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Nothing but fish.— Jemmy Whitley, as he was familiarly called, itinerant Irish manager, who flourished about eighty years ago, was celebrated for his eccentricities and his whimsicality. In the course of his professional tours he often played in small villages, where cash was not abundant, j and in such cases Jemmy was not particular j as to whether he received the public support in ! money or in kine. He would take meat, fowl, vegetables, &c., value them by scales, and pass in the owner and friends for as many admissions as they amounted to. Thus his Treasury very often on a Saturday resembled a butcher’s shop rather than a banker’s. At a village on the coast, the inhabitants brought him nothing but fish ; but as the company could not subsist without its con comitants of bread, potatoes, and spirits, a gen eral appeal was made to his stomach and sympa-j thies, and’sorne alterrmon in the terms of admis-i sion required. Jemmy, ticcorcllngly Imvjng aJ-, milted nineteen persons in one evening at a shad a-pieee, stopped at the twentieth, and said, “ I beg your pardon my darling, I am extremely sorry to refuse you ; but if we ate any more fish by the powers, we shall be all turned into mermaids. Mines in Arkansas. —Several valuable mines of lead have recently been discovered in the south western portion of Arkansas, and the ore is more abundant than at any of the other mines in the State. It is found in parallel veins of ‘‘leads,” about eight inches thick, near the surface of the earth, and increasing in thickness as they go down. One of these veins has been uncovered for a dis tance of one hundred and fifty yards, but as yet no attempts have been made to ascertain its depth. In the vicinity of these veins zinc is found, and also copper ore. At several points, mixed with the galena, small particles of native copper have been discovered. These mines are about eighteen miles from navigation, on Little river. A quarry of superior slate lias been discovered in the Choctaw country, near the western boundary of the State, which will soon be worked by a large force. The Adventures of a California Adventurer. — A young Sicilian, named Joseph Almanac, who, some twelve months ago, quitted his native shores to seek bis fortune in California, and having there amassed to himself a considerable quantity of the precious metal, he packed up his treasure and look sale for New York, where he converted his golden lumps into current coin and negotiable bills. Having made this step in advance towards fortune, he determined upon quitting Yankee land, and investing his capital on the English side of the Atlantic, presuming on the taciturn and contented spirit of John Bull for the security of his purchases being undisturbed by the commo tions which agitate less pacific nations. He ar rived in Liverpool a few days ago, and being of a gay temperament, visited various places of amusement, and among them the singing-room in Mersey street, where, while entranced with the concord of sweet sounds, he missed his pocket book, containing a 700 dollar New York note, and other notes, which have not yet been recovered. — Liverpool Courier. Courtship and Marriage. —The difference be tween courtship and marriage was never better explained than it is in the following : “ W hat made you £*et married if you did not like it?” “ “ Why I was deluded into it—fairly deluded —I had nothing to do evenings, so I went courting. Courting is fun enough, I have’nt a word against it. It’s about as good a way killing an evening as I know of. Wash your face, put on a clean dickey, and go and talk as sweet as sugai and mo lasses candy for an hour or two, to say nothing about a few kisses behind the door, as your sweet heart goes to the step with you. “ When 1 was a single man, the world wagged well enough. It was just like an omnibus ; I was a passenger, paid my levy, and had’nt anything more to do with it but sit down, and didn’t care a button for anybody. Sposiu’ the omnibus got up set, well I walks off, and leaves the men to pick lip the pieces. But then T must take a, wife and be hanged to me. It’s all very well for a while ; but afterwards its plaguy like owning an upset omnibus.” A Recent Incident. —ln the crowded market place of one of the south-western cities, a north ern vender of religious hooks was exhibiting his stock in trade, and calling on the people to step up and buy. He was a colporteur of the Ameri can Tract Society, but seemed to be so abundantly supplied, that he had the hook , which every man called for, whatever its subject or title. Indeed, the variety of his supply was so curious and ex tensive that one man offered to bet another, (Mr. B.) that he could not name a book which the vender had noton hand. Mr. B. took him up, and cried out: ‘‘ I say, Mr. Bookseller, have you got the me moir of the Devil ? ” “ The very thing,” replied the agent, taking out a nook, “the only authentic memoir of his majesty ever published, called the Holy Bible price twenty-five cents ; will you have it, sir ? ” Mr. B. was obliged to pay his bet and buy the Bible, which he took in the midst of general ap plause. 1 The Bloom of Age.—A good woman never can grow old. Years may pass over her head, but it benevolence and virtue dwells in her heart, she is as cheerful as when the spring of life first opened to her view. When we look upon a good woman we never think of her age ; she looks as charm ing as when the rose of youth first bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not faded yet —it never will fade. In her family she is the life and delight. In her neighborhood she is the friend and bene factor. In the Church, the devout worshipperand the exemplary Christian. Oh, who does not re spect and love the woman who has passed hei days in acts of kindness and mercy—who has been the friend of man and God —whose whole life has been a scene of kindness and love, a de : votion to truth and religion ? We repeat, such a ! woman cannot grow old. fehe will always he i fresh and buoyant in spirits, and active in humble deeds of mercy and benevolence. If the young lady desires to retain the bloom and beauty of youth, let her not yield to the sway ol t ash ion and folly; let her love truth and virtue; and to the close of life she will retain those feelings which now make life appear a garden of sheets —ever fresh and ever knew. How Grief affects IV omen and Men. — The sta tistics of suicides in France, showing the relative numbers of male and female suicides, exhibit the following causes :—Crossed in love, 97 males, I*s/ females; jealousy, 39 males, 52 females ; mor tified pride, 27 males, 27 females; calumny and loss of reputation 97 males, 28 females; re morse, 37 males, 12 females; disappointed am bition, 110 males 12 females; reverse of fortune, 283 males, 39 females; gaming, 141 males, 14 females; other species of misconduct, 208 males, 79 females ; domestic chagrins, 524 males, 200 fe males misery 511 males, 594 females ; fanaticism, 1 male, 13 females. It would, therefore, seem that somewhere about live women died from love for three men; that the ladies have considerable the advantage, or rather the disadvantage, in jealousy ; that in pride they are on a par with the lords of the cre ation ; that in calumny and loss of reputation they bear with three times the fortitude that men evince ; that they feel only about one-third of the remorse which the other sex experience ; and that to the sorrows which flow from disappointed ambition, reverse of fortune and gaming, they are exposed in a very slight degre in comparison with their yoke-fellows. This calculation, it will he remembered, applies hut to French ladies. In what light a similar calculation would exhibit our own fair countrywomen, we presume not to conjecture. A Discovery. — An idea has for some time been prevalent among our fishermen, that one day or other their lucky stars would lead them to the discovery of an oyster bed on the English coast, and this dainty vision has recently met with a most unexpected fulfilment, a bed ol real “ na tives ” having been found near the South Scroby, and supposed to he nearly two miles long. The “divings” in this new California have already been extensive, and several boats have landed their cargoes, which have been retailed at the re markable low 7 price of ten a penny. The fish are delicately flavored, and though at present small, in a few weeks they wall doubtless become fattened. The value of this fortunate discovery can hardly he overrated, as it w ill afford immediate and pro fitable employment to very many poor persons, and it may hereafter rise to he one of the most important branches of the Yarmouth fisheries.— Bury Herald. Life in a Cheese. — If decayed cheese be ex amined by the microscope it wall be seen to sw r arm with a multitude of small transparent animals of an oval figure, terminating in a point, some thing in the form of a snout. These insects are furnished with eight scaly articulated legs, by means ol which they move themselves heavily along. Their head is terminated by an obtuse body, in the form of a truncated cone, where tlie organ through which they feed is apparently situ ated. The greater part of their bodies is covered with several long sharp-pointed hairs. It is found that their are another kind of mites that have only six legs; they are all extremely tenacious of tile, for Leuwenhock says that some of them which he had attached to a pin before his microscope lived in that state several weeks. Curious Proceedings. —At the time of the bur ning of the Ocean Monarch tw r o Welsh boatman were apprehended by Tuck and Bates, detective officers of Liverpool, on a charge of murdering one of the passengers of the Ocean Monarch. — The passenger subsequently turned up, hut the boatmen were committed for the robbery of his trunk, tried at an assizes in Fraitshire, and acquit ed. Last week they brought an action in the County Court at Holywell against the two officers for false imprisonment, and recovered <£2o dama ges from each.— English paper. Anecdote oj Daniel O'Connell. —Meeting one day an author newdy fledged, and greatly elated by the hit of his literary first-born, O’Connell shook him heartily by the hand, “ Well, my dear fel low, I congratulate you heartily on the success of your hook. I have seen something extremely good in it.” “ What was it sir ? ” said the de lighted author, rubbing his hands and blushing, “ A mutton pie, my dear fellow,” replied the lib erator, chuckling slily. The Temperance Army . —The printed journal of the proceedings of the last Annual Meeting of the National Division of the Sons of Temper ance, shows that on the 31st of March, 1849, there were 35 Grand Divisions ; 4,398 Subordi nate Divisions, 221,478 contributing members. During the year previous there were 111,520 members initiated; 10,049 suspended; 10,974 expelled ; 10,821 violations of the pledge ; 4,- 771 re-instated ; 1,510 violatious second time.- Cash received $716,583 09; paid for benefits $200,885 68; cash on hand $336,514 68. The largest number of initiations took place in Ohio 9,871. Largest number of expulsions in Penn sylvania, 3,273. Largest number of violations of pledge also in Pennsylvania 2,653. Ohio has the largest number of Divisions, 570. New York has the” largest number of members, 28,654. Penn sylvania paid the largest amount for benefits, $42,727 62. Alabam initiated 8,846. Tennessee, 8,683, Georgia 7,701, Mississippi 6,556, Virginia. 6,686, Indiana, 6,556. Total increase over pre vious year, i,7 44t“Divisions, unit T2,i00 uitujbci&. Scene in California , —An amusing circumstance happened to Gen. Riley while he was on a visit here a few weeks since. A Sonoranian caught the General in possession of a mule bearing his brand, and, not knowing his rank, he had him arrested and brought before the Alcade. When the Mexican discovered that he had arrested the Governer of the territory, he thought his lease of life was at an end, and manifested a strong desire to leave the court suddenly; but it was too good a joke for the Americans present, so they held him in durance until he prosecuted the suit. The General had purchased the mule in the placers from some scamp, and on discovering the rightful owner, astonished his already shaking nerves by offering him pay in coin, instead of a rope, which he despairingly looked upon as the certain reward he would receive for such a high-handed act. — After receiving his pay he fled from the mines, for he could not be persuaded that the Governor would not send a file of soldiors for him, and condut him lohead-quarters for execution. Questioning Candidates. —There is in every po litical contest, however heated, some little fun ; and in the West it seems a natural ingredient.— One of the candidates for a local office in Cincin nati, was interrogated after this wise—Q. Are you in favor of the next war ? A. Yes. Q. Should jyou run, will you stop running when the polls j closes, or will you run all night ? A. I’ll stop Q. Are you a judge i)f good brandy? A. Try me. Every thing was satisfactory to the constitu ent except the dime which the brandy cost him. Impressions of Medals. —A very easy and ele gant way of taking the impression of medals and coins, not very generally known, is thus described by Dr. Shaw; Melt a little isinglass glue with brandy, and pour it thinly over the medal, so as to cover the whole surface; let it remain on a day or two, till it is thoroughly dry and hardened, and then taking it off, it will be fine, clear, and as hard as a piece of Muscovy glass, and will have a very elegant impression of the coin. It will al so resist the effects of damp air, which occasions , all other kinds of glue to soften and bend, if not prepared in this manner. The Yankees “Found Out." —A recent Boston correspondent of the Herald says that he has found the secret of Yankee prosperity. “It is universal, incessant, persevering, calculating, well directed labor. Work has done it all. With a natural capital of rocks, and harbors, and forests, and waterfalls, industry has lined the valleys with factories, the hills with cottages and schools, the plains and peninsulas with cities and villages, has penetrated the country in every direction with railroads, and has whitened all the seas with the sails of Yankee ships freighted with Yankee no tions.” i Speed the Plough. —At the cattle show in Clare mont, N. H., the town of Croydon, fifteen miles distant, sent in a team of eighty yoke of oxen at tacned to a hugh wagon containing a fine band of music and filled with sturdy farmers. The Cleveland (Ohio,) True Democrat notices a. touching incident that occurred in that city', a few nights since, at a concert given by Mr. Dodge. 1 “Upon concluding Seba Smith’s beautiful song, descriptive of the death of Mrs. Blake, (which ( took place on the Green Mountains, in Vermont, ‘‘ in Dec. 1521,) who was found frozen to death with her infant hugged to her breast still alive—it - was made known that Mr. Blake and the young 1 %/ Q lady thus saved, were at that moment in the room ? i Cure for Dysentery. —We are informed that a 1 medical gentleman of high standing in his pro- ‘ session, invariably prescribes ice, and ice only, i for his patients in dysentery, and in most cases 1 with success. The ice is to be pounded small enough to swallow it, and the patient is to swal low a small quantity of it every three or four ( minutes until the disease ceases. Three or four r instances have come within our own knowledge, S in which violent cases of dysentery have been “ cured within the course of a single day by this remedy.— N. Y. Journal of Commerce. \ The Frenchman who dug $3,200 at California S in one afternoon, is dead ! The lumps were so C large that they could’nt find one small enough to pay his funeral expenses. & The Game of Chess.-**- Oh !itis a dangerous game, by the way, that game of Chess, with i t gallant young knights, clever fellows, up to all sorts of deep moves, who are perpetually laying siege to qneens, keeping them in check, threaten, ing them wilh the bishop, and, with his assistance mating at last; and much too nearly does it re l semble the game of life, to be played safely witlj a pair of bright eyes talking to you from the other side of the board, and two coral lips— mute j n . deed, but in their silence discoursing such “ sweet music” to your heart, that the silly thing, daucina > with delight, seems as if it meant to leap out of • your breast; and it is not mere seeming either’-! F for hearts have been altogether lost in this wav ; before now. Oh! it’s a dangerous game, that ; game of chess. Cheap and Invaluable Dentifrice. —Dissolve two ounces of borax in three pints of boiling water* before quite cold, add thereto from one to four tablespoonful of tincture of myrrh, and one ta hUspoonful of spirits of camphor. Bottle the mixture for use. One wineglass of the solution - added to half a pint of tepid water, is sufficient 1 for each application. This, applied daily, p re . 1 serves and beautiiiesthe teeth,extirpates all tarta s rous adhesion, produces a pearl-like whiteness I arrests decay, and induces a healthy action to the ] gums. f Water Proof Paper. —An English paper speaL ? of a patent lately obtained for a method of water. I I proofing paper, which is said to render the paper | so completely impervious that it may be immer sed for days in water without any apparent effect being produced on the texture. Never shrink from a woman of strong sense.— If she become attached to you it will be from see ing and valuing similar qualities in you. You may trust her, for she knows the value of your confidence ; you may consult her, for she is able to advise ; and does so at once with the firmness of reason, and the consideration of affection.- Her love will be lasting, for it will not have been lightly won—it will be strong and ardent, for weak minds are not capable of loftier grades of the passion. If you prefer attaching to yourself a woman of fcebled understanding, it must be either from fearing to encounter a superior per son, or from the poor vanity of preferring that admiration which springs from ignorance, to that which arises from appreciation. The Boston Journal publishes a letter from a young man in the gold regions, who gives the fol lowing advice to his friends at home : “I shall never advise you to come here now, but 1 wish you were here. You would make mon ey. You could make a handsome fortune in two years, with the goods and capital you talked of coming out with ; but it is too late now, so many heavy men are already here. If you know anv young men who leave good situations to come here to get rich in a year tell them to stop where tkj arc , but if they are smart, aud are willing to live in this horrible country five or ten years, they will stand some chance of being worth five or ten thousand dollars. Young men with small intel lects and limited means, had better stay at home.’’ An anonymous letter was received by a mer cantile house in this city, on the 13th ult., post marked “ New York, October 10.” containing $l5O, which the writer states is the amount, with interest of an error in their account of 1837. \Vehave, been requested to state that the houseto whom the letter was addressed, appreciate the motives that prompted the individual to make the re rn i 11a n ce.— Cha Heston Courier. “As no man liveth to himself; so no man sill’ neth to himself; and every vagrant habit uprooted from the young and ignorant, every principle o) duty strengthened—every encouragement to re form offered, and rightly persevered in-—is cast ing a shieid of safety over the property', file, peace, and every true interest of comm uni (y > so that it may be said of this most emphatically* as ofevery duty of man. “Knowing these things, happy are ye if ye do them.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer of Friday say? that the steamer Rochester ran into a school when coming into port yesterday. The capta” of the latter ran out on his bowsprit, jumped aboard the steamer, and whipped her captain.-” He hailed his mate, the vessel brought to, yawl was let down, and the captain got ab° and put out as if nothing had happened, There is just now a great deal of talk about manufactured ice. “My sister,” quoth a p^ r brother, “is the finest specimen of it I ever She received a legacy a few days ago, and in 3ll instant became a solid lump of ice to me.” Si# is not the only one whom prosperity has frozen* A Y irginia paper presages a cold winter be cause the squirrels were emigrating south in g re3 ‘ numbers, a circumstance which those versed 13 squirrelology, regard as the sqre sign of a season. Georgia enterprise, in starting factories lines of travel has caused the establishment several new towns in that State. Two of th es on Flint River are named Oglethorpe and B rl3t ° ’ No man has a right to do as he pI CiU J except when he pleases to do right.