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From the Atlantic Monthly Magazine. 1 LOO LOO. A FEW SCENES FROM A TRUE HISTORY. (Continued from last week. '' ' SCENE IV.! " ' The jail to which Loo Loo was conveyed was a wretched plac. ' The walls were dingy, the floor covered with puddles of tobacco-juice, the air almost suffocating with the smell of pent-up tobacco-smoke, unwashed negroes, and dirty garments. She had never seen any place as loathsome. Mr. Jackson's log-house was a palace in comparison. The prison was crowded with colored people of all complexions, and almost every form of human vice and misery was huddled together there with the poor victims of misfortune. Thieves, murderers, and shameless girls, decked out with tawdry bits of finery, were mixed up with modestlooking, heart-broken wires, and mothers mourning for the children that had been torn from their arms, in the recent sale. Some were laughing, and singing lewd songs. Others sat still, with tears trickling down their sable cheeks. Here and there the fierce expression of some intelligent young man indicated a volcano ol revenge seething within his soul. Some were stretched out drowsily upon the filthy floor, their natures aparently stupefied to the level of brutes. When Loo roo was brought in, most of them were roused to look at her ; and she heard them saying to each other, " By gum, dat ar an't no nigger P " What fur dey fotch her here ?" " She be white lady ob quality, she be."

The tenderly-nurtured daughter of the wealthy planter remained in this miserable place two days. The jailer, touched by her beauty and extreme dejection, offered her better food than had been prescribed in his orders. She thanked him, but said she could not eat. When he invited her to occupy, for the night, a small room apart from the herd of prisoners, she ac cepted the oiler with gratitude, iiut she could not sleep, and she dared not undress. In the morning, the lailer, afraid of being detected in these acts ot in dulgence, told her, apologetically, that he was obliged to request her to return to the common apartment. Having recovered somewhat trom the stunning ettects ot the blow that had tallen on her, she began to take more notice of her companions. . A gang of slaves, just sold, was in keeping there, till it suited theJrader's convenience to take them to JNew Orleans; and the parting scenes she witnessed that day made an impres sion she never forgot. " Can it be," she said to herself, " that such things have been going on around me all these years, and I so unconscious of them ?. What should I now be, if Alfred had not taken compassion on me, and prevented my being sent to the New Or leans market, before 1 was ten years old ( bhe thought with a shudder of the auction-scene the day before, and began to be afraid that her friends could not save her from that vile man's power. She was roused from her reverie by the entrance of a white gentleman, whom she had never seen before. He came to inspect the trader's gang of slaves, to see if any one among them would suit him for a houseservant; and before long, he agreed to purchase a bright-looking mulatto lad. He stopped before Loo Loo, and said, " Are you a good sempstress ?" " She's not for sale," answered the jailer. " She belongs to Mr. Grossman, who put her here for disobedience." The man smiled, as he spoke, and Loo Loo blushed crimson. " Ho, ho," rejoined the stranger. " I'm sorry for that. I should like to buy her, if I could." ' : : He sauntered round the room, and took from bis pocket oranges and candy, which he distributed among the black picaninnies tumbling over each other on the dirty floor. Coming round again to the place where she sat, he put an orange on her lap, and said, in low tones, " When they are not looking at you, remove the Eeel"; and, touching his finger to his lip, significantly, e turned away to talk with the jailer. As soon as he was gone, she asked permission to go, for a few minutes, to the room she had occupied during the night There she examined the orange, and found that half of the skin had been removed unbroken, a thin paper inserted, and the peel replaced. On the scrap of paper was written : " When your master comes, appear to be submissive, and go with him. Plead weariness, and gain time. You will be rescued. Destroy this, and don't seem more cheerful than you have been." Under this was written, in Madame Labasse's hand, " Soyez tranquille, ma chere." Unaccustomed to act a part, she found it difficult to appear so sad as she had been before the reception of the note. But she did her best, and the jailer observed no change. Late in the afternoon, Mr. Grossman made his appearance. " Well, my beauty " said he, " are you tired of the calaboose ? . Don't you think you should like my house rather better ?!' She yawned listlessly, and, without looking up, answered, " I am very tired of staying here." " I thought so," rejoined her master, with a chuckling laugh. " I reckoned I should bring you to terms. So you've made up your mind not to be cruel to a poor fellow so desperately in love with you, haven't you ?" She made no answer, and he continued : " You're ready to go home with me, are you ?" " Yes, Sir," she replied, faintly. ' " Well, then, look up in my face, and let me have a peep at those devilish handsome eyes. He chucked her under the chin, and raised her blushing face. She wanted to push him from her, he was so hateful ; but she remembered the mysterious orange, and looked him in the eye, with passive obedience. Overjoyed at his success, he paid the jailer his iee, drew her arm within his, and hurried to the carflow many humiliations were crowded into that short ride 1 How she shrank from the touch of his soft, swabby hand ! How she loathed the gloating looks of the old Satyr ! But she remembered the or ange, and endured it all stoicallv. ' Arrived at his stylish house, he escorted her to a large chamber elegantly furnished. " I told you I would treat you like a princess," he said : " and I will keep my word." He would have seated himself; but she prevented him, saying, " I have one favor to ask, and I shall be very grateful to you, if you will please to grant it." " What is it, my charmer ?" he inquired. " I will consent to anything reasonable. She answered, " I could not get a wink of sleep in that filthy prison ; and I am extremely tired. Please leave me till to-morrow." " Ah, why did you compel me to send you to that abominable place ? It grieved me to cast such a pearl among swine. Well, I want to convince you that I am a kind master ; so I suppose I must consent. But you must reward me with a kiss before I go." This was the hardest trial of all ; but she recollected the danger of exciting his suspicions, and complied. He returned it with so much ardor, that she pushed him away impetuously ; but softening her manner immediately, she said, in pleading tones, " I am exceedinir tirerl ; indeed I am!" lie lingered, and seemed very reluctant to go; but when she again urged her request, he said, " Good night, my beauty 1 I will send up some refreshments for you. before you sleep. He went awav. and she had a very uncomfortable sensation when she heard him lock the door behind him. A prisoner, with such a jailer 1 With a quick movement of disgust, she rushed to the water-basin and washed her hps and her hands ; but she felt that the stain was one no ablution could remove. The sense of degradation was so cruelly bitter, that it seemed to her as if she should die for very shame. In a short time, an elderly mulatto woman, with a

pleasant face, entered, bearing a tray of cakes, ices, and lemonade. " I don't wish for anything to eat," Baid Loo Loo, despondingly. " . " Oh, don't be givin' up, in dat ar way," said the mulatto, in kind, motherly tones. " De Lord a'n't a-

gwme to torsake ye. le may jur breeve what Aunt Debby tells yer. I'se a poor ole nigger ; but I bab 'sarved dat de darkest time is allers jus afore de light come. Eat some ob dese yer goodies. Ye oughtor keep yoursef .strong fur de sake ob yer friends.", Loo Loo looked at her earnestly, and repeated, " Friends ? How do you know I have any friends ?" " Oh, I'se poor ole nigger," rejoined the mulatto. " I don't knows nottin'." i The captive looked wistfully after her, as she left the room. She felt disappointed ; for something in the woman's ways and tones had excited a hope within her. Again .the key turned on the outside ; but it was not long before Debby reappeared with a bouquet, . " Massa sent young Missis dese yer fowers," she said. i. , " Put them down," rejoined Loo Loo, languidly. " Whar shall I put 'em ?" inquired the servant. , " Anywhere, out of my way," was the curt reply. Debby cautioned her by a shake of her finger, and whispered, "Massa's out dar, waitin' fur de key. Dar"s writin' on dem ar fowers." She lighted the lamps, and, after inquiring if anything else was wanted, she went out, saying, " Good night, missis. De Lord send ye pleasant dreams." , i Again the key turned, and the sound of lootsteps died away. Loo Loo eagerly untwisted the paper round the bouquet, and read these words: " Be ready for travelling. About midnight your door will be un locked. Follow Aunt Debby with your shoes in your hand, and speak no word. Destroy this paper lo this Madame Labassc had added, " Ne craigner rien, ma chere. ' " ; Loo Loo's heart palpitated violently, and the blood rushed to her cheeks. Weary as she was, she felt no inclination to sleep. As she sat there, longing lor mid night, she had ample leisure to survey the apartment It was, indeed, a bower fit for a princess. . The chairs, tables, and French bedsteads were all ornamented with roses and lilies gracefully intertwined on a delicate fawn-colored ground. The tent-like canopy, that partially veiled the couch, was formed of pink and white striped muslin, draped on either side in ample folds, and fastened with garlands of roses. The pillow-cases were embroided, perfumed, and edged with frills quilled as neatly as the petals of a dahlia. In one corner stood a small table, decorated with a very elegant Parisian tea-service for two. Lamps of cut glass illumined the face of a large Pscyche mirror, and on the toilet before it a diamond necklace and ear-rings sparkled in their crimson velvet case. . Loo Loo looked at them with a half-scornful smile, and repeated to herself:. , " He bought me somewhat high ; Siuce with me came a heart he couldn't buy." She lowered the lamps to twilight softness, and tried to wait with patience. How long the hours seemed I Surely it must be past midnight What if Aunt Debby had been detected in her plot ? What if the master should come, in her stead ? Full of that fear, she tried to open the windows, and found them fastened on the outside. Her heart sank within her.; for she had resolved, in the last emergency, to leap out and be crushed on the pavement Suspense became almost intolerable. She listened, and listened. There was no sound, except a loud snoring in the next apartment. Was it her tyrant, who was sleeping so near ? She sat with her shoes in her hand, her eyes fastened on the door. At last it opened, and Debby's brown face peeped in. They passed Out together, the mulatto taking ine precaution io lock xne aoor ana pui me key in her pocket Softly .they went down stairs, through the kitchen, out into the adjoining alley. Two gentlemen with a carriage were in attendance. They sprang in, and were whirled away. Alter riding some miles, the carriage was stopped ; one of the gent tlemen alighted and handed the women out . " My name is Dinsmore," he said. " I am uncle to your friend, Frank Helper. You are to pass for my daughter, and Debby is our servant" ' " And Alfred, Mr. Noble, I mean, where is he ?" asked Loo Loo. ; !: ,, " He will follow in good time. : Ask no more questions now." , ... ! ; The carriage rolled away ; and the party it had conveyed were soon on their way to the North by an express-train. . ; ; i ' ' It would be imposible to describe the anxiety Alfred had endured from the time Loo Loo became the property of the cotton broker until he heard of her escape. From motives of policy he was kept in ignorance of the persons employed, and of the measures they intended to take. In this state of suspense, his reason might have been endangered, had not Madame Labas se brought cheering messages, from time to time, assuring him that all was carefully arranged, and success nearly certain. ' ' When Mr. Grossman, late in the day, discovered that his prey had escaped, his rage knew no bounds. He offered one thousand dollars for her apprehension, and another thousand for the detection of any one who had aided her. He made successive attempts to obtain an indictment against Mr. Noble; but he was proved to have been distant from the scene of action, and there was no evidence that he had any Connection with the mysterious affair. Failing in this, the exas-, perated cotton-broker swore that he would have his heart's blood, for he knew the sly, smooth-spoken Yankee was at the bottom of it. He challenged him ; but Mr. Noble, notwithstanding the arguments of Frank Helper, refused, on the ground that he held New England opinions on the subject of duelling. The Kentuckian could not understand that it required a far higher kind of courage to refuse than it would have done to accept The bully proclaimed him a coward, and shot at him in the street, but without inflicting a, very serious wound. Thenceforth he went armed, and his friends kept him in sight. But he probably owed his life to the fact that Mr. Grossman was compelled to go td New Orleans suddenly, on urgent business. Before leaving, the latter sent messengers to Savannah, Charleston, Louisville, and elsewhere ; exact descriptions of the fugitives were posted in all pul lie places, and the oilers of reward were doubled ; but the activity thus excited proved all in vain. The runaways had travelled night and day, and were in Canar da before their pursuers reached New York. A few lines from Mr. Dinsmore announced this to Frank Helper, in phraseology that could not be understood, in case the letter should be inspected at the post-office. He wrote : " I told you we intended to visit Montreal ; and by the date of this you will see that I have carried my plan into execution. My daughter likes the place so much that I think I shall leave her here awhile in charge of our trusty servant, while I go home to look after my affairs." s , .: , After the excitement had somewhat subsided, Mr. Noble ascertained the process by which his friends had succeeded in effecting the rescue. Aunt Debby owed her master a grudge for having repeatedly sold her children ; and just at that time a fresh wound was ranklinf in her heart, because her only son, a bright lad of eighteen, of whom Mr. Grossman was the reputed father0 had been sold to a slave-trader, to help raise the large sum he had given for Loo Loo. Frank Helper's friends, having discovered this state of affairs, opened a negotiation with the mulatto woman, promising to send Soth her and her son into Canada, if she would assist them in their plans. Aunt Debby chuckled over the idea of her master's disappointment, and was eager to seize the opportunity of being reunited to her last remaining child. The 'lad was accordingly purchased

by the gentleman who distributed oranges in the prison, and was sent to Canada, according to. promise. Mr. Grossman was addicted to strong drmk, and Aunt Debby had long been in the habit of preparing a potion for him before he retired to rest " I mixed it powerful, dat ar night," said the laughing mulatto;

" and I put in someting dat de gemmen guv to me. I reckon he waked up awful late." Mr. Dinsmore, a maternal uncle ot Jb rank Helpers, had been visiting the South, and was then about to return to New York. When the story was told to hun, he said nothing would please him more than to take the fugitives under his own protection. , , . . , , W SCENE V. . Mr. Noble arranged the wreck of his affairs as speed ily as possible, eager to be on the way to Montreal. i.he evening before ne started, J!ranK iieiper waitea upon Mr. Grossman, and said : " That handsome slave you have been trying so hard to catch is doubtless beyond your reach, and will take good care not to come within your power. Under these circumstances, she is worth nothing to you ; but for the sake of quieting tne uneasiness oi my menu lNouie, i wiu giv you eight hundred dollars to relinquish all claim to her. Ihe broker new into a violent rage, i " 1 11 see you both damned first," he replied. " I shall trip 'em up yet I'll keep the sword hanging over their cursed heads as long as I live. I wouldn't mind spending ten thousand dollars to be revenged on that infernal Yankee." ::- Mr. Noble reached Montreal in safety, and found his Loo Loo well and cheerful. Words are inadequate to describe the emotions excited by reunion, after such dreadful perils and hairbreath escapes. "Their marriage was solemnized as soon as possible ; but the wife being an article of property, according to American law, they did not venture to return to the states. Air fred obtained some writing to do for a commercial house, while Loo Loo instructed little girls in dancing and embroidery. Her character had strenghtened under the severe ordeals through which she had passed. She began to question the rightfulness of living so- indolently as she had done. ;Those painful scenes in the slave-prison made her reflect that sympathy with the actual miseries of life was better than weeping over romances. She was rising above the deleterious influences of her early education, and beginning to feel the dignity of usefulness. v bhe said to her husband. " I shall not be sorry, if we are always poor. It is so pleasant to help you, who have done so much for me I And Alfred, dear, I want to give some of my earnings to Aunt Debby. ihe poor old soul is trying to lay up m'oney to pay that friend of yours who bought her son and sent him to Canada. Surely, I, of all people in the world, ought to be willing to help slaves who have been less fortunate than I have. , Sometimes, when I lie awake in the night, I have very solemn thoughts come over me. It was truly a wonderful Providence that twice saved me from the dreadful late that await ed. I can never be grateful enough to God for sendingme such a blessed friend as my good Alfred." They were living thus contented with their humble lot, when a letter from Frank Helper announced that the extensive house of Grossman & Co. had stopped payment. Their human chattels had been put up at auction, and among them was the title to our beautiful fugitive. The chance of capture was considered so hopeless, that, when Mr. Helper bid sixty-two dollars, no one bid over him ; and she became his property, un til there was time to transfer the legal claim to his mend. . . . ' Feeling that they could now be safe under their own vine and fig-tree, Alfred returned to the United States, where he became first a clerk, and afterward a prosperous merchant His natural organization un fitted him for conflict, and though his peculiar exDeriences had imbued him with a thorough abhorrence of slavery, he stood aloof from the ever-increasing agitation on that subject; but every New Year's day, one of the Vigilance Committees for the relief of fugitive slaves received one hundred dollars "Irom an un known friend." ' As his pecuniary means increased, he purchased several slaves, who had been in his employ at Mobile, and established them as servants in Northern hotels. . Madame Labasse was invited to spend the re mainder of her days under his roof ; but she came only in the summers, being unable to conquer her shivering dread ot snow-storms. ' . Loo Loo's personal charms attracted attention wherever she made her appearance. At church, and other pubbc places, people pointed her out to strangers, say mg, " That is the wife of Mr. Alfred Noble. She was the orphan daughter Of a rich planter at the South, and had a great inheritance left to her ; but Mr. Noble lost it all in the financial crisis of 1837." : Her real his tory remained a secret, locked within their own breastsl Of their three children, the youngest was named Loo Loo, and greatly resembled her beautiful mother. When she was six years old, her portrait was taken in a gypsy hat garlanded with red berries. She was dan cing round a little white dog, and long streamers of ribbon were floating behind her. Her lather had it framed in an arched environment of vine-work, and presented it to his wife on her thirtieth birth-day. Her eyes moistened as she gazed upon it; then kissing his hand, she looked up in the old way, and said, " I thank you, feir, tor buymy me. , , ..... , THE BRITISH AGGRESSION ON AMERICAN . COMMERCE. ..: The reader will find elsewhere accounts of a couple of fresh outrages by the British cruisers off the coast of Cuba. The limits of this sheet forbid our giving a detailed narrative of all the outrages which have been perpetrated by the same cruisers upon our vessels witht .1 . il o or- !n. 1. iL- ... in ine past montn. ouuice it to say mat nearly tiurty American vessels, engaged in lawful commerce, and bearing the United States flag, have been compelled to bring to, boarded and visited by British vessels of war. VV e need hardly add tor who is ignorant ot the fact? that the news has aroused the national temper almost to the war point, and that the Senate has felt it necessary to adopt resolutions of the most decided and almost belligerent character. , Senator Mason, who was at first disposed to pooh ! pooh ! the whole affair as a mere newspaper tale, now sees the propriety ot loining issue spuarely with the British Government on the long-disputed question of the right of visitation; Sena tor Douglas is willing to assign the liberties of the nation to a Presidential despot for the sake of punishing the English; and that paragon of senatorial wisdom, Senator Toombs, ioins hands for once with Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, and, in the language of a pugilist, begs to be "counted in" the fight which his patriotic emotions demand. - One can perhaps understand and make allowance for the warmth and vehemence displayed bv the Sen ate. That body is well known to be composed of al-. most beardless youths, whose tempers have not yet been toned down to moderation. . It would perhaps be unreasonable to exneet them to disnlav the mature gravity and sober caution which are the characteristics ot age. " But there is no reason why the public at large should follow the example of these hot-headed youths, and debate this serious question with the fury of raw re cruits. It is possible, perhaps, to be cool and deliber--1 T 'i-1. . . 1 ate even m considering a JDnusn outrage upon ine national nag. Anger is no doubt wholesome on certain occasions; but this is one on which cool reason may serve our purpose better. ' At the time this country began to have a national navy, Great Britain exercised, by right of usurpation, the privilege of stopping and searching foreign merchant vessels on the high seas. There was no warrant for the practice in the books of international or mari time law. she exercised the right becauf e she chose

to do so, and because she had the power. For a series of years American merchant vessels were subject to be stopped on the high seas by British cruisers, and searched for British sailors who then, as now, manned the bulk of our ships. Repeated remonstrance and protest against this unjustifiable and insolent practice failing to induce Great Britain to relinquish it, war was at length declared by the United States. It was carried on with various fortune for. a couple of years. i Both countries wearying of the strife, peace was declared. But in the treaty of peace not a word was "said of the issue on which the war had been waged. No settlement of the question was effected. So far as the right of search was concerned the war left both nations in itulu quo the English asserting their pre.tended right, the United States denying it as before. Practically, however, the United States partially .carried their point While the Government of England refrained from any official declaration of a new policy on the subject, they tacitly abandoned all claim to search American vessels for British seamen. The United States remained content with this practical :victory. n w In 1842, treaty stipulations were concluded between

the two nations whereby each promised to maintain a t .. ! . 1 A 1. . i f A (- - (' . 1 uciLaiu mjuaurun uu fcue coast oi .tt.ii ica ior tne purpose of suppressing the slave-trade. It was attempted by the British diplomatist who concluded that treaty to interpolate therein a clause binding the contracting parties to suorait to nave their vessels searched Dy the cruisers of either; to this the American Government refused to consent. But as that Government agreed to the main principle of the Treaty, namely, the suppression of the slave-trade by the employment of armed squadrons on the cost of Africa, the British pleni'potetiary could well afford to yield the point With out the right ot visitation, the treaty became a nullity, uuu uie uimsbiou w u clause sanctioning tnat ngnt m so many words could 'not be held by any ' reasonable person to imply a renunciation on the part of either contracting party ot the only feasible method by which the purpose of the treaty could be attained. In fact, from the first, the English vessels on the coast of Africa have systematically searched all suspected vessels, whether sauing under the United States flag or any other, and latterly, sines higher exigencies have compelled the United States to withdraw the bulk of their force trom that station, the work of search has been almost altogether relinquished to the British. -1 1 The treaty proved a failurer It did not meet the ends soiightii Under'the circumstances new laws of Brazil excluding slaves from that country, and Cuba remaining the only market for the raw African the British Government lately resolved to alter their tactics, and to assail the traffic, not on the coast of Africa, but on the shore of Cubanot at the point of product ,uuu, uuir.qL Lue uitu&.t;L wnere atone tne. product is available. , This resolution: which was formed a few "days only before Lord Palmerston's overthrow was Btrangely fortified by a recent dispatch from General r.D. t ...i '...,:.. : i. i. i c x . .i vcko iu Aiu j.,apci, iu wiiicu tue oeureuiry siieexeu bitterly at the British exploits on the African coast, and inquired why, if the English had the suppression Of tne slave-trade so much at heart, they did not assail it in Cuba ? We now perceive that they have assail ed it in ' Cuba assailed it, in fact by establishing a positive blockade of the island whether with or without the consent of the Spanish authorities we can not tell, and matters not , ; .' V To carry out this blockade, thev have searched ev ery vessel; Americans as well as others, on the coast, to see whether they were slavers. ' 1 ' " 1 " - They have done so on the plea that if the mere1 hoisting of the American flag is to protect a vessel from1 search, then the treaty is waste paper, as, of course, every slaver will adopt that precaution. They claim the right of ascertaining by actual observation whether or no the American flag is rightly hoisted, and whether it covers slavers or lawful merchandise'. " This they do not cau a ngnt or search;' but a right of visitation' though it would puzzle a lexicographer to find out any substantial difference between the terms. , It is evident that the English plea is sound. If armed squadrons are to Suppress the slave-trade by

ine seizure oi siavers, they must have the right of stopping and examining all vessels which seem likely to contain slaves. Without such a right, the operations of the squadrons would be ridiculously futile. They would be in the position of a watchman set to' guard property but scrupulously forbidden to look at any intruder upon' the premises. ' And the wrathful vapor- . ing of The United States Senate when we have ori the Statute Book an Act in which we bargain conjointly with England to put down the slave-trade, by the employment of armed squadrons at the commission of acts without which that bargain would become a mere nulity, certainly redounds but slightly to the credit of that august body's common sense. - '" ' "' , On the other hand, it is quite plain that the right of search or visitation claimed by Great Britain, is a palt pable invasion of the sovereignty ot the United States The principle that the flag covers the ship and cargo is too obvious and too generally admitted to need comment at the present day.-. No nation can submit to air kw its vessels to be searched by the cruisers of another" nation without abdicating some portion of its sovereignty; and the nation which claims any such right of visitation, arrogates to itself authority and dominion over every nation with regard to whose ships that right is exercised. Were the United States to submit to the practice now asserted by Great Britain, they would tac-. itly admit the legal supremacy and general police authority of the latter on the high seas. t ; It is evident that this can not be done. It is clear that we must put an end to this right of search or visitation. But it is unnecessary and absolutely silly to, get into a rage about the matter; for it is clear as noon-, day that we brought these outrages on ourselves by making the treaty of 1842. . That treaty never could have been carried into effect without the visitation ot American ships; and as we made and notified it, it is nonsense now to clamor at a consequence which must have been foreseen at the time it was executed. We anticipate no trouble with Great Britain. , The people of England will not go to war with us. Nor would we with them. England, after the customary diplomatic struggle, will give way, and either new arrangements will be made for the police of the ocean,' or that police will be left to take care of itself. The foolish treaty of 1 842 will be abrogated. . For the rest the idea of hostilities is preposterous, and only worthy of the petty politicians who trade in national enmities. It is not a little significant that the waters where this late dispute arose were also the scene of the gallant devotion of the British sailors and doctors who, a few; weeks ago, saved the survivors Of our Susquehannah from the most terrible of deaths; and that the first American officer who has been dispatched to the scene of action is he who presented the Resolute to the Queen of England, and asssured her of the personal attachment and respect, which his countrymen bear her. Such men are very unlikely to strike the first blow in an Anglo-American war. Harper's Weekly'.

How to Cook Rhubarb or Pie Plast. Get the Linnaeus Rhubarb. It is larger, more tender and, better flavored than any other, requires less sugar by one fourth, and has no skin to be taken off. Do not attempt to peel it, but cut in pieces as long as the' thickness of the stock, and put them with your sugar in an earthen dish without water; cover it to retain the flavor and place it in an oven and cook till quite tendet without stirring or breaking the pieces. If too much cooked it assumes a disgusting stringy appearance, and loses all fruity character. The rosy color of the stalks will give your dish an attractive appearance, and the despeptic will find in it a powerful aid to digestion. - ' ' : f ... '