American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-09

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Such well-directed powers,
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Become hand Of oursg 4 rs
Where are Mr.. Paine and his water gas n
IDhz. Sun.
Mr. Paine is here, busy and hopeful as ever.
POINT OF LAw.-Blackstone, speaking of the
right Of wife to dover, asserts. that If land
abide in the husband a single moment, the wife
shnll be endowed thereof; and he adds. that
the doctrine was extended very far by jury.in
Males, where the father and son were hanged
at the same time but the son was supposed to
survive the father, by appearing to struggle the
longest; whereby he became seized Of an estate
by survivorship; in consequence of which sci
cure his wife obtained a verdict for DOVER III
FEMALE DocToRs.--Mrs. Sarah j. Hale. in
an article in Godey's Ladsy'S Book for August,
takes strong ground in favor of the practice of
medicine by females. She says " there are a
few self-evident propositions, and it would be
questioning the common sense of mankind to
doubt the general belief on these points. One
49, that women are by nature better qualified
than men to take charge of the sick and suffer-
ing; second, that mothers should know the
best means of preserving the health Of their
children; and third point is, that female ply
sicians are the proper attendants for their own
sex in the hour Of sorrow.o 34.g IT isiBp9R
The STEAM sPRopELLRR LAFAYETTE, under
going repairs in New York, has been furnished
with coating of q composition formed of arse
mic and other chemical ingredients destructive
to insect life and known as "WiIliams's Com
pound" 1t is intended to supersede the use
Of copper on the bottoms of vessels, and it is
said to prevent effectually the accumulation on
them Of barnacles, grass, &c. One of Zerega,s
V1Sae9 ia ny w IN hpr raf,. ~,
the third voyage to Liverpool, having had but
one application Of the compound. Four steam
ships, the Marion, Pioneer, City Of Pittsburg,
and the Lafayette, are now coated with it.
New Bedford contributes block of granite
for the Washington Monument, with as d device
the sculptured figure of sperm whalewounded,
with lance and harpoon. The date "185l" is
carved upon the body, and the whole device is
well ornamented with scroll work. Over all
appears the simple inscription, fssNew Bedford"
in characters of appropriate magnitude. 2so
Among the more recently arrived immigrants
from England, at New York. are large num-
ber of gypsies, from the neighborhood of Dur
ham and Newcastle. They are at present en-
camped in the woods near Hoboken.
DEATH OF CHILpREN.-Those who have lost
an infant are never, as it were, without an in
FAINT child. The other children grow up to man
hood and womanhood, and suffer all the changes
of mortality; but this one alone is rendered an
immortal child; for death has arrested Ii with
kindly harshness. and blessed it into an eternal
image of youth and innocence.
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH GALwAY-The
preliminary steps in organizing company for
the establishment OF steam communication be-
tween New York and Galway have been taken
by parties in this city. Subscription lists viii
be opened to the public in day or two. The
name the company assumes is the Z" New York
and Galway Steamship Company"
DIR. Franklin, in summing up the domestic
evils of drunkenness, says, "Houses without
windows, gardens without fences, fields without
tillage barns without roofs, children without
clothing, morals, or manners" sl
HoRRID SpEcrAcLE.-A day or two since an
intoxicated woman with q dead child In her
arms was arrested in the streets Of New York.
To TAKE MILpEw OUT OF LISEs.---T Take soap,
and rub it well, then scrape some fine chalk,
and rub that also into the linen; lay it on the
grass as it dries wet it little, and the mildew
will come out at twice doing.
MOSES WESTON moulded, for NJ. l.. Childs, of
South Hadley Falls, Mass, in eleven hours and
a half, twentyone thousand one hundred and
sixty-two bricks.
JUsT So.-Of all actions Of mans life, says
Seldom, his marriage does least concern other
people; yet of all actions of his life it is most
meddled with by other people.
The locomotive force on the New York and
Erie Railroad amounts to one hundred and sew
enteen engines. The road, it is said, will re-
quire, when in full operation, two hundred To-
comotives.
''Doctor, do you think tight lacing is bad for
the consumption %
"Not at all-it is-what il lives on"
1t would certainly tend much to domestic
comfort if modern chemistry, as applied TO the
arts, was taught our young ladies' instead of
that superficial kind found in old receipt books.
When James III. insisted very much on Lord
rs changing his creed, he replied:
please your majesty, am pre-engaged"
Chow ?"
"When last in Egypt, promised the Bashaw
il ever changed my religion to become a Ma
hometan."
Champfort said Of the ancient government of
France, "Itis monarchy tempered by songs"
southey said to low-spirited friend, "Trans-
late Tristram Shandy into Hebrew, and you
will be happy man."
A Coon REASON --Blitz had bright little
fellow on the stand to assist him in the "expe-
riments."
"Sir," said the Signor, edo you think 1
could put the twenty-cent pieces winch tnat
lady holds into your pocketT
/ SNo." said the boy, confidently
"Think not ~
al know you couldn't" said the little fellow
with great 6rmness cGH
! "Why not?" ta. sa...saa
mCanse the pockets is all tored outw
GENEROUS WORLD !-Coleridge says that
no sooner does A. fall into difficulty than b.
begins to consider what c. ought to do for him.
SYDNEY SMITH said there were three things
which every man fancied he could do--farm a
small property, drive gig, and edit o news