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From the Morning Post.
T II K COON IIUWT.
'Twas on a clear and cloudless night,
When moon and stars were shining bright,
That, on a limb, 'the same old coon,'
Was humming to himself this tune ;
Get out the way, you're all unlucky,
Clear the trark for old Kentucky,
Oct out the way you're all unlucky,
Clear the track for old Kentucky.
Scarce had he closed his churlish song.
When, wandering through the woods along,
A hunter came from Tennessee,
And Poi.kkd the coon down from the tree.
Go home, said he, to old Kentucky,
And clear the track for one more lucky j
Go home, go home, to old Kentucky,
And clear the track for one more lucky.
That same old coon was loth to so,
And in his eyes stood tears of wo ;
Hut then it clearly was no joke
The words of that young hunter, Folk,
Go home, go home, to old Kentucky,
And clear the track for one more lucky ;
Go home, go home, to old Kentucky,
And clear the track for one more lucky.
The coon he growled and shook his tail,
And started like a sulky snail,
1'ut Hickory Poi.ki.d the beast along,
And cheered him up with this same song;
Get out the way, you're all unlucky,
Clear the track for old Kentucky,
Get out the way you're all unlucky,
Clear the track for old Kentucky.
PETER'S III 1K TO THE M'KDDING.
Teter would go to the wedding, he would,
So he saddled his ass and his wife,
She was to ride behind, if she could,
For says Teter, says he, "the woman she should
Follow, not lead, through life.
' lie's mighty convenient, the ass my dear,
And gentle and safe, and now
You stick by the tail, while I stick by the car,
And we'll go to the wedding in time, never fear,
If the wind and the weather allow."
The wind and the weather were not to be blamed,
Hut the ass, he had let in a whim,
That two at a time was a load never framed
For the back of one ass, as he seemed quite asha
med That two should be stuck upon him.
"Come, Dobbin," says Peter, "I'm thinking we'll
trot :''
' I'm thinking we wont," says the ass,
(In the language of conduct,) and stuck to the
spot,
A though he had said he had sooner be shot,
Thar, lift up a toe from the grass.
Says Tett r, says he, ' I'll whip him a little;"'
"Try it, my dear," says she :
Put he might just as well have whipped a brass
kettle,
The ass he was made of such obstiuate mettle
That never a step moved he.
"I'll prick him. my dear, with a needle the steel
May po!iibly ulter his mind ;"
The ass felt the needle, and up went his heel,
' I'm thinking," says Ttter, "he's seeming to
feel
Some notion of moving behind."
"Now give me the needle, I'll tickle his ear,
And set t'other end, too, a going ;"
The ass felt the needle, and upwards he reared,
Put kicking and rearing were all, it appeared,
He had any intention of doing.
Says Peter, says he, "We are getting on blow,
White one end is up, t'other sticks to the
ground,
Put I'm thinking a method to match him I know,
We'll let, for an instaut, both tail und ear go,
And spur him at once all round."
So said so done all hands were a spurring,
And the ass he did alter his mind
For off went he, like a partridge whirring,
And got to the wedding while all were a stirring,
Put lea the load behind.
Aork iLTi he Scene, a cornfield ; men with
hoes ; time, eleven o'clock, A. M.
Enter Squire, the owner of the field.
One of the men speak : Squire, it's eleven
o'clock you know, and we are all thirsty ! and
the Scripture says: "It any thirst, let him come
end drink."
Squire : Ay, but the Scripture also says: "Hoc,
taryone that thirtttth .'"
'What's that V said a schoolmaster, point
ing to the letter X.
"Daddy's name."
"No it isn't your daddy's name, you block
head, it's X."
"I'll be darned if it is. 1'ts daddy's name,
I'm blow'd if it aint. I've teen him writo it
sften."
"Go to your scat, you booby."
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
CAPTAIN KIDD ANU Ills THE ASUItKS.
The history and adventures ot this daring
frce-booter of by-gone iluys have been brought
into notice once more, by attempts which are
making to ascertain the contents of a hulk
which has been discovered, deeply sunk in the
mud, at the mouth of what is called the Race,
in Hudson River, at the foot of Dundenbergh
Mountain, near Caldwell's Landing. From a
statement just published by some of tho parties
interested, we derive the annexed extracts
showing the progress already made in the
work of exploration, and some of the reasons
which induce the belief that the hulk in ques
tion is the remains of the veritable ship of Capt.
William Kidd. It appears from portions of tho
statement which we have not copied, that a
mong the inhabitants residing in the vicinity of
the wreck, there are traditions that have been
handed down from generation to generation,
that Kidd's ship being pursued by British crui
sers to the point abo?e indicated, was there set
on fire and sunk by Kidd himself, about one
hundred and forty-five years since ; and that
Kidd with a few of his followers, then made
their way across tho country to Boston, where
he was soon after captured and sent to England.
These traditions are corroborated by similar
traditions among the descendants of persons
formerly residing in the vicinity of Dunder
berg Mountain, but who arc now scattered in
distant parts of the country. It is not for us to
decide how much weight these traditions arc
entitled to. So far as we are aware, there is
no authentic record of Kidd's ship having been
driven up the Hudson, and there, burnt ; but it
is also to be noted that tho whole history of his
movements is to a great extent involved in
mystery, insomuch that some have maintained
(certainly without reason) that Capt. Kidd was
a mere creature of fancy, and that such a man
never in fact existed. One thing is certain,
viz : that the remains of a large ship hove
been found at the point indicated by the aliove
mentioned traditions; and from the appearance
of the shavings brought up by cased augurs, it
is evident that the had been partially burnt,
Furthermore, a howitzer, of very ancient con
struction, has been recovered from the wreck,
which shows that the vessel there burnt and
sunk, was an armed vessel. This howitzer we
have seen, and anybody may ecc it who is dis
posed to go into Jones' Court, Wall 6t. As its
peculiarities are described in the annexed ex
tract, we need not particularize them here.
Kidd's money has been dug tor everywhere,
and a vast deal of superstition and nonsence has
been displayed in regard to it. The present
may turn out to be an equally fruitless search,
as far as treasure is concerned ; and it may
even prove that Kidd had no mure to do with
the ship in question, than the man in the moon ;
yel even so, a few thousand dollars expended in
solving the mystery of this armed hulk, con
cerning which history is nearly if not altogether
silent, will be money well laid out. We arc
glad to learn that there is a determination on
the part of the individuals concerned, to pursue
their researches, until the problem is definitely
solved. We now proceed to the extracts :
Capt. Kidd was commander in the Knglish
navy, and received a commission to cruise a
gainst the pirates, and afterwards a commission
of reprisals against the French. He is said to
have been captivated with the treasure of the
daughter of the Great Mogul, which was given
her as a marriage portion, and she put in
charge of Kidd to convey to her husband, when
he turned pirate, murdered her, and stoic her
treasure ; that afterwards he captured a num
ber of Moorish vessels, French ship, and Span
ish galleons, besides other vessels with valua
ble cargoes, and at length was driven up the
Hudson river by the English men-of-war w hich
were sent out for his capture and not seeing
any way of escape, sunk his vessel with her
cargo of treasure, went across tl.e country, then
almost a wilderness, a-id wad taken priosncr at
Roston, with a few of his men who went with
hint, and sent to England, tried and executed,
being hung in chainn at ''Execution Dock," on
the l.'th day of May, 1701.
We shall not enter into any proof of the
main fact in the above statement, to wit that
Kidd was commissioned an olTker in the Eng
lish navy, turned pirate, was taken prisoner in
this country, scut to England, tried and execut
ed but would refer those, if any w ho have any
doubt on those points, to British State Trials,
Smith's History, Thompson's History of Long
Island Sound, and his capture, which will be
mentioned herein. Without going iuto state
ments which any one can hear by going to the
lower end of Long Island, of the escape of two
or three of Kidd's men who settled there hav
ing brought booty with them, and where the
name of the family and the property purchased
will be pointed out, by which, for obvious rea
sons, we forbear to particularize, as well as the
general traditions in almost every harbor on
both sides of L. Island Sound of his having been
seen there, we will state mora definitely about
his visit to Gardner's Island.
On one occasion Kidd came ashore and want
ed Mrs. Gardner to roast him a pig. She was
afraid to do otherwise and did it for him. Ho
then made her a present of a cradle blanket, and
at the same time told her it was a part of the
furniture of the daughter of tho Great Mogul.
This blanket was part gold and part silk, the
gold being a wire. It has been kept by the
descendants of tho family until the present
time, and although it was cut for the purpose of
a division among the daughters, the pieces are
in a perfect state of preservation. Wo are al
so informed, that the story lias always been in
tho family, that previous to Kidd's last starting
from Gardner's Island, he informed Mr. Gard
ner that he had buried some treasure, princi
pally jewelry, in a lot called the "cherry-tree
orchard," and at the same time told him if he
returned and did not find it, he would murder
him and the whole family. Mr. Gardner kept
the secret until he was waited upon by some
gentlemen appointed commissioners by the
governor of the provinces, who had cither got
some trace ofthe burial of this treasure, or know-
ingthat Kidd hud been accustomed to visit this
island, supposed it probable that there he had
concealed something valuable, and demanded
to be informed ofthe place of concealment. He
was afraid and declined to point it out, until
he was assured that Kidd was taken prisoner
and wasto be taken to England for trial, and
that they acted under a commission from Ri
chard, Eurl of Dellmont, Governor, Ac, and he
then went into the lot and found the buried
treasure. He afterwards accompanied the com
missioners to Boston, and delivered tho treasure,
and the following is a copy of the receipt given
for the same, said original receipt still being in
the Gardner family.
"Received the 17th instant, of Mr. Gardner,
viz :
Ounces.
11
121
2IJ
No. 1. One bag of dust gold,
2 One bag of coined gold
And one in silver,
3. One bag dust gold,
1.
One bnx of silver rings and sun
dry precious stones,
fi. One bag of unpolished stones,
G. One piece of crystal, cornelian,
rings 2 agates, 2 amethysts,
7. One bag silver buttons,
8. One bag broken silver,
9. One bug ot gold bars,
ll. Ono do.
11. One bag dust gold,
12. One bag of silver bars,
Sa.mi.li. Si: wall,
Nathaniel I5iii:in,
Jlkimimi Di(t'MNi:u,
A.MHitw lti:u in.
L'umtnixfioarrs
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173J
2:?J
of Coinage at Mexico, carried on an avernge,
two millions, five hundred thousand dollars gold
etc., tho immense amount of his booty is hardly
conceivable. So enormous had been his pira
cies, that when it became? necessary for the
English Government to send nut a squadron for
the extirpation of the pirates, and which wan
done under the command of Captain Thomas
Warner, a proclamation was made by the King,
to give notice of the "intention to extend the
royal mercy to such as should surrender them
selves," bearing date at Kensington the 8th day
of December, 1GIH, and alter reciting in tho
proclamation to whom the surrender must be
done, Kidd was excepted from the same, and
the proclamation closed in there words, "ex
cepting Henry Avery, alias Bridgcman, and
William Kidd.
Influenced by traditions, from different
sources and other reasons pointing to this place
as the location of that vessel, a person of great
sagacity, intelligence and wealth, a ml whose
name has become almost preverbial for good
fortune, in connection w ith another gentleman,
look measures alnmt fifteen years since, to sc
cure the land at the location of this sunken ves
sel, and also a water grant from the State of
New York for 2T(V feet Irom high water mark,
that distance extending beyond the vessel
They purchased a large tract of land, about llH)
acres, thus certain it extended beyond, on loth
sides, the nrecise sinits where they believed
the vessel was located. A series of experi
nicnts was then commenced by them, to ascer
tain whether a vessel was sunk in the River at
that place, for there was nothing of one to be
seen. These experiments have been continued
from time to time, bavin? been interrupted by
the death of one of the parlies in iuterckt. They
have, however, been pursued of late mora tho'
roughly, since the property has como into the
hands of one person, by the settlement ofthe
estate of the other party, who was interested in
the purchase. The results of these experiments
are entirely corroboratory of the traditions.
1 he river id not clear enough to see but a
very little depth below the surface of the wa
tor. From the long time which the vessel had
been sunk, being now about 1 15 years, it could
not but be expected that she would be covered
with mud. Experiments were therefore com-
i :!.:. .,. .....i. :
I llieiiceu V llll piieilll l.ll Uic.r, mill I
j ron points. Timber was soon found a little be
i low tho mud. The mud being soft, the poles
j went down with little etlort, ui.til they were
' stopped by striking, w hat any one from the
! sound ami sensation ofthe hand, onuld have no
doubt was wood. By jamming the pole hard it
would stick fast, ho much so it could with did!
culty be '.tulled out. and on sticking dow n a
lietore leaving, airs, t.arciner in a piayiui ! ,,, , , , ml ,lst(.n,.(i to ,. pi)
way sai.l, she wanted to have it saij she held ; uy , ,c ,, jrlvt 1 jn a flcliol nhd a rivot
so much treasure, and the jewelry was poured i pllt thronli the pule and iron, to make the iron
into her lap. Alter they had loll tor Huston, a , ,niil , t1(, ullll., (xnVer was apulied to
bright stone was found on tho lbor and picked j tle .Hlu t,.lt a u.r(, tr lni, lrt before the i
up by her. hen her husband returned lie rm w(mI(, ,et , lhe limi)t,ri (iu,i (l was t.f,
lound it to be a diamond, and was attaid be j j;lst slicking into the wood,
- i.ii.t . i .. . ....... :
wouiu ucciiar"iu wiui eicaiiiii: 11, iui n noi i ,,,, ... , r.i - .. , 1
" , . 1 his is the part oftlie vessel nearest the
uy many supposed mat some n.gu au.noruy , um ftum u wim t () ie Awk
.i rv i r k ;.. ' 1
in me cngutn overnmem ere uucrusu u . d ,( oir umli ,oul)t rullI
wiui ivwa in ins oepreuauons, anu nun j he firninCM witl. which the iron drove in, .
i i r. : t. i :.t : ..r ...t. !
oum luriiisu mem w.ui an mve.ni.r, ... wn.u , . endwavs into the w.kkI. An
had been concealed on this island. He said he j lhonfon lnatlf., to find by pnek
wouiu goimme01a,e.y on to ..... a..u u.o . , j b , ,Hh:nce a k1C(f 0,' u
I 1 l I . . 1 I. - l II
o.amonu, out m who sam so.,..,., noi go- t vw woulJ or(lin!lri,v be )laci.d am 0ie at.
that she would tell all that happened, and she j ei(l wwceaiiMt am ulU-r setting up poles,
oum msk mo consequences. ii was cousc- j BJ (k. lwm lmb variou- iuiiita.
ruiuntlu Irnnt nmt hnd rnrnn until in ttio fjimilv .....
. made the curve of a part ot the sue ot a
: .i.- ..r i i.
ever Miict, in tut; iHjoscssiuii ui in rs. jhumi . ,
Gardner, of Stonington, Connecticut. 'These
Commissioners obtained large quantity of goods
found in New York, and other places for sale,
mostly India goods, but not much if any trea
sure beside that from Gardner's Island. There
are well authenticated accounts of persons on
1mg Island, who werj poor, becoming sudden
ly in good circumstances, and it wad altr:buted
to having found some of Kidd's money, but
whether so or not, is with us a mutter of doubt
It is not improbable, however, that suiona so
many men as ho had, dome ol'lheui, sick of such
a bloody and atrocious lite, should, as opportu
nity allorded, conceal what they could steal a-
way from the vessel, with the hope of escape
und going tor it at some future day to save it
for themselves. That he captured a number of
i'reuch ships and Spanish galleons, and oilier
vessels of most valuable cargoes, contusing
gold aud silver with much jewelry, no one will
doubt who will look into the accounts of his pi
racies, before the English Government could
take etlicient measures fur hi capture. Some
idea ofthe value ot his treasure can be had from
the old Kidd ballad, in which, after reciting his
large amount of gold and silver, and stating tho
other vessels he had takon, says :
"I spied three ships from Spain
As I sailed, as 1 6ailed,
And I took them on the Main
As I sailed, as I sailed."
And when it is taken into consideration that
those Spanish galleons, according toau estimate
for one hundred years, taken from the Record
An experiment was afterwards
tried, by boring with long augurs, with tin cases
round them to save t& chips. On going fur
ther into the river, in 20 or2." feet water, and
boriii", the result was a little mud of one or
two feet in depth, then through a plank of soak
ed wood, verv soonffV. and w hich a shinw ri-jht
of great skill and experience, who vvas employ
ed, as well as others, ilo not hesit.ito totuiy is
oine. The augurs would then dron a number
ol feet, and then bring up, and on boring, the
limber was found to bo English oak, and in a
perfect stale of preservation. Some ot lhe chips
were charred, thus coiifirunn'' the traditions
that she was partly burned; specimens of these
chips we now have. Tins experiment was
many times repeated. In some cases timber
Aas bored, which it took nearly an hour to bore
through ; and, in othet cases, the augurs Mould
be brought up on something solid, whether on
an iron box, a cask or barrel of specie, or on iron
bars, it was impossible to tell, only that it could
not be bored.
During lhe present season experiments have
been prosecuted by sending a diver in an in
gcnioiis dress for submarine operations, of new
invention, by Mr. Sargent, (under whose direc
tions future operations will be carried on) which
have resulted as follows: It being early in the
season, the water was unusually muddy, and
the divers were consequently utiablu to see
much of anything. They, however, soon
found (he end of a timber jiisl alx e the mud.
In another case, and at neai Vy lhe greatest dis
tance from the shore, in which from our calcu
lations we suppose the vessel extends, we
found a piece of metal like tho breach of a
piece oforilnance, as near as could be deter
mined by feeling with tho hand. On this a
piece of twilled cotton cloth was robbed by a
diver, which was so much stained it did not rub
out by hard rubbing, boiling and dipping in
slronff fresh lie of wood ashes. The stain was
pronounced by those who washed the piece of
cloih, to lie like the stain from a rusty brass
kettle. A piece of the cloth was also torn o(T,
before washing, and subjected to a chemical
test, being dipjicd in sulphuric acid, and it im
mediately turned a greenish blue. From tho
description of the diver, the washing and che
mical test, we have no doubt it was a brscs
cannon. Our object when we went, being on
ly a survey, we had not apparatus to raise large
weights, neither for removing mud. If she
was the vessel we believed she was, we sup-
po.c rhe would bo mounted on her upper deck
with old howitzer. The diver therefore wsrk-
ed in the mud as near as we can calculate in the
prsition of one side of the deck ofthe vessel,
near the bow, about where she begins to curve,
and came to a picco of metal, which he said he
thought was a gun. He said he could make
fast to the object, and although, as we before
stated, we were net ptepared for raising large
weights, we determined to satisfy our?e!ve ol
the correctness of his opinion, if possible, before
leaving. We accordingly tix.k one of our an
chor claiins and the diver made fast the object,
and we succeeded in raising it. It is an old
fashioned howitzer. It has a handle like a Jug
handle on the breach, asight at the muzzle, and
tho breach is square and appears to be screwed
in. We dare say there is not a more ancient
looking piece ol armament in the country.
By picking, we found the timber extended so
fur, that lhe vessel was of large dimensions, and
as we struck metal in various places, and as no
thing else but a vessel could account for the re
sult ot the experiments with tho augers as the
chips were Englh oak, and charred and as
the gun corresponded with what we expected
her armament should be taking into consider
ation the various accounts and traditions oftlie
disposal of, and location of Kidd's vessel and
her cariro, we who were prosecuting the sur
vey, could come to no other couclusid, than
that is the vessel with the immense treasure ob
tained by the renowned freebooter of former
days, who carried on his depredations and atro
cities to such an alarming mid successful de
gree. We therefore stopped our survey, ami
under the direction of persons of great skill and
experience in nib-marine opeiations, we are
now havini; built, and nearly completed, appa
ratus and machinery for working underwater,
removing mud and raising large weights, such
as has never been surpassed, and with the re
cent improvements in such kind of apparutus,
peih.ips never equalled. Our apparatus already
consists of a number of diving dresses and hel
mets, which we have proved to work most ad
mirably, with over four hundred feet ol tubing
of the best description. Our pumps are ot ex
cellent workmanship and of great power we
hte also a dn ing bell of great size and strength
w ilh most approved and powerful means ot rai
sing and lowering the same, also other appara
tus necessary to the prosecution of the object,
which we cannot mention in detail. We are
now adding to our present apparatus, and shall
continue to do any thing that will aid in the en
terprise. If wo think it expedient, we shall
sink shafts or build a coffer dam. We would,
however, remark, that although we expect much
labor, skill and expense w ill necessarily have
to bo devoted to tho object, nothing of ditficulty,
under proper management, need bo anticipa
ted in the operation. The water at the grea
test depth is not more than thirty feet at high
water, and no very great degree of mud. The
stern of tho vessel is also near the shore with
good bank, where works can be directed eve
ry l.iciiily employed tor removing mud, either
by working with the use of the boil, dreses,
digging, dragging on shore, the use of mud ina
chiiie.s or by sub-marine explosions, if it should
bo judged bil to restore to them. The location
ofthe vessel is at the mouth ofthe "race" at the
Im it ol DuuJi'ihergli uiwuntuin, an I buta short
ilift ince ab 'e the hotel at Caldwell's Landing,
well known on the Hudson mer as kept by
"L'ocle Sam." We are informed the place ha
been, formerly, sometimes called "G.beraltar
Point " ll is also a few miles above Ver I'lanck's
l'oiiit, about which according to tradition, the
English nien-of war in pursuit wero passing,
when the vessel was set on fire, not being able
to gel up through lhe "race," which cannot be
done with unfavorable mds. The force ol
those tradition is very much increased by a
view of the location.
In a notice of this gun, which his appeared in
one ofthe papers, since it was got upt in which
some historical account of Kidd was also gi
en, it was stated, that on being interrogated as
to w lei t had become of the remainder of his
trcaturcs, besides that rtcovcttd on Gardner
Island, "in reply Kidd, it is said, observed that
whatever else there was, went down in bis ves
sel. We understand that the authority for the
statement is found in an old number of lhe Gen
tleman's Magazine, but have not ourselves seen
it.
We shall make our utmost endeavors in tho
attempt, and have ourselves the most confident
belief that we shall v3 iuccesslul m making n
complete exposure of this interesting relic of a
former ao, and we can but also hope the sntno
will be satisfactory to ourselves and tboRe who,
through their confidence in our ikill and exer
tions, have become interested with us. Wa
would only further remark, that we ourselves!
regard it as due to the ago in which we live,
so much interest is manifested in antiquities.
that the contents of thra vessel, found after so
long a period, should be disclosed, even with
out regard to their probable value.
New York, June 20th, 1S14.
Habits of a Max of Businkssj. A sacred
regard to the principles of justice form the ba
sis of every action, and regulates the conduct
ofthe upright man of business. He is strict ill
keeping his engagements does nothing care
lessly or in a. hurry rmpb ys nobody to do
what he can easily do himself keeps every
thing in its proper place leaves nothing un
douu that ought to be done, and which circum
stances permit him to do ; keeps his design and
business from the view of others ; is prompt and
decisive with his customers and does not o
verlrade for his capital ; prefers short credits to
long ones and cash to credit at a'.l 'imes, ei
ther in buying r selling and small profits, in
credit case, with little n.-k, to the chance of
better gains with more hn.ard. He is clear
and explicit in all bis bargains; leaves nothing
of consequence to memory, w hich he can end
ought to commit to writing ; keeps copies of all
his important letter whi-h he sends away, and
has every litter, inseice, vtc , belonging to his
business, titled, class d, and put aw ay , in vrr
sutlers his desk to be confused by ninny papers
lying upon it. Is always at the head of hi"! bu
siness, well know ing that if he leave it, it wi'I
leave him ; hohis it as a mavim, that he whoso
credit is suspected is not safe to be trusted ; is
constantly eximining his books, and sees
through all hiintl'iirs; as far as attention ami
care enable him ; balances regularly, at stated
times, and then makes out and transmits all his
accounts current to his customers, both at homo
and abroad ; avoids, as much ns possible, all
sorts of accommodation in money matters, anil
lawsuits, where there is least hazard. He h
economical in his expenditure, always living
within Ins income; keeps a memorandum book
in his pocket, in w hich he notes every particu
lar relative to appointments, addresses, and
petty cash matters ; is cautious how he becomes
security for any person and is generous only
when urged by motives of humanity. Let a man
act Ftrictly to these habits, which, once begun,
will be easy to continue in, ever remembering
that "he hath no profit by his pains whom Pt
vidence doth not prosper," and success will at
tend his efforts.
Eari.v Ti i i ion. It is astonishing how much
the nature and disposition of a child may bo al
tered by early tuition. Let a child be always
with its nurses, even under the guidance of a
mother, regularly brought up as children usu
ally ate, it will continue to be a chi'd, and even,
after childhood is gone. Cut the same child,
put it by degrees in situations of peril, requi.
ring thought and observation beyond its years',
accustom if to nightly vigils and to watching
and to hold its tongue, ond it in astonishing bow
the. mind of that child, however much its liody
niBy futVor, will devclope itself so as to meet
the demand upon it.
" 'I've always remarked,' says the profound
observer, Mr. 'Charles Yellow plush,' 'that when
you see a wife a-takiu' on aiis unto hrnclf, a
scolding, and eternally a-lakin' about hi r iligni-
! ty' and 'Air br.iueh,' that the husband isiii'v iri-
! ably a spurn.' A friend of ours says that ho
was reminded of this eage renmik the n'hrr
I night, in coining dow n the Hudson. A large,
1 fut, pompons woman, who was ever and ar.on
overlooking her hu-birid, ( thin, lank pfr-
. . .-. . . i . i .
sonage, witll a winy in iiisnrni), w no rxiimofu
every nmk of prolonged annoyance.) in r. ply
to a meek c.implaint on hii part of fatigue, at d
the expression ot a ish that the nurse ni ght
! get over her sea-sickness, ts.id 'I never siw a
I man conduct so before never on the face of
the g'ohed airth. If I'd ha' known that you
I w as yoiu' lo act in ti u 'H, I uottU n't W
j.YW yen!' The gentleman straightway
I i-ang the 'Lay ot the Henpecked' to the ery:i,'
baby, and w ' thenceforth us iiiuni us n i ys
ter." A minister out west advertises, in tbp lu-pe
of 'making young people come lorw ard, ih.it, du
ring the warm w either, hi; w ill marry them lor
", g 'ass of w hisl.ey, a doen ot eggs, the lirsft
kit, of lhe hi. it, and a quarter of a fig.