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The Farmer's Daughter.
She may not in the mazy dance
With jewelled maidens vie;
She may not smile on courtly swain
With soft bewitching eye;
She cannot boast n form and mein
That lavish wealth bath bought her;
But ah I she hnth much-fairer charms,
The tarmer's peerless daughter.
The rose and lily on her cheek
Together love to dwell;
Iler laughing blue eyes wreath around
The heart a witching spell:
net smile is bright as morning's glow
Upon tho dewy plain;
And listening to her voice we dream
That spring has come again.
The timid fawn is not more wild,
Nor yet more gay and free;
The lily's cup is not more pure
In all its purity;
Of all the wild flowers ht the wood,
Or by the crystal water,
There's none more pure or fair than she,
The farmer's peerless daughter.
The haughty belle whom all adore,
On downy pillow lies,
While forth upon the dewy lawn
The merry maiden hies;
And with the lark's uprising sun,
Her own clear voice is heard;
Ye may not tell which sweetest sings,
The maiden or the bird.
Then tell me not of jewelled fair;
The brighter jewel yet
Is the true heart where virtue dwells,
And innocence is set l
The glow of health upon her cheek,
The grace no rule hulk taught her—
The fairest wreath that beauty twines
Is for the farmer's daughter.
EMC5211.A1i121. 7 i113.J.
From the Boston Museum.
Louie Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Emperor of France was born in the
year 1808, at a time when the "uncle," who
proved more than a father to him, was at the
Leight of his power. His father was Louis
Bonaparte, one of the Emperor's younger
brothers, and who was for some time King of
Holland. His mother was Hortense do Beau
harnois, daughter of the Empress Josephine by
her first husband, Vicomte de Beanharnois.—
Perhaps we should say that Louis was the fu
ture Emperor's father-in-lam, according to a
definition of that term once made before Lord
Mansfield, much to the great judge's amuse
ment; for it is written in the Cronique Scanda
lone of the great empire, that his real father
was the Comte de Fiahault, a distinguished
militaire of that brilliant era. La Rein° Her
-I€ll.le woo attached to General Duroc, but Na.
pc,leon compelled her to enter into a marriage
do conrenance (so called, we presume, because
it is the most ihconvenient arrangement in the
world) with his brother Louis. Louis hated
Hortensa, and Hortensa did not love Louis.—
The consequepce was of the "inevitable" order.
What gives countenance to the scandal is the
fact that M. do Noriay, who took so prominent
a part in the recent "affair" at Paris t ia tho
gitimate brother of the Emperor, which shows
that Hortense was far from being MU taelie.
In appearance, Louis Napoleon bears not the
smallest resemblance to the Bonaparte family,
whose strongly-marked faces not even the worst
portraits or engravings can render otherwise
than striking. An elder son of Louis and Hoc
tense,who was undoubtedly of legitimate origin,
died of the croup in childhood, but for which
the destinies of Europe might have been ebang.
, cd; for the Emperor was strongly attached to
him, and contemplated malting him heir to
what would have been the most splendid heri
tage that ever fell to mortal man. It was the
Austrian marriage that ruined the Emperor,
and but for the death of his favorite nephew
that marriage might not have taken place.
There is nothing remarkable in the history
•cf Louis Napoleon until after he had grown up
to MOl . B estate. Ile passed for a rather dull
fellow, though a work which he wrote on Ar.
tiller!, was said to have soma merit. Some
years after the French throne had boon seized
(or acquired) by Louis Philippe, his future
successor made his famous attempt at Stmts.
burg, which failed through the resistanco mado
to it by an officer in his shirt. The common
soldiers showed souse disposition to side with
him, but habits of discipline prevailed.
lie
leasod from prison by the king, Louis Napo
leon was profuse in his expressions of grati
tude. The best commentary on his sincerity
in to be found in his second attempt, made at
Bonlogne-sur-Mer. That failed oven more ri
diculonsly than the Starobnrg silk. The
"hero" even shot one of his own friends, his in
tention being to shoot the officer who arrested
him. It is said that ho had a tame eagle with
him, which had been taught to alight on his
ibv.:lJer. Thefemme-e of the bird ,R; r.er•
/'[ ril Ifuntingjill filiri', - 1 tit,
I SEE NO STAR ABOVE THE HORIZON, PROMISING LIGHT TO GUIDE US, BUT THE INTELLIGENT, PATRIOTIC, UNITED WHIG PARTY OP THE UNITED STATES?.
haps a type of the tameness of the whole ex
pedition. Louis Napoleon was shut up in the
fortress of Ham, the same place to which he
has himself just sent half a score of his power
ful political opponents, Cavnignac being one of
the number; and he was to have been married
the very next night to the rich and beautiful
Mlle. Oille. What a strange contrast 1 A pri
son room for a bridal chamber, guards instead
of congratulating friends, and the bread and
water of imprisonment rather than the rich
wines and richer viands that nre found at the
wedding feast, of the great of the north I Veri
ly. the "African General" had an opportunity
of finding out whether it is really better to go
to the house of mourning than to the house of
mirth. We could quote a whole column of
lachrymose poetry appropriate to the occasion,
but in mercy to the reader we forbear.
Louis Napoleon escaped from Ham under
somewhat romantic circumstances. He pass
ed most of his time in England. An Ameri
can gentleman, eminent m a politician and
soldier, who passed an evening with him in
company with Lord Broughatn and some oat
er distinguished Englishmen, says that the
unanimous opinion of the Englishmen was,
that he was a very inferior personage. It may
be that they were right, but that circumstan
ces
have brought him out since. He has
shown tact and daring since he was chosen
President of France, as well as meanness and
duplicity.
After the Revolution of February, 184
Louis Napoleon, in spite of all opposition—
and all parties feared his name, if they despis
ed the man—returned to Paris. At the Presi
dential election he received an immense ma
jority of the votes cast, and came into office
pretty much as the Emperor Returned from
Elba—without serious opposition. He disap
pointed many by governing in the interest of
absolutism. The expedition which his govern
ment sent against Rome is the meanest act in
French history—and that history is by no
means free from such things. For the last
year he has been struggling to have such an
alteration made in the Constitution of France
as should allow of his being a candidate for re
election to the Presidency; but the Assembly,
however divided in itself, contained members
enondh opposed to his plans to prevent their
legal realization. The consequence was the
coup d'etat, the particulars of which arc too fa
miliar to render their recapitulation necessary.
That he will succeed in establishing his power,
we have little doubt. He has the army on his
side, and the majority of the people, who are
convinced that the only difference between
him and his enemies is, that he got the start of
them. They would have overthrown him, but
that he overthrew them. He has been the sup
port, too, of the despot', powers of the conti
nent. All that he has to fear is the dagger or
pistol of the assassin, or some such sudden af
fair as that of Mullett, which came so near de
stroying tire imperial government in 1812.
Settlement of the Methodist Church Pro-
perty Question at New York.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce contains
the following important report
The undersigned, a committee appointed for
the purpose of preparing a statement for pub
lication, of the action of the Commissioners up.
on the question in' litigation between the M.
E. Church and the M. E. Church, south, in re
lation to the property of the Book Concern in
New York, report the following:
The Hon. John McLean having voluntarily
undertaken a correspondence with the Com
mission of the M. E. Church, and those of the
M. E. Church, South, and having received as
surances from both parties of a disposition to
come to an amicable settlement of the matter
in litigation, and having been invited to be pre
sent at a meeting of the aforesaid Commission
ers, and to aid them with his counsels, met
with them at the Mission Rooms, 199 Mulberry
street, New York, on the 26th ult., and, by the
unanimous request of the Commissioners, ac
ted as chairman.
After a careful and most friendly examina
tion of the whole question, the Southern Com
missioners made a proposition for a settlement
of the claim, which the Commissioners for the
New York Concern accepted. Nothing now
remains to be done to consummate this desira
ble adjustment of a most troublesome litiga
tion but the execution of the necessary papers,
and the arrangements for the final decree of the
United States' Court for the Southern District
of New Yprk, now in session in this city.
This settlement has been agreed upon by the
parties without the arbitrament of a third par
ty, and is to each entirely satisfactory. The
conclusion of this settlement was followed by
thanksgiving to God, and most hearty expres
sions of C Kristian love and mutunl confidence.
The feelings which prevailed among the Com
missioners of the two Churches, we nary hope
is a true typo of that which will prevail here
after throughout the bounds of our common
Methodism, north and south.
Much 'credit is to be awarded to his honor,
Judge Mican, for his agency in the comple
tion of this important and desirable arrange
ment; and wo doubt not' but this act will stand
prominently among those of his long and bril
liant career, which have given him so enviable
a position before the Christian public.
The details of the settlement will be made
known to the public when the final decree of
the Court shall transpire.
000= POCK,
Wm. A. Swim,
Tho above report wns unanimously adopted.
Z. Pit mu es, Secretary.
as-There is an anecdote of Sheridan and
a certain baronet, that, both being drunk in
the street, the baronet fell into the gutter; and
Sheridan, having in thin endeavored to get
him upon his legs again, stammered out, "My
dear friend, I cannot help you; but I'll do all I
eau for you-I'll lie down beside you I"
WS : . Do that Grit; 11,:d3 do.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1853.
From the Boston Journal.
From China.
We are indebted to a mercantile firm in this
city for Hong Kong and Shanghae papers of
September 27th. They arc chiefly occupied
with accounts of the capture of the city of
Shangline, and contain but information of
the progress of the insurgents at the North, who
are attempting the capture of Pekin, the capit
al of the Empire.
The Supplement of the China Mail, of Sept.
27, contains extracts from the Pekin Gazette
to August 9th, giving accounts of the defeat of
the insurgents in several engagements; but as
we have before remarked, these accounts
must be taken with a good deal of caution.—
The Gazette of Aug. 9th, heads its article "Im
perial Successes near the Yellow River." It is
a report from three Chinese Imperial Gener
als, from which it appears that the city of Sze
shwuy had been taken possession of by the insur
gents, which they had put into estate of de
fence, when the generals in question marched
up both the Tartar and Chinese soldiers, in
four divisions, to beseige the place. The in
surgents, finding the attack too sharp for them,
endeavored to escape out of the East Gate, but
were driven back. The cavalry from the river
Armour (Tartars) then entered the city, slaugh
tering as they went, and the southeast corner
of the city fell into the hands of the Imperial.
ists. The insurgents fled out of the West
Gate, when five or six hundred of them were
cut down by the cavalry. In their flight, the
combined Tartar and Chinese Imperial forces
attacked them, killing ono thousand and dri
ving five hundred into the river, where they
were drowned. Fifty prisoners who were tak
en were decapitated on the spot. The next
day another attack was made on the insurgents
by artillery on the southern bank of Yellow
River, by which many more were killed. The
Emperor was delighted on reading this report;
thinks that one of his soldiers is equal to ten
of the enemy, and distributes rewards in profit.
sion. He also orders that his army should
cross over the Yellow River in pursuit of the
insurgents.
The editor of the Mail, in regard to this lat-
ter paragraph, surmises that the insurgents arc
on the North side of the Yellow River, while
the Imperialists are on the South.
The Overland China Mail gives an interest
ing account of the capture of Shanghae, which
is n walled city of 200,000 inhabitants, and the
fall of which, it is stated, will much dispirit the
Imperialists in that locality.
. _
The article states that ever since the fall ofl
Nankin, Shanghne has been agitated by the
wave of insurrection, and secret associations
among the Chinese had gradually assumed the
guise of revolutionary clubs.
Rumors having been circulated of an inten
ded assault upon the city, on the sth of Sept.,
the Chinese families began to remove their val
uables, and on the Otis the native bankers gen
erally suspended operations. On the 7th, the
anniversary of the birtli-day of Confucious, it
has been customary for Chinese Mandarins of
high rank to worship before the altars dedica
ted to the memory of that distinguished philos
opher. Accordingly bullocks, sheep and swine
were piled before the altars, but the dignitaries
came not. . At 4 o'clock that morning a pro
cession was seen approaching by one of the av
enues to the temple, the persona composing it
wearing red turbans, red sashes or red badges,
with banners of black or red stripes. These
were the insurgents, numbering 2000 Canton.
ese, Shaughae men and others. Several Amer
ican missionaries, who had visited the Temple
that morning, to witness the ceremonies, reti
red, and one of them went to inform U. States
Commissioner Marshal, and Isis Excellency im
mediately started for the scene of action, in or
der to provide for the safety of several Ameriann
missionary families who dwelt within the gates.
They were also joined by the U. S. Conn), Mr.
Cunningham. They found the Chief Magis
trate of the city weltering in his blood at his
door-way. Ho was in his night clothes and
had been hewed down by many blows. The
Chinese rabble had already stripped the house
of everything valuable. This was the only life
that was lost, as criers immediately proceeded
through the city, beating gongs and proclaim
ing that it had changed rulers; that pillage of
private property would not be permitted, and
that. robbers caught in the act would be sum
marily punished. At seven A. M. the capture
was a thing accomplished. The only resisting
force sins the body guard of the Taoutae, and
all but seventeen of these refused to fight; he
gave himself up, when his house was plunder
ed of $200,000, belonging to the Imperial trea
sury. In the course of the morning the resi
dences of the Mandarins and the old custom
house were sacked.
In the evening U. S. Commissioner Marshal
had an interview with the insurgent chief, at
which he explained the neutrality of his gov
ernment ns between the parties to the civil war
in China. The insurgent chief also promises
to place a guard at the house of the American
missionaries, and desired amicable relations
and peace with all foreigners.
The next day a quarrel occurred between the
insurgents. The Fakionese scperated from
the Canton and Shatighae men, on the ground
that the plunder had not been fairly divided,
and because they were not allowed to plunder
the stores and kill the Tuoutne. The Fukien
ese retired to their junks and threatened to at
tack the eity,and a fight was expected. The for
eign Consulates took precautionary measures.
The U. S. corvette Saratoga being in dock
for repairs, was dismantled, but Commander
Walker was judicious in his arrangements, hol
ding a force of a hundred men ready to land
at a moment's notice, and sent a guard ashore
with a gun to cover the Consulate. After smite
skirmishes, however, in which about twenty
were killed, and the beheading of a few rob
bers, the Fakionese submitted, and since that
time all has gone on smoothly, except that bu
siness continues to IA interrupted. It appears
t: •car.l from the in:mrceetd
in a plain dress with blue stockings, a large
pair of spectacles and an old umbrella.
The China Mail adds that the demolition of
the Custom House and the dispersion of the of
ficials at once excited unusual activity in the
shipping of exports under the general impres
sion that there would be no duties to pay. But
the American and British Consuls interposed
and required that the duties should be accoun
ted for. The Americans appealed to U. States
Commissioner Marshal, bet he sustained the
decision of the Consul, and it was afterwards
arranged that an obligation for the duties
should be. given under protest, payment not to
be made without the sanction of the Home
Government.
The China Mail gives an account of the cap.
ture of over one hundred pirates, who will pro.
bably all be beheaded. There are accounts of
outbreaks in other parts of China, and much
confusion prevails. The city of Chiang-Foo,
which is in the hands of the insurgents,
is the key to the great country, and unless the
war is soon settled in some way, so that the
grain can be shipped, large numbers of the
people must die from famine.
It is stated by some, that the lender of the
great Nankin Insurrection acknowledges the
insurrection at Sbanghae. By others it is sta•
ted that he will acknowledge only on certain
conditions.
The Turks as a Warlike People,
[lt is an impression quite current, based
probably on the lack of real knowledge, rather
than on any actual facts—that the Turks are
a degenerate people, easily to be overcome
and incapable, either in military skill or per
sonal endurance, for a severe war. The follow.
ing from the N. Y. Courier not only puts this
matter right, but imparts some very interesting
inform ation ,)
"It is an egregious mistake to suppose that
the races and tribes which make up the Turk
ish nation, are either degenerate or effeminate.
We have been among them; we have seen them;
we know them. There is not in all Europe or
in Western Asia, a people capable of waging
such a warfare. They are strong and hardy
in body, and are skilful in the use of weapons.
Their religious fanaticism is easily excited, and
when once fairly aroused, it knows no bounds.
In a war which they deem sacred, they rush to
a bloody death as the surest road to Paradise.
Thus their Koran teaches, and with them faith
is no idle word—it is faith. This very Russia,
at whose name all Europe trembles, they have
met alone and single-handed.
"Through the whole of thelast century the
possesion of Turkey was the constant object of
Russian ambition, but yet in spite of several
wars that object was not gained. From 1808 to
1812, the Muscovites sometimes bringing two
hundred thousand men into the field, fought
the Turks, but gained a little. At Roudse
hook they sustained one of the worst defeats of
modern times, so that not without reason did
the Turkish General write to the Sultan that
he had taken enough infidel heads to make a
bridge for the souls of the faithful from Earth
to Heaven—From 1825 to 1829, Turkey held
out against all the principal powers in favor of
the Greeks, and in the last year conducted two
campaigns against the Russians without aid
front any quarter. The very fact that the Tut ,
kish race penetrated from the deserts of Ara
bia to the banks of the Loire, and that it es
tablished in Europe an Empire which has en
dured for four centuries—four centuries this
very year; in spite of attacks and again repeat
ed by the two strongest of the military powers
of Europe, shows an inherent vigor of no ordin
nary kind. And Turkey is now not in her de
cline. "I assert," said Lord Palmeston, not
long since in the House of Commons, "without
fear of contradiction, that Turkey, so far from
having gone back within the last thirty years,
has made greater progress and improvement
in every possible way, than perhaps was ever
made by any other country during the same
period." With the advancing civilization of the
Turks, their military skill and military resour
ces have increased; and yet their temper has
not become so softened by civilization, that it
will not, when provoked, exhibit all its origin
al fierceness. True. their religious spirit is not
what it once was; has lost its proselyting zeal
it wages no wars of conquest; but it lives; it feels
it can bo goaded to madness; it can fight
to the last extremity. Turkey is yet able to
repent the deeds of the Osmanlys. And it
must be remembered, too, that she has allies in
all the Mahomedans of Western Asia and Nor
thern Africa—who far exceed in their aggre
gate the multitudinous hordes of the Muscovite
Empire. From Tunis, Egypt, Syria and Per
sia—from the sands of Lybia to the snows of
tho Caueasus—contingerits are already on the
march for the scene of strife.
Russia may muster an overwhelming force
which it may seem madness to resist—it mat
ters not. the Turks will fighcand fight despot..
Moly. The Sultan, surrounded as he is by the
representatives of Western Europe, now be
seeching, cannot yield if lie would. He could
scarcely say yes before lie would find his broth
er on the throne. He had not yet given the
least sign of yielding. He has exhibited a spi•
rit throughout, that will secure the respect of
the civilized world. He is right. Even those
who have been laboring to move him fram his
position would freely admit it. Being right he
has a claim to the moral support of Christen
dom. True he is a Mahomedan, but in all Con
tinental Europe there is not one country in
which all religions aro so freely tolerated. Rus
sia calls itself Christian, but its religion is not
the religion of Christ, for it is a persecutingre.
ligion—lt is u religion which make, its converts
at the point of the bayonet. It is a religion
which shows mercy to neither Protestants or
Catholics—neither Estonia nor Poland. Rus
sia would not be in possession of Turkey a week,
before all the Protestant mission establish
ments which have accomplished such benefits,
would be visited by the same exterminating
stroke which fell with such fatal effects upon
the missions in Georgia. Turkey, whether ai.
dcd or not in the coming struggles by any of
the Four Powers, will have the sympathy of all
men nf:ja,t, lihcral and christian Ic;picrxnd
if sS^ -••!1 tall•,1!S
Wait for the Wagon.
Will you come with me, my fhillis dear, to
von blue mountain free,
Where the blossoms smell the sweetest, come
rove along with me;
It's every Sunday morning when I am by your
side,
We'll jump into the wagon and all take a ride.
CHORUS—Wait for the wagon,
Wait for the wagon,
Wait for the wagon,
And, we'll all take a ride.
Where the river runs like silver, and the birds
they sing so sweet,
I have a cabin, Phillis, and something good to
ent;
Come listen to my story, it will relieve my
heart,
So jump into the wagon and off we will start.
Wait for the wagon, &c.
Do you believe my, Phillis, dear, Old Mike,
with all his wealth,
Can make you half so happy, as 1 with youth
and health?
We'll have a litte farm, a house, a pig and
cow,
And you will mind the dairy, while I will guide
the plough.
Wait for the wagon, &c.
Your lips are red as poppies, your hair so slick
and neat,
All braided up with dahlies and hollyhocks so
sweet;
It's every Sunday morning, when I am by your
side,
Well jump into the wagon and a!! take a ride.
Wait for the wagon, &c.
Together on life's journey we'll travel till we
stop,
And if we have no trouble, we'll reach the hap
py top,
Then come with me, sweet Phillis, my dear,
my lovely bride,
We'll jump into the wagon and all take a ride.
Wait for the wagon, dm
Answer to "Wait for the Wagon."
JACOB GETS TIIE MITTEN.
I thank you Mr. Jacob, but I'm not inclined
to go,
Your wagon is so clumsy, and your team so
very slow;
And tho' twould make you happy, with your
Phillis by your side,
To go in such a 'Lure out," would be shocking
to my pride.
CIIORCS.—To rule in a wagon,
An old rusty wagon,
A squealing lumber wagon,
'Twould be shocking to my pride!
Besides a jolting wagon,
I 'Toyer could abide.
And that sweet 'love story, which has weighed
upon your heart,"
Must be a queer sensation which affects anoth
er port;
Your love is in your stomach, and no doubt 'tis
very sweet
To think, when'er I'm by your side, of "some•
thing good to eat."
•
CIIMIXS.—Away with your wagon,
An old rusty wagon,
A squeaking lumber wagon,
To you it may be sweet I
But in a common wagon,
I would scorn to take a seat.
Perhaps you may consider that I am very hard
to please,
But I can ne'er be happy in a dairy, making
cheese;
So keep your little farm house, and just go and
• mind your plough,
I'm sure I can do better than consent to milk
your cow.
CIIORIIS.—And ride in a wagon,
An old rusty wagon,
A squeaking lumber wagon,
With horses from the plough;
To think of such a wagon,
It mortifies me now I
Old Mike was not so stingy when he asked me
for his bride,
As to bring a clumsy wagon, and invite me out
to ride;
And tho' he's not so handsome quite as you
may deem yourself!
I think him quite acceptable—especially "his
pelf."
Cuonrs.—l'll ride in a carriage,
A fine gilded carriage,
An easy eushion'd carriage,
And own it all myself—
I'll not decline a marriage
With Old Mike—and all "his pelf."
The Written Fish,
Two herrings were souse time since taken on
the coast of Scotland, at different times and
places, marked with what appeared to be Goth
ic characters, although they could not be de
ciphered. But recently, no little excitement
has been caused by the capture of a fish, a
hake, on the sides of which letters, in well form
ed Roman characters, were distinctly visible.
We find the following description of this mar
vellous incident in Chambers' Journal:
"At Dunmore East, situated at the entrance
of the Waterford Harbor, on last St. John's
Eve, Juno 23, 1833, some few of the fishermen
there, regardless of old prejudice, and of the
Roman Catholic prohibition against doing any
kind of work on that day, set out in a yawl to
catch fish, as they had done the evening before.
Their labor was not unprofitable. They caught
the unprecedented number of eleven dozen and
one hakes. Having counted and prepared the
eleven dozen for the market, the odd fish fell
to the share of one of the men named Galgey.
It was a very fine fish, and Galgey's wife cut it
its two, and boiled the tail-half for the family
dinner. At the repast, one of the lads sudden
ly exclaimed t—"o, father! there are words
written on this fish. Look, hero are letters I"
It was so. Ott the fibrous edge of one of the
, Oakes of the fish were stamped, in the clearest
type, the letters Gospe, the remainder of the
word being apparently broken oft; and perhaps
eaten. No other letters were to he seen else
where on the fish. The written fragment was
immediately put aside, and as soon as the cir
cumstance became known, Galgey's house was
thronged with visitors; among them therector of
the parish, the curate, and the Roman Catholic
priest, as well as most of the residents and
visitors at Dunmore. The writer oleo saw it.
The letters appeared as if stamped on a very
thin film. Tho type was most beautifully clear;
the finest London letter press looked coarse
and thick in comparison. The color was a
bright brown black. On examination with a
it tl•er , tt. gel.
'—[WicßsTim.
den shade round the edges of tho letters; but
with the naked eye this was not visible. At
tempts were made to imitate the letters, with
pen and ink, on another part of the fish; both
common and marking ink were tried; but not!,
ing legible could be traced, as the ink at once
ran. No such thing as a type for printing
could be had in the village, and probably no
one could use it had there been any. Decep
tion of this kind was utterly impossible.
Some of the gentlemen who witnessed the
phenomenon are about to publish a tract or
pamphlet on the subject. The writer convers
ed with many of the villagers regarding the
fish. One old woman alone seemed to think
it an ill-omen: she shook her head, and said:
`They had no business to go fishing on a holy
day. What better could they expect than that
a wonder would overtake them? In the good
old times, not a man of them would dare to
put his foot into a boat on St. John's Eve:—
The others all hailed it as a good omen, and
one saidovhile a surrounding grous approving
ly listened: 'lt was a blessed fish, and must
have been sent by St. John himself to bid ns
hear (the speaker could not read) his own
blessed gospel.
Some persons wished to have this curiosity
sent to the Dublin Exhibition. The writer de
sired to have it for the purpose of transmitting
it to a learned naturalist; but it was taken pos.
snssion of by the Roman Catholic priest. The
letters traced on the fish, we presume—admit
ting that the fact is correctly reported—must
be regarded as one of those Zulus naturce of
which landscape marble, andsections of agates
that present human countenances, are exam
ples."
A Modern Cineinnatne.
In a long and pleasant conversation recently
with a distinguished friend, whose mind is rich
with the recollections of the past, we gather
many incidents; not the least interestsng of
which was the following:
At the session of the South Carolina Legisla
tore in 1814, the members were perplexed for
a suitable man to elect governor. The diffi
culty did not arise from any scarcity of candi
dates, for then, as now, men were ambitious,
but from want of the right sort of men. The
matter became worse as the time wore on, and
the election of some objectionable candidate
seemed inevitable: One day, however, as sev
eral of them were conversing on the matter,
Judge O'Neal, then a young man, and present
by invitation, said, "Gentlemen, why not elect
General David 11. Williams ?" "David R. Wit-
Hams; he's our man—he's the man I" they all
exclaimed. The day of election came on, and
Gen. Williams was elected by a large vote.
A messenger was at once dispatched with
carefully prepared letter, to inform the General
of hie election, requesting his acceptance, and
hoping he would name the day on which he
would take the oath of office. After a long'
hard ride, the messenger stopped at the Gen
eral's residence, in Malhoro, district, we be
lieve, and inquired if he was in. He was told
that Mr. Williams was over at his plantation.
The gentleman said he would ride over, as he
had a note to deliver to him as soon us possible,
When about half way he met a fine-looking
tnan, dressed in plain homespun, and driving,
a team °finales. "Is this the road to the plan
tation of General Williams?" asked the messen
ger. "Yes, sir, it is about a mile further on,"
was the reply. "Is the general at home ?"
"No sir,' "Where is he r "I am Gen. Wit
-IMms." "You Gen. David R. Williams ?"
am the man." "Don't deceive me." "I have
an important letter for General Williams. "If
that is your name, - said the doubting messen
ger, here it is," handing the letter to the Gen
eral. Mr. Williams opened the letter, and
found, to his utter astonishment, that without
his knowledge or oonsent, he had been elected
Governor of South Carolina. He took the
messenger home, and entertained him for the
night, preparing a note id the meantime accep
ting the appointment, and naming a time on
which he would be in Columbia. The messen
ger returned. On the appointed day, a few
minutes before 12, n man dressed in homespun,
and on horseback, rode into town; hitching his
animal to a tree, he made his way to the Capi
tol, where he found a brilliant concourse of peo
ple. list few knew him personally; still there
was something commanding about him. He
took his seat in a vacant chair; when the clock
in front of the speaker had struck the hour of
twelve, the General arose and delivered the
most masterly speech that had ever been deliv
ered there. The farmer-statesman entirely
electrified the assembly. He made, an excel
lent Governor. This thing conveys a beauti
ful idea. Here was a farmer elected; he ac
cepted, and from the plough, went to the Gov
ernor's office to preside, in a stormy crisis, over
the destiny of a foreign State. Long live his
memory.—Wiltaington (N. C.) Dens. Free
Frees.
Hunting Slaves in Canada.
We clip the following from a late number of
the Cincinnati Columbian:—
We learn that a slave owner, who arrived in
this city a few days since, from Kentucky, in
pursuit of some of his cattle, went over to Cana
da, having heard of them there. On finding
them he began to urge the subject of their vol
untary return, holding out to them the certain.
ty of being well treated and well provided ihr
in their old age, and contrasting their pros
pects if they returned, with the cold climate of
the Canadas, and the life of toil and privation
they would be obliged to lead in the enjoyment
of their liberty.
While talking they were walking towards the
old, untenanted barracks, and on reaching the
barrack yard, the runaways seized the hunter,
and tying his wrists together, they suspended
him from the limb of a tree, when they pro.
ceeded to give him a hundred lashes, well laid
on will a stout raw hide.
VMS. "Mother," said an inquisitive untie, a
fete days since, "would yon bare brut any re.
!Minn to the if ?vela, ladn't y,:?"
NO. 50.
From the New York Courier and Enquirer
we learn that the exports from Algeria into
France during the year 1851 amounted in val.
ue to about $3,000,000, or more than double
those of any previous year. The exports con•
sisted almost entirely of raw materials, icien•
ded for manufacture, or of grains and other ar•
tides intended for food.
Tobacco is the most interesting and impor•
taut of the productions of the colony, Paper.
iment has proved that this article can, after a
few years, be raised in almost any desirable
quantity in Algeria—and the French nation
entertain sanguine hopes that their colony will
relieve them from a dependence upon the Uai•
ted States for that article. It is thought, how.
ever, by those who have made the subject their
study, that the quality of the Algerian tobacco
can never be made to equal that of Virginia,
Maryland, and Kentucky, which supply, in a
great degree, the present demands of French
manufacture. In order to encourage the rel.
sing of tobacco in that colony, all restrictions
as to its culture, sale or price—which are very
severe in France—are removed, and the p'.an.
ter is allowed to bring his tobacco into the mar•
ket to sell to whomsoever he pleases; and for
the highest price he can get. The crop of to•
bacco this year is expected to amount to six
million pounds—being about thrice the amount
of any previous year.
The culture of cotton, also, it is asserted has
been commenced in Algeria under the most fa.
vorablo auspices, and with prospects of the
most favorable results.
In 1851 there were only six or seven acres
devoted to this branch of agriculture in the en
tiro colony; in 1852 there were fifty acres; and
in the current year there are 1730 acres. The
French are• sanguine as to the result of their
labors in cotton raising, and think that Algeria
is destined in a few years, when its agricultu•
ral resources shall have become fully developed,
to become one of the most valuable and pro-
ductive countries in the world: The cotton
produced in Algeria from the seed of the Gem
sea island cotton, is said to combine, in an em
inent degree, all the qualities of the good
American article—its strength, fineness and
length of staple; and the fact that this cotton
has produced seeds which, in their turn, have
produced cotton comparable in every way with
the best American specimens on exhibition at
London, goes to show that the Algerian pro
duction is not likely to degenerate is futur e
years. The long staple sea islands of Georgia
have been heretofore cultivated exclusively on
a limited extent of territory by the seashore.--
whence comes the designation of "sea island''.
The crop of this cotton in America varies from
25,000 to 30,000 bales annually; and it has
been found impossible to materially increase
the production.
The quantity of agricultural land in Algeria
at the commencement of the present year, was
about 70,000 acres. The price of land was
from ten to twenty dollars per acre. At the
last census (1851) the population embraced 66
050 French, 41,750 Spanish, 7555 Italians,
7307 Anglo•3taltcse, 2854 Germans, 1645 Swiss,
and 4322 of various other nations.
Prom New Mexico—The Gold Placers.
The Santa Pe Gazette, of October 29th, con
tains letters giving most flattering accounts of
the richness of the New Mexican gold placers.
A letter from the Placers, dated Oct. 13th, de.
scribes the erection of six mills for crushing
the ore, and though they were not yet fairly
at work, the writer has no doubt of success.—
letter from Dr. Nangle says :
spent very nearly a week, some four or
five years ago, in an examination of these
mines. I will particularly describe the result
of my observations with regard to one, 'The
Davenport Mine.' The body of ore contained
in this mine is a horizontal stratmn of gold,
bearing rock, having a dipof about 42 degrees,
cropping out on a deep, wide ravine, halt a
mile south of the principal gold depot of the
old placer, and so far as it has beets followed
and its C3Urso observed it is inexhaustible.—
Where this ravine opens out in the campaign
country there was formerly a very large depos
it of gold found in the earth and waste of the
ravine; at least $300,000 worth of gold has
been obtained by the Mexican population at
this place by washing. The ore of the mine is
rich. I have no hesitation in assorting it to
be the richest mine that has been yet discover
ed. I took ten pounds of selected pieces out
of this mine, pounded it up in a mortar, sub
mitted it to the amalgamating process, and
obtained sufficient gold to make a handsome
ring, about five dollars worth, or fifty cents to
the pound. I next took some twenty or thirty
pounds of the average quality of the ore, as the
miners threw it on the bank; frotn this ore—
passing through no hands but my own—l ob
tained a yield of gold of at least ten cents to
the.pound of rock. I have been in the quartz
mining region of California, and though I have
seen fur richer 'specimens; yet I have seen no
body of ore more easily worked or likely to
produce richer results than this mine."
•
The Santa Fe Gazette, of the 22d ult., an
nounces the arrival of Col. Cooke, and Gaya,
"Col. C. is well known throughout the country
for the valuable services rendered by him in
various parts of the west. In 1843, it will bo
recollected, that he disarmed the baud of ma
rauders under Snively. In 1816 ho was seat
in advance, by Gen. Kearny in the occupation
of this territory, and afterwards opened n coin
tnunication with California with a train of wag
ons. Front his well known energy of charac
ter, we nttribute no little good to the territory,
and his urbanity will commend him to the
friendship of all. "
The whole vote given in the territory of New
Mexico at the Into election, is set down at
9.197; of which Governor Lane received 4526,
and Gallegos 4971; bnt the extraordinary vote
of San Miguel county-297 for Lane and 1354
for Gallegos—shows that there was cheating na
a big figure. Indeed, in the county of Santa.
Fe, the Grand Jury found twenty odd bills of
indictment against men who voted for Gallegoif,
for perjury an d fraudulent voting, and they e*.
press the opinion that they were not me-tent:la
nfth, nnmber I,llly