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DEATII AT SKA.
Vic find the following Hues in the New York
Diadem, accompanied with a statement that they
-were composed on having read an extract of a J
rfiicrirum .aFw.. 0 ,
tLe sickness and death of his brother-ui-law, j
Mr. Drown Owen, who died on the voyage to
California. They will reach "the hearts of those
'uo have friends in cr going to the Land of
Cold.
Lie up nearer, brother, nearer.
F r my limbs are growing cold,
And thy pnuecucc seemeth dearer,
When thy arms around me fold ;
1 urn u'ying. brother, thing,
. Soon j t u'H miss nie in j cur berth,
Fi-r nty ilrm will soin bt; lying
Nci.th the ocean's briny surf.
Hearken to me. brother, hearken,
I have something 1 would cay,
Ere the veil my vision darken
Acd 1 go tram hence away :
I aui going, surely going,
liut my hope in God is strong,
I am willing, lrjtb i knowing
That he elocth nothing wrung.
Tell my father when you greet hhn,
- That in death I prayed for !;::ti,
Trayed that I mav one day me't Idr.i
In a world tliafs free from ;
Tell my-mother, -God issit f:vr
Now-thst the is growing oM. )
Ilcr child would glad have kls'd her,
When hid lips grew pale and cold.
Lis'.eu, brother, catch each whisper,
'Tis niv wife I'd speak of-ityw,
Tell, oh tell her, how I uiiss'd her
Wbeu the fevc-r bi:rn, i niy brovr ;
Tell lifT bi-)thjr, c'oseiy listen,
Don't forget a Single word,
That in death my eyes did glisten
With the tears hr memory stir"d.
Tell her she must kl.-s my children,
Like the kiss i last, iiiij.ressM ;
Held them swiicn !a-d 1 h!d thorn
Fouled timely to my breast ;
Give them eariy to tii.'ir maker,
Putting all her trust in God,
And he uevcr will forsake her,
For He said so in His word.
0 my children ! Heaven b'.ess them t
Tiiry were all my life to me.
Would 1 could ence more caress them,
Ere I sink beneath the sea.
'Twas for them I crossed the ocean,
What my h.ij'ts were, I'll not tell,
Eut I've gained an orphan's portion
Yet He duethall thii.t-s well.
Tell my sisters I remember
Fvery kindly parting word,
And my heart hs.sb. t n kept tender,
As the tl.oujd.t3 iht.r n. nirry stir'd ;
Tell them I ne'tr teat! id the ha n
Where I sought the precious "dust,"
Eut have gained the port of Heaven,
Where the gold will never rust.
Urge them to secure an entrance,
Fer they'll find their brother there :
Yaith in Jesus and repent nee
W ill secure for them a share
Hark ! I hear my Saviour speaking,
'Tis, I kuow Iiis voice so well ;
When Fm gone, oh don't be wtc-ping ;-
Brother, here's my last F.utLWixi..
TU3IAKX.
Hove you 'tis the simplest way
The thing I feel to tell;
Yet if I told it all the day,
You'd never guess L;w well,
You are' my com fort and my light
My very .Hfe. you seem :
1 think of'ycu all day ; all night
'lis but of yon I dream.
There's pleasure in the lightest word
That you can speak to ine;
My scul is like the icolian's chord,
And vibrates still to thee.
I never read the love song yet,
So thrilling; fond, or true,
But in my owii heart I have met
Some kinder thought for you.
I bless the shadows of your face,- '
?ke light upon your hair
I like for hours to sit and trace
The passing changes there ;
I love to hear your-voice's toae,
Although you need not eiy
A smglo word to dream upca
When that has died away.
Oh ! you are kindly as the beam
That warms where'er it plays,
Asd you are gentle os a dream
Of happy future days
And you are strong to do the right,
" And swift the wrong to flee
And if you were not L:df so bright,
You're all the world to me.
jo newspapers, are published -weekly on
sJT ue Maria, emigrant chip, now on her.
rfHS from Lircrpool to Australia.
CIIRISTSIAS.
The following extract from "A Christmas Ca
rol," by Charles Dickens, may be perused with
interest by those n1ij have read it, as well as
by others who have not. It is touclihigiy bcau-
Uiui.
The Ghost of Christmas Present rone.
"Spirit,"' said Scrooge, submissively, "con
duct me where you will. I went forth last night
on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is
wot king now. To-night, if you have aught to
tac rttuclv frlow. the Lour of n:?ht. end thev
. is ' cr j r
stood in the city streets on Christina'? morning,
where (for the weather was severe) the people
made a rough, but brirk, and nut unpleasant
kind of music, in scraping the snow from the
pftvenieat ia front of their dwellings, and from
tjlC tors of tll0jr houses ; whence it was made
ueiigut to tiie boys to see it come pinmpmg.lowii :
illto tLa roaJ beloWf and splittius into nitificial !
little snow siornis. j application for a new trial in the case of David
The house fronts looked black enough, and j Jewel. The points made by the defendant's
the windows bhio-ier, contrasting with the smooth : counsel in objecting to the verdict were eigh
wnite sheet of sr.ovr upon the ground ; which '. teen in number, each cue cf which was met and
last depi-sit h.id been ph ughed un in tleen fur- ; a!iswered by his Honor. The objections were
rows Ivy tha heavy wheels of carts and wagons ; ! overruled, and the Court unanimously decided
furrows that crossed and re-cro-se.1 each oiher j that a new trial should not be granted,
hundreds of times where the great streets bran- J Judge Shaler, counsel for Jewell, then made
ehed oif, and made intricate chiuintls, l,atd,to i
trace, in the thick yellow mud and icy vvnter.
The sky was gloomy, and the shortest streets ,
were choked up with a dingy mist, half-thawed, '
! !irwf-1"rrizen. wluisft ben v!tr ni i t ifp ilff-m!rii !
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in a sh-jwer-cf so;ty atoms, as if all the chhii- ;
nies in Great Pritain had, by one consent, caught
Cre, md were blazing away to their dear heart's j
content. There was m-tLing very cheerful in
the climate or the town, and yet wa3 there an ;
air of cheerful ues.i
nirr airand bright!
broad that the clearest sum-j
nirr airand brightest sui.iir.cr i.nn miht have en- :
deavored to ti!tTo."e in vain
For the petpio who were shovelling away on
the house-tops were jo
1 and full of glee ; cal- j
ling out to one anothf
r f rom th
parapet?, and
now and then cxcha:v;5:?g a facetious snowball
bettcr-DiUured misM'e far tlian manr a vror- '
ii'. i Is. K'nrtilr if it went .vr
reiV h.ps were still half-oncn. and the fruiter- j
There were !
1Jia "cro :
f che?trmts .!
.. t . , A 1 .11-1 1 f , .
, Lt-.uie i o..sr.ci. o. cne?imits, .
s:iaj;eu :e liie Vr'aisjcats ot jolly o.;; gentlemen, !
lulling at t;;C doors, and tumbling out into the
street in their .-trr-i'lt-ctic opulence. There were
ons, shining in the fatness cf their growth like i
Spanish Friars: and winking from theirshel ves j
in wantuii slyness at the girls as they went by '
and glanced demurely at the hung-up mistletoe. ;
There were pears and apples, clustered high in :
blooming pyramids ; there were bunches of ;
grajics, made, in the shopkeepers' benevolence, j
to dingle from conspicuous hooks, that people's ;
moull'3 might water gratia as they passed ; there '
were jdles of filberts, mossy and brown, recal- i
ling, ia their fragrance, ancient' walk among
the woods, and pleasant shufdings ankle-deep
tlirouj.li withered leaves; there were Norfolk'
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Baur.s, sr.nf.b and swartl;', setting o.T the ycl-
low of the cranes and lemon,, and, in th 0 ,
great compactness cf their juicy person, ur- i
gently entreating and bcoeechiag to be .carried j
Lome ia paper bags and eaten alter dinner. J
The very gold and silver fish, set forth among .
these choice fruits in a bowl, though members '
of a dull and stagnant-blooded race appeared to j
know that there was something going on ; and
to a fish, went gasping round and round their j
ljttle world in slow and passionless excitement.
The Grocers' ! oh the Grocers' ! nearly clo
sed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one ;
but through those gaps such glimses ! It was
not alone that tlfo scales descending on the coun
ter made a merry sound, or that the twine and
roller pat ted company so briskly, or that the
canisters were rattled up and down like juggling
tricks, oreven that the blended scents of-tea
and cofi'ec were so grateful to the nose, or even
that the raisins weri so plentiful aud rare, the
almonds so extremely, white, the sticks ofcir.ua.
monsolougand straight, the other spices sodeli
cious, the candied fruits so caked and spotted with
molten sugar as to make the coldest lookers-on
feel faint and subsequently bilious. Is'or was it
that the figs were moist and pulpy, or that the
French plums blushed in modest tartness from
their highly decorated boxes, or that everything
was good to eat and in its Christmas dress : but
the customers were all so hurried and so eager
in the hopeful promise of the day, that they
tumbled up against each other at the door, clash
ing their wicker baskets wildly, and left their
purchases upon the counter, aud came running
back to letch them, and committed hundreds of
the like mistakes iu the best humor : possible ;
while the Grocer and Lis people were so frank
and fresh that the polished hearts with which I
they fastened their aprons behind might nave
been their own, wora outside for general inspec
tion, and for Christmas daws to peck at if they
ehos.
But soon the steeples called good people all,
to church an 1 chapel, and away they came,
flocking through the streets in their best clothes,
and with their gayest faces. And at the same
time there emerged from scores of by-street3,
lanes, and nameless turnings, innumerable peo
ple", carrying their dinners to the bakers' shops.
The sight of these poor revellers appeared to
interest the Snrit Tery much, for he stood -with
Scrooge beside hira in a baker's doorway, and
taking off the covers as their bearers passed,
sprinkled incense on their dinners from his
torcli. And it was a very uncommon kind cf
torch, for once or twice when there were angry
words between some dinner-earrier3 who had
jostled with each other, he shed a few drop3 of
water on them from it, and their good humor
was restored directly. For tfiey said, it was a
shame to quarrel upon Christmas Day. And so
it was ! God love it, eo it was !
TIIK CASE Or1 DAVID JEWEL.
Trial Eofus9d--?risoner Sentence!.
In ihe Pittsburg Court r.f Oyer and Terminer,
yesterday morning Dec. 21th, Judge McClnre
rea 1 an elaborate decision in the matter of the
n motion
in arrest of judgment, and filed his
reasoDs
for so doing, which were, that the
names of two jurors had been incorrectly stated
jn the Sheriff's rolls. The Court ordered the
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V J 1 . ' I : i .5 U IIV l-IJUiL'.l V il L 1 1 V. U'L-ivl il II X I I i I
mediately proceeded to pas3 sentence upon the
pri?cacr as f.i!ows:
His Hoaor said : "David Jewri.!., "Have you
"anything to say avIiv sentence cf death should
'UOt be passed upon yr-u V
The prisoner r.nsv.-ered : "T have nothinir
fnvti r- qo- T cm ,mt. rr-.tv r.r
i ( II . . t" - T 1
Judcre MeCiorc proceeded :
"David Jrwi:i.;. You have been indicted and
A,und eruilt
of n;:r.!cr in the first dejrree of
lie
murder of Samuel Mitchell. It now re-
is but to pronounce the solemn sentence of
'm;;in:
which sentence of the law is, that you
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"be t;u:e:i uer.ee to Hie piaee irera whence you
..C!,mo RrA frorj thence to the place of cxeeu- j
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"tiosi, an I there be hanged bv the neck until
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tyou PiVe t?0..d an.j may God bave lnercy uron
"your soul.'
j The prisoner was then removed, and the Court
' resumed the transaction of miscellaneous busi-
3X". Vel9tr Cereural Organs,
We have seen' it stated that a postmortem ex-
a..U:.,:uwl Mr.. "twie-rnHb ma-ie a uay or ,
two after hi3 death. .The Boston Courier far-
nishes the following relative to that great man's i
" !
cerebral organs : - a . ,
T . " . r - r . it-. v i i ,
iiBuuunsnini him aiiua-cjik uivvtuiir ui
a medical society some of the most striking re"
suits of this examination were stated, and for-
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: CUS6i0n' TI,e cerfcbrf'1 cl-aB3 wcro of the Ter
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centum the average weight of the Imman brain; i
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an:t txo ccriionr (Cavtcr and Da- j
P" - )0 ge.t of which there is any oa
ircu.t.. a.W to. !,,, vi rva.a-i t-.at Wu
riiarcpii pulsion linnn inn -rar inm. mom nriirin ,
was discovered in these investigations, although
there were no perceptible cvidenee3 of any le
sion during Mr. .Webster's life-time. It i3 sup
posed to have -been caused by his severe fall)
from h;3 carriage in Kingston last springs It is
f 1
l.UJbUHg.ii Ktct mat u iuju,y ,
! r1iili "t.tiiiIiI Vmvn lirintiTro.d tlift in fidn'Ot if nrt. I
I i '
.' at once caused death, in another, should Jn this
j vuv. v-
! instance have been attended with so little ex-
i mskiuvi.
tcrnal evidence of so important an injury to a ,
organ. . . ... ' .
Democratic UrJoSctug
In the midst of tne general joy ana rejoicing 1
over the great Democratic triumph that Las res
ulted iu the- election of Gen. Pierce, we cannot
too forcibly impress on the minds of our friends
the following extract from the speech, of Presi
dent Pierce to the Granite Club of Concord, on
the receipt of the news from Pennsylvania iu
October. After alluding to the victory he said
"He trusted his friends would not forget that,
with high-toned aud honorable men, the hour of
triumph" was always the hour of magnanimity.
It was not to be overlooked, that there were a
round us many with whom we are iu daily in
tercourse, at this moment moved by feelings ex-!
actly the opposite of those which called out the
assemblage before . him ; and his friends could,
well afford to allow that circumstance to detract
Bomew hat;" from their generous joy. He hoped
that they would also remember, that no prospect
of success, nor indeed political elevation itself,
could render their neighbor more or less worthy
of the confidence aud affection for which he was
80 profoundly grateful." . .
An editor at Marshall, Texas, Las seen a sweet
potato thirty nine inches long, coileel ia the
6hope of a snake.
FriEEcon oy the rrxss.
The Editor of the Hoston Bee is a wag, and a
galhinas well. lie puts forth queer essays,
and hia last on "The Freedom of the Press," it
is not a little peculiar. We take an extract from
it fay of specimen: -
Around her waist I put my arm
ft felt as soft as cake : -"O'a
dear!" say3 she, "what liberty
You Trinter men do take !"
"WhTy yes, my Sal, my charming gal,"
I squeezed her some I guess,)
"Can you say 0 ; my chick, against
Ten Fuei:io:.: of the Prks3 V
. I bused her sorco I did by gum
She colored like a beet :
Up';n iny living soul, she looked
Almo3t too good to cat !
I g'ive her another buss, and then
She says, "I do confes?,
I rather sorter kinder like r
Tnu FiiF.nnoM cftiik Pfess."
From the London Tines, Xov. 29.
Slavery ill tiir. Viklte'l Siotes. aud the Wo
men oi iaglaiiu.
On Friday, the 2"th, a meeting of ladies wa3
convened at Stafford House to consider the ex
pediency of addressing a memorial from the
women of England to the women of the United
States oa the subject of slavery. The ladies be
ing nssetib'ed,
The Duchcs of Sutherland read the following
paper: -Perhaps I may be allowed to state the
object for which this meeting has been called to
gether. Put very few words v. ill be required,
a3 all, I am sure, assembled here must have
heard and read much of the morl and physical j by, the Countess of Carlisle, Lady John Pussell,
suffering inieted on the race ef nogroe3 and ', the Countess of Litchr.dd, Yiscountess F-bring-thcir
descendants by the system of slavery pre- ! ton, the Conntes? of Cavan, Viscountess Mel
valent in many of the United States cf America, j bourne, Lady llatherton, Lady Bhantyre, Lady
Founded on such information a proposition ap
peared a short time ago in se veral of the news
papers tint the women of Fngland should ex
press to the women of Am'.rica the strong feel
ing they entertain on the question, and earnest
ly request their aid to abolish, or at least to mi
tigate, so enormous an evil. The draught of aa
adJres3 Accompanied the proposition; and as it
n'X' H to offer that address- for your adop
tion, I will now read it to yen :
) The A'Uctionac a:"! Ciirfclian Address of many
Tftcueano of llit IVcmcn of Er.jland to their
Sinters, the Women of America.
A common origin, a common faith, and we
i sincerely believe a couimou cau:e, urge u3 at
the present m-jment to address vou oa the sub.
j ject of that system of negro slavery which sr.ll
prevails so extci:s:vely, tnd,
,. , ,
dispeseu mart era, wita Bach
even under kindly
frightful results,
in mary of the vast rcgi
ns of the western
world.
Y7c will not dwell on the ordinary topicj on
! the progress of civilization, on the advance of
freedom everywhere, on the rights ami require
ments of the nineteenth century but we ap
peai to you very seriously to reflect, and to ask
C0URsd of Go j Low far gucll a State of things is
.Q ftCC&rdaace T..ith H;3 Loly word the iaaViena
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ble riguts of immortal souls, and the pure and
merciful i-pirit of the Christian religion.
vi- .1 i i
nay, the dangers that might beset the imme-
! diate abtiitien of that lonsr-estabHsked system :
v,.e sce an.J admit the necessity of preparation
for so great an event; but, in speaking of the
indispensable prcamniaries, we cannot be silent
, -,..-.; i ; , -
on tll0SC laws ot 50jr cuuutr7 v.nich, m uiiett
contravcnlioa of Go,rs 0WB lavr, ..instituted in
tLc t5me-fman.s ilinocecy," deny in clfcct to
, , , Sslncthy cf laurriage, with all its
! joys, rights and obligations ; which separates at
j the will of the master the wife from the husband
j and the children from the parents. Nor can we
! be silent on that awful system which, cither by
t statute or by custom, interdicts to any race of
- .i , o..;k-
man, or any portion of tne human family, edu-
. . , truths' of the GosT'cl and the ordin-
auces of ChrittHUuy
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A remedy applied to these two evils alone
, . .. - . ,
would commence the amelioration of their sad
BI.nMl trt VA thon ns s;sIprs.
Las wives, and as mothers, to raise your voices
, to,youjciLirtitizens, and your pr.iyers toGod,
for the removal of this aSlction from the Chris-
tain world. We do not say these things in a
spirit of eclf-complaccncy, as though our nation
were free from the guilt it perceives in others.
Wc acknowledge, with grief and shame, our
heavy share in this great sin. We acknowledge
that our forefathers introduced nay, compell
ed the adoption of slavery in those mighty col
onies. We humbly confess it before Almighty
God ; and it is because we so deeply feel and so
unfeignedly avow our own complicity, that wc
now venture to implore your aid to wipe away
our common crime and our common dishonor.
There are many reasons why this address
should bo presented rather by the women than
by the men cf England. Y'e shall not be sus
pected of any political motives ; u!l will readily
admit that the state 'of things to which we al
lude is one peculiarly distressing to our sex, and
thus our friendly and earnest interposition will
be ascribed altogether to domestic, and in no re
spect to national, feelings. '
We shall propose to form a committee for the
purpose of coRecting signatures to tho address,
and transmitting it, when complete, to the Uni
ted States. As a general committee would be
too large for the transaction of the daily LuEi
ness, we shall propose a sub-committee, to re.
port from time to time to the general commit
tee ; but there is every reason to hopo that the
whole matter mav be terminated in a short space
of time.
- It only remains forme to acknowledge the
kindness with wiiie-'a you have acceded to my re
quest in attending here this day. I hope and
believe that our efforts, under God's blessing.,
will not be without; some happy results; but
whether it succeed, or whether it fail, no one
j will deny that we giiall have male an attempt
which had both for its beginning and fcr its end
"Glory to God in th.3 highest on earth peace,
good will towards men."
The memorial was then agreed to, and a sub
committee appointed.
The ladies present were the DucLesjes of
Sutherland, Pcdford, and Argyle ; the Courfess
of Shaftesbury, Lady Constance Grosvenor, Vis
countess Palmerston, Lady Dover, Lad v Cowley,
Laly Puthvefl, Lady Pellhaven, Hon. Mrs. Mon
tague Villers, Hon. Mr3. Kinnnrd, the Lady
Mayoress, Lady Trevelyan, Lady Parke, Miss
Parke, Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Bux
ton, Miss Buxton, Mrs. John Simon, Mrs. Proc
ter, Mrs. Einney, ?drs. IiolI.uiJ, Mrs. Steane,
Mrs. John Puller, Mrs. P. D. Grainger, Mrs.
If awes, Mrs. Sutherland, Mrs. Mary llowitt,
Mrs. Dicey, Miss Trevelyan, Mrs. Millman, Miss
Taylor, Mrs. Pobson, aAd Mrs. Maeaulay;
The ladies whose names follow signified their
concurrence ; the Duchess Dowagpr of Beaufort,
the Marchioness of Stafford, the Countess of Der-
Duffcrin, Lady Easthope, Mrs. Josiah Cornier,
the Hon. Mrs. Cowper, Lady Cl.rk, Lady Pax
ton, Lady Kaye Shuttleworth, Lady Buxton, La
dy Inglis, Mrs. Malcolm, Mrs. Secley, -Mrs. Al
fred Tennyson, Mrs. Lyon Pluyfair, Mrs.
Charles Dickens, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Charles
Knight, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Chanpncys, and Mrs.
Rowland Hill. .-
An ohice was appointed tt 13 Clifford, street,
Bond street.
Extraordlnary Ferocity of n Horse.
A case of ferocity in a horse, rarely equalled,
has given rise to law proceedings before the
courts ef Rouen, France. On the 24th cf Nov
ember last, a farmer named Hhuichard, cfVer
clive, (Pure,) possessed a horse, and in his pre
sence, and with his consent a horse dealer nam
Lavoiperrc sold it to a farmer named Dtlaise
meut, of Corney. The next day Blancliard told
a young man in his service to convey ihe horse
to Delaisemeut. The latter refused to receive
it, on the ground that he had learned thatit was
vicious and dangerous. In returning, the horse
several times attempted to throw the young
man, and at length, becoming quite furious at
the restraint which the rider imposcel upon him,
he bounded erect in the air, and succeeded in
getting Lim off his back. The animal then rush
ed on him, bit liim in the breast, and tried to
trample upon Lim. The young man 9.efcnded
himself as well as he was able, but the horse
caught the flesh of hi3 thigh in his teeth, and
tore it off in the most savage manner, leaving
the bene exposed. He then went tome little
distance, aud with his fore paws formed a hole
cf some depth ; and then returning to his victim,
who was lying almost sens'ess on the ground, he
smelt around 1dm, as if reflecting how he could
best drag him t j the hole. Some noise, howev
er struck his ear and he galloped home. When
he arrived his mouth was stained with blood,
and bits cf flesh were still adhering to it. The
young man, who was so dreadfully treated, Lad
ti have his leg amputated. lie subse.pucnfy
brought an action against Blancliard, Delais
raent and Lavoipierre, to recover damages.
)?irrcmicez!t aincng tLc causes of wounds
and death in modem times, may be regarded
the introduction cf steam-travtUing, and the
imprudence and folly of passengers getting in
and r.nt ofcars vhcu the i1(,',n a ju lnotion, and
So ocing thrown cr falling under the wheels
or in passing from car to car over the platforms
at the ends of each, and falling through the
space between. Any inventions tiat will pro
tect life against these frequent and unusually
fatal disasters, would be eminently serviceable
to the cause of humanity and we really con
gratulate the public on the fact that a worthy
fellow-citizen, John Bacon, Es)., has turned his
attention to the subject, and we think, judging
from the examination of models, with a success
ful result. Along each side of the cars Mr. Ba
con places a strong iron net-work, from the
floor of che car almost to the ground, so that it
becomes utterly impossible for a fallicg passen
ger to get beneath the wheels ; while at the nd
platforms, and overTie open space between the
cars ho has constructed a small horizontal
doer, whrtb, attached by hinges, is placed in
stantly a:fd at will over the dangerous opening,
and it is thus formed into a floor. These con
trivances appear to be successful and perfect
while their greatest recommendation is their
simplicity. . v
ESenalor' Hunter, cf Virginia, has left
Washington for Boston.'en the invitation ofGtu.
Pierce, to eonfer with him on political affairs.
Tlie Hell ofSnfety.
In Dickens' llouechold Word is an interesting
account of a visit to a silver mine in Saxony,
twelve hundred feet beneath the surface of th
earth. The following is an extract :
"We follow our guide across a dusty space to
wards a voodc;i dnildlng v-ith a conical roof;
and as we approach it, we beeomo conscious of
ratr.er th.-.n hear, the sweet melancholy sound
of a bell, which, at minute intervals, tonei
dreamily tnro::ga the air. Whence comes that
sad sound ? In the centre tof the shed is a
square box, open at the top; and immediately
above hangs the small bell ; thence comes tho
silvery voice.
For what purpose ii this bell ! inquire
of our guide.
It i3 the bell of safety.'
'Docs it sound a warning V
'No the reverse ; its silence gives the warn-
irjr. liie bed is acted uron bv a lnren wntnr-
j -y O -
wheel, immediately below tho surface. By
means cf this wheel, and others at greater
depths, the drainage of this mine is effected.
If, by any means, these water-wheels should
ci:ace to act, the bell would cease to nouudi and
the miners would hasten to the day, for m man
could tell how toon his working might be flood
ed.' 'And can it be heard throughout the mine ?'
Through this portion of it. Probably the wa
ver acts as a conductor of the sound, but the
miners listen earnestly fer its minute tolling.'
Toll on, thcu messenger of comfort! May
thy voice ever tell of safety to the haggard toil
er, deep in the earth."
FH01I OUIL EXCHANGES.
The 700 tubs of Irish bnttei , imported per
steamship Niagara into Boston, were offered at
auction, and 100 tubs sold at 22 a 2ic. per lb.
The remainder were withdrawn.
The Chambersburg Bar gave a supper in com
pliment of Hon. J. S. Black. Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, on Monda y
evening last.
They say that the correspondence of Gen
eral Pierce, as well as the number of his frienJ.
lias wonderfully increased since hi election te
the Presidency, and that he receives, on an stor
age, about two bushels of letters a-day!
SQuTho Wathin'gton Union, all uJiug to Sena
tor King, says that his health has much im
proved within tiie last two days. He no longer
needs the attendance of a physician, and itis con
fidently hoped that he may soon appear ia the
Senate chamber.
E.One cf Torn Mocre'd obituaricc :
Here lies John Shaw,
Attorney at Law ;
And when he died,
The Devil cried.
Give un your paw,
John Shaw,
Attorney at Law !-.
We learn from tho Boston I'rarucnv:, that IIo
ralio Grecnough, tho eminent Sculptor i ne
more. He died on Saturday morning of a vio
lent attack of brain fever. Mr. G., was a na
tive of Boston, and was in the iSih year of hit
age, at the time of his death.
On the let inst., the editor of the St. Louia
licjnihlican visited the depot station of the Pa
cific Railroad Company to see the first car start
ed ; and listen to the first whistle of the iro
hcrse on that side of the Mississippi.
Louis Napoleon is said to be deeply fascine
ted with a beautiful Spanish lady t f rank, who
is supposed to entertain the ambitious hope
of becoming Empress, instead of tho Princcaa
Vasa. ;
Some of the Whig papers have at last found
out that Gen. Pierce did make a speech ia Con
gress ; it was ngainst t he removal cf political
opponents from olricc, and they are quoting it.
with as much gravity as if they expected tha
author to be bctmd ly it
In the Northern parts of Vermont,, the snow
is over a foot deep on a level. On Friday morn
ing last the passeiiger train from Rutland for
Boston, got stuck in a snow bank a few mi'.ea
this side of that place, aud remained fast for aa
hour and a half, until another csgTne vrith a
snow-plough reached them.
' A Northern darkey s:tys "dey isn't gwlr.e te
cotch him away down Souf, for dey makes poor
nigga, work twenty-five hours every day!"
How t when there is only twenty -four in a day.
"Why dey makes him get np iu de mornia" an.,
hour before day, and dat .makes twenty-five !'
We arc much pleased to learn that our friend
Col. Ishael Painteh, has been elected President
of the Iiepf 'dd Railroad. Wc have nlwaya'
thought thai Colonel Painter made a most efS
cient member of the Eoard of Canal Cr mmis- '
sioners, and we Lave no doubt he will crcrt all
his energies in behslf of the Company over
which he has been called to y reside.
Tur. Contest. WLl'st every other nation of
the earth is in trouble how to create enough rev- '
enue to keep their respective governments afloat,
the question which seems to give the Stntesmrn
of the United States the most trouble just now,
is how they s-hall properly dispose of the accu
ululating surplus revcuues cf the government of ,
the model Republic. Our government is nor '
about Out of debt, and the annual surplua 1$ '
nearly twenty millions of dollars.
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