liiiH warn - r BY S. B. ROW. CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, JOTE 20, 1860. VOL. G.-JW. 43. if RELIGION. How dark and dreary earth would bo, -Without religion's power " "A vale of tears," a desert plain A waste without a flower. ' She' a bright seraph, pure and fair, In mercy sent from Heaven, : To soothe and heal the wounded heart, By sin and sorrow rivon. In sickness and in deep distress, , She lends her soothing power; 1 She gently calms the troubled soul, And brightens every hour. She throws a beam of Heavenly light Upon the opening tomb, . And points the soul to worlds on high, II cr blest eternal homo. Make then her peaceful paths your choice, Ana you win oe eecure; In life, in death, in Heaven above, I You'll find her comforts sure. THE SOUTH CAROLINA BELLE ; OR WHO WOX THE WAG Ell. My Uncle Ned had set his heart upon mar rying me to my cousin Rosalie, but the thing savored of compulsion to me and I made up my mind to be just as obstinate as the nature ot the case might demand. Uncle Ned was a jolly old fellow, and laugh ed In my face when I told him that I could not think of such a thing as permitting him to select a wife for me. I looked dignified and full dignified ; and was not a little morti fied when the old fellow haw hawed right in my face. "But my boy, she's as rich as mud, with an income of eight thousand a year. Think of that." "My dear Uncle, I beg you will deem me above mercenary motives in so Important a matter as this." I replied with a seriousness In keeping with the solemnity of tho topic dis cussed. Perhaps you don't mean to take a wife die an old bachelor eh 7" continued ho, punch ing me under the ribs, as he poured forth a nother of his abominable guffaws. "Not so ; on the contrary, I mean to take a wifo just as soon as I can find one exactly suit ed to my mind." "And you don't mean to marry a girl that lias got any money V 'That is perfectly immaterial, sir, as you are aware that my fortune is amply sufficient without the addition of a wile's dowry." "But tho money wouldn't do any harm, would it 7" 'No, 1 should not object to a lady who pos sessed the requisite qualifications because she Jiappened to have a fortune at her disposal, though in my estimation it would add nothing to my wife." Indeed 7" drawled Uncle Ned, looking at me with such a funny expression that I could not tell whether he was going to laugh or get mad. I didn't care much, fori deemed it be neath his dignity to attempt any interference 4n such a delicate matter. "But Bob, Hose is the most beautiful girl in South Carolina. There aro thousands of young gentlemen of the first familes in the State who would gladly jump at tho chance to step into her shoes." i "They can do so, sir ; I toll you plainly she can never be my wile if she were a pearl and had all of South Carolina for her dowry," said I with a dignified earnestness. "Whew!" "Your sneers, sir, will be as nscless as your persuasions ; they shall not move me." 'But Bob, you know that your father ear nestly desired you should bo married before tie died," added uncle more seriously. "It matters not, sir ; I must be entirely un embarrassed in the choice of a wife. Let me tell you plainly, that even if I had no other objection, the mere fact that you have attempt ed to draw me into this" marriage were a sulfi cient reason for mo to decline it." "Eh ! you young puppv, what do you mean by that 7" "Just exactly what I say, namely, that I will neither be led or driven into marriage with Kosalie. I think we have said enough about it." 1 began to talk mora coolly. He was in my opinion, treading upon the prerogative of a free born citizen. What did the old fogy mean 7 Did he think I hadn't sense enough to choose my own wife? Hosalio was entirely out of the question I could not on principle, be driven into a mat rimonial connection, even though tho other party was an angel and had a dowry of eight thousand a year. "Mr. Bob, listen to reason. Rosalies is jiandsome and graceful, and all that sort of thing; sings charmingly, like a nightingale ; plays on a piano and harp, and can talk French like a Parisienne." It matters not, sir; I object to tho prirci ple of the thing, and I repeat, cannot nor will not marry her" "Bob, you're a fool." "Am I 7" "l'on my word you are ; you don't know on which side your bread is buttered." "Enough sir 1" "Bnt, Bob, you will pay us that visit won't you 7" "Certainly ; but do not flatter yourself, on your impudent interference in my concerns." "Saucy puppy!" and my uncle again laughed. We were on the most familliar terms. "Yon are a meddler ; you make me saucy. I trust I shall always be prompt in resenting an invasion of my natural rights." "Hope you will, my boy ; but I will bet you ajbousand dollars you marry Kosalie." "Done!" "But on one condition." "What 7" "That you come to my estate in South Car olina with a susceptible heart that you are not engaged to another." 'I accept he condition," said I, grasping Jiis hand, "uncle, you've lost the bet." "Not yet, Bob, wait a bit." It was rather foolish in tho old fellow to make such a bet ; that I was so cure I could resist the attractions of my cousin, even tho' she should prove to bo a Venus, that I consid ered the money already mine, and what was far better to me, that I had won tho victory over him. That night uncle Ned started for his planta tion in South Carolina. My father died three years before this con versation, leaving me an ample fortune. His two brothers had been in South Carolina for thirty years, where the father of Rosalie died, tearing mj uncle Ned her guardian. I had been often told that Kosalie was very i A A I - - - A. 1 1 "I m . . " pruuy out sne nau ueen 10 me norm oniy once, and then 1 was traveling in Europe, and had never seen her. I had written to Uncle Ned, promising to spend a month with him in the autumn. Busi ness had called him to Boston, where our in terview occurred. lie had more than once expressed a desiro that his brother's property should remain in the family, and pressed mo to unito my fate to that of his beautiful niece. This was out of the question. "A made up match" was my abomination. Certainly I had other reasons for my prejudices against the marriage. 1 considered it a sacred obligation to fall in love before I took a wife, and the idea of falling in love with Kosalie before I had seen her myself, was so absurd that I had no patience to think of it. And then 1 had a principle for guidance in affairs of the heart, which absolutely forbade me to think of such a thing as a "marriage lor convenience." The autumn came, and I paid, my proposed visit to my Uncle Ned's plantation in South Carolina. I was disappointed in my consin Rosalie. She was a tolerable good looking- damsel, but in my opinion very far from the beautiful creature she had been pictured to mo. "Isn't she handsome, Bob 7" said my uncle. "Did you ever see such lips, such a graceful form? Isn't she handsome, ch, you dog?" And the old fellow punched me in the ribs and roared with laughter until he nearly split his sides. I couldn't for the life of me see what be was laughing at. "Isn't she beautiful, you rogue 7" he con tinued. "Passable," I replied, very coolly. "Passable ! You puppy ! What, do you mean to say that Kose is not handsome ?"" "Tolerably," I answered, twisting off the leaf of a palmetto which grew by the side of a bank on which we were seated, just to show how iudiffercnt I was. "Bob," said he, looking more soberly at me. "1 had an idea you were a man of taste, but I see you are as like to fall in love with one of my black wenches as the prettiest girl in South Carolina." "Who's that, Uncle Ned 7" This remark was called forth by the sudden appearance on the gravel walk of the lovliest creature I had ever beheld ; and that, consid ering 1 have flirted with tho belles of Paris, Naples and Korae is saying a great deal. I was dumbfounded by the sudden apparition, and springing to my feet as if an electric shock had roused the slumbering blood in my veins I stood upright before her. Shade of Venus ! did any one ever see such loveliness! such a graceful movement! such a divine expression ! I could neither speak or move, so completely was I paralyzed by the glorious beauty of the nymph. "I didn't know there was any one here," stammered she, such a delectable blush on her cheek that I nearly went mad with enthusiasm. Before I could recover my scattered senses, the enchanting beauty bounded away as light as a fawn. "What the devil ails yon, Bob 7 What are you starting at 7" said Uncle Ned. "Who is she ?" asked I, clasping my hands in the rapturous excitement of the moment. "That ? Why, that's little Sylphie Howard, and one of Rosalie's friends, who is spending a few weeks with her," he replied, with in difference. "Beautiful," said I. "She ! passable ! Tolerable good looking," he continued, -'but nothing to be compared with my Kosalie." ' I whs about to say something saucy, but thought since uncle Ned really believed what he was saying I would not hurl his feelings by denying it. At dinner I met both young ladies, and was formally provoked with my uncle when he as signed meseat next to Rosalie. I could hardly be civil to her with such a pair of beau tiful eyes before me, and J hardly ceased to gaze upon Sylphie during the seeming short hour we were at the table. After dinner we went out to ride horseback. Uncle Ned annoyed me again by provokingly contriving it so that 1 should help Kosalie to mount her horse and ride by her side, and he, confounded old fool, did theso offices of gal lantry for Miss Sylphie. "No use old chap, you'll loso your bet ;" thought I, and I tried to le civil to my cousin. I don't think I succeeded very well. My eyes rested all tho time upon the fair and graceful horsewoman who rode before me. And thus it was for a week, uncle Ned man aged to keep me by the side of Kosalie nearly all the time. If we played whist she was my partner ; if we rode in the carriage she sat by my side; if we walked he monopolized Sylphie and left Kosalie to me and more than once the fellow left us alone together as though well. .. In spite of my uncle's vigilance, however, I found opportunities to flirt a little with Syl phie, and one day lured her into a grove of palmettos at tho rear of the mansion house. Time was precious. I was the hero of a novel. Cruel uncles in bob-tail wigs sought to crush tho affection of my heart. In short I threw myself at her feet, and with all the elo quence that Harvard College had crowded into my composition, I declared my love. 1 used my classic terms. I quoted Milton, Byron and Shakespeare, and called on all the gods in the calendar ol Greece and Rome. Did she accept me 7 Of course she did ; she couldn't help accepting me ; I am not an ill looking man, and let me say in extenuation of her weakness, that I had popped the question in a decidedly original manner. To be sure she accepted me. I printed twenty-four kisses on each of her pretty cheeks, and she blushed till I thought her eyelashes would take fire and cheat me of my prize. . We kept our counsel for two or three weeks and one morning when we were riding out, wo got away from Uncle Ned and Kosalie, and I clipped it away about ten miles to a clergy man who was so obliging as to furnish us with a marriage certificate. Wo rode back more leisurely. I was in my element. An elopement was just the kind of excitement for me. Wc got back to uncle Ned's about dinner time. "Where have you been so long 7" asked un cle Ned. Over to tho Kev. Mr. M's. Allow me to present my wife," said I, with perfect non chalence. "Tho devil!" "Just so j and uncle Nod you have lost the wager. Ono thousand, if you please," said I, holding out my hand. "No you don't, you puppy. Is it, Kosalie 7" said uncle Ned, turning to my wife. "No," said she, with a blush. "11a, ha, ha," roared uncle Ned. I did not know what to make of the affair at all. "You have lost the bet, Bob," cried the jolly old fellow, as soon as he could speak. "No." "Fact, Bob," said he, pointing to her hith erto known as my cousin, "this is Sylphie Howard." "1 have cheated you into the handsomest wife and biggest fortune in South Carolina. The fact is, Bob, you were much prejudiced against Rosalie. You came resolved to be un civil to her. -I determined to give her a fair chance, though I had to tease the jade into compliance." "Not quite, uncle Ned, this is not a legal marriage. Kosalie was united to me under a fictitious name." "I don't care for that. Yon married the lady you held by the hand. But, Bob, we will have it over again. Do you say so 7" Of course I did not say no. I would not have lost my divinity for all the treasure in South Caroliaa. I paid over ruy money and uncle Ned gave it to the free schools of the State. . . . , A few weeks after I returned to the North with one of the most beautiful and loving wives that ever lighted the destiny of a worth less fellow like myself. An Awful Warning. Tho Baltimore Clip per, of Thursday, Juno 1, says: We heard yesterday from an entirely responsible source, the particulars of an occurrence which can only be lookcdiipon as an instance of Divine rebuke for taking the name of the Almighty in justification of a falsehood. We refrain from mentioning names through consideration of the parties, who are respectable persons, residing in the south-western section of the city. Jt appears that a few days since tho aunt of a young girl about eighteen years of age, accused her of having been guilty of some misconduct, which she positively denied, and on being again accused, she called upon God to strike her blind if she was not Riling the truth. In a moment after according to her own statement, a film seemed to pass before her eyes, and in the course of five minutes she was totally blind, and she has continued sight less ever since. The afflicted victim of her own impiety confessed that she had called up on her Maker to justify her . in what was a falsehood. May not this be considered as a terrible instance of Divino wrath, and may not the thoughtless take warning ? WiiAT toc do, no well. This is a lesson which cannot be too earnestly impressed upon the young. No person of experience but knows the ill policy of poorly done work, and yet the world is filled with botching. It is labor go ing on its tasks Blip shod, caring not for per manent accomplishment, but only to provide for the moment's emergency. Half the world's work has to be mended almost as soon as done, the half-doings and mendings producing at best only wretched, slovenly results costing more than would, with greater care and pa tience have done everything well. Every man, however poorly he may do himself, is quick to appreciate what is well done, so that the well doing commands the best market for labor, and gives the greatest profit equally to the serving and the served. If a labor is worth doing at all, it is worth well doing. Plant well, cultivate well, build woll, think well, act well, And live well and all will be well or, if the aggregate result chance to be ill, wc shall not have to reproach ourselves with neglect of means and opportunities. American S-'teah Engines. The New York Post very justly says of our iron horses :-c'Not only have we driven the British completely out of the home market, but for several years we exported locomotives to England, until the manufactures of that country adopted American ideas in the contruction of their machines. We have contended successfully with foreigners in other countries on the banks of the Nile and the plateus of South America. Only last summer a victory was won in Chili by an American engine, built at the Roger's works, in Paterson, over an Eng lish rival. Such a triumph ought to hare given our countrymen a hundred times more satisfaction than that of Ileenan and Sayers, yet it scarcely received mention at the time." Old Vulcan at Work. Vesuvius is inn state of splendid activity. The crater still sends out its thunders, followed by red hot stodes. At the bottom of it one sees a mass of fire, from which rise up fiery circles like carriage wheels. Tho exhalations of muriatic acid are so strong that it is difficult to ap proach. At the foot of the mountainthere are full a hundred currents of liquid lava, which have arrived at tho "Piano delle Ginestre." At present the numerous craters are no longer visible ; the whole ground seems to send forth lava, and the small proprierors are in great apprehension. The currents have been flow ing over the old beds of 1794, when Torre del Greco was swept away, and the lava went half a mi le into the sea. The Rising Sun (la.) Visitor, of 'American' tendencies, thus briefly but pithily disposes of the great third party movement, in an allu sion to Mr. Bell : He has been a good old Whig, and we respect him for it, yet think it would be the heighlh of folly for us to lend our aid to his election, and thus help to divide and distract the compact army that will fight for the nomination at Chicago.- To us, at present, it seems that every vote given in a free State for Bell only helps tocontinue in power an Administration whose very friends have been driven off by thousands at the sight and knowledge of the corruptions that have crpt into every department of the Govern ment. " ' Tom Buckley, the 'Limerick Boy,' has suc cessfully accomplished his foat of walking 100 hours, without rest or sleep, at Pittsburg. . It is estimated that over 100,000 barrels of oil arc now ready for market in the oil region of Northwestern Pennsylvania. The sale of public lands of tho U. States In 27 years, have realized over $136,000,000. Lemon jnico is now being used iu Europe for the euro of rheumatism. JAPANESE EPISTLES. The following epistles, purporting to have been written by one of the Japanese when at Washington to a fellow countryman, it is said, have lost none of the peculiarities of the Jap anese language,by being translated into Dutch and then into English : The Central City of Washington. Esteemed Hakodadi : The details ot our reception by the American Tycoon you have in my former letter. He is called not Tycoon, but "President ;" sometimes, however, by a strange analogy of language, "old coon." I at first thought this an attempt to pronounce our Japanese phrase, but am assured that it is strictly idiomatic, and implies astuteness and age. It certainly seemed applicable to the bead of the nation who received us. We find it very difficult to comply with the demands of our sovereign, forbidding us to touch the woman of this country. Not from any disposition on our part to disobey, but from their desire to seize us by our hands. They are apparently allowed here tire greatest freedom, but it is only in appearance. Every woman, married or single, is fastened in a cage of bamboo or flexible steel, extending from the waist to the feet. This seems to be so arranged as to give them no uneasiness, but Ihey are very much ashamed of it, and conceal it under so many coverings that it renders their appearance quite ludicrous. They are unrestricted as to the upper part of their per sons, which they are permitted to expose as much as tho wish. This they seem to avail themselves of, and on all occasions of higli ceremony, wear very low dresses. As in all barbarous nations, the slit their cars and sus pend from them ornaments of gold and silver. They also paint and powder themselves, and after greasing their hair, twist it into fantas tic shapes and fasten it up with long pins and combs. Some of them would be fine-looking, if they did not disfigure themselves by the hideous and vulgar custom of wearing eye brows and keeping their teeth white. Be as sured, therefore, that wo are in no danger of being captivated by their appearance ; we feel nothing but regret that the barbarous and ab surd customs of man should thus destroy the charms which cultivation and refinement would so much improve. Nothing strikes us so much as the want of respect these barbarians show even to their highest dignitaries; they never hesitate to spit before them, and it requires considerable activity to prevent being spit upon at all times. The custom of wearing ono sword, it seems, originated from this cause, as it enables you to avoid with greater facility the saliva of your neighbor. Chewing tobacco is much prized, it seems, from the saliva it produces, which is preserved, when possible, in handsome vases of porcelain, and placed in prominent posi tions. None of the inhabitents do reverence by crawling on their bellies, except after the election of a new Tycoon, when those in search of office come to the central city and perform that ceremony. Those who are fortu nate enough to meet with honor from the Ty coon seldom walk uprightly during their whole term of office. The unfortunate applicants become at once censors or spies upon the others, and their silence has to bo bought at a high price. All public servants have their price, which rises or falls according to the necessities of the Tycoon. But I shall reserve, my reflections on political topics till I have another opportunity to address you. Until then rest in peace. The Central City of Washington. Esteemed Hakodadi: You will perceive by tho date of my letter that wo are still in the Central City, tho sacred residence of his Ma jesty the Sly-Coon. We have Leen devoting ourselves, since I last wrote to you, to the study of the manners and customs of this new and singular people. Their most marked pe culiarity appears to be their strange restless ness. It is one of their holy maxims, deliver ed to them by one ot the fathers of the repub lic, that "eternal vigilance is tho price of lib erty," and from recent events ithas also been discovered "that eternal vigilance is-the price of slavery." All portions of the country are, therefore, in obedience to these wise laws kept in a constant state of activity. Their coun tenances bear evidence of fearful anxiety. They never for a moment seem to enjoy the luxury of repose so dear to all Eastern na tions, and although they appear to be rumina ting animals, they never chew tho cud with the placidity of the sacred cow. They eat fast, drink fast, smoke fast, and talk fast. To call them to their meals, they havo imported the great Chinese war gong. When this is soun ded, every association is forsaken,- and they rush with violence to be fed. They arm them selves with a broad fork, with four prongs, a knife and a gpoon, and they fill themselves in an incredibly short space ot time. , Their diet is mainly the flesh of animals, that of the fil thy creature, tho hog is one of their favorite dishes ; the hind legs are the most esteemed portions, and the lard or grease is used univer sally. It is odd, that with such tastes, they should have a prejudice against a much clean er animal, the dog, so great a favorite with tho Chinese. The dogs are .kept, as with us, for the chase, or as pets. They use the same precaution to prevent' their doing mischief, that they employ to restrain their women,only they place the wire cap on the dog's head. Drinking is tho only national amusement, and is indulged in by all classes at all times. It is generally performed in a standing posi tion, and is highly esteemed from its interfer ing so little with the pursuit of business. They use mainly the fermented juice of the grape, out of which various liquors are made, most delectable to the palate, and far exceeding in flavor our own saki. They obtain a liquor from the Dutch called "Gin," out of which they make a mixture bearing the name of the tail of the fowl imported from. Shanghai. They also manufacture out of a liquor called "Bran dy," a drink intended to commemorate the introduction of railroads "smashes," our in terpreter calls them. But an inebriating wine called "Champagne," which explodes,is more to our taste than either gin cock-tails or bran dy smashes, and it is not so powerful. The drink of the Sly-Coon is called whisky ; it is made by a religious sect, settled in his native province. Its use is also permitted to the Senators,beingpartof the treaty-making pow er, always employed in that connection with the Aborigines. The stronger liquors are drunk in the morning and at night, and the milder ones during the afternoon. The people here rarely sleep never in the day time,except upon the first day of the week, when they ; perform their religious exercise ; during these they aro said to sleep quite sound ly. The active part is taken by the "Bonze," and the worshippers are not obliged, as with ns, to turn a praying machine themselves. They aro taught as the highest exercise of virtue, to forgive their enemies. In this the present Sly-Coon, is said to excel ; when their wrath is enkindled against him, he gives them what are called Post Office Blanks ; we have no term for this in our language, but they quiet the most violent until they aro printed. By this means he has concilliated all his ene mies and lost all his friends. Ho will soon retire from his high station, which it seems he never sought, except during the last sixty-five years of his life. His successor, it is said, will be a splitter of bamboos, or a makef of teapots. ; Some of the people are anxious to place a venerable statesman on tho throne ; but he was unfortunately educated in early life,by the exertions of his injudicious parents, and has not, therefore, been able to exhibit the necessary self-reliance., IIow solemn a warning this," oh ! Hakodadi, against parental indulgence, which often, with the best inten tion, plants a thorn which no after exertions can eradicate. All the people have a voice in the election of their ruler, and ho who ha3 tho greatest number of voices is chosen. The head men here talk of nothing but the chances of their favorites.' It is essential that he should be in favor of free trade, and a high tariff, of peace and tho annexation of Cudj, together with strict , economy in the finances and the construction of a railroad to the Pa cific ocean. But the great difficulty seems to be about a set of people with black faces and wooly heads. They cannot go, it appears,into certain parts of tho country where it is very cold, and their masters think the Tycoon ought to heat it for them, as the Constitution gives them a right to go there ; on the other hand, the white people, who own none of them, in sist that tho country where the blacks only can work should be made cold enough for free white labor. Those aspiring to bo Tycoons strive very hard to blow hot and cold, but are not able to satisfy both parties. Such ques tions as theso we leave to Buddha, the great spirit who rules the world, but the Supersti tious barbarians of this country believe that an act of their Congress can people the waters of the South with the sperm whale of the North Pacific. But I fear, oh, esteemed companion of my youth, that when your eyes shall light upon this despatch in the flowery island of Niphon, you will think I havo sent you an epistle as long as the message Buck, the American Ty coon, delivered to his men, and which our in terpreters translated with so much tribulation. I, therefore, wishing you health, contentment and peace, sign myself your ever friend. The Birth Place of Washington. Some years since Lewis Washington, presented to the St3te of Virginia the lot of land iu Westmoreland county on which stood the house in which the lather of his country first saw the light of day. This was done with a view of having the spot marked by some suitable mon ument by the State. We learn that it is the intention of the Governor and Secretary of the Commonwealth to proceed to Westmore land county during the present week, to exam ine into the present condition of the "birth place of Washington," ceded to tho State by his relative. They propose having the ground (one or more acres) enclosed, and a road-way made to it. It lies on the Potomac river. A monument will be put up to designate the spot. A piece of the hearthstone of the ancient ed ifice (perhaps the only remaining relic) is now in the State Capitol in Richmond. Many years since a marble slab denoted the place of Washington's first homo, but the mutations of time and chance, it is believed, have caused it to disappear. BuiGnAM Young in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer says that the great Ty coon of Utah, Brigharr. Young, is dwelling temporarily in that city. -Unambitious of pop ularity with the unbelieving, and shrewdly doubting that his public reception would be otherwise than "warm," he has been flourish ing incognito. A tall, slender gentleman stalk ed inio the billiard room at the Point Breeze Trotting Park, on Thursday, and joined in a friendly game with ono of the subscribers, lie did not refuse the customary imbition of the ardent, and behaved in a very satisfactory christian manner. The "Subscriber" will thank us for assuring him that the tall, slen der gentleman was Brighara Young. And many unconscious citizens have met the same tall, slender man, in many places, lie is in troduced as Mr. Smith or Mr. Joncs,a.s occasion may require but is nevertheless only King Brigham. Forbes, the Englishman who engaged as drill sergeant for Ossawatomie Brown, has writ ten from London to Senator Mason, declining to come over and testify before the Senate Committee. It seems Mr. Mason had guaran teed his personal safety, and also offered him an inducement, as Forbes writes: "Lastly, respecting the pecuniary compensation offer ed me, should I return and give evidence, I beg to inform the United States Senate and its select Committee, that although the cor rupt, repudiating and speculating American humanitarians have brought me into extreme financial difficulties, I am not for sale." The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, now pro perly called the Kingdom of Naples, has an area nearly the 6ize of the State of New York, and a population of about 9,000,000- Tho continental portion contains about 31,000 square miles, ard the island ef Sicily has an area of 10,508 square miles. The island is is said to be the finest and most important of the Mediterranean, and it is larger in extent than Massachusetts and Rhode, Island combi "ned, and the population about equal in num bers to that of the six New England States. The city of Palermo is about the same rank in population with Boston. A large Crystal Palace, on tho model of the Loudon one, is about to bo erected at St. Pe tersburg, Russia. It is intended for a perma nent exhibition of flowers ano plants. " In Brooklyn, N. Y., a woman has been ar rested for fowl robbery fourteen chickens were found concealed in her hoop skirt. It is stated that $3,718,000 worth of new buildings are now in course of erection in tho city of New York. 1 The New Jersey peach crop promises bet ter. Tho Newark 'Journal? Bays it will turn out well. V Great Men Always Know Each Other. When Mr. Clay visited Hopkinsville, Ken tucky, the first year of the administration of J ohn Qnincy Adams, to defend himself against tho charge of bargain, intrigue, and corrup tion, he wa3 called upon by his friends at a large and spacious saloon. Dr. II., tben of that place, and a great friend of Mr. Clay, was by his side, preseuting him to his numerous friends as they came forward. Presently tho Doctor saw the tall form of the eccentric Gov. Pittsnr enter the door of the saloon. J nstant ly, he embraced the opportunity to point him out to Mr. Clay, and then whispered to him : "That tall man at the door is Gov. Tittsur. of Pond River, a most worthy friend ot yours, whom you must know without an introduc tion ; and you must be certain, before ho leaves, to wish that he may never have anoth er invasion of squirrels." Thus posted, Mr. Clay stood his ground in the centre ot the saloon, while the Governor, unconscious of the innocent trick, approach ed him by degrees, and saying as he came, "Don't introduce me to Mr. Clay ; he will know me, and I shall know him, for great men always know each other on sight." The Governor looked everywhere but in the right place, asked, as he passed on : "Where is the god-like man ?" and saying, "I shall know him on sight, for great men like never fail to know each other. I beg of you, gentlemen, not to introduce us; wo shall know each other, though we have never seen each other. You say he is in this room ; good I shall find him !" And away he stalked toward tho place where Mr. Clay stood. "How arc you, Governor Pittsur, of Pond River? I am rejoiced to see you." "Hear that!" said tho Governor; "didn't I tell yon he would know me 7 Yes, yes, gen tlemen, he is the greatest man that lives." After cordially shaking hands, and telling a few of his happy jokes, Mr. Clay said : "My dear Governor, I wish that yon may live a thousand years, that health may abound throughout your wide domain.and that you may never have another invasion of the squirrels.' "Bless me!" said tho Governor, "did you hear that 7 How did he know that my pcoplo lost their entire crop of corn last year by squirrels 7 Bless my soul, lie knows every thing ! Wonderful wonderful ! I always told you he was the greatest man in the world; didn't I boys?" And tho Governor left in a state of perfect admiration of the great statesman." The Sweep of the Tornado. It appears that the storm fiend swept over tho space of four hundred and fifty miles Mithout diminution of force, smiting towns, farms, forests and everything on the surface of the earth with the violence of a battery ot a thousand guns. Indeed, the arts of civilized man are inade quate to the work of the destruction accom plished by the hurricane during any single minute of its duration, where it had anything more moveable than the solid earth to work upon. Whole loresta were crushed in an in stant, and respectable streams of water literal ly scooped out by the mighty tempest. The course of the tornado is now traced from Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, more than two hundred miles west of tbo Mis sissippi river, to the north-eastern corner of Ottawa County, Michigan. Nor is it at all probable that the entire range of devastation is yet known, though its direction at both extremities leads us to hope that however far it may have traveled, it did not involve much more destruction of human life than is already known. The time occupied by the tempest iu making thfentire distance cannot yet be cor rectly estimated. We know merely that it swept over Webster county, Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, and Ottawa county, Michigan, on Sunday night. To asscrtain and preserve tho exact date at the time, distance.and the more marked effects of the phenomenon, furnishes so ample and interesting field for our Acade my of Natural Sciences. Chicago Press. Mr. Covode. The Washington correspon dent of the Philadelphia J'orth .American says : "The proposed retirement of Mr. Covodo from Congress will be much regretted in the House, where, for the last five years he has been rec ognized as a faithful, efficient and valuablo member, zealously devoted to the best inter ests of Pennsylvania, and a legislator of prac tical and liberal opinions. Others have made more mark, and others havo exhibited much greater pretensions ; but his plain and blunt character, strong good sense, and the general confidence inspired by both have given him a commanding position of influence. He will bo missed as one of the old guard, who in all great struggles since the repeal of tho Mis souri Compromise, and upon every occasion involving the tariff, never was found wanting in the discharge of duty, and never needed prompting as to tho part ho should act. While some hesitated and halted, or vacillated and changed, he was ever at his post and always trne to the instinct of manly fidelity. He has claimed no reccgnition. and affected none ot the cheap superiority which small men with large ideas of themselves are weak enough to suppose belongs to a seat in Congress." A Good Speculation. The traders from Morocco make periodical excursions to Turn buctoo, about a thousand miles distant in a southernly direction, where they exchange to bacco, salt, daggers,wooIen mantles, and look ing glasses, for ivory, gold dust, pepper, os trich feathers, assafcetida, indigo and slaves. The value of the invoices carried by each ex--pedition fs estimated atone half million of dollars, while tho returns are somewhat over eighteen millions. Rather a profitable trade.- Louis D. Riviecco, a young Catholic priest of San Francisco, has renounced that religion and applied for admission to the Episcopal Church, which has been granted. Accounts from Key West say that the cap tured Africans are dying so fast that not rooro than 700 or 00 will bo left out of all the car goes to send back. Ileenan has issued a peremptory challenge to John Morrissey, to fight him for any sum . from 5 cents to $3,000,.. . That young man who drinks, bets, swears, . gambles, and idles away his time, is on a thiu -place on the ice. , - - The crops in the Southern States arc look ing very well. Corn is already large cnougb for tho table. t i t r r P. r
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