The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 5 February 1842 — Page 2

said

Trenton to be supplied frcm Mt. Pleasant, 9 miles and beck, onee a weekWaterloo to be rapp(iid from Cambridge, 5 milea and back, onte a week.

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1. Severt min&tes are allowed for opening ana tng th« mails nt all offices, where no P®"1"1.1IOIJtPB is specified but on railroad and gieam o0-^^|ig there is to be no more delay than uneceeea er and receive the baet. „,„r„TI,nrp #o oas3. The mail

seltzers,

and

con^yed pi» 'P«

to their entire excluawn, if

3 vJ"!forince is to

weigni ana

given

passengers broaghi

1)1 the wnnecung.mail lines over those traveling in

p^'Offi-c blanks, mail

hnes

and fpecial ajrents

of he Department, on the exhibition of their credtnrtfls. are to be conveyed without, further chargc on rhail lines adtrtiting of such conveyance. •"5. Miil ag^nis'are t° be conveyed without charge the principle railroad and steamboat line*, where tho size of (hcJTwils and the number of of the offices will require their employment by the Department, and in that case a sep.ir.itc apartment for the assorting and safe-keeping of the mail is to be protfd«»d by the contractor under the direction of the Department. 6. In all cases, there is to be a forfeiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip is not run a forfeiture of at least one-fourth part of it, when the running or arrival is RO fur behind time ns to loose the connection with defending mail: and a forfeiture of a due proportion of it, when a grade of eervice is rendered interior to that in the contract. These forfeitures may be incrated into penalties of higher amount, according to the naure orfrequency of the failure and the importance of the mail. 7. Fines will he imposed, unless the delinqnency be satisfactorily explained in Hue time, for failing to take from, deliver at a post office, the mail, or any part of it for suffering it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed for conveying it in a place or any manner that expose? it to depredation, loss, or injury for reftiseins after demand, to convev a nwitby any coach,jradrond car. or steamboat, which the cbtftractor regularly runs on the route, beyond (he specified number of trips in the contracts and for not arriving at the time se|. And for«eettinj up or runing an express to transmit commercial intellicencn in advnnceof the mail, a penalty will evicted equal to a quarter's pay. 8. Tha Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures fur violating the Post Office law for disobeying the instructions of the Department for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Department for assigning the contract without the consent of the Postmaster Genera', or for setting up or running an express as afore-

9. The Postmaster General may alter the contract and alter the schedule, lie allowing a pro rata increase of eomp.'ns'ition, within the restrictions imposed by Inw, for the additional service required, or for the increased speed, if the employment of additional stock or carriers ia rendered necessary hut the contractor may, in such case, relinquish the contract, on timely notice, if he prefers it to the change. He may also discontinue or curtail the service, he allowing one month's extra pay on the amount dispensed with. 10. The payments will be made through drafts on Posts ofTiccs or otherwise, after the expiration of each quarter, say^ in February, May, August, and

November. 11. The distances tire given according to the best information but no incresed pay will be allowed, should they prove to he grentcr than is advertised, if the places

are correctly named. 12. Tlio Postmaster (ipneral is prohibited by law from knowlingli/makings con rnct for the transporta tion of the mail with anv person who shall have entered into any combination, or proposed to enter into any combination, to prevent the making of any bid for mail contract by any other person or persons, or who •hall have made any agreement, or shall have given or performed, or promised to give or perform, any consideration to do, or not to do, anything whatever to induce any other person not to bid for a mail contract

On coach routes where the present contractor nltnll be superceded hy «n underbidden who may not Invn the sta^e property requisite for the performance of the contract he shall purchase from the present contractor such of his coaches, teams and harness belonging to the route as a'lall be needed, and tnaV he suitable for the service, at a fair valuation and make pavnient therefor hv reasonable instalments, as his pav becomes due, unless the present contractor shall continue to run stages on the route. Should theV not agree as to the suitableness of the property, the terms, or the security, each may choose a person who may appoints third, and their decision shall be final or the Postmaster General will name the umpire. Should the underhidder fail to comply, hisbjd will he offered to the contractor but should hedecline it. the protwals oft he underhidder will he accepted unconditionally. The un lerbidder should give early notice of his intention to take or not to take the stock, and il the latter, of hi* reasons and the present contrnctor is to determine, on the first application, wether he will sell

it "r no'- ,. 14. A bid received after time, to wit: the 14th April next at 3 m, or without the guarantee required by law or that combines several routes in one sum of compensation, cannot be considered in competition with a

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regular proposal, not ndjudgedcd to be

AXtravngsnt. 15. A bidder may off*nr on coach, railroad,or steamboat routes, where that transportation is difficult or impracticahlert certain seasons, to substitute horse or wagon conveVance, or to intermit service, a specified number of days, weeks, or months. He may propose »o omit an office that is inaccessih'e, or is not on the stage road, the rail way, or at a steamboat landing, as the case maV bo or ho maV offer to substitute an inferior mode of supply in such cases. He maV propose different days and hours of departure and arrival, provided no more running time is nsked, and it is obvious that no mail connectiouor other public accommodation is prejudiced. He may ask for a specified number of days for more running time to the trip at certain seasons of peculiar bad roads. Hut hpvond these changesj a proposal for service different from the advertisement will prevent i*s being considered in competition with a regular bid. not set aside for extrvagance and where a bid contains auV of the above alterations their disadvantages will be estimated in comparing it with other propogils. 16. There should bo but one route bid for in proposal. 17. The mute, the service, the yearly pav, the bidder's pnme and residence, and the name of ench member of the firm, where a company offers, should be distinctly stated. 18. The following is the form of thegnnrnntv which should he fiHi d, the first blank with the name of the guarantor, the second with that of the bidder and the third and fourth with the beginning and terminating points of the route and after being dated, should h« signed by the guarantor, who must be shown bv the written certificate of a postmaster, or other equally satisfactory testimonial, to be a man of property, and able to make good his guaranty. This guaranty, so certified, should accompany each bid. "The undersigned guaranties that if his bid for carrying 'he mail from to be accepted by the Postmaster General, shall nter into an obli«a*ion prior to the 1st dav of Julv next.with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the service proposed. "Dated 19 The bid should he sent under seol. «rfdre*s*nl to the First Assistant Postmaster General, with Mail ProoosaU in the State of ,M written on the face of letter and should be despatched in time to be received by or before the 14th April next, rt 3 o'clock,

90. The contracts arc to be cxceutcd before the 1st

Sav

C. A WICKLIFFE.

PosTOrrioR Dtr*.RT*EXT. Dec 14. 1MI. XEW IMPER JlILl.*

TOTIIF. MPRCH A \"TS *VO TR tlKRRS OF

TIIH WABASH rALF.FY.

HPHB subscriber* btve erected a largo

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o*t in obtaining the most approved Machinery and skill from the Rast. are prepared to «»pp»y the

Jan 1,1842-17-1 THOM AS & YANDES KRW FIRM.

TJderundersigned

IR have entered into partnership unthe nanw and style of Blake Sr Bourne, and have taken the old stand of Groverman Si Bourne, on tfca north sideoftbe pnblie square, where they are now opooing au extensive assortment of Dry Go id*. Hardware and Groceries, the greater part of which has just been received from the Eastern cities. They will sell nnon very accommodating terms, and invite their friends and the public in general to *ive them a call, menus an TH08. H. BLAKE,

BLESSED is tiie man whom thou CHASTEN ETH." FBALM xenr. 12. 0 Saviour! whose mercy, severe in its kindness.

Has chasten'd my wandVingaand guided my way, Ador'd be the pow'r which jlluminM my blindness, And wean'd me from phantoms that Hnil'tf to betray. Enchanted with all that was dazzling and fair

I follow'd the rainbow.—f caught at the toy,— And still it) displfasure thy goodness was there. Disappointing the hope and defeating the joy Thebloesom blush'd bright, but a worm was below

The moonlight shone fair, there was blight in the beam Sweet whispered the breeze,but it whispered of woe

And bitterness flow'd in the soft flowing stream. So, cared of my folly, vet cured bat in part, I turn'd to the refuge thy pity displayed And still did this eager and credulous heart

Weave visions of promise that bloom'd but to fade.

1 thought that the course of the pilgrim to Heaven, Would be bright as the summer, and glad as the morn Thou show'dst me the path —it was dark and uneven,

All rugged with rock, and all tangled with thorn.

I dreamed ofcclcstial rewards and renown grasped at the triumph which blesses the brave I ask'd for the palm-branch, the robe, and the crown

I asked—and thou show'dst me across and a grave. Subdued and instructed, at length, to thy will, My hopes and my longings I fain would resign O! give me the heart that can wait and be still,

Nor know of a wish or a pleasure but thine.

There are mansions exempted from sin and from woe, Out they stand in a region by mortals untrod There are rivers of joy—but they roll not below

There is rest.—but it dwells in the presence of God. Sacred Poems by the late Sir Robert Grant."

AND ARE YOU SURE THE NEWS IS TRUE. TUKE—" There'* nae luck about the home." And aro you sure the news is true?

And are you sure he's signed 1 can't believe the joyful tale And leave my friends behind. Tf John hns signed and orink^no more. The happiest wife am I, That ever swept a cottage hearth, Or sung a lu'laby.

For there's nae luck about the house, There's nne luck at a' And gane's the comfort o" the house Since he to drink did fa'.

Whose eye so kind, whose hand so strong, Whose love so true will shine? If lie has bent his heart and hand The total pledge to sign. But what puts breaking in my head? 1 trust he'll taste rio more, Be still, be still, my breaking heart, Hark hark lie's at the door

For there's nae luck about the house, &c.

And blessing's on the helping hands. That sent him back to me, Haste, hnste, ye little ones and run Your father's face to sec. And are you sure my John you've signed And ore you sure 'tis past Then mine's the happiest, brightest home, On Temperance shores at Irist.

There's been nao luck about the house, And now 'tis comfort a', And Heaven preserve my ain good man That he may never fa'.

From the Boston Daily Advertiser. ASCENT OF MOUNT VESUVIOUS. The following i3 an extract Irom Foreign Travels and Life at Sea," by the Rev. Charles Rockwell, now in press, Boston:

At midnight I was awakened by the yoting man. who was to be my attendant, in ascending the mountain. YVe each mounted a horse, and save here and there the crying of a child, or the barking of a dog, as we left the village at the foot of the mountain, no sound hut the tramping of our horses oil the lavn, broke in upon the silence of night. The horse on which my guide rode had not been trained to climbing the mountain, and being refractory, I rode on by myself The road was along a dark ravine, deeply worn, and washed, in the decaying lava, with vineyards, or a dense growth of wild plants and shrubs on either 6ide.

The very darkness of the night, and the seclusion of our way, by veiling from the view surrounding objects, caused the mind to turn in upon itself, and to drow tnore freely from the store-house of fancy, and of memory, the materials of excited thought, and feeling, treasured there. Around, and beneath us, were the ruins of ages, whilst above, rose in solemn grandeur, the frowning mountain, sending up its wreathed smoke to Heaven, like a mighty giant, musing over the wide spread ruin he had wrought, and by repose, regaining strength for other deeds of desolation, and of death. In moving over such ground, how vividly do past scenes rise to the mind, how intensely does one feel, and live, and with what emotions of sublimity, and awe, do we, with stiller spirit, inwardly exclaitn—

What if the breath that kinifffid those grim fires, Awaked, should blow them into seven fold rage, And plunge us in the flames or from above, Should intermitted vengeance arm again, His red right hand to plague us!" On a high ridge, about half way up the mountain stands the Hermitage, with trees in front and inhabited by a single Monk, who supplies travelers with refreshments. Before reaching this point, and soon after leaving it we crossed wide fields of rough broken lava, rising in black irregular masses, of from a few inches to five or six feet in height. Wo tied our horsws to some stakes planted in the lava near the foot of the cone, which rises at an angle of 45 degrees and is composed, at the surface of light, loose nshes. mingled with cinders and stones. The ascent is extremely fatigueing. as one sinks to the ankle, in the yielding ma6s, every step he takes. On reaching the summit, however, fatigue issoon forgotten. Every thing around leads one to feel, that but a narrow, brittle crust of lava separates liiin from the flaming, raging depths below, and lie knows not how soon the boiling fires beneath his feet, moy hurst forth from their prison house, or by a sudden and mighty effort, hurl upwards to the face of heaven, the heated mass on which he stands. All around him, heated vapor, and pungent gases, are rushing Jh-om the fissures in the lave, and in one place, before rmiching the brim ol the crater, the guide placed a handful of dry herbage on the surface of the lava, and it was instantly in flames. It was between two and three o'clock in the morning, when we reached the summit of the cone, ond as we had only starlight :o

uide us. WR deferred descending into the crater, until should dawn. One object in assending Vesuvius by night is to witness, from its summit, the dawn of day and the rising sun, as dispelling the shades of night, they seem as it were, to call into being, in rapid succession, the richneosand beauty of the city and country—the leafy hillside and the fertile plain—the hoary mountain and the rolling sea. As three hours or more must elapse before sunrise, my next enquiry was, how to protect myself from the chilling vapors of the night, and at the same time a little qoiet sleep. Theee are tnattem of some urgency, owing to the fatigue and violent perspiratioh caused by ascrnding the cone, as also to the fact that we had no overcoat with us. Making a virtue of necessity therefore, I selected a resting place directly over one of the numerous fissures, from which heated vapor, strongly charged with muriatic, or sul-

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at Lafavette, Indiana, and have spared no

enhrt

I'a/fnt with every kind of paper wanted on the

most favorable term. The friends of Home Industry and Western Enterprise, are invitwl to give twa calf, «nd to save their Rags, which will be received in cbmge for Paper or Cash at fair prices.

T. J. BOURNE.

Terre-Hante. Nov.iS-if

CIUR.

Waii ted,

1 AAA POUNDS ofhreG«*cFt•tbrrs inexebatig* for Goods, at cash price, if delivered at my

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rri. -j i- doMiatton, and standing there, aa a living monom«i», W ffrlUrr9 9

IEoariWr*hinof Grovcrtran & Bourne, is this were tbe deep dr»vrn sigh of aagtush. and its rawird dVv s^lvod by mutual consent, and the btm- «iak,ng. theconyul«ve havings of rcmorso, for deeds oesj of the fir-n placed in the hands of Tho Boorue. of cWanon, a»d of death. Tor final wttlMOent, to whom all indebted wHI please lo £5?^ appfyandmake par meat, as the «me be closed which continued moreil-n ^a«

GROVFRM AN

J- BOURNE.

94-13-tf

G.W. LANG WORTHY

acid sas, rashes forth as from the chimney of a urnace, and there composed myself to sleep. My only pillow was my cloth cap, laid upon a broken piece of cinder, and though my bed waa none o£ the softest, and it was, withal, necessary so to place my head that ih« pungent gases might not be inhaled, causing as they did, the inner surface of the nostrils to feel as if a thousand heated cambric needles were shot into them, atill, thus wartnod by the volcano's breath, my quiet and luxurious sleep, was sach as kings might envy. Was it not a most romantic resting place.

It were in vain to attempt a description of the varied and intence emotions, excited by gasing on the rplcaded panorama, which the morning light opened to view, first, the classic heights around, and far beyond us, as if rising from the bosom of primeval chaos, shadowed for their ragged outline, on the morning sky. Then rose the woody hills, sod soon the rising son, aa it drew up the fleecy vapor which rested alike on the sea, disclosed at once to the view, the quiet village and the crowded city, tlie wide spread vales laden with the olive and tbe vine, and the azure waters of tha quiet bay, at added with islands known to classic fame, and as tha morning mots soared upwarda, the stately ship of war, with its feir nroporttdbe, and its tapering beauty, waa awn, as if tike the seaborn Veens, rising from the bosom of the deep, We were above raging firm and boiling lava of the burning mount, clad in the sable covering of its own

I|K buried diies Mow as it its heated breathings

immense cbt«*n at the sammit of tbe mountain, about three m'kc in envaroferenee. The depth of this abyss has b*en constantly decreasing staoe. by the falling ia of it* sides, ft roe-sored, at fim, from one to two rfetissand feet, bat at tbe 'ime of my visit, U*e edse or brim of the cone, was not more than two or three hoodrrd feet above th* opon vent of the volcano. More than 800 feet of the «amtnit of tbe mountain bat been earned a war by axptaaion. itatt itfjwirt' Jw, been reduced from 4m to 3400 feet

By clambering over the masses of broken descended the inner surface of tbe crater. were within a few feet of tbe chimney subterranean furnace. The smoke and with aloud roaring sound, rushed widely chasam some fifty feet in diameter, iatatipbich large masses of lava, and cooid hear them after a minute or more, drop into the boiling depths below, when with a louder roaring, a denser cloud of stndfee, filled with glowing sparks rolled upwards to tlp face of heaven. Eniotiuas of a peculiar aiblimitibaind awe were-excitod. as, enclosed by the rugged cl'ffs of lava, with the heavens above darkened by the smoke of the volcano, whilst beneath me were fiefrv heaving billows bellowing forth their-rage, as if impatient, and gather ing strength to rise again above the walls of iljeir mountain prison, and rush with fury down npon.the plains below. It seemed like siandingoo ibe^verge of the pit of woe, where the Vailing* of. the Jost weroascending, mingled with the smoke of their torments, going up for ever, and ever. What a stupendous^nd overwhelming display of the fearful power of the Most-

High. are the raging fires of a volcano now resting to regain their strength and then with mighty convulsions, heaving the earth, causing the sea to retife far back from its wantecLlimits, and then sending high up in the heavens, massive rocks, and columns ofglowing, liquid fire, which, in their descent, roll their desolating torrent, like the river of death, over the fertile plains below. With feelings of no slight or transient interest, I climbed to the brim of thecrater, rapidly descended to the Hermitage, and from thence, (hnving taken some refreshments,) to the base of the mountain.

Before leaviftg Vesuvius it may not be amiss to state some facts connected with its past history. At the time of our earliest accounts of it, with the remains of an ancient crater nearly filled, at its summit, covered within by wild vines, and with a barren plain rt the bottom. It was within this ancient and extinct"£rater that Sparticus, the rebel gladiator, encamped his army of 10,000 men. The sides of the mountain wereefothed with fertile Gelds, highly bultivatcd, and at its base were the populous cities ofPumpeii and Herculanfum In tbe year 63 there was an earthquake, by which these cities were much injnred, and in 79, they were bqfmTby an eruptton-of Vesuvius.

We have no evidence that the lava flowed from tlie nfbuntain in the year 79 as the buildings, both in Pompeii and Herculaneum. were filled with small stones sand, ashes, and fragmants of older'htvas. Pompeii has never been overflown with lava though the town stands on a bed of it composed of several layers which were thrown out at a period earlier than any of which we have a history. As Herculanetrm is directly at the base of the mountain, it has often been covered, not only as at first with showers of mud and ashes, but also with streams of lava. Above the lowest stratum is the matter of six eruptions, with veins of good soil between each, all of them of a dearth of from 70 to 112 feet. Both these cities were seaports, and Herculaneum is still near the sea, but Pompeii is now a mile from the shore, the intervening spactTTTaving been filled up with volcanic matter- Of the manuscripts found at Herculanenm, about 400 of those least injured have been read. A few are in Italian, bin but most of them aro Greek, and though to us entirely new, yet are they unimportant. They relute mostly to music, rhetoric, and cookery.

CHAPTER ON TASTES.

In the lectures of Mrs. Ricord, (in her work on the philosophy of Mind,) she makes these suggestions to ner sex.

Let woman be true to her rational nature and her moral feeling, then will her associations of thought he correct, her imog'nation attiveand delicate slig.will revolt at coarseness and immorality, and assert her own right to stand independent of lashion, or rather by the cultivation of her well balanced mind, be herself its law giver. While a provision for the sustenance of life belongs to man its happiness was entrusted to woman. Therefore should she be cultivated. Tho1 it be not important that she sing like a Malihran, yet her gentle voice heard in sof song, at the sweet hour of twilight, not necessarily in a fashionable air, but one to w^iich all the feelings of the soul respond, will throw a soothing charm over the wearied spirit of a fond father. Then if the cheerful, clear, and tastefully arranged apartments, presents the attraction ofwell chosed hook, read in the clear and finely miidulated tones of an educated woman, whose affectionate looks and intellectual remarks give evidence of well directed thought and kindest feeling, that man must be wanting in some of the best emotions of hie natnre who could coldly cast away such happiness. Oh, would not the rescue of a beloved husband from the popular causes of excitement that involve so many families in ruin, making him ns much a bankrupt in happiness as in fortnne, be worth this sacrifice, if it may be called a sacrifice, of time in a wife? Would not the salvation of dear brother from the influence of evil associates, be worth the sacrifice of the evening visit to a loving sister?

True refinement of mind is always attended with a perception and love of fitiiess and propriety, as welr-as Of beauty and sublimity The woman of delicate perception will in ihe first place examine herself, and sooner detect her own improprieties than those of her neighbour: she knows them more certainly, they interest her more nearly, ond she has the power to rectify them. Such a person will avoid rudeness in her manners, indelicacy or coarsness in her appearance. She will suit her dress to circumstances, and lib Circumstance, either of hurry or small means, will

duce her to forego neatness and agreeable arrangement nor will wealth or fashion oblige her to load ber attire with ornament, or draw her inio what is ridiculous or immodest. To a woman of good taste affectation is abhorrent, feeling, as she must, that it is not onlv a species of lulsehood, but that it renders one the object of ridicule and disgust. Having an eye for heautv, she will discover the beauty of actions and character as material beauty hence in her judgment no action of duty or kindness will be considered degrading^ but rather the omission of it. She would blush at incivility to the poor or aged. In addressing a domestic or dependant, tho tones of her voice will acquire unwonted softness, and instead of delivering commands, she seems to solicit favors. Her parents are the objects of her tenderest veneration: she would consider herself wanting in self-respect did she not respect all the feelings ofher mother, or be unwilling to share the labors devolving upon her. In her manners and actions there is a uniform propriety. To wound the feelings of a sister, or by a sarcasm or slight, to give pain to any one. would to her correct and delicate thoughts, seem impossible.

Such is the woman whose associations are correct, whose judgrhent is sound, whose imasrtnation is active and governed by reason. Her moral sense wilJL.not suffer her, even though wanting in spiritual piety, to join in a jest on the subject, which to her correct mind must appear of awful import—Religion. Such a woman will pass through lile honoured and loved. Ah, how deplored, and how deplorable should she at its close still be wanting in the "one thing needful."

FASHIONABLE SINGLE WOMEN.' A feature that in society here must be striking to Americans is the great number of single women.— With us, you know, few women live beyon nority unrnntrd, and those few sink into the obscurity of some friendly fireside. But here they linvean independent existence, pursuit, and influence, and they are much hnopiei lor it: mind, I do not say happier than fortunate wives, and good mothers, but than those who, not having drawn a husband in the lottery of life, resign themselves to a mere passive existence. English women married and single, have more leisure, and far more opportunity for intellectual cultivation than with us. The objects of asrt are on every sU of them exciting their minds, through their sensations, and filling them with images of beauty. There is, with us, far more necessity, and of course opportunity, for tlie developement of a woman's faculties for domestic life than here but this. I think, is counterbalanced by woman's necessary independence of the othef sex here. On the whole, it seems to me, there is not a more lovenble or lovely woman than the American

matron, steadfast in her conjugal duties, devoted to the progress of her children, ano the happiness of the household. nor a more piwerful creature than the English woman in the full strength and developement of her character.

Now, my dear C. a word as to dress for the women part of yonr family. I do not comprehend what our English fnends, who come among us mean by their eortimen'3 on tbe extravagance of drrse in America. 1 have seen more velvet and costly lace in one howr in Kensington Gardens than ever I saw in New York and it would take all the diamonds in the U. States to to dress a Duchess for an evening at boose. You may say ssy that lace and diamonds are transmitted luxuries/heir looms (a species of inherritenee we know little about will yoo most take into aceoont the immence excess of their wealth over oars, before yon can have a notion of tbe disparity between'os-— The women her* up to five and and forty (and splendid women many oftbem are np to that age) dress with taste—times*, after that abominably. Wotnao to seventy, and heaven knows how ranch longer, leave their necks aild armes bare not here and there on*, **bl.nd. deluded, miagntded," but whole assemblies of fat women—and O tempo**! O antra! snd lean. So«h parchment necks sa I have seen bedizened with dta moods, and armes bar*), thai aeemcd fit only to hold the tensors of destiny, «r to snr the caaldrao of !H*eI be»b witches—dresses in sxrrre satins and rose colored silks, and hares her arms as if they were as round and dlmpte.as a cherub's, though they are mere bench of sinew*, and seem only kept together by tbat ntce anatomical contrivance of the wristband, ©a wtiien

Pa ley expatiates. This pa*t merlrm demonsiratiiwi ia, perhaps, after all, in act of penance for past vanities or. perhaps, it is a herevolent admonition to tbe y» ng anJ ftir. that to this, favor tbey mast corns at last. Who know*?

We know a printer whose aott is so holy that be ia olteo taken for a clergyman Extkang*. Werry singular, aict it. that a printer sbowa bs taken for a clergyman?— Micmcsp*-

Not at all. For an editor, Kks a clergyman, keep* the devft in Mfcfeerioa

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Saturday Courier.

From Mi** Sedgwick's Journal.

LOCK.—There is not a mow pernicious notion afloat rn the world than the one which ascribe.^to meregood fortune tho results of that anbroken energy of character, which throogh defeats

h^yohd

an*

its

Jgj '!SJBt2i

ward to ita object, and «?«rdsewy oracle that would mm it from

settled purpose, not only with

out dismay, bdt with exultation, as conferring addi-

sustain. This fetal mistake in worldly ethics has blasted the prosperity of thousands. It chills ambition. deters ordinary nod Iwnestly a^n^.mmi* from perseveringlv following out their correct preconceived plans it offers a powerful temptation the undSdod to relax from their efforts and, wowtbn all. it affords a plausible pretex* for^the -i Tvnfl it in fnnt Lne SUCCC98 OI failureiof the indolent. True it is that the^ schemes devised with the utmost skill occasionally HWndoon-a fortuitous conibination of c.irciimsjances tbiit certainty t/j£experience

the

mankind, demonstrates

possibility of a doubt, that, more,very

iHTicir tiiore of success or failure is attributable to the individual, than he or the world at large is believe. Nine times out ol ten, your "lucky fetlowd are those keen sighted men who have surveyed the world-with a scrutenizing eve, and unite to clear an«l exact ideas of what is necessary to be done, the skill to execute their well-approved plans.— Wnlervtllonian.

TIGHT Lxcmo.-It is said that the French fashionable's have discarded tight lacing and that the Grecian models, which are only the fair and beautiful proportions ol nature, are henceforth to be standards of fashion for ladies' waists, instead oft he wasp,hour glass, «J-c.

Sound the loud timbrel o'er hill vallev. and sea,^ The Tape-strings are broken, and women are free-

Acting Getntnan.

Look here, Sambo you got that quarter dollar you owes me?"

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Tuff, rio—money so scarce, so many stopperages in Mohile, there ain't no money in circulation." '•O sho, Sambo what the nashun you got to do wid Mobile? Nigger, pay un. pav up."

Weil, look here, Cuff I hear massa tell more dan twenty men dat same tale, and I ain't,sqe no gemman treat him like von do me. Act like a gemman if you is a nigger.1'—N. O. Picayune.

VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

FOR CURING BEEF OR PORK.—The German town Telegraph,strongly recommends the following method for curing Beef or Pork, and says those who are fond of clpan.^ure. and sweet me.it, without the leost apprehension of its tainting through the summer, may obtain their wish bv adopting it. It is this:

To 1 gallon of water, Take It lb. salt, lb. sugar, oz saltpetre.

In this ratio the pickle to be increased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dirt from the salt and sugar, (which will not be a little.)_ rises to the top and is skimmed off. Thfn throw it into a large tub to cool, and when perfectly cold pour it over your beef or pork, to remain the usual time,

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or five weeks. Tho meat must be well covered with the pickel, and should not be put down for at least, two days after killing, during which time it should be slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpetre.

Let this mode he once tried, and our word for it, it will be tried again in preference to all other. CrRt: FOR THE CHOLIC.—To a teaenpful of warm cider or weak wine, add one-half (or one-third, if large) teaspoon fill salcratus—drink instantly oefore the foam subsides-

The above is also excellent tor a seated cough the writer after '.aking it a ew times lor the above complaint, was agreeobly surprised to find that a most obstinate. racking cough, hud taken its departure, and has not since returned. I sincerely believe, that, taken in time, many ulceratcd lungs might be healed, and lives saved.

VALUABLE REMFPY FOR DROPSV.—The following important remedy, found in "Raymond'scony of Gunn's Domestic Medicine," has, we are informed, cured some of the most inveterate cases of Dropsy in Philadelphia within a few months: "Take two handful's of the green or inner bark of the white or common elder, steep them in two quarts of Lisbon ne twenty-four hours. If this wine cannot be had, Teneriffe or Madeira will answer.—Takea gill every morning, faBiing, or more if it can be borne on the stomach."

To DRIVE AWAY RATS.—Tnr, or bird lime, laid in their haunts, will stick to their fur, and cause their departure. If a living rat be caught, and well rubbed or brushed over with tar and train oil, and afterwards put to escape in the holes of others, they will disappear.

REMEDY FOR HOOPING COUGH.—Twenty grains of salt of tarter, and ten grainsof cochineal, with an ounce of refined sugar, dissolved in a gill or a quarter Of a pint of warm water—take a tenapoonful thr«e times a day for a child about four or five years of age, a little every time when the cough is troublesome. The relief is immediate, and cure, in general, from four to five days. It has cured many thousands and more. Also, fresh air in dry and mild weather.!• advisable.

EFFECTUAL CURE FOR A FELON.—Bathe the part affected in ashes and water take the yolk of an egg, six drops of spirits of turpentine, a few beet leaves cut fine, a small quantity of hard soap, one teaepoonful of burnt salt, ana one of Indian meal it never fails to effect a cure if applied in season.

Lay sugar on sliced onions and the Byrup is said to be the best remedy for the croupTo PREVENT TIIE SMOKING OF LAMP OIL.—Steep your wick in vinegar, and dry it well before you use it.

PORTABLE BALLS FOR REMOVING SPOTS FROM CLOTHES IN GENERAL—Take fuller's earth perfectly dried, so that it crumbles to powder, moisten it with the clear juice of lemons, and add a small quantity of pure pearlash then work and knead the whole carclully together, till it acquires the consistency of a thick clastic paste form it into convenient small halls, and expose them to the heat of the sun, in which they ought to be carefully dried. In this state they are ht for use in the manner following: first moisten the spot on the clothes with water, then rub it with the ball just difsolved, and suffer it again to dry in the sun alter having washed the spot with pure water, it will disappear.

The Genesee Farmer says a pint of linseed oil, two ounces of spirits of turpentine, and half an ounce of Burgundy Pitch—slowly melted together, and then applied to new hoots will render them water tight without becoming stiff. The correspondent of an exchange paper, says he has used this composition many years and believes that his shoemaker's bill has heeri reduced by it one half, so conservative are its effects on the leather.

Those who make candles will find it a great improvement to steep the wicks in lime, they will be clear and the taMow will not run.

Britania wnre should be first rubbed gently with a woolen cloth and sweet oil, then washed in warm suds and robbed with soft leather and whiting. Thus treated, it will retain its beauty to the last.

New iron should be very gradually heated at first, after it has become inured to the heat it is not likely to crack.

It is a good plan to put new earthenware into cold water and let it beat gradually until it boils, then cool again.

The oftener carpets are shaken the longer thev will wear, the dirt that collects under them grinds out the threads.

Do not wrap knives and forks in woollens, wrap them in a good strong paper. Steel is injured by laying in

woollens.

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SANTA FE EXPEDITION.

An arrival at this port yesterday, direct from Yucatan, fully confirms the capture of the Santa Fe expedition. Tt is stated with some more plausibility than was tbe unconditional surrender of theee brave Americans. So far from "not firing a shot." they fired a good many. When within two days' jonrney from Santa Fe, thev were encountered by 1,200 Mexican volunteers, 300 regulars and 300 rancher**, or herdsmen. This body of 1,800 the 'vxpeditiw" fought for more than twelve boors, killing over 320 Mexicans, and loosing only two of their number. They fired away every ounce of their amun'ttion. and surrendered from that cause only. This is truly ia accordance with the Anglo-Saxon character, and bears on its face tbeaspect ofa sadder truth than any report thence, which hns obtained circulation. The braves are now without doubt in the mines of Mexico, whence nothing bot warlike expedition against Mexico will releas them. —Crescent City. .,

MEXICO ATOTHS Tutu* PR!SO*IRS —We are informed by a friend who has letters from the city of M« xico to the lt)th of December, thai at that time GenSAITTA AJTKA. the Provisional President of the Republic, was dangeronslv ill of the dvsefttery. Tbe Te*ian prsooer* of war wereoo their msreh to the capi ol. Three of them tired on tbe road, jast bevonH Chthaa,* haa. and could proceed no farther when the Captain of tbe foard who escorted (ham. as soon ss the (acts was reported to him, had them shot. TtriscoM-htood* ed act ol barbarism, it is represented, had excited the indignation of all etasseo of the osmaunity, even in Mexico.

Acoostitaent Congnwa of the its two had bren called by SAVTA AVSA. to assemble in the city ai Aiexieo 08 the new Coastiulion: in winch Crmtrtm si! the Departments (indoding Texas) were tone represented in the rat if one deputy to every 70,000 inhabitants. The population ot each department is stated in tbe decree of tbe President, to be based opon an estimate of tbe national institute of geography and statistics, and is made to amount, in the aggregate, to 7.044.140. Tbe population of Texas is stated at *7,800.—Sickmamd

SMAU. C*A»68.—The branch Mint at New Orteins is now encaged in coining the smaller denominations of coin. Sixty tbeeoead dollars hi Dtaaes but been stsmped in twenty da ye prior to tee fist

AGRICULTURAL.

VINEYARDS IN THE WEST. We long to aee the farmer* of the West, pay attention to those things which make home comfortable and nothing can be doite with the same amount of labor and expense, that is such a fruitful source of comfort, aa the cultivation of fruit. And it takea so short a time to reap the benefits, thnt it wouhl seem every farmer who looks ahead even frxr three or four years, would lose no time in procuring, at least, a little.

That graeps can be easily raised there can be no doubt for more or less varieties are indigenous in all parts of the West. Those living in the vicinity of choice varieties should mark them, as Mr. Bradley of City West, la. did, and at their leisure take them up. If they will still further follow Mr. Bradley's example, and send us some of the slips, we shall be much obliged. The following we extract from the Almanac of the Western Farmer and Gardiner: 7c "if

The produce of the vineyard begins to be looked upon as a thing of some importance in the West. The wise now made in the immediate vicinity of Cincinnati, amoiints to many hundred gallons, and some of it is of most excellent quality. Grapes are sold in market, each season, in considerable quanti* iy, and command a good price. Every farmer who at all appreciates tho luxury of good fruit, should have his acre or two of grape vines. There is no difficulty in it whatever —ihey are as easily grown as corn as hardy as the apple tree yield fully as certain a crop afford a rich treat during three or four months of the year, and longer, if care is taken in putting them away the surplus is always in demand in market or if made into wine—a process almost as simple as cidermaking—will yield a handsome return.

A rich loam, on a clay sub-soil, with a substratum of limestone, seems to us the soil best suited for the production of sure crops of fruit, and of fair quality. A sandy or gravelly soil may give a grnpe of better flavor, yielding, we should think, a juice of a greater specific gravity but the crops are neither so sure nor sc^abundant. In rich bottom land tli£ viilte itself grows with much greater rabidity, but the fruit is apt to mildew. The hill sides and tops are preferred, for various reasons not the least satisfactory of which is,1 th xt it is the most profitable use to which tlicy can be put.

Where practicable, the ground should be prepared by trenching with the spade in the fall, at least two spits deep—thus placing the rich surface soil at a depth that secures it from washing. If this cannot be done, let the ground be double ploughed, running two! ploughs in the same furrow, one behind the other. I

In February or March, procure cuttings of well ripened wood, of the previous season's growth, 15 to 18 inches long, cut square im-, mediately above and below a joint. The Catawba, Isabella, and Black cape, or Schuylkill, Muscadel, are the sorts to be preferred. lx

flow, and buried in a cool cellar. If carried any distance, they ought to be carefully pack-

THE GRAPE CULTURE.

The Louisville Journal states that the vineyard of J. Davis, Esq., of one acre and a half in extent, produced this year 1170 gallons of the pure juice of the grape. In Europe 400 to 500 gallons per acre arc considered an extraordinnry yield.

We have a number of vineyards in this vicinity, which during the past year produced an extraordinary crop of grapes. Our farmers in this neighborhood are beginning to find that an acre or two laid out ns a vineyard—will in a few years yield an income

almost equal to the entire product of their 1

the meal a perfectly naturffl mixture, made without extra labor, or expense, adding about one half to the quantity of our means of feeding, saving the labor of shelling, and cost of barn I the cob being suitable as food for hogs, as for any other species of stock, and even for poultry. And when the importance of cooking food for our animals is so well understood, and as universally practised, as cooking for ourselves, we shall find that there are many ways in which a farmer can make up for a deficiency in the state of the market —which all at present so feelingly deplore— without going (rack to the burning of pine knots to save candles Suppose each bushel of ground corn-cobs to be worth but cents, what an addition will they prove to tbe fodder of oar corn crop, and our resources in a long and trying winter 1 Many farmers grow six or eight hundred bushels of corn, and supposing that the cob is equal in bulk to half that quantity, hers are no less than three or four hundred bushels of fodder addi* tiona 1, procured without labor or expense of any kind.saveonly the very small charge for grinding. Every mill should be furnished with the means of grinding the cob with the corn, and the addition to the dung-hill, would form an item in oar accounts of considerable moment in these hard timet. Is it not a little strange that so small account is taken of the means which are so immediately in oar power to add to oar resources t—Jfarmer? ".'t

Jtos* ywi^Cn«»d you *31 be hooored sii

ed in moss. Let the holes be dug 18 or 20 moderate supplies of British Grain, &c. but inches in diameter, and abontlhie same in the arrival from foreign ports amount to 5530 depth. About the middle of April, after soak- quarters of Wheat, 1076 quarters of Beans, ing the cuttings 24 hours in a tub of rain wa-1 770 quarters of Peas, and 9040 barrels of* tor, plant them out, two in a hole, at opposite Flour and from Can:\d there are reported sides and at such a depth asto allow two buds 2868 quarters of Wheal, 10,000 barrels of only to appear above ground—fill up the hole Flour, and 2600 quarters of Peas. With with rich, light mould if somewhut sandy,'very trifling exceptions, however, all these so much the better. Tread the mould firm- are for the present entered under bond. ly at tho base of the cutting, and moderately The rates of duty on foreign Wheat are so along its whole length. If planted along advanced to23s. 8d., on Barley to 15s. 4d., a trellis, above five feet from plant to plant, on Peas to lis. per quarter, and on Flour to

is a good distance. If in a continued and 13s. 3d. per barrel. Since this day se'nnight, regular vineyard, the rows may be six feet apart and the plants three feet from each other in the row this allows of the strawberry being cultivated between the vines., which not only keeps the soil f*om washing on a hill side, but will more than pay all the expense of cultivation.— Western Prairie Farmer.

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FOREIGN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF^TnE^BRITANIA AT

From the London Morning Chronicle. SPEGIALMISSION TO THE UNITED* STATES. Lord Ash burton's appointment has been favorably received io commercial circles, and given a tone of confidence tj the holders of stnto stocks. His lordship's appointment will be acceptable to the Americans, as the Messrs. Barings have been for many years N most extensively engaged in American affairs, and, in fact, the agents of the American government iu monetary operations. His lordship is besides a citizen of the. great republic and one of tho largest landed proprietors, too,f in the State of Pennsylvania. His talents as' a man of business are well known. He is one of the largest householders in the U. S. and Lady Ashburton (late Miss Bingham) is5'an American by birth. Well rerscd in the history and value of state bonds, and of the peculiar structure of the American constitution he will be able topress upon the attention of the Americans the necessity of punctual provision for tbe public engagements. Th* S Americans themselves are the greatest suffeiv crs by the distrust with which their securities are looked upon, for they are thereby deprived of one of their principal means of supporting their own prosperity, and, until their credit be restored, their trade and manfactures must be in a depressed condition. But a satisfactory arrangement of their differences with thi'sL country is, in tho first place, absolutely ne-4 cessarv, as a prelude to the future happiness and welfare of the Union this important object we trust, will now be accomplished.

From the London Timet.

It gives us much pleasure to announce, that the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, at the request of her Majesty's government, is about to proceed to the United States on a specials mission, with the object of settling all exsiting differences between that country and our own. His Lordship, who will sail in a few weeks, had been asked to undertake this service, and had consented to do so, before the President's Message had been received, so that tho mission in question, whatever be its character or results, has been hnd recourse to, wholly irrespective of anything contained or omi'.ted in that document. The step itself, we think, is a wise one, inasmuch as the introduction of new elements of irritation contingent upon further delay, might eventually render an amicable adjustment unattainnble, and involve both countries in all the horrors of war.

We do not know that any great expense •. will be incurred by this mission but, even if there should, the vast importance of its objtet, which cannot possibly be overrated, is more than sufficient, terminate how it may, to warrent the expenditure uf a much larger sum1 than is likely to be required. Nor is it a trifling merit on tho part of her majesty's present ministers that they have thus undertaken an enterprise which, be it successful

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them be prepared before tho sap begins to tiona! data, with the best possible intentions.

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LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET. Monday, Jan. 3 —rWe have this week had

a few parcels of free foreign have been taken for shipment to Ireland but the trade in Wheat has been of a limited character, and prices generally have declined Id. per bushel tn Flour. There has been little done at barely previous rates.

TRADE AND MANUFACTURES, &c. The Liverpool Standard of the 31st Ded. says:—"The improvement, which we noticed in our last, in the feeling of all parties connected with the commerce and manufactures of this district, continues, we are happy to* state, to animate our various market. Tho* arrival of the New York packet-ship "Indipendence," with accounts of a generally fa«u vorable nature with resist to prospects of business in the United States during the ensuing season, added to the pacific lone of Presdent Tyler's message to Congress, has infused considerable confidence into tho minds of.parties connected with the trade of

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farmS.with but one linlf the trouble—Henroi"10"® ""I""""1 markets and bcaidcj prospect, which present themselves on every the culture of the vine attention among them-

is attracting no little

COB MEAT,.—On a late visit to friend, I land to nfford facilities for, or at least, to re-" saw in his barn about two hundred bushels of frain from contracting the operations of our*' cobs of corn How long will it be before merchants, is viewed as highly favorable* we are brought to understand "the nature of when compared with itsposition for some years* things, and prcceive their fitness here we past

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are, giving our ock clean corn-meal mixed with wheat-bran, and throwing aside the cobs for fuel, or for nothing, althoogh they have been found of three or four times the value of bran, for the purpoee of mixing with amounted to 4000 bags at full prices, includ-

From the }lbur't Journal

IRON CANAL BOATS. LONDON, Oct. 1,

We think that iron is likely to remain sUi-g tiona ry for some time and now is a most fa*r vorable time for executing an order ns pncesp are tower than for a long time past. Unless^ the Schuylkill Navigation Company enlarged their canal to suit baits of 100 tons burthen,? and adopt iron instead of wood for the materi-* al for their boats, they will not be able to. offer the least competition with the Reading* Railroad Company, when their road shall be» carried op to Port Carbon. An Iron boat, badly treated by constantly carrying coal and" pig iron, will last in this country, 20 or 40 years whilst I am told that your coal boats will not list over 4 years. An iron boat of the same outside dime'nsions as a wooden boat, will carry 30 tons, whilst the wooden one will carry only 25 tone—large boats in. the aatne proportion. An iron boat of many years age will draw the same water os the first day she was launched whilst a wooden boat, by imbibing the water, wiff draw an vera inches more water, at the end of six or eigjbt months, than on the day sh» w«# launched.

Theee are important considerations in favor 4 troa ovepweoden boa

pr.pames connectea wun ne traae or

side, of increased demand from foreign markets generally, the position of the Bank ofEng~e

ing 60Q American, taken on speculation. On Wednesday the market was fully supported, and the sales reached 5000 bags for con-® sumption, ahd 1000 taken by speculators.—j The sales yesterday were 6000 bags, at the full prices, of former marketsduring theweek.J

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transactions in our Cotton Market*

throughout the week, have been of an animated,, and, at the same time, a steady and' healthy complexion. The sales on Tuesday.

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