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wr' - Jlfcfc** fe«» «S«g Ay RIM fATBSM, DpP|p 4e Plymouth, Mat*. 1630. * ^ *>®5fhy children'® prayers, O Father, hear, > y i *' . And stretch thy saving mra; V ..- Our little baik in safety fleer, "And calm the raging storm." 'Twaslhos the Pilgrim Fulheya sung,. Their Ood's protection claimed; A. l««.i *i»» *«. :. ------- . ... >.«. HIV UUIDllli|r ll'UI|ICBI IVIIg v And keen the lightning darned. \\ hilst nil wm fierce contention mund, And Hope no longer beamed; in Faith their consolation fyund, An through the mist it gleamed. Leke Love that in the darkest h'»ur Glows more intensely bright;. ^lYhflut woe and peril round us lower, -fa;,/l g|,e |3 Jier |lo\y light. longer now the tempest blows, Nor lightning o'er them blaze;. N».» U..J iU. *'»" »"»' nuviujiiiis And joyous songs ol praise. And why forsake fair Alb'on's shore, And seek a distant strand. The forest wilds to wander o'er Far from their native land. And was it Peru's dazzling fame That lured them from their home, Or for Ambition's empty name Do'they tlio billows roam? Her gold nor fame will be their meed, A holier boon they win,. Unshackled with their God to plead And shun the death of sin. C. ^ HE I1AS NO WIFE. He has no wife.he's quite alone, Unsought, unhappy and unknown ; His days pass by, no pleasure give, lie breathes, methinks, but docs not live. lie has no wife.he does not know, TliP inva frnm 1»" I "J - """ " vnuvu IHC Htm u«w j Hiit absence there i3 uonc to inourn, No eye looks bright at his return. He has no wife -his joys are few*, Though he is rich and healthy too; How selfish he who will not share " II is wealth with woman chaste and fairHe has no wife.no prattler's smile, Or lisping tongue his bonis beguile ; His heart no kind attach i nil knows, Regardless both of friends and toes. A . ¥ Mjf has no wife.and is it inert That man should live to drink and eat! For this did the Almighty hand Form man, the Rr of the land ? He has no be it so. |I] is j} wys arqjnumoered here below ; He soon i^st go whence none return, And thenWliis dog and cat will inourn. Jiiji'cSlaiici.yi. 0 Fro7^the Xao York £rr;£|j|^^Hr T.IU PKINTLK. There he -Manils at his case ; his eyes are fixe I on his copy while his fingers, o iient 10 his will, c diet the letters lYotn th ir various boxe*-, and place them to-1 geliii r so aa to I'.M.ni w rds, sent -nces, complete articles of Ii.-ws, politics, nr> 1; rature. The inusiriun a? the piano can Ir;rdl\ compete Willi the printer in tin*', rapidity, and precision oi his digital motion. Like the p.nuisi who plays with his music book and instrument before him, the printer sees uu.l comprehends at a gleoce' i'.se ever varying resol's his lingers imist| produce, ami docs not hesitate a moment to perform the necessary action with tip* rapidity of lightning. Like notes' lroini th\.- instrument; every letter, every pause, j every slop, is called forth in its proper] place, till complete ensemble is formed, which the memory can treasure nn «. »!' * - "I'l »».« which the mind can conceive ami digest.', Bui lo»w di lie rent arc the Jimil effects pro-i iluccd in these two instances! The inn-! eiciah creates, a series of melodious ami liartnouinus sounds, which please the ear' lor a moment ami die away; the feelings gay or sad, disponding or enthusiastic,I mil I or violent, are excited at the moment,i bul the charm soon cease--, and nought huti iite i.'-collection of past pleasures or pain; rem mi upon the mind. Hut the printer's labor tears t-verlasiing fruit; he spreads befof- .. -nkmd toe arcana of knowledge, and \v ivs .wilt thfs.iges in the laboratory | 01 reason; he sends messengers to every I one of the hum a i tamily; lie invokes all] men to bcholc i.»e beauties of trutlt, and j seeus to mane toe mass of mankind own-, ctoiu ol lii.'.se imimitab.e ifg!;ts with j w icii man is invented at birth by nature j and hy nature's CJ ul. The prtnter has been, sniee the lifeenth century, the faith-! ful ami most active auxiliary of learning. Th.-t day the printer struck oil- a rough' Llucii of typos.from that day wo ma) date tl»c universal spread of knowledge, und the gradual dhdYanchiscmcnt of mankind from the bonds of ignorance, superstition and oppression, l-'ruai t!»at day has ma.) gradually advanced to the general eiipyr.iuut of free, enlightened, and rep ulioau institutions; from that day royally un ' its concomitants began to decay, and la»r libet ly to grow in their place. J migi.I continue to show* in detail, the Co. cetiie.-.s ol (ho general outline I have diuWi) ; bat die immense benefits which t c art of printing* < onf.rryd upon man*"* kind, have bte!» (lc«ciibed l»y abler and more c»o»jucmi pens Let n>c pres. nt a sing n livpoioesii^: sop^ae that Uic «ieai ptuVccUvenets, and teucWr of all % * ml. oris ami sciences.suppose that the art of printing had never bceW/diicovercd, at what a stage of progress would we now find natural philosophy, astronomy, mechanics, navigation, and many arts which conduce so effectually to the comfort and preservation of mankind? Where won Id jmw ||p these liberties we hold so dear ? 4pt in the womb of futurity. The discoveries of a Newton would have been the! treasure of an exclusive few. Wall and Fulton would,:perhaps, never have learned; the llrst principles of mechanics; and Franklin might never have read a book, nor published n single principle tending to the indtepc'ndcuee of his country. The ancients of Greece and Rome, ccr- laimy number some great aip4 wise men ; but, beyond the circle in which these learned men moved, how few received a glimpse of science, how few ever learned to read ; and how difficult it was to obtain instruction books. Now, through the agency of printing, our tntans of acquiring knowledge arc unlimited, and its dissemination is universal. The consequence is, that a gteater number labor to unravel and make useful the secrets of nature and the progress of mankind towards perfection is u thousand limes more rapid. . The printer, us an individual, comes directly under the constant influences pf the instructive and liberal art he professes. Tiie printer, reads more varied and gener-j a I information, than the theologian, lawyer, or avowed philosopher. It is the printer'si trade totreud constantly, day ul'ter day, during his whole life; he earns his daiiy bread b) reading.ay, and reading sloiv'y and carefully, for he must follow and put thu works we read into type letter by letter; he must dwell awhile upon every sentence. Does the merchant know the prices of cotton and other goods in distant countries.[ the intelligence is perused by a printer he-1 fore a merchrnt touches it. Does thei politician discuss the affairs of nations.lo* owes his knowledge to the printer who is always ahead of him in points of iufhrmat: " i\ it nun. mjiics me pnysictan stithy tIk* work j of somo profound E*culupitis.lot him look at the title page, and no will see thatl he owes the work to a printer, who has | read it over and over to see that not ui letter*!* wanted, not a comma out of place.] The same may be said of the lawyer, the" minister, and the scientific mechanic. The printer stands at the door of all their learning, and holds the keys which open ii. The printer is a great traveller. There are few printers in the United States who have not visited every Stale in the Union. They are sure of finding a printing office in every village, and consequently do not | hcsiiate to travel wherever their fancy may lead them, sure of finding in their brother typographers, friends ready tq -ossist them, give them work, or obtain a situation for them. The printers arc v'qn-j seqiicnllv thoroughly acquainted with their country, ni general and in detail; .tone can know better or speak of it more cor-j recti)*. {Sometimes ho crosses the Allan-! tic; and, while he prints geographies and books of travels, ho takes occasion to view . with his own eyes every part of the old and new world. T^^iujptcr is always a good gramarian arftf^^M#uer:tly happens tlia^ men whose p^^^^^pus are esteemed by the public, [ the printer, that they are not down asses. Often, very often, dujFs it happen thai manuscript is put into; sne hands of the t) pe-settcr full of gross' / : aiuma lical err >rs, sentences devoid of j' -.ensc, ami u iitinut a single point or capit :! letter. W h"ti this lias passed limineli his hands, toe errors arc c irrerted. the f>11 ;i<*- Illation and capitals arc all set in their pro- < per places. 'The c nc« hod author finds ii himself all at once a grotninatiju' and h»g-'< ical writer, and hasks in the sun »>f popularity,\\ Inch he owes t" some tinohtriisive son «f (lUttembiirg. He takes care not to give credit to the proper person ; hut on the contrary, should «-o no of his blunders re- main uncorrected, lie is sure to lay thoni al! to the charge of the "ignorant printer;** such is the false and unjust phrase ignorant writers frequently use. i No trade, class or profession, except! those of law and physic, has furnished ah greater proportion of learned and distin-li guished person's than ihe printer's Cralt.ji From the day of Franklin to the present tunc, our legislative hulls, our places o| j< honor, have; been ornamented by talented ji and eloquent printers. J he bar is often indeblctl to the printing olliee for some of its ablest members; in this cby we have living and prominent examples of the fact. The printers, wherever lin y can hnite a sufficient force, generally farm themselves into a society for tin? mutual protection, and for the purpose of assisting each other hi c.i^es of need. These societies lix tin rates of wages, the hours of w >rk, and provide, for the sick and unfortunate.. They oind themselves hv the strict! st and most honorable rules to preserve the dig**! nity of their art, and to defend each other against the injustice of grasping employ* cis. If a printer should dishonor his trade or work under wages, he is itnmediali lv stigmatised and disowned. It is very rare that a printer ran be induced to dishonor the pledges be has given to his fed lowworkmen. n<i .... i hp primer is essentially a democrat. j'hat is to say, opposed to the aristocracy of riches, and though so fur above the ge» I lurulity of artizans i>i knowh d»e and lulcm, yet lie is proud of being railed a mechanic, and ho frequently boasts that his subsistence is earned by the sterol of his brow. Yes, yc proud nabobs, who loll in your carriages, and who would disdain to touch the hard, hand of a mechanic, learn that there are mechanics who are by far your superiors in every things which ele-l vales mankind above the bruto. 1 Know I of many graduates of college who might be mude to blush for their ignorance by the mechanic they despise, lint the boast' of these proud aristocrats must gradually lull beneath the power of (he press; and] it is probale that, when the laboring classes of Europe and America will claim their true rank in society, and will call for the enjoyment of more equal rights, their spokesman will be a printer. Love.By i£. L. Btt/tecr,±~llnw bright and beautiful is love in its hour of purity and innocence.how niisteriously docs it elhercalizc every feeling, and concentrate ettery wild and bewildering impuls j of the lieart. Love, holy and misterious Invn : « I. - 1 » : ' "* I iw.».u is uir |>urin!iu wpriug Ol llie.. the dream of the heart.the impassioned poetry of nature.its son«j is heard in tiie rude and unvisitcd solitude of the far forest, and the thronged haunts of busy life.it embellishes with its flames the unj pretending cot of tin: peasant and the gorgeous palace of the mornarch.flashes its holy gleam of light upon the measured track of the lonely wanderer.hovers about the imperiled bark of the storm beuieu mariner.enfeebles the darkly bending tving of the muttering tempest, and imparts a Motional splendor to the beacon that burns "on the far distant shore." Love! is the m\«lic and unseen 'spell that harmonizes e.nJ "soothes unhidden," i the wild and rugged tendencies of human nature.that lingers about the sanctity of the domestic hearth . the worshipped dei-! ty of t:»e penetralia, and unites in firmer union the aH'c ti'ms of s -cinl and religious society, gathers verdant freshness around the guarded cradle of helpless infancy, and stea!s in m >n!iglu darkness upon the VielditlL' heart of 'lemiiiirinir mr».if l>»oti. es into reposing calmness the chuffed unci bruised and unresist in if spirt of sorrow, and hears it from the existing ami anticipate^ evils of lite, to its own !>rijrlit and sheltering power of repose.transforms into a generous nsvuiion the exacting dosires of vulgar interest and sordid avn^rice. and melts into a tearful compassion the ice of inscn-dhihty. The image of which holy and undecayino love has once p«»itrailured on the deep shrine of the heart, w ill not vanish like lineaments which childhood's lingers in idle iriotnents may have traced upon the sand.that image will remain there unbroken and t'tiniatked.it will burn on iiiidcfaced in its lustre, amid the quick rush of the win !s a ni the warring of the tempest cluud.and when the wavering ' star of our late seems declining," the bowed and bewildering spirit, like the trembling dove ef the pttiriarrii, w;i! meet } its home and its refuge in that hallowed) fane whe e love presides as high priestess { of it** suncttt.ttrj- unit confreretes to on-J bending truth tire offered vow s of her votaries. . ^ ^ Corrcspo)ulincv oj thr CharteS&^Zouritr. War nn»tim, A|>r,\Cth Idd7. M:\ Rcuh?n M. Whitney applied ye.-torday to our Court, preparatory to his taking the benefit of the insolvent art, and filed in the Clerk's officii lie usual sell dole of debts and assets. The day of hearing is fixed for F.:<'a\, the 13ih iust. I have not heard whether there is any intention to oppose him, or whether any one is able to file any o!h gallons for tit it purpose. The notice of this act, e lii>-It will he found in the papers of this morning, has filled every one with astonishment, as it was ijeneriilly believed thai he was in the re- eipt of a sul try from the Deposit! Hanks far beyond w h .t In re (i.n « d for It s annual 11 axpenditiire. It is iv l above eight or ten weeks situi t'at In- : a most splendid' party, declaring that -hould eclipse itit) |' arty given in Washington during the same winter. Natural and artificial flow-: r rs were strewed in dttsion about the tipper table; the lights utic daz/ding, itnd lite music was surpassing. The cost ni that supper was said, at the tin *. to he J :i hove I (MM) dob.us. \ it m - i< .rlwi<liil« K«. returns the whole value of his .troperly, j itonsisting of carriage, horses, plate ami furniture, as only 30u0 dollars. So that the supper cost hint about one-'hird of w Ital he was worth in property. l)is sehe* [lulc of his debts is very terrilie. Tonne creditor. (II. dates & Co., of Canada) hp o.ves ahove 8 11,000; and to a linn in 1*lii 1 ndclpltia, (Wiggins 6c Co.)&8oO(K); and to the rest ol his creditors, his schedule allows him to he indebted to the amount or nearly 800.1KH). This is an alarming! debtor and creditor account for one who is supposed to have been basking for some) years in the sunshine of Executive patron* ago, and to have enjoyed unusual money facilities in consequence of the position he has occupied in reference to the Opposite Hauls. It is hard to account for the utter destitution of means which this schedule prescjiis. and. us it natural consequence, ittr ( ittititi'o .1* .*»% I 4 ^ 1.1. 1171.?* I J in II.B.III IU tlJ I'. YT IIIInef will he circulated. Military fl >ooings in England.. \V#» have sfiiiicwhcrc read that a private soldier in a regiment of militia once recovered heavy damages against his oflicers because one or inore lashes had been inflicud upon hini than had been awarded by the brutal sentence of a brutal court martial. That sentence, if wo remember right, was a thousand lashes.i. e. nine thousand strip&s; or, reckoning that each of the nine «ii's or thongs of the instruments of torture contains three knots, and that the executioners were then, and are now taught, on scientific principles, to make every thong tell.the infernal sentence would literally mean twcniy-scvcn ' . .. thousand wounds. The victim in the caae' i referred to, received this horrid punishment at three instalments.that is to say, when the flesh was so dreudfully torn thai, the presiding surgeon declared his life in danger front the loss of blood, or from the exhaustion of unbearable anguish, the mangled wretch was unbound from the triangular rack, and conveyed to the Itos-. pital. whence, when his wounds WereT-h'eal-. cd, he was brought 4>ut to have them torn open again by the-knotted cords, and this liemllike process*repeated till the number1 of lashes first awarded, by the niiscfeants' in epuuletts had been iirflioted/urJopjiifttvThousands of miserable ^vrefcrnes*in the; "good old tunes" underwent this infernal process ; and i£jn the case referred to.of which we have but-un indistinct recollect, tion.a soldier did recover heavy damage^ wcfcan but applnud the decision of the ju-| ry. In our opinion, utter ruin ought to; overwhelm any beasts in human shape cal ling themselves men.not to say officers and gentlemen.who would consign a man to such inexpressibly altrocious punishment. Of late years some amelioration has been made to the extent to which the, aristocratic amateurs of whipcord can in-| dulge their unnatural penchant for tearing the'living flesh from men's backs. W«» man can be mangled twice on the same sentence ; but if the surgeon decides that, human nature can bear no more, cre the ' number of lashes awarded ugainst the victim have been administered, the victim is, pardoned the remainder. C.'otirls martial, too, are restricted in their sentences to i200, or 300 lashes, although oflieers ma y% an-11 age to torture a man to death wi ih UK> lashes, the general effect must be advanta-' gcotis to the cuuse of humanity..London Drtpatck. Paris, and her Itesident-Forf.igners..A writer in a late number of li e London Metropolitan avers that the pre- vailing spirit of the Parisians, prpsent, is economy; and that the pomp, splendor, I uxor) and ostentation of the capital are exhibited almost exclusively by foreigners, such as "American pursur Col. Thorn* ,\nd the Spanish stock-broker \uuudo,^h^J lite Delmares, Hopes, Tntiakins, Derii-^* t|ofls, Rothschilds, and NVelleses." And < t^ial the gaieties of Paris, are Mlhe lyiIIinnt banquets*of the Thorns, the < jrplendid concerts of the Ferrarap, and < The wiltv coti ries of Lady Keith." The autocrats of tin* Parisian society; he at- firms are the foreigners who ruin it with a sceptre of gold; and truly* if his descriptions are correct, not the sceptre only is of Id, hut the v( ry box in which it is 1 put away when not i 1 use. The inajjni- 1 Jicent hotel (not house of aceoiomodaiion for travellers, according to the use of the ' word with us, hut private residence) of * Huron Rothschild, is called Solomon's Temple, in reference la its gorgeousncss; < and it is declared ^ ho covered with gold t b-ef, fronr the basement to the. attic story. < The gilding of each door cost a hundred 1 guineas, and of every arm-chair fifty.- < ^ nd tl|e vei v hem th-rugs of ti e Yankee n &/;rgrtyV grutiihowmc, as Col Thorn is ir- \ revi re entitled, are sa'd t<» be decora-1r ted with (ring's of gold bullion. » . j Panther Sii«»«» iino.. 1 he St. Luav- I renc.e lb publie oi has an interesting account of a conical between a mill by the name of llaiues, of the town ol En wards, ^ in that county, and a large panther, in which the former was victorious, after cxhibifing ^ degree of hardihood and persevereiK.t, which fully entitles his adventine to a place along side of the well-known wolf a flair of General Putnam. The oto- 1 ry of Mr. llaincs is, ihat on llie lSih ultimo. while travelling through the woods, on the Haven tiact, in the town of Pilcaiu, I he came across the recent track of a pan- t tlicr; he immediately returned homo <'/«» - * t *y* c his dogs and rille, and started in pursuit. 1 After following the animal in a zig-zag direction nearly six miles, he came a ledge, into a iissnre of tvbich the panther had entered. Adding a second ball to his rifle, he commenced an examination of the 1 i avrrn.and readily discovered the animal's 1 position, hv his shining eyes, which ser- | ved as a mark, at which he took aim and s fired. *' At lIte place where the panther enter- i rd, tlx ascent was nearly equal to that of i ihe ioof of a house, for twelve or fourteen feet, then extending downward under the j floor of the entrance, nearly to the place where I sto«><'.at which place there was ' another opening, hut covered with snow two or three feet dc« p. I reloaded my rifle, and in the meantime, 'he dog and the j panther, apparently in 'close communion,* had descended to the lowest aperture. Judging from the shrieks of the-j dog, that the contest was an unequal one, I threw aside my rifle, dug away the snow, and immediately pulled him out. The panther then ascended to the top of the lower cavern After making the aperture sufficiently large, I crawled in six or seven feel, taking my dog and rifle with me, when, upon looking up, at the distance of seven or eight feet, I beheld the same glassy eyes, darling their fierce lustre up- on me. mKc me boy in quest of the! bird's nest, with mueli ado,' I succeeded in bringing my rifle to bear upon bis head ; * lei sliver, sent my dog foi ward and immediately backed out, re-loaded my ritle, and prepurcd for another onset, should occasion demand. Tl(tis I repealed three times in succession, ench time sending my dog forward as a feeler. The fourth time 1 sent in my dog ; they soon come down to the mouth of the cavern, the dog hacking out, the panther having him by the nose, and his claws grappled into his shoulders, the dog of course having the t - "i under jaig of tlTe panther in his mouth'; the objecl/of the dog being evidently to get out of the cavern, bringing the panthei with him.- As soon as the panther's head came in tight, 1 fired a ball ifito his fore* head ; and here terminated*my sport. Upon examining the head of the pan* ther. 1 found that every ball {six iu num* ber) had taken effect. One eye destroy- f ed, the roots of his tongue cut off lee'h knocked out. &c.. all of which could not have been effected by theater show .Notwithstan "this* he fought like a ti- ; ger, illustrartrfgf' Hie truth of the axion>9. r tlfat * jhe ruling passion of life is. strong ' M even in death!' 1 have dressed the skin^' 6*/ and handsomely stuffed it; so that any ont can see it, by calling at my residence ii Edwards. Length, ten feet." J fragments of ARABIC PrETRY. ah Arabian having brought a blush to a maiden'9 check.by the earnestness of-his gaze, auufto her. My look? have planted roses in ygur cheek*; why forbid inu to gather them T s The lajv permits bun who sows 10 reap the harvest." Timc..Thp stream of .time rolls rnptoly away into the ocean of eternity, sweeping orf in its impetuous course all hu-i.an ihinga Deputy, fashion, genius, accoin; ltshmeuti wealth, will be no more, licligion alone ii destined to survive tho ruin. Vain, then> very vain, all sublunary pleasures, all.earthly advantages. " There.is Lut me thing necessary." * Fishing for Compliments..'W« II Dinab,'sja a would-be belle, to a black girl, Khoy say beauty &o<»n fades, hut do you seo any of my bloouj fading ?.now tell rue plainly, without any xfeinpliir.ents' 'Oh no, * missa ; but den tne kinder link' ' I hio'* what, Dinah; you're bashful?' '< h no, mo ^ no hushfuf; but den inc kinder links as how missa don't retain her colouy quite so well ua colored lady.' . r ^ Pandora's Box..A father was telling his ' » ion. lint ihpn sovpii I'unr^i.f «*« il... i..l.i- ..«* > f ...... j viiij vi uu; i'luk' ui Pandora'* Box. lie said thai ail the evil* \ which afflicted mankind was shul up in that box, which the curitvitv of Pandora ten.pied her to open, when 'hey all flow out and spread aver the earth ''"J hat cannot bo.' said the 1 d, "since curiosity tempted Pander.' to apen the box, which being one of ;h 'greatest evils of itself, could not have been in it1.'' . . Unclaimed Baggage..A bill is nnvj before the New-York Legislature, to dispose * »f the unclaimed baggage, left at the oifft rent steamboat and stage offices throughout [he StaW. >ouie i.tmdreds of trunks remans iiuclauned iti tho cuy of Ntvv-Vork, and i:« Utica and Ijuftfiln^cre arc whole loitsst d a ith thcm.Avhich have been coliefc-.ing these , ifiecn years. Mncouuagino..Peter Streborn, ol Un'on **{ otinty, Pa is tho lather ol nine hib ren, * lirec of whom are sons, u'.«out six »ld, horn at one birth. \ oiil is befote ihu <V-legis appropriating $300 lor his ben;lit, on the ground that "such instances of ttivancing thu interests of the ("o.r.tno.tvcallh, hv increasing its population, art* ere." We believe there is a statute of fbo state of Tennessee, allowing a handsome lows to s»u.h I e< efnetors as .v.r ms proved himself to be..Ilrgister. A Signer Gavuldi, who has been anuiinig the audience at the Manchester theatre >y sliootii g art a | pie fioui his son's head, . >r hand, with a lifle, missed the apple ami itruck the boy's hand, on one of his night's xhibition. The boy had the fortiiudc not j o c.ry out, so that the audience kuoc.v^^^ lotldng of the matter until alter he .ak'cn.&way. An impertinent petil-maitrc told a country gentleman in a coffee house it ft>e west ?nd ol the town, that lie lookcH like a >roont. " I am one," replied he, "and am cady to rub down an ess. Specific foh Blindness..A quack doo» or in the neighborhood of York who ldvertisfs a universal specific for the ill.-, of nunkind. adds, that he atti n. «» to , w «V » ligations bv letter. %4,but it i> necessary-t'.jyt rcrsnns afflicted' with the loss ol* sight diould see the doctor." ( Logkaphy or the Heart..A woman's v So! is but a crooked path unto a wo* . :l mail's Yes! Rare honesty..A London p.ipcrirti? ales ol' a drivi r in that city, in :oach some ladie» accidentally left ®10,Oi(T worth of jewellery, when going to a bell., that the driver, as soon as lie discovered the accident, immediately proceeded to the ball room and restored the lost property, much to the gratification of the fair owners, who gave him fifty pounds for his. honesty. Wc related, not long sihcc, a similur case in this city. An honest driver found a package of $30,000 in his coach, and.on returning it to the owner*, he was presented with a new coach and it pair of horses.lie being merely employed as a driveraf the coach in which the money was left.*.N. Y. hjinrr.su. - / A person can sit or lie, as well as eat and dri \ to excess. So the truth is, that there is a.i-jiitemperance of inaction as » well as of repletion : and of the two, an active life is, if possible, the moot dm.gvr. 003. ' i A Windfall..A police constable iri London, narr.ed John Barnes, has hud 10,000/. bequnthed to him by his uncle, who died lately in Calcutta. A Prf.vkntive..The business of lock making has been discontinued among the prisoners at JSing Sing, as it enabled them J when liberated, to be successful at picking locks. . * -J 1

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Page 1: Camden commercial courier (Camden, S.C.).(Camden, S.C ... · been, snieethe lifeenth century, the faith-! ful ami mostactive auxiliary of learning. Th.-t day the printer struck oil-a

wr' - Jlfcfc**fe«» «S«g AyRIM fATBSM,DpP|p 4e Plymouth, Mat*. 1630. *^ *>®5fhy children'® prayers, O Father, hear,> y i *'

. And stretch thy saving mra;V ..- Our little baik in safety fleer,

"And calm the raging storm."'Twaslhos the Pilgrim Fulheya sung,.Their Ood's protection claimed;

A. l««.i *i»» *«. :. ------- .... >.«. HIV UUIDllli|r ll'UI|ICBI IVIIg

v And keen the lightning darned.\\ hilst nil wm fierce contention mund,And Hope no longer beamed;

in Faith their consolation fyund,An through the mist it gleamed.

Leke Love that in the darkest h'»urGlows more intensely bright;.

^lYhflut woe and peril round us lower,-fa;,/l g|,e |3 Jier |lo\y light.

longer now the tempest blows,Nor lightning o'er them blaze;.

N».» U..J iU.*'»" »"»' "» nuviujiiiisAnd joyous songs ol praise.

And why forsake fair Alb'on's shore,And seek a distant strand.

The forest wilds to wander o'erFar from their native land.

And was it Peru's dazzling fameThat lured them from their home,

Or for Ambition's empty name

Do'they tlio billows roam?

Her gold nor fame will be their meed,A holier boon they win,.

Unshackled with their God to pleadAnd shun the death of sin. C.

^HE I1AS NO WIFE.

He has no wife.he's quite alone,Unsought, unhappy and unknown ;His days pass by, no pleasure give,lie breathes, methinks, but docs not live.lie has no wife.he does not know,TliP inva frnm 1»"

I"J - """ " vnuvu IHC Htm u«w jHiit absence there i3 uonc to inourn,No eye looks bright at his return.

He has no wife -his joys are few*,Though he is rich and healthy too;How selfish he who will not share "

II is wealth with woman chaste and fairHehas no wife.no prattler's smile,

Or lisping tongue his bonis beguile ;His heart no kind attach i nil knows,Regardless both of friends and toes. A.¥ Mjfhas no wife.and is it inertThat man should live to drink and eat!For this did the Almighty handForm man, the Rr of the land ?

He has no be it so.|I] is j} wys arqjnumoered here below ;He soon i^st go whence none return,And thenWliis dog and cat will inourn.

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T.IU PKINTLK.There he -Manils at his case ; his eyes

are fixe I on his copy while his fingers,o iient 10 his will, c diet the letters lYotnth ir various boxe*-, and place them to-1geliii r so aa to I'.M.ni w rds, sent -nces,complete articles of Ii.-ws, politics, nr>1; rature. The inusiriun a? the piano canIr;rdl\ compete Willi the printer in tin*',rapidity, and precision oi his digital motion.Like the p.nuisi who plays with hismusic book and instrument before him, theprinter sees uu.l comprehends at a gleoce'i'.se ever varying resol's his lingers imist|produce, ami docs not hesitate a momentto perform the necessary action with tip*rapidity of lightning. Like notes' lroinith\.- instrument; every letter, every pause, jevery slop, is called forth in its proper]place, till complete ensemble is formed,which the memory can treasure nn «. »!'

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which the mind can conceive ami digest.',Bui lo»w di lierent arc the Jimil effects pro-iiluccd in these two instances! The inn-!eiciah creates, a series of melodious amiliartnouinus sounds, which please the ear'lor a moment ami die away; the feelingsgay or sad, disponding or enthusiastic,Imil I or violent, are excited at the moment,ibul the charm soon cease--, and nought hutiiite i.'-collection of past pleasures or pain;rem mi upon the mind. Hut the printer'slabor tears t-verlasiing fruit; he spreadsbefof- .. -nkmd toe arcana of knowledge,and \v ivs .wilt thfs.iges in the laboratory |01 reason; he sends messengers to every Ione of the hum a i tamily; lie invokes all]men to bcholc i.»e beauties of trutlt, and jseeus to mane toe mass of mankind own-,ctoiu ol lii.'.se imimitab.e ifg!;ts with jw icii man is invented at birth by nature jand hy nature's CJ ul. The prtnter has

been, sniee the lifeenth century, the faith-!ful ami most active auxiliary of learning.Th.-t day the printer struck oil- a rough'Llucii of typos.from that day wo ma)date tl»c universal spread of knowledge,und the gradual dhdYanchiscmcnt of mankindfrom the bonds of ignorance, superstitionand oppression, l-'ruai t!»at day hasma.) gradually advanced to the generaleiipyr.iuut of free, enlightened, and repulioau institutions; from that day royallyun ' its concomitants began to decay,and la»r libet ly to grow in their place.

J migi.I continue to show* in detail, theCo. cetiie.-.s ol (ho general outline I havediuWi) ; bat die immense benefits whicht c art of printing* < onf.rryd upon man*"*kind, have bte!» (lc«ciibed l»y abler andmore c»o»jucmi pens Let n>c

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oris ami sciences.suppose that the art ofprinting had never bceW/diicovercd, atwhat a stage of progress would we nowfind natural philosophy, astronomy, mechanics,navigation, and many arts whichconduce so effectually to the comfort andpreservation of mankind? Where won Idjmw ||p these liberties we hold so dear ?4pt in the womb of futurity. The discoveriesof a Newton would have been the!treasure of an exclusive few. Wall andFulton would,:perhaps, never have learned;the llrst principles of mechanics; andFranklin might never have read a book,nor published n single principle tending tothe indtepc'ndcuee of his country.The ancients of Greece and Rome, ccr-laimy number some great aip4 wise men ;but, beyond the circle in which these learnedmen moved, how few received a glimpseof science, how few ever learned to read ;and how difficult it was to obtain instructionbooks. Now, through the agencyof printing, our tntans of acquiring knowledgearc unlimited, and its dissemination isuniversal. The consequence is, that a

gteater number labor to unravel and makeuseful the secrets of nature and the progressof mankind towards perfection is uthousand limes more rapid. .

The printer, us an individual, comes directlyunder the constant influences pf theinstructive and liberal art he professes.Tiie printer, reads more varied and gener-ja I information, than the theologian, lawyer,or avowed philosopher. It is the printer'sitrade totreud constantly, day ul'ter day,during his whole life; he earns his daiiybread b) reading.ay, and reading sloiv'yand carefully, for he must follow and putthu works we read into type letter by letter;he must dwell awhile upon every sentence.Does the merchant know the prices ofcottonand other goods in distant countries.[the intelligence is perused by a printer he-1fore a merchrnt touches it. Does theipolitician discuss the affairs of nations.lo*owes his knowledge to the printer who isalways ahead of him in points of iufhrmat:"

i\ itnun. mjiics me pnysictan stithy tIk* work jof somo profound E*culupitis.lot himlook at the title page, and no will see thatlhe owes the work to a printer, who has |read it over and over to see that not uiletter*!* wanted, not a comma out of place.]The same may be said of the lawyer, the"minister, and the scientific mechanic.The printer stands at the door of all theirlearning, and holds the keys which open ii.The printer is a great traveller. There

are few printers in the United States whohave not visited every Stale in the Union.They are sure of finding a printing officein every village, and consequently do not

| hcsiiate to travel wherever their fancymay lead them, sure of finding in theirbrother typographers, friends ready tq -ossistthem, give them work, or obtain asituation for them. The printers arc v'qn-jseqiicnllv thoroughly acquainted with theircountry, ni general and in detail; .tonecan know better or speak of it more cor-jrecti)*. {Sometimes ho crosses the Allan-!tic; and, while he prints geographies andbooks of travels, ho takes occasion to view .

with his own eyes every part of the oldand new world.T^^iujptcr is always a good gramarianarftf^^M#uer:tly happens tlia^ men whosep^^^^^pus are esteemed by the public, [the printer, that they are not

down asses. Often, very often,dujFs it happen thai manuscript is put into;sne hands of the t) pe-settcr full of gross'/ : aiuma lical err >rs, sentences devoid of j'-.ensc, ami u iitinut a single point or capit :!letter. W h"ti this lias passed limineli hishands, toe errors arc c irrerted. the f>11 ;i<*-Illation and capitals arc all set in their pro- <

per places. 'The c nc« hod author finds iihimself all at once a grotninatiju' and h»g-'<ical writer, and hasks in the sun »>f popularity,\\Inch he owes t" some tinohtriisive son«f (lUttembiirg. He takes care not to givecredit to the proper person ; hut on thecontrary, should «-o no of his blunders re-main uncorrected, lie is sure to lay thoni al!to the charge of the "ignorant printer;**such is the false and unjust phrase ignorantwriters frequently use. iNo trade, class or profession, except!those of law and physic, has furnished ah

greater proportion of learned and distin-liguished person's than ihe printer's Cralt.jiFrom the day of Franklin to the presenttunc, our legislative hulls, our places o| j<honor, have; been ornamented by talented jiand eloquent printers. J he bar is oftenindeblctl to the printing olliee for some ofits ablest members; in this cby we haveliving and prominent examples of thefact.The printers, wherever lin y can hnite a

sufficient force, generally farm themselvesinto a society for tin? mutual protection,and for the purpose of assisting each otherhi c.i^es of need. These societies lix tinrates of wages, the hours of w >rk, andprovide, for the sick and unfortunate..They oind themselves hv the strict! st andmost honorable rules to preserve the dig**!nity of their art, and to defend each otheragainst the injustice of grasping employ*cis. If a printer should dishonor his tradeor work under wages, he is itnmediali lvstigmatised and disowned. It is very rarethat a printer ran be induced to dishonorthe pledges be has given to his fedlowworkmen.

n<i ....i hp primer is essentially a democrat.

j'hat is to say, opposed to the aristocracyof riches, and though so fur above the ge»I lurulity of artizans i>i knowh d»e and lulcm,yet lie is proud of being railed a mechanic,and ho frequently boasts that hissubsistence is earned by the sterol of hisbrow. Yes, yc proud nabobs, who loll inyour carriages, and who would disdain totouch the hard, hand of a mechanic, learnthat there are mechanics who are by far

your superiors in every things which ele-lvales mankind above the bruto. 1 Know Iof many graduates of college who mightbe mude to blush for their ignorance bythe mechanic they despise, lint the boast'of these proud aristocrats must graduallylull beneath the power of (he press; and]it is probale that, when the laboring classesof Europe and America will claim theirtrue rank in society, and will call for theenjoyment of more equal rights, theirspokesman will be a printer.Love.By i£. L. Btt/tecr,±~llnw brightand beautiful is love in its hour of purityand innocence.how niisteriously docs it

elhercalizc every feeling, and concentrateettery wild and bewildering impuls j ofthe lieart. Love, holy and misteriousInvn : « I. - 1 » : ' "*

I iw.».u is uir |>urin!iu wpriug Ol llie..the dream of the heart.the impassionedpoetry of nature.its son«j is heard in tiierude and unvisitcd solitude of the farforest, and the thronged haunts of busylife.it embellishes with its flames the unjpretending cot of tin: peasant and thegorgeous palace of the mornarch.flashesits holy gleam of light upon the measuredtrack of the lonely wanderer.hoversabout the imperiled bark of the stormbeuieu mariner.enfeebles the darklybending tving of the muttering tempest,and imparts a Motional splendor to thebeacon that burns "on the far distantshore."

Love! is the m\«lic and unseen 'spellthat harmonizes e.nJ "soothes unhidden," ithe wild and rugged tendencies of humannature.that lingers about the sanctity ofthe domestic hearth. the worshipped dei-!ty of t:»e penetralia, and unites in firmerunion the aH'c ti'ms of s -cinl and religioussociety, gathers verdant freshness aroundthe guarded cradle of helpless infancy,and stea!s in m >n!iglu darkness upon theVielditlL' heart of 'lemiiiirinir mr».if l>»oti.es into reposing calmness the chuffed uncibruised and unresist in if spirt of sorrow,and hears it from the existing ami anticipate^evils of lite, to its own !>rijrlit andsheltering power of repose.transformsinto a generous nsvuiion the exacting dosiresof vulgar interest and sordid avn^rice.and melts into a tearful compassionthe ice of inscn-dhihty.The image of which holy and undecayinolove has once p«»itrailured on the

deep shrine of the heart, w ill not vanishlike lineaments which childhood's lingersin idle iriotnents may have traced uponthe sand.that image will remain thereunbroken and t'tiniatked.it will burn oniiiidcfaced in its lustre, amid the quickrush of the win !s a ni the warring of thetempest cluud.and when the wavering' star of our late seems declining," thebowed and bewildering spirit, like thetrembling dove ef the pttiriarrii, w;i! meet }its home and its refuge in that hallowed)fane whe e love presides as high priestess {of it** suncttt.ttrj- unit confreretes to on-Jbending truth tire offered vow s of her votaries.

. ^^ Corrcspo)ulincv oj thr CharteS&^Zouritr.War nn»tim, A|>r,\Cth Idd7.

M:\ Rcuh?n M. Whitney applied ye.-tordayto our Court, preparatory to his takingthe benefit of the insolvent art, and filedin the Clerk's officii lie usual sell dole ofdebts and assets. The day of hearing isfixed for F.:<'a\, the 13ih iust. I have notheard whether there is any intention tooppose him, or whether any one is able tofile any o!h gallons for tit it purpose.The notice of this act, e lii>-It will he foundin the papers of this morning, has filledevery one with astonishment, as it wasijeneriilly believed thai he was in the re-eipt of a sul try from the Deposit! Hanks

far beyond w h .t In re (i.n « d for It s annual 11axpenditiire. It is iv l above eight or tenweeks situi t'at In- : v» a most splendid'party, declaring that i» -hould eclipse itit) |'arty given in Washington during thesame winter. Natural and artificial flow-:r rs were strewed in p» dttsion about thetipper table; the lights utic daz/ding,

itnd lite music was surpassing. The costni that supper was said, at the tin *. to he J:i hove I (MM) dob.us. \ it m - i< .rlwi<liil« K«.

returns the whole value of his .troperly, jitonsisting of carriage, horses, plate amifurniture, as only 30u0 dollars. So thatthe supper cost hint about one-'hird ofw Ital he was worth in property. l)is sehe*[lulc of his debts is very terrilie. Tonnecreditor. (II. dates & Co., of Canada) hpo.ves ahove 8 11,000; and to a linn in 1*lii 1

ndclpltia,(Wiggins 6c Co.)&8oO(K); andto the rest ol his creditors, his scheduleallows him to he indebted to the amountor nearly 800.1KH). This is an alarming!debtor and creditor account for one who issupposed to have been basking for some)years in the sunshine of Executive patron*ago, and to have enjoyed unusual moneyfacilities in consequence of the position hehas occupied in reference to the OppositeHauls. It is hard to account for the utterdestitution of means which this scheduleprescjiis. and. us it natural consequence,

ittr ( ittititi'o .1* .*»% I 4 ^ 1.1. 1171.?*I J in II.B.III IU tlJ I'. YT IIIInefwill he circulated.

Military fl >ooings in England..\V#» have sfiiiicwhcrc read that a privatesoldier in a regiment of militia once recoveredheavy damages against his oflicersbecause one or inore lashes had been inflicudupon hini than had been awarded bythe brutal sentence of a brutal court martial.That sentence, if wo rememberright, was a thousand lashes.i. e. ninethousand strip&s; or, reckoning that eachof the nine «ii's or thongs of the instrumentsof torture contains three knots, andthat the executioners were then, and arenow taught, on scientific principles, tomake every thong tell.the infernal sentencewould literally mean twcniy-scvcn

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referred to, received this horrid punishmentat three instalments.that is to say,when the flesh was so dreudfully torn thai,the presiding surgeon declared his life indanger front the loss of blood, or from theexhaustion of unbearable anguish, themangled wretch was unbound from thetriangular rack, and conveyed to the Itos-.pital. whence, when his wounds WereT-h'eal-.cd, he was brought 4>ut to have them torn

open again by the-knotted cords, and thisliemllike process*repeated till the number1of lashes first awarded, by the niiscfeants'in epuuletts had been iirflioted/urJopjiifttvThousandsof miserable ^vrefcrnes*in the;"good old tunes" underwent this infernalprocess ; and i£jn the case referred to.ofwhich we have but-un indistinct recollect,tion.a soldier did recover heavy damage^wcfcan but applnud the decision of the ju-|ry. In our opinion, utter ruin ought to;overwhelm any beasts in human shape calling themselves men.not to say officersand gentlemen.who would consign a manto such inexpressibly altrocious punishment.Of late years some ameliorationhas been made to the extent to which the,aristocratic amateurs of whipcord can in-|dulge their unnatural penchant for tearingthe'living flesh from men's backs. W«»man can be mangled twice on the samesentence ; but if the surgeon decides that,human nature can bear no more, cre the '

number of lashes awarded ugainst the victimhave been administered, the victim is,pardoned the remainder. C.'otirls martial,too, are restricted in their sentences to i200,or 300 lashes, although oflieers may%an-11age to torture a man to death wi ih UK>lashes, the general effect must be advanta-'gcotis to the cuuse of humanity..LondonDrtpatck.

Paris, and her Itesident-Forf.igners..Awriter in a late number of li eLondon Metropolitan avers that the pre-vailing spirit of the Parisians, prpsent,is economy; and that the pomp, splendor,I uxor) and ostentation of the capital areexhibited almost exclusively by foreigners,such as "American pursur Col. Thorn*,\nd the Spanish stock-broker \uuudo,^h^Jlite Delmares, Hopes, Tntiakins, Derii-^*t|ofls, Rothschilds, and NVelleses." And <

t^ial the gaieties of Paris, are MlhelyiIIinnt banquets*of the Thorns, the <

jrplendid concerts of the Ferrarap, and <

The wiltv coti ries of Lady Keith." Theautocrats of tin* Parisian society; he at-firms are the foreigners who ruin it witha sceptre of gold; and truly* if his descriptionsare correct, not the sceptre only isof g« Id, hut the v( ry box in which it is 1

put away when not i 1 use. The inajjni- 1

Jicent hotel (not house of aceoiomodaiionfor travellers, according to the use of the '

word with us, hut private residence) of *Huron Rothschild, is called Solomon'sTemple, in reference la its gorgeousncss; <and it is declared^ ho covered with gold tb-ef, fronr the basement to the. attic story. <The gilding of each door cost a hundred 1guineas, and of every arm-chair fifty.- <^ nd tl|e vei v hem th-rugs of ti e Yankee n&/;rgrtyV grutiihowmc, as Col Thorn is ir- \revi re entitled, are sa'd t<» be decora-1rted with (ring's of gold bullion. »

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renc.e lb publie oi has an interesting accountof a conical between a mill by thename of llaiues, of the town ol En wards, ^in that county, and a large panther, inwhich the former was victorious, after cxhibifing^ degree of hardihood and persevereiK.t,which fully entitles his adventineto a place along side of the well-knownwolf a flair of General Putnam. The oto- 1

ry of Mr. llaincs is, ihat on llie lSih ultimo.while travelling through the woods,on the Haven tiact, in the town of Pilcaiu, Ihe came across the recent track of a pan- ttlicr; he immediately returned homo <'/«» -

*t *y* chis dogs and rille, and started in pursuit. 1

After following the animal in a zig-zag directionnearly six miles, he came aledge, into a iissnre of tvbich the pantherhad entered. Adding a second ball to hisrifle, he commenced an examination of the 1

i avrrn.and readily discovered the animal's 1

position, hv his shining eyes, which ser- |ved as a mark, at which he took aim and s

fired.*' At lIte place where the panther enter- ird, tlx ascent was nearly equal to that of i

ihe ioof of a house, for twelve or fourteenfeet, then extending downward under the jfloor of the entrance, nearly to the placewhere I sto«><'.at which place there was

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another opening, hut covered with snowtwo or three feet dc« p. I reloaded myrifle, and in the meantime, 'he dog and the jpanther, apparently in 'close communion,*had descended to the lowest aperture.Judging from the shrieks of the-jdog, that the contest was an unequal one,I threw aside my rifle, dug away the snow,and immediately pulled him out. Thepanther then ascended to the top of thelower cavern After making the aperturesufficiently large, I crawled in six or sevenfeel, taking my dog and rifle with me,when, upon looking up, at the distance ofseven or eight feet, I beheld the sameglassy eyes, darling their fierce lustre up-on me. mKc me boy in quest of the!bird's nest, with mueli ado,' I succeededin bringing my rifle to bear upon bis head ;* lei sliver, sent my dog foi ward and immediatelybacked out, re-loaded my ritle,and prepurcd for another onset, should occasiondemand. Tl(tis I repealed threetimes in succession, ench time sendingmy dog forward as a feeler. The fourthtime 1 sent in my dog ; they soon comedown to the mouth of the cavern, the doghacking out, the panther having him bythe nose, and his claws grappled into hisshoulders, the dog of course having the

t - "iunder jaig of tlTe panther in his mouth';the objecl/of the dog being evidently toget out of the cavern, bringing the pantheiwith him.- As soon as the panther's headcame in tight, 1 fired a ball ifito his fore*head ; and here terminated*my sport.Upon examining the head of the pan*

ther. 1 found that every ball {six iu num*ber) had taken effect. One eye destroy- fed, the roots of his tongue cut off lee'hknocked out. &c.. all of which could nothave been effected by theater show .Notwithstanding-all"this* he fought like a ti- ;ger, illustrartrfgf' Hie truth of the axion>9. r

tlfat * jhe ruling passion of life is. strong ' Meven in death!' 1 have dressed the skin^' 6*/and handsomely stuffed it; so that any ontcan see it, by calling at my residence iiEdwards. Length, ten feet." J

fragments of ARABIC PrETRY. ahArabian having brought a blush to a maiden'9check.by the earnestness of-his gaze, auuftoher. My look? have planted roses in ygurcheek*; why forbid inu to gather them T sThe lajv permits bun who sows 10 reap theharvest."Timc..Thp stream of .time rolls rnptoly

away into the ocean of eternity, sweeping orfin its impetuous course all hu-i.an ihingaDeputy, fashion, genius, accoin; ltshmeutiwealth, will be no more, licligion alone iidestined to survive tho ruin. Vain, then>very vain, all sublunary pleasures, all.earthlyadvantages. " There.is Lut me thing necessary."*

Fishing for Compliments..'W« II Dinab,'sjaida would-be belle, to a black girl,Khoy say beauty &o<»n fades, hut do you seoany of my bloouj fading ?.now tell rue plainly,without any xfeinpliir.ents' 'Oh no, *

missa ; but den tne kinder link' ' I hio'*what, Dinah; you're bashful?' '< h no, mo ^no hushfuf; but den inc kinder links as howmissa don't retain her colouy quite so well uacolored lady.' . r ^

Pandora's Box..A father was telling his '»

ion. lint ihpn sovpii I'unr^i.f «*« il... i..l.i- ..«* >f ...... j viiij vi uu; i'luk' ui

Pandora'* Box. lie said thai ail the evil* \which afflicted mankind was shul up in thatbox, which the curitvitv of Pandora ten.piedher to open, when 'hey all flow out and spreadaver the earth ''"J hat cannot bo.' said the1 d, "since curiosity tempted Pander.' toapen the box, which being one of ;h 'greatestevils of itself, could not have been in it1.''

. .Unclaimed Baggage..A bill is nnvjbefore the New-York Legislature, to dispose *»f the unclaimed baggage, left at the oifftrent steamboat and stage offices throughout[he StaW. >ouie i.tmdreds of trunks remansiiuclauned iti tho cuy of Ntvv-Vork, and i:«Utica and Ijuftfiln^cre arc whole loitsst r« da ith thcm.Avhich have been coliefc-.ing these ,ifiecn years.Mncouuagino..Peter Streborn, ol Un'on **{

otinty, Pa is tho lather ol nine hib ren, *

lirec of whom are sons, u'.«out six»ld, horn at one birth. \ oiil is befote ihu <V-legislature,appropriating $300 lor his ben;lit,on the ground that "such instances ofttivancing thu interests of the ("o.r.tno.tvcallh,hv increasing its population, art*ere." We believe there is a statute of fbostate of Tennessee, allowing a handsomelows to s»u.h I e< efnetors as .v.rms proved himself to be..Ilrgister.A Signer Gavuldi, who has been anuiinigthe audience at the Manchester theatre

>y sliootii g art a | pie fioui his son's head, .

>r hand, with a lifle, missed the apple amiitruck the boy's hand, on one of his night'sxhibition. The boy had the fortiiudc not jo c.ry out, so that the audience kuoc.v^^^lotldng of the matter until alter he.ak'cn.&way.An impertinent petil-maitrc told a countrygentleman in a coffee house it ft>e west?nd ol the town, that lie lookcH like a

>roont. " I am one," replied he, "and amcady to rub down an ess.

Specific foh Blindness..A quack doo»or in the neighborhood of York wholdvertisfs a universal specific for the ill.-, ofnunkind. adds, that he atti n. «» to

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ligations bv letter. %4,but it i> necessary-t'.jytrcrsnns afflicted' with the loss ol* sightdiould see the doctor."( Logkaphy or the Heart..A woman's vSo! is but a crooked path unto a wo* . :lmail's Yes!Rare honesty..A London p.ipcrirti?

ales ol' a drivi r in that city, in:oach some ladie» accidentally left ®10,Oi(Tworth of jewellery, when going to a bell.,that the driver, as soon as lie discoveredthe accident, immediately proceeded tothe ball room and restored the lost property,much to the gratification of the fairowners, who gave him fifty pounds for his.honesty. Wc related, not long sihcc, asimilur case in this city. An honest driverfound a package of $30,000 in hiscoach, and.on returning it to the owner*,he was presented with a new coach and itpair of horses.lie being merely employedas a driveraf the coach in which themoney was left.*.N. Y. hjinrr.su.

- /A person can sit or lie, as well as eatand dri \ to excess. So the truth is, thatthere is a.i-jiitemperance of inaction as »well as of repletion : and of the two, anactive life is, if possible, the moot dm.gvr.003. '

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A Windfall..A police constable iriLondon, narr.ed John Barnes, has hud10,000/. bequnthed to him by his uncle,who died lately in Calcutta.A Prf.vkntive..The business of lockmaking has been discontinued among theprisoners at JSing Sing, as it enabled them Jwhen liberated, to be successful at pickinglocks. .

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