tIATTON . ' ■' ” ' " ITALWAYS Dg WT R XOI.T OR whONO.OUH COUNTRY I*- 1 * - - . \ 1 '
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',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|sfs<Mra. Cue, and so forth. In the language
n onto sank In, • .1
‘■-l.''' t soul could know
she fell so low, and became
■ ■« fttfraw9t|& in the summer of womanhood, cdu
. 'o«tod become mistress of a cliiro.
potablf es'Ubllshmcnl in Ddnzillo street, immediately
• at lbet&Vj)l! Mr. Kelly’s splendid mansion In Mcr*
v jddl»i^<l^6* millionaire anon found bis old
antl booamo a permanent visitor at
-vjwtmStosidcnco, And hero, 100, in this haunt
and uppor-lcn vlco and profligacy, the
• • r (for his years were In the mid winter
- became so infatuated by this English
1 ■^:lt3'#uro* n,a ,c B anl manners and fascinating pcison,
■ his mind and judgment beneath
' and contra). Mr. Kelly not only look
her infamous abode, but became united to
i“ ; private and qucalionnblo ceremony of
Having a mognlftconlsoat in tbo county
fc/- named KUloon, tbo old man was so
Jan: ; £teid;df>ble 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 *
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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&<u
soplicre eay that, abutting tho eyes, ipkKp*
of bearing more acute. ,
1 OCTTo slop a rupaway hptso.thrpdr' 11 rt pa^t' l st
him* which will so IDefease his speed,- thatlri kshbrl
time ho will fQll tot!io gfPund lVbm^hobi' , eibi\Jirttbn , «
Ilf tin pirns nfc ftottotivoulent.'tt
I broils will bp foUnd dciuly.aS Bbrtlcoahro.* \ ( «»r
■ editor that never lied, has lurpofl^.ai
\l tontion lo .ratling VlimnUos. llpJaiMps^taiho
* young man that bollorcd watch. the ol]^r.nlgbh,pP.
• I cause a girl rapt hlpa In the atroel, pud Vun*
I around him., ’ .i ,i,l < v^}.
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