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It is well known to all in any degree familiar with tho history of Mexico, that a regular system of highway robbery exists in every section of that miserably governed country; ami that through a want of interference of the autlioiittes, tiiis has grown tip into such a regular ami formidable .shape, that every traveller must be prepared to put his life at hazard at every stage, or he pro vided with a suitable eontiibutioii for fos <cabulU'ros del rautiuo (the knights of the road,) who, in the event of finding you prepared and willing, will make their levy with r politeness only equaled by tho smiling \andiord, when he receives your overcharged fare for your last night's entertainment. AVIiv such systematic boldness of robbery is allowed?if not with the connivance, at least with rarely any in'crtVrence, of the government or state authorities ? is one of those mystical matters which among many others, so puzzles and perplexes the intelligent foreigners, but llial such is the disagreeable truth every traveler through that wretched country can bear am pic testimony. Some years ago, h iving business which first called me to the Capital of Mexico, and thence through the interior of the country to the northward, I in<-? with several tinil ling adventures, which I have recorded for the benefit of whomsoever may take an interest therein, omitting only the dates, they being non essential to the interest of the narrations themselves. The first of the series occurred on the route between Vera C'mu and the city of Mexico. In the regular diligencia running between the places jti<t mentioned, 1 had passed through the beautiful ci'y of Jalapa, and entered the gloomy town of i'erote, i without meeting with any unusual incident, though being continually warned to be on i mv frrn'irfl ntniiul tlir* il'iitir.trc of ilia rn-i.l ?r>* o n v.?#? ?. At l'erote, where we halted for a relay ami refreshments, all my fellow-passengers took leavo of me, very solemnly assuring me that, if assailed by the Imlranet?, or robbers, . it would be much belter for mo to take matters quietly, and sutler myself to be , genteelly plundered, than to mn tlic ri>k of. having my threat cut for resistance, as I hail somewhat boldly proclaimed it was my intention of doing. I thanked them for their advice, and replied that I would take the matter into serious consideration. At l'urotc, I repeat, all who had been my companions from Vera Cruz took leave of me, this being the end of their journey in that direction, but there was one new passenger here to go forward, whom, to my agreeable surprise, I found to be a beautiful young lady, some twenty years of age. Seiiorita l'aula, as I subsequently aseer taiued her name to lie, was indeed one of those rare beauties seldom met with except in works of fietion?tall, graceful, with a profusion of long, black hair?soft, clear, melting dark eyes?features as perfect as ever came froin the hands of the sculptor, and with an animation the most fascinating, varying in expression with every changing i mood of the intellectual possessor. A glance at her bewitching dark eyes allowed me 1 that she was one who was naturally of' social disposition ; and as we rattled away from the gloomy town, I took the liberty of. opening a conversation,. "They tell mo," said I, "that the route be- , tween here and Mexico is a very dangerous one to travel." "There is littlo to fear," she replied, with ! a sweet smile and in a melodious tone, ox c?'pt from the professional robbers, a ml they ' seldom harm any one wlio makes no resistance." "It seems strange to me," I ivjoined, "tliat you Mexicans should take such things as a matter of course, and deem resistance a very : impolite way of treating the knights of the road, instead of boldly asserting your rights^ i and abating tho evil by a manly spirit of resistance. Tor myself, I must consider it ! the most cowardly of proceedings, for any respectablo party to 6tt out prepared to quietly gratify the cupidity of the lailrones and unprepared to treat them to their just deserts." ' Every r traveller, Senor," 6he replied, "should before setting out, count tho cost of Iris journey, and as of courso it is natural li&-8hould value his life highly, it seems to ine natural that he shou!d pay a certain sum for positive safety rather than put that life in jeopardy. For instance, in travelling from Ver/t Cruz to Mexico, if he will first rcckon, that 60 much is tho fare by the diligencia, nftd that so much will bo required for entertainment on the way; and so much for tUe contingency you speakof, -Itb will then have the exact co*t between two points; and if he wilt, look at the whole nsllio sum total of hw jouruey, he will not seem to be robbed by any ouo party moro than ah? other." "Tjiat/* I repKed "may be,i^ tJefifctopfo, the Mexican mode of doj^ 'l>faiQe*,*but ddes not tally with the preconceitrftf ideas u? foreigner." ^ateve?y one," replied the fair speaker, "should codform to the customs of Hie country be visits.** "And Jo you then go prepared for this highway rubbery? and have you n?> fear in thus journeying bv yourself?"' "Well, Seiior, what run 1 do? I am as you perceive an unprotected ladv ; who for certain reason*, am required to make the jouruey between 1'wrote and the Capita! some twice or thrice a year, and you certainly could not expect me to go j ire pa ml to resist an armed band ! As to fear, I will not deny I have my share, of that; but, so far, I have never met with any rough treatment, and of course I trust to the saints that mv fortune will ever he as propitious." "And have you really been robbed on vonr journey back and toi-lli?" I inquired. "I think I have paid my share t?? the* /ftdrones for my transit through their country !*' she laughed. "Anil you expect tj continue a repetition of the same for the rest of your li!"* "Who knows?*' she replied. "At least 1 hope to bo always prepared." "And your fellow-travellerssaid I;, "have you never seen any disposed to resist these unlawful acts'" "Unco, Setior, an American and an Km*lishmau, who were in the satin* dili<renc.ia | 1 o with mi*. Hied upon the robbers, killing oik* and wounding two."' "And did the robbers fire hack ?" "Ves, hut lh.il immediately, and fortunately injured none of our party." "As I should have expected,*' returned I. "Von were not robbed on that occasion, I suppose "We were not, Setior ; but the two foreigners subsequently paid dearly for their resistance ; for in journeying bark and forth, > liutli were killed, separate ami at different times, near tlie same spot. Von see these crosses l>y the side of the road, Senor?'1 | I have observed them frequently, but here they seem to be much more numerous,I replied, looking forth from the Vehicle. "Each stands on the spot where some one has met a violent death,11 she rejoined ; "and as \vc go along, I will call your attention to those which mark the places where the foreigners met theirs." "Do you know," said I. "that I am resolved to emulate their example, let the coti>e?pu?nces be what they may J'1 I "llolv saints defend us!" she exclaimed; "you are not in earnest, Senor 2" "Seriously so, I assure you." "Voii would only bring certain death . upon us both." " ""av rather, I should lighten the expenses of tlie journey?for your knights of the road understand retreat as well as advance ?and you yourself have acknowledged that firm roistince put them to lliglit for once."/ U15ut there were numbers opposed to them, Senor, and you are only one." "l?ut fortunately I have a couple of revolvers, which, ii: two good hands, amount to mine ten or a dozen shots, and my fiieiids have repeatedly told me I am not a bad marksman." "All! Santa Maria! you will think better of this, Seiior?the very idea of resistance tenili?*s me!" "But not llic idea of robbery ?" "Because I have never met with violence." We continued to converse in a similar strain for some time longer?my fair companion gradually changing the subject, and seeming much interested in myself. 1 learned that her family nati.o was Valcrde, that she was unmarried, that her father and brother were officers in the army, and so forth, and so on; and in return I gave her my own name, stated something of my history, business and prospects and altogether became more communicative than I would advise any friend to bo with any stranger of either sex in a strange country. i\s we continued our journey, Hie conversation gradually changing from one tiling to another, Sonorita Paula suddenly brought it back to the point where it first opened. "We arc coining upon a dangerous part of the road,'' she said ; "are yen still resolved to defend yourself if assailed Y' "With your permission, Senorlta ?" "I don't think it advisable," she replied, j ''but still if such is your intention, I think it ' 110 more than ri<jht that you should give rnc a chance to take a prtrt in my defence, since j my risk of danger will be as great as yours!'' "And have you really the nerve, after nil, ; to defend yourself ?'' I inquired. "If I.h:?d the means, Senor." "I have two pistol.*,* said I; "If you will j accept of one of them, it is at your service!' "You are very kind, Senor?but can I fire it i" "With ease, Senorita and producing one of my revolver?, I explained to her tike manner in which it was to be uwd. "Aud thin, you say, will shoot some* hall n dozen times 1" "I think it Bafo to calculate that Ave charges out six will explode, Senorita." "A'Very formidaMeJVenpon, ind^d 1" aim replied; "and with supb I can almost' fancy we ar*#af??. Tou hate another,.. you #iy likotbwJ" I produced it. "What ft beautiful invention !" ' ecrved, reaching over and taking it from .? . ii Til ' my bnml. Tlieii extending licr bands, one ! of llie ri-v.ilvcrs in each, she continued : ' Armed like this, one mi?hl almost omul himself safe against a host! Yon say this is fired in this manner?'1 sin- proceeded, cocking one of the weapons as slic and pointing il toward the road. '.lave a c.ire, Senori'a; or you uiildi.s charge it!'' The woi'Is wore scarcely altered, when Iier tinker pressed the trigger, and one of tin; barrels was exploded with a shaip report. A minute after ami while 1 was g-ati,. ,.i.; i:.,.. I i,. 1 .. i tramp of horses, ami several sharp, raj?i<i exclamations. Tim next moment our conveyance was stopped suddenly, ami we saw : ourselves surrounded l>y some eight or ti n mounteil inen, on** of whom, in a haul voice, exclaimed : "Yield, you prisoners or die !"' "Qui; k, Seiioiita !*' said I, oxl?*in1:nj* my hand ; "quid* ! iii 1leaven's name ! inve me one of those weapons ! for now is our time for decisive action ' Nay,*' she replied, p'.i'.tinif the weapons >< 1 K.-lii ml her, "v?;ii will he too hasty! I .el them suppose we vie!.!?let them op:;n the door!'' "< 'h, no! it will then lie too !:?t1 As I spoke, the dooi was suddenly thrown open, ami three or foltr swarthy, heavilybearded men presented themselves to my vii> \v '<iuiek, Setiorilu, for tlic love of <?od !" I cried, ?;r;?~|?iiii^ at her arm. ' 1 luld !*' s!io exclaimed, instantly presenting one <?t' my own revolvers to my head. ''-Resistance is useless?you are our prisoner !"' ' flood (!?.><]!"' exclaimed f, perfectly astound trd ; u O'tr prisoner did you say ? It is not possible that one so lair and lovely as yourself, is in any maimer connected witii these banditti!'' '"It is even so, Senor," she replied with one of her most bewitching smile-5, still keeping one of mv own weapons fumed norriivi&t niVsrll' .Mini vi-m?11. - -1 n I 1\? n..inl itt r the other to tlx: dcor. "You will oblige us by forth and giving yourself into the care of these good gentlemen, who will see that you are treated as a brave man should be, but who will trouble you meantime for any little change ami valuables you might have to spare !"' There seemed l<> be no help for it?the beautiful Seiiorita 1'anla Yalerido was a spy ami accomplice of the hulroius. .She had entered the diligcncia at IVrote for no other purpose than to asscertahi the exact condi- ' Lion of things inside, and be able to signalize her assocates as she passed along, so 1 that they might know exactly in what manner to conduct themselves and make their work sure without ri?k. My a simple stratagem she had obtained my arms, ju.-tat i the point where site knew the attack would be made ; and her discharge of the pistol, as if by accident, was the sign to show them t li'il all was secure. "I acknowledge mysolf conquered by being outwitted !"' said I, bowing to la Seiiorita. Then turning to the robbers, who had I now collected in a body, in front of the door ! of the diligencia, I e?.>i*tiitin.'il : ! "Gentlemen, will you permit me to alight and make you some valuable presents? In tliu language of your country, all 1 have is yours." The leader of the parly bowed politely in return, and said, willi a grim smile : "Sir, Seiior, we shall l>u most happy to rc ceivc anything which so distinguished a traveller may have tobiS'.ow." With this I quietly stepped from the ; vehicle; and one quick giaine put me in , possession of the whole still" of affairs. The diligencia had been stopped iu a wild, gloomy place, and the driver was sitting | i-arelessly on his box, taking everything as \ t a matter of course. lie might also be an accomplice of the rubbers, or he mi^lit not, j but. in either case, there was litlle hope of j assistance from him?any attempt of the . kind would certainly briiiir upon him a , severe }>unisli tnc-nt, sooner or later. [glane, c<l up and down the road, where it wound ! between dark, overshadowing tree?, but dis- I covered nothing to give me any hope. The ! robber*, some eight or ten in number, and j I all well armed, were collected around me, ) I part of them mounted am! the others stand! ingot) their feet, holding their mustangs by llie bridle. Looking upon my case as a des' perato one, so far as being plundered was concerned, I still retained lny presence of j mind, and did not wholly despair. True, I ; had been outwitted, and disnitned, and now ' stood singly between numbers; but tlio j I idea of yielding tamely to this outrage was ; | repugnant to my very nature, and I resolved j ' to put the Icagt favorable opportunity for . I defence and retaliation to the strongest test, j L "Will you acccpt this purse ?" said I, j 1 producing one that held several gold coins, j | and handing it to the chief of the ludroncs. \ **rTlionl/' t'nii Sinfinr ! Pnii ?rn i?a?? !" ! ..J.J . ho said, as Ihj took it in his hand, with a polite bow, and chinked lliu money. ' This diamond pin may prove acceptable to.your friend ?" I added, as I 'quietly removed it from llio bosom of my shirt, and ' handed it to tho gentleman on his led, who J received it 1ii the safrie polite inauricr. ''This r diamond ring IL trust.. you will retain as a ? keepsake.:" I continued; driving the jewel from my-finger, and nrewtnting it to a third.-" f be'g your ^>?Won, Senoref" iVuraufcd, glan<juig at" tho-.SenoriU, wyo? with iny*pistols Mill in |^r p<>ssbssiot>, was qui^tly%antH%w1ti?m-tlj?j'diVgcrt<rTa,Ir?gltKi}ng the* wbohs ' proceedkijjr' Willi ?ne of h?r sweetest saglttfi. ',4$ust not ftfrget Uii * Itaufiful laity! I Wave hore," I went-'on, irt , tli? wine producing 'article, "a v?ry jjdra r III <lWT**"*~ HWfi?ll>n*i'rtf?t *H?rfmrlr beautiful u'-'M simtl" I?<>x ? sol, as you |?*reciw, with diamonds?will your lad\sliip honor iu<! bv arivpling tliisas a sliglit t?>lcon of my ivgaid lor the pleasure afforded me l>y y.>itr company ami conversation ?*' "Voii arc a very gallant gentleman, S.-iiorslic laughed, taking tlie two i? v?.1 vers in one fair haiid, and present in*; (lie o her. I reached tin; box toward her- but my hand li< inlil' d a little?and jnsl as the present was about to touch her tingors, i> slipped r.nd It'll between ii<. "A thousand liaitloiw. Seiim-ifa I*.i* ?i? !. . I - " ' ' warduess !*' I said, as I bent down to pick it 111>. Now was tin* all important moment - (lie moment of lit"'.- ami < 1 o:1111Ail were in a measure <?1V their guard ; and ono ?|niek, fin live glance show oil mo that tin* gill sliil lifM my weapons carelessly in one liand, with lli<! other remaining extended lor the prize. I lifted the box carefully; hut as I raised myself, 1 gave a wil.l, s l a it! i i >tx yell : and as the S-norila started hack. I. with tin: <piickncs.3 of lightning, m i/.ed both weapons and wrenched them from her. To wheel and comim-nro firing upon the party, was now only the work of a moment. Tin' first shot, fori nnate!v, sireldied out the chili: the second took eliect on iheos:', nearest to him; and l?v the lime tin.1 thiol had been sent lo its mission, there arose one simultaneous yell of dismay, and the astounded robbers began to scalier in every diree- 1 t >n. 1 had tin di-poslioti lo f- llow them, however, anolher minute they might rallv riiid turn upon mo ; and springing forward. I grasped the reins of a freed mustang, and vaulted into the saddle. < >ne more glance around mc showed mc the Seimrita l'atila upon the body of I he ehief. Iter laughter changed to grief, and some of the scattered ro wards Insuring their wciimns lo bear upon inc. ' Adios SenoM'ri, and Senores !*' said I 1 sj11?-i'v ; '"he laughs he<-t who laughs l.i-t !" The next moment I was dashing away .]i-.w 11 the ton.I, tIn! half vailled robbers p.>nriug a ft or me a volley, but ! Innately ti? ?t touching th< ir iii.uk*. They would doubtli-s havts t'..!!..w.-.l tiu; in h??t pursuit, bu! for the wholesome dread I hey had of lliv still undischarged wcajisiii. As it \va? I escaped, and entered the town nf I'uehla in triumph; where it is almost needless to add, a narrative of inv exploit made nte a hero and a lion for the time. Here I sold my eap'ured J mustang and trappings lor enough to in- ( deinnifv mo for what I had disposed of in t the way of presents, and the next day saw -j mo an inside passenger of the same diligen- 1 eisi, in ran If lor Mexico, where I arrived in ' safety, without any further event worthy of; ' note. i }| What became of the rubbers and their \ beautiful accomplice I never learned; but c the lesson taught me on that journey 1 have ' never forrgotten ; and during; the remainder ! . < oi my stav in that country, no pretty wo- j men >vor had the honor of being mv biisi- | ness conliduute, or of getting possession of i my tm.ily ami unfailing revolvers. 1 A Sharp Housekeepor. I never see the reason why your snvirt t housekeepers must of necessity he Xan- , tippes. I once ha>l the misl'oitune to be dome.-ticatcd (hiring the summer months with one of this genius. I should like lo have seen the ailventur- , ous spider that would have dan-d to plv his } cunning trade in Mrs. Patriot's premises. ' ' Xobodv was allowed to sleep n wink after ' daylight beneath the roof. Kven the old i ^ rooster crowed nn hour earlier than any of his neighbors. 4<!o ahead" was written oti * everv broomstick in the establishment. She gave her hu>baud his breakfast, but- , toned liini up in bis overcoat, and put liiui I out of the door with hi. face in 'he direction ! of the store, in less time than I have taken ' to te ll it. Then sho snatched up six little , 1'aniots, scrubbed their faces up and oowii, ! t w thont leir n'.l to fee!iu?;* or pug-noses, till t they shorn: l.ke a row of milk can*. 'Clear the track !' was her motto on wash- ; 1 ingdays. She never drew a long breath, t till the wash tubs were turned bottom up | f wards again, and every article of wearing ; I apparel, spiinkled, folded, ironed, and re- j ' placed on the backs of their respective own- , ers. It always gave me a stitch in the side ( to look at her. ' As to her 'cleaning days' I never had ( 1 courage to witness one. I had to lie under i * an apple tree in an orchard till she was : ? through. A whole platoon of soldiers | < wouldn't have frightened ino so much as : ' that virago and her mop. Vou should have seen her in her glory ] on 'baking days,' her sleeves rolled up to , her arm pit? and a long check apron swath- j < around her bolster-like figure ; the great j ' oven blazing, glowing and sparkling in a j mat.tier very suggestive to a lazy sinner like . ; myself. The interminable row of greased | c pio plates, hikI pans of rough and ready i ' ginger bread, and pots-of pork and beans, ! ' in an edifying stato of progression; and the I ' iininenso embryo loaves of brown and wlieaten bread. To my innocent inquiry, , whether 6ho thought the latter would rise, i she set tier skinny arms akimbo, marched J : up within kissing distance of my face, cock- i ed her head on one side, and nsl?ed if 'f thought slio- looked like a woman to be ' trifloil with by a loaf of bread?' Tho wny ! ( I settled down in my dippers without a j reply, probably convinced her that I was no 1 longer skeptical on tlml point.' Saturday-evening she employed in wind-1 ing up everything "that whs unwound in tho j house, the old entry clock included. From ' that time till Monday morning^sho devoted 1 herself to h?r husband and* aabbaticai cxcrI ciseB. All I li'ave to say is that it is to be I liope<J she carried someot' tho fervor of'ber j secular employmeivt into those haieyon dajfs. \ "Mr. Smith") you said yc>u ortee officiated . in the pulpit-?did ycm mean by that thai you preached f" "No.nir, I held th$ light for the ml?n who did pr?arh." "A'h, the coui$< understood .you differently. Th$y ttupprfsed that the discourse came fiom yy\fc' "No sir, I* only'throned a |;ttle light upon it." ! t.-?hi?paa There's Work Enough to Do. Th? bliivkl>ir<l early leaves its ro<t 'l'<> tn?<*t ill.- -niiliiitr morn, An*l ??altiering fragrant* f?r it-? iivst l'rojn uplainl u'li'tj a:i>l liiwn ; 'l!i" liii-v Ik'ij that, win"* it* wiiy 'Mi?l sweet? of vui ii-il Inn-, Aii-1 every (lower wuul-l seom to say? 'l'liere's work viMMIgli l.o do." Tlio cowslip ."??? ? tin; ",>! . ;?. 1 itit; vine, 'Pic ilai-y in tlio grass Tlio snow iSrnji ami tin- volant ino, 1'ivaeli sermon* jwtliey j>im. Tin* ant, wi'liin it * cavern WonM liiil ih lalior loo. AII i writes ii|><*:i ins 1.1 iiv neap ? Th.-r..\s vvi>i !; enough to do." Tin- plimcl*, at their Maker'.* will, M-iv? onward in llf-ir ear*, lVr Nature's will is never si ill? lYo^rer'.-ive ih I Ik- ,-lais ! leaves that flutter in the air, And bUlnmel- btVeZcs Wmt, <.?;i?? solemn truth to man declare ? "There's w?>rk enough to do." "Who, then, can sleep, wlici) all around" l< net ive, I'l e.-h and fixe ' Small :nati?creation's lord- he fo;md lui-y than t!u: bee ' Our ctiut t-and ii I' -w nro the tield, 11'man would Search them through, The best of sweets uf labor yield. And "work neiiyh t<> do." To have a io.sr f.-r thoje '.vho weep, She sotiiOi drunkard win ; To risetie a'! I he children, dc'-Ji 1 ii ignoi a*i'jc or sin. T?> ltel|> I lie poor, I lie lilltlgrv feed. To irivt* hiiii c**at itiiJ shoe ; To see that nil :iu \vrit<- and read "Is wiiil: enough to do.*' The time is Miort?the world ii wi<le. All'! lillleh has lo .loin* ; 'J'lii.-? wond'roiis earth and all its ptide, Will vaiii-'n with the ?un ! The moment.'* lly on liu'litnintj's wing?, Ami life's imoertain loo. We've none to waste nn foolish l!iing?-"There's woil: emuiL'h to do." Tlio Newspaper The Washington l.'uion, of the tlOth lilt., uldishcs in lull the admirable oration of the loll. I 'aleli t'llsllillg, ot Massachusetts, before he 1 nited States Agrieultiinl Society, deliver 1 at Richmond Vn.. on Thursday, October Sih. Wu .select from it the following short xtraet ii: reference l?> the newspaper as an il tHtrati'in of the intellcctual activity of the ig.; in wliU'h we live: ' M?st wonderful, T ?av, is the intellectual ln.l social activity and etliciency of our time-. i\'e perceive it in th<! teeming earth, in the . Towded c'ty, on the burdened sea ; v e , o ceiv d it in tin: increased productions of society, in<l its fixed monumants; wo perceive it in our olb-geS and schools, in the debates of the ! *slntive assembly, the court, the hustings, the uljtit, uii'l the lecture room; we perceive it n that uuiuiiiirimihlc fecundity of human houghtof which printing is the prompter, the niiiister. ami the propagator. Take, us exhibitor, ami at the same lime as Uustratioii of this fact?take that fiimi'iar bin jr. a newspaper, a rare luxury of the rich nee, now the neeercary of universal daily life ?of th<! mental life of men?as much as food iiul drink are of the physical life, llow various ire the contents of that diurnal sheet?how exensive is the knowledge it imparts?how va?t s the lield of its action and its usefulness!? iVIiatever wants there may bo in the human jleast, it shows how they may be satisfied. If t be, as (Jowper say.-1, "the herald of a noisy vorld," with 'News from nil nations lumbering a t its back' o it is the silent monitor of the erring, the so i ace of tlie sorrowful, the companion of the sol- i tary, and the messenger to all of thought and 'elleetion. When Shakspenre, with not un.... I..I.I.. ^li.nnlinni.ri.lc n'.ui. fill ..C. i............ ... .v ... J?r?"\vli??#e end, both at the tir.^t ami now, iriw ind is. to hold, as it wcii>t I lie mirror ii|> to na- , iiiv,.l<> show virtue her own feature, scorn his >wn linage, nnd the very age ami body of the itno its form ami pressure*?how felicitously, hough unknowingly, did he not. represent the iHer", of the newspaper press at the present iitic! Faults it has in ample iinnibc:* and de?re?\ undftubtedly : for whatever iu.*n do, in licit- hiirlitest as in tlieii lowest woiks, testiios to the imperfections of our nature ; and the tress, with its very short-comings, is indeed the . cry mirror of the passing day, and of course, witli its wisdom and folly, its virtues and its /ices, and nil there is of hleuded good and evil, >f Orinuzd anil of Ahriuian, in the ways of the ivorld. And how the steam engine, and the -ail ron.l car, and the ocean ship, and the telegraph, conspired to accumulatc and to diffuse lie mass of intelligence in that newspaper ilieet! l.et us ad<l, as another sign of the ad .aneed state of society, that the knowledge lad scholarship manifested in the callings of .lie hi.her class of the newspaper pres.', wlicth i inCKurope or America, arc e.jual now to the 'anions literary authorship of other tiinas.? What a reputation was attained l>y Junius ?n account of a few newspaper articles ill the Loudon Public Advertiser I And yet many a leading column of the better journals of England b'rauce, Germany, Spa In,-Italy, and the United States, cuino before us day by day, nnd passes >tf without our special note and with no individual fufhe to its author, though it be higher in composition and purer in spirit than is any-' Liang irom llic iiami 01 Junius. Man with a 1'etmfied Wife.?A few lays since, (says tlio Cincinnati Inquirer of Oct. 30tli.) a gentleman residing in Rising Sun, Indiana, wbo li:fd married n Bfcond Lime, wished to remove tlio body of his wife to n new cemetery. Preparation | were madefto that effect, and laborers opened thegravo in the usual nfanner; but when they reached tho coflin they could not lift it, so great was tho weight. After obtaining considerable assistance, however, the men succeeded in raising the coflin from tlio tomb. They then could not resist thy temptation of peering into the coffin and learniiig the reason for its unusual' weight, and found instead of tho wmaips ofa.corp.se a stono figure, (.ho exact counterpart of the tyomaii who hu.4 died. Tliis'tftfaiigo story soon'spread, and hundreds and thousands of persons *cro present to eeo tho felrango ppucincle. luo UiwOHnu'toot t(io tKKiy or hiudepQrted *potiso homo and has it tliero noM,-wlxro it is viaitetPby hundreds of the curious arid scientific. .The body seams to have been petrified, nnd to ha*e become a perfect stone vfornan. Tlie probability is that, tbfe body has become adipoccre and will before long mtlt and crumble. MiihMttBib ran hii> ' Ml i'nsitriiiii' A New Life Preserver. An invention recently patented, which in iu constructions embraces a two fohi purpose, viz : thiilof :i vast and a IiI* preset ver, was exhibited yesterday afternoon at the Washington Navy Yard in the presence ofa board of naval ollieers appointed for the purposes by the Secretary of the Navy, and of a largo number of gentlemen who had b.'en attracted thither Injtlie announcement that tiie experiment* were to be made. ii t... \r.. J. T. Allies, who placed life* preserving vests upon t\v<? voting men, who thereupon jumped into the \v.-,tor ami floated in security upon its surface, perfectly well demonstrating the fact, that when properly encased in one of these garments, it would l>e imnos-ihle to sin!;, and that no discomfort woiilil he experienced in wearing it. The young ni<*n stood upright in the water, floated or. their hacks with crossed fict and hands e!a>ped under their heads; lav on their chests and placing tlu ir hands behind them clasped the feet, utihiiltoiied t!ie vest, and still its buoyant <|Ua!ilies were unimpaired, and its great superiority over invention of the kind must sali.dacturilv demuiistiated. So well is the ve*t anatigcd. that when simply l.titlonoil :itout1.1 tlie wearer, it is sti(11 eiently well inilated to snppoit hint in ill" water ; :m< 1 should circumstances require , additional buoyancy suilicicut l? simpoit a friend not provided witli one; all the wearer has to do is to throw the vest open and blow slightly into a tube attached to tin: inside, and the requisite llating property is secured. Tim vest is mado of coarse or fine mateii:d, to suit the means of the wearer, and may be worn in the drawing room without, attracting unusual notice. Il is peculiarly adapted to persons wealing largo amounts of coin about tin ir person*. TIi'ih was tested by placing a heavy stone upon the breast of one of the young men w ithout causing him to sink in the water. Its great strength was shown by two heavy gentlemen placing their feet upon it and springing up ami down, without, in the slightest degree, impairing its qualities. ExrK.uiKUiNAiiv Ui:voi.i;iion is IUsia. ?The London N ews of the 1 St It contain* >t letter from St. Petersburg!), which makes the following remarkable disclosure." Tim result of the calculations lately made by the well known astronomer, l'ru lessor . S'ruve, of the University of Dorpart, rel; live to llio true geographical positions of 1 St. I'etersburgh ami Moscow, ami the dis- j tance between tlie two capitals of the em-i pire, is that actual length of tho railroads is, by astronomical observation, no less than 8812 wersts (:d>out (30 miles) shorter than : its nomical length of 007 wersts, or, in oth- i er woids, that the government, for whose account the railroad was constructed, has had to pay about one seventh the value, or i twelve millions of roubles, moro than it , ought to have paid. As the rolling stock of the St. I'etersburgh and Moscow li:iilroad is furnished by an American company, who aro paid for the same at so much per wersts, it follows that in this quarter the government have been paying also a most fearful overcharge. The poles erected along tlie line to denote the distances have been systematically fixed in the wrong ph.ces, so as ta mislead both the go vein met and the public. The Kmperor was in the most violent stale ol excitement on learning the above, ! and gave immediate orders for the strictest i investigation into the facts of the case to be I made, with the view toinilict the most summary punishment on tlie parties inciilpa lu(i in uiis uumnous 11 hiisucuou, mil as so many persons of the highest rani; ami importance are compromised in the affair, it , is not likely that the investigation will l>e i | continued, l>nt on the contrary, tlio matter < rtill be hushed up t.? prevent the public i : scandal of the real delinquents being expo- ! ; sod and made to suffer the penalty they so | richly deserve for the share they have ta- i ken ill this atrocious fraud. I?k Pleasant.? 1>o bo pleasant?oh ' i why can't you ? Will you feel any better j for snapping, snarling or growling ? Von : know you won't . If your heart was really 1 a dirty dish, and ugly emotions and cross j \ words were tho uncleanliness, it would be a I ! good plan to get them all out as fast as ! | possible ; but unfortunately there can bono ! . such sudden cleansing of a man's interior. | The more objectionable stuff he throws out the more there grows to replace it?'tis on| ly smothering and choking that suits this ! case. Speak pleasantly. then, especially to ! tho people in any respect beneath you? i ! whether they bo inferior to you in rank, ! | learning, power or age ; try to he pleasant toI wards them whether you really leel good i j natured or not. If you got your mouthopen to throw out a spike or n dagger, shut I it till you, Kko the juggler, transform tho ' weapon into a flower. Oh, do be kind and i p'easant, everybody to everybody, and tlie ! millennium will come at once. A Thick.?The following story is told of a "boy who was asked to take a jug and get some beer for his father, who had spent all his money for strong drink: "(Jive me the money, then, father,"' replied tho son. ' My son, anybody can gtt U13 beer with money,' 1JUL to get tho beer without money, that is a trick." So ll:e boy took the jug and went out. ! Rlwirllv tin roMirnail un/l rwlooinrr lliA inrr hp fore his father,paid, "Drink." ' Ilow ?nn I driuk wbon there is no beer in the jug." * "To drink beer out of a jng," Bays the boy, "where therein beer, anybody could do that'; but to drink beer out of a jug where ! theic is no beer, that ii a trick !" V uttjaiiliaiifciftl ii'i i?m*iI im 11-iilililiilii MytiitaMiiiaaWfc Simplicicily ot Woman. Among other definition?, Mr. Webster yives the following to' the word sunplkily : "Artk'ssnc*s of mind; fr?^c?Ioni from nrtitirial ornament/' Now, l< t :uiy uno unnli*<; tliC"-i? ti-nn-- niul tin.ti iH.i.li' 'I-*" , I'l'iJ iMirilt IU lllUII.'lll cliaraHoi, ami wli.it. can make a creaturo ofCu.l - a rational, inU-llcutiial, immortal <TO'?tur<! ?mow lovely tlian sim/ilicihf ?\\ c ?o a farther, ami ask, w} :it in theie ;ii woman ?o riijjai^ini'j, so fascinating, so charming, as simplici: v Aillrssnc>s of iniii"!II?w sweet and IfO'.iniit , to a fair ??ikj whose fact: is tlio in* ilex to the heartN<> running craftuess, ni> stratagem, no v! ml it <1 concealment, but like uninixctl wiliris if tin* jx.-lluciii hike, unrnlllcil hy tli-- win<i*of I leaven, you can sou to llit* voi v t!?*ti'lis of llit: heart iui'1 see nothing to ilotrai-t from its beauty. No duplicity, liut smnalioyt-'l s-iucerity. l'laiimess; no ostentation : no tli*jilay ; no artificial oruauK-nt by which the real th-fects an<l deformities i.l'eharaeUr an- hid from tin: \ i*y<) of llio sii|u:i(:ci:il ob'eiver. loader, if you were linked, what is this must desirable imilily of a woman's heart .<!'a wniiiriii's manners, of'lies-, and of ad<liv^. woiiiil you nut answer simplicity' In tlsus re?j? >ndii>g v??u would only **e? !li" seniim.nt uf. very w? ll regulated .\u I ewry honest heart. Ami vet it. Iraugethat woman so often misapprehend the real sentiments of the sterner sex ? To !>'??!; abroad upon society atul mark tin) maimers of the fair, one would he led to think that the idea hut too generally prevail* that women regard art, eoiieealuu-itt, nml ornament, as essential to perfection of character. Heiieu (he display of costly ornaments, the exhibition of gaudy trappings, the rude attempts to improve the beautiful finish which has been imparted to the hu- J man fare by the hand of the Creator. Simplicity ! How quality attract* tliu admiration ol'tlio good ! 'She is u child of nature 1"' This characteristic at onco secure* your confidence and affection. Such an one can be trusted. S lie is worthy of your-heart's love, anil will not fall below your high estimate of real worth. 1Ytishi'ille Christian Ailvocatc. "Lot thoso laurjh who V7tn." Hoys, don't be afraid of being laughed at if you are doing right, for sooucr or later, truth will prevail ; and then those have ridiculed others may be, in their turn, objects dt derision. About one hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin sent a paper containing his opinion, as the result of hia experiments,. electricity and lightning wero one and the same thing, to a society of learned scientific men in Loudon. Ile got laugkcd at for bis pains, and was problibly i. <!PJisidered ,very visionary and fojblijh .fc^$host?. wise men.? IIow js it aowT^qOyfrthe justly celebrated remains of Morse .oud FioKTlliat of Ben: i.< :n < * jumiii i iunnii? ?iu ever resound irumone ciul of llie earth to the other, while thoao learned scientific men who despised the A1 inci'u-an philosopher's theory are comparatively unknown. Christopher Columbus too was laughed! at for what was considered his insane notions when ho went from court to court trying to get kings nnd great men to listen to1 his great theory of ft vast undiscovered world beyond the s^n. Ridicule and cruel' : contempt wero heaped upon htm. Hq.w is it now i The name of Christdjihtr Col urn- t bus is known throughout the earth, and although the country he discovered wa? not named after him, his history has become a> nursery tale over the civilized world. The king and queen, Ferdinand and Isabella, aro more famous for having aided the poor and unknown navigator in h"^discovery, than' fltnv ,r?r\iil<l tiouft'liu^n fr\ ???' ????* ? ~ ?v? ulluilm or victories. Those who so cruelly ridiculed him arc unknown, except ns having helped to crush.a noble man who wjis tiying to honifit mankind by tho discovery ofli* , new world. If yon excel in wisdom, courage, goodness, or in the discovery of truth, you will; he very apt to he ridiculed by those wlfotoo ignorapt, wilful or envious to^tlnderfttojvl you. mind ridiculb" nity, more<fhaiv the flies that light on f?u v/hen yoij jtfre- < rimuing a footrace. Shako them off nti<fc run on. If Franklin, Columbus, and 4 host of other great metf, had been fridUenod bjr a Iftttf/hf I ho world might have xyaitcd ijirfrty years longer fv>r tlrtr discovery of'.a iiwv cJjiliueut,or for the wondtTful.fclchtUrtelo*gr%J?licAmericun Mess.'" j To Spoii. a Dauohtkr.?Bo always tel"-I ing her how very pretty* slip ip. Instill in'o In r young mind an undue love' , fortress. I Allow hej to read nothing but work* of i fiiction. Teach her all the accomplishments, > but none of the utilities pflTTo. j Keep her in the darkest ignorance of mys^ . teries of house-keeping. _ 'f Initiate hor into the principled tjfcat i^? ; *i vulgar to do anything for ttercfelf, 76 strenghten the laHer have a lady's rrtaid. Tcach her (o thidk that shd is better tbno . anybody else. Make her think sho is sick when she fa l! i not, and let Her lio in bed tfckmai'neiii/tinM when halt' nn hour's ottt of-dopf CUroiM would cotnpi&Uly cure her lazineu. And lasily, Wing giving hcreurhan ?d? ' uoation, marry hertoa mou&tacbedjenift m?n, who is ft cle;k with a i.ilxry of 1260/"