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AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.* Absolute acquiescence In Like decisions of the mnjorl'jr, (ho vital principle of Republic*. from which there i* no appeal but to force, tho vital primiplo a fly Mnvncr K Lively.kiiiibmv. \ortlnimhnlantl Co. I’a. .SitluiUny, .ifarch sjq, m u.he thought he sow him running at almost full speed up Maiden Lane. This struck him as being curious; and It also reminded him of another curious fact, (at least curious as Inkcn in connection with this sudden (light,) namely, that when Mr. Incising hud first glanced at the face of the corpse, he started, and turned deadly pale. Mr. M. then proceeded to his boarding house, and thence to his store to look fur his partner, but he was to be found at neither; nor did he return that night; nor the nest; nor the next; and two month# passed away without bringing any intelligence of him, during which lime Mr. Mowilt had fully made up his mind that there was some mysterious connection between his friend and the man that was found drowned, and that, in consequence thereof. Mr. l*elsinc had in all probability made away w ith himself.Well, so matters rested until a certain day in lasL June, when a lady cat-j led at Mr. Mowitl's store, and asked fur Mr. Poising. She was told the particulars of the story. “And has'nt he been here since,” she inquired. “Not since, replied Mr. Mowilt, “I know he has, said the lady, “lie has not, I assure you. at least to my knowledge,” answered Mr. Mowilt. “But I am positive,” said the lady. “What proof have you of it ?” inquired the shoemaker. “The best in the world,” returned the stranger, “for I am here, and I and Mr. Pclsing are one and the same person.” And strange as it may appear, such was the actual fact.Well, the question then was, whether Mr. Pclsing was a gentleman or a lady, and it turned out that she was a lady, and more than that, her name was’nt John Pclsing at all, but Charlotte Conroy, and furthermore, that she w as the widow of the man that had been found drowned. She then slated that her husband, w ho was a shoemaker in Philadelphia, and to whom she had been married for about two years, had treated her very badly, the consequence of which was, that she picked up his trade by stealth, ami when she thought she was sufficiently perfect, equipped herself in men’s clothes, and ran off to this city to be the more safely out of the reach c»f her lord and master. Mere, as we have seen, she got into the employment, and remained in the conli-| deuce of Mr. Mowilt until the time of J the coroner's inquest, immediately after which she proceeded to Philadelphia, where she learned that her husband (who had become a wandering loafer,) j had, on the hint of some friend, set out nnntio and affecting incidents winch j j-1)r ^(JW York about a week before, to re hcomc history through the mcdi- [no^ por . hut where, instead of on : of the inquisitions held by the ( oro- j i,,|ured wife, he found a watery grave, r of this city; and perhaps a majority 'pfje upshot of this romantic affair those investigations, if they could be %vaSj ,hat Mr Mowitt requested Mrs.C. •,cd to the bottom, would develops j ,0 mnj{C J,js home her home; and after nncctcd circumstances out of the dull a whiic |)C found (|K)t jlc liked her yet J ordinary course of every day hie. better as Mrs. C. than Mr. Pclsing; it cases of loafers found floating in I that by virtue thereof, lie proposed a rc-r docks, have generally more of the ncwnf „f their terms of partnership, tgusling that of the romantic in their w|,jcb wn» accepted: and that on last impositions. The case which forms Tuesday week Mr. Mowitt and the late o burthen of the following veritable ^ jpclsjng became man ar.d rralive of facts, however, is a stri- j w;,-e-ng exception to that general rule, j This is the first instance, we believe, 10 story became known U.i'ne Sunday ' on rccord, wherein a wife performed cws, and is told me following man- tj)C 0ff„.c of the coroner’s juryman on ;r in tig* ia6t number of that journal. ,|J0 body of her own husband, or wherc-“Married, on Tuesday, by the Rev, ;n a young man was married to his own 'illiam Ash, Thomas Mowilt to Char- masler. The lady, by the way, is vc-tie Conroy, both of this city.” I rv good looking, and still on the safeThe above marriage was eonsummn- side of thirty, d in this city on last Tuesday week,:id thereby hangs a tale which may ( permit me again to trouble you with » worth the attention or the lovers ol the following receipt for making Tkm-ie marvellous. Mr. Mowilt is a re- , i'eraxck Cake, which will no doubtF.t I rat! s of Rr adhigs.M. Maupcrtuis, the astronomer, gives a dreary description of the cold of Lapland.“In December the snow continually falling, or ready to full, for tho most part hid the sun the few moments it might have appeared at mid-day. In the month ol January the cold increased to such an extremity, that if we opened the door of a warm room, the external vapor instantly converted all the vapor in it into snow, whirling it round in white vortexes. If we went abroad, we felt as if the air was tearing our breasts in pieces. And the crackling of the wood, of which the houses arc built, as if split by the violence of the frost, continually alarmed us with the apprehension of increasing cold. In this country persons arc frequently seen who have lost an arm or leg by the frost. The cold, which is always very great, sometimes increases by such violent and sudden fils, as arc almost infallibly fatal to those who arc exposed to it; and sometimes sudden tempests of snow arise, which arc still more dangerous—the winds seem to blow from all quarters at once, and drive about the snow with such fury, that all the roads are in a moment rendered invisible. Dreadful is the situation of a person surprized in the fields by such a storm—his knowledge of the country, and even the mark he may have taken by the trees, cannot avail him. Me is blinded by the snow, and if he attempts to find his way home, is generally lost.” [Payne’s Geographical Extracts.1h|- is overbalanced by tho necessity of employing a multiplicity of hands, ['tenant*# Ind. Ret:., vol. 11, p. G2.The Cardinal of Lorraiu, brother of the Duke ofGuisc, is said to have adopted a curious method of ridding the government of importunate pctitioncis. j An edict was published, under the sane-lion of the mime of Francis If, com-1 manding every one to abandon the J court who had any boon to ask of tho , king, under the penalty of being suspcn- j ded on a gibbet, which was erected for , that purpose, on the public square. This | edict was worthy of the age of the massacred Sami Bartholomew.[Wraxall. Mum. Kings of France, ' vol 1, page 370.Theorists have attempted to establish a standard of taste; hut the perception of beauty appears to depend upon custom and association, end not upon nnv immutable and inherent qualities. The native Javanese consider jet black teeth as the most beautiful; and if nature has contrary to their wish, given them remarkable white teeth,they take the utmost enre to paint themII black, with the exreption of ihc two middle ones, which they cover with gold leaf.—[Staunton’s Embassy, vol. 1, page 125,,iUb%lt;* From ihc Sew York Sun, Itomaucc ol' Ileal Life.We have, aforetime, recorded manyNiebuhr relates several instances of the ignorance of the natives of Egypt on subjcctsof Natural Science, that form a striking contrast with their former character, as the inventors of geometrical calculations and figures:“A Turkish merchant, says he “observing me direct my instrument towards llic city, bod the cui it .-tty lo look into the glass, and was surprised to see a tower turned upside down. He mr mediately spread a report, that 1 was come to overturn the city. It was mentioned to the Governor; and my Janissary would no longer walk out with me, when I proposed carrying my instrument w ith me. Near a village of the Della, an honest peasant paid great i attention to my operations, as I was taking different angles. To show him something curious, I made him . mk through the same glass. ] Je w as greatly alarmed to see the village to which lie belonged, standing upside down. My servant llt;dd him, that uvernmcnt were offended with tlmi vilinge, and had sent me to destroy it. He instantly intrcatcd me to wait but a few moments, that he might have time to save his wife nod hi* row. lie then ran in great haste towards his house, and I went again on board my boat.”[Niebuhr’s Travels, vol. 1, p. 30.I’t njiubtd Uiltlftr or Till*Cnlnl*.A Havre journal ghi** fho foltnwinn iPCOfltlt ofii ptC'jret •vwauviffii initial tnnn An Hugl i*h-nun. describing himself to lie *n engineer wcenity arrived nl ll.ivir. hi. 1»ren to Faria In propose the plan nfa pia-j;e by land f.»m Dover to t-’ntai*. Tin- inventor ban given lb*1 foliowing account of liis gigantic plan It* many of the inhabitants of Hat re. M. W, Copput phc inventor) propose* in place twenty thousand aamt piers of stone across H e Straits, which are to tie laid at the bottom of theses, flume aro intended to form tho foundation of a monstrous bridge 7 tcneue* in leng It. A |Un nf this hna lu-rn engraved m l.ntnl 'la, and will be publicly sibibM Paris. According to the inventor’* ateoiin', he gtvc* In; wumllngs of itie Straits with great eaaetnes-, and rhe various depth* of the as * along tint PStersive line. The estimated expense of this bridge is mi to txettd 1.800 millions of franca. Tin ugh i’iv jLit of cures or pier, in itinlalion of the d.t.e at Chrr’toiirg may appeirridiculous, M. W. Cop pill is on ingenious man, and hi* licitrminsli n I ring that England sir.II be u-iritcd w lb Ihc Continent, lie h s arnihrr projee! In elject it.—Jit* plan, number 3, is this; It is not to travel above the suture of the wrier, hut under neath tt, nevertheless on dry and firm ground. In order to accomplish this, M. VV, Oppiit proposes to fit a seiiea nf tunntU made of c.i*t iron, three fret ill ibieknim. and eight.m leet (handler iu-rJe. The first of throe tunnel*. which is to aer*e a* is entrance, is to be placed at Dover, slid the hut ■» temnnnte at Calais, aher foilo-,ing the undulations of the submarine ground. M. VV. (,' ippm iluntu ih it his merit tunnel from Dover to Calais woulJ nut cost mare than l.CttO piitSioiit of Dane*; h*l ef which lie p, p »es should ha eonlitouted by Franca and the ether hall by England.In ihc LI a nd of New-Amsterdam, several remarkable springs of hot water exist in the sides of a funnel or cove, and in an interrupted causeway, separating the cove from the main ocean. Fahrenheit’s thermometer, which stood in the air at 02', being immersed into one of the hot springs, ascended immediately to one hundred and ninctv-six degrees—in another togOlb And on applying the bulb of the thermometer tcrevice from which issued a small stream, in less than a minute it rose to the boiling point. “Tho bason,” saysicctablc boss shoemaker, who keeps 1 meet with the approbation of every one Staunton, “abounded with tench, bream• veral men employed, and among the I possessing a well regulated taste, viz; .st was one named John 1 Vising, who , Take two pounds of wheat flour, three ad ingratiated himself so much in his fourths of n pound of fresh lard or but-ivor by his faithfulness, industry and ter, one pound of powdered w hile su-ibrieiy, that he took him in partnership i gnr, one nutmeg grated. After the bout three years since, and had no j flour and butter have been iocorpora-ause to regret his kindness. From , ted, lay the sugar in, and pour upon it a hat period Mr. Mowitt and Mr. Pel- small teaspoon lid of salirratus, previ-ing were constant friends and compa- onslv dissolved in a large toaspoonful ions, and boarded in the tame house of boiling water: have well beaten six mill about twelve months since, when J eggs, and with a spoon incorporate me day they were subptrned for a co- j them all well together, till it ran he •oner’s inquest, which was about lo be | moulded with the hands; roll it thin, body of a man that had cut with a tumbler, and bakeand perch, and the same person, who with a hook and line had eanght some ol these lish in the cold water of the bason, might with the same motion of his hand let them drop into the hot spring adjoining, where, in fact, they were boiled in the space of fifteen minutes, and fit for eating. A regale of this kind was much relished by some ol the gentle-men from tho Lion and Hindustan.” [Embassy to Chinn, vol I, page l«t.Agricultural statl-tlc*Arointing la the re,tut s of the .Ma-vhr'’-. I'; whom the late ecnuit vt'J* taken the Stole of Nee Voill 1. In'liiml I'.llll*) Iv.mi I in llic |.f.n!ui'tin:i n wheat, la 11*t* mmuiil of TOUO.Ut'Q hudiels unftv.il ly; while it evoet). IVnu*}D*ni*lu iho |.roitueiioi of rye over 3.UU0.0DI), bushel , of in.tun corn 7,500 000 bushels. tf me* met 5,000,000 tmshel*, rhucku heat 300.OH0 l.uthcls, „f Irjilcy 3,300.000. « poUloe* 21,000,000 Imsh D, wool lie r!y 1,000.(Hl [i uiiJs, bay nearly 2,000,000 l.m*. sugar over 8 0OU.0V0 ytouml*, anti |finlucU nl ihc dairy iteer 5s OOU.liOO. til Ihc jirodncli.m of wbea'.Ohiuexrcci l*riii.»)learn t bIkjuI Il fWII.OuO luhet', while X I Ciii.i is but about I l-S inillion hUiticle ‘-1 hml Nc Votk in lhal article ) lit lli.tisH con, |'| till. »'I like* ibe lenl of all ihe Hlato*. j ioduing 4J 1-nnilion* of biishels Nuith L’aulma I Imilli.ois of iiu-btlc, V113101* atn’Ul 31 mil i 11. liUktiel-, ItliiKu* VS millions, M.rhino, 'ii miltine Abham* 13 mil lion*, Mia* iuri 15 iniT.onr, Fen tlrjiii* 13 t-3 mtltoms.and New v.nk 10 mThe Brahminical law forbids its followers to exercise but one species n|leld 011 the body of a man that had j cut with a tumbler, and bake in a few ------rtien tnkr-n out of the Maiden Lane minutes in a quick oven, without turn-! work ; in consequence ol that sujrcrsti-lock. The'deceased had all the op- mg. tion, Europeans have to employ an al-pearancQ of having been n regular dock [ ] can recommend these enkes ns par-loafer, and it was the opinion of all pre- ticularly diliciotis, when eaten with thefree use ofC'm,u Wats [F. S. Gazette.sent that ho had fallen into the slin while in a stale of intoxication; but the verdict, which was given in a few minutes, was merely “found drowned.” Surnti Tum,—Th* o*»i«n F«*t**y» thatThe jury being dismissed. Mr, M. { DigUy frit down the oUwi »li;i|«rjr momtng. As turned round to look for his friend and hurl on ihe ground hamuiitrnl. luvr #n dears fellow juror, who hilt I Imjcii at his side to see ihc eiiy burnt down, hul dcvcuily wish the (ill that moment, but he w as gone ; nnd ' »be*u w*r» /aid m lt;ukumost iuevctiible nutnlier of servants loperform domestic uses, which iu Eu* rope would be accomplished by ope-twentieth part of their number. A private family in Calcutta, without parade or oste illation, is compelled to have a-Isiut 100 servants, whoso wages, upon 1111 avarajre, amount to near seven hundred rupees a year. In this manner I the cheapness of provisions and of In-lions. Ufa st c* (l . New Voik jto-cesc* 5.01 tan, Penns;Svsnis 110,11**. Ohio t.003,313. ' stiecp. New Y..ik h» 5 3St.22\ FetiiMylv.wiiit: 390, 431, Ohio l,06t,*57,V.riuoiit 1.333,430, V gtui* t,3^0,730.In (he jirult;luL't* ol the uichttd. New Y.k t Vciuiunt trsd ihc rilire slate* losil? lw« t t o r ihc (ornscr being to (tie *iniinl fl,733,35). ( lillfi,II,IW,Kn. In 1.'lion, l»nr» 1patn-, inndunns )«»dy twa^S'i.aiS pound*, A liount, 2tU 3i‘J,b(*y, jiouini*. S.iur'i I‘ornittis, I VUT.HMl, p.nin !*, (icnigii. 131.325.755 p un TouUians, Ihi jiournl*. VtrginU,451, |iound*. Of lobaeco, Mel*nd pi.* mm,me pound*. Viigini* H,idiO,tKW, Obi* O.m oca) jountls. Tennessee !H,;(W,(lM pminJ*, X *,,Uii «,5u«,iiua jiounJs.snd Indians luar S.fit (rl.o (K)uuil*.For Ibis inlcfcs'ittg «b*iad »r we under otdi dom s* 'he New York kun10.741 ires 1
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