The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-09

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J. G. BENNETT, ESQ =
once was in the habit of contributing to your
columns, devoted to correspondents. That was
"long time ago - and why it was suspended,
brought up" or cut off, you best know. But BE-
that as It may, have fit on me just now, and
cannot well resist the return of the old propensity
Almost every body in this village have certain pro.
pensiues which hard to be resisted. young
sprig of morality-as well the richest most exem.
pary, most pure, and orderly, well behaved, sober
minded, charitable, loving and giving pattern, me m
bers Of our best, most refined, moral, religious,
oous. double and twisted, dounle distilled, eonga-
ted, elevated cloud touching, overshadowins,
overspreading, acute angled smooth, easy polished
FURNISHED, glded set in gold and silver, diamonds.
rubies, precious stones, pearls periumed, made
fragrant, heavt n-smelllng, curioas, mysterious,
iatnomed, wide, deep. broad, thck-set, boated,
could not resist the force of circumstance , -
while one of those terrible propensities of human
nature was left to act in full force. to the detrimenI
who, it said, was lovely and beautiful But It is
all hushed up. The villain paid up, and she is ri
ined!
DR.. Lsrdner and Geo. r. Gliddon are the tw o
VlnbRe. ne Is giving us entertain
ments at the Mrlodeon, on the abs,ruse science Ct
Astronomy, assisted by Mr.. Russell with his Plane
tarium, one OF the most wonderful mechanical pro-.
auctions OF the age. DR.. LardDer is a wonderful
parsonage. He draws full houses, yea, full TO the
gallery
Mr.. Gliddon is at the Odeon, for account of the
Lowell Institute, unrsvelliag the Egg plisn hero
gphcs. and resuscitating the history OF events long
since buried in the dark might of time" Full
5000 persons attend his course four times a week
all are delighted, astonshed instructed, enlighen-
ed, and elegantly bumbugged. Mr. Gliddon pos
sesses an easy flow OF worcs, and brings forth facts
and explains, adjusts and elucidates each separate
topic, or no topics at all, in the most agreeable
and convincing manner. In fact, il is all elegant
confusion, like the colors of a kaleidoscope Be-
sides these rich entertainments, the Lyceum Library
ASSOCIATION, TONNE genus, are pouring forth torrents
OF useful knowledge, TO enrich the pc ople's minds
The great inquiry seems to be after truth. "Who
Will show us the truth, and make the devil laugh -
The two political parties are now in the full Ter
vor OF excitement and all sorts of debasing tricks,
meanness and lying assist to keep up the fever OF
either party. Geo. N Briggs, of PitisieId, who is
he whig candidate, is said to be very amiable,
but not very great man, He ISL Baptist relig ION
ISL, and, as well as In most other respects, an ultra
'st. He is said to be at the head of the Berkshire
county charitable sewing circle, which, if true,
ought TO be sufficient to insure his election
Marcus Morton, OF Taunton, Is a much taller man,
ana therefore can walk In deeper water. He is de-
cidedly learned scholar and statesman, and under
stands the true science OF political economy as well
as the value OF the Alewive fisheries Which will
be elected, none but" J T. Fisk" can tell.
The abolition people are wide awake, and intend
TO cast nine to ten thousand votes. / think they
will so that it is questionable if there will be an
election.
Since the imprisonment of Thomas w Dorr, a
large meeting OF his friends was held in State st.
II the largest gathering have ever seen in that
place. All parties seem 10 agree, that the author-
ties of Rhode Island have doae an unnecessary
wrong to the individual and therefore, to say the
least, his incarceration at tns late day was merely
a display OF vindictve power r. s. T.