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Robert Bruce, originally descended Some branch of the Scottish family of 1 *hnt name, was born in humble circumstances abont the close of the lost century, at ; Torbay, in tho sotith of England, and there ?b'red up to a sea-faring life. When about thirty years of age, to wit, 1 1828, ho was first mate of tt barque trading 1 ^between Liverpool and St. Johns, Now Brunswick. 1 . "On one of her voyages boand westward. txifrig then some five or six weeks o?t, and i * wkvihg ncarcd tho eastern portion of the ! Jl b aides of Newfoundland, the capt ain and i ' mate had betn O i board at noon taking an 4 observation of the sun ; after which, thev I both descended to calculate their day's j 4 Moik. 1 ?bc cabin, a small one, was immediately | 1 ?l the sttirn C*f t'-.c vessel, end the short ; stairway descend.h ran athwnrt-ships. , 1 I named iately opposite to this stairway, just j beyond a small square landing, was the , " mate's state-room; and front that, landing I ' there were two doors close to ?-ach other, J 1 the one opening aft into the cabiig. . lc oth- I rr, fronting the stairway, into the state t.,ouiThe desk in the state-room was in the forward part of it, close to the door ; so that ( Jl anyone standing at it and looking over his ; 0 shoulder, could see into the cabin. j n The mate,absorbed in his calculations, |_u ."which did not result as ho had expected, " waryiag considerably from the dead reckon- 1 '' iiug, had not noticed the captain's motions. ; WVhcn he hud completed his calculations, 1 lite called oat, without looking arouud, " 1 .lUakc our latitude aud longitude so and so. j a v'.'an that be right? How is yours?" v Iteceiving no reply, be repeated the i " question, glancing over his Aoalder aud j l" perceiving, as he thought, the captain bu- j 1 ,-ny writing on his -white. Still no un-wcr. | ' Thereupon he rwse, and as l?e fronted the ' cabin door, the figure he Jum mi'taken for I the uantaiu nalsnd his head an 1 dixclo-ed ! 1 ? I to the astonished mate the featured of an 1 .?ntire<?tran;?f;r. , v Bruce was in coward ; hut, as lie m?t < > the fine I ^iza. 11 ikin^ directly at him in ' lisa'd silence, and beoaiue assured tliat it 1 was n<? one whuu lie h u\or-?oua kturo, ' it iir.i< to i in i i >t i. a, .ml iiirtcid of ' stopping tj j-. v ,;j .he >eviii!ii.j intruder. ' ho rushed upon dec!, in Mieh.violent alarm that .tvinsuntb .a'tr acted tJie.e t plain's attention. ' -" Why, J!r. l'iruce," said the latter, J v wvhat in the world is the matter w 1th yual'" s " The matter, sir who is that at your .doak?" t " No one that I know of." { * But there is tir; there's a stranger tthcrO." c *f'\ stranger! why, man, you must be ( Breaming. Vou must have sour. the stew- f :urd there or the seeond mate. Who else would venture down without orders ?" ' "But, .sir, he was sitting in your arm 1 ichnir, fronting the doer, writing on your ; v slate. Thou he looked up lull in my face ; ' and if ever I -saw u man plainly and dis- :i tinctly in this world, I saw liiui." | 1 J* W he in V* |? "God kn .. ,ss?r ; I don't. 1 stiw a man, ' :and a man I had never scon in u?y life be- * fore." i A " You must be jroinjr mzv. Mr. Urueo. j 1 A stranger, an I we no . weeks out!" 1 "I know, sir; btr *:. > 1 saw him " (Jo down and see who it ' 1 dlrucc hedtuted. " 1 never was a believer in ghosts," !i0 said ; " hut if the truth I must be told, sir, I'd rather not luce u alone." ' 44 Come, conic, man tin down at once, ' and don't make a fool ot \ jr.s-df before tlic ' crew." , f 44 I hope you've uiw.u Pnin 1 me willing j ' to do what's reasonable,' Bruce replied, , 5 changing color; *4 but if it's all the same ? to you, sir, I'd rather wo should both go ! down together." The captain descended the stairs and ' rthc mate followed him. Nobody in the | * *eubin ! they examined the state-rooms. Not ' .a soul to be found ! 44 Well, Mr. Uruee," said the captain, : 1 ,44 did not I tell you you had been drcaiuinS,?" . I, 4' It's all very well to say so, sir; hut if I 'didn't sec that man writing on your slate, may I never sec rny home and family again J" ^ | 44 Ah! writing on the slate ! Then it 1 should be there still." And the captain < took it up. 41 My God !" he exclaimed, 44 here's something, sure enough I Is'thai your writ- i ing, Mr. Bruce?" The mate took tJio slate, and there, in plain legiblo characters, stood the words, j " Steer to the Nor wr?t /" " Have you been trifling with me, sir?" j' added thocuptain in a stern manner. " On my word as a man and as a sailor, sir," replied Brace, " I know no more of 1 this matter than you do. 1 have told you | the exact truth." Tho captain sat down at his desk, the I slate before tim, in deep thought. At lost, turning tho slate over and passing it to Bruce, ho said, " write down ' steer to the nor'west.' " Tho mato complied, and the captain, i?fitor narrowly comparing tho two hand-writ;ings, Baid, M Mr. Bruce, go and Udl tho .second mato tocoinc down here." Ho came, and, at the captain's request, he also wrote the same words. So did the steward So, in suecc.?inn, did every man ' : ft >f the crew who could write at all. But riot one of the various hands resembled, in any degree, the mysterious writing. When the crew retired the captain c.v. lecp in thought. " Could any one have been stowed away?'' at last he ?aid. " The | illip must be searched ; and if I don't find the fellow, he must boa good hand at hideind-scck. Order up all hands." Every nook and corner of the vessel, from stem to stern, was thoroughly search:;d, and that with all tbo eagerness of ex:ited curiosity?for the report had gone out hat a stranger had shown himself on joard; but not a living soul beyond tho ;rew and olliecrs \va ' found. Returning to tho cabin, after their fruitess search, "Mr. Bruce," said the captain,' what the devil do you make of all this?" "Can't tell, sir. I saw the man write, fou sec the writing. '1 hero must be sumo liing in it.'1 " Well, it would seem ->n We have the vind free, and I have a great mind to keep ler away and see what will com. of i?." "J surely would, sir, if I v o- in your ! dace. It is only a few hours lo>< at worst." j " Well, we'll see. (Jo on dock and give he course nor'west. Ami, Mr. Bruce," he iddcd, as the mate rose to go, " have a ook-ont alofi, and lot it he a hand you can lepend on." His orders were obeyed. About 11 o'dock the look-out reported au iceberg neary ahead, and, shortly after,what ho thought vas a vessel of some kind close to it. As they approached, the captain's glass lisclosed the faol that it was a dismantle I hip, apparently frozen to the ice, and with goad many human beings on it. Shortly Iter they bevo to, and sent out, the boats o the rciief of the sufferers. It proved to ho a vo>> *1 from Quebec, >ound to liivorpo d, with passengers on j loard. .She had got cntangl -d in the ice, i.?i linatly frozen last, and h id passed H"Vral \7oeks in a meet critical situation. She as btovo, her deck Mvcpt ; in fact, a mere reek ; all her provisions and almost all her rater ^oito. Iler crew and pas*< f.;rers had ?sf all hop?* of beiiiir saved, and their ratitude for tin- unexpected rescue v.as ' iroportiunally ??reaf. As one of the in, n who h t'lboen brought . way in the third boat that J; id reached the ,-reek was asce?idoi^ the sink's side, the : nate catching, a glimpse id* his t,."e. start- I 'J back in const.inatbai. It was the wry are he had seen three or four hours bo-j ire, looking u ? t/ him fiotn the ciptain's' , las k. At fir.-t he trie.) to pwsuad h in elf it nijht he fancy; hut the more l?" examined lie in in, the :u -ur h - beeasu that he ras riyrlit. Not only th face, b it the par- ! >11 ami the div- ex letly corresponded. ' As soon as the cxhitisfe 1 crew and fain- ( -lie] passengers were cared for, and the . nnjue.un her coins' iiu, the niateealled lie c iptain aside. It so m< th it was no! ; , I >n\ in I..IV. :<ir ; l ll IIIUI ? alive. j " \V li it <h> you in 4 hi ? W!i >*s nlive ?" u Why, sir, one of the pa *.seu \v l ive ju-t save h i> the very miii 1 suv vritino ou your slate at u >m. 1 wouhl wear to it in a court of justice." 44 I'nnn wv \v-1. Mr. !!r.: v," replies * . ho curtain, "this j^ets ui.ro a:?a more sin jular. Let m :; > an 1 >ee this man." They faun 1 lii u in conversutioii with the aplain of tli ' r u 1 sl?i]>. 'J'hev both Mine forwarl .n I cypres-. > 1 in th warm* at tonus, tli . . i?itii ic (or d. livcivnee ; Vuiu a horrible fat ? dow-eomiii.r death >y exposure and starvation. The captain replied that lie had hut t! me vh.it he was certciu they would have do.ie or him under th" same circuiustam es, ail 1 Lsked them both to step do v. ii into tlu: ibin. Then, tinaiin*; to the p-n- uu'er, he mid, " I hope :r, you will not think I am rifling with ,.hi : hut I vuiiM he inueii , iblijrod to you if you would write a lew vords ou this shoe." And lie handed him he slate, with that side up en which the uy. orions writing was ir>t. 41 I will do anything you a*k," replied ho passenger, "hut what shall I write?' j 44 A few words are all 1 want. Suppose ! i*ou write, 4Stecr t ? the nor west.' " The passenger, evidently puzzled to make | nit the motive fur such a reijncst, complied, lowcver, with a smile. The captain took jp the slate and examined it-closely ; then steppi-fr aside >o as to conceal the flalt. Yoni the passenger, he turned it over and 1 ^ave it to him a;iin the other side up. 4* Vou say tint is your hand writing?" mid he. 4< 1 need not ray so. " rejoined the other looking at it, 44for v?n siw mo write it " 44 And this?" i tit eipfain turning the slate over. The nun In > v 1 u.V. .it " io writing anil thou at tli otlKr. ij ! c mi'uindcd. At last " \Y hat is th.' m . 11 in >1 t!?i~ " said lie. I only vr.it one of these. \Y ho wrote tlio other. ' "That's mort t. an 1 <* : ? I you, sir. My mate says ;,ou wrote i , . ag at this desk at noon to-lay.' The captain of the wreck ami the passenger looked ;t each other exchanging glances of into ligence and surprise j and tSic former nslod the latter, l)i?l you ilrcain tint you vrote on this slate " No, sir, not mat I remember.'' " You speak if dreaming," said the caje tain of the hari uc. " What was this gentleman about at noon to-day ?" u Captain," .'joined the other, "the whole thing is uost mysterious and cxtraordinary, and I intended to speak to yon about it as st.m as wo got a little quiet. This gentlcniai," (pointing to the passenger,) " being much exhausted, I.-11 into a heavy sleep, o what seemed such, sometime before nom. After an hour or more he awoke, alio said to mc, '('attain, we shall ho rcliuwd this very day.'" " \\ hen I a ked him what reason he had for saying so, le replied, that he had dreamed he was on loaru a barque, and that she wits coming U our rescue, lie described her appearand and her rig, and, to our utter astonishment, when your vessel hove in ! sight, she cofi:spon<h'd exactly to his dp scriptiou ot'.lier. Wc had not put much fuith in what lie said ; yet still wc hoped there might be soincthiug in it, for drown- 111 ing men, you kuow, catch at straws. As th it has turned out, I cannot doubt that it co was all arranged, in some inoomprchcnsi- ju hie way, by an over-ruling Providence, so ly that we might be saved. To Him be all to thanks for his goodness to us." ; jc: " There is not a doubt," rejoined the gi other captain, " that the writing on the th sb'te, let it have couic there as it may, saved M all your lives. 1 was steering at the time or considerably south of west, and 1 altered in; my course to nor'west, and I had a look-out hi alotY to see what would come of it. Hut dr you say," he added, turning to the passcn- j I>t ger, " that you did not dream of writing t hi on a slate." th "No, sir. 1 have no recollection what- I over of doing so. 1 got the impression ! 'J that the barque I saw in my dream was I re coming to rescue us, hut how that imp res- pi sioit came I cannot tell. There is another re very strange thing about it," lie added. ! "Everything on board seems to mc quite j fui familiar; yet I am very sure I never was j in in your ves el before. It is all a puzzle ail to inc. What did your mate see?" da Thereupon Mr. Uruce related to them oi* all the circumstane - ihove detailed. The. wl conclusion they finally arrived at was. that on it was a special interposition of Providence re! to save thorn from what s cine 1 a hopeless Hi fate. * ; th The aliovc narrative was communicated g.i to me by Captain S. Clarke, of the \ in schooner Julia Halloek who had it di-, tli rcctlv Ironi Mr. Hruce himself. They th sailed together for seventeen months, in wl the veal's lNdli and lS."7:so that Captain ai Clarke had the story from the in;.to about to eight veal's after the occurrence. ! sai 1 le has since lost sight of liim, an 1 does \ au not know whether he is yet alive. All he | no an ! e;p ci.illy two beautiful dan ;htM*s, \v!i > jo** bu I -1 i n lt into wunnuho >d, when;.jj he .1 -I; i ili N< w Yinker if ho Vada family. I i,v "Yom, sir, I have a wife and mix children t|, in New York, and 1 never saw oik- of ; them." \ltor this reply ih e > iplcs.it a few in >- ,(l inent.s in silence, then the in tenner at or vj attain commenced. i ? | " Wr.s you blind, sir'/" i "No. sir." ! n] "Did you marry a widow, til?" j,j "No, sir." Another Ifij* rl'filciieo. ^ " Did I und -r "an I you to s iv, sir, that you had a wife all I six ?d>il i vn living in New York, ami ha I never seen one of then:'/" av " Yes, air, I so state 1 it." Iu Another loiiy panse of silence. Then Vl the in'crro.rtor again in juire I: How can it he, sir, that yon never saw sp one o f them'/" |lt " \V?hy,"v. as 'lite response, "one of them was horn after I left." , ' (Mi! nh!" and a general lau?h followed; \\ and niter tl it tlu; Nrw Yoi her ?.is <i|ier't tlly distinguiscd as t!u man "who had six cr -'children ami never saw one of them." Mac.m i.ky's IiKsriNt. Pi.ack.?The ' funerai of the late Parori Maeaulay wa- j lixed lor the <?th ultimo, and he was to he buried in Westminster Abbey, t hi the U| oil, the Duftnand ('hajiter eonuiienced ojier.- j(j ing a giave I'm the great'hiatalinn, not with kings and knights of the garter, not. even (j with Stephenson or Telford, hut in 1 'net's ^ corner, on the south transept of the Ahhev. lie will lie at the foot of Addison's statue; ^ and near the grave of Isaac Darrow, ot?c of the great Trinity of Panda i?i-.'e ( er., Mnf y aulny's own Poll-go. 'i'lic hist irian will {j not ... iar olf Pniiideu?almost the father -j of Kngltsh history? not far from what rir % mains of May, the historian ol the Don? Parliament, and near to the remains of Johnson, tJarriek, Sheridan, and tliflord, the Tory editor of tho (Quarterly Hcview. ( ) lie will he lacing the statue of the poet of jj'( "The I'leasuros of Hope," atwho>e funeral ( the noble hislori in helped to hear llie pall. Marbiaokof Cui . ins.?The Governor . of Kentucky recommends tlio Legislature of the State to prohibit liy law, under severe penalties, the marriage of cousin He " says that the imbeciles, insane, deaf-mutes, ami blind, in the different asylums oi that State who are the offspring of cousins, are ' 1 from sixteen to twenty per cent ?> * the 11 whole number; and he claims that if is (he ' right and duty of the State to protect her- 1,1 self against the evil and expense by forbid iiig such unions, v/hioh Nature plainly forbids, by the natural penalty she uniforinly inllicts. . ? m,:m 111 "Mrs. Smith, the court would ask, have you a marriage certificate?" "Yes, your honor, three on 'em?twogals and a boy." ' There are a great many Warns in tbeeyo* of the ladies, hut thry are all sun -beam-. j.i ...? .-mivv; 111 ? in U SIII|i- | 111 mates is, that he continued to trade to New of llrun.swiek; that ho became the master of j ' the brig Comet, and that she was lost. wi I ns4.ed Cuptuin Clarke if lie knew Ilruce he well, and what sort of a man he was. ' in, As truthful and straightforward a man," ( op ln> rojilicd, "as cvor 1 met in all my life, on We were as intimate as brothers; and two j men can't he together, shut up for seven- C? toon years in the same ship, without get- : mi ting to know whether they can trust one ( ni another's word or not. lie always spoke j sal of the circumstances in terms of doferenee, j afi :.s of nil incident that seemed to being him ! nearer to <Jod and to another world. I'd lie stake my life upon it that he t. !d me no \ hv He." ' ' ! Tiiks i.s certainly a story t > delight fin ()] bdievera in spirits. i th -* *7 # j !u During .January, lSo ?, while stopping Vl, at the Sutler IInii*e, in Saerameiite, a friend t|, of ours ''ll' Spirit of the Tim >) over- ; wj heard a conversation betw m two gentle- j ],. men, one <d' wh mi was from New York VV1 eitv, an 1 h il h -en in the e entry nearly a x>; year, an 1 th other had jn-t arrivd. The ! nnv-corner was lamenting his eonditon an ! jhis folly, in leaving an abundance at liotn . . Another lunkcv Trick. ) " " Tlie fritter loves me ! 1 know she loves lati e! said Jonathan Doubkins.us he sat upon c corn Held fence, meditating on the pu urse of his trite love, that it was running ne st as Shakspcarc said it did, rather rough- , tin "If* Sake Pcabodv has taken a shine1 41 that gawky Mauimerin'shy critter (J usset,r ou st cause he's a city feller, she ain't the J 44 rl I took her for, that's sartin. No! it's sin e old folks; darn their ugly pieturs! old lyi r?. 1 Vnbody tillers was a highfatlutin*' ittor, full of big mrtions; and the old bli an's a regular softhead, driven about bj ! s wile, just as our old one-eyed rooster is ove about by our cantankerous,"five-toed i olkitt lieu, lint if I don't spile his fun, ' y name ain't Jonathan. I'm going down to j 4 e city by railroad next week, and when Sit Come back wake snakes! that'.sall.' The above soliloquy may serve to give the ' ader some slight idea of the land in the tin easant rustic village where the speaker idi sides. 31r. Jonathan Dotibkins was a young \ ' rtner well t?? do in the world, and look- nt g out for a wife?lie had been pay ing his dresses to Miss Susan I'eabody, the only ; tighter of Deacon Klderbcrry l'cabody, yoi that ilk, w ith a fair prospect of success, it" ten a city acquaintance of the l'cabodys, ' e Mr. Cornelius (1 asset, who kept a, tail dry goods shop in Hanover-street,! tin >ston, suddenly ittado bis appearance iti , yoi e field, and commenced the cutting out dci mo. Dazzled with the prospect of hcconi- at lt :\ gentleman's wife, ami pestered by e importunities of lior aspiring mamma, we o village hoauty had begun to waver, utl o n lior old lover determined upon a lust ! ' it! i old stroke to l< il liis rival, lie went, lin the city and returned; of his business he set id nothing, not even ton pumping maiden st? at who kept house for him. lie went up t near the l'eahodys, but labored away tin liis corn-field, jwit ientiy awaiting the result 1 t bis machination. ma The next day, Mr. t!u>set was seated ale til th.eold folks ami their daughter, in the iiji st room of the Peabody mansion.chatterg as pleasantly as possible, when the door cueti.aml in rushed a very dirty and l'tiri- ( s Irish wnuiau. j Is it there ye arc, Mr. Corneliu- (iiisset!' une out. ye spalpeen! Is ti.at ye pmniist . a for the praste, ye liathen liagur! Hun- ^ ( 111; away from uie and the childet?forkin' yer larful wedded wile. anJ rutuu' tor \ anki e gals. \e confidential" * Woman, there must he some mistake re, stanin.' red < < asset, taken all aback . [ tl.is charg". ' Devil a ' ef a mistake, ye sarpint! li wirra, w a ! wo? it for the likes of ve 0 VI :t I kick . ittlc Dinner M I'arthy, who . v, d the pr ui.d I trod on, and all because ' promist to make a lady uv me, ve dirty ief of the world! Will ye come along*! , .1 . . de: 111 mi- n> 111 * raiiroau union, wncre l ^ ft lit?!* Patrick, 1 < came 1>c was to > .sick j. itli the small ]>nx to cotuc any furdcr. or '. It yo wait till I itr.ijr v 1 io -gn-along,'"gasped (i asset; "No and , ti follow ycm.' i * "J lie th.ui-lit it lu st to temporize. j j' . "I give you tea minutes,' Vai.l th-visagn. ; jJ I've ain't there, it's my cousin, Mr. Thah- ! . Mullgruddi-rv, will he aftlicr ve, ye . . " ' J vil | . And away w ?* this unbidden guest. Mr t!asset was then cnga ed mi stain ?i'i_r "Ut a denial of all know ledge of the ^ lag.i, wh n the pallor door again opened, ^ little I.lack eyed, hatchet faced woman, j^ a flashy silk gown and a cap with many ibons perched on the top of her head, ' vaded the s.nietit v of the parlor. Is he here!' she eiiod in a decided ^ rem h accent. Then she ail.led with a ream. "All, inon dice! le vnila! Zuro he t . I f . ! It'1 l raitii monster. \ at lor y u run . i.iy iVoiu iiei' |>is two, tree years 1 j( v.iir :-ee voii? nevair, and my heart broke rv bad entirely." "Who are \ on.'" cried I install, hi- eyes milling out of hi- in ah,Mid shivering froiu .. , ,. r It v tad to lent. "No ask ii.e who 1 am. t >. you var .( pe.-tahlc old "eutlchouiiiic! bar v.it heask. # i n r In l am, fr ri"li! all!?I anr yotir wife. "I never saw you lore?so help me Hob," j' ied t Insset, ncrgotieul'y. " Puii'l you swear!''said old Poacoi. I'd.- ( si v, "if you do I'll kick you into fits;] >nt h i\e no profane or vulgar langit ige ,j. mv bouse.' <> hi e-s yyii, bless von, re?]?uc*lablo old .... , .11 I.;... i . i :.. - - -II W. .in, i<n I'IIJI m* 111 n" L iwuir >i/. 11 ii"-? tf'ii id" Sobs inloiTiij>tt-.l her iittcriauee. j" ' 1t* pesky l>:ul Imsiiii ss," sai?l tin* deacon, latin" with unwonted lire. "(ousset, ^ ?u're n rasetii.'' j " I'akocar", Iteacoii i'?*:iln?> 1 v? take care," , i<l the unfortunate shopk< ???*r. "1 remaiked yon wa> a r.i?eal, tlus>et. ^ ni' Vi" y -lie inn' iiinrrh 1 two wives, and at'eie s ll it hnvxlaiv. of I know anything ^ , out the Kovise i Stutoot Two wivr?," 'bricked the French woar? , , "Hall a d'l/.eii, (or aught I know to the ( mtrary," Bait! the do-" or ' Now, you " ear out t!' mr home; go away to the sta- , r in, arul ch iriu to Ihi^ton. I won't have ithiug more to do with you." Hut, dneon. hear me." ' 1 don't want to her ye, ye sarpinl."cried ' e il iron.stopping his ears with hi* hands. 1,1 Warryin two wives, nf.'l eoinin i ft ; rtii?* ' * third. Co Ion.;?c.icar out." Dven Mi I Vahndy, whowa? inclined to 1 it in a word tor the culprit, was silenced. >'? ' isan turned IVotit Iiini in horror. In despair (led to?tlie railwaystntioif7hotIy pursue.] "r , the elamorons and indignant Freneb wort n. That afternoon, as Miss S'n-an IVnhody nj us walking towards the village, she was of * ertikcn hy Mr. lonathan Hoiihkins, II es?e>l mi his best, and driving his last-go- 'I I g horse before his Sundav go to-incoting- tli liise. lie reined Hp andaec'sted her. "Hallo, Sukolg t in and take a ride!" " Han't keer it' I do, .lonathan," replied cr ie young lady, accepting the proll'urcd seat, se "I my yon," "aid Jonathan, grinning, wl that i ro eit v < llo<v' turned ?ii* n poovtv to iiji, ain't h" "' jit i It's dreadful if it's true,"replied the young !y. . "You h:id a narrer escape, didn't ye ?% j t rsued the old lover. "Hut ho warn'tt ver of no account anyhow. What do a i folks think a1?out it?" { * 'They hain't said a word since he cleared ? L" * | 1 Forgot that night I rode you homo from 1. iging school?" asked Jonathan, sudden- J c branching off. ? "No, 1 hain't," replied the young lady, i f ishing and Hltiilitig at the same time. j t "Kruiciuhcr them upples I gin you?" | I 4M Hi. yes.*' J p "Well, they was good, wasn't they?" : ?i "First rate, Jonathan." fi Out ahull orehard of them kind of fruit," | c ko, said Jonathan suggestively. e Susan Avas silent. i 'M i'lang!" exclaimed Jonathan, putting s a braid on the back hor e. Have you any h :a where we are going, Suke?" e 44I'm going t?? the village." "No, you ain't; you are goin' along with a 1 "Where to?" < p "Providence, and vou don't come back till s n're Mrs. Doubkiu's, no how you can fix 1 tl ' a "How you talk, Jonathan." t "Darn the old folks," said Jonathan, put- I g on the string again, "of I was to leave ti iwitli them uiueh longer, they'd be tm- t a you off on to some city feller with half lozcn wives already." s 'fhe next day, as Mr. ami Mrs. Double ins t re returning home in their chaise, Jul- p tan said confidentially. p "May as well tell you now, Suke, for I t in't got any secrets from you, that <?us- t never see them women afore they catnc f ppiu' into your house and blowcd him I 1 had. tin,ugh. Cost me ten dollars?, fi mdcrl 1 teaehed 'em what to say, and ; 1 Xpert they done it well! Old Gusset li y ben shopkeeper, but if he expects to go a ead of Jonathan Doubkins, lie must get J a plaguey sight earlier of mornings." I a i:vtraordlnar) Hlragc. I iuili^rumi's (Paris) Messenger extracts''.' following extraordinary instance of mi:e at sea from Lieut. .J alien's "('uurants Devolutions de l'Atmusphcre ct de la ' r," giving as nearly as possible the au- ( n's own graphic description of the phoincnon : 14 Aft? r a violent hurricane, which occur- ( ! on the 1 *?tli of December, 1S IG, olF the j and of lxeunion, we found ourselves," ;s hr, "* separated from the French cor- ' ' tte Lf lierceau, which could nut, 4"iw.>r. he far off. We were .enabled, by the I of jury masts, to reach in the course of j It w days the Island of 8to. Mario oi , | ulagasrar. which was the ]ilaco of rcn- i ( kvous. It was in vain we searched the j via m. sounded the creeks, and explored ' . tlie sinuosities of the. "coast?we could <1 no trace of our unfortunate eoinpan- ( is. A month of cruel anxiety had thus ^ p-ed. when the mar. at the mast-head <( led out: 4 A wreck to the westward, j iFtinyr toward the land.' It was no t L>am ; the nuu was shiniug brilliantly, sky was clear nn?l pure; the warm air j J rated in the horizon. All our telescopes j rued in that direction confirmed the truth that first announcement. Put our cmo- j n> we 10 raised to the ver. highest pitch icti, instead of a dismasted vessel, we j s -ciied a rui't laden with men and towed hunts, on which were seen fluttering- J rnals of distress. The Jinnies were clearly d sharply defined?outlines all distinct, ir several hours on hoard of our frigate . captain, oflieers and sailors, all of us, , dcr the influence of a feverish hallueina- j n, could follow with our own eye.-, the de- . Is of fnis indescrihahh* scene. Admiral -losses, who wn> in command ol the India ition at the time, hastily ordered out the | -t steamer that happened to be at hand. t rdn . > lia-ten to the -rescue of those | i11tragus; nts that the ocean secuied f lling to restore to us from the bottom of abysses The day begun to decline; J :rl it, as i: <1* s under the t re pies. \\.i> al? j uly approaching without a twilight, when i .\*vhiii?edc u* lived near the object of . niU-ion. Khe stopped *y?i tbo. midst of atiug spars, aed sent out oil bo.its. All mind them were still seen men in motion '.i-g up their hands to Heaven, and a , bdned and confused hum of inntiy voices ( is heard to mingle with the splash of the rs. A fetv see<nid.s more and we should ] end racing our brethren rescued from . rtaindeath. Hut,alas! what an illusion! ( ir boats got entangled among the thief . .inches of large trees torn from the neigh- | ring eoast, and drawn with their leaves , to 're r oniitcr-eurroiits dire eted tov ard ( e North Thus vanished this strange | -ion?thus disappeared the li-t hr pt: , ii*'h a deceitful iniragi 1 id, .-o to say, ] oked (froni the -depths ot the ocean.'' i Pkatii \ttiik kxact A'it. ok onk ; 1 i NiutK.n Vkaus.?A person:i.lined Kodg-i < l.ar .?s has recently died at I'aris, at 1 e .age of 100 precisely, day f*?r dry, and j ? en hour lor hour. It was at one o'clock ? the afteiVtoon of the 10th of Heeoniber, ( do, that he w s born, an I at one o'clock tin afternoon of the H'tli of 1>-eenibor, 1 that ho died. He \ta? a very re- i ;rkah!e personage, having cxe-lle 1 as a 1 1 inter, ? ?>? raver, poet and iiinsiciah; ar.tl J t In- H as totally tit.known to tIxs puhlie, came lie would never consent to exhibit1 1 publi.-h any of his productions. I j The Kditnr of the Helton Liberator calls j .ii the ladies of the North to make use r filing tli.it is produce 1 by slave labor. ] e ie ! *t expect them not to use cotton. ? icy u ill not expel so oM a friend from j eirbusonis. ( The Fredericksburg News says thalllovnor Wise tells the following joke on liiuiU: Some fellow sent him a paper on i liieh appeared the following: "(issawi- i mie lhow n.and wbat-an -a-< am-1 Wise"? ] o be pronounced rpiiek > < The National Varieties, I The Congressional Society lor the Cultivaion mid (j ratification of ? Depraved Xur < iouul Taste, beg leave din respectfully to < iuuounce to their fricuds, constituents ami lie public generally, that, in consequence /' Hie distracted state of the country, they lave determined to put a stop to the public msincsH, in so f:ir as the ordinary routine 1 if legislation is concerned, and, in lieu thcrc>f, to substitute a series of original plays, < arces, inelo-drainas, pantomimes, semirngodies ami puppet shows. For the ex- i libition of these performances, they eonrratulato themselves in hnving seeuredone , if tin- most sumptuous and capacious ediices the I'nion affords. Krected at an nortnous expense out of the superfluous ash ol an empty Treasury, this building adeemed ample enough in dimensions and ufficiently extravagant in decorations to atisfy the taste of the most fastidious lover if disgusting legislation. For the better accommodation of the Large i ud delighted audiences with which they lave up to this time been honored, the ('on- j sessional Society of Farceur? have confuted to give two |>crfortnancc9 daily, in i [afferent apartments?one in the Senate i nd the other in the House of Reprcscnta- i ives. The number of performers being ictwocn three and four hundred, some idea ' 11:;y be formed of the grandeur of the spec- ' ucl? s presented. t The draua which has met with such 1 igu.nl success in the House isnn Iinpromp- j u. entitled "The Daily llow; or the Conrc.?>iiiau's Delight." This refined moral 1 ilav is brought out with splendid propcrics and a superb cast. The principal cbaraeers sire pustainod by the well known public iivorites, Messrs. I he-kin and Clark: Mr j [nskin's daring personification of the dif- j ieult role of "The Dog-killer of Kngjisli ( i till; or the Accidental Distol-Dropper," ! < las elicited the most thrilling excitement j nd enthusiasm; while the part of "The told Insulterand Amiable Anologiscr," is moiled by all to be acted to the very life j iy Mr. Clark. Messrs. Ilaskin and (Mark i rill be assisted by the Scrgeant-at-Arms ml by Mr. Davidson, with a double-barrel ml gun, and the House generally. After rhich Messrs. Ingg-nog Smith and Xot-his- i lave Hiiigh.nm will appear. Mr. Stevens, < I,,, ,_:n i? i ? _ - > ... iiiujuku, urn iiil'ii piay ms ccicuratcu 10 nian newspaper trick on the Clerk. The rhole to conclude with the teritie toni-fool- i ry of "The Telegraphic Despatch; or 1 'ourt-plaster in an Envelope," by the Bur- i esquo Brother's Messrs. Conklin, Barksdale nd Ysllandighnm. With this elegant bill if entertainments the Society of /W?n 1 otiGdemly anticipate and solicit a continu- i rU'C of the public patronago which they 1 ?avc striven so earnestly to deserve. N. 1 t. "The Daily Row" will be continued intil further notice. J'articular \<>tirr. I n preparation, an alarming novelty, lobe j ailed "The Dissolution ol the Union.** > In the Senate, during three or four days if the week, a higher order of ainuseiunts (ill obtain. I n eoinpliinent to Johu Bixwu 1 ind his Moody exploits, which created so ; vcly a sensation throughout the Republic, | he gladiatorial coutcsti of the ancient am- j Jiithcatrcs will be exhibited, in place of ! lie tamer and less stirring scenes ot the ' no lern drama. Ry sjiccial request of the j \diuiui>tr.ition, the pleasing gatr.es of bull- | iglit and bear-baiting will be introduced. The formidable little Illinois bull,"l'opular sovereignty," will be attacked at 1 p. in., I irecboly, by the cbivalric tnntat/or*, Messrs. Irccn, Davis and Clay?the fight to be outinmai until the gallant animal and his assailants arc all dead. Alter which the lie great Northern Bug-Bear, oiled the 'Iriepcssible Conflict," 'hftely caughtprowlng about in the 11 >ly Land, and shipped to S ew York via France, will be baited by the ictive strength of the Democratic Senatorial inek, and worried to political if not person11 death These games, from present apitr.r.Lfi <. w ill last fbo wh ile session err season, varied occasionally bv a new and .i i - *_ I v.ntiiii- nm uuiu^ urii'iiiiiuaiuu I IIC I 111wilding Prisis, or a Southern Confederacy," xtrformeu by the modern Ucrcnlus, Mt. lrer?or. Admission to both Uevrres, gratis. Sea<111 tickets, half price.?Baltimore ?l?mr?ou. Si'ikit of Sol L.vdiks.?A corespondent of the Montgomery (Ala.) -te? rrtirrr relates the following: ! was recently conversing with a young ady of this country, noted for good sense uid originality, who was earnest and elo- j jiieiit in praise ofthe patriotic resolu ions I ulopted by tlie Indies of Richmond, that .hey would not wear any article of dnvs I inauufacture 1 at, or bought from the North; ' hat sooner than do so, they would begin :<> weave cloth \r\th tfco eM fashioned loom*. Ve. I (>f course 'K-recd with my young tdy fiiend in ever*, thing she said; but I ivas (i must -***ilbss) .ather puzzled to knew what the dear Indies would do for li?j?s," so I rather bashfully asked the juration: "What will you do for steel and trass''" Imagine mv discomfitnro at her haraeterietir. ttfifi prfti iotio reply, " White ml,' up/if* for-'rrr!" Let the Virginia lalies take couragcj Mrs. Par;ington says: I haven't any 1 osire t?i live any longer than the breath remains in my body, it it isn't more than j iglity years. 1 wouldn't wish to be a een- j uiion, ar.d the idea tjTjpirviviug one's fitc .ones hiw, vs gives mo 41 tnsagreeoDie censor iotisn ess. Hut wHtavcr is to bo will >o, antl thero is ing a thing will lake place till it has cg?flrc>|." A Rocky Mountain tijjfbrapondont of the Sew York, livening lV>v,*ho writes himlelt* lleury K. l?an,|0SUfot|cribca Oregon 1* the most dclightlulWVnwv in the world Dur ritiiens, it thijf'^hgfcse, can go out j ;barc an 1 * < inm thii H. n. An liish gentli-innnj^bafy aaict to another?" I called to ace y<jwMfefc>ily< but they ivcrc not at home; :"|MP%iinposefl they liad gone out to ri ! > id9LA>'r'A^n> whtrn aa - .landing at tbo doHK^ mi i ? A Game DUumt* We heard an stav ing Story the other 1 Jay of a novel least, that we don't r?.eolh*efc (Arcr to have seen in print. It is loo good to be lost, aud although it will certainly luso in oar tclliug, we may suceee I in giving the point. , t Shortly after the war with Groat llntaiA, an aristocratic English gentleman built n residence in the viefatyr of Fort HeergV-, on the Niagara frontier, and, in ac*nnfcutce with the old country idea of effchtoiveut-x* be enclosed his ground with a high tight fence, ilcrc he lived like nn old English gentleman, (one of the olden iiuio.l? itii the exception tliat none but the elk* of the province and the officers of the gmi < m were permitted to pass his gate. Th< r# was a very good understanding between ilm American officers at Fort Niagara aud the British at Fort George, and Die men was permitted occasionally to visit Uuvk and forth. * Among t)ic American soldiers w*s a queer chap vrho stuttered tctriyW. Was very fond of hunting, and who was alva/v getting into every Bort of mischief. One day this chap took the BiuaU Wit that lay moored at the foot of the walla of the fort, and crossed over to the Canadian *borc for a hunt. He wandered over spiral miles in the rear of Fort George, with, out meeting any gauie, and on his return, seeing a crow on a tree i? the enclosure of the aristocratic Englishman, ho scaled the high fence, fired, and brought dwalt fete game. Colonel, or whatever his title might ham been?we will call him Colonel, any h<>vr? witnessed the transaction, and advanced, while our soldier was re-loading. He was very angry, but seeing the Yankee standing coolly with a loaded gun In his hand, he gulped down bis passioa far a moment, 1 - i j- l.: :# 1 .l 4IIU ruci t i Y ii^CU ill 111 11 Nt' XIllv U l!10 crow. The soldier replied that he did. "I am sorry," said the Colonel, "for he was a pet. By-the-by, that is a very protty , gun. Will yoa be so kind as to id 4 it it?" n " The *<Jdicr complied with the rc'|tte?U . The Englishman took the gon, stepped ' back a few paces, took deliberate atui, nti-1 then broke forth in a tirade ot nbdsc, Coneluding with an order to stoop down and take a bite of the crow, or he would l?!o.* his brains out. The soldier explained,?" apologized and entreated. It was of no use. The Colonel kept his fingOr on tlio trigger, and he sternly repeated his command. There was shoot in the English irten^j A eye?there was no help for it?and I** >-tatitorirg soldier stooped and took a bite / the crow, bet awallow it he conld not. IIf ^ cimc his breakfast?his dinner the day"TK? fore, nnd it rc'ally appeared as if ho wonld throw up his toe nails. The Englishttitia gloated on the misery of his victim, and -mi led complacently at every additional J heave. M Whce he had got Obreugh vomiting k:.<1 ". iped h ir eyes, the Coloucl bunded him lingua, with tlie roinark : " Now, you raseal, that will teach you how to poach on a gentleman's enclosure." The Vuukee soldier took hit gun, and the Colonel might have seen the devil in his eye if he had looked close. Stepping back, he took deliberate aim at the heart of his host, a ml ordered him instantly to finidi the crow. Angry expostulation, prayers and entreaties were Mrtfi tinwy-. There was sthoot then in tire Afteneati's eye, as tlu-rc had heed m die fflirflfll f r .1 before. , Thero was no beta si band, u.mr l;a a bite of tin* crow. (%9 biUBWas enough g to send nil the good diiwiers lie had lately I oaten on tlie sauie journey with tfce gar-V - 1 son fare of the solJier; and while the Eng? J lishmun was in an agony of sickness Jota- | than escaped to the American shore. i The next morning early the command-- I ant at Fort Niagara was sitting in his quan- j tors, when Col. Was announced. 1 "Sir," said Col. , " 1 come to dlv | mand the punishment of one of your men, who yesterday -entescd my promises and i committed a great outrage." " We have three hundred men litre, and it would he difficult for uic to know who it is you mean," said the American officer. The Englishman described him as a long dangling, stuttering,stoop-shouldered defil. " Ah ! I know who you iu an," said fho officer; ""he "is always getting into mischief. Orderly, call Tom." (n a (e\v moments Tom entered and stood at attention as straight as liis natural btnMl would allow, while not a trace of emotion was visible in his countenance. "Tom," said the officer, *'do you know this gentleman ? " ' Vc-yo-yf-yiiM" A " Whore did you ever see hiin b u* j ?JJ* I said Tom, stuttering awfully, I but regaining tha grave expression natural I to his face, " 1 di-di-di-dincd with him yeu> I tcrday." I We boliorc Torn Was not punished. I Tin: Totai. Kc lips it ov tiir Sl'*.? ^ The total eclipse of the tSth of next July will he a very important one co thv tifie world. The Director of the Dornat ' Observatory wax the first to remark that at the moment of obscuration four of the principal planets?Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn?will appear in the vicinity of the eclipsed gun as a kind of rhotuboidal fijntrc, a phenomena of such extraordinary rarity, that many centuries will clajnc before its repetition. Itarknow will oonimcnce and tonrinate on the land, the lo' aliti. bein? California nnd-tho shore# <?f tho Hed Sea. Between those extreme points this celijiso will be visible-in North America. It you make love to a willow who has a daughter twenty ^ears younger than licrselli bo;: in by fu:eiarinur that you thought they wore si?fcrs. Why are country girl's checks like . French calico? Because thoy are " warrant- 1 cd to w.v-h and rota in their color." m