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Temperance Ditties ; Thenational And Pat...
September 15 , 1849 . r -r ^ == — _ ^ THE NORTgERN fl . TAB . 1 I : — . J !_
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FREEDOM , BY CHABL ^ S J . SMnn . U pward as the mountain towers , Onward as the ocean flovrs , piercing through the clouds of error , ~ Sweeping o ' er a world of woes , Sp ite the weight of snows is pressing On its distant sleepy brow , . And the giant storms are breaking O ' er its rugged bosom now . Though the temnest fiercely rages , And the lightning rounditleaps , Thu s the spirit form of Freedom . Upward towers , onward sweeps , Through the weight of evils crushing " , And the storms that round it beat ; Tain the tempest and the lightning-Fall they harmless at his feet .
Bising as the sun at morning , As the milder moon at night , Slaking glad a world of darkness , "With its flood of shining light"When the day is bright and cloudless , Then with burning , dazzling gleam ; When the shades of evening gather , Then with softer , gentler beam . Thus with Freedom—shining brightest Vfherc ilic truth , has strongest sway , And amid the realms of error , Still it never lost its ray—Though oppression ' s mists o ' ersbadow , Blinding for a spell its light , Still a sleepless vigil keeping Through the day and through the night
As the hoary hills eternal , As the rock of ages strong , Noiseless through Time ' s ceaseless changes , Beating back the waves of wrong—Though the elements , conspiring , Wage a wild and fearful strife , From the mighty shock recoiling , Withrenewedandstronger life . Thus with Freedom , standing ever By the wayside of the truth , "With the birth of Time coeval ,
Yet in all the bloom of youth-Hocking every feint to crush it , Of the puny arm of man , ^ Yitli the myrmidons of power Clustered * in the tyrant ' s span
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Orations, Lectures, And Addresses. B Y R...
Orations , Lectures , and Addresses . B y Ralph Waldo Emerson . London : G . Slater , 252 , Strand . This is one of the most interesting and -raluaWe of Sir . Siatek ' s remarkably cheap volumes . For the insignificant sum of Two Shillings , tbe reader may make himself snf-Scicntlv well acquainted with Emeesox , who has been pronounced by Carlyle , of American thinkers and writers—the foremost man . When we name the sum of Two Shillings , we must add that for that sum the reader may puvcluise the volume of "Emersorfs Essays , " in addition to the work tinder notice . From the Toluinc before us , we extract the followinff
MEMOIH . "Ralph Waldo Emereon , born 1803 . is the son of a Unitarian clergyman of Boston , and in 1821 , when about seventeen years of age , was graduated at Harvard University . Having turned his attention to theologr , he was ordained inini > ter of one of the coagregari- ns of his native city , bnfc ^ embracing soon after some peculiar views in regard to the forms of worship , he abandoned his profession , and retiring to tlie < jafet village of Concord , nfter the manner of an Arabian prophet , gave himself up to ' thinking , " praparatcry to his appearance as a revelator . His oration , entitfed ' Man-Thinking , ' delivered before
the Phi iieta kappa Society in the summer of 1837 , attracted a great deal of attention , but less than his address before the senior class in Divinity College at Cambridge in the following year . He began now to be understood . His peculiarity was not so much his system ? s his poiat of view . He did not pretend to reason , but t- > discover ; he was not a logician , bnt a seer ; he announced , not argued . His prominent doctrine is , that the d & ity is impersonal—mere being , aud comes to self-consciousness only in individuals . The distinction of this from pantheism is this , that wink * pantheism ' sinks man and nature in God , ' Mr . Emerson ' sinks God and nature in
man . "In 1 S 33 Mr . Emerson published 'Literary Ethics , ' an . oration , and in the following year a small volume entitled' Nature . ' In 1840 , he commenced * The Dial , ' a magazine of literature , philosophy , and religion , which was continued four years ; in 1841 , he published ' The Method of Mature , ' an oration ; « Man the Reformer , ' a lecture on some of the prominent features of the present age ; three' Lectures on the Times' and the first scries of his' Essays . ' In
the next two or three years he published little except Bis papers in 'The Dial , ' but in 1844 he gave to the public lectures on 'NewEngland Reformers , ' 'The Young American , ' and' Negro Emancipation , in the "West Indies , ' and the second series of his * Essays . ' He has since delivered lectures on ' Swedenbourg , ' e Napoleon , 'New England , ' and other subjects , which are regarded hy some who have heard them as decidedly the finest of his works ; and in December , 1 S 46 , he published a volume of Poems , which have peculiar and remarkable merits .
" Jin Emerson is ' a seeker with no past at his back- ' He evidently aims to break the moulds of popular beliefs , and to getat the heart of the matter , to Io ; k around and within witfr-the fresh vision of e a first man , ' and like Adam in the garden to put Ms own raiae upon what he sees . He has none of the ill-humour which denies because others affirm ; he amply takes leave to look for himself . While , therefore , be continually sees and represents things in singular lights , and sometimes inverts them so that if would seem to be an inevitable conclusion that cither be is crazy or we ; on the other band be regenerates our faith , " by giving us an original tesrimonv to sreat truths . Thus his essay on the' Over-Soul . ' noiwithstsndingifeuBscriptural title , is as orthodox as St . Paul .
"Whatever appearances there may be to the contrary , lilr- Emerson is no destructive . He is a builder , a born and anointed poet . His demand is Truth . He must stand face to face with the Absolute . Insatiable as is bis craving for truth , he is alwavs orderly and serene . He gives no sign that any deterring considerations have ever occurred to him . Whatever suggestions of fear or policy there jnav be . they are Iks than cobwebs to him . They cannot impede , they do not even tease him . Deisas Self-possessed and as assured as if he carried in his pocket r . commiss i on , signed and sealed of all tnau-Idnd . to sav just tlie thing that he is saying .
" 3 Ir . Emerson is never commonplace . Hence we infer that he is a genuine worker . He cannot , like abort of otiicrs , write in his sleep . Everything is wrou- 'iit cut bv bis own thought . I have sometimes fancied that be ' must , in his listlessmoments , repine at the stubborness of his genius , which can bear to be mute , but which cannot declaim , nor tolerate in him anv aticin : » t at' fine writing . * There is a very common talent , passing for a great deal more than it is worth—the sole talent of many quite distinquished
writers—which lies in the jutting of words together so fitly and musically that they seem to sing a new truth , when it is ' an old song / with no variations . Mr . Emerson is utterly deficient in this power . He cannot juggle with words . He has no bank notes ; jnothinir bnt bullion . If be states an old and worldfcnowntrutb , he does it with fhatfelicity of expression ¦ which Eives us a fresh sense of its value , and we confess that the same thing was never before so well said . He fits his word to his thought , consulting no ear but bis own .
" In reading Mr . Emerson s works we must observe Coleridge's admirable rule : ' When you cannot understand an author s ignorance , account yourself ignorant of Ins understanding . ' At the slightest glance we shall find here aud there in them much to inspire respect for his sagacity and admiration for his genius . When , therefore , he ' seems to be unintelligible , or absurd , modesty dictates that we should at least entertain tlie question whether the defect be in him or us . If we cannot explain bis ignorance , we shall do widely to distrust our own understanding . It is pcssiiAer-nav , it is in a very high degreeprotable , not onlv that he really has a meaning , but that lehas avt .-r , iroodand a very great meaning , and that 1 * has expressed it in the very best form , so that , were we as keen-sighted as he , we should recoTiise TLe beaufv bo : h of tbe thought and the
expression . The above " Memoir ' ' is from the pen of EmeusOx ' s countryman , Rufus "WmuoT Gmswou ) . Of the " orations , " " addresses , " & c ., we hare no room to speak , we can only assure our readers that they will fmd this volume worth infinitely more than the pnee charged for it ; and well worthy their thoughtful perusal .
Jlarletfs Reformers Songster. Part I. Ed...
Jlarletfs Reformers Songster . PART I . Edinburg h : R . Barkett , 177 , Fountainstreet . A "VEitt neat song-hoot , comprising the most uo nular songs of the three kingdoms , together Hi a trreatTaricty of Odd Fellows , Temperance , and Patriotic Songs . 17 e cannot say much for the poetry of the Odd Fellows and
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Temperance ditties ; thenational and patriotic songs are the best . We extract the following _ Temper ^ ceditties ; thenational aulpltriotic
THE MIGHT OF RIGHT , [ nr o . n . ] I saw- or I dreamt it—no ; 'twas not a dream — There was power on the side of oppression . 1 saw Iniquity run down our streets like a stream—Religion was strife-and injustice was law I or hell had combined with the great ones of oirfh The manyto crush , and I wept at the sight ' forth ° Whlsl > ered ' "Ceasoweepfng / BOon Th p eople shall come in the Might of their T Teidf u and smXL volce at the - firsfc tha * But louder , and stronger , and bolder it grew , tef ^ r ? - beca , ne P ale at fo »* ord . « In n f « mal « on on them it threw : - Whom God would destroy he infatuates first
, iw ? If * ° ° J / 0 ur ffiad * ness hfiUed 4 <> * s he ' ight ; bursT- ° ge ' Uke green ™ thes a ™ Seel the people are up in the uighi of their BIGHT . " Tou have ruled with a rod , and with scorpions chastised , r And laughed at the ruin and torture you wrought ; i , nstrance " ^ vain , and petitions despised , And the source of your power you regarded as nought . With the hypocrite ' s cloak you have covered your pride . And taught for religion , contention , and spite , Gold—your idol ; but those you pretended to guide , At last have asserted the might of their kiout . " I looked again , and behold ! what a change !
The doom of the slave and the tyrant was sealed ; Each man was a freeman , and thought it was strange , That the many so long to the few should have kneeled , The throne—where a throne was—on justice was based ; Reli g ion was robed in a garment of light , And this was the shout that in triumph was raised ; " We have won—we are free by the might of OUrBlGIIT . "
And over the length and tbe breadth of the land , Where knowledge and liberty , plenty and peace , Diffusing their blessings with liberal hand , Ridding ignorance , slavery , and famine to cease . And wealth was no longer of freedom the test ; Nor was there a law heaven ' s bounty to blight ; There were ruler and ruled , but the ruler confess'd The people supreme in the might of their right ! There are a number of typographical errors in this impression which should he corrected in a second edition . The patriotic , and some other songs , warrant us cordiall y commending this collection to the public .
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HAYMARKET THEATRE . On Monday evening a one-act farce entitled " A Bird of Passage" was produced at this theatre with success . " 3 Ir . Carey Cluck ( Mr . Wright ) , the bird in question , i . e ., a traveller from Pickering to Poeklingtonin Yorkshire , arrives at the " Union Hotel" in the latter place just in time to exercise his peculiar propensity of setting people by the ears . He finds that Mrs . Waters Rummer ( Mrs . F . Matthews ) , the landlady of the" Union , " is about to give her hand to Mr . Chaunt Ginger ( Mr . P . Bedford ) , a horse-dealer ; that Mr . Cognovit ( Mr . Lambert ) is preparing to draw up the marriage articles for them , at the same time that his nephew , Ernest Hopeful ( Mr . " Worrell ) , is to take in marriage the daughter of one Mr . Cockle , on condition that the aforesaid nephew has resigned to him the
uncle s business , on his retiring from it ' . Consequent upon her intended marriage , Mrs . Rummer is proposing to resign the proprietorship of the hotel to Anna Marie ( Miss Turner ) , her chambermaid , upon the latter making happy in the matrimonial bonds Mr . Soyer Skilletfc ( Mr . Mcxtabd ) , the cook of the establishment . Upon this concatentation of circumstances the indefatigable meddler sets to work , artfully contriving , by those processes known only to busy-bodies and eavesdroppers , to make all the parties concerned renounce the obligations into which they had entered , and to throw everybody and everything into a state of supreme confusion . But Mr . Chick's enjoyment of the mischief he has effected is of brief duration , for be is detected by one Mr . Chatties Pusher ( Mr . Botce ) , a commercial traveller , as having played precisely similar pranks elsewhere . His victims become suddenlv aware of
the deceptions to which they have been subject ; Mr . Chick is covered with confusion , which is in no wise removed when he comes forward to speak the "tag , " in which he unconsciously recommences an entanglement of affairs . The dialogue , although here and there somewhat too broad , is generally sparkling , and there are several highly comic situations enveloped . Mr . Weight was quite at home as the prying mischief-maker , and Mr . P . Bedford was happy in tbe delivery of sundry sporting phrases ; and , indeed , all who shaved in the farce acqnitted themselves well . It was given out for repetition amid the universal applause of a crowded house .
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CREMORXE HIPPODROME . x In addition to tho usual equestrian spectacles which have been recently introduced at this place , a very curious exhibition , similar to that which has been a source of admiration and delight to the Parisians , has been presented to the public . It consists of a car drawn by three horses abreast , the car is of the shape of tbe cars used in the Greek games , la it is a group of three persons—viz ., Mr . T , Thompson , who represents Apollo , and two women , who by a very curious piece of mechanism , formed of steel bars " and springs , appear to be supported horizontally in the air by wings spread from theii
shoulders , one band only of each of them resting on the shoulders of Apollo , who stands upon one leg upon a rowling globe . The car is driven at a rapid rate round the enclosed hippodrome , and the whole creates a remarkable illusion . The mechanism of springs and bars of steel was used with success in something of a similar manner in mesmeric exhibitions , and deceived some ' of the votaries of that craft . In this " chariot of the sun" it is applied more legitimately . The whole has been very well got up , and was hailed with the applause of a very large body of spectators .
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lA . vc . * smnE . —Marriages of JjscosriRMEo Persons . —For some time past the vicar of Leigh and the incumbent of Bedford have refused to marry or to publish the banns of marriage of unconfirmed persons . A Government prosecution has been instituted against the latter clergyman for refusing to many two parties whose banns bad been published in the usual manner before the board of guardians , and who presented to him the registrar's certificate . The trial is expected to take place at the next Liverpool Assizes , and the offence is described as one of misdemeanour . A few weeks ago a young man named James Williamson , of the parish of Lowton , and a young woman named Mary Ann Kearsley , of the parish of Leigh , desired the vicar
ofLeinh to publish the banns of marriage , but he refused , on the ground that the female bad not been confirmed . An appeal was therefore made to the Bishop of Manchester , who directed the vicar to publish tho banns . They have accordingly been published during tbe last two Sundays . The * vicar , however , has intimated his intention of instituting proceedings against the female , her father , and brother ; the father for neglecting to cause his children to be confirmed , and the children for neglecting to come for that purpose . The vicar , on Thursday week last , personally served the following notices upon the parties : — " I , James Irvine , vicar of Leigh , in the county of Lancaster , and diocese of Manchester , do hereby require you , James Kearsley , weaver , residing in a cottage situate in a street commonly called Canal-street , near the east end of Twist-lane , in the township of Pennington , within the parish of Leigh aforesaid , to send your son
Peter , and your daughter Mary Ann , to the parish church on Sunday next , and every succeeding Sunday and holy-day , to bo there instructed and examined in the church catechism , after the second lesson at evening " prayer , until such time as they have learned all that is therein appointed for them to learn . —Dated this 6 th day of September , in the year of our Lord , 1849 . ( Signed ) , J . Irvisb , Yicar of Leigh . —David Gbeex , witness . " The following extracts from the canons of the Church accompanied the above : — " And likewise , if any of the said fathers , mothers , masters , or mistresses , children , servants , or apprentices , shall neglect their duties , as the one sort in not causing them to come , and the other in refusing to learn , as aforesaid , let them be suspended by their ordinaries , if they be not children ; and if they so persist , by the space of amonth , then let them be excommunicated Canon lix . "
Mb . Mojje O'Eerbah ,, having been severely censured bv the Colonial Office for his recent conduct towards the Itahan refugees , has resigned the governorship of Malta , but it is uncertain whether or not his resipation will bo accepted . Mr . O'Ferrall was in London last week , and is now said to be at Boulogne . Death of the Bishop of Norwich . — -Wo have to announce the death of the Right Rev . Edward Stanley , D . D ., Bishop of Norwich , who expired on the Cth inst . at Braban Castle , near Dingwall , after a short illness , which terminated in fatal congestion of tho brain . Deceased was son of Sir J . T . Stanley , Bart ., and was born in 1779 . —Daily News . The amoust of capital on which the legacy duty was paid in Great Britain in the year 184 S , was £ 44 , 348 , 721 .
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tSFI ^ SHAvDOW ; A TALI OjP THE NlNETEENX'fl CENTURY . " Br TH 0 UAa mabtib ; tthbwbb , Late Secretary t « th « National . Charter AHOCiation and National Land Company , Chapkeb XXIT . Spirit of Time ! all silent power , that grows with each succeeding hour , lo theo wc bow—to thee we raise A chorus of eternal praise . Gladly thy dictates we obey , Gladly we see thy power increase , Sole ransomer from Fiction ' s sway . True source of Joy , and Hope , and Peace ! . Oh ! thou at length—at length wilt show , That Freedom is no faithless beam , Whose flickering rays deluding gleam , But a bright torch whose spreading glow , Shall o ' er the clouded future stream . SUNinlNl ^ r ^ fr ^ 7 v ^
Proud spirit , whensoe'er thy birth , ' Or wheresoe ' er thy flight may end , Still speed thee o ' er our heaving earth , Let speed upon thy course attend ! Though sailing oe ' r us silently , We feel thy grateful presence nigh , And hail the motion of thy wing , O ' er us softly quivering . Oh ! speed theo , speed thee , hasten on , Banish errors oho by one , Thou all-redeeming power , thou power without a throne . Bute .
The fourth morning from leaving his dungeon , saw Arthur Morton sailing on the blue waters of the Atlantic , towards the shores of tho New World , and he speedily arrived at New Orleans , where he had letters of introduction to some of the principal merchants . The kindly terras in which he wa « spoken of by his late employer , soon procured him a situation as a commercial traveller . And in this capacity , during ono and a-half year ' s residence in America , he visited most of its principal cities , and observed its varying traits of character—from the phlegm of tho descendants of the early Dutch settlers of New York , to tbe high blood and bounding spirits of the sous of Maryland and Virginia ; from the shrewd calculations and stubborn spirits
of the children of the Puritans of old , to the new tribes , half-Indian , half-American , thatconstitate its army of pioneers , subduing the wilderness and clearing the forest alike of its wild animals , and wilder human beings . And everywhere he saw displayed that spirit of enterprise—that energy of action carried into all tho varying concerns of . life , which always distinguishes Republican Institutions-Rendering them famous in tho annals of tho world . Much did he see to admire , much also to condemn in their customs and manners . And a clear inspection of tlieir social condition , soon convinced him that political liberty was only valuable as a means to an end , that in itself it was powerless against the spirit of competition ; that tho slavery of poverty
was an evil that eat so deep into the human heart , that oven Liberal Institutions could not perceptibly mitigate the evil ; tending only , in some instances , to render it more conspicuous and glaring . There also he saw the same elemental war of the natural feelings of man , rebelling against the artificial codes by which he is surrounded , which raged in his native land , and which will over rago until conventionalities give place to justice , and the real bo worshipped instead of the fictitious . Even there ho found that glorying in the name of republicans they were cheated with the shadow , instead of enjoying tho reality of liberty . There , as in Britain , the mass of the population was at the bottom of the wheeltho many dependant upon the capital of the few .
Tho aristocracy of wealth was becoming as dangerous as the aristocracy of rank ; the vices of the old world becoming naturalised under fresh phases in the region of the new . The master-key of the whole social failure—" the monopoly of tho soil" —was even there festering and cankering tho very core of tho heart of freedom ; engendering and propagating the foul fiends of black and -white slavery ; disfiguring and disgracing the fair form of liberty , and causing its worshippers to avert their gaze from this land of promise , and seek , in other climes , to establish that regime of which tho model exists yet but in imagination , but which , when realised , will throw into the shade the dreams of Plato , and all the visions of the Utopians ; for what vision can
be so bright as the spectacle of a great people living under the gentle rule of impartial law ; each one ' s welfare equally cared for by the paternal state ; each one possessing all the liberty that equal laws can give for the free dcvelopcment of his own improvement and happiness ; each one respecting himself and his fellows as moral beings subjects alike of the majesty of Heaven . No oppression bowing down the weak to tho strong—the friendless to the favoured ; no lordship ot man over any of his species ; no woman bowing beneath slavery ' s yoke ; no power but for the common weal ; no end but universal happiness . Before such a scene visions of crowns , and ceroncts , of patrician honour and baronial dignity , however hicrbly wrought and richly
coloured , must pale and fade away . Though Arthur could not but view tho defect of the American institutions with the bitterness of vegvet , yet he saw no cause for despair . America , ho reasoned , was still in the transition state—still- contending with the evils implanted by European settlement . And , as yet , not perfectly gifted with the experience necessary for tho cure of the evils she endured ; their political education is but yet m its infancy , and bitter experience will teach them many useful lessons . They have the germ , the power within themselves for all improvement ; all they need is the knowledge and tbe will to renovate-themselves , ere the curse of wealth and distinction shall have penetrated so deep into the vitals ef their social system as to render them unable to reform themselves , unless through the purifying power of a
world-shaking revolution . He saw that America , with all her defects , was far in tho advance guard of freedom ; they possessed the fullest control over the machinery of the government—enioyed the most perfect freedom of . conscience—were well educated , and lightly taxed—extreme wealth , or extreme poverty , were rarely to be found—tho laws were well executed and cheaply administered—peace and economy caused prosperity and order to abound—for the discontented and restless the New States opened an attractive field—literature and the fine arts were beginning to be universally cultivated—gambling and drunkenness were being fast banished from society . United within themselves they might bid defiance to the world , and speedily comprise within their dominion the whole territories washed by the Atlantic and Pacific waves . 'Whether such an
accession would add to their real strength remains'to be proved ; each fresh addition of territory hitherto , has increased her strength , and begat a greater desire for aggrandisement . Who shall say how it will end ? It is easy to prophecy—to indulge in black and dismal forebodings ; but if past experience is to be a guide—if reason is allowed to have unprejudiced sway—it woulddeclare that the whole of the Northern and Southern Continents—all that is comprehended under the name of America , would be better governed , more in accordance with the feelings of the inhabitants and the interests of the great human family , under the . star-spangled banner of the United States , than under the despots of Europe , or than they are by their present insane
and fleeting tyrants . The Free Land Movement had not then commenced its career ; that movement which , if honestly'and skilfully conducted , will prove the saviour of America , by distributing true notions of man ' s inherent rights , and acting as a check to the overwhelming influence of capital . All honour to tho founders of that movement . Chartism , despised and persecuted at home , has sent forth her martyred champions to America , who have mainly aided in establishing this young and flourishing plant , which , reckless of all party feuds , is-spreading its roots in that generous soil , and will , we trust , yet become the monarch of tho domain , affording shelter and protection under its luxuriant foliage to the denizens of the whole world . ( To be continued . )
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A Gbant of Quabteb Sessions is about to be made to Gravcsend , in Kent , and also to Newport , in the Isle of Wight . Tho increasing commercial importance an d population of Gravcsend render desirable the holding of quarter sessions there , and it will accordingly bo granted upon the fulfilment of the necessary conditions as to the proper maintenance of prisons and other expenses required for the purpose of the due administration of justice . In the case of Newport , the necessity for boroug h sessions has been created by the withdrawal of the Rants county sessions , which used to be adjourned from Winchester to the Isle of Wight , and held at Newport , but which are now discontinued . The Ixhabitasts of London , amounting to 2 , 000 , 000 , respire every minute about twelve and a half tons of air .
The Virtce or Herbs . —Nicholas Culpcpev , the old herbalist , used to say that a physician without astrology was like a pudding without fat . The fact is , tho extraordinary cures lie used to make he attributed as much to the planetary hodies as to his herDB , for he would contend that every herb should be gathered in its proper planetary hour or else it was useless . Iu these enlightened times this Jj lea is justly laughed at The secret of his success v . - . -ts that he used tlie herbs without any chemical preparation of tliem ; lie simply expressed the juice from them or made a decoction , and he thus obtained the whole of the virtues of the herbs he wished to make use of . Hon- different the practice in the present day ! Now the herb is dried and
powdered , then a decoction is made , then this is evaporated to dryness , next some chemical agent is added to precipitate one portion of it , and another : chemical agent to precipitate another portion of it , then the whole is evaporated to dryness a second time and thus it is supposed that the very essence is obtained . Pshaw ! the medical proposes of the herb are destroyed and their essence is in most cases oulj fit to throw to the dungheap . Can it therefore be surp rising that Hatse ' s Scorbutis Drops should have attained such a celebrity for purifying the blood and clearing the body from blotches and scorbutic eruptions , . ^ hen it is well known that those drops are composed of the juices , of the herb without any ckeiaical prepa . T & tioj > ' whatever .
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WILL X ) P THE TSAR PETER , EMPEROU OF
RUSSIA . ( From 2 ? o . IV . of tbTlkmocratic Xeview , for September . ) « i 2 L faU S doc «« nent , the genuiness of which ? LS ? t 0 bt »« ostionable , speaks for itself . The successors of Peter have too faithfully executed his instructions , and the end he desired will , undoubtedly be accomplished , unless tho nations of M ~ f , nd wcs 'n Europe combine in an Anti-Muscovite crusade . Even that may be tried " xoo In ^ e mme ofth Most ffol y and Indivisible Trinityl ! , 5 al 1 our Descendants and . Successors tiov-L and 0 mrM ^ nt of the Russian
NaSL ! f gh ! y' - wll ° m we hold our life and S a /' er ha revealed to us his designs , and lHI , ? fii T : PP ° ' Permits us to regard £ , S ° Publish her dominion over all tho nffim ,, M rt " P ° rtcd by th 0 faCt that a 11 K "il » h pnrt . offche world have , for the D ^ £ ftjX v S ; Iyt 0 t , iafc condition of im-P S ?« £ w t ! . mc . h lh ° y ai'e marching rapidly . tainlvconmLfH i *** ^^ y ^ oasify and cerhaSSued ttl f , ? P ^ wkaW sh all XKSrSJr ? . full , P ° TCr- I consider the invasion of the countries , both east and west bvus EE £ s n enipire bytho invasion °
Tho emigration of men from thoPnlaUlhWlu inundation of the Nile , whieh ^ t ccrSl ^' times en riches by its waters the arid plains of El I found Russia a small brook ; I leave it a ere-it river . Our successors will make it a greafi destined to ; . fertalise . all Europe , if they Cv tho means ot directing is waves . ' I therefore leave them tho . following instructions , which I recommend to their constant meditation : — 1 . To keep the Russian nation in a state of perpetual war , in order always to have good soldiers .
iney must never oe permitted to repose , except to repair the finances . For recruiting your army choose the favourable moment of attack ; thus you will make peace advance your projects of war , and war those of peace , for promoting the increase and prosperity of Russia . 2 . Attract by all possible , means , from tho bestinformed nations of Europe , Captains , during war , the Learned , during peace , that Russia may profit by all the advantages of other countries .
3 . Be careful to mix yourselves up with all tho affairs of Europe , and particularly with Germany , which being the nearest neighbour , merits the most of your attention . 1 . Divide Poland , by fermenting in her bosom continual disorders and jealousies . Gain the power by gold ; influence and corrupt the Diet , in order to have an influence in the election of the kings ; obtain partisans , protect them ; if the neighbouring powers oppose you , overcome tho obstacles by sowing divisions in their countries .
5 . Take all you can from Sweden . With this view separate it from Denmark ,. for which do as much , and take care not to excito their jealousy . G . Marry the Russian princes with the German princesses ; multiply these family alliances ; unite your interests ; and by the increase of our influence , bind Germany to our cause , 7 . Seek an alliance with England for our commerce , as being the most useful power , for tho dcvelopcment of our marine , and exchange of our timber and other productions , for her gold ; and keep up continual communications with her merchants and sailors , that ours may acquire experience in commerce and navigation . 8 . Extend your lino continually on the coasts of tho Baltic , and southward on tho shores of the Black sea . 9 . Approach as near as possible to Constantinople
and India . Remember , that he who commands these countries is the true Sovereign of the world . Keep up perpetual warfare with Turkey and Persia ; establish magazines in the ports of the Black sea , ; obtain by degrees the entire command of this sea , as well as of the Baltic . This is necessary for the entire success of our projects ; hasten tho fall of Persia ; open a route to the Persian Gulf ; restore as much as possible tho ancient commerce of the Levant , by way of Syria , and thereby advance towards India . Once there , you will have no more need of English gold . 10 . Carefully seek alliance with Austria ; appear to lend yourselves to her ideas oi dominion over Germany , and secretly exercise against her the jealousy of tho other princes ; manage in such a way that each of them may bo disposed to claim the assistance of Russia ; and exercise over them a sort of protection , which will prepare the way for your future domination .
11 . Make it the interest of tho House of Austria to drive the Turks out of Europe ; and neutralise her jealousy by offering her apart of your conquest , of which at some future time you can take possession again . 12 . Above all , re-unite around you all the schismatic Greeks who are dispersed in Hungary and Poland , become their centre and their support ; establish universal dominion over them by a kind of sacerdotal autocracy ; thus you will make a great number of friends among your enemies .
13 . Sweden dismembered , Persia vanquished , Poland subjugated , Tuv-key conquered , our armies united , tho Black sea and the Baltic guarded by our vessels , prepare separately and secretly , . first tho Court of Versailles , then that of Vienna , for sharing with Russia the empire of the world . If ono of them accept tho proposal , natter her ambition and self-love , and employ the ono to crush the other , by putting them into a state of conflict . The result is indubitable ; Russia will possess all the cast , and . a great part of Europe . 14 . If , however , which is not probable , both
should refuse tho offer of Russia , a quarrel must be got up between these two powers , a quarrel which will exhaust both . Russia , then , taking the advantage , of this decisive moment , will inundate Germany with her troops , previously collected . At the same time two fleets filled with-soldiers will leave the Baltic and Black sea , will advance by the Mediterranean and the ocean , keeping France in check on ono side , and Germany on tho other , and these two countries being conquered , the rest of Europe will soon fall under the yoke . It is thus that Europe may be brought into subjection .
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Admission' to a Catiiolic Coxvext . —On Saturday last two young ladies went through the ceremony of what is termed "taking the veil , " or entering upon their noviciate , previously to being professed as nuns , at the new convent of the Good Shepherd , the second Catholic Institution of tho kind in Hammersmith . One of the ladies whose name did not transpire , is from Guernsey , and entered as a lay-sister . Tho other , Miss Ryder , is hi ghly connected , and is a cowvevt to the Catholic faith . Amongst the friends who-attended to witness her separation from the world , were the Hon . Mrs . S . Murray , tho Bon . Miss Frazer , and the Bon . Mcthncn . Uer brother and- sister were also present . Being assembled at one side of the chapel , adioining the convent , and the nuns , about
twelve in number being ranged at the other both facing the altar , the young ladies proceeded to turn to the threshold of the sanctuary , whereprie dicuai were prepared for them , and kneeling down , a hymn was chauntcd by a choir of girls from the cloisters to the Virgin Mary , whose nativity the Catholic church that day celebrated . The Rev . Dr . Wiseman ( assisted by tho Rev . Mr . Phillips , chaplain to the convent , the Rev . Mr , Scarle and Rev . Mr . Quidez ) then said a low mass , at which the two noviciates and the entire community received the sacrament , and afterwards , assuming his episcopal insignia , delivered an exhortation on the necessity of walking in the footsteps of the blessed Virgin .
Tho rev . prelate ' s'discourse ' was followed by prayers special to the occasion and the blessing of the robes , ifcc . The ladies then withdrew to cast aside their worldly attire—Miss Ryder being dressed as a bride , with a rich lace veil suspended from her head ( the lay-sisters plainly ) , and returned in the garb of the order of the Good Shephe » d , when they were invested by tlie bishop with the veil , as an embkmi of modesty and purity , and to conceal them from the eyes of the world . They also received from his hands a rosary , to remind them " that they wore consecrated to the blessed Virgin . '' More prayers being said and hymns sung , they kissed each of tlieir "Sisters in Christ , " and after bowing before the altar , left the sacred edifice .
DiscoviBT op Coal in Egypt . —The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from Grand Cairo of tho date of the 1 st of August , which announces tho discovery , by a French civil engineer , of a stratum of coal in the vicinity of tho Nile , towards Upper Egypt . This is a most valuable discovery , inasmuch as it will relievo the government from the enormous tribute paid to England for the purchase of this indispensable article . Two engineers , an Englishman and a Frenchman , wore employed to investigate tho lands in the vicinity of tbe Nile , for the discovery of coal about three years ago ; but these superficial inquirers reported that there was none , and that , moreover , none would be found ? The French engineer first mentioned , moro diligent
and move skilful than his predecessors , has completely overthrown this bold assertion . The samples have been referred to a commission , and the excavations will be continued on a large scale . , The Mcbdeh op the Hesrichsoxs . —Captain Henrichson , husband of Mrs . Henrichson and father of her children , who were barbarously murdered by Gleeson Wilson , in Liverpool , about six mouths smce ; arrived in the Mersey on Sunday morning , at two o ' clock , in the ship Duncan , from Calcutta , of which he was the commander . The unfortunate gentleaian saw an account of the murder in a newspaper at St . Helena on the 11 th of July . On landing he was conveyed to his house in Levcson-street , where 'tho dreadful crimes were perpetrated . The murderer 'Wilson will be executed this day at noon ,
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The Board of Health amd tbsEarlt Closino Movement . —Ik a communication received by Mr LilwaH , secretary of the . Early Closing Association ! from Gwydyrhc-ase , Whitehall , and bearing date the 7 th inst ., it is stated « that tho board are fully satisfied that the late hour system , especially in close , ill-ventilated shops , has a tendency to predispose those'Who-are subject to it ' to epidemic disease . " It is a singular fact , that Rush and Thurtell were bedfellows at the same school . A . Wise Rem ^ k , —Some men are wise , and some men are otherwise .
A Graphic ADDiusss . —Mr . , Cottage Place , Nr the Bishop's Palace as was burnt , Bristol A Trial of Patiexce . —Tho greatest trial of patience is looking for your night-cap after you have put the candlo out . Rather Ticklish . —We find in tbe Court Circular that the name of tho Prince of Wales ' s private tutor is Birch . * fJ ? An ™ n £ RIATE 'r Tho government contract J . oi 100 , 000 gallons of rum for the navy , has iust been concluded with Messrs . Lemon , Waters , and Co . —Man at the Corner . Queer Taste . —A contemporary introduces a picceof poetry with these words : — " The following lines were written moro tRan fifty years ago , by one who has for many years slept in his grave , merely for his own amusement . "
A Lawyer ' s Opinion of a Lawyer ' s Opision .-Mr . Sergeant Wilkins lately while speaking of the speech of Mr . Martin , said Jiohad given in it manv opinions , but they were given gratuitously , anil not worth much . » Unless , " he said , " you open a lawyer ' s understanding with a : golden key , his opinion is not worth a farthing . " — Liverpool Mercury . Belgian Hops . —Several arrivals of some bales of hops have taken place by a steam-ship from Ostend , tho produce of Belgium , consigned to a firm in the metropolis . These continued arrivals of this article of Belgian growth are of interest as evincing a regularity in the supply of this article of
merchandise from a country which has not hitherto furnished us with hops during any previous year . The Cholera is sweeping off the black population in Louisiana in great numbers . The victims have no premonitory symptoms . They are taken with a weakness in the legs , aud in two hours tlviy are dead . They have neither diarrhoea nor vomiting . It is awful to see how they dropdown in the fieldat one moment perfectly well and hearty , and by the time they are carried to the house they are no more . Every morning there are numbers reported dead on the different plantations . I will say no more on this subject ; it is too awful to dwell upon . As yet no white persons have been affected on the coast . — American Paper .
Faithful Doo . — Mr . Wintemute was drowned while attempting to sn-itn the Niagara river to an island , on the 4 th of July . There is an incident connected with the death of Mr , W . that is quite affecting , as it exhibits the strong attachment and peculiar sagacity of the dog . This faithful animal had accompanied Mr . W . in the water , and was the moans of discovering his loss and the recovery of his body by his friends . —The dog , from the moment his master sunk to rise no more , continued to swim in a circuit of some fifty feet , howling and barking , for about two hours ! The continued cries
ofthe dog , uttered in the most pitiful and lamentable strains known to the race , attracted the attention of neighbours from tho shore , who at length went to the dog , and recognising him , concluded , from tbe sorrowful cries and earnest manner , that his master was in the water . This proved to be so ; on searching , his body was found within the circuit made by the dog , as he swam round and round . When the body of his master was taken into the boat , nothing could exceed the expressions of joy manifested by this faithful animal / who , quite exhausted and feeble , was taken into the boat alonsr with the bodv . ¦
I ' iie Literary Gazette has this impromptu : — Thus Lola her love to her hero rcveal'd : "My heart you have wounded , I wish to be Jleald ;" But James , who for years bad her capers endured , Said , " HeaUl she may be , but she'll never be cured . " Mrs . Partixotox says that a man fell down the other day , in an applejack fit , and that his life was extirpated . . . In a monastery of the Levant , there is a monk thirty-five years of age , who never saw a woman . Ho has no recollection of his mother . A California ^ Advexturkr writes from M ? . 7 . athn — " We all travelled through Mexico without passports , and wore treated very well , except , that they stole everything from us they could lay their hands on . "
A Wiltshire dame , the mother of a largo family , was one day asked tho number of her children . " La , me . '" she replied , rocking herself to and fro , " 1 * ve got fourteen—mostly boys and girls . " A Correspondent of llolden ' s Magazine tells an anecdote of an old woman , svbo , when her pastor said to her , " Heaven has not deserted you in your old age , " rcolied , " No , sir , I have a very good appetite still . " A Young Lady , accompanied by her intended , was lately walking in tho neighbourhood of High-gate , when she very innocently inquired , "Don ' t you think . Ilighgate very pretty ? " Ho , understanding her to any , ' I getverj ) pretty , promptly replied , " Ido , indeed !"
'Twas remarked that , during her Majesty ' s sojourn in the metropolis of the green Isle , she was surrounded by persons of every shade of politics . This doubtless , was the fact , as her constant attendants there were Sir George Grey , Colonel Browne , and Town-Major White . Ax American paper says , that so numerous is the company in some of the inns in the vicinity of the White Mountains , that . at night they place travellers on tho floor in rows till they get to sleep , then set them up against the wall and lay down another lot , and so on till all are accommodated .
" How , " said a judge to a witness , "how do you kn ' ow , thc plaintiff was intoxicated on the evening referred to . " " Because I saw him , a few minutes after supper , trying to pull off bis trowsevs with a bootjack . Verdict for the defendant . . . Visiting Dublin a short time ago , I inquired of a native whom I met , which was market day ?—" Sure , bless your honour , " replied the lliborniad , "jovory day is market day hero . " »" Why , Pat , " 1 replied , " What is dealt in on Sundays ?"" Prayers , " was tbe smart repartee , " and tho priest makes us pay mighty dear for thorn , too . "
It is said that " Fortune knocks once at least , at every man's door ; " but a good author describes the knock often as " a runaway one . " The famous name , Campbell , is derived from two Gaelic words , signifying wry-nose , and the meaning-of Cameron is wry-month . TueiIts is a ' story told of a young English nobleman , who , being at Rome , broke out into a violent rage against his Italian yalet for having neglected the performance of some prescribed duty , indignantly asking him how ho dared to violate the commands of a descendant of one of the Plantagenots . ' The valet , as incensed as his master for the severity of reproof ho bad received , disdainfully answered , "My pedigree is superior to yours ; my
family trace their descent to Venus and Anchises . When an itinerant Jew , bag on back , bawls out , " ch , do , " under tbo windows of tbe palatial residences of Belgravia , it is certain that he can bonst ofalineaijo vastly move antique than any derived from Saxon or Norman descent , albeit he can refer to no credentials in the Herald ' s College . There is a note in Blackstonc's Commentaries fatal to tho pride of genealogy , for it shows that tbe older the family , tho less pure is tbe blood of tbo descendant ; it becoming more and more diluted in proportion to its remoteness from the parent fountain . Unobservant of this fact , many families have committed tho error of tracing themselves too far backwards , and even invented fables to lengthen the ancestral chain .
What is tbe safest capital a man can invest in business , and which shall insure him the greatest amount of interest ? Answer : Civility . Friendship . —When I see loaves drop from the trees at the beginning of autumn , just such , think I , is the friendship of the world . While the sap of maintenance lasts , my friends swarm in abundance : but in tho winter of my need they leave me naked . Ho is a happy man who hath a true friend at bis need ; but he is more truly happy who hath no need of friends , Polite— Scion of tbo ancient stock . y „ j „ ar _ Chip of tbe Old Block . F . H . D .
" Charles , do you really love my daughter ? " You know I do , Mrs . Simpkins . " " How much do you love her ? " "I love her—I love her as hard as a horse can kick . " Mrs . Simpkins was satisfied of the strength of his affection . Well Said . —A wealthy farmer in Kentucky says , " I would rather bo taxed for tho education of the boy than the ignorance ofthe man . For one o r the other I am compelled to be . " .
Halse's Scorbutic Drops. A Sure Cure For Scurvy, Bad {*• Legs, And. Impure Blood.
HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY , BAD {*• LEGS , AND . IMPURE BLOOD .
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™ aurpnsuig cure uy means of Hake ' s Scorbutic Drops . DECLARATION OF THE GCAHDIANS OF 1 . BE . NT , DSVOV . T .,. ' j £ " } , dcl ' s / , 8 neu -, Mfcnraljr , declare , that before Thomas Rollins , ( one q ( out- parishioner *) commenced taking ' . 'IWy . Scorbutic Drops , " he was literally covered with large running wounds , some of them so lnn » that a person might have laid his fist in them ; that before he had finished the firit bottle ho noticed an improvement ' said thatbcontinuing tbem for timelie
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jglr TdAXKiND are liable to ono disease more than another , or if there are any particular affections ofthe human body we require to have a knowledge of over the rest , it is certainly that class of disorders treated of in the new and im . proved edition of the " Silent Friend . " The authors , in tlmj sending forth to the world another edition of their medical work , cannot refrain from expressing their grati . ficiition at the continual success attending their efforts , which , combined with the assistance of liu-dirines , exclu . sively of tlieir own preparation , have been the happy causa of mitigating and averting the nientalaiul physical miseries attendant on those peculiar disorders ; thus proving the fact ,
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HOIAOWAV'S Pil . 13 AW . AX KxCBUXNT PlEMKDY F !« 1 . S 3 JcnsTios , Dilious and Liver Cohtiaists . —All painful and dis tressing sensations arising , fl-caii these complaints ( ivbieli are too well known to require a description hero of their symptoms ) may bo easily removed by a lew doses of this inestimable medicine , for such is its eilicacy , that the most debilatc-d constitutions are effectually strengthened and the aversion to exeveisfc overcome , they gwftbvKij & YiCj to the spirits , create au appetite , and promote digestion . At this season , when epidemics are so prevalent , these pills should be frequently taken ; they surpass every other vemedv as a preventive of malignant disovdws . Paul ' s Evenv Man's Pbiesd , ( Coiut PyisrEn ) , may be relied on as a speedy aud certain cure fc-s those painful " and stubborn annoyances Corns and Buulc-us , causing the lamo and afilicted to walk with comfort . A large and increasing demand tawing proved its efiicaey , lias induced several persons to put up a spurious pvepavtion , therefore be- suro to ask for " Paul ' s Every Man ' s Prieud , " and do not bo persuaded to purchase anything else . A single trial will convince of tis immensuvilVlW superiority over ( ill otter plaisters , liquids , & c ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 15, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15091849/page/3/
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