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SELECT POETRY.
Frjra "Diogones."
CITALE.
The Turki went out of Kalifat
In a bold determined way,
VViih rifled they go to t haw the foe,
For Ihey have a debt lo pay ;
And they gave the Russians lit for tat
Belore they returned to Kalifat !
So the fight began, aa (he Moslem fought
In a terrible kind of way;
And in every stroke, the gun that spoke,
"Remember," they seemed lo say
"Remember Sinope, think of thai 1
Wipe out tha score at Kulilul :
They wiped it out. What a heap of dead !
Making a fleshy way.
Bring up more men again, ond again,
7 fie avenuina army to stny :
A bloody monument was that
Which rose on high near halilal !
And so Citale's field was won
In a clorious kind of wav,
And I he Russian tied, and left his dead
To moulder and decay ;
And ho cried ns he ran, "I was a flat.
To come so near lo Kalilat !"
Select Sale.
THE WIFE'S APPEAL.
The clock struck eleven. A woman sat
by (he fireside rocking her baby to sleep.
The room was a small one ; it was a
poor workman's home ; yet there was an
air of neatness and comfort about it. The
floor was slept clean, the fire burned bright
nd crackled in the chimney, and the Tew
articles ol furniture which were neatly
placed about the room shone in the fire-
ight, their clear polish reflecting the merry
blaze of the flame.
Yet the woman seemed to be sad at
heart, though the elements of comfort were
about her. She sighed from lime to time
as she glanced al the cot in which her baby
was laid. I he child moaned uneasily in
its sleep, for it was sick ill,
She stooped down to gaze at it. A hec
tic spot burned on either cheek, while its
lips were parched and pale. I he poor
babe tossed its head uneasily from side to
side, and seemed all unconscious of the
rocking of the cradle, which now ceased
to lull it to its wonted slumber. The dis
tressed mother wrung her hands and wailed
within herself.
But suddenly she started and rose up at
the sound of a footstep on the pavement
without. She listened, the step passed
by ; and she sank back in her chair again.
"Alas !" she sighed, "it is not he ! When
will he come V
She listened again. She approached
the door, opened it, and looked out. All
was slill in the lonely streets ; the hum of
the city, though subdued and muliled by
the falling night, still reached her ears
from the distant thoroughfare.. Over and
above all streets, lamps, and city thorough
fares, hung high up in the heavens
shone the clustering fields of stars, looking
down, in their eternal, unpityine gaze, on
the turmoil, the sorrow and the suffering of
this lower world. The sight of those calm
watchers, unvarying, imperishable, eternal,
iflat times lull ol sadness and melancho
ly ; at least, so now did this lone woman
feel, and sadly she turned back into her
little nook, where her child lay. She clo
sed the door, and set down again by the
cradle.
All was hushed again, and now she lis
tened to another distant step in the street
without. Again she stood by the door.
Ibe clocks ot the city were booming the
hour ot twelve tar and near.
The step approached ; it was unsteady !
She knew that step, and her heart quailed
at its sound. She knew its meaning. Ah
how bright she once looked at hearing the
elastic tread of her lover, and after that, of
her husband, for it was he ! But now it
brought w ith it only sadness, despair, and
a grim foreboding of sorrow to come.
Yet she received him as of old kissed
hiru as he entered, and welcomed him
homeaain, as she had always done.
"Jt is very late, William," she said.
"Well! wtatof that 1"
"It's lonely sitting up."
"And who told you to sit up! Nobody
asked you. What business have you to
sit up Nobody asked you. What business
have you to sit up 1" and he hiccupped.
1 he poor woman burst into tears.
"Crying again, woman ! Well, what
good will that do you 1 You don't think I
care for your crying ."
"I ra alraid not. William. Hut go to
bed, and we shall talk things over in the
morning."
"Talk things over 1 What have you got
to say, that you can't say it now 1 You're
going to scold me, X suppose ! but it's all of
no use."
"No, William ; you know well enough
I am no scold. 1 have never spoken an
angry word to you yet, since I became
your wife, and I will not. If a husband
cannot be got to love his wife and have a
regard for her comfort without scolding, it
were better to give him up at once," she
saiu, seriously.
Why, Kate ! what do you mean t I
knew you have been a good wife, and an
affectionate one : but can't man stay out
la ! .a ..a . . r
wnen ne lues, witnout his wife lettinff
crying when he comes bomel But come
let's to bed."
"No; William; I must nurse our child
He's very ill." . .
"What! 111! and I didn't know of it!
What's the matter 1" .
. I can't tell ; but he's feverish and rest
lets, and I must watch by bim for tbe
night. Go to bed now, like a good, kind
fellow. 1 hope it will all be well in tbe
morning."
"Well, be it so. But I roust have kiss
of the baby before I go," and he approach
ed tbe cradle for tbe purpose.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1854.
Intoxicated though he was, he c u'd see
how much the child suffered ; it moaned
and tossed about as if in pain. He would,
however, have lifted the child up in his
arms, but the mother dissuaded him it
was too ill for that. He stooped down,
and, staggering, would almost have fallen
over the cradle, but the wife held him
back.
"Oh, William," she cried, "leave the
child alone ! You are not fit to touch him.
See you frighten him! Go now."
He staggered back, looking cowused,
and ashamed. "Well, I am sorry for this,
but I'll e'en go. Poor dear little Willie."
He was about to retire, when turning
back he said hastily, as if the thought had
for the moment sobered him
"But if the child should die!"
"Then, God's will be done." said the
mother, sobbing.
"Oh, let me fetch a doctor," he cried,
with a look of alarm, "I'll bring one in a
few minutes; let me go 1"
"I have teen to that, William; the doc
tor has been here, and done what he
could. Now eo !"
And he went stnsnerinrr to his sleeninff
chamber, from whence the sound of his
labored breathing shortly proceeded ; and
the drunken snoring of her husband, the
wailing moan of the sick child, and the oc
casional deep sighs of the watchinz wife
and mother, were the only sounds that
oroKe the stillness of the night in that sad
ittle household.
The morning's licht Peered in through
the window-blinds, and still found the
mother by the child's cradle. She watch
ed there by her first-born, calling to mind
its sweet winning ways, its prattle, and its
bright look. But now, alas ! there was but
the quivering clammy lips, through which
tne cniid'8 soul seemed fluttering. Its
shortening breath labored on, and its up-
turnea eyes were nail veiled by the con
vulsed no. Senseless, unconscious, and
helpless, never had that child been more
dear to the mother' Sieart than now ; yet
love could not save it ; sorrow could not
ransom it. There was a long breath, a
sigh, a gurgling sound in the throat, and
then quiet ; it was the quiet of death. Yet
still the mother watched for him that could
not hear her weeping.
At length the morning fairly broke. It
was broad daylight, and the husband rose
from his couch with red eyes and heated
brain. His step was unsteady as he enter
ed the apartment, where still sat the mother
and her dead child.
"It's- late," said the husband, advancing;
"I shall not be in time for work. Why
did you let me sleep so long 7"
"Poor little Willie!" was all she could
sob out in reply.
"What's the matter!" he asked; and
then pausing a moment, he seemed sudden
ly to recollect the events of the past night.
"I think you said the child was ill."
"He is dead !
"O, God !" he exclaimed, "it cannot be."
He looked down into the cradle, and
there lay the child, calm and placid as if
in sleep, yet breathing not, and with the
hue of death upon its cheek. He groaned,
and sunk into a chair by the cradle-side,
unable to speak
But suddenly there passed through his
mind the visions of the past ; and he
thought of the sweet prattle of his child on
the evenings of his return from labor of
his arch wiles and playfulness and then
of the patient love and care of his wile,
now bowed down in silent grief beside
him.
"O, Kate, this is a sad sight. Our poor,
dear child !" and the strong man hid his
face in his hands, and sobbed audibly.
sne iook nis nana. Me looked up
tnrougn nis tears, and sain "I have been
very cruel and selfish towards you. Do
you not hate me V
"No, no!" said the weeping wife; "no.
William, but here, by the body of this, our
hrst-born, let me speak to you of the past."
"Not now, not now !"
"William, I must; I have thought of it
during the night, while I waited for you,
and watched by your child and mine; and
now 1 feel it to be right fo speak to you,
though it is in sorrow."
"Be merciful to me !"
"I have no word of reproach for you.
William ; but I would speak to you as vour
wife, whom you promised to Jove and
cherish till death."
"I did ! I did !"
1 You took me, a girl, from mv father's
house and home, where I was happy.
You loved me."
"True! and I love you now."
"I believe you, William. Well, I was
young, with little knowledge of the world,
but 1 tried to make your home as hannv as
mine had been before. I labored to make
it cheerful and bright for you. I sought to
attract you to my side, and keep you at
home with me and the dear child there,
after your hours of daily labor were over."
"You did, Kate. No wile could have
been more kind and good."
"William, I prayed for you ; I thought
but of you, I lived but for you."
"Oh, spare me. 1 know, I feel how
cruel I have been."
"No, only thoughtless. When sober,
you have always been kind and loving ;
but when you nave spent your evenings
away from us, and come in late"
"I have been harsh and cruel I know
it now."
"Dear William, one other word and I
have done. Let me have tome of your
evening leisure spent beside me. I will
try to make you happy. Sit beside me
while I work; and if I do not knov so
much at the companion whom vou meet
with elsewhere, teacb me and I will learn."
"Oh, Kale," said William, sobbing, "I
never felt your love so dear to roe as now.
Here, by tbe body of this dear child. I sol
eronly promise that it shall be as you say.
I will forsake those haunts of dissipation ia
which my soul had well nigh been lost,
and seek peace, ond pardon, and happiness,
again, by your side."
And as time passed on, the memory of
the dead infant was guarded as a precious
treasure, for its death had been sanctified
to both. The promise solemnly made by
its cradle-coffin, had been kept, and peace
and blessings descended in rich abundance
upon (he happy cottage home.
TURTLE SOUP EXTRAORDIKAnV.
As we were nassing through a country
town a few weeks since, it was our fortune
to be witness to rather a ludicrous specta
cle, which we will reproduce here.
We were Jogging along very onictlv.
when all at once a confusion of longut s,
nrngled with screams, became audible in
an Irish shanty near the roari. which was
speedily followed by the appearance of
three Irish women, one hating a wash
bowl, one a shovel, and one a pair of tongs
in their hands, all of them in a stale of lii.'h
excitement.
"What is the meaning of nil this T f
inquired, reining up my horse in great as
toiiishment. "Och, sir, that 1 should live to see the
day !" exclaimed the first, nearly out of
cream.
Sure, it's the divil !' echoed the sec-
ona.
"Oth, by my sowl, it's the divil him
self !" repeated the third.
"uie devil !" said I, "what do you
mean. Where is he?"
The last speaker indicated the shanty
they had just left, with a pair of tongs
winch she was still brandishing.
"What does it look like ?' said 1, a little
cuiious as to the lou? ensemble of his satanic
majesty.
"V, it's a little Hack nastv thinff. that
hops about," was the reply.
"Where did he ctfme from 1" 1 contin
ued.
"Sure, sir, he jumped out of the pot ol
pratees, that wis bilin' for dinner the
nasty baste !"
"The pot of potatoes "
I had no time to say more, being inter
rupted by a piercing scream, and an imme
diate dispersion of my interlocutors. They
made a simultaneous push towards a stone
wall, over which they tumbled pell-mell,
and were soon scouiing the fielJs at some
distance, not daring to look behind them.
Looking around to ascertain the cause, I
saw a mud turtle very quietly effecting his
egress from the cabin, doubtless entirely
unconscious of the consternation his ap
pearance had occasioned.
It seems that the three women were in
the habit of drawing their water for culi
nary purposes from a neighboring brook.
On this particular morning Ihey had, with
out noticing it, drawn out a turtle will) it,
and placed it in the pot among the potatoes.
When the water began to grow uncomfort
ably warm, he attempted to crawl out.
His sudden appearance hastily led the wo
men, who had never seen one before, to
conclude that it was the "divil," and so
occasioned the scene above described.
Yankee DlaJi.
the way they make hot-beds ix
GERMANY.
Take while cotton cloth of a close texture,
stretch and nail it on the frames of any size
you wish ; lake two ounces of lime water,
four ounce linseed oil, one ounce of white
of epgs, two ounces of yolk of eggs mix Ibe
lime and, oil with very gentle hent, beat the
eggs well separately, and mix Ihem with Ibe
former, spread the mixluie with a paint bniidi
over the cotton, allowing each coat lo dry
before applying another, tiniil ihey become
water-proof. The following aro the advan
tages this shade possesses over a glass one.
1. The cost being hardly one-fourth. 2. re
pairs are easily anil cheaply made. 3. They
are light. They do not require wuleiinz; no
matter how intense ibe heHl of the snn, the
plants are never struck down or burnt, faded
or checked in growth neither do Ihey grow
up so long, sick and weakly as ihey do un
der giass, and still there is abutulancy of
light. 4. Tha heat arising entirely from be
law, is more equable and temperate, which
is a treat object. The vapor rising from the
manure and earth is condensed by Ibu cool
air passing over the surface of the shade and
stand in drop on the inside and therefore
the plant do not require a frequent water.
it.g. If the frames or stretchers are made
Urge, they should be intersected by cros
bars about a foot square lo support the cloth.
These articles are just the thing for bringing
forwatd seeds in season for liant platiling.
Plough, Loom and Anvil.
Vmdict or Not Guiltv. In tha case of
the heir of Samuel Newell, (who was killed
by tbe accident on the Boston and Maine
Railroad, at the time of the accident by
which tbe son of Gen. Pierce lost his life,)
against the Boston and Maine Railioad,
which has been on trial at Salem, the jury
have returned a verdict for ihe defendants.
The defence was that at least ordinary care
was used by the corporation, and that the
accident was caused by a defect, in one of
their oats, of which ihey could have had no
knowledge, and which no forethought could
have guarded against. Boston Journal.
tfae.D. Ibe price of breadstuff will
probably be at lower figure in a few week
All Ihe Western farmer have pressed thsir
giaia to Ibe point for exportation a soon a
ihe Spring shall open, and never before were
the storehouses to full. A few warm day
to clear the lakes, rivers and canals, aud the
abundanee of the West will pour upon ns.
Tut New Bible House in New York, eoi,
including tbe lot, 130300.
science ana thg arts, CTgrtcultttrrlarhctg, amusements. &tT
TUB nit EAT GARDIM R FRAUD.
The irnpodnir auda-iiy, venal eubtloty
oniS pio(lig.!e daring displayed in the fraud
perpet ae.l on I lie United Stales Government
by Dr. G. A. Gardiner, give moie than usual
importance to thnt occurrence. A full history
of the case appeared in the trial, but as that
event covered several months of examina
tion, the testimony is too volaminons for the
public lo recollect. The origin, prosecution
and detection of the Gartliner fraud abound
with stattling facts, and the mind is puzzled
to determine, sometimes, where compliciily
ends ami innocent participation wiih it be
gins. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
gives the complete history of the case. By
the Irenly ol Guadalupe Hidalgo, between
the United Slates and Mexico, concluded in
1818,511,000,000 wore tn be paid to Mex
ico, as indemnity fur the cession of territory
to the United States. Out of that sum $3,
125,000 was reserved for the satisfaction of
the clu ims of American citizens, who were
damaged and inierupled in Ihe prosecution
of business affairs in Mexico by the net of
war. Prominent among the claimants for a
portion of this sum were Dr. Geo. A. Gardi
ner and Dr. John II. Mears. Gardener pre
sented, before a Board of Commissioners,
consisting of George Evans, of Maine, R. T.
Paine, of North Carolina, and Caleb B. Smith,
of Indiana, his claims of $420,000 damages,
for loss of a silver mine in San Lpuis Potosi,
nnd at Ihe same time claimed 1 153,000 for
Mears. According to statements deiived
ftom Manual Verastigui, the Mexican accom
plice of the parly, the whole fiaud originated
with Mears, with whom Gardiner was ac
quainted in Mexico. Mer.rs is said lo have
sprung the desicn, but' was not equal lo its
fulfilment, and by his own statement rjimit
led Gardener ns a party, "because he was a
skillful man and a great friend of Gen.
Scott."
Gardiner was aided ns counsel by ihe Hon.
Thos. Corttin of Ohio, Gen. Wadily Thomp
son of N C. and Edward Curtis, Esq., fur
meily Collector of-Xew Vork, and cx-mcm.
ber of Conyress. The case was heard as
was also that of Mears, prid bolh adjudicated
favorably for ihe full amounts claimed.
Mears' claim was drawn entirely. Gardiner
received ?S3,000 of it, half of which he is
said lo have kept himself as his share,
which led to a rapture between him
nnd Mears Under power of Attorney in
Washington 838.000 was received in the
name of Jose Paudo, an accomplice in Mex
ico ; and $28,000 was paid lo Fernando de
la Cucfln, an attache of Ihe Mexican Lega
tion. The other $4,000 we are not able to
account for. All of this money is gone past
recovery.
Of Gardiner's awur'd, Mr. Coiwin is under
stood to have received a large amount, but
sold his fee, whatever il amounted to, for
180,000. Gen Waddy Thompson is under
stood to have received a considerable sum.
Mr. Curtis was in the case but a short timet
and after ho was out of it, rendered impor
tant service to the Government, in the detec
tion of the fraud. Gardiner, with his share
in the Mears' award left his country for
Europe, with somo $200,000 subject to his
ordor on deposile with Coicoran & Riggsi
and others lit Washington and New Yoik
Thus Ihe whotu matter seemed effectually
closed, Gardiner himself being evidently
confidently secure.
The first Secretary of the Board of Com
missioners was Cduard W. Johnston, for
merly of ihe Kutiona lulellifiencer, and moro
recently connected with Ihe Richmond press.
He occupied his position until the whole of
the Mexican claims, we believe, had been
ajudicated, and then resigned. Dr. Charles
Vf. Davis, was appointed his successor.
This ceutleman is a native of Washington
but had resided fifteen years in Mexico. To
him, we have reason lo believe, belongs ex
clusively ihe credit, of delecting ibe Gardil
ner fraud. It was ordered that Ihe whole of
the papers in Ihe Mexican claim should, af
ter adjudication, be filed in Ihe State Depart.
men', and it became ihe duly of Mr. Davis
to perfoim this part of Ihe work. On pro
ceeding to the examination of the Gardiner
papers, with a view lo their endorsement
and airangement, his attention wa arrested
by the palpable evidences of fraud. He at
once made a more thorough examination,
aud satisfied himself that ihey were utterly
spurious.
The Meats claim, moreover, came under
his observation, and il happened that he
knew bim in Mexico as a fugitive flora jus
lice, and a man of bad repute. He was alto
acquainted with the mining localities in San
Luis Potosi. There was, perhaps, no other
man in Washington who could have been so
appropriately appointed lo that situation at
thai particular time. He at once, and almost
intuitively, anived at a just estimate of I he
whole fraud. Upon ihis conviction, he ad
dressed a letter, dating the fact, to Mr. Cri!
lendeii,4hen Attorney-General, but finding
that hi communication wa unnoticed, he
published a letter in the National Intelligen
cer, boldly avowing his detection of the
fraud, over hi own name. This wa on Ihe
12th of May, 1851.
Tbit letter engaged ihe attention of Presi
dent Fillmore, aud al a Cabinet Council ei.
ther called for the purpose or otherwise im
mediately occurring, Ihe subject wa discus
ted, aud Dr. Davi summoned to appear.
He wa asked what information he had to
justify tbe publication in question, w hen he
explained the nature of hi duties, bis ac
quaintance with tbe subject, and hi convic
tion that the Gardiner claim wa a bold and
daring fraud. Mr. Fillmore repioved hint for
hi hasty publication of Ihe fact, and asked
wby he had not communicated with the pro.
per officer of the government prior i uch
a proceeding. He answered that he had
done so-thal he had fully informed the At-loriiey-General
of the fact. Mr. Crittenden
had received such a letter, but snpposine on
glancing at it, it was ihe usual complaint
gainst frauds, and a there was no appeal
laid it aside.
About the last of June, 1851, Mr. Edward
Curtis, whom we named aa former Mn.J
of Gardiner, notified Preai.lpni Fitlmnr. f
his suspicions about the validity of the claim,
and informed the President lhat a certain J.
A. Pone, a Frenchman, who had resided in
Mexico, and an intimate friend of Gardiner
had stated lo Wm. S. Parrot! and hi Krnttinr
John Parrolt, who had also been claimants
for indemnity for tobacco, before the Board,
that Gardiner had told bim, (Porte,) on Ihe
ihe eve of his departure for England, thai he
had mnnaged lo impose on ihe Government
fraudulent claims, and lhat a member of the
Mexican legation in Washington had assisted
him (Gardiner) by procuring from Mexico
the stamped paper that wo necessary for the
lorgeries. Poite was bronchi bv oroces be.
fore the Grand Jury, he denied, positively,
that he had ever made any such statements.
and declared lhat he knew nothing about the
fraudulent character of Gardinei's claim.
Olher
Washington who were sufficiently informed
upon other matters relating to the fraud, upon
whose testimony Ihe indictment was found
upon wnicn Gardiner was convicted on Fri.
day last.
. ...nui mn lASK XOT OVER YET
ssr. SlUEKSOr THE FRAUD I DANGER
The following, which we clip from Ihe tro.
, vuiiSicss ii nu m ine nouse yes
terday looks squally. Let the work go on.
Let every man directly or indirectly engaged
in Ihe Gardiner case be brought up before
the tribunal ol justice.
. . .
a and ivi cars Claim. Mr. Pr.
kins of Louisiana, offered Ihe foliowinn- r.n
luiion :
BrsoiW, That Ihe Judiciary Cemmittee
be inslrucled to inquire into ihe nronrielv of
directing legal proceedings to recover any
sum of money which may have been paid to
any person out of ihe treasury on (he Claim
ol Uardmei ami Mears, under the Commis
sion, which adjudicaled claim on Mexico,
nnder the provisions of Ihe treaty of Guada
lupe Hidalgo.
Mr. Culling suggested an amendment in
add, "with power to tend for persons and pa
pers," in order lhat thecommlitee might de
termine against whom to commence suit.
1 he amendment was aereed to. and ih
resolution adopted.
We hope Mr. Perkin and Mr. Cullins will
persevere in this "movement in the right di
rection," until the foul band of sneculato-s
in and out of Congress are entirely broken
up, and the ringleaders brought to justice.
Thb Lehigh Register dates lhat about
twenty gentlemen have associated them
selve under Ihe General Manufacturing Law,
with a capital of $200,000, and have purcha
sed 180 acre of land lying three mile north
of Allentown, at 8200 per acre, for the pur
pose of engaging in Ihe manufacture of Iron.
Tha same paper state that a number of
Philadelphia capitalists have offered lo lake
upwards of 8400,000 stock of the Allentown
and Norristown Railroad, which, with Ihe
amount already subscribed, will be sufficient
to put the road under contract' early next
summer.
A singular marraige look place a few day
since, in Hi-hlown, N. J. The bride had
nveuitors, to each ef whom she engaged
herself, appointing, wilh each, ihe same day
t .i . . '
iur me ceremony. At ihe lime fixed, all Ihe
lads were on hand, and Ihe magistrate who
was to perform Ihe ceremony was present
The maiden had not made up her mind fully
as to who should be made her happy lord,
when Ibe magistrate requested Ihe couple lo
stand up. As if driven lo desparation, she
bounded to her feet, gave one of the '-boy"
a nudge with her foot, and before the other
had recovered fiom their astonishment, ihe
Knot was lied.
oriental Wit. A a woman wa walk.
nig, a man looked at, and followed her.
"Why " said she, ''do you follow me?"
"Because I have fallen in love wiih you."
Why so ! my sisier, whoi coming after,
is much handsomer than I am go and make
love to her."
The man turned back and saw an ugly
face, and being greatly displeased, returned
and said
' Why did you tell me a story '
The woman answeied
"Neither did you tell me the truth; if you
are in love with me, why did )ou look for
another woman 1"
Pumpkik Seed Oil. Dr. Mitchell, of New
York, ha recommended Ihe increased culti
vation of pumpkins, partly for the sake of
the oil, which may be objained fiom the
seeds. He stale that half a gallon of excel
lent liquid oil may be pressed from a gallon
of seeds, that il has no disagreeable taste or
smell, aud burn well.
The number of blind person in Japan is
aid lo be enormou. In Juddo, the capital,
alone, 36,000 is the computation. There are'
more blind people in America than in Eu
rope, lu Egypt, there i one blind person to
every hundred. In Great Briiai.i ther are
Iwenly-five thousand.
Indiana, wilhiu . few year p,,t, ha con.
ttrucUd 1200 mile of railroad.
OLD SERIES, VOt. 14, NO. 20
THE TURKISH WOMBS.
The Baltimore American ha an interest
ing letter from Correspondent, dated Con
slantinople, November 18ibj fiom which wo
take ihe following paragraphs:
"We hear much in the VVetl of the atlrnt
tion and beauty of the Turkish women, (Ci.-
cassian or Georgians,) and 1 certainly hav.,
seen a number of pretty face in ihf com'- .
of my ramble about this great city, for lhe
ure Only half concealed ly the 'vahninrk
with which they envelope iheir heac!s. I
s matle of gauze, and al'hongh many folds o
it encitcle tbe head and forehead but one l
passed around Ihe lower part nf the tne, s .
that you get a pretty good view of that poi
tion of Ihe physiognomy. Their feature ai
very regular, iheir dark eye, beaut. fcltx
soft and languishing in expression, and id- '
complexions, though' pale and sallow, ar.
otteu charmingly tinted with the most deii
cale touch ef rour-e. As to iheir figures I
can say nothing, fot they dress most horribly
iti ine street, being enveloped in a huge sack
of fustian, far loo wide and too long for ihem, "
whilst Iheir little feet are quite lost in latgo
yellow morocco boots, like mens; with eno
hand holding up ihe loose flowing sack, m.d
tha other occupied with a mantle of the same
material, and always of some dark snmt-r
color, they ehofHe along ihe streets, the in' ..t
shapeless looking mortals I ever saw, jtst
like so many clothes bags, in yellow boots,
a Willi says. Bought as slaves they re
ceive little or ne education, ond 1 am told
that many of ihem can neither lead or write
Kindness. Would it not plense jou i
pick up a tririg of pearls, drops of eoM, di:
monds, and precious stones, as you pass ulo .
ihe street 1 It would make you feci liaj
for a month to come. Such happiness y
can give to others. How, do you askt B..
dropping sweet words, kind remarks, at, :
pleasant smiles as you pass along. The?
are true pearls and precious stones v- hk.
can never be lost, of which none can deptii
you. Speak lo ihe orphan rhilj -sea lb.
diamonds dtop from her cheeks. Take th
hand of that friendless boy bright fea:'
flash in his eyes. Smile on the had a;.d ,k
jected a joy suffuses his cheek more bril
lianl than the most precious stones. Bv t',
wayside, mid Ihe city's din, and at the fir,;
side of tbo poor, drop words and smiles to
cheer and bless. You will feel happier when
resting on your pillow at the closo ef tiny,
than il you had picked up a scot a of perish
ing diamond. The latter fade and crumblt
in lime the former grow brighter with ogi
and produce happier reflecli'ons forever.
Thc vz of Grapes, as an article of food
is much recommended in cases of coiifum -'
lion. They conlaiu a largo quantity ,,:
giope sugar, the kind which most nearly rei
emble milk sugar in il character and com
position. Ratheii Curious. A colored woman, who
has been in Ihe Maryland peneteiitiary five
years, had a few days" ago a bouncing baby
The doctor have had the ubject undei ad
visement, and recommended ihe youngster
lo "executive clemency-."
New Loco.MOTivEs.The "Monongahela,"
a first class coal-burning locomotive, built b'
Ross Winans, of Baltimore, arrived here o i
TuesJay, and wa placed on Ihe railroad ct
TbursJay. It is the first of ten locomotive;
of Iho samo class, which the Railroad Com
pany have ordered from Mr. Winans, for lb
coat transportation. Reading Gazette.
A Quiet Religion Many times God i:
present in the slill voice and private rutin
ment ol a quiet religion, and the consta
spiritualities of an ordinary life when tl -loud
and imperious wind, and ibe shinii
fires of more laborious and expensive actio
are profitable lo others only, like a tree t
balsam, distilling precious liquor for other.,
and fur its own use.
The trial of J. L. Fish, who, it will bs re
membered, shot a Germau boy last summ.--
.. I I , r . . .
wiii.b stealing appies irom tus orchard i"
Ohio city, haijtist been concluded at. Clevt
Und. The jury brought in a verdict o''
"guilly of manslaughter," wilh a alrong re
commendation to the mercy of the Couit.
An Enormou Moose. Mr. Epbraim
Washburn, now lumbering an the Seborif
river, Me , came upon a moose track on Sat
urday, the 25ih ult., which he followed til:
night, and then returned to camp. On tl.,
next day he darted again in pursuit, ai.a
oame up w iih Ihe moose about 10 o'clock.
After a chase of two hours, he dicceeded it.
killing hira. He weighed, atler being dress
ed, 700 pound.
BitiosTtrr at the West.-The a,
Mium. uom tne west lepresent Ibe B
m t-
.. . more as nited lo
tlOtl Wllh immunaa . ! .
lep,
" Mu.iue or grain a .
flour;. nd tbe opening of ,p,jng will wi,,,..
an active rivalry ., f0fu,llg
plies on the East. ' "
Railroad in Maine and New llamn.hi,
aredi. obd.uCLdbyice, audi, u',',
usual for passenger, to spend Ihe i,ht c
he track using fence fw fc,,, ...
ring long fast.. ' u
of T? Cinc'nM,i E"q"i'r tell. . ,riecJo,
of a piou. old genlleman. . U .... , ? '
w.rdaon.o,, B0, Um,er
New
wiw me Hum pavement.