New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-01-26

,v;I stand nv that most unfortunate clas. OF our
s,;zep, for whom inc Constitutions and the feopie
themselves in lis ,doPtiep have made such oenis 81
provision. What il What can it DO that
influences the action al the present time tor Us I'd
pealg.I. is 10: public opinioH. y hat, then, Is
III Whence does it arise 4 commercial reYr!-
sion ha, been fell within The last few years when
mas affected all The commercial nations ct the
World at the same tine. Thousands and tens OF
thousands have been swcptis rs dcsolatins course
Comfort and competence have given place to M
.erv and despair While struggling in honest po-
rer,v their hearts have been inside glad, only now
10 be plunged deeper INTO despondeacy and gloom,
/, would be black ingrati,rde thus to shpwreck
their hopes and sink them into endless abyss OF
wretchednesS and woe. ONlcRoN.
Mr. j n. BELLowss Lecture on. Courses OF
Reading on Monday evening was one OF the oes;
practical dissertations ever listened to- MI
B. considers Biography the most Wholesome and
safe reading for beginner'-tor Youth and tor those
who AT any age would acquire or improve taste
6r mental culture Franklin's autobiography ne
considers one of the best works in this llhc Flu
,arci's Lives should be read later, IN connection
with Ancicn, History; its great fault is that II ia
TOO exclusively biography OF Warriors, ana the
tendency Of the hurna. mind TO be fascinated with
the bazonrv of war is one which the weird Is nap
PLY lcarnn. to modify il not TO overcome Niri
Patrick Henry he considered in like manner calca-
la,ei TO excite N uneasy ambition in the minds OF
its Young readers-a passion for distncuon-an
anxiety TO be great rather shan to be Useful
thorough knowledge of History he regarded rs re-
ouiriag ten years close application, which ne con-
sdcred more than i; is worth TO the mass ct men
He therefore counseled the study of abstracts only
of anccat history and that OF distant nations, With
the ponlerous tones Of Gbbon, Hume, etc. while
close attention is paid 10 and richly repaid by TIE
histories OF Bancroft, and Prescott, and Pitkn-
or Poetry, he treated thoroughly and jsdicioas!y
The best portraitures OF Love nave been given by
those who were unhappy in their attachments OF
rural Nature by those whose lives We're manly
passed in City garrots Pastoral poetry IS not
written by shepherds OF in times Of simplicity, but
among the retnaments and cerruptlons OF Clties-
at the Court Of an Augustus. Ihe man who i
happy in the possession of all domestic joys is very
unlikely to write verses about them; it is he who
signs for them TO whom they subject OF IN
tense contemplation. 1t is therefore probable that
a, Poetry comes to DC more felt and acted II Will
be less written, though its eevating influences have
never been overrated.
We are so crowded this morning that we must
break of abruptly. Mr.. Bellows's next Lecture
will be given al Clinton Fall on Friday evenins..--
Subject Arits composition, properties, grayit:',
Sc &c, with illustrative apparatus and expert
mcnts. Those who attend cannot fail to be richly
rewarded.
\ MAIL SWEPT AwAY.--l he Louisville jour
NIL states that while the United States Mail, few
DAYS ago, was crossing the Gssconade river in
Missouri, the stage swept away, and three
horses were drowned A child, belonging 10 a
passenger, is reported TO have been lost. The
mails were recovered in a dangerous condition.
FlRr--At u o'clock last nigh,a fire was dis
covered the upper part Of the building in Spruce
Street, occupied heprinting Office. Of the New
York AIbioa and the Spirit the Times. The fire
was speedily exiinsuished, and but tritling dam
sge sustained.
DThe Paymnster of the Missouri Militia,
called out TO put down. the Mormons some two
wears since was supplied with money SEINE time
since, and started for Western Missouri, but has
not vet arrived there 1t is feared that he has ia
ken the Sabine slope
p A. Chuscan, baker of St. Louis, shot him
self through the head and killing lit
tie girl in the room above, on the l4th. Rum wa
tho cause.
FRox PERNAMBUco-The bark Novorye, at
Philadelphia left Pernambuco, on the 10Th ult
but there was no news Of any sort.
CouSrERrEtrERs ARREsrEp.-Two men, by
name Smith & Hughes, were arrested, we learn
in Nchoiasve, on Wednesday last, for passing
counterfeit notes on the Northern Bank OF. Ken
lucky, and the State Bank Of Indiana. Most
OF the notes were of the denomination of fge dol
lars. The note upon the Northern Bank, i. letter
{, payable to W. Caperton, at Richmond, dated
Nov. 8, 1886: engraving good paper Indifferent
The Indiana notes letter B, PAYABLE at
Michigan city to Joseph Orr, November 9, 1889
D. G. Cal!ane., Cashier, c. Merrill, President
These notes are also said TO be we'll executed.
Lexington [ntelligencer.
SOCIETY LIBRARY Observation-Disclosures the
many interesting Lectures that nave been delivered at
as place during the present season believe that none
will prove a..rac,iv. aud instructive than laat
nounced this evening BY Mr G. H Hill, uhe we'll known
delinea,or of Yankee character the STAGE the
Manners and Customs Of the People OF Ne~-EngIand
Added to perfect knowledge Of HE subject, Mr. Hill
unes the faculty Of amusing his auditors by introducing
his rich fuRd Of ama.ing aoecdoe, naive ard rscy