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iexsnder seikirk, she Original Hsbiassa
Crnsor.


He was born at Leghorn in the north OF
Scotland, in 1917. Having gone to sea in
his youth. and in the year 1903 being sail
ing-master Of the ship Cirque Ports, Capt.
Stradling. bound for the South Seas, he was
put on shore on the Island Of Juan Fernan.
DEE, as punishment for mutiny. In that
solitude he remained four years and four
months, from which he was at last relieved
and brought to England, by Captain Woods
Rogers. He had with him on the Island
his clothes and bedding, with frelock,
some powder, bullets, and tobacco; hatch
ct, knife, kettle. his mathematical instrll-
ments, and Bible He built two huts Of
pimento trees, and covered them with long
grass. and in short time lined them with
skins Of goats which he killed with hi. mus
ket, 50 long as his powder lasted, (Which at
first was but pound when that was spent,
he caught them by speed OF foot. Having
learnt to produce fire by rubbing two pieces
Of wood together. he dressed bis victuals in
one Of his huts, and slep! in the other, which
was at some distance from his kitchen. A
multitude Of rats disturbed his repose, by
gnawing his feet and various parts Of his bo-
dy, which induced him to feed a number OF
cats for his protection. In a short time
these became so tame that they would lie
about him in hundreds, and soon delivered
him from his enemies, the rats. Upon his
return. he declared to his friends that moth
ing gave him so much uneasiness as the
thought that when he died, his body would
be deyoured by those very cats he had with
50 much care tanned and fed. To divert
his mind from such melancholy thoughts, be
would sometimes dance and sing among has
kids and goats; at other times retire to devo-
ton. His clothes and shoes were soon worn
out by running through the woods; in the
want Of shoes he found little inconvenience,
as the soles Of his feet became so hard that
he could run everywhere without difficulty
AS to clothes. he made himself coat and
cap out of goat skins, sewed them with
thongs Of the same, cut into proper form
with a knife, his only needle was a nail
When his knife was worn to the back, he
made others as we'll as he could, of some
iron hoops that had been left on shore,
by beating them thin, and grinding them on
stones. BY his long seclusion from inter
course with men, he had so far forgot the
use Of speech, that the people on board of
Captain Rogers ship could scarcely under
stand him. for he seemed to speak his words
by halves. The chest and musket which
Selkirk had with him on the island, are
now in possession Of his grand nephew,
John Selkirk, weaver at large.-Fiom SIR
John Sinciair's Account Of Scotland.
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The Old Woman Of Trsye..

She Is an old woman, certainly one
OF the most remarkable under the sun,
Not even excepting the old woman who
Lived very retired IN the heel OF shoe,
And was troubled with troublesome bows:
The very qnintessence Of spiTit and strength,
Cooked down in body not four feet in length.
And perhaps should add, the very person.
Ecation OF everything skinny and bony.
Is this Old Woman of Troyes!
As soon as the Diligence, clatter and clang,
Gets into the square, and pulls up with bang.
Probably waking up half the people,
And shaking the town from the stones 10 the
steeple,
With terrible racket and noise;
Out OF ie grand Mulst-(menhoned by MURRAY,
As "good, clean, and cheap,'D in all sorts of a
hurry,
With a light in her hand, of course a rush light
She comes with rush, IN the depth of the night.
This queer Old Woman of TrOyes!
She unloads in tnce, | really can't state
Exactly the number Of curt,
From the top Of the Diligence down to the flags;
While as for such matters as baskets and bags,
They re nothing but trfes and toys;
Around and around the old woman scampers.
Amongst packages, boxes and barrels, and ham
peTs;
A bale OF packed cotton, or load of pressed hay,
Would be nothing at all, III venture 10 say,
Tothls Old Woman Of Troyes
While we are looking, she's gone for minute,
Flies to the courtyard, and disappears IN il,
But before you could think II, takes fresh start,
And out of the gate with great big handle art,
Like squadron Of horse she deploys;
Then into 1t piles up trunks, boxes, and chests,
As tailor would pile up trovseIs and vests,
Hops into the shafts like twelve FOUNDER shot,
And of through the streets, at a housing round
trot,
Gees this Old Woman of TIoyes,
Now, If Hugo or Scnbe had been in the Come.
OT Janln or Sue, IL easy to say,
That besides with the hand-cau this very long
nun
In novel or play she might have had one,
And made pTodiglous great noise;
UT IN England, that wonderful country of drafts,
She surely be christened the Countess of Shafts
Leaving the bury out Of the word,
Which only would make il too long by two-thiris,
For this Old Womano Of Troyes!
Now, ye Mothers all over the world attend.
And I'll give you the moral that comes at the
end;
If you've got large family, in long series
OF Peggies and Sailies, and Annas and Names;
Without wishing your girls had been boys;
DON bnng up these Peggles, or Names OF Annas,
To do nothing else but perform on pianos,
And break other peoples, and then their own
hearts,
But teach them the useful, industrial arts.
OF tins Old Woman of Troyesl
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A.ecdsse sr Ch.rue. LAM.

"Coleridge," says De Quincy, "told me
OF ludicrous embarrassment which Lambs
stammering caused him at Hastings. Lamb
had been medically advised to course Of
sea-bathing; and accordingly at the door oil
his bathing machine, whilst he stood shiy-
erng with cold, two stout fellows laid hold
Of him, one at each shoulder, like heraldic
supporters they waited for the word Of com
mand from their principal. who began the
following Grafton to them: Hear me, mem
Take notice Of this-l am to be dipped.
What more he would have said is unknown
to land or sea bathing machine; for having
reached the word dipped, he commenced
such rolling fire OF Di-di-didi, that when
at length he descended a plomb upon the
full word dipped, the two men, rather tired
OF the long suspense. became satisfied that
they had reached what lawyers call the 'op.
erative' clause Of the sentence; and both
exclsiming at once, oh, yes, Sir, we're
quite aware Of thaf-down they plunged
him into the sea. On emerging, Lamb
sobbed so much from the cold, that he
found no voice suitable to his Indignation;
from necessity he seemed tranquil; and again
addressing the men, who stood respectfully
listening, he began thus: Men! is it posi-.
BILE to obtain your attention. oh, surely.
SIR, BY all means. Then listen: once more
tell you. ] am to be di-di-di'-and then,
with burst Of indignation, dipped. l tell
decidedly, sir'-and down the
stammerer went fos the second time. Petri-
he'd with cold and wrath, once more Lamb
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Hooks 'mOnOnag excursions, a. be call.
ed them, were casiOnally prolonged 10
some weeks. He once made the lOur al
Wales in this way, accompanied By al IN.
innate friend in tie Treasury, who Lad Do
Vided gig, drawn by white horse. ior III,
journey. Everything passed of plra,sn,y
enough fine weather-magnifcent s,rnr,.
a stream TO be whipped one day, q noun
tain to be climbed the next-s mine 10 be
explored al one spot, DrHd temple 10 Dc
traced at another. Castles, csnrscts AID
eoal-mines, all inviting inspection,
All SAID Hook, as they lounged along
one bright morning, this is all very well in
its way-very deli ghtful of course-plsn,y
to look at-but then somehow, nobOdy
looks at us!-Ihe thing IS getting Lille
dull, do mt you think So
HIS companion assented. We'll, ~.
can't go on in this manner, cOntinued ne
other, Il must hit upon something, and &c,
up dIsitO B'ORSraTi SOMEHOW Oh sno.h-
er.
And at tie next town from Which hes
started, his friend had a taste Of his q0a...y
in that line; for having procured boz Of
large black waters, he had completely spO,
ted the snowy coat OF the animal they vet:
diving, after the pattern Of Hose wooden
quadrUPegs which, before the diffusion d
useful knowledge, used to form the study Of
childhood. The device fully answered u
purpose. and the happy par dove Of, Al
tracing. throughout the IemsindeT Of he
day, the gaze, wonder, and unqualified al
miration Of Cadwsllader and all b., goals
Theodore Hooks Remains.
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heals's Hsyk0Od

A maternal uncle OF the young Meas
had been an officer in Ddnean's ship IA The
action of Camperdown, snd had dstI-
guished himself there both By his signal
bravery and by his peculiarly lofty statue
which made HIM a mark for the enemy >
shot: the Dutch admiral sad as much 70
him after the battle. The sailof-uncle vas
the ideal of the boys, and filled Their mag
nation when they went to school with he
notion Of keeping up the ismilys IsPO'a.
ton ioG courage THIS wss manifested
in the second brother, BY a PASSIVE nan
illness, but in John and Tom By Tie
6ercest pusnacity. John wss always hsh'
ing, he chose his iavOrites among hissehOOi
fellows, from those thai fought most readily
and peIIinaciously, nor were the brOtnei'
10th to exercise their mettle even on one
another. This disposition. however, "a az
Of them, seems 10 have been combined viii
much tenderness, and, in John, with pas
sionate sensibility, which exhibited iIseli "a
the strongest contrasts. Convulsons u
laughter and of tears were equally iIequeh'
with him, and he would pass from one %
the other almost without an interval. ne
gave vent to his impulses with no regard 10
he violently attacked a.
usher who had boxed his brothers ears and
on the occasion Of his mothers death, Whieh
occurred suddenly in 1910. 0hodgh she haa
fingered for some years in cOnsumPtOnJ
he hid himself in nook under the mss'si :
desk for several days. in long agony o.
grief, and would take no consolation lTOih
master or friend.-R Remains of John hs1h
BIZ nr. M0ncktOn Mines.
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messy bank, hawthorn bush, and tree
laden with real iIpe cherries, to all Tie pom
po,,s, useless things spread around her.
Il like nature itself, she exclaimed
You spend all your time in the mockery OF
imitation
At Ihis the parrots laughed but the brave
brown birds eyes frightened, and she re-
gained her temper, and smoothed her feath-
ers, and said, in continuation, That they
were Of different climes that Nature had
provided for ali, and gwen tastes to all,
according to their kind and class, and that
/: was very righ, they should enjoy them
selves after their fashion. il they would only
permit her TO enjoy herself after hers
Only she begged TO observe, very respect
fully, that il did seem rather strange to her
that they should spend so much time in
initiating what they could obtain much more
easily in all their purity
And, upon this, very grave, Judge-like
old gentleman macaw assured her she was
wrong. 1t was much easier,' he said, 'lor
them to initiate nature than TO be natural.
And then he made great love TO the brown
bird, and. holding up his equity claws. GOV.
cred all over with jewelled rings, he in
vited her to become his bride and be quee,
Of his kingdom. And it needed not the
screams and sneers Of his court.bred ladies
who set up their plumage and erected theil
crests Immediately at this, TO determine the
brown bird as TO the course she ought tC
take.
we all seek happiness, she answered
and am sure | should never be happy il
your circle. Mscaws, and parrots. anC
paroquets, long tailed and shor.tailed. MAJ
live very happily together after their fash
ion, and enjoy the mock fruit and mocl
flowers. and mock streams; but my molhe
hatched me out Of blue egg, in moss
nest, where she had brought forth man,
other birds, brown and black, Ienownet
throughout the country for their song AM
their domestic habits. She was happy, an,
can neither desire nor deserve to be hap
pier
But you ought to be married, screame'
| TIC lAdOoNs
All in good time. replied the brown
bird. we are too well regulated to couu
tenance either old maids or old bachelors
but better never wed than be iil-maied'
So far Annot had observed distinctly wins
passed; but soon every bird and object be
gan TO whirl round in a mysterious manner
The chrystal river mounted into the air a
a rainbow, and the Wanted fruits mouldereu
away and were replaced by the actua
bounties OF nature; the harsh croak OF tn
macsw and the hooking merriment of tn
parrot. which mimics without meaning
were succeeded by the whistle Of the black
bird and the deep.throaIed melody Of th
thrush. She started at seeing two bird
whirl triumphanlly past her window, anc
TO her establishment. upon entering III
porch, she found that love had broken tn
prison-bars of the cage--her yello " beake
prisoner had escaped
never heard why the new old love wer
limPing out, and the old young love cam
bounding in; but my belief is, that AnnC
learned wisdom from the letter and III
dream.
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These shoals were alive with myrisds oil
lnvertebraled animals, and crowds Of sharks
lowered about. feeding upon the larger
forms. There were also numerous other
animals belonging to those remarkable
groups which have attempted to describe
in some detail. Imagine, then, one of the
monstrous animals, Piesiosaurus. some
sixteen or twenty feet long, with a small
wedge-shaped crocodilian head, a long
arched serpent-like neck, short compact
body, provided with four large and power.
ful paddles, almost developed into hands
an animal not covered with brilliant scales,
but with black Shiny skin. Imagine for
a moment this creature slowly emerging
from the muddy banks, and haIf.walking.
hslfcreeping along, making its way towards
the nearest water. Arrived at the water,
we can understand from its structure tina, il
was likely to exhibit greater energy. Un-
like the crocodile tribe, however, in all its
il must have been equally dis
similar in habit. Perhaps, instead of con-
ceaiing itself in mud or among rushes, il
would swim at once boldly and directly to
the attack. It's enormous neck stretched
out to its full length, and its tail acting as
a rudder, the powerful and frequent strokes
OF its four large paddles would at once give
it an impulse, sending it through the water
Ct very rapid rate. When within reach
OF its prey. we may almost fancy that we
see it drawing back its long neck as it de-
pressed its body in the water, until the
strength of the muscular apparatus, with
which this neck was provided, and the great
additional impetus given by the rapid adj
vance of the animal. would combine to
produce stroke from the pointed head
which few living animals could resist
The fishes, including, perhaps, seven the
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A Case for lse Nod.

The most remarkable instance OF LA
dlsobedience manifested in extremely Isnosi
years. may be found in NJ. ChsIesubnana
Memoirs, and he is al once the hero and ne
narrator Of il. Tie says he was the la'i o.
ten children, Of whom, besides himself oe'
one brother and four sisters survived. Us
then adds: "lt is probable that my iO1i
SISTERS owed their existence to desis "
the partof my father to have the PerpslD+
ton of his name secured BY second 0O,.
| RESISTED, HAD Az AVERSION 10 Lif,.
Ii was doubtless fortunate for the E0il.'
and for the son. that the father insisted uPOa
having obedience. OF there isno telling Va. :.
might not have been anticipated IRON =.
maturity Of a lad who set up thus cary
nave his own way.-N. Y. Ers. F'1.
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LITERARY EXAMINER
'iaqtohtlio.giildt.. lIo5a'. iEiela. ms .


The hour is come-the cherished hour,
When from the busy world set Tree,
seek at length my lonely bower,
And muse IN silent thought on thee.
And, Oh! how sweet 10 know that Still,
Though sever'd fIom thee widely far,
Our minds the self-ssme thought can fill
Our eyes yet seek the self-same star.
COmpulsiOn from its destin' d course
Themagnet may awhile detsln;
But when no more withheld by force;
Ii trembles TO its north again.
Thus, though the idle world may hold
My fettered thoughts awhile from thee,
To thee they spring, when uncontrolled,
In all the warmth Of liberty.
The faithful dove, where'er by day,
Through fields Of air her piniOns rove,
Still seeks, when daylight dies away,
The shelter of her native grove.
So at this calm, tins silent hour,
Whate' eT the daily scenes see;
My heart Uts ioyless wand nngs o'en
Returns unalter'd still TO thee.
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while the relay OF horses was being got up
IN sonie remote quarter oi the city, We haJ
better opportunity Of looking about, and
decyphering what queer, ricketty, gable
ended sort Of place it was. Roofs askew
and chimneys awry, tiles and limbers pitch
ed together in a way that antiquaries love,
but nervous lessees hate; tie whole town
was very far gone in the ruinious pictur-
esque. The silence into which we had so
unseasonably obuuded ourselves didn't
seem sensible of the disturbance All
around there was the deep, unbroken still
ness Of "past midnight" 1.-The chief
manufacture carried on in and around
Tloyes," says the indisputable John Muir
ray, sis might caps" The occupation OF
the Trojans Just at this time was evidently
connected with this prevailing staple
But presently, while we were wondering
what was to happen to US, and momently
expecting the ghost OF some old hero OF
Champagne with a long neck, the visible
impersonation of dead soldier, to eliven
The scene and help US to some Of those sp;
propos associations and imaginings that
conscientious tourists are always favored
with on the right spot, appeared on the
scene little old woman, queerer than all
the gable.ends in the town could ever have
looked, even in broad daylight. Turning
up mysteriously, very much as if she had
emerged from traP-door in the pave, she
commenced experimenting the unloading
Of trunks, boxes, chests, and packages, as
if they were all her own, or at least, as il
she was a sort Of general agent and com
missionaire extraordinary for everybody else
To have seen her, frisking around the
conducteur and the coach, now here, now
there, now in one place and now in anoth
err, and now in BOTH managing and direct
ing and controlling; the supposition wa.
hardly to be avoided that the town o
Troyes was Inhabited and governed by liz
tie old women, OF whom this was the heaC
and chef; the female Polk Of small Re
public of Uieilles; the Petticoatedd HarouI
al Raschid incognito, walking unyizierec
amongst her sleeping subjects, with ocula
inspection of such nightly intruders upol
The peace of her domain as this lumberiny
Diligence Of ours. All of sudden of sh
goes, disappears within the neighborinl
courtyard Of the Grand Mule" and W
wonder what has become of her. Ou
wonder is not long; in a minute she is bacI
again, back with big hand-cart capable @
holding, who can tell how many MALE.
caisses, or hampers Of cheese, the lacts
ceous specialize Of Troyes? She pile
them up one over the other, whatever the
are, the commodities Of her cognisance an
care, and when the load was crowned wit
the last item Of freight. put herself blithel,
between the shafts and of she troltsd, hand
cart and all, down the square, and aroun
the corner. disappearing amongst the peak
ed roofs aud slantlng gables, like an indus
trious and overloaded ghost.
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WalI-Flower..

"They smell sweetest by nighttime,
lhae flowers; and they're maist aye seer
about ruined buildings, p-EDIE OcHlL.
TREE. in the Antiquary.
S,Oeetsst by nigAt; like gracious words
That scent the sacred page;
But freeliest pour their pc Ruined store,
In sickness, grief and age.
Seen most by ruiss; like the love,
That gave Itself for ell;
Ystclosest clings to guiltest things.
As Msgdalene, or Saul.
Riverside, December, 1s4e. g. w. D.
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made feeble aliempt a. ,,nI.-..-
Grant me Pa-Pa-Psuenes; J, 1, nn---
murder you me-me-mean, Again aDd UNI
ga-galn, ! tell you, I'm to 5s a aio aga
ped now speaking furiOusly. with u
OF an injured man. Oh, YES. i, ne y voice
replied, we know that-we 6SI ST vac Men
stood it-and iof the lhird lims az A. u0der-
Lamb into the sea. Oh, Gmb. ~ Went
he said, on coming up foe he II - 5a !.
IT'S now too late; | tell you thar - ane'
that | 'oas-to be di-di-didipped oo II-no
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A sketch.
BY MRS. $. c. HALL.

" A wild bird came her pomp 10 see,
And said, l wish could live like thee"
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And was she about to relinquish the
reality Of humble happiness for the perils
Of splendid misery? Which as better,
to live beloved and die lamented in her
own sphere, or endure the notification and
disappointment she must encounter in VEN
turing within the magic circle of another?
She sat down in her old corner to think
it over. In few minutes she heard the
note-neither sigh nor song--of the dark
brown bird, who had tried to find way of
escape for the imprisoned blackbird; she
looked from the window, and, much to her
establishment, saw that the little parterre
was changed into fairy-like palace, gilt
tering with diamonds made to resemble
dew-drops so closely that they looked almost
as beautiful; the rivulet had been replaced
by one Of chrystal, over which the brown
bird lamented having lost her accustomed
bath, so refreshing in the MONDAY heat
The plums were turned into purple spars,
and the gardener wrung his hands over stone
peaches. A magnificent parrot in set
phrase, assured him that those peaches were
more costly than the ripe ones he regretted;
but their costliness he said, was nothing to
him; he wanted the reality, not the sem.
blance.
The richly plumaged foreign birds called
to the brown bird Of English cline to adj
mire the gems that sparkled on the trees.
and the glittering berries that were so admi.
rable an imitation Of nature; but the brown
bird bristled out her feathers until she look
ed like ball, and declared she preferred a
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-19
TRIBUNE.
Army Matters.
~. nxp.n1xyST ADJrTANT GEMS OyTicE,
Wa WAsHrxGTox MAY 10. le4s.

va. DEPARTMENT, ADgrIANT GEMS OvrIcE,
WARRINGTON May 10, l5is.
f,.u>roI O,der No. I'll. In pursuance OF the
-, a the President Of the United States, Maj Gen
ST., I'll resume the command Of the Army and the
d1sse. In al that regards it, discipline and iltaiy con
troI according 20 the regulations prescribed Tor ne
s.idapce Of tie General Commanding IN Cnlei ne
Two senior Bngadiers General VIII be assigned 70
th> command Of the Eastern and Western DIVISIONS
esnertiveiy the senior have the privilege o. seiec
,,o5 Headqusrters Of the Commander Of the Army
!, az IN he vicinity Of New-York. Headquarters o.
,he Eastern Division, Baltimore Hesdquarers OF
~, western Division, Cincinnati, when the 1eneTsis
&c NOT on visits Of inspection and tours 81 duty ne
Iaspectors General Of the Army VII report ior az
nv leter) 70 the MAJOR General Commanding ~ Ne
~ Commanders Of Departments Regiments and ro't'
within the Western Division viii forward tnef returns
and reports 70 Army Headquarters Sew-iol 1 M
beYesfter the Commanders Of the Pscinc Di'ls.oh anu
of Departments Nos 10 (CsifOrnis and u Oregon
win make their reports direct 20 the heaoq1arets Of
the Major General Commanding he Army 2 M1s
ter Roll, Monthly Returns, Report &C. enJgDeo y
,b s,h and l9, Of the Rues and Articles Of War and
he . General Regulations Of the Army" will, A. al
-e.epf be forwarded % the Adiutsnt Generals once
Msshiny.oD - The Recruiting Service VIII BE- direct
ed by The Adjuiant General Of the Army, under the
s,,,hority Of the Secretary Of War Military CORES
pondence generally and Official transactions with TIE
Hsr Department vii be conducted usual through
the same channel Of communicated BY order q ne
Secretary Of War r. JONES, Adjutsnt General