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No communication Inserted unlea accompanied by the name of the author. fJT Onlca on Main street, next door to the old J acx an Hotel. THE TOST. ATIIINM. IHIDtV, KEPT. 4. 1857. Mortality amono U. S. Senatokb. Of the members of the Senate during the Inst Congress, no less tlmn five have panned away since the first session commenced, to wit Messrs. Clayton of Delewnre, Bell of New Hampshire, Adam of Mississippi, Butler of Suulh Carolina, and Rusk of Texas. The body Inn been nearly decimuted in the short pace of about twelve months, which is a fearlul mortality indeed. ffTThe Spartanburg (S. C.) Express says: We learn from the Agents, in our town, of the bunk of Newberry, that there in new counterfeit ten dollar bill out on the Bunk of Hamburg, South Carolina, of the old issue. The Cashier of the Bunk of Charleston any it uluioat defies detection. Look out for it." (W As to the other' oppoaitinn member defeated in the South, and the general route of the whole Know Nothing party of that avction, the result ia to be rejoiced over. Such ia the language in which the Aboli tion correspondent of the New York Tribune announces the result of the recent elections in the South. It only confirms what we have all along maintained that the Free Boilers are anxious for the consolidation of all parlies in tho South into one. In thnt event the North would range itself into a grand opposition party, and the fitla of the South would be sealed. The evidences of this thicken all around us. On no other ground can we explain the delight with which Black Republicanism chuckles over Democratic victories in the South. Prolonged Absence No leave for a Second Marriage. It ia a vulgar and very dangerous error to suppose that any term of absence of one of two persons married will, while that parly is living, permit or We oilier msrryloH again. Thia misconception, but too fatally prevalent among the lower classes, has arisen from a clause in the statute relating to biga my, the 9 Geo. IV. c. 31, a. 22, which provide that no punishment therein enacted shall ex tend to any person marrying a second tilnt , whose husband or wife shall have been con tinually absent from such person for the spice of seven years then Inst past, and ahall not hnve been known by such person to be living within that time. Thus the party mar rying under these circumstances ia by thia clause certainly protected from a conviction for bigamy, and it consequent pains and penalties, but that ia all. The second mar riage will neverthelesa be absolutely void should the party absent turn out at any time, however long, to have beeu alive when it was contracted. Nothing but death or a divorce a vinculo matrimonii can sever a marriage once legally performed. What is Northern Democracy? H. B. Pavne, the Democratic candidate for Gover nor of Ohio, in accepting the Domination ia reported to have said: , "Under Mr. Buchanan's administration, Kansas, protected alike from New England and the South, is working out the peaceable fruila of righteousness. At a dav noi dis. taut or doubtful, as from the beginning has been predicted. Kansas will bs admitted into the galaxy of Slate with a Free Statu con stitution by the voles of her own puople, abolishing lorever slavery in her midst, thus furnishing an application of practical Demo emtio doctrines. This is a specimen of a Northern Demo crat who in an national, and whom Southern men are exhorted to rely upon. (I. B. Pavne ia as much the friend of the South aa any uinn in the North. How do you like this. Indians in Texas. The Galveston News, of the I&lh, furnishes the following: The Indians tribes of Texas nre passim: nto rapid decay. In 18,p3, the Indiana of Texas were estimated at 'JO.DOO. In 1856, the number, from olhVinl nccounta, did not exceed 12,000. Some ISO Indiana till the reservation on the clear fork of the Brazos, and make good crops; 3,000 semi-eivilized Creeks, Delaware, and Clierokees nre in Eastern Texas. In the North 1,000 Wuchi. tan and Waco. There are 3,000 Cntnan chea, 1,000 l.ipaim, and 4.000 of nil others straggler. From thia report it will be seen that in the course of a few years from the very nature of things, the" whole Indian tribe of Texas will become e xtincU The Alabama 'costume just now is cool and comfortable. It consist of a straw bat, a shirt collar and a fan. Of course, fo, a "dress party," it Is a little more "full.'' HP A writer in the Augnita Chronicle &. Sentinel, dating from Shcltonville, Gil., ): "Mr llery c. Rogora, who had 70 acre sowed in wheat, has just finished threshing it, which made 1,65 bushels, being nn average or 28, bushels per acre, and weigha 63 Iba, per bushel." Nsw York, August 30,-Warren Bank of Pennsylvania, Kanawha Hank of Virginia, nnd several other bunk failures ar reported It la also reported that Benedict & Co., and Fish er di Co., have failed. The reported failure of the Hartford Bank 1 untrue. THE AUGUST ELECTIONS. We give below the names of the gentle men elected to Congress at the elections held the first part of last month. The list was compiled by the Columbus Sun, and we pre sume may be regarded aa accurate. The names of the American members are in italic letters: ROttTU CAROLINA. Diet. 1. Henry M.Shaw, 2. Thomas Rutlin, 3. Warren Winslow, 4. S O. B. Brunch, 5. John A. Oiltner, 6. Alfred AI. Scalesjr., 7. Burton t'raige, 8. Thomas L. Clingman, TENNESSEE. . 1. Albert G. Watkius, ' 2. Horace Maynard, 3. Samuel A. Smith, 4. John II. Savage, 6. Charles Ready, 6. George VV. Joues, 7. J. V. Wright, 8. F. K Zullicoffer, 9. J. C. D. Atkins, 10. W. T. Avery. KENTUCKY. - 1. Henry C. Burnet, 2. Samuel O. I'eyton, 3. V. L. Underwood, 4. Albert G. Tuloot, 5. Joshua II. Jenett, 6. Joseph M. Elliott, 7. Humphrey Marshall, 8. James B. Clay, 9. John C. Mason, 10. J. W. Stevenson. ALABAMA. 1 Jus. A. Stallworth, 2. Eli S. Shorter, 3. James F. Dowdell, 4. Sydenham Moore, 5. George S. Houston, 6. W. R W. Cobb, 7. J. L. M. Curry. TEXAS. 1 Guy M.Bryan. 2. John H. Regan. MISSOURI. 3 Joseph B. Clark, to till a vacancy. The above shows a Democratic gain of 10 members, ns compared with the delegations from those States in the last Congress. Hunter and Wisb Old Virginia on the Fence. The Richmond Whig has a curious article upon the coining Senatorial election by the Virginia Legislature. The Whig thinks that Hunter will win, provided that the election is brought on enrly in the session; but that if Wise gets a chance to dine and wine the rural mi-nibers, the aspirations of his opponent will he knockud into a corked hat. Wise, uncording to the Whig, will be backed and suatained by the whole power and influence ol the Administration at Wash ington, and by all the defenders and suppor ters of the Kunaas policy of Walker, in Vir ginia and in the South mid in the North; whereas Hunter will be Compelled to rely i .... ncmiUiiA noon the nui oi .. - . . , ,. Walker ana Oislrusi the Administration. This Senatorial election, then, Will necessari ly turn upon this question whether a majori ty of the Democratic members of the next lM-gislature enthuse or condemn ihe Kansas policy of Walker und Buchanan." Tlie Enquirer is very earnest in advocating the necessity of sustaining the Administra tion nH looks with extraordinary compla cency upon the prospect of Kansas becoming .. i..L sii.,1.. 'I'd,, nuei-k in the horizon is lltTSJ UHlll growing bigger. JV. Y. Herald. Rapid Settlkmknt of Texas. The fol lowing, from the Dallas Herald of the 20th of June, will give our renders some idea of the rapid settlement of tho frontier counties of Texas: "We have recently visited the frontier counties west of this place, ns far as Brazos, passing through Tarrant, Parks, Palo Pinto and Voting counties, ns far as Brazos agency, nn the lower Indian Reserve. We passed over the aame route aorne two and a half years ago, and were now itgreeably astonish ed at the rapid stride the country has made in the short time in settlement and improve ment. Then from twenty-five miles beyond Fort Worth it was an uninhabited wilder ness to Fort Belknap. Now the whole route is settled by an industrious, hardy nnd patri otic population, from the head of the Clear Fork ol Trinity to fifty miles beyond Belk nap. The frontier settlement nre extending nt the rate of fifty miles a year. Where, ten years ngo, w as it wilderness farms nre being opened, houses built, and settlements extend ing. Tho railroad enterprises that nre now pointing toward thia desirable region, will give a powerful impetus to the lido of eiu ignition and improvement west and north of Belknap nnd Cooper, and two years more will see the mountains and valleys of the Wachita dotted over with cottages of the hardy pioneers ol American civilizatioH." ExTRAOnDINART Mktror. Letters from Bagdad announce an extraordinary fall of .. ... -i f l. .. . KtAA l,tfih rain on tne inn oi juueni tout pnn-c, from it bloody hue, gave the surrounding country the appearance of a buttle field. The m-tcor aeon nt Multa on tho I4th of June was likewise observed on the same day throughout Syria nnd Palestine; and letters from Trebizond, Samsou", Sinopo, Constan tinople and Smyrna, report a heavy, full of rain, nnd tempestuous weather on that day, to the great alarm of the Inhabitants, who had for some weeks been anxiously looking out for the comet crash. The evening of the 13th of June waa the remarkable meteor and whirlwind in New York. - Virtub Extraordinary. The Shnsta (Cnl.) Courier asys thnt two gentlemen of that county, who were each tendered tne appointment of county judge, by the Gover. nor, declined on the ground that they did not think themselves fully qunlilied for the poaition. Can any other State In the Union produce two auch melt. l-CT Quite a business has been carried on In London bysumu witty swindlers, who have notified numerous gentlemen that the degree of LI D. had been conferred upon them by th R tckensack University of Arkan sas, and notifying the new doctors that a fee eftwn pounds inuit be forthcoming in order to secure the honors It i not known how many have been caught by thi bait, but Mr. Dallas had numerous inquirer touching the Rackensack University. ATHENS, ELOQUENT EXTRACT THE UNION OF THE ATLANTIC WITH THE PA CIFIC, The magnificent project of uniting the At lantic Ocean with the Pacific, by railroad con nection, and of accomplishing in a few hours a journey across the breadth of the continent of North America, which formerly required months to effect, and of causing the commerce of the East to flow through the gates of our principal cities, is well calculated, although utilitarian scheme, to give the hue of poetry and romance to the speculations of those who are engaged in forwarding the great work. The idea ia so splendiiLaud great that even our most sober and sedate statesmen, who in general confine themselves to prosaic facts and figures, will insensibly, in their allusions to it, use the most oratorical and splendid il lustrations. When we contemplate the nd vantages and results thnt would flow from it, the changes that it would produce in all the great enterprises of life, it is not remarkable that it is a fine theme for forensic displaya. The classic and eloquent Keitt, a member of Conuress from South Carolina, in a late speech at Charleston, at a railroad celebration, handle.) the subject aa ably and beautifully as we have ever seen it dune. Hesuid: "The march of the States is onward and onward still nor can it pause until the sum is right over our heads; nor will the edict of Dunliny be met until the people of these re gions are bidden to a marriage feast grander than any spread upon the records of time. 'I he Pacific, vexed by storms, nnd restless upon his lonely, bachelor bed, for unrooted centuries, has sobbed to the rock bound coast the story of his baffled love; but American genius and American energy, like carrier pigeons, nre now bearins? the suitor's gentle plea over plain anil muuntain, over forest and city, and they soon will carry back the plighted njaiieu's vow of the blushing At lantic. Much have you, of the South and West, already done, but much still remains for you to do. The lordly Pacific, like an awakened giant, is stepping forth to demand and web come the bride he has already wooed and won, nnd it is for you to solemnize the mag nificent Hymen of the oceans with a claim of iron witnesses. When you have done this, you will have laid your hands upon the gates of the East, nnd the long procession of the trades will follow in your trackway to seize and hold the golden keys. The splendid commerce, which erstwhile enriched I uelies and Palmyra, Venice, Genoa and Holland, and which now plants the ureal commercial nerve of the world on the Exchange in London, will come to you a bidden guest. "Tho use of tropical productions is fast becoming n test of civilization, and they are rapidly elaborating themselves into the very elements of national grralnessand power. (ireat Britain sees this, and hence she is push ing her conquests through ruined India, nnd treading over shattered thrones, to lay her hand upon the sources of tropical we ilth. 'ATrii''nl;' 'iu.r L':llil" ul',on lh" .ol I of coiiiplishment of the same end, is marclifng over fiery deserts and through the smoke of burning Arah villages. Nor does mis great law of modern progress and civilization stop with these two powers. Nicholas, of Russiu, when in his midsoar of ambition, when stretching to the very sun, like The feathered king. On balanced wing," he was struck down by the shaft of death, was girding up the loins of his huge empire Tor n mighty spring, through tne gateway oi China, upon tint possessions of Great Britain in the East, in order to grapple those vast re gions to his already colossal empire, nnd re found hia power and regime upon the wealth nnd commerce of the East. This great scheme still percolates through the minds of the rulers of Russia. This race to the tropica ia ours, too. G id, geography and r.ature hnve combined to enable us to outstrip all our rivals in thi high career of power and empire. Marry the Atlantic to the Pacific, and obey the mandate of destiny, and you will have your hands upon tho necessaries and luxuries of the world, while all the arts and nil the trades, and all the sciences, will circle in festive throngs around you." A Fiqhtino Woman. In New VorK Ihe police have aeveral times been repulsed in attempting to arrest nn old German woman of seventy years, a rng picker, named Chris tiana Iladley, whose den was guarded by five ferocious doi's. On Tuosdny they made another attempt, and were met by the old woman with a pilchfork, nnd by the dogs. They shot the dogs, knocked the woman's pitchfork from her hands, mid even then it was only after a desperate struggle that they were enable to pinion her, hand nnd foot, and remove her to the atntion house. She was seutunced to tho penitentiary as a vag rant. Men DnowNED in a Fiuiit. Two men were drowned in Whitemore Lake, Michigan, on the 4th. In company with their wives and a little girl, they were sailing on the lake, when an altercation eiiBtiedjlhe men clinched, in the struggle upset the boat, and they fought in the water until both eank. The women and little girl were both aaved by clinging to the boat until rescued. Keep it before the People. Thnt fhe Missouri Compromise excluded slavery from the whole or Kansas Territory. Alala Miss) Democrat, Nail it to the forehead of the people that thi Kansas bill thnt repealed the nnti-slnve. ry Missouri restoration, refused to revive the old luisiana low which the Missouri Com, promiee repealed, nnd which allowed slave, ry and thn failed to restore lavery. Billt Bowles b oets a Letter. In the Florida Peninulnr of the 1st instaut we find the following! A letter came to the postoflioe, In tins place, a few days since, bearing the follow, ing inscription: "To Gen. Wm. B. Leg. Chief ol the Seminole Indians, Everglades. Col.Loomis,we presume, will deliver this doounifiit when hecalcMt BUy. WONPERPUL.-In allusion to a apeech of Col. Barry, a writer in lbs Cnrrolton, Miss., Democrnt aav: "I could ee, I fancied, run ning through the whole of hie speech, a great gushing stream of Democracy, pure and unsullied and refreshing to the heurlaor he "faithful," TEiVN., FRlAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1857. A G)D HIT. The New York ald, a paper in which we seldom see any tig to admire, makes the following adiuirnbhit at those hypocritical philanthropists of North, who profess a desire to place the gro upon aa equality with the white tnai "The Vote on Aro Sufrage in Iowa. It ia not a little ainjlar that the vote on that clause of the new institution of Iowa which placed the negroes, an ejuality.in point of political rights, withhe wjiites, should have heen so decidedly rgatiad by the people of that Slate. lowas cohidered a republi can State; the republtan fader in this part of the world have ikelv Vide s practice of counting upon it as athin certain. Yet it seems that the repubkaofcf Iowa do not carry their republicauitm t far aa to admit the negroes into a commiity of political rights with themselves. I Verv few nelitical eomunities of white men have been proved w fng, in their pres ent day, to admit the ne t political equality with themselves Northern men are ready enough to aympntM" with the anegen w roups of the colored Kt in the South, and to make an outcry ahnuthe injustice of hold ing of the human creiurea in bondage by another. But when llrie aame Northern men are asked to ait at he aame table, or ride in the same cars, o to occupy the same apartment, or to vote s5e by side with the black human creaturesjheir irtea oi ine on iiIol'V becomes mnterhlv altered. In such States ns Rhode lslanl free negro suffrage may pass muster; but (New York and lown, it seems, prejudice oflsolor" operate! to de bar the eolored man tim me privuegt. We presume that, al in New Yort, tne people of Iowa will coipromise the matter by tacking on a propel) quaiincaiion to vne negro suffrage, and w declare that a black man who is worth on hundred dollars shall renturo to all political be held to be a human intents and purposes, while the negro who has nothing shall be Inly a hybrid betfeen humanity and chatteBom. We, therefore, affectionately recommnd all ncgroea wkhin the State of Iowa eitlr to get a hundred dollars worth of pro('rty without loss of time, or to hurry back to the South. We are full of compassion tre in the worm; oni black humanity, to H down with us, must be moderately gilded.r Wrought Iron Cs. The Hudson Riv er Uaiiroad Conipanyhave ordered four or these to be made nnd1 used on their road by way of trial. The tame work is to be a very strong, yet elastc basket, each joint be ing protected by rivels, and the whole furth er protected bv making the entire platform at each end one strol'r stirim' of steel. Cars thus made will be lighter it is said ihmi wood en ones, yet so safe that a fatal accident with thorn is a thing hardly possible, as they will spring, bend, or twist, but remain whole ns a shield to their occupants, no power being able to broak tliein into fragments or splint ers. Everybody has red of Jules Gerard, the lion-killer, andjiis wonderful encounters .---' m tX7 1 .... f.Z.....ri came uucKJo runs tne nisi nine irom uis favorite amusement in Africa, he suggested to Devisme, the well known gun-maker of the Boulevard des Italiens, the idea of inventing a ball that would explode when it arrived nt the animal's body.' Tho new projectile ia about tiie aize ol the Minnie hall; its penetrat iiiL' force is equal to the common ball. Ar rived in the animal's body it explodes like a bomb, and, of course, causes the sudden death of the animal. If shot into the lungs of an elephant for example, the ball in ex ploding disengages carbonic acid gas, and the an i Dial, which from it size might other wise survive for a short time, will suddenly fall asphyxiated. A few days ngo a pany of gentlemen accompanied M. Devisme to a horse slaughter-house in the environs of the city. There the new projectile was tried on live horses who were standing tied to a fence waiting to be shot. They were each shot in the lungs, the ball exploded, and the nn iiiial fell dead. The experiment was com. pletely satisfactory. Strange Infatuation. There is an in dividual residing in the neighborhood of Maple Root, New Jersey, by the name of Smith, who imagines thnt he ia two hun dred year old, although he does not yet number two score years. Yet every effort to disabuse his mind of this singulur lancy has thus far proved unavailing. Smith has main tained his present notion for three years, nnd talks of events, which he says he witnessed, which occurred long before he was born. Upon every other subject he is perfectly ra. tional, nnd in his business relations he is un commonly smart, lie says he will uut taste death, but is destined to live on until the end of time. -gr"On Saturday quite a scene occurred at the New York Hotel, a gentleman resid ing in the neighborhood being discovered by n wealthy down-town merchant on terms of loo great intimacy with his wife. The of. fending party made his escape almost in pU' rix nuluralibus, and was taken, by those who saw him, to be a lunatic. He ran pretty fast, for the injured husband had a revolver. All Ihe parlies belong to "our first society." X Y. Times, Aug. 17. "Tit ton Tat." A youngster fell in love with a sour old maid, who, believing she knew all about the ficklc-miiidedness of inen( sud to her"lij,ver:" Ton men are ong'U when you woo the maid, Out devils when the marriage vow ii laid. The lover, not to be out done, replied as follows: Th ehan(re r 1 lrl ' " forgiven We Bud ourielret in At". Initead of heaven. l-fT An Irishman attending a Quaker meeting, heard a young friend make the fol lowing announcement: "Brethren and Bis ters, I am going to marry a daughter of the Lord." I he devil ye are," suid Pat, Fath an' bejabers, nn' it will be a long lime before ye'll ee yer father-in law." Hath no Ears. It i 'tated that there is a negro woman In Virginia who ha no enrs yet distinctly henr what is said to her by opening her mouth. If thi be true she must hnve an adtniisbl capacity for "drinking in a dieToorse," NECESSITY OF OCCUPATION It is an imperative law of Nature, that in order for any one to be happy, they must hnve aome occupation. 1 he mind is ao con stituted that it requires some object on which its power may be exercised, and without which it DrevB upon itself and In comes miser able. A person accustomed to a life of study, longs for ease and retirement; and when he has accomplished thi purpose, he find him- self wretched. We are acquainted with indi vidun's w hose early lives were passed in aclite business pursuits, and w ho, nt the age of forty, having acquired a competence, have re tired from business with the intention or passing the remainder of their days in leisure. For awhile everything Beemed pleasant, and they flattered themselves that they could now enioy life and be happy. But they had deceived themselves; their minds soon became restless and there was a vaat amount of time w hich they could "not occupy, and they hnve said that their happiest days were passed in business. The pleasure of relaxation can be known only to those who have regular and interest, ing occupation, and on this account continued relaxation becomes s weariness, and the mind become weary of being inactive, and on this ground we maintain that the greatest degree of real happiness nnd enjoyment is not realiz ed by the luxurious men of wealth, nor by the listless votary of fashion, but by the mid dle classes of society "ho along with the comforts of life have constnnt occupation, which m itself proves one of their many sources of happiness. From these facts we draw the following conclusion: That in order to be happy the mind must have some employment, but we would observe that it is not necessary for any person to make their occupation the aole end of their existence, and pursue it with sucn enemy as to shorten their live, but we be lieve thut occupation, with proper seasons of relaxation is conducive to nnd actually neces sary for the happiness and welfare of every human being, nod without it no one cau en joy life. tff Fun should be cultivated ns a fine art, for it is altogether a fine thing. Who ever knew a "funny man" to be a bad onel On the contrary, is he not nine times in ten generous, humane, social, and good! 1 o be moth he is! Fun is airreatthini!. It smoothes the rough places of life, makes the disposi t'l.m ns k eel nnd rosy us a maiden's kiss, scatters sunshine und flowers wherever we ito. iives the world a jolly countenance, makes all the girls as pretty as June roses and mankind one of the best families out. We go in for fun A Phoskk. A calm, blue-eyed, sell-com- village down east, received a long call the other day from a prying old spinster, who, utter prolonging her stay beyond even her own conception.pl the young lint's endurance, canto to Ilia main ouestion which had brought her tiiither: "I've been asked n good ninny times if you w as engaged to Dr. t ' . Now, if folks inquire again whether you be or not, what ahall I tell 'em I think!" " I ell tliem," answered the young lady, biting her cairn blue eyes in unblushing stoadiness up on the inquisitive features of her interroga tor, "tell them that you Mini yon don't know, and you are sure it is none of your business." ' Nice Honey in Glass Jars. Mr. B. A. Manchester, of Western New York, has probably the most accommodating family ot bees that nre known in this vicinity. He place over a hole in the top of his hives large glass tumblers reversed. Tho bees come up through the holes nnd fasten their comb and honey in the inside of the tiimb. Icrs In the most ingenious manner possible, beautilully clear nnd white. When each glass is tilled, the bees go below, the tumb ler is taken off, and there is a nice jar of honey already put up for family use by the bees themselves. Reconstruction or Parties. The New York Hur .UUiys: "If K ins is is admitted as n slave Suite right or wrong, the Northern Democracy will disappear from tho earth like a vapor; if alio is admitted as a free Stale, justly or unjustly, the result will be a split of the Southern Democracy und the organ ization of the secession wing as the nucleus of a rabid Southern sectional party. We lake it for granted that Kansas will cotne in us a free State, nnd the Southern sectional party indicated w ill be the first consequence. Thus, perhaps, as early n next summer we hall have a Southern sectional party, on the platform of the secessionists, bmnuht out up. on the course, while our Northern anti-slavery forces will unquestionably gather conli denco nnd boldness from the true Stale so lution of the Kansas test question." lt7The rule by which diamonds are val ued, is to multiply the square of the weight in carats, by forly dollars. A carat is equiv alent to lour grains, Troy weight. A di ninond, by this rule, weighing three hundred units, nnd about nn large as a small hen's egg, would he worth in the market three million six hundred thousand dollar. lT A New York editor finding onbbnge soed In a letter from s brother quill, wanted to know, whether his conespondent had a habit of scratching his head while writing? Iff "Jue, what makes your nose so red?" "Friendship "Friendship! How de you make that outr "I've got a friend who Is very fond of brandy, nnd he is loo weak to take it strong; I've constituted myself his tn.ter; . . ' ii'......,i i'.si. i.i th,- ATLASTIw Bieunarn ' dmi im, neorottS 10 ir uiii"; " kouuuvu w iiii iis Atlantic Telegraph t 'able parted 330 miles whites, has been voted down by a large uiu i i. uh.,ru nn thn niorniriir of thw 1 Ith I i. t V '' - I- .- , I Irom Ihe shere on the morning of the Ilth nnd the vessels were returning to England. I'he director, were, however, sanguine of ,le sucees. A roulerenre was held nt ..ll! m nl M London nn Saturday to determine whether to, go on or wait another summer. MORMVG IN JERUSALEM. Prora Tent Lire In Holy Land.J The first morning i" Jerusalem waa a time forever to be remen-befed. W hen the aun c ime up above the Mount of Olives, I wa st-.nding on Ihe eastern side of the city, with out the walls, on the brow of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, looking down into its gloomy depths nod up to the hill that was hallowed by the lust footsteps of Christ. 1 could not sleep. It was vain to think of it'or attempt it. Broken snatches of alumber, dreamy nnd rest.ess at the best, but mostly iiiroad awake thoughts, fancies, feliiigs, and I ... . I A. Ill memories occupied the enure nigm. eary mid exhausted as I was by the previous day a travel. I could not compose my mind suffi ciently to take the rest I actually required. It was but s little after the break ol day that I strolled down to the gate of St. Pie- phen, (so called now, though formerly known aa Ike gale of the Lady Mary, because of ita lesdinsr to the Virion's lotnb.l and rinding it open already, passed oul among the Moslem gravea that cover the hill of Morioh, outside the wall, nnd sitting down on one of them, waited in silence the coming of the aun. And it enme. I had aeon the dawn come over the forest of the Delaware country, in the aublime win ter mornings, "Whea lat nlftht'iinowhangn llahtly on tne treea, And all Uie cedare and the pines are whits With the new clary." I had seen the morning come op over the nrairiesnf Minnesota, calm and majestic along the far horizon. I had Been it in golden glory on the sea, in suit splendor in Italy, in rich effulgence over the Libyan desert. But I never saw such a morning as that before nor shall 1 ever see another auch in this cold world. At first thero was a flush, a faint but beau- tilul light like a halo, above the holy moun tain. Riuht Ihere-away lay Bethany, and I could think it the radiance of the bursting tomb of Martha's brother. But the flush be came a clenm, a glow, nn opening heaven of deep, strong light that did not dnzzle nor bewilder. I looked into it and wna lost in it, as one is lost that guzes into the deep loving eves of tho woman he worships. It seemed ns if I hud but to w ish and I should be nwny in 4he ntmosnhere that wns so glorious. Strong cords of desire seemed drawing me thither. I even rose to my feel nnd lenr.ea forward over the carved turban on a Mussul man' tomb. I breathed strong, full inspira tions.ns if 1 could breathe in thnt glory All this while, deep in the gloom of the valley between me nnd the Mount of Acen sioii lav the Hebrew dead of all the centuries iiiial imliii. solemn in their slumber. The i-lorv did not reach down to their low graves yet I thought almost aloud, that if that radi- Id but one touch those stones, heavy ns they were, the dead would spring to lite, even the doubly dead who lie in that valley of tombs. Alas! for the dead whose grave the morn ing radiance from the moiiutriti of the Lord's ascension will never reach I Alas! for the sealed lips of earth that w ill never be kissed to openiiio by those rays! Then came '.he round sun; it seemed but an instant alter the uioriiintr-star bad sunk into the blue, and then the full sun. light oni 1 1 ii across the lulls of Juden, on the but-tli'inen'-s of Jerusalem. Then once more I bowed my head. It is no sli,.me Lj have wept in Palestine. I wept w hen I saw Jerusalem, I Wept when I lay in the slur-light at Bethlehem, I wept on the blessed shores of Galilee, My hand was no I ss firm nn the rein, my finger did not trem hie on the tiigt!er-of my pistol when I rode with it in my right hand ulong the shore of the blue sea. My eye was not dimmed by those tears, nor my henrt in might weakened. Let him who would sneer at my emotion close this volume here, for he will find little to his taste in my journeying through Holy Land.' A National Work.-A gigantic enterprise is now going on in Holland, being nothing less than blocking up two nrms of the sea nnd replacing them by a navigable cnnnl for merchant vessel of the largest burden. By this operalion nn extent of land of 14,000 hectare (33,000 acres) or the finest quality will be gained from the Scheldt. This canal, which will be completed in the course of two years, crosses the Island of Sud Bcveland, between the villages of Hanswert, on the western branch of the Scheldt, and Werner, dinge, on the enetern. Caution to Railroad Travelers. The Allenlown Democrat state an instance of inslmit death to a passenger, by putting his head out of the window while the train Wns under way, which should be a wurnmg to passengeis never to permit their head or el bows to project oul while the train is in mo tion. As Ihe train wn passing Iawry's Sta tion, the pscnger stuck his head out, which, coming in contact with te timbers of a bridge, took hia sunlp entirely off, The editor of the Democrnt ant on the sent with the un fortunate man, slid waa bespattered with blood. He describes the scene as awful the crash of the scull, the fainting of the women, Ihe alarm of the passengers si I being in Btnntnneous. Keep your head and arm ip when the cars are In motion. Flour i'omino Down. The Fuirmonnt True Virginian, ia informed by n gentleman, that a considerable quantity ol Flour ws sold in thut tow n, on Wednesday lust, at $3 87 J per hundred, or 85 73 per harrol. Iowa. It is generally understood thnt the new Constitution ha been adopted by the ueottle. but that the aeparnle cluuse.ndmittiiig " . n . ... i.u .i... Deonle, out mat no- rc"'"' .iiiu-i-,i!uuiiinin( I ' ' . ir. i ,.,in. a... Mllive jority A young w.aow nn. e.ian.isn.a s pis- lol gallery in Orlea.,.. I ler qualifications ss n J-T" A yoimg widow ha established a pis. i..u..h..r of the art of doeliiiff are of course un doubted, fur "he bae killed her man. VOL. IX.-N0. 467. A Man or Business. In one of the wsst- era counties of New York, is a man by the . name of Zadock Pr.tt, one of the bone and sinew, an intelligent methanic and farmer, who has contributed greatly to Ihe general prosperity, ss well ss to his individual wealth. I ,...h at an Agricultural Fair in Green - county, New York, he said that, since he had bean eniraired in fariDinir, he had employed v m ... over fifteen thousand yeara of other men labor, had employed thirty thousand men, and paid them for their labor over two mil linns five hundred thousand dollars. He had cleared over ten thousand acres of land, used over two hundred thousand corda of hemlock bark, and paid over half a million of dollar for it. He had used and worn out fivo hun dred horses and one thousand yoke of oxen; used two hundred thousand bushel of oats, one hundred end twenty thousand tons of hay, thirty thousand barrels of beef and pork, nearly one hundred thousand barrels ol nour, and potatoes without number ormensure. He had tunned over cue million and fifty sides of lenther; his usual disbursement is over fit thousand dollars per duy; and he has used iu his business over ten millions. He baa never had a side of leather stolen, nnd never wa sued n account of hia business transactions. We should SRy that Zndock was valuable member of soaiety. Moreover, he shows the advantage of diversifying labor, and of blink ing the man who cuusuuiea by the side of bill) who produces. Strychnine. The source from whence the poison, which has gained so world wide a celebrity ia obtained, is thus noticed in Dicken's Household Words: 1.. r.ul.m. nnd several districts's of India. All fevji"f, - , . grows a moderate sized tree, with thick, shin ing leaves, and a short crooked stem. In th fruit season it is readily recognized by it rich orange-colored berries, iioouin. inrge as gol den pippins. The rind is hard and smooth, nnd cover a w hite, soft pulp, the favorite food for many kind or birds, within which are the fiat, round seeds, not an men in di ameter, ash-gray in color, and covered with very silky hairs. The Germans fancy they can discover a reaemblunce to gray eyes, and call them crow . eyes, out tue nseness in purely Iuiagmnry. I lie tree is mo strychnine vomica, nnd the 8ed Is the (lead I V pois on nut. The latter, was early used ns a medi cine by the Hindoos and us nature ana pro perties understood by oriental doctors long hetore II wns Sliow o m nnni, un.iuun. . "Dog-killer," and 'fish-scale," are two of ita Arabic names. It is stated uial in present the natives of Hindustan often take it for many months continuously, in much the same way as opium-eaters eat ojium. They com mence with liikiiiB the eighth of n nnt a day, and gradually increasing the allowance to nn entire nut, which would be about twenty grains. If they eat directly before or nfter food, no unpleasant effects are produced; but if they neglect this precaution, spustus result. Monarch of thb Forest. Captniu Ken ilitvk Informs the eilhor of the Tampa (Fin.) Peninsular, thut while on a scout a abort time since, he found, on Fish-Eating ('reek, eleven miles from it mouth, a live oak tree measur ing thirty-seven feet in circumference, which throws a shade, nt noon, forty-five yarda in diameter. This tree has but five branches one occunvinL' a central position; the other four forming uugles, five feet from the ground, and extending in horizontal lilies giving th tree the appearance, from a distance, of small hammock, with a large tree in the cen tre. Cupt. K.'s whole compuny eighty, eight men dined under the shade of thi. tree, nt uoon, and bitched their horses to th limbs!' Novel Invention. A down-east mechiiuU ciau linn invented a bed which is made up of spiritual springs, nod constructed with an air. chnmber in the centre, so curiously arranged that every motion made by the sleeper pro duces u bellows action, and forces out the air which has become affected by the perspiration of thebody, and at Ike aame time a now sup-, ply is taken in. The act of rising from it in the morning completely aira it. It at one expands to shape, and can bo made and put In perfect order in one minute, thus saving much time and inconvenience, A Gkoss Swindle. Fort Knelling, ren dered useless as a government outpost by the advance of civilization, has recently been sold by government lor the sum ol $90,000. The sale inclufle 1000 ik res of Murium. iing Innd, thn whole benuiitully loci tod at the' junction of the Mississippi ind .Minnesota rivers, near St. Anthony's Fails, It ia a mag nificent site for a greut town, in one of the most valuable and rapidly rising sections of Minnesota, nnd had the property been opened to public bidding would have brought many times the paltry sum which some ndininistia lion favorite have been permitted to gnlfi the prize in at. Hull million dollar would have been n small figure for lh property thus pocketed tor less than a hundred thou, asnd. Who nre, the lucky holders under this swindle, nnd may we not know by what greasing of fingers the thing was acooi plished? BotUm Traveller. i "Ths Ural thi i st Countrt is Cbiation. De How's mortality statistics show that th people of the United States are the healthiest on the globe. . The dontbs are three hundred and twenty thousand per year, or one and one-third per cent, of the population. In England the ratio is over two per cent, and in Francs nearly three per cent. Virginia and North Carolina are the healthiest of the Slates, and have six hundred nnd thirty-eight inhabit tants over one hundred yeara of age, ; (3r An exchange paper tells this aneodoter "Do you think ypu are fit to dler asked mother or her neglected f hild. "I don't know," said the little girl, taking hold or her dirty dress with her dirty lingers, and iiispecty ing it; "I gues to, ir I Bint oo diily , The Boston Transcript on thia remarks: There i more in the remark or thia preco. cious child than first atike the mind, f the good book coiineotsclcanlincas and godlints together. I ff- (mulls, says a modern philosopher, sr. like counterfeit money; we cnu't hinder thctn being offered, but w ar not comrslled to tnk tji.7n.