The Wabash Courier, Volume 10, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 December 1841 — Page 1

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From1 The Gift:

1842.

SHOW.

*Y HU. SMtOtnifflET. thesnow comes down. are fast asleep,

flow quietly When ail

And piara a thousand (airy pranks O'er rale and mountain steep. How ctuinlngly it finds its way

To every cranny email. *M And creeps through e'en the slightest chink In window or in watt. „T To every noteless hill it brings'

A fairer, parsr crest, Than tba rich ermine rote that decks The haughtiest monarch's breast. Toeyery rcachingwray it gives

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Whatelsr its hand can hold— __ **. 7, A beauteous thing the snow• is, Toall,both young sod old. The wsfcing day. through curtaining haze, **&»

Looks forth,with sure surprise, km To view what changes have been wrought j*Mf Since last she shut her eyes And a plesssnt thing it is to see -n.j-',

The cottage children peep From out the drift, that to their eavss Prolongs its rampart deep. The patient farmer searches

His buried lambs to find, And dig hi*silly poultry out, Who clamor in the wind How sturdily be cms his way.

Though wild blasts beat htm hack, *f'• And caters for hie watting herd Who shiver round the stack, i. '"I Right welcome arc those feathery flakes

To the ruddy urchin's eye. As down the long, smooth bill they eoast, With shout and revelry, Or when the moonlight, dear and cold,

Calls out their throng to play— Oh! a merry gift the enow ia For a Cbriatmns holidayTlie citv miss, who, wrapped in fur,

Fa lifted to the sleigh, ..^is And borne so daintily to school Along the crowded way, Feela not within her pnllid cheek,

For on the atoried pane I saw its Alpine landscapes traced With arch anil aculptura I fane.

Where high o'er hoary-bestled cliffs The dizay Simplon wound. And old cathedrals renred their tawers

With Gothic tracery boand, I think it hath a lender heart, ,f For I mnrkod it while it crept To spread a sheltering matlc where

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for fear ef some overwhelming calamity which the Mste of a oomet waa supposed to indicate we view them with admiration ana ddight and when beholding and contemplating those beauties in nature, our minda are filled intuitively, with reverenoe and love towards Hint who regulatea and suataina the Heavens. Dy a knowledge of Geography, and History, we are enabled to become familiar with the customs and man

nan of different nations ot the earth to term a pre idea of its aortas, and the situation of its different countries in respect to each other, and leee osrsslvee in the contemplation of the various revolutions which have oecured, and sosnes that have bee* acted ia days, and years, long pasiwd and gone—and thus, we are led, in idea, to take exeuraiona through the various kingdoms of tba world. We scoar the plains of Italy, and feau oar area ia contemplating its innumerable otyeoie of magmficaooe and grandeur, we soar to us mountains top and stand upon the brink of its volcanoes we ramble among tbe rains, and antiquated monuments ef Asia, and search o»t, and become familiar with the ralioksand antiquities of olden times. Yes! such are the cfleets of the mind* being wail stored with a fund of asafsl and emrrtaiaing enow* ladg«. It ia a souros of eontinaal eiyoytaeni to tba possessor, for the mind that ia dolv cultivated ia aever at a loss for enjoyment it contains a treason within itself, which, like a faithful friend will never forsake it, but will ever Ve rssMly to comfort ia misfortaae,! aid, oounssl, and eapport in adversity, ^prosperity it will be a source of useful amassment, and in looeltneas a cheerful companion. Knowledge also enabtea as to eqjoy it •'era) tbe society of oar friends, thoughfat«*a*»el en*T«t ia differeat climaa, and the bittsrnses of ssparatioa half dispelled, by tbe thought that wa may yat bold intareowaa, e«ti*n«e thoeghta, and raeaive t)»tr oeanaels throagh the lond medium of a latter whan, warn it not for tb» blaaad knowledge we might bsooms alienated, and tbe one Itnow not that the other lived. Bat beaidee covMaaing with oar abaent friends, it iftnb as a eooeeant faod for COB venation, by whiab «*e can render «WM*M agreeable, and entertaining to oar immediate menm and without which,society sroald beoowe tmiptd, and void ot attraction. Bat ibe tftee of knowledge are in* numerable, and I will leave tbe saitiect tat let aa endsavon ta treasura ap a store, and thereby, lag a foundation, apou which to rest

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A SCHOOL ANSA.

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the anna Diamond tba other day. warn ooaiUMf nbont iba nrondwial powers of staaas, tba great leeili* two ft Iwaapsan to trasalliag. &c. Onagmtlamaa rawarlted tfirt a aaaa mi«*tleava New York in tbe saoming. and anva the aama ai^t ia Baltia»or«,.tbaa being »a five Staiee ons day. Only five it re aajrr* *id an Iriebnmnnaeat,uabdsianeeas8lf«w waa ia nine Stawa en Me«day Uac^ TteeZmw wan iaesntetonfc wdjcalled en Paddy io anlain bow ancba thing' eeald be poanbk. which bedtd aa fot IOIIJ." WaU jaewpaUasaa,! awmnMisJInt York Monday •Mn^att a,«tal^ahrfa*atwtth

jrnr Jbidtsa Baltuwnwubeessae d»v, and ears I got tbeta, I siaaiftergnMt^ Ameikaan aa ft peisava 1 waa tn tba &we of N. Yerit, tbe

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SHORT PATENT SERMONS. tfclf sfxtxs—No. LXXII. The following are the word* of my text for this occasion: «r 1 Hi

I never bsd a slice or bread, Particularly large and wiile, That did not fall noon the floor,

And always on the buttered side.

My hearers—Man* misfortunes are many and multiform. Thty come down upon him, oftentimes, like a thousand of bricks, while ne is stsnding upon the stsain of prosperity, snd knock him as flat as a flounder into tne gutter of absolute want and misery. His large slice (nope—spread so nicely with the butter of expectation—often fall, greasy side downward, into the dirt of despondency, and leave him to mourn in mental hunger, just at that moment when the calls of his appetite demand peremptory satisfsction. Not withstanding it has been aaid, my friends, that there csn be no foretelling the luck of a lousy calf, it does certainly appear that some people are born to better luck than others-, for

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The rich hlood mantling warmf, I.ike her who, laughing, shakes the anow From powdered trees and form. A tasteful hand the anow hath—

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The infant blossom alept. It doth to earth a deed of love— Though in wintry way And her turf-gown will l»e greener

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FOA THK WABASTL COORIEB.,

THE f'SES OP KNOWLEDGE.

Wh^n we look arrtiind and contctttplate the various ttaes of knowledge, our mind's nre filled with wonder, at beholding the unbounded powi-r and universal sway, which it exerts throughout tlio vast realms of the world In adding to the comfort, and well-being of wurselvcsand follow-creaturs*: and instead of inquiring. what are the H»CS of knowledge, we are led to nxclaim in what is there not a uas for knowledge. On one hand we behold a vessel equiped for a voyage, and laden with stores for a foreign market, which a knowledge of the productions awTwants of that country tell tia will be joyfully received hut does not the heart of the sailor sink within him, as he beholds the wide expanae of water which atretchcs far beyond the extent or his vision, and tremble to think, that, perhaps some a-iverse wind may waft his frail hark to aome barren and savage ialnf. No! he places himself at the helm of his vessel with'a happv heart andaatified mien, conft iotis of his nnutical skill, and as he oaats hi» eye towards his compass, he faels that he is safe, for his I knowledge of the instrument tells him, that though surrounded by a waste ol waters on every side, it will atill continue, like a faithful guide, to direct him on-j ward towarda his destined haven and though lM»et hy storms, ami finally, t»ewildered and Inst upon the trackless main, he may yet, by a knowledge ol the science of Astronomy,and a nee of the instruments designed for that purpose, regain his former course, and determine his true distance from the home which he has left behind. Knowledge has contributed to divest us of many unreasonable prejudices, and liberate us from errors wnich bedimed the minds of our ancce* tora. and deluged our country with the blood of her ritiaens. who were put to death upon a suspicion of witchcraft, and heresy, and our minds arc now left I free and unshackled. It haa also enabled to iuthte of the causes and effects of the earth's motion, and also of the heavenly bodies, so that, unlike the ancient's who were filled with alarm at the shooting of a start and prostrated with consternation, and bareTt of

folks1 bread and butter nev

er falls at all, snd some always falls right side up, while that of others is sure to fall bntter-side downwards, in sccordsnCa with the lawa of natural gravitation, but contrary to the withes of its possfflsor. Some come into tbe world with a load of miafbrtunes on their shoulders, snd then hsve the luck to sto out of it just ss they are beginning to shake them off and then again there are instances where the soul has to shake off the body, boots, breeches snd aU, to get rid of these flees of fortune thst continually harass and tounent it and. then, furthermore, there are individuals

never are caught in the storms of adveraity without umbrellas—who never meet with any ditches of disappointment in their wanderings through the world—whose crumbs of comfort are always well sopped in the gravy of good luck—and whose paths thro' life are ornsmented with shrubs that pat forth blossoms of silverand besr fruit of gold.

My dear friends—I was not born with a golden spoon in my mouth, mvself. and neither am I one of Fortunes particulnr favorites but since I have taken up the vocation or preaching and havo learned to philosophise as well as to frolic, I get along as smoothly as skates upon ice and svoid running into ih'se miery marshes which continually resound with the frog like croakings of the foolishly unfortunate. And you, my miserable friends, might all do the same. Most of your l»ad luck is self-entailed, and most of your misfortunes are home-made. If vou keep one eye turned towarda youf nose, snd the other fsr enough out to see the rim of yoor right ear, you will meet with but few difficulties in getting through the brush that grows between to-day and to-morrow. In other words, you must keep one eye to your own worldly interests, and the other to tbe cause of morality, mercy, charity benevolence, and all such heart-purifying objects. You most be industrious in doing good—keep stirring round like a toddy stick, and never infringe either upon the laws of God or the lawa of man for remember that the rosd of the transgressor is as rough as a row of shnrkteeth and he that backalides from holiness or wilfully slides on his back down the slab of dishonesty, will be sure to meet with bad luck, loose his character, and run slivers in his trowsers.

My friends—if, whon you were children, vouralices ofbread and butter always happened to fall with the buttered side to the floor, it didn't show for a certainty that yon were to meet with nothing but sad reverses in this uncertain world. It rather bespoke the disappointments and adversities incident to ull mankind and showed how liable the hopes of us all are to be blighted ore they have scarcely bloomed, and how dirty snd worthless ar$ the -wrecks they leave behind tnem. Those of vou who fancy that you are divinely favored I hope will not raise ostentatious opinions yourselves as high as the hairs upon a frightend wit a back, and make a boast that you are hugged by Heaven and kissed by angels for the time may yet come when the tide of proeperity will eh in a night, and leave your clam-smaclia of happiness high and dry on the barren beach ef wo—yourselves be left to wander thro' the wilderness of want, picking precarious food from the hushes of charity, and exposed to the cold blasts of scorn that blow from the froxen xones of wealth ami a

My friends—never trust to luck,nor leave matters to :hence but depend upon vour own exertions, and fortune will favor you. If vou expect to have good luck, in a domino world like this,* matching good with evil, or by treating whollv to fortune, you will find the game blocked on von before yoju are aware of i»., and yourselves stuck for »wk«ts but. if you play the same according to Hoyle, science and honpst, you will find that you were born to as good luck as any of your antagonists. snd that your chances of winning wealth, honor and happiness, are as good aa theirs.

In conclusion my friends—I wish you a" good luck through life, and better luck the other side of the grave. Mav fortune smile upon you here, and happin«M be with you lirrtuifter und when the patting hour draw® nigh, may Hope, that angel-winged messenger from the land ofthe blest, bring you such glad tiding of joy aa shall dispel every doubt, and and banish each fear. So mote itbe! DOW, Jr.

BititrAMtJflP'aAWKM!* —A writer in BUchmood'* jftdgasiwe, several vears, since, relates from personal knowledge the following anecdotes of Franklin, tllustrstive of the character of the man who eould bid* his

By nature perhape, like George Waahington, whoee character, by the way, is greatly misunderstood, he waa a man of atrong passions, which, after many years by continual guardianship, trial.and ssvere discipline, he had brought entirely under his control.—This, we say positively, vat the character of Washington: thM wo Mies* to have bean tbe character of Franklin.

We happen to know something ol the doctor* determination, however, in two cases both growing out ol the «ame event, where the natural temper of the man broke out—biased up like a smothered fire—became visible, ss it were, all at once, in spite of bimsatf. bometime about the year 176S, be was in thw country, acting sa agent for some of our transatlantic iifwnainns The troubles had already begun there. One day, be went before the privy council, anagent, with a petition from the assembly or Maaacbasetts or, more carefully speaking-one dav, when a petition from the provincial assembly of Massachusetts Bay, already prcaented by him, was taken op, he waa treatad with great indignity, limited, groeelv abnaed. bv the solicitor general Wederborne. He ooie it without any sign oi emotion. All eyea were upon htm. No change or shadow of change want over ha face Hia friends were aria ted at hia forbearance. They wondered at bie equanimity they ware almost ready to reproach him Tor it. Sadh untimely self-command could only proosed from indiflference to the great eanee, or, so they thought, from a strange mora (insensibility- On hia way Train the place of humiliation, they gathered a boat him. He stopped, he etood s:ill: hie manner, look, voice, warn those of a man, *«o has quietly concentrated every thoaght and every hope nnder heaven, all bis energies, upon a single point.

Hie master shall pay for it!" said be, and passed on. Tbe other circametance grew oat ol the ssrne aMur. As a mark of etpeeial consideiatioo foe tbe privy council tbe Doctor appeared before them in a superb dress, after tbe court fashion of the time. He wore it braveto—as looked nneseamooly wall in it. Finding how«nr% that tbiaooartly garb, tbae cboasn, thus worn, bad bosn af no avail, as a refega or shelter to him (hat on tba contrary, it bad only made him a bettor nmrk. and exnwsratiag bie adversary, that worse than «)!, bis conaidsrata loyalty bad been mtssnderstood, for apiece of dirtjr adalatien. or worse, yet, for a pm

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ita iailmi ipnaspi snw traaaan bstnd—«o hava A vain mnny tha mauwactwTJiuk^Wesee namesow iSSeas of tba socasss which haa attended tbe al^ and tssjDUsnt bnsinam- Wa are pleased ta see that many psoas* in Ohio bava devatad their atssntyn to iha aanaaAwtnasadedit, and hive so for succeeded ea ass ha wofaahla, aad bring the bwiness tatonsidsraUe perfect too. At Meant Pleaaaat. Ohio, tbay have sssaahwiarad vsatiagasnd ribands in esdar and taxtarans perfect aa ennld be desired. Wa netw* that nanrtfraana,a gantlessBn bM •analsriarid sewi ailk ta »ba «ahse af gtOO wit boat any uwoble. Ipp»4nssasaerafannsrath»iinghant the oanatry toarteg attantpn as tins basinttss.—Cm. ffuifa.

TURKISH OPXNIOIf OF EUROPEANS. With regard to the Osmanlees or Turks, pride end presumption are their moral characteristics. Thwencertain very singular ideas about Europeans. They sue persuaded thst we make war upon their teiigion, which it is our object 4o destroy, nna that if we do not absolutely conquer the country they occupy, it is because our strength is not equal to our ambition. It is very difficult to make any of them comprehend oar religious toleradce, and thoee political considerations which are the sole barrier? under shelter ot which the existence of the Ottoman Empire has been prolonged to the present day. There are but very few of them that have any clear ides of the position of Turkey with relation to Europe. The moat part have no recollection of the numerous humiliating predicaments to which tbe Porte has of late years been subjected during its conflicts with Russia. There are some who are convinced that the kings of Europo humbly pay tribute to the Sultan.

Upon many points it is true, the Turku ere forced to acknowledge the superiority of the Euro(iesns but, on the whole, they regard them wfth a sentiment of pity mingled with disdain. It is enrious to observe the manner in which they oftentimes receive a European of distinction. Though they welcome him with sn appearance of polite consideration, by which person is often deceived (who is not fully scqusinted with the usages of oriental etiquette,) yet the fsct ia thev do not condesccnd to risest his entrance they «carcely move themselves upon their divan. If however they wish not to show themselves utterly impolite, when they know that a great European personage is about to pay thenNa visit, thev give instructions to the servants to forewarn them of the arrival of the Frank whom they are expecting, and then keep themselves standing in order not to Betray the concession of having risen expressly to receive him The same sentiment of fanati* cal pride has revealed itself in a great number of circumstances. A striking instance of it occured in Egypt some time ago, when sn ignorant and ridiculously vstn colonel refused to put his regiment through its required evolutions before the Duke of Rngusn, who was reviewing a portion of the viceroy's army. Mehpmet Ali, in rising above such absurd prejudices, displays the real superiority of nis undcrstsnding and sense. He always receives strangers with the utmost courtesy. He has constantly set before his officers the example of the greatest politeness towards Europeans. He hss in this respect not only run counter to the prejudices of subjects bnteven braved the accusation of infidelity, which the ignotant and fanatical have not hesitated to throw at him. He seems to veize every occasion of setting off the superiority of talents which he recognizes in Europeans over his own people, and every means he can employ to cause them to be respected by these Istter. Many anecdotes of this propensity of his might be given one will suffice. One day there hsppened to be, in the divan of the viceroy, some strangers of distinction. At the commencement of the interview, Melinmet Ali ordered coffee to be brought in. The officers cliargcd with serving it ordered it with the left lisnd to the European guests ofthe Pasha. The latter, not beipg aw fait at the details of oriental etiquette, did not perceive ths extent of this groat impoliteness (the left hand being considered by the Mussulmans as impure, thev never employ it but in offices implying a character of contamination Rut hardly had his visiters left when the viceroy, whose vigilent eve the affront had not escaped, severely repremanded the servitors, ordered them to be clothed with a white shirt and sent to Mecca to do the service of the Caaba, saying, "Since you are so fanatical as to disdain to show politeness towards persons whom I do mvselt the honor to receive, go to a city where the sight of Europeans will not annoy you. and you will not have occasion to blush at your rudeness."

The Mamelukes, who governed Egypt at the time of the French invaaion, believed they possessed for their, part the first army in the world. An idea of the ridiculous excess to which the beys had carried this notion may be illustrated bo the following:—When Bonaparte had taken Malta, M. Rosetti, consul for Austria and several other powers at Cairo, being a person of great consideration and influence with the Mamelukese, repaired to Mourad-Bay to apprise him of this event he suggested that it was very possible that the French might intend to make a descent upon Egypt, and strongly advised him'to take precautionary measures of defence. Mourad-Bey replied by a very loud burst of laughter What said he." would you havo us fear the French, especially if they are like these traders that we have here? Let a hundred thousand of them land, and I have only to send to meet them some Mameluke youngsters, who will cut of their heads with the edge of their stirrups." Rosetti then endeavored to mske the Bey understand that the conquerors of Italy were something else than those poor traders that he saw at Cairo, and he insisted that he ought to put Alexandria in a state of defence. Mou-rad-Bay was not convinced, but onto! complaisance to M. Rosetti, lie sent two quintals of powder to supply the artilery of that city. The French landed Alexandria fell into their hands. Mourad having learnt it sent immediately for M. Rosetti, and told him with a tone of irritation that those impertinent French had had the audacity to set foot in Egypt, and that he was about writing to them to decamp with all speed.

But,*' observed M- Rosetti," they are not come h'tore to go away again at the first bidding." What then do the hungry infidels want?" replied Mourad impatiently,. send them a few thousand (mtaques, and let them go." But Monseigneur," rejoined the conaal, that would not buy the smallest of the vessels that have transported them:—You must prepare for defence." Mhmtrad was still unable to understand the temerity of these Frenchmen who were foolish enoagh to come and measure swords with him. Ha wsiln infatuated with his own superiority that he sent against them at first bnt a mere handful of men. It was only when these, pot to the route in tbe first encounter, returned to him in all speed to announce to bitn that the French were not what he imagined, that he began to believe in the reality of danger. His arrogance experienced at length a first and grievous disappointment in tbe battle of Chebreis. which was soon followed by that of the Pyramids.—Foreign QtutrUrip for My.

GESTICULATION.

The speaker who accompanies his discourse with frequent gestures, varied and natural in their character, is, ordinarily, a man of lively wit aad rapid utupwhen. sion ha who, in addressing yoe, on whatever subject, makes use of no motion o! the band or arm ia a# a slow and heavy temperament. The sensible man genticalatce little, the roan of talent gesticulate* more, the enthusiastic man gesticulates moch^ the "cracked"* man gesticulates without end, the stupid man never.—Tbe man who it, at once, an empty babbler, emphatic, trifling, pretentions, silly, tfogmatjaa!,^vain and oTerofear-. tng, is a devil of a gesticulator. Hot content with moving tbe muscles of hia fees, wrinkling bis eyebrows and winking and railing bis eyes in his head, ne open, his mouth extremely wide, lolls his tongue and exhibitahis teeth. He aids tbe effect of bis discourse still mors by alternate Or simititaneoae movements of bead, body arms and legs. He throws his whole weight now on one bip, now on tbe other, bends or twists nis torso.- ina word, voea tbroogh an entire gymnastic eourae, which he iroaaines to be moat graceful and impressive, but which ia, in reality, nothing bat grimace and contortion

Among detestable gestures wa must net down in tba first rank nnbauoning, rsbvttoning and fannbnttoning tbe waistcoat ef the person you addram seising bim by tbe breast of the cost and shaking it from tiaw to time aheving him with tbe abovlder ap to the wall stopping him at every fifth step and gating earnestly ia aiefece aa if yna ware big with thoaght, when yon are only pregnant with a platitude, hteaeting t%a road ones saara, then stopping him again, aad continuing thas till be is ready to fell with lassitada. lastly, marking, with noonfiar innpliaais. everv wori yoa otter by a tout Now applied to tbe parieafs forearm, and always in tbe soma place, until tbe wrist st last is wall nigh disiecatad. All tbess are thinge which nuke a asaajsagb at fast, batead by giving him tbe trothii borrote. Who shall describe the tug. faming. foamian utterance, grinning hnboaweriea and fantastic gsnttcalatione af tbe strauiag. striding, ataft and atftted, jabbering, posts rising, vinegar-feced and emailWar minded, manoakio. "sciach^-abanntag, war-de-nuanmis of Yonng Francs?

Brnomrt CntrejATto*^—A carions iastancn ol tba circnlatioa of a baai note ia mentioned by tba Honeton Telegraph. A gentleman who was dosing ap sotne boetness of a mercantile firm in as* of tbe was. tern settlements of Texas, lew weeks siaca, psidoat a §140 note on one of tbe Lmwcsna Banks, and ia a few days afterwards received it *fs«a from a person who was owing bim. On mafttqt eooniry tained that thabill bad amis the eetnpletelaar eg tbe settlement."payingapatdacorns," and bsi aetaaliy pasasd throngb tbe bands of twonty-fow dJitsnt debtors and creditors tbss paying debts to lbs smiinnl

TERRE-HAUTE, IND: DECEMBER 25, 1841.

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Frvmtkt Manlrval Courier.

IDOLATRY IN BRITISH ASIA. At a redent meeting of the Directors or the East India Company in London, attention was draum to tbe present state of idolatry in the British Asiatic poe-

mons, and an attempt made by Mr. Poyuder, one of Directors, to do away with the grant or £6,000, which, it appears, was awarded by the Bengal/Sovernwent for tbe support of tl^e Temple of Juggernaut upon the institution of the pilgrim tax in 1005, snd which

coarse of the remarks which the subject called forth, Mr. Poynder read the following extract of a letter from the highest ecclesiastical anthority in India, which he Itad received, and which exhibits a melancholy picture of the eflectaof fanaticism of the deluded multitudes of India.

I have visited the valley of death. I have seen the dea of darkness. Juggernaut has been trodden by these feet, and seen with these eyes, after thirty or forty years hearing about it. Oh Buchanan, how well do I remember vour pioua indignation when you viaited this foul and horrible scene! My soul is moved withigoda is situs ted 'ooree,,of which abodes are only emblems of the moral ruin snd misery it diflusse. A town of 50,000 souls is held together by the direst superstitution—no trade bu». sin—no art but delusion and lies—no bond of anion but communion itj idolatry. Nothing haa yet heeri c*one to abolish these idolatriesThe three cars of Jugsrernaut are built anew awry year. The clothes and mantles sre still furnished for the idol pageantry by British servants. The horrors sre unutterable. 150,000 pilgrims attend yearly, of whom about 50.000 perish by hnngor, fatigue, or cholera yearly. They come from all parts of India. The larger part are women, who concert their plans for the journev unknown to their husbands and families, snd start off at a moment The abominations consequent may be judged of by this trait. It is a scene of plunder, cruelty, snd lust- When the caravans arrive, a perpetual fight takes plsce among the Pooree inhabitants who shall receive the helpless wretches, who arc

lundered not onlv of all they possess or can prqpure. of all thev can borrow at an immense interest. About five days finish the process the stripped multi' tude then proceed on their return. Ti sick sre uniformly left behind to whiten with their bones the sc« cursed plains. Those plains are barren sands thrown up from the bench by the southeast monsoon. The seasons of pestilence are chosen, as it were, to heighten the mi wry for instance, June, when the extreme heat is suddenly succeeded by the rains and the cholera among the undefended crowds. The sick still sometimes throw themselves nnder the wheels of the ear bands of music, troops of dancers, or prostitutes of the vilest order, noisy, intflQiperate debauchery, with the most filthy and unutterable pollutions in figures, exhibitions, and songs, make up the religious rites ol Juggernaut. The pagoda, or circuit of the enclosed tomple, is amass of heavy buildings, of which no one is sllowed to penetrate the interior, because the cooking is perpetually going on in the inner circuits, and the passing of a Christian would defile the whole cnlinary establishment. If we had chosen to pay 2,000 rupees for recleansing the sanctnarv afterwards, we might have been admitted. Such is Juggernaut! Dr. Buchananls description is moat true. Cruelty, lust, oppression, disease, famine, death follow in the train as in the worship of the true God and Saviour there follow light, morcy. purity, justice, pesce. domestic happiness, truth, (.urdon, holiness, and eternal life."

The motion to withdraw the grant was not carried, it being the opinion that we wcro bound by the terms by which we taok possession of that part of the country to the accustomed maintenance of the temples. It tvas, however, acknowledged that an immense advance had bean mado towarda a batter state of things, and thnt an order, which has recently bean ir nra, forbidding the attendance of troops and mili'ary bands at the native religious festivals, was calculated still further to effect a total separation between our Government and the idolatrone worship of the Hindoo.

The other was one of these bran-bread-cattng look ing fellows he wss young—that is, hia sge smounted about four V's, no more—he wss all legs, like a surveyor's instrument, and so tsll and shapeless that, when

standing

tem,4iblea««is

dance

Lord

PLEASANT COMPANIONS#

TiirD.tiiti tit A RAIT.BOAD CAR—Last evening we took a ride on the Pontchartrain can to the Lake. In the same carriage, on the seat opposite to us, mt two individuate, the very antipodes of onaanother in personal sppoaranee, ss they are, we feel certain, in tneir personal tastes, habits snd predilections. One was old and aslhmatie: he wore a brown cloth coat, with large gift buttons the pocliets were fsr apart on the hips, and it fitted him vary looselyhe ivore wide, black trowsers, without any straps to them and his shoes were made to fit so easy that there waa no danger of their affeeting his corns

straight, he might be mistaken for a.

model, in miniature, of the Bunker Hill Monument hia face was ornamented bv an extensive mustacho, a short frill stnek out from his shirt bosom, and his clothe* were made on compressing principles. He sat to the windward of th« old ffentlenian, ftiid wwn the can got under full blast, so did he too-'he drew along nine from hia poeket, ignited it, and gave two pafli for every one which the engine

gave.

at to be at of be re to

Smoke from his fhee—but it was no use—then be gave short cough: then a suoccjoion ol short coughs, thus— ugh ugh 1 ugh! ugh !—and st length, rising from his seat, he addremed the man with the mustacho. saying such conduct was not to born—he was not going to submit to see cigars in boy's mouths—it wss bsd enough to be puflM by a boy's newspaper, but to be poffed by a boy's segar, he said, brfnre they had well done with their papspoon, wss intolerable: and mying this, lie changed his position and sat to the windward Of theyoung 'un.

He no sooner took possession of his new quarters than he drew from hia pocket a largo snuff box he dipped his fingers—no not his fingers but his hand— into its contents, and raised an enormous quantity of it. A small portion went into his nose—the remainder oi'it flew into the dandy's eyes, nose, snd on the ruffle of his shirt—at chee!- at-chee'—at-chee—asid the dandy, sneezing spasmodically, and added, when he recovered himself--Why, what a piece of sntiqasted Stupidity yon must be. old gentleman, to be making adust hole of your nose at your time of life—*pon my onaw, it shows an unaccountable quantity of judgment on yoor part :o persereve in tbe vile practice of snufftakjng, which is now rcnoonced by every man who mixes in genteel society, and only continued by midwiveaand French barbers."

By this time tha cars arrived at Milneburg. and the dandy left,looking daggers at the old man. and dnsting the snuffoff his frill with his white cambric pocket handkerchief. The old gentleman gave three ciughs aabe left the cars, and said-" Well, well, tbey trll mat he deetrine of Puppyism is maktng rapid strides in England bat I ihink if it outruns puppyism in this ooantry, its march most be onwsrd, indeed. —N. O.

Look On this picture—then on tbai.** MAS sues.—With all its ills and evils, man knowa

»k on this picti —With all its

no happiness until be marries let bim possess man of sense and virtu*:, and of whom be himsell worthy, and be will feel a solid and permanent joy of which be was never before sensible- Far ss somebody says tbe happiness of marriage, like tbe interest at money, arises from a regular and eaubliabed fond while onmaried libertines live npon the principal and become bankrupt in character and respectability- To fie sure, as the same aaibor tells as, umntarropt bappi-

doable rbsre of pleasure and prospenty, and a satsce in Governtmnt paper, ot a vary

aorrow andadvemty JSaMnge roper. If Aaauaa—Look over tbe grant number oi marri-

sges that take placa oeer the wsHd wbat poor con-

tbey are! A few soft looks, a walk,

a unease aT tbe band, a aoppiag of the qoes-!

.r.

aatia. a riag. a clergyman, a drive or two in a hired

carriage, a ai^tf Anwrka- rolony of

Mr ia over. For nve or sue weeu twn Hwemsn loofc-,

{nc petntma are sem dangltag on each oilarrt arm.»

.raiff eiat and rakea: then every thing falls into gMMROMoa rantina tbe wiia aita an one side

little cares aad little chttdcsn. gather amoad TWeiawhst ninery-nine ta be the delighte of nrntrimmy trip*--

sit Mister how eoeee yonr ere* an aUfiredi crmtsdr* 'My eyes yea-Tbst ooiae by settiing betwngirlsBad trying to look love tobwtbata Star

Philadelphia October, 1841.

ry. 1841. were t.~

aad lhe

Afrie

Mvmir a

NO. 16

TBE PAST AG&S*"'

We are struck with amaaentent at ttife wonderful remsins of former times. In every quarter of the globe we find some interesting memorial of bygone ages. The spirit of investigation has opened the entombed cities of Herculaneum snd Pompeii and presented 'o our view the people and their mode of living, trith their advances in the arts and sciences, at their era of existence. In the Pyramids, we trace a people that have long since jeft the stage of existence (pit have given strong indication of their matchless achievements. Nature, too, hath opened up her great volume for na to see the relic of a race of animals that have written their history by their bones. The immense amount or the mere remains of the extinct races, that are to be found on the land, and on the margin of the sea, proclaim the might of a God who called every thing into exiatence hy the word of hia power. The wonderful amount of mammoth skeletons that hsve been found is truly astonishing. Hendsrstrom. in his journal, says that the bones of this snima] may not inaptly be called the peculiar produce of Siberia and the Northern Islanda. He observed that the farther he proceeded towards the north, the smaller in aise, but the more abnndant in quantity, become these relics of a former world. In the Lachow Islands it is a rare circumstance to discover mammoth's tooth weighing more than three poods, equal to 108 pounds English postage, whereas, in the interior of Siberia it is not an nncom- If you

mon thing to meet with one of fonr times that weight. On the other hand, the immenss quantities of these bones found in the Siberian Islands, form one of the most Yemarkable phenomena connected with these singular remains.

In tbe words of Sannickow, one ot HenJrrstrnm% companions, "the first of the Lachow Islands is little more thsn one mass of mammoth bones and though for upwards of eighty large cfrgooe of them, there appears as yet no sensible diminution in the apparently inexhaustible store. The teeth found in theiw islands are also much whiter and more fresh thsn those of the continent. The most valuable were met with on a low sand bank on the western coast and there, when afters long prevalence of easterly winds, the sea re« cedes, afresh supply of mammoth*» bones is always found." Henderftrom inters, from this, that large quantities most exist at the bottom of the ocean.

I From the Baptitl Retard.]

FRANKLIN'S RESTING PLACE. "Such was bie worth his loss was such, We cannot love too well or grieve too mnch." In one corner of the burying ground, hest known as Church's Church-yard, repose the remains ofthephilosoephir Fraklin. On entering tha yard from Arch street, attention will unavoidably be directed to his humble tomb, by a well troddon path which leads from

No towering monument rears its heed s'tove the clouds, where the beams of ths riseing sun will gild his name but that name is Inscribed in characters not easly to be erased, on every liberty-loving beart and so long as philosophy continues to be a science, benevolence a virtue, and Liberty the watch word of the American people, will his memory lie cherished and bis name be honored.

the gate to the "marble slab which bears the simple Agents for shaving apd getting! inscription, which will at once strike the beholder with I on, snd accepted By the Post Master Gonefgl. lornowonder, namely Benjamin and Deborab Franklin." other purpose than mo ely to raise mower tor tha De*

I say because we are accustomed to sqe partment, would astonish you, and the With wonder the stones covering the tenements of great men Inscrib ed with eulogiums but the one we sre now beholding has nothing but tho words above quoted,and the year in which it wss placed there. this is the grave of a man who might once havo been seen, as a runawsy boy. in the streets of Philadelphia, seeking employment as a printer and again, as editor and proprietor of the United States Gatetie, now so ably conduted by Mr. Chandler—Oncc tryiug cxper' iments with a simple paper kite again, aatoniihing thewoild with discoveries made through its instrumentality. Once in England as a deceived journeyman printer again, as minister from an independnnt republic. Once in his workshop as a laboring mechanic again,intho halls of legislation, advocatingthe cause of freedom, and urging an oppressed people to rise and drive the British Iton from our forest. Yes, he was one of those who signed away their lives, fortnnes, and honors, If nrctssary, for the welfare of their followcitizens. Bnt all this could not save him from the hand of death. Thongh the philosopher snd statesman must lieas low as the less fsvored, yet the circumstances connccted with the lives of thoee whose motto was, "non *ibi, *ed patriae." possess" a charm which all can appreciate, and all love to cherish. We read bis name on the humple slab—ponder over his virtues, and mourn his loss, as of a dear friend. We stand around his grave, and think how many have gazed with reference upon that stone, and our eyes become flxod upon it ns though it possessed so endearing charm. We look back on bis fife snd deeds, snd when we remember that a nation wept when Franklin died, wr cannot refraiafrom dropping a tear over his Isst abode.

BUCKINGHAM.

ORIOIK or WA*S.—The history worts very like a scene I once in Nithsdale. "Two boys from different schools met one fine dai upon die ice. They eyed each other with rather jealous and indignant looks and with defiance on each brow. What are vou glowrin at, Billy?" What's that to yonl I'll look where I have a mind, an* hinder me if yoa daur." A hearty blow was the return to this, and iben such a battle began. It being Saturday all the boys of both schools were on ibe ice snd the fight iastsntly beesme general and deaparate. 1 asked one ef the party what they were pelting the other for? What they had done to themt "O naething at a\ man we just want to gie them a good tbrasbin."— After fighting tmiil they were quite exhausted, one of the principal neroes stepped forth between, covered with blood snd his clothes torn to tstters, and addressed the belligerent parties thus—"Weel I'll tell yoa what well do wi* ye if ye let us alane, we'll let ye alane." There was no more of it the war was st an end, and the boys scattered sway to their play. 1 thought at the rime and have often thought since, that that (rival affray waa the best epitome of war in general that I have ever seen. Kings snd ministers ot state sre iust set of grown up children, exactly like the children I speak of, with only this msterial difference that instead of fighting out the needless quarrels they have raised, they sit in safety snd look on boand on their innocsnt bat servile subjects to bsttle, and then sfter a waste of blood snd treasure, sre glad to make the boys' conditions, II yell let osslsne, we'll let ye alane."—The Ettru-k Skepkerd't Lag Sermons.

Newspapers la vnrion* Countries. Pane has now upwards of 17 daily pspers. the average sale of which exceeds 90,000 per dtem. while London has only ntns daily pspers, with a sale of about 45,000 per diem. No sufficient data exists for computing with any degree of accuracy, the number of copini of newspapers at present annually circulated in the UStates, but it jprobsbly does not foil far short of 100,000.000. The total number of pa pars isaaed in

papers wooed in

Great Britain and Ireland, in 1837,ants only 47,248,000. Tbe weekly issues af the British press of Lower Cansda, are 29,000 those of the Frendi press 8,000. The

rarlieet Spanish newspaper was published sbnat the

Azores. The wbole number of joarnsls in haty exceeds 200. Few of the existing papers date back farther than tbe cumntepceaieflt of the present century. Tho Greeks pabtisb nine four at Athens, oneat Napoti, two at Hydra, and two at Misaotonghi. TbeGovens*

ownBUTC

,*tjUe «r* 14

]g30 twoare

&W«watcr«la. or making marmag ealh. and irss established 1838. It is liibo- W.mi jost reader*-fa* wdlbn

tbe bemk the basbaad en tlm other, and little, ^nee At Ronumv there are ten Englisli

"w'™^

'diabed at CoaataatiiMple. in JamisTafrim Vat*i, Goveroment paHeeadi*, te vulgar Tarkisb.eoninformation. In tbe wbale eatent of,

In (2alcnita there are six: English daily

a a a Him

itdesn. gather arnnnd isaaed semi-weekly, and foar Hiodaataaee "y,of* mddicatkma. Two weekly

—Biockwomi* Maga- yy

English

Circntnr Letter to UM syetlal Agnnfs sf pott oflke myartlMitii ,. *, /M Qfcs/^pojimsftl, I h' c*j I

Siaj—To tbedatiee assigned yo« bj fff famwt,lnfttrattidns, as Spec*! iiid cwifidsHtial agSPtof tins department, 1

desire to add that ofswiwly obeiftfiig the

manner in which the |to«t oflkae aie kepi III tbe ee«M tkm and along tha lines of routf yoa may be called to uisMct «nd travel.

The Postmaster General cxpecw thnt cwsy ppst office, whatever may be tig importance, aball be ^tended to or supervised b/*the deputy postmaster. Tat practice which, I regret to learn, has obtanwHHs many pornoas of tbe United Statea ot one ritan balding t» commisrion of postmaster #&lgt another diacb&tgo ICR duties, mast be Mopped and arbon Mch caSeSi fijn within yoor knowledge, I desire thai they Shall made tha sahiect of special report. ^»jeat carelessness in tbe opening and keeping the "W" »h insecure pfacte, and pmiuitnng persons other Wen the postmaster, or hia atoofn assistants, to have after ii ia opomfdj

•ocess toihe mne when opening, or naa been charged, in general terms, upon many of the postmasters, small towns and villages The evil mwt be corrected and when yoa have evidence of tbe fact, it ia expected that yoa will make it known to tbo department, Vhat the only efficient remedy may be applied. I will not continue in office thoee who will n* themselves give thcr time and attention to tbediacharge of its duties, or who violate or suffer violationa of the rules of the department, in opening and distri« buting the mail.

It is also deairab'e that you observe the deportment of all carriers and drivers of mails, and report any misconduct arising from tha wilful negligence or carelessness and inattention to their emptoyefs and to tha department.

Msny complaints hate been Made against the agents or travelling postmasters on railroad routes. Yon are id to observe the conduct of sttch (s within tbe range of ni

expected

roiy Ail)

your supervtaion.

Information~has been communicated to this depart* ment that drivers and carriers ol the mail, on the mors distant and more unimportant routes, are in tha habit of carrying letters in violation of tbe law, tliareby 1Masning the income of the department. As this may be done in ignorance of the law, yatt will inform ana instruct the contractors to eharge the carriers snd drivass not to violate the law in this particular. The act of 1825 section SO, directs that all carriers shall deliver such letters, whether sealed or unsealed, to the first poet office at which ihey srrive after receiving them, and the postmaster is directed to rate and charge tha

you become satisfied that any poet office is not of public utility, and not required for the public accommodation, you will report that fact and the reasons for the opinion.

Upon (ha active exertion and vigilant supervision of the special agents of this department mainly depend the regularity, security, and efficiency of rftail transportation and I cannot too strongly impress upon you the importance and high responsibility of your stations. It is to you the Postmaster Genera! mujw_ look for accurate information upon all subjects pertaining to the out-door operations of the deportment. Give me your efficient sId, and I do not despair of making thn Post Office Department eminently useful and popular*,.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant. C. A- WICKLIFFE.

Correspondence of the cinetnnnti GaMtte Pkilndtlphia, DeeM*. Entron.—'The long contested case of tha United States, vs Reeside, waa determined by the Jury's rsrtfdering a verdict yesterday, of $188,496 6, which seemed to give general satisfaction, the people have taken a warm interest for Reeside, whom they consider grestly wronged by Kendall. There were some curious developemenis in the course of this trial, of transactions and practices in the Poet Office department under Mr.

Barry, which the people of the United States ought td know. Tbe amoant of money paid to Brokers «ftt shaved, drafts drawn

enormous

shaves submitted to, were a disgrace to any Administtation. And this was done while Jackson was boastitt/r of paying off, during his administration, the whol# notional debt! At this very time the ifss. Obadiah jjf, B. Brown, the Financier General of the department, 1 waa writing to individuals—Bates snd Governeur of New-York, and others—tbe most pressing, the most entreating letters for immediate help—urging the rais* ing often thonsand dollars—twenty thousand tye. to Mtae ike Drpartment from tlopnagt! No poor Devil in & Wail street ever entreated for a disconnt or shsvs with more earnestness, than did the Retereni Clerk If and manager, for help, none not absolutoly bankrupt, |-s and without credit, ever submitted to heavier shaves, as appeared from the letters read, snd the evidence given in this trisl. I hope that it will be publiehed for the benefit of the people, that they may ase "bath est men tbey entrusted the management of their ana

From the Am«ric** Aimamaefor I84f

Stntiaticaol Reilnesa DeseaiasliSM Is tlM United Stntes. DenominationJ. Chnrchn, Miniatert. Membert. Baptists 6319 l)o Freewill 1, 753

Do Seventh Day 42 Do Six Principle,

on-

lairs.

-18

Catholics 5l2 Christians 1000 Con gregationa lists 1300 Dutch Reformed 197 Episcopalians

4339 613 46 10 545 800 1150

453.000 33,87(1 4,503 8.117 800,000 150,000 160,000

T93 849

950

Friends 500 German Reformed 600 Jews ... Lutherans ,,.|S 750 Menonites 200 Methodists, Episcopal

if*

83,516 600,000 100,000 80,000 15,000 63,868 30,000 jf646.549 60,000 5.745 13,000 5.000 874,084 50,000 16,000 3.000

180

387

5106 400 33

Do Protestants

Moravtansor Unlt'd Brctb- 84 Mormonitcs New Jerusalem Church 97 Presbyterians 8807

-83 3335 450 87

Do Camtierlsnd 500 Do Associate 183 Do Reformed 40 Do Associste Ref. 814 Shakers 15 Tonkers *0 Unitsrians j: *00 Universelists. T"

ne 45 40 174 VI

JZ.0Q0 6.000 3,000

»M) THREE xinims—the qrrkfkrst trip on record in tha U. 8tates. ,. Tlie New York Exptrn states that tlur distances

were as follows:

New

CA!**tIu.vr»s.—At ffie/afs Ale sf Isnds sfoag tbsf line of tbe Miebigaa and Illioms Canal. 15,4» awes were sold for the aggregate sum of "n*. highest prise paiid per acre waa $61, Sad the lowest fA The pnvmems wsre mmls in tbe Staiels debt.oa aeeoant of tbe canal, MMfi aa scrip issued to the centra^ um.,04 elnifa•

P*«Ttr Own A

poblisbed on the western coast, at tba ed before Jndge Bawliw ^^ns^j%»iy- memf\m-

the Cape of Good Hope, ball of wbieh and with mocn «. t,ran far iha

7phnied in EnglwC«nd ball in Durcb. An official jury. 1 tbanb yoe ffom the brttgm my heart wrine

eu/e

pepers were pnb-

Canton, bnt are now removed to Macao. (Londom Petft*. the smile

Matbad is not less uieaanry in ordinary convsrsa- tree, that tioa than in writing, provided a maa waald talk aimbe bisattf nndeisTnoit

In the atwiyft table, the whole number of Caflmlicg, Episcopalians, Friends, Jews and New Church men are given, while the others embrace only commonicants or Cliurr.h members strictly. The whole number ffc of persons attached to the leading denomipstions ia jgfc estimated as follows) Baptists (of sll sorts) 4,300,000 Merhodista (do.) 3.000.000 Presbyterians (do.) 3,175," 000 Congregationalism 1,400,000 Lutherans540,000 Datch Reformed 450,000 Christalna 300.000: Uaivsrenlists 600,000 Unitarians 180,000.—N. F. Tribune.

SPEED OF THE XESSAGE. The President's Message was recci*ed«atilie Naw York Post Office st 13 minutes after 9, P. M. Going aordlnary ah —the onttfu

tbroogh in tha extraordinary short time of nfn notrs*

ft'fts.

.. a

From Washington to Balnmofff, Baltimore to PhiUdelpdia. Philadelphia New Brunswick

Brunswick to Jersy Ciy,

mm* 10 ti 18

From Washington to Jersy Ctir. The Message thus reschsd Jersey City from Wasfr ington in eifkt hour* nn& iHf-three minmtet.

From Hackenssek Bridge to Jersy City, the

motive run three miles In two *u*s4es and a half. The Messsge reaeW. Frederick ins sprcisresr. «t 18 m'mutes mm 3, P. M. having Ixsen 2 hours and minutes in the pamsge from he relay boose miles) snd about 3 h.and 13m. from Wssbngum (84 mif*s,)

Ccnsos or TI» DW™ICT or Coteoajs^-Thj tionof the city of Wsshington tSXr was t8j

,9 1940U1 wss 43.718. Thus it will be seen that ujthe populatioir ol the District in Iff years aoals have been added.

Is' in

'zzrzfc

lis towner!J I VMB

fletartafafor yon cannot ne agprtsssn nf wains ,/tm indeed the criminal's benefoctor ta yon. yonrbdnnr. (addressing thajadgs, whocepW scarwJy mms| the smile,) I am everiaatingiy indebted, bnt all I can

to yoa. I prosnie yon,span my honor, now tbnt 11.am tree, that 1 will never be goilty of ogam «s long as I live.*1 HlkcnneaH. it is said, is tne only ^ans who didn't a httk Arretted -{St. Imsu 3ml.