B v w. BOTH HA*. TFW SERIES. Select Poct r n. MISCHIEF MAKERS. ,V could there in this world he found Snte little spot of happy ground U>i-re villase pleasures might go round I Without the village tattling; , (J uvdoohiv blest that place would he, Wsere all might dwell in liberty, free from the hitter misery Of gossips' endless prattling. I ' I >. ; .. c h a spot were really known, jijrre peace might claim it as her own, tnd hi it ? he might fix hei throne Forever and forever. I T'.erelike a queen might rain ami live. , While everyone would soon forgive ( Xlje little slight they might receive And be offended never. j ' 7 ? mischief makers that remove : '< f" FJI from our hearts the warmth of love, j s And lead u- ail to di-approve j , What gives another pleasure. Thrv seem to take one's part—but when They've heard our rare?. unkindly then '< Tii-vsoon retain them ail again, j 1 MixM with the poisonous measure. And then they've such a cunnirg way Of telling all their ill-meant tales, they say •Don't mention what I say, 1 pray, | would not tell another;' straight to your neighbors house they go, s Narrating everv tiling they know. And break the peace of high and low, 1 Wile, husband, l'rieud and brother. (I! that the mischief-making crew U>re all reduced to one or two, ; ( AM! they were painted red or hlue. That every one might know them! Then would our village, forget To rage and quarrel, fume and 1 ret, < And foil into an angry pet, ; With things so much below them. ior 'tis a sjd, degraded part To make another bosom smart, A;;d plant a dagger in the heart We ought to love and cherish , Then let us evermore he found I jr quietness with ail around, < V. ] friendship, joy and peace abound A;.d angry feelings perish! TERRIBLE DISASTER. ! Disasters by land and water, by car arte! t .•■-an : at. have become so common ol late 5 v-ar>, that we are, ordinaria-Uy, but little start- iij when we hear that, bv somebody's careless- re-s, or bv una voidable causes, dozens ot scores ( ir b iiow tieings have been crippled tor !1 1 r Irttrric! into eternity. Ifnt the burning of ! \-w Jersey, on Saturday night, on the rtv •u IFiaw are. between Smith's Island and Arch •' ' wharf, i- an occurrence unusual i:i that t : !e;, ami me well calculated to wring the < -i t with anguish and awaken public inquiry ' 3sta the cause of the fire. The hunving ol ' —' '. • ' nmc fiftv or sixty individuals into eternity in s the space o( twenty minutes, on the rivet |) •id", and that, if there itas been guilt or gross ' f '.'iigetice in any quarter, it will be properly punished. We extract tlie following account , n the occurrence from the Bulletin : j '•On Saturday evening, at half past eight o'- c fuck, the steam ferry boat New Jersey, belong- ri Jto the Philadelphia arid Camden *"!> amboet v } ' •'•'Patty, left Walnut street wharf on Iter reg- ' ( s: trip to Camden. There were on board at ' one hundred persons, as near as can be as- v c 'rtained, and of these a large number were s 'somen and children. An effort was made to ! ,liR the boat through the Windmill Island Ca- ! f : ;t the pilot finding it blocked with ice I :w[ i"d the bead of the boat up stream for the*! t [ fose of going around the liead of the bar.— t Ike tide at this time was running up and the i - was blowing from the south-west. 1 "Ikhen between market and Chesnut streets, r ; ** was discovered bursting from below the 1 a'outid the smoke stack. The discovery e flames of course created a most intense r 1; HI. Pickets were procured, but .no wafer t W'UiJbi l obtained in consequence of the float- t t: - ' c "- The flames, carried aft by the motion . i "boat, drove the passengers all forward, r vrethey clustered on the bow in the hope of I 'ig finally rescued. Capton Carson imme- ■ "'}' ordered the boat to bo h-aded lor Arch ' j''"! wharf, and she was accordingly turned in 1 . : direct ion. Before she had neared the pier |c Arch street the flames had driven the en- •, fl * r from his post, the pilot house had fallen i • snj |||p whole of the boat except the ex- i "'''forward part, was enveloped in flames 1 Wprp raging with terrific fury. The boat t nott ' of course become unmanageable, as v 'uther the pi| o t or the engineer could remain j * •ir posts. The wheels continued to revolve I "• nought the steamer on to within a few feet i pier when she sheered off with her head . t ""stream. Some two or three of those on j ' , the pilot among the number, succeeded t ■ •aping ashore, but the rest of the hapless £ •- - agers were left to their dreadful fate. As i vind drove the flames direetlv among the s : • r ger- who were clustered forward. i blazing boat floated up the river until I 1 r' p d against the ice about opposite Callow- : < 0 ~~ hill street. She was afterwards towed to the head of the bar. where she sank in shallow wa ter. "The fire was discovered at an early stage from the State House steeple, and the bell was rung "North East as the boat n-ared the wharf the hell was struck "East," and this fact took a number of citizens and firemen to the wharf, and some of them arrived in time to per forin good service. Hose were lanl in readiness to put water upon the flames, in case the boat was made last to the wharf. "The scene along both sides of the rivt-r was most exciting. The shores were lined with people watching the blazing boat, and those who had friends on hoard were tortured with the rno-t dreadful suspense. The scene which had before been sufficiently terrific, now had its terrors increased tenfold, the hope r,f landing was at an end, and the flames left the horror stricken passengers but little- time for choosing between two terrible al ternatives. Some leaped into the water with their clothing on fire, while some lew other? remained on the burning wreck and were con sumed in the (lames. The details of the demon strations ofangnish made by the passengers are too sickening for reciial, and we refiam Irom anv description of this portion of the terrible scene. Of those who leaped into the water many sank to rise no more with life; some were picked up by the small boats that w ere got out asqnickivus possible, and others got upon the floating ice and sustained themselves until they were taken off. It is probable that not less than fifty human beings perished by either fire or water in sight ol their own homes." The general supposition now is, that some sixty persons, men, women, and children, per ished. It was in truth an awful calamity. Tin: T R:NRIM.K CATASTROPHE ON* INN Drx- AWARE. —The Philadelphia papers of Monday morning last contain full particulars of the ter rible catastrophe on the Delaware river on Saturday evening. The number of lives lost will not fall much short of forty. The follow ing statement of Mr. VV. F. Agnew, one of fhe survivors, will be read with painful interest : "I am in the employ of Messrs. Burns is Piers, proprietors of the Philadelphia Local Ex press, and reside in Camden. Returning home from business on Saturday evening, 1 took the steamboat New Jersey at 85 o'clock fiom Wal nut-street wharf, and was an eye-witness of the most serious disaster that has ever happened on the Delaware. When the boat started, she at tempted to reach Camden byway of the chan nel which divides Windmill island, but, finding the eastern end much blocked with ice, she was backer! out iffld headed up The" stream with a view to circumnavigate the island. \\ lien op posite Market street, 1 observed flames bursting out around the smoke stack, and raised the cry of'fire.' An unusually large number of pas senger? were on board, many ol them women and children. The (ire originated in the liri room during the absence ol the fireman, and spread with fearful rapidity. It soon wrnpp-d the entire after-part ol the boat in (lames and drove the passengers forward. The strong ebb tide setting up the river convinced me it was impo-sible to run tin- boat aground upon th' njithern p3rl ol the island, and I was glad to see the pil't Imad lor the Philadelphia shore.— The captain at this time was in the pi! .(-house giving orders. I was upon the bow of the boat in the midst of a wild, heartrending scene 8f terror. A crowd of at least one hundred per sons, including twenty or twentv-five ladies, were clustered together in the smallest possible space to a void the intense heat ofthe flame? some clinging to the guards, others frantically endeavoring to wrench loose the stanchions which Were vet free from the devouring ele ment, while some stood horror-stricken, gazing upon the fast-approaching flames la-hind, or the icv current before them. There was nothing on board save a bench or tvvo that could be made available as a boat or life-preserver. As the volume of the flames increased, it caught the dresses of the women, whose shrieks f<>r assis tance were appalling. Not until their clothing was burnt from their persons did the passengers seem willing to seek a chance ol safety in the bosom of the other element. One by one, some times five or six at a time, they made the (ear ful leap from the burning deck. The boat bad been forced to a distance of not more than fen feet from the wharf when the pilot-house fell —the government ofthe helm was lost, and the vessel sheered off again into the liver. Some on the upper deck, however, bad a chance to leap ashore ; others fell short, and were crush ed by the paddle-wheels. Every hope of run ning into the vi harves was now dashed, and 1 turned to Mr. Muschamp, late a conductor on the Camden and Amhoy railroad, and asked him if he could swim. He replied that he could not. I advised him to take a bench, which was near him, and jump overboard with me. The engine was still going, and 1 took rare to jump clear ofthe wheels. I believe my fri-md fol lowed me, but fear he did not take the like pre caution. I swam about one hundred yards, when I providentially reached the bow of a clipper-ship, and was rescued by the prompt ness ot those on board." ATTACKED BY A Bun..— A few days ago a voting lad of Lancaster, named James Stewart, was attacked on the public, road by a vicious bull, and so severely injured by being tramped upon, that there is scarcely a hope of his recov ery. The boy was passing along the mad ap prehensive of no attack from the bull, who was quietly standing by the fence, hut iiad scarcely got hv, when the bull rushed at him, tossed him in the air, and on his coming to the ground set both his feet upon him; bruising him severely and injuring him internally. When picked up it was thought he was dead, but in a short time he revived and was taken to his home in Lan caster. FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, FA. MARCH 28, 1856. From the JJlta California, Feb. 13. FROM CALIFORNIA. EARTHQUAKE IN SAX FRANCISCO —INCIDENTS, AC CIDENTS, ETC. The residents •>! this city were aroused this morning at 3,'23 o'clock, by a most violent shock of an earthquake which was felt in eve ry portion ol the town. The vibration appea red irom N. E. to S. W., and, a? far as we can learn not a single building escaped the terrible shock. The first movement of the earth was very sudden, arid the buildings swayed to and fro heavily afterwards, and finally the vibra tions were short and rapid. Evidences of the violence of tlie shock were visible in different portions of the city this morning, and it is sur prising that there was not much more damage done. Th" fire wall on the top of the store oc cupied by Messrs. Goodwin Co.. on Front street, was entirely thrown from the north side of Ihe building into Oregon street. The store is newlv built, and the mortar appears to have been of an inferior quality, or greatly injured by the recent rains, .?o that there was but little adhesion quality left. Two buildings at the corner of Ballety and Washington streets, occupied bv Sweetzer, Hutchins, & Co., and the bank of Messrs. Burgovne & Co., were separated about three in ches. The direction of the shot k was very lor tunate ; as, had it been in a direction parallel with the streets either way, its effect would have been more disastrous. The occupants of large brick hotels and boar ding houses were terribly frightened, and in many cases rushed wildly into the street lor safety. The Rassetlee, which is a small town in itself was the scene of great excitement. Men, women and children were seen rushing through the halls in theii night clothes, seeking safety Irom the supposed danger. In nearly every portion oi the citv we hear of houses being injured more or !es. The plastering was considerably cracked'and torn off from the walls of Wilson's Exchange, In ternational Hotel, Trerrnnt House, St. Nicholas Hotel, the M erchant's Exchange Building, and tin- City Hall. The shock was more severely fi It nt Oakland than here,and various rumors are aflrat of damage to the government works, at Fort Point anil At catraz Island ; and aisi the Fa ra I lone? are sard to he affected very materially. The vibrations were attended with a heavy report resembling the discharge of distant artil-j 1-rv, but was continuous, ami produced a deep,! low rumbling sound. This earthquake has been the only theme of* interest on the street to-day, and we have y>t to meet, the first person who was not ali'"< !ed by the shock. It appeared to be more sensibly felt out towards Foit Point than any locality we have heard from. The sir all dwellings in that vicinity were rocked like a cradle, am; persons were nearly thrown out of their beds. It i> by all mean? the most vident < arthqdak-* that has evei been known in 8,111 Francisco since it? settlement by the American?. There were several slight shocks l-H during the night, hut did not attract particular att-n- i tion. The first occurred about 9 o'clock, and the second about '2 o'clock, and were followed bv the grand convulsion mentioned above. SCENES AT THE HOTEL?. The consternation among the inmates of the large hotels occasioned scenes which may be better imagined than described. The popula tion of the Russette House rushed, tumbled or precipitated itself down the stairway.? and into the street : and such an array of beauty una dorned was never before witnessed in Sail Fran cisco. This edifice, it is said, show sno macks of injury bv the shuck. Th" scene at Wilson s Exchange, St. N icolas Hotel, and International Hotel wer<- equally remarkable. The occu pant.? of Wilson's Excbage took refuge in the Teliama House, which is a frame, and conse quently in less danger than the other. Many j ofthe inmates of the International found theii way en mnxxe !y the Plaza, where, like their companions in misery, they shared each with ! tin* other such articles of apparel as had been caught up in the hurry ol iiight. <* Anoitirr Bomb Shell. Read the scorching but truthful letter from FRANCIS P. BLAIR, Jr. Such documents as the address of the Father and the letter of the Son, j should, and will have the weight due to "Ilea- ; W metal."— Cleveland Herald. No sooner does a bogus Defnocr ,t desert to the enemy, than his new allies make instant use \ of him bv turning him into—or turning him up a mortar, and commencing a bombard men t ol the Democratic camp. Then it is—"a homh ahtll pitched into them." "A bombshell explo ded !" "Another bombshell /" Theopposition are in high feather now, having a battery "in position," of no less than three of these bomb i guns—Blair elder. Blair junior, and Denelson— j and all "in awful activity." They make 3 great noise, hut like the same kind ol homba j thrown at the siege < rd, ait as full ol fun as tii • sands of her rivers are of, golden treasure. A Facetious editor makes u.- laugh heartiiv over a seene lie witnessed in a daguenreai! galleiy, and which he describes in nv st amusing stvle. The aiti.?t bung out a very hand? uw and showy sign over his door, on which \va? fainted, in round, readable letters: 1 Rabies fair n fill 3 P. ,\f., in two seconds.'' The sign soon caught the eve ola middle aged woman—but we will let the California man tell ihe story in his own way ; "Bless the Lord fur that !" exclaimed the wo j man, who, with three or four young ones in her arm?, stood gazing upon the happy an nouncement. "Ble?> the Lord ' Relief has come at last! Babies taken till 3P. M. I'll go right in and fit him take bis pick out ol ' mine. I'm tired of them." She started in, hut wa? met hv the worthy artist himself, who was on his way to the : Stre'l. I "Good morning, r. v dear madam, walk up. i What can I do I .r yen to day Two of the brat? commenced crying, j "Are you the man that takes babies ! "0 y> >. v\ ith the greatest ease." The old lady cast a lingering look at her young Good, as if she was bidding them adieu ' forever. "I gu c?s von ain't particular what kind of ba ! Dies you take !" "It matters riot, madam, 1 have taken all i kinds." The old woman gave the ailista suspicion? look, as much as to say, what sort of a man aie you ? "You have taken all kinds! Then I guess you'll have no objection to taking these brawl ing things here at mv breast ?" "Oh, it would give me pleasure, madam, to lake thus • crying babies. Had I not better take i ail of them at once ?" The old woman drew hack in astonishment. ; "All at once?" soi l she. "And do you pre tend t > so\ that yon will take all these dirty, i g 1 o 1-1 ir-noihmg, squalling brats at once? "Nothing would give me more delight, an swered be, m his usually agreeable manru-r.— '•I have taken mor • than that at once, fifty times." "Well, you can take them, said the old wo man, as sh" approached him, "hut . h-lore you do so, 1 would 'like to know what you are going to leed them on ? ' _ The artist saw his mistake and attempted to back out. j "On second thought," he said, "I will not take your interesting little group. It would be cruel to dreprive a mother of so many of Imp beautiful childien." : "Oh ve," she insisted, "you can take them. "But, my dear madam,' commenced the ar tist. turning away in alarm, "recoiled that"— "Never mind' that. Take them along.— There's plenty more where fhe*e dime from." | The artist was compelled to explain the mis ; take, and the old woman h ft in disgust. AN ELOQIEXT LETTER. The Louisiana Courier publishes an elequent letter written by a Mississippi democrat to a friend in Florida, a whig. We make the fol lowing extract; "You have learned by this lim * the election . of Banks, and have, perhaps, seen th- result of the recent K. N. convention in Philadelphia. Surely, tire eyes of every southern man should i now be opened ; surely, all prejudices ought to i be laid aside, and if the preservation of the I - nion is really desired, if the constitution is to De I handed down to our children, as our fathers ; transmitted it to us—then we should frgel past j differences and rally around the only party ! which promises safety. The question is, which is that party ? Let the great rn.-n of the old I whig parlv (I mean southern m-rt} answer.—' Where are they to be found ' Acting in 'heart, i soul, and might,' with the democratic party. — What does theso-cal!";! American ?:;• ty w ant ? j 'That Americans shall rule Aineri a." Where i? the dastard who dares sav to the contra-y ? Where i? the wretch who bas so far forgott ri the glorious past as to believ- tha 1 the tin-.- w i;t ever come when 'Americans will vx! tub A rnerica V Why sir, Americans r.-.w r ■>, com paratively, the civilized work:. Ami t-li in to be afraid that a 'parcel of ignorant fin igtu-rs. unacquainted pven with our language, with -it j means, or unity, or strength'—that they v.'ilj i get the supremacy over us; why, !'-• il-a i? dpgradinglv absurd : it has no parallel in ih< records ofthe world, let tho? • who fir it turn to the history ofottr revolution —fit thern read it, blush, and shed tears overt!' • memories ofthe dead, who, although many of themfr --; eignem, feared riot, for liberty's sake, to m-as ; ure their strength with the lb. a mo?t dreaded j of all nations. "But the American party desires to put down Catholicism. My Ohrislain friend ! v. h-rs reli gious truth ij- assailed we have a protector — even our Father in Heaven, who will arise to ! its defence, if Catholicism b- of n n, it will fail. Jf it be of God, (and they worship th- I same Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that we do,} !-t us pan?-, 1-st, unhappily, we be found *tri • ving against Heaven." From lb" C'incinraii Con:mer lid. The Devotion oi a wife. One ofthe most remarkable instances on re ; coiii of the unfaltering devotion of a wife lo her husband, under the most trying and dreadful circumstances, is given in the history ol the ; Monroe tragedy, in Coles county, Illinois. A. E. Monroe kiii- J his father-in-iaw—Ellington —in a fight, in which Eilington struck the first blow. Public opinion was so savage against Monroe that the Court, and even the attorneys tor the defence were overawed, and a change of venue, which was begged by the prisoner, was not obtain- !. The attorn v of Monroe fearefi So oo'dy it, apprvfi.'-ndi:.- rnu -dermis design? on flu- part ofthe people. Th trial proceeded and the Jury did not dare to find the prisoner gu.iiv of anything but murder in th first degree, .md he wa- ser'-nceij t . b a hanged. The Governor imprr his re mains, had them transported to a burial place, a few miles above New port, on the l icking river, and there, with her child inHicr arm?, stood the only mourner by his grave. Three day? • be lore bis death she wrote to her husband as follows. The person whom she mention? a? Pole, is N. B. Auhch, a distant r. bi'.iv of lu r ! husband : CjlAßt STON", Feb. l-'til I.'v) o. Mv Ever DEAR. H LSEAND :—How miserable von must be. My \ erv heart aches for you.— 1 have not given up yet—l still have hope. I am now at Mr. Bail's with Pole and Ma. Pol • has been a brother to me and a fri* mi lo you. I intend lo make his home my Lome, wherever that may be—l hope a good way (rem li-re— the farther from here the better. 1 would rather die fo-nigld, than to stay her- among jay enemies, for those who are your enemies are mine and ynur friends are my f; i-n.'-. A?.soon a? 1 can make arrangements and get the means, I will have this town, weivr t- re turn again. May is will. Farewell, hut I hope not forever. / subscribe myself i/our I rut an / '/• ?•;/ed wife. NANNIE MONROE, rind proud fa own if. THE DARK LANTERN VoMr:..\rroxs.—Our friend of the Delaware County llepubHcnn c< •:- eludes an art id" on the recent nominations in Philadelphia in the f.diowing word:.: "We consider the act ofthe On vent En in making the nominations, as the closing scene in the broad and ridiculous far. - w • u : i t;v • • political trickster? have been playing bt i' re the intelligent people of this Country rr trie pa?l two vars. Their mumerics are ended, the g— cret machinery is broken and scattered, and the sensible part of t.'ie community, who lire watched the actors whit they "strutted their brief hour" upon the stage, will iej;.ice in the fall of th" curtain, and tlx* exeunt ounce of these scheming and profligate politicians. "I AM THE OWNER or ONE H INDEED SLAVES !"—This was the exclamation of AN DREW JACKSON DOXF.LSON, the nominee for the Vice Presidency of lh- Hindoo American pa tj-. "/ was born in a Slav Slate—l am the owner of one hundred slaves—l lore the insistitions of the South." These 3reh is recomrre niiatidns lor tlie Vice Presidency ! A gentleman inform? us, that he saw twenty or thirty women plough ing in I.is fields last sumnar. He did nut mention this fact as one of his recomrn-iidati us. —Pitts. Gaz tie (Pep.) TEICTSN, 8 2 PER, VEAB. VOL XXIV, NO. 30. STEAMBOAT DISASTER — FIFTEEN TO TWENTY 1 * L:vr;.? LOST. — The Louisville papers of Monday contain a full account ofthe terrible disaster bv t which the steamboat Henry Lewis was sunk, and 15 to 20 lives lost. It occurred in the 0-* hio river, about 3 o'clock, Satutdav, a clear" star light morning. The Henry Lewis, with a. lull cargo lor New Orleans, from Cincinnati, arid about forty passengers 09 board, was descen ding the river, j •?( below Troy, "bugging the Kentucky shore," at the heaj of A nderson's b;u, when the E. Howard, ascending, came up or rather out, fiom behind the point, and a rni lisiun occurred, sinking the fl-nry Lewis in tbr-e minutes, in about twenty feet of water. A wiid scene of excitement ensued, as the pa?- . ' s-ngers were all asleep in tl- ir berths at th" ,x time of the collision, and were hurried on deck amid the cry of fire, the hissing of steam and the crashing of timbers.—The ] ?t are two chilhreii !, ■! :g: :gloa poor 1 lis'l t.ornan; two (ob m pa-: -ngers liont Port, mouth, 'Ohio; VVm. Jacu.'.s ol La. th- se.cond steward, aiid Daniel McCuti iieoii, ol Steuix-r ville, th" s-d'ond cook: ;-o or twclv- of the fi;.-n :i v. ', - sidjiped at f iwmnati a.ml who * uarm s n-tiM rot he as certained; of tie* Cu'.ci mati slaves belong ieg to Mr. G .ine-, wvr on the luat, including .Moigarei and fir itill-tit child. The child wax iioth • - v<■ '. Thev were ta i ii ll" ; .it !<;.? Friday, front Louisville, '•'• : v, r- •••IJ tJi-jr way t.i Gaines'' landing, AR k -E- •:?. file itnßher exhibited no ether feeling t'.au joy tlie : '. of !-■:■ cliild. The cargo of the iienr.v Lewis consisted oi' about 700 tons t:f pork, laid oil, c.in-'ies, 1 heese, and such oth-r articles of produc- usuafiy sidprx o from Ci:*.- f mnati. S--v. n- 1 : charge <••!' L'.ipt. Emer. who, together v. 1< ii Mr. Patters in, his ci-rk and S. McFarJar.b, th- engin—rs, acre the cbl-f oivm rs of the !.. . The v.. . ji. tired at t : - cini.oii,at the V. -fii.agt u ci'y insurance,at-d MercSian:.?' and Manufacturer's office-;. Th" iiiult oi" tii*- •. ;-;;?{• r . . not yet Let ri defshitely tin d on either pari v. Mr. GREYLY ? l-graph? to the New Y> rl: Tribune that "!h<- men-z-rs ot Congress who stand by Free Kansas, and are opposed to Fill more for President, ai- considering- the policy of issuing a call for a People's Presidential Con vention ; probably to meet at Philadelphia sim ultaneously or substantially so with the Repub lican Convention. The movem-r.t will b carefully considered, and r.o st-p laken without . extensive preconcert and some deliberation.— So far I have heard of no Member who support ed Banks and now sustains Filirpore. Lewis D. Campbell, of Ohio, spoke at the City Rati fication Meeting on Friday night, hut was care ful not to endorse the nomination. The Democratic members of Mew Jer sey Legislature have expressed a preference for Jam :> Buchanan lor ihe Presidency. A 1 - intiin having been ofi-red !n th** American Council el the Slate of Rhode Island approving of the nomination of Fillmore and I). it was laid 0:1 fhe table by a vote of I'd to 'J. .Mm: v .- A MAX mm—A I any who caught b r magpie- ling her pickled walnuts, threw aba;in It' hot ..?.• ov-r the pear bird, V.N claim'iflg ; . you t! ' v • ;;•♦<• nnt (he pickled walr.u's, have v >. ' Pr Jiii; v.a.? dr.-:: ifully ' urn -!, his feath ers came off: bavin.; I;:? head entirely bear.- I; lc>t ail spirit and spoke not a word fir mor than a year, when .1 gentleman called at the hotu-- who, on taking off his hat, exhibited a very bald hea l. The magpie appeared evident ly s'r'ici, with the circnmsuißC". Hopping ID on tie* i ack cf hi? cli.fir, and looking hi.-n hasti ly over, he suddenly exclaim .1 in the ear of hi? a?lonished visitor: "Ob, you tlii.'f. you've !.. :) ;! the pick!- d wairiLts, i.ave you V A NEW FOASF. OF SoFITUniN SLAVERY. A gentleman residing i.i i'iciunou. , writiug l Ins fih rd in Boston, sov? : "The number r.f lire negroes who have ai-d Jo tin* legisla luret'tis winter fir (;- pric ifi-g** of choosing masters and becoming slaves ha? been so great, that a g'-neral law has been parsed permitting tin :;i lido so. They are mc-ilv those who have been slaves, but have been emancipated. There-son they give •? that they cannot pro vide lor themselves, and want masters who will provide }dr them in return for their labor.*' A FRANK ADMISSION. — Th- Louisville Cour ier. an old-line whig paper in Kentucky, very frankly suv> : "We do not, fur a moment, sup pose l!i.;t the VYl.igscan have a hope for their • •v. i) success in the next campaign. We. he ll- ve that it is written down in the book of fate that the Democracy wiil sweep Iv.-i,ol** coun- Iry at tfie Presidential election in November next. We do rot end: tain ti. *„! "fimvv of a -.! >n'.t but they v. fit carry IC.-:tucky ! y a sweep mg maj ifity. \u.: HT \-y < ..ENiy.—.The A- r : **sn F.XCC - •• '• v iinoifiee of AN'-'ghoy G. tiTity, Pa., !.-ving a?• i-M-d at Pitts!)"rg to r ccive the r>- po; i of the delegates who were sent to tin* Na tional Convention at Philadelphia, unanimons i vagr*- 0 lo rej udiate the nomination of Fill in, a:..! I)ur. !.-.on, and adopter 1 3 resolution in structing the subordinate councils of the county to *-!e. t d-legates to the Stale Convention of th<* unit ed opposition to th- Pierce A dmiui:-ration. [T -"A Yf ng lady, from Philadelphia, has been cutting up a great many shin. ? in Peters burg. \ a., where siie had put on a pair of trow sers. with other habiliments to match, and was sporting it like a fine young gent. The father found her thus unse.ved, and took her home.— Tiffs interesting specimen of feminine precocity was onlv sixteen years old. BUSINESS AT ST. LO. I?.-OD tile 6th instant tin re Wen ninety steamboats lying at the wharves of St. Louis, tiir.i v having arrived on that dav with 20,090 tons :-i freig!-{.