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-J II ".IML-! THE PLYMOUTH PILOT. h published e ve r y AYcdncsda y, by JOHN Q. HOWELL. At Plymouth, Marshall County Indiana. if paid in advance, (or within two months M"ter rtbscribinir,) ------ $J... If paid within six months, - - - Js'J.OO. !fdelaved after tl.at time, - - - $'2,50. jrrThe almve terms will be strictly adhered Ia.;;,. XT-Town subscribers who have their paper eft bV- the Carrier, will be ch.ir-ed Fifty cents "- . . K!i adtlitiou totlie subscription price. j irrNo paper will be discontinued until nil fvaMjjesare pauU f uless at the option of the touViishr. Terms of Advert kin?. -Advertisements will 1C conspicuously inserted in trie 'Plymouth Pilot,' at the following jiriees, viz: or 1 square (of 10 lines; 3 insertions SI ,C0 V'ach additional insertion . . . . . . . Jöt; 0"Anythingless tli'-li'a square, will Lecon"red a square. trAdvertisers must be particular tom.irX the uumberof insertions on the face of the advertisements, or they will be published until ordered out, and char-red accordingly. rrA liberal discount will b"e müiTj where advertising is doire by the year. a3"Xv Ctriimunications from a distance should be addressed Post-Paii Jo the PublisW The Law of Acwspnprrs. 1. Subscribers lio do not jnve express .t;ce tti th'6 c6ntrary, are considered as wish'ihg to continue their subscription. 2. If subscribers order their papers discontinued. Publishers may continifs to send them illall charges are paid. 3. If subscribers neglect or Tefuse to take their papers fio:n the t.flice or place to which they are sent, they are held resumsilde until 'tLey settle theix bit? f.'d tfiscoutinue them. 4. If subscribers remove to other places without informing the Publisher, and the paWr is sent to t lie former direction, they are i.eld responsible. OF every description, executed at the oiTi- e of the iff i Ii I MXfiJ HI 1 Ibll L.ifi l n 'I'll mi irr:) with promntitude, and in the beit 2Lif possible man ire". BOOKS, J CIKCL'LARS, I HAN DRILLS, PAMPHLETS, j CARDS, AND POSTKKS, Printed on .th rAt accrtiiioi!atin'r terms, :iind in a style not to be suipai-s,d by any other 'establishment in Nortlieru IndilV.a". UKKDS, J M MMONS' j EXECUTIONS, MOKTR.1G F.S, J M'UPOKXAS, ISLA N K NOTES, 'and all kinds. K 'Jl'STICES and COXfSTAPLE'S PLANKS, aie kep t'snstantly ou baud at this office, or printed to order. FOREIGN MISSIONS. The annual meeting of the Atrierican Soard of Foreign n.issio'ns was held in Portland on the. 10th inst. We take "some facts from their report. The 'serial -psbHcBoiis of the fioaril are the Missionary Herald, the Journal "of Missions and the Youth's day Spring, of which 1,378,000 copies have been 'circulated during the year, 350,000 more than last year, aid rafc'm a monthly tiiSlnbution of 1 10,000 copies. The receipts of the. Roard from all sources were 8-74,1)02, being an advance ion the previous yt:ar ofS-3,3jT; t!i' expenditures during the same period were S4,630,bcing &Ü.92S more than the receiots.

The missions are as follows! The Latin oMiTa, the soul is deVivd Dr. King preaches in Athens Greece, ! rrom t,,e Sanscrit an. the wind. The nd distributes 2,3C0 copies of the scrip- j Gree,i Pche, thesoul, is connected wilh, tures tracts &c 'and probably derived from jithos, cold There are'two missoas to the Jevs,lftir' The Greek pnrwwo. a spirit, is from

tineatSalonicaandoueatConstantinoole. Tue missions to the Arminians has six! ctationü:. ahd ten out-stations, with 50 labor.s in the field. Three new churches have been organized during the rear, More than 1,700,000 pages were printed during the year in Armenian, AiincnoTurkish, and Hibro-Spanish. In Syria, the Rourd has four stalionB, three out-stations, and 21 laborers iu the Arid. The Assyrian mission has two stations and six laborers. The Astorian mission has three stations and 29 laborers, six of whom are missionary clergymen. The Bombay mission has three stations and 11 laborers. The printing amounts 1 - S v. 1 KM m mJ ltlV 111 t' I U J i . to 13,724,000 paes. In the Ammeduciiur mission are si i stations with 2G laborers, and about 1000 J children are under insturction. In Madras there are five stations, 19 laborers, aud nearly G00 pupils. In Maderia there are 11 stations with 38 laborers, 235 members, 75 schools, and 1283 scholar; In Ceylon there are 13 stations, 57 laborers, 375 church members, 92 free schools and 4,000 pupils. Their issues from the press were 6,227,800. These embrace all the sta lions of much importance in foreign contries. Chi. Nonpar iel. An editor noticing the marriage of a brother chip, says 4 we hope he will have an opportunity in a seasonable time, of heading his short articles with small CAPS.' The census of Oregon City has "been taken popululiou 1,040,

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P 3f i 13 For the Pilot. TO THE SSTERS Of" THE LATE T7O.MAS JESSIP. i f.., iio .nWt.p'll miriP nnmorp: i.wvn i.wi ....... - , For the davs of his p i -rirnaje hen- are o ur. The 4nd üt-art is illd that once UU to your own, And l.usl ed the vlad mu ic of affeclion's ...... I u,t' . . i ut ,,t fr t. s font sir ns hp stund. -ret h now. With the tenet of death on Lis maible bro a ! " Vet veep i.'ot, that the grave hath won him so ...;, That the Min of his life Lath ret ere 'twas v- ' Ti..-,t hi- i.iwsiii from nrih in manhood's first noon;

pi tint-, j rtlie that resistance of Charles Martel, at Ere his locks were whitened by the touch of; IVictitrs, from which, after a century of v ii t!lirt' . ... r. ii ,,i ' victories t!k-8;iracen !io,:ts at length wilhErc the l ean's bright visions grew faded and , 3

.,i,i. Or tin- .'.iv .inil Mir; von th fill nronounctd him dhim Weep not thai he perished in other lands, A??I was borne to the dark tomb by stranger hands, That at rest far away from kindred and friends, His mouldering dust with th: chiHy earth Lhmd.v 1 Ah, weep not thou heavy the chastening ! rot. Cut tru;t your dear Irothcr's reed spirit with Will LOIS. Marshall, 7a. Kept. 22, 1531. From Arthur's Home Gazette. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. The first profi'e portrait laken was that of Antigonus, a General under Alexander the Great. Having but one eye, his likeness Was to dTaw, IX. C. 330. So necessary at ode time va3 coffee considered by the Turks, that the refusal to supply it in a reasonable quantity to a wife was reckoned a rrotg 'the, Icgyl causes for a divorce. At the lake of Killarney in Ireland there is an echo which plays an excellent second to any simple tune played on a bugle. The speed of lightning is so great, that it can g four hundred ami eighty times around the earth in one minute. Small beer contains 1 per cent, of alcohol: ale, 7 per cent.; porter, 4J; brown stout, 0J; Burton ale, 8h per cent. Etymologists find out queer things at times. The word 'boh,' yet used to Irighten children, is the name of a fierce barbarian General, who lived B. C, GO, and who was so frared that his name became an exclamation to excite terror. i the sixteenth century, poisoning was punished, in England, by boiling the criminal to death. Cutter made hi hot countries is generally liquid. In India, it is called ghec, id is Mostly made of buffaloes' milk. The Arabs are tlie greatest consumers of butter in the world, and it is a common practice among all classes to drink, every morning, a cüpTull of melted butter, or chee. pr, to diow. . wurworu spirits is irom sPiro lo hreathe or blow. xiie ueurew Im. ill word for spirits signifies air or breath. Our word ghost, a spirit, is of Saxon oriI.I II . c ß. antt luc same wungusi, a uiasi oi MARRrAttEs bV SALfc. Ahiong the ancient Babylonia ns( at a certain time every year, the marriageable females were assembled, aud disposed of at auction to the highest bidden The richest citizens purchased such as pleased them at a high price; and the money thus obtained, was used to portion ofT those females to whom nature had been less liberal of personal charms. When tlie beauties were disposed of, the auctioneer put up the more ordinary lots, beginning with the homeli- ; est of those, who remained announcing a premium to the purchaser of each: the deis were to name a sum belorr the given premium, at which they would be willing to take the maid; and he who bid lowest was declared the purchaser. By this means every female was provided for. This custom originated with Atossa daughter of Bclochus, abouLl433, B. C. Death in Battle. Every age has had its wars, and these compose a great portion of the history even of the civilized world. To reckon the entire number of mankind that have perished in battle alone, without enumerating those who have perished in consequence, would be a work that might daunt the beldest research. Even the number that includes only such as have fallen in actual and1 recorded battles, though it may be expressed in figures, leaves no distant conception, from its prodigious magnitude. In three battles of sacred hietory, 550,-

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QOO;pre mentioned us having been slain. I At Marathon, TlurmopyW, ami- TlVVa, 320.0U43 fell. In two of Alexander's victories over the Persians, 400.000 perished. In tlie battle of Ipsus, 30,000 were slaiii. On t he bank of f.ake Thrasymene-, 15,0C0 Hornaus was slaughtered, and 00,000 on the fatal dny of Cannae. In the battles of Munda, Zima. Magnesia, Pvdua end ttiarsalia. i 'iO.ooÖ Tig'ranes lost, in out? bittle against Lucullus, i I n . r r r i t - i , . , "I. J ' 1 ' ' . iii.ii.ii.,tii.Jr-.i.i .... . .... I I ill IW (1 ... . ... . ...1 .1..!. .1 1 I j " " l,n,6m, ,n l,iV ir ir"SSlc . against Ponte, a vast proportion were j sluiu in tbe singe of their beloved city, AI iuiäsi:s üU.iJUU. am at At rmnn e b .- 000 Kciisliod When 1'iiiMs dplivered uuu 1 u(ii uus oeu ei (i j frt) 'rror of Atilla, 102,l noil .. : : . i i . - i . j uuu dre t.iiu hi uuve covereu me nein ot Chalons. How t. rriiic mi st haVe been i .K .i.i i i i r . . i : ,,f i!...i .1....'.. i... , mv. uiv.jiu iiui ui nun H i rn ua s uaini', ' llll' MIIIIIIKUd! HI IM-!l ..ii . Ififfll-k 1 . wherein Spain was lost by the Goths i .... 1 ....... 1. .. . ... A t .. I - 11 A . . ad won by t.ie .Mussulmans. How tcr .... .ii mi- uamcjui i'Dim-iiui. .nertc I bur; burg and Simancas. full 160,000 perishcd. ProVabl v 30 (WO roll at the takin" of Jerusalem by the crusaders; md 40,000 Saracens were slain at Ascalou. At Hastings 40.000 fell; at Crecy and Agincourt Oö.OOO Frenchmen perished; and at Hali don Hill and ihirham 50,000 ScotF. Mariguauo, Towton, Ravenna saw their 100,000 dead. At Neerwiuden, B'.en heim. R.imiU'tcs, Almanza and Malplayquet, there were 00,000 slain. At Pultown 0,000 Swedes 1 r u imt-vnrv I . des fell; 17,000 on bot i .. nrt . . i- o y; 20,000 at Colin; 30,1 m'Tv ft Atisterht; eld 'of r riedland, Jena, sides at Fontenov 000 Cunnersdorf 105,000 n the Eghiu. Aspem, Borodino, Talavera, and Lützen. Probably 30,000 perished at Lcipsie. 30,000 at Waterloo, and as many in the British battle on tlie Sutledge. When the Suraceiis first took Jerusalem, 1)0.000 Christians perished; 65,000 Mussulmans In the war between Ali and the Caliph of Damascus: 150,000 natives at the siege of Mexico by Cortes. In rather more than sixty chief battles ahnost three millions of men are numbered as the victims. But lhe whole carnage of Caar Wars ias been estimated at two millions; and as many lives must have been shortened by the ambitioM of Napoleon. The forces t n gaged in sea-fights have been smaller than those iu action on shore; yet, sometimes the slaughter has been ewful, considering all things. In the celebratetl battle of Lepanto, 40,000 perishd, 5,000 died at Aclium; 5.000 at Navarino, and fu!'. 15,000 at Aboukir. These are only a few of the most memorable battles; yet, even in these, how many victims have been sacrificed to the glory'of heroes, and to lhe wounded honor of nations! And when wc look back upon the world's history, the aggregate number of the slain in these battles is but a grain of sand upon the mountain, compared with those who have actually fallen in the ranks of war. Nature ov tYIe Spots on t?ie Scn. On the solar envelope, of whose fluid nature there can be no doubt, says Hersehel, we clearly perceive, by our telescopes, an intermixture, (without blending, or mu- j tual dilulio'n,) oi tvo M'thict substances, or state or matter; the one luminous, the other not so. and the phenomena of the spots and pores tend directly to the conclusion that the non-luminous portions are gar-cuVis, however they may leave the nature of the luminous doubtful: they suggest the idea of radiaut matter floating in a non-radiant medium showing a tendency to separate itself by subsidence, after the manner of snow in air. Thc Watch Dog. It is Very hitefestinf to observe the knowledge and faithfulness that is often manifested by inferior creatures. An interesting anecdote was told in my hearing, a few days since concerning a watch dog. The boys in the family where he was raised were very persevering in their efforts to learn him many curious things. He had learned to carry the change about Which they had given him fot the purpose of buying his dinner, until he obtained it: and if the boys before mentioned pretended to sleep he would suffer no one to touch them. A neighbor lived close by the owner of the watch dog, and his children often played with and made much of him. On one occasion he went to the neighbor's as usual, where he had frequently been fed, and In a little time the youngest child, being tired of play, fell asleep on the floor. The mother, wishing to place it in a more comfortable position, attempted to do so, but lo! the dog had taken the responsibility of guard, and by his resolute manner, and surly growl, gave timely intimation of his resolve to take care of his charge. fe watched the child until it awoke, and then, as if aware that his stay had been protracted, he gracefully bounded out of an opeu window and trotted homeward. At Milan, 0., two men. Hill and Taylor, traded w'h-esY Taylor received two children to boot.

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A TOUCHING NARRATIVE. BY LOUIS GAYLORD CLARKE I have often wondered why it is that parents and guardians do not more frequently and more cordially reciprocate the confidence of children. How hard it is to convince a child that a father or mother can do wrong! Our little people are always our studfest defenders; they are loyal to the maxim that "the king can do no wrong," and all the monarchs . they know are their parents. I heared . i .1 I r . i i- r i the other dav, from the hps of a distiu - ... , ' c , v -fTilV't '11 CIv-IUll, till I IT W & . i.n...i;r..i r III. II V Hl U UUUIUIIU ..JIIIIIIJ .' II VI t i i i i- -n . . r i0iv' Island, a touchina illustration of J lhc ,rillj of tiiis sentiment. t . , , , ... ! , , '':'Ve , ,? deal of o.f-crience, hi the "a good lon practice . "o I --- f .. . . . , . i . -.

v. ...j v,. v ... ...v. v...,., . i.ivji. ien i iv was at i loss now lo break, to mm ; vv, ..vt.uw-v - -rrv remarkable than anything recorded in the j what 1 had t'o communicate. j myself indushiously to my business, "Diary of a London physician.' It Ie assented, and listened with the ' ta5iC care m-v fimib'. refrain from viswould be impossible for me to detail to j deepest attention. I then informed him, ! iunS taverns and grog-shops, and whea you the hundredth part of the interesting ' as Ut.,t ; could that fro: t'j'rcu,n! ! I promise a man to have his work done and exciting things which I saw and j s.a.lctrs rCccntl y come to light, it had bi' a x'ait tur.c, i vYould try and bo l.nn ,1 T'li.f 1 . T ... . fTLi,. t r . I ... ....,.-4 wf . ..... . . - , ....... I .... 1

. --"" 7 I ldx f t' was lJ,c CüfC ot "oi; 1 iiiiiiii, v i c i u j v u 4 o um a saw him at tlie hospital, whither being poor and without parents, he had been brought to die. He was the most beautiful boy 1 ever beheld. He had diät peculiarcastofcountenanceatnt complex - : .. i ; . l. . .1 i ion wiiit ii we notice in tnose wno are afflicted with hemorrhage of the lungs. His brow was broad, fair and intellectu

' uii ma HO l" l"V viw llll inn l.iuv.1 . l I ! r ., :, lf 1 1 he commonest and most natural disol the sky itself; his complexion was . . . . . A . , tl Uke he f iteJ bdow lhe j position of a body soon to be reduced to dleek boue ;vilh a hcclicJllugll Serth- h,as bce" lhaTl . Positing it in . j toe earth itself. Jo dig a cave, or to

al; his eves had the deep interior blue As on consumption's waniu cheek, 'Mid ruin blooms the rose," and his hair, which was as soft as floss silk, hung in luxuriant curls about his face. But tjIi?" what an expression of deep melancholy on his countenance, so remaikable that I felt certain that the fear of death had nothing to do with it. And Iwasrhht. Youn' as he was, he

'""n "'- -Nevertheless, he was most ufiectionate, and extremely grateful for everything 1 could df?rhis relief. I soon won his heart, but perceived with pain that his disease of body l.Va3 nothing to Iiis sick ncss of soul, w hich I could not heal. He

had no wish to live. He repeatedly j Parsees a t iiombay even leave them to sa'd that death was what he desired; j the vultures. The classic nations of anand it was truly dreadful to hear one sojtiquity commonly burned their dead, young and beautiful talk like this. 'Oh!') whose ashes were then collected in urns he would say, 'let me die! let me die! 'and sepulchred. Don't try to save me; I want to die:' j One "of the 'Ar'st pVodiictions of the

leaned upon my bosom and wept, while i which, for a like purpose, are sometimes at the sam. time he prayed for death. .'deposited in populous burial places, or I have never seen one of his years who with the bodies of beasts. At a still lacourted it is so sincerely. 1 tried every ter period, oily aiid iat substances are

way to elicit from mm what it was ren-1 oercd him so tt.nhappy; but his lips were sealed, and he was like one who tried to turn his face from something which oppressed his spirt. "It subsequntly appeared that the father of this child was hanged for rnurder iv B county, abotit two years before. It was the most cold blooded homicide that had ever been known iu that section of the. couutry. The excitcment raged high; and I "recollect that j the6take and callows vied ivith each other for the victim. The mob labored hard to get the man out of jail, that they might wreak summary vengeance upon him by hanging, hi ti to the nearest tree. But law triumphed, and he was hanged. Justice held up her equal scales with satisfaction, and there was much trumpeting forth of this consuination, iii which even the women merciful, tenderhearted women seemed to take delight. "Perceiving the boy's life to be waning, I endeavored to turn bis wind to religious subjects, apprehending no difficulty in one so youbg; but be uhvays evaded the topic. 1 asked hint if he had said his prayers. He replied: 44 4 Once; always now, never. 4,This answer surprised me very much; and I endeavored gently to impress him with the fact that a more devout frame and mind would be becoming in him, and with great necessity of his being prepared to die; but he remained silent. "A few days afterwards, I asked hi in if be would not permit me to send for the Bev. Dr. B , a most kind man In sickness, who would be of the most service to him in his present Situation. He declined to solve the mystery, and understand hisstrange phase of character in a mere child. My deaf buy,' said I, I implore yott not to act In this manner What can have so disturbed your young mind? You certainly believe there is a God, to whom you owe a debt of gratiliirl?' Hb eyes kindled, and to my surprise I almost may say my horror I heard from his young lips ,-JCo, I don't believe there U a God! "Yes, that little boy, young as he was, was an atheist; and he even reasoned in a logical manner, for a mere Child like him. 44 4 T cannot believe that there is a Cr'ouY taid he, 'for if there were a God

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he must be merciful and just; and he never, never, never could have permitted my father, who was innocent, to be hanged! Oh, my father! my father" he exclaifned passionately burying his face in the pillow, and sobbing as if his heart would break. "I was overcome by my emotion; but all that I could say would not change his determination -- he would have no minister of God beside him, no prayers by his bedside. I was unable, with all my endeavors, to apply any balm to his wounded heart. this, ? V;ricd, as - tan , . . .. , , V( rv' clearly, that the little bov must soon - , J ' denart. i w; i Ii ' cnid t .r ii.,,. rr.A , neUs for von o-dav. i)o von think i it... i-... l i.-..r" I...... lis r,. i .i.v.llivrlltlkrvuA4. iiluiil; I'IA i iikii von f-oii (l Dear lo Hear . - ------- been rendered certain that bis lather : us innocent of the crime for which he 'SlillC TV (Iclll Irll01UinOllSlifllIl j 4I never shall forget the frenzy of emotion which he exhibited at this anj nouueement. He uttered on scieam p;,e wj rMi,Pj rTOm .ol,th !,e i PanP( forward upon mv bosom and ' . " i:,ir THE BODY AFTER DEATH. use one already prepared by nature, was but an enlargement of the grave; and the costliest sepulchre is but a wider coffin. Mausoleums and pyramids can do no more than delay for a time the fulfilment of tlie decree "Dust thou art. and unto dust shalt thou return," Some savage tribes expose the bodies of the dead to i, nai.l i i v noon n..!.! Tl, i niv. i?n;i uiii Ii uiiuii itunuius. i ui; . grave is phosphorus. Indeed, inllamma ble air has issued from cemeteries; and the dead body has been known to take i fire spontaneously. After this slage of corruption ate for med consumiim alkalies, similar to those generated, and all unpleasant smells dis u '".ui, jLiiv. l'uiho iv. iiiuiu riui i L I and, latest of all, the teeth and hair; till 1-11 l .i at length these are dissolved, and noth- , , . r r i ing distinguishes the dust of incii from t 'he rurrounding soil. All this in some circumstances is accomplished with amazing1 Vapidity. In Yucatan, it is the custom to collect, after some months, the bones of the dead and place them all in one heap, exposed to beautiful view; and so speedy is the decav that oulv a lew months peed inter vene between the burial of the body and the collection of the bones. At the great burial place in Naples where the faults are three hundred and sixty-five in number, and one is opened every day of the year for the reception of dead bodies, quick lime is thrown in; and at the expiration of the year, scarcely the least relic of the human frame is apparent. In other circumstances, however, the process of decay is so slow that not the skulls of White field and Milton have been seen and handled; but the lineaments of Kings who had been buried fot centuries have been seen once more. The almost gigantic body of William the Conqueror, after it had been entombed four hundred and fifty years, was found ahrxoft entire. When the tombs of the French princes at St. Deny's were rifled, during the revolution of 1789, the features of Henry the Fourth, who had been buried one hundred and eighty years, were found perfect. Other instances might be mentioned of the body's resistance to the decree of Providence: but this can be but for a time. Into dust it shall return. Though the skill of Egypt did succeed in preserving, for thousands of years, the very skin and integuments, shrivelled and blackened, but identical in feature; yet, since lim vpri' mramiiU n r Kpnrrhed at tbf fmd f . fa , postponed the issue, frthur's Gaz. . 1 England is now engaged upon her fifth Caflrarian war, all within thirty years. The third and fourth cost 612,500,000, a,d 5.500 When marriage is founded on prudence and honor, life has a definite object, and existence becomes a substantial bles sing. If you feel ill will toward any person, go and do him a favor, and your ill leeling will anifch at once. Try it.

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IF I WERE HE. If I were a fanner, it appears to me I would devote mv whole attention to tht: cultivation of my farm, ckthe and feed my servant well, take care of my stock, meinl the holes in my fences, take a fair p"cc for my produce, and never in tltilge in idleness and dissipation. . lf 1 wwe a lawyer. I would not charge a poor man 85,00 for a few words of ad vice. If I we're a physician, 1 could not hare the concieuce to charge as much as they da for feeling the pulse, extracting a tooth, taking a little blood, or administering a dose of calomel and jalap. If I were a merchant, I would have ail . . . established price lor my goods, ana not; undersell or iniure mv neighbors. 1 would sell at a moderate profit, and give good measure and deal as honestly as possible-. - M . . - " - If "c? young . I would not cut uo uiauj i luitvuiuuj lu jiv io uo cuin iiv. r,a 'no with their watch chains, j flourishing their ratv.an-, strutting, and making a great noise with their high heeled boots, (probably not paid for) and mahing remarks on plain and. worthy pco I i rii 1 . . t 1 . .1 k pie. iney reuuer tucmseives cuniempiii ble in the eyes of the sensible and una$isurr.irtä. lf I were a young lady, 1 would be seen spinning street yarts every day". I0"lin2 this vounir fellow, nodding at an'other, and civilis; sweet smiles to a third sometimes Having tnrec uoies in ur.a stocking and two in lother. If I were a lover, I would be true, to lhe object of my affections, treat her with tenderness4 and never let her conduct toward another excite jealousy in my breast; but should she ever speak of me in terms of disrespect, or treat me with coolness', I would be off like shot off a hot shovel, and II her arts should never again entrap me. If I were an old bachelor, I would make every exertion in my power to get married and if I failed, 1 would buy a kbjp'e and hang myse'if. And Mr. Printer, if I was of your useful and respectable profession, I would never refuse to publish pieces like this. Sick Clerks. -The Dayton Gazette relates the followlg story of Secretary Corwin. Its humor is characteristic: , .. To a friend of ours who saw him the other day, at Lebanon, he gave a most amusing, and we doubt not the truthful account of the condition of things in liie treasury department, when he entered , n . ' II linn 1 M k sliif.nc I t- .-,- I rt- I . r. , 1 1 -1 - -- , l " ol .v 'u-' e estimated, were sick, on an average, . lr i . -. . , ", - about ball the time but it struck hir.i 83 , A , , , . A . somewhat remaikable, that, much as they were sick, none of them died. The fact was apparent at a glance, that .hey did very little work for the public, and the inference was irresisticle, that something must be done for them. Accordingly the secretary turned physician, and. began to prescribe for the invalids. Üe issued an order that all clerks who were absent from their desks a certain number of days, say two, on account of sicÜiiess, should submit to a proportionate deduction from their respective, salaries; and that all who were absent longer, sr-y One week, should be required either to die oi resign. The prescription workedjike a charmj and in a short time there was not a sick clerk in the whole department. A healthier set of men than they are now, Mr. Corwin declares cannot be fouKd au where. Beggars. The number of womerh begging with infants iu their arms, appears to be increasing. ..They may bo seen, sitting here and there, of calling at stores, and dwellings; the babes thty carry showing every appearance of being stupificd by drugs. It is büt common humanity for the Maor of our city to give directions to have all such women taken up, and careful investigation made into the case of cacti. Ko doubt, some of these infants arc stolen; in all cases, they will be found to be cruelly treated. Let this worst, form cf vicious beeeatV, carried on in London to so shocking an extent, be at once suppressed here. If a mother will not support her infant by honest labor, it should be taken from her. <Phil. Gaz>. ——— The citron, lime and lemon are the produce of different varieties of the evergreen shrub citrus, the original or parent stock of which is a native of Asia, whence it has been carried into all quarters of the globe. ——— The Egyptians are beginning to destroy the pyramids and ancient tombs, for the sake of building materials. ——— Cherub is a Hebrew word, signifying knowiedge. Seraph is likewise from tho Hebrew, and mcans a flame.