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XV II A T IS TIME t
1 ask'd an sard nmn, a man of cares.
Wrinkled and curved, and white with hoary hairs
"Time ia the warp of life," he ssid, "oh ! I'll
The young, the fair. the giy, to weave it wellV
I a-ik'd the ancient venerable dead,
Ksges who wrote, and warriors who bled:
From the cold grave a hollow murmur flow'd,
"Time aow'd the seeds we reap in tbie abode?"
I ask'd a dying dinner, ere the stroke
Of ruthless Death life's golden bowl had broke,
i ask'd him "What ia Time 1" "Time," he replied
"I've lost it ! Ah ! the tretrsure !" and he died !
I ask'd the golden sun and silver spheres,
Those bright chronometeta of Java and tears ;
Thry answered, "Time is but a meteor'a glare,"
And bade me for eternity to prepare.
I ask'd the seasons in their annual round,
Which beautify or draolate the ground :
And they replied, (no oracle more wine)
"f is Folly'a blunk, and Wisdom' highest prize !"
I ask'd a spirit lost ; but oh ! the shriek
Thatpierc d my soul. I ahuilder while I speak !
It cried "A particle! a speck! a mile !
Of endless years, duration infinite !"
Of things inanim its my dial I
Consulted, and it made me thus reply 5
"Time ia the season fair of living well.
The path to Glury, or the path to Hell."
I ask'd old father Time himself, at last ;
But in a moment he New swiftly rU
Hia chariot was the cloud, the viewless wind
His noiseless steeds, which left no trace behind,
1 ask'd the mighty nge., who nball stand
One foot on i, and one on solid land,
"By Heaven's great King, I swear the mystery's
over :
Time was," he cried, "but time ahall be no mote !"
mi aoTTSBVLY bt MR. StQOVRS ST.
A Butterfly basked on an infant's grave,
Where a lily vhunced to grow i
"Why art thou here with gaudy dye.
When she of the bright and spaikling eye
Must sleep in tha church-yard low ?"
Then it lightly soared through the sunny air,
And spoke from its shining track :
"I was a worm till I won my wings.
And she whom thou mourn'tt, like a seraph sings;
Would'! thou call the blest one back !"
The following lines very simply illustrate the
manner in which individuals frequently become in
volved in iliflVultitu which they might amicably
adjust by a little cool reflection.
COINS TO L1V,
An upper and a lower Mill
Fell out about their water ;
To war they wei.t that is, to law
Resolved to give no quarter.
A lawer was by each engaged,
And hotly they contended ;
When foes grew alack, the war they waged,
They judged, were better ended.
The heavy cnnt remaining still.
Were setthd wi'hotit bother
On Lawyer took the upper Mill,
The lower Mill the other.
Poitbt. Here ia a couplet, said to have been
written by a Western editor. We don't doubt it :
"'Taint every man can be a po et.
No mo.e'n a sheep can be a go-at '."
A "Georgia Major" is Alabama. One of
our correspondents Bends us the following speci
men of Pemosthenian eloquence. Wonder
where he picked it up I
Fellow Citizens : I am a enndiddte for the
high and dignified elation of ltrijradier General
of the 2d Brigade of trie 10th Division of Ala
bama Militia.
Gentlemen : When tlio war horn blnmd at
the beginning of the last war, I was ploughing
in a peach orchard in the State of Tennessee,
my father come to ine, and says he, 'Jimmy,'
says he, 'Gineral Jackson says to theiiMa,' says
he, 'boys, you must go to the ar.' I quit the
plough turned Old Jake (his horse) in the
pasture took my kntipHnck and jined the Gin
eral, and served with him two long and ardu
ous campaigns. And Gentlemen, let rue fur
ther tell you yc. Gentlemen If I were to
take a Russian pencil, and, dip it in the smoke
of h II, I couldn't paint a worse charater than
a coward on the field of battle, or a Jockey in
the quarter races hereabouts. Nay, Gentlemen
iri were to take a quill from the wingofa
Giraffe, (Zeraph) and bring to my aid the two
edged sword that was placed in the Garden of
Eden, and make a pen from the same and,
Gentlemen, Par-sy-fix Ocean was an ink
stand, and the whole clouded canopy of Heaven
and the level ground of our yeth, were a sheet
of paper, I could not write my love of country
on it.
Gentlemen : I thank you for your attention,
and aa the clouds arc lowering in the north a.
bout McTodd, (Mcl.eod) ami an dan Wedster
don't know what veto is may we all repel the
ruemy, and invade the foe ! 'Hilly, sing us
rrri on a now, while the liquor is
cooling S N. V. Spirit of th Time.
Neurology.
It is a great comfort to the curious, who are
not aitogcther absorbed in currency questions
and can occasionally spare a minute front
watching1 tho wreck of paper and crush of
stocks, to meet with an article like the sub
joined, from the Louisville- Advertiser, touch
ing Dr. Buchnnnan and 'something new.' The
account of the experiments cannot fail to in) cr
est almost as the presentment of tho bankers.
These neurological performances are the most
wonderful thinjra yet detailed to the public and
have excited the utmost impatience for a visit
from Dr. Duchnnnan to this as yet uncnlighten
ed quarter of the Union. We may learn from
these statements why the coward scratches be
hind his car; why the reasoner rubs his fore
head, and why the puzzled poet applies his di
gits to ideality and disturbs his locks nbove the
temples. The phrenologists have already giv
en us tho rationale of these involuntary mani
pulations, and Dr. Bucliantian comes to con
firm the theory. It is therefore to be hoped
that he will soon bcud his steps hitherward.
If the facts narrated arc 6tich as are set down,
the discovery is one of the inestimable impor
tance in several respects :
From the Louisville Advertiser.
K E V It (I 1 O Y .
The Cincinnati Ilepulicau enquired some
days since, what had become of our Nkikoi.o
gist; and other toternporaries have manifesi
ted a similar waggish curiosity upon the sub
ject. A e can enlighten them. Dr. Uuchiin-
nan is still in this city, assiduously engaged in
repeating his experiments perfecting the sri
nice of.NuuRowKiv, and applying it to its true
purposes the treatment of disease.
Some of our brother editors, as well as many
with whom we have conversed, even uerk, do
not seem to know what Nkvrommy is. No
longer since than Wednesday evening, a medi
cal student informed us that he had all along
regarded it as none other than the veritable
science of Mesmerism or Animal M aun:ti8m,
and was quite astonished on learning that Neu
rology was merely the Physiology of the
nervous system, nnd that the singular experi
ments in which Dr. B. has engaged are design
ed to show the functions of every part of the
nervous mass contained in the head, by exci
ting that part, by external irritation in sucli a
manner as to cause a distinct manifestation of
its peculiar properties, whether mental or cor
poieul. Those who recognize phrenology as a true
science (and who does not) who understand
the mysterious operation of the mind upon the
wholo nervous system, through the medium of
its organ, or mass of organ.--, tlie iikain. and
who are aware how readily the different organs
ofthe brain can ho recognized, classified, and
their volume defined by exterior examination
can with readiness comprehend thi whole se
cret of Dr. Buchanan's o;)er:itions ; which con
sist merely, in exciting any organ or combina
t ion of organs to greater activity, by operating
with the fingers upon that portion of the skull
under which they are located. Hunger,
thirst, anger, benevolence, vision, muscular
strength, hearing, may be readily excited
in this way. Mksmkrism, with its mysterious
manipulations, its passes, its clairvoyant condi
tions, its magnetic states and transmissions of
mental power and ubiquity all operating inde
pendent of contact, no more resemble the sci
ence of Neurology, as defined and exemplified
by Dr. 1!., than the practice of the faith doc
tors does the regular practice of medicine.
When our neighbors come to give the mat
ter a 'sober second thought,' and witness a tithe
ofthe experiments which Dr. R has made in
liOiiisville, in the presence of hundreds, and
upon all classes of subjects, we shall expect to
find them more warm in their commendations
than we have been. IV'e are skeptical people
in Iotiisville in matters of this kind, and yield
to nothing which is not sustained by unques
tionable philosophical demonstration, heard and
seen by ourselves. On Tuesday evening last,
Dr. D. made a scries of experiments in the pre
sence ofa large company which produced stri
king results. Two Indies, acquaintances and
friends, were seated near each other, and in
gK)d humor and buoteicy of spirits awaited the
operation. Dr. B. placed a hand on the head
of each, upon tho organ, called by the French
phrenologists 'the love of power.' In a few
minutes a scene was 'got up,' at once singular
and amusing. Each bridled up with air of dig
nity and self-conceit, and Mrs. II. when asked
by Dr. B. 'what are you thinking of now,' re
plied 'Why, I am thinking that I feel very
proud.' To the same question, Mrs. G., after
a scornful silence, and its repetition, replied
that she was astonished thai Mrs. II. should
talk of being moon.
Mrs. II. turned with a look of defiance and
demanded 'Have not I as much to be proud otas
you !' A cutting retort followed each asser
ted her superior claim to beauty, good temper,
refinement, obediance, &.C., with a spirit and
bitterness of tone and curriago, which those
j who have witnessed such scenes in neighbor
hood squabble, where faces are wont to be
scratched, caps torn, and tongues let loose, can
so well imagine. Apprehending results of too
striking a character one of the company advised
the Doctor to call a constable, but he hastily
dissipated the boligcreut excitement, and beg in
to arouse their moral sentiments. Their an
gry glances soon ceased they became modest,
complaisant and humble, and on being reuiind
ded ofthe part they lind acted, each began to
npologiso, and ask pardon of tho other. Each
was animated in her expressions of regret, and
would accept of no apology, insisting that she
only was in fault, and so affected was one of
them that she burst into tears. To counteract
this effect, the excitement of the moral organs
was slightly diminished, while mirthfulness,
playfulness, social feeling were stimulated.
A striking change snccceder." she became
highly elated, laughed and soon proposed a
dance with a gentleman present, tho husband
of Mrs. G, springing upon her feet with infinite
self-satisfaction.
All this timo Mrs. G. sat quiet, melancholy
and dejected, laboring under the serious feel
ings which hud been called up to subdue her
pride. She seriously objected to her husband
dancing, as vfry unbecoming a vain and im
proper amusement, particularly for one of his
ne. JUrs. tl. hcincr in a hue humor, submitted
to hcrdisjppoin'.mcnt with a good grace, and
the dance was suspended, while the Dr.
commenced exciting the same mirthful organs
in Mrs. G. It was amusing to witness the
change of her tatiguige and expression ofcoun
teiunce, as the dancing came upon her. She
began to admit thut dancing might be proper in
some cases thought it a verv becoming n-
museincnt particularly for old persons liked
to see people dance would liko to dance her
self. She was reminded of her former objec
tions, but was unwilling to acknowledge them,
as such were not her real sentiments. She
with great earnestness, urged Mrs. II. to daice
with her husbund, to convince Dr. B. how
highly she approved of dancing. Other re
sults were produced, which will be noticed to
morrow, as well as similar experiments on
Wednesday evening.
From the Luu-.srillt Advertiser,
KKl'RULOUV.
We have but little spaco to devote to this
subject to-day ; but propose to occupy it with
u brief notice ot the continuatiutiou ofDr. Bu
chanan's experiments, after producing the re
sults described yesterday. The attempt to ex
cite hunger was made upon Mrs. II., while her
attention was led by conversation to oilier sub
jticts. She very Boon asked for food, which
being given her, f he began her repast with a
fine relish ; but on the organ of thirst and love
of strong drink, being excited, she became ni
di Iferent to her food and asked for wine; then
for Komething stronger. Strong whiskey was
brought which she tasted, and declared to be
too weak, complaining that it was mostly water.
.The result was more striking, as in her ordi
nary condition, all kinds of strong drink are
exeedingly repugnant to her taste.
Mrs. G. had during this experiment, joined
the company in ridiculing and reproving Mrs.
II. for her love of strong drink. Dr. B. threat
ened to produce the same e fleet upon herself,
but she denied the possibility of his doing so,
and declared that nothing on earth could in
duce her to drink whiskey. In a few minutes
after the commencement of the operation, she
desired drink water being brought she refused
it ; then wanted lemonade ; then lemonade
with a little brandy in it ; then more .brandy ;
then pure brandy. Finally she concluded thut
whiskey was quite a genteel drink, and very
proper for ludies.
A wine glass, perhaps half fufl of proof whis
key was given her, when she complained of its
weakness; but after some hesitation, on ac
count of her fear of ridicule, she watched her
opportunity, when she thought herself unob
served and swallowed the contents ut a draught,
Hunger was excited with similar results. A
variety of other interesting experiments were
tried tim tho same lady, and it was amusing
to witness the sudJen transitions 'from grave to
gay, from lively to severe,' which took place in
her manners, appcarrnco and conversation as
her brain answered, like a well tuned p ano to
the touches ef the operator's fingers. Into
whatever mood she was thrown, from three to
ten minutes were sutlicient to change tho cur
rent of her thoughts and language into another
channel, perhaps ludicrously inconsistent with
the former. Atone lime she would tbuse her
husbund like a teruingeiit, claiming superiori
ty, and treating him as if unworthy of her ; and
immediately after express tho deepest contri
tion for her conduct aud speak of him with af
fection, as her superior, &e.
The organs of tune and mitthfuluess were
operated upon with success the tone of con
versation and conduct on the part of the two
subjects, following the cnanges of Dr. Buchan
au's hand from one organ to another, with re
markable precision and fidelity, loth being un-
consicrus tfC the effect wlifch Ito intended to
produce. Another foct is worthy of notice,
which is, that after the dissipation of tho effects
of most of the experiments, particularly tho
most striking ones, they forgot and strenuously
denied all they had suid or done, but an excite
ment of memory, restored tho facts to recol
lection. Dr. JJ. closed the experiments by put
ting Mrs. G. into a sound sleep in five minntes;
from which she was with some difficulty a
wakened. So much again on the subject of neurology.
That the results described were produced cun
not be denied that there litis been collusion or
any deception practised upon hundreds of in
telligent witnesses who lmve seen 3nd heard,
will not he pretended. We present the facts,
leaving Doctors of I'liysic and Ixrctors of Di
vinity to settle this new question concerning
the mysterious relation between physical uud
intellectual being.
I'niHi the ,V. Y, Sunday Mercury
Short Patent Sermon.
at now, Jm.
Inve is witty,
1dvc is pirtty,
Iove is eh inning while it's new,
Hut it soon grows old,
And waxes cold,
And fades a nay like the morning dew.-A.NON.
My iieakkrs There is a mistake
about Love's being pretty, coaxing and
fascinating; but for all this, it is awful
ly dangerous stuff to meddle with. No
one ouylit ever to approach it, unless
! lie is provided with a box of matrimo
nial pills. Uh! my heart sinks clear
into my trowserV pocket when I think
of all the mischief that Love has stirred
up in this nmoricious world! Love,
like ihe boy's candy, is too good to last
long. Noon after marriage it is apt to
grow cold, and fade away from the
full blown blossom of the heart, as fades
the morning dew from the damask co
rolla of the rose; but before the affec
tions arc bound in the nuptial wreath,
there is no danger of Love's dying a
natural death. On the contrary, he
becomes more and more obstinate in
his attacks, nnd will hang on like an
ecl to a dead 'possum. 1 advise you.
my young congregation, to. beware of
pianolorte music and moonlight even
tngs, if you have a touch of the tender
linking about your vitals ; for thev are
sure to call that little rascal Lupid torth
in quest of prev, and when he comes,
your breasts are made pin-cushions of,
in loss than no time. lie shoots his
arrows with unerring aim as he flies,
and mocks at the agonies of his woun
ded victims. lie is the mischief-ma-.
king child of Venus, that artful daugh
tcr of Jove, who used to sport her gol
den chariot, drawn uy sparrows over
the fleecy clouds ot heaven whose
railroad track down to Olympus consis
ted of the rainbow. She was the mo
ther of all flirts, and created moretrou
ble in the courts of love than ever Lu
cifer kicked up in the temple of righte
ousness. Hut she is dead now, and her
son Cupid rcigncth in her stead.
My dear young friends you mu
contrive to love moderately if you wish
to have it last long, and not grow coU:
with the wane of the honey-moon just
as -Mrs. now and l did when sne was
preltv Miss IJetsev Wheeler. W
didn't squander all our affections amid
the foolish a xtra vnganeics ol courtship
but let ofl little at a time, aud thev con
seqnently lasted the longer. Like cat
tie that masticate their food a secom
lime, so we, till theday of death brought
m a bill of divorce m her favor, coul
sit beneath the bowers of canubial hap
piness, and chew ihe cud of our first
love over ami over again. Why don't
you do likewise, and thus ensure many
days of comfort and happiness, rather
than dry up Ihe fountain ol future at
tachment by indulging for a short time
in searching ecstacy. Moderation
should always be your guide in t!ic af
fairs of love; no matter whether that
love be sexual, fraternal, nlcoholical or
spiritual. Uy drinking too deep from
the cup of either you become intoxica
ted, ami are soon compelled to swallow
the bitter dregs of woo and despair. It
is a melancholy truth, I have even
known persons to become so inebriated
with Ihe love of religion, that their rea
son has left them in disgust, and sought
an asylum in the desert region of no
where; but love of morality, virtue and
honesty is subject to no such excesses,
and the stronger your affection for them
is, the wiser and happier you must be
I don't care who says to the contrary ;
but in your love for the sexes, plumb
pudding and spurious holiness, be care
ful -be moderate ! and you may make
it hold out till you are borne to thut
land where love never fades away, nor
even waxeth old. So mote it be !
A Scene in (ot itr in Sr. Louis.
We copy the following from tiro St.
otiis Republican, f la t Tuesday :
Yesterday, in the Circuit Court be
fore his Honor Judge Alullanphy a
scene occurred, reflecting but little
credit on the administration ol justice.
A motion was made to continue a
ai a I
cause. 1 he continuance was resisted
yF. WJtflisque, Lsq., counsel for plain-
; but he Judge decided the ground
llicienf, and continued the cause.
After the Judge had decided, Mr. lys
ine walked up and dropped the papers
on tho clerk's table, and returned to his
desk. The Judge then remarked to
Mr. U.. in substance, 'that he must
change his mode of handling papers
Mr. K. replied 'that he handled them
is was his general practice.
I hen. says the Judge, 'you must
reform vour general habits,' and order
vd Mr. U. to take his seat.
Mr. u. replied, 'he did not leel m
clincd to sit just then.
J he Judixe then ordered the clerk
fo enter a fine against Mr. K. of $50
tnd prcremptorily ordered him to take
us seat.
Mr. 11. again declined, alleging that
he had been silting, and did not feel in
clined to sit then. Hereupon another
member of the bar attempted to inter
ore; but tlte Judge refused lo hear him
until Mr. II. took his seat, and ordered
the clerk to enter another fine ol 8."0
against Mr. K. again, and in a very
peremtory manner, ordered Mr. 13. to
take his seat, which Mr. Ii. still de
clined to do. The Judge then order
ed another fine of 850 to be entered tip
against him, and ordered the sheriff to
remove him from the court-house.
Here the scene became eminently
ludicrous. The deputy sheriff ap
proached Mr. K. and urged him to
leave the room: Mr. K. maintaining
his temper, appeared in no hurry to
obey. In the mean time the Judge was
threatening the sherttl, and refusing to
hear any other member ofthe bar. Af
ter a time Mr. 11. withdrew from the
room, when the Judge directed an or
der to be entered up against Mr. It. to
show cause w hy he should not be struck
from the roll.
Si.KKr. Poets talk of the charm of
early rising ; the cheerfulness of nature,
and the joy of man commencing his dai
ly labor. As Mr. IJurchell used to say,
h is nil fudge.' Nature, that is to say,
hogs, dogs, and pigs, may be very brisk
at the return of daylight, but biped ani
mals, w ho pass the night on feather
beds and pillows, (men going to be
hanged, or persons in love, or out of
their mind always excepted,) feel very
differently. Look at the poor washer
women sneaking through the streets,
whom not even the expected glass of
Geneva can comfort or the early chitn
ney sweeper, singing over his half pint
id' purl. Do they not look as if they
had been dragged" into the street by the
hair of their heads 1 Let those people
who walk abroad early in the morning
observe the laboring husbandman go
ing to work, that favorite type of happi
ness among the poets, so far from dis
covering any thing like joy in their
countenam cs, we have seen them wink
ing and blinking, yawning and drawl
ing along, and rubbing their eyes to as
certain " whether they were really
awake. Man is a creature delighting
in sleep. Even the savage, who rises
with the sun, takes especial care to go
down with that luminary, and when he
is neither hungry nor in danger of being
sfa'pcd isnUvays ready lo take a nap.
In short, man i always engaged in the
pursuit of happiness, and happiness is
sleep.
'' Tisslct'i) a lure tint ral pleasure yields
An 1 unit.- us iiiiiiUls lo the l:iysiati fields."
What ax Im-. The IVnnsylvani
an thinks it wouM he a cm ions sight to
see all the white babies in tho United
Stales, under live years old. together;
thev would make a pretty little collec
tion of 1,100,000. What u squall there
would be, should tltey all he spanked at
the same time, and what a hcapot su
gar plumbs it would take to quiet them.
Pl.tKAMN-T IvMI'LOVMICSiT. Dixon II.
Lew is spends two or three hours every
day in reading his own obituaries in the
newspapers
Kim ram. The following couplet on a selfish
pi1 it if iii ri, who committed hia speeches tu mem
ory, is one of the best things of the kind ever
w ritten by Pyron :
(' ,,, i,n l.rin you ay but I dn i'
Ho has l.fjit he grit hit ytrhrt by it ''
A Horse Story.
Som-e newspaper celebrity has been
bestowed upon an original lit of -drollery,
called 'A Theatrical Auctioneer,'
promulgated first in this paper, som
ten or twelve months ago. From the
same humorous source we have another
bit of FAcETtA, though not of so spark
ling a character as the other.
Our jocose Boston auctioneer was
called upon one day by a country horsa
dealer from Vcrtnotit, who wished to
dispose of a horse. He was one of
those inslinciive to the characters re
culiar to the section, with a counte-
nance strangely indicative of both sim
plicity and shrewdness.
I say,' said he, '1 want to see tK
auctioneer that auctions oil horses her
on Saturday.'
'I'm the individual,' said the auction
ecr, 'what can I -do for yot! V
Well, I've got a horse I want to sell,
provided I can get -enough for him;
don't want nothing more than his value
neither. He's a good one, though just
now he's a leelle thin ; but I reckon bo
ought to sell pretty smartly.'
Very good; will you have him ad
vertised !'
'Well, I guess I don't know about
that. What do you tax ?'
'One dollar first insertion ; fifty cents
for every time after.'
That's tew dollars for three times ; I
reckon you may put him in the news
paper once, stranger, and after that let
him slide.
'Very good ; what color is he ?'
Kathcr brown than otherwise.'
Is he sound V
'Sound 1 O, sound as a dollar
should'nt like tew warrant him though !'
'All right; I'll advertise him and sell
him on Saturday, Have your 'crittei'
at the marl by V2 o'clock.
I jest want to tell Mr. Auctioneer, 1
should like to have the animal limited
at fifteen dollars, but you may let him
go for five.'
'Exactly, and you won't take a great
deal more than is -oflercd for him, will
you V
Well, im, I'm not tlispositioncd lo b
hard, anyhow ; 1 rattier calculate not!
Saturday came, and one dollar and
a half was bid for the animal brought
up by the horse-dealer.
'fio on, gentlemen, I have only enc
dollar and u half bid for the horse; how
much more do 1 hear ? One dollar and
a half is only offered for the animal be
fore you. One dollar and a half go
ing going.'
Sell him, sir, he's a dying !' whisper
ed the Vermont horsedealer into tha
ear of the knight of the hammer.
(.lone !' shouted the auctioneer, and
dow n went the old horse at a dollar and
a half.
After the sale the horse-dealer WM
the first one up at the desk for a seit!j
mont. Well, I reckon it wont take longt
settle up this little trade of mine about
the horse,' said he.
'Not long said the clerk, 'there's yot'.r
account of sale; you have to pay us
just fifty cents more than the horre
brought.'
'Po-Iitical DE-struction !' exclaimed
the Vermontcr, with a humorous affec
tation of astonishment. Then with ;t
satisfied manner, he continued. 'It's
cheap enough 1 there's a fifty cei.t
piece. Cheap enough ! I couldn't a
sin him aw ay at no price, and it would
have cost tew dollars and a half to bury
him. Jest n half a dollar saved. Got d
morning, Mr. Auctioneer. Cheap e
nough I
On Fiphraim's remark that unmarried
ladies are generally tea-tot all ers, Pi
nion inquired what kind of tea they
were the loudest oft Beau-he, to to
sure, replied Lphraim.
A fellow got into the river at Hart'
ford the other night, and began lo ciy
"fire." lie w us put out.
A correspondent ofthe Spirit of the Timr--.
writing from New Orleans, saya that there t
thisdiflerenco drtween woman and horses i tl
latter are in-stuble and the former n-tabli.
The wretch.
Ke-4 is a t mi. A Philadelphia paper contains
a notice ofthe marring otMt.Gallop to Mis Mw.
W'e suspect this is lb only tumpls ofa msn
galloping In the mum t
Ab under ll iy has been nomini'ed fof Msyr-r
of Pittsburg. If"V will answer for a more, an).
win re. Th joW i'l n"e " orte h"gh
eigh, t ut it w ill, though hte a great run ba
nibbed, peihap. ThTx who ars oppod to Itny
lusy go to r,in. .V. V. .Aurora,