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From the Union. P1CKED-UP DINNER. Is this the entertainment we were invited to ? Daniel Webster. Tread softly on the ashes of the dead. Moore Little boy, how many kinds of fire are there?" " Four fir." " What are they called ?" " Wood fire, coal fire, cam fire, and fire away like fury." "That will do; you may go the head." Mrs Partington's School- A picked-up dinner is a blessing which none but the married enjoy. To us it is most refreshing; it is the Mosaic work of ,is agreat man mental! consi tier s' a great man morally censiderd, great man, but his greatness in this is on the wrons side of the Book ot in and makes up for a multitude of feel fashionable feasts, where men eat by cata logue and go to bed with the nightmare -'During the absence of the illustrious Zachariah who is now on his winding way to eastern Massachussetts, by the great lake we deem it to be our duty to collect the fragments that have gathered in the nation's pantry during the past week, and to serve them up to the great family of man. as a picked-up dinner. Shade of Epicurus! give us thy blessing, Apic'ius, hand us the tormentors! Betty, pull oft" our boots! The upper crust of society is always the-mostfoury, according to Mrs Parting I ou ; and gungerbread is gungerbreaa, j whether sweetened with still-house ino lases or maple sugar. There are feasts in the political as well as in the physical scns3 ; and thure are gluttons, too, who devour fat offices as readily as the old greedies who clear the tables of fat things, and lick the platters thereof intuitively. It is a happy thing, now-a-days, to be in the way of blessings. The rain of heaven, it is true, always falls upon thejust as well as upon the unjust ; and while it nourishes the corn of honest industry, it cools the hot blood of red-noised sensuality ; but seldom do offices of profit fall to the lot ot those who expect them not as they have fallen in these heroic days. A most laugha ble case, which presents many unamiable points and much unnatural feeling, occurr ed, as we are informed, a few days since, in a bureau of the Treasury Department. A young gentleman who had been employ ed in another office was desirous of obtain ing a permanency if anything can be called permanent that can last but three and a half years in the bureau in question. He accordingly took a desk there tem porarily, laid in his whig credentials, duly endorsed by the seaator of all trades, and awaited his expected portion with ilue seasoning. At length, while expectation stood on tip-toe, and hope deferred had made the heart indisposed, lo and behold ! the young man's father, in a distant State, received an appointment on, and was sworn into office. Judge, however, of the mor tification of all parties, when it was dis covered that the renowned Meredith had made a mistake, and had appointed the lather on the son's letters of recommenda tion, and had assigned him to the duties temporarily performed by the son There was a houu-msi like jmiUivit .. "... a.. premises for some time ; but as the son turns out to be a barnburner, it is thought that the error will go uncorrected, and the young man go to Connecticut. 1 he old gentleman, we understand, looks upon it as a national blessing, and is ready for thanksgiving before general training; while the son, whose anger none can pease, con siders it a crying evil, and desires a day of humiliation ordered on his account imme diately, if not sooner. We, however, are reminded by it of Mrs Goose's beautiful allegory, which all will remember when we repeat it : " Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge crld, Pease porridge gone to pot nine days old." The whig party of the United States is now in a quandary. It has been blunder ingalong like a blind old rattlesnake in June, snapping and biting everything that came in its way, and now it has, by some terrible error in judgment, bit itself, and is dying from the effects of its owivvenom. The nomination of the old Heroic" was the first dispensation that rested where it was not originally intended. The selec tion of the cabinet was another chance shot, and unlike all other shots of that description, it did not kill the devil, but sacred un seven others worse than the first The appointment of broken-down politicians to posts of diplomatic importance abroad ; the removal of clerks necessary to carry on the a Hairs of the government before others had been taught to fill their places ; the appointment of Cook Heudebert to Lyons, and of Fenton to Cowes ? the creation of a bran-new organ and the repudiation of the old Intelligencer, where the whigs of the present day first learned to love their milk even if it were skimmed, are all con vincing evidences that the administration is in its dotage, and that blear-eyed chance snirit. Daniel Webster. nhvsically con sidered,is agreat man mentally consider ed he is he is a great resnect is nn the wron Remembrance. It he couiu oniy ..- -new heart and a regenerated spirit, he would be somc xn these days of pigmies and wire-drawing casuists. He is a terri ble fellow for fish and vild always hankering after the ! medica treat ment prescribed for King David when he i.rm old and well stricken with years. Theverable Clay is also great in every quality 'that distinguishes the northern Cicero "They were both cut out for demo crats, but were spoiled in the making up. Like 'the man who was always behind the time, they appear to have been born half an hour too late: and if they succeed at all, they are always found among the chips and shavings of their own giant works. They have ail kinds of sense but common sense, and use up more good resolutions in a day than a regiment of pot-house poli ticians form in the whole course of their lives. May they live until they die, and may their shadows never be less! The organ, per se, is a rare gem to con sider at this time. It has not the quiet humor of John Jones's Madisonian, nor has it the. .spicy richness of the London Pence. It is like a picayune magnified by the solar microscope, and will make a stir in the world when any one can find time to read its varied columns As a poetical work it is equal to the Fredoniad, and as a state paper it excels the defunct Whig. It. lacks, however, the dignity of the Intelligencer, and fails altogether in the classics. The articles which the Ex ecutive writes are supposed to be the let ters from Hull, and the attacks upon poor Den by, with occasionally a puft'ofthe cabi net, who are daily damned with faint praise. Lovers and pigs are alike famous for the ir tender lines and rejjublics and despotisms are notorious for man-worship. For our selves, we love the old Saxon truth, and support cordially all imagebreakers ; and those vho don't like it may lump it as the simpleton did the lead found in the market woman's butter. Alas, poor Denby! and alas for human magnanimity and political sympathy! If he is guilty, he will be punished; and is not the punishment or the law sufficient? If he is innocent, he will have a terrible account to settle with his traducers when his turn comes to be heard without spot and blameless. We know nothing of Denby's case but what we have gathered from the newspapers. If they are right, he has been the victim of the sins or of the misfortunes of his agents, 5,000 miles dis tant from his office, and while, legally, he may be responsible for the loss, he may be morally innocent of any crime. He is be fore God and his country in tire dungeon of the criminal awaiting his trial. Has his wife and sorrowing children done aught to inflame the anger of the most excellent ioal conduct? Is he to be condemned be fore trial, and is the ear of pardoning power to be poisoned beforehand by damnable in sinuations and diabolical inuendoes? Soon after General Jackson came into power, a citizen of the United States was found guilty of some ofter.ee connected with the disbursement ot the public money, and was imprisoned in tl e District jail. Gen. Jackson was censured by hundreds for not pardoning this offender after he teas imprisoned by the verdict of a jury of j his country. It that was cruelty, what shall we call the conduct that condemns the untried prisoner, which condemner is the organ of the President, to whom, and to whom alone on earth, the prisoner, if condemned, can look tor mercy and par don ? We love justice ; and though we sometimes think it gouges deep into the hides of the poor and passes gently over the rich and respectable, yet, on the whole. the blind old cnttur is better than nothing, even in a free country, and if we had money enough we would build her a statue. The whig press seems to be bent upon howling or barking down the Union." We have heard of curs baying at the moon but we never knew that the silver queen of night troubled herself in the least about them ; that she shed less holy light, or went to bed an hour earlier. Bark away Alleged outrage on our flag, Gen. Oudinot and Mr Cass. A letter, addressed, we believe, to the Boston Daily .Advertiser, has been going the rounds ol the press relative to the com mission of an alleged outrage upon the American Consul at Rome by some French soldiers. We understand that Mr Brown, our Consul, called in person and made a re presentation of the facts of this case to General Oudinot The general-in-chief received him with courtesy, and listened to his statement with due attention, ac companied with all proper expressions of regret, and, in conclusion, directed the chief of the staff to return with Mr Brown to the consulate, to collect from witnesses of the scene full information in regard to it. The next day a military court - was called, which sat for nine hours, eliciting the facts of the case, with all the minute ness which distinguishes the French tri bunals. In the course of this examination it appeared that two of Mr Brown's ser vants ('Italians) had repeatedly, during the day, insulted the French-soldiers in pass ing. Jit the time in question an individual belonging to a large crowd, ot Italians, which, in defiance of a general order of the day previous, was assembled, to the number of a hundred or a ' hundred and fifty, at the Consul's house, had drawn a poinard on the guard. JI patrol, passing at the time, entered the house, not being apprised of its character, and made pri soner of the individual in question, and of another who was recognised as a deser ter from the French army. They then withdrew with the prisoners. It was in evidence upon oath that the patrol deported themselves without menace, and were un informed of the character of theremises until they were on the point of retiring. Mr Brown left the city with his family while this examination was in progress, leaving Mr Freeman (our Consul at Ancona) in the temporary discharge of the duties of the Roman consulate. In consequence of Mr Brown's absence, and under the im pression that the consulate was left without an agent, we understand that General Oudinot addressed a communication to Mr Cass, our charge d'affaires, in which he recapitulated the result of the examina tion, substantially as wehavegivenitabove, and expressed the profound regret which he hail experienced at the error that had been committed, which had been previously expressed in person to the American Con sul and Vice Consul. He also renewed to Mr Cass the assurance that no one in the French army had harbored the" design of disregarding the rights of his country. or questioning the inviolability ot the domi cil of diplomatic functionaries. General Oudinot further stated, we un derstand, that the two prisoners had been released, and expressed the h'ope that the communication which had been made would be a sufficient satisfaction for the error wnicti had been vommitteu,, ami which could not occur again. Republic. J THE HUNGARIANS. To show the charac ter of the governments and the armies against which the Hungarians " are struggling, as well as to show the perils which new, as have ever here tofore beset those who fight for Civil and religious liberty, we publish the following Proclamation of Haynait to the Inhabitants of Buda and Pesth. "After several victoriesj which the imperial arms have obtained oyer those of the traitors, we are again among you. We have again planted the imperial standard on your steeples. But our feelings are far different from what they were when we left you a short time ago. Doomed to death is every person, no matter of what Tank or sex doomed to instant death, on the spot of the crime, is every one who dares to assist the cause of the rebels, by words, or by deeds, or by revolutionary dress; doomed to instant death is every one who dares to insult any of my soldiers, or of those of our allies ; doomed to in stant death is every one who enters into traitorous communication with the ene mies of the Crown, or who maliciously presumes by rumors to assist the rebellion or to conceal weapons. ' The Austrian General Haynau issued the following diaboc'af proclamation on the 20th ult. beforeJeaving Pesth : To the Inhabitantrbf Euda and Pesth. Scarcely arrived within your walls, I quit them again with the greater part of the troops. I expect that during my absence you will touch not a hair of one of my officers or soldiers that stay behind, nor of those of the brave army in alliance with us for the holy end of re-establishing order. If you heed not my warning if even a part of you should venture, with audacious insolence, to tra ogress my orders, then annihilation will be your lot. Then, mak ing all pay for one, and one tor all, will I regard your lives and properties as forfeit in atonement for your crimes. Your fair city, inhabitants of Pesth, which is now partially touched with the traces of just punishment, will then be reduced to a heap of ashes, a monument of your treason, and of its castigation. Believe me that I am a man of my word, whether to punish insgression or to reward merit. The disloyal inhabitants of Brescia, who, like yourselves, repeatedly deceived by the inglcadcrs of the insurrection, set about resh treason, may serve as an instance whether rebels have, to expect any indul gence from me. Reflect upon the chastise- mem wnicn visited that city, and beware est, br neglecting my warning, you force me to inflict the same upon you Pesth, July 24." has regulated itself with a vengeance. matters and things to suit We hate to see a man on high-heeled boots suddenly lose one of his heels, and go hitching along like a stung bear to an Quizzicalities of Tennessee Election- Mr R. Hanna, one of the defeated can didates in Shelby county,Tennessee, issued an address a few days after the election a sort of posthumous letter of defence in reply to the electioneering attacks of his successful opponent. The following is a passage in which he vindicates himself against the reproach of having worn too many soiled shirts when he was in college: it, overturned bee-htve j in fact, even where j telegraph in this uieie is a nine innocent imposition, we hate to see a man taken down a peg or two for his good, all of a sudden, before folks. The cabinet are now fishing after eels with toad-fish bait in the waters of the muddy Potamac, while the head of the government is looking after an insurrection in Cuba in the iron mountains of Pennsyl vania. The fact is, we are under a regen cy government, and there is no use in deny ing the fact, or in endeavoring to keep it close any longer A President has been elected who cannot, or who will not, per form the duties of his high station ; and although no ultra whig, he has given his power into the hands of a cabinet of ultra whigs,. so blue with ancient federalism that indigo will make a white mark upon their azure, hides. Is this the entertainment to which we were invited ?" or rather, is not this the result xtf 'a nonli nation" on ,.e.. Part,.f the slaughter-house men of 1 hi ladelph.a not fit to be made?" Daniel Wedster was ri2ht one in hie life n,l we are glad to be able to say so, for while we administer lunar caustic to the ulcerat ed heart we have a balm for the wounded " Tray, Blanche, and Sheetheart, little dogs and all.". The fact is, if old Zachary has any dia monds, the Union will brighten them ; and if he has none, he has no business where he is, and the whig party are an swerable to the country for the imposition. Our impression is, that he is not a stone of'jhe first . water, and - that his frame is the most valuable part of the whole work. Doctors, the most valuable part of the whole work. Doctors, however, differ in this respect ; but as we judge by symp toms solely, we think we are as liable to be correct as those who feel his pulse by the HEROIC AGE." A French Lover A young lady of Languedoc, of a kind and ingenuous tem per, was courted by a petit maitre of Paris. After an absence of three months, she met him accidentally in the street, dressed much to his own satisfaction in a new peruke well powdered, as was the fashion. Just as she began to express her joy at seeing him, a shower of rain came on; at which her Narcissus discovered symptoms of great uneasiness; and instead of ex pressing himself in a manner correspon dent to her tender salutation, he began to run fer shelter. What!1 cried the in dignant fair one, have we been three long months absent from each other, do you still love me, do you enjoy my company, and is it possible you can think of your wig being spoiled by a few drops of rain ?" This anecdote which exhibits the levity and frivolousness of the character, is taken from a work once very popular in France, called the Gasconiana. Copies are now verv scarce. Now, fellow-citizens, I understand the gentleman speaks of me personally and not politically he says that he and my self were college mates together, and goes back into particulars. He says, as I un derstand, that when at college I never changed my shirts, but as one became unclean, instead of taking it off I placed a clean one over it ; and also that his re collection furnishes him with the follow ing facts, viz : That when I returned home from college upon one occasion, my mother ordered me to unshirt myself, when to her astonishment, I doffed at one shucking thirteen shirts, the one on over the other. This calumny I deny, and challenge the gentleman to the proof His statement is false in fact and in inference ; in fact, because he overrates the number, and in inference, because, fellow-citizens, I never in my palmiest days cherished such aristo-cn-tic notions as these. But I will here inform the gentleman, that I never had on at any one time more than seven shirts and I adopted it as an economical way of wearing my snirts in my youthful days, to save the expense of washing, whilst I was off from home at college ; and also I wili say to the gentleman, who - 'was my honorable competitor, that at the time of which he speaks I know of my own certain knowledge that he himself was quite scarce of shirts, and I adopted the plan to preserve my own shirts from the use of other people. So you see, fellow-citizens, to what low and cunning devices these politicians etiect and tor party purposes. Now, trust I have succeeded in nailing this foul calumny to the counter, and that its author will meet with a just rebuke at your hands for uttering such a bare-faced slander, without even the semblance of truth in it. Fellow-citizens, just take the matter home to yourselves did any of you ever nave on, ai any one time, as many as thir a. 1 . a -ri w ieeii smrxs. xne iuea is preposterous ior i uo not wins that any natural horn citizen of this county has as many as thir- wen smiisiu ins name. ine Gentleman has done me Tgreat injustice in supposing such uu ausuiuuj. The Hatchet Not Buried The St. Louis New Era positively contradicts the report published some time since, sta ting that Gen. Shields and Judge Breese were upon ineuaiy terms. There are 3,550,480 letters in the Bible, 592,409 words in the Old Testament, and 181,252 in the New. Yucatan. By the schooner Hornet, Captain Gammon, we are in receipt of the rioietm umciai oi merida, to the ad inst. Fhat journal contains reports from various officers, all couched in the most despond ing and gloomy terms in relation to the present and future condition of that un fortunate country. AW the writers agree that the whites ol Yucatan are now reduc ed to the direst extremities, and that un- i'ss assistance comes from abroad, they must abandon the peninsula to their feroci ous and implacable toes, the Indians JV. O. Delta. How to Tame a Shrew. What method shall I pursue,' said a French husband, 'to conquer the fury of 'my wife? At every little trine that crosses her humour, she frowns, frets, rages and storms, and my house seems too small to contain her. Her whole face is distorted, her hair seems to erect, her eyes dart flashes of lightening, and her cheeks looks like two red-hot balls, while words as pointed as needless and as sharp as razors issue from her ex panded mouth. Tn short, she is a perfect lViedusa, and petrifies me with horror to behold her. 4 One method I will try reclaim her. She has agreat idea of her own beauty : i win taKe ner to me looKing-giass ; and I the view ot her own hideous physiogno my does not restore her to a state of reason and tranquility, the case is desperate : 1 must send her to an hospital of lunatics, and shall not be surprised to hear her pro nounced incurable. home. Thou, whose every hour Is spent in Home's green bower i Where love, like'golden fruit o'erhanging, grows; Where friends to thy soul sweet, United, circling meet- As lapping leaves that from the entire rose Thank thy God well! soon from this joy thy day Passes away. Thou, at whose household fire Still sits thine aged sire Ad angel guest) with lore as those of old Make thy young children's care That crown of hoary hair, Which the calm heavens love as they behold! Soon soon the glory of that sunset ray Passes away. TholJj from-Whose household nooks Peep forth gay, gleaming looks. Those "fairy heads" shot up from opening flowers. With wonderous perfume 'filled " The fresh the undistilled, The overflowing bliss that childhood shoWers Praise Him who gave, and at whose word, their stay Passes away. ' Thou, with another heart United, though apart, As two close stars that mingling shine but one Whose pleasant pathway lies 'Nath tender, watchful eyes, Where love shines clearer'than the morning sun Praise God for life that in stlch soft array Passes away. More more thou hast yet more! These, thy heart's treasured store, Transferred to heaven, may win immortal birth With radiant seraphs there May tune ambrosial air To ever glorying hymns of praise while earth, Like lingering music from some paper gray, Passes away. Nov stars arise to herald truth The Magyars champion, bold Kossuth, Completes what Zisea-Hass begun. And give, fair Freedom to the Hun ; And Poland now disowns her lords; And all the Scandinavian hordes Hurl from his foul and blood bought throne The .tyrant of the frigid zone The blights the spells the chains that bind The Gordian knots around mankind: One hope alone doth Heaven afford The Patriot's arm the Gleaming Sword A CtrsfOM House Officer IN 'T1 a L. IOMBS. A paragiapn 13 going me rounds of the press, stating that one et Mr Me, well's newly appointed Inspectors has been arrested for stealing, and is now incarcer ated in-the Tombs. We were slow to be lieve the rumor, but after making due in. quires we find that the report is true; and1 believing that it is better for all parties that the Tacts should be immediately given to the public, we will state all. the particulars of the case that have come to our knowl edge. Goldsmith is the name of the persbh ar rested, and he was taken by the officer of Justice, while performing his official duties as Custom House Inspector, in dischar- -igu. rie was seized on suspicion .it n. 1 .. uccn concerned in the robbery of Jewelry in Philadelphia some months an whe n one of the watches stolen was foinul - THE MOUSE AND THE CAKE. BY ELI Z.V COOK. A mouse found a beautiful piece of plum cake. The richest and sweetest that mortal could make; 'Twas heavy with citroi. and fragrant with spice, And covered with sujjar all sparkling as ice. My stars!" cried the mouse, while his eyes beamed with glee, Iere's a treasure I've found, what a feast it will be : . But hark ! there's a noise, 'tis my brothers at play, So I'll hide with the cake, lest they Wander this way. Not a bit shall they have, for I know I can eat Every morsel myself, and I'll have sucli a treat;" So off went the mouse as he held the Cake fast. VVhile his hungry young brothers went scamper ing past. He nibbled, and nibbled and panted, but still He kept culpins it down till lie made liimself ill: Yet he swallowed it all, and 'tis easy to guess. He was soon so unwell that he groaned with dis tress. His family heard him, and as he erew worse I hey sent for the doctor. Who made him rehearse How he'd eaten the cake to the very last crumb, Without giving his playmates and relatives some. Ah me !" cried tke doctor, " advice is too late. Yoi must die before long, so prepare for your iate ; If vou had but brothers, Twould have done you no harm, and been good tor the others. 11 I. " x I I 1 , upon ins person, auuiner ne liacl just put into the hands of one ef his official collea gues for safe keeping, and one or two more Were found concealed in a straw bed at his boarding house. The ingenuity evin ced by'our indefatigable criminal detectors in this case, is one of the most admiraW instances of police stratagem that we have ever heard of; but we will not put rogtfes on their guard by publishing the secret. It seems that this Goldsmith is an old olleuder. He was caught some years since in the act of picking a pocket in Philadel phia, for which he served a year in the State Prison. Chapter in the history of "'Old IVhiiey. -The New Orleans Delta has knocked away all the romance with which the pub lic mind has invested the o!d war horse of the General," as he is familiarly termed. So far from this, it seems that Taylor bought him of busted un" circus rum. pany, just before he marched to Cornus Christi. Soon afterwards, the "second Washington, remembering that thf first Washington always rode his famous white charger at reviews, conceived the brilliant des:.gn of following in his footsleos and accordingly old circus was duly caparison- ea, anu me ueneral rode to the head ot the column. But, alas, he had not forgotten nis om occupation ; it mattered little to him whether he carried Caesar at a review, or a clown in the ring and no sooner had tne music struck up. than Old Whitey struct oui a circle, winch his rider tuund himselt unable to restrain! Around thev went over the tan " one tusrgin!? at the bit, and the other at the reigns, until at last, to the infinite amusement of his fel low oiheers, the humble imitator of the first and best," was landed on the turf ! After this, Old Whitey was discarded, and made to associate with the pack mules at the tail of the Jt rain, until the necessities of his master brought him once more into service, at the battle of Buena Vista. We are sorry to learn these facts, as thev take away one of the most interestiner featurea of the most interesting administration that ever iiuunsnea in tne -neroic age. ' The Sea Skrpent His snakeshin. cording to an affidavit in the Boston pa pers, was seen by John Marston, at Na hant Beach, on the 3d of .August at 8 ------ --- ...ui wiut'. marainn b u? o that the snake was about 80 or 100 feet long, ana ne saw it all. Community Troubles. .1 fresh emeute has broken out in the settlement of Econ omy, in western. Pennsylvania. This is a species of communist organization which has long existed on Beaver River. The original owners of the property. 300 in number, have dwindled down to about CO, in consequence of the lack of heirs to many of those who have died- all sexual intercourse being abstained from. thou Jt divided the cake With vour Had you shared it, the treat had been w holesome enough. But eaten by one. it was dangerous stuff. So prepare for the worst' and the word had scarce fled, When the doctor turned round, and the patient was aeau. Now all little people the lesson may take. And some large ones may learn from the mouse and the cake, Not to be over selfish with what we may gain, For the best of our pleasures may turn into pain. THE SWORD. O, gleaming sword ! linked with my name, And twined aiound thy shining blade, There dwells a power a charm a fame , That casts all meaner things in shade; And though full oft thou hast betrayed, Yet men will love thy glittering sheen. Thou art thou must be as thou hast been, The Patriot's hope the Warrior's trust, The Liberator of the just; And whoso rails with specious art, And soeks to dim. with blighting stain, Betrays some rotteness at heart, Some fibre wanting in the brain The Poet kindles at the theme, And lofty songs and anthems swell; Thy vision haunts the Hero's dream. And strikes with Jackson and with Tell: Thou hast become a household word, And men have learned to love the sword: I see where wiltering hai vests wave I see, where blood-red fields must run, Man will not always live a slave. Oh, sword ! they work has just begun : Hark to that wild commingling strain On Europe's shores that rise again, As on the breeze the music floats In martial airs and stirring notes ; And from each canton and commune Loud rings that soul-entrancing tune That nerved the arm in days of yore To conflicts never dared before. The glittering ranks now gleam afar With songs of joy ind hymns of war; One mighty thought pervades the line They scale the Alps-the Appenine : They cross once more the glorious Rhine Now, from the heights the eagle's glance, And Rome awakesfrom her long trance. Lo ! on that world-contested plain The Germau land the Allehayne, The nations turn their eyes again. A lifts the smoke-wreath thick and dun, The Gaul, the Saxon, and the Hun Scatter the ranks in wild affright; The Austrian leagued with Muscovite, Blend in one whole, compact and strong; That glorious land, depressed so long. Rest from their toils in Freedom's shade, Where seores of petty tyrants swayed : the original families live together: and now that the property amounts to 80000 for each owner, one of the number has commenced suit in a court of law to re cover his share, and employed as counsel Hon. Walter Forward and Wilson JMc Candless. The Pittsburg papers are of opinion that this will ettect a dissolution of the company. CURIOSITIKS. The frame of the picture of distress. The crown worn by the Queen of night The sceptre of the King of day. The start' used by the father of waters A wink fr om the eye of Greece. The wick of the lamp of life. A rainbow on the sky of years. A squeal from the pig of lead. Pith from thvlioll ow f the foot. Plants fi om the seeds of destruction . The letters on the tablets of the mind A feather from the tempest's wing. Red Rain' A shower of rain as red as blood fell near the village of Bonvilston, South Wales, and extended from thence in a westerly direction over Kantrithvd, Flem ingston etc., towards Llantw it-Major it was so manifest that it impregnated the clouds of earth, many of which were like ruddle. A phenomenon of this kind has been known to occur on the south side of Mont Blanc, where it left red spots on the snow. In the iron districts of this country small streams have been so im pregnated with chalybeate that the water was of quite a deep red color for some distance William 4 Smith's European Times. Ji Queer Verdict. In a libel suit at the west, counsellor the plaintiff told the jury that he did not ask for damages from a desire to obtain money, but merely as an indication that his client had been wronged; and if a verdict in his favor, giving dama ges, was returned, not one cent of the money would be taken from the defendant. The jur thereon returned a verdict of the plaintiff of four hundred and fifty dol lars, not to bepaid. Babbek's Sig.v. A thirsty fellow went into a barber's shop to be shaved, and, after his beard was taken off, he presented the barber with a penny, and askei for someth ing todrink. I do not keep a bar-room," replied the shaver. " It is printed on your sign," said the customer, What do you think, I shave for a penny and give something to drink.'1 " That's a new read ing," retorted the barber, I read the sign thus: "What! Do you think I shave for penny ana give something to drink r" Inexperience. A certain citizen, who had suddenly risen into wealth from a very low condition of life, standing up in the pit of the opera one evening, with his hat on, a lady whispered to auother, We must torgive that man, he has been so little used to the luxury of a hat, that he does not know when to pull it off." Texas. The Austin Democrat says : The crops in this portion of the State are remarkably fine this year ; promising a heavy yield. The same we learn from the papers of the East may be said of those of that section The Houston Telegraph remarks : The late rains appear to have caused considerable sickness in the country. Fevers prevail to an unusual extent m the bottoms of the Trinity and Brazos. The worm has appeared in cotton fields in many places on the Gaudaloupe; it hai not done much damage. Many planters were picking two hundred pounds to tft hand per day. "