The Wabash Courier, Volume 18, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 December 1849 — Page 1

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A brook went dancing on ita way, From bank to valley leaping And by ita aunny margin lay

A lovely infant aleeping. The murmur of the purling utrcnm Broke not the apell which bound him, lake music breathing in bia dream

A lullaby around liirn.

It inn lorely uluiit to vif«w, Within thin tvprld of sorrow, One spot which still retains the hue

That earth from Hwavcn may borrow And Such was this—a *cene so fair, Arrayed In summer brightness, And one poor Iwinjj renting there-

One soul ol rnduiH whiteness.

What happy clreAfal, fair child, are given To cast their sunshine o'er theaf *Vi»at cord unites thnt aoul to bt«*vin,

Whi-ftt visioiw glide before theef l'«r wondering smiles of cloudless mirth O'jCr thy ulnd (centre* l*!*miSfc, iSny, not a thought- a lorn* ol artli

Alloys thine hour ol drcJsminj!

Mnjrhnp, afar on uiuu-vri wings, Thy ainlfasspirit soaring, JS'ow hears the bur^t from golden springs,

Whtrv angels nrc ndoriusi. And with the puru heliacal throne. Around lfurir Mnk^r praising, Tli»'joyotw heart tuny join the song

Ten thousand tongues ure mitring!

ilrrp. Im cly Unix-! for times void touch Slinll tnnke these vi-ions«itlicr Youth, and tli'dr» iium which charm ho much.

HItnll lade nnd flv nvrether. Tlt^n, Mivp whilrsh cp is pure and mild, Kro «nrtlily tie* jrrmv stronger, When thou shall be no more a child,

And dream of Heaven no longnr.

1*11 AY till.

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N TIL O L:

I'tnyw i* llit liul's sincere dtwire Uttered or Vx pre sued Th« motion ol hidden fire.

That trembles the breast.

J'rayer is the burthen of a sign. The falling of tear The upward glancing of an eye,

When none l»u\'*od isnear.

.Prayer ia the simplest form ol ppecch, That infant lips can trv Trsyer, the aublimest strains that reach

IV ?ilajcsty on high,

1*ray*risthe Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air. His watchword a? the gates of death-

He enters Heaven with Prayer.

Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways While angels in their songs rejoice.

And cry—Heboid b« prays.

In prayer, on earth, the SartU are one. In word, in deed, in mind: When with the Father and the Son,

Sweet fellowship they find.

No prayer is made on earth alone. The Holy Spirit pleads And Jesus on the Kteraal Throne,

Forsinnara intercedes.

thtwt by whom wa eon* God, Th« life, »be truth, the way The path of prayer thyself hast trad.

Lord, teach me how to pray.

The Idea of Equinoctial Storms. The New Orleans Bulletin denounces it, and says: "Did you ever hear any reason given for September and March Gales, or as

they are called equinoctical gales, except that the sun then 'crosses the line.'

And what is this crossing the line?'— Nothing at all! It is nominal; there is no such thing as the sun crowing the line. It is neither more nor less than the sun on those days is vertical at noon on the equater [sic], and it is vertical a few days <previously>, a short distance to the northward of it and vertical a few days <afterwards> a short distance southward of it. It is also vertical in latitude 23 deg. north on the 2lst of June, and 23 deg. south on the 21st of December, and there is just as much reason why there should be gales at or near these two latter days, as on 21st March or 21st September. It is true, there are sometimes severe gales in September, but more frequently in August, and scienfic men have attempted to account for them from long continued or unusual heat within the tropics, that has rarified the air, and produced a hidden rush

from

from the other quarters in order to restore the equilibrim [sic], and this produces gales and hurricanes but the position of the sun has no more to do with these storms than the planet Venus, of Le Verier's new planet Neptune.

It is a well known fact that in Paris a custom prevails very extensively of cutting tip unwholesome meat, and making sausages of it, which are readily eaten by the lower classes. Not alone the flesh of fallen cattle, but also that ot dead dogs and eats is prepared in the same way, and it is said that these sausage* make a very fine dish, sometimes even indulged in by the belief classes, who do not know otherwise than that their servants buy them at the butchers', whereas they are in reality traded in the stteets for bones and rags. A jgreat deal of disease is created by these fi'thy eatable*, and the police are ordered to keep a strict look out for every sausage man. At a late sitting of the Police Correctionelle, one of these restauratuers was brought up. Apart of his sausages were on a plate presented to the Court, but they smelt so strong that the Judge ordered them to be taken away and analized out of doors. The officers entrusted with this process soon returned, and reported that the sausages contained a proportion of decayed unwholesome meat, the nature of which they could not ascertain, a good deal of grizzle and some bits of skin, with the hair still on them, very much like that of a dog.— The Judge hereupon set to examining the sausage maker.

Q.—Where do you live and what is your occupation? A—I have no fixed residence, but sleep for four sous a night in a house No. 12 Rue Orgatre. My occupation is that of a sausage maker, and you know this well enough.

Q.—Where do you buy your meat to make sausages of/ A—Thnt is none of your business: I might as well ask you what you had for supper lusi night.

Q—1 ou must answer my question, there are strong suspicions thnt you use unwholesome meat and putrid carcasses in the making of your sausages.

A—F——! dure you accuse me of such a thing I will give you the reference of most respectable 'people who buy of me.

Q:—Then

you deny this!

A—Deny it? What would you have to do? Certainly I deny it. Carcasses, indeed. Mnvhe your next question will be if I cut up your grandmother and moke sausages of her. (Laughter.)

Q—1 must agnin n*k you where you buv vour meats and warn you. that if you do tint give a satisfactory explanation u_will be locked lip.

A—Allans! do whatever you like if tell vou where I buv it. who

I was to tell you gives me a guarantee that you or .somebody else do not go to the same place to buv meal nnd make sAtisagcs of it?

It becoming quite apparent to the Judge that thing could be elicited from the accused, he ft nod him 2 5 francs, aud in default ho was lucked up for a month.

A Fashionable TNM-out Century n*o.

Among our Dutch progenitors fashion swaved no iron sceptre, ami dress was made for substantial use. VVouring ap-

married Mr. Walton, of House, she wore green silk stockings and a blazing red clock and a week afterwards, it being cool weather, she wore fine green worsted stockings, with' a gay clock, on the top of which was worked a bunch of tulips and she was a ladv of fashion and fortune. Miss Livingston, who married Nicholas Buyarcl about a century ag$, when she went sleighing, or rode out in the cold on horseback, always wore a black velvet mask, with a silver button or mouthiece to keep It on. ft is a remarkable act, and worthy of the scrutiny of the learned, that while every tenth lady of the present age wears gold spectacles, none hut very old women wore spectacles at all in the olden time and those who did, wore them on the tip of the nose, without side supporters. VVatches were a rarity. Sometimes they were made of silver, but more frequently of tortoise-shell, in shagreen glasses, with a steel chain and hook to hang at the side of the apron*string. Gold watches and gold chains were unknown.

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parol was changed so seldom that one'error but to be made the butt and byindv was quite familiar with the extent word of a set of gossipping, intermedof nttother lady's wardrobe. They dling simpletons, merely on account of used to wear bright blue stockings, with inevitable misfortune, or a single error large scarlet clocks, high-heeled shoes, committed, is far from being agreeable. *il\er buckles, and short petiicnats, ex- If this class of beings have any business hibiiing the gmces of a handsomely of their own, we hope that out of shame turned ankle. When Miss Pnttv Cruger for themselves, and for the credit of their the Walton relatives they will attend to it.

GETTING

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HAT.—The

Cincinnati Chronicle and Alias is responsible for the following: A boy, about 17 years of age, was observed removing a hat from a box outside the door of a store on Main street. Wednesday afternoon. The owner was at the door, and observed his movements, but was completely thrown otifhis guard by the youth, placing the hat on his head, walking into the store, and quite independently throwing down bank note. The assistant inside handed him some change, and away he walked. A few minutes afterwards the owner passed in and asked what he had paid for that hat!— •What hat/* said the other 'he only got change for #6 bill. The shopman, was done by the ingenious stratagem.

Goon A pries.—Be content so long as vour mouth is lull and body covered— remember the poor—Kw tie prHtfgirl* don't rob your neighbor a ben roost— never pick an editor'a pocket, nor entertain the idea that be is going to treat— kick dull care the duce—black jreur o*n boew mw en your own buttons, and be sure s» take a paper and to pay lor It,

Statistics of I^ondoB.

The statistics of London are. in many respects, curious. There are, for example, in that city of two millions and a half of inhabitants: one thousand five hundred and eleven butchers, two hundred and sixty sausage makers, fiftyeight tripe dealers, two thousand two hundred and fifty-six bakers, four hundred and sixty-four pastry cooks, fifteen muffin baers, two thousand seven hundred and forty-six grocers, eight hundred and fifty-six cheese and buiifer dealers, three hundred and eighty-five fishmongers. one thousand one hundred And eight fruit and vegetable dealers. There are seven hundred and ninety* three boarding and lodging houses, three Hundred and thirty dining rooms, eight hundred and eighty three coffee shops, three hundred and ninety-eight hotels, one hundred and twenty-six breweries, four thousand two hundred and fortyseven publicans, (and sinners!) seven hundred and ninety beer shops, seven hundred and seventy wine merchants. There are, also, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five surgeons, seven hundred and.eighteen chemists, and one hundred and thirty-seven hospitals. There are three thousand one hundred and ninety-one attorneys, one thousand six hundred and ninety-two bnrristers, one hundred nnd twenty-seven special pleaders, and conveyances, and one hundred and twelve proctors. The progress of art and invention is attested by new occupations. There are sixteen dealers in gutta percha, eleven average slaters and adjusters (railways.) Education is not without its representatives. There are eight hundred and fifty«one private academies, one hundred and twenty-nine district and parochial schools, fifty collegiate institutions, and seventy-six other schools. There are fifty-live teachers of dancing, eighty* three of drawing, four of elocution, fif-ty-four of languajjes, nine of mathematics, two hundred and fifty-one of music, three of navigation, and eighteen of writing. There are four hundred and twenty-one master printers, seven hundred and sixty publishers, and two hundred and eighty-one publishers.

Don't Tattle.

need it concern you if John is courting Sal Thompson?—

What

Snooks Tliev are undoubtedly rational beings, and conduct their love affairs in a becoming manner without your interference. What if Leb Short has got a new dress? It is probably paid for and cost you nothing. Therefore why need you interest yourself so deeply about it. What if our principal merchant has become insolvent? You are not among his creditors, and for heaven's sake why can't you let the man have a little enjoyment? Suppose Dorcas Swift does go to a dancing school it .costs you nothing, and as she has a frail constitu-

tion^ a little cxercise like this may benefii her general health. Intermeddling witli others, to the neglect of their own business, is becoming too prevalent with a class in our citv. There are few of us who escape misfortune or are free from

Madame .Knlioran.

A story is related of this beautiful child of song, that on a jourrtey in Italy, which took her through Arexzo, ihe people, learning hor arrival there, refused to let her pas* on her journey until she sung for them from the balcony of the inn. She refused declaring she could not, and would not. A gentleman robber then emerged front the crowd, presented a pistol at her. and urged his claim on the fair songstrees. She wept with agitation ind anger, but the mob sttl1 continued inexortiable. Her courier [who proved to be De Derrit, her husband] went to the carriage, brought out his violin, and amused the audience in the street whb an exquisile performance, until Mnlibran had wiped her eyes and recovered her voice. She then sung a Casitiani, in her best manner, and

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Life's

received louder applause than she ever that if he had known this the evening met with in Europe or America. The before, he would have fixed it'righi. but delighted Arezxirns then harnessed too much time had elapsed, and it was iv "i*

her carriage, and dragged too late.

her on her road several miles.

An Englishman once cut his throat

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Pas- REQUISITES. It hi

rather facetiously stated in the old jpapets, that ia 1786. in Massachusetts, the principal qualifications for a Justice of the Peace were umcmufwerakle gr*r i*I, rtfftafe lam k*ot, ami a good totem

The Invention of the Age. This is the age of great discoveries in all directions. The railroad has become the magician's rod, the electric telegraph a wire of wonders, and ether and chloroform mysterious alchemies. A tooth can be extracted, a leg cut off, or an incision made into the most sensitive parts, and the patient at the close ask if the operation has begun. Speeches uttered at ten o'clock at night are printed while we are asleep, and they appear in beautiful type upon our breakfast tables at eight o'clock in the morning. The rapidity with which change follows change is also remarkable.— Things that took a century to do some time ago, are now finished off in the course of a day. A new feature, however, of the present age is, that religious men have ceased to be afraid, as they used to be, of the discoveries of science. Religious men, on the contrary, hail them. They used to be in fear lest light from the stars should put out the sun of righteousness they used to be apprehensive lest the hammer of the geologist should break the rock of ages, or lest some arrangemeut among the strata of the earth discovered by some Buckland, should discredit the truth of God.

Do not be afraid of the discoveries of science; do not stand in the way of truth with your silly fears. Let truth emerge from the mine. Let it come from the labratory of the chemist; let it descend from the observatory of the astronomer, it will full in with and not darken the truth of the gospel. Another interesting feature is, that mind, genius, and talent are much more appreciated in the present day, under whatever guise, or garb, or denomination they appear.— Galileo saved his life by recanting the conclusive inductions of science. Locke was banished from Oxford: Selden was thrown into the tower; Milton sold the copy-right of "Paradise Lost" for five pounds. In contrast with this, it is only needful to refer to the immense sums received for their writings by Scott, Dickens, Macaulay, &c. Such is the force of real genius, that it will publish itself, though its possessor should be dumb, and command the homage of all, while it appears to be the willing servant of all. Once it had no emerging from obscurity, except by being tied to some great patron's tail. Now the noblest patronage is fair opportunity.— Mind is admitted to bo a competent element of true greatness. Coronets, prebands, purple robes and lawn sleeves. M. A.'s and D. D.'s are more felt to mere rappage; while the goods are in the inner man, the substance is the soul. —<Scientific American>. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-

Cholera Cheese.

A quantity of cheese, retailed at a small shop in Cincinnati, has been siezed by the authorities of that city, in consequence of its producing, on those who have eaten of it, symptoms analagous to the cholera. It is not generally known that badly cured provisions, in a state of partial decomposition frequently generate a poison exceedingly destructive to human life, sometimes producing acute, but more frequently chronic and incurable disease. This is doubtless one great reason fot the prevalence of bowel complaints among troops in foreign service—especially in warm climates, where tie use of badly cured provisions cannot be avoided and there are probably thousands who, from this cause, have returned from the fields of

Mexico, the subjecs of diseases of the bowels, rendering them liable to frequent severe attacks, and constantly holding their lives in jeopardy.—0. S. Journal.

Marrying Twin.

A correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, writing from Arkansas Springs describes a wedding which took place between two persons who had never seen each other until the day before, and adds, that the next morning two or three waggish fellows went to the bridgegroom and informed him that his wife had a twin sister and that they are so much alike that it is difficult to tell them apart, and that he had married the wrong one. The poor fellow, without saying any thing to his wife, wen directly to the magistrate, ar.d wished him to "'undo what he had done, and marry him to the right gal.' The worthy squire told him

Early Rising.

Treadmill. "He who will thrive must rise at five.'1

So says

because be war "tired of bothwing and rhyme than reason in it for tf unbuttoning,* The following is abetter We tfcat will Umve, must ri« at five, use of the same principle: Our old jit must follow, a fortiori* gmndirjAeru«edtosay to our old grand-} He wtoM thrive more, imwt rise «t fear father JHI unless quarrelling, my dear and it would ensue, a furtutimo, for yot^now we must make it up again.' }{e wtoM more Arriving be, mast tl«-ay» rise *t The Irishman who did not eat breakfast a h.vc io c. .noUier insuincc

The fiic *. life Kbol «, endless rou- wy, wd good .h», tine, in which the same things are done to-day which were done yesterday, and will be fallowed by the *ame coarse to* morrow. We eat. we drinC we work, we sleep—such tat the round lite, as as far as bodily wants are concerned.— It Is the difference of place, circumstance and accompaoiments, which constitutes the variety, without which life would indeed be irksome.

the proverb, though there is more

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A LAOT Beaten

Farmers Sons.

tt is, quite too much the case thnt boys brought up on the farm are required to labor wiih tools quite if 1-suited to their age and strength. Farmers are very Apt to give tlieiV boys implements to work with, which have been thrown by as unfit for further use. and altogether too heavy for their strength. I well remembef the first time I was sent to mowihg.' ft was with an old worn-out scythe^ (heavy enough and strong enough for a strong man but still I thought it a very pretty notion to mow even with an old scythe. This is one reason why boys dislike farming, and prefer some other kind of business. A farmer might hs well attempt to break a colt or yoke of steers after the Same manner by attachitie them to wagons heavy enough for old and well disciplined teams.

Bovs at a very early age may be of essential service on a farm, provided they are rightly.'managed.''"^heir work should be light and should be performed Witli light tools,' How many boys leave their home for 'fto other reason than because they are overtasked.and no pains ytken to provide for them light and handy implements to work with. Every boy whose father designs him to become a farmer should, when of suitable age, have his hoe, his shovel, rake, and wheel-barrow, nnd other things necessary for his business.

Thus equipped, how proud the little fellow will feel! Each shi/uld have his little spot of ground set off to him every Spring to manage and till after his own fashion. How natural for every one to have something lie can call his own. and esp'edially boys. If each has his little patch of ground to plant, how much pride he will take in working it! And how much interest will be manifested in the growth of the various crops wiih which it is planted! To have alt interest, boys should have an object and if farmers would train their sons farmers, they should interest themselves in thoir behalf—encourage them by their assistance and approval and by so doing, we shall not only have more farmers, but better ones.—N. E. Farmer. .h

TIIE WHIG PARTY.—The Administration of Gen. Taylor, resting for support upon the nationality of its metis uses and character, stands upon a basis fai* elevated above any sectional ^ourid, and challenges the confidence of good citizens in all parts of the country nlike. That it will have lo encounter a violent opposition for some time to come. Is evident from the hostility so bitterly manifested towards it already but so long as that opposition continues to arise from the effervescence of vindictive passion, disappointed ambition, and bnfHed rapacity. from sectional, fanatical and personal animosities, and aims, the Admihistraiion, in its elevated sphere of patriotic duty, will continue to establish itself more and more strongly in the considerate regard of the American people. —Baltimore Arner.

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lie wtwU m\r be ooukwe. »a»t afwvj* rise at one, while, as a clincher to the whole, ft should be added as a sort of grand climacteric, that fie wfenXi be uniting quite, rinsM rit ap all the

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ots.—The wife of General Hernandez. Governor of the Suue of Vera Crux, having died, her remain* were escorted to the cemetery by a company df the Guards National and ooe of artillery, with all the great men of the city in the funeral cortege, guns, as the proces-

BUSINESS.—The grand se­

cret of success in business is to stick to one thing. Who ever knew any body to do this for ten years, without accomplishing his ends? Continual dropping wears away the rock, the hugest obstacles become at length as cobweb barriers before a never flagging energy: '•Go out in spring, when the sun is yet far distant, and you can scarce feel the influence of his beams, scattered as they are over the wide face of creation: but collect these beams to a focus, and they kindle to a flame in an instant.— So the man that squanders his talents and his strength on many things will fail to make an impression with either but let him draw them to a point—let him strike at a single object—and it will vield before him."

ANECDOTE.—Rev. Rowland Hill used to ride to and from his church in a carriage. This gave offence to one of hi* members at least, who went so far as to hand in among the notices one requesting "the prayers of the congregation for the pastor, who yielding to pride, is in the habit of riding in his carriage, not content like his divine Ma-ter to ride upon an ass." it was not until Mr. H. bad read the paper, and observed the sensation created, that he noticed its import then laying it down, he said. "It is true, brethren and friends, I ride in my carriage, but if the author of this will appear at the door at the conclusion of the service, saddled and bridled, 1 will du my best to ride him home."

An Irshman, going out hunting one day. procured an old musket and sallied forth. He had not gone far when he discovered a squirrel perched on a tree. Paddy took a deadly aim, but instead of bitting the squirrel, the gun kicked poor Pat heels over head down a bank, and Mr. Squirrel wentoff about his business, chirruping wiih all his might. •Faith and the divil/ said Patrick, as soon as he could recover himself, if you'd been at this end, you wouldn't gone off chirruppee, cbirruppee, chirUfPjXy if.,

An eiephani* tooth has been found in Egypt containing seven thousand dollars worth of gold. It issupposed to have been filled about the time Sphinx was a dentist. Some think It was the identical "wedge of gold" that ^dfce-an, the Hebrew, side and **hid in bis tent.**

Miyor J. P. Oaiists, l^ifeenfly ip|kJtffted Governor of Oregon, has sold bis farm

and negroes, and mends

sion moved, Bring from the Castle and. family *o Oregon, with view

ting there permanently.

taking sw of!

bis

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Expedition to thi Dead SetU The public mind of the United Stales seems io be gradually opening to the great truth that peace has its triumphs as well as wars. The exploring expe* dition sent out under Capt. Wilkes was an enterprise harmoniously characteristic of an active, energetic, and inquiring people and did we not know how unreflective party spirit is apt to make the best of us, wa should feel surprised at being informed that dven one man was to be found in the Union who could attempt to disparage an undertaking so interesting to the student of Biblical history, stid b© well calculated to increase the ge^erhl'^tock of scientific iuforma?, tion, as an utiempt to circumnavigate and explore the Asphaltites, or Dead Sea—th£ scene of the Almighty's awful judgment upon the "cities of the plain." Those who decreed the projected expedition as a "party of pleasure," must either have been entirely ignorant, or have quite forgotten thnt the journey was one necessarily attended with privation. difficulty nnd danger and that both Lieut. Hfolyneaux, of our own naval service, nnd Costigan,the only travellers who preceded Lieut. Lynch, perished of fever caught on the Dead Sea. Nothing, in short, but a happy combination of firmness and tact on the part of the officer commanding, dnd an. undaunted resolution to overcome all obstacles, moral and physical, as well as incessant vigilance, carried the party through the hardships and pferils which they had to encounter.—London paper.

A GRAMMARIAN'S FANCV.—Dr.Willis, an old grammarian, who wrote unwards of a hundred years ago, in noticing'the significant roots of the English latigunge. gives various examples. Thils, words formed upon st. alwuys denota,sirength. AnaJngous to the Latin sto, as stand, staff, stay, stout* steady, stake, stamp, stately, etc. Words beginning with sir, Imitate violent force nnd energy, as strive, strength, su-ipe, strike, struggle, stress, stride, strip, etc. Thr implies forcible motion, as throw, throp, threaded, thraldom, etc. Wr,obliquity or dis» tortion, as wry, wrack, wrest, wrangle, wreth. wrestle, wring, wrong, wrath,etc. ^w, silent agitation or lateral motion, fts sway, swing* swerve, swim, sweep, «tc. SI. a gentle fall or less observable motion, as slide, slip, sly, slit, slow, slack, slick. Sp, dissipation or expnnsion, as spread, sprout, sprinkle.tsplit, spring, spill. Words terminating in ush. indicate something acting nimbly and sharply. as crash, dush. gnsh, rash, lash, slash, flash. Terminations in ush, something acting more obtuse and dully, as crush, brush, hush, blush, gush. Til© most that can be urged from some specimens, we imagine, is this, that the analogies of sound have had some influence oil the formation of words.

The year 1849 is the 73d-4th of the Independence of the United States the G5G2d year of the Julian period the 5609-10th since the Creation according to the Jews the 2602d. according to Varro, slnae the foundation of Rome the 259Gth since the era of Eltonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday, the 26ih of Feb'ary.of the 3bd4ih year of the Julian period, which corresponds, according to tho chronologists, to the 747ih, and according to astronomers, to the 746th befAre Christ the 26c2/ih year of tho Olympiads, or the 1st year of the 657th Olympiad, beginning in July. 1849. if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 775£ years before Christ, or at about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of tho Julian period the 12G5-66th year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet. which, aft is generally supposed, took place on the f6ih of July, iri the year 622 of the Christian era.

SADNESS.—Thereis a mysterious feeling that frequently passes like a cloud over the spirit. It comes upon the soul in the bustle of life, in the social circle, in the calm and silent retreat of solitude. Its power is alike over the weak and Jion hearted. At one time, it is caused by the flittering of a single thought across the mind. Again a wound will come booming across the ocean of tnemory. and solemn as the death knell, overshadowing all the bright hopes and sunny feelings of the heart. Who can describe it? And yet who has not felt it* bewildering inBueoce? Still it is a delicious sort of sorrow, and like a cloud dimming the sunshine of the river, although casting a momentary shade it enhances the beauty of returning brightness.

A memorial to the Legislature of Ohio is in circulation, praying that body to make an npproprtntion to the American Colonization Society, of $5000 a }e«r, for ten year*, the immense demands made upon the Society to convey emi£rant* to Liberia, being entirely beyond jhe means derived from voluntary subscription. It states that a larger number ofcolored freemen are now anxious to emigrate, and that ten thmuand tlaret nm in the offer of the Society, and will be liberated as soon as provision can be made for their removal. The memorial has been very universally signed in Cincinnati.—Great West.

LACTDAXCTK drinking Is almoal common amongst the poorer classes in the English country towns as opium eating is in China. The Nguctutle Journal says that Hi many towns to Durham, the chemists prepare a large pitcher of laud anum and water, which they deal in pennyworths or more, and which is swal lowed wiih as much gusto as a dram.

The Nstutal His tor «f the Satobatli. The Creator luls giveii us a natural restoraiive—sleep ,and a moral restorative—Sabath keeping anc|. it is ruin 19 dispense with either. Under the pressure of high excitement, individuals have passed tveek§ together wfth litill &oap or none but when be process is long continued, thq overdriven, powers rebel, and fever ,delirium, and death com^s on. Nor can ihe natural amount be systematically cuhailed without corresponding mischief. The Snbdth does not arrive like sleefiv. The .day of irest does not pieal over us like the bour. of slumber., jU does not entrance us nlmost, whether we will Or not, biit, addressing us as Intelligent beings, diir CVeatoi* assures Us that we need it, and bids us no& tiee its return, dnd court Hs renovaiiom And if going in the face of tho Creator* kindness, we force ourselves to Work all days alike, it is not long till we pay ,the forfeit. The mental worker-^-thfe'man of business, or the inan of letters—finds his ideas coming turbid and slpw» the equipoise of his faculties is .uj^et, he grows moody, fitful, capricious and with this hieiital elasticity broken^, should any accident Occur, be fetibsideS Into hubitual melancholy, or in self destruction speeds his guilty exit from, a gloomy world. And the manural wok* er—the artisan, the engineer—toiling ou from day to day, hnd week to week, thb bright intuition of his^eyes gets blunted and, forgetful of their cunning, his fin-, gers no longer perform their feats of twinkling agility nor by a plastic touch, niold dead matter, or Wield

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power but mingling his life's blood in daily drugery, his looks itro p'ermahiceiy gray, his geniul hutuof, sours, and

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ing it till he hag become a morose qr reckless man for oriy tixira effort, or anv blink of baldly feeling* he must stailll indebted to opiuin or alcohol.—Nvrth iirttifk Hevigu).

A lleau's StrnlHssm.

A romantic story is told in tho English papers of a lovers stratagem^ A gentleman lost his heart to a deaf aifirVdumb, instructress. The loVer passed himsalf off as in the same condition entered ibe school where tlyi youn^j lady presided, and learned from her at the same time the art of cpiniijUnicating hip ideas by the tokens she taught urnl his feeling* bv the tokeiis in which even Ovid, with ail his genlijs and learning, ctirt be outdone 'ev^rt by a simple milk-maid. Iri six months the romantic stvain led tho yottng lady to the altar but when the pa,-er was handed him id sign, containing the question—'"Do you take this woman to be your true and lawfu( wife?" 1 do," exclaimed the liridegrdom, and the astonished priest dropped his book and stood ughusi but the bridegroom picked it up, and the couple were made happy. ,,

Inocnlntlttn.

When in 1718 fnorulalion for small pox was adopted in this country5, tho rreatcst tiproarwas stirred up against iti Not only was the whole medical profession opposed to it, but further, as Moore ells us in his amusing work on inoculation, "some zealous churchmen, conceiving that it was repnngent to religion, bought it their duty to interfere. They wrote and preached, "inoculation was a daring attempt to interrupt tho eternal decree of Providence." Lord WhnrncliflFt'.in his Life of Lady Wortly Montagmvsays "that ibe clergy descanted from iheir pulpits on its impiety." A Mr. Maspy preached in 1722, in St. Andrew's Church. Ilolborn, that "all who infused the vatiolous ferrrieht were bullish sorcerers, and that inoculation was diabolical invention of Satan." And otle of the Rectors of Canterbury, tho Rev. Theodore de la Favo, perhaps.exceeded this, in a sermon preached in 1751, for "he denounced wiih horror inoculation as the offspring of dtheism, and drew a touching pafallell between the virtue of resignation to divine will and its practice." ,J -n ,,•-.

ifenry Clay visited the WaSnut ^»reo{ Theatre last evening, f/y invitation of the manager. Mr. Marshal I. to witness the persenmion of Lady Macbeth, by Miss Charlotte Cusbman, The box appropriated to him was draped With flags, and when he entered, attended by Hon. Richard Bayard. Col. Swift, and otters, the audience rose up and saluted him wiiK six cheers. He sat the performance out. and during fhe evening, and on retiring, was efithosihsttcally cbfosr* ed.—Phila.N. American*

A novel match took place a few days ago. near Hereford, in which a young gentleman undertook, for a wager, to lap up a saucer of milk in less tilne than a cat. They bdih commenced ot the same time, but on account of the gendeman beifig seized with a violent .lit of laughter, which greatly impeded his progress, the c4t was enabled to gain a great lead howefer 'he gentleman soon eanie bp with her, and won by two table spoonsful*

CuUfi or CAScfcR.—f he extract of wood sorrel, used a* a plaster through the dky, and slippery effri bark at night, will etlre any cancer that has ulcerated, or that has not live skin over it, in that case ibe skin should be broken in some way. To burn a piece of punk on the place, is a good method, then apply the wWe, as before directed. The extract is obtained simply by pounding the common sorrel in a martcr.or other ves•*1, and pressing out the jtiice, then put it in a pewter dish or basin, and place it In the sun, until ii dries to the const* rrtfee of ^hefl

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