vou n i: rr>. NEW SERIES. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE I. n BLIMIKI> F.vr.HV FRIDAY UOiiMN't. BY MKVIIHS & liKM-'OUD, At 111' 1 following terms, to wit: > t .50 per unntuii, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. , " " if nt.t paid within the year. fts 'No subscription taken lor less than six months. K7~.N0 paper disc-out inucd until all arrearages are paid, unless at the opt ion of the publishers. It has aeeu decided by the United States Courts, that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of ar reaiages, is prima facte evidence ol traiiil and is a criminal offence. [E/'The courts have decided that persons are ac \ countable for the subscription price of newspapers, it they take them from the post office, whether they Subscribe lor them, or not. jJ 0 C t V 11 THE UNSEEN BATTLE-FIEID- There is an unseen battle-field In every liuman breast, Where two opposing forces meet. And there they seldom rest. The field is veiled from mortal sight ; 'Tis only sect, by One, Who knows alone where victory lie?, When each day's light is done. One army clusters strong and fierce, Their chief of demon form ; His biow is like the thunder-cloud, His voice the bursting storm. 1! is captains, Pride and Lust and Hate, Whole troops watch night and day, Swift to detect the weakest point, And thiistiiig for the Iray. Contending with this mighty force. Is but u little band— Yet there, with an unquailing front, Those warriors firmly stand. Their leader is of godlike form, Of couutenance serene, And glowing on his naked hrea-t, A naked cio-s is seen. 11 is captains. Faith, and Hope, and Love, Point to that wondrous sign, And ga/.ing on it, all receive Strength from a source divine. They feel it speaks a glorious truth A truth as great as sure— That to be victors, they must learn To love, coufid , endure. That faith sublime in wildest strite, Imparts a holy calm— For every deadly blow a shield, For every wound a balm. And when they win the battle field, Past toil is quite forgot Ihe plain where carnage once had reigned Becomes a hallowed spot. A spot vv here flowers of joy and peace Spring Irom the ieitilo sod, And breathe thepeifumeoftheirpra.se On every breeze —to rniug with ah mil-cart, containing the necessary ropes, blocks, the kite, and a box or era lie. II iving down the kite, and dropped its lm ■ across the top ol the chimneys, we soon drew up a rop--, at the end of winch was a block,through which ran the line whereby we w-re to tie drawn up. Colly had only been married a lortuight ; and as we stepped into the cradle, the men arked him if he had'nt a last dying speech to to leave for his wife ; and then ftli.Straining liavmg shaken hands wi'll us, and bid us be coole and steady, we were dtawn slowly up. It was known all over the town that the con ductor was to be fixed, though as the day v, a not named, f did not expect we should have many spectators but as we got higher, and the View opened under our feet, I saw the '.(reels were already thronged with siarers. Collv was very quiet ; and when I waved my cap to the people, he laid, snappishly, that tois was no time for such folly, and that he thought I might think c*l belter things' than how to amuse those gaping fools, who, he dared sa }'i desired no better fun than to see us meet with an accident. I had Come un iff fli-e best heart, thinking, indeed, nothing about flie danger we incurred , but as we drew neaier and nearer the lop, and had nothing, as it seemed, belonging to this world near us but this strained rope, 1 began to see the peri' of the undertaking. \Y hat Cully thought of it, I don't know— he sat at the bottom of the cradle, never looking out, though 1 told him he would do better to keep hi' eye., about him, so that fie might get used to tue height. flood Heavens ! what was this 7 Here we were within a yard of the jjop projecting co ping, and still they were winding away with out abaling speed in th" least ! I guessed m a moment that they mistook our height, and that with the gr< at purchase of that windlass the ■ j rope would h<- broken when the cradle came tc the block. I sprang up, and catching the rope, cll (fibril hand over hand to the coj irw. Colly, too, sprang up and followed me. If" too, go! up sate; aiuf still they went on winding up, till the rope sung again with the strain "there was up m it. Then it snapped, and khe craJ!-, hauling line, and the man rope with its hi •ck I. II down! I ntis were we two men Kitin a most desperate situation. 1 ior ( oily was completely dazej with af bi'li! , and the moment he g.,1 upon the coping wnich uas only a loot and a halt broad, he called out : H here can I pray ? where can i kneel and piay ?'—and so I said very solemnly : 'Sit down Jem, God will hear us it' we pray to him sitting blown.' I he color of his face was a transparent blue, ami it was distorted and twitching, as if he was in u fit. His eyes were very wild, and drawn into a squint, and he couldn't sit steady, but swaying his body backward and forward, so that I felt certain that he must topple over. 'C ome, Jem, lad,'l said, thinking to take tiie flight of] him, 'it's bad enough, but it ran be mended. Hitch up a bit, and put your arm round the rod—may be it will steady you.' 'Where are you, and where is this rod ? he asked in a hollow voice, though he was looking straight at me, and the rod was only a loot or two to his left. By this I knew he was gone blind with the fright, and self preservation said 'Don't go near him but then r . remembered bis new |y wedded wife, and that taking him ail through ne was always a very decent fellow, and I thought how I should have liked him to beve done it [ had oeen his case ; so I de termined to run a bit of a risk in his favor.— 01 course, 1 durst not stand on my feet : but working mysellon my hands, I got to liirn, and putting my arm round his waist, and telling him as cheerfully as I could to keep cool I got him with his arm round the rod. It had, how ever,sprung the sapling for live yard down,"and was so loose that it swayed with him and I ex pected every minute to see him falling head and heels down, and the rod tearing away with him. There was a great bustle down below ; peo ple were rushing round the yard and pushing to get in, lout as yet there were but s rme score ol men at the loot ol the chimney, and, by close looking, i saw them put somebody on a board, and carry him gently away toward the engine house. One of the men walked alter them with a ha! in his hand ; then I knew somebody bad been hint with the lallen cradle, and that it must ue poor Staurr.ing, as none of our men leaFneifaiteriVffu'S thStf m?i Airft <' ■ re to 'v.... J. lip with sorrow that so good a man and so kind a master should be killed, that lor a while they had never thought about us, and the people outside imagined that we had come down with the cradle, so thus we were left in total isola tion tor fill I twenty minutes. While I was watching them ,below, feeling very sorry I>r my poor master, I was startled by a wild laugh from Colly, who began making catcalls, and yelling as if he was possessed.— Then J knew, of course, that lie was gone mad. Even now I tremble to peer down the shaft, black and sooty and yawning, and scarcely less so to look outside at the flight of pigeons swee ping round at considerable less height than we were. Then Goliv—thank God he was so dazed tiiat he could not see me—called my name three times, as 1 sat fairly cringing in dtvad that his sight might clear, and with a ghastlv grin, and chewing with his mouth, he began working himself towards me. 1 worked away from him noiseles-ly as I could, with every hair on my head standing on end. He followed me twice round that horrid coping, making most hideous noises, and then having come a second time to the rod, he got an idea in his muddled head that I had fallen over, for he never lost a sense ol where he was all through this trying time. Then he tried to get Oil Ins feet ; but at the ri-k ol my own life, I could not let the poor fellow rush on certain death without one more effort : and I cried out for him to sit down, and lie cowered down like a whipped dog, all trembling. I supposed it had been put into his head that 1 was a dead man speaking to him. That morning my wife had got a h-tler from Canada, and as there were parts we could not make out, I had put it in my pocket, intending to our time-keeper to read it for me. 1 had a scrap of uncovered paper at th* bottom : and by another good providence, I happened to have a bit oi red lead pencil in my pocket, — I wrote on the paper. 'Get us down—Colly s gone mad, this I shut in my tobacco box, and was fortunate enough to drop it jus! at the leet of a couple of men who were standing by the engine-house door. Directly all was bustle to rescue us. They irot the kite up again, and I watched it mount ing slowly—slowly ; and when the slack twine let 1 between Coliy and myself, I took it in my hand and could have kissed it. Poor Colly, with his teeth chattering, still fancied 1 was a spirit, and, I did all 1 could to favoi that idea until they got another cradle up to us. Then having cot him in, I scrambled in myself, and clutch iner him fast, shouted for them to lower and solve were got down, he wrestling and fighting with me all the way. He was- ia a madhouse for some months, and then went to scavengering, lor he can never lace any height again ; and I have never had the same clear bead since that adventure. IVHAT IS BLACK REPUBLIC.IMSM ? Those who dosiie an answer to the above interrcatuiy are referred to Massachusetts, the blacken? of the Black Republican Slates. In Massachusetts a negro slave who escapes from the South is permitted to vote alter one year's residence but a while, man. who comes horn Europe or Canada, is not allowed to vote until two years alter he has become legally, by naturalization, a citizen of the United States. BEDFOHD, TA., FRIDAY JULY 29, 1859. " ui ■ 1 ■ ■■ ■ '-"-nri HI iimi ~ w^wt [From the New Orleans Picayune.] THC LATE OUTRAGES IN MEXICO. President Buchanan Formalin Demands Satisfaction. Our attentive correspondent at Vera Cruz transmits to us the following despatch address e l to the Government of Miramon, at the Cih of .Mexico, by our .Minister, iMr. McLane, ot the subject of the T iciibaya massacre. As oui correspondent well .••ays, "its importance can not well be over estimated." It is a forma! de mand, and in the name of the President of the United States, ot satis/action for the atrocities and indignities committed upon American citi zens during those days of terror in Mexico.— And followed up, as we may hope it will be. by decided action on the part of our Govern ment, it will at once silve this whole question, which has of late given us so much trouble.— We do not see, indeed, how there can honora bly be any backing out now, till our long ag grieved rights are once tor all redressed, repara iion fir the past obtained, and security given for the future : U. S. LEGATION, VERA CRUZ, June 11, 1859. Slß: —The undersigned, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Uni ted States near the Republic ot Mexico, hav ing called'he attention of the Government of the United States, to certain cruelties perpetra ted at Tacubaya, on the 11th and 12th of April, 15.).-, by persons acting under the authority of the Government, having the seat of its power at the city of Mexico, of which General Mira mon is the Chief Executive, and of the with drawal of the exequators heretofore issued to consuls of the United States in Mexico: and having informed it that several citizens of the 1 riited States have been victims of these cruel ties, three of whom, Doctors John Duval, Ig nicio Ritchie and Albert Limon, were physi cians actually in attendance upon the sick and wounded in the military hospitals, and two others, unoffending youths under age, has been instructed to address to you the earnest remon strance that the occasion calls for. Ihe President ol the L luted States has ex imined tli!3 subject with deep concern and an anxious desire to adopt the necessary measureSj not only to procure tilt punishment of the per ;o(r . Van? Xvdjenormities, but also to pro -lates it-sicling in tfle n..- c •, ?t _t lie feels in common with his countrymen, jrcat indignation that these citizens ol the U nited States should have been murdered under such atrocious circumstances as to met it the reprobation ol the civilized world. In the peaceful recognition of the Constitu tional Government, without any I >rcib!e inter vention, the Government of the United States exercised an unquestioned right under the law ol nations which gave no cause ofoffence to the opposite party contending for power over the countrv and did not authorize interference with the Consuls of the United States in the discharge of their consular functions in their respective districts, and least of all could that political measure justify, or in any way excuse, the shocking barbarities whose condemnation is now passing through the world; although the posi tion now occupied by the United Slates, with respect to Mexico, precludes any formal diplo matic intercourse with those exercising power in the City of Mexico, who are not recognized as constituting the Government of the Repub lic, yet the enormities are of such an unusual nature as to justify unusual proceedings. Therefore, the undersigned, by the express instructions of his Government, calls your at tention to these outrages, in violation of the common rights of humanity as well as of s il eum treaty obligations, perpetrated under cir cumstances that justify this direct remonstrance, that the shedding of Wood may be stayed, the personal rights of citizens of the United States respected, and the atrocious criminals who have brought disgrace upon their country duly pun ished. This measure is due to the character of those exercising power in the City ol Mexico, not less than to .the character of the Repub lic. SJ far as citizens of the United State 3 have been the victims of there violations of natural rights and treaty stipulations, they will he held in remembrance, and redress will be demanded, and ultimately obtained therefor, whatever may be the result of this remonstrance. The President of the United States has read with much satisfaction, a communication ad dressed to the undersigned, under date of the 22d April, 1859, by the Minister of Foreign A (Fairs of the Constitutional Government, which is recognized by the United States as the imperial Government ol Mexico, pronoun cing its unqualified condemnation of these repre hensible proceedings, and also conveying as surance of its determination to put a stop to them, and to do its duty to a friendly power. Nevertheless, he considers it proper, as has al ready been stated, that a direct remonstrance should be addressed to those who are immedi ately responsible for the outrage and indignities that are the subject of this communication, that the civilized world may know upon whom rests tiie responsibility of disturbing the ordi nary relations of amitv and friendship that has been established and guaranteed by treaty stipu lations between Mexico and the United States, and which the best efforts ol the Governments of the two Republics have failed to maintain, in consequence ot the reckless and inhuman excesses of those now acting in the City ot Mexico, under the authority ot the Govern ment referred to, and with which you are as " jsociated as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The undersigned has the honor to subscribe himself, very respectfully, your obedient serv't.. Freedom cf Thousand Opinion. j fSij<) ROBERT M. McLANE. 'To I Excellency Manuel Diez de Boniiia. Aiister ol Foreign Affairs in the Covern mt of which Gnn, Miramon is Chief Ecutive, City ol Mexico. LVIODI'CTION OF EXOTIOS—EXPERI IMNTS WITH THE GRAPE VINE NO WITH THE TEA PLANT, Alng the many squares that are not squac in the plan of this city, is one of live acresjounded on the North by Missouri ave nue, \ the East by Four and a hall street, on ?h- by the can,al, and on the West by Sixth - Less than a year ago this square was tie better than a inarsh or morass; but it is FVV fait arsuming form and beaut}'. Tile dramg has rendered the soil dry, warm and friabl and ingenious culture is developing up on thsurface products that have seldom hith erto tea lound in close proximity. Here are younjbut prospering grape vines from EI Paso, hoiri.rkansas, and irom other States ol the Unit Kas well as from Hungary and Egypt, all toe tested in various ways, but especially by cperiments having lor their object the blendig ol varieties by hybridization, in order (bat |e American retaining its vigor and ex uberace, may have its acerbity, its "ferocity," as it sometimes expressed, subdued through the ISuence of the older cultivated grapes of otherffimes; or that these may be reinvigorated throuh the influence of the more hardy Ameri can vneg. 'J'he Egyptian varieties—the "seed less".ml the "lady finger"—ol which there are e?bt or ten thousand plants, have been in trodiied by means of cuttings, the El Paso, ot whici there are one or two hundred thousand, have been produced Irom 3eed. Here also is a forestof tiny [lines, an inch or two in height, sprnrof tram seeds brought Irom the Pacific coast.and native plum trees, from seeds ob tained in Arkansas and in Texas; and radishes Irom t'hina; onions from Egypt; "Melochia," an Egyptian soup plant, the leaves of which are ejceedingly mucilaginous and agreeable in llavor The Pyrethrum caucasicum, the dried flower lieads of which produce the far famed vermin destroying powder; the wax bearing Rhuz of Japan, the product ol which has re cently created some sensation in commerce; the hemp palm from China, of which a grass cloth is made; the oh a liagrans, ol China, Irom which the better varieties ol tea derive their rich aroma; the seedless pomegranate of Egypt, highly ojjzed because it is seedless; the cam phor trl the cork \Tw* "England; w ui'T v'' ; w ■ ivi'fifef 111iy well headed, and prolific in seeds, and remarkable because ol their peculiar cultivation; American oaks Irom the acorn; tke American larch, Here, too may be seen, as developed in this locality, the products ol one hundred and twenty three >am ples of wheat collected from every region ol the globe, similar experiments with the same series being in progress in central Pennsylva nia arid in Texas—wheat bearded anil wheat beardless, wheat of marvelous variations ol ap pearance, all attended by the beneficial coccinellidre, which are busily employed in devouring the plant lice and other parasites by which the wheat is attacked; and an apiary ol choice bees, we are informed, is soon to be ap propriately added to this scene of ingenuity and industry. But the crown glory of all is comprised in the exhibition, within an admi rably constructed propagating house, to which the warmth cf steam or tire has never been ap plied, ol more than fifty thousand healthful, thriving, and beautiful Tea Plants, the seeds of which have been received from China, within a lew months. Some ol these plants are just peeping above the soil, while others, more superficially covered with earth in the cases, germinated during the voyage, and are now a loot or more in height. We are thus a bout to determine practically the two told prob lem, whether tea culture is possible and may be rendered profitable in the United States—a problem once discussed in its quality respect ing wool, again respecting Sorgho sticre, re specting improved breeds ol bovine animals, and respecting almost everything good and valuable that we [assess in agriculture. If was well said by the honorable Secretary ol the Interior, in his last annual report, that ";n a country possessed ol so great a variety ol soil and climate it was wise to essay the propaga tion of every nlant affording a hope ol useful ness-;-especially as such success would more than compensate for all the cost and trouble attending many instances ot failure." We trust the present experiment may prove a happy exemplification of this remark, and not only a source of immediate advantage to our country* but also a stimulus to further enterprises of a like character. The public should feel a deep interest in the cause of agriculture: and it gives us pleasure to commend it to the contin ued and increasing encouragement ol the peo ple, of Congress, and ol the national Adminis tration.— Washington Constitution. head clerk of a large mercantile house was bragging rather largely of the a mounl of business done by hjs firm. "You may judge ol its extent," said he "when I tell you that the quills for our corre spondence only cost two thousand dollars a year." "Pooh!" said the clerk of another house, who was sitting by, "what is that to our cor respondence, when I save four thousand dol lars a vear in ink, from merely omitting to dot the 'i's J" The lovir's puzzle. —To learn to read the fol lowing, so as to make good sense is the mys tery : I thee read see that me. Love is down will I'll have But that and von have you'll One and up and you if THE JAPANESE PRIZE RING. i No spectacle in Japan is complete or even I possible, in which both spectators ami perform ers do not make several changes of costume.— On the stage this is a matter of course with ac tors and actresses, but it is also extended to the audience. Ladies who go to the piay are ac companied by numerous servants and a magni ficent wardrobe ; and in the course of the spec tacle, which begins in the morning and ends late at night, they retire several times, and when they return, it is in new and gorgeous at tire. The wrestlers are dresssed and led out for show, and then they are undressed again ; and a space b u ing prepared, and a ring formed, they are divided into two different parties. These two parties stand in the ring glaring at one another ; then lh<*y tramp heavily backward and forward so as to show tbeir points, and enable spectators to make up their betting books. After this they retire, and all with the ex ception of two, are again clothed in full dress, ond take up their position on the front seats round the ring. The two who have oeen reser ved now come forward with the simple cloth jound round their loins, and walk with slow and leliberate steps into the centre of the ring.— rbey stand eyeing each other u itb a wary look, glaring wtih a brutal ferocity, each watching a dunce to catch tiis antagonist oti his guard.— \nd as a savage nature comes more and more to he surface, they assume the look and even the movements of two wild bulk. As they continue to eye each other, they itamp heavily on the ground, pawing the earth, is it were, with impatience, and then they stoop, trasp handfuls of earth and fling it with an an jrv toss over their backs. They crouch down ow, still keeping their eve 3 fixed one on the )ther, and watching each movement ; then in i moment there is a sudden spring, a great shock is the massive frames strike each other, a re jound, and then the two monsters become one uonster with many limbs heaving and strug gling, with great muscles rising in distinct out line, with bluatei faces, and gushes of purple jlood. Prize fighting in Japan is very much like prize lighting in England. But perhaps in Ja pan they recognize the nature of the exhibitior more truly than we do, and it is quite in char acter with the rest of the scene, and a legiti mate demonstration, when the next antagonist lowers bis head, and rushes at his opponent, bel lowing like a hull. Let us leave the wrestlers they will all struggle in succession, and with s and v.-ni'treTeA off ?n fituYf^Yi. wh VM n meanwhile, instead of talking slang and looking disreputable, like the frequenters of F.nghsl prize fights, will go home to music, and poetry and water parties. Perhaps in the evening of the same day w shall find them in company of ladle*, sitting b\ a cool running stream orpn a shady grove, eaci with a book! The book may be of poetry, o containing religious and moral apophthegms.— Household Words. The Lute Accident on the Southern Michi gan Railroad.—Horrible Scenes. — \V r . J. Hawk Esq., ofCharlestown, Va., furnishes the Fre< Press with a thrilling account of the late horri ble accident on the Southern .Michigan railroad Mr. Hawks, after stating that he was a passen ger, and that he was swept forty yards dowr the stream fiom where the train was precipita ted into it, says : On reaching the shore I stumbled over a mar —turned and Ibund him alive—l asked him hi; name. He replied "Walworth." I could nol raise him, and went to the cars for assistance, passing ten or twelve dead bodies on the beach Arriving at the wreck I found some one hail procured a light—returned and found Wal woith dead. He was a large, fine looking old gentlemen, 1 al'erwards assisted his son in hi: last moments. The first thing that arrested my attention or entering the car that I had left was that I was standing on a pile of dead bodies. One ir.an ] thought alive and gazing into my face, f tur ned the lamp around, and the glazed eye ol death told me that all was over. A lady had her arm around his neck, with a frightful wounc in her head, her feet caught and crushed in tin in the wheels of the car. Others, caught and crushed bv the falling timbers, begged me tc kill them ani put them out of their misery.— There was a lady, going to meet her husband, with her daughter six years old, and a babe at the breast. The mother and little girl were killed. The mother had clasped the babe in such a manner that it was unhurt. The ground was strew e ljwith heads, arms legs and dead bodies. I saw several with theii hacks broken and their lower limbs paralyzed, writhing in the sand. Some of tlmm would as 1 passed with a grasp from which it was almost impossible to free myself. Seve ral beautiful boys and girls were taken from tin water drowned, but looked beautiful in death. Others were crushed between tfie wheels, with their faces and hands {upturned in a supplica ting manner. I passed a woman who "begged me' to find her children." She was crying. "Oh ! my dear family ! Oh my six children." Both her legs were crushed off below the knee. She lived about ten or fifteen minutes. I after wards assisted in taking two of her children trom the wreck dead. Two more fine boys of hers were found —one with his leg cut off ; the other had lest an anr., and both were living when I left. [GP"A lawyer who was sent to prison for j obtaining money under false pretence, was pla ced in a shoe-making department. Upon a | iriend visiting him he declined all sympathy but desired to be congratulated on the fact that he had risen from the bar to the bench. WHOLE NUMBER 2860. REASONS FOP. DRINKING.— Mr. A. drinks because his lias recommended *him to drink. Mr. B. because his doctor hac ordered him not to, and fie hates quackery. .Mr. C. takes it because he's Wet. Mr. D. because he's dry. Mr. H. because he feels something rising in' his stomach. Mr. F. because lie feels a ki.til'of sinking in his stomach. Mr. G. oecause he's got a friend come home from Australia. Mr. 1. because lie's so hot. Mr. K. because he's so cohh Mr. L. because he's got a pain in his back. Mr M because he's got a pain in fiis side. Mr. N. because he's got a pain in his head. Mr. O. because he's got a pain in his breast. Mr. .I'. because tie's got a pain all over him. Mr. Q. because he feels light and happy. Mr. R. because he feels heavy and miserable. Mr. S. becairse he's married. Mr. T. because he is'nt. Mr. U. because no one will have him. Mr. \. because he likes to see his friends around him. Mr. W. because he's got no friends, and enjoys a glass by himself. Mr. N . because his uncle felt him a lpgacy. Mr. Y. because his aunt cut him off with a shilling. Mr. Z.—We should be happy to inform our readers what Mr. Z's reasons are for di inking, but on putting the question to him, he was found to be too drunk te answer. Poetic —A Germanic poet gets off a wonder ful lyrical parody—the sentiments of which we cannot endorse. Mr. Von Krouples entitles it HOME, DREAD HOME ! Dcr oder side of ''Home, Sh fleet Home." 'Mid par rooms un bier cellars dough ve may roam, Ve vinds dem much gooter more pleasant as home, Vor noting but scholting un shqualling is dere, Vich, go drough der vorld, you can nix meet elsewhere. Home ! home ! dread home ! Dere is no bease at borne ! Dere is no bease at home ! A veller vrom home, un grief haunts him in vain, So give me the old fashioned par room again ; Dere vrients singing shVeetly voud trink at mv call, Dere is no bt ase at home ! Dere i i ; no Lease at home ! WHY THE KING OF NAPLES IS CALLEDBOMEA. —The term Bomba is often misinterpreted as having some allusion to bombardments. It is not so. In Italy, when }'on tell a nran a thing which he knows to be false, or when he wishes to convey to you an idea ofthe utter worthfess -11 ess of anything or person,, he puffs out his cheek like a bagpiper's in full blow, smites it with his forefinger, and allows the pent up breath to explode, with the exclamation of "Bomb-a." I have witnessed the gesture and heard the sound. Hence, after 1819, when legal oaths in the name of the Most Holy Trinity were found to be as worthless as beg gar's in the name of Bacchus or the Madouna, when Ferdinand was derceived to be a wofth less liar, his quick-witted people whispered his name. He was called King Boinba, King Puflcheek^K ing Liar, King Knave. The name and tiis character were then so much ict harmony that he hasVver since, retained it. THE President of a certain College was getting too old to fill his chair witfVthe greatest advantage to the Institution, but the old gentle man held on—nothing would induce him to resign ; so at a College supper, a wag gave the following toast: "President L , endowed with every virtue but that of resignation /" Schoolmaster abroad. —"Mother," said a lit tle chap, "what is this word, is it Valen tines ?" "No, no," replied the knowing mother ,"it's Val-en-tiners ; here you have been to school for six months, and can't give the right pronun cification to words yet!" "Well you see, mother, you went to school for a longer spelt than I did !" KF"A lady sent tor a doctor, in great trouble, to say she tiad a frightful dream, and had seen her grandmother. "What did you eat for supper, Madam ?" "A mince pie, Doctor." "Had you eaten two you would have ifeen your grandfather too." [£p"Aunt Kosy was dividing a mince pie a mong the boys, when dim who had wickedly pulled the cat's tail, asked [for his share, the dante replied, "No, dim,you area wicked boy, and the Bible says there is no piece for the wicked." Gent.—"Why don't yohjgo fo work and stop picking your nose ?" Boy. —"It's mij nose, ain't it ? anil it's the Fourth ot July, too. I'll pick thunder out of it, if I've a mind to." ff# F= "Old Guzzel says if he could have his choice of three things, he should choose, first, plenty of tobacco, secondly, a good stock ot inm, and thirdly, he should choose some inore i urn. f£p*The chap who plucked the feathers from the wing of a house, has recently converted his bat into a brick yard. When rogues give a dance, the devil is sure lo play the fiddle. VOL 2, NO. 52.