tIATTON . ' ■' ” ' " ITALWAYS Dg WT R XOI.T OR whONO.OUH COUNTRY I*- 1 * - - . \ 1 ' : -- ■ ,-W;• ■ r ! . mu; : ■■' . 11 *' 'l' " ' ***""“““ ~ ■- I' ■ tub potato. ■ t f Wottitn ',7r!,yi>»X*r°m‘tho Doaion Wavcrly Mogailne. STANZAS. 1 ‘■ Back through Uio vista nfllic past €&£ ■ ■ .•• 1 Op spirit-wings, far, far away. JBiy Ihuughts 9fo flying thick anu fast, ®JSs. ; , .'-Anil cluster round a child at ploy; «E&f?t2;t.S*''*ltihfld at play among tho flowers, ''.While songs of birds, and breoxo, and streams, Sra blending with tho sunny hours passln boyhood’s golden dreams. H-l'.' •»i-"‘”life'll otno again, embodied in careless, dreaming, laughing boy, ' *' every glccsomc soul a twin,. every pulse bents wild with joy,; • C dreamy, fairy creatures / bounding heart is giving birth, , e men nro angel’s forms and features, ■ ’>!■: t'&'O.-tfIJN-And paradise Is all the earth. ~ vi t'?l’<’ t rny breast the syren sings, • loving, trusting, proud and gay ; the lyre of many strings, V - * ,i;* < 7i'«oplet one nolo of joy decay; t-.\ •V' *-Th«;*yrcn sings, and “to her longue ■ ” *. 1 A tong ol melody is given. J. .i . - AtMfhof magic voice wore strung flro of heaven.” p -k;And love awakes! fair as Uio forms . , We fancy those above the sky, H 1 ’ ♦ i>,‘ ,?:• vjVs powerful as the God of storms, , Vet-gentle as the zonhy’s sigh. 7. ■‘within my hcarl, with artist skill, ‘JIR-fpOrs a temple half divine, And holds me captive at his will, l ; ■ ’ /'• befuro his gleaming shrine. *■' ' a floweret bathed in dew, Joying in the sunbeam's kiss. ■ ifflßkpllve heart is thrilling through, V< every pulse, with bliss 1 ItbaUino words, a magic spell - C •.«!- /*I|aWTK) utid them with its silken lies, , ,-:Apjuia(6aDt immovable, y the truth is told in sighs 1 • ■ i .. • The smile, sorouc nnd bland, 1 1 ' ' tear, tlio glance of Home, > ■ . ,Thp J|tb«urc of the yielding hand. . .. ’Avn* softly spoken word— her name— , . . by which all'love is told. , -'--.Aft pleading now; alas.’how vain v csmint bo controli’d savor ovary hope in twain. BY W. W. HETUJIttD. no morcj adieu.! adieu I rtrt&iSßSaP oo Httle hour tnu Talcs have emilcil, fancy’s wapd nrnunjl us threw . ns fleet and wild I ,; - wlfwromiat Rive mo back my captive lienrt, doom is scaled 1 a higher power bndfi it from it" shrine depart, • • t3'& wither as a blighted flower. friy stream of life will smoothly flow, • Thy rising star ascendant shine, ‘ vV .iaKt'tfill both have seen their course below, V'vW k n( j pnarklo in the realms divine I sunshine shall encircle thee, , • -a • r And dissipate the storm and gloomt ■‘l-.pnt wlmt has Hfc in store fnr mo? 4 **i*ho darkness of a nameless tomb r• MMr # finance jurat atcnUtg. | r "WOMAN’S INFLUENCE! rpR A ROMANTIC WILL CASE ' \Cj afLoWl decision of a “Will Case,” involving faclii ■ ’ and circumstances of a most romantic na- a -*'» teen given In Dublin, by Mr*- Jus* 1 - The ease was so complicated and 1; 'JJiMflifllf? t> ‘" > nceiipiod ilio lime and attention of 'WffWgM tribunals for several yonrs—sometimes por or pronouncing victory, for respondent, a« d •.v ; |ly opening up vistab of hope for appellant. ' nf siJ&3fcU*eflng Iho judgment of Ujo Court of Dole* V'ffitWe/tiy • ofy* nppool, Chief Justice Cramplon a full bill of particulars, evolving such WMfcW crime, licentiousness, female fascination 9and'intrigue, professional perfidy, mental imbecility Vaisdinftl?|l* on i ns but seldom transpires in a contest. #t «d’AidUt"c|aim for tbo subdivision of properly. -A DribKn attorney, named Hugh Kelly, through • greal fbllily in his colling, and by indefatigable in. . duftry ftdd.unusual probity In early life,accumulated /«, l«r«^wtuno—amounting to $lO,OOO per annum estate Income, and over $125,000 of personal V ■ propoily.- Ho did not marry in early life, but con. SB|;•*n intimacy which produced,an illegitimate tor, on whose care and culture ho lavished an anco of paternal love. In the year 1822, ho ded la bo at Hath, in England, whore his daugb. tineotion was being completed. In ihSl gay ■ fashionable resort, bo mol a young lady of beau. and fascinating manners, named Edge. ■ whom, according to testimony given on the > made proposals of marriage, winch wore ln the year 1827, this Indy came over . .where sho again encountered and renewed with Mr." Kelly. Her extreme irresistible attractions of manner and procured her many devoted admU 'mSßbut.'eilhor Irom impute associations, a perverted nr a radically corrupt inclination, were not guided by tbo principle* or “ vlrluc. She livo{l under the protection • «^l^SW^pUi*uts—at one lime ns Mrs. Meredith, sla*iy|sfsble prize, that bo lost no lime in taking her ’-'{fowitlQ show her off to his country neighbors. So F\. WQB ho touching all anlcocdonts of her life, ♦ 1 »tl«K>o fUoklcß9 did her influence render him, that ho vJpQklitif ‘beautiful fallen angel to a ball In the town H&ebmmon, where she appeared in a blaze,of MinemMdiamonds boforo the proud descendants of .Vjoßlwfttt# oldest and proudest blood oflimo.honorod Mrtb»f*W-,W CO °f 1,, ° West of Ireland. The high* ' lonWi smlocralio ladies present on tbo occasion < ’n« brily affronted that o vulgar attorney’s wife, faifyfrd und impudent parvenu, should force her f.Wnllhy pretentious on them, but some of the gentle, fpfcburner's recognized in the person of Mrs, Ut« notorious courtezan, Mrs. Cue, of Danzillo atslorm was the consequence. Kelly was In stairs, while his lovely but frail partner d to decamp with a‘tiger,’ in which those so pedigrees dated Irom before the flood, nod. t . , blent so galled the subject of it, that she luohingly to, and worked upon the sym. the unhappy man she httd rendered her lough the agency of wiles and muchlnt. hich she was perfect mistress, she epa* * Mr. Kelly from oil his relatives, connections and friends, thereby preventing thorn | benefittlrig by his wealth, either during his life or after his death. ?, Shortly after this, the millionaire's health began | to breakdown; his spirits booamo depressed, nor. vouanessand irritability supervening to a groat ox* lent. Tbo young and clx.rmlng wife became India. 1 Bcnsablo to bis being, to sooth his ruffled temper and •' his whims and eccentricities. Finding his .1 ’' i ••►fflilJS declining. ami -Mm jt doatli oooa.lnnally :rf n WflUllne «oro». his menial wu«ng(, b» ro.ol.ad to rt will, in which he rendered certain dliposl ■ t rty 10 ro^allvo * Rnd ciiar^ittWo * n * if i r* % i' f: ‘i sllthtlobs, which wore by’no mediis agreeable ter his boiler lialfV i Tho event of this tcetomonlary docu ment and other, misgivings, created uneasiness and alarm in thn mind of tho cormorant wilh whom Uw nilsdrablo old idiot a»BOCiolod Ills fata. Born of a obod family In Lanoaaliirb, England, and poaacaaod of a decidedly auperior education, llna woman know that' llio moat undoubted eeeurily of ihc low woa no. ceaaary to Mure her tbo possoaaion of tiro vail per abnol and real estate accumulated by her victim, in the event of his death. With this view she formed a species of semi-criminal association with an un- Bcrupulonsand unprincipled attorney,named Malone, with whom she protended to he smitten, and.to whom she promised her hand and .fortune immediately after the old man’s' demise.' By (ho advloo of this " Oily Gammon,’.’and in obedience to certain instincts in reference, to her marriage, aho plotted for the perfor mance of a second ceremony with her liogc, which she convinced him was necessary to her social stand ing and personal happiness. Accordingly, the cere many ,wos-performed by the Rev. Mr.- Shultz, at Wprburgh’s Churcli,.Dublin, in the year 1833—tho only marriage, (fortunately, for lhp lady) recognizable by law, in delivering tho decision. / After this, Mr, Ivclly'was mesmerized into making a now will, in which ho revoked tho former heliosis—only leaving, to his daughter, whom he formorly so fondly-loved, only £lOO ($600) a year,: ahd appointing his wife whole and solo legatee to'the hulk of his enormous estates. One of the romantic incidents hf this oafco was this: Hie daughter, on whoso education ho had cx. 1 pended so much pain and iponoy, having been totally neglected,.was thrown upon the, kindness of eomo friends in lire neighborhood of her father's princely . mansion of- Kiltoon. She was actually reduced to poverty;: when a Mrs. Mnnehoon, the kind-hearted postmistress of the Tillage of Atblcaguc, corttrivcd to establish on interview between the father and the daughter, (rusting to tho influence of natural emotion in causing some change favorable Id her protege in the breast uftho infatuated and unnatural parent.— Tho nrillionilto and. I;ls. loop child met in tho back parlor of the little village post office. The old mao's feelings were deeply, wrought upon. Memory dawn ed upon his intellect; and many endearing remini • ceneco obtruded ■ themselves upon his distempered mind. Tears rolled down hi swan and faded cheeks, and.ho fondly embraced her he loved so intently in former years.'/ ‘ ... ■ ■ ■ Mrs. Kelly, having been informed of her lord and master's visit to tho liltlo sequestered village, collect ed her myrmidons and went hi search of tho strayed sheep* .They made .an excursion, on tho premises, found 'tho ancient truant in tho act of his tears and embraces, forced him from the' promises, ond made him bollavo that his daughter planned Iris death by poison or. assassination. s , « • •• - • Tho lady adventurer, having, used Malono for all necessary purposes, to answer the requirements of lltcflaw, conceived the Idea of throwing off so dis reputable a too), who did not hesitate to perform tho r dirty, work aho required of him for a consideration. ‘ The .wealthy parvenue was finally indyccd lo pur- J > chase a property in England, in Warwickshire,where 1 ho lived but a abort time previous to iris dissolution, 1 in 1845, when Iris relict oamo into possession of all 1 his property and effects. When Malono saw that no J chance remained for him of grasping the object of ’ his double passion—;avarico and lust—ho became furious, and vowed vengeance. One claimant to the 1 Kelly estate was silenced bj*d bribe 0f530,000. - Dul 1 Mulonuwas not satisfied whir a trifle.•••Ho gave to a ' Mr. Greer, a most respectable solicitor, ft package of 1 letters of r most criminal, and flagitious character, in which Mrs. Kelly laid open her tissue of audacious and vagabond plans, and which, under Providence, led to tbo development of tho* entangled net-work by . which the ease tyas wound up ond surrounded. It eventually turned out that there was no proper and legal marriage in 1827; that Mr. Kelly made in 1835 a honafxde will and testament, which was dc n . elroycd by lhc“ partner of his soul;'* that when he • was doling, and mentally incapable, she indupcdjrim to make a now will in her favor; and that*] Malono was cognizant of, and a party to,"all those facts. Grounded on these developments, and. reviewing the history of tho lives of both man and wife, incased nsihoy were in a rohoofllio most singular romance, Justice Crompton, on behalf of Iris brother delegates of final appeal on the merits, declared the second will null and void, and pronounced tho decision to bo against Mrs. Kelly, with costs; thereby saddling her with expenses amounting to 845,000, and only leav ing Ivor a wife's allure—ono third of the real and personal estate, amounting in tho wholo to nearly a million ond a half of dollars 1 Tho poor girl, who was on outcast and a wanderer, i in poverty and obscurity; for several years, the hero, i inc of the back parlor scone of the liltlo post office of ' Athloaguc, county Roscommon, is now on hoircss, I worth her half million of dollars. In winding up i oar bundle offsets, which are but (ho barest outlines 1 of (ho singular picture, wo-would express a hope > that the good Mrs. Manohoon,tbe post-mistress, will I not bo forgotten in tho re-distribution of the old man's , estate. MliiiUeed Confidence* „ ' Wo may nave published the following rich sto ry before, hul we ere confident-(hoi any one who has not read it will thank us for giving iL.again. It originally appeared,’under tho head of “ Mis placed Confidence,” in tho New York Evening Post: • Jones Is In general a good husband and ado* mestio man. Occasionally, however, his convi vial tastes betray him into excesses which have subjected him moro than once to the discipline of Mrs. Jones. A few nights since he was Invited to “participate” with a few friends at Florences, by way of celebrating a piece of good lupk which I had befallen one of his neighbor’s. He did “par-1 ticlpate,” and to his utter astonishment, When he rose to lake his leave, at the “wee short hour ayont the twnl,” he found the largest brick in his hat ho over saw. Indeed* ho was heard to re mark eoliloquently, “1 think, Mr. Jones, you wore never quite so tight before.” Ho reached his home fiholly, but by a route which was anything but the*shortest distance bc-j tween points, not, however, without having expo' rionood very considerable anxiety about the re ception which awaited him from Mrs. Jones* He was in luck that night, was Mr. Jonoe, barring always his primal transgression; he got into his 1 house, found his way to his chamber without “waking a creature—notoven a mouse.” After closing his door, ho cautiously paused, to give thanks for the “ oonsolonce undented” which se cured to Mrs. Jones the sound and refreshing slumbers which had prevented her taking notice of his arrival.* Doing satisfied that all was right, he proceeded remove his integuments with os much despatch and quiet as circumstances would permit, and in the course of lime, sought (he va cant place beside hie slumbering consort. After resting a moment, and congratulating himself that ho was In bed, and that his wife would not know how long he 1 had been thoro, it occurred to. him that if ho did not change his position Mrs. Jones:, might detect from his breath tluu TO had boon in dulging. To prevent such a-oatatlropho, ho ro. solved to turn ,over. Ho had about half.aooom plishod this—we are now obliged to use tho Idio matic language of Mr. Jones himself, from whom wo receive this chapter of his domestic (rials— U When Mrs. Jones riz right up In tho bod, and, said she, in tones that scraped tho marrow all oat of my bones, said she, vunes, you■ ritedn'i turn over—-vouVs drunk'clean through /” ■ Plant Whole Potatoes.—Wo always prefer lo plant whole polaloos In preference lo cuttings or parings, though piecoa of potsto.oflon produce well* Some farmers out out the eyes and pistil them Instead of the whole potato, but they run a greater risk by this practice than by planting Whole ones. Sometimes not hair a* crop Is ob« talned from eyesor parings.— Mi»9achu«tUt.Plough, OFT IN TIIE CniliLY NIGIIT. Oft lii tho chilly night, . ■ Wllen bed clothes seem too scanty, .Fond memory brings the light Of days when wo had plenty'; Fact) linen sheet, ' 6o .white and neat, _ ' . : Tliopullts that I paraded ; , ' - The blankets while. Now thin anil slight, The'edtnforts alii and faded I Thus in tho chilly night, • When lied clothes seem too scanty, • Pond memory brings the light Ofdoys wlion I hnd plenty. . Whan Iromombor all - Tho bed clothes brought (Tom mother's. I've seen around mo full, And couldn't purchase others; 1 feel like one, Who had been*'dnno," •' 1 By wedding in a hurry, • Whoso youth was flown, Whoso beam were gone, . And she was loft to worry ;• Thus in tho chilly night, . When bod-clothes seemed too scanty, Fond memory brings.the light Ofdtys wlien l hod plenty. Bodonii*. Agility* ..... . •- I lately mot with an esteemed friend whom f nan not seen for sonic years, and who had not long before returned -fromdthe East Indies. “ overland route/* arid camo hack Iho same way*. going, ho hod an opportunity of remaining a couple of days'at Cairo, and while thord ho devoted one. day' to ’lho-pyramids, one of which ho entered and also ascended; to Us summit. The hugomasscs of atone, of which they aro constructed, arc so arranged as to form, lay are, up winch, ns on. so many stairs, the traveller‘mounts to the top. That which my Triond ascended, was iho groat pyramid of Cheops, about throe hundred feet distant from which is , the smaller one explored by pclroni, The slops of the former, ho said, are, on the average, auout two loot .broad, and'three or four feet highland Arabs aro constantly wailing to assist travellers In thoarduoua task of ascent. Let the reader think of this vast structure, higher than tho.tpp ofSl. Paul’s, and whoso base would more than fill Lincoln’s Inn Fields in Lon don. Tho summit being gained, his dragoman (At tendant and interpreter) told him that ono of the Bedouin Arabs' who had-accompanied him, would, for what would bo to a European a trifling gratuity, | run swiftly down tho >doclWily of steps, cross the sandy intorvalbclwecn the base and the next pyra mid,and rapidly ascend it, performing tho 1 feat in less time than any ononot acquainted with the suple ness'of the 'Arab’s limbs, and their muscular agility and power could suppose, ,T|ie man sald'JiOiWould' do it in ten minutes, for a shilling, which ho,was. j not to have if ho did not stand pn the summit of Iho I oilier pyramidjwilhin tho limited time. My friend 'agreed, rind tho man prepored for his task by laying some of his clothing on one side, and adjusting, the tost properly, thus “girding his loins.’! - Holding Ida' watch in his mind, my friend gave the word,and tho man started, running down’ the steep and rugged descent at the topofhis speed,ns thoughhohad been racing-down a smooth'and gentle- hill-side. My friend said it really was frightful, as :lho man soon acquired such a descending velocity* that there was nothing for him but go on ho mbytj. while a Pulse step Would have flung him forward in such a manner that ho % mast liavo rolled to ths bottom and been killed. .But, reaching the ground in safety, ho ran on through tho loose sand, often above his ankles, crossed the Interval with unabated speed, ran up Iho | other. ’Hoatood at the topi wuviuif.liU I*j..J lu tlli, umph, in eight minutes and a half, a minute and a half under tho time allowed.—London YeutA’s In • sfructor., , A recent number of lira Boston Bost contains the following common-sonse remarks on gossip and scandal. Whatever may ho thought of auch an exhibition of the weaknesses of oven the wisest ■and best of,our species, but few will deny its truthfulness: What an old pool aays of nonsense .(translating Horace's dulcc daiperc) ia undoubtedly true, in about the same degree, of gossip and scandal: “A liUla flcftmlat nnrf nnd limn, IsToliilioU by Urn beat of moil." It is not unpleasant .to talk or to hear about tho faults and follies of our neighbors. Almost ovory body likos personalities,' provided somebody ulso is the .subject of thorn,and provided, hied, that they are given with piquancy and dull scan dal has so much the look of slander and rttaliee that none can ehduro it bat the wicked and vindic tive. Dangerous and improper as tho practice of scapdal-lalking must ho considered in friendly cir cles, (where it most prevails,} its magnitude nnd heinousnoas is often much exaggerated by the homily-writers. Wo think it set down as a matter of course, that ovory man lias a certain number of faults, foibles, or deformities, (hot ere well known lohrs acquaintances j and that are IVoc ly spoken of not loss by Ilia friends than his ene mies. Now this stole of things does no 1 great harm—in many cases none at alt—unless some officious fool turns tale-hearer. Every sensible man takes It for granted that ho ia, more or loss, ''talked aboiil;’* but no sensible man cares a fig for the matter, unless lie has occasjon to resent the obvious ill-manners or mnlloo which bring him ac quainted'with what has boon said. The Man who Fiddi.ed himself into CokonEss. —Major Cochran, who is now. or iyos qullo re cently, living in Oswego, Now York,' and was a member of Iho House of Representatives 'during tho administration of the oldor Adams,'used to say that ho fiddled himself into Congress, A short lime previous to ills election, a vessel was to ho launched in Seneca Lake, at Geneva, und, it be ing an unusual event, people catno from afar to sue it, Tho young folks gathered thorn determin ed, to. havo a datum at night. A fiddle was pro cured, but a fiddler was Wanting. Major Coch ran, then quite ntyoung man, was an amateur per former, and hia services.wore demanded'on tho occasion. Ho gratified tho Joyous company, and at the supper table one of tho gentlemen remarked, in commendation of Ilia talents, that Im.was “fit for Congress. 1 * Tho hint was favorably received by the company, (he matter was “talked up.” and lie was nominated and elected to Congress for tho district then comprising the whole Stale of York west of Schenectady. .The incident Is rela ted in Lessing's Field 15qok of tho Revolution,; Female Puntrv.—All tho- infldcnca which wo* mori enjoy in eocloly—their rlpht to Iho.pxerclso of that maternal cnro which forms the first and most indelible spooies of education; tbo wholosomo restraint which the* possess over tho passions of mankind; their poWcr of prolectin jus when young,’ and. cheering us when old—depend so entirely up on their personal purity, and the charm which It oasts around therm that to insinuate a doubt of Its real valuoi is wiltolly to remove tho broadest cor ner stone on which civil society rests, .with allots benefits and all its comforts. A Dutchman’s Reason.— Some ton years since an old dulohman purchased. In tho vicinity of Brooklyn, a snug little farm for nine thousand dollars* Last week.a lot of land speculators called on him td buy hint out* On asking, his nrioo ho said ho would take’ (< felxty thousand del* Jura—no less.”. “And how; much may remain qn bond and mortgager* .“Niriojousniul dollars. 1 ’ •* And why not morel” asked thowould.be pur. ohasor. Because, dcr pluoe alnt worth any moro.” * . . ' Littlbvibld Retired, Ephraim Little fie)d has retired from hU post as Janitor at the Boston Medical Collogoiand-romoved to Ver mont, to Uvo upon a farm which ho has purchased. . ■ »hb Xionpop pair. .■. . fkmdon correspondent of the’ North Jlmtri- under date of March 28th, alludes to the dVop ’lnterdst which is beginning to bo mahi featdd to the forthcoming Industrial Exhibition, to bp-hrohLin May.' Me stales that articles from fo* reiglp Iriajtons are dally arriving in London, and I are fciihwiih conducted to the Crystal Palace.— 1 ‘some doubt expressed whether the build- entirely finished at the appointed time; ahdi serious obstacle to the rapid termination of la.bors of the contractors is the leak* apftofihd roof of the building. Rain has fallen afmbst'incessantly during the last six or eight dnytj,;an’diiaa fallen upon the variable.goods in damaging thoirt to a great ex .-'X’lppbrrcspondent .further stales that ll\o Amc ricajhjbxhibitors now in London, held.ajtneeling on-tbo SGlh ull., to discuss several quesljpnfe.con hc'6Tl3jw’Uh the fair.’ A series of resolutions, pro -parmfHVf a. previous meeting, were submitted and diseased. - It. wns complained that there was no articles which required a patent, and a relyta’tfdn was agreed to thatadcputnlionshould to wait on Sir George Grey and Intl- that, till some protection be given to 1 ailob utricles, the packages containing them should opened. It was corhplained, too, that va .riosa Charges had been made at the .Crystal Pa lace; .fdOrausmilting and opening packages, and fbr^cthmwrs,-finings, Ac.; whereas it was under -Bldodfby. i (he American exhibitors that their goods wouil'nU bo;subject to any expense whatever. 1 ''raHr' ' ®on» llugli Brndy. ■ TnmSro the veterans of our gallant little ar- . my dlappinginlo the grave; but a few days since wq:ou*amded the death of the brave Gen. Brooke, •Opl4bf‘lho sth Infantry, and now lho wires bring. tbqiHd‘httolligence of Gen. Brady’s.demise.— waB Ml e d by a fall from bis fiatriagp. ’Of H»ft‘particulars wo arosiill ighorant. He was, at ihoUlnjo of his death, Col. of the 2d regiment pf- Jpfaoiry, Brigadier and Major General by-bre voyanH'.ln.cormnand of a miliary Department or DLv|Bioni Gen. Brady’s commission was tho old estj)r.lhp service—bearing.dale in 1792, when he ■ohlorctlMho army as n Lieutenant under Mad An thony'-VVayne, with whose command he made the celebrated campaign which restored Olrioand Ken tucky .to the whites, after the defeat of St. Clair. ;lld fMa" distinguished for his gallantry In the late Great Britain, and-in 1812 was promo- Colonelcy of the-23d regiment oWnfan '■tX^^Yhrnthe ormy was reduced in 1819, ho rwWrasdo Col. of the 2d Ihfaqlryj.of which rogi lfu&n|,G^ni.Bennett Uiloy was until very recently irjfimafpoloncl. | ;: \*mSv Brady was at the battle of Lundy-’a Lane, iwholja. ho was severely wounded hr tho groin. teen his sword and boU;worn on that ■pccatilon, and wo have counted upon them, of shot received in that action. ‘ '\ < Gfiu Brady has been a citizen of for years, and bas;by.ht6;uibanily\. polir-’fiss.and unpretending gentlemanly.conduct, wonnw.way to the hearts and good-feelings of Us four childrens—Mr. P. ’Bra dy, fterclnmli DoUoitT il»o wivw or Judge With-] erell, Detroit, Capt. Thompson, late of the Army,, and Major.Bleclus Backus, Glh Infantry. Kls death was sudden, hut ho. was doubtless propped—for a few years since, when suffering illness, his physician Informed him Hint ho had probably but a few Well,V. said the veteran, let tho-dftUri£Jhft!*iny knapsack is Slung.” Ho was 83 yebCM>f<'Vge, but bis,slop \\us firm and form erect.^S^|/p x Cb«ncr, '.’JC'Pobl in the French soronauts, M. do GrandpreS -M. lie . Pique* having quarrelled about a fasluOnab.le ope ra dancer, who, though tho raialress oC'lhe former, was discovered in an inlriguo with the' latter, a challenge was the consoquenco. Doing both men of elevated minds, they agreed to fight* in bal looivJj and in order to give vimo for their prepara tion,’- it ’ Was agreed upon that their duel should i tnkaplace that day a month. Accordingly, on the 3d of May, 1808, the parlies root in o field ad joining the Tuilleries, where their respective bal loon! were ready to receive them. ISach party 1 ascended In his car. The weapons to bo used, by mutual consent, were blunderbusses, as pistols ; it was supposed, would bo.altogether inefficient in their probable siludllons. *: A vast multitude at i tended, hearing of the. ascent, but little dreaming lot the hostile intentions of (ho rcrohauts, being merely attracted* to,the spot by the then unprece dented.novelty,of a balloon race. At nine o’olook the chorda were cut,'and the balloons; ascended majestically, amidst the shouts of admiring thou sands. : The wind was moderate from the NNVV., and they kept* ns'Well as could bo judged, be tween ninety and one hundred yards ofcach other. When they had arrived tit the height of about nine hundred yards M. Lo Pique fired, but with out effect; almost immediately after, hia fire was returned by M. do Grandprce; the contents otitis* blunderbuss penetrated ins adversary’s balloon, the consequence was the rapid descent of Ijio ran chine, ami M. Lo Pique was dashed to pieces on a house-top,'on which his shattered and collapsed balloon fell. The victorious *Grandpreo-then mounted aloft in thb grandest stylo, and descend- about seven leagues l from the spot'of as cension-. •• ’ i ■ * •.' ’ Baby^TAlk.—it is a'feet which meat have been noticed that almost every child has a foolish m \ very babyish dlUebt till it is six or Seven years old.’; 'Almost every word it.utters, is spoken either in n lisping of nffcoiod manner.- Thls is not lh6 proper wfny of talking, and there must bo some universal cause or oloe the qlTcct would not bo so universal. , ■' ; The cause, it appears lo me, is very obvjous. Almbfet every mother Instructs her infant to Speak baby-lolk, as the saying is. ; When a baby first I begins lo lisp “ pa, and mo,” instead of endeav oring to instruct In pure JSnglisb, the parents,think it uecoseary lo simplify the language by epiMKlnff in a sappy manner.,, virile onytonny Killy osar, •‘walk ufony,” “kisser, mam»i,” “stand a etai ,y;» fi Ct Every mother knows a thousand of tho babV expressions. Now, ns.a I protest against this practice.' It Is all nonsense to teach • children bad habits merely to have them oorrsolcd by schoolrleachers when they, arrive al a (more mature ago. Will parents think of lhls> and teach thoir children puro Rnglish at first! - A Mother* Dress.— Do cither delicately palo’ or richly dork; beware of blue; red; and yellow—the favorites of savages— unless your red’be deepened with black, or contrasted with green; your blue animated with or ange; and your yellow llluihinated with purple* Let llio brilliant colors bo small, Hko tho light m u pic. lure; and tho main body of tho drcai of a mixed co lor, of pure white, which Is all colors* Beware of eclipsing yourself, by miking your dross so beautiful Uni you will not bo seen. . , Public Speaking.— “ Julius, did you ovor spcal In public t” • ;• . “In course I did,” .. .. “Whorl” ' , ’ '• 1 “In da portico.” J « And what did you siiy/Juliutf 1” - i “Not guilty, Mr, Snow—Vvhat"else could a 1 gemnum say under do pwosslia ob do clrcumslan oo* 1 H The Pittsburg Post says'that (hib very valuable aUiple of fotttl ida native of this its ex istence being entirely unknown to Europeans un til ft Was brought Ireland by the celebrated navigator Sir Waller Raleigh, In IGIO. An arna sing anecdote attended its first introduction, Sir Walter having planted in Hie garden the specimen which he had brought from Peru', awaited anx iously for its growth and maturity.*' By-and-by the plant sprung up, flowers appeared upon the stems, and finally these died and were succeeded [ by Utile apples which he mistook for the potatoes. At length the slferas began to wither, and the Ut ile apples at their extremities began to wither likewise. On examining these ho found them small, unpalatable, and by no means resembling the specimen .which ho had planted. Believing 1 hie experiment Unsuccessful, and in despair of succeeding in any future experiments with the ar-. liclc, he ordered his gardener to puli up the per nicious weed and throw it from’ hie premises. -• In fulfilling, this command; the gardener found a bushel of potatoes . adhering to the roots ofthe plant. From this time the potato began to be cal. livaleii in that Island, and it has long since formed the two-ihirde or three.fourlhs of the entire food of Us inhabitants. \ The Potato-was introduced'into Sweden in 1780, into Scotland in 1728, and into France, Ger many, Switzerland,- Italy, and other countries of Europe about the same time. . • lii some pans of,Europe the cultivation of this useful vegetable met with violent opposition by themore prejudiced part of thepeople. In-Scot land were opposed to its cuUivatlpn, and use because it was not mentioned in the- I|l-; ble. In Franco a nobleman was defeated in hiSi election on account of Ills benevolent exertions lb foster i(s culture. In the lonian Islands the priests; and people rose inarms against the inlrodueUoli' of the Potato into their dominions on the erounda that it was the forbidden fruit mentioned in ihpj Bible—the cause of man’s fall. In most countries it required acts of Parliament to pneour ogo Us cultivation, before the prejudices of tho masses against it would yield. • At length, how ever, Us extensive cultivation and general use ex tended throughout all Europe, and the European Provinces in America; and in most of these coun tries it still maintains its character os the moat useful, nutrilous, and, in fac^-lfco vegetable (ho was introduced wo possess. Sr dome sixty years ago... - -. into India, and it now Cohns ! a common nrlioloor food in Bengal, the Madras .Provinces, China, | Java, and lira Phillipine Islands. ] In lira United Stales this esculent is raised in ] every Slate from Maine to Texas especially j in tho pdrlb-easle(n and middle Slaloe. In the I year 1810 one hundred millions bushels potatoes I wore raised in the-United Slaioa alone; of these Now York yielded thirty millions, Maine above Won millions, Pennsylvania nino^uilllttna.andrA \ half, Yr.rmont more than eight mi\Uona > .ona Now Hampshire elx miUtone. . - . .. The countries of Europe in which Ibis article is most extensively cultivated, ore Ireland, Scot land, Poland and Switzerland. In Mexico and South America the potato is much used as an article of diet, and grows with a 1 luxuriance unknown in most parts of the world. Travellers tell os that it growa wild and in great abundenco along the coast aod in tho extensive plains of Chill and Peru, , . Wo thus boo that tho potato flourishes in almost oVoty latitude'and ovory variety of climate. It grows to greater perfection, however, and ia moat J extensively cultivated in lho moro Northern coun- . trice enjoying r a temperato climalo. In the trop ical countries it docs not come to the same perfec tion unless it grows at an elevation of three or four thousand loci nbovo tho level of the see. As an article of food it is more extensively used at lliia lime than atiy other vegetable. From experiments and calculations made for determining the comparative nutritive properties of the potato, it appears that one sore of good pota toes will support six adult persons, just dosbia tho number that con bo, supported by an aero of wheat. Tho potato is composed almost onliroly of wa ter end starch, with a small quantity of gum, al bumen, fati saline matters. &o. Its nutritive prop; ertics depend almost entirely upon the starch it contains. Ons hundred pounds of potatoes yield thirty of starch. For general consumption they tire cooked in va tious’ways, mostly boiled, roasted or bakod. Ac cording to the experiments of Dr. Beaumont, it eppenrathat bakod or roasted potatoes digest in Hie human stomach in two hours und n half, ■ whilst boiled ones require three hours snd s half '■ to undergo tho eomo process. It thus appears 1 that baked or roasted potatoes are more digestible 1 1 than boiled ones, and oopsequcntly tho two former ’ methods of cooking them should ho preferred in I most coses to tho latter. As a preventive of scurvy, a disease which so often occurs In ths ships upon the ocean, and wiih which portions of our lied in the Gulf of Mexico suffered so severely during tho late war, the pota to, either boiled of raw, Is a valuable article. • At this lime rin ship ventures upon the ocean without being plentifully, supplied with potatoes, henco scurvy does not occur near so frequently among , the brows and passengers as it did in farmer i times. Titus NonH.mv~-ln some of tho French provin ces are families of laborers, who can reckon more Ilian five hundred years of succession from father to sonl in ihe exercise of the most useful toll, and whose tiadltlonary.lore might bo comprehended in IhU on. phrnso, •• All were devoted to n ß (iOn - Hire, end wore ellfe. laborious end vlrleoua. Thia nobility is well worlb that of many a higher parentage, whose descendants are not unfrequent ly as proud of thoir uselessness as of their ances tors. ♦ »' A Beau of Former Timm.—Sir Waller Raleigh wore a while aalin pinked vOst, close-slfloved to the wrist; qfor tho body of a brown doublet, finely flow* crad and embroidered with pearl. In the .feather of Ids hat, a large ruby and pearl-drop at the bottom of tbo Wig, In place of a button; hia trunk of breeches, with his Blockings and ribbon garters, fringed at tho end, all white; and buff shoes with while ribbon.— Oq groat court days, Ida shoos wore so gorgeously covered with precious stones aa to have exceeded tlio voluo of JC6GOO; and ho had a suit of armor of solid silver, with sword and bolt biasing with dia monds, rubles, and pearls. Professors.— ln speaking of (ha professors attach, ed to our seminaries of learning, Diokens says that their knowledge is as inversely as their ages—that is, the moil recently elected generally know tho most, Tho great fault with our learned men is, that when! they enter a college they leave tho world, and become iq immersed in Greek and Hebrew, that they can’t «co common sente through tho dust they kick up.— •We cbnvorsod tho other day with a classical scholar, who was .perfectly acquainted with every fiioal opo. ration that ever took placo in Athena, and yet that etime scholar could not toll whether the rat? of inter esi in Ihta Stale was seven per cent, or fourteen.— 1 Albany Dutchman. ; ifiRDM,:. he aithi WnJSt'i** ' Flirtation, whether seriously or. ed, is Injurious.to a woman as well'as exceedingly unbecoming in her. It la a broad, unblushing -cqij fcsslbn, which Ihd Individual makes, of lief dcsifotp attract tho notice of inch. ’ I - ' - ‘ We mkk the “new pill’* w.hlcli a # diiUn£atsbetl physician has just This Valuable febifidV for melancholy, Is made of 11 fun and fresh' air l In equal portions, and Is to bo taken with cold water three times a day.” ‘ fl „ (C/*lf women knew their power and,wished to exert it, they would always show sweetness of tem per, for then they are irresistible. 1 - r ‘ : 1 ’ (C5“Nd person who has once yielded j|i6'govef nmoht of his mind, and given a loose reln to’ lils di aircs and .passions, can 101 l how far they him. I A'putsician in Franco cldinte to have, dlsobmedl ' lan almost instantaneous euro for neoralglonffeotipM I of Iho head, which, if true, will bo considered* great I benefit to the human face, as this class of dUeostf aro difficult to bo readied by treatment. * “ Woßbt, wordd, words!” Bays Hamlet,* ingly,. .’But God preserve us-front the deSlrubUvb povfcr of words! There aro words which can aepak rate hearts sooner than sharp swords—there, are words whoso sting can remain in the heart through’ a whole lifei , .7 .• vicious habit—an Indulged little glcctcd duty—how easily are they" liken cafe'oft if wo. arc In.season with them, bat how stubborn Ana ruinous they become, if lei alone! ‘ ' * . can bq moro foolish than, an Idojt which.'p&fonts have, that it Js not fespeclablplo ael their ohfWrcn to work. ; • CCj*A.man too busy lo tako caro of his hpa|th, qr like n mechanic too busy to takocaro of hra'lbdts, 1 ' *,:••• •• ■ • ' ’ , • ' An ANTiDOTE.—Lard, or lard oil, an anti data l)io‘poison of strichnlno, nax-Vochlqa, or any poison* ous ofibcl of wild cherry,of iho peach tree; foxglove** or tho deadly night shade. •- . , ! • Couou IK Horses. —It Is said that Iho sm»ff tjWlgp fine and mixed with thefr grab, %r,UKcdro a cough; and that U has ticeto'used With complete success. The poisoning oases, now constantly occurring'!^. England, seem to bb on (ho Increase*-. Thouiantfsbf children' havu perished vvUhjo lho Some counties In England are known by thoinlV mous designation of “ poisoning counties," { The Prince of Wales Is of ago from his birth, and a chair of stale is placed for him 90 tho fight joftbo’ throne in tho Hijubo of Lords. • Thqproseqtprlqoohi the ninth who has received the title in infanpy*,. A person passing along the streets qrL(mdop,vvn4 accosted by a stranger,with.tho question,,* 4 Du),you over thank God for the use of your reason!" ‘‘No;' was Iho reply," *T never thought of doing It. 1 * “Well; do it quickly*' 1 kojolned Uio looslloi “for 1 have Ibil 1 mine.” % 1 * (tfSif Charles I»y ell, in speaking of our Western 1 Stales,‘says, there are only lw* articles for which, 1 the morohanta appear to,pay Cash* vjx: “ flfxieftd?* J. . . *; r It has been calculated lhfltmorotlmx>ihrs*=hun-' drad pounds oCblpod pass through iqiD'S heart daring every hour of his life. TOe average qiiaiWitV ofblOod in ao adult niale, is about 36 pounds; so that (ho same blood; wo might say, passes Ibrooglritio heart tqn limes an hour. WcARK not (osupposo that tho oak wanle stability because its light and changeable leaves donee lothai music of- tho brsoxes; nor are wo to conclude that * man wants solidity and strength of mind, because be may exhibit an occasional playfulness and levity. - The Caflfre race is one of the finest on the African continent. They far aurpasi ell the .other, savage races, except tho Ndw.ZeaUnders ond tlip Aiperloon Indians. ‘ The name ofCofirc,or Kaflt, signified Id*' fide), and Is a Mahometan word. • ■ , . Tub Emperor of Russia ins presented lo(hdl£in|f of Prussia the chain of brilliants belonging id the order,of Bt..Andrew. The order Itself the Emperor retains. The chain is worth & million thalers (s7^o,• 000.) •. •. A Dot who fell asleep In the at St; Louis, rose in his sleep, walked to the pulpit, and shook hands with the preacher. An enterprising youth that* . Emu Cook um, IruJy.in licrJsimia J, (bit “those, who are honcat, because it la the heal policy, %rs. hfdf way to belngroguoi.'* Rovut soya a man should take measure forVfoN tune, before his merila have had lime to raisshir up enemies,, The very moment that,your friends discover that ytui oro worthy of bVeid;” Ihlt rpo« moot they commence pelting ybu-wlth Thcre Ii a man In Indiana eo thin,(hat ,When tntf ■lierifT la after him, ho crawl* Into hU rifle, ana watches his adversary through, the loUcll hole; , ■ To attempt to (ntrodudo female clerks Into pur dry * goods stores, don't pay. The women vtbn'l trade with them because they won't stand bothering. • -< Con.—Whv Isa schoolmaster,whochaaUiwrpto»- fractory scholar, wlllioul getting in a passion, vessel bound on a whaling voyage Id the Pa'Ciflot— Because ho is i pacific i Another CoN.—Why is an ill.made coactT wheel like a 1 band of blackguards playing cards,t Bbeauko It iaxomposed of a circle of fellows—very’rtqgh spb lion—with a knave in the centre.' . Jirr says that women aro called the ‘.'softer tei,” because they are eo easily humbugged. Oatofooa hundred girls, bo jays,'ninety-five wpuld .profcf lonlDlionlo happiness—a dandy liUsband lp a rop. chanlc. , ■ ‘ ‘ i-’ Few men can make better uio of.lhelr ’eybalifiarf a coxcomb. While his opera gloss gireshltnap in. sight into other people, hi* looking-glass i»«/pa jiprf to some knowledge of himself, ‘ . t ,, lirwAsnot until Uio reign of Henry Vlll.,,tha( carrots,'salads, turnip", or other cdlblo rqols,. wero generally produced in England. When Qiioen Oath* urine Wanted a salad, she despatched a msMsge*to Holland for it. . . . ■ - , Delicious MaUnes*—Going crazy after celtoo^— ' Ila premonitory symplomsajo standing, collars, s»d a passionate desire lo blow Ilia bowels opt of a flute. Cure—a piece of bed cord applied lo (ho odok, or tup pence worth of arsenic, tskcn'lntornally. ' ' The hardest people to reason wllharotopprs.. TpU a pdtron of gin dud bo oar that a laborer of yodt'ac qualntanco lived ninety yeurt without touching'!!- qupr, and.all the response lio : will (Dakota yodriio marks, will bo & strong belief tba\ ell sqcU a. mpty wanted to make him Uvo for -ever. wa*'a lailo.of beer now and thoh.', (CTTho cofdor the weather, thp ,n>9ro you ishpulrf oat. According lb Liebig, a ptaloof r&stlbrlrliy will keep out as much frost at Iwo’pdlt ’br bWttmeo and a flannel overcoat.'■- ■. I .'» (C/*,\Vlion you go to clityph, go tp/ilsfip;. (or rfi&