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A SONG OP THE HUGUENOTS.
I>r. T, B. UAOAVUSY.
Oh! weep for Monbontirar; Oh noop for tho hour
Whoa tho children of darkness arid evil had power;
When the horsemen of Vftlbls triumphantly trod, ’
On the bosoms that, blod for their rights end their,
, flyd. , ’■ ’■ ■
Oh! Weep for Moncontour. Oh’ weep for tho slain
.Who for faith and for froedomnlay slaughtered in
, .-vain;’:'' ‘ ’■
Oh I weep for, tho living,; who linger to bear
Tho renegade’s shame, or the exile’s despair.
brio look, crib ,last look, to tho oots ami tho towers,
To' thbd-owsof our vinos, and tho beds of opr flowers.
To tho ohurphWuro tho bones of onr fathers decayed,'
Where wbfondly hod deemed that our own should
-ho laid,, . .
Alas two must leave thee, dear dosoloto home,
To the spearmen of Dti, the shavelings of Homo,
To tho serpent of Florence, the-vulture of Spain,
To the pride of Anjou, and the guile of Lorraine.
Farewell to tßy fountain, farewell to thy shades,
To the song of thy youths, and the dance of thy;
■'maids, ‘ ;
Ter tho breath of thy garden, tho hum of thy bees.
And the long waving lino of the blue Pyrenees.:
Farewell, and'forever. ’The priest and tho slave,
May raisin’the halls of the free, and tho bravo:,
Our hoafths wb abandon ;—orir lands wo resign;
But Father, wo kneel to no'nltar but thine.
. is a. village of.. Franco, about twen
ty-five miles N. : W. ofPoictiors, 'ln 1660, Colligny,
he loader of. tbo Huguenots, was defeated bdee by
r eury HI. .when Duke of Anjou.
THE GOLDEN SUMfiE Dia
With a warp of sim-thrcada golden, *
And a weft of purple rain,
• Nature, tta iti seaaona olden,
Weaves thoSummor’BrObo again*
Even brighter, richer; fairer,
Grows*the marvel of her 100 m,,.
Ab she adds to, grace the wearer,
fruitful wreath and floral plume.^
. From 6*ef Woos, with song and sheen,
\ How the wchry Keaxta within iig *.
-.Froahcniin of grecnj .
How the eoul her. wings uncloses,
Soars all flordid oaro above,
As from lips of opening roses
Pours the perfume-breath of love!
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When- tho glossy waters quiver,
• Shaken by tho wandering breeze,
Ann in arm upon tho river
Dance tho shadows upon the trees ,■
■’And while winds and waves and-waters
. Thus in Earth's grand gala play,
Shall not we, hor sons and daughters,
, Keep our Mother's holiday?.
Yet, fair summer-transient poem 1
: Of on opio ,broad ond grand,—r
Typo of tho eternal poem
liifoi in Life's own Fatherland I
What are all thy vales, Juno-lighted,
JVhat this Earth with sin-tcars stained.
To that Paradise unblighted,
Adam lost and Christ regained?.
Never storm the glory palloth, ’
. Never comoth want or woe/
In that world, from which there falleth
But a gleam on world's below.
There, among tho boworis immortal
Ambueod, Turks no serpent guile j
Through the Eternal Eden's portal
Pass nought that can defile.
3Mtm(lnnma
Dr. Livingston’s Explorations.
In the Geographical Section of the British
Association,, a,very, interesting paper, by Dr.
Wvingatono, was read. Wo subjoin a few
extrilCtsV;-
“In thoupper part of the lower shire, in the
highlands- and in the valley of the Lower
Shire, :there is a somewhat numerous popula
"on._ The • people generally live in villages
id in hamlets near them. / Each village has
s own chief, ond the chiefs in a given terri
fy have' a head-chief, to whom they owe
me sort of allegiance. The paramount chief
: one,portion, of the. Upper Shire is a woman,
he sites of their villages are selected for the
3st part with judgment and good taste. A
•earn or spring is near, and pleasant shade
jes grow in and around the place. { Nearly,
ory yiUage is surrounded by a. thick, high
idge of “'0 poisonous 'euphorbia.' During
e greater part of the year the inhabitants
old see an enemy through the hedge; while
would,find it a diffioult mattortoapo.thcm.
f shooting their already poisonous,' arrows
rough the tender branches, they get sinear-
Wtth the poisonous, milky, juice, and in-,
sf most painful if not fatal wounds. ; The
natant dripping of the juide of the bruised
anches prevents the enemy from attempting
force his way through the hedge, as it de
jys the eyesight. The huts are large,
re strongly, built,, with higher and more
iceful.roofs than any we have seen on the
inbesi. Many of the mOn ore intelligent
king; with high foreheads and .well shaped
ids. , They show singular tastes in the os
ishingly varied styles in which their hoir
irrangod. Their, need necklaces are really
tty .specimens of work. ' Many have , the
jor andmiddle, as Well os the' lower pdrt
;he ear bored; and have from:, three to five
gs in each ear.- . Tho hole In' the lobe, of
ear is large enough to admit one’s finger,
I some wear o piece of bamboo about on
h long in it, ; .Brass and iron bracelets,
.bpratcly figured, are seep j and some pf
vineh sport from two to eight brass rings
each finger, and Wen the thumbs are_ not
ired, .They wear copper,.brass, and iron
igs on their legs and arms; many hove
nr'front teeth notched/ and some file them
til; they resemble, the .teeth of a saw. The
per lip ring of the women gives them a re-
Iting appearanceit is universally worn in
) highlands. Apuhcturo ismade highup
the Ijp, andifc is gradually enlarged until
S pelele can' bo inserted. Some are very
go. Oho. we measured caused the lip to
project two inches beyond the tip of the hose;.
w hon the lady smiled*.the Contracted muscles
elevated it [oyer the,, eyes. “Why dp the wo
men tteir'these those things?” the venerable
chief, Chinsurdi, was asked.
■ Evidently surprised at snch a stupid ques
tion, ho replied, ‘.'for beauty! They .are the
only beautiful things women have; men have
beards, women have none. " What kind of a
person would-she be without thepolele? She
would not be a woman, at-all with a month
like d man, but no board.”
They seem to be an industrious race. Iron
is dug out pf the hills, and every . village has
one or two smelting houses; . and. from their
own native iron they make excellent hoes,
. axes, spears, knives, arrow-heads, &o. They
make, also,; round baskets .of various' sizes;
and earthen, pots, which they Ornament with
plumbago, said to be found in the Hill Coun
try, though we, could npt learn exactly where,
dr in what quantities; the only specimen we
obtained was not pure. At every fishing vil
lage on the banks, of the river Shire, men
Were busy spinning bouse, and making large
fishing nets from it; and from Chihisas to the
Eako, in every village almost, wo ■ saw men
cleaning and . spinning cotton, while others
were weaving it into strong cloth in dooms of
the; construction, all the processes
being exceedingly-slow. This is a great cot
ton-growing country; The .cotton Ts of two
kinds, “Toiyi nldnga,” or .foreign cotton,
“Tonji cadji,” or native cotton. The fdr
mei 1 -is of good qualify, with a-staple three
quartersof on inch in length; It is perennial,
requiring to be.planted, only, once in three
years. The native, cotton is planted every
year in the highlands,-is of short - staple, arid
feels mprc'like wool thancotton. Bveryfam
ily appears to own a cotton, patch, which is
kept clear of woods and’grass. Wo. saw the
foreign growing at the lake and. in- various
places for thirty miles below’ the cataracts on
the Lower Shire. Although tho native cot
ton requires to be planted annually in the
highlands, the people prefer it because, they
say, “it makes the stronger cloth. It was re
marked, to a number of intelligent natives’
near the Shire Lakelet, “you should plant
plenty of cotton, and perhaps the English will
come soon to buy it.”; “Surely the country is
full pf cotton,” said an elderly man, who was
a trader and traveled much. Our own obser
vations convinced us of the truth of this state
ment. Everywhere wo saw it. Cotton patbh
cSoffrom two.to throe acres were seen abreast
of the cataracts during 'the first trip, when
Lake Tamandua was discovered, though on
this journey, on a different route, none wore
observed of. more than half-an aero; They
usually contain about ;a quarter of an aero
each. There ore extensive tracts on the level
plains of both the Lower and Upper'Shire.,
where salt exudes from the soil.' .Sea island
’cotton, might grow well there,, as, on these the
foreign cotton becomes larger in the staple.
The’ cottori-srowcra ’.hero never 'have - their
crops cut on by frosts. There are . none. I
Both kinds of i cotton require but, little lobor, I
none/of that severe.and kilUng. tqil, requisite
in, the, United States. The people, ore great
well. -Thoy gi'dw’ Jiwg'aTer dn lnrge quanti
ties, preparing ridges for itfrom three to four
foot.wide,.rind aboutlq-ifoofe,
raise maize, rice, .two kinds, bfr millet, beans,
sugar-cane,, swept potatoes, ’ yanis, ground
nuts, pumpkin,, tobacco, and Indian hemp.
Near Lake Nyrissa we sow indigo seven feet,
high.” .'-;.
The Lost Child Found.
On the afternoon of tho;9tb ult,, a female
child of Mr. Manly, of Hawly, Wayne county,
aged five years, was out lit play with other
children; and failed in finding her way home.
The family soon misaed.her, and immediately
repaired to the spot where the other children
had last .seen her, but she had gone and could
not bo found. The report of her being lost
sprfead"rapidly .through the: town, and. very
soon a large number of neighbors were enlis
ted in the search,' Night came on, and still
by aid of lamps the 1 search .continued,; and
when daylight appeared hundreds of others
joined in the exciting task of finding the lost
child. Thus, day and night, they, examined
creeks, ponds, valleys and. mountains in vain
for her, and not until the following Friday was
there anything discovered to indicate that she
syas alive. After a ceaseless search of five
days and nights, and when many of the relo
tives and neighbors had relinquished the tire
some duty for-.want of strength and hope, the
nows came that certain children .in passing
along a wood road early in the morning, a few
miles from'Hawly, had heard the cries of a
child far off in the wilderness. ..This revived
the failing hopes of parents and friends, and
speedily encouraged many to . resume the
search., X’ate lii the day one of the party was
working his way through a dense thicket, mid
in a small opening a few feet off,, discovered,
the little' girl sitting on a flat stone, nodding
her head, and fast in the embrace of sleep;-**
The sight sent an electric thrill through him
of mingled joy' and fear, and after a moment’s
pause he walked up;and took hold of her,
when she screamed terribly,- but upon open
ing her eyes and finding that she was hot- in
the grasp of some wild animal, she clung to
the ;man, though a stranger, like one in the
spasms of death.. The child had worn out or
lost,, in wandering ever, stones' and through
briers, her shoes, Bonnet and all except the
tattered remains of her thin dress, but she tvas
alive, and that 1 was enough. The rejoicings
througout Hawly over her safe return homo
can better be imagined than 'described.
On her way home she refused.to talk, more
than to say, she was, hungry,-and Having had
nothing but.berries'.to oat tor a long time.'
: Eepeot pp 4 Speech.-t-A',correspondent; of
the iPlaiU&ts Satiny gets off the following: ;
Many years since, ‘when‘the New ‘"xoii,
Tribune wap a good old line Whig journal, a
gentleman in western New York'was a sub
scriber to it; but,.vyhen Groely.turned hisaf
tention to all softs of “isms,” especially abo- 1
litioniera, hefieolined reading it. . When ari
extra,' containing l a' voluminous speeoh by
Horace Greoly, . was sent him, he saw thecap
tion, placed it on ( tbp shelf of bis, library, aqd
did not condescend to read U. “ V . -
On the 4tb of July the, patriotic Citizens
turned out on the square yvitn an old iron cam
non'.which had not seen servico for years, load;
ed it and sent for the old liher'.fo.Vittiess the'
effect. ".He was a'man' of influenceTh the
place, and; previous to the off, he
said: ' y , ~ :/
“Hold on, boys, till Iconic back.”
■ He went to his his house 1 , wrapped a pound
of good powder in Horace Greely'B speech, re
turned, placed it in the muzzle, and,
it home, exclaimed;"
“Lot’s hear what Greojy’s got to say I”
Adromendous report and on .explosion fol
lowed ; the gun burst and the fragments rent
the air—the smoko cleared off, and to the as-,
tomshmont of ftll.noiody way hurt!
To keep pies' : and , cakes from moulding,
send to the Volunteer office for a couple of
printers; This should bo attended to while
the dainties ate yet fresh.
■ 3tAßfeNSßririo, June 1MT860,. ;
" Pistols and Coffee for two.' As-Larii alone
on the classic ground I Ban take cftfCtfirittho
pistols do no barm, and.the,coffee,is harmless
anyhow... place, so noted for its polite
and refined fiftn-ders, is about five, miles, from
the city, fresh and'handsome, in full livery of
green; adorned with flowers, rind should blush.,
in its beauty for-the scones it has witnesssed;
Herb, in a beautiful little grass plat surround
ed by trees, forms, .made after the image of
God, come to insult nature rind defy Heaven.
In 1814, Edward Hopkins .was tilled'hero in
a duel;- This seems to have been , the first of
these fashionable murders on . this duelling
ground. • ’;
In 1819, A. T. Mason, a Upitod States Sen
ator, from '.Virginia, fought’ with' his sister’s
husband, John McCarty, here. McCarty was
averse to fighting, and thought there was, no
necessity for it ; hut. Meson ’ would fight;
McCarty named muskets loaded with buck
shot, and so.near together that they wqnld hit
heads if they fell on their faces.- This, whs
changed by the seflonds to loading with, bul
lets, andtakuig twelve feet as the distance,
MasOn wns-killed -instantly, rind McCarthy;
who had his collar bone broken, still’ liVes
with Mason’s sister, in, Georgetown. His hair
turned so gray soon aftortho fight asto cause
much comment. He has since been solicited'
to act as a second in it duel, but refund Sir
accordance with a pledge triade to bis -wife
soon after killing her,brother. ■ ' ; , :
In 1820,.Commodore Decatur was killodin
a duol here by Commodore Barron. At the
first fire both tell forward and both lay 'yJilb
their heads within ten feet of each'Other; and',
as each supposed himself mortally wounded,
each fully and freely forgave the other, still
lying on ,the ground. . Decatur expired in a
few days, hut Barron eventually recovered.
In 1821, two strangers, named LegaandSega
appeared here,; fought, and Sega was instant
ly killed. , The neighbors only learned this'
much of their names from tho marks on their
gloves left on the ground. Lega was' not .
hurt. ’
In 1822, Midshipman Locke,was tilled here
in, a duel with a clerk of.the Treasury Depart
ment named’ Gibson. The latter was, not
hurt. In 1826, Henry Clay 'fought (his sec
ond duel) with .John- Randolph, just across
,the Potomac, as Randolph preferred to die. if
at dll,, on Virginia soil, received shot,
and then fired his pistol in IKVair. .. This was
in accordance with a declaration made to : Mr.
Benton, who spoke to Randolph of <i call .the
evening before bn Mrs. Clay, and ; alluded to
the quiet sleep of her child, and the repose of
the mother., Randolph quipkly , replied, “.I
shall do nothing to disturb the sleep of the
child or'the repose of the'mother.” .
General Jessup, “whoso funeral I. attended
last, week; was .Clay's second; , When Ran
dolph-fired he remarked: ‘‘l do not shoot ; at
you,. Mr. Chiy,’l and extending his hand, ad
vanced toward Clay, jvho rushed to meet. him..
Imndolpf'showOd Olay where’ his ball stritok
his coat, and arid,:facetiously, “Mr. Glny-you
qwp me a replied:, “Thank God;
the debt is no greater.' 1 . They were friends
ever after. In 1832 Martin-was killed herb
by Carr. The first names are not remember
ed. They were from the. South. : ;: -
In 1833, Mr. Key, : son of . .Frank Key, and
brother of Barton Key of Sickles notoriety,
met Mr. Sherborn here to fight. After reach
ing the ground; Mr. Sherborn said: “Mr. Key,
I have no desire to kill you.” “No matter,”
said Key, “I came to kill you.” .“Very well,
then,” said Sherborn, ‘Twill now-kill you;”
and he did; , ■
In 1838, W. J. Graves, of Kentucky, as
suming the quamlof James Watson Webb
and Jonathan Gilley, of Maine, selected this
place for Gilley’s, murder, .but the parties
learning that Webb, with two friends, Jack
son ahd’Morrel, were armed and in pursuit*
for' the purpose of assassinating Gilley, moved
toward, the river and nearer the city. Their
pursuers inovcd toward the river, but missed
the parties, and then returned to the city,
to which they were soon followed by Graves,
and the corpse of Gilley. In 1845, a lawyer
named Jones fought with and killed a Dr.
Johnson. In 1851, R. A. 110010 and A. J.
Dallas had a meeting here; Dallas was shot iU
the shoulder, but recovered. In 185-., Camel
and Johnson, two Richmond editors, held a
harmless set-to here, which terminated m cot
fee. In > 1853, Davis and Bidgway fought
here; Bidgway allowed his antagonist to fire
without returning the shot. ' . . ■
Many of the names I could not get in lull,
and shine other, duels were indefinitely given
by the “olijeat inhabitant,” for whose courte
sy I am-much indebted. My informant was
an eye witness to many of these beastly re
cofltres. In, fact, these little
seem to be enjoyed by The Bladenaburgors
quite, as much ns a regetta would bo at Cleve
land. When there is a lull in these sports, a
sort of amphitheatre is erected in the village,
one mile from this ground, and frequently one
or. two fighting cooks are entered : for single
combat or duels. • These fight for quite as
well-grounded cause, never ending_ in blood
less battles, and they never kiss and make up.
When I took the cars at six this morning, my
friend Stevens,said I must he sure and make
a note of. the “Bladensburg races,’“so l very
gravely,' while waiting on my coffee, asked
the bar-tender how often the ‘‘Bladensburg
races’’, occurred ? “Never but sa'cl * 16 '
“and I hope they never will again. ■ v ’Uy,
hew is. that?” I.innocently inquired, by
the Bladensburg races they mean the race Pt
the American soldiers away from the UtM n
soldiers, in the last war. My father ran so ar
in one day that.it took him two weeks to get
back,” said,he- Mr.-Stevens may make up
his mind to come out here in, the morning.
Any : distance oyer three hundred rods Isnan t
object to. My Wood is up and-1 am ott.
. AoManKilled in Presence of 'Wife,
—Says the N. 0. VeUa, of July «h: ■ , :
It appears, that George Sohwarger, a peace
able and hard-working young man, •who be
longs to Creole ijngine Company, No. 9,' .wa®
sitting -with,his;young wife’, to whom be had
been recently wedded, on the steps of a house
at the corner of Tonti anflXapoyrouse streets.
Third 'distriot,When, at about half past 8
o’olook bh; Mondayn’ght.a youngman named
John Benoke passed by, and, looking np at
Mrs; Sihwaxger, remarked >n;a loud and m-.
suUing mahner, "There’s one tof my wives.”
, The indignant husband leaped to his feet, and
retorting. With the exclamation; “You’re a
l” slapped Ben,oke'across the face
With the book of his hand. Benoke instantly
drew a knife'and thrust ,it into. Sohwarger’s
side, up to the hilt, and then made his escape.
SoßwhrgeF'staggeredhnck, and fell '■into the
arms of hiq terrified wife;-' He was carried
homo to the corner of Bayou road and Broad
streets, and died at ll! o’clock yesterday mor
ning. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, ’Lieuten
ant Mazeret succeeded in arresting Benoke,
and he ie how confined in the Third District
dock-up, ‘ ■ 1
, L liOt, about
son of a,respectable
indeed, so strong was
8 brought up before
|ct wasrandered, hoi
last. circumstance, to-;
Ijiiit cttjiietto light, ,ten-
rest-'
fowasiramcdiatelyar
fore Caleb ;Goftfcawortb,
.testimony..'was gbten to
ihe.Peaca in committing
jtfhty Jail' in this' town,:
lUrdorat the next Court
this euspioion thfit
-the jury,- hut vrasi
and sUortlyaftortl
left the vicinityv ■”'
t’ ether withhthei 1 ':
ed to strengthen:!
1 ihg upon -thedad; j
restedand broughi
Esq,,.where 'sufiTov
Warrant the Justlct
the -accused tbtl
to await his trial;
of ABsi*esl. ( v; : T, ,'.V
Since his? wminillali .wo understand that
young Lot has con®wd to havingmurdered
itho little boy How®i , . !: '3!Ko facta as detailed
to us are BubstantjlHy those: It scorns that
,tot went to thb .pa®>te to look for the cows,
and William Howard follOwecl him. at which;
Lot bsca’mo offende»ridiold,him not to follow :
him ' '^fthis time Lbt.wps sitting!
on the fence; fellow did not.heed:
what Lot had toldd/pA,; and, got over or thro' ;
the fence andcontimied to follow Lot. ; They
had not gone far wnra'fiot picked up nliick.-;
ory grub* its it is good sized stick—
and with one blow struek the little follow to,
.tba.grpundle r that wasi
given/but it waaisumoieht to crack the-.skull;-
and' Completely bjeb|£ in the left" side of his
forehead dyer the eyßi'So that thedoetpr Syasj
readily/ablei hr pickfbn't ;of thb ; b'rain, several.;
I pieces-,of; bone .tpatfjiftd;,heen ; driven in-, upon
lit.,, lOf. course, instantaneous; ■ for,
as itWas narrated,hii us, the boy fell on his
back and did After the murder, it
seems that Lot lofftlfeyictim in the field, but
in a short time pack and dragged or. car
ried the body . distance, and deposited it
under the tree .top brush whore, it. was
subsequently fodha.' fßetween the spot where
aiolot of blbodwaa found hud where the tatt*!.
der was whore ithe body was
deposited,.wore two, high logs, over winch the
body’must have gone, aha it waq ■uusfhjt
which settledthd'oohwfatiba firmly bn the minds
of.the jury that litthSHoward could not have
heen.kiokedi by. a ;; horte,-and afterwards haye
brawled/foi the bragh-Wbod/'and .that;, afford
of fhh child
I after death.had ensued;;:,
Young liot, as we hove s.aid before, is about
fifteen years old, and very, strongly built.—
What reasons, beyond those above, stated,-led
him to perpetrate the awful crime of murder,
that induced hihr to take the life of a little boy
only. five, or sis years of .age, we cannot con
ceive. From all accounts it seems ■to have
been a most unprovoked, and -wanton act.—
Indeed it is seldom, that'such a wicked sacri
fice of human life occurs, and we hope that it
may bo a. long, long time;ere such a thelan.-
oholy event comes -within our province as a
journalist tb.chronicle..; ; ,
The Chfllips 6( life,
■There are a thousand things in this world
to afflict and sadden; but oh! how many that
ore beautiful and gbodl 1 The- world toOms
with beauty—and objects which 1 gladden the
eye and warm thp heart. We-might be hap
py; if we would." .There are ills that we Can
not escape—the of; disease and
death,' of misfortune, the .'sundering of earthly
ties, and theitoanker. worm of grief j but a
vast inaj.orityiof the. evils that,besot us might
bo avoided. . Thoonrso •of ' intemperance, in
terwoven as it is withnll the ligaments of so
ciety, is one , that neirer strikes®at to destroy.
There, id not one bright page upon' the record
of its progress, nothing to shield it from the
heartiest execration of, the human race. -. It
should; hot exist—it ought-not. Do . away
with all. this, let Wars -come to an end, and
kindness mark,the intercourse: between man
and man. Wo are too selfish, as if the world
was made for us alone. How much happier
would we he wore we to labor more earnestly
to. promote each other’s good. Godhasbless--
ed ud with a home that is not dark. There is
sunshine everywhere—in the sky, upon the
earth—-.there would he in -most hearts, if ,we
would look around ns. '' • u#"- | .
,The; storm, dies away’ andy a bright sun
shines oat. Summer droops her tinged cur
tain upon earth, whicih Is very beautiful, even
wheii autumn breathes her -changing breath
upon it. . God reigijs' in heaven. Murmur
not at a Being so bountiful,: and wo can.,live
happier than we. de. 1 ’’
Conflict between Two Boa “Constrictors.
—Two large rock ,■ boa’constrictors ‘belonging
to: Wombell’s -.collection; 1 ; at present at; Ply*
month, were, during the hours of exhibition,
placed in a glass cose for thypnrpbse of being
fed; , : A rabbit was put intoUhe case, and one
of the boas, immediately - made: for tlioj prOy.
The rabbit .however,, eluded\the fangs of its
enemy ,hy a. sudden jump, and.®? enormous
shako,-instead of dealing- its deadly blow , on
the poor rabbit, 1 ' fastened! on the other boa;
which,'finding itself assaulted,immediately
assumed the defensive in the determined
manner. .Boa .No. 2 struck boa No. 1, by
which it had been assaulted! with its fright
ful'fanjgs. The' Struggle was how fiercely
maintained on both -sides. »,The twomonsfers
writhed and struggled in one another’s grasp,
and.hoth seemed; intent'.on-pressing by its
restrictive coil,the life out of.iits, opponent,
This' struggle was at last terminated by tho
keepers, with theassistanbe of several gcntlc
men.but not -before one of the combatants
was so,seriously woiinded'that fears are enter
tained. that the consequences may prove ! fatal.
■ , , Paper.
tSP' T'om, during his lastVur to Niagara,
in, company with, Smash', -saw hn Indian hew-,
inga small piece of timber, witha viow to ma
kingoahes. , V,
“Pray, sir,” said Smash, “ to what tribe do
you belong?”
“ The Ohip-a-way tribe,” replied the Indian
without looking up to give his interrogator one
smile.-: ■ ■:
BSTA Dandy who wanted tlia inilk pnaafid
to him at a hotel, thus, asked for.it- Band,
lady, please pass your opw down .tins way.
The landlady thus retorted: 1 TYaitcr f< take
this cow down to whore the calf is bloating.’’
Moat m : vniqm, oub. country/’
]• .Amah never kndwßjWlwt bp has read un
til-be baa either ,it or written
dbout it.- Talking 1 and filing art digestive
processes whioh'AT6nbs;oTutoly essential to the
mental-wnaUtution'.of’the' man who devours
many hooka. : -But it, is not every man that
can talk. .TalkingJmplies, first, of all,, a rea
diness on the'partof the speaker, and next,
a. sympathetic listener; It is; therefore,:as a
digestive process, the most difficult, if it is the
most rapid, in, its .operation, Writlngis ;i
different affair; a inan may take his time .to
it, and not require a reader; hocan bo his own
reader.: - -It is. an easier, although more formal
process, of digestion than talking.. It is in eve
rybody’s power; andSoyerybody, who. reads
much makes more of .less nge.of it, because,
as Bacon 'says, 1, if-he does hot write, then he
ought to have extraordinary faculties to com
pensate for-such neglect. -It is in this view:
that we ore Understand the complaint of a
-well-known author-that he' was.ignorant'of a
certain . subject, and the means'-by which ho'
was to dispel his ignorance—namely, .by wri
tihg on it. ■ It is inthisyiew that the monito
rial system of instruction.has its great. Value
—to the monitors itis/the bciit BQi;t of teach-,
mg. It is from the same point of .view that
Sir "William Hamilton used to lament the de
cay of teaching ns. a part of the education of
Students at the universities. .In.the olden
time it, was necessary to the obtaining of- a
dejriee- that the graduate, should give evidence;
of liis capacity as a teacher; and in the very'
titles of his. degrees as a magister and doctor,,
ho was desighated .a teacher. " “ A'man never
knows anything,Sir William used to say,;
/‘untilhe has taught it in seine way-or other
—it may be orally, it may be easily,* it may be
writing a book.” It . is’a grand truth and
points a fine moral. Knowledge is knowledge,
says ,the philosophers; it is precious for its own
sake, ;it is an end to itself. But nature says
the - opposite. Knowledge is hot knowledge
.until we use it; it is not ours until we have
brought it under the command of the groat so
cial faculty, speech; we‘exist for society and
knowledge, is hull-until•'we. givo it expression,
and in eo ,doing, make it over to:tho social in-'
stihot,— Blackwood... , 1 ~ -
f-i t , ... *.-1 - • ■ ■. ••
A Beal Poem.-—"W"e hardly know when
moonlight and-love have been niore beautiful
ly unitod than in this beautiful verse in a late
poem of Geh. &eo. P. Morris: ’
-“ I Ipyo the night ;when this moon [sheens bright
. On flowqra that drink the dpwj ..
r; When easbados shoptas thestars peep oat
j. OProni boundless fields of blub.
But dearer far than moon or star,
’ ; Or flowers of gaudy hue, ~,
Or murmuring thrills of mountain rills, *
I love, loro, love-—you.* !^Exchange*
Some spiteful fellow, not having any .imisio
in his soul; wrote tho following as a set off- to
I the above: v. : u.v / : ■
1 “ Xlovo tTio sight-, when tin; foam Sheonawhito 1
Ou tiigcrofaiubfirhutt; ■, .
' When Switzer isbbbsb compels the Bneejo 1 ‘
f./i-.Srom.ncso&olilandbluo;
, Buffar more dearthon lager.beer,. - .
:Or potent Switzer—wfiew ■
' Or muster spread on the. brown rye broad, ?
I lovo, 10-vo, love—you.'! '
V, 6p,a' correis
| ponddnthfifip'Cduptry dip
following instance of the intelligent affection
between two Golden Woodpeckers. His hired
man brought in a male bird, apparently with’
no other injury than a broken wing :
■ We let it run out at, the door, when it forth
with proceeded to a burr dak about twenty feet
from-the west end of the house, and ascended
it, till reaching a hole, in which the woodpock
er family, have some of them raised young
ones for three or four years past, ...In about
two minutes after the lame bird poked its bill
into the whole, the female—there sitting on
her eggs —came out, being called,forth by the
peculiar low note, from the broken-winged
male hoiv in distress. .In about five dr seven
minutes after this interview and interchange
of low notes, and reciprocal billing, with the
evident purpose of explaining the state of the
case, or cause of lameness, the female bird
camp out and the male bird passed into the
hold,
In on houror-less, my wife saw her brine
a bunch of; currants to the hole, the wounded
bird on the inside stretching and taking them
from Her bill; and this process was repeated
ly-seen during the three succeeding days.—
My little girl states distinctly that she saw
both-birds fly out from the hole yesterday,
which was the fifth day after the accident to
the male bird occurred.'
In this remarkable .case the sexes changed
offices, noting vicariously, or for one another,
in the accidental circumstances of their trou
ble. They also indisputably displayed .the
sower—call it what you wili--of explaining
ndividual distress, and agreeing upon the
best course of action with regard to it,- and to
the continued -performance of her natural
functions of setting, etc., for the perpetuation
of. their species. , , -
Politeness at Home. --Always speak with
politeness and deference to-your' parents and
: Wends, Some children are polite and civil
everywhere except at home, but' there ore
coarse and rude/ Shameful!
; Nothing: sits- so gracefully upon ■ children,
nothing makes them so lovely, os habitual re
speck and dutiful deportment towards their
friends and superiors. " It makes the plainest
face beautiful, and gives to every common ac
tions nameless but peculiar charm., .
* “My soni hear the instruction of thy fath
er, and forsake not the law of thy mother, for
they shall be ah ornament of grace to thy
head, and chains of gold about thy nook.”—
[Pfov. i. 8, 9.] ;
BQys A storekeeper, a few days since, pur
chased of an Irish woman; a quantity of but
ter, the hithps of which/ intended for,pounds,
he " weighed ih the balanoe and found want
ing.” Sure, it’s yor own fault if they.dre'
light,’? said Biddy in reply to the complaint of
the buyer, " for wasn’t it a pound of soap that
I bought hpro myself, that ;I;hfid ,in the other
end of the scales when I weighed’em.”, ,
; E7”,A dandy negro stopped into a store to
buy some potatoes; butbefore purchasing bo
delivered, the. following on, the pature of the
foOt : “De tator.h'e' aiir Uermtahjy , PW
dm no medionmeerity in de
tar. De exterior,may: appear remarkably
exemplary, while de inferior am totwtt nega
tive ; Bein’- os datyon wends on
voor own responsibly, why, without suokum
loeiition, dis milled pusson takes a peek.;
fftp- An opposition paper/ in noticing a re-1
cent demonstration of its party, says “the-air
was rent with the anouti of three hundred peo
ple.” After which-wo suppose the band
ployed “Boot hog or die I"
Somebody says to dream of soap beto
kens a combat in which you may oxpoct jto
get lathered. *•"
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■ Thefollowingircmarksoftho'■ Pittsburg
Poat.a Douglas paper bofore ahdsince his
nomination, are worthy the attention of all
true Democrats: ; ■
There is ho State in the Union where a suc
cess is more important to the Democracy than
Pennsylvania. In our State the Democracy
have had greatlosses. Our Congressmen, with
two. exceptions, are against ns. Wo have lost
one United States Senator already,'and. it de
pends upon; the course of the Democracy now'
whether wo may not lose another. If Penn
sylvania is to give the weight of her great in
fluence in favor of the National’Democracy;
, hereafter, we ■ must hannonize fall' conflicting
interests now.
It is certain thpt the paalaHg of a Democra
tic vote' by Pen'n%lyama will render the elec-;
tidn of. a: Democratic President almost certain'
in November. It is also certain that by-a
united Democratic vote we can carry the State
against the Opposition.
■ It is; then, most important that the Democ
racy of Pennsylvania should take time for a
.careful consideration Of. their faction..; There
is plenty of time for fair discussion, and ah
honest.atid hamoniona settlement of the ..dif
ficulties which Pennsylvania is; hot
ready to have an ultinialUni' thrust upon her
now., Jt is stated thhtfthe National Demo
cratic Douglas Committee is about to issue an
address, in. whicH.the'polioy of the party is to
be fixed, defined and designated. ’ .We depre
cato this. • So far as Pennsylvaniais concefn
ed. suoh action would be hasty and improvi
dent.,,.'- " r - ...
. In, this State the Democracy has a large
stake. We*Tiavo a Governor and Congress
man to elect; and a Legislature who will have
tlie choosing of a.Unitod States:Senator,: in
place of Mr. Bigler. . The Democracy would
regret exceedingly that .the State should be
given over to the Republicans for the?o offices,
on aoconnt of any difficulties which has arisen
on the Presidential question;
■ On the nomination which have.been made,
and still are to ba mado within the local De
mocratic organization of the State, the mem
bers of the party have ho.differences.of opin
ion.. -As one man'they desire that Pennsylva
nia shall, enrol herself for the Democracy;—
We believe that she will do, so if the issues of
the presidential difficultyare hot prepipitated
upon us by top hasty action. It is not desira
ble at the present time that theNdtionnl Com
mittee shall, take upon itself: to decide any
thing for Pennsylvania, Letthe Democratic
organization of our State arrange its own af
fairs. The question of the electoral ticket
has hy no moans; hepn.decided.' The action
of the State Committee was but recommenda
tory The subject is,yet under consideration;
In his recent reply to Mr. Yaux, Mr. Welsh,
the Chairman of the State Committee,'says:
“ Whether the Committee ‘will undertake to
place other names upon the - electoral
or prefer to submit the, whole: matter to. the
State Convention which, formed them, both
tire questions for future and de-
In view of the fact, that, Pennsylvania has
,to;; much. at. stake, besides' the Presidential
question, ills important that time he taken to
fully enlighten the voters aS to the best course
‘by which Union and harmony may be secnrecE
The people want no .questions hastily and ar
bitrarily decided for i them. by the National
Committee or any other body.
Give the Democrats of Pennsylvania time
to reason' together,'and we have no doubt that
thcy wiil mrango all matters which now ap
pear intricate and difficult, according to the
rules of the organization, and in such a man
ner as shall give to the Democracy a united
and overwhelming force this fall, . :
There is ayight and 9, wrong course! If we
jursuo the right one we shall he successful,
jutthe other will lead to.inevitable defeat.— ’
Let moderate and temperate councils prevail,
and let every Democrat be prepared to cast his
vote both in October and November, so as to
add strength to the party.
Gems from Plutarch.— lf tears become
any one when dying, it is him whom laughter
did not 1 become when living; seeing ho saw
that which made death ,a; thing, to, bo wept
over at hand, and suspended above his head.
How closely did this weeping follow upon that
laughter!
. To the eternal tribunal of .fhe just Judge
our appeal is safe: He will rescind the urn
just'judgment. , , ■ ■ : > "
In all good studies ! delighted; but was
specially given to philosophy, and poetry,
which even, I neglected *n process, of time,
being delighted with the holy; scriptures, in
which T perceived a hidden sweetness .which
I once despised. Poetry I reserved for orna
mental purposes,
: As truth is.immortal,- so a lie lasts not,
feigned things ore soon discovered, as tho hair
that is, coinbed and set with great dilligcndo
is ruffled with a little blast of wind... The
craftiest lie’ cannot stand before - the truth ;
everything that is coveredis soon uncovered’;
shadows pass away; and the native, color of
things remains, ■. No man can live long Under
water; he must needs come forth and show
the face which'he concealefl.
;Desire and strive to die; well,'which cannot
ho without living well. ,-Tho rest commit to
God, who brought you into this world un
asked, but who, when you are ohout to leave
it,’will not'introduce you to his kingdom un
sought, ' 1 '.'
The MisEti Outwitted.' —It, was, observed
that a certain covetous rich man never invited
any one to dine with him. ’‘T lay a wager,”
said a wag, "I get an invitation from him.”
The .wager being abqoptod,'he. goes the next
day to the rich man’s house', about the, time
he was known to sit doiyn to dinner, and tells
the servant that ho must then speak with his
master, for that he could save him a thousand
pounds. “Sir,” said the servant to his mas
ter, “here is a man in a groat hurry wishing
to speak with you, who hays he can save jou
a thousand pounds.” Out came the master.
“What is that you say, sir—that you can save
ine a thousand pounds ?” , “Yes, s.r, I can- !
But I see .you are at dinner, Ivvill go.myself
and dine, and ball: again. _ prov,
comw in and take dinner with me.” “Sir. J ,
shall'he. troublesome." ‘.‘Not' at all.”, The
invitation was accepted. As soon as dinner
was over,:“Well, sir,”, said;the man of ,the
house, "how to our business. , Pray let me
I know how I am to save a thousand pounds.”
‘‘Why, sir.’v said the other,’ ‘-‘I hear you. have
j a daughter to . dispose p£, in , .“I
have." , “And that you intend to portion her
; with ten thousand pounds;” “I do so.” “Why,
then; sir, let me have her, and I will take her
with nine thousand,” . . ■
„ The master of- the house rose in,a passion,
and tariied him out of doors in a hurry.
• WaSf A woman' sixty years old recently com
mitted suicide in. North Bennington, Vt., by
hanging herself to her bed-post..
Js©“ Angor is like rain, which break itself
upon that on which it falls.
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The Pcfieeuifoa flf' Chiiitlaand’ tte Tnik*
. fob floniniom.
... j, Ai.i! .y • - i - 'HO ' '
Tho recent nows from. Europe shows that*
once tmwerfuiTurkey hoa become: effete; and
that the empirois. on. the brink of dissolution..
It consists of ihhrt ' hßterogenbns materials
than even the: Austrian; empire;'and "nothing'
can Save’the'Sick Alan from going the way of
all flesh. I( is the Government
of the .Sultan cannot control these various, pop*
ulntionSi. or -maintain law " arid •order , among
themV England and Frianco a foyr years ago.
waged war with Kussia to moyent that eolosi
sal Power swallowing* up Turkey; buthoW
England and-Frapoa; with ProSsia', Wili.pniM .
with Russia ihretpedy the disolders of that
unhappy country. V > r
Austria, topi,the nearest neighbor -ef.To'P* •
key, will probably also havo tl Anger: in
pie'if the other Pdwerswilllet her, TheOhly
solution -of the question at which
Powers arc likely to arrive, is. the partition of
the country o la Poland, Of oohriiflj ttt s
king the lion’s share. Were’ft not;for,tbfl,
fears of tho IVcstorn; Potters} whd dread, W *
steady progress of the Russian empire in their
direction, theCzarwouldmakeshort work of
the troubles in Turkey. He
to put down Hungary in 1849, because ho oop- 1
eluded it would bo'a natural ally of XurkeJ :
againat''binn and ; he knew that the freeddnt
and indebendehce of Hungarywould beabar*
tier in hia waytotheWeat; and thatifcwnuhl,
-be-much, more easily absorbed some ;day:«kf
other as an humbled, enslaved'portion of .A
broken-down' empire, than: as:-a proud,--prom
porous, independent, and freenation,:wha
would ’ fight to the last rather than -submit -
their necks to the yoke of-despotism. Be*
sides, the independence of Hungary; woulJbe
a dangerous example for Poland, ' There con
be little doqbt that:in due time; the.-Rassian
empire will add Hungary and Turkey to Pw
land, unless some revolutionary outbreak: in
Central Europe should kindle into activitythe -
elements of freedom, and arrest the igiant.bf
the North. His long-coveted prize is Conatan*
tinople. Give him that, and he has a fulbrnnt
for his lever, by which he can moYe the West v
of Europe at will.—AT. Y. HereM. i; :l ;
Owoin of “Hail Coiumbia.”—ln the Jlee*
ollcctions, of Washington, lately published,;!!
is stated that the song of “Hail Columbia^ 1
adapted in measure to tne'President’s March, 1
was written by dbseph' Hopkioson, of
delpbio, in 1798, At that. time war with '
France was expected, and a patriotic feellngj
pervaded the community. Mr. Foxj. a woung .
and actor, called upon Mr. Hopfiinßop ‘
one morning -and said, ‘‘Xo-morrow eyeiiiiig
has been appointed for my benefit at tlihlpfcdg.
htre.. Not a eraglo bos has beon takenyajml '
fear there will be a thin
wtitb me some
the “Preaidient’a March,” I fcel sute of afull ‘
house. . Several people about the theatre have
attempted itebut they have come te the
elusion that It cannot be done, .Yet I .tbinlT
1 you may succeed.”. Mr. Hopldnspn retired
! to hia study, wrote the firstyersoand ohorusj ■
and'submitted theih to .Miral
sang them to, a harpsichord hecompammont;
The- time and- the words harmonised.. if he
song was soon finishod.and that evening,
O actor received it.' The next morning
wards announced toat Afo Fox -weiila
give*! a hew patriotic song. The hoiiso yrad
crowded—the song was. sung—the audience
was delighted—‘eight timeslt was' calledjfof
and repeated, and when- sung the ninthtxiiia
the whole audience stood,up add joined in thb
chorus. Night after night ‘‘Saif Columbia’*
was applauded in the theatre; and in a feet
days it was the. universal song of the hoys in
our streets. Such; was the origin of out 1 na->
tional song, “Hail Columbia.” /
The MqdernElijaus.—lt'is not welt at;
ways to look on the. shady side of
There are nien who eamointoexistenceunder
a shadow, and the shadow” has dodged then*
lives, and all ' that is bright nndpiiro add
beautiful takes the sombre bile of their owh
fancies. Their religion consists in bemoan?
ing the evils of/this world, in lamenting thd
gradual decadence of good, and in regarding
all homo evils and foreign complications as
“signs of the'times.” They are the Elijahs
who retire, into the wilderness of their owil
contemplations, saying, “I even I only, aid
left,” unconscious that all the time there Ore
not only the “seven thousand who have'not
bowed the knee unto Baali" but that inuM>
tudes everywhere are obeying, the gospel call;
They are the Jonahs sitting under the gourds
of . their own security, amazed that the j udg*
mehts of. God do hot descend upon a guilty
world. These hypodondriaca are seldotn
be found among the earnest workers,•who
seek to leave the world bettor than they fotthdl
it, : but among those who see its < evils,:and sit
by with folded hands; . .
A Situation Vacant.— Some years ago jt
black man called oh a’clergymah in Wcsterh
Now York, avowed himself a fugitive slays,
and asked for food and shelter, which c was
freely accorded. Two of three persons cogm*
zant of the fact, called in to see the runaway
nigger, when the following dialogue
“ S'pose you hod pretty bard times down
South—lickings a plenty {” '■
“ No—l ncver waswhipped.” ■ v u
‘‘Wasn’t—well, you had- to work pretty
hard ?” ; ' :
“ My work was very light.”
“ Guess your clothes wasn’t very nioaJ.j
“ I wns always well clothed—-I Was a good
servant;"' ' '
“Eockon your victuals wasn’t uncommon,
fine?" ■ ' ;
“As good ns I desired, , , . ■
“ IVoll 11 should give it as my opmfim than
you .was a mighty .lug t tool, for Tunning away
from such place a3fhia,jUstfor.thOßak.p
I shifting for yourself,” ...
“Gentlemen I my place down South is ya>
cant Any of you can have it by dpptjing
for it.”
A HioHirATHAM; ODTtvutiii).— ** Stand and
deliver,” wore the words addressed to ataaloi*
traveling on foot by a highwayman, whose
brace of jnstols looked rather dangerous thsa
otherwise; " "■
a “ I’ll do thatwithpleaaure, ,, waB thoreply,
at the some- time, balding oyer to tbe ( out*
stretched hands of the robber, apursq wel^
, stocked; “ but," oontinddd ; he, “ suppose you
do mo a favor in return/- 'My • inonds "would
laugh at me were I to go home irndtelltheof
I; was robbed with as. muoh patienca-M.ia
lamb ;s’pcmo you fire Vout tint bulldogs right
through the crown of my hatvit ’will' look
1 something, like a show ofreaistanco." p - -q
His request was aooeded to ; but hardly had
the smoke' from the disqbai'£e pftheWeapdn*
passed away, when' the 'twlor pulled- out a
rusty old horse pistol, and in his turn politely
: requested the thunder-struck highwaymaa-to
shell orit everything ; his pistols pot omitted,:
about his person. , ,
JJ®f* The total length of railroads InGerma
nj, at the close of the jeat; 18511, tras 5,949
miles. -
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