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hewed his endeavor, to procure the
hassacre of the bill granting the appro- c . , - ,, .
tas» »t ?8 4 W V',Jt'Se roS S'tho holy «*■ i*‘ rac,cs ’ ^
close Of the session of g4%the Hd
of Representatives took*rt up anc M
of Mosgow
In fulfills
v mayor i»o«u. avwiu»‘5V —•- .
this wish/I have .-obscrv-, .imprisoned untR la J> ^
he-n-tv the Dentscldand sailcff with tnen^
<Hpr
Tonraine
Its progress
thKOgh thi, _ Hou»v-
might be supposed, j»"*rProfessor
s* 8 “ i Aisra65B'>
^ Io / s ®- tIie T closeofthe Session and it
q°foiind on examination of the cal-
Saf noli than one hundred , and
forty-three bills had'precedence to
lfc 'p«>f:Morse had nearly reached the*
bottom of his purse, his Jord earned!
Savings were -almost - spent, «
thouVdi he had struggled on with u -
dying hope for many years, it «j W;
lv to be wondered as if he felt dis
lQ De \ On the last mght of
was
waHi'
heartened now
the session he remained till nine o -
clock and then left without the slight
est hope that the bill would be passed.
He returned to his hotel, counted his
money, that after paying his expenses
to Hew York, he would have seventy-
: five cents left. That night he went o
bed sad, birt not without hope for the
future, for through all bis difficulty
' and trials that never forsook him.—
The next morning, as he was g om Sj°
breakfast, one of the waiters informed
immediately, and found that the young
' lady was Miss Ellswertb, daughter ol
the Commissioner of.Patents, who had
been liis most-.steadfast friend while m
4 Washington, t
)X come,’ said she, ‘to congratulate
/^er'wliat? said Prof. Morse,
: . ^S thc'p^sagc of your bill, she re-
' ^Oh, no ; you must be mistaken
said lie. ‘I remained in the Senate
till a late' hour last night, and there
-was no prospect of its being reached.
‘Am I the first then,’ she exclaimed
joyfully, to tell you ?’
‘Yes,, if it is really so.
‘Well she continued, ‘father remain
.cd ti jl the adjournment, and heard r
f passed, and I asked hun if I nng
run over and tell you.
‘Annie,’ said the Professor, lits.em
■ otion almost chokiug.his utterance
‘Annie, the first message that is sent
from Washington to Baltimore shall
be sent from yon.’
‘Well.’ -she*replied, ‘I will keep you
to vou word.” . n
While'the line was m process W
completion Prof. Morse was m New-
York, and upon recervmg intelligence
that it was in working order,, he wrote
to those in charge, telling them not to
tranmit any messages over it until his
arrival. He then set out immediately
for Washington, and on reaching that
city, sent a note to Miss Ellsworth in
forming her that he was now ready to
fulfil his promise, and asked her what
.message he should send. »
To this he received the following re*
ply • What hath God wrought /
' words that ought to be written in
character of living light. The mes-
WtftPVi llff? result ol file experimeu
was made known, Governor Seymour,
•of Conheticut, who is at present Uni
ted States Minister to St. Petersburg,
called upon Prof. Morse and claimed
the firs message for his State, on the
ground that Miss Ellsworth was a Da
tive of Hartford. We need scarcely
add that his claim was admitted, and
; and now engraved in letters of gold, it
is displayed conspicuously _ in the ar-
. chives of the Historical Society of Con-
11 eticut.
r ,i w ith lively satisfaction the. hearty
welcome of myself uhd- foy whole
house, 'shown by tlie, inhabitants of 4
Moscow—a traditional reception, with
which Russia always welcomed her
Czars ‘ I authorise you- to express to-
Ml the-inhabitants, of Mdscow my-sht-
isfaction and-acknowledgment..
' My happfaes's would have been com
plete, if prior events had not saddened
those happy moments. It is already
.known, from my order of the day to
the Russian army, that the garrison ot
Sevastopol, after an unexampled seigc
of eleven months, and after un heard-of
feats of bravery and self-denial, in the
repulse of six obstinate attacks, luts
passed-over-to the North . side of th e
town, leaving the enemy only blood
stained ruins. „ _ A ,
The brave defenders of. Sevastopol
,q the character of the
passengetff The convicts were found,
eo boavd'-and confessed the truth,- sub
stantiating the ihfornv*tion received by
Mayor Wood. Accordingly they were
-* ■ - •• ~ 3—-1—* when
w on
their return to Europe. This exam-,
pic wiH discourage further shipmen
ofthese^eople. When it is. known
abroad 1lat migrants of this claa
Will not be allowed a hmAihg here,
but with be forthwith returned by the
vessel which brought them and at the
expense of those who sent them, itoan
readily be imagined tliat tlicbusiness
will be stopped, as unprofitable to all
concerned.
A Little Stery Founded on. Fact,
“Mary,” said a frugal, careful man,
to his wife as they sat at breakfsistdne
morning, “the times are getting hard
and we must economise in every way
that we can. In passing about the
With every step a new instalment -of
o-ratitude became due ftonwli^,’which
he duly discharged through *11** heifs
and assigns .; for he founded Virgins
Virginia, one dav, with her sister
colonics became the United States of
America. England was. at war with
France aiublier own Revolted colonies.
The house of-Bourbon and the house
of Guelph hod no leisure to look Mist- .geologists, toUj
ward. In fact, there was not an “Eaa-[Wd, practical
tern questiorf’ at all. Catherine of
Russia stepped id with her armies, afid
the Crimea yras.fters... France.came.to
the rescue only too late. English
country gentlemen were too full of the
Middlesex election and the American
war, -the “no popery’-’ riots and the
national debt, to think much of the
schemes of the Czarina. Their Indian
empire was but just beginning and no
Napoleon had taught them the value
of the pasehalxkof Egypt to tiie oyer-
laud route*) "the East, The Ml of
the Crimea was but the annexation ot
barren Khanet, a revolted State of
.following excellent suggestions. They
comprise a yti«me in a- nutshell : • - -
“We must cultivate they-roots* not
fhe tops. We must make -the family
government, the school, the farm, the
church^ the shop, the agricultural fairs
the laboratories of Our future greatness.
We must educate our sons to be far
mers, artisans, .architects, engineers,
’ 4 nists, chemists—-in a
men. Tbeir eyes must
be turned from Washington
States, counties, townships, districts,
homes. .This is true patrQmsm, find
the Qn!y patriotism tbatewmperpetuai-
ly preserve the nation.”, y
iefP^ve
m
A Case of Modesty on the PoKc
Docket;
Daniel Meredith, in a soiled co«
that mi^hf have* been clatct coloref
onct, was detired-to plead fo the charge
am
as the sty a ^ rty countenance—
=y«iXfrTtetoactU’sooantcBM.eeurns sof-
*° fuseJ^ bil'-wbetta wA mgemooa
S™iorOialWlaml,wc «*»> P»
Sh B»y)-«het ™ITu 5 .an
more nlainly than wdrds- can speak,
the distress and anguish M mmd l feel
at being arraignedfor
file detestable vice of drunkenne^.
S®’ mv ears tingle witn the word, I
feel my checks scorched by the 'dam-
nablc consciousness of the offence.--
Oh' in pity allow me to hide my fswe
ftorfi this respectable assembly, andes-
neciiUY yoof honor, who, being a nor-
feet model of sobriety yourself, cannot
be supposed to have any sympathy
for the weakness of others.
t^S tWyhdS^rden, I T= The Aus^an Empire conM
am annoyed by the sight of so many
iossihle for hu- cats . an( j fi es ides. I have seen Bridget
e former and J gg^aitrmes feeding two and three-of
T«Mont.!» ^ together. . Did it never strike
your mind, my dear, that these ' cats
have done everything poi
man power to do. Th
present unfavorable events, I.accept as
the inscrutable will of Providence,
which visits upon Russia heavy hours
of trial. . , 1
But Russia’s trials have been much
heavier, and God Almighty has always
in Him.’ '"He'wilf ,‘defend Russia the
Orthodox, whicfiThns drawn the sword
for a j ust cause—-.the pause of Christen
dom. . . ,
I am glad to sec the incessant proofs
of the readiness'of everybody to sacri
fice family,-property and .the l&st drop
of blood, for the integrity of the empire
and the honor of the country. I find
comfort.and strength in these popular
sentiments and aspirations,, and with my
wliole heart united with my brave and
faithful people, I shail.repe3t, confident
of Gad’s help -and aid, the words ol
Alexander-the fimt.—“Where there is
truth; there is also God.” I .remain
your well wisher. Alexander.
Mechanical Skill of Insect*.
In a paragraph on lnscct$, the other
day, \Ve alluded to the wonderful in
stinct and mechanical skill with which
the insect tribes are endowed. Every
book on entomology is full of illustra
tions of these; but the observant ma*
and w ojnan need not go to books for
exampTes of the wonderful intelligence
of insects and the curious adaptation of
meaDg to ends which tliey so often dis-
play. Every person whp has a garden,
a tree, even a shrub or two, may study
entomology—may learn something of
insect life and skill.
We have proof of this in a little twig
which lies before as we write this. It
is a little insect’s summer house, nis
rosewood summer house. Externally
it resembles at knot or wart, ami is of
the size of a large chesnuL It formed
the extremity of a small branch of a
rosebush and was arranged fof the ac
commodation and support of a family
often or a dozen insect children, each
accomplished, the sur-
A Keen Retort.
. Some time ago Lewis Taippan, of
Ohio, (a notorious abolitionist) h.my the
assurance to address a letter to Uen.
John H. Cocke, of Virginia, urging hjm
and bis-fieir-in-law to emancipate- One
thousand slaves, whom Tappan alleges
these gentlemen-hold in bonuage.—
This letter was.published in the New
York Tribune, and copied into many
• 0t, ToihFs e impn<lent letter Mr. Philip
•St George Cocke replies 111 the Rich
mond Whig. His reply is brief, but it
is a crusher. After quoting Tappan s
letter, lie says: * . . ,
“Now, sir, as itis well understood—
at leastdn the community m which 1
p vc —that I am the person alluded to
by you, under the designation of the
“son-indaw” of Gen. Cocke, I shall take
tfhe liberty .of expressing to you,
ithrougli a 'channel equally public, the
contempt. I feel for the pharisaicM, can-
- ttiug ami ungentlcmauly tone and’ ten-
fob‘of your whole letter, and of saying,
sir, further to you, that w hen you, to-
.gether with your whole fraternity of
•abolitionists, shall have clothed, hous
ed,'fed and otherwise cared for, arid
improved “one thousand’ of the
wretched free negroes in your own
midsfi, or shall have done tho same
-’thitig .for “out thousand” of the white
slaves and paupers among the tens of
thousands of such who are allowed to
experience every winter in y6ur great
cities all the miseries of an utter phys-
q 0 l and moral destitution, and when
yon shall have placed your “one tliou-
. sand” free negroes, or white paupers,
-’in’circumstances of as much physical
‘comfort, soCial and moral improvement,
'*£S are now enjoyed by Gen. Cocke’s
slaves and my own, you, sir, will have
driven to the world a better proot fof
your’own “eonsisteney,” than you can
ever hope to do, although you should
'spend a long' life of impertinent and
‘canting intermeddling with the affairs
'of Southern gentlerhefi. •
' “f remain, sir, with due respect,-
“RtiiLiP'ST. Geo; Cocke.”
This being . .
plus sap was suffered to pass through
the house to nourish' two twigs which
grew .out of the wart, and acted as
drains to carry off the superfluous li
quid. On cutting open this excrescence,
a number of living white maggots were
found, each occupying his separate
apartment, all wich apartments ran
longitudinally from the branch from
which they derived tbeir support.
This little knot or wart was exter
nally quite hard, as much so at least
as the wood, of the limb on which it
grew, and formed the outward extremi
ty of the limb, the twigs growing out
of both turning backward towards the
trunk of the bqsh.
are expensive
flis prudent, thrifty wife smiled, as
she marked the earnestness of her
husband’s manner, as he crazed sternly
answer. .
“They arc expensive, George, said
she, and. I assure-you that I have my
eye ttpour that, nSwell as every other
part of our household affairs; but
don’t.you remember the annoyance we
Were subjected to for so many years
from the rats and mice? and have yon
forgotten the expense to which we were
puf bv their almost constant depreda
tions ? Tosay nothing of their pur
loining and S})oil;ngfood, even more,
than is now required to feed the cats,
they spoiled your summef hat that
was put away when the season was
over, by gnawing through the hat box
and nibbling off a part of the rim.—
Your cloak -and my velvet mantilla
were- both of them ruined by them
one season. .
Aunt Mary had several dresses
spoiled when she was with us—and
the time the rats gnawed through the
water pipe that leads into the bath
room, yon will remember that the
room floor was entirely inundated, and
it leaked through before it could be
stopped, and caused the ceiling of the
'kitchen to fall, which you said cost
you more than you had paid for the
insurance of the house from fire, be
sides giving you. a bad cold, caused by
running at night after the plumber,
which led to that spell of sickness,
when your business suffered so much
from your absence last • winter, and
swelled Dr. Bolus’s bill to an enormous
amount, and—” - /•
“There, there my dear,” said the
good man, “say no more; I am satis’-
fied that, after all, oats are less expense
than rats and -mice, and as the old pro
verb has it,‘of two evils, the best wo
can do is-to choose the least.”
He rose from the tabfo, and jjatted
ivl lTg lu Iic 1*; ”± Von t
look cross at you any more, pussey,
you are worth all it costs me to keep
you, if not more.”
hardly have-talcen more interest in the
annexation Texas than England
then dkl in the Crimean transfer to
Russia.' The' seeds of future calamity
are sown in silence. “The tempest is
foretold by a little cloud no bigger
than a man’s hand” which comes out
of the sea, but to day the Crimea is the
rn.ntrp. of 1% world’s uaze. jnid wuat is
in" tlio whole visible current of atians.
« Bell Smith Abroad”
Tells a great many good stories.
• Weaving by Electricity.
The Turin Correspondent of the
London Times says: An invention
that promises to create a revolution m
the manufacture of silks, linens, cot
tons, in fact of all woven articles, uas
just been perfected at Turin. This is
the electrical loom invented by Cava-
liero Bonelli, inspector of telegraphs
in the Sardinian States. Some time
since I noticed to you his application
of electricity' to the jaequored • loom,
whereby Ik; was enabled to dispense-:
with cards and much of the manip
ulation necessary for the old systefoifo
weaving ; but in the more perfc”* 3 *
Hereis one with a moral to it:
' «‘ Ancient Jones’ had accompanied
■his only-son to Paris, to seC that his
medical education sltcmld bo through
ly completed, and. under Ins paternal
care.' 1 did not learn that the youth
ful Jones was disposed to break from
'the wise control of las caii c u a , •
But the old gentleman wasfcll of fojm,
he heard of Pans as the city of cv, 1 ',’
quiet hopeful said that las - near and
kind friend Brooks was very ill of the
typhoid fov.er, and he wished to ten
der his services,'arid sit irp t.ic night
by his friend. The father readuy con
sented to this Christian conduct; and,
as he permitted his hoy to have no
•night-key, left the door of their • bed-
'room unlocked.’ - ‘ 4 . 4 ' ,
“After his soaVderartnre, liowev.-
er, lie remembered that it was Satur
day night—the night of the grand bat
masque at the Italian Opera Uouso-, s
My mod
estv sir, is shocked beyond Ml heal-
in fi remedies. Where shaljj hid^
aslcd- Mr. M., glancing- wildly over
the floor of. the office, as if in search of
an «TSmMadto sec you so sensible of
.your fault, 1 ' said his honor,“ and I have
ere upon their fourth ^ege t«i n
whefi the Russians let thejn ink, the
city.. The London Mormnr, •Chronklt
says
“Messrs. -Shortridge, Howeli and
Jesgop, of the .Hartford steeL works,
Willey street, Sheffield, are engaged
m the manufacture of a cast-steel gu n
for ;the Government, with every pmb.
ftbility.of success.”
; ,' 4 ■»■»'»■ -
Terrible and Fatal Explasisi.
It is our painful duty to record a
most terrible engine explosion on the
Central Railroad,-by which two pe r <
sons, the engineer, Merriland Kelly, a
native of Pennsylvania, and first fire-
man Barnes, from Cincinnati, were
instantly killed and the brakeman Mv
scliael Shenahan, were seriously injur
ed. This «ad casualty -took place
about 2 q’clock Wednesday afternoon,
hear the 13 mile statiop, the engine be.
longrog to a freight tram coming down..
The cause of explosion is not yet satis
factorily explained and probably nev=
er will be as the eng neer is numben
ed with tlie dead. The engine, we
understand, was -one of Baldwin's
make and five years old
The explosion is described as dread-
ful in the extreme, the whole locomo
tive being thrown forward a distance
of nearly fifty, and the track torn np
for one hundred and fifty ■ feet. The
■yuui—— - i ovnori- lor one numucu ......
strong hopes that a man w ho - Dccnn iary damage isestunated at about
o-uilt, w ill not?be b heTyTo'
same manner. You are
"o, and take better
discharged
Mr. ^Meredith ;
care of yourself.”
“ That woS spoken like your honor,
the most exalted kind of vir-
ovcrlook the missteps of
dreadfully mangled.
thing he had heard lnuen or, and had
specimen now about to be exhibited
the inventor has added steam-power to
supersede manual labor,'so that one
TBteiligenl workmah- . jn^y . attend to
many machines at the; "same time, and
the operation of making .,all kinds -of
pattents will be easy, cbeac, And ex
peditious, as printing iffid Knitting in
different paterns is also j^rformefl
with similar instruments. y ~>g
In any of those who are much troubl
ed about the expense of keeping up
an efficient police should read this little
story, it may suggest some profitable
reflection to their minds.
. American Gejrihs.
“American genius” says a kite letter
from Russia, “rules the hourat St. Pe
tersburg. A legion of accepted war
inventions are under careful trial in the
way of experiments, besides an indefi
nite number tliat have been declined
as impracticable or unsuited to the
present exigences The' experiments
are conducted witTi the silent thorough
ness ofiRussian tactics, yet "if is known
that two, if not three, motive polyerg-of
Yankee origin aie in’course of scientif
ic test and comparison. One who
ought to know, tells me that'scJme-lvun-,
dred thousand dollars are being expen
ded in trying their application to coast
defences. A gigantic rocket (or rocket
ami shell cojnbiifed,) has joccupicd the
attention of thc_ engineers For the last
five weeks and'after no less that seven
teen failures, has Come out so success
ful, that a foundry err workshop" is to.
be built immediately for constructing
these terrible missiles—the like of
which, a scientific officer assures me,
has never traversed the air.' This is a
combination of a late French with a
new Yankee invention The finest
striking of all the plans for next sum
mer’s work is purely Yankee, and ntjv-
el in all its features, though what they
exactly are, is locked in the unfeveal-
ing breast of the' Emperor and hie
sworn officers. I only know that it is
a submarine battery-for coast defence,
and that all the officers here believe it
will easily and infallibly destroy every
hostile armament that dares to approach
their harbors.”
Sayings and
of the Czar.
Thp Emperor Alexander, who has
been making a journey to the South,
via Moscow, has .issued, through the
Governor .of th%jt place, 4 the- following
address.to thQoftussian people:—
Count Arsenhnj Androwich,—Since
ascending the throne of my ancestors,
Return of Foreig* Criminals.
Mayor Wood, of New York, has
just sent back to Europe four crimi
nals who were shipped hither by the
authorities' of Gustrow, Duchy of
Mecklenburg Schwerin, on board the
Hamburg ship Deutschland. He re
ceived information ip August last that
on the second day of that month the
Deutschland had sailed from Hamburg
for New York with a number, of
criminals on board direct from the
prisons of Gastrow. He notified the
agents of tho the'wcssel, and when
she arrive!^ on the 17th of September,
ft lias been my wish to visit my faith- ai> examination was made by Cpmpc-
Whatis the Crimea ?
Homer calls it the land of the La-
esbrygonians, who were giants and ate
men’s flesh, and from whom the “much
enduring” Ulysses escaped with some
difficulty. The Crimea is also known
to tragedy asTauris, and the custom of
sacrificing all strangers upon its alters,
which then prevailed, shows that from
the earliest ages it was a dangerous
place fo* foreigners. Then it was call
ed Cimmeria the land of darkness.—
Tq the sun loving islanders of the-
Fgeah night and storm and eternal
winter dwelt beyond that Fuxine sea
which only a few'adventurotis mari
ners dared to penetrate. Cimmeria!
there*is meaning in that name. It is
only Crimea in its full development.^—
It was one of the halts of the Cauca
sian tribe in their first western immi
gration. The Tartars (Ijicythjans they
were then called) drove them out, and
oh they went, .these wanderirfg Cim
merians. They called themselvos'Cint-
bri when they arrived in Europe.’ A
portion of them in. Wales, with fantas
tic legends of the fall of Troy iii their*
early history,^are still known as tlie
Cinibry; but'they are the parents of
all tlie"race of the*Celts.; and-now the
iflvaders, English, French, Seotch.
and Irish, are only seticing t'neir an
cestral place,anti making themselves at
home after-a tolerably longabsence.-^-
They have there tlie old Scythian tribe
who rejected them. To be sure then-
former conquerors have not been in
possession the whole time, nor very
much of it. Little more, in fact, tliau
half a century.is it since they 4 finally
took it into the : r keeping, for after
driving out the Cimmerians, they
(these Scythian Tartars) were them
selves expelled ; but tliey K ive come
back and got the start of tlie original
owners, who now, after near two
thousand years, have just returned to
look after the old homestigSd..
There is another little association
with the Crimea that to iis Americans
is interesting. One John- Smith, tho
John Smith,’ the adventurous captain
of Virginia, was also a warrior against
the Turks or Tartars. He cut off
several Moslem turbans with heads
inside of them, but was unluckily cap- ,
turedand sold as a slave. He was. ;
carried up tlie Straits of Kertsch and
into the Sea of Azof. Somewhere .1°.
the Crimea or thereabout^ hw captiv
ity ceased. He -killed his master,
seized his horse anil cloths, and rode
for dear life and the nearest Russian
post, at that time rearly synomymous
ideas. He Wtis kindly received, * aid
passed along from one Muscovite to an
otlier" back to friends arid civilization.
The Santhals
Who arc irf insurrection in Bengal,
are thus spoken of by the Delhi (India)
Ga “Th’ey are a race little better than
the savages, who inhabit the lower
elopes of the hills from Bangulpore to
Drissa. They are for the most _part
destitute of fire-arms; but they, m a
measure, make up for this disadvan-
tabe by their skill in the use of the
biSw, which they do not hesitate to ren
der-more deadly by the cruel device of
poisoned arrows. Their religion is a
any of those mystical refinements by
which the idolatry of the Hindoos is
overlaid.. Their mythology, compar
ed with that of the Hindoos, is almost
a blank, and they have no notions of
caste. Their food consists of almost
anything that can be eaten, from toads
and catapillars up to tigers and hors
ed cattle, for the flesh of,, kine is not
forbidden to them. As to their vices, it
is certain, from their recent proceed
ings, that they combine cowaraioe with
cruelty to. a remarkable degree, for
tliey war with women and children, as
well as men; arid, 4 unlike the North
American Indian,, who prizes most a
w.orrior’s. scalp, the head of a woffian
is to tlie Santlial the most acceptable
trophy that- he Can take away from tlie
village of an enemy. But with all this,
it is remarkable that the Santhril ire
distinguished for alove <5f trnth.which
"exists nowhere else among the natives
of Indig. Their, numbers are said to
amount to one Hundred thousand fight
ing men-; and, if they are joined by
the other tribes, the number of Vind-
hyanhUl men capable of bearing arms
against us would become . formidable
indeed; It is not supposed that any
attempt will be made (luring the pres
ent season to do more than drive the
enemv to the lulls and keep him there.
-Next cold season will be tlie time for
active -offensive operations.; and mo3t
signal retribution for the damage done
must be inflicted, if tlie sh6ck which
this-nffair has giveil to our prestige is
to be recovered from.” *
been solicited by his delicate hoy to at
tend, merely, to see for once. l»ut his
morality, his sense of doty recoiled;
be sternly bnde-his-son- be silent on
that yife subject
Bufoto tell the truth, the old gen-
tLimafi had parking curiosity,'and .on
that evening it became fright.uily
"strong. What eould possess Jum !—>
He attempted his Usual FrenehStadies,
but Ollendroff seemed doubly stupid.
One or two sentences in. that valuable
work took possession of his brain.
‘ Comtezvous eller au. bal masque ce
efor? 1 -(Do you intend to go to the
masque ball-this evening?) ‘Jo comto
y alien’ (I intend to go.) The oppor
tunity was so favorable—he could go
And return without his sofis, without
any one’s knowledge. His satamc
majesty fairly took possession of the
good old man, and he repaired to a
neighboring store, Where dresses were
rented or sold, .and selected the most
Yours is
tuc, -that can — c*-
an erring, frail fellow-creature. Sir
there is one thing more, if I. migiit
da “Uoon, Ca Mr.. Meredith,” sgid the
Mayor kindly. ' 4 '*
“ Oh, what A model of goodness •
*•-exclaimed Mr. M., with uplifted eyes
and hands, 4 “ Your, honor encourages
me to beg the loan of a quarter. Ill
pay it faithfully as soon as I am
brought up again.”
-“ This is modesty with a vengance.
extiaimed the Mayor, with justifiable
indignation. ’ “ Begone, you imposter
and'take care that you arc not brought
up'again, or your sham modesty shall
not save you from theextreme penal
ty of tlie verdant act.”
“Heavens l who would have thought
that asking for the loan of a q uart fF
could make, such an alteration! said
Daniel, meekly, as he retired from the
tribunal. . .
CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
SJUYnERSiril.L.E, (id.
THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1855.
P. C. PENDLETON, EDITOR,
A Question for the Agricultural Club
The Savannah Georgian says:—A
-GuRIoaniY —An old and Valued sub
scriber from Bryan Iras laid on our ta
ble a .curiosity in the “breadstuff’ line,
consisting of eight distinct ears of com
on one stem where but one ought to
grow. r -~
We-'will give our opinion in advance.
We think that eight ought to have
|rgrown there.
The Babe lathe Cars.
“A babe,” says the Scripture, “is»
wolL-spring of jOy in a house.” We
•were forcibly reminded of the truth of
this passage while riding over the Cen
tral Railroad a few days since, between
Elizabeth City and Somerville. The
car in which we occupied a seat, via
crowded to excess, arid the day bein? 1
£55“ A correspondent of the New
York Post states' that a Fremfo savant
ascribes the unusual rains and atmos
pheric disturbances over a great part
of Europe, to the prolonged and terri
ble .cannonade in the Crimea. The
same topic was recently, discussed in a
scientific circle in Boston^ and it. was
observed that the fact j ust named was
strictly in accordance with the celebra
ted theory of Prof. Espy, and was as
sented to *by Arago and some of, the
most 4 accurate meteorologists in Eu
rope.
— L -
Howthe Process of Coloring
'Glass was Discovered.—A) a meet
ing of the Fanner’s Club of the Amer
ican Institute, Professor ■ Mapes stated
that a few years ago the art of staining
glass was unknown, when , at a elub,
something like this—only composed
of mechanics-—a member stated be had
stained glass bjue with cobalt, and an
other, that ho could color it -red with
ease, but not blue, until finally others
came forward with their facts applied
te other colors, and w-heir all were
combined, the result was a mass of
facts that has produced thp* beautiful
combinations of colored glass, equal
ling the art wheruit ^as applied to the
old cathedral windows, centuries ago,
in Europe.
, Truth Wel£ Expressed.—In hip*
address at the New York State Fair
Goy, Wrjght, of Indiana, made’thc
appropriate—that of a friar in order
grey; placed nimself in a vorture, and
in a few minutes was at his destina
tion. He entered; the scene startled
him beyond measure; the crushing
roar oftwo hundred instruments; the
dTTTiffrS&Hfrfrd lyTgfefenfig'iip 'aricl
up into a dizzy distance, lighting tier
after tier, where thousands of eyes
from behind black dominoes reflected
back the rays as. they looked down up
on tlie myriads of fantastic forms which
tolled and tossed under the sway of
the deafening music, like a vexed- sea
by moonlight-, made up A whole to
dream of, not to See.
Mr. Jones’was startled, then .shock
ed a little, very little amused, and fi
nally os I shall tell yon,' greatly alarm
ed. A -Strange facination possessed
him. After he had gratified his curi
osity, Hri stilningered; , he Vandcred
on through the wild maze, and as the
hours wore on r the fuu grew furious;
monks and knights jumped higher and
higer; dpvils twisted-; gypsies^ flower-
girls, debardeurs, sereamed as they
fairlyjflew" while hideuos beasts reared,
bowledand squealed. Thqmusicians
seemed'possessed, and rolled out with
out ceasing the wild strains that seem
ed to madden every one. Mr. Jones
was bewildered; many times Was he
sfozed upon by some fearful creature,
and whirled through dances -which
made him .dizzy and sick.
“.At last, Mr.'Jones was frightened
—fie was captured by a group that, in
a mad fit, seemed'determined to tor-’
turc him fo death. He could not get
away ) one of the number, a girl, scan
dalously habited, seemed the. leader.
Iler drdes' was- : very ..improper—her
conduct disgusting. She was evident
ly intoxicated—smelled dreadfully of
bad cigars and brandy. She would
not let go—called him, in cxcellen.
English, ‘her ancientgaxcon’—-‘aregu
lar brick’—while the others <laughed,
shouted and danced around him. At
lasUhe tore himself away, rnslicd home
by daylight, torc.offnis gown, thrust
it into the grate, and by its warmth
hastened to bed, fearing every moment
the arrival of his son. •
Wearied to death lie soon fell into a
heavy sleep. When he awoke he was
conscious of some one being, not only
in the bed, but partially .on him. He
aroused himself—he looked—colild he
believe his-eyes ? there,-on his bed, in
his rOom at home, was that infamous
female, round asleep, with a cotton
umbrella under her arm—wprse and
worse, the mask was eff^ and this fe
male was his own innocent boy 1 He
sprang from the bed, falling over and
aroumng'rome one in the-guise of a
devil, asleep on’the^loor; yet another
on the table; they were- all around
him. Did he dream ?. Was he yet at
the infamous ball ? Neitbefr. His son
awakened, started -stupidly at him,
and the sleepers, starting up,-burst in
to a roar, as one .of them eXclaimpd,
Why, Harry, Jim, ltere’s the‘ancient
gaTcon!”- Mr. Jones happened -to
glance at the mirror—he had,, forgot-
ton, in his haste; to remove his mask.
These gentlemen had kindly brought
his soft nome, and being somewhat, fa-
tigued, hod remained with him. The
ox^rcS [the elder ' and younger
, Ileave to youf imagination.”
uat lustre ot her dove-lik eyes. In
short, my friend, I loved her, although
I knew nothing of her birth, fortune,
or station. ’Twas on a moonlight eve,
in tfie garden of the old chateau, when
I pressed her to become my own, my
cherished bridfi._S.he shrank from me,
“Thou knowest not who l am.”
“I care not,’’said I, passionately.
“Then I.do!” cried she, in a pierc
ing'tone. “I am your unknown
washerwoman, and I’d thank, yon to
pay me for the six pieces I washed for
you last week.”
Gaspardo, I left forever the sunny
clime of Italy, a broken-hearted man.
O'
RomaXTIU.—The following thriHing
extract is taken from an unpublished
romanco:
- Listen to me, Gospardq, do. Wiien
first I met the Lady Arabella in the ,
brilliant saloon of the Count de Pom- } 10 t and dusty, everybody appeared to
perepeno, I was struck with the spirit- bad humor, and not a few gave
. . . r., _ j—1:1- Tn ven t to their dissatisfaction
with this world and its affeirs general
ly. While these murmurs were loud
est, a babe that had been sleeping on
its mother’s breast, roused up from iri
slumber, andcommenced its sweet prat-
tLw- In nil murmurs were
imsheu, and every one was Listening
to the joyous crowing of the little one.
The music of its voice lulled all discon
tent, and cheered, like the song of an
angel, the weary dispirited passengers.
One old bachelor who was never
known to speak a kind word to an in
fant specimen of humanity, actually
offered to take this baby on his lap,
and relieve the mother, awhile of her
eare. - His kind offer, however, was re
fused, and he returned to his seat
satisfied with Jiimself, but stil Miking
the baby. Another very practical old
gentleman, who occupied a place near
the babe, was so entranced by its prat
tle, that lie offered its mother a shining
pieee of money, with which to purc^se
a pair of boots;. but he was told iliat
he was not yet boot-able; and so he,
too; Was discomfitted in his • charitable
intentions. Yot he did not cease to
smile upon the babe, but watched to
freaks and listened joyously to its prat
tic. And when, at last, the motbef
gathered it in her arms,, and left ®
ears at Bound Brook, it seemed as if*
shining heavenly presence had been
withdrawn, and the old cloud fell aga®
around us. Yet in many a heart, ®
memory of the child’s prattle will) 1 ® 4
ger through all the future, fderc-Hi?
amid the noises and conflicts of daily
life, like the voice of a lute among ®
^clashing cymbals,, and the little i® 1 '
dents we have recorded will mark as
The Great, Comet of 1856,
which was expected in 1848 ? and on.
account of whose non-appearance §Tir
John Ilerchel put a crape on his- tele
scope, Mr. Tfomjnc, a distinguished
German astronomer, finds not to be due
till 1858. •*'
Mr. YTebster’s E9*ate.— 1 The
Washington .Star Complains of the
manner in which the executorspf the
late Daniel Webster have acted, and;
their- dnlay - is satisfying th.c creditors of
the estate of the deceased. It appears
that they now promise to pay about’
60 prir cents, on. the amount of claims.
Mexico.—Tlie contest in* Mexico
appears to be whether the military, Os
it existed under Santa Anna, shall be
maintained or totally . abtiished.—.
Vidaurri goes for its. entire abolish ritent
and insists it shall have no voice in the
formationef a new government; where
as Carrera and Alvarez are for pro
viding for the military. The issues
Will now be between the people and
the military; and the sooner it is deci
ded the better for the country.
Bostox, Oct. 4.—Tlie Democrats of
Salem, in this State met yesterday, and
appointed delegates to the State Con
vention, and passed a resolution unani
mously in favpr of renominating Presi
dent Pierce, for the next Presidential
term. , ' . *
Colonel Kinney has succeeded in
carrying out his pious intention of es
tablishing the church in Nicaragua.
’Services were opened at San Joan, by
a colored clergyman, in his own ho
tel, for want of chorch accommodation.
Governor Kinney was present at the
first serrqon, and the first hymn srfng
arts ^Jordan’s stormy banks;? in which
the singer is represented as casting “a
wbishful eye to Canaan’s fear and hap*
py land.” Tho speaker also drew a
parallel between the expedition ofCol.
Kinirey to tlie rich lands of Nicaragua
and the expecition of Moses and the*,
children of Israel to the fruitful lands
of Canaan.
Cast-steel Guns;—The immense
wear;-and tear upon the material for
cannon at Sebastopol.has brought out
many projects of improvr
[these
weapons. The number of times -firing
which .an iron gun will sustain’ is limit
ed. At the siege many cannon %have
been literally Worn out. Tlie allies
with white stones the tfavcl expe- jp
of.all who that day rode with l fle
babe hi the cilrs.”^—Newark MercWJ-
But what if the little prattler E
cried? 'How.would .the old bachelor 3
then have acted. It would scarcely
have been as with the congregation 0
worshipers in California in its early ^
tlement. Tho crying of a babe mot
the whole audience - to‘ tears
were but/cw babes then “in Califo rD1 "
Tlie voice of the little weeper broug !l
back the memories of liomc, mothri
bretliers, sisters, far, far away.
mother who was leaving the h oU ~®
fearing the noise would interrfipt t
v> - . . -pggl-
worship, was bidden to remain. r
ingsand memories too holy,bod ^
aroused, to admit of the banishment 0
the innocent cause. We would
banish from the cars, nor the churt^
even, the wee voice of complaint,
more than the cheering prattle of- 1
little ones. Truly, a babe is a
spring! n a, house.
I^UIt seems to he current e ^
Certain ^ circles in Europe, that ^
Unioii is soon to be dissolved, 30
England, is to take under he r P ^
tion the Southern States.
curious speculation brie would
when it is token into account
- _ _ . . nflltsmi
that 10 '
mense national debt, that
• •, • . - . , t u UilS&'-'f
disastrous, unended war win* j 0{}
the most powerful and "