The Wabash Courier, Volume 21, Number 45, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 July 1853 — Page 1

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LOVE IN AN OMNIBUS.

ST OH A RLE* O. HALFIHE.

I stepped into a Broadway stage and esconsed myself in a corner next the door.— The jila-oe like others oi more importance, had it# 'convenience and diacomfort#—ita coavenieace of free air and ready egress •when I wanted to leave—the diacomforta of having owe'a toes trodden into pulp by whomsoever passed in or out the conveyance.

We patted up to the Union Square, to takein a siaguUrly pretty traveller. Pretty! 1 think eke waft Npver did I touch a softer haud than Hera, *s I helped her in. Never did eyea of more maiden-likp lustre thank me for the trivial courtesy.

She eat in the corner opposite mine ao that without wrenching rmmd my head at the expense of an immaculate shirt collar, I had lie option but to look at her— andldW look.

A long passionate gase, told me that she was but eighteen, very elegantly dreaseed, comely and good natured looking. Yes, •ttoijiely beyond common comeliness and gentle spirited exceedingly. Had she not been so,She must have resen ed my scrutiny. But she smiled. Oh, heaven* what teeth what a blossom of the cactus on her cheek what a dep'h of mystic loveliness in her lance, luxurious, almond-shaped blue eye!

Her hair was not curled, nor plain, but billowy a* If a fountain of golden amber had played upon her head and clothed it In bright ripples. Her dress was neat and fashionable, though of simple materials its great charm was the perfect cleanliness and purity which it evinced. She looked a roset.uj with the May morn dew still fresh in its bosom she was the lily of the omnibus—of the valley—1 mean and a* she sat smiling ticfore me, I blessed every jolt of the carriage for permitting my knues to touch even .the hem of her garment.

Let it not be distinguished in any vnin preamble. I was in love—in love at first jjight—and my whole frame quivered with currents of the newly begot electricity.

She smiled on me, and this was enough to intoxicate. No words could describe my emotion, so novel, so entrancing, so joyfully delirious and dreadful wa sthat ride in the clntteriiig omnibus.

Drawing out a purse of silver network, ahe dropped her handkerchief—teas tt not .intentional} She pretended not to perceive ft—the case was plain and the conclusion, *vla: that -he wished me to retain the cambric as a souvenir, or pignut amoi is—palpably. Perhupa she went farther might not her name and address be Inscribed on a corner ef»the happy mouckoir de poueM? Of course*it might—it was! She wished me to .call—to»become intimate with her—to love, to marry her! Great heavens! what ecata--*cy of Win.

Not a moment was to be Inst. 1 dropped my cane tocooceal the true, motive of atooping from the other jtaipengera seized the emhretfferedmuslin, ahd buried ivbetween my waistcoat and my heart.

Still -he tiki not, or pretended she did •iioMte me. We .were now ncariiig Trinity Church, and as I had a pressing engagement in Wall street, I must quit tne ark in which any dove would bo borne away to another nest. But how could 1 leave without •aauring her that her beauty, had made ita •ikte impression! I could not follow her home a« toy engagement admitted no delay

Happy thought—that handkerchief! I nulled the check string, gave a quarter and

bid the the driver keep the change. Just as P\ I had stepped out, and was closing tbe door with one hand, with the other 1 partially withdrew the handkerchief from my bosom. •o that ahe might ace how fondly her pfft was treasured.

Heavens!" ahe screamed. Was my absence, then, too much for her! Perish the engagement! 1 will return and nee her home. Poor girl, wkat a violence of Jove my appearance haa inspired liJ Such were my thoughts. Meantime the maidenacreamed and screamed more violent* ly—ah® WM in hysterica—she had fainted.

I leaped Into the carriage, and telling a policeman who had just come up to run for a doctor, I attempted to lift her tenderly into the open air.

No sooner had ahe touched the pavement and opened her eyea than seeing herself in my arma* ahe ahricked mora loudly than ev-

Hush, dearert I am with you I will •fe you home I swear ahall never leave you. Do tranquiliae yoorvelf!"

Far from obevine ««, ahe pot her hands to her boeom tnd fairly ami the *ir with the the moat unmaidealike cries. "My watch my purse! Oh, save me »orae one from thia wretch 1 He l»ss stol*» my pockot handkerchief I aaw it in hia i»rea*t aa he left the omnibus. Oh, save me! —save tneJ—save—"

This wu an unexpected torn of affairs.— *A doxen stout hands grasped my collar.— The p«Ucct»an assured the crowd that he Jknew me well that I was an old State-pria-on bird, tried about six year* sine* for burglary with'Block Cirimen,' and only pardonJed out thro* wt?ks ago.* In abort, hie gave ao circumstantial a^ account of my WHO and jtnuT, that I begin i« qoeatton my owa in^dentity, and woodcr. iveriooaly. whether my •name might not, alter ill, ha "W».

was well-known. G«Btk re eou!«! I say?

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Alia*"Conning Will,*' *liaa "The Omnibtt* ^Dodfw,** for by all of these ti tie*, not only po^IflmtB No. 1. Utt «rrvr«l other stars who a convtelk tiob arottod me, dedarad

Geotia reader, do pitr What Tha h*ft«il*ft&i*f rtM drawa

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from its fond resting place in my bosom the lady read the name, Catherine de Grey Seymour," in the corner, and identified it as hers. She further declared that when I lifted her oat of the omnibus, she distinctly felt a tug at her watch-chain," (it had caught at the handle of the door) and that "on entering the omnibus, she now remembered my having attempted to draw off her rings." (Oh, faithless Catharine could you so mistake the pressure of respect and admiration for the touch of a felon endeavoring to iilch trinket!)

fn vain did I protest my innocence, and appeal to my pocket-book for corrobbation. An order on my banker for tljree hundred dollars was declsrged a"groJs forgery." by one «f the well informed stars. It was just the fac-similie,"8aid the ruffian, "of the one he had on *Yel!ow Jim.' afore he went to Sing Sing, last year." A fifty dollar note in my porte-monnie was said to be identical with one stolen from a bed-room in the A«tor House the night before and after due examination it became evident to the crowd that one of the most notorious, cunning and desperate rascals in the world then atood^be fore them.

A phrenologist delivered an extempore discourse upon the prominence of my accumulative ?nd secretive orgbns "Never," said the craniologist, "did I see a head more illustrative of the truth of my theory. The moral organs are depressed, and all the bad passions, unchecked by intellect, riot in his repulsive featurea!"

Ye gods I must I bear that! "Confusion! Agony I"' (cried. "Take me to a Justice Ruffians, madmen, peijurers! You shall pay dear for this. I -will revenge it to the death—to the death—through life unto de&th—" "He's 'ohstropalous,' Tom," said a grogblossomed constable. "Hadn't we better put on the irons! I've a pair that'll fit him, k'.ow the same he wore when we caught him carry? n' the cloth from Mulberry street."

The confidence and ccol assurance of this last assertion staggered me. Was 1 awake, or in dream? VVas I mad, or in my senses! Was I a gentleaiunbr a pickpocct!— Were my features handsome, or so repulsive, a* to convict me on suspicion of every crime!

Reason staggered on her throne the world sworn round in a horrible delirium devils, all manacled and dressed in prison garments, danced before ry disordered vision the steeple of Trinity turned into a (fallows the familiar Custom house appeared what it is really like—ujnil. Fire brand* and furies what an awakening is this from rny dream of love at first night.

Turning to make an appeal to the lady— the cause of all my misery—guess my astonishment, my delight to see her leaning familiarly on the arm of my friend. Frank Seymour The name on the handkerchief the resemblance of features—the evident familiarity ol'their manner! Thank heaven! she was his sinter "Frank !"_! cried |o. despairing accents, as the policemen were about hurrying me"off —"Frank for God sake, come and clear up this hateful mystery

He ran towards me and caught my hand the policeman grasped me with less painful rigor the lady hurried forward with a thousand tears and apologies,and the phrenologist made off at the topmost speed of hie long legs—well for hiin that he did so I

A swoon relieved the accumulated anguish of my heart and when I awoke, it was in an apothecary's shop, close by the scene ol my calamity. Catharine(misjudgingmaid!) was ch"ting my temples with Eau de Cologne, while Frank was pouring brandy down my throat.

We called a cart I age and drove to Wall atreet, where I was in time for my appointment—the whole suspicion, arrest and discovery having taken place in less than ten minutes, though it eemed to me an age of suffering. Thence, we crossed to Brooklyn, and I was formally introduced to my fair accuser, who has since endeavored to make up by more than common kindness for the pain she inflicted on her devotrd friend.

The engraver has an ordir for a double set ofenamelled cards. Catharine is busy with dressmakers and milliners I have grown tired of my hotel, and taken a pretty house furnished with everything—except a mistress.

Oat of evil sprlngcth good, And from decay the myrtle wood In disuse ihe Love ged came And touched them with a mutual flame."

A great comet will be due in a few years. Tt is one of the largest comets described by an or Chinese observers. Its periconrae is about three hundred years. It waa seen in tbe years 104, 393, 83, 975, again in 1364, and the last time in 1556—always deacribed aa shining with an extraordinary brilliancy. Astronomers had agreed in announcing ita return in 1843 but it has hitherto failed to appear, and, according to the quaint exprevsion of M. Babinet, up to this moment is living on its brilliant reputation Anxioua aa all others hnd been, at the non-t*rrival of this rare and renowned visitor, M. Bomme, aided by the preparatory labours of Mr. Hind, with a patience and devoted neaa truly German, wentovacthese calculations, and made a new estimate of the separate and combined action of all the planet* upon this comet of three hundred year*. The result of thia never* labor gives itc arrival August, 1858, with *n uncertainty of two year*, mora or lees so that between 1856 and I $60 we may hope to aee that great luminary which, in 1556, cauaad Cbarlea V. to abdicate.

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We read tha following in the Bilonria of Vilan, under the date of Rome, 3d: "A very painful discovery was made the other day in tbe Basilica of Lateran. Thoae, who are acquainted with the locality,-*illrecollectthat Pope Martin V. He* buried in the cave.— The body having to be removed ia consequence of certain architectural repair* in

progress the w®n waa opened inth* prea-

ence of the Chapter. To everybody ear-

priae, nothing was found bot the oo&ea of Martin V. the ring*, the gold and aJlrer chalice*^ he tiara .all stodded with prectoua stone*, had disappeared. Their existence in the coffin had been verified aboet fifty year* ago."

SKkKt Smut.—A grntleman rlty. whilt «t East Hartford, on Sawdx\ afternoon last saw a back Rttftke, 4|*or 6 fe*t tang, which. »f»*r receiving a stunning blow, exhibited* projecting from its mMttth. tkt **il of another snake which on b*ing withdraw*!, was Gmnd to be about three feet l«*»g. and *!ive.—

H*Ttfor4 Cewrmmt. •4—

REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

The labors of the adventurous traveler— tho exertions of rich and powerful nations to penetrate the mystery which hat.gs. like a thick cloud over the history

and the design of the strange people have been attended by few coinpen eating results. Tho missionaries jif the Christian church have been the most successful in their researches, and we shall bfe.^urprised if the pres0nt movement against the imperial power js not more or less encouraged and strengthened by a knowledge of the divine truths prwached and practiced by tho*e brave, courageous, and self-sacrificing men.— is a proud reflectlo'n to an American to know that no class of missionaries have done more good in China than those who have been sent from ourshores.

These circumstances give absorbing interest to the present struggle in China iind they inspire us with the belief that, however it may be terminated, the end will be fortunate for the Chinese themselves. and for the world at large.— Hence its progress will be intensely and vigilantly observed. What hopes it will arouse To the Christain, what a field for his labors 1 To the merchant, what a harvest for his ships! To.the planter and to the manufacturer, what a market! Our own country is immediately interested. To her the liberation of China from the prejudices that have shut her out from active inter* course with the world would be an inconceivable advantage. The new neigh borhood of California, now one of the States of the Union, with China, doubtless has had much to do with the uprising of the people of the latter and as years roll on, the suspicions and hatreds instilled by long religious fanaticism and ambitious rulers into the minds of the millions, that have made the Chinese empire so great and so powerful, will soon give way to the geniar and liberalizing influence that always follow in the footsteps of the bold and enlightened policy of the American people. Tbe question is one of extraordinary importance. and is calculated to overshadow many of the issues now ^spending between European nations.-— Washington Union.

Juvenile Criminals.

The youngest person ever executed for crime was, we believe, a boy named Dean, who, in 1638, was hung at Windsor, (England.) tor arson. In 1838, a lad by the name of James Guild, aged twelve years and five months, was hung in New Jersey for the murder of Catharine Beakers. The doctrine, •a laid down by the authorities, is, that, as regard* prisoner* ander the age of fourteen, the presumption of law will be that the infant could not discern between right and wrong but this preaumption is removed if, from the circumstances, it appears that tbe accused ahowed, by any acts, a consciousness of wrong. The criminal liability of infants waa well discussed ia a case which arose in this city in 1831, where a boy of eight year* was indicted for larceny of ladr's dressing-box and jewelry. Tbo owner detected the boy going out of the house with tha box under his arm she seized him, and he tried to bite her and retain the box by force he then began to cry, and said anothet boy told him to take away the box. No other evidence of capacity waa offered. The jury were told that they moat be satisfied that he had opacity of knowing good from

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that this might be proved by extrin-

teatia*ony. or it might arise from tbe circumstance* of the caae. The concealment

and attempt toeacape were regarded by the jury as sufficient evidence of guilty knowledge, and tbe prisoner was thereupon convicted.—Acw York Smtdmy Tunes

The <Sunday Times> computes that, on every fine Sunday in summer, <one-fifth> of tbe population of New York leave the city. Some "twenty thousand find their way to Hoboken; ten thousand to Staten Island; twenty thousand to Long Inland, and forty or fifty thousand to the various other summer resorts within reach of this great <dustropolis>.

W E E

Thi year 1853. or what remains of it, promises to be a period of extraordinary interact to all the nntions of the earr*. Whether we turn our eyes to the attitude of Russia in Its treatment ofTur key. to the notorious designs of France upon Belgium, or to the situation of be* lengured Switzerland, we find abundant evidence that the future is big with events of vast importance to the peace of Europe, and. possibly, to the des tinies of the American continent. The question, however, which is calculated most directly to arouse the attention of civilized governments is the revolution of China, fn regard to the real merits of the case, reliable information has always been scarce, and is now more needed than ever but enough is known to show that the contest raged by the 'rebels' against the imperial forces is in a great degree stimulated by the deter mination to enj»v rights which have been denied.to tha people of China for hundreds of years. This is plain enoiigh and if it be. as stated, that the conflict is also a conflict of race.s, the pr«»spect for a merciless and bloody war fare is certain. But whatever the causes of tho revolution, it i* cle^r that great success had attended it up to the latest dates. China has long been a sealed hook to the natives. Hundreds ofyears have passed away, and yet. saving certain general facts, comparative1^* little ia known of a country at once so prolific of resources, so ancient in its institutions, and so crowded with a persever ing and industrious people. The population of China is estimated at about three hundred and fifty millions, and the area ol the empire and its dependencies at about five millions three hundred thousand square miles.

(Tare Tor Yirnleat Small Pot or Scarla

A merchant and ship owner or this city has had the following sent him from England, where it was furnished by Mr. L. Larkin, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and uhn vouches for it as a "medicine that will effect revolution ia the healing art,'as regards the prevention and euro not only of small pox, but also of measles and scarlatina, however malignadt the type, in a manner more efficient and extraordinary than could ever tiave'^een hitherto anticipated even by the fnost ar dent philanthropist."

On the first appearance of fever or irritation ushering in attacks, whether occuring in families or large* Communities, the subjoined mode of treatment shoujd atonce.be entered on: Take one grain of powdered foxglove or digitalis, (valuable iu the ratio of its green ness—the dark should be injected.) and one of sulphate of zinc, (this. article is commonly known as white fiiriol.)— These should be fUbbed thoroughly in a mortar'or other convenient vessel, with four Or Ave drops of Water this done, a noggin (or about four ounces) more, with some syrup or su£ar, should be givenr an adult, and two te|spoonfuls to a child, every second hour, pmil symptoms of disease vanikh.

Thus eondtinted, convalescence, as if by magic, will result. The rapidity of an event so auspicious will equally delight and astonishi It may, however, be necessary further to note, tkat should the howels beeome obstructed in progress of the disease, an evil by^no means •rommon, then a drachm of the compound powder of jalap (fo'rmed of two parts of cream of tartar wjjth one of j-ilap,) and one grain off the herb, treated as above, formed into a pastil with syiup or sugar, should be giy^n to an adult, and half the quantity up a child. This simple medicine shuts out every other form or article whatevejr, as totally unnecessary, if not pernicious.

The methodus mtdeniU of these medicines, capable of effecting results so giguntic, remain now only.to'be given, aod appears to be as folliiws. :"The hern, by ,its ami-febrile propertielsfiays hold at once of the fever, ihe prolific source of woe. which it immediately'strangles, while-the zinc acts the part tff a tonic, instantly restoring (he-equilifajrium.

Mr. Larkin adds: No emigrant or government vessel should hereafter be allowed to put to sea without a fewpence wortA of these proi4Npors and it js further ardently hoped that, as the dearest interests of our common humanity are so vitally invulved in this, discovery, the press of all counties will £ive publicity to this announcement.-— Boston Courier.

The Snake and the Crocodile. The following thrilling account of An engagement between a boa constrictor and a crocodile in Java is given ,^y an eye-witness:

It was one morning that stood beside a small lake, fed bv one of the rill* from the mountains. The waters were clear as crystal, and every thing could be seen to the very bottom. Stretching its limbs close over this pond was a gignntic teak tree, and in its thick,shining evergreen leaves lay a huge boa, in an easv coil, taking its morning nap. Above him was a powerful ape of the baboon species, a leering race of scamps, always bent on mischief..

Now the ape, from his position, saw a crocodile in the water, rising to the top, exactly beneath the coil ofthe serpent Quick as thought he jumped plump upon the snake. which fell with a splash into the jaws of the crocodile.- The ape saved himself by clinging to a limb of the tree, but a battle royal immediately commenced in the water. The serpent, grasped in the middle by the crocodile, made the water boil by his furious contortions. Winding his fold round the body of his antagonist, he disabled his two hinder legs, and by his contractions made the scales and bones of the monster crack.

The water was speedily tinged with the blood of both comlatant*. yet neither was disposed to yield. They rolled over and over, neither being able to obtain a decided advantage. All this time the cause of mischief was in a state of the highest ecstacy. He leaped up and down the branches of the tree, came several times close to the seen* of the fight, shook the limbs of the tree, uttered a yell, and again frisked about. At the end of ten minute* a silence began to come over the scene the folds of the serpent began to be relaxed, and though they were trembling along the back, the head hung lifeless in the water.

The crocodile also was still, and though only the spines of his hack were visible, it was evident that he too was dead. The monkey now perched himself on the lower limbs of the tree, close to the dead bodies, and amused himself fur ten minutes in making all sorts uf faces at them. This seemed be add ing insult injury. One ol my companions was standing at a short distance, and. taking a stone from the edge of the lake, hurled it at uhe ape. He was totally unprepared, and as it struck hint on the side of the head, be was instant* ty tipped over, and Ml upon the croco dile. A few bounds, however, brought bias ashore, and taking to the trees he MO* disappeared among the thick branch es«

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The Fs«ciaatiea« of llavaaa. Except for Some special and overrating reason, probably no traveller comes away willingly from Havana. 1 wondered why. (as I leaned over the side of the'Isabel,* while sho WHS weighing her anchor.) and came to the condu si on that half the charm, at least, of the fascinating place, lies in the fact, that gay as it is, life here is not too fast.— They not only have jusi luxuries enough but they take just time enough to enjoy them. In the other gay metropolises of the world, life (in this our day) is so exhaustingly imellectualized. so painfully intensified, so unnaturally accumulated and accelerated, that the 'another and better world' one sometimes longa for. would be instinctively defined as one of blessed and merciful ju-i enough ness. It amounts to a wretchedness in London thatyou can only be in one place at a time. The bewildered youth comes from Paris with a census of the women he might have loved, without having slopped to love one.

In the morning paper which a man devours over his breakfast in N. Y'ffrk. there are three or four lectures reported —new stuff* enough for a month's thinking. besides news in avalanches. And— what with prima donnas to hear, lions to see, artists to appreciate, public dinners to eat. parties to go to, fortunes to make, new books to rend, politics to watch, progress' to keep the run of, society to be Mn.' and total insignificance to desperately contend with—ihe powers of attention of a common individual are blunted to tho stump—antannse. feelers .nd fingers, stunned and paralyzed.— Materialists teil us that human faculties have sprung into existence, one after another, as there was a necessity for

Item. Is it not time to look out for a fresh phenomenon in New York—a man with two br&ins to do one soul's head work two hearts to do his loving—two stomachs to do his digestion—two galls to do his envying and hating, and two pair of hands to do his spending and moneymaking 1

From exhaustion by inward overtasking, which has really beooitte the most common disease of our time. Havana is an hospital of recuperati6n—-having (as I said before) that heavenly jusi enough of life and excitement which the soul yearns for, while it rejects the solitude and inanition of places Vnore quiet and secluded. Most travellers have a touch of this complaint. And it is with delicious memory of the restored tone given to the system in this way that the last regretful look it usually taken of the blue and red houses of Havana.— N.P. Will is am tK*j

r, THE SUSPICIOUS MAN. This kind of individual is always smelling a continuous line of rats. He sees, hears, nor dreams of anything, in which he does not "smell a rat." The most harmless action of his neighbor, under his suspicious and inquisitorial disposition, is made a matter of serious investigation, because he knows there is something In the wind, fur he saw his neighbor, Mr. B., speaking very confidentially to Mrs S.. that very morning in the market. He puts that and that together, as he calls it, and connects this whispering in the morning with somethiug he has heard in the barber's shop, some weeks before, and he is satiefied his ueighbor is either going to fail in business, or abscond without giving his creditors due notice, i.iu

The most terrible part sucn a man's character, is that he places such faith upon the corollaries he draws from his false premises, that he does ndt hesitate to give wing to the base suspicious of his mind, and frequently i* the means of bringing about a disaster which never would have happened but for him.

Mmy happy friends have been rendered de«olaie—many a prosperous young man brought to ruin—many a virtuous and amiable girl been driven to despair by the fiendish inn en does of the Suspicious Man. No man. however upright and honest—no woman, however irreproachable—no maiden, however pure, is safe in the neighborhood of the Suspicious Man^ He has all the curiosity of Paul Pi1#, without his good na ture, and the malignity of the devil, without his talent.

If ever Lynch Law is justifiable In a community, it is exercised on the Suspicious Man. Rotten to the core of his heart himself, he has no faith in the virtue and honesty of others. He exists in a state of continual doubt of the motives and actiona ot others, and in eonsequence his life is, at the best, but a prolonged misery—N. O. Delta,

An American is a* eapsbie ot strong mas' calsr effort, and he is ss enduring ass European but he does not get half the pleasure from vigor, indigestion Mid nervous disease* sour the life of half our people- The evil increases too and the probsbility is, tbe health of the nation i* degenerating.— These facts are notorious in Europe, and our sharp worn American faces known everywhere. There ia much disease and bodily weakness among the poorer classes of the Old World but in clssees enjoying equal comfort*, it will be found that the American* •re confessedly inferior in robust health.— Tbe dyspepeis, which *0 curse* our whole population, is comparatively unknown amoag the elder natj Life i. femur- titofe?

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A book has been lately published in Lft&don. the object of which is 10 de inoostrate that the cbief ern»r of mankind ia to suppose tbe txe of wit in food salutary practice and 10 show that many of the worst ilia of our lot are to be traced te thia mistake.

Remarkable Physical Pheaomenoa.A Steeping Gianl—A Rip Fin Wivkfc. The Rochester Democrat gives the sub joined account of a Rip Van Winkle in that neighborhood:

Our attention tva* called yesterday to a most extraordiudry phenomenon. A full grown man. six feet two inches tall, 37 years of age, has slept for nearly five years,-with only occasional and brief in tervals of wakefulness. The name of this man. subject to so remarkable a suspension of the ordinary faculties of the race Is Cornelius Broomef. He is the son ofa farmer living idthe tbwn Clnrkson, in this county, ta Jwhosi family only this single and aHiflnaffllli| stance of somnolency has e^r occurred. The subject of notice first fell into this long sleep on the 19.h of June. 1848, and since that time has been awake, at different periods, from a few hours to four months at a time. It is remarked thnt when he comes out of this catelepsy, he appears to have no knowledge of the lapse of time, or of circumstances trktng place while he sleeps. The fit comes upon him in stantly. without so fvr as is known any warning. His eyes close, his jaws are set, his muscles contract, and his whole frame is rigid, so that if standing, he continues in that attitude partly bent over.and it is not easy to pull him down He has continued in this condition for months together, unable to speak or move. .Various experiments have been tried to restore him to consciousness, withcut effect. The man sleeps on, lives, eats, retains perfcct health, with a pulse at 80 and without variation. When asleep he may be placed upon his feet, and he will stand for days together as he has been known to do for three duys and nights in succession. In order to feed him, it is necessary to pry open his firmly set jitws, and in that manner but little food is introduced into his stomach. He is not, however, much cmaciated, keeps his natural color, and appears en tireiy without disease, excepting that which producer his strange sleep. When he awakes, he comas out. of his trace suddenly, his rigid muscles relax at once, when he n^ks for meat or drink, and eats voraciously. If asked why he sleeps so much,he appears tn regard it as an imposition, just as any ac live man would receive an intimation that the was considered sluggish.

Love and Romance- The Sequel. We published a few daya ago, a short sketch with the above title, or something like it. It gives the details of a romantic elopement and marriage, the parties being a lady and gentleman from Texas.

A day or two after the happy pair bad tied the knot hymenial, the brother of the young lady arrived in thia city from Texas, and lor the first time heard of the event. He immediately went to the St. Charlea Hotel, where the young lady was stopping, In company with Mrs. and her daughter, both from the same State, in whose rhargc the bride had been placed on h.r departure from home. Meeting Mrs. 'in the parlor of the Hotel, he upbraided her with having lent her countenance to the secret marriage of hia sister, applying to her some very harah epithets not set down in the code of etiquette. Thin aroused tiie ire of Miss H—, a young and blooming virgin of seventeen summers, who immediately approached the irate brother, and shaking against his face her white and tiny fist, "wished she was a man or even had a weapon, that ahe might kill him for hia impertinence."?,!, ?'S

Nothing daunted by her threatening attitude, the irritated brother of the bride drew from his bosom a bowie knife, and handing it to the juvenile Xnntippe said, "Take this, Miss, and let me see if you area lady of your word." With all the fire of a demon, the lady grasped the shining blade, and drawing it back with a movement sa if to plunge it into his breast, was about to deal the fatal blow, when she was prevented by a gentleman viator who grasped her arm.

We mention this merely as an instance of "true grit" on both sides, and as a foil of reality, setting off a very pretty specimen of the romantic.—IV. O. Crescent.

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We quits agree with the Providence Journal, that the use of the word lady for the word wife, is a vulgarity of the grossest kind. 'Mr. Smith snd lady' does not convey the ides that Mrs. Smith is legally married to Mr. SiRith on the contrary, it gives you an idea that she is a temporary female appendage, to be gotten rid of (if possible) at the first convenient opportunity. Yet it is a common thing to see it announced in our newspapers that this and that well known citizen arrived at such a place, with his *l«dy and children.' Wife is a good old Ruglish word and the use of it, to designate the position of an honest women, need not be repudiated by the greatest parvenu in the land. The term lady means anything but that which is respectable or virtuous, when substituted for the term wife.and every honest woman being necessarily a lady, the •auerword is an impertinence or a aup«rduilir. Mercury.

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The Utest case of absence of mind Is related of the foreman of a grand jury in Missouri. After administering ihe oath to a beautiful woman, instead of handing the Bible, he presented his face and said, *?iow kiss the book, madam 1*

,„jMint j'tlep* wera invented, is s*id. by a Virginia editor, who, having kissed a pretty girl after she had eaten some mint, was so intoxicated with pleasure that he devoted several months in ai tempting to produce an Article which would recall toenngirts' as viridlv as

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A TURK*S IDEA. OF PROf3RI»?A* That i* a curiosity of an epistle in Btr Layard's new Volume, in which the fmaum Ali Zadi rebukes the inquiring tendeacie* of the adventurous traveller. Mr. Lavard had written for certain information, and the Tmaum replied as follows: "Mv illustrious friend and joyof my liver. The thing you ask of me is both difficult atid useless. Although I have passed all my days in this place, I have neither counted the houses, nor have inquired into tlhe number of the inhabitants and as to what one person loads On his mwles, and the 6thar stows away in the bottom of hia ship, that is 110 business of mine. But above all,as" to the previous history of this city, God onlt knows the amount of dirt and confusion tltat the infidels mty have eaten before the com* ing of the sword of Islam. It were impossi ble for us to r.quire into t. Oh, my soulj oh, my lamb! seek not after the things which concern thee not. Thou csmest.unto us, and we welcomed thue go in peace. Of a truth thou hast spoken many words, and there is no harm done, for the speaker is one aud the listener is another.

After the fashion of thy people, thou hast wandered from one piece to another, until thou art hnppv and content in none. We (praise be to God) were born here, and never desire to quit 1t. I* it possible then, that the idea of a general intercourse between mankind should make any impression pa our understanding 1 Goa forbid Listen, oh, my son. There is no wisdom equaljunto the belief in God* He created the world and shall we liken ourselves unto Hinj, in seeking to penetrate into the mysteries 6f his creation 1 Shall we ssy, behold this star spinueth round thst star, and thia atpr with a tail go'eth and cometh in so many years. Let 1t go. He from ^ho^e hand it came wilt guide and direct it. But thou wilt aay unto mo, "Stand aside,oh mng, fpr I am more learned than thou art,-and h'jye seen more things." If thou thinkest that thou art in this respect better than I am, thou art welcome. 1 praiae God that {seek not that which I "revtiire not. Thou art lenrned in the things I care not for and os for that which thou hast seen, I defile it.«— Will much knowledge create thae a double b*lly, or wilt thou seek paradise with thine eyea Oh, my friend, if thou will be'ltappy, say 'There is no God but God. Do no evil and thus wilt thou fear neither man nor death, for surely thine hour will come.— The meek in spirit (El Fakir) Imaum AU Zadi." tiffr Sift

EXPANDING TIIE CHE8T. Those who are in easy circumstal^es, or those* wlm pursue sedentary employment within doors* use their lungja but little, breathe but little air in tbe chest, und independently of positions, contract wretchedly small chest, and lay the foundation for the loss of health and beautv. All this can .be perfectly obvtateci by a tittle attention to tha manner of breathing. Reflect the lung* are like a bladder in their structure, and can stretch open to double their size with perfect safety, giving noble chest and perfect immunity from „£ol)«uniplion.

The ngent, and only agent required i* the common air we breathe, suppo sing however, that no obstacles exist, external 10 the chest, such os twining it around with stays, or having the shoulders lie upon it. On rising from bed in the morning place yourself in an erect posture, with your chest thrown back and your shovildersentirely ofTfrom the chest, then inhaie all the air that can be got in then hold your breath and throw your arms off behind—fyold your breath ns long as possible. Repeat these j^ng breaths as many timeses y'u please t)«ne a cold room is much better, because th* nir is much denser, end will act more powerfully in expanding the chest. Rxercisiug the ch«M in this manner, it will become flexible and expansible, and will enlrage the capacity and size of the lungs.—[Scientific American*

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"It is a vulgar er7or,"saysan English p*per," to speak of mechanics, lubnrers in wood ond iron, etc.. as the working classes. The term, if it has an exclusive application, belongs to successful public men. Mr. Cobden, writing to a friend a few days ngw, says: 'I am in such a dailv treadmill of occupations thai one task is constantly superseding another, and unless 1 can do whatever I have to do at once, it is sure to be set aside by somethiug else and Vice Cbanroller Wood told his constiiuents last week, that during the whole term of his office as Solicitor General, he had only three weeks holiday, and

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A correspondent of the Cecil Whig relates the following anecdote: The late Governor Veszey used ti relate on anecdote of his father and Thomas Leslie, while the latter wns engaged in ihe wtavefng busines- at Bo hernia. There were dealings between the parties to a considerable amount, aodattheend of the first year wnen they met for sett!emen, each hud kept his book so correctly, that there was not a farthing of difference in their accounts. At the end of the second year they met again tor settlement each having thought the other so careful in his bookkeeping, bad kept no account of his own, and neither of them had any account.

Wellington, contrary to general belief, was born a sickly child like Ttirenne, h« was weekly when young, and ps*sed two years at Angers, chiefly on a sofa,, playing with a pet dog He remembered hi* previous career with no pleasure, and aeldom referred to it. His real life began in India, where his body ripened by that genial *un, and the exercise of .command called_ forth every dormant capability of the general and the stateai/iatl "Ebe

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