The native American., 1837-08-26

many crimes any other vice; for such hold IL 70 be,
at least description of it. Where 1t weakness
is much to be pitied, and generally leads to mPro-
priety. How many honest men have been made scoun-
drels by this false pride, Of foolish wife and extrava-
CANT family. 1t is compound OF ignorance, decep-
ton and envy, and the world is full fit. So long as
it operates upon individuals alone, II is matter OF
trifng consideration; but strange as it may appear lis
influence strikes at the very root OF virtuous and
fourishing community Like ntemperance il is assu-
ming the shape of national calamity and merits the
severe reflection of every reformer. Thousands who
have gone forth armed knights, upon crusade
against manes evils, have in themselves, been slaves
TO this nsduous enemy! Self-love may prompt man
do good action but false pride has never; it is in
compatible with his nature In our own country, its
chief mischief consists in making labor degradation,
thus striking the foundation of our prosperous con-
don as a people. There never was an age, perhaps,
where so much schemng esorted to- to avoid hard
work; no period that could exhibit many Jerry Did
ders above stairs and below, manifest such wild
spirit of speculation, the present The rich man OF
today is the Lazarus Of tomorrow! Fortunes are
staked upon the rise and fall of stocks, as upon the
cast of die. Cities are created by fraudulence In
the morning all eyes cast upon the master spirit OF
enterprise, and the evening finds him disgIaced man
within the walls Of prison. Ingenuity itself is hun-
derstruck the countless methods adopted to obtain
soft hands, Why does this disposition so extensively
prevail! Certainly not for the security OF happiness,
for is fuital with poignant anxetynot for health,
for it frequently enervates and destroys Sir Walter
Scott think, says ought to want in this coun-
try, no by hatchet and fell uee consequently
the remark being true, it cannot be from necessity
False pride whispers SIT is not genee to work. How
| banefny is this illustrated!
| Does the successful merchant make his son a me-
chanic! very seldom. Does the professional man
make his mechanic! more seldom still. But
does the unfortunate mechanic make his son
the guardian of cloths and calcoes! Why is this!
is the yardstick honorable than the Jack plane!
the goose quill more dignifed than the type! Look
back twenty fifty years, and behold the barefooted
adventurer, at the present time rolling in wealth! OF
spending his annual income of some three thousand
dollars per annum, in manufacturing ladies OF his
daughters Does he teach them the usual rudiments
of housewfery! Very rarely. Is it because the
healhful exercise Of the domestic duties is disgraceul
Oh no! False pride says, SIT would be ungentee
for ladies to work-asif it would tarnsh the fair and
delicate fingers that bring such sweet sounds from the
piano, to dust the gorgeous instrument itself.
How supremely ridiculous is this ilegitimate PRIDE
| Thousands of daughters whose mothers have been
raised in kitchen, and their fathers, in horse stable
would feel insulted if asked if they had ever made
a loaf Of bread, washed out pocket handkerchief
They would more likely prae 'sabout good society,
mixed company and the dignity of their ancestors
A few years roll round, and the thrifty but i'm
prudent parent dies, and then comes the scramble for
twelve divisions of his hard earned estate
How small does large fortune appear when apporiion
ed to numerous heirs The daughters must of course
marry gentlemen, must of course squander their patr
mony. And what has the parent bequeathed to socie-
ty and his country! Children raised in dleness; with
out the stnulant to add 10 ia to the general sub
stantial prosperity of the community y-Bah. Monmt.
AMERICAN sERvANTs.-Iam am quite convinced
that American servants work harder and quicker than
the English, and that from their greater nelli-
gence, they on the whole more useful. An Amerl-
can gentleman has seldom more than man servant
who is at porter, footman, butler and if
sary, coachman to the family. He cleans the boots,
brushes the clothes, washes the windows, cleans the
house, waits at table, goes to market, keeps the reck
onng, and is, in one word the factoum of the house
hold. He is always at home, always busy, and hard
ly spending his leisure hours public house,
! Grond's Americans.
! ABSENCE OF MIND.-Rouelle, the celebrated
French chemist, was remarkable for extraordinary
absence Of mind One day, in the absence of his
sistant, being left to perform his experiments before
large class alone he said ssGentlemen, you see this
caudron upon the brazer. Well, if were to cease
stirring for single moment, explosion would ensue.
which would blow us all into the air.. This was no
sooner said than he forgot to stir, and his prediction
was accomplished; the explosion took place with a
horrible crash, all the windows of the abratory were
smashed to pieces and two hundred auditors whrled
away into the gardens fortunately, no serious injury
was received, the greatest violence of the explosion
being directed to the chimney The forgetful strer
himself escaped with the loss Of his wig only.
NEWSPAPERS.-The first number Of Persian
newspaper was issued at Terheran, March 90. Its
title is Akhbar Vakai, News aud Events and it has
two pages closely written and Autographed. de-
voted to oriental and the other to foreign intelligence.
Its conductor is Meerza who formerly an envov
to London Thus is demonstrated the advantages Of
commerce and national communication.
PLOUGHING BY STEAM.-An English paper
describes experiment Of ploughing by steam, which
took place at Red Moss, near Horwich in the early
part Of June it is said to have been quite successful
We will first show the construction Of the machine,
and then the result of the experiment. It is described
an engine that is locomotive but remains sta
onary while the plough is work, and the plough is
set in motion by of two long flexible belts of
iron, revolving round two wheels attached to the en-
gine, and round another wheel in frame firmly fixed
on the moss; such distance from the engine may
be proposed to make the furrow. The end Of these
belts fixed to the two ends of the plough, and pull
and ro for il does not turn in working but
furow both when it recedes from, and returns to the
engine.
This operation is described most satisfactory, the
plough turning furrow S inches broad, inches thick.
and than yards long in less than four minutes,
and that with precision which common plough
could equal The moss, when TINS turned, is narrowed,
manured with charred peas, reduced to powder, and
being with grass Seeds clover, produces ex-
cellen crops very satisfactorily proved by those
luxurantly growing the spot. AS pea:s also serve
1n,ir fuel far tha itcalf