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Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-01

a NVILS And VICES.-A good asssrImsat
may Is OFT & GREER
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13
A Hard CASE,

AT atempetonce meeting recently held in
Alabama, Col. I.chmanousky, who had been Tor
twen,y.thtee years soldier in the armies Of
Napoleon Bonsparte, addressed the meeting.
lie arose before the audience, tall, erect and
vigorous, with the glow OF health In his face,
and said "fon see before you man seventy
years old. I have fought 200 battles, have
fourteen wounds on my body, have lived thirty
days on borse-hesh, with the bark of trees for
my bread snow anu ice ios a.y H..nk, H. the eano'
py of heaven for my covering, without stocn-
ings or shoes on my feet, and with only few
rags for my clothing In the deserts of Egpyt,
/ have marched for days with burning sun
Upon my naked head, feet bistefed in the
scorchne sand, and with eyes, nostrils and
mouth filled with dust, and with thirst 81 tor
inenting that I tore open the veins of my arms
and sucked my own blood Do you ask how
could survive all these horrorsi answer,
that, next to the kind providence Of God, owe
my preservation, my health and vigor, to this
fact, that nerrr drank a drop or spi@ftuous
liquors in my hfc; and" he continued, "Ba.
ron Larry, Chief of the Medical Staff Of the
French army, has stated II as fact, that tho
6000 survivors who safely returned from Egypt,
were ali men who abstained from the use Of
ardent spirits"
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Elne ArlR I'm NeAY York

The annual exhibition of the National acade-
my of arts in New York is now open. The ex-
celent and agreeable correspondent of the
National Intellgencer has the annexed few
words about two of the works Of the exhibition
ain one ofthe rooms is a marble bust of the
Bride of Abydos,' recently sent over from
Italy by Crawford the American sculptor.
defy a man to see il and no. be haunted by it
for days afterwards. II is n conception of fe-
male beauty, which, ms far a. my observation
goes, is uncxcelled in modern art ideal and
spiritualized enough for the most poetical fam
cy but at the same time sensuous, endearing,
bewtching enough for the weekday love of a
gentleman. Mr.. Crawford knows what an
admirable woman should be, and he has breath
ed into the upper lip of this sweet bust alone
love enough to set up all the finishing schools
of metropolis. ! understand that the group
ordered from Crawford by the Boston Athenr-
um is daily expected to arrive, and that it is a
masterpiece ofthe art. After seeing his Bride
Of Abydos. one would look eagerly for other
works from his hand.
The same writer remarks also as follows re.
specting picture Of our townsman, Leutze.
"The great pride of the Gallery this year,
however, is Leutze's picture of the Return of
Columbus in chains which lately gained the
first prize at the exhibition in Brussels. Ii is
master piece of color and drawing, though
there is. to my eye, fcebleness in part of the
foreground. 1t is bought by the Apollo Asso-
cation, and to be engraved for the subscribers.
Leutze will hold hereafter high place among
American artists"
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Tho Br,gsud wife.

One incident is related to us, which is not
calculated to show their domestic relations in n
very favorable light, in spite of the usual ro-
mantle ideas ofthe eternal fidelity OF brigand's
bride. The chiefof band which infested this
province, had young wife, very much attach
ed to him, who followed him in all his pcrious
wanderings, and presented him with son and
heir. worthy, she hoped, Of initiating the glori-
Gus exploits Of his sire The unfortunate w.. w..
tie bambino, however, so disturbed the peace
that he threatened more than once, to put an
end to its wailing; and one night, when return
ing, savage and disappointed, from an unsuc-
cessful expedition, he was again provoked by
its squalls; rising suddenly in fury, he put
his threat into execution before the eyes of the
terrified mother
From that moment, love gave place in her
heart to hatred and the desire of ven geance :;
whilst her husband, enraged at her continually
regre,ting the child, and perhaps suspectng
some vindctive intentions on her part, resolved,
after some domestic equabbies, upon putting
her also to DEATH One night having confided
his project to his nephew, whom he had left at
the head Of the camp Of brigands, he told him
not to give the alarm if he heard the report of
a gun, as it would merely be himself giving a
quietus Ia Ia Gudiita ; and with this warning,
he departed to his own tent, a little distance
from the others. Now, it so happened that his
loving spouse had fixed upon this very evening
for the performance OF her long. g.nursed schemes
of revenge and having deferred her own fate
by her more than usually amiable demeanor,
snd artfully got her victim to sleep, she dis.
charged the contents OF rifle into his body, and
cutting off his head, escaped with it TO Reggie,
where she claimed and obtained reward from
the authorities for his destruction. The nephew
heard the report OF the rifle and being forewarn-
ed, merely muttered to himself 90 zio CHI am
mazzin la Giudtta," and turned quickly round
to sleep again.--Sirutfs Tour in Calobria.
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horticultural Expedition 20 China.

China has long been known TO possess many
rare and valuable trees, shrubs, fruits and flow.
ers, which have not yet found their way to
Europe. From thence come our beautiful
Azeleas Cammilias, and Wistara (Glycine)
Sinenses. Taking the advantage of the open
ing ofthc Chinese ports by the late treaty, the
Horticultural Society of London has resolved
to send a person well qualified for the under
taking, to bring home all he finds worthy ofin.
troductiou into England. Among the fruits
there, the Pekin peach is said to weigh two
pounds, and nothing is more melting aud de-
licious. Our own Government of the United
States has il in contemplation To fl out an em-
bassy on liberal scale to China and we hope
among other important matters, that the sub
jcct OF agriculture will not be forgotten. In
the meanwhile, we shall call the attention of
the officers of our merchant ships about to sa il
on their annual voyages, to these matters, and
see what we can do in our humble private way.
American Agricuiiurist
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CosriDENcE.-There is something very win.
ming and endearing in con6dence.-Whoc could
take away the life Of bird that fled to his bo.
som from the pounce of the hawkt Or, who
would take advantage of having him in his hand,
to deprive the little trembler even Of his libet.
ty' Nothing is ever lost by trusting to the
generous and nobleimindedi they always feel a
responsibility to repay the confidence rePosed
in them. What, then, may we not expect from
the God Of ell comfort jay
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EGyrTlAN CoRN-It will be recollected that
about two years since, small quantity Of Egyp-
tian Corn was sent for distribution, by William
II. Maxwell, ESQ.,, to the President of the A.
mercan Institute. These seeds were obtained
from Africa, by Mr., Ms nephew, passed Mid
shipman in the naval service Of the United
States. The season was so late when they ar
rived, that, although extensively distributed, a
small part came 10 perfection. Some of the
seeds which were matured came into the hands
OF Mr. David G. Van Wrinkle, of Bergen, New
Jersey, and were sowed in a small space in his
garden. From accurate calculation the produce
was at the rate of seventy bushels per acre.
Mr.. Van w. intends to raise, the coming sea-
son, a quantity for grinding and Touring.
He thinks it will make excellent bread. 1t
is the same kind which is mentioned in the
Old Testament, which Joseph went down to
procure. few small parcels are now at
the repository Of the Institute in the Park
and it will be distributed gratultously to those
who will bring specimens to the fair.
". Y. Evening Post
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

A Mr.. Blindmnn, pilot on fiat boat on the
Ohio, recently saw most wonderful sight in
the heavens. He was watching, eagerly, the
comets tail, when all at once, he saw the tail
curl up and form in big letters, the word.
PAY
He didn't pay much attention to it; but in
few minutes he looked round again, and saw
distinctly, in the same place, the word
THE
Astonished at this, he ran below to inform the
captain, and when he got back, and looked up
at the tail, he found that it had changed AGAIN.
and had formed the word
PRINTER.
Wheteupon he and the captain marvelled
greatly, and did resolve Instantly to heed the
admoniton, and as soon as they got home to
pay the printer. We wish good many could
see that sight and profit by it,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13
Parsntps as Food for Pigs.

Whilst staying in the Isle of Guernsey for a
much pleased with the peculiarly fine flavor of
the pork, being sweet, juicy, firm, beautifully
white, at season of the year when that uncleon
animal is thought not to be in the highest per-
fec,ion. This superiority in flavor and appear.
ance is attributed to the plentiful supply Of raw
parsnips with which the animal is fed. In con.
fimation Of a universally admitted fact, beg
to send you the following extract from a late
ly published history Of the island and its pro-
ducts:
Hogs prefer raw parsnips to all other roots,
and make excellent pork when fed upon them;
but The boiling of the root renders the bacon
flabby. by this food the animal can be tatcd
in six weeks Too much cannot be said in
praise Of the beef and pork fatted on parsnips
At th; time [July II, lS40,) there is in the
Guernsey market, hog % months old, weigh
ing net 80 lbs. English, which has never eaten
any thing but raw parsnips and sour milk f.
ner meat never was seen. in the use of pars-
nips, one caution was absolutely necessary
they are never to be washed, but to be given
asthcy are taken up from the ground. Used
in that way they are foruG not to surfet the
hogs and cattle, and to fatten them better and
quicker than they otherwise would. II washed
they are apt to satiate and as the farmer say,
will never thoroughly fatten them. Anox " i'll
eat l2O lbs. per day exclusive of hay.-London
Gdrdner's Chron.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

TIE CoAEr-We are not scientific astronos
mers, and cannot direct Telescopicus to the ex.
act spot but we understand from the Jargons
lists that its nucleus is somewhat in Latin cons
stellaton, and that the tail passes through d
Greek star, goes over an Arabian one, under a
Hebrew one, then squcezes between two Dam
ish ones, just brushes Swedish one, wrig.
giles through High Dutch cluster, and termi.
mates amidst small fry Of Chinese nebulaA
Others report that the comet has been postpo'
ned to allow time for the astrologers to predict
it and there is very general impression that
ifthe phenomenon comes sky-larking too near
US, it is to be apprehended as an "eccentric bo.
dy," Thos, Hood.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

SLAvERy-A Fact.-Mrs Ellis, in her new
work, "The Wives of England" says "The
worst of all slavery, is fear of husband"
Quere-.Whether beneath that deep, there
is not a lower depth hofslavery-feGr Of cfa toye.
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From the N. Y. Tribune.
NJ 4 Y.
hY WILLIAM u. BUpLEIGH.

hY WILLIAM II. BCpLEIGH.
The sweet voluptuous May
Is here at leng,h-through all its sunny hours,
Over the grateful earth to sprluk,e mowers
In heautiful array;
And clo'he with deeper verdure bill and plain,
And give the woods their glory back again.
No bird whose swelling throat
Quivers with song, or whose extended wing
Fans the soft air, but checrlier doth sing
And on the breezes float
Odors from blossoms which the Suns caress
Hath woke to life in field and wilderness.
The sbimmering sunlight falls
On mount and valley with softer sheen
And 10! the orchards, newly clothed in green,
Lift up their coronais
Ofnowers hrichr.hued-or, shaken Ivy the hrccze
Rain fragrant blossoms from a thousand trees.
The green and tender maize
Pcrres the noistened mould; and from the air.
And from the sunshine gather strength to dare
The sutry summer iays-
With care the farmer tends the fragile shoot,
And, hopeful, trusts the future to his fruit.
Out underneath the sky
Where the free winds my toss their sunny curls
Frolc the happy chidrrn-boys and girls
In sinlcss revelry;
While pNiure smiles, approving, on their play,
And lambs and birds with them keep holiday!
All gentle things rejoice
In the calm loveliness around them spread,
Green earth bcneath-the blue sky overhead
And with exutant voice
Pour their ,hanksgivings 70 the Lord Of all,
Who marks an Empires or sparIow's fall.
Then welcome, bonny May,
With thy soft sunshine and thy fragrant flowers
Thy balmy breszes and Thy laughing hours
The glad years holyday
With grateful hearts thy presence " i'll we bless,
And in thy gifts rejoice with thankfulness!
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

The most foolish thing in the world is said
to be to bow to the rich till you are unable to
stand erect in the presence Of an honest man.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

In China the long depending queue, which
the natives cherish as so honorable part Of
their persons, and the cutting off ofwhich COM
stitutes the last and worst civil degradation,
would seem also TO be converted, upon occasion,
TO very curious purposes.-When several cri-
mnas are arrested at once they fasten them to-
gether by these tails, and then the apprehension
Of injury to these sacred appendages serves
to prevent all effort at escape.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

The TWO RosEs.-Beine with my friend in
garden we gathered each of us a rose. He
handled his tendery, smelt Of il seldom and
sparngiy. always kept mine to my nose, or
squeezed it in my hand, whereby in very short
time it lost its color and sweetness, but his still
remained as sweet and as fragren, as itt had
been growing On its root
The roses, said are the true embems of the
best and sweetest enjoyments in the world,
which being moderately and cautiously used
and enjoyed, may for long time yield sweet
ly to the possessor of them, but if once the at-
fections seize too greedily upon them and
squeeze them too hard, they quickly wther in
our hands, and we lose the comfort Of them.
II isa point ofexcellent wisdom to keep the
golden bridge of moderation upon the aifec-
tions.--F2apel.
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ACRosrIc WRITTEN IN AN Album.

ACRosrIc WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.
A thing of glitter, gleam and gold
j. oose thoughts, loose ve,se, unmesDing, old
b ig words that sound thousand fold
u nfnished scraps, conceit and can't
NJ ad stanzss, and q world Of rant.
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FoRcE or IlABir.--A schoclmaster ont west,
while the marriage ceremony was being per-
formed between him and his affisnced. sound
ly caned the minister for pronounclng word
incorrectly. lie thought he was in school with
his boys
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About the year 1850, the East India compa-
ny received from Bantam two cansters con-
tanning l43 pounds of tea, and this is believed
to have been the first importation of this atti-
Gle. The introduction of the use Of tas bcve-
rage was very gradual as appears by the follow
ing curious memorandum in the diary of Mr..
Pebys, Secretary Of the admiralty :-"Stpt %,
1861, sent for case Of tea, Chinese drink
&c sh;ch never drunk"
In Great Britain, the duties on tea, and the
importation of it, were inconsiderable till 1890,
by which time the F. 7. Company first thought
the article worth their attention as a branch of
trade. In a few years, the arranged importa-
ton amounted to 10000 pounds per annum, the
average price being los. In l72l, the quanti-
ty oftea imported exceeded million OF pounds;
and from that period the importation and con-
sumption of tea in that country rapidly increa-
sed.
But few persons are probably aware Of the
immense amount Of money now paid every year
to the Chinese for tea. The quantity Of this
leaf consumed in Great Britain is truly enor.
mous-anG although it lie freely used BY all clas.
ses it cannot be classed among the necessaries
of life--it contains little or no nutriment-and
is undoubtedly injurious te some constitutions
We are told by the "Fanqui in China" that the
number of shopkeepers who in 1882, took ou,
licenses to sell this article by retail, in the U.
nited Kingdom, was one hundred and one thou.
sand six hundred and eighty seven and VIC
may suppose that the amount has rather iDcrea'
sed than diminished since that period. To sup.
ply them the East India Company, during the
last three or four years before the expiration Of
their charter, imported no less than thirty -one
million five hundred thousand pounds of tea an.
nually, in which the proportion of green tc
black was one to FIVE Since the opening o
the free trade, still greater quantity has been
brought over so that in 1894 no fewer than
me hundred and .f1y British vessels Of eighty
two thousand four hundred and seventy tons re
gster, resorted to Whamboa, and took away
with them the enormous quantity of forfeiture,
millinn six hundred and forty-one thousand two
hundred pounds of tea. Since this period tn,
amount has rather diminished, the losses sus
tanned having somewhat cooled the ardor of the
speculutors but still it has exceeded the aver
age quantity imported by the Ell. Company. Th,
exports from Canton from LIST of Oct, 1896, t.
10Th of April, 1887, being thirty-tbree million
two hundred and eleven thousand three hun
dred and thrty-two pounds, Of which the greer
bore the proportion OF one To about three and
halfof the black kinds Boston Journal
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TnE TIMEs--The cobber declares the times
want "mcndng" The watchmakers say ''theif
watches don't 60" Even the uDdertakers com.
plain that the trade is "dead" The wine mer-
chant declares he is "wrecked in sight ofport."
The hackney coachman says his vocation is
at "stand" And thus it is with every calling
and profession. The want OF money Is undoubt.
cdly UNIVERSAL and the smallest change would
be occeptatle.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

EARLY PoTAroEs.--I, is known that the eye
end of potatoe will yield a crop earlier by
some days than the root end. This appears to
be owing simply to the earlier growth of the
sprouts from the eye end. Earliness will be
greatly increased by placing the seed potatoes
in box OF moist sand early in the spring, in a
warm place in the house and then planting
them when the shoots are about two inches
long, taking care not to break them off
SrEAM.--Before the age of steam, the motto
was, "Time and tide wait for no man" at the
present, no man waits for time or tide.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-05-13

WHoLt SotEs VS.. iloLE SoLEs.-Thete is
much truth in the following pleasant little scrap
which we find in an exchange 1T often hap
pens in this world that those who 20 Bhole-
soied, have less soul than those who 90 hole
sOied, having sold their souls solely to keep
their soies whole
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THE BAR.-Mr. Judson, OF Racine, has presen-
ted petition from the citizens of his county, TO
the Wisconsin Legislature, praying that law
may be passed that would protect the people of
Wisconsin, from the impositions of lawyers t
extending TO those who seek for justice, through
our courts, the right of appearing in their own
behals and by some plain, brief, and easy pro-
cess in pleadngs, doing away the necessity Of
employing lawyer
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fIe, or she, who judges man by his coat is
a fool for many dangerous quagmire is hid.
den under fair and even surface
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He who laughs most at .he pecullaftles ofa"
mother, lie generally most assailsbls himselG
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A SAVAGE CoMpARisoS.-Twon natives of the
Marquesas Islands have been carried TO France
probably on speculation. One is man, six
feet high and ugile as young deer the other
woman, young graceful, and possessed ofthe
scantlest wardrobe. Both are tatooed, all over
their bodies in the highest style ufthe art. The
story runs that on the voyage one of their fel-
low passengers asked them which they liked
best, the French or the English. "The Eng
lsh," answered the man, smacking his lip /;
'they are the fattest" sand great deal more
TENDER" chmed in the woman, with grin that
exhibited two rows Of pointed teeth, as sharp as
a crocodile's
New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-14

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