MAYOR JONES; 
 
 OR, 
 
 MY CIGAR. 
 
 TOO MUCH TRUTH FOR A NOVEL. 
 
 'As antidote against all care, 
 Give me, ye gods, a good cigar." 
 
 BY 
 
 AMICUS DEGOHIS. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 PUBLISHED BY M. W. DODD, 
 
 BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL, OPPOSITE THE CITY HALL. 
 
 1846. 
 
ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by 
 M. W. D O DD, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, 
 for the Southern District of New York. 
 
MAYOR JONES j OR, MY CIGAR, 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 ON BOARD THE HENDRICK HUDSON. 
 
 " WELL, William, I have thrown away my 
 cigar," said James Carnaham, as he took his 
 seat beside William Devereaux on the prome 
 nade deck of the Hendrick Hudson, just then 
 on the point of starting for Albany; " I have 
 quit the use of tobacco forever" 
 
 " Indeed ! Since man has harnessed the 
 steam and chained the lightning, I ought not 
 to be surprised that some enthusiast has curbed 
 your smoking propensity; but really, James, 
 1 should be no more surprised to hear that Ve 
 suvius had gone out, or that they were plant 
 ing corn in the crater of Etna, or, what is 
 more yet, that you had forsaken your charm 
 ing Adelaide. This may date a new era in 
 the tobacco reform." *' 
 
 " This is a world of strange events, but one 
 of the strangest of all is that men should be 
 come addicted to that vile habit of using to 
 bacco. I have long thought it a most filthy 
 
ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by 
 M. W. D O DD, 
 
 In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, 
 for the Southern District of New York. 
 
MAYOR JONES; OR, MY CIGAR, 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 ON BOARD THE HENDRICK HUDSON. 
 
 " WELL, William, I have thrown away my 
 cigar," said James Carnaham, as he took his 
 seat beside William Devereaux on the prome 
 nade deck of the Hendrick Hudson, just then 
 on the point of starting for Albany; " I have 
 quit the use of tobacco forever" 
 
 " Indeed ! Since man has harnessed the 
 steam and chained the lightning, I ought not 
 to be surprised that some enthusiast has curbed 
 your smoking propensity; but really, James, 
 1 should be no more surprised to hear that Ve 
 suvius had gone out, or that they were plant 
 ing corn in the crater of Etna, or, what is 
 more yet, that you had forsaken your charm 
 ing Adelaide. This may date a new era in 
 the tobacco reform." * 
 
 " This is a world of strange events, but one 
 of the strangest of all is that men should be 
 come addicted to that vile habit of vising to 
 bacco. I have long thought it a most filthy 
 
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 practice, but had not decision enough to forsake 
 it. and, to tell you the truth," said he, speak 
 ing in a lower tone, " I was afraid my Adelaide 
 would forsake me, if I did not quit a practice 
 which I knew was offensive to her." 
 
 " You bring strange things to my ears. 
 Pray tell me how all this is." 
 
 " I was standing on the steps of the Astor 
 House this morning, conversing with my friend 
 Mr. Packenham, when a gentleman with two 
 beautiful young ladies passed in a splendid 
 carriage, and as the gentleman and my friend 
 gave each other the familiar tokens of recog 
 nition, I enquired concerning him." 
 
 " i If you have no business that calls for your 
 immediate attention,' said h.e, ' if you will 
 step into my room I will give you a sketch of 
 his history. Will you go along with us?' said 
 he, turning to two or three other gentlemen. 
 
 " After having seated myself by an open 
 window, that I might enjoy my regalia, 'he 
 began. { As I perceive you are immoderately 
 attached to the cigar,' said he, turning to me, 
 4 1 am desirous of showing you how great a 
 matter that little fire of your cigar may kin 
 dle. 7 
 
 That gentleman, who just passed with his 
 daughters, is the Hon. Mr. Jones, a mayor of 
 one of our eastern cities. About thirty-five 
 years ago, Mr. Jones and five other young 
 men, including myself, were spending an eve 
 ning together. Some fine cigars were intro- 
 
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 duced, and I was invited to participate in the 
 pleasure of smoking, but as my observation on 
 the use of tobacco had convinced me that it 
 was not only a useless, but also an expensive 
 and injurious article, and as I had abandoned 
 it myself, I took the liberty of making some 
 remarks on its deleterious properties and influ 
 ence. When I had concluded, Jones took his 
 cigar from his mouth and threw it into the 
 bright coal fire ; it was the month of Janu 
 ary. " There goes my cigar," said he ; " good 
 or bad, 1 never more will use that vile weed. 
 Such have been my convictions respecting it 
 for a considerable length of time that I only 
 needed something to fortify me, in order to 
 break from it forever." The other young gen 
 tlemen, Prosper Horton, Artemon Wells, Pronto 
 Saunders and Evander Walch laughed hear 
 tily at the decision of Jones, puffed away and 
 said that they were not prepared to cut ac 
 quaintance with so good a friend, without the 
 most substantial evidence against it. They 
 did not dispute my word, they said, but they 
 had known many of the most respectable 
 men, who had used it from their youth, and 
 to them it was certainly a great source of in 
 nocent enjoyment. 
 
 Let us now glance at the history of these 
 men. Two of them are dead and" three are 
 still living. You will perceive that tobacco 
 forms an important article in their history, and 
 its use has tended very much to make the dif 
 ference between them. We were, all of us. 
 
O MAYOR JONES ] OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 at the time of which I am speaking, about 
 twenty years of age. The circumstances I 
 am about to relate, I am persuaded are not of 
 rare occurrence. The only reason that so 
 many incidents in relation to it are gathered 
 in so small a compass of history, is that I have 
 been an attentive observer of the influence of 
 tobacco upon the bodies and minds of men for 
 a considerable term of years. Whenever the 
 attention of community in general is turned 
 to it, with equal interest, its use will cease to 
 be regarded as beneficial or harmless. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 AUGUSTUS JONES was the son of respectable 
 but poor parents. His father had been doing 
 a good business and in comfortable circum 
 stances, but unexpected events, utterly beyond 
 his control, had exceedingly reduced him, 
 when Augustus was but a youth. He received 
 such an education as could be obtained at an 
 excellent district school ; and, at the age of 
 fourteen was put to a trade. At this early 
 period he was noted for an amiable disposition, 
 untiring industry, and a remarkable prompt 
 ness in all his decisions and actions. He had 
 just finished his apprenticeship, at the time of 
 which I am speaking, having secured the es 
 teem and affection of the worthy gentleman 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 7 
 
 with whom he had served his time, and was 
 about commencing business in his own name. 
 
 It has often been observed that circum 
 stances make men, but it is equally true that 
 some men make circumstances, and of the 
 two, the latter are the presiding spirits of the 
 age in which they live. They are their own 
 artificers, and impress their spirit and charac 
 ter upon a large circle of the community. 
 They are independent of circumstances, and 
 live, and rise, and exercise an influence above 
 them and in opposition to them. For what 
 they are, they are indebted to no fortuitous 
 and happy event. Like Napoleon, who dis 
 dained to receive from the hands of another 
 a crown which his own daring spirit had 
 wrought for himself, these men originate the 
 events which distinguish their times. They 
 give a lustre to events instead of receiving it 
 from them. Under any times they would be 
 distinguished, and work their way to fame 
 and wealth. 
 
 The circumstances under which Mr. Jones 
 commenced his course were anything but en 
 couraging. But he was above them. He 
 had a spirit within him which never cowered 
 in difficulty, and could smile at a storm. The 
 increasing infirmities and reduced circum 
 stances of his parents made it necessary that 
 he should assist them, and these demands, 
 thus early upon his enterprise and resources, 
 which would have sunk the spirits and with 
 ered the energies of many, gave impulse and 
 
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 courage to him. To his everlasting- honor 
 be it told, that by his untiring industry he 
 maintained them and the younger member? 
 of the family in comfortable and respectable 
 circumstances, making them equal sharers with 
 himself in all the blessings which a kind Pro 
 vidence showered in his path, until he at 
 tained, they more pleased than he. to his pre 
 sent state of unparalleled prosperity. A few 
 years since, his parents, after long enjoying 
 the affluence, but much more the character 
 and promise of their son, were gathered to the 
 " house appointed for all the living." 
 
 After carrying on the business of his trade 
 about five years, Mr. Jones went into the vil 
 lage of A . and opened a small country 
 
 store. He was not long 1 in obtaining the con- 
 fidence and respect of the whole community, 
 and did a moderate but profitable business. 
 After residing here about two years, an inci 
 dent occurred that ought to be noted. His 
 business* had so very considerably increased 
 that he needed and procured the services of a 
 competent clerk. He was a capable and wor 
 thy young man, with the exception that he 
 was an inveterate smoker. As soon as Mr. 
 Jones perceived this, he expostulated with him 
 on the evil of the practice, and besought him 
 to lay it aside. But his habit was too firmly 
 established to be broken up by sage advice. 
 Mr. Jones at length said to him, " I do not 
 wish to deprive you of any enjoyment, which 
 can be indulged with safety to you and my- 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 9 
 
 self. 'Tis but a few weeks since that a young 
 man in the State of Vermont lost his life by 
 the use of a cigar. He went into the base 
 ment room of a store, and, in searching for an 
 article, he took off the cover from a keg of 
 powder ; supposing it to be onion seed, he took 
 some in his hand, and while examining it, 
 with a cigar in his mouth, it took fire, which 
 communicated to the keg, and the whole mass 
 exploded with a noise like thunder, shattering 
 the building, and blowing the young man to 
 atoms. I shall be sorry to part with you, but 
 I cannot consent to your smoking about these 
 premises." In a few days the young man left 
 him, having procured a situation in the village 
 
 of B , about five miles distant. Some 
 
 weeks afterward, about eleven o'clock in the 
 evening, in the middle of July, a bright light 
 
 was seen in the direction of B . The 
 
 next morning tidings came that the store of 
 
 Mr. Fondu of B , was consumed, with 
 
 nearly all its contents, on neither of which was 
 there any insurance. That afternoon and 
 evening they had been unpacking some goods, 
 and a quantity of straw and paper lay on the 
 floor. It was satisfactorily ascertained that 
 this young clerk had thoughtlessly laid his 
 half-smoked cigar on the back counter, which 
 by some means was brushed on the floor, just 
 before the store was closed, and caused the 
 fire. You perceive, therefore, that in many 
 ways cigars are expensive things. 
 
 " It is certain," said Mr. Yeritas, one of the 
 
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 gentlemen present, " that smokers do often 
 unconsciously peril themselves and property. 
 A pedlar of powder told me, a few years since, 
 that he once ascended his wagon with a cigar 
 in his mouth. He felt his blood congeal with 
 fear as the thought of his danger occurred to 
 him. In the wagon, at the time, were about 
 five hundred pounds of powder. The owner 
 
 of a powder mill in Schaghticoke, a Mr. M , 
 
 was accustomed to use the pipe. His son, a 
 highly respectable gentleman, informed me that 
 his father once went into the mill with a pipe 
 in his mouth. As the workmen saw him en 
 ter, they silently but rapidly fled, fearing to 
 speak lest he might let his pipe fall, in the 
 trembling occasioned by the perception of his 
 danger. Perceiving the workmen flee, and 
 stand at a distance, he thought of his pipe. 
 Fearfully and cautiously covering the bowl 
 of his pipe with his hand, he withdrew, and, 
 if I remember right, from that moment he re 
 solved to use the pipe no more." 
 
 " Such instances of exposure and danger," 
 continued Mr. Packenham, " are frequent^ 
 though not frequently noticed." 
 
 There is often in the history of an indivi 
 dual a series f events so remarkable as to ap 
 pear marvellous, and created on purpose for 
 his special pleasure and behoof. They seem 
 adapted to his character, breaking out at short 
 intervals, and all together form a galaxy, 
 making his whole heaven luminous. But while 
 they seem to control the destiny of the man. 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 11 
 
 and appear like a concatenation of causes ne 
 cessarily producing happy and prosperous re 
 sults, it is really only the force of his own cha 
 racter that has inwove them into his history. 
 Other men of less energy and force may pass 
 similar incidents unnoticed, having no such 
 magnetic power as to connect them with them 
 selves. 
 
 In the summer of 1823, I visited Mr. Jones. 
 In the neighborhood back of the village where 
 he resided, was a deep ravine pursuing a ser 
 pentine course for several miles into the high 
 land, which extended west from the beautiful 
 Hudson. This was a place of frequent resort 
 for strangers from all parts of the country. 
 The scenery was varied, romantic, and beau 
 tiful. The ravine itself excited the admira 
 tion of all who visited it. It was only about 
 eleven rods wide in some parts, extending for 
 a mile, and then, again, it would branch out 
 into a beautiful meadow, embracing several 
 acres of rich soil, and the walls on either side, 
 for the most part, rose perpendicularly to a 
 height of from thirty to a hundred feet. In 
 the summer it was perfectly dry, but in the 
 spring, and during the heavy rains in the fall, 
 the water pouring into it from a large tract 6*f 
 the country, made it a deep and furious stream, 
 with water sufficient for half the mills of 
 Lowell. 
 
 In the afternoon, Mr. Jones and myself took 
 a walk to this place of public resort, to enjoy 
 the cooi shade of its high impervious rocks. 
 
12 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 We had advanced but a short distance from the 
 entrance before we saw Mr. Muir, a wealthy 
 
 gentleman of C , who, in passing through 
 
 the village with his daughter, an only child, 
 and two nephews, had stopped for a few hours 
 to visit this romantic spot. When we came 
 in sight of them, which was not far distant 
 from us, for the course of the ravine was so 
 serpentine that in but few spots could you see 
 more than twenty or thirty rods, in any direc 
 tion, except into the high heavens above, Mr. 
 Muir and his two nephews were studiously 
 examining the geological nature and structure 
 of its precipitous walls. Just at that moment, 
 our attention was arrested by a most angelic 
 voice from above. Unobserved by Mr. Muir 
 or his nephews, Charlotte, his daughter, obser 
 ving in a spot where the walls stooped, a 
 rough but freguented path which led to the 
 overhanging precipice, had ascended to the 
 highest point, and perching herself upon the 
 very edge of the cliff, held her bonnet by the 
 strings, and waving it to and fro over the ra 
 vine, began, in high glee, to sing a challenge 
 to her cousins. Jones, looking up, enraptured 
 at the sight of her beautiful form, her counte 
 nance glowing with delight, and her perfectly 
 musical voice, involuntarily exclaimed, at the 
 same time raising and extending his hands, " I 
 see an angel." Charlotte, not observing us, who 
 stood a little below the group upon which her 
 eyes were fixed, and thinking the remark pro 
 ceeded from one of her cousins, laughingly 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 13 
 
 answered, in tones which to me indeed sound 
 ed the sweetest of any I had ever heard, 
 
 " Oh ! I'm no angel No, not I ; 
 
 I'm but a woman true. 
 If you've seen spirits from on high, 
 Then I've seen less than you.' ; 
 
 As she concluded, she cast her eyes upon us, 
 and coloring deeply at the sight of strangers, 
 she stepped back, seeming, in the modest 
 gracefulness of her manner to apologize for 
 intruding upon the attention of any but her 
 familiar friends. At the same moment her 
 cousins hasted to assist her descent. Her form 
 was beautiful ; empyreal alabaster could not 
 exceed the purity and clearness of her com 
 plexion ; she was a little excited by the exer 
 cise of ascending the height, and her hair 
 hung in careless but graceful ringlets on her 
 shoulders. Indeed, she appeared like one de 
 scended from a higher and purer region. 
 
 Jones was smitten ; an arrow was lodged in 
 his heart ; a new sense seemed to be opened, 
 and he felt pleased and pained at the peculiar 
 sensation her presence had inspired. He stood 
 for ten minutes as if nailed to the spot, alter 
 nately looking up to the point where she had 
 stood, and then following with his eye every 
 path by which she might descend. The mo 
 ment she came in sight, a little distance higher 
 up the ravine, a boy came from the store, say 
 ing that a gentleman was wishing to see Mr. 
 Jones immediately. Reluctantly he left the 
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 spot, every ten rods pausing and looking back. 
 Then, after passing along a few minutes in 
 dead silence, he would say, " Packenham, did 
 you ever see so beautiful a creature?" He en 
 quired respecting the character and reputation 
 of Mr. Muir, and, on learning his wealth and 
 standing, he modestly rebuked down every 
 rising hope. 
 
 " It is not in man that walketh to direct his 
 steps." We often effect what we did not de 
 sign by our labors. In our journeyings and 
 transaction of business, we often fall upon 
 scenes, and form relations which we had not 
 anticipated, and we find ourselves encompassed 
 with difficulties by unexpected means, or those 
 which have existed disappear like the mists of 
 the morning. Notwithstanding the active 
 agency of man in working out his own desti 
 ny, the observation of every day may, to an 
 intelligent and observing mind, illustrate and 
 impress the ancient proverb, " The lot is cast 
 into the lap ; but the whole disposing thereof 
 is of the Lord." 
 
 In the fall of 1824, Mr. Jones had occasion 
 to pass through the village of D on busi 
 ness, where he stopped for the night. About 
 midnight, the cry of fire awoke him. Look 
 ing from his chamber window, he saw that it 
 was the public-house nearly opposite. He 
 hastily dressed himself, and on arriving at the 
 spot, he saw a gentleman, without hat or coat, 
 wringing his hands in perfect agony, and offer 
 ing any sum of money, to any one who 
 
MAYOR JONES *, OR, MY CIGAR. 15 
 
 would save his daughter, his own temporary 
 lameness rendering it impossible for him to 
 make the attempt. The room was pointed out, 
 which was directly over one into which the fire 
 had just burst below, and there was no access 
 to it but by ascending the stairs, then turning 
 and retracing half the length of the hall ; at 
 the same time it could be perceived that the 
 flames were just ready to envelop the stair 
 case, and render her deliverance impossible. 
 There was no time to be lost, and no one 
 dared to venture. On learning her exact po 
 sition and the doors to be passed before arriving 
 at her's, Mr. Jones rushed into the dense 
 smoke, and in an instant he was at her cham 
 ber door, which he found closed. She had has 
 tily dressed herself, and in trying to open the 
 door, had swooned and sunk down by it. ME. 
 Jones suspected this, on perceiving the resist 
 ance of some yielding substance in opening 
 the door, and he therefore used all the care 
 which the urgency of the case would admit. 
 The peril and importance of his undertaking 
 having given him unwonted strength, he took 
 her in his arms, like a child, and in an incre 
 dibly short space of time he had descended the 
 stairs. The moment he passed out of the 
 door, the fire drove through the partition, and 
 the hall was one sheet of flame. The ago 
 nized father, half delirious with commingled 
 fear and hope, clasped her in his arms, ex 
 claiming, "O, my Charlotte, everlasting thanks 
 to a kind Providence for your deliverance !" 
 
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 On perceiving that she was unconscious, it ex 
 cited such another emotion of fear, as almost 
 to overpower him. She was conveyed to a 
 family of great worth and kindness, a little 
 distant, where, under the hands of a skillful 
 physician, she was soon restored to conscious 
 ness and health. 
 
 Th,is fire, which occasioned the destruction 
 of considerable property, and which came near 
 destroying a valuable life, and blasting the 
 joys, and bringing down the gray hairs of a 
 fond father with sorrow to the grave, was 
 caused by throwing a bit of a lighted cigar 
 into a wooden receptacle of the filthy saliva 
 tions of tobacco consumers, filled with saw 
 dust. 
 
 It is strange that we often find our greatest 
 blessings when we least look for them. What 
 is death to one, is life to another. The tempest 
 which foams the ocean to feathers, and dashes 
 the stately ship to atoms, and buries nearly all 
 her passengers and crew in the " deep, deep 
 sea," brings two ardent lovers together, or 
 throws a long-lost child into the arms of a dis 
 tressed and affectionate parent, and the actual 
 result of the tempest is, perhaps, the saving 
 of ten times the amount of property and life 
 that was destroyed. What we first esteem as 
 the greatest calamity, is often actually the 
 greatest mercy. This is so frequently the 
 case, that were we to look only at the final re 
 sult of events, and call things by their names, 
 we should call things adverse, by the names 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 17 
 
 by which we designate things pleasing and 
 prosperous. The dark tempest would be called 
 a beautiful sunshine and bland breeze, and 
 the refreshing, cool zephyr of summer a low 
 ering tempest and dashing thunder-storm ; sick 
 ness would be designated as health, and health 
 as sickness ; death as life, and life as death. 
 Providence loves to surprise us. The highest 
 mount of danger, is the very point on which 
 first lights the sun's beams. 
 
 Judge of the surprise of Mr. Jones, when 
 he called the next morning, to find that the 
 young lady whom, at such hazard, he had 
 saved from imminent death, was the " angel" 
 which he had seen perched upon the cliff 
 overhanging the ravine in the rear of his own 
 village. On being informed that he was her 
 deliverer, her eyes sparkled amid tears, and 
 she looked more gratitude than tongue can 
 express. His image was daguerreotyped upon 
 her vision. There was a mutual affinity which 
 both felt, and blushed lest their hearts should 
 speak unbidden. Jones sought retirement un 
 til the rush of his emotions had subsided, and 
 he could command his feelings. 
 
 Mr. Muir said to him, when he had again 
 called to take leave, " Sir, I cannot sufficiently 
 reward you for your fearless courage and dis 
 interested kindness. You have saved a life 
 dearer to me than my own. I shall ever feel 
 a gratitude beyond the power of utterance. 
 Will you do me the kindness to accept of this 
 feeble expression of it?" handing him a check 
 2* 
 
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 for three thousand dollars. Mr. Jones very 
 courteously but absolutely refused, saying that 
 he was already more than paid for what he 
 had done. After Mr. Muir had obtained a 
 promise from Mr. Jones to make him an early 
 visit, they parted. 
 
 The business of Mr. Muir, which had often 
 called him to Montreal, was now closed, and 
 he was returning, by slow and easy stages, for 
 the pleasure and benefit of his daughter, as he 
 thought it not probable that he should very 
 soon, if ever, pass through that part of the 
 country again. 
 
 Mr. Jones redeemed his promise to make 
 an early visit to the house of Mr. Muir. Of 
 ten afterwards was he seen on his way to 
 the city of which he is now mayor, and al 
 ways was he cordially welcomed by Mr. Muir, 
 who was not slow in perceiving that Charlotte 
 felt more than grateful to her deliverer. On an 
 acquaintance with Mr. Jones, and on learning 
 his character and standing in the community 
 where he was intimately known, the disparity 
 in circumstances formed no objection in the 
 mind of Mr. Muir to the consummation of a 
 union evidently designed in the providence of 
 God. It should have been stated that the 
 excellent and amiable wife of Mr. Muir died 
 about four years previous to Charlotte's escape 
 from the fire. 
 
 In the spring of 1825, amid a splendid 
 party of the first people of the city and coun 
 try, the union of two hearts which had long 
 
OR, MY CIGAR. 19 
 
 been wedded, was publicly ratified and sealed. 
 Often has Mr. Jones remarked to me, that he 
 received in Charlotte a treasure worth ten 
 times the fortune of her father. Soon after 
 his marriage, at the earnest solicitation of his 
 father-in-law, he removed to the city and went 
 into business with him. Mr. Muir died in the 
 fall of 1840, leaving an estate to Mr. Jones of 
 about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 
 after bequeathing a, considerable sum to friends 
 and benevolent objects. Mr. Jones has ever 
 been prosperous, and he always insists that 
 the corner-stone of his glory was laid, when 
 he threw his cigar in the fire in 1811, and 
 formed the undying purpose never more to use 
 tobacco. But for that he might now have 
 been poor, if not penniless. This will be ex 
 plained in the sequel. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 PROSPER HORTON was the youngest of four 
 sons of respectable parents, in affluent circum 
 stances. His father made him a clerk in his 
 store when he was quite a youth, and he was 
 regarded by all who knew him as a respectable, 
 promising young man. His father died in 
 1815, leaving to each of his sons property to 
 the amount of about five thousand dollars. 
 Prosper very early became an inveterate user 
 
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 of tobacco, chewing all the time, and smoking 
 nearly all, and occasionally snuffing. He had 
 sufficient means and ability to do a prosperous 
 business, but his excessive use of tobacco occa 
 sioned a lassitude, and indisposition for the in 
 dustry and toil essential to a marked prospe 
 rity. He was a large,*well-built man, and, but 
 for the use of tobacco, he had a constitution 
 which would carry him beyond the frosts of 
 threescore years and ten. At the early age 
 of twenty-four, he became very dyspeptic ; life 
 was, to him, bereft of every enjoyment, and 
 his strong frame seemed to be bending towards 
 a premature grave. His physician advised 
 him, as the best means of recovering his health, 
 to take a voyage to sea. If, instead of this, 
 he had advised and persuaded him to quit the 
 use of tobacco, he might have been a well and 
 prosperous man. Tobacco was the primary 
 cause of his ill health, and its continual use 
 the only thing that rendered a voyage to sea 
 necessary, and it was therefore the direct cause 
 of his death. He sailed on a whaling voyage 
 in the Neville Beaufort, in the spring of 
 1817. 
 
 " Captain Scoresby," said Mr. Packenham, 
 <{ as you are acquainted with that business, 
 will you furnish us with a brief account of the 
 manner in which those giants of the deep are 
 taken. It may serve to explain the manner 
 of my friend's death ?" 
 
 " That I will do, gentlemen, with pleasure," 
 said he, " if you can consent to turn your 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 21 
 
 thoughts, for a few moments, from the inter 
 esting narrative of our friend Mr. Packen- 
 harn. 
 
 " On fishing stations, when the weather is 
 such as to render the fishing practicable, the 
 boats are always ready for instant service. 
 Suspended from davits or cranes by the side of 
 the ship, furnished with the requisite imple 
 ments, two boats at least, the crews of which 
 are always in readiness, can, in a general way, 
 be manned and lowered into the water, within 
 the space of a^minute of time. 
 
 " Whenever tlfere is a probability of seeing 
 whales, when the weather and situation are 
 such as to present a possibility of capturing 
 them, the crowds-nest, as it is called, i. e. a sta 
 tion at the mast-head, is generally occupied 
 by the master or some of the officers, who, 
 commanding from thence an extensive prospect 
 of the surrounding sea, keeps, with the assist 
 ance of a telescope, an anxious watch for the 
 appearance of a whale. The moment that a 
 fish is seen he gives notice to the watch upon 
 deck, part of whom leap into a boat, are low 
 ered down and push off to the ptlce. If the 
 fish be large, a second boat is immediately dis 
 patched to the support of the other. When 
 the whale again appears for if he has gone 
 down he must soon come up again to breathe 
 two boats row towards it with the utmost 
 speed ; and, though they may be disappointed 
 in their attempts, they generally continue the 
 pursuit until the fish either takes the alarm 
 
22 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 and escapes them, or they are recalled by sig 
 nal to the ship. When two or more fish ap 
 pear at the same time, in different situations, 
 the number of boats sent in pursuit is in 
 creased, and sometimes all the boats are sent 
 out. During fine weather, in situations where 
 whales are seen, or where they have recently 
 been seen, or where there is a great probability 
 of any making their appearance, a boat is 
 generally kept in readiness, manned and afloat. 
 If the ship sails with considerable velocity, this 
 boat is towed by a rope astern ; but when the 
 ship is pretty still, whether moored to ice, laid 
 to, or sailing in light winds, the i bran boat,' as 
 it is called, often pushes off to a little distance 
 from the ship. A boat watch commonly lies 
 still in some eligible situation, with all its oars 
 elevated out of the water, but in readiness, in 
 the hands of the rowers, for immediate use. 
 
 " The harpooner and boat-steerer keep a 
 careful watch on all sides, while each of the 
 rowers looks out in the direction of his oar. 
 Thus the whole horizon is under close obser 
 vation. In fishing near fields of ice, the boats 
 approach tlae ice with their sterns, and are 
 each of them fastened to it by means of a boat- 
 hook, or an iron spike with a cord attached, 
 either of which is held by the boat-steerer, and 
 is slipped or withdrawn the moment a whale 
 appears. There are several rules observed in 
 approaching a whale, as precautions to prevent 
 as far as possible, the animal from taking the 
 alarm. 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 23 
 
 " As the whale is dull of hearing, but quick 
 of sight, the boat steerer always endeavors to 
 to get behind it, and in accomplishing this, he 
 is sometimes justified in taking a circuitous 
 route. In calm weather the greatest caution 
 is necessary, before a whale can be reached ; 
 smooth careful rowing is always requisite, and 
 sometimes sculling is practised. 
 
 " A whale seldom abides longer on the wa 
 ter than two minutes, and it generally remains 
 from five to ten or fifteen minutes under wa 
 ter. During this interval it sometimes moves 
 through a space of half a mile or more, and 
 the fisher very rarely has any certain intima 
 tion of the place in which it will reappear. 
 Consequently, the difficulty and address re 
 quisite to approach sufficiently near, during its 
 short stay on 'the surface, to harpoon it, is very 
 great. 
 
 " It is therefore a primary consideration with 
 the harpooner, always to place his boat as 
 near as possible to the spot in which he ex 
 pects the fish to rise, arid he conceives himself 
 successful in the attempt, when the fish 'comes 
 up within a start] that is, within the distance 
 df about two hundred yards. 
 
 " In all cases when a whale that is pursued 
 has but once been seen, the fisher is considera 
 bly indebted to what is called chance, for a 
 favorable position. But when the whale has 
 been twice seen, and its change of place, if 
 any, noticed, the harpooner makes the best 
 use of the intimation derived from his observa- 
 
24 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 tion on its apparent motion, and places his 
 boat accordingly. Thus he anticipates the 
 fish in its progress, so that when it rises to 
 the surface, there is a probability of its being 
 within the favorable precincts of a start. A 
 whale moving forward at a small distance be 
 neath the surface of the sea, leaves a sure in 
 dication of its situation, in what is called an 
 ' eddy/ having somewhat the resemblance of 
 the ' wake, 7 or track of a ship ; and in fine, 
 calm weather, its change of position is some 
 times pointed out by the birds, many of which 
 closely follow it when at the surface, and hover 
 over it when below, whose keener vision can 
 discover it when it is totally concealed from 
 human eyes. By these indications many 
 whales have been taken. 
 
 " Whenever a whale lies on the surface of 
 the water, unconscious of the approach of its 
 enemies, the hardy fisher rows directly upon 
 it, and an instant before the boat touches it, 
 buries his harpoon in its back. But if, while 
 the boat is yet a little distance, the whale 
 should indicate his intention of diving, by lift 
 ing his head above the common Ifevel, and then 
 plunging it under water, and raising his body 
 until it appear like the large segment of a 
 sphere, the harpoon is thrown from the hand, 
 or fired from a gun, the former of which, when 
 skilfully practised, is efficient at the distance 
 of eight or ten yards, and the latter at the dis 
 tance of thirty yards or upwards. The 
 wounded whale, in the surprise and agony of 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 25 
 
 the moment, makes a convulsive effort to es 
 cape. Then is the moment of danger. The 
 boat is subjected to the most violent blows 
 from its head, or its fins, but particularly from 
 its ponderous tail, which sometimes sweeps 
 the air with such tremendous fury, that both 
 boat and men are exposed to one common de 
 struction. 
 
 " The head of the whale is avoided because 
 it cannot be penetrated with the harpoon ; but 
 any part of the body between the head and 
 the tail, will admit of the full length of the 
 instrument without danger or obstruction. 
 The harpoon, therefore, is always struck into 
 the back, and generally well forwards towards 
 the fins, thus affording the chance when it 
 happens to drag and plough along the back, 
 of retaining its hold during a longer time, than 
 when struck in closer to the tail. 
 
 " The moment that the wounded whale 
 disappears or leaves the boat, a jack or flag, 
 elevated on a staff, is displayed, on sight of 
 which those on watch in the ship give the 
 alarm, by stamping on the deck, accompanied 
 by a simultaneous and continued shout of : a 
 fall.' At the sound of this, the sleeping crew 
 are roused, jump from their beds, rush upon 
 deck, with their clothes, tied by a string, in 
 their hands, and crowd into the boats, with a 
 temperature at zero. Should c a fall ' occur, 
 the crew would appear upon deck, shielded 
 only by their drawers, stockings and shirts, or 
 other habiliments in which they sleep. They 
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26 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 generally contrive to dress themselves, in part 
 at least, as the boats are lowered down ; but 
 sometimes they push off in the state in which 
 they rise from their beds, row away towards 
 the l fast boat,' that is, the boat attached by 
 its harpoon and line to the whale, and have 
 no opportunity to clothe themselves for a 
 length of time afterwards. The alarm of i a 
 fall,' has a singular effect on the feelings of a 
 sleeping person unaccustomed to the whale- 
 fishing business. It has often been mistaken 
 for a cry of distress. A landsman, in a Hull 
 ship, seeing the crew, on the occasion of a fall, 
 rush upon deck, with their clothes in their 
 hands, when there was no appearance of dan 
 ger, thought the men were all mad ; but with 
 another individual the effect was totally differ 
 ent. Alarmed at the extraordinary noise, and 
 still more so when he reached the deck, with 
 the appearance of all the crew seated in the 
 boats in their shirts, he imagined the ship was 
 sinking. He, therefore, endeavored to get 
 into one himself, but every one of them being 
 fully manned, he was always repulsed. After 
 several fruitless endeavors to gain a place 
 among his comrades, he cried out, with feel 
 ings of evident distress, ' What shall I do ? 
 Will none of you take me in ?' 
 
 " The first effort of a ' fast fish,' or whale 
 that has been struck, is to escape from the 
 boat by sinking under water. After this, 
 it pursues its course directly downward, or re 
 appears at a little distance, and swims with 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 27 
 
 great celerity, near the surface of the water, 
 towards any neighboring ice, among which it 
 may attain an imaginary shelter, or it returns 
 instantly to the surface, and gives evidence of 
 its agony, by the most convulsive throes, in 
 which its fins and tail are alternately dis 
 played in the air, and dashed into the water 
 with tremendous violence. The former beha 
 vior, however, that is, to dive towards the bot 
 tom of the sea, is so frequent in comparison of 
 any other, that it may be considered as the 
 general conduct of a < fast fish.' 
 
 " A whale struck near the edge of any large 
 sheet of ice, and passing underneath it, will 
 sometimes run the whole of the lines out of the 
 boat, in the space of eight or ten minutes of 
 time. This being the case, when the fast 
 boat is at a distance both from the ship and 
 from any other boat, it frequently happens that 
 the lines are all withdrawn before assistance 
 arrives, and, with the fish, entirely lost. In 
 some cases, however, they are recoveied. To 
 retard, therefore, as much as possible, the flight 
 of the whale, it is usual for the harpooner, 
 who strikes it, to cast one, two, or more turns 
 of line round a kind of post, called a ballard, 
 which is fixed within ten or twelve inches of 
 the stern of the boat, for the purpose. Such is 
 the friction of the line when running round 
 the ballard, that it frequently envelops the 
 harpooner in smoke ; and if the wood were 
 not repeatedly wetted, would probably set fire 
 to the boat. During the capture of one whale, 
 
28 MAYOR JONES ) OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 a groove is sometimes cut in the ballard, near 
 an inch in depth ; and, were it not for a plate 
 of brass or iron, or a block of lignum vitse, 
 which covers the top of the stern, where the 
 line passes over, it is apprehended that the ac 
 tion of the line on the material of the boat, 
 would cut it down to the water's edge, in the 
 course of one season of successful fishing. 
 The approaching distress of a boat, for want 
 of line, is indicated by the elevation of an oar, 
 in the way of a mast, to which is added a 
 second, a third, or even a fourth, in proportion 
 to the nature of the exigence. The utmost 
 care and attention are requisite on the part of 
 every person in the boat,, when the lines are 
 running out, fatal consequences having been 
 sometimes produced by the most trifling neg 
 lect. When the line happens i to run foul,' 
 and cannot be cleared on the instant, it some 
 times draws the boat under water, on which, 
 if no auxiliary boat, or convenient piece of ice, 
 be at hand, the crew are plunged into the sea, 
 and are obliged to trust to the buoyancy of 
 their oars, or to their skill in swimming, for 
 supporting themselves on the surface. To 
 provide against such an accident, as well as to 
 be ready to furnish an additional supply of 
 lines, it is usual, when boats are sent in pur 
 suit, for two to go out in company, and when 
 a whale has been struck, for the first assisting 
 boat which approaches, to join the fast boat, 
 and to stay by it until the fish reappears. 
 The other boats, likewise, make towards the 
 
MAYOR JONES ) OR, MY CIGAR. 29 
 
 one carrying a flag-, and surround it at various 
 distances, awaiting the appearance of the 
 wounded whale. 
 
 " On my first voyage to the whale fishery, 
 such an accident as above alluded to, occurred. 
 A thousand fathoms of line were already out, 
 and the fast boat was forcibly pressed against 
 the side of a piece of ice. The harpooner, in 
 his anxiety to retard the flight of the whale, 
 applied too many turns of the line round the 
 ballard, which, getting entangled, drew the 
 boat beneath the ice. Another boat providen 
 tially was at hand, into which the crew, in 
 cluding myself, who happened to be present, 
 had just time to escape. 
 
 " The whale, with near two miles' length of 
 line, was in consequence of the accident lost, 
 but the boat was recovered. On a subsequent 
 occasion I underwent a similar misadventure, 
 but with a happier result ; we escaped with a 
 little wetting into an accompanying boat, and 
 the whale was afterward captured, and the 
 boat with its lines recovered. 
 
 " When fish have been struck by myself, I 
 have on different occasions estimated their 
 rate of descent. For the first three hundred 
 fathoms, the average velocity was usually after 
 the rate of eight to ten miles per hour. In 
 one instance the third line of one hundred 
 and twenty fathoms was run out in sixty-one 
 seconds ; that is, at the rate of eight and one- 
 sixth English miles, or seven and one-eighth 
 nautical miles per hour. By the motions of 
 
30 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 the fast boat, the simultaneous movements of 
 the whale are estimated. The auxiliary boats 
 accordingly, take their stations about the situ 
 ation where the whale from these motions may 
 reasonably be expected to appear. 
 
 " The average stay under water, of a wound 
 ed whale, which steadily descends after, being 
 struck, according to the most usual conduct 
 of the animal, is about thirty minutes. The 
 longest I ever observed, fifty six minutes : but 
 in shallow water, I have been informed, it has 
 sometimes been known to remain an hour and 
 a half at the bottom after being struck, and 
 yet has returned to the surface alive. The 
 greater the velocity, the more considerable the 
 distance to which it descends, and the longer 
 time it remains under water, so much greater 
 in proportion is the extent of its exhaustion, 
 and the consequent facility of accomplishing 
 its capture. Immediately on its reappearing, 
 the assisting boats make for the place with 
 their utmost speed, and as they reach it, each 
 harpooner plunges his harpoon into its back, 
 to the amount of three, four or more, accord 
 ing to the size of the whale, and the nature 
 of the situation. Most frequently, however, it 
 descends for a few minutes after receiving the 
 second harpoon, and obliges the other boats to 
 await its return to the surface, before any other 
 attack can he made. It is afterwards actively 
 plied with lances, which are thrust into its 
 body, aiming at its vitals. At length, when 
 exhausted by numerous wounds and loss of 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 31 
 
 blood, which flows from the huge animal in 
 copious streams, it indicates the approach of 
 its dissolution, by discharging from its ' blow 
 holes', a mixture of blood along with the air 
 and mucus which it usually expires, and finally 
 jets of blood alone. The sea to a great extent 
 around is dyed with its blodd, and the ice, 
 boats, and men, are sometimes drenched with 
 the same. Its track is likewise marked by a 
 broad pellicle of oil, which exudes from its 
 wounds, and appears on the surface of the 
 sea. 
 
 " Its final capture is sometimes preceded by 
 a convulsive struggle, in which its tail, reared, 
 whirled, and violently jerked in the air, re 
 sounds to the distance of miles. In dying, it 
 turns on its back, or on its side, which joyful 
 circumstance is announced by the capturers 
 with the striking of their flags, accompanied 
 by three lively huzzas ! 
 
 " The remarkable exhaustion observed on 
 the first appearance of a wounded whale at the 
 surface after a descent of 700 or 800 fathoms 
 perpendicular, does not depend on the nature 
 of the wound it has received, for a hundred su 
 perficial wounds received from harpoons, could 
 not have the effect of a single lance penetrating 
 the vitals, but is the effect of the almost incred 
 ible pressure to which the animal must have 
 been exposed. The surface of the body of a 
 large whale, may be considered as comprising 
 an area of 1540 square feet. This, under the 
 common weight of the atmosphere onlv, must 
 
32 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 sustain a pressure of 3,104,640 pounds, or 1386 
 tons. But at the depth of 800 fathoms, where 
 there is a column of water equal in weight to 
 154 atmospheres, the pressure on the animal 
 must be equal to 211,200 tons. This is a de 
 gree of pressure of which we can have but an 
 imperfect conception. It may assist our com 
 prehension, however, to be informed, that it 
 exceeds in weight, sixty of the largest ships of 
 the British navy when manned, provisioned, 
 and fitted for a six months' cruise. 
 
 " Every boat fast to a living whale carries a 
 flag, and the ships to which such boats belong, 
 also wears a flag, until the whale is either 
 killed or makes its escape. These signals 
 serve to indicate to surrounding ships the ex 
 clusive title of the ' fast-ship' to the entangled 
 whale, and to prevent their interference, ex 
 cepting in the way of assistance, in the cap 
 ture. A very natural enquiry connected with 
 this subject, is, the length of time requisite for 
 capturing a whale ? This is a question which 
 can only be answered indirectly ; for I have 
 myself witnessed the capture of a large whale, 
 which has been effected in twenty eight min 
 utes : and have also been engaged with an 
 other fish which was lost, after it had been en 
 tangled sixteen hours. Instances are well au 
 thenticated, in which whales have yielded their 
 lives to the lances of active fishers, within the 
 space of fifteen minutes from the time of be 
 ing struck, and in cases where fish have been 
 shot with a harpoon gun, in a still shorter pe- 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 33 
 
 riod ; while other instances are equally famil 
 iar and certain, wherein a whale having 
 gained the shelter of a pack, or cdmpact patch 
 of ice, has sustained or avoided every attack 
 upon it, during the space of forty or fifty hours. 
 Some whales have been captured when slightly 
 entangled with a single harpoon, while others 
 have disengaged themselves, though severely 
 wounded with lances, by a single act of vio 
 lent and convulsive distortion of the body, or 
 tremendous shake of the tail, from four or more 
 harpoons ; in which act some of the lines have 
 been broken with apparent ease, and the har 
 poons to which other lines were attached, 
 either broken or torn out of the body of the vi 
 gorous animal. Generally the speedy capture 
 of a whale depends on the activity of the har- 
 pooners, the favorableness of situation and wea 
 ther, and in no inconsiderable degree on the 
 peculiar conduct of the whale attacked. Un 
 der the most favorable circumstances, namely, 
 when the fishermen are very active, the ice 
 very open, or the sea free from ice and the 
 weather fine, the average length of time oc 
 cupied in the capture of a whale, may be 
 stated as not exceeding an hour. The gen 
 eral average, including all sizes of fish, and all 
 circumstances of capture, may probably be two 
 or three hours. 
 
 " The method practised in the capture of 
 whales, under favorable circumstances, is very 
 uniform with all the fishers of every nation. 
 The only difference observable in the proceed- 
 
34 MAYOR JONES ] OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 ings of the different fishers, consisting in the 
 degree of activity and resolution displayed, in 
 pursuance of the operations of harpooning and 
 lancing the whale, and in the address mani 
 fested in improving by any accidental move 
 ment of the fish, which may lay it open to an 
 effectual attack, rather than in any thing 
 different or superior in the general method of 
 conducting the fishery. It is true that with 
 some the harpoon-gun is much valued, and 
 used with advantage, while with others, it is 
 held in prejudiced aversion ; yet as this differ 
 ence of opinion affects only the first attack, 
 and entanglement of the whale, the subse 
 quent proceedings of all the fishers, may still 
 be said to be founded on equal and unanimous 
 principles. 
 
 " The ease with which some whales are sub 
 dued, and the slightness of the entanglement 
 by which they are taken, is truly surprising : 
 but with others it is equally astonishing, that 
 neither line nor harpoon, nor any number of 
 each, is sufficiently strong to effect their cap 
 ture. Many instances have occurred where 
 whales have escaped from four, five, or even 
 more harpoons, while fish, equally large, have 
 been killed through the medium of a single 
 harpoon. Indeed, whales have been taken in 
 consequence of the entanglement of a line, 
 without any harpoon at all ; though when 
 such a case has occurred, it has evidently been 
 the result of accident. The following in 
 stances are in point. 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 35 
 
 " A whale was struck from one of the boats 
 of the ship Nautilus in Da vis's Straits. It was 
 killed, and as is usual after the capture, it was 
 disentangled of the line connected with the ' fast- 
 boat,' by dividing it within eight or nine yards 
 of the harpoon. The crew of the boat from 
 which the fish was first struck, in the mean 
 time were employed in heaving in their lines, 
 by means of a crank fixed in the boat for that 
 purpose, which they progressively effected for 
 some time. On a sudden, however, to their 
 great astonishment, the lines were pulled away 
 from them, with the same force and violence, 
 as by a whale when first struck. 
 
 " They repeated their signal indicative of a 
 whale being struck ; their shipmates flocked 
 towards them, and while every one expressed 
 a similar degree of astonishment w 7 ith them 
 selves, they all agreed that a fish was fast to 
 the line. In a few minutes they were agree 
 ably confirmed in their opinion, and relieved 
 from suspense, by the rising of a large whale 
 close by them, exhausted with fatigue and 
 having every appearance of a fast fish. It 
 permitted itself to be struck by several har 
 poons at once and was speedily killed. On 
 examining it after death, to discover the cause 
 of such an interesting accident, they found the 
 line belonging to the before mentioned boat, 
 in its mouth, where it was still firmly fixed by 
 the compression of its lips. The occasion of 
 this happy and puzzling accident was there 
 fore solved ; the end of the line, after being 
 
36 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 cut from the whale first killed, was in the act 
 of sinking in the water ; the fish in question, 
 engaged in feeding, was advancing with its 
 mouth wide open, and accidentally caught the 
 lihe between its extended jaws ; a sensation 
 so utterly unusual as that produced by the 
 line, which was the cause of this alarm, had 
 induced it to shut its mouth and grasp the 
 line so firmly between its lips as to produce the 
 effect just stated. This circumstance took 
 place many years ago ; a similar one occurred 
 in the year 1814. 
 
 " A harpooner, belonging to the Prince of 
 Brazil, of Hull, had struck a small fish. It de 
 scended and remained for some time quiet, 
 and at length appeared to be drowned. The 
 strain on the line being then considerable, it 
 was taken to the ship with a view of heaving 
 the fish up. The force requisite for perform 
 ing this operation was extremely various ; 
 sometimes the line came in with ease, at others, 
 a great quantity was withdrawn with great 
 force and rapidity. It appeared evident there 
 fore that the fish was yet alive. The heaving 
 however was persisted in, and after the greater 
 part of the lines had been drawn on board, a 
 dead fish - appeared at the surface, secured by 
 several turns of the line round its body. It 
 was disentangled with difficulty, and was con 
 fidently believed to be the whale they had 
 struck. But when the line was cleared from 
 the fish it proved to be merely the ' bight,' 
 for the end still hung perpendicularly down- 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 37 
 
 ward. "What was then their surprise to find 
 that it was still pulled away with considerable 
 force. The capstan was again resorted to, 
 and shortly afterwards, they hore up, also dead, 
 the fish originally struck, tfdth the harpoon 
 still fast. lie nee i appeared that the fish first 
 drawn up, had got accidentally entangled with 
 the line, and in its straggles to escape had still 
 further involved itself, by winding the line re 
 peatedly round its body. The first fish entan 
 gled as was suspected had long been dead, and 
 it was this lucky interloper, that occasioned the 
 jerks and other singular effects observed on the 
 line. 
 
 " Perhaps 1 may be wearying your patience 
 by this lengthy account. There are many 
 other circumstances connected with extraordi 
 nary cases of subduing these monsters, by 
 man's inferior power, which it might be inter 
 esting to mention. I do not know that wha 
 ling voyages are ordinarily more perilous than 
 other voyages to sea. A boat is sometimes 
 lost by being drawn out of sight of the ship, 
 and out of hearing of a cannon, by a c fast 
 whale' m cloudy weather, and sometimes a 
 boat is broken, and the crew, or some of them, 
 killed by a blow from the tail of *a whale. 
 Sometimes the rope gets entanglfd, and the 
 whale in his descent draws the boat under, 
 and some are drowned." 
 
 Mr. Packenham resumed. Mr. Hor ton's 
 health had very much improved by the voyage, 
 but especially by his abandoning the use of 
 4 
 
 
38 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 tobacco, which he did for several months be 
 fore his death. A boat, in which was Mr. 
 Horton, started in pursuit of a whale, in high 
 spirits, on a fine clear morning. He insisted 
 on throwing the harpoon, wliich he did with 
 tremendous force and accu^icy. In the whale's 
 descent, the rope caught, by some means, 
 around Mr. Horton, and, quick as thought, he 
 was drawn to an immense depth in the ocean, 
 and rtever more was seen. Thus suddenly 
 terminated a life which might have been a 
 blessing to the world. 
 
 In looking for the reason of the prosperity or 
 adversity, the sickness or death of an indivi 
 dual, we must often go far back of the proxi 
 mate cause. The proximate cause would 
 never exist of itself, in a given case ; it is the 
 effect of a primary cause far remote. To as 
 certain the cause of one's death, we should en 
 quire the cause of the disease or event which 
 produced it. It is in this way alone, which is 
 according to the approved system of philosophy, 
 that we can estimate the amount of evil pro 
 duced by alcoholic drinks ; and if this mode 
 of enquiry be instituted in relation to tobacco, 
 we shall be appalled at the astounding results. 
 It is thu$, indirectly, according to the usual 
 mode of spiking; but, philosophically speak 
 ing, directly the cause of the death of thou 
 sands every year. In the case of Mr. Horton, 
 had he not used it he might have continued at 
 home, healthy and prosperous. His excessive 
 use of tobacco impaired his health, and ren- 
 
MAYOR JONES '. OR, MY CIGAR. 39 
 
 dered the voyage, which proved so fatal, ne 
 cessary. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 IF we judge according to the appearance, we 
 shall err egregiously respecting the talents and 
 prospects of men. There was no poetry in 
 the crooked form of Pope, and no such " fine 
 phrenzy" was seen rolling in Milton's eye as 
 indicated a power " to give to airy nothing a 
 local habitation and a name." Who would 
 have judged from the early stammering of 
 Demosthenes, a latent power which would 
 one day break forth and sway hearts, as trees 
 are moved by a tempest ; and who would have 
 judged, from the comparatively diminutive 
 form of Napoleon, bending ungracefully in his 
 saddle, that he was a lightning bolt which 
 would dash unharmed through serried hosts 
 of glittering steel? On the contrary, men of 
 imposing form and brilliant appearance, are 
 often stupid, cowardly and unenterprising, and 
 live and die without bringing any thing to 
 pass. The cause of this difference in men, if 
 sought for, will be found most generally in 
 their early training and cherished habits. 
 
 A man naturally more interesting and no 
 ble, is seldom seen, than Artemon Wells. He 
 was very little above the ordinary size, well 
 
40 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 formed, rather a spare habit, mild but piercing 
 eye, and graceful, though rapid in his move 
 ments. His father died when Artemon was 
 twenty- two, leaving him a property of from 
 eight to ten thousand dollars. No man could 
 desire a finer prospect than he had for the ac 
 cumulation of wealth, honor, and happiness. 
 He was well educated, and possessed of ability 
 to excel in any department of business to 
 which he might turn his thoughts and pur 
 pose. A nobler heart never beat in human 
 bosom. He was generous and benevolent to 
 a fault. All who knew him in his youth pre 
 dicted his future greatness. He was, indeed, 
 formed and trained to be great, with one me 
 lancholy exception. No one who knew him, 
 as I did, and who also knows, as I do, the pro 
 perties and influence of tobacco, can doubt 
 that, but for that base, deceitful weed, he 
 would have run a prosperous and useful ca 
 reer. 
 
 At an early period he became an inveterate 
 smoker, and at length took also to chewing. 
 Having completed his studies, he was admitted 
 to practice as an attorney, but never made 
 any figure. His health very soon began to 
 fail, his spirits became depressed, and it was 
 only by an effort that he could rouse sufficient 
 energy to attend to the business of his office at 
 all. He was ever resorting to his cigars to 
 raise his spirits, which, as soon as their imme 
 diate influence passed off, sunk them still 
 lower. 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 41 
 
 He formed a very ardent attachment to a 
 most interesting and intelligent young lady, 
 
 of one of the first families in the city of E . 
 
 Mr. Cosner was not merely a man of wealth, 
 he was a man of very great original endow 
 ment, and of very considerable mental im 
 provement and moral worth. Iseula, his 
 daughter, was a young lady of cultivated 
 mind, a pure heart, and moral principles; not 
 merely the result of education, but equally the 
 fruit of her own close and careful investiga 
 tion. A more devoted friend to the cause of 
 temperance cannot be found among all the 
 fair ones who have, from time to time, given 
 lustre and efficiency to its onward movements. 
 She was always happy and active, when she 
 was laboring with her pen or her needle to 
 promote its interests. She fully appreciated 
 the good qualities of Mr. Wells, and sincerely 
 lamented his incorrigible habits of smoking 
 and chewing. She was aware of his devoted 
 attachment to her, and though she could not 
 cordially reciprocate it, she said nothing, for a 
 time, absolutely discouraging. She was every 
 day in hopes that his knowledge of her feel 
 ings in relation to the practice of using tobacco 
 would induce him to quit it. But her hope 
 was vain. He would have plucked out his 
 eyes, and have given them to her ; he would 
 have done any thing at her bidding, within 
 the range of human daring; but he was as 
 really and fatally the slave to his tobacco as 
 ever an inebriate was to his cups. 
 4* 
 
42 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 As they were walking together one day, to 
 the house of a friend, they passed a tobacco 
 manufactory. A company of youths stood 
 looking at a new sign, which had just been 
 fixed in its place, on which was pictured a 
 most ludicrous group of old men and women ; 
 some smoking ; others chewing, with the filthy 
 saliva issuing from the corners of their mouths, 
 and others snuffing, with their features dis 
 torted into most ridiculous shapes. " James," 
 said one of the boys, " tobacco dealers are cer 
 tainly more honest men than rum sellers. I 
 have often heard it remarked that rum-sellers 
 ought to put upon their signs weeping widows, 
 and ragged orphans, and bloated, loathsome 
 victims of their traffic, but they never do. 
 But, surely," (pointing to the tobacconist's sign,) 
 " that sign is a beacon. It says pretty clearly, 
 whoever cares for decency, or for preserving 
 the face of a man, keep off." 
 
 Wells colored, and remarked, " there is some 
 truth in that. I have often thought that 
 their's is a forbidding way to win." 
 
 Proceeding onward, they passed several 
 gentlemen, standing on the piazza of a public- 
 house, pouring forth volumes of smoke. A 
 little in advance of them stood two young 
 chimney-sweeps, and at the moment of their 
 passing, one of them placed his hand on the 
 shoulder of the other, pulling him parti} 
 around, and turning his white eyes archly to 
 wards the gentlemen smoking, and convulsec 
 with laughter at the thought of his wit 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 43 
 
 " Pomp," said he, " I guess as how dem chim 
 neys want sweep'n 'fore long." " Yes," said 
 the other ; " I guess Massa Dentis get de job. 
 and he make 'em pay for foul'n de chimney." 
 
 " Well," said Artemon, forcing a smile, " it 
 seems as if every dog was barking upon to 
 bacco to-day." 
 
 And, as if a general conspiracy had been 
 entered into to mortify him, and compel him 
 to relinquish his cherished habit, just before 
 they arrived at the house of the friend whither 
 they were going, two intimates of Mr. Wells 
 met them. One said to him, in a low voice, 
 not intending that Iseula should hear, for she 
 was turned a little round, and conversing at 
 the time with the other, " Artemon, you are 
 getting to be very fond of jewelry," pointing 
 to several drops of tobacco-juice on the bosom 
 of his shirt, and one small hole burnt by the 
 fire of his cigar. Wells blushed as he saw 
 them, for he had not observed them before, 
 and, hoping in part to conceal them, he but 
 toned his vest a littlft higher. 
 
 Iseula had already noticed them, and she 
 heard the remark of his friend, and saw his 
 effort to conceal them. She was silent, but felt a 
 rising hope that these mortifying circumstances 
 would induce him to quit the offensive habit. 
 
 When one has a fractured or sore limb, it 
 seems to the sufferer as if every creature was 
 aiming a blow at it. So also when one is 
 afflicted with the sense of having committed 
 an impropriety, or of having indulged a vicious 
 
44 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 habit, it of tea seems to him as if the very 
 beasts were thinking of it and administering 
 reproof. 
 
 While seated in Mr. Joy's parlor, by the 
 window, which looked into the yard, Charles 
 and Frank, the two oldest boys, as they were 
 passing Sambo, an intelligent and shining- 
 looking negro, gave him a gentle slap on the 
 cheek, saying, " Spit that out, you dirty 
 beast." meaning his tobacco, for he had just 
 poured forth a torrent of black juice. Sambo 
 raised his arm, as if to strike. " Don't be 
 huffy at us." said they. Sambo ; standing with 
 his arms raised for a moment, the half vexed 
 expression of his countenance was turned to a 
 quivering of the corner of his mouth, and an 
 incipient smile. " I am clean beast, 7 ' said 
 Sambo ; " de parson said todder day, dat clean 
 beast chewed de cud and divide de huff. Now 
 I chew de cud," raising his lip and showing 
 his enormous quid, " and I'll divide de huff 
 (hoof) wid you,- one togedder or two at a time, 
 if you dissult me any more. I no set my 
 head afire, nor make a furnace of my mouth, 
 wid cigars, like you do ;" then, with a satisfied 
 air, he turned to dusting the carriage. 
 
 Mr. Wells felt reproved and mortified at 
 everything that was said on the subject of to 
 bacco, and the more so, as he knew Iseula's 
 feelings, and felt that he was polluted with the 
 habit of using it. He felt as if he had expe 
 rienced mortification enough for one day. 
 Looking a"t his watch, and recollecting some 
 
MAYOR JONES J OH, MY CIGAR. 45 
 
 business that required his attention, he rose to 
 depart. Leaving Iseula at the door of her fa 
 thers house, he hasted to his office, saying to 
 himself, " I must and will quit the filthy, mor 
 tifying habit of using tobacco." For four 
 months he put none to his lips, and Iseula was 
 delighted with the prospect of an entire and 
 permanent reform. But they were four months 
 of torture to Wells, though his health and 
 spirits rapidly and wonderfully improved. To 
 bacco had marked him for a victim. 
 
 " What has clouded your sunny brow, to 
 day ?" said Mr. Cosna to Iseula, as she entered 
 the parlor. 
 
 " I have just seen a cloud of smoke issuing 
 from the mouth of Mr. Wells, as he passed on 
 the opposite side of the street, with another 
 gentleman ; but I was riot aware that it had 
 left its shadow on my brow," said Iseula. 
 
 " A cloud surcharged with lightning is not 
 so unwelcome a sight to you, as a cloud of 
 tobacco smoke." 
 
 " It is not, indeed ; for, in the first there is 
 majesty, but the latter, to me, speaks of a 
 heart and mind impaired, except as in the case 
 of Robert Hall, a diseased system requires it. 
 How low must be that state of moral and in 
 tellectual feeling which needs resort to tobacco 
 for impulse or enjoyment. Live to gratify an 
 appetite, morbid or healthy, is a despicable 
 principle to every noble mind, but, upon no 
 other principle can the use of tobacco be advo- 
 
46 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 cated. It is giving a preference to the low 
 and mortal part of our natures." 
 
 " You are right, Iseula, and I am extremely 
 sorry if Artemon has returned to that vicious 
 practice. His manifest improvement since he 
 quit it, for he was beginning to look robust 
 and healthy, and his former ill health and low 
 spirits, 1 should suppose, would have deterred 
 him from its use forever." 
 
 " It is a terrible habit. Did you ever know 
 any one permanently to forsake it ?" 
 
 " O, yes," said Mr. Cosna, " very many ; 
 generally, they have been men of strong 
 minds and tender consciences. Occasionally, 
 ill health has broken the habit. There is Mr. 
 Fortis, a very fleshy gentleman, who quit the 
 use of it several years ago. Many thought 
 that tobacco was indispensable in his case, to 
 keep his flesh from being intolerably burden 
 some. But while he is no more fleshy than 
 when he used tobacco, Mr. Firmitas, who was 
 merely a walking*skeleton, while he used it, is 
 now robust and healthy. There is Mr. Hila- 
 ritas, ' Uncle Isaac,' as every body calls him, 
 a very pleasant good-natured man, cracking 
 his jokes and receiving them from every body 
 who can be put into good humor with them 
 selves by it, has left it off as often as any 
 body," said Mr. Cosna, smiling. "He always 
 treats "resolution after a few days. Most peo 
 ple leave it off as he does, though not quite so 
 often. However, his excellent and intelligent 
 wife will, I believe, finally prevail on him to 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 47 
 
 quit it. I have recently seen accounts of 
 many who have been induced to quit the prac 
 tice, by reading what is written* on the sub 
 ject, so do not despair, Iseula." 
 
 On a beautiful September evening of 1826, 
 the wealth and flower of the city were seen 
 rolling to the house of Mr. Cosna. The event 
 about to be consummated seemed very gene 
 rally to interest the community. No young 
 lady was more universally esteemed than 
 Iseula Cosna, and no man had a higher repu- 
 tion for intellectual and moral worth than 
 Horatius Milligan. That evening, their inter 
 ests were united. Prosperity has ever since * 
 attended them, and never did their sun shine 
 more gloriously than at present. 
 
 From the moment that Mr. Wells returned 
 to his tobacco, his health began rapidly to fail. 
 He had a complication of diseases. His tongue 
 was constantly furred, and coated so thick -with 
 foul matter, from a disordered and feverish sto 
 mach, that he scraped it off every morning. 
 His nervous system became astonishingly de 
 ranged. His confidence and courage forsook 
 hirn entirely. He could not endure the sight 
 of a court-house, and would tremble at the 
 thought of appearing before a dozen people to 
 
 * Two volumes have recently been published on this 
 subject, by Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway, N. Y., viz., 
 " The Mysteries of Tobacco," and " Responses on the use 
 of Tobacco/' by Rev. B. J. Lane. 
 
48 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIG4B. 
 
 address them. But his habit was stronger 
 than death. As the lassitude and ailments 
 occasioned by tobacco indisposed him for busi 
 ness ; his particular friends even, became in 
 disposed to trust their business with him. His 
 property for many years had been decreasing, 
 and, by various misfortunes, the consequence 
 of inattention to business, he was now nearly 
 reduced to poverty. He used no intoxicating 
 drinks. No one could lay a crime to his. 
 charge. In the beginning of his course he 
 was worth a handsome property was highly 
 educated, and possessed a kind and generous 
 disposition, yet he was as really the victim of 
 a vicious habit, as if that habit had been the 
 excessive use of alcoholic drinks. He might 
 have written his name on the minds and 
 hearts of his generation. In his literary and be 
 nevolent achievements, he might have reared 
 an imperishable monument to his fame. But 
 alas, how different and melancholy is the re 
 sult of all his splendid natural endowments 
 and brilliant literary attainments. 
 
 That his mind was essentially impaired, 
 had been observed by all his friends, for a con 
 siderable length of time. He was taciturn 
 and retiring ; could retain nothing in his me 
 mory for a day. He was occasionally irritable, 
 most of the time stupid, and seemed to think 
 of nothing but his pipe. Many fears were en- 
 tained concerning him. On the evening of 
 October 26, 1831, pistols were heard discharged 
 in his room, and immediately a heavy fall 
 
MAYOR JONES } OR, MY CIGAR. 49 
 
 His room was instantly entered, and there lay 
 poor Wells, lifeless, on the floor. His head 
 was shattered excessively. He meant to make 
 sure work of it. He had discharged the two 
 pistols, one at each temple. 
 
 On his table were found two letters, one ad 
 dressed to his sister, and the other to Mrs. 
 Iseula Milligan, with an urgent request that 
 their contents might not be divulged. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 " NICOTINE, a peculiar principle obtained 
 from tobacco, is a most deadly poison." 
 
 " Can you tell me how that is obtained ?" 
 said I to Mr. Packenham. 
 
 " The following process," said he, " is 
 adopted for obtaining it in a state of purity. 
 Boil twelve ounces of dry tobacco leaves in 
 water acidulated with sulphuric acid ; evapo 
 rate and treat the extract with alcohol diluted 
 with a ninth part of water ; add a little water 
 to the solution, and distill ; add hydrate of lime 
 to the aqueous residuum, and redistill. The 
 product being mixed and agitated with ether, 
 the latter is to be poured oft, and a fresh por 
 tion added. All the ethereous solutions are to 
 be united, and put in contact with muriate of 
 lime, which will take away the water; and 
 the concentrated ethereous solution, being eva- 
 5 
 
50 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 porated or distilled, will leave one hundred 
 grains of reddish nicotine. It is liquid at 21 
 Fahrenheit; its odor resembles that of dry to 
 bacco ; its taste is very acrid, burning and du 
 rable. It is denser than water, volatilizes in 
 the air, and boils at 417 Fahrenheit. It dis 
 solves in water, in all proportions, and the so 
 lution has an alkaline reaction. When dis 
 solved in alcohol or ether, and exposed to heat, 
 it does not distill with their vapors. Acids 
 take the nicotine from the ethereous solution, 
 and form salts insoluble in ether."* 
 
 Whoever uses tobacco, takes into his mouth 
 a proportion of this deadly poison, and were it 
 not for its cathartic properties and its power 
 fully exciting the salivary glands, so that it is 
 purged from the system, it would produce in 
 stant death. 
 
 On my remarking that an astonishing quan 
 tity of tobacco was used, and that it was a 
 very considerable article of commerce and ma 
 nufacture, ^ 
 
 " Let me," said he, " read you the remarks 
 of an author, who, as he treats the subject 
 merely as a scholar, cannot be supposed to 
 have a pique against it. 
 
 " The introduction of the use of tobacco 
 forms a singular chapter in the history of man 
 kind, and it may well excite astonishment that 
 the discovery in America of a nauseous and 
 poisonous weed, of an acrid taste and disagree- 
 
 * Enc. Amer vol. ix. p. 284. 
 
OR, MY CIGAR. 51 
 
 able odor, in short, whose only properties are 
 deleterious, should have had so great an influ 
 ence on the social condition of all nations ; 
 that it should have become an article of most 
 extensive commerce ; and that its culture 
 should have spread more rapidly than that of 
 the most useful plants. At the time of the 
 discovery of America, tobacco was in frequent 
 use among the Indians, and the practice of 
 smoking was common to almost all the tribes, 
 and they pretended to cure a great variety of 
 diseases by this plant. Its introduction into 
 the eastern continent, was every where marked 
 with ridicule and persecution. The book writ 
 ten against it by James I. is well known ; but 
 a hundred others, of the same character, were 
 published in various languages. Pope Urban 
 VIII. excommunicated those who took tobacco 
 in churches ; the empress Elizabeth also pro 
 hibited its use in churches. In Transylvania, 
 an ordinance was published, in 1689, threaten 
 ing those who should plant tobacco, with the 
 confiscation of their estates. The grand-duke 
 of Moscow, and the king of Prussia forbade its 
 use, under the penalty of the loss of the nose, 
 and even of death. At present, the aspect of 
 affairs is so much changed, that all the sove 
 reigns of Europe, and most of those of other 
 parts of the world, derive a considerable part of 
 their revenue from tobacco.* The plant is glu 
 tinous, and covered with a very short down ; 
 the stem upright, four or five feet high, and 
 branches ; the leaves are alternate, sessile, oval- 
 
52 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 oblong, and entire on the margin ; the supe 
 rior ones lanceolate ; the flowers are disposed 
 in a terminal panicle ; the tube of the corolla 
 long, inflated towards the summit, arid divid 
 ing into five acute, angular, spreading lobes of a 
 rose color. It was originally a native of South 
 America. Another species (N. rustica) is 
 very common, but -is less esteemed, and is dis 
 tinguished by the short yellowish green corolla. 
 N. quadrival^is is cultivated by the Indians 
 of Missouri, and furnishes tobacco of excellent 
 quality. The best Havana cigars are made 
 from the leaves of N. repanda. Other species 
 of tobacco are found in Mexico and South 
 America. One has been discovered in China, 
 and another in New Holland. This genus 
 belongs to the natural family SolanecB. This 
 popular narcotic is probably in more extensive 
 use than any other, and its only rival is the 
 betel of the East. According to Linnaeus, it 
 was known in Europe from 1560, when seeds 
 of it were sent from Portugal to Catherine de 
 Medici, by Nicot, the French ambassador in 
 that country, from whom it received its botan 
 ical name. The common notion, that the 
 specific appellation, tobacco, was derived from 
 its having been imported from Tombago, is 
 now universally admitted to be without foun 
 dation. Humboldt has shown that tobacco was 
 the term used in the Haytien language to de 
 signate the pipe or instrument employed by the 
 natives in smoking the herb ; which term, hav 
 ing been transferred, by the Spaniards, from the 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 53 
 
 pipe to the herb itself, has been adopted by other 
 nations. Others there are, who suppose that the 
 weed was dedicated tolBacchus, and has taken 
 its name from the Greek Ba^w, (to Bakcho.) 
 This seems very probable, when its moral in 
 fluence is considered. 
 
 " Tobacco is believed to have been first in 
 troduced into England by the settlers, who re 
 turned in 1586, from the colony which it had 
 been attempted to found in Virginia, under the 
 auspices of Raleigh. Harriot says, that the 
 English, during the time they were in Virginia, 
 and after their return home, were accustomed 
 to smoke it, after the manner of the natives. 
 Raleigh and other young men of fashion, 
 adopted and introduced the practice into Eng 
 land, and it, rapidly spread among the English, 
 as it had previously done among the Portu 
 guese, Spaniards and French. During the 
 reign of George III., the practice of smoking, 
 which had previously been exceedingly preva 
 lent, went out of fashion, and was nearly su 
 perseded, among the frigher and middle classes, 
 by that of snuff- taking. Latterly, however, 
 smoking has been revived in that country. 
 The practice of smoking has become so gene 
 ral, especially in Holland and Germany, that 
 it constitutes a daily luxury with nearly all 
 the peasantry of those countries, as well as 
 with the more wealthy and indolent classes of 
 inhabitants. Tobacco is a powerful narcotic, 
 and also a strong stimulant, and, taken inter 
 nally, even in small doses, it proves powerfully 
 o 
 
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 54 MAYOR JONES t OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 emetic and purgative. The oil is celebrated 
 for its extreme virulence, and. when applied to 
 a wound, is said, by Redi, to be as fatal as the 
 poison of a viper. The decoction, powder and 
 smoke, are used in agriculture to destroy in 
 sects." 
 
 This account, given in the Encyclopedia 
 Americana, is very mild. It is not the writer's 
 object to give its medical properties, nor its del 
 eterious influence when used as a luxury, yet 
 this account of it would seem sufficient to deter 
 men from its use. It probably destroys as 
 many lives every year as alcohol, if we con 
 sider its indirect as well as its direct influence. 
 For a clear and full account of this pernicious 
 weed, let me recommend to you, two works re 
 cently published in New- York, " The Mysteries 
 of Tobacco/' and " Responses on the use of 
 Tobacco." 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 " THERE is nothing like trying," is a trite 
 but valuable saying. The youth who adopts 
 it as a principle, and acts upon it through life, 
 will accomplish great things. It is certain that 
 he never will be a slave to any habit, and 
 never will sit down in despondency under any 
 difficulties. This lesson, taught Bruce, by a 
 spider, secured him his crown. Nothing 
 should tempt a man to despair. It is indeed 
 
MAYOR JONES ] OR, MY CIGAR. 55 
 
 puerile and shameful for a man to yield to the 
 power of any habit, and plead an inability to 
 rise above it, or to break away from it. Try 
 ing, with a firm purpose, will enable a man 
 to conquer habits, and conquer poverty, and 
 conquer infamy. It was trying, that made 
 Demosthenes an orator, and Napoleon an 
 emperor, and Croesus rich. 
 
 With these remarks let me introduce to you 
 Pronto Saunders. He was of a good family, 
 well educated, had a strong, well built frame, 
 and a countenance- peculiarly intelligent, ex 
 pressive and pleasant. He opened a dry-goods 
 store when he was twenty two, with a capital 
 of about three thousand dollars. He had 
 served four years as clerk with the very pros 
 perous firm of Underwald & Co. His want of 
 success in business was neither the result of his 
 not understanding it, nor was it from any re- 
 pulsiveness in his manner of dealing with his 
 customers. He was graceful and winning in 
 his intercourse with all classes of society. His 
 fault lay not here. 
 
 He trusted, indeed, too much to his clerks, 
 and after a year or two was generally absent 
 from his store a large portion of his time. 
 This was the result of his inordinate love of 
 smoking. He could not, without great detri 
 ment to his goods and business, smoke in his 
 store, and this occasioned, what was an equal 
 detriment to his business, his spending much 
 time in those places where smoking was allow 
 able. 
 
56 MAYOR JONES; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 Excessive smoking, or using tobacco in any 
 manner, is injurious to a man of business, not 
 only as it occupies a portion of his time, but, 
 also, as it occasions a lassitude and many ills 
 which seem to require relaxation, and it creates, 
 like alcohol, a dreamy competence which ren 
 ders a laborious attention to business unneces 
 sary. 
 
 The question was frequently asked, but was 
 as frequently unanswered, " What is the reason 
 that Mr. Saunders does not thrive in his busi 
 ness ? He is a fine fellow and excepting that 
 he is a little 'too frequently absent from his 
 store, no one can fault him." None thought 
 of his tobacco. 
 
 In all other respects his habits were correct 
 and proper. He was a constant attendant at 
 church, and was a teacher in the Sabbath 
 School. He was pained that the members of 
 his class always seemed so distant. He la 
 bored to win their affections, but the more he 
 attempted to make himself familiar, by draw 
 ing near to them, or taking them to his side, 
 the more they appeared to recoil from his touch, 
 and were ever disposed to draw away from 
 him. He did not understand it, but concluded 
 that he did not know how to manage children.' 
 Could he have heard the little fellows at home 
 he would have understood the cause. 
 
 " Mamma," said Paulus Rideus, one morn 
 ing, as he was bidden to prepare for Sabbath 
 School, " I love Mr. Saunders, he is so pleasant, 
 but I wish I could belong to some other class." 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 57 
 
 " Why," said his mother, " if you love Mr. 
 Saunders, do you wish to leave his class ?" 
 
 " O mamma," said the little fellow, " because 
 his breath smells so bad. He smokes so much, 
 I can't bear to have him put his head near me." 
 
 " Irene," said Mr. Sharp to his daughter one 
 evening, after Mr. Saunders had been making 
 a call, " I hope you will guard well that sus 
 ceptible heart of yours. As you have never 
 felt any thing but bland breezes, I suppose 
 that you think there are no other. But let 
 me tell you that poverty is like a rough and 
 piercing wind, and doubly blighting, when it 
 is hopelessly entailed, as it must be, where a 
 man has sunk a fortune, with every facility for 
 increasing it." 
 
 " What does father mean ?" said Irene. 
 
 " I mean that I do not admire Mr. Saunders. 
 He is a pleasant and fine looking man, but I 
 don't like his habits. He is astonishingly inat 
 tentive to his business. He had rather see a 
 good cigar than a good customer, any time ; 
 and he is much more attentive to the former 
 than he is to the latter. I fear, and I am not 
 alone in it, that he will be out i the little end 
 of the horn' before long." 
 
 " I wish," said Irene, " that some kind friend 
 would speak to him about his smoking so much. 
 It is a pity that a man so very agreeable as he 
 is, should make himself so very offensive. His 
 clothes smell as if they had been steeped in to 
 bacco smoke. I cannot endure to sit near him." 
 
58 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 \ 
 
 " I am glad he smokes then, if that will keep 
 him at his proper distance from my family. He 
 will never make any thing in the world, mark 
 my word," said Mr. Sharp. 
 
 About this time, Mr. Saunders visited Mr. 
 Jones in the village of A. It was not far from 
 a year before the marriage of the latter. They 
 were, and had been intimate acquaintances 
 from the time of our first meeting in 1811. 
 Saunders was much impressed with the differ 
 ence between him and Jones, and the change 
 that seemed rapidly taking place in their for 
 tunes. Jones began the world poor, and he 
 was now worth several thousands, and was 
 universally respected and beloved : whereas he 
 had commenced business with several thou 
 sands, and was now very much reduced. In 
 deed nothing but the lenity of his creditors 
 kept him from immediate bankruptcy." 
 
 " Mr. Jones," said Saunders, " I wish I 
 could leave the city and obtain a good situa 
 tion in the country. It must be owing to that, 
 I think, that you have been so much more 
 prosperous than myself." 
 
 " No, sir, you are mistaken," said Jones, " it 
 is not owing to that in the least, and certainly 
 it is not because I have a better business tact 
 than you, for no man can do a more prosper 
 ous business than yourself, if you have a mind 
 to attend to it." 
 
 " To what then is it owing ? There is to 
 me some mystery about it." 
 
 " There i% none to me," said Jones ; " you re- 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 59 
 
 collect the evening we spent together in 1811, 
 when Packenham gave us a lecture on tobacco, 
 and I threw my cigar into the fire, solemnly 
 protesting that I never would use tobacco any 
 more." 
 
 " I do, and I thought you a foolish fellow to 
 cut yourself off from such a source of innocent 
 enjoyment." 
 
 " Well, sir, the ashes of that cigar were the 
 seeds of my prosperity : but for the events of 
 that evening, with the heavy expenses 1 have 
 had to sustain, I am satisfied, that this day I 
 should not be worth a dollar." 
 
 " 1 thought that evening, that Packenham 
 had fired you with his enthusiasm, and I per 
 ceive that it is still burning." 
 
 " No enthusiasm about it. It is a plain case." 
 
 "If you can make that out, you ought to 
 have been a lawyer ; at least you would have 
 succeeded w^li for your clients, whether their 
 cause were good or bad." 
 
 " I possess no great ability at speech-mak 
 ing, nor do I need such ability to satisfy even 
 you, that I have spoken the truth in soberness, 
 without a spark of enthusiasm." 
 
 " Well, sir, let me hear you. Perhaps this 
 visit will lay the foundation of a fortune for 
 me," said Saunders smiling. 
 
 " It will indeed," said Jones, " if you adopt 
 the course I did under the remarks of our 
 friend Packenham. In the first place then, I 
 am fully satisfied that my constitution would 
 have sunk under the use of tobacco. I should 
 
60 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 have been more dyspeptic than yourself, and 
 must therefore have neglected my business. 
 Ill health is a great tax upon a man's purse as 
 well as his enjoyment. Whatever tends to pro 
 duce health, tends as a consequence to produce 
 wealth. Prom that evening to this time, I 
 have enjoyed uninterrupted health, while all 
 the tobacco consumers around me are complain 
 ing perpetually. Then I have saved several 
 years time during the last fifteen, by not using 
 the cigar, which time I have strictly devoted to 
 my business. A man cannot smoke much 
 without neglecting his business some. Then 
 to make my story short, allow me to ask, how 
 much has it cost you per day, for cigars, for 
 the last fifteen years ?" 
 
 " Well, I smoke nothing but the best "of Span 
 ish ; I have acquired such a taste for them that 
 I cannot endure any others. When I buy by 
 the box, they cost me two dollars oer hundred. 
 I buy a great many for which I give three 
 cents apiece. Generally I .smoke from six to 
 eight per day, and give away from three to 
 four. I never made a cast upon it before, but 
 I perceive it has cost me not far from eighteen 
 pence per day." 
 
 " You see by this statement that you have 
 smoked away a larger fortune during the last 
 fifteen years than*I now possess : for if it has 
 cost you eighteen pence per day, and I pre 
 sume it has, if you have averaged smoking 
 seven and have given away two per day, and as 
 I know your generous nature, I have no doubt 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 61 
 
 you have given away double that number ; 
 nine cigars at two cents apiece would amount 
 to eighteen cents, and for many you pay three, 
 sufficient to make the pence ; that sum at an 
 nual interest will amount in fifteen years to 
 about five thousand dollars" 
 
 " I believe that you are right, and I confess 
 that I am startled at the fact. It is surprising 
 that I never thought of it before. Half of that 
 sum now would put all my creditors into good 
 humor with me." 
 
 " The thought occurred to me," continued 
 Mr. Jones, " under our friend Packen ham's re 
 marks, that it was costing me not far from one 
 shilling per day for cigars, for 1 consumed from 
 three to four at three cents apiece. I resolved 
 therefore that I would quit the use of tobacco, 
 and lay up, at least, that amount of money 
 every day. That I have done, and that is 
 nearly all I have succeeded in doing. One 
 shilling a day at annual interest will amount 
 to about three thousand dollars in fifteen years. 
 My property at a fair valuation is worth only 
 four thousand dollars, so that I have gained 
 only one thousand over the saving from my 
 tobacco. You commenced business with about 
 three thousand, the expenses of cigars for fif 
 teen years at one shilling per day." 
 
 Mr. Saunders took his pencil and figured. 
 He was astonished. His emotions were min 
 gled he felt surprise, regret, shame, and a 
 rising purpose to commence life anew. He 
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62 MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 raised his head, after being bowed for a few 
 minutes. 
 
 " I see," said he, " the world is made of par 
 ticles, and the ocean of drops. You have had 
 a small stream running into your coffer, and I 
 have had a small stream running out of mine. 
 The result is, you are rich and 1 am poor. 
 This strikes me as a singular affair." 
 
 " You see I have made out my case," said 
 Mr. Jones, " without the display of any such 
 genius as would have made me a promising 
 lawyer." 
 
 Mr. Saunders took his cigar from his mouth 
 and held it up, fixing his eye upon it in deep 
 thought, and pouring a wire stream of blue 
 smoke, for a moment, from his lips, which 
 were moving in a manner that indicated the 
 working of his mind ; he then gave utterance 
 to the following parody 
 
 " To smoke, or not to smoke ? This is the question : 
 Whether 'tis better in the purse to bear 
 The plagues and torments of a smoking head, 
 Or to take arms against destructive habits, 
 And by opposing end them ? 
 
 " I will take up arms," said he. " I confess, 
 Mr. Jones, you have made a convert of me. 
 There is no coal fire here in which to plant it, 
 but I say as you did, There goes my cigar" 
 throwing it into the street, in a manner which 
 spoke the firmness of his purpose, " and never 
 again in any form will I use tobacco. I kno\v 
 it will cost me a tremendous struggle ; but 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 63 
 
 would tobacco save me from death, I would 
 hardly consent to use it again. It is clear to 
 my mind that the rascally stuff has nearly 
 ruined me. I will save, at least, my shilling a 
 day," said he, smiling. 
 
 " I congratulate you," said Mr*,. Jones, "on 
 the achievement of a glorious victory, and 
 let me say to you," he added, " in a low and 
 encouraging voice, " that if the loan of a 
 thousand dollars will be of service to enable 
 you to overcome your present embarrassment, 
 I can let you have it." 
 
 A tear started in Saunders's eye. The loan 
 was effected. 
 
 It is now nearly twenty years since the in 
 terview of which I am speaking ; and you 
 wish to know the result. I will be brief. In 
 the first place, his health was perfectly re 
 stored. In a letter received from him some 
 time afterwards, he says, 
 " Three years have already passed since I 
 quit the use of tobacco,,, and I can say with the 
 blind man, I was sick, I am well ; I was weak, 
 I am strong ; I was dejected, I am full of hope ; 
 the world was dark, it is now bright. In a 
 word, I am entirely cured ; disease has t fled 
 and nature triumphed over its ravages, and for 
 all the gold tobacco ever got, I would not re 
 turn to its use. I was nearly destroyed by it. 
 When I look back upon the past, it seems as 
 if I had narrowly escaped from a most cruel 
 and powerful foe, who, long ere this, would 
 have consigned me to the grave. I formerly 
 
64 MAYOR^JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 thought that tobacco yielded a degree of plea 
 sure ; but I now see that its fruit was misery, 
 and nothing else. I am vastly happier, as 
 well as more healthy without it. The amount 
 of life and Jiealth that is destroyed by it is 
 truly astonjffting. Yet the world is asleep in 
 relation to it', arid will not believe a word that 
 is said of its poisonous properties and its dele 
 terious influence." 
 
 In a short time, Mr. Saunders was free from 
 debt. His business increased in proportion to 
 his attention to it, which was unremitting. 
 He was exceedingly affable and pleasing, as 
 well as upright and conscientious in his deal 
 ing, and as he was now generally found at his 
 business, his store was crowded. The change 
 in his attention to his business was noticed by 
 all, though but few understood the cause. Mr. 
 Sharp was astonished, and soon came to the 
 conclusion that he had been deceived respect 
 ing himf and concluded that he was a ver/ 
 promising and prosperous business man. Irene 
 Sharp was not offended at sitting near him ; 
 the disagreeable odor from his clothes had fled 
 with his 'tobacco; and it is now many years 
 since, with her father's cordial approbation, she 
 took the name of Mrs. Saunders. On her 
 marriage, Mr. Sharp gave his daughter a fine 
 house, beautifully located and well furnished. 
 Independently of property received by his wife, 
 Mr. Saunders has accumulated a property of 
 some ten thousand dollars. He occupies a 
 high station in society, and sustains a reputa- 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 65 
 
 tion that any man may be proud of. If you 
 speak to him on the subject of tobacco, you 
 will instantly see the fire of enthusiasm kin 
 dle in his eye ; and he will assure you that he 
 owes all his present happiness to that kind 
 Providence which led him to throw away his 
 cigar. He never speaks to a young man on 
 the subject, who is addicted to the habit, with 
 out a tear. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 IT is with reluctance that I approach the 
 subject of this chapter. Yet there was a time 
 when I was proud to introduce him as my 
 friend. He is like a stately edifice in ruins, 
 exhibiting only some faint traces of its former 
 greatness. He is the son of the * late Doctor 
 
 Walch, a distinguished physician of N . 
 
 Evander was the only child of a first wife, and 
 by the death of his grandfather, Gen. Asher- 
 ton, he came in possession of a property of fif 
 teen thousand dollars. The prospects of no one 
 of that company, which I have introduced to 
 your notice, were so flattering, at the time of 
 our meeting, as Evander's. He was a noble 
 specimen of human nature. His heart was as 
 large as his means, and his mind as noble as 
 his heart. A little above the ordinary stature, 
 he is of a dark complexion, black eyes, high 
 
66 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 and expansive forehead, and a countenance 
 which in his early manhood bespoke a capa 
 cious and intelligent soul. He has a finished 
 education, and was trained to the profession of 
 the law. He moved principally in the first 
 class of society, to which his parentage and 
 connections naturally introduced him. 
 
 At an early age he became an ardent lover 
 of that weed which has- done more towards 
 peopling the grave, than any other article in 
 use among men, except alcohol ; and vastly 
 more than alcohol itself, in any one of its mix 
 tures, such as beer, wine, ruin, brandy, or gin. 
 Then, was it not for tobacco, old King Alcohol 
 would be shorn of half his strength ; it is his 
 principal recruiting officer. Banish tobacco 
 from common use, and few would be inclined 
 to use alcoholic drinks, and those who do, 
 would, after being quit of tobacco, soon acquire 
 strength to resist the inclination. 
 
 Evander's use of tobacco soon led him to 
 the free use of intoxicating liquors. He felt 
 that he needed something to raise nature to 
 its wonted tone, from which it had been de 
 pressed by his incessant use of tobacco, both in 
 smoking and chewing. He never has attended, 
 but very little, to business, as he thought his 
 fortune in possession and his fortune in pros 
 pect amply sufficient to support him in a style 
 becoming his station, without it. Finding an 
 abundant leisure, and plenty of means, he be 
 came increasingly fond of pleasure, and felt a 
 consequent growing distaste for every thing 
 
MAYOR JONES J OR, MY CIGAR. 67 
 
 which did not tend immediately to promote it. 
 The exhausting influence of his cigars, and 
 he was seldom without one in his mouth, 
 rendered some stimulus necessary to revive 
 him, and the excitement of the spirits again 
 called for the narcotic influence of tobacco. 
 They reciprocally operated upon each other. 
 
 I have repeatedly labored, with all the 
 warmth of friendship, to persuade him to quit 
 these destructive habits, but in vain. Mr. 
 Jones has repeatedly visited him for the same 
 purpose, and twice succeeded in getting him 
 to sign the temperance pledge ; but his tobacco, 
 which he would not quit, soon led him back 
 again to his cups. His friends, who would be 
 in ecstacy to see him quit intoxicating drinks, 
 encourage his use of tobacco, as they think he 
 cannot leave the use of both, for he would 
 have no source of enjoyment left. He is more 
 of a philosopher himself, and says, that his ex 
 perience and observation have taught him that 
 to get quit of his cups, he must get quit of his 
 tobacco, but for the latter he pleads an absolute 
 inability. 
 
 The general opinion and teachings of tem 
 perance men on this subject, tends to most 
 melancholy results. The use of tobacco is not 
 thought to be in itself an evil, nor is it taught, 
 by them, to be necessary to quit its use as a 
 temperance 4 measure. There is not a doubt, 
 in my mind, that very few who sign the tem 
 perance pledge would ever fall away, if at the 
 time of their signing it, they also quit the use 
 
68 MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 of tobacco ; and thousands upon thousands 
 more would sign it, if they could first be per 
 suaded to abandon its use. 
 
 For several years Evander cherished the 
 hope of becoming connected with the family 
 of Gen. Murdock, a family of great wealth and 
 respectability. The young lady who had his 
 heart was every way worthy of him, if he had 
 been what nature made him; but on account 
 of his habits, the union was deferred. Some 
 ten years since Miss Elcy Murdock took the 
 name of Melville. The gentleman who be 
 came possessed of this rich jewel, rich in virtue 
 and accomplishments, as well as wealth, sus 
 tains a high and respectable standing in so 
 ciety. 
 
 Evander had long been like a noble edifice 
 swayed from its base by some undermining 
 spring, and only waiting some blast of a hur 
 ricane, or slight shock of an earthquake, to 
 prostrate it, and such an event was the mar 
 riage of Miss Elcy Murdock. It swept away 
 all the nobleness that remained of him. He 
 plunged into the business of gambling, and 
 other vices ; and his fortune, which was nearly 
 consumed before, was soon blown away as 
 'the chaff of the summer threshing floor.' He 
 is now the mere shadow of a man, ruined, 
 absolutely ruined in body, mind, and estate. 
 It is enough to make angels weep, to witness 
 such ruin of physical and intellectual great 
 ness. 
 
 Had the tobacco reform progressed with the 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 69 
 
 reform from ardent spirits, he might have been 
 saved, or, even now, there might be a spark of 
 hope. As it is, there is none. The power of 
 the temperance pledge has been tried upon 
 him again and again. Every means as yet 
 employed, has been as weak as 'the green 
 withs' upon the hands of Samson. You may 
 now see him hanging about the lowest haunts 
 of vice, a bloated, miserable creature, one of 
 the noblest works of God a debased, degraded 
 being, the image of God changed into the 
 image of corruption, an intellect akin to an 
 gels, grovelling among filth, a noble, capa 
 cious soul buried in a heap of polluted flesh. 
 This is the work of tobacco. Any unpreju 
 diced mind must see it. The foundation of 
 his ruin was laid in the use of tobacco, and by 
 its use the topstone of his infamy is brought 
 forth with shame, shame unto it. It is a 
 mighty achievement of this dreadful foe. I 
 never think of him but I weep, and when I 
 look at the apathy of the community on this 
 subject I am in an agony. 
 
 "Such was his narrative, and communicated 
 with a fervor and earnestness which told the 
 strength of his feelings. I am surprised that my 
 attention never has been turned to this subject 
 before. It is as clear as day, to me, that to 
 bacco is a most fruitful source of evil. In the 
 account which he gave, you perceive that two 
 buildings with a large amount of property 
 were destroyed by cigars ; one building greatly 
 
70 MAYOR JOXES J OR, MY CIGAR. 
 
 damaged and one individual killed by the fire 
 of his cigar coming in contact with a keg of 
 powder, and many other lives endangered; the 
 death of two others was caused indirectly by 
 smoking and chewing ; one of the noblest of 
 men debased and degraded to the lowest ex 
 treme ; several fortunes consumed by the use 
 of tobacco, and two fortunes made by quitting 
 it, besides my friend Packenham, who like 
 wise says that he regards his early breaking 
 from the destructive habit, the most fortunate 
 incident of his life. You no doubt cease to be 
 surprised that / have thrown away my cigar. 
 Perhaps I may yet attain, by saving a shilling 
 a day, to as great a degree of prosperity as 
 Mayor Jones," said he, smiling. 
 
 '' I most sincerely thank you, James, for re 
 peating this interesting narrative of events. 
 Circumstances have occurred to me, as you 
 have progressed, fully confirming all his state 
 ments. If young men, like you and me, 
 should do no more than save the sixpences, or 
 shillings, that it costs us for cigars, we should 
 be worth a handsome little sum. in twenty or 
 thirty years. I am satisfied that the practice 
 is evil and only evil, and whether I attain to 
 the degree of prosperity which crowns the self- 
 government, industry and character of Mayor 
 Jones, or not," said he, taking out his box of 
 cigars, and showing me five or six packed 
 away for- use on his passage up the river, 
 " There," throwing with an energy, box and 
 
MAYOR JONES ; OR, MY CIGAR. 71 
 
 all far away into the Hudson, " THERE GOES 
 
 MY CIGAR." 
 
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 CONFORMITY. 
 
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 WRONGS OF WOMEN. 
 
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 ings. The discussions in this volume relate to some of the most profound 
 and difficult subjects, yet are distinguished for great clearness of method, 
 
 strength of thought and simplicity of style We only regret that 
 
 the taste for lighter reading will probably exclude this volume from the 
 libraries of those who most need it. To students in Theology, and think 
 ing laymen, it presents strong allurements, and will abundantly compen 
 sate for the time of more than a single reading." Com. Adv. 
 
 CHRISTIAN IMPERFECTION. 
 
 Lectures on the Moral Imperfection of Christians. De 
 signed to show that while sinless perfection is obligatory 
 on all, it is attained by none. By Seth Williston, D.D. 
 18mo. 
 
 " This is a work which will repay many a reading. In force of reason 
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 divine graces and duties, raises it to the highest point of Christian excel 
 lence and to the perfections of God, so that the true disciple of Christ will 
 be led to humble himself before God, and repent daily in dust and ashes, 
 of his involuntary sins of omission and commission." Alb. Spectator. 
 
 NEVINS' SERMONS. 
 
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 finely engraved portrait. 12mo. 
 
 UNION TO CHRIST. 
 
 By Rev. R. Taylor. 18mo. 
 
 NON-CONFORMITY TO THE WORLD, 
 
 BY THE RENEWING OF THE MIND. 
 By Rev. G. J\T. Judd. 32mo. 
 
 FRAGMENTS; 
 
 FROM THE STUDY OF A PASTOR. 
 By Gardiner Spring, D. D. 12mo. 
 
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 IN ADDTION TO THE FOREGOING IS ALSO PUBLISHED, 
 MEMOIRS OF REV. JOHN WILLIAMS, 
 
 Missionary to Polynesia. By Rev. Ebenezer Prout, of Hal- 
 stead. 1 vol. 12mo. 
 
 "Mr. Dodd has published a fine edition of Pr out's Memoirs of Rev, 
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 more ample material for an instructive and interesting biography than 
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 Missionary of the Cross, are almost without parallel. His self-denying 
 and eminently prosperous efforts in Polynesia have been extensively 
 before the public in the ' Missionary Enterprises? and the friends of 
 missions every where hold him in affectionate and melancholy re 
 membrance as the 'Martyr of Erromanga.' The author of the Me 
 moir now published, has, without drawing largely upon the facts with 
 which the Christian public are already familiar, produced a volume 
 of intense interest. The work is not merely the eulogy, but the his 
 tory of the active and efficient life of a man whose works constantly 
 spoke his praise, even to the hour of his tragic death. We take plea* 
 sure in commending the excellent mechanical execution of the vol 
 ume." 
 
 MEMOIR OF THE LIFE, LABORS, AND EXTENSIVE 
 USEFULNESS OF THE REV. CHRISTMAS EVANS, 
 
 A Distinguished Minister of the Baptist Denomination in 
 Wales. Extracted from the Welsh Memoir by David Phil- 
 lips. 1 vol. I2mo. With portraits. 
 
 " One or two specimens of the preaching of this celebrated Welsh 
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 of great talents, eminent piety, and most amiable character. There 
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 teresting, and an account of the oiigin. nature, and influence of San- 
 demanianiBra, of which Evans was well nigh a victim, more complete 
 and satisfactory than any thing we have ever seen, except Andrew 
 Fuller's work on the subject. The memoir is a valuable addition to 
 our stock of religious reading. It is well printed, ana adorned with a 
 portrait of Evans, the features of which are Welsh enough." N, Y. 
 Evangelist* 
 
 THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION THE CLAIMS 
 
 OF THE TIMES. 
 
 By Andrew Reed, D. D., with a Recommendatory Introduc 
 tion by Glardiner Spring, D. D. 1 vol. 12mo. 
 Dr. Spring says, " At the request of the publishers I have paid some 
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 nothing from his reputation. 
 
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 worth the labor and solicitude it cost. Whoever reads it will be abun 
 dantly compensated, and if he reads it with the spirit with which it 
 was written, cannot fail to become a more enlightened and useful 
 Christian. The object and aim of the writer is not a selfish one, but it 
 is to do good. He takes a wide range, and yet having read the work 
 the attentive reader will find that the substance of it is easily remem 
 bered. If our churches and pur ministers would possess themselves 
 of its principles and imbibe its spirit, they would have less cause to 
 lament the decay of vital godliness, either in their own hearts, their 
 families, or their congregations. 
 
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 PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES; OR THE 
 DOMESTIC MINISTER'S ASSISTANT. 
 
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 From the last London Edition. With an Appendix, con 
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 A GOLDEN TREASURY FOR "~^ ^ UI1 HREN OF GOD. 
 
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 corrected. 1'vol. I6mo. 
 
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 THE BOOK THAT WILL SUIT YOU; 
 
 Or a Word for Every One. By Rev. James Smith, Author of 
 " Believer's Daily Remembrancer," &c. 
 
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 rection, viz. : towards the theory of life's daily practice. We hope 
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 GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS, 
 
 In a faithful account of the Life and death of John Bunyan, 
 pp. 176. 
 
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 KIND WORDS FOR THE KITCHEN ; 
 
 Or Illustrations of Humble Life. By Mrs. Copley. 
 
 "This admirable little volume is the production of Mrs. Esther 
 Copley, (late Mrs. Hewlett,) whose popularity as an authoress has long 
 been established upon both sides of the Atlantic. The welfare of that 
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 of the employer and the employed, and softening down the asperities 
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 hold sphere, we should rejoice to know that this little volume was 
 placed by the side of the Bible in every kitchen of our country.' 
 
Book* Published and for Sale by M. W. Dodct. 
 
 SERMONS, NOT BEFORE PUBLISHED, ON VARIOUS 
 PRACTICAL SUBJECTS. 
 
 By the late Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. 
 
 " Dr. Griffin may be regarded as having been a prince among the 
 princes of the American pulpit. He left a large number of sermons 
 carefully revised and ready for publication, part of which were pub 
 lished shortly after his death, but the greater portion of which consti 
 tute the present volume. They are doubtless among the ablest dis 
 courses of the present day, and are alike fitted to disturb the delusions 
 of guilt, to quicken and strengthen, and comfort the Christian, and to 
 serve as a model to the theological student, who would construct his 
 discourses, in a way to render them at once the most impressive, and 
 the most edifying." 
 
 A MEMOIR OF THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, A.M. 
 Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire. By Rev. T. S. Grimshaw, 
 A. M., Rector of Burton-Latimer, &c. Seventh American 
 from the last London Edition, with a handsome Portrait on 
 Steel. 
 
 "We have here a beautiful reprint of one of the best books of its 
 class, to be found in our language. Such beauty and symmetry of cha 
 racter, such manly intelligence and child -like simplicity, such official 
 dignity and condescending meekness, such warmth of zeal united with 
 a perception of fitness which always discerns the right thing to be 
 done, and an almost faultless prudence in doing it, are seldom found 
 combined in the same person. It is a book for a minister, and a book 
 for parishioners ; a book for the lovers of nature, and a book for the 
 friends of God and of his species. Never perhaps were the spirits and 
 duties of a Christian Pastor more happily exemplified. Never did 
 warmer or purer domestic affections throb in a human bosom, or exer 
 cise themselves more unceasingly and successfully for the comfort, the 
 present well-being and final salvation of sons and daughters. From no 
 heart probably, did ever good will flow out to men, in a fuller, warmer 
 current. In a word, be was the author of the ' Dairyman's Daughter/ 
 and the ' Young Cottager.' 
 
 " The engraved likeness of Mr. Richmond alone is worth the cost of 
 the work ; as illustrative of the uncommon benignity that adorned and 
 endeared the man to his friends and the world." 
 
 UNCLE BARNABY; 
 
 Or Recollections of his Character and Opinions, pp. 316. 
 
 " The religion of this book is good the morality excellent, and the 
 mode of exhibiting their important lessons can hardly be surpassed in 
 anything calculated to make them attractive to the young, or successful 
 in correcting anything bad in their habits or morals. There are some 
 twenty chapters on as many common sayings and maxims, occurrences 
 and incidents in this respect bearing a resemblance to 4 the Prompter, 
 a somewhat oracular book forty or fifty years ago. It is an excellent 
 book to keep in a family, and may be alike beneficial to parents and 
 children." 
 
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 Memoirs of Mrs.-. Elizabeth B. Dwight, of the Mission at 
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 MEMOIR OFMRS. T SAB ELLA GRAH'AM. 
 
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 TIMOTHY W. LESTER. 
 
 Memoir of Timothy W. Lester ; or, Eminent Piety the- 
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 THE CONVERTED MURDERER; 
 
 A Narrative. By Rev. William Blood ; with an Introduc 
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 BIOGRAPHY OF THE SAVIOUR AND 
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 THE BIBLE BAPTIST, NO. I. 
 
 OR. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ON THE MODE OF BAP- 
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 By Thomas P. Hunt. 18mo. 
 
 THE BIBLE BAPTTST, NOi II: 
 
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 RELIGIOUS EMBLEMS. 
 
 Being a Series of Emblematic Engravings, with Written 
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 cordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity. 
 By William Holmes and John W. Barber. 
 
 THE CHURCH MEMBER'S MONITOR, 
 
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 CHRISTIAN CONFIDENCE. 
 
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 t WINS1-.OW ON THE ATONE1VIENT. 
 
 ^Experimental and Practical Views of the Atonement. By 
 
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 3iis atoning sacrifice, is reflected in the face of the Ohuroh, and in whiela. 
 ; ghe beholds her entire beauty, righteousness and eternal life, as hid witk 
 .Christ in God." Albany Spectator* 
 
 PROF. H. P. TAPPAtsJ'S WORKS- 
 
 3 vols. 12mo. 
 
 I. A Review ef ' Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of 
 the Will.' II. The Doctrine of the Will determined 
 by an Appeal to Consciousness. III. The Doctrine of 
 the Will applied to Moral Agency and Responsibility. 
 
 /A GUIDE TO MOTHERS AND NURSES. 
 By the late Cakb Ticknor, A.M., M.D. 12mo. 
 
 THINKS-1-TO-MYSEt.F^ 
 
 A serio-ludicro-tragioo-comico tale. Written by Thiiiks- 
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 THE PILGRIM^S NOTE BOOK 5 
 
 OR, CHOICE SAYING-S ILLUSTRATIVE OF CHRISTIAN CHA 
 RACTER AND DUTY. 
 
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 moment for refreshment and reflection." N. Y. Observer. 
 
 THE EXAMPLE OF WASHINGTON ; 
 
 COMMENDED TO THE YOUNG. 
 
 By Joseph Jllden, D.D. 18mo. 
 
 This volume does not contain a narrative of the life of Washington. 
 A few incidents are given, and some of his prominent qualities set forth. 
 for the imitation of the young : iri their efforts toward the formation or 
 character. 
 
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 stations. The whole comprises a neat octavo volume of 450 pages. 
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 PUNISHMENT BY DEATH; ITS AUTHORITY AND 
 EXPEDIENCY. 
 
 By George B. Cheever. Second edition, with an Introduction 
 by Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen. 
 
 "Aluminous and forcible exhibition of the Scriptural authority as 
 well as the grounds of expediency on which the advocates of the ex 
 isting laws rest their defence. We commend the book to the perusal 
 of those whose minds are unsettled on this subiect, believing that 
 the author has gone thoroughly into the investigation of the argu 
 ments of tkose opposed to Capital Punishments, and has faithfully at 
 tempted to demonstrate both the inexpediency of the change, and its 
 direct contravention of the teachings of Divine Truth." New York 
 Observer. 
 
 tfW'Jy^ -' '..' If: <-i f >' "- 
 
 TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS; OR FAITH REWARDED. 
 
 By the Author of " Emma, or the Lost Found," " The Adopt 
 ed Child," &. 1 vol. I8mo. 
 
 " This interesting little narrative combines entertainment with in 
 struction of the choicest kind. It depicts, on the one hand, the meek 
 ness and humility with which the faithful follower of the Redeemer, 
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 dures the chastening dispensations of an All-wise Provi lence ; and, on 
 the other, the thankfulness and gratitude with which he receives un 
 expected benefits and mercies. It is an excellent book for the young-, 
 and from its perusal they cannot fail to derive both pleasure and profit.'* 
 N. IT. Journal of Commerce. 
 
 MEMOIR OF MRS. ANNA MARIA MORRISON, 
 Of the North India Mission. By Rev. E. J. Richards. 1 vol. 
 18mo. 
 
 "Mrs. Morrison was the wife of one of the Presbyterian Mission 
 aries in Hindostan, who was removed from the Church militant prior 
 to their arrival at their appointed station. It. is an instructive deline 
 ation of a superior and exemplary Christian female, just fitted to edify 
 young women, by displaying the excellency of the Christian religion, 
 and should be placed in the Sunday School Library for the special 
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 A MOTHER'S TRIBUTE TO A BELOVED DAUGHTER, 
 
 Or Memoir of Malvina Forman Smith. 1 vol. I8mo. 
 
 " The portrait of this much loved girl is drawn in a series of letters 
 from different members of the family, which are generally well writ 
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 worthy of imitation by those of her sex who shall have the good fos> 
 twu to peruse her brief history." Boston Traveler. 
 
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 THINKS i TO MYSELF; 
 
 A Serio-Ludicro-Tragico-Comico Tale. Written by Thinks I 
 To Myself Who 7 1 vol. 12mo. 
 
 ELIZABETH THORNTON, 
 
 Or the Flower and Fruit of Female Piety, &c. 1 vol. 18mo. 
 
 " This is the sketch of a young female possessing no common ex 
 cellence of character ; although called away from her labors of Chris 
 tian love when she scarcely numbered a score of years, she was truly 
 ripe for heaven. She lived and acted while life was hers far the great 
 nd of being ; and no one of her sex could read this development of 
 an exalted character without the desire to imitate such an example. 
 It is just such a book we can most heartily recommend for the Family 
 and Sunday School Library." N. Y. Com. Advertiser. 
 
 JANE BRUSH, AND HER OOW. 
 
 " It is a beautiful story, and none the less so we dare say, for the 
 dovetailing of the translator's charming imagination into the text for 
 she tells us that she has added to the original though it is so very in 
 geniously done that it is quite impossible for us at least to discover the 
 spots in the wainscot.' The little volume furnishes one of the few 
 instances in which a work professing to be written for children, has 
 been successful. It is not written down to their feelings and compre 
 hensions but exactly upon a level with them. Its language, and the inci 
 dents of the tale are precisely what they should be to make an im 
 pression and do good. There is no baby talk about it, and yet, every 
 .thing is so said as to adapt itself at once to the capacity of the young 
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 has ever been written, and we, at any rate, have found it very delight 
 ful reading/or children of some age." Courier $ Enquirer 
 
 MORAL TALES FOR CHILDREN. 
 
 By Uncle Arthur. Illustrated by seven engravings. 1 vol. 
 32mo. 
 
 "Uncle Arthur, the avowed narrator of these stories, must be anew 
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 of arresting the attention and winning the regard of the young. His 
 fctories are simple and natural ; having a direct religious tendency, 
 and cannot fail to exert a salutary influence upon the juvenile mind.*' 
 Boston Merc. Journal. 
 
 THE TRAVELER, 
 
 'Or Wonders of Nature and Art. 2 vols. 18mo. 
 
 MEMOIR OF MRS. ELIZABETH B. DWIGHT; 
 
 Including an account of the Plague in 1837. By Rev. H. G. 
 O. Dwight, Missionary to Constantinople. With a Sketch 
 of the Life of Mrs. Judith jS. Grant. Missionary to Persia. 
 
Books Published and JOT Sale by M. W. Dodd. 
 PSYCHOLOGY; 
 
 Or a View of the Human Soul ; including Anthropology. 
 Adapted for the use of Col-leges and Schools, By Rev. F. A. 
 Rauch, B. P., late President of Marshall College, Pa, Second 
 edition, revised and improved. 1 voL 8vo> 
 
 " We have devoted more time to the examination of this work than 
 \ce can usually devote to the books submitted to our consideration fo? 
 a passing notice, and in our opinion it is a work of great value. 
 
 " His first great object in these lectures is to teach man to know 
 himself. The second, is to give the science of man a direct bearing 
 upon other sciences, and especially upon religion and theology. The 
 execution of the work renders it admirably adapted to popular use r 
 and it should be studied by all. The clergyman should study it. The 
 lawyer would derive great advantage from it. The physician cann<r< 
 foe master of his profession without it." N. Y. Com. Adv. 
 
 A RESIDENCE OF EIGHT YEARS *N PERSIA, 
 
 Among the Nestorian Christians. With Notices of the Mil* 
 hammedans. By Rev. Justin Perkins. With Maps and 
 twenty-seven beautiful colored plates* 1 voll 8vo. 
 
 "The attention of the Christian public has been ealled of late years 
 with great interest to the Nestorians of Persia, and the recent visit to- 
 this country by Rev. Justin Perkins and Bishop Mar Yohanan, has- 
 awakened still greater anxiety to know more of this people, ' the 
 vsnerable remnant of a once great and influential Christian Church.' 
 The theory of Br. Grant, that this people are the lost tribes of Israel, 
 has attracted considerable attention, though since the examination of 
 that theory by Br. Robinson, we do not think it has very generally 
 been embraced. These are obvious reasons to account for the anxiety 
 with which the work of Mr. Perkins has been looked for since his in 
 tention to prepare a work on Persia was announced, ad we are quite' 
 confident that the public expectation will be more than answered by 
 the graphic interest, the valuable information, and unique embellish 
 ments of the volume jwst issued. . . . Mr. Perkins has made a valuable 
 contribution to the literature and science of our country, as well as to 
 missionary annals. This handsome volume should adorn the library 
 of every literary institution, and. of every man of intelligence, and \v& 
 trust it will thus be widely circulated." N. Y. Observer 
 
 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMIS 
 SIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. 
 
 Compiled chiefly from the Published and Unpublished Docu 
 ments of the Board. By Joseph Tracy. Second edition^ 
 carefully revised and enlarged. 1 vol. 8vo. 
 
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 b found in the library of every intelligent citizen. It is interesting 
 in matter and subjects, and invaluable for a reference. The volume 
 is handsomely printed, and illustrated with numerous plates, some of 
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 THE GREAT SECRET DISCOVERED. 
 
 By Joseph JLlden, D.D. ISmo, 
 
 Children will read this story with avidity, and it will teach them an 
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 PLAY-ROOM POETRY. 
 
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 THE TRAVELLER; 
 
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 MRS. SHERWOOD'S WORKS. 
 
 ;L * THE DROOPING LILY.' 18mo. II. ' THE VIOLET 
 LEAF.' ISmo. III. ' THE LOFTY AND LOWLY WAY.' 
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 SCENES IN ROME, 
 
 IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY. 
 By /. W. Taylor. 18mo. 
 
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 THE CHILD'S BOOK OF DEVOTION, 
 
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 THE STORY OF GRACE, 
 
 THE LITTLE SUFFERER WHO DIED IN NEW- YORK, 1837. 
 ISmo. 
 
 MY NATIVE VILLAGE. 
 
 ^Sketches from real life ; designed to aid the Temperance 
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