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Thy I-tik, and la wns Yield health, and b'uoi, umi ever penLceful skies, Why seek the couch where hagg'ard sicknvt".i lies In streets contined-in alleys cheer and lorn , juts ot-there is God's iosi. fursorruw's thorti; 'Tis not for long ! ILL T-TEPR.--t is undi~outekdlyv ttruec, that more isery isi rlue .Inn usfl'. Il by the irregularities of our hms, itha by reail isfortunes. A it ha1! 1 ens 1 unfortuna11-telV, Lthat! Lheg irregularities of the templer :u iost apt to display tlets.lves at outr firesides, where everyt'aing otglt to ie tratiquil and screnc. Iut the truth is. ve are awed b)y the pircsnce of stran gers, and are aruad or appearing wea or ill-natured when we get ou.tt iato the world, and s- very heroically reserve a'l our ill-humounir for one wives, c.ildreua .aud servants. We are meek where we might meet with opposiitin, but feel (oIrSJvCs tu la.nutedliy bb.l where we0 are sure of no ei1eetuil resismtiaee. IIINTa TO LAD[ES.--MeuI of sens ! *-I speak not of boys of eighteen to .five-and-twcnty, during ticir age of de .estability'-men who arc worth the -rQuble. f 1g n ,ie wo'n', ait the Intss and inconvenlioen of *aing unarri ed to, andl~ to wht)r ot' uJh afw some inwar'd co:ats. ;o.t a t(.nt Ueoblds f~tkhrdc fasinad er ithon lnsumito fulfilwtose ill otnk e i vowt' tanter--achr menrwa fpor adir scom sipnionswomen anot lil; andtwomena whos wouldV brutuh ofeni :n- jus teas cithe Rige' attaful oonmy onu nty ~iloe theiornner--catmt tik ho er ojd-t trins-faith ies t>mte h ce herut >o (itrlti e ine libctbrushe du heireutifu boair-w.d s not,for te worldes, tpriks he delic fin gerit ti ioth p~lai s e ti; bt iwtoho aitnork he thand ia faclto gt ir upon'i himb's-wo sy heeress-i dac luiketa dervisen t Ahnack'sf -riderlieu iox-lit uo-.-ande wilt every tith ofit agtir gives herott cold i e ather'stt~ gloomiiy thomitry hoseiad she cannl ot in hof o lei ca eduehs ima~.tei %o sit can oout u. t iner-p~ a'rties cs insebemu-y an gret iam at ond. ofpture 'ately niL B1iiiIAANT REPARTEEs.--Thle dexc erots leap of thought, by which the - nind escapes from a seemingly hopeless c lilemina, is worth all the vestmnents of I lignity which the world holds. It was t his readiness in repartee which con itinall v saved Voltaire from social over urn. lie once praised another writer ery heartily to a third person. 'It is ery strange,' was the reply, 'that you peak so AI eli K imiia, tor i. says that sh , I in aveylikel. : t i t of Is Iay be mAistakeu.' Ag 11in, yII uanst all have heard the ancedote of the ouugy gintleniaua who was discourlsiig ery d.niatically about the appropriate ;pliere of woman. 'And pray, sir,' ;ereaiTed cut an old lady, 'what is the piropriate sphere of woinan't' 'A ce estial sphere, lmadan!' Ro bert I11all lid not ltse his power of retort even in nAduiess. A hypocrital conduler with bis miasIrtunies once visited him in the mad-house, and said, in a whining tone, What brought you here, Mr. Ilall'' signriifiennitly touched his brow with his replied, 'What'll never brin yo6ir,-tot) mu1ch br-ain.' A rapidl change from enthusiasu to non ehalanec is often necessary in society. hus a person one eloqujitently eulogiz ing the angelic qualities of Joan of Are, was sudleinly let by the letulanat ques tioi, 'X hat was Joan of Arc made ofe ' h was Mai'l If Orleans.' A Yankee is never upset thestonising. lie walks aauoIng1 the Alps %ith his hands iii his pockets, and the smoke of his ci iar is s lnalng the mlists of Niagara. ''ir is sctn a Z' One of this class sauntered into the o!liee of the hliting telegraph, and asked l how long it wotuld take tc transmnit a mlessae to \Wasliiigton. 'Tell uiii 'was the repy. -1 can't wait,' was the rejimiler. heridan, wil) never. WaS with.tit a reason, lever Failed to ex tricato himself ill any emergeicy by his Wit. At a ciunt ry house, where he was onice on a visit, an Cld. rl i naidenk lady direai to) beC his comtaiiion 'i a walk. IlIe exeased himself at first on the gIr"i of the hadiess of the weth cr. She soon afterwards, however, in tercepteiI him ill :tll attei.ipt to es(a11 withpm her. "\Vell,' she said. it is cleairedi 111. 1 see.' '\Vhy y es,' lie an sw.tee1. 'it has clcared uIp enioughk 1ar n'-, )t not enCIIuh Fhr I Po.' It ais this en; n which 111:,10 J.41m Rlm. illh st tel rih!e inl r trt. lie wvas the Tr[Ii test ofI CaongeSs, a tong:.ue-stabbterI. N ) IlvyIerb014le I& colittoiligt or. seori' ccubl Ie laliihed againist hima , but he coIul "over t.; it with sIometlingf lnore1 (c-r,:tI Ia eslte ntilollo s. 0 1) [I siti aill iii i aid llea 1 luilli into inure b arilli at 'it terniieSs. 'ISn't it a shmu, Mr. .resideit , said lie in i lay ill tlle Senate, 'tha tie ib l.dogs of the aIillillistratioll shot11-I ILU was-ing" thleir preciols tiie in wrring tihe rat of the doiin' midael h - ate wLaa ina oproau-, meilihe n asch ,!!ieer, hw.vi'r, s stindIl him; an. poiniting.- his 1lng. shinn ingla at his Ip!oui& :It hi- Il~ih sereme.:d 'a; ' r: .IL, * ':'1' iar m ic . '* I '.elv even t heir Sen1ses. If (eleaili was is ti e fii-n'm, then cleana!inessi bahire.l; ii dirit, laire p wdier, mal11 po .5slalaeh.i no t iii're, from their baeii liSiaireeab le. Thi e secret is, th at fah ois i5mit~iating. iin certain thaings that re Iu 'Jir jaieri ad that areC iieaily nd' ifl'erenit in thiem selvyes, those5 who ps of~ ini our lpower, anal that the losses rts are as little dispised to) part ithd sthey are iager to obhtrudie thielni uponii he n otice of ter~s bay ev ery ex terna ymboal att their imaimediat'e coatrol. aXe thinik the cut of' a coat line,blaecauise t is worn i by a muan with tean a thouisaial year', w .h a fino hoause, a uni a hine ariar e cannot get the tent thoau . d ne hiouse or thae carriage, e 'n'an--th de cut of' thae line rentl' 11 I , and11 thuns are in tile IE\*vi fr aendiv the fin!Ilation ta >f ill reper; * ere'i is a jealousy in t tome chauraet i ich i eiersi1 thet sute-' ess ofother's .ie subject of maalev'olece c istead~ of appr'obationa. TIhie Sui~don ire~ssionl of those with whom they arei ~oIected, would give fecility; bitt if I hoepara ente in the scalo of society,t ndii 'oooive the juist encom~tjims of mlei-" t. '3retes htred, They3 rnow gessoc ipon a' hevol with; lad as they[ I ut oe by- what pr inciles they e d4.aohlistanced,.thiey seek to avoid 1lpFrgvIdy. nti begin to dhetract either r-ea I .. ia'ral or'intellectual qualities of hot. M ~if' onco loved. Thusm I a~ u unl umnmohgted upon ther '.1 e i-price, or dev'4ed to the sul- I lm b1 4' suspicion.t TEMPERANCE IN WINE COUNTRIES. -My observations in France, as well s in Germany and Italy (says Dur in,.in his "Observations on the his. ory of Europe"), satisfy ie that the >eople in wine-growing countries are auch more temperate thani in the North >f Europe and in America. The coin non wines which are used on the soil hat produces themu do not intoxicate, mlt nourish, forining a Irage item in lh-d in the pabuluin of the peasant. Khen he goes out to his daily toil he :arries with him a loaf of coarse black )read and a canteen of wine, and these 'efresh and sustain him: he rarely astes meat, butter and cheese. This in ordinaire makes a part of his break. list, of his dillier, aid of his evening1 neal; and costs him, perhalps, two or hree cents a bottle, if lie put chase it. [t is the juice of the grape, not deri Vinlg its body or taste from an infusion Aspirit and skilful combination of drugs is in our country, but from the genial soil and benteficient sun. The truth of what I have here said is suppor ted by the general remark, that drunkenness is bit selom seen in France; and when it is, it does not proceed from the use of the common wine which enters so largely into the sustenatice of the peas antry and common people, but from brandy and foreign wines, particularly the first, to the allurements of which the hard-worked and closely confined mechanics, artizans, and dense factory populations of the capital and large towns are particularly exposed. I am obliged to believe that the use on the soil of any native wines ini any country is conducive to health, cheerfulness, and temperance; -ind I lm as eually con vinced that all foreign n0ines are injiuri ous in all t''e;g t. luee the had effects U the x ines imported :ail used in Enigland i:,1 America. There is a great difference between the power fI 6 .d! 0l ice awl tho ability to a.t uponI it. !l' o r ;Il wisdoui is, ':iaL[s. rim tlv aneintedt with practi.: idom; t%-o e 0t111 find that meln of no talent whatever contrive to pass through lie with credit and14 I.iopriety, II(ler the guidatnce of a kind of instinelt: These are the per Sons Who soen to stumile, by mero gooi luck, upon1 the phlIilosopIher's st- onie. Ill the coloni-rce of life every thing ther toauch seemmls to tirnit into gold. It is not essenltial to ithe hapy home that the e shohul be the luxury of the eareiotedl flo or, the ri-:bly Cushioned so fa. the soft shiole of the astral laip. - These cheg:micies gil tle aparticmeits, butt thev reach noot the heart. It is entniess, order, and a cheerful heart which iniake home that s-.eet paradise it sj often is feutul to be- There is joy, as real, aS heart felt, by thI e. ot tagpre tire-side, as ia the Imiost. sp ledid sta liotin; of wealth and relineicnt. W it a lovely picture has Uurtns given us f lie rCtut 'f.1' the cottager to his h1ome, Ifrer the 1,1bour11s of the day: -At h- ::: hv l 11 . -l Co1 uppe;irs ill view, Bei-oetth ilhe AhIIh..r oif 0i0 agIed Iree, ith oti-ath, To iie- t ther d ho ito thtiterinog noetioid '0 - ;i , w .0.: i r o o r w . -.1 hoos twi.' 'lie hi xurtties and elegancie's ofl Iife are oit to b1 dt esp isedl. Theiy arte ti be ire 'iele with gratitudle to 1limt whIo hias .r'ovid ed thiem for' our enijoymetnt. liuit heirt posossiions dIoes totl i nsure happli es<. Th'Ie sources of' triue jis~ are not i shallow. Souw pesos like somen eptiles, have the faceulty of extracting ovis.otn fronm ev0er'y t hinig that is bueauti fut uid swee t; othlers, like the bee, will athter Itonoey' from iso uces in wnichi we booudI'I h ini k tio s weet ciuld0. be founid. hel ceerful htear t, Ii ke thme k aleido (*Ope01, Cauttss itoost dhis~orno t intatert Ito a rratnge thicniSelv'0es itt to harmtioti)y tio beatuty. (h'rt'.\0TuiN 11011 ('mllL~oaEN.--Th'Ie Iabits ofi chtildre rove uo th at occupI ationt Sa necessity with milost ofI them. -- hey loove. to lie butsy evni aboout nothi ig, still niore to lbe usefully empiloyedeo. Vi th somet chii 1ren it is a s tronigly de-I 'eliopeu.d physicah iecessity0, and ifii not tutned to guood accunt, wiill be 10r0odime ive of positive evil, thtus verifyinug thie lid adage, th at ''idlleniess is the intothler 1 mischeiif."' Chtlidreni should lie en ouraged, or' if indepoend ant, diciplineod ato performting for thiemsielves ever'y ittle office relative to their toilet, n htieh hey are capale of' perfuomintg. They hould also keep their own clothes and thetr possessionst, in nteat or'der, and etch for themselves whiatevet they r'ant; in shor't they shoutld learn to be s indopendenit of the services of others s possible, fittinig themi alike to make ~ood use of proosperity and to meet with ortitude any rever'ses of' fortune that may befall them. 1Iknow of no rau~k, owever exalted, in which such a sys cm wvould not nrove beneficint. INCONSISTENCIES OF GENIus.--Of the relations of authors to social life, of their ltbits, manners, dispositions iln society, as contrasted with those dis played inl their writings, a great deal that is interesting might bo said. A man of letters is often a man with two riature,-one a book nature, the other a human nature. These two often clash sadly. Seneca wrote in praise of poverty, on a table formed of solid gold, with two millions of pounds let out at usury. Sterne was a very selfish lin); yet a writer iexce(led forl-athos and ebarity. Sir Richard Steele wvrote excellently well on temperanlce, when he was sober. Dr. Johuson'-s essays on politeness were admirable; yet, his 'You lie, sir!' and ' You don't under stand the question, sir!' were too com mon chara cteristies of his colloquies. Ie and Dr. Slielbeare were Loth pen. sioned at the same time. The report immediately flew, that the king h ad pII sioned two Lears, a le-bear and a she bear. Young, whose gloomy fiacy east such sombre tinges on life, was in society a brifk, lively man, continually peltinig his hearers with puerile puns. Mrs. Carter. fresh from the stern, dark granduer of the Night Thoughts, ex pressed her anizement at his flippancy 'Madam,' Said lie, 'there is nmuch dit rerence between writing and talking.' Tht(e same poet's favorite theme was the nothiin gness of worldily things; his fa vorite punsuilts was rank and riches. I-lad Mrs. Carter noticed this incongru ity, she might have added. 'Madam, there is much diffierence between wri ting didactic poems and living didactic )oCImS.' aclon, the most coml)prelhenl sive ail forw ard-l' ing of modern in tllects, an i i: fe.hiw. one of the most beniev,'lent, was Ireauil ly m.d wickedly awhiti:ms of' 1L :.- W -p1lsi Lee. tura. CoxA we i:iidi ar h emny nu'horf im moln n1 is art, but few n'o pr.ilice it. though it is far frni tiig the least ;Important that be longs to writing. True, the production of ideas must ever stand first, but tc what undue lengths will the unchecked fame go even in the strongest minds; :and41 it is wnly by keeping them withi proper bounds, discarrling the weak and supe:-fluous. aid adopting the true and beautiful, that we can ever hope to give anything worthy of the admiration (A posterity. Some canl never write a letter without fillhig the whole sheet, and if tie inik holds out they will write across aw) across the paper again; so that what at first was searcelv inltelligible, at last defies iot uily the skill and ingenuity (l manl to unwderstaiid, but defeats every atte:ilpt to read it, w hile a clever mani letter is ever sht, pithy, and initelli gent, aind y.I feel satisfied on arrivil at die end 0' his ejpistle. Many a youn author of real talents, begins his pro fessionl by labiouriig too much in th<t collecting and joiing together of words To colleet words will ever he a eommOi Loa ..ib.o;sj nt.n.ai conl dense ideas a rare alt diflicult one. The very best auitho is but an artificer of' a iglier gradeu. and hie akssured that hv learin i to eti ciese yonu will great lyv incras - the iiunbler of y''m- ieaders. A x A NEI)' ~T'1E W\i:a, T1or.i.--Du rinig the reenti liailrotad Cnavenitioni at t his llace, towards th e ele i-iig scene a m esoltionm was inltroduced by, toie ol the Coniany~ii proc eed to purebainse hm: d and cerect wor'k sh ops att A a'delrsoant i. age for the en tire i rout e. Variious amienduunmts we rc offeredl which cut downi andi~ altered the restohithin materi ally*-wheni Geli. Wh itne&r arevse, and with miuchi gravity re'inarikedh, these amenudmien ts iretninuded him i of an alnee dote related '> D.r. Frainlin of a cer taini Johnii Jr.wi a ha1t ter by trade, who desiriing to akdvekrtise dr iew up an ad vertiseinenit as follous, ''Jun Brow'n nwltkeS andi ~ises ats~f reaca lsh" --buit b efor'ie publishingr it, he coincluided to consult his friendts. Showing it to one lie aidvised him to strike out "for readly cash,' for"' said tie, "yvoura patrons willI sooni le'airn your1 t ermas." 'B rowin thought this well enotugh , anmd mieeting another, his counisel wa:s to "lteave o'ut 'inatkes4,' 1for it is no mnatter who makea thecm,'" aiid this was stricken o'ut, and the advertismieiit then read "'John Brownm sells hatst."' Presenting' it to a third ini this formn for his views, he m cpli ed, "wuhoc in the lune of Hleaveii wouldl siipptse thamt you1 galve bats away', 1 would leavye ott'sells hiats' also,' which was doine, arid the n'dvertisement then r'eadl simply, "'Jolin .lrown.'" Thlis anecedote was told in an admnira ble style, and never was one more aip priopriately thrlown'i in to illustrate a po sition. At the recital of it, the whole Convention was convulsed with laugh tcr.-Abbeville Banner. Conintnent iS ibiin wo1l1s hapmjhmcs. WH AT IS PitEJUDICE.-Prejudice is the contrast of judgment, since it antic ipates reflection. It has often been acknowledged that precipitation of thought, as well as of speech, entails very fatal consequences; and that the man who, through life, can wisely steer clear of this double inconvenience, de serves the appellation of happy. He thinks, and thinks again, before he lets his tongue mingle in the flow of conver sation, and consults his inmost self ere he ventures to decide. He has also learned by experience, that Nature has its mask, Science its obscurities, the World its artifices, and Merit its one miies; and, hie consequently never deter mines, without having first deeply searched into the matter. He lifts the veil ihat unfolds each object, and dis covers that it would be madness to judge too harshly and at first sight. What would the result be, if we trusted to our eyes only? Why, the sun would be pronounced to turn around the earth, instead of the latter encircling the orb of day. The prejudices of a single mind can easily be destroyed; but when they have been reduced into i egular systems, and found their way into social circles formed to accredit them, there is no remed v. CONSOLATION ron GENIUs.-Let no man, who is in anything above his fel lows, claim, as of right, to be valued or understood: the vulgar great are com prehended or adored, because they are in reality in the same moral plane with those who admire; but lie who deserves the higher reverence, must himself con vert the worshipper.-The pure and lofty life; the generous and tender use of the rar' creative faculty; the brave endurance uf neglect and ridicule; the s' ange and cruel end of so much g -ni ous and s much vi:iue-th*s% are th. lessons by w iich .e sympathies of man kind must be interested, and ieac facul ties educated, up to the love of such, a character and the comprehension of such an intelligence. Still the lovers and scholars will be few: still the rewards of fame will be scanty and ill-protioned: no accumulation of knowledge or series of experiences can teach the meaning of genius to those who look f. r it in additions and results, any more than the numbers studed round a planet's orbit could approach nearer infinity than a single unit. The world of thought must ienain apart from the world of action, for, if they once coin cided, the problem of Life would be solved, and the hope, which we call heaven, would be realized on earth. And therefore men " Are cradled ii.to po.try 1y wroig Tlwy hearn inl suirerinig WhIL the'y teach lin soig." Cinxirsi.: Mr.:non or ColuING HAIL.--M. Stanislaus Julien, the learned orientalist, has communicated to the French Institute the Chinese method of coloring hair. It is said that ith"4,jhinesu have succeeded in reaching and transforing, f'vi-so1 .medi eine and a peculiar diet, the liidd whicb colors the bilous system, and giving to white or red hair a black tint, ulne ih maitins it selft during the cont tiniued g'rowth . e coloring is pro dluced by mleanls of certain substances miixed wi (It the food and drin1k. Ths siustanices areC not hutfu tl to the 1body, huaving for basis andl elements ferrugi (us priinciles which are recommended by p~hysicians, ad alwa ys succesfullyv emiployedh. . Debmay, who hats writ tent a treatise on this s;ubject aund pre pared a formula of the means to be em p;loyed, says: It is astoniishinig that the phiysiolo gists whot have experimented and sue cceded ini coloring the bones of living animuals, red, byv mankin g them eat and dligest madder, have not thoughtt of ~seeking in- the same way to color r-ed anid u hite hair black. Th'le hair and die beard belong to vegetable life, and are dhisposedI to the same phenomena. In fact, after a sufficient quantity of ferruginious salts has been introduced inito the body, the circulation takes them up; the blood loaded with these substan ees deposites them ini the follicles of the hair-, which in turn, pours them into thde oil, saturated with iron, becomes black, and the whole hair- withi it. M. Imiber at present bishop in Chii na, offers, according to the testimony of the A bha Voisinu, one of'the director's of foreign missions, a living proof of this i/r ernal coloring of the hair and beard. It is by th is method that the Ch'nesc, correocting thio vagaries of unaturec, have beenx able to claimt the tithe from thn highest antiquity of the black-hair-ed xiation. The Pope lelssed the Neapolitan army on their flight fromt Roman territory, as follows: "I bles&'d you marchuing to the fray, I bless you no0W yout've ru away~ 1I othefr honor you have ap Van'll mininv. ba ble~uaA lot A Gallant Soldier.-At the funer al honors paid to Worth, Duncan and Gates, John Van Buren delivered an oration, in which he related the follow ing anecdotes of the former: 'While General Scott was under charges by order of General Jackson, and a court of inquiry was investigating his conduct in Florida, a party of gen tlemen met in this city, and after dinner the conversation turned upon the sub ject of Scott's services. Worth, indig nant at the proceeding, was describing the part which Scott took in the battle of Niagara. le said that Scott's brig ade were advancing, towards evening, under the cover of a wood, from which they were to deploy into the open field ; Scott had already had one horso shot under him. and, as the column were deploying, his second horse fell, and he became entangled under it. The col umn wavered, and Worth, then his youngest aid, rushing to his assistance, dismounted. and tendered him his horse, saying, 'General, can you mount, the column falters for a leader?' Scott immediately mounted, and riding to the head of the column, cried out, 'Advance men! the night's our- own," and Worth followed Scott, as his aid on foot. At this moment a discharge of grape from a single cannon prostrated Scott, the horse which he rode, and his aid, Worth. Scott and Worth were'immediatelv carr'ed to the rear, Scott seriously, E*d Worth, as it was supposed, mortal ly wounded. Attention was, of course, first paid to the commanding officer. After some time a deep groan was heard, apparently from the adjoining tent, and Scott, with that forgetfulness of himself which distinguishes him on such occasions, begged the surgeon to repair to the quarter whence the sound proceeded, and attend, as he said, 'to poor Worti, who must be dying.' In stead of this, as Worth concluded. 'the cry of agony proceeded from my faith ful dying charger, who had managed. to drag himself upon three legs to the edge of my tent. where he had lain down to die.' Pausing for a moment, while there was hardly a dry eye in the company, he added -'I beg your par don, gentlemen, I find that, in defend ing Gen. Scott I have been incidentally led to describe my own service.' THE SwEI-TNEss OF IloME.--He who has no home has not the sweet pleasulre of life; he feels not the thous and endearments that cluster around that hallowed spot to fill the void of his aching heart, and wile away his leis tre moments in the sweetest of life's joys. Is nisfortune your lot, you will find a friendly welcome from hearts beating true to your own. The chosen partner of your toil has a 3mile of ap probation when others have deserted, a hand to help when all others refuse, and a heart to feel vour sorrows as her own. Perhaps a smniling cherub, with prattling glee and joyous laugh. will drive all sorrow from your care-worn brow, and enclose it in the Nyreaths of domestie bliss. s-o matter howi humbic the home maiy, 7lioradmuremg - how poorly its inmates are clad; if true hear a: d well there, it is yet a hlome-a cheet& ful, prudent wife, obedient and affection ate children, will give their possesd more recal jory than bags of gold and windy honor. Tfhe home of a temperfrte, indiustri ouis, honest man, will be his greatest joy. ie comeIs to it "weary anid worn," but the sounid of the rhlerry 1augh and happy voice of childhood cheers him; a phanu but healthful meal awaits him. Fnvy, ainbhtiof-, and strife hatve no~ place there; andl, with a clear' consei ence, lhe lays his weary limbs down to r-est in the bosom of his family, and un1 der- prlotecting care of the poor man's friend and help. Ertention-An l political song, sung iln the days of T1homas Jefferson, contains the followIng lines: From G~eorgia to Lakea Champlain, From set u toMisuissippi's shoue," &c. Ilow vastly has our country beehi exten~ ted since ! What empires have been added to its domain. The Misissippi no longer- hounds our territory,but from the Atlantic to the Pacific, fiom the St. Croixt to the Rio Grande, our flag waves over every foot, of land. Wo should sing now-a-days "From oti Rio Grand,'. waters to the.e luke. ofuin. From tbe'broad A tlantic's billows t6 Nevadla's golden cLhuin, Tht- irnner of our coun~try over ell dominion holds, Muhlg one the mailion be-arts that beat high beeaeth its (elds Baiyard Taylor, in a letter from Cnlifonin, says that those who'return home disappointed say they have been humbugged abooutathe gold. T1he fact' is, thgey havo humhg~ themetes about the work. If the y yzpt to make money out of thfe0arth) Wtli se vere labor, they pr6 Jr nleow all classes 61 mesion~ ihs tM pitoe~treets 14i quryi rott~ r e adQsq f( AE A new death de'1Ltt# shape of a Rifle Psju ip te in ew York that 4es o ima'te uses4amnitgspp en tf~ t war still'fuh ivt known as Jennings Paet t ien siged 1o be an ahivot etwR/k:'r ud .to udoid the gret doiffiegl ping and prinng.'est 1.4d, ;'4 be unconanon y free g dirt which is a force we hat e -uJ 11 equalled. The ournfl I says its appearanlce tigzd weig 4s ditlfer fronithe common gun i it has an Iron breechvith iabd6IJ By a simple eontrivncoi stock, the brech pin of tiin arrel lija ed as-the gun is cocked. A cafrfi placed in this.opening and h n trigger, the pin- lostioba g strong block ofsteel fallsbehintd Ir the gun primes LtsefamEni . 4isobargs all at'one -motioi It is so simplell can hardly by any accident got outf of der. It is capable of being loaded at i breech asoflen as it is fired off, and as pidly as a man's hand can move to thrt . in a cartridge. This is at the rate of 1 shots per minute, for a person who I practised with the gun. 7,t Another variety of the same gun is nearly completed by the patenteesj.i-Ji which the ramrod is a tube of the. sad'V size, capable of containing 24. cartrid~s which areso arranged that they srdplaided in the barrel one by one, and fired su cessively without any intorruption. moment that the 24th ball. is. fired gun may be used as the first oned at the breech. But the chiefstrength of this forA-do weapon rests an the cartridge which used, and for.which, indeed, the guh t expressly manufactured. Thiscartidg which is also patented, is simpTy a hall. A hollow cone.of lead. or raihor e bullet elongated on one side in -n hollow cylinder to aboutone inch in length . t filled with powder, and the . erec with a thin - piece of corkii the centre of which is .a sm1 mit lire from the pinning, on which ti., hall does. is no'.. tIhn everything else cousm . gun. At forty rods the ha re.br ed more than four inches in the b.dy of a livo butternut tree. 4 The priming is in small pillsi.of whabil 100 are placed in a box ftroi %hichtlie gun supplics itself wihout tail. MORE INVriTO.X Mt iohLL1N . -p sicur Vandenberg of Bruss li has :nhe teda new 6ie sidtioj.be iar bef 1:i the famous P ,tsiganfiredeedle g9t From six to eight disch a caese mad ina m cane srnm 2000 to 2300 feet;'.th baL1wighkfs t#1,614 -onec oul*nen aind a quarter, afs.: powdoe, is one twvelfthl the0 weignhoti *bull. .'An. oiidiniary gun requires three times niora powder, although tho ball does.not eigih half an ounce.' The new gun isiouck d from the breech. Tho shape f'thc b li is round, not conical as in the Trussian gun. It is not consoling to think thatsio much ingenuity is spet by me in devl sing means to kill each other, bit if theif will fiht let them be astired that 1h6v u ill lo'w their lives. ..The' coura#,b men of the middl Would ry1t 4a0. fought one fiftetv irtch~t4 V had notb6 iain'awe V armor that they could haci n t midst of gft19ti~ tto is one tindahbted ciretirustip hzi tnctly declted be& wrst ajf tarj the fiuct that bodi4s'ser indturn edl In their coflins atttu the beh disrrnged. EBtt What wabain;ribad with seeming reason, to the tW~p f vdi t ality,-is now known to beodq twage ai cy of corruptioni. A gas is aevoopoetti# the decayed body which mimics b* is imichaunical force, many of the moverrer. of' ifi'. So powerf'ul is thisgas indepse~ that havte lain long in the wtatot that Al. Devergie. the physician to theMf.t -- Pauris~ and the author of a text.k st. legal medicine says: that~ unless' 46eu tre to the table, fthey are often heaved iraitd thrown tothe ground. Prequeruily sft' gers seeing the motion of the lnms,~u~ to the keeper of tihe Morgue, and a nounce with horror that apeofi All bodies, sooner or later, in the grave; and it constatilAbu the corpso, blows outthe skini Till it re nd with distention, and ometimnes bursma the coffin i.t*f. When the gas e.ike4 k withy a liqise, imagmnatioh has -couvertei! It--s 'itito arioutory or groan; the6 'gave been re.'oyered; the positiontbf ie: coiintmod the suspicioni, atnd tti tioutbeeri taketv:for ovidennoe wroet'hiagnawed his boshlit t~i1e of despair. S&wsry ~~ee ' :stat tces which will confr% - sonorh a conoluraionghait lithos'd .. stanitial than the fabvie of'a dr-snr. "You know whaft p v~fr~1fainin s'o course, Mye.Partiton maid &hi mild way "Oh es," replied efSf seen a piciure tt~ a whole famly f ' &r.ldren thaft6cik udijn 'Prhr feir thirty years! 'P'h' e was yic > na for you." 'The doma~r shen Tie ead u if Ticreda loums. 'What,aote f )ils Me be, so nutricousl "Vgetablen 5 4dbe swe," wts the esponmoe& itit1 hunl thme doe'or ruisiedIrn f e ron n n frarnre Whlether Aereadiio va d I . the utst~ eaiigat: f I eu;c e~ ttt~