Indiana American, Volume 15, Number 2, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 January 1847 — Page 1

lJO OCR COUNTRY OCR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS i Sb OCR COCSTtt'S FRIENDS. BY C. CL AUKSON BKOOKVILLE, FRANKMJf COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1847. VOL. XV. NO. 2.

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CARRIER'S ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS OF THE INDIANA AMERICAN.

JANUARY 1, 1847. Accord' k to M Custom's rule, (Be sha a tyrant, knave or fbol,) I greet ye, patrons ith these rhrraea, And bope vaa'll "PnT P"' "d"""" Tet I oulJ hare it onderstooJ By all the vilest and the jood t That it is not ray preaent tak For Charity ofyoa to ask. . I scorn to ho? pcy me my due, - VTi all that I now aOc of yon. And hope yon will take no offence At thi, my open confidence. tn Winter's eold in Summer's heat Mid rain and anosr, and hail, and sleet. To you the newt hare eonrey'd, FrrKh, smoking, hot, and "ready made." But,han?thenne!-no ! that won't do ! So the fair maid I "d hetter woo, And if I ean her milei obtain. Then are my efforts not in rain. So, then,eorae here, ye "Saered Sine," And Tor a season with me dine. That I may write with force and leal Just what I think, and know, and feel. Well, Brookville i a lively town, And truly boasts of mnch renown. For many reasons -some I'll name, And th at without the fear of shame: Here, Friendship reigns with social glee Uere, peace and HospitalityHere Beanty presides o'er the feast, And Honor ti a welcome guest ! Our men are open, frank, nd free,' Alike in dark adversity ' As in fair Fortnne's favorite hour When no dark clouds above ui lour. And they are brave where trumpets smind There will the Brookville boys he found, And battle on fair freedom! sod. For home, friends, country, and for God S And they are true as true as steel They think, and Speak, and act, and feel As doth become them and they know .hc way lo treat a friend or foe. Out ladies',' too are tifnlAs wives, most foni ni dntiftilAs sweethearts loT. twa And pure aa U the isriVurrit dew! God bless them'-when their day ' And they mtMtenter death's dark doer. May theirpure spirits pass away As stars on the dim verge of day And I would say to each young man, Ton had best marry while you ean, And to the ladies would I say. You'd best get married while you may! Here some few houses have been built, (Some fit for princes if thou wilt.) Of brick and mortar, hoards and stone Within the year forever gone; B.BL16I0M here her mantle Mings And lifts the soul n truth's bright wings. Above the sordid things of time To revel in a blissful clime. 'Vo pagan rites we eelebrate;" We pay no tithes to "Church and State," To none we bend the pliant knee, Save nnto Gob oar surety! And TempkraXCB, too, with smiling mien, Within our social midst ia seen", Dispensing her sweet gifts around, Like healing salve upon a wound! God speed the cause! tilt one and alt Shall mildly bow onto her tall Until her banner is unfurl' d And floats in triumph o'er the world! Oh! ye who dwell in halls of mirth. And ftast on the good things of earth. Pray think on chilling Want's dear sons, Their starring wives and little ones! Think of the poor provide them food And give them shelter, raiment, wood. To shield them from the wintry storms That whistle round their elotheless forms. For a few moments I'll dilata Concerning this, our noble State, And say some things, tho said before, Will bear, I think, repeating o'er. This is the State of Chivalry The hame and shelter of the free The land whre beauty reigns supreme, And lulls the soul in sunny dream ! When from the East, South, West, and North With lightning speed the cry went forth; "To arms, ye patriots awake. Fight for you Country's honor's sake !" Where were the Htetier boys? see there. How Tast they to the camp repair ! Now, with t'-eir Country's eause at heart, , They to the scene of war depart ! And doobtleM when the chance takes place, And they shall meet thee nnto face With their prond, base, Insulting foe They "It aim well directed blow ! - Improvements in this State appear Tolsava hrs) slack throughout last year, Owin,g,io (fonbt, (and don't forget) Unto the" State's enormous debt. Onword about that Dun ing chap , For surely' he deserves a slap la havTn so disgraced oar folks. As cause our neighbors vent their jokes I "fu'sl tiink of it ! a man sa rreat--, The, second in the chair or State, Selling out whiskey by the gill, 1 "t: "boV may his awn pockets fill! f 4, ' Shame on the man ! bring forth the whip, . " And Wt the eur-dogs at him slip " And put stick in every hand To beat the t raven thro' the land. Our Legislature's Whig throughout And know full well what they'te about, So there's no doubt, but they will b Coueerncd for our prosperity ! la Congress a majority '' - Belongs to the: Democracy, ' And, so, of course, I here may say, They'll do things up in their awn way.

The war with Mexico has been The cause of many a grevioua sin Has broken many n tender heart x And made loue orphan' Mia to start) ', tt has caused nable b.'ood to flow ' Beneath the foeman'a deathly blow, ' -Whilst Mcrey'a voice a full of chasm--Wat deafaaM 'arid th clash af arms ! '

Whatever may have been tte cause Of thia transgress of natural laws, He who now at the helm stands Must answer at the peopla't Hands. . - : ! !. ' " u' - t ' . But, be the cause whate'er it pay, Proud Mexico has come to bay; " And she must yield or cease be An independent sovereignty ! God help the children of the brave Who calmly rest in glory's grave Who fell amid the bloody fray Upon the heights of Monterey ! Then here's to Toy lr and each man Who follows in his glorious van, May Fame her breath upon them blow Amid the plains of Mexico ! And when the wars have passed away. And victory on our flag shall play, May they return, amid the cheers: "Well, done, ye noble volunteers!" As to the coward who would lag, Or yet desert his country's flag. May hissing children meet his hce And taunt him of the black disgrace ! Within the year, how many forma Have gathered been from earth's dark stormsHave been swept off by death's Cold hand Into the dreamless spirit-land ! See the Atlantic steamer rent Amid the watery element The winds blow hard, the waves roll high And many a one is doomed to die. Oh ! hear yon not those piercing erica Which now above the din arise Eft lost in the terrific roar Of waves that lash the rock-bound shore ! Behold that vessel rise on high As if her masts would touch the sky, Again down in the valley deep, Whilst angry surges o'er her sweep ! The winds and waves all pity mock And dah the bark npon a rock. Whilst souls some seventy they sweep Down to the chambers of the deep! Experiments in the past year ' Have been quite common 'twould appear ; But 'tis of one alone I seek A word or two just now to speak s Perpetual motion is a theme On which so many sigh and dream Of piles of gold that they'll reap by it, ' That I've almost a mind to try it. Can it be done ? "aye, theie'a the rub ;' Will trying buy a fellow "grub?" Pnt shoes upon his children's toes, Or buy a rag to wipe his nose f I knew a chap ( 5n "ork. And was a buster V) Who all his life dwelt on tho notion lie could invent perpetual motitk1' Tears of time and eaib he spent . To bring ont the experiment ; But 'twas "nrt go" and it is said The failure killed Mm dead ! dead ! ! dead ! .' ! One thing is certain, he did die, I know no other reason why, , Tet the surmise was somewhat stronger, That live an earth he could no longer ! Perpetual motion never can Be brought to play by mortal man, So says philosophy, and she Shoold'ever truly honored be. As well might you attempt to sail Irt stormy aea astride a rail. And with a straw propel the Ocean, As to invent perpetual motion ! The crops in England failed last year, Which makes provisions scarce and dear, And hundreds of the poor must bleedWidows and orphans starve with need! God pity them .'these slaves of power Must to their royal mistress cower, And even be of lift beguil'd To feed and clothe the noble child ! The English papers of late date Seem very eager this to state. That Queen Victoria grows each day In quite an interetting way! Now, having travera'd with my pen The country through and back again, I soon, kind friends, shall b!d adieu. And take my parting leave of you. May every lad and lass in town In Hymen's golden ehain be bound . Before thit year shall roll away Into the gloomy shades of day. May you, ye middle ag'd enjoy Yoor present peace without alloy, And may you never, never feel The hand of want or a foe's steel. Te old, who in Time's waters lave Whose heads are blossoming for the grave, When death shall come, may it convey Your spirits to eternal day ! Ye youths of fair and tender age, Just entering on life's active stage, Oh ! list ye unto Reason's voice, And take wise counsels for your choice. So here's my hand and heart to all The old and young the great and small, May all your days be calm and even Throughout the year of ' ! May you be blest with sunny health May you have crops of golden wealthMay you (bus I must end this parley) Sometimes think of your friend CHARLEY.

Another Improvement. We learn that Professor Morse has invented a new sjstem of marking or, priming by el eclromagnelism, more simple than his present instrument which it was supposed impos sible to iimplify, and has filled a caveat in the patent office. By this process he can make the characters now used or the let ters of the alphabet with an expedition hitherto nnattained by himself or any oth er intentor, and in a manner which will fill the beholder with new astonishment. All the companies who have purchased the right secured by the former patents of Prof. M.. in connection with the ElectroMagnetic Telegraph will of course be en titled to the ue of thia improTement grat is. -;, - - It is stated that a mine of rich silver o.a , Kaon t!a.nvprn1 on the Patocah. in Dubois county, Is., and that a company art about working itt

FROM WASHINGTON, Correspondence of the Ball. Pat. Washington, Dec. 22, 1846. .The Senate held a very short public and short secret session to-day. There was but little on the table to do and that little was done. ' In the House there were comedy and farce enacted to the life. After Mr.Morse, of Louisiana, had finished his speech on the President's Message which speech was not ery brilliant or interesting, the floor was awarded lo Mr. Barclay Martin, of Tennesse, who represents the District formerly represented by Mr. Polk. Mr. Martin is a tall eqare-buill dark-complexioned man.wiih long arms.large dark eyes, and a dark look altogether. He has a roaring voice, and his style of gesticulation is sui generis. He was formerly a Baptist clergyman and can quote scripture, barring its grammar, all day long. When he speaks, he never fails to get tip a scene and produce merrimet. Byhisgrimmaces, gesticulations,cntortions of face, and the manner in which he clenches his fists and brandishes 1 them aloft and round about, one would think he was rabid and going to bite somebody. But he never bites! To-day he replied to his colleague, Mr. Gentry, and if his speech could only be reported just as he delivered it, the publie would have a feast in preserving it! By the way, for a religious man, he used some most astounding language, though he might essayed to use it in a scriptural sense. But even in that case I am inclined to think the words ''hell" and ' damnation" occurred rather to often not to offend against good taste. Mr. Garret Davia followed on the other side.and if ever a member of Congress infringed upon that clause of the Constitution which prohibits the infliction.in certain cases, of cruel punishment, then is Mr. Davis justly chargeable with having inflicted that same upon Mr. James K Polk! It was terrible! He referred to the quotation in the message from the Constitution, whe're Mr. Polk' insinuates that those who call in question the propriety of his conduct in relation to the origin nT10 progress of the war with Mexico, ate reriocrfng "aid and comfort" to the enemy, and therefore guii'Jy rf moral treason, and he illustrated how thf treason against the United States might be committed in the way of affording "aid and comfort" to the enemy! He asked how came Mr. Polk to enter into an intri

gue with the bloodiest tyrant in Chrystendoci, Santa Anna, who had been banished from bis own country, to get him and Al monte arid a number of other distinguish ed Mexican Generals to go back to Mexico? Why did he jive them a free pass through our blockade? Why did he call upon Congress to place to h?s hands two millions of dollars' to help hint in this scheme of rendering "aid and comfort" to the people and cause of Mexico? And this was the man, who, after rendering such ."aid and comfort" to Mexico, now dared to proclaim to the wotld, in an an-, nual message, that ttose who found fault with his conduct, were thereby rendering "aid and comfort" to the enemy! Twice as much guilty of treason to ouroountry and our cause was this very man,as those against whom he made the charge! Mr. Davis rang out the changes upon this subject with great force and effect! Where now would the Mexican army be, if Mr. Polk had not intrigued with thai arch-Dictator, Santa Anna, with a iw to get him and the Generals with him back into Mexico, where they are now aiding and abetting the Mexicau cause against the United States! The "aid and com fort" which Mr.-Polk has extended lo Mexico in prosecuting her war against the United States ought rever to be forgotten by him or the American people! It never will, it never can be! And he is the man wao charges the Whigs, who think he has done wrong and say so, with rendering "aid and comfort" lo the ene my! Mr. Davis handled this branch of his subject with great ability. Mr. Calhoun was in the House listening to him very attentively, while his eyes sparkled like diamonds! After the speech, a message from the President, in answer to Mr. Davis' resolution, respecting the territoiial govern meots formed by Kearney and Slockton, was read and oidered to be printed. Mr Polk takes' the bach track. As was anticipated, he backs out! He never gave Kearqy and Slockton orders t6 do what they have done. One of them has done wrong, he admits, and ihe other has not done right. But he gives as a reason for, not informing Congress on the subject without being called upna to do so, that he had not received official infartmuon of Iwhat Kearny and Stockton had done, in the matter oi annexing territory m .v,

co to the United States, and erecting territorial gevernmenls thereon, when his annual message was ready to send in to Congress What a pity it is that Mr. Douglass and others did not know that the President was going to disavow these high-handed measures, before they so boldly defended thirn! What will they do now! Mr. Benton's Military Committee has not yet reported on Mr. Crittenden's resolution to have the pay of the non-com-commissioned officers and privates in the Army increased, and to bestow remards of merit upon them when deserved.. Why was there any necessity to enquire into the property of reporting such a law? The act would be a just and merito

rious one every body knows it would be Why then delay, postpone and enquire? The people cannot fail to see vho are the friends of the volunteers and vho hate no feelings for them! They will not fail to see who acts for them and vho acts against the?). Mr. Crittenden desired the bill to be reported forthwith. Mr. Benton said wai t and enquire into the expediency of the step! The issue was thus made and and a vote taken on it, by Senators rising. Almost all the Whigs voted for the bill to be brought in at once, while almost all the Locofocos voted to post-pone and enquire! This tells the story I Let the people look to it The Hon. Mr. Sawyer (nicknamed Sansage) made a flaming speech in the House last year against the West Poini Academy, and the manner in which Cadets were admitted .there, and Midshipmen in the Navy, by favoritism. He ridiculed the whole proceeding at a hammer and tongs rate. And what is the consequence? Why, this same Mr. Sawyer has been, yesterday and to.day, parading up and down the Avenue and to the Capitol with hisson,a well-looking youngster, covered over with buttons and gold lace, denoting that young as he is, his father has managed to get him a Middy's warrant in the Navy! Horror of morrow How could Mr. Sawyer do it! POTOMAC. EDWARD F. TEST. It was with sorrow we learned the death of EtrwARD F. Test, our early, dvolrd and esteemed friend. He was the son of the Hon. John Test, for many years a resident of this place, and endeared to this feople by many valuable services and kind associations. We became acquainted with Edward at Ltwrenceburgh, and our close and intimate knowledge of him, enables us freely to appreciate the following tribute to his virtues, taken from the Mobile Advertiser of the 24th of November: OBITUARY. The passing tribute of an obituary notice were of but little avail, if its only ob ject was the usual one of alleviating the keen anguish of the bereaved. For alas, what balm of words however tenderly spo ken can do more than quicken the barrowing lememberance of the virtues we would commemorate. But there are oth er and higher considerations calling for these memorials, that attest the public appreciation of departed excellence and virtue. When really good man falls among us.howevei: little known to the tu multuous praise of thet world on whom, amidst all the difficulties, lempUtions, and allurements that beset the humblest path, has moved steadfastly on to the end of his journey with unfaltering step, and an ever firmly fixed upi duty when such a man we say is called away from the friendsand relations that loved him & community that honored him, it is a public, not a private duty that bids us acknowledge the bereavement. How much indeed, of the furtherance to virtue is due to those rare examples of modest and unpretending excellence, that pass away unnoted in the tumult of the world, is an inquiry that might well and much oftener be made. An occasion for such a memorial presents itself in a recent and sudden death of Edwabd F. Test, which occurred in thiscty onthellth ins occasioned by the bursting of an aneurism of one of the large vessels ol the heart. Among all the young rr.en of our community we know n-t one whose departure could have occasioned so much mourning, or been felt mn trnl v as a loin to the commun ity. Ed ward F. Test, who died ajed about 30 years, was the son of the Hon. John Test, of this city for many years a member1 of Congress, and afterwards a Judge of one or the Circuit Courts of the State of Indiana, whence ia 1836 he removed to this State for the prac tice of hia profession as a lawyer in thia city. II was followed by his son Ed ward, the subject of this notice, in 18J5 . j fhey01liy who'kaevr the decreased caa

e ter do justice to his virtues, and with them the acknowledgement of his worth must flow not from external demonstration, but from that inward and voiceless homage that feels more deeply than it utters. For his were virtues that looked only for such acknowledgement virtues that sought the shade, not the smoothe shine of the world the ornaments of a life distinguished for its beautiful simplicity, Us christian meekness, its ever present modesty of expression its purity that wore no robe of ostentatious innocence; its active benevolence that sought only the christian's promised reward for charily seen only from above, Indeed, to draw an Image of his gentle affectionate spirit

from the out-pourings of those afflicted hearts that are now so mournfully admon ished that their best and brightest consoation is the imitation of virtues upon which they can look no more, would be but to present a true portraiture of the no ble character as a husband, a son.a father, citizen and friend. For the absurbine affection of a devoted wife, the love of a sister, the trusting, admiring love of an of aged father, who leaned upon him as the staff of his declining years all these feelings that mingled in mourning over his departure were but reflexes of his own nature which could impress itself no where without creating something superior to its own excellence, gentleness and devotion. He moved in an atmosphere, which, deep as may be the mourning of the bereaved, the pa'.eahadow of death while it darkens for a season, will pass away, that a fond and ever-living memory may warm and illumine with tha consoling retrospect which a kind providence leaves to the afflicted and the mourner. Edward F. Test, had he lived long enough, would have been extensively honored. For virtues like his could not long remain unknown or unacknowledged wherever their influence extended, how ever little they sought the glare and cla mor of renown. As a member of the bus iness community, he waa known and noted for his pure integrity, his preserving industry, and conscientious devotion to business. He bad that rare good sense never to undertake any thing for which he was not well qualified, and what he undertook he accomplished with a steady and uniform success. Ht had a clear head, and to great prudence united (a rare union) an enterprising spirit and unfaiU 'ng steadfast of purpose. In all his intercourse he was frank and serious, and his courage under whatever difficulties or discouragement he encountered was the necessary result of that firmness of mind which a conscious rightness of purpose always inspires. His life was a happy pil grimage of duty, and in this spirit he met ith unfailing serenity of temper its successes and reverses. Had life and health been spared him, such qualities would have ensured the smiles,of fortune, as they did ever those of conscience and approving friends, and finally crowned his industrious exertions with all the blessings which a good man ought to des;re from the world. But his treasure lay elsewhere. He teas a Christian. Such a character could not exist without this crowning glorya Christian not in theory,not in name; not in external observance merely, but in spirit and in practice. A member of the Methodist Church, to which he waa attached as a child to its mother, he had the heart of a primitive apostle of Jesus, that embraced in its large and liberal affections the whole brotherhood of man. Indeed, in contemplating that singular union of purity,gentleness,real andliberality,which marked his piety, so rarely met with, we have often been reminded of its resemblance to that primitive beauty in which it appeared in earlier ages, and particularly in the character of the Apostle, whose gentleness and guilenlss affection he was wont always to refer as the true ideal of Christian life and character. Such was Edward F. Test. Among the great and distinguished of the earth who lire honored.ar. J die amidst the love and showy demonstrations of public re gret, how few deserve to be thus mourn ed and remembered. Silently to live and silently to pass away is the condition of some of the best and brightest characters that adorn and exalt aociety and whose names surely as the spirit will survive the grave, will rise hereafter like stars upon the dark bosom of the past when the bale ful meteors that eclipse their modest glo rv shall have oassed away. Alas! we know not the value of the influence of such characters until we behold in mourn ing and in tears that their memory only survives to illumine the gloom and dark ness they have left us. Such was the character we have lost the youthful, the gentle, the affectionate, the good, whose sudden departure calls these words of remembrance from one ' who knew him intimately and we1 1, and

who would not disturb the repose of his' 'the green mountain empire, he still congentle spirit by the exaggeration of a sin- tinned to keep the same tavern upon the gle virtue he possessed. ; atetp bill side, that he kept for many ?ears before. One evening a waggoner Writing on Xevspapers.Xn official drove up, and accosted him thu: "Govercircular has recently been issue! by the nor Chittenden, as chief Magistrate of Post office department, directly deputy Vermont, t render you all due" homage ; Post-masters to remove the wrappers,; but as landlord Chittenden, I'll thank yon

iruiu mi transient newspapers, pnniea circulars, price currents pamphlets and magazines received at their respective offices, and if found to contain any manuscript or memorandum of any kind, either written or stamped,or any marks or signs except the name and address of the person to whom it is directed, shall be char.u .cCr lug, oy we.gni:ana 11 the person to whom it is directed shall retraA tSE-iflsj latlHa skM.I.-. sU t a . 3 , pay wen postage, me posimasier ; is to send to the office from whence it came and have the offender prosecuted for the penalty of 5. The name of the sender written or stamped on the newspaper subjects hirh'to the same penalty. How the postmaster wiil prove that such persons wrote his name, or how he will identify the individual, is difficult to imagine. There is no doubt, however, that if he does discover his duty will oblige him rigidly to enforce the fine. Individuals sending newspapers will be governed accordingly. fcCSWhy is a young womanlike a due bill! Because she ought to be "settled off' as soon as she comes to maturity. il3An old lady hearing somebody say" ' the mails are very irregular," said, 'it was just so in my young days no trusting of 'em." Important Decision. The citizens of Connersville, and the county generally, will doubtless feel highly gratified at the following decision of the Supreme Court in relation to the question of right on the part of the Canal Company to condemn land for the use of the water power on the Canal. The fine water power in Connersville was quite useless, both to the Company and the country, unless the land adjoining the Canal could be sold for its uses. Very few even among the legal profession, believed that the Company had power to take the land for such purpose. The question had nev er been brought before the Superior Courts, but to settle the question the case below was made up in oar court, and de cided in favor of the defendant, and affirm ed, as will be seen by the Cupreme Court: Ind. Tel. Ilankins ts. Lawrence. Error lo the ayette C. C. Blackford J. The act to charter the White Water Valley Canal Company is a public act, and need not be pleaded. The Company owning the canal may take certain land for the erection of mills &c, on account of their being of public use, proper compensation being allowed. Land and materials may be taken uner a statute, by the State, or an incorpo rated company before making such com pensation. Affirmed. A Predicament. The fellow who wrote it ought to be darned: How qucerly does a lady feel A walking in the street, When she's aware her stocking heel Makes visible her feel. She lifts her foot up awkwardly, And puts it down again, And tries to pass that none can see, But labors all in vain. tC?"The word Devl said a certain par son, is mean any way you can take it. Re move the d, and it isen'2, remove the e, and it is trie, remove the v, and it is il, and the 1 alone has the sound of hell. Beware then of the devil, he is a mean rascal Strange Items. It is estimated that the annual amount expended in New York city for cigars is not less than $730,000. The annual cost of feeding the dogs in the United States is said to be seven mil lions of dollars ! It is said that 17,000 sacks of saw dust are annuallv consumed in London for stuffing dolls alone. Emigration of Stone Cutters. A Lon don Journal announces that many thou sands of stone cutters, without employ in that capital, had assembled together, and resolved to embark for Canada and the United States. A committee had bee chosen to solicit subscriptions to pay thei passage 900 of them had inscribed their names upon a list for the United States. Boston Transcript. Santa Fe. train of wagons en route j for Santa Fe, from Fort Leavenworth, was plundered when ten days out by a tribe of Pawnee Indians. The guard of some forty soldiers had only five available guns on hand a remarkable escort. O. S. Journal. A Proper Distinction. Governor Chittenden, Chie f Magistrate of Vermont, was rtt hiimMo hirifc Yrt Hhi'e Governor o

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The Mexican Girls. SinVe the invasion, the senorilas. it appears, have made very material changes in their dresses, and instead of the short tunica and un-ov-erable ankles, they have in numerous instances followed suit with the American women In Matamoras, by putting bodices ,10 tnear tunicos and graced their feet and j ankles with a pair of stockings. .A woman , . . . , u i-t'-j a wain ut tree. The more you lick'em the better they be." S. Slick. Sam, wasa blackguard to write such lines, and should be condemned to mend his stockings himself, as longsas he lives. Large Estate. Charles Augustus Murray, son of an English Peer, owns 30,000 acres of land in Wisconsin, which he purchased at a government sale. Baltimore Clipper. Refned Tulle Talk. "What part of the fowl will you be helped to?" remarked a gentleman the other day, to a lady," after carving a chicken ; "I'll take that part that should be dressed in pantaletts," answered Miss Modesty. Mutual Wo and Mutual Lor.-A Mr. Clarke is imprisoned in Pittsburgh for libelling Mr.Youngser, and Mr.Youngser is imprisoned for assaulting Mr. Clarke, and both occupy the same cell, and the same bed, and agree exceedingly well. The Good .Man. To love an enemy, to condemn the proud when prosperous, to listen kindly to a tale of sorrow told by the poor, and to wage successful war on our besetting sins, are four features in the character of a truly good man. But they never subsist without grace. .Having before us 'the picture of a good, we can easily make out the features of a bad man. Quaint Idea of Pleas-are 4 in Ueateu. Jeremy Taylor, speaking of the widow of blacksmith who was constaatly laboring KZZ. i-'JP're ihe necessaries of life, thus betruTrfully, but quaintly portrays her character. . "Thus she lived, poor, patient, and De igned. Her heart was a passion-flower, bearing within it the crown of thorns and the cross of Christ. Her ideas of Heaven were few end simple. She rejected the oclrine that it was the place of constant activity, and not of repose, and believed that when she at length reached it, he should work no more, but sit always in a clean vhite apron, and sing psalms." In Storm Steer on, The mariners sail ing with St. Paul bore lip bravely against the tempeet,liilst neither art or industry could befriend them. Finding both to fail. and that they could not any longer bear up ; into the wind, they even lot their ship ! drive. I have endeavored in these dis- J temperate times to to hold up my spirits, ) and to steer them steadily. A happy peace here, was the port whereat I de- j sired to arrive. Now, alas I the storm ' grows too sturdy for the pilot. Hereafter all the skill I will use, is no skill at all but ever. let my ship sail whither the 1 winds send it. I Noah's atk was bound for nooiher port, I but preservation for the present, (that ship being all the harbor,) not intending ; to find land, but to float on water. May my soul, (though not sailing for the de- , sired haven,) only be kept from sinking -.. in sorrow. . This comforts me, that the most weath-er-beaten vessel cannot properly be siezed on for a wreck which l ath any quick t cattle remaining therein. My spirits are, not as yet forfeited to despair, having one j lively spark or hope in my heart; because God is eveu where he was before. Fuller. fXpThe Franco American staies that letters have been received here from the . city of Mexico as late as the 17th ult., which state that the recent elections in I Mexico have taken a turn decidedly favorable to peace; and the overtures of the United Slates will be taken into serious consideration by the new Congress. JX3-C0I. Bankhead who has so long , and so acceptably commanded at this fott . h3S received orders to join his regiment (the 2d Artillery,) now in sctive servicr. . t a in Mexico. Taeseoruers are granicj .e compliance with Col. B.'j reqnesl, lon4 ince expressed t thu War Department, ON A DANDY CONTEMPLATING HIS IMAOC. C ; Fiorio, admired by silly girls, Arranges his redundant curls 4 . Before a polished glass; 1 Like'Teier Dell, among the trees,w The solitary dandy sees "A solitary ass." ''

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