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THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
The August No. of tis valuahle"peri-
! l l 1 ' c i .' -
wucai reaciicti is a lew nays ago. we
believe we should be coYrect in saving
mat it is me niosi inieresunj; oran tue
iiuinbcrs which have appeared, excellenf
as its predecessors have jrenerallT been
The articles are original of gre.it variety,
ami Irom the uest pens in our country
We wUh tve had time to give an analysis'
of them. In lieu of that, we give the an
Iicxed general observations from a litera
ry friend, whose judgment is entitled to
II respect. Nat. JntcL
W desire once more to call puhlic attention to
this Magazine, whose rare merits have, by no means,
leen over-rated in the thousand and one laudatory
. nwticea whh which the whale press, of the country is
teeming. The Messenger has had. the good fortune
to sttain an unparalleled? popularity, by striking out
tor itseli a novel path, and ly pursuing it with ener
gy, steadfast perseverance, the greatest ability,' and
perfect fearlessness and independence. We allude.
of course, to its editorial conduct, and especially to
Its department ot Critical IMotices. Throwing off,
indignantly, the trammels of English opinions, the
whole country, it seemed, was upon the point of
rushing headlong- into the opposite extreme, and
living exorbitant and- indiscriminate praise-to every
American book. To such an extent Was this perni
cious feeling carried,' that no sooner was a novel,
poem, or any work of any species, published as the
production of an American author, than the periodi
cal press, unanimously throughout the land, were
occupied in singing its praises, and in this manner
many a spurious and utterly, untenable reputation
has been attained. In Dccemlwr last, the " Mes
,senger".holdiy took up the cudgels against so per
nicious an evil, and succeeded in shaking the throne
of popular faith to its centre, by a scries of attacks,
bold, well-directed, and irresistible, against a num
ber of the most popular authors of the day. The
syitem, too, has been followed up ever since, with
an industry so untiring, an impartiality? so unim
peachable,, an ability so undeniable, as to have ex
torted admiration from all sources.
Nor in its powers of sarcasm- alone hits the Mes
, senjrer obtained a decided, advantage over all com
pelitors. Its columns are equally renowned for
sound scholarship, a just appreciation of real beaotv,
and a searching; analysis of the principles of litera
ry merit. These qualities have succeeded in draw
ing to its list of contributors a great number of the
proudest literary names in our countryijHi whn,
never having before contributed to anjrwrn'lar pub
lication, thus evince their high appreciation of the
JWenger. In the number before us ("that for Au-
i-usij we. see tue names of Robert Greenhow. of
this city. Judge Hopkins, of Philadelphia, Ppo
fMsor Francis Lioler, Editor of the Encyclopedia
Americana. James K. Paulding, Maior Henry Lee
uiunr or me i,ne oi iapoleon. Dr. Robert M
Pint anKir ef (4 i
... v.ia,Br, jwcuienani cinueii. au
thor of A Year in Spain," Simms. author of the
rartizan," the venerable Mathew Carev. of Phib
Jelphia, James M. Gamctt, of Virginia, Mrs. Ellet
Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, Mrs. Sijrourny. and others
It has, besides, one orjwo contributions from Mr.
roe, hy wh.m, we presume, ell after the word Ed-
Mortal is furnished. This department embraces, in
me present instance, no ess thn thirtv.fwv.
1? printed pages, in double columns, principally re
' rws oi new works, among which are The Old
vvorl.L and the New." " Richardson's Pictionarv,
ne uoom l,ems, Mr. French's novel "Lafitte,"
nd Mr. Willis's " Inklings of Adventnre." These
xcMcwg srtouw l read to te appreciated. The
member closes with an amusing article (also editn-
;; caned JlvUgraphy, and embracing fac simile
ignatures of Spark , triHin, Mits Gonld, Profes-
YT , " u?"tf""-"", Shdell, Profettor Anthon,
ojettor LAtbcr, Mr:. Hale, Jajpk Dowmi-,
-"v uric. S lltf,
OUTRAGE ON THE FREEDOM OF THE
PRESS.
One of the most disgraceful outrages on
tlie Liberty of the Pres, which ever cane
hi our knowledge, was .committed in
Ibiivillp, Va. during j the last Week.
He following is. an 'account of ihe 6ut
et taken from the Danville Jieporter:
A scene was enacted at Mr. Daniel Sullivan's
tavern, on yesterday, without example in this peace
ful and nioral community. It u a signal evidence
w the corruption of the timesl It mails the imru
uuction of that lawless, atrocious end murderous vi.
ol'nce, w hkrh strikes at the life, the liberty, and the
property of the ciliicn. !
OutMterdajr forenoon, Thomas' A. Terry, the
Junior Koitor of this paper, universally known in
"a community as a man of hbh honor .ml
nty. and of irreproachable moral,, pas-d throucti
one of the roouu at ihp T.,. r
. . , v.. w, wuere ne
two strangers sitting alone with Mr Sullivan,
ni'luruinir a moment alter. I u. . . .
1 , . , . -I'p'uaneu ty
Jaii.es M. Smith, who asked him 'Are you the
. - " ""'v,n, wnouy
""coiicioiis of any . hostile design, ho replied: 'Ye,
"m, Sir.' Upon the, instant, James M. Smith
,lruck him a violent blow on the head with hMv
unior fidllor ot IhAkJfHrmrtKrT' T u
while Marcellus Bell, stood by with a pistol
iianu, priH.Jauntng that ;he would shoot the
"rt man who attempted to approach wr interfere.
r. I crry wasAvithout arms of any kind. Seeing
tit crry l,ro8lra and Sniith sUi.ding over him,
Pwiiig hu blows upon a disabled man, Mr. Sulli
u sounded an alarm which brought other - prsons
. i .I Tm' Gcwrge Gi,mef' w Pr-
who first approached and without even know-
W"D. ...'.i .... .i.J .. V
- . --o-t, genueiuan
' ",,ucr oiows ol hu mhiu
tod, ,Ktry' Smiihround the arms anu
1 71 pwtol. vvhich Bell held to hi. breaat,
"4log that he would shoot aim, if he toucheiL-.
" Urg are
Br this time, a number of other persons came in,
and Mr-Terry leaving the floor covered with blood
which , had flowed from several shes on his head
""niwarown, ana placed under the care of
. .s meuicai mends. Upon a hasty examination &
dressing of the wounds, made with a view to his
.mmed.ate omfort, they were unable to decide the
extent of the injury inflirted.hut strong hopes are en
tertatned that his skull was not fractured, and con
sequently that he will speedily recover.
Sometime elapsed before the civil authority,' who
was sent for. came in- The town Sergeant, aciing
under the chrec.tion of Magistrate, directed that
Smith and Dell should be taken into custody, and
lor that purpose summoned the bye standers to take
them. In attempting to do this. Smith mnde repea
ted attempts to shoot Br. J. B. Campbell, who how
ever warded of the pistol, when Georsre White. Esq.
earn up, and upon taking hold of Smith received a
pis,01 mil wh,ch was aimed at his heart, through
his hand, waistcoaf, and coat. His life was saved
y his presence of mind. Suddenly twisting his
body round, the direction of the ball which must
otherwise have been received in his lwdy, glanced
over its surface, leaving a trace behind it in the skin
and passing through his coat at the shoulder. The
wadding, burning and smoking, was lodged in Mr.
Whites bosom. Every one present believed him
fatally wounded. Campbell and Whit are brave
men. Unarmed as they were. Bowie Knives. Pis
tols and Dirks were disregarded. - Bell cocked a
pwtol and held it to Capt. Towns' breast also swear
ing that he would shoot him (the Town Sergeant)
if he laid hands on him. ' Shoot and be damned."
said Townes. as he seized him. I know my duty
and will do it at the hazard of life." These scenes,
a .may naturally be expected, collected a large
crowd of persons, and it is in our esteem a singular
ly creditable fact that not a man was armed, even
with a walking cane.
When thonirest was completed, and reveral
Magistrates collected, Bowieknife, two pistols
and a cowhide were taken from their conce:d
rnnls in Smith's clothes. Two Pistols and a
Dnk from Bell. That the attack upon Mr. Ter
ry was premeditated before they b ft l;vncl.burr,
there can he no manner of doubt. They made
business the pretext,- but that they rame here to
murder Terry, (we use the term in its most fe
lonious sense,) i manifest, from the unusual dis
play of the implements bf death.upon their per
sons. '
He seems to have called down murderous ven
jreance upon himself by an article which appear
eel in this nan, .nm. '. . ..
nine anicc, comwiennnir
unnn Ih. . . i . O
continued ueunuence ot Kxtia
Hilly Smith, the. contractor upon the stage lin
from the half way houe (Mrown'O to I vn,-li
bitrg The article alluded to was call'd out by
Mr. Terry's sense of public duty. The failures
or the mail and the impositions pr -cised oti the
public for months in succession, bv an agent in
the receipt of government pay. for the d scharge
.uc nuiy, na necome flagrant and intol
erable. 1 hp article- in question w;s pnblivhed
l""c "cs. viniam smith (Extr' UHlv)
had selected hi forum, and had replied through
te Lynchburg Virginian.
James M. Smith is said to be brother of eX
Ira Billy, MarceUis B.-1I is said to be a brother-in-law.
The memory of ihe arf cle, which U the
alleged ground of offence, had almost passed
way. But whatever the' provocation, for two
strong athletic mrn armed cap-a-pie w tli theim
pigments of death, to attatk an unarmed and
un.Mispecling man, with a murderous weapon
as Smith's cane was, will be esteemed b ,se and
cowardly by all me. Heaven ha, preserved ihe
life of Thomas A. Terry, we trust, for n'ohbr
curposes. Born, educiled and faW,I ;n . t..,l ..r
ireenom, he still lives to vindicate the liberty of
the press, and the free constitution of his coun
try. It i a proud d stinctinn at his eailv ve tn
be singled out, as a mark' for. the :ssass;RS dag
ger, and the stilletto of the meniaN of nnwf.
The Editor ol the Observer, to his honor be it
spoken, hearing the circumstances attending
these nefarious transactions, refused his profes
sional services to Smith ami Bell.
Such, we are informed, are the facts of this
outrage. '
Smith and Bell are committed to jill, for as
saulting and beatinsr Thomas A. "Terry, with
intent to kill also for maim'.nc h'm, :.nd for i.n-i
i3W!i.ny sfinnting George White, with intent in
so doing to maim, disfigure, dibble and kill
and for wilfully and maliciously shooting a'd
e wu inieniion 10 muim anrl disfigure, dis
able and kill. The Justice were of opinion Hut
ooui were principals in both olfences."
SEGATO'S DISCOVERY.
The world is now to be set all acog wilh
the discovery of an Italian, Signor Segatn,
recenny ueceasetl wito :found out the
means, during his life time, uf perfectly
petrifying animal substanc-s. The ac
count lurnished by-the Hon. R. H. Wild
anil published in the Southern Medical
Journal, states that
The process of Segafo acts upon en
ure aiutnaisas wen as upon their separate
pans, ii euuues tnetn with a consistency
petiecny stony, winch is more or less
hard in proportion as the parts themselves
are originally less soft and mucous. Skin,
muscles, nerves, veins, tendons fat, all
undergo this wonderful change ; & what
is more singular, is, that it is not reoui
site to extract the vicera or intestines for
the purpose of effecting it : thev them
selves assume a like solidity with the
rest of the, body, and some of them even
greater. Nor is there any material clianrre
of form, color, or general appearance and
character, all of which are retained. Not
the least disagreeable smell is emitted
from his preparations ; they are entirely
inodorous. Such is the power of the a"-
gentsjte employs, that putrefaction al
ready begun is arrested at the very s age
nt which it had arrived when his process
had commenced. He had even found the
means, of lendering animal substances
unalterable, without destroying their flex
ibility. The jnintstnd articulations may
be bent, and, when the force applied is
removed, they assume their former posi
tion. His skeletons remain united of them
selves by their natural ligaments, retain
ing their pliability, thus rendering use
less Jill the clumsy contrivances hereto
fore' necessary for combining the bones
together So unalterable are the substan
ces preserved, that the? are hot onlr un-
affected by atmospheric change, buteyen
Plant of fair delightful peace,
TVF,sbjl SEPTEMBER I3r1836l
uy a uauy exposures winter, and the ac-
t.onot worm.. Their vol.,..,- k..i
y decreased and their weight continues
nearly the same. Even . the spots upon
the skin remain visible, whether natural
o - produced by disease. The hair adheres
firmly ; not one drops from the human
scalp, whn-e the? continue as freshly and
firmly as in life.
In republishing this account nt Jcnglh,
the National Gazette states that Segal o's
method of convening the various parts of
the human .system -info stone has, it is
said, been carried so far as to be applied
to blood. An American lady wrote to
her friends, some time since, that, having
undergone the operation of 'the lancet,
she had sent a bowl of Ihe fluid to Segato
tohaifp it petrified, and would forward it
to her friends cut into rimvS.
We give another extract from the Sou
thern Medical Journal on. this subject :
"Sega to has constructed a tablet, com
posed of different pieces of the human bo
dy indurated and inlaid in a tessellated
form, after the manner -of those produc
tions of artvhich are known in Florence
by the name ol -Pit!ra Dure, It consists
of two hundred and font teen pieces, of
various shapes and cdors,- differently
viewed, and of sucb hardness that all af
mtt of polish, none are scratched bv the
nail, few by the knife, and some scarcely
by the file. The Jasper of Siberia is im
itated by portions of the spleen, kidneys,
and heart. The Jasper of Sicily, Saxony,
anil Bohemia, by the pancreas, the ute
rus, the placentia, and the upper part of
the tongue.
" Almost every variety of silicious and
calcareous stone which has been applied
to the purposes of use or ornament, ex
cept only (he gems, finds in one portion
of the human body, when thus indurated,
either in its healthv
state, a singular and striking resemblance.
So perfectly natural is the color and ap
pearance of the specimens of mot bid ana
tomy thus preserved, that a most"drtin
gutshed surgeon uf ourcounfry, I). Mott,
of New-York, who recently visited Sega
to's cabinet, on being shown this tablet,
named immediately various parts of the
body and the peculiar disease with which
they had been affected. It was impossi.
blehe said, to avoid recognizing them ;
they were exactly such as he had repeat
edly seen in dissections.
Warm and honorable testimony to the
importance and uti ity of Segato's disco
pry has been borne bv several of hU
learned countrymen. His name has al
ready acquired some celebrity in Europe,
from his admirable Maps of Africa, Mo
rocco, and Tuscany, prepared and en-ra-veu
by himself for, among the other ta
lents, he is an excel'eut chirographs and
engraver and from a work on E-vpf,
part only of which h.n appeared, Seve
ral literary and scientific journals have
mentioned Lis labors with the hi -heat com
mendation." We have already mentioned that $e"
ato is dead, aud iis added that fears ae
entertained that his art and discovery
have perished with him, tn the reat loss
of science. Alexandria Gaz.
- ' " j ovriii u .l f w 1 1 i I.I
THE TWO MOTHERS.
Saumur is a most delicious place, with
its little red and white houses, seated at
the font of a flower-dressed hill, and di
vided by the Loire, which runs sportively
through it. like a-blue scarf on the neck
of a beautiful girl. But, ;,as, this new
Eden, like all other cities, has its sad
attendant on civilization a prison and
a ub prelect, a literary society, and a
lunatic hospital yes, a' hospital for luna
tics! Ascend the Loire by the left bank,
and when you have arrived at the out
skirts of the city, clambering a steep p:t'i,
you will soon arrive at the. top of a peb
bly hilt, in the flanks of which ate placed
small cab.in,' furnished with 'great bars
of wood. It-is there, while you are oc
cupied with admiring with all the power
of your soul, the beautif ul country which
stretches from Tour fo Angers, the green
and fertile fields, the rapid and majestic
current which crosses and bathes th
brilliant landscape, suddenly the cries'of
rage, and the laughter of stolidity will
burt forth beh nd you, anil oil you to
contemplate the spectacle which you have
come to seek. Then you will renounce
with pain, the happiness of the contem
plation; but you will renounce it, because
it cannot be enjoyed besides such an ac
cumulation of misery.
Look at that voting man who is waJkin-
almost naked the vounsr man. wIkkp
limbs are blackened by exposure to sun,
and whose feet are torn by rough pebbles
in his path way. He hail taken holy or
ders he was surprised by love he went
craiy now he is stripped of his orders
and his love poor victim.
As I was wandering one day in the
midst of all this wreck of humanity, be
hind me was walking a young lady, ac
companied by iier husband, leading by
the hand a pretty little girt, their child.
She came, without doubt, like myself, to
seek for strong and new emotions. We
become strangely jaded with the tiring
excitement of a citr.
I arrived Tat the same moment with this
lady, opposite a girl who Had been led
itifrarpd by
party rase, t lire
lout of her cell info th roef ,.! r
.U..i ... . ,,ie and was fas-
1 V- II v vE III I 1 1 f VI Si I I VI si i . . I T TT
large blue eye had much sweetness, her
pa e lace so many charms, and her long
auburn hair fell with so much grace over
her naked shoulders, that I limke'd at her
with inexpressible pain; She appeared
to have been weeping bitterly how hea
vy, then, appeared that horrible iron chain
which abraded her while delicate skin!
1 asked ihe sister who acted' as a -uide
tj me, what had befallen this git 1, that
-mw --.Mrcaieu so rigorously? She an
swered me, lowering htfr eyes and blush
ng, Mt Hilary, a poor girl fmm the
-.j, wuo nas loved too deeply.
The
nei.u wno templed, abandoned her, and
alter tivo years, the child of her shame
died. This last loss deprived her of her
reason she was brought to this institu
tion, and in consequence of sudden dan
gerous excesses of derangement, was
chained."
The good sister bowed, as if ashamed
ot referring to such a subject.-
I stood lost in reflection upon the mu
aton ol human affair., as I gazed at the
unfortunate being before me; when sud
4,eniy 1 saw her spring- the who'e enth
cr ch;lln, seize the little child which
the young IatIjr held by the hand, press it
Closely t0 her breast, and rush back with
bench neS f a" a'TW t0 hcr stonc
1 he mother screamed frantically, and
sprung towards the miserable lunatic, wfto
"7 her back with shocking brutality.
t is tnv .bahp ' ff'iL,A : .
ne indeed God has restore! Iw.r
J I v if lill v - S
oh,.how good is God" anil she leaned
to me
-i' wiuijov, ami covered the chi'd with
Ktses. The father attempted' to seize
child by force, but the lay sister pre
vented him, and besought him to let Mary
have her own way.
"It J not your daughter," said sh
kmdly fo Mary. Slie does not resemble
you in the least."
'Not my daughter ! good heavens,
look look, sister Martha look at her
mourhi her eyes it is the very likeness
of her father. She has come down from
heaven. How pretty how very pretty
she is my, dear, sweet daughter" anil
she pressed the child to he." bosom, and
rocked it like a nurse, to still its cries.
It was, however, heart-rending to see
the poor mother, who watched with anxi
ety every movement of the lunatic, and
wept or smiled as Mary advanced towards,
or retired fmm, SUter Martha.
'Lend your daughter to me a moment,
Mary, that I may see her," said the good
Sister.
Lend her to you ! O no, indeed the
fir-st time the priests told me also that I
should lend her for a little while to God,
who desired such angels, - and she was
?one six months. T will not lend her again
no, no. I would rather kill her and keep
her body" and she held up the child a,
if she would daslfits head against the wall.,
The mother, nale and inanimate- fell!
neipiess upon her knees, and with bitter
sobs supplicated the lunatic to give her
'ack her child, and hot to do it harm.
I .
Marv gave no heed to her she was hold
iog th infant, with her eyes ibent intent
ly unon its features. !
-The? father, half distracted, had gone
to seek the Director. of th Institution.
It -would have been 'difficult then, to.
say which was the really crazy one the
mother, who lay trembling jn tnv arms,
and calling aloud for her child, or M.lrv,
who, with wild laughter, was'presentitt"
to the child her shrivelled breasts.
It was resolved not to employ force,
but to allow Mary to retire into her cell,
and when she was asleep, to take away
the child.
'Once in her cell, Mary laid the child
nt the foot of the bed pressed down tht
mattress,. and disposed the clothes into
the form of a cradle while the real mo
ther, wilh her fare pressed against the
gratings of the cell, watched in the twi
light of the place, with haggard and
streaoiing eyes, every motion of the luna
tic. Mhry carefully disposed the child in its
new made bed, hushed it, and sung little
nurseryx fon. s, With a . wild and fitful
voice, and then fell a sleep beside ihe in
fant. ;
The nurs immediately entered the cell
on tip-toe, snatched up the child, and re
stoned it toils mother's arms,; who screa
med with joy, and fled away with her
precious burthen. The cry of the mother
awakened Mary- she felt beside her in
vain for the chibl she ran to the grating,
and shook it with a powerful arm she
saw the child borneJFYotn her,. she utter
ed a wild, discordant cry, and fell her
whole length upon the floor sjie w'as dettd
twice was tou much.
THE HUMAN FRAME.
It is made for health and fuppines,
and when we look upon a countenance
blooming with beauty, and observe it ex
pressive of great enjoyment, we feel that
ihe being who formed it is a God of love.
But we must not forget, Jthat within the
very blooming cheek Afert is contrived
an aparatus capable of producing some
thing ytry differeiit from enjoyment A
fibrous net-workf spreads over it, coming
out of thc.truiik from the brain, extendinglyory keys, the ejre kindled with eatha-
like brother."
. - -,
every where its slender ramifications, and
sending a little thread to every point op
on the surface. What is this mechanism
for ? Its uses are many ; but among its
other properties, there is in it a slumber
ing power, which may, indeed, never be
called into actionem' which always exists
and is always ready, whenever God shall
call it forth to be the instrument ol irre-metliableand-unutterable
suffering. We
admit that in almost every case it re
mains harmless and inoperative ; still it
i there, always there, and always ready;
and it is called into action whenever God
thinks best. And it is not merely in the
cheek, bat throughout every part of the
frame that the apparatus -of suffering lies
concealed: ami it is an apparatus which is
seldom out of order. Sickness deranges
and weakens the other powers, but it sel
dom, interferes with this ; it remains, al
ways at its post, in the eye, the ear, the
brain, the hand, and in evcry oran and
every limb, and always ready to do God's
bidding. ' .
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
We had the pleasure, lately, of perus
ing a series of letters written from 'Eng
land to this city, by a Philadelphian,a
member of the Society of Friends. He
went abroad with he best feelings and
sentiments in behalf ofthe British Univer
sal Abolilion Society. He conceived when
he left, that the plan for removing Slave
ry from the West Indies, was j idicious
and benevolent. After travelling abroad
; for some time, and visiting in his route
nearly a'l the great manufacturing estab
lishments of England and Wales, he has
come to the conclusion that the sympa
thies of Great-Britain were grievously
misdirected, when the eye of her law
givers were turned away from the desti
tution, ignorance and misery, which pre
vail among the lower classes of their own
people to that class of population in the
West-Indies, now called .apprentices, as
contra distinguished from the name? of
slaves.
He asserts, that in many ofthe manu
factories. English, Welsh, and Irish nauH
. I f i . . . I
pes. mateanti lemaie. Huddled together
in their painful and heavy labors, are com
pelled to. drudge from morning until nHi.t
in a manner, Compared with which The
condition of any Southern slave, is Pa
radise itself! Sq'talid and ragged neg
lected in body and soul, wirh scarce e
nough of subsistence to keep both toge
ther," they vegetate, toil, and die. lie
half ofthe diseases, the brutal abuse, and
agony, which these wretches experience.
j would wring tears from the hardest heart.
Yet all these miseries re passed over by
the British government without a throb
of pity, while a distant colony has its do
mestic policy overturned and disarraned
to please those captivating pliilanthlo
pists ! In London, sixty thousand per
hons arise every morning without employ
mi nt or food ; in the Lancashire & other
cities, perhaps double the number do the
same thing. Our files of metropolitan pa-
icr item wnn records ot-wrong and out
rage suffered by the unoffending and de
graded poor thousands of whom are
thrown by their overladen parishes into
ships bound for America, with their ex
peiiftes paid! but these are neglected, pro
scribed shut out from their native land,
fiom the benefits of law, or the prospect
of bettering themselves in the world ; and
British sympathy is lavished upon the re
sults ofa Thompson's mission to Amenc-.:,
or the mobs ofa Fannv Darusmont !
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Five years ago, it would hare appeared
as great an anomaly in the English ciccles
of lasltjon to have heard of a first rale
Piano of American Manufacture, as to
have read an American. Book with plea
sure: but whetherfthe organs of harmony
have been more fully developed in the
Mechanics, or those of .imifativeness be
come niore. expanded, we know not, but
certain it is, that now, Piano Fortes, of
superior workmanship to those of the old
country, can be found in the ware-rooms
of many of our manufacturers. Amon
hose who have taken the lead, is t he
firm of Sioddard. Woicesrer and Dun
ham of New York, the excellence of
i
whose productions has been the themeuf
universal praise among the Musical Pro
fessors of our country. There is now
exhibiting for sale at Ihe store of Mr- E.
P. Nash, an article of their make, which
for sweetness of tone, and strength, of
pedal execution, we have never seen ex
celled. It combines all the numerous
improvements recently made on the grand
Piano, and can vary from the softness of
the harp, to the full deep harmony of the
organ. Tliose who are lovers of good
music and fond of instrumental perfection,
will derive a treat from looking at this
instrument.
fgFor ourself, ve candidly adinirY that
we are a passionate admirer of the Piano
Forte; and esteem it as a Saint Ceciitan
throne, over which the young and beau
tiful of .that sweet sex, whose very light
est breathis music, preside with added
grac$ and igniiy. To see their white
taper fingers, straying over the white' i.
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siastiexcitements, ihe very soul rap
inspired," by that power which
-"Can rsise a mortal to th'e skiV "
Or draw an angel down." - .
Or what is stili more swee to hear fhi
dulcet wai blings of her .silvery voic
mingling its harmony with the'rich full
cadence of the Piano: these are the tones4
we love to hear, and only hear to love.
Nothing of the" poetry of music'carTbe ef
fected, without, a first rate instrument.
A young beauty might better, for the rep
utatiott of the beauty, enter a-parlor in
her grandmother's amp'e hooped gown,'
horrid-stomacher, high-heeled shoes, and
all the frightful paraphernalia of old fash
ioned on, than sit 'down to ?a cracked
toned, jingling, discord-twanging Piauo.S
"I'd rather he a kitten and cry ewfr .'
Tlian ona of Ae same metre ballad mongers'"
Those thenvvho would not have thefp.
ears offeftded JgUU discords, vile and vil
lainous; those who wish to see combined
the most exquisite -finish of the instru-
mental and mechanical arts, anil those'
whtr'are-nof judges themselvesvill find
the most ample recommendations froni
the first talent of our country, who stake
their professional reputation on their du
rability and accuracy, will do themselves
a pleasure, antl a most enterprising towns
man a servicp,;byoking at "the Pianos
in his store, befoce sending to the North;
"The North what do they in the North"
when they should make their purchase in
the South ? Petersburg Constellation, .
A good- Anecdote At a recent auction
sale, not 50 miles from Salem,. the knight
of the ivory-headed hammer-was .provok
ing! annoyed by the incessant and ludi
crous bids of a fellow, whose sole' ob
ject seemed to be to make sport fur the
buyers, rather than himself to buy. Af
ter enduring the fellow's impertinence for
some time, old Going-going gone peremp
torily ordered him. to be gone?' from:
the auction room. The stubborn animal,
in place of obeying, set himself delibe
rately to ' argufy the topic" wilh our
knock down friend, and inquired iMie,
had not an indisputable right to ftay as
long as he chose in a public auctioniroom.
i ne auctioneer, more incensed than eyer,
told him the premises were his own, and
he would not tolerate his impertinence
any longer, and again repeated hjs turn
out orders. With the utmost sang froid
the fellow told him tliat he had con
cluded not to go." Enraged beyond ei-
durance, he of the hammer, looking round
the room for a champion to arengtf his
wrongs upon ihe insulting si finer,., fixed
his eyes upn a biped of huge dimensions.
a very monarch in strength, and cried
out, M c!i, whatrshall I give jUu t
put that fellow out I takee one fife
dollar bill." Done, gone f'do it and you
shall have it." Assuming the ferocious, '
knitting his brows, spreading his nostrils j
like a lion's, and putting on the wolf alt :
over his head and shoulders,, old M ch
strode up to the aggressor, and, seizing
the terrified wretch by the collar, said to
him in a whisper that .was heard a,lVoverr
the room, My good frin, you go out wid
me, I give yoti half dernunny." Done,
done," says the fellow. Hurrah Ihur
rah !" cachinated the delighted audience.
The auctioneer had the goodlense to join
in the laugh, and coolly forked out the
V Salem Gaz.
" Harvest om." The August p.oliti--cal
Harvest has come .in finely. The
c ops of the Fahmer o North Bkxd ar
more abundant than was anticipated!
His Farms in Kentucky and Indiana,
have given a rich return for the labors of
the husbandman. . His plantations in Lou
isiana, Alabama, and Missouri have all
done well. But in North Carolina, whei'e
it was reported that a northern irisect?Mis,
making great ravages, the yield is mxt
bountduL In all rthese.States, the har
vest weather was fine and the crops, have
been housed in excellent order. Tha
threshing will couiuYence in N.v-mber.;
Alabama Ado.
Statistics of Prisons... In Smg Sing
prison, (New-York) opFy 289out of 842
could read and wi ite tolerably, and but 5-2
had received a good English education ; &
434 hail been habitual drunkards, and ma
ny hail committed their crimcsHvhile in
toxicated. .
Of 6r0. prisoners at Auburn, 3 only had
received a collegiate education) S03 had
bjeen intemperate, and 400 were commit
ted for crimes, perpetrated while under
the influence of spirituous liquors ,
In the Connecticut prison 8 in 100 only
could read, write and, cypher, when-convicted,
and 46 in 100 could j-ead & write;
44 in 100 committed their crimes under
the influence of alcohol. '
Instruction, temperance and industry
are found to be the surest preventative'
of crime."
Caution.' A Percussion ran Was dis
cliargedwhilealn the hanisfa boy in
Edentiin, on the 13th, by which lad
amc.u v jhomas Manning was 7 seriousl r -wounded
in one of his legs, and another ,
seyereiyin both. ;Vhile in the act of
letting the cock dbwniiipotf the cap, hia
thumb slipped aud the cock went dawn
with such force fti '(9'discbait th jaiu
mm