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Came r Mala - - TE23U-Tw doSle'ra per vla, if pwa waiMJM year, two dollar, sod fifty , cento, if syaat be delayed until year espr. ? Advertisements mserted afclae usual rate. j WOMAN ABROAD. - -It it the pnde of America, and it should be with every enlightened and civilized people, that the inhere of the gentler sex, it the fire side, the domestic hearth, and the qmet chamber, rather than the oat door and working day world. It is for man, if not the nobler, at least the hardier being, to foil lor daily sustenance, and eat bread by the sweat ef his brow. Woman should be consecrated to nobler par poses, to finer employments, to house hold duties, she is so in this country with few exceptions. Wires and daughters, even in the middle walks of life, are held aloof from rough employments, trades, and out door labor of all kinds but not so in many parts of Europe, as will be seen from the fol lowing passages ; from the recently published work of Mr. Cashing, on upmimatcKneustieporttr. "There is a feature of national manners in Europe, which seems more singular to an American eye, than the promiscuous entry of the female sex into the indiscriminate labois of outdoor life, especially on the continent It i a familiar fact, which is continu ally presented to us in the books, that, in the south of Europe, the business of retail trade in the shops, is exercised by women much more, generally than in America; but what can be deeded of a small open boat, scarcely larger than a common wherry, being used as the habitation of a man and bis wife, it being their joint occupation to row about the rivers, canals and creeks, to work as day laborers upon the farms along the water's edge? This, also, 1 have repeatedly observed on the river Maes . nor is it a rare fact, or consider ed in Holland at all extraordinary. I Near to the Hague, the political capit.il of Holland, and by far the most refined, in that country, is a small fish ing town called Nchevengen, which is cb much frequented as a bathing pace and for its. fine sea views. A beautiful avenue of trees leads from the Hague to Scbevcnzen, and the whole population of the latter place, an- dedicated to the business of catch ing, and selling fish for the market of th" llaue, the selling being conduct ed by the women, exclusively, as it is elsewhere in the Netherlands. : in the morning the women convey their fish to the market, partly in baskets, partly in snail wagons or carts drawn by large dogs. In the afternoon you will nv?et with the same persons returning wish their baskets on their beads, heavily laden with vegetables and other trUcke, while their husbands are not rarely seen riding at ease in the lit tle carts a spectacle which, although sot ltf local it is true, grows out oft tht: general habits and feelings of the people, in regard to the labor which may be exacted of women. Nor is the state of things materially different in France. The universal diffusion of knowledge in this country, ny means ol popular publications adapted to the wants of every condition of society, has rendered all the world familiar with the leading events off the French revolution. There is no fact in that, dreaded tragedy, which 1 have heard more frequently introduced in conversation as a subject of amazement than the part acted by the female population of that country, in the worst" horrors of the revolutionary madness. Nevertheless, it would strike us with lutle surprise, if we were prac tically familiar with the aspect of a reman moo. I he fact is, that on all tublic occasions, females enter as argely almost as males into the composition of the multitude which throng the streets; and this arises naturally from the circumstance of their being o continually abroad in the performs a. . aoce oi tnousnnu and or the common acts of industrious life, which, among v we generally, if not absolutely coofine to the male sex. They do not posses that domesticity of character Oupation which belongs to us in this country, and constitutes her greatest," f In Natchez, during th niwahnr of the epidemic, no less than six jonr:k:u primers were fatally attacked with the disease. Several of the same class died in New Orleans the past season. AH were young men who had forsaken their homes and friends, to mate their fortunes. . s i

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if - - ri ney win not be content wun employ ing the legitimate' and only proper mens,esopfc and permasum, but they must needs resort to coercoe measures, in order to force people to be temperate. The Select men refused to license the Urocenes at Vover, and the groceries kept on selling as they had done before. An attempt was made at the term of the Court at Guil ford last week to get them indicted, but the grand jury refused to indict a stogie one of them: and tne temper ance agitators in addition to expending . m . a . a much money nave only tneir la Dor lor their pains. W e have also understood that a paper has been passed through this village by some meddling person to prevent the tavern keepers from ob taining a license ! Supposing it should be refused? It will only save the tav erns five dollars a piece, which would otherwise go into the town treasury, for it is not to be presumed that they will close their bars, and should the case be presented to the Grand Jury, it would be treated just as it has been in Stafford ; for no Grand Juror would go to indicting a regular tavern keeper, whose license had been withheld without a cause. The project is per fectly ridiculous, aod not only that, is calculated to drive travellers in other directions; for what traveller will pass through a town when he can avoid it, where be is not sutSered to be his own Judge f Those who resort to compul sory measures to promote temperance, do the cause ten times more barm than they can ever do it good. W e say again let them rel upon example and persuasion for depend upon it, people will not be driven. The direct tendency ot tne meas ure, if carried into effect in this town, will promote tippling and intemper ance; for the tavern keepers will continue to retail as they have hitherto done, and because they do so without license, every grocer and every store keeper who keeps spirits will do the same.; so that instead of four or live well regulated licensed nouses, we shall have a grog shop at every corner. Were we opposed to the temperance re form instead of being a well wisher to its onward march, we should rejoice at the measures which are attempted to be carried into effect here; for we sincerely believe that nothing is calculated bcter to increase the evil. JV. H. Patriot. CURRAN. nAminrr nfr an inn in I Via SaVinrH

of Iceland, a gentleman traveling op-iiarm slept on mercantile business, came running I've ever borae taee aere; down stairs a few minutes before the; But oa my sool a whisper broke, appearance of the stage coach in which . As if from beavea ao angel spokehe had taken a scat for Dublin. See- ''J,ere, " f te.a " ing an ugly little felbw leaning against! She P .he unotdead." the door post, with dirty face and shab-jThou art not dead they cannot die

by clothes, he hailed him and ordered him to brush his coat. The operation 1

proceeding rather slowly, the irapa- Aad mbould we eep1 rward thy fri.nd9, tient traveller cursed the lazy valet Metbinks thy soul to whisper bends, for an idle, good-for-nothing dog, and To beckon them from griefs despair, threatened him with corporeal puiiish-t"Lok UP! hk p5 Iamnotttm?" ment on the spot, if he did not make!Thoo mrt Bot re-thou art above, baste and nisish his job before the am-1 With the Almighty One, val of the coach. Terror seemed toi To worship him, and bless the love produce its effect; the fellow brushed ,0fb redeeming Son, the coat and then tbe trowsers, with SKho 'ent ngel.as a friend, . .... . , Thy weary pilenmare to end,

greai uiiigence. ana was rewaraeo, with sixpence, which he received with a low bow. The gentleman went into the bar, and paid his bill, just as the expected vehicle had reached the door. Upon getting inside, guess his astonishment to find his friend Quondam wait

er, seated snugly in one corner, with Their clouds of azure and of gold, all the look of a person well used to J , triSf "i , , . . r , . . Thy spirit home to God to bear! comfort. After two or three honied;. ' . glances, to be sire that his eyes did ; I adne o'er me creep, not deceive him, he commenced a con- , ,rhat scarce repressed can be; fosedapology for hisown rashaeand 'Kttimrlal stupidity: but he was speedily icter-. think how different am , ropted by the other exclaiming, -Oh,jHow UI prepared like thee to die:

never mind, make no apologies, these are hard times, and it is well to earn a trifle in an honest way, I'm much obliged for your handsome fee for so small a job, my name, sir, is John Phil pot Cumin, pray what is yours P The other was thunderstruck by tbe idea ot stich an introduction: but the drol lery of Corran soon overcame his confusion, and the traveller never rejoiced less at the termination of a long jour ney, than when he beheld the distant spires of Dublin glitter in the light of tne setting sun. A TRUE STORY. There is a spot near Boston called Savin IlilL famous as the head Quar ters of musqmtos of the genuine Galiimpper oreeu. some years since, tbe Few England , Guards, encamped there, while on a tour of 'camp duty The ground was marked out, the rents were pucneojinc sentries posted,

The . ration were eateo,-tbe song and laugh which had rung for hours

from tnt to tent, was busned. A dead, uniform silence prevaded the whole region, interrupted only by the measured tread of the sentinel as he paced hit allotted ground. 1 bad eaten and drank rather plentifully of por ter and cheese during tne evening, and in a few moments after I laid my head on my knapsack, was fast asleep. How long! slumbered I know not; but 1 was at last aroused by the consciousness of a most intolerable weight on my breast. I opened my eyes, and lo! a cock-musquito. measuring six feet without bis shoes, stood perched oa my breast quietly sharpening his sting (a long highly polished weapon of 3 fret in length) on a 'Bristol brick,' and anon gaging at nta victim, wbo lay passively under bun. I determined that I would not per ish unavenged ; if I must die, I resolv ed to die hard.' 1 made a convulsive spring which fortunately threw back the monster on his haunches, and at the same time hit him a blow with my a. awnoie strength between nis eyes. The suddenness of the attack, confoun ded htm for a moment, and gave me time to prepare for the desperate and approaching, struggle. I seized my musket in good time, for the brick whizzed by my head like a cannon ball. I returned the compliment with the butt end of my musket; it broke his 'bill, but snapped itself into twen ty pieces. With a murmured prayer I grappled with the savage, he clenched me in return we both fell to the ground, the grip of his six-leg was like that of an iron vice. 1 felt my strength fast failing me, when I be thought myself that I bad a jack knife in my pocket, put thereby my goo i old mother, (God bless her for it!) just before I left the city I opened it, a ad stabbed my antagonist in twenty places. He bled profusely, and in a few moments lay a corpse in my arms. I was proceeding to alarm the watch, when I heard the drumb beat the morning reveille. Rubbing my eyes, I found them swelled my face was one blotch of musquito bites, and to crown the whole, 1 had been jabbing my ribs all jnight with an emptyjuk bottlf, which had held some excellent London Porter only the evening before. Bratleboro1 Inquirer, From the Mett York .Virror. ON THE PEATTI OF SIHTER. BT JAJtES SACK. My sister if I have not wept " aora Jesus a tea io save; 1 a2 Pmtu nK Andto His bosom usher thee. From earth and its pollutions free! Why didst thou with such eager glaace Extend thy arms on high, When thou wast in thy dying traace! Perhaps before thine eve. The gates a Paradise aarelled t "ow awful it mast be to meet My God before his judgment seat! Oh God! although tbe prophet's wand To water melted stone, 7be tench of thy Almighty hand Caa melt tbe heart alone! Aad oh, that thou wooldst disenthral My rocky heart the hearts of aU That all might be prepared to join My sister ia thy courts divine! , And may thy special grace be shed Upon the orphan boy! Aad may his mother o'er his head Her guardian wing employ! Oh may ao sia his sou deprave. To grieve her e'en beyond tbe grave! But may he ever strive his best To make her e'ea ia heaven mote blest! It is the custom of dinner patties in Paris at present, where ladies assist to hand round, just before sitting down to table, a pin-cushion, that the fair guests may pin up tretr sleeves, which would otherwise entirely preclude the operations of the table

The following extract from one of the Bridgewater Treatises will impart to the r a r & faint idea of the astneaa of the aniveme: t is extremely difSeCt to devise any

of ortngtfu; neiore t a moxnon ap prehension a scale on which the universe as constructed, the enormous propSitioa which the larger ditneoMon bear to the smaller, and the amazing number of steps from large to smaller, or from small to larger, which the consideration of it offers,

Tbe following comparative represent-i80"'1 pleasures. To give and notions may serve to give the reader to whom ;Ceive visits, constitutes, with many, the

the subject is new some idea of tbe steps If we suppone the earth to be represent ed by a globe a foot ia diameter, the dis tance of the sun fiom the earth will be about two miles: the diameter of tbe sun, on tbe same supposition will be something aoove oae hundred feet, ud consequent ly his balk such might be made up of two hemispheres, each about the size of tbe dome of St, Paul's. The moon will be thirty feet from us aad her diameter three inches, about that of a cricket ball t bus the aun would mucn more loan oc cupy all tbe space within tbe moou's orbit, On tbe same scale, J upiter would be above ten miles from tbe sun, and Uranus forty We see then how thinly scattered through space are the heavenly bodies, The fixed stars would be at an unknown distance, but, probably, if all distances were thus diminished, no star would tie nearer to such a one-foot earth than the moon now ia to us. On such a terrestrial globe the highest mountains would be about l-80tb of an inch bigb, and consequently only just distinguishable. We luuy imagine there fore, how imperceptible would be the largest animals. The whole organized covering of such t globe would be quite undiscoverable by the eye, except perhaps by colour, like the bloom on a plum. In order to testore this earth and its inhabitants to their true dimensions, we must magnify them forty mil I ions of times ; and to preserve the proportions, we must increase equally the distances of tbe sun and the sttrs from us. They seem thus to pass off into infinity; yet each of them thus lemovedb&s itss.siera of mechanic i! and perhaps of organic processes going on upon its surface. But the arrangements of organic life which we can see with the naked eye are few, compared with those which the microscope detects. We know that we may magnify objects thought ds of times. and still discover fresh complexities of structure; if we suppose, therefore, that we increase every particle of matter in our universe in such proportion, ia length, uteadth an J thickness, we may conceive that e tend thus to bring before our apprehension a true estimate of the qnantitr of organized adaptions which are ready ta testify the extent ef the Creator's power t Beautiful Idea A dumb pupil ia Paris being usked wh .t a lUernitv I ' replied "The Life time of the Almighty . PASSING TIME. In the course of my travels, I have oen many a promising young man gradually led to dissipation, gambling and ruin, merely by tbe u ant ol nwansto make a solitary evening pass pleasantly. I earnestly advice every yoath that quits that abode of purity, peace, and delight, his paternal home, to acquire a taste tor reading and nriting. At tor reading and every place where he may reside long! either in England or oa the cootinent, ii. ..c rr";" as attractive ana comfortable as possi a - a . B ble, for he will find a little extraordinary expense, so bestowed at the beginning, to be good economy in the end: let him read the best books in the language of the place in which be lives: and, above all, let him never retire to rest without writing at least a page oil original comments on what be has heard in tbe day. This habit will teach him to observe and discriminate, for a man ceases to read with a desultorv and wandering mind, which b an utter waste of time, when he knows that an account of all the information which be has gained must be written at night. Great alterations and improvements - m . . . . arc -oeing mane" tn the Uall of the House of Representatives. Thev wili all be completed io time for the meeting of Congress. The floor is considajbly raised; tbe Speaker's chair is now placed at the north entrance, and the versed from their old order. A handsome gallery has been erected over; the looby that was formerly behind i the speaker. Besides this, the Hall is repainted, the floor covered with new carpeting, dec. nScc. Improvement? nave also been made in the office at tached to the House, such as the Post USce,&c YVe observed too, tbe other day, that the brick paved way, on the terrace around the west front of the Capital,! had been taken up, and beautiful flag stones now supply its place. Every vear, it seems something hnsi to be altered aboat the Cafital. Wc

should be glad to see it finished, at. possible. then, to see itfy jnJW at least for a season. Alexandria Go-' sate.

. From tbe Female Advocate. ; VISITING. Few persons are so secluded ns ta be debarred from occasional isit5v and fewer still would wish to live u u(c so solitary as to fcnor nothing of the chief occupation of life. Those who keep a proper medium between tbe extremes, on their hand, pursue the wisest aod most pleasnnt course, an J taste the sweets of society, without lorfeiting the benefits, or neglecting the duties of useful occupation. Social visits, like most 'four enjoy men ts, may be made subservient to purposes of virtuous improvement and enlarged benevolence, or, if perverted, may be rendered the means of mutual contamination, and the corruption of manners. . ; . It becomes important, therefore, to understand the things to be done, or avoided, in order to render social vii its at once profitable and pleasing to ourselves and others. - Conversation forms an - important branch of this subject. And perhaps one of the most common vices of social intercourse,, is the habit of detraction and slander. It is not my purpose to enlarge on this item. But surely oae wonld think the topics of rational and pleasing conversation, at the preoent day, sufficiently numerous and varied, without indulging in so vile and nar row minded a propensity. There is one thing respecting social viit, whether in town or country, that seems to require a radical reform, and I do not recollect to have seen it discussed to any extent or scarcely allowed to, by any of the essayists in tbe prints, though I wonder how it can have escaped the watchful moralists ef the times. I allude to the custom that identifies a visit with a feast, a t itom which prevails to such an exteat that one might be tempted to suppose eat ing arid drinking were the solf ores to be desired from the meeting cf friends, and the gratification cf a g!allenous appetite the only object and, occasion of their assembling together. Time would fail to enumerate, much less to illustrate the rational objeciioiu of this custom. It is a waste of property. Many families expend, in this way, in obedience of the tyranny of custom, what that they really need to tender themselves comfortable, nnd to educate their children. It is a waste of time. Notice of th " intended visit must be given a d-r or two be forehand, that tht thrifty housewife, in addition to her other laber?,or in the necessary r.eglect f them, mat have sufficient time to adjust the needful preparations. it is an intolerable drudgery. I apI peal to my female readers for the truth of this statement, ani call on thaVemale Advocate" to relieve them from this burden. - 4 j It destroys the pleasures of viiting. by the consciousiwss of being burdensome ,on the one band. end the fatigue and lassitude, so difficult to cortcel. on the other. And when taken by surprize, or on short notice, the fair visitee is cumbered with such serving' as scarcely to find time to exchange a civil word with her visitant for whole hours together. It excites a vain emulation among neighbors, to excel each other in the costliness and luxury of their feast?, and thus tends to encourage prodigality and all the connected vices of then ge. It fosters dielectic habits prejudicial to the health, and calculated to counteract the benevolent efSorts of tbe ags in favor of the promotion of temperance. , - To bring this short lecture to a close, I hope my friends, whenever I visit tbcwu will make no extra parade of cookery, and give me the plaist tare in their nouses. And 1 give tn an notice that if they visit me, they tv ift find a friendly reception, but no luxu ries. C Welsh Flakxel; a katioxai. beaso roe MAKBVI3G. "Ilowcould yi do so imprudent a thing," said a enrnto to a very poor Taffy; "what seasor could you have for mart t ing a. girl as completely steeped in poverty a yourself, and both without the pnwpeet of the slightest proviMonf WJsVir,"' replied the Benedict, we had bfcu t a piece; and as the coLt winter weatSer was coming on, we I bought 4ba putlog them together would beaJVMeaK hen a sailor becomes 4hgh wtnwtrrejeriV?.Anw'..iPr - ,

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