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MISCELLANY.
Anecdote of Harrison Gray Otis.
On a cold, rainy Sunday morning, in
October, several years ago, lion. II. G. Otis
found himself travelling through the State
of Connecticut. An important cause was
to he argued by him, on the next Monday
morning, in Boston, and he had started
from New York, on the previous Saturday,
and had rode all night in order to meet his
legal engagement.
After he had finished his breakfast at his
hotel, and was about proceeding on his way,
he was informed that it would be perfectly
useless to attempt to drive through the
Slate, as ho would certainly be stopped by
the lynx-eyed "tiding man."
Connecticut was of old a very pious
State, and her rigid laws against travel
Jjng on tlic Sabbath have ma<le her puritanic
morality notorious. But Mr. Otis
was incline."! to try his shrewdness against
the anti-Sabbat'j breaking officer. Accordingly
ho went to the office of a friendly
barrister in the town where he breakfasted,
and asked of him the favor of a loan of
liis copy of tho Revised Statutes of the
State until he should l>c clearly beyond I'er
border*. The attorney complied, "and Mr.
Otis, with gig and law book, proceeded on
bis journey.
He had scarcely turned the ftpcond cor
Her, when, rw he and every hotl v else expected,
a grave-looking puritan, in the shape
of a tiding man, took his horse by the head,
and coolly informed him he was a prisoner
?6tlggesting, at the same time, that lie had
, better attend him to the next jail. Mr.
#)tis, nothing daunted, and assuming his
legal dignity, replied :
"Sir, I respect the day and the law, but I
shall be obliged to break the Sabbath, the
,day and your head, if you don't quietly
Remove yourself from rnv path."
But the pious offieer wa* not to be bluflf,ed
by this,and again repeated hiRCommaiid.
\fr Otia caw wnc nntliinrr fn Kn
# ( n
gained by intimidation, and that he must tall
back upon his last resource. lie accordingly
began to fee! aroood bill) for the Revised
Statutes.
"Well, niv friend," said he, "it won't do
any hurt to look at the law a little which
puts me so completely in your power; for
you fcnow it is a good old legal maxim that
no man shall bo condemned but by the
judgment of his peers and the law of the
Mr. Otis opened the statutes and turned
at once to the Article against Sabbath
breaking, "You will find it all there," Mid
tbe pfnaer, with a shrewd shrug of his
shoulders at the idea of nabbing and penning
a person whom he now discovered to
be a live attorney. Mr. Otis proceeded to
read :
uIf any person shall be guilty of breaking
the Sabbath, as aforesaid, it shall be
laifrfnl for tbe tiding man to arrest and stop
him," etc. The eye of the great lawyer
slyly spiled *ab? read the statute, though
1.
with rather a doleful air, lie added, "it is
true, sir ; the law i> against me, and I must
submit."
"Well, then," rejoined the tiding man,
"you inusl make up your mind to <|iiarter
i in the lock-tip till to-morrow, so, if you
please, \vc will ride hark together."
"Oh, no," retorted Otis; "that will never
do. 1 don't intend that you shall ride hack,
or with me, either?to-day ! The statute
' reads, mind you?that you shall arrest and
| slv/>. That is all. You can stop me as
; long as yon please. But that is (ho extent
i of your power. Tlie law says nothing at
all about your carrying me oft' to the lock
up?nor ot your riding in my g"g on the
Sabbath,either ! "
II was a tcrribk stormy day. Tlic poor
tiding mail was already completely drenched,
and the pro-pect of standing l>y tlie
pig all <lay and night, in a muddy load,
was l>y no mean? either pleasant or compatible
with the dignity of his office.
Mr. Otis again repeated, "I still wish you
to consider, sir, that I am your prisoner?
for so reads the law?nothing more. You
can go hack if you please, but I intend to
stop where I am"?and accordingly he
drew his robe around him, and made preparations
for a quiet snooze, till Monday
morning.
I The officer looked as blank as .1 piece of
marble, and felt as uncomfortable as a young
gosling in a shower, lie gazed a moment
or two upon the composed expression ??r the
learned advocate, and?sure enough lie did
j go back. Mr. (.Mis stopped?just long
! enough to permit his legal friend to get
comfortably out of sight?and then he quietly
proceeded on his way ; reaching the
line without further molestation.
The fame of this "legal quirk" soor
spread, and in a few weeks nothing wa?
heard or seen of tiding men stopping travellers
under the statute/
Mr. Buchanan at Homo.
A 1^14 C T li- .1-- v-__.
j /I irilUI ilUIII JiilllUiniCI, 1 ill) IU Lliu
York Ilerald, dated Nov. 1, says:
"On approaching W heatlatid tlie visitoi
is struck l>y the air of comfort and trimnes?
that, pervades the place. The mansion is f
arcnireo? unoiit anv pretension u
it is built commands some picturesque views
and is shaded hv fine old trees. It is r
j simple, substantial, republican looking dwel
j ling without any of the composite decora
tions with which our city millionaires art
I in the habit of ornamenting their suburban
villas. Tt has a warm, genial, homestead
aspect, promising a hospitable welcome and
substantial cheer to those who may enter
its walls. Previous to its purchase hv Mr.
I Ihfchanan it belonged to Mr. W'm.M. Merej
dith, late Secretrrv of the Treasury under
: den. Taylor, and was built, we believe, bv
!.. 1,-,.?i..... i e i? ? .. it.
ict uiuiuvi'iiriiiw ui iiuucii r-mincr.
On entering the house 1 was shown into
I tlie library, where I found Mr. Buchanan
! with about ten or a dozen gentlemen, who
' were all unknown to me, but who, I believe
! were for the most part leading politicians ot
i the neighborhood. The conversation appeared
to be animated, and tinned, of course,
, on the subject of the election. Mr. Bitch|
anan listened attentively to the romaiks
! made, but took very little part in them.
; From his calm, impressive manner, one
I would suppose him to be tlio party least
| interested of all the persons present on the
i subject uinler dismission. It was many
years since 1 had seen him, and I was forcibly
struck by the little alteration which time
and the cares of olfice had effected in his
appearance. He looked even younger, fresher
and stouter than when we last met.
Nothing could be more kind or more cordial
than the manner in which he received
me, although the motive of my visit was
more of a personal than a political one.
! if
i uti is exceeuingiy lortuuate in possessing so
much hon ho mine of manner, for I can ns!
sure you it. in severely put to tho trst. lie
j is beset by host of visiter* of all conditions,
some, of I hem queer samples of humanity.
| Only tliinlc of an enthusiastic, female phreI
nologist making a long journey to take, a
cast of his head. Mr. Buchanan received
his lady visiter with the greatest politeness,
invited her to dinner, and told her she was
welcome to examine anvtliinrr ctio r>l?ou-.,l
about tlie premise*, with the exception of
lii? bumps. You can imagine the mortification
of this ardent votary of science nt
being compelled to leave without accomplishing
the object of bis journey.
Mr. Buchanan's family circle consist* for
the present, of Mr. and Miss Lane (his nephew
and niece,) Mrs. George Pitt, of Phil
wlelplna, and Mr. Appleton, his Inte secretary
of legation in London. Col. Ramsey
is also on a visit with liirn. Miss Lane, a
beautiful and highly accomplished young
lady, does the honors of the mansion with
the same grace and tf&bilily which gained
her so much popularity at the head of her
uncle's establishment In London.'1
The well-disposed countryman who came
to town a few days since ,4tto see sightR,"
learned a valuable le&aon vtery soon after his
arrival. He stopped an "artful dodger" on
tho walk, and handed i^jtn a dollar, in payment
of some candy. '^Hold my <fcasket
till I get it changed," said the urchin. The
coiintrymnn consented, and is holding it
no wv probably?the boy hasn't been seen
since* T
The Grave of Frosident Monroe.
The Now York Times rails attention to
j tlie fact that tho remains- of President Monroe
are interred in a burial ground in that
city, without a monument to mark his resti
in<r place. lie lies beneath the simple slab
i upon which is merely the inscription?
i "James Monroe, Robert Silloston. Vault
j No. 1 -IT.'' There is nothing to indicate (hat
I the James Monroe mentioned is the Monroe
| who was in the battle of White Plains, and
! received a ball in his right shouldct at the
J attack on Trenton; who fought l?y the side
| of Lafayette at Brandy wine; who was Min|
ister to England; wjto was Secretary ol
| State in 1811, and for two full terms Presii
dent of the United Slates. Yet such is the
i fact, and that weather-stained slab of mar
j hie, two foot square, is all tlio monument
i that Ex-President Monroe lias. The Time5
states the following additional facts :
As Mr. Monroe was a Virginian, it is the
| supposition of most people that he died ami
j was hurried within the Old Dominion, hut
! this is an error.
Mr. Monroe, in his last days, resided wit 1:
i Pam'l CJouverneur, late postmaster of this
city, who married his only daughter; theii
residence was on the corner of Prince and
Kim streets.
The venerable Dr. Francis tells us thai
he often met Mr. Monroe walking out, wher
: tlio weather was fine anil flint rm tlnvsn nc.
j rations lie was the object of the most aftec.
I tionate attention. He has often mot him
! making purchases for the family, at Contn
Market, where nil the stallmen knew anc
honored him. lie was tall an<l spare, verj
modest in his hearing, dignified and gen
Unmanly. In his address, lie was hesitating
and diffident and polite to the poorest anc
1 humblest as to any. Tie was one of tin
' most industrious of men, a hard student
and his cares left their marks on his face
The wound that lie received at Trentoi
was toll lor many years nttcnvards?indeed
throughout all his life ho occasionally sul
' fered from it.
ITis last illness was a long and tcdiou
" one. Ilis attendant was his son in-law'
> family physician, Pr. Berger. lie. expire<
1 at 10 1-2 o'clock 011 the morning of thc_4tl
> of Julv 18BI. - j iiin/usiiig one?
> j tho largest that at that time had ever beei
>(seen in New York. Tho military, unde
j General Jacob Mortnn, Grand Marsh kl, fillo<
! Broad way from Prince to Broad street
: j through which it passed to tlift cemetry
; The day was fine, and the signs of mourning
j were generally adopted by our citizens
I j The vault in which his dust still lies, is or
i the oast side of the cemetry. just to tin
rijjlit of the main walk as you look in fron
! the entrance. The passer-by will notice.'
small pole, on which a dove house is perch
ed. "Within a yard of that pole is the sa
j cred spot.
I Mr. Monroe shares even his grave witl
'another man. Tie had no wealth when In
died, and in hi* death no tomb of his own
[From the Unllimore Sun, Nox. 11.]
Death of Senator Clayton.
We have been for some time advised o
j (lie Jailing health of Hon. Jolin M. Clayton
: United Slates Senator from Delaware, ami
i regret now to learn of his decease. lit
j died at his residence at Dover, Delaware
, on Sunday evening, after being confined foi
j some weeks. Mr. Clayton had long beer
| distinguished in the councils of the country
serving in several Congresses as the repre
| sen tat ive of his State, and as Senator. Il
i the palmy days of the old Whig party, lit
maintained an honorable and noted posi
tion among its able leaders, and on the a<;
cession of Gen. Taylor to the Presidential
chair he called Mr. Clayton to the. important
post of Secretary of State. While occupying
the position he negotiated the cele|
hratcd Central American treaty with the
| British plenipotentiary. Sir Ilenry Bulwer
; familiary known as the Clayton Uulwet
I treaty, and the interpretation of which has
1 been almost ever since a subject of diplo!
inatic controversy.
Hotiringf nfter Gen. Taylor's death taprii
vnte lift-, lie remained there until the mean!
ing anrl policy of the Clay ton-Bui wer treaty
1 became a subject of discussion in Congress,
! when a vacancy opportunely occurring in
the Senetorial representation of Delaware,
, he was readily returned to that body by his
I State, in order more especially that he
! might there defend and explain its princi|
pics and purposes, in which he was sustain
ed generally by his compters and the country.
Laterly, Mr. Clayton lias disclaimed
any particular allegiance to party, and at
the late session of Congress endeavored tc
compromise the Kansas difficulty by a proi
prosed repeal of the Territorial laws.- With
reference to the late Presidential contest, he
had, in a published letter, declared it to be
bis purpose to take no part in it, and hereafter
to support just such measures and men
as he thought best, without the least refer
cnce to party : but in the wavs of an insnm.
i table Providence be is now removed froni
the scenes of political action and worldlj
i purpose, however high and puro.
The Journat of Commerce thns anuoun,
ced a marriage a few days ago:
i "In Brooklyn, on Tuesday, the 28tbe inst.
, by the Rev. ilr, Nye, Louis W. Towt, tc
Hellen Jennette, daughter of Philip Adams,
Esrj., all <rf Oontumpticnf"
[From t.lie IVnnnylvaniui).]
The Territories.
There are mow open for settlement the
Territories of Minnesota Oregon, Nebraska,
Washington, New ^Mexico, Utah, and Kani
sas. These Territories contain, according
to a compendium of the census of 1850,
published in 1854, the Iblllowing area:
Minnesota. 100,030 square miles.
! Oregon. 185,030 do
Nebraska. 335.882 do
Washington. 123,022 do
1 New Mexico. 207.007 do
. Ut.ih. 209,170 do
I
[] Total. 1,280,130 do or 823,128.040a.
Kansas. 1 15,798 door 73,040,720a.
Tin* first named six Territories contain
\ 1,280,130 square miles, or 823.128.040
I acres ut' IuikI, and the total area of all the
'States flii'l Territories belonging to the
I Union is 2,030,100 square miles, they com*
prise nearly one half of the whole. They
run through some seventeen or eighteen
1 degrees of latitude, and embrace millions of
; acres of tlic finest land, and mineral
r deposits, and the finest climate, aud
I finest rivers in the world. And into no one
of those six Territories has a single slave
' holder gone, or prepared, or proposed to go,
i with his slaves. Nor has any slaveholdei
- in Congress or out of Congress complained
that all this vast region is being peopled by
non-slaveholders, nor obiected that all this
' Territory is ripening into free or non-Mave1
lioliling Slates, to be brought into the Union
: at no distant day. And yet, with all this
- vast region open?exclusively open and invit
ting all the merchants, fanners, mechau1
ies and laborers to come in and enjoy it?
& what do we see and hear ? A large portion
? of the people of the North overlooking all
' this, and preaching and praying and fight1
itig to keep the slaveholders oat of one soli
litary Territory iti no wise superion, if equal,
- to any of the others. (Jan it be that while
all the vast and fertile regions of Minness
sota, Oregon, Nebraska, Washington, Utah,
s and New Mexico, as well as immense bodies
1 of unoccupied land in many Northern
[i Stfljes, a cmisid%ablQmv?ift'l,rtC^,^Ll'jp(iS
~ to <*vorv \nrtli/-.ni - '
.... uii iMii?urn ijiiutiiiiiiaLCU
" with the presence of si slave, that there is
r any just ground to fear that the encroach1
mails of slavery will interfere with the uat
ural wants of the people of Northern States ?
Can it be that this is such an emergent case
r as sh aid fill our country with violence and
blood and separate our glorious Union ?
Anccdote of WasUigton.
t Mr. R. II. Lee, writing from Washington,
Pr.,correcting a staletment in (Jeu. Wise's
oration at Lexington, relates the following
i During Gen. Washington's administration
> ?lie almost daily attended his room, ad.
joining the Senate Chamber, and often arrived
before the Senate organized. On one
occasion, just before bis arrival, Governor
Morris and some other Senators were standf
ing together conversing on various topics,
, and, among them, the natural but majestic
I air of Gen. Washington, when one observed
i mere was no man living could take a liber,
ty with him. The sprightly and bold Morr
ris remarked, "I will bet a dozen of wine I
i can do that with impunity." The bet was
, accepted. Soon after Washington appear
ed, and commenced an easy pleasant convori
satiou with one of the gentlemen, at a little
! distance from each other*. While thus en
gaged, Morris stepped up, in a jocund man
ner tapped Washington 011 the shoulder, in
I a very lamilliar manner, and said "Good
morning, old fellow!" The General turned,
olwi 1.. 1 1?1 i.;? ?
<?nw iiiuiuij iuukuu iiuu in me iace, wiinout
a word, when Morris, with all bis assumed
effrontery,?stepped hastily back, in evident
discomposure, and said, "Gentlemen, you
have won the bet, I will never take such
liberty again I" The writer received this
from one who was a member of the Senate
arul present.
How to Make Pork.
A correspondent of the Dollar Fews-.
prper, from Massachusetts, says:
, My plan is to purchase early and thrifty
i spring pigs, and to get no more than I can
> keep well. These I feed through the"kum.
mer with skim milk, the refuse of the kitchen
i TI.:. i 't
V/1?, mm r% uuio l yv Ulrtll. 1 UIP> K6Up!> l lieill
in a good thrifty condition during the warm
months, ai.d I consider it an important consideration
that they bo kept growing from
the time that they are taken from the sow
till thpy -are fit for the butcher. When I
commence digging potatoes I select the
email ones and boil them, mash them, and
mix in a little meal this keeps them growing
till the corn crop, is harvested and dry
enough to grind. I then feed cob meal,
- w.?i jjiunu lu buu oni, iur n ww weens, anu
finish off by feeding clean corn meal toy
i three or four weeks before killing, alwajjfe
' Bcalding the meal before feeding. Pig*
treated in this manner will weigh 250 1Mb
each,, by the following January, and I
hato Always fofltid the pork of the beet
quality. Tbi^plaiKTO dte beet I know of,
, but J doubt whether much prgfit can be
> realized by iatteni^iff pork for market as
, long aa the price of grain coptinqe as at
pwSent .
* . j- / .-'-'ii
"It Will be all Right in the Morning!"
When 1 lie bounding heat of tlie heart of love,
And tlie springing slop grow slow ;
When the form of a cloud in the blue above
Lie? dark on the pnlli below ;
The song that. he sings is lost in a sigh,
And he turns where a star is dawning,
And thinks, a* it gladdens his heart and his eye,
"It will all be right hi the morning!"
When "the strong man armed," in the middle
watch,
From life's dim deck is gazing,
And strives, through the wreck of the tempest
to catch
A gleam of the tiny-beam's blazing;
Amid tlie wild storm there hard by the helm,
He heeds not the dark ocean yawning,
For this song in hissoul not a sorrow cau 'whelm;
"It will all be right in the morning 1"
When the- liattle is done, the harp unstrung,
Its music trembling?dying;
When his woes are unwept, and his deeds
unsung,
And he longs in the grave to he lying.
Then a voice shall charm, as it charmed before,
He had wept or waited the dnwniug ;
They do love therefore aye?I'll be thine as
of yore,
"It will all be right in the morning!"
John O. Breckinrioge.
iuc following is a sicctcli ot 1:11s rising
American statesmHii from a correspondent
of tho New York Journal of Commerce :
Lexington, Kv., Oct. 30, 1855.
After a pleasant ride amid the beautiful
but fertile lidds of Kentucky, I am once
again safely eusconced within this beautiful
place, that was so long the abiding place of
Henry Clay, and now is the residence of
I that uoble sun of honor and fame, John C.
[ Breckinridge. To know hitn is enough to
prove the scholar, gentleman and statesman
who will fill the office of Yice President
by virtue of the election on Tuesday
! ???? IT,, ..li ? 1.1
?VAll, *jlo 10 an tuab uic |fal WUIU IMI
for as a champion of their priueiple6. lie
i commenced life poor and friendless, his pa'
rents being dead. He began as a teacher
i of common school, and through perseverJ
1 ?,J - V 4*v NrkAWVlOO lljmu Ills
cofleglafii course with the avails of his labor.
At this period of life a wealthy uncle bocame
much interested in him, but, upon his
avowal of Democratic principles, the bond
of friendship was severed. Yet the young
and aspiring genus continued on, and finalI
ly graduated with the highest honors of his
class. As au orator, he combines the clear
and comprehensive s oundness of a Webster
and Clay ; and, in connection, has a
ucautitul and flowery style of expression
and a copious supply of words, of a chaste
and refined character equal to the greatest.
To use this expression of a neighbor of his
"When he opens his tuouth it is gives to
give utterance to the most beautiful, chaste
and classic language, like a rare collection
of buds, which, as they open and expand,
develop new beauties contfuuauj." ru in*
social position, with such a refinement and
cultivated manner, he is esteemed by all
who know him. lie will add a lustre to
his party unequalled in the history of one
so young.
South Carolina College.
At the meeting of the Faculty, held on
the 15th instant, after the final examination
of the Senior Class, the di.stinctions were
assigned as follows :
1. G. Fairlee, Marion ;
2. II. Covington, Marlboro ;
3. li. M. Tai"t, Charleston ;
4. L. B. llalloquist, Barnwell;
5. T. A. Middleton, Georgetown ;
6. G. E. Coit, Cheraw ;
7. J. C. Winsmitb, Spartanburg ;
8. J. B. Lylo, York ;
n 1 1i xr "\ -
u. u> ij. niciiiiiiiu^Kr, v^uHiieaiou j
10. G. N. Lieber, Columbia ;
11. J- E. "Way, llinesvillp, Georgia ;
12. J.C. Boykin, Columbus, Georgia;
13. II. II. Whitner, Anderson ;
14. W. J. Durant, Sumter;
15. J. P. Cain, Cliarleston ;
1G.. R. W. Ilutson, Beaufort;
17. J. P. Harris, New Orleans ;
18. E. II. Kellers, Charleston;
A Singular Care.?Some time Sgo it
was reported that J. C. Fremont was a
Roman Catholic, which be undoubtedly
was and is. We had no notion that the
subject would be pressed to the point of bis
dcnyin the fact, and substituting another (
gentleman to represent his catholieisra till |
after the presidential election. Tb<?ro was
only one otber of. the name in tbe army, \
Capt. S. L. Fremont, of this town, who has (
i * - d mi
iwen appointed scapo-goat on wis occasion. ,
There is no dispute about it, J. C. Fremont ]
the black republican candidate for the Presi- :
dency, is.a lloman Catholic, and .deny* it,
or v Unfriends ^ f?r him. There is
a nH^ptess in this of which our Fremont ^
woujd not be gulity. Such business is .
more looming tho miBerablo littlo creature ;
WHa' nas been foisted into distinction by one
of those erratic movements of the 'pttbliQ
mind, that pnt (j6m'njon sense, feason, propriety,
and all rational^expectations to sbrittitS.
tWathbigtoti CdmnverciaK
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The English Aristocracy.
We copy from llio Washington Uuion
the following extract of a letter from ono
of the officers of the United States steam
frigate Merrimar., written while that vessel
waw lying otV Southampton :
Southampton, Wednesday,Oct. 8,1850.
Wc have been visited a great deal here,
especially by navy men, and have created
something of an excitement in the naval
world, judging by the pieces in the papers.
Much attention has been paid us ashore,
too, especially by two females?one that of
an oid East Indian General, the other that
of Lord Ilardwicke. (ion. Frazier has
passed most of his life in India, and now lives
in ease and comfort on the Southampton
water. At a dinner at his house we had
an opportunity of seeing how the aristocracy
here live.
Lord Ilardwicke and family, and several
other guests, were there to meet us and everything
was in splendid style. One turbaned
Indian with several other servants,
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llie dinner the most recherche. We r,at
down to tlio table at half-past seven. Tliese
are always epaulets ami sword occasions.
Lord Hardwicke's family conists of liis
countess, liis eldest son, Viscount lloystcn.
^auoiu 10 or w, mm Jjoru noysten ny
courtesy,) three of tlie finest looking daughters
voti ovor saw, and several younger sons.
The daughters?Lady Elizabeth, Ladv Mary
and Lady Agnita?are surpassingly beautiful
; such development, sueli rosy cheeks,-,
laughing ej*es and unaffected manners, you
rarely see combined. They take a great
deal of out door exercise, and came aboard
the Merimac in a heavy rain, with Irish
thicker eoled shoes than you or I ever wore,
and dresses almost impervious or wet.
They steer their father's yacht, walk the
Lord knows how many miles, and don't caro
a cent about rain, besides doing a host of
other things that would phock our ladies
to death ; aud yet in iho parlor are the
most elegant looking women in their satinshoes
and diamonds I oversaw. The countess
in her coronet of jewels is nn elegant lady,
and looks like a fit mother for three
anal' Tv,,ow.r> Ilia Ijor<l?tiip has given US
three or four dinners, lie lives here merely
during the yatching season, and leaves on
FridayJur his country seat at Cambridge,
netu tic luu wnucr, as cio an English
gentlemen of means, hunting, ?fcc., and
when Parliament is iu session lie lives in
London in his town lionse. Ilere he has a
host of servants, and they wear the grandest
livery?white coals with big silver buttons,
white cravats, plush knce-brocches and
vest, white silk stockings and low shoes.
Lord IlardwicWs brother is Dean of New
York, a high church dignitary ; has two
pretty daughters, and is himself a jolly gentleman.
After dinner the Indies play and sing for
us, and the other night lliey got up a game
of blind ruan's buff, in ivliirli flmv nniri
bad the advantage, inasmuch as their "petl?pnnjc
rntllofl art tb;)t. tllrtV WPfft. O.isilv*
caught. They call things by their name*
here. In the courso of the game Lord
Hardwicko himself was blindfolded, and
trying to catch some one, fell over bis daughter's
lap on the floor, when two or three of
tbo girls caught him by the logs and dragged
his lordship, roaring with laughter, as
we all were, on his back into the middle of
the floor.?Yet they are perfectly respectful,,
but appear on a perfect equality with each
other, lb fact, the English are a great people.
Two clubs here have offered us theuse
of their rooms.
Odds and Ends.?A couple of young
ladies who had recently buried tlioir father,
who, by the way, was an old humorist, and
had such nu aversion to marriage that he
would not allow then) to enter the bonds
of matrimony, however advantageous the
offer, conversing on his character, the eldest
observed : "lie is dead at last, and now, I
think, wo will marry," "Well, Lam for a
rich husband, and Mr. C.shall be the man,"
said the youngest. "Ilold, sister," said the
other, "don't let us be too lmstv in tho
choice of our husbands?let us marry those'
whom the power above have destined for
us ; for our marriages are registered in
Heaven's book." "I am porry for that," replied
the youngest, "for I am afraid father
will have a chance to tear out the leaf."
The following is the verdict of a negro
inquest: "We, do underscribed darkies,
bem' a kernar's ob disgust, to ait on de body
ob de nigger Sambo, now dead and gone
before us, have been settin' on de said Jiig-nmh
nfnvnaoi/1 rli'l An dn w * "?li I a1. ri n -Atn
^vi KiwivoniMf uivjf v?? uo VII/ UOljpiO"
teenth ob November1, come to his dot by
Pallia' from de bridge ob de riber into do.
said riber, whar.wo find be waa subsecomely
drown'd, and arfcewnrd washed on de
riber side, whar, vre 'spcse, be froze to def."
Cicero wf\s aWlinnor, where there wa?
an ancient lady that spate 6T her'owD
vears. and said "fchft was but fortv veai*'old:w
One that satby Ci'coro rounded him in tu? .; , J
ear, and said: "She talks. of forty "j.jeartfold.;
but sba is far pipre, out of- the. r*%it
tion." . Cicero answered hi.m again ^Sjj
must l^feve her, fori have heard her aB
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