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r t . . C ???? v, IflUeeUaneolis. ^ * i , Whiskicrs.?A youitf lady in Vermont having, by accident, spilt a few drops of patent hair oil on her cheek before going ' to bed. awoke in the morning with whiskers several inches long 1 At least, so the story runs. Some of our would-be-whrskered bucks had better resort to the same expedient. , na ^ - * * ' * HE f RESBYTERIAN UlIURCII flAS diVI- I did?in other words, the * Old School* j has turned the 4 New School* out of doors. The 8ynods of Western Reserve, Geneva, < *0006860, and Ulica, are among the most heinous offenders, and have been honored j with a Special ejectment. The Presby- | tery of Wilmington, Del. and the Third i Presbytery of Philadelphia have been dis- j solved. The only serious trouble is con* 1 cerning the funds and property of the I Church, which the 4 Old School* seem disposed to monopolize. The Home Missionary and other Societies under the control of the 4 New School* have been included in the excision. i Waking Himself.?A Dutchman, the other day, bid an extraordinary price for an nlnrm plnrL and nawn ? n ? ? -mmm-mmmmmm ?/?wn MliU gU f V U O U I CUSUIIf 44 Dat he loff'd to rise early, lie had nothing to do but bul the string, and he could wake himself." A Question.?If your mother's mother was my mother's sister's aunt, what relation would your great grandfather's uncle's nephew be to my elder brothei's first cousin's son-in-law? Early Rising.?Dean Swift says, that 44 lie never knew any man to eminence who lay in bed of a morning ; and Dr. Franklin, in his peculiar manner, says that 44 he who rises late may trot all day, but never overtake his business." Some of the office holdrs are doing a snug business just now. The Government collects its dues in specie, and pays the office holders in specie. The office holders sell their specie at the current premium, and pay their own debts in paper.? jBait. Pat. i Literary property ?Mr. Hood, in ! I _ ../ I ? ?m uiih ic lii singular nutrior, states that I the phrase 4i republic of letters," was ! 1 hit upon ' to estimate that taking the ' whole lot of authors together, they have ' Hot got a sovereign among them." j ' The Boston papers com plain of the size t of the bread sold in that city. Where is i this not a subject of complaint in these times? The best bread-men now give \ cause for murmurs. The Transcript arch- < ly inquires: 14 What is the reason that i loaves of bread look so dwarfish ??do the bakers put all the yeast into the price?" it IT P rPlT n n ' t # la ?>tn 1/1/1 * ~ ? i . ttu a u 11 r It 1.1 ouuril III till l',\i;llilllge paper that a piece of fresh turf in the croth of a tree, wiil cause all the caterpillars forthwith to descend. Well, there > is a plenty of fresh turf a little below the croth, is there no attraction in that? A lady was recently turned out of church in Vermont, for kissing a gentleman.? i Prentice says it was certainly a pressure which no honest woman ought to regret. I Curious.?A late Puris paper mentions j that two poor fishermen found, while draw- ! ing the nets in the Seine, ne.r the Isle of Swan, a little wooden box eery neatly made and surrounded by plates ol iron, which were nearly destroyed bv rust. The box was in an excellent sta e of preservation, and hermetricallv scaled. On ih<. nnicri. 1 , *'"? ? I were still to be seen some feeble traces of Fieurs do Lys, and the letter? 44 M de V." ! surmounted by a double royal coronet. I The fishermen were delighted with their 1 prize, and lost no time in breaking it open, expecting to find within treasures of no ordinary value. But their surprise and j horror may be conceived, when their eyes : rested on a human head embalmed and, perfectly preserved ! In the bottom of the box was a silken scarf, some withered Bowers and a little poiniard, whose point was stained with blood. The box with its contents was purchased by one of the Savans of Paris?who is confident that it belonged to Marguerite dc Valois, the Queen of Henry IV, and the head is that of Coconas, which is well known she caused to be embaled after the tragical death of that individual. Portable Mill for Military Service, Rl. Saget's newly invented machine rests upon a carriage which is drawn hv a sin w " "" ~ gle horse, driven by a man, whose seat is, 1 on the cairiagc. It has some resemblance i to a mounted water-butt; and, when in* motion, grinds the grain and sifts the flour, ? at one and the same moment. The moving power is derived from the revolution of the wheels, and the driver readily stops' the machine from working without being compelled to stop the progress of the carriage. The construction of the mill is so adjusted, that when at rest, it may be employed as a water-mill,or hand-mill, which a child may drive ; and it will produce either fine or coarse meal accordingly, as occasion may require. It was inspected at a sitting of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Hor- \ deanx, when a report was drawn up, from ; which the following is an extract:?44 M.; get's machine is so contrived that it will act under any circumstances of season or ! i i:? ? - jucuuiy ; 11 is noi oonoxious to the impe-| diments arising from atmospherical calms in those climates where wind mills are used, or from droughts in those where water-mills are employed ; the products which it yields may be increased or diminished at will, with regard both to quantity or quality ; and the process of grinding may be earned on uninterruptedly." The following is the average product of this mill; when worked by a sing!e person, 66 gallons per day; when I worked by two men, 132 gallons per day; and when worked by a horse, ab< ut 227 gallons.? United Service Journal. Washington, June 19.?A very misterious robbery of the mail was fortunately detected at the Post Office in this city. As far back as last January, a remittance was made from a house in Chambersburg to one in ballimore, of the amount of 2,000 dollars, which package was traced to Baltimore, but how abstracted from that office, or lost, no tidings could be obtained. About a week ago, however, the merchant to whom the original was sent, received a letter from Washington, containing eighteen hundred dollars of the money. The envelope, containing the direction, was sent to the office of this city, with a a view to identify, if possible, the hand-writing, which was most fortunately done this morning, and the whole affair traced step by step. In a day or two we shall have a history of the transaction, which, while it will be found amusing, shows the almost utter impossibility of robbing the mail without detection. The Wandering Piper is about to take his final departure from Baltimore, where he is only known as a mysterious stranger who for several years has devoted himself most assiduously to the laborious and certainly inn cent occupation of obtaining money, bv the exertion of his musical abilities, with the singular view to apply it to benevolent purposes?scarcely reserving from lus philanthropic object, so much as was necessary for his personal expenses. During his several visits lie has paid altogether to benevolent and charitable uses in our city above ?1000. We have had the gratification durimr his " o pri^scnt visit, of dining in liis company with a select few to whom lie is most intimately known here; and were pleased to find him a gentleman of intelligence and agrceableable conversational talents? ready to speak treely on ail subjects except the mystery which surrounds himself. After several hours conversation on various subjects, and among others the course 1 [if his travels and the receptions he met with?one of the company proposed the following toast. 44 The Minstrel's mystery? we know inly its benevolent results and therefore espect it.** lie joined in silence to drink to the .oast, hut immediately began to converse 3n another subject?and we learn from his most intimate acquaintances that be lias never yet explained here the nature of his four years perigrinalion in the charac-j tor of a Wandring Piper. His acqaint-1 ances address him by the name of Capt. I Stuart?but thev think it probable that' this is merely a travelling name. Singular effects of infected air in a sleeping room.?Mr. P , an architect of Vienna, went on business to the country seat of Baron dc . One of the most beautiful chambers of the chateau, was assigned him for his lodging apartment. Scarcely had he laid himself down, before he seemed to feel as if he was taken up from bis bed and cariied about the chamber hither and thither ; ut one time he found himself upon the bed ; at another beneath it; now lie was near the door or the windows; now in the midst of an enormous fire chimney ; at the same time there was not light enough j lo enable Mr. P. to distinguish clearly e/ery object in the room. It wns r?..t I an illusion ; he felt the movement, he re- | cognized every place in the chamber. The next morning he appeared at the breakfast table, pale and wan as after a night without sleep ; but from a natural delicacy he gave only evasive answers to the questions of his host. The second night brought the same apparitions, and the next day he was more pale, and cast down than before, but still came to no explanation. The third night was like the first; and his livid cheeks and sunken eyes excited the next morning, uneasiness in the fami-; ly. The Baron took M. P. aside,; and urged him to tell him frankly if he l ad not experienced something disagree-1 able in his sleeping chamber. Then the latter related all that had occurred, and i the Baron confessed that for a long time this r?l?nnihnr ?,*d bnnn fb*. 1 would occupy it; and that the domestics Jared not to go there. After the explanation, M. P. requested permission to examine the house. He found that the chimney of the room was closed up from within, so that all air was excluded ; the windows beside, were always kept shut, and the doors were scarcely ever open ; he remarked also that the chamber was situated in a wing of the building, and surmounted by a roof thro' which which there was no perceptible opening. He concluded that ?he menhitic gas inclosed within the garret had penetrated into the room through some old wainscotling ; there the air became corrupted, and, with nothing to renovate it, the brain was affected by it in such a way as to excite a momentary delirium which presented to the imagination these nocturnal views. Mr. P. , made a report upon his observasions and set himself to work to remedy the evil. The windows were opened; a current of air was established between the room and the chimnej' way ; an opening made through the roof. The air which came through this aperture was of a quality so mephitic, that one of the workmen was taken sick, and would have} < fallen had it not been for the aid of his i companion. The same night, Mr. P. slept in the chamber. As he had been without f I rest for three days, he slept better than |, |ever, and nothing more was heard about < I apparitions. \ ???W? ?? ? Communications. [ 1 FOR the courier. , AZURE DEMONS. , DY A LAOY. | So full o( shape is fancy, That it alone is high fantastical. SflAKSPEARn. < Winter had made a sepulchre of her i dead leaves, and sang Iter last requiem to i her dying reign. Spring usurped her throne j and nature began to smile beneath her ge- ! nial influence. The inhabitants of the city ] of P observed her advancement with ] apprehensions of terror. The stately trees < that bordered the streets remained unpruned, i the gardens that beautified the habitation, j shared the common neglect; in vain, the < early flowers looked up from their bed or I beauty, imploring aid from the gardener to i extricate them from noxious weeds. They were lelt to bud and blossom in unsought so- I litudc; the mildew of neglect had visited I thcin, and they were abandoned. | i And why was tLis beauty neglected without one glance of admiration? One pious i thought to the tiiver who formed them. 1 Why was the desolate places about to be i made glad, the wilderness made populous ? The C-lndera?that scourge to human exist- 1 cnce, had reached New York, and the ap- 1 proximation of the two cities were such as I to render escape impossible to those whore- i maincd. Day and night 1 could hear the I hurried departure of carriages from the city, i Many merchants were compelled to give up i business, their customers had abandoned I them, and they c-uld not meet payments. < The farmer who ventured to enter the city to i sell produce, met with poor sale; vegetables i were denounced as food for cholera. Fear I superceded all after lion, nil interest. Life was the selfish boon. The streets soon pro- i claimed one eternal Cahbath. Humor was < busy with us, it was reported the cholera had < made the expected appearance?my bus- i hand became alarmed, and convened inysell i and babe to a place of safety, and returned , i to brave the d;m->er ' My rclreat, was on a heatiful farm in ti Falmouth, Mass. Health reigned here i c triumphant. Here *he contemplative mind J | could roam arnid nature's wildest sceneny; li the full crowned forest; the majestic hills; * the moss-covered rocks that were inter- V spersed among fields, and formed the di> \ rable fence; combined with the beautiful bay, rendered my retreat a most desirable i residence. If, in exploring the In autiful i mysteries of nature, we could drink a s lelhcan dose of worldly cares, and world- I 1 ly all'ections, it would prove a most deli- 1 cious draught to the troubled mind. Anx- I iety and fear are too closely blended to allow oblivion from the love of nature's works. In vain I explored the hills, the 1 fields, the forest, with the beautiful flow- 1 1 crioj: underwood, these beauties only served to enlarge the trouble of my mind. ! The troubled waters of the ocean were j more in sympathy with my feelings than all the glowing landscape scenery I could survey. It was not the loss of gay society that I mou.ned, I never was dependent on the crowd for happiness ; I was certain to anticipate sorrow, whenever I gleaned a gladsome hour in mingling with the gay throng?it was a r sentiment of sorrow, I>ut was often realized. Hooks, ease, retirement, were resources that never failed to secure a quiet happiness, a Sabbath for the mind. If I did not exercise the faculties rf hope and joy in reciprocated feelings of intercourse ; I at leasi escaped the pangs of sorrow and disappointment. The charms of nature had not lost their attractions. I still made companions of the birds and flowers, but she could not ! ullay the devouring suspense, that was I, lpreying upon me. Every paper and let- j tor I received, appeared to bear the insignia; of the death of my husband, and a t confirmation of my excited fears. Fear, who can analyze the passion? Imagina- ] tion is her mirror to enlarge her danger, , and multiply her horrors. . One evening, as the light of day dc- i parted, I wandered to the sea-shore ; the (? murmuring waves soothed my distracted i imagination; 1 seated myself j>n a mors- I covered rock, and reclined beside a wide sj reading oak, that grew contiguous: and 1 yielded to meditation. I gazeed on the s starry vault above me; all was quiet there, | it breathed of omnipresence ! Ilow ar- < dently I desired to unravel the mysteries j of that charactery of God's alphabet! poor i human curiosity ! Science with all her r reflected rays will never penetrate immor- r jtality. Infinite power, displayed the fir- | | mamcnt as a comforter to the bowed heart, c i ... . - ! ami 111 eievate the thoughts to enjoy the r | knowledge of created works hereafter! p i The knowledge of the motion, distance, p or magnitude of heavenly bodies, will s avail but little when we are judged beyond! p The view of the heavens and earth re- s vealed by the softened light of a full , c moon ; her trees, her green grass, her flowering shrubs, ought to elevate rather p than depress, and yet where is the heart i that will not court the dark spell of sad-Is ness, which a sun-set scene often inspires? i i There is something so fraught with sim- t pie yet sublime associations, that it seems t to partake rather of heaven than earth ; i the day with all its selfish coninion-placc t 1 interests, are at an end, and the season t >f intelligence, imagination, of spiritual- 1 ty is dawning.' 1 'Mad with the signature and stamp of heaven.' < My reveries were interrupted by the } ipproach of a stranger, who came toward \ ne,and presented a letter, I eagerly grasp- ' ?d the treasure, after thanking liiin for 1 lis politeness?commenced opening the ' teal; and to my utter coftBtcrnation, dis- 1 covered it was written in a strange hand, ' nut evidently dictated by my husband.. It ' was alarmingly concise. My presence ' was requested to see the last of him on , ' earth : the fell disease hud prostrated him j! ind he might not be alive when this intel- j ' ligence reached me. 1 ' Yc who have lost, or who fear to lose', ' 1 can alone sympathize with my lacerated j feelings. I obeyed the mandate ; how I ( .nnitlmil il.n o!li> 1 Irnmir nn' lint tliMt*#* I I VUVIIVU 111V> VHJ M ? V v? v ? | arrived in nil the magnitude of grief. I 1 saw the cold lifeless remains, the dark ( poll that covered him, his narrow resting place: heard the sepulchral rattle on his coffin, and then I lost ull time! grief had reached her acme, and the listlcssness of passing things came over with chaotic , darkness. I am unable to communicate | how long I gave up to this lethargic existence. Misery had not absolved me, there was another tie to earth, another victim to Lhe insatiate foe?it was my babe : this beautiful bud was called to blossom in a region more congenial to her purity. I I had no comforter now, save the Invi- > >ible, and lie whispered peace and union hereafter This assurance soothed me in :ny utter loneliness. Years passed on ; I became changed ! 1 had drank deeply of lethean waters, and was revived back to youth, to love, to hope, to jov. Sorrow makes decay, it is not the number of years that roll over us, that have half the effect of blighted beauty. Years before I bad entered the pale Ill lllllll I'lltMl > , A It lis <1 IllWIlUg UIIIISI, 1 nil- | bibeil the idea, until it became a pure principle with me. If the heart becomes interested in an object of affection, there ire various excuses formed to shield it from error and instability of opinion. Woman's heart will 'kindly leap to kindness ' Lei man endeavor to cheer her trooping heart, devoid of selfish feelings; menu rage her returning elasticity of spirts: cement the broken bowl of hope, ind give to life a radiance yet worth Iivng for : independent of a selfish speculaion, and woman's heart is seldom proof igainsl such rare combination of genuine lisinterestedness. Gratitude will find a >assport to her heart if not affection. I iad received such attention from one who vas gifted with every manlv grace and icauty, and I was not insensible to their 'alee. The evening arrived for m** second marriage; the guests were assembled, the minister arose to pronounce those indissoluble bonds till death separated?when I heard a voice exclaim, 'Your husband lias returned, conic and see him.' 1 did not faint, for with all my love of romance I never personated a heroine so far as to lose iiiv senses by the admission of joy or grief; but 1 awoke, and found my wanderings were indebted to the suspension of all senses, save imagination, guided by the indulgence of uzurc-dcmons, or in the vulgar definition, blue-devils. Wh ere is the heart, that has not indulged in moments of despondency ? When life itself loses her attractions, and hope the reserved gift in Pandora's box has flown, and left her altar shrouded in darkness and despair. The superstitious would solve such feelings as a sure precurser of coining eVil, and every dark dream they can memorise, serves to increase their self-imposed unhappincss. Suffice it to say my dream was never realized. ELOISE. For the Courier. WHERE IS T1IE SPECIE? The annexed paragraph is taken from the " St. Louis Republican,"of 22d April j last. j "The people of the west, it seems, are! expected to endure any thing. We have now been for some months paying our portion of the public revenue, derivable I'ro.n the sale of lands, in gold and silver. It costs the poor farmer from five to twenty-five percent to procure it. It is taken to the deposite banks, sealed, and shortly afterwards shipped to Cincinnati and the seaboard?just as 8100,000 was sent away at the beginning of this week. It does lot return, nor can it, as things now arc, !ac expected to return." Specie is at this moment, scarcer than it ins necn lor mc last 1?> years, 11 otvit!i standing there have been such hca*y importations of it from abroad. On the oth)r hand, the people of the Atlantic States pay to the Government the paper of all ranks which are of good standing in the leighborhood. Specie is not exclusively oquired. They have not to pay a heavy j premium, such as is paid by us for gold md silver. They invariably pay in bank . lotes. Such is the difference between the people of the West and North?the one mrtion is ground to the dust, to obtain , pecie for the land oflicc ; the other is, etted, and in every thing having the reetnblance to bank, is paid to the Revenue dicers." Now, this is the language of the Whig >apers of the West, and if they are to be >elieved, what cause have we of the East ind North to complain? It seems there s no money in the Treasury of the Unied States, and it is only drawn for on the leposite banks, and disbursed as the denands of the government require, under he laws by which it is appropriated. If he "poor farmers of the West" pay the leavy premium above mentioned, they and it their interest to do so, but not a iollar of it goes into the United States Treasury. 'The Whigs of the East and North are even more clamorous in their inquiries for ihe Specie, and denouncing :he specie circular for sending it all to ihe West! J\ow you growling party, what do you want? Do yo want a bank [>f the United Slates? And for what? ;4Oh ! to be a check on the States banks Lo procure an over issue of their notes." Is not the Treasury circular demanding specie in payment for our public laud, doing that business for you? ft appears lhat the circular is doing your business even more effectually than your Midas, ihe bank of the United Slates; as that tuouiuiiuu i8 now unable to redeem its own bills with specie, and has gone by the board as well as the States banks in that respect. ".Will you answer," "it certainly has had that effect." Then what more do you want? "Oh! the removal of the deposites, the removal of the Government deposites has deranged the currency, and created a mania for banks among the Slates, and thereby ruined the country;" yet, stiJl you wish the States banks to continue their issues and discounts, when many of them are not able to red? cm with specie, one third of their issues !! Is there not something rotten in Denmark ? The removal of the Treasury deposites may have induced a spirit for speculation-, as evil often results from intended good ; but we may with the same propriety, infer, that St. Paul intended to induce drunkenness, when he recommended a little wine to Timothy for the benefit of his stomach. Again, you say "the country must he relieved, and money must be had : Congress must be convened." For what ? Not to create another unconstitutional Bank of the United States, as ti e removal of the deposites and specie Treasury circular has already demolished that mass of monopoly and corruption : n??t to recind that check upon fraud, the specie circular: not to compel the revenue officers to take the rag money, which, according to the Louis Republican, is already sold, at a loss, from from five to twenty-live per cent, and thereby, bankrupt the government and country: Heaven forhid. The government money is exclusively the property of our whole united Republic, and if you want it, you must come forward with your ' quid pro quo/' or earn it honestly?rag money out of the question. The removal of the Government deposites, was an act that regarded the rights of the Slates, who paid the money, and who ought to be allowed to use their quota for the benefit of the people, and every real States right man will applaud it.? The Treasury specie circular is having the desired and designed clltrt, checking the over issues by the Ranks, and will bring the currency to a sound and whole _ 1 . ? Mime cmiuiiion ; ami any interfcrance by Congress in our monotaiy matters, may bring a heavy curse on our beloved country. That there is pecuniary distress in the country cannot be denied, but the measures of our government have had no more agency in producing it, than it had in reducing the prices ol cotton in Europe ; the mania for Banking, and borrowing of the Banks to speculate, is the true cause of all this distress that now exists in our money market; to restrain which, our General Government has been endeavoring for the last six or eight years. The exclusive privileges, granted to companies to establish Banks, allowing them to issue from three to five times the amount of I their capital, is unconstitutional and dan| gerotis to interests and morals of our people; inducing a spirit for reckless speculations, overtrading, and extravagance, seemingly afforded by Bank facilities ; which will always produce distress and pecuniary ruin, when there is a sud.1 -? - - * urn ii -pression 111 me prices oi the ngrioultural productions of our country m foreign markets. I do not w ish to be undcrstood, that I desi?c all the banks demolished *'at one fell swoop far from it; I know and appreciate the portable convenience of paper money, and never wish to see twenty dollars in specie together, (unless in a bank) again as long as I live?but that the Treasury circular demanding specie in payment for our public lands, 6lc , should have bad the effect to compel them to close their doors against paying specie for their own notes, demonstrate that they are literally broke, or a mass of fraud and corruption, calculated to deceive the people, and at war with their best interests. AN OLD FARMER. No Gambling.?What right lias any of our hanks, from the United States down to the meanest institution in our land, to enter into any speculation whatever 7 \\ hat right have any of our banks?whether it be those entrusted with the business of the old United Slates Banks, the "pets" or the local institutions which do business on their own accounts?what business, we say,had any of these concerns to use ihcir money for speculative purposes? for the purchase of cotton with the intention of selling it again ? Nowo whatever. VVe have it from the best authority that some of our hanking institutions have made heavy purchases of cotton within the last few days, which has been paid for, as a matter of course, in paper oi the most depreciated and valueless nature, and this cotton is already shipped and on its way to Europe. Shame 011 such proceedings ! The banks cannot redeem the paper they already have in circulation' Is it honest*