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40 . DEVOED O SOTHEN RGHUT,. EMOCACY NES, LTERTUB J. RCHAU SONLOGA9 Prprieors Wil.. J FRACIS a**-;jjzr ttvjunwir' __~ _____ tt1ERIL~iS6 e UN 49l MIB CELLANEOU. England usad tize Uzaited States. Mr. Walsh. in his Paris letter of the 2d ultimo, to the New York Journal of Commerce, expresses his vgratification- and the genaral gratifi cation felt by Americans abroad by the appointment of Mr. Buchanan as Minister to England. He then writes as follows on another topic I used to distrust the British Go. vernment and people, and thought that it was with them the United States would ultimately have to en gage in a strife mortal to one or the other. My present impressions are widely different. Dispositions and views are not the same in Great B3ritian. The nniversal sense of a vast enlargement and irresistible ad vances -of American Power; the in. definite extension and muhiplication of mutual interests; the more fre -quent, various and intimate personal intercourse; the religious, literary scientific intercommunion; the effects and facilities of steam navigation; American importance with the world at large; the new sympathies and ties resulting from the prodigious emigration, and the progress of the democratic element spirit, influence and tendencies in the British political and social system--these and other salient changes have begotten gener al good will, a rule of conciliation, a neral earnestness for the perpetui ty of relations and feelings such as become cognate races and institu tions, and a common acknowledgmeut of the precepts and ende of Christiani ty. We may subjoin the agency of a succession of Ministers Plenipoten tiary like Mr. McLane, Mr. Rush, Mr. Everett, Mr. Ingersoll, who could ingratiate themselves and their country:.with all parties and classes,. andby their specific individual mer its, the singleness and rectitude of their official conduct, and the cordi ality of their amicable professions and urbane manners. Mr. Buchanan being of the same school of gentlemen and diplonatists, with a liberal and expansive patriotism, will render similar and equal service. Mr. Ever ett, in his very able and comprehen sive survey, before the Senate, of the central American question. as the Nicaragua dispute may be styled, has continued his salutary work by his direct testimony to the " cardi nal principle of the policy of the Bri tish Government-a mutually bene . fcial, peaceful intercourse with the United States," and to the fact that there is not a country in Europe wvhere the name and character of an American citizen is not a direct pass port to every good office that a stran ger can desire, and nowhere more than in England." Illteracy iii England. The tbllowing statement of the ex traordinary degree of ignorance pre .vadingih England is made in Dicken's A.Household Words." It is observed that it might wvell challenge belief were it not founded on oflicial and au thentic sources : it is calculated that there are in ~gland and WVales 6,000,000 per 'ed~na who can neither read nor write .that is to say, about one-third of the population includinmg of course inthrnts; but of all the children between five and f'ourt~een, more thanm one half attend no place of public instr uction. These statements--compiled by Mr. K~ay from official and other authentic sources for his work on ',he social con 4lition and education of the poor in Enigland and Europe-would be hard ito believe if we had not to encounter in pur every-day life degrrees of illiteracv which would be startling if we wer~e plot thoroughly used to it. W herever we turn, ignorance, not always allied to poverty, stares us ini the face. If we look at the Gazet te at the list of partnerships dissolved, not a mnonth passes but some unhappy man, rollinug p erha'ps im wealth, but wvallowinmg in ignorance, is put, to the ex5perimntumh jgrusis of' 'his mark.' Tfhe number- of petty jurors, in rural glistricts especially, who can only sign with a cross is enormous. It is not pumusuail to see parish documents of great local imp jortan~ce defaced with the same humiliating symrbol by persons wshose oflice not, only shows them to be 'meni of'mark,' but meon ofrsubstnce. We haive printed already specimens of tn. he partial igniorantce which passes un ~&der the pt'n of' the post ufflce authori ties, and rmay venture to assert that -suc-h sp'eicimns of pen; mmanship anmd (,r Lergraphy amre not, to be rmatched in ~myv other ',om)ItIry in Eu rope, A he common sense of the (mercantile ommunity of England seems to ave returned to it, whilst the nobili. y of England, who boast of their sshionable impassibility to human pas. ions, should have so suddenly burst in. o unwonted enthusiasm! My I ord! History has been defined Philosophy teaching by example." Vill it be too great a stretch of the imagination, to suppose that the fol owing suggestions bear somewhat pon the conduct of yourself and the xelusive aristocracy of which you are member? Ancient feudality has its best exist ng representative in the English aris ocracy. That of the Continent has Iallen before the policy of the Kings who used the guilds and free cities, the acuierie and the freo bands to :stablish despotism. IHave not you, in the corn law league and reforim par ics. seen the revival of the war of the ,ommons against privileges, and by triking at American slavery, made stab on the part of the land-owiners md nobles of England, against the 'ery vitality of the powers of the com iiercial and manufacturing class of rour own countrymen! Would you, s an owner of vast estates, be able to merceive any evil in the downfall of L class. whose not ions or right led them .0 curtail the privileges of' your lebility, and to destroy that. mn. ipoly n agricultural produce which they low enjoy? Is not your far seeing and wowerfil body using popular folly to urge chains for the white, out of its nistaken sympathy for the black race'! Respectfully yours, COAL DEAVER. A CHAPTER ON HOUsE-KEEPIN.-I inver could see the reason why our anart house-keepers must, of necessi *y, be Xantippes.-l often had the iiisfortune to be domesticated during he summer months vith one of his genius. I should like to have seen the ad. rentu-rjus -spiddr 'ha6 woujld- have hared to ply his cunning trade in Mrs. Carrot's premises! Nobody was al owed to sleep after daylight bu. cath her roof. Even her old rooster !rowed an hour earlier than the rest of he neighbors.-Go al.ead' was writ cn on every broomstick about 'he establishment. She gave her husband his breakfast, 'uttonied him up in his oveicoat, and Aut himl out of tile front door with .is litee towards the store, in less time .ian I have taken to tell it. Then she snatched Up the six littl Carrots, Old scrubs their fhces up and down, ivithout regard to feelings or puignoses, ill they shine like a row of milk pans. 'Clear the track' was her motto on Kashing and ironing days. She iev. !r drew a long breath till the wash u.s were turned bottom upwards a ain, aid every at icle of wearing ipparel sprinkled, folded, ironed, and -eplaced on the backs -of their Ie. Ipective owners. It gave inc a stitch in the side to look at, her. As to her 'eleaning days,' I nev. :r had the courage to witness one. I ised to lie under an apple tree in the )rehard till she was through. A whole platoon of soldiers would not. iave frightened ine so much as that virage and her rnop. You should have seen her in her ;lory on her 'baking days,' her sleeves -olled up to her armopits, anid a ong check apron, swathed around her solster-lil~e figure, the great ovens glo wring, lazinig and sparkling, in a man icr ver'y suggestive to a lazy sinner ike myself. Th'e interninable row of' ;reased pie plates, the pans of'Rough mdir ady. gingerbread and pots~ of : orss anoeas ini aii edifyinig state of 1roresin;an the iiimense emi ryo loaves of brown and wrheat arcad. To the innocent inquiry, rhether she thoiught the latter wrould rise,' she set her shinning arms akim >o, marched up within kis'sinig dik amee of my fhee, cocked her head ne side and asked 'If I thought, she oaked like a womlen to' be trifled with vy a loaf of bread' TJhe way I settled lownt in my slippers without, a re. ly probably conlviniced her that I vas no longer skeptical on that point. Saturday evening was employed in vinding up everything that was uin round in the house; the old enitry :1ook inchluded. Fromi t hat time til \Ionday mnornling, she devoted to her mnsband and her Sabbathical exer :ises. All I have to say is, it s hoped that she carried somec of the ervor of her peculiar emiploy mernts in ,o those haleyen hours. FANNY FEaN. S-rATUE -rO WEsTsa.-The corn nittee appointed to collect funds for statue to Daniel Webster have re olved upon a statue of bronze, to >C executed by Hliram Powers, and to >e placed in State street, in front of he old State House. The money al eindy subscribed is sufhicient for tlo obser-.-n .. .m:tc hosn da...-_ THE PEDLAR'S BARGAN.- One day a tin pedlar, with an - ,~.rtment of nick-nacks, arrived at a-viallge in Maine, called at one of the houses to sell his wares. After disposing of a few articles to the lady of the house, who seemed to live in the liidat of children, she declared her. inability to buy more for the want of money. 'But mai-m, ain't you any rags?' 'None to sell, sir.' 'Well,' said he, 'you seem-to have plenty of children. WillIyou sell me one for tin ware?' 'What will you give, sifti 'Ten dollars for one of them.' 'In good tin ware?' " . '0, yes, marm, the bra". 'W ell, air, it is a bargair * She then handed one of- thb ur chins to the pedler, who, surprised that the offer was accepted,ieyeton vinced that the mother w6eld not part with her .oy. pladed hini in the cart, and supplied the wonqn 'ivith tins, until the sum of ten dollars wals made up. The man felt certain that' the mother would rather raise the -mo ney than part with her childiiated himself by the side of the .o r; wiho was much pleased with tiidea of having a ride. The pedlke his eyes on the house, expectuig to.. see the woman hasten to rede.'the-lit tle one, and rode off at a ' V*:,pace. After proceeding same di tsee, he began to repeat of bia ba 'in, and turned back. The woman had just -finialied. orna menting her dresser with? te -tin, when the pedlar returned <' 'Well, I think the boy so iall. I guess you had better hke-'lhim back again, and let me e the ware. 'No sir, the bargain- wa r! and, you shall htkept to it.Y ~ 00s. off as sobn as you pIlen * - Surprised at this 'Why, marm, how can you think of parting with your boy so young to an utter stranger?' 'Oh, sir, we would like to sell off all our town paupers for ten dollars a head.' The boy was dropped at the door; the whip cracked, the tin rattled, and the pedlar measured the ground rap idly, and he never after forgot his pauper specuiation.- N. Y. Rfevillc. SINGULAR CAsE Ok IN!TIN'rC IN A lOa8E.--We do not remueimber ever to have heard of a more remarkable exhibition of uniqui iitelligeice than waS COmlluicated to us a few days since by Mr-. A len, of this place. The circuistanees, as they were related to us. are as follows: Mr. Allein has had for a consider.tble tiume a span of sprightly little horses that, he has nev er separated. Il the stable, in the field, in the harness, they have always been together.' This hiu caused a strong attachmnent to grow i) letween them. A few days ago he went with them out to &Lake Minnetouk, on a fishing exeursion. Taking them out of the carriage, he led theni dowii to the lake, and tied tlwan with stout ropes, sevetal rods apart, on a strip af grass that grew upion the shore, and left thiem to feed. Returning to the shantee, he threw hiiai.self upon the fl'ir to await tihe return of the party who had repaired to thc lake to fish. Not, much time hand elapsed beib're the soiund of an approaching ho rse' feet, at-tracted is attenition,, anid a JiO. ment allerci one of his span appeared at the door. 'The animal put, his head in, and giv~ing one nieigh, a suued at a slow gallop, yet uander evidenat excite menit, to the spot where but a few mo mentas before he and his' companiioni h ad t~een seemingly safely Lastned. Surp~rised to find his horse loese, aind struck w ithi his singular conduct, Mr. A. innniediately 1'ollowed, and foundl the other- lying in the wvater entangled im the rope, ad stiuggling to keep his head from~f being submerged. While Mr. A. proaceded to disein gage thme unfortunate horse, his noble benefhetor stood by manifesting the utmost solicitude and sympathy, and when his mate was extr'acte~d fromt his si tum.tion1 and again upon his fieet on terra firmia, the generous creature -ex hibitedl the most unquestionmable signs o satisfation and joy. That, this in. telligent aimal should have noticed the mistort-une of his mate that he should know where to apply for r-es cue, aind ini his efforts should sundler a three fiurths of an iinc-h rope, and fin ally that, he should exhibit so high an appr eciationi of the event., are circum .stal.ces to astonish us, and connnend theumselves to the thoughtful consider utioni of thoso who would limit the piower of reasoning to the 'genuis ho mo. '--St. Authony's Express.. UisE OF RCiem-s.-TfO provide for oneo's own. househol:1 is t ha ae dty to discover hieroglyphics which rend:r them so ninny arithmetical puzzles.- c In short, the practical evider-es of the li low ebb to which the plainest rudi- t ments of education in this country has f fallen are too common to bear repeti. 1 tion. We cannot pass through the t streets, we cannot enter a place of public assembly, or ramble in the fields without the gloomy shadow of ignor ance sweeping over us. The rural I population is indeed in a worse plight than the other classes. SINGULAR RACE OF HUMAN BE- t INas.-There are now in London two very singular human beings, of a race which has hitherto been very little known to the civilized world. The came from South Africa, where they are called Earthmen. They are totally distinct from all other known African races -as much so as if they had dropped upon this earth < from another planet. They are di ininutive in size-mere pigmies---and L unacquainted even with the art of building huts. They shelter them selves in eaves and crevices of the earth; when these are-wanting, they make artificial scoopings on the sur face, which they line with leaves and cover with branches. The Hotten tots and Bushmen are the avowed enemies of the Earthmen, argl when i they wect them will 8hnot them down I like vermin. The poot, little de- I fenecles-s Earthmen have no refuge but in holes, trees, or thickets, and the tribe is fast verging to extinction. They are a poor, weak people-one of Nature-s freaks-and destined not to perpetuate their race. Few colo- , nists have seen them; and although t it is known that a few still linger in i the mountains, they are rapidly dy- i ing away, and will soon become a tradition of an elfish afrite race of old. The two individuals above men tioned were carried toEngland froni the Cape of Good [Hope two or three years ago.and have now becoome do mesticated in an English family. The Morning Chronicle, from which we take these particulars, describes these i little Earthmen as a boy and a girl- 1 the former fourteen and the latter sixteen years of age-and 'complete little fairies' in -appearance. The boy is three feet and a half inches in height, the girls a trifle taller. Their skin is of the brightest and most transparent bronze and as smooth and polished as marble. In form the little creatures are. perfect-their d-e- 1 lic .teo limbs standing out in the most graceful siymmetry, and cvery moLion instinct with the untaught case of na ture. The faces, although decidedly African in feature, are full of sweet ness and good humor, with an ex pression of archness a:id intelligence. They are named Martinis and Flora. In their savage state tl.ey feed on locusts, ant-eggs, and such small game as they could tr.ke. Until they were carried to England they had no idea of God or any supreme power. At present they have been taught some of the customs of civ;l ized life, and are able to speak little English words, to sing little popular airs, and-the firsat of Earthenmen --to play little airs on a piano. Few signs arec more interesting to a thiniking person than that of the last of a race of human beings on the1 point of being blotted out fromn the face of the earth. T1he individuals ini question seem to constitute one of the most anomolous forms of our spe cies that have ever yet been bgpught to the notice of the naturalist or the ethnologist. It is to be hoped that further light will be thrown on their history by scientific researches. From the Chainleston Conarier. 1 To tihe Earl of CaIisle. My Lord: H er-etofore it hats been deemed a suuffer-ed explanation of the interest England takes in Amrericoan slavery, to utter the words "commuuer cial jealously." It, was easy to underc stand that, the Northern mnnwifcturecrs, through the ar~ceney of an almost pro hibitory tarill, had touchled the poc-k et, nerve 01 our former- step-mother; but, that she should be- willing to en danger- the produection of a crop, upon which thre welfare ol heri nmuluieturer-s andl of ncarly two millions of her peo ple depended, seemed incomprehenisi blo. Phuilanthuropy was first thought to alfor-d the solutionr-thena, that ani enlightened perception of her- own interests had led to the coueiision that slaves consumed less thana fi-cemen.I llut thre experience of the We~st In dia Emnancipation satislied us, that we were yet on the right tr-ack. L ikei hroiunds thrown fi-om thei trail, we bave, of every man. But, there are sone who accumulate li.utl-eds tf thou. sinds, and stitl it would seem as it their own household was not yet provided fir--so eage.r ate they to get m. re. Now and then. however, there are some brght spots to re lieve this desert waste of selfishtess. One of the most notiecable acts of liberality which wet have been seen late. ly, was exhibited in the i'aptist Mis sionary Convention which recently as. seibled at Albany. Among the dele. gates present was a venerable gen. tieman by the name of Thomas, ..n old sea captain, who had grown weal. thy in the India trade. He first mani fasted his liberality by offering the use of his sons' ships for any mission. ary work to China, California, &c. He then, oilered to m',eet a certain expen diture, set down $100 each foi his eight sons and sons.in.law. But, as this was not enough, when doubts were ex pressed whether $160,000 could be raised for missions the present year, he pledged himself to make up, out of his own purse, whatever was deficient. A Psavsta ANIMAL SUBDUED.-A late article on Kicking Cows, in the Aibany Cultivator has reminded me of a story that was told nearly fifty years ago, by a worthy Eniglishinan, with whon I was intimate. An itinerant was at a nobleman's to exhibit feats of horsemanship, aid they had collected froi far and near, arnong whom was my frien-i. When the man had done with his ow i horst ihe turned and said, "Now, i;y lord, I am willing to ride any horse of yours int lhe sarme ianner." Ilavng one reiraikably stubLorti, the nioby.cimnan, 10 have som'e sport, told a groomiI to bring her (out. , The stran;ger then deliberately mounted and titged her to move, but tsot one step wvi,".d she stir. After ia i pause he quietly dIa.1nmunted, ga;ve her one severe strokeu with his whip, and again resuied hip scatin the saddle teman presrvo s emper an quietly got down a second time repeating the biow, but with no bet ter success. A fter the third stroke, how ever, she was completely subd.ed, and nioved forward with perfect obedi. ence. It now became evident that the design of th- horseman was, to give the animal t ine to a soeiate the idea od her disobedience with the stroke that followed. When this was established she was willing to move. On the reverse, if a shower of blow:; had dealt out, as thousands of horsiliemi would have done, the lanre would have had no time to reflect, and bc-th %!e and2 her rider rouse.-d into fury. With goud temper a great saving might be made in the article of M hips. 'OLn K.rrucn.'-A Kentukinn at the battle ci New Orleans, who disdaining te r.-straint of a sol.lier's lfe, when his na''e is upon the inns ter roll, preferred 'goin-:' it alone,' flighting upon his own b1ook. While the battle was raging fiercest, and the shot was flyig thick as hail, car :ying death wherever they fell, -Ken tuck' might have been seen stationed uinder a tall maple, loading and fir ing his rifle, as perfectly uneotncern. ed, as though he was 'pinkin deer.' Every time he brought his rifle to his shoulder a recd coat bit the dust. At last lhe happened to attract the attention of 'Old hickory.' whio sup,. posed he had become separated from his company, and rode up to him to bring him behind the redoubts, as lhe was in a position that exposed his person to the fire of the enemy. 'Hlallo! my miau, what regiment do you belong to?' said the General. 'Regmienit lh-li I' answered Ken. tuck, 'hold on, yender's another of o'm!' and brininmg his shooting iron to his shoulder, lie ran his eye along the barrel--a flash followed; an'othme Englishman came tnmbling to the ground. 'Whose company do you belong to?' again eniquired the General. 'Company the d---W' was the re ply of Kentuck, as he busied himself reladig,'enthat ar' feller with Jist watch me perforate him!' The General gazed in the direc tion indicated by his rifle, and ob scrved a R'-tish Colonel riding up and dowvn the advancing columns of the foe. Kentuck pulled trigger, and the gallant Blriton followed his companions tha' his Kentucky foe had laid lowv in 'leath that day. 'Ihurrah foy~ old E entuck!? shouted the free fighter, as his victim came toppling off his horse-, then turning to the General, he cntinued 'I'm fight img on my own hook, stranger!' and he leisurely oceoded to reioa. Tiu FACE OF A IIAN UPON TIHE TOP OF BIG IEAD.-In the city of New York, where rents are so ruinously high, and competition is so ceaselessly active and energetic, almost every method that it is impossible for human ingenuity td' invent, is resorted to, for the purpose of obtaining customers, extending trade or making "more mo ney." Of all these methods, one of the most extraordinary and at the same time simple, if not effective in its way, is that by which the daguerreotype process is made to play ano'veland con spicuous part. It seems that some one of the enterprising hatters in that me tropolis, has a daguerrian gallery con nected with his salesroom or manufac tory, expressly fitted up and devoted for the accommodation and benefit of his own customers. On purchasing a covering for your caput in this store, you are furnhished with a daguerreotype of your countenance-the image large or small-being firmly affixed to the lining upon the iside of the crown of the new beaver, so that whoever wears a hat thus garnished, is sure to have the likeness o is own face upon the top of his own lead ! A novel funeral occurred in New York a lw days ago, according to the Tribune. The dee-ascd was Calvin R1. Brown, who was the husband of Mrs. Fish, so extremely lamous as the inventor of the 'liochester Krtockings.' The services were commenced by prayer a~td reading the scriptures, and the Rev. S. B. Brittan, who is known as a writer on "Spiritual Manifesta tions," followed with an address. We quote the Tribune's account of the re maining exe-rcises:-"At various points in his -address, there were rapjpings, sometimes apparently on the bottom of the coffin and at others on the floor. as if in respbnse to the sentiments ut, tereti. 'IJhe rappoings were loud enough to-be distinctly heard in every part of the room, but th elieted no remark come from the dcceacd hsince his en trance into the spirit world, through a medium who was not present, and a;-parently intended for those assem bled. While it was being read, the rappings were very distinctly heard. At the close of the address, several friends sung the piece "Come ye dis consolate," after which Rev. Mr. Den ning made a few remarks during which the rappings weie heard more distinct. ly than before." CnEan1Es.-Cherries without stones have been produced in France, by the following method:--in the Spring, be fore the circulation of the sap, a young seedling cherry tree is split from the upper extrernity down' to the fork of its roots; then, by means of a piece of wood in form of a spatula, the pith is caretlilly removed from the tree, in such a manner as to avoid any excoriation, or other injury; a knife is used only f r cominmencitig the split. Afterwards, the two sections are brought together, ata tied with woolen, care being tak en to close hermetically with-clay, the whole length of the cleft. The sap so.n reunites the separated por tions of the tree, and, two years af terwards, cherries are produced of tho usual appearance, but instead of stones, thmere will only be smalli "CE.EsT'rL" CUtfrOM.-Wlaen a Chitnese laday is blessed with an in crease inm her- family, fi-om the moment of her accouheient the unhappy huts band is put,- to bed also, and there de dainghtful i- rty days, and during this deihflpenance he is snbjected to all the rigorons trcatm nt of his bet ter half. Should medicine be admin istered to her, he must partake of it also; anmd he is strictly confined to the same diet that she is obliged to under go, which consist of an average I be. lieve, of about a thimbleful of cream ofrice admirnerued every thr-ee hours, to say nothing of the pills at bed time to prevent indigestion.-Neal's Resi dence at Siam. A Kentucky tr-aveller, dining 'at a large hotel in Alabany, was annoyed b~y the showving off of sonme of the members of Assembly, who kept calling each other from their re spective counties, after this fashion "'-ll thank the gentleman from One ida," &c. &c -whereupon the Kemn tuekian said to the huge darkee waiter, "Hi1 thank the gentleman from Afri can for a slice of ham" This cooled off the fashion of addressing the gentleman from --,---, and so, and so. A modern writer gives tho follow ing enumeration of the expression of a fomale oyes 'The glare, the stare, the sneer. dhe invitation, the defiance, the denial, the Consont, the glaneof hove, the flash of rage, the sparkhng Iof hope, the languishm~ent of softness,' the quin ofeuspicion5 the fire of ,halcaav.y and tho hiast of puame THREE O'CLOCE ON SATURDA. We have often been puzzled to koW why it is, that people in other. a. tions can earn their subsistauce with half their minds, whilst we se obliged to throw our whole souls .isi to the business. We should also like to understand, why, in thes@ days, when steam does, most of the hardest work, we should have to toil as many hours every day as our forefathers did, whose acquintaunC with steam was derived. chiefly frd'a a slumberous observation of the tea kettle. For a century, engenious men have been contriving labor BOX ing machines; but wh..se labor has been saved thereby? It used to take the farmer half the Winter to thresh out his grain; he does it ndw in one day: but he is as busy as ever. What is the use of having the p*4 tent office packed with models, and of having labor-saving machines in every shop, and house, barn,, and shed, if after all, most of us is obliged to work as hard and as long as pee- ' . ple did in the good old stupid days before the revolution. None, that we can see. But it seems the goodk ti'we is boming at last. On awlarg number of wholesale stores, down down, may now be seen a notice t the following effect: "This store will be closed hereafter at. three o'clock on Saturday." Three hours are thus clipped from the end of the week-precious hours to those who know how to use them. But why at the end of the week. Would it not be better to let out atore at three o'clock on Wednesday, as schools were formerly, and give the clerks a breathing time at the half way house between Sunday and . Sunday.,Buk Satirday is good, though Wedne as ani ht.bq4 bett r a en r 1 n a hours per annum, from the soulP6 livion of business. We trust the fashion will take. We hope the time is not very far distant when one af. ternoon in every week will be a uni versal holiday. We shall then be lieve there is something in the pat ent oflice, notwithstanding present appearance are against it.-Koine Journal. Siru An affray of a,terrible na ture took place at a hotel at Mt.. Washington, Ky., on the 24th'nast between S. C. Beard, formerly a school teacher, and a Mr. McMeekin and Mr. Moore, of Mt. Washingtong, during which some ten or twelve shots were exchanged- Mr. Me." Meekin received four pistol wounds from the shots of Beard, and was twice stabbed by him with a sword cane in the hand. The shots took' effect in the arm, side, back- and throat of McMeekin, who at the last accounts, was considered in a very. precarious situation, Beard, duriu the affray, esca ed unhurt, though repeatedly fir at. NABDIED.-A genteel looking fet low calling himself Godmain, hired a horse and buggy at Hitchcock's les~ week. Some mors after, Mr. H., having susideons that he had departed~i to retuirn no more, despatched officers in various directions to look for hini. HeT was overhauled about six miles be yond Lanensterville, having sold she buggy, and provided himselif with a saddle. The gentleman is now in our Calaboose, and the property ~has been recovered,-( Colusmba Banner, '7th inst. A USEFUL RECIP.-The follow ing recipe for making tough mneats tender we clip from an exchange: Cut your steaks the day before using into slices about two inches thick, -rub over a small quantity of the common Carbonate of Soda, wash oO next morning, cut into snita ble thickness and cook to your taste The same process will answer for fowls, legs of mutton, &c. Try it all who love, delicious tender. disles of meat. ConrIoSITIE&.-.---The chair iawhb the suni sets. A garment for the naked eye. The hammer which broke ,p the meeting. Buckle to fasten a laughing stock. The antiat that drew the sinfer D of thieves.