole subject, wh'ch was done, without arriving at any con clusion, or making any record of the procee ding. The spacious edifice which then stood on Wall street, immediately facing the entrance into Broad street, had been procured for the accommodation of the two houses of Congress. In front of the building there was a capacious balcony, ornamented with columns and rich carved works: communicating with the hall occupied by the Senate. In that structure the ceremonies of the inauguration took place, on the 30th April, 1789, in full view of the sur rounding multitude. It had been carefully fitted up, and richly and tastefully furnished for the occasion. The floor was covered with costly carpeting, and the front and sides were ornamented with damask curtains, gaily trim med, hanging in festoons from pillar to pillar, so adjusted as not to interrupt the view from the streets below. I had taken the precau tion in time, to obtain a safe, convenient po sition on the porch of a house at one of the corners of the two streets, about 50 feet from the ba! con von which the ceremony was to be performed. At the appointed hour the President elect, accompanied by the Senate and House of Rep- ! resentatives, and their officers, appeared on ; the iiortico, when the air was made to resound j with shouts and huzzas, from the lips and (hroats of more than twenty thousand enrap tured spectators. Those boisterous express ions of excessive joy were, however, soon hushed, mid a profound silence ensued eve ry eye being rivited on the illustrious man who had defended and saved his country, and every ear listening attentively. " Conticuere omnes, intentique ora tencbant." At that juncture the venerable Chancellor Livingston, of New York, advanced to Gcn'l Washington, who was standing on the front of the balcony, and presented an open Bible, resting on a damask cushion, ornamented with tassels of gold, on which the President rever ently laid "his right hand. The Chancellor then in audible voice, read from the Constitu tion the oath diiected to be taken by even President of the United States, before he en ters on the duties of his office. The President elect repeated the oath with great solemnity, and bending his head, kissed the hook. The Chancellor, then turning and bowing grace fully to the multitude, repeated these emphat ic words, with a very audible voice : Long live George Washington, President of the United States. Thus indicating that he was installed with out a title, and was to be addressed in the simple language of " Mr. President." The shouts which instantly followed that annunci ation, werealmost deafening; and during their continuance, the President again advanced to the front of the balcony and bowed very grace fully to the multitude before him, and to those on his right and left. The ceremonies being thus concluded, the President with the two Houses returned to the Senate-Chamber, where he delivered his inau gural address; after which they retired, by a private way in the rear of the building, and repaired to Saint Paul's, where appropriate re ligious exercises were performed. The Presi dent, as was his custom on public occasions, was dressed in a suit of black velvet, with short, black silk stockings, shoes, shoe buck les, and knee-buckles. His hair was turned back on his forehead, curled and powdered ac cording to the fashion of the day, and gather ered behind, in a square, black silk bag. He had also a neat dress sword suspended at his side. I lie symmetry of his finely loaned per son, the ease and dignity of his movements, which were peculiar to himself, were observed and admired by every beholder. Judging from every thing which transpired on that occasion, it was manifest that he was venerated by the nation, to an unexampled degree. Very respectfully, J. BURNET. The Great West. The circumference or border line of the U. S. is about nine thousand five hundred miles in length. It may be di vided thus: Boundary in common with Brit ish North America, 3,700 miles ; boundary in common with Mexico, 2,300 ; coast of the PacificJOO; coast of the Gulf of Mexico, 1000; and coast of the Atlantic, 1,800. The territo ry thus enclosed includes also nearly ten thousand miles of river and lake navigation, of which two-thirds are in the valley of the Mississippi. Geographers of foreign coun tries have admitted that this extensive coun try has the most varied soil, climate and pro ductions of any country on the face of the earth. The inevitable consequence of this is, that its capabilities for population and wealth arc correspondingly great. timing GOD, WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1 847. HARNEY AT CERRO GORDO. BY G DE L, OF THE 3D INFANTRY. The point upon which the success of the dan i hung, was the taking of the rugged heights of ; Cerro Gordo. There was to be the fearful ' i - n, i suuggie. mere our Drave leilows were to come in contact with the enemy in imaginary 8ecuritv; behin(1 ramparts bristling with can- i non. mere were they to face the leaden hail I storm and th shppt nf firo f.,,i,-.i., :.u r 7 - , 7 TV u i , - j . V iouea up tne rugged as- ce,lt- The cry was Onward, boysr' They ?4 Ti 1""inoia ine, precipitous clift lM uciy me power oi man; tne loose stones rolled from under their feet, and to the impediments of nature the enemy had added artificial ones in the shape of trees w ith their limbs trimmed, forming an almost impenetra ble barrier. The ascent is commenced the enemy open their fire. With each reverbera ted echo some gallant spirit falls badly woun ded, or yields up life, giving as his last cheer ing farewell, "Forward, boys!" Onward they went, without one moment's hesitation without the least faltering. Like a machine they moved. The iron hait dealt death, but nut cumubion. ine nrmness ot purpose which conceived the assault only increased a mid the terrible slaughter ! Higher and high er those gallant souls climbed the mountain side r7e fierce pell of battle (and those who have never heard or felt it can form no con ception of it,) almost drowns the roar of artil lery! Not a gun is fired, but with musket ready for the charge, they press forward to gain the height that insures victory. " On ward, boys !" the apex is almost gained ; al ready can they look into the muzzle of the cannon, those dreadful engines of death ! On ward they press! The enemy still stands firm, confident in numbers and position-clinging to the hope that when their shou-ers of grape rained among their foes, they will fal ter and fall back. Baseless delusion ! The grape, like hail stones, thin our ranks on ward they rush reach close musket shot deliver their fire and with an impetuosity as irresistible as the Alpine avalanche, crown the breast-work, and put to death and flight its brave defenders. Their own guns are imme diately turned upon the flying enemy, and the shot they had collected to destroy the " North ern Barbarians" mow down their own ranks like the grass before the scythe. Happy they who weie participators in the storming of Cerro Gordo ! Well may they be proud ot tne deed ol noble daring that day displayed ! Writh swelling hearts may they hereafter look at their colors, which, with the names of other hard fought battles, the Gov ernment must permit to be inscribed upon them. The Rifles, 1st Artillery, 3d and 7th Infantry the three latter veterans in the ser vice the former veterans on their first cam paign. Glory and praise . will be awarded them, and it is to be hoped they may reap some little reward. What would I not have given to have seen the gallant Harney leading his Brigade to the charge! Those who have never seen him, nor have bad the pleasure of enjoying his so ciety can hardly appreciate the man and offi cer. Let me see if I can sketch him for you. Of lofty statue, sandy hair, very light com plexion, a frank, generous expression of coun tenance, form perfect in symmetry, without one particle of superfluous flesh, fit " run for a man's life," in the prime of manhood, with a mild but determined blue eTe, and y-ou have him standing before you. Mount him on his noble charger, excite that blue eye until it al most scintillates, and give animation to that form until it appears to expand, and you have one of the most gallant, dashing officers in any service. He is a man of an iron will, and, if necessary, of desperate courage. As a parti san officer he is conspicuous. I deem him the best in the service. Like all men of such temperament, he is a warm and devoted friend and bitter enemy. Think of his towering form carrying his Brigade to the storming of that te.irible height ! What a picture for an artist ! Harney with arm outstretched and sword drawn, pointing to the heights with his gallant Brigade, regardless of all obstacles, rushing into the enemy's breast-works ! All accounts represent him as conspicuous, and that the clear shrill tones of his voice, calm almost to frigidity, could b distinctly heard all the way up the mountain side ! Those are the charges that try men's souls, and the success of amending them is so bril iant, that we almost forget that " every sweet has its bitter" that while the nation is full of pride and exultation at the result, many a fire side, many a dear home, is clothed in mourn ing and buried in grief ! Spirit of the Times. Military jokes. A military letter writer, in speaking of a recent battle has the follow ing anecdote : There are many jokes here about the boys who sloped from the field ; one acknowledged that be did some tall walking another, that any one meeting him on the road to Saltillo, would have supposed him in search of a phy sician for a delicate lady, whilst two niggers, officers' servants, repudiate the idea of run ning away, and claim the merit of making a handsome 'treat. " I'll tell you 'bout it, Mas sa Bob," said one to bis master; "Pete and me, was down to de ranche, where de doctors was cutting off de white folks hea Is and legs, and says Pete to me, Tom,' says he, ( let's go up de hill and see de fightin ;' so up we goes, and we meets de landseers, and we streaks it back for de ranche and de dam landseers aiter us, and Pete, he makes for de bake oven, but de gemman wot deals faro for de Kentucks, he was safe sconced in de backside of de oven, and when Pete put his head in de mouf of it de lodger swear he blow Pete s dam brack brains out ; so Pete says, dere's danger here, Tom, let's wamos for town ;' and when we got half way we sees the landseers again, and then, Master Bob, you ought to a seen Pete a-streaking of it; his coat tail streamed away behind him all around, you might have played marvels on it." " But what were you doing all the time, Tom, were you running away, too ?" " No, Massa Bob, I scorn the idea, I was only 'treating 'long side Pete, and when we got near the fort the soldiers roared out, 'run, niggers, run get into the fort;' then you ought to have seen Pete a streaking on it, he rolled over and over the breastwork and into the fort." " And were you running, too ?" " No Sar-ee ! I rolled over 'long-side of Pete, and when we got in they roared out ' fall in, niggers, and" begin firing bombs and things,' and Pete says, ' if one of 'em bursts here it'll hurt us, let us slope for the Plaza;' and when we got there it was fall in niggers', fall in,' all the time. You may call that a fandango, but if you catch me at one again, there's no smokes where this child was raised Master Bob." The Reading Gazette has the subjoined in reference to advertising, which seems to put the case in the strongest possible point of view, and may serve a useful purpose in the way of affording light to the public through the columns of the WTilmington Journal: A fixed fact. You can always buy goods of a better quality and at a lower price from those who do advertise than those who do not advertise. Purchaser, remember this. ton OUR COUNTRY. AND LIBERTY. A COON HUNT IN A FENCY COUNTRY. 'Tis really astonishin what a monstrous sight of mischief ther is in a Pint of rum. If one of 'em was to be substituted to a analiza- tion, as the doctors call it, it would be found to contain all manner of devilment that ever entered the bed of man. from cussin and steal in up to murder and whippin his own mother, and nonsense enuff to turn all the men in the wcrld out of their senses. If a man's got any badness in him it'll bring it out jest as sassa fras tea does the measles, and if he's a good for nothin sort of a feller, without no bad traits in perticular it'll bring out all his greenness. It affects different people in different ways it makes some men monstrous brave and full of fight, and some it makes cowards some it makes rich and happy, and some poor and miserable ; and it has a different effect on different people's eyres some it makes see double, and some it makes so blind that they can't tell themselves from a side of bacon. One of the worst cases of rum foolery .1.1. . , . m . . . . J mat i ve nearu ot lor a long time, tuck place in Pmevilie last fait Bill Sweeny and Tom Culpepper is the two greatest old coveys in our settlement for coon huntin. The fact is, they dem't do much of any thing else, and when ihey can't ketch noth in, you may depend coons is scace. Well, one night they had every thing reddy for a reglar hunt, but owing to some extra good fortin, Tom had got a pocket-pistol, as he called it, of reg lar old Jimmaky, to keep off the rumatics. After taking a good startin horn, they went out on their hunt, with their lite-wood torch a blazin, and the dogs a barkin and y el pin like forty-thousand. Every now and then stoppin to wait for the dogs, they would drink one another's health, till they begun to feel very comfortable, anl chatted away bout one thing ard another, thout mindin much which way they wasgwine. Bimebyr they cum toafence. Well, over they got, thout much difficulty. " Who's fence is this?" sez Bill. " 'Taint no matter," sez Tim; " lets take suthin to drink." After takin a drink they went on, wonderin what on yearth had come of the dogs. Next thing they cum to was a terrible muddy branch. After pullin through briers and getting ontoth er side, they tuck another drink, and after gwine a little ways they cum-to another branch, and a little further they cum to another fence a monstrous high one this time. " Whar upon yearth is we got to, Culpep per ?" sez Bill ; "I never seed sich a heap of branches an d fenches in these parts." " Why," sez Tom, " it's all old Sturlin's doins you know he's always bildin fences and makin infernal improvement, as he calls 'em. But never mind we's through 'em now." " The devil we is," sez Bill; "here's the al firedest tall fence yet." Shore enough, thar they was, right again another fence. J3y this time, they begun to be considerable tired and limber in the jints, and it was sich a terrible high fence Tom drapped the last piece of the torch, and thar they was in the dark. " Now you is done it," sez Bill. Tom know'd he had. but-iie thought twas no use to grieve over spilt milk, so sez he, "Never mind, old boss cum a head, and I'll take you out," and the next minit kerslash he went into the water. Bill hung on to the fence with both hands like he thought it was slewin round to throw him olF. 'Mellow, Tom,' sev he, 'where in the world is you got to ?' ' Here I is,' sez Tom, spoutin the water on of bis mouth, and coffin like he'd swallowed something. 'Look out tbar's another branch here.' 'Name o' sense, whar is we ?" sez Bill. If this is'nt a fency country, dad fetch my bot tons ' 'Yes, and a branchy one too !' sez Tom ; 'and the highest and deepest and thickest that I ever seed in my born days.' 'Which way is you ?' sez Bill. 'Here, rite over the branch.' The next minit in Bill went, up to his mid dle in the branch. 'Cum ahead,' sez Tom, 'and lets go home.' 'Cum thunder ! in sich a place as this, war a man haint more'n got his cote tail unhitched from a fence fore he's over head and ears in the water !' After getting out and feelin about in the dark a little, they got together again. After taking another drink, they sot out for home, cussin the fences and the branches, and helji in one another up now and then; but they hadn't got more'n twenty yards fore they brung up all standin in the middle of another branch. After gettin through the branch and gwine bout ten steps, they was brung to hault by another fence. 'Dad blame rny picter,' sez Bill, 'if I dont think we is bewitched. Who upon yearth would build fences all over creation this way?' It was about a hour's job to git over this one, but after they got on top, they found the ground on tother side thout much trouble. This time the bottle was broke, and they cum monstrous near havin a fight about the catas trofy. But it was a very good thing, it was, for after crossin three or four more branches, and climing as many more fences, it got to be day-light, and they found out that they hadbcen climing the same fence all night, not more'n a hundred yards from whar they first cum to it. Bill Sweeny sez be cant account for it no oth er way but that the licker sort o' turned thar heads, and he sez he does really blieve if it had'nt gin out they'd been climing that same fence and wadin that same branch till yet. Bill promised his wife to jme the Temperance Society if she wont never say no more bout that Coon Hunt. A TALE OF A TURKEY. As a certain learned judge in Mexico, some time since, walked one morning into Court, he thought he would examine whether he was in time for business ; and feeling for his repeater, found it was not in his pocket. " As usual," said he to a friend who accom panied him, as he passed through the crowd near the door" As usual, I have again left my watch at home under my pillow." He went on the bench and thought no more of it. The Court adjourned, and he returned home. As soon as he was quietly seated in his parlor, he bethought him of his timepiece, and turning to his wife, requested her to send for it to their chamber. " But, my dear Judge," said she, " I sent it to you three hours ago ! " " Sent it to me, my dear ? Certainly not." " Unquestionably," replied the lady, " and by the person you sent for it." " The person I sent for it!" echoed the Judge. , " Precisely, my dear, the very person you sent for it ' You had not left home more than an hour, when a well dressed man knocked at the door and asked to see me He brought one of the very finest turkeys I ever saw, and said that on your way to Court you met an Indian with a number of fowls, and having bought this one. quite a bargain, you had giv en him a couple of reals to bnng it home, with the request that I would have it killed, picked and put to cool, as you intended to invite your brother Judges to a dh of moUe with you to-morrow And 0! by the way, Senorita,' said he, ' his Excellency, MOM the Judge, requested me to ask you to give yourself the trouble to go to your chamber Kand take his watch from under the pillow, where he savs he left it, as nsual, this mor- ning, and send it to him by me. And, of course, mi querido. I did so." " You did ?" said the Judge. " Certainly," said the lady. "Well," replied his Honor, "all that I can say to you, my dear, is, that you are as greal a goose as the bird is a turkey. You've been robbed, madam ; the man was a thief ; I never sent for my watch ; you've been imposed on ; and as a necessary consequence, theconfoun: ded watch lost forever !" The trick was a cunning one ; and after a laugh and the restoration of the Judge's good humor by a good dinner, it was resolved ac tually to have the turkey for to-morrow's din ner and his Honor's brothers of the bench to enjoy so dear a morsel. Accordingly, after the adjournment of Court next day, ihey all repaired to his dwelling, with appetites sharpened bv the expectation a rare re pas Scarcely had "they entered the sala and ex changed the ordinary salutations, when the lady broke forth with congratulations to his Honor upon the recovery of the stolen watch.' " How happy am I," exclaimed she, " that the villian was apprehended !" " Apprehended ?" said the Judge, with sur prise. " Yes! and doubtless convicted, too, by this time," said his wife. " You are always talking riddles," replied he. " Explain yourself, my dear. I know nothing of thief, watch or conviction." " It can't be possible that 1 have been again deceived ," quoth the lady, " but this is the story : " About one o'clock to-day, a pale and rather interesting young gentleman, dressed in a seedy suit of black, came to the house in great haste almost out of breath. He said that he was just from Court ; that he was one of the clerks; that the great villian who had the audacity to steal your Honor's watch had just been arrested ; that the Evidence was nearly perfect to convict him ; and all that was required to complete it was ' the turkey,'' which must be qrought into Court, and for that he had been sent with a porte, by your express orders." " And you gave it to him .'" " Of course I did who could have doubted him, or resisted the orders of a Judge?" " Watch and turkey both gone pray what, madam, are we to do for a dinner ?" Bra ntz Mayer's Mexico. A TRIFLE THAT MAY not BE A TRIFLE. intended for those who thin. Half the grievances of the world arise from inattention to small matters. The sum of hu man happiness or miseiy is not made up of great actions or their results, but depend upon the aggregate bearing of the seeming trifles of the hour. The lack of the proper estimate of the importance of minute things induces a carelessness a want of thought a neglect of which few would be guilty, did they but rightlyr apprehend the important consequences of all actions. " Call again," said a man of wealth to an humble purveyor of small luxu ries, " I have no change with me." It was no doubt true to the letter, but he had bank notes, and a few steps would have furnished the requisite trifle. It was a trifle to the wealthy purchaser, but was it the same to the poor vender ? ft would not do for the latter to offend his customer byT telling him he really wanted the few shillings, and could not wait his " more convenient season." No he must go without the necessaries for his family which were to have been purchased from the proceeds of his sale. The world would be happier if there were fewer instances of this evident want of thought, although they may not be very common. But the few that do occur occasion sufficient misery to call for a few remarks. The fact of a demand being small, instead of being an argument for in stant settlement, is commonly, regarded as an apology for delayr. The loss of credit follows the protest of a note for hundreds, and the debtor will move heaven and earth, in a small way, to avert such a catastrophe. But the same person will say " call again' to the dol lar or two creditor, without the fear of conse quences. It cannot affect his standing. It is so very a trifle that it can be paid at any time, and that is a reason for paying it at no parti cular time. But the unreflectintr man does not know tthat his creditor's credit mav so by the board through his procrastination, and that creditor's verbal promise to pay his creditor suffer a pro test equally as fatal to his good standing as a bank accident to the other. There are some business ;too, which are made up of small dealings and trifling credits. The printer's demands, for example, as a rule, seldom attain two figures in the dollar column. Just apply the " call again" system to him, and his paper manutacturer's bill will be about as slow as a Mississippi bond. But the effect of the " call again" repulse tells hardest upon those who live by their dai ly labor. And its exercise may not operate upon one person or one family, but run thro' a score of families or individuals. If y-ou could only trace the dollar which you paid to a laborer, in its travels for a few hours after it left your hands on Saturday evening, and note the debts it paid and the purchases it made, you might have an idea of the disap pointments which would have been occasion ed by a " call again." Such an insight into the machinery of life mihgt induce a train of thought which would evolve the truth that the trifling due should be at least as rigidly binding upon our punctuality as the larger de mand, even though it assumed the form of a bank obligation. If it only take such rank in your estimation, it will be right. Then there will be no " un considered trifles," and all will see the weight of Napoleon's reply to the apologist for the neglect of what he was pleased to term "a tri fle"" Who talks of trifles? There are no such things in the world !" Wright's Paper. Important Decision. A decision has just been given by Judge Parson, in a case in Phil adelphia, of which the facts are briefly these: "Holdon & McMackin were equal partners in the ownership and publication of the Sat urday Courier. Holdon died. His widow claimed one half of the establishment, by right of her husband's ownership. This McMack in resisted, on the ground that the good will of an establishment could not pass to the heirs of a deceased partner. He offered to buy the widow's interest at 15,000 ; or to sell his half for $22,000 thus estimating the good will of the establishment at $14,000, which he was not willing the widow should have the bene fit of. The offer was declined, and suit was brought ; and his honor decided that the wid ow could recover remuneration for the good will of the Saturday Courier. By the deci sion, if the matter cannot be settled in any other way, the office will have to be disposed of at public sale, and theproceeds divided equal ly between the plainfiftand defendant." " Good morning, Mr. Jenkins where have you kept yourself this long time ?" " Keep myself ! I fam'tkeep myself I board on credit," xno TESMIS : 2 50 ill advance. WHOLE NO. 145. SLEEP. A question has been raised how much sleep is required, and how long it is necessary to be in bed, for the purpose ot rest and refreshment. Eight hours have been allotted for the labor er, and six for the schollar and gentleman. Very few gentlemen, however, are satisfied with this scale, and a capacity for sleeping makes the greater part of the community in clined todouble the period. The capacity for sleeping, like the capacity for eating and drinking, is to be increased by indulgence. Much depends upon habit. Some people can sleep when they will, and wake when they will ; and are as much refreshed with a short nap as a long one. Sea-faring people have this property from education. I have known persons who never indulged in a second sleep. One gentleman who entertained a notion that a second nap was injurious, invariably got up as soon as he awoke, no matter how early the nour in winter or summer, utliers again will sleep for four and twenty hours. The celebrated Quin had this faculty. " What sort of a morning is it, John ?" " VeryT wet, sir." "Any mullet in the market?" '"No sir." " Then, John, you may call me this time to-morrow." So saying, he composed himself to sleep, and got rid of the ennui of a dull day in the arms of Morpheus One gen tleman, in the Spectator, used to sleep by weight. " I allow myself one night with an other, a quarter of a pound of sleep, within a few grains more, or less; and if upon my ri sing I find I have not consumed my whole quantity, I take out the rest in my chair." A lazy old woman used to apologize for lying in bed by saying that " she lay in bed to con trive." Strange as this old woman's excuse was, her example was followed by one of the most extraordinary geniuses of this country, viz: Brindly, of whom it is recorded that when any great difficulty occurred in the execution of his works, having little or no assistance from books or the labors of other men, his resour ces lay within himself. In order, therefore, to be quiet, and uninterrupted whilst he was in search of the neceseary expedients, he gen erally retired to his bed, and he has been known to lie there one, two or three days, till he had obtained the object in view. He would then get up and excite his design without any drawing or model. There are different kinds of sleepers as well as different kinds of sleep some cannot sleep from home, others cannot sleep at home some can sleep on a board and snore on a carpet, while oth ers tumble and toss on a soft bed as if the down disconcerted them. Some again cannot sleep in a noise, others cannot sleep out of it. A miller awakes the moment his mill stops; and a tradesman from Cheapside cannot sleep in the country' because it is so plaguy quiet. Somnambulists or sleep walkers usually sleep with their eyes open but without vision. Shakspeare, who may be considered a very good medical authority, makes Lady Macbeth a somnambulist with her eyres open " but their sense is shut." This is not always the case, however, and there is a singular exception, in "he instance of Johannes Oporinus, a printer, who being employed one night in correcting the copy of a Greek book, fell asleep as he read, and yet ceased not to read, till he-had finished not less than a whole page, of which, when he awoke, he retained no recollection. There are curious histories of sleeping prodigies on record. The Philosophical Transac tions have several ; in one, a man slept from August till January. There is a case, read before a Society of Physicians in 1756, of Elizabeth Orvin, who began her sleeping in 1738, by a four dav's nap, and for ten years afterwards never slept less than 17 hours out of the four and twen ty. Dr. Brady relates, that some strange me thods were resorted to, to rouse her such as rubbing her back with honey, and in a hot day exposing her to a hive of bees, till her back was full of bumps making a pin cush ion of her, and performing acute pu net u ration with pins and nee lies -flagellation, and "oth er odd experiments," which the Doctor in forms us he thinks better " to pass over in si lence," all of which might as well have been spared, for she was very sulky and good for nothing when she was awake. 1 nis sulki ness, however, should be noticed, as being connected with the complaint. Previously to this somnolent disease, many of the persons have become uneasy, sullen, and surly. In all, the mind has evidently been affected ; and in some, where there has been extreme absti nence, their waking hours have been charac terized byr decided mental aberration. London Quarterly Journal. JOHN WADLEIGH'S TR I A L FOR SLEEP ING IN MEETING. Justice Winslotc What do you know a bout John Wadleigh's sleeping in meeting ? Witness I know all about it; 'taint no se cret, I guess. Justice Then tell us all about it; that's just what we want to know. Witness (scratching his head) Well, the long and the short of it is, John Wadleigh is alrard working man; that is, he works mightyr hard doing nothing ; and that's the hardest work there is done. It will make a feller sleep quicker than poppy-leaves. So it stands to reason that Wadleigh would naterally be a very sleepy sort of person. Well, the weath er is sometimes naterally considerable warm, and Parson Moody's sarmons is sometimes rather heavy-like " Stop, stop !" said Justice Winslow. ' No reflections upon Parson Moody ; that is not what vou were called here for." II i'tness don't cast no reflections on Par son Mood y I was only telling what I know about John Wadleigh's sleeping in meeting ; and it's my opinion, especially in warm weath er, that sarmons that are heavy-like, and two hours long, naterally have a tendency " Stop, stop ! I say," said Squire Winslow; " if you repeat any of these reflections on Par son Moody again, I'll commit you to the cage for contempt of court." Witness I don't cast no reflections on Par son Moody. I was only telling what I know about John Wadleigh's sleeping in meeting. Squire Winslow Well, go on, and tell us all about that. You wern't called here to tes tify about Parson Moody. 'Witness That's what I am trying to do, if you wouldn't keep putting me out. And it's my opinion, in warm weather, folks is con siderable apt to sleep in meeting ; especially when the sarmon I mean especially where .i 4.: .1 t i i n - i -j. ... iney gei preuy ureu. i kihjw i nna h preny hard work to get by seventhly and eighthly in the sarmon myself ; but if I once get by there, I generally get into a kind of a waking train again, and make out to weather it. But it isn't so with Wadleigh; I've generally noticed that if he begins to gape at seventhly and eighthly, it's a gone goose with him before he gets through tenthly, and he has to look out for another prop for his head somewhere, for his neck isn't stiff enough to hold it up. And from tenthly up to sixteenthly he's as dead as a door nail, till the amen brings the people up to prayers, and Wadleigh comds up with a ierk, just like opening a jack-knife. 1 Seba Smith. An editor out west heads kis list of marriages with " Noose items " inothet calls them " Feats of the Ring." Terms for Advert! ms. PCD Br. . .w akb F SIXTEKH LIN KB OR SIXTEKH LINES OR LIBS. sqnaie one insertion, $1 00 do. do. insertions, I 25 8 do. I 50 3 months witrtbut change, 3 00 6 do. oV. d0. 4 5f 18 do. ,io. ,f0. 8 00 6 do. renewed weekly, 1 3 00 12 do., do. do. 2n rift do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. a liberal discount trill bo made on advertise -menu exceeding one square, -when published or 12"Jn,K cash in advance. OCT" the number of inseitions are nol marked on the advertisement, thev vill be continued until ;?t'lnd charS-?d for accordingly. FoSm ASStaT i0 PA1D LTJHE REGICIDE'S CHEESE AND BROOM STICK. Blackwood ha a good article in the March number, relating to the Regicides who took refuge in New Engnd, from wh,-h the fol lowing incident, both of historical and local interest, is taken : " A story is told of one of the RcgicidcSi while living at Cambridge, which deserves preservation, as it not only illustrates the open manner in which they went to and fro, but also shows how well exercised were the sol diers of Cromwell in military accomplishment?. A fencing-master had appeared -at Boston, challenging any man in the colonies to plav at swords with him ; and this bravado be re peated for several days, from a stage of Thes pian simplicity, erected in a public part of the town. " One day, as the mountebank was pro claiming his defiance, to the terror and admi ration of a crowd of bystanders, a country-bred fellow, as it seemed, made his appearance in the assembly, accepting the challenge, and pressing to the encounter with no other wea ponry than a cheese, done up in ajjapkin, for a shield, and a broomstick, well charged with fuddle-water, which he flourished with quix otic effect as a sword. The shouts of the rab ble, and the confusion of the challenger, may be imagined ; but the countryman, throwing himself into a position, lustily defied the man of foils to come on. A sharp command to be gone with his nonsense, was all the notice which the other would vouchsafe; but the rus tic insisted on having satisfaction, and so stub bornly did he persist in brandishing his broom stick, and opposing his cheese, that thfcglad iator in a towering fury, at last drove at him desperately enough. " The thrust was very coolly received in the soft and savory shield of the countryman, who instantly repaid it with a dexterous dau with his broom, soaking the beard and whis kers of the swordsman with its odorous con tents. A second and more furious pass at th rustic was parried with masterly skill and ac- "-. i. ii . i .i . nvity, ana rewarded witn anotner saiute irom the broomstick, which ludicrously besmeared the sword player's eyes, the crowd setting up a roar of merriment at his crest-fallen appear ance. " A third lounge was again spent upon the cheese, amid shouts of laughter ; while the broomsman mopped nose, eye's and beard, of his antagonist's puffing and blowing physiog nomy. Entirely transported with rage and chagrin, the champion now dropped his rapier and came at his ridiculous adversary with the broadsword. " ' Hold, hold, my good fellow,' said Broom stick, ' so far, all's fair play ! but if that's the game, have a care, for I shall certainly take your life !' " At this the confounded gladiator stood a ghast, and staling at the absurd apparition be fore him, cried out, amid the jeers of the mob : " ' Who is this ? There were but two in England that could match me ! It must be Goffe, Whalley, or the. Devil !' And so it pro ved, for it was Goffe." 1 " "T ' ------ FACTS FOR ALL TO READ. SY D. C. COLLESWORTHY. In air, sound, travels at the rate of from 1, 130 to 1,140 feet per second. In water, sound passes at the rate of 4f70S feet per second. Sounds are distinct at twice the distance on water than on land. The hawk and many other birds, fly at the rate of not less than 150 miles per hour. Leather cannons were used with considera ble success by the Swedes in 1631 The people in Smyrna profess three d:s tinct "religions, and observe three different day in the week for Sabbath. The Jews, Satur day; the Christians, Sunday, and the Mahom etans, Friday. ' Lake Superior is 590 feet above the lev1! of the sea, and contains 32,000 square miles. It is 400 miles long, 80 wide, and 2,'JOO feet deep. A cheap blaze can be made to last an even ing, by filling a tea-kettle with knots, sha vings, oH shoos, or any thing similar, and closing the lid so as to exclude the air. Put the kettle over the fire for a few minutes, and apply a torch to the spout. New York State produces annually about 30,000,000 bushels of potatoes. Maine pro duces about 12,000,000 bushels. Three quarters of the crimes committed in England, are in consequence of using spiritu ous liquors. Of the 700,000 habitual drunk ards, 1G0 die every day. The American Lalies are supposed to con tain 1,400 cubic miles of water more than one half the fresh water on the globe. Physicians are seldom known to take medi cine themselves. An eel has been known to live more than forty years. The birth places of 605 missionaries ban been ascertained as follows: 19 were born in Maine, 50 in New Hampshire, 63 in Vermont, 1G2 in Massachusetts, 1 in Rhode Island, 85 in Connecticut, 118 in New York, 21 in New Jersey, 27 in Pennsy lvania, 14 in Virginia, 6 each in North and South Carolina and Ken tucky, 10 in Ohio, 3 in Georgia, 2 in Indiana, 2 in the District of Columbia, 24 in Germany. India and France. Old Parr died at the age of 152 years, leav ing the following excellent advice to posterity : " Keep your head cool by temperance your feet warm by exercise, and if you are inclined to grow fat, keep your eyes open and your mouth shut." By the English law, a clerk in the Post Of fice, who steals, secretes, or destroys a news paper, is liable to be fined and imprisoned. Not far from $5,000,000 are yearly earned in Massachusetts, by females employed in the various factories and manufactories of straw hats, stocks, &c. About 40,000 females are thus annually employed. An effectual remedy for the various diseases of mankind is, simple living. The wheat grown in Great Britain in 1790, amounted to 14.000 bushels. In 1830 the crop was estimated at 100,000,000 bushels. A raven will live 100 years; a patridge, 25 ; swine, 25 10 ; a cat, 10 a Dull, io ; an o, v , a uic, a goat, 8 ; a ram, 15 ; a dog, 25. Olive Branch Mothers asd daughters. It was a judi- i . : r, fntKar o a vftl n mnal ClOUS rcSOluliua ui . - - pleasing compliment to his wife, when, on be in? asked what he intended to do with Ims ing i o-irls, he replied, 14 1 intend to apprentice them all to their excellent mother that they may learn the art of improving time, and be fitbd to become, like her, wives, mothers, head? of families, and useful members of society.' Equally just, but bitterly painful, was the re mark of the unhappy husband of a va n, thoughtless, dressy slattern : " It is hard to say it, but if my girls are to have any chance of growing up good for any thing, they must be sent out of the way of their mothei's ex ample." " Why do you walk so nigh the railroal ?" said Mrs. B. to her daughters, very fine girls, who bad passed their teens without being married. " Because, mamma," they replied, " we thought we might eatch 6ome sparks fr m the locomotive.' I :