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SELECT POETRY.
WHO IS THY l KItNU?
BT BAMSAT,
'Tis not tho ono who walks the earth
Whose smiles are all thy own,
Whon face oft beams with joyous mirth
As if tor thee alone.
'Tis not ihe one who whispers oft
When fortune's son is warm,
Nor those who ol times proudly boast
Will shield thee from all harm.
But 'tis tho one whose' heart is pure
And spurns deceit's false glare,
Who'd stoop in no wise to allure,
Or innocence ensnare.
Who shares life's ill anil woes with thee
To which all Hesh is prone,
And drops the tear of sympathy
For sorrows all thine own.
When daik misfortune spreads her wing
Around thy mortal frame,
And adverse storms indict a sting
True friends are still the same.
They'll meet you wilh a mellow heart)
H i!h looks of heavenly joy,
While sunny days of friendship's dart
' Will glisten iii their eye.
i
A friend sincere without deceit
On this lerrestr'al ball,
Is one rare cm that's hard to meet,
From Palestine to Gaul.
A VISIT TO FORT HILL,
THE RESIDENCE OF THE HON. JOHN C.
I'ALIIOL'N, NEAR PENDLETON, S. U
We find in one of our exchanjw'S a
lengthy, but exceedingly interesting ac
count of a recent visit, by a traveler, to the
residence of the Han. John C. Calhoun, at
Fort IliU, S. C, from which we extract
the following : '
In paying a visit to the frreat statesman
of America, in his secluded home tthe
South, the visitor is so struck with hoth
him and his home that he is at a loss which
to admire most the far-seeing sage, or the
magnificent scenery by which he is surrounded-
Few Northerners have had he pleasure
of seeing Mr. Calhoun at norms On his
plantation, in the bosom of his family, and
surrounded by scenes familiar to him for so
many years, he is the same, and yet he is
in some respects a different person from
the Senator at th capital, lie is more at
his eaje, more sociable and familiar, and
far happier.
His residence is about four miles from
Pendleton, an old town in PicUen's dis
trict, about two hundred and fifty miles
from Charleston.
I reached Pendleton about mid-day, and
no sooner had I landed from the mail stage,
than I made inquiry of the landlord of the
hotel in regard to the distance to Fort Hill.
He replied, "Yonder is Mr. Calhoun him
self." My eyes followed the direction to
which his finger pointed, and sure enough
I saw, seated under the shade of a large
tree, that stately head, whose features if
once seen re scarcely if ever forgotten,
and I had ceen Mr. Calhoun before in the
Senate, and recognised him at once. He
rose as I approached to where he was seat
ed, surrounded by a group of gentlemen,
his neighbors, and when I delivered him
my letter of introduction, he asked me to a
seat. When he had read the letter, he in
troduced me to his neighbors, and then
kindly invited me to return with him to his
residence and Bpend two or three days.
It is needless to say, that 1 at once accept
ed his invitation, so cordially given, and in
the course of an hour I was seated by his
side in his carriage, and on the wav to Fort
Hill.
Soon after leaving Pendleton, the car
riage entered a forest, in which we con
tinued until we reached the gate, which
opened into the grounds in the immediate
vicinity of the mansion. This is so con
cealed that you hardly notice it, until you
are within a very short distance of the
pillars of the north and east fronts white
of his house.
The door yard is filled with trees and
shrubbery oaks that have stood there at
least two hundred years, locusts, elms, wil
lows, wild orange, arid fig trees innumera
ble, the latter loaded With fruit; attached
is a large garden, filled with fruits, flowers,
plants and vegetables of every description :
and not far distant are large apple and
peach orchards'. ' The mansion itself is a
plain, unpretending-looking building, re-
Heved by wide piazzas, and, on each side,
rows of columns. As I said before, the
oak trees standing close to the house are
very old, large and lofty, and their im
mense tops are of jreat service, not only
in presenting' an Impenetrable shad;1, but
in protecting it in it thunder storm, as I
had occasion to witness, for, during' my
short stay, Fort Hill was visited by one of
the most severe thunder storms I had ever
witnessed, and I should do the thunder in
justice were I not to state that it was of the
regular Calhoun oider, and exactly what I
should have expected in this region.
We reached Fort Hill about 2 o'clock,
P. M. It was nearly the dinner hour. J
was introduced to his family, which, at that
time consisted of Mrs. Calhoun, bis young
est daughter, and the three youngest sons;
Mr. Calhoun has seven children th eld
est, Andrew, is a planter in Alabama; the
next, Patrick, is a captain in the army, and
stationed near New Orleans ; the eldest
daughter is in Europe, the wife of our
Charge at Uelgiunh Airs. Calhoun is just
such a 'wife as a man like Mr. Calhoun
should have sensible, domestic and indus
trious. She governs her household in a
style that no Roman matron, in the olden
times, ever surpassed. Lornelia, the daugh.
tef at home, is a most affectionate compan
ion for the mother. Of the three sons who
were at home, I must make some mention.
John is a physician, and was married,
shortly after I left, to the daughter of a
near neighbor. He will make a leading
phvsician wherever his destiny leads him
to settle. James, the next, is a calm, quiet
thinking young man, of 20, and, in many
respects, strongly resembles his father.
Willie is the youngest of all Mr. Calhoun's
children, alwut 18 years ol age. and the pet
of all. The two last are students in the
South Carolina Coll'.-g4, and at home during
the vacation.
I dressed for tlinner, and when I sat
down to the table I was soon at home, and
felt ns much so as if 1 had known every
member of the family for the !a?t twelve
years.
Everything that is to be had in the South
is raised or found on Mr. Calhoun's estate,
ami on his table. He is a very spare eater,
and his temperance is so well known, that
I need not allude to it.
The view to the southward of his house
is very beautiful, extending over hill and
dale ; the Senecca river passes through his
plantation, and forms the principal branch
of the Savannah river, by which the pro
duce of his plantation is sent to Hamburg,
opposite) Augusta. His house itself stands
1000 feet above the level of the sea, and
about 200 feet above the Senecca river.
In sight of the house and ollice is the negro
quarter, on a hill 100 feet above the valley,
and one-eighth of a mile from the man
sion. The houses are built of stone, ami
joined together like barracks, with gar
dens attached, and a large open space in
front. There are, perhaps, seventy or
eighty negroes on and about th place.
The largest part of his negroes are in Ala
bama, where Mr. Calhoun owns e. large
plantation, and which is under the manage
nent of his son Andrew, (alluded to as nis
eldest son,) who has the reputation of being
one of the best cotton planters in Alabama.
Towards sunset Mr. Calhoun gave me an
invitation to walk over his farm. I gladly
accepted. After leaving the mansion, We
proceeded towards the valley at the south
of it. We descended to the valley passing
by the negro quarter. Here Mr. Calhoun
stopped a few moments, making inquiries
in regard to some who were sick ; among
thein seated under a cherry tree, was an
aged negro man, who was, as he informed
me, the oldest on the place, and enjoyed
some particular privileges. He was allow
ed to cultivate some four or five acres of
laml for cotton and other things ; the pro
ceeds of which became his property, and
sometimes produced $30 or $50 a season.
This is a privilege, however, that Mr. Cal
houn allows his slaves, and all have a patch
containing more or less acres of cotton.
These patches are near the negro quarter
for their convenience. The negroes culti
vate the cotton at their leisure. Mr. Cal
houn has it ploughed for thein by his hor
ses and ploughs, aud they hoe it in their
spare timei These darkies are as shrewd
in getting the highest price for their little
crops as vhite planters, and are as perfect
ly conversant with the fluctuations in the
cotton market in Liverpool and New York
as a cotton broker. Mr. Calhoun has no
drivers-. He has un overseer, Mr. Freder
icks, who superintends his planting inter
est a very intelligent and faithful man.
Leaving the quarter, we passed down to a
mill at the foot of the hill on which the
n-gro houses are built. From the mill we
rtssed into a large field of Indian corn, and
assure you I dt not exaggerate when I
ray I never saw such a splendid agricultu
ral sight in my life. The field is in the
low ground or bottom, and covers 120
acres. The average height is 12 or H
feet! a sea of dark green, waving with
tassels and glossy silk of every hue and
color, and is grand beyond description.
From this we passed into a cotton field,
which is as large or larger, covering over
120 acres, and extending over hill and flat,
high and low ground. ,It was the first
time I had ever seen cotton growing, and
it was a new and novel sight to me. Mri
Calhoun explained to me the process of its
cultivation. It is planted like Indian corn,
and cultivated with even greater care ; it
is hoed four times. He pointed out to me
the blossoms; the first day after the blos
som appears, the (lower is white : the next
day red ; and the third it drops ofr, and the
cotton boll begins to form. It was in this
stage I saw it. It is a pleasant mode of
farming. There is nothing wanting on the
farm ; fields of oats, of wheat, of potatoes
and rice, and all in a forward state. The
rice field occupies a part of the low laud,
near the Senecca river, and its pale green
was in striking contrast with the dark green
of the corn. The farm is a model farm.
It consists of about 1000 acres, 450 of
which are in cultivation. Mr. Calhoun's
striking method and arrangements are seen
everywhere.
We returned to the mansion about dark.
Soon alter, tea was served to the family, on
the piazza. Afterwards, we adjourned to
the drawing-room. Mrs. Calhoun played
several favorite tunes upon the pianoi and
at ten P. M. all separated for the night,")
and I retired to bed, and dreamed of the
extraordinary individual whose guest I was
for the time being.
The next day I arose at daybreak, and
found that Mr. Calhoun was up before mej
and had rode on to the plantation! He
was absent about an hour. When he re
turned breakfast was served in the dining
room. 'After breakfast he retired to his li
brary, and left me to amuse myself as I
f leased. His habits are very regular, and
presume they are the same one dy as
another, when at home. ' He risei at four
to five o'clock ; exercises on horseback or
in a long walk over the farm for an hour;
he then returns and write until breakfast,
which is about eight o'clock ; he then re
tires again to his library, and writes or
reads until about one or two o'clock
Dinner is then served. After dinner he
converse! until towards sunset, when he
goes on to the farm and remains until dark.
After tea, he spends the evening in con
versation with his family or friends.
' Not a death has occurred on the place
in four years, and I should judge that it was
the healthiest location in the State. I
went down to the slave quarter, and saw
them at work also in the field. I had heard
so milch said in regard to Mr. Calhoun and
his slaves, that I was anxious to see them
with my own eyes. The slaves are cer
tainly as happy and contented as it is pos
sible for them to be. They love their mas
ter, and he is kind to them. On Sunday
Jhey go to church) or do as they please.
They have their holidays. There appears
to be as much aristocracy among the ne
groes of Mri Calhoun as among white
folks. The marriage of his young male or
female slaves Wilh a slave on another plan
tation creates as much excitement as a mar
riage in Astor Place would do. The mat
ter requires a great deal of arrangement
and proper settlvmcnt. These matches
are generally made up between parties re
siding on different plantations. A very
intelligent house servant of Mr. Calhoun
was married (the second night I was at his
house) to a female slave on an adjoining
plantation. I listened to the fiddles and
happy songs of the negroes on their way
to and from the wedding, from this and ail
the neighboring plantations, Uhtil nearly
daylight. J tie ceremony was performed
by the oldest negro, who was a sort of au
thorized parson ol the Methodist order.
Mr. Calhoun has some very old slaves on
his plantation. One old negress that I saw,
Mouemi Calhoun, (by the way all the ne
groes on his estate are called by the name
in the neighborhood,) is over 112 years
old. She has 63 living descendant on this
plantation, who take care of the old dame.
Her husband lived to a very old age; his
name was Polydore. Both' were brought
from Africa and have lived with the Cal
houns for a century. The negroes on this
place pay as much respect to the old ne
gress as if she were a queen. Directly in
front of the negro quarter is a field con
taining several acres of the sweet or Caro
lina potato. They grow to be very large.
The second morning I took my depar
ture for Pendleton, very much gratified and
delighted with my visit. The personal ap
pearance of Mr. Calhoun is very imposing :
lie stands fully six feet. His features are
very marked ; he has an eye as clear and
piercing as an eagle's. His hair stands up
falling backward from his forehead and is
quite gray. He is full of life, energy and
activity, and bids fair to live another thirty
years yet. He is a man that I think will
live to a very grent age. I should judge
him to be (!2 or (ill years old now. The
longer such men live, the better fur man
kind and the human race.
Stoi'I'ino Nkwsmpj.rs. We copy the fol
lowing from the. Scientific Anieiiean. It
suits a ureal many meridians in this Country:
A class of conceited, touchy people, who
stop a newspaper on account of any petty
paragraph that displeases lhem are cleverly
ridiculed by an exchange as follows. The
parable should be kept before the people :
A certain man hit his toe against a pebble
stone and fell headlong to the ground. He
was vexed, and under the influence of anger
and active self-suflicioncy, he kicked old
mother earth right saucily. With impertur
bable gravity, he looked to see the "great
ijlobe dissolved" and come to naught. But
the earth remained, and only his poor fooc
was injured in the encounter This is the
way of man. An article appears in a news
paper touching him in a weak place, aibi
straightway he sends word lo stop his pa pus.
With great self-complacency, ho looks oil !
sro a crash, when (he object of his spleen
shall cease to be: Poor foul, ha has only hit
his own too against a word that does not peN
ceptibly feel the shock, and injures lo no ex
tent, any but himself.
How do tiif.y Live! In vindicating their
position, and to Chow tho justice of their de
mand, the Tailors' Society of Boston have
published the bill of prices they ask, and also
tho prices paid when they struck, and it ap
pears almost incredible that men can lire,
support their lannlies, and educate the'r
children lit such tuitions venues. From, their
statement we make the followingr extract:-"-
'For a dress and frock coat, Si 75 to S2 is
paid, and it require ihree aud a half daj-s,
working twelve honrs pef day, to make it;
sin touts, $2 SO to $2, same tiino required;
oversacks, Si 73 to $3, three days' work to
make it; pantaloons, 17 to 7 cents. At
these prices, about five dollars a week is the
most that a tailor can make at his labor, and
out of this is to be supported a wife and chil
dren. The question is a very pertinent tfnti.
how do the tailor live? Ledger.
Impohtant Navai. Ihtf.llicence. The
Philadelphia Bulletin has been informed from
a private source, that the frigate Baritan,
Captain Page, and sloop-of-war Saratoga,
Commander Nicholson, which arrived at
Newport, R. I., on the 6th instant, found
order awaiting them to sail immediately for
Cat Island. Such was the urgency of the
orders that the vessels sailed at once, without
waiting for letters from Boston which were
expected by the officers of the ships. Cat
Isand, or Sun Labrador, it one of the Baha
mas, and is understood td be a point ctf ren
dezvous for the expedition to invade Cuba.
The sailing of the Raritan and Saratoga for
this point ij of course, owing to intelligence
received by government relative to prepara
tions for this secret expedition.
Whilo Pennsylvania contains ircrri enough
to lay forty railroads around the' earth, the
iron rails for the new track to avoid the In-
dined Plain, near fUi"1'
' from. niln(j
.pnia, are importou
A GIRL THAT MOIXD BE MARRIED.
Mr. Watts had by industry and economy
accumulated a large property. He was a
man of rather superior mental acquirements,
but unfortunately became addicted to habits
of intemperance. Naturally'fond of com
pany, and possessing superior conversa
tional powers, his company was much
sought, and to eventually became a sot.
His wife was a feeble woman, without
much decision of character ; but an only
child was the reverse.
Mai"y vas woll aware of tho consequen
ces that Would inevitably follow her fath
er's courrf and had used every exertion of
persuasion and reason in her power, to in
duce him lo alter his habits, but without
avail : his resolutions and promises could
not withstand temptation, and he pursued
his downward course, till the poor girl de
spaired of n form and grievously realized
what the end must result in.
John Dlinn was a young man from the
East, pos?Pssi d of a good education, as all
our New England boys are, nnd tV.eir In
domitable industry and perseverance, and
was working- on the firm of a neighbor
by the nioiil h.
Mary, on going on sorne rrrands to the
next house, met him on Ine road with the
usual salutation,
4(iood morning, Mr. Dunn.'
'Good morning, Miss Watts-. How is
your health !"
'Well, I thank youi but, to tell the truth,
si ck at hear'..'
'Pray, what's the trouble V said John.
' What can afTect a cheerful, lively girl like
yoil, jiossessing everything that can make
you happy '?
'On the contrary,' replied Mary, every
1'nirtg conspires to make me miserable. I
a m almost weary of life. But it is a sub-
jccl that I cannot explain to you; and yet
J. have sometimes thought I might '
Anything that I can do for you Miss
Witts you may freely command.'
1 'That is promising more than you msy
he willing to perform. But to break tile
ice at once do vou want a wife?'
'A wife! Well, 1 don't know. Don't
yo'J want a husband V
Indeed I do, the worst way. I don't
kn'jiw but you may think me bold and defi
cient in that maidenly modesty, becoming a
ycttng woman ; but if you krVc-w my situa
tion, and the afllictions under which I suf
fer, I think it would be some excuse for my
course.'
'Have you thought of the consequences ?'
s:'id John" my situation I am poor you
aie rich I am a stranger and '
'Indeed I have, till J am almost crazy.
Let me explain vou at:d every one cls
knows the situation of my father. His
habits are fixed beyond amendment, and
his property is wasting like dew before the
st.n. A set ol harpies are drinking his very
heart's blood, and ruin and misery are star
ing us in the face. We are almost stran
gers, it is true ; we have met in company
a few times, but I have observed you close
ly. Your habits, your industry, and the
care and prudence wilh which you man
age your employer's business, have always
interested me,'
And yet, my dear young lady, what can
you know of me to warrant you in taking
such an important step?'
'It is enough for me that I am satisfied
with your character and habits your per
son and manners. I am a woman and have
ej'es. We are about the same age, so if
yon like me well enough to have me, there
is my hand !'
And, my dear Mary, there's mine, with
all my heart in it. Now when do you de
sire it to be settled ?'
Now, this minute ; give me your arm
and we will go to Squire Benton's and have
the bargain finished at once. 1 don't want
to enter our house of distress again until 1
have one on Vhorn I can rely, to control
ami direct the affairs of our desolate home,
and to support me in my determination to
turn over a new leaf in our domestic af
fairs. 'But not in this dl ii hit, and in my shirt
sleeves, Mary V
'Yes and I In m' old sun-bonnet and
dirty apron. If Vdu are content, let it be
done at once. 1 hope you will not think
I am so hard pushed as that comes to ; but
J want a master. I am willing to be mis
tress, but to be master is more than1 I am
equal to. I will then take you home and
introduce you as .niy own dear husband
signed, sealed and delivered.' ,.
'So be it permit me to say, that 1 have
always admired you from the first moment
I saw you, for yotir beauty and energy, and
industrious, amiable deportment:
Now, John, if that is sincerej his is the
happiest moment of my life, and I trust ou
union will be Idng and happy: I am the
only one my father hears to; but alas! his
resolutions are like ropes of sand. I can
manage him on all other subjects ; you
must take charge of his business and have
sole control ; there will be no ditBculty--I
am confident of the result.'
They were married, and a more happy
match never was consummated. Every
thing prospered ; houses and barns were re
paired, fences and gates regulated, and the
extensive fields smiled and flourished like
an Eden. The unfortunate father in a few
years sunk into a drunkard's grave. - Mary
and John raised a large family, arid they
still live, respected and Wealthy all from
an energetic girl's resolution, forthought
and courage, j , . . :
Trim Sea Serpent. His serpentship has
lately been seen at Nahant, There cat, pa
no doubt about it, as the testimony of eye"
witnesses has been taken before justices of
the Peace. He always keeps his bead above
water and "waggles hit tail." ,
Hon, Post. Rantovl, of Mass., has start,
ed to Kllnekota, to take up ilia residence in
lhat territory, with Hon. Cebltb Cuehing.
I FROM CALIFORNIA.
We clip from our exchanges the following
extracts of letters from San Francisco, re
ceived by the Empire City:
Sa Francisco,
California, July 9, 1849.
This city contains about one thousand
houses, the greater portion of which aro no
thing more than muslin stretched over a light
frame; and hundreds of tents belonging to
those preparing to go to the mines are stuck
along the shore. There is nothing like com
fort to be found here. Everything houses,
manners of the people, and tho courtesies
that render civilized life desirable 11; all
are in the rudest possible state; added to
which, the presence of persons of all nations,
the Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Chilian,
decked out in the gaudy variety of colors,
and almost every man armed to tho teeth,
reminds one of some jfhe tudo scenes in
the dark opes, and inclines us to think it
rather of the chaiadter of one of the ro
mances of the "Arabian Nights'' than tho so
ber reality. Common laborers receive $1 an
hur, and carpenters arc in demand from ? 15
to SiO a day! Everything elso is in propor
tion, arid the California value of money
would not be believed if I were to write yon
the sober truth. Enormous schemes of land
speculations, and tho building of splendid
cities on paper is carried on with a rivalry
exceeding those in the United States several
venrs since. As hijrh ns twenty thousand
dollars have been paid for a lot here, aud the
prices are advancing every day.
So far as resales to the wonderful mineral
wealth of California, the most exaggerated
stories that have been told of it do not over
color the reality, The whole country is full
of gold, which can bo had for tho digging of
ir. But thoso who come here, as many do,
and imagine that it is to be easily picked up,
will be wonderfully disappointed. The dig
ging of gold, so far ns regards labor, requires
far moVe cxcessitfi work than the digging of
canals. The Ore is unequally distributed
through the earh, of a very tough nature,
which is compelled to be penetrated from tho
depth of ono to eight feet before the stratum
of alluvial is reached that contains Ihe gold.
Then tho trouble has but just commenced,
for oftentimes the dirt has to be conveyed On
tho b.nk iti pails full, some distance, to thu
water, to be washed. Machinery is of no
use, and cannot bo transported at present
over the hard roads necessary to be travelled
before the mines are reached; though those
whose bodies are capable of enduring ex
cessive fatigue, the ray of a burning sun 90
degrees In the shnde, and who are willing to
work slfSadily, may amass considerable,
though not the average immense fortunes so
often related in the newspapers as having
been obtained at one successful stroke. They
aie not fair averages, and mauy will come
here only to return home disappointed in
their high-wrought expectations.
The celebration of the kth of July in the
mines. The 4th of July was celebrated
throughout i!e placers, by an entire cessatiou
of labor, and the usual discharge of lire arms,
squibbs, crackers, and other patriotio com
bustifiers. Thousands of "Liberty poles"
arose, and mountains of blazing pines sent
tt.eir rude fire works to the occasion. All
became drunken with enthusiasm, and 1 own
i am sorry to say it, upon bad rum at SI a
glaSs.
The character of the country. A writer
gives his experience a& follows: Gentlemen,
do not advio a dog to tome to California.
Why have Col. Fremont, Famhain, an!
others so studiously misrepresented this
prched, barre n, mountainous country? The
entire Northern portion of Upper California
is inferior to New England in every respett,
whilo tho Southeri.' half of tho same territory
is baked and bumecl by a scathing, scorch
ing sun for nine months of the year, without
rain or dews, and delut,l-"d during tho other
throe. r
Population of the (9r. try. The present
population of ihe country is set down at 45,
out). Some 12,000 more are yet to arrive
from (lie States, via Cape Horn, and 1 know
not how many over the praifles and through
Mexico and Texas. To thi, which the
American papers will furnish, add what you
can learn of European emigration, and yon
will form a tolerably correct idea of t.ie pop.
ulatiou six months hence. The emigration
from this coast may be said to have tet sed.
Our countrymen are like pikes, who drive out
all other fiish from a! pond. Encouraged hy
General Smith's Continental Proclamation
from Panama, they have expelled most un
justly, and, as the picture will show, most in
judiciously, all fPreijjneis from ihe mine-
Vessels bound ddvtn the coast are filled with
Mexican, Peruvian e nd Chilian emigrants, re
luming home. The country is thus deprived
of the only available cheap labor within
reach until the yield of the mines shall have
fallen off 30 per bent. I am happy to hear
that General Rife., with equal good sense
and humanity, U gone the southern
min. with a View to protect sucn loreigner.
still there as may d ecide to apply for letters
of naturalltation. ' ' ' .' ' 1
A large lump of j oM. A letter from San
FrancIco,'dated S3d ' Jujy, says: '
I saw and exaroirt edwo specimens of gold,
Otie 22 almost pt ue, and another, J78 uz
of which mass somi 11 pound are estima
ted to be oure. , Tl ie lattei was nui chased
bv Messrs. Robeit I with. Co , at a coal of
about 13600, 'or a n order to go Enjlatid,
and they ha re tu W,)( W f" ,T
a ieivna
Sitkncss at the Mines. Sickness has lrea
dy shown itself in tho mines, and the next
two months will, I fear, terminate the earthly
hopes of many miners. A gttod many case,
of diarrhoea had occurred in a form very likf)
tho Cholera. Unless checked within a da
or two it proVed fatal:
A Yankee Trick. -We were accidentally
listeners, and not a little amused, at a bollo
quy held by a long, green Vankee, witk a
machine similar to a common New England
churn, which he was examining minutely J
"I bought you for a gold washer, and you are
one of tho washers. Here I've lugged And
backed and packed you all thrtJhgh Mexico,
and now you ain't worth a continental data
"you've turned out only a churn ; ain't 1 a
sweet-scented darn fool, ain't I?" Hefe
wrought into a passion and overcome by his
feelings, ho Seized an axe and entirely de
mollshed the 'churn, casting the cog-wheel
and crank nearly into the middle of the Si'
crameniS Sacramento Times. '
The Parisians anU tne Fore. Tfitl
Paris correspondent of the Christian Advtt
cate and Journal says tliat, on the morning ttf
Sunday, August 12, the following inscrip.fen
was placed on one of iho side walls of NdtH
Dame, in that city: " The good Shepherd
giveth his life for the Sheep: u IX destlhofs
his vilh r ape-shot." Ii excited so much ar
lention that ihe police Interfered to disperse
tho crowd. The inscription Was effaced, but ,
it was renewed during the night, and it i
said that all the churches had a similar i&
scription Dn their walls.
C'oncirnino Fucs. At breakfast, tin
morning, in that quiet and comfortable old
inn, tho White Swan, in York, a foreigner
made quick despatch with the eggs. Throat
ing his spoon into the middle, he drew the
yolk4 devoured it and passed on to Ihe
next. When he had got lo the seventh egg,
an old farmer, who had already been prejui
diced against Monsieui by his muslachoef,
could brook tho extravagance no longer, attdi
speaking up, said, 'Why, sir; you leave all
the white ! How is Mrs. LocktVood to afford
to provide breakfast at that rate?' Vj-,' rev
plied the outside barbarian, "you vouldn't
hab me eat dn vite De yolk is de chicken :
do vif: de feilders. Am 1 to make on boN
sterof mybelleyP The farmer was cVnT-
foundered.
California and Is'thmI-s Mails. The
Pust-OUiiee Department announces tJlat the
next mails for Chacres. Panama. KlinVeWiV
and San Faueisco will be despatched by tne
Government Steamship, ' Ohio," from New
Yoikon the 20ih instant, from Crrarleaten
(S. C.) on the 23d, in the morning, frtSrn Sai
vannah, (Geo.) on the 23d, in the mortiinc:
and from New Orleans by the steam-packet
'falcon" on the 6th ot October next.
The California Mails, brought br th
Empire City, amounted to upwards of eleven
thousand letter, and papers "in nrrort6h.,,
Among the letter, were several small, neatly
sewed linen bags, carefully sealed, and di
rected as letters, weighing from four to run
teen ounces. They contained Hambles IrJf the)
a
"dust" found in California.
From th. Dublin Nation.
VET.
Yet we labor, ever hoping,
Though misforUine mdeks endeavor
Down disaster's desperate sloping
Vet we struggle, hoping ever
Wearily.
Evn as the stream Is flowing
To the sea with ceaseless motion,
Never wave it current knowing,
Pass our live to sorrow's ocean,
Ceaselessly.
Weep'st thou, Hope? unhappy mother,
O'er thy dead child Misery
Let us sit by one another,
And our Hiuau shall echo uW
Drearily.
Yet, though Hopo herself were dying,
lu decile of Love and Glory,
Our crush'd live beside her lying,
Should maintain tho same high story
Steadfastly.
Yet, TJh Hope ! thy ghost shall lead us
. Thro' the grave ot Tune's commotion;
Till the Eternal Walcf.er heed us,
Till they give td our devotion
Victory. Spartaci's: ,
It is said, that Bishop Chase, in a sermori
remarked "lhat there were among his fe
male Auditors, corset boards sulficient to shin- .
gle a bog pen ?"
Miss Freperica Bremer. The authoVes
of "Home," the "Neighbors," NW" and
other novels known and admired iti this coun
try, is on her way to this country, where aha
intends to spend the winter.
Ingenious Revenue.-At the cast are of
Waitzen, the Austrian found in the City
great (lumber of Kossuth's bank notes. They j
immediately made a bonfire and bdfnt theft.
all ! These Austrian must be cut' the.
Indian Odd Fellows. The Cherokee
have now twenty-one tode of "Odd FU
lows." This fact betoken a progressiva ae
lion on the part of the aborigine.
Garibaldi, lt leader of the, Roman
Republican, wa at Venice it lb Utt ae
oounts, and his family with him. Th report
of Madame Garibaldi' jeath was iueorwt.
j A Cnr haa becn duping the good peepla
af Detroit by spllingjbera whit horn hai ra
tings, atntty eehU apiece, representing u-
the hair w pulled from the tail of the -
fSun old "Wljitey," of Gnial TAylftT-