General Intelligence: Smoking In Paris

Willis, at the latest dutps, wan in Paris.- In liis lnst lelter, ín the Minor of Monday, [ie says: Every wan smokes in the sfreet in Paris. And what is worec, (or belïer na ymi cl.nncc lo t hink obout it,) the Indios smokc very gcnerallj ! l was siuing by the sidc oí a lovely Engiish wèniMl, yeatcrday, on a morning cali, when bhc suildtnly thicaded her fair fingers Üirougú ihe profiu-ion of blond cinls upo: her cheeks, and said: ' 1 hope my hair id not disn■Treeable to yon!'' I looke.l amnzemcnt at the po.-sibihiy of coursc. -B-cauie." she addcd, "I hnvebeen mikihg 11 Uie imin?, and tilaxs one'd huir BüT' The jadíes sinone snmll iicrc:gar8, maile of very dolicalc tobáceo. Tïiey ecoui the idea of ever givj.ng thepractice up, and are only astonmlid ai ha ving so oi)g U'fi charm.iig ihongl „otïencr t irole monopoly. It is perfectly covvrnablt, l)V tho wny, ín siop any strnnger in the strot t, nnt1. tnko a 1 ght from liim, und this ncw amenUy mny be put down to tho credit of the tobáceo m;inia. I hnve fince eecn a da;iJy coolly npproach a party with a frcsli cigar in Uis inónlh, and draw ñ light from a ledy'tí cigar vhile the was s:noJ;iag This wa.b in a cafe, and she mtglit have neon nn ocfjirnintance; bui one wonld l hl;e to know how muoli mtigiu tizm iniht paM over a bridge of lobneco, and whelher it is fnirly the óustnnr of the eiuirtry Unís tQ 1 take firc at lady's lips wiihout an iiKroduc - F tipn .I Can't. I c-a-n'-f? Nover íet these words come oút of 'your moulh ngain. - You can't! Whal if Noah when he Was told fabuild thttt whoppmg great craft. , the ark, had sniílled out "I cant!"- whcrc would we have been1? You cnr.'t what? Can't woik? What wevo your hands given you íorl Can't write? where are your fingera, man? Can't ihink?- Have you íost' your brains- are you a noodle1? Don't tell me you can'l! What i says the poet - "Attertptthe end. and nevcr stand to doubi: Nothing's so hard, but eeurcli will fi id ït out." What did Can't" ever do? Did it ever build a house? Did it ever sail a ship? Did it ever mend a snoe? Did t everinvent a steam engine? Din H ever discover a nw star? Did it ever unfold a ncw ii'utliV Did it ever plough a field? Did it ever make aynid of 001100? Did it ever make the "first red cent?" - When í hear a man say "can't," I fecllike kicking him, and 1 want to shoutin hisenr as with the voice of seven thunders - "tRY, Keep tkying!"' That's she test - that's the lever by which worlds are turned topay-turvy. That is what our forefather's did- they tricd. Washington, turning on his lieels with an "1 can't!" at ihe first onset, and his humor-! tal compatriota re-echoing the cowardly word; all the glorious liberties we now enjoy would have been sncrificed! I can't would have kept our necks under the voke to1 this day. - Portland Trans cript. In 1835, Anti-Slavery tva mobbed in Boston, rn ten years, the cause lias made such progrese, tliat the mob in Kenlucky vamly strivc to stay its onward progress in tlmt Siate. Before the next decade, will not Charleston be the scène of Proslavery vlolcnce ugninst ó free prestí- [Boston Cor. of the Herald of Frcedonu American hemp is nov exporled to Scotland, wbereit ia used instead of flax in the manufacture of certain kinds of goods, end w bere a new procesa lias been discovered for i soflening the niticle prior to its being spui). Very fine and white goods are made of it, ae I well as bonnets and paper.OjTThe Strawberry irade of Cincinnati and vicinity is becoming a regular business. A paper of last summer snys: Mr. Cist, of Cincinnati, says that he recently counted the straw berry stands in one of the Markets in thal city, and found there, one hundred and sixceen cases, averaging thirty-five boxes of one quart each to the case, being a total of four thousand and sixty quarts. The quantity offered at Canal Market, and at various stands through the city, would easily increase the aggregate to five thousand quarts. These were sold at the time, from 5 to 6 cenls per quart, according to quality, the price of the article averaging eight cents through their entire period of sale. He adds: - t:A four horse wngon drove up on Friday lnst, to Fifth street Marlcet with two tons ofstrawbernes! Most ot this delicious trmt is cuitivated iu adjaccnt Kentucky, where patches offive or ten acres are frequent. Two of the Strawberry gardens are eighteen or twenty acres, and one of them rcaches thirty acres in extent, there beng at least one bundred nnd forty acres devoted to the culture of the article." - The Cincinnati Chrenicle, commenting on the abo te, says: - "There are about twenty-fivo days of full sale of „strawberries in this market. At 4000 quarts per day, this gives 100,000 quarts of Strawberries sold in this market in one senson. They average 8 cents per quart, which makes $8,000 paid in a little more thanthree weeks for Strawoerries." MILITARY SOUVENIRS.The coat worrv by General Jackson t the battle of New Orleans has been presenled to the National Institute by Gen. Thomas H. Bradley. A company of patriotic persons are said tobe negociating for the vest of Col. Johnson, which was worn at the battle of the Thames, and hasseen some service since; and to make up a complete suit, the Secretary of War has volunteered the use of his nether garments, of which something has been said or sung in political history, I and which will be looked upon wih as I mnch curiosity as the coat and vest of the distinguished héroes whose cast off clothes are to be presorved in memory of their mighty deeds.The Moon out-oeneraled. - A lady of our acqunintance, lately fairly out- generaled the tnobn. In making soaj) (over which the moon and witches seem to have great power, according to some,) she was particularly'unsuccessful, though her ley wasstrong, and cverything apparently right. She was promptly in lbrmedbv an experienced ne ighbor that she had undertaken the business in the I wrong time of the moon. A youngehemlisi, who happened to be present, discovered that the ley strongly eñervesced in acids, and was therefore not caustic ] nough, applied quicklime in small quantiiies to the obstinate and l)alf-made soap, when in a short time all lunar influence was withdrawn, the planet struck its colora, (if it ever had any,) ond a fine lot of firstrate soap was produced. - Cultivator.CltlLD AsLEEr ON THE UaILROAD.- TheNewark Advertiser says- A thrillng: accident occurrcd the other day on the railway at Easl ÑeWark. When too late to stop the engine, the conductor discovered a child lying npparently asleep on the outer side of one of the rails. Forlunatcly ono foot only lay upon the track, and the cow-cafcher" appeared to strike that, prrtbably the side of the shoe, i and turned 11)0 body over. The child I sprang to his feet and ran, so that-when one of our city physicians got out it was beyondiiis reach. Ñew Clothes.-Áccoráxng to the foreign papers, the Faris fasluons: justnow, and which are next to como out here for adoption, are the most ridiculous that can be imagined. Men wear trny hats with L-nrcelv anv brims, coals almost withouttails; trousers without siraps, and about a yard fide nt the ancles;" trehiendous waistcoats, of the fashion and dimensions worn in the year of gracé 1745: enormous watch ribbons, bearing ponderous bunches of seals. The ladies wear robes fitting tïghtly to the body, and Guttoning up to the chin like a soldier's jacket; paletots, fástened in every respect like th'ose of men, only made ofsilk, and bonI' nets rescmbling corpulent and! apoplectic coal shuttles. We can afibrd, of course, to speal freely of these vogaries of fashion, while they nVQ thus distïmt from us, bul thej will, of course, aho, prove to be jtfst fh thing" when thy nppear among us." - Bnffalo Pilot.Pxperíñg Cih;rchks.- This rs n new fnshion which has grown up lately in Pittsburgh, andone that ndtls much to fhe interior neatness and beauty oí churches. The Fifth Presbyterian Church in Pitts burgh has been pa pe red tbr some weeks with plañe granite walls and a handsome figured paper on the coiling. Disciples Church in Allegany, is papered with granite paper on tho walls, with maiblc columns. The South Common Methodist Church, in Allegany, iscovered with marble paper on the walls, wilh marble columns supporting the cornice.Hints to the Idle. - Gerrit Smith'1 who s a man of much business and wealth, conseqtiently receives many vísitors, has inscribed conspicuously in his office - "Be Short." He has too much upon his hands to idle away any of his time, orto have it wasted by his visiiors. A celebrated Venitian painter, who was probably nnnoyed, as manyjpainters are on ibis side of the water wrote over his door - "No leisure forgossiping - despatch business in ns few uords as possible." An Italian gave public notice to his visitors that they couldnot remain in his study, without they couldassist him in his" labors. These were all undoubtedly sensible business men, who could not aflord to be idle to accommodate their friends.- Gerril Smith'sadmonition is the most apt and pointed. Let every man, in all his business transactions, in his calis upon his neighbors, in his visits to the office of the professional man or trader, in his street talks, in bis debates, and in his calis at the editor's room, remember the motto - Bk short.Cost of the Militia. - The enligbtened and order-loving Commonwealth of Massr-chusetts paid for martial prcparations, to suppress domestic insurrections and repel foreign invasions, during the past year, nearly 50,000. The State of Delaware, we understnnd, has had no millitia trainings or musters since the last war, nor has it expended a farthing on this species of defence, although exposed to all the dangerof Massachusetts, domestic or foreien. - Advocate qfPeace.1 Onr Navy.- Th e re nre 1521 ship-offi;ers in the pay of the government, whose salaries average over SI, 060 each, per annum, and amount, in the aggregate, to more than 82,000,000. Apportioning this sum among the 45 ships of 1594 guns, in actual service, thecost of merely 1 officering each ship will be nearly $45,000 per annum: Government has more than one officer, at the annual salary of $1,300 to everygun in the service! - Advocate of Peace. Ezekiel, one half hour be fofèl breakfast every morning, is enough to nmke a great man of you before you are forty, if you will improve it right. Every manïowever hurried in business, can find ;ime to eat three meáis a day. Every nind should be fed as often, and then :here wijl be time enough to get rich in oesides,if you desire it. - E. BurriL SO MANT TREES THEY COULD.n't SEE the WooD.-Wood was shipped fromNew Orleans to Florida to supply the army there with fuel, and landed where the trees were so thick thnt room could scarcely be iound for cording it up. It cost simply only from 830 to $40 per cord,the soldiers and marines did not hirej themselves out for wood choppers. - Think of a! warrior, fired with glory and Holland gm, swinging an axe hito a i live oak, or pine, for fuel! You might as well set him getting out manure. - Christian Citizen.Whatever you have to do - hnppen ( what may - nevcr fight, foam or chafe; ( but endeavor to preserve températe culmness of mind, which may be largely cured by habit, and which contributes not only to your success, but likewise is essenüal to your general comfort. There is a happy medium between phlegmatic andlazy indifference, and self-destroying irritability- and it is a medium, cóm'bining at once energy and calmness, at which every one who has anything to do in the world, should aim. GreatBell.- Wearegroat hcre ih the way of helles; but one of the very tallest kind nrrived a few days since from Troy, N. Y. These things afe óver creating great excilement ; but the fascinations of this one- its clattering tongue, and silvery sound- are intended exclusively to rouse to action and inciteo gallent deeds our noble firemcn. lis bell for their use by A. Meenley, of Vest Troy, mcasures20 feet in circumerence, and wcighs 6.128 lbs, by far the nrgest in tfie Unit'ed States. The clapper weighs 600 pounds. A tower 80 feet n height has been erected in the Si.xthj avenue, expressly for the monster, andi t s believed it can 6e heard all over the Island of New York, at Stalen lsland, a ] good part of Long lsland and a largel portion of the Jerseys. Our fircmen have dubbed it the Orcgon.- N. Y. Paper. Inteufeïience.- The Louisville Democrat andóther papers in the slave States are engaged in exposing the suflcrings and wrongsofthe poorer classes in GreatBritaiu. Thcy cannot find words too scvcre to htfrl against these British oppressionsnnder which such multitudes suflèr, Arelhey not apprehensive that they will "mnke the condition of the poor peoplo worsc?" Besides, hnt right have we o meddle with the "domestic institutions" of an independent Sfate?- Verily wo fcar tbey nre infected abolitionism. JVo Li6el.--ít hoffbeendecided by a eourt of law in Gurdiner, Mainc, on the trial of the Editor of the Cold Water Fountain, that to say of a rumseller htí keeps a "breathing hole of heil," ia no libel.Fruit in loica.- Until thia yea?, lowa has been depeadent upon Illinois for hor penches. The piefent scason, howevcr says lh Da ven - pert Gazdte, an abundonce uf this delicious fruit has been raised in this county. Fine cling Btones have been howked through our streets at S3J cents a buehel. The same paper snys thnt melons have been so abundnnt in that place so asto sell at merely a nominal price. "Given over to the Biijfelings," Jc.- The Kentncky Annual Conference of the Methodist Church liave voted 98 to 5, to adhere to the South, or Slavcholdcrs Church. A reaolution was passed, npprovinfi the conduct of ihe sufpended slnveholdiny Bishop Andrew, nnd the recrean: Bishop íáoulr, late of New Hampshire. who hns become so cnamoured of Sluvery. that he has removed to Ti-noessee, so as to oflkiate in the Slavebolding Church. Á freó npgree nt Tobasco, ha lately had TG UHÜLtment8 fuuad ogainst hlm, for aiding the escupe ol slnves. The penalty is eix yeara confinenient on each, so that ho is Hable to a sentence of 21G ycarslDhcnmniatiic Protcction.-TUc Presylerian church n Goslien N. J. rccently excommunicatcd four of is tnembers for the sin ot carryir.g niilk to tho railroad depot on the sabbnth. This church bclonps to an ccclesiasiicdi body which has recently dec'.arcd that scliing a fellotj member of Christ's body right from the communion table on a week dny. is not sin enough to disqualify the vender rrum Christian fellowship and ihe Christian niinistryl- Ckrist iun Cützcn. Large Sheet of Paper.- Mr. Mclludson, of Hsrtford, has manufactured a single eheet of paper for the Hartford and Danbury Railroad Company, for wbich he received S&25.- It is to ho used in drnwing a profile of the l road. It is 25 feet in length and six yardsvide. I A Stnall Family.- When the royal family of París are domiciled n tle Tuilleries, their whole number includíng attendants, is fifteen hundred. The Rev. Joseph Proctor, for thirty-sixl years a preacher of the gospel in Kentucky,! did in December last, and was burted with mhilary honors. He had been a noled Indian 1 fighterin carly times. The greatest silk manuracluring town in this country, is ManfieldjConnecticut. It has I eight factories. IFisconsin Peaclies. - We enjuyed' a taste of luscious Peaches, on Saiurday last from thearm of our friend, Mr. John Campbell, in j Bay Settlement Precinct. They are ihe firet , Peaches raised in Nortliern Wisconsin, and are emong the producta of a good Whig Farm. Where is Senator McDuffie and bis humbug twattleabout oUi' oldfrozenclimate? - Grefn Bay RepubUcan. Calholics.- It ia estimated that Aereare 1,400,000 Catholics in the United States. - They have 21 dioceses, 475 cliurches, L2 ecclesiastical establishment?,1 28 literary 1 tione, 43 femnle academies, and 84 charitable institulions. The Empcror of tlhina has issued an edict proclniming liberty of conscience- allowing bis Bubject8 if they picase, to embrace and I piactice the Christiar. faith, and securing them against molesta'.ion. lt ia r'etnarkable what a change has been wrought duriug the last few years in thal immense empire.National Fiom 1791 to 1815, che . iggregato expenditures of Great Britain on its army, navy, nd ordnance. was $3,594,113,400; eqoal to One Hundred and Twelvel Thousand, Threc Hundred and Sixtcen Tons i)f pure eilver, estimating $1G to the poünd - This eutn in 6ilvor would lade Three IIun I dred and Seventy-Four ships, each with 300 I tons of tiiat preciöus niétal . Theíe are a I great many trophiea of Brilish valor in the tower of London, such as old blood-stained Btandardö,rusty firé-locks, Bworde, brasa waistcoots, k.c, ond thousands of the cMldren of the dead warriors crying for pota'oe skins i and the husks that swiue cut througb the realm. I Signers of the Dedaralion oj Indepmdence.-Te nuniber of the eignersof the Declaraiion of Independenöe, was fifty-six. - Their callings and professions were as fol:owb: Lav-ers, 24; 6; Farmers, 7; Merchante, 7; Minister of the Gospel, 1; Gentlemen, 6; Printer, 1; Soldier, 1; Tailor, Shoemuker, Is Surveyor, 1. Of thisgloriousïumber, forty-cight wére natives of this coun ry, and the balance ftneigners from Scotland, [reland and England. Opium TWc- Cantón papers estfmnte the new erop for the year, of Bengu! 22,000, a lid'" Malva, 26,000 chests. Total 48,000, at aiv average of $700, amounüïig U 833,600,000. Tfc Chinese government aic eneuvoring to this trafFic, and for thie purpose have reofguniz-ïd their ffavy for more etTicient eervice. Waüace Smith, of P'alchoguc, ii victim of the MiHented'iu3ion,in chrrrplinnce with nn imaginary command of the Lord to elay five persons, a few days sincc attempled to murder hifi yifer.wno was otily preteï vcd by the mterference of the neierhborö. He was cuminhted to prison.- Trihtne.JBoinfo.- A letter in the tfnhn f rom Lieut. Chapman, to Captain Perciva! of the Consli ■ tvlion, represetvs tlnil the English have recenlly formed a treaty itlrfhfe Sultan of Borneorhy which tïiat Government have nöt only piirchasc the uacofnll the coal mines of the country, bnt in addilton, the exclusive advnn tnrrcs of commerce with the peoplc of the Sultan. T.'-ave John Buil alone lor hokwg out föJ" number one. A doVi-:i eaet Yankee vcry 'cuteïy says: Thoügh the men hare the reins, the vomcntell 'em which way they amst drive." A frmer in Danvers has rüised on 7 acres of !and the preeent 5eaflon,S000 busbeis of omons.