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[From Blackwood’* Magazine ] THE HUNTER. Merrily wind* the hunter's horn, And loud the ban of dogs replying, When before the shout of the fleet-foot morn The shadows of night are flying. Sullen the bear in the deep green wood, And proud the stag that roams the forest, And noble the steed with his warlike blood. That exult* when the toils are sorest. Fair is the land of hill and plain, And lonely hills and misty mountains ; And the crags where eagles in tempest reign, And glittering lakes and fountains. These are the joys that hunters find, Whate'er the sky that’s bending o'er them When they leave their cares on their beds be hind, And earth is all fresh before them Day ever chases away the night, And wind pursues the waves ol ocean, And the stars are brothers, like hunters bright, And all is in ceaseless motion. Life is a chase, and so 'tis joy, And hope foretells the hunter's morrow ; 'Ti* the skill of man and the bliss of boy To gallop away from sorrow Ba»tile Amusement#. In ‘The His tory of the Bastile, and its Principal Cap tives,’ recently published in London, we have a curious account of the singular manner in which the celebrated Henry Masters de Latude contrived to solace hours of his long and dreary imprison ment in the Bastile. lie was put into the Bastile, at the age of twenty-live years, and was confined there for thirty-five years, simply, for certainly a very clumsy at tempt, to obtain the patronage of the king’s strumpet. The olfence originated from the system of government, which reduced that unhappy man to attempt to gain Court favors, by which so many oth ers had acquired fame and fortune. Her beguiling his tedious incarceration is thus described. Stripped, and rcclothed in rags, which were dropping to pieces, his hands and feet heavily ironed, the prisoner was thrown into one of the most noisome dun geons of the fortress. A sprinkling of straw formed his bed ; covering it had none. The only light and air which pen etrated into this den ot torment, came through -a loop-hole, which narrowing gradually from the inside to the outside, had a diameter of not more than five inches at the furthest extremity. This loop hole was secured and darkened by a four fold iron-grating, so ingeniously con trived that the bars of one net work cov ered the interstices of another, hut there was neither glass nor shutters to ward otf the inclemency of the weather. The in terior extremity of this aperture reached within two feet and a half of tiie ground, served the captive for a chair and table, and sometimes he rested his arms and el bows on it to lighten the weight of his fetters. Shut out from all communication with his fellow beings, Latiule found some amusement in the society of the rats which infested his dungeon, llis first at tempt to make them companionable was tried upon a single rat, which, in three days, by gently throwing bits of bread to it, he rendered it so tame that it would take food from his hands. The animal even changed its abode, in order to be nearer to him. In a few days a female joined the first comer. At the outset she was timid: but it was not long before she acquired boldness, and would quarrel and fight for the morsels which were given by the prisoner. ‘MfKca my dinner was brought in,' says Latude, ‘1 called my companions; the male ran to me directly; i the female, according to custom, came slowly and timidly, but at length approach ed close to me and ventured to take what I offered her from my hand. Some time I after, a third appeared, who was much less ceremonious than my first acquaint ance. After his second visit lie consti tuted himself one of the family, and made himself so perfectly at home that he resolved to introduce his comrades. The next day he came, accompanied by two others, who in the course-of the week brought five more; and thus, in less than a fortnight, our family circle consisted of ten large rats and myself. I gave each of them names, which they learned to dis tinguish. When I called them they came to eat with me, from the dish or off the tame plate: but I found this unpleasant, and was toon forced to find them a dish themselves, on account of their slovenly habits. They became so tame that they allowed me to scratch their necks, anil appeared to me pleased when 1 did; but they would never permit me to touch them on the back. Sometimes I amused myself with making them play, and join ing them in their gambols. Occasionally I threw them a piece of meat, scalding bot; the most eager ran to seize it, burn themselves, cried out, and left it: while *helees greedy, who had waited patientlv, took it when it was cold, and escaped in to • corner, where they divided their priz es sometimes I made them jump up, by holding a piece of bread or meat suspend ed in the eir.* In the course of a year hie four-footed companions increased to tweaty-eix. Whenever an intruder ap peared he met with a hostile reception from the old Handers, and had to fight his before he could obtain a footing, •tad* endeavored to familiarize a spider, . be was unsuccessful. ~r Ineffectual Attempt at Tee-to ' talism. Shortly before the new year, a ! couple in tow n (says the Paisley Adver tiser,) who indulged somewhat freely in the use of spirits, became sensible of the 'miseries which their favorite beverage en tailed on them. One night when the hus j band came home drunk, his w ife said to him. ‘Johnny, ye tnauu gie ower tills drinking, or we’ll be ruined a’ thegithcr; \e maun join the tee-totallers.’ ‘Will ye join wi' me, Jenny?’ ‘Deed will I.’— ‘Come awa then, and we ll strike the aim while its hot.’ Off' they went anil joined ! the tce-tota!!ers, and affairs, thenceforth, j began to mend. But the new year came, and Jenny proposed that they should have | a wee drap in the house —no for tlic.n --| selves, but for ‘ony fricn’ that might drap in.’ ‘Arc ye gaun to break through, Jen ny?' ‘Only for a wee.’ ‘Awcel, awcel, Use join wi’ vou.’ OIF the two went to gether, with an infant in the wife’s arms, I to lay in the new year’s stock. Asa lit tle bit of rejoicing at having kept their vows so well, and as a reward for their j resolution, they partook of a few gills to gether, and by the time they rose to go ! home, the pavement was found rather j narrow for them. Besides the wee drap i py for the use of chance callers, one car ; ried two stones of meal, the other the j child, and these burdens they exchanged j occasionally on the way home, it being deemed advisable that the one who walk ;ed most steadily should carry the child. I On arrival at home they did not seem cer | tain what change had last been made, and I the husband deposited his burden into the !cradle, while tiie wife locked her one in j the press, By and by the child began to cry, the wife sot about rocking the cradle, j and as the cries increased, her rocking j exertions increased in equal proportion; ! but all could not pacify the child. A j neighbor woman hearing the noise, went jin to see what was the matter, and in go i ing to lilt the child from the cradle, no | child was there, but in lieu thereof were | the two stones of meal in a bag ! The j key of tin’ press was obtained, the press I was opened, and there was the child oc j cupving the shelf usually allotted for the j meal! We have not heard whether this j canny couple have yet rejoined the tce : totallcrs. Extraordinary* Esc ape. Some days i ago a young man of a village near L’Ori-1 cut, France, who had engaged himself as j a substitute in the army, gave one half of! the sum he received to his only relation, j a sister, and, having embraced her, took , his departure to join his regiment. An-; other man, who was present at the parting i scene, and afterwards accompanied the recruit to Vnnnea, returned about 6 o’-j clock to the abode of the forlorn girl, and knocked at the door. Recognizing! his voice she let him in. lie immediately ! demanded tiie money she had received in ’ the morning. The poor creature, know ing that she had no means of escape or rescue, immediately complied; but he in sisted tli;it she should give him the whole, which she did; anil, on her protesting that she had given him the last sous, he told her she must die, but gave her the choice of having her throat cut, being shot with a pistol, which lie produced, or being hung. The natural horror of blood in duced her to choose the last mode of death. The villain hereupon searched the house, and finding two ropes, he bound the poor girl band and foot with one, whilst he formed a slip-knot with the other, and endeavored to fasten it to a beam in the room. To accomplish this, it was necessary for him to get upon the table. He had just finished his task when his loot slipped, and the table fell from under him, and In* was caught bv both the wrists it*, tiro nonso lie had made for his victim. As he was utiuhle to extri- ( cate himself, anil had firmly hound his victim, he remained suspended, and .she in the position in which he had left her for two nights and a day. On the sec ond morning the neighbors, finding the house still shut up, knocked at the door, and being answered by the low meanings of the girl, forced their way in, and found her and the faithless friend of her brother, in the situation above described. The poor girl was released, and received ev ery- assistance her condition required. Tiie man was taken down, secured, and conducted to prison. Anecdotic of Santeuil, a celebrat ed Poet of the last Century. Re turning one night to the Abbey St. Vic tor, at 11 o'clock, the porter rsfused to open the door, saying he had positive or ders to admit no one at that hour. After much altercation, Santeuil slipped a iouis d'or under mfffoorv and he obtained im mediate adimuance. As soon as lie got in he pretended to have left a hook upon a stone, and upon which lie had been sitting "'bile lie waited for the door opening. 1 The porter, animated by the poet's gen erosity, ran in get the hook, and Santeuil shut the door upon him. Master Peter, who was halt naked, knocked in his turn. | when Santeuil stated tho same dillicultics as he had done against admitting any one at that time of night, and that he would not disobey the prior. ‘Ay, hut master,’ said the porter, ‘you know that I let vou in very civilly.’ ‘And so I will you as civilly,’ said Santeuil. ‘if you piease— you know the price—in or out is the word, and I will delay no longer.’ The porter, finding he was like to sleep in the streets, halt naked, and also run the risk of losing his place, slipt the piece of gold under the again, saving, ‘I thought a BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. poet’s money would not stay long with me/ and purchased his admittance. From a Liverpool Paper. The Steam Ship For New York. The Columbus reached Liver pool on Saturday, having steamed around from the river Thames during the week, and may now be seen in the Trafalgar Dock. She will proceed on her voyage early in April; but this being an experi mental voyage she will not carry passen gers. She is a beautiful steam-ship, and is neatly fitted up witli accommodations for about twenty-five cabin passengers. She is, it will be recollected, propelled by Mr. Howard’s patent vapor engines, of about 120 horses’ power, and can carry fifty days fuel at the same immersion as a steam vessel of the common plan, of equal power and tonnage, can carry twelve day’s fuel. She will make about 11 miles per hour. We have received the following description of the machinery of this ves sel from a correspondent: This steamer differs from all others, in havingliterally no boiler, she has steam generators in which water in small quantities is made to drop from an orifice on a heated plate, which rests upon a stratum of mercury about three inches and a half thick, which is heated up to the temperature of three or four hundred degrees by means of a fire underneath. The rest of the engine is similar to the common low pressure en gines, except that the cold water cistern I is kept cool by means of pipes of cold | salt water running through it. It is orig-j in ally filled with fresh water, so that the I evil of using salt water for condensation is ! avoided. The fuel burnt is coke and stone coal, and the vessel will carry suffi cient for 50 day’s consumption. The vessel steamed the whole of the way from London, and frequently attained a speed of 11 knots per hour. Such is the con struction of this vessel: and it must be acknowledged that great advantages, even for short voyages, are obtained by the use of machinery occupying so little room as this does. lam told, however, that it is found extremely difficult to keep the joints of the vessel containing the mercu ry perfectly tight, and that the effect has been seriously to affect the health of the men employed. It appears tome, howev ever, that some substitute for this volatile and dangerous metal might be employed, say Newton's fusible metal, which melts at 200 degrees, and which is not at all volatile. In the Circuit Court of the U. S. Dis trict of South Carolina. The United States, Y vs. I Murder. Jacob M. Burroughs. ) This case came on for trial, on the; 12th inst. in this city, before .their Hon-1 | ors, Judge Wayne, of the Supreme Court,! | and Judge Lee, District Judge. The in j dictment was for the murder of Francis i Higgins, a fellow soldier of the prisoner, jat Fort Moultrie, on the 27th Jan. last. | The following was the evidence. Corporal Rowe. On the 27th of Jan. last the prisoner was seated in the corner jof the room, when the deceased, Francis 1 Higgins, went to the prisoner, said some thing and kicked him—the prisoner was j seated on tlie floor, anil being kicked, lie * fell on his face—some of the men raised him and seated him on a plank or coop —prisoner then laid down on the floor— the deceased then went out of doors.— The kick was given about 7 o’clock in the evening—a quarter of an hour after wards, the deceased came back and went to Burroughs, and talked to him—does not know what was said —it appeared to be friendly conversation. Higgins, in 5 or (5 minutes’ time went out of the room —a half or three quarters of an hour af terwards the drum beat to call out for tat too —the barrack room was cleared of all, except Burroughs. They were ab sent from the barrack room 10 or 15 min utes ; 9 o’clock about the hour of tattoo. In about a quarter of an hour, after they returned to the barrack room, they were . ordered to put out the light of the can dle. They had a wood fire in the chim ney, which gave a sufficient blaze to light ; the room—just as witness blew the light out, Higgins returned, and came by the benches by the fireplace, and asked for Corporal Hudson—he was told the Cor poral was not there ; lie then started to wards the door—some of the men told him lie had better go to bed, which he refused to do. When Higgins was with in a few feet of the door, Burroughs said to him, “you hugger, you kicked me to night.” Higgins then turned round to look at Burroughs, when the gun was fired—then saw the gun come from Bur rougli’s birth—it was then thrown on the floor—it fell within a foot of Higgins.— \ Higgins fell as he received the wound and died immediately. The ball entered the left part of the breast and came out under the right shoulder blade. [Charleston Courier. From the Halifax Novascotian. NOBLE CONDUCT OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN. Her Majesty’s ship Hercules, j Halifax Harbor, 28th March 1838. ji Mr. Howe, Sir, —May I beg the favor of your giving insertion to the following statement: On our passage from England to this port, when in latitude 42 N. and longitude 42 W., vve observed a sail haul up for us, apparently with the desire of speaking this ship. I immediately closed with her, and found it to be the American ship “Commerce,” of and from Charleston, bound to Liverpool, commanded hv Capt Perry, and that his object in communica ting with us, was to beg that we would receive on board part of the crew of the Elizabeth Caroline, of St. Stephens, N. Brunswick, which vessel he had met dis masted and waterlogged, in latitude 39 N. and longitude 45 W. and had taken all the crew off the wreck six days previous ly. These unfortunate persons had been 23 days on the forecastle of their vessel lashed to the windlass, exposed to every sea, with hardly sufficient food to sustain life, and all the water they had remaining was but two gallons, when the “Com merce” fell in with her. My motive in detailng to you these par ticulars, is principally to express my ad miration, and that of all those under mv command, at the generous add humane conduct of Capt. Perry, as it has been made known to us by the men belonging to the Elizabeth Caroline. It appears that the Commerce fell in with this wreck by the merest chance, at about half past nine at night, on the 4th of March ; and that on hearing the cries of the crew, the Commerce instantly shor tened sail, wore round, and went close a longside the waterlogged vessel—Capt. Perry hailing them in these cheering words, as the men have themselves repre sented: “keep up your hearts, boys, there is too much sea to board you now, but I will never leave you till 1 take you off;” and through the night he twice or thrice passed round them, repeating those con soling words, and offering to veer to them water and provisions if they were in im mediate want of either. These generous assurances this brave sailor rigidly fulfilled, and after persever ingly keeping close to the vessel for two nights and a day, blowing very hard all the time, he at length succeeded in get ting the people all out of her into the Commerce, where lie clothed them, and treated them with a kindness which, as they gratefully say, they never can forget, or will cease to acknowledge. I have the honor to be, sir, Your very obedient servant, J. TOUP NICHOLAS, Captain 11. M. S. Hercules. Lost and found; or the superiori ty' of Paper Money. A passenger in the steamboat Post Boy, the other day, had the misfortune, when within a few miles of this city, to lose from his vest pocket a wallet containing Bank notes to the amount of 5000 dollars, which fell in to the river. This was too comfortable a sum to grieve over, without an effort at re covering. So thought the loser—and forlorn as the hope was, took the yawl of the boat, with a man to help him, to <?o in pursuit. But time had elapsed in mak ing these preparations—the steamer go ing rapidly in one direction, and the mo ney in another. They pulled away, how ever, over the broad Ohio—one thousand chances against them—in search of a very speck upon its surface—or, perchance, under its surface. But about two miles from where it was dropped, they actually picked up the treasure! This is an in stance of good luck that can only he ac counted for by the fact that they were all good bank notes, and kept the surface. A single yellow bop would have sunk the whole concern forever.—[Pittsburg Adv. Balloon Explosion. The Louisville Journal of the 10th inst. savs:—Yester day, at about half past two o’clock, whilst Mr. Clayton’s balloon was undergoing the process of inflation, the gas, from soms unknown cause, took fire and exploded with a noise like the discharge of artille ry. Four persons, engaged in the infla tion, were badly burned—one of them it is feared dangerously. Tiie balloon was instantly burned, and the fire was com municated to the wooden portion of the cistern containing the water, and other ingredients from which the gas was man ufactured. Loss estimated at about SISOO. Communing with one’s Self. A person of a truly superior and philosoph ic mind, would seldom wish to forego the inestimable privilege of communing with himself. Sir Walter Scott savs in his di ary —“from the earliest time I can re member, I preferred the pleasure of be ing alone to w ishing for visiters, and have often taken a bannock and a bit of cheese to the wood or hill, to avoid dining with company. As I grew from boyhood to manhood I saw this would not do; and that to gain a place in men’s esteem, I must mix and bustle with them. Pride and exaltation of spirits often supplied the real pleasure which others seem to \ feel in society: yet mine certainly was upon many occasions real. Still, if the ques tion was, eternal company, without retir ing within yourself, or solitary confine ment for life, I should say ‘Turnkey, lock i the cell.’ ” Davy Crockett’s last. The Colon- j el was present at a splendid route once j given by General Green, at Washington, and was induced to dance, or rather at-! tempt to dance, in a quadrille. The fig-; ure was intricate and the Colonel got off! the trail. Turning to his partner —aj laughing, fun-loving girl—he apologised ! for error, and remarked, with character-! istic drollery of expression, that he wasn’t much educated in dancing, although he could stand up to the plain work mighty perpendicular; but,” continued he, u when you come to put in the scientific licks I squat.”' Nelson’s Personal Appearance.) “I had the watch on deck,” said Prince i William Henry, (his late Majesty,) “when j Captain Nelson, of the Albemarle, came, alongside in his barge, he appeared to be, the merest boy of a captain I ever be held, and his dress WAS worthy of notice, j He had on a full-laced uniform; his ]ank unpowdered hair yvhs tied in a stiff Hes sian tail of extraordinary length; the old fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaiutness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particular ly attracted my notice, for I had never seen any thing like it before, nor could I imagine who he was or what he came about. My doubts were, however, remov ed when Lord Hood introduced me to him. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation, and an enthusiasm when speaking on pro fessional subjects, which showed that he was no common being.”—[Naval Keep sake for 183$. Tiie London Times. The London 'l’inies Newspaper is very valuable prop erty, estimated to he worth $1,000,000. Its annual profits for some years past, are supposed to have been between $90,000 and $125,000. It is conducted with great ability, and at great expense; and it directly employs, one way or another, nearly one hundred individuals. It began in 1788. The number of copies now daily sold is about twelve thousand. Mr. Barnes is the presiding Editor. It is own ed by a stock company.—[Philadelphia Herald. A Wife. When a man of sense comes to marry it is a companion he wants, not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, sing and dance —it is a being who can comfort and counsel him, one who can reason and re flect, and feel and judge, and discourse and discriminate—one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten his sorrows, purify his joys, strengthen his principles, and ed ucate his Children. Such is the woman fit for a mother, and the mistress of a family. A woman of the former descrip tion may occasionally figure in a drawing room, and attract the admiration of the company, hut she is entirely unfit for a helpmate to a man, and to “train up a child in the way it should go.”—[Port Folio. Influence of the moon on Timber.— Avery intelligent gentleman, named Ed mondstone, who was for nearly thirty years engaged in cutting timber in Demerara, and who made a number of observations on trees during that period, says, that the moon’s influence on trees is very great. So observable is this ifatreebe cut down at full moon, it will immediately split,as if torn asunder by the influence of great external force. They are likewise attack ed much earlier by the rot than if allowed to remain to another period of the moon’s age. Trees, therefore, which are intended to be applied to durable purposes, are cut only during the first and last quarters of the moon: for the sap rises to tiie top of the tree at full moon, and falls in propor tion to the moon’s decrease. The Raleigh Register states that the present circulation of the National Intel ligencer is 1972 copies daily, and 7300 tri-weekly: making on each alternate day an emission of 9193 copies. Whole num ber of copies per week, 33,553. In the office is also done the printing of the House of Representatives for the Editor of the Madisonian, and various other jobs, books, pamphlets, &,c. The number of hands, including 50 females, who fold, stitch, and the like, is about 200, and the amount of wages paid weekly, 81500. There is one double cylinder Napier printing press, two single Napiers, two Adams presses, and four of Treadwell’s model. The whole are capable or printing 70,800 sheets per day, or 500 reams per week. Anecdote of Nelson. “I was with | Lord Nelson at Copenhagen,” says Gen -1 eral Stewart, “when he wrote the note to ! the Crown Prince of Denmark, propos | ing terms of arrangement. . A cannon | ball struck off the head of the boy who ! was crossing the cabin with a light to seal | it. “ Bring another candle,” said his | Lordship. I observed that I thought it | might be very well to send it ns it was, 1 for it would not be expected that the us ual forms could be observed at such a moment. “That is the very thing I would wish to avoid, Colonel,” replied he : “for ji( the least appearance of precipitation j were perceptible in the manner of send ing this note, it might spoil all.” Anoth er candle being now brought, his Lord iship sealed the letter, carefully enclosed : it in an envelope, with a seal bearing his ! coat of arms, coronet, Ac. and delivered it to the officer in waiting to receive it.” The moment is reported to have been a critical one, and this note is stated to have determined the event. A Successful Equestrian. the London equestrian, said to be one of the most eminent in the world—has rid den his ‘hobby’ to some purpose. About two months since, he purchased Rossic Castle, with a rental of 40,000 pounds per annum. The purchase money, must have amounted to 400,000 dollars. Curious Wager. A man with one eye laid a wager with another man, that he saw more than he did. The wager was accepted. ‘You have lost,’ says the first, ‘I can see two eyes iiwyour face, and you can see only one in mine.’ We haF4 glancdd over the report of Mr. Grant, of die Committee of Congress on Roads and Canals, on the subject of a Ship Canal around the Falls of Niagara. The committee are decidedly in favor of the work, and fully convinced of its utility. Among the important facts elicited in the course of investigating the matter, is the circumstance that the route from New York to Near Orleans, by the New York and Ohio Canals, the Lakes, and the Wabash and Mississippi rivers, is shorter by nearly two hundred miles than that by the ocean. The importance of this fact as connected with emigration and the intercourse, military or other, between the two cities in the event of war, must be evident to the most casual observ er. In transporting troops or munitions of war, the one route would be completely pro tected from attack from a foreign naval'force or injury from tempests, while the other would be liable to both. The cost of this splendid work is estimated to be trom two to four mil lions of dollars, according to its location—sums certainly not worthy of being mentioned in connection with the vast benefit to be derived from it. Dr. Dwight has calculated that the quantity of water that passes over what is called Horse Shoe Fall at Niagara on the Canadian side, is 90,000,000 of tons per hour. The perpendicular, descent on the Canadian side is 164 feet—on the American, a few feet more.—[Baltimore American. Little Rock, March 21. The Great Raft passed at last. By last Friday evening’s mail, we received a letter from a respectable merchant at Washington, dated 14th inst. giving us the highly gratifying and certain intelligence, that a passage has been effected through the Great Raft of Red lliver, that two steam boats have passed up through the opening; and that one of them (the Indian) arrived at Fulton, on . the 13th, laden with merchandize and other supplies, for the merchants, &c. residing above that hither to great obstruction to the navigation of Red river. We congratulate our fellow citizens of the South on the pleasing prospect they now have of soon possessing an open and unobstruc ted channel through which to send the products of their fertile soil, to the great commercial market ofthe valley of the Mississippi.—[Gaz ette. New Orleans, April 11. Red River Raft. Wchave been favored with the perusal of a letter from Capt. Shreve, dated March 29th, at Duby’s Bayon. He states that the raft is now cleared away, and the navigation easy and uninterrupted. lie ascended the stream through the whole ex tent of the raft, a distance of 52 miles, in nine j hours. There is sufficient depth of water for | any steamer that can navigate Red River.— j Ten feet is found in the shallowest places. A religious Hypocrite. In August last, Joseph Coltinan, a linen draper, of the firm of Worthington Coltmnn, of Stockport, abscond ed from England with about £9OO worth of property belonging to his creditors. He was traced to New York, to Montreal, to Quebec, and other places, with a shopman with him who had accompanied him in his flight, and it was found that lie-had sold the goods he had absconded with, through an auctioneer, imme diately on his arrival in the other hemisphere. The fugitive, it was found, had changed his namo to Evans, commenced a religious course and in order, no doubt, to compound for the sins he had committed in England, set about the good work of correcting the evil ways of the people of America, by preaching the doc trine of Christianity. The agent for the creditors having traced his hotel, made inquiry about him, and was in formed that he had gone to a place at a dis tance of twenty miles, to hold forth on tho word of God. A room next to that in which the preacher usually slept with him, but by some mischance Coltman received a hint from somebody, that it would be prudent not to re turn that night, and his luggage Yvas put into legal custody when it was found that he -ab sented himself. It had been ascertained that Coltman had gone to LaPrarie to give the people a sample of his holy intentions, and he was pursued thither, but he had previously left that place for Toronto or Buffalo, and as no doubt existed that wherever he was, he vas bare of property, the pursuit was stopped, and the agent applied his attention solely to the contents of the portmanteau, which, was j opened in the presence of a sheriff’s officer, and which contained, among other acceptable matters, 200 sovereigns, with a list of the names and addresses of the persons to whom he had sold the goods. By the great activity and zeal of the agent for the creditors, the whole of these debts were secured and the preacher was thus stripped of the whole pro duce of robbery. Several places had been en lightened by the holy zeal of this orthodox preacher, who had wrapped up along with oth er valuables in his portmanteau the heads erf* j the sermons which he was to have preached ! that day.—[London Paper. Unknoyvn Talent. When we reckon up how many talented children we find in country towns and schools, and twenty years after, see how few of them become heads of colleges, general officers, and the like, we shall be astonished. There is none of God’s demesnes so slightly culti vated as that of genius. Heaven sows every year the seeds of a rich harvest, but we care not to water or transplant them. A country boy of talent, left to himself, teminils one of a pound of iron, which, in its rough state is worth one sous ; but when made up into watch springs, fetches sixteen millions of sous. How many springs might he made out of these neg lected geniuses ? Choice of Names. We were once acquainted with a couple who made choice of the most noted names of the day for all their children, some half a dozen, and the proud mother of the young Gracchi would take every occasion, when strangers were within hearing, to “call the roll” of “great folks,” in something like the following manner: “You Martha Washington! come here this moment, and mind Andrew Jackson and William Shakspeare, while Arthur Wellington helps Napoleon Bonaparte over that mud puddle, and then rnn and call your daddy to dinner !”*,