The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-11 00:00:00

MASONIC INTEGRITY.—The Brethren Of Lodge No. 9, at
Galway, announced, prior to the late popish and rebellious
orgies in that town, that any member of the fraternity who
attended the dinner given there to Dan. O'Connell, should'
be immediately expelled the lodge. In issuing such a decree
they acted as became men and masons, manifesting at once
their indignation against the black-hearted and treacherous
ruffian who bad wantonly violated the most solemn obliga-
tions, and their detestation of the traitor whose avowed object
is the dismemberment of the empire, and the oveitlirow of
the British Monarchy.—Age.

THE DEBTOR.—The man is in debt; he is obliged to look
in the face of people, and perhaps poor people, whom he
cannot pay. It is a situation infinitely irritating and morti-
fying. We are a people, I know, to a proverb reckless of
debt—reckless, at least, about plunging into it: but no man
can be in it and find the situation an easy one. No man can,
without passing, I had almost said, through worse than pur-
gatorial torments, become callou's to the demand for payment.
It turns the whole of life into a scene of misery and mortifi-
cation—makes its whole business action a series of sacrifices,
and shifts, and subterfuges. Home itself, the last refuge of
virtue and peace—the very home that has lost its independence
in its splendour, that it is not protected from the intrusive
step and contemptuous tone of the unsatisfied creditor—has
lost its charm. It is no longer a sanctuary; and is but too

likely to be forsaken for other-resorts. Mania man, not only
in the city but in the country, has gone down in character and
self-respect, in virtue and hope, under the accumulated weight
of these overwhelming embarrassments.—Dewe's Discourses.
THE INCENDIARY STEPHENS.—On the evenings of the
26th and 27th of last month, Joseph K. Stephens delivered
lectures in his meeting room, Charles Town, Ashton-under-
Lyne, to prove from Scripture, that the period had arrived
when it became the duty of every man to furnish himself
with arms, deadly weapons, for his own defence, and that of
his family. He made use of some most violent language, of
which the following statements are specimens:—He said, the
men of Todmorden bad been merciful ; they had begot at
the wrong end, that of destroying property instead of men's
lives; that should the magistrates of this division give any

instructions to constables for serving any order upon any
overseer, relative to the introduction of the new poor law
here, they might depend upon being set aside. He had read
of six stacks of corn being burnt, fur which he thanked God,
and hoped it might be extended to Lancashire, and not six,
but six hundred be consumed, aye, and the fine halls, aye,
and the cotton factories also. He was armed for the con-
vention, and recommended all his constituents to be so in
haste; that should government refuse granting their de-
mands, he himself would declare war, and lead forth all such
to their work.—Manchester Courier.

HULME OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—PRE-
SENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO WM. GARNETT, ESQ.—
On Tuesday evening, the members of the Hulme Operative
Conservative Association, together with several gentlemen
of Conservative principles, 'to the number of about 140, as-
sembled at the bull's Head Inn, Chester-road, for the pur-
pose of presenting William Garnett, Esq., the late candidate
for the representation of Salford, with a testimonial of their
respect and esteem.—Mr. Sandys, the president of the asso-
ciation, occupied the chair; and was supported on his right
and left by I,Villiant Garnett, Esq., Mr. Pooley, sen., Mr.
Lot Gardiner, Mr. Edward Chesshyre, Mr. George Marsden,
Mr. Leicester, &e., &c.—After a few preliminary toasts had
been given, Mr. Garnett was presented with a richly bound
quarto bible, bearing an appropriate inscription. It was pre-
sented by three boys, who bore it upon a blue silk cushion to-
wards Mr. Garnett, who was addressed by one of them in the
following terms --" Sir,—This society presents you with this
blessed book, hoping that, in the time of prosperity, tribula-
tion, or adversity, it will relieve your mind; and when your
soul leaves this world you will be found amongst your bre-
thren in heaven, singing the praises of your Redeemer."—
Mr. Garnett replied in a most excellent and appropriate
speech, which lasted for half an hour, and was repeatedly
cheered during its delivery.—Manchester Courier.

LOCAL JUDGES.—No moment could be more favourable
to the establishment of a new system (of judicature) than the
present. The country calls loudly for local jurisdiction—for
cheap and speedy justice. A circle of forty miles round
Manchester presents a population nearly equal to that of the
metropolis: in active wealth and commercial enterprise it
surpasses it. We are to give them a bishop: why not a
chancellor—why not a chief justice? It can be done even

without the horror of a new name. The Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster, instead of a political sinecure, might
be made an effective judicial office. The Chief Justiceship
of Chester may be revived. Nor do we propose that there
should be inferior jurisdictions, or that their higher seats
should be filled by inferior judges. To have served in a pro-
vincial chiefship should be made the title to the best promo-
tion of Westminster Ball: to have been a junior in Lancas-
ter should be no bar to being a puisne in London :,to have
been a master at Manchester, no objection to a scat in South-
ampton Buildings—to have sat (without deeping) in South-
ampton Buildings should be a qualification for the rolls.—
Courier.

SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS !—A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—
In the present agitated temper of the times, when torch-ligh
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meetings are held with impunity—our working classes clitb-
bing their three-pence a-week each to purchase tire-arms--
whilst others are manufacturing pikes, there is no great diffi-
culty in accounting for the following extraordinary move-
ment. On Wednesday night last an order was sent to our
barracks, to furnish a detachment of the 86th, for the pur-
pose of watching the proceedings, it is supposed, of certain
leaders of the revolutionary party who were expected to make
their appearance about midnight on the Manchester road, and
for that purpose the soldiers were ordered as far as Heaton
Norris toll-bar, their muskets loaded with ball-cartridge, and
there to wait. They did so for several hours, but with what
effect our informant cannot ascertain. The detachment was
commanded by an officer, and consisted of a serjeant, cor-
poral and fourteen men; but what renders the necessity of
the case of much importance was, that part of the band formed
the detachment, and "shouldered their arms," nearly every
man having been previously marched out of the barracks for
the suppression of the disturbances at Todmorden.—Stockport
Advertiser.

GREAT CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT PILKINGTON.—On
Wednesday evening, the third anniversary dinner of the
Pilkington Operative Conservative Association took place
in the spacious and elegant School Room attached to Stand
Church. The room was tastefully decorated with blue and
white drapery, and from the richly groined Gothic roof num-
bers of beautiful little banners were suspended, producing
tout ensemble at once chaste and magnificent, and presenting
the appearance of an ancient baroui4l haiL. -In the intemat
Lirougni we could recognise the handiwork
of some of the fair dames and demoiselles of the ner.litiour-
hood; and if we may draw an inference from the evident
interest in the successful issue of the event displayed-by that
excellent and truly patriotic lady, Mrs. Ranisbothain, our
speculation is not 'Very wide of the truth. Covers were laid
fur 320 persons ; and at half after five o'clock about 330 sat
down to a dinner that would have done credit to the first
restaurateur in the kingdom. During dinner the Pilkington
baud was stationed in the gallery, and played a number of
admired overtures, marches, &c. When the cloth was drawn,
the band gave place to nearly 100 ladies, comprising the
beauty and fashion of the neighbourhood, who completely
filled the gallery, and greatly enhanced the attraction and
interest of the occasion. —Manchester Courier.

Tn. ENGLISH CLERGY.—Mr. Daniel O'Connell, at the
late Galway dinner, speaking of the clergy of England, has
the following complimentary expression towards that (in this
country at least) venerated body :—" I mast say of those gen-
tlemen, the clergy of England, that they are the most addicted
to politics, AND THE LEAST TO PIETY, of any clergy iu the
world!" What renders this speech of the "big beggar-man"
the more ridiculous is, that at this very dinner, the chairman
(mark, reader, the chairman) was the Popish Bishop of Gal-
way, who not only titled the chair, but announced the toasts,
and followed up most of his announcements with a strong
political speech, well calculated for the company before him.
We should like to have a similar instance of a Protestant
English Bishop thus degrading himself and his holy func-
tions, pointed out to us, in spite of the love for politics, and
the non-practice of piety, attributed to the clergy in general
by Daniel O'Connell.
SINGULAR REQUEST TO A DYING MAN.—On Saturday
last, an old veteran cock-feeder, named Sammy Hilton, at
Middleton, was on his death-bed, when he was visited by
another of the same fraternity, from the neighbourhood of
Oldham. As the way in which, the Oldhainite visited the
dying man is very ludicrous, we give a portion of the lan-
guage, which is as follows :—`• Well, Sammy, aw suppose
thaw knows ut thaw as no lung to live." "Aw reckon not,"
answered the old man. " Well, Sammy, aw suairnot to axe
thee before thaw does: it will be o' no use to thee, ueaw ut
thaw art for deeing. Aw want to see if thaw will tell me, as
a secret whot thaw used to give thy cocks for a springer, be-
fore they were going to feight—us it will be o' grew. use to
ine?" `lt never shall," replied the dying man; " for I
will never tell either thee or any other person." The Old-
ham cocker had to return home again, sadly disappointed that
he had not got the springing secret. Sammy died the same
day.

TIIE NAVY.—Lord Minto and his gang are evidently
frightened—ashamed they are incapable of being—at the ex-
posure of the state to which they have themselves reduced the
once-glorious and indomitable navy of Great Britain. They
dread the consequences of a crime which has justly provoked
the scorn and indignation of Englishmen, and have been
hourly practising those ignominious arts which are the natu-
ral resources of the guilty to escape their impending punish-
ment. One of the minions of the Admiralty press betakes
himself to downright, barefaced lying, and, in the teeth of
Lord Minto's own Navy List, assures the people of England
that we have actually 100 sail-of-the-line ! The false knave
might as well have said 1,000. The Navy List enumerates
just 74 sail-of•the-line, including all those in ordinary and in
commission, and including► likewise 45 sail of ships of the
class which France and the United States have utterly dis-
carded from the line of battle, as being of insufficient force—
we mean those of less than 80 guns—a great proportion of
which, in the British navy, consist of the old build of seventy
fours, which in force and scantling 'want more than one-third
of being equal to the lowest class of vessels admitted into the
French and American line of battle. Besides the above 74
ships, of which about one-fifth—that is, 15 sail—are at this
moment in commission and at sea, though with no more than
the short -peace complement of hands, which quite unfits
them for the work of fighting an enemy's man-ot-war—but,
besides the above-meutioned 74 ships, there are 15 others
building, some or which have been en the stocks for almost
twenty years.— Times.

RAILWAY FROM LEEDS TO BRADFORD.—We are glad to
learn that active steps have been for some time on foot, with
a view to effect, in the first instance, the best railway com-
munication between the important and enterprising towns of
Bradford and Leeds, and ultimately to connect them, by rail-
way, with the thriving towns of Bingley and Keighley, and
probably Skipton. The immense traffic between these several
places, the two.former in particular, renders the accomplish-
ment of this object highly desirable, and insures a profitable
result when accomplished. Considering the natural obstacles
with which this object has hitherto been thought to be sur-
rounded, the present scheme may by some be deemed vision-
ary; hut we are assured, on the authority of practical men,
that it is not only practical but comparatively easy of execu-
tion. The proposed railway will stretch tip the valley of the
Aire, passing through or bordering upon the populous and
important villages of Kirkstall, Horsforth, ltawdon, Yeadon,
Guiseley, Calverley, Idle, and Eccleshill, to Shipley, and
from thence to Bradford; the entire length of the line be-
tween Leeds and Bradford being about fourteen miles, but
the gradients are so favourable, that the distance can be tra-
versed in half an hour or less. ,We understand that the
gradient from Leeds to Bingley will be less than eleven feet
per mile, or one foot in 480; and it it known that from Bing-
ley to near Gargrave, above Skipton, There is not a single lock
on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, so that it may be readily
believed that an easy line of railway can be pointed out be-
tween those places; and, moreover, the abundant supply of
stone, &c. throughout the distance, will afford great facilities
of constryction. We are informed that the traffic between
the towns of Leeds and Bradford is greater than that between
any two towns similarly situated; hence the facilities to be
afforded by the proposed railway will not ohly be proportion-
ably greater than those by any other line, but it will also open
out the whole of the manufacturing traffic of Airedale, and
by connecting it with the North Midland and other lines of
railway at Normanton and Methley, gaods or passengers may
be speedily conveyed to the North, East, or South. Suffice
it to say, with regard to the feasibility of the plan, that George
Stephenson, Esq., the most practical and experienced engineer
in'the kingdom, and another gentleman of scarcely inferior
ability, have been instructed to report upon the best means
of carrying out the design : and we understand that the plans
are already so far matured as to lead us to hope that their
report may be expected in the course of a month, upon the
appearance of which a prospectus will be published by the
solicitors (Messrs. Hutchinson and Teale, of this town,)
whose assistance has been retained by the projectors. We
trust that when the report and prospectus make their appear-
ance, the subject will be taken up with spirit, both at Leeds
and at Bradford, in order to enable the projectors to go to
Parliament with their bill next session.—Leads Intelligencer.

FEMALE PENETRATION.—It has been observed that women
have more tact and insight into character than men,—that
they find out a pedant, a pretender, a blockhead, sooner. The
explanation is, that they trust more to the first impressions
and natual inclinations of things, without troubling them-
selves with a learned theory of them; whereas men, affect-.
ing greater gravity, and thinking themselves bound to justify
their opinions, are afraid to form any judgment at all, with-
out the formality of proofs and definitions, and blunt the edge
of their understandings, lest they should commit some mis-
take. They stay for facts till it is too late to pronounce on the
characters. Women are naturally physiognounists, and men
phrenologists. The first judge by sensations; the last, by
rules.—Sketches and Essays, by William Hazlitt.
TAX-GATHERING IN EGYPT.—Like the natives of Egypt in
the period of Roman domination, its modern inhabitants, and
the Arabs of other countries (though, I believe, in a less de-
gree). are notorious for their obstinacy in refusing to pay
their taxes until they have been severely beaten. They well
know, that the more readily they pay, the more will be exacted
from them; and are often heard to boast of the number of
stripes wbich tLey have received before yielding their money.
The same obstinacy is generally displayed by an Arab ac-
cused of any offence; and often, even bya witness : in either
case the man, fears that, should he tell at once all he can, the
judge will try whether the stick or the kurqdj will elicit a
further confession.—Notes to the New Translation of the Ara-
bian Nights' Entertainments, by E. W. Lane.
SACKING ACCIDENT.—On Monday last, a young man, of
the name of John Pearscin, a servant with Mr. Bright, of
Onderbarrow, had occasion to visit Kendal on business with
a cart and a young horse. On his return, in ascending the
steep bill near the National School; the animal became un-
manageable, and rushed forward impetuously; he seized. the
animal by the head, and -used every effort to restrain its
speed, but unfortunately, in so doing, the shaft of the cart
was violently forced into his month, which broke his upper

aw, knocked out all his teeth, and tore away his upper lip.
He was carried in a o e i
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ing Green Tavern, at the head of the hill, and so bad was his
case that his death was reported in the town. It is worthy of
remark, that with such zeal do the parties now in power at-
tend to the business of the town, that upon the strength of
this report a jury was summoned and 'assembled at the
house, where, to their amazement, they found the young
man alive, sitting up in his bed, and able to answer all in-
quiries ! —Lancaster Gazette.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK RAILWAY.—We

learn that the directors, at their last meeting, let the two
remaining contracts on this line; Mr. Brassev having gained
the Walkinshaw, and Mr. M`Kenzie, the Fiulayson. Judg-
ing from the rapid progress already made by these gentlemen
at Arkleston and Bishopton, there is no doubt but the opening
of the railway to the public in the early part of the summer
of 1840 is secured. We understand, that at the Ilishopton
ridge, nearly 100,000 cubic yards have been excavated ; that
one Steam-engine is already at work, for pumping the water
and hauling the rock from the tunnels; and that another
engine is preparing here at Messrs. Johnston's works. At
Arkleston the same rapid progress has been made, the tunnel
shaft completed, and the tunnel commenced. About 90,000
cubic yards have been excavated, and ballast of a very supe-
rior quality has been found in great abundance. In this
town the masonry for carrying the railway over the streets

is proceeding rapidly for the season ; four arches are turned,
several others in hand, and a length of wall is built. The
works are equally stirring at Port Glasgow, where, for nearly
half the length of the town, the masonry is it progress. in
Paisley the large bridge over the river Cart is built above
flood water, which is very creditable to the contractor, Mr.
Lyon, who only commenced work late in the season. The
bridges over Gilmour-street and Grenlaw-street, together
with the retaining walls, are also considerably advanced.
Two cargoes of rails have arrived at Bristol, and several miles
of the road will be laid early i❑ the spring, The energy and
judgment displayed by the directors in their management is
creditable to them, and must be satisfactory to the share-
holders; for we are glad to observe, that, without efforts being
resorted to for that purpose, the shares hold a respectable po-
sition in railway stock, even in this the dullest month of the
year, although the real merits of the line are so little known
beyond our own neighbourhood. If some of the wealthy
capitalists, who judge for themselves, could but see the float
ing population which is constantly passing, they would not
he surprised to learn that the engineer was directed, at the
last meeting of the board, to prepare engines and carriages
for 2,000 passengers and 300 tons of goods per diem.—Greenock
Advertiser.

SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL CU-
RATES IN POPULOUS PLACES.—One hundred and thirty-
seven Incumbents have already applied for aid through their
respective Diocesans; and of these, eighty-three are now
enabled by the help of the society's grants, (amounting at
this time to £6025 per annum, out of annual subscriptions
not yet exceeding £7026 IW,) to establish additional services,
and to obtain additional curates in their several parishes and
districts, comprising an aggregate population of more than
a million and a half. For the immediate attainment of these
benefits, about nine-tenths of the society's actual income
have been at once appropriated; and for the means of extend-
ing the like relief to many and most urgent claims that press
upon it, the committee look with confidence to a growing
conviction in the public mind of the paramount importance
of the object for which the society is formed ; to the con-
tinued exertions of the clergy to make that object more ge-
nerally known in their respective neighbourhoods, and to
the increasing manifestations on the part of the laity of the
readiness to imitate the piety and wisdom of their forefathers,
to which the country owes the foundation and endowment of
so many of its churches. It must be the earnest prayer of
all rho are anxious for the welfare of the church, and for the
best interests of the community, that the views of the Com-
mittee should be extensively promoted.
THE MURDEROUS BURGLARY AT WHITTINGTON.--The
two Lichfield policemen, Moore and Yed, have succeeded in
apprehending the perpetrators of the burglary and attempt
at arson and murder at Whittington, near that city, in a
house about a mile from Coventry, on the road to Foleshill;
and on Wednesday evening, about half-past ten o'clock,
they were safely lodged in Lichfield gaol. On the following
morning, they underwent an examination at the Guild-hall,
Lichfield, before Edward Grove, William Leigh, and W.
Herbert Woodhouse, Esqrs., three county magistates. The
prisoners gave their names Joseph Newberry and Joseph
Taylor. The court was crowded almost to suffocation, so great
was the anxiety to see the two desperadoes. Moore and
the_policemen, stated the difficulties they had met with in
capturing the prisoners, and produced two of the watches, and
a silver gilt frame of an eye-glass (which were identified by
the servariught.)..evaraLua_wnbrokers' tickets, and other ar-
ticles. The girl most positively S"'.e to the identity of the
hor evidence in so clear ancc-met:m.7,e. in..-
ner as to elicit the warm commendation of the bench. Each
of the prisoners, after a caution that any statement they made
would be taken down in writing, and used hereafter against
them,. made a declaration to the effect that they were guilty
of the burglary, bUt not of setting the house on fire. The pri-
soners were then remanded until Monday, when it was hoped
that Mr. and Mrs. Wood would be iu a fit state to be removed
to have their depositions taken.

A LIMBLESS FEMALE.—In one of my excursions, (says a
correspondent of the Charleston Courier, I I visited an unfor-
tunate female, in humble life, residing at the distance of 11
miles from Asheville, utterly destitute of limbs, and com-
posed only of a head and trunk. Her name is Esther Mas-
sey, and she is one of an illegitimate family of eleven cbil-
dren. Her father has also a legitimate family of ten chil-
dren ; and the two families, with their respective matrons,
are said to meet with cordiality. This singular being was
born in her present limbless condition, and has now attained
the age of 25 years. Her mother and whole family appear
to regard her with much tenderness and affection, anu she
seems to possess a cheerful and lutppy disposition, which ren-
ders her content with the helpless and apparently hapless lot
which nature has awarded her. Although an object calcu-
lated to excite the wonder, and rouse the sympathies of her
fellow-beings, many who enjoy the full proportions of human-
ity, and a bountiful dispensation of the good things of life,
will find their ungrateful and guilty repining,s shamed by the
equanimity and cheerful spirit of this physically imperfect
creature, in the midst of privation and poverty. I have
already said that she is composed of a mere heart-and trunk.
This is literally true. She has no arms, and neither legs nor
thighs. Her shoulders are rounded off, and capable of mo-
tion ; and on them she receives the gifts which charity and
kindness proffer her. She is also able to move about on a
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Her health has always been excellent, and her mother says,
she has never had occasion for the services of a physician;
and, although she seldom leaves the house, and therefore
takes but little exercise, site is now in the finest and mast
robust health, and is so fat that her body (which is largely
proportioned) is as broad as it is long. Her head is very
large, and her features are also large and somewhat coarse,
yet decidedly good, and forming a very remarkable tout
ensemble—and her lip is absolutely pretty, and of the richest
and ripest red. In addition to being sociable and chatty, and
even witty, it is said she possesses the accomplishment of
singing a very sweet song. She received the party who
visited' her in company with myself very affably, and very
graciously accepted our farewell offering. Some years ag„
a Yankee, having met with her, offered to purchase her of
her mother, for the sum of 3,000 dollars, as a speculation.
This tempting offer was very creditably refused by the parent
—neither her poverty nor her will consented to the traffic._
The Yankee, however, succeeded in persuading her to let
him take the limbless girl with him for exhibition, on shares
of the profits, a brother and sister accompanying her. They
got, I learn, as far as Columbia, (S. C.) and then returned to
their mother, saying that they were not well treated by the
Yankee. A warm welcome greeted them at the maternal
hovel, and no other attempt has been made at exhibition.
AN AMERICAN EDITOR'S TALK WITH lly 11RADERS.—We
observe, by the New York Morning Herald, that Mr. James
Gordon Bennett, the editor of that journal, who lately spent
several months in England and Paris, has projected another
excurson for himself during the winter of 1839. He certainly
is a very spirited fellow, and it would appear from the follow..
ing account which he gives of himself, that he is an enthu-
siaStie admirer of female se well-as--scenic beauty, that-he is
an economist of his means whilst exercising an enlarged
liberality, and that in his pecuniary circumstances he is ex-
ceedingly fortunate and well to do in the world :—" It is
highly probable that, during the next winter, I shall myself
visit Washington and the .south, go as far as New Orleans
and the Texas, returning by the Mississippi and the Ohio in
the spring, so as to be able to spend the winter of 1839 in
Paris, thus carrying with me all the latest information on
the great resources of the United States, so valuable to com-
mercial men on the other side of the water. In carrying
into effect all these purposes, additional expenses will be in-
curred, but not more, I believe, than what the small advance
in the price of the Herald will be able to meet. Understand
me—l do not make great pretensions to superior virtue or
extraordinary disinterestedness. My ambition is to create
in the city of New York the greatest newspaper establish-
ment in this country—but I have no fastidiousness in declar-
ing openly that I mean to include in that, if I can, a reputa-
tion of the highest order in literature and civilization for
myself, besides a fortune that will set me beyond the freaks
or kindnesses of the world at large. Unless I can make
money by the exercise of my talents, those very talents
will be but little respected. What is it that makes some
of the greatest blockheads in Wall-street, ludicrously called
financiers, be considered the first men of the day? Because
by
.plodding and saving they have made money. I want
to introduce the good old system of plodding and saving, but
guided by a learned spirit, into the profession of literature, phi-
losophy, and the science of civilization. Of all the great spi-
rits of our race, Shakspeare, I believe, was the only man who
united the highest genius with the prudence and economy of
common life. Burns, Byron, and Scott were all ruined by
want of system in sixpences and shillings. I shall avoid these
rocks. If 1 exert myself night and day, and by employing
associates night and day; also to labour as I do, I mean to
make money enough, not only to pay them well, but to make
myself perfectly independent of the world, besides a small
surplus to help pretty women in distress, or hire a pew in a
church where good sermons are preached. Yet my readers
must not suppose that I love money.. I love a beautiful ser-
mon—a beautiful thought—or a beautiful vale—or a beauti-
ful river—or a beautiful mountain, but above' all, I love a
beautiful' woman much more, although I seldom say much
about the latter. I have already expended large sums in im-
proving and advancing the interest of the Herald. My esta-
blishment owes nothing—'tis all lily own—no rnortaieee or
trustees with me. During my absence, of about five months,
in Europe, it cleared me nearly 5000 dollars.- Yet I only
value this, or any other sum of money, as atneans of enabling
me to improve and adorn its columns. lam very economi-
cal and moderate in my personal expenses. I eat, drink,
and dress, at very reasonable rates, and so must all those in
my employment. We are all mind, little body. The whole
of my future life, and increasing means, with all my experi-
ence and enthusiasm of temper, will be devoted to the Herald,
as an element in the great career of civilization. The world
is only beginning to learn to live."