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'i SLI TW JWMmj'lU.Jl Ü IL, A Family Newspaper -Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign aid Domestic News, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1855. WHOLE NO. 15Ö. VOL. 3. NO. 52.1

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THE BANNER IS PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING BT THE PROPRIETORS, J. V. & E. A. tiiojipsox. Ifpiidin advance, - -- -- - - - ? 1 " 0 At the end ofsix manths, ----- - 2V0 If delayed until the end of the year, 2 50 A failure to order a discontinuance at t!ie expiration of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new enjajement, and the paper

continued. 0--N-3 pip r will be discon mue, unit all ..... -...w - x Tr r ri j .ir n-iM. tiiuac.iTi n n H'lir ni lit rrl',e bore terms will be strictly adhered to. ADVERTISING. (TE tixrs I.KS3 akt: A yn' Air ) O.io fiiuure thr-e iii.-ertions r less 61.00. Each additional inr rtioa 3 mo.. Ono squire 81.00 Two rpnres 6.00 Three d. 7.00 Qrter. cln. 0 0d lf do. 12.00 One tU 20.00 9 mi. 7.0) 10 CO 12. 0' 1. ".!) ia.'o 30 IV J 12 mi . f.eo IC.C'0 I.-,.'0 3.C0 G.P0 to 01 12.00 25 Oi) btt'dm' C ml ixi-eitt-d one yeur $.r,00. Legal ailv vertwenu-nt ,mu,t bo c:i.h m u - rented f-rnntr. Adver Ji-e-. rkel. will !. nm-rted till fmbi Id. n. I at th-, above ntef. rnnce or acc time nt m ir anl ch-Tei rrj-ll Com'Ti'iaications from & distance houM be addressed, Post-I'aiij, to William Marriott. TO AX ÖPUT IS HEU XOIUEE ARilS. bv r:i:i.i.:rs.The date orthii r0111 is 17,-1 Timely blossom infant fair, Fonddn of a happy pair ; Every morn and every night Their solicitous delight ; .Sleeping, waking, still at ease, Pleasing without kill to pleaic ; Little gossip, blithe and hale, Tattling many a broken tale. Singing many a tuneless song, Lavish of a heedlesj tongue ; Mmple uiaiuen. Toi 1 of art. Babbling out the very heart ; Yet abandoned to thy wdl, Yet immagining no ill. Yet too innocent to blnsh; Like the linnet in th bush, To the luoihcr-liimet's note Moduling her little throa-. Chirping forth thy petty joys. Wanton in the change of toys ; Like the linnet green in May, Flitting to each bloo ny spray: Weari d then and :lad of rest, Like the linnet in the nest. This thy present happy lot, This in time wilt be forcot. Other pleasures, ther cares, Ev r-busy time prepares And thou shalt in thy daughter see This picture. oace :e3einbled thee. Goisc to bed. Perhaps wo ought to aj ,tir,-wt beg pardon if anybody i shocked Going to bed is a nolernn piece f business. It is more like death than nything we do. except dying. We lay ofl'our garments one by one; we lie dovr n; we r ittnguish the light; we close our eyes; w are alno in thought nnd deep. lllessings on his head wh invented sleep sleep whh its ivory gate of droams. We don't know how i: is, but going to bed is generally regarded as an undignified pifcoof business, whsn accidently or otherwise, it is on of the most impressive

Jeasons in tho worU. Once in twenty-four everything in tho wrong place, and when hours, canh 'goes out' like a faded star. she sung a false note, I exclaimed 'deliand there is nothing seen but heaven. jcious.' She made a two handed discord, The array of busy life is useless, we are j hich I pronounced 'enchanting,' and

seen no more in our wumcj t eyes ore closed; out lips are sealed; Death's j brother is our companion; we are asleep. But like all other lessens, this too generally goes unlsarned. Some fling off their raraents as if they wore the shirt of Neswasn't that his name? and were particularly anxious to get tt it. Here wVuds a e3t in one corner its cen'ents jingling to the floor as it flies. There gsa a boot ricochet. Tha stoskings are coraed iaaida our. the hapless coat hangs bv its skirts to a nail, ana me oea is nt . . . r.IT 1.1taiaed by a bound. Pillows tumble this raf and that, tne ieei are inacneu tween the shee.and like a shuttle through a loom, down goes the body; one arm is flung under the hoad; lower jw and eye lid droop together, and the man is asleep asleep all overa aeep ior an ingui.Another goes luring about on his toes. Hs puis his walcU Here, his coat mere. and his vest there. His boots stanu sine bj side, hka a brace of Grenadiers; the tios of his stocking pep out systematically at the top. and if it be winter, ho lingers upon the bed's edge, like one about to take a bath dreading yet desiring.aud finally tU into bed by degrese, draws the quilts and the counterpane over his head, and is motionless is gone arrives in the land of Nod. If or.e only thinks of it.slecp.in a great ehr is a queer thing. Think of fortythousand in this city allsleoping at once. Forty thousand in tiers, one, two, three, foui five deep from cellar to garret. Forty thousand in rows a mile loug. Ten thonsaud in red night caps tasselled and untnsselled, Ten thousand in dingy ones that vere white. Mondays and Mondays ago. Fire thousand in tilken ones. Some edged beautifully some hemmed with a sail needle, and some uncapped altogether wilh locks dishevelled, and ruffled hko. quills upon the fretful porcupine.' EWe thousand snoring alto five thousand snoring bass. Five thousand undor mm am Twontv thousand under calico. A fcundred or so oencatu o .mc omasmilirlein their drems others dreamless as the gravo. Kindts twis-ed up in crnr lighters tresses streaming et er the pillow-no tresses at all. ' Evan o?Ieep. humanity preserves its pe. cuföritie?. Efcn ? df?ufP, raon are du ijnctiT stillIt is said that pair of eyes sro the best mirrot for the man to snare vj. vi. i-ac. tVint Kiinr a maa is unqu"uu,"' - bas 1een ihnved by them. .......

I urn the Detroit Advertiser. D3ESTIUS L LOVE:

Sevejttt IIl'sdred asd One, N a it row Street. New York. Jan 29, 1S55. Previous to last Wednesday night,! had n9vcr brer, in love. Save an occasional r.t r rw'a m,..i,. i u... O i i ' i.. i. ih But on I ho even - o lender passion. ingot' that eventful Wednesday, g irujje ' r,.,iiA ivv,f,.d tr, tviii, I. im a,! i , . . , . , ,. - s j i.rri,,,!.,!,,, nn? nAvnw rpmir. ed that cuesli-uiahb, Nomine, a cullero ; education, lie nli v.-nvs sivs i'.iul IS.'l 111.

- - - - n ?r.tly classic. st" fashionably. Wit tho 'Grecian benua' has a nos,, and her name is Cnlanthe Marin. " I went M smo tint sister I sau- thnt sisT. nr - i" ..t,r to ; allem n d9Scri ti jn of her boVJIy wouU ' . ilISn:Ir t p, ;,.:,: ,,u i an.i) iiiCii. I will on.) rncr,ii.i. , her hiir. and when I have said thnt this ! was sublime and divine. I wish i: distinct - Iv unJcKtood t!inr I nsn the.s iVt-ble terms because- tho poverty of our laiic'i:"!' does not ullord r adjeotives cf adequate rirce, ( ni . T t r i:ie insiani i saw ne.r, mv presence oi i mind deserted me f f...-.. I. f.. I T i conscious that I looked like a tool in lae i y t iTuiii : ice, nnd mv apparel (on which 1 had pri-' led myself.) s-ein-d as unworthy to bo seen in har prsenc, as If it hud been bought Eccoad hand in Chatham Streoi. Hcireath tiie gIan';o cfher hriliiint eyes my feet seemed to grow too short and my leg tu long my coat too big and my collar l'mpsy, I discovered a grease spot on my Ttst, and soemsd to becomo mys-tt-riously conscious of a ho!o in my pant;ilo ns. Never hd I been s i shame faced in the feminine presence before, arid my bash fulness only temporarily deserti d me, when, afier much tribulation, I achieved a seat on a clumsy looking f. ot stool, which I understood was an 'Ottoman. ' Whether it had anything to do with Turks Turkic or thanksgiving, I failed to discover. hot alone a short time, I hnd leisure to recover myself somewhat, aud to note the individual charms f my fair enslaver, A partial inventory of her visible opparcl, is ikicirceibly stamped on my mind. A siik dress, of a pattern which seemed to have been designed for a gigantic checker t?nrd, made with n train to doscavenger duty.ünd short sleeves, with lace curtains underneath her neck and shoulders hidden from view by a thin veil of transparent bice, of a pnttern designedly made to attract attention beneath which could ba seen , but particulars are omitted. Sifüce it to say,hn she wasdressed as the prevailing fashi n seems to dc mand. I essayed to speak to her. but my timidity re'.urnod upon ma with double forco. Mustered cour3go at length and asked her to sing, and stepped on her toes while turriinz over her music praised when at last, irom excess oi ngitation.sne broke fiat down, I enthusiastically declared that I was 'never more delighted in the whole course of my life.' Asked her to play n waltz, and handed her a choir book opened at 'Corinth' nnd 'Silver Street' found I was wrong, and turned over the leaf to 'Sinners turn, why will jo die'' discovered that all was not right yet. an I then requested her to play some sacred music, and in my anxiety to get the right notes this time, placed bofoe her ihe 'Jenny Lmd l olka, which tho at onca began to play I attempting to sing

' tm i of 'bona fide,' and calls lempna fu- lutfcS J 1 oues 10 r.er ony ring.ew:Sit' Pork and benus;' tho only JuLiter' ! stanzas to her sblo curlrhymcs to Iirr f he knows is n sabla gentlcm-.n. nnd Lis ' conl-blaek.hair, and cnin:n?i:cej a pnem joniy idcaof -Venu.-is acolo.ed washer-i ;n 17 c:int'):5' hr fbny topped head, Uomau, who in early Hie P',t up his hnb- I bjl on eileclion I was led to i!oubt the Idorninal linen. Kat her sister ii emi- ' P'"P"ety ol tho compn lU m. I called

"o-;the words of Uld Hundred, which did nt

seem to jibo. . We tried to dance, but my confusion still ccntinued. I 'chassey'd' myself across a table, and into a music rack j .promf,nadt.d' mj partner over the stove , .j,aTa2CCä bor into a side-bcard; and jc,enta;iny, lly attempted to scat he: 12 a ! mirror, where I saw a s?fa. - Then I essayed conversation, aud I am confident I talked the most absurd nonsense for the reft cf my call distinctly remember speaking of Noah Webster's beautiful piny of 'Evangeline' eulogising Shakespere's'Robinson Crusoe'-criticising Thackeray's Generalship at Waterloo attempting to explain lha difficulties which attended llenry Ward Beecher's attempts to fjet his Oper.i of the 'Bohemia Girl' before the public telling who had tho black est eye when President Pierco and Joan of Arc fought thair celebrated Prize fight in tht crystal Palace in New York in 1793 and at last, breaking down in trying to explain why Admiral ElihuCurriit, and his right hand man Xerxes, the Great, did not succeed in taking Sebastopol in a month, according to contractWhen I bid her 'good night, she took my hnd and set me crazy by the touch of her fairy.taper tingurs dreamed all night about Calanthie got up in the morning, called the waiter 'Calanthe.' and said my darling' to him as he handed me rny cofiea ?a ve mv tailor an order for a naw coal ancl tw0 palr3 0, pantaioons, anu told him to c!:aree them to Calanthe got a box of cigars and a demijohn of Scotch whiskey, and signed the drayman' receipt Calanthe ell tho stages belonged It the Calanthe line.and were going to tho Calanthe ferry the ship Calanthe had arrived, the steamboat 'Calanthe" had burst her boiler, and the brig Calanthe" had been seen bottom upward with her rudder gone. I saw, heard, read, dreamed, thought, and talked nothing but 'Ca

lanthe," ond cannibal that lam, I verily believe I eat nothing but "Cilaiithe" for1 a month. ! The day after I saw hor first I felt so ,

exceedingly nmiable that I bought some- j I profess myself to be an honest farmthing of every peddlar who came into the er, for I can say that no man could charge store lnid in n stock of mitches. nrmrils ' me with a dishonest action. I See with

- l i . - . I. ltl l ""e-Dnisnes. uooi-jacKs, ami oiacsing, which will last me a short lifetime-boueht so much candv that tho oflice bov had the ! col,c every aert.onn for a week called ! the apple woman 'my own sweet love,' ! n"'J siiJ, 'tuatiK you oarting. wncn t . t i 11 site j glVe me pewter dimes in change. nr . i . a . - m . rntc s pnMiiouic poetry anou; iaiani the ? f" sonn t0 h?r gloss7 huri i to her , ' ' - , . i..i i i

Uinnd.Vi' nor every pvenms suosianiifti

..: l iri . with me a kind I -J f . . I 1 1- .1 "urj ironi.ner aas, scroi ino inr a uinner man a W,IW anj nen s:ie Frn3Sea hauu, I couldn't eat nny thing for a fortnight but oran-M. cream candy nv.a van ilia benns. Wo wont t ih- thoitre. tn . i ür bo negro min,trc! an 1 braved th tho 1 norrrä 01 a s?ccnl ra;o I;a',an uPera I X a . 1.1? "V '. Company in lact, where there was any ! thing to be seen, or heard, there w?re Ca- ' aIlt,,e Maria and her devoted Philander, i Fur a month I forgot my debts, neg - Jeaed business, ignored entirely this mim-: dane sphere, and lived in a perpetual ram - :rial castle, of the most elivö"Ml cttwj.iuiu vjj ,uj, M.ui- , . , i - i . u t r rw r rt ft mcli Co r f. mi . J ji In A?üO nl'an , " 1 j fi-. Caiaiitlio Maria and tho Subscriber. in that happy place there were no duns IO tailors bills, r.o trouble, iio deb'.s, no get- ' I ting up early old mornings.no tight b )ots. ! no bad ecus; nothing tut love, .u.xury and C.ilantho Maria. 1 camu down occa-

sionally out of my airy mansion, to spsrk &tl,i therefore 1 fitted her out well, and a few words of compassion to my com-; tl) j1Pr mjn j ( xactl) ; fori told her to pani .ns inth offi-:ey who hadn't g-n nny j uf t,e uest 0f n)y Wool and flax, und Calanthe, bull went right back again as! lo g.,,,, herself gowns, coats, stockings, quick as I could to that rose colored dream ,' c . Uiyt suirered 1 er to buy Some eulland where love and Calantho were 'hots ton lo ,nike into sheets I was dele' and all hands.' i inej to do well by her. At lust, one fatal evening I was unde- j t tiiis time my farm gave me and my ccived. We wero walts.ng.ai.d thrvuch! whole famiiv eunnort on the nrodute of

somo ciuiosifif on my part, nr riair . . i t ? . caug!it in a gis fixture some mysterious and treacherous string broke, and those glossy ringletSjtho ot-jecl of my adoration came ojf. 'eaving her head bald as a brickbat, relating this eorapc of tho locks to a friend, ho informed mo that the rest of her charms would not beir mi nu to inspection; for fhe wore false teeth, and; bought her complexion at Fhalou's; and that her graceful form was the result of a skilful, combination of cotton ancl whalebone. This was too much, While I thought Calanthe a woman, I loed her, but the discovery of the fishy element excited a prejudice as a female she had my affection, and I contemplated j matrir.-ony as a land mermaid, 1 had no desire to swindle liamum and beBamum come her proprietor. Coming as 1 did from a portion of the country whera we Save human women, and where thoy don't attr mpt to deceive masculine mankind with French milline'y Mrategy, I was unprepered for counterfeits, and hid been easily deluded by a spurious.article. Hut I find that in New York, preambulating bundles of dry goods not unfrequently pass as women and the milliners now put their eccentric inventions upon these locomolive shams, to the great neglect of those revolving waxen ladies who used to p-r-C L. ..... ..1 .,.-tw ... IKn form their percetual evrations in the show windows. As an adtertising medium, they possess facilities for publici ty beyond any of the newspapers, having a city circulation, which is unattainable by anything dumb and unpetticoated. the great staple of the South has not only made some of our first men, but . has been discoveredtto enter largely into the composition of many of our first ladies. My madness was now over the intoxication of lovo was dissipated, and I was once more able to go about my business without having a feminine name constantly present lo my eyes. The stages, the i'ry goods boxes, the streets, and siuns were once more lettered in sensible characters. I was guilty of no more poetry, went to no more operas in short. exhibited no longer onv of the si:ns of I insanity, but relapsed at once into my former unpoetical condition the spell was broken the blind fiend wasexercis!cd reason got back to her old bunk, and Kichard was himself again. Yours, convalescent and thankful. Q. K. PniLAXDEB Doesticks, P. B. llow Gcss age Spikf.u. A Corres, pondent of the London Herald describes how the Russians spike the guns: "The spikes are about four inches long and of the dimensions of a tobacco-pipe; the head flat: a barb at theapoint a-ts as a spring, which is naturally pressed to the shaft upon being forced into the touchhole. Upon reachiug the chamber of the gnn it resumes its position, and it is ' impossible to withdraw it. It can only be got out by drilling no easj task, as they are made ot the hardest stock, and being also loose in the touch-holo. there is much difficulty in making a drill bite as eftectual as it should do. Its application is the work of a moment a single tap on the fiat head with the palm of the hand sufficing. ( , ; . A friend front Uiuois writes that Iii ram Powers ia uyreHt w:ndlcr besan-'c he cliisstlel an unfortunite Creek girl out of a nice block of marble. T; Tl. Tl n , lta nnnella - nf (Via lir. J OUU U. UUUg, m. UJ. uo .to u uu temperance, has been delivering an eration in Stirling, Scotland.

Cause of, and Cure for, Hard Times. BY AN OLD FARMER OF 1778.

. . r . I - . 1. ..-..-. fl ; t great gnei, uui u. wie j ed as well is myself. Lvery one is com nlainin". and telling his irievuuces, Dut 1 find they do nut teil how their troubles came on them, I know it is common fur r,f:fi:i!fl tu thnw the b.ame of their least to . 1 am .... rr. own missdeeds on others, or at . . v . excuse themselves oi u;e luui6 , in great tribulation: bat to keep the the character uf au honest man, 1 cannot in conscience say that any one lus brought my troubles on iac but myself. 'Hard liu-.es no money." says every one. A short story cf mysrlf will show how it cciine to bo hurl times with nr. und no monty, at the ege of Cj, who have lived well these forty years. Mv lurenta were poor, nnd they put " , .... f ...v,.,. :ns at tuelv- years oi io a , with whom I it red till l was iwemy-uni.. ! My m!st-r f.tt. d m-. out Uli two stout ;' suitb ot homespun and f ur puir of shoes. At twenlj lvo 1 r.taried me a wife, a very good young woman bhe was. We '. took tt fjrm of -10 acres on rent. I3y industry we gained fjst. I paid my r.ct I r--j!,l iii v rent ; punctuilly nnd laid by money, la t-n j years, I wus able to buy myself a farm ol ; CO acres, r.-n which 1 became my own tenant. 1 ;heti, in a manner grew tun ; and soon added another sixteen acris. ! with which 1 was contented. My e I sate 1 bu ught cl.iluxcu. I ! . tt .11 iucrea5ci ucyonu an account. . J , , . r I I 1U UV.itC U.i , nU I wh'c.'i arno'iMlrd to cvell. when I WtiS forty live yenrs of age. About this time 1 uvirrid my eldest iluuater to a clever you.ig nun, iu . i.o. I gave one hundred acres uf land. ihij ! daughter had bmi a working, dutiful g"rl, . . . ' 14 it.iiiul lelt me, one year vritu another, one hundred and fifty dollars, which was for salt, nails &c. Nothing to wear, eat or ditnk, wus purchased any whfre, as my faim provided a'l. With this saving, i put my money to interest, bought cattle, la i ted them, and made great profit. In two years after, my second daughter was courlt.j. My wife says, "come, ycu are now- rich; you know Molly had noth ing but what she spun, end no other clothing ha? ever come into our house for any of us; she ought to fate as well as neighuor N 's Betty.' "Well. wife, it shall be as you think best. I have never been stingy, but it seems to ,nu that whal We spin at home would do.' iiowcver wife goes to town ia a fewgoes days, and returns with a callico gown, a calimanca petticoat, a set of stone tea cups, and half a dozen pewter spoons, things that were never sten in my house before. They cost but little 1 did nut fv-el it and I confess I was pleased to see them, Sally was us well fitted out as any girl in the parish. In three years more my third daughter had a spark, and a wedding concluded upon. Wife again comes for the purse; but when she returned what did I sec? A cil!t (Tiiu'ii til If f ir a hnt liinL Iiirr nl.icc china tea g;art &cf anJ ahunJr oihe't jhi wUh lhe g XhenM. O 1 lowed family jealousy and quarrels. Molly ought to be out-fit'ed as well as Betsy, Good homespun and cotton fixings '.vere ruled as vulgar, and white feathers ond silks must tae their place. Sal's husband must speculate in stocks, backed by endorsement: but he had all the fun of speculating, and 1 had all the miseries of paying. Then grnd-pa must be tho treasury department for all things needful. Nothing was heard but arrangements for journeys, balls, parties, and j such like, , In about year, Bei s husband mvJe a mistake, and signed somebody else's name a check instead of his own. He was ar rested and sent to jail, and I had to spend half of my earning to get himjout. Sal's husband died, leaving a legacy of nine ! children, whom with the mother. I've i pot to sunnort. Bel's eldest boy was trained for doctor; took his degree, and sent his first six patients out of the world by improper treatment, for which he had to fly the land, leaving his dear incum brance afiacaes'on my purse. I could fill your paper with further particulars, but that might not be 60 agreeable to your readers. I will only say. in regard to hard times, let every min exerciso the ability nature has given, in his proper and prescribed sphere, let contentment reign within the breest, nor envy reach its threshold. Regard not the apparent'glifterof thy neigh, bor nor aim at an equality beyond your comprehension; live moro to please other people: be frugal, industrious, and just, bring your ideas down to a nrnpej level; nor let them be distutbed by bad example. So shall you avoid the mishaps I have experienced in family matters, and rejoice in old age over a life well ap plied, with just hopes for years hereafter. OCTJ-A butcher of New York city has received an order to kill and silt down 6.000 head of cattle for the use of the al. lied armies. A bill has passed the U: S.Senate aprTMO rl a 1 5 11 tT ft3U0.0U(j tO COUtlUlte lOlj.wr ......q -mr -- provemeuts at the mouth of the baa Diego River California.

The Boa and the Monkeys. In the year 1823, an English officer, who was stationed with his regiment in the neighborhood of Kulladgee, in India a region in which monkeys abound in numberless quantities, and whose yells, shrieks, and hootings were indescribably wild was a witness of a most extraordinary scene, which he has thus sketched: ul was one day, with a nativo for a companion, climbing one of the slanting ascents cf the ltuninudtile c'.ilT, when 1 became uware that an unusual commotion reigned amongst my friends the monkeys which had by this time got so futn.liaried with my onpearunce, that they seldom condescended to honor me with a snarl, cr a bough flung towaids'

me inspoit. Creeping round a rock, be hind which they uppcared to congregate. und en which grew lare KUärbae tree, completely golden with the abun dance: of yellow blossoms whicii covered it, I at once found mj self on the stage of a strange tragedy ia simian life. In the voluminous folds of a boa cotiitricter was being slowly enwrapped a beautiful brown monkey, w hose last cries and str t rgies denoted that I cams loo late, even had I been prepared to do battla with the reptila in the causo ol" oppressed inr nocenoe. i:ic monucys m evident alarm, ran hither and thither, moping and mewing, and chattering; but not one advanced near the spot, where presently their poor j companion became almost quite hidden! front view in the embrace ol its destroyer. D-Jtermined lo watch the process ol the alfair, I quietly sat down, until gradually t tie monkey had been moulded, as i: wero, inio a proper condition for deglutition, for I could hear the bones crack as they broke beneath the pressure to which! they were subjected; and ere long, as the serpent began to untwist its folds, I could admire at leisure the magnificence of its glittering scales, that shono like some richly vütiegated mttalic subatance. I shudered as 1 beheld its grand and awful head the prominent orbits of the eyes aud the eyes themselves large and luminous with u fiery light. The creature was at least twenty feet in length, ani was apparently famished by a long fast. Perfectly herdless of the noise made by the monkeys, it unwound its coils till the victim, now uu unrecognisable mass, lay before it lubricated aud fit to be received iuto the destroyer's 6tomach. When the reptile had fairly commenced its repast, aud the before placid body began to fill and swe.l, 1 tetired from the arena of conflict and hall of banquet, desirous of summoning my friend to assist me iu capturing the sated giant. I knew that when gorged to repletion, there would be no difiiculty in making a prize of the ser pent; and he entered into my plans most williugly, Accompanied by a stout lascar bearing a strong cudgel and a sharp knife, for slaughter and skinning, we lost little time iu reaching the scene, wlie'e, however, fresh marvels were being enacted, proving that the passion of rexeuge is not confined to the human breast. Keep ing aloof, we resolved not to mar by any interference tho by ho means mystifying operations in which lhe monkeys were engaged. ' The boa constrictcr lay thoroughly gorged, aud like a log of wood, beneath the same projecting mass of c 1 i 11" where I had left it. On the summit , of this r ick a troop of monkeys had assembled, and three or four of the largest and strongest were occujied iu dispiacing an immense fragment of the massive stone, already loosened by lime aud the elements, from lhe rest of the ledge. This mass almost overshadowed the reptile. By enormous exertions, made in a silence that was rare with them, they at last succeeded in pushing it onwards until it hung over the boa's head, when uttering a fierce yell, in which every separate voice mingled, by a vigorous movement they shoved il sheer down. The heavy mass fell right on the serpent's head, crushing it as if it were a cocoa-nut; and as the reptile lashed its fearful tail about in the final struggles for life, we could not refrain from joining in the singular chorus of rejoicing with which the monkeys now celebrated their accomplished vengeance. The richest sell wc ever heard of. We find an account in the .East Brook- j lyn Tines, of a new method of 'raising j tho wind,' as well as tho dead, in that city which takes down anything in the diddling lino of tho season, and indicateslhe extent and pressure of the hard times, A female called a fow days since on a lady of some influence in Brooklyn, and told a sad and plaintive story of suffering and privation, and moreover, that her hushand had just died, and that she " lacked lhe means of a decent burial. Her tale of woe so wrought upon the lady, that she proceeded to visit her immediately, to stisfy her that there was no imposture. ; On entering the apartment she beheld" the coffin, and was satisfied that nil was right and not wishing to harrow the feelings of tho bereaved woman,-she left a considerable sum of money, and immediately departed, After passing two or three blocks from the dwelling, thinking all the way of the strange complexions to which we aro reliable.' phe misled her handkerchief and returned to see if she had dropped it in tho house. The stairs were ascended hastily. nnd the room entered without much coremony.when what did Fhe behold the woman's husband sitting up iu tho coffin counting over the- monA clock is on exhibition in New Of leans which, it is said, tells the tims in London, Paris, New York. New Orleans, Mexico and Saa FtanciffCo. ; ' -1 -

jrT'Ii's qu-?er,' said Mr. Partington carefully folding f'c p-ipcr she had been reading und raising her spectacles oil" her noe. 'It's lriing,'s;nd she, referring tithe statement that a locomotive had hen driven ff ihe track by on 3 of the switche. 'Who wo dd lmve lk'n?ht

it.' she mused- 'That one of them b'g loci m -tie would have udaded euch a little tliiuig as a. witch.'' D i, 'I'lnt,' Interposed lk who wis t::n:inin ii limb cf his Christmas tree withthe bright j it k k idle thatlic f,.:inl fU p U.!e I tin .Tutu, ',ot kni'Wth :t the 1 'co.notive has a tender behind.' 'To 1 e . Ur'.ls:i:uV rc-p r- le 1 t::c vciir rahic el.iire, ;ut yoi needn't t.d!t :;ho tt it. ivy son.' Aü 1 hc drew down h.-r s-p.-?ci:icl"S and resumed Ii. r i '-v.tliüg vliii' I'w went to Switch the cat tu' of tho 1 e y. Dickens is the reverse of Bui wer .nd is never happy unless he has his wife find cif'ht or nine of l is children, with almost as in.'.nv of their nurso-inaid. travel !ir. uiw;u wna ni:n. neu .vo u-; fv-wn was a prisoner iu France, Charles Dickens, and Iiis numerous fmiily circle entered a rrovidencial town iu a long string of carriage?, and af;er refreshing, were about to resume their journey. when they were detained by tho Mayor, who had sent on a telegraph dsspatch to Paris stating that Abd el lvader, - distinguished as an Englishman, had entered the town with all his harcrn and all his children. Tha word beaver in lite setiso of a covering for the head, is not derived, as most people imagine, from the animal of the same name, the fur of which is used in the manufacture of modern hats, is derived from the Italian word Braver trrfrs-, to drink, und the appellation had its ori -

gin iu the practice followed by the knigh.s , felt so unwell that I thought I must leave, formerly, of converting the hrlmot into a in the morning for home, to which ho drinking vessel, when more suitable ves-j replied : "If anything is the milter sels were not4at hand. Our. English wort with you just tell Mr. King (their pre-sid-Icvcraze comes from the' same Italian j irg spirit) this evening, and he will di-root-j red some little thing that will make ycu

- r.ir.ma is from the German, and signi - lies a nursfciCaroiine, noble minded;Geu., from the Greek, a farmer; Martha, from Hebrew, bitterness; the beautiful and common IVbry, is Hebrew, and means a drop of salt water, a teur, Sphia, from Greek, wisdom; Susan, from Hebrew, a lilly; Thomas, from Hebrew, a twin: Robert, from German, famous in coun cil. From the Journal of Man. VISIT TO TUE EOOXS FAMILY. Iu the last volume of the Journal of Man some account was given of the wonderful phenomena at the residence of J. Koons, in Athens Co., Ohio. The statements of the spiritual powers there ex. hibited assume a high degree of importance on account of the unanimous concurrence of intelligent visitors iu attesting their truih. T he follow ing narrative from Mr. Wil iams is published as a fair specimen of the impression which the phenomena made upon the mind of a cautious observer. The character of Mr. W. as a prudent, honest, and successful man of business, and heretofore a ver) skeptcal investigator of the phenomena of mesmerism, etc., renders his narrative very reliable for truth, and freedom from exaggeration. Ed. Jou r. of Man. An account of Spirit Manifestations at J. Koons" Spirit Room, October Ü2, 23, 24. and ild, 1S34, as witnessed by Clark Williavis. Oct. 'J'iud. Saturday evening I enter ed tht room with some twenty other, auiong whom were Mr. Hayden, of Boston, (husbaud of Mrs. Hayden, who introduced the rappings into England, converting the celebrated infidel, so called, Hubert Owen, and many others to the belief iu future life). When all were seated iu the room, around three sides of it, and at some distance from a common cherry breakfast table, which stood near the middle of the floor a large table supporting two drums, other musical instruments and a piece of machinery called by the spirit a retainer uf electricity, stood at the north end of the room. Mr. Koons and another gentleman, whose name 1 did not learn, bcaled themselves on the west side of the room, near lhe end of the retainer, aud Mr. Koons' son, (a lad of somo seventeen years of age,) who 1 understand was the principal or important medium for these manifestations, sat at the other end of the machinery, and on the east side of . the room. When all was arranged, and some advice given by Mr. Koons to the audience, how to preserve order, the lights were extinguished, and Mr. Koons and his companion, (who had each a violin,) struck up a lively tune on their violius, when instantly both drums were rapidly beaten, keeping perfect time'-with the violins the trumpet (a tin trumpe; two feet in length) was also played upon, or rather a voice apparently human sang through It; a tambourine was alsj played, and carried, whilst played, all around the room, sometimes over our heads and sometimes down in our laps touching our knees, hands and heads, keeping time with all the music. This music was kept up for some length of lime, making the whole house roar so as almost to deafen us, during which time several different tunes were played. Conversation was-also kept up occasionally with Mr. Koons, wife and son, and others who might be suspected of trick, so that we could identify their positions and- know that they were not beating the drums or playing the trumpet or tambourine. After the music, was finished a baud resembling precisely a human hand took up a piece of sand paper which had been dampened, and had phosphorus rubbed upon it (previous to extinguishing the lights), and passed all around the room,-. sometimes up tothe 6eiling and then down to the floor. Aftet performing a number of perambulations around the room, playing or

keeping time by a circularor curvelinear motion from the ceiling to the table, with a tune played by the violinists, in such ajmanner as te satisfy all the spectators that it was not human, it went lo a stand where was writing paper, took up a sheet, laid it on the table within about two feet of where I sat, and commenced writing very rapidly, I leaned over the table so as to bring ray fuce within ahout two feet of tho hand that waa writing. I could distinctly hear the crossing of f, and dotting of i as it wrote. I rotild also see tho thumb end finger holding the pencil it wrote faster thai: ony one could read print. After the writing wes finished, th same hand thai wrote folded the paper and passed it into the hond of

Mr. Hayden, who sot tome six feet. (I think), frui.i where the writing was don? tii?k vp the trurrpet. at;d, ppyarently to tr.e, about l;&If way frcm the table t the ceiling, said in an audible voice through t tie trumpet, 'llfartv:dl" when all was silent. We then lighted up the room and wero surprized to find so much written and so beautifully written in such a short space of time; tho linej were parallel, following the rullingof the paper as well as any cm could in the cUv time the writing Ins since been puolis'ied in the 2ew K.ra. Thusdo-jcd Sunday evening's exhibition, which I suppose did not occupy over a hilf hour. Monday. I passed the day as well as I could, having been quite unwell ever j since my arrival here. Bcin? an-c::; I strangers, I had not mentioned it until i M ncay afternoon. I told Mr. Koor.s 1 I well by morning." When Monday even- ; lnS came, Mr. Koons, about sundown.j went into the spirit room with his son. ! ihe medium, to inquire of the spirit what he would give us, if anything, that even ing. I, with Mr. Bogs of Cincinnati, stood outside near the door and heard a voice said to be the spirit's, conversing with Mr. Koons through the trumpet just as if it were some one in the body. He, the spirit told Koons that he would give us a sociel chat that evening, but nothing more, So after tea, the family, visitors and all, Mrs. Koons with a sucking child in her arms, except Mr. Koons who had gone to see a sick man, went into the room for the purposo of holding the chat. After we had at thera in cileuce a few minutes, Mr. Koons having been sent for to sec a sick nephew some live miles distant, was not present this evening), a heavy slam was heard on tho table not unlike a piece of the ceiling had falten on it- Some of the company remarked, "he has come," which was "soon confirmed by conversation through the trumpet, with sometimes one and sometimes anjther of the company, answering all questions, sometimes joking and sometimes lecturing us so mnch like a human being that my skepticism Would sometimes arise and cause me for a moment to doubt if it were not some kind of a trick, when immediately some feat would be performed with the trumpet, which would satisfy us thai it could not be any one in the body, such as rapping the stove pipe near the ceiling with the trumpet,- aud the next moment touching some one with it at the opposite end of the room. At one time the large end of the trumpet was put against the back of my hand lying in my lap, 1 instantly lifted my hand to my forehead, aud fcaid, "Will you touch my hand again," when the little end of the trumpet was put in the palm of my hand again, the back of which was resting against my forehead. When the performance was about to close, Mr. Boggsof Cincinnati, who had heard of my indisposition, said to King, "Mr. Williams is not very well, will you look at him and tell him what to do to improve his health.'' He replied audibly and very distinctly, in these word?, "Certainly, sir with n great deal of pleasure;" after perhapsa minute's silence ho said, "his stomach is very much out of order, end he has pains.'' Mr. Boggs again said "Will you tell him what will relieve him.' Answer by the spirit, Oh yes, take a teaspoon full of sal soda, dissolve it in a pint of water, and let hir.i drink it on going to bed and it will relieve him." Mrs. Koons, who was fitting in the room with a sucking child iu her lap, said, I have not got the article about the houso can you not give him something I have?" He replied, "I vill see," upou. which was silence again fcr I suppose tvo minutes, during which time Mrs. Koons remarked, ho is gone iiow to see what I have. Presently he said, Give him a bowl of mountain tea, or tea of pipsissewa," Mrs. Koons said, 4 I hare tho pipsissewa;" the spirit replied. "I know that.". He then bid us good bye through the trumpet, having first told us he wuld give another 60ciclchat to-morrow. Thus closed this evening's performance, which lasted a half or three fourths of an hour, and consisted of common conversation on whatever subject the audience seemed to discourse. Tusday, Oct. 24. Last evening after the exhibition closed, Mrs,'Koon3 made me a bowl of the pipsissewa tea, which I drank, rested well all night and feel entirely well this morning. Spent this diy squirrel hunting, part of the time with Koons' son, the medium. When Tuesday evening came, we collected in the room again for a social chat. Mr. Koons was present this evening, but Tery sleepy, having sat up all Monday night with his sick'nephew, who died that right, and then worked hard sowing wheat all day Tuesday. After a fe iuiuutes silence, (not however until Mr. Koous -oow plain"

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