Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-05-24

              0 1 1 ili.'i'J'Ui Vol. Vt .... . JM Om GO. rrtB'nfrTT' 1 "'-'Ti' rrjrrn. i 111 If it i i i . I i iii i r 1 1 l i 1 J'l I Hi l I 1 :a'',nA ;;!;'iv J Vl-7 f M O 4 .' 'i I 1 'i a V 1 :3 m "V 1 fit V.; RETROSPECTION. , An old man ant by the onttnge Bre, And be watched the children play, And a tear atolo down bil aged check, But be wiped it not away; For bia thoughts had wandered back again To Ibe aoenea cf othor years, And bia spirit bad found a glad relief lathe (ailing ef his. tears,.,, . ., Again be played on tho dear old hearth, ' And he heard a mother's voice, And the gentle tones fell on bia ear, . , And. they made his heart rojoloe; . Again he joined in the blind man's buff, t And the game of hide and seek,-And ho heard hia little sister's Voice, Bo gentle, aoft and meek. Then in the shade, by the woodland doll, He aat with his picture-book, ' Or wandered to seek some wild bird's best, That hung o'er the rippling brook; Till tired and weary of boyhood's play, . He turned to hU homo again, ' By the rustic style and brokob bridge, ' ' And ths shady old green lano. And thna tho old man sat and mused, And the tears fell diWn hia check, And a happier hour it Was to bim Than the old man's tongue oould speak. Yet he knew 'twas but a pleasant dream That had too soon passed o'er. That his eyes were dim and bis looks wore ' ': ' gray, '-"', V ' " ' ' ' , And be should be young no more. , THE SUBTERRANEAN VAULT, r AH ENGLISH ATTOBNEY. CHAPTER IL i ( conclusion. "I ani ati apprentice." : "Pooh! df bourse, we shall give up your indentures.' : ' ) , "Ah. In that Case. You will furnioh the goods?" "Yes; and you will return us twenty-five per cent, over our lowest invoice price and keep the rest. You can make t hundred per centnge off homeward bound sailors, and outward' bound sailors' advanced rates." . "Not so much, perhaps, as we think) but a good per centage, I dare say. I shall be glad to make the trial." Joseph had grown sharp, during his three year's experience of life in London. , "Then it is settled yet stay. We must havb Some ;- security a leetk considering that we find the entire stock of the establish ment. "Have you any money, Joseph?" "Not a shilling. Living is expensive in London." ; ; "You have earced received a good deal of money." 'And spent it." "Your mother, could she not raise a trifle: say five hundred pounds?" - - - "As well say five thousand." ,. . "Three hundred then7". , ''Impossible, Mr. Giles, 1 have drawn money from my mother till she has been Compelled to sell her trinkets to meet my demands."" 'Tis a pity. Then we must give up the idea; or, at least seek some one else; but I'm 7 sorry. We should have been glad to have connected you with us in business." Joseph was sorry too. Gulden visions flashed through his brain. He was thinking how easy it would be to fleece the simple sail, brs. He thought "Can my mother, under iuoh circumstances, manage to raise anything mere? She might sell a portion of her annuity. I would Boon be in a condition to repay her twofofd." Ho turned to his employer again: "If I cool J raise a hundred pounds, Mr. Giles?" " The hosier shook his head "A hundred pounds! A mere bragatelle,' he said. "Two hundred three? More than that my mother cannot raise." After some demur, this offer was accepted. Joseph was to raise two hundrodppunds.and lodge tha amount in the hands of Messrs. .'--Giles and Sawyer, and on thai condition tboy were to stock a shop in Batcliffe Highway, bharging him fifty per cent, below ordinary retail prices and receiving twenty five per cent on all the goods sold. The young man, who well knew whence the stock was to Como; might, however dishonestly the stock was obtained, have fairly expected to make iwenty-five per cent, profit by the sales for himsel', but he anticipated making treble that profit in some cases. As the reader will perceive, he hadj in the Course of the three years since he bad quitted the maternal roof, become a thorough-paced . scoundrel, and Messrs Giles tt ijawyer were the cause; but they needed a dupe, and they had watched biro during the early period of his apprenticeship, and fancied they could mould him to their hands Already the young man had demanded money of his mother, until be tad reduced her from moderate competency to -a bare means of living, and she poor, trusting soul, had cheerfully made the sacrifice, believing ihat it waa for her only child's advantage. HeVoiaskai becto sell a fblrdof the- small annuity that was left her.assuring her that be would certainly be in a eond'rlfan not only to pay her, but to raise her to wealth, in the course of a year or two. To do bim justice he really believed this time what he told herl , Tba.ennutorjW.js sold, and Jbwa hundred' ,J pounds raised and placed in the hands ol Messrs. Giles & Sawyer, The shop was taken and stocked, the mutual bonds drawn 6ut, Mof TJ(ttv si- atieyearJ of age. commenced, as he fancied, to make his fori. tune. He was ' egrtgiously mlstated. fiifel (Jate tmployerf had na inlefitfcn of applyiej bim frith-1be tlaarf wf goods-'h xpeaUd.-r -They stocked the new shop with goods thai were out of date, unsaleable, and often rotter) Wth aga, .oma of these the young mail managed to pilrA'ifr rs"ftishr8rriler1 fcailj-6n, but the trick was soop discovered. A riot occurred. A number of sailors and .firSteW'.f burst into the shop and destroyed the great er portion of the stock, before Joseph had been six monthsestablished." ' The time for Messrs. Giles & Sawyer's payments arrived. The gooJs were destroycd--gone but Joseph had still seventy-five per cunt, of the retail price to pay them. ,. .Ho charged them with sup plying him with damaged goods. They asked wheie were the damaged goods? He had sold the goods, they asserted, and wished to deceive them. They knew better; but it was vain fur Joseph either to thrcaton or to plead. "My poor mother's two hundred pounds?'' said Joseph. ,, , "Are forfeit to us, and I ttle recompense for the loss we have sustained," said Mr. Giles. , . Joseph waa a bankrupt, penniless and with a ruined character. He must have starved, but under pretense of pity, Messrs. Giles & Sawyer, afterconsiderabte demur.offered him an inferior shopman's place in the old estab lishment. ' Some time previous to tho destruction of his goods by the sailors, lhe young man had commenced to pay bis addresses to a young milliner, who worked in. all establishment near bis own oh KatclifFe Highway. ..Whatever, moral feeling he bad once possessed, and it could have been but little, all was: lost now. Still. he loved thlSglrl and she obtained complete control over him. She was continually asking presents from him and was angry when they were not forthcoming. ' One day she had requested him to bring her a pair of silk stockings, and when he failed, had told him that thenceforward their acquaintance must cease. She would never wed a poor wretch who could not af ford so trifling a gift as", that..' The young man promised her before he left ber that he would present her with the stockings the next evening. The next day he stole them from his employers, Messrs. Giles & Sawyer, and befoie ho left the shop, was arrested for the theft, In fact they had long been on the lookout for such an occurrence. He had been strictly -watched ever since he had been re ceived back into their employ. The remainder of the sad story of Joseph Allen may be quickly told. He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. The young girl who had, according to his own account, urged him to the theft, wassuhpoe, naed as a witness against him, and it wes supposed that she had been bribed by Messrs- Giles & Sawyer. , Hia ruin bad been deter mined upon trom the moment, in the heat of passion, after he had been doped out of the hundred pounds obtained from his mother, he had threatened openly and aloud, to publicly divulge the secret of his employers under selling, in consequence of buying at less than half their value, stolen goods! This actually did come out on tho trial; but strange to say, though the young mail of nineteen was hanged for stealing a pair nf silk stockings, on the testimony of two receivers of stolen goods, and a bribed and perjured mistress though It was proved that the prosecutors bad bribed the girl to urge her lover to the theft, and though the secret subterranean apartment was found as the young man had described it, no action was taken against Messrs. Giles and Sawyer. There was no proof, it was said, The accuser was their own apprentice, and a eonvieted crim inal Such was the course of justice in England not more than filty years ago! ' Joseph Allen suffered death on the gallows at Tyburn. Reckless and hardened as he was, his youth, and the trifling nature of the offense for which he suffered, created much sympaty for him, but such occurrences were so common at that day that the affair was soon forgot ten, The Widow Allen died in poverty and of a broken heart . soon after her son's execu tion, To engage counsel for him she had sold the residue of ber small annuity. What became of the perjured mistress of the unhappy youth is not known; but for several years after, Mesprs. Giles & Sawyer kept their shop in Oxford Street, and were held in good estimation as respectable trades men. Joseph Allen related the above history of bis life to the) chaplain of Newgate, while he was under sentence of death, and the writer of this sketch; heard the story, nearly )n the same .words that he has used, from the1 sur geon of Hill's W y, who was the son' . of the late chaplain. ' ' ' .' ' ' THE KEEPER Of THE PRISON-SHIP Y. JERSEY. Amongst tho number ofperishing creatures immured in that vilest of prisons, the old ship Jersey, were two persona whose appearance and manners excited a feeling of deep interest m the minds of. all around them both ks it respectert their present situation and the fate which awaited theml Tbey were brothers, tearing the name of ' .' 1 shall eall it Yernor. The One, a man of alout twenty- seven years, strong and vigorous in bis frame, and possessing a mind buoyant with energy and enthteiasffl. ; f 5e other" was still a youth ol, almost, not more ipan nineteen, attnougn tall and well formed. ' His face was fair and beautifuX while the rising eC his features and the dof; rlpon Bis ejiln proclaimed his approach 'to manhood.' . -His disposition was f all of gftyety and sweetness, and; like the lark, did taro for several,, mornings aftei'.hifl ktf- ptisontrieM, proteiftlng"tna (fie enemy should not rejoice in a sonqaest over his spirits. f Yetl1 afterwards, when nelfoma-eftri the shoulder of his trottier their faces nearly Luengwtaionoali k Ulk f their kind motW-t-loen. hastilr elhithe tear from the iorner'of hiaeya-liif and smil- ?.(njie(,.,"rt 't)ear Frank, did th weight of misfortune fall on me alone, I could bear it with heroism o-but you are not fitted for this abode -o tenderly reared, so little accustomed to priVa-1 tions, As for me, I have long been inured to fatigues and hardships. ' Bo early did I bid adieu to my home, that I left you yet a child, smiling in the lap of an indulgent mother. Oh, would to heaven that you were still the samel Scarcely has that mother recovered from the shock occasioned by the death of our poor father, when, alas, she is doomed to feel the pain of a second trial, which in its effects may prove but litttle less torturing." , "The delight of homj, and the tenderness of my mother are ever present to my memory," replied Frank, with feeling; ' they Serve to light up this region of misery and gloom to give a cordial, warmth to the cold and nauseous vapors around us; they sweeten my cup of bitterness feed the cravings of my ap-patite, and change the dying groans of my companions in captivity into scarcely audible murmurs, while this Conveys me to the arms of the guardian ot tny infancy, and the sharer and the soother of my early cares I revel In the luxuries of home told my brother to my heart, and welcome him to liberty and light! The social board is spead and laden for our comfort, and a mother's smile invites us to partake when I awake to hunger and the depths of a dungeon!" A sign from the oldest was the only reply to his lively description of fantasies and after closing their arms about each other, they sank into silence. , bay after day tho morning broke and the evening shades closed upon their sufferings! eten mercy was withheld from the wretched prisoners la their latest extremities; and eadh sun Saw heaps of human corpses, blackened by pestilence and famine, borne up to the deck of the Jersey, to be interred on one com mon shallow-scoped grave upon tho heights of Brooklyn their bones to whiten there be neath a score of winter snows, unnoticed, un honored. Still, each day Che younger ol the two Yer nors would sing his song, and try to deck his countenance with cheerfulness but in vain! His attbmpts became' less and less ef fectual; and the smile that Was wont to irrad iate his features, like an expiring light, cast only an uncertain gleam: a strain of melancholy mingled with his song till it at last ceased. . . "That poor bird," observed he, one mOh. ing, upon finding that his voice had failed him, "although confined to his cage, may slog if well fed and cared for; but tho imprisoned starveling, however sweet his note, can find little relish for song. f Sad indeed were the inroads that cruelty and oppression had made upon the spirits of the youth, while a death-like paleness had taken the place of the rosy bloom which be bad brought to the prison. He, too, was fully sensible of the change, and with a forced smile would say to his brother, as he folded his Coat about his wasted form, "If hunger feeds so fast, George, I fear there will be lelt but a scanty meal for worms to revel on." "Alas, my dear Frank," replied Yernor, "speak not of your death the thought drives me to madness. Mother's life bangs upon yoflrs. She demands jf you to sustain yourself under the evil star that reign's over us bear up yet awhile, my dear boy, with cheerfulness, and wo rray era long possess the power and opportunity of punching our op pressors." But poor Erank Vernor the load of op' prcsslon was even then too tightly strained upon him, a painful tear swelled in bis eye, and he mentally cursed the fate inflicted upon him by the tyrant foe, as he yielded his soul to hopelessness and despair. A few days after, his eyes became languid, and the hectic flush upon his cheek spoke the feverish pulse, which his anxious brother observed with the deepest concern; and while he endeavored to support his wasting form and diooptng spirits by tender and consoling words, he perceived that little hope remained for the life of the youth unless he were Immediately liberated from confinement, and his disease treated will skill and attention. Two days more elapsed of severe trial, when fatal delirium seized his brain, and the soothingi of his brother coold only restrain him from violence. At length his frenzy subsided, and longuor weakness ensued--cold chills, attended with sensations of intense pain and the clammy dews of death, were upon his forehead. The night, wHb all its horrors, bad closed around the wretched victims had shrouded their prison in darkness, and all was silent, except now and th.'n the groans of a dying man or a half suppressed murmur ofsuffor- ing or the sound of a solitary footstep in the apartment. Young Vernor bad clasped his brother in bis arms, and had bared his Own warm bosom to pillow the sufferer's head. Thus a few moments' slumber beguiled that portion of his last sad hour and when awoke be was quite rational, and perfectly sensible of bis approaching dissolution. "I am going, George," he said "tell our dear" . Mother be - would; have added , but the overpowering word swelled at his heart, and , died away upon bin quiveriiig ftps'. j "I know, my dearest Francis, all that you would have nra say," Cried the agonized brother, "but do not despair of your file- fci ; alas, we must not part so, my brother!. Oh, sMmld yotr'die, What "words of'oonslatioq could I convey to our poor mother what li. , dings that would not kill her?" ' I "Say that I loved bar 4hcat L revered ihei1 1 wits to? hWsl'rtieoBeetlou and that we will assuredly meet in heaven, where virtue finds a rich toward, and where the wretched priso ner is (reel Say, too, that even amid the pains and dread of death, I find a consolation In the thought that ii is for my country 1 perish. We cannot all hope to live to enjoy tho blessings that liberty Will give but we leave them as a sacred inheritance to the rising gen eration may they guard with care that which we shall so dearly have purchased!- And now, brother, a draught of cold water that I may die quietly." - Here he raised his exhausted bead and held forth bis hand as if to receive it. "You shall have it," replied the unhappy Vernor, as he arose, and laying bis brother gently along the floor, he quickly ascended to the entrance o! tho prison to ask water of the keeper. It was some time before he received any reply to bis repeated knocks and calls'. At length the keeper appeared, and harshly inquired the cause of the disturbance at bo improper an hour. "My brother is dying," answered Vernor; "in the name of beaven let me have some wa ter that he may slake his thirst." "He must wait till morning it is not our custom to open the prison after nightfall so go your ways and let us hear no more noise'," was the surly reply. , "But, God of mercy! you surely will not refuse me water! He Wilt die before (Horning!""Then ho will not need it long," answored the keeper coldly, as he turned away and muttering that ho woulci not break through his rules to save a hundred of their lives, he loft the agonized Vernor to grope Lis way back as well as he could. ' Aa he turned to descend, his attention was arrested by sounds of riotous mirth issuing from a distant part of the ship, which seemed to mock his sufferings, and convey a double Slab to his grievously wounded heaft. Wben he had reached the spot where hi; brother lay, and had raised him in his arms, be perceived that the youth's reason was agan bewildered. "Never mind the water, -George," he said, "the purest streams are before me; I shall soon overtake them;" and he endeavored to moisten his parched lips with his tongue, which Vernor perceiving by the sound, burst into tears. "Is this my mother?" said the dying lad. 'Are these her tears that mingle with the com news on my mreneaar is tnat ner warm breath that I foal upon my cheek? Ob. give me your hand, mother!" and snatch ing that of his brother, he pressed it fondly to his lips. "Go got a light that I may behold her," he added and attempted to rise. "If jou love me, George, get me a light," he re peated, "that I may see yorir faCe before 1 die," ' The half-distracled Vernor couM ntf ftfnger resist his entreaties, and therefore, laying him gently down, he made a second attempt to awaken a sense of feeling in the breast of the obdurate keeper, who demanded in a teriible oath, who it was that dared to disturb bis repose.'My good fellow," said Vernor, in a voice of entreaty, "I have come in search of alight. My brother is dying--and it is a dreary thing to bo near so dear an object and to be unable to look upon his features. He, too, asks it of you as a precious gift, "Down do n, you foul rebel! I tell you It cannot be done." "What not at the request of a dying man?" "No. Let him die a rebel deserves no better fate. Away, I say, go back to your berth, and give me no mora trouble." "A single inch of candle only, I pray you, for heaven's sake," cried Vernor subdued by affliction. "I tell you again that yod Cannot have a light! Begone!'.' and . the cruel keeper hastened from the iron-gratoj partition that separated him from his wretched prisoner. "Heavens grant me patience!" cried Ver nor. as he descended the steps of the prison, his brain burning with revenge, and his heart surcharged with the most painful feelings- He returned? once Wore to bis brother, and seating himself beside him, placed the cold and dying bead upon bis aching breast, and by fond caresses and word's of the sweetest affection he sought to sooth away tho pangs of disappointment, and to soften lbs anguish of.the last sad moments of the youth which were now fast approaching, after" a few strug gles, a few agonizing sighs, he breathed the name of bis mother and expired. "Alas! and is it over? Be gracious, holy heaven, and receive to thyself that pure es sence, which but now breathed in this cold form animated the kindest of hearts! Far' well, sweet flower! Thou bast been rudely torn asunder a fell blight has destroyed thee in the bud! No friend wilf deck toybier--no prayer will hallow thy gravel" . . v , Vemor laid the body down in an agony of grief, ami breathing an oath of vengeance, fell upon the neck of his ill 'starred brother.' i ,-m- .' ' ' ' The second day trfter the 'battle of York Town, (that memorable day which put a period to our long protracted war) late in the afternoon, a yoong volunteer Of the American corps was moving along tne favfne'tti front of the town, when his attention was attracts'! by the groans,- as it were, of a dying creature. On searching around, he perceived a soldier, wounded and Expiring, lying" 'IriV.. hole, or rather chasm in tbegronitf, hieh hod been broken up.. The yoong man raised the bead. of the poor fellow, and placed it in ah easier and mors natural position, and to thai he coulddistingulsh the. features of lbs lace, which was ditUHed and livid .from aafferiag and rpoSttr Tb! yolunWeV iiai lbtOt moment upUn its lineaments, and then recoiled back with horror. A bitter pang shut through his heart! He Could not be rolstaken-.-it Was the keeper of the prison-ship Jersey! , 1 'Ah, God!" be cried, as he threw hinistil upon his knees on the earth, "avert my hatred, ar.d let the now return good for evil! Already bavo I revenged thy' death, my brother! fully avei gcd it! Yea, more thin a hundred of the enemy have these hands slain to thy manes on the battle-field! Then pass in peace, beloved shade!" He arose) and once more approached the wretch, whose groans had become dreadfully audible. It would seem that ha had not on ly heard and understood, but also felt the impressive language pronounCed by the agit ated Vernbf, fdr; amid the agonies of death, his eyes rolled as If in search of tho being be had injured. "What would y0tl hate me do for you, miserable man if" cried Vernor. .'Fardbn my offence and give1 me a dritfk, that I may not die a thousand deaths'. Two aays have I lain in this pit sorely wounded, and in the posture you found me, Bind no Crea ture was there to bring rtie aid or Comfort. Many have pdsSed by but none perceived or heard me and now, alas, it is too late," Vernor,' moved to oity br this anneal, at tempted to raise bim from (he chasm', but found it impossible) he was too' closely wedged in,' and bis wounds were in a state ofputrefec- lion, while the sufferings Of his body could be exceeded only by his overladen Conscience,' which feared to meet the death it too justly merited. Vernor hastened Id a spring, and taking water in a gourd and bore it back again to the Unhappy man that he might drink ere he died. When it met his lips his eyes glared wildly upon Vernor, and pushing the water from him, he cried, "Alas, I cannot swallow it God's punishment is just!" and in writhing and torture he soon, after expired. The Diamjtfcr Cave. From an extended report, in manuscript, on the Diamond Cave, newly discovered in Barren County, Kentucky; by Prof. G. J. Phillips, Goologist, (late from England), we ate permitted to make the following summary in regard to this natural wonder:' - The cave is bituated a mile and a half from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bell's Tavern or Glasgow Junction being the nearest station, The celebrated Mammoth Cave is only seven miles distant from the same point. Of the interior of the cave the Pro- lessor remarks: "In passing on, I witness many uniime examples of natural beauty, swelling soni'etimes' into sublimity, reminding me of the 'chalky :liftV of the Isle of Wight Sometimes hollowd out into magnificent domes and pillars, uniting the interesting in peolopy with the picturesque in scenery. In walking through the spacious well furnished avenues and balls, we pass several wild chasms and gorges. Fillars of stalactites, wearing tho aspect of modesty, yet ready td crumble and crush the beholder, recall to mind continually the feudal ages. Farther on, we are reminded of historical monuments of surprising bedUty-"now the bold overhanging rocks and now the deep recossj now the towering mountain, and now the quiet and peaceful dell. ""fuming our CoUrse, for a wliile, we meet with tho climax of ncenographical wonders. We enter halls silent and melancholly as death. Listen! we bear a solitary murmur of waters tho echoing erf something isolated, perhaps the fall of one drop uf water in some distant hollow. The slalectites and stalagmites, how grand I On either side is effual beauty. Boneath, how dizzy to behold! Above, what clouds of flowing drape ery, festoons of romantic richness architect ure, ornament of Carved! Work in the form of a wreath of garlands of flowers, or leaves twisted together. There, too. we seom to. see sculpture as of the finest workmanship imitations of some Roman figures, ready to start up into lite. These figures are from a gigantio silie to microscopic littleness.'' "I followed my guide to the cooling waters. How pure! The murmuring streamlets pass unperceivable, but wa hear their whispers. In advancing, on the right we see popish fig ures, and groups of animals birds, fishes quadrupeds, and serpents-mnd many ancient like foi ms in anatomical structure. In reaching tha climax, wa find a grandeur unparal leled. Larger caves there are; but caves pre senting greater beauty, and mora of general interest,' there are bona. In this cave mo notony is broken, and many other than invit ing figures present themselves." ' The full length of the cava is about cue third of a milo. The description of various localities and apartments the loner Grotto, Bell's ffpiing, Echo Hall, Semi Dome, &c, together with special objects of Interest, the "Organ," "Pillar of Salt," "Columbia Column" (sixty feet in diameter, ornamented with fluted atalactites, their crystals magnify cent in tha light,) "Armadillo Stalagmite," &c, occupy much space in this interesting report, which the author intends to fmbody in to a work to be hereafter published. Our ax-tracts giva. but a very imperfect idea of bia glowing narrative. He states that during bis many years of travel in Europe, Canada and tha United States, for general observations in Natural' History, ha has not witnessed sdth i "gem" as tba Diamond Cave." Cm. Oaa. r The question, "What Is Boy?' which has been raised by a preceptor, naturally aoggests tha oTTespondirig Inquiry, What to a Girl?" .the answer is obvious. ' A girl h a female frtwaTkirtira;aBt1rtsrorfrfdmba.,f)T fcoatinrf fibbing UBd"Mna1lim'(ori!. (. Coal Fields of the World. ; Tha following is a' table ot the areas and solid contents of tha coal fields In the principal Countries of the world, as given by Pro fessor Rogers in his .admirable "Description of tha Coal Fields of Korth America ard Great Britain," annexed to tha "Govern ment Survey of tha Geology of Pennsylvania:" . Square miles of Total sq. Mi erni. mil!. United Stales. ..... .... . . 100,650) British Provinces and North 204,180 America;., 7,530) Great Britain ,a 6,400) g QR , The rest of Europe 3,564f ,'ao . Tba estimated quantities of coal in the principal countries, are as follows: Tons Belgium 36,000.00(1,000 Krance.... fia.OWD.OfjO.OOO Briti tish Islrs lDO.OOO.OOO.OCK) Pennsylvania 816,000,000,000 Indiana, Illinois, and Western Kentucky ....1,277.500,000,000 Missouri and Arkansas Basin..;...,....,, 729,000,000,000 The great Appalachian Coal field contains i,337,6O0,bOO,O0O tons, and extends through" out parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, TUnnesseii and Virginia. The whole productive coal fields of North America is 4,000,-000,000,000 tons : A survey of theso figures will serve to tranquilizn any immediate apprehension of a short stipply of coal. It will be seen that at the present rate of consumption, 100,000,000 of tons per-annum, the coal fields of Pennsylvania alone would meet tha demand 31C4 years. If this consumption were doubled, viz: 200,000,fj00 tons', the Great Appalachian field would meet the strain for 6937 years. If it were quadrupled, viz: 400,000,000, the productive coal fields of North America would suffice for the world's supply for 10,000 years to Como. To this we must add the-consido'r- ation that new coal fields are brought to light as exploration becomes extensive and exact. Dr. Nordenskion, a Flemish traveler, -ho has just returned from a visit lo the Arctic recions. announces that he discovered anth racite coal as far North as Spitzbergen. One of the most. remarkable features of the coal system ol the globe, is its liberal distribution over the Northern hemisphere, where it is most needed. And it will probably be found in the still unexplored regions of Cen. tral and Northern Asia. Knowing ToOyMuOh. WeJnd in one of ibe Memphis1 papers the following anecdote of a man who knew too much: During the adminstration of Pres't Jackson there was a singular young gentleman employed in the public service at Washington. His name was G., he was ffom Tennesseet the son of a widow.a neighbor of the president, on which accout the old hero had a kind feeling for him, and always got bim outol his difficulties with some of tho higher officials, to whom his sioglar interferences were distaste Wf. Among other things, it is said of hfm, that while be was employed in the Genera! Post (Jtlke, on one occasion he had to copy a letter of Major H. a' high olflfcer, In answer to an application made an old geinleirfafl In Virginia or rennsyivanialortneesiabiishmcntofa new PostolUce. Tha writer of the letter used classical language; in this letter he said the application conld not be granl'd.in consequence ot the applicant, "proximity" to another offlje. When the letter came into G's hands to copy, being a great stickler for plainnoss he altered "proximity" to "nearness" Major II. observed it, and asked G. why he altered his letter? "Wbyi'-eplied G. "becaus Idon,t think the man would understand what you mean by nrnvi mh l Well," said M"ajor II. "try him; put in tho 'proximity again," In a few days a letter was reclcted from the nppficaflt, in which he very indignantly repnea, 'That his father had fotfeht for lihsrtr in the firs'., and he himself in the second war of independence, and he would like to have the name ol the scoundrel who brought the charge of proximity ot anything else wrung against mm i" "There," said G. triumphantly, "did I not say so ?' G. carried his improvements so very far, that Mr. Barry, tha Postmaster General, said to Him i "I do not want you here any longer, you know too much." Poor G. went out, bat his old friend, the Oeneral, got bits' another place. This time G.'s ideas underwent a change. Ha was one day buiay writina? when a stranger called in and asked him if ha knew where tha PaiSnt Offlce was. "I don't know," said (1. "Can tou tell ma where tha Treaiurv Da partment is 7" "No." . "Nor tba President's House ?" No' "Do you live in Washington r' "Yes, sir." "Good Lord I and don't you know where the Patent Office, Treasury, President's House and Capitol are I" "Stranger," said O. "1 was turned out of tho Post OfBice for knowing to much. I don't mean to offend in that way again. I am paid tor keeping this book. I believe I do know that much: bfft if you find me knowing anything more, you may take my bead-" "Good morning," said the stranger. Tits StXsa of fun f aita Riser: A detailed account of tha great fight, published in Bill's Life , telh Irs that the combatants struck each Other with mawleys and bunches of fives upon tha bead, tha out, the 'Mnk, tba cannlster, tha noddle, tha tttug, tba knowledge box, the noaa, tha enee i(er,the snnffer.the snorer.iha nufftiSy.lhe snuffbox.the noszle, tha maziard, tile ayes', tba ogles, tbr optics, tha peepers; fna" notha, th kisdef, the whistler, the oration-trap; drawing tha blood, the clart t,tba ruby, tha tha home brewed, tba pravy? and fn sereial instances kootSfog the unfortunate knocker off bis pint his pegs, hia stomps, and bia foaadattoo, tosay nothing 1 Taking i ' man to' Plecea.. 'Captald' Kvaiis was' ad old naval veteran of sixty-seven; ha .bad lost an. arm and eyS years and years,. Jjpbffc at Jfavarino, which last action settled bis understanding, botlt legs bemg'carrieJ pff'bj a chain shot,,, Corit legs'wera cording into fashion. ' Captain r ang had a bait Iff the first a ua) it r oado fbf him; be had a falsa arm and bandj into tha latter ha could screw a fork, as occasion re quired, and being gloved, the deficiency trait not easily perceived. , As increasing ytari rendered him infirm, his valets took adran tage of him, so that be wrote to his brother( a Somersetshire afuiH),' t!: send bin) up soma tenant's son as body . servant-'' No matter bow stupid, if honest and faithful," he wrote; ' His brother was absent, and sent to bii steward to select a lad. This tha ati ward did, but merely mentioned that Captaip fi ans was infirm not apprising thejumkin, of bis new master's deficiencies, and Sent hiin td London at once, where the captain lite of. . At ten at night ha arrived, and was Imme-i d lately shown to Capt. Evans' eittiog-roomY ' "Well, John, my rascally valet' ia absent again without leave; help' me to bed, as it hi late, apd than you can go down to your sup' per." Adjourning to the bod-roonij the old giti tlanan said: . ; ' ,. . , "John, tfnichw olj leg," . "Zur," said John. ..: ' ' f ..... 'j "Unscrew my leg. this way,' sea." John did so tremblingly. ' "Johnunscrew my other leg.' ' "Zur," said John. , "Unscrew the other leg, sir' ( John did so, now in a state of be wilder' ment, "John, unscrew this arm.'' . Trembling still, more, to tha Captains' gfe&f amusement, ha obeyed, . . ' "(John, put this eye on the table." John topk it as if it would have bitten hint ."Now John no, I won't take the other ays' out lift ai e into bed." " ., . , This done, the waggish captain contia oed ' ' ' "John, beat up the pillow, it is not com' fortable?' "V .' " V "'.' .:."' -J It was done. - - "Beat it upagauij .it.ia quite hard," " Again he oh'oolt up' the piiio'wf ' ' ' "That won't do, John; I eun't rat W head comfortable. John, anscfev? my head." No, by thunder, I'll nnsoraw tuf triore,' and John fled from tha room to tha kitchen, swearing his master wt the devil,' taking hiriseff to pieces' like a clock. " ' ' " ' ' A sailor called upon a gold broker in Ka Yoik, recently, asked what might be the value) of an ingot of gold as bias's your arm. Tho shop keeper beckoned him into a back room and primed him1 with grog. - He then asked to) see the ingot. "Oh," said Jack,"I have not got it yet; but I'm going to Pike's peak'. and would like to know tha value of such' a lump . pefbr, I start." , . , . . , i; ; ,.i ' Serious fears are entertained lest the vener able head of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Tany, may never fgaiii taka his seat on the Bench, He lelt from" shear exhaustion a few days ago,' and' had to'bo borne to bis chamber. Another of the aged members of this high tribunal is also ta a very enfeebled condition. ' BrutatJfies in Kentucky. ' Cassioua M.Clay ,at the Republican Statfl con-vention of Kentucky, stated that on his death bed, West, one of tha Bereans, informed him that while bis daughter was watching by him with filial devotion, she saw horsemen leaping; the fence into the yard, surrouDcffng the house and sprang to the front door n4 Closed it. She tben closed tho back do'oir, when it was knocked down, and herself with it, by one o ruffians, who walked over the floor with her under it injuring her person. One of them, with a pistol at tba (lying man's breast, dam ended all the fn'formetion ha had about tha Bereans, and the daughter was forced against tha ctfpbnard with a pistol, tha fame demand being made of ber.' - - . f fj p ' '' g -T '' il:J' , Wendell Phillips made a characterise 1 speech before the Garrison ian Abolitionists at Sew York on Tuesday . We clip a paragraph 'rora it:, . . . ... . ,., ,. ; : n, EhKttBnH BnsAKtso.- Everything; is breakingand ,at last the great democratic par ij was breaking. (Applause and laughter.) She found out thataUverr had a ttrrM j . J - - - - - '-j - where. It bated the republicanmotto--"Freedom national, ilavery sectional" and took as its motto "slavery everywhere;" and tha counterpart is.lhi democratic party nowhere. . (Loud laughter and applause.) U reminds ma of the stvry that anfttsterU traveler tells of a bear In Northern Asia tnat' .want, into a woman's' nut w hen she had ju-ttasea ofTa boiling teakettle,' and smellfn around with hia noaa tuched the hot-iron, Indignant at the offense offered to his nervous system Iba beat clasped tne iettfe, (la'ijgAer)'a1id the' more' it burned him tha more he yelled, and tha fight-. ft hi clasped it. Until he died. v (Renewed laughter.). jSo the democratfe jirtj clasped (ha motto, ,lavefyyef,jjw.Sera,'')andtbi more it darorged it,"the mora A cJtsped, it. the louder i t, jelled (la4jghUr) and it ;Will l With "tha hot jjioctrjn titjr!nM,wud fcugMr'aud: agpiawi jtx iw- ' :' Tha' Ohio 8tatetinden'6un'cs'6ateVCu.sa. . Ing bteauM Of bis loftKweJ ttliof tW Slavery, Is' a divina isattiotii&b. vlaa'i t)i-SUIes-.&, ta' feyor o)' Slavery f, Qr are, the old p4i-caJ Abof'ti9 views pf, 6blj Dj.nidera.sy jf yf8 end, '52t; when Jhat pvtr pwoiine? 1 fo Uvor ol'aradiqating" Slavery, breaking:, eg ro a new plaea aieca Jha Cbl'rlrrfor.'itT-!- ;V'.'t v'n .it K--l J i' t; ix.ii. r i I- .-I'll ill if u il tlU