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Whole JSo. 60 I. Tarhorough, (Edgecombe Cpunttj, JV Saturday, June 21, 1837 I here peculiarly favorable Co the York editor deems it, as we think with reason matter of doubt whether a similar exhibition of power, by any agency employed by man in blasting rocks, has ever betn made in the United States. Bait. Patriot.

induced a couple of InY delude dupes to carry his mrnistratir into effect. They shot at ht dividual, and faileoV in their tempt, whereupon they deliver up Joe as the instigator, JV. "Tr, Star. The "Far borough liYGCORGfi'liOWAKD. publish weekly at Ttro Dollars and fifty Cents ner vear', if pai.l in adar firee Dollars at the expiration of he Subscription' var.

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Lener addressetrto the Editor muM be post paid, or they may not be attended to. $isceUaneous. each ether, which I 1 I copper tie. with old widow Tdwson, hi mother, and the farm, which small 'was ail they had betwec them The fact is, Tom was a handsome fellow, in homespun or broadcloth. One cloudy afternoon Tom went down into Silver Vallty to see old Ridtely about divis on line on Joe Gibson's plat of Poverty A storm came on just as he drew up cpposite Col.

Rtdgely's lane cate. Ridgely was a proud old chap rich too and report said that his daughter Lucy was 'mU lily" Now Lucy had een brought up in the best of style, and was a high ladyiin ihe neighborhood. Some said that she had refused several capital Ojflers, but that is neither here nor there, as Tom, know, coui I not think of her. Well, the storm raged and in rides Tom hooks his horse lo an appi step; tree cues tin. the wide and ends with at loud knock at llje door.

Jim Squirrel opened the door, an old iietrro. who had carried water to Tom's father whe i he (Turn's father) cradled in Ridgel v's green fields. "The Colonel in4" "Yes, sir, come was the rear response. rJ ofti was led into a large old fashioned parlor, where he ioutid the Jolonel reading, his wife sew- ing, and his daughter writing. The old man nodded without lis- ing, and told Tom to sit whi the old lady very reservedly' drew her chair closer to the wall.

Tom fell a little curious. The daughter too threw two or three beautiful glances at him, which made him feel still-more curious. He made so many blunders in tell- inc: his business, that a kind snole bedan to.show itself upon the faces ofll in the room, which encouraged Torn, who instantly recovered his self possession, and added to their mirth by many intentional ed it, (development of the inventive faculties. Where was it that they ontrived perpetual Where were steamboats invented? Where was it that they discover ed the secret of the Automaton chess player, and the talent of Ma-I bran? To whom is it that the world owes wooden nutmegs, basswood squash seeds, tallow pomatum, horn gun flints and Mor-monism? Even a foreigner arriving on our shores becomes inspired. The latest invention is by our friend the Count de 'Waiiare, go you down staire, and bring me what you call, hey! 'Yes, sir 'Very well, bring me dam von rhum 'Oui, rhum salade.

You put brandi, and rhum, and suerare, antl de little weed- what you call himr 'Mint, 'Ah, ooi; de 'Oli, you want a mint julap, sir? 'Ah, yes, ver well, mint julap- rhum salade; quelle JV. Y. imes. Lucifer Matches. It is said the sponlaueous combustion of these articles caused the late fire at New York and that thev were f)art () a parrel bro't from France in the pat ket Erie, the ig nition of which had endangered that ship at ea.

There can be but liltle doubt of the fact. We remember the circumstance, last summer, of purchasing ne of these match boxes, on accidentally dropping which the whule mass took fit with an explosion as quick as gunpowder. They are a very dangerous commodity, even in the safrsi and most quiet positions. When exposed to friction, or sudden tuovrment, as in transportation from one countrv or place to another, they are pe respecting ihetn, thai is employed with 'reference to powder itself. Phil.

Gazette. Bricks Few people, except builders, are aware of the advantage of wetting bricks before laying them, A wall twelve indies thick built up of good mortar with bricks well soaked, is stronger in every respect than one sixteen inches thick built up dry. The reason of this is, that if the bricks are saturated with water they will not abstract from the mortar the moisture which is necessarv to its crys- tallization, and on the contrary they will unite chemically with the mortar, and become almost as solid as a rock. On the other hand, if the bricks are put up dry, they immediately take up all the moisture from the mortar, and leave it too dry to harden, and the consequence is that when a building of this description is taken down, or tumbles down of its own accord, the mortar falls from it like so much sand. JV.

Sun. A great blast. York (Pa.) Republican, mentions a striking exhibition of the "vast power of those agents employed by man in effecting his designs and improvements," as having been lately given on the litre of the Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Rail Road. It is stated that a portion of rock, upwards of eleven perches, and com pitted to weigh twenty-three tons, was detached from a solid mass of rock in the bottom of an excavation 30 feet deep, by means if a sand blast, and thrown up to the surface, and seventy feet from the liueof the road, where it lie inbroken. a proof of the mighu Lorce which operated on it.

Tin err srs and oddities. culiarly so and great care should "Colonel," said Tnmj "it is ouC be taken that they are properly of he question for us to seltle this; deposited, where they can be canon." sily reached aid removed. The York Periodicals. There are no less than ninety-two periodical publications in the city of N. York, which may be enumerated as follows, viz: 8 quarterly, SO monthly, 7 semi-monthly, 33 weekly, 9 semi-weekly and 1 6 daily Y.

paper. Ji remedy for hard times. We recommend to general notice and imitation, the excellent example of the sensible shoemakers at Bradford, as set forth in the following paragraph. They are acting wisely and profitably on the maxim of the illustrious Sam Patch -that some things can be done as well as others. No people in the world are so well calculated to hieet the reverses of fortune, and conform themselves to the times, as the Yankees.

If they cannot succeed in one occupation, they immediately look out for another. We have a case in point in Bradford (Mass.) where, says the Haverhill Gazette, there were, during the last winter, 26 shoe shops slowed full of men and boys; the sound of the hammer was incessant from day light in the morning till 10 o'clock at night. A few weeks since the whole svstem of shoe business was deranged; instead of a press for hands, there was little employment, and less pay. Our people walked the streets, talked politics, and played a few days, to prepare their limbs and bodies for other operations, and then took to farming and gardening', with an industry truly amusing and praiseworthy. Lots of land are procured by almost every mechanic who has a family, the door yards and out houses are searched for manure, and on every pleasant day the fields are all alive with cheCrfol laborers.

Small farm of 18 or 20 acres which was let out this spring, had thirteen occupants. If some of these industrious mechanics would emigrate to this State, and settle upon some of our rich farming lands in the east, they could not fail of reaping a rich harvest for their toils, avoiding the evil effects of the fluctuations of trade, and obtaining a livelihood far better than can be procured in the best times, with the aid of the hammer and the last. There are already too many mechanics and traders in the country. We want cultiva-tors of the soil, to render us more independent of foreign countries, and now is the time to break ground. Money Lost.

The amount of specie on board the Ben Sherrod, steamboat, lost on the Mississippi, is ascertained to be $220,000, which had been drawn from the New Orleans banks. It is supposed none of it will be recovered Ebony and Topaz? Mr. Jonathan Tappet, colored gentleman, and Miss Elizabeth Everett, a white abolition lady, "of Boston, have been seni to jail by the police of that city, until sufficient evidence can be produced against the magistrate John Williams, for uniting the parties in this unnatural wedlock, and thus, violating a fundamental law of the Commonwealth. The Mormon Prophet arrested for murder. Joe Smith, of golden bible memory, it is reported has lately been taken up in Geauga couniy, Ohio, as accessary to an attempt to murder.

Joe had a revelation that a certain sceptic merited martyrdom, and FROM T. The latest infer thing like an we have from Texas, in the following extract New Orleans correspoiident der date of June 1st) bfthe I York Courier: "On the 15th ultimof the Sen-ate of Texas passed a resolution, authorising the President to fsend an agent to the Court of Great Britain, to solicit a recognition of the independence of the infant Rer public as. a separate nation, cri to make the treaties of peace, ity and commerce; 9,500 re voted for the salary and outfit of said agent. I have anticipated this resolution in my communications ta you, and now I have, further to observe, that the present policy of the Texian is decidedly opposed to tl: r-poration of that country United States, and-lhat a nation was shown to the agent, Mr. Crawford, to tute Texas an independent a policy which it is general pected will meet with theappj lion and countenance of the I isb Government, and the sy t- -thy of all English freemen; more so, as it will be the most effectual mode of putting an end to importation of slaves, even from the United States, whir'; "Would then be considered as though friendly country, i lion to Texas.

It is sa, Houston is now oppbsv to from a conviction t' dd impede the progres and the march of fr lican institutions; pressed a decided op-Jo head, and openly declared iSict 'whilst the emigration of free, 5 ir industrious white people 'from the United Slates continues at the rale it is going on now, they do not want slaves in I understand that the report of Mr. Crawford to the British Government is written in this spirit; that it expresses the readiness of the Texian Government to put an end to the importation of slaves altogether; and this being the case, the recogniiion of the independence of the Republic by England cannot present any Now it remains to be seen whether the people of Texas will sanction this new policy of their leaders, which i very-much doubt." 05" We have been favored by a friend with a late number of the Texas Telegraph, published at the capital Houston, and an inter- esting journal it is. The editor sets out with a detail ol his calamities in reaching the place of his destination, calamities which kept his paper from the light for the best part of a month. Storms and tides, sand bars and bayous were all against him, but with the true spirit of a printer, he overcame them all. On landing, he sought the "nearly finished building intended for the press" and such a building! It was a shanty, and like the Capitol of Texas- 'Without a rof, and without a floor, Without windows, nnd without a door' In such a building this patriarch of future Texan editors is compelled to chronicle the proceedings of the first Congress of the young Republic.

Poor fellow! the beams were tumbling about his ears and "disgusting pi" was staring him in the face-, but he shrank not. For the edification of all dig. contented persons hereabouts, we subjoin the following prices of prb- Fatal Saturday evening, about half 8 o'clock, Mrs. PbAe Whttloch, at No. 27 Renwick bein4j somewhat indisposed, into the baseraeut of the.lioi: the purpose of getting a dc magnesia, and taking from shelf a package which shesur contained that drug proceedi.

-i ill a couple of table spoon in cop of rniik, which sir vd. Aerwrrd onp the p-excruciati; past: 12 th: package, cr label! and 1 wbici been perceiv, a light with ti. the dose. ears of the ac'. one of ithe c.

ecu has ft one child, ner's ir Jt wp upon the dered of poUohiogS'Phil, jiajpL. I tal TAc Abolitionists cr negro man named Lewi ing to Mr. M'Kain, of Mul a short time since Enticed from thence' by some black legs, whrm rfe.accpmpauied to this city. He was here arrested; brought before the Recorder, and put on board a vessel to be sent home at His request. On application of Counsellor Sedgwick and several philanthropists, a habeas Corpus was granted by Judge Oakley, and Lewis brought up yesterday.

I'he claimants having been duly cited to prove his identity, Mr Sedgwick rose to say he appeared as counsel for Lewis, when Lewis replied in substance, "no, you are mistaken, I want! no counsel, ljve been in New York long enough and now I want to go home to, massa AIcKain Pve seen enough of New York niggers, and they aint half what they arecrack'd up to be. So, there is no use in saying any more!" It is unnecessary to add that the request of Lewis was granted, aud be. is now on his way to Mobile. A. Y.

Star. "Extraordinary effects of Edmund Clark, of New Milford, (Conn. Vhad a few davs since 64 sheep, comprising the entire flock, killed by lifiht- ning. i ney were unuer i wee which was struck, and several were found standing dead. If leathers are a non-conductor aud protector from electricity, wool certainly, is not.

This dying stanrjing savors a uiur me ueaa partner whom the young lady fo nnd herself waltzing with Ir in France sometime after, I been a corpse. 16. THE DEW. When beams upon the- verdant lawn The glowing- monarch the kie9, Cneei, the wat'-ry drops are drawn, And last in spreading vapor rie: But when the glowing monarch yields His kingdom to a darker reisn. Then gently, to the parching fields, Some fresh'ning drops return again.

Ad so when blessings from above Beam- bright on man, the feeling mind Will yield its pure, devoted love Towards' the San from whence tbey shine. But when a menial night impends. And when the dark uing 'shadows roll, thun, how sweet from heaven descends The dew of peace upon the soul. THE DISCARDED. have gjven thee to another, Thou nevercanst be nnne! Tbey have given thee to another, And 1 all hope resign; And thou thyself hast sent me word Our love as all irioonshiue, And bid me stop in Sense's uame, My sentimental whuiel Thou false one! thou false one! When 1 met thee at the bail, And ihcu, by look arid tneiji, didst Grst My gentle heart enthrall, I never thought 'twould come to this That thou ould'st bid me roam, Or tell thy maid, whene'er xl call'd, lb sav "She's not at home!" No cruel parents chid thy love, Or forced thee to forget; 'o! 'tva that my rival rolled in wealth, And was much in And then that large house in Broadway alas! The hrarl where I6ve alene is, Is sacrificed lor furniture, For style and two mouse ponies.

Weil! it is done! The blow is struck; No heavier can To turn through all succeeding years. Lite honey mto all. Fr thou art now bride Ceae. cease, fond tin oibing heart! And 'he bbes will now hebaptiz'd Brown, That should have been christen Smart i Domestic scenes in the West. The author of several graphic pictures, "The Sleigh Ride," "Court ship, which adorned the col umns of the Portland (Maine) Courier, and whjich were superior to any thing of the kind ever giv- cq of manners ''down east," has, i vie are sorry to see, retired under ihe obscurity of his anonyme.

ft'hv do not talents of this high rder come out more? Why do flotmen like him publish, instead of surfeiting us with the trash that bookmakers do? A writer in the West who seems of a general tern- i perament with the Portland sliet- cher, has published a spirited scene in the Louisville (Ky. tia- i lette. which we insert, and hope i he will furnish us more such, drawn out more in detail. This is much in the vein of Sterne. Tom Towspn's Story.

Tom Towson was telliug me a story the other day, about the way he was first introduced to his present 'fe, f'ol. Ridgely's daughter. Xowl can't tejl it as well as Tom lld it to mej but I will tell it as well as i can. Tom, you see, was poor, and had but a sorry education; but be as ver3' quick to learn, and some said that Tom had the clearest head in the country. Tom lived on Povertv Piantation, as he call- yOn account ofy our daughter, i Sin, replied lorn.

'My daughter!" returned the i Colonel astonished, "pray what has she to do ith il?" added Tom, "he lias kn irked me into a cocked hat wi'h these black eyes of hers." The old lady drew up, altho' shi: "could not suppress a smile, vvl ile the daughter blushed, in sp te of her attempts to laugh con-teiiripiuously. As for the old Colonel he was so astonished at Tom's imlpudence, that for a while he lost th i.use of his tongue. The looked at Tom in silence, and in ihj mean time they remarked his fire figure, high forehead, and in-te ligent eye; while the irresistible c(od humor of his countenance, ei tirely disarmed the ('olonel, io burst out with a hearty laugh at Lucy. Aliss'Lucy curled her sweet lip into a sort of good humored scorn, and hastily withdrew. The next thing we see, is Tom ir his homespun, seated at the supper table, delighting the Colo-n sl with his drol stories, compiler entitig the daughter and flattering the old lady.

The old lady put' a plenty of sugar in Tom's tea, and Miss Lucy was a full half hoar in drinking one cup. Tom took leave shortly after sMPPer' "Damn that leHow!" cried the eld man as Tom rode out into the ine, and the tears of joy still stood in his eye. "He is quite handsome," quietly remarked the old lady. "Not he," rejoined M4ss Lucy, jind-a few months after she wa Tom's wife. JV.

Y. Star. Rum Salad. There must be i Something in the American atmos-.