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TUB EDITOR. The Editor who wills to please, Must humbly crawl upon bis knees. And kiss the rod that beats him; Or, if he dare attempt to walk, Must toe the mark that others chalk, And cringe to them that meet him. Says one, your subjects are too gnvc Too much morality you have Too much about religion: Give me some witch and wiztard tales. Of slip-shod ghosts with fins and scales. Or feathers like a pigeon. I lore to read, another cries, Those monstrous fashionable lies In other words those novels, Composed of kings, and queens, and lords, Of border wars, and gothic hordes. That used to live in hovels, No! no! cries one, we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stuff, To cra2e the fair creation: Give us some recent foreign news. Of Russia, Turks, the Greeks and Jews, Or any other nation. The man of dull scholastic lore. Would like to see a little more In scraps of Greek or Latin: The merchants rather have the pric Of southern indigo and rice, Or India silks or satin. Another cries, I want more fun, A witty anecdote or pun, A rebus or a riddle; Some long for Missionary news And some of worldly, carnal views. Would rather bear a fiddle.J The critic, too, of classic skill, Must dip in gall bis gander quill. And scrawl against the paper; Of all the literary fools, Bred in colleges and schools, tt int. git,wct var. Another cries, I want to see A jumbled up variety, Variety in all things A miscellaneous, hodge podge print. Composed, I only give the hint. Of multifarious small things. I want some marriage news, says Miss, It constitutes my highest bliss To hear of weddings plenty; Tor in a time of general rain. None suffer from a drought, 'tis plain. At least, not one in twenty. I want to hear of deaths, says one. Of people totally undone By losses, fire or fever; Another answers full as wise, I'd rather have a fall and rise Of rackoon skins and braver. 8om signify a secret wish For now and then a favourite dih Of politics to suit them; But here we rest at perfect ease. For, abould they swear the moon was cheese, We never should dispute them. Or grave or humorous, wild or tame, Lefty or low lis all the same, Too haughty or too humble; And every editorial wight, Has naught to do but what is right, And let the grumblers grumble.

. i "" i From the Lowell Journal. GENTLE REPROOF. There is no sound which grates so harshly on the ear of a man of a feeling, generous disposed, than to hear a brutal husband speak harshly to an amiable wife. The wretch who treats a wo man ill, deserves the contempt of his fellow creatures but when that woman is one who looks to him for support, for kindness and protection, one whose path through life, he is bound by every noble principle to 6trew with flowers, the brute who plants the thorns instead, like Cain should have a mark set upon his forehead, that he may fce known and shunned by every honest man. But there ig many a worthy woman who could

tell an affecting tale of patient sulTering under

fomented, abuse. Zachariah Ilogdon was not naturally an illaatured roan, It was want of reflection more than a corrupt and ungenerous heart that led him to consider his wife in the light of an inferior be.ing, and to treat her more like a slave than an equal. If he met with any thing abroad to ruffle his temper, she suffered when he came home. His meals were always ill-cooked, and whatever the Door woman did to nle.-ist. him was sure to

have a contrary effect. She bore his ill humor

ill w i inn n a a . x a a- . i a a- i - . - a a ;

- iwr i lone uiiic, uui unuiiis it 10 in

crease,. she adopted a method of reproving him for his unreasonable conduct, which had the hap f lest effect

One day as Zachariah was going to his dailv

avocation after breakfast, he purchased a fine large codfish, and sent it home with directions to his wife to have it cooked for uinuer. As no particular mode ofcooking it was prescribed.the good woman well knew that whether she boiled

it, or fried it, or made it into chowder, her hus

band would scold her when he came home. But

she resolved to please him once if possible, and therefore cooked portions of it In several ways. She a'so. with some Utile difficulty, procured an amphibious animal from a brook back of the

house, anu piumpeu mm niio uie pot. in due time the husband came home some covered

dishes were placed upon the table, and with a frowning fault finding look, the moody man commenced the conversation.

Well, wife, did you get the fish I bought?' Yes, my dear.' 'I should like to know how you have cooked

it I will bet any thing you have spoiled it for . rrry i iV i - V t

my eating, flatting vn me cover.; i mougnc ' . i t .

so. V flat in me u-i s name possessca you to

fry it? I would as lief eat a boiled frog.' - . . . 1 a. . a.

Y hv, my dear, l thought you loved it best

fried.'

'You did not think any such tiling. You knew

better I never loved fried fish why did'nt you

boil it?'

'My dear, the last time we had fresh fish, you

know I boiled it, and you said you liked it better

fried. I did it merely to please you. Hut I

have boiled some also,' So saying she lifted up the cover, and lo! the shoulders of the Cod nicely

boiled, were neatly deposited on a dish; a sight which would have made an epicure rejoice, but which only added to the ill-nature of her hus

band.

'A pretty dish this'.' exclaimed he. Boiled

fish! Chips and porridge. If you had not been one of the most stupid of womankind you would

have made it into chowder.

His patient wife, with a smile, immediately

placed a tureen before him containing an excellent chowder.

Mv dear,' said she, 'I am resolved to please

you. l his is your favourite dish.'

'r avounte dish indeed, grumbled the discom

fited husband.' 'I dare say it is an unpalatable

wishy-washy mess. I would rather have a bull frog than the whole of it.' This was a common expression of his, and had been anticipated by his wife, who, as 60on as the preference was expressed,uncovered a large dish at her husband's right hand, and there was a bull

frog of portentious dimensions and pugnacious

aspect, stretched out at lull length! Zachariah sprang from his chair, not a little frightened at tfie Unexpected apparition. My dear,' said his wife in a kind of entreating tone, 'I hope you will at length be able to make a dinner. Zachariah could not stand this. His surly mood was finally overcome, and he burst out into a hearty laugh. He acknowledged that his wife was right and he was wrong and declared that she should never again have occasion to read him such a lesson. And he was as good as his word.

Specimen of Eastern Literature. We extract the subjoined paragraph from the "interesting columns' of that leading literary print of the East, called the "Saturday Courier:" "As the passengers were getting out of one of the

Philadelphia stages at Harrisburgh, last week, one of

them, (a lady) was taken ill, and conveyed to a chamber. A physician was sent for, but his co-operation was no longer necessary to the presentation of a son to her gratified husband." ,f It is such stuff as this which renders the ''Saturday Courier' the "most diversified, entertain, ing and instructive weekly newspaper issued from the American Press!!" Its Editors may well "invite comparison with contemporary publications." The above is a specimen of the trash which is put upon the West ns purely literary. We say nothing about the style of the paragraph, but, the idea we know to be vastly literary! there is a sublimity of imagination, and grandeur of conception connected with it, which ought to immortalize the individual who penned it. His name once known, and so long as the historian cherishes the spark which animates his soul it cannot be forgotten. Bah! Hamilton Intelli

gencer.

A MODERN DICTIONARY. Bank. A grind stone in disguise, for the faces of the poor. Politeness. Fashionable, hypocrisy. Patriotism. An "indefinite article,"in ancient times, signifying love of country, we believe at present it means villifying political opponents.

Soft Soap. An article much used by aristo

craft lust before an elecuon-principallv applied by

them to working men, who are at all times des

pised by these self-styled "higher classes."

Lady. A female who cannot cook her hus

band's dinner, but is expert in reading novels, playing on the piano, &c.

jtotrer Class. Those who support themselves

and their rich neighbors by labor. Utwrr Class. Monopolists, Capitalists, Law

yers, Doctors, and all who live without work on the labor of others. Humanity. Weeping over the "poor slaves" of the South, and making slaves of all whites in

your employ at the North.

Benevolence. Sending money out of the coun

try to educate foreign children, and leaving thou

sands in ignorance at home. University. An establishment where the rich

obtain an education at the expense of the poor,

and learn to live without labor.

Mhixty. Straining at a "gnat and swallowing a savt-mill" as circumstances and fashions may

dictate.."- t..frficn

SPIRIT OF TIIE TIMES.

From the Cincinnati Gazette. GOING AHEAD.

A number of the newspapers of this slalediave

within a lew weeks opened their columns to the subject of the next Presidency They are all most marvelously harmonious in their views, and most disinterestedly unconcerned tibout who shall be their candidate. They are but playing the part assipied them. It is only necessary to turn the eye to the New Hampshire Patriot, the Raleigh Constitutionalist, the Richmond Enquirer, the Albany Argus and the Louisville Advertiser, in order to understand this newly commenced game. These organs of the

exclusive dtmocratic party have no candidate in view, as they would have the world understand. They one and all go for a national convention

to settle the question of who shall be the next

journals to Mr. Van Buren is so well known and

understood that every one can see with half an

eye, that he will have no chance in such a convention.

Some of our neighbors in Ohio, however,have

not been quite so discreet, in announcing to the people that a Convention had been determined on, "noens volens." As it is to be a little appre

hensive that the democracy of Uhio might not

see through their glasses that there was one democratic candidate, and have therefore taken special pains lo inform the faithful that John Mc

Lean, perhaps, is not the real democrat that the people have taken him for. While they disclaim all partiality for any particular man, they

are quite friendly enough to designate whom

they are against. We would merely suggest to some of these neighbors of ours that it w ould be well enough not to set their ploughs too deep.

There is some danger that in their opposition to Judge McLean at least they are ploughing new and unknown ground. Did our neighbor of the

Hemisphere or of the Dayton Whig ever follow what is called ago devil plough, in fresh cleared land, and have their shins slashed and whacked by the roots as they would break before the plough and fly back? If they have not we would

caution them to beware how they set their go devil at the Judge, lest they should strike a deep

root beiore they know it,and be kiCked"s.vy high with their heels up. Go ahead with your Convention Gentlemen, as fast as you please, but do not jostle in your course any one of the democratic candidates else perhapse the people may take it into their heads to return your jostle with a jolt, and not unlikely with an utter overthrow. A combination among the people is a most danger

ous xning even o me omnipotence oi rung caucus.

who does not look one way and row another who believes in. what he professes,and who would strictly act Upon the motto, fat justilia. mat catlum! I have never been in Judge M'Lean's company but once before, and that was five years ago, when he was Postmaster General: since that period he has much improved as well in mind as personal appearance, and I know of few men whose manners are. more frank, and calculated to please. Yours, &c."

ESCAPE FROM PRISON.

A most desperate, daring, and yet successful

attempt at escape was made at the Uhio rem

tentiary, on "Wednesday night last, by probably one of the most notorious and hardened villains that ever infested the Western countrv. He was

confined in a cell or room on the lower floor with

three others. The door of the cell was locked

and hasped, and the loose end of the hasp snugly

keyed to a hook made fast to the casement of the door, making, as one would suppose, the room

doubly secured. About 12 o'clock, however,

"my lark" was found to be among the missing.

It seem while the Guard, who perambulates the

prison every half hour, in his usual rounds du ringtheniglit,wasinthe upper story, the prison-

cr succeeded operating through a hole in the

door of only 4 or 5 inches square, in unhasping

the door alter rhirh he sprung the bolt of the

lock, entered the hall of the prison, proceeded to the kitchen, unlocked the kitchen door by

means ol a hook made and prepared lor the pur

pose, proceeded into the yard and over the wall 20 feet high, thus effecting his escape and all in the short space of from 15 to 30 minutes. It is perhaps fortunate, at least for the prisioner, that he escaped without being perceived by the

Guard: for had he been discovered at that solemn

hour of the night, one or the other must have fallen on the spot. Unless the prisoner had had some great advantage over the Guard, instant death must hive been his portion, the Guard be

ing always armed with a heavy club, two pocket

and two side pistols, all well loaded and ht for

action. All things considered, this is certainly

the most bold and daring effort to escape that we have ever heard of in this or any other prison.

LtOlumbus Hemisphere. From the United Slate Telegraph.

Judge M'Lean. We find in the Philadelphia Intelligencer, the following extract of a letter to

a gentleman of this city-written by a distinguished citizen of Pennsylvania, recently sojourning at the Surphur Springs: "From the West, Judge M'Lean, of the Supreme Court, is the most prominent individual I have seen. He left here yesterday, to hold a Court at Columbus, the Capital of Ohio. As this gentleman is a great favorite of yours, it will be perhaps not unpleasant to you to learn, that I called upon him in company with a friend at his cottage, or as they call the apartments here, his cabin; and had a full and free conversation with him upon several political and miscellaneous subjects, which made a highly favora

ble impression upon my mind, as well as that of

my companion, in relerence to his abilities, his moral feeling, and his independence. I take him to be a politician, a republican of the school of D8, and although I might differ from him upon some important measures of State policy, I would not be distressed to set? the administration of the government in his hands. What the nation most wants, is a man of sound and fixed

j principle political and moral, at its head one

From the New-Litbon Ohio Patriot. On the morning of the 19th July, in Steuben--ville, Ohio, a valuable mare belonging to Mr. Wcdderstand, died after 38 hours of extreme agony. The body was then opened to ascertain the cause of her death, when a house snake between 18 inches and two feet in lengthy wa found extended along the windpipe with its head penetrated into the heart ! The abovt we have from responsible men,who saw it taken outi Downania. The Fou.th Auditor's idea of

the essence of Government, is happily burlesqued in the following extract of one of Major jack Downing letters, originally published in the

New lork Daily Advertiser: Rip Raps, 17th Aug. 1833. My Good Friend "The Govbrnment" will leave here on Saturday, so you must tell all our

friends to stop sending any mqjre letters here. We go strait to Washington t6 piit things to rights there for the winter. I and the Gineral have got things pretty considerable snug; and it is raly curious to see how much more easy and simple all the public affairs go on than they did a spell ago when Mr. Adams was President. If it warnt for Congress meeting we could jist go about pretty , much where we pleased, and keep things strait too; and I begin to think now with the Gineral, that atter all, there is no great shakes in managin the affairs of the Nation. We have pretty much all on us ben joggin about since last grass ;and things are jist as strait and clear now as they were then. The Gineral has nigh upon made up liia mind, that there is no use to have any more Congress Thc'y only, bother us -they wdu'd do more good to stay at home, and write letters to us tellin what is going on among 'em at home. It would save a considerable sum of money too; and I'm also sartin that there's a plaguy set of fellows on wages that dont arne nothin. However, we are goin on makein things more simple every day; and we wunst in a while knock offa pretty considerable number of cogg wheels and trunncl heads. The Gineral says he likes things simple as a mouse Imp. But what I like .most is, he wont have no one about him that outranks me, so there is me and Major Barry, and Major Smith and Major Earl, and Major Donelson, and Major Lewis, and Major Eaton and the major part of a pretty considerable of a man to do the printing and tell the fouks where we be, and wunst and a while lo tell where the laud sales and the contracts be too. There is enuff to do all that's wanted. Every day jist after breakfast, the Gineral lights his pipe, and begins to think pretty hard, and I aud Major Donelson begin to open letters for him: and there's more than three bushels every day, and all the while comin, in. We dont git through more than a bushel a day; and never, never trouble long ones, unless they come from Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Kindle, or some other of our great fouks. Then we sort 'em out, jist as Zekel Bigelow does the mekerel, at his Packin Yard, for tho there are mariy more sorts than' he finds among fish, we only make 3 sorts, and keep three big baskets, one marked "not red," another "red and wortli nothin," and another "red, and to be answered." And then all the Gineral has to do is lo say "Major, I reckon we had better say so and so to that," and I say "jist so," or not, as the notion takes me and then we go at it. We keep all the Secretaries, and the Vice' President, and some District Attornies, and a good many more of our folks and Amos Kindle, moving about; and they tell us jist how the cat ft 1 . a . alTa

jumps. And as i said alorc, ll it warnt lor con

gress meetin wunst a year, we d put the Government in a horse waggon, and go jist where we liked. Major Jack Downing.

Cholera. The New Orleans Courier.; bf the 10th ultimo, contains an extract of a letter from Campcachy, dated the 27th of July, which represents the Cholera as raging to such an extent in the State of Yucatan, that the vhole populatiorl may be said to be destroyed and s.iys there are towns where not ten inhabitants had survived! The same paper slates that disorders in Mexico had reached such a height, that the whole country is but a vast field of battle. These accounts are probably much exaggerated, but there is no doubt but that this beautiful section of the continent, (the richest in products and the most fevorably situated for commerce,) containst at this mo--ment, more of human wretchedness and degradation than any other portion of the globe. .Ivcrvism. There never existed a nation so

addicted as our own to the tyranny of party. Let the veriest trifle occur to excite the people, and it takes a party form. We have recently had a national anti-masonic party; sometime since it

was proposed to form an anti-intemperaace party; and we perceive from the northern papers that they have formed in that section an anti-

Avery party. Are the people mad! Can they not feel and express their indignation against the supposed crimes of an insignificant individual, but they

must make a party matter of it. Must

Old ocean into storm be .astra. To whelm a feather, or to drown a fly. Dayton Wliif.-