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4 i i i .if i i. -i i ri. Fr- -i tlie Boston Cultivator. THE OLD BACHELORS.- '-II J - iybo are th men that oft we nwet, ,,.- ? rVith eyes cart down towards tbe atrret, V 3 '- ; I'hnt 'frlv a nod but never apeak t ' ; t ; -; ; ; UJd Uacneiora. i Who pass their dajra and nigbta in fear, ;f IVmiim no eentle wives are near, - ' t TbeSr wearjiching heart to cUer I fc - 5 ' ; J 1 . ' i Old Bachelors. What men ait up loo late at mgM, ; : ,:r v I vT read those talea of j lore at sight, And wishing ibej could hare a - bite Old Bachelors. t r 3 Whei men 'fcrerer.'erer wear yj;Z r t j Tteir clothes,' till they are 'worn thread bare. I And know not bow they look, nor care ? Old Bachelors: f. , Who pas? jn wretchedness their Jives, -',. . And wish that they had married wives,, fore they'd reached thetfthifiy-nvea I Old Bachelors. f ho would not -now propose for gold ''i' X iTlaiiiM thw'r rot to no old." -; - 1 f Xnid all the girls look up so cold 1 ' : i VV;: V-'. t.:sl "-'Old BacbelonC' I 5 Who hath no pity in her : heart, t 4 tTr take the lonely. Bach's part, ? , , V , ;.i a I But wishes they mightalways smart t , t - L i 'i Wh hHE: EMPIRE CLUB. - Newr-York, gi ves a' sketch! of the promi nent (tharacters attached " to , the tamous Empfte Ci& in New York. . AVe find the account published in the Richmond Whigi fheead of the Clubi he says is a refu gee fmm justice in Albany, for a late riot and attempt atrnurder. -He was once ar- . rested; in Washington for stealing Treasu;. rv hof!es in New Orleans, bv order of the . : 1 ' ' - " - ' lrcsident.- The lieutenant of the CJub was tfieu tor t tie murder ot a man named ' Londa and was saved frohi the peniten tary(orjjfe:b si ncej arrested ilor stealing Treasury notes. One, of : jth'6 'members v'as once convicted of . mKhslaughter, and served out his time for tlj4 ofTence in the penitentiary. Ano ther ,vas convicted of theft and i burglary, and pardoned out of the penitentiary by Gov.lBouck.i Another was ouce arrested - iii-Njsjv Jersey as a pickpocket, and after escapmg becauso;6fisbme informality in the arrest; he came, and joined this Club. : Ahbthjsrv besides being a common theft, f was ohce sent ti tho penitentiary for the murder of a' man by the name of McCoy. Another hgabohd is of the low order of gniblerand -haV been hvjee arrested for riots.: Another was once arrested for stcal- ipg a bocket-book, Jand another timeJorH ijeajirtg. goods. v Another- has been once arrciBtd for stealing, pud, frequently t,in (iictcdjas a gambler. Another never was Unovn to cfjmmit but one capital offence, andthat wasstealinga clocks fbrivnich li o va!s indicted and tril. ; And another has bejen arrested tbrecnimes In the last two (yea rs for stealing goods ' of various kinds. This statement is put forth by Mr. BrownjioNv to cofroborate the statements to tlielsamo effect heretofore made bv the "jfjew York' Express and other Nev fork papd'rs. and bv Mr. Clinirman in his sneech Si the jllouse 'of Ueprcsentativcs. Alex dhdrid Gazette, . - - , " . " , 4 t .. - :. . . I ' - -f .- - ' . " I -I It i V. 4 J - , . ' - -. " : - - I i M(issachusctts and South Carolina. J ,' LTHq following, appear on examination of thpj Journnl,tqhayc Tjeen the procee ding In tlie Congress of ' 1778, to which .Allusion: is madeibjvGov. Baldwin, in his speech at the opening of the late ses sioaof the General Assembly of Connec U BVithe fourth aticle of the Act of Cori- -fcderition; as adopted byf South Corolina and the other, States of" the Confederacy An Jutyt;l 778, i t isdeclarel that . I he bet ter to jsecure and perpetuate mutual friend- siihip fnd intercourse among the people of tlie different States of this Union, therce , inhabitants of each of these States (pau persv vagabonds, und fugitives from jus tice excepted) shall be, entitled to all pri . Vilegijs and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free 'ingress and egress to and from any other State, arid shall cn- r.iV therein iill the brivileccs of tradft nnd ! -r .juu,,,fr uujci;i tu iue sameuuues, im positions, and restrictions as the inhabi- On the. 25th of June. 1778. before the ratitiohof the''articies'!bconfeidecation- the delegates from South Carolina moved -Aha following amendments : . 1st, in artf cle.lV. between the words frce intabi tanlstf insert-ue.w j Passed in the -negative, i ayes; and 8 noes, 1 divided. Af ter the words - the several Slates? hsert r according to the. law; of such States re spect ively for the Goyernmeritof their own JrceUcni&ihhabfctnls. Passed in the ne gative, 2 ayes, 8noes.ll divided;t V r i Ifjh a (ul!;iknbVv-ted;:pf!'thosenti-.entsj of the. other States on this subject, ijuljcated by their reftisal to adopt the .amendments proposed by her delegates, outhj Carolina jn the following month of July ratUled the Articles of Con fedcraUon wittiout amendment. . t i England aod the United States " f"; i aai i at present Would ,arct" 1c accomplished bynegoti t last ? and why not now 1Indi- iut Slate journal. ill HHt ill lilM I UIJ j 1 j Stevens Thomson Mason, Esq. of Vir- pinijt. has been, appointed by the Secre- iary of WarMHitarj Storekeeper at the - Vashniton Arsenal, in the place of 3Iar- "i'us C.j Buck, deceased. '. - flic's for the AloliUon his. About se v cn years ago a r.cgro mnn belonging to Mr, Stephen Jaclcson, at u.at time a sad dler in this place, rait away from his mas ter; and had not been heard from until a feV days since when he made his appear ance here to enquire for his master, who moved since he ran away to the State of Mississippi. This; negro's object in return ing is to give himself up to his master. cTHIap nnd a verv in- telligent negro, and hashad abetterchance of taking care of himself than 09 out - of iuu tree negroes, in spue n .iuis, uuwr ver,! he prefers to be under the care of a good master than to having his liberty, and 'earnestly advises his fellow servants in, hk content with their present condition. far better suited to the srreater nor- " " 4 , sj - -t f J tionf of them than that liberty which they so much, covet. " , . '-4 -,.". . : ' '-. I- Another instance of voluntary return to sla very occurred in the case of a negro belonirinir to Mr. Francis EoDes. -This negro made his escape several years ago, nuu n suuib nine since reiurncu auu ganc himself up. Peti Intelligencer. " " TcxflLf.The Wrtsbineon Union will not be satisfied unless ihe Texan Congress consummate the plan of annexation on the 4:n;ju iy. ; --- y- r : -- ' :;-, y - The: Union's reason for this is. to effect the signature of the Sub-Treasury Bill, by Mr.! Van Buren, on the 4th of July, 1840. From - Texas. The: last advices from Texas according to the Washington: Un ion.!" remove ever v shadow of doubt bo on the" acceptance of the terms of our re- solutions, and tne annexation ot lexasto the United States.? i . A private letter l from a-high quarter in Galveston" dated May 6, says 'Tex as will accept the terms, and that prompt ly, And she will ; ha viT n the 1st Moridav in December next knocking at the 'doors of Congress, two Senators and two Rep resentatives, with ; a good constitution in their hands.?... , v r . 4 ... . . , MY FIRST AND .LAST LOVE AF- I . Vv FAlR. v'v - .; : ,v' , BY WILLIAM- BURNS. A y believe the admission general that no boy passes his nineteenth , year without haying experienced ;at least one, tender ani eternal (of course) passion ; arid that very few girls get fairly through their six-" teepth year scathless of a' romantic love. The tender j sentiment is peculiar to the, teens, and is something like 4 the , mumps and the, measles comes only once in a iife!time:-K . ;;r . ; 5 if :" Just as I was entering' the last half of myf nineteenth year, (it matters not how long ago that was) arid beginning to think of jwhiskey, tobacco, and other , modern evidences of manhood, I fell most despe rately in love. I knew at the timo that it was the maddest thing in the world to voluntarily yield myself up ; to a passion, wljich is very -icleviflyV. caricatured by French cooks, when they put a live fowl before a slow fire and! roast it gradually, fori the purpose of swelling the heart; ; but show me a. youth vp listens to reason -if he haveany when his head, heart and other fixens are in a broil of tenderness, devotion, and romance and I will con fess that I.was a greater fool than the ma jority of my sex and age. , . ine course ot love ran smoothly e nough for some time but this did not de ceive me I knew I should get to the ra pids and whirlpools too soon for . my own comfort. 1 :was like the drunken Indian in the canoe above the falls offNia gara I just took long draughts of the deli cious nectar, and allowed the little shal lop of my fate to take its own way. and mkethe best bargain it could with the treacherous waves. My r gentle resigna tion, however, did not make my sufferings the lighter when the crisis came 1 stood on the edge of the precipice I looked pi teously around for help I shrieked in the most pathetic and romantic tones but it wouldn't do, over I went into the mad dened flood. I felt for an instant that it was air up wit h me and the n there was a blank. "J" ' ': "'.' f When I awoke again I found myself in bed very weak and very wretched. The doctor told me that I had been threatened with irjflamation of the brain, but that a rheumatic fever stepped in instead. What a cold bath to romance I . I vas dying of a broken heart to be labelled rheumatic 1 I hated the man from the moment, and swore to be. revenged, and I kept my oath Mia wins uuiBceipieu. yet. - .My young readers and I am writing especially Jo them will know what the foregoing mVans, without explanation ; but least some: sour, crabbed bid maid, or fuz 2jold bachelor should accuse me of put ting nonsense into type, I will just add in plain terms that after a most tender, sea sop.P love, which commenced in the warm months and lasted till the cold. I was ve ryjpolitely informed by a very polite mo ther,1 that I was a wild rake, an unprinci pled libertine; and that she- looked upon my attentions to her daughter with dis- fleasure. : Here was adamper ; -1 a rake ! a libertine, wo hd nVver looked into a lady's foco- without blushing 1 ? : - .?r - Thecliar're'nKtftnishArl m-lilio -r. bus-Surfacej45withless - reason;1 was tiot j more indignant but astonishment and iri dignation did no good both ended as I sajd before, hr rheumatism;- f : ; - "-f iWhenl recovered: . . W ' - www u W V W M 9 IVUU .oft he partiet handed me a pretty, three- hitc hearts an skewer) terms- broken hearts? crushed affec tions, "poignant regrets blighted hopes,' udying loye&c;; bvery body knows hov these strong expressions are sprinkled The P. 5v put new life in me. : It ran thus . Love fc. laughs . at lock-smiths. t'ome to my window that looks into the utile garden, nt in :. t y . W kVIJllV. scaling the wall look, out for the broken ! Ttippt nf rrlnss" that is embedded on ahe top, and don't forget topui i eie hi your pocket to pacify the dog with if he - m - . X TA Xr r 4 r. Alio ; r- e , i -p ... i should attack you." xie i jr and had his teeth ground yesterdaj-.". . ; 1 1 was in raptures, i jW hat ilid I care tor the walls I T I would eat through it glass and all and as, for thf dog; with his filed teeth, .why my . account at; the butchers should answer for tbf iathfuines$ with which that job had been permed.g .Ten o'clock came, abd ljwa off jto the rendezvous. The: wajl I gpt'bver at- the expense of a"rent in?rnxot scratch on my person-fl called for neither. - Holding three or four, h,uge slices of beef in my hand, fori Bid not half like the prospect of an encounter , With the dog, I threaded the; narrow jw'alk$ and gained the designated spot beneath! the wi ndow. The night was very dirk -bat two bright eyes shining from ; the I casement -told me all that I was anxious jto Iearnix 7 J ) "Ji How I managed to 'clamber up to the window; and enter it, s of no particular importance l did get up ana in, ana lounu myself in her arms or hhe found herself in t was! all the same mine, I forgot which; i though. ; : , ' . Mv own love, (a pretty appellation isnt it ?) was in raptu res, and; so ;was 1 ; she wept and I sung to her Oh, why is the girl of my soul still in tears!1 (do I quote correctly ' her eyes and began to ), until she wiped talki Then I knew she had regained her composure ; for i have always observed! that woman never talks when she is excited fits a- yell for a smile, and either is not very pleasant, f We laid jgreat pldnstha night elope ment, hasfy marriage ; prayer for Ma's pardon everything was fixed upon! In the small hours of morning, I prepared to leave.' 1 r approached the? window and looked out it was unsually dark. There is an especial proverb against jumping in the dark, but 1 did not think of it that mo ment more's the pity, i : 'fT" I j ' " The iarevvell kisswjas burning bii my lips the soft adieuririgingjn my ears, so I took the jump. Powders above I what a transition I I found myself immersed to the lips in a hogshead of warm meal slush a, compound which, jhow'ever good for fattening pigs, is not exactly calculated for a hot bath. How it got there, or how I got into it, I had, no time to ascertain, for the loud baying of the Jdog! called my at-r tention to a newdangeir. The beef 1 held in my hand as I leaped from the window, fell into the hogshead, jand I now contriv ed to draw it out of the meal, with the hope of silencing the dbg bre l attempted toextricate myself frojm he , unpleasant situation in which I wak placed. But dogs, though they like beef Very well, are! not particularly fond of Indian meal hot, as I found to my cost.- The enemy came on with fierce, yell ! as I held out the beef; a sudden flood of light exposed to me, and two or three grinning Servants and a host of family friends," thb ridiculous scene in which Twas figuring. fI attempted to rise and explain, as Mr. Wise did some time ago in Congress ; fbui the dog deci ded that I was out of ordep, and compell ed me to duck my head quite under to a void his springing. I (arose but to hear peals of laughter, and ilode again in the same way from the vile animal, who con tinued to leap over me with the agility of a cat, and ferocity of a tiger. I thought my time had come, and was about to resign myself to my fate with as much dignity as it was possible for rbe to exhibit in a hogshead, when my persecutor relented and called the dog off.! I was then taken out, soaped -and allowed to depart but the story of my mishaps became known and I was greeted with laughs and deri sion at every corner, i Against this, however, I bore up brave ly, till I was informed that the fair one for whom I had encountered all these perils, had played me false byj marrying her cou sin. Then 1 swore never again to dabble in love or meal slush, bnd thus ended my first and last love aft air. 4 f - i Burning Bibles in Canada. Mlhc anniver sary of the American Bible Society, held in New York on Thursday, Hevl Mr. Wilkes, of Canada, stated that in distributing Bibles among the French Catholics, it had been found expe dient to Joan the Bibles, instead of either giving or selling them. The reason was, that the priests could and would take away and destroy any Bibles which their pepple; might own, but could not legally destroy the property of the Bi ble Society. The name; of the Society: was therefore written in each copy, and the books were loaned to those who! would accept them. A priest collected a large number of these Bi-bles-and burned them ! The. officers of the So ciety informed him that h6 had: destroyed their property, and that they should ljok for remiimcr ation. He refused, againjand again. Bui one of the committee, who wak a lawyer, addressed a note to the priest, assuring him that thef law was With theinand that compensation would be demanded. The money cdme, and nothing more was heard of Btble-burninr, j " j ? j Mr Wilkes stated that the translation de. stroyed was that of De Sacy, the great ptiilolo gist, who was a Catholic j-PJiiladelphia Amer ican.. - : , . - - The Columbus. Commodore Biddle.Cab- lain J. v. wyman commandingjjs on the eye of departure for China; 1 She takes out Hon. Alexander.il. Everett, the new lvappointed Minister br Commissioner of our : Government to Cjhina. The treaty entered into by Mr. Cushing will be con summated bii the jdeckj of tbat ship on1 her arrival at Canton, after whicbthe Colum bus vill make a brief feqjburn m the Chi nese; eas, touching; at beveral ports in the Pacific; and return ,to jthe ; pnited ; States via iCape Horn; She will be absent twelve or "eighteen! months. TheTCk)lumbus" is now lying -iril Butt eiillc ChanneI;East River, and makes a fine warlike ; appear ance. She will. shortly drop down to Sta: ten Island, preparatory to , her departure! Her complement fof bfficers, and mentis complete, numbering about eight hundred and seventy souls. Mr( Everett's lady! al companies him. : They Avill probably "re- ' J ..... "'T - ' - i - ci iuawdu. 44 mirror. J"- the I.sftJuu Punch. MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mrs. Caudle suggests tbat her dear Moiher shouli come ttf ::::::,raiii live" with her. ' . r' ; l!llV your; cold better to-night, Caudle ? Yea I thought it was.Twilt be quite well to-morrow, I dare say. -There's a: love X You don't care enough of yourself, ,Cau die, you don't. .And you ought, Tm sure if onlv for mv sake. For. what I should do if any thing should happen to you but I won't think of - it ; noT can bear to think of that. ' Still ' you ought : to take care of yourself ; for you know you're not strong; Caudle ; you Know you're not. " " Wasn' dear mother so happy with us, to-nisht ? ; Nowyou needn't go to sleep, so suddenly. - I say, wasnVshe so happy ? You don t know I - how can you say, you don't know;. : You must have seen it. But she always is happier here than any where I else. ' Ha ! what a temper the dear thing has I- I call it a temper of satin ; it is so smooth; so easy, arid so soft; Nothing puts her out of the way. ' And then, if you only knew how she takes your , part, Caudle 1 I'm sure, if you'd been herown son ten times over, she could'nt be fonder of you. Don't you think so; Caudle t Eh, love ? No do answer. How can you tell ? v Non sense, Caudle, you must have seen it... I'm sure nothing delights t he dearsoul so much as when she's thinking how to please you. I Don't you remember Thursday night, the stewed oysters when you came home? That was allxlear mother's doings I Mar garet,' says she to me, ' it's a cold night ; and don't you think dear Mr. Caudle would like something nice before he goes to bed?' And that, Caudle, is how the oysters came about. Now, don't sleep, Caudle : do lis ten to me for five minutes ; 'tisn't often 1 speak, goodness knows. ; i And then what a fuss she makes when you're out, if your slippers arn't put to the fire for you. She's "verygood ! Yes -I know she is, Caudle. And hasn't she been six months though I promised her not to tell you- six months, working a watch jpocket for your 1 And with her eyes, dear soul and at her time of life ! "And then what a cook she is ! I'm ;sure, the dishes she'll make out of next to nothing ! I try hard enough to follow hen but, I'm not ashamed to own it, Caudle, she quite beats mc. Ha 1 the nice little things she'd simmer up foryou and I can't do it ; the children, you know it, Caudle, take so much of my time. I can't do it, love : and I often reproach myself that I can't. Now, you shan't go to sleep, Caii dlie ; at least, not for minutes. You must hear me. . "Tve been thinking, dearest ha! that nasty cough, love ! I've been thinking, darling, if we could only persuade dear mother to come and live with us. Now, Caudle, you can't be asleep : it's impossi ble you were coughing only this minute yes, to live with us ; what a treasure we should have in her! Then, Caudle, you never need go to bed without something nice and hot. And you want it, Caudle. You don't want it ? Nonsense, you do ; for you're not strong, Caudle, you know you're not. "I'm sure the money she'd save us in housekeeping. Ha ! what an eye she has for a joint I The butcher does'nt walk tbat could deceive dear mother. And then, again for poultry V What a finger and thumb she has for a chicken ! I nev er could market like her: it's a gift quite a gur. " And then you . recollect her marrow puddings 7 You doaH recollect 'em ? Oh, tie i Uaudle, how often have you flung her marrow-puddings in my face, wanting to know why I couldn't make 'em ? And I wouldn't pretend to do it after dear moth er. I should think it presumption. Now, iove, ii sne was only living with us, you could have marrow-puddings every dav. Now don't fling yourself about and begin to swear at marrow-puddings ; you know you like 'em, dear. What a hand, too, dear mother has for a pie-crust ? . . But it's borne with some people. What do you say. Why wasnt it borne with me ? Now, Caudle, that's cruel unfeel ing of you ; I wouldn't have uttered such a reproach to you for the whole worlds Peoplecan't be borne as they like. " How often, too, have you wanted to brew horn ! And I never could learn any thing about brewing. But, ah ! what ale dear mother makes ! You never tasted it I No, I know that. But I recollect the ale we. used to have at home : father ne ver would drink wine after it. j The best sherry was nothing like it. You dare say not? Wo, it wasn't indeed, Caudle. Then, if dear mother was only with us. what money we should savejn beer ? And then you might always have your own nice, pure. wholesome ale. Caudle : and what good it would do you ! For you're not strong, Caudle. : "And then dear mother's jams and pre serves,' ove 1 I own it, Caudle, it has of ten gone to my heart that with cold meat you hav'nt always had a pudding. Now ii motherwas with us, in the matter of fruit puddings she'd make it summer all the year round. But I never could pre serve now, mother, does if, and Tor next to no money whatever. What nice dogs in a blanket she'd make for the children I What's dogs-in-a-blanket ? ,. Oh, they're delicious-as dear mother makes 'em. , Fo w you have : tasted her Irish stew, .Caudle ?;:Ybu remember that ? 'fAnu how fond you are of it 1 And I can never have it made to please you. Now what a relief to Tne it would be if dear mother was al ways at hand that you might have a stew when you liked. What a load it would be oCmy mind. : s, n r i :-T; " -Again, for.Pickles I Not at all like any body else's pickles. Her red cabbage- why it's as crisp as buiscuit I And then her: walnutsand Her all sorts I -Eh, Cau ? 4 i Younb w how;: you , love pickles i and "bow we sometimes tifT about 'em ? Now, if dear mother were here, a word i would never pass between us. And I'm ; sure nothing would make me happier, for j you're not asleep, Caudle ! for I can't bear to quarrel, can I love ? . - ". The children, too, are. so fond of her I And she'd be such a help to me with 'em ! I'm sure with clearmother. in the house, I shouldn't care a Jig for nieasels, or any thing of the; sort. As a nurse, she's such a treasure I'trl ?v i;; : - i h And at her time of life, what a needle woman I And her darning and mending for ihe children, it really gets quite beyond me.now, Caudle I. Now, with motherat my hand, there wouldn't be a stitch want j?d in the' house, i L; 'r. . - M. And then Ayhybure out late, Cau dle -for r know ybu must be out late sometimes :"I can't expect you; of course,6 j to be 'always "at; home--why then dear mother could sit up for you, and nothing would delight the dear soul half so much.. c" And so, uauaie, iove, i ininK near mo ther had better come, don't you ? Now, vou're not-asleep. darling ; don't j'oa think sheM better come ? You say Ao? You say No again:? --'You wont have Aer, you ; - . . o ' . j. y ii r f you wont that s jlat l uauaie au-aa. die Cau-idle 'T -', v : ": tt : "Here, Mrs! Caudle" says Mr. C;in:his MS. suddenly went into tears ; and 1 Wehtto sleep." -' . v ;f;:; " Since the. withdrawal of Gen'l. Edney from the canvass for Congress, it is certain tbatMr.Clingman will walk over the track without opposition. We rejoice at I this, for we believe that it is due jo : him that he should be returned to Congress without opposition from any member of his. own party. He has brought . t he Whigs, not only of his own district, but of the Union; under a thousand obligations, for his bold and manly exposition of the yillanies of some of- the leaders of the Democratic party in .the last Presidential election villanies which, but for his expose, would have gone unreproved till doomsday. , Ye trust that the fruits cf that exposition will he felt for years, to come, in the tendency t it will have to create a more vigilant watchfulness of the ballot-box hereafter. Pity there are not. more men in the Con gress of the United States possessed of the fearless honesty of Thomas L. Clingman. Highland Messenger. LEGACIES. Miss Sarah Hutchinson, who died in Philadelphia, on the 20th of March, 1845, bequeathed the following legacies to dif ferent charitable institutions: Female Episcopal Benevolent Society Philadelphia, 81,000 ; Indignant Widows Single Women's Society, $1,000; Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for advancement of Christianity in Pennsyl vania, $1,000 ; Episcopal Female Tract Society of Philadelphia, 81,000 ; Pennsyl vania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; 85,000; Will's Hospital for Indignant Blind and lajne, 85,000; Christ Church, Phila delphia, 83,000 ; do. for its Sunday Schools 80,000 ; P. E. Missionary Society ior Do mestic Missions, 81,000; and a further sum hereafter on thexleathofi lady, who has a life annuity, 86,000. Causes of the increase of Crime. -It is an ascertained fact, that above a million a year is annually spent in Glasgow on ardent spirits ; and it has been recently asserted, by an intelli. gent operative in Manchester, tbat in that town, seven hundred and fitly thousand pounds more are annually spent on beer and spirits, than on the purchase of provisions. Is it suqirising that a generation which has embraced such habits should be sunkjn sensuality, and profli gacy, and afford a never failing supply for pris ons and transport ships ? At present about sixty thousand persons are annually committed in the British Isles, for se rious offences, worthy of deliberate trials ; and above double that number for summary police offences. A hundred and eighty thousand per sons annually fall under the lash of the crimi nal law, and are committed for a longer or a shorter period to places of confinement for pun. ishtnent. The number is prodigious it is frightful. Blackwood's Magazine. Musical Test of the Female Voice. The in fluence of the temper upon tone deserves much consideration. Habits of querulousness or ill nature, will communicate a cat-like qualitylo the singing, as infallibly as lrey give a peculiar quality to the speaking voice. That there real ly exist amiable tones is not an unfounded opin ion. In the voice there is no deception ; it is, to many, the index of the mind, denoting moral qualities ; and it may be remarked, that the low, soft tones of gentle and amiable beings, what ever their musical endowments may be, seldom, fail to please; besides whicTTthc singing of la dies indicates the cultivation of taste generally,, and the embellishment of the mind. A true gentleman treats others as he would they should treat him. A true gen tleman cannot adopt thp law of honor as the system of his intercourse with the world, inasmuch as that only prescribes theduty of equals tolerating injustice, op pression and cruelty towards inferiors. ; Solomon tells us of seven things Prov. vi, 1719 which the'Lord doth hate and abominate, and the first in'the list, is ' A PROUD LOOK. I The Temperance cause is second in im portance to no other except Christianity; arid those who labor for its promotion from pure love of ! it," are the' good Samaritans of the age., f "y s' . . , ,4 -The -Richmond: papers announce the death of William H. Roane, a distinguish ed citizen of Virginia ; a'grand-son of The crreat fire which destroyed so large a portion of Pittsburg, PaJj was caused by4 the carelessness .01 1 a drunken washer-. woman,:,- ilz- 'W From the American Q -ru.ly Jrr.al cf Aoha ; . improveme:;t of stock! j i It is highly important that more atten tion should be given by the agricultural' community generally, to the improvement of. stock. Now and then, among our na tive cattle, an animal may be found of more than ordinary good qualities. But as a general thing wc are poorly off ia this respect. It is a fact that astonished us not a little, when ; we first made uiscovery, mat tne iarmers,in some bf ithe best parts of this country for dairying, jgjj off their cows every fall to avoid W U : nense oi winienn?? them, and . ' . . 4, - -. :; 1 " "UJ new iu mc iuj;. now ii their eAnu were such as they ought to be, they woild not db:this-i:':t:;: f.rV'-; 4-; not jprpfess to underetand tio."v roughly the ' principles of breeding. Bat we nre incunea 10 peiieve that almost evi ftrv farmpp lrrvrw onnnnli "tl ii i . -V- Vijuwu, 19 na. prove his breed of cattle very muchj Tbe best and most improved breeds of the pre sent day, have all been produced fromibe common native cattle, by judicious man agement; And if farmers would supply themselves with good stocky they would not be willing to put them away every fall.- j ": : We'think the agricultural societies 4re at some fault in this matter. "Theirjatten tion has been too much directed to itnpirt ed breeds and thus ouV native breeds ias been neglected. Out of a large numtcr of premiums' offered at thblast fair oftEe New: York State Agricultural Society, a very mall number only wero oflered jfoc) nati ve cattle Uiv!ersuch circumstaneev there is no inducement to do nnvthinf - cept what the individual enterprise of any man may prompt him to. i ; And such fen.; teprise is not verj abundant in this coun try. We cover such an extent of surface, and embrace : such "y arieties' ofclirnate. ? that i we cannot expect the breeder3 of s uruain 10 supply us wun animais suited to all parts. We must do something our selves. "t ' i ' But since so much dependence is placed upon imported cattle, it becomes a rnatler or some importance to determine- the. best ror particular climate or soils in this coun- try. We do not comprehend the differences existing between the different. breeds,andt have no preferences founded - on fancvor prejudice, and of,, course can say nothing bv wav of recommendation. But when- ever wo hit upon any thing worthy bf no tice, on this subject, we shall lay it.befofc oar readers, that they may be aided jia forming a judgment; , It is with t this J in view, that we make the following extracts, from English 'papers.! The first is .from a speech of the' celebrated breeder, W, Fish er Hobbs, Esq., before the East Essex Ag ricultural Society. ;T: j 1 Wh en . he first became a farmer, he was determined to have a good breed of" cattle. He first tried Short-Horns, bcf cause he thought they were the best and at a sale in Suffolk, he purchased several better than which could r not be obtained. He also purchased some Herefords, and kept them together for twelve months, vor of the Herefords. He was therefore ; compelled, contrary to his own wishes, lo give up the Short-Horns and take to Here-; fords ; and he had from that time contin ued to do so, being satisfied: that with Ms soil and climate they paid the hest. Hear hear. rile trusted the farmers whom he was addressing, would - do as he bad done, and judge for themselves what de scription of stock was best suited to their farms ; and wherflhey were r satisfied that they had a breed which would prove most profitable to them, he wpuld advise them to keep to them ; and if they came here to cxhit them and were occasionally unsuc cessful, he would advise them to go home, with a determination of meeting j with more success on a future occasion." f Presbyterian General Asscmblv.-TU body assembled on Thu rsday lasti On calling the roll 1C2 delegates presented memseives. l nere arei synods auaca ed to the Old School General Assembly including one in Northern ;India. and aU are represented except . the , latter. JbQ whole number of delegates is 280, and a- bont 200 are expected to be in attendance. The proceedings were commenced ! with the annual sermon from the Rev. Dn J un kin, now.ofEaston, Pa; College, Tand le president of the Miama University, !the Moderator of the last -General Assembly The Chronicle says we aye pleased to see among them many of the well known and influential leaders oTthe Church: Among those we noticed, were: Drs; Krebs, of York, McDowell, of N. J.i Junkin ofs Pa.V Engles, of Philadelphia, Edgar, of Tena Hamilton of Mobile, Crown and Wood,.1?!. Indiana arid Jiidft TsRavitt: nf SteubcQ- . viiiel i:M-' WeJearn that yesterday .some of the zealous Anti-Slavery delegates held a mce- -ting for, determining on their: course.i What it is theyjpropose to do, wre; are: v informed, z , . .-- " 1 al ' ' ;The members of the Assembly look, as we believe they are, like highly, intcllt' cent and i disrnified ?irien. t Man v anion them j have -grey .beads, and men whose exberience and f learninir entitle them to high respect.. Amer. Republican, '(RrTtiJ Sallow has been raised and tawrd on to fix -Flats;? ; i -f . . r i - i!
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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