Vincennes Gazette, Volume 13, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 January 1844 — Page 1

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"11 tt1 ' i' Our Country's Ty.z and IXcnry Clayratriotic Whi Sons-. t K 1 l.lli'l Rt, IS aUna; IIi.xiiv Ci u, nl! men mu-t say IV) banner needs tor him, alone; We j r o u d ' v siv, fur Henry ("lay. Our Country's FI.it; and his .no one! r'r vn low hoinnnin,; ho lie rose, liv his own i tlhrts huh to tame. With ho,',. an' imwr that spuru-u repc -rt-at iK'i.rv Lhav, eve. Ve F-.-o no special II ig lor aim; d MiC tie i;oe.i to pre p ;i:s tame: ointrvs glorv at! hi-" theme; '.-.".irv el oi'.ios his n inn ! motive nr.; .1 bv wim!i!i or power Can .vav him with the Into of gain; Iie.-!i;i sii-! tMis tier every hour, Mt country w i!l her sou sn-Uei. IF it IF'orv CP v. A..'. l.-;h: : W!.,e !',, IF- cn-mr IF- im:k,! ! u.i 'vt gtu !e. re ; o -cut, d ins' I) his Ilea bouea'.'l his fc.-t. 0,ir Ai::iv. aii-l our g:ill.i:it 1'U et; ).,r ii iu a: i.l riIits wh.ito-or no rail, Hv him Mi-:.ut.o!. with him wo c;e t. (.;;e.it II( ::ty t"! i; , ev. Wh.-i i-.s.,V.; -e ! y U.-iti.-U LorJs. rh .1 uiiij ii:n o';r lights m:r, .! mv! r.!i bir!-rons .-v.- hoi.Ies, I . ' .! oui i. in 1 in horri;l v:ir. Our Chiv thou e'.ieered our ilUr.t tars. An. I fire,' the M!.h-fs tn.uily hroist. ; h '.rv oiow n-.I a:n'. Ii tior-J roi-i! (J t it Ileorv t'!i. e. W:;e:i h,-. To !:im: of i' , n Oave pro J 1 1 . r it n its we p.- tee, 1:1 1 :ei;-i l.in.ls, ;s eotiM.iet ei is-,1 dUOl.t, t v.is .huie hv uhio h.ii'.ils. Mm l.iieuts t!:ere As i .ti- .l !im hi. -o pU,!l.!l 1 !l l.P, !i i i pu' !; htm:'; An I with him. when itturnnij, h me a et ; , .'i.e, .4 s;mhi;; ohnuh e.ttlH'! ( ."rout !h .o ie- v I' i w i v i mr-i H I il jvo pi-, i , ..o. f ever k '!' lu i t :. ii.ii ii.. 'et p. it t v !'i ft ;t I p;ttv st. .nil. Th Hi A I'l.'n Uit 'i -t w hu h our s me.u,t t 1 he:t-h uefen m , the ; ;. (. the l i ie i f-'.i rot. !.;in: tiie: !. ( ' . i .it i'i I:: V t,-..l V, vV. 0. ( I 1 ;tt ke;;s ,i Four th it i.i; toi: i!;iv. hust tiint; on. tv ,! her Ilenrv Oiiv t: 1 0 ,01 ru'i s, :,er ; t' 10 i.o hi e lost son: lie uuttv too.I l 't In it ? es at h on. !)eo'i i to the p-u'i' ar..t t-'os ,i:r...t It, P;:ii:.ti p .e e iu ' uea :, w.u. ti.-eat Hetny (hay, iV e. hi tuti, Ohio, Mht-1 iy, 1 Ft. ,nv not when we have reiul any thine so as the thought oxpiosse,! in tho fewWo:;'., We k-

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ho;i:t a ehor.l A'!neh watoics swowt, t..0Ug'l I'.aitit . e t:iu-;e 1:1 t.-spoii-e; A Thoujul otcv a Cradle.

out H T W I 1. 1.1 s. i ion when th, hi -ouii-st to my snule, Ohl,..l of .in- o r! ! treuihio to hehev 0 I'll it o or the mirror ot' that eye ot h'.uThe -Ii.i i i v ..!' my hear! wii! always pa--; A heait that from its -tru; j,!.' with tho wari.l, Oof.i s niht!v t 1 tin cuanloil er.v'.'.o h Miie, Am 1 e.ue'e-- of i!:e s! lining Kist it hruts. Asks tor its id. i! Sit.iiijt', tint ilo.ver- of oatth AlO vi-O.e.l ! V oveiv air that tirs, bo in Anil i!i ink in s'.ve. tn J'il.U .-iillis vvitlilM us s ,,my, w hi'.e tho ehtl.l iea.-t a hi ni for heaven. M iv t.iki Ami lua h'e.-ni-h from the breath of lovo he hii.:!;t hoover. I liave we; t o ;ft of this fair elnhi! 111 tier. But, oil ( !oil! '.eavi'v mv heart at tunes nul if Thou ha-t -;iven .1 spo'.less fl w er, t ' ' .'vo it Hiht 1 , -..-'.(' 'i.iiu ine! ' - iv r e ; i ' .v tho liaht "i.i. ;ny ollihl. . when near to heaven! - sit t. .mil lit utious to Dance. . S. AKi'HVK. ho nloa'ir of vour h-Ui-.l for lli tici v.e: 8a;d Mr. (.Ireen. il'.i.vn, Miss Atuloison?' ru!tlrossinr a yoiino- ;nlv to whom he hud been iutroJitofl an evening psrty 'Thank vou, sir, I never dance," was tho snnewhat grave reply, and the young lady drew back her head with .1 gnuy. Never dance!' th? m ung man said, in a slight tone of surprise, seating himself beside Miss Anderson as he spoke. 'I thought all young ladies danced.' 'No, sir. All do not dance. I know verv manv who never eniiago in any thing so idle and trilling as dancing.' Idle and irdlmg! What do they do, prav. at evening parties7' 'F.ngage in rational and instructive conversation, sir. Life is too serious a mat ter to waste in mere dancing, placed here for hiohr-r purposes nar: 1 think dancing smfo1." H e are For my 'Dancing sinf.il!" eu 'ed the voting

ma;i. 'lxousie mo, hut 1 shou'.l in! uiau it you wouivl point out in what its smi'u'i-uo?-con-isls.' It 1? ;i w.istrt of time, for one thin :, ami that is Hi.ful. Ami ih mi ;t is a more nnmsoinf-nt. l-'very rcrlnitio; mini must see that the design of our Creator in placing us here, h;il relVronoe t sometiling uhove iilio pleasure t: ki 111: anil any dv'v;.i;ioii on our part li ni the tleiin must he sinful.' 'Yes, out von must reni'Miihor, that all

work r.tul no plav makes Jack hoy. 'A mere hi'e avi:;.:.' dull 'Not ;U ;;!, Mis? Andri'on. truth, e. jiri's'se i though it he.m phrase, ami one of verv ner-;! lt is a homely a ppl ieation Mi a si will aIn .,1necJs 1 eereuw Hut not siH'li reerration r.s ihtn citiT. 5urolv, on wili not i-ill jumping ah out on tie1 t! ' r 10 ;he music of phmo or a 10 iiu. eoiivluet f .,- 1 1 t!i o.i . ti liemir. Look, iio.v, at that ei;:'.ieu! l it no;, hard to com in ( your i tii.'it the yoanjr, laoies 1 an.i o('ii.;eoio;i w, 1 . i ooin pi jsie K are reailv in tut-:r -eu-o -. Aii'l so .--.j t.iiMiv it Mnhil t uanet Mr. (ireen saul. atu'r nr.us;:ti a in un eit t' or t o o to t w ho; her or n it w hi 1,1 bo w.'os'i,!. w ok;s to e I ic viuiii'' !o,!'. ihat d nl 'u or to eoe.viuee mom.' u as in nocrn: m ii.-eif, u !i.i p 1: ;;.-;j :ml mm. Hi-- 0 ui -I 1ms armsifn-nts. hill I'oaliv usoi in ;! w jt'.i :.e u 1 t., Ta-u-iou as not to n ,ts;o ri ,1:1 ! swi r. w 1 - an ' I Ii, 1.. 11 ::o: to 0 veil I : llllol. 'Oil Oil -Jit 1 p jie in it, hv an v no ons, he us I do no;, an 1 a ve felt ee v lirigly 1 m ;si - eotnuiene-'d, oil.' Ii'ss eonscienAml so saino, Mr. 'nl ." b iu m, tune'd ; 'r.t r. In t It i-s next sal 1 jjravoiv. mv lae!s .Hid tot reshfss 1 v-t s:n . I iaui st t k on: nous t..an ;rse'l ,Pf ( ro-n a ruse, an . 1 s' au av in ' .it" -li o! oiit r l.e w;-s in i"e : 1 i s. 1 k n -w lie 'tul won! .'i retn- 1 Mi An iees-Mi remarked s -.r.-a-ticallv. t ) y .;:ig iadv hy her side, as s!ie (rem wnh Ins parttit r complete iw Mr. a new Hi. "Saiall 1M- IV wo .P.! nice a nioht if si. 1 ro i! ! t a partner, wan!, hold kind - f curl, ac.v .SSio's n for!iow ! 1 never CO", l 1 P dance a; sorre in or her. a funeral, I i, if 1 SI; would laugh and 1 b'-heve. I s!iou!d he ad a'd her idle words ;. a;is wt a f r. . . : i!u tigh.J, ! d. -n't s ippo. , ev, r pis-ed through her hea i. And iu-; 5. e how foolishly she dresses. W'lut us I should like to know, is there mi tha.t hu: 1 of flower- ei ht-r liau . Or in :h Si ro-i it-, d 1 u rvt r 5 llut'ihey're th!.e 0 a res a' ou ( r 1 w I r I m ih great d. a! hetts. And her sieves too .; such iiul 'coming thing-! la -: Id-liio i, and that's a'l And there's l.'uedin" an; t 'oil, uon. Sh e ii .tie une at:e;n!m(j on o r sic -i-( r. Jo look a: Mary Walk1. 1 1. 1 . .1.1 1. r s wa.si: : ill s,,e incetl 10 neat.i: n leFiv m akes me angry to see girls act so. She il,i k Henry Jacobs admires a small oait, a;.d so screws herself up to please his eye. It's t .0 had! Well thank goodness! I neer was Mich a simpleton. And there's Caroline Murry with her sis , 1 ter's dress on! Or. I su vpose tie. have intone Tood dress between f them, and go aiternat It is certain you never e them to; joiner. IVrhans there is a reason whv thv cannot hot.'i leave ipuno togetner, sug . i gested 'die Iadv by her side. No doubt of it',' sai l Miss Anderson. 'Tiiat otie -Ir-oss is fue, reason no doubt ol it! Vou wouldn't catch me out in any V else s (Ii ss, 1 know! I'd he above ; ung m;o companv unless L coukl appear uiv own ciotiies. Ate vo i particularly acepiainted with irolme Murrv an 1 her sister!' asked the 1 1 No nor no !o I w ish to he I never tu co;. ipanv w 1 1, ! of their frivolous charae Whv tl von call fh?;n frivolous, Miss A nd or'iui : Look and iudoo fr vourseM. 1 heri ( hir, iliue. now before vou. Watdiher face fir ten minutes at a tun - and sec i it h-'S otve a s"ri as exi res-ioti. Listen toner eoti versnion. and note rf she utters a serious word. All is froth and chafL' Vou do not know Miss M'urrv, I tin' was the lady's piiet reply to this. 'I I ,in iii.1 v.m woiihl csriuiate hrr ililleientiv.' This; rebuke offended Miss Anderson. and she replied a littla warmly 1 am ne.; in the habit of forming a wrong estimate e-f people. A tree is readily known bv its fruits.' Jtit!y said,' returned the la dy hy her side, and then as neither of them felt ,.-.,,-.!. iii!in.i,! Ir nontinii ill conversation till!'. .1 ill. .1.1 v .u v - idi the oilier, a prolonged s.Unee lol lowed. AfierMr. Creen had danced long enough to satisfy his excitable heels and tees, am had thought over in the nvan time, Mis Anderson's objections to tho innocent amusement iu which a large proportion of the younger members of the company were engaged, he felt curious ta have little more talk wil her, and so took vacant seat by her side. Can't 1 prevail upn you to bo my part ner in the next eti he said jocosely. 'No, sir, von cannot!' was the prompt t- m- 1 ';'.- not -a featuro relaxed front tip.,, il? degnifieJ, half otTended expression.

I wish I could induce you t.i get upon t!ie floor. 1 am sure yon wt uld tcel bcller,' urged .Mr. (Jreen good humoreoly. 'If you art! so enxious to dance Mr. (ireen, you can get plenty of pHrtner.?. There is Caroline Murrry. Xhu's always in market for a cotillion.' This was said with a very perceptiblo biieer. Now Mr. (ireen was in the habit of saying plain things, ma plain way to almost every ouh. Me meant no offence:

hut it was a fading with him so many of his friends thought to speak out up'on nearly all subjects the exact truth as it appeared to hnn. It was this peculiarity of his character which caused him to reply, notwithstanding Miss Anderson was only a mere acquaintance, after this fashion. r (; not. . - tu -r0!i. to eiipal. out the plain truth as ii strikes me. I don't think dancing at all to be compared, tts an evil, with the spirit that prompts us to speak unkindly and censoriously of each other. Caroline M uity might dance with every young man in the room, and yet be perleetiv innocent hut you cannot in dulge m the temper that caused vou to allude to her as you did jut now, without oounnitlino sin.' I lo;!"stl v and juscly spoken, Mr. ( Ireen!' ?aid the lady to o iioui Miss Anderson had so freely indulged her i!l-nainred remarks. I ;i:id we are gt-mngtwo pule s in our evening social assemblies. A dancing p.-Mtv, and party too conseicneious to indulge m any amusement-. The latter. ha iulT nothing to do but to set and look on, and finding their Mibjoets of conversation . alher limited, soon lad to work and cr.ticise, and find fault with tho-e around them wh do not look upon (he world with their eyes. And what is even worse, too often ii.du'ge in an ill-natured and wicked L'oinotit ol llieir motives. '10.1 do not refer tome, I hope,' Miss Anderson said, lookmg tin; lady somewhat st-'rnlv in the fare. Vou know, my yo ing friend, whether or no vou have acted as I have said. If not, then I could not have alluded to you. If you have done so, however. the wi-e course for you is to go and sin no more in this respect.' 'Thank you, ma'am!' returned Miss Andeison w ith otiended dignity ,and turned awav. In a few moments after sho arose and s-, ought a place in another portion d the room, beside a voting lady with whom sh;? could iiiterehanoo (ie very sentiments that it best pleased her to utter. 'Dancing verses ill-nature! hieh is most sinful? That is the cause lo be iried,' said Mr. Creen, half laughing, a Mis nderson stepped uit'.i a slow, dignified air across ttie room. Ves, that has cenc lobe the question,' 1 1 . , 1 i - 1 . lemaMven me i;tu serious, v; 'And one not hard for serious people lo 1 ueeiu c. No. I Jut, unfortunately, ihere are too lew m society who tn nk tor themselves. ind fur themselves determine principles of action. Panoino;, for ln-tance, is pro nounced an evil 111 certain influential quar ters, and lorthwith we find a number of persons who before had danced without the first thought of evil, giving up the deighiful moans of socia. enjoyment, seat ing themselves liko stocks at an evening i.iriv, and throwing a chilling influence. ver every one who happens lo come in ontact with them. It is not the soundj ictate of their own unbiassed judgement thai has led them to this course; but the mere resnltof perceptive opinion. They lo not, in the light of rational intelligence, h'toruiino a thing to bo evil, in just the 1 -greo that it is done from an evil end. Thev know nothing of tho doctrine that it is the end from which a thing is done, that gives quality to the action, and deter mines it to be good or evil. Isut, U is iniuuat: d into liieir minds that dancing, for instance, is wrong, ami lortnwiui iney 15'ive up dancing, which is only an innocent amusement of joyful feelings inep.sured re;ouse of the body to exhilarating music but retain all their ill-nature, selfishness, love of detraction, and every evil suieouon 01 tneir corrupt nearis. I .T- I.' . I Instead of shunning these evils as sins ihev give up dancing and indulge four fold.' " Really, you are warm upon the suhject,' Mr. (ireen said, with his usual frankness. It is because 1 feel warmly in regard to it. There is Mis Anderson, who has iust left u-5. oil uid. 'd by my plain speak ing. She has, among other ill-natured remarks, alluded to Caroline Murry and her sister, in a very unkind manner. And yet ihe Miss Murrys are her superinrs in rverv wav mora v. as well as iutelleetuallr. Let me relate to you an incident in which all three were concern ed, and which bears upon a sneering re mark made by her a litde while ago. Yon are aware, I presume, that when Mr. Murry died, he loft an embarrassed estate In the settlement of this there was a good deal of mismanagement, finally resulting in the loss of every thing, except an annuity of two hundred dollar each for the two daughters, who, hy the death of their father, were left alone m .-ie world at tho early ago of sixteen. They were twin-sisters, and tenderly attached to each other. An aged aunt had always lived in their father's house and been dopendent upon him. She was, of course thrown destitute upon the world. Hut

ihe atroctionate guls would not permit liu to be separated from them. They look a small, neat !;oue, and low rent, and after furnishing it as comfortably as was required, had the residue of their father's furnit .re, which had been left with them, sold, and the amount obtained from it, invested so as to swell their regular income. This it did but slightly. Here they still live, with their aged aunt, ministering to all her wauls, and denying themselves in various ways in order to kcap a home for her. To their slender income they add whatever they can earn by sewing, lnit it requires great economy and prudence for them to live and the practice of constant Siif-denial. Hut you always find

them cheerful. Look at Caroline now Is there a heppier or sweet, r face hero to-i gif . Her temppr is ss sweet as her face. She looks upon every one with kindness, ami never speaks of another except to ailudo to some good quality. "During the early part of winter, an effort was made among the members of the church to which both the Miss Murrys and Miss Anderson belong, to raise a certain sum to buy fuel, food and clodinc for the poor of the congregation, Anderson is an orphan as well as ers but with this ddlVreuce she Miss ie olhhas an income of two tliouand dollars a year, and they n ! have sa; !, but two hundred eat: Well, it fell to my lot to call, with 1 .Miss Anderson. Whet! we sia'eu our rrand. sh" drew herself lit) eoe!v, rev! said that she made it a point net to give to poor people. Their 1 poverty was usually their own fault, and to supply their wants was only to eneour age them iu idleness and improvidence We did not urge the matter upon her, for! we wisneii an wno gave to no so in e.ieerfulness and freedom. Our next call watipon ihe twin sisters. 1 cannot soon forge: that interview. Ili:!i mvs'-lf, and the frien 1 who accompanied m. were on terms t'f close intimacy with them, and thev therefore concealed nothing from us. I need not go ihto a minute account of the interview. Its result wrs briefly this. A de:ermimi;on to give twenty dollars. The. stun w;, a large one for them, but it iva given in the spirit of pure self-sac-rifiee for tho good of others. They were enabled to do it in this wav. Their aunt is quite old, and they n ver on that account leave her alone. On of them always remains with her. Of course both eoti'd not go into company at the same tin . Caroline was dressed to go eu shi pping when we culled upon them, and was going to purchase two handsome dresses, the patterns of which they had chost n wiih some other things, preparatory to the coming social season. After we had stated our errand, Caroline thought a moment, and then proposed to buy only one dress, as thev could never go out together, to be worn bv the one whose turn I 111 I . , 1 it should be to go into com piny. The sister instantly acquiesced, with a cheerful pleasure that really caused the tears to dim mv eves. We remonstrated hut they seemed to feel it to be an obligation, which as Christians, thpy owe i to ihe poor thanked us for reminding them ' f their duty, and handed us twenty dollar-! Now. as a sequel to this, I cannot help alluding to the fact that the young lady who was too conscientious to give to the poor, and too conscientious to dance, did not hesitate to sneer at thee sisters, because r,e had made the discovery that they owned hut one party dress, alleging it as her belief, ih'A the reason why only one of them was seen in companv at a time, was Iv -cause they had only one decent dress between th-m" Mr. Green sat silent and thoughtful for . 1 -ii seme time alter hu companion nan ci ased speaking. Then he made his own com ments nnon tho incidents related. 1 hese t ncd not be mentioned here. lie soon after moved to the side of Caroline Mur rv, and kept his place most of the evening. lie found her intelligent, and kind m her allusions toeveiy one even to Miss An 1 derson, pitying rather than censuring ner fdr "her falseviews in regard to dancing. and making the excuse for her of a de fective education: After that. Mr. Creen was a rcgu'ar visitor at the house of the sistnrs. Mis Anderson sneers at thh hut w ill no doubt attend Caroline's wadding soon, as she will be invited. '1 say, hoy. whose horse i? that you are riding?' ' W hv, it's daddy's.' Who is your daddy?' 'Don't you know? Why, Cmde p.jtc Jones.' 'So you are the son of your ntHo ?' j Whv ves, I calculate I am. Vou sc. ( dad got to he a widower, and married mother's sister; so I reckon he's my uncle.' Dov yon are not far removed from a fool.' ' Well, as we ain't mor'n three feet apart, I think iust as you say.' Good morning.' Good moriiiti . You d.dn t corns that time, stranger.' It An up-country gallant, not long since, went over to see his 'bright pnrtic.Hiar.'

and after sitting for nearly half a (lav the monuments prove tnai uie negro race, without saving a word, at last got up amFSoOO years ag , was in the same position n-t 'Wal, I reckon it's gettin' feedin'j as at present, plehiaus, servants and slaves;

timei mud Uo nrrnin flna- nvpiiai' jyou ad, Miss Nancy!'

Editorial Writings. The Alexandria Caz -tie oa s : A few

days ago the National late ligenetr had! some sensible rtin;;,ks en the subject of ! editing a paper. One idea expressed has frequently struck us with great force. Many people estimate the ability of a newspaper, and the industry an j tdlenls of its editor, by the quantity of the editorial matter which it contains. It is compaialively an easy task for a frothy writer to pour out, daily, columns ef irmuls vor.is upon any and all subjects. His ideas mcv flow in "'one week, wadiv, everlasting flood," and his command of language may enable him to string them together like hunches e.f onions : and yet his paper may he a meagre and poor concern. Hut what is the labor, the toil of such 3 man, who displays his leaded matter" ever so largely, to in;-;t imposed on the juu,cious wed informed editor, who exorcises his vocation with an hourly consciousness of its responsibilities and its duties, and devotes himself to the conduct of his p iper with the same care and assiduity that a sensible lawyer bestows upon a mil, or a humane physician upon a patient, without regard to show or display Indeed, the mere writing fart of editing a paper, is but a small p rtioii of the work. The industry is not even shown there. The' care, the time employed in Selecting is far more important and the t ut of -a good editor is belter shown bv his s -lections than by any thing else :U1, tint, we all know, is half the battle. Hut as we have s:,i 1, an editor ought to be estimated, and his labors understood and appreciated, by the general conduct of his paper its tone its temper its uniform, consistent course us principles its aims manli I . . i I . 1 ness us dignity 11s propriety. 1 o pre serve these as they should be preserved, is enough lo occupy fully the lime and attention of any man. If to this be added the general supervision of the newspaper establishment, which mos.t editors have to encounter, the wonder is, how they can find time, or room to icritc. at all. Halt. Pat. . Ilcpcd Zn. 'Captain,' said an up river rafter as he stopped aboard of a boat at the landing yesterday, 'what tiine'li you be off.'' In a few moments now; ihe second helds rung,' replied the captain. 'J ust in time,' said the rafter. 'Well, I want to know whether vou wouldn't take a few lines lo W din' ;r us We! sa d the cap lain, " 1 don't know the laws of the postdiice department are very strict, and Mr w I 'I boats t 1 fl'a has a'r 'No f'u.r .uiv ptosecitted several o' that,' sail the rafter; 1 ! know Wi.-khfl'- like abv k: his aunt's niece and U is a cousin to a friend of my wife; ilou t cere a n. 'Well. well.' repdied the captain, 'fetch ihe lines .-.board; can you keep dark?' h yes,' sau! l! ! ih.. r ifrer w 1 1 h a vv 1 a i . ' ! understand: ihankee. ' In a few- minutes the rafter ,, 1 . 1 . 1 was seen ro tin"' a Iiu T-e store mix tin me gangway plank v. ml 011 to the forecastle. Hallo, there! what the deuce is tha cries the oapiam. tiuii line-V said exclaimed ra fie 1 !mm d ne captain,"! thought that it was a letter you wanted me to take.' 'No, no, a box cf clothes lines for my grocery in Wheeling; but for the matter of a letter, if you've goi a (dark that could wr'de me one afore you. start. I ' 'Go ashore go ashore!' said the captain, as lie rang the 'last bell,' laughing in spite of himself; 'l'l! take your bloody dim s back h -r! Hoped in, by golly.' And away puffed tin; 'Express Mail' one way, and the nftci another. "e ? o " - The Tut ). Snm r.- I'r. f I on-feliow, in one of his lieaii'it'ul compositions, in speakm? of the human heart, say s: U 'hat I have se n .if tho world ami known of the histoiy of m.i: kind tenches me h look upon tho errors t 1 other, in soirow. not in au-'-r. When I hike th.- lu-tory of one poor he. at that has si. mod a i ! .-uhvied, nud remosont to invself the st.uu'-h' a o.i lempta lion, it lias pa-ed ihrouuh; ihe f, v, i;-h impii etude of hope and fears the pu -uro of wai.tthe desertion of fi iends that has little ehuritv-- ! i too .! tie sanctuary 'o::e lia ind t'iiic.ttimi!.' voices within he:, hh iiu'ss ouo t'Vt'ii ho;,e, that i rni.il lis nicest mini 1 would fain leave tho erring soul ot man with hen Ir on wiv i , ids. il eauv. Singular firoan oiinecfi-Mis line boat Im! ana, Copt. Ti'ih.-t-, I -The L this nl ace a feW d a y . F'luce with a large iinai1 her of pass uigt rs on board, mostly oiefamily, consisting ol a w ile with two litisbands (1st and "d, the 'Jd having th throe sets th ot ,) ami ll, i ol do. grand children. The par'it s lood in the relation ot Frotuers air t-'rs and ha'f-si!TS, ledl-brode uncles and r- s i couseis and La 'U-ltl; ami t ogr: t.-.l i ren Pwere am : F ,t rs t ihe w hole. U !;: still more singula K-iTwlz were i j ', ri i ne wile aim feet good F n w o I i 1 , , first marriage having been annuo vorce. the parties afterwards d bv hoe; friends, am! the who!-; group were moving to the West together, where lle-y will probably find plenty of room, as tins "is fl great coun'ry." Cure. llcr. ,Ce rr Mr. Gildon, the lecturer on Egyptian Antiquities, says the insr nptiomi on tn'p.ni were the same in i r in -1 o v i n g, care forgetting people, delighting to play upon

the 'banjo,' and jump Jim Crow.

Hotel Des Invalids. The Asylum of the old French soldiers the Hotel of Invalids is thus described by Tlnirlotc Weed. ' I have 110 where regretted mv ignorance of the French language so keenly

as iu my visit to the "Hotel des Invalids" where you see oOOO of Napoleon's veterans. It would have been equally a source ot insiruction and enjoyment to converse with the surviving actors in the scenes' which wi!l render Huonaparte's Campaigns memorable in all coming time. As it was, I could only look at the men who earned the Eagles of France into Egypt and dragged her cannon over tho Alps men whose lives, for 20 years, were little (Ue than a continuous conflict men themes for the imagination. I saw the men who, in ihe language of Lord llyron 'ever McpCup"-! Lite arm their feven. d hands must grasp in waking.' Hut though speech was denied me, my eyes were furnished with Messena, and Davoust, and Kleher, and Haruedotte, and Ney, and S-'HiIr, and Junot, and Murat, and I mnes and Mortier, at Marengo and Auster 1 it, and Wagam and Lutzen and Ho'.ipnhnden ami Jena and Lodo and Kivoli and Aboukir and the Pyramids. Hero too were men who, afier encountering all the other dangers and horrors of war, saw thousands of their comrades perish under the snows of Russia in their eiisastrous reiieai from Moscow. All those men have about their persons the most unequivocal as well t'.s ihe most painful evidences of the haul servic-f they have rendered. All, or nearly ad here, will show you the bidlet hole or ihe sabre cut to which he is imh-bted for his medal of the 1 Legion of Honor.' And certainly half of e.'l I saw could tell you upon which of the fields of blood they left an arm or a leg. This magnificent Hospital lias a payments for 501)0 invalids, ami soon after 1814 contained nearly that number: but time and a ' hang peace' has t'uum d their ranks. It covers I'd acres of ground. The oldest Marshal of France is by law Governor of this Hospital. There are apartments here for Invalid Officers as well as soldiers. Those only who have been disabled by wounds, or who have been oh) years in the Armies of France, are entitled to the privileges of the Hospital. The edfieers and soldiers perforin the usual duty of troops in Garrison.: Vou see therefore, sentinels walking their rounds, some w ith wooden legs and others with one r.nn. Ir. the detadinient vo;; see marching about lo mount and relieve Guard, more than one half have left limbs to bleach in Egypt, Italy, Spain and l.tissia. Thev are abundantly provided witli excellent wine, food, clothing, Sec. Such as prefer money to rations are allowed to draw it. and those who have been deprived of both Dgs are paid an equivalent in money for the shoes they are entitled to but have no iipo fur ! The Hospital measures 14 10 feet by TSO. There are broad grounds with fine trees, under whose shade the veterans " fight o'er their batlies." In one of the groves is a pedest il with a hnstot La Faxettc, near which are mounted a large number of trophy cannon, the fruits of Napoleon's campaigns, and in the capture of which these invalids had a hand. There is a Library belonging to the Hospital containing oO.OOO volumes, selected by Napoleon. Here we saw a large number of Invalids (officers ami men) intently engaged with books. The guide informed us that they paed a large share of iht ir time in the Library. From iht gallaries of the Chapp.'l there are long rows of th- gc, banners and. standards cuptui ul in tie- various wars in which France has been t npn C'i -...,41 CiiriiMN'. lu il l ii Every irof? I;ousewi knows that r.t times, '.rein .some peculiar cruises, r most 5'riti:i!!v extra -ourne.-s or bit t''i riess of the ere. hu ) much ihi'.'ieulty is cxponon.-ed iu niaki.ig .-nam into butt. r. A lady "liter in tho Indiana Farmer, tiT.ui mends the foM-wvins course in such ciinx. Wo have (-ays the Western Fanner) for veao. u-e l f.).!a or -ala-aPi.s f.-r th same purpose, and found them usually torrees-fiil: I vvi-h to infirm my sister bm'er makers of the means I used, which so successfully lemowd the ihtiicuh.v. I chert. r.l perhaps three hours to no piopo-i', and then tried to think of Komethint; I ti id read hi the Indiana Farmer, or sumo other peli i.lieah I could net rt member precisely , but I rt collected the rea-o,, nt ited, was tho cream being (on som. I then thought of sO(ia.(pear!ah I pre sume would do as well,) and unsolved a la"co teafj.onnfii! in a pint of warm water, and as I poui- :(! it in, rhuniitojt at the same time, it changed in i moment, and crauuahv formed into a beautiful .ulid lump of swee' butter." An nf-y ir,?t'id chan Tcr from .t .).?" stinx t:,,il '"m.i the n'de ii"tlk" . As tho enon ef the .-ar has anive.l v. hen ice upon dtn.r slepF, in le u-e v -li ds, and on bide walks, is troublesome find d.uigeonis to w alk upon. I w ill state lor information, a sitiip'e, trUTip, and elT-'-tuid means for melting the ice id oliee. even while th.: cold is below the teiiipeia'tue of Zero. Take a small tpiauptt ol f:ne salt and '"prir.kle over the ice, and it w ill immediately li p'ify, and in a short time will pntirelv disappear. The proees-.-is mroe e'Tcotu1 than it would be to sottt-r Fuming coals upon the suifico of ti e ice. The salt, when it ooims ir. contact with the ice, begins to decrepitate, miu a crackling noise is heard. Pumps in which .'n'tr is frozen hard, can he cleared of the ice in a short time by throwing into the pump a quantity of line Kait. Believing th fnnrgeclioii will In useful to many, in my motive for uiving it publicity. , I have myself made a thorough trial of this mode of removing ice, ami thus tested il by the standard ofeiperiei.ee. Jour, oj f?n.