North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-05-08

with 500 soldiers ard 100 women on O'"'"'
| War t.n,r. We have received he Of ths
Ktpsstonl IsnasieA) Nesutng Je9fhal OF 'he siN
Ms,eA. an8 erths Fainssush CoarIsr to ne $40 y
Anrtlss thsr coataia nc news a pehetal 'n'e'eas'
ne Icg,s.i eve. minute reports FROM great nun
he, sssAun,at,ssa shawlne the eoRdoei 81 the Aoe'-
srs and the esnAstlon aud prospects OF the corps
wgsh fsw eIcspiiens these reports arc A'g"y sf
cradle ahowinr that whefe the lssofeis arg W.
treated and falfly pad, there IS no o'".Su,!
wexn tkssa and their employers, and no JACK Of Tue
,ndss,ry requisite for the making Of good crops
I, :, .,s.,,,eoS tina, an order has been received
bx .h. sueerjpiendant and Inspector OF fohee
froua NJ, Escsslency the Governor Gene'a'' oifee'
ms ,ha, the Police force Of this cay be 'e'"eo -
rem $50 10 10 men on the first OF sisy heAe-S
Mercury
Great Britain has sent an ambassador 10
Texas.
A beautiful specimen of native gold mas
been discovered in the mountainous reeion
M Texas. al the distance OF about 10y
o,;,es N the north west Of Bcxar. u tS
said TO equal the gold Of Mexico and feFu
in purity and fneness.
| MATRimoNtAL saLASeE'- NOT 'ohg s'"Se .
| Rev. Clergyman ne 'etmo",' '."s ~ ~
~ ,hst The accumulated weight Of snow upon ihe
- och;s harm might do some damage, was resol-
we'd 70 prevent il BY seasonably shoveIlins on
n. therefore assembled to IT. having hrs' Tor iear 'he
n. m,pht all slide Off at once, and himself win H.
fastened TO his waist one end Of ripe, an" giving
the other 10 his wife. He went TO WORK, out ieaf-
| ns still for his safety, "My dear, sa'o me- ne
| ,hs ,ooe around your waist" No sooner had she
dane this than of went the snow, poor minister ane
ALL and up went his wife. Thus on one sioe Of inc
barn the as,onished and contouoded clergyman
hung. bu, on the other side hung his wie; high ana
dry' 10 majesty sublime, ding.ing and dangling al
| ,6e end If the rope. Al that moment, however.
gentleman, luckily passing by, delivered them
from this perilous situation.
MARRIED. on the eth inst, by the
Rev. S. Gibson, Mr.. Hiram Dill, aged ID,
TO Miss Margaret Ann Langley, aged Is,
both of GreenviIle District, 5. c.
" This affair has put the mischief IN the
heads of both our devils" The young
est, who is about twelve years old, has,
since reading the above, commenced chew
ing tobacco, and put straps to his pants !;
The other, about sixteen, has got entirely
above his business, and consumes much OF
his time in making calculations about the
expenses of housekeeping. "-.4ugusta
Mirror
SALE OF BAcHELoRs.-The Phliade-
Iphia Ledger says "The Legislature OF
Tennessee, it is rumored, has passed
law making it the duty OF the Sheriff. OF
leach county annually to make out list OF
the bachelors in his county, and notify all
who are in healthy condition, that the
aw requires them to get married within
two months from the time OF their notlh>
cation, and at the expiration OF this time,
all of said bachelors who have failed to
comply with the acquisitions OF this law
shall be set up and sold at public auction
by said Sheriff to the highest bidder, and
that no persons shall he allowed to bid but
maidens. Under this law, forty old bach
elors il is said were recently sold at Jones'
borough. So it appears that The old bach
eIors are about to have hard time Of it.
II is no more than they deserve however,
for, generally speaking, they are set Of
hard boys.-N. Y. Nep Era.
"Tve some idea Of getting married."
said an individual to Flam, yesterday.
"What ever put that idea into your
head" retorted the wag.
"Why, | want something that | can
look to-"
"Well, rather think you'll have E.
nough, to look TO in these hard times, if
you get married. If you don't just let me
know, will your"
New system Of Dunning.-A grocer in
Boston, after having tried every means to
collect small debt of hard customer, fin
ally resorted to the following method Of
worrying him out it, SO says the Post
He went regularly to his house every morn
ing and evening, rung the bell, and bawled
out Halo, you-pay me that 81, II you
owe mel" The customer got tired Of this
dunning, and handed his annoyer over to
the watchman, who took him before the
mayor. His honor fined him 50 and costs
intmating that there was a limit to all
things, even to dunning.
The New York Sunday Morning News speaking
of the character ofthe Bostouians and Of Boston al
J city, says
+" The passport to society, is tctoAh-and 10
, mind and character"
Never was truer sentence written. Wealth il
5 the only requisite the only necessary qua6c alton
10 be courted, peiied, invited lauded and worship
4 ped, by the high and honored and served by tn
poor Drunkenness and debauchery is overlooke'
! in the rich man, whilst the incorporate poor mai
goes TO the House Of Correction. We have see
r,rh ma q heasfly drunk in the S,reets of Ros,ou