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      - Ieelahd As She Was, Is, * And Will Be....

      - IEELAHD AS SHE WAS , IS , * AND WILL BE . .. f BT USO PBHHBT . to ] Ctempoaedand Printed for tha " _SnighUof Srm Z Ah _^^' ThemMAGesdkmcm . _^ re _* nmpire-8 » oii _' 8 _| S | _^ » w « t ! l Dear Erin ' _a form defil a . -. _~ - ' Ho tyrant trod her sainted sod , _...-wfr « S harp from eT _' ry cot , _^ _heSTeSdPlentyjmil'd , & _rSi 8 « hlime , itehea _^ nly chime , * 3 ndsorrow's pang beguil'd . _ntlujiBaaitusedtoDe Inthe days of olden time . No scene * of want , or woe , were ihete ,

      Ko crimes to shock tho mind , No single thought with venom fraught , So word was said unkind . " ; _ nd if percbance that anger rose , . It passed as the wind ; Because the whole were as one soul By Friendship ' s bond entwin'd . 0 tbis is 33 it used to be , & c And thus she stood the pride of all , Of nature's own the best ; _ laud of bliss—of happiness : By _ev'ry virtue blest . "Each dawnin _ morn brought brighter joys Each night a sweeter rest : 'Jiid dreams divine , and thoughts sublime , Too great tb be express'd . O tbis is as it used to be , _ c .

      But oh ! a change , a fearful change Came o ' er this beauteous land : The harp is ira & h'd , its harper cruBb'd , Beneath a murd'rous hand . His hallowed home usurpers fill , Or else the dread command Is to destroy that seat of joy , Nor longer let it stand . 0 'tis sotas it used to be , te . And onward then a mighty tide _. Of persecution roll'd , Through huts , and balls , and convent walla , Aye ev _' ry corner told Some horrid hell-horn deed of blood , Too sick ' ning to behold , And all because she lov _' d those laws That joined ber to the fold "Where lived and died her sainted sires , ko .

      Her crystal tear * , her reeking blood BedeVd her fertile plains ; And oh ! her moans , and dying groans _. And clanking ofher chains , Brought to the mind at midni ght hour , Thosei deep and dark domains ; Where shrieka the soul—where legions roll "Mid horrid endless pains . Compare this as it used to be , _ c . But if she wept ber many woes , o if sbe sighed before ; . In angmah now her aching brow . Feels sorrow far more sore : The cry of want rings through the air , Arid echoes loudly o ' er That martyr'd land , for famine ' s band Now strikes it to its core . 0 'iu not as it nsed to be . & c .

      0 view tbat form , tbat ghastly form , That pale—that sunken cheek ; Those blood-shot ejei . and baric ! those sighs , All , all of hunger speak . - , Bnt why say one ? A million sank , Alike the strong and weak , Beneath tbe blight . 0 God of might Redress from Thee they seek . 0 'tis not aa it nsed to be , & e . Fate death now stalks with rapid strides O'er hill , and dale , and plain . And sweeps along the mighty tlffOng To ease tbem oftheir pain . The cry for food is partly bushed , Tbe blood forsakes tbe brain , Bnt ah ! in deatb , tbe gasping breath , Begs vengeance not in vain . 0 'tis not as it used to be , ic .

      History shall record those crimes , Ever to be bewail'd _, And men unborn , shall mods , aud _Bcorn The country that entailed \ Jpo _ a tend snch dreadful scenes , Because one root had f ( riled . When ev ' ry morn her tons of corn By shiploads from her sail'd . 0 'tis not as it used to be , _ c . But oh ! be still thou sainted isle , And hush thy ev ' ry sigh ; lei hope take rest within tby breast , Por retribution ' s nig h _, lea sudden as the lightning ' s flash That streaks tbe murky sky , Shall come the hour when might and pow'r To thy dear land shall fly . And make it as it used to be , de .

      0 then the son of freedom shall Arise resplendent o ' er Tby hills , and dales , and shamrock _valeB , And commerce crowd tby shore ; The bard shall strike the long hush'd harp More sweetly than before , O beauteous isle , thy homes shall 8 mil 9 As in the days of yore . 0 this is as it nsed to be In tbe days of olden time .

      The Late Peesident Of The United States,...

      THE LATE PEESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES , GEN . ZACHAET TAYLOB . The death of this eminent man is recorded in another column ; in giving some particulars of Ms remarkable career , we shall in tbis place confine ourselves to a mere relation of facts . Zachary Taylor was born in Orange County Virginia , on the 24 th November , 1 _? 86 . "While he was bnt a few months , old , his father , Col . Eichard Taylor , who bad distinguished him self in the war ofthe revolution , migrated with

      Mb family to Kentucky . . He was one of the early pioneers . Bnt ten years before , for the first time had tbe habitation of the white man been seen anywhere in the territory between tba western boundary of Virginia and the distant Mississippi . With Ms rifle , even at the time of Col . Taylor ' s arrival , the enterprising settler was compelled to dispute with the Indian and the beasts of prey his title to the soil . There was a great deal of useful , though rough , discipline in the hardships ofa border life . The dangers to which the inhabitants

      were continually exposed gave them self-possession , a readiness for emergencies , and a contempt of peril , admirably adapted to success in important undertakings . All the intellect was brought into play , sharpened , and fitted for action . "Whilst young , the future President . aided his father in ihe labours of tiie field , and this early exposure to . the severity and vicissitudes of the weather , hardy habits and homely fare , laid the foundation of a eonstitnion well adapted to the hardships he afterwards encountered . He attended schools

      in the winter months , whenever a school , how * ever distant , was accessible , and in summer workedonthefann . WMlehewasyetnnderage , _wmiemovementsinthe West seemed to threaten the integr ity of the Union , and he eagerly enrolled himself in a troop raised to oppose the design . The excitement upon tins subject soon subsiding , lie returned to the labours of Ms farm , and to Ms studies , with a disposition , however , io serve Ms country in arms : much stimulated by what he had seen of mimic war . An elder brother , a lieutenant in the army , dying soon afterbe wasthrough the

      influ-, , ence of his relative , James Madison , appointed to the vacancy by President _Jefierson , ibe 3 rd of May , 1808 . General Taylor no sooner entered tbe service of his country than be exposed his life in ber cauBe . By his defence of Fort Harrison against great odds , he saved a frontier from devastation . From that early exploit ; as from a corner-stone , bis feme gradually-rose , as he went gallantly on through a service of some fc * rty years , _rata tea successful campaigns in _Meaco- _^ campaigng that _Becured , California for tb _» "United Slates-rgave bun a reputation extending to all parts ofthe world . To many parts of his career his countrymen point witb great p ride .

      lathe / war with England he gallantly defended the half-erected military post against a large and almost ot etwhelnmg body of Indians , anddrovethem off with butahandftilof men . .. He was equally celebrkted in what Is , . known as the Indian , war in the D 0 _rth-wert ; forMf » victories in the _, Hond * war , and asain for bis two battles _m the field his capture of le city of Monterey , strongly fortified and occupied by a superior force ; and , finally , for his defeat of 25 , 000 men under lanta Anna , by _. a force of 4 , 000 volunteers : wb 6 bad never been m action a 4 * _jbToriyoWregal *** . _D" _®& _*^\ _£ _° !® $ _** _MeL / war he las remarkable for-tocare of fte men under his comm and ; [ or his _'Mjy _^ hun _^ K to dar _^ _erWh" ; desire _•*>**> _**>« aa the best reward of aK _whtary exertion ..

      The Late Peesident Of The United States,...

      been preserved . In : oae we have a description of Mont Morales , the . column is halted to let * troop & 7 CS ? _v he _* d i a M _«» can sombmrdressS ma brown ohve-coloured loose frock coat , gray _pangoons , wool socks and aboes f _Jfromir _ffiSS r _"SW 8 cab _» ard of a sword ; he bas tne eye of a ha . wk . _ and every lineament of his eovm tenance in expressive of _honesty _. and a calm deter _SEiiT _^ The , _Plain-looking gentleman is _^ _n _? _» _^ _: j _ayW , who , _witf . _his military lamiiy , ana a squadron of dragoons as an escort , is on his way . to the front ; A few more anecdotes - _•¦« m ¦ -- » .-.. v _» n _** , ivil 1 UV 1 U _oucvuuvco Will ; * B &» r inecdotes " _cf this liiniiiil Ml 11 1

      serve to show the character of the man . . Aft 6 * _Aecapttolation of Monterey , the officersof the army used their exertions to get General Taylor to move from his camp at St . Domingo to the PIaia , and there . establish hia head quarters ; Several public buildings were examined and decided upon as suitable . After considerable persuasion , General Taylor consented to move , at the same time giving . the following instructions : " Choose a pleasant location—a house that is surrounded by a garden filled withlarge . trees ; put up a tent-under the trees for my residence , and you ( the ' staff and other officers } may have the house in front . " It is needless to add , that no more was said about the head quarters being removed into the city of Monterey . ' In the early part of a severe action , when the enemy had succeeded in turnine the left whwof

      his little army , and secured a seeming _advantageous position in the rear oftheir line , at tie base of the mountain ; , when a portion of the troops , overpowered by tbe superiority of numbers , were forced to retire in « 'bothaste ; " when , indeed , the fortunes of the day seemed extremely problematical , an officer of high rank rode up to General Taylor , and announced the temporary success of the enemy , and expressed his fears for the success ! of the army . Taylor ' s reply was characteristic of the man ; " Sir , " said he , " so long as we . have thirty muskets , we . can never be >' . . conquered ! If those troops who nave abandoned their position can be Milled aad brought into aotion again , I will take three thousand of the . enemy prisoners .. Had I the disposition ofthe enemy ' s forces , -I would myself place them 'just were they , are . " The officer resumed bis duties with a light heart , considering that the battle , in spite of appearance , was already

      won . . A little while . before the battle of Buena TisU , a party of twenty athletic young men , direct from SalUllo , met Gen . Taylor near his camp at Walnutgrove . " Whereate you from ? " inquired the good old man of the foremost of the youngsters . " . ' . ' Just from _Saltillo , General , " was the reply , in a voice such a * a favourite son assumes when speaking to a familiar parent . " Well , well , " said tbe General , looking at the party with solicitude , " you bad better be careful boys , and not trust yourselves out on tbe road in such small force ; you will get cut off some time ; it is very imprudent to do bo . " That evening Gen . Taylor and staff , seven persons , all etartedfor Kaitillo , *

      As proof of bis hnmamty , it is recorded that Taylor , leaving tbe battle ground of Buena _Tista , ordered upwards of forty mule loads of provisions to be sent from his camp to Incarnation , for tbe use of the wounded Mexicans who were in the hospital there , and starving from hunger . Taylor told General Ricardo that General Ampudia had written to him , stating tbat tbe war should be conducted ia accordance with the usages of civilised nations , bnt tbat after the last battle they had barbarously stripped and mutilated our dead . To this charge General Ricardo replied , that " this was done by the rancberos _, who could not be controlled . " " I am coming over , and will control them for you , " said Taylor . '

      ' The general had assembled his council of officers the night previous to the conflict of Buenos Vista , for the purpose of hearing their suggestions in relation to the approaching battle . A good deal Of Uu _« easiness was exhwited- _^ _r-otyectiions were raised—tbe disadvantage of the immense " odds" were presented—propositions to retire and wait for reinforcements were urged—some were for giving tbe enemy battle—and one proposed tbat the American army should " fallback " ¦— when the old hero ' s opinion was asked . " Are yon all done , gentlemen ? " Every one had finished . " Then , gentlemen , I will adjourn this meeting , " coolly added Taylor , "tillafter Hiefiqheto-morrow , " " Good !" was tbe unanimous response . The'battle was fought and—won .

      . On his triumphant return from Mexico bis friends put bim hi nomination for the office of president . He was for a time an unwilling candidate , but when he at length agreed to enter the lists his plain , straightforward conduct , gained him many new supporters . His two opponents were General Cass and Mr . Van _JBoren , but the real contest lay between Taylor and Cass , asd Its termination , in _November . 1848 , showed tbe electoral votes of the states to be : for General Taylor , 163 ; for General Cass , 127 ; majority for Taylor , 36 . The term of office for the new President commenced in March , 1849 . Previous to tbis he indicated the character of bis intended policy in a speech that tended to confirm the character his friends had claimed him for good sense : —

      lam not yet President , and when I am let all applications be made through the _propsr departments ; and if it is wished tomOTe an incumbent let it be shown that he does not answer the Jeffersonian standard for an office _, holder , and that the applicant does ; for , as far as lid in my power , I intend that all new appointment * shall be of men fcenest and capable . I do not intend to remote any man from office became he voted against me _. _-for that Is a freeman ' s privilege ; hut such desecration of office and official patronage aa some of them hare heen guilty of to secure tiie election of the masUr whom thev _terred a * slaves U degrading to the character of American freemen , and wfll be a good canse for removal of friend or foe . The ofiice ofthe _gorernment should be filled with men of aU parties ; and , as I expect tofindmany of those now holding to be honest , good men , and as the new appointments will _. Of course , be Whigs , that wiU bring about tin ' s result . Although I do not intend to allow an indiscrimiaate removal _, vet it erieves me to think that it will be necessary

      to require a great many to give place to better men . As to my cabinet , I intend that all interests and all sections ofthe country shall be represented , bat not , as some of ths newspapers will hare it , all parties . I am a Whig , as I hare always been free to acknowledge , but 1 do not believe that those who voted for me wiih me to be a . -rone partisan President and I shall , therefore , try to be a President of the American people . As to tbe new territory , it is now free , and slavery cannot exist there without a law of Congress authorising it , and that Id * not believe they will ever pass . I was opposed to tbe acquisition of this territory , as I also was to tbe acquisition of Texas . I was opposed tothe war , and , although by occupation a war rior , I am a peace man . - His subsequent conduct confirmed tbe favourable impression that this preliminary announcement created , a & d men of all parties will lamest the event that has shortened the career of a man who served his country so gallantly in the field , and so moderately , fearlessly , and well in the _presidential chair .

      Millard Fillmore, Thb New President Of T...

      MILLARD FILLMORE , THB NEW PRESIDENT OF THB UNITED STATES . The career of the new President of the United States , Millard Fillmore , affords an useful lesson , by showing what may be accomplished in the face of the greatest obstacles , by intellect , perseverance , and strict integrity , in a public and private capacity . His father , Nathaniel Fillmore , was an American farmer of humble means , who lived at Summer Hill , Cayuga county , New York , where Millard , now President , was born , January 7 th , 1800 . About the year 1802 he removed to' the town of _Sempronins , now NileB _, and resided there till 1819 , when he removed to Erie county , where he still lives , cultivating a small farm .

      The narrow means of bis father deprived Millard Fillmore of any advantages of _education beyond what were afforded by the imperfect and ill-taught common schools of the conntry . Books were scarce and dear , and at the age of fifteen , when more favoured youths are far advanced in their classical studies , or enjoying in colleges the benefit of well furnished libraries , young . Filhnore had read but little except his common school books and the Bible . At that period he waB sent into the wilds of Livingston county , to learn the clothiers- trade . He remained there about four months , and

      was then placed with another person to pursue the same business and wool carding in the town where his father lived . A small village library that was formed there soon after gave Mm the first means of acquiring general knowledge through books . He improved the opportunity thus afforded ; the appetite grew by whatit fed upon ., -Tie thirst for knowledge soon became insatiate , and every leisure moment was spent in reading ! Four years were passed in tbis way , working at his trade and storing his mind , dnrmg anchhonrs as he could command , with tie contents of books of history , biography , and travels .

      At the age of nineteen be fortunately made an acquaintance with the late Judge Wood , a man of wealth and great business capacity , who had an excellent law library . Be soon saw that under the rude exterior of the clothier's boy were powers that only required proper development to raise the possessor to distinction and usefulness , and advised him t ? quit his trade and study law . In reply to a question ofa luck of education , means and Mends to aid bun m a course of professional _s _^ ud y _^ - Judge Wood

      Millard Fillmore, Thb New President Of T...

      kindly offered to _givefiim '" » place in his office , to advance money to defray-bis expenses , and wait _natusuccessinbusiness _sbonldfurnish * themeansof repayment . The offer was accepted .: * The ' apprentwe boybougbt his time , entered the office of Judge Wood , and for more than two years applied himself closely to busmesa arid study . Bef reauflaw and general hterature , and studied and . practised surveying . ; : . /; , . ¦ ; _'' : ' M '' Fearing he should incur too large a debt to his benefactors be taught in a school for three months inthe year , and thus acquired , the means of _parti-i _aUy-Buptorting himself . Jn the autumn of 182 ihe removed to tbe county of Erie , and . the next spring entered a law office in Bnffivlo . ' There he sustained himself by teaching in a school , and continued his '

      legal studies until the spring of 1823 , when he was admitted to the Common Pleas , and commenced practice iu the village of Aurora , wherehere mained until 1830 , when be again removed to Buffalo .. His first entrance _. iuto publio life was in January , 1 S 29 , wben he took his seat as a member from Erie ; county ; to which office he was re-elected two follow- ! ing years . His talents , integrity , and _assiduomv devotion to public business , 800 a won for him the confidence of the house in an unexampled degree . It was a common remark among the members , "If Fillmore says it is right , we will vote for it . " The most important measure ofa general nature that came up during his service in the state _legia-J latere was the bill to abolish imprisonment : for

      debt . In behalf of thatphilanthropic measure Mr . Fillmore took an active part , urging its justice aud ; expediency , and , as a member , of that committee '; on the subject / aiding to perfect its' details . The bill met ' with a fierce , ' unrelenting opposition at every step ofits progress ; but Fillmore and a com- ; pact , party . fought tbe question so well , - that imprisonment for'debt was abolMed'in the state . He was elected to Congress in the fall of 1832 . The session of 18334 is remembered as the one in which that system of politics known under the name of Jaeksohism was fully developed . Ho took bis seat inthe stormy session of 1833-4 . In those days the business ofthe house and debates were led by old and experienced members—new onesunless

      , they enjoy a wide-spread and almost national reputation , rarely taking an aotive and _conspiououB part . Little chance , therefore , was afforded him as a member ofthe opposition , young and unassuming , of displaying those qualities that so eminently fit him for legislative usefulness . But the school was one admirably qualified to more fully develops and cultivate those powers which , wider more favourable . circumstances , have enabled , him to render such varied and important service to his country . He discharged his duty with scrupulous fidelity , never omitting on all proper occasions any efforts to advance the interests of his constituents ' and the country , and winning the respect and confidence of all . f

      At the close of his term of service he resumed the practice of his profession , which be pursued with reputation and success until , yielding to the publio voice , he consented to become a candidate , and was re-elected to Congress in the fall of 1836 . In this _Congresfl _^ Mr . Fillmore took a more active part than he did during his first term , and on the assembling of tbe next Congress , to whioh he was reelected by a largely increased majority , he was assigned a prominent place on what , ' next to that of Ways and Means , it was justly anticipated would become the most important committee ofthe house ¦ —that on elections .

      On the assembling ofthe next Congress , to which Mr . Fillmore was re-elected by a majority larger than was ever before given in that district , he was placed at the head of the Committee of the Ways and . means ,: the duties of that station always arduous and responsible , were at that time peculiarly , so . A new administration had come iuto power , and found publio affairs ina state of the greatest derangement . . The measures he brought forward and sustained speedily relieved tbe government from its embarrassment . A new and more accurate system of keeping accounts , Tendering then clear and intelligible , was then introduced . The credit of the

      gorernment was restored , ample means were provided for the exigencies of the public service , and the payment of the national debt incurred by tho former administration . In 1844 he was selected as the Whig candidate for governor for New York but failed . Confident , however , that be could command tbe strongest vote in New York , the Whigs again selected him as their candidate for comptroller , in 1847 , and succeeded in electing him . by an unprecedented majority . Such was the man whom tbe Whigs presented as their candjdate for vice-president . He was elected Vice-President , and now , by tbe death of General Taylor ; tbe once clothier ' s boy is President of the United States .

      Shipping Of The Qbeat Bum From Nikbvah; ...

      Shipping of the _Qbeat Bum from Nikbvah ; The lovers of art will be pleased to hear that'the Great Ball and . one hundred tons of sculpture excavated by our enterprising countryman , Doctor Layard , are now on their way to England , and may be expected in tbe course of September . In addition to the Elgin , Phigalian , Lycian , and Boodroom marbles , our Museum will soon be enriched with & magnificent series of Assyrian sculptures . It is said at Ninevah that the French government are determined to excel us in the exhibition of Assyrian works ot art , in order to compromise the comparative deficiency which the Louvre is obliged to acknowledge as to the treasures it possesses in the other great catalogues , and that large Bums have

      been accordingly voted for the expenses of excavation , Tbe learned Major Rawlinson continues to decipher and explain the wondrous records which have been buried in the earth so many ages , and increases , as he continues his labours , the glorious curiosities relating to the kings , and peoples , and events referred to iu tbe Scriptures , to the fidelity of wbich they bear testimony . It is hoped by our numerous countrymen ,, who feel a deep interest in tbe enterprise , tbat it will not be abandoned to our neighbours by the lack of _encouragement manifested in the refusal ofthe necessary funds . A drawing which represents . the shipping of the sculpture has . just been brought over-by one of the Messrs . Lyncb , cf Bagdad , who bas been with Dr .

      Layard exploring the remains of _Ninevab . It represents the action . of plaoing the Great Bull oh board the Apprentice , at Morghill , on the . right bank of . the Euphrates , about three miles above the old city of Bussorah . This place long formed the country residence of Colonel Taylor , lately tbe political agent of this country at Bagdad and Bussorah , and is - now rented by . Messrs . Stephen Lynch and Co :, for the Hon . East India Company , as a depot for . the-vessels on-the Euphrates . Alongside the Apprentice is the Hicotris , steamer , under tbe command of Jones , I . N ., whose influence with the natives _jb most powerful , and to whose assistance the success in effecting the

      difficult operations oa the muddy and deserted banks ofthe Euphrates is in a great measure attributable . The Apprentice was sent out from-this country by Mr . Alderman Finnis , at tha instance of the trustees of the British Museum , and to that gentleman and bis nephews , Messrs , Lynch , the publio are indebted for a strict periodical communication between the Thames and the Euphrates . Another vessel belonging to the alderman is , we understand , upon the eve of leaving London , and it is hoped by the admirers of art that she may in like manner return home laden with themonuments and trophies of what we have been too apt to regard as some fabulous metropolisi of the ancient world .

      _Taa _Faxxs op . Niagara : Overthrow OP _IHB Gbbat Time Rock . —Accounts from Canada announce the fall of the Great Table Rock of tho Falls of Niagara , under circumstances of much interest . We extract the following from the Bu alo Courier of . the lst instant — " The falling of Table Bock at Niagara Falls , on Saturday last , was an event which has been prognosticated from time immemorial , though tbe precise period at which the affair would ' come off' was not designated . The portion that fell was from 150 to 200 feet long , and from thirty to seventy feet broad , ; making an irregular semi-circle , the general conformation of which is probably , well remembered by those who have been on the spot . It was the favourite point

      for observation . The noise occasioned by the crash was heard at the distance of three miles , though many in the village on the American side heard nothing of . it . It is a very fortunate circumstance that the event took place at dinner tune ,, when most of the visitors were atthehotels . No lives were lost . A carriage , from which the horses had Been attached , stood upon the rook , and a boy was Beated inside . > He felt the rock giving way , and Lad barely time to getoutand rush . to the edge that did not fall before the whole immense mass was precipitated into tbe chasm below . * ' ' : _. MonKW . —The ' model _. ofpart of Liverpool , the docks . & e ., now in ' progress for the 1851 exhibition , is io he on so laree a scale as to < show everything

      distinctly , Ahd . trill cost about , £ 760 . A model Ol London has been made for the same purpose , on a _seale of eight in ' _ches ' to tbe mile , and containing in all ninety-six square feet . We understand that it exhibits the exact situation of all the public buildings , churches , ; bridges , _raiiwayfl . ' _ c , with the Thames from Battersea to _Rothtthitne , and shows the different elevations of the'streets . Wo are glad to hear that ' efforts are Doing made to purchase forthe new museum at JfanchesterMr . Carringtdn s large plan modal ( six feet by three feet eleven inches } of 3 , 000 square miles of district in England , comprising the country lying in a broad belt between the Humber and the Mersey , including a great part of Yorkshire , Xottingbam , Derbyshire , and Cheshire , described by us some time since . —Tlie Builder .

      _. _Turnmrb _Roins . —The amount of aid , as appears from a _parliamentary document printed on Saturday last , contributed by . parishes 1 to turnpike trusts in England and Wales in the year ending the lst January , 18 i 8 , was ' £ 30 , 048 4 s . ; Id . of which £ 30 , 241 16 s . 6 d , was contributed by England , and £ 6 , 7047 s . 7 d . by Wales . .. .

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      An Ironfonj-Dbt.In Bohemia Advertises Ca...

      An _iRONFonj-DBT . in _Bohemia advertises cast-iron coffins and ' _tombVftt equal prices witb wooden ones Loan _Palubbston first took office in 1810 , as _86 l oretary _Rtwjtrfandbaa scarcely left office , but for _abriefinterVal _/ _sincethat ' period . ' * ' . "Of what fruit is cider made V- — " Don't know ) sir . " What a stupid boy ! What did you get _? hen you robbed Widow Coffin ' s orchard r ~ _ M _, a licking , . _Bir . '' ' . 'f ' ... .. _, _,-. ¦ _-. ; , _¦^ _MBWHAMman _. wbo bad never seen la railway ) lately , wenty tp the Standedge tunnel on tho Huddersfield and Manchester railway , and ascended an _eminencefrom ,, whioh he . witnessed atrain at _fullspeod . i The following is hia account of it :- ' Hod ( I had )! _° . efln _^ standing . there , varry little when I saw a ' long Waok thing coming as sharp as leetning , and puffing ' and reeking loike mad , un . as _soio as iver . it saw me _lt . sefc _. up . agrett soream . un ran into a hoile"

      . ; How-, 10 . ippK ; Anort and _AMiAMrB . —When a lapy desires to compose her mouth to a bland and ' serene character ,. she should , just before entering a ' room , _Bay _^ _bGBom , _- ' and keep the expression into wmob the _, moutb ; sub 8 ideB until tbe desired effoct upon , ih [ e _company is evident . If , on the other hand , she wish to assume a distinguished and somewhat , noble bearing , not suggestive , of sweetness , she should say . '' brush , " the result of which is infallible .. ' .-. '• .. " .. . .

      "A gbbatadmirer of . Avon ' s Bard , having asked tbe . Boston Evening Gazette where the following passage is . to be found , f _' , l 8 thata \ that IG _B-Ame ?" is informed by our contemporary- that it may be found iu Macbeth , whose murderous _$ 2 r put a . to 1 Duncan , _y _,- / _ _¦] ' ..., ; . ; .. ¦ . ; : _!;' _:.: A minister , having preached a very long sermon , as was his custom , soma bours after asked a gentleman his oninion . of it ; he replied that , "'Twas good , but that it had spoiled a goose worth two of it .

      Mr . N . P . W 1 M . 1 S , iri bis Home Journal , describes a lady whom he lately encountered in an omnibus as excessively wetty , and the dimples at tho corners of her mouth were so deep , and _' so turned in like inverted commas , that her lip ' s looked like a quotation . " The . BoftoH Post thinks that from this " quotation '' it " "would much like to make an " extract . " -- _;; ' _^ The Mark _OvERSBOT . — _'Mes , marm , that ' s a crack article ; " said ' a ' shopkeeper to a lady purchaser . "Oh , mercy , " said she , "if the . thing ' s cracked , I don't want it ; " -

      A drou anecdote is told , of the Nepaulese ambassador , now in London ; At Mr . Lumley ' s grand fete , he asked to be introduced to Carlotta _Grisi , with whose dancing-he had been enchanted at the Opera House . The lady was presented , and the Prince made some remark ,.. which , on being translated , was found to be , that "He did not know her with her clothes oii ! - '' '•' ¦ In Luton churchyard , Bedfordshire , an uricourtly voice from tbe dead to the living speaks as follows Header , I bave left a world In which ! had muoh to do ,

      Sweating and fretting to get rich , Just suoh a fool as you . " I would not be a woman , for then : I could not love her , " says Montaigne . Lady M . W . Montague says— " The only objection I have to be a man is that I sbould then have to marry a woman . " At a religious anniversary in England , a few years ago , a very excellent but eccentrio olergyroan was called on to close the meeting with prayer , and as the exercises had been protracted to an unusually late hour , and many of the audience had already left the house from excessive fatigue , he was requested to offer'a short prayer , whicb he did in the wbrds following _iP _? 0 Lord ; forgive tbe _tediousness ofthe speakers , and the weariness of the bearers . Amen . '

      The crossino . sjveeper who , it will be remembered , was taken Mnto the suite of the Nepaulese ambassador , has been , summarily dismissed with a present of two _poun'ds . No fault was found with his conduct , but the aristocratic toadies who hang round bis excellency represented tbat tbe keeping such a person in his establishment was infra dig . _Declarations . — " I see , " said a young lady , " that some booKseller advertises blank declarations for sale . I wish I could get one . " "Why ?" asked the mother . "Because Mr . L . is too diffident to ask me to marry him ; and perhaps if I could fill a blank declaration" with the question he would sign it . " " A babristbr noticed for absence of mind was once witnessing the representation of " Macbeth , "

      and on the witches replying to the thane ' s inquiry thatthey would do a deed without a name , started up , exclaiming , "A deed without a name ! why , its void—it ' s not worth sixpence . ' " A Wmr _Fsiiow . —At the Public-office , at Stourbridge , a short time since , a vagabond-looking fellow wasbrought " ti _* f > charged with stealing _turnfps , when tbe following conversation passed between bim and the sitting magistrate : —Magistrate : What is your nainel Prisoner : Hare ; but it's a misnomer , for I ' m'quite bald . And I haint swift like a hare neither , or I shouldn't have been here . —Magistrate ' : -What ' trade are you ? Prisoner One of nature ' s journeymen . —Magistrate : What ' s that ? Prisoner : Don't you know ? I mend the

      roads when they re -out of repair . —Magistrate : I know better ; tell mehow do you live ? Prisoner Pretty well ; sir , generally a joint and a pudding , or so , at dinner . —Magistrate : I mean , sir , how do you get your bread ?! Prisoner : O , I beg your worship's pardon ; sometimes at the baker a , and sometimes at the chandler ' s shop . Just as it happens . —Magistrate : You may be as witty as you please , sir , but I mean . simply to ask you how . you do . Prisoner : Tolerabl y _' _. weil , 'I thank your worship . I hope your worship is ' -well . —Magistrate : Hear me , sir ; have you a vrtfeV and bow do you keep her and yourself ? Prisoner : ; My case is a pitiful one , sir . 1 havo a wife so ill that she is afraid she shall die , and it makes me ill to think she won't ; for I can't

      keep her still in any sense , and therefore heartily pray the fates may'take a fancy to her . —Magistrate : It is wrong , my man , to speak of the king of terrors in that 'flippant manner . Prisoner : O , I don ' t fear him , I ha ** , e lived too long with the queen of terrors for that . —Magistrate : Well , sir , but about the turnips ; what have you to say to them ? Prisoner : _Nothing to say to them , your worship , because tbey could not .. hear me if I had . There * fore the less said ; about such stupid things the better . It ' s enough to starve one to think about tbem . —Magistrate : _? But did ' nt you take the turnips found in your pocket 1 Prisoner : I , your worship J certainly hot . ' I went to sleep in the field amongst the _turnips _,- ' and the three found in my

      pockets grew into them while I lay , the heat Of my body causing tbem to , shook up faster than ordinary . I steal turnips , your worship f I'd scorn the action . ( Loud laughter . ) _- 'The . prisoner was dismissed with a caution , and , on leaving the court , remarked that "he'dpray that his ' worship's bead might never grow grey , to prevent . people from saying that he had used his jawB m . ore than his . brains . " _, STOPPINO THE MAMS' ( MAILS ) ON A BUNDAY . . "What ! no males to travel on a Sunday , ma , . ! ' I must say in that Lord A , _goeB too far : : But of course , ' as I know you think him right , Dear Joe will be welcome on the Saturday night . A Duel Avoided . —A famous duellist challenged an Irish barrister , for ; some remark made by the

      barrister whilst the duellist was giving his testimony on the stand in some important case . The barrister knew precisely as much about fighting as a fancy boxer knowsf about "Milton's Paradise Lost . " His friends told him , however , that there was no way to avoid the _scrapo ; and it was certainly expected of him either to fight or ; apologise . This settled the poinfc- ' _-for the proud little Hibernian , though he would rather eat than fight , still infinitely-preferred being shot to making an apology . So the duellists , with their seconds , £ 10 ., were soon upon the battle-ground . 'The ohallenger was notorious as a great pistol-abet , and had fought some half-dozen duels before , ih one of which he was so badly wounded as to be left a cripple for life . When other preliminaries were arranged , he requested , through his ' second , one favour from hie

      adversary , which w . _-is permission to . Stolid Up against a mile-stone that' was on the chosen ground . De sought no advantage , but wished to lean against the stone , being too lame to stand without support : His request was at'once granted , and just as the word was about to be given , the lawyer issued his mandate to stay proceedings , as he also had a request to maker . In thefgravest manner .: in the world he . solicited' permission to lean against the next mile stone , and the joke was so good that , the ohallenger took his revenge out in a hearty roar of laughter , withdrawing his deadly defiance , and dedaring that he could never shoot a man of suoh excellent hiimoHr . ; ' ;•' : Brain Labour . —To'many persons it seems a

      small thing to sit down and prepare matter for the periodioal preBj ; but let those inexperienced with the pen , and whose brainB havo never been trained to sjBtematio „ bour , attempt tofurnwh intellectual food and reorea'tion to their fellows , and they will soon realise that mental labour is the most destructive to health ol all other toil . Were one to . grub stumpsbiit of the earth , or sling the sledge hammer twelve hours a day , he would be ablo to stand tbo drudgery with less injury to the body ahd soul than half the number of hours devoted to mental employment in the way of writing , matter for the book or newspaper press .

      I « 8 tsvcnvR _Aclegorv . —A humming-bird met a butterfly , and being pleased with its beauty of person and splendour of its wings , made an offer of perpetual friendship . . " . I cannot think of it , " was the reply , " as you oncespurned me , and called mo a crawling , dolt . " " ¦ Impossible ' . " exclaimed the humming-bird ; "I always entertained the highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you . " " Perhaps you do now , " said tho other ; " but when you insulted mo I was a oaterpillar . So let megivo you a . piece of ndvioe ; never _insslt the humble ,-as they may ono day , become- your superiors . " ... ? _,.

      ¦Dv-Ibarry's 'Healthirestorin G Food ,,,. Tbe.Revalesta Arabicav" ^M K Ttrnt/\Lit ¦" Mi-. ._.____ !-'Jf 1 '_' I« ''••. &Gt; M •' ":

      ¦ _DV-iBARRY ' S _'HEALTHiRESTORIN G FOOD ,,,. TBE . REVALESTA ARABICAV " _^ m k TTrnT /\ liT ¦ " mi-. . _ . ____ _! - 'Jf ' _ ' i _« '' . > m ' " :

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      _ 1 _iauiauai . —J . UB muse uisgusimg ana mvJ _jurious _compqundB being soldfhy . unscrupulous speculators upon the credulity ofthe _Subllc , under close imita-«« m : of the name"it _DlTBARRYfS & EYALENTA ABABI 0 A " ? 00 D ,. 6 r wtlh a _prefeisce of being similar to thatdelicious and _hwaluahle remedy for Iddige & tKra _, Constipation , Nervous , Bilious ,-and Liver Complaints , ' Briers . DU BARRY , and Co . caution Invalids against these barefeced attempts at : imposture . ; There _isnothing in "the ; whole yegetaMekingdom that can legitimately be called _SunxiB to pu . Barrj ? ttevalenta Arabics , a plant which Iff cultivated oy V , u Harry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation , and _pulveriBatibli of wWoh their own Patent Machinery alone _Uad apted _, let Corn _ChandlersseU their _SV _^ nT ; 1 an o «« r meals under , their , proper 2 i *? . e 8 _^ _. * 5 S ? _'J _* h the health of 'Invalids and In-

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      ON PHYSICAL BISQUAL _1 FICATI 0 N 8 , GENERATIVE INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE . Thirty-first edition , _Blustrated with Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel , enlarged to 196 pages , price 2 s , 6 d ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 8 s , 6 d . in postage stamps . THE SILENT FRIEND ; a medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay ofthe system , _oroducsd by excessive _indulgence , the _COUM _* qutncei of infection , »* the ab _ e of mercury , with obHr TatiMM on the marrried state , and the cusqaaliiicationn which prevent it ; illustrated by twenty-six coloured es * gravings , and by the detail of cases . By R . and L . PERRY _i

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      IMPORTANT . Established Fifty Years , THE great success ¦ which hais attended Messrs . peede iu their treatment ol all those Diseases arising _ftc-m indisoretion or excess , and the number of cures performed by them , is a sufficient proot ' of their skill and ability in the treatment of those complaints . Messrs . ' _Pkbdb , Surgeons & c , may be consulted as usual from S till 2 , and 6 till 10 , in all stages of the above complaints , in the cure of which they have been so pre-eminently successful , from their peculiar method of treatment , when all other means have failed , which bas secured for them the patronage and gratitude Of many thousands who havo benefited by their advise and medi-

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      . Steam Scbbw Ships fob AuERWA . _—ltis stated that it is tho intention of tho owners of the _unram anil North Amerioan Koyal Mail steam-ships _forthwith to commence the building : of . _^ . _f _^ ships , ofgrortt _sizonndpoiver , «> csta _*«» J » g _« for tho conveyance of goods and . pas _aengers to and from New York and _iWpoo . _^ . deP _« . _^ splendid ships now . employed » ntIe _^ ° o n _^ . _^ tbe British _government fov the conveyRuoe of the mails .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 27, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27071850/page/3/