Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-12-12


ger saw young jaguars and cugars playing with
round substances like kittens. -. ., -......
Young lambs collect together the little hillocks
and emnences in their pastures. racing and sporting
With each other in the most interesting manner.
Birds of the Pie kind arc the analogues of mon
keys full of mischief, play and mimicry There is
story told of a tame magpe, which WIS seen bus-
ly employed in garden gathering pebbles, and
with much soemnity and studied air dropping
them in hole about eighteen inches deep made to
receive post After dropping each stone, it cried
currack triunlphantly and set off for another. On
examining the spot, poor toad found in the
hold, which the magpie stoning for his amusc-
ment .
Lord Brousha1n's Manners.
London journal gives the following sketch:
AS to Lord Brougha eccentrcity,, to the vul-
gar eye, it stands confessed fact In the vulgar
eccentric. He chooses to do as he likes After a
long day of arduous labor he prefers walk to ride
and if his blood wants circulating he walks fast
When he speaks, he speaks aloud, having been used
to do a matter of business all his life. If his
hands be cold, he puts them in his pockets; though
fashions change for the benefit Of taiors, Lord
Brougham sticks Gas many North country man has
done before him) to the check the plaid: not be-
ing particular about hats he does not his stuck
horizontally the top of his head like an inverted
chimney pot. but lets it go aslant the back prac
tice less painful to the forehead being naturally of
an ardent and excitahle temperament. he uses much
gesticuation in talking about much as French
man would require in order to tell you it is a fine
day: in short, Lord Broug CHAM commits divers often
ces against the leaden sovereignty of custom. all
which are peculiarly shocking in peer. Being. too
naturally of an afbe and social disposition he fra
ternises quickly with those for whom he takes IL
king and spouts out his thoughts and feelings in
stead of fltering them, as your grave ones do He
is the sayest and wittiest of companions, the most
| enjoying and the most enjoyable patriarch in cx-
perlence and sagacity, but schooboy in freshness
| OF feeling. He is man: not ennobled abstrac-
ton. He is odd unique bizarre-anything but &C.
centric; for there is not man among US who has
his Gpl0b on whose moral mental centre of gray
iy more firmly pivot the violent oscillations and gy-
rations of his passionate" energy.
THE LAST HoURs.-A rich old bachelor who had
gone through life regardless of religious ob=ervances
and obligations, laid upon his death bed few
days since AS his last hours vsably drew nigh, an
attendant enquired if he wished to see clercyman1
he dying man assented and requested that the Rev,
MIR. Colver who lived near, should be sent for. He
came, not without some surprise; knowing as he did
the character of his neighbor and taking the hand
Of his sick man, enquired his wishes. The man re-
piled am about to dethe doctor says can not sur
vive the night, sent for you to request you to keep
the cats in your yard still possible tonight The
| Rev. Doctor left.
! AN AGREEABLE FRIEND--Mr. Lear in his {! Jour-
nal of Landscape Panter,' relates an anecdote of
the postmaster of Pea. the birth place of Alexander
the Great The artist and he were taking Il parting
cup of coffee, when, unfortunately, the former set
his foot on handsome pipe-bowl Crash went the
bowl, but the Mahommedan sat unmoved. MIR.
Lear apologised. The breaking of the pipe bowl =
said the postmaster, would indeed, under ordna-
ry circumstances be dsagreeable; but in friend,
every action has its charms.'
DUTCH CoMMERcE.-The finance department, at
the Hague has published the result of the commerce
and navigation of the Netherlands for the year end
ing 1850. The results are extremely forcible. The
import and export trade shows increase of As
100000 in the last four years. Imports, compared
with 1849, are increased by 9,000000 the exports
| by fl hl3,000,000 The general imports of 1850 a.
mounted to fl 284 4l5.276 the general exports to
f25O,OO2,OGG; the transit trade to Fl 90 252, 789.
ENORMOUS OUTLAY EoR Townsend
the Sarsaparia man, says that his books exhibit an
outlay for advertising in the course of five wears in
the various papers of the United States-$8OO 900
He says for six months he cut off all his advertise
ments, to If his medicines would not go their
merits just well advertising. He lost 100000
by it sales dwindled right down nothing for his
competitors, seeing him drop off, went advertising
heavily, and got the start OF himl.-GTeGt Vest.
SELF-sETT1NG N1NEpINs. The Scientific Ameri-
can describes an invention which is intended to
persede the labor of assistant in the game of bowl
ing. By this invention the player replaces the pins
while at the opposite end of the alley, and the balls
return Of themselves
Mr. Yulee WILL it is stated, contest the right OF
Mr.. Mallory, Senator elect to a seat in the Senate
of the United States. The ground of contest is that
Mr.. Yuee, on the first ballot was consttutionally
and legally elected, he having twentynnc votes and
there being twenty-niue blanks. which blanks, is
contended, would not be noticed.
Dutchman. who had been a long time in the use
of sprituous liquors. at length persuaded to give
it up and join Temperance Society. "A few months
after, feeling unwel he sent for physician, who
prescribed for him one ounce Of spirits Not under
! standing what ounce was he asked a friend. who
/ told him that eight drachms made ''Ah,''
exclaimed the old Dutchman, :. the doctor under
stands my case exactly | used to take six drains q
day, and always wanted two more ~ .a
UTAH TERR1ToRY.-Itis is stated in some of the pa
pers that the President will appoint New Govern
or for Utah soon after the assembling of Congress.
in place of the Mormon, Brigham Young, who it is
alleged, breaches treason and violence.
A western editor says that "a child was run over
by wagon three years old and cross-eyed, with
pantalets on which never spoke afterward, ;" and
adds that sin consequence of careless driving the
shafts of death constantly through their village
''Do you ever see any of the popular novels q
said a city dame to a country cousin. mo, ma am
but plenty of poplar trees" ~ xs9
A KIss.-A youthful editor :. Down East dc
scribes this del;cacy dish Of love eaten with
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