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XV-Li. DUiLi J-iJ-i^VA.N X .
JwcAtvwit.'A Aimt.ovea ok tiie Act.?The Niearntfiian
Minister, in n letter to Mr. Cues. .published
in the Union, returns tltnnks to llio I'nited
States Government- for arresting Walker on
Nicaragua!! -soil. Nicaragua does ixfl t>el that
"her sovereignty has "been violated mi the least,
and Mr. Yrisarri pay* Cohiniodore Pirr.ldiug's
'net whs perfectly justifiable, for, he ailds, '"as
=j? man-of-war of tiny nalion may laVe up piTfttcfl
from a desert island, or one so thinly
peopled that they can a?ert their dominion
over it, although that island might- 'belong to
:anot!ier sovereign nntion. just eo eiin bandits
Tie apprehended. as enemies of the human
race, by the nrmeJ vessels of a friendly nation,
on a point of a foreign coast, which may he
.rduced under circumstances like to those of the
"'island mentioned by way of illustration." This
"iatx-stunning fact to the pj-mpathizers with tlie
iilliliUB'.cra. who felt so iixlitri>ntiL that the sovereignty
of Nicaragua should''be outraged by
' the United States.
BcnsiXG Corn fuk 1-Vki..?The Chicago Tri
tbnne:??ys-: "We used to hear that among the
c wonder of 'the Westj' the practice, in tiuips oi
'Uttle'prices and much hog, of burning bacon
*on tlie riv er steamer.*, as Xhe cheapest fuel tr,i?
not the least. J^atterly We have sii|>po*cdthat
western men had out grown tin; necessity ol
what, would ordinarily lie criminal waste, but
a gentleman who has jujt returned froin a trip
on the Illinois Central l&ailroad tells us that
at Kankakee, onlv a few hours' ride froin this
..u... t._ _ .t. t : J i
cii), iic iwuuu it uiii4? ??*tiiii4ig u?nm fourm corn*
? ? in tlic-ear in his st"ve. Inquiring the reason
of what was to him ehjtnirftil, lie wh* told that
while poor coal was worth SO cents per IOC
4 -pound*. at the depot., \)!iltira?hcd corn was dull
nt 26 cents for %hc same weight."
' t < " Taxi- Mex.? Byrne. a famous Irir>lt giant
, v * i /lioil in T hmlitn ?ts*mo v?oi-a
j ??~ ?<mvrv iiiuumi!*
V < ' .ed eight feet two indies. Cornelius Mugrnili
'AV bo died in the year 1790. measured sevt-r
I tfM eigKt- inches. Edward Jlulone, anothci
, (Irishman, was seven foot eigjit incites, and w?i
Hourly filial in nature mid ?ize to Daniel Car
'* ' dnniii. a Swedish giant. Dr.i Cln-saloon, tin
(famous anatomist., speakR of a skeleton discov
' cred iii a Roman camp, near St Albans, Eng
JantJ, which lie judged to have heen eight foe
four inches. Goliath of Oath, according t<
''i .f " Itishbn Cumberland, was eleven feet, high, nnt
*- " ' i? - ? mi:? .1.
. juuAuuiiJiius, uie emperor, was nine leet lugh
, ftoublsfnimo Condition op the A'fhi
can Slave Trade.?Notwithstanding tin
*?' general break down in .the financial am
-. commercial affairs.of the civilized world
?wo perceive that there is no branch of busi
J foess which -continues in a more flourish
fx ' .'"Hg and prosperous condition. Wo allud
10 the profitable traffic in niggers betweui
tfie'coast o^Africa and the Tsland of Cuba
** v.', i > 'Vf
.. ..V.eseel after vessel arrivps at the "eve
frfftUfSl island," wit!) two, thrfe, four, fiv?
fiix,xor^even hnndred niggf.rs, Vffesh fron
-die sod," and-they .are landed and rut} ol
interibnwithout theslightest diffi
tw. -?1?1 ' -- * *
Ijiuo jftiuKKu uHpimns ana urnuer
slteted in this way, no dotibt, a suffi
antfty of specie, in twelve "months
to,, to enable all the banks of Nev
l,t(0|esuroe specie pajfraen(#,*4f tlx
J?rb would only in"Ves\ their mone;
object. But.we presume that Chei
ide profits ard/ippropriated'fof net
ant) new -ventures for gaore'nlggeri
Southern fire-eaters ipay make th
it. ^The, African, stove-trade isf
o 1 monopoly', excepting a lit^l
r nowand then from Baltimore, ahj
85* (tie Southern <*>?WK ^P?(
Yankee, if th9j were tir ttf. to
Old hand? io tb?-bu5.ne?
??!*>%?? y.1
A Thrilling Moment atLucknOw.
1 The wjtr in India lias been attended with
many scones of thrilling interest, and there
have not been wanting pens to picture tlicm
f with startling elFeet.- The following graphic i
, description of the scene at the moment of i
the nt rival of the relief, so long, so painful- i
ly awaited b)* the beleagured inmates of i I
i Lneknow, written by a lady of the rescued J >,
1 ! party,equals in dramatic intensity the best <
: descriptive passage of Sir Walter Scott: <
"Death stared us in the face.* We were | ]
, | fully persuaded that in twentv-four hours j |
I ail \voul?l l>? over. Tim engineers had said
so, and all knew the worst. We women :
strove to enconiage each <>tlior, and to perform
the light duties which had been as- j
signed to us, such as conveying orders to ;
llie batteries, and supplying the men with
! provisions, especially cups of coff<*e, which \
we prepared day and ni^ht. I had pnnc i I
out to try to make myself useful, in com pa- ! 1
I ny with Je>sie Hr<?wn,the wife of a* c<>rpo- j (
j r.n in my IiumkiihI s regiment. l'oor Je.v
j sic liad been in :i slate of resiles excite- i
; ment all through the siege, and hud fallen t
axvay visibly within the last few days. A |
j constant fever consumed her, and her mind j t
j wandered occasionally, especially on that,
j day, when the recollections of home seem- s
<:d powerfully present to her. r
! "At last, overoom? with fatigue, she lay- j
! ed down on tin? ground, wrapped up in her j f
| plaid. I sat beside her, promising to aw a- ] ,
! ken her, when as she said, "her father j ,
i should return from the ploughing.'1 She at j ,
length f?ll into a profound slumber, mo- .
1 . [
tionless and apparently breathless. her head j
resting iti my lap. 1 myself could no Ion- |
! ^<-r resist the inclination to sleep, in spite
of the continual roar of cannon. Suddenly
I Was aroused by n wild . unearthly scream
close to my ear : my companion stood upright
beside me. her arms raised and her
head bent forward, in the attitude of listening.
A look of intense delight broke over
her countenance, she grasped my hand,
! drew ine towards her, and exclaimed, "Din- ,
tin ye hear it? dinna ye lu-ar it ? Ay, I'm j
nodreamin,' its the. slogan o'tlie Highlanders! ,
We're saved, we're saved!' Then, flinging (
herself on her knees, she thanked God with ,
passionate fervor. ]
"I felt utterly bewildered: my English ]
cars heard only the roar of artillery, and I (
thought my poor Jessie was still raving, hut ,
she darted to the batteries, and I heard h?-r i
cry incessantly to the men,'Courage! hark ?
to the slogan?to the Macgn-gor, the grand- (
est of them all. IlereJs w help nt last.' To ,
dcscrilte the cfletilof tH<?Re v^ortls upon the ,
1 c,.i.t;?rQ i.f. v ...- .
... .v. ^ ?. vwiu V7V> IIIM^USDiUlC. l"Ui it IIIU" I
merit they ceased firing; and every soul list- i
cneil in intense aqxiety. dradualfy, ' how- |
1 over, there arose a murmur of bitter disap- (
poinlmcnt, and tlie wailing of tjie women |
who had flocked'Out, began anew as tlie
Colonel'shook his jieud. Our dull lowland |
ears heard Nothing but the i^ltle of themua'
ketry. *
"A few moment? more of thU deathlike
. suspense, of this agonizing hope, and Jessie.
1 who had again tfhnk on the ground, sprang
to her feet and cried,'in a vdice so clear and
; piercing that it was heard along the whole
I line?'Will ye no beliere it noo i The slo-1
gall lias ceased, indeed, but the Campbells
. are* comin'! D'ye hear? d'ye hear ?' At
.(hat moment we seeinod indeed to hear the
I voice of God in the distam-e, when tlie bagr
pipes of thg llighjjihders brought us tidings
' of deliverance ; for now there was no longi
er any doubt of the fmit. Thai shrill, penetrating,
ceaseless sound, which roao above
/
L all other sounds, could come neither from
J the advance of the*Miem?, nor from the worlc
. of the sappers. No, it vVAslndced the blast
of the Scotish bagpipes, now shrill and harsh;
as threatening vtsngeanfce on the foe; then j
' 'in Hofter tones, seeming to promise sucoor to
their friends in need*
*' Never sufi'ly, was ?liere such a scene as
* that which folio wed. Not a heart in the
residency of Luck now but bowed itself-be-..
e fore God., All, byjmo simultaneous im1
pulse, fell upon theirknees, and nothing
'* was heard but bursting sobs.and lli^ niurf
mured voice of prayer. "Then nil arose,and.
' there rang out from a thousand lips a great
" .f i t !-l. -1 .1 f - '
^ ouuuk <ji yiy, wiiiuii ru?uiiu<icu Mr ana Wltlft,
and lent new vigor 'to that bleswed bagpipe;
To ojir cheer <jJf'God aave the Queen!''they
8 replied in th? well known strain that moves
every Scot to tears?'Should an Id acquaint
1 anco be forgo^,' &?. After 'that, nothingv
else made any ijnprcssion oji itie.I scarcely
^ ru m A m l\ni* ml./il - T t ? ,1 *
vdiviuwir mu?wIUIIV/WCU. iTiin^irc*
^ sonted to the General oo bis entrance into
r 'the fort, and' Jit the oMcers' banquet hSfr
health waa drank by all preaenf, whilj^tbe j
'' pipers niched round tbe^aWe,rilayfng'once
0 more the fimiljafair of "AuWJang* aype.*'
\ ? * - -' - k?^ '
e OtftAXOttrPsfet. OH Ttyl 'PAv^KfSTjK'A.
rl man ~W?8 re<!a ntir nWtinir nlnno rtni? Af tlio
9 'public. tliQroughl'ares of the metfnp^ji*.
r * of orange-peel:
^ which Jfad ^n*(nn^n o^jj&a -^vemept.
Effect of needle-work on Woman's Health
"Tin: attitude in hand-sewing is unhoalthfill.
There is always more or less stooping
of the head and shoulders, tending to retard
circulation, respiration, digest ion, and produce
curvature of the spine. Theerert posi
lion ii the healthy one. The head should
be raised and the shoulders thrown back to
.jive the lungs full play. The frequent longI
raw n breath of the seamstress evinces the
imping aim contine'nent ot tlio lung*.
Health cannot bo expected without free respiration.
The life-giving element is in the
itmosphere, and, without it in duo abundinee,
disease must supervene.
''Again, the stillness required f>r tiandiewing
is destructive to health. The hands
md arms alone move ; the body and lower
imbs are motionless, which tends to paralysis.
Confinement in the stocks wmild he
lardly more, barbirou*. Strength and roMistness
must com ) from exercise. This
confined attitude is in violation <>f c.orree'
Ill-ill lev of ll.i-lll lip l\li t-uij.i I . I........... 1
lie instincts of nature. Those accustomed
o sit writiir* for hours, day after day, can l
orni som ; ilea of the exhausting nature of
his work.
"The'minulc attention required, and tlie
train upon the eyes, are nut the least evils
exulting from hand-sew in;?. Attention canlot
he intermitted, and have the work
>n. The eyes must he fixed, in order to
Measure the stitch. The fineness of the
leedle and thread, the various colored fahic,s,
and the precision that pood work rejnires,
tax the eyesight more than any other
jusiness. We must reflect, too. that this
ubor is dcmmdel tn>?I??r most unfavorable
/ircit'ustatices; dim li.Lj'its, d irk an 1 close
ooms?day and night f?>r years. Nothing
jonld be in >re devised for ruining health.
What wonder lint needle-'.voman nre pale,,
lervous, and rareworn, or that our women
generally look old at. an early a;jje !
"The operation of h ind-sewing injiire.s the
ntelWt also, by affecting the ln-alth and
leranging the nerves; while the work itse If
s of a most belittling character, requiring
lu^iuuiitfii uxi'ir.isi^ iimi mniisiiiiijj no loo<i
or thought. The head grows dizzy an<l
he c\vs swim over the monotonous task.
Exercise invigorates the mind as well as the
jody. As the flesh becomes flabby, and
lie circulation languid fro 111 inaction, so the
mind tends to imbecility without invigorating
exercise. If the mental and moral constitution
of the mother moulds that of the
shild, what results must flow from constant
jccup ition that belittles th * soul and benumbs
the intellect? Children healthy in
body and mind cannot be born of mothers
whose costitut ions have been undermined
u.. ; 1 * ' ? TAI '
\jy employment so unneauuy. I'livsiolo:*!ual
lectures and treatise, are valueless if their
leaehings are thus systematically ignored.
"It is not the seamstress alone that suffers.
The wives and mothers bear quite as
wearying burdens. She who should be the
light and life of tlie household, whose loving
heart and cheerful voice an 1 countenance',
should inspire gladness, is a drudge, a slave
t;i the wardrobe, exhausting her energies noon
an endless task to the neglect of ac.com
plishments, the culture of her children, and
most of the charities and amenities of life.
What but the most ardent attachment can
blind juiv voting woman tocntirf. sn.-li a iIms
liny i These evils may have been heretofore
unavoidable, but the necessity exists no
longer. Thai the sewing machine is calculated
to furnish f.ill and permanent relief to
the evils above specified, we most firmly believe.
The altitude of llie operator is erect
and graceful; the movement of ' the lower
limbs in giving it motion, is invigorating;
its mechanism, and rapid, prcc|sc, and beautiful
operations, excite mental energy, while
the week-long work of the wardrobe is 'if;
uucea 10 :i iew nour.t. it is indispensable
in a well-regulated family : and parents
should regard mtfye outfit of a daughter incomplete
without one."
?
Obeying orders^itkraixy.?;In .one o
lii?* visit* to England. (Xirs. M'attfreus nar-T
rates.) Sir Jnliti Stevenson 4iad taken private
apartment* for himself and servant?an
iipadnltetnted native of the Verdant isle.
B<)ing much engaged on *(yne musical compusiticnn
pfepariug for the ?p^e^^^*, lie took
the precaution, one day, of denying himself,
and thus delivered orders to that effect:?
"Npw. iPatricf, remember.'- I'ln'gofngto be
particularly occupier! For the nuxt two hours,
and I won't He at home, mind \i.tke Bishop
of London ea//#."->,Vurv well^your honor,
PIMnlce care," r^ie<f the obedient servant,
He Hosed- Vthe.door. Sfr uohn 'no*^-?ftt
down to his pinno-for'te, and'wfls.*oon iin-?
'poerstfll in the barest of his^ ^evupation*
when, in aboutjen minuteg, he had reason"
4A ctoflgralulate hiin^eif upon hjiVrng pjrbvid ed.ngrtinHt
intrusion, for a' loud knock Ht
the street door procfaiiped tfieusu^l .routine
_/:,!? - ?- ?-?
ui lutua. ii uHiAiiiciit was ins Kiirprise ?n<l
W|>en he b?w 4?irf tponi <foo^
flung QpyWiMn^'Pat, wJlh-hia u**nl ?mile of
weta>m&,tf<iwrin!t in tHree$ent|emeri.: * A?ter
tlfeaifyiple fellow
Ilia vinitor*, Uifl/ftVipw jo ffrovefo hia itias-.
ur tbrtt hf had .not fnfrin^^'thia;.prfft5culflr
rder ha htfd^eiy^frp^'lii^wuh ^??|h5
Description of Milton's Residence.
T set out in the mornitfg, in company
with a friend, to visit a place where Miltot
spent some part of Ins life, ami where, in al
probability, lie composed several of his car
licst produc.iions. It is a small village, s:tu
atcd on a pleasant hill, about three mile
from Oxford, and called Forest 11 ill, be
cause it formerly lay contiguous to a forest
which lias Since been cut down. The poe
chose this place of retirement after his lirs
marriage, and he describes the beauty of hi
retreat in that line passage of his IS Allegro
uxilklno
By hedgerow elms, or hillock green.
?
Wliilo tlio ploughman . near at liand,
Whistle* o'er th?? furrowed land,
And tlictiiilk<tiiaid >ingiug blithe,
Ami iIn; mower wheta his scythe ;
And cv.-ry shepherd liis tale,
Undert.hu hawthorn ip the dale.
Straight in ineeye hath caught new pleasure?
While tin; landscape round it measures ;
ltussel lawns, and fallows gray.
Wl....... >1 .11.!..... II ...1. - .1 . -
.. i|?? Willi ;
Mountains, on whose barren breast
The laboring clouds do often rest;
Me.lows irun, with daisies pie<l.
Shallow brooksft.nl rivers wide;
Towers ami battlements it sees,
Bosomed high in tufted trees.
? ? * *
Hard by ii colt age -chimnwy ,sinok?;9.
From betwixt two a??edoaks," etc.
... - . *
It \v;is neither the proper season of the veai
nor llits time of day, to hear all tins rura
sounds and see all tin? olij -cts mentioned ii
this dex-.riptioti ; lint, l>y a pleasinj; concur
fence of circumstances, we were sainted, 01
our approach to the village, with the innsi
of the mower and his scythe; we saw th
ploughman intent upon his lahor, and th
milk maid reluming from,Iter country em
plovmutit. As we ascended the hill, ill
... . i* i. .: * i . i : . . .i. . ^ ?
vanciy ui uifuuiiiui unjifuis, iiiw njriifuaui
slillne-s and natural simplicity of the wind
Scene, gave lis the highest pleasure;. We a
leiigth reached the spot whence Milton tin
doul'tedly took most of his images. It i
on the top of a lull, from which there is;
most extensive prospect on ail sides; th
distant mountain-!, that seemed to stippor
the clouds ; the villages and torrents, partly
shaded hy trees ot the richest Verdure, am
partly rai*e<i .move uiu groves mat sin roumj
I'd iIk-iii ; lilt! dark plains ami meadows, i.
a grayish color, where tlio sheep were feed
ing at. large ; in short, the view of 11
streams ami rivers convinced ns that liter
was not a single useless or idle werd in tli
above-mentioned description, but that i
was a most exact and lively ruprexetitutio
of nature. Thus will this line passag?
which has always been* admired for its el*,
gance, receive an additional beauty from it
exactness. After we had w.-diced, with
kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this (Mi
chau'.ed ground, we returned to the villagt
Sir William Jones.
Tub Fate of 1808.?That eminent ac
trologc-r, ZaJkid, it will bo remember
eil, foretold the ileatli of the Queen in tli
year 1837, and "comes out" strongly in hi
predictions for next year. In the month o
February, Lords Derby and Clarendon ar
to fall into discredit, and Lord Cardigan 1
get into another "serious scrape." Tin
world is to get rid of a monster?the Na
pies?in March, when also Sir G. Grey is t
lioun .i l.igl? ??' <>,...1.1.. I ..-.I T>
ik??v < (finvu ui IMMIUIC. ii'JIVi J illllllMI
will experience an attack of the gout in tin
month of July, in consequence of the mob
being with Saturn in Leo at his birth ; an
in tlij! following month the "booksellers i
the Row" are cautioned to bo on thei
guard against fire and oilier mischief. Ale?
ander II is to have the lumbago in Seplerr
ber, and the Queen of Spain the quinsy, i
consequence of Saturn passing over th
union's place at her birth. Prince Alfre
will have acofltrh in the/inonih of Novein
bur, ami the Emperor of the French is t
lot?k out for a "moral eartliquiijvf*,1^ inn;
much as "the new moon falls in'exac
square aspect to Saturn, and precisely o
the mid "heaven of the Qliild of Destiny,
The crafty prophet, however, fearing pmbi
bly that he had.ventureil too, far in come <
his rash predictions, desires hi* readers I
notice that "as there is no absolute fata lit
involved in the dqctrine pf the influences <
the heavens," the casualties ho foreshadow
"may bo avoided by timely precautions."
Potato Meal.
At ft meeting of the. FnrmerV Club <
thin city, on the 12th instant, M. 13. Sunt I
wick; of Canada West, exhibited a prepars
tion of potatoes dried by heat<^! air aflt
being boiled, which siliinly taken away a
moisture from (he pulp, leaving It in grain
of the size of coarse gunpowder, fie *w?J's.
can b<* prepared for a cost oftwelve cents
bushel, and reduced io* bulk four-fiftli:
This product can be kept a* easily as floui
and may be prepared ready for eating in fiv
minutes. The process of cooking was ej
Ilibite?l to the Club over a spirit lnm|
and the product tasted like ordinary masl
ed potatoes. ,To prepare it for eating, it i
mixed with three* tiipcs itn talk of hot wj
tor, and sthred nntii-it is of the consistent
'of jii ashed potato*?*. It irf then set into a
oven for few. minutes,,*iyhen il is ready fo
tin* )?KIa F.tr* nfl .hiiulii?l<i nfjtAtutiU**
..vwv..vVMUMV.n IUOA
one barrel dff. this floUft^wliich i? ntuMl t
keep fwryeafli \jiitliout injury in a dry plan
; This is something worthy , the attonji?
of-our agriculturists; Tliero was a '{pier;
bly good oi'dtrof poiatbe* In mart? T)l?ct
|Mtfcy.^, ^.;^&r>tJe in the ThiL M
?C^Cra^b"Ut^f?^^
th?rw ^ftev beings atorad aw?y^ -Efutulmi
believe^ *
Anecdct< n of Aron Burr.
! UUUIt AND VANDKI.YN.
1 Tlie interest which Col Uuit took in the
' education of vontli has been before alluded
. ' to. lie always had a pralnjc in training*
s ! npon whose eulinri! he hew towed unwearied
- | pains atwi more money than ho could always
' I all'<>rd. The story of Vanderlvn. the most
| ! fiHtiii<riii>ln-(l protege he over was 0110
s i which lie often related in lite later years.
; He was riding along in a curricle and
pair one drty during the Senatorial term,
when one of horses lost a shoe, ami lit; stopped
at the next black-tnith's to have it replaced.
It was a lonely <totiritry place, not
i far from Kingston, in Ulster (onnty, N. Y.
lie stroll,-,I about while the blacksmith was
, at work, ami, returning, saw, upon the side
of a stable near lty, a charcoal drawing of
his curricle and iioises. Tin- picture, which
must have been executed in a very few tnin
nt<>?, was wonderfully accurate am! spirited,
ami he stood admiring it for some time.
Tutiiinjjc round, he no'iced a hoy a little
>vav olT,dressed in coarse homespun.
"Who did that?" inquired Burr pointing
] to the picture.
j i "I (lid it," said the hov.
i) | The astonished tinvellcr entered into con
j conversation with the lad ; found him in11
tolligent, though ignorant ; learned that he
'* ; was horn in the neighborhood : had had no
i instructions in drawing, and was engaged to
i. ! work for ilio blacksmith for six inctitlis.
e i lim r tfrote a few words on a piece uf paper,
u j mill saiil as lie wrote*:
; ''My, bov, you are too smart a fellow to
| slay here all your IiIV. If ever you should
s ' want In change your employment ami see
i? ! the world, just put. n clean shirt in your
e | pocket go to New York, ami go straight to
\ ] that, address," handing the boy the paper.
. ! U.. I-:- :'
I ?m*+ ? ? v?a iM'UliU.it His UlliliCICf ailU UMS
- out of sight in a nfoineht. Several months
>' passed away, and tlie circumstance had
nearly faded from the busy Senator's recol^
lection. As he was sitting at breakfast one
(J morning, at Richmond Hill, a servant put
it into his hand a small paper parcel, saving
II that it was brought by a boy who was wait*'
iug outside. Uurr opened the parcel, and
s found a coarse, country made cletui shirt.
.. Slltmo?in<r it ?m lia n itiicl>.!. <? tw? I
n i - I I r> -- ?
i- llie boy to he shown in. Wlio should enter,
hut lliu Genius of the Rondsiuc, who
placed in Burr's hand the. identical, piece of
i. paper lib had given him. Tlie l.id was
. ; warmly welcomed. JJurr took him into his
e family, educated him, and procured him ins
strnction in the art which nature had indi
f catcd should he the occupation of his life
c time. Afterward, Burr assisted liim to
0 Europe, where lie spent five years it) the
^ study of painting, and became an artist
worthy of the name.
(> While liurr himself was wandering in
(i Europe, Vanderlvn was exhibiting pictures
(. in tln? Louvre, at Paris, and received from
? Napoleon a gold medal, besides compli
(1 ; mum* ant: u-iic, nations Horn the Emperor"*
? Lawn lips. Vanderlyn il'ul all ho could fur
Iiis benefactor in Paris; l>ut unhappily lit
Jiad the successful artist's usual fortune?
poverty embittered by glory. He after?
wards had n commission from Congress, and
e painted the \yell-known "Landingof ColuinJ
bus" for a panel in the rotunda ol the Capi.
tol at Washington. lie also painted the
0 portraits of Col. Burr and Theodusia, from
which the engraving* were taken by which
:t tlioir lineaments are now known to tlie puUn
ii?*. Vatiderlyn died only five years ago, at
? Kingslyn, ue^ir tlife spot where he drew the
^ charcoal sketch which decided his career.
^ fll.ANDEIl 8LAYS MORE THAN THE SWOKD.
One (Jay, in his oHiee, a gentleman talked
in the usual half-irqe manner of the evils
J' of wnt. -liurr renuiked ?
>f "Slander has slain more than the 8\tfbid."
s .To a friend, who renp.ttred him for allowing
so many hundreds of injurious* nam
graphs to circulate ^without contradiction,
he replied, that lie hail formerly supposed
^ that his character was strong enough to hear
* such petty assaults,, and he had felt himsell
safe in treating'tliem with contempt. But."
headded, "I fear that I have committed a
II great error; the men who knew their fal|R
sity. are mostly dead, and sfhe generation
<kho, now read them nyiy take them for
trntliR, being uncontradicted* J admit I
s have committed ft, capital error, but ft is
* too late to repair *it"
J * From-Par tori's Life of Aron Burr.
c* Parson Hro.vtnlow.?Parson Brown}\
low,'inn late letter, thu* acceplR the invitation
recently extended to Viui Jby- Ilorace
Greeley : <?
** Horace Greeley has announced that wlien
y' T reach New expect to do in the
11 Spring, the atfangernenta aire to have my
"" arguments and Materiaerffs * fefuted Ify^- Fred
0 Douglas one of the colored orators! I have
J, arranged t<0 (Heei his ca?e. ^1 shall take'
withjne a. servant acting here- In'the cart
---* " "
I?avitj v>i a wtvuar, anu jnown as A If Anderj?
son. Tie '}*? large. 6ne looking n^gro/be'tween
the yenra of 25 and 80 ?rea^* ?rrd
&' writes wL'll?ltnHftoni^expt-riprnie as a public
P tjw?Jce^ha?/?timtoriao IjMfgfrr-is*
% und forcible epeak'er?rjuher eloquent ihnn
9 otherwise?f n<\ i? a native Ea*t jfenw. He
? will rne?it' colored or?ton?-.*dvoenteswdnl^
Our R&Ugiotu Exchanges.
Few people imagine how much useful
solid reading there is in a single religiou?
liewspapei: no such paper ought to be <l<j
stroyu-.l, unless it he lor the purpose of cut
; ting out ami preserving some of the most
| important piews. We have many times
; u?*|iivu an article, rattier llian mutilate tin*,
| paper. 15ut we do not lay the paper e.arcj
t'uliy away, i?? be eating with the mould of
j years?that is hilling a talent in the earth;
I it is locking money lip in a drawer, benelitj
ing nobody, while il uses is lost to the world
its interest is wasted. We carefully lay our
I religious exchanges awav. ami lu?v?
thy man. Mr. Joseph Harris, to come at
the first of the month, and distribute them.
I among the sailors of ships which are jnst
' leaving ports: and in one instance, among
| many, when a vessel returned from a Jong
j voyagy, the sailors deputized one of their
. I number to wait on Mr. Harris, to express
j their heart-felt obligations for the enjoy ,
ment thev liad derived from ilir? r??uliinr
mailer which lie furnished them, and preJ
sent ml him with a handsome sum of money
as an inducement to him to continue in
his work of benevolence, in distributing
religious papers, tracts and hooks, thus.
And in this connection, the thought has
often occurred tons, what comfort, what encouragement,
what cheer has a newspaper
article, of a half dozen lines, written with
.-J,II II, null j HI! IJ11 Uitrncu 10 lue noai'L
of the lonely sailor.
Far at son,
or the prisoner in his dreary dungeon ! for
souk; of our papers arc sent there; also. We
tell you rvader, that man has lived to purpose,
who lias penned for a paper three
lines of Miring thought. Thus it ought to
be considered a privilege to bu allowed to
write for a religious newspaper, provided
there is the talent to do it well.
Let the elergy, then, and all persons ol
intellect, leisure, and a heart for a good work
make it a weekly task to compose a few
lines for their favorite paper?lilies which
paint some burning thought as it leaps from
the brain, keen as a Damascus blade; and
which wells up from the heart, all luscious
with I tie love of human kind?a thought
whiuli shall kimile up humanities in the living
now scattered over land and sea, and
will continue to do it, may he, until the last
wave of times has been lost in eternity's
ocean.
We had rather he the writer of an eight
or ten lined paragraphs, thought worthy ol
i being quoted in the American Messenger,
j or the I litis! ruled Chris tain Almanac.
with their half million readers, than to be
tile author of any volume every published
by the "Great unknown," or the immoral"Boz"?a
paragraph for enduring good,
. not for the glittering glory of an hour, and
as false as it is fair.
J[all's Journal of Ilcullh.
Kf.n'ator DougLas and DJh'is.?A
chatty female correspondent of the London
Post has lhe following lively description o,f
Merssrs. Douglas and Davis, of the Senate:
1 ' Judge Douglas is a mtin one cannot
avoid noticing on such occasions. When
, not in debate he looks, as it seems to me
fairer and plumper than before his mar
.riage. Perhaps he lives more methodically.
I did not recognize him without my
lorgnette. Hut in excitement of controversy.
shaking his heavy his heavy head
for emphasis, with a large pluine of bushy,
hair waving and nodding over Ins forehead,
rapidly cutting apd twisting with his hand,
working himself to a perspiration and his.eyes
flashing, the old Douglas of the Nebraska bill
j reappears. lie is a very restless man. lie
I ,i - i-:~ ?? -
in un?jn 111L'> u is puns a pnpcr
out of his pocket, rends (liree linos, forces
his last ei<;:?r on Gwin, who is going out to
s'mok??. crosses over to Benjamin ami gets
ai)othi-r fropi him, which ho twists in his
: inoiiih chews, offurs bis right hand to Hale
and his left Pugli, leans familiarly on Jones
shoulder, and strokes that sexagcuerian
Senator's beard,with a gentle witticism
drops in^o the lobby a moment.und then into
his seat, to read three mora lines of aother
nejvspaper. ?
"Jefferson Davis lias a strange fascination
in Ins tone.
IIo is a slender man, somewhat stooping,
and not personally prepgssessincf. Yet everybody
listens to him. If a sweet voice is
a beautiful thing in a woman, I know that
to ns tberd are few cliarms like a mild
firm, gently modulated voice in mnn.,
Such is Mr. Davis's. lie speaks readily,
pointedly, and with that precision of
enunciation which marks a scholar. With
nothing- in his mien, of namby-pamby
or affected, .yon see thai he is a refined msn
tinman. Tliey say lie' is n fire-eater. If soj
I know lie cats it a la mode, with a fork
nnd napkin.*
WrtECKg on tfie Florida Reefs.?1^
>ing the past year, fifry-nine accident* o?-.
cttrred to vessels on the reef* nearK?-y West,
,of-.wftieh nine ^pre totally lost. Tlie vplue,
of tho vessels was $825,600^ and' th'rtt-Vj#
their cargoes $1,837,960. The repaid of
the vessels arriving it) distress, and the expense*
attending those brought in by. the
wreciter*, amounted to me
sales of damaged carjf0t*9 and coitojefrineft
materials and storep amounted tp $50,962,51
The salvage paid bjf tljp AdrtJiralttfCuuii
Hy mnlu^L agreomentanil by arbitrathfljfliifniint/>rl
tn lilAlfRflA.K^. Tfia' flofxmrro
^ ' 70
and expenses were $17 2.084,44.
* * ' *- - ""'. ^
; FlHK AND^XjjtLANOBOL^CiTASTROPHK.?
The school house* at Jhe corner of Navy
and Owicordrstre^t/Broo^lyn, New York,
waa touliy destroyed by -fire *on Tyeaday
This hoiiwj wn? the Wgerf
Wd finosl'of it eharaoter in tbe^ wKole^ity/
,?nd o?n}?joed)?t tM time fivehundred chil-.
on tr?Apl?d'W<d?atbj by
assser s*sss
* The English at HoUe. ? '
t- "But the Englishman is never 60 much
"atiioVm^' asm his linme^ As soon'as he|
has complctvd hisTOaJt's toil, as sood as he
I can turn I lie key of his d'osW.-lris safe, or his J
I manufactory door, then arises1-.1^6 vision
j strait way of his evening pnradiscr?*3ilMyir^
J for homo?for wife and babies?for (ml- ^
Her. lie alights at ltis gate about five o'- ^
clock, and goes up through a lawn green
as emerald, over walks smooth as marble,
[ and tlirough shrubbery. as carefully trained
| and tended as a blooded racer for the "Dof*" >.'
! by day." Tlie house is of yellow Portland
J stone, or else of brick stuccoed to a creamI
color. This makes fine contrast with tlie
i green of the foliage. At tlio door, John*
j 1 lull is let in by the rosiest nnd most wholesome
of servants, very tidy and "handy," v?verv
obliging and obedient, but a little too
ob<ei|uious in manner. In England, the"-'
laboring classes are as subservient as a cer- f: ...
tain class of American "help" is saucy and'impudetit.
'
What a bright glow breaks upon otie
111 fim-nni; ihc miglisli lioine ! The walls ; :
arc papered with a warm tint; the grafe * "
is hiaxiii^ with a r?tl<ly flame, (no black
holes in the floor for tlie hot air ub infer'
nis ;) the carpet is ankle-deep in Wilton
soilness ; the good genius of hospitality /- *
floats in the very atmosphere. By sjx o'eloek
a half dozen frieii'ls have been ''sfct *
down" at the door, and duly announced by
a white eraVnted footman. * The gentlemen
are well dressed ; the portly women are
sensibly dressed, wliicti is more than can be
said of ;i dinner-parly in Paris, or at ' the
five hundred dollar "feeds" of Mrs. Poti- *
phar.* When, as the guest of the evening "
you liave handed the lady of the house to
tlie dining-room, you will find that everything
that is stiff ami frigid in John Bull
or his woman kind is rapidly thawing out.
"The dinner is bountiful and genuine.
No tit-bits on three Firore dishes, as on tlio
Continent. No ha!f-cooked "experiments"
of new rooks and young housekeepers. It
is a solid roast beef and plum pudding affair.
When Mr. Bull wishes to honor n
draft on his hospitality, lie dresses his salmon,
And rpasts his l>?*f. and toasts his
grouse, and bringsontliischoicest old Burgundy,
which his grandfather bottled ud
full five wad twenty years ago. All ihese
good things are "punished" through two
mortal hours ; ami, in despite of Solomon
and Noal ')ow, the company "tarry long at
the wine." ' -Not so bad, though, are the
drinking usuag<?8 fis in days of yorei- , The
wine-l?ottle is not passed so brisklj*, or f
, pressed upon so pertinaciously, ns before the
temperance reform "shyed a stoije" at the ?:
decanters. May I live to see the day yjHien ^
the last one is shattered I .
"A French lady can give a splendid entertaininent
on two;lemons. But it. ttjkes
time, nnd toil, and terrible "sword exer
cise" upon ribs and hind;qnariers, 'rounds 1
and sirloins, before'you. are through with
an English dinner. At half^past $ev?n the t
ladies wtihdraw to the , parlor, anil then
' comes a short "grace" aud a long.'talk over ,1
news, trade or politics. The Indian mnt
iny is discussed for the twentieth time?the
suspension of the 13a nk charter-e-tlrts nety.
Refllrm project?the winner of tne-lcnp. at *
theSt. Leger race?tliji last serial by BoZ:? '
(he proposal to prow cotton in India?the
furore over Spurgeori?the launrlbof" the
unlaunched leviathan. , As'an Aiflericatf ~4
guests, von will he asked a seoro of? questions
about the men^nnd: moveip^nts oiv
this side of the water. Avast deal of
rioaity is felt in reganl to the very thijjg&* J
thai you will be least likely-to oxpect K'
cross^qiH'stioninfif. The vicar of the ^parish - .
(who is a constant guest gt'the tables ofh; ? Z
flock) will inquir# about the workings ?> Vj]
ilia ''voluntarv svstein" in Aine'rii'nfi <>liin.
ehesv, and whether our "publicT^cliooI &f$~ * . j
ti'Ui (!omes up to our Q.xpeotation ?" ^Mrl * l
nigh-Tory says that lie don't believe any ^
such system will ever answer ai all iij'old
Knglatxk Captain Fulf-Bottlo wilkinqnire- ys
of you. whether "there really ts such a thing: . ,'t
as the'Main Law in America.K' Young;
Mr. Filzfuriny wishes you to tell him. what/ ^, *
a 1 Mississippi sawyer' is, and whether th?r.v..*
border ruffians are sliir troublesome >in ?<{!)& Vl
neighborhood of New York ? On jUI sid^s
yr>u will be beset with inquiries about; the
Mormons, for (his mostOutlandish people ?
are a perpetual r'yldto and mys^ry -to
Anglican cousins. They cannot- compre- 1
bend them, or why wo shoiUd l^tJti^. .$Tr"" J
is?t among us.
"Wlmn ?tm /llnnnr nn.l tTtitf*
disposed of, the reminder of the* even
. passed with the ladies in tjie vdra^if
room. In external?, the English, vyonijilp^* J|b
, superior to- her American cousins.
,?prightliness, culture, or forcG of'charjffiJgB^jg
* In these traits the New Wgrld boaats a; su- ,
' periority. ; American girlhood i v'"V^
, more jovely ^han English. But
ty-ffve';* American beauty begins-to- fafl^MF.
,lik?? rosedeaves in a'sfio^r ; juRHbenvEn-' u
glish beaut? is*an'nYoacffipg ite flruftiffiThe- ^!ll
* British live slower,'and " li^f jbngter, afl<J
last longer, than we ever have>#r ever - Apanu _.
. .in t!i is sere r#,c| intake, jtnd under
, pressure ofconstant excitement! In-ddorfc. ""I?J
b > f?*\ to our him I
Eilglish cheeks, nfldgiyes vigor tfc? BfiiWt'TM
( limits. A.nCunHrd captain oneesaid to;b?e^-.
|'Ifjon wi
"nCotj l a fcriiii k ?l it. Zm
the beatVbi>l(^butntiia V&nJfcee braiti is tba rJ5g|
^rk>r.^^e ^wer^ <.
was'pJjrymg'WitH jjome of tfer
wlveitjjne o f t h e i r> covered herself ?i ib * a, H
btacfc ?to/?k nnd mask. and snddegj^