Indiana Reveille, Volume 40, Number 8, Vevay, Switzerland County, 25 February 1857 — Page 1

THE INDIANA REVEILLE.

*tWO DOLLARS A YEAR, OR1

.OUR. NATIVE LAKD-ITS PROSPERITY.

[ONE. DOLLAR IN ADVANCE.

VOL. XL.—NO. 8.

• VEYAY,: INDIANA, . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1857.

SERIES FOR 1857.

TheHoaztln Heaven.

TUN INDIANA RB.VEILLE, 18PUBL18HBD EVERY WEDNESDAY, BT FBBDBBICE J. WALDO.

years of ago, began his pilgrimage towards

around the tabic, two whom I suspected to b 4 professional gamblers. At first no higher stakes were played for than cigars; or “drinks for the crowd;* 1 hut as the night ivoro on and the.“drinks’* began to exercise their wonted effect, money was put up, ai)d.tho game became more exciting. . At length after various changes of one of the gamblers, a barley, hard-featured man was about to sweep up a heavy slake, when suddenly a wclldressed gentleman who had watched the game for a considerable time, laid Ins hand gently upon his shoulder, saying—“Stop! you did not play lairl” , : The man turned quickly in his chair so that the light of the lamp above fell upon his features, audlaunehed h volley of oaths and imprecations at (ho person who bad interrupted him, At this moment, Stephen Calef, .who had been reading quietly in a remote part of the cabin, looked up frombls book and behold the angry features 'of-, the, gambler. The volume dropped upon llo floor. as bo started from his seat and. sprang towards* the table. Before his object could; be suspected, or opposed, he stood behind tho stranger’s chair, and brushing' tho hair from hie forehead, revealed a scar extending* baekTo wards tbo crown of bis head. * -

The Light of Faith.

From Washington.

(bo land of promise. One day, as their, little caravan was slowly wiadmg its way over the fertile prairie swells; which rire in undulations from the eastern bonier of HockRiver, in Illinois; an accident to the ■ wagon which contained the more bulky portion of their goods cansed some delay, and at length it was resolved that Mr. Cold & his son Stephen should remain behind and repair the vehicle while the remainder of the parly poshed on to their proposed camping ground,-and there await their arrival. > Hardly hod; the moving wagon moved out of sight before;three rough-looking armed men rojilo up.from the direction of tho camp Avhieh' tbo travellers had left on the previous night, and addressing Mr. Calef, offered, withtho usual courtesy of thepraire?, Ip assist in* extricating him from his difficulty. : Their profferof service was thankfully accepted, for the emigrant supposed them to be honest, worthy settlers of the country. . Rut it was fonnd necessary to unload the wagon, and- ah article after article was removed, comprising, in the aggregate, a far more valuable freight than is usually to ho met with in the train of a western rover,.the farmer remarked smiles of a peculiar meaning, passing from one to the other of the strangers. The sinister expression of their countenances, too, began to excite bis alarm. Roforti, however, he could decide upon any course of action; Ids arms were suddenly pinioned from behind with the strong grasp of one of thf three visitors, while a hoar c voice growled—"Re quiet, or i’ll take the pelt off yer!” ; Stephen, as 1 t-aid before, wits a lad of fifteen years; but within- his breast beat the heart of a grown man. His first impulse was to raise the ox goad which ho held in his hand; to strike the ruffian with all his force across the forehead, temporarily stunning him so that he released Ids hold, and staggering a few steps backward fell to the ground. In the meantime the others had drawn their huives from their bells, and were advancing towards tho emigrants. Quick as thought, Calef drew a pistol from his breast and warned them off. Instead of. retreating,* they ruriied forward with loud yells, brandishing their weapons. Ho fired; aud at the same instant the foremost one stumbled slightly, then recovered himself, ami finally fell forward on tlio earth—ahorpsc. At the same moment Stephen was deprived’ of consciousness by a heavy blow from the man' whom: ho had prostrated with the goad stick, and who' had recovered sufficiently to take part in the affray.

When the affectionate child is in a foreign land, his heart is still at home. Ho may labor diligently in (hat foreign land, but bis heart is not there. When ho lies down at night, ho thinks of tho homo of his infancy, and of the loved ones there. When ho awakes in tho morning, hia first thoughts are given to those who are far away; Ho longs for the timo to come, wheujlhcjterm of his oxiio.completed, ho shall revisit the place where his kindred' dwell;'and where alibis affections centre. 1 JfoW may not the 'Christian, in like! manner, have his heart in heaven?- Certain!/ it is W hat’advantages would follow?

A bright eyed, fearless boy once dwelt in the fair land of Rhine. Gay and joyously be sported, careless of sorrow; but ever, close by his side, sleeping or waking, there stalked a i-rim nnd shadowy spectra, though be know it nut. The hoy looked forth, ono dour mi miner night, and lot a fair star met‘hia doth eye; and, with its strange and myalertoua lustre, kindled a thought in tho spirit of tho child, and, for the first timo in his dream-life, he felt that he had a soul within' him.

Wabhjmjtos, l’’ab, 17.—It i'b confidently asserted by tbo friends of tbo Mincsota Land Bill, that nothing has been discovered by the Investigating Commiltee throwing suspicion outkat measure. General Shields received this assurance from a member of the Committee.

gj* For Tenu of AJrcrtljlng, Sutwcrti41on, Ac. He U«t edoma ea f<rarQ> PVU

Yrotn Ufl OmrehlQaali Migtilne. ZUowtnbranoe. nflff* Will y«t think of me kind fdeodit Heir wilt fa think of mot” How Would 1 be lenemhcted— attest thoal llJI tell line, LillnNot with marble urn,' Of Costly tnotitibleflt, ot flattery - Of uriffra praise, that tnimpclctb a show Of virtues, else unknown) and hideib safe -’ Vhe many faults of poo! humanity— Not so, my Dlfa; aticb posthumous fame - ffcy friend legifdeth as (he light 1 winged - breexe, 'That puaelh idly o'ct a withered flower, And m ik* oriTcth &6t. But ever green Be my idaomhrtnee in those gentle hearts Who kaov ne boat* who look with lenient eye On ny iafiraities, content to throw The wWf spread auntie of sweet charily O’cf «ub oad all. Loving me slill,'because Of ikelt owl kladncur not of my deserts. And 1 Weald life them speak of me, as one Who hath laid down life's burden cheerfully, A wyak, filnl-kearted creature, pining.oft Like a caged bird, for freedum and repose, Whoso boot affections have been crushed on «rth, And tike crushed flowers, their sweetness hath eshiled, , And passed into a purer atmosphere.

Petitions, numerously signed by mil* zens of California, asking for the expulsion of Herbert,'havo been referred to (ha Committee on Elections,

The bill increasing' tbo pay of officers of the army, which now awaits the sign a-' lure of the President, gives Lieut. Qon'l Scott a largo increase, making Ids yearly compensation 910,020,

! As he grew older, ho loved and adored tho star more aud more, for it guided him to deeds of nobleness and'daring, aud Banned to inspire him with a strength superior to his own. And then, when ho ’strove to be pure, and holy, and fearless, like the bright star v lhe grim spectre became visible to him, and with the mists of falsehood, luxury aud fear, would fain blot the star from his sight forever. Rut bis soul was akin to the . star, and not to the foul spectre, and in trembling . hope ho waited for its re-appearir.g. And [not in vain; for at Jcngflrlho star shone j forth more brightly thaii before; and whore [the light tested before him, there lay a talisman of peerless worth, and the name of the talisman; was Faith. And it'read for him the dark riddle of this life be led. It (old him (hut his Lome was above, and with the pnro: bright stars, not on this 'murky earth; that.tho spirit-life was the -true life;'that.this grim spectre that so tormented him was tho gross, corporeal, | prosaic demon, of this ever seeks to fetter the divine FjahtVand make it mortal, like iUelf. -It told him, loo, that if conliunally bo strove with the spectre, And did hut hearken to Ids lying words, one day ho would vanish, and afterwards, with the bright star, would bo his. home forever.

Ha would have thcsatisfaclion of knowing tb'at|ldii hear t was in n safe place; that its affections were fixed on worthy objects. Tho pains uf misplaced affection are great. A doubt as to the worthiness of its object cannot be borne. When the heart is in heaven, it is safe. AH its objects are perfect. No change can takc,p)aco*in c tliem which can have any effect save tojincrcaso his affection'.

Thb increase in each Brigadier Genor* : al’s pay is 91,100; Colonel, #800; Llont. Colonel, 9650; Major, 8550; Captain and Lieutenant, 9400 each; making their salaries respectively S7.5QJ), #3,000, 82,500, 92,203, 81,800, and 91,600. Tlio average increase is 8500, or inwall 8525,000. V*.

An old law provides that any increase in tho pay of army officers shall relatively affect that of the marine corps. - The following ard the names of all Old mem bars from non-slnveholding State*/ who joined tho Southerner* in voting against tho hill in, tho Houso declaring, tlio legislature of Kansas Bpnrions, its laws invalid, and providing for a now* election: Allen/Browii, Cmlwallndor, Anglish, of Ind., Florence, Fuller, of Mo.,' Hal], Harris, of *111., livWcy, .Miller, ot Indiana; Morrison, Packer, Peck and Whitney.' - ,

It would enable him'to bear more easily the burdens and trialsJincidctit K l\earth. When one resides, for a season, is iLtranger in a strange land, be is not vcr\solicitous about his accommodations. Toujgs which would bo annoying to him in ms own land, and at tho piece of his permanent abode, are easily homo with. Ho says my heart is not here, why should 1 care for these things? He whoso heart is in heaven, feels that ho isa pilgrim and a stranger bore. WhciC cares and toils press heavily, ho rejfrbmbors (hat this is not his rest. Ho looks away to heaven where his faeart'if,* whore the objects of his supremo affections looks forward to tho time'when his exile being complete, hoi shall depart for bis happy home. * '

; “Ha,V cried ho, apeokingjso'rapidlyfas to bo scarcely intelligible, “where did yon gctThatscar?.VilliaDiwh6murilored the emigrant on the Rock River? , Who killed my father?” .

The faco -of tho ruQIan, Jbat before flushed and distorted with anger, turned pale as death'. . “My Godl” hb exclaimed, as ho^recognized in the stripling tho yontb’whom he had left for dead, upon an Illinois prairie five yeers-heforc. , "My God! Can tho dead speak?” , j ■ "Yon own it—you own it!" cried the lad; . ‘‘Gentlemen, bear mo witness that he acknowledges the deed, lie murdered my father. Rlood forblood! Hie, scoimtlicll Diel” '

It is bcJlovedtQ-night by members of Congress and others,, both from letters and verbal reports from Wheatland, that I bo Cabinet will bo composed of tbo following gentlemen: Cass, Secretory of State; Gobi), of Ga., Secretary of Treasury; Ex, Gov. Floyd, of Vn., Secretary of War; Ex-Gov. Ilrown, of Tcnn., Secretary of tbo Navy; Tontf-y, Attorney General; Jones, of Pa., Postmaster G carnal/Jacob Thompson, of Miss., Secretary of tho Interior.

Than, Lilia, when my weary heart is still, And its vain longings have been satisfied; Whan 1 hare |ona on spirit-wings away, And found mf lured and lost in ParadtscThink of dib kfcdly. iet mine image keep fta wonted and familiar niche wi.hin Thy heart's fair teftple, that when Memory

* Then grew lie siring and joyous, ami fought thu. phantom fearlessly; and the talisman was of such potency that it dispelled the dark mists (ho spectre raised, ami caused his darts to - fall harmless.-— And, after a long, fearless, conquering life, as the boy, become an old titan, halo farewell to his friend?,, and told them' of the phantoni-liglii; id which Ite'hnd striven a II, his'Jays,, thu spectre vanished for-, ever, mid. he found his home with tho holy star.

It would enable him 'to do his appointed work more diligently mid faithfully. Ho who is away from the objects of. bis heart, is anxious to finish his t?ork and fttorn to them. The Christian knows thdt'Tic .cannot go home till his appointed work is finished.-..There is no discharge in that war. ilenep he is stinuilalcd to work diligently and faithfully, that he may finish his work, and go to his Father’s house. .•

ileala With silent tread amid the relics (here, l)er hand anreillng it, may point thy thoughts To a loqa slu robe ter of the burial place; Add if one tear, my Lilia, from thine eye, ' Hallow tbr turf that pillows up my head; If thou shall sigh that oar companionship For a brief space ii ended—then 1 ask tfo proud memorial from the busy world, ■ Hut on tho tablets of thine own pure heart, lie my name characterised in lines of love. So would 1 Lc remembered, gentle friend.

The discharge of a pistol was iiOakV and the tnunlcrerfcll from his chair. The unerring bullet /had passed through his' brain.' The form which a brief momeift before was bounding in life anJ.lieahh, now lay upon the cabin door, a disfigured and unconscious corpse. His career of crime was ended* .The mon who through the years of a life tiuio had to veiled in scenes of vice and iniquity, bad in-one brief moment pasted through., (ho valley of death, and was summoned before the awful bar of. God., t W.ithout a ..wonting his soul wok hurried through the gates of eternity, and ushered in the presence of tho Great Judge, whom only the good fear not, . ;

Later from. Nicaragua,

New Ofu.EAxa, Feh. I7.~Tho steamer Texas is at JJalize, with dates from San Jimn’to the 10th instant.

■ Tho steamship Toimesscc had nrrivotk mil. .

It wonld make his enjoyment of heaven greater. Th'e jit a a who w lioai't has long been in heaven,will be’better prepared for jts;enjoyment than tho man whoso heart has been fixed on earth; or divided between earth and heaven. The whole heat I must be given to heaven Vohjccls, or heaven’s enjoyments cannot be.fully relished. Indeed no one can he sure of heaver, whose heart jV not already there.

The I/tsi Soul;— Among the birds of Peru iVono known as . the alma penlida, dr iest soul, for (he-following reason:— An Indian girl, while collecting balsam, left her child alone m the forest, and on her.murn to the place where she had left it, she could not find it.' Calling aloud its nauV. the only.reply she received was the singularly mournful note of (his bird, which from that time wav denominated “the lost soul.” The legend is beautiful, and might have been invented far from the land -of the Incas, in the vales of Hellas. The poetical reader will recollect (hat n similar idea is developed in the closing part ol “The Pride of Ahydos," the most charming of all f lid lesser works, ofrByron. The soul of Selim is icpresen ted as inlinlingthe body of a bird, and that bird’s song is a “inagic melody,” uttering “Zuc-kns name.” The idea is not original with Byron, being old as (he hills, which arc a little older than the valleys, and common to ninny countries.. The Peruvian legend is the best of all those that have been founded Upon it. , ’

Coin. Titus and Lockrldgo proceeded up tho liver, attacked three hundred Cojjto Ricans at Cody’s Point, at of Choridagua river, ami defeated (hem with great loss. Tho American loss was frilling.

RETRIBUTION.

INCIDENT ON BOAQD OP A WESTERN 8TEAJIER. A number of years since, when I was Connected, in the capacity of agent, with a large mamifuclo ring establishment, his* inejs of importance obliged me to pars eereral months in travelling to and fro in /the great valley of the*. West, and one spring morning beheld me at St. Louis, upon the point of embarking in'the sting imlc steamer Lucy Wijtnot, forXcw Orleans. There were many passengers on board beside myself, and thi greater part of them were destined to some port upon (ho lower Missusippi, Among'them were several sturdy planters with their families, and a.number of merchants and river traders—making, upon the whole, a very respectable and pleasant company. The river was low, and wc were delayed somewhat by the shoals. After reaching the mouth of the Ohio liver, however, woencountered no further detention, but plowed the muddy waters rapidly post Memphis, Kupoluou, and Vicksburg, towards our destined port. I had been so unfortunate as to secure a berth beside one of tbo paddle boxes, where my cars were perpetually saluted with tbo din of tbo machinery and the splash of. tb« waters. In the night time 1 was specially discommoded. It is customary for the pilots, in the darkness of the night, to elcer their boats as near the middle of the channel as possible,>for the purpose of avoiding snags and sand bars. Unhappily this is tbo portion of the stream where there is a great mass of floating timbers aid rpbbish on! as the steamer rushes onward, her wheels, at every revolution, go thump, thump, against the floating logs: bo that the prominent idea 1b the mind of the sleepless traveller is that of paddUog all night over a corduroy road. Hometimes the monotony la varied by the hoarse rattle of a slob or branch, which bceomu entangled in the paddle And is dragged around by it within the box /or an interval of five minutes or mors.

How long he lay nncuiwcious upon the prairie nod, Stephen knew not; but when he had recovered his tenses, it was night and the moon was shining. The robbers had departed, lie strove to rise, but his strength-was ignite; and ha then, for the first timb. discpveicd that lie bad received other injuries than the wound upon his head, libs father lay near him on,.the grassl and with much dilliciiliy ho sue* cccdod in ciowling to the spot., Ho wos dead ami cold. Kesting his head upon tho breast of his murdered parent, the boy passed a wcary biglit. Tho cold dewb of evening ■ were iusufiieicut to querirb tbo fires- of the fever which burned within hut veins.

The BtcamerV machinery gelling out of order, they came back to Punta Arenas, g<>t. repaired, and had gone back again. There was liltlo doubt but that they would bo m full possession of tli« river in a week. Wo have dates from Walker to the 8d inst., by the Orizaba, from Panama,— Corn had appeared near Rivas, and boon driven back. On the 28th ultimo, Pennington, with a forco of four, hundred, attacked fifteen, hundred of (ho enemy at St. George, ilriviog tjiem from their position, ami then returning to Rivas. ■ .Walker’s whole force was lilOO fit for

Jt was a fearful retribution. Cut there was iiudo to question -its' justice, The sympathies of the passengers were with the young mao, and the probabilities arc that even if he hail been arrested* there could havo been found no jury to convict him. As it was, ho, was not molested. The hody-of tho gamester, who had entered his name upon the ,hooks asKichanf WhiiehonFo,- w«s tossed overboard, with* oul ceremony. . The stains of blood wore washed from the floor, nndin a few days theafiair ccnscdto be a -theme of conversation. Young Oalcf, after the excite-, mout of - the mpmcpl has passed away, re 1 lapsed into tluj same quiet and reserved habits as before. When I saw him last/ hb was standing, upon the hurricane dock of tlio steamer, at NcwQi leans, regarding with folded arms the busy aspect of the city which was to bo his futuro home, lie is now a thriving merchant, in that metropolis, and his uohto licart nnd high sentiment of honor, which shows itself in business transactions, ns well as in private life, have won fur him tho respect and esteem of his fellow-citizen?. *

Physical Aspect of Man.

An examination of 20,000 infante, at the Matemile, in Paris, gives for the weight of the new-born lba.; the same menu value obtains for thedty of Brussels. For about a week after birth, this weight undergoes an actual diminution, owing to the tissue destruction which ensues through the 'establishment'of respiration, and which, for a lime exceeds tbo gain from nutrition. For the same age, tho male infant is heavier • than the female; hut this- difference gradually diminishes, and at twelve years their weight is sensibly. the same. - Three years later, at the period ol puberty, the weight is one half of, what U is finally to be, when full development is revealed. ‘Tho maximum weight eventually attained,is if little more than twenty times that at birth, this bolding good.for both sexes; but since tbe : newborn female weighs less than the standard, and the new-born male more, the weight of the adult niale is 137 lbs., and of the adult feniale 121 lbs. The moan'wAight of a man, irrespective of his period of life, is about 107 lbs., and of a woman, nearly.04 lbs. The mean weight! of a human being, without reference either I to age or sex. is obont 99 lbs. Al.j Quctelet, to whom we ore indebted for! the above statistics, as tbo result of liis I researches, states, that communities seemj to be under tbe influence of unchangeable' laws as much as tbo individual. *Tn|! communities, man' commits tbo somei number of murders* each year, and does] it with the tame weapons. Wo might! enumerate,beforehand, how many individuals will imbrueihcir hands in tho blood! of (heir kind, how many will forge/ how j many poison, very nearly ns we.enumerate, beforehand, how many tilths and deaths will lake place.”

duty, 1100 of whom wore in excellent health and spirits, and with provisions, and ammunition fot three months. • A private despatch to the Agent of tbs Associated Press, dated Groylown, lOtb, Confirms the foregoing account;

The party who had gone on, awaited with impatience the arrival of those who had bcenjeft .behind, and finally a fearcli was made lor the missing ones. /Words cannot describe tho frantic grief of Mrs; Calcf, when the awful truth was revealed to her that the partner of her life, tho' husband of her bosom', had been separated from her by death. The body of the mart whom Calcf bad shot, was found tying near tho wagons, but his companions had purposely so mutilated hie features as to render them unrecognizable. Stephen Calcf was found to be dangerously wounded. lie'had/been stubbed twice with knives, and tho.mffiaos had doubtless left him for dead. He recovered his woultnl health after a few mouths of severe illness. Of the murderers of bis father ho could give no description likely to lead to their detection and punishment, with the exception' that ho remembered to have observed upon the forehead of the one-who commenced the'nUack upon Mr. Calef, a broad tear—commencing near the middle of the forehead and extending high up into the >hair.

. fetT A lady named Davis, residing about half way between Princeton and Trenton, K. Y., died lost week under somewhat flingular.circojajjUrnccs. About

£tT The -Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Times , gives tho following item in a late loiter:—. .

ten days or a fortnight previous to her death, she, in cutting a piece of meat, ran the point of the knife into her hand, making a wound about half on inch in width and of about tbo same depth. No particular attention was paid to It for some days, whin it. became paiitfn), and In defiance ot the skill of the physician

The demand, for; seal of (he-Chinese mgar cm no is such (hat the Patent Office, having exhausted its stock, has been compelled to opler otic huudrcd bushcU more from* France, where the plant is flourish-’ jing with great success.- . Judging by the j intt-resi uiiuiifcMed by farmers throughout i tbe country', mid by the a mount of seed j given out, such quantities of tho cane will i bo raised the cum tug season as to Satisfy agriculturalists whether or nut it. is a valuable production for American soil.;' Several firms which manufacture agricultural implements, are preparing suitable mills for (x'raclitg tliojuio! of .the cane, which os is well known, makes d very superior quality of molasses. A large amount of seed will bo planted in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and other Western Slates;

Washington and Congress.

,Tiic following anecdote of the late Gov. Jay, one of tho purest ami most illustrious statesmen, is furnished to us by his son, Judge Jay: "Shortly after tho death of John Adams, 1 was silting alone with my father, conversing about tbo American R evolution. Suddenly bo remarked, ‘Ah! Wil-

her arm swelled, became highly inflamed and mortification took place, ending her life in a few days. v

, Wombs.— -They are a groat mystery. According to Haller, women bear hunger longer than men; according to Plutarch, thoy can resist the effects of wine better; according to Unger, they grow older snd am never bald; according to Pliny, they are seldom attacked by lions, (on the contrary they will run after jyons;) and according In Gunter, tbev can talk a fowl

liflm, tlio history of that revolution will never bo knoWn. Nobody now alive knows it but John Adams and myself.’ Surprised at such a declaration, 1 asked him to wiiat ho referred. Ho briefly replied, ‘The proceedings of tho old Congress.* Again I inquired, ‘What proceedings?’ Ho answered: *‘Those against Washington; from first to last (hero was a most bitter parly against him.* ” As the old Congress always sat with do red doors, tho public know no more of what passed, within than what it deemed expedient to disclose.— Irving,

These sad events changed the plans of the surviving members of the family, and instead of purchasing a farm in Illinois, os had been proposed, they proceeded on to St.' Louis, where, wlib tbo assistance of kind friends, they secured a shelter and a home. | . ' / *• Such was the simple story with which our young follow voyager beguiled a few hours of oar passage. 1 He subsequently, however, seemed to regret his communicativeness, and showed in eur farther conversation an evident unwillingness to recur to the scenes of the past. Luring the brief stay of the boat at Natchez, wo were joined by u number of other passengers, ond among the new comers were several whose ill-favored countenances and swaggering gait afforded ovule a co that they were not strangers in (ho haunts of iniquity with which the famous "Natchez under the hill” oboundctl. Hitherto our cabin bad been quiet and peaceful; now its stillness was invaded by the oath ami blustering laugh of the professional blackleg, and the vocation of barkeeper remained no longer a sinecure. On the evening after this new accession to our company, a card party was formed —comprising, Iobsorved,as they gathered

A Biuoht lifsxjc.—A few days since, a country man came to to ten at Lowell, Mas'., end going to the post'office with a hank hill, called for u dollar's worth of postage 'stomps. The clerks i wanted specie, and lie straightway-returned.with four Spanish quarters, and these being also dented admittance, except at a discount, he come a third time will) ii hundred coppers and a very coppcrish look of exultation. Being informed. by the; official behind the window that coppers were; not a legal tender to a larger extent than threo cents at a time, the man from the rural districts coolly /purchased n single stamp and repeated the operation til) bis persecutor caved and took In thr-re-maining cents in a lump, much* to tho internal satisfaction of the; individual outside. .

■$ST A .Man calling himself John the Baptist Ins been making himself conspic* nous about Chicago for some time. On Thursday, however, ho was incarcerated in the county jail by. what Ire termed the "ungodly. Philistines,” for purloining a pair of drawers.-

Among the passengers with whom I was brought most directly In contact, was A youth of about twenty years of age, a resident of fit. Lqoii. He was a slender intellectual looking lad, of retiring habits and was on his way to visit a relation in New Orleans, with the design of seeking employment in some mercantile pursuit in that city. Ho rarely conversed with bla fellow passengers. Circumstances, however, conspired to bring us into sumowhat intimate connection during the early part of our voyage, and ho confided to ne a portion of bis history. . Ho was the son of 'a New England farmer named Calef, who, five yearn previously, seized by one of those emigration fevers which, from time to time, have raged 10 extensively in this section of the country, gathered together his moveable household goods, converted the principal part of bin property into cash, and with his family, comprising a younger brother, a wife and throe children, the oldest of whom was/ at that time, less than fifteen

Asxon’s Income.— Mr. Win. IJ. Astor must bo a very thriftless young man.— We well remember that Mr. Fitz Greene Hal Jock, a good many years ago, being then chief clerk of John Jacob Astor, tho father of Wm, B., published a computation by which ho made oat tho old gentleman's income to he a picayune at every beat of his pnlse. Allowing the old man’s pulse to have beat at the rata.of sixty times a minute, the income mast have been five thousand fonr hundred dollars I per day. Now Wm. B. Astor was John Jacob's solo heir; and if ho has already) reduced the estate nearly one-half—that j is, from nearly two millions to one mill-j ion per year—the young spendthrift may soon get through with the whole of it, and become achargeupou the corporation. Ought not a guardian to he appointed over him? —Louisville Journal.

SST Tho Cincinnati Times says:—

Advance on Tea;

Two more of the Indiana Stock Banks, formerly on the specie-paying list,although purchased by one of tho Third street firms ot 5 dis., have failed—the Huntington County Bank, at Huntington, and the Bank of North'America, at Clinton; and are bought by tho Brokers to-day at 25@ 50 die. According to the last report of tho Auditor of Indiana, the circulation of tho former institution is or was $19,985, secured by Stocks worth at par something over 22,000. The circulation of tho latter Bauk was 815,720, secured by the same amount of Stocks, which, from tho present market value of those Stocks, will probably render the Huntington County notes worth about 75, and tho North Amerienn issues about 60 cents on tbo dollar.

2(kw OnuKAsa, Fob. 10 f —The private ndviccji. from tho East have- caused a greater firmness in the tea market. ■ Sayan thousand chests hove been sold tO’dar at prices higher than have over before wen obtained in this market. . . \

Gubernatorial nomination.

IlAnTFoBD,OoKH.,'Peb. 18.—TheDom* ocratic State Convention at this place to* doy, ra*nominalcd Samuel .Ingram, for Governor, by a unanimous vote.

ATbauedv.— 1 Twelve pupils belonging to the Benedictine Convent of Scbloydrn, in Batavth, worn! drowned a short iimo since, in Consequence of tbo breaking of tbo ice on a largo pond j. on wnicli they were skating. Tho ecclesiastic who was in charge of-tbem at- tho time, olso fcll a victim. .

PrdolamaUon by Uie Pretldant,

W as m sqtos, f*cb. 14,—The Union of (his mining contains' a proclamation by President Pierce, calling the Senate together .on March 4th.

CCr The young lady who caught a gentleman’s eye, has returned it, because it had a "wco drop” in it.