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Select ct a i e. ramr 71)3 vaunting ti 'sts of England "had (led. e'fiilten and shattered, from the f.ital rifles ol the Americans, blazing under (he eagle eve ol the immortal Jack- on, a.,.! th<- glad tidings had !•- oed irorn tin* r i field •! natlie to the anx ijt's hearts ofthe citizens of New Orleans ; and as nigh' came down upon trie rescued City, the glare of huge bonfires, the flaming of dancing torches and the glitter f innumerable lamps, with jubilant shoo'..--, cries, and exultant laugh ter, that met eye ami ear at every tur , beto- Kenedthe victor's fiumph. The humble home i.f the artisan and the proud mansion oi the rir.h alike shone with light, and resounded with sounds of joy. But no home was so gay and resplendent as that of the wealthy ar.d hospita ble Robert Dainetaert, whose twin-born sons had thot dav, and ever since the landing ol the foe, b i> en foremost in the battle, aod who were now fresh from victory to see their only sister wedded to Willi'-.n Avern, a young and distin guished captain ot the Tennessee Rifles. Long before Packenliam gave ills soldiers the bandit watchword of "Booty ar.d Beauty,' \V illiarr Avern and Clara Daincmerthad pledged then vows ; and their loves having gained the wil ling consent of Gen. Robert, the da}' that should see them united '.ad been fixed upon, and that day was tire liiam Avern, hurried to thei. apartments to exchange their war-stained gar! tor garments befitting the occasion. Huron St. Maur, a coward "in heart, villait in mind, hsd, as he said, given his parole at De troit—given it betore ttie dotard Hull disgracer t!ie American arms, with a bloodless surrender loan inferior force : for Huron St. Manr wa. traitor as well as poltroon. He had long lover his cousin Clara, both for the wealth that wouh be hers, and her lovely person. He was th. -on of the general's soungest s:.-t. ~ and his fa ther had been a French oil. -r, wtio served un der La Fayette. Both father and mother spiant ti ;u n brave and warlike liti-, but the son ha inherited none ol their riubler traits. A shrew; schemer, a cowardly plotter, and a seifish, un scrupulous man, Huron St. Maur had iived tbi; tv years, ami not done one worthy deed, name and iniluence of his uncle had obtaine. for him a taptain's commission, but the tap o the drum, and the fume ol gunpowder alway drove his watery blood from ins cheeks. Gia. to forsake the field for the caip-t, he had return ed to his uncle's to push his suit for the hear! and hand of Clara Dainemert. But he me 1 blank repulse, lor both were already pledged ti the brave and handsome William Avern, i young man of noble character, good descent and rising fame. Had he Huron St Maur would have fought his rival for the prize but his craven soul instinctively shrank from < combat with the young Tennessean. St. Maui had already wealth enough to content any bo! a mercenary spirit, but grasping eagerly foi more, and infatuated with the beauty of ho cousin, he would have sold his salvation to cai, her and her fortune his own. When left by his uncle in the parlor, as 1 have related, he hurried from the bouse with s throbbing heart and burning brain. He had not dream". 1 that the marriage was to be so sudden imi all day .bad prayed to tUe eviT spirits he worshipped, to guide lead and steel to the heart of his rival, Aow he saw hnn returnee triumphant —a victor and a bridegroom. Ht hastened to do what his wicked mind had beer plotting. Ere many micutes had passed, In stood in the private office of an Italian apothe cary and chemist, a dastard who would have ta ken a thousand human lives, for as many gold pieces, if no danger of detection should menace hitn : a lean and withered old miser, who 'ooa ed upon all mankind as so many vermin, deem ,:.g gold the only valua't i& tiling on ear h, so said report, and Huron believed it. Who car explain the insanity o! such avarice, for Carle Berbi made no use of his w"alth, save to gloat over it in grim solitude. "I have come for the almond," said Huron as the chemist raised his small black eves tc his. •'Have you brought the price, young man ?" Huron threw a purse upon the table. Carle counted out the yellow coins, one by one, try ing the weight and ring of each, until he had numbered one bu ndred. "Right," said he, as he swept them pnto his pouch, end stowed that into his bosom. "I on ly w i>;: I could sell a sack of double almonds ?t that price—ssoo a nut !" Carlo Berbi then produced a large almond, neatly halved, and containing twin kernels, one of which was chipped 3t each end. • Whoever swallows this," sai.J the Pahan, holding up the marked almond, "does himself no harm ; but 1 would not be he who shall eat the other. Do not make a mistake." ii\pfo- f.'ar," , MAY 11,1800, lived she blessed him ; but now that she is m more, I think that I would give all my gold t< take an Italian's vengeance." "And justly too"' said Huron, the reprobate ! | Well,good night." "Good night, my young fuend. Da not ea th- unmarked almond." "Not I, indeed," laughed the heartless iluroi is turned and sped rapidly away. When he again stood in his uncle's house, i was thronged with guests, among whom he soot was scattering j> st and compliment. "Ha !" said his old uncle, as he met him nea flie centre of the main parlor, "you are a lag gard again. Absent i'a.in the fi- Id, aad lard' af the web i: g. William ant Cima became j man and wife j- t five minutes since." "I c'.:!Ti ahi j from the fc .: ." said Huron as he saluted t■ . nev -mad ■ wife, and thei grasped the hand < f the hap| y husband. "I wish vou a hiindr*-! years of rntitnal joy Cousin ' dura—a id von, too, William,'said, he with smiling tins and " laughed the jovous bridegroom "Seek a double almond." "Ah ! I am sure I have one here," raid Hu ron, crushing the almond for winch he oad past in gold. "This is yours—now Iwe eat togeth er, and for. -it singly." AM unsuspecting, the gallant young warrior, nearer dea'h than when British beliefs had .an ned his manly che- ■ that morn, ate the un marked almond, while the Judas graying wit' a kiss, half unconscious of tie act, so fierce were the gsnity fhrobbings of his heart, swab lowed the other kernel. • xVo li'-iir.' -.fter. when Vlumn st id aloof, watching the bride and her spouse as the} moved in grace and joy in the lively dance, i servant approached and . ,!d him some one wish ed to see him at the street door. Huron impa tiently followed the call, for he hoped to set that handsimefface grow deadly pale, that man* ly form i elated in so id- n death, and to heai the crash of his rival's fall, at the very teet <> tin blooming blushing Lnie. He found Carlo Berbi at the door. "You (lid not eat the unmarked -mnel ask- I the old Italian eagerly. Xo, I ate the one chipped at the ends, ' re plied the traitor. "It is we'!," said Carlo. "Now go re3i this," and as he spoke he placed a billet in Hu ron's hand, and hurried away. Carelessly, for his mind was upon th bride groom, Huron St. Maur opened tbe no'e a' he entered the parlors again, and read these words : "With Imr last breath B2nca told me the name of her destroyer. She knew not what shn toid, foi del :iuiu ruled her ,speech. She said the true name of the pretended Germ in (.oun' was Huron St. Maur, 01 New Orleans. 1 sought that Villain —lf mod him in you—your like ness so leng worn upon the bosom of Bianca. guided me in mv search oianca is avenged, for Huron St- Maur shall not live to see to-rr.or. row's sun. He has swal! wed the poisoned al mond ! BIAVCA'S FATHER." How pal'-, how ghastly looked Huron St, Maur then ! What sight so pitiable as the trai tor strangled bv his own treachery. He sai i not a vvnd. He lied to th" house of the chem ist ; the door was barred, he clamored in When tbe r.ext day came, the corpse of Huron St. Maur, .av c-dd and ark upon the ground, and the letter the icy hand grasped, revealei the mystery. Bianca's father was never spen more in thr Crescent City. Hi; task wasd >he. flZiccc 11 a it co us. ASLNStBLK BCT- One of the most singular wagers \VP ever heard of, was made in Chicago on the dav be fore the municipal election in that city — r<. worth and Gurney, thp opposing candidate.-, for Mayoralty. The bet was between a Water street merchant and Ned Osborne of the Tre mont House, the largest ciga- and tobacco dea ler in the city, and was to the effect that i! Went wot th was elected, Osborne should have the privilege of kicking the Water street mer chaht aforesaid, from 'he Tremont House tn Springer street. The day alter the election, the merchant having lost, came to Osborne's store and presented his person to him for the contemplated kicks, and demanded that Os borne should take the stakes. Osborne had been training bis right leg the day previous, and had armed tiis foot with a heavy cowhide boot, with soles as thick as two clap boards. Tbe mer chant started up bv the Tremont, Osborne de livering a heavy kick as he started, but drew back his; foot with a spasmodic action arid par- oxysm of countenance absolutely pitiful. I ; He tried another or , hut the ioser flinched > 4of, and kept leisurely on his way, undisturbed | hv the volley he had received. The result of ; "as worse than the first, and he f-irly i turled u ;> en the ground and howled with pain. •T.ie merchant acfimen'-- of proud >x domineering man." j 'T hope, inarm,'' ?ez I, sta:tin back, "that our intern buns is fmnorn hie ? I'mea lone man ' hea. i. a strange j —C des, I've av. to h' rn." "Ves," cried He female, ".t sh -■ a slave ' L /til D{vr dream of freedom—doth she never tfiink jpf thtwing off the yoke of tyranny, cc fhinklng speaking ix. voting for herself? D6th she never think nf these here things ?" -f ■ ■>'. being a natra! ' -rn l:ol," said I, by nhi- time -i little riled, "I kin safely say that she "mjfT not. - '* "Oh, i> hot— vrh'if cTfimtd the female, swingin her urnbrelier in the air, "Oh, whot is tlie price that wooman pays for her experi ence !" "I don't know, marm," sez I, "(he price to biv show is 1" pur individorrt." "And cau' our Sosiety go in free ?" asked the female. "Not if I know it," sed I. "Crooii, crooi! man I she cried, &. burst out into t-ar-. "Won't \ on let my darter in?" said another of the xcon'nc wirmn, takin me afeckshunitiy by the hand. "Oh, pleas let my darter in I Shees a sw**et gu. iiin child of natur I" "L*-t her gush !" roared I, as n art 1 cood strike at their tarnal noncents, "let her gush." Whereupon they all sprung back with tne simultaneous observation that I was a f3 j est. "My fcemale frien■!," sed I. "bed y >u leev>, I've a tt-w remarks t > remark : war them well. Tile tee male wooman is 1 ot the greate-t iasti tooshuns of which this land kin boste. It's on- j possible to git along without her. Had there been no female wimin in the world, 1 should ; scarci-iv !-• here with rnv unparaieled show on this very ausptehus occashun. She is very go ■■! in sick lie-- — _ > I.' m v. lines?—good all the !i ,e. Op, wu i .'iin 1 cri le, ri>\ f ■ ling worked up to a high poetic.- i i'ch, " > air an an*;: wh-a you .■-i-av- yourself; hut vv . ;i vu t.r. • ( f your proper apariel -N (mettyforira'lv . speak in) -git into pintv irons— when vou desert vonr firesides &. with vour lieds foil of wiir.mins rites ncshuos go round like roaring lyons s-e --kin whom you may devour sumbouy—in short when you pjay the man, you phiv th devil, be air an emfatic nonsance. My feerrale friends, I coutiuo le, as tliey were indignantly t. paitin, "way well what A. Ward has sed." "I DID AS THi- UDST DID:' Thi tame yielding spirit, this "doing as the res! did," has ruined til •>:.* m -. A vourtg man is invit-d bv vicious compan ions to visit the theatre, or gambling hell, <>: i.;her haunts of licentiousness. He b-com !s --ft pt( | !. >] •■■ib ■ bis tic , los'B his credit, squin rs liia propert v, and at fast sinks into an un lirne)v grave. iVii.it ruined him ? Stir,ply "lining v hat the i—st did " A fat he i has.i family of sons. He is weal thy. Other children in the same situation in lil- .!o so and so, at- indulged in this thi'ig ,ir. : that, lie indiii.. ihi< own in toe same way. ■ bev grow up i trili rs and lops. The fiilber wonders why his children rlo not suc ceed better. He 1 .as spent so trc.icii money o:i their education lis given them gieat advan tag . ; tmt alas I they areonly a source of vex ation and trouble. ";\x>r man, he is just pay ing the penalty oi "doing what the rest did." This poor mother strive? hard to bring tip !,ei daughters genteelly. They learn what oth ers do, to paint, to sing, to plav, to dance, ami stfvt-ral useful matters, in time-they marry, •u-ir husbands arc unable ;o support their ex travagance, and they are soon reduced Jo pov ery and wretchedness. The "goad woman is astomoed. "Truly, -ay., she, "I did as the rest did." The sinner followin the example of ottiers, pots off repentance, and neglects to prepare for death. He passes along through life, till, una wares, death stnkes the fata! hlow. He has no time left now to prepare, and lie goes down to destruction, because he was so foolish as to "do as the rest did." 1 r ODi; STRIKES A MINE ' CiJSAVITJC OF R3PUBLI n,frM. IK v €i *,f, #rc (j Kt .— — % "SiaeiJinsj G®a- TbM-'lm-. } D f> . n epi , an o.j.sifho was nomina raise votes m,trn . . . ~ , . secure bent could nit |hat h" r°c: , .'rti , a i. itna'iin 'tWu, sftoiivH press m anding that , , ' haH ' roc-ed^th^ 1 " {o : tbe ex * d tuVI - s for the :i t(1 T °'r iowi - _ .;t of bis '.. u mnfiv- 'bat controlled the inning l,>n. "s .n poS "Q. D : you make, or cans® to he a caucus of 'h- Republican party r the jttirpose of nominating a candidate fhr p, tee, 3 pr •position that it von w.-re elec!-d yo-. woo! i give a certain portion ol th® prof it • •of toe pnr • gto the Republican party, or p;or> it it, the control of a conimitt-e. <>} it-at par'v to be :• >1 I. r the distr.'buti.ei :um-nts. or lor electioneering p :rp :.se s ? ()., tie night of the Republican Conl-T.-jice, [ authorized General fvi' *<"> re, .; my S: v, to say that I would li.jera: in ay contribution i, *h *:i >r. of political truth a.n nig th p *opie of the States of Penn-yKaaia, N-w f-'-oy, Indiana, and I!l --inc.s, previous to the next Pre-idential election, for t.i" purpose of informing them as to their trite niteiests, and who they ought to vote tor President, ir something to that amount. Q. Was that propUilion in writing ? A. I Ihiuk it was. Q. Have you a copy of it ? A. No, sir ; I have nut. Q. Did you state what amount you would give* A. Let me go oil with my statement; General Ktlgore said he woul 1 like to be au th .'-iz-d to make this statement, und I hastily Ir<* pa note addressed to him, a-J it was to the effect of what f have said here ; I am not certain whether 1 fixed the amount or not, but i lmale I did say that I woulu contribute in that way half the profits; it was done very hastily. Q. Were you nominated by the caucus to wb >m that statement was made? i\. les, sir. I Q. Were you voted for in the House as the -a jiuate for printer to trie House? A. I was, i by every Republican except Mr. Adams, a son 1 of John Qmricy Adams. ; Q. How long were you voted for ? A. Ido • not recol; ct ; it was postponed day- after day . for near a mouth : I no not know how many j ballots there were; I think ten or fifteen I was voted for; there were one or two ballots a day. Q. You were nominated on the day that Mr. ICi gore made that proposition ? A. xes sir. Q. You were voted for as the candidate of the Republicans on the next day ? A. No, sir, not the next day. Mr. Stanton moved a post ponement several days, and it was done. Q. You wen nominated, though, on the day that the proposition was made as the can didate of tae Republican party. A. Yes, sir. Q. You slated, I think, that you received all the votes of the Republicans present in the House except that of Mr. Adams? A. Y s, sir. i should like !o say that I regarded his cour-e towards n as very strange; because, while an apprentice in a printing office, the ' fir>t writing that 1 ever did was m support of his father for trie Presidency against General Jackson." This is a nice state of affairs truly, it is de plorable to think that the R< pur brans, who ; nave instituted investigations for the purpose of ' unearthing all the hidden evidences of alleged Democratic corruption, v.vre tfi.-ms H'es enga ged in an ar.u >tful States, i iVei i i on!y i mgine the sensali i; id J iio Cj vode and ins teiiow-lab-rers when they saw tb. se disclosures but no language could possibly | depict the depth of their anguish. There is nothing 1 tia' ( de '.at to rets,' *to s >rn w Re quest e l is' vomi toe reach ol depiav,.' and < "s. there to meditate in solitude upm, i ■-••.a uf public virtue. After all his t lab<.i ' r;fy toe p l.tn al atmosphere, !.i --i own R. i-onhcan friends go and n niinate a moil j for Printer upon consideration of his using half ' the profits to influence -deci; its; and the whole thing comes out most inoppnrlun* •v. just as lie is about showing upthe i) mocratic poli ician?. Co vode has been shamefully tr>at-d. And til- n to think that after all, th Republicans should elect a man Printer at the diet.hi nof , the outsiders —that this man was no punter at all, and that he sold out for t-veuty per cent, : and agreed t.> take caie of the wounded. What : are we coming lo ? How TO i"rut ; - M h -, n I can't t 'swade 'em. I fritens em- •' u a great art and wtiite preacher don't always understand de na ture o > colored folks. Nov, Pumpey, dere, is one nature ol> niger and one nature oh A lasso Buckra. You can't scare our people by telim' ,'em dey'll o to berrv iiot place if d-y is sin ners, for no place is too !;ot for dem dot sleep en pillow of roasted sand, in de boiiin' heat ob day, i wid dere faces turned up to it like a sunflower. 1 scare dem by cold. 1 ta'k of frozen libbers : dat dav must walk cn bare loot, and ob snnvv drifts,"and on carryin' great chunks ob ice on dere bate heads fi.reber and ei>> r, like discliar gin' cargoes ol Y ankee ice fruin Boston vessels, | which kills more ol dtm din valier fever. I can't talk book laming, 'cause I don't know any. But I fritin ciem'o death almos!, so dey call me old Scare Crow. ! The negro-worshippers of New Bedford, Mass., ! have elected a black man named Thomas Bayne a member of the city council. Thus negroes in xMassachusetts hold offices and sit on juries, and white men who cannot stomach negro equality will apparently have to emigrate from that State ere long. T vnoi,i: \i TißEii, aoi *"' U. 3. x\o. 41. CL'.V. FOSTER .it Jfo.llE, •<• T, the UT ! ie op '' rMSed * defen penserofn!(,„ r P °° r * —i- r-cri=; w n h ° f a r :: l u ,!it> ani ' hererj amongst p , Leennnun*f n* , 7"^ J • •R? Y he a this J y / a " d fhe n - jv . "< rood U:,oV of hi-H :: a ""P*"** of aIV '.' L; t{ I' .... ' ' o)an, \O'J aszi,7**+ •*> J& 'he c A 4 liVQr ' Wi h hdl confidence of deiii.it •. 14 1 '' 'hs/.ojiiion and such Cen. F , ', ie man wli °n the Democracy }' seating aifv i, ■ ii tn-.i, \ jSeri,ona< ' appearance, is pr e- UMd H. U about v'l 'interring Ciiv*. A {lea.-aiit ; V • bsU ' •.d.-raxv?#i.^Hhon,or r ; ; ,v I ! " capac iat- lieciuil ! iged <.vii:' t, rf)ead tha be •irra red, without" • .. . smearing if j> hair :ns home where lie l-A • . .. ~, „ . , • . , '-"st know? neatv ail i where lie is best a, ... - . ,^reciated.\ Ar varying the port s words h. . ' . 1 utile, 'era ' " \ eie speak of h m but . .' .. . , , , him;, IXone know him but to 10ve.., He seems to feel sorry that the lc* fl , „„ - . „ of the nom 'nation lias fallen neon h'.rn. et ( , that the interests and the v. ill of the mand it, he is as willing as he 13 ale tobiivv," 011 his armor for the great battle before us. It is reUtd here that when he received the dispatch nt.irming him of his nomination, he hurried to his home, and seemed desirous to shun the many friends who pressed around him, urging him to accept. Here was a noble sight, such as we seldom see; a man with the gilded, bauble ot honor a-d emolument of oilice forced into his hands against his own will. Veriiv, . such a man, not only the Democracy, but all people will delight to honor.— State Sentinel. [From the Philadelphia Ledger,] WILL THE COAL FIELDS lIULD OUT ? At the present day we find the scientific pre dictions and popular fears about the exhaustion of coal are approached under the light of wider explorations, more exact survpy?, and better knowledge of the structure of the coal deposits. That one hundred millions ot tons have been taken annually out of the mines, with the cer tainty, judging from the past, that the amount i will he doubled and trebled, and still go on to increase, as time and the world advance, is a startling t.ict to contemplate. The following is a table of the areas and solid contents of the I ci\.i fields ia the principal countries ol the world as given by l'roftssur Rogers in .;,s admirable "D -cription of the Goal Fields 01 Aorth Amer ica and Great Britain," annexed to the "Gov ernment Survey of She Geology of Penn0 } n Br. Ffov. of A. A. 7,530 ( - u Glsu Great Britain 5.400 1 The rtst ot Europe 3,564 \ 1 ' The estimated quantifies coai in the orin cipal countries, are as loiiows : Belgium 36,000.000,000 France 59,000,000,000 British Islands 190,000,000,000 ?en nsy 1v an i a 316,400,000,000 Greet Appalachian coal Geld name is giwn to the bi tuminous coal heid which extends thr ugh parts of P.- nnsyivania, Oili, Ken tucky, Tennestee and Vir ginia,) 1,387,500,000,000 T idiana, Illinois and Western Kemuc ky 1,277,500,000,000 .1 j .ri and Arkansas Basin 739,000,000,000 Ail the productive coai fields of ,\ to America 4,000,000.000,000 A survey ol these figures will serve to tran qciiiize .ny irriue d ate ap; •enensiori ola short supply of coal. It will te seen that at the pres ent tale ol consumption, 10(1,000,000 of tons , >-r annum, liie r.->al tieitls of Pennsylvania a inr.e w ->uiil meet tne d-mind la ir 3164 Years. It Oi.* cults jmutton w re d. 11 !e>l, V 17.: 200,000- 000 toi>, the (ireat Anpalachun field would meet tne strain lor 6937 \ tfice fcr tie wjrl-.l'i supply fo 10,))) v-ais t cvne i\> tins we IIIUJI add t!i° OMSI t-rati >ll t at new cmi ii his are brought to iigiit as ex,.k>ralbn becomes w.v extensive and exact. Dr. Iv.r denskion, a learned Flemish traveller, who has just returned from a visit lotl e Arctic regions, auo -unces ti.at he discovered anthracite coal as Gr Mmth a' Sjiiizbergto. Ovie ol the most re inarkable feaiuiesot the coal svstem of the gF'be, is its libetal distribu'lon over the Nor th-HI hemisphere, where it H most needed. And it will probably be found in the still unex plored regions of Centra] and iSorlhern Asia. A COUNTRY apothecary being out for a day's shooting, took his errand boy to carry bis game bag. Entering a field of turnips, the dog poin ted, and the boy overjoyed at the prospect ot ins master's success, exclaimed : "Lor, master, there's a covey ; if you get near "em, won't you physic 'em "Ph;sic them, you young rascal, what do you mean ?" . "'Why kill 'em, to be sure," replied the ' lad. "Sam, why am Senators like de fishes V' "I ■ don't meddle wid de subjec" Pomp." t don't ve see, nigga, dey am so fond ob de hate."