The Emperor of China waked up on hearing his wife speak in this manner, and cried out, "What nonsense is this?" Cathilda answered meekly, That she was repeating to her sister what the Missionaries of the Observatory had said respecting the progress of the whole body of the stars through the heavens. "Keep quiet," said the Emperor, "I want to sleep."
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The Emperor of China waked up on hearing his wife speak in this manner, and cried out, "What nonsense is this?" Cathilda answered meekly, That she was repeating to her sister what the Missionaries of the Observatory had said respecting the progress of the whole body of the stars through the heavens. "Keep quiet," said the Emperor, "I want to sleep." —RED POCKET BOOK, p. 7.NEW YORK: DEWITT & DAVENPORT, TRIBUNE BUILDINGS.
1852.ENTERED, according to act of Congress, in the year 1852, by NATHAN C. MEEKER, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
DEDICATION.
TO THE HONORABLE MILLARD FILLMORE, ESQ.
Sir,—My only title to the very great honor I do myself on this occasion, lies in having myself been lately called to fill a station in a remote corner of the world, not dissimilar to that which your Excellency now occupies. This will be better understood on the perusal of the present work, which has been hastily thrown together since my return to this my native land, after an absence of about eleven years.
I have long hesitated upon the propriety of thus making the events of my life public; for it is considered proper that characters like ourselves should have the circumstances of their lives drawn up by other hands, and even then not till they have passed from this mortal scene. Still, if a regard for real facts is to be considered, no one is equally competent with myself; and for this reason I have taken upon myself the task of selecting and arranging, and of superintending my work through the press. Your Excellency will at once perceive the delicacy and difficulty of this undertaking; but not wishing to magnify my efforts, I dedicate the work to you as it is, and shall look for your sympathy and liberality in passing judgment upon its merits; while, at the same time, I shall regard with favor such of your acts as have terminated unfortunately, and whose effects are magnified by the malignancy of your enemies.
It is a source of great gratification, sir, to look over our common country, and see the wonderful advances which are continually made in every department of science and industry, in which our fortunate fellow-citizens are engaged; and it may be safely said that no nation, since the world began, has elevated itself in everything pertaining to man's happiness, in a degree equal to our own. And this is so true, that for me now, after eleven years' absence, to become acquainted with all our improvements in the arts and in the sciences, in agriculture and in navigation, and to obtain a correct idea of the population, resources, wealth, and refinement, even of the new States, will require not only a great exercise of memory, but a close application to study for a considerable length of time.
I can but congratulate you, sir, on being placed at the head of such a happy and page: iv-5[View Page iv-5] prosperous nation; and I assure you of my hearty concurrence in all your public measures,—not by any means excepting the one in which you manifest your love for liberty, by putting your name to that law which cements the bond of union between the Northern and Southern States,—and it is my earnest wish that the benign and bountiful Providence may shower down on you the choicest blessings, not only to the close of your administration, if you are permitted to see that period, but to the latest stage of your earthly existence.
JACOB D. ARMSTRONG,
(Late President of the Island of Nede.)