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o, tolt'fiiiauccilor of tlio Illicit EmpiM. ’ About tbe close of tbe government of tbe Di* jdjfpry, the |ieepers pf a hotel garni, in the Rue (foi’Uuiversite, waited'on the minister of police, in s state of great agitation, stated that one «(his lodgers, wboi» be earned, bad been.mutt- jjred oq the .preceding night. He bad engaged the lodging abop.t.sis o’clock in the evening, d,d- 9C[ibing himself as an inhabitant of Melun, u-ho U q p iflet^ Parf? % a .^ay or twopn business, lifter GrtWmg, his chamber to be prepared for Jftojhe went opt saying that he was going to the Odeon, aud vaopld ret pin immediately after the jjfformance, About midnight, be returned, but pot.alone’;.he W.as accompanied by a youugand Ijautifpl female, dressed in male attire, whom }e sta'ed .Ip be his wife, and they were shpwn to llie apartptpW which had been prepared. In the horning, continued the hotel keeper, the lady itent OUt 5 , she appeared to be'fearful that her losband should be disturbed: and she desired that no one should enter the room until her je- ipn, Several hours elapsed, and she djd not make her appearance; at mid-day considerable surprise waa manifested at her prolonged absence, and the Servants pt tbe hotel knocked at ibe gen- tfeman’e door, but without receiving any answer. It was'now discovered tbat the lady had looked lhe door, and carried the key away wiih her.— The door ■was*broketi open, aod tbe unforluuate man was found dead in his bed. A doctor was spot for, and he declared it to be bis opinion that tbe man’s death had been caused by a blow of a hammer adroitly inflicted on the lelt temple.— The female never again appeared; she was sought for in vain- In about a month after, a similar murder was committed. The victim was lihewi.se a man irom the country; and his death was produced in the manner 1 have before described. The aliair ex tolled considerable consternation iu Paris. With in another fortnight, a third crime of the same kind was committed ; ami, in all litc-e affairs, tbe mysterious female in man’s attire was involv ed. It is scarcely credible, but nevertheless true, tbat eighteen or twenty of these extraordinary murders were committed with impunity ! Iu eve- qiinstance the little that was seen of tbe woman rendered it difficult for any one to givu a minute description of her persou ; all the information tbat could be obtained was, that she was young, vory pretty,little and well tunned. J his descrip tion of. course, answered that of many women in Paris besides the murderess. Meanwhile, Napoleon arrived from Kgy |.t,aml j possessed b m>elf of tbe reins of government.— j Being infui toed of the atrocities which had been , committed in the capital, lie directed that active j measures should lie taken for the detection oi j tbe criminal, fie spoke to Fouelte on tin; sub-' jest. Allhat time the capital was tided with ( Fouche’s spies. Ooe of theoespies, a tine look- i ing young mao about twenty, was one eveniug | accosted in the street by a petson whum he had first supposed to he a very handsome youth.— [ He passed on ; hut suddenly the thought struck i hint (hat the person who had spoken to linn w as awoinan in disguise, aud he immediately recol lected the female assassin. i ‘ It is she,’ he exclaimed; ‘ 1 have discovered j iter, and tny fortune is made.’ He turned hack and entered into conversation j ■with her. Abe al tir»t denied her disguise, bul . finally acknow ledged it, and the youim man pre vailed on the nymph to accompany him home, j in Ihe chaiactcr of a young reialior trointhej cnuntiy. ‘ IVhere,do you live r’ she inquired He uamrid a hotel in which one of the myste rious murders bad been commuted. ‘ Oh, no ; 1 cunnot go.’ ‘ W h y :’ ‘ Because 1 nm known there ’ ‘ T h e s e w olds continued the suspicious of the I tvaJiw osrent. He alluded to his property, anil mentioned two hundred louis which his uncle I bud given hint, and of which he had spent thr 1 twentieth purt, adciog, j ‘ Well, then, if uni will nnt go tn mv Imlg-. ings, where else shall we go ?’ I The female mentioned a hotel, to which thoy ' immediately repaiied. The young man w .•> about j to leave the room to oitior supper, wht.ti tin- j woman called him hick. Will it be safe,’ said site, ‘ to leave your in on- : ey all night at your lodgings ? J., it not likely ' you may be robbed .5 Suppose you g\ -md hrmg it here :1 Ah I’ thought the young >nan, ‘ t! o veil i- nmv taiseil ; and then, without the least appear ance of suspicion, he thanked ht-i tor her pru dent hint, and went away, under pretext ut go-' tug to fetch the money. He immediately repaired to the office ofthe police minister, and gave information uf ihe dis- | cuvery he had m uie. Furnished w ith lhe sum of j | n B Y A'; M. P A W f i. T ?i',.iii,ioi\t n»vT #1') ?\** win tor* ! D E L H I . N . ¥ . * W E D B fJEStEM -Y, S E P T E M B E R , l i , 1 8 5 0 , especially of the great world, is often very ri diculous and sometimes very bianuable. An ef fort was Blade to screen the wretched victim from the punishment of the law. When asked why she committed robbeiy as well as murder, her de fenders could n° satisfactory reply. The criminal, however, underwent the penalty of the law ; aud certainly, society has reason to rejoice that the punishment of death had not been abol ished. Bob Owens Before the Recorder. Yeslerday morning the Recorder heaved a deep sigh, hit the shaggy end off the nail of the fore finger on his right hand, and, as if struck by a sudden thought, called out, ‘ Bob Owens !’ In stantly a tall bony mart, in a thread-bare rusty old suit ol black, arose, and reding the edge of his sharp chin on what had once been a green velvet stock, he thrust both hands in his breeches pockets, and answered ‘ present.’ ‘ Owens, you w ere taken up last night for rov ing about the sheets.’ ‘ No, sir,’ snid Owens, ‘ you’re mistaken; I was not roving, but raving about the sheets.’ ‘ Have you any home—any place of resi dence ?’ * Yes, sir, I have a home in town and a resi dence in the country : hut a friend of mine hires out mv country house in the summer, and 1 make it a point never to live in my house iu town in the winter.’ ‘ Well,do you reside in any place in particular.’ ‘ No, sir, 1 reside every where in general, and that is the reason why 1 was trying to locate my self for the night, when I was found raving about the street hy an amiable gentleman, with a very had cold and a short club ’ ‘ What do you mean hy raving ?’ * Rave, sir, .means mad — raven means a dove- like bird,, of a negro color, that is always par ticularly hungry; and raving, w hen applied to humanity, means a man with a strong appetite, in) money in liis pocket, and a paradise ut a res- tuui..nl, glowing u ith augt-l.c pieces of cold bak ed pork ami senphie siiloms of good roast beet, (I revtlv tinder liis no^e.’ ‘ F.\| lain yourself, for surely a mar) speaks well as you do, canuut he in tuod. ’ ‘ You’re right, sir ; I am not in want of food: on the contiary, food is in want of me. Yes, say 1 repeat, there are thousands of famishing grave-vonus thut are in eager expectation of en joying a banquet at inv decease ; hut, sir, t hey’It tu- disappointed, for I ’veca'en nothing but pick- led onions and dusty crnckcis tor a week past. 1 appeal to you, your honor, if pickled onions and dusty crackers aie calculated as a general diet to fill a man’s muscles with strength or liis OBUII .'' ntwirtmmv A Tale o f Horror. While travelling a couple of weeks since, we heard front the lips of a friend, one of the.most heart-rendijng, recitals we bave listened to for a long time. He was put off from a steamboat at or near VYoli Island, about twenty-five miles be low tbe mouth of the Ohio, for the purpose' of collecting a debt frctm a man living about flvq miles back in the country, on the Missouri §ide> we think. With a carpet bag io liis hand, he had followed a narrow path about three miles, when became across a small cabin. Yet ‘ cabin? would not' describe the p ace of habitation, for such it proved lo be. ft was a litt'e dilapidated shed, with no boards on one side, and great cre vices on the other sides, and in the roof. He would have passed it by, but moans from the inside told that it was occupied. Wishing to in quire his road, he stopped, and stood before the open side ot the shed, and gazed upon a specta cle, which, as he said, was present belore his eyes days afterwards, and haunted him in his sleep. We describe what he saw, as he told us, only saying, that strange as the story may seem, lull reliance can be placed upon his words. I here was not a bed or chair in tjie shed, but stretched upon the bare ground luy^he bodyoi a youngish loosing woman, who had evidently just died. Her form was almost a perfect skeleton, yet the lace was that of a refined aud beautiful woman. Ou her breast lay nn infant of about six months old, with its mouth to the breast of its mother, and dead. And sitting up in a cor ner ot the shed, and staring the traveller iu the face with glazed eyes, was what he thought ano ther corpse, but life was yet in it. The figure was that of a girl apparently about ten years old. She could not raise to her feet, and yet she w as uot sick. She tv as literally dying of starva- tion. By the side of the woman, and clasping her hand, lay a man coveted with blood and ap parently in a dying stale. Add to this the filth of the room and the half naked condition of the sufferers, and we wonder not that the scene lone of w t h ,\i*T'\£ rbv’'\ ^ aYttin'Xf-X j p ^ S F o * 4 $ i „ - 3QO\ ai Hitt. 8 ft-' % wll nbs w ith tat r’ ‘ You talk very strangely, and yet rationally; nm, how wa- it vou breame so poor ?’ Your honor, I ro-nuienct-d business in life rent many large weights ou a very small ie:t with a Imunted the observer, lie went in. The girl could uot speak, but the man cried ‘ water’ in a feeble voice, and pointed to the girl as if to at- vvant ol l tiact the stranger’s attention to her. Thetrnvel- | lc, Mr. J., ot Cincinnati, hastened away, taking with him a tin pan, and says he never ran harder in his li fe than he did about half a mile to a small stream lie had passed. On liis return, he found the man still alive, and gave him water, which he eagerly drank.— He could then speak in a whisper. He pointed to the girl and said ‘she’s starving.’ Air. J. gave the girl some water, which appeared to re vive her, aud she tried to talk, but could lot. With much difficulty he learned (rom the man that there was a house about a mile distant, to which be hurried. On his arrival there, he found only a negro. \Y hile getting some provisions, and hastening back with the man, the latter in- toriued hitn lhat the cholera broke out in llie -•cal and the con-equciic'c was the beam of pros -1 neighborhood, and the laindy owning him had ppviiv went up and that of misfortune came j lelt l°r ike time being. He said the little girl of down. 1 graduated as an M. TY, when 1 hadn’t f the shed had daily made her appearance there for even as much as a homeopathic dose uf medical j ptovistntts until about thiee days hack—tbat tbe knowledge in mv whole brain. 1 never had hut one patient, and she was a widow of a very dr 'p-ical habit. 1 tapped aad tapped her, the in.>. c 1 tapped the mu. e the u uin in swelled, until i• i.c hay l.ct watciy sp.nl burnt ils tloijliy prison, ..nd for aught 1 know plunge I into an ocean of bi.ss. Finding that I had no luck as a dtopsy doctor, dropped that pint of the profession, and took ta pulling teeth. That, sir, was glorious tm a while, ui. 1 I’ll venture that none of my pa'.ttiits, even at this time, know whose teeth ihey 1 i.ive got iu their mouths. But, sir, ‘ a change came o’er the spirit of uiy dream ;’ and j thought from what lie could gather, the family when mineral teeth were iuventcJ, with a holy bailor 1 male dental oprr.ili ms and operators at om', for 1 h.t.l been hi ought up iu the vegela- ti'e s.'lino! of inedi. ine, and the Thompsonian man anil woman had been sick tor a long time,&c. Oa their return, the man was dying, anJ hved but an hour. The little girl was revived hy food, ! and belore they took her away could talk, ishe j said she had been sick herself,and could not walk day, August SStb, 1850. •’ «di - ; Judge JHATH&WAY Said:— • ■■ -Having beet) inform,-ed quite lately 1 that Fefccwld, bn called on to a,ddreee this meeting, th.e firqt that has ever been held td celebrate the Compidndn or any public work in fhe county ,1 I ha»a hadttty af -1 ranged a few tliqnghtp eparpeiy worthy cfpo.occEj* ; sion so interesting as to have called forth the Con course ot citrzehs whd'are fibre assembled.'* \ Tt was expeoted (and in this 1 am glad to-aisy we are not to be entirely disappointed,) that wp should be addressed bjl some oftlmsp gentlemen pf tlte city afNew York, mto liaVe hided you in tiie cothple’k tion of your work by/meaoe more substantial . than words, and whose timely assistance thus rendered, will we tiust af no distant day. recjound to their own advantage as Well as to Jours. The vigor and perseverance with which the,Del aware Plank Road Co. 1ms prosecuted its work so nearly to completion, is worthy qt all praise and irpi- itation. Hitherto there had appeared hut little hope for any decided improvement tn mir (helms ofaccess to.ihe great tltofougKaces for travel hod transparta- tiou. Untjtl quite lately our county ba§ bean con sidered impenetrable for a route of travel ip any reasonable degree approaching a levetrexcept by- following up the tortuous course ofthe river by llie sides ol precipitous mountains. Wilji small expec tation of finding relief for tile greatest physicat want of tlte county, we remained as Governor Clin ton described us in one ol'liis messages, a, “ seques tered region.” Tiie Erie rail road, tiie most magnificent work ev er accomplished by piivatte enterprize—-separated as ii was by so many barriers Irotn the main body of our i-minty, promised but little; until it was fortu nately discovered lhat nature, as if designedly lo challenge a spirit of improvement, had indicated a path along the (Jadosia Creek which persevering labor might convert into the desired outlet, lo con nect die valley ofthe Delaware with thq vast net work of internal communications which has no lim it tins side oi the rocky mountains. 'j’hal road being now open, the iraveier for busi ness or pleasure may pass the length of our coun ty, a distance ot more than fifty miles, by aa level a route as llte stale can afford, a route which pre sents io the traveler a sceneiy peculiar, as It is va ried nnd beautiful, sometimes blocking him in by a barricade o' mountains winch it seems impossible lo penetrate, vjniil pursuing the course oflhe river, lie finds it cunningly debouching to avoid the threatening obstacle. The opening hills are next displayed in echelon,and ((trough their serried ranks (low bright streams smiling iu ait their course, on the abodes of industry and ihritt. The advantages which the opening through the Cudosia valley affords lor travel, and for the tran sit ul produce and merchandise, East and West, to and Irom nearly ihe whole of Delaware, and parte of some ol the bordering coonriee. are too manliest to be made ihe subject of special remark. To this couniy, it will shortly become the main artery through which the dally pulsations of intel ligence. and oi business-life, and activity, wilt be transmuted hy ull llie rpinified routes of travel, branching East, West, and North, Irom the valley, extending Irom the head waters to the Porks of the Delaware.—uuiting our interests, cementing our business relations, and bmiging all the towns into closer acquaintance untr more friendly inter course with-each other. After this, any effort to divide our eeuuty, would be as hopeless an'opera* nun, as lor a surgeon to attempt tu pass a ligature round the left veniriclc. The laol is beginning to be understood that tlte prosperiiy ul towns aud villages is not a matter of chance, nor dependent entirely on natural advanta- Vt&fy ‘ftV'f\\tsTjjy m r which tna£ AflSf'flfBB glanced1® 3t> *fehtb ttieh 'tfF the ,T„ 'BkrisiansraE&ifusrWo w fi mi 4 jlion of'mankind ,iH,wa. ,prqp.Ds.itio© oqe,'fji fm icyafit and is therefore T b f “bre ■r ' ie fe ifi Ik 6 b horseti have ney; ck, ba tqe hg-°j p erhaps to e^ 6 mpfi- fy,ih,e, yAuJting:ambitio.Dvof theit' muU%e iirnk a} president, -gat (heir peisfarnsancee-.if fees tanoi- ful,;Jtaye Bot Jipqijilesa.woEld'erfekiand have til ways been tamed to a more prpRjicai qgeppht. dpwrt,, frbfn the .proper inanpge-i . . ... — r---v- ---- - — v.r-,- 'Jfefoe laughf it to e'tfrryHneg&agBs oi'Ibtfo and pf business, qiiieji as angeFw«tfi by'night'aftd 'day,—and Dr. Page wifo had it nrtw ib teiniqgj has gdt it so well broke in, djat hie is jpat r&Mly•fo.bticb it -Jo the rail road genius The world.'- Whitftey by\ the inVeriiion of tbe cot ton gln-addetl unttid'terllmds tb fhe value of our chief Southern staple. There te tliis drawback howeker-indhe case--of this yarfkee schoolmaster, that, (tho,ugh guiltless, oj the intention,) his dfscov- e-y hap done m,ore to.pbrpeitraie oegrO slavery than all the.effortSipi Southern gaacqnadere,—and, shall I say, Northern dopgb%ea.. , That a moderately sized Jbwti sbotffd be cqmpe-, tent to the performance tof such a wo’rj: as the one tee are contemplating, shows the powler and value oi the associative principle in tfie prosecution of enterprises for thq common good, A company ol men of comparatively in ode rate loeajas, qre time enabled to accomplish what a single wealthy indi vidual would not think of attempting. There is no country in the-world except England where this principle has been so' much employed as in our awn, and this ie doubtless one of the causes Of its unexampled prosperity. Those who unite in enterprises far public imJ proveraents must in general huve too deep an in terest in the stability of our instnutioqs to be any- other than a conservative class. None of the mad projects entertained eiiher at the North or the South, for a dissolution or ibe union, cpn ever be countcnaifced by the owners of the public works with Which the land is filled ; for as fi body though caringtejle about State lines or political abstrac tions, Ihpy will yet bave a word to aay in deciding the destines pf apr common country. The present times in furnishing unprecedented facilities ibr the acquisition of property, impose a corresponding obligation on its^fossessore io em ploy a portion of it in enterprises to diffuse the blessings of competence through the wltole mass »f 8 ficiety. ln-a country where iris easier'ibr $n active iotefligerit young man 1 who starts with noth ing. to acquire properly, than it is for the effelfii- nate sons ol the rich to keep it, no man, however weal dry cats be certain that t is immediate descend ants will not oe reduced to the most common etn- Pt|~ j -- % 1 p ^ g VBSsL vi 4 finder,the Guhsjitmionaoyflfi. a rt4n-Wyfi<bM'n?tt'§tin^_unfi((i •whetlieBif-iSij^arlnbtj viitualljpa.m®«sd5* tbis State. SotSe? it to say, that, tfiat sy®ieftj, first arrested -in cerlalnf ^ finfinislittt iri progress, may^lacjpiidjy non ot ihft^eonstiiunon', foaiiawed to reiaalt) US '-tae er meat, ot any extent, will, be hereafter executed.iiiYli*. . : • -■ fen public expense: in any prfrf-Of in effect, ofif ri»Ja» foefi m i \' re&cht'd the mSXiiHnm singe ot fnteraa.. far os tbe State government was concern*- der tliis aspectoi W/Jhaiafoii r # fthSfisdy^rehrfidisds exuligttisbtftij'-tliai a beneic^nt Providetice iRpeari?fo“ hay® spacf 811 . yitA(eppu,ssd, ri a*eM or JesseSUMevffs ‘ia- fitried:fiy tljis bfon; qt_pijr growi 0 a p Js^£iiyi,^hgS#i 5 perfence of our Cnnadtan, neighbor tetdMtgJJjsctg 5 ^ y tbe ldet, that'by’meshs drfutfiiffdmlyconsffite ... roads,’t a good portion of the aavaDtages. ^eSlilifiilf cgnals and railroads, andrespEElatly fiawsshtstilesk ces, cpuld.be secured, a?,d #oy,e fet.tfedy lusftf® length and fnoiferate cost, by enabling assoeiatia^s^jbyj people to concentrate tfieij- own means and effergieS^pfi local works, wurelJ thereby al-loov tbenrto'' 5 su%di^(®’*tne general system o! internal impiovermau, antj byiitlMSkt©^ king the matter into Ujjeir own jands, itfiufigrjiyj the policy, which the State itself haaabaedpasd. This- discof'tfv led to tbd ptesgei'B'rtn? Genefai P|anlcj Road Law in lb47, which allows our iirrjita tiony to -associmc lor eopstruciio! tiieseowtltsdatb their bwn means, l: was .immediately, M' spontaneous and, almost uot versa! Tisibg of tor within-two-years and a halt, they 'organ tha-tt 182 associations, with au aggregate eajiii'all&'f 700,000, embracing ruadsof IvjQ thxmsmd mtlwihelema milts in length, and coqnectinsnumerous and important districts ol the interior, Whb'etScn ‘portions of tbe nubile rvorks as were accessible. We may confidently 6 [ifojte, that still further anil jonger ling.? ana extensioos of.thosc' pioyments. Me one hundred and e-glity louis, he returned to lhe bouse where he had left the woman. He was accompanied by several agents of the police,who stationed themselves at the doorol the apartment. Tj)n murderess and her pretended lover sat down to supper. She requested him to hand Ler hand kerchief, which she had leit on a console behind 'her chair. He rose to get it, and during the in- 'Sfant his back was turned, she poured a powet- ril narcotic iuio his glass. Be did not pcrceWe this,and drank offliis glass of Wine hastily ; but he had no sooner swullow- j4il, than he exclaimed, ‘ What wretched w ine!’ iio lady made the same complaint. A second ba was poured out, and pronounced belter. Meanwhile the young man felt his beadfiecom- rig confused, and bis lips growing stiff. With Cotusern,. the womqn rose, and threw isrouod her neck, apparently with the intention of supporting his drooping head At this moment he oiechaoicatly raised his hand,and on, we ull know, is uppo.scJ to unnt-ials.’ ‘ A very piui.sewnrthy luiicius.on; but wbat ti ii 1 1 t!; J your !>in,,fic genius bear you after you b.i-l il: d Ji -ntis' ry ‘ -S. i, to tell tiie trutb, I wont no further in the sideia'c.-., hut JcMited my cntire-attpntiou to the a i t .lt ll a r o w i i . g ’ ‘ 1 I.t' ai t ol l)-a;t)W.u;, w bat it-lhat •’ ‘ 1 . is tiiat delicate tact, sir, gained only by expeltetice nml observation, by which men who fail to get along easily in the world, mauage to e oil’ tbeir fellows. Tl-eie are sotne men who ask you lor tbe loan of a V. with such a charm ing grace that it is impossible for you to refuse to the house for food, and that her mother died ge9’ *ut m'iy Ue ^ ln s°me 'nS>an; , , i i i . t ces creaiQd by judiciousimproveiueDte, ana the day previous, and the baby about the same j a „ , Ilterpr.se lime am. that ler lather had tried to kill him- The city of Troy, now one ni the most flourish- .selt when they died, it was horrid. The child ing towns in the state, was started by a few eas- was taken to tHe house, and tbe rest of the un- [ tern men almost under the eves of the tile-covered fortunate family buried. The child afterwards roots of old Albany. Had its early inhabitants been of a different sort, a tew old dutch barns and barracks might now be toond on the scite oi its fac tories and extensive iron establishments. Even . ,1 , - , i die town of Kingston, taking counsel from the New A bany he could not ascertain, tnore than , increasing wealth oi' its neighbor Poughkeepsie, as tiie chnd sa.d, there were a great many hou-; iS beginning to see that plank roads might con- ses, and it was evidently New Albany, i\. Y. | tribute lo t's prosperity. In the concentrated might The ne^ro said I He lamily had been theie several ' of its capital and enterprise it has actually com- weeks, and came directly alter his master had ' meneed the con'tnictiou of a plank mad toextenda left. As theie was not a \family in the neighbor- ' Lll,rd l^ , dl6,ll'u;ce,rom 'hatj )lace, 1° Jh® west hood, the person having also gone whom Mr. J stated her name was Mary Williams,and Mr. J thought from what lie could gather, the family hud formerly lived in New Albany, but in what wished to see,the girl who was sick and evhnuut- branch ol the Delaware river, a work which will doubtless prove highly beneficial to a corner ofthe Hardenburgh patent. Situated on a beautiful plain ed, was left with tho negro, who promised faith-I ,j,e village ot Kingston presented the best site fora lolly to attend her. le t there was hut little! city on the west bank of the Hudson. Nearthehead hopes of her recovery. It has never been our ( ol ship navigation, it might have been all ihaj_Al- niisfortune to hear a more horrible tale of reality thau this.— lh-anscille (la.) Journal. From lhe Maine Farm e r . Parsnips S o w n in th e Pall. Although it is out of season for sowing this tmny is, nay, mere than Albany can ever be. True to the policy of their illustrious kinsman and pre decessor, Waller the Doubter, its inhabitants smok ed and doubted for the first fifty years after the revolution, and are now just beginning to put forth efforts for obtaining the trade of the County of Delaware. A little too late.—we have found out in easier way. by a shorter cut, to pass into the crop now, it may not be amiss (o suggest a few hints in regard to its culture. VVe believe the , gref 1 wor,d of business life and activity, time is coming when much more attention will he: *1 he disappointment ol these ancient burghers. whom we all highly respect, wdl be somewhat akin t i that of Kip Van WmkJe, who after his them; but I commenced gradually.’ 1 IIow was thut, Mr. Owens r’ ‘ I, sir, commenced un the lilly cent principle, and since then, to mv shame he it said, 1 have! given to this root than at present. VVe believe it . , „ ^ , , , , .’ - , I n i e i i , . -., i m that ol Itm Van WmkJe, who alter his long nap ilex-ended to that m-aute e u live ccn piece I will be found advantageous to sow it late in thej,,, g i t . e p y Hol,ow descending with his old rnsty Well, air, to uiiiktj a lonyj story short, which, 1 1 tall, 6 >o that its seeds niay be aiTionjr the first to j jowling ptece froot tbe Caishili mount&ins, wtts take it, means to chunye the subject, 1 soon had start in the spring. The work will not only then {surprised to find that the world during htssave.O a hornet’* nest about my ears. 1 foi got men V he out of tha way in the spring, bul the crop (years slumber, had assumed quite a different ajt- natnes, and only knew them b_v the amount 1 i itself will be much better in every respect.— pearance Irom what it — ’’ \\ owed them, h or instance—short lat men and ' They require, when sown in the spring, tobe half dullats wire always sym-nyinous in my m.ud, ana theie are but two tall men in all my acquaintance, whom 1 do not owe two dimes.— T he bar-keepers got to know nr.e, and wherever 1 asked for liquor, they would always hold the decanter hy tbq neck, as if they was going to stiungle it, until 1 had pulled out my money. 1 went down in caste at tbe • Uitrie-house,’ and my bony elbows looked through the sleeves of my i felt the hammer in the side-pocket of the coat last coat, and I was forced to patronize the pica* TWfriiffoy thb itesaie. He felt conscious of the! yune groggeries on the Levee. \’\iger of his situation; ho attempted to raise j At all political meetings 1 was in my glory, Heave room, but his Strength failed him. and for a time was particularly attentive to the wfflstJtoeftealr, but his tongue was paralyzed, interest of the ‘ pouter clashes of the communi ty ; ’ but this, like the liquor, didn’t go down long. At last ] fount! myself without either board, lodging or credit. All tbe principal isperate-effort, he made a faint outcry fefl off the floor in a state of utter in- “dastibiiity. ' ^Tks wotwan drdw tlte little hammer frotn her and laid -it on the ground. She then seatre'Fed- hw victim, took liis purse, nnd depoiit- *^11 fn lhe ftodkeo of the waistcoat she wore.— Shb’pfaised -tlis head in'the requisite position to tttcdvethe 1 deadly blow, itnd she -raised her right ar© for th 0 purpose of inflicting it, when thefn- m hammer waa quddeoly arrestqd from her fiS^tS-ORpiVtUQclyeatfgd th« MO uqr streets I have‘ blocked up’—that is to say, 1 owe so many small debts in them, that I am ashamed to walk io their vicinity. ‘ For the last five doy< I have managed to pick a scanty subsistence by ipingling with thectdwds thnt cluster around the l i o’clwck lunches on tTte leveo. There is always a huge jiewter plate of smoking rcaqt pork oo tho centre uf the coun ter, aud ou either side inntunenabie dishes of all sorts of eatables, but at tho extreme end of the gave the followvl counter you ate always sure to find pickled on- aqtoii^t of hers^l/. She was of q ions and dusty crackers, ©a those two Jest jWfictabl©ferptjy of hraproachjiUlp conduct; n.entioned dishes J have managed to live tbe last “If wkvfyg, fejt^Rg^er-^ffectioop.on. ayoupg five days, and if your honor refuso-i to commit WW) VJho hptl tren'c^epoq^ly Iqr^aken jior,sjiq had me to the workhou>e, I’ll he d — - d jf I don’t exhibit myself as the resurrectqtl Calvin Edson.’ Bob Owen# looked determ med, and fearing he would put hlr”thren! into execution, the Re- coider seat hitn down Tbf sixty days.'1’ wyoithdt momenf vo ijy Im*)-™ b«r,shq - [.(©DjqcaLle hat/cu to all pfs /s|te hud ,comtini- . 4Va-Wj ojqtive, than veu- Jicted on her feeliings.- 10 sex; ao.d the. jnup \ aqi.uBteffiby iiQ r tho.injury in: onlddb be':-h^ji(iv'ecL that thdro xver-e pfiCshus :E)d&ipiiy> tlifd ufifaftoiMe’ vtctite af feCFho acmifaility :eFfhe«w*fflld' 4 ’ ' ..asoTgtijrfltiterti l put in early, as they are a long time vegetating; but if put into the earth in the fall, they will be come prepared by the frosts to start early. The winter, instead of injuring the seed, is an advan tage to them. They should be sowed in rows wide apart so as to cultivate deeply and break up the soil that has been pressed down by snows and rains. Stevens, iu his Book of the Farm, says that, according to Colonel Le Courteur, the weight of a good crop varies from thirteen fo twenty-seven tois per acre, (in thto island of Jersey, in the Channel,) tbe latter quantity being sufficient to support twelve Jersey cows for six months. In thi« island they have been found to yield a heavier crop than the Altringham carrot, in the ratio of eight hundred and forty to two hundred and sixty-one. As the parsnip contains six per cent more mucilage than the carrot, the Colonel conceives that the difference is sufficient to ac count for the superior fattening as well as but- ryaeeous quality of the parsnip. The result of experiment has shown that not only in neat cat had when he used to sit smoking in Ironi ofthe village inn under tihe por trait ol George the third, quaffing the gpod liquor of his friend N.cholas Yudder. It is to the people of Walton we are chiefly in debted for the Delaware Plank Reffff. And al though we must not omit fospeak in high commen dation of the liberality ol’those citizens of Hancock, who Trim] the commencement have given thetVeffeo- tive aid to the work, yet to Walton as having a deep er interest and therefore a more active agency to Its completion, tbe credit of the enterprise wiff be chiefly awarded. Planted amongst mountains, having experienced but little hitherto to arouse a spirit of activity,—now ittabtfestlng tn -the tltini generation, the characteristic energy of (ts New England parenmge—wide awake at the right time, exhibiting itself m the completion of wor ■ 'Im beneficial effects of which will be felt as long as Ireemen shall inhabit tjjese vallies, and flocks and her’dsshallcroptherfchpasturageoi the surrounding hills. That there must have been energetic 'mantle to move in ibis enterprise ts certain, when it Its con sidered how unaccustomed the people of this coun ty are to efforts of the kind, Ibr even in placed triore Ictvarabiy situated, there ure many whoso a!iti iQ Are wealth therefore in 4hese times conietehut little distinction. The desire (o be considered rjth has justly Come to be regarded as an ignoble am bition. When a man has finished firs ccurse, very few care lo enquire how much property he’ possess ed, or even what public stations he held. The question is what has be done? What toot-prints does he leave on tbe sands of tjtns? How much profitable employment did he furnish to labor,— how much encouragement to the arts of. civilized life which need to be improved andperpetoated. What has he done for the general diffusion of mor al, religious and toteltectaai atftaJnment 1 What facilities has he helped to furnish to excite and re ward indqmrX ip its. various departments® If he has done P°ne of these things, hej may have been richer than Aston, and thrice governor of the State, find yet his name will iade to insignificance by the side of that of the yankee schoolmaster who made the first cotton gin. Tbe bnly tablet on whiich any ornate name can be honorably and inuffaceabty written, is the veritable good he has done, be if lit- Ule or much. 1 In times tar m the- future many a traveller cross ing the Alps om the Simplon road shall bless the name of Bonaparte for its construction—never hav ing heard of the fields of Au 6 terlitz and Marange ; and the code Napoleon will outlast many such em- pires as the one he established. If any one thinks I hade taken up an irrelevant subject, be will see tbat it is kindred to our pur pose when he reflects that it is not the actual es* tent of a public, wqrk in. yards or cntles, thal fixes the attention, but its perfeciaessfor the object de signed, and the intiipsic worth of the motives and exertions brought to bear m fts prosecution, It is easy to demonstrate that the town of W^iton on the completion of its toad wtli have performed pro portionately a greater work, Ihnn it would be for tne state of New York alone to construct a plank road from St. Louts to the Pacific. I omit the par ticulars of a calculation which any parson can easi ly make, as I suppose an appeal to arithmetic would have little to interest those who bave already ooted the bill. Some may hug their pockets, and say, will not the lown be ruined, by such an outlay 7 Far from it. That the liberal shall fie made rich is a sound maxim of pofitieat economy^ founded open the declaration of Holy writ. “ In every associated effort for a common bene fit, there is something to conform the spirit to that ol’oar liberal institutions. Every-American citi zen who ia truly euch-. will fee! that alt ins absorb ing interests are peculiarly hound up with those of his country and his neighbor, and that the prosperi ty of every man depends in no email degree upon the pro&pe'rfty of all.” vjffiilet reaping the jost re wards of His own industry, he wffiyet took to some thing higher, and more lasting, than the immediate - objects of ap enlightened self Interest. Regarding tho material and the mechanical, as.Subordmate to the lifah purposes of his morhl and intellectual be ing. be Will cease to drudge for himeeff alone; anti whilst hie mind pxpanda to the consideration of large principles, he Wilt have reepeetq®He perma nent interest of the great whole, whicjrjustfy lays claim to the efforts of every citizen *o contribute something to the general' prosperity. LETTER ^ . EtEnir, Monday, August 26, -1850. To Messrs. Tl.S. Sl. Join, M. M . Ran) and HI S . Us)* lc)\, Gomimitlei 1, #5.. , < GEtJTaErtEp:—I truly, regrpt that my. short visit to pour County, will hot en&b.e me to accept your frienfjiyinyi- tation, to be present at tbe opening ol the Delaware rTanb Road on the 28th inst. It would have afforded me par ticular gratification tb bavSuniteff inihg congratulations your association so well mertev on-thd simcessful-aecam'. plisriment ofyour.ardqousand mcSutaucfobls tmcieitukiret. Arduous tt may wejl be deemed, when wa see. a.slu)IM- ly hratldd folrfot ‘St'toufeJoag? boldly bavViecfovet, a mountainous elevation, through a dense and a'-lmost ttfo forms a conspicuous a n d Important Unls;~«and' perfoa'pktfY 8 fact cop id m u r e strikingly dcnionsttaip. tne itnpWtcyy ngty* the otter impossibility of stopping s h o r t in u a r , c at'e ,(?5 q t . improvement, than t h e exhibition whjefi tins very rotm present!), oi t h e e x p e n d i t u r e oi n e a r l y 'filty tffoosand Sol-, tars, by two s mall a nd.sparsely p opted townships, in theii4' struggle to ohtaiu a c c e s s to the m a i n Hoc ol the Erie-RaiJ Road. In trutji, the pfank roads a r e to the m a i n iipys^qfi, pohlic- works', what t h e veins i n the n a t u r a l body are to itsajteuies. Both a r e equdlly vita) and -essentfaf to tffd v e llare oi t h e body politic. * 4 u To provide suleuuil c u m u i n i t n l uipdq^ol'io.te^coBt&e, by adequate and Iouvi-eu . , : highw a y s , -.11 at always,., w a s , atftHriutiys w i l f b e , among tiie first duties ( f i n e sovei n m e u l of a c c u e . N o civilized ninton t h e wot- 1 (T hav vel seen, h a , wlmiH uegteeied tltis duly. ltotlm-» liasiy aud til a d v i s e d piuvioiuuS ot o u r t oo»utuii<jnj,lia!ve cndipelied uur public uuiluaiiies, ful a lime, I u a t i a n d g i f r it. lei uS a t least Hi-vanity rejoicP, Unit the n o i E liaS,(al ien into belter hands, and lhal the high auci liunnttrbj^ 1 duty oi eoiisifucaing apd e n c o d i n g otn chajnnelsmf fn- ternal i o i n merce, it-sgued t r a i n the violence pnd Cjtliiiae o f |>arty, is now coiumiiied lo lhe good sense anJ energy o f the people. . * -‘ I T o whm extent, e q d at w h a t r a t e o f (iiQgressJlaqyiBli proceed in developing ilie sjsiem , c a n hardly he qstbua tell with acCUftiCy,-—hat when we behold the 'in pi d p ro-^ gress already made,— when we leflect t h a t lhe con roads of rUe a i a t e j i o w fo u s e . o i s o s e d to Ktttoefflfi'ald lioos of ppg severe a u d c i m n g e i d d e c li|ri 8 |a,.aj)d.ii|lgEe 3 it>s ly needing imprbvemelil, u i e (rum th irty tv filTty, (/tOKrsj,. sctud m ilt J in lengdv,- when we cdm p o i e rhf- e u u i mutis i esulis to Ue produced hy saving! a< lea-t one hall o f ait llie lijne a n d trau . p o r t a n o u , t>y uieao^of the injrre^KkUl- rn) grading,'the ffaieT a n d h e i f e r tiridges and the more fiptn'audlecen surVtsce o f e i i n p t a n k Kinds, ahrf f h n f ^ h n ^ a t all srqpopa ol the year. tg sap nothing oi t h a iiaces& ie ed l e g u l a r i l y a n d despaich ip all branches-of tpdustfiy.'- currying on such improvements might req be expected, who never give it. Tney would like tie, but in the fattening of hogs and poultry, the Pul jmnmhody under bonds tfiat tfie qtdfot^li: animals become fat much sofner, and ar/ ; , ore 1 «'«’ay 6 yield at leadt seveVt per cent, gxpfojr,. healthy, than when Fed on any other root, or ve- gegetnble, and that, besides, the meat is more sweet or»d delicious. in our country there is nn advantage in the A man’s strongest-'paBsisii-: is whiskersi(lfc I ; ' J ' jam ’i AQi.R' t w ‘W o n ' parsnip; a part oi them may be left in the ground alt winter, and be dug in the spring. If they are in a place where the waler will not stand upon them, the root is improved rather than injured by remaining in the ground all winter. A lawyer, on his death bed, willed ail bis prb- f ietly to the Lunatic Asylum, saying, as a reason or ss doingi, that he w ished his property io return 16 ffie'-llLffral1otosfi t of fteeple wlio patronteetfhtei. evon demonstrate to them why it roo'Shytfildbt iba'el' as much ap that—yet they Uitnia ttot eisaiStly,gtt» .* do not mean tp say that such persons are netri useful ift the Wrtherance of public tn'iprbvemenli Th© m tyerbia w-hinli hoavy bodies <e!>iiiibi|}'h the elori, scrvga.greatly to.iu?re,a^e thempttiemu® when they get fotrly on tfi,e move. Tl.at Walton has sr! sucSesctulijj taken the \tesff at suoh an expense of i (fort io furnishing tb fhe'- county the so ptuc It ftceded parnple ufa.-gqpilfCQed; I impute trot to the supertor wealth of the town, so much as to the fact already adverted to, 'ih'flt ltd citizens are with few exeeptions the deeppndants of New England 1 fa them ‘ -I m k -iui ifai .U fo qplitoq ragsft to tsi _ {England have within tbe last lj Slay abort--wijsi foe t-v-qsbguS/tnrtiCailcs-ttiDysnavfe Sff- rendy qojp^nenrejl,, We fe, lhal they wilt deciee, Iniit iflpir I a torn 111 COOJJJCTCil. foS'r noT qonerpartlpd it--iliirairaiii/r.—tlalt taigo. apd vaioaljfc fitaitionS of iheir ivi r,roi v yet renl'aiir C.-ipnliie’aiKl-Arfetl1? vvorth.v <tf imeitjpi an{ir 6 maMjI,*S-nt(Q being- usw.firbfil'J ed wiih t)ie poiyer !m tlevolojiu and- Tasliy liicij ojvffiise^i soiffces, (hat they vvfll go sieadily\ fonvunL unit distant day. will ron&truit and anlex thiee or ! not ds or eigsht thousand *tn)lfi» of ftiuse ne«4'\ cnminuiilCai ion, to i lint great and ainch abused ^yst€ma' ot public work;, winch ope-i afl„,si!cre made for «ad; Ife- lung to tlierjiselvas, and which will be tim»e.a»urabl^-etji»- hnOceA troth in vCienues and general usefulness, nlien eonnfctitl with these wide spread send mostuScfu? 'aujilt^ aijeS. i- s. a -1 Believing then,gentlemen, lba( these ©ere.geqaadu. views of (he public Wetfine uoi leSs.than CojisiderffosiRS,. of to-cnl necessity, have octiiated yonr associif’tiop. ju carrying forward the meniorious enterprh-e. I he Col tlon-dl >Vlric!i-.._>i)() ftofv ptoposPitocelrorjuBf-} itefj lolly beg jeai-e to i-rohpdy yooi onimoiis nnd-'Uiy. 0591 ?^ in the suljoined sqpiiinent, lemutping olsvays 'faUlllqlJy . vour obedient fifena ana setvaut. 1 \-sAivit®L B1. Rfr-sdMs; ’ The P l a n k Rortis o f tie State o f X a t Yorb.— 'E®6Q& gitUnate uffepriitp at jtsnqfitgsys^t) ohpuJiJjBxSiOfikgrl- The tree may well bepfopd of ils tiaim. j;, ^ ^^ 3 . 30,3 t e m A s - d W f a # , ^ f* - g WusniNGTOw,--(Jl.'fl;) AKgu?!/^, 'iB5Bliy£! -I Gvs-fLgstBB -. Noilijngiijtould dibfi'tS-^ all end fop Deluwoie Ptqiffe Road Celebration!,, !to qtoijsffci you hnveinViied me On die 2 ?ih inslqot. Bul It®!,is.i,rp- possible, ow il; 1 ' 10 my olficia t engagements. Be assutefo, iliat ! Prriertain PVeFv aisjiaslricin ro ri,jni<*is',lii pleiton 6 f yfflds rood!, and to hennrcfltose (tlVgsiseaiiinjflfed euteipuse. IViy feelings a, knowledge a pec? est in the ifoproveraent jou hu>c qytdc,.nit is, into scenes lhat are asfotiaied vyun (Jie tnqst entlt: ing reroUeCfiBiis of life, 1 hare of hatTFrenfip. The town- tsi 3iVa3to& ifos-toheao beea r&i'.ifiteStfeft'd5'’ spat—remote aod lonely in us pqsittnb.ireinngrfoC'Mffito ot Delaware—yet lovely ' vafl anit fenrieil 1 “ A bIHE if&oat&frf Fitefid of Bu 1 >ftit f -cdfistrilclrort hf your )'t>u d' rfi 'Srttfet I fort 'vijf^t tlie-Kile Rfntwas, c-llangcs its posilicff) rhliiiiiely iis. cbpr^< laid 'iW* last 'Iok-coniidcieSdiiaLsiBitffirbf ' an££A prbvement, lhat reaches from New Yoik ro W aliOn{;Hfl<ff <hot draw;, as it (Vnr- this seqarste;y;j| jyyqy from liehTna its mountain Ear ri pi's, kliiios! ro it; f the pjje Cit-v—io so hrit-f a,ufop is tfi^transfo esitoeJ jfe- tnc twd places,. Actording .taAfeut iff ftoin tlij t the Jiefpibi It has advanced tb m ilielottv tWHfo’edfefi® tweeu fhe jtivd places., ActortJing .toj mdrtlliaui fjie grelit io'uti) la aBff fiofn W o fin n l i ,1 s tliii mopcl J>1 o r e s w ith t h e ne! AbuT-tfiaP 1 \te iterVine the gre: ( ;pf (hfeirlod .De.llii; - h © d s s « S ® W R £ : J g co.ufliry. It ices lyxjat it! on: ihe grout higlny vOlsion n f N m u r i 1, ‘ of ... ___ _ tha'Chaege J Baiiigy tfbl^n haFdn'd^bd’iiijrfS'ii'P Itf di»igjts?Jiibors of -1 lri'iHevaS Eiii? (Ral ........... The results that afe 10 ibllovl (tom vnnr trnftroVi it 'is AiffiSbti- tri'ViirtrpPeiif.r,,!!# a' gftfof-ji ges.tftusl t^ce TOfidsSat^raeSglPJiCeKS !2£‘3i ’rift? TfS.o 11 *fis qidTV'ftWviflf W a l t o n hag hini it tong geoaptnpnj i a f W ..S.- Da$ perVad,- timsr a long ordei of time shoo Id give place ihe higher *Cfur* a {tntkiluLies-tliiit; a m o r e raR* ijiStri; spticd-of a f weaaay fowaa&fe iftfdaijlf it a'ffii #«flil#!isagiffli uterrici, ^ivitfinfie fifoad-a vgnusdficotamet'Cfi ahi .intcremasfi'-' extfei m 3& et epeiaja'Sreiifsatt-, 'a y p i seeuKdtoefflBldtna 'HJffsipflii! ’ r-;.ino,emfea^otLtJ to ihraiij iM its Ireneffii dnit irpotf-iBB-ibleiriit, m?thEJia ;en recesses, watered by its<QWt). lers. I d oompletfiig the Delaware^, ed step has been itoealn'3&pHri ':S § !feo E y 8 nf%oM U' “ ©ias-» ftps? ’«M ? l Vi> J-ftodr- • R'oaa, a, decaf• j^ni W actn \ ...... foi duiv Tfoe | I)ip^iteUsl8WTO®|)rei^il
