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B ? W VOLUME XV. P ?. 1?. vr o vv :n tc a ? . KDITOR.? >, m J. C. JJA.ILET, Pro'r. and Auocia?* Editor. IHuancarraex Two Dollar* par sunmv , AnvaaTUfunXtt inserted at tba rata* ?> ] , one <l?ll?r pet wjaftre M twelve Ittnion III. ^a (this riicd typo) or Ins for the first In Serf ion, ' tifljr coot* each for Km second aod third ir.ser- < lour, and twenly-flre oouta for subsequent | insertions. YearQf contracts wilt be made All advertlscmHK* IMrt liave the number i ?>f Insertions marked on them, or they will be I inserted till ordered nut} ntid charged for. | Unless ordered oUicfsriso, Advertisements will invariably bo " displayed." * Obitoury notices, and all matters Viiariu* to I to the benefit of any one, arc regarded aa < Advertisements.* Spooxit. * < BT DAVID HVL JPtM, As the moon went down one drintry night, A blei^eyed monster liove in siahl V>f a fine olJ mnndon In (he Snutn Croaking lou<l with open ipnu'li?' 8| oons I" With an eya asquint 1 with pockets wide] i With steady look and steal ridnr stride I , With visage dark, whereon wa* wrote 1 The motto which honsatb wo qilole? I "Ppooas I** < fc " Whence oometh tliou T* ll?e good host said' ' H " Wh?t do yon seek?onr gold ? r bread J ' V| Or do ynu from the night air fly T" 1 *lhe strange heasl made, l ut one rrply? *'8poone I" ' Oh rob u* notthe good wife cried, jL " There lieirlooms are onr fam'Iy pride, I Oh, lake whatever elae jou will P ' but the blue coat ilsuudrred Mill-*- + , 1 "spoons: j m " Then take my watch and chain and go," Th? old man aald in accents low ; The watch was gobbled In a trice? liut at 111 vai heard the a'mnga device? ( "Spoons!" I ''Foul fiend, woiddVt rob the old and weak j ' My eona are soldier* ;-them go'seek 1 i A Ins, lliou art too base to fight, ' Tb-.u coward lliat dost Itowl at night "-t- ' " Spoon* I" 1 A guard of soldiers dreared in Idne, Boon sacked the hon*eheld thro' iit:d thro' j IT^tll at last?the prise spied With one loud voicothe rohbeia cried? * spoont r Hie spoils secured, on plunder l<ent, < These villains to the neighbor* went, j In. every bouse defanceh as nigh, < At'as heard the strange tinaod y cry? I " Spoon*!" l And when at last, at dawn of day, i Tnc cock eyed monster knelt?to prayl I Bed Butler's servant swears he Inard < lliin matter that accursed word? < " S p o o n-e f A Haunted House in Erie- Pa The Erie Di*patch of Saturday has ' 5 the following! We mentioned a day or two since R the existence in our mid*t of a reritaRp Me haunted house, or, at least, one I which has gained that reputation; [ | whether rightfully or not, we leave our P S readers to jud^e. 'We came into pos I J aes?ion of the information accidentally. I As we are always on the lookout for items, we plucked up sufficient courage to make the acquaintance of the owner of the bou*e, and questioned him aa to I" \ the liuih of (he report. Although at [ first ver^ reticent on the subject, he at i 3 _)**( invited us to his house on ? street, to see and hear for ourselves.? There were two provisor# connected with the invitation, uowever, one of which wa?, that, whatever we might sav upon the subject, we should keep his name I and the locality of his dwelling iuvio lsbiy secret?and the other, that we [ should come alone. We begged hard i for the privilege of a companion, but he was immovable. "You need not i come until 10 o'clock, or past," said the M gentleman, 44 aa you would probably ;* hear nothing before thai time." x On Wednesday evening, punctual to the hour, ire rang at trie door, iuk! wax inhered into the parldr, where a dim 9 fire wan horning in the prate. The gas was turned on, and in another moment j our host made bis appearance. * 1 was half hoping you would aot come,' said ? lie, MI don't lttte the idea of making the thing publie, and besides yourself, there are aot a half a duzen people in 'W the city who have any suspicion of anything of the kind.". We eat for nearly an hour in eoover ^ ? sation, and at last began to despair of V seeing anything q( an extraordinary 1 nature. Ah at once a. child's rocking JPyg which stood within, a few (ret of I us, oommenoed rocking?very gently 9 St first, and then .violently. We leaned I forward to touch it, when it suJdenlr . removed itself out-of our reach and Jm stopped. At the same moment the gen Rti?man touched our arm and. said MB * i>opk ii> the glaos-" The mirror to 9| which he Qal.led etlention wse quite large, end: stood, between two windows. JM Turpjng. toward it we saw the suHhen assut^md * singular appearance, pre* cisely the same ae if oue were breath V inS uIH>n it. " You can see it better fm with leas light," said Mr. and be Wf turned tip gas down, ht a fpn mppieute Upindtati|>ct outline of a human 9 arm appeared. email, white and delicate, mi l_ REFL? ' nf i * i inrt-loptd it, ?hh a nort of entreating, beckoning motion. This )**tad. perhup#, two or three minutes, and then slowlv diuamisarttf'. -Toy oift see no more to niffht.M mill Mr. '-The manifestations, one may cull them so, always end nrilff that. dome m' ghti they last for no of three hours. They come end to wilb> '?t any apparent rea*on. We list beraimJ aware of something singuar about tin* bonae, neatly ten months igo. The noi. ae have been irreguliw? oinetiine* inakt ""g themselves heard ivery night and tin ' remaining quiet f?r nun lh?. My wife i.- a woman uf nerve, tnd we have boti bec> trie ed accustom d to them, (bat liot."jli unplensan', bey do not e*peciai> trouble u?. We mil in no manner aco> 'tut for the phelomtm, nor do we t* v. Sometime". ?y the sobnd of footstep', one won d magine the rooiu filled. Often step* jo up nnd down stair* wiilio t any vim. >'? bodies accompanying them. Furliture is changed fioiu one room to another. No injury ha< ever been done, > iowe\er, to any article. We think bat by paying no slteuiioa to whatever it ia, the trouble will sooner cease, if you care to pursue your .invesligainns fuiliter, \ou ip-e welcome at any inie lo do so." So ended the fust \i-it, and though we were somewhat st at tied, we were lot altogether convincid. We intend o make HHollter ttial next week, and, f possible, sift the thing thoroughly, fielv, "there are more things in heaven ind earth than are dreamed of in our tbilosopliy." Atmospheric Commotion. Most people have heaid about the l.rkness which on a certain occasiou tervad d Egypt, but ?tt doubt if there were any in this city w ho were ptepatcd W a renewal of the phenomenon in Jhicago, such as happened yes'.etday. About 5 o'clock in the. afternoon llto iky wan suddenly dntkened to such an -stent that it was found necessniy to igiil tlie gas all over the city. Kor a iute it Beetned as though night had "orgotten Itself and was preinalmely ntelopinsj the earth in a more than tstial tal'le mantle. Then, too, the iarknejs had an unusual density shout t, and brought with it a ch'llnesa that was as startling as it was sudden ; and hough it lasted but a few moments, and then passed awaV its suddenly as t came, most pet sons experienced a Veling of awe and dread, as though the :!oud were a pestilence that had sud* lenty dropped down u|H>n the citi, and with that activity which ntaiks the l?east of ptey'ai he springs upon his rictim, had, settled down over them, making it Impossible to escape the hor >jr. Thtice in quick succession did the nhenoroenon (for it can be called not ling else) happen, and then the fisila lion passed entirely away, leaving the tain sliintni* l?*inlitlr ?1?a ? " # ",,v* wondering and speculating upon the ;aase. The mo'l reasonable solution of the mailer is. that the nir becoming (as II sometime* doo) Maidenly ratified,-a i?TM? storm-cloud settled close down lu the enrlh, which mhii out the light of day, and produced the unnatural darkness. The peculiarity of the appearance was that (he eloud which so rapidly uatkened the sky seemed to joins from no point of- the (ntrpw ttr particular, but appeared suddenly to envelop the entire face of nattrre in its cold, damp shadow. 1: disappeared in the same manner?none bring able to tell whiih er it went awy more than whence it rame. It was almost as sadden as the extinguishment of a gas light within a room ; and the accompanying sensation of oold aad dampness which pervaded the atmosphere, like the breath from a tomb, lent horror to the scene and caused many to tremble who are not superstitious. The sensation was as .i _i. - -.I-..- i Illiru^ll n IIVIIICIMJUU3 11 Ml IBU'l III IUIHI have pn*8bd very near us. The telegraph wires worked with so much dif ftculty thi^ wo were unable to obtain aay sstUfajtory information elth refer enee to the extent of country Involved in this reinsikahle visitation [('hieayo Republican. Hoar to Rear HambThbouoii Sum mkr.? After your haius have taken *id'. bang them tip and smoke ihetn well, tben take tlietn down and dip them in to boiling water for a few seconds; that will kill all the eggs of insects, if there should be any on them ; then roll thent in dry aihee while wet and bang them np again; vmoke them more if you ctioosn. Tide wiil do *Uo foe shoulder* and sides; and those that do their baoor. in this way will naver have aay bugs or skippers oo their mast. Cur* row Lica on Oattlb.?A cor respondent of the Rural American recommend* the following as a cure for Kpe on oattle:; Takp twelve or move good siaml Wish potatoes, pound them fine, tben put them into two gallons and a half of water, boil thoroughly, then let U cool, and apply aa a wash to, cows, caItcs, mares and oolts, and all other creaturee that bare lioe. ijjlp -X oxr 2PC _ PKKKWVIM.K. .SOU" semi's sfasti 1868. Tlie celebration and commemoration of the seventh jubilee of the Lutheran Clmruh. oomm-ncrd at St. John'* Lutheran Church, (Rev; Dr. Bachmati'*,) Arel.dily etiect, ye* lerday afternoon. For a?me time past the teacher* and scholar* of the three Sunday r-'chools, numbering between six and seven hundred connected with the three Luther-in Churches of the city, have been prepariug forthe ?r?at event. These interesting occasion* are recognized and observed throughout the civilized world by all Christ i?ns, who are of the great reformer'# persuasion. Every fifty years from the time ot the It-formation ia termed a jubilee, and ia regarded and celebrated with peculiar interest by ail I-ttthrran Churches. This fs theeecond jubilee celebrated in thla city, und-r the auspice* of the venerable and beloved Rev. Dr. John Bacbraan. It is exactly three hundred and fifty yclrs since tin Reformation, and the ce le hratinn of yesterday will be long remembered by tbe happy participants and apeotator*. Despite tbe threatening nppcar ance of rain, between lour and five bnnrtred bright eyed and joyous children nssetnld-d jn the Cliurcli, under the .charge of their respective teachers. The, body of tlie Church was mostly tilled with the teachers and children, the galleries being appropri ted to the audience. Kev. W. 8. Bowman, Pastor of tbe Wentwo'th street Lntbernn Church, conducted the ex?rci?cs, tlio singing being under the leadership of J no. I,. Honour, Jr., E?q. Mr. A. J. lloffinnn, Su perintendent of one of the Suuday Schools, presided at the organ. The exercises were opened with prayer by tha Itev. Mr. Snyder, of Virginia. The cliillren then sung very prettily the hymn, 1 want to be an angel," after which they were addressed by the venerable Dr. Buch uant us lowows: Mr Dk\k Ciituntrx?I did not exf-eet lo speak tliis afternoon until requested a few moments ago, liut wlin can withhold an ex ptvseion of pleasure ?ud of gratitude lo a sight like tl.lrf It has been customary with all of us on certain occasions to carry wreaths of flowers to lay the to on tha graves of the dear departed. It is customary with you frotu time to time, not only to go to your own grave yards hut to go to Magnolia to evidence your love and affection and gratitude to those who are huried there. And We coma to^tlber this afternoon to ^fidence our gratitude to the aged, heroic godty man who laid the fotandatton of those courses of lustructlon not only for the Sunday school hut all those instructions wherehy man Is tanght to reverence his God and 8aviour( but lo be prepared for the eternal world. You have just'sung, " t wittit to be an angel." Look lug around I know vour sentiments, and I rejoice that those little ones who wish to be an angel are gralefal to those who have taught them how to lire on enrth, In order that they might be angels in Meaven> IVhat wa? the state of the Church, what was the state of morals, and what was the state of religion before the reformation of the Church in Germany? I have not time to go hack to thoac dark periiMlr, hat the world was living ia darkness. There were no Sunday School* j there were no means of Christian instruction, in a word, there was no Ukblo, for it was wiAbeld from the congregation. But the Fathers of the Reformation have taught us that inan is an intellectual being, and that he i must be tangnt and instructed and prepared r <nr all his duties, and fitted not only for usefulness on earth, hut to become an angel in lleaven. It has oft^n been said that Robert I.aikes was the author of Sunday Schools.? He was a great and a good man, but ub, lto? herl Halites wit* fur behind that great school of instruction wbieh had been instituted age; before him. Lather's Catechism existed before Robert Raikes' time, and it has been pre erred from tbat day to this. I hare often witnessed in Germany the attentions that li?ve been bestowed upon those instructions similar to these in which we are now engaged. If was not alono upon the Sibbatb the eternal word was (aught, line upon | line, precept upon precept, hut in erery school | from the humblest primary institution to tbo highest university, religion was taught to all, ! to tbo young and the old, to the ignorant and j the learned, and why should we uot, wa who I >>V IM ??IW HKV(? VI VUI IJ ll*? WXt ?r?W|IIJ{ u??wera on tho grave* of our benefaetova, at a lime like this, remember the benefactor* of the Cburoh?the benefactor* of tho world, Luther and Melancthou and the Reformer*, the great end good, men who enabled u* to -become Instructor* of the young t l? lay aaido mH the memory of the dark age* and to teach our children their duty td their Saviour and th;ir Uod. I beljeve I have (aid enough. But here are the** young children who heue exproaaed e wiek to become angel*. You will beecme angala if you perform yom detiee to oae another and to (lad. You will become angel*, and Uod will receive you into hi* r*?t. [Ckarlftum Courier. A a<>g waa rent by kin mother to sgw eouae elov# wood out oil obi railroad tiee. Going out of doore ehortiy after, he found the youtb aiding on the *Aw-hor*e, with head down. The mother aaked her hopeful eon why be wjte oeet down a*oi why he didnT keep at hi* work. Tho boy replied thus i M My deer pother, I find it herd, very Laid, to eeter old tiee." , ? $ I ?III III )PULAR VII CAROLINA. JUNE 17. I "The Fffty-flrst Psalm. Since llie publicntion of Omv's Eie? gv, the fifiv Hist Psalm ?.f David liHf> j been translated into all the languages f of the civilized wot(d. New versions of n it, in the English, French and German \ tongue*. Imve been multiplied beyond |, >*ll former precedent. l*n soon as (lie }| language of n Pagan tribe hna been re j dnced to writing, it haa been made the , vehicle for earning this lValtn to the t, Pagan. When the " Elegv " fa trttns- | laled, it parts.with many of its original beauties; but this I'-altn retains its glow and power wlien it is transferred t to even the rudest language of rudest j mill. It is the favoiite Psalm of slaves ? and freednien, the poor and the rich. the ignorant and the learned. Some * of the most beautiful passages in mod*, p ern literature have been suggested by p it { some of ilie choicest hymns in our p devutional poetry are founded on it.? c Its words have been repealed by men v as they were dying on the battle field, | iu pii-uns, on the scaffold," ai d al-o by the kings of the earth as they Were v breathing*out their life in their palaces, H and by the ministers of religion as they v were bidding farewell to their churches. v It was the sacred poem of the .lews ; it ,, has been the still Miore sacred poem of f( Christian*. "It promises to be more ^ and more the fresh utterance of good ; men in all tribes and ail times.- ? In what manner, now, bad David <! been* educated for composing?and lie c had no leisure for spending eight years ? in composing?the Psalm which was to I touch the sensibilities of the race f We i first hear of him as pursuing the occu. pation ordinarily assigned ' females, 1 or to slaves, or to the despised of the t family." lie is represented to us ns li cairying in his hand a switch or wand, >1 and as carrying around his neck a I sciipt or wallet. Wo read of him as fn * a conflict with the lion and the bear, a as fighting with the giant, m a busy |i wariior, a fugitive and outlaw, a stales- ii man, a king, lie lived in a dark and ii barbarous age, not only without (he <1 Hid of universities and libraries, but i without the stimulus of litetary com> t panions or a refind public sentiment, t Still the poem which be indicted will * lire, when the poem wiitten by a ma* I ter of thu sciences and of the arts will 11 have been forgotten, and the l'salm f will speHk to the heart of millions v while the beautiful Elegy will be *p6*k / ing to a relect few, and lite l'aitlm will f be the mote highly prized as the senti* . ment of man become* tbe mute choice and pure. On what theory ahall we explain this f difference last seen "the ancient and f modern poems i Various theories have fc been invented, but that one which most ' easily explains the dis|Uiriiy, is that the J modern poet wrote under the impulse a of his own genius, and under the influx v enees of hi* multifarious learning; but 0 the ancient poet was elevated alu Ve hi? v own ingenuity by communion with the \ divine mind, and bis powers weie ?pir> (, dualized by tbe inspiration of God, / more than they could have been by tbe largest human erudition. Ii L Professor Park. r, A Skvkuk Punisiimknt?A gentle " man had a talk with a wicked man.? M "You do not look a* if you had pro*- " percd l?y your wickedness," said (lie 11 gentlemen. "1 has'nt prospered at it." ciied the man fee inglv. ** It is business lltnl j don't pay. If I had given half the time | and -energy to some honest calling which 1 have spent in Irving to get a living without work. I might now he n ( man of properly and character, instead j of the homeless wretch I am." He , then told his history, and ended by saving: "1 have been twice in the ( state prison, and I have made acrjoain- . tnnce with all sorts of miseries in my life; but I tr.ll you. my worst punish , mrnt is in briny what / am." Is not this an awful and solemn ? thought! The robbei robs himself.? j, The wrong he has done to one man or ? to a hundred men, is trifling and short | lived, compared with the wrong which he has done to himself; this is tjyep and everlasting.? Child's Paptr. , Tntc theory that 44 Idood will tell,'' j has lately found a refutation in the old ? world, that of a plebeian proving just / as thick as that of a count, and uirr . versa. A poor woman to Prussia bns lately confessed, on her death-bed, to having committed n fault thirty years ago hy substituting her own son for tho?> son of a countess who hud been sent to her to be nursed. The false count has grown up, married a rich lady, end is living on the estate, while the true count was brought up in poverty and ignor a nee. went out tO' service, married, a plebeian, and baa given no sign of no? ble de*oeat. A curtain deacon being accustomed to snore while ne slept in churchv re* ceived the following polite note:: % ** Deaeoa Smith is requested not to coram#nee snoring tomorrow until the sermon is begun, as some persons in the neighborhood of bis yew would like to bear the teat." 4 ETENTS i M *1+ V-* *' - * 1808. "Rock of Age*, Cleft for Me." In the pleasant county of Devon, find n one of it* sequestruted passes, with a ew celt age* sprinkled over it, mtiaed ml rang Augustus Toplftdv. When a ml of sixteen. find on n visit lolietiind, ie I ml strolled into a linrn, where an liberate layman wa* preaching?hut notching reconciliation to God through he dentil of his Sou. The homely ser nun took ellect. ami from that moment he gospel wielded a[l the power# of lis brilliant and active mind. Toplndv became very learned, and At l.irtv- eight lie* flk'd, more widely i?ad ri father.* and reformers than moat dig italics can boa?t w-lmn their beads are onry. lliscbiif woik* are controver ia!, and. in acme respects, fieir the imre-s of hia over aident apitit. In the nilpii'it milder agency, nothing flowed nit balm. In liia tones theie was a otnninnding solemn!1 v, and in hia *ord? there w as anrh pimp'.iciiy, that to ?ear wna to under* tainl. Bii'.li at Hiond lleml'tiry and afterraids in London, the happieat results iltended hia ministry. kliinv sinners iere converted ; and the doctrines iliich God blessed to tbe acconipli.dilent of the-e results, may be learned mm the byiiina which Toplady has be |iieathed to the Ghurcli?" Rock of igca. cleft f<?r nie"A debtor to i.vrcy alone;" " When languor an?l liseaRe invade;" and " DeatlJess piinipie arise ?hymns in which it would eem as if the finished work were em mimed, and the living hope exulting n eveiy line. During his last Illness, Augustus Toplady seenud to lie in the very ves ibule of glory. To a fiiend's inquiry ie answered, with spinkling eye, 4* Oh ! i?y dear air, I carinoi tell the c.-mforta f-el in my void?tlu-y Are pist ex predion. Tliu consolations of God are so butidaiil that he leaves me nothing to iray i.?r. 1*1 y prayers Hie all converted iilo prai.-e. S enjoy a heaven already n my soul." And within an hour of lying he called his friends, and a-krd I they could give him up; and when hey said they ?mid, tears of joy ran [own hi* cheeks as lie added, '"O that a Messing (hat you are made ail i"g to g(*e me over into (lie hands of ny dear Redeenur, ami part with me; or no mortal can live after the glories illicit (h>d ha* manifested 10 mv soul !" tnd thus died tlie writer of the beautiliI hymn, Hock of Age*, clefi for me." [Dctedrap. Dk.vtii or Kit Cauaos.? A let'er roin Fort Lyon, Colorado, announces he death of Christopher Carbon, hctiei mown thronghont the United Slaves as Kit Carson." lie died on the 23d of Uy. from the effect of the rupture of in artery In the neck. The deceased ins horn in Madison county Kentucky, n the 24 h of December, 1800. and ?as consequently, iu his fifty ninth year. N lieu quite a clilld his parents eniigra id to Missouri, where he was reaied. Lher attaining his fifteenth year, he m?? apprenticed lo a saddler, hut dis* king the trade, and being of wild, oving disposition, he left hi* master wo year* aftei, and stalled on a hunttig expedition. For eight years he pur tied llie arduous and Oanireroits c tear f a trapper, when lie was appointed unter to Hem's Fort, in which capaci* y he coniiniip'l for eight years longer, leturning to Miwouii at the end of this line, for the purpose of seeing his fatniv, he tnet (ten Fremont, and prompty accepted an offer to join Ids explorng expedition. Ilia reputation as a nountain trapper and guide had, hv his time, become extended, his name icing connected with many daring eat*. In 1847, lie-was a lieutenant in he United States armr, and attached 0 the ritls corps, and duiing '.he rebeltoo be was promoted from rank to rank intil be reached (bat of brevet brigalier geuurnl. As an Indian fighter, lie ras, perhaps, uncqualed. A splendid hot?he is said never to have failed to ;ill redskin that lie tired at, and the lumber that fell beneath bis aitu must lave been numerous. A rikautipi'l Iuka.? Iii the mournhmia of Tyrol it ia the custom of the vomen and children to come out when 1 is bed liuie and sing their national ongs until they hear their husbands, fibers, and brothers ansvrer them front he hills on their return home. On the i fk. a .1. t aha .-...u a i*viv<* v? iiiv iiuimuu n?vu n VU9VUIII irevaila. There ih? wive* of die fidiernen some down about ?uii?el and aing i melody. Alter singing die first stanDta, they listen awhile for an answering nelodv from otf die water, and coiithi* i? to I'alen and sing until the well mown voice cornea borne on die waters, ailing that the loted one is almost lome. LTow sweet to the weary fi?h irtnati, aa the shadow* gather round lim, moat be the songs of the loved met at home that sing to cheer him, iad how they must atrengthen and igltten the links that bn?d together hose dwellers bf the sea. Truly it is unong the lowly in this life that we i laid Moure (1 the moat bfautiful"cusonis io piacttce. Evk's first dress?a bar* skin. *4> y * ? ?! " ?.? " V ' ? ^ f ' ' - * # . > ' * 4 . -14. *? .< ' ? M V ? 4 *< < - - . -- ' ? * > y NO. 4. ?; hum ' Abyssinian Blare Beauties Sir Bamuel Baler, in liin history of the tributaries of the Nile in Abyssinia, gives the following sketch of sn Aby*stilish female slave mnrt ; ' On my teturn to camp T visile,) the establishment* of the vniloos sis re merchants. These were arranged tinder Urge tents f .rmed of matting, end contained many ynting girls of extreme benu'y. ranging from 0 to It years of age. There lovely captive* are of rich brown lint, with delicately formed features ami eyes like those of the gaselle, and were natives of the Galln. on the bordtrs of Abyssinia, from which country they were brought by the Abyssinian traders, to he sold for the Turkish harems. Although beautiful, these girl* are n-eless for hard labor ; thee quicklv fade away and die unless kind* Iv treated. They are the Vciiuse* of that country, nnd not only are their fices and figures perfection, but they heconia ?XNemely nttnehed to those who *how theiti kindness, and ibey make good and faithful wives, ^ . '"There is something peculiar Iv cap* tivaiiug in ihe natural grace and softness of the*e young beauties, whore hearts quickly respond to those warmer feeling* of love that ate seldom known among the sterner and coarser tribes. Their forms are peculiarly elegant and graceful, the hands and feel are exqut* itely delicate, the nose is generally slightly nqyiline, the nostiils large nnd Hnely shaped ; the hair is black and glossy, reaching to nbcut the middle of the-back, but rather coarse in texture. These gills, although natives of Galla, invariably call themselves Abvssinians, and are generally known under that denomination. They are exceedingly proud and high spirited, and are return kubly quick at learning At Kn*t loom, several of the Europeans of higb standing have married'lhe-e charming ladies, who have invariably rewarded their hu?bands by great affection and devotion. The price of one of theee heauMei of nature nt Gallabal washout i 120 to *40." As Akcikkt LtoKNu.?A writer in a recent number of the l'all Mall Ga- . zelte reviews n Mahometan version of Hible hi-loty, written in the latter part of the ninth century, in whichjie tiuja I It in paragraph : "Balqiti* (Queen ofSbeba) was beautiful, and fiee from defect with the exception of some goat's hair which grew upon her legs. The divs told Solomon that lialqui* had very hairy legs, and he consequently vanled to see them and a'certain the fact, lie directed (lie tlivs to build liiu) a mansion, and in front thereof on lay down a pavement of crystal one hundred cuhits square. On this pavement he ordered them to ? pour water, so that it might all appear to he water, lie then had his throne placed theie, and took his seat upon it, In order to approach Solomon the pavement must bo crossed, and lialquu like all women when they go into the water, hitched up her petticoats and showed her leg;*. Solomon saw them with surpn-e, hi.d l.is doubts were removed. This is \ |.y it is usual even in the present day for a man to look at the legs of the woman he is about to marry." ? A Dkvil-Fisii.? A letter from Alaska, published in the San Franchco Bui* letin, rays the " devil fish " is an inhahiiant of the waters of our new territory Not long since one of them fasten-ed to the h?ct which a sailor on the Jamestown had thrown over for halibut, and being detached hom the bottom, was hauled on board without difficulty. , The correspondent says J "As the repulsive glutinous mass sprawled its eight cold, slimy, flabby, lning thongs (extending fullv four feet) about the deck, to which it would attach so firmlv that rhe utmost strength of a powerful man was required to rend the hold of one of litem, we rccogn'zed the correct and nnexaggernted description of Victor Hugo. If anything were needed to intensify its intrinsic loathsomeness, it was added when some Indians begged it, and taking it in their canoe ashote, ate it." A soman Dr woe ratio Victory.?The telegraph brings III? gratifying intelligence that Oregon bus boon curried by lb? Democrats by . I ? -1?:.i-v. ? mnjiriuy, 1 HO I1WW mPniTHJr of Congress, and th? Slato is only entitled to one, is a Democrat, mid the Legislature now stands with n Democratic instead of n ftcpublican majority in both hmtses. This Legisla, turo wilt shortly bo ealiad upon to elect a Senator to succeed Williams. The result ia of course obvious. So has the first pun been fired against Grant and his Radical associates. Take courage, I Conservatives, Democrats or Oppositionists, by whatever nuiuu ya are pleased to signify your abhorrence of the Dustructionists. I Ch urlnton Courier. Tiijcbk is great alarm along tbe Canadian frontier. Volunteers along tbe front are under nrms. A battery of royal artillery baa j been ordered to the front. Barracks for SO,Otm havo been erected at St. John*. Two sow( panics of City Guards have gono there. Maujr of the volunteers are Fenians. ? i John ?avl write* to iho Springfield Republican : ? ] had a cold in mv lumbar region, probably owing io having i had iuy head shingled."