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VOL. XII.

CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3. 186(i. ■ i i ■ ■ i g — — — — - — - - - — ~~ T

NO. 591.

k He fort's Cornet. b flond home. ■ wtete-ahi7ta«w«*,»r«tet, m nn^moui-ml V Tto.'i * valUr I. rm, aad * vtvtr U fort, I Tkse**a«u*tefteahaadaa«apartLocwoni. [ Aw« s IrvmVWu sigh lev tiajMt, " n*VfMU/DiFU>.Mtfi»i. rtfiMOka bra mixed IX roarh, old Ma, T»r»«Ce*t r«rl:. Bat jxm Milai hates arMb (rati.- r>es. JU. .h»rt>d la foar kebe. Ah! Nwlha*hsaaSBiwfclDs*uoi<«>i, olj nu, Haw Uag otooo yei-v. passed over the hUl or Mia 0m Mm tap of the kill I Weee (Bank at SIMul valleys oa t'other side 1 Wan HMbMnuJimwlU, thci. Much* To emfm tew hsat ef the w, «W -an. iblUSUH tesvld .uu I dm pew lev l«a*amH, «a# by one, WHb etfitak VaaH aad "God's aiu b. dour," Under tk« nter-de d« .10 won, la Ma grave. aeelh She waysMe dnat < flMMWiXwrrt. lor all, aid m», * ' Alaal Man »am> lot all. MhaS yaw, paredveature, here had year sham, HpPw-aMMHtaatf aWUn Un wh.lsued joar hair, i ;/*» Aad they-vs whitened your haarl ai «»0, bid •ivapPiJs'*nah Cod, year hearts* araU. tala'anr at tka loot of tha 1,111, old maa. 1m Ma haa.aaly aMy llsa Jnst below ; Oa« Mnagh mm paarty tat*. xd .an, Thabaaamnlpanl/aate. ^isteUaneons. A WOHlk'l hehoimh. From the hoar whan Anderson and W« UUle band entered Sumter, their pueHJoa ni an extrameij peril ouo hi. _ Hie Meeds ksew thli, and vera iracy weaoy. HU devoted wife, a •flaagtrter of the gallant Midler, den. Cfliauh, of Georgia, with bar children •Mi aura*, were In New Yerk City. Sta knew, better than all others, the perils t» bhhsh her bn band night be expaead fibM the terooicoe foe» without, aod ponaiWy traitors within. With aa lateaelty of anxiety net easily imagined, she revolred In her nled a kendred projocte for ble relief. All vera fettle. • At length. while passing a sleepless algfe, eta tbongbt of a falthfnl eergiMVw* tad-been with tar besbaad in Meaico, wad who tad married their eqeellf Ifiithfal eook. If he could be planed by the «We of Maj. Anderson in StMier, that effictr wonld bare a tried aad treaty .friend, oa whom he Mdd.wnKf"^ •biwi was taf For, seven long year* they tadamtsewa hie (see. Beraa years beftae, Itay beard that be wee In New York. Bbe ruenlvedlo eaek htm. At dawdgta'WMrt/fcy'a Ohy Dfreetory. Tta eerywwat't Bene wee Peter Hirt She eeade a memorandum of the retideoee ef eiery Heirt ie the cily; and ta a carriage, eke sought fcr a day end a ha* far the Man ebe desired to And. Ttaa eta obftiata a clew* He Might ta la the potas etalNt A«d»— there wee a mm» ef Ihat nam* who bed bee* " *• m9V*taataaewf the potaa, end ewe eeri. ted. Bba left a request for Peter Mjrjj'j ;<ia > Una: Aadiieee had resolved to go ■Xk ttaf UAn Sumter, if he woeM ■ neiMyhJf her. She wee en ievalid. Her pltystaan and friend, te whom tar , protested vehemently | •«***». jffqfect. Batallered it. axeedtag woald iMparil tar Iff*. She , tad MM M go. aad weld Iiatan , *• ay pmeMt or eafreaUee. Boeing , tar tawalMlta. ta g««e tar erery l Petar tan mm*, bringing with bin , W» ■*», etatatWta Margeret. They ., were ArfgMed ha nee their former , 5 SHrHSF' : Mtare^tayoa, Hert." Mre. , A "to\mkr* to da ase 1

"Bot, Margeret," Mrs. Anderten said, turning to Ilart'i wife, "wbet do - youeeyf" : \ "Iadade, ma'am, aod U'e Margaret'e •errj the can't do aa moch' for yoe ea Peter can," wee the warm-hearted women *• reply. "When will yon go, Hart f" niked Mrt. Anderson. "¥o-oight, ma'am, if yon wiah," replied tar troe and abiding friend. "Be here to-morrow night at six o'clock," said Mrs. Anderson, "and I t sill ta ready. Qohd-by, Margaret." All things were speedily arranged. The two travelers were to take only a 1 satchel eeeh for the joerney. Hart wee to play the pert of e tenant to Mrs. Anderson, and to be ready, at all tioMi, to secood tar every word end set. What dffflenltlee end trleli awaited tbem no one knew. The brave, patriotic, loving somas did not care. It was enough for tar to know that her baeband and country were In r peril, end she wee seeking to serve them. 1 The travelers left New York oe Thuriday evseiog, the 3d of January. None but her good phyelcian— ool evea the nurse of the children— knew their destination. She wee completely abeorbnd with the eebjeet of tar errand. They travelled without Intermission until their erdvat in Charleston, late on Setatdey eight. She neither ate, . drank nor slept .daring that time. From Cape Fear to Charleston she I was the only wetnAn in the railway ' train, which wee filled with rough men 1 hurrying to Charleston, to join in the > attack on Fort Sumter They were 1 mostly enaggy-beired, brute! aad pre- ' fane, who became drunken end noisy, ' aod filled the cere with tobacco-smoke. "Can't you prevent theic- smoking 1 tare f she gently asked the eoedactor. 1 Hie only reply wee, "Wei. I reckon they'll beve to ■ smoke." ' Her appeal to two rongh men in ' front of. her was mere eneeesafui. 1 With iweet voicfi, that touched the chords of their better nature, she said, 1 " Will yon please to throw away ■ yoer elgnra ? they make me so eiek." I One of them glanced at the speaker, ' and said to ble companion, 1 "Let's do it ; she's a lady." Dnring ' the remainder of the journey these 1 rude men were very respectful. Ia 1 that train of earl Mrs. Anderson was 1 compelled to bear tar hatband cursed ' with the moil horrid oatbs, end 1 threatened with savage vielenoe should ' ta full Into the hands of the exaape1 rated mob. But aba endured ell bereieally. It was late la the evening when they reached Charleetoa. When the 1 drankoa soldiers ware carried out, aha asked aa agent at the elation for e carriage. "Where are yoo fram ?" he naked. I "New York," she replied. "Where ere yon going I" "To Charleston." "Where else ?" "Don't know; get me n earriage to go to the Mills House." . "Ttarn are none." "I know better." i "I cant get oat." "Than give ma a piece of paper that I may write a note to Oov. 1'ickenv; i will sand ma oae." i The men yielded at the Governor's ' He supposed she mast be i some one of importune ; sad a few i minutes afterwards eta ud Hart were I ia a carriage, on their way to the I Mine House. Than tha parlor into I whieb she was asbered was filled with I excited people of both snxee, who were I exasperated because of bet husband's ' movements. Hie destruction of the eld Bag -star at Moatlrie wne consider- ' ed an insult to the Booth Carolinians • that might not ta foigiseo. Tb,ir . laugoajre was axtrwmehr Holeat. .Mrt. Anderson mat tar brottar-at 1 tia. Mills Hons. On ibo fallowing ' ■Wring ta procured from Gov. | Ptetama a permit for tar ta ga te Fon i Bmtaer. Bta sought one for Hen. i y L, i i leg tab* a sovereign pewarameug tha I ; aatinna ta tta Hrt^veta(wri by ,

i to strike them 1 Pickens wee tar i > father's old friend. 1 "Tell him," ebe eaid, "that I shall ' take Hart to the fort, with or without ' 1 a pass." I I Her words of acorn aod bcr demand 1 were repeated to the Governor. He I esw the absordity of his conduct, ud ' gave e pass for Hart, bot coupled the I - permission with e requirement that her ' messenger ehoald obtain from Maj. ' t Anderson a pledge that he should not 1 ' ba enrolled as a soldier ! The pledge 1 ' wee exacted, gives, end failbftaly kept- ' • Peter Hart served bis cooatijKjIhere | 1 better than If be had been e mere com1 betant. > At teo o'clock on Sunday morning, : < ' the 6th of January, Mrs. Anderson, j | 1 with Hart ami a few personal frieodt < > then in Charleston, started in e smel! j i ! boat for Sumter, carrying with tar a | | i mail-beg for tha garriaoo, .which had | j ' lately been often jtept back. It was a ; j 1 moat charming morning. The air was . ; 1 balmy, and the bosom of the bay was < < unrippled. Nature Invited to de- ] i licions enjoyment ; but the brave | \ . woman, absorbed iu the work of her i i holy mission of love and patriotism, ( r heeded not the invitation. Every- j ' where were seen strange banners. < . Among tbem ail wee oot a solitary i i Union flag. Bbe felt like an exile i j i from bcr native land. Presently, %s j i , the host shot around a point of land, 1 1 some one exclaimed, ! i i "There's Sumter I" ! i She turned, end saw the national < < i ensign floating gently over it. It 1 i seemed, ea it waved languidly in the ( i almost still air, like a signal of distress i > over a vessel in the midst ef terrible i , breakers. "The deer old flag I" ebe i exclaimed, and bnret into tears. For I ; the first time since she left New York, emotion had conquered will. Beotloel-boau were Dow.paseed, end ( i proper passwords were given. They j approached Sumter, when a watch- ( i man on its walla trnmpted the Inquiry, , "Who eomee there 1" i A gentleman in the boat replied ' , throngb a trompet, ' "Mrs. Maj. Anderson." | She wee formally ordered to advance. ' Ae tar friends conveyed tar np the rocks to the wtarf, ber husband csme ' : running ont of the sally-port. He ' i caught her in hie arms, end exclaimed ( i in a, vehement whisper, for her cej . i only, "My glarioua wile I" and car- ' ried ber into the fort. 1 I " I bava brought yoa Peter Hart," I ebe said. "The children are all well. I retort te-ulghL" Then, taming to ' I tho aecoMpanylng friends, she eaid, ' "Tell me when tbb tide serves ;.I shell go beck with the boat." 8be ttaa re- ' i tired with ber hoebaad to his quarters, i nearly over the sally-port, and took i some refreshments ; the first since ' leaving New York. The tide eerred in tta course of two hoars. When Mrs. Aederton wee ' pieced in the boat by her bneband < Ae experienced en stawst irresistible 1 desire to draw him after bar — to take ] > Mm away from the greet peril. With I tta plashing of the oars, when tta boat l wee shoved off, came a terrible i Dp res- I tioa ss if she tad bhried her husband, and waa retarding from bis funeral. Bat sta leued lovingly, by faith, oa the strong arm of tta Ail Father, and I received strength. Invalid and a as sta was, she bad performed a great terries to ber husband and I eoantry. She bad given tbem a faith- t fal ud nseful friend lu Peter Hart — t how ftatbfol and naeful the subsequent e history oi Fort Bamter ; until it penned ( into tta hands ef armed toeargeats, I three munibs later, only feebly reveals. Unheeding the entreaties of friends, J •ho tried to peraasde ber to remain, ( sad offered to bring her faaHy to tar.; f ud tta aaaarunre of a deputation of ( Charlesteaiaes, who waited open tar, that eta might reside ia their city, f dwell ia Bonner, or wherever eta pleased, Mr. Anderson started for the national capital that evening, eeeom- . peeled by Maj Aadsreu's brother. , Charleston was no place for her while tar baataad was onder the old flag ; raMiaw, -111 bta i. It, A Washington. She -a. iaeuribk whu eta arrived at WiU.rd'. Hotel, 1 friead from New, Xqek; a powerful , ^Mattaawu tta fret that rim , ' eugM ea tta retare of tar ua- , ■Miweis Altar i (taring tar tarty- i I ; '■ ■■■■■ * iTIlTMTWtrTTf -M ; -4P -JW- *

proceeded ta New York, ud was for a loop time threatened with brain fever. Than ended the mission of thla brers woman. Sta alooa iooe bad what tta government wonld not, or dared not do. 8be bad not seat, but taken , a rateable re-enforcement to Fort Bamter. When we hok beck to the beginning of the great civil war, the aye of jnst appreciation perceives no more ginnine end osefal then that displayed b) this noble woman ; I and history ud remance will ever de- ! to celebrate b-r deed — Lotting' t . Pictorial Hillary o/tAe Ciril War. , , A Word to Yetaf Men. j My friend, did yon ever know, can j ^ | yon call to mind any lingla case oi » | who, having his own \ay to , | make in the world, spent bis tine on , ; the street, in billiard ealoons, annod \ hotels, or in uy form of dieeipetioi or i i ! to succeed in an eminent de- I < ; gree in any undertaking or enterprhef ' Look over yonr list of friends aad se- \ ' qsaiotancea ud note their eonoe. > Do yon not find npon examinaton , j that those who to-day are men of in- j i flneoce and honor were the yonth «bo made the most of valuable time, turo- < ing it to good aeconat, and on the j 1 other band do yon not find those who | 1 stood at the corners with a cigar or I ' i pipe in their mentb went from bad to | j from worse to ruin T Sadly i i mast tbo aaswer be made, — O that it I I were not »o — they have failed, will yoo j | not profit by the experience of others? ! j Go not that way. Never ta idle. | momeat of yoer yonth is a golden one, nee it ai such ; improve j the mind ; fix yonr eye oj)on some | noble objeet ; It men. Tho call is for j will yon not be oni of that namber who can say, "I em a man ?" The Sweet Temper. j No trait o! character is more valuala a femala than the possession of sweet tempar. Home cau never be ; made beppy without It. It is like the 1 flowers that spring np in oar pathway, , reviving ud cheering us. Let a man go borne at night, weeded ud wore oil by the tolls of the day, wad how soothing is a word dictated by a good disposition t It is sunshine falling the heart. He is happy, eni the ' cares of life ere forgotten. A sweet temper bee a soothing influence over < the mind* of the whole family. Where it ia foond in the wife and mother, you observe kindness ud love predominating over the aatnral tastings of a had heart. Bailee, kiad horde eoif~tooks characterise the children end peace end lave have their dwelling there. 8tedy, then, to acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is mora vaWebl' then gold, and captivates more than beauty, ud to the close of life retaies all its powers. (•outline Eloquence. There are pa people in tta world with whom. eloquence la so universal aa with, tta Irish, When Leigh Ritchie we* traveling ia Ireland, he passed a mao who was a palatal spectacle Af pallor, sqaaller, and raggedHis taart emote Mm, aad he tamed baek. ' ' ' " • "If yon are la wut," laid Ritchie, "why doat yon beg ?" "Barely, it's tagging I ea, yer "Yob didn't say a word." , "Of coarse not, yer honor; bat see the skin is epaklag through me trow sere I aad the botes etyis' oat through ma skin ! Look at me eenken ebeeka, ud the famine that's Marin' me eyes ! Mu alive. Isn't it biggin' am with a thousand tongues ?" — Jones wee trevellag.wftb his wife; ud (Tor e freak) was so gaflant is hit behavior to hip care spoaa that madam became uneasy ud remonstrated against bit attentions aa marked for pa bile observation. , "The d— 1," said Joans "we're mar- , ried. I suppose 7" "Yah." said the lady, "bat jedgisg by yonr deportment, talk* will thiak we Mot" "Well. What of it," nMd Jones. ' "Why, sot meek, ornately tar yoa/ ^ said the careful dame, "yoa are a mu ; bat we women have our ehereetcra to take care of." Jonas was shocked into propriety for tha net of *«Wwy. — A clergy mac recently illustrated argument ia flevar of corporeal punishment tar children by a pleasant | ptare af elsta lma He said that "tta j child, whu oare starred tat a coarse of evil eudut I. t&a a luemoihau tta j . track-it takes tta nta rej! frtttaf."

Rome. . I Tha following description of the "Eternal City" is frem a letter ef the New ; York World's European correspondent, , George Alfred Townsend : Suddenly a great white serpent it tteu coiling across the campagaa, vanishing into ths farther Sabine mountains. This is a cocao aqueduct still carrying water , to Boms. At its hither end a yellow cluster appears, as of little hills, populated, clcaed toward the eye by a doll I dome, belittled by the oearaeis of the | peaks. This is Rome nn.l St. Peter's, f j what stems to millions tbe very center of | , j the world, and to become ultimately its I arbiter and axil again. Tbe view does . not axcile at first, at least to the extent of yonr imaginings, and as yon approach eftser. the country keeps its almost ; | savage wilduess, toned down at times by ! I walled estatee, fruit covered, bat holding j I an air of tropical desolation, aa if yen | had put paupers into Peradise end made ' a poor-bonse of it under the eyes of the j cherubim. Tbe Tiber, which yon cross ; shortly, is more like Oil t'reek in site i j end unseemliness then any American stream 1 remember, or, perhaps, like tbe I Hedgemaio or Hapidaa risers, swollen by | rain. When Ca-sar leaped into it with | j Cassias, he most have coma out looking ■ like a man of brown aoap, or a mule drowned in Uanesass Gap mud. Tbe J Roman bridges span it ; bat the eity throngb which it sweeps is only e slacco model to its ancient marble magnificence. I 1'rofeund and heart-sick disappoint. [ ! mint ia yonr impression as yoe enter the ' ! Porto del Popoli. and ogam dismount ( ecyed. There it not an official in Itome , who looks at yoo or any stranger with , I ebeerfol welcome in his eyes. Tbe low. , I impactful, narrow-browed clerical fellow I it yonr master, end be commands yon to report within six boors to the police i | officer to recover yonr pauper!. Tbitbor j yon go, throngb street* paved with lava, | under booses of mod and flint, very suij lenly. to the passport office. Its fnncI tionaries wear tbe half-dress ef priests, r i end the room ie filled with foal-smelling | eoantry people, not one of whom can pass 1 j the gate either way without a rise. Yoo 1 | pay, of eonrse, as yoo most do perpaloI ally here, to enter Rome, to stay in it, to ! I qait it. It is the most iohotpilable city i j on the (lobe. Beggar* labelled with i • their nombor, who are themselves taxed i I I for the privilege of begging, haont yoo . I with their murderous-faced babies ; tbe • face of overy man In sight, wherhver yoo j 1 ! walk, is that of a Puritan who has just ' ' i got op from his prayers to make money. ' ' even if he here to steel for it. Yonr I i hotel has the' air of a bouse under eor- I i teiliaoee, and you are cautioned at once i . that every fifth mao Is a spy. | Oot yoo go. to satisfy yoor eyes with j , lbs frequent ruins, bot so ill is modern architecture here that the roios seem Rone, and tbe habitable city the rotes. J The beggar* dog you with their onthank1 fol eye* ; the men, stalwart aod rude, ^ 1 crouch lazily at the pedestals of the noble hoatben monnmeiU ; great bnrly giant* | l are roasliog chestnuts ; wretched men ' whisper into your ear, against yoer will, i of licentionsoess to which they will pilot ; yon ; nans in*a*at hoods and lazy monks I go pest perpetually, while here a choir of I children and frian chant as they pass and l yonder, onder a canopy, goes to swinging ' I agqepre seme abbot or bishop with a , shaver crown. Three hundred and sixty ehnrchav ring their belli alternately ; cows drink la the busiest streets from ' aocieut carved feaotala* ; to tag, te pray, to look' wickedly, is the rem of existence in Rome. Above the donee cireuilouvoees of narrow iaaas, the feudal tower* ef ' those families whieb gave brothers to St. Pater, rise frowniegly. Yoe climb tb* CepKollue HUl te tbe same - patter of eakrd (eel, and down tea Forum meet tee oaiy joyous people yoa kaow, tbe ' Preach soldiers, teen te qait Rome. At ' St. Fetor's parte), where tbe Vatican rclls hugely into its palace gardens, you Bote the Swiss Guard, ia their spotted ' dretaev, armed with pikes, one af these extravagant traditions of The Temporal Power, which it loves better than tee liberties ef maakiad. A Four Leaf ( lover. Tha sanguinary spectacle of war is not altogether devoid "of redeeming tamtams. At Kanaiggratz, while tbe fight »u ragtag at its fiercest, a soldier's ays was arrested by the tight ef a plael or clover having four leaves. No Uermaa cae eider a four-leaved clover to remain an", plucked. There Is a mysterious charm ataot it, bound wp with his chHdbood's fancies of lack aad images of fairy magic , Ta tta yoeag soldier it er-rtetaiy Was a tasmsegei efgeed ewrea. Ae ta beet te . piack it, • ceaeoa ball whitted ever hie head. Bet tar tea tiay little pleat it •oald have guwa through kit body. Tta precious little memento wee grateMly suite his Use eissse at KwMgsberg, whs wiH forever loek apoa.it ae the preserver >f her bridegroom's Hie. — Maay been whkh God givetb as travel eat be mast of ktwmlig. through jeer owe aalhsaktaleere ; be teeagh | | lllkl 111 bleeewga. gieiag press. doth hasp tta qait* ptm.ieiie af teem - l rmt.

! The Bottom of tbe O.-ran. j Mr. Green, tbe famous diver, tells tin- | golar stories of bis edventores. wben mak- i j log search in tbe deep waters of the { ' | ocean. He gives some sketches of what i ba saw oo tha Silver Banks near Hayli : 1 , "Tha banks of coral ou which my div- 1 i j logs were mode are aboot forty miles in i I length, aod from ten to twenty ia breedth. i j On this bank of coral Is presented to the ! ! diver one of the most beautiful mod sub- , lime scanes tbe eye ever beheld. The I 1 ( io depth end is eo eloer tbet tbe diver can i ; sea colhrons from two to three hundred | 1 feet in height, and from enu te eight ! est iu diemeter. Tho top of tlioee more lofty support a myriad more, giving reall- 1 ! ly io the aboda of some water nymph, j In other placet the pendents from erch i 1 over erch, end as the diver stands on the I bottom of the ocean and gases through these into the deep avenues, he feels they | fill him with a a sacred an awe aa if be . j wave. Here aod there tbo core! extends even to the tarfuce of the water, wi i if those loftier columns were lowers belongiug to those stately templet now in "There were countless varieties of diurinative trees, shrubs *nd plsntt to every 1 j.cre*ice of the corals where the water bed deposited the least earth They were all ' ' I of a faint hue. owing to the pair light they receive ; although of every shade and entirely different from pleuls I am familiar ■ f with that vegetate upon dry land. Ihre particularly attracted my attention ; II resembled a tea fan of immense size, of 1 "The Osb which inhabit these silver | banks I foond as different in kind aa lb« scenery it varied. They were ail forms, j ' colors and tiiat— from tbe symmetrical ' goby to tbe globe-like sonfish , from those . I of tbe dullest hue to those of the cbang1 1 able dolphin, from the spots of tbe loopurd to tbe hues of the ruobeam ; from tbe harmless minnow to the voracious shark. : Some had heads like squirrels ; others like cats and dogs ; one of small size 1 resembled a boll terrier. Some^ UasSed.^ • Others could scarcely be seen to move. 1 1 1 riout kind of fish I beheld while diviog ' 1 ! oo these baokt woold, were 1 enough of e 1 ' then my limits will allow, for 1 am con1 vioced that most kinds of fish which in1 j habit tha tropical teas can be found there. : 1 | Tbe tunfisb, sawfish, starfish, white | > j shark, blue aod shovel-note shark were \ ! often seen. There were also fish wtficb 1 ' 1 resembled plants, end remained as fixed , ' j jD their position ea a throb. Tha only j j power they possessed waa to open and ' 1 shut •bonto danger. Some of them re- ' 1 sombk' tbe rose in full bloom aod were ol ! 1 | all hues. There were ribboo lith from ■ | four to five ioebee to three feet io height. 1 ' Their eyes ere very large, aod prolude ! - I like thou of e frog. Aoulber fish waa j 1 spotted like tbe leopard, from three to I 1 | ten feet long. Tbey build their houses j >1 like tbe beaver, in which they spawn, nnd j tbe male or female watches the eve till it > . hatches. „ I saw many specimens of the ' green turtle tome five feet long, whieb 1 ? i could think would weigh from lour to five ' j hundred pounds." [ A D»g""SoId." Tbe following occurrence ie described by tbe informant at being one ol tbu most , amusing scents he eve( noticed : A gentleman in New Haven recently j erected on Chapel el rest, near the col- . leges, a Urge aod beautiful residence, f aod adorned the gronndi with extraordinary taste and ezpenu. Among other , ornaments, not far from the strut, he f placed a large east-iron statue of a dog, t whose belligerent appearance and defiai-t , altitude made him "look ae large as.lifj , and twice u agly." For weeks afterwaN), , the "liule doge and.ell," on patting by , by the booee. never tailed to give tbo I statute a complimentary bstk aod growl. , whieb, however, never distnrbed its | equanimity. Bet one day a big Towaer , from the country wu following bis matter's market wagoo into town, and happened to spy the hostile form of |h, | oast-iron foe. A preliminary growl aod ; bow-wow prodoced no effect- Hurly and defiant, hie enemy continued to gala at ' him. Oawiaa nature could ataod it oo 1 longer. Oae leap over the fence broughhim into the yard, aad two or thru men carried him te hie mala aetegonut. Qaieker than lbeagbl.be attempted to fasten hie teeth ioAhe cast-iron ehopt ol , tbe etalaa, bat tee aaxt moment gave up the contest. Tta last aeea af that dog 1 waa. ta was eaaakiag oat ot tta yard ' with hit tail between his legs, tbe moat completely told specimen of caoine society ever witnessed. — A eeriajB newly- elected Ir^b Mayor, s peek tug of oertais arttetsa ia a vivacious newspaper, observed : "1 despise those underhand attacks. When I write mu aeowytnows Utter, I always sign my name twit." * ' -Sam Stick tells ea that if beware asked what death ta preferred, as being most independent, ta would answer fretxing. bweaaas ha weald ttaa |0 off With a "mil bp." -ST -

Nhorf Ocean Passages. j A post-office return, jnst issued, shows , thetjn tbe year 1864. tee city of Nest | strainer and the China, bath aiada the passage froi-A Queenstowa to New York on one occasion in 8 days, 16 hoars ! and the Ecolin in 15 miaates late ; aad la the same year the Scotia made the passage in 8 day 15 hours 38 minute*, and ! the China from Boston te tjueeostown ia ' 8 days 14 hours aud 50 miuutet. la 1865 ' the China went from Queenstowa to Boston in e deyt 33 boors, end tbe ScotU ] froin Queenstown to New Yoteln 8 day* I 19 hours 33 minutes; and in ibatyeartta .Scotia made a passage from New Yarfc j to Qneenstowo in 6 days, 15 hoartand 15 I inmates, end the China from Boston to Queenstown in 8 days U hoore. In the j two rears the average time or the Scotia ■ from Queenstown to New York, was 9 days 14 hours 26 minutes ; of the Persia, 9 days 19 hours 12 minutes, of the China i 12 days 13 tours' minutes, bot to Hoe toe I ! only 9 days 22 hours 31 mioutoe. Io tta i converse voyage the Scotia from Queeeetown averaged 8 days 23 hours 49 mUutes; i the Java 9 days 4b minutes; the China 9 days 22 hours 42 minutes, but from i Boston 8 days 20 boon 5 minutes. — ■ The Screw steamer City of Paris baa performed one ol the most rapid passages oa ' record between New York and Liverpool. 1 She left New York on the afternoon of I ' tbe 23.1 uti., aud arrived off Ihe Irish . const ( l'aanet Rock) in eight days. Tha I ■ following distance* ruii are remarkble for their regularity aod extent; Juoe IA, i 290 miles; 25. 302 ; 26. 334 ; 27. 322; i 28. 328 ; 29, 327 ; 30, 324 ; July X, 344. f It will be interesting to add to tho above extraordinary •teaming performances tbe last passage of tbe Scotia r from New York to this port. According . i to tbe log ol tbe .Scotia abe sailed from , I New York at 2.50 P. M., on tta 27tb of I June, end et 10 1*. M.. oo the 5lh loot., ! arrived at Queenstowa, thai making tea . passage from port to port, allowing for . difference of lime, io 8 days, 2 hours > aad 40 minutes. Tbe CSculie arrived io the Mersey el 3.37 I'. II., yesterday, it thus making the uiosl rapid eastward • passage yet accomplished, her despatches 1. being received here io 8 days, 19) hours » Nftor sailing Irom New York. The 8colit A successive complete daye' ran. aa - - furonhod by tbe log, are wonderful. Tha ; tweniy-fuur hoore euded on June 19, aha > bad steamed 350 miles ; oe the 30tb, 345 • s July 1, 326 ; on the 2d, 344; oo ths 3d, - 346 ; on ibe 4th, 348 ; end on the 5th; • 350. — English Paper. e Profitable Hens. s Perhaps, the following statistics may /be of suine interest to the numerous I readers of Ibe Agricultural Usparlmsut of your valuable paper. It is tbe report ,1 ol my poultry yard foT, tbu first threw I January, 154 eggs; February, 182; a i March, 228. Total, 564. Cbickaae . hatched, 21. „ 1 began tbe 1st of Jaouary, with 16 > ' bent aod one rooster. 1 soon told threw 0 I ol the hens, reducing the number to 12. s Taking out tbo oumbei of aggs tha teres it hens laid, 1 have 541, or a Utile ovsr aa 1 average of 45 eggs laid by aaeh hen, e during tbe three coldest moethl tl the year ; besides reltiog too brooda of e chickens, if any one can beat teat I should like to know it. One of my beat 1 consider worthy of. j special nouce. She itsspeugled Poland. 1 3 years old; she hat, by actual oompari1 eon, laid more eggs during tta spring than any other ben to my poollry yard, } (that is more than the average of 45 eggs during the first three months, )and it asm hatching her eecood brood. Bbe moalls ^ as easily, appcara as lively, eed ia ea 1 quarrelsome aa any other ol my heaa. Ia • lact, I consider ber quite a prodigy aad '• would on no account pert with her.— A'. ;l i\ Obserxer. I, —The Pacific Railroad it progressing y slowly Io what appears to be tee only u practicable way, namely, by pushing omt I. Irom each end aa fast as the traffic on it a will pay. The Uaiifernta end seems r likely to ta tbe mast immediately rom inunerative. Tbe freighting of goods d f/om California to/Nevada is enormous, i it h reported teat lbs receipts ia d gold in I8C3, for transportation atone, d amounted to oearty $13,000,000. Tbe i carriage of pre cm as metal* to Ban Fraad cieco te also eery expensive. Here it • . great basineee ready for. tta mile the , moment tbey ere laid, and, besides, Ore railroad will stimulate bus in sat. Tha 0 first rail read which brings bao Fraaeisow 1 ie connection with the Central Pacific f states anu Territories and their mlaew i must have aa exoelleat busiussu. Tta i Pacific road from Users inenlo to tho t Utele line (a distaece of ISA miles) io , already completed to Alia, 73 saileo, aad tb* earn lags of this section were $8&,0BU in Jaly, aad are estimated at $100,001) ta ■ August. Tasaiy-feor mites sdMlnaal ' are nearly ready Cor Us roiiiag Monk. ' and te* whole, - tta iroa for weieh ia 1 already paid for, will ta computed ia tta ' aammar of 1867. — A holy life, spent ia tho aerates ot God. aad ta commewtoa with Him, io J without doubt, tta moat ylsusel aod cornier table Ufa that nay man cm live M ' ten mecM.— JMnartte*.