The Wabash Courier, Volume 16, Number 4, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 September 1847 — Page 1

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DOST YOU REMEMBER. BY XLIZA COOK

Oh! these are words that eternally otter The spell that is seldom cast o'er ua in vsin: With the wing* and the wind of a biry tbey flutter.

And draw a charmed circle about as again. We return to the spot where onr infancy gamboll'dj W« linger once more in she haunt* of onr Youth We re-tread when young Paaeion first stealthily rambled.

And whispers are heard full of Nature and Troth, Saying, "Don't you remember I*1

We treaeure the picture where Color seems breathing In linen mend mocking a long worshipp'd face We are proud of some ireee in aetata of cloae wreathing.

And gold links of Ophir are poor in it» place. Oh what is theaecret that gitreth them power To fling out star on our dsrkeet of w*ya 1 Til the tone o! Affection—Life Is holiest power-

That murmur* about them and blissfully «ya "Don'tyou remember f"

The voice of Old Aw. while it tell wme old atory. Exults o'er the tale with freab warmth in thebreaat Aa the haxeof the twilight e'er deepens the glory

Of beama that are fast going down in the West. When the friend* of our Boyhood are gatber'd around ua.

The spirit retraces it* wild-flower track Tbe heart ia at.ll held by the airing* that first bound ua. And feeling keepaainging. while wandering back. "Don't you remember f"

When those wlom we prize hare departed (ore*er. Yet perfume is shed o'er thecyprcis we twtne-, Yet fond recollection refuses to sever,

And turna to the Past, like a saint to the abrme. Praise carted on marble is often deceiving. The gaze of the stranger ia all »t ma claim But the airongest of love and the pureat ol gne*mg

Are heard when lips dwell on the n..s».ng ones name, Saying. "Don't rnn rememberT"

THE BEAl'TIFl'li I.ASD. BY THOMAS StACKELLAB.

There is a lond immortal, The besuiilul of lnnds Besides the ancient portal

A sentry grimly stands. He only, can undo it, And open wide the door And mortals who pate through it,

Are mortals never more.

That glorious land is Heaven, And death the sentry grim The tard therefore has given

The opening keys to him. And ransomed spirits, sighing And sorrowful for sin. Do pass the gate in dying,

And freely enter in.

Though dnrk and drear the parsage That leadeth to the ante, Yet grace comcs with the messare.

To souls that watch and wait And, at the lime appointed, A messenger comes down. And leads the Lord's annotated

From the cross to glory's crown.

Their sighs are lost in singing. They're blessed in their teara Their journey heavenward winging.

They leave to earth their fears. Death like an ongel seemeSh— "We welcome thee," they cry Their face with glory beameth— 'Tis life for thera to die.

«H(0crllanrottft.

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1.IFK AT THE SPRINGS.

We clipped the following from one of our exchanges a few days since, but cannot at this moment re collect to which one belongs the credit of bringing it to light. Whether she incident happened at Dr#nnon, or Blue Lick, or Harrodaburgh, we are not advised It is a "good *un." and will ereate a hearty laugh wherever it »s read

LouitviUt Courier.

A few days since an elegantly drrssed and

yonng

gentleman arrived at the Springs Oor,«™.y Was on tiptoe, nay it leaped into the very air, er a!I about the stranger The —his name waa entned in a plain rntnd hand. Wiiti* t'r

North Cord in*

The sensation ©redu

ced by "ifi» discover* was tremendous and unparalleled. He wis the son of a Sena tor-his father was once »peaker of the United States Senate aod his family eonnex* jftns had ting been distmgutehed for

ihmr

be duck of a dear, chatming similar expression* peculiar, 1 belteve. to tb« During the entire evening the mi the moat devoted attention*

«"»rmou.

Ai the table all eyes wer# directed towai^s the

su'sjsssi-TS »trxrs»'«»i Tk*Mmoanv

aMmbled in the dancing room.

n?r.

•is'&ST

the hall and a bus* of admiration followed the belles

cuieJy

her to the dance. His every move ut was ctoeeiy observed and from UNI Ud.«

Evening once more advanerd, and tbe .company .again awembled for tbe pwpw of d«w.ng. Mr Mangum was again by the atd* of «ba bapey mm admirtng bit* apoearaase aini aosBpl»aas«'»«*l b** in tha meet extravagant Ian: captain entered the room L^litm ai him lor a moment be remarked vo the writer? "Well he* aming it (auM "Whof 1 eiMBtnid steward, he answered, pointing to tbe sees-

,Wt*replied

VOL. 16.

"What princely manners! 8»ch a magnt*"«nt «ura! 8»eh graceful dancing! ihf grisly monster glided awny from my bo•u«.tsa

from

tbat be was mistaken—"tbe individual waa

Willie P. Mang»m,jt ,«f Norih Carolina/' "Mangnm. indeed," waa iherepty."it'sTony Wekfc —mvStewart,and a m»« steward."

The news cirentated—T- .v saw tbe captain and disappeared—tba mortified Belle tonk tbe first Hags and now a* home, deroly regratting that met and admired the Senator* aaa. •n.ii .a....• I.

Mr. Ceafr? alias **»ly wamad »a Xtsa In

PHILADELPHIA^ A

generai.on of

Btrrtit a

IN BED WITH A SERPENT.

raox cAMrsu.i.'a KOCOH KCCOLLECTIOM*. I might hate slept some four or five hours, and a drenmicas and satisfying slovp it

Danger and fear may occasionally dull ihe senses and paraljzo the faculties, but they more frequently sharpen both, and, ere 1 could twice wink my eyes I was broad awake and aware thnt, coiling and coiling itself up iulo a circle of twists, an enormous serpent wns on my breast. VVhen I tell you that the whole of my chest, and even the pit of my stomach, were covered with the cold, scaly proportions of the reptile, you will o»vn that il must have been one of considerable s'ze. What my thoughts were,so made up.of abhorrence. dread, and the expectation, nay, assurance of speedy death that must follow any movement on my pari, I can never hope to tell in language sufficiently distinct and vivid to convey their full force. It was evident the loathsome creature had at length settled itself to sleep and I felt thankful that attracted by my breath, it had not approached the upper par^of my throat. It became quite still, nnd its weitjSty pressure—its first clftmmj chillness becoming gradually (so it seemed to me) of a burning heat——and the odious, indescribable odour which exhaled from its body and pervaded the whole air, so overwhelmed me that it was only by a severe struggle I preserved myself from shrieking.

As it was, a cold sweat burst from every por** I could hear the beating of my heart and I fell, to my increased dismay, that the palsv of terror had begun to agitate my limbs. II will wake, thought I, nnd then all is over. Ai that juncture, something—il might have been a wall lizard, or a large beeile—fell from the ceiling upon my left arm which lay stretched at my side. The snake, uncoiling its head, raised itself with a dow hiss, and then for the first time, 1 saw it, saw the head, the terrible crest glittering in the moonshine. It was a Gobra di Cnpello. Shading my eyes to exclude ihe dreadful spectacle, I lay almost fainting until agnin all was quiet. Hnd it« fiery gl mce encoun'ered mine, all would hn\e been over but,apparently, it was once more asleep and presently 1 heard the Lascar moving about, undoing the fastenings of ihe tent and striking a light. A thught suddenly struck me, nnd with an impulse I could ascribe to nothing short of desperation, though its effects were so providential, uttered in a loud bul sepulchral tone "Kulassi!

Lascar!" "Sahib" was the instantaneous response, and my heart beat quicker at the success of my attempt.

I lay still again, for the reptile, evidently roused, made a movement, and its head, as I suppose, fell upon my naked arm. On God the agony of that moment, when suppressed tremor aimost g**e way to maoness. I debated with myself whether I should again endeavor to attract the altention of the Kulassi, or remain perfectly quiet, or whether it would not be better than either to atari up ot once and shake the disgusttrg burthen from me.— Bui the Utter suggestion was at once abandoned, becauso of the assurance I felt that it would prove fatal impeded by the heavy coils of the creature, weak and nervous from excisemen*, I could not escape its fang*. Again therefore, I spoke with the hollow but distinct accents which arise from the throat when the speaker i# afraid to move a muscle. "K jlassi chkngh I"— Li scar, a lanthorn I— ••L^tah own, sahib,*'—I am bringing it, sir. There was then a sound of clanking metal light, advancing, flashed across the roof of the varanda. and at the noise of coming sieps, Jo! one after one its terrible coils unwinding.

and Otner .... J.

MrJ«ang«m^

atroage^t »ymp«om» on«l«ormgunde env* and passion. lner»i». (!ewiiiy f«! Col. Major were completely w» wie the »fc a your humble etrvi.nl. flu**, »»»=!nren I torn the lot ol com tc/» The **roa!o?'s wae declared view and Kd ha bja T* day M*. Mangtiftt was again the reigning boa- Ha was flattered, admired and courted by all I bnt the superior tact of t*»« b«* to engtow the atsenuon ^^*rdam Sowfcsroer

WONDERS OF

t. «5*# f'*'4

WB»

but certain it is—-let aeiolista aay what they will, aod akeptica throw doubts by hnndfula on the assertions of metaphysicians—that bofore I awoke, aod in my dren miens slumber I had a visible perception of peril, a consciousness of the hovering presence of death. How to describe my feeling* 1 know not but as we have all read and heard that, if the eyes of a watcher are steadily fixed on the countenance of a sleeper for a Certain length of lime the slumberer will be sure to wake up, awakened by the mysterious magneiism of a recondite principle of clairvoyance, so it was that, with eyes shut nnd drowned up senses, an inward a'»il»ty was conferred upon me to detect the living presence of danger near me, to see, though sleep blind, the formless shape of a mysterious horror crouching beside me and as if the pert! wa* that my night mate was of a nature to be quickened into fatal activity by any motion on my part, I felt in my very *tuj»or the necessity of layingquilestill,so that, when I at lastawoko and felt that, as I lay with my face towards the roof, there was a thick, heavy, cold, creeping thing on my chest, I stirred not, nor uttered a word of panic.

ATIRIM

dy and the last sounds which struck my sense of hearing were the «'Ya illahi, samp!" Oh God! a anake !—of the Lascar, for I fainted away for the firat time in my life.

upon the earth. The Megatherium, (Ureal

Boast.) says Buckland, from a aketelon, near-

ly perfect, now in the Muaeum °r

GsoLnoT—More „in.

thousand different **nf age ihe American, ahowing him changed into stone. The races or genera or, chaJJce

more than btlf of those are now»unei,.not,

the Au-MHr* Its fore feet were a ?arV" length, and more than

twelve

REMARKABLE ECCENTRICITY. The items maker who compiled the follow, ing account of a remarkable paaaion, failed to get an important fact in the history of tbe individual whose eccentricities he has recorded. We take pleaauroin aupplying the omission.

During Carter'a exhibition in London, one of the musiciana noticed the regular attendance of a curious person, and that he regularly got as nigh the stage aa possible. After noticing hitn many times, he accosted the untiring visitor, and expressed himself gratified with his constant attendance, and, added that ho must be much pleased with the performance. He replied that he cared *®ry little about it. Why, replied the mnsician, you come every night. On yes, he said, bul the reason for it was, that he knew the lion would bite Carter's head off aometime, and auch was his infernal luck, that if he was to stay away a single time, that would be the very time it would be done, and he waa resolved to see it when il was dona. Such was the character whose adventures are recorded below l.*

Aa long Since /rs the time when Carter, the celebrated tamer of wild beasts, who has recently died in London, gave exhibitions in Paris, they spoke of an American who followed him in all his journeys, and was regularly present at alt his exhibitions. The American, whose profile hns been drawn by Eugene Sue, in one of his romances, waa an orginal character, a millionaire and a blase, whom the hope of enjoying a alrange pleasure attached lo the footsteps of the beast tamer. One day in one of the principal clubs in London, he made wagers wilh twenty different persons, tbat, in ihe end, Carter would bo devoured bv his beasts, His adversaries had chances of a natural or accidental dealh. I he wager of the American, which was recorded on the registry of ihe club, with the signatures of all iho parlies, nmounted to sixty thousand pounds sterling. The sum made the b^t a very important one, and yet it was not bn that uccount ilmt our American occupied himself with it. It was not to watch over his million and a half of francs that he followed Carter with such indefatigable assiduity.

Ho cared little for the pecuniary profit—it was the fact thnt interested him. He would willingly have given up the stakes to have witnessed the winning of his bet. Persuaded that Carter musl perish under the teeth of a lion or a tiger, he wished lo be present at that bloody catastrophe. it required this hope to keep alive his failing curiosity. That single thought employed all hia ardor, the expectation to witness the death of a man devoured by his own wild beasts. This curiosity, this desire, had become in him a perfect passion. He lived ly in the hope, the expectation of the fortunate moment when he could witness ihe marly rdora of Carter. For ten years did he follow that man, wilh a perseverance that nothing could discourage. His post chaise journeyed over ihe high roads, behind the large wagon that transported these ferocious beasts. He lodged in the same inns with these terrible guesls. He was present regularly at the feeding of the lions nnd tigers he was always by when the keeper gave his lessons and made his exhibitions. S

He did not miss a single occasion he was on the look-out for the least peril, and at the hour of the public exhibition he put himself in the first ranks, in a side box on the lower floor, to witness the catastrophe as near as possible. An excellent opera glass brought him nearer still he lost not a single move1 ment of the animnl, awaiting the moment when his natural ferocity, allayed for the time by his tamer, would return with a rush. Carter knew him well, as also his expectation, and look it all in good part so magnanimous was he, and so much had his habit of associating with lions and tigers rendered him indulgent towards sanguinary appetites. Every time he entered the place of exhibition, Carter would mechanically look towards the box of the American with a significant smile, which the inflexible spectator would return with an air that seomed to say, "see if it is not this time."

This exhibition over, the patient American would put his opera glass back into its case, end withdraw, aaying, "Well, it may be the next time."

Sometime* he would make thia reflection loud enough for Carter to hear him, and the magnanimous beast tamer would smile at a wish so naively uttered. In the course of his long waiting, the American has had but one moment of semi emotion that was last year one day when the favorile lion of Carter, forgetful of the lesson of clemency that had been inculcated, nnd resuming his natural character, employed his teeth, and scratched his keeper a little—although the American en couraged the lion all he could with his looks, his motion and his voice, Carter succeicd in recalling him to order, and restoring him to a

t|iere wera 0f t|10

being at present known in a living state upon learned that Carter had been ta the earth. From the remains of tmme of dangerously ill—immediately the Amer these ancient anim«ia. they muat have been best physscians in Londonlarger than any living animals now Known

{ooi( llrt|n

inches wide,

terminated by gigantic claws. Its thigh bone waa nearly three times as thick aa that or the elephant, and its'tail, nearest the

body,

feet in circumference. Its tasks were admirably adapted for cutting vegetable substances, and its general structure and strength were intended to fit

six

for digging in the

ground for roots, on whtck it principally fed.

"PRINCIPIia OIWTAt

TERRE-HAUTE. IND., SEPTEMBER 25, 1847.

encotir

how many

he anticipa

Uo hQjjed nQWf mors lhnn cveft when

lhB wiuj

|e||. C(,re.

MJdr,a's

waa perfectly colossal. ith head ana much at having lost his bet, aa at hav neck like those of the Sloth, its lega »nd feet exhibit the character of the

Armadillo

and

beast lamer, whom

WHh

the most devoted and in

was all in vain

Carter aank under ihe attack. In despair

ing to renounce the hope of contemplating the martyrdom of Carter, and of seeing htm serve aaa meat to hie own wild beasts, the American biew his brains out last Saturday in the Park of St, James.—Cor- Dotlon Alias.

•Dear me,' exclaimed a lady the other day •I cannot tee what cauae my husband has

complain, I am sore I do every thing that he does, when he tries to be master, 1 try to he matter too.'**

A WIDOWS EXPERIENCE I was a pretty,very pretty girl, and sought for eagerly as a partnelr in the ball room but I was the daughter of a poor gentleman, and none of my many admirers ever asked me to become a wife. But the scene changed, my father became suddenly rich by the death of on elder brother, and I was then followed and asked fast enough, especially as I was an on. ly child. I married a man that I loved deep, ly I imagined he loved me equally, but in one month I found, but for my handsome fortune, he would have been obliged to give up his cab, his club, and his house, and pay a visit to the Continent to pay hia creditors.-— The die, however, was cast I made the best of a bad bargain, and we lived decently to gether for eight years. He died and after my weeds were thrown aside, back came an

Old and new set of #l»imant8 for roy Land'»rather money bags. I had five offors,

or, they are as follows: My first was a captain in the India service, reluming to India in a fortnight consequently he had no time to lose ho danced with me one night and proposed ihe next morning. The utmost stretch of my vanity could not permit me to imagine that love had anything to aay to this offer, consequently he was refused on the spot. My second was a Banker, well knowo among the gayest circles nnd a pleasant man enough.— Ere I decided. I found ihe house wns consid ered very far from solvent so said I, '*No. My third wns an old acquaintance before my marriage and I felt so much inclined to return the affection he professed he had always felt for me, that I consented. The clothes were ordered and the day fixed I was in a ahop intendding to buy him a present while wailing my attention was called to the master of the shop, giving a solto voce account to a respectable looking house-keeper close to me, of his many bad debts among some other names, he mentioned my intended, and added, "but here I don't care, for he was with us this morning and said he was on the eve of marrying a very rich widow, and her money would more lhan clear him." I only waited to get home ere I dismissed my disinterested admirer. My fourth wanted no settlement of property on myself saying it would prove the strength of my love and confidenco towards him. 1 sent him off. And my last was an elderly baronet, rich, and highly connected he was an invalid, nnd ralher wanted a nurse than .. ..ife. but he was pleasnnt. cheerful, and good humored and I knew it could not be for money, for he had far more than myself.

We should have been married had I not accidentally found out that he had given directions to his lawyers to the effect, that any money 1 might receive from him after his death depended .-on the G&rft and attention I paid him while he lived and in case 1 failed in any way, or devoted my life to his comiort, 1 was lo be cut out of anything by a clause in his will. A relation found out this in time save me ploying nurse-tender to the selfish old follow for the remainder of my days, which considering, I was then only forty, ftod he, though an invalid, but fifty-five, I might have a longer spell of it than would be quite agreeable: so he, too, was dismissed. Well, Mr. Editor, what do you think of my experience?

FISHES

TAMED BY A CHILD.—In quarter of

the town of Hingham known as Rockynook, says the Transcript, there is a pond, whero a little girl, not six years old, who resides near the bank, lias tagned the fishes lo a remarkable degree. She begnn by throwing smnll crumbs inlo the water. Gradually the fishes learnt to distinguish her footsteps and darted to the edge whenever she approached and now they ill actually feed out of her hand, and allow her lo louch their scaly sides. A venerable turtle is among her regular pensioners. The control of Von Amburg over his wild beasts is no more surprising than that which this little girl has attained over her finny playmates. Visitors have been attract ed from a distance of several miles to witness the spectacle the exhibits. The fishes will have nothing to do with any one but their tried friend. They will trust no one else, let him come with provender ever so tempting Even fishes are not to cold-blooded but they will recognise the low of kindness, and yield 10 its all embracing power.

"BRITISH INTBRFERSNCE."—Some

FOOT PRINTS ON THE GRASS.—Towards

of the

New Orleans papers are again at the old trick of attributing British interference our affnirs with Mexico. Tho British are suspec• ted of this, that and the other and every circumstance or movement supposed to be adverse to the policy of our Government,^ looked upon with -an evil eye, as emanating from the jealousy of ihe British. had supposed that ihe history of the last Tew years would have put a stop to this course. It will be time enough for us 10 feel resentment at "British interference" when we see or knme that any such "interference hat been offered or effected. Bul a few days ago Gen. Houston, in a published letter, showed how unjust and untrue were all thete supicions and surmises in the Tex«s nnnexatton business snd it will be recollected how constnnlly they used to be reiterated then. «Vhy go over the same thing again, with probably ihe tame results?—Alex- Gazette.

the end of fall may often be observed in the field, marks of footsteps, which appear to have scorched the grass like heated iron: a phenomenon formerly regarded with superstitious dread, but can now be explained upon very simple chemical principles. When the grass becomes crisp by frost, it is exceedingly brit- tle, and the fool of a man or even a child, is sufficiently heavy to break it completely down, and effectually kill it, therefore, when the sun has thawed the frosty rime from the fields, these foot tracks appear brown and bare in the midst of surrounding green grass.—<Scientific American>.

sayt

Gkite.—Towards

NO. 4.

THE SUM AI INDIANS IN MEXICO. The following is an extract from a sketch of Col. Doniphan's expedition, publtahed by the N. Orleans National

About the time Col. Doniphan made his treaty with the Navajos, a division of his command was entirely out of provisions, and the Navajos supplied its wants with liberality. A portion of the commnnd returned to Cavno-— Major Gilpin's command, together with Colonel Doniphan, went to the city of Sumai In* dians, lying on the Rio Pascow, which is supposed to be a branch of the Gey la, made a treaty of peace between the Sumtii and Navajos, and then returned to the Rio del Norte. These Sumais, unlike the Navnjot, live in a city, containing probably 6,000 inhabitants, who support themselves entirely by ngricul-

Thuclty is one of the most extraordinary in the world. It is divided into four solid squares, having but two atreets crossing its ceotre at right angles. All the buildings are two stories high, composed of Sun-burnt brick. The first story presents a solid wall to the street, and is so constructed that each house joins, until one fourth of the city may be said to be one building. The second stories rise from the vast solid structure, so as lo designate each house, leaving room to walk upon the roof of the first story between each building. The inhabitants of Sumai enter the second story of their buildings by ladders, which'they draw up at night as a defence against any enemy that may be prowling about. In this city were seen some Albano Indians, who have, no doubt given rise lo the story that there is living in the Rocky Mountains a tribe of white aborigines. The discovery of this city of the Sumai will afford ihe most curious speculation amongst those who have so long searched in vain for a city of the Indians, who possessed the manners and habits of the Aztecs. No doubt we hnve here a race living as did that people when Cortez entered

Mexico. It is a remarkable fuct that the Sumnians have since the Spaniards left the country, refused to have any intercourse with the modern Mexicans, looking upon them as inferior people. They have also driven from among them the priests and other dignitaries, who formerly had power over them, and resumed habits and manners of their own their Great Chief or Governor, being the civil and religious head. The country rouud the city ofSumai is cultivated with a great deal of care, and affords food not only for the inhabi tants, but for large flocks of cattle and sheep.

THE BLACK HOLE IN CALCUTTA. The dreadful tragedy at Calcutta, many years ngo, .ia often r»f«r.r*{l to by physiolo* gists as a fearful illustration of the fatal effects resulting from an impure atmosphere. The details of the tragedy are thus given in How ill's Journal: "The most fearfut Instance on record of the sacrifice of human life from confinement in a limited quantity of air occurred in the yenr 1756, when a hundred and forty six Englishmen, taken in Fort William at Calcutta, by the native prince Suraj-u Dowlah, were imprisoned by his orders in the common dungeon of the garrison, known as the Black Hole. Th's apartment was not twenty feet square, and had only two small windows, and ihese were partly obstructed on the outsido by the projecting verandah. It was the very hottest season of the year, and the nights unusually sultry even for that season. The wretched prisoners soon became almost mad with thirst and the craving for air they shriekeu for water in the most furious tones, and fought each other with maniac hands, feet, and teeth, for possession of the ground nearest the windows. When water was brought they battled with each other like demons for ihe first draught, and they consequently spilled and wasted more than was drunk. The constant crowding to the windows, by obstructing the entrance of air, destroyed all chance of life for those who were furthest removed from them and many thus perished whose lives might possibly have been saved if all had been content to remain tran. quil, taking their regular turns in the more airy portions of the apartment. Many more perished from the violence of the conflict in which they had been engaged and by two o'clock in the morning, only fifty, (but little more lhan one-third of tho original number) remained alive. These, by making the best of their dreadful condition, might have perhaps been all saved, notwithstanding the rapid decomposition of the bodies of the dead gave a new and sickening taint to the air of this terrible dungeon but one after another continued to sink, until at 8 o'clock, when an order came for the enlargement of the survivors, only twenty thrie were found alive, and these were so dreadfully changed in appearance as scarcely lo be recognised by «h"r very nearest friends."

TUB FIRST STRIKING Ctoc*.—In the umc of Alfred the Great, the Persians imported into Europe machine which presented the first rudiments oft striking clock. It wet brought out as a present to Charlemagne from Abdallah, king of Persia, by two monks of Jeruta* Jem, in the year 800. Among other presents,

E«inhart, was a herolage of bratt, onderfully cnnttructed by tome mechanical artifice, in which the course of lh« twelve hours ap d'ptydrum vertebat*rt% with ot ma* ny little brazen balls, which, at th^lose of each hour, dropped down on 11 set of bslls underneath, and sounded the end of thft hour.--There were alto twelve figures of horsemen, who, when the twelve hourt were completed, turned out of twelve wtndowt, which till then stood open, nnd returning again, shut the windows after them. It it to be remembered that Eginhart was an eye-witnett of what it here described and that ho wat an abbot, a tkilfuS architect, and very teemed in the tcien-cm.—-Scientific Atnerkfln

CHAIN OF BEINGS*

the guillotine.

ADVICE GRATIS--HOW

Wonlen, tU know, ar* the Ilnfc*«pward between at and angels, ano a writer givea ut the iiokt downward, that: "Bitumen and sulphur form th» }iok~be* tween earth and metals—vitriols unite metals with salts—crystalizations connect taltt with stonet—the amiantliut nnd lytophitee form a kind of tie between stones and plnnls--the polypus unites plants to insects—ihe tube* worm seems to lead to shells and reptiles— the water-eerpent and eel form a passage from reptile to fish—the anas nigra area medium between fishes and biHa—the bat and flying-squirrel link birds lo quadrupeds—and the monkey equally gi?es the hand to the quadruped and to man."

Sir Humphrey Davy goes still upward "There may tie beings, near or surrounding us, which we do no: perceive* which we cannot imagine. We know very little, but io my opinion we know enough to hope for the immortality, the individual immortality, of the better a|rt of man. The caterpillar* on being conv^ed into an inert scaly mass, does not appear A be filling itself for an inhabitant of the air, and can have no consci* ousness of the brilliancy of its further being. We are masters of the earth, but perhapa we are the slaves of some great and unknown beings. The fly that we crush with our fin* ger,or feed with our viands, has no know* ledge of man, and no consciousness of his superiority. We suppose that we are acquaint, ed with matter and all its elements, yet we cannot even guess at the cause of electricity, or explain the laws of the formation of the atones that fall from meteors."

Of the loves of the links below us, science thus discourses: "Nature teems to have intended that the course of true vegetable love, at any rate, should run smooth, if we are to judge from the multiplicity of means she adopts to effect its accomplishment. Thus, there is a provision against rain supplied to many flowers, the ardour of whose affection might be seriously damaged by a passing shower or, to speak botannically, water hns a destructive effect upon the pollen of ail plnnts, and the mischief it might cause is averted in many ways. In some cases the authors are curioualy protect* ed by tiny umbrellas, or underneath splen-didly-painted canopies, by being placed so as lo lie ba^k in the recesses of the corrolla, ns in the kalmi« or they are sheltered by be* ing under cover of the petals nbove, as in the fuchsia or the corrolla is reflected back, as in the American cowslips. What can be more admirably adapted than the flower of the heath tribe to defy the beating of the most drenching shower then, again, hooted flowers, and the keel covered flowers, the trumpet flowers, the ensque like flowers, and the purse shnped flowers, and a score ir.ore that might be added to the list, lo show us how, in tho little dark nooks, and vegetable ceils, and underneath gaily-painted domes, the requisit protection is found."

Mexico contains more than twenty States, and a very large proportion of them areal* ready sufficiently populous for admission into our Union. Shall we annex these States to this confederacy? Their representation in "the national councils would be prodigious.

We should have forty-odd Mexican Senators and over a hundred Mexican Representatives, all ignorant of our language, to assist our native legislators in the arduous duty of making laws for us. The Mexicans would hold tho balance of power and determine tho character of cur logislntion. Yet this is tho spectacle which tho Locofocos are looking forward to with aching eyes, deeming it a splendid vision of a still more splendid destiny that awaits our nation.—Louisville Jour.

ScoTisti

PRUDENCE.—A

at 2s. Cd. a peck, tow shillings, but aughteen pence."

Scotish journal

tells a story of a buxom girl of Aprshire, who quitted service with the kind intention of put* ting an end to the sighs of her swain by taking him for "better or for worse," but having read much of high markets, she had her doubts as to the wisdom of her project, and forthwith applied to a civic functionary for advice, propounding to him the question, whether markets were likely lo rise or fall for, added she in a whisper, "Alick and me intindit to gang the gither at this time, but I cannot make up my mindo to't wi'

A DISCHARGED HEADSMAN.—The

the meal

Alick, I see, faith I'll no

nd risk at try't aboon

public

executioner of Pans, having lately been dis« missed from his placo without, as he thinks, sufficient cause, has drawn up and published a pamphlet, in which he pleads for restoration, on the ground that in the whole course of his experience he has ncled with the greatest kindness nnd respect towards nil his clients—that he has invariably rut off their heads in a very neat style, and that he has introduced some important improvements in

EAT FKUIT.--

When you eat a peach, never brush away the down that adheres to the skin, as it is a corrective agsinst nny evil quality in the fruil. We have this from an old and intelligent phy* sician. In eating apples, too, great enre is tnken, by most persons, to rej«ct the corc. That contains influences thnt counteract ihe cause of summer complaint, &c. These facts, not generally known, «y be serviceable in preserving health.—Noah Messenger.

A Fox's SANG FROtD.—In the Reminis* cences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Soul hey, i« the following anecdote:— When Charles Fox's house wat on fire, he found all efforts to save il useless and, being a good draughtsman, he went up ihe nrxt hill to

make

a drawing of the fire! the best in

stance of philosophy I ever heard of.

In the Washington Union Mr. Brownson is called a "professor of humbuggery." If ho hat accepted a professorship ol that sort, old Mr. Ritchie must look well 'o his laurels, at he will have a most formidable rival in that department of political science in which be himself shines to brilliantly.— I*u. Journal.

LAFAYETTE'S BWTH DAT—wat

celebrated

yesterday in a moderate but very cordial manner. The French hotels displayed the»r tri colored flag-, end in the afternoon tho French Company paraded tne streets in their usual handsome sty le.—iV. Express, Sep

Cast iron blocks are now u««*i for buildtng purposes io