Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 25, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 June 1836 — Page 1

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TERMS OF TUB AMRICAN. t) in advance $2,"K in six months; or at

,: expiration of the year. 1 ue i.uuor wiu uis-1-v'nae subscription at his option. iDvTiSRNTs.-Twelvc lines. or less, will be ",-vd once or three times, for one dollar, and 2o 9 vill be charged for each additional insertion. EVS OF TE1E WEFjK. BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO. cts from a lKter of a correspondent of the V; Orleans Bullet ih: . TLeenemv fired their cannon five times only. louied'J"e sixth time and primed the man match was kiiled by a boy and the who ; cMil.n.)ii hr.is nirift nmindpr. ?: .Tthe inscriptions "El Vole an," and " Yiolati ' it Kciris," in Roman capital letters. The A.i!noa wataken and the enemy put to rout nineteen mimfs after the first gun was fired. The ' uiter aiinng the enemy's ranks was treniedous. j'jjJe t deliberate look over the field three days .ferUie battle. The sight was horrible. Here h'.r-Mti clusters, there scattered singly the ground wis'strevveJ w ith dead men, dead horses, guns, bavone'ts. swords, drums, trumpets some scaltered'tnd broken books, papers, shoes, sandals, caps -be chws of a routed army, was strewed upon ." r0UnJ ina confusion which the imagination cjanot conceive the natural eye must behold, to i convinced of the reality. The faces of most of the dead were as black as seToes-horribly swollen and distorred-the tongues r.;en. i"c"ri" ' : protruding' the skin blistered the limbs in many instmces swollen, elevated and half extended horrible and disgusting masses of corruption." You will be gratified by a description of Santa Im'i person. His forehead is high, but narrow is front, spreading as it extends back obliquely li'i moderately black small whiskers, a little JieA with c-rey. The skin wrinkles on the lower wrtof his forehead as be elevates his eyes to speak. He has large, mild, black eyes his nose is narrow between the eyes, but is tolerably straight, and becomes fleshy towards the end. His mouth is noting extraordinary, the upper lip rather projecting; omoi" his upper front teeth is gone, his under jaw istjur. His countenance is animated when speakinj. His complexion ia a little tawney; but he sk'wsmore of the Moorish than the Mexican tinctiri. lie might pass for a w hite man, but would notpssslora native, in the United States. His leirtt is five fret ten inches, or pcrbtps more, and he is tolerably well proportioned. His age is 41. "General Cos was taken two days after the battle.acJ was brought back to camp, a picture of fear. When 1 first saw him, he was lying upon tiie ground, and had hid himself under a little old blmtet the only parts w hich could be seen of La was his hair, which is a dark brown, and his hnd which held the blanket over his head, was oall and remarkably short finger nails. I saw l,m afterwards, when his fright wasovei. He is bout five feet nine inches high, built for activity bis a high forehead, but not very broad his nose is long, straight and well formed; his eyes a brilliant black. He has large, long black whiskers, sua-burnt at the ends, and red, sandy moustaches, rhs complexion is sun-burnt, and he wears little gold rings in his ears. He is a cousin to Santa Act. "The third personage. Colonel Almonte, is the reputed natural son of a Spanish priest, by a fullWooded Mexican woman. He has a good countenatce was educated in Europe, and speaks Enflish well, and is regarded as a man ot superior ulents." A Fair Business Transaction. A fellow whs engaged to a girl in Maine hut liked her sister better than he did her. Wishing lo be off with the old love before he was on with the new, he asked his betrothed what she would take to release him she replied that about sixty-two dollars, she thought, was as much as he was worth; whereupon he ponied up the dust, got a quit claim, and married the liter. Hoston Post. .V young lady dressed in male apparel lateh started on foot from Vermont in order to see her uncle in Pittsburg, Pa. for the purpose of askinghis assistance for her father, who W been formerly in affluent circumstances, kit who having met w ith misfortune, was at ttie time lying in the Vermont jail, for another persons debt. flaving arrived at Newcastle, Pa., she was informed that her uncle w? as poor as her father and could render no TSsistnnce. Disappointed &, discouraged she tamed her step homeward, and ho.- purse be coming exhausted, a brute of a landlord on the tmA, seized part of her clothing in payment a nights lodging. She afterwards stopped a a public house in Meadville, and her sex becoming known, she was kindly furnished with proper clothing and the means of prosecuting tar journey home. Such an example of filial "Section in a young and delicate female, used to all the refinements of society, cannot be too much admired. Her disguise was assumei for the purpose of securing her personal 'Sfty during her journey a journey ofsome'"ing like 000 miles, undertaken solely with ksehope of liberating a father from prison. .V. Y. CW. Vow fAe Baltimore Chronicle. Houston. This individual, whose recent mii.ury achievements have given him a comfading stand in the eye of the world, is, we beM' 4 ,lal've f western Virginia. He cmigra- ! early in life, to Tennessee. His original ocCBPWion was that of a carpenter, but he did not ka? pune it. The early lawyers of the w est had lut.e taith in the vig-inti amwrunt lucubralioncs a"d so Houston was not long in reaching bar. Possessed of an ardent aud active im6;i.ation "kicu a natural elocution, and a form upon Every God has set bis seal lo give the world assurance of a man. n;rose rflpiIly to distinction among the congenial I'tits by whom he was surrounded. He was

"Congress, but itdoesnot appear that heat- j Junta Ana may make his escape.Utttbod anVI f?rCat 1infl"enc or consideration ,n; . guaroedby fiO men." nd 1 ",s early education was detective,: 0 . . 0 U13 l)infl .. ; nrnnor mnillr? tr. fit . . ... . . :. nrOvinCC8 it IS

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him from the society of his friends, and destroyed ins uniuant prospects, lie was married to a very amiable and beautiful woman, but in the course of a very few weeks, she claimed the protection of her parents, and refused to live under his roof. Popular indignation wan roused aminst him. and. abandoning the gubernatorial olrice, he assumed j the dress and habits of an Indian, and took up his abode with some of the southwestern tribes.

Here he became a great favorite of an aged chief, : or eight days, m;d the corn becomes soft, and in and acquired influence and distinction among his.easily removed. The experiment has been tried

savage associates, reeling ajrsrneved at feme in cautious reflections upon his character which fell from a member of Congress, he came on to Washington, inflicted summary punishment upon the offending member, and was publicly reprimanded by order of the House. We then lose sight of him until he appears as the Commander-in-Chief of the Texian army, a post in which he has displayed prudence and military tkill of the highest order. Thk Bex Franklin. .1 Quick Trip to Lou isville! We are hanrv to learn that this new asion to steamer, ot whose qualities we naa occasion ij speak, a few davs since, has more than verified our prediction, that Le would prove herself tl. - swiftest boaton the western waters A friend whoj ttt-.iL uu iU x.wu.o.ii. ... ..v. v... ..-j forn.s us thai sue perwrmru uie m " ' cinnati and Louisville, a distance of loO milt-3, in seven hours aud 55 minutes, including stoppages . . . . . l . A. M. and arrived t-tU.e foot of u au-st. 1.0 u sville, 5 minutes before 7 P. M. If we deduct -? minutes for stoppages, she must have avaragedj twenty miles an hour. It isthought that she can ; .juv F . ha inn i iip inni cw iiriiii ti k fi v . in mis tim w , ... Great Match IUce.-A great match race be-; tween the Southern uor " a 11 1 the Northern horse "Post I5oy" for C.?,000, toos place over the Union Course, Long Island, on the aist ult, and was w on bv the Southern horse. CU Whig Maria Monk, who was abducted a short time since, has been restored to her friends. lb. Noisy Ciulders. An old lady reading an account of the death of a venerable and distinguished lawyer, w ho was stated to be -'the father of the Philadelphia bar," exclaimed, "poor man! he had a dreadful noisy stt nf children." Oim IlnsRBT PoST MASTER GeXERAL. The Athens (Geo.) Whig states that the Post Master at j t.l.m nl:te liavinsr been tusmissea irom .n.ic, song ,t fr..n ti. Denirtment the cause ol removal. He could iret no answer " ... , ,: He then maue appiicatioli through a Van Hurra Senator was, "the charges are conjideiitial! Comment is needless. IllC answer

jinan, may console himself with the leflection, that Remarkable. Whiie some men were romov- iBO!lie husbands, without having the ague, are un- - .u- nf Mr. Juries ,. . . . . . .. -.. . . .......

ine a mow ot nay, on mo tMc....o - ,: . M'.Nitt, in this town, on the '4th msi. a nvi. hen was discovered beneath a oeam.o iucu and 16 feet long. She was immured, in this narrow cell, last August, when the summer's hay was deposited, and remained in this circumscribed prison nearly nine months! without water or food, except what Phe ate of the hay with which bhe was ..rr,..,.ll. When she was taker, out, it was perceived that the feathers and quills on her wings j 1 ..... 1... . . nncutnrr nnni

were torn to the quick, by constant passing andjiaf after it had been ejected, at a distanced live ronii-r her solitary abode. Several individuals ,jies from the crater. Sometimes they throw up

renassir.o- her solitary can testify to the truth of the above. Salem -. 1 . Post Gen. IUrrison has been nominated by more. AanrivE hundred meetings; and by Conventions ia the States of peksstlvasia, Indiana 1 kakvI.AND.OI1IO, VERMONT, KENTUCKY, DELAWARE, NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT and MAINE. From the .Macon Ga .llessengcr, .May 19. A most fearful tragedy has been acted at the village of Koanoke. on the Chattahoochee, about thirty five miles below Columbus, within the l.mits of Georgia. On Sundav morning, at daylight, the place was attacked, it is ,upposcd by tnree or lour hundred Indians. 15 me., were killed and twenty wounded. The place was stormed & burnt to ashes. The women and children, it is be beved, escaped as also the steamboat Georgian, which was Ij , ng at wharf. Amorg the killed was Col. I ol.x f.. .-.:,... - .,rthv c.tizen and brave man. Captain Horner', the solicitor of the Chattahoochee circuit, is badly, supposed to be mortally wounded e , r.iiij in ii!session of ait the tacts, out tiie worst are true oeyouu j - two excesses from the place, but did not learn any PaSomeaapPrehen,ions have been entertained for the safety of Irwinton; but the cit.zens have erected a fort, and organized a sufficient corps, it believed, to defend it. The Markets As we have anticipated flour and bacon are on the decline. At heel.hg and Cincinnati we understand flour is at At Orleans, by letters, we are informed it is dull at 0 dollars. Bacon is more plentiful in market than wo have known it to be, at the season for several years past, and is falling in price. e believe it ia worth 84 a 9c. hog round from the waggons. A letter from Charleston, S. C. 01 the ah ult. baOur Market is glutted with bacon sales of good western at 12 for sides, 104 for hams and b j for shoulders; a lot of 1200 pieces assorted, Baltimore cure, by the General Marion, sold on the wharf ot 12 cents. The lose must be immense on bacon, especiallv on Western, as large lots are on their wsy from New Orleans." .HUny C.jz. a.-...v 'IVt.x Triumph. Several rumors . .1 ,i,-,..lr W e have seen of late have reached us a'.ledtfing the surrender ol General Ball and his detachment to the l exans. We are haPpv now in being able to g,ve the confirmation of the report. The FraaM.n Hepublicanofthe2th ult. says. "Gen. Bail, a commander of one of the divisions of the Mexican army. Las in accordance with the request of Santa Anna, surrendered himself and the division under his command, consisting of 1200 men, as prisoners of war into the hands of the rcxians. 1 his Sews was received via Opclousas, and is doubtless correct."---Cin. Whig. The Louisville Gazette "ys:-;;Onr verbal ne . s from New Orleans is up to J would were entertained that Gen ppre. present consiuered a great tompin Binokcd, which she has half smoked, 1 , pprrar unpardonable affront to refuse it.

COt - XTKY OCR COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND OtR

I try Natural. Mr. Edward Spring was married to Miss Margaret Winter, at Hoberville, Me. by the Rev. Thomas Thaw. A contemporary remarks: "A Thaw generally turns Winter itto Spring." of cotton in lamp or whale oil, apply it to the corn and wrap a bandage round it: reoeat this for six ' ivi or is-uritttr i,tjn:s urn n sma i iuil w.iu success.

jijiu ue ) . " uif Minm ti uif A young man named .'cck; has recently been j from xvmch c look dow on two even divisinarned to Miss Heels. They are now therefore, i ',ls ul our journey. We have left hehind US literally tied neck and hieh tng-, titer. j a profusion of bright things: never again shall Some years ago, Samuel HaldwTn, Esq.. an En-! " C travc,sc Mr? fields, with such eager glhinan, left injunctions m his will, that his "pPrs: "ever again sluill we hnd the same body, after death, should be thrown into the. tea "Glory in the grnss or splendor in the flower. Hid object was to vex his wife, who had promised The dews upon the herbage are dried up. The herself the pleasure of dancing on his grave. He I morning is no more,

was a heartless wretch to deprive his poor v ife of 6UC,t an 'nil0cent gratification. Lou. Juvr. pd John Co;.n w; s;iltenccj t0 The New York ! peniteiltiarv in JS33 for big.amy. He was rciea6. J -1 Slurrying .Vin. A fine-looking fellow, namled uoout three we.ks ago, when on bein? asked by & . " several gentlemen how many wives he really had. ,)C e UjC I)ames fif nj etfs tja nve,.tv ;evcn, IIe avovvg his resoiu,ion . .iave n i;.1I1jrpli before ! i - i .' . .1 .1 i-v t nts uitp. 111s iirest arauiiian is 10 oiiino inc uov 01 A, 0 llow b;itiiv at VVl1rU, anxiou; U) make up time lottin the 1'eniteutiarv. 1 Jthat between three and four thousand houses are now in the course of erection in that city! This js ia CfockeU stve i Cincinnati lHiir. Hurricanes. A West India, hurricane has blown heavy cannon out of a battery; and in exposed situations walls of solid masonry with strong coping, not exceeding four feet in height, have also been destroyed. We are gratified to perceive that the very spirited Agricultural Society of Posey county in this state, has published a scale of Agricultuial Premi - uins for their next fall fair, amounting to Ei.ur Hundred do.laas. Ibis is a noble example, and worthy to be emulated by more wealthy counties. We hope many such will be reported befurc the uutumnal fairs. Ind Farmer. An editor in Illinais excuses himself for delav I" 11' f,, , .' ' ., , , , fr , nas snasen an ins leein 100.se. anu nas com eneu . . ., ' ,. - usc ma tjaiiuat iu ii.jiu inn u.cc. .ico uf, 'and that ail his workmen are as bad off as himself, j U. S. Gaz. The above mentioned Editor, who is a married table to Keep tiie "Dreecnes," even wun me use 01 both hands. Mount Hecla In 11 8,'?, threw up a current of burning lava, sixty miles long and nl'teen broad. In Mexico a plain was filled by it into a mountain one thousand six hundred feet high, by an eruption in 1759. Its heat was so great that it continued to smoke above twenty years afterwards; and a niece of wood took fire in lava three years and a mud, and produce extensive devastations. A Fact. There is a piece of ground in Chicago which cost in 1830, siaty-ltco dollars, which lias risen in value at the rate of o?ie hundred per per day on the original cott.ever since embracing a period of .ire years and a half. l!eat this who can. Chicago .Imerican. Important Law Decision. Supreme Court. Barent P. Staats vs. John Thompson This was an act by 11. P. Staatss, President of the Albany County Medical Society, against John Thompson, a Botanic I hy.ician, for practising medicine contrary to the laws of this State. Defendant produced "a patent from the I'nited St.itos to his father, for the exclusMC right and use of certain botanic medicines, and be as assignee of the patent, claimed a right under said patent to practice and prescribe lor patients. The Justices Court of the City of Albany decided that he, Thompson, had r.o right ' tlJce had a (iip,( , medicine for lee or reward, unless he oma from pome regular incorporated medcal school or society, and fined him the sum ot 2i, from which decision Thompson appealed to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision; consequently Botanic Physicians have no right to recover for services. .illany lrgus. "The content between Mr. Van Buren and olJ G;n. Harrison is a mere conflict between a northern seventy-four and a western frigate." Eastern JDemocrat. Xo it is a contest between a gallant, warworn frigate of the West and a miserable Di'tch tub that has floated cut to sea with hickery broom-stick for it6 mast and a ragged dish cloth for its sail. Louisville Jour. Death by Lightning. We learn that a young lady named Mies Lacely, aged about 17, and residing in the neighborhood of Churchtown, Cuinberfand county. Pa., was killed by a stroke of lightning, on Sunday afternoon last. A Tory pensioner in Indiana says, that he would as soon cut stone in the penitentiary as do the dirty work of the Whigs." Very likely he would. JIabit reconciles a man to almost any lhinr. Lov. Jour. A writer in Coionel Johnson's Georgetown Sentinel gives notice, that he "has a ttleor two to unfold." Only think of a whole hog about to make an exhibition of fico tails! Will not somebody ketch the monster for the Museuml Lou. Jour. Trades asp professions. There are about three hundred young lawyers in this city, who we venture to say, do not, each, earn thee hundred dollars per annum. A mason or a carpenter boldly asks twenty shillings a day &, gets it, all the year round and yet. parents scorn to make their sons mechanics but rather allow them to starve in professions. How injudicious!! If it was more fashionable to be a carpenter than a lawyer or physician the difficulty would soon be overcome. We know one contract given to a carpenter & mason for 100.000. This is.really, business. J'eis York Sfcr.

COCXTRY's FRIENDS.

9I01SAIL. THE AGE OF THIRTY. BY 10. L. BUUVEK. seems tome that to reflective ; It md lofty i I"IU,,,,tr,lomt'a l f"'-vev. ami fitted lo i comprehend the irro.it aims ot lite this is a i - i , . . j period pet lili;irv Solemn, and important. It . is a spot n whji h wc ought to rest for a while M-nm r,,r I If .1.- :. fit.., !,;! ' e mad''! a dospv l.ilt tp tims r.m hv: " liut time did beckon to the flowers, and they, Hy moon most cunningly did steal away, And wither in the hand. Farewel, dear flowers, sweetly your time be tpeiit!" Ve ought then to pause forawhile--to r i- v unu 1 10 rocr rf-v -..... 11 . 1 i "- s-uuvi m uunu us ine nni atht 1 mo, ieS and the warnings of experience-to icc that the lifter trtrt of o.TcWinies U 1 . 1 .1 0 .1 1 1 . , comnleted-that the graver has begun-that ,. f- , c . .V i ' ,v- "V .v,, CI..v c rt, c1 the tributes which late exacts from mortality, j thev are not to l,e ldlv regretcd. hut to be 1 boiemni v , redeemed . And if we are nenetraleil with litis tliouglit, our past becomes the mightiest preacher to cur future. Looking ha k over the loinhs of departed errors, we behold, by the ide of each, the face of n warning angel! It is the n raver of a foolish heart ."Oh. that niv time could return' Oh. j t ya Ui iad ,JCcn 'douCm0r til;t ,d , 1 , , . 11, , , a scsion of reparation 3"et remains lo us the lessons of suffering which made men wise. Wisdom in an acquisition purchased in proportion to the disappointments which our own frailties have cr.tailed upon us. For no one is taught hv the sufferings of another. We ourselves must have felt the burning in order to shun the fire! To refer again to the beautiful poem I have already quoted, the flowers that were "Fit whilethey live'for smell and ornament, Serve after death for cti ?" At the age of thirl-, most men's characters experience a revulsion. The common pleasure of the world have been tasted to the full; aud begin to pall. We have reduced to the sobering test of rcalit- the visions of youth we no longer expect that perfection in our species which'our inexperience at first foretold: We no longer chase frivolities, or hope chimeras, l'erhaps one of the most useful lessons"1 which disappointment has taught us, is, a free estimate of love. For at first we arc too apt to immaginc that women (poor partner w ith ourselves in the frailties of humanity) must be perfect, (hat the dreams ol the poels have a corporeal being, and that God had ordained to us that unclouded nature, that unchanging devotion, that seraph heart, which it has been the great vice of fiction to atribute to the daughters of clay. And, in hoping perfection, with how much excellence have wc been discontented; to how many idols have we changed our worship! Thirsting for the golden fountain cf i!.e fthle, from how many streams have we turned away weary, and in disgust! The experience which teaches us at last the due es timate of Moman has gene far to instruct us in the claims of men. Love, once the monopolizer of our desires, gives way to more manly and less sellUh passions we wake from a false paradise to the real rarlh. Not less important is the lesson which teaches us ne t to measure mankind by ideal standards of morality; for to imagine too fondly that wen are gods, is to end by believing that they are demons, the young pass usually through a period of misanthropy, and the misanthropy is accute in proposition to their own generous confidence in human excellence. We at least forgive faults in those from whom we the most expected excellence. lut out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again: we find many virtues where we had immagined all was vice; many acts of disinterested friendship w here we had fancied all was calculation and fraud; and so gradully, from the two extremes to the proper medium; and feeling that no human being is wholly gjod, or wholly base we learn that true knowledge of mankind which induces us to expect little and forgive much. The world cures alike the optimist and misanthropy. Without this proper and sober estimate of men, we have neither prudence in the affair of life, nor toleration for contrary opinions wc tempt the character and then condemn him we believe so strong in one faith, that wc would sentence dissentients as heretics. It is experience alone that teaches us that he who is discreet is seldom betrayed, and that out of the opinions we condemn, spring often the actions we admire. At the departure of youth, then, in collect ing and investigating our minas, we miuuiu feel ourselvc imbued"with these results for our further guidance, viz: a knowledge of the true proportion of the passions, so as not to give to one the impetus which should be shared by all; a conviction of the idleness of petty objects which demand large cares, and that true o-uage and measurement of men which shall neither magnify r.or dwarf the attributes

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and materials of human nature. From these results we draw conclusions to make us, not only wiser hut better men. The vears through which we have passed have probably developed in us what ever capacities we possess: they have taught us in what we are most likely!0 excel, and for what we are most fitted. V e may now cone with !f " " v"V V I II (1 1 1 Kasselas to the choice of life. And in this. 1 incline to believe, that we ought to prefer (hat career fiom which vc are convinced our minds and tempers will derive the greatest share of happiness not distinguishing the pursuit ot honors crof wealth, the allurements of asocial career but calmlv balancing the advantages and the evils of each course, whether of private or of public of retirement or of crowds, nnri deciding en such according, not to abstract rules, not to vague maxims on the nothingness of fame, or the joys of solitude., but according lo the peculiar basis and temperament of our own minds. For toil to some is happiness and rest lo others. This man can only breath in crowds, and that man only in solitude. Fame is necessary to the quiet ot one nature, and is ! ' " OSP c V; , r . r I . h s ( areer according to the dictates of 1 h,S own breast 5 ixmi ,h,?. "ot from vulgar docj tnne that own happiness, as happiness onlv, v n n f,.,,.:,,,, , . t 1 ' our ocnig s end and aim (lor in minds rightly and nobly constituted, there are aims out of ourselves, stronger than aught of self) but because a mind not at ease, is rarely virtuous. Happiness and virtue react "upon each other the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. ADVCF. OF A WISE PARENT. Go, my son, said the Eastern sage Muza, to the young Talmor, go forth to the world be w ise in the pursuit of knowledge be wise in the choice of friends, yet little will this avail thee, if thou thooscst not w iscly the wife of thy bosom. When the rulers of the jjpcople echo thy sayings, that the trumpet of fame sends thy name abroad among nations; more beautiful will the sun of thy glory set, if one bright cloud, reflect his brightness; and sulled forever will be the splendor of thy rays, if like a dark spot, she crosses its surface. Consider this, then, my son. and look well to her ways whom thou wouldst love; for little else avail thee, if thou rhoosest not wisely the companion of thy bosom. Sec yonder, the inadiens of Tsa'ge. They deck themselves with the gems of Golconda and their roses of Kasmere; themselves more brilliant and beautiful; but, ah! take them not to thy bosom; for the gem will grow, dim. the rose wiiher, and nought will remain to thee of all thou didst wo and win. Neither turn thyself to the proud one who vaunts herself on having scanned the pages of Vadcs, of fathomed the mysteries of the who Iy temple: Woman was not born to wield the scepter, or direct the council: to reveal the mandates of Drama, or expound the aced verses of Menu." Rather he it hcr's tosupport Ihee in griefand soothe thee in sickness; to hide thy faults and forgive thy weakness; to rejoice in thy prosperity, and cling to thee in adversity. Reflect, then, my son, ere thou choosest: and look to her ways whom thou wouldst make the wife of thy bosom. .1 ii-ife! what a sacred name! what a responsible oflice! she must be the unspotted sanctuary to which wearied men may fico fiom the crimes of the world, and feel that sorrow and sin dare never cnicr there. A wife! she must be as pure as spirits round the everlasting throne. A wife ! she must be the guardian angel of his footsteps on earth and guide them to heaven; so firm in virtue, that should he for a moment waver, she can yield him support and replace him upon its firm foundation; so happy in consnous innoconce, that when from the perplexities of the world, he returns to his home he may never find a frown where besought a smile. Such, my son. thou seckest in a wife; and reflect well ere thou choosest. Open not thy bosom to the trifler, repose not thy head on the breast which nurscth envy, folly, and vanity. Hope not for obedience, where the passions are untamed and expect not honor from her w ho honors not the God that made her". Though thy place be next the throne of p ri n cc s, a n d t h e cou n t e n a n ce o f roy a li ty b ea in upon thee though thy riches Leas the pearls of Omar, and thy name be honored from east to west little will it avail thee, if darkness, and disappointment, and strife.be thine own habitation. There must be passed thine hours of solitude and sickness and there must thou hie! Reflect then my son, whom thou choo seth: and look well to her was whom thou wouldst luvc; for though thou be wise in other things, little will it avail thee, if thou choosc;t not wisely the w ife of thy bosom. A mighty smart Cat. A correspondent says that, "a few weeks ago, a cat owned by Mr. L Giiggs, of Fayston, in one night caught thirty-four mice! By some means poor puss was iastened out ot doors on a cold night, and was oliged to work or freeze; 60 she fell foul of the little victims, piled thirty-four in aheap on the door step, and at dawn was found lying among her dead "spoils" "composed and calm as summer's morning." Nothing equals this but Davy Crockett's 6torvof climbing a hundred feet up a smooth trea and sliding down to kp himself warm.