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IT ■> * BY J. H. CHRISTY & T. M. LAMPKIX,J EOITOKS AND PSOMICTOSS. *5 — mm - ■; 11 1 - - / Dcuotcit to Neats, Politics, Citcraturc, (General JntetUgcncc, Agriculture, &t. f TERMS!—T\VO DOLLARS A YEAR, ( INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. NEW SERIES—YOL. L, NO. 47. L ■ ATHENS, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, MAI 25, 1848, 0F M08Ci4 VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 1. P octrij. THE BUND GIRL, TO HER MOTHER. Mother, they ray the start art bright, And the broad heavens are blue: 'I dream of them hv day and night, And think them all Uke you. Vet their sweet images arise. And blend with thoughts of thee. I know not why. hut oft I dream Of the far land of bliss ; And when I hear thy voice ! deem That heaven is like to this. When my sad heart to thine is pressed. . My follies all forgiven. Sweet pleasure warms my beating breast, And this Isay is heaven. Ob, mother, will the Ood above Forgive my fanlts like thee ! Will be bestow such care and love On a blind thing like me 4 Dear mother, leave me not alone! tvo with me when I die— Dead thy.blind daughter to the throne, And stay in yonder sky. THE MCSftUlTO HUNT. •• Not a drum was hoard, nor a funeral noie, As bio corse to tho ramparts we hurried; Not a soldier discharged bis farewell shot O’er Urn grave of tho boro wo buried.”— IKW/r Not a sound waa beard, but a horrible hum, As around onr chamber we hurried, la search of the insect whose trumpet and drum Our delectable slumbers had worried. We sought for it darkly at dead of night. Our coverlid carefully turning By the struggling moonbeams misty light, And our candle dimly burning. No useless garment confined onr breast, Rut iu simple night dress and slippers, We wandered about like spirits distressed, Or the sails of piratical skippers. Short and few were the words we let fall, Lest the noise should disturb the musquito. But we steadfastly gazed on the whitened wall, And thought bow we had been bit, O! We thought as we rose from our restless lied, And relinquished our pleasant pillow, That we'd not retire till the critter was dead, And we were secured from his bill, O! But half an hour had seemed to elapse. Ere we met with the wrctcli'that had bit us. And raising our boot gave some terrible slaps, That made the musqui to* quietus. Quickly and gladly we turned from the dead, Determined to tell you a ADJinm 1*1 UST NI.EEP. He laid htan down and slept, and from his side, Wouwa, in all her magic beanty rose; miscellaneous. state being broken up into numerous tribes, each of which had its peculiar place, so that the Roman commonwealth resembled some huge pyramid, in which you arose by successive steps to the top! But this condition of society, after a trial of another thousand years, was found as unsuited to the human race as either of those which had gone before; and the Roman commonwealth, after i changing into a vast mob of operatives on the one hand, and a few wealthy families on the other, sank by its own weight into ruin. Then arose another term of civilization, tbe fourth in the world’s history. A horde of hardy sav ages, descending from the forests of the north, overran the territories of the em pire, and reducing the native popula tion to a tributary coodilion, introduced new order of thins^, political and so cial. The feudal syllem now arose, and for a thousand years flourished. This was a period of abject vassalage among the conquered, of unbridled license on the part of the conquerors. It was a pe riod of war, rapine and brutality, re lieved only by the faint gleams of chiv- ilry, and occasionally by the spirit of Christianity. But the feudal civilization, too, has had its day, and is now at its last gasp. Histo jans, indeed, speak of tbe feudal system as extinct for two hundred j’cars; but this is not so; it is only the more apparent features of that age which have vanished. The laws, the monarchies, and the spirit of Euro pean Society continued eminently feu dal until the first French Revolution ; and though shattered by that event, and by the wars that followed it, are still feudal. But the present convulsions will, if they triumph, destroy feudality forever. Seventy years ago the fifth term of the world’s civilization began. It com* mcticcd in the city where we now write, and on a spot almost within sound of our voice. The Declaration of Ameri can Independence, first promulgated from the Stale House of Philadelphia, was the knell that sounded the doom of the feudal civilization and proclaimed throughout the world, 44 liberty to the captive and the opening of the prison doors to them that are bound.” Little did the signers of that immortal instru ment foresee nil the consequences of their act. They believed that they were only separating thirteen colonies from Great Britaiu; they were, in fact. From tbe American Courier. Climate and Predactsof Georgia be fore tke American Revelation. In a well-digested and apparantly very candid account of the climate and productions of all the seaboard States, then Colonies of England, the author, speaking of Georgia, quotes a letter from an educated gentleman who had open ed and settled a plantation ofG340 acres, not far from Savannah thus:— 44 I have raised cabbages of GO pounds in weight, and turnips of 25. Potatoes thrive as tonishingly in it. I have haul 300 bush els from a bed that did not exceed a quarter of an acre, and several of my neighbors have begun to go pretty much into them as an article of sale; they find a ready market in Savannah* for the West Indies. “ After clearing, I have planted the land with Indian corn for three and four years successively, and got from thirty- five to sixty bushels an acre, and at the same time from twenty-five to fifty bushels of Indian peas an acre ! “ Of wheat,tny crops are not so great; but from thirty to forty bushels per acre is my usual crop.^Barley we also sow, usually after wheat or Indian corn ; I get the same quantity* as of wheat; I have some fields, jbe soil of which is so rich, that I have got for six years succes sively, crops of these kinds of grain, and all equally good. I do not think Farmers in England grow quite so ny successive crops of corn as wi here, yet 1 imagine our products to be much tbe largest. I have never laid on any dry or other manure for corn. 1 Cycles of Civllltatloa. There arc cycles in civilization well as in astronomy. After a career of nearly two thousand years, Europe seems to have approached the end of another term of civilization. The late revolutions threaten to change the whole social ns well as political character of the modem world, ami to introduce new constitutions, new forms of society, new elements oTloynlty and government. The first term of civilization in the historic period, was that witnessed by the Assyrian empire. The political and social institutions of that period were a typo of the family. The king was the father of hit people; the nobles repre sented tbe elder sons; and the multi tude stood for the younger children and dependants. The notions of govern ment the Assyrians held wbiTc wander ing in tents, they retained when inhabit ing cities. The’monarch was partly pa triarchal and partly despotic. The state was only one great association: nllthc members were tlicorc ’ and the prince himself but the family or clan. Such a thing as a modem aristocracy was unknown to the Assyrians. The noble of to-day was the slave of yesterday; and to-morrow perhaps, was a slavo again. But the The reader must remember that this was just prior to the year 1775, and re fers to a plantation not far from Augus ta. It would gratify a natural and by no means unfriendly curiosity, if some friend in that region, if ho can guess whose plantation this was, would let us know what its average produce is now, per acre, of the same articles. The wri ter’s name is not given, but he says else? where—“ Upon the whole, I much pre fer this climate to any in which 1 have lived before, and yet I have resided at Cadiz, Naples,and the West Indies, not to speak of Boston and England.” As to tho climate of upland Georgia, we do not believe, except in July, Au gust, and until the last of September, it i&exccedcd in the world for delightful temperature. It was the declared opin ion of the celebrated traveler and phi losopher, the Abbe Correa de Scrra,Min ister to the United States from Brazil, that no part of Europe, not even Italy, was equal to that great mountain region where several States uuitc in the raobn- tains of Georgii It may gratify the curious reader to know what was then the course of Agri- history, an 44 American,” and apparent ly writing as well as publishing in Eng land, says: “Our silk mills are universal in affirm* ing that the silk we have had from America is equal to the best \Vc receive elsewhere—surely, therefore, it much behoves the government to promote whatever measures have a tendency to render silk an article of consideration in the imports from America, instead of suffering old ones to expire.” “Oil is another import which costs this country-»F.nglaiui—great sums of money—none is or can he produced at home ; but the olive thrives well in the interior of Geocgia, and might be made a valuable article in the products of that province.” “ Wool.—Our colonics on the conti nent of North America, south of New York, produce a wool entirely similar to the Spanish. No staple they could pro duce would therefore be more advan tageous to Great Britian.” The following had just then, prior to 1775, been tbe state of the exports from Georgia upon an average of three years: 18,000 barrels or rice, at 40*., £36,000 17,000 pounds of inligo, at 2s., 1,700 2,500 pounds oftitk! at 20s., 2,500 Deer and other skins, 0 17,000 Boards, staves,&c., 11,000 Tortoise shell, drugs, cattle, &e., 6,000 £74,200 What a change since then! as well in the nature as in the value of her pro ducts! If her hill and mountain dis tricts, with her unsurpassed climate, her mineral resources, and water power, and timber bordered on New England, the sheep growers, and. the manufac tures of Vermont and Massachusetts would pour into them cm masse ! sowing the sceds'of a complete social and political revolution throughout the civilized world. That all men are born equal—that government is for the bene fit of the governed—that the fruits of tho earth belong to all alike—that no trade 01 profession should be favored at the expense of another—in a word, that every member of the state should pos- culture in a Stale that is some how less so ss the.same political privileges, and known ifnot more undervalued, than any enjoy, ns near as possible, the same so- j in the Union, in proportion to its natural cial advantages—these were the priuci- j sources of wealth, and the high social pics that flowed from the Declaration of I qualities of its inhabitants. And why Independence, and have since gradual- 1 should we bo less curious about the ly pervaded society here. The feudal ] birth and growth of a Stale than the life civilization required a dominant and a and actions of those who — A : denomi nated great men—which none as it is said, in the eyes of their valet dc chambrc ? If we read a biography, how naturally we go back,even to the nurse ry. for the first dawning of the future Hero, to see how lie built his mimic for lificalionsot snow, or how he commanded his troop of urchins in the robbery of an subject class ;>the now civilization that of 177G, is based on the perfect equality of man. This civilization is widening and extending in America, and mrfy be said to have triumph^ here; and, un der God, it will ultimately conquer in Europe loo! A curious fact may be noticed in con nexion with this coming stage of civili-! orchard. In the eye of Philosophy, is it whichl zalian ? it is that civilization has return-1 « ot much morc interesting to note the theoretically equal, Cf l to l ^e point of starting, in reference ; r j se am J progress °f Slates and Na- ,||-but the head of •" both ils cardinal feature, and the I tions—ll.eir advance in Agriculture— place of it, origin. The first civiliza-l'n Arts—in Government? As to the lion of the world flourished in tbe lienrt | Srs| , «l* author before us quotes his re- of Asia, and successive ones moved west- liable correspondent for a year’s pro ward, until this, the last and {greatest, duce of his farm as folio arose in America. The first civilization 50acresof Indian com produce in sterling X s, J. taught the equality of men, so does the last. But, in all other respects there is no similarity. The first was patriar chal, the last is republican. The first was a mere type of the family compact, the last is a complex machine prepared by the wisdom of four thousand years. Tbe republic of the United States, is more favorable, both politically and so cially, to the human race, than any gov ernment which has ever existed. We Assyrian empire fell, and with it the As syrian civilization. It-fell, and though fragments of it have descended even to our time, and arc still preserved in the manners and modes,* of governments used by the Orientals, the great Assyri an civilization, the first known in *thc world’s history, is now, as a whole, more utterly lost to the world than are Baby lon or Nineveh the great!- Then came another term of civiliza tion. Assyria was down, but Egypt arose. A band of Caucasian adventur- ers, overrunning that fertile country, re- j recuperation, requiring no forcible rev<- duced its inhabitants to the condition of j ?ration, biutonly the ballot-box to amend serfs, and established a vast empire, io j ,l . lo , sul t the progress of the times.— which priestcraft and monarchy went M° v >og e'er onward and upward, the band and hand, enslaving and degra-' R° v ernmcnt and people of this great re ding the people. Then it was that two' public will march from improvement to distinct, permanent and hereditary class- improvement until the great mystery of cs arose in the State—the one the mas-; * perfect civilization is solved, ter, the other the subject—the one Intel- j Meantime, Europe, taking lessons ditto beef, Hides, Lire stock sola, Lumber, 47 pounds rf silk ! believe, too,.that it will be permanent, for it carries within itself the seeds of 187 14 0 132 0 35 0 82 0 50 0 24 10 30 0 _ 36 O' 0 47 The number of negroes 25, and _ white laborers^-30 in all. ‘The total di vided gives £26 a head, and this I bc- tliose who have any luck in fixing on tolerable land, wahout^possessing great skill in choosing tho best. Negroc§ cost at present fronu£40 to £50 a bead if good ones are bought.’* In whatever else Georgia may declined, according to our own c rilCall T< Some years since a wealthy carriage maker residing in Philadelphia,was very no% ’ much annoyed by the calls ofbackmen, cabmen, omnibus drivers, &c.,who under pretence of wishing to purchase, would put him to a considerable trouble, : ~ showing them all the varieties he bad hand, and explaining the difference, the very lowest price of each vehicle, and then leave with the consoling idea that they would 44 think onV and if they con cluded to purchase, 4 why they would call again to-morrow* 0 But it so hap pened 4hat they never called a second time. This daily inquiry, we say had become very annoying, and the owner, in self-defence, had resolved on not pay* ing any attention to a customer unless he came well dressed. About this time, the owner was one day standing in the door of his sales room, when up came a rough looking man,well bundled up in a cna rsc overcoat, wearing heavy unpolished boots, and carrying in his hand a whip, who thus accosted him : Good day, Sir. Are you the owner of this establishment ?’ Well, I am,’ replied the other, with a look which seemed to say, * now you want to try it,* don’t you ? 4 1 know you ?* 4 Have you any fine carriages for sale ?* inquired the stranger, apparently not heeding the boorishucss of the other. 4 Well, ! jmve.’ 4 At what prices ?* 4 Different prices, of course.* 4 Ah, yes. Can I look at them ?* 4 You can do as you please stranger! They are there,* pointing within. Tbe stranger bowed politely, and passed in, examined the vehicles for a few moments, returned and said : There is one I think will answer my purpose,* pointing to it—* what is the price?* 4 Two hundred dollars, sir.* ‘Is that the lowest?* 4 That is the lowest.* 4 Well, sir, I will call and give you my decision to-morrow ;* and the stran ger walked away. 4 Yes, you'll call to-morrow !* —O yes, certainly** replied the owner, in a tone of irony, not so low but the stranger overheard him; but he kept on his way, taking no outward notice of it. * Frml mo. will vou ?* and ih mered the owner confusedly— 4 1—I—I really beg ten thousand pardons, sir, but pardon me—but I mistook you for a cab man, sir! I did indeed.* 4 No excuse, friend/ replied Itvihg. I am no better than you took me for. You acted perfectly right,* and having at length succeeded in getting his receipt of apologies, he politely bade the humble carriage maker good day, and left him to tho chagrin that he had mistaken for a man whose lofty genius had commanded the admiration of the whole world.— The friend who related this anecdote, asserted that it was a fact—and was told to him by the veritable owner him self. It doubtless proved a lesson to him—not to judge of men by the if dress. —A T . Y. Sun. The Word u Selab ” The translators of the Bible hate left the Hebrew word Selah, which occurs so often in the Psalms, as they have found it, and of course the English rea der often asks his minister, or some learn ed friend,what it means. And the minis ter or learned frieud has most often been obliged to confess ignorance, because it is a matter in regard to which the most learned have, by no means, been of one mind. Tho Targums, and most of the Jewish commentators, give to the word the meaning of eternally forever. Rabbi Kimchi regards it as a sign to elevate the voice. Tbe authors of tho Scptua- gint translation appear to have regarded it us a musical or rythmical note. Her der regards it as indicating a change of tone; Matheson as a musical note,equiv alent to the word repeat. According to Luther and others, it means silence !— Gessenius explains it to mein: 44 Let the instruments play and the singers stop.’* Wocher regards it as equivalent to sursum corda—up, my soul! Sommer, after examining all the seventy-four pas sages in which the word occurs recog nizes in every case 44 an actual appeal or summons to Jehovah. They are calls for aid and prayers to be heard, express ed either with entire directness, not imperative 44 Hear Juhovah! awake Jehovah, and the like, still earn est addresses to God that be would re member and hear,*.’ &c. The word it self, he regards as indicating a blast of trumpets by the priests. Selah, itself, he thinks an abridged expression used for Higgaion Selah—Higgaion indicat ing the sound of the stringed instrument, and Selah a vigorous blast of trumpets. —Bibliotheca Sacra. Newspapers iu Colleger The learned professor rtf history ntld philosophy in the South Carolina Col* lege. Dr. Francis Licber, is in the hab it of delivering regular newspaper Icc- Singular, if True. The New York Sun states that on last Wednesday afternoon, a rather fashiona ble young man, oldliout thirty, was nniice ^ ,, ed promenading, between the Park aud j it of delivering regular newspaper the Hospital in Broad wav. He was nt-! tores. Evofv fortnight the students as- tired in somewhat sailor fashion, and j senjble for this purpose, nrlcl nfe e*pec- presented evident marks of the ruin of j ted to be well acquainted with the chief dissipation. His dark hair was long events both foreign and domestic that and matted, and his toilet had nrtt been tuny have transpired during the nrece- attended to for several days. At one j ding two weeks,' in the political, litera- of his many turns he met two ladies.— j rv» and scientific worlds. r lhey art One was tall, strikingly ha ml some, and | first examined* 'Recording lo a plan dressed indeep mourning ; ihe other \Vas • which systematically embraces all coun short and fair, and bedecked in light fan- j tries and are not only required to know cy colors. When tho sailor and tlie la- the events, but are directed to Use books dy iu mourning met, the latter wildly |reference so as to give a fair account screamed, and would have fallen on j «f this development. After this, the the sidewalk, but for the impulsive ef-‘ Professor lakes up 011c rtf the chief sub-' fort of ihe strange looking man 10 catch jjocls mid lectures upon il, avoiding her in his arms. “Good Heavens, Ed-j with, great skill, the dangers of party ward,” convulsively gasped the female, politics. and 44 Eliza, my own loved one,” was 1 I” bis political elides MO Imposes the hoarsely whispered by the sailor. He‘duty ol reading carefully the newspa* bore the fainting form in his arms gent-1 p«*rs ol die dav,a ml teaches the most pro* ly into Mr.- 's store, where every 1 fitublc method of doing so Thus he attention was paid to her situation. * j trains up young men under his insiruc- Quite a gaping crowd was collected, * tioo, to be enlightened and practical deeply interested by the scene. The j statesmen.—‘A*. ,x. Journal if Commerce* lady is an actress of great promise ami : - - — some European fame, now sojourning' It is said, that the night before tho at one of our fashionable Hotels. 8I10 1 battle of Monterey, a number of the reg- was to have appeared at one of our the-1 ulars, as well ns volunteers, were Irving, atres in the course of next week. Huv-jto make ihemsclves scarce! When ing heard of the death of her husband, j “ Old Zuck” heard of this feeling among she left England about two mouths past.! the men, he ordered an old regular, The history of her early marriage was } whom he knew to be a man not scared one of woo and misfortune. Her bus- I at trilles, but who had been found crawl- band, was a midshipman on board an i ing off under very suspicious circura- English war steamer, was dismissed j stances, to lie brought Indore him. for drunkenness, and joined a cruiser u! “Why Borden, said 4 old Zdck, f suspicious character. In one ol his fits 44 1’in told you were frying to desert of intoxication this man fell overboard your colors: yon certainly arc not a in a gale of wind. A spar was thrown j man of that stripe ?” him, by which he was miraculously sav- “Well, Giueral,” said the downcast cd. He waa picked up by one of our j soldier, “to tell you the God’s truth, I packets and landed at Peek .Slip on was, and am sort of skeer’d a Rule, fat Saturday morning. Edward T n j they say old Santy’s got *lniut fifty thrtu- is the husband tor whose rumored • sand the best troops in Mexico, lias pick- death his young, beautiful and nccoin- ! ed ground, am! will give ihe boys here plished wife went into mourning; ami i the hardest light any of us ever did sec! thus, as we have described, did she in So I thought tlicr’d he a mighty small gular manner fall in with her lost Attentions of' the Brotherhood of Odd Fellows.—=-Somc time ogo, William Breed, a member of Montezuma Lodge of the I. O. of O. F. of Boston, in con sequence of bad health, was induced to make a voyage to Nassau, in the hope of being bcnefitlcd thereby. Two weeks ago ho returned us far as Balti- Shootingnt the Bubal Ink. The.Picayune has q pleasant article on this rare bird, which wc appropri ate : 44 The rascals have, an instinctive horror for cold lead, and a faculty of dodging out of its way, which no oilier birds, so far as our ornithological knowl edge extends, are possessed of. Fre quently have we crept directly ttmlcra low ash or alder, upon the top of which one of the chatterers was perched, inking deliberate aim, our muskets charged with about six inches of powder, and blazed away. Down the bird would come almost to the ground, ami when thought wc hud him secure, off* he more quite enfeebled, and with a broth-| xvou | ( | -After performing divers er ol the Order in that citv. sncCiallv >•. : 1 u.. er of the Order in that city, specially appointed to attend him, he came to Philadelphia—but in such a stale as at once to compel him to take, to his bed. The facts being made known to the members of Pacific Lodge, No. 200, of this city, the Lodge appointed watchers, and a committee to attend to the sick brother’s wants. He died on the Mon day morning following, and a commit tee of Pacific Lodge conveyed the corpse to the relatives in Boston. Sub sequently at a meeting of Montezuma Lodge, the kindness of the Lodge in this city was acknowledged, and, we are informed, that the amount expended in proceeding to Boston with the re mains of the deceased brother was ful ly refunded. The circumstances in this case exhibit in a pleasing and gratifying aspect the principles and practices of Odd Fellowship.—Philadelphia Sun. Fool me, will you ?* and the owner commenced whistling. The next day came, and with it also the stranger* 4 1 have come, according to promise,* said he. vuiea give* a neaq, anu ims 1 oc- said lie. lieve,tnay generally be equalled, by ^‘J see you have sir,* replied the owner a little abashed. chance fu and my bc- best r little crowd to-morrow, chance for awhile would To desert, eh ?** said 4 old 5$ack.* yVcll, you go back to your mess; things look a little desperate to-night, but you do your duty to-morrow, and it wc lose the fight come aud find me, and ril de sert with 1 1 you ! Firing Cannon without Powder. Successful experiments have been made in New Tork with a newly invented can non, for discharging balls bv mechani cal agency alone. No powder or other explosive substance is used. With six men to turn acrank, 300 balls of the size of grape shot could be discharged in the space of a minute, or as fast os the balls could be pushed into a hole at the centre of the cylinder, on which the cannon was placed, though but one ball came from the mouth of the cannon at a time* A large cannon, capable cf carry ing a six- pound ball, has occn put on board the — v _ revenue cutter Polk, in the New York 4 1 will take that carriage, sir;* and to' bay. This is operated by a steam en- . vest the astonishment of tho.olher, lie pulled gjoc. With this force applied to ihe ma- 1 out an old wallet, well stuffed with bills, J chine, we were informed that balls are an^jldeliberately counted out two bun-; thrown with more force, and at a greater distance, than can be done with powder. yrations, and flappiu; wings to convince us wc had not woun ded or hurl him, lie would suddenly stop still in the air, perk knowingly ami wsckedly in our face, and in the joy ousness of his exuberant fancy, would open with a song of his Composition, the burthen of which sounded to us something like the following! 44 Ha, ha, ha—don’t, you wish y could? Click, bang! Wasn’t I off* season ? Hili-kn-dink. Pul in morc— powder. You had better shoot with n shovel. Ha, ha, ha, You can’t conic it. Didn’t you think yon had me? hut you didn’t though. Call again to mor row—always find inc at home.—Chick adee—lip, wheat. Never felt so well in iny life. Don’t you feel cheap?— Ha, ha, ha. Ripsidndv. Catch a bo- balink asleep. Zitikawhcct. Yon arc the greatest fool 1 ever saw. Licka-tc- split. Give my respects to vonr aunt. How’s your ma? Takes me. Hiji ‘ luve: circil dollars, rva- • Tho owner wns completely staggered. ligcni. wealthy and luxurious, tbe other from Ainericain this ncworderorihin"=, l ,ion ’ more limited,.it is true, than we | Hero was something new. A cabma Brutalized, oppressed and poor. Pos- will emulate cur progress in freedom 1 coulJ ' ,av0 wished, she maintains tn full j w itli so much money ! Hctooklhetn> Hard of Hearing. 44 1 have a small bill against you/* said n pertinacious looking colleClor, f a9 he entered the store of one who had acquired the character of a hard custo mer. 44 Yes, sir-—-it very fine day ia indeed,” was the reply. 44 1 am not speaking of the weal her, but yodr bill/ : replied Peter, in a louder key. 44 It would be better if we had n little rain.” 44 Damn the rain !** continued the col- lcctoj: and, raising his voice, he lmwlccl “have you any mpney on your bill ?’* Beg your pardon,' sir,l*m*alittle hard of hearing. I have made it a rule not to lend my funds to strangers; and I really do n’t recognize you.” 44 i*m col lector for the Philadelphia Daily Exlin- ! guishcr,*ir,and hare a bill against you !’* ] persisted the collector, nt the lop afllis j voice, producing the bill and thrusting it into the face of the debtor. 44 I’ve determined to endorse for no one. You put your note back in your pocket-book. I really cannot endorse it.” 44 Con found your endorsement I Will you pay it?” “YouMl pay it! 'No doubt, sir—but there is always some risk about these matters, vou know. I must de cline il, sir.”—A 7 . O. Ddtu. . Old Mock in New Torit.—The New , York Courier says:—- 44 Thc celebration j of the ,ai»nivcrsary of the battles of Polo zipTrnule^baml" * HalTe, j£‘ ■m.l ltpaca <le Li l-alma, by the thunder Skeet •” ! fricnds-of General lnylor last evening, A Tier indulging in ll.isl.it of extern-1 " ? 3 . as eritbu.i.nic as the most anient porancons raillery, and laughing all admirers qf the veteran general could while—wo could fairly sec him laugh I <'««"■• Ijafavctle Ha I was filled, and —the bobalink would turn and flv off! *J ,C appeals of the speakers called forth to the neat bush, leaving us f naJ ,! frequent and Iren.endons hursts of np- crcep up ami bang away again or no', j I’Utuse. It was cv.dcnt that the fechng to suit our own Tnnev. Tort, sauev, m l ", v ." r ’“■? »f|utrcd n greater noisy, witty fellows arc these hahalinfcs! P“' vcr “" d 'nten.ily than ever.” —the Mcrcutios and Gossamers of the j _ ~ ' '•* ‘ feathered tribe-*-but they never meddle* 44 What is meant by ‘alluvial dcpo3- witb politics.” j its ?* Mid an honest fellow, who had 'just none from the New York Geologi progress in freedom V , ' uvu .“ ‘ .r 1 ,. Each century will be-! forcc lhc particular quality described in I and new. liamcr in a! lhc following passage: tbe old world aod new, rising toaj^ ,c foll° w J n S I* . _ - lo'iwyszrf on. • ., • . , sr platform. Hand in band like!. 4 ‘ Hospitality to ai degree totally un- examined his boots attentively. I lien i $5000, and is said to have been taken, * - * ~ r “'he counted the money over and held up! or rather left by Santa Anna, ia bis late each bill to the light to see if it were not j pcrcipilate flight from Puebla. The ly xoie recognized. It pervaded grad-; travail of the race of man. That peri- ually all tbe then known world, surpass-1 od, sore to arrive some day, will be the ing in extent as in splendor what had! Miillcnium of the Evangelist; a ‘efore. The social system was * perfect harmony and love will riiflerSut from wjbat it IiaiTj his bold prcfiguralion “that the Lion b aud Lamb shall lie dowi uer Egypt or Assyria, the 5 down together.” i the virtue of all an can hardly through saasiug many of the features of Assyri- and intelligence. ^^nd even .some of the peculiar!-; hold the old wot Wf tep-TRgl,er platform. Hand in band” like' “ Hospitality to a ties i ideas of their sisters of one family, the two continents known in England, is tl iq entirely new i will advance in their glorious jouruer America; and a mnucni Jailed in ils turn upwards, until at last they will suntl inclination, but e*jx»iall^ . But Egypt fell, and 1 on the highest possible summit of bu- be niggardly on anyoccasions that call for slruek h i m . •term of the world’s i roan perfcctability, and enjoy for, lhc it; bis great expense will be wine, rum, name . 51 came the Roman, I first lime, since the expul lion from ' * ' * eeks is not to he class- : Eden, true and lasting freedom and olyas an adjuncL^ofi happiness. Looking back from’uhat I Roman civilization pinnacle over the expanse of tbe world’s was eminently original. \V hat it owed history future ages will comprehend, to Kgjrpt. wf« SO transmuted as scarce-; what this age cannot, the whole long Santa Anna') SaJdU.—There is now .■ , - •• . to be seen at 05 St Charle. street, the! nllacl,cd 10 ellhcr P !ir '?- UnmcrcJoL—A n old laielic or : J ca i Festival the other day. ”0,” replied st, who edits a paper, beads his Um his (Hcnii> .. can .. a5k gu ^, a of marriage notices “melancholy ncc.-| |ilmJ q' hc meaning is as clear as dents,” but lacking even lhc common ; Inilt j/, courtesy always, exercised by editors t *•»— - in reference to accidents,, he omits the- { j Hard lilt.—Arcli-dcncon exculpating phrase, “no Manic can oc , pj,| 1( . r) having preached an old sermon •, which he was not aware that Con- , looked at it, and then at the slran- • most splendid saddle that American ! ger—eyed him from head to foot'and even j eyes ever looked upon. It is valued nt counterfeit. No—all good. A thought He would find out his and a few oilier articles of house-keep- ^ . j sl ,pposc you would like a receipt ?* ing, not that this amounts to anythiug said he at length to tlio stranger. very considerable.** It may be as well/ I (J _ Wc must take room for wbat follows 4 Yes, sir. What name?’ gold ; the eyes of the eagle are comjMis- as to silk, oir, and wool, as lhc result 4 Washington Irving.* * ed of diamonds, and the whole cnpnri- of experience at that day. What can ^ 4 Sir,’ said the other, actually starting son is adorned with jewels. Ember be said of the policy of government, or 1 back with amazement, 4 Did I under- jjnurata’s snuff-box, Santa Anna’s sa- tlie indolence of individuals, under stand vonr name wa •* _ * cramental cup, the gold-embroidered Washington Irving,’replied tbe oilier! dress of his infant child, and many housings arc of the most gorgeous de scription—the bridle of silver gilt, to Kidd Treasure penter obtained damages against i New-York, on prisonment, arising ouiof the specula-i _ , lion to recover tho Kidd treasure, sup- J . r > a V posed to have been buried in the Nm* if-gj* f the framers B __ HHHHH ,iuin't* avouthofpa- wliich are attached massive ornaments River. The case occupied the court |«rjoiuii blood, tho f ! | l. ,cr another of solid gold. The pommel of the sad- U vo weeks, and ils warmth m»v be;«dtn«»ro n eb.an origm. “ Who cares »• ‘ r-............r ,t.......... die represents the head of an eagle, judged of bv Mr. Bowman, for dei'md- ; 1,,r ,lial 1 , r i l | uo, l l ll,c ia,,C r r jjV made of solid silver richly plated with ant, calling Mr. While, for jdaintiff, a j anc Gamers °l *l ,<! id in ils which such sourscs of enjoyment and s'ustain revenue have been destroyed or neg- liar, during the summing «|>» causing ; mg-hsii&e. contempt tbe Con, finudeneb S100. Keen Retort. “1 a m often round nt!cd by the vole ol Congress. Il >3 neat,. ... tl :.* — '——r. ni.nrnnri'il/* mill fit at about ol this careful and candid —-au almost imperceptible siniUThover-'other trophies are also to be seen.—j the tables of the rich,” said a coxcomb ( chaste .. . in$ around his mouth. ■ These rarities arc well worth seeing.—! to a poor neighbor. j seven hundred dollars. It lias already * Wu*h-*-Ir—sir—my dear sir,—slam-' A 7 . O. Delia. I “ Soian calf's head," was theanswer. been forwarded to the Depart incut.