Indiana Reveille, Volume 40, Number 6, Vevay, Switzerland County, 11 February 1857 — Page 1

THE INDIANA IIVEILLE.

J, TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, OR1

OCR If ATI VS, t A5D-ITS PKOSPEHITY,

(ONE DOLLAR IN ADVANCE.

VEVAY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1857.

SERIES FOR 1857.

VOL. XL.--N0. 6.

which neither the ciVo more nor the viciorja laeta could he said of-either. At a very early day, owing, I helieye, mainly to the exertions of Mr. Thompson, tho lawycr f the • clergyman, and my father, a very‘small circulating library bad been bought. These institutions, I beliove, about that thno received an impulse, among other causes, from the efforts of Mr. Belknap, ourNew-Hampslnre historian. 1 obtained some of these books, and read them. I remember tho Spectator among them; and 1 remember, loo, tbatl turned over the leaves of Addison’s criticism on Chevy Chase, for the sake of reading connectedly tho song, the verses of which he quoted from time to time as subjects of remark. It was,' as Dr. Johnson said in another case,- that tho poet .was read and the critic was neglected. I could not umlerrtand.irhy it was necessary that the author Of tho Spectator should take such groat pains to prove that Chevy Chase was a good story; that was the last thing 1 doubted. I \Vas foad of poetry. By fartho greater part of Dr. Watt’s Psalm’s and Hymns X could repeat mmonter at ten or twelve years of ag®. 1 au\ sure that np other t sacred poetry will ever appear to me so affecting and devt.iiI, I remember that orico my father brought home from some ol tho lower towns Pope's Essay on Man, published in a sort of pamphlet. 1 took it, and very soon could repeat it, from Itcginning to end. We had so few* books, that to read j thorn 0 iici! or twb-c was nothing. W o tbuiigbt they were nll'io be got by heart.' 1 have thought of this frequently since,' when (liat-sagacious admonition of one of the undents ( was it Pliny?)_has been quoted, lajcre tnufUini non mullo. I remember ouo occurrence, that shows the value then attached to books. Hie close of the year had brought along the next ycatV almanac. This was an acqub Mtioti. A page was devoted to each month, ami on ilic lop of each page were jour lines of poetry; tome moral, soma sentimental, sonic ludicrous., *Aho almanac came in the morning, and before night my brother and myself wore in asters of its contents, at least of its poetry and its anecdotes. We went to bed tip on it; but awakiug long before the morning light, we had a d life re nee of recollection about one word in the third Hue of AiyjV* poetry. We could not settle it by argument, and there‘was no umpire. But tho fad could be ascertained by inspection of the. book. 1. arose, groped my way to tin* kitchen, lighted n candle, proceeded to a distant room insearch of the almmuuv found it, and brought it away. The dfe puted passage was exanjined; 1 believe J was found to be in the wrong, and blew out my candle and wcut.tobcd. ■ But (he my error bad well-nigh lavu sefinua. It was about two o'clock iu ibe tnoining, and just as I was again going to sleep, 1 thought I saw signs of light in the pioin I had visited. I sprang nut of Ih-iI, ran to the door, opened the room, and it was all on fire. I had let fall H spark nr touched the light to something which had communicated lire to n parcel of coltim .dollies; t-cy had communicated it to the furniture, and fo the rid 4 * of the room, and the (lames'Bad already begun to show* themselves through the ceiling, m ;tho chamber above. A pretty earnest cry soon br night the bousehold together. By great good luck we escaped. Two or three minutes more ami we should all have been in danger.of burning together. As it was," I think the bouse was saved by my father’s presence of mind. Whtlo others went for water, ho seized everything movable which was on fire, ami wrapped it up in woolen blankets. My maternal' grandmother, then of, the ago of eighty, was sleeping in the room.

[ keeping. A friend haa recently relumed to me a letter written by me to him at that time, showing my feelings «f dcspondenoe and despair. Mr. Espinasso, however/helped me but of this in tho way ( I have mentioned, and I have always felt greatly, obliged to him. I do not know whether I read ranch, daring this year and a half, besides law ■ books, with two exceptions. I read Home, ' though not for the first time; but my prin-; cipel occupation with hooka,, when not, law books, was with tho Latin classics. { I brought from college a vary scanty inheritance of Latin. I now tried to add to it. I mado myself familiar with most of Tully’a orations, committed to memory large, passages of seme of them, road Sallust, and Ctesar, and Horace. Seme of Horace’s odes I translated into poor English rhymes; they were printed: I Have never seen them since. My brother was a far belter Latin scholar than myself, < and iii one of hia vacalions'we road Juv-j enal together. Bat I never mastered' his style so as to read him with ease and I plcasnre. # | At this period of-my life I passed a: .great deal of time alone. My amuse* j meuts were fishing, and shooting, and' riding; and all of these t without a com- ! panion. I loved this occasional solitudethen, and have loved it ever since, and love it still. I like to contemplate nature, and to hoi.] communion, unbroken by the presence of human beings, with "this universal frftmo, thus wondrous fair;" I like solitude also as favorable to thoughts less lofty. 1 like to let thethoughts go free, and indulge in their excursion.’' And ! when thinking is to be done, one mast of (coursn be alone. .No man knows himself | who does not thus, sometimes, keep bis oita company.. At a subsequent period of life. I have found that my lonely jourjneya, when following the court on ilscir- | cult*, have afforded many an edifying day.

The Sea Serpent or TH* 50RWE0UX SEAS.

An Indian Superstition,

[PoblUbad by RaqaeiU The WWakoy Seller.

THE INDIANA It^VEILtE, IS PUBLISHED EVERY WBWtesiUY, ' BY FREDERICK J. WALDO.

Anong the numerous lakes which in the Western States of tho Union, pay tho tribute of tbeir waters to tbe great Lake Ontario, that of. Saratoga is principally remarkable for the beauty of tho surrounding landscape, and for (ho calm which reigns around it, ever undisturbed by winds nod storms. This personal quietude of bcaulcoun locality has given rite to a superstitious belief among the Indians.' They say that the Great Spirit, who dwells here, wishes not tho slightest noise to rufile the tranquility of his retreat, and wilt punish (ho raslmcss of the one who, in crossing the lake, should utter a siuglo word; Iho.boat they believed would bo instantly sunk. Sometime since an English lady embarked on LakeSaratoga, in a canoe manned by Indians, who did not fail, before starting to gi ve her to understand that if>he desired to avoid exposing herself to certain death, she would bare to observe profound silence until the other side should lie reached. They started, the day was delightfully calm, not a breath of air was stirring, and tho caaoo glided as noiselessly as a shadow oyer tho scarcely rippled waters. About a mile from ; is, aVvwA Vbe vaUdle of (ho lake, tbe lady.-wishing to convince the Indians of the fully of their superstition, uttered as loud a cry as sho was able. Totror seized the Indians,..their countenances were marked with its strongest Hues—they fully expected ' to perish instantaneously. Nevertheless, (hey plied their, ours with mechanical energy in silence, and the opposite shore .won reached almost with the rapidity of an arrow. — This reached, the fair Auglaiso-began to banter the Indian chiefs on (heir credulity, lie, with n haughty, disdainful air, however, retorted;' "Madam! tho Great Spirit is indulgent and compassionate; ho knows that a white woman cannot hold her longue!’’

The existence of an immense marine animal, with the form and motions of a serpent, has long been believed in Noi way. Many traditions, as well ns recorded attestations of, a sea serpent, on „the Norwegian coast, have been preserved for many years. Among other accounts, the missionary Hans Egcde, declares that he witneased'a dreadful sea monster, resembling a bugs serpent, in 1734, in G4 degrees of latitudes. Its body was os bulky as a ship, and three or four times as long, la Fontoppidon’s Natural History of Norway, tbo existence of this animal is recognised. Tho learned bishop says, "I have questioned Us existence myself, till that suspicion was removed by. full and sufficient evidence from credible and experienced fishermen aud sailors,, of which there are hundreds who can testify that they have annually seen him.” He also publishes a number of. documents from persons of great respectability, all going to show (hat an enormous monster .exists on the coast, which appears to hrf about six hundred feat tong, that it lies in the water in many folds, and these appear Tike so many hogsheads floating in ‘ a line at a considerable distance from each other.

Or alt tbo crimei that eret has been* t The selling of whiskey }s the greatest lin; It 'a caused more misery, pain and woe,

Than any other crime wc know.

TT7» for Term* o( AdrertUliifi Subrcriplton, Ac., ms tut cola ms on fourth pegs. '

Get out of Ike way, you whiskey toller, Yau've ruined many a clever fellow; You’re caused the children bitter cries. And tears to stream from mother's eyes.

The New Baby.

«r CUKS ITDKET. / Oh .'joy for (he coltsje, s baby bar come. With its loving Mae eyes to make brighter its . home/ And the children, astonished and wild with

You're made the father beat the child, You’ve set the motbei almost wild} When in his drunken sprees at night He’s often put them all to flight. Oel out of the way, <frc.

delight, Aredancidg and clapping (heir hands at the

You've robbed the stroag man of bis strength, And cast him in the mud full length, And left him there to swear and roll As though he cared not for bis soul. Gel out of the way, &c.

aight Of the liny new comer, whose soft little voice Has taught its fond parents anew to lejoice; The liring Evangel sent down from above, To cheer '.hem, and bless idem, and hallow their love.

You're robbud the rich mm or bis wealth, You've deprived the poor man of bis health* You’ve picket! the pockets Of the poor* Ami sent them begging from door to door. Get of the way, 4c.

Tbe Miser and tho Doctor.

as Rfiuaaa—»r aaoww. "I'm re if ill,” laid Skinflint, once essaying' T*i jet a doctor's counsel, without laying. "I tee it," quoth the wily slJ physician, "You're 5n a most deplorable condition." "DulltU me," cited the miser/Tor God’s sake, Tell mo, dear doctor, what I ought to take.” "Take!—as lo that-why—lake, at any price," Implied the lech, “take mtttical udritrl”

You’re crowned some might? kiogs with mud, You’ve stained some pal nets with blood, You’ve brought some might? cities low, And proved some islion'i overthrow. Ge. out of the w«? t &c.

An animal resembling the description given of the sea serpent, was stranded »n the island of Stronsa, one of the Orkneys, in the year 1808. It was examined by many individuals, and was after wards broken np, and the skull, the upper bones of tho swimming paws, portions of the vertebra. 1 , dre.; were preserved and deposited in the Royal College of Surgeons. An able paper relating to this animal was prepared by Dr. Barclay, am! read before the Wernerian Society—-and may be found among its transactions. This animal measure! fifty-six feet in length and twelve in circumference. The head was small—and tbo neck slender, extending to the length of fifteen feet. It hod blowholes, and something like a bristling mane; also three pair of fins or paws, connected with the body—the anterior ones measured lout feet in length, and their extremities were somewhat like toes, being partially webbed. The skin was Mtiooth. without 'scales, and of a greyish color, and the flesh was like coarse, ill-flavored beef. Many affidavits of respectable individuals, os welt as other circumstances, go far to show-tbe existence of such an animal os is above described.

You're robbed the Statesman of his brain And Cited hil heed with aching pain, He bat often beet in lb« gutter found Peeling upwards for the ground.

The Value of a good Wife.

Get out of tka way, 4 c.

Amin may spare, A«J yt*l be bate, If hii wife bo nought, if bis wife be nowghl.

1 It I*, vou, sir, in your career You've gone too far I greatly fear; You're led too many men astray— You must account in judgment day. Get oulof the way, 4c.

Uul a man may spend And hare money lo lend, If hia wife lie owghl, if bis wife be owght

Advice to the Rising Generation

(0*11 has been eloquently and truly mid, that if Christianity were compelled to (Ice from the mansions of the great, the Academics of philosophers, the halls of legislators, or the throngs of bney men, we should find her last retreat with woman at Iho fireside. Her last audience would be the children gathering round the kneo of a mother; the last sacrifice, the secret prayer, escaping in silence from her lip, and beard, perhaps, only at the throne of God.

In going to parties just mind what you're at, He ware of your head, and lake care of your hat, I.esiyou find tbii a favorite son of your mother Has an ache in the one and a brick in th-- other.

What; is«tho^Rcason?

The Blessed Home.

A correspondent of tbo St. Louis Democrat, remarking upon the rapid progress of railroads in Illinois and Iowa, is completely nonplussed-at tbe comparatively slow progress of these enterprises in Missouri, especially when lie compares the credit of Missouri with that of Illinois for years past. Ifjthings go on at this rale, he says, Iowa will have four roads across the-elate to the Missouri river before Missouri gcfs’hflr two there. And how it is?, bo inquires imploringly, and with astonishment, Didjl never occur to him that commercial and ‘ industrial enterprise is more active and successful* where human energy, from the highest to tho lowest department of- lifc.’fe and unshackled, than where a great proportion have no more, interest in production and consumption and thegcnoial interests of the .state, than the cattle and horses by whoso sides they labor, and in tho liairie capacity? If they their pc.-alinr institutions (Key must he satisfied with their fruit*; if they seek other consequences, they must establish tbe r conditions. —Keokuk Whig,

Uatljr jfdfo of Daniel Webster. FROM ms AlTOBtOOnAI'H V.’ Tho year following my birth my Hither removed from his first residence, which was a log-house on the bill, to the river side, in (be same town; a distance of three miles. Here, in tho meadow land by the river, with rough, high hillshangingovcr, was tbo scene of my earliest recollections; or, as was said in another case, “HeroT fonnd myself.” I can recollect.when if teas I70U; but can dot saythni I enn remember further back., I haven very vivid impression, indeed, of something which took place some yeftrs earlier, especially of an extraordinary rise in the river, i remember how the deluge of rain bent, for two days, on. the homo; how all looked anxiously lo sco tbe rivei overflow its banks; how tho waters spread over tho meadows; how.ihe boat coming from afar, on tho other side of ilto river, was rowed up tilt it almost lunched'the door stone. How Mr. G.’s great bnni, fifty feet by twenty, full of buy and grain, sheep, turkeys, and chickenv, suited down the current majestically before our eyes, and how we were all busy preparing to fly to tho mountains, as soon as our house should manifest a disposition to follow G.’s bam. 1 remember, or seem to remember, all theta things. I did, indeed, tecaa.nuich ofvthera as a child of five years could see, for I think it was in 1787; but i.lill 1 nm of opinion that:my' impression is,from narrative, and not from remembrance of the vision. Plain, intelligible;and striking thing 8 of this kind, 1 have learned, make an impression on young minds in recital, which, it is difficult afterward, to distinguish from actual personu 1 recollection.

Tiumol To see home is the wish of ihi 1 MMinan on the .-lortny seas and lonely watch. Hour* is the wish of the soldier, and tender visions mingle with th# lrou ; Lied dream* of trench ami tented field.— Where the palm tree waves his graceful plumes, and birds -of jewelled lustre flash and flicker among gorgeous flowers, the exilo sits staring upon vacancy, a faraway homo lies on his heart; and home on wings of fancy over intervening seas mid lands, ho has mvept away home, and hears the link ringing above Iris father’s fields a iu I wes Ins fat'-haired boy, with light foot and chiM-hood’* glee chasing, thu butterfly by life mitivo.sviearu. * And in his host hours,, home, bis own sinless | Iioino, a. homo with hi* father above that Many'sky, will be the; wish of every ‘Christian man. He looks around him—the world is full of suffering; he ia distressed by its sorrows aud vexed with its sius. He looks within,him—he finds much in his own corruptions to-grieve for. In the language of a heart repelled, grieved, vexed; be often turns his'eye. upwards, saying, “I wonhl not live hero always. : No: not for all the gold of the world’s mine?!-—(lot for all the pearls of her ri'ith—not Tor all tho cron ns of her kingdoms—-would I Jive here always.”— Like a bird about to migrate to . a sunny land where no winter sheds ber finows/ or strips her grove, nr hinds the dancing *tie ms, be will often th spirit be planting life wing For.the hour of hiu llight to Bht»y- . ; . • \ r :

Toleiuhon ik Turkey. —Since the publication of the new law in Turkey* one hundred and six Christian churches bare been repaired or constructed.. The Sultan alone contributed 15,000 to one building in the island of Gandia. In fact, everything is done by him and his government to conciliate .his Christian subjects, and to'improve the condition of the empire.

In the same year, 1808, an nntmnl of a similar kind.was seen by Mr.-McLcan, tbo parish clergyman of Eigg.* on the coast of .Colt, near tho Isle o f Oanna, one of tho western isles of Scotland. Ho' followed the boat into tbo mouth of n creek, and appears to have frightened the worthy clergyman very much. He was also seen by the crews of thirteen fishing boaUt, who were much tori (fed, and hastened to the shore as fast as possible.'

X3T It is much safer to reconcile an jammy than to conquer him. Victory deprives him or his power, but reconcilition deprives.him of bis will; and there is loss danger in a will which will not hurl, than in a power which cannot— The power is not* so apt to tempt, the will is itotHoas to find oat means.

It is staled by Dr. Ilibbert that the great sea serpent liss been recognized occasionally iu tbo Shetland sens, mid ho specifies one which wa~ teen ofi llic Isle of Stonness, Yaclcy Island and Duuvossness..

A Mild and East Temper.—Let the young housewife cultivate a mild and easy temper, for what matters it how well her house be ordered, if she want command over herself ? Who can enjoy the most skill fully cooked dinner, if (ho aspect of the mistress of the feast bo sour and uninviting J

iCST The number ,of Shaker societies now in this country is eighteen,.located in seven dilTcrcnt states. There are none In any other country. The denomination was founded through tho instrumrntalityof a female, Ann Lee, whs was bom in 1736. She was introduced, as she believed,* into (he spirit*world, and received a communication from Chris land Moses, from whom she received instruction in regard to the principles of I he dispensation which they ushered in. Tnc Shakers hold that there have ken four dispensations of God to man; (he first beginning with Adam, and extending to Abraham; the second.extending from Abraham to Jesus; the’third to {And Leo; and (ho fourth; from* Ann Leo onward. The first society was established'in 1792, near Albany.

Sir Arthur dc Capcl Brooke, in his '•Travels in Norway” makes allusion to this at.iuial-jwhifh according to l he statement of many fishermen ami others, was seen in the 'Folded Fiord in 1SI7. It also made its appearance in 1319 olTOtcrsun in Norway, mid according to Captain Schilderup was seen daily during the whole month of July—when'tho weather was very warm, iWppeared to bo dozing in the" sunbeams. ■ Captain Schilderup estimated its. length at 600 feet.' The Bishop of Nordlaml testifies that ho saw two. sOa-serpents about eight miles from Drontheim—tho largest of which appeared to bo about 100 feet long. Again it is stated that lu 1822, one'of these mon6tcrp, wiih a body as largo as an ox, and a fourth of a mile long, appeared off tbo island Loroo,* near Tinmask—nnd wrta seen by many of tho islanders. /

Lova to Ui.—Love is the groat prm* ciplo of Christianity, and (be peculiar strength of it lies in this, that It ia htt to ut. It is not merely that bar-feellogs are excited towards a lovely being, but tbit they are excited in us through expo* rience of His having first loved us.

Sordid Souls. _ It is in the relaxation of security, it is in the expansion of prosperity; it is in the hour of dilatation «f the. heart, and of; its softening into festivity and pleasure. that the real character of men is discerned. If there is- any, good; in* 'hem, if appears then-or never.. Even wolves and tigers, when gorged with their prey, are safe and gentle. It. is at such times that noble minds give all tbo reins to their good. nature. They indulge their genius oven to Intemperance, in kindness to the afflicted, in generosity to the conquered; forbearing insults, forgiving injuries, overpaying benefits.. Fall of dignity them solve*, they Respect dignity in all, but they feel it sacred to the unhappy. Bnt.it is then, and basking in the sunshine of unmerited fortune, that low, sordid, ungenerous, and reptile souls swell with their hoarded poisons; it is [then that they display their odions splendor, and shine out in the full lustre of their native villainy and baseness.

Her Pbesbkce—There is something to me,” says an eminent statesman, “very softening in (hepresenceof.woman; some strange influence even if one is. hot in iove with them. X always feel in better humor with myself and everything else, if there is a woman witbin ken.”

I do not remember when or by whom I was taught to read; because 1 cannot and never could recollect a time when 1 •could not read the Bible. 1 suppose 1 wis taught by my mother, or bytlder sisUn. My father seemed to have no higher object in the world than to odacate bis children, to ibo full extent of his very limited ability. No means were within hia reach, generally but the small town schools. '■ These were kept by .teachers, sufficiently indifferent, in the several neighborhoods of (be township, each a small part of the year. To theuo II was sent, with the other children. When the school was in our faood it was easy to attend; when it re* owed to a more distant district I followed it, still living at home. While yet quite young, and in winter, 1 was sent dayly two and a half or three miles to theichool. When it removed still farther my father sometimes boarded mo ont in a neighboring family, so that I coaid still be in iho school. A good deal of ibis was an extra care, mors than had been bestowed on my elder brotliers, and originating in. a conviction of tho slenderness and frailty of ray constitution, which was thought not likely ever to allow mo to ponce robust occupation. Xp these schools nothing was taught but’reading and writing; and of these, the first I generally could perform better than the teacher, and'the last a good master could hardly instruct mo in; writing was so laborious, irksome, and repulsive an occupation to me always, my roasters used to ielBme that they feared, after all, wy fingers wore destined for the plow-tail, 1 must do myself the justice to say that, in those boyish days, there were two things I did dearly lore, namely, reading and playing; passions which did not ccaso to struggle when boyhood was over, (have they yet, altogether?) and in regard to

At Fryebnrgh 1 found another circulating library, and mode some ustrof.it. I remember to have nlud. while at X*Vyeburgh, Adams’s Defense of tho American Constitution, Moaheira’s Kcelcftiaslical History, Goldsmith's History of England, and sumo other small things. I borrowed Blaclutoou’s. Commentaries, also, and read, 1 think, two? or; three volumes of them. Hero also I found* Mr. Ames’s celebrated speech on'.the British treaty, ; and com mitted it to memory. From Sep - tember, 1802, to February or March, 1804 I remained in Mr. Thompson’s office and studied tho law. He was an admirable man, and a good lawyer himself; bnt 1 was put to study in the old way—that is, the hardest books first—and lost much time. 1 read Coke’s Littleton through without understanding a quarter part of it. Happening to take up Espinasse’s Law of Nisi Brins, 1 found 1 could understand it, and arguing that tho object of reading was to understand what was written, 1 laid down the venerable Coke H aliot iimiUi reverendos, and kept company for a time with Mr. Espinasses and others, the most plain, easy, and intelligible writers. A boy of twenty, with no previous knowledge on such subjects, cannot understand Coke. It is lolly to set him on such an author.

• *. Fuee Lovh and FnEETAii.—The Springfield (Mass.) Republican} states that a painter of thott city, who was a believer in.free love spiritualism, had been living for some two months in a neighboring boarding io n family whom his views were practically reciprocate!, the lady of the. hodreT pretending to be the earthly tabernacle of the spirit of the painter's dereased wife.-. Tho citizens of the village betieVing the practical embodiment of such principles to bescandalous, gave tho painter notice to quit, which’he disregarded. ; They then gave him a coating of tar, and as ho hid not take tho hint, they repeated it. copiously,* wrapped him op in his own'garmcnts, nndjsout him to Springfield. ’ ; ; . • • ,

j ~ Tho most recent, account of this mon|stcr in that quarter, is believed to'be-con* 1 tained in the newspapers of Drontheim I in 1837. The account; says that “since I the beginning of dog flays the serpent hiss I been seen at various •parts of the .coast | One of them . seems to have remained j constantly during the summer, near Storifosen, at the Kergrong: islands. Several .fishermen.have been so dreadfully frightened at the sudden appearance of tbeser’pent so near their boats that they.lid not know in what direction to ©scape. The jeerpe&t did not attack, but followed tho boat for some distance, and tho men in ’ their haste so. ovcr-exertcd themselves, that, two persons were confined to their ; beds. 1 Very credible persons affirm that the length of tbo sea serpent may bo taken • at 600 or 800 ells, or more —as when ; those people were near its head they could ; not discover its tail. Its greatest thick* : ness is near the head. These observations were made within a few days, and among others, by a credible, sensible man, who ' with his two sons wa« on on island where they landed, and when tbo serpent after following their boot, swam slowly by.** ! So much for tho sea serpent on the coast 1 of Norway. What has become of the sea serpent which was wont to honor tho North American coast with a visit? .He has not ken seen for years. Has some stalwart fisherman or “old salt” been shaking a harpoon at him?— Boston Portfolio.

Retaliation. —Retaliation is like.thsi storm which sweeps through the forest in ; destruction. Kindness is like the com* hined influence of the stm and therainof * the cloud, which gennirfatos thd-'seods, and unfolds their leaves, flowers,-and ' odors.

: (£r The phrase "o'clock'' is a canine* lion of "of the clock;'* It is lea of iht clock, or by the dock, was the ancient mode of expression. This was contracted to' "o’ the clock/' and then to V ; ~

Hints for Conversation.

: ■ i3T What is called Vshtfiloqiiism ‘ is a natural gift improved-ly' art. K possess it, and even if they did, iu prac* 1 tide would be valneloas without wit,:hu-„ xdbr, and p&ntomimio dexteritj. ,, ,

People would come into company with ten times the pleasure they do, if they were sure of hearing nothing that would shock them as well as expected what would please them. When wo know every person that is spoken of is represented by one who has no ill-will, and every thing that is mentioned described by one that is apt to set it in the best light, the entertainment must bo delicate, because the cook has nothing brought to bis hand but wbat is the most excellent in its kind. Beautiful pictures are tho entertainments of pure minds, and deformities of the corrupted. It is a degree toward the life of angels, when we enjoy conversation wherein there is nothing presented but in its excellence; and a degree towards that of demons, wherein nothing Is shown but in its degeneracy.

£fTThe.roan of genius and tho yirtnous man ; always suggest, to our fancy a larger., portion of Ulent sind a still more perfect*line * of conduct than they displ ay to' orir observation;' indeed it may be pronounced, that if there are'any who cannot imogiao something beyond the excellence which ihey - sce exemplified in practice, such persons, are Wholly nqabls to appreciate its real worth;

; . (0* The only way lo become a'good converealionalisliV to store the mind

with - nsefnl • knowledge, and mingle asranch as possible in the society ofiulolli* gent, people. *’ . ;i(

\ far- It Is not a mark of good taste fit 1a writer to indulge freely inqnbutionia item foreign language,, but it is rath$fc an indication of self-conceit and pod^i^^^

There are propositions in Coke so abstract, and distinctions so nice, and doctrines embracing to many conditions and qualifications, that it requires an effort, not only of a mature mind, but of a mind both strong and mature, to understand him. Why disgustnnd discourage ahoy by telling him that ho must break into bis profession through such a wall as this? 1 really despaired. I thought I never could make myself a lawyer, and was almost going'back to iho business of school*

A Neat Invention.—A Yonkee has invented a plague which kills off all vfho do no> pay the. printer. Tt is said to be as destructive as the cholera. Reader, do you not tremble? Better pay np immediately.

Tobacco is a narcotic, and weakens the nervous system. Jls excessive use alio tends Ho soften the brain.

: (ft" Tho government expenses of city of New York exceed those of five States in tlje Union. ' * B 7

Oir Young Ladies are like; arrows—thsy are all in a quiver till the beaux coiaq,j and esp'tgo off without them- . pi .

' X3T It has been found, that the best substance to keep the copper bottoms of ships clean, is lime.

jJ5T You cannot produce perpetual motion. It is a physical impossibility.