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You see him sitting on a log, Above the “vasty deep,” You feel iucliued to say “Old chap, Just look before you le ipl” You raise your cane to hit him on Ills ugly looking mug; But ere you get it half way up, Adown he goes kerchug » |sktl!aitms. The danger of Musical Titles: OR, “ONE KISS AT PARTING.” A lady of fashion (the well known Marchioness of Finsbury) had been loitering for nearly an hour in a fash* ionable music shop. She had pur chased a copy of nearly every piece of music that had a sentimental tale. She had sent into her carriage a whole Canterbury full of love going through every mode of the feelings, past, pres ent or future, and was following then example, when she paused upon the step, as if meditating whether she should take it, or some other step that was evidently turning itself over in her mind. The shopman, who had been somewhat moved by the tender tone j of voice in which she had asked him, j ‘Wilt thou love me then as now?’ watched her with anxiety that betray ed itself too plainly in the adjustment of his collar and the arrangement of his hair. Suddenly the marchioness, pale, her auburn ringlets fluttering in the wind, stood once more before the admiring shopman. “I had nearly forgotten,” she said ih a voice that seemed to veil her blushing words—“dear, dear! I cannot tell where my head is to-day, I have come back to ask you if by chance here she paused, as if to take new courage, whilst the trembling shopman placed his two thumbs elegantly on the mahogany counter, and leant his body inquiringly forward, “to ask you to be kind enough to give me one kiss be fore parting?” “Ma-a-a-a-d-a-m!” exclaimed the as tonished shopman. “I want you,” repeated the march ioness, to let me have one kiss before parting—one will do, if you please.” She raised her beautiful blue eyes full upon his, and met them boldly, .unblushingly. She then, without be traying any emotion, repeated her question, adding as calmly as possible, “If you cannot give it me now, I will call some other time.” lie could doubt no longer l Spring ing over the counter, he seized hold of the marchioness’s fair form, and, then and there, gave the kiss she so .earnestly begged'for previous to de parture.* To his great astonishment, the only return the marchioness made was to give a him a tremendous box on the ears! This was followed by a vol ley of blows dealt by her parasol over his head, which were accompanioned with an equal number of shrieks that never terminated till the police .came into the shop. The affair was carried to Bow street, but was soon dismissed, upon its being explained that “One Kiss Before Parting” was the title of a song, which the unsophis ticated shopman, blissfully green from :his native fields, had never heard of 'before. It was a favorite joke with the old *duke ter ask the marchioness, whenever she was at the piano, if she would mind giving him just “One Kiss Be fore Parting ?” —« ♦Ate 1 Electricity. — Tne following re markable story is related in a recent number of the Courier de t Europe: “A gentleman employed in one of the telegraph offices in France, acci ifently brought his arm in contact with one oi’ the wires while the electric cur rent was passing through it. So vio lent was the shock that he was raised from his chair and thrown with great force through an open window into the adjoining garden. When he recover ed his senses, he had no recollection of what had happened, and could onl y be convinced of it by finding that Ins hair and beard, which were previously of a jet black;'had become in various places as white as snow. It devolves on men of science to explain this phe nomenon, which will form a;i epoch m the history of electricity." % Mttklg fmtrtef:—s}ftrott& f o fiteratnrff clitic.?, atftr dmral ftlistrilaiti). FROM THE COURIER AND ENQUIRES. The Central American Republic. The expedition of Colonel Kinney and his command to the Mosquito Ter* ritory for the establishment of anew Central American Republic is an event of no small mark. It will tell upon history. There is not a shadow of a doubt* that the expedition will be made, and a colony formed; and there is strong reason to believe that its en tire plan will be successfully consum mated. The scheme, it is known, lias been for a long while in contemplation. Many years since a grant of the greater portion of the Mosquito Territory was made by the King of the Mosquitoes to Samuel Shepherd and two associates, for a pecuniar} r consideration, amount ing to about thirty thousand pounds, and it is under a transfer of that title, which, we understand, Mr. Webster pronounced to be perfectly valid, that the present company, consisting of some thirty gentlemen, among whom are Senator Cooper, of Pennsylvania, and William Cost Johnson, of Mary land. Col. Kinney goes out as the agent and representative of this corn pan}'. lie is well known as the lead er of the Texan Rangers in the Texan struggle, and is noted for his. resolu tion and energy. The members of the expedition will number about a thousand, and each will receive, on landing, a certain allotment of land from the company’s possessions. The enterprise is in no sense iillibustering. It involves, as we understand it, no in vasion of foreign territory, or occupa tion of other people’s soil. It is fa vored not only by the Mosquito au thorities, but by those of all the Cen tral American Republics, and has the countenance of both the American and the English governments. The design is to found a new' inde dependent republic on the Mosquito coast; then to take measures for a Convention from the republics of Nic araugua, Honduras, San Salvador, Costa Rica, Yeragua and New Grana da, ia order to adopt a Federal Con stitution, and establish a government analogous to that of the North Amer- ; ican Union. It is stated that the most enlighted men in these various countries are decidedly in favor of the undertaking and have confidence in its practicability. The lesson of Tex an prosperity, and the very marked imp ulse given to the improvement of Central America by the influx of American population, consequent upon the opening of the various routes across the isthmus, have completely broken down the old prejudice against the American character and influence, and have implanted a positive respect and confidence. It is calculated, and we think reasonably enough, that the American colony or republic will spee dily acquire a moral force which will put new' life and energy into ever y State of the Federation ; and that a se - curity and a stability and a symmetry will be given to the whole civil and ju dicial system of the country, which wil Inot only have the happiest effects upon Central America itself, but will afford every South American re public an example from which they may derive immense advantage. It will have the valuable effect of remov ing a most troublesome subject of vari ance between the United States and Great Britain. The Mosquito dispute would be at once wiped out of exis tence. It does not at all enter into the plan to annex any part of the country to the United States, or to form any more intimate political connection with it than any other nation. The moral bond which will unite the two Federa tions would be enough fin itself to satisfy the largest desires of eith er. The land ceded to this company comprises about thirty millions of acres. The entire Federal Union would ex tend over an area of nearly five hun dred thousand square miles, an area more than ten times as large as New York. It is a region, as all the world knows, of remarkable, conformation. High mountain ranges, isolated volca nic peaks, elevated table lands, deep valleys, broad fertile plains and exten sive alluvions are here grouped togeth er, relieved by large and beautiful lakes and majestic rivers, the whole teeming with animal and vegutable life, and possessing every variety of climate from torred heats to the cool and bra cing temperature of an eternal spring —The country is very rich in mines, and has abundant agricultural resour* ses. With ports on the Atlantic and the Pacific opening to Europe and Af rica on one hand, and to Asia and Poly nesia and Australia npon the other, no country can be more favorably situated for commerce. The people ‘ generally though made up of a variety of races, are well-disposed and peaceful, and are in great measures free from political passions and social crimes. It is very true that the different governments have been sujebet to disorders and rev olutions from the date of indepenence., from Spanish rule, but there has beep a decided and most pal able, progress; and the lessons which hard experience has brought have not been in vain. An energetic, enlightened, law-res pectihgr ordor-looking American re public, placed in their midst, and wor king out before their very eyes the tr.e- EATONTON, CIA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1855, mendous power which is inherent in genuine American principles, must, in tlm very nature of things, give an im pulse to the whole region, such as no other agency could accomplish. The managers of the present expedition are sanguine of success. Perhaps they are too sanguine. We think it cer tain that they will require eminent sa gacity and produce to overcome. It is fixed that the policy of the colony shall be a purely peaceful one: but it is often hard to preserve such a policy in dealing with an inferior race, when force so often promises to be more ex peditious and effectual than reasoning or bargaining. Yet it is certan that no such union of the different republics as that proposed can bo effected by co ercion or intimation. The bond of union must consist in confidence, and confidence can only come from friendly action. The first law of the colony should be the strict observance of that justice which finds its sanction in the breast of all men everywhere, whatev er be their political or social condi tion. The colony will find its chief el ement of success in its moral force ; if it lose that, its history will be a contin ual struggle. The character of those who engaged in the enterprise, as well as the personal interests at stake, in spire us with a trust the colony will acquit itself worthily of its high re sponsibilities, and present to the world another proof that there is that in the blood of the countrymen of Washing ton which can not only perpetuate its own life, but can freshen, quicken, and irevitalize even the dullest foreign life it touches. Death of Crockett. The following is a graphic sketch of the last moments of a brave man : “ Colonel Crockett, wounded and closely pursued by a number of the enemy, retreated into the church, fell ing them as they approached. He stationed himself in a ninche, in the corner; determined to face the foe to the last and sell his life dearly; with his rifle and a superabundance of side arms, he hewed and shot them down with the same awful certainty that was wont to characterize his indomitable spirit. His position rendered access to him’utterly impossible, except by a direct and close approach in front; af ter some eight or ten of them were laid before him, a feeling of awe seem ed to seize hold of the assailants. One of them who could speak a little bro ken English, probably preferring to have the signal honor of capturing so noble a specimen of American valor to present to his “dear master,” said to Crockett, “surrender! senor.” A flash of the most sovereign scorned darted from the fiery eye, and as it pierced that of the enemy, he seemed to be transfixed. In a voice of thunder Crockett answered, surrender! No! lam an American, and as he spoke he sent a ball through the heart of the paralyzed foe. He appeared for a mo ment like a wounded tiger, strength ened and buoyed by each additional wound; now hewing them down with his well-tried sword, next dealing death with his fire-arms. His person was lit erally drenched with bis own blood ; his strength must soon yield to its loss. Yet such physical power wrought to the highest degree of excitement -can perform incredible procliges. This was the last concentrated energy of a pow erful man, aroused,. animated, and guided by one of the noblest attributes of man—love of liberty. He knew for what his life was about to be sac rificed; that devastation and butchery woulcl follow the footsteps of his heart less foes, that women would be sacri ficed to satiate the desires of the con queror ; and, feeling the holy inspira tion of a dying patriot, he fought man fully til! the loss of blood and ap proacii of death stayed his up raised arm ; his rifle was broke to pieces, his pistols fell to the floor, and nothing'but his faithful sword was left. In the agony of death, with a terrible grasp, he brought his last weapon upon the head of the nearest assailant, and fell victoriously across his body in the arms of death. In this.corner of. the church there twenty-six dead Mexi cans, and no other American having fought or fallen ,at that point, it is con sidered beyond all reasonable doubt, that all of them fell by the hand of Tennessee’s favorite son ! All were now dead, not a man left to relate the wonderful deeds of this illustrious bapdof heroes! Not a companion left to rear a monument to their memory ! But,"ah !no monument is required to perpetuate their lame. So long as free dom has an abiding place in America, will their heroic deeds and proud names be hela sacred. The skeleton of the mastodon dug up at Newburgh, a few years ago, is in the possession of Dr. Warren,,of Bos ton, who has erected a fire-proof build ing for its preservation, at of about ten thousand dollars It is twelve feet high, and weighs twenty two thousand pounds. ' - ♦ •* Happiness is a. butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. imwib cdib AiPi^saßSswMWDst 0 * Tombstone Poetry. -There are some singular epitaphs to be found scattered over the multitudin ous tombstones of English graveyards. Rural bards, who attempted in vain to immortalize themselves by a dignified occupation of the “Poet s Corner,” in village Magazine or County Chronicle, have at length attained the summit of their ambition, by having their ver sicle recorded on enduring stone. In cognito to the rest of the world, but the pride of their own family, and the wonder of a small circle of ignorant admirers, they exult in their local re nown, and regard with supreme scorn any daring critic who should seek -to quench the fire of their genius. St. Philip’s churchyard, Birming ham, contains the following happy specimen of what may be termed the Hibernian sentimental: Oh ! cruel death, how could you be so unkind* To take him before, and leave me behind ? You should have taken both of us, it either, Which would have hem more phasing to the sur vivor ! One Ann Collins had the misfortune to fall into a cask of beer in the neigh borhood of the village of Kirig Stant ley, and the coroner’s jury having brought in of found drown ed, the village poet—some despairing lover, perhaps—thus records upon her tomb the sad story of her fate : ’Twas as she tripped from cask to cask, In at a bung-hole quickly fell: Suffocation was her task, — “She liad no time to say farewell.” There are two points in this painful pathetic epitaph, which strike us as apocryphal. Frist that the. unhappy lady should have fallen through a bung-hole, and secondly, that she should have it “her task ” to suffocate when we should have thought it her duty to scramble out. The faking through the bung-hole may possibly have been true —we say “possibly,” because the story is rather hard of cre dence, but as we recollect having once seen written upon a goodly cask ex posed in front of a store, the words, “For sail,” and underneath in a differ ent hand, “For freight and passage enquire at the bung-hole,” it was quite -as possible for Ann Collins to fall through the bung-hole, and get drown ed as for ah individual to respond from a bung-hole, in answer to some anx ious emigrants enquiring for freight and passage. It is a question for the casuists, and to them we leave it. . ’Tis true I led a single life, I nare was married in my life ; For of that sex I nare had none— * It is the Lord; Ilis will be done. Asa counterpart to the above, Step ney church-yard contains the coarse effusion of a man who certainly had been married. Whether his deceased spouse had been the “cream” of one “Tarter,” and the “salt,” of another, is now unknown to the world, but the widower expresses himself as if greatly relieved. Whatever she may have been, her epitaph stamps him an irreligious brute. But here it is:— My wife she’s dead, and here she lies; Nobody laughs, and nobody cries ; Where she’s gone, and how she fares, Nobody knows, and nobody cares. Our next is one which was formerly to be found in Ashburton churchyard. But the bitter sarcasm it flung in the face of the vicar and the gentry, has led to its removal: Here Hie al the chancel door; Hero I lie, because Tm poor; The farther in the more you pay ! Here lie I as warm as they. Diogenes might have written that. It is wholly in his cynical and sarcas tic vein. To the next we lift our beaver with reverence and with it we appropriate ly close this article. It may yet be found in Portsea cemelry: What was she ? What every good woman ought to be, That was she. The Animated Stalk. —The fol lowing is taken from. a recent work, entitled “Platt’s Book of Curiosities:” “This very remarkable animal was found by Mr. Ives, at Cuddalore ; and he mentions several kinds of it; some, appearing like dry straws tied togeth er ; others like grass; some have bodies much larger than others, with the addition of : two scaly imperfect wings; their neck is no bigger than a pin, and twice as long as their body ; their heads are like those of a hare, and their eyes vertical and very brisk. They live upon flies, and catch these insects very dexteriously with their two fore feet which they keep doubled up in three parts, close to the head, and dart out very quick on the .ap proach of then- prey ; and when .they have caught it, they cat it very vo raciously, holding it in the same man ner as a squirrel does its food. On the outer joints of the fore feet are several very sharp hooks, for the easier catching and holding of their prey while with the other feet, which are four in number, they take hold of trees, or any other thing, the. fetter to sur prise whatever t|j.ey lie in wait for.- They drink like a horse, putting their mouth into the water.” JL Value of a Manuscript. The original manuscript of Gray’s Elegy was lately sold at auction in London. There was.really a “scene” in the auction room. Imagine a strang er entering in the midst of a sale ‘of some rusty looking old books. The auctioneer produces two small half sheets of paper, written over, torn and mutilated. He calls it a most ‘interest ing article,’ and apologizes for its con dition. Pickering bids £l.O ! Rodds, loss, Thorpe. Bolin, Hoi way, arid some few amateurs quietly remark, twelve, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, and so on, till there is a pause at sixty three pounds. The hammer strikes. “Hold!” says Mr. Foss. “It is mine,” says the amateur. “No, I bid .sixty-five in time.” “Then I bid seventy.” “Seventy-five says Mr. Foss; and fives are repeated again, until the two bits of paper are knocked down, amidst a general cheer, to Payen and Foss, for one hundred pounds sterling! On these, bits of paper are written the first drafts of the Elegy in a couritry church yard, by Thomas Gray, inclu ding five verses which were ommitted in publication, and with, the poet’s inter linear corrections’and alterations—cer tainly an “interesting article.;” several persons supposed it would call forth a ten pound note, perhaps even twenty. Spirit Rapping in Olden Times. —The following is an extract from the “Chronicles of Florence of Worcester,” anew book recently published in England. It affords another proof “that there is nothing new under the sun:”—A. D. 1273. An evil Spirit caused much alarm at village called Tronville, in the district ot Rou en, by audibly rapping with hammers on the walls and doors. He spoke with a human voice, although he was never visible, and his name he said was William Ardent. He frequented the house of a certain worthy man, to whom he did much mischief, as well as to his wife and family; and tfie sign of the cross and the sprinkling of holy water failed to drive him away. Moreover when the priests conjured him, in the name of the Lord, to quit the.place, he answered : “ I shall not depart; nay, more, if I please, I shall kill you all.. The cross I know well enough, and as. for your holy water, I have no fear of that.” This spirit haunted the manor and mansion of all the persons just mentioned, from the feast of All Saints (Ist November) un til after the pacification, (2d February,) uttering many lascivious and scoffing speeches. At last lie went away at Septuagesima, saying he should return again at Easter, which he never did. Iron Batteries. The iron floating batteries which are being constructed in England, for battering the walls of Sevastopol and Cornstadt, it seems, are of American origin. About thirty years ago, Robert L. Stevens, of Hoboken, made some experiments, which proved con clusively that shot could be effectually arrested by a -thickness of wrought iron proportioned to the diameter of the ball. Some time in the year 1840- ’42, Mr. Stevens proposed to build a Floating /Steam .Battery of iron, as a protection, in the, event of a war, to the harbor of New York. By order of the Government experiments were made to test the correctness of this theory, under the supervision of a Board of Nav}' and Army officers.- The result proved four-and-a-half in ches in thickness of wrought iron to be a perfect defence against a sixty four pound solid shot, fired at ten yards distance from the target. Upon their report of these facts, Congress directed the. Secretary of. the Navy to enter into a contract with Robert L. Stevens for building a Steam Battery upon this plan, for the de fence of the harbor of New York.— After the execution of this agreement, Mr. Stevens constructed a dry dock capable of containing a vessel of the size required by the contract, together with stops, steam engines, furnaces, tools, &e., necessary to the construction of such a vessel. About two years ago, at the earnest solicitation, of Com. Stockton, then a member of the U. -S, Senate, Congress -again directed the Secretary of the Navy tu proceed with the vessel under the contract. This iron battery is now, with tide exception of a few ribs, completely in frame, and about one third planked up with heavy iron plates. From the difficulty of pro curing funds during the severe pres sure iri the money market, he was re luctantly .compelled, two weeks ago, to discharge, out of the four hundred and seventy men engaged in her con struction, -one hundred ,and forty of those, woidviiig by thy day in the yard .atHoboken. ” ' U The appropriation for this iron steam battery, whose sides are to be six dr more inches ih thickness,, and whose length on the water line-is now 400 feet, was two hundred -and fifty thous and dollars. - ’ 1 • -. ■ ~ A rich sod will produce‘good crops .without manure, but it with soon Recapture of David Wright—State ment of Robert Simons. Some two weeks ago, Mr. Brooks, Sheriff of Muscogee County, received information that David Wright, who had been indicted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Robinson, and had es caped from the jail of the county, was at St, Andrew’s Bay, at the house of a fugitive from justice, named Angus Best, or Bess. He employed Mr. Rob ert Siufons of this city to go.in pursuit of him. On his way to the Bay, Mr- Sirnons Avas joined by Mr. Harrison, of Marianna, Fla. Arrived at St. Andrew’s Bay, they learned that both Wright and Best had left, and were probably on their way to Pensacola. They followed their track for about two days and a half. They were join ed at Euoheanna by Mr. Munroe, Sher iff of Walton county, and a posse com itatus of near a dozen men. Just be fore reaching the village of Atuque, on Christmas day, they came in sight of Wright and Best. They Avere jogging along in a one horse waggon. The posse immediately surrounded the AA'ag gon. At sight of Simons, Wright at tempted to get a gun, but iailirig, drew a revolver and fired just as Simons was dismounting; Simons then pre sented a double-barrel gun-and snap ped a cap at Wright; Wright again fired at Simons' another barrel of his revolver; Simons this time succeeded in firing the other barrel. of his gun, loaded Avith buck shot, a few of which took effect in the lips and cheek of Wright, Avho made off to a thicket close by ; he was headed by Mr. Mun roe: Wright then fired another barrel of his revolver; the shot took effect in the thigh of Mr, Munroe, but the wound a\ as not mo rtal. A dog be longing to one of the posse now rush ed upon Wright, and as he was about to seize upon him, the. bold outlaw shot him through the left shoulder and disabled the brute. Simons then call ed out to' Wright to surrender, Avhen he threw up his pistol and exclaimed, “I give up.” The Sheriff now rode up and Wright delivered to him his pistol, and suffered himself to be bound. During this Best had got out a grn from the Avaggon, and Avas ad vancing in the direction of Wright, Avith the intention of aiding him in his unequal conflict. His movement was discovered by one of the posse,w ho rush ed upon him and Avrenched the gun from his hands. After Wright Avas secured,- the indignant crowd took Best into the woods, tied him to a tree, and gave him fifty-six lashes upon his back. He Avas then turned loose and warned that if he ever put his foot over the line of Walton again, the penalty would be doubled. * Indignant at the wound received by the Sheriff in the discharge of his du ty, it was with great difficulty that the crowd were restrained from swinging Wright to a limb, but more prudent counsels happily prevailed, and he Avas turned over to Mr. Simons, Avho, with the aid of a gentleman from Walton, found no difficulty in bringing him home. David Wright is again in pri son, Avhere, it is hoped, he will remain until he is taken from thence by the sentence of the Court, We learn from Mr. Simons that the conduct of the Sheriff of Walton and of the posse comitatus, and indeed eve ry person with vrirom he came in con tact, was Avorthy of all praise. The desire to see the Laws executed was universal, and every facility was afford ed him by officers and people in his bold arid hazardous enterprise. Mr. Simons arrived in the city on Saturday, the 30th inst,, and immedi ately surrendered his prisoner to the Sheriff. By his bold and patriotic ser vice, Mr. Simons is entitled to the thanks of every member of the com munity Avho desires to see crime pun ished and the law upheld.— limes dr Sentinel. Hard Hitting. If personality could ever be re deemed by good-tempered but hard hu mor, we have seen no stronger instance of it than in a late passage between two Eastern editors, in which one of them rejoins as follows. We suppress the location, as we would not give offence to either party : “ You next touch upon my personal habits, but do not inform vour readers that you have often joined me in the occasional practice Os the worst of the bad habits you-impute to me. 1 mean that one which,you say tends to give me the odor of ardent spirits. As you have not scrupled -to drink copiously at my ’ expense, pray be reasonably just, and'say that you have done so in encouragement of good company, and the propriety o| having a frequent ‘ free blow out/ which you know, you excruciatingly bibacipus rogue, you relish better than any man I know. In connection with this habit of drink ing, (to which your ‘jolly red nose’ shows you to be so freely addicted,) together with tobacco smolcmg, you accuse me of having an unpaid rum bill, a ‘ large sum/ at one of the hotels irj C —.- In this, Edmund, you lie; and the lie was made up for the occasion. I defy you and all your jackalls to prove that 1 ever owed a bill of any kind, which was not readi ly prild when due* But, if it were j TT* 3E3 »* ME 9 ) $2.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. NUMBER 2. true, it would be mean aud contempti ble in you to twit me of failing to pay a liquor bill which you helped to run up; for I never had a bill for liquor in this city which you did not help me to incur.” Finale of John Mitchel —Dreadful News for the Allies. Misfortunes never come singly ; si multaneously with the loss of life be fore Sebastopol, it is announced that John MLeft el the Irish refugee, is go ing to Kussia, We are dying to know how Aberdeen and Louis Napoleon will like that. Valiant John will be a host in himself. His military expe rience, gained during the potatoe field campaign in Ireland, will be of the greatest value to the Czar; he will teach the Russians a thing or two, such as the. use of vitriol and similar weapons. Mr. Mitchel may be expect ed to rank as field marshal in the Rus sian army before a rribnth is out. It is, we are told, the hideous growth of Know Nothingism which has driv en Mr. Mitchell to this second expa triation. “Rather,” says he, “than submit to the smallest shadow of a distinction in civil dignity or capacity, I would go and settle in Russia,” &c. And elsewhere he insinuates that lie has been “ cheated ” by the Americans. Let us humor Mr. Mitchell awhile, and look into this. Such men as he can not be lost without some notice. We need not allude to the circum stances under which Mr. Mitchell came here; they are notorious. Well, he came, and was offered the hand of friendship on every side. The first thiftg he did was to ally himself with a parcel of petty politicians and make speeches against the United State gov ernment. This, to say the least, was not becoming or wise in a mere refu gee. Then he founded a paper, whose sole objects have been, first, to keep alive a distinction between the Irish and all other races in this country, and next to strive to embroil the United States in trouble with other nations and especially England. This was too much for human patience to bear. Be cause he, John Mitchell, looked to the Irish for support in his personal schemes, therefore he must prevent their becoming good citizenswbf the United States, and band them into cliques and clans of their own, cotm distinguised from and opposed to the sons pf the soil ; and because he, John Mitchel, had a private feud with Eng land for having tried and exiled him as a felon, therefore the United States must be persuaded to quarrel with their best customers and the whole world embroiled. The day Mr. Mitch* •el took this ground, he was voted a nuisance by ths intelligent masses, and his downfall was certain. It nas come. He can no longer endure the scorn and contempt inio which he has fallen, and is off to Russia. It will suit him in many, respects better than the United States. There he can gratify his hatred of England by throwing vitriol bottle at her sol diers. There he can easily procure a lot of serfs, to whom he can adminis ter the knout in his idle moments. He can abuse the Roman Catholic Church all the better from the fact that there will be no Archbishop to rap him over the knuckles. He will need, it is true, to practice more discretion in speaking of liberty or the Czar’s government than he possessed here, or lie will find his way to Siberia, a somewhat tighter place than Australia: but he has learnt a lesson, and will not be likely to repeat these bluders again. Poor John! there is a vigor in him at times worthy of a sounder head. When he is at Moscow commanding the Preobajenskis, or at Cronstadt su perintending the vitriol bottles, we shall often regret him.— ■JV. Y. Herald. A Rare Chance.— The following advertisement appears in a New York paper under the head of matrimonial:«? “A young widow lady of prepossess ing appearance is desirous of forming a matrimonial alliance with a gentle man. He must be well educated, of good disposition, and not over live feet ten inches in height. Money no. object, as she has SBO,OOO at her own disposal, and no parents. She is sin cere Jn this advertisement. Commu nications addressed to Amy, Union Square post office, will receive atten tion.” With money at two per cent per month, and hard to get at that, it she is not suddenly snatched up by some desperate fellow, “not over five feet ten inches,” then there is no honesty in what men say under the pressure of what Maeawber calls “pecuniary em barrassments.” De Balzac was lying awake in bed, when he saw a mian enter his room cautiously, and attempt to pick the lock of a writing desk. The rogue was not a little disconcerted at hearing a loud laugh from the occupant of the apartment, whoiu he supposed asleep. “ Why do you laugh?” asked the thief. “I am laughing, my good fellow,” said M. de Balzac, “to think what pains you are taking and what a risk you run, in hope of finding money by night in a desk where the owner can never find any by day/ Tlio thief evacua ted Fladders at once,