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SELECT POETRY.
0ID ECHOES.
Yon wonder that my tears should (low
in listening to that simple sliuiu ;
Tlint lliu'e unskillful sounds should fill
My soul with joy and pain
Hnw can you tell what thought it stirs,
Within my hear I again
Ymi wonder why that common phrase,
So till unmeaning to your ear,
Should .lay me in my mertiest mood,
And thrill my soul to hear
How can you loll what ancient chirm
Has made me hold it dear
Yon smile to see mo turn and sneak
With one hose convcieo yon despise,
inn no noi see l no dreams ol olU
Thut with his voice nri?e
How can you tell what links hare made
Him sacred in my eyes !
O, these are Voices of the Past,
Links of n broken chain,
Wings that can bear me back to limes '
Which cannot come again ;
rt, Cod I oi bid that should loso
The echoes that remain !
51 Select Sale.
THE SMUGGLERS' WIFE."
A SEA SKETCH.
DV SYLVANL'S CO nil, JR.
Il was early morninz. Upon a low
beach just within a deep cove near the
mouth of the Ashepoo river, on the coast of
South Carolina, were collected a strange
group. They were smugglers, as any one
would have judged, to have seen them.
Apart (rom the rest, sitting upon an empty
cask, were a man and women, the former
a middle aged person, of much personal
beauty, and possessing a countenance indi
cative of a kind but dating heart. He was
the smuggler captain his name Victor
Manlord. The female by his side was his
wife, and she was in reality a lovely wo
man, small, but yet a commanding look,
and owning a heart filled with true love
and firmness. In her arms she bore an in
fant, which was shielded from the wind by
the ample folds of a thick shawl.
Near the shore, riding at a single anchor,
lay a heavy brig. Her sails were hanging
in the buntlines, and the men who were
left ii noil her decks were eno-aovd in the i
lower rigging. She had entered the cove !
for a double purpose. .She had escaped a j
storm, and at the same time run away from
a war-brig thet had given her chase. The i
storm had passed away, but with regard to ,
the vessel of-war the smugglers were not
sure. 1
'Nancy,' said the smuggler captain,
turning to his wife, 'is not this air too
harsh for you V
'No Victor,' teturned the woman, with
a kind, but yet anxious tone.
You had better go on board the brig.'
Not until you go.'
'B it I must wait till our lookout comet
back.'
Then I will wait with you.1
Manford was upon the point of urging
hit wife further, but as he cast his eye up
the steep hill behind him he saw one of
his men coming down.
Ha, here comes Shapley,' he uttered,
starting to his feet, while a shade of anxie-
Iv passed over his features. And in a few
minutes more the lookout stood by the side
of his captain.
You look troubled, Shapley.'
,Yes, captain. The brig is entering the
sound.'
'Then she must be coming in here.'
'Of course.'
'I3ut she cannot know that we are here.'
'I think she does.'
'She could not have seen us.'
No. but another did. You remember
we passed a fisherman last night.'
'Yes.' j
Well, I have been watching the war-j
brig for the last half hour. She spoke a !
small boat that had put out from the sound, j
and immediately afterwards she hauled j
upon the wind and stood this way.' j
How near is she V '
'She's in St. Helena Sound now.' I
1'or some moments the captain remained 1
silent. His eye rested for an instant upon
the form of his young wife, and then they
were bent nervously, anxiously, to the
ground.
'Shapley,' he at length tittered, his voice
trembling with an unwonted excitement,
all Is lost !
'Lost !' replied his wife.
Yes, Nancy. You must know the
truth. There is no earthly way for us to
get out of this cove, nor can w fight the
brig.'
'Then what will you dor asked the
woman, while her eyes betrayed nought of
fear.
I don't know- I don't know,' cried
Manford, clasping his hands over his brow,
and settling back upon his seat.
Let us not lear, captain said smapiey.
'If we cannot fight them, we can at least
escape inland.'
'Fear! ' uttered Mantord, starling up
from his seat. 'You know not the thoughts
that dwell in my soul, if you think I could
fear for mysell. I wan a tool to run in
here.
But the storm would have wrecked us
on the coast,' said Shapley.
True,' continued the captain regarding
his mate with a half vacant look. 'So it
would; but we had the possibility of a
chance then, but now we have none. You
say we can escape inland. So we can, but
all I am worth in the world in property,
is on board my vessel. That 1 could sink
in the sea, were it not for my wife and
child : but thev must not eo penniless.'
Then we can fight,' uttered Shapley.
So we can. but I would not. I never
yet spilt a drop of human blood, and I can
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not do il tiow. The men on board that land then he hastened below. His wile
war-brig are my own countrymen lln-y I nailed up the boards alter him; tut in such
serve under a flag against which I cannot I a manner that they could be easily knock
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raise mv hand. Go vou. Shan ev. and
confer with the men.'
'But we shall have to be pry.'
'It will take the brig two hours yet,
with this wind to work her way up here.
VVfr shall have lime enough.'
The mate turned away, and the smug
gler and his wile were left alone with the
sleeping infant.
'Victor,' said the woman, as soon as
Shapley was out -of hearing. 'I never saw
you so moved before.'
Because I never before felt as 1 feel
now,' returned Manford, in an earnest
lone. 'Since you have been my wile I
have been changing. Once I feared noth
ing, now, when danger threatens you, I
am all fear. And Ihen look upon that jew
el you hold next to your bosom. O, my
wife, I am but a child now. Love has
made me weak as a boy.'
No, no, Victor,' exclaimed Iho fair
young wife, throwing one arm about her
husband's neck. 'Say rather, it has made
you strong. Say, you are being more the
true man. Perhaps ' her voice sank
lower as she continued vou may be strong
enough to give o'er this life you now lead.'
uon,t talk ol that subject again, Nancy?
'Doe it offend yon, my husband V
I cann.it be offended with vou. and
you know il; so don't take advantage of
my Jove to talk to me of that hackneyed
subject. I am sail enough now.'
'Hut why so sad V
Because I must lose my all.'
You have lost property before whole
cargoes and were never so sad.'
Not so valuable as this. Nancy, I have
sixty thousand dollars worth of goods on
board my vessel, and hut little of it had I
intended to be couutretand ; but it must all
go now all all, and my vessel too. I
and my crew are known as smuggler?, and
not a single article will be spared to me.
Would to God I were alone in this. Had
I but run safely in with this carjo, I had
resolved that it should all be honorably
entered at the customs, and then I would
have sold my vessel, and have bidden
farewell forever to the smuggler's life.'
'Speak you that truly ? O, tell me, Vic
tor, was such your resolution V exclaimed
his wife, starling nearer to the side of her
husband, and winding her arms more close-
LV about his neck.
'Such had been my firm purpose.'
'You had not told me of it.'
'Because you were so anxious I should
do "0' w''',i though 1 have seemed
,0 ,urn 8 deaf ear to your often entreaties,
1 I,aVe been moved by your persuasions.
"ul 11 s now.-
No, no, Victor it is not past.'
What mean you V aked the captain, ga
zing in astonishment upon his wife's beam
ing features.
'Your noble resolution is not lost.'
But my property is.'
No, no.'
We cannot remove it from the vessel.'
But We can get the vessel out of harm's
way.'
The man-of-war will do that,' said Man
ford.' Certainly ; and she shall do it for you,
too.'
This event has turned your brain, dear-
'I speak sober!', my husband, and I
mean what 1 say. Your vessel"shall be
saved, and : in forty-eight hours you shall
do with her as you please. But you will
sell her, and leave this mode ol life, won't
you !'
'Have you conjured up some genii to
help you?' asked Manford with a faint
smile.'
Yes the genii of love. Now tell me
will you abide by your promise?'
'Yes.'
'Then the vessel may be saved.'
The captain smiled an incredulous smile.
'You shall bring a few empty boxes on
shore and split them up,' continued his
wife. 'That you can do.'
'Yes.'
And then you shall slrew a few pieces
of silk and lace upon the deck of the ves
sel.' Yes.'
And then you and the men can all se
Crete yourselves somewhere in the hold,
amonx the boxes and bales. I can remain
on deck with my child and claim the pro
tection of the officers when they come on
board, and tell them that the crew have
all fled. Of course there will be a small
crew put on board to carry the smuggler
into the nearest port Charleston, 1 cup
pose and when once outside you can do
the rest at you please. What do you think
olthall'
By the sweet virgin, Nancy, you have
saved us!' exclaimed Manford, starting to
his leet. 'It can be done as you have said,
and it shall be. My noble wife, I'll put
you to your sell imposed trial.'
And then we'll leave this life, and be
free and happy.'
Yes, forever.'
God bless you, Victor. Now hurry to
the men, and make the necessary arrange
ments before it is too late.'
The smuggler captain called his crew
those of them who were on shore about
him, and laid before them the plan of his
wife. I hey shouted with joy as they heard
it, and quickly tbey prepared to go' on
board their vessel. The remainder of the
crew entered into the spirit of the plan,
and its execution was set about at once,
A few boxes were taken from the hold,
their contents spread about the deck, after
which they were carried on shore and scat
tered upon the beach. This done the men
began to secrete themselves in the hold,
which they did by tearing two boards from
the forecastle bulkhead and enterin? that
way. Manford remained on deck until he
saw the war-brig coming around the blurt,
iu uii, ami iiim sue reuirneo to uie net K.
The war-bris hove to at a short distance
miu sriu a uoai on Doarit ine smuggler.
What vessel is this?' nsked the officer,
as he approached the spot where Nancy
Manlord was sitting with her infant.
'It is the Diamond? returned the wo
man, looking up into the man's (ace.
And a notorious smuggler, too.'
'Yes, sir.'
'Where are the crew ?'
'Gone, sir all gone.'
'How long rince ?'
'Over three houts, sir.'
A round oath fell from t lie officer's lips
at this piece of information. He saz.d
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a.iout the deck, and then cast his eyes up
on the shore, where o:ie of the boats had
been left.
Why did thev leave vou here alor.e V
he asked.
'Because I would not Lllow them with
my child. I shall meet mv husband a?ain.
and for the present I would rather throw
myself upon your generosity than to wan-,
tier off I know not where. You will find
the cargo a rich one, sir, as the crew have
taken but comparatively few of the lightest
articles with them.'
The officer returned to his boat and pull
ed on board his own vessel, and ere long
aftei wards the same boat, with several offi
cers on board, among whom was the cap
tain, was pulled to the beach, where an ex
amination was made into the appearance
of things there.- Everything seemed logive
proof of the truth of the woman's story,
and after ascending the hill and being sat
isfied that Ihe smugglers were far out of
rearh, the men re-entered their boat and
taking the smuggler's boat in tow, ihey
came once more to the Diamond,
The captain questioned the woman, but I
her answers were straightforward and nre-
cise, and he at length agreed that she
should remain where she was. The hatch
es were taken of', but as the hold appeared
to be snugly packed with the boxes and
bales, no overhauling was done. The stuff
was collected from the deck, and placed
safely in the hold, and then the hatches
were once more secured. The second
lieutenant of the war-bris was put in charge
of the prize, and (here was left with him
a passed midshipman, a boatswain's mate,
no eight seamen, with directions to run
into Charleston, where the brig would join
them.
Thus mailers were arranged, and before
noon both vessels were standing out through
St. Helena Sound.
The distance to be run was so short, and
a westerly wind so fair, that no precaution
hart been taken for Ihe salely of the prize,
more than the efficient crew that had been
put on board, and bv the time the darkness
of night had shut in, the two vessels were
out ol sight of each other, the captor hav
ing siooa tanner out to sea.
The first watch had been set, which the
lieutenant kept in person. Four bells had
just been struck, when the officer was sur
prised at seeing a body of men issuing from
the forecastle, and coming towards the
quarter-deck.
Are you theolhcerof the watch ? asked
Manford, as he approached with twenty.
stout men at his heels.
The poor lieutenant started back in sud
den fright.
'Who are you?' he at length gasped.
'I am the owner and commander of this
brig,' returned Manford ; 'and as such, I am
under the deepest obligation'to you for
Having salely run my vessel away Iron) the
guns of that war-brig. Since the coast is
clear once more, I shall of course have no
lurther use for your services ; so you can
make yourselves ready to go on shore. I
will give you a good boat, and that must
compensate you.'
Ihen we have been deceived,' uttered
the lieutenant, in an easier lone, feelinsr
assured that no personal harm was medita
ted him or his crew.
'Yes,' said Manford, with a smile.
'This is a sort of rune tie guerre of my
wife's. JJut you can rest easy under the
satisfaction that you are not the first one
who has been conquered by woman's wit.'
Of course the oflicer saw that he was ir
redeemably trapped, and that argument or
resistance would be equally useless: nei
ther could he feel very angry, for the bear
ing of the smuggler was kind and gentle
manly in the extreme; so without many
words he called his men about him, and
ordered them to prepare to obey the re
quests of the man who had so unexpected
ly appeared upon the stage of action.
There was some grumbling among the old
salts at the unlooked-for situation in which
they found themselves, but a few words of
good will from Manford soothed their trou
bled spirits.
lbe brig was headed in for the shore, a
man stationed in the chains with the lead,
and in leu .than an hour the prize crew had
entered the boat which had been lowered
for them, and were pulling for the shore,
which was not over three miles distant
As soon as this was done the smuggler was
put before the wind, an efficient lookout
set, and Victor Manlord joined his wife.
The hearts of the crew were opened wide
to pour forth their willing thanks, and the
grateful, happy husband pressed her to
his bosom and gave his thanks in joyful
tears.
In three weeks (rom that lime the whole
valuable cargo had been entered at the
customs in New York by a merchant who
was glad to do it, tho brig was sold, the
men munificently paid off, and then, with
his heroic wife and lovely infant, he sought
a home on the beautiful Hudson, where a
life of virtue and generous hospitality is
now wiping away whatever ol guilt may
bave attached to his name ; nor can he for
get to bless the faithful woman who still
i cheers and supoorts him on his way.
OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE
Science ann th .....
KMCAP8 FIIOM A COKVKNT.
The li.illimore Argns publishes a statement
nf r !...!.. t r-
... u juuiij; mil iiuiii n guilts II
in Gjnigelown, where, she h id been immur
ed, after having been transferred from the
building on P.uk street in this city, where
a number of nuns reside. The statement is
as fnllotvs ;
About a year since, a young, handsome,
and accomplished nun, Sister It , was
transferred from the Paik stieet Convent of
our city, to thu cloisters nf a nunnery in
Georgetown, District of Columbia. She was
folio wed hither by a young lady of this city,
who being educated with the recluse previ
ous tn taking the veil, had formed for het so
ardent a friendship, that distance, danger,
nor giated nunnery doorways, could deter her
fiom regularly visiting her affectionate veil
enshrouded friend.
These visits to the Georgetown nunnery
continued on the part nfthe yound lady from
Haltimorp, until she learned that the com
panion of her school girl days, like a caed
bird, pined again for the warm, genial, sun-"
shine, and an intercourse with Ihe world of
pleasure, g, jef, care) Jeishi ar huily jfe
One day, during a late visit, The fair recluse,
through her grated bar, expressed a wjsh of
more than ordinary fervency to leave Ihe
dark and dismal cells or her convent; and
her sympathizing Mend, with alacrity, agreed
to take all measures which might be requir
ed for her escape. The next day a carriage
and horses were in attendance in the nei"h
borhood, ami the fair deliverer agajn
sought rn interview with the recluse, who
hail hor scanty slock of wearing appaiel ami
other little effects, all packed up in readiness
for he,- night. A key which had been pre
viously prepared, upon trial, fortunately fit-
16(1 ,lm luck of Iht' SJfated door which had so
long sepeiateil iiom society the young re
cluse, and the latter, under Ihe guidance of
Ihe fair, but courageous friend, reached the
carriage, tho driver, of which, after receiv
ing his precious charge, quickly lashed his
horses, nm tie dark sombre walls of the
Convent were soon left many miios behind.
Rut a short period sufficed to convey the
escaped Nun to a safe asylum, where she
now remains preparatory to again resuming
in the open woild her former sphere in so
ciety, usefulness, duly ami responsibility
This event has occasioned no liitlo excite,
mem and conversation recently among cer
lain circles in our city, and the fair heroine
who planned ami effected Ihe escape of
her cloistered friend receives with all due and
becoming humility, the unbounded eulogiums
of those who deny that
Hippy iathe lonely veatiil'a V.
The world forgetting l,y the world forgot.
It is presumed that the young lady's expe
rience of a year of convent life has complete,
ly cured her of Ihe romantic design ofaban
doning the bright world which a kind Provi
dence in his wisdom has so graciously given
those formed in his own imag, and seeking
in it stead the dark portals of an entailment
of a darker age.
DANIEL WEBSTER'S TESTIMONY.
The last hours of the great Statesman were
occupied in preparing Ihe following ileclara
lion of his belief in the Christian religion,
and when finished, he said : '-This is the
inscription to be placed on my monument :
"Lord, I believe: help thou
mine unbelief.1'
Philosophical
argument, especially
that drawn from the vast
tiess of the universe, in com
parison with Ihe apparent insi-ui-ficauce
of this globe, has sometimes
shaken my reason for Ihe faith which is in me,
but my heart has always assured and re
assmed me that the gospel of Jesus
C'hrisl must tea divine reality.
The Seimoii on the Mount
cannot bea merely hu
man Pioduclion.
This belief
enters in
to the
very depth of my conscience.
The whole history of man proves it.
DANIEL WEBSTER."
Upwards of five thousand flint muskets
were offered for sala nt Washington, by auo
linn, on Tuesday. The prices ranced from
82 Jc. to 81,80 each. Fifteen hundred mus
kets, together wiih a lol of swords, were
bought by a gentleman connected with a
Colonization Society, and they will be
sent to Liberia, to aid the blacks in de
fending themselves from Ihe barbarous
hordes which surround them.
In Poland during the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries, the person convicted of pro
pagating an unrounded tale of slander, mili.
lating against the character or an honest in
dividual, was sentenced lo place himself pub'
licly under a table in the altitude of a dog
there to bark three several limes, and be
tween every barking to declare aloud that
"hu had lied like a dug."
Pi'Rt'inse of Fkikikim The fiiends of
the late Daniel Webster have succeeded in
collecting S800, the iiecessary.auiouiit lo pur
chase the freedom of Daphne, a slave belong
ing to Mrs. Louisa Hunter, of the District of
Columbia, together with that of her son. Da
phne is the wife of William, for many years
a faithful servant of Mr. Webster, who eman
cipaled him aevetal years since, anj who al.
so intended to purchase the freedom of Da
phne, had his life been prolonged. Among
the eontributions received on behalf of Da
pbne were (217 from Mrs. Webster and her
Boston friends, and $25 each from Senator
Seward, Hon. E. Everett, Hon. Wm. Apple
ton, and other.
THR I AHKOT As) A MIM,H.
Parrots, lilio
: .. . ' " ""'"" 'iieir notes deep
ill me I lirOilt
, and show ureal nntitmln in imi
lalmg the human voice. A most remaikable
instance I met with at Biaham's villa in
Brumpton. A lady, who had great admiia
lion for his talent, presented him wiih a pr-
ml, on which she had bestowed great pains
in teaching il to talk. Afli.r dinner, during
a paufe in the conversation, I was slnitled by
a voice fiom one corner nf the room calling
out, in a strong hearty manner, "dime, Bra
ham, give us a song !" Nothing could exceed
the surpiise and admiration of the ;oinpanv.
The request being repealed, and not answer
ed, lbe parrot struck up Ihe (list verse of
'God save the King," in a clear, warbling
tone, aiming at Ihe style of ihe singer, and
sang it through. The ease with which this
bird was taught was equally surprising with
the performance. The same lady prepared
him to accost Catalaui, when dining with
Mr. Bra ham, which so alarmed Madame
lhat she nearly fell from her chair. Upon
his commencing ,:Rule Britannia," in a loud
and intrepid tone, the chantiess full on her
knees before Iho bird, exclaiming, in terms
of delight her admiration of ils talents.
This parrot has only been exceeded by Lord
Kelley'a, who, upon being asked lo sing re
plied, '-I never sing on a Sunday." "Never
mind thai Poll ; come, give us a song." "No
excuse me, I've gol a bad cold ; don't yon
hear how hoarse I am V This exlraoidina
ry creature performed Ihe thtee verses entire
of "God save ihe King," words and music,
without hesitation, from lbe beginning to the
end. Gurtliner's Music of Nature.
MEW CtrtRE.NCY TABLE.
10 loafeis make one grog shop.
1 grog shop makes 50 drunkards.
50 drunkards miu (ifly families.
50 families till one poor house and jail.
1 poor house and jail make 1 gieat bill of
costs.
1 gieat bill of costs make one poor town.
I poor town drains the county treasury.
1 bankrupt county is a great Stale tax.
1 great Slate tax exhausts the national
fund. t
WKTCI1TS AND MEASl'RRS.
1 looks
2 wishes
2 calls
make one wish.
" 1 call.
1 invitation.
I dram.
1 no-scruple.
I spree.
I high.
1 boozy
1 how come yon so.
1 drunk.
1 fit of delirium tre
mens. 3 invitations
4 drams
3 no-scruples
2 sprees
2 highs
2 booys
2 how come you sos "
9 d'unks
3 fits ofdeliiimn tre
mens "
I death.
From th. Literary WorlJ
EGOTISM.
Dream not, complacent, thoughtless man,
That heaven of thee takes special care.
Or sw-erves fiom ils impaitial plan,
jo give mat lot a oeuer snare.
For full a thousand millions more,
The showers descend, the sunbeams smile.
On each far continential shore,
kach lonely, sea-seqnestercd isle.
How vaster far Ihe .throng which saw
Our earth, since dawned her primal day,
Which lliited through thu gates of awe,
In all the ages past away !
Dost deem thyself ih' impoitant one 1
So thought each shaddow gone before,
Each felt as, w hen its day was done,
The earth and skies need stand no more.
Then simply spend tho fleeting years.
I hat Dear lliee towam the waning gloom,
Content to share, with all thy peers,
The common hope beyond Ihe tomb.
The Kane Expedition to the Polar Re
gions. Dr. Kane is in Washington, ami has
just received his Instructions from Ihe Navy
Department, for his Northern expedition, lie
expects to sail about the 1st of May, in Mr.
Grinnell's brig Advance, aid w ill eudevor to
penetrate the Polar Sea via Baffin's Bay.
Several members of the Grinnell expedition
have volunteered their services in this second
American effort. Dr. Kane has selected
from among them Mr. Henry Brooks, who
was second officer of the Hetcut, and an at
tached personal servant of Ihe Doctor's, who
has accompanied him in many of his travels-
The whole baud will not exceed thirty per
sons, including some Ksquimaux w ho are lo
join Ihe patty. Sir Edward Perry, the Ross
es, and other well known Atlio authorities,
have, by order of Ihe British admiralty, writ
ten suggestive letters, affording practical in.
formation relating lo sledge travel. The
letters were accompanied by presents of field
compasses and itidia rubber clothing and
sledges, valuable to the parly. The vessels
are provisioned for three years. Theptnvis
sions consist of meal, biseut, condensed milk,
dessicalod Vegetables. Tho little brig ('be
Advance) w hich is to convey Ihe gallant
party to their scene ir operation, has been
magnificently filled out by Mr. Grinnell.
The sledges, in addition to ihoir scanty car
go of food, will carry an india-rubber boat,
spread upon basket or wicker work a valu
able suggestion by Mr. Bennett, agent of the
Stanton Life-Boat. Dogs will be used free
ly to carry out depots of food for the little
Whaliko v Enx'TRiciTr. Mr. H. Rich
ten, of Bremen, ihe inventor of the process of
killing wbalea by elecliicity, has arrives! at
New Bedford, from a w haling; ciuisa upon the
north-west coast, durlna- which ha ia Slid to
hare eucces.fully tested his invention. 1
THE POST OFFICE.
OLD SERIES VOL. 13, NO. S3.
TO KILL LICK 0!V CATTLE.
Nothing is more simple, more effeclnaf or
moie easily ubla tied iluin common lamp oil,
one quarl of w hic h is sufficient to d ive all
and every species of vermin from an ox of
the largest growth. Let a rr-nm be Oirecf
"It'i'g Ihe back fiom head to tail; a. other
"tie encircle th- body j,t back or the shour
dois, and" again fronting the hips round the
Hanks; all of which should be well robbed,
so as to spread it over the animal as mneh as
possible. Particular attention should be
given to such parts ns the animal cannot
reach. 1 havo seen both cattle and hog
cleaned in this manner, by one or two appli
cations when they have been fairly alive
with the vermin. Such treatment is of espe
cial advantage lo neglected mancy pigs in
the spring of Ihe year, whether infested with)
vermin or not, ns the oil has a gieat tenden
cy to remove thje dry scurf with which the
body is always covered in such eases, pre
venting their growth by closing the pores of
Ihe skin, and cbstructing thai healthy, though
insensible perspiration so natural lo all crea
tures. Gerntonfoirn Telegraph.
BUaillG TOMATOES.
Those who love good tomatoes will take
pains to culiivafe ihen so as to insure
them as near as may be in their full perfec
tion. There is no other fruit that delight
more in air and sunshine than the tomato.
They should have therefore abundance of
room, and the vines be sustained from falling
lo the eaith. I have found stout brush firmly
set atotimt the plants, to answer Ihe purpose
better than any other method. The bran
ches have room to extend themselves as they
like, whilo ihe limbs of the brush keep them
in thnir positions. By this method the fruit
is more fully exposed to iho genial inftoencee
of the air and sunshine; whereby il attain
a more delicious fiaror, larger sie, and come
quicker to maturity. Kurd New Yorker.
SfiRiDRERT. Trim op your shrubbery
If you havej none, ba sure to plant some of
varions kinds around your house, in your
lane, and in yonr garden. A conntry house
without shrnbbery nnd flowers, is as destitute
as a bachelor's dwelling.
The California Indians. Lieutenant
Bealo, in view of the shocking barbarities
practised towards the California Indians, pro
poses several remedial measures. These artr
the appropriation of baira million of dollars
for the immediate sustenance of the Indians ;
Ihe establishment of military reserves for
them? protected by soldiers, where they can
support themselves by labor, anj to make it
obligatory on all the officers employed in
California in the Indian service to reside
among them on these reserves; the oblition.
ot Ihe Indian agencies, and the appointment
of six sub-agents, al about $1500 each, to re
side with Ihe Indians, and assist them in cul
tivation, &e. Two or three of the native Cal
iforniana charged with kidnappingth Indian
children, and selling them as slaves, have
been arrested, and will be tried for the of
fence. Fatality or French Empresses.-From
the wives of Charlemagne down to tho mar
tiage of Louis Napoleon, says ihe University
Magazine, some sixty-seven in all of the roy
al and impeiial consorts, there are but thir
teen on w hose names there is no dark slain
of sorrow or sin. Eleven were divorced,
two died by the executioner, 6even were
very eatly widowed, three were cruelly tra
duced, three were exiles, thirteen were bad
in different degrees 'of evil the prisoners
and the heart broken made up the rest.
Aboul twenty were buried at St Denis, who
were denied Ihe rest of ihe grave; their
tombs were broken, iheir coffins opened,
their remains exposed tn the insults of a rev
olutionized populace, and then flung into a
trench and covered with quick lime.
A New Hampshire Farmer, going to a
meeting, met his minister, and lold him that
his society resolved lo increase his salary.
'I beg of you not lo think or any such ihing,"
said Ihe minister, "for it is about as much
business lo collect my present salary as I
wish lo attend to ; if il should be increased,
I should be obliged lo devote my whole time
to collecting il."
'Ma, has your tongue got legs!'
'Got what, child V
Gol iegs, ma.,
'Certainly not ; but why do you ask such a
silly question
'O. nothing : only 1 heard pa say your
tongue was lunuiiig from morning till night
and I was wondering how il could run with
out legs that's all, ma.'
Vert Ilrwoar. It is stated in one of our
exchanges, that among Ihe applicants for
office under ihe national administration' at
the present lime, ihere are no less lhan
lliiiiy-lhree ex-Governors of various Slate.
A Syracuse paper says thousands of acres
of ihe kind w hich Gerrit Smith disttibuled
among poor black & white laborers, has been
advertised lo be sold for tuxes.
It is stated in the New Orleans True Delta
that Ole Bull's four concerts in New Orleans
netted over ten thousand dollars, and were)
the most sucessful evergiver. in lhat city, ex
epl Jenny Lind's.
John Hancock, son of John Hancock of
Revolutionary memory now ovei SO years f
age, i still living in Boston, in iheerw
j of eic
ellef