Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 26, 1842 Page: 1 of 4
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NOTICE.
iTTPRFBY fbrewantaHpersons-from trading for the following
Sof &nT5veb7mrta Edwin Waller, raw OjHTnoiefor
one Sand ddlaVs, datedlTth August, and due t&c&st daj -of
oS a" D 1841.- One for two thousand dollars 'payable the
tat dw-of JinuVry next, JL D-1S42, oW as the tat tented.
ILd one note ibr t&tje thousand dollars made payable the
tamanuSlWs or tfM. audited the 17th August, 1841,
aal hold fldl8et-o"fiegMBaaf them. w TURNER
Brazoria, Nov. 15th JB41. T .J. W. lUttNh.ll.
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' NOTICE. .
ALL persons are hereby forewarned against trading for a
04DanT84bnnhe cWitionsfor which the above not.
vas giwi-hks failed, 'anii rametermined-'nor to pay ue same,
unless compenea uy iaw.
Carplinia, Nov; 21st, J1841.
ROB'TJl. GRAVES.
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NOTICE . V
IS 'HEREBY given,that certificate NO.J30, issued Sept. 6;h,
1B3S by tne Bi oTLand Commissione.s ; of Harm coun-
ty oEdv:ar&&Hart, for 640 "acres-is .lost,- and that at the
gyration of sixty days from this date, I shalUpnly according
to law fora duplicate thereof, . j ISA1A?, Zaw
Houston. November 23S..1841. nov 2 "8-313
r JASR-'JENKWSND JA3IES WILLIE,
HAVING- connecled themselves in thepractice of Law, will
attend-Uie courts of the Third Judicial District, -and the
Supreme Court of the ej.ub;ic. ' KTOfliceat Independence,
WSS3SS&L nov 24 wfrn-312 ,
' : NEW GOODS,..,, ,
T&subscnbeVbe'leavefo inform the, citizens ; of Wash-
.tnEtonuntvrandthe surrbundingcountryhafhe isnow
jr-: -anonSnartiisstorein Independence, a new and
-roinaWe stock of fall and .winter goods: consisting in part of
thefoltawingjirticles: TL ,- " "
English -and American prints, New Orleans sugar,
cloths and cashimers; ' " ' t -TBfav; and Rio coffee,- .
Ely. Jeans', I '. zmp. and-Y.iH. teas,
plaid and bard linseys, . .coarse and fine salt, .
cotton drillings, side baron,
bleached sheetings, Barnes-Oliver lobacco,r
bro wnand bleached shirtingsi spiceand-pepper, h "
red and white flannels, moigu, ;i .
Lowelosnabnrgs, writing paper, T f
wjiite cotton hose, , . cVockerx,
black worsted hose, - -glass-ware,-.
suspenders, drags and medicmes,
boots and shoes, Spanish saddle-trees,
Kv. Bagging" and rope'1 tin-ware. ,
Which will be sold low for cash, orexchanged for cotton or
other aailablelprdducejotthe country.. Planters -Rill do weH
to call and examine, before purchasing elsewhere. Liberal ad-
vances made on cotton for shipment. rnCfT,o . Txr
Independence, Nov. 15thfl84i' J .MOSES PARK.
ReTerto - " JIM.tiRoBn!SOH;oHotiston,
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T .- AUMLNiSl'RATOK'S NOT 1 UK
THEnna'ersigned havingbeen appointed by the Hon. Pro-
bate Court in and for Montgomery counly, at theeptem-
term. 1S41, administrator ol tne esiaie m xyuuaiu - tw-
j tv:a-rt,f0-ir.rnnfl?uH to make immediate payment.
.tnct i
,7 ZARELDA J. WILLIAMS
Administrator oPr7. R. Williams, decU
Qct.1841.
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3T Matthew Hurbert a -certificate for one league and labor of
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1 ton A .fn 'A.sinri dated BJanu3rv lews, lssneaio me buusuuuci
by the BoardorLantt uommiBBwnerewr lueuouiv u.H.uu4$"rjj
If mteulzence of the fcameia not received within .the time- required
bytlaw; t shall afterwards apply to-the P'er officerfora duplicate
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
rnuL' norcitrnPiThairinjTheen aDDointed bv the ETon. Chief
X Justice of Harris cbuntj, Administrator on the estate of
wc.' Wallace, gives notice to all perrons indebted to said
estateTo comCforwarJand make Immediate payment, and those
having claims, wilLpresenltbem daly authenticatedwitbm the
time prescribed by law, else they will be barred.
s,sr- - N. W. TRAVIS, A dnfr.'
Honston, Dec. 12th, 1841. ELAM STOCKBRIDGE1
Apo 15 wSt-315 Agent
TO PLANTERS
THEsubscriber bas on hand 20 peices Kentucky bagging,
10'peicesEast India bagging, 40 coH Rope, which he will
sell to close a consignment uuuei uc-ai,
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P. GASSIOT.
FKJESH HJ&tJ ANI SIEIHCIN1ES.
nrmw.snhsrriher has received per brie Cuba, direct fromNew
X York, a large and general assortment of Drugs, Medicines,
and natent Medicines, consisting in part of 50 lbs.bestEnglish
-i,! znAn TiirVcv Rhenbarb in nowder. 3B-boules French
auini 24 dozen best cold pressed castor oil, 12 uozen Moffet s
celebrated Life Pills andPhenix Bitters, Rowan's Tonic Mix-
ture, soda and siddletz powders, and in fact every article
in the drug line, having enlarged and improved bisestablish-
mentlie' is now prepared to iarnish any article in his line, at
reduced prices; anrf country merchant would do well to call
before making Jhsir purchases, as. in this country drags require
AlsoTiir sale, the good Samaritan "Robb, the best preparation
of sasaparella for removing all impurefetheb!ood.
nov&dl2t-wtf.3l2 HENRY EVANS,
Apothecaries Hall, corner oi mam ana r ranium t.
UST DECEIVED per brig Francis Ashby, lrom new Korir,
the following. goods-which will be sold at the lowest prices,
or exchanged for cotton or hides.
S9S cases Claret, 5 bbls Saleratns,
10 qr. casks Port and Medeira 5 do spirits 1 urpentine,
Wine, 1000 lbs bar Lead,
10 or. pipes Brandy, Drnmon, 80,bags dropt Shot,
2 qr. do London excise Gin, 20 do back do
1 .nn.hnn Trich Whisl-eir. 200 nlouch moulds.- ,'t
10 qr. pasks Bennemont ana casus y nneeu, iu Acgo
z Baker Brandy, 4 bbls BankOil,
S-itjinOtardDupayrandy200 bars' TronJ sbeet iron, sheet
50 baskets Bwcet Oil, boiler iron, and cast steel asd
in hWc Ariet. Avales. . 130 reamsbrownandslraw.col d
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do bleached summer Sperm
wrpping paper.
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C doz Wire Selves,
50boxes.Sprem Candles,
83jacks.Conee, i
10 hFbbls No. 1. Mackerel,
id' do f"o2 do
75 boxes assorted Soap,
25 bbl Porto Rica Sufar,-
25 boxes S:arch, $$
20 do Gunpowder TaW
20' do 'Yoang Hyson dc
31 do Tobacco,
J bbl. somiing Tobacco,
Sboxes cotton cards, s
1 "do copper Pumps & Cy-
phons, t .
20Grindtones, with '-cranks
andirollers, '-
lOQJiegsNils.assprtedK. ,
6 kees Spikes,
6 doz Collin's Axes,
6 Blacksmith's Bellows,
1 Screw Plate,
1 cask Horse shoe Nail.,
6 Anvils
6 coils Manilla Rope,
An ass.or't of wooden ware,
do Iron ware,
Bed cords, Plough lines, etc,
2 cases Shirtings,
10 do Brogans, shoes and boots
a fine assortment!
' 1 bale Fench prints,
5 do Osbabuigs,
3 do DHlls,
3 do Sheetings,
, J "do Demins,,.
2 do Ticks,
For sale by
M: GARCIA & CO, Galveston.
i rr nov4tf-3l2
feSai iJeSr oi Wi, Within three : months of
rtS Jft ofmiafcafion, I will apply, to the proper offiders fot a
O DD1S A1COUUI,
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X)ctober423th, 1841.
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HOUST
THE TILLAGE PRIZE.
In one of the loveliest villages of old Virginia there
lived in the year 175-, an old man, whose daughter was
'declared, by universal consent, to be the loveliest maiden
in all the country round. The veteran, in his youth, had
been athletic and muscular, above all bis lellows; una nis
breast, where he always wore them, could show the adorn-
ment of three medals, received for his victories in gym-
nastic feats when a young man. His daughter was now
eighteen, and had been sought in marriage by many
suitors. One brought wealth another a fine person
another tbis. and another that. But they were all refusid
by the old man, was at last a by-word for his obstinacy
emong- the young1 men of the village.
At length the nineteenth birthday (if Annette, -his
charming daughter, who was'as amiable and modest as
she was beautiful, arrived. The morning of that day,
her fatherinvited all the youth'of the country to a hay-
making frolic. Seventeen,, handsome and industrious
young men assembled. They came not only to make
hay, but also to make love to the fair Annate. In three
hours they had filled the father's barn-with the newly dried
grass and their owti hearts,, with love, Annette, by her
father's command, had brought the malt liquor of her own
brewing, which she presented, to each enamored swain
with -her own fair hands.
"Now my boys" said the old keeper of the jewel they
all covetedfas'leanmg on their pitch-forks they assembled
found the door in the cool' of the evening: "Now my
Jads, you have nearly all of you made proposals for my
Annette. Now, you see, -Idont care anything about
money or talents, boojc learning nor soldier learning I
can do as well by my gal as any man in the country.
But I want her to marry a man of my own grit. Now,
vou know, or ought to know, when "I was a youngster, I
I could beat anything insll Vlrginny in the way e'leeping.
I got my olu woman Dy Dealing tne smartest man on me
Eastern Shore, and I have "took the oath and sworn it,
that no man shall marry my daughter without jumping
for it. You understand me, boys. There's the green,
and here's Annette," he addedtaking his daughter, who
stood timidly behind him, by the hand. "Now the one
that jumps farthest on a 'dead level,' shall marry Annette
This nniqueaddress was received by the young men
with anDlnuse. And many a youth, as he bounced gaily
forward to the arena of trial, cast a glance of anticipated
Victory backppbn the lovely object of village chivalry.
Tne maidens Jeit tneirt looms ana quuuug iruuies, uie
children their noisy sports, the slaves their labors, and the
old, men their arm chairs and long. pipes, to witness and
triumph in th"esuc6essof the victor. AH prophesied and
many wished, that it vould be, young Carroll. He was
the handsomest and best humored youth in the country,
and all knew thai a strong mutual attachment existed be-
tween him .and the fair Annette. Carroll had won the
reputation of being the "best leaper," and in a countty
Avhere such athletic achievements were the tine qua non
of a man's cleverness, this norordinarvhonor. In a con
test like tfiq presentne hadj, therefore, every advantage t
over his fellow alMela. : .
THr P.rpna allotted for this hvmenial .contest was a level ?
space in front of the village inn, and near the centre of a jj
rass platj reservea m tne migsi oi me viuage, uenuuiiuu- i
fed the "green.'r The verdure was quite worn off at this j
placebyprevious exercises of a similar kind, and a hard I
SUrjace OlSallu, uiuie ueiuiiugiy um iuc uuiyuoo iu mvu j
it was to be used. sunDlied its nlace
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The father of the lovely, blushing, nndwithal happy
prize, (for she well knew who would win.) with three
olher patriarchal villagers, were the judges appointed to
decide upon the claims of the several competitors. The
last time Carroll tried his skill in the exercise, he "clear-
ed" to use the leaper's phraseology twenty-one feet and
one inch.
'The signal was given, and by lot the young men step-
ped into the arena. tj ,t
' 'Edward "Gra'yson,, seventeen feet," cried one of the
judges. The youth Had done his utmost. He was a
pale, intellectual -student But what had intellect to do in
such an arena? "Without a look at the maiden he left the
ground.
"Dick Boulden, nineteen feet." Dick wilh a laugh
turned away, and' replaced his coat
Harry Preston, nfneteen feet and three inches."
"Well done Harry Preston," shouted the spectators,
"you have tried hard for the acres and the homestead."
Harry also laughed, and swore he only jumped for the
'fun of the thing. Henry was a rattle-brained fellow, but
never thought or dreamt of matrimony. He loved to
walk and talk, and laugh and romp, with Annette, but
sober marriage never came into his head. He only
jumped for the fun of the thing. He would not have said
so, if he was sure of winning.
"Charley Simms, fifte'en feet and a half, Hurrah for
Charley 1 Chai ley'll win I" cried the crowd good humor-
edly. Charlpy Simms was the cleverest fellow in the
world. His mother had advised him to stay at home, and
told him if he ever won a wile, spe would tall in Jove
with his good temper, rather than his legs. Charley,
however, made the trial of the lattei's capabilities and lost
Many refused to enter the lists altogether. Others made
the trial, and only one of the ieapers had cleared twenty
feet
""Now," cried the villagers, lei's see Henry Carroll
He ought to beat this; and every one appeared, as they
called to mind the mutual love of the last competitor, and
the sweet Annette, as if they heartily wished his success.
Henry stepped to bis post with a firm tread. His eye
glanced with confidence around upon the villagers and
rested, before he bounded forward, upon the face 'of An-
nette, as if to catch therefrom that-spirit and assurance
which the occasion called for. Returning the encourag
ing glance wun. wnicn sue mci 111s own wnu u prouu
smile upon bis lip, he bounded forward.
"Twenty one feet and a halfl shouted the multitude,
repeating the announcement of one of the judges, "twenty
one' feet and a half. Harry Carroll forever. Annette
and Harry." Hands,' caps and handkerchiefs waved over
the heads of the spectators, and the eyes of the delighted
Annette sparkled with joy.
When Henry Carroll moved to this station to strive for
the prize, a tall, gentlemanly young man, in a military
undress frock coat, who had rode up to tire inn, dismounted
and joined th& spectators, unperceived, while the contest
was going on, stepped suddenly lorward, ana witn a
knowing eye measured deliberately the space accomplish-
ed by the last leaper. He was a stranger in the village.
His handsome face and easy address attracted the eyes of
the village maidens, and hietnanly and sinewy frame, in
which symmetry and strength were happily united, called
forth the admiration of the young men. " '
"Mayhap, sir stranger, you think you can heat that,"
said one of the bystanders, remarking the manner in which
the eve of the stranger scanned the arena. "If you can
leap beyond Henry Carroll, you'll beat the best man in
Jthe colonies." The truth of this observation was assented
to by a general murmur.
"Is it for mere amusement you are pursuing this pas-
time?" inquired the youthful stranger, "or is there a prize
for the winner?"
! "Annette, the loveliest and wealthiest of our village
maidens, is to be ihe reward of the victor," cried one of
the judges.
"Are the lists open to all?"
"All. young sir," replied the father of Annette, with in-
terest, his youthful ardor ri&ingas he surveyed the propor-
tions of the, straight limbed young stranger. "She is the
bride of him who outleaps Henry Carroll. If you will
try you are free to do so. But let me tell yoa, Harry
Carroll has no wife in Virginia. Here is my daughter,
sir, look at her and make your trial. The officer glanced
UDon the trembling maiden about to be offered on the
alter of her father's unconquerable monomania with an
ON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
admiring eye. The" poor girl looked at Harry, who
stood "near with a troubled brow and angry eye, and then
cast upon the new competitor an imploring glance.
Placing his coat in the hands of the judges, ,he drew a
sash he wore beneath it tighter around his waist and tak-
ing the appointed stand, made, apparently without effect,
the bound that was to decide the happiness or misery of
Henry and Annette.
"Mwenty-two feet and an inch!" shouted the judge.
The announcement was repeated with surprise by the
spectators who crowded around the victor," filling the air
with congratulations not unmingltd, however, with loud
murmurs from those who were more nearly interested in
the happiness of the lovers.
The old man approached, and grasping his hand exult-
ingly, calltd him hisson, and said he felt prouder of him
than if he were a prince. Physical activity and stiength
were the old leaper's true patpnts of nobility.
Resuming his coat, the victor sought with his eyes the
ir prize he had, although nameless and unknown, so
fairly won. She leaned upon her father's arm, pale and
distressed.
Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and mortified, admiring
the superiority of the stranger in the exercise in which he
prided himself as unrivalled, whilejie hated him for his
success
'-Annetie, my pretty prize," 'said the victor, taking her
passive hand UI have won you-fajrly." Annette's cheek
became paler than marble; she trembled like an aspen
leaf, and clung closer to her father, while the drooping eye
sought the form of her lover. His brow grew dark at the
' Granger's language.
, "I have won you, my pretty flower, to make yon a
bride ! tremble not so violently I mean not niyself how-
, ever proud I might be," he added with gallantry, "to
' wear so fair a gem next my heart Perhaps," and he cast
his eyes round inquiringly, while the current of life leaped
1 joyfully to her brow, and a murmur of surprise ran
through the crowd "perhaps there is some favored youth
among the competitors, who has a higher claim to this
jpwel Young sir," he continued, turning to the surprised
' Henry, "methinks you were the victor in the list before
-ne I strove not for the maiden, though one could not
well strive for a fairer but from love for the manly sport
in which I saw you engaged. You are the victor, anl
is such, with the permission of this worthy assembly, re-
vive from my hand the prize you have so well and so
honorably won."
The youth sprang forward and grapsed his hand with
iratitude, and the next moment Annette was weeping
" from pure joy upon his shoulders. The welkin rung with
the acclamations of the delighted villagers, and amid the
temporary excitement produced by this act, the stranger
withdrew from the crowd, mounte'd his horse, and spurred
1 i brisk trot through the village.
That night Henry and Annette were married, and the
health of the mysterious and noble-hearted stranger, was
Jrunk in ovcrflowingtburnpers of rustic beverage.
i In mocess ot lime, mere were Dorn into me marneu
pair sons and daughters, and Harry Carroll had beebnte
uoionei tienry oarroi oi me revolutionary iwy. - -
One evening, having iust returned home after a hard
campaign, he was sitting with his family on the gallery of
nis nanusome cuuuny-nuuac, wu an au.Q.n-v wUU..
rode up and announced the approach of Gen. Washington
and suit informing that he should crave his hospitality for
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ence to household preparations, and Colonel Carroll, or
dering his horse, rode forward to meet and escort to his
house the distinguished "guest whom he had never yet
seen, although serving in the same widely extended army.
That evening, at the table, Annette now become the
dignified, matronly, and still handsome Mrs Carroll, could
no keep her eyes from the face of her illustrious visitor.
Every moment or two she would steal a glance at his
commanding features, and half-doubtingly half-assuredly,
shake her head and look again to be still more puzzled.
Her absence of mind and embarrassment at length became
evident to her husband, who inquired affectionately if she
were ill?
"I suspect, colonel," said the general who had been
some time, with a quiet, meaning smile, observing the
lady's curious and puzzled survey of his manly features
"that Mrs Carroll thinks she recognises in me an old ac-
quaintance." And he smilpd with a mysterious air, as
he gazed upon both alternately.
The colonel stared, and a faint memory of the past
seemed to be revived as he gazed while the lady rose im-
pulsively from her chair, and bending eagerly forward
over the tea-urn. with clasped hands and an eye ot intense,
eager iuquity, fixed full upon him, stood for a moment
with her lips parted as if ihe would speak.
"Pardon me, my dea madam pardon me colonel I
must put an end to this scene. 1 have become, by dint of
camp fare and hard usage, too unwieldly, to leap against
twenly-two feet one inch, even for so fair a bride as one 1
wot of"
The recognition, with the surprise, delight and happi-
ness that followed are left to the imagination of the reader.
General Washington was indeed the handsome young
"leaper," whose mysterious appearance and disappearance
in the native village of the lovers, is still traditionary
and whose claim to a substantial body of bona fide flesh
and blood, was stoutly contested by the village story-tellers,
until the happy denoument which took place at the
hospitable mansion of Colonel Carroll.
The Knout. An article in the last New Monthly
Magazine, entitled Russia in 1841, thus describes the
TCnnut:
'The Governor of Moscow kindly directed one of his
aids de-camp to conduct me over the prison. Having in-
spected the establishment in all its details, I was about to
depart when my cicerone pointed to two men who had
just entered the vestibule of the prison. 'Doyou-see those
men? said he; "tney are our executioners. 11 is mey
who inflict the punishment of the knout, which you have
doubtless often heard of I looked at the two mm. Both
were tall and robust; and altogether their appearance re-
sembled the common class of the Russian peasantry; the
one had a black and the other a red beard. T,hey wore
loose cloth pantaloons with their boots drawn over them.
The other portions of their dress consisted of a colored
striped blouse, and a sort of cloth cassock, open in front,
and covering their backs and shoulders.-That which
displeased me most in them was a certain air of gaiety and
self satisfaction which I could not reconcile with their
barbarous vocation. When they had advanced close to
where we were standing, the aids de-camp directed' my
attention to a packet which each of them carried under his
left arm.
'That is the knout,' said he, 'would you like to examine
it?' I replied in the affiirmate. The aids-de-camp hav-
ing addressed to the executioners some words in Russian,
thev saluted me with respect, and advancing to a table in
the vestibule, unrolled their packets. The knout consists
of a short, strons-loalher handle, terminated by a buckle,
in which are affixed a certain number of leather thongs of
which one only is used for each stroke the. criminal re.
T .J .t- .I . !.. i.nnn tUei
ceives 1 reque8iea ine uxecuuuueia w uppy ujjuu wc
wall a few strokes of the knout, with the same degree of
force as that employed at an execution They took off
their caps and cassocks, and having carefully adjusted the
leather thong in the buckle above mentioned, and gather-
ing up all their strength, they struck the wall with such
force that the hard plaster with which it was covered fell
down in fragments. I shuddered wilh horror at the re
flection that such strokes were mulcted on tne living llesn
of a human beintr. 'Enough 1' I exclaimed. 'It is in
deed a horrible punishment,' obseived my obliging ci
cerone, 'but it is inflicted only for capital offence ; and,
after all, it is a doubtful question whether 'he punishment
of death is preferable.' Twenty strokes of the knout are
the maximum amount of punishment; and it is, probably,
VOL.
nearly the utmost that the human frame 13 capable of en-
during." "
, t From the book of ihe Boudoir.
EARTH'S LOVELINESS. ' ,
BY T. K. HERVEY.
' Oh 1 what a deathless beauty lies
Upon this world of ours I
By night, it has its starry eyes, -
By day, its eyes of flowers; u
Its very tempests walk the skies,
To give the rainbow birth,
And every where, methinks, love lies
Upon this blessed earth 1
1 They say, ere time and I shall part,
That smiles with sighs must meet,
I know, by mine own sighing heart, ,-
That sighs are very sweet!
They tell me hope and love must die,
' And weeping comes with years, '
I never felt a single joy Ls .' '
Beyond the joy of years!
They bid me mark, upon the grass,
The shadow, as it flies,
I love to see the shadow pass,
Along the "earth and skips 1 "1 -""., L.
AnfohusTtKey say, shall sorrow" steal"2'' "
Along my spirit's light, ' '
If sorrow lends the eye a veil ;
So beautifully dark 1 feel vJ ;
I 'Would' not have it bright!
' They speak of the inconsiaul moon,; '
To me their words seem strange ;
Of all her chaFms the crowing one.?
Is that unresting change ! , rt. "j"vut.
They show the leave by autumn curPd, .j?
c And sere,' they say, 'and dull,' y"
I do not know, in all the world, "i --
A sight so beautiful !
O love! young love! they preach in vain,
Who seek to make thee wise;
Thou canst not see of grief or pain,
With'thdse glad, sunny eyes : )
Creation, in its myriad parts, fj
One moral, yields aione, t .1 - .
And life, in all its thousand hearts,
Is color'd by thine own !
For thee the future has no show,
To thee the pastes o'er,
To-day, to-day !' it shall be so
No more oh L" never morel 1 !
Where wisdom fail'd shall aH be changed,
By time's unfailfng spell,-
Tne future ana tne past avengea,
Too' well 6hM all too' well ! -
EDUCATIONAL NOTICES.
i " The 'Mother's Journal.
Mrs.
-, who is come to stay with me 'a week,
said to me to-day, "What have you done to Harry? He
Is not like the same creature. What have you done to
him?" "Nothing," I answered. "No, no," replied she,
that answer will not do. I am really interested in learn-
in" how, in seven months so great a change can have been
wrought The expression of his face is more complacent
and less animal, and he appears to have forgotten his
peevishness, disobedience and cunning." "Well," I re-
joined, certainly it 3 not true that I have done nothing,
but it is perfectly true to say, thdt I cannot describe to
you the process by which any particular fault has been
conquered.
" Tt is a rule very strictly observed by me, not to try to
crush manifestations of feelings, but to be content to let
those feelings right themselves: end I trust for this to the
general influence of the whole of my system. I am never
better pleased than when a fault disappears I .know not
how, for 1 then hope it has gone naturally, and that some
good has taken its place in the heart instead of some worse
evil as is but too fi equently the case after our active correc-
tions, as w& term them."
Do ou really mean now to say," interrupted Mrs.
. f" "that you have never prevented the child from
crying in that violently-impatient manner which he used
to do"? "Certainly," said I; I never took the slightest
notice of his screams. If I did not mean him to have
what he was crying for, I let him go on without moving
a muscle of my face, even to show that I heard him ; if,
nn thp. other hand. I meant him to have what he was
screaming for, I gave it to him although he was crying.
Had I acted differently, he would have come to the false
notion that crying is wrong, (instead of which, it is the too
impatient desire that causes the crying, which is wrong,)
and he would have' come at length, hypocritically to
refrain from the manifestation of imp ilient desire, in
order to arrive at its object. Of course, the only right
thing to do was, first to behave towards him as to win back
his affection to me, that affection which in former days
was the source of his confidence in me, which confidence
was, in its turn, the source of cheerful acquiescence to my
wishes, even when be could not see their reasonableness;
and secondly so to develope his higher faculties, that he
should not be so eagerly craving for little."
"Oh, well," said Mrs , "Uis veryhne, but idare
say you got many a head ache from that system of crying
which he used to carry on." I assured her that her con-
carry
jecture was perfectly right ; and heaven forgive me if it
were pride wnicn preventea my attempting 10 suow uw
the sacred happiness that fills my heart when I recog-
nize my boy's improvement. No, it was not pride.' To
enable her nature to see these secret sources of my soul's
joy, would have required some of that wonderful ointment
bv means of which the man in the fairy tale beheld the
mines of gold and silver, and precious stones which lie in
the dark bosom of the earth.
Harry came running into my room to-daj sobbing
violently, "mamma, mamma, 1 don't like to die; all the1
dirt will get into my eyes!" 1
And thus it is that we spoil the beautiful arrangements
of Providence' introducing them to the childish mind
before it can take any but the most partial possible view
of them. Harry will probably never lose the impression
he has this day received from his maid; perhaps will
never feel the charni which to me there is in the thought
of that gentle sleep which dissolves our mortal body, and
perhaps reposes the spirit, intervening between its earthly
and heavenly career.
Shade Trees. We would remind our fellow-citizens,
that the present is the proper season for transplanting
shade and ornamental trees, shrubbery, &c. There are
few cities whose appearance and comfort could be more
improved, by the introduction of a judicious selection of
shade and ornamental trees than Galveston Who does
not desire to "live in the shade?" If nature has denied us
this luxury, let art supply the deficiency. What lady of
taste does not delight in flowers? Let the exquisite fancy
which the fair sex possess, be employed in decorating their
irarden. their yard, &c, with appropriate flowers and
shrubberies. Such employments exert a potent influence
in dispelling the ennui, and in imparting cheerfulness to
the mind. It was in this way that the sensitive mind of
the poet Cowper found relief How beautifully has he
described the pleasures of gardening in his "Task!"
Daily Advertiser.
A Relic of ihe Traitor Arnold. We saw this morn-
ing the identical sign that used to hang out over the store
of Benedict Arnold, when he traded in Water st, in this
ritv. and we present below a copy of it as near as a sign
can be copied on paper. It is about three and a half feet
long and two and a half broad. The sign is black, and
the letters look at first glance as if put on with black paint;
but on close inspection they are discovered to be gilt.
28, 1844.
r $7 at the end of the year.
VII.-NO. 6-WHOLE NO.. 321.
The sign was found some time since in the garret of
the house in which Arnold lived, (opposite his store) and
is now the property, we learn, of Mr. Jacob T. Hotchkiss,
who has permitted it to be-depositpd in the Museum. We!
have followed the style, proportions, and pointing of the
letters on the sign very nearly. There was one peculiar-
ity, however, that we could not well imitate, viz: the dots
of the i's in the motto which on the siga are inverted
comas instead of mere dots. It will be seen that there is
no point between the name and occupation. Both sides of
the sign are almost precisely alike. The motto "Sibi
Totique" is translated thus "For himself- for ihe
whole or 'for all" The first sentence is most decid-
edly appropriate to the man, who was "for himself" in-all
things.
QO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ
B, Arnold Druggist
Book-Seller, &c
FROM LONDON. t
Sibi Totique
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When Arnold was in London, we are unable lo tell.
He wa encraored when here, in the trade of horses-anq
mules to tbw West Indfes, and 11 ispr6babIeTnatlrtsfn3Tiis
. to London tra while be was in business, though that is
mere conjecture. He was born in Norwich, in this State,
January, 1740, and was apprenticed Jo an apothecary inv
that city, and a very troublesome apprentice he was, too.
New Haven Pal.
Ascent of the Jungfiau by Professors Agassiz and
Forbes, 6fc -An erroneous account of this ascent has al-
ready appeared in some English papers. The accuracy
of the following account may be relied upon : The party
consisted of six travelers and seven guides. Out of'the
party which started, four of the travellers, comprising
Professor Agassia, of Neufchatel ; Professor Forbes, of
Edinburgh; M. Chatelier, of Nantes; and M deXiapre,
of-Neufchatel; and also four of the guides, reached the-
tnp. They left the Grimsel, a house'of refege among the
sndw, on thei27th of August, and crossed the vast mass of
glacier between Oberland and the Yallais, ctossed the
upper.glacier of the Aar, and over an icy summit ll.OOCX
feet high. Descending with much labor for abontJ five
hours the glacier of Yif-sh, they reae-hed the chalet on the
glacier of Alrisch, where they passed the night. This
glacier ihey crossed early on- the 28th, being all tied lo-
gether by ropesv and passing some of the crevices of un-
known depth, and too wide to leap, upon a ladder laid
across. -..Some of them were ver' dangerous, from their
coverings of soft snow which concealrdtbem, and from the
edge of one they had- td mount a walL of snow, tc which
they clung by digging their feet into it This was soon
succeeded by a slope of smooth hard.ice, the greater part
at an cmgje of 45 degree?, and about 800 feet high with
precipices of immease height, descending to Grindelwald
and theRoth-Thalon either side. To this they mounted
by cutting with a hatchet a place for each footstep as they
ascended, whieh required above two hours. From the
top of (bis an inclined plane led- them to the summit,
which was a point from which they-cut off the snow, to'
enable each in, succession to-stand upon it They reached
it at 4 P. M., a height of 13,768 English feet The view
was partially clear, and. very magnificent; intersected by
clouds rising from the valley, and some of them above
12,000 feet in height The thermometer stood at 25 deg.
Fahrenheit They placed a flag on the top, and decend-
ed backwards by the icy stair they had cut, crossing the
glacier by moonlight, and again reaching the chalet at
half-past 11, after a walkof nearly IS hours. In 1812
two guides reached fhe summit: and in. 1828, two Grnv
delwald peasants; but until the present ascent, no traveller-
has ever attained its inaccessible peak, which obtained idir
it the name of the Jungfrau or Virgin Alp.
Caledonian Mercury.
From the Baltimore Cliff in. -'
EARTH'S HOPES ARE EVANESCENT. '
What visions bright the future brings,
Be.br-e the sanguine eye of hope ' -
What varied gay imaginings, i
Upon the vista's features 'ope
Adown life's stream prospectively,
Unnumber'd' scenes of pleasure glide
The angel of felicity,
Cnnirolsv and1 oroverns everv tide. '
; &sl
" ' T a J . - Aft
No cloud of sorrow, -:, ts f 9
,
But bliss supreme,
With cloudless beam,
1
TTnnVvLntincr Hnth nrpswie! " 5
' . 9
But ah 6 how oft n with'ring bfignt, -
Comes oer tne heprs ot law est snow
A pall of sorrow, gloom and night
Obscures the scenes th.it brightest glo w,.
And views-vehich promised nought but joy
May from life's prospect fade an ay;
And disoppoHUment may alloy,
The hopes, that shone with purest ray.
And ete to-morrow,
"$
p
The veil of sorrow, ' "
May shroud in gloom
The hopeful bloom;.
j(That lit up life's prospective way f G. W; ML
EDUCATIONAL NOTICES.,
,!" The Mother.
Yes, to describe the cause of our beautiful boy's dete-
rioration, is as instructive as it is painfbl
His next guardians were of those who believe in the
corrupt nature of man, and say that the first thing to be
done, is to break?" the child's will. What! thatJliberty- -which
God has given to man the power of phoosingr
what he shall do, which is his glory, andthmeansr
through which he is to be raisedto yet highejgantChjgher
trlorv. shall be withheld from the young, pure child Jt
"Try all things;: nolo. last to mat wnicn is gooa,y is me
language of man to man: what that of the man'to. the
child is, 'Try nothing but just what I tell you is good?
that believe and do." - . j
Vain man vain man ! How many lessons of wisdom,,
truth, beauty and love, might you learn from that unso-
phisticated being, if you could but raise up your proud
heart to his humility and purity 1 if yoa could but regain,
his child like confidence in the existencaof goodwhich,.
in the struggles of cold selfish world, you have lostL
The darling hero off our tale thenKwas taken into total-
ly different circumstances. He who had never heard a
command, was, from morning till night, tyranfzed over
At fiist he could not understand it The harsh tone felfi
on his ear, but he did not heed or obey h he did not
know it was mean! for him; it was as if the dog had bark
ed a sound that struck his sense but did not reach his,
intellect 4L
It will be sufficient to mention one specimen of how he
was treated, the rest will perhaps be imagined. One day, r
when, not understanding some order he bad not obeyed,
and when his little hands were held as a punishment, and
he smilingly endured, thinking they were held in love;
this smile was construed into hardened guilt and-the.
sharpest reproaches were uttered, to make himiaare that '
the, intention was ta pain and degrade him.
Alas! alas! the miseries that flowed in, may be. gues-
sed; fretfulness, passion, idleness, cowardice, deceit, maU
ice. The canker was in the bud; or, is it more true to
say, that the storm that tore to pieces and scnttered,the er
blossoms that had come forth, caused .that the tree shot
forth more vigorously afterwards that the being was
going through the process appointed for man,? and that
it is true, not only as regards the human racet but as re
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