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THE POST.
Athens, Friday Jlprll 21, 1854.
Baltimore, April 12.
Fighting is about to commence in earnest,
find the Turks are said to have been defeated
in several skirmishes.
In addition to the Greek insurrection, nu
outbreak of a terrible character had tiikt-n
place in Southern Albania.
The weather in the Black Sea is reported
to be exceedingly tempestuous.
Amicable feelings exist between Austria
find Russia, but Napoleon has proclaimed that
Austria must join the Western Powers.
Tho Czar is said to be somewhat alarmed
at the decided portion assumed by the North
ern Powers.
Monteaux & Co., bankers at Loudon, have
failed for five hundred thousand dollars.
Baltimore, April 13.
The Democratic State Committee of New
York met at Albany, and passed resolutions
condemning tho Administration.
It is reported that a large Grain House
In New York has failed for a quarter of a
million
Political Executions. We learn from
the Now York Tribune, that the Adminis
tration's pet, tho New York Custom House,
has again been the scene of political slaught
er. Six clerks, nine inspectors, one weigher
and one measurer have received their conge
to depart, and their successors have been
mnnintnl. ndfiald hod better keep his
fingers around his neck, or his hoad will roll
oif into tho same basket that poor Bron son's
did. The "Vounc-Hickory" clique will be
remembered in the Empire Stale, in a man
ner which will not be very acceptable to any
of their feelings, either singly, or collectively,
at future elections.
-
Quarrelling. If any thing in tho world
will make a man feel badly, except pinching
hi fingers in the crack of a door, it is un-
nnnationablv a ouarrel. No man ever fails
to think less of himself after, than he did
before; it degrades him In the eyes of others,
and, what is worse, blunts his sensibilities on
the one hand, and increases the power and
passionate irritability on tho other. The
truth is, tho moro peaceably and quietly we
get on the bettor for our neighbors. In nine
cases out of ten, the better course is, if n man
cheats you, to quit dealing with him; if he is
abusive, quit his company, if lie slanders you,
take caro to live so that nobody will bclieyo
him. No matter who no is, or now misuses
you, the wisest way is to lot him alone; for
thcro is nothing bettor than this cool, calm,
and quiet way of dealing with tno wrongs we
meet with.
Or Aim high, boys; but remember, the top of
the ladder is not to be reached by one migh
ty jump some fine day after you have be
come men. The path of tho hill of science
begins just where you now nro in your
"chool-room, and every lesson well-learned
is a step. Do yon see that little, blue-eyed
fellow, in the corner, looking so quietly and
steadily upon his book? His 1ody is still:
but his soul, if you could only see it, is ta
king steps along an unseen but real path
which leads through the broad and beauti
ful fields of knowledge, and up to tho heights
of fame and wealth and honor. Perhaps ho
ia on his way, even now, to Congress; nyc!
just as fast now as when, twenty years hence,
thousands shall be delighted at his wisdom
nd eloquence, and vote for him aa their rep
resentative in the national council.
Burhino Mm w ErnoT. Tho New York
Tribune, in alluding to the numerous demon
strations mado in various parts of the coun
try against public men, remarks with much
truth: "Ws must insist that there are bet
tor ways of shedding light on important sub
jects than by burning men in effigy."
CoiWREsstosAL. The Senate, on Tues
day, took up the bill granting credit for du
ties on rail road iron. Mr. Douglas moved an
amendment, admitting iron for three years
free of duty, upon which a long debato en
sued. In the House, Bennett's Land Bill was
postponed for two weeks. The .Nebraska
Bill was debated in Committee of the Whole
by Mr. Cullnm, of Tennessee, who opposed
the bill, and was very severe on Mr. Doug-
la. .
Tha Toledo Blade is under the im
pressioo that 6,000,000 bushels com will bo
hipped from that placa, the coming season.
The largest amount over shipped in one sea
ton before, was 1,878,047 bushels.
W A western editor, noticing a Bloomer
tays -she looked remarkably well, as far as he
could see T
The British Fleet and the Baltic
Powers. A London correspondent of the
National Intelligence! says that much, anxiety
is felt as to tho manner in which tho British
fleet will be welcomed by tho Baltic Powers.
Will crowds of cheering Danes and Swedes
line the shores, or will tho British flag be met
with chilling apathy and marked dissatisfac
tion 1 "There are politicians here who say
that the appearance of the fleet will be the
signal for Denmark and Sweden to throw
down the gauntlet to Russia, and join with
France and England, whilst others argue that
exactly tho reverse will take, place, and that
the entrance of the British fleet at tho Cattc
giite will cause a combination of Russia,
Prussia, Denmark and Sweden against the
Western Powers, and Unit the Scandinavian
ports will at once be closed to a ffSet depend
ing upon them for temporary shelter nnd for
necessary provisions. This would place tho
British arms nt a greatdisndvantage. Swedish
ports once closed, Denmark would follow her
neighbor's example, nnd then, shut In the
Baltic by the frightful butteries at its mouth,
and assailed suddenly by the combined navul
forces of thice enemies, thcro would remain
desperate work to bo done even for Sir
Charles Napier. This is certainly an extreme
view of tho case and one which wo are not
disposed to entertain; but yet it is held by a
great many very cautious persons.
Washington, April 12.
The Gadsden Treaty is safe. The Senate
have agreed upon a now boundary, with a
reduced extent of territory, and annulled the
Pacific Railroad route. Tho next question
will bo the amount of indemnity.
The bill exempting Railroad iron from duty
was considered on Tuesday by tho Senate.
The House was engaged on the Civil and
Diplomatic bill, when several Nebraska
speeches were delivered.
In the Senate, on Monday, Mr. (i win advo
cated the Paeilic Railroad bill.
The Nebraska bill was defeated in com--Uiitlee
of the Whole.
The Almighty Dollar. The race of this
ago after riches, said a Rov. speaker at Glas
gow, Scotland, a few days since, "is not a
healthy race, but a maddening rush. It is like
a rush to a breach to a breach in tlio Citadel
of Mammon with its defences of thick com
petition mounds of bankruptcy and files
of bad debts besieged by ft magazine of
capital, large artillery for wholesale, and smnil
guns for retail. The sole object is to be up
at the breach first. Never mind your neigh
bor hit him on the face shut up his eyes
or close his mouth if he's down, keep him
down, or siok him lower plant your heel in
his mouth it doesn't signify it's all game
all a fair speculation the thing is to mount
the breach honestly, if you can but mount
it at any rate, though you use your friends as
stepping stones and when you have mount
ed plant your flag, look round with com
placent benignity, and say you're a rich man."
Frontier Indians. The Council Bluff
Bugle, of the 18th ult., gives nn account of
n fight botween the whites nnd Indians on
the Littlo Sioux, early in the month. It is
stated that six lodges of tiio Two Finger
Bnnd of Sioux, from St. Peter, on the Mis
sissippi, encamped near the Littlo Sioux on
tho 6th, and stole somo hogs nnd a yoko of
oxen. They were pursued by the inhabit
ants, overtaken nnd hemmed in. Tlusy made
n halt nnd called a parlcyvv,hich was gran
ted. Tho whites stepped! forward, and then
she-Indiana le.vMwl -oncg'iin at them but
. . 1 .. . 1 l.A..mt'. H'n.n a 1 1 1 . f n
T'tlieni. " The whites' fired at them in return,
wounding or killing nt least one. Both par
ties then retired. A bad feeling is said to ex
ist on the part of the whites, nnd a war of
extermination is threatened against the Indi
ans. 83?" Tho Now York Express says : "Tho
know-nothings have, of a sudden, becomo a
power in tho State What they are what
they want whero they came from what
they do not knowing, we cannot say. But
that they nro a powor in the State that they
make nominations that they mingle in nnd
carry elections is obvious from the history
of thincs about us. Their meetings, we stut-
ed the other day, are called by posting shocts
of blank paper against walls; but when we
send our reporters, they bring back the old
storr 'Nobody knows nothing,' and there
fore there is nothing to print" .
The British Lion Aroused! In the last
number of Punch is a good engraving repre
senting the British lion in a fury, gnashing
his formidable ivories and striving to escape
from Lord Aberdeen, who is hanging on his
mvne exclaiming in despair "I must let him
go!" In the distance across llie wator is
seen an enormous bull frog with a French
plume in his cap, making his way with con
vulsive leaps across the country. The lion ia
evidently anxious to joiu him.
Convention of Irish societies was
held in New-York on Thursday evening, for
the purpose of preparing'an address to their
countrymen in Ireland, exhorting them not
to join the British army, in the coming Eu
ropean war, in which England U likely to
become involved. Another meeting on the
subject is soon to be held. .
C3 Chicago papers contains a call for
Sabbath Convention, to be held in that city,
May 17, and designed to include the whole
North West.
Veto or im Nibrasia Bilu All tho
clergymen in Concord, N. II-, have pat their
names at the head of memorial from cili
zens of that place, praying that President
Perce will veto the Ncrratka bill if it rattea
Congress.
ATHENS,
THE WHIG PARTY.
"Tho Whirrs could recoivo no higher
culogiumof the men and their measures than
tiiivo been bestowed bv acclamation ot tno
entire country upon Clay nnd Webster, the
representatives and embodiments oi uoiu.
We are (snvs the Favetteville Observer;
indebted to a kind and valued friend, whose
firm adhsrence to the men nnd measures of
the party has long commended him to all who
know him, for calling our ottention to the
sentiment which we have placed nt tho head
of this article. How grateful and refreshing
are such suggestions ! Wo know not to
whom should be attributed the credit lor ut
terance of so strong n truth, but whether it
como from the granite hills of the North, the
siiimv dime of the South, or the broad prairie
of the West, it speaks to the heart of every
true Whig a language which he should never
forget, and a truth which should urge him
onward whenever it is sought to destroy that
party, cither by open foes or secret and con
cealed enemies.
No party which has ever existed in our
own country, or any other, could appeal to
names more illustrious in proof of the purity
and patriotism of its aims and principles.
They would have adorned the brightest peri
ods of British history, ns they shed lustro on
the brightest pages of our own.
The Walker Expedition. The editor
of the Stockton Journal, in his paper of the
15th March, speaking of tho failure of Walk
cr's Expedition, says:
"President Walker's dream of renown has
ended in a most substantial mockery. Ilis
glory, that threatened to eclipse the fame of
the ancient (,'ortez, is turned to darkness on
the page of history, through want of energy
anil judgment commcnsuralo with Ilis ambi
tion. Mr. Walker was not created for a hero:
he is loo lame. Willi such un opportunity
ns opened to his seizure, great men, the real
Pizarros, would have carved out a kingdom
and a name to blazon in the annals of histo.
ry; hut with our half-flcdgcd hero, this nerve
less adventurer, wo have no sympathy, for
he has fallen like a meteor from the lieioi-m
in which he glittered, into an obscurity that
cannot be penetrated. His fate is of less
concern than is tho bold buccaneer's, who
wages war like n giant, until he is dead. But
tho germ is not dead: this first step may
have failed through the uncertain tread of
the pioneci; but tho path is there, and in
timo the hardy climber will be found to grap.
plu with the steep acclivity w hereon is perch
ed the tiara of an immortal name. Mexico
must be conquered the strong arm of the
Saxon must rule in the "palaces of the Moll
tczumas." The Emperor Nicholas. A writer in
tho Wall Street Journal, after mentioning
several cases of generous dealing towards
Americans by the present Emperor of Rus
sia, says :
"Thus, the now reigning Czar, who, in the
eyes of the Americans, and in particular
their press, can do no right, on whom a de
luge of their wruth and billingsgate vitiitcr
ation is poured with such ceaseless persever
ance, is the only one of whom the country,
robbed and wronged by all the rest, has noth
ing to complain, who has invariably treated
her, collectively and individually, with con
spicinus kindness, and who is emphatically
and has been her best, most constant, and
most faithful friend !"
Tho writer of this paragraph is hardly cor
rect in stating that the press of this' country
is so hostile to the Czar. It may have been
true at one time; but n great reaction has ta
ken place in this respect, nnd wo now find
some of tho most influential papers of the
country asserting that the Russian monarch
has been more sinned against than sinning
and regarding his country as moro friendly to
Amcriet than England and Franco.
An Ei.oiji.T.NT Prayer. The Chaplain of
the Indiana Legislature recently opened the
session with a general prayer, which closed
with tho following eloquent aud sensible in
vocation: "And, O Lord, have mercy on our logisla
tors. Be with them and bless them even if
they know thee not. Spare their lives, and
teach them to glorify thy name. Hasten
them to their homes where they may direct
their attention to good works and general
usefulness among their families nnd neigh
bors. May the peoplo resolve to keep thcin
there, and in the future elect men of sound
morals nnd temperate habits, so that jfood
may hereafter result from legislation. Save
the good people of tho State from tho dis.
grace which must follow if the snmo crowd
should again come hero to make laws. Hear
us, Iord, and grant our prayer. Amen."
f:p" Father Gavazzi, who produced so
much excitement in this country last summer,
we see it stated Is now slandering and abus.
ing us in England. Ho represents our peoplo
as passing laws for little but the "leisure of
exerting their ingenuity in evading them. In
a word considers it a country of great legis
lators, but greater cheats. Ho avers that our
actual President became so, by means of a
corrupt agreement with tho Catholics, that if
they would elect him, he would give the place
of Postmaster General to a Roman Catholic,
and so open to the inspection of the Jesuits
all the letters that pass through the mails of
the United Slates I This is a nice specimen
of Gavnjzi's veracity, as well aa of bis admi
ration for republican institutions.
A Noble Boy. A touching incident oc
curred recently nt a steamboat sinking, in the
Missouri river, near St. Louis. Among the
persons who were swept overboard were a
woman and a boy about twelve years of age.
A man on tho steamer seeing the boy buffet
ting tho waves just beyond the boat, threw
him a rope, and called to him to take hold of
it. The little fellow replied, "never mind me
I can swim save mamma." They were
both saved.
jy There is nothing so inconsistent aa a
politician. The man who pander to the
prejudices of the people who follows the
waywardness of the popular mind, give him
self up to a caprico more variable than the
winds that perplex the ship at ass, and his
eoun through life mart H dswotu as tba
Ipath ofaacrpont.
TEM., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1851.
THE HIRELING PRESS.
The following bitter remarks upon tho vo
nalily of the party press is copied from the
Stockton (Cal.) Journal. How many jour
nals in this couiltry are obnoxious to tin
editor's aniiriadveKions!
The strictly Milling press the editor who
sells his intellect, soul, and body whose
mind nnd thought-is bargained oil' cannot
appreciate the nictIstinclions that regulate
an honorable judgment in its transitions
from one opinion to another. The mer
chantable editor, hose duty it is Jo follow
the dictates of n arty, nnd whose pay is
plunder, ennnot understand the high advan
tage ground that he occupies who stands
nbuvo corruption: for his mind is too coarso
to admit of such) refinement, just ns the
coarse sot allows sweet music to till his car,
nnd be not hear it. The senso of shame is
dead, in some breasts, and remorse, resent
ment, honor, virlui and every other passion.
Thus wo see men toft lo nil prido of indc
pendence, an er W'ns rid themselves of
blushes. Editors of this class usually pre
side over party papers, and are paid in pub
lic plunder. They are elected machines, paid
to write so much' on any given subject, no
matter how bid their brain is mortgaged to
the task, nnd the work must bo done, it may
produce n riot, tear down property, bring
disgrace, imperil life, yet it must be done.
Then the party editor most keep silent, too.
The boiid upon his brain locks or opens it;
and though he hear the Infant wail of jus.
lice, or tho cry of despair that nscends from
a character borne down by falsehood nnd
detraction, tho portals of his conscience are
seared against tho issuance of resentment.
The iron, unfeeling', irresponsible will of par
ty governs his actions, sways his judgment,
nad transforms the human mind into a ma
chine, witless of private or public aim of its
own. It is like a clock, that must bo wound
up to run."
Tun IIi.'lsmiasn Letter. A dispatch
from Boston says the statement recently made
public that Hon. Edward Everett was the au
thor of the celebrated Hiilsemann letter, cre
ates no excitement in that citv whatever;
neither has the disclosure of thu fact caused
any ill feeling between the friends of tho late
Mr. Webster and Senator Everett. Tho origi
nal draft of the letter was returned to Mr.
Everett moru than a year ago, by Mr. Web
ster's literary executors, and a printed copy
taken, which, with the original, will be pro-
served among Mr. Everett's papers. He docs
not contemplate any publication. Mr. Ever
ett's recent visit to Boston had nothing to do
with tho matter. I le csmo simplyto visit his
wife, who, for somo time past, has been in
very delicate health.
VW A letter from Constantinople says:
"The day before yesterday tho Arabian, a
stoamcr of the Peninsular and Oriental Com
pany, arrived here from Englnnd with a cargo
of all kinds of useful things, mostly destined
for tlr British hospttaHt Therapia. Amongst
others there nro sevca hundred wooden legs.
This is a disagreeable instance of providence
nnd forethought, which it is hoped will prove
to have bcon superfluous."
The Lush Exodis. According to the
Galwny Packet, tho Celtic race is fast dis.ip
pearing even in its western stronghold. The
editor has just competed a tour through lar
Connaught and Joyce's country, and for miles,
ho says, tho traveler could not sue a human
habitation all was lili-T desolation; not n
tracoof farm cultivation, and in lieu of houses,
nothing remained but heaps of stones and
unroofed gables..
Valium: a Wife. la Call'raria, which was
recently tho scene of a most bloody war of
extermination by tho natives against the
English colonists, polygamy is only restricted
by tho bovine riches of the men. A chief, or
a wealthy individual, has generally seven or
eight wives nt least, (all living amicably to.
gethcr,) whom ho lw-s purchased from his
various fathers-in-law for certain numbers of
oxen, in proportion to the rank and attraction
of the ladies. This is left to the heads of the
tribe to settle; and to insure a fair valuation,
tho bride in prospect, "in native beauty clad,"
is mado to walk round a ring of influential old
gentlemen appraisers, seated on tho ground,
before each of whom she stops a few ininule;
when, having been ciiticised by the circle, she
retires, and consultation is held to fix lliu
numbor.of cattle har charms nro worth tho
decision being final and without appeal cither
for father or suitor.
Comical Marriage Ceremony. Among
the Brahmins tho tnarriago ceremony is one
of the most singular of their many singular
customs. It ia Ufcj wiso: The man and
woman go into the water with a cow and calf
and an old priest. The man duth hold his
hand by the old man's hand and the wife's
band by the huskand's, and nil have the cow
by the tail; and they pour water out of a brass
not on the cow's tail, and then the old man
ties him nnd her together by their clothes;
then they give to the Brahamane the cow and
calf. Then they go to divers other idols and
give money, and then they go their way. It
is needless to add that the money given to
the idols at the conclusion of this marriage
ceremony is "taken by the priest,"
J5J A letter from Washington says that
the friends of the Gadsden treaty are making
gigantic efforts to save it. Ahscnt Senators
have been telegraphed to return. It is, how
ever, generally Believed that it will bo reject
ed, though some think otherwise.
tyThe Lutheran population of the world
is estimated at 42.250,000 of which 25,000,
000 aro found in the land of Luther, 5,000,000
in Prussia, 3,000,000 in Sweden, and 1,000,
000 in the United Stales.
EyThe President haa signed tha bill au
thorizing the cccttruclicn of aix first clasa
steam frigates.
The real and persona! property of tho city
of Saw York, this year, is assessed at f88
0,0, whieh an mcnc of f37,Cec,C
eer lat year.
THE PRESIDENTIAL " HORN."
The New York Pick is al ter the President.
Hear him:
"Going in nt tho big end and coming nut
at the little end of the. lmrn," has never
been so clearly illustrated ns by President
Pierce. In his inaugural, ho sent n thrill
through every American heart. Wo all felt
that we had selected a man. as President,
who would cause American rijilits) to be re-
spectcd in every portion of the globe that
our Hag or our peoplo should visit; no mat.
ter how distant. That was tho big end of
President Picrco's Presidential horn.
There is a small island within twelve
hours' sail of our coast, (wo have left Key
West at sun-down of ono day and landed nt
Havanna nt day break tho next day,) called
Cuba. Not a week has passed since Pierce
became President, but what some gross out
rage has been perpetrated in that quarter, up
on our Hag or our people. Americans have
been insulted, imprisoned nnd murdered;
American vessels have been fired into, nnd
seized, and lastly, a steamer is seized for
sport, her cargo' confiscated, and her passen
gers turned ashore at Havanna. The whole
people of the United States fool that tho
cup is full and running over. They look fur
action on the part of thu author of tho In
augural. What docs he do in so great nn
emergency? Ho drinks his tods as fluently
as ever, floats around Washington with his
irresponsible toadies, and swallows every
manly American thought, or patriotic lino he
has ever issued sinco he was a President.
That is tho littlo end of the President's
"Horn."
Democratic Oitosition to the Nebraska
Bill. Tho Savannah Courier having said
that tho Northern opposition to the Nebraska
bill came only from thoso Stales and Legis.
Inturcs where the Whigs were in the majori
ty, the New York Express corrects the state
ment as follows :
All parties in the North arc opposed to the
bill, as it stands. There is not any party
about it here. In the Democratic Legisla
tures of Maine ami Rhode Island, the oppimi-
tion to it was just as warm as in New Vork
and Massachusetts. The Connecticut Demo
cratic. State Convention unanimously resolved
ti"ainst it; Wisconsin, Democratic, is unani
mously against il; the silence of Pennsylvania
is as significant as her voice would bp. The
I lards" of the Slate of New oi k givo the
bid no more support than the t rue Soilers or
the Wooly Heads. Let us not deceive each
other in matters of fact.
To this it may be added that according to
the Sandusky Mirror, thore aro in Ohio twenty-eight
Democratic papers opposed to tho
Nebraska bill, and but nine m favor of it, so
far as that paper has been able to ascertain.
tfTli Chinese are said to have labored
for centuries under great embarrassment,
from not knowiug how to make a barrol,
They could make tho staves, nnd sot them
up, nnd hoop them in; they could mnko tho
heads, and put one of them in; and, indeed,
with the hf of a mm inH.e, they could
put the second one in; but how to get the
man out after the barrel was headed up, was
a problem which they could not solve.
(r An Albany paper Bays : A German in
that city probably experienced a greater vari
ety of important events in one night, last
week, than any other man that lived. Hu
was coerced into matrimony.piCsente.l with a
son four months old, had tho delirium tre
mens, nnd paid the great debt of nature be
tween 8 o'clock nt night and 5 in the morning,
lie did not survive the great events.
Si'READ oi Mur.mumsm. Tho Mormons
are exulting nlthe spread of their doctrines.
Tho Deserct News says tweuty-livo years
ago Mormoiiism was unknown! .Now, like
the tribe of Ephraim, it is a ng "a multi
tude of nations iu the midst of the earth."
At Cape Town in Africa, at Madras, Bom
bay, l'oonah, Calcutta, aud other places in
India, and in many of the principal cities and
boroughs of Europe, as well as the islands
of the sea it, "spreads undivided and ope
rates unspent."
Crtf" Tho New York legislature has pas
sed a bill providing that no attache of a news
paper shall bo liable for anything contained
in a report truly mado of any official pro
ceeding. Tho bill is now in tho hands of
theGovernor.nnd no doubt ho will cheerfully
affix to it his signature.
A Powerful Mk-iioscoi-e. It is HaiJ that
a German in Cincinnati has invented a mi
croscope which lias such an immense magni
fying power that by it the dust which by con
tact with the wings of a butterfly adheres to
tho finger, is shown to bo a number of feath
ers, on which longitudinal and transverse lines
may bo discovered. On a very minute parti
cle from the wing of a midge, measuring only
the One fivc-hundredlh part of an inch, and
only one-thousandth part of an inch in
breadth, the number of scales is found to be
eighty-four thousand, which gives tho enor
mous sum of forty-two thousand to tho
square inch.
J.Jf Tho Washington Star denies that
Forney is about to resign the clerkship of
'he House. Washington letter writers inti
mate that he will be driven to resign by bis
extreme unpopularity with many of the mem
bors. J-t" A Washington letter to tha New
York Express, says that the United Suites
government has been notified by tha Anglo
French alliance, that the Russian ports in the
Pacific are to lie blockaded forthwith,
Sale or Negroes is Trenton. On the
2"th uir, a portion of the negro,- belong
ing to bc estate of A. S. Claiborne, dee d,
were sold at public auction ou acre Jit of I'J
months.
The following being separated from fnm
ilies and sold singly, we noted down aa fol
lows: Girl ear 18 veara old Si 150.00
Boy - 17 1399,00
"17"" 1M9.00
15 " 1151,00
Trenlnn Banner.
-JT" Youthful rashness skips like a hara
over tha dtihea of ;cod council. 5Vii.
BEAUTY.
"The wind passeth over it, and it in gone."
How often we hear men eager in the pur
suit of partners for life, inquire for a beauti
ful woman; nnd yet how brief tho existence
of what they seek, and how unproductive of
happiness is its possession.
We know full well tho sntisfalion that
sleeps beside the snow-white lids of a beau
tiful eye; in tho haughty curl of an exquisite
lip; in tho blush of a rose that leaps into n
budding cheek; in the fine turn of a swan
like neck, tho gentle motions of a symmetri
cal form, or in tho shadowy redundance of
dark and beautiful flowing tresses. The
hearts of the young and passionate leap glad
ly, nnd are filled with wild impuUcs, whilst
gazing upon these things but when the soul
is scrutinized nnd found uublossed by eleva
ted thoughts nnd generous imaginings, when
the intellect ia tmcuKi'.red, aud the imagina
tion cold, tho slumber of forgetfuliiess will
soon fall upon thedreaui of beauty, and tho
flame of affection be quenched in apathy and
disgust.
With men of genius, strong feelings nnd
powerful passions nro ever associated, and if
beauty is unminglcd with tho qualities of
wild thought and affection, if delicacy nnd
virtue aro not admirably blended with men
tal attractions, the light of love will soon
be extinguished, and tho generous impulse
of the bosom chilled by apathy and con
tempt. Many men of intellect may yield a momen
tary homage to n beautiful woman, dispos
sessed (if other fascinations; even a villago
urchin will chase the glided wings of a but
terfly; but in I"!!i e.ws the external splendor
palls upon their scr.se!"., and someti.ing of an
innate character is sought for, to sustain the
regard which beauty excited. Nothing is so
flattering lo the feelings of luaa, as tlio c.v
haustless and quenchless regard of a female,
and no incense so rich can be offered upon
the shrine of a woman's ambition, as the
avowed and enthusiastic affection of a man
of genius. Beauty, thou art a poor and un
meaning toy, when contrasted with depth of
feeling nnd power of mind; aud she who would
ncrgrnndizn to herself consequence, from the
little ambition of personal beauty, is too im
becile in her aspirations, to merit the atten
tion of an elevated thinker.
PiiATiriAt. Evidence of the Brxr.i'iT of
CllLoitoroRM. The vorv clever and intelli
gent Paris correspondent of the Now York
Times speaks as follows ol the use that this
article has been brought to. Ho says:
Tho first experiment upon the local nppli
ration of chloroform has been made with en
tiro success nt tho Clinic Hospital. M. Puul
Dubrii induced a ou!ii girl on attendant at
the Hospital, to allow her wrist, upon which
was a virulent abscess, to be fumigated with
the vapor of chloroform. The abscess im.
mediately became insensible and remained so
for three hours. Tho patient, who before
could not move her arm, nor allow the least
contact with the sore, recovered the entire uso
of her hand, f n tho second trial, when the
abscess had come loa held, M. Dubois plun
ged his instniiiM-iil into it, and tho patient
felt no p un whatever. The wound is now
healing, and ae. rLiu degree of insensibility
consequent upon the fumigation, still cists
in tho part.
True ai Beautiful. Georgo Hillard,
of Boston, says:
"I confess that increasing years bring with
them an increasing respect for men, w ho do
not succeed in life, as thoso words lire com
monly used. Heaven has been said to he a
place for those w ho have not succeeded on
earth; and it is surely true that celestial
graces do nut best thrive iu tlio hot blaze of
wordly prosperity. Ill success sometime
arises from a siiperabiiiid.-un'e of qualities iu
thomselves good from u conscience loo sen
sitive, a tasle too fastidious, a self-fort'ctl'iil-ness
too romantic, a ui'idcsty too rctiiini;.
I do not go so far as to say with n living
poet, that 'tho world knows nothing of its
greatest men,' but there aro forms of great
ness or at least of excellence which 'die aud
maKc no sign;' these aro martyrs that miss
tho palm, but not the stake; heroes without
tho laurel, and conquerors without tho tri
umph." I4f Pleasure, where roamcst thou
whither dost thou conceal thyself? Is it in
the hearts of the people, or art thou plunged
into tho deep waters of tho ocean? Can it
be possible that thou art afloat on earth! if
so, why not let thyself bo known? There
aro millions of troubled breasts that would
mcot theo in friendship, and leap with joy at
thy approach. But they may wander on,
some of them, until tliey sink to rise no more,
aud still they see theo not.
Suicide. James K. Stephens, a printer
by profession, committed auicidu v taking
laudanum on Saturday morning. The poor
fellow had contracted too great a fondness
for drink,and losing the mastery of himself
nnd becoming weary of life, sought relief in
the silence of tho grave. He was a good
printer and his associates gave him the cred
it possessing a warm heart. Officers Fuller
nnd Scollick on learning the fact, searched
hiin out, but although they called in prompt
medical aid and acted themselves the part of
the good Samaritan, it was too Into to save
him. He lingered under their charge until
3n'clock on Sunday morning and expired.
.l,;'iV Tril'iin.
Qi- "My son, would you suppose that tho
Ijird's Prayer could bo engraved in a space
no larger than the area of a half dime.'"
"Well, yes, father, if a h.df-dimc is ss
lar-'e in every body's cyo as it is in yours, 1
thiuk there would be no difficulty in putting
it on about four times." Sensible boy, thaL
"The Vious Maub Easy." That's a
fid? Most of them, uowadays, are got up
in that way. A fiicnd of ours aays he tir
chased "one of 'cm," and after sawing it fif
teen minutes, or less, it fell apart into aix
pieces. "Violin made easy," forsooth!
Wanted at this Office an editor who can
please everybody. Alao, a foreman w ho can
ao arraaga the paper aa to !!ow eve;7 ea i's
adurt'iwnert to tcai tha column. TTvl
fTt'T .W'""rr- .
VOL. VL-1TO. 291.
ThinrsI Don't Like to See.-I don't like lo
s?e a Minister of the Gospel taking a text in
the Bible and leaving it so far as to indulge
in a tirade of abuse against other denomina
tions. I don't like to see a windy orator com
mence a Speech with "unaccustomed as I ant
to public speaking."
I don't like to see a Politician shift his po
sition to please every man he meets with.
1 don't like to see a lawyer rescue a debt
for one of his clients and pocket it himself.
I don't like to sco a Phynician kill a patient
through carelessness and then pronounce it
hopeless casi from thu beginning.
1 don't like to sec a store-keeper ask twen-ty-fivo
cents more for an article than his regu
lar price for it.
I don't like to sec a nice young man wear
ing fine clothes and smoking line c!gars when
lie is not able lo pay for them.
I don't like to see a subscriber ordtr his
paper discontinued after taking it two yenra
and not paying fur it.
Comparison. Notwithstanding niaii's es
sential perfection is but very little, his com
parative perfection may bo very considera
ble. If ho louks upon himself iu an nbstrac.
ted light, he has not much to boast of; but
if he considers himself with regard tooth
ers, he may find occasions of glorying, if not
in his own virtues, .it least in the ulaciieo of
.mother's imperfection. This gives n defer
ent lui ii lo the reflections of a wise man and
a foid. The first endeavors to shine in him
self and the last to outshine others. Tho
first is humbled by the sense of his own in
firmilies, the last is lifted up by the discovers-
of those w hich he observes in other men.
The wise man consider what lie wants and
the fool what be itbouuds in. The wise m.-.ri
is happy w hen be gains his Own approba.
lion, and the fool when he recummeuiis him
self to the applause of those iibont him.
.Qdison.
Rencuy kh: the Bin: or a .Mad Dot;.
As a cry of mad dog lias been raised, tlio
following, which we clip from an exchange,
may be worth a perusal:
"A Saxon forester, named Gaslell, now of
the venerable age of &!, unwilling to take to
tho gravu with him a secret of sncli import.
lias mane public in llie l.eipsic Journal, the
means which he had used lor filly yeara, mid
wherewith he affirms he has rescued many
human beings and cattle from the fearful
death' of hydrophobia. Tnko immediately
warm wncgar or tepid wator, wash tho
wound clean therewith, nnd then dry it; pour
then a few drops of muriatic acid, becnuso
mineral ucids destroy the poison of tho sali
va by which means tho evil effect of tho
latter is netiteralizcd. Louisiana Courier.
Di.'el. On tho 2d inst., a duel was fought
between two gentlemen from Now Orleans.
The sccno of it was in the grnvo South of
tho buildings known aa the "Six Sisters," in
lwor Miburbixb of tho city. 1'lw pnriiea
were Chas. Roin.-.ti, son of ex Governor Ro
man, and W. 11. Boulingly, son of n Into
Senator from Louisiana, of that name. The
fight commenced nt ono o'clock, with
small swords for weapons. Tho first pass
was made by .Mr. B. whoso sword struck on
thu suspender button of Ilis antagonist, ami
brolio iu two. Iu tho pass of Mr. R., made
simultaneously, the. sword penetrated the side
of Mr. il. inflicting a slight wound.
The swords being broken, the parties re
sorted to pistols, at fivo paces. At tho first
lire Mr. II. received tho ball of his antagonist
back of the hip. The wound wo learn,
was painful but slight. Tho shot of Mr.
IS. passed on without toucfTing.
We learn that the duel originated ill an
old misunderstanding, but after both parties
had stood s'.eel aud lire, they conceived n
higher respect for each other." and left the
field leeiuieiicd. They returned to New Or
leans in tho .steamer Oregon yestcrdav.
Mnliilr. 'I'ribnif'..
Tun (.V,i::l ri A.meici' a. The Commit
tee on ('oiiiineite of thu N. York State
Senate lu.ru reported iu favor of incorpora
ting tlio American Omcl Company. Tho
pui pose of the association. is to introduce the
Asiatic camel into thu United Slates, for thu
various purposes of transportation. The cap.
it.nl stock is fixed at ono hundred thousand
dollars. The prime movers in thu :itV.tr aro
Win. G. Ring, Charles W. Webber and Ed.
ward (iaranghny. Tho second gentleman is
well known as the writer of hooks nnd m.ig
nzino articles, popular treated, oit tho sub.
ject of natural history.
mf". medical wMtersaya: children should
slee in the mitbile o( the d.iv till they are
six years of age, and never sit up beyond an
early hour in tho evening. They require bet
ter foud,moro of it, and moro freqiieutly.than
is supposed by many, though they should
never tasto fermented drinks, except as med
icine. The Momkstoi's Oukstio. "Well Char
lotte, now you have decided on the brocade,
what lace do you mean to trim it withr
"Whv, Amelia, I really don't know what
do vou'think!"
"Oh, Charlotte, dear, how should I tell;
w hat do you say to "point.'" I s-tw some in
Broadway to-day nt $,0 the yard."
That's just tho thing let's sec takes
twenty yards, don't it!"
"Yes, love, and if you have anything over
you can givo it to mc, if there's, anytning I
admire, its "point" lace. George says its ex
travagant, but I sec no fun ia stinting one's
self: do you dear?"
Our nchicvinents and onr productions are
our intellectual progeny, and he ho is en
gayed in providing that thne immortal chit,
then of his mind shall inherit fame, is far
moru r.obly occupied than ho who is indus
trious in order that the p-ris!i..'i!o children
of his body should inherit w ealth.
"Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,"
ns tho fellow said w hen he was accused of
stealing chickens from his neighbor's hen
roost. Itx is thought by some, that ha ia
smart; provided, however, the akin ia off, and
salt put on.
John Howe, Benton Democrat, haa been
elected Mayor of St. Louis by 620 major
it v.
Why ia four cent sugar like a man that nev
crkurrendcrs? Because it's "clear grit," and
nothing else.
The girdle of beauty is not a stay,
luce. This ia IHo or.!y exeat for 'ipM ?a-
fi-r
;-jtd IwuJt'da sliS'j'.d hv no