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Anutr3bar,Bf Years ago, a gentleman in
Cly!lestlido Offered.)raa:a'situatien,as head
groom, Which accepted. Ho had one
horse-vihich, , waslept in a stable by *him
self, and was,. :without exception, the ugli
est and me,st savage animal of his kind I
had ever , seen. There was not a single
point of a ,strong ora fast horse about him.
He was as black as charcoal ; ho was na
med Satan, and richly did , he deserve the
name. He would fiy . at you, like a dog,
with his teeth ; attempt to beat you down
with his fore-feet; and strike round a cor
ner at you with his hind ones. He had
beaten oft alt the rough-riders, grooms and
jockeys in that part of the country.
After being in the place for a few days,
I was asked by the gentlemen, if I thought
I could make anything of Satan. I repli
ed that if he beat me, he would be the on
ly horse. which had ever done so ; but still
I considered him to be by far the most
savage •I• had ever seen. "Try him to
morrow q tit, one o'clock," said he, as he
turned to go away : "I will have a few
friends with me to see how you succeed."
I determined, however, to try him that'
night, and without any witness to see
whether I succeeded or not. My room was
over the stables, and as the moon did not
rise till eleven o'clock, I throw myself up
on the bedclothes, and contrary to my in
tention, fell asleep. When I awoke, it was
twelve, the moon was shining brightly,
and rendering everything as visible as ifit
were day.
I went down to the stable with a bridle I
prepared for the purpose, and a heavily
loaded whip in mp hand. I knew that it
would be impossible to saddle him; and,
indeed, I should be safer on his bare back,
in the event of his throwing himself down.
I opened the stable-door gently and there
he was-prone on his side, his legs and neck
stretched out, as I have often seen horses
lying,aftersore fatigue, I clapped my kneel
upon his head, loosed the collar that bound
him, slipped.the bit into his mouth, buck
led thp throat-band, raised him to his feet,
backed him out, and leaped upon his back
Were he had time to get his eyes right
opened. - Bui open them now he did, and
that with a vengeance; he pawed, and
struck the wells with his fore-feet, till the
fire flashed from the stones; and then he
reared till he fell right back upon the pave
ment. 1 was prepared for this, and slipped
off him 'as lie went down, and then leaped
on:him again as he rose. I had not as yet
touched him with whip, bridle, or spur; but
nowt gave-him the curb and the. spurs at
the same instant. He gave one mad bound,
and then went off at a rate that completely
eclipsed The speed of the fleetest horse I
bad 'ever ridden. He could not trot, but
his gallop was unapproachable, and con
sisted in 'a succession of leaps, performed
with :a precision, velocity and strength, ab
solutely bewildering. •
He fairly overturned all my preconceiv
ed-notioris of a fast horse. On he then
dered,ttill we came under the shadow ofa
fir-wood, and then, .whether out of mis
' chief or dread of the darkness, he halted
instantaneously, his fore-feet so close to
gether that :you might have put them into
a bucket: Owing to the depression of his
shoulders-for •he had no more wither '
than an , tiss--the way that ho jerked down
his head, , and the suddenness of the stop,
a Monkey;:nithough he had been holding
on with .his teeth, must have been unseat
ed; 1 For me, was pitched a long way
over his head, but alighted upon a spot so
soil and mossy, that it looked as if some
kind hand had purposely prepared it for
'Had I been.in the slightest degree
stunned, bt unable to•regain•my feet, that
instant he `i,Vonld have torn .me to pieces
with . his teeth,: and beaten my mangled
body` into the 'earth with his 'hoofs. But
I tit oneo ' Stifling to my feet, and faced
him'. ',could have'escaped by leaping in.
(6 . the Wood . ; but my blood was up, my
braid' clear, and my heart gave not ono eX
tra *Pulsation: There' lie 'steed upon his
hind.iegs -neariaLupright,;beating 'the air
With hia:fores,_month open, his up
per lip curled; his' uldr Ocii - draivn.doWn,
his line teeth Oa Ping like ivory in the
moonlight.' Whon.lie saw'ritia4mittiy feet;
gain toiat mich it cry as i• C'eOr heard from
600 'Wrote, `save once ,'
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Volume 3,
of by those who have felt it. I was the
madder of the two now ; - and of all ani
mals an enraged mania the most danger.
ous and the most fearless. I gave him a
blow between the ears with tho end
of the whip ; and ho went down at once,
stunned and senseless, with his legs clout).
led upynder him, and his nose buried in
the ground. I drew his
. fore-legs from un
der him, that he might rise the mose rap
idly, and then lashed him into life. Ho
turned his head slowly round and looked
at me, 'and then I saw that the savage
glare of his eye was nearly quenched,and
that if I could follow up the advantage I
had gained, I should ultimately be the con
queror. I•now 'assisted him to rise mount
ed him and struck him at once with whip
and spur. He gavea few bounds forward,
a stagger or two, and then fell heavily up
on his side. I was nearly under him;
however, I did save my distance, although
that was all. I now began to feel sorry
for him ; his wonderful speed had won
my respect; and as I was far from being
naturally cruel, whip or spur I never used
except in cases of necessity : so I thought
I would allow him to lie for a few minutes,
if ho did not incline to get up of himself.
However as I had no faith in the creature,
I sat down upon him, and watched him in
tently. He lay motionless, with his eyes
shut ; and had it not been for the firm and
fast beat of his heart, I should have con
sidered him dying from the effects of the
blow; but the strong pulsation told me that
there was plenty of life in him ; and I
.suspected that he was lying quiet medita
ting mischief. I was right. Every mus
cle began presently to quiver with sup
pressed rage. He opened his eyes, and
gave me a look, in which fear and fury
were strangely blended. lam not uithout
superstition, and for an instnint I quailed
under that look, as the thought struck me,
that the black, unshapely% brute before me
might actually be the spirit indicated by
his name. With a muttered growl at my
folly, I threw the idea from me—leaped
up—siezed the reins—with a lash and a
cry made him spring to his feet—mounted
him as he rose, and stuck the spurs into
his aides. Ho • reared and wheeled ; but
finding that he could not get rid of me,and
being unable to withstand the torture of the
spurs, which I used freely (it was no time
for mercy,) he gave two or Three plunges,
and then bounded away at a' dreadful leap
ing gallop—that pace which seemed pe
culiarly his own. I tried to moderate his
speed with the bridle; but found to my
surprise, that I had nocommand over
I knew at once that something was wrong,
as, with the bit I had in his mouth, I ought
to have had the power to have broken his
jawbone. I stooped forward to ascertain
the cause ; the loose curb dangling at the
side of his head gave a satisflictory expla
nation.
He had it all his own way now ; he was
fairly off with me; and all I could do was
to bear his head as well up as I could, to
prevent him from stumbling; However,
as it would have been bad policy to lot him
know how much ho was the master, I gave
him an occasional touch with the spur, as '
if wishing him to accelerate his pace ; and
when he made an extra bound, I patted
him on the neck, as if pleased with his
performance.
A watery cloud was passing over the
face of the moon, which rendered every-!
thing dim and indistinct, as we tore away
down a grassy slope; the view termina
ting in a grove of tall trees, situated on a
risint , ground. Beyond the dark outline
of the trees, saw nothing.
As we neared the grove, Satan slacken
ed his speed ; this I thought ho did with a
view to crush me against the trunks of the
trees. To prevent -him from having time
to do this, I struck him with thespurs, and
away he went like fury. As he burst
through the trees I flung myhend forward
upon his neck, to prevent myself from be
ing swept off by the lower brattches. In
doing this, the spurs accidentally.came in
contact Wfth his sides. He gave one, tre ,
mendous leap forward—the ground sunk
under his feet—the home was thrown over,
his own head—lovas jerked into the air—
and, amid an avalanche of earth and
stones, we wore hurled, dovin a perpendic
ular bank into the grown • swollen waters
thq Clyde.
:Owing to, a, bend
,in the river, the force
Of the current was directed against this
particular and had , undermined it ;
and although strong enough to bear a man
or a horse ..under,ordinary circumstances,
yet 'down rat, once : ,it thundered under the
clesperate Igap or ,s4t4o. ,However, it did
not stgalfy !, as nOthing, could have prevent
ed us
.from,aurging into, the water at the
next bound.
A. largo quantity: of rain bad fallen in the
upper pert :of the :shire ; and in cense
qUeece,- the, river was full froni batik to
brae:.. was, nearly a -Stranger , to • the
Oleo ; ;indeed, so.much thatrl bad sup.
posed We were running from the. siver...
combined with the suddenness of the
abocki, , and the Appearance ora turbid
id tivernyeeping,Owa, trees, brutal weed,
hrentiliesi I hay, reornoand -straw befdre -it,
with resistless thme÷,—was so foreign to my
idea,. of this, cairn, peaceful Clyde, that when
I rose to the surface, I was quite
Clearfield, Pa., September 10, 1852.
ed, and had very serious doubts as to my
own identity.
I was roused from this state of bewildpr
ment by the snorting and splashing of the
horse ; he was making. a bold
. attempt to
scale the perpendicular bank. Had I been
thrown into the body of the streani,l should
have been swept away, and the animal
must have perished ; but in all heavy rapid
runs of water, salt or fresh, there is what
is termed an eddy stream running close
in-shore, in a contrary direction to the
main body of the water. I have seen
Highlanders in their boats catching fish in
the eddy stream of the Gulf of Corrievre
kin, within a short distance of the main
tide, which had it but got the slightest hold
on their boat, would have swept them with
fearful velocity into the jaws of the roaring
gulf. I was caught by its eddy, which
kept me stationary, and enabled me by a
few strokes, to reach the horse's side. To
cross the liver, or to land here, was alike
impossible, so I took the reins in my right
hand, wheeled the horse from the bank,
and dashed at once with him into the
strength of the current. Away we went,
Satan and I, in capital spirits both; not u
doubt of our effecting a safe landing ever
crossing my mind. And the horse evinc
ed his certainty upon that subject, by
snatching a bite out of a heap of hay that
floated at his side, and eating it ns com
posedly as if ho had been in the stable.
We soon swept round the high bank that
had caused our misfortune, and came to a
level part of the country, which was flood
ed far up into the fields. I then struck
strongly out in a slanting direction for the
shore, and soon had the satisfaction of
finding myself once more upon the green
turf. Satan shook himself, pricked up his
ears, and gave a low neigh. I then stroked
him, and spoke kindly to him. He return
ed the caress by licking my hand. Poor
fellow ! ho had contracted a friendship for
me in the water—a friendship which ter
minated only with his life ; and which was
rendered the more valuable, by his never
extending it to another living.thing.
A HINT FOR THE BOYS.
Boys, truth is one of the richest jewels
you can ever find, and one you should
cherish as of priceless value. Many of
your class have been lost to honor and
greatness by disregarding its divine pre
cepts and have faded to become what they
might have, men of renown, by foolishly
casting it away from their bosoms. All
have this gem in the beginning, boys, but
it may be lost by wickedness and care
lessness; if you have not lost it and wo
hope you have not, let nothing cheat you
out of it: for its Opted is hardly to be found
when lost.
Profane language, boys, is a sure index
of a wicked heart and low breeding. Do
you know a man or boy who commands
respect from his neighbors? You never
hear them swear—no oath ever trembles
on their lips—emulate their bright exam
ple. Will you read the catalogue of sin
and crime 7 You will find the disgraced ac
tor to have been profane. Reflect on this,
boys, and let no word of profanity escape
your lips.
Beware of the company of such as haunt
the grog shop ; they may induce, over
persuade you to partake of the cup of shame
and poison ; beware of them—"the tempt
ing wine cup shun"—it will lead you to
every sin, and disgrace you forever, Our
word for it, boys; we are dealing in facts
with you. Touch not a drop, Rayon may
become a drunkard in the end, and you
know how pitiful an object the poor drunk
ard is.
Be honest, be generous, be frank, be
sober, be virtuous, abounding in truth my
boys, and Sou need not fear the circum
stances. Life is just opening her fitful
path before you, but armed with these
blessed traits you may rush fearlessly to
the battle of life and fear no evil. You
may be orphans, but if you have these as
your jewels, you will meet with friends and
encouragement in every lape of life. Men
of business and wealth have their eyes up
on you—watching you; they want clerks
for their stores and apprentices for their
workshops—if you have the virtues we
have mentioned they will not ask a better
recommendation, but will choose you at
once, taking you to their 'confidence and
make men:of you, and when they sleep in
their graves, as all must, you may fill their
places with honor and renown , as they
have passed away Boys, you thitik
of what, we have been saying, and think
ng 1
TIIE Ecmcomy. of NATURE.—HOW
beautifully does the law, of proportion run
through ull the bundiworks of God.—
Those things Idiot) are most useful we
everywhere find the most Common. How
cheap is steam. that mighty agency ! It
is but water,.the most plentiful material
given to man. Suppeixi 'oar iron mines
iivere 'exchanged for gold mince, could
thousatids of to'ris' Of the precimis metal
compensate the world.for the loss of iron?
What could make. good the loss mankind
would suffer, were'our imMease , and un•
explOred fields of coal to be changed into
diamonds'? We can eat bread without
butter, but butter without - Wad Would bo
a vorr'pooi
SIMON SN Y DER.
"Hamlet," the Washington correspon
dent of the New Orleans Picayune, tells
the following anecdote in that paporpf the
3d July
Well, as I have idle time on my hands,
I will tell you an anecdote of the 'good old
time' of 1809, in Pennsylvania, when the
animosity of party, the rancorous feelings
of Federalists against Democrats, was
even greater than it is now between the
parties of the day, when the spirit of bit
terness in the contest was not confined to
the political character, or even personal
life of prominc.nt men, but invaded the
sanctuary of their homes, and retailed the
petty scandal, real, or more often invented
I of the domestic circle.
In those days we had a very wealthy
citizen and politician, ycleped Simon
Snyder—Simon the tanner. You remem
ber him no doubt. You don't? True—
r I beg pardon, you are of more recent days ;
but I do—that is, I remember hurrahing
I for him once, when I should have hurrah
ed for his opponent, R a oss, at which all the
rest of the boys set up such a shout of de
rision that I went otr crying to my excel
lent mother, who "didn't know I. was out,"
much less that I had been committing
such a political blunder in the plenitude of
my precocious ardor.
Now, Simon was a good man, and a
rich man, a tanner, and a Democrat; he
had frequented ward meetings and played
the secretary and then the chairman; then
he became a member of the Legislature;
then Speaker, and finally—but 1 must not
anticipate.
It was a raw and gusty night, from
which you will infer that the wind whistled
and the rain pattered ; little children hud•
died close to the hearth-stone ; the fat
coach drivers (alas! for the jolly dogs of
those good old days-! I could almost find
it in my heart to run every car "off the
track," if it were only to revive the race
of amusing loquacity once more) --
buttoned on an extra overcoat, took an ex
tra. "horn" and drove their bays with a
fury that seemed to bid defiance to both
wind and weather ! It was on "such a
night" that Simon's most excellent wife,
(we didn't say lady in those good ohi days,
neither did Washington Irving, a few
y ear s later, when he -wrote his Sketch
Book,) his wife sat comfortably by the
blazing hickory, (shall I ever see such a
fire once more -1 .) and gradually lapsing
into a sort of surprise as to what could
have become of her excellent husband,
(that's a homely phrase for these modern
Idays; why should not a lady say my gen
demon 7) whose habits were, to tell the
honest truth, the more regular from the
placid bond of affection that exi3ted
be
tween them.
lAt length his step was heard, and slie. l
prepared to meet him with one of those'
encouraging receptions, namely a sweet,
smiling welcome, and—a good supper.—
But Master Simon entered with a rather
sedate step, shook the rain from his bear
skin coat, hung up his hat, and scarcely
noticing his wife, so deeply was he ab•
sorbed in some engrossing subject of re
flection, sank into a seat before the fire
without even giving it a poke, and fell at
once into a deep reverie. The wife saw
that something was in the wind, although
as her husband's countenance betrayed
only anxious thought, without any traces
of vexation or distress, and knowing well
all his habits, she waited patiently the de
velopment of the mystery.
"Wife," said lie at last, "Wife."
"Well, Simon, my dear, what is it?"
A long pause, and this tune there was a
punch at the fire with the tongs (in mod
ern days poker, the ugly things, 1 hate
'em,) and a stirring up of the beautiful
hickory coals.
"Wife," said Simon. •
"Well, husband, 1 am listening, what
is it 1"
"Are you on pretty good terms with all
your neighbors?"
"Certainly. Why should Ibe other
wise 1"
The fact is, that Mrs. Snyder was not
only a very amiable woman,but a lady too,
whom everybody esteemed.
"Sure you havn't had any little differen.
ces with any of them 1 Any small spats
that grow, or are made to grow, if occa
sion should offer, into downwright hostili
ties ?"
,"Why, no, my dear, .not the slightest
that I can possibly remember. Why do
you ask 1"
But her question was unheeded.
"Sure, now, that you havn't dropped
any remark§ lately before some particular
friend' about little Tommy Jono's squint,
or Nancy Bims's lame knee, that might
have Coale to their doting Mother's ears?,
Nothing'of that kind, eh ?"
"Lord,-no 1 My dear husband, what is
the matter 1" . . .. • •
.Well, nothing, ery . particular.
.I,‘Vas
only a little anxlctus., to ,know how,' you
stood 'With all your neighbors, your dear
friends, and even your relations. For, you
see, my dear Susan, I have (to tell you the
truth at. once) been such a good natured
soul as to—"
"For heaven's sake, my dearest Simon,
toll me at oxide what is the matter, and
don't keep me is this state of nervous sur
prise. What have you been doing, as you
say 9"
"Oh! nothing so very alarming, my
love, (how loving they got to be.) I have
only been prevailed on, at the meeting to
night of the Democratic County Conven
tion, to allow my name to be put up as
candidate for Governor; and although I
am fully prepared for all the scandal, po
litical and personal, that can be and will
be showered upon my head, I am not so
callous as to what they might say of you,
my dear wife."
"Al) ! but Simon, my dear," she said, as
she approached to give him a wife-like kiss
in acknowledgement of his conjugal feel
ings, "you forget that whilst you are a
good, sterling, honest Democrat, I am
considered the most stubborn Federalist
in all Lancaster county."
"That's true, very true," said Simon,
"and so let's try your housewifery, for
the flavor of that vension pastry, and the
steam of that jug, (it was whiskey punch,
brewed by Susan's own fair hand,) added
to your adroit escape from the dilemma, I
had placed you in, have .so.sharpened my
appetite that, unless you have provided
bountifully, we shall do what we never did
before—quarrel over a short allowance."
And Simon did get it—the abuse, I
mean—and what is more, he got the office
of Governor for three successive terms of
three years each, and a better Governor
never graced the Executive chair of Penn
sylvania.
CONSUMPTION OF GOLD
The following curious statistics relative
to the consumption of gold, were stated in
a lecture lately delivered at the Geological
society at London :
The entire amount of gold in circulation
is said to he .C 48,000,000, of which the
wear and waste is stated to I,e4i per cent
annually, or .E 1,680,000. The consump
tion of gold in arts and manufactures is as
follows :
In the United Kingdom,
France,
Switzerland,
Other parts of Europe,
United States,
In Birmingham alone there is a weekly
consumption of gold for chains only,
amounting to 1,000 oz. The weekly
consumption for golf leaf in London is
4000, oz; in other places in Great Britain
185 oz.
One of the potteries in
old annua StaiThrdshire
consumes £3,500 worth of g lly
in gilding; and the whole consumption for
gilding porcelain in England is estimated
at about 8,500 ounces annually.
EDUCATE THE PEOPLE. — We are not be
lievers in the capacity of ignorance succes
fully to execute social functions which re- i
quire knowledge and experience for their 1
beneficial exercise, and still less in the no-1
tion that any multiplies of ignorance, will'
constitute knowledge. But in this we
have undoubted faith—that if the people'
possessed political power, the mere selfish 1
instincts of the upper and middle classes
would render them as anxious to educate
them, as they have hitherto been apathetic.
When we visit the lion in his cage, and
aro satisfied that the bars have strength
sufficient to confine him, we look on with ,
indifference, or mere curiosity, on his
teeth and claws; but break down the iron
gratings, and let him loose upon us, or
shut us up beside him, and we would has- '
ten to extract, if we could, those implements
of destruction. Thus it is with the people.
While we aro able by horse, foot, and ar
tillery, criminal officers, judges and goals,
to restrain them, with all their rude habits
and fierce instincts rife within them, we
.quietly leave them in depredation until wo
settle our own ecclesiastical and theological
Idisputes regarding the person by whom,
and,the manner in which, the teeth and
claws should be removed.
Killed by a Leech
We understand that a man by the name
of Garnett, residing in Greene counts',
having attended a special election recently I
held in that county, started for home,
which was some distance off, about dark.,
On coming to a branch, being very thirsty,
he dismounted and drank. He had not
gone far before ho commenced feeling a I
ticklish sensation in his stomach, and on
his arrival at home was quite unwell.—.
Getting worse, a physician was called in,
to whom he stated that he was confident
he had swallowed something while drink
ing from the branch which produced his
'sickness. After trying several remedies,
a powerful emetic was administered, when
a live leech was thrown up, which the un
fortunate man had evidently swallowed at
the branch above, mentioned, it hevina,re
mained alive in his stomach for several
day.. Although relieved from,the leech,
he, died, in, a day or two afterwerds, from
the injuries it had inflicted.
,Charlottsville (Va.) Jejlersoliian..:
I:frillinois and Indiana papers complain
Much of a want of rain in those States, and
say thaf in some' s'ections the corn and pa.
OM crop will be.almost a failure.
1 swum 1 losottloo. •060 8 swiltroormootho.
1 do. 8 do 100 8 do .8 mood's.
Raab idbotquims do. 25 11 do 12 mostbo. 1
1 booboo 11 mouths. 900 1 ball poloolo. B Iowa&
do IS month,. • 4001 do do 6 months. V4O
do 13 months, 1001 do d. • do 00
do . months. 400 1 °plumb mobtho. gill oo
• do 0 mouths, 5 00 1 do ei do 12 op
90 00
do 19 months. El 00 1 do 12 do
A liberal reduction will be made to Motchants and °Hots
who advertise by the year.
Oar paper oircu tarns In every neighborhood, and Is read by
neatly every (amity In the county—aid therefore eflords •
coovnalent and cheep mien' for the liminess men of obi
county—the merchant. manhunt° „and all others—to extols
the knowledce of their lecation rind business We shout
Ilk. to insert "A Card" for every Mechanic, Merchant. and
Professional man to the county. We
columns,ny f room
without onGtoaching upon our reading and po moo
In n lezitimai e bullring will lose by advertising v.:tantalite."
for• as a teaerel rule, the mom o • tentiv.ly a man advetilsesi
the greater will helm protits.
Books, Jobs and Blanks,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PRINTED.IN TIIE vein
BEST STYI.F. AND ON THE SHORTEST
NOTICE. AT THE OFFICE OF THE
"CI.EARFUELD REPUBLICAN."
Number 39.
£2,500,000
1,000,009
450,000
1,000,000
500,000
£6,050,000
COLLECTIONS FOR 'FRE WASIIINGTON
NATIONAL MONUMENT,--A8 several com
munications frost} various , parts of the
United States have been made to the
Board of Managers of the Washington
Monument Society, suggesting the propri
ety and expediency of having boxes placed
at the different polls during the approach
ing Presidential Election, to receive con
tributions for the National Monument, now
in the course of erection in this city, the
Board in accordance with these sugges
dons respectfully request the judges or
commissioners of election, the postmasters
of the respective localities where the elec
tions are or any other patriotic and
public-spirited citizen or citizens to under
take this duty by having boxes fixed up
at thepolls with the label, contributions to
the "Washington National Monument,"
&c., and collecting and transmitting the
amounts so deposited to the Treasurer of
the society, S. B. H. Smith Esq. Any
expense which may attend these collec
tions will be paid, and the service thank
fully acknowledged by the Board of Man
agers. By order,
GEo. W Arr F. RSON, Sec.
The press throughout the United States
that may feel an interest in this object will
confer a favor on the Board by publishing
i.he above. G. W.
National Intelligencer.
EXPLOR ~TION OF PAILAGUAY.—Lato for
eign advices state that a French scienttfic
expedition for the exploration of Brazil and
Paraguay, under the directions of Mons.
Devine, has been determined on by the
French government. An earnest appeal
has been made to the President of the
United States by the New York Geograph
ical Society, of which NI r. Bancroft is
President, and NIE. Grinnell, the Arctic
explorer, Vicc President, to mite a similar
exploration. It is proposed to do this by
sending one of the small vessels of the
Brazil squadron up the Rio de Itr'Plata.
A REPUBLCAN ARISTOCRAT.—On Crock
cu.'s return to his constituents ;liter his first
session in Congress, a nation of them sur
rounded him one day, and began to in
terrogate him about Washington. "What
time do they dine at Washington,Colonell"
asked one. "Why," said he, `common
people, such as you here, get their dinners
at One o'clock, but the gentry and big'utis
dine at three; As ler us representatives,
we dine at four ; and the aristocracy and
the senate, they don't get their victuals
till five." "Well, when does the Presi
dent fodder !" asked another. "Old Hick
ory !„ exclaimed the Colonel, attempting
to appoint a time in accordance with the
dignity of the station. "Old Hickory!
well•—he don't dine till next day !".
Tost.vro KETcrit r.—'Po a half bushel
peeled tomatoes, add six table spoonsful
of salt; six do black pepper, finely ground;
five of mustard, one of allspice, and ten
pods red pepper, cut fine. Pour in two
quarts of the best vinegar, and put the
whole in a kettle over a quick fire, and
boil briskly for four hours ; strain through
a hair scive, and bottle closely. This
ketchup will be fit for the table in two or
three weeks, and will continue to improve
for years.
A LARGE Lumr OF CALIFORNIA GOLD.--.-
Mr. D. K. Minor has brought to New
York, from San Francisco, a lump of
quartz and gold rock, weighing 113 NI,
and valued at over $2,500. When first
taken from El Dorado, it weighed 500 Ibs,
but the difficulty of conveying it whole
frorn)that place to San Francisco obliged
him to-reduce it to its present weight.
(*".A fellow whose countenance was
homely enough to scare the old ono, was
giving some extra flourishes in a public
house, when he was observed by a Yan
kee, who asked him if ho didn't fall into:a
brook when ho was young.
"What do you mean, ynu impertinent
scoundrel 'I"
"Why I didn't mean nothing, only you
have got such an'all'-fired crooked mouth,
.1 thought ns how you might have fallen
into a brook when you was a baby, and
your mother hung you up by the mouth
to dry."
Krit , is generally conceded that phak
speara wrote this sentiment :, "ho who
steals my purse steals trash," especiullf
for application to printers, for their pursta
always bear the appearance of having
, been stiffed with emetics. Ours • doom)
' anyhow. ( 4 :
(1:7 - A. parson preaching of the deTravi
• ty of the age, said, that little children who
could neither speak nor walk were , to be
seen running about the streets cursing
and swearing..! ' •
(* - A. qorrespondent of the. Neviieric
Recorder says, a friend of his on Initird
the steamboat met with' a yoUng *gin of
j intemperate habits `from Baltimore, 'wiz . °
was emigrating to IllainelO out of
way of strong 'chink and its'tempta.
' lion.
•
KrDuring the' present yeai,litere have,
passed through lowa City, about 40,000
orniarants for California, and 10 600:1Or
Oregon. •
The. lowa papers say the, corn crop in
lowa io likely to be larger than over. •