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BY SAIL P. IVINS.
ATHENS, TENN., I'icIDAT, MAY 21, 1852.
Vol. iv.-no. 191.
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THE POST.
Athens, Friday, Maj 21, 1852.
Baltimore, May 8.
The Whig City Convention met on Thurs
day night last to select eleven delegates to
the btate Convention which has been called
for the purpose of choosing delegates to the
National Convention. On the first ballot,
Geo. E. Sangston, (Fillmore man), was elect
ed Senatorial dclesrate, by 82 to 12 for ull
others. Resolutions were then adopted in
favor of Mr. Fillmore, for the Presidency, and
approving the Compromise measures, after
which the remaining ten delegates were
chosen, all of whom are friends of Fillmore.
Every county in the State, heard from, has
gone for Mr. Fillmore, and the State Con
tention will probably be unanimous in his
favor. Gen. Scott is no longer spoken of in
this latitude, the course of his Northern
friends indicating that he will preserve en
tire silence upon tho Compromise measures.
The Washington correspondent - of the
Philadelphia North American, a well known
anti-slavery man, writes that Gen. Scott will
under no condition or circumstance write a
letter upon public questions, unless the
Whig Convention should offer him a nomi
nation. It remains to be seen whether the
Whig Convention will nominate him before
his sentiments on important subjects are fully
. fcnowttx JJ.. '
g u An old man" writing to the Boston
Daily Advertiser, says that in his opinion
three results will have been produced by
Kossuth's visit and reception, in this country.
First, a decline of reverence for tho hitherto
sacred principles of Washington, as laid
down in his immortal Legacy; second, the
auperinduction of a doubt among the nations
of Europe as to our real neutrality, and a
suspicion of our true faith in treaties; and
third, tho still stronger binding ef Austrian
tyranny around devoted Hungary, and the
still further postponement of the day of her
restoration.
'Dr. Stevens, in his address to the
graduates said that "notwithstanding the toils
connected with a medical life, It is a happy
calling." This is a just opinion, and has
been ever since we saw Dr. Rhubarb charge
a dollar for shaking his head at an inflamed
ankle. .
The N. Y. Tribune discusses the
policy which shuts up our iron beds and fur
naces, and patronises those of Europe in pre
ference, and says:
"Thore never before was so groat dearth of
employment throughout tho free States, as
during the past winter, and it still continues.
And still we go on, running in debt millions
per month for products that our own idle la
borers would gladly make, and calling it buy
ing them cheap. And we have just heard of
a large purchase of railrond iron from Eng
land at $371 P ton, payablo in seven per
cent bonds running fifteen years. Thus for
each ton of this Iron over $76 in cash must
be paid before and at tho maturing of the
bonds but who cares for debts having fif
teen years to runl Wo may all be dond be
fore they mature. So hurrah for giant debts
abroad and idle laborers at home! Hurrah
for boundless speculation to-day, though
bankruptcy be as boundless to-morrow! Hur
rah for giant fortunes made by bondmongor
erihgand giant taxes to support our crowded
alms-houses! Hurrah for blown out furnaces
nd British free trade!"
A low has passed the Louisiana Leg
islature, and goes into effect in six months
time, which prohibits tho emancipation of
laves in that State, except upon the express
condition that they shall be sent out of the
United State within twelve months, and re
quiring the paymont of $150, to be deposited
in the treasury for each slave, to bo applied
in pnyment of passage to Africa, and support
after arrival.
. 137" Individuals that stay out late at night
must expect to cat a late breakfast, and enjoy
a corafortablo headache, nceompaniod by a
fominine dissertation on broken rest
The Ohio Statesman says that Catharine
Bcholcy, thirty-six years of age, and weigh
ing six hundred and oleven pounds, is to be
exhibited in Columbus. She is a native of
Ohio, and resides in Pickaway county near
the jnncUon of the Darby with the Scioto.
SLANDER.
Slander is the enemy of all goodness;
hence the virtuous and the good have, in all
ages, been the peculiar objects of its venom.
How shall this odious vice be described ?
What colours shall perfectly delineate its
character! In the varied storehouse of theTas this lady describes her husband to be but
imagnation it is almost impossible to find
materials for this work. Language falls far
short of doing justice to this neglected sub
ject. Althongh this effort msy prove a per
fect failure, the writer's time will not be
wholly lost, if not more than one mind may
bo impressed with the immeasurable turpi
tude and malignity of this dreadful vice, and
lead to a resolution to guard against it forever.
-Slander is the product of a wicked disposi
tion ad aorrupt heortj it is the offspring of
a maliciuu, envious and jealous spirit In a
slanderer we find what we should scarcely
expect to find in any person the coincidence j
and concentration of all evil qualities. Such
a compound of all the vices such as pride,
hypocrisy, treachery and cruelty needs some
disguise to conceal its loathsomeness and
deformity. .
To whatever we may attribute this delusive
desire for evil speaking, whether to natural
cruelty of disposition and a love of mischief,
I or t0 nn envious, jealous temper, impatient of
tne merit and superiority of others whether
, t0 nnibition or insatiate
lust to which of
theso causes wo attribute this loathsome
disease, true it is to growth and progress as
injurious as it is disgraceful to a civilized
people To pass an ill-natured reflection on
a well-meant and innocent action; to condemn
a person for a word spoken inadvertently or
in jest; to rob nn innocent man of his charac
ter, and, above all, his peace, while a family is
dependent upon his labors for bread, and all
this out of pure caprice and wantonness ay,
and sometimes from worse motives, is such a
complication of wickedness, and such a per
version of the noble powers of mind, as can
not fail to excite the deepest disgust and
incur the heaviest censure.
But what are some of tho different forms
of slander? There is one species in the form
of whispering. This consists of speaking of
a person's failings in private. This is done
in a very confidential manner to some par
ticular and intimate friend, and generally has
an introduction something like this : "Now I
nm going to tell you something, but don't
mention it to any one." Thus the story
creeps ft!o& Wid p Am thr gh eortm
nity, until the public mind is irremediably
tainted. Backbiting comes next Undoubt
edly more have suffered in their reputation
by backbiting than by public accusations.
Against tho former we may arm ourselves;
but beinsriimorant of the designs of the
backbiter, we are taken unawares. Tale
bearing is another species; these are generally
tho accomodating carriers of news for the
special gratification and relief of the curious.
These three generally are the most odious
and mischievous characters in the community,
and they should be abhorred and spurned as
a walking pestilence.
Heading Geb. Cass. We notice a Wash
ington rumor afloat that directly after the
organization of Baltimore Convention No. 1,
a motion will be made that the claims of no
candidate who has heretofore been put in nomi
nation by the party and defeated, shall be con-
sidered by the Convention. 1 his, it is sup
posed, will receive the votes of the friends of
all the candidates, Gen. Cass excepted, and
thus throw him out of the ring. ' We suspect
this motion has only been discussed, not
agreed on; and that its palpable personality
and unfairness will prevent its adoption.
Rabus Gap Rail Road. General A. II.
Brisbane, with a corps of Cadets, from the
Military Academy of Charleston, reached
Augusta last Friday evening, and left there
on Saturday morning for the Rabun Gap, via
Athens, to make a survey of the proposed
route for tho Rabun Gap Rail Road.
Indiana Legislature. A bill appropriat
ing five thousand dollars to aid in the coloni
zation of the free persons of color in the
State of Indiana, has passed both branches of
tho Gonoral Assembly,
In tho House, a resolution in favor of the
Maine law was voted down ayes, 8, noes 79.
Tho Franklin (Tcnn.) Review says that
Geo. Bennett of Williamson county, cured
himself a largo cancer in the nose, and with
which ho had for yoars suffered intensely, by
tho following simple process:
He procured about a peck of clean rod onk
bnrk, by first cutting off the rough outsido,
and put it into a vessel containing about two
gallons of wator which he boiled over a slow
fire till the ooze became quite strong, when
ho strained it through a cloth to romove the
particles of the bark. Then he again put it
into the vessel and simmered it over a slow
fire till it came to the consistency of molas
ses, when it was fit for use. It was then
spread upon a piece of silk or other soft nig,
and nnnliod to the diseased part He usod
about two fresh plasters every week until tho
cancer was removed and tho woond healed;
ho says It is not painful, but believes it an
infallible remedy.
A story is going the rounds that an Amer
ican gentleman in Rome, (namo not stated)
refused to. take off his hat when the Pope
was carried past during the ceremonies of
Holy Week. The police took him is charge
charge and treated him roughly.
AN INTERESTING HUSBAND, j
One of the go-a-head ladies of this pro?
greasing age thus writes of her husband to
the Boston Olive Branch. It does seem to
be a pity that such a woman should have"
been caught in the same net with such a man
such accidents do happen occasionally. We
should like to have Solomon's opinion of his
wifei - ' .
Mr. Editor : If you could only see my
husband Solomon Still weather! It is my
firm conviction he will be the death of m.
I am naturally a happy, bright, cnergelis,
warm-hearted, chain-lightning, impulsive wo
man born after the stages' were exploded,'
and in the, days of railroads and steam engines.
I've the most capacioiia heart ' that ever
At , .! A 1 1 t 3 . L i - 1-1.
mumpeu against siiKen Dooices; can naie iikba- -' - yyii niuv
Luoifur, and love i pwarortiutr, and be cW-ntWKW itis sail aid void, and must be
nally grateful to one who is so kind to me.
Now Solomon is calm. Nothir.jr ruffles him,
or disturbs him. Mount Vesuvius couldn't
make him hurry; he does everythinff both
mercantile and matrimonial by rule, square
and compass. When the proper time arrives, it
comes off, and it don't a fraction of a second
before. Were the house on fire, he would
stop to take the lint off his coat and brush
his teeth before starting. If I ask him a
question at breakfast, I never get an answer
till after tea; he walks around the house with
a noiseless, velvety tread, like a supernatural
pussy cat Should tho children in their play,
knock over the tea table and its contents, he
looks quietly up from his book and says
"Ain't you rather rude children!"
One summer evening in the country, as he
sat upon tho grass smoking a cigar, it occur
red to me whether anything short of an earth
quake would start him up, so I placed a Ionff
string of crackers directly behind him, and
touched 'em off, and as I'm a living woman
he never so much as winked. You should see
him getting ready for church, Sunday, us he
pairs his finger nails, lays every hair on his
head over its appropriate bump, sprinkles a
drop of cologne on the northwest corner of
his handkerchief, and ties the bow of that
cravat for the fortieth time. I never saw
Solomon excited; I never heard him laugh;
he don't know the luxury of tears. Now if
I could only get up a domestic squabble!
(thunder could clear the atmosphere, you
know,) but its no use. I've tried to stir him
on politics, but he's on the fence, had as lief
jump ono way as the other, and is quite
indifferent as to gluten. I've put on sulks
and been distant and dignified; I tell you he
likes it; besides you couldn't freeze him
colder than he is; I've been loving, and pet
ting him; it's a waste of ammunition, he can't
be thawed out. Its my solemn belief that he
was originally intended for an old maid, but
by some horrid mistake he's my husband.
I could double'Capo Horn while he was
savinc "My dear. O, oh ! When the coro-
iw jury tnie en.me won't ti vefOlet be-ai
died of Still weather. " - ' "C
The Chances of Life. A late number of
the Albany Journal says: "Among tho inter-
est in c facts developed by the recent census
are some in relation to the laws that govern
life ahd death. They are based upon returns
from the State of Maryland, and a compari
son with previous ones. Tho calculation it
is unnecessary to explain, but the result is a
table from which we gather the following
illustration:
10,268 infants are bom on the same day
and enter upon life simultaneously. Of these
1,243 never reach the anniversary of their
birth; 9,025 commenco the second year; but
the proportion of deaths still continues so
great that nt the end of the third only 8,183,
or about four-fifths of tho original number,
survive. But during the fourth year the
system seems to acquire more strength, and
the number of deaths rapidly decreases. It
coes on decreasing until twenty-one, the
commencement of maturity and the period of
highest health. 7,134 enter upon tne activi
ties and responsibilities of life more than
two-thirds of the original number. Thirty
five comes, the meridian of manhood, 6,302
have reached it Twenty years more, nnd
the ranks are thinned. Only 4,727, or less
than half of those who entered life fifty-five
years ago, are left And now death comes
more frequently. Every year tho ratio of
mortality steadily increases, and at seventy
there are not a thousand survivors. A scat
tered few live on to the close of the century,
nnd at the nge of one hundred and six, the
dream is ended the last man is dead!
Take the Papers. Tis sweet on a win
ter's night at home, to sit by fire and tapers;
but ah! 'tis a wiser thing by far to read the
papers. Can't you tuke the papers! Tho
joys of hearts are of little worth unless youX-
take the papers.
Maidens wait lovers true you must take
tho papers! Swains who would not idly woo
you must take the papers! Won't you
tike the papers? Love's joys 4clow, you'll
never know, unless you take the papers.
Married folks of ull degree you must tako
the papers! You must truly happy be, if you
tako the papers! Won't you take papers?
Can't you take tho papers? They'll say
you're mean, and "rather green," unless you
take'the papers.
A Mother. Who can look coldly upon a
mothor? Who, after the unspeakable tender
ness and care with which she has fostered
him through infancy, guidod him through
childhood, and deliberated with him through
tho perplexities of opening manhood, can
sponk irreverently of a mother? Hor claims
to the affections of her offspring are founded
in nature, and cold must be the heart that
can deny them. Over the grave of a friend,
of a brother, or of a sister, I would plant the
primrose, for it is emblematical of youth, but
over that of a mothor I would let tho green
iiiss shoot up unmolosted, or there is some
thing in the simple covering which Nature
spreads upou the grave that well becomes
the abiding place of decaying age.
fif In New York Land Warrants are ad
ve,and 160 acres are quoted at $120 a $125.
he annexed information in regard to the
ansfer of Land Warrants is from Thomp
son's Reporter . .
General Ijand Office, AprU 29, 1852.
$ir. If the Warrantee died after the Warrant
fas issued, the heirs, if adults, jointly must
sssign; if minor, their guardian, having pre
viously obtained an order from the Court
having proper jurisdiction, can alone assign
their interest therein; if there are both adult
and minor heirs, the former and the guardian
of the latter must unite in making the assign
ment - An executor cannot assign a warrant un
der said act, unless specific directions are
given by the testator to him to dispose of
the same.
It the Warrantee died before the Warrant
returned to the Commissioner of 'Pensions,
who will cancel the same and issue another
in the name of the widow, (if he left one ;)
if he left no widow, but minor children, the
Warrant will be issued in their names; if he
left neither widow nor minor children, there
exists no right in any other person thereto.
Very respectfully vonr ob't serv't
J. BUTTERFIELD, Commr.
To J. Thompson, Esq., LandWurrant Dealer,
N. 2 Wall st, N. Y.
"Remarks. If the warrantee died after the
issuing of the warrant, proof of the fact
must accompany tho warrant and proof of
heirship must also accompany the warrant.
This proof must consist of the certificate of
a Probate Court under seal, stating the time
of the death of the Warrantee, and giving
the name of the widow, or, if no widow, of
each and every child, designating which are
minors and which are of age.
The widow is entitled to the warrant If
there are neither widow nor children, the war
rant is null and void.
( THE OLD OAK TREE.
1 would I were a child again,
( As when I sported free,
Upon the greensward, through the glen,
' Beneath tho old oak tree.
Iy father's calm and thoughtful brow
In memory still I sec;
My mother's smile shines on me now,
Beneath the old oak tree.
The sunshine falls as warm and bright,
As freely breathes the air;
The stream still dances down ns light,
The flowers still bloom as fair.
Where'er my tearful eyes may range,
Familiar spots I soc;
The scene I loved seemed slow to change,
Around the old oak tree.
But gone are all those chorished forms
I gazed on when a child,
Like autumn's leaves when early storms
Swsapihftsrgh the woodland wild,
And all alone within the glen,
And " VchJld ftffam
Beneath the old oak tree,
A Cutting Epitaph. 'Some years ago
there lived in this region,' so writes a genial
friend, a 'steam poet' familiarly known as
Old Beach.' What think you of the follow
ing, suggested by him as an appropriate
epitaph for a certain Deacon R , who died,
leaving all his property to the missionary
societies :
Here lies what's left of Deacon R ;
He knows his own condition;
To save his soul he gave his all
Unto tho heathen mission;
His children poor, turned out of door,
For them he h id no pity;
If heaven serves him as he served them,
Old Sultan do your duty.
A Odd Reception. A few evenings since,
says the Salem Standard, a party of young
men proceeded, at a late hour, to serenade
newly married couple. The groom arose and
prepared a repast for the visitors, of which
they partook freely, when the host invited
them to unite with him in prayer. They all
kneeled down, and listened to an eloquent
appeal in their behalf. Not a word was spo
ken, but each left in silence, amazed at tho
odd turn of their visit
The narrowest part of the Atlantic is
more than two miles deep. In other parts it
is about one and a half miles.
Don't moralize to a man who is on
his back.. Help him up, set him firmly on
his feet, and then give him advice and means.
. jaDOi put tho baby t, Biecp wth
laudanum, and then bring me my parasol and
revolver. I am going to attend a mooting for
the amelioration of the condition of the hu
man race.
A San Francisco resident states that now
there is in that city, less darkness, fewer
riots, burglnries, murders, and less disorderly
conduct generally, than exists even in many
of the villages of tho older States, whore so
ciety is better organized, nnd the law omnipo
tent in its majesty and power.
Tho plain of the Euphrates is one hundred
miles in diameter, and appears as level ns a
floor. Once it was densely populated, no
doubt, but now a few villages only are scat
tered over it
The want of the gontlor sex in California
is expressed in the following business report:
"Females are earning from $40 to $100 per
month in the cities of the Pacific, and hus
bands are -as plentiful as flics in a sugar hogs
head!". Rrtnma In which, from any cause, there
arises an unpleasant odor, may be freed of
the noxious effluvia by placing a few kernels
of coffee on a hot shovel, and allowing the
aroma, or smoke, to bo freely disseminated.
It will dispel effectually tho most powerful
odor arising from putrid animal or vegetable
matter. It has been much used ana with
excellent success, in localities iafoetod with
cholera,
THE PIRATE'S ATTACK.
"There they are!" exclaimed the captain,
whoso eye had taken the direction f mine;
"the rascals have rowed clear of us, and are
coming on from the St Domingo side. Stand
to your arms, boys! the rogues are upon us."
In an instant every man was at his post and
on tho alert "Sfcind in the shadow of the
spars and rigging to be out of sight" contin
tied the captain, "and not a man of you fire
till I give the word."
"Ay, ay, sir," respondsd the crew, with nau
tical precision.
"And now," says the captain, who really
went to work in a business-like style, "let us
get this gun on the other tick, Mr. Brae, to
be ready for the gentlemen."
The muzzle of the piece was aocordingly
thrust through the opposite port, keeping a
dead aim at the boat which wns nov a little
more than a quarter of a mile distant fiptn us.
btrango,"suid I, "that the fellow. Mmuld
cnouae to row8gnitAt tneee a. ovhA? bji.e4.e0ntenance, it wa vidut that nothing but
doing, they must know we should see the
glitter of their oars.
"I suspect" replied the captain, "that they
had no choice about it. You forget we have
more or less wind off the land since sunset
and are at least six miles from where we were
then. The probability is that the rogues lost
us after nightfall; but it seems that they have
found us at last."
The boat was now very near us, still not a
sound came from her. Tho closest and most
painful attention could not hear the dip of
her oars, which rose and fell like pieces of
mechanism, glittering in the moonlight like
blades of silver.
"Boat ahoy?" cried the voice of Captain
Boltrop, in its most startling tones. No an
swer was returned to this summons, and the
oars were plied-moro lively. "Keep off! you
rascals," again shouted our commander, "off!
or I'll blow you out of the water!"
Tliis threat and the firebrand which I flour
ished with great fierceness, seemed to make
the pirates hesit-ite. The motion of the boat
was arrested. Captain Boltrop thought tho
victory already achieved, nnd he again raised
his voice in tones of authority "Throw your
arms overboard, and come alongside."
A volley of musketry was the reply to this
summons n dozen bullets whistled by, and
the captain's hat flew ocross the deck. A
deep imprecation burst from his lips. The
next instant a broad stream ot name issued
from the quarter-deck, and the explosion of
the pieeo broke upon the dead stillness of
the elements with a noise like thunder. A
distant crash, a heavy splashing in the water,
above which a cry of mortal ngony was ter
ribly distinct had arisen in the direction of
tho foe before the smoke dispersed sufficient
ly to enable us to see the effect of our shot
No boat was then to be seen, nor any trace of
her crew; we had in all probability sent eve
ry soul into eternity.
Uy ueorger cried the captain, with some-
thing like compunction in his tone, and rub-
bing"hi. head with biaandk.hiJL-l would
rather have t-.ken the rascals and bad them .
decently h-.nged, than sent them to thebottom
i k;. flrwt v Mn'i h,.v
made a better shot, Mr. Brae, if"
A horrid yell, rising apparently from the
very depths beneath the ship, stopped him in
the middle of his speech. A boat glided out
of the smoke, and shooting under our bows,
a dozen dark forms were seen springing from
) tions nad been wisely taken, and were com
it to tho side ot the ship, liut our preeau-
pletely successful. No sooner did they touch
tne slippery vessel than most ot them, with
the most horrid blasphemies, fell buck into
the sea, snapping their pistols at us even after
they were filled with water. At the same
moment their boat, which had been complete
ly riddled by our sliot, tilled and sunk to the
bottom. Throeonly got upon deck, nnd were
immediately overpowered and secured. Five
more were with dillieulty dragged out of the
water, and disposed of in tho same manner.
One powerful fellow, however, was not so
easily quelled. Ho had succeeded in getting
one foot upon deck, when a young seaman,
named Ralph, flew at him with the fierceness
of a tiger.
They closed, and after balancing a moment
between the deck and the water, the pirate,
who was much the heavier man, fell back
wards overboard, dragging his antagonist
with him. They both sunk, but soon rose
again about four rods from the ship, clinging
closely together. Then commenced a com
bat the most singular and nppalunr 1 had
ever witnessed. No one on board scorned to
think of devising means of assisting our
champion. No one dared to fire upon the
pirate; for so closely were they coiled togeth
er, so rapid were their evolutions, nnd so dim
the light shed by tho moon, that -it Was im
possible to hit one without endangering the
life of the other. At the commencement of
the struggle, their effort seemed to be aimed
solely at drowning each other. They whirl
ed over on the top of the water1, daubing it
about liko wounded sharks. Bolh then sunk
and for a while were lost to our sight Pre
sently they arose again, and exchnnged thick
and heavy blows, and closing with redoubled
fury, sunk again. Neglecting to use their
weapons, which would have put a speedy end
to the fray, they fought more like savage
beasts of- prey, bent on throttling cacn otner,
than like human beings.
"Shall we stand nnd see otir man murder
ed?" at length exclaimed a voico from among
the crew. It operated like mngic to break
tho spell that had fallen upon us all.
"Clear away tho boat there!" shouted the
captiin, nnd six men sprang to execute the or
der. Just then, after an effort of iinusnl
fierceness, both of tho combatants sunk. -
They remained out of sight so long, that the
men who wero lotting down the boat suspend
ed their operations, nnd we all stood breath
less with uncertainty ond anxiety awaiting
their ro-appoaranco. At length, about thirty
yards off tho waters parted; but only one man
was seen to rise.
"Is it you, Ralph?" cried the captain, in a
suppressed voice.
"llere is some of him, at least, on my knife
blade," responded the free-bootct, with the
accent and laugh of a fiend; and springing
nearly to his whole height out of tho water,
he threw the weapon with grcnt force to
wards us. Another hollow laugh rang orer
tho waters, nnd, on looking round, w ide cir
cles of ripples were seed moving on the
moonlit sea, as if some heavy bod? bad just .
sunk into it, .
Vengeance was the tardy thought that now
rushed on every heart Some, in the blind
ed fury of the moment actually discharged
their pieces into the centre of those waving
eddies, without staying to reflect upon its ut
ter nselessness. Others wild their guns id
readiness, and eves glaring upon the sea like
panthers robbed of their prey, stood prcpar
ed to fire the moment hp would show his!
head above tho water. But lie rose no more;
The winged messengers of death that had
been aimed at his life sped harmlessly over
his head; nnd had it been possible to pene
trate the secrets of the great deep, he might
have seen reposing peacefully on its sandy
bottom by the side of his late antagonist A
sullen silence pervaded the ship.
The men looked gloomily at each other
and with lowering brows on their helpless
prisoners, as if a sufficient atonement had not
been rendered for tho life of their comrade
To one skilled in the language of the human
the restraint of discipline, held them" "b.icK'
irom a summary act or vengeance and of
crime that would have sunk them to a level
with the pirates themselves. Judging of the
feelings of his crew from their looks, or more
probably from his own, nnd anxious to remove
the temptation to evil, the captain ordered
our eight prisoners to be stowed under tho
hatches, and they were accordingly tumbled
in with very little ceremony, iiolv many of
mis uana or genuino desperadoes had been
lost we had no means of ascertaining; for our
prisoners either did not or would not under
stand English or French. But w hen they fired
upon us, twelve to sixteen men wero visible(
and the yell that followed our discharge was
such as is never extorted from mortal man but
by the pangs of tho last agony.
Six or eight, then, of the freebooters, had
certainly perished. What chance of success
they might fancy that an open boat could
have against a vessel of the size of ours, it
completely bewildered us to imagine. They
must cither have been intoxicated, or in the
situation of a beast of prey, whom the goad
ings of hunger will impel to rush upon a foe
whoso face ho would otherwise have tied.
Viewing it in cither light, it was nn act of
the most daring hardihood. The struggle had
been fierco and boisterous, but had passed.
The ship was restored to her usual tranquil
; tv nnd wa moving before a gentle breeze
from the shore, yet so slowly scarcely to
ruffle the face of the ocean.
A Temperance Joke. Joe Harris wns a
whole-souled, merry fellow, and very fond of
a glass. After living in New Orleans for
many years, he camu to the conclusion of
visiting nn old uncle, away up in "Massachu
setts, whom he had not seen for many vears
, Now, there is a difference between New
Orleans and Alassrichiisultss in regard to the
use of ardent spirits, and when Joe arrived
there nnd found all the people run inidabout
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I mdl,ed tl,,lt ho WU8 " Jkle. But on tho
morning alter his arrival, the old man nnd his
sons being out at work, his aunt came to him
and said
'Joe, you have been living in tho south,
and, no doubt are in the habit of taking a
littlo to drink about eleven o'clock. Now I
keep some here for medicinal pvrpox(S, but let
no ono know it ns my husband want to set
a good example for the boys.
Joe promised, and thinking he would get
no more that day, took, us ho expressed it, 'a
buster.' After uwhile ho walked out to tho
stable, and who should ho meet but his un
cle. 'Well, Joe,' says he, 'I expect you nro r.c
customed to drinking something in New Or
leans, you find US ail temneraneo hern. nnr?.
Lfor the sake of my Sons, I don't let them
know that I have any brandy about; but I
just keepa little out here for my rheumatism.
Will you accept a little?'
Joe signified his readiness, and took ano
ther big horn. Then continuinghis walk, ho
came to where tho boys were hauling tho.
rails. After conversing nubile, 'one of his
cousins saidi
"Joe, I expect you would like to have a
drinK? and as tho old folks are dywn on li
quor, we keep somo out hero to help us on
with the work.'
Out came the bottle, nnd down they sat,
and he says that by tho time ho went homo
to dinner he was ns tight u9 ho could well be,
and all from visiting a temjierance family.
Dont Blame Him. A man moved to New
Hampshire, nnd remained three weeks, during
which time it rained hard every day- on the
morning of the 21st day he met a neighbor
who remarked that the skies lookod as though
"a storm was a going to set in," whereupon
tho discouragod emigrant packed up and
floated back to his old home.
The Rush tor California. Tho steam
ship Northern Light which left New Vbrk
on Wednesday for Nicaragua, had on board
nine hundred and fifty California adventurers.
When she took her departure, her decks and
rigging were crowded with human beingsi
As the Crescent City sailed the same day
from New York for Navy Bay with 500, wo
havo a total of 1,450 persons leaving a single
port on tho Atlantic, in ono day, for the
Pacific.
Tllos. J. Munford has been appointed by
Judgo iirien, Clerk nnd Muster ot tho Chan
eery Court at Clarksvillo.
A man on getting out of an omnibus a few"
days ago, made use of two rows of knees as
banisters to steady himself, ut which the In
dies took offence, and ono of them cried
aloud: "A perfect saviigei" "True," said a
wag Insido, "he belongs to the Paw Knee
tribe."
Somebody says our passions nro oldcf
than our reason, because passions nro born
with us, but reason don't follow till a long
time alter. This is a slander upon fill babies.
When a baby is spanked, don't he holler.'-
And hasn't hu got a reason?
Mathew St Clair Clarke, for several yunr
Clerk of the House of Representitives of
the United States, and who has filled other
fffil ?on wih credit and ability, disJ
la Washington on Thursday last.
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