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Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-09-05
Ready Made Clothing

IN great quantities has arrived in Grand Haven,
l. at the new store of HaXton, Cutler & Warts
purchased expressly for the wants of this market
The stock is made up Of the best materials and in
good styles. We have Brown Linen Coats from
6to 20s; also Kentucky Jeans, Cassimeres Tweeds
and Broad Cloth, Frock and Sack Coats, Cottonade,
Linen, Doeskin, and fancy Cashmere Pants, Linen
Marseiles Valencia, Cashmere, Drat d. Etc Vests,
Overalls Overshirts Oil Clothing, &c., all of which
we are selling at very low prices III. c. & W.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

GAPS.
D EGEIVED this day, the best assortment OF Gents,
HI youths, and ehiIdTens cloth capa, brought
tht city, wing been selected with great TesaTs
style and quality. They comprise in part as ioOwss-
Gents cloth opera, black AID whittier gents hair cloth dOi
black dTah and green riding bunting and Apollo caps
4tsos the SgTptian PERENNIAL cricket cap aTiciej
tOseher with every other descriptions OF hat
mT14 s. n. HARPER q SON
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

s= iss 5la y BiLTIn6RE, Jhns f3 IL. -.
MeSaras Evans @ WatsGa, y iIlleHlia feHtl
We nave ullph ple@'ye I1f
Chests o 9etGe OF ths lefhR Cle
from our md - ~
afer uasasTEOtny Eesty severe heat -fG as ,st
deGFoFed uiegeBtiEg! tBek OF btiIi 80 lIflt1
wharf on the GehllL Lllll on tie fthlGt
ssp,s-a1K u KJssEL 9 suls 2
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
q. 1855.
WH.EEI.
TO- Super Phosphate of Lime.'
vKRsus .euANo.,,

:
THIS ylIuabe eTtiiEeF has been sed YeaFs
IL IN EnellHd aud other Parts or Europe, gu
GpO bOi the poPuilTitF and The
which Il Is Used aninn FareTs Its ITOducI1n IN his
country by subscIfber has more recent bat lie
it haS made in The estiHatiou o. tie public has
mt been less ma Ied or tiIan abroad lI
three years its merits, In which
u1e there has been very SeTUnulpHS experiments
made 81 lie most scenffe aETicuiuIists and various
tIubs Coumitiees de- siIe bS side efsfan Z; slo IS
tolts TPtatSe valne ttthe latter. and Ia most
iRztaEees PreIe4enee gwen 10 tie ser PhoSbafe Of
Lime spch gep6rts returned win shortly be placed
before ms public, which win e0uyeY more Information
hal tie subscriber GaS dfspse 10 OeF, as The manu-
iaetuTeF, Al The present moment.
lachemea 4 or that patpTeto ltonee az
!oI1 Iood and n0qIishTeHt 70 9yth OF s descriptions
It's hastS being he'd B0het,s The efficacy OF
Wtsh Is manure Is already wen known al Appreciated,
sa are ~ ne o. 9Ie @ ihelr
toG OF Guam and ulrste Of ARaoliai HE lateT Is one
g ths most etieut aeena Ia the 6est Peruvian ulnO-
~ 8 e9Sy b being ta eT9ect POWDER It viii be
qqd $15t1ble TO al soils and eeluiR",
80 20 e NJ % e olRd as g here Te
sFfu BE forWarded Application n tbes1h-
sertser or 70 his sseats, whose auss sIe as IOoWs:
do Rowtetf, HARDLY q Co, Petersburg, Va.
do BoEunI & NeCIesn, Norfolk, Va
do G. u Stewart, Esq, Baltimore, Sid.
@. Is, DE- BURG,
Agricultural Chemist,
-serS2 MILllanlsbGTsh. Lons Isl9nd. N.sY.
New Watch and Jewelry Store.
Room, No. 4, IFEsAiRgtoa Hall, M0nFpe ST..
W HEELING, VA
THE subscriber would cathe attention Of the public 10
IL his well selected stock o. watches clocks, ieWeiry,
silver ware, and ancy goods, which he IS now opening
HIS stock IS composed In part OF gold aud aVer watches,
keys, CARDS and chains.
Every description OF gold dieWelry;
Gold silver, silver Pt1tea and common speCtacles;
Pure StVe= table, tea, dc8SeTt, sugar. mustard and salt
sTOons, and butter knives;
Plated aud German silver forks spoons butter knives
etc. etc.
Port mOulaes, pocket cutlery, seissors;
yKRY nNE razors. stroPs, shaving eresn ete.i
Perfunery1 combs, brushes and great variety of aney
goods;
Particular attention pa5 TO reparins watches clocks
and jewelly, anl engraving handsomely done.
a share OF patIOn75e Is respect tfully solicited.
eFO-lu U =. F.lhtoHN. my -.
IIGAltSI CItAKSlI-
" 1000 Gilt cigars;
1000 PTinca1Os cigars;
900 Apollo do
2OAO ri Dorado do
5000 ashinstOu HOnument ciglrsI
800 Panet!aS 10
11O0J Havana do
600 iela Cruz Principe do
5000 Resalia do
90 boxes5 lb. lump Tohaccoi
50 do 4lb. do do
..,, Just received aud fOr sale by ,,,,,,,,v
-IO0n LES. wool Twinej
1ONlO 1000 lbs broom 8
100 don bed cords and rloushlines;
% reels hemp and Manila bed COrdj
10 cotton cIoiheS HBesj
80 dog trout lIes;
90 coils Halter Rope:
100 pair FaWl ard Skif Oars;
90 Boat PoieS-
NJ TaTpaNlins, dray and awnings, hand and
made to The Cordase store, Of Wafer and
@F1o cm4s. H. BERRY.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

Also great variety not here enumerated, which will
sell wholesale Ietai terms.
Merchants Oma distance Will find it TO their advantage
to call and examine stock before they make their
SPrii-g and Sumner purchase.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
CITY BUIIsIE ss.
tForEe, NWire q Ison Works

Eagle Forge, Wfre88E Hon Works
e. C.8DHWEY, P1opfletnr
WAREHOUSE Nosz 60e eSfat,s sFEEET,
Wheeling, Va.
MANUFACTURED OF ai siEeS Bafsln4 Fancy Iron
~ ,, + T. ax:eai hsayI and llsht soilsE XIV
G-RaiirOad an,I SuspeRson Bridss aroIk made to
Wheeling Saving Inst tuition.
81. M Ei;eF1E. .ss
once oPea from O'Clock, an, ult Discount
day=i hnrslsy, 10 O'Clock,
DHey TecetV we'd 6a atTans = Interest Faid
J. ar Rooms ssEes. a =.
XXX AID II. Il. l1sT-DrREeFoR
WN. MCCOY. Treasurer. q sssssEei
.. ". HEtsxEl.I. "A. ErrzER. EsH, n
HEIS SksE5E L Es.Oss3
DenleEs in all, LSfn5Isp a.
Fancy and Staple Goods,
former OF Market and Unioa streets, 4 aol1
-, VIM. S. Riekhan Assi,sE 5i,S
q r. @. Miller & Bro.s e2ssls -
HOUSE AND DSEGNfPATNTEIkS,C CSIiA.s
EieFs, SrnineFs and paper hangers,
10 e63, Main Street, Wheeling. Va SEP 4
STEAM MARBLE WORKS,
6s MARKET TST,WHEEBiNGi5 VA.
THE SUBSCRIBER having made extensive arrange.
meuts In the East for the supply OF Marble aud
tepatng the erection Of Steam works he W01ld invite
tho attention Archteets Builders and TIE pHbIe SE
Be
EIian, Sienna American and otheE Marbles OF the finest
qualities. which be sold lower than establish
ment in thewest.
Dealers would find to their advantlge toTnsPect his
stock beFore purchasing elsevghere.
His work ia the elaborate style, and he
would invite the attention OF purchasers to eElunRe his
StataTy and other carved work, ouumens, Cen
Otaphs TOmbs, HeadaH1 foot stOes, and Grave yard
work every variety being enabled by his superior Iacl
ities supply this work at prices than
any other esta biishmeEtin the country
Please give me eau and e1amine my gogk.
MICHAEL J. RoHAN,
Marble Mason and Vault Builder.
EAtso Caleined Plaster, Hydraulic Cement, Plaster
Casts and Models, and Marietta Grind stones, warranted
at the lowest trade prices 1y.d.-
NEW# SAYINGS BdNK STORE.
At THE Fosr OFFICE OPPOSITE TnE ll'LURE
HOUSE.
ITO the cLeuso Of Wheeling and vicinity: Feeling very
thankful tor the bera patroHRse received nom yoD,
TO call atenLiontO Constantly TePIeRished sock
OF Oots Shoes, Hats Caps, Umbrellas and CARPETS Sacks
at the OF Market StOnEUe feeling
dent there is greater variety this market; while
quality nos Surpassed in Western Virginia, and in
price unefsOld by one therefore ,eSFectully in
vite you all to ea ed examine mY stoO and l the Ian
gRse OF 'f''s q will abOr-aiaS become Lhe of
cessity the nu[seRgof hope, and the pupil OF
cOmmOd9te aud 1T you.
To the odies, particularly, would say, have large
quantity O French Lace, Straw, ard braid Bonnets,
which lvsill seII at cost the is advancing
have also quantity OF silk and Grape bonnels which
will sell very low. Is. Il WATSON.
To country merchants would gay tLlt We win dupli-
cafe any bills bought IN The easter cities, cash 099
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

Co-Partnership.
THE undersigned have this day yGormed eoFaTtneT-
ship under the and style Of @. Baker Co., and
f The SteImbOaf agency aud Boat Store bus-
ness at the Old stand, No.23 HatersLTeet
S.GaBAKRR,f
an3f IoIN HIST
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
MIsGEI .I54ANROUs.
JAMES B. MARSH,


NExT DOOR 10 sREkR. orr NJ CO.,
an hoW receiving AZ my new stole Tpnm on Monroe
u street !afse asd elegant assOrteut Of boots and
shoes Nlchi nld saieetsdNth great and lad man
aeTnIed ~ lhe best WOTlen in the Elis expressly Tor
this tTale am now preparedtO accOnIiIodate es.
TONERS elmer WhOesRie retail Win yaitety Spring
aud oOts, not 70 be surpassed By any OteF
biHIy.
Anops.t which win be found The following seasonAble
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
REHuVAI

ENRASzHEIat& & LU'r2 lave reuoo vea their Wholesale
Liquor store nom the SpTigg House Buildings, 10 No.
2l0, Market Square, next to H3lI's AUCTION Room,
Eher they VIII. heretofore, keep hand stock
OF the best YipeS and Liquors, at the lowest prices
apj d3Iu. FFSsRSSH Et3f- & tiITrZ
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

dS ieceiVins lGTge assortment Of mep', youte aud
ehdfen's son Hdts CompEiSfug black naed, pIai6,
Non Intervention, Yoahg toslh'
Caps, All Of which offered at lowest Pees, Wholesale
'na sepfi pfl'il W. w, JINBsoN.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NELSON'S Preminm Chinese bestFal Washing Fluid.
IN the greatest fmprOyeneu Yet discovered, sAyil
labor end expense ~ Jva CoLhing aud House Clean
whittier and soef han than il bIeaehed the grass
WARRAN1 not TO tHtufe the fabie- Every lady NAY
satisfy beFseiL that pOiRt By SOAKING OF Cotton
LFeniR The Fluid, fDt strength for q hours which
win clearly show that 1t INST 30 purely haFIeE when
The Chlness washing Fluid IS worth three tiues the
single stxpenee Which viii buy enough for largo family
wishing which be done IA 5OrS hours.
Manufactured al sold by the Subscriber, who haslata
ly PuI chased the rishtfOr Ohio eounyt, Va
JAS. AELLOR,
AUgq No. 96, UHiOn st, W6eeliSs. Va
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

4 IL perSons knowing themselves Indebted 70 Mo
Caens & KEoX earnestly requeStedf 10 call and Aete
by cash or IioteOh or before the 1st OF 9Shuary.
PeIsDns asainst TIE Arm Wtltrlease Prst
dcis NccLALLEEs & KNOX.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

RtB9RADO TOBACCO. 2, 5
RR nuTa FIdored6 NEtBEal Ie1f very supsfT-
w " or''or sale BY 10. 4,l
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22
Observation-Disclosures.

Daguerreotypes
Nj RSSRS. BEANER & TURTON, having taken the
1l Rooms formerly occupied by Ar L. TarbeII Da-
sEerrean Gallery Of Main and BddIe Streets Cen
tie heens, beg leave to solicit share patronage
from his friends aud the publicst large
They make u rule tet any pictures go
what are satisfactory and yycll executed,
Gold and Silver plating executed neatly
G9-eTdeIs len here Of sign Painting will be attended to
bv j. Tntfot, e RYother 4nr2I-su
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

Removal.
NTcCLALLEES# & KNOX have removed their Hhole;
M saLs Stock of Boots aA Shoes, TO the story
No. 113 JInin street,
lew buildings North OF the Merchants d Mechanics
bank the opposite side Of the street. and doors SOE
OF Wm. T. Seiby's dry good store
Thankful for the patronage heretofore extended to The
House. they confident that with their increased 1cii
ties lOF doing bRsReSs they oder Sti
greater inducements fOr buying than heretofore.
dc2S McCLALIRS &. KNOX
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=
To lie lodes, Particularly would sayI have alarse
quantity Ol French Lace, Straw, ard braid Bonnets
which IysilI seIi at cost the is advancing
have also quantity OF silk aud Grape bOnnels which
isell very low. Is. II WATSON.
To country merchants would gay tat We viii dupli-
cafe any bills bogSht IN The eitIe cash o9
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-09-22

5uOiOO0
Aek4TTei StsEsPG4 HeaRings paHtea. t
WILL pay twelve dollars Pc thousapa . good white
OAK StaSes, "a inehea louS wide clear Of sap
and Il inches The heaIoue thTh TO be he1dtnGS 30
iches IoAgS9 lucbes wide clear OF Elp inches the
laFt delivered at the wharf depot Al this cttg
GRO. w SMITH,
ifH29 TPIeefiRgBT 3
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WASHINGTON, D. c, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 1855

fulness rare with him as it is winning, mingling
with his grave tenderness, "you have not done
quite right IN exposing yourself thus. Your
health is too precious, too dear to US all, to be
trlffed with thus. Misers watch their treasures
closely; and l, as you already know, am some
thing OF miser with reference to those conf.
ded to my care" and he stopped over me, and
drew the folds of the shawl Susan had thrown
over me closer about my shoulders, as if 1 was
very child-and, indeed, it shames me to say
that was nothing more-for, instead Of repel-
ling him, making him cover and shrink beneath
my glance, only wept the more bitterly, and
was glad when Susan entered the room. She
followed me to my room, and, with more than
motherly kindness, pressed upon me her hot
teas and other preventives against cold and
fever, for she insisted / had strong symptoms
of both.
Before | slept, heard a step at my bedside,
kiss fell upon my forehead, and the person
was stealing away, when said, Miss Summer
feld2"
gel, but by Mr.. Bigelow," said Rebecca's voice.
itively forbade me to disturb you, if 1 came in
here. Are you really very i'll, dear Eleanor? "
she went on, disregarding the orders.
"No, only slight cold" said, drawing her
face down to mine, for my heart yearned for
sympathy.
~ am glad, oh, so glad" she returned 4" for
Fred looks so anxious and troubled, that
thought you must be very i'll, and insisted on
seeing you myself. Mr.. Bigelow is giving Fred
and Susie a lecture for letting you 60 out such
day. But you must be well tomorrow, for
have great many things to tell you"
That high, enthusiastic, sisterly heart, how
will it bear to see its idol broken!
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SHADOWS OF OUR SOCIAL SYSTEM.
FALLEN WOMAN.

| 1t is q noted fact that the fallen woman is
very rarely reclaimed. l say fallen woman
this is the stereotyped phrase it is strictly spe-
clhc. No one ever speaks of fallen man.
We do indeed talk feelingly Of fallen man IN
the generic sense, including "man, male and
female" who, Gin Adams fail, siuned AL :" but
never of a fallen man in the particular. There
is no such phrase common TO our language;
nor is there any at all analogous to it. 4 man
may be dissipated, or Wild or " fast" or profit
gate, but never fallen 1t is, that in the current
estimation of those who frame language, strict
II speaking, the massss Of men have nothing to
fall from. However that may be, the gradual
fossiizstion of phrases. under the faithful touch
of time, is deeply significant.
And the fallen woman is rarely reclaimed
She finds no more space for repentance, though
she may seek it carefully and with tears The
heart corrupted coquet, the passionately-spen-
did woman OF formal correctness who lives IN
the dangerous admiration of the gallant and
unprincipled-her guilty soul basking in the
sunshine of sensuality, often at the feyer.heat of
the dogdsys-is under no ban of society. She
may any time, if she will, grow pure in heart,
and blameless in life. Her soul is blacker than
her fallen sisters; for the light that has shone
upon it has been changed to darkness-how
great is that darknessl She NAV even have
iOoe uOi DOulJ fhluc anu, so lnlS De not a ulHL-
ter OF certainty or notoriety there is no barrier
against repentance. If she but commences
chanting Ave Marias in sincerity, the most
rigid are ready to join in her devotions. Her
sin is remembered against her no more. Soci-
ETY. smiles upon her with as much benignity,
her husband honors her with as cordial appro-
val, and his children are considered as purely
born, as though she had been ever spotless.
ain the corrupted currents of this world,
Offences gided hand may shove by Justice.n
But the Magdalen, whose sin is branded on
her forehead, rather than deeply in her heart,
is forever an alien to forgiveness. She can
make no expiation to superlatively correct peo-
pie like ours--we are good enough for every
thing except work Of snpererogation like this.
The most she can ever hope to attain to is. the
privilege to go mourning up and down in the
presence Of the good, unrebuked pitied for her
penitence; pointed at as a warning; commise-
rated for her hard fate; living monument.
shedding its salt tears for the preservation of
the yet interrupted. For her own souls sake
her spirits peace and her body's sinlessness-
let her pray that all her human passions NAV
be petrifed to the hard, cold sadness of Lots
wife. So only may she expect TO bear her life
long ordeal unblamable
Repentance indeed knows no remission ON
earth to the SIN OF woman. Hypocrisy alone
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G 1 v z.

See the rivers flowing downward to the sea,
Pouring all their treasures bountifu and free
Yet, to help their giving, hidden springs arise;
Or, if need be, showers feed them fresh from skies
Watch the pncey flowers their rich fragrance spread
Load the air with perfumes, from their beauty shed
Yet their lavish spending leaves them in dearth,
With fresh life rspenished by the mother earth.
Give thy hearts best treasures from fair Nature learn
Give thy love-and ask not, wait not, return!
And the more thou spendest from thy little store,
When double bounty, God will give thee
Household Words.
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YELLOW BIRDS AND THE WEEvI.-1he Bing-
hampton IN. ~ Republican says that farmer
in that vicinity, who supposed that yellow birds
destroy the wheat, commenced shooting them,
and out of curiosity opened the crop of one of
them. He found that instead of eating the
wheat, the birds destroyed the weevil He dis
covered as many as two hundred weeyil in the
crop, and but four grains Of wheat which had
weeyil in them,
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BY ISAAC II. JULIAN.

"During his captivity al ST. Helena, Napoleon in
random excursion the island, found himself field
where laborers engaged in ploughng. He
seemed highly interested in the operation He alighed
from his horse seized the plough and to the great
ishmen of the who holding it he himself traced
a furrow of considerable length.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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AN INDIAN CHIEF.-The Rochester papers
state that Mr.. Ely S. Parker, a civil engineer
of some note, who has recently been employed
upon the canals of New York, has been called
to Norfolk, Va, on professional duties. Mr..
Parker is the chief of all that remains of one of
the tribes of Indians who formed the Six Ma
tions-the Senecas,
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For the National Era. O
| { 0 N ARD WRAY.
A ROMANCE OF MODERN HISTORY.

by ne as'tfoT Of The Chrosei of Ihs Baslss The En-
bassy,s" The Y4ls Log Philip of Lsstetia,s &C.
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OLD FLoUR--We have had shown us (says
the alexandria Gazette sample of HaraWs
Fzo,c, manufactured in Richmond in 1882,
whicis was shipped in that year to Buenos
Ayre, J. sold there, and this sample retained,
brought back to this country, and preserved.
The Hour is of good color, and only slightly
sour 1t is the oldest flour we ever saw, and
twenty-five years have not made much difference
in its looks, at least. It has been kept by
gentleman living in the neighborhood of this
city, ohio was the supercargo of the vessel in
which the shipment was made in 1882.
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In justice the excellent propnetors of Congress
Hail. II should be stated that next they will have
ready large and well-ventaied dancing hall AT the
same time their house has admirable arrang
for ventlatng every sitting and sleeping room Unuck-
ily this gives great facilities to the voares of the bitter
weed TO fumigate all their neighbors.
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For the National Era.
fIfENOR SOUTHMAYD'S WARDSHIP.
BY MARTHA RUSSELL


BosTox, February "A, 1850.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-06-08
A Learned Oddity,

1he SBaltlmore correspondent Of the
Nea0 Orleans Pscaymne gives the following
brief sketch of n very singular and eccentric
parsonage whom lie met few evening:
since:
"Eiis name is Henry Ottmcr. He was
born some fifty-two years ago, in Somerset
county, Pennsylvania, of German parent
age. He came to Baltimore when boy
and served an apprenticeship to watclma
ker. Working in this city until his major
ity, he got sick of city life, and retired Ia
the country. Having tasc for study. and
with onhy rude education, he applied
himself 20 books. The taste for literature
and science grew upon him, and ever since
he has lren laborious student. Solitary
and alone. he toilcd day and night until he
accomplished a thorough knowledge Of Lat.
in, Greek, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Ger
man, and several other languages. This
done, he bctook himself to history, the sci
ences, d., and now ranks among the best
scholars of the age. His present favorite
study is mathematics, and admits of bu,
two problems which have given BIN pause
-squarng the circle, and tho solution Of
cubic equations. He is an astronomer,
philosopher, chemist poet, mechanic, math-
ematiciaIi, and somewhat of thcologian.
In my whole life, I have never seen such n
singular parsonage. He lives in small
isolated cottage, apart from society. Pc
ter the Hermit was not so thorough re-
cluse, nnr Diogcnes more learned. lie ra-
ther esc!ews women, lives bachelor, has
a fine Library of the classics and modern
literature. and is happy beyond measure.
His EXPRESSION to me was. that he would
NOT exchsnge positions with the most f,-
yored crawned heads Of Europe. 5He pros
fsssss hasLseHs:ee.s u I'll aad takes
Tie Bible alone as hisSguidc and standard
OF morality. His personal appearance is
remarkably singular. Scarcely hair can
be seen on his head, which shines ike
CREASED pumpkin. Beneath high, intel
lectual forehead and a. projecting brow, is
seen small, quick penetrating, BLACK eye,
full of character and intelligence. He nev-
er shaves has fine moustache and ample
whiskcrs, with a face vivid in EXPRESSION -
His entire costume would not sell for ten
dimes, if putsup at public auction. A pas
ser-by would suppose him a poor mendi-
cant, and be inclined to extend the hand
Of charity and yet he is comfortable in the
worlds goods-owcs no man a. farthing, is
independent as king, happy as lord
His food is literature, and his delight the
classics ; is, by profession, a skilful repairer
of clocks; and after finding his funds get
ting low, sets out on an expedition through
the country, on Il aproiessional tour Of clock
mcnding."