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LAUGHABLE NOTICE.

We are indebted to the Warrentown
News for the following advertisement,
which was posted up in tavern in New
bern, while the Legislature was in session
at that place. Mine host, it seems, was
an honest, we'll meaning fellow, who had
conceived an idea that the members were
most undoubtedly the very salt Of the earth
and had listened to the complaints of GER
tain of them, relative to the doings OF few
wilder characters, who did not belong to
their fraternity. Here is notice which he
posted in the most conspicuous places in
the house:
"LooK HERE!-The following rules of
order will be hereafter observed in this ho-
tel: Members Of The General Assembly
will 90 to the tablefrst, and the gentlemen
afterwards"
After reading it over, he did not exactly
like it. 1t didn't say anything about row.
dies and blackguards; so to caution them
particularly, he added:
"Nota Bena.--Rowdies and blackguards
will please not mix with the members, as il
is hard to tell one from the other"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-05-21

SINGULAR PROPERTIES OF THE FIGURE 8,
Multiply by itself, or any other single
figure, and the two figures forming the
product will in each case, if added togeth.
er, amount to nine; for example. 8 multi
piled by is 81, and and l added to-
gether make g.; so on with the other figures.
The figures forming the amount Of 8
1867 80 (viz. 49, will also if added
together, make 9. And if any number
whatever be multiplied by 8, and the fig
ures forming the product be added togeth-
er, make 9. And if any number whatever
be multiplid by 8, and the figures forming
the product be added together, the sum will
either be nine or multiple Of 9. Thus
the product of 578 multiplied by 8 is 5000,
and the amount of these figures added to-
gether is 9, and 4,361 multiplied by 9gives
80, ,249, the sum of which is 27, or three
times 8.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-05-21
HAVE A TRADE.

10 By all means have a trade. Don't 60
ND and down in the world, and find moth.
ing you can put your hand to. No mat
ter if YOU don't have to work for living.
You may not always be prosperous as
YOU are now. This is a mutiliating plan
ct. The man that is up to day may be
down tomorrow Thank Heaven, We
live in no land of primogeniture, heredit-
ary succession. Each man is morally
bound to labor. Have trade, we repeat.
Educate your hands. Have something
YOU carsturn your energies to when times
pinch. at will be an everlasting resource.
We never knew man who, with a good
trade, could not geta good living, and
much more with right application. What
though you are going to college, or into a
profession2 The case is not altered
You need it just as much. II will come in
play every day of your life. tits SO much
the better. Discipline of the hand should
always 90 before that of the head. We
never knew college boy who wasn't bet
ter for q substantial trade. He always
graduates with the highest honors. He is
sure TO be q scholar. The fact is, he
knows how to work-to pore-to conquer.
He but transfers himself from the shop to
the study. Young men! decideat once to
learn q trade. Apply yourself with all
your mind and heart and be its master.
And when you graduate and ask your
diploma, il you do not want. or are not
Obliged TO work at it, you have laid by so
much, and such kind Of wealth can new
er be lost-neyer be taken from you.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-05-21
Volume VIII.
THE OPEN WINDOW.

BY H. W. LoNGFELL0w.
The old house by the lindens
Stood silent in the shade,
And on the gravel pathway, y
.s The light and shadow played.
saw the nursery windows
Wide open to the air,
But the faces of the children
They were no longer there.
The large Newfoundland house dog
Was standing by the door.
He looked for his little playmates,
Who would return no more.
They walked not under the lindens,
They played not in the hall,
But shadow, and silence, and sadness,
y Were hanging over all.
The birds sang in the branches
With sweet, familiar tone,
But the voices Of the children
Will be heard in dreams alone.
And the boy, who walked beside me,
He could not understand
Why closer in mine, all! closer,
pressed his soft, warm hand.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-05-21
ENGLIsH AND AMERICAN RIVERS.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN RIVERS.
In the memoranda of DR.. Breckenrdge's
travels in Europe, some ten years ago, the
following anecdote occurs:
"A gentleman like and we'll informed
Englishman, who was in the stage coach
with me, and who found out | was an
American. after dilating on the greatness,
the beauties. the majesty, in short, of this
noblest of British rivers, (the Thames,
concluded thus: =.
"Sir, it may seem almost incredible to
you, but is nevertheless true, that this pro-
digious stream is, from its mouth to its
source, not much, if at all. short of one
hun dred and fifty miles long!"
looked steadfastly in his face-to see
if he tested; but the gravity of deep con.
yiction was upon it. Indeed John Bull
never iests. After composing myself a
moment, slowly responded:
"Perhaps, sir. you have never heard Of
the Ohio river!'
% 81 think have"
"Perhaps of the Missouri!"
81 think so; though not sure"
"Certainly Of the Mississippi"
"Oh yes, yes"
swell, sir, man will descend the Ohio
in a steamboat of the largest class, thou
sand miles,"
"Of what, sir? how many. sir"
"a thousand miles; and there he will
meet another steamboat Of the same class
which has come in an opposite direction
twelve hundred miles down the Missouri,
and then, after going fifteen hundred miles
more. down the Mississippi-he may see
that flood of waters disembogue by fifty
channels into the sea-"
| had made up my mind to be consid-
cred cheat; so went calmly and en-
phatically through. the statement! AS
progressed my companion seemed some
what disposed to take my story as per-
sonal affront; but at its close, he let down
his visage into contemPtuous pout, and
regularly cut my acquaintance.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-05-21
BEAUTIFUL BELIEF.

II is a beautiful belief,
That ever round our head,
Are lowering on noiseless wing
The spirits of the dead.
1t is beautiful belief,
When ended our career.
That it will be our ministry
TO watch o'er others here.
To bid the mourner cease 10 mourn,
The trembling be forgiven;
To bear away from ills of clay
The infant TO its heaven.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-05-21

Napoleon, during his military career,
fought sixty battles; Cesar fought but
fifty.
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LAWS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
mo. 78.l

AN ACT to provide for the service ofmesne
process in certain cases therein named.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16
THE FINE ARTS.
The National Academy of Design.

In our remaining articles we cannot allow
ourselves the luxury Of length, and shall only indi
cate the impressions made by the works Of which we
speak In Mr. RosslrER's Moral, Physical AMI H.
teectaai fypes Of Beauty" 40 feel more than ever
the danger Of Alegory. Nature is never allegOrcal
We do not mean by this to assert that the artist Is to
be-, H. any degree, the Stare Of Nature. We hold
with Goethe that art IS called 50, because 1t Is not Ma
ture But Nature IS yet the great Prototype Of Art
Not the widest vagary OF the most fantastic paint
eT, but had hint IN his observation Of form and
color. Il may be strangely combined and only par
TALLY reproduced, but the material, whether he
use little or much, came from Nature Raphaers
Sublimes and Madonnas were the portraits Of his
Fomarina and If not of her actual features,
vet stll of the beauty they suggested. Thus
certain persons al certain moments satisfy the imagi
nation as intellectual OF moral tyres vet 1t would be
impossible 10 separate those moments from the
characters and hives o, the persons and leave them
sim significant In tais picture the figures are not
only women but types OF beauty, and not only ibeau-
" but Of completeness IN their several kinds Hence
the Imagination demands symmetry oi sentiment and
OF expression. No character perfect without Just
balance Of each quality here typfet Therefore
each figure must show or imply something OF the
euahty Of Tie others and the group must MAKE the
impression of a single beautiful claTa,i ter This IS
absolutely necessary. The arts; has lof himself
and Us no discretion Each figure must please be-
cause II IS type Of Beauty and there can be plea
sure TO The imagination IL beautiful woman without
sense. OF sensible woman without beauty, ora good
woman without either sense or beauty. Consider
how The hghes, AT has always managed this matter
TIE Greek Divntes were iii certain senses allccori-
cal Bur IN the Venus de Medici and the Venus d. Nj
10. what difference. yet what unity Each is Venus
But lie type OF Love and Beauty Is no. formally re-
>ircied 10 partial much less 10 any academic treat
ment. So Raphaels Faith Hope and Charity ex-
press clearly their several thoughts, but not too
exclusively Il i picture - The mind nc: to the
eye. Fornmus be always The alll, Is It Is the hope
Of ant II anegoH,
Thai Tie essential meaning growing sAlald eIeesl ihs
SPECIAL symbol
Then as 20 the judgment % experience Does the
woman " 10 s the most beautiful Intellectual type
chil Us with the saiunne severity Of this brunette
The azure hue Of whose hose We sadly suspect Is
blooming health and physical perfection Of beauty
SO solely sensuous IN impression that Of the en-
Ton po'Ht which is plainly developing itself before the
'arfor' And the mere sweetness Of the spirtualtype
NETS before the remembrance Of many a Madonna
moro human and more celestial. too and reminds us
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16
LETTERS OF AN EMILE. No. Xf.
Ruined Condition of the Turkish People.
A,A.MINoR. Saturlay. March 9. -

hclA-MlNuk' Sdiutldls M,ICA ~, 1871.
To he Editors or The Nrtc- York Trbusc
have still so much to tell YOU about the East.
tha, unknown and splendid world, that | must
turn back from the old and dccrepid Europe to
this land of natural beauties and primitive good
ness II is a melancholy spectacle indeed to see
such wealth. both physical and moral, los, and
paralyzed by absurd laws and a childish admins
tration. Such beautiful country, such boun-
teous fields, such generous natures, such quick
ntelleots-and all producing nothing but wilder
nesses, poverty, immortality and ignorance. As
| ssld before. there Is no SchooLnaSter, no doc
tor, no apothecay, no surgeon. no engineer III
any of the Provinces OF the Ottoman Empire, e1-
oept here and there, an Italian refugee who has
obtained a place IN the household Of some Pscha.
or has gone forth a. his own cost 20 try II he can
gain has living by administering advice and me-
dicine to these forlom populations Blu, have
not yet spoken Of the Turkish system Of taxes. as
Il Is established in the Provinces, and Of the lot
OF misery that II creates Tor rs victims
Il Is difficult for a European of tie Nineteenth
Century to imagine a system Of taxes equally
rulnous for the people who bear II, and Tor tn.
Government that establishes II But such pro
blem Of political economy Is daily solved 10y the
Turkish Administration. Its system Of taxation
Is ruinous for itself in lis very nature and rum
Gus for the people IN lis execution.
The Turkish Government takes for itself the
tenth part OF the productions Of the soil, and
takes them IN Kind, submitting to the inevitable
losses that such system ensures. Sull. these
losses could be regulated and moderated by a
wise and honest administration, but as such
thing - not TO be found IN Turkey, they become
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16
Foreign Items,

The foreign English mails which have been dis
patched this month are the heaviest ever known
The East India mail made up IN the General Post
Office last week, consisted OF nearly fifty boxes Of
correspondence over and above the highest number
Of boxes ever dispatched by such a mail Each Dor
weighed about threc-quartcrs of hundred weight
The cause Of the heayness of the foreign mails IL
the immense number Of newspapers containing par
uculars Of the Great Exhibition. which are now be.
ing sent abroad
The port Of Ilavre is about 10 be visited by 10
ulla OF a novel kind There has existed at S. Pc
tershureh for the last three years yacht club orga
nl2od on the model OF that OF London The most
eminent percentages and the richest young men Of
Russia form pant OF TINS club, which includes among
It's members the Grand Duke Constantine the son OF
the Emperor, and High Admiral In order 10 form
part Of tins club is necessary possess al least Ons
yacht or small vessel rugged as brig and capable OF
carrying crew Of twenty-five men. The Emperor
as special favor, and IN order to encourage the do
yelopment of shlp-bulding, has granted permission
to the members Of this club 10 cruise for certain
time and call at the ports of different countries The
~ PeterSbureh acht Club has consequently de-
cded on sending deputatIOn Of its members to visit
The Exhibition IN London, and that II shall sail De
tW een the 18th and Goth inst great number OF The
other members Of The club viii JON THIS depItaOn,
and they VIII together form small hOta Of from
twenty 10 twenty FIVE vessels. among which Will be
three steam yachts the Peter the Great the Pultawa,
and the Caiharine II, the models ofwhose machinery
are in the Exhibition The nOtila viii first proceed
TO Hayrc, where, IN consequence OF the present
crowded state OF the Thames part Of the vessels
Will remain, and a division Of only SIX yachts viii
thence proceed 70 London
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16

Several years since the Polish Prince
Adam Czartorysh founded d Colony of Poles upon
the Asia..c coast abou; hours journey from Con.
siantlnople, called frcn HIN Adamkenis Hebought
the land II the Turkish Government. and left Il TO
his counirmen, with implements, &c TO be after.
ward paid for. A0er the late hungarian Revolution.
the iuglses iroOpei thither b. crowds and demanded
20 b. received. But the Old colonists, who had iust
begun 20 enjoy the fruits OF their labors were not al
al Jealous II the matter, and wished only the real
workers snt undou5ted Poles 70 enjoy the rights Of
the settlement. Recently. trouble has arisen be-
tween tie Prince and the Colony, which was set
Ted by The removal OF ire right Of the colonlsis TO
the ground, who pay large sum mortgaged upon
the community In the village only Poles live.
speech, habits and laws are all Polish, and it must
be confessed zeal and industry and order and clean
hness' have made Paradise Of region so desolaie
lev years since. tasteful chapel invites the
faithful TO worship, and the traveller is charmed with
tins discovery, in the midst OF Turkish villages, OF
colony whose dress, speech and habits beiray 50
different nationality.
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treatment, would have answered as wei the paie''e-
purposes Of the artist.
~ Study for an Angel in a Composite" % Me
Mar.es at the Torab Of CHRISTI 1884, IS by far the
nost agreeable work We have ever seen from the
hands Of Mr. Freeman The human sympathy
awakened ~ the picture does not IN the least disturb
our delight There Is celestial purity IN the earnest
features and the whole ardent sweep Of the move
ment : most successful and satisfactory The treat
ment Is broad and ford. although not at all eab-
orate. and the Venetian brightness that breathss
through the picture showing that the artist has sean
and loved Titan and Tinioret. Is not, for that the
less fascinating. The face, too, has what IS much
sought and always mentioned IN similar pictures
ard that =. beauty But the hauntingly beautiful
faces IN painting might be told any Summer morn
ing before the dew is dry.
In No eos. " What can Young Lassis do tes' "a
Oh Ha,. p" we DO not find the charming, sparkling
spirit Of Burns's song but rcpulsive picture. Nj
EDEoxps has certainly misconceIved the meaning OF
the poet This melancholy contrast Of pulling imbe-
citv with hoyden impudcnce was not the fine fancy
Of the song The woman here i not arch, the man
Is only disgusting 1t is the too faithful represents
ton Of a frequent fact which has neither poetry nor
beauty. a brawny Young wife ready to be amorouS of
any sturdy plowman and despsinS the wreck Of a
husband II this is what the poet meant, 1t was not
worth while 10 give It the papabiity of paint II be
meant something more delicate and gay, the painter
has been unjust to him.
WhoW turn Grindstone" Uls) by Mr.. MOUNT, Is
oEs of his characteristic bits of Yankee life. II Is
genuine and truthful in sentiment, although the
treatment IS mperiect-it Is too streaked ana pale
We ike better Just N T'ne.' So although we
rogrot tho narrOvncs% of the circle. which IS vet
Characteristic and individual IN which this artist re-
wolves
Dsgbe7r ami Vcrges ,r'tt n. Watc1'" Q64) by
Mr. JOHN CRAScH, Is full of humorous feeling and
the propretes Of the are admirably preserved
in the truly Italian landscape OF the picture. The
solemn stupidity of him TO whom reading and W.T.
ting came by Nature and his earnest deSlrs OF tho
comprchcnson OF all vagrom men, are given with a
Just and delicate feeling of the force Of the characisr
The color is somewhat heavy and monotonous
@. c.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT WITH Loss OF
LiFE-Rev west June 9-On Tuesday last 81 inst,
al abOut4 N , as the crew Ofthe British brig Sprlgm
~ were engaged IN her hold pryng out heavy pieces
Of cast IRON, belonging To the Lighthouse now build
ing al Sand Key, apt. Arson, her commander, wish
ing TO give some Instructions, went into the hold az
the time they were endeavOrinE 20 handle Of the
pieces Of casting when II started, striking him on the
back part Of his head. and jammlng HIM against the
SIDE OF the vessel. Al efforts were made 10 eKircae
him. He was conveyed 10 Mr Tits warehouse,
where medical attendance Was promptly brought,
through Doctors Ol!ara and Jones. The poor man
never spoke, although much bruised and suffering Sc
verely. He died Oh the same evening az about 7.
NJ. lie was buried on Wednesday afternoon the An
INST, at + NJ. As mark of respect, the flags Of our
shipping were al A2lmast also those OF the Custom
House and Foreign COnsuls, during the day. Our
Island continues very healthy--weather unusually
warm-Dusiness scarce. The L : Survey steamer
Heizel Will leave here the 10Th INST, agreeable 20
orders, for New-lOrk. Lieut.. Mead arrived here per
steamer 10 take charge Of the Light, formerly IN
charge Of the late MAJOR Linnard But understand
that as the fixtures have not yet arrived from New,
orb, the Workmen Will leave here about Isl OF
July next. Some 20 bales Of cotton, found anoas
along the Reef and among the Keys marked n o. "
have been sold within the last two weeks by the I.
; Marshal, ard at auction by the bale at $l7. TO 81
Many Of item appeared burnt or crisped Il the ehd'
as though they had been scorched. They were prop
ably from some vessels deck load. The first sAle
took place on The 25d May The Court will a"@fd
salvage, anc retain residue for claimants.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-16

II The General Conference OF the
bunker religious sect was at the last dates holding
us annual session near New Hope, Augusta County,
Va, numbering from five TO ten thousand peIsons'
from all parts Of the Union. They met IN the "o9esi
and the editor o! the StautoH Spectator VINO Nsse
the camp. observes Beside the people, there were
fIom ten 20 fifteen acres Of horses IN the wooes.
There seemed 10 be- one or more horses tied TO ese
tree, as far The eve couls penetrate the u es
numerous adherents IN certain portions OF Pehnsy.
wanna where they bear high character for naus"''
thrift, morality. and intelligence.
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For The Tribune
THE IMAGINARY PAINTER
ny " f. CLAIMING.

HAVE not spent the days IN vain
Among the wolds in snow and ram.
Nor sunk my thoughts IN valleys deep.
Where the marlsh waters sleep;
For wolds, and wales, and woods, and hills
Have kept me clean from worldly Ills,
Me they garlanded with health
That superior crown Of wealth.
And with spirits they have cheered me,
And to solitude endeared me.
Best Of all, If Autumn keeps
His grand state amid the deepS
OF the royal pine-wood sleeping,
There, with feet of velvet, creeping,
Through the slant boughs of the trees,
Whispering not the faintest breeze,
have marked a spell so fair,
Sown upon the silent air
That my mood hung pictures all
Round the sober wOod-God's hall.
Thus an artist became,
BY whose touch all pictures tame
Whether charming Claude had painted,
Or PouSSin SO rashly salnted,
Much O'ercame the velvet Brill,
And Jean Both dear child Of skill.
For the sky my colors laid,
And the green lights of the shade,
Where some lovers, seated nigh,
Echo to the hills the sigh
OF the engthening shadows cool,
Pressed upon the upland pool.
Then, the peasants roof reposing,
With the cattle near 1t doing
Honey as the lazy smoke
Curling through the leafess oak,
And the gray tnts Of the house
Darker grow, nor moves mouse
Either IN the barn CT mill
Not tho linden on the hill.
Where beyond, the vanished lake
All the yellow uplands take
For Their plllo~ smooth and clean.
While he smoky naples lean
Like a wrath DER Evenings brow,
Waiting for the midnight rough
Ofthe placid frozen air,
Dreaming in his sunset chair
Shun the marble gallerys shrine,
Pitched to Piranesis line,
Fly old Doua's glittering story
Great Borghcse's sybil- glory,
And the PittI palace rch,
And the Yatcan's famed niche,
When on the horizons wall,
Ny commanding p c!nres call
Every eye and every heart
To serene Autumnal art
Truce to heavenly G5ethe's saw,
Farewell Durer's fatous law,
Da Vinci seems not Worth pin,
Cast that English Turner in,
Every hill IN shadow cool,
And green light N the pool
All the artists, arts and ages
Cannot family turn these pages.
Children would you mimic Nature,
That Chameleon Protean creature,
Who upon the uplands dry,
With pncking cricket's cry,
And the rails in some Old fence
Can absorb each pulse Of sense,
Change the Titian-tlnt to ashes,
And Cuyp's golden lights TO splashes
Of mere mud and dirty water,
That your weary pencils brought her
Chalk the level cobwebs creeping
Glaze the cold-pressed shadow sleeping
Der the oaken copses low,
Where perfumed Gnaphaliums grow,
And the wave Of Duganne's lane,
Red from Wild IIut-meadow's stain,
And Conantums proud array,
Pastures, parks, and waters play,
Paint the feeling which have
When these Gods my senses brave.
steal my blue horizon round,
And The arrowy Indians ground,
And Tie sliding Concords reach.
Ere Of Art we sadly preach
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~ ]. NJ. Clifford has been arrested az
Macon, Ga, for attempting to abduct several peg0s