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T •• ■JsSfflfi Mssss^- ,o? -(, .'ofc«C« Ifftkrthi*Jo»#lT<*R?* r, ‘ ,v ucvo a.:;; .V,! * -Ij, tWqAh&W rtbla 1 • • r,i iln >Nuf *e«d ; . ~, ~ fmfjke . ■ k ■ > ■'«W!pp»ii£^^.: Ob' l lncM6liiiiiSM£,‘M’tlii ( tM atMtti, ,; WHAriflktmerdr liUtenliiM. ■> ,irui ,-: --jo vf ft s Jr ~ ~ fiM Uyi) and baorinthMllh, ~ • 7 .'flft »l«fcpl»fciisghl*of;»npt)a*«Sah^i, . y < ili ~ if inmi i i n |i]| Tf jfty ■ "Jl 1 4 n v j'jgg l gjl <’ :'• TSLBNMLTEAill'rWri^rtjD.’ 45 ADVGNTDBB OF A TAGKBB CAPTAIJT. : V. ■0 ■. |).T!" ■', '-.r '• ■ : - Itid thmyeae «>■ ■■■,.thatl;foutni mykelfidtt ha«tflßei grind brig .Mary Ann of Portland; bourid ;<te Kingston, Jahtada.-- There ware sorrietwelva drfifleen passengers; mostly jroodg meh? savard ijf, item Creoles, retooling home; iWcEnglish officers who had beta on a visit to relations in Canada, and hereabout to re-join their regiment, and the rest-made up of passengers into whose businesi'it was none of mine to inquire, sodong as they made themselves igreable compagn m» dve which they, all happily wfere. Our eaptatewraa a shrewd, knotting -Yankee, principal owner of the brig, having on board an aborted cargo, which hie waa taking down to the Spanish Main for speculation. The passengers he had picked up el Dpston were a godsend, end-had induced him so farm al ter Kisor igidul intentiohs ns to steer for Kingi ston, Whither a targe portion of them werri hound; 1 Leave a'live Yankee alone to find out'who he is'dealing with, add to-, provide means of making a dime byhis customers! We had qot feft%dstori before he knew- full well that an extra supply of small stores, such as ales; Wines, fitc.. Would be a good in. vestment, and he had preparedhirhself accor-t -dmgly. Nor was he mistaken. The demand was brisk, and captain Jonathan was corres. aondmgly polite aud affable. - Our voyage was m&exceediogly tedious but it was long. The wmds were light'and' variable, and the skipper did-riot appear to make-much head way in Ids sailing as he ’might. Indeed the English Major, a jolly, whole-souled fellow with a deal of-humor in bis composition, slil v hinted that we should not see Kingston until the skipper's smalt stores were exhausted ; and thereupon tie incontinently called for , half a depths Certainly, if we were the : Major was the maik'to lead the enterprise. We were sitting around the dahhi'tahla, , enjoying the Englishman’s porterj ana inves tigating the merits of some excellent che roots—it Was our tenth- day out—when the captain put his head d«Wo the hatchway, and called out to me:— "I say, Mf. Brace, you are a man-of-war’s man; will ybu just step up and see what you can make olit of ibis stranger 1-” Captain Jonathan had soon found out my profedsidn, and with that easy nonchalance to peculiar to the genuine Yankee, put me to various duties during the voyage. “Here, skipper,” sang out the Major, “nev er mind the stranger; come down and help us finish the porter. We are drinking a fair wind.” "i rather guosa the stranger'll be after yeoti,” drawled out Jonathan ; “he looks un commonly rakish!” “Hilloa I.what’s that? a pirate, eh T By tore, there’s some sport at last!” and we all hustled oh deck. It was not exactly a calm, but the winds were light and caYne in those fitftil puffs de nominated “cal paws," which especially fa vor tropical seas. The stranger sail was made from the mast head two or three hours previous, to which little attention had been paid; taking advantage of these she had come up with us hand'over Ret, and was now nboul two miles distahl, oh’ our Weather quarter. — A more beauiifut sfthcfiriert of naval architec ture never'fldaied on the ocean. She was a schooner of Somewhere'about one’ hundred and fifty tons, With+nasts taut and raking.and a long low hull,- that-yielded like a-thing of life,” in graceful undulations to the waves.— Above tHdm rose a perfect 1 cloud of canvass, mat caught the slightest breath of air, and winged her with' ftdieeless and-almost myste rious speed over'the 1 water; While OUr clumsy craft was flapping her sails and crawling at a scarcely preeeptible snail’s pace, “By jovel how she comes- upi’ k cried the Msjo: “Wahl; you Sfee, she fetchesthe bree*e with her,” said Jonathan, With that excusable pride which even the master of a scow may feel in the craft be oommahds, “or I guess she wotild not 1 overhaul-the Mary Ann quite so> slick, no: ♦‘What apsrfectbeauty,” said I. "Yes,” replied the Major, ever ready, Eng llshman like, to appropriate all excellences for hi* own patch of aq Island, “she is cert lainlya trim liule craft, belong* to the ftoyal Yacht Club, l ata sore. ■ I hfeard'one oftheir finest vessels is expected on this foil.” “Those timbers were never laid in, Etig- InndpMajor,” said-I,'“she is a Baltimore clip per,' though what her present occupation is 'I would not venture to say,” “We’ll soon- see' that;”'-skid the captain, “mate, dhow your bunting,” The stars and stripes were quickly-floating at our peak, and in a' few moments, as if to rtfute rhy assertions, the meteor flag of Eng. land rose'majestically at.the stranger’s deck, and-fluttered aloft, Maned,by;a Wanton brcpze that of ita,folds. , , , “There,asir,” wid..the Major, pompously? ufitold you sd,,i knew there could be no yes-; sal -of equal'' iyamelry out of the Yacht CM." ; “Do fhaveii&lir'ijf thd ftoyal Yacht Club rri TT T s f' rA,n: ’i' f" ■‘■3l '-«•*•( I ■'T;j/-i *t*|K ■' w v-*A "fjßfe, tagß '^| h ’-‘—VI !,t ;-5 ,1-lbJtftWk.i U j s.a 9 *jssps)?Ftii •lcltCT^, !^l!7?'rr':, sWfu I’*'■• 1 ’*'■•'■■ " ■v'i 'ViJoina c v.i i t .| , enr.y '■* ‘V.'J »Idri>> _ ff 4J j ;-:'i .Imu-. ‘ i&vvC I ' ■ "~ -n-'.vli oi 1 ? i-trtrfj "fdc. <»rry «'.Lotog;Tom > m (Yachi. Majorl” Mkod theigius-frotniQty 'eye, with Mrioh MtW tech examining the- (choonbh “Wjivv ; «ir:PH ; ♦‘Because onr,friend' sefema ralbelr heavily aimed for.¥aohr/'- ! [ “Yacht, be darned 1“ exclaimed Jonathans , pirate'f arid;]- rather r gucss <>: • \ '■On yotll Ihinte-hß’lln tternpt lo capture tis; ■ skippepW •MbjDT , l i“aod havayouany l . V ,1,,, | F'Watcdgdihls cabala Closely Us (he& quasi tionsiwdre pu^-forapoahisfirrpness'atvdGoat ■ ductniighedepend our Uives.-w: There!wa» fire in' bisieyb, iihd atUishsprbadvrer his-wdatht 1 as ha reprliedj-wiib eni etfgyV-'I , -r;i; . •■ :n J ♦•{debtor TMistanfce! Jerusalem £• i rath-, er guess I have! Do you think that Ruben Jonathan' ia'goioj Jo give-tup hisibrigknd cargo-to lbefat' bloody Spanish ihleveJ.witlH out Showingfight; and let himself be pitched overboard like-atr-bld swab, into the It may be so'tltat lhe Mary Ann is; n6l the kind af'a prize forhim, and ihese faliows do notlike to'Waste, their ammunition; but if the worst comes wo must fight!’? We all <readily agreed with this proposition, and under his direction proceeded to arm our 'selves, which from the ship’s magazine and our resources we were enabled to do pretty effectually, fowling pieces; muskets, pistols; cutlasses enough for all being fbupd. On mustering' our- foibes, we had, including the crew of the brig, tWemy'active men, • “We'mustkeep-down, gentlemen,” said ‘the skipper, “and nor show too much strength, or he may-pepper is at a long tow,'though those fellows doht like to* use their big guns when'they can do their work quietly, there’s too many cruisers in these latitudes.” - By this time the schooner had come with in-hailing distance astern of us. ‘tßrig, ahoy I” sang out a voice from her deck! i. , “Hilloa,” cried our skipper, through a monster trumpet. “What brig is'thatl" “The’ Mary Ann of Portland. schooner is that I” “The Black Snake I Heave to and send a boat on board.” “Cant do it; thSyare ail on board and stored for the voyage.” “Heave to, then, while I send my boat on | board'of-j!ou.” “You’d belter Admit ithe righl-of- search.” ' fThe-schooner -.with -US, ’ ,tiiQ£i«h-iiift brig.JmLy commenced .in. /btize. ahead under the .influence or a suung gofer Both vessels were lying near the wind, in which point of sailing ihe schooner had an evident advantage. Our .skipper quietly or dered the roan at the helm to keep away,and os the brig fell off before the wind, it, was perceived on board the schooner, which made a corresponding movement, while another fierce hail came ordering us to “heave to,” As our skipper was about to raise his trum pet to reply, the Major interfered. “Peihaps she is a government vessel, and you hdd' better comply.” “Even if she Was. what right has she to bring to an American vesselJ I rather guess the right of search is settled,’’ said the skip per. The Major seemed to urge the point, when quietly touching his arm, he pointed to the schooner, on board of which a great change had taken place. Her deck swarmed with men, and preparations were making to lower her boats, while the English ensign had been pulled down, and in its place went up Ihe sig nificant black flag, with its horrid blazonry of a skull supported by cross bones, “Do her majesty’s cruisers sail under that sort of bunting, Major I” “A pirate, by heaven! we must fight for •< - The two vessels were now running paral lel, with about equal .speed, making about two knots an hour,- in a few minutes three boats of-armed men-pul,o(f from the schoon er, and scattering .in different directions, pul led with evidedt intention of attacking, on both sides. Every preparation the circum stances would . admit of was made to,, give them a warm reception. “We rausl-never let them get a-foothold on deck, gentlemeh,” said the skipper, wJjo showed an activity and courage which elici ted our admiration. i- The plan of .the boats to attack us from dif ferenfpoints at one, necessarily delayed their operations.. In the mean time, aa is. .often common in those seas, a current of-wind struck the brig,-pressing her rapidly-through the water. An idea —a bold and, happy one —-flashed on thp brain of the skipper. , -“Quick, gentlemen, 1 .have it! Wo are safe I .”' exclaimed he.seizinglhe w|iep(. “Mr. Brace,-Jump forward if you please, lake what men you, Want and. stand-by to,, grab the schooner, then like charge of her Ipng-Tom, Major, will you command the sharp shooters, and pick off those fellows if they come 100 near! By the gieat Jhhosaphat! I’ll show that fellow a Yankee trick he never saw be fore.” Ttib ided whs a brilliant one. There waff every chance of oJr carrying the sdhoortef if wfe'could jin jr her aboard While the greatest pdHiott'bf the Crew wdre in the boats;' atrd the which proveflVteddy, was aproV idehttal iriferposjiibti in -our behalf. Our prep drationsWere Speedily madOj-and thd skipper Sled red’ With sncticautiorißs gradually to ap-' ppohih -thc schooner. or'which'we’bsd the tHe'first effects of breeS#; With odtcpiitidfehOspVciondf Ws inlhnliohbn'board.- Ij Wassotria 'fnißiKSs 1 befoW ! ihe bdatS-per-' cClved ; the iiid'rbttsed spdffd'bfthe brig, and they 1 jidifefflekd 'iirgoirdasly 1 tb«h they, might, .endeavoring still to preserve their flan* hi! ak: i I'm «>;{ bnR ‘tlln-'J t-»!T MuT^ *tnfl(su aftfre j.?C{ *.<i hi\x i 7inv> !3 *<■ t *?ajv. ■V- I J.'J -vVtl\ i ;■" r> n.:< t J TBB (rough, iiQeiCQMwiPA, —-M - »».-■•*<- .« .? r, >■ »< ! f^nj Wl^;i ilw on ,. “Stand hy| ndv/,'genlle men * paidtbp skip* pef SP .hft 'gave a, few,, turns, : to.tliewWh— “PiplMhfltiellqVoff, steering, ftjajo r , tfce.ftrsl opfi,;*) . a ~.„T O ... ~ ~ £>w intention-™? bp,*. jhe;jdrate f ,buitiQQ.lajeJflMf}efiiu^.fe»istai)w k They fired .one, [.carrmiadean.fti-, 11% without,damage,,injreplyito _*hioh!i a-aiogla shot, from theiMajoc-Vrifle hroogjUhdowiube ibe flr>iiccl, : ,TheiM()oii;,Qf ,fifs, arms gaveintew .impfeuist* ibS:.- I bOat»jiaDd.'ithey headed uhrectlyi Tor tie Ji.buMveWere. moving pretty'fe»t' throoghlho i waler.rThe.-t kipper laid iiB alongside, our grapples were Well thrown,'-and leaving: the rrtale -and-one-hand to secuie them I leaped on board with thereat of.ihp ropn, and, cujdoftp two or three. 0/the pirates who! w/erecndenvpring to make ready, the, ~ , i opg,gup., i The, Major, and {tis. com mand Were equally prompt and in legs than three-minutes the deck mas. cleared .and'the schooner Was in our possession. -Now,how ever, cable the tug of war. The oollisionof the vessels stopped’ their headway* and the breeze which had sdrVed us so; well whs fast dying away, forty armed and .des perate wretches wore fast Coming-tip, with us,, They were already within musket range, and the Major’s force , was quietly, picking them off This, however,-only enraged them the more* and it seemed to me as though they must reach, us and give us a hard struggle for our lives. i :!; j ' “Captain,” said I to our skipper*!who had coolly retained his station at the wheel, “can you let. her yhw off when I give the word V “I can,” was the reply. Taking two men whom I recognized as men-ofAvar’s-men and one or two others of the crew forward with me, and casting off the long gun, which was loaded, and ram ming down another strand of grape, I Re pressed the piece and prepared to fire. “Now, captain,” I sang out,. The vessel obeyed her helm promptly, end came, round almost, brpqd.side to their hoqts. “Steady Iso;” • ~: I applied the match. The foremost boat which I had brought wiihln range of my piece was some distance ahead of the others. The schooner Itembied under the shook of the explosion ; a wild shriek was heard amid the spray and foam which the plunging shot stirred Up, fragments of limbers, oard end .a few bleeding wretches struggling in iheirideatlr throes, were all that work left of the boat and hercrewr Novcrdidasihgle shot do -so ranch havoc.- u ft w«# the graph anddanister wmcmtestroyea me nrsi oooi, uunneruuna shot with Which the gun was loaded ricochet ing, iook another of the boats on her bow and stove her in, killing several of the crew and spilling the rest. Thg third boat paused, and seeing the destruction, pulled for the survi •ors from the ascend boat. 1 bad not lust a second in reloading my gun, and by the lime she had come up to the spot, another . storm of grape and canister,, well aimed,, spread death and destruction among them. VVe now made haste to secure the pirates . who had been driven below, which was speedily done. Our skipper then turned the schooner over to my charge, allowing me two of the sailors— the rest of my crew being made up of volun teers from among the passengers, most of whom, from the curiosity or the love of change, desired to go with me. The vessels were cast off, and I hauled up from the spots where the boats had been, some ten of fifteen wretches, most of them wounded, cliijgiog to oars and planks, were all that remained of the pirate’s crew. We might have left them to their fate, and surely they deserved such treatment, but humanity forbade it, and it struck me as a queer sort of humanity, too, which saved them from drowning to con sign them to the gallows. • With the assis tance of a boat from the brife, however, we picked the survivors up, a'nd'having iSecured and divided our for gfeater safety, we made sail for our destination. | The skipper, elated with his- prize, forgot alf about disposing of hid emSH stores, hnd made the best of his Way into pori. We found a capital larder-on board thesdhooner, and wines that even the Major prohounced unexceptionable. 1 In three days we were anchored in the har bor of Kingston, the pirates were handed over, to the authorities, and the schooner adjudged a prize and sold. The skipper was {honora ble enough to wish to share “pro raid” with his passengers, which, however, wak pretty generally declined, I believe. Thej amount which she brought was considerable, in addi tion to some thousand of dollars found oh board, so that bo and his crew faredj well.— The Major bad the satisfaction of knowing that ‘<the most beautiful craft-in the 1 world” belonged to the RoVal ! Yachl Clubn-the pirate schooner having been bought for that purpose by B noblomansojournihg on the Island. What “A mam strikes me. vith a sword. Sup-, pose, insteadol binding up the-wound, I am showing it to everybody.; and . after it has beef) bound Up, I ara taking o(T the bandage conlinudlly, and examining the depth of . the wound,’ ond ! making it to fester, till my linr>b becomes greatly inflamed, and .my, ; general health affected; is there a person inthq.wufld who would-not call me a fool ?. Now such a fool'is he, who, by dwelling upon little inju ries or insults, of provocations, causes them to ngitate and inflame hia miod. • How much belter wfere it to,.put A bandage, over the wound, and never look at it again!”—-Jam- ison. A PftmjßE.-r'-A tall ladder leaning against a- house—a. negro at the lop, and p , hog sQtatchin^.. Against, the . botlqm, , ‘‘G’way, g’waydar! You makin’ mischief.” ■ Mart V4>s: lu' S'4-.riiT a;!T ■'■’ ii'.i V" L2h£nj i «: u [ ijijj ! , V) i‘st v* tf '-\o vre **.«! «:<><'> >\i U-6i IvVl £CT T^stanj\; % TT ,? ‘ t ' I ij'lC :eiNMIHp .OP. .WWBOH.f, .:■ :cto®At iioswine^' ’ £Wii ' Prom'Life liluetfitei.' hut up the l.dw grbggenes,”' sajt'tbany 1 ; “praent the Baledf, bad riirb, preserve the pooikml the igubriin from inteinperalich. find we",we with you; but (W educated classes jjijetMo law ; regard Tor' iheiii ownchalfacter isajufficjepi for them,. ‘ Strange deluipprnexplicabre brindhpaato.the facts of hktpry .ap'd ;l i§e \v,Uljput refeflng.to uoaaajat pd,,«pp(iea uy flifji b paialogpe of.weli kqoryn P«ws, the. ba;p, mepitqnpj'.,vy|)lchj ; re(jiiea i'bp pffisiwe,hnsp ) qHQlpd. lI .. ...Alexander the Great, one .of-the bfightpat of antiquity, onqpUhe.grpstppr,, gen erate.of the world, wh.qae;4utor way Aristotle, who| slept with the poems of. Hotner under his pilots, conquered the world, and died °t a dmukeo debauch at the age of thirty three yearn. ■■ ■>• The fall of the Roman Empire was precip itated by the-drunkenness of its Emperors as huipan nature was eternally dishonored by enermilies committed by' them in drunken 'lff*! fifri. 6r Ihe ten sovereigns who have reigned in Russia since ihe accession of Peier the Great, all but four werd beastly drunkards. Of-Ihe | Empress Elizabeth, it is Written, She was completely brutißed by strong liquors ; from day to day she was'almost always in a state of iacbhic eqstacy, she could not bdartb be dressed ; in the morning her women loosely attached (b her some,robes, which a few cuts of the scissors disengaged in Ihfi evening.”— And the passage gives an idea of the.,Russian court for mote than seventy years, King of Prussia, whom Net buhr instructed and thanking God on his'knees' for giving Prussia so wise and noble a prince, is a notorious drunkard, the con tempt of his subjects, and the scoiT of Eu rope. The late King of tjte Sandwich Islands up on whom a corps of miss'dnaries exhausted their eloquence and skill, was a drunken car icaiute of the kingly office to the last'. The City of Waahjngton, where the elite df|'the nation is supposed (o congregate, is the most drunken town in the Union. Chain paigne is one of the great powers of the coun try, a tiling relied upon to corrupt the very men who are sent to Washington under the impression that they are our widest and best men. Daniel Webster h%s been known lo.present himself .before (he people in a slate of iptox icalion ao advao.cedilhat he could lalk/jlile ** —hnva sflor ***** Hnnnegan, a United Stales Senator, was an abandoned .drunkard, and when, sent a broad os plenipotentiary, disgraced the coun try by the most continuous and outargeous drunken debauchery. Some of the most important enactments ever passed by Congress, enactments involv ing the welfare of future empires, have been passed while the door of the House was strewed with honorable and intoxicated mem bers. The Tea room of this city, established for the convenience; not of the city’s vaga bonds but of the city’s “fathers” anil-head men, was for many a disgraceful year, -a scene oP' drunkenncss. It was when maddened by drink that Dr, Graham committed murder. Hartly Colerridge,’ a man abounding in amiable qualities, who inherited much of his father's genius, with alt his fhther’s intirmily of purpose, could never master his propensi ties to drink. He Was a scholar, a gentle man, a poet, and —a drunkard. Edgar Poe—but why speak of him. The story of his miserable end is more familiar to the people even than the melancholly re frain of the “Raven.” Charles Lamb, the gentle Charles, the kind the lender, the beloved, could sacrifice so muph/or,bis sister, but ’could not help being carried home and pul to bed in'insensible drunkenness. Douglass derrqld is a devotee bf gin. For jnany years, it is said, he has been impkifi ing his fine powers by habitual excesses in, drink. . , f- Byron, Burns, Steele, Hone, and a host of other names; eminent nr illustrious, -might be added to the tis) of distinguished drunkards. Burns, we are confident,, bad not died in the prime- of life)! a' defeated, heart 'broken man his destiny oil unaccomplished, if he had not been 'addicted to convivial, drinking.—- And who; knows for how much of Byron’s reckless vereC the world should-curse the gin bottle? In our colleges, is not the secret demijohn one of the perpetual anxieties of present, professor and parent! At our fashionable parties, is champaigne—one of the vilest of drinks—‘moderately consumed? Donot our grand banquets generally degenerate-into oc casions of disgusting eitess? Are the sons of leading' citizens the hiosl temperate of our youth 7 Is it poor Women who bhy brandy' drops,by the pound. Talk,qo iqore of shutting pp ( .bn|y lha JoW groggeries. All gtpggeries are low, and all grog is pernicious, whether sipped by gentle., men, sucked ; by ladies, or, swilled by the dregs of the people. When’ you call Ibr a letter at' the Port Office, always ask: “Anything for mb?” Don’t give your name; and then' when in formed “No,” don’t believe it but put your splflnto an agony of surprise and wonder, and ask ihp.P. M. when he "expects one” for you. Should he ask from wfioni you were looking fb.r a communication 1 tell hftn “from the West.” fi|o,wil] then understand; Tiie covetous man Is his own toftnenler. m Ij- »*(*>s (WU A I , 4 y.i njs. V..V7/J ■ • .!r I ■ Pi7Btr4tiEßs ’& PRbh^rdßs. I>l-.Vi.'i'li'.}. . - . ‘ H ilfcktt r trdlk isicnn, Jl *■' . RATO anrfcohquerdre rtiust eipSct do met cy in mfsfoiiulie. " ' Tits mob,-is a monster with the bands of BriareUSr but the head of Polyphemus,— strong k> execut‘d.but blind to pferceivb. Stbsng as pur passions are, they may be carved into .submission, and conquered vith ool beirtgrfcilled. '. >, -;« ■ Gbba* meft. lite preat■cities.-have many crooked arts and'AfE'SlteTsintthei# jjeartW, he. that Isnows thepj njay saye.him self much time and trouble. , ~ s Gpp is. op ,ihe yirtup ;,.for whoeyer wl>W»«r deserves it, dreads it. ' The most disagreeable two-legged animal I know,- is'a little great man, and the next, a little great manVfactPtum ondfrieod, TuEM-are some mfeny whose enemies are to be pitied much, and their friends more; lUw ahd equity are (Wo things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder. Op governments, that of the mob .is Jhe most sanguinary, that of soldiers the most extensive, end that of dry ilia ns the most vex ations. Misteby magnifies danger as the fog the Sun. The hand that unnerved Belshazzar derived'its most horrifying influence Irom the want of a body ; and death itself is not form idable in what we know Of it, but in what we do not. Revenge is a fever in our own blood, to be cured only by letting the blood of another; bin the remedy 100 often produces a relapse, which is remorse—a malady far more dread ful than the first disease, because it is incu rable, - Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much ex pense to inform the world of something that had much better been concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves. , It is an unfortunate thing for fools, that their pretensions should rise in an inverse ratio with their abilities, ahd their presump tion with' their weakness; and for the wise, that diffidence should be the companion of talent, and doubt the fruit of investigation. To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will hb score the brightness of the finest gold; but in either Case, the real value of both contin ues the aifnrte, although the currency may be somewhat impeded. never go abroad in search or your warns, if they be real wants, ihey will come home in search of you ; for he that buys what he does not want, will soon want what he not buy. Tlie Czar and the mimic. During an interview which Martineff, ihe Russian commedian and mimic, succeeded'in obtaining with Prince Volhousky, High Slew nrd, the late Emperor Nicholas came into the room unexpectedly, yet with a design as was soon made evident. Telling the actor that he had heard of his talents, and should like to see a specimen of them, he bade him mimic the old minister. This feat was per formed with so much gusto that the Emperor immoderately,- and then to the great horror of the poor actor, desired to have him self “Taken off.” “T’is physically impossi ble,” pleaded Martineff. Nonsense,” said Nicholas, “1 insist on fts being done.” Find ing himself on the horns of a dilemma, the mimic took heart of grace, and, with prompt itude and presence of mind, buttoned his coat over bis breast, expanded his chest, threw up his head, and assuming the Impe rial port to the best of bis power, strode across the room.and back, then, stopping opposite the Minister, he cried, in the exact tune and manner of the Czar, “Volhousy I pay M: Martineff I,OOd silyer roubles." The Emperor, for a moment, wqs disconcerted but recovering himself wuhn. faint smile he. or-, dered the money io.be paid.. The Island of Fierro is one of the most considerable of the Canaries, and I cannot' conceive the name id be given to it on this account—that its soil not affording so tViuch as a drop of fresh water, seems to be iron, ant) indeed there is in this island neither riv ulef nor well nor spring, save that only by the seaside there are some wells, but they lie at such a distance, from the city that the in habitants can make no use of them. -But the ■great Preserver, and Sustainer of all, reme dies this inconvenience by a way so-extraor dinary, that man will be forced to sit down and acknowledge that he gives in this an ,un deniable demonstration of his wonderful good ness. For in the midst there is a tree which iu.the only one of (he kind, inasmuch as it has; no resemblance to any of those known to os in Europe. >l;he leaves of il are long and narrow, and continue in verdure winter and summer, and its branches are covered with-a -cloud, which is never dtspelMi hut revolving into a moisture, causes (O: full from' its leaves-a very clear water, and that in such abundance that the cisterns which are placed at the fool of (be IreemrO never empty, but c ontairi enough to supply both man and beast. , Qdeeb Names. —Burlington’county, New Jersey, seoms to abound in singular names, not always the most.euphonious... For. in stance, there are.. Turpentine,, Frog-town, Devil’s Run, Skunk’s Hollow, Mount Misery, Ong’s l Hat, Comical Corner, Tattle-town, Gosaip-ville,Sorabbte-town, Foow-towp, Poke Hill; end—that’s enough for the present. t <■* 11 The paining Tree. We pm tnltflbe brook just Into# a smart foateyiftll«= «ber : m ltiga wttkiraroenae earpeittaaei'fortitiltog totako A HVmridteS-Will Mile Attlnu '*ntf -. tnahe u*;«ilMie ’ atjxfott, The ‘bmwm pf tft brook U <wpirel, km ftKSbtf all : sim», Mre'-M.oMks'mnranK f *rtia «>rt goesovertbem at ttorrme ortetfnilHsi 5 ah bhur. TbemeecdnTl* great. ? AteVbry few ‘rods caacadbr break overledg* abd-holl u» iti miniature pool* below, v tftj’Titee*' "b» either side abut a ;6ar 111 direct :ray*- ollthesob, and for thb raom pdrt'MHe7b^(M> ! fifla ban kssa closely and cast tWirdiMtoovst'sO widely that they create a tWilight-*-ntft argray twiligtotosing j(S lustre, httt a tWitapartatly black twilight which so He ss Oothmg,but gives more ruggednees lb- die rocks.and a sombre aspect even to the shrubs and fairest flowers; • i V I !Y -i. . > I. It is a great matter to take atrout etirfyib your trial; It gives oiie mOrii heart!' It servesto kdep one about his business. ; Other wise you are apt tofalloffin on l unprofitable revbtie i yon wake topawd irig in 'a dream, under some, concertCfoverarcfiing branch es, wherO the 1 stream flows' blifck audkrOad among the taokW, with moss greewnbove 1 the water ahd dark'belowiti’ ' '•>' i But let uk begin. Standing in tbd middle of the stream, your abort trod in your band, let out fromtweive to twenty feet of fine, varying its length according to (he nature of the stream, and, •» far as h can be done, keeping its position add general conduct under anxious scrutiny. Just here the water' b mid-leg deep. Experimenting at each for ward reach for o firm foothold, slrppingj stumr bling over some uncouth stone, eliding on the moss of another, reeling and staggering, you wilt have a fine opportunity of tiestiog the old philosophical dictum that yon can think of but one thing m a time. You must think of half a dozen ; of your feet or you will be sprawling in the brook ; of your eyea and face, or the branches will scratch them ; of your line, or it will'tangle at every step; of your far distant hook and dimly seen bait, or you will loose the end of all your fishing, At first it is a puzzling business. A little practice sets things all right. Do you see that reach of shallow water gathered to a head by a cross bar of stinken rocks? The water splits in going a slab of rock below, and forms an eddy to the right and one to the left. Let us try a grass-hopper (here. Casting it in ana above and guiding it by a motion of your rod, over it goes and whirls ont of the myriad babbles into the edge of the eddy, when, quick as a wink, (he water brooks open, a tail flashes in (ho air and disappears, but reappears to the instant backward motion of your hand, *nd ' the victim comes skittering up the stream, whirling over and over, till your hand grasps him, extricates the hook anch slips him' into the basket. 'Poor fellow 1 you. want- to be sorry for him, but every time you try. you arc glad instead, Standing still you bait and try (he other side of the stream, where-tho water, wiping off the bubbles from its facei* token toward that, deep spot under d sid'd rock. There you’ve got him!-. Blill templ^ (hen (he tnbetbeiow grow Cautious. Let ting the line run before you, you wads along, holding oh by one branch and another, fum bling with your feet along the jagged channel, changing hands lo a -bow on Ibo left aide, leaning on thia rock, stepping over that strand-- ed log. Ripping a generous bole in your! skirts as you leave it, you come to (he edge of the pretty fall. You step down, thinking only how to keep your balance and not at all of the probable depth of the, water, tilf you splash and plunge down into a basin waist deep. Tbe first sensations of a man up to his vest pockets in woler are. peculiarly, foolish, and bis laugh rather (hint. He-is afierward a little ashamed of the alacrity with which he-scrambles (or the bank. A step or two brings hint to a sand bank, But while you are in a scrape at one end of your line, a trout has got into a worse one at the other. A little flurried with surprises! both experiences, you come near losing him in .the injudicious haste with you overhaul him. I The Cincinnati Columbian tells the follow ing story on -yio authority of a gentleman from Indiana; Recently there was a run upon a bank in hik neighborhood. Becoming short of nOtM, bin expectlng an arrival next moining oft ha necessary funds front a friendly institution, the Cashier- gave- notice to the Crowd >1 the doors, that to l convince every body of the sol vency of the concern, the Directors had- re- • solved lo pay everf applicant fot Hie rest bP' the day in gold; bet os the gold' the bank possessed was in bars, just as tho dray load had arrived from California, (he public must be patient uhtil it was coined; Wliat gold was on hand, or could be borrowed, was slowly paid out and ; given to the drawers on - plates so : hot that- it could not he handled— being, as ihe clbrks declared, hot from-"tho mint. The counting, of course, under the circumstances, was a slow: process, and l no difficulty was found in keeping right side up, unlit closing lime.. The next 'morning the expected funds arrived,hut were not panted ; the hot gold had satisfied the depositors that the bank was perfectly solvent, and 1 of (be best kind. They began to pay in again. A locomotive on one the principal railroad*, has been adorned with the title, “I still live.” Thalia mprelban many of the passenger* can say at,the fend of the journey. “Slocum,ho(v Is it to-day—can you take that note up I” “Im sorry to say I can't, never was so cramped in my life.” •‘By the way, you are always cramped are you not.” “I’m sorry to say, I am j and yet there i*. a natural .cause for it.” “And what is that 1” . “Why, 1 was weaned on green apples and water melons.” The happy people of this world iHlfife. Uiat the unhappy ought to perish, before them Whh the same-grace as. that which the Roman populace exacttd of theg'adiatois. Treating. Hot Coin.
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