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NUMBER 34.
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From the German of Komer.
Good night I
All tho toil-worn now repose,
The weary day comes to a close,
Hushed are the busy not a few,
Till the morning wakes anew.
Good night I
Now repose,"
Let the weary eye-lids meet,
Now how quiet Is the street,
Hark tho watchman's hourly cry, .
Tells time Is passing by.
Now repose I
Sweetly sloop 1
Now may many a heavenly beam,
O’er thy slumbers sweetly stream,
If of Paradise thou dream,
And its radlnne splendors gleam.
Sweetly sleep I
I am Not Old.—by park benjamin.
I am not old—though years havo cast.
Their shadows on my way ;
I am not old—though youth has pass’d
On rapid wings away.
For In my heart a fountain flows,
And round It pleasant thoughts reposo ;
And sympathies and Hidings high,
Spring like tho stars on evening's sky.
I am not old—lime may havo sot
" His'signet on my brow,"
And soilleTaTiirnirrews- teeto tum, .set,—
Which care may deepen now :
Yet lovo. fond love a chaplet weaves
Of fresh young buds and verdant leaves j
And still in fhncyl can twlno
Thoughts, sweet flowers, that once wore
mine.
nough In her bright girlhood to aecure to hur
name ah abiding place In Amorlcan poetry.
Now that sho Is gono, let those who would bo
just to her memory and her genius, open tho
pages of tho volume containing her poems, and
rend any where, aud they will And tho unmis
takable evidences of true Inspiration In many
poems, which In beauty of thought, doliclous-
ncss of melody, freshness of fooling, and na
turalness of Imagery, have rarely been equal
ed. Sad Indoed are we now to know that
the bright mind from which emanated those
glorious songs Is gono from tho scenes offline,
and that Its lost strains of earthly music havo
died upon the air.
"Along the blessed heaven
Her spirit holde Its way,
In the starry radiance of the night
And the golden light of day—
Its pinions flashing back tho sheen
Of those uncloudcd^phores.
And Its own wild music mingling
With tho angel-notes It hears.”
each other’s frailties and Imperfection's to the
end of their lives.”
The Call to Prayer.
Among tho many beautiful allusions to the.
solomri and soothing sound of tho " church-
going bell," as It rings out on the aletr
morning air of the Sabbath, commend us to
tho following quaint, yet surpassingly effec
tive homely, from tho pon of tho gifted Jer-
rold, tho well known author of " St Olios
and St. James."
There Is something beautiful In tho church
bolls. Beautiful and hopcfhl. They talk to
high and low, rich and poor, in the samo
voico; there Is a sound In thorn that should
scare prido and envy, and meanness of all
sorts from the heart of man: that should
make him look on the world with kind, for
giving oyes j that should mako the earth
seem to him. at least for a time, a holy placo.
Yes. there Is a whole sortnon in tho sound of
tho church bolls, if wo only have the cars to
understand It; there Is a preacher In every
belfry that orlos—"Poor, weary, struggling,
fighting creatures—poor human things, take
rest, bo qulot. Forgot your vanities, your
follies, your week-day craft."
And you, ye human vessels, gilt and paint
ed. bellovo the Iron tongue that tolls yo that,
for all your gliding, all your colors, yo are
the same Adam’s earth, with the beggars In
your, gates Come away, como, cries tho
church hell, and learn to be buipblo: learn
that, however danlnxl and stained about.
Washington’s Charmed Life.
Ofolghty-slx officers twenty-six wore kill
ed, (in Braddnck’a action.) among them Sir
Poter Halkot. and llilrty-scvon wore wounded,
Including Gage and other field officers. Of
the men one-half were killed or wounded.—
Braddock braved every danger. His secreta
ry wns shot dead. Both his English aids
wore disabled early In the engagement, leav
ing tho American alone to distribute his or-
“I expected every moment," said one
vrhosinlfe^M on Washiest-.*. jj-.
Indian ehlef-I suppose a Shawnee-singled <« a. the sores of tho un-
him ont with hi. lino, and bade other, ofhl. eomnlnlnlmr Lararn,: and vo. noor creatures.
with jewels, you ... _
jhot alt 'Fogy I ^ threinMsaa.hfsBolf otluwf
tutnur inilpUn Rnvi
Tho Bulxemann Lottei.
Our readers will rooolloot that a day or two
since It was stated that tho Austrian Minister
has addressed an Insulting letter to Mr. IVob-
’ster prior to hta departure from Austria. Tho
Washington Gorreifondopt of the Now York
Herald says that tho letter Is dated April 20,
and states that In November and December,
Mr. Hulsoman had remonstrated with tho Sec
retary, on account of his communications and
interviews, and tholr subjects being treated
with rldlcnlo and dorlslon, In certain public
journals of New York and Philadelphia. The
Secretary’s treatment of tho Kossuth affair,
and particularly his speech at tho Kossuth
Congressional Banqnot, had mado it the duty
Mr. Hulsomann to ascertain whother such
sentiments as tbo Secretary had made ex
pression of, wore those of tho Government of
tho United 8tatos. Tho vorbal explanations
and assurances mado to him on tlicso occa
sions had been followed by no change In tho
manner in which his transactions with this
Government wore treated by thapubllo press
That, particularly, some artlclo published In
New Orleans, had recently been the occasion
of tho Austrian ministry suffering considera
ble unpleasantness and annoyanco. Under
theso circumstances he considered It bis duty
withdraw from any further relations with
the Government, which could only be contin
ued through the medium of ono who was a
promoter of Kossuth, ami unfriendly to tho
Austrian Government; and, therefore, that
Mr. Belmont. Austrian Consul Gonorat at N.
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From the Louisville Journal.
Death of Mrs. Amelia B. Wolby.
It is with very Rad feelings wo nnnounco tho
decease ol Mrs. Amelia B. Welby, tho cele
brated poetess. Sho died In this city yester
day morning nt the residence of her husband,
Mr. George Welby.
Mrs. Welby wns a woman of true genius.
Indeed wo novor know ono to whom nature
had been more partial In tho gifts of song
At a very early ported of her life—a period
when the mind is gonornlly vory Immature—
sho produced poems that havo everywhere
been received with delight, and which will
never tkdfl from our country’s literature. It
Is now about fifteen yenrs since tho public
6rst became acquainted with hor name and
her.productions through tho columns of this
pnpor. Poem followed poem In bright suc
cession,' each one teeming with fresh wild
thoughts expressed In verse of tho most deli
cious harmony. Theso poems cams from the
heart of tho gifted girl and were all vory beau
tiful—so beautiful and.so.turfedMyed, that
they havo scarcclv been equalled hy tho pro
ductions of any other American poetess.
Such an extraordinary Rerles of poems, all
expressive of unworn feelings and glowing
with genius, could not fail to attract attention.
Amelia” became a great favorite with all the
lovers of poetry throughout the Union. As
poem followed poem they wore eagerly caught
up by tho conductors of tho public press in
all sections nnd published until every render
In the Union became familiar with them. Nor
was their fame confined to the United States,
for many of them wore republished In Eng
land and created in that country a deop inter
est in tho welfare of tho young minstrel girl
from whoso harp-strings floated harmonics of
thought nnd expression that charmed all
hearts. For two years sho continued to sing,
making this pnpor tho medtem of her com
munications with the public. That her po
ems were unequal in their merits, It Is true,
but yet what wore considered her poorest
efforts were sweeter than the best of those of
other people.
Such an Intellectual phenomenon was re
garded with strange Interest In every State In
tho Union. Tributes of admiration in vorso
nnd proso flowed In upon her in abundance
Tho names of her admirers included many of
tho most distinguished in our literature. All
strangers on reaching our city desired to see
tho poetess, tho enchantment of whoso verso
they had so often felt. And when they saw
her. a most artless, shrinking, " April-hearted
thing." with tho flowory hues of sixteen sum
mers on her joyous brow and the light of ge
nius in herdeep bright eye, they could scarce
ly believe that the mere girl boforo them
could possibly havo produced thoso poems of
such great wealth of feeling and such imper
ishable beauty. But sho wns n mystery to
herself nnd n mystery to her friends, for "ge
nius is ever a mystery to itself and to others.’
Those superb poems which nro equal to tho
best of their class in the langungo, ennui In
all their cxquiRito brightness and perfoetton
from her mind almost without an effort. She
always had them finished In her mind before
sho committed them to paper. They were for
the most part composed white she was enga
ged In some domestic avocation, and written
offwithout difficulty and published ns they
were written.
Alas! that wildly sensitive heart has ceased
to beat, and those harp-strings will be heard
no more on earth t She has gono from amid
things perishable to tho homo of the immor
tal and tho unfading. That bright star which
shone so lustrously in tho heaven of song is
eclipsed to our vision, nnd wo shall seo it no
more among tho bright sisterhood. Hor spi
rit has passed from our habitations nnd hor
form will in a fow short hours be shut out
forever to mortal vlow. Ono of tho most gift
ed women of the ago has fallen, and tho pla
ces which have known hor boro shall know
hor no more forever- Sho is gono in tho
spring-time of her life, and tho spring season
of tho year; that season which she loved so
well bocausu of Its birds and blossoms and
visible pootry gushing out from hill-side and
valley, and horoyo Is now dim to this world's
myriad beauties, and hor ear Is cold to tho
warblings of happy birds, sounding like the
echoes of her own swcot melodies.
For several years, Mrs, Welby’s muse was
silont. Sho preferred silence to song, and
would not yield to'tho solicitations of thoso of
her friends who desired hor to strl
warriors do the samo. Two horses were kill
ed nndor him ; four balls penetrated his
coat. ‘‘Some potent Manltou guards htm.”
exclaimed thesavnge. "Death." wrote Wash
ington “was levelling my companions on eve
ry side of me; hut. by tho all-wise disponsn-
tlnn of Providence. I havo been protected."
"To the public," said Davis a learned Dlvlno.
in the following month “I point out that
heroic ynnth. Colonel Washington, whom
I cannot hut hope Provldenco has preserved
In so signal a manner for some Imporlsnt scr-
vice to his country " ' Who Is Mr. Washing
ton 1” asked Lord Halifax a few months
later. "I know nothing of him." he added,
they say he behaved In Braddnck’a action
as bravely as If ho really loved tho whistling
of the bullets."—Bancroft's American Devo
lution.
American Women.
From a variety of causes, nothing Is more
common than to And American woman who
have not tho slightest idea of household du
ties. A writer thus alludes to this subject:
l In this neglect of household cares Ameri
can females stand alone. A Gorman lady, no
matter how lofty tifcr rank, nover forgets that
domestto labor conduces to the health of
bndy nnd mind alike. An English lady,
whether sho bo n gentleman’s wlfeoradnko’s,
doos not despise her household- and oven
though she has a housekeeper, devotes a por.
tlon of hertlmo to this, her true, her happi
est sphere. It Is reserved for our republican
flno ladles to ho more choice than oven their
monarchical and aristocratic sisters. Tho re
sult Is a lassitude of mind. often ns fatal to
health as tho neglect of bodily exercise. The
with who leaves her household cares to her
servant pays tho penalty which hns been af
fixed to Idleness slnco (lie foundation of tho
world, and oltlior wilts away from sheer en
nui or Is driven Into all sorts of fashionable
follies to And employment for her mind."
The Lip*.
Leigh Hunt says of thoso who havo thin
lips, are not shrews or niggards:
«I must horo glvo as my firm opinion,
founded on whnt I havo observed, that lips
become more or less contracted in the course
of years. In proportion ns they are accustom
ed to express good hnmnr and generosity, or
peevishness or a contracted mind. Remark
tho effect which a moment 61 ill-humor and
grudgingness hns upon tho lips; nnd judge
whnt may bo expected from a habitual sorics
of such momenta. Remark the reverse, and
make a similar Judgement. Tho mouth is
tho frankest part of tho faco ; It can tho least
conceal Its sonsatlons. We can bldo neither
Ill-temper with It. nor good ; wo may affect
whnt wo pleaso. but affectation will no* help
In a wrong causo It will only mako our
observers resent tho endeavor to Impose up.
on them. Tho mouth Is tho sent of ono class
of emotions, ns tho eyes are of another; or,
rather, It expresses tho samo emotions but in
greater detail and with a more irrepressible
tendency to he In ono motion. It Is tho re
gion of smiles nnd dimples, nnd of trembling
tenderness, of a sharp sorrow, ofa foil breath
ingjoy, of candor, of reserve, of a carking
care, of a liberal sympathy. Tho mouth, out
of its many sensibilities, may bo fancied
throwing up ono great expression to tho eyes
—ns many lights In a city reflect n broad lus
tre Into tho heavens. On tho other hand, tho
eyes may bo supposed tho chief movers, in
fluencing the smaller details of their compan
Ion, ns heaven Influences the earth. The
first cause in both is Internal and deep seat
ed."
Alas I It is not till time, with reckless hand
has tome out half tho leaves from tho book
of human life, to light tho Arcs of passion
with from day to day, that man begins to Ree
that tho Icavcswhich remain are few In nura-
hor, and to remember, faintly at first, nnd
then more clearly, that upon tho cnrlior
pages of that book was written a story of
happy influence which ho would fain rend
ovor again. Thon como listless Irresolution
and tho inevitable inaction of despair; or clso
the firm resolve to record upon tho leaves
that still remain a more noblo history than
tho child’s story, with which tho book bo-
gun.—Longfellow.
Addislon. has lelt on record tlio following
Important sentonco : “Two persons who havo
choson each Other out ofall the species, with
a design to be each other’s mutual comfort
and entertainment, havo jn. that action hound
themselves to bo good-humored, aflhblo, for-
complaining Lararus; and ye, poor creatures,
livid and faint—stained and crushed by tho
prido and hardships of tho world—come,
como cries tho bell, with tho voice of an an
gel—como nnd learn what (s laid up for yo,—
And learning, take heart, and amidst the
wickedness, the cruelties of tho world, calm
ly as Daniel walking among the liens.
The model lady puts her children out to
nurso and tends lap-dogs: lies In bed till noon,
wears paper soled shoos, and pinches her
waist, give the piano fits, and forgets to pay
hor milliner, cuts her poor relations, and
goes to chureh when she has a new bonnet,
tnms the cold shoulder to her husband, and
flirts with hor "friend," never saw a thimble,
don’t know a darning needle from a crow-bar,
wonders where puddings grow; ests ham and
eggs In private, and dines off a pigeon's leg In
public; runs mad aftor tho last now foshlon;
doats on Byron, adores any fbol who grins be
hind a moustache, and when asked the age
of hor youngest child replies, don’t know, in
deed, ask Belly l—OHve Branch,
Sound Northern Sentiments.
Tho New-York Express, whloh with tho
Journal of Commerce has stood up manfully
for tho Cnmpromlso and the Union during all
tho Into excitement on the slavery question,
thus puts nn oxtlngnlshor on tho hopes of
Con. Scott and Mr. Seward :
“It is given out, wo seo, in a very well In
formed quarter, that It Is now settled that
Gen. Scott shall keep mum. and if this be
wo have no hesitation In saying, he can carry
against a woll known Compromise candidate,
but ono State of this Union for the Presiden
cy nnd llmt is Vermont. It will bo as big
boat as Mr. Van Burcn had in 1848, plus Ver
mont.
Tho Idea prevails In somo of tho agricul
tural parls of tho country, that the trouble
with the Sonthern Whigs alone in their
Compromise Moasures, and that if the North
is left untrammelled, tho North can carry all
before It. Nover was there a greater mistnko
save that committed by the Van Burons
1848. No sectional candidate for tho Presi
dency can begin to live oven, fairly ns a can
didate ovon In tho North. A largo majority
of the Northern people—if notof the Whigs,
—nnd a majority of them we think, we may
say, desire a truco, a peace with their Sonth-
ern countrymen, and will shrink bock with
affright fr om any sectional candidate for the
Presidency. There la a determination
hare an end of tho era of tho negro, and tho
ro-cstablishmcnt once more of tho era of tlio
white man. Tho fugitivo slavo Are brand
cannot bo loft open for tho Abolitionists to (Sin
or blow. Gon. Scott cannot bo represented
ono way in Auburn and Syracus, and another
way in tho great commercial and manufac
turing marts even of tho Northern country.-
We cannot bo denounced here up slave catch
ers in tho Atlantic cities, nnd vote for mon,
who thus dcnounco us nt Auburn, or else
where. There is, therefore, just as great
difficulty here in tlio North, as In tho South,
Wo might hog tho mechanics of tilts part
tho State, and tho merchants of this and tho
surrounding country for months to como
vote for Gen. Scott—running thus double-
tongued,—but wo could not persuado them
—wo could not induce them to do it. Tho
manullicturcrs abovo all, want peace botween
the different sections of this country. They
are looking for tho restoration ofpeaco In
dor to have a restoration of specific, instead
of ad valorem duties,—and they will, as
body, havobutlittloto do with a Northern
Sectional Candidate. Wo repeat then, that
it Is our deliberate, sober conviction, that
Gen. Scott bo ran blind—ns tlio schemers
In Washington now intend to have him run.
Vermont will bo the only electoral vote
will havo for tlio Presidency. Wo do not say
this in a spirit of throat,-for wo havo our
selves great confidence 'In lbo principles
Gen. Scott, and have reason to know that
himself, Is a friend of the Compromise Bills,
—but wo cannot persuado our pooplo, that
running him North, to repeal the Fugitive
Slavo Law, and running him South against
that repeal, will not again bring Into Con
gress just such consequences as thoso of1860,
which for weeks could not choose a S|ieakcr
oven,—and whose sittings at last beenmo
alarming, as to jeopard tbo pesco and ‘
very existence of the Union.
Early Wheat.-Wc were shown on Satur
day several heads of ripe
vy'amf grate largo, well filled and thoroughly
XT <Chead 1 contained ninety-two grates j
ofwhoat.—Saw. News,
Tobacco fob Snake Bites.—Mr.Editor:—
As corroborative of your views of the cfllcaoy
of tobacco juice In the euro ofsnaka bites, I
send the following: “Somo years ago my lh-
tlior was bitten by aeopperheaded snako; ha
Instantly applied tho Julco of Btrong tobacco,
mingled with saliva from tlio mouth, nnd so
porfcct was the curd that he did hot lose a
day from business on account of It."—Ex.
Tan Babk.—Tliore is no hotter covering
for beds and bulbs (such as hyacinths, and tu
lips, Ranunclns, Ac.,) tonder herbaceous
plants, &c„ than tan laid over tho top of tho
ground a couplo of Inchos thick. A coat of
this thickness should bo laid ovor all straw-
berry beds In parts of tho country whoro tho.
winter frosts are severe upon them. Aud as
paragus beds are much bonofitted by tho same
treatment.—Horticulturist.
To Cure a Kickino Horse.—It Is not an
uncommon thing to moot with horses which
will kick while In harness. Such horses are
dangerous to drive, and tho habit diminishes
their valuo vory much. Tho Ohio Cultivator
publishes a communication from Jonathon
Coo, of Dalton, Ohio, giving (ho following sim
ple method of preventing tho practice of this
pernicious trick. Take a forked stick about
two feet long, varying a little according to tho
size of tho horse, tlo the ends of tho fork firm
ly to each ond of tho brldlo bit. and the oth
er end ofthe stick to tho lower ond of the col
lar, so as to koep tho head up, and this will
prevent hts kicking. A few day’s working In
Austrian Government might havo to make.
The Chevalier thon presents the President
his thanks for hlskindness, urbanity, Ac., Ac.,
and asks tho Secretary to accept assurance of
his high consideration, Ac.
Tho lottor covers several pages of foolscap,
and Is written in vory til humor, and quite
tart and piquant.
Tho reply Isby the acting Secretary of State,
and Is dated May 8d. It acknowledges the
receipt of tho Chevalier's letter very briefly,
and moroly says such communications as tho
Austrian Government may hiijo occasion to
mako through Mr. Belmont, will be roipect-
ftilly received —Charleston Courier.
Letter from Rome.
Mr. Weed, in bis last letter from Rome,
announces that he. had Just beon presented to
the Pope. Wo quote:
In the afternoon of Sunday, I wns present
ed by Mr. Cass to his Holiness. _Wo went by
nppotntmont at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Middleton,
of Bouth Carolina, Mrs. Rutliorford, of New
Jersey, and Gen. Stuart, of Baltimore, were
presented at the same time. Mrs. Middleton
Is tho daughter of a Roman officer, who died
recently, and who was for a long time Gover
nor ofthe castle of St. Angels. Sho had a
petition to present, as king for tho contlnua-
iloaof* pension to her mother. This led to
a conversation which displayed tho Popo in
all hla benovolcnce of heart.
I was gratified with tho opportunity thus
offered to see his fine, expressive countenance
lighted up. and to hear him speaking the Ian-
gunge ofklndnoss and affection which have
characterized his whole life."
Mr. Cass told mo that Mrs. Reed, of Bal-
timoro, whom ho presented twoor three weeks
igo, informed tho Pope that slio took a warm
interest in a church nearly finished In her
native city, and asked of His Holiness a pic
ture. This request was readily granted, and
a valuable painting goes to Baltimore.
“There was an unpleasant occurrence In
front of St. Peter's yesterday. When tho
Pope was abont to pronounce the Boncdiction,
a French officer ordered Mr. Jones, of Now
York, to takooffhlshat, Mr. Janes refused,
and tho officor knocked it off, for which be
struck the officer with his cane. Tho officer
struck hack with his sword, cutting Mr. Jones
slightly in tho hand, who returned another
blow with his cane. By this time he was ta-
kon In chargo by troops and carriod to prison,
Information was taken to-Mr. Cass, our Min
ister, who immediately wont to tho authori
ties, and after two or threo hours’ delay pro
cured his relcnso.”
turning in plowing or harrowing, than when
doing any other work.
Worth Knowino.—A young lady of Ibis
city, while In the country soma yearsago, step
ped on a rusty nail, which ran through hor
shoe and foot. Tho Infiamatlon and pate
wore very great, and look jnw was apprehend
ed. A friend ofthe fiimily, howovor recom
mended the application ofa boot taken fresh
from the garden and pounded flno, to tho
wound. It wns done, and the effect was very
beneficial. Soon the inflamatlon began to
subside, and by keeping on tho crushed beet,
changing it for a fresh one as its virtue scorn
ed to bccomo Impaired, a speedy cure wns ef
fected. Slmplo but effectual remedies like
this should bo known by everybody,—Phila
delphia Saturday Evening Post.
Com which Is Intended for tho market,
should not bo shelled until near the time of
sending It away; It should then bo thorough
ly dry, and carefully flrnned from chaff and
particles of cobbs, because theso substances
are frequently the origin of heat In shollcd
corn, from tbo feet ol their being more sub
ject to decay than the com Itself.
Every tiiino under shelter.—Tho wag
ons, carts, plows, harrowsj cultivator, liorso-
roko, Ac. cost on manv'fendl at least "S39D.
They wear out or break (n halfthe time they
wouldolliorwiso endure, by exposure; that
is, 6800 with Interest has to bo paid where
8300 might answer with cate.—Albany ('ul-
tivatoa.
Death from Excitement.—A fow days
since, two gentlemen, Wm H. Miller and
James McDonald, had an altercation near,
Martlnsburg, Va., In which tho latter was
knockcddown. A bystander told Mlllorthat
ho had killed him, when he, Miller, Immedia
tely fell and expired. Miller had been sub
ject to a discaso ofthe heart.
Somo excitement has been created at Rich
mond Virginia, In conseqnpnco of Govorucr
Johnson having commuted tho punishment of
death to that ofbanislimcnt from the State
tho case ofa slave named Jordan, who on be
ing whipped by a white ovei seer for had work
and disobcdlcnco, bad rlson against and kill
cd him, for which crime ho had beon regular
ly tried and sentenced to be hanged.
The Escapo of Thomas F. Meagher.
Wo have already mentioned the rumor of
the escape of Mr. Meaghor, ono of tho Irish
exiles, from Van Dleman’s Land. The New
York Truth Teller contains tho following ex
tract from a private letter, dated on board
British ship, nt Hobart Town, January 18th,
which would seom to confirm tho rumor.
"Meagher has mado his escapo from this—
somo say he has broken hisparolo, others say
not. Ho wrote to the police magistrate of his
district, to say that ho did not wish his leave
extended. Somo say ho left before the letter
was delivered, ethers say he did not, but that
lie remained until a person who was sont to
watch him came to his houso. Ho came out
and asked tho man whether he wanted him.
Ho said ‘No.’ Ho then went into tho house
and escaped through tlio back way. In two
hours after somo more polico came to arrest
him, but the bird had flown. And so tho
case stands.”-^Sae. News.
Tnn Excavations at Nineveh.—Private
letters from Nlnovoh state that Col. Rawlln
son, who Is now conducting tho excavations
abandoned by Mr. Lnynrd, “ has opened out
tho entire plnco of a sopulture of tho Kings
and Queens of Assyria." "There they lie '
wo are told, “In huge stonn sarcophagi, with"
ponderous lids, just as they were deposited
more than 3000 years ago,"
•
Laughter.
A faculty bostowod oxclusively’upon man,
and one which thoro (s, therefore, a sort of
Imploty in not oxevclslng ns frequently ns wo
can. Wo may say wi^i Titus, that wo havo
lost a day, If It has passed without luifghlng.
Tlio pilgrims at Mecca consider It so cssen- •
tlnl a part of their duration, that they call up
on tholr prophet to preservo them from sad
faces. "Ah I” cried Ilchellas, with an honest
prido, as his frionds were wcoplng over his
death-bed. “If I wore to dlo ten times ovor,
I novor should mako you cry half so much is
I have made you laugh."
Hard Swearing In France.
A most startling artlclo appeared in tho
Times: It was a list of various oaths taken by
French statesmen and French officials, from
tho lima of tho last oath proposed by tho
President—oaths of all colors, and all as serl-
outly carved as tho patchus of harlequin’s
jacket. Tho President has, of conrsa, his
own notion of an oath—that Is of nn oath
sworn by himself, Whon a Chinaman swears
ho breaks a saucer. Whon a Louis Napolcsn
swears nothing Is broken except the oath.—
Punch.
IffT A certain cockney bluobcard, ovorcomo
by his sensibilities, fainted at tho grave of hts
fourth spouso. "What shall wo do with him 1"
asked a porploxcd friend of his. “Let him
alone," orlcd a waggish bystander, “he'll soon
revive.
Smith says that, when tho law says that*
roan can't marry his grandmother, or his aunt,
io law makes an ass of lt-
A Doctor as is a Doctor.—A lolf-suffl-
clcnt humhng, who took up the business ofa
physician, and pretended to a deep knowl
edge of tho healing art was once called to
visit a young man afflicted with apoplexy.
Bolus gazed lnng and hard, felt his pulse and
pocket, looked at his tongue and his wife and
finally gnvo vent to the following sublime o-
plnion:
“J think lie's a gono follor."
“No, nol" exclaimed tho sorrowful wlfo,
“do not say tint."
“ Yes," returned Bolns lifting up his hat
and oyes heavenward at the same time, “yos,
I do say so; there ain’t no hopo, not tho least-
ost might; ha's got an attack of nihil tit in
his lost frontls—,’’
“Whore I" cried tho startled wlfo.
"In his lost frontls, and can't bo cured with
out somo trouble and a great deal of pains.
You see his whale planetary system is deran
ged; fhstly, hts voxpnpnli is prcssln’ an his
advalorem; secondly, his cutacardlnal cuta
neous has swolled considerably, If not more;
thirdly and lastly his solar ribs are in a con
cussed state, and he ain’t got any monoy, con
sequently he’s hound to die.”
A Short Confab.—"Say 1 hillol Joomcs,
wot’s your name 1 Look’ yo here, wore you at
SUnker's hall last evonlnl”
Yah, I vash dore mit minojolf, mine vrow
und dor mote littlo hoy.”
"now did you like It 7"
“Veil, I likes him so hotter ash nothing—
It vash goot, yet vas bettor as good, it vashe
nlsbo."
“Wot ’ad they ter eat, old six-and-olght
ponce 1"
'Veil day hash dcr bork nnd ponns, dor
senaps und der lawgor poor, a nlslio pand of
mooslo mit anudder hant-orkin, and a grate
pig flto unt dor fishts und pisbtol mit locks
und powdor.”
The “James” and hlsqucstlonor "Blid," one
to abcor houso, tho other to nobody knows
whore 1—iV. Y, Pic.
Bulltrog Concert.
An eastern editor hns boon favored with a
grand Frog Concert. Ho transcribes tho re
citation as follows i
“Rung do nung—knng tubg,
Koo do kung, to koo ;
Titterl, titteri nong,
Tittori, titterl koo."
full cuoous,
Bung do kung—kick a hu I
Te to wco noun da koo.
SOLO SOPRANO.
Tlddery po do wo kum,
Podo wcot, podo weet 1
CHORUS OF BASS VOICES,
Kung, kung, trata kunk,
Diggory kum, do kum de boo.
tree-toad solo.
Tr—a—a to weet!
Wcetorry dec I
The effect was truly astonishing; tho stars
blinked, and tho balmy zeph;
catch tho cuchantlng melod,
marries tho whole femily,
A poet says:
"Oli sho wns ftlr,
But sorrow camo and loft it traces there."
He does not inform us what became of tho
rest of tlio harness.
Questions in Military Tactics.—Which
Is tho most difficult operation 1 To knock
down a fort, or throw up a fortification!
Ought tho Poor te bo provided for ! y tho,
country 1
This question was onco debated tea litera
ry Society, Tho argument was summod up
a follows:
There are throe kinds of poor: tho Lord's
poor; tho Devil's poor, and tho poor Devils.
Tho Lord will tako caro of his poor, and tho
Devil will toko caro of his poor, and tho poor
Devils are not worth taking caro of.
Enoo.—Tho country need not trouble It
self about tliu poor.
Thoro Is a young lady up town who says
that if a cart wheel has nlno felloes attached
to It, It’s a pity that a woman Uko hor can’t
have ono follow.
A Midshipman's Apolooy.—Tho Scientific
American, te reporting an experiment with tho
Firo Anniidlator, briefly stated that tho “build
ing burned down, as ivator was not handy."—
Colton, the oxporiraenter te tho caso, has re
monstrated against this statement as untrue,
aud Insisted on. a correction. Whereupon
the Scientific American apologizes, and admits
that tho “water was handy, but, it not being
used, tho building burned down."
An Irish counsel being questioned by a
Judgo to know “ for whom ho was concerned,''
replied,I am concerned,my lord,for tbo plantlff,
but I am employod for tho defendant,”
Personalities.—An eccentric parson te tho
Old Dominion, who is known by tho some
what unique nntno of Sorvant Jones, onco
dined with a Mr. Owl who placed before his
guest the mortal remains ofa fowl whoso bones
formed tho debris of a former repast. The
parson was called upon to ask a blessing,
which hegdid te the following manner;
“Lord of love,
Look down form abovo,
And bless the Owl
That ate tho fowl,'
And left tho bones
For Sorvant Jones.”
(3T The Southern Era notices tho marri
age of Mr, John II. Stranger to Miss Eliza
beth A Stranger, ali of Albemarle county,' Va.
An exchango thinks that this is vory Strange,
but says, no doubt tho next ovont of courso
will bo a tittle stranger I
A major of militia te Pennsylvania, who
had recently been oloctcd, and who was not
overburthened with brains, took it into his
head on tho morning of parado to go out and
exercise a littlo by himself. The field selec
ted for the purposo was his own top. Plac
ing himself to a military attitude, with his
sivonl drawn, ho exclaimed,—"Attention tho
the whole! Rear rank, threo paces, march 1"
and ho tumbled down tho collar.
His wife, hearing the noise occasstoncd te
fulling, camo running out and asked—
“My dear liavo you killed youraclfl”
“Go te tho houso, woman,” said tho major
‘wbnt do you know about war 7"
An Epitaph.—thrmor named Kcozlo hired
a fellow who had-a knack of pootrymaklng to
write bis opitaph. Ho was to give tho pocta
dinner and supper for the job. After tho first
meal, ho sat down and began thus:
"Thoro was a man who died oflnto,
For whom nngols did impatient, wait,
With outstretched arras and wings of lovo,
To waft.him to the realms above."
Kcczle was much pleased with this, and
begged tho writer to go on;.but ho declined
finishing the epitaph until he had tho supper.
That Unished, ho put on hts coat, and then
wound.up tho verso in theso words:
"But while they disputed for tho prize,
Still hovoring around tho lower s
In slipped tho devil, like a ive
And down to ho kickci
After,which ho took to his
Keozlo after him withn horsoi
Stranoe Story.—Bayard
of his letters from'Africa, that,
“country of dogs” te Arabia v
wore te all respects hun
men had races llko dogs, c
and tolls liko monkeys. 1
but carriod on convi
tails. This lud
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