The Wabash Courier, Volume 23, Number 14, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 November 1854 — Page 1

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Tyre nnd Sidon.

There is something in the very mention of their nnmes, which seems to surround these cities with a peculiar and melnnchnly interest.

Tyre and Sidon are very frequently referred to in the sacred writings. They were among the oldest colonies or cities of antiquity.. They were in Phoenicia.

a which formerly made port of Syrin Ip 1 and were situated on the eastern margin of the Mediterranean. Syria at one pe riod included pnri of Palestine, and the country or district of Phoenicia also extended as far south as to comprehend a portion of the territory afterwards called

Palestine. Or to be particular, Syria is on the north, Phoenicia south of it, nnd Palestine still more south. Soon after t*te dispersion of mankind in the second or third century from the deluge or soon after Ninevah and Babylon were built the descendants of Hum went South into Phoenicia nnd Palestine, into Arabia, Egypt aud Abyssinia. Sidon was distinguished, among other inventions and manufactures, for that of glass Sadia is the present name of the place

Tyre was was built after Sidon a colony from it. Hut soon became the most populous and enterprising. Sidon is suid by Moses to bo the oldest son of Canaan, who was the son of Ham When the Jews settled in Palestine, after th«ir delKeranco from Egypt under Moses.Sidon was a great cilv, nrid probably the most ancient in all Syria. Thif was about 1500 yours befoie our ern, and consequently upwards of 850 years after the deluge in the time of Nonh

The citizens of Tyre and Sidon early engaged in navigation and commerce They sent out tt colony to Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa and in the Interior of Asia Minor, and even on the shores of Europe. About the year 1000 or 800 before the Christian Era, Tyre becamo the largost and most en tcrprising of ihe two cities and therefore is probably mentioned first by the inspired prophets and'sacred historians is ovident tiiey were places ol great wealth in tho times of some of th prophets and that wraith engendered luxury, dissipation and licentiousness for all of which they were declared to bo liable to tho righteous judgment ol God and it was predicted that they should become diminished and d«solatr The prophecy has been most wonderfully accomplished, especially in Tyro. The ciiy w«s originally built on tlu continent but when besieged by the Assyrians, the inhabitants went to an Island in the vicinity and several cen turies after Alexunder converted it inta peninsula.

Snvhgc Conduct of the Chinese Rebels. CANTON, Tuesday, July 18. 1854. Last evening tho Rev. Mr. Honney nnd I passed tho execution ground, a narrow tana of about a hundred feet long, occupied on one side with potterv shops, on the other blank wall. It was quito accidental that we stept aside few yards from our way to see it, for I had passed over it yesterday when it was cleared of dead bodies, and was onlv revolting by tho sight of a bin of decayed human heads, which would measuro as much as a cord of wood, and the black blood-soaked grouud emitting a sickening effluvia.

But this afternoon wo happened to pass by there not long after five o'clock, the execution hour, before the headless bodies were removed from the ground. Or the heads thrown into the hoap.— There lay fifty or sixty victims, which is pot greatly above the average of daily execut!.'^8 f°r

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tures are placed other, in a kneeling posture-, the head bent forward oneol tho two executioners holds him. while the other strikes oflT the head, at a single blow, usually of bis sword.

Mr. Bonney could understand the talk of the by slanders, and it revealed indignant/eelings at the slaughter, for the victims aro often poor and innoceut, seized while at their lawful avocations, •'on groundless suspicions, and executed without trial." 1 speak advisedly.— Leang-Afa used these words. One was taken while being shaved in a barber's. When one of the by standers expressed himself freely to Mr. Bonney against the Government, his comrades hushed him, lest his words should bo overheard and reported to the mandarins.

More hearts pine away in secret an* guish, for the kindness from thone who should bo their comfort, thftu (rom any other calamity in lifo.

A great many persons lose their winter apples, not because they will not keep, but because they did know how to keep them. We commend the following to the attention of all. Recollect that too much importance cannot be attached to keeping apples in a cool place, but where they will not freeze.

The keeping of apples and other fruits depends very much upon the rare with which they are inhered, and the place in which they are deposited hence a few hints on the subject will not be valueless to orchardist nnd gardener.

Late nutumn and winter apples belong to that class of fruits which are gathered before maturity, and ripened in the fruit -oom or cellar and they should be picked when they have received from the tree all the valuable elements the season will nllow'it to give them. Eng lish gardeners have a rule that no fruit should be suffered to remain on the trees after they cease to vegetate, and ibis is in general a good one. The ap pies above spoken of, as well as pears of ihe same class, may remain uneathered until there is danger of injury from front, as the sun nnd air. and the still remaining vigor of the tree seems necessary to their perfection and maturity.

Apples designed for long preservation should as far as practicable be picked by hand, carefully, and separated, and when they are not wet by dew or rain. They should be handled so as not to bruise them in the least, as carefully almost as eggs or glass ware. Lay them gently on the floor of a cool dry room, a foot deep, to sweat and senson for two or three weeks and then, on a clear dry day, sort arid pack tho apples in clean dry barrels, filling them so full hot the apples cannot move after being headed in. The very best, which will keep longest, may be wrapped up separately in soft paper before packing, or thev may be placed in layers with dry chafi around and between them.

Most cellurs and ground floors are too damp for th« perfect keeping of apoles through the winter and spring, and nlso of too variable a temperature—the latter hould not vary much from forty de grees. If an upper room can be so pre pnred ns to retain about the same degree heat, dryness, and darkness, it is a very desirable locality for the preservation of fruit, not only apples, but pears, grapes, &c. To the preservation of the two last nnmed, considerable attention has been paid.—Nno

Yorker.

Interesting DiNCovery.

A vory interesting historical discovery has just beeh rnado in the Museum of Arms, in the Palace of Hohenzolleriri Signiaringon. The Marshal of the Court. do Mavcnfisch. remarked in tho Museum what appeared to be a door, covered with plaster. He had the plaster removed, and found a wooden door and behind that door was one of iron, fastened with four enormous locks. M. de Mayenfisch had the locks opened, an operation of great difltculty. The door being then flung open, a subterra nean passage was discovered. This passage between three nnd four htm dred yards in length, was blocked up at the end with rubbish. The rubbish was removed, and a largo chamber wa3 ex posed. On the walls, at certain intervals, were crucifixes, and figures of the Virgin and St. John the Baptist, all in wood, clumsily executed also iron enps with spikes in the interior, heavy chains, pincers, and other instruments of torture. In the centre of tho room was a huge stone stable and ten seats surrounding it. On the table were a hammer

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ircV,7h«Icg«'«°»wM, iho'vicilin..:!«« "hickj h«|d my h.n. forward on tho belly. The poor c^ea- I v^rmu^ naper. which partly ca tures are placed in a line, one before the ored It. is srnineu, as you see,

pinto with (in bas relief at

the bottom) figures of the Virgin nnd St. John the Baptist five wooden balls, quite black with age and an iron seal of tho famous Vehmic tribunal. This seal, with the other things, makes it clear that the cavern was employed for the sittings of one of tluisn secret courts of justico whose mysterious and terrible proceedings created profound terror in the middle ages but served to keep in c'teck the brutality of the oppressors of the people. Singular to relate, no other actual remnins of any Vehmic tribunal have yet been discovered in Germany, though Mparts have spent many weary years in making all mannerof researches respecting them.

Tno bullet by which General Joseph Wirren was* killed at Bunker Hill is still preserved. It is an ounce, and was exhibited by Alexander H. Everett, on the delivery of an oration at Charlestown. June 17. 1836. in which he exclaimed—" This is one of the feliow citnd

Keeping Winter Apple*.

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hero's blood." This ball is now depos ited in the Library of the United States Historic-Genealogical Society, with the original affidavit of Rev William Mon tague, formerly pastor of Chrit Church. Boston, who made oath that he obtained the ball in London, of Arthur Stvage. once officer of the Customs of ihe port of Boston who gave Mr. Montague thin, account of tho ball:—"On the morning of the 18th of June, 1775 after the bat tie of Bunker, or Breed* Hill, I. with number of the royalists and British officers, among whom wna General Bur goync, went over from Boston to Charles town to view the battle field. Among the fallen we found the body of Dr. Joseph Warren with whom I had been personally acquainted. WheA he fell, he fell across a rail. This bait took from his body and, as I never shall visit Boston again will give it tuyou to take to America, where it will be valuableat a relic of jwu revolution."

Dickey nnd Sassy.

Dickey was poor Sosey had a rich mother Dickejr foveH Susey, and vice versa Dickey wanted to marry Susey. but Susey'a mother was "down nit'' thai measure Dickey was forbid the premises Rotes were exchanged through the knot hole in the high board fence that enclosed the yard. One dav the old lady went out "calling." and Dickey was duly informed of the act called on Su^ey remained a little too late ,* old ladywas close at hand, no chance to escape without detection, that's aloiost certain at tho instance of Susey Dickey popped into the closet the old lady saw that Susey looked confused guessed that Dickey had been about, but supposed, of course, he had made good his escape thought perhaps that the young couple had agreed to elope together determin ed to be too smart for them accordingly shut Susey up in the same closet where Dickey was concealed, and giving her a pair of quilts and a pillow, locked her up for the night did'oi see Dickey next morning went to the closet to let Susey out:

O. Lord a scream could'nt get get breath for a moment Finally— '•Ahem Dickny, is that you ''Yes, ma'am." "Ahem ahem well Dickey—" "Susey, dear, go and see about the breakfust." [Exit Susey.] "Well, Dickey." "Well, ma'am." "Dickey, you must stay to breakfast." "Could'nt, ma'am." "Oh, hut you must."

Dickey, concluded to stay. At breakfast tabic '•Dickey. I have been thinking a great deal iibout you lately." "So I suppose, ma'am—vpry lately.*' "You are industrious and honest, I hear.'*

I never br«g. ma'am." "Well, now, upon the whvile. Dickey. I think you and Susey hud better gei married."

Panl at Sen.

He did not go for pleasure or for hi« health or to make money. ||e went because he was sent. He appealed from an unjust condemnation to Cro-ar. nrx' WHS sent a prisoner o*ean wise to Rome. Heathenism paid his expenses. It not often that goodly preacher get transferred from one part of the field ti another, and pagan treasury foots the bill.

Paul did good service at sen. He did not coil himself up in hts berth. Btid snooze away the voyage Nor did hi as one in bonds, go fretting in discoii lentment at his lot, selling every one else grumbling. He was cheerful and full of animation, as a good man ough to be anywhere. He was hntidv as Jack himself when the sea called for him Now he helps to pitch the cargo of the laboring vessel into the sea—now he makes all ring with a voice that encour aged the dipirited sailors—and now he gives the cnpiain a hint that saved the lives of all on board.

Paul took his religion with him to sen He was not ashamed'to lei all know IIIHI lie served God, giving thanks for the food provided, uod praying for ull on board.

Paul had a laste of shipwreck. But he went through its perils like a man sense, and christian, and did more for the safety of all his shipmates, than all the others on bo»rd.

Paul on the laud or Paul on the sea. a most noble specimen of a christian man.—Puritan

Record.

PlettMire or Contentment. I have a rich neighbor who is always so btm that he has no leisure to laugh the whole business of his life is to get money, more money, thnt he may still get more and more money. He is still drudging on, saying what Solomon says: •Tho diligent hand inaketh rich.' And it is true, inded but he considers not that it is not in the power of riches to mako a tnnn happy for it was wisely said by a man of great observation,-that tiere be as many miseries beyond riches a on this side of them.' And yet Heaven deliver us frotn pinching poverty, nd grant that, having a competency we inny be content and thankful. Let us n«t repine, or so much ^s think the gifts of God unequally dealt, it we see another abound with richcs, when as Gd knows, the cares that are the keys that keep those riches, hang often so heavily at the rich man's girdle that they clog him with weary days and restless nights, even when others sleep quietly. We see but the outside of the rich man's happiness few consider him to be like the silkworm, that when she seems to pluy, is at the same time spinning her own bowels, and consuming herself. And this many rich men do, londtng themselves with corroding cares to keep what they have already g«t.— Let us. therefore, be thankful for health nnd competence, and. abive all. (or a quiet conscience.— Isaac Wa/ton.

ONIONS roa FOWLS—Scarcely too much can be said in praise of ouion« for luwls. They seem to be a preventative mid remedy for various diseases to which domestic poultry is liable. Having frequently tested their excellences, we can apeak unhesitatingly. For gapes and inflaroati«n of the throat, eyes *nd head, onions are almost a specific. We would recommend feeding fowls, and especially the young chicks, with «s many as they «Hl cat, as often as twice or three times a week. They should be finely chopped. A small ad-

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Storing Winter Vegetables. Next to the growing, the proper pre servation of winter vegetables claims our attention. It is possible that so far ns sorts and growth are concerned the stock may be unexcejiiionuble, which, when wanted for the tnble. they mty be., if roots, dried and shrivelled up—if the cabbage tribe, rotten-,^ This is all for the want of proper storing. A good dry cellar is the best place f.»r storifrg roots, such irs carrois. been, ruth bfcgn, parsnips, scorzenera or oyster plant, and turnips. If stored after the following manner they will come out us wanted, as when taken out of the ground.

The tender, such as carrots, beets and scorzoners. require taking up as soon as the leaves exhibit a yellow appear-' ance, or before any very sharp frost, while par-snips may remain longer. :s no frost injures them, in fact, except for use during hard weather, many leave them in the ground «lI the winter. In taking up, rare should be taken to get them out with ilm roots entire, or they are much more liable to rot while some, as the b»et. ore materially injured in ili9 cooking if mutilated. Tho tops hould be trimmed .fT just above the crown, and the roots allowed to become dry before storing.

Procure some sand, which should be pretiy dry, and lav a thin layer over the place the roots are to occupy. Now lay the roots evenly over this, placing a row all around the outside with the crowns outward. Place on sand sufficient to fill up all cavities and just covet the roots, and so on. alternate roots and sand, till the whole is completed. They should not. however, be laid up to a greater height than three feet.

Cabbage may be preserved in the cellar and in the open ground—the former for using during wimer—the latter after the fro-t break. Take a shelte/ed pari the garden, and open a trench, in which lay the cabbage, bottom upward take out the next trench and lav on these, and soon. A few mrds nr a lit t'e sir«w sliitold be sprinkled over them in hard weather.

Cauliflower and Brocoli that have not headed before hard weather, should be carefully tak-n up. and lai I in mould in the vegetable cellar or shed. In this *ay this luxury may be hid a good part of ihe winier.

Celery, all except the very latest crop, should just before the ground-becomes hard be lilted and placed in sand in the cellar, tops upwards a little slanting

This will be itr use the great part of the winter. The latest crop mty rem it in HI the ground well covered with straw.

Country Gentleman.

Tnble Movisi?,

N. P. Willis, in a lute Home Journal, describes some exftihi ions o' this phe ntmen»n»whiclv «mk place his'Country residence, in the presence of a Judge of the Ciiy nch two ladv leaders of S icietv (oti* from New York and thejolher from Boston), ti young lady just returned from Europe, substantial merchant and a successful author (Bayard Taylor). The company were assembled lor the purpose of making trial of an '•oilic*' or a sort of spiritual prescription that had been sent Mr Willis for the cure of ihe consumption, under which he is stiff-ring. Alter the trial, which Mr W. 'declares was followed by favorable results, .the following incidents occurred "Our talk naturally led to experiments at table mnvma nnd one of the wooden legge quadrupeds—an or-rnoln table, hiiherii, of the most steady habits, standing in ihe center of the drawingroom—beg in id prance with our Boston Iriend slaying her hands lightly upon ii, and the next moment, though she is a large and jestic lady, knocked her and tnv little lUghier Lillian prostrate upon tho floor, very nearly up*ei the Judge and broke the arm of the lotus crowned statue of Mel incholy which was on a stand in the corner of the room I( nppeared that spirits invoked to heal lungs, mav also assault Indies and children, damage furniture and break objects of art—mischievous "angels of mercy,'* to sav the least. Under the touch of une of our visitors (an invalid lady who could scarcely walk icross the room), the tables, one and all, that eve ning. seemed particularly ungovernable Two our neighbors who chanced to come in —(our venerable friend S and a siout working farmer)—were obliged to hop out ol the way, in the midst of their unbelief, to make room for the possessed mrfhogany pirouettng under the mere touch of her slender fingers. No two of the inen present could, by hold ing on with main strength, stop the one ltdv

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dittoo of corn-meal if an improvement, I lp water, and jrour bauer ia as light —Farming Muror las a feather and fit for immediate use."

will power thus exercised—the

table rising front the flour or gliding away, as if gentlemen wills were the only obstacle. Faces of the scared ser vants who were peeping in at the door*, would have been a study for Rusell. The very tables they had bees waxed every day •Of cuurse we 'believed' nothing— any us—but ihi* was what we savJ. *1 m«) as well add. perhaps, that, to my own touch, ihe p»xse$*ed tables were wholly ins.-nsible—as they were in the IOUC'I of all the gentlemen pre sent—they danced only with ladies."

The following is «u excellent recipe fnt making buckwheat flip jacks: "To about three pints of buckwheat flour add half a pint of ctirn meal, mix the whole into a batter, add one tea*pootiful of car-bi-ttate of soda diss(»!ved in water, and after stirring it up «ell. add to the whole a leaspnuuful uf tartaric acid dissolved

Wearing the Beard.

It may be safely argued ns a general -physiological principle, thai whatever evinces free and natural developement of any part of the body is by necessity beautiful Deprive the lion of his mane, the cock of its comb, the peacock of the emerald plumage of its tail, the ram nnd deer of their horns, and they not only become displeasing to the eye, but loose mush of their power and tigor'. And it is easy to apply this reasoning to the hairy'ornaments of a man's face. The caprice of fashion alone forces the Eng lish in an to shave off those appendages

which give to the male countenaxiee that

true masculine character, indicative of,

energy, bold daring, and decision. The

presence absence the heard, as n.n

audition the face, is the most marked

«nd distinctive peculiarity between iheljer. countenances of the two sexes. Who can hesitate admire the noble countenances of the O^aianli Turk of Con-

siaminople, whh his un Mongolian

length of he .rd Ask any ol the fair

sex whether they will not approve nnd' admire the noble countenance of Mehe

The Belle and the SiuJent. At a certain splendid evening ptriy a haughty young beauty turned to a student who stood near her and said Cousin John, 1 understand your eccentric friend L- is here. I have, a great cu riosiiy to'see him. Do bring hint here nnd introduce him to inc.''

The student went in search of his friend, nnd ai length found him lounging on a sofa. ••Come said he, "my beautiful cousin Catharine wishes to be introduced to Villi."

Well,arot her out. John," drawled with an effected yawn. John returned to his cousin and ad vised her to defer ihe intnjiduciion till a more favorable lime, repeating tho answer he had received. The benuiv bit her lip. but the next moment said, "well never fear! I shall insist on being introduced.''

After some delay, was led up and the ceremony of introduction performed. Agreeably surprised by the beauty and commanding npuaanince of Catharine, made profound bow, but instead of returning it. she stepped backward, and raising her eyeglass. surveyed him deliberately from head to foot, then, waving the back of her hand toward liirn, drawled out. ••Trot him off, John trot him off that is enough

PRHSERVINC. BUTTER.—Tlio farmers of Aberdeen. Scotland, are said to prac tice the following method of curing their butter, which gives ii a great superiority over that of their neighbors "Take two quarts of the best common salt, one ounce of sugar, and one ounce of common saltpetre take one ouncn of this composition for one pound of butter, work it well into the mass, and close it up for use. Tne hutier cured witlr this mixture appears of rich marrowy consistency, and fine col or, and never acquires a brittle hardness nor tastes salty. Dr. Anderson says 1 have eaten butter cured with the above composition that has been kept lor three years and it was as sweet HS ai first. Ii must be noted however, that butter thu* cured, requires to stand three weeks or a month before it is used. If ii is soon or opened, the salts are not sufftcientU blended with it. and sometimes the cuotne.«s of the nitre will be perceived which totally disappears afterwards."

(•rowing Fish.

Tho Cleveland (O City Fact says that one of ihe most pleasing things exhibited at their late county fnir wns a lot of brook troui, artificially bred by Drs irlick and Ackly, whose labors in this line we have heretofore noticed. They showed several broods of fish in differ ent stages of growth, and have

... ... ... ,. Court iuse opening on Lexington street, meul All, iwaj ir Herbar Ld vards. the. ,ml watched the approach of the prisoner, hero ol the Punjuib. bir Ch.irles Napier.| Wiien he reached tne door she suddenly and others, os set off bv neir beard ?j drew from ufiJer her shawl a single barWe may ask. with Beatrice. "What'relied pi^td, which she aimed at Fischer manner o' man is he? Is his head

worth a hat, or his chin worth a beard charge took clFect upon the sleeve of the coat of Mr. Burke, entirely I have noticed the whiskers and beards on many of our mfst eminent physicians and merchants encroaching upon their former narrow boundaries, while it is well known that not a few of our di vines have long been convinced of the lolly of disobeying one of nature's fixed laws but hitherto iheir unwillingness to shock the prejudice of their congregations. have prevented them from giving effect to their conviction. The beard not merely for ornament, it is for us^. Nature never does anything i*i vain she is economical and wastes nothing. She would never erect bul w«rk were domain unworthy of protection. or were there no enemv to invade it.—Rowland

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strated that it is jstas easy 10 grow fi«h as ii is fowls, or any other description of food.

We hope alf agricultural societies wiil take a hint from this, and ofT^r premiums for such a show of fish as will best illustrate the fact to farmers that they can grow the cheapest food ever produced for man up their farms wherever they hive natural water or can make artificial ponds. L"l us have the premiums 'for the best show of fi«h artificially produced upon any farm.*' (1 is a matter of very serious consideration. when fresh fish sells here at the same price per pound as beef, pork, and rauuou. N Y. Tribune.

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Small faults indulged, are liule thieves which let in greater.

fc.xcltiii£ Scene nt the Baltimore Court Iluase—A Man *hot by a Woman, F..r several days past there has been quite an excitement about the criminal Court rooin, in consequence of the progress of the trial of a man named Adolph Fischer, for an alleged outrage upon a female residing on Fell's Point. The testimony was generally of character unfit for publication, but it was deemed inefficient by the jury to warrant a full verdict of condemnation.— The female attended the trial and carefully watched its progress-

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teuritig away the cuff and slightly burning his hand. In an instant the greatest excitement ensued. Several persons took hold of the woman, when her husband stepped forward and undertook to rescue her. In the melee several persons were knocked down, but she was ultim tteiy arrested bv one of the deputy sheriffs, and taken into the office ol Clerk of the Criminal Court, where she was kept until the excitement subsided and the crowd dispersed. She was then put in chirge of deputy warden Bxuldin, and taken to jail by order of Sheriff Hinds, who pro cured a hack for her conveyance, to prevent the crowd frotn following and possibly attempting a rescue.

The lemalo in question is of German birth, of dium size and rather prepasscsnr in appearance. She is apparently ab ut twenty-five years of age, with regular a'tires, black eyes and dark hair. Innnedi.itely uf'ter the attempt upon the life of Fischer she seemed1 greatly agitated, and expressed regret that slu had not succeeded in killing him, whom she alleged hud done her a foul wrong. While sitting in the office of the clerk she came to a sense of the position she occupied nnd wept bitterly.

Considerable sympathy was elicited for the female, and many remarked their approbation of her conduct. This, however, was done in the moment of excitement, and it is probable that there aro few who would sanction such a violation of the law as would place in the hands of the aggrieved party the power of inflicting summary punishment upon the offenders. She was committed to prison on a charge of assiult with intent U\kill, the penalty for which islong imprisonment in the penitentiary.—

Bait. American. A WI1ALIS STORY. Nearly three years since, in company wiih over one hundred other passerrgers. I sailed in the ship Plymouth, Cap* tain Pulson. from Son Francisco to Kealtjo. A few days out we fell in with a whale some sixty or seventy feet long, and which kept in our company twen'yfour days,

nnd only left us when we got

on soundings—closc 10 our pori of destination. This w'halo most of the timo kept directly under the ship's bottom, and so close that on several occasions the keel rnnsi have touched him, as we could see that his back was scratched by the copper. He would come up to blow every twenty to thirty minutes, ranging lew rods from the ship al most always 10 windward—and then resume his birth under the keel and whether we went fast or slow it was always ihe same to bun. On going down lie would almost invariably come within two rods of the ship, with his head opposite the mainmast, and slowly settle to his place, his flukes being even with tho rudder. On one occasion we lay becalmed for two or three days, with two oilier vessels about half a mile off. O.ir whale paid them a visit of an hour or itvo ench day, hut always came back to his quarters. After he had been back wiih us livo or six days we got ilred of hi« company. *nl nn attempt was made to drive him off by firing into him and a few days alter the effort wus repealed, hut he would noi leave us. Thirty or forty heavy rifle balls were fired into him, some of which struck linn in his blow-hole, and'rtrew blood, bui all to no effect when

Yesterday afternoon the trial was con^ wno oy tnetr wlo.t „n,r .h* wid education.. In the North eluded, and the court sentenced the party charged to pay a fine of §20 and to be imprisoned in the j.irl for sixty days. Thu

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ond except on one occasion.' wtlch he ihought would harvest seveniyball hit him at the bottom of fi bushels to the acre," a- that ten a spur on tho back, (when he gave slight shivert) we could not perceive thai he fell them, although many of tho balls struck him when not more than two or ihrce rods fmm ihe ship. On ihe days after the shooting, at every shot-hole would appear a small while bulb, but in three ur four more days he would show no signs of having been in jjured. During the passage we were close 10 many other whales, but our

whale paid not the slightest attention 10 them. Persons on board, who profensed to know, called this a Sulphur Bot lam IVhale, whether correctly or not, cannot say.—Exchange.

'Mrs. Jones.' said a gentleman one day last summer, when railroad accidents were so numerous, to a lady who«e husband was a brakesman, Mrs. Jones, do you not feel worried about Mr Junes while he ia on the cars, ia view of the many accidents that aro now occurring •No. not at all,' replied thief contented lady -for if he is killed 1 know shall get paid for it because Mr. William* gut forty dollars for bis cov that was run over by the cars.*

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WHOLE N0^1158.

Southern Literature,

It has been to us a "species of puzzle, whpn we heard it boaste^f, or else complain* ed of (as the case might be,) that the read-ing-public of the Southern States are in a great measure dependent for thoir periodical literature upon the North. Yot up to this present writing the circumstances may be easily accounted for. There are, perhaps, more men of Nterary leisure and of high education in the South, proportionally to population than at the North but there is no such numerous class who

live

allowed it to operato

long unchecked, it would er.d in the destruction of their whole social economy, in the forfeiture of their property, in the casting them forth frotn the family of"civiIized communities," and at last, in the cutting of their throats. Nothing short of this.

The South will not be able to endure this kind of tampering any longer, and there is no reason why it should. It can no longer spare its men of gen to min ster to the Hnrper-f and Putnnms like poor Edgar Poe, a sweet singrer and cunning essayist, of whom the Vi ginia University was once proud, but whom New York and Philadelphia drove mad and starved. Neither can tha South safely take nny longer for its monthly reading, the platitudes of the.aboli-'. ti mists, who quote the Bible for the "Unity of the Human Race," (which the Bible docs not assert,) but contemn tho same Bible us nn authority for slavery, (upon which the. B.ble is e'ir)—whohtvethe face to appeal to Christianity, yet' ore ready to call the Apo'tle Paul a "doughface," because he r6».V, turned a fugitiv, slave who take British opinion ns their standard, and find excellence or utter nhomination in everything American, precisely as it approaches or recedes from that sublime fxemplar. There Wire gie it tint befoi0 the English there are greater nations than they ever will be.— There have been moralities unknown -to Exter Hall and wisdom will not die with the writers of the Edinburgh Review.—

THE MANUFACTURE OF CHAMPAGNE.— legal trial in New York has developed some singular facts touching the manufacture of Newark cider into the choicest brnnds of champagne. Empty champagne bntiJes are bought at ihe hotels nnd other places, the labels nre ingeniously imitated, and the whole finishing and packing are in exact rusem. blnnce of the genuine ariicle. The effervescence is given to tho cider by farcing^jr in 10 the bottles. This spurious chumpagrio is sold in greoi quantities to ihe hotels nnd to tho dealers, and iho quantity of it drank doubtless greatly cxcccds that of the genuine importation. Many a mon smacks his lips over Hcidsick or Schreider, that was never nearer Franco than Newark. There has been soma dispute over iho term "indecently drunk." We think that cases of this kind should bo reported "dishonestly drunk."

TRACES OF WATER IN THE MOON.— Professor Philips, of England, in the course of some remarks lately on the 'Lunar Mountain,' observed that daily experience showing that the more their telescopeic [sic] power was increased the less circular appeared the lunar craters, and the less smooth the surface of the moon. All was sharp and irritated—a perfect representation of its past history. On the much mooted questions as to there being traces of the action of wa- [sic] on the surface of the moon as now presented to us, at one time he believed that there was no trace of water to be seen, but he confessed that more recent observations, particularly those made with Lord Ross's telescope, shook his belief in that opinion. ~~~~~~~

A CALIFORNIA WHEAT FIELD—AS

by their

there is, apparently, more business enterprise, having for its great aim and end, to supply that which is demanded at the lowest penny, be it a rocking chair or a review—a magazine or a thrashing machine. Now, everything in this country ia done upon commercial principles, and stands upon the basis of cents. Sjuthrons, too, are more indolent they have been content to g^t everything midc for them, whether in Eng. land or New England and, until of lite, they lazily adopted the vtry habits of thought phraseology which were moulded in the fjrms of British Society and Anglo* Sax-m civilization. They did not sufficiently advert to the circumstance thnt this element was bitterly hostile to them and to their institutions and that if they, in their languid

a

specimen of what can be done on iho soil of California, the editor of the Sacramento Union, mentions that he had 8 en a field of wheat of six hundred acres growing in Yolo county, pari o(

acres had been measured off and reaped. The owner thrashed and weighed it. Thrf weight was thirty thousand and

rour

pounds, which, at sixty pounds

to tho bushel, gives sixty-six and two*, thirds bushels of wheat to the acre, nnd other parts would furnish a greater yield.

A MrstrNDERSTANDlNG.—The boarders were assembled, one stormy evening, in tho parlor of a fashionable boarding house in Boston.when a raihrr atuiquaied maiden lady lisped out iho remark that she loved a rainy d«y, and always availed of one to arrange her drawers

,4So

do I," growled an old

sea captain, "I overhaul my drawers and shirts too, sometimes, and sew on a but" ton or a string where it was wanted. Mademoiselle did not faint, but there was an angry rustle of her silks, as sho swept from the room, leaving all to exchange a suppressed titter for a good hearty laugh, •.,.

He will find himself in a great mis* take that either seeks for a friend in place, or trias him at a feast.