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J-'ur liumirr ;
li:E ?L WILSON,
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Tufronnr T A *TTT
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The Clothing Trade of New York.
A history of tlio march of trade in this
city during the last twenty years, would
form a striking illustration of tlio originality
and force of tlie American mercantile character.
The rapidity with which new busiuess
ideas are generated in our midst, the
vast, scale on which they arc carried out
and the success which usually attend their
development, are unparallelled in tfic commercial
world, aud excite the surprise of
nrnr>rc tA ? if
.vvguvo! w u utgl gu 111 till <111 y oiuer
characteristic of this busy metopolis.
Let us take, as a case in point, the ready
made clothing trade. In the hands of a
tew men of rare energy and sagacity, it has
been changed within fifteen years, from an
obscure occupation, to a manufacturing and
commercial business of the highest class.
New York is to-day the greatest clothing
mart in the world. The cause of this vast
expansion is easily explained. The garments
of the "slop seller" of fifteen years
ago, have.bcen superseded by ready, made
fabrics unsurpassed in elegance and excellence
by any in the world, and actually j
cheaper than the uncouth clothing they j
have displaced. The men who revolution-j
ized the business understood the value of
time, in the American market. In minis- '
tering to the instant supply of a general i
want, aud doing so in a manner that left. !
nothing to be desired on the part of pur- j
chasers, tliev disidnvwd n nmf. L-.. i I
J?Pledge
of the requirements of their countrvmen.
Wo can well recollect when the "slopshops"
were thy only clothing emporiums,
and laboring meu their only customers.
Now it is au ascertained fact the clothing j
business j^ives einploymeut to a greater nutn- j
ber of hands than any other branch of our !
manufactures. The house of Devlin A: Co., !
which ranks first in magnitude and reputa- !
tion, and is therefore apropos to purposes [
of illustration, employs 2,000 persons, i
What other manufactory of any description, }
in Sew York, gives occupation to an equal I
number? We remember wlr'n the finn j
onnnml tlio.ir *?- >
- . w?v?w nviwiuiwc III l^roau'"Way,
how con6dently it was predicted, by
shallow reasoners who looked at the expenses,
but kuew nothing of tlic business or of
the men, that the enterprise would,fail.
Mr. Devlin calculated differently, he looted
to the whole continent as his field, and felt,
we presume, that, to cover the ground, it ;
was only necessary to produce clothing of
the very highest grade of excellence, and
eell it at the most moderate price. This
idea he seems to have reduced to nracti<;e.
and tbe j^sulls be anticipated have followed
with the exactitude of tbe solution of a
problem. Tbe clothing of the concern is a
staple of fashion iu every city of the Union,
and tbe name of the house Hppears to be sis
good a guaranty of the superiority of its
garments as is tbe bank bill. Strange as
as it may seem, too, the celebrity of their
ready-made s^bek is reflected on the custom
department, and vice vena. Cheapness
and superiority appear to the Alpha and
Omega of all departments of the establish
ment?in fact, they are the cabalistic words
tbat have^raised the clothing trade Jf> its
present remarkable position among the business
interests of New York. 'A
There are many other extensive clothing
houses in the city, all flourishing and likely
to flourish, to which we should be glad to refey)f
space permitted ; but as' our only
objeot was t<^ give the uninitiated some idea
of "the vast amount of industry, enterprise
and capital employed in a branch of trade
which is of only some fifteen yoars growth
among us, we^selocled the leading house,
by way of example.
....?.ul ^ir *r III II
Tho Shadow of a Hand.
It is a question that has often been debated
whether man or woman possesses most
moral courage. I shall not pretend to enter
into a discussion of the matter here, but
simply relate an incident which camo to
knowlege some years since, proving, I
think, iucontcstibly, that some of the fairer
portion of creation are endowed in an
eminent degree with this virtue.
In the autumn of 1810 circumstances
called me to Dieppe. To tell the truth, I
j was by no means sorry to visit this fash ion ;
able watering place. The change is a wry
! agreeable ono after a long scjourn in l'aiis.
! It was late in the evening of the 14th of
! Aii"tisf wlir-ti 1 nrrivori :il tho otnl / ><"
j journey, I proceeded at once to ilio Hotel
: (.Ins Ihiins, (which, by the l>ye. I can rej
commend to those of my readers who may
! happen to visit Dieppe,) and alter a light
! supper retired to rest.
| I have alwavs been an early riser. It
: makes no ditleleiice what time I go to bed
at night, 1 am suro to get up early iu the
, morning. I suppose this is habit more
: than anything el.?e. However that may
; be, the morning a tier my arrival at Dieppe
I I was ui> by cock-crow. 1 looked at my
watch, and found it wanted a few minutes
to four. I determined I would go and explore
the town,
When 1 arrived in the street T was very
much surprised to find it full of people. 1
jiavc the inhabitants of Di< i?i>e credit for
being very industrious beating their Parisian
brethren to nothing, in the exercise
of the virtue of early rising, and expected
to discover upon iinpiirv, a practical illustration
of the truth of the adage, by finding
the citizens of that pretty, but rather, slow
town, noted for their health, renowned for
tlwir wealth, and courted for their wisdom.
I was disturbed from these rellections by
observing that the people were all going
in one direction, and they hurried forward
as if stimulated bv some extraordinary curiosity.
I addressed inquiries to some of
them, but they were too breathless, and in
lrw-? iTfj.of ?? l.ii 1-- *
II Iiiiiiw; iUiy Ii-JJIY IU IIIC*.
All they did was to point before thein and
nod their hc.'.ds.
Not bt-iuir able to obtain any satisfao- !
tion from tlicm, I determined to follow j
thi ir footsteps, as I was now convinced
there must be something to be seen.
We advanced at a very quick pace
down a handsome street, which I afterwards
learned was the chief street in the.
street in the town, called the Grande line ?
the crowd becoming more dense, so as lo
render it very dillicult lo proceed. We
might have gone a mile , perhaps when the
street suddenly opened into a large square !
this square was densely packed with a
great mob. The most distracting noise
T
....v wiuuoivii v, uui k. oaw auiuu*
tiling there, raised upon a platform at the
further end of the square, which engaged
my whole attention, and made my blood
feel as if it were turned into ice.
It was a guillotine !
Yes, there was the hideous frame work
painted black, which I had seen once before
at the l'alace du Trone in Paris. At
the moment I turned my eyes on this instrument
of death, a man was engaged oiling
the groves, and to enable him to doit
more conveniently, the knife lowered half
way down between the two posts, and the
morning sun made the blade glitter, rendering
it quite distiuct to the whole multitude.
Although I had before seen an execution
and was well aware of the painful ef
feet it had upon iny miiul for mouths af- j
terwards, morbid curiosity impelled mo to
remain, and see the conclusion of the tragedy.
I had not to wait long, h neigh- ;
boring bc-11 began to toil and cart made its |
ap; carancc bearing the criminal, lie ap- i
peared to take matters very easily, and j
when I first taw him, ho was conversing |
gaily with the two gendarmes who accom- !
pauied him. lie was smoking a cigar, '
and glanced around at the multitude with j
the most perfect nonchalance. The popu- i
lance when they saw him raised a yell of ;
execration ; a pulpuble sneer was the only j
reply he deigned to make.
lie ascended the steps loading to the !
scaffold wilh an easy gait, and turning I
sharply round to the inol>, stood for a inin- j
utc or two with his arin folded, and a foot ;
advanced as if defying them, lie glanced I
at them a look of unutterable scorn, and I
muttered between his teeth the word
"Canaille."
It was during this minute or two that I
had time to make a note of his appearance.'
lie seemed to bdlnbout thirty-five years of
age. lie was tall and powerfully buiit, but
his features were the very epitome of villany.
llis eyes were daik and large, sur
mounted i>y busliy eyebrows. Jlo wore a
long moustache which extended far beyond
his cheeks. Every had passion seemed to
he expressed in his face ; in fact^his countenance
might he called perfectly devilish.
An involuntary shudder ran through me as
I gazed upon it.
Ho resigned himself into tlto hands w
the executor, and fti, a few minutes all Wa^
over. When the time caipe for ihfij&'yir
to descend,-T^iad nbt tMfe courage tSrTjwra
bijt turned my head'away, and^
by a shout from ttyp rtioh that^-'io^i#^ tiro |
tragedy wavfiniStiul.- , _.W'
I inquired ?f a' BpeataJfcf' near ifce," the
name of the criming *and ffie crime 'for.
which ho JUad suffered.
The mau stared at me wilh^tetonifihment,
Baying. ~ ,
"Wiry, it's Jacques lteynnuld 1" *
The name struck me as being somewhat
familiar, and 1 endeavored to remember
where 1 bad heard ir&fore. '1 suddenly
recollected - the Paris newspapers some
months back bad hppn filial UI i Ko l?io. 1
tory of. several-awful 'murders committed
Dieppe, and this man's name was in
some.way connected with them, but in
wlyrt. manner I could qot remember. However
my curiosity waa-n?w thoroughly excited,
1 immediately made the most minute
inquires into the matter, and before 1
left Dieppe had learned the following particulars
:
In tlie line des Armcs, about four '
months previous to tho timo 1 write, lived j
a worthy haberdasher of the name of Man
rice. 11 is family consisted of himself, his!
, wife, one child, and a servant. They were i
> quiet, respectable people and very much
respected by all their neighbors.
M. Maurice did a good business ami frequency
had a considerable sum of money I
in his house, lie had an extraordinary j
run of custom on Saturday, and when the i
. labors of the day were over he felt very i
j much fatigued. He shut up his shop ami J '
| proceeded to a small room, where his wife i
I and servant were laving the cloth for sup- i <
| per. j
j ''My dear," said his wife, as soon as he j I
i entered the room. "I should very much i (
| like some oysters for supper to-night.'. J ;
' I am afraid it is too late," replied the i
husband looking at his watch. It was a ' t
| quarter past eleven. j >
' 'Oil llO. .lustilli! KflVS fliiirn ;= .. i
. " "
, open nunc I corner." {
j "J ft hat lie case let Justine get some at :
! onee, for 1 atn as hungry as a hunter." j
Thereupon Justine put 011 her bonnet j
i ami shawl, an<] went tor the oysters ; lean- i
j ht</ l/iv door ajar, that she might not dis;
turh her master or mistress when she reI
tunixl.
i Now it so happened that the place
i where she expected to be able to obtain t
' the oysters was closed ; but not wishing to i
! disappoint her employers, she determined
! she would go and 6etk them elsewhere. ;
j In pursuance of this object. she entered '
! the (Irande line, but. had to walk a consid'
durable distance before she could obtain ;
what she sought. She hurried home a-j
{ gain, and noticed when she arrived at the j
I door of her master's house that the chimes
| of a neighboring church struck a quarter :
I In l\vi?lv#? Jsln* * ** *
, . - v. .^..V tiuvi) Wivivi\'iu, UUUU tlLT^l'llL j n
just three quarters of an hour. j Z
; Slie was surprised to find the door shut, j
i hut supposing that the wind had blown it f
i to, blio raised the latch. The door was
\fastened on the inside. Site thought this u
| rather strange, but then again she relleetod ;t
j tliat it was <Ioublless only a necessary pre- ^
caution on thepatt of her master, tilie c
rang the bell, and was very much concern- n
ed when, after waiting a few minutes, no > |;
i i- - ... i
n |ii\ uiauc. "j in*}- nave gone ip ueil, y
she said to herself, and felt rather angry ],
with thetn for having lucked her out* She ti
again rang the bell much more violently a
than before?still no answer. She now tj
became alarmed, and rang lung and vio- h
leutly?no answer! Iler fears were thoroughly
aroused, and the related the cir- 3
cuinstances to some persons passing along j
the street. The presence of two or three t,
gendarmes were soon procured, and they w
proceeded at once to break in the door. g
The passage into which the door opened a
was perfectly dark ; but one of the gen- ^
darnifts stiimlil?*rl ? '
?- ?- w? VI UVIUVIUIII^J UI1U j'Ut* Q
ting out bis hand to save himself, it came M
in contact with something wet on the j,
ground. A light was immediately obtain- ,,
ed, and a horrible sight presented itself. p
Laying aeross the passage was the dead t]
body of Monsieur Maurice, with his throat p
cut from ear to ear. The lloor was swim- j]
ming in blood. In the little room was the
dead body of his wife, presenting the same a
ghastly wound. Even the little child in t<
the cradle had not escaped, for tber.merci- 0
less assassin had taken its life by the same t(
horrible means. The house was ransacked
from top to bottom ; and everything of a
value stolen. ?
1 shall not attempt to depict the horror
of the persons who witnessed this shocking ,r
sight ; it can bo more easily imagined than j ?
described, and to tell the truth" I dont like
dealing in the horrible ; it is pandering to
a morbid taste, and if I have transgressed c
my only usual mode of narration iu this ,,
sketch, my only excuse is?it is true. ri
The moat strenuous efforts were made to
delect the murderer, but without any success.
All that could be learned was, that j
a man had been seen to look intently in ; ^
the shop windows about the time Mr. Maurice
was counting out his day,s receipts.
The whole town of Dieppe was horrified, s
III/) U'lu.ri 1. 1 ?- '
?iu 11411,11 ijigui. viuiiu many ji ueari ireru- ^
bled. After a few days the feeling of fear (j
began to decrease, when they were again ^
awakened in a ten-fuld manner by another
shocking tnurder.
About ten days after the catastrophe in
the Rue des Annus, some belated pedes- 11
trains were making the best of their way
home about 2 o'clock in the morning. Sl
They were walking very rapidly down
line (Jreiiaid, when thev were astonished^
bv Km-iiur !I limn "!? >- ' - I*1
-J ....... v.. nivi I UUI IIIU IIUIIMI', | *
with nothing oit but his shirt, crying out 1
with all his strength "muider !" "murder !" li
"murder !" lie held a youug child in his e
arms.
TheJ^immediatcly called to him, but all J
tliey could gather I'rom him was that mur- e
der was being committed in tho house.
Tbey directly made for tho door, nnrl frtun.1 v
it fastened On the inside. They burst the ?
door opeu with a few rigorous kicks*; and s'
penet^itcd into the house. They rushed
^upstpira; and on the tirst lauding they
footid the body of a man with his throat v
He was dead. They entered a bed ?
^r&rtxr-?hanging half out of bed tho body a
#4 woman, mutilated in the same horri- t<
bits manner, and Btono dead, But they u
'had not yet discovered all the horrors of n
tliat Bouse of blood. IiiJ'hS kitchen" was e
"discovered the inanimate form of tho Ber- I
vanf'girl, who had been killed by the same ?
mi
moans, mo assassin was evidently tho \
same who committed th^j border in the 1
ltuedes Amies. Th* wounds inflicted ti
were exactly of tho same character, and it p
was evident? the same instrument had been v
used. v
The young man seen on tho roof of the. I
liouue was nairied Pierre Dulon ; he depo- p
Bed j>efore the P&curer du ltoi+/ the next k
morning, as follows : a
"My name is Pierre Dulon I am twen- I
ty-two years of age,-and a watch-maker by t
trade. For tho last two yoars 1 hAvo been *
living as assistant with the late Monsieur ?
Mouton. 116 resided in Ru6 Grenard. s
liis family consisted of hioitclf, wife, child f
and servant girl. On the night of the 21st
of April, 1840, we all of us retired to bed
early. 1 was accustomed to sleep in one
of tlio attics. In the room next to mine,
the servant girl and child slept. Aout halfpast
1 o'clock in tho morning I awoke. I
felt thirsty and rose to get some water?
my pitcher was empty. I went down stairs
Lo (ill it. I had nearly reached the fir.st
landing, when I saw a man stealthily assending
the stairs. lama very nervous
man, and the recent murder had preyed
my much on mv minil, I had been living
in continual dread ever since. The sight
.>f this man completely paralyzed me ; and
I stood looking, not able to move hand or
foot, lie had nearly reached master's
Joor, when Mr. Moutou opened the door
ttid came out on the landing. The assa.?sn
immediately rushed upon him, and pitting
his hand over my master's mouth, presuming
him from calling out. 1 noticed
nil one tliui?4, that the murderer had tmlu
'/tree Jinycrs on his left hand. I could
see inure, but ran up stairs again, and buried
into the servant's loom : the child
,vas lying on the bed asleep, but tho servant
girl was not in the room. I took up
lie child in my arms and got out on the
'oof* Tliis is 1 know about the matter."
The excitement in Dieppe was now raised
o the highest pitch. No trace of the asessin
couldt be discovered. It was evident
hat tliline murders were the work of oije
nan?and that he must have been conceal d
in tlie houses before they were closed
or the night. Government, ottered a large
eward for the discovery of the murderer,
Hid the vigilance of the police was tho;inglily
aroused.
There lived on the outskirts of Dieppe a i
ndow lady of the name of lieaumuurice.
die had no family ; but with one servant j
;irl, lived in a very retired manner. The
ullage in which she resided was situated
lioni. Ii?lf <> ...it
...... ?? liiiivf IIVII? Iiiv: V/IIJ?"il J1LLIU Ull :
ruin 1110 public road. j
Madame IJeaumauriee had been tlic wife
>f an old ollic?r of tlie (Guards. She was
ii extraordinary woman in every particular;
nit especially so in respect to a certain
outness of character she possessed, in the
uidst ot' danger,?which, together with a
irge amount ot moral courage?made Iter
very notable person. The recent murders
ad, perhaps, made less impression on her !
lindthan upon any one else in Dieppe,?
(though it was naturally supposed the reired
situation in which she lived would
ave caused her to be more fearful.
About ten o'clock on the night of the
Uth of April, just ten days after the murorc
in - 1 i? *
? ... .uv uibiiiuu, iiiiiuiiiiiu ijcaulaiuieo
went up to her bed-room. She
as suffering from a nervous headache,
lie fell very sleepy, ami seated herself in
large arm-chair previous to undressing
erself. The lamp was placed on :i chest
f drawers behind her. Opposite to her
ras a toilet-table, with a cloth on it reach>g
to the ground. She had. already couilenced
taking ofl" her clothes, when Impelling
to look around her, she saw someliing
which for a moment chilled her blood.
I was the shadow of a man's hand on the
oor. The hand had only three Jijiycrs/
She divined the truth in * mnin,.i.i?
ssassin was there, in her house?under that
jilet-table. She made not the IcaStnmotion
r sign, but reflected two or three minutes as
) tlie best course to he pursued.
She made up her mind what to do, and
dvancing to the door, called licr servant
laid.
"Oh Mary 1" cxeluiincd she, when the
irl entered the room. "Do you know
'hero Monsieur Beruard lives 1"
' Yes, Madam."
"1 have to pay 5,000 francs away^jrery
ally in the morning. Thu fact slipped my
lemory till just now. You will have to
un to his house and get the money for me."
' Yerv wall. Msiflnm"
y J' * ? # f 1
"I will write you a nolo which you will ]
eliver to him, and he will give you-bauk
ills to the amount."
She wrote as follows:
"3/y Dear Monsieur Bernard: The nsitssin
of the Hue des Armes and the liue
' reiiard is now in my house. Come imineiately
with some gendarmes and take him
efore he escapes.
"1Ie1.EXE 13K AUM AVIt ICE." .
And without entering into any Copland- [
ion with her 6crva.nLshe dispatched heron
lie errand. She then quietly re-seated her- i
bit' and waited.
Yes, she sat in the room with that man '
indcr the tabic fur a wlmlit lump Situ> tnt '
Iiere calm, cool, and collected* She saw
lie shadow of the Land shi.it,about several
lines; but the murderer did not attempt to
scape $Spm his place of concealment.
In duo time tlio gendarrties arrived, and
acq ties lieynauld was arrested?not, howver,
without a violenfc.&truggle. '<*
I need scarcely add that the most conincing
proof as to his guilt was found,
nd in due lime lie was guillotined as 1 have
liown iu the former part of this sketch.
"That is a Boy I can Thhst."?"T nnw
isited," says a gentleman, "a large public
uhool. At recess, a litxjo felloy came up
nd spoke to the master^ and as lie turned
5 go down the platform, the master said
That is a boy 1 can trust, lie never failed
le." I.followed him with my eye, and lookd
at him when he toefc his seat after recess,
le had a fine, open, manly face. I thought
good'deal about the master's remark.]
Vhat a charapteftad that littlo boy earned,
le had already got what would be worth
o him more than a fortune. It woyld be a
lassport to the best office in- the city, and,
?liat is better, to the confidence of the
kholo community. I wonder if tluj.boys
;now how soon t?ey are rated by elder peoilri.
Kv?ru Imu in n?irrlil?nrlir><vl in
-vy ? "
mown opinion? aro formed of him, nnd has
i character cither favorable or unfavorable.
V. boy of whom the "blaster can say, "I can
rust him; bo never failed ine;" will neV&fc.
vnnt employment. The fidelity, promptless,
and industry, which ho. has shown jxt
chool, aro prized everywhere. "Ho
aithfcrt-in little, will bo faithful in mUcKT
" i
Musings by tho Ocean.
The waves eame dashing o,or the sea,
In bright and flittering banda.
Like little children, wild with glee,
They linked their dimpled hands?
They linked their hands, but ere I ca uglit,
Their sprinkled drops of dew,
They kissed my feet, nnd quiek as thought,
Away the ripples llew.
The twilight hours, like birds (lew by,
As lightly and as free :
Ten thousand stars were in the sky,
Tell thousand in the sea ;
For every wave with dimpled faee,
| That leaped upon the air,
! Had caught a star in its embrace,
And held it trembling there.
How the Price of Broad is Managed in
Paris.
Every bag of wheat, llour, or tneal that
comes to the city must be brought to the |
| hall an ble, or grain hall. This is an im j
. mense area, enclosed with a circular wall,
j and covered with a huge dome; so that it
presents a vast, unbroken hall, of grand
j and beautiful proportions, lighted from the
top. Various stalls, with desks, from the
j oiliccs of the clerks and employers. On the
j floor of this hall are piled up, cobhouse fasli!
ion, in large piles, ten to twenty live feet
high, the bag* of grain, presenting to the
visitor a striking panorama ofsoihl plenty.
The city of l'aris is surrounded by a wall,
not fur nc i? ? >
.... <. v,ulll|r<H UllVeiy Sllgill,
' but simply tor police, revenue, ami oilier
j municipal purposes, of which is ihc ivgula|
tiou of the bread market. Harriers, that i.s
gates, with police attendants and revenue
ollicers from the only entrances to the city
except tlie river Seine, which has al.-o its {
! guards. Every bushel of wheat or grain
brought to the city for sale must bo registered
and stored at the grain hall, under I
heavy penalties. This regulation is rigidly !
: enforced, which is easy to do at the barriers, |
j with so bulky a aiticle ; feppecially as the ;
j bags must be of uniform size.
j i'rom the register of the daily supply the \
<mjyui iiiiiuui oi in? ciiy Know at any hour '
just liuw many pounds or peaks of grain of
any kind there arc in l'aris. Froui accurate
statistics required to bo furnished, they
know how much flour or meal is baked daily
at each bakery, and how much bread of all
kinds is consumed. They are therefore
able to fix the weight and price of loaves,
each size and shape of which has its appropriate
name, according to the ratio between
supply and demand, allowing a fair and just
prulii to producers, traders and'bakers; no
more, Dor less. This pi ice, thus fairly graduated,
at short intervals, is fully proclaimed
to the public, dealers, the bakers and the
police.
The police arc authorized to drop in at any
time into any bakery, or bread shop, wherever
bread is exposed for sale, and weigh
the loaves. There is also a special inspecting
ollicer appointed for the express purpose.
I lis visits are not stated, that he
may not have things got ready for exhibition
instead of inspection, according to the
English and American fashion ot doing
such things. If the inspector finds the <
weight delieicnt, or the price of a particular
kind of loaf too high for the grade, all
the bread in the shop is swept off at once,
and distributed to the hosnitnls : nnil *.?! ?.
eleemosynary establishments of tlie cit}'.
Thus are the public protected against pri- 1
vate cupidity speculating in the means of '
existence. " 1
The Mudekx Pci.i'1t.?The oraoular 1
power and virtue which once dwelt in the 1
pulpit hay;e departed to tiie printing press ]
on the other side of the street. The par- 1
ish church which once lorded it over the '
landscape and pointed itflfe steeple, like a 1
still linger of hushing awe'overtho landscape,
and even the minister, which lifted '
up a broader hand of more imperative 1
power, have found formidable rivals not only '
in the Dftsonting chapel, but in the private
school, nay, in the public house of the village,
wla-re men talk, and think, and form
passionato purposes over newspapers. Sermons
are now criticised, not obeyed; and
when our modern Pauls preach, o\ir Felixes
vawn' insiead of trembling. Ministers
have become a timid and apologetic class ;
the fearlessness of Knox is seldom met
with, save among the fanatics of their number,
in whom it looks simply ludicrous.
The tlmndcra-of the pulpit'Kave died away,
or, when they, are awakei.ed, it is through the
preacher's determination to be popular, or
through the agitation of his despair ; he
in General consults;--not commands, the
liis audieucj)^'vand his word, unlike
his prufcssed Master's, i^wiihput authority,
and therefore as that of tha Siiribo^i nay,
less powerful than them. ^Kpnq&owecould
preach six hours to unweariedjturongs; 20
years ago Edward Irving could protract his
speech till midnight; but a sermon of three
quarters of an hour, oven from eloquent lips,
is thought sufficiently exhaustive, both of
tho subject and of the audience.?Gifillan.
An Important Motive Tower.?We
learn through the Cheraw Qizetto that Prof.
Salmon who has becu- engaged for more
than ten yearo, endeavoring to construct a
sulph oil carbonic acid engine, to supercede
steam, has at last 'sncceeded. Ills' engine
has a piston of twelve inches stroke
with a crunk six inches. It does the service
of ten horse power, under tho break of
a wheel 3 feet in diameter, 0 , feet in circumference,
pressed between two iron bars,
and a friction block on each bar of 7 1-2
in/.li/iD tn J O 1 n I 1 !- Uit.4
" HIIU ?* lUCUUrt III WlUUIf.
on an iron rim 2 1-2 inches, under a woight
of 112 pounds, making 80 evolutions per
minute.
The fluid, or gas, constituting the motive
power, ik used over and ovqfr ag"'n>
with scarcely any diminution or waste. Tbo
cost of this fluid is 10 cents per gallon,and
it fs estimated that 18 gallons, by careful
aff^nti&nv^Hll run an" engine of the above
l^gp^city for one yfear. . ' ,
j*;) '. ' 4 ?1 '.
?' J&ttero's to internal ifn pavement," as
Dobbs said when, he- wnWowed a dose of .
salts.'!'' >. * '
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Sunday.
One more week of care ami labor
Has lazily crept away ;
T<> the weary world rest an J quiet
Are sent down from Heaven Um
Tlio sun shines with holy splendor
The wind in little and mild,
The trees to and fro heave as gent
As the breast of a sleeping chile
Scattered cloud i are pacing slowh
Over glittering fields of blue,
And often they seem to turn and x
As church going people do.
The bells arc at morning service
In the churches all around;
They riny not tlieir week <lay elai
]?uta softened, Sunday sound,
Ah, ring they sadly or merrity,
King they loud or ever slow,
They cannot stiil (he struggle
That the living spirit miutkno'
In sunshine and stormy weather,
]?y night as well as by day,
The soul must still be striving,
Striving, laboring alway :
Never feel the noisy passions
The peace of a Sabbath day.
Yet shall tllere cotnu in the futui
A Sabbath for the foul ;
The hells shall not ring in its mor
Slowly, sadly, slinll thoy loll,
In the grave so dark and silent^
Is the sabbath of the soul.
General Cass at Home?Inl ?!...
Correspondence.
A public dinner lias been, tern
Ik'troit to (Jfii. Lewis Cass, U. fc
tary of State, by a large and high
enlial body of his lellow-citizor
grounds of personal respect, and it
eiation of his public services. * Tli
ofattaclnneiit was offered entirely i
political distinction or design, and
troit Advertiser says that the list
turesailixed to thecorrcj-pondeucc
the names of many who liavo ac
will continue to act, in open oppij , ;
some of the principles of public^
avowed l>y Lien. Cass. '
(jen. Cass responded as follows
Detroit, June 19
Gentlemen?I return yon 1
thanks tor your kind cotninu
such a testimonial of confidence a
will from my friends and ucighboi .
whom I have lived for many years
of the most precious tcstimonia
gard which I have received dniin ! itcourse
of public life, first ccmmu
der an appointmcnl by Mr.Jefiel
now drawing towards its close.
For almost half a century this m
been my home. I saw it wltdfri -\ v-:
a small ex nosed village unon thu v< i
. ^ t " ? o" rrr**; -- civilization.
And I have lived .. . .
become a populous and llourishiu ,: !y,
the midst of a beautiful and
country, abounding in tliouoluinci ! i purity,
and I anj attached to it b
tics of recollection aud asaociatioi . :
joy and some of sorrow, wjiitfh I/tid
gether the past and th6'..prc?e? J>i:"
have been required by,tfijpbffttiv' <
ations to leave this sceiie otmy <
my later exertions, and Jt>r?ak tofl
tion bo dear to;jne/ I nava'beei ii,t;d
the President of die United Stat rqin';
_1. . < . i'V
unqj-ge 01 one 01 mo axccuih ;" par:
meats of the Government at
sis I was culled thereby one of ]>tvd
cessors twenty-sis years ago iip< a ???' > .
tluly. I recognize among thos .
given me the assurance of- their
011 the present occasion, the nai . r> u
cral of our fellow-citizens, whq m
me a like farewell!?' Rarely d<
li c lot of any man to be able s< . 1
friends as 1 thank mine now,
grateful and renewed Icslimou i
Jcllce. under eiremnstnnccs so i .u:!.
Inr, but so long separated by ti:
varied even Is, both in our own
abroad, which have marked tl
itig years of my life.
During the few days I shall
it will be out of my power to acvitation
to a public dinner, with
have honored me. Hut thougl
to decline it, I shall ever bear
recollection this mark of you
trusting by the favor of Provi : ..
when this, my last public dut
terminated, 1 mav be permittee s ?
and pass the few days that may ret
me, in the midst of a corn mm i?v
have lived so long and so hap|
I am, gentlemen, with inu
your obedient servant^. LEW
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A 1 LUG UGLY. A COir
the I^oston Courier thusdcsciil
ter somewhat notorious in ll
history of Baltimore:
Have you ever seen a fcP';ii;
lie is of Baltimore origin, an f*
ciesof the ''Killer," known ii. IV i
and "Short Boy" of New Y .
have nothing iu your city \vh<c'.ij.l
semblcs the the Killer !
Boy. The "Pug" or *4Plv ?
sometimes called, derives Inwiifrom
anything expressed in )iwo*? i y;-ignom)',
but from tlie etfecta^Rijich >' :*
duces upon tho countenanc? pi an :
Bary. Every timo ho ?t? he
ugJy,'' and, as a consequent. bi "'tyjt ug', 'J
follows, Ho is of limited stn'.uro, It. /. i
compjessed face, close cropped hair, ana .s 11
generally Arm built. Alone, he is a cow- t
ard but like all bullies, is brave when there t
is a crowd at Ins back, lie likes to" talk ]
vulgar decent people are withio hear- i
ing; always has a ruffianly epithet- at hi? j
tongues end. - lie can be enlisted ?i
cause for money, wbicb be nrizbe only as k i
means of gratifying tho most bruti&^appQ- .1
titcs. lie is usually to be found- *n? ili'e. !
neighborhood of an engine or porter house# b
and ho.understands the mertet wink. Theclass
lo which the "Plug Ugliea" bfttoog,
had its origin in the New York, where they, j
were generated for-the j>urpwwj .o?vaitAing 1
eeblo politicks to "carry -j?oint$.'?' .
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.iu .'^ia -> ntivo of l'iukenv District
L'ne present * rovwiwr of Tenil-iSsuj is. .
>o?*\h C.Molini ?u, as is i. so M.o prenen' r
>pnor of Florida. Tina & m uadi>v muo...
.ion of liberal and generous Bonljment'Which
ihould ever characterize the several States.
Let merit, irrespective of birth place, be the
neaaure in fiiling oar offices of tnist. It is
^narrow, illiberal and.anti-republican- spiribtbat
can find no merit worthy of hofibr
ipd'confidence beyonU-our own State KmIHl
The ' same spirit wbioh- tbe ' other
5tale8 of tbo Union manifested for South
Cim}na abroad will*wa hope, alwaya meet
irHha cordial reciprooation.
Since, writing the above, we hare received"/**
copy of the Charleston Courier with a
umiliar airtide^ &ntitkd "Carolinians in
Honor.? Wiimsboro' R?gi*tcr.
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