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9' -7 , DEVOTEDTO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY NES LITERAT URE' CEO~AD TL RS ~ UN~E .1 ~ ~ L~A ~Proprietors. " - m t ~ ~ ~ .. . W .- . FICAN ,,...At -- T U r -1LLE4JAN .AlY1l -. L ___r--_--__---__ '. .. .... - r -~ IISCELLANEOUS From Dickeu'm Iottulshota Worm. On the moring of Wedniesdiy. the. trenity-finst of October. onie of he k-ei -. or the well known awi at tractive. collection of liviig reptiles Sthe Z m nical Gardens, Regent's ..ark, wivi hit:en by a Cobra-de-Ca vello, and1(l died1. h alilill dievoidI of lit:bslis, Il b i ae tinui a 1oiinnm cel, dil w it tooth inlictinsg a wonellt like' a heedle-prick, sAi a mai in full health and inl theu prime aid % igur of hfe. lhis, wien one conies to thinik if t,is an astonishinsag instatice of ite loteucv of lie m'peii.sationis award .4 b -Nature to the weak tan I sein. '.tly diefeuneek S. anld least finished 'i her crt ures; yet tihe sCIf sty led >rd si c rteationii has so often fAIlen a et~ii t) siotihir insili aus assatlts, that lie has emne to regari the whole race of serneits w1.ith anl inStinie e fear aid disgust. What is tihe weapo'n that in sa usmall i Colial's..s hiles such deaill y fo4ree-? Thel, comnparative annatoli-s - iy-! thle following. 1111 si of it. It co'SisLs of, the iri:nent that pier Ces, viz : the touth. or "1p-,ais -i anig;" the, in veab.ule st-ck or huiile inl h teierer i-i fixed. ca1ull the e til Iiseles, or ininig IoerS thf[le jaa%; thle. bag0 e .n1tiingl the ur datuuniion caledthe "pomsist 1,ae;" tle I ipe wlhieb eries th ve. S)anR i.ito the tooth, or "poiSon duet;'' alt1 the Siqueezer or iisele that t diives the veomis from tile bag, alont. the diret, th:' uighi tile tooth inlto tle wouni which it infliets. The poison f.m,:;, in orler to be adiapted to per. Firm its share- il the emilph-x ma. c :icry, differs tuieh fron ornalliarV toth-andwellV tritai- it -speciiiT nthil. If the. reader he fian.ili.a wlh th re ilit ol -a sip ier-cniig to.Ath , call, f4r ex:niple, the ln ihn - f 1 dogI, wIlenceI inldft-eed, tle I:;aa.1. - Laililne g'ivVIen to sieh teeth -:a toathI. Ztt i t > , ich e->nSis:5 of1 a hrpointe.-A, long. and slelln-e c. with a hsAlow base-ati if lie w: r t) propose sulich a1 Sleln-ler and- sil 1a tI, lssll-a1 c lie to Ie roil.! Olo t tlt, the edjeps the-n b..nt towar.ls each other. no i sol lerc1 together, So as t') fl.rm It Cawdti op en at both eiuds, lie wid have a god i lea -I the gelier.d Ioitrm ui Ia Itruetare of a poiso i ni . '.1 lie v-lges of the fl:teiiedI tooth, nh ielb h Save .iposd to ble s apilroxi 1iated1, atre befit rul thle ewif .f the .5)5ois dtic, which closely adleres to nid lines tile ca.nal, and tle line lf uaionl of the two calges rims alon ug the froit tin convex i !e of the sigh 1., carved t' iy. The hasal aperture t-1 CtIlJ po1is ki caail is obliqet, :1111l its opposite or terintinal sni: let is still . ire sao; presenimg tile fo-tii of ;I .nirrow ellipitical lon -gitulinal fissure at a sh->rt sdisiiee frot the fitig's * ilit that is left soii-1, a -1 entire, aw iil fit fur the purpose of11i perfratiol. A lne hasir csan he pa.ssed through1 - the caual of the -' pisn fan11 g sof the b.i.rai. Thle toosthl, so issilletd ini thie VenomtUails serpets, is niot iii an. ~ted in a socket like ordi~nary -txth, but is fircmly sodered1-s5. to r1'ak --to the j ir 'bane, whtie~ bcoim inj aly htas no ot her tosoth to stuppiort, aw iigila sly imodiid in sizaan lisite for tedeeps phiigea of the *tooth into tile object nliinled at. 1It is b'tlV the ulpper jIw that I is so armedl; * M this, 'instead-. of being weald )'fu)inmvat'ly, 1as ini mlos't niualsh, lbe twueen other bones of the face or nuzlfl~e, is attsachied iy oneC tisal parit oft its surface tao a honies above anid Keha.lind it, the joinit being that hinige ...l ke interloekiisg onte that uaatoumists cal "gin''lymoi.l," whiii~h restiricts *ho diation to one place, butL allows * ther part I'ruiely to move in thait di rec tiani; so the ny~peir jatw of cthe veniom OUs3 serpesit plys or rotates back i-rlsasld n-w vardls, hainig spe5cil ms:.nseles for thiose mo vemyents, wh Iichi, when they pishi forwmdi t the jaw t-inig the tooth attac~hed to it inito a vertical paoshio~n. readly for a'etio n, andl. when tihey' draiw bac.k tihe jaw, repilage lhe toosthi ini a hi iz slta po. aiig,v;hi-e it eksias. wi:hithe poinit acli) adsl.vllt h iiali bied~ oCsof yb''~~ thils' sral thiilet hlf i of the n lsaemt .to gIst parit, t L a rac erit i -:of S y othi. a beleg'. long anIlciarrow stril s. called lones, extenling from the nitin bag; dr be. .inuing of the duct, which rius aln' the lower border of the glamd; 21ad euch lohe gives t-ff lobules, which ae' again suliville'I inlt) little cells. where the poison is first elahiunted or -xtracted from the blood that cireu. lates over the cells in myriads of lit. tle Cali 1ary Clialnels. The w hoh -dlaml is surr'und'led by a kimd of* canvass bag, or aponcurus! is, as the aktnatomis-ts call such firm inembrane, andl this Itk.bIlraie is ill Coti!ueeiion w ith the muaisele's, by wA hose contrac tien the several cells anld lobes of the -la'ed tare compressed anl ciptied of' their secretion. The liiun is con veVed h: the duct to the Iasal aper. ture l' the enial in the fang; amd, als file saliva ry glan-hs inl otheri animuls are tam-!t aitlive diniii-og parijcular "imi 'i, ns- as, dinen they ar e liaugry. h,- the sight of favorite food-so, the rage which stihonlates the sinake to Ise its enveno-ned deally weaponlli, loublItless excites an active sCecretion and grer (istensii..n or thie poison gbaids. The womil is inflicted bv a !ow liather thai byv a bite : the -11n1 finigs whlen erected are struck like daggers into the part ained aU a1t4, as the action or the comp!es.ing amuIIscles -1if tie bamg is Conitemilv".ranute ens with the blow by w% hich the wo.aiud is ianfli,-ted, the I "ison is at the same .omient iijreted with force into the w mal 1r, iu the apical or terminill ouitlet of thae perloateda The joisin acts with more or .1peel anld fweet accordinig to thie t-e Cties of serpent, thae ig'ur of the it -livie;nal ser pet.i th. ie eatsont (if the liear, aid. also, the i art wotil1. 1 Fhe subtle Il'id - Ilixes with the .I df, andi is (colnve 'ed with the Ia pidity of the cireahulati. I to tle braiin, uapon whiebi its specific r.Iperties op eriafe. ILis a Ald eet ialsi. v of ner VOIs acuin. No soiner does it le -inl to ol irate thaln tle inlets 4 f the itsrs begin te Close u the %orld; tihe e v's :tn e dimmaaaed. the eers stopp o-d. the tunaguc Falters; the Ilri I brain then reacts npupn the heart , a s firml pu lhsationlis are redu e dl 1 t :he fele thaiterings; the breath gels clantier, the 1i):ohs grow coIld. alid -leth si'ervenes. it maV be in I ten in.lites, it, iital aI hour, ill all hour -as inl thae case of the receit acci. -lent-or at a later i e iiid; the elia C'S (of recovery being inl the ratil, .If the sliiwn.ss of tie olejration cf the poJis->n.I Wh.it is ihis strange al sumbtle tlid, onae drop 01 less tia a drIpl -f-I which call <piell the force of the iitive braii anttd nervmus svstei of a tian ? To sighat, smell, and taste, it seems a tiuere harmles Saliva. Chmcical anal si. detects ill it a lit l mua9i, tim'ha water. amll 8Iome of the Salts If saliva'; fromaxa which it dillers, m1,aitnls, ill the' slight predom inanice (it an aiinial ac~.There is lothin g ill all this that ol'd su gest, 11eforeha1,01n11d. the specilie prolcreats ol" the Secl'ti'oni. It is Wit IiSolnIoIr whevn takean int o thae st' much. 'Ihe readiest an d perhai s the noH' st aelli cieint remedyl , that of suackinlg the woundat, miay be c efrm i'aed w ith, sear:cely tany risk. T1hiis haas beena .Clsuis, "n ill suctk the wounid, will be boa~thlS sfe hims a nd ~ tllsaIve thei iaiiferer.'" Thie onuly aniger ini saail iow11inlg the 't' veota of the vi) er. ci' I.ra, or rat the snake, arises fro.n the posihnity of somtie blaister or (i'sear, or! an v lesi'..n of tihe scarf-skin atfl thle ailiilao h oi to enteir the circuila tiang bloo~d. 'Tlu tnerv'ous sy~stcm of' a poiso'n 51nake is prioof angains.9t thle spieciftic ae. tilln oft its owni ia .sol, blat not a-* ginst thatt of' aiaither splecs. Dr). Paiitiek Rutsselh, ill his Illistory of In-' dian taSerpeots, allirmas thalt Icobrtas hit e each (Itheitr witihlut fain) con se qu10 es, but kill other snaiikes9. he lar tger and) tore formtitiidale hamad-il ryvas of Inda'ia pirey' upona othier ser omi1ed bi te., and th ena swallow Ing them. 'The I i aji, of A inca, ill like mo anear kills aml'I gorlge's thle puaifd der ; ad the ra tile snaike will strlike and( siy , tile mo~Ccaisin snake, and af terwaads seize atad sw allow it. As to remedcaies ;. when aour own species has leenh the sublject of atr tuck, the first inahdoit is to remove tha' ianetila ted venuinl, eithertby snie tionl (Ir excijsiar , buit this, to e lc-c t ive , noatst.-ie doae plrompjtly, almiost iristauitly' after thte bite. -Ohive; oil ~.l''ui le, freely~ annliedI .t. tl'a wotn ; atd the asune taken in ward. Iy with atintotnat, ni as great quan tity as the condition wili bear. If hartshorn be not at hand- aid "ean die luece" is, thhtrfoiuns a, good subdtitute. Certaina planuts have leen vaunlltedl as slpjeeilies, as e. g.. Aria tolochiaz Serpentaria and Rliereceum ventum agains4t 1 the iof tile rattle-snatke, uand the Libama Ce-dron agiitnst that (.f tile cobra ; but their :nerit.s have not beenl estiablislied bly ,hi1 and 1Anc1eessflil trial. It ap. iears that the inifortiliate licetiin t* the lite of tihe cobra llad sone of the Lilluona ecdron in his posses. 5ilin1, but it waits naot used. T revert to tie inelachulv occur rence which lias led us to pel the p.resenit article. Perlhalps the most greivus features of the ciase are those t e enled at the senich Iliig aId exact inlqulry into all the artieubliSr of it, ulivi le! to the veldiet of the Cirnie 's 11411st, I ecol ded ill the Tliies oif Sat urday, October t went y' th i, Iad cited at the end of this I ar. It apica s that this acci. (elt -as such occurrences are ter1CI ne- by m hielb anl apTI-aretI ly steally ian wlo had lrevivusly per Fortnied his dities inl the nain lais Ifacttrilyv, has been iuirried to all tn timely grave, leaing. at the age of thirty, a idoiw and ymnig fausilv bereaved of their lntural pIrotector 18(ilie of the cuntilit less caltai:ies abetfihing tle wCkily wage Classes i lIaily releraible to in. toimeltionl. Gutlinig ,:w] leit his honie in cMI anyv I% ith ati.-tlen kceper, (n tile e.icnil.g befofre the aci lentt, 'and, as his it low dep(osed, ".She hev eSal i him alterianids alixe." Ac conuhtAig to the Ci.LaCe If his coin. prantaulirs they had spent the iglht at a leave-taking 1 arty of a filed.! go. inig to Australia. On retuning to vtheir duties at the Zo.u.lgical Gar dlens, "'they had aquairtra of gin at t!.C ihlic house ilk Shot Lanse, nil. other afterwards, and againi aother alt dight o'clock.''The ginadwladen blol circualated thrnough tle bra1in andi' reasoni, i rud~ence, thu i .hainaest selse ofu ima.inecnt haazard , y,werte (overi I owered. The exhiitii:ion, durii ng the previous year. 'f the Egryptiana snIake-charniers, wo ac t 1 thaei harts with collras deprived of their I isn1 f~angs, hiadI Ilt a vivid ini..res. Sion oil the inans n 1id ; this impres. sion can e upplei nmst w, hen he eiter Cl ('1t the scene of his daily (1dutics, nI Le n1.ust aleeds try to euisIblatet the 'vptians. A liuln v I arrived Mororeo I (isn % s:.ake n as iset selec t d. It was taken wut of the ca e, wi as g'a d byh~t i:s mtaidd'le, il -uridla-d al.ft, and tirowi like a las-so rounl the uneck of the yor:ger i erfonaer ; foituitatelv fur him it was not ru.1sed to hite. Ai assistait-kee.er, ulio hapl eaed to etter th'. rioiin at th-is jmnctulre. begdt'l 11r1lng, - For Gili's sake, to p.it Lack the siake." The inlfatu-ated ma vep-lied, "I1 aml inspircd," and lao lbed. at the wt arna Ilan ing repiacetidue \lriocco, ve. nom-iasniakeL ini its cage, Going then ceda, '"Now fori lhe ciobra~ ! ' andiu, liftin~g lip thec gl~as4 fr-ont of the eaige. remtloved~ it as Ihe hald~ done lie othlert. T lie ciibra n as somei a at t, r to d froim the coldl of the procedhiag lighat, tad the mt~ani latctd it in hais biosuma: it thaire re-tivedh anda g iulcd donoa narad roaundu his was t, its het.al eeg inag fram beneiatha tih alck paart uf hais waisteoat. Thea uan atgaspedh the cobaa by the b.11y abou~it a foot fromt thue heal, with oe hani ; drew it alut ; scizedl it lowter down ithii~d the ot her hiandib, andiii was itn tihe act tof 'tanaishin lg it ai ft, ais lie hand flu ished the othetr snaakte, uhietn, ats he hld it tip ini fr-ont of his lace, ithe --structk lahia like lightiniag hetweena the eyes, phmilgitng the I oision afanigs mto tahde skiin ol (oie sidec of thbe braidge of athe ia-se, antd seraaiing~ the lioposite side ith thade teetha of die lowier jaw. 'I he mant wt as staag ge~redh by' te lol ; thie liod)1 sI re~'m.~ e-d dow hvis fu~ace ; lie (iIcalle fort lielp, andti is c(iaionl fleud ; lbut "how Ionag heo nast away lbe could niot tell, beitig ina a mailze.' Wh'len asi'sttance atrrived. G ut-ing was fountid seated int a ebair ; huavig re's!tod lie co'bra to its cage andit closedl do ithe1 front glass Tfhis retunrn to a sense of dty, aind tis peC]rtrmance (ra S institietive)- if the pirudbenit act Sv hichI w as'i lajs t lin earth, aire tnot thec least remiarkable of .tht circtu~stalleeCS a ttending the ca U N Was'dftiijbhe ivn e,. eruIlnen: -ile in the cab thaut coivel hiim to the heaplitil ; anad expiressed, but ..irj ahready palsied spCech, his conviction' 6f spee.r death. When receivel into the hospital, lie "appeared," reports the house surgteon, "atitost, if not. quite, uniCoTiRo60U' a ttiQdllJ unLIe to sil pwrt Ilis head.. Iis face was liv id, adi his respiration - very imper feet, lie uloved -hilnsIf tiai isilyl poltfeid to his .mi'oat- and manasel.'" The utterance was the first lost, then that of viion. lastly, that of heair illg. Thpe puls gradhIly snik, the extrenIaites become cold and- torpid, and lie died without a' coiivulsioan or struggle. about .ne hour afte: re Ceiving the wound. Th hearts Fi tit was reiened by: ineechanical in. fli uhn of the lun1gs , and artificial resji ratii, which at one titme raised the I utise to seventy-five heats inl a minute, was kept up, half-an hour af er tire hatural breathing had eeus. ed and when the niervouta sstem 'as d1, ad. Galvanism was tried but "hodl no eft--et." Sti aige reptorts u this very. plain occrrecehave teen C6circulatedI da tough some channels of popul.a infrmatim. A piurV'vor of wai vels to the Morning Aivertiser, as sutning tl;t all the ser ents inl the Zoological Garlens are kept, like the Ihappy family inl Tiafalgar Srtare, in one large case, desqiibes(urlinag as. i ord inary course- oif his ihit, en twe iung ludily therei il'-with a view If stir-ing i so-e rids which ald l heen placed there for bie food if tihte serpuents, the tinie having arrived wbrii sumie of therinl had recoveried fi oam their torl id state"conse(ueit wn a previous meal." Ihe obr a is made, by this intlligejt and aceu rale iuiawrmatnt of. .thipublic; to dart tat the unfor tuniatc keli a .s lie n as stooping to pick e oY fIhe bih-1as Tle screams of the victim to the haz ardous diiuty "attvIractedl the ilstalt at tentie.n of' Will him Coc'k erislke, alit'er kel er, who theteuion i iush ed to the serpent case im.d drc d*s con.,' aniOn 1 7t."1 'I lie r.ediculous report has found its way11 11u1COntradlicted, inlto other. Sajers, including a rispectable md ical j''urnal. Now, as regards the mow'de aido)p. ted fo-r I reerving tie live rel tilt s. The I tqet~st jury pruceed.d to the Z1/l-.:ieal Gardlis to,insl ecet the at randUeets. They found the poison tills Sel- ent s kep.t inl Small eages, or C4 maha41rtleits, ileuble nired, and "fitted up in such a ttmate as, with the nl.est ordi,:-v pcr:ltionls, to inlsuIre ef.alfvet safety froi Casualties of the h-imld. Jy meais o-f al iioni rod, I iHk at tlie eta'1, andi itiserted through the small apperture i at tle til) of' each comparstment, the rep files ,are easily removed into the enmj a:tiinit iext to theirs owl, 1andl ti.adie weui-e there uhile the keepers I hic foodCC 1 il ad cleni Ott tihe Cmp t one. Visitois ie enabled to see the serpentsin perlfect security through lhe thick glassi fronts of the eages." No says the Times repoU of the Intp'1ist, tand ainy one kniowus the rep tile hiouse knows pierfe'ctly n elI that these eages atre, in zappeart atnce, like c'ases~ ini wiaebl ~ stulled brsare ke1 t- or like the. larger sot of ghlss cases rat any- gre~at jew eller's a.stablimet. The1 Se'cretary of the Zoological Society dep'osed-a, otn oath, that "'the kee prs- ini charge of the sniia'es were itistruc-ted onl no aiccounat, at any tme, to do anyivthing to the di iTeret ca a when': lhe snakes waere int them,' mald Itat (al ''ne icclaitn hae hadl se vertely rebu ked ( Gurting , "'thr- itng lhe glass ad i u t ing in food for lhe snake inidiae waithoiu t remtuoving it.'" TIhe repoacrt aforesaL'id states "T'lhe rept'~ile hadi i iamaediaitely after its h ite iel itiihed its hoh1l, buiit the eff et nasta such* I, tha t it inistatntly swellecd tap the face of the poor5 fellow~ Ga It. ~ lThe hou~se sur&Zconi at thle ini. iestcst stuates that "the right eye hal was swoallenti. hiut the left not at tall,"' and th le ,jury on inlspectinug the boady foundls that it' "presenateil no ve try untustal t apearanitce, tnot beCinga swa'hllen or othterwise disifigut-ed."' Acciintg to the Samte prepoiister-ous accon utt(i Grlitng, "'was fotunattely unnmtt~rie.d. 'li s wiadow gives evi. de.'iee before thc Coronier. Atnd, true to his haypothtesis of the accident, the rorttetr eXpresses hiis coravietionr, thaat "the jarv. will order the imme diate destru-ction af. the vaeunoos reptile."'- Tiheir' ve'dhiet was -(of' coturse'y to the ce-t' "Tat the de ceased land lost hislfe by the bite o a Serpent, knaowi p the cobra. de capello, wiien in a state 'or intoxica. Ition, and in consequsence of his own rashness and indiscretion." R Iales fs :- Yenusg Mes. The iblilowing arules ihr voting m11on Coina ceineing liisinesx, were written by Jotahia Grigg, esq, of I'hilaadel lia. 'I his genatlem'anaka 6 a4 livi n4g aia l1e ot file sucessfA1l ul aplic'aitiui 4af these atles, which i ho reicaainenads, i!a Such ana ndiirilhie saimer, to-the- business cniin aity. iie writer of this ar tiele las known Mr. ;rigg fur thirty years; and can bii:ar th aanoast utqiqal ilied testirnaay to the oiwavering i delitv, 0ith ihich this most prosper cti gentltani has adhered tia his oin aphorismns. To untiring hiduas. t rv, nod close applicationi, le added ia naild ad gentiemaanly depirtmeiat. aitn unselii-hh devotionl to the wvats of his eitaoiers, and Uan in adpcenadeance if thouight, aid an eiepy tf purlose, I.eyond all praise. Thehe quajlities wiere crowned hy. a l etive benevol lence, hieh has carried joy iad yhad ness to a thousmia gratefil hearts, ma d given1l to hiraselt. in his retirernent, the (c hi ilatacry reflectiion, tL.at his life has het n uselt; Io (tlers, ais n% alil -leasait a profililie io hiiselI. M. "I. Be iuduatrioas and economicuil. Waste ither tfline r~or mane v in small iand useliess pleas.aa I in's :a( ial diul-ienes. I' Ihe ym i can be induae. (A to lugin to save, the iionieta they enter an tie pat h.of lit'e, the way will ever -iecome ea iea he ore Ilemi iad tihe will no0t itil it) attain a com reteaay, .and thlat without, dening I heamael vies anY of the r. al necesarie. aa1:d c-'moIrat!. of life. Our 1 coapie are cera iiy amoag the niost improvident and extruavngant on thea fimo j&f tho earth1. It is enlough to intake tihe maei:haiat. of the old school who looks back ad thinks what economy, prudeice aad d iscretioi hie had t, bring to beara ol his owl, hsiliess,.(and whii'a are in ftA lae aases. T.l sui ue cessful eanterprize.) sIart baek in a-. toai-haaaaat to oak at the raath. les nitse id e(xtrafvil;awce cf ithe sage and people. The highest tet of Iespectalility, vith I me, is lonest in datry. Well directed industrv inaikesi tc aa lappy. The really nliale class, tah' e'!us that was noble w heia 'A datn delv'da and vI've synl,' and laive pre. e ve'd their I atelet lts this (Ia mt. taniebAd is ti.e laborious and indus trious. IEnatil iien hiave uiarnd in ds-tiv, i lielary, aid stlf-voutao!. they ialiuot be amfely veitruteAd with 2. 'I'o industry and economy, faadd selfnt-lianae.-Do nat Itake tiptci acauch Ad v'ea'. The busine.-Ias Tuann laaa-.t keepa at the baehnas, anad steel hisi.i qowi ship. In earlh lift. evtry one shilil le tauaht ti ilink Ilmr hins If. A in's taehils are ivever biotaglit ouat uni, Itil ho i ii arowni to same extenit 11po4n his own re s e es. Ifin every dilliciaity he has oily to riu to his aaiinipal, and then implicitly olbey th diacetions he may et tive. Ite will never acquire that nip. titide O' -aerel-tien, iand that pomlnpa - liaes oa decii, and that, firnmess of purpsieS, f ih are ab.solutch nices s!ary to tica:e u ho he1ild impollint sta ioals. A vicertain -lgree i'f ileptn. deaat ft-ellg i esMse'ti'al to ihe fili de.. 'eepmalent of t re t ar'Henulaisarae ter. aa. Re inebe t hat puniactuial ity ise the :nthiiier ''f counaidencee. It is not -'elnga that thle riceanat fuclt'is Jis en iagaaernentsi he ruucst 1ado 'af [nt hie una der.' tikes rcraeeiy le tue imen, as well asi inte unvit te' uigreed to. 'The mau tual de1 enadenae oft'' merc'thiants is sao gret, that their eangagements, like a bain, wihieba, nacord ig tic the hawr of physie'i,; i..eer stro'ecr than its weLiA,-st. link, are~ auften'er' brokeia thacrlag the we akuness of at hers thian' the ir own. Baat a pjromp jt ficliihneinlt osf eing'agem.iaenats is noi t onzly of' lie utmoa~st aimporcance, bnecause it enlaleLs ohers toc miee theira own I enguageraaents prmp tyItisalso theihost evidencne that dei-ic mans ait cieairnand his Iiices iintashl led, and 'evceything readty liir' ntion'-in shotrt, tha. he kno ws hais oawn tre'ng ih. This it is iwhiebi inaipi res cconfid'ece, a sauh pc r hiap s aa the r eat iang of the enlgageiaenat. 41. Atteind to the tatinistite of t~si buisiae.ss, sinu111lli aaigs as welt as great. See Itihat thle stocre is open~ied elarly gaoo ds brushied uip. t w iane and nilIs pike up, ad, aili ready fair actioni. A yo ung almn shouldi aonider ciaitlat, it lhe havue it, air as htamay iio aequairi it-, mierel asi itos with hich hieile is to waork, hoas a1 subtstitutle ihr thenioceis sity of labori. It, is often the case that diligaeceu iajply mcents of less conf se'qulee is the rnost, suaccssfual intr6 dlautin' fo grealt en t erprises. Those miatkue the beast, ohliceirs who have served it thitanaks. 'We timay isyofluibor', as Cachridge said of petey, it is its aan SW cet est irewniad. - i' ithoUdt 'aiysi. A. Let. the vaiiine. miarelmut. ,rama. niore. It not only itterfei-es- hoth. with the tnean4 a11d with tile ulid of .egntisi tioin-niiot oily imlakes . mney inore liftieul.i to get, and Not.t 'othi haviig au it is gut, .iut it is tnarrowin .g t the intid and it tlhe heart. SeliS ness 'k'eps a .lailling so close to tlt eye, tlt it canti see a dollar heyond." Nevvr be narrow aid coitrieted in yur views. Life abouds in instianea O' the brillismt resiliti of a gel.erous poliey. eC frailk. Say vhwlat y Ou itmcsit. D0 what yoiu say. So shall viour friends k.ow and take it tir granited tat you meatn to do) what is just and right. 6. Accustom yourielf to think vig. -Orously. . Mental capital, like pecutia ry, to be wortl anything tit be well invested-nust be rigidly adijuasted and upplield, anid w,) this end, careful, deep, and intenie thought. Is necessaury itgreat. aesults are luked thr. 7. Marry Catrlr. The man o'f busi. nesi shotild tnarr as toor as possible, azti er twet vw1 uo or tweit v-tliree % ars 4f ago. A' wioman of -niiid will ctn. turm to the necessities of the dty o)f sotll begininltgs ; and, in chaccosing a w ife, a Miin. sho4uld look at,' 1st. TIhe heart ; 2J. Thu mind ; &d. The per. sll. 8. Every thing,~ however, remt, tha hatUs any h's ring Iponi Success. must be takei ad vanitage uf The busi. tiess nann shild be conitinlly1 .n th1 ie watch fur infornation, uad ideas that will throw light n. his path, andit he should be an ttentive reader ofall prae icai booiks, especially those relating to business, trade, &v. as well as aI paitrou oifubfu and ennobling literat. t ure. it. Nuver foragot a favor, f-jr ingrati ttidu is thu bansest tai ut finm's heart. Alwavs itnor our citiiiti'v, and re. meilier that our outrv-is t he very best-pumr imun's coiunt rv in the world." I Were rtilvs like th6 abo4ve enrefully observed by. every Jnan wI h, comtuce - e4 .bulinie.;, thtirp would fe e r inil. us, hie peidia coimer cial dlis-' astefs, sweepling over the eilnitry like an epidesmie woild ceakte. -tiU be a iner caitile pCereta'v. Let ouluci ponde:u then, wiell. ILC'BIOS ATTAC:K 4i'ON A CA LIFet NIAN BY A (iRISL.T BEA '.-Tihe ful lowiig story isi fwm the I1ento UnI;on. I aw yesterday, . alut fifteen muiler tfa-in hi poiti, ea: the rond frim here to Catsion Vall.y, a jnan wito Iihad been :inist hotrily rmntilated by a grislr bear. On Vvdiesday hn)1'1 mug 1ast, I nan, living. unear Sly Palk Creek, on the emigranit road, while hunting, discuOvered a she b? ar. w ith two cub about the size ota Ci m0On d]og. cOMitg up a. iavine, with. in gunl idiot vf where lie a as staid. ing in the rwal. As the eliar had wit discovered him. he deteriJ0i1cd to give her a sliot. Trie bhall st ruck hcr back of the Shovulder, but too low to pro~ve fatal. She iniredintelI rni.cd upon her hinl(d l.gs, tuliaing Iwr head .tun side ito side to discover her nasailait-. Ile bald corn mnIIpeed ellhug, ult bethre he gut his poucder down the, bear diswv vred 1111. lie tuok to a tre',- and barely csenped,.. 1s. thi liear was 4n near that he kicked her head with his fo ot. bethre he goit out of her reachb. Shae n as eanged.anad kept himi. im the tree fr~over twoliou rs. W hle here he shait&h fo.r help, and suecce ded in at Irneting the at teuntion' of some mten ini the eInpJ lly ot' Baadlev c. 13cr den & C2o., who went to his relief-, but wheni they re-a-lhed lie tree the bear had been. gone. abouit t en ,n linuates. The-y t rnek ed her inte, a thick ebnppar al, covering abo~ut three acre-s, and there hefR her. After dlinner they mnstered double barreled guns and'ritles, to thle unm. lier of fourteen sho ts, anid started tbr the chafppiaral. Uponli reaiebing it,.li nlCen very Iiprutdently3 caered' o venitu ig in to see if thI ~ could stairt he, n~ hile others elimbhed trees to be in a place of safeaty, anud to get a view ofl the~ groid. Anmonug those who took a t'ree, wiar a' nian by the nme of Charlesa 1. P'ackard, wt ho I a I g' nte a shomrt distaniie. i Ito) the bush, aend, as ho ehinid n)O g Iplaced hims~ielfC in a +npling abo ut six inchese t hrough. TIhe tree thrked about six feet fro -1 th -grtund, and Packard went upI one of the, banch-eb e's, a distance o.f about t welve foii-t from the ground, and. in) reply to one ot his companionse said he considered himsielf sate. At. thisriih ment h'e cried ont, 'T Tero'., the bear w itin a rod of mew!" liut hardly got the words~ out of his muoiith befor3 she made towar'ds him futrioutily, jupdat, and . canighut the tree a few'tfeet below hiam, and with her t eisn us eight split; at he fir'encrrg ing itmnand ~e)isoth witlhjhei'o stherunde Hio felt % thbe lueiid, of his bead Au e~to he ken cr enmites re - ru ds ,,,11 lay ing bar Lia skrll ' the sfeized hin.byv ;te ter.gia on-i ais *face, eittitig a dee'p gatlh in t upiper. lip aid tearing thlei&. --fioik the right otter cf the aiu4 ,t nr the hirge artery in the ik fAgn by) th--. hre arni, hiiif ")ar ht tt.'lihiil;ar j r 41 te n breaking :vnu. of- tId(in and bitingj his rigt himd 04d:N h through. She then le it li' ei- pa Id the b-dy, and ruadeen AN1 t.' ev e - ingly to tear tjep his , . . b i left sale fitetin ave. 4- y on his body, huit lilte fi' ila-ihli. dee :is to eniter I Ie cavily, utida.fiied her horrible -woik,. 1,v tahn' jA n t wo pttinds of 1fedh CItousiiizt Ii'it thigh. By this titie P krd Njs I 9:I ly exhuusted i hat lie lty as ifdTla n a 1 ih bear left him. S.;an1c if ir'e patny were within twtVitn - tp,8,44t I retider him any asstorit- Il si the bear breauk a] wnc the Ii - heard his crles for help but. ifter I;, st rck I he ground, I hey could sp nei: h er bear nor man, so thiek ii-e 11, chapparal arounid IIthem Mrit. Packard wa" enAr~ied lo te houst aid notwi thstalidiiig 'h is WJ terribly imitilated, is in a Ilyrvay to recover. lie said this ptorimig9 ibat, he thoIught he wmild bt.' ."p in'a few u eeks. D. Slaughter, taV ," .tit Vatley, dresised his w .1d This bear is said to be die of the lar s. kinid, anid inl con11sequeiie of b em0 wodiled, had becore ferociuus. Sle has nout b.een captired. BIRNJAMIN FRAmICLIN s LiTTER TOr. YoiUN W omt.v,.- The .)wtwn J1ost pubslishes five. cies of u0p8i0iOihed letter Ira Iin Dr. Famklin, ihii ha i'c.nitly b thund in t hat iT le fhowinhig (ne seems to hiamv6kj a dressed to at. lidy ithiwhoh va mltunt:(fe termis pr'ev'ious -tt .his i~~ riage, ad who was still aailIg ittat tinie: "Vi ladelphui. Oct. 10' 1755.' - ,'Dear' Fcaty,--Vtui ifvor of the; I8th'idile came to 4)id1u it he 23rd Septembewr, jut'st t&e nonths uiier i't wa's %' ritten. I hiid ,t w e bel-r w nrk moi av lng e.. ind senit it to thit! cire of your bi-ptie \\ art d. I hien r you are now * in Boston, gay anid h itely as usuil. . Let legiv )otu Smie fatherly alvice. Kill no more pigeons than you cat eatibe a gi.ad girl,- and don't forget ,one cald gconstantly to meeting 6r t, chuctll1 yol ge it gaiial godu4alld aid then stay at home and burse thea children, Aiid liv'e like ar Spend your spare hours in sobe'r Wist, prayer, or learning to ciph .Y al nist, practtic'a .a'ddLitit,,to your I banud s estate by industry and lirupea -ubstractinaoi of til unicOssar Miklie you raster of. As to do 1 I say web'l biother Paul,-'Let there :,0 I jivisin among .,' but as goatad sister ibbard (my love to her) is well ieqaiited with the rule ,01 I hipte yott will becoiie as expert inl the ruly of three, that who) Ji'V aginl the ple-asture or seeing yeu, likes lily grape vine, suriroumded wi ith 1us. ters, plump,juicy, bi'shing, pret lit tie roagies; just like their lminmirl ' Adien, the bell rings, aud ni u'& go amongll thl grave ones, and tala po01Li ties. cl IVd B. 1 1"'?, IMit'ORITANT DECISiaN OF H~E Uc PnnusE Corca-JylcrAnui Exur.is df 1k lintaas, waszi somre moa nt hs agoei~h midtr astatute oft that State .hicei declares t hat any persian hts& rin, or secreting a fugitive shive,. oi ini any. wehinudeiig the hatwi l owtner iii re. tauking such f'tgitivie, shall be subj~ej to a f(me nlt extceding $O00 and ani imtprisoanmenat of nt more0 thtan six, mioniths. Sublse~quetly the c'ase evas taken to lhe U.. S. SupreOtte Couirtfon the gr'o~untd that the stautufe of' lhinist conaiftiete.d wit h the l~uiaw t Confesp and the Canst itut ion on the same11 stu toi a double puis~ihment.tt. Tlie ono of' the Court (Juadge M AleLE sseN lng) was gi ven a few dai ' ns pi-is ntotnnemig the state 'fr hiinois consti. ttuinal, ont the gr'tod that the object of tlhe. State ui as. to preven it thtt I ni gration oft slaves, anud lot tao aid or Wii pedae the'ir w.n iln thei.r reoa Thlit.ne~i imnptdad gt,' no t b')1 elaimnaia, lint to the Statte. On ~ othier hand~u. thU liiw of Contgrev i -II tfended to :aid t he malster, anad conoti plates rea.''tpt are antd rcamnption. Whlat tutter honeliness to-bg in n erowd ! -To see tot thoutsan4 persons, all full of life and anii in cehanagintg the hu'rried glieetltr, the familiar nod, ' or soit frieindlly chaX;'andl afnid all iI - ing hearta ~tbe aled, 'to 4h"$e it mnakes oane bihlous -