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PUBLISHED , EVERY SATURDAY, THOMAS TTATBOir. ' Term Three Dollar per annum, payable in advance. . No subscription will be received for a - ' !... mm A .. a J t je55 (icnuu iiiDii uuc car nun lit paper Will Of discontinued, until all arrearages are paid, unless at ihe option of the publisher. ' J ' . SELECTIONS. From Mr. Hale Magazine. OLD AND NEW TIMES. When my good mother was a girl" Some thirty years ago f ,J Young ladies then knew how to knit, " As well as hdW to tew?:r- ' f :v-' Young ladies then could spin and weave, Could bake and brew and sweep ' i: Could sing and play, could dance and paiat' And could a secrerartftpr' ', Young ladies Aen were beautiful As any beauties now ; X? they could rak the new mown hay, Or milk the " brindled cow.", Young ladies Men wore bonnets too, They made them from their own good straw inJnr.(ii; nn tk. I Ana wim mem meir own nair. And pretty, too, they were. Young ladies then wore gowns with sleeves Which would jiist hold their arms; ' And did not have as many yards, As acres in their farms. $Toung ladies then oft fell in lore, And married, too, thr ron ; ; While men witn willing hearts an4truer ' Loved them all back again. Young ladies noxo can knit and sewj i- Or rend a prel ty book Can sing or paint, and joke and quis, r 6ut cannot bear to cook. Young ladies note can blithely spin . V Of " street yarn" many a Spool And weave a web of scandal too And dye it in the wool. Young ladies now can bake their hair, v Can brew their own Cologne ; ; la borrowed plumage often shine. While they neglect their own. And as to secrets, who would think. Fidelity a pearl ? None but the modest little Miss, Perchance a country girl. Yonng ladies now wear lovely curls, ';. ' " ' ". Wnaf ptry iney"sWouray"TinWT And then their bonnets, faenv'ns I they fright The beau that ventures nigh them. - Then as to gowns, I've heard it said They '11 hold a dozen men ; And if you once get in their sleeves, You'll ne'er get out again. E'en love is changed from what it was Although true love is known t - 'lis w -alth adds lustre to the cheek, And melts the heart of stone. Thus Time works wonders ; young sad old Confess his magic power, : " Beauty will fade ; but Virtue proves Pure gold in man's last hour. ELOQUENT THIEF. The author of those finely told tales al ready published in the Atlas, under the ti tles of First and Last Dinner,' and Firsi and Last Kiss,' has recently given to the public a new work, called " The Five Nights of St. Albans." .. It is highly spoken of as displaying great strength and origin ality of conception. The scerfe which" fol lows, tie give as a specimen of the work : Peverell,!when he lelt Lacy's, proceeded fit once to the mayor's house, but on hi. way thither he was overtaktri by a jcrowtl of persons who were moving tumulluously, along. His curiosity was excited, and he inquired what had happened. He was in formed they had thief in custo'dy, and were conveying him to be examined before his worshfp. Peverell worked his way into : the middle of the crowd, and beheld a tall, athletic, gipsy-looking youth, in the grip, of two constables; while, to his great sui prise, he saw mine host following cldsebe hind, with a loaf of bread under his arm, which, it seemed, the culprit had stolen. The appearance of the delinquent was such as attracted Peverell's attention. His make as muscular, his step firm, andhis stature erect. R countenance was swarthy and overhung with raven locks, which descend d m natural curls down the sides of his lace. His eye was large, dark, und pier c,n? full of gloomy purpose and sullen des peration. On his upper lip he wore larg austachios. There was a pleasing expres sion of benignity about his mouth : and his .i were regular, and or exqoisite-white s.v His dress was tattered, and bespoke poverty but his mein and gesture were such as commanded resDect. Even tb Tude rabble who weref gathered round him. wno are always ready to insult and de nde him whonathei fangs of justice hav caught, even they looked on with silence. A-s the crowd moved slowlv forward vn. tKus were the conjectures which were ha 2arded. . Some tho't he was. the murderer i trie man whose body could not be found; -.uuejea whether he was a wandering jnight in disguise ; Iwhile others gravely L81!1 ftimxPerform$ there would beno mrfe toil in the abbev 1 5 - - t he? Bad Ww arriH .. ?nniIlP J'W ?"d PeV6re" 0k theppor 'unity ofspeaking with him before he wai 1 " rr"",5 illfll DrlOre h& W3S I :,IK4Seqp examining the prisoner. He then ln r "ned hJntt of the TJersdns who wW ""r.TiihOuf to brin?a cu!nrit Wro hY. ? f.-riling .iv . T 7 m naiioui, I, " i. ,nf """""Mion." "i' d.6'ar'.d accom. i- -iv iv" u-uu,cu''? w,i "ccasions oi mis kind, i Beiha io hi- prisoneri ' An' !t Hall nl.inA . frencsaid one of the constables, this vagrom is a thief. " r .. A thief'Preioihed his worshiD. "What has he stolen, and who is the accuser?" Mine host now steoned forth, and hrteffv s.tated that tb esprit alter walking several times to and fro nnnnilo hi rlnnr mhiA a - rr -. j -.- . t times to and fro opposite his door, which, as :iis worsnip Knew,, was me sisrn ot fAe ttQS J ' t . res, Master VVintour," interrupted the - - hnayor, I do know and moreover I know! that a mue of as good ale may be had tm-l der.the Rose as can be diunk in alt St. Al-i ban's ; but proceed." : v i Mine host thanked his worship for his good word, and went on- ; ' t . - ' . . . . newai.Kerj several times up and down, I 'iSsl said when anon, though he sav me on a bench near, he snatched up this loaf from n tanie. and ran on With it. ' l ran after I - - - - ----- - - and darted off again with the joaf like n rey hound. We followed, and a devil of a chase (saving your worship's presence) hf 1 . led us over hedges and ditches, up hill : and dale, before we could catch him; At last he ran into a lane that had no thorough- fare, and then we secured him ; and now here he is to answer for himself." - " Aye, aye," said his worship, " I see ;how it is; he wanted his dinner, and wa?f itoo la2y to' work for it; but we'll give him a dinner and a supper too, I warrant." Then turning to the prisoner,4 Thou naughty! va,et" he continued, ; what have you to ha nr5t bn bad rpmained unmoved . . - . . It "U"K "S "- . r , . ooking with a steady glance, first at his f iccuser. and then at the mayor, now cam forward with a delifierate step, and, in an swer to his worship's question, simply pro nouhced the word ' Nothing," in a holloa but manly voice. " You have nothing to say, ey ?"said his worship. ' . ' " . " Nothing P said the prisoner, in the name tone. " And do 'V hipped, set son ?" "Yes!" you know that you will be tn the stocks, and sent to pri t What is your name ?" inquired the clerk I have no name; I lost it when I for eiteri my honesty What are you ?" said his worship. " A man I" What craft ?" ' None." . : ' ". ; " How do you live F; - " Like the rest of the world as well as f can.r Where do you live ?" " H?re, now to-morrow any where !" Really, exclaimed his worship, waxing little wrathful at what he considered the saucy bluntness of his answers; Really ou are a very pretty rascal. Perhaps you expect to get off by this device; but you Will IinU OHi y'Ul ljniaiv " I exoect-vou will do your doty," re plied the culprit ;' "and then I suppose I shair be imprisoned, whipt, and set in the stocks." - ' -- .r " ,':"r" '' 51 undertake to promise you alt three,' rejoined hts worship j u but first I would lain know a little more of you. I am fond of original characters; and you seem to be one. What made you' steal this" man's hread?" ' Want!" 7 ; . v Ave. ave. thatis always the ready plea ; but if you were in want, why not work and eat honesr biead ?" - , "Who will employ me ? No one l int world's doors are shut against me I " Whv did you not eat the loaf when you purloined it, if you wanted it ?" There are wauts of the soot, repueu the youlh, as pII of the body mine were the' former." C6me' come," quoth his. worship, thu is trifling with" the respect due to mine ol- I init noon Knowing vuuf ii) hat the clerk may, enter it in uie .uc.- ''-r.', . . . i : j ; lion! What is your name, sirran r "George Wilson. Have you augnt more with me ?" -f.' - Oh V' exclaimed hU worship, in a tone e i- il ...u. t ..nt have a name h t,i,,r r not t to it? 1 dare b tin ioo. George Wil sonaias whati't , ' . r't" T'lPiK beside him; he immediately he continued, ' win" act-user, an, . . V C . O I . T. " rum, raisea a hue and cry, and soon brought hungry bear to have given thee, rather than Very signibcar mm oacK j oot white l was .askings him a pave heard thy feeble ' waitings for want : De done, while few questions he watched his opportunity rather than still have beheld iby sightless course. sorter calmly, bot proudly. " What further questions ?" j . . j "None," said his worship. You may wne rum to 'prison7 ! : c tuii3ams were aoout tot remove him, when he pot them aside with a delibe rate air. and addressed his worship : - P j-.sr uuailllii!). fre appointed to -maintain and er on -.enforce those laws. is Mtrai his eyet, sirming with wars f'God know froh, VhiS,,iL 7 i voice faltered a little, h)i soon recovered 1 , ' AiA recoverefi - i - mmr w rv aa ubs to who gave Voo a HshfVUo insult me with needless q iestions, io oppress me with mean insinuations, to woond me with -yourspuny wit? The consciousness of that protection wnicn your station throws around youl you by no insolence of manner, by no ur- siiuuiu iidc iiiijue von rotrr rui. l ncensen bulence of conduct. I bore your taunts with the bread in his rnose, and all ihe meal millt : ...JJ l .... ..i. J.n k;. I..J :j h . .. .1 mildness. Surely it would become vtjulto distinsuish between the hardened s nnnr I and the :lflrlv OriP hHtWPfn fh rttarrtot l I a " 7 vi uwiiui tor of great misdeeds, arid the offender iri trifling ones. What is the amount of ''inv ::rrim . -:1 attempted to despoil this man'of a loaf of bread. I had ,.o money; r had no friends; compassionate heart in his bosom, looked I. had no home ; but I had God of HealU mine host as he spoke with a listeninp I ven. hear and forgive me f I had a faiher i . . - an aeed, helpless, blind, and dvina fa- ther, callins aloud for food, and no ravon ni the desert to bring it to him. Poor old matil r. would have nlnrbpri ihp mnrcol fmm l, - " ' -w mviavi viu 0 eye-balls rolling in their sockets, and turned towards Heaven to implore its piivine help ! ' - " VVhat had I to fear from man ? From man, who is my bi other ! From - man, whose heart should feel for misery I Three long days and three miserable nights has my father fasted ; duiingjhat time has h pined, inch meal, away r in that time has h-1. drunk nothing but the water ol the stagnant pool ; in that time has he cursed his i existM Hnce ; during all that time has he groaned beneath the bony grasp of death ! Stretch ed on the bare earth, with iio shelter from ing trees could give him, no pil ow for his J L.. iUA ww m r- AniiDi'in rr Ini1 hiC wasting body but his tatteted clothes, there ... he lies, dark, dark, and famished i " 1 have shared his hunger: I have shar ed his watching ; I have sat by him, and longed to hear his last sigh t Every mo ment I expected it, and I would not leave him. His cries for food I evaded, believ ing death at hand. 1 shuddered at th thought of lengthening a wretched life a few sad hours ! I sat in gloomy desperation. hoping to ee him expire V Aye! look on me with horror. I panted -I thirsted to OrllOlU 111 ill wasiru iuiuivbiiuvhvm . aims of death ; for what is life to the blind, the aged, the needy, and the ailing ? Who that is thas bowed down with the infirmities of nature, and opprest by the tyranny ot Nnin fvnnin arrpsi ine siieiii n iuca vn a .4 L !Im mIwi4a mrC death? Do you abhor the savage of tne lesert, who leaves his aged parent to per sh ? he is more merciful than we who shut out the grave, even when we are snui oui rom the world and the woria s aengnis : " Fixed was rov gloomy purpose, and I sat, in horrid silence, by my father, heaving m the throes of death. With the green mantle, of the standing pool I wetted his ips as often as he called tor arms , . wnen ie moaned for drink I was silent as the dole's hef knew not that I was hear him Hf art rending was my task, and dreadfully I fulfisled it. When the darfcness oi mgnt encompassed the' creation, when all was stillness and solemn gloom; then have I sat mpatiently listening to my Miner as ne gasped for life I The lever s nery iang had unstrung nis joints, anu r uiu uui Still as he called for drink I was at land: but, when he bade me teea nim, 11 , ....... . H ,non.0r.H nnt: vain none j x.acn iuuru-i ng dawn showed him to be Still, living out still dying f - . t , 1 "The lengnn ol my tnti suDuoeu ujyjrc- solulion ; the energy wuicu uespa.r u,u miser v had leant m? was weaKened j tne on purpose of my "flrl wa aV Un I so or mV father litigering on m the pangs of death, yet straggling, to live; when I . i l: .iotoi fnrm stili trinmoh- l Vieweu UUI cmoviW' . T . ine over hunger and the fever's rage j when 1 beheld him girawmg urc whieh he lay to satisfy the ,nous cra vings of his . famished stomacn, my aou. - :' ' . . n f l.fi U'im W muni. yearned witrr pity, ana t u.u, . f .-.i h thmr Hnerate resolve of procuring iood for him at whatever hazard? -Filled vith this resolution I passed your door; i it i 1 hooed to interest your com passion by my looks ; but you had no com f -. - ..l t .u-n i-d the loaf anU nerce wivirpity. . w - - . fled ; not hastily, or Lmight have escaped, i was brought back. An agomamg though: of my poor lather's condition came across ,v mind. I rushed forth again pursued by you and others. l 0cc,e Lie; I thought it led to where my fathe. d ' t a. had- and I could have droppev lay. i . - : ... T nnnn u.n ...... j ' 1 ''..'. and now pint vohr . o - , "S i'"t forsaken, rehed, J P.r,eca.ei. ou. cast, h Yoa know recorded. out lei it be - recorded also I would hav - a ojing. parent f uaps, oy mis ; time. he is. dear)..:. -Havi. f ant it 'mav be so f f am j Only let me know, my fathers spifit is re- " . jt'- '- a of this woHd ii V i4 .a. i" .Wc'?"ryM 1 tion of Dprnntthnn.. - r-- I ,,0 01 iJemostbrenes or Cicero produce i - - - m mmi mw --mm mwm t am am a. iLttammoru. nnTr - ...-' . . lMpft observing; that. Christians alike, he thought, for his part, we ought to behave like Christians one toj another; and, though he might not choose J nave his bread taken away by an Jack im naa a lancv to Dnr oiaif. vpi rnn rt 1 1 L i i. . n his larderr yea. arid all the ale in his eel- lar. might have kent comtnv with tht I loaf, ff lhev COuId haV.oVnrrtfirl rnmfnrt wltT J J - - -m w va Win IU ft n III them to the poor creature who had pined with hunger for three davs and niphts-" His worship, who. when th Hmni.,, rtr office did not interfere, had a really kind and , for he divined his meanin?. anri se - I . . ... o t Telly lauded it. It was not for him. how. I ver, sittine in the chair of insticp. rind I worn to administer it impartially, to pro uound an f srartP fnr ihp nrinnsi hm ho 1 " r "r" uiiauiivi VU illy pointed out how it might gravely deprecating; such a reverell comprehended his hu mane intention, and; by a timely hint to mine host, enabled htm to withdraw the , charge, which he instantly did to the infio I "satisfaction of all present. O i " I am free to depart, then, said the youth. " You are," replied his worship. I I hen let me begone," he continued. every moment is precious, and I should ill rieserve tne liberty I have regained were I waste it in sloth, nor to fulfil the purpose nt mv ahtaiiM reverell and mine host proposed to ac company him tojhespof where hehadjef! him witn vianas ana a nagon oi coraiais, which Crob. who had heard the whole pro ceeding, placed under the youth's arm,witi an honest " God bless you,"-as he left the louse. From BlackwooxTs Magarine. noctes AMBROsiANiE. IvorA. as Bonaparte whether Crocker himself wrote this life of turn or no, i caiui say, put my opinion is, mat u u were so, mere wouin would be nothing to wonder at. When he used to vituperate lapoieon, rcHiemoer wa? potent for evil. Yes, even at St. Helena lis names and his words were playing the devil continually all over Europe. He was then an enemy, and to have honoured him would, as the son of bhlrach has laid down, have beert the part of an idiot.- But now, God pity us ; he . sleeps sound beneath a housand weight df granite; ana snameon the mortal who dare deny that be was the greatest mad of the last thousand years. Shepard. Greater than Shakspeare j or Newton r or j ' - . iVorM. I mean the greatest warnoT and he greatest prince; and whatever ur. qhanning may think, it is my opinion that these are characters not to be maintained on a. slender stocK oi Drain, inai wunoy scribe says,f Buonaparte has added none thought to the old store of human intellect. It most oe aamuiea inas uc iicruic .nitv. views nor preached sermons ;; but still I have a sort of notion that Buonaparte was 4 more powerful Unitarian than Dr. Chan - nin. In fact, laying his battles andyicto riband even his laws and diplomacy, out of view, 1 am willing to stake his mere ta- ble talk at St. Helena agamsi att me exisi he written wisdom of the U. btates. . 0'toAerry. sou ioy l aaiclJm MV " North. Just torn to that one pagef in wn.u. Buonaparte demolishes Spursheiar. Thpse three or four Vsentences are worth all thai has vet been written on the subject. Let Mr. Combe answer tnem h n ctfii. ? sw. A irteat deal has been said about the necessary quantum of sleep, that is, how oog we ougnt to inuuigc i,w M.,r. " ve known nt the time what he knew theiKU," ""' V "0 wish to irv- ntnrv. NOW this Quesuou, Hsc,uiiM..h--.:-:..;.;.L..v!. . .. f . t--. nn- others connect? , cannot be reduced to mathematical prci, sion f fur every, thing must;de habit,uponcons cular nature ami cutauomror ur wvwp-'ji "tf Vreadt ,bb0gh the most piciu licn' A person: in good beahh, whose tLfof various Ibwer entalf and physical. occupat.on?et . very taborrous, will find seven or e.gni opur. sleeVcmhesuficienttore tio.i. Those whose frames are or whose occupations are studious and labo - .ious require we are refreshed, and sule is lu steep .hth pet UP. We were - ac -tlmn of very good family .A .ill WM n .astern counties, who UJ u ne wa, up ..r htv vears of age; and, tor tbM ..--- ... . .... , ... - 'r - j : LZl - 'nsianroe wok ,n ,he iMurning, no matter vt nhm end erel time and to a day in. the er, 4 quiet nap. Peoole ridimll oi ;C I hihti r . . ri-yf i "m. 'uuiiciv iiFiipr rrk i ttj o iui nail J A ' . ; ""!bl,aIl of Spain , nd or " "d provident I- " ,,lJ ""'y noura 01 ineir ex I stence.--thprhw .u , A ' w a:. a . , m 1 1 t 1,ul consuii arui nurnor our iffSmSii-SSLSkJ norea- wholesome advice touchint? the modTirT irch those habits and feelines should be! indulged. . i hi i- .jj?.. ... ....... Ullb ,. iiienmBrnni a A h U U not with! h'l winOUt benefit - vi ttmiiii 19 ThlS is to Sleen in n room as large, as lofty, and as airy as pos sible, and in a bed but little encormWd with curtains. The lurig must respiie, and the blood, must circulate duiing sleep, as well as any other lime and it is of great importance that the air of the bed chamber should be curtains are tZl.nLP a ,n sul,,,:r L,;", ' I! tu.V? ' uPVoui antf ia n ' "Tl" m ?f er W,tl0Ut . iuiuci iiiiua xrr.pn in nrtiih nan. uia impervious screen, in which our beds are so commonly enveloped. In summer great advantage may be derived Irbm sleep ing in some ol the villages near town, and at a sufficient distance from its smoke and impuritics.r-Lowdon Magazine. I Secret Intentions in England The most valuable inventions and imDrovemmia in the arts in England are not such at niret the public eye. There is too much Iclash ing of interest, too great competition arriontr the manufacturers to allow of this, and the jealousy with which they regard each other Extends in a Stronger dtart fn fnrpiann Strangeis, therefore, who feel the superior ity of England, and while seeing the eff cta of dur national industry, estimate the means of their production by published accounts, invanaojy overrate our artizans or underw value, opr engineers the former for execut- mg-Jgfijaoh ja.W .Wk- L apparent neglect or ignorance of the sun Inorl which science ffrds to everv branch of it. M. Dupin, Irom persooal experience, (judged more correctly. Mr. Ptfdet does I not run into , either extreme, he sneaka highly of the great English establishments: J regards, for example, with great astonish I ment. the Scotch distilleries, where, bv employing alembics about forty-four inches im diameter i and five inches in depth, or ui. . . r ifrom fifty-two to fifty-four inches in diame- I ter anj about eight inches in depth, their i contents fortv four and eightv gallons res ! Dectivelv. are heated, comoletelv distilled. and the alembics re-filfed. the 'first in two minutes and a half, the last in three minutes Iand a half; but he seems to think that the loretical refinements are too much overlook- erj,. now t s precisely in these details that wholesale operators vie with each other, and it is these secrets which ould be, and arej most jealousfy guarded from every eye The consequence is, that books on practi f ca subjects are necessarily in arrear T IS fare onable to do so. Foreran Review. f , A thousand anecdotes might easily be c Elected to prove how often the general has i ed his victorv. the k ne his crown, tor me apparently accidental and wholly u. fatwn circumstances, over which they had uQ control some chance as mncn oeyonoj (heir influence as that which made Sfoiza Alllnri0n a .oldier. and his grandson Duke 1 flf jviilars An Italian peasant was once I jn-lted .D IO;n band of " Coodottieri.' He hesitated i and throwing up his axe into la t . re$olved that if it hung suspended onV the boirehs. he would enlist t if it fell h would continue a woodman. The axe did ' not fall; and Francisco Sforsa, pointing to hisi troops, his riches and h'rs splendor, was wont to say," I owe all this to the branches ofjao oak which, supported 1 my grandfa th r's pickaxe.w He indeed attributed too much to Fortune, tod little to hit on valor " ana genius s but the account is a difficult i usteJ between merit and good luck one. to settle; tne Daiance is noi rcauny u- of ffravelied walks otx a(es, ,nd more thaa ofcarri.ge rbad. i;-gr - wmch tht Ear of Fit haf Bens m Scotland 1 one f - -bich n Up8rds ojf four , foet above, the jcvel ofthe .e,,J nacle of the mountain f vTHIe.nth ol the . raiIes frorh the toot. ascem is ntari ac .-n rlirig- the - ""ftuk ue a magiciaa ana, now . w
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