.TERMS OP THE " AMERCIAX." It. B. MA88ER, rosusBKna ahb JOSEPH E1SEI.Y. S Pajj-airroas. Ml. It. .riJtSSKIt, Editor. Office in Centre Alley, in the rear of II. II. Mas ser's Store. THE" AMERICAN" uTpublUncd every Satur day at TWO DOl.I.AItS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin ued till all arrearages are paid. No subscription received fur a loss period than nix mouth. All communication or Ictiera on business relating to the office, to inaure attention, muii be POST PAID. SUNBURY AMERICAN. 1'ititM or a m i:immi. I srjitare I Insertion, ft) S(t 1 do S do 4 .0 7.1 I do 3 do t . t Oil Every subseqneht ItiserihiD, . D Ya.rlw A.tA,ltaJimnl ( rtttA f.rtltln.W iK t L.IF AND SHAMOKIN JOUANAL. column, $U, three square, $13 1 twonuare,f9 one square, s. iiau-yeany 1 one column, ? in half column, $lt ( three square, tS two stpinre, $3 one square, f-1 fin. Absolute acquiescence in the docisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which there I no appeal hut to force, the vital prineiplo and Immediate parent of despotism. Jr.masov. Advertisements left without direction Is to the length of time they re to be published, will be continued until ordered out, and charged arcord' ingly. ciy'Hi stern llnM make a square. Ily Masscr & Elscly. Sunbury, li'orlliiinibcrlniid Co. I'u. Saturday, May 13, is 13. Vol. .J Ao. 33 Whole No. 137. From the ft. Y. Tribune. MAY. KT WILLIAM H. BCaiF.inH, The aweet voluptuous May Is here at length through all ita sunny hour, Over the grateful enrth to sprinkle uowcrs In beautiful arr y ; And clothe with deeper verdure hill and plain, And give the wood their glory hack again. No bird who dwelling throat Quiver with trine, or whose extended wing Fan the mift air, hut cherilier doth aing And on the hteeie float Odor fiom blossom which the Sun' caress Hath woke to life in field and wilderness. The fthimmering sunlight fall On mount and valley with a softer sheen And lo! the orchard, newly clothed in geen, Lift tip their coronal Of flower britihi-hiied or, shaken by the breeze, Rain fragrant blossom from a thousand ticci. The green and tetidet maize Tii'rre the moistened mould ; and from the air. And from the sunshine gather erength to dare The sultry summer days With care the furmer tenil the fragile (hoot, And, hoefut, dusts the future to h s fruit. Out underneath the sky Where the free wind m iy toss their sunny curls, Frolic the hapiy children boy and girls In sinles revelry ; White rolure smiles, approving, on their play, And lamb and bird with I he in keep holiday ! All penile thine rejoice In the calm loveliness around them spread. Green earth brnenth the blue vky overhead And with cxult-int voice Pour their thanksgivings to the Lord of all, Who marks an Empire's or a sparrow' fall. Then welcome, bonny May, Wiih thy oft sunshine and thy fragrant flowers, Thy balmy breme and thy laughing hours The glad year's holvdiy ! With grateful heart thy presence will we hie, And in thy gift rejoice with thankfulness! ACROSTIC WBITTESC 1ST A!f ALBUM. A thing of glitter, gleam and gold I. oose thoughts, loose verse, unmeaning, old B ig word that sound a thousand fold U nfmished scrap, conceit and cant M ad st.im.is, and world of rant. Parsnips as Food for Pigs. Whilst staying in the Isle of Guernsey fur a couple of months, in the summer of 1841, 1 was much pleased with the peculiarly fine flavor of the pork, being sweet, juicy, firm, beautifully white, at a season of the year when that unclenn animal is thought not to be in the highest per fection. This superiority in flavor and appear ance is attributed to the plentiful supply of raw parsnips with which the animal is fed. In con firmation of a universally admitted fact, I beg to send you the following extract from a late ly published history of the inland and its pro ducts : Hogs prefer raw parsnips to all other roots, and make excellent pork when fed upon them; out Hie tailing of the root renders llie bacon flabby. Jty this food the animal can be fatted in six weeks. Too much cannot be said in praise of the beef and pork fatted on parsnips. At tli i.i time (July 17, 18-10,) there is in t tie Guernsey market, a hog 22 months old, weigh ing net 7-j0 lbs. English, which has never eaten any thing but raw parsnips and sour milk ; fi ner meat never was seen. In the use of pars nips, one caution was obuolutcly necessary they are never to be washed, but to be given as they are taken tip from the ground. Used in that way they arcfo'ino not to surfeit the ho;r and cattle, and to fatten them better and quicker than they otherwise would. If washed they are apt to satiate and as the farmer say, will never thoroughly futten them. An ox will eat 120 lbs. per day exclusive of hay. London flardner't Vhron. EovrriAN Cons. It will be recollected that about two years since, a small quantity of Egyp tian Corn was sent for distribution, by William II. Maxwell, Esq., to the President of the A merican Institute. These seeds were obtained from Africa, by Mr., M.'a nephew, passed Mid shipman in the naval service of the United States. The season was so late when they ar rived, that, although extensively distributed, a mail part came to perfection. Somo ot the seeds which were matured came into the hands of Mr. David O. Van Winkle, of Bergen, Ncv Jersey, and were sowed in a small space in his garden. From accurate calculation the produce was at the rate of seventy bushels per acre. Mr. Van W. intends to raise, the coming sea eon, a quantity for grinding and flouring. lie thinks it will make excellent bread. It is the same kind which is mentioned in the Old Testament, which Joseph went down to procure. A few small parcels are now at the repository ot the Institute in the 1'ark, and it will be distributed gratuitously to those w ho will bring specimens to the fair. jV. Y. Evening Post. Slavery A Fact. Mra. Ellis, in her new work, "The Wives of England," says : "The worst of all slavery, is fear of husband." Quere -Whether beneath that deep, there is not a lower depth of slavery car oai wife. COMMODORE PORTER, I-. S. K. This gallant officer, one of the bright lumi naries that lend to the American History a lus tre that reflects at once their country's glory and their own, was born in Boston. lie was the son of 'North-Endcr,' and sprang from that hardy stock whence emanated the 'Liberty Boys,' the 'Tea Tarty,' the 'Minute Men' of the earliest revolutionary times. 'The Sailor's Home' is the name of a tavern, which now stands on the spot, near Hancock'a Wharf, where the future CommoJortj f.rrt iraw breath. The name of Porter first appears conspicu ously in the history of the American Navy, in the year 1SW, when, a midshipman on board the 'Experiment, under the gallant Stewart, he signalized himself in the memorable action with the French frigate L'Insurgente. His station in that engagement was in the Torctop, and such was his conduct that the lack of in fluential friends alone is said to have prevented his preferment. This, however, was not long in coming. Merit liko li is could not be disre garded in that infant day of our gallant Navy. Upon our Commodore Baron's coining into the command of the 'Constellation,' Porter was made lieutenant, and was appointed to the 'Experiment,' under Captain Maley, on the West India station. On this station he sig nalized himself by many exploits of cool bravery and gallantry. Receiving from Captain Tal bot the command of the 'Amphitrite.'a prize schooner, with five guns and fifteen men, he captured a French privateer, heavily manned and armed, with much loss to the enemy, and not any whatever to himself. This gave him a name and a station in the Navy, which he has never lost, but which, in the rapid progress of advancement, identified him with the most gal lant spirits in that service. At the period of the declaration of wara gainst Great Britain, in 1812, we find Porter a captain, in command of the 'Essex frigate, 32 guns. After the glorious capture of the 'Gucr rierc.'by 'Old Ironsides,' Captain Bainbridge (Captain Hull desiring to be relieved from that command) was appointed lo the latter, and a squadron was placed under his command, con sisting of the 'Essex,' Porter, and the 'Hornet,' Lawrence. This was in September, 1612. Bainbridge issued orders for the cruise, pre scribing to Porter a certain course, at the end of which, not meeting with the squadron at a specified point, he was to act at discretion. Thus directed, Porter sailed from the Dela ware on the 27th of October, 1S12, and com menced one of the most glorious cruises re corded in our Navy's chronicles. Under the letter of his instructions, he pro ceeded from the Delaware to the Brazil coast, capturing by the way an English packet, which yielded a large amount in prize money. The vessel wns sent to the United States. He then scoured the coast to the La Plata, arid thence for the Pacific, arriving at Valparaiso, after a lonp succession of bad weather, on the 1 Ith of March, 1613. Thence he went to the Chilian and Peruvian coasts, encountered a Peruvian corsair, which he took, and among whose prison ers he found twenty-four Americans, the crews aftwo whaling vessels taken on the coast of Chili. Porter threw the pirate's guns and atninttnit'on overlioard, and freed the prisoners. He also recovered one of the ship taken by the pirate, as she was going into Lima. He ihen pursued his meteor-like course in the Pacific, doing immense injury to the British commerce in that ocean, capturing many valu able cargoes, sending some of his prizes to the United States, and fitting out others as consorts in his gallant cruise. With the Stripes and Stars at his mast head, he carried his little squadron into action, and became a perfect scourge to the enemy in those seas, by the rapid and daring devastation committed upon their commerce there. 'A single frigate,' says a recent writer, 'was lording it over the Pacific, roving about the ocean in saucy defiance of a thousand English ehips, revelling in the spoils of boundless wealth, and almost banishing the British flag from those regions, where it had so long waved proudly predominant.' In vain were vessels after vessels sent forth in pursuit of hitn. His mannerof cruising baf fled all their attempts. No traces of his where abouts did he leave, as, now shooting into the open sea, and now lurking among the islands, keeping clear of the coast, he kept all research of the foe at bay, and went on all the time with his brilliant exploits. He took possession ofan island in the Pacific, called it Madison's, (after the then President.) fought with the natives, reduced them, repaired his ship, and having quite refined and restored her, sailed for the Chilian coast, in December, 1613. Thence he went to Valparaiso, and there fell in with the British Commodore Hillyar, with two ships. As he went into the harbor, one of these ves sels fell foul of the 'Essex,' and was at the mer cy erf Porter. The port was a neutral one, and he did not avail himself of this advantage. He was as magnanimous as brave, and this con duct earned him the warm acknowledgement of the British commander. While in port, the most social and friendly relations subsisted be tween them and their crews. The English Commodore put out of port, keeping his ships together, to avoid a separate action, and regularly blockading Porter at Valparaiso. In vain did the latter try toget a fight out of cither of his foes singly. Hillyar kept them snug, determined to give his enemy no advantage. At length, the gallant Yankee 'put out ;' the foe bore down upon him, ai d n 1 . . . mucr.mon ocspora.. f(;0 Dpningta fnr superior force, his gallant frigate, so long the terror and scourge of tho British Lion, was captured. His loss was tremndous. Nowhere in the wholehistory of naval warfare is there any record ofan action more sanguinary, gal lant, and obstinate. The battle was seen from the heights of Valparaiso, and all the sympathy of the spectators were enlisted in the cause of the brave commander and crew of the gallant little frigate defending herself so bravely a gainst a greatly tuperior foe. No battle ever fought upon the land or o cean more strongly and satisfactorily illustrated the true courage which is innate in the Ameri can character, than this same contest ofthe'Es sex' with the 'Phebe' and 'Cherub.' At its termination Porter was liberated on his parole, and rctnrnrd, with the remnant of his devoted crew to the United States, in the 'Kssex Juni or.' Before he could come into the port of New York, another British vessel overhauled him, and took him prisoner, thus violating the terms of the parole. Being then at liberty to act as he should find occasion, the intrepid Porter found means to escape, landed on Itng Island, and was received by his fellow citizens with enthusiastic and grateful warmth. He was a hero in their eyes, his exploits tor the last year having filled all minds with the highest admira tion of his bravery and gallantry. The subsequent career of Commodore Tor ter is familiar to all our readers. Peace being ratified, the life of the most gallant of our navy was thenceforth to derive its lustre by the re flection from the past. The hero of 'the Saucy Essex' had gathered a harvest of laurels, upon which his fume could safely repose for all time, and while ho ever stood ready to vindi cate anew the high name his country had ac quired in arms, if need should be, he yet needed no new occasion to signalize his claim to the remembrance of posterity, as one of her most gallant defenders. Being appointed by his Government to a di plomatic stutioti, at Constantinople, he had re sided near that capital for several years, during which time he had discharged all the duties of his position acceptably, when, on Friday, the 3d of last month, precisely at meridian, he breathed his Inst, in a land of strangers, but not without warm and attached friends around him, lo receive his last requests, and to perform for him the last sad offices. His disease was pleu risy, and for some !)'? prior to his decease, lie had felt sure that that event was not distant, letters from Constantinople, dated on the day of his death, inform us that it was his last will that his body should be buried at the foot of the American flag-stafT. How like the last re quest of his compeer, the gallant Lawrence, that that flag should be his shroud ! A deep grave was accordingly prepared be neath the waving of the banner of his country ; the diplomatic corps resident at the Turkish capital, with all the Americans in that port, followed the remains thither, and the earth now covers them. But will they be permitted to remain there ! No ! The grateful country, for which the brave Captain fought so long and so well, will never permit his bones to lie in a foreign soil. The remains of the gallant dead lielong to the land that has so much rea son to be proud of the deeds of the living heio ; and the period, we feel assured, is not far dis tant, when that country will reclaim them, and lay them to rest, until the last trumpet shall sound, within the green and peaceful bosom of that free home, which his youth and manhood so gal'antly defended. His splendid achievement shull long siring the nerve. Of all who the blessings of Freedom iohetit ; And his be the honors such meiil deserves. And dear lo each bosom his dealh-d iring spirit ! The pii's high strain shall sui h rm in'rie main tain, And a dec 'ion embalm them to Time's latest reign; Whi'e, rou-ed hy the st'-ry, our sons hi aspire To rival such deed, to glow with ueh fire ! TV. Y. Frpress. Eabiv Potatoes. It is known that the eye end of a poUtoe will yield a crop earlier by some days than tho root end. This appears lo be owing simply lo the earlier growth of the sprouts from the eye end. Earlmes will be greatly increased by placing the seed potatoes in a box of moist sand early in the spring, in a warm place in the house; and then planting thcin when the shoots are about two inches long, taking care not to break them off. Steam. Before the age of steam, the motto was, "Time and tide wail for no man," at tho present, no man waits for time or tide. The rtrlgnnd Wife. One incident is relatl to us, which is not calculated to show their domestic relations in a very favorable light, in spite of the usual ro mantic ideas of the eternal fidelity ol a brigand's bride. The chief of a hmd which infested this province, had a young wife, very much attach ed to him, who followed hitn in all his perilous wanderings, and presented him with a son and heir, worthy, she hoped, of imitating the glori ous exnlnits of hia aim Ti.i : . ,: 1 . ...a uiiiiri mini iu ni- tle bambino, however, so disturbed the peace of the brigand's tent, with its infantine cries, that he threatened more than once, to put an end to its wailing ; and one night, when return ing, savago and disappointed, from on unsuc cessful expedition, he was again provoked by its squalls ; rising suddenly in a fury, he put his threat into execution before the eyes of the terrified mother. From that moment, love gave place in her heart to hatred and the desire of vengeance ; whilst her husband, enraged at her continually regretting the child, and perhaps suspecting some vindictive intentions on her part, resolved, alter some domestic squabbles, upon putting her also to death. One night having confided his prr ject to his nephew, whom he had left at the head of the camp of brigands, he told him not to give the alarm if he heard the report of a gun, as it would merely be himself giving a quietus to la Gitiditta ; and with this warning, he departed to his own tent, a little distance from the others. Now, it so happened that his lovinrj spouse had fixed upon this very evening for the performance of her long-nursed schemes of revenge; and having deferred her own ftite by her more than usually amiable demeanor, and artfully got her victim to sleep, she dis charged the contents of a rifle into his body, and cutting off his head, escaped with it to Regcio, where she claimed and obtained a reward from the authorities for his tlrstruction.-The nephew heard the report of the rifle and lieing forewarn ed, merely muttered to himself " 'o zioch am mazzin la Gitiditta," and turned quickly round to sleep again. Strtttl't Tour in Calabtia. Fine Arts In fvr Vnrh. The annual exhibition of the Notional acade my of arts in New York is now open. The ex cellent and agreenble correspondent of the National Intelligencer has the annexed few words about two of the works of the exhibition. 'In one of the rooms is a marble bust of the 'Bride of Abydos, recently sent over from Italy by Crawford the American sculptor. defy a mnn to see it and no', be haunted by it for days afterwards. It is a conception of fe male beauty, which, as far as my observation goes, is unexcelled in modern art J ideal and spiritualised enough for the most poetical tan fy, but at the same time sensuous, endearing, bewitching enough fnr the weekday love of a gentleman. Mr. Crawford knows what an admirable woman should he, and he has breath ed into the upper lip of this sweet bust alone love enough to set up all the 'finishing schools' of a metropolis. I understand thai the group ordered from Crawford by the Boston Athene um is daily expected to arrive, and that it is a mtsterpieee of the art. After seeing his 'Bride of Abydos. one would look eagerly for other works from his hand. The same writer remarks also as follows, re' sporting a picture of our townsman, Leutze. "The great pride of the Gallery this year, however, is leutze's picture of the 'Return of Columbus in chains,' which lately gained the first prize at the exhibition in Brussels. It is a master piece of color and drawing, though there is, to my eye, a feebleness in part of the foreground. It is bought by the Apollo Asso ciation, and to be engraved for the subscribers. Iutze will hold hereafter a high place among American artists." Ilortlenlt wral KiiM-dltlon to China. China bus long been known to possess many rare and valuable trees, shrubs, fruits and flow ers, which have not yet found their way to Europe. From thenco come our beautiful Azeleas, Cummillias, and Wistaria (Glycine) Sinenses. Taking the advantage of the open ing of the Chinese ports by the late treat)-, the Horticultural Society of Iindon has resolved to send a person well qualified for the under taking, lo bring home all he finds worthy of in tnsluction into England. Among tho fruits there, the Pekin peach is said to weigh two pounds, and nothing is more melting and rle. liciou. Our own Government of the United States has it in contemplation to fit out an em bassy on a liberal scale to China ; and we hope among other important matters, thut the sub ject of agriculture will not be forgotten. In the meanwhile, wet-hall call the attention of the officers of our merchant ehipa about to sail on their annual voyages, to these matters, and see what we can do in our humble private way. American Agriculturist. The mod Polish thing in (he world is said to be to bow lo the rich till you are unable to stand erect in the presence of an honest man. TEA. About the year KVK), the East India compa ny received from B.irntain two canisters con toining 113 pounds of tes, and this is believed to have been tho first importation of this arti cle. The introduction of the use of itas a beve rage was very gradual asappears by the follow ing curious memorandum in the diary of Mr, Pebys, Secretary of the admiralty : "Sf pt. 2T, 1001, 1 sent for a case of tea, a Chinese drink ' wliicl) I novpr drunk." In Great Britain, the duties on ten, and the importation of it, were inconsiderable till 1G90, by which time the E. I. Company first thought the article worth their attention as a branch of trade. In a few years, the arranged importa tion amounted toG0,00() pounds per annum, the average price being ltja. In 1721, the quanti ty of tea imported exceeded a million of pounds; and from that period the importation and con sumption of tea in that country rapidly increa sed. But few persons are probably aware of the immense amount of money now paid every year to the Chinese for tea. The quantity of this leaf consumed in Great Britain is truly enor mous and although it is freely used by all clas ses it cannot be classed among the necessaries of life it contains little or no nutriment and is undoubtedly injurious te some constitutions. We are told by the "Fanqui in China," that the number of shopkeepers who in 1S32, took out licenses lo sell this article by retail, in the U- nited Kingdom, was one hundred and one thou sand six hundred and eighty seven ; and wc may supose that the amount has rather increa scd than diminished since that period. To sup ply them the East India Company-, during the last three or four years belore the expiration of their charter, imported no less than thirty-one million five hundred thousand pounds of tea an nually, in which the proportion of green to black w-as one to five. Since tho opening of the free trade, a still greater quantity has been brought over; so that in 1931 no fewer than one hundred and fifty British vessels of eighty two thousand four hundred and seventy tons re gister, resorted to Whamboa, and took away with them the enormous quantity of fnrty-thrce million six hundred and forty-one thousand two hundred pounds of tea. Since this period the amount has rather diminished, the losses sus tained having somewhat cooled the ardor of the speculutor8 J but still it has exceeded the aver age quantity imported by the E l. Company. The exports from Canton from 1st of Oct., 1S30, to 10th of April, 1837, being thirty-th'ee million two hundred and eleven thousand three hun dred anil thirty-two pounds, of which the green bore the proportion of one to about three and a half of the black kinds. Hoston Journal. A Savaoe CoMPAntsos. Two natives of the Marquesas Islands have been carried lo France probably on speculation. One is a man, six feet hit'li and agile as a young deer the other a woman, young graceful, and jsissessed of the scantiest wardrobe. Both are tatooed, all over their bodies in the highest style of the art. The story runs that on the voyage one of their fel low passengers asked them which they liked best, the French or the English. "The Eng--lisli," answered the man, smacking his lip ; "they are the fattest" "And a great deal more tender," chimed in the woman, With a grin that exhibited two rows of pointed teeth, as sharp as a crocodile's. A ftERtorS MOVEMENT TO THE GENTLEMEN Of tub Bah. Mr. Judson, ot Racine, has presen ted a petition from thecitizens of Hit county, to the Wisconsin legislature, praying that a law may be passed that would protect the people of Wisconsin, from the impositions of lawyers extending to those who seek for justice, through our couits, the light of appearing in iheir own behalf, and by some plain, brief, and easy pro cess in pleadings, doing away the necessity of employing a lawjer. The two Rosks. Being with my friend in a garden we gathered each of us a rose. He handled his tenderly, smelt of it seldom and sparingiy. I always kept mine tu my nooe, or squrezt-d it in my hand, whereby in a very short time it lost its color and sweetness, but his still remained as aweet and a fragrcnt as if it had been growing nn its root, The roses, said 1 are the true emblems of the best and sweetest enjoyments in the world, which being moderately and cautiously used and enjoyed, may for a long time yield sweet ly to the possessor of them, but if once the af fections seize too greedily upon thesi and squeeze them too hard, they quickly wither in our hands, and we lose the comfort of litem. It la a point ofexcellent wisdom to keep the golden bridge of moderation upon the alToc tions. Flavtl. Force or Habit. A schoolmaster out west, while the marriage ceremony being per formed between him and his affianced, sound ly caned the ministei for pronouncing a word incorrectly. He thought he was in school with his boys. A Hard CasKi At a temperance meeting recently held irt Alabama, Col. Ixhmanotisky, who had been tot twenty tlirto years soldier in the armies of Napoleon Bonipartc, addressed the Wcctlngt He arose before tho audience, tall, creel and vigorous, with the glow of health In his facet and kabl 1 "You aetf before you a man seventy years old. t have fought 20fj battle, havo fourteen wotindson my body, haVo lived thirty days on horse-flesh, with the bark of trees for my bread, snow ami ice UZ? ESS"? py of heaven for my covering, without stocri ings or shoes nn my feet, and with only a few" rags for my clothing. In the deserts of Eepyt, t have marched for days with a burning sun Upon my naked head, feet blistered in the seorchinff randj and with eyes, nostrils and mouth filled with dust, and with a thirst ftrt tor Inenting that! tore open the veins of my arms and sucked my own blood ) Do you ask how Could t survive all these horrors t t answer that, next to the kind providence of God, I owd my preservation, my health and igor to thia Tact, that 1 nerrr drank n drop of npirituottl liquors- in tny life ; and,' he continued, "Ba ron Larry, Chief of the Medical Staff of tho French army, has stated It as a Tact, that tho 0000 survivors who safely returned from EgypN were all men who abstained from the use of ardent spirits.'' CoSfIoeSce. there is something Very win ningand endearing in confidence. Who could takeaway the life cf a bird that fled to his bo som from the pounce of the hawk 1 Of, who Would take advantage of having him in his hand, to deprive the little trembler even of his libcf ty ! Nothing is ever lost by tfusting to tho generous and noble-minded j they always feel a responsibility to repay the confidence reposed in them. What, then, may we not expect front the God cf all conifortt Jay A Mr. Blindmnn, pilot on a fiat boat on the Ohio, recently saw a most wonderful sight irt the heaveha. He was watching eagerly, tho comet's tad, when all at once, he saw the tail curl up, and form in big letters, the word. PAY He didn't pay much attention to it; but in a few minutes he looked round again, and saw distinctly in the same place, the word THE Astonished at this, he ran below to inform the captain, and when he got back, and looked Up at the tail, he found that it had changed again and had formed the word PRINTER-. Whereupon he and the captain marvelled greatly, and did resolve instantly to heed the admonitioh, and as soon as they got home to pay the printer. We wish a good many could see that sight and profit by it. The Comet. We are not scientific astrorto mers, and cannot direct Telescopicus to the ex act spot ; but we understand from the Jargon i.sts that its nucleus is somewhat in a tjatin con stellation, and that the tail passes thfuagh a Greek starj goes over an Arabian one, undef a Hebrew one, then squeezes between two Dan ish ones, just brushes a Sweedish onct wrig gles through a High Dutch cluster, and termi nates amidst a small fry of Chinese nebulas Others report that the Comet has beer) postpo tied to allow time for the astrologers to predict it ; and there is a very general impression that if the phenomenon comes sky-larking too neat us, it is to be apprehended as an "eccentric bo dy," TAo. Hood. In China the long depending queue, which the natives cherish as so honorable a part of their persons, and the cutting off of which eon stitutes the last and worst civil degradation. Would seem also to be converted, upon occasion, to very Curious purposes. When several cri minals are arrested at once they fasten them to gether by these tails, and then the apprehension of an injury to these sacred appendages serve to prevent all effort at escape. The TiMta. The cobbler declares the titnei want "mending." The watchmakers say "theif Watches don't go. Even the undertakers com plain that tho trade is "dead." The wine mcr chant declares he is "wrecked in sight of port.' The hackney coachman says his Vocation is) at a "stand." And thus it is with every calling and profession. The want of money Is undouht edly Universal, and the smallest change would be acceptable Wiiol.te Sotts Vs. Hole SoLes. There U much truth in the following pleasant little sera; which we find In an exchange i 'It often hap petia in this wofld thut those Who go U'hide sohd, have less soul than those who go hole. olt ds having sold their souls iuhty to keep their stdes whole.' He, or she, who judges a man by hit coaf, (a a fool, for many a dangerous quagmire is hid den under a fair and even surface. He who laughs most at the peculiarities of a nother, if generally most assailable bimstdf.
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