State rights and democratic union. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1839-18??, 1839-09-17

dowr 4 ghIt'd. reasonable reward will be giyef
;n,o ,r,,e,hso Mk'Ig up the same, or informing mt
has beer sufhcentlyAA!ES L. M,KINsTRx.
taken out, and they seem as hard as piece
Of board; in short, the tallow has been sDdri-
fed; and has lost both the smell and taste Of
grease. The cakes are now ready TO be
melted, and run in to candle moulds in the
usual manuer So close is the resemblance
which these compressed tallow caudles have
to those of wax, that no person withour care.
Eul examination could discover the difference,
while they are only about one.halfthe price.
1t was Frsnchman, we believe, who dscov-
cred the process of making candles on this
principle. At the large establishment of
Messrs. Edward Price & Co. at Vauxhall,
which we lately visited, candles are now
made accordingly 20 this ingenious process
of manufacture, to an inconceiVable large
amount; and though far inferior in briIliaDcy
of light to our own beautiful gas, they ares
unquestiOnably, great improvement on the
old kind Of tallow candles, which indeed
they must entirely supercede in warm CHI
mates. London paper.
The WIDow.-It was cold and blank
evening in most severe winter. The snow
was driven by the furious north wind. Few
dared or were willing to venture abroad. Il
was night which the poor will not soon for.
get. ~
In most miserable and shattered tene
ment, somewhat remote from any other hab.
tation, there then resided an aged widow,
all alone, 0nd get not alone.
During the weary day, in her excessive
weakness, she had been unable to step be.
yond her doOr.stone, or TO communicate her
wants to any friend. Her last mOrsel Of
bread had been long since consumed, and
none needed her restitution. She satat
evening bv her small FIRE, half famshed from
hunger, and from exhaustion unable to sleep,
preparing to meet the dreadful fate from
which she knew not how she should be spar
ed.
She prayed that morning, "Give me this
day my daily bread" but the shadows Of
evening had decended upon her and her
prayer had not been answered.
While sad thoughts were prssing though
her weary mind, she heard the dOoI suddenly
open and shut again, and found deposited in
her entry, by an Unknown hand, basket
crowded with all those articles of comfortable
food which had the sweetness of mamma to
her.
What were her feelings on thai. night God
only knows! but they were such as rise up to
Him, the Great DeliVerer and Powder, from
ten thousand hearts every day.
Many days elapsed before the widow
learnt Though what messenger God bad
sen. timely aid. II was at the impulse Of
little child, who on that dismaI-night, seated
at the cheerful fireside Of her home. was led
to express the generous wish that the poor
widow, whom she had sometimes visited,
share some of her numerous comforts and
cheer. Her parents followed not the benev-
client suggestion, and servant was soon dis.
patched to her mean abode with plentiful
suppiy0
What beautiful glimpse Of the chain Of
cruises, all fastened to the throne of Godl An
angel with noiseless wings came down, stir
red the peaceful breast Of child and with no
pomp or circumstance Of the outward mira
Gle, the widows prayer was answered.
The WGtchtOceY.