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GlT 1?P'IV TA ITl? V ' ' I
SIM-i-lAyl L UillVX.
Fr.nn Iho Krctich of yictot Ilugo.J , ,
THE INFANT ASLEEP.
In tho dusky court, .! i 1 ..-, -v
,, . Near the niter laid, . ., . .:
Sslerna lhfl child in shudnw
Ol hi mollier'a bod ': .
Softly he reposes, '
Anil hid his litis nf roses, ,
Closed to ear: h, liuelusr . ;
On the lioaveu o'er head. ;
M.iny a dream is vriih him,
Fresh from fairy land :
Spanyleil n'er will diurnoiids,
Seems ihn orean sand ; ;j . ,
Suns pre (jlcnminif llivro,
Troops of laities fair,
Sow It of infiints beat
In their thai tiling hand. , .
Oil, eliehnntino vission ! '
Li), a rill up sprints,
And fio n out its bosom
Comes h voice that sings.
Lovelier them appear
Sire) nnd sisters dear,
While the mother near,
Plumes her new-born wing. ;
Hot n briohler vision
Yet his eyes behold ;
Roses nil nnd lilies t
Every path enloM,
Lukes in s'aihnv sleepin,;,
Silver fishes lenpinj;,
Anil the waters creeping
Through the reeds of gold.
Slninbor on, sweet infiint,
Slumber peacefully ;
Thu yonr, soul yet knows not
' What ihy lot shall be, '
Like tleuil leaves that sweep
DntVH the slonny deep, -Thou
art borne in sleep, .
What is all to theet
Thou canst slumber by the way j
Thou hast IihiiiiI to burrow
Nansht from pttnly, niinaht from care;
The cold hand ol sorrow
On thy brow, utiwrinkled yet,
Where youno truth and candor sit.
Ne'er with rujrsed nail hath writ
Thai, sad word, "To-morrotv." .
Innocent! thou sleepest
See the heavenly band
.Who foreknew llie trials
That for mnirnre planned,
Seeing him unarmed,
TJnfeai inn, unalarmed,
Willi Iheir tenrs have wurmed
His uiiconscioiis hand.
Ancels hoveiina o'er liim,
Kis him where ho lies:
-Hark! he sees I hem weeping; :- '
"Gabriel," he flies.
'Hush !" lit. aiiuel says ;
On his lips ho lays
O.ifl finder, one displays
His native skies.
tfoctllflHcous patter.
THE TRAVELER'S STORY.
A party of travellers were seated around
a blazing fire, in a tavern upon the Alle
ghany mountains. The roach had brsken
down, and per lorce we were detained until
the next morning. We had finished a
substantial Virginia supper, and each one,
with his feet on the lender, and a cigar in
his mouth, ruminated upon the storm with
out, and the warm cosey comlort .within.
Each one in his turn told a story or related
an anecdote; and at last the joke came
round to a hollow cheeked individual, who
until then, had remained silent.
'Gentlemen,' said he fixing a piercing
grpy eye upon one of the company a
Spaniard who uninvited had diawn hit
chair up to the fire, 'some, ten yeara ago
I came near beiii murdered,- in this very
house.'
At this moment the Spaniard got up and
was going out of the room, when the liar
rator arose, and locking the only door in
the mom, took th Spaniard by the -arm,
aud leading him up to an old picture sur
mounted by the Lnglnm coat of arms, in
gilt work, ran his finger along the motto ; ;
oiloui soit qui nuil y penee,"
said, displaying at the . same time a butt
end of a large pistol 'Evil to him who
evil thinks.'
The Spaniard smiled, and said he did not
feel well, but the 1(1 anger swore that no
man should leave the room until be had
finished his story. R questing us not to
be amazed at his conduct he proceeded :
'Some year ago, (said he,) I was travel
ing over these mountains on horseback.
and I stopped at thjs very house. The
landlord was extremely obsequious in at
tending to my comfort, and, after supper
he requested me to pin him in a bottle of
wine. - Nothing loath, J consented, and
before midnight, four empty' bottles stood
on toe tauie enu, ana ne was acquaimeu
wtin an my ousiness. ,, ., : .
I eery imprudently remarked in the
course of conversation,1 that I had a eerv
large sum of money in my valise and he
politely inlormed ma that he wu!d take
care of it until morning. ., AIthou"h some
what intoxicated, I did ,aot approve of
leaving 11 in 111s caarge, and J look my v.
rise in my nana, and retired t bed.- After
I had undressed, I placed my pistol under
my pniow, ana caretuily as I thought
examined the room. 1 1 laid myself down,
and sunk into a fitful sleep.
1 suppose it must hav been two hours
after-whett I awoke., and collectLua mv.
scattered senses. I endeavored to think
what I had been about, -- -. -
' . 'Suddenly I detected a, aofs under my
bed. What was pny horror, when I obser
ved a small piece of carpel, atrelcbed along
my bed-side move asttbtugh tomething
was under it. A cold prespiration started
from every pore; but, thank God I I had
presence of mind enough' to 'prepare1 for
the worst, uraspmga pistol in my right
band, and hiding it undtr my bed-clothe J
f 1 n 1 rl Ia m ncliAAn. ... .
..f-r-vr i .r l 'H,l
'In aa instant afterwards I saw a trap
door which had been concealed by a car-
PH' "uliousfy 'lifted up.'and f 'beheld irtir
landlord With i dark lantern in hi. hand,
dirvclinp; hi gliileriflo; toward mt.
bull 1 moved not; but as h turned hii
( at k (o put thf lantern n the flour, 1 fired
and'.' : '., , 1 .r-: ;Y r '
.'Ton killed him, (Jul 5011 thrieked the
Spaniard, ahnost jumping from hi teat.
'Silence! till 1 have finished!' said the
ttranger, and opain be louth'd the bull
nd of hi weapon. The instant that I
fired the villian fell. I started up and
merely pulling my overcoat on, snatched
up the lantern that he had dropped, and
ciept caiilionsly down, with my valise in
my hand, to the stable.'"- It was a bright
moonlight nisht, and I eoon saddled my
horsei I pa I iped ten mile', when I met
a party at wagoners, anil in Iheir company
I relumed to the house ; but despite our
rigid svarch, not even as much as the vil
lain's body could he found. ; But if I can
once put my hands upon him, if it cost me
my life, he shall die the dog's death.'
The stranger arou' and caught the Span,
iard by the throat.' Tearing open hia shirt
collar, he showed the mark ol a wound on
his necK We need not say any more.
Three weeks after that Joseph Gome2 was
hanged in the city of Cumberland, upon
his own confession of having murdered no
les than five traveler in that very room.
cb THE CZAR OF RUSSIA. "
An Incident in his History.
A London correspondent of the Cincin
nati. Jitlat describe IS'ichula of Russia as
a very extraordinary man, and relate a
thrilling incident in his history, as (illus
trative of his character: The incident
occurred in 1827, toon after hi accession
to power, and may be Iresh in the memory
of many ol your readers. Those who are
acquainted Wiln the history of the country
know,1 that in all times past, the barons of
Russia have rnled the country; not by le
gal power, but by force. Their power
extended even to the Emperor; and when
the Chief of t lie Stale became inconvenient
to them, he was unceremoniously put out
of the way. Saon after Nicholas came into
power, it became apparent to thu noble
that they had n man to deal with who was
likely to thwart their plans, and give them
trouble in the future. In fact they saw
risjht, (or Nicholas had determined to
break up Ibis domineering power, and for
ever place a veto on its existence. A
conspiracy was entered into by a certain
number ol leading no'jles to take the lile ol
the Empvror. To carry their project into
operation, they . commenced tampering
witn tne army, and finally succeeded in
buying over, with money and promises,
tour regiments of eight hundred men each,
wild their oilicers. , 1 he chief ol the plot
was the commanding officer of these lour
regiments, A grand review was to take
place 011 a certain day in the presence ol
the Emperor. These four regiments were
to be formed into hollow squares, and when
the Emperor parsed between, to review
them, they were to fire on him, and then
give b'lttle to the ba'ance of the regiments
ou review, if they saw fit to attack them.
A very simple plan of muider it was, with
out complication, -. ri
"At twelv o'clock the night before this
review, a man deeply disguised in firs,
presented himsell at the office of the Wand
v""1""'"""' ui" , imperial re&iuenc, l
eiiu ueniaiiuca to see tne tmperor. lie I
was ai once ia ormed that the Emperor
uau rei.rea iur lue nig it, anil mat ne could
.,,.1 k- K .. -..l..l Tt. . .
the chamber.au aside,.,,,, to.d.iim that
"r i".u j eiivuwoy. 1 ne man tooit 1
lie must see tne r.mperor, tna, u was a
matter of the great, st importance, . matter
even ol die and death ; and after much
expostulation, he gined an interview.
The visitor was om nf the nobles engaged
in the conspiracy, w hose conscience was
too active, and who had determined to
rave the lite of his sovereign, . He revealed
the et;lire plot to the Emperor, giving him
such proofs as sali.-fied him ol the entire J
iruni ui ins ia,eiiieins., , na K.mpror
inanKeo i.irn, promiseo to rememo. r mm
. lire iuu ,c lor ins ofvouon, ami gave
1 in ii 1 1 ei nuns unw to atuiu suspicion 01
ht.:,,i I trivA K,. f ll. a
i a , iii- u- 1 1 u , ii, vtt LUiinun aiui 9.
"The Eipperftr then retired again to
rest. I be next morning he sent fur a few
or the pnnflpalfctucer who Were to be
""'"""' mat uuy, onu
w0 e ,..r, ,KI.o, ,..
Vrf. uini T B ti 11 ., iiiiuu, . mj null, 1 1 r iciruirq
. .u . 1 j .l 11 11 j
to those toi)ished inen, the cold hloodeo
rdol which lta.l Veu .conseled .aaind
him, and the terrible vengeance which be
intended to wreak- He then gave them
their order. Without any show or design,
the" four revolted re?imerit Were to be
isolated and placed at on-side eflhe main
body. 'All the other regiment were to be1
provided with ball cartridge, and the infan-
try with one hundred cannon loaded with
grape ahot, were to be drawn upon the side
next the dodmed regiments. Lverything
was arranged according to the wish. of
tne tmperor, without any seriou, su.pioo.i
on the part ol any but the few person in
ne .ecr.i, mat snvtntng vausuai waa jo.
ing o lake place. I. . . '
'Wbeo th appointed hour lor lb re-
V ew arrived. ,h- P.mn.r.e Ar...A i r.
yrande tenure, as a general of division, -.-ode
on to the ground rapidly, followed at some
uiBiauce Dy a brilliant suite. , He advanced
immediately, nd without aeeming to make
lciiwr object, towards the ret actory
who stood at their head, and who was the
principal conspirator, he cocilly ' Uid his
lind upon his shoulder; quickly presented
.... .... p unci to nis face, ahd was U S3. ,
Without. wordT blew his brain .nt ' He"'' 7- v " ' 1 - . s
then waved hia hand .:to the officers in I com- "" Thsi Nam f the Queen of PwMigil, just
.r, u u, ...r .n.amry, struck his spur, in
,iu nore uanas, which qi.ickie bounded
to one tide, and the whole of the hundred I eoi.-Xavi.r. da p.ul. Michaela-Cabriela-Ra-cannon
opened their deadly volley f grape fla-UoUe-OonMgo.
'shot iulo the midst of that devoted body ,of
unresisting men. .Their criem, for ipeicj.,''.'
were unheeded, and in a lew seconds of
time the whole of those thirty-two hundred
men lay stretrned out on the plain, ine
few who recovered from, their wounds
were exiled into Siberia ; and to thi day,
the number of those regiments have re-'
mained b an't in the R dBn army. 1
"By this bold trokif Nicholas at once,
broke up the power of the barons, and he
did rnnre he fai'enrd himself in the direc
tions of his people. Tn a nation like. that
of Russia, such a stroke as that, by a young
man of twenty-eight, was well calculated
to eive him a power ol the most durable
kind. Since that time the nobles' have
shrunk before his will, whilethe ureal body
ol hi subjects Lave worshipped him. His
word is the divine lawy and, wherever he
points to, his devoted peeple) will folUw,
with a unanimity and an enthusiasm
which was not surpassed even in feudal
days."
THE OTTOMANS.
A laipn traveler in Tin key thus describes
some of Iho peculiarities in the ma.a.ers and
enslumcs of the Turks:
They abhor the hat ; but uncovering the
head which wilb us is an expression of re
spect i considered by them, dinespectful
and intlecent. No offonce is given by keep
ing; on a hat in a mosque, but shoes must be
left at the threshold. ., Tho slipper, and nut
lha turban, is removed in token of respect.
The Turks turn in their toe. They writ
from lijjht to loft. . They mouul on thi right
side of the horse. They follow their guests
into a loom, and preceed them 011 leaving, iu
The left is lbs place of honor. They do the
honors of the table by serving themselves
first. They aie great smokers and cofl'ee
drinkers. They' lake the wall, and walk
hasty in loken of respect. They beckon by
throwing back the hand, instead of llirotvirto
it toward them. They cut Iho hair from the
head. They remove it fiom the body, but
leave it on the cbin. They sleep in their
cloihe. They look upon beheading as a
more disgraceful punishment than ttraugliu'!.
They deem nur short aud close dressing in
decent ; our shaven chins a mark of pflemi
nacy nnd seiviludo. They resent an inquiry
ufter iheir wive as an insult. Thev com
mence iheir wooden houses at the top, and
the upper apartment aie frequently finished
before the low er ones aro closed in. . They
eschew poik as nu ubominalion. They re.
Hard dancing ns a thentric-al pniformance,
only to bo looked nl and not mingled in ex-
cepi oy staves. lastly, Iticir mourmnu
habit is w hile ; their sacred color gieen .
Iheir S.ibbaih day i-. 'Friday ; and interment
fuilorts immediately on death." .
Aie.nandkk Smith, the Poet, has gained
admission into tho high circles in Seolland.
The Lrtanilor n: : He has had all llie
honors. '.He has bueij lauded, he has been
learned by heart, and his autographs eagerly
(ought for. And now, finally, comes the
avatar for fashion. He is t be 'taken up'
by the great. At present we hear that he
i dayilig en' a visit with the Duke ar.d
Duchess of Aigyle. Thi fact will probably
excite general misgiving a to hi fulur,
Meet his head should be turned ' and society
the syren, should luin him.
ExraAoam-Aav if Tne -ThnUlaveias
(C CAroe.W. meatian. ,,. .11. . .
' '
v'.. 1. g-, ,
ZC
itim:
It appears that a Frenehmah Wn it work
there a, a considerable) depl(, ami his pick
displaced a lock, whii li laid bare an en
trance to a large cave: . party afterward
descended ami explored the snUierianeati
apartments. Their repott is mosl nstonUh-
inc. They assert. lht al the depth of about
300 foet, ley came upon a collection of over
3n0 Immitii' bodies,'' perfectly peiiified, that
ul9 hall cotitaiuod uri' immense ' number
,,f eialaetylr,-.,,,, of 'which rested on.' and
waro inelrnll.l-t, wllh hll;,. , ,:
1 - . . , b 11 i- . i-
I wm' ". i-Miia umicaie e race tiiaiiuci
1 r , ..
'" ' " J
'This IikHl-o Plant thrives well at the Sand.'
wich Islands, hi all moist siiuaiions, , ami
gr0s sponlaneoualy wherev.r ' ii onee get
0q,eJji , facl fam alBil,fl(, ,,,,, ,,
i , ... , -
sprend with cieat, ra. null! y, eaveriuc, to.
L " ' " '
feW '"S "Mf Conllguout acres, a.roal.
ln 1ul ?v!r.rlhin e'er, tbo; thick ,oJ
of heavy award. , (
' ,
Ciosuat 'or JCeTrJCXT: DlsTUtXAH:.-
,M mbwhiisj t-ouner iep,tc .1 Ufl 50
Pr cat.'" tleerea. ia Bootbon whiskey. , In
lumsori coqniy alone, the amount of U
I yeai's ilistillaiioa ws aboMt. (3,009, IVearlv
,qB dUtillerie in the county have closed
,',p, 0r beei, converted into other purpose,
,. Will 'follow tbt aameW, aa'aoob'a'i
,ho reMn, ,eiiur, ;. over.' -1 - .
I h 1 V . , , , ; .. 1 , ,
Th aou,r wio wfJ -.e,, wi,.
. fill.d thia winter with farmers, becm.se
1 . . - - : . : .
P'"'"""" - . ur,, ne, c.i.noi ...o,u ,v
lh,i ow", Prpi!ue,.ion- A,wful c 10 1,h5nk
of, b
ut true.
.-11
ei.i i
Hoes at Luouvillk fUp lo th croeeojlsst
week 160,000 bog bad been alua,h,t.rd t
Louinille, and jt j supposed IOOjOOQ wilt be
killed durine the season. faW were made
in Henry' and Shelby counties, KyV fast
we, k, at ' S3 g"ro.: At Louisville' Iho price
'"ceased, wa. -Ma.i ' da" Glorfa-Jeenae.
CKaHene.L'ef.nrl.lln.tHr,,- A. r,..r.S.
schamyl, tug Circassian chief." .
In th stuff of Abdi I'ashs, isStliamyl, I he
Circassian, the mosf remarkable utul despe-
ratq man wilh whom the Russian will have
to contend. The .following biographical dc.
tail of this man, who has now lor so many
year successfully withstood the c-nslaughl of
Kns.ainn armies lit the Caucasus; Urtd 'Vho
ha just been placed by tho Sultan, itl'rt po
sition where his' talents will bo more fully
developed, 'will no doubt, bo read with in.
leresi. It is derived from a source worthy
of cretlit. 1
;Thn first time wn hear nf Svhamyl is in
1332 i In that year a ilovuul Mnssulman,
K.is'i Mullah, held a chief conimand in the
bands of Lesbians, SehulchenUes and other
tribes of the eastern chain nnd llie sleppes
abut ling on llie Caspian and traversed by
the , Kuieu. Kasi Molluh's reputalinu for
sanctity was greater than '.hat which he of.
quired for the higher military qualities, nl
thnurjli a dnshing leader, nnd individually
one of tho bravest of 1 tin brave, tin a
brought to bay in ' IS32 by Geii. Rosen, nt a
place called Gtuuru. Encircled nu all sides,
Imost the last scrap of food devoured, noth
ing remained in tho opinion of Kasi Mollah,
and, about thirty ol his most zealous diciplrs.
but to hew fur themselves a path through lint
Russian bayonets, to freedom or io Paradise
either alternative n wek-ome one ! This
resolution finnlly taken, they suddenly vtiiei.
god fror" lha fastness they could no longer
hold, and burst upon the Russian (mops wilh
I he shock of nil avalanche, and the furious
discontent yells of a troop of madmen. . For
one or. two Uriel moments, it seemed ns
though they must escape, so Ihc through llie
belenguring rirclo of iheir foes did they
mako Iheir desparale way, beforo tho mo
mentarily recoiling ranks re-closed around
them nnd they fell by twos and threes, wild
ly fighting to (he last, ridled by musket balls
and baronet stsbs. Kasi Mullah "died wilh
his htnd on his beard, and a last prayer mur
muring on his lips," i and his pupil pciished
wilh him, all save one, and he the bravest,
(ierc.'St of them all, who broke through Ihe
encircling baponels, dashed . at headlong
speed past tho moio dislunl lncs of running
firo unhaimed reined suddenly up as ho
reached tho angle of a mountain gorge, into
which he know none dared In folllow shook
his red cimetar, and bulled a defiant execra
tion in the faces of his baffled foes, and the
next moment, wilh nn exiilHiig shout ef
"Allah! Allah!" disappeared in the dark
mountain pass. ' -
The fortunate horsemen was St-ham) I,
the future Iman (preacher) the prophet sol-
tier of the Caucasus, whoso escnpu as just
described, many nt bis followers lo ibis day
firmly believe was duo to tho direct inteijvi
si i ion nf the angel Gabriel 1 Scliamyl, who
i one of the dark-haired, dark-cyed, partly
Tartar race of Tcheti-heulxcs, was born a1
Tacbirukei, a place of about three thousand
inhabitants; and afier his escape from Gumri,
he employed several years in perambulating
the mountains of the Lesghian chain, preach
ing wherever he went, with fervid e'o.
qnence, upon the sacred duty devolved by
God upon all true believers to extirpate the
intrusive infidel, and the pa'radiidat luwnrrls.
which death in so high and holy a cause
must iiifulliiibly insurtt. This p'ophel-'ealli
as it wna deemed, to ban la. from tl e cupolas
and minarets o( the sublime and toweling
Alps, gradually kindled tho latent fnralcisni
ol (lia mountiiineers ion flaiiie vt bith soon
communicated itself lo llie, dwellers in the
!(.,,. , .. t ...... - - , .
cities and rleppes of Dagliisian, 'niiu llie ud
jaceiit1 valleys Hint ploinsi The story jf
Si'hamyl's miiaciilons escape fiom Gen.
Rnseti by favor of tho Birh-angcl Gabriel,
was repeated from moulh to mouth with end
less vaiiations nnd mldiiions his ' daring
j-U ill and success as a soldier, confirmed the
illusions of a credulous tx'guliy, and ben, lo
his sway, the multitude of rugged, warrior
whose sword have inscribed so many vioto.
ries upon j the buck of the Russian armies
and lo this day present nu invincible fiont to
their dismayed and practically discomfiied
adversaries. " '''"
Many well auihrniiicalvt1. insiances of his
daring are related. One or wo of these may
imerest llie reader at this junctnio : In
H30, Sehainyt found himself surrounded by
General Grabs'?, and t elve thutisaiid vetcinu
Russian troops of Arhwlke, n kind ol mud
enoa'mpRieut perched upon thu ,op ef a roik
ei, th bank of Koisu... The position nl tiiif
place .was so strong, (hat the attempt to
storm it was abandoned af'er the lors of fif
teen hundred men, but Schamyl had soon a
deadlier fue than Ceil. Grabbe lo contend
with hunger, verging upon famine, came
before a week hud passed. - 'This was known
to th Russian eamp, and the place having
beea strictly invested on all isies.' It ws
certain ibnt lb sunenJ.r could not be long
delayed. . On the last day but one of August,
Gdiieral Grabbe learned from un uuiaciated
Lesghian, whom his soldiers had caught
Willie attempting ie crawiiiaat ine uiucsiiiiing
lines, thai not a panicle of fond was left 'in
l ;, .; . I, . .1.'- I
Achulko, that Schamyl Buy proposed to
escape that veiv night, with one or two iho
sen comrades,' by means of, a epe! lowered
down the face of the rock , the Koisu ; and
Achulko, he added, would be sotreiiUo,.d
immediately afteiwaid. , A i otnci waioh
,U immediately ordered le b kept at the
indicated spot, and direction vre given to
awaken ,lhe general at whatever ont of il.e
night the capture of the tedoobtetl Schaoiyl
might be eflected. "'"'! ' ":!c ; " 1
' Just before dawn, ene l we three men
were seen to rau:iouly ' descend by a rope
let gently down to the river side, a pi edict
ed, who were of course insiaally securd(
ait -1 hurried off to the General' lent. One j
( the onptives admitted, in the fu ry of the
sii i prt.-:H; (is was supposed, that ho wa Si hn
niyl; and lliis Was vonfiimed by the Les
ghian, through ithn.se information llie im
portant piizd had been scoured. Guiu Grabbe
was delighted, aud an tsln fellt wasforlhwilh
despatched with the tiding, that Ih notori.
nos Schnmyl Bey had been caught and or
dered In be hol bill of hand. Whilst all
this was going on, Iho fopo which had been
quietly drawn up again, was once moro low
ered, ami this lim only one man desoended
by it, who reached the river uaubservod,
Imiped upon a raft, that just at Hint ciilical
moment was swept by, uud the loo hastily
exultant Russian General wua aroused lo n
knowledge of Ibe trick that had been played
him, by shouts of ;Sthiimjl! Schamyl!"
fiom the mud walls of Achulko, in exulting
reply lo the waving of n small green flag by
the irue Schamyl, as he swept down the
swift KoifU in thn dawning sunlight, pres
ently lo find himself amidst bills and amongst
friends, I hut would render successful pursuit,
if nttempteil, impossible. Achulko surren
dered at dicrnlion ; the huts were burned,
and General Giabbe retraced hi tep in
very angry mood, which a daring attack on
his rear guaid, by the ubiquitous and inde
fatigablo Schamyl ; at the head c f a largo
body of horse, exasperated lo fury. Tho
Imam wa beaten off wilh some difficulty,
ami the victorious general's march was sul
lenly resumed, auJ Concluded without fur
ther molestation.' '
) 0 C t V 1J
SATURDAY EVENING.
How went the evening shadow fall,
Advancing froni the west :
As ends the weary week of loil,
And comes ihe day of rest.
Blight o'er the eanh the star of evo
Her radiant beauty sheds;
And myriad sisters calmly weave
Their light around our head
Rest, man, from labor, rest from sin ;
The world's haul contest close;
The holy hours with God begin
! Yield thee to sweet repose.
Blight over the earth the morning ray
lis sacred light will cast;
Fair emblem of thai glorious day
That evermore shall last.
A SEASONABLE RECIPE.
The following from the Germautown Tel
egraph, may be of value :
Rendering Lard. Owe of the best house
keepers in iho county of Philadelphia, has
communicated to us iho following recipe for
rendering lard, which was obtained from
Chin lesion, ami vt hich possesses many im.
poilaut advantages over the common mode
ll is simply to put in the kettle before the
lard say three pints of ley made ef hickory
ihes, to a common barrel kellle, (generally
holding less than a barrel ) The advantage.
of this are, that the lard renders easier, be
comes much whiter, is sweeter and will keep
linger. Thi method has been pursued for
sevoial yeais, with the highest satisfaction
Model Subscribes. The editor of the
New Orleans ricayune, speaking of a model
subscriber to that paper eaye : '
"We have on our subscription list of the
Weekly Picayune, tha name of a Subscriber
ver sinee 1839, who has not' once dr.ring
that whole peiiod, that wo remember, found
fault with the appearance or contents of ihe
per,' or complained of being irregi.tiily
served by the mails. He paid his Cist year's
subset ipi ion inadvar.ee, and ha not paid
in) thing since. ' ;" 1
A few evening since, a vousideiab! eem
pnny assembled al tho house of a worlhy eld
resident of ibe First Ward, Washington Cily,
lo witness Ihe marriage of his daughter to a
buck about lown." The Rev. Mr. Kvans, the
clergy ollicialing, commenced ihe ceremony
and proceoded lo the part-where he calls on
any one present 'to' speak uul it knowing ef
an Impediment lo the Cuiisiiinution of the
ceremony. Whereupon a fair one, whoun
tn that tiide stood limi.lly back in the crowd
rushed foiward and seizing hi tfjnjh'ed
bridegroom by the ihroat dragged him im
mediate!,' from the room and house, ere the
inleuded bride cnidd conio to his rescue.
Since then, Iho diseonsolale half-ni.iriiej
young person has not lienid fieni her spirited
away bulf-huebaml." " '
'TllK Empejor of II a ) IB has ordeted that
all Bibles, Testaments ami Pioles'anl reli
gions bonks, shall be1 admitted into his Island,
'doty flee.'i - ' ' " ' '' ' ' '
'fslte'olulioii prupaMag o present a sword
.10 tupl- InsraliAJO has passed the Sutb I'ai-
olina Legialaiuie, t . ..... t ...
The receipts of ,lbq Keniucky Colonization
Society, from O.Mnher ?5, 1853, to IXceu.ber
1853 amounted lo 45 481 50. .. . .
A petition in fer of a prohibitory liquor
law, sicned by 8000 males and 5000 females,
ha t-eeti presented to lha Geotgia Lrgisla
tare. . v '-I , i . . ...
Tata Fippiie-lon of, the'' Irving House, I.
New Voik, are owpers of a farm in Vermont
where they intend to raise their vegetable
and poultry, and thu avoid the extortionate
New York price.,. .j ;, , , y v . , -
i1 '"i-"---l . ' . I ,.
, Tbv Maryland State Agricultural Society
tlk,of ,,fUbUhint .an Agricultural Schoo!
and Eiperimental Farm, , under th auspice
of Ih Society.
Public Reports
' " THE AtlMV REPORT '
' The Report of the Secretary of War ahowe
tin) U. S Aim) lo be composed of 10,4 TT '
Inen, of horn 8,878 "a re employed on the
fontiers, or are on Iheir road there. Diffi-
cully is experienced in keeping Iho rant
full, and the Secretary recommends an In
crease of the present pay of the' Common '
soldier; an additional increase for each uc
cessive period of five year, so long aa he -shall
remain in tho Army ; provision for tho
promotion lo the lower grades of commissian
ed officors of such non-commissioned officer,,
of ihe army as may be qualified for entilleoT "
to advancement ; a bounty to every henera
bly discharged soldier, who shall te-enlist
within one month thereafter, of two dollars "
per month in addition lo the ordinary pay
tor the first period of five years after the
piralion of lha first enlistment, and. fuither 1
sum of SI po, month for each successive pe- '
riod of five yeais, as long a he (ball remain '
continuously in the Army. He recommend
an increase of the Army, and that the mini-"
mum oiganizyition of alt companies be fixed
at 64 piivates, and that one regiment of dra. "
goons and two regiments of riflemen bo ad- '
ded to the present military establishment '
which would give a minimum organization
of 15,528, officer and men, which may b '
expanded to 17,414, if the limit fixed by th ;
law of June 7, 1850, be continued, or to 17,- '
818, if 128 private be allowed to a companv
thus giving an increase of from 18,000 1 1?.- '
000 men without creating new regiment '
Gen. Scott recommends a larger increase
Tho Seerelajy also snseest the addition if
another company nf sapper and miners of I ti :
engineer corps. Lancaster Tribun. ' " ' " '
TIIE TREASURY REPORT. ', .'-i
The Report of the Secretary of .the) Trs-asn-i
ry has been published. The actual ,ecip'-x
for the last fiscal year amounted lo $78 969 -710
77 the actual expenditures 54,029.81f
21 balance in tk Treasury, July 1. .'53..
$21,942,892 66. The balance Inly 1, '65, U
estimated at $15,208,327 58. , The Secretary i
recommends a change in lha Tarifl to ar
range all tha articles paying duty into two
classes, one lo pay a duly of J00 per . cent.,
aad the other a duly of 25 per eeut. , Thia
arrangement, it i thought, will reduce Ibe,
revenue derived from imposts, abont f 4,S00,
090, to $45,000 000 which is considered the
proper tarn antil the publio debt Basil bo
paid, on ,bB subject ot Ibe duty ou iron,.h"
say : . .:-'" ''.
"It is not proposed to change the principle
of ad valorem duties, bnl it i for th eoaaid
eratinn of Congress, whether a specifio doty
on iron, made from the average of th last
three or four year ad valorem duties, might
not give a greater stability to th iron busi
ness, and, at the same time' prove equally
beneficial lo th revenue." ; . -.- n
He also recommend that salt be admitted
free of duty. He add that experiments
have been ordered to be made at th U.S.
Mint, wiib a view to discover whether
coinage of au alloy resembling German sil
ver, may be beneficially substituted for cop
per. it. - , . . ,
THE aECRETARY OF THE IATERIOR.
The Report of ihi officer estimates tho
public domain of the U. Slate at 1,584 mil
lions of acre., of which 472.892,739 acre
are within the Slates, excluding California
the coal of which for surveys, selling, &c.
was $88,994,013. The amouut received
from sales up to June 30, 1833, was $142,
2P3, 47 8-belli j $33,289,465 more than the
cost.' The Secretary rsliinate the 'total
yield oflhem at $331,181,363, He recom
mends liberal grants fur tailroad and other
highways, where land remain unsold; Iho
exlei,lion of the lanJ system ever New Mex
ico and Utah ; guarding against speculation
fraud in the California mineral lands, &o.
lb.
The Rev. Joshua Soule, senior Bishop of
the Methodist Episropel Cburch, it to leave
New Orleans on the 7lh of January, on hit,
second official visit lo California. ' 1
jAxtsviLLt, Wis, eight yais agoj eon
tained less than four hundred inhabilantt
Her present population is set far from sis
thousand. ..
.., A mill i now in operation in Philadel,
p'.iu,whuh manufaciuic bairaU without
h'Pi by piachinery. . ; . ,
i VtAotNiA The Governor has prnpesad lo.
the Lrgialalnre, that Ihe Slaw shall pure base
Iho Mounl Veinon Estate ; , .,. , .,4
Ri-risco enzar and syrups as etfB
ped from St. Lewi to New Or lean Tk I
tike "carrying coal N Newcastle.' .,.
Nothing looks worse than darned si-Vr'.
ings. Slockings ' which ueetl :d-itniin' t
worse. "' '-' -' -.,.
"A hole I the accident of a day -a t i-."'.
premedilaled poverty." ,:- 1
Here a e three different epinious t ,l 0 , :.
cil. " 4 : -
Ths Lake Superior copper mine -proved
highly profitable this year
Theodore J. Wilkir.eoa tli,a M ,
lean an ihe Sd in.!., fiou a voond sweiv.,,
at Ih Nalieaal Bridge,, dr.r)n, xU Mei!cttt
war
M
da Lamartir,, v,, ii,.i ,J..
and b baa tniur.d b lifo for , th ' earn of
150,0O0f.'' - ; .. -.w.. ,. 7 '
At the lata aleotion in Wiforr,i ' 17,837
voles war pelted. .
! I .- i t.l . - 'I
, Foa isarriving f.eely i Cootrav,U,ld,.
and aellmg al S 56 a M per loo IV.