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THE REPO.*K IX EGYPT.
BY FANNY I.IBTOR.
Weary and sad, on Fgvpl’s plain*.
The fl\»Mg parcnls sink to rest :
Not so their child, who warm retains
His sacred mission in his hreast;
Whose spirit upward wings its flight
Serene, amid the wash s around,
And contemplates each prospect bright.
With which his Father’s realms abound.
Sleep, Mary ! gentle mother, sleep !
Sleep, Joseph ! parlerof her woes!
Your Indy child doth \igils keep,
To guard you in your sweet repose.
Your infant’s prayers ascend on high,
As purest incense lo 11 is throne,
Whose watchful and all-seeing eye
Illumes the path with sorrows thrown !
Repose, while heavenly visions conic,
And bright angelic forms appear,
To point anew loved Israel's home,
And your lone hearts with hope to cheer.
Repose, while Judah's lyre is strung,
And fancy gildsyour native skies;
While, soft, again liis praise is sung,
And hosts seraphic chant replies.
Ye hearts bereaved, your hopes renew,
Y’e pilgrims o'er earth’s gloomy scene,
Y’our angel child now pleads foryou,
As pleaded once the Naza> elm !
At this bright throne your lost one kneels,
With golden harp and thrilling voice;
And, viewing all that heaven reveals,
He bids you in your faith rejoice!
t htiplcr oil Love.
[The foilin' ""'g admirable extracts at e
akeu from Mrs*. Ei.i.is’ new Novel entitled
“Hearts and Hornes anil we commend
them to the careful perusal of out fail
readers :]
Will the young reader endure for a mo
ment a few grave hints on a subject which
its too frequently placed beyond the pale
of reasoning; by some parties thought too
sacred, by others too trilling, by all unsuit
able for the reasoning powers? And con
sequently that which forms at one time or
anotlter in the experience of every human
being a large portion of the business of
Human Kfe : —that which; above every other
tendency, impulse, or passion, decides
their destiny for this world, and often for
the next —that which attaches them hv in
dissoluble lies to relations, home, and so
ciety—that which constitutes their bane or
their blessing, their happiness or their
misery, which enters alike into their suc
cess or their failure, and is equally capa
ble of accelerating both—that is not to he
looked into with serious eyes, hut is left
for the gossip of the young, the jest of
the vulgar, and the scorn of the would-be
wise.
One word, therefore, of serious earnest
ness on this forbidden subject—one word
of quiet reasoning, and of simple tiulli,
may surely be borne with, for the sake of
the variety which it presents in the accus
tomed mode of treating a sotmawhat popu
lar theme. One word—and it is this.
There are two distinct ways of becoming
entangled in what is called a love affair :
there is the lore itself— a holy, and a pre
cious thing ; and there is the love if being
lived—a mean — a greedy—a devouring
ji&SSiOTc ZcIiCTC it CXvotS IVitJiOlit ttiC tli o
loving, and where it demands so costly a
thing os a human heart, with all its warm
uni generous affections, to sat iff j the hun
ger of a selfish vanity.
It is-on these unequal grounds that the
yoorrg so often mix in society, and that
such fearful and fatal mistakes are conse
quently made. The false passion exhibits
all the outward symptoms of the real one,
and what renders discrimination between
the two more difficult, is that it often, if
not always is, in some measure mixed with
it; for to love, anil not to desire to be
loved in return, would be as little in ac
cordance with reason, as with nature.
It is or. these unequal, and false grounds,
that women sometimes dare to marry;
and oh ! what an awakening to the truth
comes then ! The devoted affection which
liad supplied abundant food for vanity in
those circles of society where it could be
exhibiied as a trophy of conquest, or while
the freshness of the victory enhanced its
value, how does it pall and weary in the
privacy of domestic life; or perhaps if
still valued for the precious incense it of
fers, how is it drawn upon, and drained ot
its sweetness, by that requiring and insati
able love of being loved, which must he
fed by constant demonstrations of attach
ment, at once degrading to the dignity of
man, and wearying to the patience of the
most devo’ed !
It is this vanity of being loved, when
mistaken for the act of loving, which makes
so many fretful, teasing, and requiring
wives. The character of the flirt, is pe
culiarly marked ’by this propensity, and
might be a warning, instead of an attrac
tion, as it too often is, to those who com
pete for her favors or her smiles. The
position of a flirt is that of a person ile
Branding of others a costly and valuable
treasure, for which it is impossible that
any equivalent should be returned. It is
more odious even than this, for it implies
the use of deep artifices lo obtain by se
cret means, what right reason and honora
ble feeling would alike blush to demand
openly- It implies deception, too, for it
makes a show of being able to reUirnio
kind, some portion at least of the treasure
demanded. It promises nothing—it can
Mot promise ; because there would bo liv-
ing witnesses to prove that others had
shared it the same, and all would know
that the heart in question, however large
and bountiful, could not be bestowed
upon all. No; the flirt is acquainted wii It
a safer course than this. It is the great
business of her life to find out anil prac
tice such methods <.f acting,speaking, and
even looking, as shall convey the idea that
she herself has a heart to be won, when
n reality the ruling passion of her life is
to win the heaits of others.
If the professed flirt were the only one
addicted to this practice, or liable in this
way to be deceived herself while deceiv
ing others, there would lie comparatively
little mischief done to society; nor would
the individual injury be such as to claim
any large amount of sympathy or consid
eration. But the evil to he deplored is
one which tries the foundation of human
happiness in a widely different manner,
ft arises in the fact out of that ignorance
of themselves which is supposed necessa
rily to belong to the young, and wbichedu
cation makes no pretence to remedy. It
consequently exists amongst the learned
and the highly-taught according to the ac
customed fashion of instruction, and in
fluences their actions, to as great an ex
tent as amongst the more ignorant and un
enhghlened.
By which of the common systems of
instruction, for instance, is a vain young
girl to be made aware of the fact, that
while believing herself captivated by her
first love, and fancying him an object of
affection,she is only captivated by his flat
tering attentions, and charmed with the
idea of being an object of affection her
self !—that she is in reality only charmed
with the idea of being preferred before
others ; and thus the deeper the impres
sion she lias the power to make, the more
ardent and devoted the attachment dis
played by her lover, the greater is the
gratification to her own vanity anil self
love ?
It is precisely this mistake, so frequent
ly the result of pure ignorance as regards
’he motives, powers, and passions which
habitually influence our common nature,
that makes shipwreck of so large an
amount of human happiness in the married
state. It is the fact of entering upon that
state prepared, and expecting to tcceive,
rather than to give —to be the pampered,
cherished, flattered one, rather than to
cherish, bear with, anil, if profoundly ad
miring beflattering, then to flatter another.
If in the outset there should he so great
a similarity in the symptoms of these two
emotions, or tendencies, as to excite the
inquiry—where lies the difference?—their
results are so strongly marked by contra
dictory elements of character, as to draw
out, through the whole experience of life,
a set of feelings and habits enterely oppos
ed to each other. In one case, these are
greedily bent upon receiving—in the
other, benevolently disposed to give out
perpetually from a fountain inexhaustible
as life itself. In one case there is a con
stant demand—in the other, a no less con
stant supply. Iti one case there is self
for the centre of all good—in the other,
self isforgo!ten in ministering to the good
of a being who is more than self. In one
case, kindness, attention, solicitude, are
watched for, demanded as aright, arid on
ly bore without, by sorrow, reproaches,
anil tears ; in the other they are dispensed
like the sunshine and the dew—equally
natural, generous, aml spontaneous, hut
not the less essential to the verdure and
the beauty of life. 1 none case, the insati
able receiver sits like a bloated idol on a
mystic shrine, gloating over rich offerings
presented theie— in the other, the heart
itself pours forth its secret wealth, and
asks for no return beyond those of wel
come and acceptance.
Just in proportion then as it is more
blessed to give than to receive ; nnd jus’
in the same manner, is the act of loving,
generously and devotedly, superior in all
the elements of true nobility and true hap
niness, to that common, mean and despi
cable passion, which deserves no better
name than a greediness for being loved ;
and just in proportion too, as these dis
tinct elements of character differ from
each other, is it important to learn in ear
ly life how to distinguish them each from
the other, both in their outward manifes
tations, and in their secret influences upon
the happiness or misery of life.
When education shall have mastered a
few difficulties of this discription, it wi’l
indeed have become worthy of its name.
When educators shall have turned their
attention to subjects of this nature—when
they shall even have dreamed, that it is de
sirable to do so—when they shall have en
tertained, though but a faint idea of the
fact, that the springs of human conduct
arise more out of this class of feelings,
than out. of problems in algebra, or Latin
roots, or even living language in any of
its varried forms, they will have advanced
one step towards that blessed era when
moral cultivation shall assert its claim to
he regarded in connection with intellectual.
Even then, the long years in which intel
lect alone has been the direct object of
the educator in systematic training, will
have to ba recovered by that neglected por
tion of our nature, out of which spring hap
piness and human conduct—out of which
spring happiness and misery—good and
evil. All the long years in which this has
been neglected will then have to be made
up for by tenfold earnestness and effort, be
fore that equal balance of mind, that har
mony of character, and that consistency
of action cart be looked for, which consti
tute man a fitting recipient for the higher
influences of religion, and which, instead
of frustrating the great work still remain
ing to be done, is like the preparation of
the soil before the scattering in of precious
seed.
MACON, G A .
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 27, 1849.
jy “ Zao,” No. 20, will appear in our next-
Very Late anil Important from Europe.
The steamer Hibernia in* arrived bringing
Liverpool date* to the 13th inst. Cotton had
advanced Iron jd. to jd., Fair Upland* 6d. aGjd.
Sale* of the week one hundred and thirty thous
and bales— being one fourth larger than ever be
fore known within the same time, and about the
same ratio of the entire stock on hand there
This news has caused a re-action in our market
and prices advanced yesterday from a A to 5 of a
cent per pound—Fair Cottons being worth to-dav
10 cents, with a good demand.
Godev's Lady’s Book. —This charming pe
riodical for November has h, cn received. It
stands A No. 1, and we advise all who wish a
cheap and sterling work, to subscribe for this.
For Terms, &c. see the Prospectus on the Fourth
Page of this Paper.
Tiie Gi.obe.—Those of our readers who may
wish ‘.o subscribe for this valuable paper, arc re
ferred to the prospectus in another column.
The Globe is one of the cheapest and bandsoni.
est papers in the country, and we advise all who
desiro to obtain the proceedings of Congress in
a permanent form, suitable fur binding, to sub
scribe for tbeCongression.il Globe immediately
They may rely upon getting these papers regu
larly when due. VVe will cheerfully forward
the name of any person who may. wish to sub
scribe for either of these valuable and iut .-resting
publications.
J. C. Rivas, Esq., will please accept our
thanks for a hound volume of the above work.
Indians. —A correspondent of the Savannah
Georgian says that the Chiefs in Florida have
delivered up three of the murderers, and the
hands of another whom they were forced to kill
in capturing; ti e fifth, Mr. Bowlegs’nephew
making his escape. It was proposed to them by-
Gen. Twiggs to emigrate, which recommenda
tion they took kindly, but requested sixty days
to decide.
Firk in Augusta —The Machine Shop of
Mr. W. H. Goodrich was destroyed by fire on
the night of the 22d inst. Ilis loss is estimated
at .>515,000.
A Lady in Pantaloons. — Mrs. Swissdelh,
the editress of the Pittsburg Visitor, recommend*
a sort of “ between” garment for the ladies, in
order that they may be allowed all the privileges
of the male sex, in romping,climbing trees.etc.
We do not know but that the “ progressive age”
demands tlie improvement, and, if we mistake
not, the ladies will have something of the kind
before long. The mongrel “jackets” nowin
use arc the forerunners of this dreaded revolu
tion, and ere long ive may have the mortification
to meet a twin-brother of Cassimcre “inexpres
sibles” on some delicate female form. Mrs. S.
thinks that the wide skirts of women are imped
imontd in ntrixl oxoroiooo, oe olio l>ua ofton {*.»ll in
walking through wot grass, getting over fences,
and clambering round rocks. She does not,
however, approve of her sex wearing the pan
taloons, and says, very emphatically, “it would
he too humiliating to he met and mistaken for a
man ! Wo should a great deal rather bo arres
t'd as a sheep thief. VVe shall use all our influ
ence to preserve man's light to his pantaloons
inviolate. They ought to be his, nnd his only,
for they are too ugly for any body else to wear !'
Thera! what do some of our married ladies,
who exhibit a penchant for their hosbands’s in
expressibles, think of that?
It is a matter of query whether the “lords of
creation” should notcnll a convention—in these
conventional days—expressly for the purpose of
defending themselves against the unmasked en
croachments of the gentle invaders. For, if the
present state of things is looked over, we may
shortly expect to see the “dear creatures” com
ing up to vote at the ballot box, and, we'd hare,
to let 'em ! Couldn’t dispute a lady’s word.
But until they alter the suffrage-law, we won’t
he troubled a great deal, for very few of them
will own that they are twenty-one years old !
Parracide- —A Mr. Joshua Hammond was
killed near Columbia, S. C., by bis own son, a
few days since. The young man was irregular
incoming home, and after being out late one
■light, hi* father remonstrated with him, and
took up a chair toslrike him, whereupon the son
stabbed him with a knife, from which wound he
died.
Western Antiquities. — At a recent meet
ing of the Ethnological Society of New Yqrk,
an interesting paper was read from Mr. Sqif.r,
our Charge d’Affaireg at Gautima!a,in which lie
relates the discovery of a city buried in the for
est, near Leon. The opinion is advanced that
there are hidden remains of architecture, in the
Western continent, far surpassing the renowned
antiquities of the Old World. The Mirror says:
“ Mr. Bartlett also read a curious letter address
ed to the United States, from the Inst of the Pe
ruvian Incas, accompanied by a letter from Sa
muel G. Arnold, of Providence. Mr. Arnold,
who lias recently returned from South America,
met with the venerable Inca, who is ninety
years of age. He gives n very graphic account
of his appearance; and relates the affecting sto
ry of the wrongs of his royal race. He found
the princely old priest sitting in the shadow of
the Temple of the Sun, engaged in reading Tas
so—a scene for a painter, aud a theme for a
novelist.”
Father Mathew. —Northern papers say that
this venerable banner bearer of Temperance
principles is casting ruin and devastation abroad
among the grocery.keepers of New York, and
the North generally.
.>$101),000 Reward. —A Western Editor offer*
t ie above reward to any man that will extermin
ate the bed-hugs from his sleeping apartment.
He says he lias his bedstead washed and scour
ed three times a day : keeps his “ devil” with a
lighted candle up all night to keep them out of
Itis eyes and nose,—but after alt it won’t do.
Wbo’ll help him ?
3I»-« Meeting of tlie Sous of Temperance.
This meeting took place in Macon on the
24th instant, anda grand affair it was too. At
II o’clock, A.M. on that day, a procession
of the Sons was formed in front of the Court
House, numbering eight hundred and ninety men,
which marched up Mulberry street and Cotton
Avenue, to Messrs. Ouslet &. Son’s Warehouse,
where a very large concourse of persons, parti
cularly ladies, had already assembled ; and the
exercises proceeded in the following order, viz :
1. Singing by the Choir.
2. Prayer by the Grand Chaplain, (Bishop J.
O. Andrew.)
3. Singing by the Choir.
4. Address by Professor Alexander Means.
5. Singing by the Choir.
C Benediction.
VVe were forcibly impressed with the ravages
which time ha* committed on the orator, Dr.
Means —hi* emaciated form—pallid cheek, and
slightly frosted hair, all taught us that premature
old age has already singled him out as a victim
whose physical energies she might paralize—
hut whose mental faculties have only now
reached their fruition—and whilst we viewed
him on his heaven born mission, the ejaculatory
orison went up from us to the Father of all, that
lie may long be spared our race, to win converts
to the Cross, and enlist soldiers good and true,
to the Temperance cause—the triumphs of
which, like the sweet gales of a reviving morn,
bearing on their wings the redolent perfumes of
May flowers, salute us from almost all quarters
of our highly' favored and happy land.—The
cause of Temperance, which is emphatically
the handmaid of Religion, is making silent but
onward march—firm, steady, and durable—con
quering and to conquer.—To our minds there is
a moral beauty—a dignity—a sublime elevation,
in the reformation of the unfortunate inebriate,
that extorts universal admiration and esteem
from the virtuous and good. Botho-w shall we
accomplish the great work ? VVliat remains to
perfect this groat reform, but the voice of every
upright man, lifted up to his neighbor, in praise
of Temperance. If every friend of another
would speak out frankly and fearlessly his opin
ions against the vice of indulging in Alcohol, in
any shape or form—no matter how disguised
the inebriate would speedily disappear from so
ciety. Let the goddess fashion bow beneath the
sceptre of Temperance and the hearts of thous
ands will sing for joy, and many of our most
promising and talented youths he saved front an
untimely grave.
At 5 o’clock, P. M., the Prize Banner was
presented by the Grand Worthy Patriarch, Ber
nard Hi 11, with a neat address, to “Triumph
Division, No. 250,” hailing from “Box-Ankle,”
Stewart county, Ga , which was received and
responded lo in an appropriate manner by one
of the successful Division. The following is a
description of the Banner, as far as we recollect-
It consisted of a handsome piece of silk thirty
four inches wide by forty long—on one side
are the words “Sons of Temperance,” over the
arch of the coat of arms of the State of Georgia,
substituting “Triumph Division, No. 250,” for
the word “Constitution” and “Sept. 14, 1849,’’
(the date of tlio formation of the Division,) just
above the words “Prize Banner from the Grand
Division,October 24, 1849,” all in gilt letters, at
at the bottom, executed on a ground of Red, by
Mr A. F. Sherwood, of Macon. On the Re
verse, the words “State of Georgia, ’’ in a half
circle, with a single * underneath, and a Female
figure clasping a child in her arm to her bosom—
near her a guishing Fountain of Cold Water—and
a little Boy with a Spaniel, sitting on the green
meadow—and at the bottom a scroll, with “Love,
Purity and Fidelity,” entwined witli an Ever
green and a forest in tlio distance, — on a ground
of White, and executed by Mrs. Dr. Wood, ot
this city. The Banner was fringed with Blue
Silk and Tassels—thus presenting the emblems
of the Division, viz : Red, White and Blue.—
It is worth about SIOO, and as a specimen of art,
it is creditable to those who prepared it, whilst
it will doubtless cause the successful Division
to press forward in the good cause hereafter ; as
they did in this instance, (every Member being
present, having traveled over one hundred miles
in order to be hero.) May its name and present
triumph be ominous of its future success.
The Meeting was addressed at night hv the
Rev. D. P. Jones, the Hon. J. J. Flo . n at
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and by Bishop
J. O. Andrew, at the Presbyterian Church,
with great effect.
Previous to adjournment, the following gen
tlemen were elected Officers of the Grand Divi
sion of the Sons of Temperance of Georgia for
the ensuing year, viz :
lion. John J. Floyd, of Covington, G. W. P.
P. A. Lawson, of Griffin, G. W. A.
W. S. Williford, of Macon. G. Scribe.
E. C. Gkanniss, of Macon, G. Treasurer.
Dr. Alex. Means, of Oxford, G. Chaplain.
Titos. Flewellen, of Thomaston, G. Con.
John W. Burke, ofCassville, G. Sentinel.
The following are the Representatives to the
National Division which will assemble in Boston
in June next, viz :
P G ft’. P. W. 8. Williford,
P. G. IV. P. Joseph Felt,
P. G. IV. P. Bernard Hill,
G. IV. P. John J. Floyd,
P. G. IV. A. Gf.o. S. Obear,
P. G. IV. A. William Dirbi.e,
G. IV. A. P. A Lawson.
The next Meeting of the Grand Division of
Georgia, will be held in Madison, Morgan county,
on the last Wednesday in April next.
A Resolution was adopted authorizing an ap
plication to the ensuing Legislature, for a charter
for the Sons of Temperanoe.
A vote of thanks was given to Messrs. N.
Ouslf.y At Son, for their generous gratuitous
tender of their spacious Warehouse, during the
meeting.
After transacting other business the Grand
Division adjourned on Thursday night last.
Steamers. —lt is estimated that there have
been built in the United States, from the year
1824 to the year 1848, 2,310 steamboats The
present rate of steam boat building is about two
hundred per annum.
Expedition op Sir John Franklin. —The
Cleveland Plaiudealer, of Oct. 5, has a Utter da
ted “St. Marie River,” September 28tb, an
nouncing the arrival of Sir John Richardson,
from the fruitless search after the lost Polar ex
pedition of Sir John Franklin, of whose dread
ful fate among the ices of the Artie Ocean, there
is left little or no room to doubt. Sir John Rich
ardson having failed lo find even the remotest
clue to the Franklin Expedition, is now on his
way back to England. He left there in April,
1848, and Irom the Sault Ste. Marie has made a
voyage in canoes, and boats, and overland, a dis
tance of three thousand and five hundred miles
and back, by way of Lake of The Woods, Ma
kenzie’s River, &c. After reaching the Arctic
Ocean, they travelled five hundred miles along
the coast. He speaks confidently of the cxis
tcnce of a northern passage; practicability, he
says, is another question, the summers being o»-
ly trom 38 to GO days long. He goes by the way
of Toronto and Montreal to Boston.
Sir John Franklin found probably. —The
hatque McLellan, arrived at New London, re
cently, from Baffin's Buy, with interesting news
oftlie great English adventurer. Aboutthelst
ot August, while the McLellan laid in Pond’s
Bay. an indentation of Baffin's Bay, in lat. 74,
lon. 72, the natives of the coast came on board
the Chieftain, a whaleman, and gave informa
tion by signs that two large ships were then ly
ing in Prince Regent's Inlet, and hud been there
fast in the ice for four seasons, and being asked
with regard to those on board, whether they
were dead or alive, they replied in the same
way that the crews were not “ asleep” (that is,
not dead ) but were all well. This information
was considered by the Englishman and by Capt.
Chapel, as indicating that the ships of Sir John
Franklin were clearly meant.
The Englishman landed at Cape Bay,some
distance from Pond’s Bay a quantity of coal and
provisions with which his ships was furnished
by the British Government for the use of the
long missing ships, if they should chance to
come there, as tlipy would he, obliged to do on
their return to England. This is certainly the
latest news from that quarter, and there is a pos
sibility, perhaps a probability that the comman
der of the unfortunate expedition and his crews
are still alive.
Lord Byron’s Son. —Our readers doubtless
recollect that Mr. George Gordon Byron,
claiming to he a son of Lord Byron, attempted
to publish a work which professed to contain let
ters and suppressed manuscripts of the great
English hard. These, however, by the prompt,
energetic and commendable action of the New
York Mirror, have been proved forgeries, and, if
the pretended nobleman he a son of Lord Byron
it was clearly proved, from good authority, that
lie was an illegitimate one. It is time that
Americans should correct, that grievous abuse
of the literary appetite for foreign productions,
which makes our rountry the refuge of such
miserable counterfeiters.
Turkish Plan of Curing Founder in Hou
ses —The following is a singular circumstance,
as related by the N. A. Farmer:—The late Com
modore Porter, when Envoy of the United
States had a horse cured of
founder by a.Turkish farrier in the following
manner: The Turk said the horse must he
bled in the inside of the deceased leg. He put
a nipper on his nose to keep him steady—then
took up the left leg, and crossing it over the
right, gave it to an attendant; ho then struck his
his lancet into the vein, a little above the fetlock
joint, and took from it about three and a half
pounds of blood. The vein bled freely, lie
now said lie had taken enough ; he then went
to the very opposite side of the leg, and striking
his lancet into a vein above the knee-joint, a
single drop of blood exuded, nnd both that and
the first opened vein instanilv censed bleeding.
There may he no novelty in this, hut it certainly
astonished me to find that opening two veins in
the same limb stopped both from bleeding ; such,
however, is the fact, for I witnessed it. lie de
sired that the lioise should rest the next day—
that lie should then be rode witli great violence
until lie was in a profuse {perspiration—the dis
eased limb tiien to he rubbed with wet salt—(to
which I added a pint of hot brandy)—then rub
bed dry, and then walked about until cool, and
covered with blankets; the same process to he
repeated next day—which was done, and all
lameness from that time disappeared ; the horse
the third day was perfectly w ell.
Advantages of Being Temperate.
The Bible tells us of four boys, viz. Danieli
Shadrach, Meshack and Abed-nego, of the
tribe of Judah, of great beauty and intelligence,
that were carried captives from their native
country and presented to the King of Babylon,
Nebuchadnezzar, a mighty monarch, to stand
before him as his most honored servants. These
favored youths were provided with every means
which that court of this great -monarch could
furnish for making them skilful in wisdom and
science,—cunning in knowledge nnd under
standing—and beautiful- in person and accom
plished in manners. The richest fruits and most
dilicious wines were given to nourish them.
But they were lads of greater wisdom than even
those persons who were set to perfect and polish
them. And whop the wine was brought them
to drink, they decided among themselves that
they would not partake of the proffered dainties
and wine. It is not said that tliev signed a
pledge, hut they formed a total abstinence soci
ety, and refused the meat and wine offered by
the servant of the King, and requested him to
give them “pulse to eat, and water to drink.”
At the end of the appointed time they were
brought before the King who after examination,
“ found them ten times better than all the ma
gicians and astrologers that were in all his
realm.”
Australian Cotton. —ltis stated that a sam
ple of Cotton, superior to the average article in
America lias been exhibited in London. Ameri
can growers will be compelled before long, if
the signs in the commercial heavens, are ominous
ofanytliing, either to find anew market for their
produce, or make less of the staple.
Dear Bosoms.— J\ view style of shirt bosoms
has been introduced in New York, richly em
broidered, costing only sl2.
Important to Rail Roads.— Should the i n
ventitin noticed below prove practical, the tr av
elling public w ill he immensely benefitted, and
secured against the frequent accidents that are
occasioned by night running. The Philndelph;*
Ledger says “ Professor Grant is at present
engaged in arranging his “Calcium Light," f or
the use of the Camden and Amboy and New
Jersey Railroads, to he placed upon the froatof
the locomotives. Should this prove successful
and of the utility I’rofi ssor Grant supposes it
will render travel ing by railroad as safe ty
night as by day. Tiiis light is a discovery by
Professor Grant, and is said to combine the sev
eral qualities of both the electric and the Drum
mond lights, andean he furnished at a compar
atively much cheaper rate than the ordinary
lights.” 1
Talking with Fingers.-H seems impost
ble to restrain that “wee little thing,” a wo
man s tongue, from its customary exercise,but
from the paragraph below, it will be seen that
the “gentle sex” can talk and yet speak noth
ing. “Mirabile dictu !" as the Latin scholars say,
what will become of hen-pecked husbands and
surly old bachelors now, if the enterprise no
ticed fielow should become universal.
“ The female operatives in some of the mill*
“down east” being prevented by the unceasing
noise and clatter of the machinery from indulg
ing in the indispensable amusement of the gen
tle sex, have resorted to anew mode of telegraph
ing. Fingers have been substituted for tongnes,
and, through the instrumentality oftlie alphabet
of signs, invented for the use oftlie deaf and
dumb, while away their “ten hours" with dis
) cussions upon matters and things in general."
Another Trojan War.—Some enamored
American Paris has stolen the Helen of a
Spanish Don, and the latter has applied to Mr.
Ci.avton, Secretary of State, to deliver up the
lovely treasure. The opposition prints predrel
another seven years war, and, very likely,the
fall of Republican Troy. If these prophecies
are fulfilled, we shall not need the assistance of
a Homer to classify the heroes of the crusade,
but “ the great Achilles’’ and the stalwart
Hector are ready armed and prepared to reverse
or confirm the hislory and fate of their “ illustri
ous predecessors.’’ We do not agree", however,
with the venerable authors and friends of anti
quity, that one woman or even a dozen of ’em
—is worth a war, chivalry, diplomacy, etc. ta
the contrary notwithstanding.
Something Strange. —lt is said that Mr.
Calhoun, of South Carolina actually favors
“the man that crossed the. Rubicon.” At any
rate, lie resembles a statue lately found of the
invincible Julius Ctesar. W e can’t see how this
alledged likeness is very complimentary to Mr.
Calhoun, for he has oftener played the part of
Brutus in murdering the i ncniies of his country,
than aspiring to obtain the government in his
own dictatorial hands, ala C«?snr.
Wars in Europe. —The New York Mirror,
in a recent article, expresses the opinion that
France, England, Prussia and Turkey, may en
gage in war, occasioned by the refusal of the
sublime Porte to deliver up the Hungarian refu
gees to Nicholas. How the parties in this new
contest will ho divided, is hard to conjecture.
France, as a people, we believe, claims no affini
ty to the Autocrat of Russia, notwithstanding
the heartless perfidy of Louis Napoleon. Eng.
land has enough to do at home, to quell her own
domestic disturbances; and whether she would
give “ aid and comfort” to Russia or to Turkey,
the people would shrink from such a contest —
they would refuse to aid Nicholas, and if they
were called upon to assist Turkey, they won Id
take advantage of governmental acknowledge
ments to “carry war into their own Africa. ’’
I 'he uncouth “ Russian Bear’’ may venture
upon the strife alone, but we have no doubt that
the imbecile quadruped would he “ puffeif’ away
by the “ opium-smokers.”
P acific Railroad —The great talked-of Co
nvention assembled at St. Louis on the 15th inst.,
465 delegates being present from the States of
Missouri,Pennsylvania,New York, Ohio, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Illinois, lowa, \V i sco a sin
and Michigan. Up to the time reported, noth
ing definite had been agreed upon,the chief point
of difficulty being the route for the proposed
road.
A Fossm. Are. — The New York Scientific
American, in a recent number, stated that a
fossil Ape had been found in the upper tertiaT
stratum at Montpelier, V» 'rim urocn Moun
tain (Vt ) Freeman states that no such thing has
been discovered to the editor’s knowledge, albeit
there are plenty of indigenous apes in li is lati.
tude !
A Man of a Thousand. —A gentleman who,
a few weeks ago, visited Gravoise,a small town
some ten miles south-west of St. Louis, found
there no less than twenty-five infant hoys and
girls, whose parents had died of the cholera.
They were all gathered into the dwelling of a
benevolent gentleman named Soppington, by
whom they were generously cared for.
An Editor in a Fix.—The. editor of the Oca*
la (Fla.) Argus, complains bitterly of scorpi
ons. Unsays: “ The like of these venomous,
irascible {reptiles or insects we have scarcely
ever seen. In getting type out of our upper
cases they have so severely’ stung our fingers
that we can hardly use them. With the bites
of fleas, gnats, musquetocs, sand-flies, bod-hugs,
ants, roaches, and scorpions, we’ll he a hunch of
pizen shortly, certain.”
Made up his Mind.— A doubting swain in
Ohio lately refused to marry n young lady whom
lie had courted for fifteen years. The would-be
bride sued him, and obtained a verdict of S4OO
damages, for breach ofpromise. Tolerable cheap
courtship,
O’ Gen. Duff Green, says the last Chatta
nooga Gazette, wo understand lias gone ta
Nashville, to get the legislature to grant him
Banking privilege*, lo enable him to raise the
means to continue his work on the East Ten*
nrssec and Georgia Kail Road.