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Mirrlitv of instituting a claim fora wife whom death had already re'e ised from his jurisdic lion ofeaithH- 'laws was so manifest,that it wns at agreed by all parties to leave the matter to be adjudged by five referees. It was oo a bright and beautiful afternoon in spring, that we first met to hea r this singu lar case. The sunlight streaming through t!w* dasry windows of tiie -court room, and shed a halo around the long grey locks and] l.road -forehead of the defendant; while the phMtir* harsh features were thrown into still i»jMcr relief bv life same beam w hich softened tiie placid countenance of his adversary. The piaptuTs lawyer made a most eloquent appeal ti»r his elicit, and had we not been better in fo med about the matter. our hearts weald have melted at his touching description of the r«turn of the desolate husband, and the agony with which lie now belteSd his household gods removed to consecrate a stranger’s hearth. Ti»e celebrated Aaron Burr was counsel for the defendant, and wc anticipated from him a splendid display of oratory. 1 had never be fore seen him, and shall never forget my sur prise at his appearance. Small in person but n-iirii kahlv well informed, with an eye as quick and brilliant as an eagle’s, and a brow I'.ii towed bv care more than time, he seemed a very dale rent being from the arch traitor n.i 1 murderer I had been accustomed to con sider him. Mis voice was one of the finest 1 ever heard, and the skill with which he modu lated i’. the variety of its tones, and the melo dy of its cadences were inimitable. But there was one ;<cc iliarity about him that reminded me of the depths of darkness which lay be neath that fair surface. You will smile when I tell you that the only thing about him I dis liked, was his step. Me glided rather than wu ked; his foot had that quiet, stealthy move ment that involuntarily makes one think of treachery; and in the course of a long life, I never met with a frank and honorable man to whom such step was habitual. Burr made no attempt to confute his oppo nent’s oratory. He merely opened a book of statutes, and pointing with his thin finger to one of the pages, desired tlie referees to read it, whiL he retired for a moment to bring in ‘the principal witness.’ We had scarcely finished the section, which fully decided the matter in our minds, when Burr re entered with a tall and elegant female leaning on his arm. Sue was attired in a simple wdiite dress, with a wreath of ivy leaves encircling her large straw bonnet, and a lace veil completely con cealing her countenance. Burr whispered a few words, apparently encouraging her to ad vance, and then gracefully raising her veil discovered to us a face of surpassing beauty. I recollect as well as if it had happened but vesterday, how simultaneously the murmur of admiration burst from the lips of all pre sent. Turning to the plantifT, Burr asked in a cold, quiet tone, ‘Do you know this lady ?’ ‘1 do,’ was the answer. ‘Will you swear to that V ‘I will ; to the best of my knowledge and belief, she is my daughter.’ •Can you swear to her indentity 7’ ‘I can.’ said the plantifT. ‘What is her aged’ asked Burr. ‘Site was thirty years of age on the 20th day of April.’ ‘When did you last see her?’ •At her own house, about a fortnight since,’ replied the father. ‘And when did you last see her previous to that meeting?’ The plaintiff hesitated—a pause ensued— the question was repeated, and the answer at length was, ‘on the fourteenth day of May, 17—.’ ‘When she was just three weeks old,’ added Burr. ‘Gentlemen,’ continued he, turning to us, *1 have brought this lady here as an im portant witness, and such I think she is.— The plantiff’s counsel has plead most elo quently in behalf the bereaved husband, who escaped the dangers of the sea, and returned only to find his home desolate. But who will picture to you the lonely wife bending over her daily toil, devoting her best years to the drud gery of sordid poverty, supported only by the hope of her husband’s return 7 Who will paint the slow progress of her sickness, the wasting anguish of hope deferred, and, finally theover wlielming agony which came upon her when her last hope was extinguished, and she was compelled to believe herself indeed a widow ? Who can depict all this without awakening in your hearts the warmest sympathy for the de serted wife, and the bitterest scorn for the mean, pitiful wretch, who could thus trample on the heart of her whom lie had sworn to love and cherish 7 We need not inquire into his motives for acting so base a part. Whether it was of gain, or licentiousness, or selfish in difference, it matters not; he is too vile a thing to be judged by such laws as govern men. Let us ask the witness—she who now stands before us with the frank, fearless brow of a true hearted woman—let us ask her which of these two has been to her a father.’ Turning to the lady, in a tone whose sweet ness was in strange contrast with the scornful accents that had just characterised his words, he besought her to relate briefly the recollec tions of her early life. A slight flush passed over her proud and beautiful face, as she replied, ‘My first recollections are of a small, ill. ftirnishi-d apartment, which my sister and my self shared with my mother. Sue used to carry out every Saturday evening the work which had occupied her during the week, and bring back employment for tile following one. Saving the wearisome visit to her employer, and her regular attendance at church, she ne ver left the house. She often spoke of our father, and of his anticipated return, but at length she ceased to mention him, though I observed she used to weep more frequently than ever. I then thought she wept because we were so poor, for it sometimes happened that our only supper was a bit of dry bread, and she was accustomed to see by the light of the chips which she kindled to warm her fam ishing children, because she could not afford to purchase a candle without depriving us of our morning meal. Such was our poverty when my mother contracted a second mar riage, and the change to us was like a sudden entrance into Paradise. Wc found a home and a father.’ She pauacd. ‘Would yoa excite my own chfid agains' me !’ cried the plantifT as he impatiently waved his hand for her to be silent. Tne eves of the witness flashed fire as she spoke. ‘You are not my father.’ exclaimed she, vehemently. ‘The law may deem you such, but 1 disclaim you utterly. What! call yoa my father !—you, who basely left your wife to toil, and your children to beggary? Never! never! Behold there my father,’ pointing to the agitated defendant, ‘ t'oere is the inan who watched over my infancy, who was the sharer of childish sports and the guar dian of my inexperienced youth. Tiiere is he who claims my affection and shares my j home; —there is MY father. For yonder selfish wietch. I know him not. The best years of his life have been spent in lawless i freedom from social ties ; let him seek else-! where for the companions of his decreptitude, ! nor dare insult the ashes of my mother by 1 claiming the duties of kindred from her deser ted children !’ She hastily drew’ her veil over her ficc, as she ceased speaking, and moved as if to with drew. ‘Gentlemen,’said Burr. ‘I have no more to say. Tiie words of the law are expressed in tlie book before you ; the voice of truth you have just heard from woman’s pure lips ; it is for you to decide according to tlie requisitions of nature and the decrees of justice.’ j ‘I need scarcely to add that our decision was such as to overwhelm the plantifT with well merited shame.’ A GHOST. A apparition has been seen in Canada, ac cording to the Montreal Transcript.—Nobody can read the last paragraph, and disbelieve the account. No wonder the poor man could not lie quietly in his grave, after dying unannealed of such a sin. Last Tuesday fortnight, Mrs. ,(a lady of literary taste and rather studious habits,) sat reading in lier drawing room, the clock on the manulpiece struck twelve , as the last stroke reverberated through the apartment, Us door was suddenly flung open. In tlie act of rais ing her head to reprove the intrusion, (unrung for) of the servant, her eye rested on the form of her late husband ; she screamed and fell senseless on the carpet. —This brought up such members of the family as had not yet retired to rest; restoratives were administered, and when Mrs. , had regained possession of her suspended faculties, and being a woman of strong mind and highly cultivated intellect, she felt disposed to consider the whole of the distress she had undergone as theresr.lt ot certain associations between the melancholy tale she had been perusing and her late loss, operating on a partially deranged nervous sys tem. She however deemed it advisable that her maid servant should repose in her chamber, lest any return of what she had been determin ed to consider a nervous affection should dis tress herself and alarm the family. Last Tuesday night, feeling stronger and in better spirits than she had enjoyed for several months past, .Mrs. dispensed with the at tendant, retiring alone to her chamber, and went to bed a little before 10 o’clock. Ex actly as the clock struck 12 o’clock, she was awakened from her sleep, and distinctly be held the apparition she had before seen, ad ; vancing from the table (on which stood her ; lamp) till it Stood opposite to, and drow aside i the curtains of her bed. A sense of suffoca j ting opposition deprived her of all power to scream aloud. She describes her very blood I retreating with icy chilliness to her heart from every vein. The countenance of her beloved in life wore not its benevolent aspect; the eyes, once beaming with affection, were now fixed in stern regard on the trembling half dis solved being, who in the courage of despera. tion thus adjured—“ Charles !my dear Charles! why are you come ?” “ Jessie,” slowly and solemnly aspirated the shadowy from, waving in his hand a small roll of written paper, “Jessie, pay my newspaper accounts, and let me rest in peace /” THE LOTTERY TICKET. Mr. Taylor, the celebrated sailor preacher of Boston, once related the following anecdote. \ poor woman, who had once seen better! days, was finally compelled, by the intempe ranee of her husband, to resort to the wash j tub to earn a scanty subsistence for hersell i and children. At length, however, heartbro- ■ ken and destitute, she determined to purchase 1 a lottery ticket, with the hope that, if she should be successful, her husband might once more ■ enter into business and become a steady man. To her unspeakable joy, the ticket came up a prize of 810,000! Frantic, she ran to her husband, and throwing her arms about his neck, said, “ Oh my husband, now wc shall be happy ; now we shall live as we once lived— I have drawn a prize in the lottery! “Don’t be too sure of that, woman,” said the wretch, looking into her face with the ut- ; most composure, “ Don’t be too sure of that; j for I found the ticket in your drawer, and gave it to Mr. for a glass of rum!” The transition from sudden joy to sudden grief was so great that, no sooner had he concluded than the unhappy woman dropped at his feet, a lifeless corpse !• Alas! these stories, touch ing as they are, are nevertheless stern realities. N. O. Picayune. FOOD FOR THE MIND AND FOOD FOR THE BODY. ! Not long since, as Mr. Joy, auctioneer, of •his parish, (Brouchley.) was selling the furni- : ture and effects of a person about to leave, a lot was put up consisting of eight volumes of the Spectator. After the usual ceremony of i“ Going, going,” &c., the lot was knocked | down to a worthy neighboring farmer. On j the following morning the firmer came (as did many others) for his lot with a horse and cart; the auctioneer was somewhat surprised, and not a little amused, when told by the far mer lie was come with the cart for the articles bought, which he said he had taken to be eight bushels of speck'd talers (potatoes.) Thpv chnrge a man ten days imprisonment and 850 for whipping his wife, in Ohio. Quere 7—ls the imprisonment in her arms? If so. the Court should order her nails to be, pared. THE SOU TIIE ft N POST. From the ColUmbus Enquirer, July Si. PERILOUS ADVENTURE. The Stone Mountain, in DeKaib County, Geo., is know n to every body as a gcographi. caf Tact, but it requires an actual visit to be able to realize tlie grandeur and sublimity of this stupendous work of nature. Situated in tlie eastern part of the county, remote from the mountains, and in a section of country generally level, the stranger would approach it without being forwartied by any other dis play of nature an I therefore feel the greater surprise that a solid gTanite rock rose from the pi tin some fifteen hundred feet in height. Black and naked, except a shrubby growth of pine and cedar from its fissures, whilst the country all around is thickly set with forest trees, and the earth coated with grass and undergrowth, k has a melancholy influence upon the feelings of its new beholder, and whilst admiring this mighty effort of nature, he rejoices that tlie brave foreigner whose name the county bears, has such a monument con nected with it. Man, that ever busy and in ventive animal, not content to pursue the rules laid down in tlie good old book, which directs his path to the realms above, or fearing that plexities of tiiis lower world to be beyond their influence when upon the top of this huge pile has started a wooden tower from its summit, to be carried three hundred feet high, from w’hich, at its present iieight, with a glass which, is kept there, may be seen the villages, the water courses, the farms, the hills, and dales, oftne adjoining counties, presenting themselves in their miniature beauty and loveliness. It is indeed a splendid view, and no traveller, passing within fifty miles, should fail to visit it—more' particularly as there is no danger of the sad catastrophe which happened to the tower of old, unless indeed, the visitors are induced to test too freely the qualities of the champaigne and Juleps to be found thereabouts. On the southern side of the rock, and some four or five hundred yards from its summit, there are the remains of a breast work, w hich readies about half round it, and was evidently designed to prevent a further approach toward the top. When,or by whom,this was done is not known, and is one of the many evidences of war which may be found in various parts of this State, of which the traditions of the Aborigines give no account. Tlie northern part of the rock is almost perpendicular for about half iis height, from w hence it makes an angle of about 45 degrees to the tower on the top. The visitor, standing at its base on this side, contemplating its awfully grand and sublime appearance, must feel himself, and all his works sink into utter significance in the comparison. Led hither by the beautiful view from the tower, and the good accommodations at the tavern below, this place has become a fashionable stopping place for persons from all sec'ions of the United States, and a friend and correspon dent lias furnished us with the following facts in relation to the perilous adventure of Mr. Ciiarles Boyd, of Virginia; on the 16th ult. This gentleman, in company with others who were strolling over the rock, observed his dog, a fine and favorite water spaniel, pursue a bull bat towards the northern extremity.! Supposing the dog would shortly return, the company went on the tower and remained | some time, but the dog did not make his ap. j pearance. They wont down to the tavern, and | not finding him, Mr. Boyd and others conclu-1 ded to ride round to its northern base, calcula ting that in his pursuito! the bat, he had fallen from the precipice, and ns a matter of course.! he was dead. Judge of their surprise and' astonishment, then, when they discovered him; lodged in a small basin near the awful preci pice, several hundred feet from the earth and several hundred feet below the base of the tower, apparently beyon 1 the reach of all hu-j man assistance. His generous master, how-1 ever, was not disposed to abandon his dog, 1 without an effort to save him—and accordingly i reascended tiie mountain, attended by many persons anxious for the success of his under- i taking. He procured a large rope, used in building the tower, and started down thede-! clivity with such zeal as to alarm the fears of those above for his safety. He went as far as lie could go, and farther than prudence would l have dictated, without bettei and safer prepar i tions, when he discovered the impossibility of reaching his dog, without changing his plan. He therefore returned, and Ins friends, meet ing him as far down as it was prudent for them to venture, lie t ed a rope firmly and securely around him. his friends fastening the other end round a small cedar which grew from a fissure in tlie rock. Thus prepared, he set forward again, his assistants above gradually giving out rope till he descended three hundred feet, and found a firm foothold beside his dog, in a small basin, scarcely large enough for three men to stand in. He tied a pocket handker chief round the dog’s neck, and connected it by others to the rope round his body, and commenced his upward journey, drawing himself and his dog by the rope. When he came in sight of his friends above, slowly toiling along the upward steep, with his dog closely following, the air was lent with the joyful acclamations of his friends, and he was received by them with those feelings which manifested the deep interest they felt for his safety in this perilous adventure. Our correspondent says he cannot conclude the narrative without observing, that while Mr. Boyd was making preparations to go down with the rope, his faithful servant George earnestly solicited to take his master’s place, alleging the danger of the expedition, and his master’s ill health, which should induce him to transfer the rescue of the dog to him, which his generous master refused, saying, “ no, George, I’ll go myself;” an instance of fidelity and humanity not often witnessed. A simple minded old dame, residing near the | Water of Leith village, was attentively listen ingthe other evening, to her grandson reading n statistical account ofthe proportion of females to males in various countries of the world.' She easily comprehended how that, in Britain, | the women exceeded the men by six in a him. | dred, and in Spain by one in a thousand ; but | when it was stated that in Sweden the females 1 exceed the males by seven and a half in everyj : hundred, she exclaimed, “Goodness hne a care o’ me ' hae they half women in Swe ; den ?” From the American J*i!k Journal. ORIGIN OF SILK WORMS. How little was known about silk worms ir England and France one hundred years ago will appear from the following ; I have befon me a book entitled ‘A complete history o. Drugs, written in French, by .Monsieur Poniet chief druggist to the late French King Loui- XIV, to which is added, what is further ob servable on the same subject from Messrs Lemert and Tourncfort, die. 2d edition, Lou. don. 1725.’ This book gives the following as the Origin' origin of silk worms : * The silk worms are little insects whose origin is altogether surprising, as well as the various shapes and changes they undergo. Several authors have writ of them ; and a. mongst the rest Mr. Isnard, in a little treatise of his, at the 254th page, accounts for their original, thus : ‘At the time when the mul berry leaves are ready to gather, which should be five days after their budding, in the beginning ofllie spring, they take a cow which is almost at calving, and feed her wholly with mulberry leaves, without giving her auv thing else to eat, of iierbs, hay, or the like, till she has calved ; and this they continue for eight days longer; after which they let the cow and calf noth feed upon this some days together, without any other mixture, as before. They kill the calf after it has been filled, or satiated with the mulberry leaves and the cow’s milk ; then chop it to pieces to the very feet, and with out throwing any thing away, put all together, the flesh, blood, bones, skin and guts, into a wooden trough, and set it a top of the house in a granary, or garret, till it is corrupted; and from this will proceed little silk worms, which they lay together on a heap, with mul berry leaves to raise’em afterwards just as they do those which are produced from the eggs ; and these silk worms are abundantly more fruitful than those from the eggs ; so that those who deal considerably in them,never fail every ten or twelve years to raise them this way.* This learned and philosophical history of the origin in this insect, was gravely pub'ish ed in London, in 1725. That the book in which it was published was no trifling or ob scure affair, will appear from the fact, that it is ‘illustruted with about four hundred copper cuts' and among them is an excellent copper plate, representing the above method of pro ducing silk worms, viz : the cow feeding on mulberry leaves, the calf chopped to pieces and disposed in the wooden through, with nu merous little worms crawling out of it; the feeding of silk worms in their various ages, the latter spinning cocoons, the coupling ofthe moths, production of eggs, the silk reel, reel ing silk from the cocoons, 4ic. But the ob ject of bringing this curious piece of natural history before the reader, is to show the re il state of knowledge of the silk worm in En gland and France only one hundred and four teen years ago. It is true the learned trnns lator of the book, says, reference to the above process of producing silk worms, that ‘ this thought wants confirmation.’ However ridi culous the above may appear, it does not com prise a tithe ofthe absurb notions entertained by the French and Italians of those times on the subject of silk worms ; and, wlmt is still more strange, many of them are still retained and gravely enforced in their books. G. B. S. A MAGICIAN PUT TO FLIGHT. At St. Louis last autum, I witnessed the following amusing scene. A conjurer who called himself Monsieur Robert, after going through the usual feats of slight of hand, such as burning a card, loading a pistol with the ashes, and firing it against tiie wall, when the identical card that had been burnt was found sticking there unharmed—breaking watches into a thousand pieces, mixing together the fragments, and alter certain magical words, restoring them to their owner just as he had received them, with various other exhibition of a like character, exposing the absurdity of tlie old adage, “ that seeing is believing,” informed the spectators that he was now about to pro ceed to his “greatest exploit—vera wondoifu! —I no deceive you. One gentilliomme mav shoot de pistol, and I will catch de ball on do point ofmon epee—my sword.” At the word a decent looking man in the crowd called out to him to be on his guard. “Je suis p-es, take de bon aim, for I may miss de ball.” The pistol was fired, and Monsieur Robert held up, with a look of triumph, his swoid, with the bullet fixed firmly on the point. The applause that followed had just subsided, when two pistols were fired in quick succession from opposite directions. In a moment he was seen playing with a ball in each hand. “Ce n’est pas bein to fire without de notice ; but you see, n’importe, un autre Homme might have been killed. It is mv skill; je suis bien adroit.” Scarcely were the words pronounced, when a voice in front called out, “ Monseiur le Diable, now be on your guard.” Monsieur Robert saw the pistol levelled at him, but there was no time for exclamation. The report is accom panied by a crash that tells that the ball has entered the planks just by the side of his head, “ For God’s sake, gentilhommes, dis is no joke.” “ Here is another—you may have better lurk at catching this time. The report and crash followed as before. The magician could stand it no longer. Uttering screams of terror, in which English and French were ludicrously blended, he made his escape at a side door, amid the laughter and shouts of the company. They waited for some time—no Monsieur Robert appeared ; a commotion be gan, when a little shrivelled Frenchman came forward—“ Monsieur Robert say dat de per formances for dis evening nre over—he hope to see you all on de lendemain—de to-mor row.” The confusion increased, benches were, demolished—lights extinguished—ladies shrieked, &c. &c«, but no Monsieur Robert was forthcoming, and on de lendemain he was quietly smoking bis cigar on the deck of the Gov. Pike, and internally resolving never again to catch a bullet on the point of a sword on the bnnks of the Mississippi. N. Y. Spirit of the Time*. A Frenchman, gasconading over the inven tive genius of his country, said—“ TUe rnven. ted lace ruffles !” “ Aye,” said John Bull, “and w« added shirts to them." antiquities. A few days since, some laborers having oc ■asion to dig in the large mound between Louisville and Portland, d.scovered, about iiree feet under the surface, several graves, ibout thirty inches in length. Sides of slate were laid upon the bottom of the graves, two >ieces of similar material constituted the sides, >nd a flag stone of slate the ltd or top of a ough sarcophagus. In one of these graves a ere found near a dozm human skulls, and it feast a handful of nerfect and beautiful’ iceth ; also, the bones of persons, but these ' ' un, bled into ashes at the touch. 1 his is altogether a singular discovery. Hie gentleman who affords this information is probably the oldest resident of Louisville, and says he well recollects when this mound was covered by a growth of the heaviest poplar. 1 rhe-e remains must have been deposited in iheir narrow cell more than two centuries since. Tltere was a mode of burial among the Choctaw and oilier tribes, which would lead us to believe that these are Indian remains, deposited according to that custom. Wlten a warrior died among the Choctaws, instead of being committed to the earth immediately, ; his frame was suspended in the open air until the flesh dropped from his bones, and t e squaws kept vigil by his remains until “ the dust returned to dust.” Several skeletons were then deposited in one grave. From the fact that many heads were found sci this grave at the mound, we presume they must have been buried there by the dusky maidens of the forest in the olden time, in obedience to the customs of their people. Louisville (Ky.) Gazette- i SHAVING IN SPAIN. An Irish gentleman travelling through Spain tVcnt into a barber’s shop to get shaved. The man of foam w.th great obsequiousness placed his customer on the chair, and commenced operations by spitting on the soap, and rubbing it over the gentleman’s face, “Blood an’ oons !” was the illigant remark of the Irishman, “ is that tlie way you shave a gintleman ?” at the same time preparing in his wrath to overturn the wig minister- “It is the way we shave a gentleman, Setihor.” “Then how do you shave a poor min ? “We spit on his face and rub the soap over that," was the Spariard’s reply. “Oh, then, if I remember noth ng else but the one thing, it’ll be the Spanish Barber's distinction'," and so saying, the Hibernian rose, paid the demand, and departed. ALARM CLOCK. We understand that a gentleman has inven. ; ted anew use for the alarm clock. When he goes to bed, he ties a bottle of liquor to the alarm cord, and sets it at the hour when he expects to be dry, and goes to bed. At the set time the alarm runs down, the bottle hits the gentleman on the hmd ns notice that it has come; he drinks off the contents, and ; gops to sleep again. FARF. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. A gentlemen observed to Henry, Prince of Pi tissia, that it was very rare to find genius, ' wit, memory, and judgment, united in tlie fsame person. “ Surely there is nothing as tonishing in this,” replied the prince, “ Genius {takes its daring flight toward heaven—he is the eagle. Wit moves along bv fits and starts —he is the grasshopper. Memory marches backwards—he is the crab. Judgment drags along slowly he is the tortoise. How can you expect that all these animals should move in unison ?” GOOD. A school boy at a resent examination, at an English Academy, was asked by his instruc tor who discovered America ? “ I wish I mnv die,” says a correspondent ofthe Independent Banner of Truth, “ if he did’nt answer Yankee Doodle!” CANCER. Mr. Thomas Tyrrel, of Missouri, says he has effectually cured him-elf of an obstinate cancer by the “ free u- e of potash made of the ashes of red oak, boiled to the consistence of molasses, and applied as a poultice, covering the whole with a coat of tar.” Two or three applications, he says, will « remove all pro tuberanees, after which it is only necessary to heal the wound by common salve.” SPUNK. A young Indy at the North recently discar, ded her lover because when she and the young man’s sister got into a perilous situation, he extricated his sister first. She was not to be made a secondary consideration, and therefore told the young man te look somewhere else for a sweetheart and never speak to her again. Booh! diplomatic. The following passage occurs in the cor respondence between Col. Bee, the Texian Envoy to Mexico, and the Mexican Minister. It is in Col. Bee’s letter : “ I should be happy if you would have the kindness to make known to his Excellency, (Santa Anna,) the President ofthe republic] the fact of my arrival here, assuring him ofthe high consideration in which I hold him. and of the pain I have felt at learning the loss of his leg." “ Look hea. Sam Jonsirig, you know a ting l or ,wo < Doesn’t you link from de cloudifica nonob de atmosphere dat we’ll hah rain to- i day ?” “ Well. I declar Pete Gumbo. I doesn’t zacftv understand nstionemity, but I does link I jit tooks berv omnibus.” I *’ Well, dal’s jest dis child’s orpinion, but 1 ; had not de lurnolagy to ’spress it. 1 neber I studied skyology.” “ Daddy, I reckon as how I might go a courtm now bein’as how gooseberry pies is comm’m fashion, .naint I.” “ Yes, son. I reckon so.” U ell, if I dont go to see somebody’s gal next Sunday, then saw my old hat in two.” A French author says, “ The modest de poriment of those who are truly wise, when contrasted with the assuming air of the igno rant. may be compared to the different appear nnces of whent, which while the ear is empty holds up its bend proudly, but ns soon ns it is filled with grain, it bends modestly down and withdraw* from obtervttion.” I he inhabitants of St. John, N. 8., subseri Ivd one thousand dollars tor the relief of th, sufferers by the late disastrous fire at EasV port, Maine. We have heard of no simila, movement of generous sympathy on the n-.n of any town in the United States, and consider the act of the citizens of St. John a in the highest degree honorable to them J especially so in the present state of feeling b«;tween tlie border inhabitants of the countries. .. IWO N. Y. Gaz. t M W w man ‘"Northampton, who named her child Morus Mufticaulis, expects to get the state bounty, offered for raising that kind of food for worms. “ 0 dear ■' blubbered out an urchin who had just been suffering from the application ofthe birch. ‘O my » tell me about 40 rods make a furlong, but I can tell a bigger story than that. Let urn get such a plaguy lit-'ken as Ive had, and they’ll find out that one rod makes an acker The ladies having got up anew fashion, that Os wearing aprons behind. It is the most ridiculous fashion we have ever seen expect one, about which there is a great bustle. advertisemf.nt. On the sih of July, on night of a Monday, Klopcd from her husband, the wife of John Gundy, Ills grief lor her absence each day growing deeper; Should any one find her, he begs him t< > keep her ! ' A Frenchman having repeatedly heard the word press, used to imply persuade, one evening while in company, exclaimed, “ pray squeeze that lady to sing.” * The Louisville Journal, in describing the death of an inebriate by suicide says, “he staggered into eternity.” Where could b* found words more awfully expressive of a drunkard’s end? ' n. Y . Adas. Or who more awfully adequate to describe Spirit of tlie Times. Secure ns we may sometimes seem to our. selves, we tire in reality never so safe as to have no need of superintending Providence. Danger can never be at a distance from crea tures who dvv ell in houses of clay. Cowper. King William the Third remarked, that “ where there is an unwillingness to do any thing, reasons are easily found to prove that impossible winch is i ot so.” FANCY STOCKS. —WALL STREET. State ofthe Market. —Tne Board of 80. kersis shaved very thin, and its condition now is nearly transparent. Our current notes are uncurrent, and are oficner counted than dis counted. Brokers are now breakers, and many a floating capital lias l>cen sunk in them. It was proposed at a meeting of merchants yesterday, that a petition should be presente i to the Common Council lor changing the first letter in the name of the street from a W to an F. Dealers in hardware say they never found things as hard as now ; that tin plates are fi it, lead heavy, iron dull, spades are trumps, and more rakes in the market tiian inquired after; brass is, hovvevei, in demand for politicians; brads are also in request, but holders cannot be got to foik them out. Nails won’t go by pushing, and have to be driven. The dry goods merchants say that their case is hard, and complain that people prefer hank rags to theirs. In points every thing looks back, though many attempt to varnish tin thing over. Shippers of ashes have had to add sackcloth to them, their prospects ate bv no means pear ly, arid prices are going to pot. Tiie timber trade is pining, and holders have to rest upon their Oars to stave off the pressure. Tiiere is no spirit in tlie rum trade, and holders of vinegar look sour; champagne, however, is brisk. Rhubarb and senna are quite drugs, but there is a consumption of brimstone for match es ; many having lately been made. Since the disposal of art article in the fur cap line at the church door, we have heard of no further transaction. Holders of indigo look blue, but those deep read are not green enough to think that a sympton of the trade is dying. Starch is stiffening, and paper is stationary. In the meal market things are flowery, but the millers say that the high price of wheat goes against their grain, at which the bakers are also crusty. The grocers have got along pretty gingerly, but some having tasted spice at times, have become peppery. There is no life in dead hogs, but some ani. mation in old cheese. Bill of exchange are wanted; those which have crossed the Atlantic twice are inquired after. N. Y. Literary Gazette. PARALLEL OF THE SEXES. The North A merican says there is an ad mirable partitiou of qualities between the sexes, which the Author of our being has distributed to each, with a wisdom that challenges our unbounded admiration. Man is strong : woman is beautiful. Man is daring and confident : woman is diffident and unassuming. Man is great in action : woman in suffering Man shines abroad : woman at home. Man talks to convince: woman to persuadt and please. Man has a rugged heart: woman a soft and tender one. Man prevents misery : woman relieves it.. Man has science : woman taste. Man has judgment} woman sensibility. Mnn is a being of justice : w'oman an angel of mercy. The Buffiilonian says, “ A booby will talk of what runs in his head.” This calls to mind the reply of a celebrated English wit and poet, who being invited to dine with a 1“' dy in company with others, indulged his wag gish humor so far ns to offend her, and draw iorth from her a curl of the lip, and a pettish declaration that she did not regard him three *. ips of a louse 1 The reply was, “ A lady once told me, end in her own houee. She did not regard me three skip* of • lot*** • I forgive the deer creature whatever eheaaid. For woman will talk of what runt t»