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H SHAKSPErlE . M . world ' s » s' . age , iranortal Shakspere ran ? , fid o ' er it > scenes a bright enchantment flung ; ¦¦ Tiri-B * characters hia pencil -wronght ^ nnatcbtess skill and colouring rich were fraught . ^ master-hand fair *¦ Yirtne ' s feature * drew , Sr'd '" Scorn her image , " TIce her semblance too , I ^ . ijjeid the mirror np to nature" true . M » it , philosophy , and satire keen , ¦{ moot , and -whim , enrich his comic scene ; ¦ Jrtge ^ Kuns , grace , and majesty diffuse KUr isys of grandeur round his tragic muse . Em of all dimes , in every age and sphere ,
Kta eerps and dramalts perssnm Trera , E ^ j the rrond monarch to the lo-siv swain , fc siaik ' d the manners of the motley trains mj % icenic psges in rich light < fisplsy'd fee ruling passion that each bosom rway'd ; B&e nobler virtue * painted to the view , Ejd traced low Tice in varied form and has . RJefoUiw , faults , and foibles , fee pourrreys , W £ t pirt * taeb actor in life ' * drama plays , ¦ hmping their exit * , in the hero ' s cause , WSnth booth's cold hies , or hononr's warm applause .
Wu iroie the 1 vre with pathos all his own , E&P& every * Uake some pasa . on * B power made known . llpfore him psss'd downs , sages , duels , and kings , IB . Gri £ * « Hc P ' year , alternate tuned the strings ; Iw acd Revise there rush'd with -whiilwiad-aweep , 1 * 3 il 3 < Jness rayed in discords wild and -deep ; IK © Jsalrxay—qnlck as the lightning's flash—Wf » beard , each pause , the dirtful chotdB to clash , Kjpsssiiin " * outburst , liia the thunder-crash , ! & storm cf War , Ambition "! lava-fire , »§ &"d in the mnsic of bis magic lyre ; * ifgt'i balmy zephyrs o'er its strings did play ; Hisp lnrons srrain Hops pour'd her heavenly lay ; if $ tones of Sorrow toach'd the yensive breast ; £ all the soul the poet ' s power cenfess'd .
S ^ jod-Iite genius soar'd on wirg sublime , ajadon ranged , and spura'd the bounds of time . 1 ^ iup * reution ' s realm be waTed his Trana , I £ j-nf al spirits rose at Ms command ; 1 jjht world * of fancy opan'd en his view , lpj all thtii wonders in his scen * s he drew . fjj" poet ' s eye , in a fine fierzy , ' caught 1 & giowwg images of plastic thought ; 1 Siet ? Tiaoni hii creative mind I &n" form and pressure ; " them his pen asagn'd ¦ iisice and " fcsbitatisn"in his pare , — I jSepri&e and glory of his own bright age , I jad future grandeur of the British stage I hliTs * a hird sbore all miastrel-men , — j | s > e towering eagle o ' er Bach twittering wren I iEg sfconghi sublime , for terse of richest vein , m We shall not look upon bis like * again . " I Charles Meslty lemcorOiy
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I BOWIE , JlSD OTHEK KN 1 TES . | ? Bspancgly as Brother Jonathan has been , tsnnted by b Brtiiher creditors , Sydney Smith and all , on the fcjrctof his mercantile blunder touching the doctrine M " repudiation , ^ which " ifuh ' E smart no how at i , " neither " seniisff ana-ring" nor " Tankeying ;" p ¥ ing to neat mercantile swindling , but on 3 y compi itnorent fiichicg ; taunted , moreover , with his jcrtiig refutation , which has left him without the Jshj of *• buying a sword" to avenge himself ; we iKaily wesder that he has not long ago called cat his | hither antagonist to a contest with the choice weapon Uiis nati&tal chivalry—the B » wie Knife—^ whkJi has [ i rftea clcsfcd a senatorial harangue on the &joz of | teit £ s .
I hragraphshiVe often appeared ib the English papers , [ aba from American journals , in which this mysterious Ij ^ JrEitnt j » isyed the premier role , and , in thBdsyB of [ takBcmx * , great was our awe at every fresh allusion mt a " Knife spoke ior itself ; but Bowie ? There w&s Cijto-Saion ant ! fuity in the very sound ] Was it a ucit term for some heroic weapon WTought by the fcsBfcsof the elder Northmen 3 We searched Wheafci History , tut ttie American historian made no fcaiion of his rational weapon , and onr curiosity was ; Aft nnutiii- d . Fresh accounts of the feats performed
By Iki » iroi-dj ess weapon served only to itimulste us ilia further . The fatal Jesuits frequently recorded sng-[ fetrd its being an admirable substitute for the bayonet otilro-ps ; and in an excess of nngovernable patrlo-BcaaEd curiosity , we resolve ! t « cross "the codpre wm , " and see with our own eyes . a landed 12 New Tori , from a Yankee pedlar we tared tie information thtt no such " notions" as fs » ie Kci » es tested in those parts , Int , in tie lath and West , they were " a * thick as hasty m mSriL "
I -. We trsTcEed south to Wasiington . It was approachi | CcEgress-iiiae , aEd w » took ^ np onr quarters at fl 4-iby ' e , " occcpying one of five hundred teds , waited I i ty Utcka , and performing onr bodily functions at I set liEt ;—eating , drinking , and trying to sleep at the sod of a bell . Al ^ Ungth Ejce the great Say . The session cf Conpa cc-tcmeLcad . The wise men and canning men from " ¦ terz-ezrt ~ pcured in by stsgE and steamer , cheapening £ sr " Ixsird'' ty baigainir . g in knots for the whi-le mocr- And in ezme theRonghxneE and Bawdies from ht" tsnceii , " Berne with light waggons and spans of bstcs , ctt ^ rs by steamer , and others on horseback , daatrg icr their quarters the bosrfijng-hoa £ es where tfct-htndecnitst gals" were " £ s = d , " widiout regard
to cat . Ard litUe time was lost by the legislators in ToSrg ihtmsciVts travelling expends , and their daily l&n qdIIsts . I '' I ^^ I : atic n gcod tradeiiister . Twenty -eight dollars ipoTcti , beard foriour , and send home linen to wash Ro the duWB-e * st farms , by Uncle Sam's mails , in des-Bs ^ b bags , franked gratu . H lbs Americans are certainly men of business 2 H Its iptfcchfcsin Ck ) Egrcss are to be remarked for their irrai freedom from conventionality . The aembers VaoEtlj £ poke tmt their thoughts , not always their sags . Those deficient in this respect made ample ttetdB in a quantity of worua . * But the whole of the atkical business might have been transacted at a much < £ * £ * £ late if it bad been p « t np to public contract at Jaavcrk . S » business-like a people as the Americans
li ultlmatel } come to the same conclusion . We see Mission - » iy they sbcnld aot ahave" their members avta &s thtir creditors , always Hnpposirgit to be done is the ltgitiimte wsy of " tmart thaving , " and net by Ttkir picking cf pockets ! E Ihkjs -were gelling dull , when one day cur hoarders ¦ JoEe back Trbm the " Capitol , " with looks bb keen as JBd Buy tigitt . The agitation was commen cing , which Beba ^ Dfenti ; led to the " uullifieation" question , when » aah C * Ura thrfeatfcnfe ^ ie " call < m ^ ' tte Union . All pEtjuts itrtted loosened as thongh anew Babel bad fpsim . Seuih and west were for going to war with Berth tnd E ^ st The ¦ " horse-filigators" wsie neigh-^ p riEg , tbe " yellow flowers of the forest" inrnftl lie brimstone , and vainly trying to extinguish fp&selTu with " slingB , juleps , antifogmalio , and
9 " Support our home manufactures with patriot spirit , " I S 3 tbe " down-easters , * ' adding , in an nnder-tone , " or I fee ve guess our mills will be at a disco But " 1 "Cant support cur nigger M&yes without cheap 1 « &a iiia EioreB for them , " joined the " far-westers ** I Ss&nthrcns ; " pafcriotiim and profperity must go 1 tetter .-1 - ¦ Gonip « i , saticn for onr mDls to be thrown out cf cse ? the ccEipfctition of th » Bridshers , " replied the * fc » a-e ^ ifcr& . "' "Sttticlhat with the Union , " answered the " far-^ Ktrs . " "Cock-a-doodle-doo ; Luiiab .. ' " "Srrt trifie for ever . "
" G-rerEtr Bsynt ' s the ticket , and no mistake . " " 13 . « ty for white men and slavery for nigg&xs . " % Cetton up ixd stores -down !" ^ be" fai-westcis" carried all their own way as far as T ° e £ eriticn went , and literally " crowed" down theii | » K » 5 KiUts , bnt a •¦ do 5 rn-easter" 2 LG . -H-tisptred to me | Pnnui 5 _ " Webster win shave Clay , I gntES . Down . eaEt"we f : * rra fcr * g a bargain beforfchand . " & _ ^ we a&d more intense grew tbe squabble , and the &od » ies in < ie Capitol became -tfery nnoonvenXional , ^ BwufcLow the " down-eaiters" costrived to sow strife fws 9 * en the " sontherners ' and tbe " far-westers , " liftd Eiy down-e * atier" M . C . ssid to nie , with s asakie , whici nothing could have raised to a laugh—--3 > iijit i t ^ i ye » t , Mister f I " ' Wide-asake down-easteis , > Jf o-mi »?» t fi doyn-easigra , I tOid lla&s ^ chusets will carry the day ] ' "
: Oitt dty a liowdie boarder told me to be ca tbe loos jjp for" a Emrr t-seinimagB , " for Mi . South -was going il ^ btp f ig , Bed ccwskinili . West , wh * coald " wbuj ti ^ DTc weight 4 n JEld cats . " a * Where ^« raa this to take place ?" i || * On the door c 4 Geagress . " 1 ^ rtaciuOy ciow ded that day was the semi-eireubi ¦ j ^ rj which l » k » dtam on the arena , sod tbe eurioll % vu as p-s « t * s tiVugh it hid been a show-of Bonjan > lhSatorE . Up fote tbejnembei for ¦ sad code r |?* bch it the aianbez for , who , after * certain > I ****] , v £ s sp £ *» i and , calling his antagonist" a tarkf * % B liar . " | . Ccck- ^ oi- > dl « do * ! " ahoEfced one of bis retainers in ¦ "{ lEcrr , vluie tbe . Speaker called to order . As the ef the
ivQietft we : ^ on opposite jides bouse , &o livery mi »> ' 4 sifc » ous , the ether members began to IS * c&t cf t . Ur l ine , lsat they might get % «^« tbir e of * b * - " wiupjing . - Their handi W ? in th « h potVta , « eki ? g far eflfecttre w « a . » to tht Ksiifwt- d ^ gfct ^ of ihegaltoy ocCTip « nU m ®** in stf * piMst ,- ¦ : ** - l « kily , th » authority >¦?• 8 p « k « prevBlled ' . » & 1 b * T » er » OTerpowae 4 JBfettd to bTNOBBdit ^ tfli » OBi e inoi 8 C < mwBi » nt fl ^ ime ry ^ ru envied in" i" 260 iiaatmtttt oajbe ^ vvmtirgthti r » markt . <** ? " £ ]?? %£ & « S » ft » ntiMi . Hewa »\ - >» er «* «^ i f ^' « w aaa Eqare ihoBMerea , " t . ^ J" * ^ * ¦ loinB > [»^» no lack of tateHectn » l tj ^ " 0 " ¦ * ******** 5 »* meh v « handsome and fruuV «*» " * ^^ *
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avage expression at > ou' the mouth . His complexion was light , and his age about thitty yeats . His e ' olhing much like a seaman ' s , just landed from a voyage , and wishing to cut a figure in long shore-clolhes . A giltbuttoned Dlue coat , new and yet ill-used , short at the cuffs and tight round the collar , a ready-made affair . A yellow waistcoat , dog ' s-eared at the collar , and ready to burst over his broad chest . A shirt , none of the whitest , surmounted by * a muslin neckerchief , evidently an incambxance , worn as an ofimiag to " respectability . " Trousara of drab cloth , tight and rather short , while bis boots maintained a kind of
straggle in their own leather as to whether they Bhonld "look greased or blacked . His hat was very high-crowned , full-napped , and nnbrusbed . He had a considerable weight of metal hanging from his waist in the form of watch-appendsges ; and gloves , rathei for show than rue , were flapping in bis brown hand . As he strode along be overtook another person , shorter but more athletic than himself , clad in a suit of black , whose externals indicated aa Englishman rather than an . American , perhaps a diplomatist . Gaining a sight of his counUnance , the impression was instantly removed .
A dark callow complexion , £ val face , deep eyes , bold forehead , large mcuth , and wiry black hair , seemed to adjudge his composition in equal portions to tbe Spanish , Indian , French , and English races , but assuredly no touch of the vilified nigger , indicated by say approach to mirth or hilarity . The man had never laughed in hi » life . P-rfect coolness seemed to mark a malignant and revengeful disposition , quiet as the snake and as fatal " Halloo ! Djctor Garden , I guess South is saved from a tarnation flpggiag by tbe Speaker . ' *' " ThaVs your opinion , Mr . Houston ; but mine is , that West would have f «» nd more than bis match . Tcu ' d have had to seek another member in Arkansas , and will cave yet ; I guiss South ' s a better man than W « st ; I should like to see them turned out in the streets of Savimnah . "
" I ' ve a . notion I'd whip him myself pretty hani-BOBiB , Dtctor . When was a Georgian townsman able to stand np against a real woodsman ? ' ' " Why , whenever they have Iri 6 d . "There a'int a Savannah stopketper bnt would fljg any woodsman amcDgst you , perhaps , barring rifiea , at long Bhot and cover . " " What , man to man ?" " Tea , man toman . Cock-a-doodle-doo ]" "Ho you mean to say that you , Dr . Gordon , are able to stand up against me , Jack Houston , rough and rumble ?" " Try mev it yon dare , " replied the Doetir ; " and see whether Georgia or Missouri is the best man . " " Hurrah for Missouri I" was the rep ly -, and throwing down his own hat , he knocked off tbe Doctor ' s hat as a challenge .
The sallow complexion of the Georgian grew deadly white as * he retreated tfcTee paces , and drawing a pistol , with several barrels , from his Bide pocket , took dtliberats aim at Houston . He jumped on one side , and tbe ball on-y greaad his arm Seeing the Doctor re-cock his . pistol , he fairly ran off the ground , telling the bystanders be wonld soon be back . Bre long he returned with a nlj in his hand , and a pair of pistols in his waistband . When within a hundred paces , he took aim at the Victor , and fired ;
bnt the latter dodged behind the trees , and escaped . E'e lie could reload , tbe Doctor rushed towards him , and discharged a second barrel , which wound » tl him in the thigh . Throwing down his rifls , Houston fired a pistol at the Doctor , and missed . A third shot from tte Doctor struck his side , and , rushing up , Houston fired tils remaining pistol , the ball of which struck the Doctor ' s weapon from his hand , without wounding him . The Doctor then drew a glittering weapon from his breast , while Houston drew ane from his coat pocket , and they closed .
" Ko mistake there r cried one of the bystanders . " There go tbe tools that never miss fire . ' " The arm of Houston was raised , and a huce gash , streaming with blood , marked the cheek of the Doctor , Hit Houston-fell to rise no more . The weapon of the Doctor had . served , bis bowels . Tieing a handkerchief round his face , the Doctor led from the spot , a malignant gleam from his eyes announcing that his antagonist ' s wound whs mortal . H e ruHhed up to assist the wounded man , binding a handkerchief round him . ' Ii ' a no nse , stranger , '' he said ; " the varmint has Enifihed me , as sure as though he had poisoned mo with Ms Btd Bat this is kind of yen ; I ' ve enough money at the HoteL to bury me , and I'll give you my Bowie Knife as a remembrance . "
A plank was procured , find the wounded nan waB borce to the Hotel . He lived about two hours , during which time ne was visited by a great number of persons , with whom he talked as unconcernedly as though he were about to recover . The knife of the lector , who slew him , had bwn left on the ground , and was brought to him . H « looked at it carefully , and calitd one of the lookers-on to him . " Xillfcd with an Icjun weapon after all ; not a matk on it Now , I've a motion , thBt Doctor kills people in the dark , without notice . J suppose I've best claim to it , as it finished me : so Pll leav « it to you , Job ; and if ever you get on the tracks of that Doctor , perhaps you'll think of me some time or other . lay own knife belongs to this stranger , who was the fiiBt to help me . "
They were both remarkable weapons : that o ! HotLEtua "was a biasie seme s « v « n Incfcee la lengtb , brosd , and " gradually tapering to a strong sharp point ; the e ? ge was efcarp , arid the Iwck very thirk ; but serenl inches towards tfee point were ground away , so that it was donble-edg = d . It had a handle of common yellow bom , and a crcss-gnaid of silver , with a sheath of red morocco garnished in silver . On the blade , near the hilt , was engraved , in an ovaL
BOWIE UNITE . The weapon of Dr . GoTdon had a blade nine inches in length and two inches broad , double-edged , and the edges curving till they met in a Eh ^ rp point ; the back was very strong , and it was not unlike a sp « ar-head deprived of Its ingles . One of the party quaintly denominated it " a fetaver tail . " The haft was of black horn , very light made , and formed to a chaps to fit the hand . The " blade was well polished and perfectly sharp , bnt without any maker's name . It was altogether the most formidable weapon I ever saw for close qnarters , strong enough to transpierce a rib , and sharp , enough to cut through a bale of cotton ; while tbe foim was that sdepted t « inflict the most ist _ zd gash with the least effort . As the legatee , Job , said : It would go Blick into a man like a sharp river steamer down a rapid slantendicular , and no friction . Guess it wonld be well to have a tree to dodee behind while an Icjun was throwing it "
Suiting the action to tte word , he poised tbe blade in his fingers ; and , looking aa though he had the Doctor in his eye , he tferew it against a wooden partition opposite ; the tkick pine boaid buried the blade to the haft . Tbe breath of the wounded man was fait ebbing , but bis courage and partis » . n Fpirit were unbroken . " West for ever I and Hnrrah for old MiBsoniiJ Dont forg « t tbe Doctor , Job . " His friend grasped his hand , and pointed to the " beaver tail . " " Leave him to me , Houston ; I'll * w « rk a buttonhole in him , ' and take eff his tcalp ; and if 1 can't get the right grip of the * tea-ver tail , ' I've got a 1 iiiiiourl measur * ' that'll take his length and breadth , the 'tainal black snake . "
" H »' b a treacherous varmint , Job ; keep to cover of him . I challengfcd him to rough and tumble , and h « set too at blood-letting , without notice . I left my auk on bis face ; you'll know him again . Give me a sling , J ftel ralhw fainty . Hurrah for old Missouri !" Before the " sling" touched his lips , the wretch ' s life was gone . In our ignorance we aaked if the Doctor would not be taken into custody for tfie murdtr . "Kr , stranger , it was what we call a fair fight , though it does not look well for a man to carry a knife without a xiatk , like a cut-throat . " Thfere was something so surprising in 8 man occupying a respectable station in society , carrying aa Indian knife and slaughtering a fellow-man like a wild beast , that we asked may questions respecting him .
It appeared that he was the most skilful surgeon and general prsctitioter in , and had a large practice . He was haughty in his manners , and what is called a " gentleman , " bnt' very revengeful , and had slain no less tfrftTi five persona in sinfle combat— " fairly ; " and , if not belifed , was suspected * f making away unfairly on occasions . For this reason , he was very unpopular ; and it was thought he had " a smart ch&nee of getting Lynched , " if he did not look out . " The varmint knows all about " natomy , " said Job , " and when he cuts , he cuts the life out , and no mistake , " -
Numerous amateurs came in to see the dead body , . and to ascertain the mode of death ; and the merits of rifits , pistola , Bowie , and all other knives , were scientifically discussed . Bowie , we were informed , was the name of the hunter who first Invented the double-edged , strong-backed knife , that wonld " rip open i bear , rtash an Indian ' * heart over his collar bone , carve meat , ana cut firewood . " The mlnntest jwiatB Kere dwelt npcnj tbe proportion of double edging , lesgtb , wid ! ± i , thickness of back , form of £ flard , " haft , and sheath .
While the discussion was going on , the waggon ot » Yankee pedlar stopped before the door , sad the owner entered the zoom with a box . It was night-Mi , and candle * had beeu lighted , and the 1 ' eot , when tbe pedUr ' s bex was open , wa * itartHngly lustrou * Heliad , with the characteMfcie ahrewdnttt of his tride , judged the tiae very opiwetome for doing baai » mm , and bis box contained an MecTtiaeafc of zuay fashion * o / knives , fit to iniict vioLwV death . The iufere and elegant forms of many of these weapons wfficienUy accounted fox the propensity * ° I ****** ihenu They ware the iery eoxcomt * T of » nrd * r , A » sn might suspend tfeem in his torn , u wwlw of verta ; w tamomry of--afll them ?• h onfinf" weapons , fry ir » y « f tsonscience qnlBtIn& . Ctonld All Pa , «» have seen them , he wonM have ^ bought the pedlsrt- * " »™ f cox to adorn his harem . Not insensible was tb . * Pedlar to the tfldot he produced , box slow to . make we most of it . - ¦
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" Well , I gu « ss it air en a smill scale , but no gentleman need be ashamed to wear it There ' s a lustre ; look at the edge , and the stamp-mark . A cress-guard in chased albatross " ( albata ) silver , and an ebony hilt , inlnid with gold marquetry . And then , a scarlet leather sheath to it Look here , Mister , at its fellow , with an albatross' eUva guard , and an ivory hilt , carved into a head of an eagle picking its feathers , and an Injuncoloured sheatb . " " Where's the stamp ? " cried Job .
" Here , plain enough . This is four , and the other eight dollars . Now , here's another , what I call a beauty . There ' s a blade eight good inches and a half long , silver guard , natural buck-horn hilt , silver inlaid , and a silver cockle-shell at top . There ' s a grip , no slipping in the hand . A damasked blade with Bowie Knife' stamped in the thiok of the back , and ' Snre Defence' engraved on the flat . " " That '? what I call an elegant weapon , " said a Rowdie ; what ' s the prica ?" " Six dollars . "
"And what allow for this old ' un ?" "A dollar . " " It ' B a bargain ; hero ' s a five-dollar note . This is the tool ! It Razin Bowie had drawn it the day he fought the first duel across tbe table At Natcbes , he wouldn ' t hate bean twenty minntes finishing off Black-He'd have ripped him open right away . " " A smart man that Rszin Bowie , I guess , " said tbe pedlar ; " I sent him his first samples , after he got the knife to his mind . Whereabouts is be to be found now ?" " Oh , he took to the woeds west ; and they say he ' s now down amongst the Injuns , or in the neighbourhood of Colonel Austin ' s settlement amongst the Mexicans , in what they call Takus , looking out for a fight amongst the Spaniards . "
" Giad to hear It . I am going that way myself , to do a trade with all sorts t > t weapons . Bat look here , now ; here ' s a knife , the same pattern aa the last , only , to my mind a better grip . A cross-cut lignumvis » haft , inlaid with silver . They ought to have engraved it ' A Surer Defenca . ' Or what do yon say to this damasked blade , nine inches long , as a selfprotector . The baft ivory , inlaid with silver ; tbe blade stamped ' Real Arkansas Toothpick . ' Scarlet and silver sheath . Jnafc look at it ; there ' s a baax-rippt ! for you . Only try your hand on it Just hang It at your girdle , Mister . I thought you wonld like to we it The price is Eeven dollars . " Here ' s the cash , " said the purchaser . The pedlar looked at th » note . . " That ' s a Michigan—Hunter's bank . Can't take that no how for more than three dollars . Guess it ' s only aiddlin' good . "
" Then take back your toothpick , you down-cast shaver ; you don't shave ma " " Could ' nt presume no how . You ' re the raal crocodile thtit shaved two Injuns and a white Spaniard alongside Santa Fe . You ' ae a raal squire at a scalp , and no mistake . Come , take the Toothpick on credit-I'll take your note for it , and you'll pay me in kind or plunder when I come back . " " Any gentleman wanting a real serviceable weepon , with cross-guard and Bilver mountings to a nlggercoloired sheath , all in albatross silver . A dark wood baft , solid rivetted . There ' s a blade of eight inches , as strong as a chopping axe . There ' s a tool to butcher a buffalo , and cat down wood to roast his hump with . Double-edged near the { point , and thick hacked . "
• ' No mark on it . " said Job . " Bad steel 1 No warranty . Only fit for an Injun . Nigger-coloured sheatb , and no silver mourning . " " Cheap , " said the pedlar ; " only two dollars . " " Can't trust one ' s life to that , " replied Job . " Look here , then ; what say you to this ? A raal good mark on it , and no mistake— ' Missouri Measure . ' Twelve inches long , damasked blade , skew-pointed , with two edges and thick back , carved lignum-vila baft , albatross silver cross-guard , and nigger-coloured sheath . Wint say yon to this ?" Capital bunting-knife , " said Job ; " but most fit for the woods . Too long for the towns . Won ' t hang comfortably inside the waistband of a man ' s trousers when he sits down . It ' s unhandy , like . You must carry it further south or west " " I'll carry it for him , " Baid one of the lookers-on , " if he'll let me have it fer four dollars . "
" A bargain , Squire , " said the pedlar ; and the transfer took place . " Now hero ' s another Arkansas Toothpick , " genuiK * straight on tbe edge , thick back , skew point , two-edged , horny haf i , with cockle-shell and silver cross-guard , and an embossed silver sheath . That ' s a raal beauty . If I were far west instead of down east , I should partly eleot to be finished off with snch a weepon as that Look at that blade ! Why yon might shave yourself with it , atid look at jour fact—cut and look , turn about I wouldn ' t 8 tll that no how to my own father under twenty-five dollars , No touching , Mister ; you'll be
doing execution on some one if you handle it , just as I'd whittle a stick if I got one handy alongside a penknife . No one offer for that ? Oh , you'll have it , Squire . Yon * ve done yonrBelf immortal honour by your choice ; but for dear life don't draw it to-night , or I know you'll be a-skiverlng B . mebody . You cant resist no how . That weepon ' s like a rSts with too easy a lock—goes off by itself . > Iy belief is , that if its own muster was to put it into a stranger ' s bed , it would kill him before morning , from real oneasiness and dislike to bd idle . " •¦ Hand over that little chopper , p « dlar . "
" Ah I see yon ' Te an eye for luc useful . There it is ; not ashamed of it's name— ' Alabama Meat-axe , ' engraved on a damasked blade , sine inches long , and a geod hand broad . There ' s a skew point to shear away a man ' s ribs . There ' s a back , and a carved wood haft No stipping the grip . Albatross Bilver crossgn&rd , and nigger-coloured sheath . There's a horserace embossed on it , and a shooting-match . Just suit you , S % nire . Try it in your waistband . Seven dollars is the price . " " I'll give yon six . pedlar . " " The President himself shouldn't have it at less than seven , and he'd give it , too . Andrew Jdckson is a judge of a wood-knife , let alone a meat-cutter . Oh , you'll take it , will you , Squire ?" " Just vpen that paper box , pedlar , and let's see what you ' ve got there . I've a notion its something special . " called out a Rowdie .
" And no mistake , Mister , " replied tbe pedlar . " Those are choice articles for the Spaniards down Mexico way . " " 1 b that a lancet , pedlar , for bleeding herses f ' " What I this femintna beauty , only five iBches loDg , and narrow as a grass blade , carved pearl hilt , and silver cross-guard , sheath Injun colour and silver ? Why , yes , it ' s a lancet , but to bleed humans—and to death sometimes . This is what tbe Spanish girls wear sometimes in their garters . Sumetimes a nigger girl offends them , and they give her a dig in the arm ; and sometimes one of them Squires catches it in arnest . " " Why it aint bigger than a hornet's sting , " said the Rowdie .
" But I tell yer it ' s death sartnin , if one of them black-eyed beauties sets her mind to it They'll wile a man out of his senses , and stop him from coming to them again . There's no name or mark on it , you see , to find out the ewner by , if it ' s left sticking in a man . " " And what's that other fer ; a scantling larger in s ! S 5 7 " '' What , this with the black horn hilt ? Oh ! thia is for tbe elderly ladies , or sometimes for tbe callibulleroes , to wear in their riding boot Cheap article that at three dollars , with a sheath of scarlet and albatross aUver . " " Yen don't mean to tell us tLat a man , even a Spaniard , would ride in tbe woods with such a ekewsr as that ?"
" Why no , Squire . It ' s only for the ladies and those who do their chores about in thB towns . They ' re not the chaps for a fair stand-up fight , no how . They like to stick a man in the back , and they don't lika to have any maik on tbe vreepon to be found out by . Spiteful critters are they , those Spaniards . But if you want a Spanish wood-iiife , here ' s one , a real m " . tenet — 'tarnal thing for clearing a cane-brake in no time , 1 reckon . A . straight-edged blade , eighteen inches long and two wide . A carved bom haft , rivetted on . Feel the weight of it . There's seven pounds of the best steel in that blade . " " And what's the u * e of it to a hunter ? " said our friend Job . " It ' s enly fit for chopping weod , and a broad axe is better for that What would a man do with such % thing in a bear ' s hug ? There ' s no point to it to skiver bis stomach away . Now , with a Bowie Knife , or a ' Beaver Tail , ' I wouldn ' t be a bear in my hug , I tell you l "
" You ' re hard to please , Squire ; but what do you say to ihoil There ' s a raal Spanish ooochilly . " As he spoke , he drew from a Bilver eznbosseu sheath a highly-polished blade , of peculiar construction . It was about ten inches , in length , nearly two inches broad at the upper part , and tapering gradually through the whole length , with slight curvature , both back and point , to an exceedingly fiharp point The blade was inlaid with silver , and the very thick back was carved with an elaborate specimen of Moorish marquetry , in altercate scollops and stripes . The hilt was of rich
embossed silver . Within a few inches of tbe point tbe back was worked away to a double edge . Near the hilt was engraved in letters of an old fashion ' fabrics de Angostura . ' There it was , not a dagger , but the far-famed Spanish knife—the cuchillo of Spain—the weapon of the people ; tbe boast of Palsiox , when he proclaimed " Guerra al cuchillo , " and the decimation in detail of the armies . of France . The construction of the weapon was such that it was balanced in tbe hand , and yet was e&pibie of a dangerous shopping Wow .
. " Well sow , Mister , I'm above prwjsdiee , " ssid Job " and I'll not deny that that ' s a wsll-co » teived weepon as a man eould desire at dose quarters . " " Bo you'd say if yon saw it msed by a Spuiard , " remssked one of tt » erowd who had just b « ftre cone In . " I ' tc neea one of them pith a bull with jut such a tool aa that , and down he dropped like a flaah of lightning , with all ionr feet quivering . And once hi tbe streets of Mexico , 1 saw an officer of cavalry order a shoemaker , a sapper-tearer ( sipatero ) , as they call them in that conn try , to follow him to be made a soldier of—lor , yon see , they make soldiers in that country as the Britishers do sailors , by pressing them . Well , sap * per . tearer didn't like it so how , for soldiering ' * ail uncommon , bad tode when there ' s no pay an * little
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plunder , and no shoes to wear into the b . vrgaia , bo he run away up a kinder alley where officer oouldn't foller him a-laorsebacb . So effljer dismounts , and draws bis Ion ? crocked sword that they call a sarbley , and follers sapper-tearer . Sapper-tearer sees there's no escape , so he wraps reund his left arm a kinder cloak they , always carry in that country , and sticking his right hand into his bussom waits for the officer to come up . Officer—he looked skeared-like , thinking sapper-tearer vioious , and was turnin' sway , whea the people about began to laugh right out , aad sapper-tearer to cracko a bit , and so offioer's dander riz . and flourishing his sarbley he goes right in slick at sapper-teater to hit him a cracfe over tbe crown . But sapper-tearer catohes the sarbley on his cloak , and with just aicla a knife as that , only not near so handsome , he sooreB the officer under the wrist , so that down dropped the Harblay ringing on the stones , and , arore you could say Alligator , ' with a single thrust in the heart , officer dropB down dead , so that no priest could confess him . ''
" Hurrah for the sapper-tearer ! " cried many voices in the crowd . ? J ^ _ . . ^ ., ^ g ^ " That would do himji no good , nohow , " said the narrator , " for while be was runnin' off , up come the officer ' s men and catch him , and they put him into a chapel all night , and next morning they turned in a black friar to him , and then they tied him to a post and twenty soldiers let off their guns at him at arm ' s length , so as to set bis clothes on fire , and he was aa dead as the Britisher-General in Cypress Swamp . " " Pretty republicans Wvey are , " said a Rowdie , " We'll g « some day and civilise them from the face of the arth . "
" Wish we'd a done it before , " said the narrator . " I was one of Colonel Burr's insn years back , and a slick one the Colonel was to go a-head , though he ' s a kinder old now . If we'd only got clear away with all onr men , long afore this Mexico would have been cat up into a smart chance of ; Southern States under the stars and stripes . Guess they'd been a kinder foroad to make tbe flig bigger , or itiw'd a made a kinder milky whey of it with sich a load a stara But , somehow , Uncle 8 un was jealous , and thought the Colonel was a going to set up for himself , so he put a grip to Im collar , and Mexico was saved to the Spaniards for that time . "
" 'Twont be long , though , " said Job ; " we ' ve got in the wedge , and we'll drive it home , never fear . Colonel Austin has made : bis settlement in Takus by agreement ; and the Spaniards , like barbarians as they are , are parsecnthig him . So , before he's done he'll moke a revolution , and declare T < tkus an independent state ; and wo ' nt there be a handsome sprinkling of western rifles to confarra it in the hope of good squatting grounds . And when Takus is a respectable territory of its own making , Uncle Sam wo ' nt be no how ashamed of taking it into the Union . " But there ' s the pedlar " at work again . Nothing like a down-easter for trade I Hark to him . " Haft of black horn and a shsath of albatross silver . That ' a the ticket for the Mexicans !—only four dollars . That's right , Mister ; it ' s youra , and it ' s my belief that when you once get used to it , you won't like so other kuife so well . There ' s the name on
it—• Angostura , tainal good—Spanish cutler . Now hero's another , a Spanish wood-knifu , a twelve-inch blade , straight edge , sharp point , notched back and damasked , haft of black horn and silver ; Injun-coloured sheath , silver-mounted . It ' s another of Angostura ' s make . There ' s some poetry on it . Here , stranger , can ye tell us what this means 1 " The weapon was passed , and we read-No me saquez , sin r&E > n I ^_^_^ Ni me embaynez sin honor ! — Draw me not without reason , Nor Bheath me without honour .
• ' Thank you . Mister ; that's worthy almost of our country . Will you buy it , Squiro ? Six dollars is the price . If I were in Takus I should have twelve . " ; " Well , what elso have yon got , pedlar ? '' said a Rowdie . " Well , I guess I ' ve kept the best to the last . Here ' s the last that came out , and I've only two of them , with a little difference in tbe ornaments . " Aa he spoke he drew ftom a paper wrapper a beautiful weapon , hilted and mounted in chafed silver , with a sheath of maroon leather , silver bound . The
sheatb removed , there appeared a blade some fourteen inches in length and two in breadth , with a central rib and partly double-edged . The damasking was very elegant It was a Greek weapon of the olden time , and might have served Leonidos himself to hew his way through the Persian ranks . It called to memory all the olden tales of Greek heroism . As with a sudden charm , the half-assaesin character of the scene vanished . The stabbing knives were forgotten on beholding the weapon of patriot warfare . A second was exhibited , with a pearl hilt , still more richly ornamented , and the crowd devoured them with gaping eyes .
The charm vanished to : our eyes , when the pedlar opened his lips again and exhibited the mottoes engraved on the opposite sides of the blades . Oreik art was desecrated by Anglo-Sixon brutality . On the one was engraved , " Avoid a Snag ; " on the otber , "A Scalp Cutter . " We turned away with disgust , giving vent to our indignation to the M C '' Tall ua no more about your country and its progress . The acene wo have just witnessed is a proof of its brutal condition as to morals . It is of uo use to argue that these people belong to the erinae vrf
society , living on the borders of barbarism ; you eastern people , you men of Boston , send forth your niembcra to m&ko a prtifli of the crime of murder . While such thiogs exist , while Massachusetts pedlars v « nd Rowle Knives , you are all alike tainted with the results . You make laws in your own states against duelling , and hypocritically enaoumgo the most brutal kind of duelling in other states for tbe sake of vile pelf . This very pedlar , if he heaps up ' dollars' enough may come to be an M . C . and legislator . Till your country is purged of this accursed mammon spirit you will vainly expect to hold a high rank among tbe nations . "
I lieu of replying the M . C took us by the arm back to the pedlar'B bus , and , pepping in , drew forth one of the papers which wrapped some of the Bowie and otber knives . Pointing to one corner , he read the words " Manufactured by Messrs ¦ , Sheffield I" , ' We are both alike , Mister , Britishers and Americans . You n > nke the tools to do the murders , and get a profit on the manufacture . We sell them and profit by tbe sale . Which is the worst ?" Ever since , whenever the Times extracts a paragraph reporting an affray in Congress or elsew&uro with Bowie Kuives , we refleot that the instruments have probably been manufactured fry B itisb nitchanics , and eold by British merchants . —Illuminated Slayuzine , for Jane .
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THE LAND ! THE LAND ! THE LAND ! GRAND MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
MARCH OF AGRAR 1 ANJS . VI . MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . ( FiomlhcNcw Yoik" \ Working Men ' s Advocate ? ' April SO , 1844 . Meeting of the National Reform Association at Dnnn ' s Sixth Ward Hotel , Wednesday evening , April 17 . Daniel Witter was chosen ohairman , and John Windt appointed secretary . The business was opened by reading tbe Pledge , and the minutes of the last meeting . Several persons signed the Constitution and paid their fees . Mr . Manning was called to address the meeting , which he did in his usual earnest and off-hand style . When he had concluded , Mr . Mackenzie , having been repeatedly urged , rose , and in a speech of gieat power and eloquence , dwelt on the vaBt importance
of this movement to the suffering millions—the folly of objecting to naturalized i ' oreignerp , while governed by the unjust laws , technicalities , and precedents of the aristocracy of one tof the most corrnptly governed countries in the world—illustrated the beauties of our English Chancery law and practice—concluding with an exhortation to the bone and sinew to think of the reforms suggested—and , approving , to lend their aid . He sat down amid the enthusiastic cheers of the meeting . A collection ¦ wa s taken np ; after -which the secretary made a few remarks . Messrs . Evans and Hogbiu were appointed a committee to procure a place for the next meeting—the time and place to be published in the People ' s Rights and the Sun . Adjourned . Daniel Witter , Chairman . John Win » t , Secretary .
The above are the official minutes of the first of a series of meetings propostd to be hold in every ward of this city preparatory to a great meeting in the Park , as before mentioned . The object of these meetings being merely to put forward a measure that W"uld lower rents and raise wages , and thereby prevent the necessity of annual strikes or turnouts ; an idea perfectly new to , and perhaps considered entirely chimerical by , the great body of the working classes ; this measure , that would almost immediately enable the working man again to have a house , or at least a story of somebody else ' s house , to lire in , instead of the one room that he is now reduced to , and ultimately a farm and a house of his own and for each of his children this being the mere object of the proposed great meeting in the Park , and not an exhibition of buffaloes , ' coons , hunkers , or other " natives , " it wag considered
necessary to hold preparatory or introductory meetings in the wards . : So perfectly unaware are the mass of the working men that there is any hope of permanently alleviating their condition , and so recreant ( the truth most be spoken ) are many of their own elass , who see the right yet the w * ong pursue , " being in possession or expectancy of some petty office , that it becomes necessary for a few to bear the brunt of the labour of this , as we presume it ever rras of every other great movement in its infancy . : We could go into every great receptacle of tax * eaters in this city ; the custom house , the courts of justice , the police office , the inspectorships , to say nothing of the watch houses or almshousea , and put our finger on scores of felloes who wera the most clamourous brawlers in the Loco-Foco party
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in 1835-6 , after thia party * had beea fought into popularity ( mark ) 1 > y the untiring exertions of a few incorruptible men from 1829 up to 1835 . Tha object of these patriots , who ( be it marked again ) kept aloof from the working men till ( they became 4 , 000 strong , and till many of their best men had wasted their strength and means in the cause , wan to fritter down the working men s principles , and to keep o&t of view entirely the main object , the freedom of the soil , by raising collateral issues ; and how well they succeeded , their own pot-bellies and the lank visages and dejected countenances of those whom they betrayed bear unequivocal testimony . But the dav of retribution is at hand ; and if the " natives" do not reduce the corpulency of these loco foco hunkers , we will try our hands at them when we have no more important business befora us . There are some few office holders , to ! whom office was tendered for the base purpose of buying them
off from the people's cause , and who very properly accepted what was offered them for the purpose of keeping worse men out , who remain true , and who frequently contribute their mite to support tho now movement ; but we every day meet chaps of Vhe other class who pretend that they haveinot heard of the " National Reform Association , '' or of the "People ' s Rights . " These uninformed gentlemen are waiting their " proper time" to rejoin the ranks of those whsse cause they so shamefully deserted ; but we trust in all that ' s saored , that their " proper time" will never arrive . Like stall fed oxen , they would be unfit for work again , evon if jthey had the disposition ; and their necessities , as well as their perverted inclinations , would induce them to urge measures of temporary expediency that would enable them again to feather their nests , instead of the steady , slow and sure principle of action that the importance of the case demands . We are getting along very well without them . ¦
The meeting at I > unn ' B on Wednesday evening was addressed eloquently by Messrs . Manning , Mackenzie , and Wiudt , each of whom said enough to have satisfied evory working man , cpuld all have been present , that their only refuge from fast increasing dependance and degradation is upjn the soil . We believe that all who attend these meetings , and who patiently listen till they get a fair understanding of the measures proposed to restore the right to land , are convinced ; and of this the names added to the Pledge and the Constitution at every meeting afford satisfactory evidence . , The only difficulty now is , to persuade those who have been humbugged so often , to attend tho meetings , and satisfy themselves . This is par work .
ORGN 1 ZA . TION OF THE WORKING MEN OF WILLIAMSBURGH . A meeting of the Working Men of W . illiamsburgh was called by handbills aud by advertisement in the papers of both parties ti on Thursday evening , at the North American Hotel in that place , to take measures to secure to every citizen who desires it , a Farm on the Public Lands free of Cost , and to form a branch of the National Reform Association . Mr . Henry Robertson was chosen ohairman , and Mr . Aaron Smith Secretary .
The call of the meeting was read and approved , and then the meeting wag addressed by Messrs . Manning , Devyr , and Evans , several persons , at the suggestion of the speakers interrogating them respeonEg such portions of their arguments and propositions aa were not porfeotly understood , and , as the result proved , the replies b ^ ing entirely satisfactory to every individual ; for at the ] conclusion of of the last speaker ' s remarks , a proposition was immediately made , by a workiug man , who said he merely attended the meeting out of curiosity , to form an Association Auxiliary to the National Reform Association ; and on the adoption of the proposition , a simultaneous movement took place among the per-Bons present , to place thoir names to the agreement ; a committee was appointed to take the necessary measures ; and the meeting adjourned to meet again at the same place , on Thursday evening next .
To give a report of the speeches on this occasion , would perhaps be to go over the same ground that has been occupied by tbe various addresses that have already been reported in our columns ; but there waa one point in tho speeca of Devyr , that we think highly important aud worthy of publication . After showing by a recent report , in Congress , by the land bill of Mr . Allen , and by a report in the NdW York Legislature on the Heitlleber # question , that our Legislatures were actually paving the way for this movement , Mr- Davjr explained how , after the land had been freed , machinery might be put in operation which would enable every poor man that might desire it to go there with his tkmily ; the tffdck of whioh would be to raise the wages and lower the rents of all that remaiued . i
The National Reform Association , isaid Mr . D ., would establish a fund out of which any workiug man who might be thrown out of employ mi ^ ht have a loan , on certain conditions aa to security , without usury or increase , to take him to the public lands , and establish him on a farm , oat of the products of which he might repay the amount advanced , in produce if necessary . The supervisors of the pauper establishments of King ' s county , too , whose expenses were 25 , 000 dols . a yuar , migtit appropriate 15 , 000 dolo to looato the poor on the lands , aud by that means reduce their pauper ! expences to 5 , 000 dola . ; and the same result on a far greater scale might be brought about in Now York . Salaries , aiso , might be cm down : offices in New York , now costing the public JO / JuO dols . a year , mi « ht be filled by honest and competent men for 1 , 001 ) dais , and the 9000 dols . saved might be appropriated to the same purpose . ' WwrkiHg Men ! are not these propositions worthy of your consideration ? If they arej " rouse , like litns after slumber I "
MEMORIALS TO CONGRESS . The following form of a Memorial tp Congress in favour of reserving tho Public Lands for the free and exclusive use of actual settlers , has been adopted by the Central Committee ef the National Reform Association , and will ba printed and put into circulation immediately . Copies of this memorial will be forwarded to various parts of the country ; but if this paper should fall into the hauds ; of any who are favourable to the object , and who nuy not receive copies , they should write it out , get it printed , and put it in circulation in their immediate neighbourhoods . Already do we hear that : tne GREAT WEST is moving m this matter . If : tbe present Congress will not do what is required , we should know it , in order to prepare for one that will . The Memorials should be forwarded , of course , to those members who are most likely to take an interest in the Question , and to show their hands in its
favour . ; 10 THE CONGRESS OF TUB UNITED STATES . The undersigned solicit the must serious attention of your honourable body to the following facts : — ; Firat , That owing to the progress Of Maobinery , and other concurrent causes , the condition of the working population in iho seaboard cities , and other populous districts of the Republic , is neither so comfortable nor so independent as that of American citizens ought to be . i Second , That the United States government holds in trust for the people , large territories of Soil ,
waste and unproductive , an object of usury and traffic to speculators ; while the citizens aforenamed , with their families , are in a state of penury and dependance . It will not , we presume , require any argument on our part to satisfy your honourable body that suoh a state of things is both unjnst and impolitic , and ought not to bo found existing inja > Democratic Republic like this . ¦ We therefore solicit your honourable body to pass with all { convenient haste , a law , by | which every citizen , who may be desirous of cultivating tne earth for a living , shall be enabled to enter upon tho Public Lands , and occupy a reasonable sized farm thereon free of cost .
And furthermore , that your honourable house will promptly take such legislative action aa will preserve tho public lands from the grasp of mere speculators and monopolists , reserving the same for the exclusive use of Actual Suttlers .
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barns , stable , bullock- ^ hods , and a qainthy of corn , all fell a prey to tho clement . Every assistance that was possible was rendered , but to no avail , as the fire had obtained such an ascendency when first discovered , that all attempts to get it under or to save any portion of the property proved abortive , and the exertions of thoso working the engines wero almost exclusively directed to saving tho dwelling-house , which fortunately was effected . No doubt is felt in Beccles that this is another addition to the list of diabolical incendiary fires which have recently been perpetrated in that neighbourhood . We understand that the farm belongs to Captain Bxrne . It is situated very near Setterley-hall , the residence of Lieutenant-General Bowatef . It is only a few days since that two valuable bullocks were strangled on the same farm . The . propei-iy destroyed by tbe fir © instated to have been insured .
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From the London Gazette o / Friday , May » 1 . bankrupts . Benjamin Land , of S :. Alban ' a , Hertfordshire , victualler- —William Dethick , of Temple-street , Whltefriaia . City , lime-merchant—Hemy Richard Harraden , of Cambridge , printseller—Quiroga Bolivar Vittoria John Auichini , late of St . Bennett's-plsce , G .-acechurchstreet , nw « TCb . &nt—John Wbitly Mardall , of New Shorebam , Sussex , insurance broker—Emanuel Tyndafe , of Rj 38 , Herefordshire , wine merchant—John Mitchell , of Nottingham , feHmonger—Thomas Newton , of Holbeach , Lincolnshire , cattle dealer—Robert Bixtor , of Sheffield , merchant—Frederick Lane Homer , of Manchester , niL-rohant—Thomas Beech , of Newrastlc-nnder-Lynt , procer—William Lynn , of Liverpool , hotel keepet—Jjseph O . Ten and Sarah Owen , of Shtffisld . merchants
DIVrDENDS DECLAEED . James Stott , of Wuerdale and Wurdle , Lancashire , woollen manufacturer , first dividend vt Is 8 ^ 4 in the pound , payable at 72 , George-street , Manchester , oh Jane 4 , and following Tuesdays .
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED IS THE COTJNTB . V . Edward Hilton and Nathaniel Walsh , of Over Darwen , Lancashire , paper makers . June 15 , at eleven , si the Court of Bankruptcy , Mauchaster—Henry Hilton an * Edward Hilton , of Over Darwen , Lancashire , bleachers , Jurje 15 , at eleven , ac the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—George Corney ( Uwood , of Sunderlandnear-tbe-Sea , Durham , tobacconist , Jane 21 , at half-past twelve , st the Court ot Bankruptcy , Newcasile-upon-Tvne—Charles Hamberslon and Suinuel Frodaham , of Liverpool and Ramsay , commission merchants , June 10 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool—William Foster Gsach ,. of Pontypool , Monmouthshire , cornmerchant , June 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . certificates to be granted , unless canse be shown to the ' contrary on the day of meeting .
John Bell , otherwise called John Crawford Bell , of Norwich , aurgeen , June 21—Susm Sianders , of 6 , olden-square , boarding ; housekeeper , June 21—Melohor Lopez , late of Fdnchurch-street , but now of Crutohadfriars , wine merchant , June 21—John P > well , Jan ., of the Q'aadrant ^ lodging housekeeper , June 25 . certificates to be granted by the Court of Review , unlesa cause be shovrn to the contrary , ou or before June 21 . Richard Sjuthall , jun ., of Birmingham , merchant—John Aldred , of- Nottingham , wholesale stationer—Thomas Greening , ' of Worcester , surgeon—William Evans , of Borthwen , Msrionetshire , millev—George Thomson , of Fenton-park , Stoke-upon-Treut , iron taanufacturer .
partnerships dissolved . Samuel Hamer , Richard Satciiffo , and John Hamer , of Rochdale , Lancashire , wbolrsale final ! ware dealrra —Samuel Hamer and Richard Sutcliffn , of R jchdale , Lancashire , tea dealers—J > hn Stuart E irl and James Pownall , of Manchester , fent dealers—WJJJi . im Wmstanley and John Blinkhoru , of Macker&eld and Kirkdale , Lancashire , plumbers—Thomas Morris and William A- Barrow , ot Wigan , Lancashire , solicitors—Moses Levy , and Co . of Aldgate , City , and Manchester and Liverpool , slopsellers ( so far as regards Abraham L * vy)— JubnLevy and Thomas FJetcher , jun ., of Liverpool , fruit merchants—Robert Robinson , jun ., and T . R ) binson , of Parr , Ecoleston , arid Sutton , Lancashire , lime burners—B . Dirom , T H . Richmond , F <* deriuk ' al . Divison , and William F . Hunter , of Liverpool and Bombay , commission merchants—Richard Fleming and John Thomas Wilifns , of Manchester , tailors .
Front the Uazette t >/ Tuesday , June 4 BANKRUPTS . Timothy Stephens , umbrella manufacturer , Newgate-Btieat—John Clark , igrocer , Abiugdon—Richard Colaman , aud Edwin Robert Hall , iroafouudura , G ) Lche » t « —Charles Alderton , tailor , Brightheluistone , Sasaex—William Line , builder , Ramegate—Edward Sedgwick , scrivener , Hythe—William Henry Bates , factor , Birmingham—John Smith , wine merchant , Warwick—Benjamin Norman and Edwin Buekman , Ironmongers , Cheltenham—Lewis Jones , general dealer , Barmoutb , Merionethshire .
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London Cobn-Exchangb , Monday . Juhe 3-The attendance ot Doth JLoudon and country dealers wag email , yet the demand for most descriptions of English Wn ? at was steady , at prices foll y equal to those obtained on Monday taac , and a t which % good clearance was effected . Thebcst qualities of Foreign Whrat were in demand at full quotations , but jq other kinds , as well aa bonded parcels , next to nothing was doing . Barley was steady . The basfc malting parcels were , in some instances , Is . per quarter dearer , while grinding and distilling sorts ruled full , stationary . Malt the turn higher . Oats , Beans , Peas , and Flour held at higher figures .
Londjn Smithpikld Cattle Market , Monday Junk 3 . —The Beef trade ruled extremely heavy . The primest Scots found buyers at prices aboufc equal to those obtained oh Monday last , or from Ss 8 d to 3 s Id per 8 ibs ; but those of most other kinds had a downward tendency . The Mutton trade wag in a depressed . state ; and , in some instances , tho value of the inferior qualities suffered an abatement of 2 i per 8 ibs . Lambs were unusually heavy at a decline of from 2 d to 4 d per 81 bs . The highest figure for tho best Downs not exceeding Ba 4 < i per B . bs . Calves and PigB at barely stationary prices . Borough and Spitai . fielb 3 , —Only a moderate quantity of Potatoes has reached the Pool sinoe thia day sen ' night , yet the quantity offering has been quite equal to meet the wants of the dealers . Tne best qualities have been disposed of at full prioea ; but in otiier kinds very little has been doing .
Borough Hop Mabket . —Notwithstanding ths prevailing north-easterly winds , our accounts from Kent , Sussex , and Worcester , still represent the fly as abundant , as even from twenty to fifty being observed on a single leaf . This unfavourable prospect for the growth cause ? our market to assume a very firm appearance , and , in same instances , prices are on the advance . No betting has aa yet taken , place on the duty . Wool Market . —The imports , since last report have been small , tho demand has ruled heavy , and the rates have declined about £ d per 1 b . for low combing qualities . Down tloeoes are held at lid to Is ; Kent fleeces , la to in Id ; and Leicester liecea , ldporlb .
Tallow . —There » s a steady business doing , and prices remain unaltered , both for present and autumn delivery . The home make is very good , aud meets a good demand . By letters received from St . Peteisburgh this morning , the quotations were the same as last post . Town Tallow unaltered in value . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jane 1—As is generally the case ac thit > soasou of tbe year , business has been considerably interrupted by the holidays , notwithstanding which , however , a steady demand for extra-superfine qualities of fresh manufactured Flour , aud the supplies of this description barely keeping pace with the requirements of the trade , factors have been enabled to obt ain very full price 3 in the transactions that have secured .
For : middling and granaried parcels the inquiry has been only on a limited scale , without change in value . Oats and Oatmeal have met an improved sale , and for the latter artiole advanced rates havo been generally realized . At oar market this morn * Uoi a fair amount of business was * transacted in Wheat at fully the previons onrrenoy . Choioa fresh Flour continued to move off steadily , aud must bs noted the turn dearer , and other sorts ware in moderate request at late ratea . For Oats full prioea were realised in the sales effected , and on Oatmeal an improvement of 6 d . per load was obtained . Wo are btill without , rain in this neighbourhood , or any indication of such a change , although the atmosphere has become much warmer , owing to the « essation of the late oold , harsh winds .
LiVEEu » ooL Corn Market Mokdat , June 3 . — About 19 , 300 qrs . of Wheat , 220 * qrs . of Beans , and 2700 bris . of Flour , have arrived from abroad during the week . The imports of Grain , Flour and Oatmeal * coastwise and frem Ireland * are of small amount . Notwithstanding the continued drought , and more general reports of injury to the growing crops , tho trade cannot be said to have been active , nor hare prices made much advanoe . The sales of Wheat , which are of . moderate amount only , include two ot three parcels bought for the interior , and have been .
at the rates quoted at the close of last week . Floor is unchanged in value . Irish mealing Oats have brought 2 i . lid . per 45 lbs . ; in partial instances , for very fine quality , rather over this price has been obtained . Oatmeal , upon a more Reneral inquiry , is 3 d . to 6 d . per load , dearer ; English . Irish , and dutypaid foreign Baa ^ is , must be noted la . per quarter higher * Several cargoes of Egyptian Beans , have been sold in bond at 22 * per 480 lbs . ; and two or three paxoels of the recently-arrived Baltic Peis have changed hands , at 27 s . to 2 li ; per quarter in bond .
Liv £ Brooi .. Cattxk Mabket , Monday , Junb 3 . — We have had a large supply of both Sheep and Cattls at market to-day . Best Beef sold from 5 * 4 to fi middling Sid : Sheepi clipped , ££ d , Esves Si to >; 5 $ 4 per lb . Number of Cattle , imported into Liverpool from the 27 th May to the 3 rd June : Gows , 1013 , CaiYee , 34 , Sheep , 4540 , Lambs , 1025 , Pi # r , * 27 * i Horses ; 91 . .
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Destructive Fire at Cheltenham . —On Thursday morning , the inhabitants of Henrietta-street and High-street were arouied from their slumbers by an alarm of fire , and immediately perceived flames issuing from the extensive premises of Mr . James Agg Gardner , behind the brewery . On arriving there , they found a portion of tho stables completely enveloped in iam « s , and in the midst of j the firo mre three valuable dray horses , which it Was found impossible to extrioate . Seeing that thelfato of these poor animals w as inevitable , active exertions were made t © save eleven other horses in the adjoining stables , where tho fire had not then obtained , much power , which were successful , and they were sent for Bafety to the poltoe station , While : 8 treuuous attempts were made to confine the firo to that portion
of the building where it first broke out . This , however , was found impossible , and notwithstanding the incessant play of the engines , the whole range of buildings was soon destroyed . Great fears were entertained lest the spacious , brewery ^ with the immense capital contained in it , should ignite ; but this most fortunately was not at all injured . Had the wind been blowing south-weet instead of northeast , a large hay-rick of about 150 tons muBt also have bees destroyed . Tbe damage is estimated at about £ 600 . The poor horses were biirat almost to cinders , and on the back of one of them was a dead rat , which , from its poaitien , had evidently ran there for protection . One of the horses had been at-the brewery for nearly twenty years , and we understand that for one of the others , a fine gray , Mr . Gardner a short time ago refased £ 100 . The ierigin of the fire ^ is not known * - Gloucester Journal .
Another Incendiary Firk . — Another sad destruction of property took place on Saturday night , in the neighbourhood of Beocles . About twelve o ' clock the town was alarmed by the cry <> f " Fire , and it waa soon ascertained that a dreadful conflagration was raging on the farm of Mr . Walling , of Setterjey , about three miles from B / eccles , and in ah incredible space spaco of time fcbe whole of the property contiguous was one entire mass of flames ; the
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Josb 8 , 1 S 44 . THE NOflTHiSRN STAIU . %
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1266/page/3/
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