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A. p. BURR, VOLUME XI. THE AMERICAN TJMON. Published every Saturday Morning. jgy - - - A. 3P. BTJlirt. OFFICES ON BROAD STREET, WEST END THE NEW BRICK RANGE— I‘P STAIRS. TERMS: D Shirs ndeince.or Jam lia'lnr* after six month*. 4 Vo aaiweviption? taken f*>r less I'liiln mie year. m.1.-ss naid in lelv-vi -o; ami n •■> vapor discontinued (link's--’ nt tho"Optiou ot lit 1 i'nkli-iln-rj unlit all nr.- AI? V KRTISKM 0 NTS eonspicunusly inserted ut I ':.* A lJjllTir per square ot twelve lines, in- the tir.<t insertion, and Fifty feats tor each .-tuHs-pi-qt yotitiimnuee. AU A4otrii*emeat* nut act ••//*.■./../ ft./ .< ,-•..'•••/i.r ./ the number of insertions desired. nil'he <out: mini unit! i or Herod out, andeharifed fir arr.irdwg.lit. 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Railroad Rhymes. “.1 mot him iu Hu- oars Wheiv r< <i!v ho ?:it ; His hair “a- full nf tlu-t, Ar.i s> was his • rav:! : He was furthi ran embellished By a tick* t in hi> hat. “ Th** u-1. I l.is nrv.i, Anil awoke lii:n In m a i “, Whou ho pave the !• cflinp il es An admonitory s a p. And his ticket h> t c man •lu the yelk.w-lettcTv and cap. 44 J?o t launching into talk, We rattled on our way, With allusions to the crops That along the meadows lay Whereui on his eyia were lit By a speculativo ray. 44 The heads of many inch Were bobbing as in l.ep, And many babies lifted Their voices up t<> v.v. j. ; While the coal-dust darkly fell On bourn ts in a heap. All the wh 1 ihe swaving cars K> pt riiuibi'i.j; oYr * rail. Ami the fi-euci i whi.-tlc sci-.t Shrieks of ai pi .sh to the gale, . And the cinders i*attOcd down Ou the grimy tloor III.e hail. 44 When suddenly a jar. A thrice-repeated bump, Made tho people in alarm IFrom their asv cushions jump ; For they deemed the sound to be The inevitable trump. “ A splintering crash K b w, A dootu-loi eboiin.g t v\: <•?;, As the tender gave a Itir- h Beyond tiie flying >\\it<h. And a mangled uien . Lay writhing in ti:• • .ditch. 44 With a palpitating heart My friend c> :iy< i to rise ; There were biuises on hi limbs** And stars before his eyes, And his face was of the hue Os the dolphin when lie dies * * * * * “ I was very well content In escaping with my -life* But my mutilated friend Commenced n legal #trite ; Being thercunlo incited By his lawyer and his wife. • 4 And he writes me the result, In his ijuietway as ftdlows: That his case came on before A bench of legal scholars. Who awarded him his claim Os £1 * (l !‘ 4 i-- * MISCELLANEOUS. ANOTHER MULRCONEY STORY. BY SYLVAM7S CRB.UI, THE YOCNOKR. HOW PETER BOTHERED TIIE LAWYERS. What it was that took me into the court-room ofT , whether unpleasant business or igno- ! ble curiosity, need not bo known even unto you, dear reader. The only fact I wi.-h you to under stand, is, that l was (here, and that while therJ? it became my fortune to meet once attain, with iny old acquaintance, l*cter Mtilrooncy. AV hen I entered the ■court-room, tiie'ro was! quite a mixture of oval Irish mi l round .German noes outs id a of the iron railing which forms the wrier to encroachments upon the dignity of the dot ; and judging from the broken heads and blackened eves exhibited bv many of the specta- ‘ tors, it was not difficult to surmise that thoocen- J sion which had brought them together was to j obtain the plaster of the law for wounds which had lately been received by one of tl*ose spirited rows which warm up so delightfully, the old Cel tic heart But let me describe the scene. Within the ‘failing, and ruuning from it at right angles, were i <ome seven or eight benches, crowded with j 1 s 1 fjtt:!.r :t reyjieel:i! I.; ntuiilior if yiitup-s-s. <• : -1 iitj; ol’n ilctii'iiti* sjiiitiklitty; of nil ti.tti. ! ’ar jit I lei lo the benches, l>tti on tin; ojijn.sito .-'pie nf the court-room, on clevateil seats >al ilie tetiilile jury. The central sjiaco-was ru tuj inl l>v n fair mahogmiy table, covered with j-ivon cloth, a round which were seated fjuitra nutnlier of dnin ; tally dressed jjcnilciiitm, v.inisivh and (In ttis. lvcs tttloir.ivs ;i! law. S.-ated : u tip. centre;; ~| rear : • •; att < levtrted ]i!aft’"ii:i, il. iiiiiialiti-j the lnimlilc I desk id liip'c: Fsy “ act tijilc of tfr.tvc t r’v ”i mien,it!, v\ :i It k’ iit r.rs pud j.hteid ftccs. w hose tu.sis ~f honor indicaled the judicial na ture d’ tip ir thiietioi s. , 1 lie case, whie'i was already it[i for henrinjf,’ w:ts :is 1 cXjieelei!. one of as>anit, and liatlerv.- — Jhe fa. ls. as they w.-re dimly elicited, ajiji ir to have tu’.-ll these : Tip- 1-islt, vvlinttiT” the defen idants, had, sonn-short time previous, lu-eti invit-. edit) wake one Mr. McMiano at n sln-it dislauee | in the country, whileon the same eveninr; tiie; ’ lerman.s had been out ihineitii; at one of their ettstoinaiv festival balls. These4wo luulies, le tuniitio- honievvaid stmew here in the stitall hoiit', nu t, and, ineeliter, lotnf!-,*; bit who lu-eati the ftllray, seemed as ditlietut of diseoveiy as the jdiilosojiher's stone. N >ltH,t as 1 entered, t!i • counsel for the dell-nee \v:p in the net of exatninintf :i sli]i of j'aner. — Presently, he said to the clerk— ‘"('all IVt.-r Mulro.iin-v, if von pleastv* “W hat do you exjieet to prove by him a’ said , the attorney lor the tifnsec.u ion. *.\ .U'Ootl deal, that may take yoti by surptibe,’ i r']iondid the other ftitli a smile. V,Vh,-|MhHA’ ss .” te-i.Ohded life prrrsrentincr attorney, win-:. t i-!. ..I . a.i Ml. llil-ulotts. • ! dan -a.; :t! li'-u aiw - ha: gt- :!n r.” “>j-r:;k V -il -■’ i:i its ni ile !y,’’ said the o’ !p rw;! ;i a ‘ ■ J : “m t It: j's yon would rath - ; er tin y -!t. a'-i lemg theta” “I don't ■ i I lows, who, l) -in-f of; opposite p..:::i tip- I, -a jmtv ,n b .te e a riled tliein wi:!i t:- 1 lilil-- -i\i is: on. * i vi**r .'iu.t •.• .. CM’ j 1 1 j** ■ M.. ‘Tclci .Mi !. . : I” i, !a -a- and. the sleliiol'i n Cl . i*. ii- ie was : op -wa v 1 .-v. id a .till. I; - y ■ I tsi.t, and ai: . .;- r v. . -j- r pg, in whi. !■ a h .f :!.,- !;: ■ . -11 l nai’i-l. ‘ Sili.-tn-e! ‘ . : • eri -r. And then he j ealh and oubnu i t at'the 1->p his Voice ‘ I ‘eii-r Mu!ioo|it-\ !’’ ‘‘Whist! < inland n!” sai.l I ‘-t. r. w !i-■ had jail this lime been standing qnietlv bv the side ;uf the other. ‘Sure, a.- s’m n-u n litl !• g -..-..0n j lost iii a ciowd. there's no need to. bel!b\v ufther : me like a great bull calf.” ; ‘Why didn't you answer then V said the crier. I ,:nrri'v. ! ‘An ah.fi •!!< r man* ers to ve? retort el] ] r. : •\\ oil'd t be .i her distuthm* their hui :> in; • ’hat dii'y wav : .1 g ntietuun i.f .-rnudiii*, an” at:• •!>• r ..f the il.-eeii-ies !’ | “Von s\\ nr, Mr. .Viilr-e'iev !’ said the clerk. ; i protl'ei ing the bo. .k. ‘l'•> y. u tab'* me for a havtlien V said I'et.-r ; indignantly. >:ne it's not respectful to swear in acf “ii 1 i’ .-tire.’ , ‘But Vi a. must swear,’ said theci.uk sirtipiy.’ j*l id e'r Is imrs ivi r hear the lilo o’ t! I*, r. ding the bench. ‘A Imi -n-t . In ring limn. !•*•■. i.O . n* i Ii: -< r p ..f hair iiitiivlv -i ;ulon •: jsthrate -kuig 1 hatch’—th ■ elerk w • a wig •‘to titaltc me Intrg’.arioii-lv ands. .1 b uiou-lv . swear before tin: .face of yer hollo’s, and the gill- : itleineii of th • jury,; attd the g'litlemen ■ f ihe bar. ; < ‘h ! but the vartue in me won't let me do that same.’ : “MulrOonv,” said one of the judges, s'llvuig ;to fe|) less thu VUiVelillg about the muscles of ills , lips—his associate was stalling.a white liunilker-s chief into his mouth—"Miilrooiiv, you must be 1 ! aware that it is necessary lor a witness to take! jan oath before he call he permitted to give evi-, j deuce at t lc har.” “Sure sir. I knows.” said lb-ter, innocently. * ‘‘That what the clerk requires of von.” eon- 1 j tints.-.! ilie iud.;. .w b . :’Mi !\. i 1 1 1 Id nt at tempt ‘at gravity. “Vo.i wd! 1’- >r - >’ •! that i’ t* o ’.r | : ‘duty to eoimiiit anv oneto piisoa for contempt- , ! mm-, beh.at i.>uf iii < < mi.” ‘•l.oiig life to ve'r honor; sail l’etor, “sorraa ; t’it I'll disgrace iiicm)!’bv liiiriin’ the fe. ilns’ of I any iepeclable grav-haired ginth'iiian like ut j self, or yei’s honor's hfollVr yonder who is atin’ | his while handkereher to stop iln; hunger pain.- j lJee.'l sir, id be taking great shame to mc.-clt il j l did.” “Swear him said the judge, in duing hastily 1 Ito the clerk, and-sinking luck ’ll his well rush-’ led seat. _ “ ‘•Now, Mr, Minrooiiy” said the consul fir lit* j friends, “tell us w hat you know .abiltir this nf | fa i r.” j” ‘l’eter's story is a perfect rigmarole, lie had been to his friend Methane's wake—los li lends got into trotihle with tho < .ennuis, hut. a~ to 1 how thfi allVay Voninieneed, his memory', clear j enough before, beeame suddenly very hazy. All j lie could recollect was. that sundry of the, lush I being so 111 id!v pummel', .1 by !1. ■ <.■ eimans, pum ; 111 ‘lled quite as vi'in llr 1 lie;i’ aiifag*• .i-ts in fe*. :turn. j The cross-examination now commence I,.and’ as I’etcr I'idiglit ‘. p •yi-. lied every tin of tho keen-wittid attorney, the coni’- 1 between cultivated sharpness amt native shrewdness, be-j .canto gradually v.-rv exciting. “Well, Mr. .Mulroom v,” said the attorney, “yotl say you left lionie in the evening, to assist in observing this national custom of yours. —, ; About what time in the evening.” 1 “I teed, sir” replied II t. r with the utmost siin- : pliejty, “but that bate ■me to. say. ’’J'wris be- ‘ twist and betwai'e sim-dowti and moomase.” I ■ u ate : ‘ least • u/c ul that, I stinp’ . ; said the all/U'iii'V vitieklv. teh, by the powers! that I am,” said 1 Vier with a keen twinkle of the eye.-j “Have y. uun alii.ajiac. Mr. (J'crk ; pray see ; at what .time the sun set and the moon roc on the eighth of April last?” | “ .Sun set on the eighth of April.” drawled the, ; clerk in Iris usual nasal tone, “at twenty-four minutes past six : moon rose at thirty-seven min utes past eleven!” There was a sudden roar throughout the Court, like the surge of waves upon the sea beach; the! face of the prosecuting attorney flushed crimson, j i while Peter Molroon-y luaked the vory picture j of conscious innocence. “Prove all things; hold fan that whicTi ia good.” UUIFFIX. CEOUGIA, SATURDAY Ml HIM XU, DECEMBER 1, U‘‘*. ! ’• Vi -ti must speak to tint point. V-itnes.-.- si’ I • the jt'rfjfe with nil the sharpness he cnu!J cotn j niaini. •• Vmtf nttsWer is impertinent i ‘• Troth, y.-’r honor,” said I’eter, respeetftiily. j'• it's sorry lam tor that. Sure, tis the truth I ; am tailin', by vartuo of me oath. - ’ i ‘-What o'clock in the evening was it. sir 1 ” said t!;s pios-ent:;: r att- rni-v. vviiosc red v.osv w as now Y-tiireiKr. ‘ ‘•Terra Intt I know,” said l’eter. ‘ Think: tis upon sottu daily occurrence for your “ttitle, and tell the iurv il it was before or jUf.er’ “Oh !” said lVt“r after applrontly reflecting tv - little •• it was after toy tay “ t ■- Ah. row we shall get ut it mid Mr. Higil* lof.s ti-iumf hantly. “It was aft-r tea you say. | Weil. sir. nt what hi ttr and” you usually take tea !’ *• That depends upon convenience,’ said Toler With tut air if the nnst proliiuml tliobglit. ■ r-'miiCtitnes we have tay ini* dinner, and some times we have dinner tor tay.” ‘The attorney In, k-d vox* and i want to know vottr usual lo ur lor taking the evening nn-al vve call lea. Is it four, live, six, seven, or eight o'- clock “ Ves. sir. that's tlie truth!” said Peter nodding I lIJS ! “ WhieliV those hours !” said the attorney ! ■ sharply. “ If it ‘ltd he plazing ye nut to be afthcr bother ing a poor t-*v. Id b- 1 1 Itatd; t in. said Peter. ‘-!ls little I Know- about tbe-one rmttr of the others vve <iln i\o the :ay time up-nii''ilnvvn the night So. ‘ liie attorn-v Pit. bis lips -“Arc you married ‘ sir said he. I “(Mt, but that doo's be bothering me entirely, j sure 1 think •• What don't you know whether you are m:tr ! t ied or not | •• \is, y—ai-ey il you please, sure ‘lisa trouble st'tui: i j lie: t ion t'lpii-wor aoyfvay. an dials ti” i;... ; Trs.fbi.... .idiy i uiuudy cm rted an’ tuurrii <i, me wans! ; but it s’tlikes me I miltt be a vvpply now.” ■ A widower.you main, 1 suppose. \ our wile j is dead then ■• W] . ‘ biddy ('onnoly ? Troth. 1 sir. its my sariousopinion the bit mild woman is presarvio heisT-tl f.*r another lnisband twenty years forenent | us.” “ A'ott are, divorco-i. ura ysaid the attorney 1 i king siotiiiieantly at the jury as much us to say-, j !1 a ! ha ! here s a pretty .witness f.r you!’’ I >iv i'ii-ed ! to t a bit ut it. said Peter optielly “ hi j aratf and then ‘ ’ “ That's it .'. j said Peter, and then busting out j into a low lb!/ laugh lie added. ‘(Hi. by the no.r tnti. but it was glad I was when .-ticlm* i Cm noly cam 1 fjuiii the shipwrtn k. and uised me shoul-, der of the matrimonial desaver.’ - When vou reached tb*- house nf the late Me- Miat-.e what did you and your party do ! ‘ 1 Wint in. sir!’ said Peter with utmost sim- | p'.ieity • V, al t xl . ■ •(; ■ ‘. ;,ti bat o ; - (lucent tv wake ns v . w. s i < at ut oubt Ir-** ltd.’. • Now*. .M. Mtiiruoney. y, u have told us you were prest'nl when the riot took place, i wish you to state distiucntly who b- gun it.’ • I'd like to it plus • ye ‘ sai I Peter hum- 1 bic. as lie ‘tiled tin- eivwu hat. ‘Pd ll.tr . to know a v :t wise, tin a m.-i'-r-'..:'duy jiritlenutn like V'.ts’ if. if ye can tell me vvie t. two da. u clouds come tliegitlHj 1 . an’ Strike lightnin’ which of the two struck first !’ ‘ This is no answer. ( lotids cannot be compar ed with two parties of drunken men.’’ ‘ 1 think the answer quite pertinent,’ said the attorney for the defence with a smile, ‘for both ! cb.ttds and men appear to have been charged with the fluid.’ ‘Ah. Ini!’ said Mr. Bibulous, nodding signs i eantly at Peter: ‘alt. b.i! tire man is no fool, I see! ’ ‘ I‘d be sorry to contradict your exparu-ncc,’ said Peter, sinciotlily : ‘jiii’ -tire Id like to return the compliment, but lor the vartuc of me oalh.!’ > What kind of a piece of road was it where this affray took place,’ said the attorney angrily : • was it Ktraight or crooked V 1 Nittiier illy it was as straight and purty a piece oi road as ye'd like to 10-ik at : I at circum stantially it was as.erookoil as a jintlctnan that has lost his tiinper,’ said Peter. ‘ How do you make that out V . ‘ Nitre twits th“ liquor that made the diffar.'. ‘Oil! tlten. you confess to your party having been drunk.’. ‘ It's my sarious opinion that it was tlnjm Gar-- tttan that was batin about like a wt-itck at say : an that my frinds behaved themselves like daeent people, but it's not aisy to say.’ • When you were at McSliatte's did you cat and’ drink 1 Sure, sir; what did we go there for ? Would ye It ivc us starving tvid the hunger, on an occa sion the likes of teat ?’ ‘ Certainly not. Now please to tell tho jury wlmt tile refreshments consisted of.’ • l.'i-hiti’- of atin an’ drinkin.’ said Peter boldly. 1 Never mind the eating, what kind of drink had you 1 Poteen.'said I’eter * vvi l the thrue flavor of ;!i- pat- about it.’ •Poteen! poteen!’ said the lawyer. a e if affect ing i,:noV:i:me|of the liqtt *r • Pray. Mr. Mulroo n--y vvi!l you oblige me by explaining what po teen is V ‘ Arrali.’said Peter, slyly casting bis eves at tin- rubicund nose of hi, questioner, ‘as if you didn't know V The prosecuting attorn- y wii!i his obnoxious nasal organ growing r- i : r .mi redder, turned to the bench and gesticulated vehemently. What he said could not be heu r d amid the storm of laughter. - Silt-nee,’ shouted the crier. 1 Witness ‘ said the judge absolutely snorting in the effort to maintain a beeoming gravity * Wit ness, this cannot be allowed uny longer. Wha* is the reason V-m evudi- a liir.vt reply to the ij j tiun ? Answer him : he mu-t lie answered ‘ : ‘Troth, sir, 111 do that tiling. The raison ’ j •'uro I supposed it was ntakin fun of me he vv i-*| j 1 Why should you suppose that P said the attor ’ Dev fiercely. I ‘ Hekase” as I looki-d at your Festivius of a nose. I thought ye must he well aeqitiinted vvitti t!e ----| cr.it'-r ‘ The judges fi ll hack ami exploded tho | ruse ettdtig attorney sunk into aeh air a* if a ten p- in 1 | shot liad fallen suddenly upon his head ; tie- an.l; i tors were almost, purple in the face, uti l there stood Peter. l-iokTtg till til-mt him with a sort •-f inquiring wonder upon his f.n-iq its if utterly ,m ----: cOnsi-ious of any eau-'e for sneh alt mithreak ’ * Have you done with the witness.’ inquired the ! counsel for the defetme. 1 l.et h'm go.’ said lh” at! rney ‘harply. ‘ 1 can do nothing with him 1 Petcrscy.es now fairly twinkled. As he left the box he drew down the corners of his month with tho most snver-'q-ti eotiti-mpt. • A ugh ’’ lie inuttcrm! -!t til take a if, /en li: tie red nosed men to lute Pother Mulroom v . ayther with the tongue or the sliilelali. 1 does lie lliinkinh’ The Excited Ye.nkce. Tint liottr Was uppioa.tlT.tig for flu; dej.-irlttre of the N vv 11:iv in s-ti .ntihi at ftuiti lli-1 n-rtli at \. u York, atl the'usual * rnvvd p:t-senger . iu-vvs- Imv.-, tiuitveinh-is, eal men, and ib-ek i-cif* i-. were n-seiitl-li and on am! about the boat. V, e vv- 1 .- •; .zing at ti.e inotiev group, ‘fix mi the fool of tin j ..tin :.I-Ie lie, |; stalls, vv lien ottr a! tell; :■ i w.i atltaeici| by the singular a, : mus a of fa!!, lii-.ivvu Yankee, in an imim-uve vv,.**! ha!, chocolate e.il , ore 1 e -at :i:i• 1 nantaluciis, at;,’ a futmv v e-t. !i *• st>,ol In-;;, ‘.lie s! ’ll I,”. 1 ; r. I p:i-Mle!io\. ;;:iV‘! -ernt: i i/ed shat p!v ,v, t v fen tie vv In, came mi 1 ■i. .-very to *vv ntol fin n e, n-ti!tij. g an < liormi.ii- - :!- ive|-i,’t! Is i•; *-wa 1 1 ■ 11, V\ ‘ii el l 11; -I■’ i■ 1 I 1,, ■ 1 1 1 toe, Its ~fa e.io n-ii,iis 1'..!,, In in ■ in- •*’ a j>., I !eel eli.i n. Al’t-'i inot.u: iug gn ulin I- t-i .u tier, lie and i-*i I:it a a-!. ,im uag mg p . 1 1 r . . an fl.-- plank an I up the v. n..t!, leapp .* , oil boat.l and aluei-t iustantatn-i usly, with a 1.-i-b ! fare, i-'.pie-.iiig the ta i-! infetiAe anxi -tv . ‘i l,i> seti'-s of opi-ralii-m* bo p“i!'• i t:n-.| o-v i*l titlies al": rhe tu--!ie,| aim-.it lie- bolt vv,;h am! 1 1 - -, ! ej.ieulaltsl : “\\ Imt’s tin- lion- - : ■lav I Womler if mv H‘peak*'rV fas', ! V, !*-. t-’ I the rap'itt? Wliar’- tin; Steward f Vv bar's the I mate? \\ bar stb • In*--s that owns tbe sb;p •*\\ ii •; t‘ - ti.e mat;, r. si;vve v, 1,1 life,! l-> : ■ i him, vvie-u be stoyil loftt Itlolllelit. “liaf, I■ • -1, ; j in-tbin’ of ;t gal in a b';tu: bourn t, with n vvi,::.- t’atiton er.upe sltttwl, (,-ost lii'teeti tlolluip til. ;.,vvti, ai.-i brov ti lie is, In v f eoige nlioani v.I. t i was looking lor tile e.ijihi al (be pinteialoi I In; 1 b’j)—have, yc? li‘-\d” “No stieli p i .-<>ll lias ! come ttboait!.'’ ‘''Tntm •nted ligliti.iiig! sin ‘s my ’ w ;!i” lie si-n amed. “Mm i ied In r yest.-nlav.. I A l her luniks and mite- aboard, ttinb r tin; pile | .f l-ag o*gi‘, as fa!! a-a <’ ,:i,—fietif ►!(•<•},!-. Tie • ! uii'd I*: ■ -k nl'.’ : i’ sav- .- 1 <• *'t It. ml i: o'. . ‘■ II v ‘t I--,, * •::*y ! -:t,y l ow. My •. i V - , . i ‘• • •.. ‘ 1 a*. tlf-|> U il!a-U iSi . Wlia iuR’OJlD* <>t li’!.’ ‘■•’if Cl ..I !l YD < *!••■!. \\r ! j;;; ;’f I• di likdhi.ml ! • i ’ J i -j!* tr lli.it. \ - ! (Joli’t tilillk >■••*> l* -i'll a!* hl 1, l- V* Ilft i• j ■ Speak, aifucr, \voi.*t v • { ’• lid r.i- in’ <liMi. •-t 1 1! Wli aiv t! v ri* i ! UiU *. • •f 1 **l ? i- tli- -)• *l* *r i|.-j it * ir’ —I i iiist b.alv Tim sei-o:ii| will be rung in f’.iiir min utes.'’ ‘‘Thunder! you don't sav so? Wlinr’.- j the eap’it?” ‘’Tliiit g"iitleiiiati in tile blue coat.” | The Yankee dai fetl to the < ‘upturn's side. “Lap’ll stop the sb ip for ten minutes, won't ye ?” “I can't do it, sir.” “But yc must, I tell you. I'll | pav you for it. Ilow much will ye tax?” “I could i not do it.” “('ap,ti i'll give you two dollars,’’! gasp, and the Yankee. The captain shook hi . head. “I'll give y,,u llv • dolhiis a-nl a half, at and a half, and a half, and a half” he kept repealing, daneing a ; out in his agony !;!;-• a mad j mkuss ;on a hot iron plate. “Tim boat, starts at live’ : precisely,” sai*l tin: captain shortly, and turned away. “ ( •! you stonev-heartvd Itealhin!’ mitr mur-'d tlm Yankee, nliuost bursting info (ears. I “i’aitia’ man and -.life, and vve jnst otic day tnanieij.” At this the huge paddle : wheels began to paw the wtili-r, tttel the walking i beam descended heavily, shaking the huge fabric ito the centre. All who were not going to .V a Haven went ashore. The hands began to ImuJ it. the gang plank: the fasts are already ca-i loose, “1.-'ggo that plank!’ roated the ’tank**-, collaring on*-of the bands, “l>tnp it Mfb a Tmt potatoe, or I’ll have vou into the dock!” ‘A o —yo!” shouted the men in chorus, as tin y heav ed r,-i the gangway. “Sliut up v m braying don keys !” yelled the maddened’t ank'-e, “or thefe'll ,be an ugly sort of work.” Jbtt the - plank was got a!Mat'd, and the boat splashed past the pier. In .an instant the Yankee pulled off’ his coat, -thing his liiit beside it bn the tk-i-k, anti rtislm ! wildly to thr/guard. “Ate you domk <>r crazy!” cried a passenger, sezing him. “lam going to fling tity s“lf into the iloek and swim ashore! cried Yankee. -•] mti-sn’t leave -Sairy Ann alone in New York fitv. Yon may divide my bag-j t gage am,,ng ye, let me go, 1 can swim!” ilej and so furiously that the consequence o£q hi-, t .i'iitiess might have been fatal, had not a sud den apparition changed id- purpose. A v.-iv pretty young woman, in a blue bonnet, vv!,, ■ , Canton crape shawl, pink dress, and lifown boots, came tovvar-Js liirn. kite big brown \ ink - lit - t- :■ I one stent- : ;.ti !iotl! ~. ry Ann! ‘ <;'a-p ----e ib’ iin bis aims in spite ’s bet struggling, and hi— -1 h-r heari ly, right i chore all the pasvettg i-. ••\\ , -re <! •! voti ft in. ‘ !,•• t-yj'ii!- !. “l ion tin; iadtes” cabin, at. -v-ced the id--. 1 “Yo'J fold nv- half past four, but 1 ti- eight I'd mak“ .at-., aid cine at four.” “A liitletoo pua.:- flail aid the Yankee, pliut hVall right now. Itaiio, cap'll, vou can go a head now, 1 don t care about stopping. Come nigh losing the passage money aid baggage, conic nigh getting ■ liowaed, Sairy, ali along ■!’ you —but it's a.; right now. <>o ahead, steamer! Bosin up there, tireinau! Darn the expense!” When the sun t set, the loving couple were seen seated on the : upper deck, big brown Yankee's arm encircling ’ the slender waist of the young woman in the blue ‘;, ,;ciet and pin!; dress. AYe beKev# they reach- i I ed th-.-ir destination safe and sound. l Y--i.. !:. . s *iui Ju:ii Vuioncan. Natural Rogources of Nicaragua. We have partaken of it great variety of fruits! and vegetables which are indigenous to tin; soil of t'emral America. Among the fruits are tliei oratige, b-nt'in, lirneff, banana, cocoauut, cocoa-j plum,.alligator pear, guava, plantain, papaya, j m.iniiioii. rose apple, gianadiil.t, water melon, j . nil lope, bre.t I Inti!, citron, tiial a v.-uitv ofj * ‘ia-is vvlii.b we have in it vet become familiar! Wi-i,l. Ilm-'-i t tin- Vegi.-tahh-k that v\,• have s,-i-n . * -ii'ist ot , oei*a, a species of otir pointoe. ochre,’ yur., -vv, et. potatoe, p.-as, !.:tna, I'rem iiand va nilla beaii, squash,tomato- s, pepp- rs, pump- j b us, A-,-. We have no doubt that a portion if; not all •>:’ the products •■!’ I'uile'l States can • i-c cultivated li'-fe. We notice many fruits ntnl | plants siiudai 1., ibe grow 1 1, *,f i-loridn and the: mol*- n utbern States, but tlmv are more uiatur- > . I mi l in a gn-aler variety. I In- cite! as g; - *vv s to a gigantic height, a ltd the 1 s, n-itiVf plat,! exhibits in mat I.'-*I degii-e gs * iiili.it , bTri-ie'i-ii-siies. 11.-atiiihi 1 t.-ses, in gi, ~{ vatiety ,'l ib. ;r . pe, ns, gt-, ,-,v wild and luxuri-* I be \‘ g'-t.ible productiolts f,,r eomnn ree are : neipal.v -at-apanila, miota, aloe:-, ipeeaettan i. i -g,-t v anilla, p,-i tiv ian bn k, e,,w age, eopal. _iiiii atal*ie, e-‘pav ia, eaoutejmue, dragons blood, v ang—: and <■:! plant. -I I lie-'.ip 1 -; 1' rod (lets of the State and t!ioe j vv liirb at l :ve a! great perfection, sugar (lee, to- ( b..*'*•“, ii -g . ti.i:,--, ..i Indian e.-.n, ti< elnve-: - !at . a. Among tin- v dliable ti,-,-s mav be lull teed lli.ibogauv', iogv* - - I. lini/il wood, ei dur, t . giitnnvita . .;.•:t,. y, : ...v pan*, -ilk, Yotton • ■•••, - , * j ill;.--, l-u It on wood, it on woods fore Wo • ! and Nli ala ,'u.n vvoo*l, ,-a!:d'-a-b, ,Ae. 1 W In-a* aid otln-i eer.-al grain - 11-utr'.-h in the ■ ‘ vale,| ,lirift,-, am! tantbera t arts of tint K>- j !■. 11 >! i^ In l,n t f'tnj ran haw any climate they wish, fn.cn the atmosphere if the plains to the hr"! -n and lii"i!tilainnit:: country, vvliielt f xlcttJ.s yv eti to ’be coast.. ill,- 111, 11- -;.a I r-s “II r<- so. N ie;;;';, _'U:i me nil | m -rrnis. eoiisisiiug nf go! I. silv.-r. -vii,p.-r, iron, i t -.id aii'l cial. Mim sot li,<• ! .'I, ,• me e., v ,*1 •''• .1 • 1 VV ,i bin 5!..,;t . ‘.lijee, >‘T; ! p!i* r is found :u goat. |ii -utiti.-s; also nil re, pi:..:,- ~f non and a number of oilier miner- t I In- beef c f .Ilian is V. rv good, bill there ‘ ; ii"! so large a stork as in the inti-i ior, still iln-rc -ullirieiit I rp; a-lieal pm | uud vve vei'.lure I tay that :.uv aiiloimt of tlm Itiiibain spec!, - 1 ■ - *i;‘• i I,- iai-, and b<-r,-, or a f,-vv miles higltcr up | : ii'.-coast, \\ ild animals abound - sue!, as the : t.g-.-r, vvi id hog, inutile, v. all ~f vvhiih an j ii.irin!*;s.., except w lea ur.ae.k--d. lie- pouitiv i-ex,-,-lii-ni. an*l there is plenty of :! ; also, lui Isall kinds—jrarrots, pai roqin G, i bulitim bes, eaiia’ ,* -and iiliieist cv 11 te r ‘pe- i *e s that tie- trope pr*i-,:e e. \\ , - bale bad tie- ■ pleasure of luilvaiing on snipe, and can w arrant j 11 *•• i• flavor. Kish, oysters, chun. sliiimp and crabs can l,e | found in the bay and river. The jack li'li. drai inner aid a speee-s of siieep- \ le-.-ul, vve 1 11 ; 11 1; ;* eiiia ~li ( a;,is ate r and | ! mill Klliall, lull VI V I- .-ler and di-iii a',- . ‘Tie-j cow li -ii is (-.-ii-.. ,|.....”•* a’ o-i.sii 10. :!e- natives j b'.iL Vv.’ !i:t. e I.e v L iiilu4lU.il coUKIgC to pal take of lii.s or tbe a:.; ;:ilor. Tho Praying Children. Mrs. Whittlesy rela-.-s a -toiy, wliieh vv iII. he I 1 useful and interesting to our young read is. She 1 lu one of our Western towns, a clergyman wa- | . one morning told by his wile, that a little boy,! the soli of a neighbor, was vciy sick, near lo death, and asked if he would not go in and see I him. “I hardly know what to do,” said lie. “I feai i mv visit .would tmt hi: well received.” “But,” joined the wife, ‘when you ivero sick, a j short time since, the mother of the little hoy sent ia kindly evi-rv unv to know how you were, and ! think limy vv ill expect you to come and seel tlmir son.” I ids was a snflieient inducement, he wa* soon 011 the Way to the dwel I ingot Morrow, I lit: in other was hanging ia anguish over her precious and bi-uni ilul child, who was lo"siiig from sal • to side * the deliuuui of ii hr.iiii fever. The in',:n>tc% ! after vvatening him a few moments, turned to the l.uly aid said •Tbis p*„,r little child should lie kept perfect-1 Iv quiet, madam ; lie should not be excited in .any.: uianti'-r.” \ “Sir,'’said slug “will y*,u offer a prayer?” At first lie liezitat'-.1. foaling l!,e i-ts.-ct l!|)on ‘lie ebiid ; lull, on second thought, knelt at lie "bedside, iffi'l llttel’ and a few petitions in His name . vv ho said, “suffer little childieu to come unto’ me.” ]be moment he comnieiiecd speaking, the ! Millie sufferer, who until now seetned iiueonseiuiis of his presenee. e,-as.-,] j.j-. moans, lay still Up"-, the bed, am! fixing Insdatk eyes upon him, lis tened intent!'.’ to every word. ’The minister i tc-.e from his kirnes. said a few wools to tho mother, and went home, leaving the child in a perfectly tranquil state. ‘The next morning the first iiitcl genre which greeted him, was, that little Frank had died during the night, i He had become extremely interested and the ! apparent effect of the voice < f prayer upon the’ q dying boy, had *urpried him. He went, agtin: TYvi-it tie- family, at'<-ti b-1 tie-funeral, and at I’ lfgth k-.iiTe.-d the fuHowing fa.-ts : She had tvvi eiiildren. Frank wits the eldest, and the second was a daughter pi five years. A f.-'.v nmiifiis before, little Alice had gone tospoml •!;•■ nig'd w.th some eompaiii-.os ;-i the neigh hr!iO"J. vv h'-s(. parents w.-re Christians, and vv re training the-.r i-hiUlri 11 to follow their steps. As ill-. 4 0.1: ri tiling to re-:., these litlix -,oes s.lid to ;li* ir visitor, who did not know the Lord's- ]’ray.-r ‘Come, Alice, kneel down with us, and say, ‘Olir Father,’ before vve go to bed.’ Alice, being a (night little girl, soon commit- j ted to memory the precious form'-of prayerwine ii j has gone iVoi’.i so many bps since our Saviour first uttered it. i'iie next morning, full of aiii mation, and delighted with her new acquisition, returned home; and the moment her broth-, er F'rauk returned froru school, she began to tell *tiTia all about ler visit, au-i beg hiui to learn •Oar Father,’ and say it w.tb her, _ 1 j From tliii* time, tho mother said, kneeling to- 1 I getber, they had daily repealed the Lord’* Vr*y-, Editor and Propriatar. j or, with great carnertnew and delight, and had i n’*o I -arned other prayers, in which they aeelo 1 eti inimli interested. n A few days before lie was taken aick, Frank i bad come to Iter with n book in his hand, and . said: ‘O, mother, here is a beautiful prayer—will j you let me lead if to vou"?” j It was thu !• iic m'mance <>fthU which induo ed )n-r to make the request that the iniuitlef would pray by tin-, bed of Iter suffering 1-oy, and this was the secret of the miming influence which that prayer exerted. He continued time tranquil a long time, but al length his distress returned and the hour of death drew near. About midnight, suffering and agonized, lie begged of bis mother to send for the good minister to pray 1 aga'.n. lie must have *onielx>dy to pray. Th# [ parents di*bleed to call him at that hour of the I night, ami knew not what lo do. At last the I mother vv.-nt up st.-irs, and taking the little 1 sleeping .*.’ e from her bed, brought her to hes ; brutl-'-t's bi-d side, and told her what Frank want ,-d. luinn-diittely sb,- knelt down, and slowly ami so!i ttttdv t. j,- 1; .! tlm prayer which they both so much loved, and then, unasked said—* **N.w ‘ rky !id him down to sleep, !| r.v 11. I.<M<thnt a* j| !o k*''p ; If’ lie fbouM i!it- Iwforp hr wake, l pray the ird hi> wul to take.' 4 | The flr-t words soothed the sufferer and with | the last liis sjdrii fled. I Witnessed earth ever a stiblimer spectacle f- At tin; it -.“.*i hour of tin- night, in the chamber win re waits the King i,("Terrors, surrounded by, weeping t‘iiends, the iufant of five summers, rous- I hastily from tlm sweet slumbers oj"childhood, kttt‘l Is in lief night df‘--s and inutisturbcd, un* teiitiled, lops in 4-luldish a nt* the prayer : vv ii ~-li 11* wen accepts, and on whose breath mis , suitied angels bear tipvvnid the ransomed soul. I I vvott.d leach a le*-'oti. ’Tlu-y hdtor not in vain who so sow precious sued in the fresh toil of ; youthful II ■ It's. Tcrpituatioii of Error by ths Presa. lin n year paragraphs go the round* in (he j papois throughout the country that “some par* lon ‘ . iiiv.uiicd poinetmd motion, that soma ou • i-. - .b'inoii-tratr ! the fallacy of the Newton* 1a 11 n-'.oin. that some new. motive power haa be.*u tliseov.. and, and tii.it someone has invented a m'|.-'!':i"‘ t’. r gat: ing p..wei,” Vc. Though j iirorlamii’d year alter year these wonder* of course novel appear, find no harm is done ex* •pt a perpetual lea.Jng of wonder seeker*.*—• ’I Imre .are, however, some of these stereotyped p.aragiaphs which do mischief. Tho followings as an instance, is n..w going the rounds, and i* a trap which has been laid every year for at leaat twenty years past: j •Instead of grafi ing fi uit trees insert the scion into a potato, bury the potato, and it will taka i root find bear f 1 uit in asliorl time. ’ (The pota* i h> 0 f cmrne:) •Tim di*eov.*rv‘ (this year) ‘is due ; to a liolienti.ati gardener.’ j has! \ ear it w;is made in England, and notr ; ul! 1 air hint tree* can be propagated by cutting! $ but it is an inferior method to budding andgraft ] ing, and if any pel 011 should wish to destroy a j valuable ion un av nudity do so bv inserting ; it into a 1 ui.dp..: •o. .Another t rap of the satna | sort, and peii.aps c lvu! with the former, to j till” *. •|fv..u v. bbto tiike entting* readily split th# lower end and in*cit in the slit an oat. Bur/ this .about two inches and it will throw out root! readily.’ ( The uni, <•/ . onr.o-.) I Another trap of this genus, and lietter con* | eeal.'d than the others, went tiie round* last year* It is as foll.Avs : ‘To produce apples without seeds or cores.— ■ i.eud down a limb and inw*-tl its extremity into , 1 lie earth or n pot of earth, confine it well, and in tiie course of a few months it will taka root, j and may then lie severed from the parent tree, and w ill in a few year* make s tree of itself. In tins way one uriv readily produce any number of trees, bearing fine fuiit, without seed* or cores. The same iet*lt wav !■*> I.e attained l*y plant* ing s. ions, i.psnje down in the spring.* The tree, being produced from cuttings, is pro* ! .bleed of cour*e withoiit seeds or cores. It must I.e biiine in uiii-.l ilia* apple- trees for nurseries uvc “i-Tici al! V ti'm -***.ln nr from COftFfc c nii'.aili’Tl - M ils \Vii ill 1 116 (wUW fH* fiiflrrt, may l*J entirely lost !>v r!n*! j*tir>4*olojjV, nnd this al most invariably lipp<*t.s .it*-r two or thru* r* moves fnon tlie otigiual souise. CIIAS.C^’HIt Within i!o* ri.liiis of’ fivetuib** ryround S*v*e top..l, it is r-ii j•. I * hat inont Uikhl ha# Icen spilt. more lives sacntbvtli :u><l into'* misery ill tli-• t<t<l v\ it iiiM a war, than mi any oilier e<|twd extent <f lln* “earth's sen ay ill the same itltie sjnt'e the <!a\s t'i Noah's llifoo. A (iiaiMxx i.'AiHi.—Wo find published in the Album Kvi-fiiuor <v m4**rlous abolition sheet, a riir.! sighed by a number of German*, in which ilk-v make the i'ollowingtleclaration in be* half of tlicins. fives and tli'e-tr brethren : ‘ The {!’ iiunn ritt-ein of Albany art oe&oxtd to 8 Infer if. nnd"irdl prnrr their faith b>j their roll.t Oil the tjthof Xo.'emlr r. /{ejiubheantsin it the dortrine of Tenth, L qxinlitil. oprl ,/lister*; ithile Shie-ry mid Slave Labor in hostile to rtf* ‘ ry true idea of a Free Rupublic. .le-t as we tired a ted: —The (lormiiu nnd Atiluionists together at the North mk war i upon the Sf>nt! anil Southern institution*. Is it not time for Southern men to open their even (1 little to the dangers of Foreignisml— Mich* HV.'y. The finotli'esof the editor of the hlktori (Ky.) Hnnuer. are in a desperate condition, loan ap i,e*fi to l.is subscribers to paV up. he SUVS t “Friends, we me almost penniless—Jobs tur* !;rv was a millionaire, connraried with our pre sent d'-pe ! treasury ! To-dav. if the prion of salt was two eenl* a barrel full. w; eouMn’t buy enough t*> pickle a jay-bird . .•?£ j “Wiggins, what era in the world's history do yon regaoi with thedecjiest lioiror!” “The chol era !” gasped Wiggins wi ha spasmodic siiud der. . _ t In the two years of the pending war. Romm has absorbed iuto her armies, eight hundred I sixty thousand muu, and Fiance info. barV three hundred thousand, while< ire# Brit*# . bably absorbed about fifty thouaaid. ,j } NUMBER 1