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Year: 1859

ExcRUoIATNG JoKE.-ln the reign of Charles
II, it was customary on gentleman drinking q
ladys health, to throw some article of dress into
the flames in her honor, and all his companions
were obliged to sacrifice similar article, what
ever it might be. A friend of Sir Charles Sed-
ley, seeing that he wore rich lace cravat, drank
to the health of a lady, and threw his own era
vat into the fire. Sir Charles, good humoredly,
did likewise, but said he would have his Joke in
return Afterwards, dining with the same par
W ne nlled a bumper to some reigning beauty


ana called on dentist to extract tooth which
had long pained him. Etiquette demanded that
every one of the party should have a tooth eY.
Iacted and thrown into the fire, to which they
all submitted
Year: 1859

Bl Taglioni, the we'll known danseuse, hav-
ing herself married penniless nobleman, and
having just given her daughter, who is now the
wife of Prince Trouhletzoi all her private fof-
tune for a dowery has now abandoned her villa
upon Lake Como, and has returned to Paris to
seek the means of living for herself and spouse


Upon the marriage of her daughter she bound
hersetf not to appear again upon the stage,
she might even now make fortune Hence
she is driven to undertake the instruction oil
others. She applied to the Conservatore for a
situation, but was not successful, and she is
obliged to rely upon the patronage OF the public
Year: 1859

We ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.
We have good authority for knowing that the
daughter of Enoch was eighty years old when
she was married. If this ought not to be balm
to the dropping spirits of sweet seventy three,
then we have no more to say.
Year: 1859

Bs25- Persons in the interior desirous of pur
CHASING articles of Jewelry, by forwarding de-
seription, accompanied by the cash, can obtain
them, and depend on their being of the best
quality, aud selected with care; and there is
little doubt that this mode will prove as salts
factory to the purchaser as if the articles had
been selected under their own supervision.


ie4:lY
Year: 1859

G9-The Now York Observer seems commit
ted irrevocably to the support of Governor
Wise for President, and den0unces all Southern
men who want Northern Democrat for that
Office. This is carrying religion into politics
with vengeance. ''''
Year: 1859




AN ANONYMOUS WARNING.-The following
is an extract from an anonymous letter lately
received by Governor Wise;


Over twelve hundred men are now drilling
and preparing for action in western Pennsyl,
vania, in retiredespot on the Allegheny
mountains They are we'll mounted and
provisioned and every man is sworn to die
in the cause, if necessary. The twelve hun-
dred are to make an attack on your State, in
four divisions, of three hundred men in each
each to attack different places; at the same
timepine hundred men are to attack western
Kentucky. The men for that work are now
drilling and receiving recruits in certain
places in Ohio, not far from the State line.
Their exact whereabouts could not learn.


A company is, also organized in IndianaI
and one in Illinois; but what their numbers
are or their whereabouts, or when they are
to make their first assault, cannot tell; but
think know enough about the matter to
warrant me in saying thot an outbreak of a
very grave nature will soon take place in
several of the slave States; and the attack is
to be made the same day, or as near that as
possible.


deserted the Pennsylvania division few
days since
Year: 1859

A MATCH has recently been made in Eng
land between the Duke of Beaufort and the
Earl of Winchelsea, the object of which is
to test the comparative speed of the race
horse and the grey hound. The match is to
be for $4,000 side, half forfeit, and the Duke
backs five couples of hounds against three
horses, to be selected by the Earl, which are
to carry ll9 pounds each. The race is to
take place over the full length of the Beacon
Course, at Newmarket, which is four miles,
furloug and 1913 yards in length, and is to
come off during the Houghton Meeting, in
the fall of next year. The hounds are to run
a trail on the opposite side of the course to
that on which the horses do their work, so
as not to interfere with each other.
Year: 1859

PERPETUAL MorIoN.-The Sacramento
Standard says:


There is man in this city, q mechanic.
who really might have made fortune for
himself and family by the legitimate duties of
his vocation during the past eight years of
his residence here, but for the unfortunate
crochet which entered his brain five years
ago, of inventing perpetual motion. He
dreamed of it atnight and thought of by
day; it absorbed all his mind and energy.
His family have been neglected until they
are now scarcely supplied with the necessa-
ries of life; and he, from the once tidy and
prompt and well-to.do man that he was. has
been transformed into care. worn, hageard
wretch, Leglectful of his personal appearance
and careless of everything except the wild
ignts tdtuus which he has pursued for years
without success. To mention names would
only serve to harrow and annoy the feelings
of the few friends who still cling to him and
bear with the eccentricities of his character.
Year: 1859

On Wednesday in San Francisco, girl
named Sarah Campbell was arrested on
warrant sworn out by her father, on the
ground that but though sixteen years Of age
she was leading the life of prostitute. When
taken to the station house, she declared her
intention to continue her profligate course.
Year: 1859

A HUSBAND RoBs HIS DIvoRcED WIFE.-We
mentioned the arrest, few days ago, of a
man named Comfy in this city We find the
following reference to him in the Bulletin of
Thursday:


One day last week female sought the aid
of Chief Burke, and stated to him that she
had been married to a man named John
Conley, from whom she was afterwards di-
vorced; that recently she came TO this City
that her former husband had found her out,
and had robbed her of all she had, about
S450 The Chief Immediately instituted
search. and ascertained that the thief had
left the city. He telegraphed to different
sections of the country, and yesterday re-
ceived word that the fellow had been ar
rested in Mafysville. An officer will be dis
patched for him to-day. when he will be
brought back and tried for grand larceny
Year: 1859

The New York critics cannot decide
whether the tenor Beaucarde is first chop or
not. One says, IF he could only sound the
high notes he would create an unprecedented
enthusiasm. But as he can't he don't"
Year: 1859

INCIDENT OF THE FIRE AT MrRPHY's-T
Columbia CoWier says that when the coudagra-
tlon which destroyed Murphy's broke out the
monrnful services Of funeral were being per-
formed A mother had lost her little child of
some two years old. The little procession had
reached the village church, and were paying the
last sad tribute of affection, when the fearful cry
of fire smote upon the ear of that little group
SO great was the panic as the flames burst upon
their sight through the church windows, that,
involuntarily, all rushed out to render aid in
staying the progress Of the flames. In a moment
the poor mother found herself alone with her
dead child aud, taking up the little coffin, re-
turned to her home alone and unnoticed
Year: 1859

THEnE are thousands and thousands of homes
all the chambers of which are made dark or
cherries for lack of the small sweet cOurtesies'
Of life, so cheaply given and SO magical in their
effect
Year: 1859

ARE You 1Rsrkrp "A startling fact Bear
in mind that your insurance is Of no efficacy if
you Use Burning Fluid or Camphine. Therefore
Danish them from your dwellings and call and
purchase Kerosene Lamps At Lamp and Oil Em-
porium, leg Clark street. del5-ss
Year: 1859

An anonymous contributor to the N
Y. Ledger, generally supposed to be the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, after describ-
ing how, when a boy, he stole cannon
ball from the Navy Yard, at Charleston,
Mass, and with much trepidation, and
more headache. carried it away in that
universal pocket Of youth, his hat, winds
up with the following reflections refec-
tons which, though philosophically
trite, are conveyed with much force and
freshness
When l reached home, had nothing
to do with my shot. l did not dare to
show it in the house, nor tell where | GOT
it, and after one or two solitary rolls
gave it away on the same day to Prince
streeter


But, after all, that six-pounder rolled
a good deal of sense into my skull
think it was the last thing l stole, Tex
cept matter of heart, now and then, }
and it gave me notion of the folly of
coveting more than you can enjoy, which
has made my whole life happier. 1t was
rather severe mode Of catechising, but
ethics rubbed in with a pound shot
are better than none at all.


But see men doing the same thing
going into underground and dirty vaults
and gathering up wealth, which will,
when got, roll round their head like a
ball, and be not whit softer because it
is gold instead of iron, though there is
not man in Wall street who will believe
that.


have seen man put himself to every
humiliation to win proud woman who
has been born above him, and when he
got her, he walked all the rest of his life
with a cannon ball in his hat.


l have seen young men enrich them
selves by pleasures in the same wise way,
sparing no pains, and scrupling at no
sacrifice of prime pie, for the sake, at last,
of carrying a burden which no man can
bear.


All the world are busy in striving for
things which give little pleasure and
bring much care and am accustomed,
In all my walks among men, noticing
their ways and their folly, to think, there
Is a man stealing cannon ball or there's
man with a ball on his head, | know it
by the way he walks. The money which
a clerk purloins for his pocket, gets into
his hat like cannon ball. Pride, bad
temper, seltshness, evil passions, will
roll man as if he had ball on his head !
And ten thousand men will die in New
York this year. and AS each one falls his
hat will come Oft, and out will roll an iron
ball, which for years he has worn out his
strength in CARRYING
Year: 1859

GEN ScoTr VICTIM. the pro.
cession had finished the display pro.
posed for the Eighth, and the carriage
containing the veteran General drove up
in front of the st. Charles Hotel, the
crowd filled the street, and greeted him
with loud shouts. 'HG


AS the General decended from the
carriage, with his overcoat hanging on
his arm, a we'll dressed gentleman step
ped up to him, and with the politeness
that would have graced a drawing room,
said General permit me to take your
coat Unconciously. the General hand
ed him the garment, and. following his
escort, entered the hotel but the gentle.
man with the coat failed to appear. He
and the coat had disappeared. Some
think that his admiration for the old vet.
ran tempted him to keep the garment as
a souvenir of the meeting and memen.
to of the fame Of the great captain
-New Orleans Picayune. Il.
Year: 1859

A PREDICTION AND IT'S FULFILLMENr.
Genius and moral and religious en-
thusiasm seems to have an unconcious
prescience. These qualities admit men
into such intimate connection with the
secret influences of nature and the con-
trolling principles of human conduct,
that they foresee the future with almost
the accuracy of prophetic vision. We
are reminded of this in the case of
our disabled Senator, Mr.. Sumner. In
his great speech which brought upon
his head the, terrible vengence of the
slave power, he gave full account in
detail of the interest felt and the effort
displayed by the general government in
the rendition of the fugitive slave, An
thony Burns, from Boston. Such his
torical accuracy and completeness as to
this matter did not appear to be necessa-
ry to the scope and purpose of his speech,
and one ofhis friends asked him why he
labored on that part of his subject so
thoroughly. Because said Mr.. Sum-
ner, : l wanted to have that affair put
on record and printed in the Congress
sional Globe, SO that .fye gears hence,
when an effort shall be made to renew
the foreign slave trade, we may be able
to contrast the action of the government
in the two cases. Not half the five years
have yet elapsed, and the slave trade is
rc-opened-and the country has the op-
portunity to make the contrast for which
Mr.. Sumner provided.-Sprina6eld Re
pu6lican.
Year: 1859

A boy at crossing, having begged
something of gentleman, the latter told
HIM he would give him something as he
came back. The boy replied; Your
honor would be surprised if you knew
how much money ! lose by giving cred
it in that way" aT
Year: 1859

Nature, and all her works, combine
To prove to Man power divine
Each herb and plant and tree and flower
Proclaim to us an Almighty Power. ssh
The boundless armament on high,
Through which the burning meteors fly
The thunders roar, the lightning's glare,
A mighty Makers works declare
The comets, in their matchless fight,
With their tremendous trails of light
Infinite power has marked their way,
And set them bounds wherein to play.
The Planets in fixed courses run
In grand succession round the Sun,
With strict obedience to the laws
Ordained by one Eternal Cause
Through boundless space the shining throne
OF Worlds. in order, move along; EHF
Directed by the unerring skill
OF Infinite Eternal Will
No jar nor discord do We Sec y.ssa
All move in perfect harmony. - 4
Fixed stars, with brilliance of their own, If
Shoot forth their light from space unknown
Millions of worlds around them fy,
With blazing comets, through the sky.
Those spacious globes OF twinkling light
Some placed in range of mortal sight
Are past the numbering of the skill H
Or effort of the human will 4
Could We with speed OF lightning fly
In one direction through the sky,
Ten thousand times ten thousand years,
New Suns and Worlds would still appear.
But we'll return again to earth, a Il
The soil that gave to us our birth.
Infinite wisdom here we trace
Through every cline and every place.
On Afric's sultry, fertile coast, ID
Throng'd with a smutty. idle host;
Their cline SO mild they need no clothes
Their daily food spontaneous grows.
In regions where enc half the year
Our Suns bright rays do not appear
10 light the poor, benighted soul
Whose dwelling place is near the pole.
The Aurora, with her mystic light,
Dispels the darkness of the night
In these drear regions, where she plays,
And dances with perpetual blaze,
The whale, the seal, reindeer and bear,
Are found in eopious numbers there.
The polar race from year to year
Live by their lances and their spear.
Thus man and beast of every land
Exist by an Almighty hand.
independence. Jan. l5.
Year: 1859

The Government is seriously prosecuting
The enterprise OF introducing into tn,
United States the culture Of the tea plant. A
chip is now on her voyage from Canton to
to New York with '6o,ccO plants, selected
with great care by special agent OF the
Patent Office
Year: 1859

y NV SYSTEM. We would call tho at
tenton Of our readers to the advertisement Of
J. p. Whitney, who proposes to commence a
new era in the Leather business, by selling
strictly for cash, and at prices far below those
who give credit on their goods.
Year: 1859

A DELICIOUS BLuNDER following cap- ital joke we clip from the Cincinnati Enquirer At the Spencer House, Cincinnati, the other day, a young man who had made an appoint ment to meet his sister, whom he had not seen for two years, concealed himself in the hall, hoping to surprise her as she came forth from her room. A few minutes elapsed when he saw a plump little body emerge from the room so extending his arms, he clasped the beautiful figure and bending down, he imprin- ted three cr four cordial kisses on one of the most delicious of mouths, asking, Don't you know your brother, you little rogue p

 The " little rogue" looked blank with amaze mcnt, and then, muttering something very sweet, but not ineligible, slipped out of his haf-enclasping arms, and retreated in the di- rection she had come.

 The brother found he had made a mistake, and upon inquiry learned that he had kissed the charming Piccoomini, so he wrote an humble apology, and added that if she was not satisfied with that, he would return her what he had taken

 The note was translated to little "Pic." and heinz convinced of its sincerity, she laughed loud and long. saying archly that perhaps kissing pretty girl was custom of the country. It had frightened her at first, but now she did not care, for, said she, in her attractive English Tuscan 'Ze keess deed me no 'arm-indeed it vas rot so dees-yat you Say it is ?-dees-a-grable.
Year: 1859

The Star Paper, last week, is nominaIly up- on organs in churches, but really upon pulpts Here IS a picture of 6 modern pulpit. !" As to the pulpit, but one thing is usually considered necessary, and that is, that it should be so constructed as to take away from the speaker, as far as it can be done, every chance of exerting any influence upon those whom he addresses. Therefore the pulpit is ribbed up at the sides, Set back against the wall, where 1t looks like barn swallows nest plastered on some beam. In this way the minister is as much as possible kept out of the way of the people and all that is left is his voice. Pos ture, full gesture, motion, and that most effec- tive of all gestures, the full form of an earnest man, from head to foot, right before the peo- pie; advance or retreat in short, the whole advantage which the body gives when thrown into argument or persuasion, are lost without any equivalent.

 In this sacred mahogany tub or rectangular box, the man learns every kind of hidden awk- wardness. He stands on one leg and crooks the other like Slumbering horse at bitching post he leans now on one side of the cushion, or lolls on the other side. And when man, thoroughly trained by one of these dungeon pulpits to regard his legs and feet as superfu- ons, except in some awkward and uncouth way to crutch him up to the level of his cushion and paper, is brought out upon an open platform, it is amusing to watch the inconvenience to him of having legs at all, and his various experi- ments and bIushng considerations of what he shall do with them

 Is it any wonder that so little is done by preaching, when, n a great church, with a small congregation, so scattered that no two touch each other, and the bust of man, peer ing above bulwark, reads stale manuscript to people, the nearest of whom is not less than twenty-five feet from him

 The wonder is that any thing is ever dore. Daniel Webster is reported to have said, that no lawyer would risk his reputation before jury if he had to speak from a pulpit, and that he considers the surviving of Christianity in spite of ruirits as one of the evidences of its divinity. We do not vouch for the truth of this as an anccdo!e, but We endorse it as a truth ill philosophy. ...
Year: 1859

An interesting fact concerning Franklin, Mass, is that there now exists in the town the identical library that Dr. Franklin gave to it for adopting his name. He was asked to give a bell for the meeting-house he preferred to give library, as bell had more sound than sense Most of the hundred or two books he gave are still preserved, and they are among the best standard books in the English lan- guage.
Year: 1859

INTENDED moving to his plantation this FALL but crcum


presents He will continue until the st Of March,
which his lease will expire He thankful 10 the cli
zes Lyuchburg and the travelling community for their lib
era patronage continuation Of tho He
pledges himself keep house that sha not be second 10
In The city, Persons wanting good family single
furnished. He IL prepared 70 accommodate a that may
come, and that with the best the market anordA


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Year: 1859

Just az this engine got ready to play the pipe OF
the drapt from which she receiving burst
and completely flooded the open space aud part of West
Broadway The pipe burst at quarter to two oclock,
and the water continued To for three quarters Of
hour, when water key was sent for and the water
turned of at the main pipe on West Broadway.


On the bursting Of the hydrapt pipe, No 81 Engine
forced TO extend bose to the three nearest hydras 1t
attributed to their having to get their from
distant hydrants that they did not throw higher.


Pacific, No. 2S J. Pettgrew, foreman the last that
played She is third class engne with sixty men, and
threw as follows -
Year: 1859

At twenty minutes after three O'Clock the playing
ended There no fights any i'll humor manifested
by Of the parties the ground and In fact,
for the police force which was present.


Several attempts were made to get up match between
No. 40 Of this city and the Brooklyn engine No. 7, but
without SUCCESS.


The following table shows the highest number Of feet
thrown by all the companies which tried their respective
Qualities
Year: 1859

"He made ample amends, however, for this sally
of the moment, in Latin epitaph on the Doctor
which is much admired for the purity of the ex-
preston and the business of the thoughts
Year: 1859

CAsrI.-Union College has lately been the
scene of ridiculous excitement in reference
to the admission of supposed colored stu-
dent. The President at first eyaded tho
dread responsibility by leaving the gu cstion
to the vote Of the junior Glass, to which he
sought admission. They voted Eyes" by a
majority of ten. and then the President con-
clndcd that the consent of the juniors must
be unanimous. The next part of the play,
we are told, was the application of chemical
tests to the hair. by which it wa. proved
that he was of French and Indian extrac-
ton. On making this joyful discovery,
lhere was no further doubt as to the proprie.
ty of admitting him. How much better or
less sinful is sue prejudice as this, than
liind1o caste
Year: 1859

A HoESE ANECBOTE.-A Canadian friend of
ours was telling u the other day how he man
aged to break faforiie horse Of his of one
trek. that Of breaking his halter whenever he
wac fastened IN the sable. Our friend placed
the animal in question in stable that stood ex-
acl,y on the edge "f high bluff some thirty
feet above the 81. Lawrence. As usual 30 soon
he was left alone, our pony broke his halter,
backed out'nf the stable door, and, a neces-
-lTy consequences. tumbied heels over head into
the river disappearing below the surface with
the impetus and gravitation of his fall lie was
next seen swimming for dear life. and heading
in -horc lie landed in a dripping condition.
Sna was easily secured. Doubtless he pondered
graycly over the lesson. for ever afterwards he
never made the slightest attempt TO break his
halter
Year: 1859

CALIFoRNIA NUTMEG -Notwithstand-
ing it has often been stated, says the Siskiyou
Chronicle, that a genuine and superior spe
eies of the nutmeg tree grows in the noun
tans of this State, and bears fruit in great
profusion, there are many who do not give
credit TO it. We have seen them growing in
the mountains above Georgetown. Ell Dorado
county, and can attest to the beauty of the
tree, and to the superiority of the fruit The
tree, in appearace of foliage, is divided be-
tween the cedar and arborvit@, with bark
of a darker and more rough exterior
Year: 1859

SINGULAR AND TERRIBLE DFArH.-A young
man named John Woodhouse Heart, son of
Mr. Heart, formerly Of the Charleston Mercu.
ry, came to his death at Washington, recent
ly in fearful and singular manner. lie ar
rived at the house where he was stopping
after the family had retired, and without
arousing them attempted to obtain admission
through the stable door. Over the door
there was an opening or transom of sufficient
width to admit his head, and having climbed
up to 1t he put his head and one arm through
for the purpose of christening the bolt inside,
and while in the act of doing so his feet
slipped and he was caught under the chin
and on the back of his neck by the boards
above and below, and was checked to death.
and remained thus suspended until the next
morning, when he was found by servant
who had occasion to go to the stable