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( v 'it, -?-Z . ,~~~ 7tS -4WI yz. - a 5L'' 4-P-41 DEVOTI ii T SOUTHERN IGHTS, JJEMOR~OY ~NE,3LTRTR3SC~FIAA~ fl kvLAY Poreos . a. .." ~ l~ u, ~ ~ Lu. ...a .. r.~ toar. ~ 1 AI4- r~ -,YK .. . Y E ~ i j ~ tE ~ . '- . -~. ~ ~ 5 tj(JJTa~g*km ~ ~~DE O I HE ______ jf, ______1 E059. L'L A Ill DO u U CUILIIAVT11'.k PfIG. SOiri-thave I been in the society - ton goud, and ,erry fell- vs, where vit anti 'ciulatity cheated the hours S thei0 sadiess; j. iever heard tho followiig anecdote related but .qnce. I tIis thOe.t not Ro gaiy as I ri nY, but fu1ll of blood anl "Ii velv M1nVir -1e1 iiour of the night j*eve,-sittig with my chum over t.9 rlmn1;n of q beguarly supper. "Totn saidl my chum Step.. -are ou ,al. hecanuse there are no more ta hit, my hoy," I replied, "~ttire is sonething uncomforta A e in an empty stomach.' 'Ther is,' saihl step., 'and to give a fool not.quite so sulbstuim,ial as eat-,ic butt more agreaekl9 ju iti sAbIson, I will tel) you a ptory.' SDo Step.,' sail I , as I lighted mfv segar and prer ftor a love af fair of' the pthrep kinsl. Now-m Step, wp~ a welkin eyedl boy, a y mn' Grecian in his class.-of mild and gentle tne)Iper ; atd For the worll the last .ttodent in the -orlol I waul have taken f1r the veri et avan of us All; yett in this never wap a saph more deCeiived. And though '. he is.now a distiiguished professor, believe should he Chance to see ithis page, lhe 0. be temnpted ftr t.a'-, maea)Z to'throw asi'le his rown 1'ad hi rh *at, the story be te.nl inl. vented Or taal istgood earinest. A ei msina-.ittle whiL:--"Tom,' nyiaacaes Step., "ym Iave ,-ei..l 1th OU oT PiuilpotC urran ?' -is biograpig:ate have .done him nJju--tico. Ah- bow- ?' the suppression ef' af a-nee .. _ , ,'t ea itet paossibiltv niove he eas01iig creatiure' to 'a.pll. tor, does what I pe.ver e ul or wouill * u'ive. .D1is- tom,, I am happy to Sa y thpt t*he qiietin .where shall I I adiae' ru. (retv ahlctvs us inl this boluntifiul Co4ua. .try, 'howeer uti ample supaper papy b C dsrLy youaihi late ho:1r fith nighit. Geniius will ne*ver tarve while baik hills .11:C pletty as black herries iii spring time, aind sagitalit lilke a for ,ia penace brijh. tels, in, use. Bat to amy story ;--it lhaipened that Philpot Curran (on a blusering day arrived in Londou, a few miite.s beore the dii aur. wich. a.im pppeti te .s keen as Sir hn' Cftt witted lipemory. 'Take that trunk,' .sai a little im1n, its he lea ped from a back before tho door of a celebrated hotel. ACan't,' replied the waiter, -'No roonm sit Glo of that,' rej .iinedl Phil.,. .ut hey ?--gool i ' peifl withiout iii ther ecreiony.he epte:el the ho. el. Mline host ! "Coniing, si;' ' Min \hiao st of the gri te.'' i tere, sir,' su ai ine hQst pn lIst 'Ainy uisqpOhaungh C enaquired ,Phih. .'Sir -1' exelaimiedl mine host ina evi Adent surpiise, 'ldlon't .kinow nwhat you mean.' - .mpa~h,-d-on't know,- well thten .nany MS'. Pathrick's eyewaother, cus w~e call it ?' 'St. Pathrick's eye wather,' re peatedl mine host, musingly. h*yleaven,je echoes me,' spidl hil~l. af'ter the stage frashionin }vlch.) rollokdI is eyes andi loaokedl dcaggersp 'at the apron mn . N St. Patiick'y eye water g' 'No), sir.' * Then art thou art lost,' contin. - nedlPhil.-'hou shalt not be saved;' tuirnin-g :abruntly on mine host: ?Do you speak lyjsh.?' No, sitr.' * 'h, you rponstr-not .a Mille .sain scholar !' -\yhiat'a-he'?' enqjuiredl mino host. 'T'isn't llehrew, .or Chinese or eCi'ta w;-it is sm'nethipg~ ,like Euig. des'ls ai~nd its discourteggts,-'iao;' you manyfedrn it on ,a gusety dgy hike .~s..RIepeat ngte~r me,-comre, mine * Jio~t ay to 1no-Iep.rsir, it -is cold 6tho(ut andl "Iam glad to see yop:, nyoteis at your'dispostal,-roams. ~erarJ~,1rii1,fod', everythinig; t~denoa 40waiter .who refused yon iiuifion;-say so, inefl oiatg%i'dihr' will speak Irib as we o iny op'rayapd... the host, you are not to come over me in that way.-Sir, y9u Cgr1rot be entertained,-every room i engaig. ed; aAd tie hq)) will be occupied in ten minutes by a select dintier par. ty;- here is a list of names as you u.ay see,-[ Au sorry; but there is nto help.' 'i that the pause, my lord ?' said Phil. in a forensie vin,-'Shall I have no beliy cheer,-no sack ,every lo.vr, And enchi ninute mv capo.n, no rmpv gear,-no wild water for qly 1l.rain? Ilas it come to this ? Have I fiflen go low, that a man of my di,ipe*ni -nr (tip toing) shall be refused by this dictutor of the ikiteh. Pas, at whose nod the animal crea tin, pigs, sheep, harmless chickens, ld aill appeear t table ,in as quic4 succesuiopi a.s tie bloodkss shades of panquo's line ?-not to be buriel inl consecratel ground, but in the ..Oh .considei,-let the bowels of vol Comp aIi ssion open,-it is the hour vi-.n the appetite maikes. one .losIitile,-onily let Inc dine i' - cannot,' replied uine host. .4re yq .a ChlIstian 7 'I hop so.' 'I sayv naY,-a little Irish coun. fe.UIQr,say uny,-the Pipe and King Henry to bout would say nay ! You a christian. andl drive a travel .,er from Your lpise ill tip weather,. %ihien iny nose is blue as puritan gospel, and the rain is patterit.g out. s~id~ .ike,the trump of mnotnsters, it a place in the next world, jvIhwre I hope You will Iiever see me. Whj, sii. <An sutch a iday as this you should exclude but three.' ,ho are thej ?' enge%' ired'. hI-st, tickleIl by the drollery of Phil. Vly, tie devil, the coil winid apd yourself, to be sure.' - 'Taike' ease," relild--mine liost, '1 pat 'You 'are ith the devil's name.' 'Now 'fm:p all the world,' sail {Curran, 'do I abhor an iniormer; he is the veriest raIscal in Christeml-loin. .. IHark ye, mine host, shuhil you do so, know ye hilat I wopld say 7' 'What ?' .I1 should say: I meant no harin im usig ouI Iijesty'a mi,-I have eVer Iecp polite jto m.Y.6upe riors I i 1 pe to itse it nt' t.in v*iiti, --it was :o frighten one of 'ur car n:ite Ji. s into.s.unedihig like hospi talily. 'Blt this is all talk,' continued Phil.-- I must stojp here;-from this list I recogniso sime to whomie I brin'g letteis; analn I hav.C.nio dopht they wintid be glad to see te. Be aswirel, mly presenice will n.t injure the rep'utatipll I of yo'uri hoi use. Lok here, miine hIo*st, .if thiu art not a 'Tur:, let me have ily hgmtioir. I aml S')Imetimlles in a queer conciet, a bort of don t know what kind of telprpler; aju this bieipg (Inc of1 my daYS-my perioical days For prank playil g, when the I rishi blood is a lit tio too famtiiliair with mi y brain, I ldesire no hapiielr occasion to put my capler anil .sav my say. Only be mii tumu, and yi.u1 shall know tme present. ly. .Lead iiye to thiediqjner bll, and leave the rest to lie develonedl before the Iirast coursec' shall lave yene. 'Eve next .see Currain seated at his case by am cheering coal fire in thc dipner al-the servants lipsy 'lpla. eipg op the tabile rich viands ;' mmhose s~avmory' odor~s would occasionailly te!!tpt him to twist his meh ig toyngue pn~d east his eye slyly on tieh siumpt p10us preparaI~tionl. All ,is nIOW ari .rangedc' !.-thie hour of mastiention hia.s aririveid, big with the impendingt fate of .many a Ilame pun and witty abortion. Th'le bells i'ingse-the step, iincip~ieint between a cauote)uR dignity and hp ngry precip'itation) is heard in the ppaenge' way, -the -ahiem ! the ahl,amn ! the lisping ,nothings (if hip~s intent .on good chee; T1he fo lding doors are thirowvn open,-thie conm piany epter,--Phiil. moves not - *speaiks nor;-- all eyes resLtiupotn hiim and look isppuiringly, as mnuch~ as to tosay, 'who' knows himt ? 'Comne,,sir,'aiid one of the stew. ards to a venerable obil getntlenwan, take thje he ad of the table.' In a mnomept 1Phil. stood erect; andi walking dignifiedly for one of. his stature' took the head of the tt ble0, saying to the ste ward, 'I have no0 ob)jectioni' 'Sir!l' exclaimned jh-e stewaird. 'Elh,' said iiil., 'what 7-grace? Oh, yes, my m9tiier, taught .ave that; and a -word between n,-i learned .a beautiful one, of fEather O'L~eatry hi~mself.' 'None in the world,' paid Phil ~vith .a graceful bend.of his pic'en. --"Be seated gentlemien,,-I sin, glad to see You --waiter chairs 'What does he mean?' whispered several of the company,-Odd fel lcav-g giptalke . jsrely,-crazy,' ex claimed another. 'Pardon me,' continued the stew. ard, who was indeed a modest volig gentleman, 'tre room 'is-aliets-en gaged for a select party.' 'So much the better,' said Curran rubbing hisiands, ' 'i fond of select company,-nothing so ,ongenial. ie ighhul, pir,-p 89%v ,of soul, of wit, pun, humor, point. re artee.' 'None but frienda dine here,' con tinued tie steward. 'Then, friends and countrymen, I am happy thaL you shold (line with ne,-tho cost shall be nothing,-in earnest, nothing,-gratis, as Pmreeli the pig driver said,-God, gratis.' H-ere,.sir,-(addi-essing the.steward aud pulling out ti,is purse,)-take this'-shiners, iny boy,-sto'p-one, two,- three, four,-tiever mind coun ting,-take these guines and pay for our entertainment. Order wine bv the ale tub,-we'll have a'house-'a bottle trari,'-a gallitian.fry. "Sir,"' said the steward, 'let me -ay this is intruding.' ,0ho replied 'Pil., 'because I of fet to treat vou?-Make yourse'lf en sy, my darling,-I have money a plCnty.-got honviester than 'Peter Penee,'-eponugh to pay fir all your dniners. So come, gentleme., and let hunger take the hindmost.' With this Phil. seized a knife and r, rk and preparnd t6 carve a pig be fore him. 'What do you intend to do with thatl nife amd fk ired the ex. 'Forks,' said Curran sharpening his knife, 'were first tused by the Fren'eh, -I helieve, 'and. 'Answer my question,' exclaimed the steward in a voice of thunder, ,)vlnt do you intend to do with that knile and fork?' 'Aimn,' replied Phil. ,looking at him vacantly, 'carve this pig to .e sure.' ,You do?'enquired the stewnrd. '.What else can I do?' said Phil. 'Tlien, fellow, you shall be taught manners.' 'Glad of y'our tuition,' said Phil wNitlh a droll leer. '1 Give you to understand,' con tinued the steward..4jf yn ;inch that 1-ig you shall rue it;-lave a care, sir, stiek not your fork in it, else. upon the li1p1r cif a gentleman, I will stick the fork in von. ,lear him, hear hiii gentlemen, I must,' said Phil. -'T'hen.dir, let me aav,'.(stepping within striking distance of Phil.) 'whatever you d- to that jig I widl do to you!' -For a moment -Phil. lost his tem per; his bosom haeved, the blond rul'ed to his ,swellipg temples, his e., e .shot out a glare of wild (lam ning hate. 'Wop uwil1?' said ,Corran in husky whisiper, that hissed like a serpeint, th rough the ci owded hall, 'you will sir?' 'I will,' was the firm reply of the now justly enraged steward. '/Then (do this to me!' ,'ieeity formts were at .this mnstant seenI atdvaning'ii on the disputants; bu11t Cirra n with a hand nerved as with rods id hurt.inmg iron, held the sharp fork in thme act of thrusting it into the bosom of thg unarmied steward1. \ -Interfera~pee ,cjiame too .late!, the deed was 'done!, for Curran, stomop ing his head to avoiud the fury of an: impending blow, put his lips to the pig s; ,and gave them a Iink thu, would hav'-honere~d an Irish wed ding: then turning to the steward and foldips bis arms..e..cghqy ex claimed,'.Do that ftat to me sir!' ' tFor' a moument a silence, still at death, ensiud; the .comppnay .stood like chished marble in vario'ns atti tndes, then simtultaneously shouted with laughter. Theteward himself was .a paint inag!, a man wrought to madness his life, as .e. thiou.ht, endangered expecting to chastise the impud.ne of an intruder; iand so ainusingla baflddd!" ~Vhat could lie do? Hi: eyes spark~led, his muscles .began.t relax, he hit liis lips, until,.no longe abt~e .tp preserve his gr avity, he loe laughed is loud as any of them Still Phil kent his cOnntenanlee, 'Sir,' said the steward as soon Rs he couldspeak, 'vho are you?' 'Gentlemen,' replied Phil. in a voice now sweeter than misic', at. John Philpot Curran.' 'Your hand, your hand,' exclaim ed the coupany rushing in their de light tor.-,rds him, 1the first gentle mati of t'6 two 4igdom we ,would pi efer to see.' Curran exchnnred civilities; then turnint''o :ninefost,'1ilo had beein an astonished witness of the whole cen.e, sai.d, -See now, they speak, good rishi,.pe A STORY op LouIs NAPOLEO. The Dublin .coriospondent of the N w-York Courier - .Enguirer fur nishes the following curiois piece of information, copied from the Bel fiast Chronicle, which, as he saye, "tells its own story"---Ciearleston Courier.. "There lives in Paris a gentleman who, in December, 1847, wrote--"I can see with perfect clearness that Louis Phdllippe was ifd' lin Feb. ruary, 1848. That gentleman wrote shortly after the Presidential elec tion--"This Bonaparte scion is a traitor. Not a man looks at him but feels the iiistinct of aioiding'him as a treacherous man. He wi'l strike for the Consulate-for tihe D)ictatorship; and k0od knows what will follow." He struck. The coup d'etat of December, 1851, tells how lie struck. The sanfe gentleman wrote in the March of the pres ent year. "The tyrant ams .at .the enpire. is gaze, is fixed upon the crown. Before a Year there will be a revival of th. Bonapartcan dyn. asty, and the F "hI ill Xkneel be tore giapo.coj 6bird " The empire-bgc ftjzi_:ii . re eNYii no common man. le thntks and looks around him. He participates in many movements quietly, and gathers knowh:jge which in our view, nn other .mai at this moment in or out of Paris could find means to aerquire. His previous predictions give us confidence in what lie states. In fact we know him, and know that lie woulI not detail as truth what he' did not know to be true, for he is generally one of the least specula tive individuals we have ever met. Well, that gentleinan--we wouldi ive his name if we were l.ermitted) writes the subjloined on Thursday last, and all before whom it comes can Measure its worth, and the amount of credence to be attached te it from what they have already learn.' el. "The . revelation will seem curi ouls to many.; to uts it by.no~means sot as we are aware of the sources from Which much Of his informa1)[tion is; derived, and how he derives it. That it is true we are:convinced, and that the British govornment are '"up" to the machinations of the French Em peror is evident from the evived' state of our defenc es, from the'nem b ditnent of our militia, framn the ad dliti'n to ouri miaritiie hands, anid fm'rm theo establishm~ient of a Chan nel F9leet. 'The following is the communica tion r eferired to: In a secluded part of' the wood of Bolougne, at a pilace called Mu udria, whiloome the residence of Lam-. artine, is a house suirrounided by t r ees,' and the windows of which are never opened, excep~t sometimes at dam wn, as if' to let in fresh air. This .'ise. ill day, and on .many ,niihts, has the air' of' being uniniihited; but oftentimes at night, there come about auspicmius looking characters, who take up their posts in die thickets, and then aboiut twelve or one ump conme sever'al carriag'es, with ' the' blinds close dlown, the porte coh are is open. ed mysterimaisly, they drivye in anrd thme''door closes behin;I them. What is this place? IIt is the residence of -Virginia, laaotier.e. This, for many persons, indeed. nearly all, is no explanation. ,But leau eiitr oje eieing last, week, and perhamps what niay ho going on may enlighten us. JTn an apartment sumptuously fur nishled, is a girand supper laid( ouit, re splendent ywith .ylate .and .brilliant withm ights and around~ sit half a doz en men and as many womnen, who, while sip~ping their champagne, .arec ,talking. animatedhy of conquest and empire, of aggression and rapine. Yea says one, striking his fist on thme table, a mnan with heavy mons tache, hooked nose, and saturnine, bil ious Countenance, "yep, when oied I am cioined I lvAl pioclim Jerotie king of Hellandyspd ponply pr claim'him king biihna'ke him king, while Belgium shall reigr bult as "Yes, sire," said all bpt one whomi we ehall not mentioni. "And then King pf Ume,, inid Italy, and Protector of the Hlet. ic ho~nfpder'a.tiona QJiall be n e .tf tides, they shall be mine. "But,, sire, England?" observed one gently. "England, my et.eirnal nightmare! England, the assassin of my uricle! Ivery step I take I find lier in my way. Let her take care, per fidions and. meddling Albion. Let her beware that she - interfere not, for aspurely 0.s she interferes will I land-on her shores, and. show them that their island is as easily made a French colony as wsAligier9 'They fancy themselves impregnable; they will find the.ir mistake.. " Thns spoke. Louis, Nnpoleon i'r the house of .Virginia, la Sabotiere. I must now explain who she is, and how he found himself there, promising- that information I am giy ing you tuny cost ue derar, though I hope no one will aid the rascally po lice of Bonappr.te kn traiingthe zu thor of'h news here given. Iow I 6btained it is a secret of life' and death. But every word i. write is true. - Louis Na'poleon miiy 'not car ry out his after-supper boast, but the words were spbkein by ,hin. .,When Louis Napoleen Bonaparte was a State prisoner in Ham, lie was treated with very great kinilness and lonsidera *on.' Aip9ngst otilep lio saw him or different, purposes, was Virginie, a very pritty .girl, 1,0pugh. t of aff 'old .4d. otmaker in Ham. they were accepted, and two chil dren wen:e tfhe result. These chil. dre he was very much attached to. They were provided for, and sent -to first rate'schoo!s.-,On his advent to power in 1848, the Prince, gave Virginie a pension, and then, in De eomber, 1851, he gave her the, beau tiful residence above alluded to. .With a natural tste'fur debauche ry, resembling in character the de. banchery of the .Regent -and ,Louis' XV., one of the delighdits of Louis Napoleon is ano.rgy, with plenty of wine and women. In m't, his piness is a petit souper, such as when the Regent'and Dubois lived. To indulge in these at St. Cloud and the,elysee would -be dangerous, as there is a certain amount of pub. lie opinion still alive; but then there was the cozy little house at Madria and that has been selected by lim is' the neat of his midnight conferen ces on the affhirs of the Einpire. Surrounded by parasites, pimps, and prostitutes, heated by wine, he tiies to rouse himself in this despicable tayo oimutate. his uniale. Not a dozen persons in Paiis, a part from his own clique, ,knov a word of all this. 'But 1 have told'it Was I present? did I not receive the report from one who was presenti was'the orgy revealed to a secoid party, and then to me? are ques tions I cannot aniswer. 'I gife' the information na true,m act and historical. It may be de ntied. That will *only prove ,its truth, as, for a Blonap'artist to say a' thing to be, is to prove that it is not. A Ihnnanim.x PESNOP.NoN NEAR SAN FnAscasco.-Notice has beein al end'y taken Of't-he shock (ot an earth ejunke, and singular p~henomenion which took plauce *a littje ,1Ire -midnight of Wednesday la.st, at .Merced. B1e fore t-he ' hen~omrenon occurred, tho lake was a,beauutiful sheet, suirrounided mostly by a fino amnphitheatre ,of ills.- jit is 'loent'cd about 'seve'n mniles..rli~his'ei'ty, in a south~ves terly direction, and covers a 'sirfaee of albouit thirty acres. .Various opinions have been fhrmed reintive to this oe curreiee; the'prncipal one of wicih 1s, that the accumulated waters of the lake, have wayhed awvay the sandy bar rier 'y which'ts .northiwestern lin.it wias confmned. Tfhe facts of the case are simply t he' foIllowhui: (On rising 'from 'his bed on Wednemsday morning, Mr. Al red A. Greeni, stated thigt he-had sen sibly felt the shock of ain ea'rthejunke at the 'time just mentioned, indsaeeral of the inmates of his residenceamnado a similar datem'enit. .It.' was aetp ied by a report like 4Istant. artil lery, 'and .was readily; distingulahed fromi ~thtiderlg oft~aheia sum:go which constantly rojls on tha e - beack narly two miles dittant' .i o dan&ifd~ tio" htig as Wits cuefanidbyii ' ''e'n) ditim hee thbbir'ieesf Pilde, or two of i1hired nat biite lis., covded ta ii-ide-bi'eneh ~n>'tild''Nunch: dzry of tbatf ed fi~ie ake& abaset: the ocean, niid they vre 49nvinded it asO canuhed by the bhpiels ebey e u 1 rjit on the.pr-eious yrigbt. : Aitugh niotliig is Faid otari)oper. son iif this eithaiiig fll .the, amue shhek t er6 is e bry evidnaspthiatl r, "r tth, ts&n 0ent 4s "eiject . hat. portian of the laice's boundary*-hiel has been swept: awa, -was alluvial, and has been foriing duritg hlapse of. eenturics. -Uhere'9mpleoevidenbe that it was a number of feet high. er than the .lkeitself-.eve.i-wen, the water was the_ highest. It grad, uily sloped .tq'yard the aseaspro, whiich s nearly a rpile from wlierothae barrier nee stood'. V lren j'vjet ried away, it must have hen dens in a'single m6inent. A pasego seems to have been forced about 'tlireo *hitii dred yards in width and ten or twelve feet deepi opening onm- the sea ebor~toind~idt'qf.milei. $nbsequently, a .ort of 'nid.pjhan nel hai been- formed, comap'neneinig a hort, distance bdow tie origin bi die outlet, narrower andd'ptnh deep. er than 'the first~ do'i p liich 'the wa ter u-ens tb -have' iushied '.with great velocity, until the lake 'has been emptied -at least thirty -feet belOw its previous s,urface. This mid.channel has, gradily deepecnsai',ti centn, form ing outlet, down which the-vatpre pre yet floyving ;nto ,he ocean. It is very evideht tiht biWths 'ititt -bad bcen spontaneous, it wibld ha Biteeen gradual,leavingnb jrcipito'us sides, looking -as if-imm'end laindships bad. taken place, 'bitt 'gradially' forning' a channel deepening-inIeAtitry. Not would it have caused thsbt-ldud re por, nor.,, have ien 'fei eficarly a mile distant '.. e l aens to b. e~nen pnqed byg tAily preedde'd oi by ' a' hok .6f the earthquake itself 10 N iuthiiisire' by no-meniis suncommon on the coast' of South America. And , the1ed of" Lake hierced may have bec'niiiatunt-: ly 'uplifted a a as i kly vie-. tunied to its customary le'el'; thbs lrcingtan outlet thridbgh tlie heavy al luyial byigh -it was fbrrneirly e6:i fluial. b uch' extr ordibary prienoni ena have several times beeri itnes sed in the hay of Callgo and Of TalCA huana. -:And io' Ithut the outlet.i' as; been. forcbd,'froni its abriipt iides may be seen flowing the gaseous fluids whilh speceqd' eprthiquakes " amongi lofry notntains,-theAndes, 'for instaice, but especially coastwise. -- For two miles along Omic coat, i on either side of the' mouth of the rav ine, mty be . seen numerous water-' marks once made by the surges of tie ocean. Some of theni arO more than a hundred feet high. And while many -of these strata'afehorizntail,oth-i ers iie or fall at an angle of. forty or fifty degrees, bearing: every .trnee ;that. they'have ben ttfnbIed about and dispilaced by a coneussion at . mueh earlier period. These .different . stia-.. ta have tbeen foriming during a lapseqof ceiituiies, hle& ' the ihose. .as grad tuaily beenl elevated; As .a elos ing thought on this interesting pbe iomenon, it may be well to statte, that the like wvas' sup'plied' onily '-by~ springs and rainis from the moun tains. .No serhius 4miger could <have been expected of a sheet of water, cov ering at least thirty acres-ca- evapo ration must have bcein great-unless somu'a fonvulsion of .nature ,had tauk on plae -, of. which fact, thierd'are ,shili cient ..evidences.-Alta Californianu, Nov. 28. DentIa fagy Ulydroepluobla. On-Saturdiay last, in the morning, Johnm Knauss, aged about nine ytity, son of Mlrs. Anthony Knauss 'of Hanover township,'Lehigh counrty1 'died fromn the sho'gking effectsp~f hy d'rophotuia. '.Tie' boy got to. riding arid planing before sqhool hours with 10do;.little Knauss remarked that if th~e dog could b~e rode like a hopse he niust hue shod 'tos; tin Jayingg so,,he took up one of his 'fore paws, when the dog flew as him and bit his ears g'he dog was tq)ceprogi 'theboy'al' ter .whic1i ho fled, and before he was overtaken and kplld; he had liitten a hog and several cows, al of pl1ilh grit mad.' The boy ws at~nded by medi al aid, andteodayperp wa 'iven; findinig .no particular tb.iltipga oure -h'4 boeni effeotede, About tho begiiningiof last weekc however,' heconiplained of liavmg) i which g: rs~'ullimeteeedjn iL he feltei c'at dlf Sas followed by se'eft, Hedelsated to his thend~ ti rnsig tn ~ 'dyedful disea.se aSithijsho tr~m'~ i thiohi ernpin g 1s h fowas truly lngerit case obtainied its voiue wurds. night, Wyleh lihe w violent paroxysii le t Si p creasing fast, with a rhpi& saliva, a first froth and' - afteri8 tenacious ard of. froth..And glairy fluik sputtered forth forcitly, strength continue'd clutcb .ih his l4and smeo tin a f to tear it away from his mouth H-' countenanice was now 'at time a tprted, his brain fre -ied, teeth grating an gnashn continued in this awfpl co dj til about five o'."ck o1kn $-nd -a .rn. nhen his strength avig ~jtp a failed P. to prevent P th dio the fast accumulatin , throat gradially fined t n b xired..-L 4 )th. ter ~ --- Mgelanchoty .nea FATAL EFFECTS OF S FEsTATIONsI TI ..Co .-VERDICT AGAINST TH NxiAq1px nesay morming. aste o ease of attempted suficideAj-- A named Martin LangdbnPh (q ato. 91, Eeientj1sireet hapmnn'made an ita hirlife by cutting his-thi oavvl kifi He vinf ;1ov1d rA io yi te ,pppy ;hindo ti tbhspi .41t vue, ahere A he died, agne ~uro i p dtraninent ofhisgeneral eakh entitg. his brain moret sniodl'atey. Cororier Hilton held 'if thtebodf -yesterday;' -a0d ti :report Which we giv'e ofJth'estifnY ,tkesattlie inquiry, :Wil jdidts our *rendqrsa.iip ad and dutheitieaiedhitry of a usefil life lost, a wife. %iaoed ai8d anuinly childor aned, by incais of le opbrations of those nisernble delusions practiced under the aniiqf spiritual kneeckiris .or, nioumf'stions. lhe.dheeaed ,wsta .prnf a aid of very steady habits o P 36_ I.I.. .Sorngemonthsagoh6 lost a by deng4. Which d 0- h vey dspoiiding state of in W enervated 4roii this cause Adn pre,vious cou're of reading. such . C*Ntions as'ie Spi'ritual Telegraph Mountain Cove.Jourial, ha got it -t ,uced "into 'wbQ are called . meetcings," held in this city, wheraW mind ..as so ,act.ed ,upon by ohartpn isn ad imposture, that e was toblieve ie would becorefase 1 idhit," and that then ho8icid converse with his beloved 4hil .i .Would call attention to that jar .tes,t1mny ;of Mrs. Langdof, whehosh .narrates a part of his trating"f h0W spiritual cormmunion. It wias.todia. complished by *his' sitting in.A dul, stupid mood for an hour eaeh. evening -by a di~sriuption of the exideaiments of his hone-by ane'gect oftig tjhey oilly, child and wife~, and hy7ide'd a tention to the meetigs oferideke or raiers,"in the various houses iiated. Let pur philosophers niid'literai bVh sanction the';visioniI-y tebr" h their names, ponder upon Jht b~~ Iiir dc6e~ians nind practices . ht~ erto vigoros lifain' .becamoel a and thio tinliappy inoimdani~~ ing e'xistence m a state of ntin~ ,* nist b'i his own hand. Goroner fliltoni deserves miIgha4 it for his patience and persivat ce duinig .j)he inguiry; and ;otitdhdt the Grand Jury w'i~ ;take the0 mendation app'ernded to the verdict~ totheir most ,serious conisideratn .and endeayor .to protctL our idim, iich patiefiul infhience Virdst.-\ie the Jury is$t oir oathas anud'afirmations say thiat tl 6o ensed, Martin ILngdon, carfn t &i)~ death from exhaustion, nris (in 'mental exeltaapent, japd tfi& wounil,' infllioeci dby '.hinisef;u > throat. We also fithit ths4t of mnind was sbjieriivod~~db ~ t corrimend , he'.Gted 39yttIh ni1asuresfor-ttl eu psl th en~ nieet g eti thlokse ttrndn~a A tebti n . .ck-bi d~