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IPQ E Tift Yo i The following little poem, In' N. P. Willis, is, ' jKr'wpo, the riohost fjem that him ever fallen from hid pen. II is truly beautiful: "UNSEEN 3PIR ITS." "The shadows Iny along IJroadway, 'Twwnoir tho twilight title, And slowly there a lad; 'uir Was walking in her prido? Aloi.o walko 1 oho, yet viewlesslv Walked spirits at her side. "Peace charmed the street bereath hor feet, And honour churirred tho air, And all ntitir looked kind on her Am! called her good as fnir? For all Owl ever gave to her Sho kept with chary cnro. "She kept with care her beauties rare, From lovers warm and true, 1 For her heart was cold to all but gold, And the rich came not to woo. Ah, honoured well are charms to sell. When priests the selling dol "Now, walking there wa<i one more fair? A Might girl, lily-pale, I And she had unseen company To make the spirit qu-iil? ( '7\vixt want and scorn she walked forlorn, I And nothing could avail I "No mcrcy mw cnn clear her brow ! For tliirt world's poacc to pray? J For, n.s love's wild prnver dissolved iu air, JIvv woman's heart gave way; I And the sin forgiven by Christ in heaven, j lty man is cursed ahvayl" I F.tf rnlvK^NOT. | "Tn joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, in weal or woo."?Marriage Service. ' Oh, believe not, love, that ever I I'll forget thy sunny smile; 1 "Woj ldy cares and sorrows never I (Tan-my heart from thee beguilo, J I will love thee when life's evening < Throws its shadow on tny sight; ; When youth's morn so brightly gleaming J Changes to the grave's siill night. ] True to thee in joy and sorrow, ^ While it be;its this heart shall be; ^ l>* " .... .1..... ?l .Vil K'j nf I'/tnf AT-lIU MlltlllUMUiaiMivn Sever earthly tics from me, I As I ponder o'er each token i Of ilte clay I called thee mine < When the hist farewell is sjxiken, I Still my heart shall cling to thine. t mifi"??lEIliMir < A Story of flic Revolution. 1 [We believe the following anec-1c dote of "the times that tried men s I souls," was originally communicated 1 to the Greenfield (Massachusetts) 1 Gazette, several years ogo. The ,1 writer says it "is a bona Jide fact, ta- j ken without amendation from the !1 life of a mother in Israel. It shows j( that there w;\s an anti-British Soirit t in the women as well as the men of 1 < ' Late in the afternoon of one of 1 t he last Jays of May, In the year '7(>. 1 when I was a few months short of fifteen years old, notice came Town- ' send, Massachusetts, where my fa- 1 ther used to live, that fifteen soldiers ' were wanted. 1 ' The training band was instantly ' called out, and my brother that wos f next older than 1. was one that was 1 selected. Me did not return till late ' at nijjht when we were all in bed. 1 When I rose in the morning, I found ' my mother in tears, who informed * me that my brother John* was to ' march noxt day after to-morrow { morning at sunrise. My father was f at Boston in the Massachusetts As- 1 sembly. Mother said that though ^ John was supplied with summer ( llAU ll/i ' nv^ inuoi omiti iwi WllllUI j garments. There were at this time I no stores, and no articles to be had except such as ca^h family could make itself. The sight of mother's ' tears always brought all the hidden strength ot body and mind into action 1 instantly asked what garment was needed. She replied, 'pantaloons' ; Oli, if that is all, said 1, we will spin and weave him a pair before he goes. , But said mother, the wool is on the ; sheeps' back, and the sheep are in j the pasture. I immediately turned , to a younger brother and bade him take the salt dish and call them to the yard. Mother replied, poor child, there are no sheep shears within three miles and a half. I have some small shears at the loom, said I. "But you ..u i -- -t- * - t ail i njmi nuu VYfilVC 11 III SO SllorX cl ' time." 1 am certain we can, mother. "How can yon weave it??there is a long web of linen in the loom." "No matter 1 can find an empty loom." By this time, the sound ot the sheep made me quicken my steps toward the yard. I requested my sister to bring the wheel and cards while I went for the wool. I went to the Vflril with nil/ limtlmiv an/1 ao/>mwl o j ? - j - ' ? | white sheep, from which I sheared with my loom shears, half enough for a web; we I hen let her go with the rest of her fleece. I sent the wool in by my little sister, and Luther ran for a black sheep, and held her, while I cut off wool for my filling and half the warp, and then we allowed her to go with the remaining coarse part of the fleece. ? # # The rest of the narrative the writer would abridge, by saving that the wool thus obtained was duly carded, spun, washed, sized and dried ; a loom was found a few doors off, the web "got in" anci wove the cloth prepared, cut and made, , two or three hours before the broth er's departure, that is to say, in forty hours from commencement, without t help from modern improvement. s "The #jood old lady closed by say- 8 in#?"1 felt no weariness, I wep not, 0 1 was serving my country, 1 was re- J1 lieving my poor mother, I was prepul ing a garment for my darling mother. The garment was finished, I 11 retired and wept till my overcharged ^ and bursting heart was relieved. This 11 brother was, perhaps, one of Gen. v. Stark's soldiers, and with such a spirit to cope with, need we wonder that a Burgoyne did not execute his threat of marching through the heart of ' America?" * tl *Jolm Locko, a linenl descendnnt of the Philosopher. Jj NEW ORLEANS THIRTY YEARS f AUO. a ADVENTURES OK A BRITISH OFFICER. V "Nota Bene," in his last letter to ? the Concordia Intelligencer, quotes a ^ paragraph from the Boston Trans- ^ cript about a gentleman who once ^ narrowly escaped premature burial ? in this city during the yellow lever season, and then proceeds to tell the following story: This reminds me of an incident ^ lliat transpired a few weeks ago.? Having dined at the Planter', a first rate family Hotel, kept by Murray, \ formerly of the Natchez Mansion ^ tiouse, and repaired to the balcony, ^ wcrhanging Canal street, to enjoy the sea breeze, I full into conversa- J, [ion with a gentleman registered 011 the books as Major H?t, late of the British army.?Like all others of his ^ ;lass he had seen much of the world s) uid was courteous and communica- jj ive. He had served in India, in the Peninsula, in Belgium, in the war j >vith this country, and subsequently tl rvas an aui-tte-camp to Bolivar. y More than thirty years ago, said 1 le, 1 was at this Hotel, then known ^ is Beale's. It was in September, ^ uid the yellow lever was prevailing; )?t as 1 had long been quartered in s he tropics*? 1 felt no apprehensions. ^ My vi* a vis at dinner was Mr. Cam iron, a young Scotchman in the ^ >rime of iife, commercial agent ol a Jiasgow liouse. For three days we j lined and spent our evenings to- [ ^ether. On the fourth he did not ap- j* >ear. While sipping my sherry af- (j er dinner, I sent for the landlord, md inquired for Mr. Cameron. ' Major," said he, "j'our friend will lever dine with you again, but when- u ;ver vou olease I will r.onrlimt ?r,n . J~V. | J 0 him. Struck with these words which, hough uttered with a polite noncha- ^ a lice, had something ominous in hem, I rose from the table and in n .ilence followed Mr. J3eale. He | n hrew open a small parlor, and there I 0 ay my young friend, with whom I j lad parted at two o'clock the pre- ! Si /ious evening, dead! Sir, I have had \ n ny comrade cut down by a cuiras- j, >ier at my elbow: 1 have seen whole ! p imitations swept away by artillery; 1 n 1 have seen a storming party torn in- ! v o fragments by the explosion of a ; a nine; I have seen brave men sink at | j ?ea, and hundreds perish in hospitals j jy the wasting ravages of wounds |( nid disease; but never have I been 1 >o shocked and appalled as by the 1 p ivid corpse of that young Scotchman! i rT_ i ii " i ic Him iieen seizea wan lever imme-1 liatcly after leavieg my room, and 1 j, expired at daylight; and so littleim- j n session had it made, and so much (| was such a death within the every j, lay line of incidents, it had not dis-' 0 urhed the business of the house, nor j j uul the landlord, who knew our inti- i \ macy, nor the waiter, who attended I r usat table, and served us with chain-. j, pagne the evening previous, thought j ^ it of sufficient importancet o name it , tome. In those days, resident gen- j j| tlemen never appeared at breakfast. ! 0 They took their coffee with acher\j some beautiful quadroon; but j ( if they were absent at dinner, you j .. might, without further enquiry, ap- [, ply for letters of administration on t their estates! My poor friend was c already in his coffin, and even in my c ojricf 1 could not avoid noticing its s elaborate finish, solid mahogany, r trimmed with velvet, with a silver ! r plate, his name and escutcheon beau-' ? ii * * ninny engraved. 1 expressed my 1 y surprise that these could be procured j 8 when the subject had only been dead jonly a few hours. "Major,'* said Mr. Bealc, "that is s easily explained. We have an un- r] dertaker attached to this house.? ^ Cameron's coffin has been ready \ twelve months.1' ; What, sir, had he a prescntimetof f death? ti "No, Major, not at all. But in j this city the march of disease is rap- ^ id; our fevers kill in a few hours; s mortification immediately ensues, and ! it is the rule of my house, from July 1 *r to October, to measure every man j j for his cofli n the moment he regis-: 8 ters his name. The chances are ten t to one he will Ikj dead in a fortnight.' j As 1 looked incredulous at this f statement, Mr. Bcalc continued, 44I t perceive you do not credit this, Ma- , jor, but follow me, if you please, and , you shall be convinced." j He led the attic of the house, and here, ranged around in grim array, tood sixty coffins of different dimenions, one for each boarder, with my iwn conspicuous among them, my tame and coat of arms blazoned upon l! "Major,11 said the landlord, "your ueasure was taken the moment of our arrival. You announced your itention to stay three months, and yhile registering your name, my undertaker, who watches the arrivals, nd is very adroit, applied his tape to ou. I hope, sir, you are are pleased, nspect the heraldry. It is all right. Ve consult the best authorities on he British peerage." I was too much shocked to reply, nit immediately retreated to my oom, packed my baggage, and rang or my bill, determined not to sleep nother night in a city where coffins vere made, and probably graves lug, beforehand. My bill was as allows; Major H?, to Heale's Hoel, Dr.?Four days' board, at $3, tlr?, lights, $1 50; cigars, $1; paper, 5 cents; wine, $20; collin, $150; E. $180 75. 1 desdended to the bar in no amiale mood; threw down thirty-four dolirs and seventy-five cents, but reJted to pay for the coffin* Iliad ever ordcyed such a tli ng; on the onlrary, it was a liberty I should not xcuse. "Very well, Major," said Ir. iJeale, with a low bow and one f his blandest smiles, "just as you lease; it makes no difference. The oflin was made in pursuance of a lie of my house. Had y ju remaind a week, you would1 most probaly, have needed it, and as we bury trangcrs before they are quite dead* ad this coffin not been made, in the vent of your death, your aristocrat: body would have been sent to the *cnch in a pine box! Do not pay, lajor It is quite unnecessary. lint our coat of arms?the escutcheon of le noble house of H?t, is on that ortin, and the first pauper that dies lall be buried in it." I ins was too much lor my ancesal prides I threw down the sovergns, made a bonfire of the coffin, nd the same evening hired a barge ) carry me from the city where such readful customs prevailed. Impertive business, continued the Major, rought me to New Orleans a lew ays Jigc. By a singular tort of fatination, I was drawn to the same otel from which I fled thirty years go; and, by a strange coincidence, ly stay is of the same duration, (1 ;ave this evening,) and my bill is bout the same. "I low, Major," I exclaimed, "has lurray charged you for a coffin?" No, sir, not exactly that?itoccur?d in this way. While registering ly name, 1 lelt some one touch me n the shoulder, as I felt it thirty ears before. Indignant that the inie trick should be played upon me second tini3,1 wheeled, and at one low knocked the man down, and laced my foot upon his breast. The listake was promptly explained. It ms an attendant of the hotel in the ct of brushing the dust off my coat, felt much chagrined, and the least could do was to ask the poor fel>w's pardon, and insist on his accepng the same amount that I hfcd aid for my coflin on a former occaion. Saying this the servant shook my and and departed. Curiosity led in to visit the attic, but the rule of ?v <I\/UUV HUVt WV>V/?1 i iiaiigt'Ui uuui istead of coffins, I found long rows f Sherry, Madeira, Port, Cogniac, lollands, old Jamaica, and Irish \rhiskey, in bottles and demijohns overcJ with cobwebs, like old monks 1 their dark gowns, which Murray ere hoards for his guests. The Major went up to Lousville on he last trip of the Magnolia, and >ur friend, Commodore X^yles, tells he following story, if it be not true Charlie is responsible. The Major nit up at one of the best boarding louses, and was delighted with the r?Kin o I ' MUt U V iUUIIU illlllSCIl rowded into a room with two othra. His English prejudices were hocked, but finding there was nc edress, submitted like a soldier, and esolved to make the most of his sitlation. He took it for granted that lis room mates were Yankees, and oon began to rally them on the re>uted cunning and trickery of the >reed. He even insisted that the) hould play him a Yankee trick.? Phey begged off, professed to be IfAurutr J ^ ii%/vtoji inn \nuiinscu iu utjriurmone >efore they parted. When the Ma or awoke one of the gentlemen wa* iff, and his patent lever, broadcloth tnd portmanteau had disappearec ikewise. He roused the otner wht vas or affected to be, in a deej nooze. "Stranger," said the man ubbing his eyes, "our room mate ha* oobbed us. 1 am a ruined mail Vly gold dust is gone. Let us putf lue the villain." rhe Major asset) ed with the alacrity of one who hat ost his wardrobe and 91500 . in sov reigns. After some delay the] raced the fugitive to Shippenport and ascertained that a man of hisde icription had left at daylight, passen jer on a flafrboat for OHeans They chartered a skiff, and pulled into the current. About nightfall V they overhauled the flat, auci per- S ceived their man on the deck. Hu tl immediately hailed the Major. and in- ?j vited him on lx>ard. "Here," ho ti cried, "is your watch and portmanteau?all safe?it was only a Yankee o trick!" Delighted at his success, the ti Major's good humor was restored, tl He leaped into the flat, even took the t< hand of the Yankee, and accepted is his offer to go and take a drink, But \\ just as he stooped to enter the low E cabin, the other jumped into the t< skiff, and with his comrade rowed rip a stream! leaving the Major to get off '1 as he might! It need scarcely be ad- t1 ded that neither the portmanteau nor the rogues were heard of afterwards. N. O. True Delta. ? A scene in New Orleans.?Last f week one of those extraordinary oc- j currences took place in the vicinity \ of New Orleans, that sometimes r come off in the purlieus of our large ^ cities?a dance, in which the females appear in a state of entire nudity.? 'J'he daiico alluded to, with other cer emonies, enchantments, &.C., was c held at a house in the woods, neur j St. Bernard s canal. The police rushed upon them, and captured (] nineteen oi' the Cyprians, both lair _ and sooly, though the company num- a bered a hundred ct least. They t took as many as they were capable c of managing, however, and conveyed them to ihe /ruard house, where they were left to the agreeable exercise of a brushing olf the mosquitoes and gal- n inippers till morning. The last scene f, of ail in the eventful drama, came oil a at the Recorder's office after sun-rise, (j when tllf? nil rt V worp nm-ndofl inuf oc a I f V .. V. V jU?.WV?VV? JUOi WW. tl they were taken, without so much as e a fig leaf to cover their nakedness, t, before a crowd of two or three thou- ? sand spectators. After a lecture from his honor, that fell on the ears a of the frail one like pouring water in- a to a seive, they were each fined $10, v the greater part of which was made tl up on the spot, and the enchanting scene was broken. Other cities can get up these sylvan amusements, t< but it takes our sister city to carry a ihem th.oagh with their comp? te- i? ness and their consistency unmaried i] ?to preserve the subject of them in s all their classical nudity, to the dc o nouemcnt.?Delta. c 1, The efficacy of a teak.?In li Miss Bremer's 'life in Dalecarha,' c we find the following touching illus- c tration of .he power of a tear. In r the dreadful year of famine here, 18- 8 38, there came to me one day a Dal- r inad fron another parish, and said c to me: 'Sell me a few tons of straw.1 8 the man was one of those frrciit stal- t ^ - Q" - C wart figures, which you can .seldom < see, except here; yet he had evident- > Iv suffered for want of food. Ha had I drawn his hat with its broad brim I deep over his face. *1 cannot sell the i straw,' said I, at his entreat}", I have ( not more than I shnl) need myself, ? and the poor of my own parish.1? i 'Sell but one ton,1 implored he. 'Not ? even that can I,1 I replied: 'that ? which I have left I muat carefully { preserve for myself and my people.1 'Half a ton, then,1 persisted tlie 1 al- I man, pressingly. 'It grieves me,1 < said I, 'but not a single half ton can > I spare'thee.1 The huge fellow took i a step nearer to me, said not a word, } but lifted his hat above his brow, and i Sazed fixedly upon me; he let me see f lat he ivept. The sight of this an- t nrincK I ? 4/1 ^ miu11 a l/l/lliu 11ui husi^ii]* v^oihc ^ with me,' said I, 'thou shalt have c what thou wilt.* He followed me, t and got the straw he wanted. 'If i this were for myself-1 said he, 'I \ should have not probably beer, here; t for, if we men suffer and endure 1 want, it is no more than our sins de- 1 serve, and we can and ought to bear i i it; but the poor animals?what can < i they have aonc amiss?" Freak of Nature.?Hie St. Lou- J{ is Organ says that the wife of a me ( f chanic living in Morgan street, in , ' that ciiy, on the night of the 4th in- ( ! stant gave birth to a child with two , | heads, and weighing eighteen pounds, j Lenz has ascertained by actual i experiment that electric't/ is as ca- i ' pable of producing cold as heat, to , ' the degree of freezing water rapidly. ( When the sun shines bright, take i j a iooking-glass, hold it nearly per* 1 , pcndicular over the well, so that it < will reflect on the water, and you j may see a straw or a pin, or any ' small object, at the bottom of any | I ) ?? ) A machine has been invented at I f Chicago which promises to super- 1 i cede the use of spades. By the as- 1 ? sistance of two yoke of oxep and ] . two men, it will cut a ditch two feet : . bv tlirnn "wrjwr tv ?n ivpi DIM CHJIIlSJt'U \ inches wide at the bottom, at the < . rate of 20 rods per day. The Minnesota Pioneer says that i- a large colony of Norwegian (somf, ? 2000> are soon expected M that ter. riiory. President Fillmore's Texas iews.?The Washington Union of aturday evening, says it is asserted lat President Fillmore will not pur;e the course ofthe last admiiiistraon relative to Texas, and adds: 41J n reply to an application made ii Wednesday by the Texas delegaon, he is reported to have declared mt he should decide what was best > be done as soon as he had organ;ed his cabinet, and that a reply rould then be given lo Governor lelPs letter. The impression seems 3 be that the President will avoid ny thing that is calculated to annoy 'exas,or bring on a collission beween her and New Mexico." Presidential Nomination.?The Schuylkill Haven Map nominates lie following ticket for 18?r>2: "For 'resident, Gen. Winfield Scott, of *few Jersey. For Vice President, -Villiam B- Johnston, of Pennsylvania. Subject to the decision of the r T lll?? AltUlUllttl V/VIIT VIIUVII* Carolinian. Our 'Commerce.?The London orrespohdent of the New York ieralu states that the commercial onnage of tie United States is 20,00 tons more than that of England ?the former being 3,150,000 tons, nd the latter 3,130,000 tons. 11 his be true, we are of course the first ommercial nation of the world. Doing Gooi>.?There used to be . class of men in in this world who nade it a point to score up a credit ar themselves in the great book of rrnnnts. Iiv nptfnrminnr kdiiip nrnnd ~ n ?v* iced every day o!,their lives. Should lierc be any of that class now on arth, and haply at a loss what act 3 perform that shall be accounted ood, let them set out a tree.?Now > the season ft r the work. Set out tree, every day, shade tree or fruit, nd the generations will come that /ill rise up and call the clever man liat does it blessed. Causes of Rain.?Heat and waer are the fruitful parents of winds nd clouds. When aqueous vapor j precipitated in rain' or snow, heat hat was latent becomes again sen iblc, and by increasing' the capacity ?f the air to hold water in the lbrni if vapor, prevents a disastrous dcuge of this element in nature. The aws which restrain the precipitation if water froin the clouds are no less -urious than those which cause it to ain at all. The atmosphere must ipproach saturation before it can ain, and it usually happens that the luantitics which will fall on a given irea, one hundred feet above the ground, and on the earth are unejual.?Large drops, in falling thro' nany feet of dry air, become smaller >11 ' 1 /j i>uiioiuiii cvapuiauuiii niiu limy )e wholly dissipated before they each the earth. On the other hand, juite small drops fromed in could regions, high in ine air, constantly conlense more vapor in falling through i saturated atmosphere, and will ne nany times larger when they reach (round than at their starting point. To illustrate the production of rain, et us suppose that a current of air )f 70 cleg, temperature, saturated vith moisture, meets and mingles vith another current, also saturated, >ut having a heat of 50 deg. Now, f the atmosphere at the incan tem)erature of 00 deg. had the capaciy to hold water as an invisible vapor, squal to the mean of 70 deg. and 50 leg., it is obvious that no precipita 1? o..* r Vil VTUUIU Ulivts XJIII 9UCH .a lot the fact. The quantity of water leld in the air heated fom 00 deg. .0 70 (leg. cannot he contained in hat heated from 50 deg. to 00 deg. In other words whatever cools an saturated w;th moisture, causes a ;loud,dew, mist, or rain. The Nashville Convention.? \ very amusing writer, who contrib Liting a series of letters to the Ameri san Courier, under the sharp title o Needles from my Needle book,1 anc nier the swf*?jt little noil de pktme o Miss Kate Cunyngham,' has in tin last number, a very interesting com munication, relative to the Nashville Convention, which she attended ir the character of a 'looker on in Vien na.' We clip some of her remarki about our horns people The most exciting speech made by the Hon. Mr. Colquitt, o Georgia. is built liko an athleta ~*tsort, compact, and iron-looking with a large intellectual head, thick wiry gray nair growing erect all ovei his jutting* black: brow, and a firn mouth, the whole man and whole face being stamped with a rough fiery energy. He rose to reply tc some moaerate member, against the compromise), I believe,?and grow ing excited, he jumped from hi* pew into the broad aisle, to have more space. Here be spoke with perfec abandonment / His voice rung like a bugle 1 He would rapidly advance sometimes five or six step as if abou to leap.the chancel railing at a bound and then,stop full, terribly stamp hifi right foot arid discharge his artillery like thought, which seemed bursting for more vehemence than he could give it, (and never man had inorev) at another time he would retreat step by step, speaking slowly in whispering' irony, half down the isle, when suddenly leaping into the air* ho would explode like a shell, and electrify us all! Now he would turn round and appeal to this delegate? now face an opposite one ; now he would advance like a skirmisher, and utter hoarse denunciatory whispers to the President in the chair, as if for his especml ear. In a word he made a most extraordinary speech, in which the manner of all best orators of the land was mixed up with some of the worst. It was in oratory, what medley would be in song ! It was wild, fierce, terrible, dreadful, mad?yet most wonderful to listen to. It was eloquence tied to the back of a wild horse, Mazeppa-like. The handsome Mayor of Charleston won greatly upon Miss Kate's admiration, andf judging from her description, made her come near 'losing her heart.' Hear what she says of him: Carolina truly sent her jewels here, an/I 4 Iwkit* toliuiio hnvn tirrvn t iva). ami iiH/it uuuiiio >vuu ui^iu ilcn opinions. Be assured, Mr. McMakin, that the sentiments of this State have been misrepresented.? Throughout the Convention, her sons were models of conservatism and healthy patriotism. Seated near fneiw, was the Mayor of Charleston; jailed 'the handsome Mayor.* Mr. 'I , a worthy descendent of Colonel Hu'ch n on, of Cromwell's time, and of the Mrs. Hutchinson whose memories are so well known. He was pointed out to me with 'Don't you think he is the handsomest man in the house.1 Mr. Wm. H. Polk is a brother of the late President, and, if we mis | t ke not, at present a resident of Nashville. Her description of his eloquence is amusing. Maj. Wm. H. Polk spoke two or three times during the session. He has a remaikable voice, deep as a volcano. He is a handsome man, but is bearded like an Ottoman chief. Ilis manner of delivery is striking, from his emphatic enunciation. With everp word he makes an energetic nod forward, and the vowels are all enunciated with the precision of an elocutionist; in particular, the terminations ton, which he pronounces round and full in tico distinct syllables, like a Spaniard speaking his own sonorous tongue. He always spoke to the purpose, and with great j boldness. * # # # The whole city, all the time of the session, was in delightful excitement; and fair widows and beautiful girls reigned in all their splendor and power. Many a heart was lost? and some of the most firm disuivonist brought over to the opinion that one kind of union is at least ve ry desirable. Probably Nashville has never seen so gay a fortnight as that i during the the sitting of this brilliant i Convention. i The most talented and active of the Mississippi delegation was a Mr. i M'Rea, a yountr man, who has mad? himself a marT of icork by the display of his talents for debate on this i occasion. 'Did thee receive the remittance, Nathaniel, my dear son?' i 'Yes, father.1 'Then Why did thee not buy a ( new coat? Thy person is rather Ira tfUe/ 'Why~thc fact is; that-?I left my i money?in a bank at New Orl< ans.* 'Ah, thy economy is certainly com mendable. In what bank*1 l 'I don't exactly remember what bank, fathcr~I know it was very f ood one, as it had a Scripture name, t was?urn! let me see, it was the ' Pharaoh Bank, I think.' f '1 would advise you to put your J. J head into a dye-tul>-~it's rather said a joker to a sandy-haired girl. 5 I would advise you to put yours in " an oven?it's rathe*;jH?ft,*' said Nan1 A lot of fellow Mtont on a deer hunt the other day, in Arkansas* and 1 j in less than four fiours captured fivo . I girls Wild a woman. i !" There is an old lady in the up town range, so nice about every thing, 1 that site puts her pigs tail* up in J brown paper to make them ourl well. . A wrn /!??" ?? 'v , gave iae lowowwg t toast*' "De Gobenor of de State-? , he come in wid berry little opposioti j ?he go out wid none at fldl." r Art old Jew being in an out o| th? 3 way ale-house, treated himself to t aome ham ami eggty^ut just &a ha 31 was about to raise ti><* foirii<laan mor3 sel to tee mouth., ?f cjup of thunder t startled him- He dropped the fork* i "Jklein Golt! all dis fuss shuet ba* - cause old* Mot! fjcsis eating a litUo : f 1 pit of paconP