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[From the N. Y. Spirit of the Times.]
SPLENDID RACE.
We have just returned from one of the j
most splendid races ever made on the Amen
can Turf— a four mile race that for time
la nearly equal to that of Eclipse and Henry, |
and vrhlcß could have been run in two sec-;
ontta leas than their first heat! The day was i
excessively warm, but the track as fine as it i
could well be. The entries were Horton ami
Charter Carter. The former (whom we have !
described before) was in condition to run for a i
men’s life — with a cheerful eye, and a coat like '
M tin a wonderful machine, instinct with life
and action, upon which every attribute of na
ture and science had been lavished to brine it
to its utmost perfection. Charles Carter, tho’
not amiss, was not by any means np to the
mark. He was brought here from Fredericks
burg, Vo., in three days, a distance of 315
miles, by steamboat and railroad, and arrived
late on Monday night. lie took a gallop on
Tuesday, and was brushed on Thursday after
noon with Duane, it was evident lie had foot
enough, but Mr. McCakgo thought him too
high, and such was the universal impression
to-day; two days more work would have made
him fine as silk. He is a noble animal, of line
presence, about 15 1-2 hands—a beautiful
blood bay, without white, with black legs,
mane, and tail, llis head is prettily set on to
his neck, which comes well out from broad ob
lique shoulders, the blades running well hack ;
his eyes are prominent, and glowing witli life,
and his finely tapered ears are handsome, and
set an wide apart, denoting unflinching game
and courage, llis chest is very deep and ca
pacious, giving plenty of room for the action
of the lungs; his back is somewhat long, yet
arched a little over the fellets; he is of good
length under the reach, and very well ribbed
out, with moderately long and very heavy
quarters; he stands clear and even upon a su
perb set of limbs, with a slight inclination of
the pasterns; his tail is well set on, and he is
very fine across the loins; the muscles of his
thighs are large, and his thigh hones long and
strong; altogether, he is one of tho finest look
ing horses in the country,and entirely worthy
of a stock that produced an O' kelly and an
Jtriel. He was very well jockied by Mr. Alc-
Cargo’s Stephen, a light weight, carrying hea- j
vy pouches of shot on each thigh and around
his waist. Boston had Cornelius up, ins usual
rider, and Jem Robinson, or Sam Day, could j
not have brought him home more gallantly. I
The odds were 100 to 20 on Boston, and his |
friends very anxious to ‘get on’ at that price.
Decalur would have been entered to-dav, hut
was “tried” with Mr Livingston’s .Mix sun on
Thursday morning and “found wanting;” in
fact, he is turned out till the Fall.
The Race. Charles Carter had the track J
and away at the lap of the drum a little'
in advance, under a strong pull, Boston wait- :
ing upon him, also in hand, about two lengths i
behind. Charles C. went to the half mile :
post in 55 seconds; they maintained this posi- I
tion to the straight side (just a quarter of uj
mile in length to the stand), where Boston
crept up a little nearer, as he did each mile, j
when they got into straight work, falling off
a little round the semi-circles. The Ist mile
was run in 1:51, and the Ist half of the:
2d mile in 58 seconds, Col. Johnson, ns they
passed the stand, bidding Cornelius “pull him
steady!" Charles Carter came to the stand at
the termination of tlie ‘>,l .. ->-.-*
length in advance, running it in 1:51, both in
hand, but going with a killing stroke, Carter’s
style of running being the easiest, to our eye.
“Pull him steady!” was again Napoleon’s order
at the stand, but at the quarter mile post Cor
nelius could hardly keep in check the irrepress
ible energies of the phenomenon under him;
little Stephen, too, began to quake with his
constant heavy pull, and giving the noble cour
ser a lighter one, the pace mended, and the
half mile was run in 55 seconds. Boston
pressed him all the way down the nacksido t<>
the hill, where he first lapped him, and they
went over it like stones from a catapult in the
olden time. Round turn they come, nearly ]
neck and neck,at a (light of speed—every,
moment the interest increases, both horses run- j
ning on their courage without a touch of whip
or spur; when they came to the stand, Charles
Carter had his head in front, running tho third
mile in 1:51 1-2: not a sound was heard in the
breathless excitement of the moment, until af
ter they had passed the stand a few lengths,
Col. Johnson’s order to “Take tin track /” gave
a thrill to the excited thousands on the stand.
Giving the generous animal his head, seemed
to impart to him now life and courage, “nobly
to justify his training;” with redoubled dibi ts
he gallantly charged his unflinching rival, and
his immense stride and strength told in an in- |
stunt; half a dozen tremendous strokes brought J
him in front, and at the. quarter mile post he ,
led by three lengths; Charles Carter, who had
never before started in a four mile race, seem- j
cd to sulk as he was passed, and gave up his J
stride as if he had let down. Stephen rammed 1
in the spurs, and he soon recovered hi* action, 1
but not until Boston was forty yards ahead, ‘
and pulled up into a hand gallop. As soon, i
however, ns Charles Carter came on, Boston j
again set to work, and came home an easy win- ,
ner, running tho last mile in 2:011 1-2, and the
heat in 7:40, Charles Carter pulling up lame in 1
his off fore leg, inside the distance stand. It j
was apparent, when the horse was stopped i
that the smaller leader or fiexorof his ofl tore
leg had given way, and Stephen, his rider,
states it gave way in the last quarter of the
third mile. He might have run the heat out
in 7:40 with ease, had he not broke down, and
every turfman on the ground, is of opinion
that Boston could have run the heat in 7:37
and many, two seconds less. The I stand.‘hi
miles were ran in 3:42 1-2, and the Ist three
miles in 5:30 1-2—the best time ever made
in America. The race was officially timed bv
Mr. Robert L. Stevens, on the Club Stand,
at whose side we stood to get the time of the
different miles; several other gentlemen at
his side who held watches agreed with him
perfectly, and it is somewhat remarkable that
the- same time »■« reported .by gentleman
who held the watch in the Judges’ Stand. As
a matter of easier reference, we give the time
in another form:—
Time of Ist mile, - 1:51
“ “ 2d mile, - - - - 1:54
“ “ 3d mile, - I :sg
“ “ 4th mile, - 2:03
Time of the heat, 7:40
Mr. McCargo was now obliged, by the
condition of his horse, to withdraw him, and
the purse was accordingly given up to Boston.
In two hours after the race, Charles Carter
had become quite lame; his leg was consider
ably swollen, and it was plain to all who visit
ed him at his stable, that he bore no weight
upon it. We regret having to convey intelli
gence so disastrous to his spirited owner. Mr.
1 Stmmes, of Virginia, but are strongly in hopes
his horse may yet recover to “fight his battles
o’er again.” Should he never make another,
his race to-day will give his name a place in
the annals of tho American Turf, that might
be envied by the best horses this country lias
ever produced. |
It would have materially added to the inter
est of the contest had Decatur made the third
entry; the time, we are persuaded, would have
been better by four or live seconds, for it is
the belief of several who have seen his trials
that nothing short of Eclipse and Henry’s
time can beat him. No less a sum than £15,-
000 has been refused for him. Boston now
stands alone in his glory; compliments would
be thrown away on him or the stable from
whence lie comes “to fright the souls of fear
ful adversaries;” therefore, once more congrat
ulating his friends on the bright laurels he lias
won, we conclude with the fervent hope that
‘When lie next doth run a race may we be there
to sec!”
Here is the record of the race:—
Friday, June I—Jockey Club Purse £IOOO,
free lor all ages; weights as before; Four mile
heats.
Col. Win. R. Johnson’s (N. Rives’) ch. h.
Horton, hy Timoleon, out of Robin Brown’s
dam, by Ball’s Florizel, 5 yrs. Cornelius, 1 dr.
Win. McCargo’s (Mr. Hytnmes) b. h. Charles
Carter, by Lance,out of Fanny Hill hy Clay’s
Sir William, 5 yrs. 2 dr.
Time, 7:4o!!—the best heat ever run in
America, save Henry’s 7:37.
Dubmv I’oi,ice, April 20.— J! Peer fined
for being drunk. After the disposal of the mi
nor fry, a constable ushered into the board
room a gentleman of a rather foreign appear
ance, and attired in an undress military frock,
who was presented to the magistrate as the
Earl of Roscommon.
! Hi.s lordship, inarching forward, wiili an air
jof oileiidcd dignity, and keeping his hat on,
| addressed the magistrate as follows:—Are you
aware, sir, that I am entitled to wear my hut j
!in this room as a peer? It is my privilege, and
i I make use of my privilege,
j Magistrate: 1 know of no privilege; there is
|no distinction of person here. 1 can permit
i no person to remain here covered.
! Lord Roscommon: Sir, I claim my privilege; !
I claim (lie privilege of the peerage.
Magistrate: I know of no such privilege. I
I and must insist on your removing your hat. I
] make no distinction in favor of any one. You
j will please to remove your hat.
Lord Roscommon: Well, I shall take off my j
I hat, hut mint protest against being obliged to I
;do so. 1 will show you again the privilege of
| the peerage. j
| His lordship, now standing uncovered, lis-;
| tent'd with dignified nonchalance to the nccu-j
, Nation of the policeman (171 C), who stated j
that late on the previous night lie found the j
i nolde l lord in Sackville street, (Irani;, and per
: t'ectlv incapable of taking care of himself. On
being questioned he could give no account of
I himself, nor tell where he lodged; hut to the
l interrogatories of the policeman lie replied m
I an angry tone, “llegonc, sirrah! molest me not;
lam your king!” The policeman astounded
j at the announcement of a pretender to the
’ throne, insisted on making him u prisoner, anil
l brought him to the station-house, where lie re
! mamed until six o’clock in the morning, when
he was hailed bv Mr. liver. o>'
| to appear tins day.
j Magistrate (to his lordship): You have
heard the complaint, sir. What have you to
! say for yourself?
j Lord Roscommon: 1 pledge my honor, as a
peer, that his charge is false. 1 was not drunk,
j Magistrate: Tint will not. do. The police
man positively asserts on oath that you were
drunk. Your pledges of honor are no answer,
i Have von unv means to prove that, you were
not drunk, and able to take care of yourself-'
| honl Roscommon: I’errs always pledge
; their honor— that is their privilege. Even in
j the House of Lords it is held quite sutlicient:
, and surely my doing so is answer enough to
: this charge. 1 again repeat, I was not drunk,
j The policeman said his lordship was so
1 drunk that lie neither knew whence he came,
nor whither he was going.
Magistrate: You must submit to the usual
penalty. I line you ss. for being drunk in the
public streets, and incapable of taking care of
yourself.
His lordship seemingly amazed at the au
thoritative tone of the magistrate, threw down
two half-crowns, and replacing his baton his j
head, proceeded to pass across the room to the
door.
.Magistrate: Sir, I insist on your keeping off
your hat in this room.
llis lordship declined obedience.
Magistrate: (’unstable, remove that gentle
man's hat. No man, peer or other, shall wear
his hat here.
Lord Roscommon: No man shall dare re
move my hat. The constable removed his
lordship’s hat.
Lord Roscommon: I shall let you hear fur
ther of this. 1 will show you my privilege.
Magistrate: Sir. if you add another word 1
w ill commit von; beware!
llis lordship ill silent indignation withdrew.
Consolation in Death. T!io Philoso
pher tolls mi i:licet mg anecdote of his step
mother's father. Old It iniev Shurpuell, of hue
firm of Slurpnell & Closely, grocers. Tiiev
tailed during' the embargo, and shortly niter,
Si.arpnell. "hose health had been seriouslv nf
teetod hy lus ungratilioil avaricious disposition
j "as brought to his death bed. Throughout
Ins life, he had acted ns if he religiously be
i lieved that it "as his solemn duty to over
readi every body in bargaining. This “ruling
I passioil "as strong in death,” and burnt
brightly in his bosom, even on the cold borders
[of the grave. Two days before his death, his
i former partner. Closely, called open hint, to
take a Huai leave, and the following dialogue
i took placo:
. Closely—llow is it with you, Sliarpnell, to
day?
Sliarpnell—O dear, 1 don’t know.
Cl—Do you feel as though you wore losing
I or gaining ground?
Sh—O, lam sinking—sinking very fast. I
shall make a die of it.
j Cl—Do you feel prepared for your final end?
| Mi—\\ hv, yes; but I should like to live out
the week, as 1 have paid up the rent to that
tune.
t I —ls your mind composed?
All except one little thing; and if I
could settle that I should die casv.
Cl—ls it any thing that 1 can do for you?
Sh I don t know but you can, partner. Do
\ou know any good carpenter tnat owes about
j half the price of a good stroma coilin'- 1
! Cl—Yes.
1 —We!!, I wish you would got him to
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
| make me one, and I’ll make him trust me for
I the other half.
j Cl—Had he not better be paid the cash?
j Bh—O, no, I’d rather owe him, for it’s a long
! time that he has owed us.
| Cl—Just as you say, then,
j Mb——Thank you, thank yon, partner; you ate
the only real friend 1 have seen yet. Farewell
—God bless and reward you for making the
mind of a dying man easy.
Cincinnati. Fifty years ago this day, as
we learn from one of the party, about sixty
four persons landed at the junction of the
Ohio and Muskingum rivers, under the com
mand of Gen Rufus I’utnam, and commenced
the settlement of the State of Ohio, in the
presence of nearly three hundred Indians, who
had assembled on the opposite side ct the
Muskingum. The landing took place at 10;
o’clock of a bright and beautiful spring morn- j
ing. What a change have these fifty years
produced in Ohio; its dark forests have been
swept away before the axe of the settler; j
farms, towns and cities now occupy tho site ot j
the wigwam; the steamboat has taken the;
(place of the canoe; and a population of a
million and upwards exists on the same terri
! tory that supplied hut a scanty subsistence to
a few hundreds of roving savages. Such a
j rapid and entire change is without a precedent
in the history of the world. —[Nashville l nion
| April 7.
|
j Marriages in the East. Mr. Stephens,
j the author of that pleasant hook entitled “In
; cidents of travel,” gives the following account
I of the marriages of the Jews at Jerusalem:
j “I must not forget the Jew’s family which
consisted of a second wife, about sixteen, al
' ready Inc nfotlwy of two children, and his son
lan Aeon’s wife, the husband twelve and the
wife ten yfears old. The little gentleman was
at the table* and behaved very well, except
that his father Jiad to check him in eating
■ sweetmeat!. The lady was playing on the
floor with other children and I did with her
what 1 could not have done w ith a bigger man’s
wife—l took her on my knee and kissed her.
Among the Jews, matches are made by the
parents; and immediately upon the marriage,
the wife is brought into the household of the
husband. A young gentleman was tumbling
about the floor, who was engaged to the daugh
ter of tin l chief rabbi, i did not ask the age j
of the lady, of course; but the gentleman bore
the heavy burden of three years. He had not
yet learned to w hisper the story of his love to
his blushing mistress, for, in fact, lie could
not talk at all; he was a great bawling boy,
and cared much more for his bread anil butter
than a w ife, hut his prudent lather hud already
provided for him.”
A real Kentucky Lovf. Letter. The
I following is taken from the New Orleans Pic
! ayune, as a specimen of a Kentuckian’s love |
letter to his seal:
“On board the Steamboat R. N.O. Mar. 21.
Dear .inn —We arc about to shove out, and
j 1 have only time to say good bye. 1 want you
to whip Liza for me before I come back ; give
j her gos. If nothing breaks, in about three
I weeks I shall he down again. It makes me
mighty wrntliv to think 1 have to go without
| seeing you. I’d clear my wav through the
j time, (live my respects to all the family, and
| the gals in particular. The ‘Wild Bill’ ha's
j got his steam up, and is fast letting go his ca-
I hie. So good bye—off we go. Don’t forget
(your promise, for God’s sake! Yours until
death. S J ,
Greaser on board St. Bt. R .”
I
j The capability of the human body to resist
| with impunity tin: influence of a very high art-
I ifieial temperature has been proved by many
! experiments, and hy none more distinguished
’ than our countrymen. Sir Joseph Banks, l)r.
| Fordyce, and their friends. Dr. Bragden rc
j bites that he went into a room so heated, that j
in the hottest part the thermometer rose to
(200. In addition to his common clothes he'
I had a pair of thick worsted stockings drawn j
over his shoes; ho also wore gloves. lie re-1
mained eight minutes in this apartment. He j
says, “Tho air felt very hot, hut still by noj
moans to such n degree as to give pam;” and |
he and the other gentlemen thought they could j
have borne a much greater heat, lie absolves j
—“For seven minutes my breathing continued j
pretty good, but after that 1 began to feel an'
, oppression on my lungs, attended wnth a sense j
! of anxiety, w hich gradually increasing for a 1
j space of a minute, I thought it most prudent to i
; put an end to the experiment*” His uko, on i
I returning to the cool air, was 144. He con-j
j lectured that, should a heat of this lind ever
Ibe pushed so far ns to pt*)\e fatal, it T ould be i
1 found to have killed by an accmnu.ition of
i blood in the lungs, or by some other imnediate I
j (‘fleet of an accelcratsd circulation. —[Sir C. I
‘ Scudamore on Heat.
Hoi k Jaw. Several years ago, during a
I conversation in .Newport, upon that dreadful
! malady, the Hocked Jaw, an lntelligen, master
.of a vessel observed that when he w b at the
Island of St. Eustutin, he had manv tases of
the Locked Jaw, and never lost a patimt. Oil
inquiry, of the particular mode of t eatment
in which he had been successful, the physi
cian replied that lie had directed an ipplica
, limi ol warm lye, made as strong as jossihle:
' it the foot or hand "as wounded, tb same
was dipped repeatedly into lye, and t a part
j of the body which could not he itnntfsed in
! it, then in that case, the part ntfectel to be
i bathed in flannels wrung out from tie warm
! lye. In July last. Captain Charles (brdon, of
i Newport, unfortunately jumped tqion ascraggy
[ pointed spike, wh.cli |ierforated his hr>t and i
foot, and lie "us taken home in'tlie n«st ex
-1 erueiating torture—the attending nfsician
keonld afford him no relief.—Providen hllv, a '
| lady, "ho heard the above conversaftm, re- i
| commended the warm lye hath, into widch his j
j foot was placed—within fifteen mimfcs, the j
! anguish was taken out; he went to Iwl and i
; slept quietly. The application of the Ije was!
1 made for ten succeeding days, no jiain.no un
; easy sensation returned, but what is iJeident
[to a common sore, and on the 11th daq Ca|>-
tain Cordon walked abroad.—[Newjiotj.Mer.
t Tlie I’. S. sloop of war St. l.nnis,
Thomas Paine, Esq. commander, drived
[ at New York, on the evening of t\e (hit
instant, from the West India sntion;
1 officers ami erew all well. Left Havanaj
‘ -''tli nit. The St. Louis has been fbsent
j three years and seven months, criming in
the West Indies, Culf, &C. having fcaded •
from .Norfolk early in Nuvctiibcr.°l|3-1.
Statistics of Gold. The first notice of i
gold of the United States on the records of j
me mint, occurs in the transactions of the
year 1814. From that year to 1823, inclusive, |
the average annual amount received at the mint
did not ex'ceed 2,500 dollars. Since the last
mentioned date, the progressive increase to
1834 has been remarkable. Since 1834 there
has been a material falling off. Thus:
In 1824 £5,000 In 1831 £520,000
1825 17,000 1832 678.000
1820 20,000 1833 808,000
1827 21,000 1834 808,000
1828 40,000 1835 0! *8,500
182!* 110.000 1830 407,000
1830 400,000 1837 282,000
Total, £5,120,500
Previously to the year 182!*, only the State
of North Carolina had' furnished gold to the
mint. Within that year, gold was received al
so from Virginia and South Carolina. Early
in lKlOit began to be received from Georgia,
and in 1831 from Tennessee and Alabama.
But a small part of the gold is sent to the Unit
ed States Mint; the greater part being sent to
Europe, and much being used by jewellers and
others in this country. Mr. Bissell, in 1831,
estimated the weekly products of the gold
mines in the United States to be equal in val
ue to 100,000, or five millions of dollars annu
ally. Since that date, many mines have been
opened, particularly in Virginia.—[N. Y. Jour
of Com.
Insult to the American Flag. If
such outrages as the following are not pre
vented, the outlaws engaged in them will
involve the two countries in tt war.
The Telegraph left Oswego at (> o’clock
on Saturday evening—touched at Prescott
as usual—and reached Brockville about
!*. Here she lauded at the lower dock—
took on board and left a number of pas
sengers—received the visit and insults of
an unarmed mob, who ransacked the cab
ins and otherwise evinced a turbulent dis
position—and was moving past the upper
wharf, when she was hailed, and comman
ded to “come to.” The captain suppos
ing there were passengers in waiting,
stopped the engine, and dropped down to
within 20 feet of the dock, but, apprehen
sive that all was not right, he told the)
passengers to come on board in the small
boat. But this would not satisfy the
crowd who insisted upon the boat’s com
ing up to the dock.
After a few words had passed, the cap
tain peremptorily refused to land, set the
engine in motion, and moved off. Imme
diately upon this, and while the boat was
within a few feet of the wharf, about 20
muskets were fired, and Font of the
Balls entered the Ladies’ Cabin! One
l passed within a few inches of tiie cham
bermaid, and two struck very near the
i captain.
It is said that the men who tired the
guns were the guard called out t>y the
public authorities. If so, the outrage is
ten fold more nmrravnted and mnv lead to
ten iold more serious consequences. It'
)11 io perpetrators are demanded hy our
j government, they will not, of course he de
jlivercd up. In that case, our government
! cannot, consistently with its dignity, give
up the wretches who destroyed the Sir
1 Robert Peel, and thus a collision may be
j made inevitable.
| But we hope that they were not in the
I service of the government, or if they were
that they did not act in accordance with
| the command of any officer. Indeed we
I will not, lor a moment, harbor the thought
that it was aught else than an unauthoriz
ed act which the colonial government will
he as prompt to repudiate, as our govern
ment will be that of the destruction of the
Sir Robert Peel.
j Boat Race. —Three Races come off
!on Thursday last at the Eiysian Fields,
| which attracted numerous spectators,
i 'The first was between three boats, each
3(i feet long, and having crew of six men.
| Names as follows: Roscinsko, Sea Flow
er, and Neptune, the distance 5 miles,
was won by the Sea Flower, coming in a-
I bout 1110 yards ahead ol the Roscinsko,
the Neptune being distanced. Time, 2!)
I minutes, 30 seconds,
j The second race was between three
| four oared boats, each 30 feet long, and
I rowed by four men. Names as follows:;
Benjamin Shamburgh, Weehawken, and i
Whale. Distance, 5 miles.—Time half a
minute less than the (i oared boats, and 1
was won with ease by the Benjamin
! Shamburgh, coining in ahead about 100
yards. The B. Shamburgh was built by !
Mr. Benjamin Shamburgh, and rowed by t
lour \\ Inteballers. Names, John Horton, j
Robert S. .Martin, Christopher Goercker, *
and \\ illiam Gibson; Coxswain. Francis'
Farmington. The \\ ochawken was rowed
by three ot the .Messrs. Ludlows, and Mr. |
Acker, of Weehawken. The third race
was between two pair of scull’s,the Dream
and Ripple, which was won hy the lat
ter, coming in ahead 150 yards.
[N. Y. Cour. & Enq.
Thomas C\n\, ac.kd 2t)7 years. —Of
tins venerable individual, the following
account is given in Taylor’s Annals of
Health and long Life: “ The most remark
able instance of longevity which we meet
with in British history, is that of Thomas
Cam, who according to the Parish Regis
ter of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, died on i
the 26th of January, INSS, at the astonish- i
mg age of *207 years. He was born in
the reign of Richard the Second, anno
1 I, and lived in the reigns of twelve •
kings and queens, namely, Richard the 2d, t
Henry 4th, Nth, and Oth, Edward 4tli and
Nth, Richard 3d, Henry 7t!i and tit It,
Edward Oth, -Mary and Elizabeth. The j
veracity ot the above statement may be
readily ascertained by any one who may '
choose to consult the above register.''—
[Curtis on Health. ° i
Passage across the RockY Moun
tains. —According to the Rev. Sami. Par
ker’s Missionary Tour across this cele
brated range, there is a passage or valley
through them of five to 20 miles width
forming a summit level much below the
highest peaks and 60 miles in length, on
| which it would be practicable to construct
, a good Rail Road.—This great chain
comes up from the great ridge of the An
:des, the back bone of South America, of
which it is a continuation, and reaches,
by the latest Arctic discoveries, up to the
frigid zone which bounds our Continent
Nortii. Mr Parker estimates the highest
summits of the Rocky Mountains, which
are covered with eternal snows, at 18,000
feet. Some say 20,000, which is higher
than the highest of ranges known as the
Himalaya, of Asia. So Europe with her
Alps, and S. America with her Chimbora
zo, may literally “hide their diminished
, heads.”—We have the largest continent,
longest rivers, biggest lakes, highest
mountains, widest prairies, “ tallest cata
ract,” greatest lead and probably gold
mines, «Sgc. as Col. Wildfire would say, in
the whole world.— N. V. Star.
Cost of a watch. —During the war of
1700, a sailor went into a watchmaker’s
in the city, and handing out a small French
watch to the ingenious artist, demanded
how much the repair would come to.
The watchmaker looking at it, said it
would cost him more in repairs than the
original purchase. “Oh !if that’s all I
don’t mind that,” replied the sailor, “ I
will even give double the original cost,for
1 have a veneration for the watch.”
“ What might you have give for it ?”
inquired the watchmaker. “ Why,” said
Jack, twitching his trousers, “I gave a
French fellow a knock on the head for it;
and if you’ll repair it. I’ll give you two.”
Going as Freight. An Irishman
whose funds were rather low had footed it
all the way to Wheeling, and was still
desirous to get as far as Portsmouth,
thence to proceed by canal to a point not
far distant from the latter place where
work was to be obtained. Having worn
Itis toes through It is boots and the heels
of a pair of old shoes quite low, he gave up
the idea of using ‘Shank’s mare’ anylonger.
There were plenty of steamboats puffing
and blowing at the landing, and be became
quite fascinated at the idea of such an
easy mode of conveyance.
’Captain, dear,’ said lie, stepping on
hoard a beautiful craft—’Captain, dear,
and what ’ll ye charge to take me to
Portsmouth?’
‘Seven dollars, in the cabin.
‘Seven dollars! arah! seven dollars. Whv
captain clear, i navn t the half of that sum.
‘Oh, never mind that Pat, I’ll take you
as a deck passenger for three dollars if
you’ll half work your passage, that is help
I the hands to wood the boat.’
Pat mused some minutes on this prop
osition and then put another question.
‘And Captain dear, what’ll you take
about a hundred and sixty pounds of
: freight for!’
‘!’ll charge you seventy five cts. for that.
'Then Captain you see I'm just the boy
that weighs that—so you can enter me as
freight and I'll stow away snug enough
some where below stairs.
A proposition so novel pleased tho Cap
tain highly, and calling one of the hands
lie gave directions to have Pat stowed
j carefully away in the hold—and ordered
the clerk to enter on the freight list
—'One irishman weighing IGO pounds.’
| Fat kept snug until he reached Ports
mouth, a distance of 350 miles—having
shown himself hut twice and for only a
few minutes at a time, during the whole
passage. There lie paid his freight of
: seventy five cents honorably and was next
! seen with his bundle tramping it along
(the tow-path of the canal for his desired
1 destination.—[Balt. Athenamm.
.
A New Way to Raise the Wind.
| A handsome young woman, with blue
‘eyes, black hair, and perfectly white skin,
, was offered for sale a few days since, at
tlie St Louis street Exchange, by a man
wiio pretended she was his slave. Her
complexion was so fair, and she was so
destitute of all signs of negro extraction,
that those present began to feel dubious,
and uttered some suspicions. The girl |
herselt said she was a slave, and belonged '
to the man offering her for sale. The i
fellow, however, apprehensive he was not j
altogether safe, had slipped through the:
crowd, and was not to he found. Conse- j
quently, the “woman of color” was per- j
mitted to go free without a pass. The)
crowd were well satisfied that it was a,
swindling concern—a plan having doubt
less been agreed upon, that tlie proceeds'
ot the sale were to be shared by the
pseudo-master and pseudo-slave, after
which an elopement was to have taken
place; and, although the woman was al-;
lowed to go free, yet itis doubtful wheth
er tlie man would have got oil as easy had j
he been found. [N. O. Picayune.
An Irish priest, on proceeding to the
church one Sunday morning, through the
t burial ground, observed several sprightly
girls seated on a tomb-stone, and wishing
to be jocular with them, asked what
they were doing there. “Nothing at all,
plazc your rivcrence,” was the reply of,
one of them. ‘Nothing!’ said lie. ‘Wliatj
is nothing?’ “Shut your eyes, your Riv-i
irence,” retorted the girl, “amfyou’ll seoj
it.” —[London Paper. J
[From the N.«Y. Courier and Enquirer.]
Counterfeiters arrested. On Sat
urday officers Bowyer and
Welsh, arrested two brothers named Dan
iel and Eugene Sullivan, who have been
for a long time past successfully engaged,
in making and passing off counterfeit
coin of various denominations, such as
Spanish, and American and Mexican
halves, quarters and shillings/some made
to look old and some new, buUtfll so ex
cellently executed as to paks freely from
hand to hand in the course of trade, with
out suspicion.
It appeared that« few days since Bow
yer was informed that a grocer mamed
Palmer in the upper part of Grand street,
had taken a large amount of counterfeit
coin, which was generally brought to him
hy a very small child, who purchased
some trilling article and received the
change. These coins were so well exe
cuted that Mr. P. passed off a great many
of them not dreaming that they were
spurious. Mr. Bowyer communicated
this information to “OH Hays,” who went
with him to the store and they watched
the little girl who' after coning to the
store and purchasing some trifle started
for home, followed by Bowyer, who
tracked her to a house in the rear of
number 33G, Grand street.
The officers then went to work in ear
nest, under the advice of Mr. Hays, and
on Saturday succeeded in fracing a man
w ho had just passed & spurious quarter, to
a 3 story house in Goerck, between De
laney and Rivington streets. Bowyer
went into the building, leaving Welsh
outside to watch, and after going into ev
ery room in the house, he filially opened
the door of an apartment where were
seated Daniel and Eugene, the prisoners,
who at first were struck dumb with sur-.
prise. They recovered themselves how
ever, iu a moment, and Bowyer although
alone, and feeling certain that it was avt
Ceesar aut n alius, seized both the men by
their throats, and a terrible struggle en
sued. One of the men threw ont of the
window a quantity of .coin which he had
in his hand at the moment of Bowyer’s
entrance, and the other threw some thing
on the floor, which was afterwards picked
up, and found to he a half dollar not yet
trimmed. Mr. Bowyer finding he had
hard customers to deal with, hallooed to
some men at work in a lumber yard op
posite for assistance and said he had a
couple of counterfeiters, but the men
supposing he said a man with fits, did not
come. W elsh, however, who was waiting
outside, hearing the uproar, ran up, and
the rogues were secured. On searhing
the premises, they found every necessary
implement for coinage, such as dies, cru
cibles. fnrnaoM, &.O. &.C., and in one of
the furnaces the fire was burning, and
some metal was being melted iu a cruci
ble over the fire. They also found a
large quantity of the base metal, and a
great number of unfinished coins of vari
ous denominations. The coin which the
prisoners had been making, were Ameri
can, Mexican, and Spanish half and quar
ter dollar pieces, some old, and some new,
and also Spanish shillings.
They were handed over to the U. S.
Circuit Court, before whom they wereex
| amined, and fully committed for trial.
Bon Mors. [Translated from the
• German.] A peasant named Lorette,
’ kail a great desire to be married to a
young girl, who had received from the la
dy ol the Manor, as a dowry, ten dollars.
The lady wished to see the lover; Lorette
presented himself before her; he was a
small and very ugly looking Savoyard.
“My daughter,’ exclaimed she, has not se
lected a handsome husband.” “Ah, mad
j am,” answered Lorette, ‘what can one
j expect to have for ten dollars?”
A gentleman conducted a friend of his to
the house of a lady of his acquaintance,
; and said to her, as he entered the room,
‘Madam, I present to you the Marquis of
Gigot, who is not as silly as lie looks.”'
Whereupon the Marquis answered imme
diately, “That is the difference between
this gentleman and myself.”
A little bov wrote a letter to his father,,
upon which lie put this direction—“To
my father, the husband of my mother,
who lives in our house.” The same boy,
wishing to see if lie slept gracefully, went
|to look at himself in his glass with his
i eyes shut. There dwelt in the neighbor
hood two brothers who were twins, one
of which died. Some days after, he met
j the surviving, and asked whether it was
I l ,e or his brother who was dead.
A peasant having seen old men read by
the aid of spectacles, resolved to go to
the city and buy a pair. Having arrived
there, he addressed himself to a seller of
spectacles. I lie rustic put a pair upon
his nose, and having opened a book, said,
after looking at it a moment, ‘These spec
tacles are not good.’ The merchant
gave him another pair, the best lie had in
Ins shop, but lie could not then read. At
length the optician said to him, ‘My friend
perhaps you do not know how to read?”
“Oh the deuce,’ said he, ‘if I could read
I should have nothing to do with your
spectacles.’
A Swiss, who slept upon the ramparts
of a besieged city, had his head shot off
by a cannon ball. Another Swiss who
saw it cried out, “How astonished my
comrade will be when he awakes and
finds himself without a head!”
It thou host done nn injury to another ra
ther own than defend it. One way thou gain
ed forgiveness; the other thou doublcst the
"rung and reckoning.