The Arkansas advocate., 1834-06-20
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 PosTHuMoUs WIr. Df Jarner Main who lived in the reign of James l, of Eng land. was celebrated as a scholar and wit. lie displayed though life strong propensity i ior innocent raiHery and practical jokes.
 nis was ms ruling passion. Just before ne expired, he told a servant with a grin. who was sadly addicted to intenlperanee, that ne had bequeathed to him something m an old trunk, thGt mould moke hsna dyiok
 Inc servant, as soon as his master was deads lmpatiently opened the trunk, expec- tng of course to find heap of treasure: but alas hls disappointment was great at finding nothing lh the trunk but red herring.
 .6drsriisemeM Eriraordiaa,g.-To be sold, for five shillings, my wife Jane Hee- baud. She IS stoutiy built, stands firm. and is sound. She can SOW and reap; hold a plough and drive team; and would answer any man that can hold tight rein--for she ls--hafd mouthed and headstrono: but if properly managed, would either lead or drive as tame as rabbit. She now and then, if not watched, will make false step. Her husband parts with her because she is too much for him. N. B. All the body clothes will be given with her.
 A SECOND SAM PATcH.-A Ffenchman. recently arrived in this conntry, jumped from the roof of the three story house, No TT John street. upon the sidewalk. and was taken up for dead. Medical assistance was immediately procured, and ill short time the patient was perfectly restored, without the slightest apparent injury. On Sunday morning he performed a similar feat, which resulted In the same manner.-.N. r. Times.
 MAN's LIFE.-There arc two lives in each of us-gliding on at the same lime, closely connected with each other-the life of our actions-the life of our minds: the external and the inward history. the move ments of the frame-the deep and ever rest less working Of the heartl They who have loved, know the affections We might keep for years without having occasion even to touch uponth exteriorsurface of life ourbusy oecupatons--the mechanical progress of our existence; yet by the last are we judged; the first IS never known. History reveals mems outward character, but not themselves. There Is a secret self that has its own life "round by dream," un- penetrated and unguessed.
 Itwas recently stated publiely, thatthere are in London more than half million of people not in the habit Of visiting any place of public worship.
 HhvtNe TIE ADVANTAGE. Tom Hobbs was queer fellow in his day. and lived in a place called Squam. somewhere on Cape ann. Tom would drink like a fish, and when he had taken his fifth glass of a mor- nlng, no man possessed more shrewdness. ' hen in this condition, and in his happiest mood, Tom one morning met q gentleman on horseback, whom he had never nut his eyes on before. As is customary in the country, Tom immediately accosted him "Ah here you are, my good fellow. how dye do. Upon my honor, 1t does my heart gaod to see you once more. Uow's your family, and the old woman. we hay'nt seen her this long time; when Is she coming down to see my wiie?' 'I an quite well, thank you,o said the gentleman, $ but indeed sir, you have the adyantage!n .Advantagel my good fellow, what adYantage!'' inquired Tom. "Nhy really, sir, | do not know youl" "Know mel" exclaimed Tom, ''well, l don't you; where in the deuce Is the ad- vantage!"
 PoLIrIoAL.-A Correspondent at New York says: The city IS full of rumors, so that we scarcely know what to believe. l have, however, the highest confidence in the opinions of disnterested testimony, of first rate intelligence, standing, and means ofin- formation, who, having returned last night from Washington, after long stay there, expresses his unqualified convictions, Mot tbere ss not the slightest prospect of alsy con- siderable change aat the present posture ot the Curreacy Question, as st concerns the country at large.n
 Poulson is sometimes complimentary He informs his readers that " the President IS not mauto show the white feather, or to give up He should have commanded the Citadel of Antwerp during the late great bombardment. The good Dutch general thought he did great things by surendering when there was only one easement left Andrew Jackson would have let that case- ment take the fate of the rest, and if there had been only stone of the citadel left as big as his hat, he would have sat down up- on it, and let them fire away to all eternity"
 MISERY DiseovEREp.-"J John," said the housekeeper in gentleman's family ln Aberdeenshire, about twenty years ago, to