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For Gratuitous Distributio-An dinteresting little pamphlet, entitled ''Moffat's Medical Ma nual, designecd as a domestic Guide to Health containing accurate information concerning the the most prevalent disease, and the. most ap proveud remedies-by WIM. MOFFAT." For sale by umrca 1i t f 6 C. A. DOWD. From the Christian A dvocate and Journal. Nzw-YoRK, March 29, 1841. Dr. D. AT. Reese :-Str,-After the meeting in Forsyth-street, Monday evening, I was con versing with a lady on the subjects there discus sed, w'Len she told me I was almost a nonoma niac, in my hatred to alcoholic drink: the fol lowing verses were written to-day, as an excuse for my warmth. Please, Sir. oblige me by handing them to Mr. Hawkins, of the Baltimore delegation, requesting him to present them to his-daughter, as she also may be aceused of the same fault. ALIRA. Go, feel what I have felt, Go, bear what I have borne; Sink 'neath a blow a father dealt, And the cold, proud wot Id's scorn: Thus struggle on from year to year, Thy sole relief the scalding tear. Go, weep as I have wept, O'er a loved father's fall; See every cherished promise swept Youth's sweetness turned to gall: Hope's faded flowers strewed all the way That led me up to woman's day. Go, kneel as I have knelt; Implore, beseech, and pray: Strive the besotted heart to melt, The downward course to stay Be cast with bi tter curse aside Thy prayers.burlesqued-thy tears defied. Go, stand where I have stood, And see the strong man bow: With gnashing teeth, lips bathed in blood, And cold and livid brow; Catch his wandering glance, a nd see There mirrored, his soul's misery. Go, hear what I have heard The sobs of sad depair As memory feeling's fount hath stirred, And its revealings there Have told him what he might have been, Had he the drunkard's fate foreseen. -Go to thy mother's side, .Thine own deep anguish hide Wipe from-thy-check the tear. Mirk her dimmed eye- her furrowe'd brow; The gray that streaks her dark hair now Her toil-worn frame-her tremrbling limb And trace the ruin back to him Whose plighted faith, in early youth, Promised eternal love and truth: But who forsworn, hath yielded uip This promise to the deadly cup; Aud let her down, from love and light, From all that made her pathway bright, nd chained her there, 'mid want and strife, That lowly thing-a drunkard's wife! And stamped on childhood's brow, so mild, That withering blight-a drunkard's child! Go, heaa, and see. and feel, and know, All that my soul hath felt or known, Then look within the wine-cup's glow See ifits brightness can atone: Think, if its flavor you would try, If all proclaimed, 'Tis drink and die. Tell me I hate the owl Hate is a feeble word I loathe-abhor-my v'ery soul By strong disgust is stirred Whene'er I see, or hear, or tell, Of the dark beverage of hell! From the Mounfainee'r. A DREAM. 1 gazed upon that brow, so white and high, A nd thoughts of " other days" cameo tlitting by, Like rainbows which are seen but disappear, Throw'd in the brief existence of a tear. The ma~em'ry it brought was soft and bright As stars which sparkle thro' the summer's night, Revealing touches of that heavena above, Where hope can fondly piture truth and love. Methought that years had kindly lent a charm To keep th' existence of that menm'ry warma; For from her eye still beamed the noble soul, Which bow'd to affection's mild control. I met the radiance of its soft blue light, Which 1, in other dlays, had decm'd so bright; And visions of the paat, so sweetly fair, Had lost no charm from being pictured there. I joy'd to think that time could bring no change, Her heart from its pure mem'ries to estrange, Anal blessed the power which to her soul had given So deep an impress of the faith ofilcaven ! 1 marked the placid beauty of that brow, Whose polish'd surface lies full humbly now ; A nd then I pray'd the earth might bring no stain To mar the trace of virtue's glorious reign.. That praycr is ansrcd:-arth could bring no .btight Across her spirit's pure and holy light; And guardian angels gloried in. their prize, As 'midst her youth they borc her to f/he skies!. S. rambride, 1Al41. THE LABORER. -11Y WILLIAM D. GALLAGHER. STAND up-erect! Thou hast the form And likeness of thy God?-:who more? A soul as dauntless 'mid the storm - Of daily lire, a heart as warm And pure as breast e'er wore. What then 1-Thou art as true a MAN As moves the human mass along, As much a part of the Great Plan That with Creaiion's dawn begnu, As any of the throng. Who is thine enemy ?-the high In station, or in wealth the chief? The great, who coldly pass thee by, With proud step and averted eye? - Nay! nurse-not such belief. If true unto thyself thou wast, What were the proud one's scorn to thee A feather, which thou mightest cast Aside, as idly as the blast The light leaf from the tree. 'No:-uncurb'd passious-low desires Absence of noble self respect Dcnth in the breast's consuming fires, To that high nature which aspires Forever; till thus checked. These are thine enemies-thy worst;. They chain thee to thy lowly lot The labor and thy life accurst, Oh, stand erect! and from them burst; And longer suffer not! Thou art thyselfthine enemy! The great !-what better they than thou? As theirs, is not thy will as free ? Has God with equal favors thee Neglected to endow ? True, wealth thou hast not: 'tis but dust! Nor place: uncertain as the wind! But what thou hast, which, with thy crust And water, may despise the lust - Of both-a noble mind. With this, and passions under ban, True faith, and holy trust in God, Thou art the peer of any man. Look tip, then-that thy little span Of life may be well trod! Jiscedaimeous. YASHION A 'U. N PEAWx B.R DYA viLLAJ. BEAU. Misb Simper appeared at Saratoga in an elegant suit of sable. She was said to be in mourning for her father, an opulent bro ker in Baltimore, recently deceased. Grief had wasted her health, and weeping had washed away her roses, and sie was come torecover her appetite, and reanimate her blushes. Miss. Simper of course, was an heiress, and attracted great attention. The gentleman called her a beauty, and talked a great deal of her real estate, bank stock, and securities. Some of the ladies thought hercomplexion too sallow, and some ob. jected the style of her dress; Mrs. High. flyer said she had not the air of a woman of fashion, while Capt. lalliard pronoun ced her a suspicious sail and declared his belief that she was a privateer in disguise. The fair stranger. however, walked daily to The fountain, modestly cast down her eyes when gazed at, and seemed uncon scious of all but her own horrors. About ihis time, Major Fitzconnell appeared upon the busy scene. le was a tall, handsome man, of easy address, and polished man tiers, who seemed to regard all around him with an air of very polite unconcern. Ile was announced as ani officer in his Britannic Majesty's service, and brother to Earl Somehody, in England. It was re ported that he had large landed possessions in the wecst, He did not appear to seek society, but wvas too wvell 'ired to repel any civilities wvhich were oflfered him. The gentlemen were pleased with his god sense his knowvledge of~ the world, and the snaevi ty of his manners, but as he seemed to a~ void the ladies, they had little opport,uuiiy of estimating his qualities. Major Fitzconnell and Miss Simper me! by accidetnt at the founlain. The officer, who had just filled his glass at her ap. proachl, presented it to the lady, who, iti sipping the trasparent element, droppec her handkerchief. Trho gentlemian very gallantly picked tip the cambric, and re stored it to the owner-biut the blushing damsel, abashed by the easy attention o: an elegant stranger, in her confusion losl her reticule, whbich the soldier gracefull3 replaced du her wrist, with a most respect ful bow. A eourtcsy on the one side, and anothei bow on the other, terminated the eiviliies of this meeting. Thme gentleman purmuci his walk, and ihe lady returned to hei chamber. That Mi'ss Simper felt dlul' sensible of thme honor ofhavinmgelicted thre: graceful congees from the brother of a: English Earl cannot hie doubted; nor car we suppose, without injustice to that gen tieman's taste, that lie saw with indiffer nce the mantlitng blushes which those at tetions had drawn forth; certain it is howeyver, that as they separated in oppo site .directions, neiher of thenm was seen t1 east "one longing, lingering look bohind.' As I had not thme privilege of intrudin, into either of the chambers, I .cannot sa; what-fairy forms might have flitted aroun' the magic pillow, nor whether'the fair on dreamed of coronets,- coats of arms, ketth drums, and - epaulettes. In short, I an not able to inform the reader, wvhether th parties thought of each other at all; by ing two suackdiffident -persons in contact, I am inclined to think the adventure would have ended here, had not "chance, which oft decides the fate of, mighty monarchs,' decide d theirs, Miss Sinfper's health required her atten dance at ihe fotints on the following morning at an unusually early hour; and the Mfajor, w&ille .others were- sleeping, had salliedlfddh to.enjoy the invigorating freshneifth' 'early breeze. They met agaic b -tthat 'the propitious well, and as 'J' endiut, who is usually posted there td.filtfgiuilses of the invalids, had not takedlitsi ta'6n, the -Major had not onlythe ~ that office, 6t *0 OP hin the exiaiusted vessel, until'the d q'uafed the full measure presribed the medical dictator of this little-coim dilty. I am not able to say how ofti:l tIfey pledged each other in the salubrious lerge; bat wheni the reader is informed hzat the quantun prescribed to a deli i omremale varies: from, four to eight glasss according to the nature of her complaint,.and thata lady cannot de corously sipiore than one mouthful with out drawingbreath, it will be seen that ample time' wras afflorded on this occasion ,for a tete-a-t4re. -The ice being thus broken and,the water duly quaffed, the gentleman .proposed togpromenade; to which the lady, after-some linlehesitation; acceded, when the great bel~iummoned them to breakfast, they repaired to the table with excellent appeties, a(4 cheeks glowing with health ful huies, produced by the exercise of the morning. At ten dolock the lady issued from her chamber, adioed'with new charms, by the recent latioiof the toifet,. and strolling pensively, bok in hand, to the farthest corner of thi' iazza, commenced .her stu dies. .[t.hiopened at the same moment, that the Major, fresh from his valet's hands, hied himselfto-the same cool retreat, to breathe, forth the melancholy, musings of his soul, upop.his Aute. - Seeing the. lady, he hesitated; toegged pardon for his intru sion, and was-about to.retire-but the lady assured him it was: -no intrusion at all," and laid asida.lhersbook- The gentleman was soon seated -be'side her. He begged to know the duhbect of her researches, and was delighted with the taste displayed on the choicep.tfer author, she earnestly so licitel a disjay bf his musical.talents, and was-enraptupwivith everynote; and when the same imn4iient bell which had cur tailed their imowng: walk- again sounded in their earsA w aere-srpc il to Gnd, that the commonplace operation-of eating was so often allowed to interrupt the feast of reason and the flow of wit. At four o'clock the military stranger han ded Miss Simper into an elegant gig, and drove to the neighboring village; where ru mor soon proclaimed that this interesting pair were united in the holy hand of ma trimony. For once, the many tongues of fame spoke truly-and when the happy Major returned with his blushinig bride, all could see that the embarrassment of the l6ver was exchanged for the triumphant smile of the delighted bridegroom.. It is hardly necessary to add that such was the salutary effect of this pleasing event, that the "young couple" found themselves re stored instaticously to perfect health: and on the following morning they bade adieu to Saratoga Springs. "This is a vqry ungenteel affair! said 3irs. llighllyer. "I never heard the beat of it in all my born (lays !" said a fat shop keeper's lady. "H ow funny!" cried one young lady. "How shocking!" exclaimed another. "Egad, that's a keen, smart girl!" said one gentleman. "She's a tick ler, I warrant her !" said a second. "She's a pirate, by thunder roared Captain Ilil liad. In the meanwhile the new-mnrriedl pair were pursuingrthoir journey, b~y easy sta ges, towarnts the city of New York. We all know "how the blest charms of natture improve when we see them reflected," and so ou, and we can readily imagine "how happily the days of Thalaba past by" on this occasion. Uninterrupted by ceremonious visits, unrestrained by the presence of third parties, it is not surprising that our lovers should often disgreess from the beaten road, and as often linger at a romantic spot, or a secluded cottage. Several days had now elapsed,, and neither party had made any disclosure to the other upnni tho imnportaut suhject of finance. 4s they were drawing neat- the end of their journey, the Major- thought it advisable to broach this delicnte matter to his bride. It was upon a fine summer evening, as they sat at a window, at an inn, enjoyitng the beauties of an extensive land scape, thtatihis memorable coniversation occurred. They had been amusing them selves with that kind .of small talk which new marrted folks find so vastly pleasant; as ho'v mu'ch they love one another, and how happy-they intend to be and what a fine thing is it for t wo fund hearts to be dissolv-ed and melted down into one, &c. Many examples of love and murder were related-the lady told of several distressed swains who: had inconmrnently hanged themselves f'or their mistresses, and the gentlemani asoften asseverated that not one of those m'artyred lovers adored the object of his passion,~ with half the fervor wvhich he felt for his own dear, sroceL, darling pre cious, little Anne! At least, throwing his arms over his wife's chair, he said careless ly, "Who has the management of. you property my dear?" "You have, my darling," replied sho. "I shall have, when I get it," said 11h< htsband, "I mfeantl to-i nquire, in whosc -o-csitn it was at hpresent?" - "It is all in your own possession," sait the.lady. "Do not triflo with me," said the gen tleman, patting her cheek, "you have made me the happy master of your person, and it is time to give me the disposal ol your fortune." "My face is my fortune, kind sir," said she, laying her head upon his shoulder. "To-be plain with you, madam." said the impassioned bridegroom, "I have need of money immediately-the hired gig in which we came to this place, is return ed, and I have not the means to procure another conveyance." "To be equally candid with you, sir," replied the happy bride, "I have nothing in the world but what you see." "Have you no real estate !" said the Major, starting on his feet. '-Not an acre." "No bank stock?" "None," "No securities, no je'wels, no money!" "Nothing of the kind." "Are you not the daughter heiress of. a rich broker?"* "Not I, indeed," "Who the devil Vie you, then." "I am your wife, sir, and the daughter of.a very honest blacksmith." "Bless me!" exclaimed the Major, start ing back with astonishment-then cover ing his face with both his hands; he re aained for a thoment absorbed in thought. Resuming his serenity, he said, in a sneer ing, tone, "I congratulate you, madam, on being the wife ofa beggarlike yourself. I am a ruined inan, and know not whence to supply my immediate wants." "Can you not draw upon the Earl your brother?" said the lady. "I have not the honor of being allied to the nobility." "Perhaps you can have resources to the paymastet of you regiment?" "I do no happen to belong to any regi ment.". "And. have you no lands in Arkansas?" "Not- an acre." "iPray then' may I take the liberty of asking 'who you are?" " am yourhusband, thadam,'at your service, and only son -a farmns gam bier, who left me heir to bis rinciples and profession." . "My father gave me a good education," said the lady. "So did mine," said the gentleman, "bai it has not prevented me fron rump in W the wrn g tbisiime. out of the chamber, hastened to the bar, and called the landlord. His interesting bride followed on tiptoe, and listened un-. observed. The Major enquired "at what hour the mail-stage ' would pass for New York." "About midnight," *as the re ply. "Please to secure me a seat," said the Major, "nd let me be waked at the proper hour." "Only one seat?" enquired the host, "One seat only," was the re ply. The landlord remarked that it was customary for gentlemen, who set of in the niaht to pay their fare in advance; up on which the Iblajor paid for the seat. The Major and his bride retired to sep arate chambers; the former was soon lock ed in the arms of sleep, but the latter re pelled the drowsy god from her eyelids Whenshe heard the stage drive up to the door of the inn, she hastily rose, and hav ing previously made up her bundle, with out which a lady never steals a march, hastened down stairs. Upon the way she meet the landlord, who enquired if her husband was awake, "IHe is not,' said the lady, "and need nlot be disturbed," -Theseat wastaken for you then?" en quired the inkeeper. "Certainly.", "0, very well-we'll not disturb the gentleman-the stage is ready madam jup in." Mrs. Fitzconnell jutmped iu accordingly and wvas soon on her wvay to New York, leaving the gallant Major to provide an other conveyance, atnd a new wife at his leisur e. Fronm Sa~ings and Doings in the Univer A JOKE LIBO. e ' I must make room for Torn Sherrigtn's last,-You remember Tom Sherry, our senior by some Four years who did more mischief in one day t'ban all the rest of us in a wveek-shaved old Dolbe ry's cat-gave the pig castor oil, and paint ed the old ones like a Newv-Zealand chief -enscoticed a Aine hedgehog in Mothet P'erkin's bed, and then recommended his Pantohygeismic lotion of oil, vinegar, pep per, r~nd sugar, as a cure For scarified soles. Well, this beatu ideal of a mischievious ca reer, and having done only not er'ough ir one way to get expelled, and just enough in another way toget through, had deter. mined on the medical line, and enteredl himself as a sawbones at our inafrmary. Ahout a week since lhe was returning with Mostyn of Jesus From a dinner party at an old tutor's oF theirs, who has shelved himself with a spouse in the vicinity, a lit tle better for some good port. *'Mossy,' said he, "how should you like to be doctored for nothuitig at the infirmary.' " Not particularly," said his companion " Ay, there we differ, I should tlks it tin common, and hang me if I won't be a pa tient this very night," muttered Sherry. "Bet you, you don't," said Mostyn. "D)one," said Shertry, "for a Hear1 B ase and that youi shall help to carry nm in for another.'' "Very well, (lone," replied his frienid On they strolled towards Oxford, talking about the last botte of part and a p..rt.. lar good devil. Just before they Oied at the lane that leads* to Pott Meaab*, _Sherrington begins to stagger ali . ttiped, and just-as two idrrers are V1 light,, and a clear patch. of.grass band, drops down on his anticapait forms sundry epilieptical t*istinde, c'a Z_ tions add groanings, bites furiously, gets up a respectable fome at the.'imuW. Poor Mossey, not the Wisest d the wie, entirely forgetting the bet, -sings but' fr help, lays hold of one leg, gives the oik to one chaw-bacon, and the beadaO shoulders to another; and marches rhin at itick time to the infirmary. - Ring, ring goes the bell-down coi&a. the nurse followed by the resident doitoi add in march the bearers in due procesulof. Once within the hofise, these, the' "- - tions rapidly increase, and get erse worse until the' patient is dep i -s bed in one of the private rooms. Aslfrtb would have just as Sherry was thinking Q letting the cat out of the bag, in walked Greenwood, the cleverest and most stet doctor in the hospital. "Bad case-bad case, Mr. Perins.t "Very, doctor,' (a violent kick!cfeeindt quiet him,' (two kicks and a bite4 'Ilumph! place hir ir the irsrait L/ The kicking ceased, and Sherr - was quietly deposited in a place whiret he could move neither bead nor root, ader be could speak, found himself- 'in a fil, 'Nurse,' said Dr. Greenwood, 'fetef Wi son.' In came the barber, prepared his iasir-a' ments, and looked delighted at'the'prg pect of curtailing such a whig. 'Hang it doctor,' muttered the pstiet or rather tried to mutter, is a istrAp rather restrained his words, and."ddded a certain indefiniteness to his utrence,-*ift all a hoax.' 'Poor fellow, poor fellow, evidentl de lirious. -Be quick, Wilion is. his Mr. Perkins.' . - - And in about five minotes 'om . 4d'as bald as the back of hishand, sad sweard like a drunken trooper; 'Now, nurse, that plaster,' -said the fto doctor: 'there froni the bottomof theiv11 to the nape-of the neck." And on went the ever-sticking i6e, whilst a compulsory medicire-spoon"-*idI a good rattling dose down the padent throat, and a patient lhe new was, asget' -diot as a lamb, but a tigerthatha-iibsie his pr y, and begins to -think* very :abiAf beer of itself.'. - - On'the -fl ig, morning, is 1ie w o O e w thanks itreturn, niidipct WI~ his ten pounds ad4ii iUei: forsworn Oxford practice, bolt don, and entered at-- -- hritWraf - his unfortunate illness may not follown incapacitate him from.attendingthoa.mpse fessional studies for which helhw his attachmentin volunte- o dring tered and dosed for the good ofallpfdt - cal jokers.-London Metropolithan for - The following anecdote was related by the late John Adams even to the last days of his life, with all that good homer whibk was so characteristic of him, and itts pi sumed has not yet passed away from the minds of many who have heard it from his own lips: a few only of his strong exprea sions are remembered: "When I was a boy, I had to study tta6 Latin Grammer; but it was ni, " o I hated it. My father was anxious tesend me to college, agd therefore I studied the grammar till I could bear with it no longer, and going to my father I told him I'did not like study, and asked him for some 'other employment. It was opposing his wihes and he was quick in his answer. aW~eld John," said he, "if Latin a 'does not suit, you may try ditching, perhaps that will; my meadow YOnder needs- e ditch, and you may put by.Latin and'try that." This seemed a delightful change, and to the meadow I went. But I soona' found ditching harder than Latin, ad the' first furenoon was the longes( I ever exp'-. rienced. That day I ate the bread of Ia- . bor, and glad was I when night came on. That miibt I made some comparisons be tween Lain-grammar and ditchibg, ;hnY said not a word about it. I dug the n'ext furenoon, and wanted to return to L~atirt at dinner, but it was humiliating. At night toil conquered pride, and I told :mv rather, one of the severest trialis of my lijd. that if lie chnse l' would go bacle to tsatin' grammer. He was glad of it;t anid if I~ have since gained any distinction, it fags been. owing to the two days labor in. thlat abominable ditch." Attackon Castle Roake.-We l.arn front' -CaptaiimRoake, keeper of'the light, Souse at Thomas's Point, that in the height of'W heavy gust of wi'nd which occurred sec.e' al hours before day on the 26th not. a very nurmeious floch of birds, embracing maqsy varieties, attracted by the light. .ffew g gainst the lantern and building with sneff violence as instantly to killand stun tm fly hundred's of them. The captain admd his band thus taken unawares, *ere for, a moment .no lfittle astonished, but quickjy'. seeing the cause of their surprise, recover-'. ed their presence of mind, and' proede dleliberatelv to select from amint '5 dead and disabled assailants, suchi as line-v. from experience, would~ mn , , good broil,or could he converted ipto4bl. - cable pies. The flock consisted' of irood cocks, red birds, yellow bird's, Indiantpps. sw alltiws, owls, Imd other kinds ufiknaam to our inforinanv.-Annapoli ap:cr A severe hurricane was experienied re ent1y at Washington City.