Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 September 1833 — Page 1
jwcejwyes, ijydkia September 21, 1S33.
TUF. VINCENNJ3S GAZETTE, Published even Saturday, 3 3, a; 0S3331va9v!)3a
will cnon become the rendezvous of the mode of instruction pursued, and the pu
vermin, and on removing the straw or corn, thev will be found in their lodging I room's with their voung ones. The box j may he 18 or 24 inches wide, and of any
: length. 1 e auger lioies mr ingics? am;
Terms
" .r.M. it rant diirinrr the vear.
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.i ii paw in auvanre.
nils went through various exercises in
reading, writing, geography, grammar,
MEETING OF BLACK HAWK AND Wij-p. On presenting her ladyship with the
precious gems which had been sent by ,
egress may ne siuppeu ui - frame or square of hoop iron which may
U made to dron down over all the holes lion
! at once, and the box ma) then be carried
and mental arithmetic, in the most satis- j dies "a-er down east,''' she asked whence.
factory and gratifying manner Their thev came, &e. lie replied, that the. proficiency in arithmetic was astonishing 1 xzhite squaws ire very kind; they wanted A little boy, eight years old, who but a to marry him. but he told them he had a year ago was ignorant of the multiplier- pquaw whom he preferred above them all. . ft a t -
lame, sou en several com pursuer! Thev kissed him and sun? for him. and
i 00, if not paid dnrin.2 the year
51 , tor ix ruont.i. , n,i i.nv tlipn hp ran ied 1 nnestions in much les time than those who i,nn'n,i i.i.n i. Li ilmm .l.".!..,!. ,;. ... l.i.t
raprrs discontinued only at th- option ot tne - q ry tJlg ogl;j. proposed them could go through the op he would not consent. "Or said she, "1 puMhpr uhdeam arocH.. . erationwith the aid of a pencil ar d pa nisll ..ml wouW kill some more white, so t-T" dvritieinonl making one pquart or u . j ni i.nilira ,,, ,,..,r.f tor thoir mm . 11 r r .1 villte inserted three times for one dollar, and . per he books prepared tor their ue thil. vou noul( ?r) ag;un. (or ,t they give tu-enu -tn-o ,-ent for every subsequent insertion; j Silk. We hope tin one who ha the are embossed m the ordinary Loman chnr- you n these jewels for what few you
longer advertisement in the snme ratio, east portion ol ground, will neglect tojacter, and these they read with suilicient billed last summer, thev would load a
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the Wlule IMUI- lacuny. Iut me oijecuon 10 mis 111 one lora(1 jf vou ete to si hundred " By thus doing he jof printing is that it occupies too much; A little Indian boy m. ,u d asked
J he ISew ,he t hero Rh,rU Mawk, if he could
lorms a thick . Washington, nrnvided he would kill
A .Melancholy Prospect. According 1 the fifth census of the United Slates, it appears that in Massachusetts, the females exceed the males by 14.314 In some
towns of Alabama, there are ut least 20
toales to one female.
Even old maid? would find a market ia
some of the Western States
Such nrticl-s ot pro.Hice, n are 11.. n fotv p1i, nl
em tor c"u- , 1 -
scriptions, at the market price, delivered in Vm- I berry, or a lew plants
oen.iics.
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Imay it not greatly benefitted himself, make , space and is very expensive ': provisions or excite a spirit that will luiti jTestament, thus printed, f
Dig a
tiench four fcrt and a half in
ish sustenance to thousands.
quarto volume. I fie teacher explained a white man? The little urchin was an
that a new alphabet had Ik en invented, ,Pfp, .? eJ when ou become a preat -...lit '11 J " J
Among the praiseworthy eoeieties oftba
lla. We I11VP Kr)il,m ciiun nno urnnncpil
which promises more actual benefit and comfort, than that suggested in a late Hoston Transcript, to be ..tulp,; ijnt1 ,rivin!f
false alarvis of fire in warm weather socie
ty
Meadows Cattle and horse9 should equally percentile to (he touch with the trarc''
be kept ftom the mowing meadows dur Koman letters, and occupying much less
width, about two leet deep, then till it one ; jn tj)e thawing season. Old meadows space. 'I he. operation in aiilhmettc are foot with tan. scatter a I uhel of salt over e, !d recciVe a top dresrinir of well pre- also facilitated bv substituting the two let-
STR1K1R AND Til IT STOHV. Two voung C rman noblemen having fini-hed
To,,,! V in tidptPrit tmsiti.ios. for' their Collece Stion n stdved on ni lkin-
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1.. . 1 . . riii 1.. trrt .vr hii excumoH 01 Pleasure in uip umu
Mir wii tigiii uiii;'. i . --. ,
mountain?, navinsr ijpcm oecupieii one 11. i in h
the trenches ot ldteen tect in lengtti on j,.irej compost or liquid manure the tan. fill the remaining one foot with j
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good garoen 10am. neuner iuu Miuog . ; Fattening Latti e. Uur readers win the pupils are emooseeo, an.i can ot ua- wM t of lllHt ,i?,rirt ,n eR(hPrin ?pp
loo moist, but stKh as will crumble when recojfcct (hat it was asserted in a late ced by the touch all moe! a "asily as by ;Cimensof m 'tral?, thev were oxertakm by a
raked Let each bed be separated by at lCr nc ,k0 r-.r-nrr. nn the authority the eve. Some baskets. , arnet", and storm and b nigtded. iiavmsr lot their way
- UUllIl'Ul vl iuv - - J . 1cat two feet. The beds ought all to be of a pr;lcljcai jtelligeut farmer, that cat- rugs, made by the pupils in the interval . thev wain ficclv cspnsetl to tb.e sun. Plant four rows . ucui(, fatten uell c.n raw potatoes ami of school hours, were produ ed, and were j;"1 ,' 1 1 . 1 1. ..i- ... t ..... ' 1 I. . .1 I.. . .,.1 .1.11
ot Asparagus in racn neo, eaiu piam k mA Eno-lish ha v. Will some ot our rea- rerv cretitatde to uieir inuutr mi" sum
t!i-;ance of twelve inches apart. Plant ( cs.;ciimetllj r 11 1 1 1 , J
It is a leading object of the Institution to
eitiur sjiring or fall bow seen also on , i enable the pupils to earn a htehho-ui (v the br-ds. The beds should not be freely j To REM0VE pLlES FK0M A Room.-Take some mechanical employment The pucat until at least four years old, and in halt a teaspoonful of hlack pepper, m pow- pils present were, it was stated, whet, cufin.r it i? lest to ue an Asparagu. , r nti ...cnoooinl oi'lirnwn sturar. and thev were received into the institution,
knife, inwhirh case the roots will not be 1 1 h, f onul 0f cream: ryix
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icjurrtl as irequnnv Happen:-, tnmi r.ne- ,
lessncss. in the spring. tv watering me beds with salt and water, the growth and quality will be much improved.
ndrre-i about for some hours, when, wet,
thpv came to the ruins of an old eas-
ro they entered to try and find bhelt r
for the itictit. In a low vaulted room tr.ey
were surprised and alarmed to lind the embers
of a fire s'i'.I niiniin. ! earing rolibers they
agreed tint one should watch while 'the other
slent: and . loading a pistol, w inch they baf
peued to have with them, they heaped wood
upon the tire, ami one 01 't near, wrapping mm-
I'nrcrnv TIPN OF PotaTOI.S. We ex
tract fioru tlu Pm Journal of Useful j t-irnres for 1832. the following simple! 11, ode of piepaimtr Potatoes, so a to pre-' vent their sprouting. For potatoes lor sea voyages it may prove very usefulTopieere potatoes for sev eral ears. nothing tunc is necessary tb.au o heat hem; that is to sa , to irmeree them fcr a tew mirutes in hot water, piov-.ded that thev be rrtnoved before the skin i i,jned they will in this way be preset ved for a Ion 2: lime, without becoiring sour or losing their ftivor; it will be necesar, however, to be very eatclul to
wipe them drv on taking them out ol the , in America, until
water. 1 he heat ot an oven will answer :is well, if not better than hot water, pro video the potatoes are not too dry when put into the oven, so as to break the skin. From the same.
A method of knt ailing bread, by which
them vacant in countenance and melancholy in self in his cloak, lay down to take his turn of
lli. ooiromiAii nl'ioinnr hie niclii! hrciliP
well together, and place them ... the room disposition, moping u. silence, am. taK.ng n '" ihe 'time in tracing resemon a pi ate,vheie ihe flies are troublesome no inteiest in any thing. !Now their tares ,i,anc(,, of fiH.pg it, thp Pnibfrs of the fire; when, md thpv wdl soon disappear. 'are bright, cheerful, and intelligent , and 1 ,1 t on grcn, ,ioor seemed to open in the
they delight in spolts, labor, and Stud opposite to him, disclosing several aimed To -pre P.UTTh u - Take two parts of as much as any other children, lleally'it , men sitting round a tHble One of these adl0w,KL ,U1U1, ' 1 . , ,J . 1 . 1 varicinsr, ordered him follow him, saying that rebet eouimon sah, one part of sugar, and would seem that in this age and nation 01 W1S xaill Thp vmins; matu ,tar,in!; one part ot'ealt petie: beat them up, and benevolence and bet.eficence.it is n great up. seized and fired the pistol; the man fell,
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blend the whole :ogeuiei
Imprudence during thunderstorms. "Individuals, too, are still occasionally victims of their ignorance of the peculiar laws which regulate the accumulation or discharge of electricity taking refuge from thunder storms under trees - creating currents in the air, by running. &ic." Jn Elephant, perhaps the largest ever seen in this country , arrived here on Fri
day , in the brig Treaty He is eaui In bo 3 1 feet 3 inches long, from the end ot his
tail, and 0 feet 9 inches high. The pne asked for him, w- understand, is $G9U0. Vhiladttphia paper, Aug. 20. Earthquake. The Richmond Whigsaye that an Laithquake was distinctly fell ia that city about C o'clock on the morning1 of the 27th ult. An extra, of the samo
date, says "the stage driver brings mlor mation that Ikown's coal pits at Dover sunk dining the earthquake this monng, burying forty-two negroes "
extiemely ill.
Pake one misfortune to be born blind, or ev en deal who, horrid to nlate. he found that he had ; dential maid servant to her bed side, and,
J kind hearttd-jcife. A Mrs. llamsay, (said .Mis Piozzi,) whom I knew to be a most extraordinary, steady minded, and trentle mannered woman, wa9 one night
She called up l.er cotm-
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nf th.a romooMiion. lor everv six and dumb, blindness is conuneu 10 most awime imm .,.., uv ........ ; whispermg in a low tone, shiu, -jane,
"ri...,,.. it ivpII H.io ihe ivhn will not see. and deafness to such as ' tlie heart. -f.rttnorfr Intel. lamdvincr. bu
im uunvvr ui i'um 1 , ""in -
will not hearken .
mas. and close it ui lor use
Puilei cured this way, appears of a rich, mariow v consistence and tihe color, Printing for the use (f the Hind -The
and ueer acquires a brittle hardness. Edinburgh Society of Arts, have
one 1 eo
Iheir gold medal, value twenty pounds.
SWIM!. i for the best communication on this inter This is an animal so useful to the far- pctipg subject There v di in the attain mrr in the supply of food, that we must mPt cf this object, be great difficulties to give it a pacing notice. The hog is tound ; overcome, but we believe they ate not 11 .1 ... . . li 1 vi - if. 1 ittil i r. t 1 1 ........ I t . I n .infl 110 'ktn c.n 1 rt ltut tfiP
111 all liie lUipi'i aiv: iimi'in , '-"ji .t iur'i 1 uiuniii aun. , uh-j m .. ...... ...
introtluced by ! resources of science and the itigernnt l
the Spaniards, since which they fiave i art cannot be exerted tor a nobler purj
sprea
Ther
breed
auv one
has its
am dying, but make no noise, because if
Aces of Trees -According to the last you do Mr. llamsay may be awoke; you Journal f Health, there are some very know that whet, h.s s umbers are broken ased tree in the w orld Dp Candolle , a j he grows nervou and cannot fall asleep writer on the subject, thinks he has prov-! nga.n; but do you leave tne now, and come ed in mine ivav which satisfied him, that i" at the usual hour in the morning, you there are trees in the world of the ages vail then find me dead, and he w.lf hav annexed to their names below ; An Kim "ad h.s proper allowance of sleep. She 335 Vear; Cvpress. about 350: Ivv 150;'' a- ant.c.pated.
L.itrh57G; Orange 630; Olive 700; On-
1 knock down
Irrrument.
At a debating
7:;'" "'A.;,:0;,'1 "ritllll,oi,ir,ii, w.,uii.
it'i'iiji tn iv mii u iv j j 1
Lot
am o ,
V0M 15.10- Lime 107C 114S.W 2H80: Tnx '! ;
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d throughout almost eve,y pari 01 ,1.;,, l9 obvious ll.e rerut.pg rr.M-e nv loom, n,mfn 40()0 t;ooo. Vi.M)h.lh rl50 The , ; . ' ; n' Z, 't',:v""fth
care now so many varieties c tia j .in(l the characters selected tor me a. pna- Bloba. i a tree of Af.i- a, which has ,, 1 ""V" ' p' c-7or , j:, , Jl
, that it is unnecessary to dwell ou.pet must be simple and yet suuiciently , , , co to 8 f,.et in circum-; lul,,,v V b , riV. -.Z Ind 1 . .. ... ..1. . ir. 1 .1 ....,.- ,...n . . tnr. "siose 1 was courtintr a tral, and he
or uiem, a, aimwiruij oiiinci, ami mt. mut-i oiou-. '" fnrence . alt houeli it is scarcely a dozen ' ji 7 ,
ecuhr kind Hi, lum ever, ex paper. The readme by Ihe finger may fect nih ,.Juv Uambler. ;va3 10 uu 1
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will be obtained irom me same q-j.unn y ui t,emtv important to thp ir.tere.-t ol the ; seem very tedious ; nut it win not y
(lour, a loat better made and weighing firn,nr',u, i,o has a M-otitable breed, as'moana. be go laborious tin operation as
twent-ine per cent more, ihisieuuis . a mariiP,i difference in this
It instated in the London New Month
am ;m0st person- would at the first blush imd-;1v ftr!ltT;,z;nP, that the number of laminaTheylgme. The delicacy of touch arqmred v r nokn in Europe are 57, in A'ia 037,
than when I was runin her?'
Bucks Co. Intel.
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Duniiuru ... .... b - , -iinal as ions tajuiuiv .'- ...nr-. .... gme. '" M"" ce noken 111 turope are 5tW, in A'ia lJ , n.nrr r of rcrsonrdities in Comnanu At ati
bran sn about twenty pints ot water, uik- , mjhl tQ h (VO ,1, ot carcase, lateral ex ,(he blind is so gieat that it would enable jn Afrjr:l 47G, in Ametica 107G, making in ; nE.,Mnbly a gentleman entered into conversation in? care constantly to stir it with a stick, ! ' ( hreadt h of loin and breast, pro- thorn to tr ac the lettei s with almost in onp,i iin.v m.,nv of these ate dia ! with a vounz nobleman who was near him
to prevent the bran from burning at the ! , teu,u moderate shortness of1 conceivable rapidity,, and though they '.a n( t:(t,r0ni .,n.m-iVM. In Hip kinrr.i Pfi? a stranger, he made several inquiries re
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side or bottom ot tne vessel. Aiier iiav- and iirf;e gammons, with goodjwouM not 1p able to rea l so last as pering strained this liquid through a 'nen tore lcT These are essential; they are ' sons who can see, they would be able to
bag or cloth, let U be employed hot to , liUe8 uhirh will ptodure a favorable do it utTiciently quick for every purpose ,;ct,. 1.4GO.OOO speak German; 1.050,
Ktifiin uifi'itii'i Minim me iuuimvii.ii..i. balance in the amount ot ueep, and a or meni.ti irnproveineni. 1 ui1 d uu nei . instead of simple water j mi,s of vv eight which will pull dovn the 1 the greatest step ever y et devised for The advantage of this bread is that it . Vhate er kind 01 breed of swioe their instruction and enjoyment, and it wrish-morc, and that it is of much easier j ' .., e, M1 ,i)e. raising of stock, ihe' would, in most important sense, be giv-
ms perfect animals, both male and le- ing "eyes to (he blind 1
male, ought always to te selected to maue
. , n ffr i- 5 Hi. 1111, nit. turn ran 1 , -ii.... - . ...iomu.v doin of I ranee. 29.000,000 of persons! K.h poli(cn;s9 JAt jp.th, he said, "who sneak Trench, in more than seventy dia-i tiKll fat sow at the other end of the room?'
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'k I hat rir," repneu me younj iiuoiemaii, -iuui. fat sow is the Countess of D , and I bavo the Loner to bo one of her little pi;;?."
000 Celtic; 180 000 the P.aqtie, as many
Italian, and 177,000 the Flemish.
cigestioo.
rsi:ri:i. t milt:. The minibi r or plai ts which n ay he planted en nn acre lo:t rods or pohbl&4o yard 4 .'ifo feet. is a? follows :
ratsiosf
or
brec-iling of them profitable
to the farmer. The lime is now approach-
insr when we ought to look at our stock of ' ranntcal mistress she is, compelling pen
what fashion noi:s. Fashion rules the world, and a most tv
I -liy-md n 360 iy,-to 12 302 2" loi.)0 U 257 -2 12 fi.'.l 14 l222 3 4.810 15 312 3VV6 16 170 4 2 722 17 150 4 1-2 c2,lol 13 131 1.742 19 120 1.210 CO 101 1 PiD To 60 60 30 4 r.i7 2 10 5J7 40 '27
tirifrrs:r:ip.
A London paper gives Ihe following ac- r,nt!pra1n fceiine a stron? partiality for a
count of a simple invention, which may vontr itiy who?e name was Sfoijes, was dcsirour,
be the means of saving many lives: ( without the ceremony of a formal courtship, p Wednesday afternoon, an interesting ! ascertain her fceiitiments. For thi- purposo ho e 1.1 1 "fi said to her one dav with that kind of air and experiment of a new but sample mode uuLs either ie.t or earnest. 83
assisting the lnmales of a house when on. choose (o ts.ke it klf 1 wern to ask vou
rotn impending (iestruction. ("whether you are under matrimonial engagements
tu any one, which part ol your name 1 ycs miulit I take for nn answer? ' The first,'' ?aid she ia the same tone. ... 1 . . ..I- :r :..l:nn.l .
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farm haslo spare, will soon put them in a the breath out of our body by tight lacing Weeks, the brewer of Stockwell, and con ! form slic an ciigaeement, should a person offer
thriving condition. A small pasture lot,! she makes people sit up by night, when : sjp, nf a broad sheet of canvass, with nu ! who loved you and was not indd?erent to your
particularly an orchard, where ihey can they ought lobe in bed keeps them in mPl0U3 loop-holes at the border, to admit have the benefit of the young apples that' bed in the morning when they ought to be! jne o-rasp of persons in attendance in the
' fall, and ot which ttiey are very tono,i up ano uoing; snc tnaues u vulgar 10 wait j Ptretr.hin ot the sheet. I he lorem in ami
No. tlants. hous, and the thousand varieties of gar-1 pie to submit to the most inconvenient fire to escape fi
3,30 base, the surplus of the kitchen, cellars, things imaginable for fashions sake she t,10k place in Prilge lload, Uorough, near fill I . . II ill' I . 1 .
and barns, ouglit to ie careiuiiy ieu 10 , pincnes our reei with stioea, or rtioRrs us tJ)P Police station .
them, which, with the. sour milk that a! with tight necKerciuets, or squeezes aili The apparatus is the invention r air
will add much to their appearance and on onc'9 self, and genteel to lit e idle and
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growth, so uiai wuii uie uioppuig 01 iiiKjUfcirss, 011 iii.iiv':-? pfupit: irii wneii uiey
er 1 1
pr.STI'.OVING BATS AND MICE.
How c r pot, invert u on a
latg
HOPE 5 or Take, a
toard or shue, :im! sink it in the groun.i r.eaily level with tie surface, opposite the hole in the bottom of the pot and
about two ieclu trom the surface or en trance, tna be suspended on a crookec
piece of wire, a smooth wooden roller, like. Ihe cas'er of abed post. This the mouse will leap upon, and from thence be rrecipitated to the bottom fiom whence it
tan neer escape; and hundreds may be caught in the same trap without any trouble of resetting The surface may i l,e sprinkled with a chaff or short straw,, and a nmiure ot" grass and clover seeds about the hole. The roller may be be-, Imeared with lard ar.d dusted over with ,
rtr n itmeal: in vcl
mav be set over tb.e hole to keep it dr
. i 1
1 have HlVenien uiiumri riy muihc : moSe or rat trap, the difference is only in the size. An old packing box, tour in ches deep for mire, ar.d mk tor ias is divided into lodging rooms four or six inches -quare. Kar.li lodging room has two auer boles in it, the size oj a mouse or iat, whichever the trap is intended lor, as the rat particulaily alwa) s resquires lo have a back door lor retieat The U xes may be placed utuier heaps of straw, 01 r-nm in barns, sheds, or c aniens A few
leaves of half thrashed oats may l e over them iu the latter p'lice, which
"rain in the wheat fields which they will would rather stay at hotnp, eat when they
! carefully pick up, and the early pnmpkinsj are not hungry she invades our plea- ' as thev begin to ripen, will almost bring: sure and interrupts our business compels
them into a state, fit for the butcher. Hogs people to dres gaily, whether upon their fed, or rather treated in this way, will re own property, or that of other, whether quire very little corn or peas to makejagreeable to the word of Go I, or the diethem marketable, and will make ample j tales of pride she ruins health and prorpturns tor the little labor or expense in (luces sickness destroys life, and occa-
i fattening them. This pork will not cost j sions premature death; she makes fools
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over s - 00 pei cwt. and it isuieoniy way .oi pun iu?, invaiios 01 cuuoren, ano serin winch it can be made profitable. To! vants of all; she is a tormenter of confat hogs on corn in this day of improve jscience, a despoiler of morality, and an ment, without this previous preparation, is jcnemy of religion, and no one can he her
very bad policy, and ruinous to the lar companion and enjoy either; she is a des mei because the main required in the fat- pot ot the highest grade, full of intrigui
tening of them is ol moic value in mat and cunning, and yet husbands and wives, ket than the animal so fattened. If is ; fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, therefore important to the farmer, that he land servants, black and white, have volshould now look to his hogs, and by taking ,untanly become her obedient subjects and tuMO bv the forelock, when fall comesjslaves, and vie with one another, lo see
ieo mil wiiii 1 tJ without much extra ex pcne, w ill be. who shall be most obsequious, weather a tile, J ' . ,i. .1 a
at anv lime teaoy ior uik ui.ntvei. j breed has lately been introduced on Long Island, which at filleen and eighteen months of age, with ordinary keeping, will weigh between 4 and oOO This kind has a remarkable propenit to fatten
CulumLia Sentinel.
self, what part of your name milit I then taka
i. an answer . The last.' 'And if I tell vou that I love vou, and ask yevx
fireman of the Protector Fre Office, as! to form such an engagement with me, then what also numerous police constables, were in! part of your name may I lake ?; 1 1 ,1, mi,0, c 'Oh then,' ren ted the blushing cul, take Ihi attendance, and a considerable number of M jn Buch l JJM ctceruy scientific and other persons were present nsin lf of yourtJ The ovass being stretched by the assist-' "is almost needless to ada, that tbey were
anoe of the firemen, policemen, and pas sengers. a young man named Mr Norris, a sergeant of the police, and several other persons, leaped several times from the
roof, and other parts ot the house, ana
alighted with perfect safety. Several magistrates and other distinguished persons witnessed the proceedings, and seem ed convinced that, of every means of rescuing the inmates of houses, when on fire, from the risk of perishing in the
pot of the highest grade, full of intrigue ! flames, this simple canvass heetsis the
most effective, the most portable, and the most certain of being adopted as aa effec
tual lrfe-preserver.
soon a.'tcr married.
i.NSTKL'cTiotf or Tin: m.iM). A correspondent of the N. Y. Journal
of Commerce gives the following account of a late examination of some ol the pu pils of the N. Y Institution hr the instruction of the blind Cincinnati Jour
The teacher explained the ingenious
The amount of fuel consumed in the
process of iron making, is almost inconceivable, bv those unacquainted with the
subject. A gentleman who owns two fur nace- and a forge in New Jersey, has in formed the editor cf the Journal of Com rrerce, that his annual consumption of fu
el is about sixteen thousand cords. Twen
ty thousand acres of woodland, such a is
to be found in the iron regions of New
Jersey, aie deemed hardly sufficient to enure a permanent supply of fuel for a incrle furnace. The number of furnaces jo Net? Jersey, are twelve.
A den of petrified snakes was discover
ed, not long since, in making an excursion, on the slope of a hill, near Cumberland,
Md. They were coiled and folded togetn er in every variety of manner. The petri
factions were well maiked in renei upon the faces of the stones found in the den
The snakes have been carefully preserv
ed.
Quick fMter Delivery. The late Duke
of Oueensburv undertook for a heavy bet to
convey a letter fifty tmies ti'Uftin an-uour
The letter was inclosed in a cricket-hall,
and thrown from one to the other of twen tv-four expert cricket tdayers, an I deliver ed wilhiu the time, Quarterly lleic-
A NOV liLTV. Wc learn by the Baltimore American that i 1 one of the Southern Atlantic cities, a -entlerun n was recoiillv nominated in the newspapers as a candidate for the Statu Senate, by a kind friend bel.a-ing to the very numerous family 01 'irianv oteis.' In the nomination he 13 pronounced to he 'qualified for the ofhee.' The nominee dissents irom this opinion, and informs his friends, through the s-ame paper, that it is altogether a mistake; he does not possess 'one 1 1 . . -.rfifli-i liim in tlifi.r cl.ffYn
single requibnu iu .nni-- ....v.
"e:;.v ' Wn the f;rst place, I prefer cold water to all
kinds of firo?. iZJly, oon t fmoke. jgi), 1
know nothing ot gumblinc;. Itldy, I uon t Delons to any of the admirable sporting clubs of our city . Under these circumstances, I should be daft clean demented to expect tho support ot
the Patriots of 8 , for any oltice wn.iiev er
ror these and other reasons thereunto me moving, I decline, with dux respect, being a candidate for Senator.'
A celebrated toper, intended to go to a ma-querade, consulted an acquaintance ia what disguise he would advise him to go, and receive ' far answer, 'Go sober, for once in vour life, and I shall undertake, that not" one of your friends will know you ' If you wish to annoy a little man, qaizhiai about his diminutive stature. He will effect to hei-li ut -himself ; but will fur all tua.thate yo'i Tike t'ue J.vi!.