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MM??j?I tUorcllaneoiM* Wite Trout, soys the, Bull'alo Journal of Thursday last, were yesterday caught ' in the lake, to the tuue of about nine hundred pounds. They weighed about 12 pounds each, and met with a ready sale. I A True Fish Story.?We are credibly' ' informed, says the last Cincinnati Whig, by an eye witness, that a large Catfish, ] weighing ninety-eight pounds, was caught in the Ohio Kirer, a few weeks since,*. about a hundred miles below Louisville, which on being opened, was found to. contain a negro child of considerable size! Literary Curiosity.?The following is a copy of an excuse recently handed in to a schoolmaster for the non-attendance of one of his scholars: "cepatomtogoataturin." If our reader can make out to solve the above without having, it labelled, we give up at once that they are more apt at such things than our humble selves?and for fear that there may be some who would not understand it without an ex-! planation, we subjoin the following:? ' Kept at home to go a taturing." Two Sharps.?An old man picked up a lialf a dollar in the Park. 44 Old man,, that's mine," said a real poking rascal, " so hand it over." 44 Did your's have a hole in it !" asked the finder. 44 Yes it had," said the other smartly. " Then it isn't thine," mildly replied the old roan, 44 thee must learn to be a little sharper next time." I A very accomplished gentleman, when carving a tough goose, had the mis for- j tune to send it entirely out of the di6li, and into the lap of the lady next to him ; on which he very coolly looked her full in the face, and with admirable gravity and calmness,said, "Madam, 1 will thank you for that goose." The gentleman gained as much credit for his politeness and composure, as he had lost by his awkward carving. An Egyptian goose was recently shot at "Wargravc, England, which measured 4 feet 4 inches from tip to tip, and 2 feet 2 inches from head to tail. The plumages on the wing is most beautiful : ilm nnnor - "it"" part grey, the centre white, and the extremity purple. The bird weighs near 10 pounds. Breach of Promise.?Yesterday morning, says the N. York Star, a well-known gentleman of this city was held to bail in ' the sum of $5,000, that being the amount claimed bv a fair lady, for a cruel breach of promise to marry, made by the said gentleman. Last night, we were informed that the parties were about compromising the delicate affair. Under these circumstances we refrain from giving the names at present. A Hungry Rascal.?Yesterday afternoon, a savage looking fellow, named Charles Haines, was committed to prison for biting off the ear of Mr. James Shaw, of No. 416 Water-street. N Y Slave Speculation.?Ten thousand slaves were purchased on credit hy the Mississippi planters in the years lKB5-(i. The fall oi cotton in price render them of little value. They are worse slock in these times for Lheir masters than old horses in a hard winter in Mew-England. The following anecdote, from the Bos- ' ton Post, is told of little Keely who was y a printer. s Long after he had assumed the histrio- 1 rue profession, he happened into a print- I ing oflice, and without thinking, took up ' a stick and commenced setting. All at once he heard from every quarter of the oilice, the mysterious exclamation?" (i. 1 . ?*' What dlM'S " fl- I I" rv?n?.? etl Peter Spike?"Great Indulgence!" replied one of the hands; "and you must | treat the office !" Peter was not the man , to funk out of a treat, hut in relating the | anecdote, he never omits to a<td?" I'll ( bo hanged if the Great Indulgence didn't , cost me more than a barrel of beer." ( Look before you leap.?Laura Groen, 1 a stout wench, who was arrested and ' brought up for stealing a furnace, taking 1 advantage of a momentary confusion in the office, sprang out of the window of the police office towards the Park, when her garments corning in contact with one of the bars, left her hanging outside the wall like a hat on a peg, until the officers relieved her from her uncomfortable position. It is stated in a western paper, that a well-dressed man was lately found in the streets of Wetumpka, Ala. It was first supposed that he had been murdered. *' Who slew him?" asked an inquiring philanthropist. * D >n't know," responded a wagfish by-stander?"but he is evi-i i " Lucky Escape.?A person in Mississip-j pi was lately chased thirteen miles l?y no less than swcntccn thousand rattlesnakes, and got clear of them all. The fellow must have "leaned it like all natur," as the Yankees say* Love.?Love exalts and purifies our i natures; it is imposed upon us by indul- i gent heaven, in order to soften the rigid- < ness of our humors, temper the violence s of our passions, and sweeten the bitter < draught ol life. I The Major's Last.?On being asked if Mr. Pierpoiit*8 Church was struck by < lightning during the last storm, he re- I plied; but it came Thundering near if." i Nobody blames a rich man lor going1 with bis elbows out, because every ??ne knows that he has got money enough to get him a new coat; but it is unpardonable in a poor man to go ragged because' every one knows that i*. is out of his power to do otherwise. 41 can't take this fip, it passes only for five cents,' said u shopkeeper to an old negro who offered it for tobacco. * What for?* said S;?mbo?4 it specie?it worth most scbcn cent; I cakelate it at dat ; you might be glad to get specie for your bakky any day desc times. Horses and Actors.?It is reported of Mr. Duciow, the equestrian, that once, while superintending the rehearsal of a grand equestrian spectacle, he addressed a biped performer, who was a little too forward in the scene, in these words: "Get out of the way, sir?stand buck? would you have the assurance to stand before a horse?" An Improvement for tiie Ladies.? Mr. John Hand, of Summcrfield, Penn. givefc noticee that he has invented a very simple apparatus to be attached to ladies corsets, whereby the delicate little creatures may be compressed into the compass of a hoe-handle, by the gentle drawing of two strings which can be tied in front. Stealing Dogs* Tails.?The singular' bounty offered in Sidney, New Holland, | for killing dogs for their tails, has led to I the practice among the loafers of that convict colony, to curtail the appendage of all the animals of this species running abroad as a more brief way of reaching ' the reward in question. Ti e municipal j jrovernment now u-isi-lv n-iiiiirn ihp ! cass also lobe produced. Banking Privileges.?"Sambo, where are you going in so great a hurry," says a gentleman to a negro fellow, who appeared tube almost out of breath. 4Why massa, I'm gwinc to de Bank, arier specie.' 4 Mow much sperie do your rotes call for Sambo," says the gentleman. 41 hal> no notes," says Sambo, 4 I only hah one note, and de Bank say he won't gib specie arter to-day ; so I'm arter giltin mine.' 'How much is yours Sambo,* says the gentleman. 4 It quarter dollar, and 1 mus hah cbcry cent nb it in specie, or I snrtinly will veto dat Bank. I don't go for Nick Biddlc no how you ran fix it. Nice Ladies.?The nice obi lady, in Virginia, who scrubbed through the floor and fell into the kitchen, is but one among many of the very nice females with which our country abounds. We know a good lady in New Jersey who white washed all the wood she burnt ; and another, in Connecticut, who used three times a day to scour the nose of her 1:?p dog, to keep him from soilingrthe dish out of which he ate his meals." The same pood ladv took Iter own food through a napkin-ring, to keep it from coming in contact with her Iips. Fortitudc ?fie who courageously submits to his fate, and suffers without murmuring, is certainly a most respectable being; and it must he a mean and insensible mind that can refuse to pity a man, who, obliged to indure, hardens himself in sorrow, and supports pain nobly. Such < virtuous resignation should excite our admiration, and render sympathy more ten- i der and active. Besides, it is very nntu- < ral to shrink from beholding misery in i others, which we ourselves could support ? vilhout complaining. This is a sublime < .ensation, and common to all superior ninds, of which we have daily a thousand \ proofs. For' example ; I can see nivself t bled, and hold the bason. and yet 1 am affected when 1 look at the lancet wounding Lhe vein of another. Garlic.?The Hungarian jorkies frequently tie a clove to their racers' hits, when the horses that run against them fall back the moment they breathe the offensive odour. It has been proved that no horse will eat in a manger if the mouth of any other steed in the stable has been ! | rubbed with the juice of litis plant. I had i ; occasion to ascert in this fact. A horse j | of mine was in the same stall with one I ( belonging to a brother officer. Mine fell j away and refused l;is food, while his com- ' , panion throve uncommonly well. I at , last discovered a German groom, who had , charge o<" lite prosperous uuiu.nl had re- . course to this vile stratagem. It is also , supposed that men who eat garlic, knock | up upon a march the soldiers who have ; not made use of it. Hence, in the old regulations of the French armies, there existed an order to prohibit the use of garlic when on march. Comfortable Neighborhood.?In these i i . * - mini mix's n is Hie duty 01 rvcry body, ami of editors in particular, to promulgate information l>y v hicli the public can learn where the rheapcsi living may be ha ). The Pensacola (iazette s.iys: *' We knew a fellow some years ago, a Kentuckian by birth, but of truly Pensacolian habits, (that is to say a hyberpole of indolence,) who subsisted his wife and four children, and paid his house rent, with 19 3 4 cents a day. A capital id two bits, judiciously invested in the pur chase of a fishing line, will furnish a family with an abundant supply of the choicest fish, and if further accommodation be it any time required, our oyster hanks liscoiint their treasures with unfailing liberality. A Flourishing Business.?The Sexton i of Bangor, Maine, as we should gather from his own assertions, ie doing a first- i rate business. In his late annual slate- i ment of the number of interments the past year, he prefaced his remarks with 44 It gives me the greatest pleasure, gentle- 1 men, ut being able to inform you that the/ deaths of the past year have nearly don-' bled those of the preceding, and if we continue on in this flourishing condition, I hope, ere long, to be able to present as large a bill of mortality as can be shown in any of our best sister cities. PROVERBS. lie is the best scholar who has learnt to' live well. 1 A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt. A wise man changes his mind a fool never will. You had better leaveyour enemy some-' thing when you die, than live to beg of' your fri<*nds. i The fo?rt of the owner is the best manure for his land. He is my friend who griends at my mill.; The creditors always hath a belter memory than the debtor. As you use your father, so your children will use you. Cxamine not the pedigree nor patrimony* of a good man. Few die with hunger; an hundred thousand of serfeits. A good wife is the workmanship of a good husband. The firar who asks for God's sake, asks for himself too; Tell not what you know, judge not what you see, and you will live in quiet. A pin for your purse and two for your month. Leave your son a good reputation and an employment. Receive your money before you give a receipt for it, and take a receipt before you pay it. In an hundred years time princes arc peasants, and in an hundred and ten, peasants grow princes. Original Anecdotes of School Teachers.? A young collegiate, who had just finished his course and received his parchment, on his return home undertook to teach the town school, as an amusement during the winter, presuming it a pleasant recreation to 'Teach the young idea how to shoot. ' Mo,id ay morning arrived?the hopeful boys and girls flocked in?our young friend commenced arranging and classing them, hut soon found that the stubborn works of nature do not yield to art with 1 out a struggle. Having a large bump of ( order on his cranium, he commanded them to sit down and remain quiet. His ! commands were respected* in ihe same miiiiuer as inose. of Canute, when he or- i tiered the wa' cs of the ocean not to approach him. Anarchy had seized their juvenile minds, and they drank deep from the fountain of liberty. Obedience was i a hitter pill, and they denounced all the i nostrums of their new physician. A few , doses of birch and hickory were ndminis tered, which served only to enraee the fe- ! ver. Noon arrived?intermission com- ' tnenced?combativeness broke out, and t the clarat was drawn from several fountains. Our young collegiate found himself in a dilemma. This inarch of intellect was * 'oil mighty for him; he promptly resolved I to relinquish his command, and turn them , over to abler hands, lie accordingly [ ailed them together, bade them farewell, * lirec ing them to return from whence they J [ ante, and come no more alter him. I On his way home he met a friend, to f vhom lie .exclaimed?"The devil was a i?ol.M * 4tIlr?W inn.i! ? ' f-'-~ ? -- IHIMIIIt'll UI? iricnu. "Why, he took a vast (leal of trouble t ami pains to induce Job to curse ltis Ma- ( Uer, and failed at last. If tlie short-sight- ^ id old tool had put Job to teaching a school lie would have carsed all nature, and died I the same day." < ? From the Richmond Fnquirer. The evils of a false credit system, re- ( peated as they have been, and wide-spread s and desolating as they have proved, have, ? from an apparent unaptness in communities! | to loam irotn history or experience, been permitted to pass with little or no effect 1 upon the conduct ol sue 'ceding times. We, t <ome: lines, indeed,hear oft he extravagances, \ me frauds and calamities of the South Sea and Mississippi schemes; these projects seem to have been partially remembered, ' because they were novelties in their day, |r and had the fnrce of novelties; hut their | influence, as a warning to the future, is, and long has been, wholly lost, as is shown 1 by the recurrence of projects and excess in speculation, compared with which, the 1 scheme above mentioned wore timid, insig- | niiicant and harmless A powerful illus- j tration ol these remarks is furnished by Mr. Crolv. the l?ift<rr.inhn. 15 - j, ui vjcurge ine Fourth, in describing the embarrassment \ and ruin which swept over Ureal Britain , in tin year I ">25, and the tallaciou9 and | bewildering extravagance which preceded and hurried on these calainit us results. ' " The. r\says this writer, "now plumed J its broadest wings again ; even the grim- f nrss of ministerial finance was lost in the ( general intoxication ; and Lord Goderich's speech as Chancellor of the Fxcliequer. ' (that famous speech in which he professed < himself unable to pour out his soul in Ian- ( gua?e sufficiently glowing for the golden prospect before him ; a proud example of the clear-sightedness of the prophetic budget.) J gave the sanction ol one of the most solemn | orators and stubborn financiers to the na- , tional dream. But his Lordship had scarce- , ly congratulated his countrymen on their loo abundant prosperity, when the whole ' fell into dust belore his eves?the vision i vanished?tlie rejoicing was dum?the wealth was paper?the princes of the mod-1 ern Tyre were outcasts mid beggars ! Seventy Banks broke in as manv days. Two hundred and fifty joint stock companies, which, hut the week before, would have contracted to throw a bridge across the Atlantic, make a rail-way round the globe, or dig a tunnel to the Antipodes, weie in the Gazette, without a solvent subscriber or an available shilling." This terrible and almost literally accurate description of the condition and progress of our own country (or a few years past, and at the present day, is too painfully striking to require any special application. Its fidelity, however, has fixed my own attention upon it, and I fain would have it held up to public view, with the hope that it may tend to correct misapprehension and delusion, and thereby, retard, if it should not wholly prevent, the return of ills such as now allliot us. TIME. ^?? Communications, Mr. Editor:?In the national Gazette, of 22(1 lift. I observed an editorial notice, in 14 allusion to the Scheme of the'American Society for the promotion of Education in Africa," and was surprised to find feelings of sympathy so misplaced as those expressed by the editor in that piece.? Ilis fancy warms with the idea of the splendid triumph for the American people to redeem a Continent from the depths of ignorance, barbarism, and paganism, for which Europe has done little hut extort ! Whose ancient empire Rome overturned and arrested the hand of improvement. It is true lie admits that the mere attempt carries with it an air of utter Quixotism. Indeed it is rornau.ee?then why favor it, as if we had no substantial, legitimate duties at home of like kind, to attend to. In our otvn country education is still acknowledged to be infinitely imperfect ; yet we arc willing to go on in a flattering kitid of delusion to consider American intelligence so superior in comparison with that of the European population, as to justify our idly passing by her excellent example of what is due at home, in order to 44 educate and new mold a benighted world.'* Prussia, possessed of good common sense, has wisely thought that charity begins at home; and although one of the most arbitrary governments of Europe, ofTeN an example in the slate of her public institutions worthy of imitation and which has justly excited the admiration of Europe. In her institutions the children of ell, even of the meanest peasant in the kingdom, arc receiving more varied and solid instruction than our schools are competent to furnish. This irises from her wise care in providing schools for the instruction of Teachers exclusively, of which she now numbers forty. France as Well as the rest nf F.n. mpe, has followed in her wake, and counts hirty of that description ; whilst the U. States, claiming to be not only the most ree but the most generally if not best inbrmcd country in the world, has but one vhich is justly the boast of Massachusetts. >Jew York and other states have made heii effort, but impartial enquiry has do larcd that the present system of fcduca ion is radically defective. Not only so, nit the further humiliating fact has been lisclosed to the British parliament and spread before the na?ion by one of her commissioners for the investigation of our iystem of police and education, that South ind West of New York, there were at east 1,300,000 white children and youth, otally destitute of the means of elemenary education. If this be so, and I fear t cannot be contradicted, and ought not o be denied, the nubile rr?ir?.i , IIMIU 11(13 urril 1UU onff content with a general view and stateO D nent of the character and value of pubic instruction ; and should be disabused >f the delusion. . A late able writer has observed, 44 that ooking to the models of Geimany and Prance, no system of public instruction las yet been organized, in any of'the tales, and in none has the appropriate ,vork of legislation been more than comnenced. I do not hesitate to avow the' >elief that without regulations far more xtensivc than have been yet introduced; 1 control far more enlightened and constant than has yet been exercised; and a riscal .aid far more ample than has yet oeen afforded, it is vain to expect that the character of our common schools can be j rulv, and permanently improved." This however would be an act of dntj j ind too common place and attainable n ( purpose to merit attention. It is distance, jnccrtainty, romance, that wins our appromtion. We should incline to think that Phrenologists have well placed the organ | >f benevolence in the close neighborhood i of marvellousness, having only that of mimickry intervening. Let me urge upon, I the, I hope willing disposition of our Ediitor, the propriety, as well as necessity of (concentrating our efforts upon home purI poses, and not to think of advising a visit I to Africa at present. Let Cuffec alone both at home and abroad, Jjift let him improve his talent by urging to the promotion ot the happiness of millions of white children within our own country?either totally destitute or nartiallv possessing I ?r t O the means of education. His paper from its intelligence, gentlemanly qualities, and general circulation, occupies a justly high stand, and through it lie may do much good on this subject. I have ever respected and promoted its interest from its commencement to the present moment, and it is in consideration of this high respect that I wish to see its efforts in favor of education directed into the proper channel until all our domestic imperfections arc corrected and wants supplied; then enlarged philanthropy well schooled at home, may go forth in search of another continent and other objects on which to exercise feelings of benevolence. A. FOR TIIE COURFER. TO SIR. ? FANNY." " A Ladie's Toilet!" what vile production this-* What isolated creature thus Poum forth his spleen, and wantonly ii-.I:? /*- :?- - wviio me luucsi portion ot creation 9 Has he never yet been blessed With the pure smiles of sweet affection Or has his cold and stubborn breast Ne'er felt one throb of love ? no? 11k has never paid due homage To the shrine of loveliness, Be it so?let him pursue his cheerless path Unheeded and uncalled for, But let him beware, lest he profane That sanctuary which he has dared To sully, by lines as worthless As their author, 'fruc He may acquire wealth, but Fame For him shall never sound her trumpet; What vain presumption ! can Fame E'er hallow his vile asln s, Who in his lifetime thus reckless Wields the pen of cai.umnv? No, he shall die as he has lived A worthless lump of clay, His name forgotten, and his life unknown. W, For the Commercial Cornier to urn w'iio understand them. "1 doubt nae lass but ye may think, Because ye hac the name o' clink. That ye can please just at a wink When e'er you like to try." Burns Such haughty airs were ne'er design'd To leave an impress on the mind, Of talents rare or wit refin'd Why hold your head so high. I cannot name a time we meet In crowded hall, or in the street, From you one word, or smile to greet, But pass me thoughtless by Now all your frowns together tost A _ ? ? /i sinning iook no more would cost, And win respect which you have lost, 11 But feint a hair care I.? With free good will I do confess Just please yourself in mien and drees Or live in single-blesscdncsH, Until the day you die. I would not profTer my advice Your Fathkr's Gold makes you so nice There's not a beau would ask your price Were ye as poor as I. Camden, June 10. I4. C. * From the New York Journal of Commerce. THE PLAGUE. In the news by the last arrival From England, it was mentioned that much alarm had been occasioned in the neighborhood of the London Docks, by the sudden death of two men who had assisted in unloadin" a vessel freighted with rags from Trieste. It was feared they bad died of the Plague. Although this apprehension was probably incorrect* we are not so sure that England is safe front such an invasion, or the United States either. It is well known that the elothes of persons who have died of the Plague, or clothes in which they have slept, unless very thoroughly cleansed and. purified, are almost certain to communicate the disease. And as we are continually importing rags from the Mediterranean, it will be fortunate if we do not get a spice of the Plague with them. We commend to the notice of the public, and especially to the parties more immediately interested, the following paragraph from Blackwo >d's Magazine for April. While England swells with faction, France with faction, Germany with faction, Spain with faction, there is an enemt/ 5i? it?? * "" ...j ... ...b , iiki iiuii iruiy jw ouiiimon IHC restless mine! of Europe to sterner lessons. The plague is declared to be extending its terrible circle round the Mediterranean. In Onns'antinople all seeins horror?there it has raged with unabated fury for six months, and the city is depopulating, hour by hour, from the double [ fleet of death and fear. Seventeen thousand of the Greek inhabitants have fled? the Arme; ian patriarch has lately delivered ftlieen thousand passports in the course of a few days, and the general population lias been thus dinvnirhrd by upwards of one but 'red ' | *:r */> ?ast Seotcrr.