tr... 1 ~ . ..arse ,X tics,: all over its bottom.— Art.ss;iic: MONTHI.T.—The A.tlantie fur
fits prose - sit, c`stilliiii....l•Tiir 'age• i lhis c )1 , - , 1
April enntains„the conclusion of Itr. llolmee
"•(-4.• teen J*ll4 of the oeenn tti with it I "Profeit7Or'.;gtery,'" already issued in book
ao.iiick, e.4l,isaing of organisms as delicate I forin nnder'the title of Elsie Veneer. We
~ tow-ft...it, and to light in Abe Water SA I part with the "Professor" relucts.ntly,,tbut
,lown i• in the air The tooth of running our regret is tempered by the knowledge
v.-ater is .very sharp S. how Ito. Niagara that Ur. Ilolises Will still appear in each
(teas 44.14 its way LbXatig,h I•ts. - -1 niter 'abet. of , succeeding "Atlantic" in prose and terse.-
solid rat*. Bat - what is the Ninttelt. with llt i 4 Cfl'annotin* by the publishers. They
sea the fresh water courses .S the world, by I alto announce for May the opening number
the side of the great currents of ocean?— lof a new tale by Mrs. Stowe. The - perfect-
And what is - the pressure of fresh waters up- i ness of the poeserrt admirable number is
.cin river beds in comparison with the ores- I only exceeded by the promise of the next.—
sure of ocean water upon the bottom of the, En the hands of Messrs. Ticknor ..t. Fields
deep sea? It is not-so great by contrast as I the "Atlantic" is bravely sustaining its orig.
the gutters in the streets are to the cataract.
Then why have not the currents of the sea
sworn its bottom away? Simply 'because
they are not permitted to get down to it.—
An ,The .1 . .1Y;i• Round.
Cle entantiJia, grits.
t..
SATURD.kI7, 31Alte11 30, IS6I
jite`SCE NEW ADVERM-EMENT OF A. M.
RA sito j A,O.u.D Fet.upws' rim, ru-iLtv's
P4PER:
t.l:7"'See Fenctrich S firts' tidy, rtisement in
paper. Theirs is the largest Vi - hotesale
and gaol! Tobacto, &gar andSnojj Manufac
tory in the State.
Im - "-We take plea.are in calking the nt
tentiol of Milliners &c.. to the Straw and
Leer. Goods flottse of 11. NVard'a, Nos. P - )3,
103 S; un - N. Second Street, Philadelphia;
whose adv. appears in another Column.
9:ft AD VEUTISLIIM.—George Seibert has
purchased the establishment (of Caper Soi
l:ant and will continue the business of cabi
net making, at the old stand. The now prr
rrietor will no doubt give satisfaction to the
toblic, and we ask for him a liberal encour
agement, as a deserving beginner, who will
work Lis ‘c.ty up by untiring industry, and
unceasinz, enrts to please.
!Jess S Mitchell is the .iyle of a new firm
in the coal bugine.:s. G. Hess has asso
ciated wi‘h himself Gcarge Mitchell. and
the business will he c mtinued at Mr. ilcss'
, old stand, foot of Canal 11,Isin. Both gen
tleman arc well known in Columbia, and
need no recuaoncndation as reliable bind ne.s
anon. Wo wis:t them sud!es..
Miss M. E. Green° will open a F elect
school on the Sth of April. in tho brick
school house, Third street below Perry.—
Ifer advertisement will be found in another
column.
G. M. Clawgos advertises the opening of
a select school on Monday, April 13th, in
the school house, Third and Perry.
Goodridge, the well known Photographer
of York, has taken the gallery opposite the
Spy office, formerly occupied by Jolley, and
offers his services to the citizens of Colum
bia. Goodridgo has a reputation as a pho
tographic artist. lie has been familiar with
the business in all its progressive stages,
from the infancy of dagaerrootyping to its
present high perfection, and his experience
has not been wasted. Ile is known as the
best operator in York, where he has long
been established, and his pictures invaria
bly give satisfaction. Ito will now give the
citizens of Columbia an opportunity to test
his quality. If° has first class op:means,
and can turn out pictures from the minutost
medallion to life size. See hi, advertise
ment.
Thomas Welsh announces n large supply
of choice hares, shoulders, &c.. &., at his
grocery, opposite the out-let lock„ Canal
Basin. Give him a call.
THE VIRST ot Arm t.—The melancholy
day has come, the sad lest of the year; that
is, on Monday it will have come, and gone.
(and may the Devil go with it, for an ill
omened, nnwelcome, tight-fisted, griping,
colicky day, as it is to all poor devil., at the
head of which category of course stands the
printer.) which is exactly the same thing.
Sunlay, blessed day of peace and rest,
Come, between, to-be-sure, but it can cnly,
serve as a breathing time—the brief respite
granted for repentance before execution—as
a day for worldly preparation for the yearly
reckoning, day it might at well not be: few I
men who go to bed this night with a shiver
of apprehension fir the caning of M today
morning will wake up to that dread settle
meat pecuniarily in ire comfortable for the
intervention of one day of grace. It .Isigta
ton mmy may learn mercy some, we
will; but we fear many a mind will
wander from the text to-morrow and resolve
itself into a Committee of Ways and Means.
Many otherwise well informed persons
indulge in the to IN imaccoantable d e lusion,
that the first of April never cones for the
printer. 14 it that he is on so low n rung
of Fortune's laddar th it no one will trust
him, an I ho cannot by any p)ssibility it tve
a day of reckoning? or is it that his trouser
Pockets so overflow with currency that he
can of choice, always pay as he goes? Not
the latter WI; can testify. We still have
some tatters of credit loft, and we would
gladly preserve our standing; but to du this
it is necessary th it we shall too the mark
some day--u by not nit the first of April as
well as another? We are very willing, and
it is said that nhere there is a will there's
way. The only way we can devise is in
bring Our delinquents op to the toark. We'
have a vast number of ,math bills on our
books --subscription prin•:ipally-- which
grow gradually. an I now in the aggregate, '
'although each one'but a trifle, form a very
iespecttible fund for a young man to face
the first of April with. It is only necessary
nor friends should call at the ,c'ity (Ate
-=everyttritly knows the'road —end each lay
down, in *bele dr part, the am mat of his
'lndebtedness. It will save us mach weary
leg labor, much wear and tear 4r temper,
'arid Our delinquents much persistent. tie
illuffable,'not-to-bc-said-nav dunning, fir to
"thi; cots' Aesion must it come at last, unless
out:good frlendf will voluntarily come for- I
ward to the rescue. We dislike appeals,
personal or through our column., to the
pockets of our subscribcrs, but with the
"Flasr" impending (sword of I.—mocics,
and all that sort of thing: yea know.) we
cu thl almost , bin the Fheritf.
inal reputation
Lcsmes' Monmix.—Rather be
hind time tleis month comes Frank Leslie's
entertaining Monthly. It is running over
with the usual eta, and is rich in every in
gredient —illustrauhin, romance, poetry, inn
and fastrion. For literature which enter
tains and never by any chance bores we
commend Frank Leslie. It is the very read
ing for the coming lazy days of Spring,
when the sluggish body can best be kept
alive by sparkling Mental aliment, such a.:
this monthly furnishes, Published by
Frank Leslie, IO City Hall Squate, New
York.
Aarnurt's Iloms MAI:Am:F.—The April
number of this periodical has been received.
It is of the usual pleasing. character—ra.
tied, and interesting in all its departments.
ft is a monthly descrying general support,
1%1 Ken ANics' AVE' INVESTORS' A LIIANAe.—
Fowler h Well., New York, send us a con
venient little pamphlet, containing, a con
siderable amount of valuable information
condensed into the form of tables, which
will be found of assistance to mechanic., in
ventors,
Congressional
ToresnAv, 31.tamt'2I-r.—ln the Senate,
Mr. Bayard continued his speMt on Mr.
Douglas' resolution. Mr. Douglas il Ili an
nounced his intention to reply to the recent
speech of Mr. 13reekinrid l y,:-.:.
Mosnar, f2f2N D. —ln th: Senate, Mr. 'Bay
ard, of Delaware, concluded his speech on
Mr. Douglas' resolution. Mr. Ilene, of
Wisconsin, followed in an argument against
the passage of the resolution, and the Sen
ate then went into Executive session.
ISAMU) tv, .2.:lnn.—The Senate elezted Mr.
Foote President pro telopore. Mr. Sherman
presented his, credentials as Senator from
Ohio and took his seat. After an attempt
to elect Sergeant-at-Arms, Door-keeper and
Assistant Door-keeper, the Senate went into
Executive session.
Most.tr, 4 25vn.—In the Senate, Mr. Pow
ell submitted a resolution ca•ling for the
correspondence of Major Anderson with the
War Department during his command at
Fort Sumter. Mr. Howe resumed and con
cluded his speech. Mr. Douglas replied to
Mr. Howe, and a running debate ensued --
Mr. Douglas concluded by replying to some
portions of the recent speech of Mr. Breck
inridge: the latter then obtained the floor,
and the Senate then wont into Executive
session.
Trcso‘v, 21.111.--In the Senate, Mr
Breekinridge replied to the speech of Mr.
Douglas. The speech indicates that Mr.
Dreckinridge is rapidly assuming a position
so extreme that he must inevitably be ear
tied into the ranks of the secessionist... Mr.
Douglas replied, contending that the lZe
publicans had abandoned their Territorial
dogma and adopted that of non-intervention,
and that the Southern States now in the
Union had no just cause of complaint. The
Senate then went into EzecutiVe
It is understood that the session will be
closed to-day.
WEDNESDIV, 27ru. —The Senate in lise-
CIIIIVC session confirmed a number of nomi
nations, among which c: ere P. P. Holloway
as Commissioner of Ntents. Charles Lee
Armour, of Md., Associate :Justice for Col
orado Territory, and Hiram Barney, Collec
tor of Castoms at New York. After coming
out of executive session a tunning debate
took place on a resolution -übmitted hr Mr.
Breckinridge, recommending and advising
"the removal of the United States troops
from the limits of the Confederated States."
The Senate finally found itself-without a
quorum and adjourned.
Tuurtsovr, 28Tit.--4.fter a short discus
sion the Senate went into Executive Session.
! 4.fterward. a message wax sent to the Pres
, ident informing him th t the Senate was
prepared to adjourn, unless he had further
communications to make. The answer he
log received the Senate adjourned mine die.
The Viiginia Convention on Tuesday
night. rejected, nays 78, ayes noneAhe pro- i
position of Mr. 11411, of Wetzel. to substitute!
the Constitution of the Confederated States
for the report of the Committee on Federal
I:elution& On Wednesday the Convention ;
also rejected, ayes 37, nays 40, a motion to
amend the first resolution of the Committee's
report, so as to present en ultimatum to the
North on the slavery cinestion. A motion
was then made to amend the resolution
which declares that the States %rem inde
pendent sovereignties when they formed the
Federal Government, by the addition of the
vrords "and still arc," du as to assert their
continued sovereignty. The amendment
C''nnvention. I aims debated up to the hour of recess. A
Tho miss"iiri na"Pte` i inotim to do:A the debate ...II Monday next
the firtd five of the resolutions adopted by n.„
The News.
The Arimmsas Convention. after toting
suwu nn ordinance of secession, agreed, as
a compromise measure, to submit to the •
people two prJpositions, one a secession or
dinance. the other resolution+ of a Union'
tendency. Upon these proposition+ the peo
ple arc to vote in August neat. The news
of the rejection of the seees+ion ordinance
was received at Fort Smith and Van Buren
With great rejoicing. Thu Convention also
appointed delegates to the Border State
the majority. An nmentiment to the third
The Lotisiena Convention !ae a resole
, resolution. declaring that in the event of n.
tem beforeit declaring in favor of "entire
failure t adiest the slavery que.tion,
! free trade" with the Western Stater, sterol
v.uri will not hesitate to take her stand in
' favor of her Southern brethren," was voted 1 and free, by the Confederated States.
down, yeas C 2, nays GO. The fifth reeolu- Governor llouetnn still Clllllll3 to be the
!,
,
lion was amended so as to recommend the Chief Executive of Taxa and has published !
an address to the people protesting against
I adoption by the Administration o f . n peace!
; the action of the Convention. The Logisla
policy and an aroidance of civil war. A
tore hail reaseembled and confirmed the ac:
resolution providing for an adjournment'
until December next was also adopted. tion of the Convention deposing Governor
Alvicem from Texas, received via Now I Muster:. The steamers General Busk and
1
Orleane, et.te that Governor Houston and?aniel %Webster sailed from the Brazos on
the Secretary of State refused to appeitr on ' the 20th ult. with the Unites ' States troops
the lath icetant, before the Convention, at on hosed. The Indians are devastating the
I.tuttin, and take the oath according to sum-
i frontiers, killing and driving back the set
mons nerved upOn them. The other Stateltlers.
officer aPp'eared and took the oath. - Private account. from New Nlesico state
tenant Governor Clark was to assume the !that the Texas Commissioners have met
Governor's powers on the 14th. and it war i with but little successin the endeavor to in
not' known what altelhor Houston would duce that Territory to recede from the nai.
.1 , ;fel mos in 1.117 e numbc.r• were on the tel
frontiers. and the Contention was taking
defensive +ettresegaidat them. liy way:
of ArkansaiVWe alio ieCeirefrtS'vicei froei
Western Texas. A. numlienof Baited States
Officers had resigned; the i:roOps were disor-,
Ei3ilized and short of supplies ilia the Quar
ter Master's departmentnikt of funds. The.
troops Irad ceased. to de ,duty and were
a:Waiting means !sic traiisticirtatina .to the
eastward.
The Louisiana Convention refused to con
sider a resolution providing for the publica
tion of the election returns on the co-opera
tion and secession question. It has been
repeatedly asserted by the New Orleans pa
pers that the popular majority of the State
Isms against secession! The refusal of the
Convention to permit the publication of the
returns may be taken as confirmatory of
this assertion.
Great Britain has proposed to refer the
San Juan question to the arbitration of
Sweden, Netherlands. or Switzerland. The
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have
reported in favor of the seleit;on of Switzer
land, but the choke has nit yet been cm:-
firmed.
The Texas Convention has consummated
the deposition of Gov. Houston. Gov. ff.
has published an appeal to the people de
nouncing the notion of the Convention.
A despatch from Now Orleans states that
Gen. Bragg, in command at Pensacola, has
issued a proclamation forbidding vessels
from furnishing supplies to the "Federal
war vessels off the coast of the Confederated
States." The explanation of this rather
grandiloquent announcement will probably
be found in the news we publish from Pen
sacola. The inhabitants in that vicinity
have been giving "aid sad comfort to the
enemy" by supplying Fort Piekens and the
vessels off that port with fuel, water and
provisions. Gem Bragg has forbidden the
traffic, and establisho..l a harbor guard.
The Boltimore Conference of the ,Nlethc
dist Episcopal Church in session at Staun
ton, Vu., closed its session on Saturday.—
The Zonference adopted resolutions declar
ing the immediate separation of the Confer
ence from the jurisdiction of the General
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, no account of the new chapter on
slavery. The vote stood for immediate sep
aration eighty-two, declining to vote forty
four. Bishop Scott, the presiding officer of
the Conference, refu-o)d to put the question
on the adoption of the resolutions, and en
tered a protest against the action "as a vio
lation of the order and discipline of the
Methodist Episcopal Church." The resolu
tions in favor of separation also proposes
terms upon which the Conference will re
unite-with the General Conference, and ap
point a Committee of seven to prepare a
pastoral setting forth the grounds and aim
of the action of the Conference.
The organization of the Union party of
Maryland Was initiated at Frederick city on
Tuesday. A largo and eatbusinstic meeting
was held there, at which every district of
Frederick county was represented. Strong
resolutions in favor of the Union were
adopted,and a State Convention to be held on
the of Mal, to form a Union parry for the
State, was recommended. Each county and
Baltimore city is invited to send delegates.
Iron. Andrew Johnson, United States Sena
tor from Tennessee. and lion. J. C. Rives,
of Virginia, were present and received with
much enthusiasm. Senator Johnson made
a telling Union speech.
The President has appointed George W.
Lane as United States Judge of the Northern
and Smthern Districts of Alabama. Us is
a resident of that State and a Union man.
The South Carolina State Convention re
assembled nn Tuesday. A resolution was
offered directing that Major Andrsnn's sup
plies of provisions and mail facilities shall
be cut off. It was postponed until next den
and it is supposed will be voted down.—
, South Carolina being a part of the Confed•
• erated States, it might be imagined that
such measu rev Here exclusively within the
control of President Davis, but then "Sor
t ereign" Conventions are peculiar bodies.—
I t is supposed the Convention w 11 ratify the
permanent Constitution of the Confederacy
by a large majority.
Tho steamer Tennessee, arrived at Now
Orleans, brings later Mexican news. The
country was in a disturbed condition, and
the Constitutional. Government made slow
prowess. It was rumored that a party of
tillibusters had invaded h ewer California.
The project of a Sierra. Madre Republic had
also been revived.
A CHINESE JCGOLER.—We came upon a
1 juggler, a rnhin whom h4Bare'r once seen
ho would have been boisElit the spot
and carried to ilngland !Fr America to as
! tonish - you at borne, as flecertainly did us.
As soon as he iVad cleared a circle with the
old "erring balls" lie .spree the con
tents of his wallet.on the ground, and'strip.
peditiinself tc . OlitOvaist. poor
tEir itiri'ifi'emed to suffer from the'
effects of the tricks he performed. -- Ile-first
of all spoke for about five minutes with all
the volubility of Charles Matthews, evident
ly s o iling sotnething, witty, for the people
round laughed heartily. In the middle of
his harangue, however; he was seized with"
a fit of choking, and after an effort of trying'
to get something out of,his throat drew forth
a little slip of bamboo, likea Lisbon tooth
pick, then another and another, then he
sneezed, and out they came from his nos
trils; then flora his eyes, until he completed
the number of 37, by making one appear
halfway out of each orifice at the same time
and then he threw the lot on the ground for
any one to examine.
Ile nest took three glass balls, about an
inch in diameter, and placing them singly
between his lips, sucking them into his
mouth and swallowed first a red one, then a
blue, and last of all a white one: here was a
little interlude of toothpicks and talking,
after which he -walked gravely round the
ring stopping four times; each time he gave
himself a shake end* jump, when the balls
were distinctly heard to jingle inside of him
On c. mpletirig his round, after several ef
forts, he spat the balls out on the ground in
the same order he had swallowed them, the
red first and the white last. He then took
two more bath, ono of polished steel about
the size of a hen's egg, and another of glass
the same size. These he first let fall on the
ground to show that they were solid, then,
placing them between his lips, swallowed
them like the smaller ones, but with diffi
culty, the ball swelling the throat as it went
down; hero more toothpicks and talking,
while he prepared two swords, about nn inch
wide and twenty long, very like polished
hoop iron, clashed them together to show
they were real, and passed them both down
his throat at once, until they struck tlo balls
with an audible click; withdrawing these,
he placed his hands behind him, and after
several apparently painful trials each ball
arose in the throat and fell from his mouth
to the ground with a heavy thump. Other
tricks ho did, only suited to sl Chinese audi
ence, which I cannot tell you of, but after
his exertions he appeared quite satisfied with
the trifle each threw him.
TIGER Cn tsr BY Basis - .:F.—The following '
account of a tiger chase is extracted from
the North Lincoln Splria.r., a regimental '
paper, published at Graham's
. Town. The
writer, after alluding to his sporting expe
riences of all kinds, and in all quarters of 1
the globe, declares that he never witnessed
so novel or intensely exciting a chase as
that about to be described:—Not long ago
I spent a few days at Fort Brown, a small
military post on the banks of the Great Fish
River, where my friend W. was stationed.—
One evening, as my friend and I were re
turning borne after a somewhat fatiguing
day's buck-shooting, we were startled by
hearing the most extraordinary noises, nut
far from us. It scorned as if all the demons
in the infernal regions had been unchained,
and were amusing themselves by trying to
frighten 113 poor mortals by their horrid yel
ling. We stood in breathless expectation,
not knowing what could possibly be the
cause of this diabolical row, with all sorts of
strange conjectures flashing across our
minds. Nearer and nearer the yelling and
screaming approached, and presently the
cause bee one vissible to our astouished
eyes. Some three or four hundred yards to
our right, upon the brow of a small hill, a
spotted leopard (commonly called, in this
country, n tiger, though much smaller than I
the lord of the In lian jungles) came in %
bounding along with all the spec 1 and
energy of despair, while close Lehi,' I him
folluwel an enormous pack of baboons, from
whose throats procee le 1 the dent iniacal
sounds that had, a few see mds be:ore, so
startlel us. Oar excitement in the chase.
as you may suppose, was intense. 011 went
the tiger, making for the river, the baboon.,
following like avenging demons, and evi
dently gaining ground upon their nearly
exhausted toe, though their exulting yelp
seemed each moment to increase his terrur
and It's speed. They reached the stream,
the tiger still a few yards in advance, and.
with a tremendous bound, he cast himself
into its muddy waters and made for-the op
posite bank. The next moment his pursu
ers, in admirable confusion, were struggling
after him, and as the tiger (now fearfully
exhausted) clambered on the land again,
the largest and strongest of the baboons
were close at his heels, though many of the
pack (the old, the very young, and the
weakly) were still struggling in the water.
Ili a few moments all had passel from our
sight, behind the brow of the opposite bank.
but their increased yelling, now stationary
bobind the hill, told us that the tiger had
met his doom, and that their strong arms
and jaws were tearing him limb from limb.
As the evening was far advanced, ;tad we
were still sonic miles from home, we did
not cross the river to be in at the death; but
licit morning. a Low bones and spattered I
I •
fragments of flesh and skin showed what
I had been the tiger's fate. 01% our return
home we were told by some Batch genee-
I men t4O such hunts aro not uncommon
when a tiger is rash enough to attack the
young baboons, which often happens. All
these creatures, for miles around, assemble
• and pursue their enemy, with relentless
fury, to his death. Sometimes the chase
lasts for days, but it invariably eloaes with
Ithe destruction of the tiger—a striking in.-
stance that the idea of retributive justice is
nut confined to man alone.
Itee—What old Buck enjoys at Wheatland
o..lium elm) Dignitate.
Ihr-Z-To mortis.' men we would strongly
rdomenend one piece of thrift; let them get
gno I quarter% for their !mires.
Tan LEGEND OF SANTA. all:S.—The pop
ular name of the saint who pre sides over
C tiristmati and the toy, gifts ort had welcome
season, is deriied from Saint ;.Nichirlaii.—
The legend of his MI a appearance is on
Italian one.. According to this, a shoe
maker nameitGiraldiocho lived in Ferrara,
was so miserably pohr, that his labrir from
daylo day baielikentlais family/rpm:stair
.
iitition, and he was_
unable to give even a
small dowry to his pretty- daughters.- It
was not thought proper to marry without a
dowry; and thus the young girls, though
each had an ailm:rer, were compelled to re
main single. Their father, however, went
every morning to the shrine to pray to his
patron saint; St. 'Nicholas, that he would
work n.tairacle to relieve him from hi s dis
tress.
One of his nearest neighbors, a. rich mer
chant, who chanced one day to hear his sim
ple petition, ridiculed the idea of his expect
ing the saint to take care of his daughters,
and recommended him to chose a patron
saint who would be able to do something
for him. "Mine," he said, "is the Jew Bu
onajuto; he lends money at two per cent. a
month; and if you know how to manage you
may make four with it. lie is not so deaf
as St. Nicholas."
The poor man was shocked 'at this impi
ous speech, and assured the merchant that
his religious faith could never be shaken.
He went every diiy to church, notWithstand
lug the other's mockery.
It was now Christmas day, when the mer
chant and the Jew settled up their yearly
accounts. Buonajuto found he owe! his
friend three hundred ducats, and wishing to
give him an agreeable surprise,.he ordered
one of the ducks he had carefully" fattened,
to be killed and masted, and then with his
own hands introduced the three hundred
pieces, into the inside, and sewed them up.
Ile then sent the duck to the merchant as a
Christmas present.
The merchant's wife, who 'shared the com
mon prejudices against Jews, declared she
would not touch the duck. and the rich man
resolved to sell it. When Ciiraldi passed
on his way from church, his neighbor, as
usual, bantered him on his devotion, showed
him the Christmas gift his patron Saint had
sent him, and taunted him with the stolidity
of Saint Nicholas, who could not even send
him a piece of bread. Finally. he offered
to sell the duck for a dellar, and to wait for
payment, as he knew Giraldi to be strictly
honest. The shoemaker carried the duck
home, and when he carved it for his Christ
mas dinner, and the three hundred ducats
fell out, his first exclamation was—" Praise
to Saint Nicholas!"
When he recovered from his surprise, he
would have taken the money back, but his
wife persuaded him that, ns he bought the
duck, it was rightfully his own. He there
fore divided the sum between the two suit
ors fur his two eldest daughters.
The merchant, after some days, discov
ered his loss of the three hundred ducats,
and wont to the shoemaker to demand the
money, whiell was refused. The cause
came betore the magistrate, who was a pious
man, and heard with indignation how cru
elly the poor man had been ridiculed about
his religion. His sentence was that Giraldt
should keep the money, and that the mer
chant and the Jew should, besides, toy a
tine for usurious dealing's, of ono hundred
and fifty due its, to be given as a dowry for
the shoemaker's youngest daughter.
The mPaising of this legend is, that a ben
efidi.•nt Providence watches over, and times
care of the poor, who are honest, religious
and truthful. The tradition runs that since
that time St. Nicholas pays a visit, et cry
Christmas night, to all whom he thinks
worthy of his favors. Ile is known alto
gether by the name—Santa Claus.
DEsCRI VTION or .t CO INC•I7. BATTLE.—A
Chinese battle is as good as n farce. Some
of the little fights at Shanghai were very
a nosing. o.re day, when a great many
soldiers were about, I saw more of the com
bst than was p!e Lyon% 'laving got into the
line of fire I was foreel to take shelter be
hind a grave, the bullets striking the grave
fr on each side every second. Why they
came my way it was difficult to discover, fur
they ought to have passed on the other side
of the creek, about twenty yards distrust, to
the people they were intended fur; but to
see the dodging- of the soldiers, then of the
rebels, each trying to evade the other, Was
almost amusing. Ono fellow, ready primed
and loaded, would rush up the side of
the grave hillock, drop his match-lock
over the top, and, without taking aim,
blaze away. There is no ramrod required
for the shut they use; the bullet or bar of
iron is merely dropped in loose upon the
powder. There was a fine scene on an oc
casion when the Shanghai rebels made a
sortie;'one of the men was cut off by an im
perial skirmisher, who had his piece loaded.
'rhe rebel had no time to charge on him, as
he ran round and round a grave, which was
high enough to keep his enemy from shoot
ing him when on the opposite side. llare
hunting is nothing to it. Redcap described
hosts of circles, and the It . C)yalist was fast
getting blown, when the gods took pity on
his wind, for by some unlucky chance the
rebel tripped anff fell. The soldier was at
him in a moment, and, to snake sure of his
prize: put the muzzle of the matchlock to
Redcap's head and fired, and took to his
heels as fast as he could go. It is difficult.
to say who was the most astounded when
.Ir. Redcap did precisely the same. The
bullet that dropped down readily on the
powder fell out as easily when the barrel
was depressed. The rebel gat off with a
good singing of his long hair.
There was frequently, however, some
very ugly wounds; and where surgery is at
such a , liscaunt, the poor wounded must suf
fer most svvercly. Tho Chinese rarely if
e-er amputate. They use strong drawing
plaster to estraet the hall, Tho missionary
hospitals at Canton and Shanghai, under
the able charge of their indefatigable man
agers, Prs. rfobeon and Lockhart, as alsr•
that under the good care of Dr. Parker, late
Plenipotentiory . for the United States to
China, did great good. Indeed, it is impos
sible to tell chat grand , results mar follow
the leboti of these gentlemen.- T'so hospi
tals were often crowdc4 with wounded, Sold
iers chiefly being benefitted by their skill.
There were frail:fent fisiitts close to'_Dr.
Lockhart's hospital, and'Aren of boti4ar
ties had been carried,thitbeir. Dr. Hobson
received upwards ief 1,000 Canton soldiers,
and his reputation is far ;spread. Even the
mandarins have deigned' to notice his *id.
True to their usurd - :policy towards foreign
ers, they give the barbarian no ;credit;- ut;
his services were : SO .: great flint 'they could
not be passed over, so--they selected ,a-Chi
nese hid, who was a sort of medical pupil
and paid assistant at the hospital, and dub
bed him a mandarin of the sixth rank. A
grant of land fur a hospital would have done
much more good.— Twelve Years in China.
How 'MURDERERS ARE TRACKED IN PRANCE.
—Our readers will recollect the terrible
murder of a solitary passenger in a railway
car in France, a few months since. A third
class passenger in a train, saw a man, who
is known to have been the murderer, sl ring
from the cars whilst they were yet in mo
tion, as they drew near the station of Nuis
sy-le-Sec. The fugitive, then supposed to
he merely a passenger desirous to avoid
paying his fare, left the print of his foot in
the sand near the railway track. An exact
impression of his foot mark was taken, a
few hours subsequently, by the following
ingenious process: A sort of gridiron made
of wire was placed over the imprint an inch
from the ground. On this gridiron was de
posited a thin sheet of tin, covered with
burning charcoal. In a short time the
ground beneath was heated to the desired
extent. The gridiron was then removed,
and with the uid of a hair sieve, the im
print was sprinkled with a layer of stearine
reduced to an impalpable powder, by disso
lution in alcohol and suddenly immersed in
cold water.
The powder obtained by the precipitation
of this mixture is so light that its fall does
not change the position of a grain of sand.
As soon as it touched the hot ground it
melted and disappeared. The soil was then
given time to cool, after which the imprint
fully impregnated with stet.rine, was dug
up, entire, and placed upon a square piece
of cloth, whose corners were then gathered
together so as to form a kind of sack.
Moulding plaster was then poured upon the
imprint, and the operation was complete - .
Such is the accuracy of this process, that it
not only reproduces the pill" outline of a
foJt, or its covering, but o minute par
ticularity. If a bare foot, it shows the ex
act shape of the sole, and the relatNe po.i
tion of the toes; if a boot or shoe, the amount
of wear sustained by the sole and heel, the
number of nails, etc. These seemingly in
significant circumstances are frequently of
the greatest value to the ends justice, and in
some instances are terrible proofs against
criminals who suppose that nu evidence ex
ists to convict them.
Diamonds
The most profound adamantologist in the
world is the Duke of BriTn;twick. He has in
his possession three millions of dollars worth
of diamonds. Ile has just published a cat
alogue of his diamonds, and in the appendix
there is a notice of the most celebrated dia
moods in the world. This catalogue num
berA not less than 2GS quarto pages. It
gives, with greet detail, a list at his white
transparent, first white, seemid tvliite, steel
white, blue white, light blue, black blue,
light yellow, bright yellow, amber yellow,
strew, champagne, deep rose, rosy, light
rose, opalescent, pomegranate, violet, green
ish, green, sea-green, brown, light brown, I
deep brown, dusk black, opaque black, Lon
don log, sandy, frosty, black spotted, crack
ed, split, scratched, ill cut, uncut, square,
round, oval, oblong, octagon, pointed, pig
eon eyed, almond, Chinese eyrtd diamonds.
It relates how this, once adorned a Turkish
sable, flint, a royal dladem, nnotlier, an im
periled collar, a third a Grand Electoral hat;
this black diamond was an idol's eye, that
brilliant rosy diamond was taken from tho
Emperor Bober, nt Agra, in 1256, (it weighs
41 carats, and is worth $69,000,) those were
the waistcoat buttons of the Emperor Don
Pedro: this diamond ring, with the Stuart
coat of arms and the cypher "M. 5.," be
longed to Mary Queen of Scots; that pair of
ear-rings hung once nn Marie Antoinette.—
The Duke of Brunswick has in his posses
sion fifteen of the ninety known diamonds
weighing thirty-six carats, but he has r.ot a
diamond worth $200,000. He has plenty of
diamonds, worth $20,000, $30,000, $45,000
a piece; he has two worth $60,000 each, one
worth $70,000, and one worth $80,000; but
ho hasn't one worth $200,000. Be is in
treaty now for two diamonds, one of which
is worth $232,000 and the other $650,000,
anti which rank in the order of precedence
established by adamantologists in the sixth
rank, which is next after the Regent's din
mono, and the former in the eighth rank,
that is, next after the Orluff diamond of Rus
sia, ht his list of celebratid diamonds he
places in the front rank a brilliant white
diamond, weighing two hundred and fifty
carats. and belonging to some East India
prince, and worth $2,500,000; next Collies
the Koh i noor which weighs IS6 carats, and
which he sets down as worth $1,383,840;
next comes the Rajah of Matara's (Borneo)
diamond, it is of the most beautiful water
conceivable; the Governor of Tlatavia offer
ed the Rauh $150,000, two brigs of war
I armed, equipped and provisioned for six
months, and a large quantity of cannon
balls, powder and congreve rockets; the
Rajah refused them all, and preferred keep
ing his diamond, which passes for a tails
mutt: it is worth $2,539,455. Next comes
the Great Mogul, which is of a beautiful
rove color, and or, the shape and size of half
a hen's egg, it is worth $784.000, according
to the Duke of Brunswick's calculation,
though Tavernier, the traveller, sets it down
as being worth $2,344,655, the Regent's dia
mond of France (and which, by the way, be
longed to Lord Chatham's grandfather, who
brought it front India, concealed in the heel
of his shoe,) comes only in the fifth rank:
weighs 136} carats—it is v. , rth $739,840;
it is the purest diamond Ict,-tv;-; it required
two soma to cut it; bc- . -r- :• was cut it
weight l 410 r•nr.i . <: LL^ p il in gs of it
were i' id fir $44.1.000.
The Duke of Brunswick says the Orloff
diamond of Russia is wortfl only $314,360.
and not $18,516,580, as some persons have
pretended; and he says the Nancy diamond
which• Prince Paul DetnidoLpurchased at
the - price of $400,000, is worth only $29,160
but then the Du ke of Brunswick reckons its
historical value as nothing, although it once
adorned the sword of Charles the Bold, was
fourid'after his deatl. on the battle field of
Nancy. was sold• in Switzerland, carried to
Portnal and sold, there belonged to King
AntiniKto.llenry III:;-)yits_pwallowed by a
tioblernarito whom h C , 'eonflifed it—swallowed
by the faithful noble sooner than deliver it
to robbers, and was found in his body, which
was disinterred for the purpose of, discover
ing it. The Dukelof Brunswick dares not
leave Paris at any period of the year; his
diamonds keep him chained there. lledare
not sleep from home (some people reckon
this liberty of pillow one of the great fran
chises of Paris) a single night:- Then, he
lives in a house constructed not so much fur
comfort as for security. It is burglar-proof
surrounded on every side by a high wall;
the wall itself is surmounted by a lofty iron
railing, defended by innumerable sharp
spear-heads, which are so contrivec that if
any person touches one of them, a chime of
bells begins instantly to ring an alarm; this
ron railing alone cost him $14,127. lle
keeps his diamonds in a safe built in a thick
well; his bed is placed against it, that no
burglar may break into it without killing
or at least waking him, and that he may
amuse himself with them without leaving
his bed. The safe is lined with granite and
iron; the locks have a secret which must be
known before they can be opened; if they
are opened by violence, a discharge of fire
arms takes place, which will inevitably kill
the burglar, and at the same time a chime
of bells in every room in the house is set
ringing. Ile has but one window in his bed
room; the sash is of the stoutest • iron; the
shutters are of thick sheet iron. The ceil
ing of his room is plated with iron several
inches thick, and so is the floor. The door
opening into .it'is of solid 'sheet iron, and
cannot be entered unless one be master of
the secret combination of the lock. A case
of a dozen six barreled revolvers, loaded
and capped, lies open utTon a table, within
reach of his bed.- Would you like to be in"
his place? asks the Paris correspondent of
the New Orleans Picayune, after supplying
all this information.
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Culling " gi 12.50 a 13.00
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In the eity of Havana. on the I tth inst. Cram W.
.oit of Mr. Jacob Grubb of this town, in the
27th >ear of his age.
'• Thr memory .f the juts is blessed`'
Frier &hip loves to lay its offering. on the altar of
deraited worth, and we cannot let the tomb doge on
this estimob:e young man w•iihout recording some of
the many virtue. which adorned his character. In Lia
private and public relation. he was governed by an
upright heart and ever maintained a most unimpeach
able iniegrity. Ile War a dutiful ion , as affectionate
brother, a faithful friend and an humble ehriptian.—
Ma illy and industrious in his habit., modem RIO tett r
log in his dt•po•hion, yet firm and derided In hi. relig
iou;fiti.h• he won the respect and lore of all who cattle
Vetllsili the circle of his influence.
In youth he was brought to a “knowledge of the
truth as it is in Jesus;• and united with the Evangeli
cal Imtharan Church. of which he continued an ex
emplary member until ruled to hi• high reward.
last sufferings were severe and protracted, hut
no murmur escaped bin lips. When summoned mem-.
the swelling. of Jordan, though far from friend* and
home. he was prepared for the journey. and with holy
confidence committed hi• Ppi:it to thnt Saviour who
had passed over before him. Ills death was eminently
calm and peacetul;—the light of a glcrtou• tmmortality
dispersed the darts rimed' the grave, and full of joy stud
hnpt, he departed to join she general assembly oW
Church of the firstborn whose names are written i t
heaven.
Ilia allies repose on the Island of Cuba, enbalmest
by the odor of tropical flowers—there to rest till the
resurrection of the Am. HIP Pun has lei upon all of
earth. but only to ruse with increased refulgence in a
brighter hemisphere.
Our dear CvßTia has left many sorrowing relatives
and friend• to moon bi•'early Mat and cherith the
memory of his Christian virtue,—May they be ready
to hail him to smother and heeler world!
- Vet attain we hnpe to meet thee,
When the work of life la lied,
And in Heaven, with joy to greet thee.
Wilma nn farewell tear is Plied."
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