The Wabash Courier, Volume 16, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 November 1847 — Page 1

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORMtKS,

'4M 4 IT SB 3fi US & &** fro POZ.IU AS vmt •»*»*. if m»mIk* nftrrlkt rf t»f l*« jtf« «jiwVr T»r DCLLARS n»4 FrFTY CRSTS. ifpsii mA,» tig ««rf THftES OOLLAftS, xfparktnibtMm^ *d mmtii Ut* §*mr0apif*».V« wr* aft 5 i«-TO .Sv B/M&r ditcnntiwnnnce ml tke end %f tke ffor,»Jllf CM* lidtrtd hp** eoff'tp'****' 0 ERTiSEMSXTS im*irteJtkr**fimr»*t Om ffe&r JMT *f(MP* (10 bt etmlinmed at tke rate of 25 c*nlt per «y«*r«„ I tUrti tk* her* i**mi«%$«re mm tied mm tie mmnmcetit.wkem MnJed in, it till •rdtrei «MI* ckarged mcamiingl).

ID* P9*t*g* $*ia*ure*tifti»H.

Tbe rubjoined fiinct (rom »h« fifted Sbelley breaibc* «o much of the •'*!, •«HI muw oi hunmaUr" that it »ink« deep into every h««ri:

A MOOX-LIT BATTLK-PIELD. How bcaotifot this ni«bi ihe bsimidrt H((h Wbicb »«fo»l uphjrra bresibe in Evening'* e»r. Were tliacord to ihe ^mkins qui^nd® That wrap* itii* motelm eceBe. Hea*#n"»tboo vauH Siudded with »iar« unuiierablj bright, Through which tl»e moon's onctoodexi grandeur rotb, 8eero» like a eanopr which Lo*e had »pre«d To curtain the »!*ping world. Yon gentle billt, Robed in a ronmle of untrodden anow V'on darksome rock* from whence icicle* depend. So «tainte« that their while »nd gliuering »pir«« Tinge not the moon'f pore beam, yon cattle »»eep Who«c banner hanceth o'er ihe time-worn tower So idljr, that rapt fanejr de«ne«h it A metaphor of peace all f«»rm a aeene Where muMng tolitode might la*» to lift Her tool above thia aphere of earthliwea Where eilence undiaturbed might watch alone. So cold, *o bright, ao atill!

The orb oi day,

In anuthern climea o'er ocean"» wa*tlca field Sinkatweetljr amtltnr. not the famteat breath Steals o'et the nnruffled deep tl»e clpuda of eto Kefiect onmo*cd the lingering beam of day And Vr»per'a image on ihe wwtern main beautifully atill. To morrow cornea Cloud upon cloud in dark and deepening maw. Rolja o'er the blackened waters the deep roar Of diatant thunder muttera awfollr Tempeat unlolda it* pinions o'er the gloom, That ahrouda the boiling aurgc the pitiless fiend With all its winds and lightning tracks its prey The torn deep yawns the vessel finds a grave

Beneath its jagged golf.

Ah! whence yon glare

That fires the arch of heaven? that dark red smoke Bloating ihe silver moon? The stars are quench In darkness, and the pure sparkling snow (•teamsfaintly through the gloom that fathers round. Hark to the roar, whose swift and deaTning peals In countless echoes through the mountains ring, Startling pale midnight on her starry throne! Now swells the intermingling din, the jar, Frequent and frightful of the bursting botnh The falling beam, the shriek, the groan, the shout, The ceaseless clangor, and the rush of men Inebriate with rage loud and more loud Theditcord grows till pale death shots the scene And o'er the conquer'd drawa

His cold and bloody shroud. Of all the men Whom day's drparting beam sow blooming there, How few survive, how lew are beating now! AH In deep silence, like the fearful calm Tha: slumhera in the storms's portentous pause fctve where the frantic wail of widow'd love Comes shuddering on ihe blast $ or the faint moan With which some soul bnratt from the frame of clay Wrapt round its struggling powera,

The gray morn

Pawns on the mmirnhll acenc the sulphureous smoke

Ilefore the icy wind slow rolls away. And the bright beams of frosty morning danca Along tha sparkling snow. There tracks of blood, I'.ven to the forest's depth, and scatter'd arms. And lifeless warriors, whose hard lineaments Death's #elf could change not. mark the dreadful path Of ilieeuisallying vectors lar behind Black ashes note where their proud city stood

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TRUfi ECONOMY.

A 8KKTCH FROM

REAL

At a mo*»«l soiree last winter, at the •ion of a thriving merchant, and •tthal

and libemliiy, we were struck with

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Miefy Srved and gilted corniws. p^r !g girandoles, satin curtains all after h£ Henry IV. The drawing rooms were filled wiihjj# gnntly dressed ladies and gentlemen and tl.e supj*r and refreshments prmnied a scene of rwhiMNM»nd^la ry only to b« looked opon by persons of overgrown for

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long can this last? we satd to o«rse,f together with reflections which preswdupon n*»*,o'h«r*H manner we gain and get nd of fortunes in th^cuy New York. How like a rocket we ascend and1 dsacend. New York

One day last week we took a ride in a ltght mekaol the delightful roads on Long Island,

tVitch Uule aiVand'appetite

to look aY an Italian cottage with Gwn Veninan niKMtias and porticos in neat taste, sarroonded by a white paiting and fiiled with shraHbery-a cheap, light homestead, with some Mds of corn a patch of wheat in the stanca. hd* °.n ilte simplicity, cheerful new and comfort of thepwtit scs, we were arwised bf hearing some one call oat ••hallo stranter!" and on look»«t discovered it to ba ftaoa He wore a tweed

•hallo stranger oar worthv host of jacket and manilla hat. "Come, alight, and see mf Imorovemwts. sa«i w. "I mast go down to town t« dinner—it will be lata. "No yoa don't. Mv d.nrwr is j«*t^ shall dins with ma. Hera, Tony, take tha gentleman*

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iich m« our in ewr direfiinn- :h.l all of our famil? fled before the expo* A.S.TSch"(WE. ind sure made by your maker. Iff "J!?"hishjvpofishedchairs»r»ddivans, elabo- OA Tempora, Oh! Ji/orM,-exclaimed an

enjoyed hishoepiialitf whiilrSviafla apian-

dor, I could notre'asehisbr*»dand«li anderadverae circumstance# so I alighted and walked tata N* lor. What a change! A plainly lumished cotiage. cane bottomed chairs, wood^ mantle pww and ptatea candlesticks, mahogany framed looking gtasa. aaMrigb day brass dock in the corner, aad a map two on the walla Then tha dinner table-how plam. Whoa detf plates, black handled km ret and forks, tumblers and wine glaiaea blown at the New Jersey glass works, and salt ceiUrs deer at 6 pence. The dinner wasplsio, bat good—tha vegetables fresh— the bread h®n»a bakedand we were waited upon by a strapping girt wtta a sif nifloant Squint. The wweseof tha lateprtaeely saansioa looked fresh and rsddy. in a cross bansd maaiia drees and bobbins cap. 8He was c*werf»l aad happy Over a glasa of Ma«lsna-ibe remnant ofhetter deys we talked of Roanereas subjects, and phi'aenphwwS with all passible detieat* apoa tha admirable (Maner in whkh ibey bora the change i« tbetr eoodition. Tha boatssi starr 4. and tha host ndliag aat a^volume o( •moke from a Priacipa cigar, exclaimed wiih sarprwa— "Why, my dear fellow, did yea sappme I was bmke smehed-goos over the dem-eh? O.aa.ao'Thw chaage is aat awing ta any reverse ol fortune—mv baetncea wee psusperoasaa eaar. I did aat wait till baakruptcy overtook me hat considering oar children, oar future praeperity aad tha oW»gat»aaa doe to society and goad txsmpte. wa agraed ra spend |t .it® pet aaRam, i» tha eo«»eated manner in w* vs y«« see aa. mstsadof ftiOeOin the giddy ma*e sshion I rid* iato tawn to attend to my baiiaaas work in my garden. feaveptaia and safeataattal dtmt, bake my own bread, make say own better, lay lay own egg*, and have a glass of wme for aa »M frkwd

Hara was aat aaly a change, bat aa ttapaeaawai-* a cheap aagsMmtattaa af bappiaeas-e irae sad eeastbla eaaamay—prasMMf rtaa reaaite, aad warthg af tOMtStiOB.

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of fourteen. Shut up. replied the druggist, I have ever been afraid of you. With some you bear good reputation but latterly I have been told bv several that you area villainous compound oi Quinine, Arsenic, and Essence of Winter* green.

And sure it is nothing else, exclaimed the clear shrill voice of a bottle of Tonic Febrifuge, arid yet, poison as you ar?, you have the presumption to call yourself a blessing. Your gaudy covering, and fulsome recommendations will soon be torn off. and a remedy in use. (who, in outwnrd appt-arances and inward merit, are greatly your superior) will be found. Miss T. F. then rattled the pills imbedded in her, to imitate th.it she was a solid as well as it fluid, and had greater pretensions than her older neighbor.

Hold your tongue, if you please, Miss Febrifuge, replied the druggist. You have more coquetry about you than any other remedy on my shelf. Though at bottom you are good enough, as any one may see by the bluish tinge that developes your real quality, yet vour gorgeous, double remedy, and handsome form will take a deeper hold upon the purses of your dupes, than the same material differently put up would do.

Exactly so, squealed an ill looking, narrow necked, big bellied little bottle, containing the Ague Annihilator, I go for internal instead of external qualifications. People will find me out eventually.

That they will, you venomous little quilp, responded the man of drugs. Back with you to your hiding place, vile compound of poison filih. I have not the sin to answer for, of selling a bottle of ye—and I would not have a bottle of ye seen, till your owner comes to reclaim and take you away.

Give it to him good, cried a box of Hib* bard's Pills. Oh, thai my merits could be appreciated.

If preaching could do it, you would soon be used up, said a stray box of Sappington's. There is no remedy but mine.

Hallo I old Myrrh and Quinine, said the druggist, how came you there. I supposed

antiquated bottle of Rowand'a fame standa a poor chance among! so many contenders.

feared your poisonous qualities The regular drugs now becoming somewhat excited, after a little debate sent out Mr. Chincona Bark, to give :he mixtures a reprimand.

Pretenders all, began Mr. Bark in a tone of much bitterneaa, your merits, if you have any, are stolen from me.

That'a a lie, interposod Mr. Quinine tartly. 1 am the persnn robbed. Thai's a double lie, exclaimed an ihsignificant phial of Fowler'e Solution, I have

You—you miserable dilution of an honor'd parent's atrength, exclaimed a little boille of morphine, contemptuously, I the boy for lhat.

Be quie«, will yoo.stid a phial of paregoric* Go it yt cripple*, shouted a phial of American Oil. I will heal your bruises.

Pshaw! exclaimed Mr. Volatile Liniment, leave that for me to do. What fool* Shade of PnewiiU and Gaily, what fools I said a pitcher of cold water on the counter. A sheet wet in my limpid element, and wrapped around would ifMl *11 impurities out of tho whole of yr.

Fudge to Piddle, whtl *n Ms! *queaked little skimmilk pillette. Saturate meiajhat lit*le phial of tho fifty limes dimimshed tincture of calomel and I will do mora for the human family thaa all of you combined.

External remedie* for me, said phtiT 6f Jewett's Headache Ointment. I ean't at and thie noaaenae any longer, shouted a bottle of No. 6, at the same time exploding its cork indignantly against tho cwling. Thi* wa* regarded aa a atgwl for a

£avoring

A poor widow was relating to a neighbor ho* food her husband waa of having a good fire how busy ho would make himself in fixin* it ao that it would bora. "Ah, poor dear «»d depend opon ha oca tales to stranger* m®»,M she continued hope be't fOW whtft •ufficient quantity of hia aapf»liM to koo?

nera! battle, and tho poor dn»gg»« in to quell it, waa hoard to exclaim, that this wa* too l»«*l«hy a country for hi* busineta, he must aeod the nostrums lo their owner*, diminish hia stock of tegniar druca, r* for

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VOL. 16.

,8 1M4U

From th« Toledo Blade,

A HBALTUY COUNTRY.

A gentleman prwuming opon lha unfortu' nate tepulation of our valley lor ticknew, ra* moved 11 a town not a hundred mile« from this city, early in the summer, and opened an extentive drug «iore, which wag speedily «upplied with all the medical combinations, which under one name and another, during ihe pnst ten years, have found their way into market. Patting by his establishment short lime since, at a late hour in the evening, our walk wns involuntarily arrested by a clatter of bot' ties and rattling of pill boxes, which for »mo« ment led us to suppose that tho store was in* vnded by some midnight mauroador. This supposition was soon dissipated as we listened to the following conversation between the druggist and his remedies •I,'said a thick, choky, spu terin? voice, which proceeded from a bottle of India Choi* Brogue, 1 was not made to wear out a bitter existence upon your shelves, crammed away among a thousand quack nostrums, whose poisonous breaths, and flaming pretensions are alike revolting and disagreeable. I am ao acknowledged b'e^sinz to the human race, and h.1ve never faiU'd to beat the ague six days out of seven, and frequently thirteen out

Aye, aye, replied a bottle of Eastmans

Elixir, ever «nc. i. bec.n» n«^,y .o pot Improved on your frontlet, people n®*® Ju,,iy

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TERRE-H AUTEi 'IND., NOVEMBER J,

ujMsuoa «I? fr** Vinttnntti GumU*. ...,^4. POPULAW VBNUEANCK. Another instance has just been aff-irded of the folly and wickedneas of those exhibitions of popular vengeance, known as the iafllctiea bf Lvnch Law which allimeadisgrace tha Western and Southwestern sections of ihiaoouniiy.

About the middle of September, Melanctlion Knight,

ciuxen of Montroee. Iowa, suddntly disappeared—no one knew whither. In a room which he bad occupied, waafounda bloody hatchet with tnnte (iair adhering to its edge—the hat ofKnighi. with a bole in ii answering to thesiae ol the hatohet—blood upon tha frame of ihe door, and enmeoiher marka of vin'ance. Report soon spread that Knight had been nturdisred. nnri suspici«n fixed upon hia partner in Suaines named Walsworth, another persnn named Weston, and a third party whoaa name we have notaeen mentioned—all three of whom were arrested, and accused of the murder. As Knight was a young man generally liked, and aa the circumstance* were such as to induce the belief thai a most diabolical murder bad been commited, excitement ran very high, and a proposition was made, and favorably received by manv, to hang tha attppoaed murderers under the Lynch code. An hour was fixed upon at winch this summary punishment should be !n dieted but within a few minutes of the nrriral it was announced that Knight had been found in a canoe floating down the Miasissippi, near Quinoy*wftak from tho loss of blood, but still able to speak, knd that he could identify the villain that dealt the blow. The newawaa by a boy about fourteen years of ago, who aafcl tha' he had assisted him from a canoe. He save a deacrintion of the boat—the manner in which Knight was found —his dress. &c.. and on a rigid examination, told the same atorv. so ihat the brother oi Knight at once started (or Quincy, and the accused had a respite until his return. He returned on ihe night of the ]8th ufl, and pronounced ihe story of the boy a Ire- The boy presisted. however, in his statement, which was confirmed by the testimony of another boy, who elated that they had assisted a man from a canoe, whom the first boy called Knizht. and the man looked badlycomplained of cold and hunger, &c.

The execution of vengesnee by the moh waa thus stayed, and on the 19th and 20th, the prisonera were examined and bound over to answer to a charge of murder, and confined in Fort Madison Jail. Thus the matter is left by our latest Iowa exchange papers—few doubling the euilt of the men arresied. all Jispneed to shower praises upon the oitisensof Montrose, for "suffering the law to take its own oourre, insioad of appealing to the lynch code os firnt threniened."

And no doubt those citiaena think they deaenre a great deal of credit, for their forbearance but what they will think when thev read ihe following statement which we find in the St. Louis Union ol the 28ih ult we cannot say •.

Th* dead'* olive and Ihf. lo.il i* found."—Mr. J. B. Knight has found his brother Melnncthon, the person supposed to have been murdered at Montrose. Melancthnn has enlisted in the U- S Army, and is at Jefferson Barrnoks. He stated to his brother that he had become involved, and that one of the persons accused of his murder had threatened to take his life. It was toacreen himwlf. and puniah thia man that he pursued the course he had.

He states that while writing the letter In tho roum where it was found, his nose commenced bleed ing he smeared the blood upon the letter, took the hatchet which was found, cm his lint with it, ataincd its blade with Mood, cut from his head some hair, attached it to the blood upon the hatchet—collected blood in his hand and rubbed it upon the door jam, went down the river, got into a conoe and floated down the guards of the boat to prevent being seen arrived at Hannibal, and enlisted in the army."

That, certainly was coolly done and the perpetrator of it we should think at least as bud as either of the men who were arresied. and jiut not huug, on suspicion of having murdered him.

The illustration of the evil arising from an excited populace interfering with the usual course of justice, and taking the law into their own hands, afforded in this case, is just as forcible as if the citizens of Mon* trose had not been prevented by a slight incident, from carrying into effect their first intention, and executing summary punishment upon the supposed offenders by banging them upon the first tree

Popular Vengeance may sometimes be right in its ends but it never is in its means. It may also think it is coming to the support of the law—but it always, and inevitably, weakens it. The course of justice is sometimes impeded by forms and technicalities—and law in itsreirnlar administration now and then permits great offenders to escape punishment—but the evils that sprine from'an excited populace substituting their own rash judement for that of the regularly constituted courts, and their own wrong arm for that of the proper officers of justice, outweigh a thousand fold all the wrong that flows from either the law's delay or abuss.

MARINE DELICACIES

Thoee tarry panialoott chaps, who trnverse the migh ty deep—the sailor men we mean—though they are obliged generally to put np with hard fare, yet ocai sion&ily, it seems they sre treated with delicacies which we of the land cannot be served -asrith- It has been mentioned as a matter of astonishment, that on board of a whale ahip that very nwaweable mince pies have be«n compiled of stewed dried apples, salt jonk chopped fine, and molasses, or sweetened vinegar, well slewed together." Add to these, however, the appetiie which has grown out of years of toil upon

cepiatle

tian.

dish But this is not the only delicacy attainthe hardy huntera of the leviathan. The

ahle by doughnuts cookies" lhat are shortened with oil, and cooked in the trypota of boiling stuff, are far more delicious than those which old grandmother Griwtlewig manufnciures and friea by aid of swine's lard There sre. furthermore, divers parts of ths whale itself, especially if it be a "call,* which these epicures deem most exotdleoi eating—and so, in feci tliey sciua'ly are.

Certain portions of the lean meat. Immediately nnder the blabber, when properly dreesed, greatly exeeoda 4n flavor, and in wholesome rffeci upon the human stomach, the flech of any of thoje wild land animals whieh goarmauds commonly call game. Parisof ihe

fluke (or

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fered more from encroachments than any of you imagine. Stop this quarreling, snored a bottle of laudanum, or will put you all to sleep.

tail) ai.d fine, also furnish a moat palatable

and healty meal and ihe "scrape." or slices of blubber from a small whale, out of which the oil hps been melted, are so sweet snd crisp, that they are eaten with avidity, even by dwellers opon land.ol all ages and Sexes, whenever a frrsh young humpback has been brought to shore. Stsre no longer, then, in wonder.at tha singalar diet upon which the whaler ehoossa to feed. No dyspepsia fallows such aliment, lie alwajrs oomes "home with a smooth akin, and a round solid corpora-

The following reveals one of the very best ways In the world to cook potatoes. Try it-and if you have ao cracked teakettle, use something else?

Tus Ota TM-Krm*.—"Don't throw away that oW crack.d tea-kettle, I sav," said annt Paitr Parley. "It oas of the most asHul articles in the pot closet. When you have a cracked tea kettle, iben you have the very best th'rag in the world f«r cooking potatoes

Wash them, cat off the tali whera the eyes art thick, and then pat them in the tea kettle, wiihout any water, and hang it over a moderate fire, and In a half an hear or so. v«o will have yoar potatoes baked, dried ami mealy, aad jaai tha very thing for a good dinner. The nose of ibe settle allows all the moisture of the vegetable to escape, and a cracked tea-kettle is Indiapenatbla to goad sauag .**

When I teak apon Hi* iamb* af tha gwal.ever? ntaaiM af envy dies ta me wtiea 1 read tbe epitaphs af tha twaeiifai, every inordinate draw goes out. whan meet with tbe griel af parents oa a tomb stone, my heart meflie with eorapnistoft when sea the tombs of oertats themselves. I consider ihe vanttg of grieving tor »haw whonr we meet qatcklf follow when eea kingt lfing t»r *l'9 deposed them whan I coneidef nvsl wits t»*setd aid* hjr s«da, or tha half men that divide the sroikl with their contests and dictate*, "it tie reflect with sorrow and astoaM**Mat an the litt i. aad dehati seme that died a* y&eh day and OMS( handroH fews ago, I eaneidcr that great day whaa we shall alt be cntemporattt*, sod make ear effwaraaoe together —.ddrfieea.

petitions, factiea*. aad debates af mankind whea I read theaeteeef thet«mfce.af

When Londoa Cfteknev. who had alwaya rb*+ amid-dev. had been induced oa a water party ,1a See a sannsa, he exclaimed, when the aaa was abe*e tha h«r nam and tha people war* terang atftb§t al|» fh*wgV ir wen* *f Mb a r#kn

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EXTHAOI4D1NARY FITOCI,AJIIATION OP

BANNS.

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Qic'rous circumstalifce li said lo have happened some fifty or sixty years ago, at a church in England- The rector though a man of profound learning and a great theologian, wns of such eccentric habits, as often to create a doubt' among the vulgar whether he wns at times compot menlit. Haying remarked for aeveral *ucce*«ive Sundays, a gentleman who wns no pnrishoner, invariably using a seat in a pew next to that In which a young widow lady sat, he constantly eyed them and at one limo deteuted the young man slyly drawing the lady's glove from off the back of ihe pew, where sho was aocustomed lo place it, her hand being delicately fair, and putting in it a small, neatly folded note. By and by the lady's prayer book fell—of course accidentally—from the ed^e of her pew into the gentleman's. He picked it up, found a leaf turned down, and he hastily scanned a passage, which evidently caused a smile of complacency.

Our minister saw all their proceedings, and continued to watch thent for two successive Sundays. On the third, as soon ns the collections were made, and while the beadle yet waited to attend him to the chnncel, our ec« centric pastor in a strong, diatinct voice, said,

I publish the banns of marriage between Mand N., (deliherntely pronouncing the names of the parties,) if.tny of you know just cause, &c. The eyes of the congregation were set on them, the lady suffused with blushes, and the gentleman crimsoned with anger, she fanning herself with vehemence, and he opening nnd shuiting ihe door with rage and violence tho minister meanwhile proceeding througji his duiies with the same decorum as if inno cent of the ngitntion he had excited.

The aermon preached and the service ended, away to the vestry rushed the parties at the heels of the pastor. "VVho authorised you, sir, to make such a publication of banns 1" demanded they in a breath.

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Authored me said he with a stare, which heightened the confusion "Yes, sir, authorized you "Qh said the minister, with a sfy glance alternately at each, "if you don't approve of it, I'll forbid tlte banns next Sunday." -Sir," said the lady, "you have been loo officious already nobody requested you to do anything—you had better mind your own business!" "Why,v.my prelly dear," said he, patting her on the chcek,— "what I have done has been all in the way of business, and if you do not like to wait for three publications, 1 advise you, sir,"—turning to the gentleman—"to procure the li oense, the ring and the fee, ar.d then the whole matter may be settled to-morrow."— "Well," replied the gentleman, addressing the widow, "with your permission, I will get them, and we may be married in a day or two." "Oh, you may both do as you please," pettishly, yet nothing loth, replied the lady It was but a day or two after, the licenso was procured, and the parson received his fee, the bridegroom, his bride, and the widow, for the last time threw her gloves over the back of the pew, and it was afterwards said thaiJhq parUea were satisfied with their gains.

CUniOUS CASE OP IDlOCYf We lately met with in an English periodical the following account of a poor iJiot. who seemed to manifest no mental powers, excepting in catching or entrapping bees, in which he showed great dexterity •*A BEE EATER.— We had ifi this*1 Village more than twenty years ago an idiot boy, whom I well remember, who from a child, showed a strong propensity to bee* they were his food, hi* nmusemenl, his sole object. And as people of this cast have seldom more than one point in view, so this lad exerted all his few faaultics on this one pursuit. In the winter ho dosed nway his time, within his father'* house, by the fireside, in a kind of torpid state, seldom departing from the chimney corner but in the summer lie \va*all alert, and in quest of his game in the fields and on the sunny banks.

Honey-bee*,

humble-bees,

nnd wasps, were his prey wherever he found them he hud no apprehensions from their stings, but would seize them mtdis tnanibus, and at once disarm them of their weapons, and suck their bodies for the sake of their honey bags. Sometimes he would fill his bosom between his ahirt and his skin with a number of these captives and sometime* would confine them in bottle*. He wa* a very me rapt opiasfer, or bee-bird and vert injurious to men who kept bees for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and sitting down before the stool*, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came oot. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he wa* passionntely fond. Where metheglin was miking, he would linger round the tub* and ve*net*, begging a draught of what he called beewine. As he ran about he tt*«d to makes humming noisO with hi* lip*, resembling th« buzzing of bee*. The lad wa* loan *nd sallow, and of a cadaverou* complexion and except in his favorite puftutt, in which he was wonderfully adroit, discovered no manner of enderstandmg."

TALK AFTKH CHtfRCIf.

Well, L«aura, give me a short sketch of tbe aermon. Where waa the text!" •*Oh, I dop't knuar I hare forgotten bat would you believe it—Mrs. V. wore that horrid bonoet of hers I couldn't ke*p my eyes off* of it *11 meeting timej and Miss T. wore anew shawl tltat must have cast fifty dollars. 1 wonder her folk* don't see the folly of such extravagaace and there was Mis* II-, with her pelisse. It's astonishing what a wa&t of taste some people exhibit!" "Wall, if you've forgo'.tan the aermon yoa

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DESCRIPTION OF CHAPULTKPEC. Chapultepec having been eaptured by the Americans, after the most desperate resistance ever made by a Mexican army, the following accent of that place cannot fait to prove interesting.

Chapultepec is the Aztec for "Grasshopper's Hill." It is a porphyritic rock, rising near Ihe forme/ margin of the lak« that «ur rounds the City of Mexico, aad i* one of the places designated by the Aztecs, where they tarried on their emigration from the North, in cearch of a final resting place. Tbeir ora cles had foretold such a resting plaoe would be denoted by their seeing an eagle devouring a serpent on rock, and al Chapultepec thi* prediction was verified. From it they beheld the engle, on one of the rock* in the lake, devouring a serpent. The event was at oncecymbolised in their records and aubsequently represented on the flag and coin of the nation. Tho hill is aurrounded by a belt of noble cypress trees, one of which is known as Montezuma'* cypress, from having been planted before or during the reign of that prince it measures Jlfty^odd feet in circumference. Chapultepec was the favorite country residence of Monteguma and his courtier*. It contains remains of gnrdens, groves, tanks, and grottoes, which boar evidences of its past magnificence.

Here Montezuma retired from the heat and dust of the city, to enjoy all the luxuries that wealth and power could procure, or art devise. It was selected by tho Spanish Viceroy as the moat beautiful place in the valley of of Mexico for a royal residence, and the modern palace flately a military school) was built by the viceroy Galvez. From this palace, one has a charming view of the whole valley, the capital, the lakes and the volcanic mountains which rise in the distance, like a great wall surrounding the enchanting picture. In Anglo Saxon hands, this valley may be made as impregnable a* Gibraltar.

Bombs or oannpn planted on the hill of Chapultepec, command the city, the principal roads and aqueduct. Hence the attack and onptureof that point by Qen. Scott before making ony demonstration upon the city. Once on the hill, the taking of the city could be effected without serious loss of life.

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OH, THB AMSEL !—One of the half-starved literary youths of Paris found a poor beggargirl in the street one snowy night of last winter, and, as she was almost senseless with cold and hunger, he took her to his garret, nnd with respectful devotion, gave her food and shelter. His young pensioner seemed modest and was not ill-looking, and he soon worked up hia feelings to romance, and determined to treble his industry to give her a proper lodging and clothe her so that she vvould be presentable at places of amusement. By excesssive labor and economy, he at last achieved the porchase of a proper wardrobe for Mademoiselle, and finally, as she seemid to have a passion for a silk mantilla, he paw* ned his watch and satisfied her in this. With the six remaining francs of his wordly wealth he proposed to take her, for the first time to a restauraut to dine. "At last," said he, turning her round, "see yourself dressed like a queen I Now we need not be ashamed to go out in compnny!" "Ah," said the pretty innocent, "but see how badly you are dressed. I could not go out with you looking as you do. Give me three francs mor$ to buy me a pair of gloves, and let me go out alone J'V? Home Journal,

In tho storming of Moleno del Hey, Mnjor Sumner with his Dragoons charged hoavy column of the enemy's lancers. In doing so they had to pass under a heavy fire from the enemy's works. The following incident connected with this charge, is told by the correspondent of the Delta. It is uncommon in history, for horses to show such discipline "While the cnvnlry were passing in front of the enemy, in order to charge the column of Inncers, they were not uftder tho fire more than ten seconds, and during that time they sustained a loss of 6 officers wounded, 32 privates killed and wounded, and a loss of 105 horses. There were out two officers that did not have their horses shot under them—but there is one thing very remarkable, that the horses from which the riders had been ahot, wheeled and moved with the same regularity aa though they had been mounted, until they came to halt from the charge, when they all kept on in a body in direction of the enemy.

PotriT EuxiTOtcti^*Mr brethren and friends, said a preacher out west, it i* unnecessary to make a great demonstration. We live in an age remarkable for mighty inventions, not the least of which is the patent pill •vhteh my eldest brother has given to the world. It i* be most astounding, wonderful intention that hiaever gtfted gemos has conferred upon mankind. It ia the greater benefit of the tpeciee. Prom motive* of pure philanthropy, I have pot a few tn nsv pocket, whieh veu can hava at the clo*e of the *erviceat a dime a box.

The tale Rev, Df -r-,of a Certain town in Maine, an eccentric, but honest minhter, was preaching on the practical virtues and, having a short time previously bought a load of wood one of the officer* of the chujreh, and finding it fall short in me**ure,took this oec*» sion to apeak tho* plain on the Subje^f:—4Any man lhat will sell eeven feet of wood for eord, i* no ehriatisn, whether he sit* in gallery* below, or even in tbe deacon's

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WAST!ao Pownia.—A* two Irishmen ere one day a gaming, a large flock of pig*

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Journal io certainly admirable Mir lo timrn la*g posi there »a»l anglbty men of valor amoeg ihe Israelite* of lha trib* of Mannagaeki Gide?* by taflae who itb hia 300 men put to (tight the whole host of tha Midta^ites bp the Vowing kU Urwmpet aad crying **the sword of tnaXpid Gideon.* I four modern Gideoa, whose affix Pillow, had been pushed tip by the chief of the tribe* of Jonathan, to tha ese of ihoself aaaie ipeana for the accomplishment of these av other ends, he co**)d normore effectually have reflected the til(*e*«B oi his possible prototype in the simple matter oi his bhmng farther than this analogy !yldeth not. That the parallel amy seem the more striking we quote from me 7th chapter of Judge* as follows: "And he (Gideon) divided the three hot* dred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every roan's band with empty pitchers, and lamp* within the pitchers. "And he said unto them, look oa me and do likewiae and behold when I, come to the out* side of the camp, it shall be, that as 1 dot so shall ye do. "When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that art with me, then blow ye .trumpets also on every side t»f all the camp, and say, The sword of the

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"So Gideon, and the hundred men thai were with him came opto the outside of tha oamp io the beginning of the middle of the watch and they blew tho trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. ••And the three companies blew the IfitfHl pets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, aad the trumpets io their right haoda to blow withal, and they cried, The sword of tho (jord and of Gideon."

So saith our modern GiJeon, "Look on mel"—When I blow with a trumpet, I and all lhat are with me, (to*wit, these to whom 1 dictate the epistles,) "then blow ye (of tha Delta,) the trumpets also," and say, "ihe sword of the Lord and Gideon,"—but especi* ally Gideon."

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The old lady placed her thimbled finger upon her forehead for moment and then replied as follows —Wall Mr*. Snubbs I guess lis done to frighten umj I've often heard my good dead and gone husband use the word haromsoarerum, and nobody was never more fonder of turkey* than himj but think he liked um best biled with cabbage, and stuffed with sage and onyings." •'You dont understand me, Mrs. Smash* pipes," quoth Mrs. Snubbs,

And when our Valiant modern Gideon hie* his trumpet and they that were with hint fvix: his toadies,) blew likewise, instrumental af ter the like simtltude, their, the three companies (vis: they of the Delta,) blew sonorously and "held the trumpets in the right hand to blow withal and cried oot the sword of the Lord and of Gideon" but especially of oar Gideon. ,,

TELEGRAPHIC ANECDOTE* We happened within earshot of a converse ation between two green 'un* in Ihe Telegraph office yesterday. They were standing at the outside desk preparing a despatch for Lou^ isville and both seemed intent upon tho communication, which one of hem with gwfu) contortions, was endeavoring lo write. The writer had already tracked off a psge and a half, and had entered some si* or eight syllai bles deep into a long word .when he was slopped by his companion, with—» "Hold on, Jeemst—them wires isn't over strong, and there'll he im&fh if you don't look out." "*«Vy, wat's the matter?' aaked Jeems-

"Don't think 'em strong enough to bear up agin a big word like that are—better shor* ten it up a little. It'll be a hard squeeze IQ get it through the holes in the posts too."

Jeems was convinced. 1A lady had lover in Pittsburg, and ioten ding to convey him by telegraph, the consoling assurance of a knife having no business in the mailer, if he loved her as she loved him, presented the blue'ribboned billet with a pair of big red hearts to the telegrapher, requesting immediate despatch, as well as enjoining the precaution to dodge her I over* rival, who lived on the line of the wires, near Zanesville— •fof," said she, "he's just mean enough to cut •em when he secsjit a coming, for to get it afore my other beau does. Now look out, will you|" v-Cin.

Mrs. Snubbs asked her neigbor widow Smash' pipes the other day, why the people in Tqr« key put their women in a Harem?

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country called Turkey." "Oh, ah, wall, interrupted the widow, I dont keer whether it is a country turkey or a city lurkey they is all the same when you gtl om picked and *inged."

Mr*. Snubbs gave up the chase and with her honest old neighbor commenced talking about aomething else*

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Albany paper, waa played on the Sheriff1 at the present term of the court. He was short for jorors, and made a descent OR the street, He accosted a gentleman well known in town, with, "I want yoa ia court for a juror.",. '•Ha," replied the man,"speak a little louder."

The Sheriff* pitched his voice into a high key, "I want you for a juror." •'Ye*, ye*," nod-? ding his head very significantly, "it is a very fine day." The Sheriff taking him for a deaf mao, bolted. The wag placed his thumhto hisnoee, and went through the motions-

TH« 8*T*T Ex*AtDE*.—It appeaia that a gentleman of the city of Troy has invented aa article he calls tbe skirl expander. If a Indy ohould ba walkingjand wish to appear larger or amaller, tha *kirt is so constructed thai she, may enlargeor diminish her apparent size at pleasure. Thisiaan Invaluable invention.nnd will entirely supercede the bustle, over which it ha* many advantage*. A hdy may pasa^' down ooe side of a street as thio aa a whipping post, aad, if she fail* to mane a sensalion, can go up the other side aa full a* a hog* head or a hale of cotton.

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the stones ueed hy pearl-divers, which enable ,t ?hem to reach their pri», and to riac ccrich* od.—Jean Ptul.

Lot not any ooe *ay he cannot govern his passions, aor hinder them from breaking out ,,,. and carrying him into action for what ha what can do before a prince or a great man, ha «a»'

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