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Selected Poetry. AZUTBRARY .uRIOSITY, The poont helow, which was first publish ed in t he Kickerbooker JMagasine, Is Iade u p of single lines from twenty-five tnglish and Amerioan poets, beginning with L fnellow and ending with Byron. It would take some time to affix each writer's name to his line or lines, though the majorit-y are, of course, well known: --"Pearls at random strung, By future poets shall be sung." -The night has come, but. not too soon; Westivatrd the couso of enspiro takus its way I Te banks and bracs of Donnie Doon I Blue spirits, and white, black spirits and gray. "Ilocked in the cradle of the doop, Old Ciasper's work wias done; Piping on hollow ree-ls to his pent sheep, Chargo, COester, charge I On, Stanly, on! ''There wits a sound of revelry byf niglht, On Linden. lhen hI le suti was ow A voice repied far ill the height, Tall oaks frIom little noorns grow. "What if a little rain shonl.I say, I havo not loved the worl.1, nor the world me : Al I well a day I Woodman, spare that tree I "My heart leaps up with joy to sec A priiroso by the water's brim; Zacohous, ho did olitb I he troo: Few of our youth could oopo with him, "The prayer of Ajax was for light., The light that never was on noa or shore Puriding aitti beet inake liritons fight, Never more. "Uu'lor a spreadiitir ioatuut treo, For hours thegi' at, I and mny Annabf i he. A inat's a mal hm t' th at. '-Trull crushed to earth :ball. rlse again, Anid waste its sweetness on Itie des, .. air; In th':n:.ler, light niig, or it rain, ono but. tlhe brave deserve tw fMlr. ''.'ll ine not. In mournful iii ,)r, The chil is fit her of' tlw- ua 111ush, my dear, lie stilt anta i slmbor; They can conquer who believe thoe can. "A change aine o'er the spirit of my drenn; Whaitever Is, is right ; eI th:Ings Alre nt1, wist they seOm; My native land, good night I" THEY SAY I bl.l well, stippose0 they do, tt. ct.i prove the story true? IIi.'ililei1nlly V"iso from naught Vhy count yo,.,lant f lhoight ; Who0 whispr wha metthy,' em'0 IV hai4t. W1141, n~. ot sayf They iy-lut wily t io tAtle And hlip to iiiik te mat fl ter sarse, No gooil cal possibly neerno t'rom telling whlat nay be nntrue; And ism it nmot a nobler plan To speak of all the beot you can? piey say-well, if it should bo so, Why ieed you tell tho tale of woe? Will It. tIh bitter wrong redress, Or iinke one pang of sorrow less ? Will it. tie erring one rest ore, 1illeefori i in soi. . as ig nmore ?" They say-Oli I pause, ani look within, Soe how thii in l rt. inclines to sim; Watch, lest iii dirk templtation's hour 'T11t. too, sh,1l.lA in1k benoath Its iower, Pity the trail, weep o'er their fall, But speak of* good or not at all. The Dea hi Struggle At Bitea T 1-4a. DY GtonogI. IP'lnD. It wM near the setting of the sun, whmI the Mnn of Il Alo, Rosaca do la Pahina, and Moteoy, sawv tihe clouds omne dowvn on the last chnrgo. of uena \ ta, that a scenc wvorthmy of Washmng. tn, closed Ilie day in glory. D~o you behmold that dark ravino,sleep nunkeni bet ween these precipitons baniks? Hlere no sunnlielht comes; for those wvalls of rock wrap thte pass in the e'ternal twilight. Withored trees growv between tihe masses of' granipte, and scattered utones make thme bed o( the ravitne nn cerjuun and dimnit for 'the tread, liark I That cry, that rtush like a bmomita in torrent burstinog its barriors, and quick as the lightning 1iuashes from dar'kness, theO dismal ravine is bathed in red battle lights Fm'omn its northern extremity, a c.onmsnd band of Mexicans an army in, itself, come yellitng along tihe pass, treadmg one another dowvn as they fly, their banners, spears, b.rses and men, tossed togethter in itnextrienbie con Itusion. By thtousand.s they 'u.sh int othe sha (dows of the pamsn, their dark faces red denied by' the sheeted lazee utfmnsketry. TIhe caverns of the ravine senid back tho roar of time panie, and the gray rocks are wvashed by their blood. lBut tho little band whlo pursues thtis army. W ho are they ? Yelu may sce mt their Iirm, hleroio, ranks, the vol inter cus'tmo or Illinois and1( Kentnc. ky. A t their head, nrging his men wi'th abouts, rides the gallant A'Keet by hisi side young 11[enry Clay, that brtond forehead, which reminds you of is father, bathted ini the glare n's his sword linivers on hightoro it, falls to kill. There, too, a wild figure, red w~tb hia owny belood and the blood of Melxican :'es, his nnif'ornm ront in tatters, his arm bair' ed to the shoulders, striking terrible blows with hmis good sword--Hardin of I liiois-comles gallant ly for ward. TIhe small, but iron band, hurl the Mlexieans from the hteights into the ra vmne, and follow up the chase, far down tOve the ern lcilgtfa, man onsai ted black youm dode thikliAntone eans dash. on their way, never heeding the dwrwhelming numbIers of' their foes, niever beedmig the paitatitng forms be mneatht their feet, with bayones and rifle and sword,.6hey press steadily on, their well ktnown bastet etfoagming eormuore eohead. Tihn:howl of lihedy ing war-ho'rse~. hark I ,lDoes it not chtili your blood to hiear i t? The lib bhtig cry of .ihe woimded man, with, th~d'yrso's hoof p11oh his nmouth, tramplinig Ihip 0o a~ tideous wreck-does it not sicken your I oul to hear it ? A hundred yards or more, into thu o mas the Americaus have penetrated, hen suddenly a young Mexican, rush- I ng back upon their ianks, soizes the allen flag of Anahuac, and dashes to his j dehth I I To see him, young and beardless, a I rery boy, rusht with his bared breast, lpon thtt line of blarp steel-it was it iight to stir cowards into manhood, and t shot tIo the Mexicain hearts like an slectric flame. Eveu in their panic ctricken disordr, ,hey turned, by hundredy, they grasped heir arms, and rollud in one long wave f lance and bayonet itpon the foe. Woe o the brave men of Illinois and Ken ucky now I Locked in that deadly ass, a wall of infurmted Mexicans b ,weel theimI and tlhat wall of rock ibove their heads through every aper ure amoig Ihe liff-, the blaze of imtus kets pontring a shower of btllets in their Iaces-wherever they turnod, tIh long Riid deadly lanco poised at their throats it was a moinent to think once of home0 and die I Thoso who survi ved that fearfil mo ment, tell with shuddering tritinpha of ti deeds of the three heroes-Mckee, Hiardin :,nd Clay, McKee, you sno yondor, with his sittered sword dropping blood, ho en. deavorA to ward off tho Aim of those deadly lances, and fights on his knees when lie can stand no longer, and then the combatants cloze over hiu and you see him no more. Hlardin rose from a heap of slaughter ed foes, Lis; fhce streaming from its hi-lo. ouis lamce wound<, aid wvaved a Mlexican flag in triuimph, as his life blood gusies ill a torrent over his mtseitlar form. That instant the ftll light. of baltie was upon his maingled face. Theni, flingiig the caitured flag to a brother soldier, lie shouted : "Give it to her as a memo, rial to litena Vista I Mv wife ?" 'I t ivas his Ia wordi. Upon his breast the fhiry of ten hlces rushed, and the horses hoofs tramped him into the heap of dead. Unt most sad and yet most glorious of all, was to see the death )f the Second llenry Clay f You shonid have seen hn, with his back against yonder rock, his sword graspod firmtIly, as the coli-2i* onsness that III bore a imme that mist, not die ingloriously, seemed to fill his every vein, and dart a deadly lire from hi eyes ! At that moment lie looked like the old Iman. For his brow, high and - retreating, -ith the blood-clotted hitir wa ving back ro.' its outht, 'as s Wollen in ever y VOIn, al ough his soul .Whone from it, ere she fleQ forever. Lips set, brows knit,-bind firi nfgitag routiin M it Ied 11,Ll Nkxican timil lIis sword was wet, his .trn weary woih blood. A t last, with his thigh. splintered by a ball, lie gathored his proud from to its full n-ight, and full. Ihs face ashy with intense agony. he bade his com. rades to leave hIn there to die. That ravine should ie the bed of his glory. But gat.hering around him, a gumid of breasts and steel-while two of their number bore him toderly along t.hese men of Kentucky fought round their fallen hero, and as retreating step by step, they launehed their swords and bayonets into the faces of the foe, they said witht overy blow: -'H[enry Clay !" It wvas wvonderfuil to see how that na~me nerved their arms, and catlk-d a smiile to theo face of the dying htero. How it would have made tho heart of thte old man of' Aslanad throb, to have heard his tnme yelled as a battle cry down thto shtadows of that lonely pass I Ahontg the ravine, and up this narrow path t! Tiheu hero bleeds as they hoar himi oni, and'*tracks ite way w~'ilh his blood. Faster antd thiker t he Mexicans swarm -they see the circle around the fallen man, oven his palo face, uplifted as a smile crosses its fading lineamenuts, and like a pack of wolves enting thu froz'ent traveler at dead of .night, they come howling uponi the rocks. and chtarge the devoted band with one dense n.ass of bayonet0. Up anmd on I Thle light shines yonder on the topmost, rocks of the ravine, it is the light of thte setting sun. Old TaIyA lor's eye is upon thtat rock. aimd there we will fightt our way and die in the old man's sight I It wvas a mnrtderouts way, that patht up the steep bank of' the ravine I Litter ed with dead, slippery with blood, it grew blacker every tmoment witht Mexi. cants, and the defenders of the wountded hero, fell one by one, Ito the chtiam yawng all round. At, last theoy reached the light, the swordhs antd hay'onets glitter itn sight of' the contending armios, and the bloody cotttest rears towards thme topmtost rock. Thon01 it was that gathering up his dying frame, armed with superntatumral vigor, young Clay started from tile arms of his supporters, and stood wvith out stretehed hands, in the light of thto set. tong sun It was a gloriotus sight which Ito saw there, amid the rolling battle clouds; santa Anna's formuidable array hurled back inito a ravinie and gorge, by Taylor's hitlo band. liut a more glo. unous thing it was to see that dying tman standing for the last time, in thme light, of thtat sun, which shall never rise for him agam, - "heave me I" he shriekod, as ho fell bacok on thie sod, "1 mtrst die, and I will (lio here! Peril your lives no longer for me I Go I There is work for you yen. der I"' TIhe Mexicans crowded on hungry for blood. Even as lhe spoke, their bayo nets, glstening by hundreds, were lev elled at the throate of thme devoted band. Bly the mere force of thmeir overwhtehn-i intg nmbers, they crashed them back from the side of the dying Clay. Oly one lingered ; a brave man who had >nown the ohivaluio solier, and loved hulhi long; ihe stood there, and cov. ore A li e was with blood, mneard those hai twords "'Tell.my uir howm ie, .u ..:.. OGIN or ALM.acs.-As the time of the year hts coto for ,electing a almanac for 18G7, a brief history of the origin of this indi spensable fire side comipanaioni will priably be ac cecptable.* Tie Word alnac, whilch is olma nack in French, is compound, accord ing to one authority, and of German origini-al-mon-(j//t. Ot'hers say it is derived from the same compound, but. is Saxon. Until a very late Period it was alwaiys spelled aluanack. Pil leyn attributes the word to the Ger manaus, and accounts for its origin as follows : They formerly used to en grave, or cut upon square sticks about a foot in breadth, the courses of thoi moon for tihe whole yar. Prom this day they could tell when the new moon and the other lunar chianges would occur, as aho their festal days. Hence they call the arrangement "al mon01-aght, (III must 1, ed. The Egyptians are said to have computed their time by instruments. In the middle ages the monks were the alanacs. The first printod almana whielh has come down to its appeared at Augsburgh in 14191. t. is entirel y inl rhyme, as was the early style.it as computed for several suceossivo years, inste;d of one, as now, and goes on to toll how it was formed to describe the months :. they aro made by lature, an-l the influence of the stars; td give instruction n., to meat and drink ; on physicing, bathing and the imiangement of health ; to teach how a child should be educated I also, how the pplague is to be esen1ped, etc. It is h curious evidence of the little depth that popular edientioa has reached in England, that the great and wealthy corporntiron of the S-ta ti-mer's Company should contitnue to publish and sell every year rsoie hun dred thousand copi e (is of "Moore's Al manac," the chief attraction of vhilch consists in the astrological predictiuns and hieroglyphics,savoring more of the spirit of the fifteenth century than of the nineteenath. It is a singular fact that among the first aluanaes computed in this coin try, was one by at colored man in Maryland, named hinjamin Banne ker. This descendant of Africa, al though self-taught, gave this as one of numerous proofs of rare scientilio n quirements, which caused even Thom as Jelersoi t tthink it no dishonor to own and cherish himt as a correspond cut. 3FAU-tFUL SENTIMENT.-T Cohf*sS that inacreaisitng years bring with them an increasing respect fur mnon who do not. aneceedl inl 1m, %Q thiose word.; are coituoily nsed. I lcavon is said to be a phice for those who have iot succeed (qd upon Vatlh ; and it. is surely trite cel esti il graces do not, best, thivey antd bloom in te hot blazu of worldly pros.perity. 11 success someLimies arises from a muperainndan- of qilitics in them selves good--from a Conscience too sen sitive, a taste to' (astidious, a self f )r get lineis too romantic, a modestv too reiring. I will not go so far as to say with a living poet, "that the world knows notlhing of its greatest, men," bit there tire forms of greatnss, or at least excellence, which "die and m:ke no sign ;" there are martyrs that dniss the palm, buit not the stake , heroes wvithout the lanrel, and conquerors without the t immph. .Sum-:N Dr.:xia.--We regret exCeed mngly to chironaielo the (lea tn of J. Be tlthnte Gla~ss, E'sq , who for so nmany years was our nttentive and erlicien't postmaster. Ont yesterday morning, heo was at. his lmisiness, as usual, at t hle otlice of di thecrenvile Itailroad Comupa ny. F'eeling unwell, lhe ca m( upl to thle city. and, meet ing his physician, the latter gave lhim a prescription for what was then thionght to have been a mere cold, which hard (alletn npon the chest. Whilst the liniment was being prepared at D)r. Miot's drug store, Mr. Glass was suddoenly seized aid died ini a fewv mini uites. Mr. Glass was one of our beat citi. zenq, and his sudden and untimely death is deeply regretted by all who knew him.. An inmqucet wvas held by Coroner Walker, atid after tle exatminationt of several w:tnessxes, the j-i ry rendered a verdict that the deceased came to Is death fronm disease of the hieat t.-P'ha ix 10th. AxoTi-un JMt'1/ACyrfMENT."--Whenu Mr. Cameron taikestlais seat in the Sen ate we suppos, the Secretary of that body will be 'rimpoached" for at~tempt to defeat the will o ft th people in the e'lectiotn of a Uniated Srtaeenator from Pennsylvania. Mr. C'ameron will feel bottnd to 'impeacha" him, unless it shonld prove trite that the 8eeretary, at the last moment, sold ont his so-called friend to Cameron, in which case lie would (101ubtless be "'iampeachted" by Stevens. Tt is quite likely, in any evont, that the Senate will order tip 'a new Secretary.-Nat. Rep. [A t the Rleputblican cancus at Iharris. burg on the 10th, Cameron receired 40 votes, (Curtin 23, Stovons 7, and Grow 5.] SENsinLEp YVraws.-The freedmen of' Texas umet in Convention at Bastrop, on the 6th, and ptassed a aseries of roso lutions, of whichl the following is-the conclusion: "We~ make nto demand for impartial suffrage. Vie will cultivate tho earth with mdustry. Our artisants, smaiths, shoemakers, joiners, earpontors, and mgehamecs of evory' kind, will follow the occupations wisth whichb they are raihlar. Thie body of our p)eop)10 sf both sexes, will do likewise ; di- i root their labor to the production of s grain, cotton, raising d omestic ai- Ii nals, meat for their own consumption, I clttyvvo'tablcec. I JIftiig his ashy face into light, io nrn ned his eyes ipon his comradu's face, placed thepistols in his haud, and full g imk to his denth. That comraio, with the pistoh in his ;rasp, fonght his way alone to the top 1 nost rock of thei path, and only once 3 ooked back. He saw a (iuiveritig form, e :anopied by bayonets.; Ie saw ltosO utst.retched hands grappliing with points d stel ; ho saw a pale faco lifted once ni the l ight, 11n41 then darkliesi riusihd ipou tho hi1 of young Ilenay (ly. Sayinga of Groat Men. No points of history are more impre3 ive than the mob, or st.ricing expres- o iuni, which havo dropped fron the 'l nonths of great men oni memorial oceai ions. These, heing brief anid so pun- 1 ent s to stick like burrs i t the memory t m110 mtighIt Suppose to have been citu -atly cangh t and reported by hIistor. 1 YetL n,.t one in a hundred (if tiwso fir- c nons sayings was probalil over tittered d >y the men with Vhose names they are I abetled. a Perhaps no hicro of ancient or modern imtes has been Credited with so man , vranild and oven mnblime ntterances wilich ti h1e never uttered as Lord Nelson. Inl ri ,oitiey's aIdmirate life of ttie hero, it is i related that win goiig! into the haul ji >f the Nile, Captain Berry, Nolson's e ;econid ill coilinani1d, was 141(1 the plan uid its prolm1iAo resilts, Ioll"I excllilmd c wvithli transport, 'i we succel'ed, wthlt C will the world say ?" Thereis It i ini tle case," replied Nelson ; hat we a ilhlli succeed-is certain. W to may live I Lo tell the story is a very difTerent (piles. , tion." . Mr. Maissey (jptotes the story inl his I hlist ory of tIle re(ignl (if George I V., 1n( ()ds "W \\ r e 11 s11, r-<1 , o. ( he anlihol-i. y of Ci niii Berry himself, I 11at nto snieh 1 cen4ie I took pinco." Agllir, wh tI hnot k, adilluirred tbe simple imajesty of the senti r mentI expressed ill il order of Nelson m it Trafalgar, wichi a is been so oft en a Ale ba.ic cry of Briit mi la's sonsol lid t nd Bea : "CI 'E'nglaInd expcts VoVry 11111 r to do his duty !" Yet the real order v wnab, "NAelson expocta every man11 I'. do t h6.1 duty," for which till former vas in- r rmItiionsly substitiuted by the ollicer whose i biisness it wits to tlegira ph thie order to v he flect, simply because lhe could find | no flag to t.eltgralhl the word Nison. c Once more--whose soul has Iot. thrilled s by the subliim sent iment of te reply i wit.h which I.hle smin e liero is said to ha ve o silenced tie IfECtonate importunitiCs of . his officers whenl tier (:i1entr ed him to 1 conceal tile stars on his dress at TrIiIafal gar: "Inl honor .I 'ained theml, and inl I honor 1. will (ie wiIth .hem !" 11 istory t has recordld I nobler iglititis ti IS lull .. Illis cuill(I 118)1 I I Ill A tillor into tile month of Agricola. Bnt its it Ilerit is prilly iltmagilnt:ve. Tile facts Ire, as )r. A rnold gathered thell From t St. Thomas lirdyv, thit Nelson wort! t Din tihe lily of thle battl to e ntnlle coat, .1 lie lad wolnt hor weeks, having the Or. v Icr of the 1 1itt emiroidered t)n it ; ' Ind, wten isk frieints3 expresspedl solme r lears regarding thu danger, Nehiglnn- r mwered I hatIt e WaS a Iwar10 of t Ile danger, but that it wits "too late. then to slhift a F aoat." t ''Up gnarls, and nt 'em !" m1ieii will fi ilwa*s believe to ive beenll the excla. ntiout of Wellinlglton whilo I they feel an miterest in thle story of Warltoo, ini o ipito of thel lUnke's proest tht h e neer1 180 no81eh n1onsens~e ; nnid julst, ias imlplie'. .t1y wvill t hey believe the 1tal1ying staito menlt that Itic timperil iGuardi88 uit teredl ho b riaado, "y' ga>mut qet I.(S, ne se 'I 'end~ p)as /"-wh'lich is purl'iy mythI, al i thouigh inscribed, too, onl tl h onumlienlt >if NantesI(1. 'iThe laSt bombastic phrulas 13 wa~s a pure II iventioni of at Jrench ju-n itist, two diays after tho battle. Whtat. i Vas reatly sid V ictor lingo ini:ke's 'Iili'wn ini Le isaerablues. A le'ss imem- 1V yrablo Freinch moit -is lhe cry of Pilip, e i'hent, tyina from the battle of Creocy, Il amlnved before tho gates of the0 Castle >f Braye,~ and exclahime1d, "Ouvrez, on- Ii 1'ez, c'estfortIune de la Fr'ancec /" (O pen, pen to the fortunes of Franc.) Turn itg to Froissart, the originarl author of " ~he an1cdote, we fidi-whlat? InIstead d f the fine hsentimentl, hast qtuoted, by a v'hiich the King embodies ill im~self thte itriicke(n fortunes of hits coiutry-onily 1h0 tamno exchiunatilon, "Ouvrez, oureaczi;. ,(est hlO'frtuneC Rhoi dC France," (O pen, a o~pen; 'tis the un IfortunatLa King of'. Liralnce.) Wilt any one, who knows the nitenity of a Krenichmn's love fort 'oll'cts," bo surprised to hoar that. Cha-I eaubrianad, hlaving mnisrehted thisstr 511)' n his j listory of' France, re'fusetd, on e, Join~g iniformied of his error to correct it? il )r is it, strange that, with the same ni'- h >1e scorn for strict, accuracy and11 exchti s iiveo regard for Artistic ('fl'het, YTohair, n being asked whelro lie found a certr in C starthing fact, replied, "It, is a lrolic of e ny) imtagmnation I" h For three cetulries histor'ians hav.o a lelighted to replent the heroic senltimienit o axpressed by Franlcls I , while wiriting n o his mother fromi the batik, field of Pallvia : "All is lest but hlonor'-' But o mw runs the0 real le'tter w~hiich t he King wrote otn the occasioni, and1 which ins been presorvcd ? Instead of the 84 nithy epigramnie cotfmmunicationh, as terse Lu is a telegram, whichl Flranicis is said to- at iiyeV dlitched tromt the battletield, and1 b whiebi so electrifles the ronder AS the c; grand out1 burst of a spirit in sudden 111- t1 Versity, it turns ont tiat a Freneht'mounia troihvwroto inf prison, by permissioni, A s1 ong letter, it which, after doscribting o hio battle, tie says prosaically : "With ni regard to the remnaining deotails of miy) b~ 'nsfortuno, honor aind hf." which is safe, ' Ire all that is left mie." &c., &o. Ihardly a ess dilutd in the original i's the senlton 01 ions dispatch IHenryv IV. is said to have S w'ritten to ono of his noblea after tho .. >attle of Argnuos, "Ilaig thyself bravo ti 'Yrilhion; we havo fought, and thou wert r< tot thorol"' When we hlaVo learned, oe oo, that "llang thyself" was a hack aoyod expression oi I~einry's, repetedo mn tihe mfost trivial occasions, the mol c1 'tk. it tha vacriost comnn')aoe " it Science and Philosophy. Coperious appeared in1 1473, and ave publicity to his astronomical con usions in 1 543-. Luther was born in 48.3, and published his letters in 1527. epler lived between 1571 and 1630. ralileo from 1564 to 1642 ; and the la Als' great work appeared in 1020-21 'lin we find co-existing in about one itury, the great leaders in thu mighty ro-fold movoinent of Modern nwad. In physioigy, the t'o greatest dis. eries ever made, were by 'inglish hIilosophers. Harvev detected the cir tIlation of the blood, and S~r Charles MVi distinignished between the nerves fisensation, nid those of motion. Sv e'naliml laid the fouinidation of medic'al :ice', and John liniter, tit. of com iirative ainatomy ; while Jenner invoked io wonderflul secret of vacciiintion. In chemisirv, also, the English have -d. Dr - Black of Ed inburg, discovered arbtonii acid gar, aid first announced i0 doctrine of latent. heat. Dalton first xliiii( the wonderfully adjusted law f chemical eqiivalents. Priestly discovered oxygen gas ; Watts nd Cavendish ascertained the composi. oin of water ; Davy founded agricultn 11 Cheiiltry and inveiled the saife.ty inmp; nn-I Newton discovered the law r gravitittiol and the analysis of ght. In America, we see men equally nc. Dssful inl the st.idv of the fphysical sci nens. .F4rainklin discovered the identi. y of elect ricity ind lightliting. 4ul11on pplied steaim to iti'lionI. Manry as fenced the ligihway ofthe seal and .iitten linger boards itpan '.he t1mos. hero. Morse luis banrnessad the fiery ird of heaven and mado the lighitning uir post boy. VI Tu ne 1s NO RAIN IN PHnu. n1 Pern, South America, rain is un nown. 'T'le coast of Pern is withini tho 1-gion ot perpetial South ast tra'de imls, and though ilhe Pernvian shores re oil the very verge of the South Sea oiler, yet it never rans there. The a 0119on1 is plainl. 'T'hie south east trade .'inds in tihe Atlantic ocaan first attike lie water on tho coast of Africa. Tinv. ling north west, they bl->w obliquely cross the ocean until they reach the oast of Brazil. By this time they are ienvily laden with vapor, which they ontiline to hear along as they go, aid ipplying witlh it, the sources of the Rio e ]a Pita iand the sonthern tributaries f the Amaizon. Finally they reach the now capped A ndes, and here is wrnng rom them thi last particle of moisture hiat a very low temperathire caii extract. teachmng the snmmit of that range, icy now ttimblo down as cool and (Iry ins onl thle Pacific slones bevnpid. e en witI no eV:aporatmg su race, Id no temperature colder than thint to hich t.hey were subject oin tlie Imonl. ii lops, they reach the ocean beforo hey becoino charged with fresh vapor, ad lifore. tlierefore, iwv have a1n1y Illicit lio .Ierivian climalte can ex tract. 'hIs we see hov I lie A nide, become the oservoir from which are suipplied tho Oiers of Chih and Pern. How A MAx Frxm.I ro D1-A0 I--M. onchejt lately road ill Interesting paper Oil i ubject before the French Academy of ciLence. The author's inference3 are as 1l10mgs 1. Thnit the first phenomeion produced y Cold is a 00111rae.hn of capillary veuseli > ilucht anf extenit that a globuile 'f blood mnnol enter'; these vessels, therefore, ro iin completely empty. 2. The!i titoond pli~henomenon is tan altern on or thle blood globtnles, which amiounts o eir' coml ete0 d isorgailzationl. 3. Every animal conaiplotely frozen is lb 11 utesly dead, and no power can reanimate 'I. When only a part is frozen, that part. destroyed by gangrene. 5. Itf the pairt frozeni is not extensivo, anid nily few idisorguized blood gloubles pass ito ciroulation, the animal may recover. 63. Ihnt if, on the contrary, the frozen rart is of considerabloe enet, then tihe mass f altered globules bronghtu nt ie siren itlin when the part is thawed, rapidly ills the animal. 7. For this reasoni a half frozen anlimal ves a long time itf miaintaineid in this condi Oil, since the alteci-ed globulds do not get 110 the cirdulationa but it expires rapidly s sot n as the frezen part is thawed. 8. lIn all cases or onagelation, death is no to the alteration of tile blo'id globulos, nd nlot to any effect of the nervous system. 9. It results from thoeo facts that the i'e rapidly the froen part is tliaiwed, the lore rslowy altered globuiles find their way ito the~ circulation, and the groator the bances of the recovery of tile anuinal. F"ou N 11 Drun.-On Thniraday e venuing lie dead bjody of a imn was discovered irmg in thme water at the uipper part of' 'iher's Pond, about two miles b~elow iir city, by Johni Glizo wvho was huant mg in the vicinity. rThe body 0on being rought to tis city wvas identifled by *veral of' our citizens as beitng that of r.'Rank y, a dentist, who passed through ulttmbia about six weeks ago. Do. ased was ablouit. 5 feet 8 itnchies in ei ghit,.shlitly grey.Ihair anid whiskers, id was betw een forty -an td fifty Ifears age.. Thme cause of his death 'is a Ystdi-y. An irtemst will be held to'day.-- ear BecKwnrA T CA1(E.-As this is thmo ansotn for lbukwheat cakes, a little at nt ion to wvhat ljall's .JTurnal of HJedthii mys as to this preparation may be of' mnt to thlose of' onr readers who can ijoy the Ituxury. Thtat journal says nt buck wheat cakes, properly baked o very healhy aid nlut i tons. They tonid be put on t~he soapstone griddle rer a good fire, asnd turned once only id the sooner they are enton after' iking the bettor and heahieor they are, /hen turned over more than) once, like hleat. cakes, t~he are spoiled, rind instead becoming the most indigestible. amo hiouspwifea, not knowintg tlins fact -which is really a chemical one--poil is favorite food. Boapstone gnidioes quire no grease, and noter burn the kes. Switmorland is tio only foreign pow. that does not reciprocate int acored ing to Washingtnn a Mii~sato P'ouv 0r -ri ir 2etco~un's Itr MT. -AL aJumry of Imyte. t summonedlo inquire into the cause antid circutmstane.' of the burning of the jail, tihe following verdict was reundored after four days' Investigation: :-That the twenty-.wo colored persons con. fined iti the jail of Kingstree camte to their dea bs by the buuinig of the said jail, wihereit Iney iero all consumed, except the Portions (if throo bodies inspected by th jtry. They further r6und that the fire orl. ginated between the ceiling overicad of th second floor andil the floor of the tilrdatory; that it was communicated by some of the pisoners coni nned in thejail, but whet her communicated by accident or design the jury are unable to agree upon any conclu sion. I hey also stated that had the jai or been inl his proper placo at, the jail, and witi the keys inl his lpotessionl, whien the jail wa4 flist discovered, to be on fire, and when iie alirm had first been given, the ltee womnen, nid perihpsitore of' lhe pi1. onters, couhl have been sived, anil that for thi neglect aunlt derelietioui of duty the Sherill'and Jailor are consurable. In witness whereof 1, T B Logan, )ibtric, Judge ofsnid District, nting as Coronert, aid the Jurors afo5resaid to tis85 i)(i sit IOn1, have int erclmeiabiily put our hands and seals, thir eleventh day of January A. D. 1W67. T 11 Loa.%, Distdrict Jndge and Acting Coroner. Edw J l'orter, t'oreman ;W M Khe , I Nelson, Wim F Ervin, D M uike, J C Mc. Cants, E It Iesrsno, Jos G Kirkit md, J M Staggers, M J liirsch, M Schwartz, Jas M Nel-on, 8 1' Deft ,kin. Mi mT.uY AiT.--Lieut. Ross, com anling the garrisin, at this place, acting under instructions-i from Gen. Scott, of the FreedIm ei's bureai, arrested Sheriff Mat thews, James 1' Barrineau and J 8 Beck on yesterday, and sent them to Charloston this morning. This arrest was made in conso quetce of their being in charge of the jail whihli was recently destroyed by fire at this place. These ofiicers were arrested while in dis. ehtrge of their tiuty on the Distrit Court. --h illytee Star. Conox t 's Iit 1 i:sr--Tux horI FolUN IN Fismut's l'osi.--Coroner Walker having receivel in foaiizrition withi refcernoe to loiie findiig of a boly inl Fisher's Mill Poid, on Thursday h1it, lie imlediately proceeded to in vesligate 11lie muau ter', and, it isblielieved, has been micce:ssfrul in cleariig up the lys I ery. It ailpea rs t hat tlie iilknrnnt uie man was Dr. J. hnsky, a dentist, who resided in Co!umbin soveral years ago, but moro re cri1y iln Fernanitdai lina, Florida. From th evidtence ndduced before t he jury, it appears that, the deceased had lecen labori ar tingder mentail aierition for somi time, lie had been bo:iding at Nickersonm's hotel a few lays, bIt. was missd from Ihereo about tiho 'th of Icaier, tithbough lie lias beena seeni by differt poraonts is lato Is Monday last-at t hit time in tho vicinity of the polanad where Ilhe body was founid-il of whom testify Ihat lie acted very atrangely. No an-ky of violcoo could be found -i thorough examilatiion having been made 0V Drs. Templeton and Roynolds. The jitry retutrned a verdict, that the deceased onme to his deatil from some catso uiknowii to ftem. The body was taken in charge by ite Mnttons and tlie religious- denomination with 'Which the unfortunate man had been conlnect ed. -hanmx. The riml of tio negro hforace Greely for the murder of Il. 8. iliit. Esq., last July, began Friday last., in Charleston. It is toia first capital case tried here tutder tlie new criminal cole. The Court assigned U. S. 8enat or Ctimpbell and ot-lier etinent. coun Hel to defend the py;soienr Tile evidence for the prosctition is chiefly by negroes, and conclusiv of' the prisiner's guilt. Thp tri1l exciteal much interest, the court room being denmsely crowied. florace was con victed of mut1rado', mbut, his alleged accom plicO was aicqulitted. Under thle provisions . of the lew code, lhe prisoner made a statio mnlt on the witness stand.-Carleston FA-r.u. Arnat.---We learn by passengers on the Qreenuville Road that a diflicult.y ')cca red near Chappell'n Depot, on Friday last, bet ween 8tanmnoro Chappell amnd a mian namied Payne, which resulted in the dleath of thme formier anmd the severe woundin of ihme lat ter. A fmeedmani was aso kille ins the ilrtay. We hmave hot learnmed the full liarticulars, andl therefore refrain from fur ther commenat.-.P/aenix A&ccording to ai OCnsus just comnpiet.. ad, the popula tion of' Paris and its suburbs is 2,150,910. At the last census taken ini 1861 the population was 1,051,60, an ir~crease in five years.of 197,'25G, or about ten and one-tenth per cent. 'During the flyo years prcocdiJg 1801 the inoeronso was thirtoon per cent. Mr's. Saiturn, one of' the ladies-in waitimg upon the sun1is said to have bteen theofirst lady that woreo hoops. ' .High authotrity for the fashion, that; and the way men have been gazing at her' for so many years shlows that thtey admire them. Osxv,1uau -The New Orleans (Vreseent says that several of the Vieksburg men chanits mnade up a purse of onue hundred dollars for the men of . the Twenty-fonryth United States Infantry, as a testimonial of gratitude f'or'thle great service rendereod by that command at, time late disastroums fire F'he gallant Twonty-fourtht immediate~' turne the amiount, ovi to thoe Mayor for the relief of the suil'erers. The reerutitinag which Is to take place i Russia from the 87th of JIanuar'y to thme 27tht of Fobrutary, at time rate of four conscrIpts per 1000 inhabitants, andl fire per 1000 In oertnIn disariots, wil'I produe. 850,000 mers. Tho usoman army nt i pesont. nunmbers 80)0,. 000 mna uinder arms; add to whicht 85(0,000 prodnced by the new levy, and the round numbers Is 1,050,000. It was so cold in Louisvillo tho other dlay that an1 Irish woman, wvashm mng at a wash tub, hamd the garnits frozon in her hiands, and thiroo linos or RIory O'iMloro" str'oehing from her mouth frozo as she sung them. We (d0 not vouch for this, but P'rentien does. Gheneral Thuther has commenced a libel suilt against "Brick Pomey" of theo La (Jrosso D~emocrat, Wisconsin. lie claims one hundred thousand dol lors damages, It is roported that Genoeral Sher man Is about to lead to the altar one of Lou isiana's fiirest daughters. In Berlin, Prussia, horse meat, has Pounid so much favor that the numbor >f horsess slaughtered in a year has al endy reached two thiousatnd six hun Ired, ano is conistantly increasIng, A Chicago paper intitmates taat Son stor Trumbull has been doing a thfring tUSintess och burrowed brai. Things Wise and Otherwise, "Can you toll tme what this is, sir V said a man to a chemist, exliifitiing a box full of specimens. "Certainly ; that is fron pyrites."' "And what is that P 'J)ross.' And what is it wortI.' 'Nothing.' 'Thuiider I A woninui in our towni owns a hill full of that, and .1vc married ?.cr /' Sambo vas hacking away at a tough oak, when light ning struck a tree nicar him, und shivered it. 'Bress do Lord ' said lie, '1 jes like to see umt try dis ono ; I reckon dey find dare match !' Ait old lady, who had insisted on her mnini.iter's praying for raii, had her cabbage cut up by a hail storm, ad, on viewing the wreek, romarked that she 'never knew him undertake anything without over doing the matter.', 11 you would find a great many faults, be on the look out. If you would find them in still greater abutn dance, be on the look in. Two Eniir.ders were enught out in a gale, wheii ono kneeled down and began praying, 'Be nisy, Mike,' said the other, as he ranl his oar down ; '1 can tetch bottom. Be aisy ; what's (ho use of prayin' when we can toch bot toi. In trying political times, a squint eyed courtier asked Tallyrand how things were going. 'As you see, sir, said tle astuto diploiatist. One horso power raises 33,000 pounds one foot, per minute. 'Pat,' said Judge Snilffto his neigh bor il a sleepiigng Car, 'you wonlid have remained a long time in the old coun try before you could have slept with a judge.' 'Yes, yer honor ; and ye would have been a long timne in tlie old couithry before ye'd been a judge.' An English paper adverfises 'A piall) for sale by a lady about to cross tle chianiel in an oak case with carved legs.' 'I wnt to buy a sewing-iiaeaine,' said an old lady, entering a shop. 'Do you wish a machinie with a fel ler P inquired the clerk 'Sakes, no; don't want any yer fellers about me.' Ani old sailor objected to the pro pobed invention of an India.-rbber ship, becanse it would rub out all tle lines of latitude and longitude, to say nothing of the equator. Mr. and Mrs. Brower, of Ky., have twenty-two children. This is tle most extensive browory in the West. A yankee vitness in court described a hiog as having no particular car marks, except a very short tail. The following might be -called the "Milky Way:" Forty milkimen were arrested in New York one morning this week while patronizing the same hydrant to "attenuate their lacteal Limrchai dize." HOn-TiCU.TRaL. wiNTS FO Evruny nOrY AN) AI.wAvs.-ult ivato ae Juaintances, if desirable ; if not cut them. Never aowv the seeds of Dissensi'n. Weedl your Liblrary. Get as much Heart's ease as you Can. Attend to the Wall flowers and trimi Coxcomb is. Fmunla te the Cacumbor-b3 cool. Don't Peach. Avoid Flowers of Speech. 'Tao the advice of the Sage,or you miay Rue thie conseqfeuces. By (lie disobedience of a lad in 1809, a garden gate in Rhode Island was left open, a pig got in and destroyed a few lanuits, a gnarrel between the owners of the pig and the gardeni grew out of it., which spread anmon g their friends, defeated the Federal caindidato for the Legislature and gave thie State a Democratic Seniator, by wvhose vote the war of 18)2 with treat Britain was deolaredl. Art emus Ward, (Chiarles F. Brown,) no0w delivering his quaint and polmlar Lect ures in London, was formioily a Jour Printer, and some ten years ago entered London, Ohio, in search. of work a stroPpcd individual. Now lis "n ears the belt" as chamrpion Jokist. Tux 1(INoS'rnKE JAY,, AFFA n.,--The Courier learns from a private letter, dated Kimgstree, S. 0., Jnnuary 12, that thi' jury of inquest em panne led in the above case, alter hearmng the mass of1 testimony elicited in thme investiga. lion, rendered a verdict censuring thie ilheriff for dereliction of duty in not hav mg the koys at the jail, an'd that, in their o'pimon, had] the keys been on hand at first, somne of the inmatee might have Losr.--Rotwoon sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty brillianit iniutes. The advertiser lever exp~oets to recover the a bove nontion articles ; but introduces this is a warnimg to others, that they veigh well the value of time; and note ts rapid flight. Gener~al Sterling Price has been >resented by a few citizens of Now brleans with a large tract of valualel rexas lands. He reached theo city on lhe 1st from Mexico, and is on lisa ray to St. Louis. It is said that lie 'as notified by General Sheridan that lie Government would llo informed of is arrival. IIA.PiNfls.--Our life, it is true, has ts bright and dlark hours, yet none are rholly obscmured ;for when the sun of appiness Is sot, tIle refleeted moon gut of hlope and mnemory is sltil rouDd us.