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Quarterly antd ilontlily Adtvertise -inents will be clharged the same as' a single in sertion. and semi-mnonthly the same as new ones - Curiosities of Sleep. There are some curious it('inidents on record of sleeping and waking. In -Turkey, it' a person happens to ftall a sleep in th t neighborhood of a poppy field, and the wind blows over towards hitn, he becomes gradually narcoticis -ed, and wonld die if'the country pecopie, who are well acquainted with the cir cutstanee, did not bring him to the .tiext well or -treatm, and empty pitclt er after pitcher on his thee and body. .br. Oppenheim, durinlg his residence in Turkey, owed his life to this simple jtnd effieacious treataent. Dr. (ra',-es, from whom this anecdote is quoteJ, Elso reports the case of a gentlenatn. thirty' years of age, who fi-om long con tiitmed sleepiness, - was reduced to a <,. liomplete living skeleton, unable to -stand on his legs. It was partly ow ing to disease, but chiefly to the use .of mercury :nd opiutm, until at last unable to pursue his business, he sank into abject poverty and woe. Dr. Reid mentions a ftiend o(.his who. whenever anythit g orccured to distress Jtim, soon became drowsy :nd fell asleep A fellow studnt asi . at EIl. inb~urg, upon heou-ing suslenly% the 'it.-.pe',ted dleath of a near relative, threw himself on his bed, and alnoat instantnteously. amidst the glare of noon-day, .sattk itto a prit' iotid : san Iie'r. Another persn, reading aloud to one of his dearc,t friends st eted bn his denth bed, ell asleep, and, with the book still in his hani, went on reading utterly ntileoisciotis of what lie was uttering. A woman :t Ilenanult slept seventeen or eighteen hlurs a Udiiy for fifteen years. Another is re -corded to have slept once ir torts days A ann twen\y-five years of' tge, at Ti msbu ry, tear lath, nce: slept for a month, and in two years he slept again for seventeenl days. Dr. Matettish mentions a woman. who spent three-fooa iths of her life' in al cep ; and bi-. Elliotson, who has eullet ted sever. hl instances of''this sort, gnotes the case of nt young lady who siOjpt for six weeks ail recovered. IlIerodotu.s, in "Melponene," alludes incredulously to a rate of the Seythians, or tartars, in the extreme North, wIho were repor. ted to sleep six ttonths of the year. "Two yOutg gettlenmen," says Dr. -Graves, "college students, went. to bed in perfect health the night previous to their examitiation ; they slept soundly; the older i'tte rase early in the morn ing, and left his yunger brother in m* hel still asleep ; he temained so for twt, hours tmore, having slept alt ogeth - er for' more than ten hout's, whent lie awoke in a stale ofeomuplete insanity.'' Tesame aithor likewise relates thte case of a genutlman who fell a!een wvitht his he~ad resting Ott his hands, foi. <ded together before on the table, after dinner, On awakenting, oneo arm wats paralysed, atnd rornainted paralytic to the day of his death, which foillowed not long afterwards. Tihe celebrated General Elliott, Frederic the Great, aund John [Hunter, seldom slept mote than four or five hours in the twenity four. Dr. Maenishi mentions a lad'y, ini perfect health, who never slept more thani three or four hours in the twenty. four', and then only half' an hour at, a time. Genteral Picheogru, according to Sir Gilbert Blane, had only otte htour .sleep in the same space of' time for a whole year. TheIi venerable St. Au guistine, of Hlipp~o, pr'udently di vided his hours itnto three paurts '- eight lie devoted to sleep, eight to recr'eation, eand'aight to converse with the world. De oIlvre slept twenty hours out of the twenty -fourt. Qtiinnt, the celebrated playq! could at his pleasure slumber twet our hours in succession; and Dr. 'lAcould, when lie liked, take as inWgt. apd as mnehl sleep as would serNMl-1for a couple ofdays. Thee dbskingfahing asleep in the morning waiedfhig great bat tle, saw in htis dreams an apparition that assured him of af teatf vitary '&ter his desperate foe Eugenhes; and Lte issue of the fot'theowririg day verfied, or coincided witl hi ls trange presentiment. The D3I nticson 4flM unfortunato-Louts loathsome nook, i.ith a hole in the wall, through which his scanty rations were thrust, was killed by the want ofsleep. His feveri'h temuples were scarcely laid upon his pallet., when a stern voice pealed round the walls-Cape', ou es tu ? lors (ui ? Bly a refinenttit of cruelty of this description, his due. tile and confiding spirit, drawn out to the last gasp, silently gave up the gh'ost, on the Sth of .J one, in his 10th year, 1795. The famuous St. Dominic never reposed except on the floor, or the bare boards, whicb served himil fur a bed. St. ona venitnira, one of the lit st Franciscans, inade use of a coml ,non stonle of-oime size, instead of a pillow; and St. Peter, of Alcantara, slept but an hour and a half in the twenty-four hours, for forty years to gether, either knee ing or standing, with his head leaning aside, on a little piece of wood ih',tened tur that putrpoe in the wall. I e u stally ate but o!ce in three days ; yet he lived to he old though hi, bod y was so at ten uated and weak that it, seented to be corajt iseI of roots of trees, and lthis skin so parch ed that it resenllbled tie dry bark of a tree, tather than flesh. P'etiple iiay sleep in all sits of postures. Areording ti Mr. \Wilkin son, the ancieont. lgy p tiains, w lito, as everybody kno iws, shiaeed their se:ilps, slept with their hwa-is resting itn aml iron prong, like that of a pitchtbrk, wilet d with sonetlit:g 5oft. This they did fir h il ' of kelin their he:iSk co.!i. which they Supposel :trent hen ed thiria wits. I postilion~ mill sleep in htrtsebIac k, and the se'ntine'l at his post. Ant entire battalion of in. fantry have been known to .leep in the march. It is iboit three tir thr o clock in the in irttig tlh.t this pro i e'lity to Ici i.. the n 't (vtrptoiw. e''nog-lilt mom~ntI1 i-ei.-u id'onl by ttlopis fur dIriving in the eve nit:'. outposts, i n(d tAking the bivonae Iy tor t. niiare rei rte.l* p: ni nhirly in th e liastern I Ieniii-phfer". blecoine furiiu-dy h iii the full of the un;it;. lore si ei:d!v .s hiin hiie deterti oritin rav of is aro i':!1i'i light i-; 'en in. t' I '' t l iio. t heir. :a p~artmlenit ; hcne': the n:ttne / w;r e..~,:_ I here't ce t Iaily \' -: amgeat' I;r p:.'tee-s two disi'ease itgte :;!etpi thane in the waking state; thl tie 'ho ;i.a th night inl Cotopa'.gna1 di I 'on:a inev1:titably heroni~l~ e effiectedt w.'lhl its no(xions: al11-. V. hile' \r\elr ho "go (htroug h it h out stopping cese.1pe tlhe luiiatsma. hn te'ntse c lb] indneesr .!et'p, mfld tii1'.e w'ho perish iii Ithe now .sleep on till they shrpthe Sleep (of deathi.-J1ur - ....0- .. Hlabibs of1 Anlors. Raine comipo se] his verse while walking about, icciting'' Ii-n in a loud voice. (Oe day. when ,1 tinu worl:ii.. at his play of \lithridites, in the Ti Deries G;aoleu-<, a crowd tcf woria.tn gathered arundtimiil iis. a:tan-ted hv hI. gesttires; they tool Ib rii to be a iinad Iman about to tlrow hi:nlitself i.to IIe basinl. On hiis return ljne 111, frianpIge walks, he would) wirite diiu i icene liv secie , at first ill hroti , :i:i c when Li, had thius wiIitteLn it out, he wouild .. elaim, t" aly n;.:ed'y is do~ne!' f' :lidl '.ring tlie dressing of the act:, up in verse as a Very a! I a ir Magliabcehi, the learned librarian to the )ike of Tu--eany, on the contra. ry, ntever stirred abrial, but lived amiidst, books anid uipont booiks. They wvere his bed, boiaitd, andit w alihti ile passed eight anid forty years ini their idist., only twice ini the course of his life ventiing beyondi the wvalls of Florienee; onc to go) twto league s off, and( the other timle th ee and a half leagues, by order of thle Grmand Duke. lIe was an ex tremelty frugaul tuno , liv ing upon eggs, bread and wa tert, in great, imoderatin. Ltither, when study iing. a]lways had his dog ying at his feet; a dog tie hadit brougt li.from W art burgl, tiid of w hieb he wais vecry fond. An i vory creii ix stood onu lhe t able before hhiii, andt the walls of his study were s tck rountid with~ enriceaturies of lie Pope. lie wor-ked at his desk for day togethier withiouttgoiing out ; hut, whien faitigued, and thle ideas began to staignat e ini his brain, lie woul Ita1ke his flit te or his guitarii iithI him iniIito the pireb. and there execute someu iritsical fantasy, (for lie wats a skilhlful musieianl,) wheni the ideas would flow uponl himi as fresh as flowers after sumiineir's rain. Xtuis. ie was his invariable solace at such times. indeed Luther didI not besi tate tio say that, after theology, muusie was the first of arts. " Atusic," said he, " is the art of' the prophets, it, is the only othier ar-t which, like thecolo. gy, can calm the agitavtioni of the soul* antd put the Decvil to flight.." Next to music, if not before it, Luther loved children and flowecrs. That gireat, ginarled man had a heart as tender as Calvin studied in his bed. Everyv morning, at five or six o'clock, lhe hadI booXks, manuscripts, and papeis carried to him there, and he worked' on for hltta-ster.. If Ihe had braVijon Wna out, Oil li; return lie undressed atd went to bed again to contitue his st udies. In his later years he dictated his writings to secretries. 1 i rarely corrccted anything. The sentenets issued complete From his tnoiuth. If' he felt his fheilit-y of composition leav ing him, lie forthwith quitted his bed, gave up11 writing and Com posirng, aid wett about his oult-door duties for (lays, weeks and months together. But as siion as he felt the inspiration Call upon hit) again, lie welt, ack to his bed, andi his secretary set to work lortli withi. I iousseau wrote his wolks early iii the ii.orning; I e Sage at midday; Hyroi at maidinightli Iardouin rose at fuir in the ingriii, and wrote till late at night. A rittitle was a tremu:endous worker; he took little sleep. and was constant ly retrcnehiig it. lie had a cont riv. a cie by whicb lie awoke early, and to awake was with himt to emmiPnee work. )en ost ienes Iassed three months, in a cavern h the sea-side, in laboring to overcome the defects ot' his voice. There he read, studied, and declairued. I abelais co iposed his life of Gar. gaituma at. lellay, in the company of I loian cardinals, and undeler the eves of the lliiiop of Paris. La, "ontaiiie wrVtc his fables chietfly utnder the :.hade (if ct e'. intd sorneitiales by the side of 1acine and IllJiler i. Pascal wrote lil.!, of his -'Iheigh oin litle senaips of apelr, at. his by iioiiicnts. lFeiiel. on wrote his I.eleinm hus in the palace of \"'ersailles, at the court of the Grand \lonarie, ' hlln discharginig the duties of tu'or to the I )Uuplin. That a bo:k ste tho.ouglyl v deorittic should have i-sied fromti such a source, and be writ ten by a riet, miay scen sutrptrising. Ie ) t.. Quine tirt prmenuig:ate his ntiiti tf' ni versal fireetloi of person iad traitb-, and of' tlrowing all taxes oi the hmad-the gerin perhaps, el' the F'rencht *, luin li -in the boudoir of Mad lheion I.nelt. dowttn befoire compotisina hi C 1 k, and prayed tllr lliit imet ICC' ol 11- wVell without first de'claimuing fGir omie t uic at the top of his voiee, and thus riiniiui'r his iervous systemlu to its fulle'st ac'tiviivt. Th' of Libitz was oe of' iead inur. writing, mail ieditation. 'T'iat wts1 the s;tret of his prodigLious; knitowl. Idge AMo er nii ai tttk of1 gout, he co:i fined himiiet-' to a diet. of birtatl and imilk. Often he sltep t. ill n chair, and rarely' w'ent tii bel till after inidnigl.t. uitnacutimcs he was iin(nlitlis without 1iiing his sent, where he slepit lbt itight maItl wrote liy ilac. lie had ai 11fb-tr in his right leg i ch iprevented his walkin aliout., even h:u1 lie w i.,lid to du a i.--.-li:a (C o/ols Jourla/. T9he a Bory 'lTr'ade. 'I lie New-York .1ournal (if Comn. meni-e. has an article on "The Ih-orv 'Trade," from which we quote: Nine tenths of all the ivory brottht. directly to tho United S:ates tion wsi frits %:tiilbar, in Africa, to lie ir t iaiflm. It has been conj ectured that evenurieally the supply would be stoied, In atcount of the- estimi tion tf the (elephi:t, but, this, we ae ill inied biy those cotnveranit with the siilhject, is not p oha bile, large inanti ties iteing broiugit., fro tm t.e unex. Ido red inlt erior of A frica by the traderis on thle cioasts, of whicb a parit, is oh. tainied triimi aimaiils who have (lied natuorally; the ehlpat beiing too large gamie to be serioutsly aff'ct ed by thle . capon i ofS i sav-ages. Th'le dealer c-an read ily di.cerni lby thle appearance of the tioith ub ethier it is taken f'ro:in a freshly slain antimial or nut. Somie of' them, bimkeii and tnutilaiteJ, give en denice of' dleadtly eoimeres thejir liiuiprietor's havie hail in '.hieiir native jungile., wh ileI othlers arne gna wed b y A firican rats pi bblyl, ihr' the tecethI miarks are large and deep iniionsui. The El'gish traders, owinmg to their suplerior fail it ies, have lie mnopo~ ly of' thle miarke. in Ijidia amid ini A frica, and ihe eboicest articles can oily be obtained tromt t hem. lin price it vairies ti'omi 75(. to 81. 75 per piound, iiett, whie I aie the extrnemes for correspoiidinig qualities. Witin five years piast, owing to its extended apprtoprinationi to lpmp jose's of' art mid Itixuiry, if. lias increase.d I wentty per centt. ini cost, andli great economlhy is reiguisite to work tip thle scraps andh chippings to tidlvaiit age, as its ciirve'd formi will not, a tiii t of' straighitein g, wi thouit dlest royinig lie te xtre, whichl would be fatal to its usef'ulniess mid beauty. Nothing, howev'er, is per. iiit ted to go to waste. The recusu is careflIly cialcioed, and, whlen car'eftilly gi'ounid up~on a imai'ble slab, y ields a jet lack velvety [iigmewnt, used by artists to pait, UJn1le 1'oms, bi'oadeloth coats, and .otheri matter's i'eqiiiring al par'ticularly jetty hue. Next to the Chimeso, the Ger'mains excel in ivory carvinig and ornuiamentat whrk' mdatof tho' beauitifudly. e'nhet igliotd urnbrella and canto kn6Mb baei mai 1 anabjts Ihese, according to the' ainount of wo mrk lavi'hed upon t helm, range in price froin three to ten dollars each." The Boy who Kept Ihis Patrpmile. "I would not. Ih'e o ieun," said George Ward to : . l h stood hv. while he put the 'i ie had ju'st bought in his p: " You have i t" ri0 :nt call mec mean," replied i.ik Porter. "be eati e I dollt ltt .1~n IIIy mooney for" candy.' '' You never apnelid it for any tli g," continued Georgt taunttinegly. It was true. lieubei di nuot spend his money. Do you sueppose it wa because lie lved it Iore than other bnoys do ? Iiliuben turniel slowly away, medi. tating 11upon what had( occedti ii. '-1 will not care fir what G.e'gei think;." lie at length said to hi nel, "I have four dollars now, anid en I have s'old Ilny enh bages, I shall hate :mnether <101. lar. 1 shall soem hu" n .. ca h," and his heart letiiitled jIoylaniy, his step recovered its elastiei t, and his pace quickened' as the pleasant, thought re moived the sting th neeusation of mieltmiiess had inflicted nil his sensitive spih it. " Enouiglt " did niot mean li e same with lieulen, as witih growi pe ile. It had a liinit. lie hastened cleerfilliy homne, or to the place lie called horne. lie had no liiihm or mother there, but kind and leoving friend, in their stead. M\Ir. Porter had died twro years before, leaving a wife and four children ni~thout proper. ty to sus'ain them. .lculxe ' was the elide-t. he was old enough to assist Inl the labour11is l a 1:1rI, it, av as thought Iest lie should heave his'ioother. Mr. Johnson :, a u:"igLhIr. tuoli him inito lus ttinnily, where he soon becaie a great fa vrit e. There-'" ". one ,ldn'* !- I m l'wever, wi Ik.'i pt I r':. ,'1m': .r ar'de.1 s : /-i !. 1 what L^ c:eiled "a :,.' et ef' htarling." Slit. eatid she never gave him n orang, or al aqple, that lie dil lot carry it, te hi re ,1131 ins.tea'l of' eating:r it. l'erhaps his hist':', at It iiC, ol dea' little Irt ther lelinv. could Iell what bec)e of themn. Mrs. Johnsont,: had ti ctted, too, Inl his d]rawer, a box, which was-quite heavy w61ih ltuney. She lid no-t b~e. liieve he hwi baught so :itch :1as a fish hook, since lie hal heen in their fain. ly. If he shoui go on in this way he will grov tip to be a iniser. MIr. .1 olisoln sniled at his t il's eariit'st ut s,, and re:nnrke.I that wi:hi "tachi an exnplejc of genen si y as I'eben had 'oistanlitly helfbre hiini le coueild not believe th ehil was in inuie daige. uninl the lialt. she feared. -it naulst be retintleebered," he said, ''that. lienbten has his own wat to iiake ill lif. ileL lust early lea'ni to rave,o e u'ie Vl alwavs Ie poor. llit'hre are li- mtlilt. er aid siseris, t ),, w h ieel his aid." in ci-ies ways~. llen'bei atdded to his stele. \\~ he tili tsno ennie, he Mude t ice broad laths iboutt the house, which so attraeled the itie' of' a ieighbmor. that she asked if lie might he illoeid to "take paihs 1Or ir. Ile. rose early tait he miight have tilaic for this ext ra wlk, amid was well paid 1~r his eIlbrt.--T-''he box gitw ieav'er fromu week to week. Iraeu/ibr'a/ 'Il al mos0/ enollugh/. On):e dayt thbere' was a b arrie'l ofilour31 thiere mutit be a iiistiake abot it; but store to take it to t hat, boe '. .lirs I orter wenltu imiue.'i ately ti jtearn ab 'itt it.. aid what, wats her subgrplise oli hItileg her soni bad be'en thle pitr'chas. ei'. Ileow cotild lie hil' fir at wlieele baire i'oft flolur "lice fiillneyi," Sid the riince'lhait, ''-he brotight, in a boix. It, wats ill simall bits, wihitch itook mte' seult timei to counlt, buit thiere waLs TJhe imithiietalled, with a l'el heart, at, Mrs. Joe hnisonl's, and r'elat eel what had1 ocecurr'ie'd. l ~iun wonderued wh is mitere sholele cry so.~ l Ie thoeuglgit she wotitud be happyei. lit wais sure' lie wan. Ie hade beent thintkinig two years of' tha~it. barr'tei of' flour', anid no(w lie felt moitre like lautginig than cryingi~. T1ho~se tears, 1nobhle heoyi, are noet tear:ts of siir row~i, bitt of deest fulIle'st joy3. Y ou are' moe icthani te-pide f'or yonur self-de nialt. Yeu havl~ie persevere,~d ii your dhe. tempi1'.atiton te deviale f'romii the ceiurse w hilh yoti notrked eout. as righ. Youi hcav'e bione imeekly thie charge oIf mean~it ness'5, so gil ihg to yoturi generus~ pirit antd no1w yout rvceive yotir rewiaid. anid soC arlt your3 kinid frieiids, Mi'. aenel Mt's. .Iohiiison. Thant, utight, M\r. .Johniso'n remiar'ked( to Is wife, as they sat, t,. gether' beibre the e'hterfuil tire, thiat bo haud some idea (of keeping thle litt' m1 11'is iad educatting him. "A boy wiho could form suichi a piurpeoso, and keep it, wiill, iin'atl .probahility, nak a'usefti ma'i.' After yot, po heat teg~ of-theirbthninnf isa ub.se. mian of intelligence and wealth. IIe is one w hou the world delights to hoa jr; but arntog his plettsantest memo. ries, I doubt not, is thot of the barrel if flour he bought fbr his beloved mo t her. "Filial love will never +n) unrewar led."- N. Y.~ Jnde,-endenEt Tite Death Bed of Caomuuwl1. The follow?ig fromt headley's Worlk. is inarked with the usual brillianev of the peculiar writer. Cromwell appears no lodger as the hypuerite, hbU rather is the sincere Convenlanter. when Lalh-di to his last suuntinons. At length the last night drew on tlat was to Usher in his f1'tuate day. ThIle .Id of Sep'tember, and miive ar, a if .Lmbar ntid of Marslon, camte ami'd wind and storm. ha this solenitt hour for Etglanil, strong hearts were ever beseeching heaven to hear the Protec .>r; but the king of Kings had issued ii decree; inai the spirit that had en lured and to'iled Si long, was already ratherin ag hisipitions Iihr eternitv.. "It a. .or th~i~ In !al into thi hands Af the living God,'' broke tihen o his lips in solemnt faith, on the covenant if (race. Hlis breath caime dillicult ad thick; but amid the pause of' the tertor, hie was heard tturiurinY. "Truly 0..d is gNd--indeeJ he is hie will nt-~-" fIere' his tongue thiledf himo-" but," says an eye witness, " I ipprehend it was, IIe will not leave ame." A gain and again, there es-c:apcd roml) the ever moving lips, the half irttieuate words. '- (ohi is good Uod is good. '- Once wi; sudden mtaergy, he exclaimed. " I wolull be wviliing to live to be urthcr servicea. le to God anl] his pieolie; but lly vork ii done. Yet God will be with uls paiple." All arihlit l-atg ho -na nlurtd this l+) himilself ofCl God; show. og bow [,:tett nas his traa.,t, how trllug hlis at (h. ( ):,t'. ai :,,.'tae d(1i1h a:h ed'" hi:, ho said, " it i. not imy design to il i:,4 r -ei.p, but it is hay design to make !at ha t,- I can WY itle this scete was passing in that submian ebunbtler, aIli was wild and terrible Nithout. Natue seeeCtld to ylpathi.e withl the <lyiLg pat riot and be:(o. The wind howled and roared :1ioI the placi; house i \ere unriooled; I:imaevs blown up, and the trees that hiad itood! fur half a century in the par ks, were uptrn and strewn over the earth. The sea, too, was vexed, the iaves snolte inl ungovernable fury tihe shires of IFugltnd; and Vessels lay stratnded alotig the coasts of the Mcdi. it raueant. It was a night when tlhere r., As they say, Lamn:tiIIntw heard in the air; :tran.e sr;eamus c - de:ih. stud p)rophesying, w tith accemis terrible, n'dire rununioin,ainel confused events W itehed to the a Nn. tinie, i * * .otie saty the earth, uls loverou- i ." ])'Lt :lli was calmn and serelic around. lie lting bed of Cromwell. On that pore hai kingly brow, peace, like at shite winged duve sate; and that voice shicb had Lturned the tide of so tiaty >:tties ntow iurmured only prayers. : ia:pa te, dy ing in the iitlst of just otch a sto ri, sho-ted " 7Wie d' .Irmnee." is his gazing eye fell once more on the als of his mnighty columns disap arting in the smoke of battle; but romwell took a nobler departure. Ihe L.tor.,,mad .poa r wvitho ..t brought 1o diin of armos to1 his dyinag ear-not n the d'.irium to)(f battle his sut burst twa, bt wthhis eyes fixed stead 'astl on te " terna kind, eandi >romtise of a fajithful God, het miovedl romf theC shore of time, and sanak farom aight forecver. lie died at three o'clock, "an thae very liay whtiebi eight years before, saiw his won rdl lat-ning ove r the Lituml tuous ield oif D unbar-the samne which, ettveni year s prev iouas, hearid htimi shount tig on1 the tamtparts of Worcester. But this wats the last and mo~st terrible aattle (of ail; yet he camew oflf victori ilus, antd t tinumhinitg over his last one ty, (leafth, paissed into the seyenec sor~ld, wihere the soiund of the battie tevet rtms; andi the hattred ad m io. entee of menII tnever' disturb.. i'rigin of thec " Aztec " Ohiildrenu. A correspondenttutt of the Athieimenutm, toietr signiatuare Francais, of A. de~ L. 05 pult ishe~d, i the nuimber haft ii Ith d Febrlury, ani article ont the Aztee -hilIdrien, of* which the filoingt' is a 'trasiatain, slightly abr~tidged: " 'The two chtildren exhahi ted in .Europe ar'e weither Lil liputilans, Aztees, saeotrdo. taa' nattivyes of Iximnaya, nor belonging 0 an extraordinary race of mni; nteit h Lir do thtey come fromi the reputblic of Gu atemI)ala. Illere is their historv; jin thin departmenut of Sant Maguel, in ai vilhge called La Pu.erta, near the-townt of iUsututan, therea lives, a .mlatto womflan,) miothir of 'thest~ .t~t ..litalt, uhbiberen, wvho pas amnong if for phr il~~nomen, as well'as a t bird' inaf be. k'mrilrtot tha'namat moa mik tha kidnapper wishes to take hiltnself it patron. Don 16timo nd Selva, at native of Nit aragia, w i.,hiug to mak a spe. ulittion of these Curious children, ob. tatined thlem~ fi-om the mth~er for! -omne ounees of go d, four or five years ago; and Imvmg thus aclnired the. Ihe started with them fir the lited 6ta)tes, taking at the same timte a wolf, a wlitr stag, and .' ome miniukey"s. Uii his art rival it San d Iknti del Ni -arata. these cutriositie; pa-ed, we know not how, into the hands tof :n A merican. Sincte then, the agent of Senor S"lva lea s'dlicited1 firum the government of the State of" 5alvadour documenets which+ pnove that, his client is ow ner of t.he ehildrenti and a.imuals; anti the admuin i.tratiotn has antcniicated the testi. itony presented by the agent." Mrg. ZRodiscoys Wvire . Wie take the following from the 13s ton Tr nitseript : lie had always mingled pleasaal) with society at \Vasiniigto, but tl tie which connected himt most deml it to A meriea, uriginsated in a singular itutan.ce of love at fit st eight. He wa. one day wa!iukitg with at friend out to wards Ueoigetown Iheights, when i. passed it budiug school for youn" ladies an, was attracted by a thir girl of IG, who stood sfiingi..g lher bag and talkimg with aittnation to somtie of it companuiouns. .'"Who is that beautiful girl W 11 ho is she ' eagerly asked he ti > friend could not in'form l iii ile, our opened and in site went to her books and .:ate; :il , uicouscious of the daguerreotyplie that glihose had left on the heart of the grave I ussia d iuist or. The next day and the day .Iluowing s::: ;i... talaniig li;t si walk which subsided to a verv slow tepas ihe apprudehed the Libuilding and looked iatnestly a' t - :"-; door and wt;induw. Mlay day',t a. l :. 1 :Lit wa- to ho celebrat-ed as usual. in the school, by the usuai ;.sti vite 'and the choice of a Queen from among the nuinbe r aid this '.'ar floral rovalty ltappenedi to fall ot Miss larriet"Wlii ians, the very gi:{ whihad so instant ly cnithroned huerself' in the admiration of the foreigner. J ust before M:ijy )ay, the Principal Was surprised to receive a note from the I ussialt Envoy at \asrington expressit.g great interest in education, aitd begging perimiissioni to be presant at tihe lestivai cf May Day, which it would give him particular pleasure as a straitger to the customs of the Coun try to witin s:. Consent, of course, was very graciously granted; and the occasion was as charming as veith and flowers always make it. At the end of tlie trm, Miss I larriet announced that she would not attend school any more. 'WVhat not gradua'te ? oh, why. nuot ? A rc you going away ? Iut she shook her head, laughed, and kept, her own canntsel, and in a few weeks was the .ife of the usshim Minister. She aewomjpanied her husband once or twice to lluss'a, whe e she was very much admired, andi known as the '-Amtericani Ilose," IHer face had reg ula ity of feature, but was particularly distinguished for exinisite coloring. Nothing could surpass the chesnut brown of her hair the bright grey blue of her eye, nor the hue of the lily and the rose SO delicately blended ii her coitplexioun. P'erhtaps her figure had too) tmeth end~onjiolut f'or Sy mm ietry but, she mtoved with grace and dignity. AlIt hmoitI there wats a greait dIisparity of 3 ears, and ai gretat dilli'eence in aip pearanc amid chamaeter, betwent herself anid hiusbanid, it seems to~ have been a veiy htappy uioni. Tihe iMod~est Poet. I. ueius Valerius was born at Hlirco ii ima, in I lie reign oftTraijan. A t thir teen years oi age, he became a compel. itor' for the prize of poetry. This prize was a beautiful gold medal. and an ivory lyre, which was, every five years, adjuded to the author who pro. duced the best poem. Valerius, though opposei by a nyimber of doub he his age wats victorious. Amnong other honors paid him, it was deter. tmiiied toI erect a brazen statue, which should be placed in the nmost coinspiicu 00s pa t. of the city. T1he day of tIM presenittionu of this statue to public view, presented a trait in time ebiaranet oif Valherius stil! more lovely thatn hih talents. A t the moment in whiieh the chile mn ig istraite was plaintg a crowni of laurel on the head of the statue, Va lerius peci ved a yo)ung man, wh< hand conteste I the prize with him, an< who wais, in theoioniii of many, littbi infe~rior to bim, looking~ on this scotm with a sor'rowful and doji.-t'ed coumiuen anlce.. Vraleri us instan thy -discover& the causte of his chagrin, and determi ed to remniuxe ., which he did in th< f~dlowipg na:mner': li seized the Ian rel crown, afil prmiesingowards hit disteppointed rival, plaeed it og bhi had syiig: u r mer desoe In ncetount of Yi yo-h than i) my rer it. aIid. rat as an etncJoraieuent than a: reward. enthusiastie admiiraction 1tinm th;e spe.. ttorl:s ; .l ihe :tu ish.ed yNwh x It, thi lnlexp(ctdlV receivei the crownzI of victoir fIroI th lunis oAf the. ictor, was overcme with gratitu e and -Yv. To pleiserve the rell hemlrl;ancee of' an action whieb evinced at ont ce so Itouclh moedesty, and suchel lind fe-im the pe jilI ci inletfrud () \'aierius the stir ; ani of %dc,( v:lich ;* ail-s rmiod e"t.-an honr!' greater e ;hve ha that which he dcrivied f1rom1 Ii.; iutrV Re- -married E4 a te r .n l1a3 m The Ciu , tOh (()Yu) l'kpoiter mie. utin ~te ntarin~ie at th# dle", tn the I 1th of' .'elruary 1 3>,- of 1Ir. Elias .Jones and .is. l)elila Sw' al, gives the folh14 in i nl I ~e-,ti r sketehi of the parties " There is a little hi.,tory cone wiih the alove whib ii;y nut be tln miteresing to (lie realer.- About the close of the List war with (reat icit a'.!1 the parties b camle acquainted with each other, and in A pril, tiey i-orai' marriei, m the co unty of Genesee, N. Y., agallst the consent and wishes of relatives on both sides. A few eeks prior .to the. birth of theiir second sin, Biadtord, now of this !,lace, Mr. Jones left. his fianily far the purpose ofpurt chasing a piece of land, and during his absei ce his wife was pursuaded b. he: relatives to desert her homIe and hius band and reside with them. Mr. Jones, on learning the fet, and beini threatened with violence if he attempt ed to claim his imuily, left. the country anil went. to .":i hi s -- r . 'aI years silbseqluent, lie ascerttined that irs. Jones hal again married, an I removed to the west. " Ii palliationi of this trans:action, it should be stated t.lipt the wife supposed the forner bushaimd dead, and did re. ceive tidings of his supposed los at sea. Mr. Jones did iniunediately re turn to his vocation on the sea, and from that period until a few weeks since lust all trace of his wife and his two sons. After a space ol' twenty live years he. chanced, by a mere cir cutmstance, to learn the residence of his two sons, and wended his steps to this place, wheic, to his gratification, he learned that their mother wss still living and a widow, having lost her husband after rearing ten children, and then residing in Meicer, Penn. In company with his sons, Mr. Jones ina ediately started for the residence of tle partnar of his youth, who at once recognized and weloinfed him to her home; though she could not have been more surprised had he risen from the grave to confi-ont her. 'The triaIs of the past were recounted, the love of youtI renewed, aid after a brief court ship th'e were again plighto I, and the inlle is recorded at the head of this article. Courtinig in the Right Style ! " Git coat you hsty puppy ; let me alone or I'll tell your na !" cried out Sally, to her lover Jake who sat about ten feet from her, pulling dirt from the chimney jam. " larn't teehin on you, Sal," respond ed Jake. " Well, perhiaps you don't mnean to neither ; do yer ?" "No 1 don't." " Cause you are too tarnal, scary, you long-l egged, Ian tern-jawed, slab sided, pigeon3 toed, gangle kneed owl you ;--yu hait got a tarnal bit of sense ; git along homen with yoU." "Now, S ii, I love you and youecam't help it iuther, and ef y on don't let me st ay and couw t y ou, myi daddy will sue your'n fi~r thatt cow he sold him 'tothier dayr. By jingo, lie said he'd do) it." " Well look here, fake, ef you want to court me, you'd better do it. a's a v~hite mani does that thing--nand not set off there as of you thought I was " [low on airth is that, Sal ?" I" Why, side right upl here, and hug and kiss me, as it you really had some of the bppo atnd sinew of a man about you. Do you spose a womnap 's only made to look at, yotu fool fou? glo0, they're male for' ." pra'ct ical results ". as Kossuth says, to hug amd klss and sich like." " Wecll," said fake, drawing a long" breath, ef 1 mutst I must for' fdQ love you Sal ;' abd'hd e~mie di up to her', like a maple poker gto' battle. . Lay ing. his arm on , s' shoulder, we thought weheard Sal say "'['hat's the way' to, d~ it old .loss, that sacjing Illiga wlig~e moati oti. '; Oh, Jerusalem' a n d panodjhesl oz'elaimeod Jake, fiiT this -ain tr tin any applesa evey made, a darnpd h1ightN., itrc .e'j ucjk what catres, alap jn fad 'laA.O int no whj - long sidre ou o Salt oh, jhuw-Wove yuu'l: -ilhre t hvir lips camne jt(Rgeth4r, andl the repoit. that tullowg wa 14k. paulti a luai's Ia m*Dilg