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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.