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A Song for an Amercau Editor.
BY WILLIAM WALLACE.
Tin of the Press ! Pm of the Press I
My throne a simple chair;
I ask no other mrjesty
Than strikes the gazer there.
The horse of fire obeys my nod ;
My couriers walk the sea;
The lightnings lift their flaming manes,
At Art’s command for me.
Pm of the Prqs*! Tm of die Pres* 1
Do monarchs wear the crown I
I waft my pen across m v page,
And erowns have tumbled down.
The <Ni>d(ts-tl6af strive;
Without, the thunder rolls —
’Within, I prood the quiet thought
•That changes all the soul*
Tm of the Press! I’m of the Press!
-The Dead around me throng;
Their awful voices whisper “Truth !”
Their eyes forbid the “ Wrong.”
From them I gather joy and strength,
Nor heed pale Error’s purse —
My faith in God large a* the arch
He gave his Universe.
Tm of the Press! I’m of the Fres!
My host embattled types;
With them I quell that tyrant’s horde,
And rear the stars and stripes.
I give my hand to all my race,
My altar Ereedom’s sod :
•! ay my say and bend tny knee
Alone, alone to God.
lix isczllantoi\&.
i
BASE INGRATITUDE.
A LESSON FOR PARENTS.
There lived, in a certain town bf the
name of Denois, in the South of France,
an old man by the name of G’onaxa. —
He was very rich, having been a wine
merchant; and consequently, his two
daughters were much pressed with suit
ors tor thoir rmndo In tire/ course of
years both daughters were married, and
they, with their husbands, still resided
with taeir father, Ooirasa. ’
(Jonaxa, was treated, by his two sous
in-law, with the respect and reverence
due him ; but this respect and reverence
as it afterwards appeared, proceeded
only from mercenary motives.
’Sow 6'onaxa, poor, silly man! began
to be tilled with tender love for his two
hypocritical sons-iu law ; and the con
sequence was, that he dispossessed him
self of all his riches in their favor, hop
ing, of course, that they would contin
ue to respect him, and that he would
be able to passYne rest of his dafs in
tranquility and peace, and in the quiet
enjoyment of domestic felicity.
But, alas ! lie soon discovered his fa
tal mistake; for, no sooner had they got
the property of the too confiding man in
to their avaricious hands, than they
•made him feel every moment that a man
from whom nothing more is expected is
a very troublesome burden. The poor
old man, in despair at being the victim
of his own too great bounty, went secret
ly to an old friend of his and made known
to him his sad situation.
‘You have merited it.’ said liis friend,
‘for you have committed a great fan it.’
Conaxa wrung his hands in his grief,
nd tears trickled down ii is aged cheeks.
‘But,’ continued liis friend, ‘I think
we can devise a plan by which you may
yet live the rest of vonr life in peace and
happiness with your ungrateful sons-in-
V law. -It is this ßye and bye I will
send to your house a man with a sack
of money; and when the man shall
•knock at the door you must not fail to
hint to the two son3, with perfect non
’ t'h&inct, that lie is a fariper of certain
lands you have reserved'for yourself;
and if you do tiiis, depend upon it their
conduct towards you will soon* experi
ence a change for the better.
Thus spoke his friend, and Conaxa
thanked him from the bottom of his
heart, and invoked the blessing of God
upon his head. He then returned home
very content, so certain was he that the
stratagem would succeed.
While he was at the table with his
children, the pretended farmer arrived
and demanded to speak with Conaxa.—
* The,old man retired into his own room
with the carrier of the sack, closed the
door and poured out the crowns upon
the table, and commenced to count them
taking great care to make them sound
much as possible.
The two sons-in-law and their wives
listenee at the door, and peeping through
the key-hole, were greatly surprised to
aee that their father still had money. —
When the good man had reseated him
self at table, they said to him
‘lt appears, father, that you.. have not
yielded all yoijf {Property to'fs.’ ,
‘True,’ replied Conaxa, ‘for I should
Haw® had gr eat cause to complain if I j
ha& pot taken a precaution so wise. I
wished 4-0 try you, and I hare pound, to
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my sorrow", that you are very ungrate
ful. But,’ continued the old man, ‘there
still remains to me considerable prop
erty, and I only intend to give it to the
one of you who shall conduct lumself
towards me the best.’
They gladly promised to treat him
with every consideration in the future,
nor did they belie their promise, for
they vied with each other in obtaining
the good graces of their father. Never
had the good old man been so bappy;
for now his every desire was anticipated
and nothing appeared to give his sons
in-law more pleasure than in exercising
kindness towards him.
Often he visited his old friend who
befriended him in his adveisitv, and as
many times lie thanked him for his kind
ness. Once every year did this preten
ded farmer bring a sack of money to
Oona'xsf; oi&Phnt duped sons-in-law re
doubled their kindness towards him;
and when he was sick they watched him
with the greatest attention, and provi
ded tor his every want. Suffice it to
say that he was happy and content in
the enjoyment of domestic ease, and to
the last moment of his life he enjoyed
the comforts of life ; and, gentle read
er, in his happiness he did not forget to
thank that heavenly Father from whom
all blessings emanate. When he was
on his clealh-bed, and at the point of
death, having summoned his sons-in-law
pointing to a strong box in his chamber
ho said— ,
•There you will find a will, in which
I have declared my last wishes;’ and
then he died. As soon as Gonaxa ren
dered the last sigh, they very soon open
ed the strong box from which they hop
ed to draw forth gold by the handfuls.
But what was their surprise when they
found only a club, upon which was this
inscription—
‘l leave this.club to break the heads
of all fathers who shall be so foolish as
to dispossess themselves in favor of their
children.
VALUE OF POSITION.
If a country doctor fails to cure a dis
ease immediately, the delay is set down
to his ignorance, and he is blamed for
being a blockhead.
When a city physician meets with a
disorder tlmt lingers along and finally
baffles his povers, G, it, was becatjSC- it
was incurable! lie dik every tiling that
the skill of the metropolis could possibly
do from all ita vast and novel resources;
for is he not a city Galem ? Such Ht the
value of position. The country doctor
mav be the more sagacious and deserv
ing of the two, but the prestige of the
practitioner on the pavement carries the
day in the struggle for practice and rep- |
ntation. It makes a great difference
too in a man’s ability in his profession,
whether lie rides in his own carriage to
his patients and his business, or goes
trudging along a foot, or pays his six
pence in the omnibus. The street and
house he lives in are of more consequence
than the books lie has studied, or his
natural mother wit, which we however
price very much in a doctor, as in a
companion, friend and adviser.
Position —rank in society, and that
too founded on nothing better than
wealth and pretension—what a potent
element it is giving consequence to man’s
opinion! A poor fellow ot sense and
cultivation elia.ll give you his advice or
judgment, or make an observation to a
circle—it falls fliit or unheeded. On
the contrary, let a man with a heavy
purse open his month to vent the merest
commonplace or thread-bare ancient saw
and its weight 6eems to be imparted to
bis remark. Yes, it is impossible to
convince the public that a country doc
tor knows as much as the metropolitan
Hippocrates.
Lake Monster. —A movement in the
waters of our bay one day last week, cre
ated quite an excitement for tlie time
being among;those who witnessed it.
We are told by an eye witness, that a
monster, of sarnentine form, from 30 to
50 feet in length, waS distinctly seen to
move about in the water, with an agility
equal to that ot the most expert of the
finny tribe.
We are also told that several of our
fishermen have long been impressed
with the idea, from actual observation,
of the existence of some imaginary mon
ster in the water of the lake.
Or one occasion, at a distance of only
about ten rods, his snakeship was seen
exhibiting a length of over fifty feet,
and a body more than afoot through.
They represent the unknown, as ca
pable ot great rapidity of movement un
der water, having on more than one oc
casion suddenly disappeared, and in an
almost incredibly short time risen to t’ e
surface of the .water, from a quarter to
half a mile distant. We understand
Barnum has been consulted, and offers a
re yard of ten dollars a foot alive.—
hard Journal.
An Irishman being in church where
the collection apparatus resembled elec
tion boxes, on its being handed to him,
whispered in the carrier’s ear that he
was not naturalized, and could not vote.
‘That same’ will bo among Barnnm’s
curiosities before he’s a month older.
(flups, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1 854.
TERRIBLE SICKNESS-PERI 1 APS THE
PLMIE IN LONDON.
A letter from Paris, October 2d, men
tions that Mr. Buchanan, the American
Minister to England, was about visiting
the continent, partly on account of the
extreme unhealthfulness of London., This
unhcalthfuluess, if the following commu
nication, which appears in the Horae
Journal, is to be believed, is caused by
the appearance of the plague in the Brit
ish metropolis. The editor of the Home
Journal says it comes from a ‘literary
friend,’ and a “man of veracity,’ and
therefore publishes iq, while ‘confessing
that it appeal's more than probable the
sudden outbreak of a severe visitation
of Asiatic cholera, with that slight vari
ety in'its symptoms which is not nnfre
qnetjtlj observed, maygiven -rise’
loan impression, on the part of those
who were with it, that the
plangfife, which had been buried for the
best part of two centuries, was again
decimating them.’
‘I am at present running away fiom
London, and what is more, although not
giveiyio fright, I am running away be
cause I am literally scared out of it. The
fact is, although I presume, from the
careful manner in which the details of
it are suppressed here, you will at pres
ent hear but little of it, that the ‘Plague,’
or something very much like it has com
menced in London. You open your
eyes as I say this, and possibly doubt my
sanity; neverthezess, let me assure you,
that I am saying nothing which is not
strictly true.
‘One hundred and fifty years since,
more or less, the infection of the plague
was brought to this city from Alexan
dria, in a chest of clothes. Half of Lon
don perished with this terrible conta
gion. The bodies were carried out and
buried in deep pits in those fields which
now lie under Argyle street and its im
mediate neighborhood. This plague, it
is said, has now been turned up by the
spade, and has begun to ravage London.
Impossible as this may seem, the snr-
Eeons and physicians say positively that
,ondon is not suffering much from chol-
era; that it is a contagious disease
which has broken out in this neighbor
hood, and that it is rapidly spreading.
‘lt would appear that in cutting a sew
er through Argyle street, it was carried
rather deeper than usuahaiid that the
bones ofAhc vict,inWG*rf*is ‘dU§|SA.
were by the workmen, many
of whom sickened ami died suddenly.
Cftiltffeifffflstr; who4md eomo plac
ed with these hones, sickened and pei
islied! Moreover it was notified that
those who came in contact with either
the workmen or children, sickened and
died, in most cases within a few hours,
i The disease now spread rapidly, and in
a week from the time at which it broke
out, it had completely ravaged the
streets in Soho and its immediate vicini
ty ; at the present momeut, Poland st..
Argyle street and others, are closed a
gainst all passers. Halt the shops in
Regent street are shut up. The remain
der are rapidly closing. At two o’clock
in the day scarcely a dozen persons may
be met with in that great thoroughfare.
In those streets which the disease is most
speedily depopulating, the dead bodies
are placed in the open air, immediately
that life has departed from them, so
great is the fear of contagion. I have
seen in two instances half a dozen dead
bodies carried off in black sacks, like
bales of goods, for bnrial. You will eas
ily judge how great a fright this has cre
ated. Every one who is able to do so lias
fled. London generally, at this time, just
emptying, is now half depopulated.—
Three days since, William Vincent Wal
lace ran away. He is not a man easily
frightened. Ask him, and he will cor
roborate what I have told you, as lie
must now be in New York. Business is
now at a complete stand still. Nothing
is doing. Amusements, for the. time be-
ing, have completely closed.
‘Physicians say that this is undoubt
edly the Plaugue. The symptoms oc
casionally vary from those which are re
ported to have accompanied it when, in
the reign of Charles 11.,jt swept off one
half of London. Ho medical means
have as yet availed to stop it. It is pro
pogated by contagion, and is singularly
speedy in its effects, surpassing even the
speed witu which the cholera, on itsfhst
appearance, slew its victims. Hever, in
deed, in the first visitation of that dis
ease, did London look so dreary as it
now does. * * I am now going to
Germany, whence you may probably
have another letter from me. * * *
Some time since the English were talk
ing of the necessity of bombarding Dant
zic. They are now silent touching eve
ry thing except that which they call,
and which must be, the Plague.
Moke Progress.- -Wesley Chapel, one
of the Methodist Churches of this city,
has adopted a rule by'which all the male
nd female members of a family may
||Lt together in the same pew. We were
ised to learn that one of the class
who had just been married, re
fused to vote for this innovation upon
one of the cherished rules of ancient
Methodism. What a queer fellow he
must be. Columbus (0.) Journal.
Is a man ever justifyablo in cither
case ? If so, which ? - “
HOTNED MAHER CUT HIS OWN HEAD
i| OFF.
Among my memorandums of singular
incidents, I find one which even
now affords mo as much amuse
ment as Buch a circumstance can possi
bly-admit ot; and as it is at the same
time, characteristic of the people among
whom it occurred, in that view I relate
it. ‘ A man decapitatingjhimself by mis
take, is a blunder of true Hibernian char
acter. In the year 1800, a laborer
duelling near the town of Athy, inlhe
cggtty of Kildare, where some of my
-miy then resided, was walking with
hfomrade up the banks the of Barrow
to tlue farm ff a Mr.Richardsort,on whose
matfows they were employed to mow;
eaajV i the un vat Irish wgy. having..hk !
sC/JMc loosely hanging over his shoulder,
anffmzily lounging close to. the bank of
the river, they- espied a salmon partly
hid under the hank. It is the nature of
this fish that when his head is concealed,
he fancies no one can see his tail, (there
are many wiseacres beside the salmon of
the same way of thinking). On the
present occasion the body of the fish
was visible. \
‘Oh Ned! Ned, dear!’ said one of the
mowers, ‘look at that big fellow there,
isn’t a pity we han’t no spear V
‘May be,’ said Ned, ‘wo could be af
ter picking him with the scythe handle,’
‘True for you,’ said Dennis, ‘the spike
of yer handle is longer nor mine, give
the fellow a dig with it at any rate.’
‘Aye, will I,’returned the other ; ‘l’ll
give the lad a pod lie’ll never forget
anyhow. 1
The spike and their sport was all they
thought of; but the blade of the scythe,
which hung over Ned’s shoulders, never
came into contemplation ofeither of them.
Ned cautiously looked over the bank ;
the antonscious salmon lay snug, little
imagining the conspiracy that had been
formed against his tail.
‘Now hit the ls\d 6inart!’ said Dennis;
‘there now—there! there, r.ow you have
the boy—success 1’
Ned struck t the salmon with all his
might and main, and that was not trifling.
Whether the fish was piked or not, nev
er appeared, for Ned bending his neck
as he struck at the salmon, placed the
vertebra} in the most convenient position
for unfurnishing the shoulders, and his
coni’ a<Lc who cpyld iigt conceive haw it>
■tfcmW rTTOp offso • suddenly". But th§E
Ucxrmoment he had the consolation of
seeing one of his own ears, which had
Irffen de xterrmsi v sliced off by tin?
same blow which beheaded liis comrade.
Tfie hea(i and ear rolled down the river
iacompany, and were picked up with
extreme horror at the milldain, near Mr.
Richardson’s by one of the miller's men.
‘Who the devil docs this head belong
tot’ exclaimed the miller.
‘Whoever owned it,’ said the man,
‘had three ears at any rate.’
A search being now made, Ned’s
head lets body was discovered lying hall
over the bank, and Dennis in a swoon
through fright and loss of blood, was
found recumbent by his side. Dennis,
when brought to himself, which process
was effected by whiskey, recited the
whole adventure. They tied up the
head, the body was attended by a nu
merous assemblage of Ned’s country,
men to the grave; and the habit of car
rying scvtiis carlesslv very much declin
ed. Many accidents had previously hap
pened from that cause, and the priest
very judiciously told his flock, after the
De Pro; undis, that Ned’s misfortune
was a just punishment for bis negligence,
whereby lie had hurt a little child a day
or two before.
From .that time none ot the country
people would, on. any occasion, go after
dark to tjie spot where the catastrophe,
happened, as they say the doctor stole
the head to ‘anatomise’ it; which fact
was confirmed by a man without any
head being frequently seen by the- wo
men and children who were occasionally
led'to pass the moat of Asdole three miles
from Athy, in the night time; and they
really believe the apparitioh to be no oth
er tlum thee ost of poor Ned Maher,
doctor had fund® way with.
This leads me to a digression more im
portant. The superstition of the lower
orders of Irish, when death occurs in
any peculiar manner is remarkable. In
truth, the only three kinds of death they
consider as natural are, dying quietly in
their cabins, being hanged about tlie as
size time, or starving when the potato
crop All these they regard
as matters of course; but any other spe
cies of dissolution is contemplated wit j
much horror, though, to be sure, they
make no very strong objection to being
shot at by a regular army. They say
‘their fathers and forefathers before them
were used to ‘that very same,’ and all
they expect in such a case is, that there
should be some sort of reason for it,
which they themselves frequently furn
ish. But those manslaughters which
occur through the activity of the reve
nue officers, in prevention of distillation,
they never can reconcile themselves to
or. forgive. They cannot understand the
reason for this at all, and treasure up in
their hearts a spirit of Wago revenge
to the last flay of their lives. An” signo
-1 P / 1 ’ cottager says naturally enough
‘to fiis Andlord, ‘Qugh, isn’t it mighty
.
odd, that wo are not hindered from eat
ing oats, we never we can get any ? hut
if we attempt to drink them, he Jabers,
we are kilt, and battered, and shot and
burned like a parcel of dogs by the ex
ciseman, that’s greater rogues nor we,
I plase your honor.’
In truth, it is to be lamented that this
distinction between solids and fluids
should not be better reconciled
common sens* of the. peasantry, bV be !
somehow regulated so as to prevent Shat’
perpetual resort to that, erroneous sys- :
tern of mountain warfare and revenue ;
blood shed, which ever has kept, wh--!e ■
districts of Ireland in a state of expire-.
rnent and distraction. , I know thu'l
J
speak the sentiments of some of K£ v
I majesty’s enlightened minlfters j
rsUtgefei. ’ ‘ %!
Pat and the Oysters. — Pat. who had
i'ust been transplanted, had been sent by
iis master to purchase a half bushel of
oysters at a quay, but was absent so long
that apprehensions were ent rtained for
his safety. He returned at last however,
puffing under his load in the most mu
sical style.
‘Whore have you been, Pat?’ exclaim-
ed his master.
‘Where have I been ? why, where
should I be? To fetch the oysters.’
‘And what in the name of St. Patrick,
kept you so long?’
‘Long! by my soul, I think I have
been pretty quick, considering all
things!’
■Considering what things ?’
‘Considering what things! why consid
ering the gutting of the fish to be sure.’
‘Cutting what fish?’
‘What fish! why blur-an’ owls, the
oysters.’
‘What, do you mean ?’
‘What do 1 mean! why I mean, that
as I was resting down fornenst the Pick
led Hearing, having a dhrop to comfort
me, a gentleman axed me what I’d got
in my sack.’
‘Oysters,’ said I.
‘Let’s look at ’em,’ said he, and he
opens the bag. ‘Oc’n ! thunder and pi
rates,’ says he, ‘who sold you these V
‘lt was MrCk Carney,’ says I, ‘aboard
the Pol Doodle smack.’
•Mick Carney! the thief of the world!
What a blackguard he must; be, to give.
them to you without gutting.’
‘Ain’t they gutted ?’ says I.
‘Mischief a one,’ says lie.
‘Mush then,’ says I ‘what’ll I do ?’
‘Dcrf says he, ‘Pd sooner do it myself
than see you abused.’
‘And so he takes ’em in doors, and
guts them nate and clean, as you’l see,’
opening at the same time his bag of
oyster shells, that were as empty as the
head that bore them to the house.
DICKEY AND SUSY.
Dickey was poor —Susy had a rich
mother, and vice versa —Dickey wanted
to marry —Susy’s mother was ‘down’ on
that measure—Dickey was forbid the
premises; notes were exchanged through
a knot-hole in the high board fence,
that inclosed the yard. One day the .
old lady went out calling, and Dickey
was duly informed of the fact; called
on Susy—remained a little too long—the
old lady was close at hand—no chance
of escape without detection—at the in
stance of Susy Dickey popped into the
closet—old lady saw that Susy looked
confused—guessed that Dickey had been
about, but supposed? of course he had
rendered good his escape—thought per
Imps the young couple had agreed
to elope together—determined to he
too smart for them; accordingly shut
Susy rip in the same closet where Dick
ey was conchaled, and giving her a pair
of quilts and a pillow ; did’nt see Dick
ey—next morning went to the closet to
let Susy out—
‘Oh Lord!—a scream —couldn’t get
breath for a moment. Finally—
‘Ahem! Dickey, is that you ?’
- ‘Yes, ma’am.”
3'ou must stay to breakfast.’
..‘Couldn’t, ma’am.’
‘Oh, but you must.’
Dickey concluded to stay.'’ *
BreaCfjftSt table— -‘Dickey, I havo been
thinkingabout you a good deal lately.’'.
‘So I ma’am-very lately.’ “>
‘You are industrious and honest, I
hear.’
‘I never brag, ma’am.” *
‘Well, upon the who.c,Dfclcey, I think
you ahrl Susy had letter get married .’
A Trap for A Troublesome Tongue—
Sheridan one day very much annoyed
by a fellow member of the House of Com
mons who kept crying out every few
minutes, ‘hear! hear'!’ During the de
bate took occasion to describe a politi
cal cotemporary that wished to play the
rogue, but had only sense enough to play
the fool. ‘Where,’ exclaimed ho with
great emphasis, ‘where shall we fiina a
more foolish knave or a more knavish
tool than he?
.‘[fear! hear!’ was shouted by the
troublesome member. Sheridan turned
round and thanked him for the prompt
informat ion, and sat down amid a roar
of laughter.
The form ‘grass widows’ arises from
i the fact their husbands are roving Hcd*a.
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NO. 41.
honey suckle. Because a B follows it.
Wliy is the.letter 1) like a sailor? Be-*
cause it follows the C.
Why i9 t : ] L in (lie word military
like a man’s” jne ? Because it is be-*
tween two cjrs..
Mby is the Irirter S like dinner? B<-
cau.se it comes before tea.
VI liy is the eye like a criminal at the
whipping post ? Because it is undea tin
lash.
Win- is a lawyer and a lover alike ?
Because they go to court.
Whyis a strong nail in the wall, like
a feeble old man ? Because it is in -firm.
Why lire
v,L ... ‘ ■ in I*l
pCf 1 ■ Always until bis hat-is paid for.
W by are the gates of a nunnery lil e
ia blacksmith's apron? Because they
keep offspaiks.*-
What is that word which, add it g tt
syllable will make it shorter? ‘ilia
word short.
AV liy is a man whoso faith is misdi
rected like one who believes a young
lady? Because lie believes a-Miss.
Why is a chicken’s neck like the
French Emperor? Because it is a bony
part.
A ‘Carrier Dove.—-A young lady in
Cincinnati, residing not far from tbe C’a
tliedral, lias in her possession a beauti
ful carrier dove, it is believed to bo
the only one in the vicinity, and of course
is regarded as of no inconsiderable val
ue. Recently a friend of the young la
dy, whose residence is in the southern
part, of Kentucky, took the bird home
with her for the purpose of testing its
powers. Writing a note shortly after
her arrival, she fastened it by a'silken
cord to one of the limbs of the winged
messenger, and taking it to the roof" of
the house, bid it to spread its pinions
upon its native element. The sweet
bird’s unerring instinct directed its flight
towards our city, and in five hours after
wards, it arrived safely home, alighting
with its precious burden on the shoulder’
“f its mistress. We had the pleasure of
seeing this interesting missive recently.
’ I was as neat ami nice as any per
fumed biiki-deaux ever transmitted to
maid by gniVant through UncTe fcfiinj'a
slow-going, seii tin el-guarded vehicular Iy
arrangements called mails,— CinSun.
Historical Research —One of the
’ first notices which we find of an order
which is just now attracting so much at
tention, is in a wqrk- entitled “Bleak
House,” by one Charles Dickens,, in
which the following passage occurs :
.My young friend’ says ‘Chadband,
■‘von are to. ns a pearl, yon are to us a
diamond, yon are to ns a gem, von are to
us a jewel.. And why my young friend ?’
‘Don’t know,’ replies Jo. ‘ldon't no
nothing .’
_ My young friend,’ says Chadband,’
‘it is because 3-011 know nothing that
you are to us a gem and a jewel.
The New York Herald understands
from Vely excellent authority, that the
government of the. United * States at
Washington, and the cabinet of his im
perial highness, Santa Anna, have al
ready laid the basis of anew treaty
which will, it is said, be entirely of a
commercial nature*.
The houses of the Arabs are iiOVdr
without lights. They burn latnpV;. .riot
only all night long, but in all the iijjtabi
ted apartments of the house. This cus
tom is so well-established in tlie East,*
that tlig poorest people would rifflfcer re
trench jlart of their food than neglect it.
Missouri Wine.— -The steamer We
nona, arrived at St. Louis oti t’ve 20Th
instant, iroin Glasgow, Mo., brought’ 1-t
‘casks and 41. barrels native wine, besyles*”
12 boxes graces. Quite a.shipmefi? form
ula t “woodeik country.” ‘ ‘
The New York esscs the
.iifiiuQn tliat there will*M*tot>re potatoes •
within Poach of New York, of a good
quality-,’ in sound keeping condition, on
the Pst 4f December, than have been be-’
fqPe for ten years.
An Albany editor, in speaking of the
late sfofm,siiys the only reason why his
dwelling was not blown away on Satur
day, was because there was a.heavy
mortgage 011 it.
Old age is coining upon me rapidly,’
as tldLbov said y%en lie was stealing ap
ples%*om an old*risn’s garden, and saw
the owner coming With a cowhide in hie
band.
Th'-iprfflnt population of Texas is estimated
at five hundred thousand, and tho annual in
crease at one hunbred and fifty .thousand.—
There are fifty sous newspapers published in tho
State;
Two of the most difficult things in tho
world to decide are the true character
of sovereigns and women.
He that preaches gratitude pleads the
cause of God and man ; for without it
we can neither be social nor religion*.
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