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Suubufy. Oct. 8,' 1 853
TERMS 6F THE AMERICAN.
SELECT POETRY.
a railway rhyme. ; ;
FROM "rIiriENE.,"J '
Thpre iras n little milliner,
Iler name was Charlotte Dunn,
Tliimph there was nought ol ill in her,
She love, I a bit of fun.
And nn an E.inter holliJiiy,
Willi mind all fiee from cnic,
(Thonoh 'iwasa im'ln nclioly iluy,)
She went from Eutlun aquarsi
By train; in which beside her
' A man who aeem'd polite,
Tulk'tl, smil'd mid look'J quite wiiely at
Anuiher uppooile.
Onward, Onwan! sped the train,
O'er lull, and dale, and moor ;
The wind sped alter it in rain,
And could nut got licfuie.
The whistle Founded long anil stiii.l,
A liiunel now they neaiud,
Which in a - a lofty, iiiow-cl.id hill
lis dismal entrance reared.
Young Charlotte saw Iter vis a vis
Hise il)ly from hi. place,
And by her side, rij-hi clonely, he
Sat nli a drilling lace.
Thought she, "liiese men look for n treat,
(Jnle t Jinlye amis,
And think 'twill b an easy (eat
To Jiiulch a slol'.'ii kis.s.
So when lliey in the tunnel got,
She changed her place uuseeti ;
Yet neither of the men did wet
Bui she was still between.
Then soon a diurnal cry arost,
And raised a great alarm J
Fur each had knocked Ilia neiulibot' nose,
And done him grievuu harm.
Right feaifiilly they both diJ swear,
Ami swill llieir chalter tan,
When each of them became aw; r i
That he had kissed a man.
The train soon pnssed the tunnel through,
And came nyain to light
Exposed their laces all to view
It was a sorry sight ! ' " ' '
Wiih swollen nose and watery e es,
Each vow'd in riyhl uood sooth,
ll.t would the other well chastise,
And beat liini without mth.
The irnin soon lo a station came,
At which the lass ot out,
And, having much enjoyed the (jame,
Said, with a pretty pout :
"Good ninht, kind sirs; o you I wish
A very plea-aul ride,'
And counsel you, when next you fish,
To see how runs the tide.
"Let this lo you a warning be
As to each loving spark
If ztrU won't kiss tnit when they see.
Don't try it in the dark."
IHtocrUaitrouff i-cinttrv.
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SIR
CHARLES NAPIER.
Sir Charles was married to a lady of
strong though gentle character, and he de
lighted in relating an adventure which
once befell the pair, very characteristic of
both. He and Lady Napier were riding
one evening, unattended, on the summit of
the Alahableshwur Hills. Ihe sun had
just let, the pathway was narrow, bordered
on one side by jungle, and on the oilier by
a deep precipice. I timing suddenly to
his wife, he desired her to ride on at lull
speed immediately to the nearest village,
and send some people back to the spot
where she left him, and not to ask him the
reason why he sent her. She obeyed
near it, ye iiiipjibiu ve ami uispuiauous
wives! in silence. It was no slight trial
of her courage, as well as of her obedience,
lor the way was lonely, and beset with
many possible perils, but she rode rapidly
and boldly forward, and gained a village at
some distance in safety. The party whom
she then despatched and accompanied, met
Sir Charles, however, about a mile from
the place, following in his lady's track ;
and he then explained the reason of his
strange and unquestioned command. He
hail seenj as they slowly walked their hor
ses, four savage eyes gleam at him frm the
jungle, and believed that they belonged
either lo tigers or chetahs the hunting
leopard. He was awar that if they both
rode off, the creatures, folio ving the in-s'.'-ncts
of their nature, would be sure to
chase them. He feared lest, if Lady Napier
anew tne learlui kind of peril they were
in, she Would be startled and unfit to make
any attempt at escape, or at least that she
woum not consent to his own judicious
plan j so ho tested her obedience as we
have seen, successfully. He remained
himself, conlronling, and probably coutrol-
" t",wiiu oeasis with his eagle eye;
for, after a short naze and a mutir-d
growl, they retreated into the jungle, and
Ku aim Ir- I. .11 L 1
,J - -- v ikiiuw ins wife, '
i.aHw rv ... i. 1 . i .
in iir, nrraeii related lo m inn.
ther rather amusing incident in connection'
wnn animals. As she and Sir Charles
were coming down lo Mahablesbwur Hills,
Ihey chose to pitch their tent and remain
for Ihe night on the spot which was inhab
ited by a tribe of monkeys. These beasts
were drawn by their intense curiosity to
the travellers, and Lady Napier sent lor
some nuts, put Ihem into tbe pocket of her
apron, and fed one, which was bolder and
tamer than tbt rest, with them.- ' When
they withdrew into tha tent, the apish
guests likewise retreated. -
On awakening next morning, Lady Na
pier was startled at rinding that her purse,
which" waa in (he pocket of her anron. bad
bfj;n stolen in the night.' Ap. inquiry was
instantly maue, auo, a close search instituted
in her room lor it, but ia vain : and she
b J come to tbe conclusion, that some of
those skilful Indian robbers, who can steal
the sheds (torn under one, . utifcll and un
seen, hud tarried off her properly, lor 111
loss was considerable) when, walking hy
chance into the back enclosure of the tent,
she lound her friend the n.onkey seated in
grave dignity, wi'h h'T apron on, imitating
tier J'ester-eVfiiino's action, and supplying
the want of mils with licr gold and silver
coin'., which lie scattered liberally around
him. lie was suffered to empty (lie purse,
and then they tried to catch him, but, so
far as we remember, Hid not succeed ; he
relumed lo hid Woods clad in a black satin
apron ; and doubt less played or the future,
(he part of the monkey w ho has seen the
world .
Doth Sir Charles Napier and his wile
were much beloved by the Enojsli resi
dents in India. The general was alike
feared and adored by the natives. He un
derload their character, and they wre
dazzled by his splendid soldierly qualities.
We luve often found, when speaking lo
them ol the hero ol Sonde, Ilia) thtre was
some strange connection in Iheir minds
between him and the come t or nebulous
light, which, as they inserted, predicted
the fall ol (he Ameers. Nay, I have heard
it asserted that the Scindians looked on our
general as a sorl ol incarnation of Z.itonoi,
and that the (ear inspired bv his laconic
proclamation. nelooches! I am coming
up with 10,000 men lo drive you all to the
devil ."'greatly assisted the might of his
arms.
We have heard an incident related which
tends to prove (he efl.-cl this Snartan-like
abruptness and known resolution had on
the Eastern enemy, whilst Sir Charles was
in Scinde. A fort was held bv a formida
ble and desperate robber, and the general,
who could ill spare the time required to
reduce it, ordered a young officer of his
army lo go, totally unarmed, inlo the hold
of the chiefiain, and deliver the following
message : "Lome out to me, or, by .
I will come and fetch you !" The siimrr'"
was as instantly obeyed as if Eblis ' x-lf
had pronounced it, and (he fort " ..idered
lo the English.:
The hero's death was- iw and painful.
Me died in his own hous' and among his
own family. The physician' on whose
skill lie most relied, and for whom he en
tertained a personal regard, told us (hut a
few days belore he expired, he ordered his
favorite charger to be brought to the win
dow of his sleeping-room, which was on
the ground-lloor. He looked earnestly
upon his old companion, and said with a
dash of his former spirit : "Ah, you rogue!
you tried to kick my brains out onre, but"
in a more lender tone wish I could
kiss you !"
The poor steed thus apostrophized fol
lowed of course in the funeral procession
--the saddest object of it all except per
haps the old generals, 'the brothers of his
combats," who looked as if they, like our
selves, cooiii exclaim with Shakspeare ;
O ! withered is llie iritliind nf ihe v ar
The s iltlier. pole i fiill-ii ; tlte ihI.Ih is g'tiic,
And there is notliiii); left runiurkahlc
Hcttcatli the visiting moon.
vasiii;to:s's wic.vi.Tii
The following extract is taken from an
old book published by liussel & West, Hus
ton, in the year 1800, entitled "Washing
ton's Political Legacies," and dedicated lo
Miss Martha Washington :
General Washington was at one time
probably one of the greatest land-holders
in the United Slates. His annual receipts
from his estatis amounted, in 1796, to one
thousand pounds sterling, which is a very
large sum in federal money, and was con
sidered a very great fortune at that early
day in this country for one man to po.-segs.
His estate at Mount Vernon alone was
computed in 1787 to consist of nine thou
sand acres of land, of which enough was
in cultivation to produce in a tingle year,
ten thousand bushels of corn and seven
thousand bushels of wheal. In a succeed
ing year, he raised two hundred lambs,
sowed twenty-seven bushels of flax-seed,
and planted seven hundred bushels of pota
toes. He desisted, it is said, from planting
tobacco, which was then extensively raised
in Virginia, for the purpose of setting an
example, by employing his extensive means
in the introduction and fostering of such
articles ol domestic use and necessity as
v.-ould ultimately tend lo the best ad.
vantage of his country. His domestics, at
the same time, were industriously employ
ed in manufacturing woolen cloth and lin
en, iu suliirient quantities to clothe his
numerous household, which numbered
neatly one thousand persons.
ARTLESS alMI'LHTTV.
The Petersburg (Va.) Demo rit relates a
very interesting anecdote of a little boy of
that city, who, having recently tost nis
father, found himself debarred thereby from
attending school as formerly, and, in the
fullness of his faith, he determined lo seeic
the wherewithal at that footstool to which
he had doubtless been (aught to look lor
other and higher blessings. Tbe Democrat
says " in Ihe simplicity of his hear!, he sat
down and gravely wrote a letttes. to uis
Kedeemer, thinking perhaps thai so formal
a mode of profertng his requests weuld
aneei with ereater attention. What was
the surprise ol (he Postmaster, William N
rriend, Lsq., on discovering among the
contents of his letter box one morninsr. late
ly missive directed to 'Jesus Christ !V
Opening it, he read the story of ihe boy'a
wants, and, with a noble kindness, he de
posited to (be envelope the amount reotn
fed, and directed it (o Ike young supplicant
We have never heard a storv that in so
short a compass contains a more Instructive
and interesting lesson. It combines a sin'
gularly eicitious union of Cue illustrations
ol the great pillars ofrelieion. Faith. Hon
and Charity, and we would not wish to
know (he man who eould hear this plnirj
unvarnished tale without feeling himself
and Ins kind ruublrd by the recital."
;. Bill II 01 VI'. CIIOHU. .
The subjoined . beautiful thoughts are
from Sir Humphrey Davy's "Sulmonin :"
I envy no quality of mind or intellect
in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fan
cy ; but if I could choose w hat would be
most delightlul, and I believe would be
most useful to me, I should prefer firm
religions belief to every oilier blessing; lor
it makes life a discipline of goodness ; cre
ates new hopes when all other hopes van
ish ; and throws over the decay, (he de
struction of existence, the most gorgeous of
all lights; awakens lile even in death, and
from corruption and decay calls up beauty
and divinity ; makes an instrument of i!l
fortuno and shame the ladder of ascent lo
Paradise; and far above, all coin! inations
of earthly hopeji, calls up the most delight
ful visions of palms and amarinths, the
(lardens of the hlesl, the security of ever
lasting joys, w here the sensualist and Ihe
sceptic views only g'ojm, decay, annihila
tion, and despair.
An Historical Anecdote The followinjj
is raid lo be found in un ancient his'uiy of
Ciiiinet'lieul : Soon lifter llio settlement ol
the town of New Haven, several persons
went over lo what is now tho town of Mil
fotd, where, finding Ihe soil Very good, lliey
weio desirous to effect a settlement. But
ihe premises were in tho peaceable posses,
sion of tile Indians, and some t:oiicieuliou
scjuples aio:e ns to the prnpiietvof deposing
and e.vpellina litem. To lest Ihe rase, a
eliuich meeting was culled, and the matler
was determined by solemn vote of that sa
cred body. , After eevt ral speeches had been
made in rebtlioe .j the subject, l boy pro
ceeded to p votes; the first was the fob
lowing ' ..-ted, that Ihe earlh is Ihe Lord's
ait' , fulness Ihereol ' This pasted iu Ihe
native, and 'Voled, that the earlh is
given lo the saints.' This was also deter
mined like the former skm. con. Thirdly,
Voted, that we are the saints ' w hich passing
without a single dissenting voice, the title
wus considered indisputable, and the Indians
were very soon compelled lo evacuate the
place, and relinquish the possession to ihe
RKillTFUL UWNKItR."
A Cow for Thrkf. Thousand Doi.iars
Col. Thofne, of Washington Hollow, Duvhess
utility, N. ., lately unpolled n valuable
Durham bull and otherslnck, by I lie sleatner
erman, which were selected without re-
yard to cost, of the best to be found in Eno-
ind. Tho bill! is slated to have, cost fivu
thousand dollars. Hy llm Vadiiiiooii, on
her last trip, lie received a cow of Ihe same
st i a in ns the bull, for which we me told lu
paid S3,0(l(), besides expenses of he.r passage).
This is r bably the highest piijedcow ever
inporletl. She was accompanied by a two
months' old Calf, which c.nl .Sr.M). Also, a
lot of South Dow n sheep, of snpei iui quality.
U they a io better than ihosu iiupotleil by
Mr. Morris, of Ml. Kordhani, lliey must be
very extiaordinaty, bul not moie so than the
mania now prevailing for inisin; the stand
ard of cuttle in this country by fresh impor.
tations of ihe best ever produced by English
bleeders.
A Lauck Bund. One of the largest bunds
which has ever been taken on nppeul to the
Supreme Court, was lakeil yesterday iu Ihe
case of Masi-e a vs W. Ailing and others,
appealed from the Fourth Disliicl Court.
The plaintiff obtained a verdict and judg
ment against the defendants for a portion
of Brownsville, Texas, for S25;000 damages
or in default of the defendants making lo
the plaintiff a good ami sufficient title of the
land in question within ninety days, ihe de
letulants were condemned to pay the plaintiff
Sill 000. The defendants have appealed
and hare been reonirvd lo furnish a bond
and sureties for $200,000 on 'he appeal. N.
Orleans Picayune.
Laxre rUn.noAD Contract. It is stated
that Mr. Washington McLean, of Cincinnati,
and several olher gentlemen, under ihe firm
of Washington McLean & Co , ha ve contract
ed to build a railway from Foit Wayne, via
Laeun, lo Council Bluffs. The distance is
some five hundred miles, ami ihe contract
amounts to between sixteen and eighteen
millions of dollars.
The Piioht to OacAK Letters. In the
Maltha Washington case, recently on liiulat
Columbus, a question arose as to whether an
elfioer had a right, under any cireumslances,
lo break the seal i f a lellcr addressed In ano
ther peison Judge McLean atid lhat "if any
person opened a letter under any pretence
whateter, he was liable to be prosecu'ed un
der Ihe post orTice laws," If suspicious let-
teis came, it would be better for the posi
master lo send them to tie ilepartmet tf Ihey
had no au horily to open them, neither had
the inarhdl, police, nor the court. ;,.,)'.,
Piceoa Roobt. We are told, says Ihe
Clarion Democrat, that there isa pigeon taost,
in the vicinity of Tinuesli, Venango county,
where millions of the feathered tribe have
t-oiigregrated to speuJ the season.. It is said
lhat in the evening they come in flocks lhat
darken the air arid at times the noise made
by their wings may be heard for miles. In
ihe morning they leave for the beach woods.
Human voices cannot be heard at a few
yards distance in the evening when ihe birds
are.euming to the gio, ' Mauy people are
visiting Ihe spot' lo witness a sight they never
saw before;, n
; The Canada musk ral are busily ' engaged
in fortifying iheir houses against the attacks
of fiost. Tlii betukena a very severe winter
: kmiiinu NKwamo.M tiik plus.
Mas'acre nf Cnptaui (lunnison and Eight of
. It is Party ly tndiuns, c.'c.
St. Lori', Nov. 30. The Suit Lake mail
has arrive. I al Independence, bringi g n ell:
gence ol Ihe massacre of Captain Gunnison
and pail of his exploring paily.
An express reached Governor Young on
the 31-1 of October from Captain Morris,
giving an account of the n a mere, which
was committed by a pttrty of Indians oh Se
vier river. The killed were Captain Gunni
son; Mr. Kern, llio topographical engineer;
William Potter, a guide; two others, and
three privates of company A, mounted rifle
men. ,
The following air ihe particulars : Cup
tain Gunnison and twelve of his pally had
separated ftom the rest, and while at break
fast a baud of Indians, intending to destroy a
Mormon village near at baud, came upon
them and filed w a I la rillc, and then used
bows and arrows. Shols were relumed by
the Gunnison parly, but they were ovet pow
ered, and only four escaped. Gunnison hud
twenty-six arrows shot iu his body, and w hen
found one of his hands was ofl. The notes
of ihe survey, which had been neatly com
pleted, instruments and the unimals, were
taken by the Indians.
Coventor Young immediately sent aid to
Captain Mortis, to release him ftom Ins criti
cal position iu the midst of treacherous In
dian?, and endeavor to obtain the lost pio
perly. The party intended soun to go into
winter quuileis.
A parly of Cheyennes surrounded the mail,
and demanded nearly all the provisions,
which were given up to them.
Mr G.tllego, tha delegate lo Congres, has
arrived, and left for Washington.
ARIU VAL OF JOIIM MITt HELL.
New York, Nov. 30.
..The steamer Prometheus brought the cele
brated It ish Patriot John Mitchel, with his
wife nnd six children. Accompanying Mr.
Mitchel, is Mr. P. J. Smylhe, w ho went out
to biing him home. The whole are in ex
cellent huallh and spirits.
As the Piomeiheiis came up the liver she
was boiiidn.l by Messrs. Meagher and Wil
liam Mitchel, the brother of the Patriot.
The rneeling between these fiiends in sorrow
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and persecution was nlfi'cliug sit tho extreme.
Teats of joy wero shed on both sides.
The river was alive with boats, in which
weie many friends of Mr Mitchell. Afler
an immense amount or cungialul.tliou, Ihe
party were smuggled ash ire in cairiagus
that were in readinee, which drove oil at a
rapid pace toward ihe Hamilton Fciryi
nmid the roars of uilillery and ihe shouts of
tho populace; Ihey wero attended by an im
meniie throng of persons who ran nfler the
caniiioe, eager lo gel a glance at Ihe Paliiot.
The ferry boat was crowded to excess, and
on its ainval ut Ihe Biooklyn side was iccci-
ved by a still larger ctowd y welcomers.
Mr. Mitchell and his family, together wiih
his friends, were cheered iu the most enlhu"
siaslie manner, and the carriages which bwre
them were followed by ihe throng. Vfter
bowing to ihe peaple, Mr. Mitchell ordered
the driver tn proceed to Ihu lesidence of his
mother. His way thither was like the march
of a conqueror, and so enthusiastic were his
fiiends lhat ihey were almost ready tn lake
him from Ihe vehicle, and carry him upon
Iheir shoulders The carriage, atoppnl al
ine corner ut union nun iticaa sui-via, m uia
residents of Mr. Mitchell's mother, brother
and sister. The reuniting of this long sepa-
rated family can be imagined, but its details
were two sacred lor descriptioa.
A Strike by Female auainst American
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mi, r w i It a ovm uT alnLlticr ill I. notion.
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I.a nun. Ii..rt I K I.aiiI. ftf.alr anil
mantle makers. They have held a meeting
lu express their opixisition to ihe American ,
sewing machine; and they call upon all the j
seamstresses engaged iu establishments lo
aid Ihem in opposing il, as il is likely lo be !
introduced generally into w holesale houses,
and the ruin of thousands of people rr.usl ne- '
cessarily ensue A petition is in the course .
of signature, from Ihem, addressed to Ihe
employers generally, showing Ihe ineompe -
tency of the machine to complete aiticles of
dress requiring extensive neatness, and beg.
gittg them rariteatly lo consider the result of
Ihe use of Ihe machine as likely to drive wo-
men lo a more ''ignoble" puisuit for an ex
Uteuce.
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Ul f ivu, lias icciiti, ue.ii .ii.eitu m un u
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eiiy, Utiio, by mibi loDieign, ami was
brought lu Wilketbane jail en ihe tl.l lust.,
and placed iu ihe custody of the authoiitiea
(la will shortly be tried for bis Clime.
Tha New Berlin Star contain an account
of a recent inlerestiii( Family Gathering at
the residrnce of Hun. Naa Middlkdwartii,
in Bdavvr. There were present with lh
Id Patriarch and his wife, II cbildien (I
dead,) 90 granJ children, 1 great grand child,
and a large number of ueighburs.
ToucHisio. Tbe Buffalo Republican says:
-A little boy, clad poorly, standing in frun(
of tha Western Hotel, waa accotieel . this
morning by a rude young man, with tha
question, "Dues jour mother know ynu'ra
outl" t Tha little fellow looked at tbe inter
rogate? a mumeut, while bis bosom heaved,
and tears gathered in his eyes, as he replied,
''Sir my dear mother ia dead."
' UAMK IX TIIK AtM'TIC kM)IO.
Among I ho interesting features ol the voy
age of the 'Invesligalui" into the Aiclic
regions is the quantity and dectiptin ol
game found by the during exploieis. Th"
crew of ihe Investigator killed fiom Ihe first
ofOulober, 1850, In the 8lh of Apiil, l.3,
the following, miMtly during ihe spring of I lie
present year: 7 musk oxen, 1 10 deer, 16!)
hares, 48ti gmuse, 198 ducks, 29 geese, 2
wolves and 4 benis; total 1.005. The musk
oxen averaged 278 lbs. each, ami the deer
70 lbs. The deer were found lo be very
wild, and the gunners had tn exercise greai
caulion to obtain a shot. The mode lliey
adopted was the following:
'They secieled themselves iu various pail
of the laviues, or behind llio sand hills, and
listened wiih breathless silence until they
heard the deer lap ihe snow off the willow
wilb their feel in order to eat Ihe herbage.
When the air is fiosly and the weather calm
this tapping could be heard ut a distance of
two huudied yards, and, by listening and
obteiviug minutely, ihe gunner easily de
tected the position in which bis prey was
located. As soon as ibis was correctly as
certained, a peison was sent a considerable
distance round the deer, and a slight noise
having been made at their back they imme
diately ran ufl, probably past the guiltier. It
was in such instances where the chances of
a kill' occurred. ' One hundred and ten
deer were thus killed; and as they will run
distances after receiving wountU, it is fair to
suppose lhat many mere would have been
secured if the crew bad been accompanied
with a brace or more of deer hounds.
Another Substitute for Coal. The
Meriden (Conn.) Whip, announces a new in
vention by Mr. Gold, for heating a room
without the use of Coal or Wood, and says:
"By its use, one pint of water is converted
inlo steam, condensed and re-converted to
steam, ad infinitum ; does not need lo be re
newed ; the beat is continually radiate, and
in proportion In the degree of heat used, is
Ihe rapidity ef the process ami the amount
of caloric evolved. It occupies but little
room, may be painted in any style, nnd hung
upon the wall f may be carried from one
room to nsmlher ; eanitnt be injured by care
less servants, heating rapidly, and cost is lii-
lni'K , nun me rapeiiew im ueaiiu!f is liuotll
1
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linn nun niai in coal noil JTuun. i lit? Ileal
used is lhat of bunting alcohol or olher gase
ous fluids."
Important to l!o.n Si-pehvisors. We
learn from the H.irtfunl (Md.) Gazelle, lhal
iu the Circuit Coutt of flat ford county, hold
ul Uulaira few day since, Judgo Constable.
in a case before him, decided that supeivi
sors of roads are liabio lo indictment for al
lowing roads lo become impassable, whether
the amount of funds iu theii hands at the
time is sufficient lo make the necessary re
pairs or nol. Il a reason idde sum of money
is required to put Ihe road iu good order, Ihe
supervisor, is bound lo have it done, on his
own responsibility, nnd settle aflciwatd w ith
the county commissioners.
Henry Ani.i.in nf Jackson county, Geor
gin, aged I0G years, a soldier in the revolu
tionary war, departed this life on tho 26lh
of October. He was a unlive of Peunsylva
ni.i, and entered the eonlir.eutal army in N.
Carolina, nnd wus with Count Pulaski at Ihe
, -iege q S(iVa)1ah
II kr k is a beautiful sentence from the pen
0f Coleiidge. Nothing can be more eloquent,
nothing more true
"Call not lhat man wretched who, what-
! ever else he sufTers, as to pain inflicted or
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I imais,
roveriy may grinu nirn io ine oust
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r I nis voice may oe uuneaoeo ny inose among
whom he dwells and his face may be nn
known by his neighbors even pain may
rack his joints, and sleep flee from hispi'low
but he has a gem with which he would not
part for the wealth defying computations, for
fame filling a world's ear, for the Inchest
power, for the sweetest sleep that ever fell
on mortal's eye."
1 New jtND Tretty Idea A grave stone
..jy cnl j til rjiiy, My, ihe Newatk (N
j ) Advertiser, has at the lop adHgneireolype
0f the deceased person neatiy set into the
(;0iie This is a novel snd apnropiiale meih
j 0J not i nly cunvnemoratiug a fiiend. but of
I bringing them as they appearrd in life, lo
I the reculleciion of acquaintances visiting
r.
lheif BrHf, Were il universally adopted, it
I uou"' Hicreane Ine meluiiclHily lutereM of
III i a
t cemetenen, mid nouM la in inTi!iiub! ml
I J'iu fmbsof pubiie and di-lipguieh
,
ed citizens.
Another Planet Mr Bird, the astrono
mer at Biihop'e Obsmvalory, London, dis
coveied on the 8th ull., another new plane)
rather brighter than a star of the ninth ma
n'uuae. It is the ninth he haa disenveiei
since the commencement of his systematic
search in 1846, and the twenty-seyeulh of
tha group between - Mara and Jupiter.
waa discovered in the Cunstellation Taurus,
about two degrees south of the etiptic.
Slicidc or a Mkdiux. Tha Herkimer
Democrat contains an aruouut u Ihe suicide
of Lewis A Emery, in thai town. He wa
a jeung man of 21 years of age, bad been
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self a medium. He bad been slightly de
ranged lor some lima before hit death.
Cannell coal haa been discovers in lb b
cinity of Ebeitsburg, Pa,
HI I l:VAMII fl laTKAOKDHAIlY.,
The Itev James Williams, the well-known
i .i - i .
Hinl phi'anihropiit missionary, so long rear
lent in the Souih S. a Islands, laught the na
tives lo manufacture lime from llie coral of
Iheir shores The power fill eHecl pioducnl
upon ihein, nnd ihe tv.lraor.linary rises to-
hich Ihey implied it, be thus facllUiusly (te-
sci ibes : '
"Afier having iHitfilie.r ot ihe process 'tif
burning, wll eh Ihey believed to bWo rook
the coiul for their foo.l, what was their 'as
louishmeiil when in the mnrri'irig they found
his cotliioe gliilcrinu iu ihe rising sun, W hit"'
as snow : Ihey danced, they snug, they hhout-
I nnd screamed wiih j;iy. The whole is
land was in a commotion, given up to won-
er and curiosity,' and tho lit ughuble scenes-
ti it-la ensued after they got poession of I lie-
finish and tub baflli description. . J uu boir
ton immediately voti-il.it a cosmetic and-
tlydor, rnni supei lalively happy did many a
swarthy enqueue consider herself could she
but enhance her charms by n, dab of tho
hite binsh. Ami now parly spiiil ran high,
is. it will do in more civilizoil countries, as
io who was or wl o was not best' entitled lo
uftuence. One parly argued iheii superior
ink ; otto had got ihe brush nnd tens deter"
mined at all events tw keep it; and a third'
ied In overturn the whole, lhal Ihey mighE
obtain some of Ihe sweepings.-; They did
nol even scruple lo rob each olher of the lit
lie share that some had been so happy as to-
secure, cut soon new lime was prepared.
and in a w eek nol a but, a domestic utensil,
wai-club, or garment but what was us
bite as snow ; nol an inhabitant but had a
skin painted wiih the mosl grotesque figures;
not a pig but what wus similarly whitened,
and even mothers might be seen in every di
rection capering w iih extravagant gestures
and yelling with delight nl the superios
beauty ef their whitewashed infanta." ' ''
New York Liberality There has re"
cenlly been raised iu the city of New York,
by individual voluntary subscription, on
hundred and Iwenly-five thousand dollars,
for the ptirpnso of enlarging the Broadway
Hospital and Ihe Insane Asylum at Bkrom-
ingdale. The snbsci iptiim was headed ..by
James Lenox with Jweiily-five thousand dol
lars, and by Joseph Sampson with ten thou
sand do-finis.
Tho Correspondent of the Jo'trnal of Com
merce says: '-Il tregrns to iooK as it liei;en
on and Cobb would be the national demo-
ratic ticket for the Pn a deney and Vice,
Pte.sidency in 1S&6. The Empire r.i
the North and Ihe Sonth are to t.,
nomination."
Pr'ATII OF UkMINOTON, THE HnmOT BtMT.-
DF.R The Soiuliern papers anminiicn the
lenlh of John R. Reminglnn, at Galveslon.l
Texas, on the 18th ult. )T yellow fever. Mr-,
Koningtun was well known as Ihe inventor
of the ''Remington Bridge," nnd the inventor
of many other new branches of mechanical
inluslty. " '",
The yield of potatoes on the American bot-.
torn, near Alton, ill., is astonishing. As .
many as 400 bushel per acre, it is said, have ;
been dug this season. The average is 300 ,
bushel. They are worth 25 lo 30 cents per
bushel.
It is said n mnjoiity of llie Nissistippi Sen- i
ale is iu favor of Gov. Fonlu for ihe United ,
Slates Senate, but that in the House he it ii .
a large minority, so that in all probability, no .
election will lake placer. ' ' , '
Tho Hatlowoll Gazelle notices the receipt ''
of an apple from Mr. Morton, of that city. !
which was picked from a tree iu 1823, Ihir-
ly-one years ago. It ia in a good stale .of .
preservation, and quite a curiosity, t , r ....
Ji nr.r. Tetit, ol Itiiliaia, haa decided that '
ihe Liquor Law, passed in that State last
winter, is unconstitutional, and has dischar- -
ged those who had been ai rested charged
with breaking tint law.
Arkansas U. S. Senator. Robert W-
Johnson, late member of Ihe U S. House of '
Ripteennlives, has be en appointed by the
Governor nf Arkansas to fill the vacancy in
the U S. Senalo caused by the resignation
of the Hon. Solon Boiland, now filling a 2i
plomaiiu station. . ;
New Hampshire U. S Senator. Concord'
Nov. 30 Ev-Gov. William has been ap.
pointed U. S. Senator, to fill the vacancy oc
casinned by the death of Mr. Aiherlon.j
The new Anthracite Fur mee nf Messra.
Clement, B oka & Co., at Hopew ell, Berka -county,
wa successfully "bluwn in" lust
week
The Vermont Legislature lately got into a
s'rnng debate, aojj, lo still mailers, they invi
ted ia the Baker family, who caiua and sung;
three aougs. ., '1
The Union Canal Company have S'ieoee'1
ed in negqiialimi the loan to enable them in
widen iheir canal. The woik will now
on w ithout much further delay .
go
The physician of New but) port, M i
have agreed to raise their rW-'ge
dollar. - t ,
Tb Charleston Mercury lake . f 'eoml ,
-ainsl the annexation of lb Saudib. .
Islands. j i. :- .. ' t ' 1 '
' Poultry exhibitioi wrre fceW ' C,'"";
iad Charleston Ul week.