SONG OF THE LOCOMOTIVE . BT n. M. LOCO, JR. Bewsrol bownrol fbr I come In my might) tm&n A K nr -< *1 -i.AWiftfl firfc*iiS»f^nii«V^tl<< 4 w ' f fi '*' htogl»'fc»tbe*am|b d ,ilttfc u -i *w!'jni ! - ;l1 juJ tfrAfl. ViIS? pWn, 1c ft fleecy clonal wrap my tram. As I tread my Iron path.***' sol v * a ri ti ' anff'my oil’ll ** , , '< Vnv' ' ■■■■■■■■■ '■ , , • , {•« I ' " Si ’ >{» < * •'’*<• "M , i XU day, aU day, do nor rtnewa play, , * i, v tbaronVibrighi‘r^llWt*«i?.o*% * , »»y.., ... , , } ' like a dcAth-ffend lolling part. * -^lbear‘fh(l J wealth of« ftid&WTdllniyii' 1 ll ' r * * • -IbspcariMf the briny <i Tnq produce of Inndu where the cbarchdwll chimes, 'And tkle gold df tie dark <WBSe&* T '- I roll oft tlie hcsill of tlw '** itliere tbo aea*«hella touch my wheels; Jlroogh the defcrfc Jfnd with a liMrt 1 MWpp, . • And the 1 ' d? . . , ; i 1 1 ... V. I speed through the city’s hour streets, Where the thronging crowd* trt fbhnd, ' £nd they /hr at the pound of. my Iron foot, Uk« a hato from the baylnghoand. I traverse the regions of burnipg heat, • 1 The equator Mate my Mreara | ~' ■ • And il break; Ui© jUonqo of- win ter 5 # Ntr?*t, the glittering snbw.ffo}d» gleam. The wild beasts fly when my rplco.thoy hear Through the sounding forest riOg, And tho sons of mqn eland /Ante with fear; Of earth 1 am the “king 1 THE PEDEER’B STORY! AN UNWELCOME PASSENGER. A cold vyinler'a night several years since found a stage load of travelers gathered around the warm fire of-n tavern bqr room in a. New England village. Shortly after we ar rived, a pedlec drove up and ordered that his horse should be stabled for the night. After we had eaten supper we repaired to the bar-rqpnq and as soon as the ice was broken the conver sation flowed freely. Several anecdotes hud been related, an(l finally the pedler was psked to give 4s a story, as men of his profession were generally full of adventures and anec dotes. Ha was a.short, thick set man,£ome where about forty years pf age, and gave evi dence of great physiqal strength. I}e gave his name as Lemuel Vincy, and his home was in Dover, New Hampshire. . “Well gentlemen," he commenced, knock ing the ashes from his pipe and putting it in his pocket, “suppose I tell you about the last thing of any consequence that happened to me I You see lam now right from the far West,,and on my way home for winter quar ters. It was during the early part of last spring, one pleasant evening, 1 pulled up at the door of a small village tavern in. Hancock County, Indiana, i said it was pleasant—l meant 11 was warm, but it was cloudy and likely to be very dark. I went in and called fora-supper and had my horses taken care of, after 1 had eaten 1 sat down in .the bar-room, it began to raio about 8 o’clock, and Tor a while it poured down good, and it was very dark out doors. “Now 1 wanted to be in Jackson early the next morning, for I expected a load of goods there for me, which I intended to dispose of on my way home. The moon would rise about midnight, and I knew if it did not rain I could get along very comfortable afler (hat. So I asked the landlord if he could not see that my horse was fed about midnight as I wished to be off before two. He expressed some surprise at this, asked why [‘did not stay for breakfast, I told him that I had sold niy last load about all out, and that a new lot 01 goods were wailing lor me at Jackson, and I wanted (0 be (here before the express agent left in the morning. There was a number of people sitting around while I told this, but I look little notice of them, one only arrested nlv attention. I had seen that week notices for the detection of a notorious robber. The bills gave a deserpuon of his person, and the man before me answered very well toil. He was a tall, well formed man, rather slight in frame, and had the appearance of a gentle man, save that his face bore those hard cruel marks which an observing man cannot mis take lor anything but the index to a villainous disposition. “When I went to my chamber I asked the landlord who that man was, describing the suspicious individual. He said he did. not kpow him. He had come (here that after noon and intended to ieaye the next day.— The host asked why I wished to know, and I simply told him that thq man's countenance was familiar, and,l merejy wished to know if I was ever acquaiated with him. 1 re-, solved not to let the landlord into the secret, but to hurry on lo Jacksen, and there give information to the sheriff, and perhaps he might reach the inn before the villain left j for I had no doubts with regard lo his identity.; 1 had an alarm watch, and having set it to give.the alarm at 1 o’clock, I wentlo sleep. I wss aroused at the proper time, and immedk atety got up and dressed myselC When f reached the yard, I found the clouds all passed away and the moon was shining brightly r. The ostler was easily aroused and by two o’clock I was on tne road. The mud was deep and my horse could not travel very fast. “However on we Went; and in the course of half an hour 1 was- clear of the village. At a short distance ahead lay a targe track of forest mostly of great pines. The road lay directly through this wood, and as near as I could remember, the distance was twelve miles. Tel the moon was iDthe«aaivaod as the road ran nearly west, I thought I should have light enough, i had entered ahe-woods and had gone about half a rode livhen:. my wagon wheels settled witb-a bumpaod fcto a deep hole. I uttered on- exclamation of astonishment, but this was not ail; I beard njiotherexclamaiioo from anolhet source! . r*What could it be! I looked quickly around but ceutd see nothing. Yet I knew that the sound that I heard was very close to me. As the hind wheelacatneupl felt some thing besides the jerk-of the hole. I hedrd something tumble from one side u* tha other of my wagon, and I could also feel the jar oc casioned By-the movement. <lt was simply a man in my can ! I knew'ihtsion the instant; £)f course I felt-puzzled.- ■ At-first {'imagined some poor fellow had taken tbia method to obtain a ride; bqt 1 soon gave this up, for 1 knew (fedbpt mart wootdhiiite-Aslfed m e foraritto. ""My neit jdea wad ihhtMne- ; body had gbf uftoMehp; ’HfiHWS>irtsea'a*(«y' »» quickly w ; il canre,' for Hd man woiildhdVd 1 broken 1 into ‘mycart for that "^urpdi(9i o;i 4na inatthought; getttlemen,‘opOnetf'hty eyeh,-***- '"hoever was in thaw httdbrokdn in. 1 ' 1 ' " i >i_ i *' ' '*''* * * a -.O ' . -T :r i,si ? M f i ' ? i t. S 1 ! - SJe*ot^ioibcl2yten^onot^ 'gjfl Mjv*nr.l» V.titt ?w«o vMir. !rn *<viS pull .bn ft . / « y . ■ ,M -“ ’ * ■•' - «J 1 *?J ‘Jw :iris u.*'j r*'« wS« •kVX‘ » .Oj? • :* f«»‘ f . I^Sr ‘‘ l vi«»v.»n!trn 1 'VX |lv ' [ '" r .nwu M-l ii’til Tj - iTori .• i> ,• Jf.ftj cD.ri. •, ■:,< r ?ns -fa 9l9*. .WVFk&WnyreW&WS t® ,THf, Mtatsmtm wiwmtamP ■** > _ ‘ .. . .1 I- ‘ , "n‘ . POBLISHIERSPROPRIETORS. lf iw;!'. ;i «jr^pifitotibai^Gi.NOTMiß^iase. words, ahdiihen ; , he made .fori the cart; iHtf toliUHb-Ohap' lnside Whw he waavAodikhe 1 made ihblleast resiatanoe heki ho A dead mad.' flipped l the iron vyranchomiandad l !' t-tHe door-'dowo’th&fellow made‘aspring.' | OaUghthimbythe ankleandhe cattle dowa 1 oA his (boej And in ff moment more thaofiker had' himr It Was’ hoWdaylight, and the merit i saw the chap ! reoogniaed i lffm. 'He' was marched offlo lhe lobk up, and I told the sheriff (should remaio in lowo all dayi ' “After; breakfast the sheriff came down to> the trivern'and told me that l had caught the very bird, and that if I would rematd until' the next mofning l should have , the reward of two- hundred -dollars which bad bean of fered. : • “1 found'my goods all safe, paid’ the ex press agent for bringing them from'’lndian apolis,and, then'went to work to alow them' in my'.oart. The bullet.holes-were found ini the top of my vehicle just as T expected.—. They were ina'lincaboutfive inches opart, and' had I been where I usually - sit, two of them worild have hit me -somewhere' about (hesmall oMhe~ba'nk.and passed upwards; for thAy were' sent with heavy charges of powdepAnd his pistols were heavy ones.-- ■ On the next moTning iha sheriff hdd colled upon me and paid me two hundred dollars in' gold, for be had mode himself sure that- he’d got the villain. I afterwards found' a letter in- the post office at Portsmouth for me, from the sheriff of Hancock county, and he in formed'me'tbat the fellow who had tried to kill and rob- me, ir ih prison Tor life.” • ■ , Last 1 Words of the Great, Tete de farmee.—Nopoiean. I have loved God, my father, liberty. —De Stael. Let pe Jig ip the sound of delicious music. — Mifabedu. . Is ihjis your fidelity I—Jfero. I must sleep now,—Byron, Kiss me, Hardy.— Nelfion, Don’t give,up,the ship.— Lawrence. • I’m shot if I don’t believe I’m dying.— Thvrlow. Clasp my hand, dear friend, I die.— Alfieri, pod preserve the emperor.— Haydn. The ar.tery ceases to. beat. — Haller, Lei ihe light enter.— Goethe. All my possessions for a moment of time. — Elizabeth. What, is there no bribing death T—Beau fort. NO. IT. Monks, monks, monks !—Herhy VJIJ, , Be serious.— Grottu's. > I feel as if I were myself again. —'Waller Scott. , . It is tvell t —' Wwhwgton. , ’ Independence forever.— Adams. A.dj..ioe m<W can do nothing easy .-Frank- Itn. Don’t let poor Nelly starve. —Charles 11. I’ve endeavored to do my duly.— Taylor. There is not a drop' of blood on my hands. —Frederick V. I resign my soul (o God, my daughter to my cou niry .—Jefferson. It is the last of earth.: — J. : Q. Adams, Don’t let that awkward squad fire over my grave.— Burns. Lord, make haste.— H. Hammond. Precious salvation.: —Sir John Slonihouse. I have sent for you'(Lord Warwick) to sec how a‘Christian can die.— Addison ’ I shall he happy . —-Archbishop Sharp, God’s will be don k'.-~Bishop Ken; Amehi— Biihop Bull. 1 ■ 1 haV'd. peace.— Pathhufif:' ' Come. Lord Jeius.— Burkitt. I thank God 1 was brought up in the church of England. —Bishop GuAntng. ' '' ' 1 O Lord, forgive me'specially ihy sins bf omission.— Usher. Lord receive my spirit.—Perrttf, mer. Hooper, G. Herbert.-' Thy -will be done)— Home. This duy let me see the Lord Jesus'.—Jew ell. • *-•’ And is this death? —&eorgt IV. Lord, take my spiVit. —Edward IV. ,Whai! do (hey ran already ? Then I die happy.— '■‘Wolfe: 1 God bless ; ybo, ray dear (Miss Morris.)— Dt. Johnson.'- - <« . ' Wfiat I darmot niter wirh my nouih, ac cept, Lord, from 4ny heart-and 'Bouh— F. Quartos, • ! • - '• ■ ■■■ Then l am safe.— GtdmwcU. ■ Let'the. earth be filled ’with his glory.— James , Edrl of Derby ,Bish6p Broughton, I go to my Godaird Savidr.—P. Heyln. ~My days ore past as a shadow that returns not—P. Hooker. " Let me hear onch more ihose notes so long my Solace and delighl.'^-Afostirt,, I wish fhe true principles Of: government carried dab— Hatrittm, Far thy coming downf let Wib shirt for thy self (on the scaffold.) — Sir. T. Moore.- ! ' la me;behold the- end of ihe <world, wilh all'iia vanities-.—Sirf. Sidneyi' ■ . or, lit tle hoy, on;.returning irornschoolone h 'flB,9hse^d, i to Q ße gpiiy'Lhofigh^jfail'd Hia,ipolti.er inquire/1 tjhftoijftsa} lie Wat intp J:o ; *, « l.wjah not any .longer; the, so, I if iwfp'iiffl" .. ,‘r.put,’.; afie,, ,«rm .a^ttittf y ou f yvQuld notßealise they, .“ I psyer duj hu| Hff i.R*>«uJd ,iq l|Baij. I ?|i. hi f.hreflBtO mma.c^ward^and Ism Mi-.V;.v,;* 1 we*^ritf , a : 'sedfiiri6 l rtt v itoffohiwhichpdl fuitf reHahat fiidh'- 'vTefo 'Of-hhe suspicHoiia' indhndoal IsaWatihe taVern.'Hehad ■heard' me say thatm£ loadwasull tmldoat.Arfd'rif couiSßHid'iirpptMed’-Phad some money wilh lp IjhisJie., «WW ffskW C?r J 0y,%V"(0 fhopsand, dollars.,,, I, thought ha inpapyo leaye.tbp w]ien heaupposedjhfd repcljeq,' a lien either creep overhand, shoqt me,or,.knock me down., All thta passed thtpugb'my mipd by ibe iime I |tad golarod from.the.jjp|a, ; ■ t - v , “In a,very, few moments my resolution was formed. M.y.horse was now knee deep in the mud, and I knew I could slip off with-; out noise. So I drew my pistol, and.having twined t he reins about, the whip stock,! care fully slipped down ip the mud, and as (ho cart passed on 1 went behind, it and examined the hasp. ...... The door of the .cart lets down v and is fas tened, by a hasp, which slides over a staple, and is,then secured by a padlock; it.was gone, and the .hasp was secured in its place by a bit of pine—so that a slight force from wiihfo would break it. , My wheel, wrench hung in a leather bucket on the aide of the cart,.ppd I quickly look it out and slipped ii'inio tjie sl a pie, •l.h eir o p. handle just,sliding down. ; “Novyf had him. . Sly carl was almost npy, made in a stout frame of white oak, and made.on purpose for hard usage. -1 did npt believe any ordinary man could break out.— I got on to my cart as noiselesly as I got off and then urged my horse on| still keeping my pistol handy. I knew that at,a distance of a, half a, mile further. I shquld cpme to a good hard-road, and so allowed; niy. horse to pick his own way through the mud. About, ten minutes after this I heard a molion. in the cart, followed by a grindipg noise as though some Heavy force were being applied lo.lhe door, I said nothing, but the. idea struck me that the villain might judge where I sol and shoot up through the top of the carl at me, so [ sal dowp board. “Of course I that my unexpect ed passenger was a villain, for he musl'have been .awake ever since I started, and nothing in the world but absolute viliaioy would have caused him to remain quiet so longpand then, start up |n this particular place. Tim thump ing and pushing grew louder,.and.louder and pretty soon I heard i| human voice. ■ , “Let me out of this,” he cried, and he yelled pretty loud. “I lifted up my head so as to make him think I was silling in my usual place and then asked what he was doing there. "Let me look out, and I will tell you,” he replied. “Tell me what you are in there for 1” said I. “J got in here to sleep on your rags,” he answered. “How did you get in,” I asked, “Let me out, or I’ll shoot you, through the head” he yelled, “Just at that moment.my horse's feet struck (he hard road, and 1 knew that the rest of the route Ip Jackson wqu.ld be goad going. The distance was 12 miles. I slipped. back on the foot board end took the whip. In,fifteen minutes wp cleared the woods, and away we wpol at a keen jump. The chap inside kept yelling to be let out, “Finally he stopped, and in a few minutes came the report of n pistol-one—two—three’ —four, one right after the other, and I heard the balls whiz over my head. If 1 had.been on my seat, one of those balls if not (wo of them would have gone through me,' .1 popped up ray head again and gave a yell, and then a deep groan nad-ihenl.snid—‘t©LG6d save me, I'm a dead raan|” Then 1 made a shuffling npise as (hough I tyere falling off,, and finally settled down on the foot board again. 1 now urged up the old mare by giv her.an occasional poke with the butt of my whip, ptqck and she peeled it.faster than ever. „ , ... . . '.'The man called out to me twice more pretty soon afler this, and as begot no reply he made some tremendous endeavors tq .break the doors open, and as this, failed,, Iff m, he made several ajempla upon the tqp. Bull, had no fear pf his doing anything there, for; the lop of the carl is framed with ffqyelatls, and each sleeper bolted (o the popts with iron bolls. I had .made it so I coujd carry .heavy loads there. By and after all else had failed, the scamp commenced to holler, whoa lathe horse, all this tiipe, I kept perfectly quiei r holding the reins fjrmly and kppt poking the hpapt with the stock,. . . ...... . “We was.not an hoar, in going that'dozen miles—not a bit of it. ■ I hatf’ot much fear, perhaps I .might tell the truth, and say that- 1 had none, for 1 had a good pistol, and-more I him thiil, my .passenger, was safe, yet I was glad when! come to the old. flour barrel fac. tory.that stands at the edge of Jacksdn »il. lagfe, andiioiten minutes more .hauled - up in front of the tavern, and,found a ooiipte of men \n the barn nleaniogidoWo soma stage horses.. “Well,,old. feller," says I.ios .ligol..dowh and went.rouod (tribe'back of the wagon, yon: hare had a .good ride-haven.'l ye.? . . MWho-Bre.-yoa-?” fife cried, and heikind of sworaa.liule, 100,-as he asked tho question. “LWlte.man you tried to a boot,’’, Wasedy reply.', v.-; ■> < ■ ,rM, : i.- . ' , t-'-r, “W-jiert'tid If ■ Letrtioouti v lie 1 yelled;’ •‘Look here, we’ve come ibagafd-stoppiog 1 place, ; pnd Ihe you show,yojjrself. .. fy>w my quiet, 4 *' . :- v ’ “By ibis limp the twp psllers bait] pbtnq ;up Ip see whai |was,lhp I roa|tpr, I pndr | explained it to them. After ibi? run and rout out tho eheriff aod -teiL wfiai 1 Keyed 1 'I’d Tdl'fiiW. "’Th&firti f «fctfts ISJrHjdfft'were half' ad’Ho'df Tt l ’wbuld be Bhiid dbydMf. l id lest IfiSti thart’time the sheWF dahmmnd; tWo Wett ; with him. I told him the whW'irt‘ilfo e few Kane in.,.:, t&e,&epdrgB., , ' ; ; '% blew ff'perfefct hllrrlfcane." WehgdseCn lr’cotrilhg, ahd we'A> 'fta'dy with three good' h'awscr3 < oui'ahbad, did' all'.thiffgs' snugob' Ward. ■ ; ‘ ‘ -• . Still it cameofl Heavier' arid heavier, and theice began to drive more wildly jhan I thought' I Hid over' seen it. I had jubl lur'hed in toi warm and dry myselfduring tnW momen tary lull, and was stretching mysell* opt' in my Hunk, when I. heard .the,sharp twanging .snap of g coi;d. , Our B i*-ipcb, l l)a,'y Ber had parted, and we. were, swinging by. tho two, others; illegal? roaring.like a lion to the southward. ‘ rj ' Half a minuto more, and ‘tvyang,’ ‘twang!’ carpe a second report... I knew .it .was the whale line by the-shrillness of the ring. Our, noble-ten-inch manilla still held on. I was hurrying my last sock , into its sealskin boot, when McGary came waddling .down the com panion ladders: “Captain Kane, she won’t hold much longer; it’s blowing the devil him self, and,l afraid Jb sqtige,’’ The manilla cable was proving ifs excel lence when.l reacheklhe dock.;.and the crew as they gathered round me, were, loud in its praises. .We could. hear its deep Eolian chant, swelling through all the rattle of the running-gear .and moaning of the shrouds. It was the death tong /, The strands gave way with the noise of a shotted gun ; and in (he smoke that followed their recoil, we were dragged out by the wild ice at its mercy. We steadied anddid some pretty warping, and got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift; but all came to nothing. We then tried to beat back through the narrow ice clogged water way, that Was driving, a quar ter of a mile between the shore and the pack. It cost us two hours of hard labor, I thought skillfully ' bestowed; buljat the end of that time,, we wqre at least fhur miles o(f, op posite the great valley in the center.of Be devilled .Reach. Ahead of us, farther to the oorih, we could see the strait growing still narrower, and the. heayy ice lablea grinding up, and clogging it be;ween the,shore cliffs on one side and the ledge on the other. There was but one thing left for us : to keep in some sort the command of the helm by going free ly where we roust otherwise be driven. We allowed her to scud under a reefed foretopsail; all hands watching thb enemy, as we closed,, in silence. At seven in the morning, we' Were close Upon ihe" piling masses. We dropped the heaviest 'p'nchor with' the desperate hope of windihg lho brlg; bill there was no withstand ing the Ice torrent ttytt followed us. We had only lime io fasten a spar as a buoy (o the chain, and let her slip. So went our best bower I pawn », Mpno.Jhacale again, hope lessly scraping along a lee mice selu urn lo«a. than thirty feet thick ; one floe, measured by a lino as we tried (o fasten to it, more than forty. I hud seen such ice only once before, and never in such rapid motion. One up turned mass rose above our gunwale, smash ing in ou r bulwarks, and depositing half a ton of ice in a lump itpo'p our. decksi Our staunch little brig bore herself tbrough all this wild adventure, gs if she tad'a charmed life. But a new enemy cpme in sight ahead*— Direcjly in our way, just beyond the tine of floe-ice, against which we Wfo, alternately sliding and thumping, was a group pf bergs. We had no power lo avoid them j and the only question was, whether jve were to he dashed in. pieces against them, or whether (hey might.pot offer us,some providential nook of refuge frppi .the storm. But ns we neared them, we perceiv.ed that they were at some distance from ihe floe-ddge, and sepa rated from it by aq ioteryal of open water. Our hopps rose. aa the gale drove .us toward, the passage, and into it; antf tvp vyere ready to exult, whan, from some unexplained cause, probably an eddy, of the wind against the lofty ice walls, wo lost our headway. , Al most at the same moment) we saw that the bergs were not at rest; that .with a momen tum of their own.,. they were bearing down upon the.other ice,,and that it must be our fate to be crushed hetweeu the two. Just then a broad sconce-piece qf low waier-wasbed berg came driving from the southward. The thought flashed upon me of one of puy escapes in -Melville Bay, apd aB the scopce.moyed rapidly olongside, McGary managed to plant an anchor on its slope, and to,h°ld opto it' by a whale, line. Our noble tow-hotse whiter than the pale horse that seemed to be pursuing us, hauled us bravely on; the spray dashing over his windward flanks, and his forehead'plowing up the lesser ice ns’ if in- -scorn. The bergs encroached upon us as we advanced';'oar channel nar rowed to a width of about forty feel; we braced the yards id keep clear of tha impend ing ice-watts. -- '■ ' We passed cletapbtit it wba acloie shrive', so close fhhi pur port quarter deck boat would have beeti ‘'crushed, if" we had' hot taken' it from the davits'and found ourselves tinder the' lee of a berg, 1 in a ‘cbtnpftfatfVelV bpeh' lead.’ Never did hearl-(ririd mul'd 1 gfri'liludo','tHkir merdifnl ’ deliVdrafice' from a wi'etendu de&th^lCqne , i Ardl{c‘ Ex pedii\btt.: 1 1 : • i< - is ihelasl f'gbtSd thing’’ about; thauhoopsi! ; i‘,v-' ?, >i - .ij Little Boy—“Ma, what IS hush!?’’; Mother—“ Why, my dear? why do you a k a vinW'hsv; jit ■■■' ■' i' 1 :' ■‘■/■I 1 tlttle 'asked Jahe yeMfer’dayi‘WHkf rrtHdo iter irew-'dresi'stfck bat sd.'&Mms^d^sS’r r : '■’?! ilia, r, ■ < . ..' > ><(Gb .to Taunniat'l’l iaincfw rendered thuh.r "Take your dopartureitaihe abode jof the re. verbenating ecboes:of henvetr’ff.arilllcry l’’: : Oyster Dredging. A very, large proportion of oyster eat ers have at, best'but of the way in, which these interesting .bivalves are fished out of, the deep, tbsqppfy their palates and satisfy their appetites. , Soirtq may im agine they are picked.qS'.ihe rocks, Uke.the Irishman’s gold dollats from the streets ; oihers that they are the mysterious product of the restaiirams, obtained by merely knock ing apart their shell; while mdny have some indefinite notion of a process of planting oys tefs in the mud, in shallow water, to be pro cured, when wanted', by dexterous manipula tions of rakes and tongs, |!ke potatoes from a hill. This latter mode 61 catching oysters is the one most common in Northern waters —the oyster having first been brought from the South, and “bedded” here ; as it is thought that by this transplantation, they are tpuch improved in flavor. ■ There are, however, some varieties of the native oyster that are held in the highest es teem by epicures—being of extraordinary size and superior flavor ; and as these are to be found only in daep water, rendering the process of catching them quite laborious, their market value is much enhanced. Of native oysters the “East Rivers” are most id favor —the market prices for which range from $1,50 to $5 per hundred. These are caught by “dredging.” During the autumn months the attention of travellers on Long Island-Sound is invariably attracted by the large fleets of sailing craft that never fail to meet the eye when the-wind Is fair, tacking hither and thither, and stretch ing away on either side, as (ar as the limits of vision extend. Frequently, upwards of one hundred may be counted sit once, under can vass, srid paesenting a beautiful appearance. Of these many are coasting vessels, which may always be seen dotting the blue waters of the sound; but the greater number are fishing smacks, dredging for oysters. Such fleets are encountered at intervals, all the way from Frog’s neck to Vy hiteslone and Norwalk, which points embrace the fishing ground for “East River.” The "dredge” is a sort of drag net, made of (he strongest materials, and holding about two bushels. This is lowered to the bottom, and lowed after the vfessel by' a stOut rope, varying from si* to twenty-five fathoms fn length, according to the depth of the water. Frequently, as many as half a dozen dredges are employed at once—each one being hauled in every ten 'minutes, and emptied of its con tents of oysters, mud and stones'which may have been scooped up while dragging on the bottom; The process is slow and laborious, as hauling in So great a weight, with the vesr sel sailing under a three or six knot breeze, Is no slight task, and not l(& than four or five days’ constant labor are required to cam nlete a full load. It is customary for the smacks to start out o.ut on Monday, and de liver their cargoes in market uu Friday or Saturday, though shorter trips are sometimes made. On the best grounds one hundred bushels per diem are taken ; but the average is far less, This mode of catching oysters is also practiced oni the waters of the Chesapeake, whence are taken the greater pan p f the oys ters brought to (he north to be planted, thou sands of cargoes of which are shipped hither every year.— N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Just Missed.—A spinster of our acquaint ance, somewhat literary, who is roarrid to in finite Good Nature, (who is after.all the best husband,) gives us an account pf the near ness to which she once came to a proposal, A widower of her acquaintance, a lawyer, weW in that forlorn "state of uncomfortable tenderness consequent upon the loss of his wife. In this condition bur heroine chanced 10-call upon hirti one day at his oflice, (he was a lawyer.) Upon her entering he mentioned to his part ner somewhat mysteriously' to leave the room. Ha brought his chair in (he nearest possible contiguity to the lady. “Myrrah,” said he with downcast eyes, as he took hfer hand, “you knew my wife?” “Cerlainly." “Jt is not good for man to be alone !” “Perhaps not.” “Did you ever reflect upon that part of the marriage service which requires couples to cleave unto each other, till death do them part ?” “I have.” “I haye often reflected upon it ibyself. Now death has parted me from my wife and I feel very lonely.” “I should think it likely.” '' ( “I think 1 must do something'to restore to me her kindly consolations and the memory of hpr virtue?. (Here he pressed Myrrah’s hand closely.), , ;“Don’t press my hand so hard !” “Do {..prees hand I Well, I’ll come to the point. I have a proposal to make.” ,"A .proposal 1” , _ ■ “Xes,; I have concluded to write ray, wife’s biography.. Nmy I haye had,but little skill in literary exercises,.and if you will) correct my manuscript, and write- Ihe, headings of the,chapters, l. will,give you fioefollart I”., „Tha lady refused,him. , She was right. " . promenade up ( Proadway, slepped : pp jo .hirq and Inquired— r. , “How., much; rent do., yon as.k for .(hose bouses Vh... , ~!■ . „ . ' VfiWiiat dp.you ask me that for,l” , ~, l.'Failbend i thought, the whole Street be. longed.to you 1” ! . . „A, bashful, printer refused siiuaiion in a brinliqg offifte iwhero: womemyeroemploycd, sajiflg he never .'set up'i .withi n gM in his,lilt. ,J u *' t The Inquisitive Yankee. The following “new edition, with improvej meats,” of an. nidi anecdote, IU exceedingly rich: ' A gentleman ridirig in an "eastern railroad car,'which 5 was rather spafsely sypplH with passengers, Observed io 'a sear before him, a lean Siabsided Yankee, every feaiure of whose face sepmed to ask a question ; and a little circumstance sOon proved that be most “inquiring rtiind.’’- " Bhfdre him occupy, ing the entire seat, sat a lady, dressed in deep[ black; and after shifting his position several titnps, and manoeuvering to get an apportuhi, ty tb ; look into her face, he at length caugfjt her eye. - •• “In affliction P* - “Yes sir,” responded the lady. “Parieot I—father or mother I" “No sir.” “Child boy or a gall.’*- “Noysjr.” “’Moor be your Hnshad, perhaps ?" “Yes” was th.e curt answer. “Hum-^cholery—a tradin man, may-be I l ' “My husbnnd'tyas q sea-faring man—cap, lain of a vessel, he didn’t die of cholera, be was drowped.” "Oh, drowned, eh T- f pursued the inqu|si, tor, hesitating a brief moment. “Save his ihist ?" “Yes the vessel was saved, and my hqq, band's effects;'-’ said the widow. ' “VV-a-a-s they ?” asked the Yankee, his eyes brightening up. “Pious man? “He was a member of the. methodi?! church.” The next question was a little delayed, but it came. 1 “Don’t you think yo'u’ve great reason to be thankful that he was a pious man and saved bis chist ?” “I do,” said the widow,abruptly, and turn'' ing her head to lookout of the window. Thu indefatigable .“pump” ’changed his held the widoV with his glittering eye once more, And propounded one more query in q tone rf little lower, with bis head slightly in clinetUbrward over the back of the seal.—, “ Was you calculatin'to get married again? 11 “Sir,” said the widow indignantly, “you are impertinent!” And she left her seat and took another on the other side of the car. “’Ppare to be a little huffy !” said the ineff able bore, turning to our narrator behind him, “the needn’t bemad, I didn’t want to hurt her feelin’s. What did the tax you for that urn brel you've got iq your hand ? It’s a reql pooty one!” ' Kissing a Queen, There is now on exhibition in our print shops an excellent'picture of Franklin at the Court of France; not however, critically trqe to history, if my memory serves me right. |n ibis print Franklin stands, as he ought to, in the foreground, he being the soul of tho subject; his plain attire contrasts well with a brilliant court, embroidered from head to foot, and bedizened with diamonds and hair pow der, Franklin, I understood, was dressed in second rate homespun, yarn stockings, sub stantial shoes, and his hair of its native color ; not at all conscious of any inferiority, how ever, but with that self-possession which is she distinguishing trait of wefj-bred people everywhere. His native dignity was his sola decorative. As a stranger, ho must have observed the common practice in France, of kissing, even in the streets, and other places, when friends meet after U long or short ab sence, without regard ts sex, This kissing, however, is no more than our shaking hands, and is performed by applying one cheek to another—once, twice or more, according to the intijnacy and feeling. It may be called cheek-b'y-jowling. Franklin may not have observed minutely the piodij of this practice, but have thought that a kiss was a kiss ; or thought nothing at all about it. It is said that he was reminded by one of the dignitaries, that vyhen he was presented he must kiss lha queeni who, it was also said, was a very kiss able woman', The queen approached famili. arly and very near—probably impelled by curiosity to sen well this handsome savage, Franklin remembering bis lessoj, without re luctance pul it in practice, in the only we ho had ever been taught to kiss, and gave the queen a mighty Yankee buss on the lips, to the great arnazemept and mortification of the old majds, but to the great amusement of all others—especially the king, who was deligh'. ed with this savage simplicity ; and it is said that he cried out, “Encore, bis, d'capo,’’ or “do it again.” How many more things were said or done, it is not m^.business now to fc. late or vouch for.'' Therefore I only object to the print lor not being truly historical, and especially for not having chosen one of tho most remarkable-of Franklin’s court feats. Some of the wags of Paris had not the most, implicit confidence in in Franklin's simplicity, and said he knew more than he pretended to. — Cfirrespondence.of the Boston Transcript. An Impatient Jokvman.— An Arkansas correspondent of tho New Orleans Picayune gives the following as authentic: You are fond pf'cracking jokes al (he ex pense of Arkansas; now, hero is one on your State, absolutely true. I got it from an eye* witness : The district court in one of your northern parishes was in session—’(was the first day of court; time, after dinner. Lawyers-and others had dined, and were sitting out before the hotel, and a long,' lank, unsophisticated countryman came up and -unceremoniously made himself one of ’em, and remarked t “Gentlemen, I \yish yoq would co. on this court, for i wahßlb'go'home—l left Betsy a looking ouf.’’ “Ah f” said one of itj'e lawyers, “nod praj\ sir, what detains.you at court !” “Why, sir,” said the countryman/“l’m fetch here as a/wry,ond they say if I gn home they will have to fijkd^m6 t nod they mouiu’t do that .as I Rye a good piece,” " '•What-juryare.yonon?” askeda lawyer,- “W'hat jury ?” ’ “Yes, What jury 1 Giknd or traverse jury?’* i “Grand or Uavia jury I dad-fetched if I knbw.”! .... •; » * Well;”-said the lawyer, *<did the judge charge you?” '‘fWell,' .sqiii.ro,” said he, “the little fellow that dlls up in the pulpit, and kinder bosses it oyer the crowd.-gin u’s a talk, but don’t know whether he charged anything or not.”* Thp crowd broke up iq a roar of laugliier, and l^oPiier^called'coUrl. ; t.d
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