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Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-05-05
W hole No. lso.

tary officer was smoking a cigar at an open
window, and he happened whether Intentionally
or not, to indulge in the objectionable crime Of
expectoration, at the moment that tailor of the
town was passing with two professional fricnds.
The result was awkward and the tailor hsw
into rage. :. 5.
"'ll make him apologize Tor that now
Come up with me- ..s...--..s
The party ran up stairs, and rushed into the
soldiers room, and the offended schnsider OPEN
ed the case.
'L'eutenant B., sir bid you spit upon
me just nowF'
ii did, Mn Tapes, certainly; BUT" -.
ooh! you did, sir. Very well, Sir. Good
apologize. Come along" lErelhat the three
taiiors.l Who was the wiser=the tailor or
the barfisterss1=thss Is to say who lost most
time to least purpose?
A curious apology 1--WE are vain to recol-
Iect these things) was that made by celebra-
ted gambler, who detected an opponent in the
act of cheating. He observed him several times
until he could entertain do doubt as to the
fraud; and watching his opportunity he seized
fork which lay upon neighboFihg table, and
stuck it through the hand of the bIackleg, pin.
ming it the table. ..4
'If the ace of clubs is NOT under your hand,
sir, l have really to beg you Thousand par
dons."
But it icas.
The Marquis de WIS the politest
man in France, but they guillotined him never
theless; for poiteness vas aristocratfe, and OF.
posed the public safety He spologised about
fifty times between the hour Of his arrest and II
his murder, and both took place between Rubs-
pierre breakfast and lunch. His last moments
were all apology. He solicited the pardon ofa
fellow victim for accidentally toiichihghIm dur
ing their jolt:ng progress on the abominable
tumbril; he bowed a whole series of excuses
for mounting the guillotine scaAold before his
companion. When he was placed under the
fatal groove, his eye fell upon the several heads
Of some previous suferers--his natural polite
ness remained constant to him<-his lips were
framing an apology for the hasty manner in
which his own head was about to rush down
among them, when the knife feh, and silenced
the haif-uttered "f'drdom."
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Radcliffe Last Chapter.

French Journal condenses, from Spanish
paper. the report of recent trial, the story o
which is more like plot of a novel than pas
sage of real life. A young man, newly marri
cd, in one of the parishes of the Asturias, wa
tempted to try to better his fortunes by tril
TO South America. He left his wife in the Gil
rate of the village, through whom he engaged
to send to her whatever means OF support ht
could Law aside. Fortune favored him. ard TIT
curate soon received SEQ piasters, with sug
gestions that it had better not be given all a
once, lest so unusual and unexpected good for
tune should intoxicate her. The curate obeyet
vac instructions by giving to the wife twenty
five piasters only, and, as the husband contlnu
ed TO per,and began to send sums larger ant
larger, the temptation to sequester portions o.
abe relnittances became too strong. 1t struch
the carate after a while that, the husband being
happily established in business abroad, he might
Dossibly be tempted to remain there should he
he hear of the death of his wife, and not daring
10 continue to deceit ON its first footing any
longer, he made out the necessary copies of the
registration of her death, and with letter of
condolences, sent them abroad, drawing for d
farther small sum to pay the expenses Of fune-
raj. At the same time, he notified the wife cir
cumstantially, of the death of her husband, and
the two operations were achieved without ex-
citing suspicion.
Years rolled on, and the supposed widow re-
married, and had several children by her second
husband. The exile, on the contrary, whose
views of life were entirely changed by the death
of his wife, took holy orders, and in that char
acter, at last, thought to revisit his native land.
His first call, naturally, was upon the curate,
who had very nearly forgotten his existence
hut was of course dumb at his unwel-
come apparition. In his confusion he suddenly
pleaded a pressing hurry to depart for Oyiedo,
and, the new conner being now OF his cloth, ne
requested him to perform his duties In his ab-
sence. He fled, leaving the new incumbent on
the eve of SUNDAY, and with directions to per-
form the grand mass in his surplice. Overcome
with his feelings on returning to his early home'
the widower priest composed that night SER
mon, in which he referred to the dealings OF
Providence with himself, and spoke OF ms iost
wife. She was present among his auditory,
with four or FIVE children by another husband.
She occupied conspicuous place In the nave
of the church, and was observed to be much
troubled during the celebration of the introduce
tory ceremonies Of the mass. The sermon, OF
course, left no room to doubt the truth of her ag
gitated recognition, and with violent screams at
last she gave way to her emotions. The curious
drama was soon fully unfolded, and the criminal
curate, being soon after found concealed at As
torss, is now awaiting his trial. What became
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Skunk very compfacently regarded himself in

Skunk very comphcently regarded himself in
the glass.
"How is it you do keep offthe man with the
poker = asked Nudge shaking like an aspen.-
"Why, I'll tell you replied the other. sl'm
never so thirsty as to drink bad liquor; I'm new
er SO hungry as to eat fat therefore, as you see
I'm as tough as badger, and could eat a jack
and hamper of greens. But here's the stuff
Bone takea ni9
The two gentlemen then helped themselves
literally from the bottle of brandy.
'Thats the ticket" continued Skunk. 'sNow
to business. have spoken to Keen about your
claim. He'll put it through for a hundred dol
lars cash and ten per cent, on the bilPs passage.
| advise you to put it into his hands. He's an
honorable man, assure you, and would trust
him as soon as my own brother"
"You know best" said Nudge. "Tm agree
able.'
(Concluded In cur scrkj
Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1847-05-05

RANK IN THE ARMY.EOr a Darkeys dfrni-
ty.-After portion of the troops had lanced On
the beach near Vera Cruz, on the night Of the
9th of March, a body Of the enemy commenced
brisk FIRE of small arms into the encamr,nen..
Of course, all hands were on the qri rirs. ex-
pecting the Mexicans would make some demo,-
stratlon upon our lines during The night, and
when the firing commenced, concluded ihcrcs-
bout to be general attack. The lines we're
soon formed, and not word could be h, ard
from the soldiery, but there was negro wha
kept running from one little point Of hill to
another, apparently in state of great excite
ment. He finally laid himself fat on his face.
at full length, and commenced working himself
into the soft sand with good deal of energy.
On being asked what he was about, he re-
piled, ri is 'fraid some of dem'ere copper balls
will stop me dfawin' my rashuns." "why
in the devil" asked the party speaking Ia him.
s'don't you get UP and fight themr NO stree.
he said, sfhat's my massa's part OBJ de biznesr:
be done been TO Wes-pnt where dey makes
fghtin people to learn dat, and you don't } q ch
dis niger .neddlin' be-sef Wild odder peoples
bizness. Ny massa does de fghtin' an i waits
on him: If be gets wounded we gets promotei."
"You get promoted. What good will bis pro- !
motion do your inquired the Individual. ssOk
Lor' hab marcy! dat question is been settled
Tong time ago in desc parts down here: cofor-
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THE DOWRY.
BY MISS S. H. BROWNE.


"Restore to me my wealth." said a great lady Il
her husband who was about to put her ava.
for younger bride, and when assured that her for
tune should all return to her, My beauty, my toc
my youth,'' she answered. these are my wealth
restore these, and am content
$50 thou art weary of thy wife,
Inconstant lord of mine;
Thou questonest if the marriage bond
Be quite a bond dirine!
For thou hast clasped whittier hand,
And kissed ruddier check,
y And with false and perjured lip,
Hast dared of love to speak
"Yet be it as thou wilt scorn,
The struggling hand to bind
The allegiance of the heart seek,
And that | cannot find
will not cloud thy darkenng eye,
Once brighter at my stay,
For the sef-same voice that urged me here,
Now hurrics me away!
"But give me back the dover brought
To this thy princely home,
For not the poor and portionless
Did thy bridegroom come:
Ha--s shall my fortune all retHyn9'
Twas ne'er of gold l spake;
Keep the vain glitter Of my gems,
core them for thy sake!
"No-give me back my truer wealth
NV beauty and my youth;
Give back the trustful tenderness
That rested in thy truth
Give back my first, my only love,
In the hearts green springtime given,
Ere vet learned what anguish meant
For earth then seemed like heaven.
90 Give back my souls deep sympathics
Its fondIy anxious fears
And (when thy iightest grief was known)
its fast descending teas!
Give back my morning star Of hope,
Long set TO rise n,ore
3zss is the doury-htis the sceaLA
| bid thee to restore ~
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Amusing Incident.

An amusing incident is pleasantly fecot6st
in the following passage from d letter Of =
writer ndown east:"-@ ai 50 g
ssSancho Panza says, blessed Is the man whs
first invented sleep.'' / do not say, Cured 10
the man who first invented straps on pants.
loons;' but do say, BLESSED is the man that
first abolished their use.' In how many awk.
ward predicaments have they not been the cause
of placing u.s. How much more free! how
much more comfortable! how much more nofs.
rat, to dispense with these pulling. khee-irrita-
ting monstrosities! Is it not enough that we
have 'suspenders,' or sgallowses,' as our iuve-
nile nomenclature used to have it-and a very
suitable name it was, by the way-to bind Us
down to earth with the pressure of the night
mare, but we must also have upward pressure
of the foot-straps, both drawing us together
with the power oftwenty horse hydraulic press.
rebel! For cne, have dispensed with bosA.
straps and suspenders; and / address you, Mr..
Knickerbocker, as man of plain cottisnonsensc,
discretion and age, to do likewise. But all this
is not furthering the object of MY writing 70
you 'on the present OCCASION | wish to tell
you of an incident that occurred to me some
time since, when coming from Haiifax 10 Bos-
ton, on board the packet brig A.. It Is ell
owing to those unhappy straps! One of my
fellow-passenges was a fat old LADY, who SUI
fered very much from sea. sickness, Aiete than
twenty times in the day the old #oih6h would
put the gbod nature of the steward, Aho was
jolly Irishman, to the test, by wishing to be
lugged upon deck, then below again; insomuch,
that they used to call her sMrs. Tee to-tum.'-
Sometimes she longed to recline on the deck;
but then it was cold, and she had nothing to
wrap herself up with. made myself great
favorite with her by spreading out my Buffalo
robe and 'tucking her up with bly, CLOAK. You
have no doubt been to sea, and are acquainted
with the exceedingly easy toilets that GENTLE
men and ladies generally make land unmake)
on ship board. Following the general practice,
usually, in pulling offmy fie-for-shames. hung
them up to the ceiling Of the state-room, oppo-
site the door, with my boots dangling Ia them.
Tie old lHdy's berth was Immediately Opposite r
to mine; aid one fliorhing she woke much eur.
ler than usual, having been prevented from
sleeping by certain, serious qualms.' The
doors of both our state-rooms happened to be
wide open, and Mrs. Tec-to-tum, casting her
eyes over toward mine, saw a sight which would
have made each particular hair TO stand en- end
if she had had any of her own. She shriekel
out the top of her voice: 1Oh, Lord! Oh, lord!
Captain! Steward! Mate! Oh, Lori! oh. Mr.
w. has hung HIMSELF He's dead! he's
deadr Out rush the passengers from every
berth, and down tumbled the whole ships crew;
and such another peal of laughter the broad At
lantic never before echoed. And all tbs Was
caused by my boots dangling in those rsnsa.
loofs by their unfortunate stfapsr'-kAiek.
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of the nullfied surplice, children and husband,
is left, by the report to the imagination
Home Journal.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-15

If the voters Of the State did no, vo:o on
nc question. If our ci:zens could be so
absorbed in maintaining their party prefer
;nce at tho annual election, would 1t be a
suita bio time to determine so important n
matter rs our common schools!
The people Of this State. through their
representatives. have worry properly deemed
the education Of our children, n matter OF
gravo import, one worthy of the exclusive
deliberations of the wisdom Of the State
in convention assembled. If so considered.
aud q system is TO be devised and laid bo-
foro the people. let day be sct apnr,
for lis cnl IN consideration. when the mora
the good and the peaceabo voter will come
gu, 10 tho polls sacuro from party assaults.
or the dobaucherv which TOO often attends
our elections, and has 50 signally driven
the aged and the peaceful from exercising
tho rights of froe citizens, and has loft the
government in tho hands of tho turbulent.
Indiana State Journal.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-15
COMMON SCHOOL CONVENTION.

At the late Common School Convention.
Mr.. Bennett Of Union county, formerly a
member of our Legislature, urged the
necessity of setting apart day uncon-
nected with the annual elections. on which
the voters should be called together to ap-
prove or disapprovo Of the law providing
for system of free schools.
He stated that such was the party rage
exhibited at our annual elections for the
party or for the man of tho party, who
might be embroled by ofTice-seckers. tha.
the voters thought Of nothing else bu,
their own particular faction.-That, last
year. the Legislature provided that each
voter should express on his ticket. whether
he was Tor or against calling n Convention
10 alter the constitution of the S,nte-
This was vastly important proposition to
a people governing themselves. One that
no voter should forget; one in which Free
dom or slavery might have been involved.
But important as the subject was, there
were many counties where scarce a vote
was taken in regard to it, and minority
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-15

A gentleman landing from vessel at
Philadelphia, tho other day, just from
Maricaibo. handed his valise to another on
the wharf, The lid came open and one
hundred and mighty doubIoons. in gold.
descended to the bottom of the river. He
has EN- ployed several men to dive for the
CONS.
Thirty-nine years ngo, only one house.
and that log one. occupied the present
site Of the city Of Rochester. the present
population of which is bout 81 900.
A Vera Cruz correspondent of the Now
York Herald states, that the American
officers a, that post, had collected. in five
days, duties TO the amount Of 500 900.
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For the Palladium.

The warriors Crave.
rz.v ~. oone-bu. ali. where shall the war
WHEN tn. strife Of the battle is hush'd'
When the gorgeous throng' no" sheht IN
death, -,
And tn. strong heart and hand shall be crush !
All, where are these laurels SO pompousiy hung
To dazzle the gddy, and ravish the gay
They are faded and torn. or YEARLY hung
On The "wiIow'' to weep the untimeiy decay
Strong hands and warm hearts, ambition has
iured
To ouench the souls light in the blood Of the
slain;
Through heat and through cold, to hariships
Injured
To destroy what kingdom can never regain.
Here soft strains of music lights up the dark
And paints a bright picture of conquest and
But cold chill of horror, must here intervene,
When the dead and the dying are strewn Ger
the plain!
Here, the life blood Of thousands is ebbing away.
And soon must the spirit depar, to its "rest''-
While the fire Of passion. which burned mid tho
fray,
Then where--oh whe re--shall the war-spirit rest ,
When the strife of the battle is hnsh'dl
When the once gorgeous throng, now silent in
death,
And the strong hca art and hand shall be crush'd :
Oh God. by Thy Mercy-Thy Love--and Thy
Grace
Be pleased to encompass the SOUL!
Where the head may have erred, and the heart is
peace,
Do Thou guide to Thy glorious goal.
lCoNTsASzA.
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S A y T 4 4 y - 4

The New Orleans Bee, in >pe aking Of this aid
and comfort hero, says:
"Now that Santa Anna has done all the mis-
chief that he possibly could. we humbiy suggest
that he be allowed to quit Mexico by similar
process to that employed for restoring him TO the
Republic. As the Presidents passport let him
his Officers in. il is nothing but sheer Justice
that it should let him out. They went to Mexico
by the express will of Mr.. Polk. ami remained
there as long they of the slightest use
in saughtering the Americans. Their occupa-
ton is gone now, and they may boldly claim the
RICH; of egress they did that of ingress
be half prepo Nous ami suicidal measure
the passport by which thew allowed to
re-enter IT, That was the Plus uifra of shallow
cunning and insanity. 1t stands alone in unap-
proachable absurdity.',
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4 RcVOLUrIONAR PATRIOT.

George Isham, who recently died in
knights,own. at 4 very advanced age.
was tho Revolutionary patriot whom we
have mon,lcncd in connection with his son
IN our Local ltorns.' The incidents of
nis life arc worthy OF recollection. He
was born in Colchester, Connecticut. Al
The COMMENCEMENT of tho Revolution he
was appren.iccd to hyscian in his native
town. Such was the demand for troops,
and such the patriotism and self-sacriicing
spirit of his native State, that n law was
passed permitting an apprentice to leave
his master who woaid enter the army, pro-
vided, however that tho master could re-
claim tho :,me of the apprentice thus spent.
George Isham applied, bu! was too young
for soldier. He. however. was received
as drummer, and enlisted during tho war.
If we rightly remember, Mr.. |. was only
twelve or thirteen yoars Of ago, when he
cntornl tho army. He was ut the storm
ing Of Stony-point under Wayne, and at
tho baltic Of Monmouth. The day after
tho latter engagement he was sent out with
mutf1od drum, 10 sist in burying tho dead.
His company then fel, in with a dotach-
mont of British soldiers seat out for the
same purpose, but such was tho cmnity
between them that they oven could no; for
bear Personal abuse on SO solemn an o.
casion.
A ftar pooce ne returned TO Connecticut.
and his master took loyal measures to re-
claim his time. Isham would not put up
with this, and q ID to tho Ear West" Ct hon
Supposed to be located near Pit,sburg) and
settled in the 'ReIstone country" When
tho whisky instruction broke out, he re-
fused to join his neighbors and was tarrea
and teathorcd for his noncompliance. He
took loavo Of all he hal and started for
PniIadephnia. On his way he me, :he
troops sent out by Washington to suppress
this Ia wless band. and he faced abou. and
returned. Bu, dislking such neigh bors.
he soon after moved to the mouth Of the
Little Miami, and when Burr. Biannerhas-
SO, and Smith united in their ,reasona BILE
purposes in tho West, Isham was applied
tho brave were sought for by Burr, and it
vas often said that his selections were
from those exceliing in mental and coura-
gaous qualifications. In q few days, how
over, lsham learned tho purposes Of the
home Of these infatuated men and left
them.
He had that vcncration for Law and
Order 50 characteristic of our Revolution
arv Fathers. He reared largo family
Of sons, mos, Of whom have been cnga ged
in the nrmv, and tho Youngest Of whom
was slain at Cerro Gordo.-Indiana State
'ourna'.
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PORTING PLANrs-INrEREsrING ExPERIMEvrs.-
A, late meeting of the Natural History So
ciety Of Brooklyn. Mr.. Brigham stated the sue
cessful result OF an experiment he had been
making for the purpose of po.ting plants which
had been reared in the ground. in order TO obvi-
tsansplan,ed in the usual way. The Advertiser
says:
ellis experiment.; upon tho chrysantie-
num- arthmesia. around which he made .
small incision directly under the branches. and
then enclosed the trunk in mass Of compost
contained in dowerpot, which he severed for
the purpose. and bound firmly together. The
stalk of the plant was then cut off below the
vessel, and in three weeks innumerable guam
tty of rootlets shot on; from the above incision
and took vigorous hold the soil while the
plant preserved in its pristine freshness and
unfading bloom.
Mr.. stated he had doubt most plants might
be treated successfully in the same way; at all
events. this was subject upon which the anna
teur florist might experime Mt with pleasure and
profit 1t was mentioned that tho Chinese
dwarfed their fruit and other trees in a similar
manner, whereby they have very full crops Of
fruit upon trees only three four feet high
Mr.. Brigham admitted that he had derived the
idea of his experiment from the lecture of Flet-
cher Webster last season. before tho Institute,
the subject of China
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Too MUcH ANxiErY.-Of tho causes
Of disease, anxiety Of tho mind is one of
most frequent. Whom we walk the streets
large commercial towns. VIC can scarce
~ fail to mark the hurried gate and care
worn features Of the we'll dressed pas sem
gers. Scme young mon, indeed. we NAV
see with countenances possessing natural
cheerfulness and color; but these appear.
nnces rarely survive the age Of manhood.
Cuvier closes an eloquent description Of
animal existence and change with tho con-
cluslon, that "lifo is a siaie of force."-
What he would urge in physical vie .wo
may moro strongly urge in n moral. Civili-
cation has changed our character Of mind
as well as Of body. We live in a state Of
unnatural exci.ement;becnusei it is partial,
Irregular, and excessive. Our muscles
waste for want Of action: our nervous sys-
tenn is worn out by excess of action. vi.
tai energy is drawn from tho operations
for which nature designed land devoted
to operations which is neyer contempla-
ted.