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SELECT POETRY.
TO MY SPIRIT LOVE.
I lovb you 'ti the simplest way
The ihing 1 feel to lell ;
Yet if I lold il all ltlJ day
YouM never gnegs how well.
You are my comfort and my liyht
My very lifa you teem J
1 think of you all day ; all niht
'Tis but of you 1 dream.
There' pleasure in the lightest word
That you can speak to me;
My soul is like the yCnliau's chord,
And vibrates still to thee,
1 never read tint love-song ye',
Su thrilling, fond, or true,
But in my own lieuit I have met
S:mtio kinder thought for you.
I Mess I he shadows of your face,
The lijiht upon your hair
1 like fur hum a 1" sit and liacj
Tin) p.minsi chaiiccR then : ,
I lovo to hear yui.r voiue's tono,
Aliliont'li you should not yay
A siiiflw word to il renin upon
When that has died uuay.
Oil 1 ynu me kindly a llie beam
That wanrm where'er it piny,
And yon are senile ns a dicurn
Of happy ful urt days
And you are Hionrr to llie riht
And swift the wrniip; to llee
A'nl if ou weio not half so bright,
You'ra nil the world to me.
53 h etc!). -
THE GC0D AMGEIS.
'Come Ady and Jan?, it's time you were
in bed,' saul Mrs. Freeman to her Iwo
daughters about nine o'clock one evening.
Ady was nine years old, and Jane was a
year and a nail younger. I he Iwo tlnl
dtcn had been tittino; at the work table
with their muther, oneofthein stm!yinr
her li-sson, and the other enLra''eJ on a
piece of lanry needlework.
.'Papa liasn't come home yet," answered
Ady.
'2s!o, dear, but it's getting late, and it is
lime you were in bed. He may not be
home for an hour."
Ady laid aside her woik, and left the ta
ble, and Jane closed her books, and put
them away in her school eatchel.
''You can lijr'.it the lamp on the mantle
piece," said Mrs, Freeman, after a few
moments, and looking around as she spoke,
she saw the children had both put on their
bonnets, and were tying their warm capes
close about their necks. She understood
well the meaning ol this, and therefore
did not ask a rjuestion, although the tears
came to her eyes, am! her voice trembled
as she said, "It is very culd lo nijjht chil
dren, 'But wa don't feel it, mother," replied
Ady. 'We'll run along very quickly."
And the two little ones went out, before
their motheir, whose feelings were chok
ing her, could say a word. As they clo
sed the door after them, and left her alone,
she raised her eyes upward, and murmur
ed, 'God Ijless and reward the dear chil
dren," It was a dark winter night as the little
adventurers stepped into the street ; the
wind swept fiercely along, ami almost
diove them back into the door. Bui they
caught each other lightly by the hands
and bending their little forms to meet the
pressure, hurried on the way they were
going as fast as their little lect could move,
The streets were dark and deserted, hut
the children were not afraid ; love filled
their h arts, and left no room for fear,
They did not speak a word to ecch other
as they hastened along. After going for a
considerable distance, l hey stopped before
a house over thl door of which was a
handsome ornamental gasIamp, bearing
the words, "Oysters and Refreshments."
It was a strange place for two little girls
like them to enter at such an hour ; but,
after standing for a moment, they pushed
against the green door, which turned
lightly on its hinges, and stepped into a
large and brilliantly lighted bar-room.
"Ah !" exclaimed a man who was read
ing at the table, "here are those Latei
again."
Ady and Jane stood still near the door,
and looked around the room, but not seeing
the object ol their search, they went to the
bar, and said timidly to a man who stood
behind it, pouring liquor into glasses
'Has pap been here lo night?'
The man leanej over the bar until
his face was close to the children, and said
in uii angry way, I don't know anything
auoui your lather. And see don't you
come here any more. If you do, I'll call
my big dog out of the yard and make him
bite you.'
Ady and Jane felt frightened as well by
the harsh manner as tha angry words of
the man, and they turned back from him,
and were walking towaid the door with
sad faces, when the person who had first
remarked their entrance, .called loud
enough for them to hear him, "Coniu here,
my little girls."
The children stoppedand looked at him,
when he beckoned for thein to approach,
and they did so.
"Are you looking for your father?" he
asked.
"Yes, sir," replied Ady.
. "What did the man at the bar say to
you 1"
"lie said that papa w,as not here ; and if
we came here any more be would set his
big dog on us."
"lie did ?
"Yes, sir."
The man knit his brow for an instant,
then he said, "Who sent you here?"
"Nobody," answered Ady.
"Don't your mother know you come ?"
"Yes, sir. She told us to go to bed ; but
we couldn't go until papa was home. And
so we came for him first."
. "He is here,"
BUNBUllY, NO UTII UAIIJ
I "is he ?" and the children's faces Iright- '
rued.
"Yes, he's at (he other side of tlio room.
I'll wake him for you."
Hall intoxicated and sound aslerp, it
was with some difliculify that Mr. Free
man could be aroused. As soon, however,
as his yes were fairly opened, and he
found Ady and Jane had each grasped one
of his hands, he rose up, and, yielding pas
sively to their direction, suflered them to
lead him away.
"O dear," exclaimed a mnn who had
looked on with wonder and deep interest,
"that's a temperance lecture I can't stand.
Uod bless the little ones," he added, with
emotion, "and give them a sober father."
"I guess you never saw thein before ?"
said one of the bar-keepers, lightly.
"No, and I never wish to do so ajain
at leavt in this place. Who is their father ?:
"Freeman, the 1 iwyei."
".Not the oi;e who, a few years ago,
condutie.l with so much uuiliiy the case
against llie mnriue Insurance Company?'
'The sanio.'
'Is it possible ?'
A little group now formed round the
man, and a good d.-.il wa. said a!;out Free
man and his fill from sobri-ty. One who
had several times s"en Ady und Jane come
in and lead him home as they had just
done, spoke of thein with much feeling,
and urged that it was a most torching scene.
'To see,' said one, 'how passively he
yields himself to the little things when
they come alter him, I feel sometimes,
when I see them, almost weak enouch to
shed tears-."
'They are his good nniT' Is ' remarked
another. J?iit I'm afraid" they are not
strong enough to lead him back to llie
paths he has forsaken.'
'You can think what vou please a'lont
it, gentleim n,' fpoke up the landlord,
but 1 Can It' I vrill tnv riniMinn tinmi ih,
su! eel. 1 wouldn't .jive much for the
mother who would let two little thincs '
ike thein go wandering about the street i
alone at this time ol night.' I
One of them who had eE pressed an in- i
terest In the children A lt angry at these .
romniL-c nn.l h. r..lr.rt.l itl ...m.. hIii.. I
... ..,.' i .( u ..in. nuiiiv ui I in
ni ss 'And I would think less ol the man
who would make their father drunk.'
'Ditto to that,' responded one of the
company.
Ai d here's mv hand lo that,' said an
o her.
The landlord, finding that the majority
of hin'-compatiy Wi fe likely to be against
him, smothered his angry feelings, and
kept silence. A few minutes afterward
two or three of the inmates of the bar
room went away,
About ten o'clock on the next morning,
while Mr. Freeman, who was generally so-
ur. ,,, Lie .o.e pan o. , or uay, was in Ills
: c r .L . i . i.
uuo-i, a Dtiuii:ri cuiriru, nue, unci blillljg
down said, 'I must crave your pardon
beforehand for what I am going to say.
Will you promise me not to be offended ?'
"If you offer me an insult I will resent
it,' said the lawyer.
'So far from that, I come with a desire
to do you a great service.'
'Very well say on.'
'I was at Lcwso i's Refectory last night.' .
l . .
'And i saw (-ometiung there that touched
.art. If I slept at all ast night, it
' i , i -. T T '
was only to dream of it. I am a lather, i
sir; I have two little girls, and I love
them tenderly. Oh, sir ! the thought ofi
their coming out in the cold winternight
in scotch of me in such a polluted place,
makes the blood feel cold in my veins,
Words so unexpected, coming upon Mr.
Freeman when he was comparatively so- !
ber, disturbed him deeply. In spite of all .
his endeavors to retrain calm, he trembled '
all over, tie made an edort to say some- ,
tning in reply, bul cou.U not ultera word,
"My dear sir," pursued thtf stranger,
"ycu have fallen at the hand of the mom-!
,-ter intemperance, and 1 feel lhat you are
in great pejil. You have not, however,''
Idlien ...pe.essiy. ,oU may yet ns-, .1
you will. Lji-t me, in the name of the
sweel babes who have shown jn so wonder
ful a manner their love fur you, conjure
von to rise up superior to tiiis deadly foe.
Keward those dear children with the high
est blessing their hearts can desire. Come end story used as a smoking and diinke
with me and sign the pledge of freedom. j j ig room. They had been for some weeks
Let us, though s!rangers to each other, on terms of enmiiy; and having on this no
unite in this good act. Come!" j casimi drunk sufficient lo render themselves
Half bewildered, though with a new j oblivious of consequences, mutually abused
hope in his heart, Freeman arose, and sul- : each other on their nationalities, Wilkius
fered the man, who drew his arm within
his, to lead him away. Before they separ
ated, both had signed the pledge.
That evening, unexpectedly, and to Ihe
joy of his family, Mr, Freeman was perfect
ly 8b;f when tie came home. Alter tea,
while Ady and Jane were standing on ei
ther side ol him, as he sat near their moth,
er, au arm around each of them, he said iu
a low whisper, "You will never have lo
come for me again."
The children then lifted their eyes
quickly to his face, but half understanding
what he meant,
"I will never go there again," he added;
"I will always stay at home with you."
Ady and Jane, now comprehending
what their father meant, overcome with
joy, hid their faces in is bosom, and wept
iur very giaunesg.
Low as all this had been said, every
word reached the mother's ear; and, while
her newt yet stood trembling between hope
and fear, Mr. Freeman drew a paper from
his pocket, and threw it on the table by
which he was sitting. Slu opened it has
tily. It was a pledge with his well-known
signature subscribed at the bottom. ; . L
With a cry ofoy she sprang to his side,
and his arms encircled his wife as well ss
children in a fonder embrace than they had
known for years.
The children's love bad saved their fa
it.,,, 'n i i.:.. I
..... 4 HVJ Wl'lt IUUCCL1 111. gUUU ailgl'19.
KUl.AN D COUNTY, tA., SAT til
A Dl lit. I TIIK DARK. ;
The following skeleli is rertninly very
mariollous, and not a liiile improbable. We
do nut vouch for iltt truthfulness, but jjivn it
ns wo find it in ihe New Yoik Sunday Dei
patch lo which it was furnished by" n cor
lespoudent ; "
Accounts of duels nt Ihe West and in
California terminating in tragedies notwiih
stiindint; the humanising infiueneps daily
developing themselves appear to be rapidly
on the increase. There appears to be a fas.
ciiinlinn in ihe code duello that impels the
weaker minds of tho community lo revive,
with all its historio baiturity, a custom hs
venal as cowardly, and which even our an
ccs'ors, rude as they were iu'those. eouitcsie
which form the true :eiilleniaii, looked upon
with disgust. The duello is the braggnil's
argument the coward's refuge. No hue
m:m, unless forced by over helming pnblip
s'litiment, would dare, lift his hand again'
n fellow mortal, and for a li illhig insult, or
w irds uttered in the heal of ttlleroutioii, de
prive him of that which he cannot return.
The press is equally culpable wbh lho-0 of
low menial oioanizaiiun. It is iho first to
sneer and point the finger of scam at the
man who has hardihood sufficient to refuse
a challenge J ami to prove its consistency, il
also is the first to denounce wiih all Ihe
epithets of publio indignation, those who are
unfortunately induced to set their lives on a
mere chimera. But ttio other day, two
Creoles, during a drunken- broil, in one of
di inking shops in New Cleans, quarrelled
about a person who cared for neither the
Queen of Spain. One said she was a wo
man "pure and holy as ihe virgin." The
o:her denied I his, and retorted by declaring
her a fdewd debauchi e." A challenge was
aopepled, and next mor.iing two fools met iu
deadly combat. The challenger was taken
u" "l" Proun" a rorrso
A conservator of
public morals, an cx-member of Congress, a
mM reputed an nrr.a Lie mid woithy citr
'-'" "f California, lost his life, in Sacramen-
to, Iwo months Hgo, in a duel originaiins in
ceiluiu political .stricture w hich he wrote
and published in a juuri a'over w hich he had
supreme control. Mai y other incidents of
recent transpiration miib,' be alluded to; but
tha purpose with whiih we sal out was to
relalo the incidents of a tragedy which trans
pired in this city about fif y years ago. We
do not believe tho histoiy of this fatal affair
has ever reached the pt.blic before : but. ns
many of the lelilii-cs of ihe principals are
y t living, and as they would not countenance
ihe publication of their piogenitors' names,
we are forced lo introduce them to the read
er under ficticious ones. We shall adhere
as nearly a possib'o lo a literal recital of the
' 1
fiU.s ng ,hey wure reatoj , us
The reader
may rely on the general tiuih of the state
ment, although the names, fer tho reason as
signed, are suppressed.
In Broadway, whero now stands one of
those stately buildings erected of lute years
to llie purposes of commerce, stood a rather
antiquated liwelliug house, which, before its
demolition, was convened into a soit of half
hotel, where a heterogeneous assemblage
fioin all tho walks in life weie in the habit
fif rnilKrtriiii A mnrirr limed n.lin iiMln.l lliij
, , f, , . ..
hotel were two gentlemen of middle ace
, . . , , b
T' W",kl"' ? Uov"11 80rl "f ma"'
who haJ h successful trade, a
s"u3 fulluil0l'f tweuly thousand dullnrs a
fes-peetablo sum of money lo be reputed ihe
possessor of iu those days. The other, whom
we "ame Siniihsou, was a retired Biit.
officer, livjng leisuiely on his half pay,
and a small patrimony tie possessed in Eng
land. This Smiihsoii was a prejudiced, cho-
l leric nersonace. w ho on every occasion
leric nersunaor who uneven- oeeas:nn in
trnded h' cumpaiisons between this and his
own country. Apart from l.i prejudices, ho
was a good suri of gentleman enough, und,
ahhough his nuditors were often neliled at
llis remarks, yet they good nnluredly winked
. ,. .:.:,, :jb,., :.. cimidura,ioil 0f lis
other traits.
On one particular night iu December, Wil
kins and the iinsciblu Englishman, found
themselves 'alone in the back room of ihe
.
alluded to certain triumphs of the American
arms over lliu Biilish during the Revolution,
ary war, which irritated ihe F-'iglishman to
such a degree that ho pronounced the
"American people, without an exception, a
race of cowards Iho bastard spawn uf tho
cravens of Ihe earth." Wilkius usually a
good tempered man, lost his self-control at
this, walked up to his opponent, slruck him
in Ihe face, nud at the same lime called him
a ''liar !" This double; jusull, instead of
fine-jug the Major lo the uitejance of fuiihef
irritating and injurious epiihels, had iho con..
Iiaiy effect. Iiis brmwej face became of an
ashy hun; and his exeiteinent, by a powcvftfl
effort, was subdued. Djliberalely gttiing
tip, he walked lo (ha door and locked it ; and
then, approaching Wilkius, huskily iold him
lhat he must havo satisfaction, and lhat im
mediately. Wilkius, under the iuffuence of
the wine which he hud drunk, laughed, and
told the Englishman that, "in addition to the
word liar, he fell il incumbent on him lo call
him a fool !" '.
"We shall see," said ika Major.; '-For
this, either you or f shall be oariiej out pf
ibis room a corpse iu less ihuu halt au
hour " n . ,
''Nonsense," replied Wilkins, "I am nol
in the habit of fighting duels, and if I were
I reruinly should not fight on such short
notice. "
Scftncr ,m the arts, aurtculturc, jKsrlU is, amtisnttents, &c
DAY, OCTQBEH oT I iS.Te.
'fight you tnast, or lako the conse
quences," returned lht Euglihman, as he
placed upon the table a formidable pair ol
duelling pistols. -
''1 will not, nud your throats shall not
make me."
"Wo shall see. Take up lhat pi.tol, or
your blood be on you own hands," and seiz
ing one of the weapons, he deliberately pre
sented it at the bend of Wilkius.
"Hold," exclaimed Ihe American, some
what sobered at the determination nnd ha
tred expiessed by Smilhson, "hold, sir, un
til I reliio nud unai ge my affairs, mi I 1 will
then meet you on any terms you may cluo.-e
lo dictate."
"Like all your countrymen," reloilcd tha
Englishman, "w hen you find yourself in a
position leqiiiiing coolness nnd bravery,
your skulking trails come out, and by cunning
you endeavor to invade that jiisiice a brave
gentleman would inflict. Publicly acknowl
edge yourself a liar and a poltroon, und wjl
Condescend lo forgive you."
Wilkius' cheek burned nl this iusuli, and,
grasping the remaining pistol, told !ijs oppo
nent that although unused lu the employ
ment of deadly weapons, ho would prove
himself a brnver man limn was Smilhson.
"Very well, sir, wo will fiylt."
"In this room, and w ithout witnesses ?"
asked the American.
"Certainly, Why not'"
"Because, if an accident t-h'uld occur to
either of us, there would bo no testimony to
exonerate the survivor."
"That difficulty shall be obviated j nnd no
further excuse offered by you shall be enter
tained by me," was the Englishman's re-
ply.
Tho major sal down and wrpte a few lines
detailing 1I40 circumstances under which
they had quarreled, mutually exonerating
each from entertaining other than the most
honorable motives. To this declaration
Smilhson placed his name, and then handed
it to Wilkins, who without hesitation appen
ded his signature. The Englishman then
wrote by way of postscript thai ha had
"forced" Wilkins lo fiuht Tho prelimina
ries tin being fettled, Smilhson rose from
his seal, and, in reaching for his pistol, his
aim upset Ihe lamp, which was immediate
ly extinguished, and two men, resolved if
possible to destroy each othei on Iho instant
were standing in the dark, armed !
Mlad you nol better ring for a light ?" rer
marked Wilkius.
"And give you nn opportunity to evade
the punishment I am about lo iullict ?"
sneered tho Englishman."
'Come, sir, prepare yourself ; we will not
further procrasiinate," interrupted Wilkins,
in a determined voice ; "If you ure resolved
to push this ridiculous matter to nn issue
we had belle; bejjin."
1 Well ; when I call out fire, prepare your
self." Wilkins had, while speaking lo the Eng
lishman, silently slipped his feet out of his
shoes, and walked noiselessly to Ihe fuithest
end of ihe 100m, and, as near as he could
judge, to the right of whero he supposed
Major Smilhson stood. There was 4 pause
fur a few moments, and so silent were the
opponents, so suppressed their breathing,
that if a peison could have opened Ihe dour
he would have supposed it tenanlless. The
click of the Major's pistol was heard by
Wilkins, and iIia next moment the word
"fire1' hissed, rather than spoken. Nervous
ly Wilkins raised his pistol, and pointed it
al random, for ha had little de.-iie lo aim at
tha Eng'ishmnn. So simultaneous were the
movements of the men thus singularly en
gaged, that, when Ihey fired, the reports
sounded to those who were iu tho room he
ueuih, as once. Wilkius fell a sharp twinge
on the crown of his head, but before he
could deteimine its cause, he heard the
body of the Englishman full heavily on the
fluor. A moment after, and the door was
burst in by the landlord and his domcslics.
The scene which presented itself to their
astonished gaze, on ihe subsidence of the
smoke, was appalling, Wilkius stood iu an
angle of the room, his fare covered with
blood, the ball from the Englishman's pistol
having cul a complete ftinow thioiigh the
hair, but flighty groping tl e scalp. The
blood flowed copiously, however, and its ho
s'ood, he looked ns if Ihe upper pait of his
skull had been blown off. As for the Major,
ho lay ncioss a fallen chair, wiih his head
und feel resting on the floor.- Tha life cnr.
reut was pouring fie-m his heart. When
raised by Ihe landlord, he was dead. The
pistol of W.Uiuo, allbJUjih tired, 11s we havo
mid, al random, hid sunt a ball through,
the Englishman's heart ! It i unnecessary
to say that, on an examina-ion of Ihe paper
written by Siniihson, Wiljkin was exoner
ated. The histoiy of this extraordinary rencoi.lre
was confined 'O a few persons, and, Millionth
the community heard ihe pnrtieulurs, the
names of the beligereuts are known lu few
even al this day. Wilkius from the intense
excitement which be had undergone, was
thrown Into a raging fever, and fur many
weeks it was supposed lhat be pould pal re
cover. Me became conrulesceut, huweyer;
but hjs reason was gone. Suno two years
iubsequcpt to tha events above lelalciJi b
died jii an insane hoipilal, a laving madman t
Before his death ho repeatpJ, inpohererilly,
the preliminaries of ihe falsi night, and just
as he uttered the word , njire," fell over, a
corpse 1
H-Bpum')! or F.R. The fur to Boston
by tha Full River lino of steamers, has beep
reduced to 3 for cabin and li deck passage.
TIIK F.XCAVAT.OX AT llEVi:H.
I. 'tteis received in Pali from M. Place,
Consul at Mosul, report fiulher excavalii in
. lid successes among the mounds of Nineveh
Among the recent j.'"b" from this lich mine
of amiquhics, besides 11 largo addition of
statues, has reliefs in iv.atble, pottery, and
articles of jewehy, which thiow light on the
habits and customs of the inhabitants of the
ancient city, the French explorers have been
nble to examine tho whole of Iho palace of
Khorsabad and its dependencies. In so do
ing, they are said lo havo elucidated some
doubtful points, and obtained proof that llu
Assyrians were nnt ignoiant of any of the
icsourccs of architecture. M. Place has dis
covered a large gale, twelve feet high,
which nppiaislo havo been one of lliu en
trances lo tho city two rows of columns,
apparently extending a considerable distance
the cellnrnf the palace, still containing
regular rows of jars, which had probably
been filled wiih wine fp.r, at the bottom of
these jars there is still a deposit of a violet
color. The operations have not been con.
fined to the immediate vicinity of Khorsabud
M. Place has caused excavations to bo made
in the hils Baehicen, Karamles, Teu Leu
ben Matlui, Kaiakock, Dignn, &c, on the
eft bank oj the Tigris, within ten leagues
from Khor-abad. In them ha has found
monuments, tombs, jewelry, and some arti
cles iu gold and other metal and in stone.
Al D.i.iian there is a monument, w hich, it
is supposed, may turn qut la be as huge as
lhat of Khoisabad, Al Multai, and at a
place called Barrinn, M, Place has found
bas-reliofs out in solid rock ihey consist of
a number of colossal figures and of a series
of full length portraits of the Kings of Assy
ria, M. Place reports, that ho has taken
copies of his discoveries by menns of the
photographic process and he announces
that Col. Itawliuson has authorized him to
make diggins pear tho places which the
English are engaged jn examining. London
Athcnrtuvi-
THE LIGHTNING A FEW HINTS.
It may be well lo encourage timid people
who are religiously or constitutionally ulnim-
ed al lightning, to stale the doctrine of chan
ces. As a ceneral thin?;, the lihtninp- does
not strike within tho space of a square mile
more than once a year. If the person is a
rod distant, he is seldom, if ever, killed.
Now here are 70,400 squaro rods iu a square
mile, and if iho lightning struck rod after
rod, it would take 190 years to go over jl;
but it smjtes. here and there, and that it will
smite any specified rod, there is not more
than one chance to a hundred billions.
Again, other things bei::g equal, tho chance
diminishes as il regards a low object, as the
difference between the square of its bight
and thai of a lower; so that with a person
six feel, and a tree sixty 'feet, there is bul
one chance out of 3561 of the person's being
struck. Jf ho will go close tq a tree, or in a
house without a rod, his danger is propor
tionally increased.
Again, objects, non-conductors when dry,
become good conductors w hen wet, A dry
silk umbrella, jf not tipped wijh a metalljo
substance, will ward off the lightening; but
if wet, not. Got lightening rods for your bous
es, and see lo it I hut the fastenings be much'
smaller lhan the rods that tho rods enter the
earth and fear not the "red urtillery."
It is well for persons w ho ure naturally tim
id 14 get olectiified a number of ijincs. Jt
renders them less electric, and, therefore,
less iu danger. Finally, a death by lightn
niug is the easiest of all deaths. When
electricity enters we are instantly filled, and
lifo is gone without a pang. "Ah! but the
hereafter)'' Well, live right here, and it will
ba right w ith you there if it must ho so.
MY TIIARA1I AN X.
When tliea(el uenr iny Thnn.li Ann,
My heart throhth wililly in my bstuiiu,
Aail nth I all tier Uiiutieth Ihean
I feel of .U luuukinil tne Isxht ;
And wheu my una eiuolt)Ui her wuitht
I Jie ditholved in heai-inply biith,
Bat live again whene'er I taint.
The Uiirup Ihwcethnrta ol" lire lab.
Oh, Tliunih Ami, Uiektliiui anal,
1 01) iny laertli own (,'iy exu.l;
1-t ,it Um Uieiilli-'o Ui veot to tituj,
To inoothc the ihieUielh of my th.aill
R.IUHITS IN Pauis. e. tered a lestauiunl
011 Ihe other side of tho Seine, and oidered a
rabbit. 1 was green, verdant as iho first cu
cumber, even as early peas or I should not
have done lliu. The rabbit car,;e, and ( ofj
fered the ILuitcur lo an jhl Frenchman op
posite, w hose eyes were fixed upon my 'pint,'
but ho bowed a nngativa The bow puzzled
mo. All Fionch iiuws nru polite, lul this
was more it was companionate. 1 stuck
my folk into tlio quadruped bcfiuo me. 1
was too much.
'(Monsieur ha not been lung iu Paris V
"No; 1 have juel arrived."
Monsieur is going lo cat lhat?"
"Yes, limy I offer you u slice"
(A frightful grimace) Monsieur i!J ul
low mo lo make a small observation 1"
"Certainly," (.1 Imlo alarmed )
"Monsieur, (gravely.) that wLbjl
tilcljPfil?"
Dssth or a lloust rito.M Faiunr On
Saturday mowing, as u Haiti of cars was
coming in, a boi.e of Mr. Collins, butcher,
which was bitched 10 a wagon near ihe
raihoud track, became quite restive. He
was seized and hold by til bride. As the
car came nearer ho reared and plunged,
ben trembled yjolently, sunk down, and
died in his Hacks. Was a hkp pase eyei
bofora knon. -r Vraulforl (Kxj ) Commonwealth.
Ol.l) SP.IMKS VOL. 13, NO. 4.
I
1 INK WTATOfcs, OF A K$W SPECIES.
Mr. K L. Walker, Uf this city, exhibited
to ns yesterday soma specimens of a new
kind of potato, w hich he has raised on his,
country seat, at Woodburn, about hnlf a milu
from tha Falls "of Schuylkill. Tha seed is
from Nova So ilir, nnd the potato attracting
the attention of Mr. W. by its sine snd ap
parent good quality, iu order lo lest its pro
ductiveness ami character, ho planted fobs
rows of this species, wiih twelve rows, of
the same length, of the Mercer potato, from,
Now Jersey, dojng nothing to the ground but
digging it up, and manuring it in the usual,
m n, or. T: a !w dverowsof the Me CTyielJi
ed iwo and a half barrels or potatoes; from,
the four rows of the Nova Scotia potato ha
.b'oiued ft: Larrclr, Ihi weith of iqj of
the potatoes which Mr. W. showed ns, wa,
two pounds nine ounces; the weight of foun
potatoes, eight pounds six ounces,; and ihero
were hundreds of others, of the same extra
ordinary siP, in the yield. The appenrancn
of the potato i curious, being one enormous,
sized potato as the moin growth, and four or
five others springing fron it like excrescen
ces, but each a perfect potato, and larger
than Ihe ordinary production. The quality
is pronounced equally us admirable as thu
growth, the potato resembling in color, taste
and cooking qualities, Ihe Bermudes,- which
are esteemed as a superior production. Mr.
Walker attributes the great yield he obtained
from this potato, to the fact lhat ihe rows
were planted sufficiently wide apart lo givq
light, air and room lo the foliage. The dis.
lance between the rows was five- feet. This
was purely accidental, as his ground had
been occupied with strawberry-beds planted
that distance apart, nnd in Ihe space betweeq
the strawberries he planted his potatoes.
The gardener and other?, in watching their
growth, pronounced them a failure, as Ihey ap
peared to go all to lops; but Ihey discovered,
their mistake when they came to see tho
actual yield. Some of the same kind of po:
latoes, planted only two and a half feot, in.
hills, and did not yield so prolifically. Tho
lops got matted together, and Ihe roots ran
out Ihe sides of the hills. What produced sq
wpll was plantpd on flat ground.
Ledger.
Mixing Measimo?. Msnouno Encmsii.
There is an individual in the High street
market "doing business," who is down oq
customers who don't speak proper.
"What's eggs, this morning ?" says a cus,
lomer.
"JSggj, of course," sajs the dealer.
"I mean how do they go?"
"Go? where?"
"Sho ?" says Ihe customer, getting up his.
Jury, "what for eggs?"
"Money, money, sir! or good endorsed
credit!" says the dealer.
"Don't you understand the English lan
guage, sir ?" says the customer.
"Not as you mix it and mangle it, I don't'.'
responded the egg merchant.
." VY hat is the price per dozen fojr
your eggs ?"
"Ah uoyv you talk," says the dealer.
.'Sixteen cents per dogen, js the price, sir !'
They traded.
A mce place to live in. The low situa?
lion of New Orleans, and Ihe warmth of tha.
climate, cause a bountiful supply of all sorts
of wjnged pests. The Picayune complains cf
un invasion of small but aniuiying enemies,
AU invasion cf bugs bugs that resemble
beetles, which are dazzled by the light, bun
their wings, cover tables, come like bullets
into one's face, buzz, whirl about, and cannot
bo got rid of or bo killed by any known
means of destruction. If you go close tq
ihe Ijght, the bugs bother you; if you get
away fiom Ihe light, the mosquitoes bo! he'
you So, it's a gcneial botheration any how
il can be fixed. Can anv body minister tq
bugs and mosquitoes, or mul physic be re?
served for Ihe dog outy ?
Fiik vii.rioK of Hermann, in Missouri, i
the centre of a Trie-growing district, origiu
ally settled, some fourrteen years ago, by 4
company of Germans. Tho soil of the coun
iry was poor, and did not yield good 10 uf
giuiu or tobacco, and many of tho first aol
tiers left. In 1815 the experiment of (trap)
culture on tho hills which are from 300 tq
C0Q feet Jjighi 'ih a southern exposure
S';n tiied, und successfully. Tho are now
437 ucie devoted to thegiapn, uiul he maiir
uf.ieluio uf wiuu is carried ou to a considera
ble extent. Jji village contains about 1200
inhabitants.
K TKNJivi: Coal Hi: p. Tho raihoad froiq.
Ciiijciiiniiti lo Zuuesville, through Ciicloville,
Luucnster, &c , will pass a bed of caunej
uuiil, iu Perry county, Ohio, which has beta
announced by Professor Mather gild other
distinguished rjcologUls, lo be the nius) ex,
liiU'iv'tf i" lhoFiijt,ed .States, the depth of do
positu ranging fiom sixty tq cue hundred and
twclyu feet,
Tia Coet, 1'iofessor Seechi, Rome,
August 20, 3J A.M., while searching fop
Biela's comet, discovered a small qpbu'ous,
comet in thu constellation of t!a Tvyijja. Hi
does not know whether this js a new comat
or a portion of Biela's, which was divided jq
Ihe beginning of 184j. L)r. Peterson, of Al:
Hjnq, considers the new cqmet to tja un,
doubtedly Biela's.
A genuine Yanked thus alyeriis his tiu
ant wire; fOu the J$it of August, on the
niLjt of Monday, elope J from &)r husband
Ihe wife of John Grundy; bis grief for her
absei ce each day growing deeper, should un v
J one fiiiJ bur, he begs hitn Ij keep (jer.'f