Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-06-15

| Archimedes being asked to 90 anc
hear person who initiated the night
ingale to perfection, answered, 81 have
heard the nightingale herself"
ENvY.-Envy is the strong charac.
teristic of little minds; q truly noble
and generous man feels no cnmity to-
wards successful rival.
CosrLY KorE.-Thc new rope put
on the inclined plane of the railroad
at Columbia, Pa. cost $1,000.
Conversation augments pleasure, and
diminishes pain, by our having shares
in either; for silent woes are greatest,
as silent satisfaction is least; since
sometimes our pleasure would be none
but for the telling of it, and our grief
insupportable but for participation.
The LAsT.-General Smith who re-
Gently died at Baltimore s'was the last
of the Field Officers Of the Revolution
airy Army! The last of the leaders
Of the great army Of deliverance! The
last! not another remains! The last
Of those of whom Washington was the
chiefhas followed him to the tomb"
The estimated cost of the internal
Improvements, authorized by the laws
of Indiana, is 2l,000,00O.
CONFERENCE.-The New York Her.
aid calculates that about 1000 differ
ent Varieties of counterfeit notes are
and have been in general circulation.
| Useful knowledge can have no enc.
mics except the Ignorant; it cherishe'
youth, delights the aged, is an orna-
mcnt in prosperity, and yields comfort
in adversely.
Itsis harder to conquer small and ha
bitual defects than great and unfre
quent vices as it is harder to destroy ;
swarm Of insects than one wild beast.
j LlBERry.--History informs us how
easily liberty may be lost, and
how difficult, nay, how almost impossi-
BILE 1T is to be recovered.
AN EDrToR's REwARD.-Governor
Seward of New York, has appointed
Col. WILLIAM l.. Stone, of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, as Com
missioner to visit England and search
for Colonial documents interesting to
that State.
BEAUTIFUL CoMpARIsoN.-A gallant
down cast editor, in describing coun-
try dance, says:-"The gorgeous strings
ofglass beads now glisten on the heav-
ing bosom Of the village bellies, like
polished rubies resting on the delicate
surface ofwarm apple dumplings!"
| Avoid idleness; when the spirit is I'M
employed it becomes like matter; when
it is well employed the matter becomes
like spirit.
LovER.-A man who in his anxiety
to obtain possession Of another, has lost
possession of himself.
NEWSPAPER CHRoNoLooY.-Accord-
ing to the Buffalo Republican, the first
newspaper ever published on this con-
tinent was issued on the Oath of April
100, one hundred and thirty-nine
years ago. 1t was the Boston News
Letter.
The first paper ever published in
Philadelphia was the American Week
Iy Mercury, December %, l7l9, or
nearly one hundred and twenty years
since.
The New York Gazette was first
published October I6, l725, nearly
one hundred and fourteen years since.
A NOBLE SENTMENT.-Men who
suffer unjustly are often inclined to
justify unjust actions in themselves
Phocion saids 81 had rather be found
suffering, than doing what is unjust.o
IMMENSE SHAREHOLDER Mr.. Pol
lock of Roanoke, N. c., who died re-
Gently, was probably the largest slave
holder in the United States, owning
upwards of 1900.
HARp.-To be called across the
muddiest street in the city, in the rain,
your umbrella absent without leave,
and yourself in hurry for dinner, and
then to be informed by gentleman,
that nc wishes to stop his paper.
1t becomes us all wing party] to
look around and see achere ve Hc.--Al
bany Journal.
Perfectly easy that. But it would
require "opticks keen" to see phcrc he
schigs tell he truth.