Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-08-25

market. He has over seven;y.fSe varietiesrDf the
apple. Among those we received this morning.
were the Maryland Goblin, Summer plrmnin,
Jersey Sweeiing, SPINNER Queen, Maiden's
Blush, Dani and White Shcepnose. There
were also some fine large specimens of the Bart
lett Pear. Among Mr. Stewards varieties of
Peaches are the following Early ork, Early
Rose. and Red Rare-ripe.
Those who want some Of The best favored
apples and peaches they ever tasted, should pay
visit to Mr.. Stewards wagon before the pres
ent load is all sold out. If you should be too
late, save your dimes till he sends over again.
Extra fine fruit is one Of the advantages we
are to realize from opening communication with
our Payson neghbors.
1t may be well enough TO call TO mind in this
connection, that Mr.. Stewart has large and
valuable nursery.
DEATH or SIsrrR OF CnARIrY.- Ano-
Their Of the Sisters OF Charity has fallen vic
tim 10 the prevailing epidemic. Sister Pere-
grina, aged twenty-five years, died on Tuesday
night at ;he Charity Hospital. Another of the
Sisters is sick, and is not expected TO recover.
New Orleans Crescent.
II is remarkable that the Sisters escape so
well as they do when there are prevailing and
destructive diseases. At such times, when dis
ease and death are spreading terror through
community, ii is their mission 10 hover like min
istering angels around the bedside of the sick
and dying. Iihen the cholera ragged so fear
fully in ST. Louis, their self sacrificing, patient,
untirng devotion 10 the cause Of humanity ex-
cited gratitude and general admiration. Yet, as
if providenially protected few if any Sisters of
Charity fell victims to The prevailing disease.
PRANKs or THE SPIRITS IN SYRIA.-The
Sheik Bechir is a parsonage of requirements /;
he has store OF history and literature his con-
versation is superior TO that of his countrymen !;
and he has to complete the superiority, the fame
OF a wonder-wOrker, and the advantage of inter-
view with the spirits of another world! Who
can resist such proofs Of power as these? He
will place Jug between the hands Of two per-
sons sitting opposite TO each other, which, on
the recital oil certain passages taken indscrmi-
nately frohI the Koran and the Psalms of David,
will move spontaneously round, 10 the astonish-
ment Of all beholders. A stick, at his bidding,
viii move unaided from one end of the room TO
the other. A New Testament. suspended from
a key by string, viii turn violently round of
itself. An egg, boiling in the saucepan, will be
made to spring suddenly out of the water, and
be carried 10 considerable distance. A double
locked door viii unlock itself. But the follow
ing trick seems to us the strangest of all On
two earthenwarc jars being placed in opposite
corners OF room, one empty and the other
filled with water the empty lar, on the recital
OF certain passages, will move across the room !;
the full jar will of itself pour lis contents into
the empty one, which will return TO the place
from whence It comc.-[ Churchilps Mount
Lebanon"
The RECENT FArAL DUEL IN SoUTH Caro-
LISA.-Our comments on this affair, so far,
have been the means of getting us reliable in
formation concerning lis particulars. We have
been thus favored with a sight Of reliable letters
from Charleston, from which we gather that
MIR. Legare was engaged TO a young lady in
Columbia. Her friends inquired of Dunovan
what was the character and habits of l. ? This
coming TO his ears, he inquired of ID. what he
had answered, and found that he had spoken
favorably of him but not satisfied with a ver-
bal statement, lie demanded it in writing, which
was refused. Legare challenged Oh this refusal.
The distance was twelve PAGES. Legare fired
at the word " one" and missed: Dunovan fired
~.
The survivor was wholly uRsklled in the use
of the pistol, having never before had anything
TO do with a duel. Legare, on the contrary,
was noteriously a crack shot, having, a few
days before the affair came off, in practising,
placed forty eight out Of fifty balls il card at
the word. He became very nervous on start
ing for the ground, and remarked that lie felt a
preseniiment that he wonld fall, Notwithstanding
his skill with the pistol. He was formerly in
The navy as a midshipmpn, from which he was
dismissed, II Is said, for running sword
through marine Washington Star, Aug IA.
How quickly familiarity breeds contempt.
We pa sei over the Hudson River Railroad
the other day at the rate OF forty miles an
hour, gait that would have commanded
the admiration of the world forty years ago
1t will not now command the admiration of
travelling tinker. Just this side of Peeks.
kill We met boy fishing for SINNERS lie
sat within fifteen feet OF the track, and
would You believe it, he never once took his
eye from his iine, or gave us the least hint
that we were Masking any spludge that
would at all "a!fcnt straw hat in going
into tie most low pressure OF hazards.
Had he set his dog on the locomotive, he
could not have Treated us with more cut
ting contempt. As we said before, things
soon grow common. Shoot men from
town by mortars, and in less than a week
it would become so commonplace that a
gentleman taking his seat Oh half keg Of
powder, would excite bat little more at
tention than tlucluation IA the fried pie
market,-EX.
SINGULAR Casa Miss Read, of West
l}oylslon, took chlurolorm few days ago, for
the purpose Of having a tooth extracted, and
after the operation was performed, she was
ATTACKED with severe pain IN the head, became