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Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

For GossIps.-The following para
graph, which we find floating in the
newspapers, lays it on the goss.ps with
an unsparing hand;
"The slanderous woman poiSons the
atmosphere of her entire neigh hborhood
and blasts the sanctities of thousand
homes with a single breath. From a
woman of this class nothing is sacred;
she gattens upon calumny and upon
slaughtered regulations. She is the
Ghoul of Eastern story transferred from
the Arabian Nights to the fireside circle.
She never asserts anything-she merely
hints, aud supposes, and whispers what
they say. Every neighborhood in the
CITY is infested with some creature Of this
sort aud in country towns they are often
afflicted with two or three of the Ghoul
Women; one is enough to set a hundred
families by the ears, two can break up a
church, three are sufficient to any kind
of mischief, from the separating the hus-
band from his wife, to blasting the fame
of s.aiuless girl. A pure woman is
simply an angel embodied in human
shape; slanderous woman is something
worse than cholera. certainly as infectious
as the yellow fever"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

INCONSISTENCY OF HUMAN DEsIR S.
Every thing is marked at a settled price.
Our time, our labour, our ingenuity, is so
much ready money, which we are to lay
out to the best advantage. Examine,
compare, choose, reject, but stand by
your own judgement, and do not, like
children, when you have purchased one
thing. repine that you did not posses an
other, which you would not purchase
Would you be rich! Do you think that
the single point worth sacrificing every
thing else to? You may then be rich
Thousands have become so from the low
est beginnings, by toll, and diligence, and
attention to the mnutest articles oil eX-
pense and profit. But you must give up
the pleasures of leisure. of an unembar-
rassed mind. and of free, unsuspicious
temper. You mus: learn to do hard, II
not unjust things;,an as for the embarrass-
ment Of DELICATE and ingenious spirit,
it is necessary for you to get rid ct IT as
fast as possible. You must not stop to
enlarge your mind, polish your taste, or
refine your sentiments, but must keep on
in one unbeaten track. without turning
aside to the right hand or the left. "But,
Won saw, II cannot submit to drndSery
like this; l feel spirit above It. rs
well--be above il, then; only Go not re-
nine because you are not rlch.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

elder Berry wine.' said Mrs. Parting
ton, as she looked strait at the tea-kettle
as it steamed over the fire, "has the dear
old elder left preaching. and gone to
making wine! For the stomach's sake,
merely. dare say. What a powerful
preacher he was, ! lever shall forget
how he spoke about young Shad that
desecrated his neck while riding his
horse on; on Lords day. Says he "How
dreadful was that young mans latter end!
the horse ran away with him. leapej over
a precipice, and he. instead of saying,
Lord save my soul, cried out, Oh
the horse"' Every body was electrified.
and there wasn't dry eye in the ordi-
nance. Well, ;" continued she. u hope he
will do well in his new invocation, and
be careful and put his new wine into new
bottles" She here dropped off suddenly
with a gentle murmur. as she nodded her
head, of, "Elder Berry
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

SYNONYMOUS WoRDs.-The ithern
Literary Gazette tells the following good
story:
During a recent visit to Camden. we
saw several localities associated with the
stirring events OF our revolutionary strug,
Gle. The house of Lord CORVALLIS is in
an excellent state Of preservation. 1t
stands on the outskirts Of the town.
About two miles distant is the spring,
nigh which General Green and his army
were encamped when the British, under
Lord Rawdon, surprised them at daybreak
and compelled them to retreat. A
French officer, who was with the Ameri-
can Army at the time, was subsequent,
ly guest of a gentleman in the vicinity,
and the conversation turning upon the
events alluded to, some one denied that
the approach of Lord Rawdon TO the
American camp was a surprise. The
French officer Immediately, "Sacre. l
know not vot you call Won surprise, it
ceytGi,,n,en,t vos Won d-n great astonish.
men,.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

THE FIRST WEDDiNG.-Major Noah
thus pleasantly and philsophically dis
courses upon the "frst wedding" He
says: "We like short courtships, and in
this Adam acted like sensible mamie
fell asleep a bachelor and awoke to find
himself a married man. He appears to
have popped the question almost inn
mediately after meeting Md'lle Eve, and
she without any Irritation or shyness gave
him kiss and herself OF that first kiss
in this world we have had however our
own thoughts, and sometimes in poeti-
cal mood have wished we were the man
what did it, But the deed is done-the
chance was Adams and he improved it.
1--WE like the notion Of getting married
in garden. 1t is i'll good taste. We like
private wedding. Adams was private,
No envions beauX were there; no croak-
ing old maids; no chattering aunts and
grumbling grapdmothers. The birds OF
heaven were the Ministries aud the glad
sky Gupg its light upon :he scene.
Gone thing about the first wedding
brings quear things 10 us, in spite of its
scriptural truth Adam and his wife were
rather Young to be married-some two or
three days old according to the sagest
speculation of theologiars-mere babies
larger but not older-wIthout expert
ence-wthout pot or ke;tle-nothing
but love aud Eden"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28
JENNY LIND, -BELLETTI, &c, &c

Some OF our exchange papers state that
Jenny Lind is married to Beletti!but that
nolicy will not allow the publication OF
the bands. We happen to k,O1o that
this is a mistake; Jenny Lind is not mar
ried to Bellett, and, i: is probable, never
will be. While the parties were IN this
citv we conversed with one of the COM
pany. Mr.. Rosenberg, author OF the "Blrd
Song" that Mademoiselle L Llnd sings.
and another of her pieces, and he REFER
red in our hearing to the remarks in the
papers, emphaticaly contradictilnng them.
Mr.. Rs work, a history of Jenny Lnd's
concerts, &C.. &c, will be published soon,
and will corroborate the above. Again,
there is no quarrel between Mad'lle Lind
and Barnum, although their intercourse
is not happy, because Jenny Lind found
that things were differently managed with
regard to her concerts from what she de-
sired and expected. Mad'lle Lind is ac
companied by her relatives and friends
independent Of Belletti, Barnum, or any
body else.-Cm. Com, May 1st.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

The London Morning Chronicle is the
principal advocate of M. Claussin' discov-
cries in the preparation of flax cotton,
and brings forward every argument to
show the necessity that England should
be placed in a perfectly independent posi-
ton as regards her supply of cotton
from the United States. In recent ar
ticle it says
That movements in cotton during the
last wear have been Of the most extraor-
dinary character, both in England and in
the United States-that the uncertainty
which has existed, and still exist, regard
ing the extent of the crop, has had very
INJURIOUS effect upon all the branches of
Industry dependent upon supply Of this
staple for their employment; and the
value of raw material, and, consequently,
of manufactures. has been Influenced al
most entirely by the more or less favora-
BILE accounts received from America re-
garding it.
The effect of this has been to limit
business. buyers having confined their
purchases to the execution OF actual or
ders, and the manufacturers have only
bought for their immediate wants. The
circular of Messrs. Du Fay & Co, Of
Manchester, is quoted to show the effect
produced by high prices upon the con
sumption and the relative profits derived
from it. The circular states that the
consumption of cotton in 1880 was about
fortY-two millions of pounds less than in
the previous year, but the country paid
G4,7OO,OOO more for it than for the con-
sumption of 1S49.
Now, the London Economist, and al
most every leading newspaper in Eng
land took the utmost pains last year to
show tnat the consumption of cotton had
more than overtaken its supply, and that
its prices naust advance to, and continue
at 15 cents pound, as the lowest figure.
Why was all this done! The planters
made more cotton and had less desire to
engage in manufacturing cotton because
they were assured, by such good au-
thority, that heir staple would continue
to bring high price, and they had not the
capacity 10 overstock the market. The
English wanted 20 get cotton. 10 get 1t
cheap, they had to stimulate production.
This is the explanation. and the cotton
planters will, by and by, fully understand
the game that England has been playing
with them.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

LAST WoRDs OF THE PRESIDENTS
When Washington was 67 years old he
laid upon his death bed. I find I am dy.
ing" said he my breath cannot last
long. And again: Doctor, I die hard
but am not afraiG 20 GO; believed. from
my first attack. should not survive it;
my breath cannot last long And SO he
ceased to breathe.
More than quarter of a century elaps-
ed before similar scene was witnessed.
Then, on the same day the first jubilee
of the nation, Adams, at 80 years of age
and Jefferson at So. came down to their
last hour. Il resign myself to my God,
said Jefferson, 'and my child to my coun-
try Soon after Adams exclaimed, 'in-
dependence forever1 and all was over
They, TOO, ceased to breathe.
Five years after this, at II years Of
age, Monroe ceased to breathe.
Five years after this, at S5 years of
age, Madison ceased 10 breathe.
Nearly five years after this, at 6S years
of age, Harrison remarked: Sir. 1 wish
you 10 understand the true principles Of
the government; I wish them carried out;
/ ask nothing more and he ceased to
breathe.
-Four years after this, at IS years of
age, Jackson observed, in substance:
My sufferings though great, are nothing
in comparison with those of my dying
Saviour, through whose death | look for
everlasting happiness And he ceased
to breathe.
In less than three years after this, at
81 years of age, the second Adams de-
clared: This is the last of earth l am
content, and he ceased to breathe.
In little more than one year after
this, at So years of age Polk bowed his
head in baptism, con(essing his Saviour.
And he ceased to breathe.
The lanented Taylor, at 65 years of
age, submitted to the solemn decree. 1
am ready for the summons said he; i
have endeavored to do my duty, ! am
sorry to leave my friends. and he ceased
to Tioga Nv. " Eagle,
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

As 1T SHOULD BE.-We are glad to
know, by paragraph, in a New York
paper, that very many gentlemen in that
city, who are sufficiently wealthy to edu-
cate their sons at College, are making
mechanics Of them, instead OF embalm-
ing them in the mummy oblivion of
lawyers Office. Says the Mirror:
"The Bar is no longer the resort of the
ambitious youths Of our country. Tho
mechanic departments are being prefer
red; there are now thirty young men IN
this city, that have received liberal edu-
cations, who are serving their times as
shipwrights. architects, carpenters. DC.
In a few years, the United States will
have the mos, accomplished mechanics
in the world A new class is sprlnging
up, who will put the present race OF me,
chanics in the shade. The union OF a
substantial education with mechanical
skill, will effect this. Indeed. already
We could name some mechanics, who
are excellent mathematicians, acquaint-
ed with French aud German, and able to
study the books in those languages con-
nected with their vocations. Heretofore.
fond fathers were wont to educate sons
as doctors or lawyers, 10 insure their res7
pectabilty aud success. That day IL
passed. Mechanics will now take the
lead, and in few years will supply the
large portion OF the State and Federal
government"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

HoMF.-I know of no. passage in clas
sical lite esature more beautiful or affect.
ing than tina. where Xenophon, in his An.
abasis, describes the effect produced on
the remnant of ten thousand Greeks when
after having passed through dangers with
out number they at length ascended sa-
cred mountain, and, from its peak and
summit caught sight of the sea. Dash
ing their bucklers, with hymn of Joy
they rushed unanimously forward
Some wept with the fullness of their de-
lirious pleasure, others laughed, and more
fell on their knees and blessed the broad
ocean, Across its blue waters, little float
ing sea-birds, the memorials Of their hap
Ply homes came and famed their weary
souls. All The perils they had encoun-
tered, all the companions they had lost,
all the miserles they had endured, were
III an instant forgotten, and nought was
with them but the gentle phantoms of
past and future Joys. One was again
securing on his heet-steed across the
hoof-troddenp plains of Thessaly; another
reclined beaeath the nower-crowned
rocks of Aradia, and gazed into the
dreamy eyes If her whose form, amid bat
tie and bivolac, was ever with him;
third recalled that proud day when. before
the streamingeyes of his overjoyed pa
rents, and amid the reclamation of all
Greece, he boe offrom amid competitors
the laurel wreath of the OIympian vic-
tor.
Oh. home magical SPELL al! power
ful home. how strong must have been
thy influence, when thy faintest memory
could canse thess bronzed heroes Of a
thousand fights to weep like fearful wo-
men! With the cooling freshness of
desert fountain, with the sweet fragrance
OF flower found in winter, you come
across the great waters to those wander
ing men, aud beneath the peaceful shad-
ow of yoar wings their souls found
rest!
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

MAzzINI, THE ROMAN PATRIoT-The
conspirator Mazzini, as he was called,
was tor thirteen years the marked man Of
European despotism. Had he dared to
set his foot in his native Genoa, or in any
other spot of The land which had exiled
him, death by the halter, or by the bull
let, would have been his invitable fate.
In Austria, in Russia, or any other part
of eastern Europe, his capture would
have been paid for by purses of gold.
France. Switzerland, and Ems land, were
the only countries that could receive the
fugitive. Now here, now there-watch-
ed, prescribed, feared--he still pursued
his design, wandering myth of insuf-
rection, the very spirit of conspiracy in
carnate. Wherever plot against des-
potism was going on, there was Nfazzini,
either by person or by correspondence;
sometimes TO stir up. at other times to
repress, and inculcate prudence. Across
the Alps, all Italy looked to him; young
Italy, that dared not speak his name,
thought of him, and prayed for him, At
last neither Switzerland nor France
would give asylum to such man; Eng
land alone could afford him refugee
For some years accordingly, he was an
inhab abitant of London, a poor, obscure
Italian, as it seemed, earning livelihood
by literature. The great mass Of people
he lived amidst knew nothing about him.
Sometimes his name would appear in a
newspaper, coupled With a calunny.-
Sometimes, in room one person would
whisper to another, "There is MazZini;"
and the eye of the person so addressed,
would rest, with more or less interest,
on the slight figure of a man remarkable
among thousand for the burning keen
ness of his eye, and the intense and earn
est melancholy of his pale countenance.
Of those who knew him more intimately.
we never knew one that did not speak Of
him as a noble and true man; man of
lrreproachable rectitnd, and the most ex-
quisi;e sensibilities; the very soul of chiv-
airy and honor. Even those who disa-
greed with him III the whole tenor of his
speculations, and who are disposed to re-
gard him as one mised by restless en-
thusiasm that had nothing to do with
facts, aud the facts would nevef acknowl-
edge, admired his indestructlble magma
nimlty and his heroic perseverance. And
over such as were at one time with him
in political faith, his power amounted to
absolute fascination. They were never
tired of talking of him, of seeing him. OF
listening to him. They worshipped him
with a fervor all but religious.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

Mr.. FoRREsT.-Hhe tables turning
The Supreme Court of New York dis
solved the injunction which restralns hlm
from molesting his wife, also the inlunc-
ton restraining him from alternating his
property, but enforced his disability 70
PROSECUTE suit for divorce in PennsylVa-
MIA.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

A ROMAN SuNsEr.--Chateaubrland
said, speaking of an Italian sunset ~ =,
seemed as though all the purple OF NOME .
Consuls and Caesars were sPreau o"t :
under the last footsteps OF the Ood Oh
day."
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

"S,upidty." said testy lawyer, "I
believe the jury have been innoculated
fo. stupidity" 'That may be- replied
his opponent, "but the bar and the court
are of the opinion that you had it in the
natural way"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

The EVERY DAY MARRIED LADY.-Ihe
every day married lady is the inventor of
a thing which few foreign nations have
as yet adopted either in their houses or
language. This thing is comfort" Ihe
word cannot be we'll denied; the items
that enter into its compositions being so
numerous that description would read
like a catalogue. We all understand
however, what it means. although few
of US are sensible Of the source OF the
enjoyment A widower has very little
comfort and bachelor none at all-whle
a married man, provided his wife be an
every day woman-enjoys it in perfection.
But he enjoys in uEconsciously, and there,
fore ungratefully; it is a thing of course
a necessary, a right Of the want OF which
he complains without being distinctly
sensible of its presence. Even when II
acquires sufficient intensity to arrest its
attention, when his features and his heart
soften. and he looks around with a half
smile on his face, and says: "Ihls is
comfort it never occurs 10 him to III
uuire where it all comes from. His every
day wife is sitting quietly in the corner;
it was not she who lighted the tire, or
dressed the dinner, or threw the curtains;
and it never occurs to him to think wha:
all these, and q HUNDRED other clrcum-
STANCES Of the moment, owe their virtue
to her spriting; aud that the comfort
which enriches the atmosphere, which
sparkles in the embers which broods in
the shadowy parts Of the room, which
glows in his own full heart, emanates
from her and encircles her like an aureola.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

STATUE OF WEBsTER-It is stated ia
the International Monthly Magazine for
April that it is in contemplation to place
in The Park Of New York City. colos-
sal figure of Mr.. Webster. by Hiram Pow:
erS
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

NAPoLEoN's CoAT OF MAIL.-Just be.
fore Napoleon set out for Belgium, he
sent for the cleverest artisan OF his class
in Paris, and demanded of him whether
he would engage to make coat Of mail
TO be worn under the ordinary dfess,l
which should be absolutely bullet-proof;::
and that, if so, he might name his pTiceI
for sucn a work. The man engaged to3
make the desired object, if allowed pop!
er time, and he named eighteen thousand
francs as the price of it. The bargain
was concluded, and in due time tae work
was produced. and the artisan honoret
with second audience Of the E,npe,-f.
"Now," said his Imperial Majesty. Put
it on" The man did So "As l am to
stake my life on its efficacy, you will. l
suppose, have no objection TO do the
same" And he took brace of pistols,
and prepared to discharge one of them at
the breast of the astonished artist. There
was no retreating. however, and, half-dead
with fear, he stood the fire, and, to the in-
punity. But the Emperor wasnol content
with one trial He fired the second pistol
at the back Of the artist, and Afterwards
discharged fowling,piece at another part
of him, with similar effect. "Well. said
the Emperor, 'you have produced cap
ital work undoubtedly. What is to be
the price of it?" Eighteen thousand
francs were named as the agreed sum-
There is an order for them" said the
Emperor, "and here is another Tor an
equal sun, for the fright l have given
you"
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

Love is like the measels-ail the worse
for coming late in life. Girls who hest
tate will please notice.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

Among the curiosities lately added to
Schenectady Museum, is a musquitoe's
bladder. containing the souls OF twenty
four misers, and the fortunes Of twelve
printers-nearly half full.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

The hasty divulgers of news generally
bring on themselves the trouble OF con:
tradicting it.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

GEMS OF THouGHr.-A loving hear
eincloses within itself an unfading -ant
eternal Eden. ----
/ Our wishes are but the idle blossomi
of the tree of human life. seldom bearing
/ fruits.
None go to heaven but those who
have taste for it on EARTH. -
| A.pure mind can derive more enjoy
ment from this world, and from the
| senses. than an impure mind. This is
/ true even of the lowest senses.
Gold is but poor legacy in compari-
| son with immortal thought. The one is
human, worthless; the other divine, in-
valuable.
Birds of Paradise always fly against
the wind, and heavenly minded souls
move against the current.
Some there are who gaze in:ently into
the well of truth, bu: only in hopes Of
seeing their own imrnage rejecting in it.
The more tender and delicate the blos-
SONS of Joy, the purer must be the haLd
that will Gull them.
The chief source Of human discomfort
is to be looked for no. in real, but IN our
fictitious wants: not in the demand Of
nature, but in the artificial cravings Of
desire.
A correct taste is ever the concomi-
.ant of a chaste mind; for. as a celebra--
ted a'sthor has justly observed, "our taste
commo"v declines with our merit"
Ihe pr'aer element of man is constant
activity. Ee waters Of life are like
those of the ksthesda pool-it is only
when they are asitated they are health
full.
In times of natio,al disorder, great
men rise 10 the summitof affairs as Ger.
tainiy as the large Jumps ~o,ne to the top
when you shake sugar-boM
Sin is a kind of insanity. - far as il
goes, it makes man an irrational c,ature:
il makes hun fool. The consumm.4ion
Of sin is. ever, and in every form, the e-.
,reme of folly. And it is that most pita-
bic folly which is pulled up, with AFRO,
gance and self-sufficiency.
| cannot help thinking that ones ma
tive tongue has certain natural adoption
to ones mind which foreign words never
can attain. Early and often as l have
heard tae word, "Amen," I do not under
stand it as l do $50 be it," 1t does not
speak to the soul. l have to translate
it,
Self-knowledg is said to be the way
to virtue. 1t would be more correct TO say,
that virtue is the way TO self-knowledge.
A pure mind, like diamond is clouded
by the slightest defilement, and does not
see till after its publication how many
specks and stains still dis6gure its holes
and corners.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

We may CLEAN knowledge by reading.
but the chaf must be separated from the
wheat by thinking.
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

PT. Barnum, is the richest Snowman
in the world, he having made i'll the last
eight years over SS00,000. ..
Washington telegraph., 1851-05-28

MExIco.-The rejection by the Senate
OF Garay's contract, in relation to the
Ishuan,epec route. is formally announced
In the Mexican papers.