Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-11-03

with dtrfqs4 OPT lphs al the pfeseHtairhe
the stsbhg hde which s. setting i'm aat.f
nfthe working classes of our country mtIst
be yeyg pl1I8usg And whells ties CON
cedseo thai talthIeemithe, world is Indebted
torafte snJqgpeHls and luxuriies viii
which 1t abounds, The only wonder {. ia.
has not long since swept into oblivion the
last trace ofsuperiority which has. been SO
long advanced and inaintainedB BY the idle
and proud. -soitaat3 ioeu Ii
but in considering the standard which
is 70 determine who are thes working me d,
and who not, is there not danger sOfcoilEl
ml.ting effpfsg Certainly, unless the term
working can be applied 10 none but those
whose hands are daily employd,in actual
ia3oh And ifthis, then, be abe aPfoper
definition ofthis term, it viii most. proiJa.
bly, include nine tenths of mankind, so
that only onesteRth is left TO enjoytheir
tancisd superiority over the remaiflder.o
Ii there fsl any one opinion Wliichfs
totally .inconsistant with The spirit and
meanlngsak our union, III is,that which at,
laches Importance and dignity to such
only as fill high stations in societys siths
out having attained those stations with
the aid Of their oWnl Intrinsic Worth. Who
Is SO ignorant of the.word as 10 to- know
tdat@a lond sounding wiligivo riigni.,
ty and credit TO fool?g a very great pre-.
portion OF mankind, IN every age and
couPir1s has bowedto the popular pfelu,
dtcessand zhIse ESTIMATION of re al lnerit
VINO is entitled to moro credit, the mech.
allle- bywhose industry andsszill, .ereets az
spiended edllice, or he that may happen-
tolle,Rornqnder itsrooi, awho, rboasis Of
being ethen deseeRent,s of some rich and
anlstoe ratio naboI1! . IsAthe farmer, to-
whose Industry The idle are indebted for
means Of Substance, less 1meritorious
man Ahe pamperedlo lord lie. feedsl is idle
independence a nobIer characteristic than
industrious competency, or even virtues
Adeeeccaate aal .,o5i '',,,
TIRiNe OF THE MAMmo 55ruI1 MoRsrTEnRB.
CANoN.-Ihe great gun, lately cast at
Alcger's foundry, and described in the
Post, was fired a few times at South
Boston Point yesterday htiernoon. Shells,
II inches in diameteE and lsa pol,ndszin
weight, were thrown various distances
according to the charge, elevation, and
length 81 fuse used. With q. charge Of
2OPounds Qfpowder, 20 second, fuse, at
an elevation sof22 degrees, IA shell was
thr6wn2 PA mites and buried dee in /
the earth, at ,Squantam,s a ricochet shot
wastried,wah asI0ssecond fuse, 30 pounds
of powder teharge, and u pounds in the
she'll = 1t FLASHED through and oyer the
water at an awful rate, and exploding at
a DISTANCE OF aboutltwpglniles in. the va.
ter, throwing the fragments ! several hun.
dred yards in every direction Next week
theJgup wiu be tried with higher charges
powder.agThe regular service charge
is 6P0unds, whichdat a due elevation,
will project the Shell somewhere between,I
I-2 and A miles. sf'
Thus far all the prevfolis calculations
OF the powers ofguns haze heen- verified
by the experiments. The firing was m.
der Che direction of Col. Bomford, the / in.
venter Of this tremendously formidable
s,peqles Of ordinance, intended for harboi
detehee Boston Isaseller.
JpEcIAt DleNIT1.1,he following
CONVERSATION IS said to have passed Be
tween a venerable old LADY and, a certain
presiding Judge i'll. This. learned
tunetiohaig was supported on his ght
and left by. his worth associates, w6enlI
Mrs.lPaswas calledto give evidence! 10
Fake ffyour bonnetmadam.o r.
".I6ad rather NOT, Sir 81. ~ 70 F.'shals,
POUNDS and birthstone, madam, take
off ourbonnet, I,ssy.'A So sgs7oz sgsllsss
''inspubiic assemblies, sir, women Gen.
orally cover their heads. Such ams Sure
is the custom elsewhere, and therefore
wilianott;Tke otf,Iny bonnet''.q sps7oa dai9S
"Do you hear that, gentlemen? She
pretends to know more about these mai.
ters than the Judge himself! Had Won
not better madam come and take > sa.st
on the benekln eali,9 a, "a nsss
sSS, sir, I thank you, for for. 1 really
INNS mere are enough of old womeh.thereI
aireaay. ~ ~ iasszfars lIaeiI4o Fist- ,ssalasl
THE PREs1DErr's HousE--iIn..,1i 7 3 4
trench painterlwas emp oycd shave made
at the famous tapestry man fia,ctofS Of
Beaqpyo5s two alIegoric pictures Of large
dimensions, descriptive of scenes in the
revolution, to adorn tho wallsott the Pres
ideat's House. These pieces Of fame strs
were eIqifsitely finished after the des siio,5
furnished by the artist, but for some ,,s5
son or other they were seized, dufinatbe
terribles period Of l793, by the French
authorities, and sold. "A Bordeaux D pa I.
per SAYS they are now being exhibited.
ssfsts-e-S -.a-s- iif,f 81 ss.ss..i
AcQrresPondent ofthe Platte Ar.etls
writes from Santa Fe, Sept. I'd: s'sFoF77l
The two infantry. companies have dis
charged their. duty, wei, and deserve
great credit tar3thefr good marching and
thesPnpmptnes withs which thsy obeyedl
evefvinr1nr finn ca srsrE 61ll s9.l 81 8