The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 January 1842 — Page 1

Page PDF (11.92 MB)

Back to issue view

•y.

fe-i 'iii L1SH1LD £.V£& SAXU UDA MORMKO 4

CONARD & HAKRLFE TERMS.

TWO DOLLARS per annum, 'f Pf'f^-'cwodol" month* after the receipt of the

no "u™ ii

vear

gnt| three

lira and fitly cents,if pajd "'ft ?h^?£r dollars, if j"null all arrearage?are paid, Ne paper o,^ont'?.tthe.dDablialters. AH lailure to no-

gidered a ^enB inportfJ three timesril one A «lr iiuare 10 line?,") to be continued at the rate

nrc marked on the manuscript when handed in, it will be continued till ordered out, and charged according.). ^Postage must be paid, insure nttent.on.

I_m im i» mff—• •iiwi W ii

THE PHILADELPHIA

S A A O I E

WITH THE

LARGEST CIRCULATION

id the

World!!

THE publishers of this old established and uni verbal1 ly popular Faniilv Journal, would deemi it super ogatory:osav a word in commendat.o" of .•» P«»t or

cbsSXSWW? »g££:

least of winch will

b®

morals!

,jj1^nP0f popular contributors,

Courier So'drpfindent in its character, fearlessfhcCotiner ,ard

CQur9ei and

supporting

C7t" nfr"esuof the public. It is strictly neutral best uir .jj maintain a high lone of

a'ul not an article will appear in iUi rmees

whTcli Should not find a place at every fireside. It has morn than double the number of const'11!1 readers, to ZTolanvoler |»ncr publi.M in jh. oun.ry, ..abracing tile betd families ol our republic.

AMERICAN TALES.

Fvi-rv one should be proud to patronize the lhiia,1,S iKuinlay Courier, as by its unbroken series of

Jj ,r Yinrvland I'roh-ssor Insiraham, I S. Ar bur, Mis* Sedgwick, Miss Leslie, and "™ny *M?0r» jui.l^TurncU the liilc of ll» American Family

Nc"?oreign

literature and news ennre no rxpense tn making the Sat-

Determined to spare no rxj

unlay Counerap,r.t(rc8i

of inestimable in' and all business classes

nniV(,rMl

Fantilv

#J) dn8S(

nncl p(

,r8()ns

r°pv( rv nation we have made arrangements to receive

.t n^W'^u'es and papers ol interest, published in Uml on^he Continent, the news and gems of hnglatid anil transferred to its columns, thus wlm ait as w^ll na othrrs a correct and ciimucxihI aecotinl whatever occurs of merest, either „tl.„,„eor»lroa,

j[AuKETR

Particular ere ..ken

IRI^RFK£R£C

.rsr^jVsX^

Money ai'iil Land", uur csltmivc arrunsuuuiu

E N

uercst to the traveller, the .fanner,

wl!u'iJ

r,°,

Tl.euen.-rul character

.n l,novvn

the un is wt II Ummn.

lisetilumns contain a great variety or 1 M.i b, Inaiia tivrs Essays! nnd Ui«)ORAn..ts. and articles in L.trralure. Science, the Arts. Mechanics, A«ncullun Lduration Music, News, Health,Amusement, and faU,. in e"e'rv depar.mt.it wunlly dirciused a U.nver.al l'uniily Newspaper, from such writers

Mrs. S.C. Hall

Mrs. T.ee Hent7. Charles Dickens li"?.) I'rofcfsor Ingraliame T. S. Arthur J. Sheridan Knowles MrH. M- St. Leon Loud i)ou!la9 Jerrohl Miss Sedgwick Win. E. nnrt.-n l.ieut. C». W. Patt. Tlios. Campbell Miss Mitford. Professor Winefl K. Hnlwer Joseph Neal Thos.tl Spear ('apt. Mnrryatt,

Professor Dunglison M. M'-VIicli.nl Miw Ellen S. Rand Cieorge P- 'rris Mrs. Gore Joseph Chandler Miss Leslie Professor J. Frost Lydia H. Sigoumey

Hon. Kobert T. Conrad Robert Morris Mrs. C. H. W. IOslmg A. Green. Jr. John Neal Countess of Blessing ton Lucy Seymour.

-TERMS.

it. Penn Smith TO AGENTS-

•Tl "',r i::! SKr pr.«.rc

I„lys ]l«ot. ....e

Addrees,

cas

dwelling of

for one for eat Ii. heven

oi'pics"lor^'l0, three copies for $5 or one copy three years lor

CLUBBING.

Two copies of the SDU.rdny Coun'^ni

and Cody's

1™'-"^^kYnI'hOLPKN, Philadelphia

STI'.rilKX fi. DODCI", VTTOKNEY AND COHNSI'-I-LCI*

.IT D.fir,

TEliKE-HAUTE. INDIANA. I'KICEcorner of Ohio and Market streets.south-

corner of the Publicsqunie.and adjoiningthe

Ij.

11. Scott. Esq.

refvrrxces .• lion. John Fine, Otrdenfhurf h. 1 Ion.

Silas Wright, Jr.. C««^m

N. Y.

Hon. Micah Sterling, WaHrtown, Hon. Jos. Hopkinson, Philadelphia. Jus. J. Barclay, Esq.. pt„ridn i.J II. Bronson,St .-l«^H*',M'i/or"1'' Hon.

Oct. 31-8-tf.

Tuljvr cH.fi'iJV,

ATTORN 15Y AT LAW.

^FFICE on Market^Street opposite the Courier

Sept. 1S-1B41—2—if-

BARLAA-

ketcII AMi

IT WING permanently settled in 'I^rro"Mnut*'r®?j L'pectfully tenders his profess onal scrv.ces .o all pecuuMy Office on the corner of Cherry

w'uo may desire them and First streets.

June 1!, 1841-41^-tf.

J. HARLAN. U- MANIY. liftH ^oticc.

&, MANLY. Auoruevs at Uw Mar

shall, Clark county' Ill«ojs: Marchj? *9 tl.

Bncrs. Irish Brooks, WING associated themselves in the pract'ee Ol

AMun'ws.

respectfully inform the citixenso. Ter-

re-Hame, and vicinity that ihey are n«^v P™P®^ attend to all calls in the profeswon. Office on becond Street, ons door North ol Dr. Daniels' ofneo

Sept. 18-1841-2-ly. JAMES WUlTCOMii, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA\V»

IVw- 4

M^RACTlCES in Vigo and th« neighborina counties, I and in the Supreme and United States Courts at Indianapolis. Office on the west side of the public *mifcre, nppoahe the Court House. tN«w.3«*V 1«41-9-6W

GOOBS.

be he is

A a fine selection of watches, jewelry, silverware, tovs, knives, snd ^taclee^ Very cheap for• cm|. T^rr^-Haute. Sept.a5th-5-tf j. O. Cf at

rpHE subscribingarejum°«x«iving complete assortment of ®l?P,a of with a general assortment of larody which will be sold very cheap lor ca^i or coumrv|vro duce, by

Novem. 7, 1841 ,-9-tfy iff

~r— JTrench JLatrns. 1 UST received, few piece* of F»a«h LAWNS, »ew style, and cheap. Alao, a vmrwtjr of French PRINTS «ttra fine bleached and unbieaohH MUSLINS, &c-, *11 of which are offered, at the present tim», draper tkmn r*r. forc»** __

Mayl5-36-tf. G. W LANG WORTHY.

Pork Paekinf.

w.v^JIER would respectfully inform the Pork Packing community, that he »s prepared to pack

anv Quantity of Pork, in the town of Terre-Haute, Im. perfumer,and w«« Hi,?.,k Bo« i. .n.h, Ri«r W.JW

#ntee thfe inspection in N. Orleans. will pack as low as any oatablishmen October 33 1841-7-^w __ -^7^ TOBACCO.

s«fr.

1 nan BBLS Kanawh*Sa!t.iusr r**i#*d, of

HILL AND CROSS CUT SAWS.

MADE

by Rowland, and othws, Jwajle. by Mfty B. BOOTH CO.

.03

VOL. 10.

From the N. Y- American.

THF BACflEI/OR'S LAMENT# Thcv tell me to hasten and marry— But ah 'tis jhe cost that I fear And prudence still warns me to tarry,

Ere seeking amusement so dear. 0|i! there's rapture unmeasured in wooing, a And sweet the confession when won

Kut the house-keeping horrors, pursuing, Are sure to make sentiment run. Thus I mused t'other night, as fair Chioe

Swam round in the dancc at my side I must furnish that wardrobe so showy, If rashly 1 make her my bride.

That slim fairy foot, and its fellow, That tread the light measure so gav, Must wiih satin be shod, and prunella,

And husband the piper must pay.

At a glance of that ancle so slender My heart the dear bargain would c1of\ When mv head bids me, ere surrender,

Remember the price of the hose. That hand, so desired beyond measure, The sui.or, that ventures to hold, Can only secure such a treasure

By hooping the lingers with gold. Those eyes, tltomrh'their vision surpasses The eaele's that pierces the light. Must be aided with opera-glasses,

Howe'er they embarrass the sight. Though made up of roses thy face is, Such roses.bloom not in tne eirn. We must veil ihem in the best of point laces,

Or freckles will 600n overruq, Sweetest motith that e'er smiled upon mortal, Hides organs of hunger within And dainties must pass the red portal,

Or soon cherry lips will grow thin.

Ah that charms so desired by a lover Have duties so cosily assigned— That the pearls, which thy smiles now uncover,

The choice of the market must grind

Thv form richest fabrics must cumber With many a garment of show And wiili doubtless of oiliers a number

Thai bachelors never may know.

Thv brow, the fuir temple where towers High honor in marble enshrined, Must be thatched wi.h si raw, feathers and flowers,

To keep out the sun and the wind.

Thy cure must bo constantly petting With rarest cosmetics thy face— Tliy nose bt: indulged with coqueiting

With 'kerchiefs uewildcred wi.h lace. Those tresses, ensnaring allures, With fillets of gold must we bind Thv ears must be fed with bravuras,

And hung with the jewels of Ind. Strange! .hat man should embellish a creature Already more fair than the morn That iho being most gifted by.na.ure

Is the one we most love to adorn. Why was Eden so pleasant to Adam— So rid of connubial ills? Because his ingenious madam

Ne'er bored hini with milliners' bills. No bo'ine.s had site for her tresses-^ No silks did her person enroll: So cheap were her costliest dresses,

For a fis one had purchased the whole. Ah that was the season to marrv. Ere liishion made woman her thrall, ller trumpery garments to carry—

Yes clothes are the curse of the fall!

TIME.

BY J. £. WHARTON.

Thv flight is like .he beaming ray That xprnng from heaven to earth When first God said "let .here be day!"

And gave the sunbeams birth. Thv step is soft and light as love, When ho to Eden's bower Stole grnily Iroin his home above

To throw o'er man his power. Thy face is hke the mirror sheet, Spread o'er the waveless lake, Where myriad forms and phazes meet,

Yet no impression make. Thy voice is like the mountain stream, In low unvarying tone, And calls on us in thought or dream.

With friends, and when alone. Thv touch is thnyihe morning air Gives to .lie opening rose. Leaving the gem-liko dew drop there^

In its own sweet repose. 1 Yet thv flight is felt in the freezing heart, Thy step on the furrowed brow, Thv touch when friends are called to part,

TTiy voice is sotmding now. •HNHNMB&W9BC2nflESnrZHH30BRSCSCaF

COMMUNICATED.

8"v1

FOR THE WABASHCOURIER.

PHRENOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

Upon a first, acquain.ancc with Mr. Simpleton Simper, you would have thought him to be one of those mortals whose tender hearts were forever catching fire from the torch of Cupid, and becoming more susceptible from each preceding conflagration you would have supposed him to he actuated in all his movements by a warm admiration for every daughter of Eve, and capnblc of every sacrifice of fife and happiness for tneir benefit. In all this you would soon discovfer yourself to be very much mistaken for although Mr. Simper was universally called a "ladies man" his petticoat allegience had one sole impulse, admiration of ntmseU and a sillv ambition to be caned the universally admired. For this he simpered at the beck and can or every lady of hie acquaintance, and was always ready to carry a bundle in the street, or to hold a fan in the ball room, and if, by chance, in a room of company a trifling remark or a smile, was directed towards him from a lady, by a significant glance around the room, he would endeavor to give it deep meaning, and to call the attention of all present to the happiness he was conferring upon the fortunate (air one. By innendoes and indirect allusions he sought to convey the impression that every female old and young, maried and single, who has the honor of his acquaintance was sighing and dying for Simpleton Simper, and he felt convinced the poor dears" coold not do without him. Bat the troth was, the rrady discrimination ol female tact, soon dif*"overs, that flippant and indiscriminate attention to ail betokens a heart eased in theicinessof selfish vanity .'and incapable of being thawed by a respectful attachment to any. He was a ready convenience from whom services could be required, which would not be asked of these he'd in mot* nwect and est«m, but towards whom a female could feel no mre ©affection than she did for the shawl she permitted him to throw over

^Simp"ef«Mweai»«J the own estimate o1 its strength and a jadicio«r« ©f I he capabilities of his aromory. not without "thoughts that breathe, and worda that ^«t with the glitter of nn*e and guard -tw, the f* fancy elothm the perfume o. pos*t and fiueh nn aswdaous attention to his personal «p-

£lW ftiriravd him of his attractions h» worn

'r application had become .truly a brcrii

any nap in iruth the fadie'V

jerked the old stock half an inch higher on the

"»ook his whalebone cane in 'his hand and sauntered into retirement. Upon a survey of the debtors department he become more reconciled his fate for the window overlooked the town pump, and when the servant girls come therefor water, he "had an opportunity of displaying his attractions to them. A piece of tallow candle helped iii lieu of pomatum to arrange his hair, a piece of black court plaster which he retained (firmed beauty spot8 of tlie pimples on his face and as lie stood at the window with the coat sleeve which was not quite out at the elbow towards the street, he was in full costume to strike the nymphs of the PupPj and when the singularity of his appenrance cxcitgd their tittering, he was hapy that his fellow prisoners saw bow much the girls thought of Simpleton Simper.

My liearers—Notwithstanding the Scythe of Tirtic has been kept inconstant usage ever since the conception of creation in the wo.riD of chaos, it is still as sharp as ever, and needs no whetting to lop down such brittle weeds as we are, with a single stroke. It has been sweeping across tliia rough, rocky and rugged globe of ours lor thousands of years, and not a niche can now bcTound in its edge, nor a batter unon its back. It is true i! has come in contact with all sorts of charac.ers some hard—some solt—some greensome ripe—and some full of grit and gravel, like the gizzard of a Ipca hen: but, in spite of all this, it has iiept its keenness like a well used razor and is just as dangerous now as it was when it first took a clip at the frail, fickle and feeble fancy work of Jehovah, which was constructed to perish.in a period, and be no more.

My friends—where can we. flee to protect our legs from the old man-mower's fatal scythe? If we go into the cities, we find,that he cuts a double swarth there, directly in the thickest, tho fairest and the freshest of human vegetation. The green, tender blades of youth—the ripyied stems of manhood—and the blooming flowers of beauty all tail indiscriminately before iiis fell stroke, and wither together, like skunk's cabbage, clover-lieads, herd's ^rass and lilies. If we depart into the country, where population is as sparse as shrubbery on a sand hill, we see that Time's work of destruction is still going on—that, every now and then a stalk of mortality is snapped as short as a pipe s.em, and left to decompose in the damp dungeon of death.

When one of our fellow creatures is nncerimomously cut down by our side, without even a fortvarning, it makes us feel ticklish about the ribs and we instinctively stand a little one side, lest we feel the fatal 'j1* struincnt of the great destroyer scratching at our heclj. Oh. my dear friends! would that Time might grow weary, and fall asleep mid the roses of summer, to slumber through all eternity! Then .liegreen wreaths and flowery garlands, .hat nature strews over the earth would never fade beneath the frosts of a cheerless 'V'"* ter: then infancy,'childhood, youth and maturity would always remain as they are and decline and death be no longer known upon this sublunary sphere But no —the sands in the nour glass will never cense to run merely for the accomodation of us, poor, insignificant mites of mortality, who are destined to crawl about for nn hour over a little lump of earth, and then sink into its bowels, like a drop of water into the pores of a sponge. Our doctors of physic and flummery have long been trying to wrest iho scythe of time froiu his iron grasp but they find their exertions of little or no account. While attempting to save others, they of-

.en find themselves mortally wounded and instead

—•ji—1

In*l*\moict

into the shabby beau,* and ih«e «ho ready to»-velum dangling after he* wok ajtrceaUe to tb«ir respectability to meet

him

cold and npnhiw calataiioaa. Hw ptuHuao u» awf was not ao fctatifyinc as it had been, and it was witn exemplary rn, b« ooeday, obeyed a. constable* invitation tuat ny him to that hermitage ot v*» iind miiery, the county jail He drew his worn Nta hendkrtcbicfaround the old bat .placed it jaaotiyr apwi hif t1-1' butu«ncdap the throat button hiac*ft»

serve as whetstones, to sharpen it for its work of de struction. My dear friends—Time is a monster, over whom no eartldv power can exercise control. Ills home is amid" the rolling spheres of the universe, and the myriads of

by way of a ca.hartic pill, and give up the ghost with

the waveoftiblivion, the tracks that he now leaves behind hitn are perfectly visible, and bear the mark of irremediable violence. Here a beautiful blossom oj hope has-been crushed to earth—here he has trampled wantonly upon our new-sown beds of joy and anticipation—and here he.has tangled up some of the tallest grass that ever grew in

lhe

Presentation to the Kreach Court. It mav he useful to some of our fair country women to detail the system they must follow if they desire to be presented at the French Court. The first point is, that they must have been already presented at the Court of England A mother, who nas been presented at home may take her daughter, who has not had the opportunity but no other infringement of this necessary regulation is admitted.

A letter is then to be addressed to the principal lady of honor to the Queen, stating by whom and on what occasion the writer was presented at St. James's, and requesting to know when the Queen of the French will permit a similar honor.

The lady of honor states the day and hoar which the Queen has fixed for her reception and that the

rty applying will please to come with some lady who been already presented at the Tnileries. There is no peculiar court costume required and neither train, plumes, nor lappets worn, an ordinary ball dress being the richest style adopted, and most of

is almost a defaaeacy of wepect inthe very«mple c|**

,^-l•

RINCIPHS OBSTA."

TERRE-HAITTE, INT): A NIJARY _1 1842t'

cbt"j

Illustration—Iargo love ol approbation—deficient intellectual and social powers. BONY BUMP.

SHORT PATENT SERMONS. NEW SEB.ES—No. LXXVIII-, Ti The words of mv text may be found in the primer for children, as follows: ..

Tiniecuts down all, Both great and small.

IUU IU1U *i/S I 1 0111 0 til umv.1 "IW»| v. Ul »i«w luvw of blunting the edge of this deadly instrument, they better lot, has almost faded from the poor man's mind. He almost ceases to hope for his children as well as himself.

slar

worlds that spangle- the heavens are his play ihiugs. :t pr0ducc8this effect particnlarly worthy of the notice His voracious appetite is never cloycd. He makes his

meals of men—swallows nations at a mouthful, and their own class that is, beyond those who are inclined picks his teeth with the points of the pyramids of their own narrow field of thought. We all know, Egypt, and I expect that when he shall have swept, that it iscontact with other minds,and especially with this urresiial board* lie will gulp down the earth itself

tjjc

a groan that shall cause creation to creak and crumble I para|yzing influence of perpetual intercourse with the into chaos Although the first footprints that he made uncultivated, sluggish, and narrow minded and here on the world'ssnndv shore are mostly obliterated by

fertilemeadow of a mortal's

mind. My friends—You m#v take Time by the forelock, but there is no holding nim by the tail- He will go on destroying and to deatroy, in spite of all human exertions. You must all, sooner, or

later,

be cut down by

him—provided you are not run up Dy a rope and cut down by the hangman. Therefore be prepared—young and old, male an female—to fall, when you fall, upon the soft bed of resignation, and as gently as falls the dew upon tho velvet carpet of the earth. As the flowers I the field that fall before the mower's scythe breathe out their sweet souls in perfume to the breete, so may you. ye young and beautiful creatures of the tender sex, if cut down in your bloom, send up the fragrance of virtue to heaven at the evening hour of existence, and yield our pure spirits into the hands of Him who gave them, camly, resignedly, and without a murmuring whisper. And oh my dear friends, be prepared, one and all! You know not how soon you may be cropped from your native soil, and left to wilt in the uncongenial atmosphere of the tomb. The sevthe of time is now sweeping noislessly among your fellow companions You see them silently dropping, one by ere, like the frail October leaves, and you know not but you are standing directly where the next fatal stroke is to be made. Therefore look in as well as out—upas well, as down—about as well as around— and make arrangements to tumble at last,jjoi among the thorns of despair, but amid the ever blooming roses of hope. So mote it be! DOW, Jr.

hSb^ mahMg their appear

ior a presentation, they refier to the Qowi^

There areilx bcanfffnl xpoa*. s- v, up stairs,

:2:

oC b-", •*. who each t*r*m

and inform the part*. thaMhey ara expected, and this I"*- t£cTo( maanifics«t extravagance ends the form re^r. the lady who has already been ^rJ^i,aWd^Win nund.tbe kmgVbroihpresented taking itm beaideher for the evening. aMm.-~Tde** HiMora

J&S and in tWo tothe Xing. «oth- twttiit of the bmh. 'Wh«i be 6rmU ». hrerful, or Seartr "s.n the lion, and says,^" MemeI he tug 3 Wui Phi'.HtV- H. has a pood natnred amd** things. When 1« drink, more, his smscafbr

V®' jJSJV'''aS^with thoK ^itom hfktmn Sake him, and be wallows in the mire like a bog.

his wav along the aft^ wwqwMry. *'Wtm Madam Ami* i*qoea«cd the Doetot*««ptnu Qnert 7:5 tke Blaler, be rep 1^-Madam aho cahpMts k1 who .^se^nameiadindwffy. ana i-

^s^^^WS^6ee&®8^l6ilN s«Ib»

Parties of nil politics unite in their praise of this mosi estimable Queen, whose domestic qualities are o» the firet order her manner is gracious and admirable, and her gracefully turned phrases always leave an agreeable impression on the party addressed.

Tlie Queen of the Frcnch is much better looking than any portraits published in England. She is very fair and her features are not so strongly marked. She wears her own gray hair, a fashion in which slie is copied by a great number, who in England would dec* themselves in borrowed ringlets.

The King, also, has not had justice done to him in most of the engravings. His features are not heavy he has a quick, animated look, and a very fresh complexion, like an English country gentleman.

Next after the Queen, follows the Duchess of Orleans, the luture Queen of the French. She is a graceful, lady-like person, pale, with delicate features, animated, and sensible looking her manner is particularly suiied to her station, asshe infuses an appearance of individual interest into every remark she makes during the reception she is highly popular and much liked.

The DuchfW of Orleans is followed by the Duchess of Nemours, who is a cousin to our Prince Albert. She is a perfect Hebe in appearance, with a lovely complexion, regular features, and profusion of fair ringlets. Her remarks are Very quiet, and made in a low voice, without animation but she is too young yet to have acquired her metier at court, and it is sufficient pleasure to look in her sweet face while she murmurs her little speeches.

Quite a different person follows next, the Princess Clementine, the Queen's unmarried daughter, a distinguished looking girl, with a high profile, and a grave, cold expression, which does not relax in the least wfcen she speaks.

Lastlv, comes the King's sister, Madame Adelaide, an unaffected, good na.ured old lady, having a strong resemblance to Louis Phillippe.

Each of these Princesses is preceded by a lady in waiting, to inquire the name ana present each person individually and, as at the birthday reception there were several lyindred ladies present, and each had to give her nanfe six times, some idea may be formed of the tediousneS8 of the ceremony for the Royal family.

The King was attended by six aides-de-camp, .he Queen by 6ix ladies of honor. None of the Princes were present except the eldest, the Duke of Orleans, a very tall, slight, graceful young man, with an unaffected manner, much like a well-bred English man of fashion.

The reception was at half past eight, and by midnight all the carriages had departed, under the admirable regulations of the mounted guards, without noise, accident, or even confusion.—English Paper.

The Effect of Poverty on the Mind. Dr. Channing thus sensibly describes the narrowing and depressing effect of poverty on the intellectual powers: The condition of the poor is unfriendly to tho action and unfolding of the intellect, and a sore calamity to a rational being. In most men, indeed, the intellect is narrowed by excessive cares for the body. In most, tho consciousness of its excellence is crushed by the low uses to which it is perpetually doomed. But still in most, a degree of activity is given to the mind, by the variety and extent of their plans for wealth or substance. The bodily wants of most carry them in a measure into the future, engage them in enterprises requiring invention, sagacity and skill.

It is the unliappincss of the poor that they are absorbed in immediate wants, in providing for the passing day, in obtaining the next meal, or throwing off"a present burden. Accordingly their faculties 'live and move,'or rather pine nnd perish, in the present moment. Hope and imagination, the wings of the soul, carrying it forward and upward, languish in the poor for iho fir tuns is uninviting. The darkness of th« pre

senl broo

js overcoming years. The great idea, which

jrs jn other men a world of thought, the idea of a

Even parental love, to many the chief quickener of the intellect, stagnates through despair. Thus poverty

ve9 the mind. And there is another way in which

this assembly. The poor have no society beyond

more active and soaring, from which intellect re-

jV08 jta chief impulse. Few of us could escape the

j,at wish particularly to bring to view, how

very poor is the boasted civilization of our times which is built so much upon the idea of property. In communities little advanced in opulence, no impassable barrier separates different classes as among ourselves. The least improved are not thrown to a distance from those who through natural endowment or peculiar excitement, think more strongly than the rent and why should such division exist any where/ How cruel and unchristian are the pride and prejudice which form the enlightened into a caste, and leave (he ignorant and depressed to strengthen and propagate prejudice and error without end."

Wealth and Splendor of the Scottish Court in Ancient Timet. If we make allowance lor the rudeness of iho period the personal state kept up by .he Scotch sovereign was little inferior to that ol his brother monarch of Englaad. The rarious officers of die royal household were the same and when encircled by these dignitaries and surrounded by his prelates, baronrand vbsssIs, the Scottish Court, previous to the long war of liberty, and the disastrous reign of David the second was rich in feudal pomp. Tina is proved by what has already been observed as to the condition of the royal revenue, when compared with the interior command of money which we find at the same era in Egland and some interesting and striking circumstance, which are incidentally mentioned by our ancient historians, confirm this opinion. As early as the age of Malcolm Conmore, ap unusual splendor was in.roauced into the Scottish court by his Saxon queen. This princess, as we learn from Turgot, her confessor, brought in the csc of rich and precions foreign stuffs, of which she encoureged the importation from distant countries. In her Own dress, ehe was unusually magnificent whilst she increast the parade attendant on the puplic appearance of the sovereign, by augmenting the number of his personal officers, and'employing vessels of gold and ailver in the service of his table. Under the reign of Alexander the First, the intercourse of Scotland with the East and the splendid appearance of the sovereign, are shown by a singular ceremony which took place in the High Church at St. Andrews. This monarch, anxious to show his devtion to the Apostle of that name, not only endowed the religious house with numerous lands, and conferred opon it various immunities, but as an additional evidence of bis piety, he commanded his favorite Arabian horse to be led up to the high alter, whose saddle and bridle were splendidly ornamented, and bis housings of a rich cloth of velvet. A squire at the seme lime brought the king's body armour, which were of Turkish manufacture and studded with jewels, with bis epear and his shield of silver and these, along with the horse and his furniture, theking.ia the presence of his prelates and barons solemnly devoted and presented lo the church. Tlte housing and arms were shown in the days of the historian who has reeonied the event. On another occasion, the riches of the Scottish court, and we nwst add, lite foolish mi-

r«nhe Scottish monarch and nobl«,were evinced in remarkable manner. Alexander the Third and a per

jre{

kn^his. were preaent at the the coro-

nation !f Edward .he r«m J*i in the mid* of the

when

anew in these courtiy hali*. r^nnt running the *st wines, he and his In the anteroom, below the grand atairosc. nine: and ,ied their horses, with 4 ^weaMti^tomko^wnandexa^rwiheiwMa^"—JJJ J*

J«t,

|h_r

the Wtngaaiat table, and ihe wells snd

^ngw looac among the popu-

lhe pi«pmy

,^-kw 11

Qmrnmi.

-rn:-* tid

h.-

of the Jim person who

lfae

thrown open, and iightea with a dazxliug profuaon cf «/&«*«*«- chandeliers, lamps, and branchea, almost as bright as ,i« daylight. Along tho n«bt »de of the rooms,coming| Tw Fi«grVr^- WhCT Nn»h ^nted^thefitatvine a a a a a S a a a a I the aentlemea being c^posite. There is htai little re-, Wi yoa, charmmg ,• wt. He qnkfcly fetched three nr^Mordi or civ:''-?, each mswdinf on 'h'-Tneigh- animals—a siw*p, wi, and a hog. and killed jhem bor while a tuirotv i»a« If: open yn&m, one «ftwrn»Q'-:*r ntw.*^» vf»e- Tte •irtass the oor.w«iw» ...i blood of these three animal peo^trsted it. and are si til to ih* r.n?: wh««s prec*- manifest in its pofik Wher. a^^drtntaa goMet,

T«t \W I^TV^IV Bosto. Post

I -«,j&

VY n«s Malawi Aaaia rrtjue» -a ?be Dociot'sapntan of' ^'l^pecifdly »'»isutt«d.

».

It,

X* ,**JrHE IRON LIGHT-HOtTSE. TUTs enormous tower, which for the last month liaif daily been seen rising from the ground within the walls of the pwnufactory'of Messrs. Bra mi &, Robinson, of Belgraje Place Pimlico, has at length attained its maturity* It is (as we have already stated) intended to be«pjhced on the Morapt Point, on the western coast of the island of Jaihaica. The height of tho edifice from the foundation to the top is 105 feet, fifteen of which will be sunk into the solid rock, and loaded in and out with rubble and concrete, which will eivenn entire security to it. The whole tower is formed of iron plates oneinch in thickness, and of these plates there are nine tiers, eleven plates at the bottom and nine at the top the whole are strongly bolted together with iron flauges, and when permanently fixed will also be cemcn.ed with iron cement and thus, in cffect, bocomc one entire whole.

To reduce the heat in the interior, which the strength ot a tropical sun acting on a building ol metal only one inch in thickness would render unbearable, the whole will have an interior lining of slate, with an interval of ono inch and a half between i: and the iron, by which contrivance a current ofair will constantly be in circulation over the whole. In the sides of the tower there are 24 windows they are 14 inches by 10, and are glazed with .hick ground ^lasa. When the tower is erected on itsfinal destination it will have a height cf90 feet to the gallery, on the platfprm of which there will be the lanterns. This is the Workmanship of Mr. Deville and is very ingeniously contrived it is 10 feet in height and has eight revolving lights, five of which arc open and the rest of cost iron. The diameter of the tower is 18 feet 6 incites at the base, and it decrcascsal the top to 11 feet 6 inches. The entire weight of tlie whole fabric isexactly lOOtons. It has been doubted wliether it was necessary that itshould be secured from the effects of lightning by the conducting rod, as the lower itself, from its altitude, its form, tile material of its fabrication and insulated position would in effect be a conductor but a rod will be carried into lhe earth to convey the electric fluid should it be sruok by it.

It is a curious fact that this lofty fabric was erected entirely without tho aid of scaffolding, the expense of which, both here and on its final location in Jamaica, "would have been considerable, at present it stands upon the ground and merely rests upon a plane of temporary timber, etc. The manner in which this was effected is ingeniously simple: the lower plates were secured together, a cross-beam passed Over them from which a derrik and cradle (or windless) were fixed, by this the second tier ofplatcs were elevuted, and thus continued till the whole were placed in verv short time, nnd very few hands were necessary to effect it. The entrance is elevated from the ground ten feet, and has a solid door of oak it is reaclied by steps of iron. The expedition with which thistower has been completed has been like railroad speed—it is little over two months since the order was given for it. The wholo expense, including the plan, the building, the passage over the Atlantic, and the erecting it over the promt.ntory of Morant, will not exceed, we understand, .£7,000.' At the top of the platform is a square ol 16 feet, which consequently projects over the sides, this is surrounded by a rail three feet in height. Over the entrance is a large tablet of iron, supported by two small ones, and on them, in has relief, arc inscriptions stating the time of its construction.—London Times.

Women,

the natural adviser of

Man*.—Husbands

in general, mistake the nature of the dominion grained them over their wives, and absurdly fancy they then have a right to be tyrants but the proper dominion ol a man over his wife is not to make her a slave. The use of this dominion is to preserve order nnd peace in the family, for which end the husband's will is to be obeyed, when it happens conscientiously to differ from the wife's. But though, for the sake of peace, the man's will is to he the rule, tho wife is the natural adviser and counsellor, whose opinion he should always listen to and follow, if he finds it more just mid reasonable than his own. It is contrary to the laws of God and nature lor a husband to require blind obedience from his wife. But many men foolishly imagine .his dominion gives them such a superiority over women as renders the whole sex despicable in comparison wi.h themselves Such ignorant men will not suffer their wives to reason with them, because thry arc women: and crown their despotic triumph by asking, "How should a woman know any thing?" This procedure is so absurd, so ridiculous, that where it is found, the husband may properly be said to want common sense.

I. not unfrequently happens that those persons who, in society, carry all helorc them by their spirits and acquirements, are, at home, the most rostlrss and uncomfortable beings upon the face of the earth, becaune they cannot there find the very excitement which is triinost neccssary to their existence.

Early Rising.—There

arc two sides to all ques

tions.—The following is one side of the early rising question. "We most rise early, forsooth, heeause the sun does and the lark does the matter ot that, the lark is not a respectable character—he is sometimes up all night: and as for the sun, why, he gels up when hepieases, and not always at the same hour indeed, if our memory serves iis, there are some quarters of the globe where that red-faced Christian licsa-bed for months.

Rise before the sun

And make a breakfast of morning dpw, Served up by Nature, on a grassy lull— You'll find il nectar. You don't say eo! There's a breakfast to recommend to a stout gentleman with an appetite If lie had written'montain dew,'now there would have been some reason in it but these poets are strange fellows and Thomson wrote that panegvrie at mid-day. In conclusion we are willing to believe that .lie rising sun if a very magnificent object.'"

WESTER.V STARTS.—A

meeting of gentlemen rcccnt

ly took placc at Peoria, Illinois, to organize for a diiy's spurt in gunning. The preliminaries having been agreed upon, two CapiainB were selected, who afterwards picked seventien men each and a supper for the whole party was to be paid by the loosing pariy. The hunt came «iff on Wednesday last, and each party produced their game by eleven o'clock at'n ght. The party under command of Caot. Howell was victorious, having five hundred and thirty-seven and Capt.

McCoy's party four hundred and seventy five birds and squirrels. The greatest number killed by any one person wa4 8c%'.eniv-ninc—the lowest ihirfy- The game consisted chiefly of geese, ducks, and squirrrls quails not being deemed worthy of a shot. 01 other same there were one sand hill crane, three racoons, and one 'possum. Cnpt. McCoy signalized himself by shooting the highest goose ever seen there- The Cazetie says: "Those who witnessed lhe exploit say ihat when it fell it shook the ground for miles around." Tlie supper came off last night at Garrett's.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

"ft "/y"i

8TTMT*»T

STATE'S OFFICE,

Jndianapdis, Son. I,

J8F!

To Hit EzcfUenqg, Samuel Bigger, Governor the Slatt of Indiana. The undersigned would respectful! report to yont Excellency, that the laws and journals of the last General Assembly, were distributed according to law. by •he following persons, at the rales annexed to their names respectively, to-w*it: In 1st Judicial CircQif, by Jeremiah G.Smith,at §29 75

2d Abner Smith, 25 00 3d John Koouis, 25 00 4th EJward LoVett, 61 00 5th 't James Orrall, 52 00 6th George McCallv,, 23 00 7T|j Nathaniel Bell^ 34 43 8th '^''''^^^Rmah Srtftlr,® 50 50 9th R. S. Taylor, 49 00 JOih lUley VVootf n, 30 00 1Kb FrcderKk JIarix«U, 4B 00

$387 68

The contracts were all faithfully executed wjibin ilt« time allowed by the Secretary of State, except 1 tho fourth district ihere waaa delay ofsome fifteen days occasioned by the Uos of a horse, wtuch reqwrwl Uw contractor to r«iuro home for another.

A contract was also made on the 2d day of August last, with Edward Lovett, for the delivery of one hundred and twenty-five cords of wood, cut in lengths oi t*o fe«t, for the pac of the General Asscmbl st the rate of one dollar and twenty-two c*nfa per w»rd.

The nodensgned also reports that be has paid mto tho Treasury, muter the proviso of the 4th aectwil of tho "Ad regulating (hetdaricsnf Auditor. 8tt*ret»ry, and Treacurer of State." approved Fab. 4 th. 1S4I, Seventy nine doUars and thirty-ekbt centa received by him, daring the past ye»r, for «ha fotlowing town: l*»r eoiMa ?8 for otrtiftcate# «r. r:»i

4I»"

«,' ,« !.«•* Wi ii*-

STATEMENT

Of the condition of tht State Sank of Indiana, in Octo6er30, 1841.

RESOURCES-

Discounted rtefes, do do Suspended, 412,394 36

Bills of Exchange, do do Suspended,

Notes in circulation, $2,940,414 00 Branch balances, 64,565 22 Balances due to oth. Banks, ,127.478 86 Tax for school purposes, 7,212 51 Sinking fund and other cash items, 88,384 74, Dividends not called for, 7,143 13 Individual depositors, 251,986 4Pj

$2,829,551 73

842,754 77 35,851 56?

Branch balances, Balances due from other Banks, Banking Houses, Furniture, -Kljl- •*&' Duo from the State of Indiana, for paymcnts on public works, Advance to the Stare of Indiana of 4th instalment ol Surplus Revenue, Remiunncc.8 and other cash items, Notes of other Banks, Specie,

878,606 33 64,99602 218,241 82 200,45190 5,45a $8

693,197

«.a J.

Revenue. 573,660 11 Saline Fund anil School tax, by Treasurer of State, Premiums, Dividcndsand Interest, Blanks, damages, &c.

4(1

*394,000 Oft ,137^85 93' 198,799 00 1.127,51860^

$6,648,310 21

LIABILITIES-

C'ti

Leaving the amount ol resources of tho Bank overall liabilities other than to the stockholders, «fu -fi

.«ft

Surplus Revenue, 439,950 00

$3,487,184 87

^-it

3,161,085 34T

$6,648,210 21

The above r.vcef^ of thfl Watts of the Bank beyond het» liabilities is distributed as follows: To the State of Indiana for stock under the charter J880,000 00„ To tho same for stock of loan of 1839, 20,000 00 f.«* To the same ior stock from ii::

v*%

To the same for stock by1 fcfw. law of 1840-1, 5.000 00»

To ndi vidua I stock 'lders, $ 1,391,016 62 Total capital, Amount in surplus fund, 280,8899 51 Profits of last si^ months,. 136,169 21

$1,344,9^00

2.735.966 62

425 058 7*1

Excess, $3,161,025 34 During the last six months, from April 30 to October 30. 1841, the following have been the results, as to the leading items of the business of tho Bank Discounted notes. Ap. 30, $2,053,992 58 do do Cct. 30, 2,829,551 73 Increase of discounted notes. Bills of Exchange, Ap. 30, 1,376,315 66. do do Oct. 30, 878,606 33 Decrease of Bills of Excli.

$175,559 15

497,709 33

Notes in circulation Ap. 30, 3.154,004 00 do do Oct. 30, 2,940,414 00 Decrease of circulation, 213,590 00 Spec ie, A pri I 30, 1,120,880 29 do Oct. 30, 1,127,518 60 Increase of Specie, ..,- 31

JAMES M. RAY, Cashier.

E O

Hon.

7 the .- "y,i FUND COMMISSIONERS.

Samuel Ham., F»h

d* j!

Prt*idenl of lhe Semite.

Herewith is an exhibit ot the condition of iho Sinking fun and Surplus Revenue. Dec. 9, 1847. The means consist of Stock Loans in branches, $213,733 08 Bank Stock Chartered Capital, H80.000 00 Surplus Revenue Capital, 439,950 00 Bank Stock of 1839-41, and from School tax, &c. 30,716 27 LoansofSinkingFunk & surplus revenue, 746.858 3. Surplus Fund paid on Bank Stock, v' 32,179 51 Cash from interest on Dividends, 64,338 73 Cash from Principal of Loans refitvdcd, 2,740 Oo

huh'I $2,410.515 94

There has heen ptiiJ as follows

Expenses of Loan, office expenses, transportation of specie, d-c. Interest on State Bonds, Exchange, Coin-] mission, &c. Paid Fund Commissioners, Dividends and

Interest.

Paid Treasurer of State,

$23,241 24

422,226

164,617 79 38,125 01

$3,058,716 28

"*Phe nifrne*Hms rvalued a*J[oUotO* i* From State Bonds, $1,410,000 00 Third and fourth instalments Surplus

5,716 27

1,068,990 31 349 b9

$3,0f'8,7l6 28

Deduct the State bonds,-Sn.plus Revenue, Saline Fund nnd School tax, in all $1,9i9,376 38, from iho means on hand, nnd tho sums paid to the Fund missioners nnd Treasurer ol State, amounting to $2,613.248 74, nnd there remains$623,872 36 profit to tho State by the operations of the Bunk and tne Sinking Fund. In addition, there is a further sum of $15,502 60, which by the law last session, is transferred atonco to the Treasurer of State, without being entered on the books of this office.

As vet, the Commissioners have discovered but few eases, in the Mortgages uffiicr their charge, whers tho State will sustain losses on its loans 01 tho Sinking Fund and the Surplus Revenue. In addition to the probable lose ol the interest due on Jeremiah Mmtcy's loan, the particularsol which were reported laat year, It has since been ascertained that Aslicr Cox, of tayette county, ftatidulently obtained a loan of $500, which will ho lost. The afitdavit ol the borrower and certificate of the Recorder, both stated that ihere was no incumbrance on the mortgaged premises, yet it afterwards appeared that there was an unsatisheu mortgage o( record in existence. The Mortgager, Recorder. and hissuretirs. are said to be insolvent. Alfred K. Teal, a minor of Shelby county, obtainod a loan ol $500. which he now refuses to pay: but there arc circumstances in tho case sufficient, it is believed, to authorize the Court of Equity, which has been applied to. to enforce payment*

In addition lo these uses referred to last year, where it was understood there had been an over-valuation of propi-rty, it is now supposed that there will be several others where the Slate will lose more or less by iho high appraisement put upon property, or it,s subsequent depreciation. Tim only new instances, however, that have ye! been intimated to the Board, are two in La* porte county, two in Marshall, and one in Caps* 'I ascertain the true value ol the moi tgaged premises, and to obtain further security where it may be needed and can be had, it was resolved at the last meeting of the Commissioners, that one of their number should personally examine, or satisfy himself bevond dispute, ss lo the value of each tract of land on which a mortgage has been taken. From lh? increasing neglcct of the regular payment of interest, the importance of-being able to give accurate information at aales.and the deep interest which the State now has in these mortgages, it was deemed advisable to give more attention to thi» subject hereafter.

Of the tracts that have been advertised for sale since the commencement of operations, neventy two have failed to sell for want of bidders, and have not ainco been redeemed- Fourteen of these tracts are, in Mar* shall county, thirteen in Tippecanoe, eleven in Warre», eight in Lnporie, five in Fulton, four, each in Cass and Shelby, two. each in Elkhearc. Boon and Marion, and one each iu .Dearborn, Carroll, White, Hamilton, Montgomery. Hendricks and Daviess. One hundred and three additional tracts had not been redeemed when the sale advertised for the 11th inst. was postponed, in compliance with the directions of the Joint Resolution of the Legislature.

Titere are in Marshall county, several tracts ol land mortgaged to the Stale, which either by the death or absence of the mortgager, are left unocupied. Tho most of these have been personally examined and found to he ample security for the ultimate payment of the amount due State. As tbese lands cannot be sold at present, a provision by law appears to be necessary for renting such as are improved, so that they may be made more valuable, or may contribute in part to the payment ol taxes and interest.

It iaalso respectfully suggested to iho Legislature whether the mmiastoners of thc Sinking Fund ought not to be vested with powers taitHnfirhe-nnSrf certain restrictions, ar advance mora money, or exret a lower rate of interest, where (he security is now doubtful, and better security catfhy that means be had.

Woore, See

SHEETS

.If-. -f. •. S&. MERRILL, Pmsii&HTj O Ii IS N i. 81MUF

J. WALKER. 5 \V. T. T- JON^ Sinking Fund Ctrmtaniwnfrg.

The compensation to il» Commisf ioners of the Sinking Fund n*s been ss follows.: For per dieniservipwiduring session,averavifig about twelve days a year—$2 00a day.

For examining titles, approving mortgage*, and superintending payments of interest tmtil the expiration of the loans—one per cent, on the sum loaned.

The only

dent, in tended.

eompensntion yet received by the Prest-»-balf per ceot.Qn the |«ui hohas wiperiu-

.onoed. The Clerk receives |f00 a vrttr. 'aad the Assistant [Clerk. $300a year.