"IKy Lord, the Lion."
"We had ridden carelessly forward, ad
miring
the view, cr Ipeculatk%ngtr thegame
to be found in.theee mountain passes, when
the sudden halt and the
,unslinging of car
bine! atartled us. Pushing past -this rear
gas, we galloped to the front just in time
„to prevent the sergeant who led the ad
vainefiripg gt a.,no3alejlon, which, pdvan
,oing, towards the same path which we were
waning, had halted.abreptly at our view.
lie had evidently come from a different di
reet7ota4e.that we were purstrinz, and was
,making his way toward the very pile Af
mountains whose sombre colors bad es
,cited our cariosity. Five
.rairtate,s
.and we aiould not byvve seen him; but as
it happened, there he stood, evidently very
much astonished at thus plumping suddenly
on so large a party. Were we to fire, we
should 'doubtless either -kill or mortally
wound the animal. In the first case, all
would be well, and we should be the richer
by a.lion-skin; in the second we should be
sure to lose one or more men, and it was a
responsibility the young officer in command
would not assume. Hastily giving the
order to unsling the carbines, he closed up
hie men with some difficulty, fur the horses
were very restive. 4f the lion showed a
disposition to attach, all were to face toward
him, and it waste be hoped that the gen
eral discharge would prove mortal. If dis
posed to let us do so, we were to pass him
quietly.
"I had often heard that the lion by day
ia no way resembles the same animal by
night. .11uring the darknek.s, seeking his
prey where he can find it, he will attack
anything, with the greatest ferocity; but
during the daytime, it 'being his proper
.period 14 sleep, and beingbesides generally
gorged with Suud, he seldom attacks man.
In the present instance, d had little con&
kienee in the effects of our fire, fur our
brrses, 113 their riders forced them to ap
proach their dreaded enemy, became more
alarmed and restive. The lion was doubt
less the one I had heard roar in the disntnce
the previous night, and he had been to the
other side seeking his food among the
duuars of the native tribes near Teniet,
from whence he was now returning to his
den.
•'Our files were ..dosed up, we neared the
lion, who showed no symptoms of fear,
gazed at us, not savagely, but apparently
with great curiosity. Then be moved his
tail to arid fro, like a large cat; and its we
neared hint, he deliberately sat down on
his hind-quarters, looking then for all the
world like a queer-colored large Newfound
land. Just as we ranged up with him,
,passing by in single file, the horses' heads
and tails well together, he opened his huge
mouth with a mighty yawn, uttering as he
did so a sound between a heavy sigh and a
growl. This he did without rising, and in
a most sleepy manner, as though lie were
supremely indifferent to our presence. All
this time our horses were terribly excited,
and my own—a jet-black Syrian barb,
which had carried me many a mile over the
plains of 'Wallachia and ltomnelia, and
who, from his intense love of mischief and
fighting, I bad long since christened 'Bashi-
Bazonk'—was now completely cowed, and
though walking at a very slow space, his
black coat was all white with foam. I was
not fifteen paces from the lion, and I could
not resist the fancy that seized me to rein
in and look at him. Trembling in every
limb, my horse obeyed me, and as the rear
files of our escort moved past, I contempla
ted the noble brute. He was a splendid
male, of the color called by the natives 'the
black lion;' and which, they say, is the
most fierce and terrible of all. He seemed
aecpy and quiet enough just then, and did
not even look at me. The jangling of the
men's arms appeared to catch his atten
tion: and it was indeed but a moment's
space that was allowed me for contempla
tion, for a slight move on his part caused
toy hot= to bound aside so suddenly as al.
most to unhorse me; and when I recovered
my seat, and my p•osver over my frightened
steed, the sleepy fellow had deliberately
lain down, and resting his noble heed on
two mighty paws, lie followed us with his
eves as we slowly moved away."
A TETTOTAI.I alt ay COMI'ULEIO:S.—Jack. was
mightily amused with Johnny, as he called
the Japanese, and the feeling vras mutual, !
judging from the hearty lauzlis of the par
ten,. priests and policemen at the p•tnto-
mime by which our men atr,ve to make their
wants underst , /cl. On one occasion, turn
ing a corner rather abruptly, we found a
jolly foretopra:ln explaining by signs that
he wanted something to pour down his
throat that would make bum dance, where
upon lie cut a double-shuffle and reeled
about the yard. Johnny perfectly under
stood, and repeated the performance. Jack's
broad face beamed with delight. •"Yes,
that's it, grog: Coms, bear a hand my fine
fellow?" he exclaimed; and in anticipation
of his want being quickly supplied. he ex
pressed in strongest vernacular his high ap
proval of the Johnnies in general. Happily
for the Jolinnies, we :mired in time to stay
further proceedings; and sending for Yen
the interpreter, we made him explain
that Jack upon water, or Jack upon tea,
was as harmless as a baby; but that Jack
in a state of grog was simply an infuriated
Briton, an animal likely to mar the domes
tic happiness of all within the temple en
closure, and very certain to break the peace.
said Yenoske—"ah, all the wee as
drunken Dutch sailor." Worse, we assert
ed, than fifty Dutchman. "All the same
one tiger:" suggested Yerioske, looking very
serious. We told him that tigers the worse
for liquor could not be more troublesome.
Whereupon Tenoske explained to his coun
trymen the effects of grog upon nor men in
such strong terms, that neither for lore nor
money could they get anything stronger
than tea—and we were happy, if Jack was
not.—Cruise in Japanese Waters.
la-Somebody in the New York Post
wants to know if by mermaids "riding on
the main" is meant the mane of a sea
borne. Ho must ha a maniac.
,'According to Italians, "Three 's..omen
and a goose make a market" In these
times one woman and a goose will do.
Ye Oxilumbia gpg.
CaIiEJNIBIA.
SA,TEFIEVAY, OCT. 15, 1859.
A s„zamr.inE.—We are indebted to the
gentlemen of the Hiawatha club for a de
lightful serenade by the Fencibles' Band of
Lancaster. The baud was employed by the
Club to serenade one of the members lately
"joined,"—not newly admitted to the Hia
watha brotherhood, tpt united in holy
bonds with a young ladys ympathizer—and,
as a spice of variety, included 09, a melan
choly old bachelor, in the compliment. We
return our sincere thanks. We have before
"spoken out" with regard to the Pencibles'
Band; it is an honor to the company and
regiment, and the Lancasterians are rightly
proud of it.
Pras Cirtwn BRANDY.—We acknow
ledge the receipt, from Dr. Ely Parry, of a
bottle of "pure Catawba .Brandy." for the
sale of which he is agent for Lancaster
County. J. S. Dellett k Co. are agents fur
Columbia. Our opinion, as is well known,
of an article submitted to our criticism and
judgment, is never given without fair , and
square trial, therefore before commending
the above fluid it appeared necessary to sub
mit it to the test of taste. Now, we are not
at liberty to indulge in anything stronger
than lager, so found ourself in a tight place.
Our assistant relieved us by knocking down
about as much as would send us through
the roof, and pronounced it the•"genuine
gutty percha." Ile is a drinking man and
ought to know. Seriously, the article has
been endorsed by good judges as pure and
genuine—valuable recommendation in these
days of wholesale (and retail) adulteration.
This brandy is especially calculated for
medicinal use, and is recommended by
physicians in all cases where a stimulant of
this nature is needed.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—On Monday
afternoon Snmuol Irwin, a brakeman on
the Pennsylvania Railroad was fatally in
jured on the road, near the Lower Depot be
low this borough. He was about getting on
to the train on which he was employed when
a train passing on the adjoining track
struck and knocked him down, and a par
don of his own train passed over his arm
and shoulder. The arm was crushed and
nearly torn from the socket and the bones
of the shoulder broken. The injured man
walked, with assistance, to the Franklin
House, a distance of three quarters of a
mile from the scene of the accident where
he was attended by several of our physi
cians. He expressed a desire to have Dr.
Jno. L. Atlec, Sr., of Lancaster, as surgeon
to operate in the necessary amputation, and
that gentleman arrived by the 3.30 train,
He found the patient too weak to sustain
the operation, the shock to the system having
been too severe for any hope of reaction.—
Mr. Irwin died the same evening between
nine and ten o'clock. lie was a steady
itulustrium young man, and a fitvorite with
employers and fellow employees. Much
sympathy is expressed fur the unfortunate
man by the community.
ACCIDENTAL DEATTL—On Sunday, 9th
inst., Deputy Coroner Hollingsworth held
an inquest on the body of u German, found
dead that morning at Reese's Lime Kilns,
back of the Canal Basin, in this borough.
The deceased was a stranger, had apparent
ly laid down near the Kiln, and had been
suffocated by the gas. A verdict in accord
an,:e with these facts was rendered. The
remains were coarsely clad, but in abundle
and carpet bag, found beside the body, was
a quantity of
,good clothing, and four and a
half dollars in change. Among the effects
was a German Catholic Prayer Book, on a
I fly leaf of which was written in German;
"Peter Glazer bought this book in Bayards
town, near Pittsburg—Peter Glazer, from
Lochwoiler, Burgomaster City, Trier, Ger
many." On a scrap of paper enfolding
some change, was written: "Salunga, Lan
caster county." These data may lead to
the fate of the unfortunate man being con
veyed to his friends.
COLUMBIA EXITIBITOR9.-AlthOUgh OUT
tormipeople bore not participated largely
as exhibitors at the late Agricultural and
Mechanical Fairs, such ae have offered ar
ticles in competition have been honorably
successful.
At the Lancaster County exhibition the
very beautiful and substantial buggy and
sleigh of Messrs. Carter & Becker attracted
much attention and admiration from visi
tors, and have been noticed with commen
dation in all the Lancaster papers. The
Examiner says:—
Carter & Becker, of Columbia, Pa., had
also on exhibition a top buggy of exquisite
workmanship, and a sleigh which we have
never seen excelled. This firm was proud,
as they had ti right to be, of their work
manship.
The committee awarded to the builders,
for the wagon, the first premium—a silver
medal, and for the sleigh a bronze medal.—
These awards were certainly well merited,
as every one will admit who has seen the
beautiful specimens of mechanical skill.—
In the published list of awards appears a
recommendation of a special premium—a
silver medal—to Cox, Decker, & Co., of
Lancaster, for a vehicle of their manufac
ture, as the "neatest and best" on exhibi
tion. We would ask, if Cox, Decker & Co's
job was the "neatest and best" why was
not the first premium awarded them, in
stead of Carter & Becker. The latter gen
tlemen very reasonably complain of this
detraction from the honor fairly gained by
them in obtaining the first premium offered
by the Association. They admit Cox,
Decker & Co's claim to any mark of apprecia
tion the managers of the Exhibition could
bestow on the very beautiful specimen of
workmanship turned out by the Lancaster
firm; but they do not admit the inferiority
of their own machine implied by the pub
lished report of the committee. If Cox,
Decker & Co's wagon was the best, they are
entitled to the first premium, and not merely
to a recommended award. We advise our
citizens to call at the manufactory of Carter
s t Becker in Second street, and show s
proper interest in the skill of our Columbia
mechanics: it iesomethiag to be proud of.
Theinventicrpof our,ingevioustolinsman
Mr. Philip Shreiper, was also successful at
the same fair. n o Heaters exhibited by
Shreiner & young' obtained the premium
—a silver rcedekand although there was
no premium offered for which the valuable
Improved Air Heating_ and Gas Burning
stove could comPete;:the Committee' gave
that scientific triumph honorable mention.
This stove was suocessful at the late State
Fair at Philadelphia, .whore it .attracted
much attention.
At the York County Fair the admirably
improved stave of 7rderick -Bucher, exhibi
ted by Messrs. Bucher & nthler, was ap
preciated as it deserred to be, and obtained
the first premium of three dollars. Although
exhibited under every disadvantage, such
is the undoubted merit of Mr. Bucher's in
vention, and so plain and evident its theory,
that it received universal commendation,
and the more solid approval of adoption by
many desiring a first rate stove. Such of
the Bucher Stoves a: have been put up
stand every test and give unqualified satis
faction. The manufacturers have orders
for them faster. then they can tern them out,
and there is every prospect, we are happy
to state, of the inventive genies of the pat
tentee receiving a substantial reward.
Altogether we are well satisfied with the
success of our townsmen in the late exhi
bitions.
Tar. ELECTION.—The Election on Tuesday
last was of so quiet a character, and drew
out so small a portion of the vote of either
party that a mere statement of the general
result will be all that the apparent interest
of the public calls for. The Opposition has
been successful throughout the state, elect
ing the candidates on the state ticket by
20,000 (estimated) majority, eleven sena
tors, the entire number elected this year,
and a large majority of Assemblymen.—
The vote was about a two-third one. We
give the entire vote of Columbia:
STATE TICKET
Auditor General.
N. W. S. W. TOTAL.
Thos. E. Cochran, 77 144 221
Richardson L. Wright, 74 84 15S
Surveyor General.
William H. Kim,
74
Assembly.
John Rowe,
Nathaniel Ellmaker,
Samuel Keneagy,
Jacob E. Cassel,
Amos S. Green,
David Reese,
Benjamin Herr,
Robert L. McDrain,
William llays, jr.,
Augustus Stoner,
COUNTY TICKET
District Attorney.
Emien Franklin, 75
Aldus J. Neff, 73
County Treasurer.
Michael H. Shirk, 75
Jno. W. Clark, 74
County Commissioner,
Levi S. Reist, 76 143
Abraham Peters, 73 84
Prison Inspectors.
Hugh S. Cara, 77 142
Joseph Samson, 77 142
Daniel Hartman, 72 85
Samuel Lung, 70 84
Directors of the Poor.
David Styers,
Simon Groh,
Christian Warfel,
Albert G. Killian,
George L. Eckert,
Jacob Zecher,
County Surveyor.
77
72
John C. Lewis,
Daniel Fulton,
Auditor
John '..\,lc.Cartney,
William W. Woods,
The little interest displayed in the voting
has extended to the counting off and return
ing majorities. The Opposition is supposed
to have a majority in our County approach
ing 4000. Sufficient returns have, however,
been received, to insure the election of
Greene to the Assembly; at least Are are
willing to bet on that result. We congrat
ulate him on his success.
We add the returns of the county for Au
ditor General, as far as received:
Cochran. Wright
North East Ward, maj 129
North West Ward, 32
South East Ward, 83
South West Ward, 86
Elizabethtown, 12
New Holland, 82
Elizabeth, 70
Strasburg bor„ 13
11 eamstown, 87
Litiz, 184
Columbia, 63
Leacock, 97
Mt. Joy, 273
Ephrata, 168
Neffsvi/le, 160
Millerstown, 1111
West Earl, 100
Indiantown, 114
West Cocalico, 94
Lancaster twp., 33
East Lampeter, 109
Upper Leacock, 79
Adamstown, 54
Clay, 106
Pecittea, GO
Mt. Joy twp., 60
Conestoga, 314
Manheiuo bor., 75
Salisbury, 240
Sadsbury, 73
Petersburg. 72
West Ilernpfied, 180
Strasburg twp., 96
Paradise, 90
Rohrerstovrn, 22
Penn, 74
Providence, 44
Fulton, 91
Blue Ball, 80
Little Britain, 69
Brecknock, 30
West Lampeter, 97
Washington bor., 7
Colerain, 31
Drumore, 40
3983 31
Maytown, Churchtorrn. Marietta, Bain
bridge, Bart and Eden, yet to hear from.
GOMM'S LADY'S EOM—October bus
scarcely laid his first coat of gaudy color on
our hills when Godey comes, forerunner of
leafless November. Not that Godey is leaf
less; on the contrary, he has many and
goodly leaves. The November number is
illustrated with the usual variety and the
literary contents bear the Godey inspection
stamp; they are up to the mark
NEWS OP THE OUTER WORLD.—The most
important subject of newspaper comment ie
undoubtedly the shooting (say murder) of
Senator T/avid C. Broderick, of California,
by Judge Terry, of the Supreme Court of
the same. State, in a duel. The Senator ap
pears to hove been systeniatically hunted
down by ixaitical adversaries,; for his oppo
sition to their designs both own State
and in -the National Councils. The event
has caused a powerful sensation throughout
the country and will react with telling ef
fect against the instigators acid perpetrators
of the foul deed. If the death of David C.
Broderick shall only open the eyes of the
conservative classes of our country to the
rapid encroachments of political rowdyism,
anarchy end mis-rule, and inspire a deter
mination to reduce this spirit to subjection,
the effect may compensate for the loss of one
of the few upright *politicians of our day;
but if this honorable murder but stand ns
one of the milestones wnich mark the rapid
progress of partizan usurpation of govern
ment, it will long be remembered and re
gretted as a national calamity. Judge
Terry will Drob-ably be arrested, subjected
to the mockery of a trial, and honorably cc
quitted.
We of the Atlantic states are not without
our disgraceful scenes of political violence.
The municipal election held in the city of
Baltimore, on Tuesday last, was accompan
ied by the same rowdyism and bloodshed
that have attended all its recent expressions
of the "popular will." In spite of the May
or's assurance of protection, as far as the
power of the law would extend, to every
voter, the "Reformers" and naturalized cit
izens generally, were driven from the polls
in many wards, and the city again carried
by a party which disgraces the name of
"American." The majority, however, is
materially reduced, and there is hope of fu
ture regeneration even for Baltimore.
Another unsuccessful attempt at suicide
has been made by a couple of a3ronauts, Mr.
La Mountain, professional, and Mr. Had
dock, amateur, who ascended at/Watertown,
New York, Sept. 22d, and were not heard
from until the 3rd inst., when they tele
graphed of their safe arrival at Ottawa,
Canada West. They were driven to the
northward, and after five hours descended
in a dense forest, where they made fast to a
tall spruce tree and spent the night in a
soaking rain. They ascended again at day
light, but still drifting rapidly northward
and there being no visible termination of the
forest, they descended in the wilderness
where they wandered for four days without
food, when they providentially fell upon a
party of lumbermen by whom they were re
lieved and guided to the settlements. They
were in latitude 47 and about 300 miles due
north of Watertown. Mr. lladdock writes
a very entertaining narrative of their ad
ventures. La, Mountain has now headed
Wise; the latter will have to cross the ocean
and publish some dozen colums Of pseudo
scientific observations before he can take
down the rival Professor. We should think
the former, however, had had enough of
balooning adventure, and would now con
tinue the service by singing, "Ain't I glad
220
158
7.6 144
73 140 213
77 142 210
G 3 114 177
88 131 210
75 80 161
80 120 200
08 80 148
GO 77 137
130 214
87 160
138 213
89 IG3
210
210
157
154
I'm out of the wilderness?"
The manly game of Cricket is now com
manding the attention of the public, and
the larger cities are absorbed by the great
games between the "All England Eleven"
and twenty-two Americans, so called. The
former are professional players, the pick of
"all England," and are described as combi
na•ioo of the agility of the monkey, the
flexibility of guta percha, or the Ravels,
which amounts to the same, the strength of
a new cart, and the range and precision of
an Armstrong gun. Their opponents aro
mainly fellow countrymen who have domes
, ticawl themselves and their noble game in
America, abetted by a few Amei limas who
have the, good taste and judgment to appre-
22f
220
220
156
155
156
77 143
77 143
77 143
72 84
71 84
72 84
143 220
84 150
71 143 220
72 84 15G
(lilac the , port and become tolerable pro&
ciente in the ti , e of the bat. Thus far the
games have been like the trots between
lora Temple and Princes, all one sided.
'he "Eleven" knock all twenty-twos higher
Gan a. kite. The Philadelphians lave
given them the most trouble thus far, but
even they are but children in the hands of
the unconquerable Britons. •Tbeso defeats
are taken in goad part, and we are glad to
miss the usual boasting of American prow
ess on the part of the modest city press.
The nation has not been identified with this
struggle, as it generally is when there is
competition between ono or more of our
citizens and John Bull. Had we been
victors, however, we would not like to swear
that the glory would not have been megni
ged into another "national triumph."
Tustilv.Ansasti.—We have received from
Elias Barr (S.; Co., of Lancaster, the ninth
volume of Townsend & Co's elegantly illus
trated edition of Cooper's Novels—The
Headsman. This is one of the tales, the
scenes of which are laid amid the excite
ments of the old world, and which prove the
author's powers not to be limited to native
subjects and his province not bounded by
the ocean. The Headsman is a thrilling
story, in the true and not the modern Ben
net-Cobb-Ledger sense of the word. The
subject is handled in Cooper's best manner,
and the interest is inferior to that of none
of the author's more generally popular
novels.
We never tire of praising Darley's illus
trations to these beautiful volumes. Long I
before the publication of this handsome
edition was thought of, we had imagined, as
the ne pins ultra of pen and pencil combine.-
tion, Cooper, illustrated by Darly. The
former is undeniably the groat American
romancer, and where shall we find an artist
with so many and so true national instincts
as the latter? Darley's figures are as unde
niably American as Garvarni'e are French,
or Leech's English, or those of our herd of
pretended draughtsmen, nondescript. We
repeat that this set of volumes shodld be in
every library. Messrs. Elias Barr Sr. Co.,
are the authorized agents for Lancaster
county. We invite attention to their adver
tisements in another column.
Rte" ]:haven't you finished scaling that
fish yet, Sam?" "No, Master, 'tis a very
large one." "Why, you have had time to
scale a mountain."
THE Nrw Your. Wrrittr.—Newspaper
enterprise, if it take the proper: direction
will sommand success, The taste of the
public demands, tie a source of entertain
ment, a weekly paper devoted toitglit liter
ature and general amusement and infoma-
ACM. The ilfrw YORK WEEKLY perfectly
supplies this demand, and is consequently
obtaining a, very' extended circulation
through Out the country. Fur further infor
mation in regard to its character see adver
tisement in another part of the Spy.
ANECDOTES Or SCOTTISH Lira AND CHARACTER.
—As an illustration of the scotch taste for
sermons on dogmatic divinity, and the pure
Ina rrow ofspecolati ve theology, Mr. Ramsey
relates a good' anecdote. One clergyman at
least was in the habit of preaching on the
distasteful and vulgar subjects of practical
life and home morality; but an ancient
dame, whose tastes lay in discussions on
predestination and essays on free will, re
marked on the preacher. "If there's an ill
ter. in a' the Bible, that creator's sure to
talc it." Few tales better illustrate the
fervor of Jacobite feeling than the following:
Mr. Sterling of Kier, a strung Stuartite, at
tended a secret meeting at the Brig of Turk
in 1708. The Government was very anx
ious to discover the leaders. Kier was sus
pected, but the miller of Kier swore posi
tively and distinctly that the Laird was not
present. As i' was generally known that
Kier was present, the witness of course was
asked bow he could swear to so downright
a falsehood. "The miller, quite undaunted
and with a feeling of confidence in the
righteousness of his cause approaching the
sublime, replied, •'I would rather trust my
soul to God's mercy than trust Kier's head
to their hands.'"
The Dean, with very natural predilection,
does not mind having a sly fling at his Pres
byterian brethren; but we must do him the
justice to say that none of hie- stories are
ill-natured, and it is reasonable enough that
Scotch humor should often find the old min
ister either the hero or the narrator of the
story. Thus a minister in the north, re
turning thanks in his prayers one Sabbath
for an excellent harvest, began as usual—
"o Lord, we thank Thee, &c.," and went
on to mention its abundance and its safe
ingatherings; but, feeling anxious to be
quite candid and scrupulously truthful, he
added—"all except a few fields between
this and Stonehaven, not worth mentioning."
A Scotch preacher being sent to a country
parish, was accommodated in the manse but
in a very small. closet. On inquiring, "Is
this the bed room?" ho was answered
"Deed ay, sir, this is the prophet's cham
ber." "It mann be for the MINOR prophets,
then."
Speaking of these reminds us of an Ox
ford story. An under graduate, "weak in
his divinity," was asked, "Which are the
minor prophets?" His reply was respect
ful to the authors of the Bible, but it was
a respect which had evidently kept bias at
a distance from holy writ;—"Well, he did
not like to draw distinctions." But we
must return to Dean Ramsay's volume.—
Skirra n seceding minsiter of Fife, ex
pounding llGth Psalm came to the verse—
"l said in my haste all men are liars;" and
he added, not quite inaudibly, "Indeed,
Dauvid, an' ye had been i' this parish, ye
might have said it at your lcesure." An
other minister, engaged in visiting, knocked
at a door where his modest tap could not be
heard for the noise of a violent quarrel
within. After waiting a little he opened
the door, and walked in, and somewhat
pompously inquired, I should like to know
who is the head of this house? "Weel, sir,
said the husband, if ye sit down a wee,
we'll maybe be able to tell ye, for we're just
tryin' to settle that point." Another, far
from a popular, and far from a brief, preach
er, being asked, by way of hint, of the in
tolerable length of his sermons, if he did
not feel tired after such long preaching, re
plied, "Na, na, I'm no tired; but, Lord: boo
tired the foulk whiles arc."
A Der.r.t.mr TnEoi.n Scuoot.—Amongst
the des ths in Paris, to be recorded without
being deplored, is that of the once-renowned
duellist Choquart, who died in the hackney
coach which was conveying him to the Has.
pital St. Louis. No ono knew whence he
came, nor who were his ancestors, but it was
generally supposed that he must have be
longed to one of the great families of emigres
who fled at the time of the Revolution; for
immediately after the Restoration he was
admitted amongst the pages of the Tnilleries
through the protection of the Duchess de.
Berry. At the revolution of 1830 be was in
the Gerdes du Corps, and at the dispersion
of that body took to literature as the only
resource to obtain a living. Although the
greatest duellist of modern times, Choquart
confessed himself singularly unfortunate in
his speculations of this nature, for out of
thirty duels he fought during his life he was
worsted nine-and-twenty times, and only
' once succeeded in wounding his adversary.
Numerous are the anecdotes, most of them
laughable, which arc told of his belliger
ent humor. One day, being at the Cafe des
Mille Colonnes, he perceived his opposite
neighbor busy in the perusal of the Consti-
tutionnel; a paper to which he always most
strongly objected. "Monsieur," said he,
bending across the table, and speaking in a
voice trembling with rage, "When you have
done with the •Cherivari.' " "Ilia the Con-
stitutionnel, Monsieur," replied the reader.
without looking up, Choquart pretended
not to have beard, and renewed the question,
"Monsieur, when you have dune with the
Charivari." "But, sapristi, Monsieur, it
is the Constitutionnel, I tell you." Again,
did Choquart renew the question, until at
length he bawled out, unable longer to con
tain his fury, and tearing the paper from
the hand of the astonished +stranger, said,
"Do you make me out a liar? I say Cheri
vari, and you answer me Coastitutioonel.—
If I tell a lie, wo had better fight the mat
ter out at once." This time, fighting with
pistols, Choqoart got hit in the knee, from
which he suffered a weakness to the day of
his death; and although constantly remind
ed of his imprudence by this lanieness, end
having been likewise sensed beneath a
pump fur fifteen successive mornings by a
peaceful sensible individual, who refused
to fight, and treated him in this manner
every time he presented himself before him
to call him out, yet he has gone to the grave
covered with the scars acquired in this kind
of warfare.—Letter from .Paris.
Tics Peals Mottatra.—.4 most significant.
edifice, and whose tinter appearance is
singularly in consonance w,i4llollthejmages
which arise in the mind At; mention of Hr .
name, is the the Morgue. crrthe morning':
of our visit there lay on those ! long used but
still senseless slabs of,stoneireitr unclaimed
bodies. One was that of alittle child, with
horribly swelled limbs and' distorted fea
tures—evidently at the limit of its• alloted
time, and yet unrecognized by any -loving
care; another was an old woman, somethree
score years and ten, whose worn and weary
limbs at last found. rest; the third was a
large, powerfully-built man of middle age,
and with a frame of iron; and the fourth
,was a young man of singularly handsome
face and delicate figure, whose long, dark
hair lay thrown back from his pale, serene
face, us if he was only sleeping. lle had
been brought in but an hour or two before.
It is a sad place to visit, yet there isa world
of solemn meaning in the Morgue.
That little, square stone building, in the
very heart of Paris, has held the key to
thousands of fearful tragedies and sad
histories, and has been the resting place of
many a broken and betrayed heart,—the
last scene in many a career of violence:and
crime. The ex - post/Tea the bodies, else so
repulsive to the feelings, answers two ad
mirable purposes, which 'redeem it from
much of its painfulness. By the recogni
tion of the body, the friends of the deceased
may claim it for burial, and assure them
selves of a fate which otherwise might have
forever remained in uncertainty; and by an
involuntary emotion many a criminal has be
trayed his connection with crime that might
elselhavegone "unwhipt ofjustice." So effi
cacious has this system oldetectien preyed,
that officers of justice are always present to
watch the countenances and manners of all
who come to look at the dead. They be
come through practice, extremely expert at
discovering signs of guilt; and many a fear
ful story is told, which the Morgue has been
the means of bringing out of darkness into
light. It stands on the small island which
was once the city of Paris, and is now only
the little heart to the vast and active body
and limbs of the immense metropolis. The
sacred shadow of the grand Cathedral of
Notre Dame falls like a mantle over the
hideous Morgue, as if to protect it in some
degree from a too loathsome dread. It is
well to turn away from the sad spectacle
of death to outer within the portals of that
grand old church; and the picture of those
wretched corpses fades away, as we lift our
eyes up to its lofty arches, and hear the
solemn but hopeful tones of its mighty
organ peal throng the vast area.
SCOTTISH SERVANTS IN OLDEN TIME.—The
charge these old domestics used to take of
the interests of the family, and the cool way
in which they took upon, them to protect
those interests, sometimes led to provoking,
and sometimes very ludicrous exhibitions of
importance. A friend told me of a dinner
scene illustrative of this sort of interference
which had Happened at Airth in the last
generation. Mrs. Murray, of Abercairney,
bad been amongst the guests, and at din
ner one of the family noticed she was look
ing for the proper spoon to 'help herself
with salt. The old servant, Thomas, was
appealed to, that the want might be sup
plied. He did not notice the appeal. It
was repeated in a more peremptory man
ner: "Thomas, Mrs. Murray has not a salt
spoon;" to which he replied most emphati
cally—" Last time Mrs. Murray dined here,
we lost a salt spoon."
I have heard of a old Forfarshire lady,
who, knowing the habits of her old and
' spoilt servant when she wished a note to be
taken without loss of time, held it open and
read it over to him, saying, "There, noo,
Andrew, ye ken a' that's in't; noo dinna
stop to open it, but just; send it Or." Of
another servant when sorely tried by an
unaccustomed bustle and hurry, a very
amusing anecdote has been recorded. His
mistress, a woman of high rank, who had
been living in much quiet and retirement
for some time, was called upon to entertain
a very large party at dinner. She consult
ed
with Nichol, ti-r faithful servant, and all
the arrangements were made for the great
event. As the company were arriving, the
lady saw Nichol running about in great
agitation, and in hie shirt sleeves. She re
monstrated, and said as the guests were
coming in he must put on his coat. "In
' deed, my lady," was his excited reply,
"indeed, there's sae muckle finning here
there, that I'm just distrackit. lute cast'n
my coaat and waist-coaat, and faith I dinna
ken how lang I can thole (bear) my breeks."
There was a waggish old man-cook at
Duntrune for sixty years, and during three
generations of its owners. In 1795, when
his master was skulking, John found it
necessary to take another service, and hired
himself to Mr. Wedderburn, of Pearsie; but
be wearied to get back to Duntrune. One
day the Laird of Pearsie observed him put
ting a spit through a peat (it may have
been for the purpose of cleaning it,) be that
as it may, the Laird inquired the reason for
so doing, and John replied, "Indeed, sir, I
am just going to roast a peat, for fear I
forget my trade." At the end of the two
years he returned to Duntrune, where he
continued to exercise his calling till near
the close of his life.—Ramsay's Scottish
Life and Character.
CAN'T DANCE IN "Mt."—A dances who,
in Italy, had risen to the very clouds, cams
to realm his debug in Paris. He demands the
introduction, in the ballet in which be is to
appear, of a pas which was worth avalanches
of Bowers to him at Milan and at Naples.
They comply. The general rehearse/
comes; but this dame tune, foe one reason
or another. had been copied a tone higher
than in the original ecore.
They oommence; the dimmer bounds up tti
the sky; pitches about an instant, then
descends to the earth.
"In what key are you playing gentle ,
men?" says be, suspending for a while his
flight. "It seems to me that hay. piece far
tigues me more, than usual."
"We are playing in mi."
"My astonishment is gone. Please to
transpose this allegro, and make items tone
lower; /eau aoly dance it in so."
Cam; SAD Eseucauso as
Why , ,is a boy with a , dfitypidated• found
atiott ;his .pantaloonslik,e T.' 3V. Evan;
Esqi? 33ecause he keeps:ids dti,goods (s)
tore.
said toy like" a careless land
lord? Beeauselre doesn-'*:`collect his rents.
Why 'is lie like a nlitnnho: alternate
ly sirears with another,;il,a2,43tarrel? Be
cause he has ardp in his
_turu t aleat!Lna.,.
Why is he like a 'bitrifir ok Sugar
where the barrel is , very 1 tirgit and thiiii - oh;
tity of sugar eery small? Because there ig
a great deal of tare and very little neat l
If you remove the letter Ac -frond tke
alphabet, why js . said alphabet-like -..44,maiat
on a windy day? Because it MIS 4, nary
time, (An airy time.) '
Why •ie an old borne - Tot ppto sale
like an errand boyY—Because he'll go for
what he'll fetch.
Why is a coop-full of chickens et ap
agricultural exhibition like a beautiful sep
ulchre? Because " 'tis fair without and
foul within."
fierA New York milkman somewhat re.
semblea tho whale that swallowed Jonah,
for he takes a great prophet (profit) out or
the water.
HARDLY a CLIANCE.—An editor and a
young school-mistress were engaged in con
versation the other day, when the following.
passed between them:—
Editor—" Mies—, when are you going
to get married?"
School-mistress--'Well, I don't •knOw;
the first chance I get!' •
Editor—" Well," as that's my intention,
suppose we marry?"
School-mistress—" Well, I don't know'
whether that would be a chance or not"
The editor acknowledged himself "in be
low the ford."
48rThe Evening Post produces the fol
lowing verse:
WALL Irriattr—lx EPIGRAM.
At the head of the street the lawyers sore found,.
At the foot, on the river, the vessels alsound, '
Fly—stranger—oh, fly! to some safe retreat,
For there'd craft on the river and craft in the street:
The reply of the "stranger" sets the
slanderer right, and does justice to all par—
ties:
Pray why should I shun either lawyers otifleet?
:•otne honesty ell must allot 'cm
For the luwvers are just at the top of the street,
And the vessels are just at the bottom!
rtElt-Sonce one . has remarked somewhere;
that it is a ludicrous eight to behold a phys
ician 7itterading his patient's funeral: it
looks so like a tailor taking home• his
work.
IM-A dull parson cornered wfanmer who
he seldom saw at his ministrations, by ask
ing him directly, after a little reproof of his
in of omission:
Another iltstance of Tape Worm cured by the use of
DR. AFLANE'S CELEBRIII'ED VERM/FLIOE
PREPARED BY FLEMING BROS.
Z,aw YORK, October 15, 1852-
This is to certify that I was troubled with a tape
worm (at more than six months. I tried all the known
remedies for this dreadful affliction, but without toeing
able to destroy it. I got one of Dr. M'Lanes Almanacs,
which contained notices of several wonderful cares
that had been performed by his celebrated Vermifuge,
prepared by Fleming Bros. I resolved to try it; and.
immediately purchased a bottle, which I took accord,
Mg to directions; add the recoil was, I discharged one
large tape worm, measuring more than a yard, besides
a number of small ones. AIRS. M. scan',
IJ7 - Purchasers will be careful to atit. rot Th.
Itict/..NE'S CELEBRATED VERMIFUGE, manu
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other Vermifuges in comparison are worthless. Dr.
11FLane's genuine Vermtfug,e, also, his celebrated
Liver Pills, can nnw be bad at all respectable d rug
stores. None genuine without the signature of
Oct. 15 18,9. I IT 3 1 VL.IiIM.ING BROS.
MEDICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES.
For a long time a certain class of diseases
have baffled the skill and practice of the most
eminent members of the regular medical fair
ulty. Foremost among these we might in
stance epilepsy or falling fits. Happily now by
the skill and inventive genius of an eminent
chemist of Baltimore, Md., this disease has
been brought within the means of a cure. We
allude to the preparation called the Vegetable.
Extract Epileptic Pills, invented and prepared
by Dr. Seth S. fiance, of 108 Baltimore street,
Baltimore, Md. Since their discovery many
persons who had given up ail hope of ever being
cured, have been reefored to the full enjoy
ment of health. Prominent among these we
might enntneraie Mr. Harrison Lightfoot, of
Huntsville, Alabama. Mr. L. has suffered as
much from Epilepsy, as any other person in the
world: never knowing what it was to pass a
week without having an attack, and often fall
ing in the streets of Huntsville. He is now
fully restored and has not had an attack for
more than a year, Dr. Hance's Pills hive
been the sure cause of this cure. These pills.
also cure all modifications of Fits, Spasm*,
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sons of wea k nerves. Dr. Hance sends then:
to any part of ae country on the receipt of ar
remittance. Price, one box, $3; two, $5;
twelve, $24. Address Seth S. Hance, 10/1
Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md.
Oct. 8,1859.1 m
The heavens were illuminated on the evening of
August 29th, 1850, by the most splendid Aurora
Borealis ever seen in the Country. Rays of pawn
colored light flashed across the sky, and the changes
were beautiful in the extreme. At one lime • rapt
observer remarked, that he fancied he could see the
sparkling lig:its form themselves into the following
word.: Buy all your garments at the Brown Stone
Clothing Hall of Rockhill 603 and 605
Chestnut et., above Sixth, Philadelphia.
September 10.18510.
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