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THE POLYNESIAN,r l Journal of the IUnnaB fiorrnnv.iit.

llRLES E. HITCHCOCK, EDITOR.

TKUM 9.. aJt ana, - II 00ft . . to

Ralee ( Advertising.rr ii !) nrini, si,Oo, each coo-w""- nt

': of , fit' ""V en . ear eaiieaen Hi CaMe.

-- ! Mar. fy the year, Ss.tW;"

'" l" '. ear Ijr adtrertiaine; not'7,ae sail oaam. : eiceadma; aa

, Vea'ljr sdfenisinf kauted to lac ad.' L , aa .eiea.

itf-n- . TaretT-a- e eeate set liae, forrd Mt -- rth ccala Iwr eachl't.arl H"""' ... .

. . IK hmum M'.' la aJtiar.- - - -- 1 r- -tn.nl

... h iaa. BWr- -,. . a D.Jg Til"

.fi. tcil A lrt.e.

f. W. V 131 TEXT,CARPENTER AND JOIN- -

ia w mkimwiarts''''J ,t t ld etand, la llonoluisu Contract- -

'hV'"1'1 aay otbcr tMablMhment. Ilia'

Ui 'X "'P4, an4 hia work- -

l ,i Jim tirt rdr. Any rk cniruated toP!1 . J ... II . L.- - -- LI., .! airriniia i iuiij inoi ui vwti- -

T ki ia connacHon with with hia olbtrt uP!,'T "'J "up"0' California,

Amncan Lumbar, auitabU for' ,"! 1 1 'i'of buitdnf , which will ba dupoaed of on

,wtik iria.( n, ofraadv anad doora, door franwa,

r -- . k kl.Ka L' t t n 4klik IkA

l , i fl! im alicnlion of th public, j. aal 'oa win c iroi.a, u rrquirra,

, . i''ai!j low to aaaufa aatiafartton.aft y

iAt: .MtTc;oMi:nv,nr.LUU IX GENERAL. MERCIIAN- -';Ut, will -- m baiwi and lor aala, a genaral

lur1". ftoncb and Ainerirao Ilri.. aJiV'ai la thia warkat. wh;.h ha will aU at

, ,tiK t4h pnraa.H, (4 aa btad and ia rnnataatl receiving a

. af r auoarior Sail, w hich ho will allj ar lirfl, on rvaannauia irnua.Mi lij. capbl ofhaldmf half a bhl tjch,,,,',nltr la o'dar, on wand and foraaie.

i ft M"pld wiih flock and Hawaiian Proti tart natico, at tbo lowotl aaarkat price,

a. 7- -

tfulLAK PAI'KKT IOK LAIIAINA.- THE Clipif r SrlonT K'AME

T1? lUMIMU III . Captain ANTia,TV haiM rino aecmimMlU.n, will ran

ruUrlv btrn Ibra port and Lahai- -

ban rquird on Ilia Majrta arrticoi.- - 4i af damrioia front llonululu. aa rwar aa, Wrtlralalvd ai-n- . will ba Maaulav, at , P M

a Ltaxaa.aa TauraJay oninja. h will carW44aa4 taka frcij-i- t and paaan(ra, but will

,( m arrawwtabU fur ia aaalaiard by freight.

?i ta Capiaiaon board or to J. I'llKUI.ill f--

c oopkrac.i:.fI)lON CLARK ulct this method ot1 rltt'aia( tkaaka I" hia patrona far pat Uor,i would intarm Ik w thai ha UaataV.cn the builJinj

Kaa wharfnaar th alorn of ti. W. Pum hard k4 akar bo wilt bo happy to receive order in hia;4rara.

1 1 araVre thankfully received and prompt'y atta.

Lit af Caali of all deacrtptiona. Hoop Iron and1 af all , Bathinf Tuba. Shower Hatha and

ronetaally oa baad and for aalo cheap.ir.ia iy

(rt:KA:i:.HE aubacnlr would inform hi formerMI.om aad the pubiic, that he atili roblmuea

oat at taa old aland, watt oooc to w niiame V

f 4 4. a hare he ill be bappf to roceio ordera in

in al buaineaa, which wiil be eiecuted pioroptiyi ta WMal raaaunaLia Itimi.i- - (, abatii J. too bbla. eupeiior Caaka, and

i 4. aupertnr American lloop Iron. Kiveta- : Tib aad hwer Ilatha. Butkete Tuba fcc.

..!. C. II. MARSHALL..

VCTIONKER tnd (.eneml ComtniasionMtrrkioi.

9 Lahama. Maui. Hawaiian.

I!anda.a

wiwii-fit- i hand and for aale. a general aa--

"ai f IL.tiiia Produco. adapted to tho

fivi4f e!re viaiiinf theo talanda for recrutta;be .arpUd on reeaonable terma for

-- B;4i.f Cuba nre on Kofi and. Franco or

'laHta;e.m Hb44 mtruatad to baa care will be prompt

Mflta. ""y0,y

lli:5(iA1ll!l PITMAN,ELEK IN SHIP CHANDLERY,

f4l fetvhandiae and Hawaiian Produce,"tlty. I Mo Hawaii, kaa ronatanilyoa hand

. 4!", a froaral aeriient of Menhandiae. It r4iiifd by ahalipa touching at theao

a (4 (9t racftxia.ir f Maney adanrad on liberal terma for Billa

' Lfktaja on tho L-i- ted Atatea, Loiann anaI ii. mv JOly

luwuin pRonrc i:.'ONsTAXTLYon had and for by

iHa '.Til4r 4 44Mrl 4nrlm(nl of Ha4ft Prv4a, rnntfiinj of ('"ITr, Sugar, Mo.

-. '!. M.m.ki Kpi. Pallor Moa, CoatLiwa. Lm4iute, Coral Stono,

l.(u.re at the (ttrrnmrrt Storo !!oie or of:. j J. I'll KOI.

If. WILLIAM CO.,I MCOKTI'.Rsof Amtriritn and European

wilt ka rnaianOy on hand a general'i4M af ,Kan4iaw adapted to the markata' (JX"a. California and th Hawaiian lalanda. A

''el anniaai of Ship Chandlery and Proi-ai-d

bv whaler loorhmg at thia poft foraa baad, wbwh wil bo aupplied on liberalraak. or Blla ot Lichan'e. any 30 1 y

r. Roinit;ri:z viuaw ILL kep conatatitljr on hand a general

Mfni.l m.f Si. .a ri.andler. PrOVIHO"". kt.firad far whal ehipe touching at thia

a rrcraHa; and will ettppW item at tho 10"- -

"ttket prtcee fur raahr Hilla of ticnanr.iad Suiaa. CngUttd and Franro. myzoiy

EVP. RETT ak ( ()..PHITEKS. will kep constantly on hand

ta aaMctasant of Enalaah, krawch and Aanorstno'',ti. atitabU fa rr(on. California and tbewo

mb. whrsi will bo a4d al low prtcoo myJiJJ. J. CARAN AVE

0r KRS for sale on liberal terma, Bicuit,Bf. Paik. aUeet foMr. Copper Nsils.CutWrMti.i Null, aad a aaaral aaaort.ltent Ot

Ck.ad (fT. twrtoty

rOR KALE.1XK RIU.S OK EXCHANGE ForwhaUr sad Merchants for aU at tho Plyo--Ofhta aij2t

BUSINESSCARDS.POLYX 'JJjfJJjOFFICE.

Plain anb ianni Book anb lob printingaCCH AlPamphleta. Shop Bills,Catalogaea. Bills of Exchange,Clrralara. Bills of Ladiaf,llaadbHU. Coasalar Blaaks,nill Ileada, is lank Deeds,VISITING, BUSINESS AND ADDRESS CARDS

r.awuteq wit n neaiqe and drapatch.on lilral terma.S. H. WILLIAMS &. CO,

Ctnrral trommfssCon iarrtljanta,a. If. n iiLUat. 1

J. F. B. M AaaHALL, I

W. Bam, f Havailas IsLAxaa.n- - r . ssow.

Eachaoge on the United Siaies and Europe, taken onthe moat fa roraMe terms.

EVERETT & CO,Stnrral trommissfon ltrct)ant,J aa JJ ( HONOLULU, OAHC, H. I.

IV Money aHvaiK-e- on favorahle terma for Bills ofEschawge on the United Slates, Fnflaad and France.

SXASEE. ANTIIOri & CO.,Cosaaaiaaioa Merchaats it hhin Chaadlers.

HONOLULU, OAUU. H. I.JMce Makcr, 3

J. A. Atno!. V Hawaiian Islakps.Ci. Uaawaa ?o. J

llr Shipa aupplied with Refreahmeota, Provisions. &c..at the ahortevt notice, na rraaonatle terms.

N. B. Wanted tveramcnt or whalers I. ills oq the C.S. or t'.urcpc, for which inoury will te ad r a need on fav--orahle terma.

s. & n. oniMEs,(farntral Commission IHcrtfjants,

HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO,

Waktkd Billa of Exchaare oa the United States,fcKland an.t I-- ranee, al the nual rates.

SA1YESIUG & CO,Bakers and Dealers ia China Goods,

HOSOLVLU, OAUU, U. I.Oa hand and for sale, Sugar, Molasses, Tea and Coffee.

Femilie and Ships supplied with Bread, &c.

J. WYDLER,SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,

HONOLULU, OAHU.Tr"9parent Window Shadea aad Oroatnental Painting

tsecutPd with neatueas anl despalcn.(Order to be left al the Store of Mr. C. S. Bartow.)

O. W. VINCENT,HOUSE CARPENTER AND JOINER,

HONOLULU. OAHU. II. I.Building and Joinii executed at short notice on the

mot reaoonable terms.

ISRAEL H. WRIGHT,FAINTER, GILDER AND GLAZIER,

HONOLULU. OAHU. II. I..Will execute with neatnea aud despatch. House, Sign,

Cna b. Niiipand Oruantemal raintina;.

NICHOLSON & HENDERSON,XSH ir iti si lu U aa. a. a co a as

( Ettebluh mtnt oppmiU the Seamen' Chapel,)IKIMH.LLC.OAHU.U. I.

A large assortinrniol Broadcloths, Casimeres, Vesting,CaLnier and l.Hien Pnllinif., eonsiantltr lor aaie.

tiarments made at abort notice, in latest fahna.J0HN-JrCARAN-

AVE,

IMPORTER OF EUROPEAN GOODS,ISO DEALER IN

Ship Chaadlery aad General Merchandise,HONOLULU, OAUU, n. I.

( At the store formerly occupied ty b.. ti. U. Unnies.j

HUSH, MAKKE & CO,nriLCII IJ

Ship Chaadlery and General Merchandise,LAHAINA, MAUI.

Shipa supplied with recruits at the lowest market pricesrmy advanced on reaorab!e tern s for Bills ofEx'hanfe on the United States and Europe

R0DRIGUEZ y1DAnrtLtl If

SHIP CHANDLERY AND PROVISIONS,iriiviir I'l.tT. O.tHU. H. I.

Kh.n atmriied wi.h recrtnt at ihe lowe- -l market pricefor Cah or BiUe on the UnitedSiates or Europe.

JAMES CAMPBELL,

HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I.

Coasuaily ou hand, a large asortmcnt of Broaxkloths,Uasi"neres and Vesting.

ISAAC MONTGOMERY,DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,

HONOLULU. OAHU, H. I.Ships aupplied writh Stock at theshortest notice.

CTrrLAPRENZ Sl C0-- ,

C. F. Latum.) hqXOLULV, OAHU, U IJ fU Poli.hwi executed in the heM manner. JJ. O. SPALDIMU,

(Crntrat trommtsston iHtrcant,HONOLULU. OAHU, H.I.

c. S. BARTOW,DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,

HONOLULU, OJifUJLLAUSTIN 8l BACLE,

DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE,

HONOLULU, OAHU, H. L

WOOD & PARSE,CABINET MAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS,

HONOLULU. OAHC. H. 1.

r7"W. THOMPSON,- rm nn TTijy 03 Q iX i- -J --J "

HONOLULU, OAHU, H. L

"JOHN BEATTT,TIN AND COPPERSMITH,

HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I.

ZENAS BENT & CO.,imi'SE CARPENTERS AND JoInERS.

Jams7,IU

MackcaICMT,

HONOLULU, OAHU, H. L

lixo. Pattso' KELLY k GOULD,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.Wat. II. Ksttr. ) TAH1TL Soc Is.Gso. H. Ooclb, S .

WARD Sl SMITH,-- w a araa 1. --s Tvsa tt

General Comasiwio ."ai. -oi a. nn

Ka Wabd.I SAN FRANCISCO.W. M. Swith.

D. P. PEN HALLOW,H3 or as 03. arco 3a aa aa a

HONOLtTLP. 0Ht7. H. I- -

(On tho Quay, BejtoMrhet Wharf.)

a7w. parsons,Attoraey at Law and Solicitor in Chancery,

Prompt attrnijrta''1'1 nt yle' Bi"

" J. MADISON STEELE,ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

LAH UNA. M AUI, H. I.fOffice mi the Police Court. Hale Ptula.)

jr. W. H. HAUWAUi,Attorney at Law and Solicitor,

HONOLULU. OAl'U, ILLfOflice in the Honolnla House.)

- m m mw m T T2X afikAUAM'

BARBER AND HUB DRESSER.HONOLULU. OAHU, H. I. .

l?hoj. aet dw W lbs Cantoo Hotel )

HONOLULU, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1848.ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

We copy the following recommendationsto guide passengers in crossing the Isthmusfrom Chagres, written by an English trav-eler, from the Neighbor of Valparaiso:

Arrived at Chagres, cet your lu??a?epassed at the custom house, and proceed upthe river as soon as possible; before start-ing, however, see that the 'Toldo, or awn-ing of your canoe, is in good order, and cov-ered with tarpauling; see also that the bot-tom of the canoe is properly 'dunaged,' thatis, laid with long strips ofwood, to keep yourluggage or bed from getting wet, should itrain, or the canoe leak, during your passageup me river to unices.

Provide a mattress and bolster to spreadunder the awning of your canoe; you willfind them useful to sleep upon at night, andrecline on during the day.

Stow your luggage in such a manner as tokeep the ends of your awning open; you willthus preserve a free circulation of air, andfind the temperature less oppressive.

Your canoe-me- n will often be inclined tostop; you must object, however, to their do-

ing so; give them time to breakfast; theywill afterwards eat something probably dur-ing the day, in their canoe, and dine or supwhen you stop for the night.

It is advised that you sleep in your canoe;should you, however, decide upon passingthe night in one of the huts which are to befound on the banks of the river Chagres,you must provide yourself with a hammock,either at Carthagenia, or at Chagres; theyare to be bought at from four to eight dollarseach. Hammocks are used throughout SouthAmerica.

Ask the steward of the steamer which conveys you to Chagres, to prepare a basket ofprovisions sufficient to serve you for threedays; include roast fowls or ducks, boiledtongue or ham; bread, biscuit, cheese, but--

ter, salt, tea, sugar, sherry, pale ale, and asmall bottle of brandy.

Buy at any tinman's shop a small machineusually called an 'Etna;' provide yourselfalso with a couple of soda water, or otherstrong bottles, full of spirits of wine, a smallquantity of which, set alight in your 'Etna,'will boil water enough to make you two cupsof tea, the most refreshing thing possible,after a long and fatiguing day's journey;your 'Etna, too, will serve to boil eggs in.

Have in vour Drovision box or basket, acorkscrew, half a dozen wax candles, a lanthorn, a tin box of lucifer matches, and i

few towels. Tin mugs are the best to drinkout of, as they do not break.

The water of the river Chagres, a fewmiles above the bar, is fresh, clear, andagreeable to drink. Do not be tempted tobathe, however, on any account, the under-current being very strong and dangerous,and the risk from alligators (with which theriver abounds, considerable.

Ifyour store of provisions fail you, fowlsand eggs are to be procured; milk too mayrenrral v be Durchased in tho morning, ate J rmost of the ranchos or huls on the river;your canoe-me- n will shew you where.

Efforts will be made to induce you to stopat Gorgona, and not proceed to Cruces; donot be prevailed on however, but continue toCruces: the road thence to ranama beingshorter and better than that from GorgonaThe writer of this memorandum has travelledby both of them, and speaks, therefore, fromexperience. In the rainy season the Gorgona road is impassable; the Cruces track,however, is available all theyear; it is morestony, and in that respect less pleasant totravel nnon than the Gorzona road; in all

other respects, however, it is far superior.Tarpauling covers should be fitted to your

portmanteau and other luggage, neiore youleave England or your clothes will probably--et soaked through with rain water. A European, unused to the climate of the Isthmusof Panama, can have no idea of the torrentsof rain which fall there. The writer hasfound a light oil-si- lk cloak of great use in

that country. Arrived at Panama, proceedat once to the custom house with your lug--ape. and have it examined and passed;then take up your quarters at the Posada del

Istmo till the packet sails.Tobacco is an article of strict monopoly

in the Republic of.New Grenada, and if Ha- -

a a ia a

vnna naars are taken there, they will oe"J--

seized. Should you desire to smoke, buyAmbalema cigars at Carthagenia; they areallowed to pass, paying duty; are cheap,moreover, and made of good tobacco.

As nersons traveling in the Isthmus ofPanama usually proceed on their journies atdav-brea- k, it is advisable that they eat anadrink somelhing before, or when they start.A little bread or biscuit, for instance, ando.m nf ipb. or a plass of wine to fortify thestomach asrainst "the raw fog which generallyDrevails in the morning; drams are bad, andouuht not to be indulged in. Nevertheless,you should not be without a little good bran-

dy, but use it very sparingly, and much di

luted. .

Never travel in your canoe on the Cha- --- res at niffht. if you can avoid it; the riverr" ". a io. a.abounds with rapids, trunKS oi irees, .c,

,k;-- h romlcr trifl nassape tiD or down theWUIVU a a -- - j-- -,

stream dangerous after dark.

Sheep-shearin- g. The editor of the Nan

tucket Inquirer in announcing the annual

sheep-sheari- ng indulges in the following re

marks:ciiorohprin- - !a nut what it used to be

in the days of our grandfathers, when nearlyevery body who was ame io own any lumpwas an owner of sheep and commons, and

,k-- n "nmnrietors meeting" stood almostKv aife in imnortance with the annual

town meeting. Those were the days for theL -- ara nf tfnt. Our grandmothers tell

glowing stories about large dinner parties on

the shearing groundmade up, some of

young men and maidens, and others of the

very dons of the town which were bounti-

fully supplied by the tent-keepe- rs and at

bountiful prices we presume with all sorts

of luxuries, incjuaing, oi course, wt, u

fourth proof and old port, for W ashmgtom

t r t - ri ?' ''- ; , i . t .

anism bad not been thought of; they tell us,too and how pleasantly their venerablecountenances light up, as they go back inimagination to those delightful old timesthat at every private pen a most abundantdinner provided on the last shearing day, toassist in eating which, the brothers and sisters, and uncles and aunts, and cousins andnephews and nieces of the owner, were invited, without a word being said, at precisely 12 o'clock. And, as fifty years ago, everybody at Nantucket was at least every otherbody's cousin, and to dine at "shearing"was considered to be almost as necessary asto dine at all, there was, of course, if theweather was pleasant, a great gathering ofyoung and old at the pens a regular rusticjubilee.

In the afternoon there were tea parties.The patriarchs of the town held open houses,and children, and grand-childre- n, and great-grand-childr- en,

assembled under the familyroof, as they used to in other parts of WewEngland and perhaps do now on thanksgiving day. These family shearing gather-ings had not entirely gone out of date whenwe were a boy. JSereral of them, at ourworthy grandfather's, we remember well.By three o'clock all the sedate fathers andmothers were there, and toward tea time thejuveniles began to pour in by the dozen.right from the shearing ground, hot, wild andfull of fun. At six the eating began. A longtable, stretching the entire length of thelong, old fashioned kitchen , was always load-

ed for our grandmother was a most bountiful provider with genuine, old school lu-xuriescold roast mutton, ham, stewed driedapples, excellent white and brown bread,wonders, doughnuts, &.C. enough to feed aregiment of hungry men the better part of aweek. The small fry never sat down to thefirst table; but they always managed to farethe better for that.

The doors and windows were all thrown. .a .it .a a 1

open, and alter tea, tin tne twiiigni Degan iodarken into night, plainly clad women forwe were nearly all friends in those daysmight be seen seated at every window, talk- -lug and knitting with equal and commendableindustry; while their husbands were standing in knots, on the steps, in the yard of thegarden calculating the weight of the clip,the chances of a good crop of hay, &c. andthe boys and girls, forgetting that the holtdays were about over, were racing and chasing through the house, enjoying themselvesas thoughtless children only can, and for thetime about emancipated from all parentacontrol. By nine o'clock parents and children were in bed; and as the latter creptslowiy to school in the morning, they busiedthemselves in calculating how many weeksmust pass before there would be anothershearing. So much of the old fashionedshearing we remember, but even that hasnow passed away, as refinement has progressed, and the sheep interest becomes,year by year, of less and less general importance.

The boys and girls, however, still insistupon enjoying themselves at shearing time,and, as their papas and mammas are willingto give them all the assistance in their power, they are and we rejoice that it is soto a reasonable degree successful. There isfour days' vacation, books and tasks are forthe time safely locked up in the schoolhouse, and almost every thing in the shapeof a horse and carriage is employed, frommorning till night, in transporting little boysand girls to and from the shearing pen. Itdoes one's heart good to see the dear creatures, dressed in their gayest and prettiest,laughing and joking as if they were never toknow care or trouble in the world, and every one jingling complacently the five or sixcoppers with which his pocket is furnished tobuy lots of buns and boiled eggs. Heavenbless the little ones! Whoever they are, theyscatter sunshine around them; without ihedear plagues, life would hardly be worthhaving.

Yocth. How delightful dost thou revelin the full flow of nature's bounteous stream,swelling to expected perfection ! To the pre-

sent feeling of enjoyment and to the unbound-ed anticipation of future bliss, how open isyouth ! How full of delight and how beauteous in infancy, although, like the earlyblossom of spring, it feels the chills that itsnature is heir to. V e press the elastickmuscle, full and soft, of the healthful child,and pass our fingers through the giossy curls,and fondly pinch the rosy, dimpled cheek,and gaze in the laughing eyes, and expresswith enthusiasm our admiration ol the prom-ise nature gives of it; future perfection weknow not what but we feel and know thatwe love youth, even in its imbecility. As itapproaches to and attains maturity, how ad-

mirable, how lovely is youth in its pristinepurity ; Though man may not measure thepower of God by his own weakness, he may,and must, love youth, beauty and purity;and while such love is active in him, he mustadore his infinitely good Creator.

Editors. We know no class of the com-

munity from whom so much disinterested be-

nevolence and thankless labor are expectedas from editors of newspapers. They areexpected to feel for every one but themselves;to correct public abuses, and private onesalso, without giving offence; to sustain thedifficulties ofothers, without regard to theirown; to condemn improper measures in oneand no one at the same time. They are ex-

pected to note all that is important or ex-

traordinary; and notwithstanding the diver-

sity of men's opinions, their notice must becalculated to please every one and at thesame time offend no one. Dr. Johnson.

Profcxditt. Profundity of thought isgenerally purchased at the expense ef versa-

tility. To be very profound, it is necessarythat the intellectual eye be fixed, for a longtime, on one continuous series of operations;to be versatile, the mind must glance fromsabject to subject, and brood over none.Profundity pluuges to the depths, while ver-

satility skims the surface, of the sea of specu-lation ; while the former is going down, thelatter is sporting onward on easy wing.

The Dress-make- r. Let us 'take a single victim;' let us present the London dressmaker s girl but a year in her teens, compelled, it may be, to aid in the support ofyounger brothers and sisters. How manybleak, savage winter mornings does she rise,and, with half-froz- en fingers, put on herscanty clothes all insufficient to guard hershrinking limbs from the frost, the wind andram and, with noiseless feet, that she maynot disturb 'any of the lodgers,' creep downthree pair of stairs, and, at six o'clock, pickner timid way through mud, and cold, anddarkness, to the distant 'work room?' Poor,gentle thing! now, hurrying on, fearingthat she is five minutes too late, and nowpausing, and creeping into a door-wa- v, tolet some staggering drunkard pass, roaringand reeling home. It may be, too, that thislittle creature was born in the lap of comfort was the pet, the hope of a firesidewas the darling of a circle the child ofcompetence, of luxury. Death, however,has taken her father the sole prop and stayof a house of plenty ; and the widow, afterstruggling . from year to year, has passedfrom bad to worse: and now, with four childrenour little dress-make- r's girl the eldest

pines in a three-pa- ir back room, whence,every morning, our young heroine, with apatience and a pensive sweetness the giftsot early adversity sallies forth to unremitting toil.

Gentle reader is this a false picture? Isthis a colored thing, tricked out to cc?.ensensibility? the creation of a florid storywriter the flimsy heroine of a foolish novel?Oh, no! do not think it; at this moment,hundreds of the fairest and the mostdelicate human buds of creatures who, bornin the regions of May Fair, had been painted, and their portraits scattered through theempire, as very triumphs of 'the excellinghand of nature' work twelve, fourteen, six-

teen hours per day for what? For justenough to prove how very little human na-

ture may exist upon. To proceed.Our little dress-mak- er has arrived at the

'work room.' After two or three hours shetakes her bread and butter, and warm adul-terated water, denominated tea. Breakfasthurriedly ovtr, she works, under the rigid,scrutinizing eye of a task-mistre- ss, &ome fourhours more; and then proceeds to the important work of dinner. A scanty slice ofmeat perhaps an egg i9 produced fromher basket; she dines, and sews again tillfive. Then comes again the fluid of themorning, and again, the needle until eight.Hark! yes, that's eight now striking.' Thank heaven! thinks our heroine, as sherises to put by her work, 'the task for theday is done!'

At this moment a thundering knock isheard at the door. 'The duchess of Daffo-dils must have her robe by four

Again the dressmaker's apprentice is madeto take her place again she resumes herthread and needle; and, perhaps, the clockis 'beating one' as she again, jaded and halfdead with work, creeps to her lodgings, andgoes to bed, still haunted with the thoughtthat as 'the work is very back,' she must beup by five

Beautiful, and very beautiful, are thedresses of a drawing-roo- m! Surpassingly de-

lightful, as minutely described in the columnsof the Morning Herald and the MorningPost! To the rapt imagination they seemwoven of 'Iris' woof;' or things manufactur-ed by the Fairy Queen, and her maids o.honor; yet may imagination, if it will, see inthe trappings the work of penury, of patientsuffering, and scantily rewarded toil. Howmany sighs from modest humble worth havebeen breathed upon that lace! How muchof the heart-ach- e has gone to the sewing ofthat flounce! 'AH the beauty of the king-dom,' says the Court Chronicler for thethousandth time, 'was at her majesty's drawing-r-

oom!' What! all the beauty in bro-

cade, in satins, and in velvets! Is none leftfor humble gingham none for homespunstuff? Oh, yes! beauty that has growu paleat midnight, that wealthy beauty might shinewith richer lustre the next court-day- !. Beau-

ty that has pined and withered in a garret,that sister-beaut- y might be more beautiful in

a carriage!Can there be a more forlorn, more pitia-

ble condition than that of the daily seam-

stress, growing old and lonely on the wagesof her ill-pa- id craft. Follow her to her room

the topmost nook of some old, gloomyhouse, in some gloomy court; survey theabode of penury, striving with a stoutness ofheart, of which the world knows nothing, toput a bright face upon want; to smile withpatience on the greatest, as on the pettiestprivations. This is the dressmaker, longsince past her girlhood; the seamstress, nolonger out-star- ed in the street followed forher beauty flattered lied to; tempted withease and luxury, when her own home offersnothing but indigence and hardest labor.This is not the young, blushing creature.walking in London streets, her path full ofpitfalls; the lawful prey ot selhsb vice thewatched-fo- r prize of mercenary infamy.No; she has escaped all these snares; shehas, in the innocenee and constancy of herheart, triumphed over the seductions of plea-

sure; has, " with the wings of a dove," es-

caped the net spread for her by fiendswith the faces of women. She has wastedthe light-heartedn- of her childhood, andthe bloom of her youth, in daily, nightly toil;and arrived at middle age, she is still theworking sempstress the lonely, faded spin-

ster the human animal vegetating on twoshillings ner diem. Is not this the fate ofthousands in this our glorious metropolis ?

Among many of the most annoying trialsof life, the trial of a new dress by a way-

ward, aristocratic customer, or what is in-

finitely worse, by purse-prou- d ignorance, isnot the least to the poor dressmaker's girl,who may be commissioned to take the gar-rae-ot

home. If there be a failing in aflounce, the slightest error ia a sleeve, if acuff be a hair's breadth too broad, orthread too narrow, down will come a showrer of hard words-ran-d that, sometimes fromthe prettiest, and seemingly the meekest ofmouths about Ihe astounded neaa oi tne

IKo. &dress-make- r, who with helpless looks for theomission of others, or, what is equally likelytor the forgetluiness or new whim of thelady herself, stands silent and abashed; orflutteringly hesitates aa excuse, or promisesinstant amendment. Such promise, however,for the time, only increases the storm; nntifthe culprit finds that silence is the best de-

fence, and she is at length ordered " to takethe thing away," and, if she please, " tothrow it on the fire !"

Now, ere we proceed, will all our ladyreaders put their fair white hands upon theirgentle hearts, ' and, with unblushing fuces,declare that never, at anytime of their lives,did such a scene as that above describedpass between them and the dress-make- r; theinnocent scape-go- at of the faults and thecaprice of the employers and the employed ?

' We pause for a reply." Doug. Jerrold.

A CHAPTER OS ETES, Lirs, CHEEKS, ETC.Lips are delicious things, certainly saysan English writer blessings of many agreea-ble concomitants, such as smiles, swtotwords, and those tly ap-preciated intensities denominated kisses.They are emotion's dwelling-plac- e, and pas-sion's their breathing giveth vitality to af-fections of all sorts, a friend's, a parent's,sister's, a brother's, a lover's, a mistress'.Eternal praise to li , therefore, to lips ingeneral, and especially to the couple wehold dearest. Chet ks are equally divine- -be

they the unsopl tsticated ruddy ones ofthe early-walki- ng ir ilkmaid, or the more softand sweeter-hue- d cheeks of one of Beauty'smore fanciful hand-maiden- s. Excessively tobe wished-to-be-kiss- ed are checks. Chins,which lovers in novels, bv the way, very seldom appear to think about, chins are beau-tiful things, and generally have more expres-sion in them than we are inclined to givethem credit for possessing. If our readersare inclined to differ with us, we beg themto remember Lady 's chin, with thedimple on one side of it that warm littlecradle in which Cupid seems smiling and re-

posing, or frolicking in all the merriment ofhis little godship's quicksilver fancy. It isa very curious thing, we beg leave to ob-

serve, that chins are the only things whichLove pinches. Cheeks, lips, foreheads, andeyes, Love iiiici but, if he takes a fancyto a chin, it is very remarkable that lieevinces his regard for it by taking it betweenhis fingers, pinching it, and thus shaking itup and down. Thin, however, is strictly di-

gressive. Foreheads are glorious things-Intel- lect's

titlepagcs. Written oa them arethe name and nature of the human bookswhich lie within them. They are, withal,of themselves, most beautiful, in form god-

like. Of noses it U impossible to speak sodefinitely, seeing that they differ. The wordnose, indeed, conjures up no abstract image.What nose, is the mind's instant inquiry.Aquiline ? Snub ? Roman ! Heavenward,alias turn-u- p ? Large, or small ? Euro-pean Cupid appears to hold a nose in verylittle estimation; entertaining the opinion,as he perhaps does, that it was only givenus to make up the face jut as an artist,when he perceives that his design wantssomething or another, and yet cannot defi-

nitely decide what it is he puts a tempkj ora large tree in the middle of it to make upthe picture. Teeth, especially when thelips that cover them nften fmile, are beauti-ful things and ears, most especially whenit is not denied ns to whisper into iheni, aremeritorious: but, readtr, are not eyes Ihefinest things Nature ever devised. Kjes !

we believe everybody knows and feel lhatthey are so. They are the only things whichalways talk Io us. Lips are often silent, butamong other agreeable characteristics, areperpetually social. Neither t thir com-

panionship with us to be impeded with facili-

ty. The most watchful of petite tunvrdia)

guardians or fathers cannot disturb the ocu-lar communion but by the mo! unjuMitiablemeans. There we sat, at the thtulre theother night, in the dress circle, O. P., withthe Lady ( D., on the P. S. the whole pitwas between us, we were in the company ofsome thousnnds, and yet, by the assistanceof our opera-glasse- s, notwithstanding shrwas supported by her father and mother, wemanaged to carry on as pretty and pleasantconversation, as though we were within halfa yard of each other. If all tutor had a

much command over their pupil. as loverhave, what a learned and worthy nation weshould b. The latter, however, are neverfrom under the lash, which pcihaps, arcrmntafor their obr dience. And r with this pierof wilful jocosity let us end thi most briefebullition of innocent volatility.

The dancers or ctstmi izi.x.. "Thetraveller must not geneialize on the spot,however true may be his apprehension how-

ever firm his grasp, of one or more facts.A raw English traveller in China was en-

tertained bv a hobt who was intoxicated,. andU . I . .!- -! a.flli!ilA! , m in.iiL4tifUU3IC9B 41 u i mm ,;-- -. ....--.-..- -

ly made a note of the fact that all men inChina were drunkards, and all the womenred-haire- d. A raw Chinese traveller inEngland was lauded by a Thames water-man who had a wooden leg. The Mi angersaw that the wooden leg was used to alandin the wator with, while the other was highand dry. The apparent economy .f the factstruck the Chinese; he saw io it Mrung evi-

dence of design, and wrote li"me that inEngland one-legg- ed un are kept for watei-me- n,

to the saving of all injury to health,shoe, and stocking, from standing in theriver. These anecdotes exhibit but a slightexaggeration wf the gene tabling tendencies)of many r.odcrn travellers. They are notso much worse than some rec-o- t tourist'tales, as they are better than the old rirratives of men whose heads grow beneath.

Political Prcdejce.- -- Wise men saynothing in dangerous times. The lion cal-

led the sbeep to ask her if his breath smell;she said "Aye," and he hit off her head fora fool. He called ihe wolf, and asked bim.Ha said " No," and he tore him to piecefor a flatterer. At lat he called for the fox.and asked him. "Truly," said he, "(have got a cold, and cannot smtTl."