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              X T n fi ft fIf f 1 f r BTFMTf MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: TUESDAY, OCTOI3ER 18. 1859. YOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 26. Choice ipctog. From tho Pittsburgh True Press. - STARS. BT JOHN XVHOLlfSS. The radiant stars I Are still the high and ever beautious orb . 1 "That tang at Nature's birth. The same that shone When Adam trod the paths of Paradise Ere Ere, oar list'ning Mother, was beguiled. The stars, which Abraham from Shinar saw, 7 And counted as the number of his seed, The fair reward of meekness lovo and faith. The ever-twinkling gems, beneath whose light The hoi Jacob lay, and dream'd they were The pavement of that sky where angels moved. And, as the shepherd on the Persian hills, ; The old Chaldeans lov'd them, so may we, And breathe their sweet names in thdark plumed air.- The unloosod bands of the soft Pleiades Twinkling in seven leagued dim orbit high, Where one meek sister veils her modest face In memory of unworthy love bestowed - The belted Orion, whose noble stride, And glitt'ring shoulders, give him splendor vast, A regal name among the starry host The lustrous Serpent twining its bright folds Along the gorgeous vault between the Bears-Lyra, the lovely, form whose spangl'd sones We catch the nyinphones of radlent choirs . The Dogs more beautiful than bards of old : Oavefair Diana in. the fnbled chase; And Ilyades, where Aldab.iran reigns In princely pride; Gemini the gentle Ledean twins Capella whose li(jht form Sweeps thro' effulgent heaveiTwiih the grace That inarhs her namerake on those airy Dins "Which she doth shine upon. O.is not night With her annum ber'd sinrs, a book divine, Where we may read and feel how great thou art; Tbou universal Lord, in whom we live, Iu whom we move, and have our being here? ptcrani isccllaiw. Everett's Oration Upon Webster. One ot the most rnajj nifieent efforts of oratory ever made in this or any other country, recently fell from the lips of the Hon. Edward Everett, upon the inauguration of Webster's statue at Boston. The whole production is rich with tores of a splendid imagination, and iu. is no small tribute to Webster that his praxes are sounded by the man who rivals him as the" most eloqnent of American rhetoricians. Our country has lamentel but one Dasiki. Webster she rejoices in the living grandeur of but one Everett. Ifjhfy were both unknown to fame, the speech of which the following is a fragment, would consign them to' everlasting immortality the one because he could make it the other because he could deserve it: " What citizen of Boston as he accompanies lhe stra ger around our streets, gu'ding him through our busy thoroughfares, to our wharfs crowded with vessels that range every sea and gather the produce of every clime, up to the dome of this capitol. which commands as lovely a landscape as can delight the eye or gladden the heart, will be not, as he calls the attention at last to the statnes of FrHiikUi.i and Webster, exclaim "B wton stakes pride in hvr natur-il position, she rejoices in her beautiful environs, she -js grateful for her material prosperity ; but rich er than the merchandise stored in palatial wre houses, greener than the slopes of sea-girt islets, lovelier than this encircling panorama of land and sea, of field and hamlet, of lake and stream, . of garden and grove, is the memory of her sons, native and adopted, the character, services and fame of those, ho have, benefitted and adorned their day and generation. ; Our children.and the j schools at which they are trained our citizens j and the services they have rendered ; these are i jewels they are our abiding treasured." ; j Yes, your Jong rows of quarried granite rny 1 crumble to the dust ; the cornfield ripening to the sickle, maylike the plains of stricken Lim-' bardy a few weeks ago, be kneaded into bloody clods by the madening wheels of artillery; this populous city, like the old citiesTjfEiauria and I the Campagna Romtnn, may be desolated by j the pestilence which walked in darkness, Day decay with the lapse of time, and the busy mart which now rings with the joyous din of trade, 'become as lonely and still as Carthadge or Tyre, at the Babylon and Nineveh, but the names of the great and good shall survive the desolation, and the rain; the memory of the wise, the brave, the patrioticshall never perish.' Yea, Sparta is a wheat field ; a Bavarian prince holds court at the foot of the Acropolis ; the travelling virtuoso Jigs for marbles iu the Roman Forum and be-paath the ruins of the temple of Jupiter Capito-Jias ; bat Lycurgus and Leonidas, and Miltiadas and Demosthenes, and Cato and TuIIy "still Jjrej" and Uk lUII live?, and all the great and good shall live ia the heart of ages, while marble And bronze bave perished, Ibey 6hall "still live " in memory, so long as men shall reverence Law, and honor Patriotism, and love Liberty. Two hundred and iwenty-niue years ago this day our beloved city received from the General Court of the Colony the honored name of Boston. On the long roll of those whom she bag welcomed to ber nurturing bosom, is there a name which shines with brighter lustre than his? (Seventy-two years ago this day the Constitution pf the United States was tendered to the acceptance of the people by George Washington." Who pf all the g ifted and patriotic of the land (hat have adorned the interval has done more to unfold its principles, assert its purity, and to promote its dn ration ? Here, then, under the cope of Heaven ; here pn this lovely eminence; here, beneath the walla Of the Capitol of old Massachusetts ; here, within the sight of those fair New England villages ; here, in the vicinity of the graves of those who planted the germs of all this palmy growth j here within the soand of sacred bells, we raise this monument, with loving hearts, to the Statesman, the Patriot, the Fellow Citizen, the Neighbor, the Friend. Long may it look oat upon a prosperous country j and, if days of trial and disss aster should come, and the arm of. flesh should fail, doubt not that the monumental form would descend from it pedestial, to stand in the front Taos; of peril, and the bronze lips repeat the cry Of the living voice "Liberty and Union, now tqd fomeri nd inseperable l" Love of Nature and Flowers. The love of nature affords one of the purest delights, and 13 implanted in every human breast. Flowers, of all created things, are the inost innocent and beautiful, and afford a pleasure which has no taint. Nature is most lavish in ber gifts of beanty and adornments, bat in order to appreciate and enjoy them, it is necessary to listen to her voice and study her varied teaching; in this way, they will be found to inculcate a tone of refinement, besides giving the most pleasant and healthful employment to old and young, and to the weal thy and poor alike. Every man should adorn bisbome the Dwelling of his wife and children with attractive objects and with all of those various embellish ments which will make it cheerful. What then, will tend more to this end than a fiower garden, even thongh quite small, filled with, beautiful flowers, imparting their fragrance, ana cheering the mind of the beholder? If this be done, much has been accomplished toward making home an abode of peace and de light. Where flowers are planted the home be comes a tasteful residence, while its intrinsic value is also greatly enhanced. : Cultivated taste gives beauty and value to property, and the small cost of a flower garden, so far from being a useless expense, as some regard it, adds to the money value of the premises. Floricultural pursuits on a small scale, are particularly adapted to ladies. A natural fSjodness ol fl wers is an evidence of a refined mind and their cultivation tends to create a delicate taste. If a lady therefore learns to plant and rear these tender and attractive objects, the pleasure thus derived will be found to increase iu proportion to the effort put forth and will remain when others have departed. New York Mercury. The Baby is Dead ! A long, black scrap, trimmed with broad, white ribbon, hangs upon the door knob. A death-like stillness pervades the entire mansion, all within moving with the softest tread, and speaking in the softest whispers, as if fearful or disturbing the repose of some loved one. Those passing along the street observe the sombre scarf, ar.d the instant change in their countenance betrays the thought, " the bahy V dead ! Yes, the baby is dead, and not only those who have been 'amiliar with its sparkling eyes, but the stranger, who received the intelligence softly from the scarf on the door, fedls that a homo has been robbed of a precious jdol. Ho deep Was the love that had clustered around the innocent babe; and oh! how terrible js the bl w -death inflicts;'. The Habi is Dead! It no longer clings in innocent lov to its mother's bosom, or stire with fondest j y the father's heart. : Its prattling has ceased .forever, and its once laughing eyes are closed in an eternal alee pTNBut even in death it seems to have lost none of "its sweetness. It lies socalmn in its costliest garments, its pure brow trimmed with a fragrent wreath, and flowers have been scattered over its lovely form. . As it is thus arrayed, the baby seems only to be sleeping; but alas, it is that sleeping which hath no waking.::'. ''; .. The Baby is Diad! Around it are gathered many whose sympathirs it has aroused, and whose love it has excited. The minister leans over the cold form, and touched with the sight, ! tears trickle down his cheek, - while he exclaims: ' u Thus saith the L-rd, 'Suffer little children to come unto me, an forbid them not, for such is ; the kingdom .of Heaven." . f 2 he fiby is (Is id I It is a boat to be .ct forever from the si;ht of th , who i-jvei it as : :hers coy li- Oh ! ho the B:b?-r cl:n tj the LfclcSJ fjfm ; ai i as she im prints th last ftrreaf i-kiss nn its co" J cheek, a-r: very fcrarttrir( : seem V break ' Aid the faih.-f. thajrh he tas manfaiiv braved toils, crw and dasrers, cowi feels unmanned, and weeps like a chiid, as be bends over the corpse of his lost one. Sympa thy, at other times consoling, is now of no avail, and the hearts of both suffer the deepest anguish. Tiie baby is dewd! Tears have wet its grave, and crushed hope lies buried with it. Though its mortal existence may have been brief, iu death has desolated a joyous home. Sweet babe! Orators may announce a nation's loss in the death of patriots, great and true, and poets sing "in touching strains, the memory of the dead, who have accomplished mighty things none but angels of heavenly birth will record the life, so pure and beautiful, so early lost. Dixon. A Compliment to Gen. Morris, of the Home Journal. - The New Orleans True Delta relates an anecdote which shows the influence of one of Gen George P. Morris's beautiful little songs. Judge Harris, of Georgia, a scholar, a fine jurist, and a gentleman of extensive literary cultivation, regarded "Woodman Spare that Tree" as the best ballad of the age. He enrolled it among his favorites, and never heard it from musical lips without emotion. On one occasion the Judge astonished a convival "gathering" by en tering into the spirit ot the song with all his soul. His daughter was seated at the piano, and as ber rich mellow voice sang stanza after stanza, the Judge became visibly affected. At length, when she trilled the woods My heart strings round tbee sliog, Close as the bark, old frias4.' There shall the wild-bird sing, . And still thy branches bend, Old tree! the storm still brave! And woodman, leave the spot; While I've a band to save, The axe shall harm U not. "Tcuch it, if you daref cried the Judge, striking across the room with clenched band, while the eyes of those present opened wide in wonder, 'touch it, wbodmao, if you dare!" It is needless to say that his defiant energy aad passionate earnestness made silence alasost audible. The little audience were touched, and it was some miautes before a word was spoken. Gen, Morris should embalm this anecdote. We ven-tore to say that a more sincere compliment has never been paid , him during his long and bril-tant literary career. The Bedoninav ; It is a curious fact that whilst the Christian missionary has inade his way to almost every part of the globe, and has taught with more or less success, he has never succeeded in mixing with the Bedouins. They wander over a region which, from physical causes, can be inhabited by none others but. men following their mode of lire. From the earliest times every effort has been made to reduce them , to subjection, and to render their haunts by human skill and labor fit to receive a settled population. Carats and water courses were carried as far as human ingenuity coud devise, and where water could reach there the land was conquered. But there re maiued beyond a vast region which the Bedouin could call bis own. There he is to be found still, such as we see him represented on the walls of the Assyrian palaces, riding bis swift dromedary; we read of him in sacred history suddenly appearing as a robber in the midst of the quiet cultivators of the soil, and as suddenly returning unharmed before their well-trained legions during the height of their power; he remains to this hour unchanged in .his manner his language, his arms, and bis dress. It is this" uhchangeableness which renders a Bedouin bo interesting as a study. He ia the only link be tween the earliest , ages of mankind and the present time like a single, strange animal, connecting the actual - world with some geological period. Ltndon Quarterly. Time. A singular word is that word called "time" not unlike the word "Levi," of which, by a change of. the let'ers, several words may easily be made: '"Levi evil vile live." Some plodding genius has discovered, while spending his own time, that the word Time, wheu artificially transposed, or metagrammatized, will form the following words: tueti, emit, item. And if' the aforenamed and its anagrams be placed in the following quadratic position, they will form what may be termed an anagram tnatic palindrome: TIME ITEM ' :.-." ' MK IT -; : EMIT This word Time is the only word in the Es.; glish language which can be thus Rrrang-d; and the different transpositions thereof are all, at the same time," Latin" words. These words in English, as well as in Latin, may be read either upwards or downwards. The English words time, item, mcti, and emit, (to send : forth.) are mentioned above; and -of" the Latin ores 1. Time, signifies fear thou; 2. Item, likewise; 3.; Meli, to be measured; 4. Emit, be buys. ChuUius Mag. -. - - : - . . ; Grow Beautiful. - -- - Persons, may outgrow . disease and become healthy by proper attention to the laws of their physical const iVution. By moderate and "daily exercise men may become active and strong in limb and muscle. But to grow beautiful, how? Age dims the lustre of the eye, and pales the rosej; on beauty's che-k; while .'crowfeet, and furrows, and wrinkles, and . lost teeth, and gray hairs, and bald head, and tottering limbs, and limping feet most sadly mar the human form di vine. But dim as the eye is, as pallid and sunk-! en as may be the- face of beauty, and frail and-.feeble that once strong, erect, and manly body, the immortal soul, jmt ' hVdging its wings for its home in heaven, may look out through those fa- ded windows, as beautiful as the dew-drops of a i simmer's morning, as melting as the tear that j CtLon's eye by growing kindly by i caJuvv.ix;? syrofatby with all human kind by .cixrishing forbearance towards the follies and fjib't iff our rat,! and feeding day by day on that lore to G-i and man which lifts us from ibe br j'-e an 1 makes us akin to angels. 3i)omc Oikdc. Is" the World a Mistake. One of the saddest mistakes which good peo ple have made is in supposing the world to be a mistake. To these people and their number is not email the earth is but a theatre of paio and of sickness, sorrow and death. Joy is illusive, pleasure a cheat, laughter a mockery, and happiness a thing impossible, and not even to be looked for on thisside of the grave. The performance of all.duty is the "taking, up" of what they call "a cross." They are actually afraid to be happy, under an overshadowing impression that they have no right to be heppy in this life. They believe that there is something intrinsically bad in the world they inhabit, and all the joys that proceeds from it. They have an idea that the moral evil which afflicts the human race has struck in. All the suffering of the brute creation their throes of labor, and sickness of body, and pains of death ate so many voices proclaiming the fatal failure of Adam." Human na' ture itself is an awful thing. God is a great lawgiver, an inexhorable avenger, an awful Judge a Being to be feared more than loved. Life is a trial severe, unrelenting, perpetual. AH thai seems good and glorious in the world is a hollow sham, for the deception of the nuwary and the ruin of the unwise. Dr. J. C. Holland. v Little Graves. ' Sacred places for pure thoughts and holy meditation are the little graves in the church yard. They are the depositories of the mother's sweetest joy, half unfolded buds of innocence, nipped by the frost of time, ere yet a single canker worm of corruption had nestled among its embryo petals. Callous, indeed, raurt be the heart of him who can stand by a little graveside and not have the holiest emotions of his soil) awakened to the thought of purity and joy which belongs alone to God and Heavenj for the mute preacher at his feet tells him of life began and life ended, with out a stain; and surely this be the spirit land, en lightened by the son of infinite Goodness whence emanated the soul of that brief sojourner among us. How swells the heart of the parents, with mournful joy, while standing by the cold earth-bed of lost little ones! mournful because a sweet treasure is taken away, joyful, because that precious jewel glitters ia the diadem of the Redeem-er I- God is Lots." All His perfections and procedures are but so many modifications of His love. What is His omnipotence but the arms of Hi love? What is His omniscience but the taedium through which He contemplates the objects of His love? Wiat His wisdom but the scheme of His love? What are the offers of the Gospel but the imitations ot His love? What the tbreatenings of the law but the warnings of His love? -They are the hoarse voice of His love, saying, 4iAIan, do thyself no harm." Tbey are a fence thrown around the pit of perdition to prevent rash men from rushing into ruin. . What was l incarnation of the Savior but the richest illustration of His love? What were the miracles of Christ but the con-descensiona of His love? Whal were the sighs of Christ but the breath of ijisr love? What were the ptayers of Christ but tbt pleadings of His love? What were the tears of Christ but the dewlrops of Hi love? What, is the earth but the theatre for the display of His love? What is Heaven but the alps of His mercy, from whose summits His blessings, flowing down a thousand streams, descend to water and refresh Hie church situated at its base. A Beautiful Extract There lies in the depth of every heart that dream of our rouib, and the. chastened Wish of manhood, which neither cares nor honors can ev er extinguish the hope of one day resting from the pursuits which absorbs us; of interposing between old age and the tomb, some tranquil interval of reflection, when, with feehngs'tiot subdued but softened, with passions not exhausted, but mellowed, we may look calmly on the past with out regret, and on the future without apprehen sions. But in the tumult of the world, this vision for ever recedes as we' approach it, the passions which have" agitated our life, disturb our latest hours, and we go down to the tomb, like the sun in ocean, with no gentle and gradual withdraw ing of life to the source which gave it, but sullen in its fiery glow long af'.er it has lost its power and splendor. assniri IUL CALllOIl.MA DIEL. Some Particulars of the Origin of the Duel How the Affair Stood Before the Duel. - - A correspondent of the New York limes, in a litter from San Francisco, Monday, September 1 2ih, the day previous to the duel between Senator Broderi k-and Judge Trrry,give8 some particulars of the position of affairs at that dute. The correspondent is inaccurate Tn' his statement of the afftir between Brderick and Parley on account of their respective stutious, as . any one who,read the correspondence between them could see, but.for other reasons, among which he stated that be felt compelled to adjourn all duels until after the sleet ion. From the letter in the Times we make the following extract:. , - The excitement here, siace election, hat related to an exjx-ted du-l ttea Jvd "IVrry, of the Supreme Court, .d Senator Davvi C- Brod-eriiV. la Juiif lit, Kna tltpr the meetirir of the Democratic Staie Convection. Mr. Brodrick. i while siitir. fa a puUjc table atilH, laternalion- ai Hotf r in ths cty, jro ito coutroversy with Mr. Pf-rU-v, an inuaile fronI friad. A Jude i erry. by harsh rnark Cit.Cfn.ii.g the latter, who, in a speech, before the CuBvemibti, had spoken dipnrag-'niy of the Senator in his present attitude of hostility to the Democratic party. Mr. Brudt-ri k, at the time, told Perley that be expected hirn to carry his remarks to the Judge, and intimated his readiness to hold himself res ponsiole for his Itnguage. Out of this transaction a correspondence occurred between Perley and B.-oderiek, of which. I gave you ah account at the time. You will remember that B rode rick declined Perley "a challenge, assigning as a reason that be, a Senatorof the United iifates, could not have such an issue with the party challenging but intimating that after the pending can vass was over, be would accept an invitation from Judge Terry himself. m It appears that on Thursday last, soon as the result of" the election was ascertained, Terry sent a challense to Broderick, but up to this hour the entire affair has been conducted with so much secrecy that nobody can give us any reliable particulars. It is known, however, that the actio? -econds are for Mr. Broderick, Hon! Jos. C. McKibben, and for Mr. Terry, Calhoun Benhara, Esq. These, and other confidential friends, have been laboring in vain to effect a reconciliation; but the Judge will accept no terms of settlement other than an unconditioal withdrawal of the offensive remarks made by Mr. Broderick, and an apology therefor. It is well known that the Judge some time since determined to pursue this matter to the bitter end, soon as the time arrived to which Mr. Broderick had postponed the adjustment of these personal matters, and it is presumed he will not yield. Among the rumors of the warning which seem to come from probably informed sources, is one to the effect that Mr. Broderick's friends souzht last night to change the issue, and set some other party than Terry to meet the Senator upon the field. Who that other party Is we do not hear, but the impression is it may be Perley. The fiiends of the principals in this affair are filled with the liveliest apprehensions at to the result. Broderick has the reputation of being a man of physical courage; and at the present time bis defeat in the campaign just closed, has converted bis general condition of misanthropy to that of. desperation and recklessness of life. Oa the other hand. Judge Terry is a man of great coolness, steadiness of nerve, and decision. : I had written the foregoing wbeo news arrived that the duel did not take place. The hostile parties were arrested on the ground, or near there by onr active Chief of Police Burke, who brou't all of them back to the city, without permitting them to burn any villainous. saltpetre. It is tin dersteod that they will be brought beforw the Police J udge, at 1 0 o'clock, nod be placed ander heavy bonds to keep the peace. This proceed ing will not prevent a meeting if the parties are bent on it . ABTict?t Atta Of THE UtSTlSO. Trom the special dispatch of the Cin. CommerclaL All the vehicles iu the city had been engaged the previous day, and ths officers had some difficulty in procuring conveyances; finally, by following the gunsmith who carried the pistols with which the duel wa fought, they ' came . upon the parties at Da via' Ranch, in San M, atteo county. They had chosen a beautiful valley, surrounded by high hills, and were about to take their positions, Broderick having the choice of ground. The police at pace arrested the principals, and took them in separate conveyances before Judge Coon. After two hours d scussion, the com' plaints were dismissed, and the defendants discharged, and immediately left town; and passed the night in seaport localities, preparing for the inevitable event of the morrow. . Meautime, the city was greatly excited, 'and at an early hour on the morning of the 13th, hundreds were on ibegwt trice, anxious to witness the rencontre. Since the days of the Vigilance Committee nothing equalling this in the effect upon all minds, has transpired in San Francisco. The ground where the hostile meeting would take place was not generally known, as several changes had already been . made: but that instinct which draws the vulture to the feast, led each and all to the place, which was a small valley some ten .miles from Merced Lake. The principals, with seconds and physician. were on Ahe grond. at a quarter past six o'clock, both appa.euily in the best of spirit, neither at all anxious or nervous as to the result. Half ao hour was occupied in the preliminary arrange ments ; during this time the principals maintain ed their positions, and listened with much com posure to the details. Judge Terry stood with his head thrown slightly back, looking toward his ai. tasrbniet; maintained the position of a practiced duelist, presenting. only the edge of his person and keeping his left hand and shoulder well behind him. Mr. Broderick on the cootrary, though at first assuming a position somewhat sim ilar, seemed to prefer a more careless and less constrained one and gradually presented more of his body to the fire of his opponent. He stood erect, but with his head rather down. Once his foot got a fraction over the line, when Mr. McKibben went forward and replaced it. 1 He took one good look at his antagonist, ran his eye rapidly over the intervening. ground as if draw-in? a beeline, and did not again raise his eye until the word was given to fire, which was at a quarter, past seven. Mr. Broderick raised his pistol, and had slowly brought it to an angle of forty-five degrees, when, owing to the delicacy of the hair trigger, it was discharged, the ball entering the ground about four paces from him.-Judge Terry fired a few seconds later, taking deliberate aim; at that instant Mr. Broderick clapped his left hand to bfs right breast, reeled slowly to the left, and before bis seconds could reach him, fell to the ground, still holding his pistol. Judge Terry folded his arms, but did not move from his position. The seconds of Mr. Broderick immediately ran to bis aid, and found that the bullet had entered just forward of the right nipple, and had lodged, as was supposed, under the left arm; " Judge Terry with his friends, upon leaving the field, drove rapidly into the city, nod took a boat for Oakland, and thence. by a private conveyance to Sacramento via Martinez. At the latter place he experienced some difficulty in getting ferried across to Benecia. The flagsin both places were then suspended at half mast, caused by the false report of Mr. Broderick's deaih. He was able to speak dnrin? the afternoon ; but owing to the wounding of the lungs, the articulation was generally unintelligible. The internal bleeding caused intense pain and a suffocating sensation. No hopes were entertained of his recovery, and at 9 o'clock on the morning of the lGth he expired. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Safety of the Aeronauts. Tbe very gratifying intelligence was received last night that La Mountain and Haddock are safe. The following is the despatch from Troy: A despatch was received in this city this (Mon? day) evening from Prof; La Mountain, dated Oltowa, C. W., October 3d. It was as follows: Lost all. Landed 30.0 miles north of Water-town, in the Cauada wilderness. We were four days without food. Brought out by Indian guides in canoes, etc. Please inform my wife. (Signed) "JOHN LA MOUNTAIN." Ottawa, C. W , Tuesday, Ocu 3. Prof. La Mountain and Mr. Haddock came into Ottawa to-day, having landed 150 n.iles north of Ottawa, in the great Canada wilderness, They travelled in their balloon 300 miles, and were up in the air only fuur to five hours. For over four days they have been in the wilderness, without food and with no means of striking a fire. They were rescued most providentially by a Mr. Cameron, ho was hunting timber with Indian guides. The distance from Watertown to Kingston is 50 miles; from Kingston to Ottawa "95 miles, making the distance from Watertown to Ottawa about 150 miles, and as the voyagers landed 150 miles north of Ottawa, in the wilderness, they must have come down near one of the tributaries of the Ottawa river, perhaps the Gallincau. The small lakes and the ri vers in this part of Cauada are frequented by lumberers and are navigable by small steamboats. Here in this forest, without food or bre, they passed four days, and were finally rescued by Indians, and returned to civilization. The full details of this trip will be looked lor with interest. We would suggest to Mr. La Mountain that in his next aerial voyage be take a box of matches and some fish hooks. They might be of material service to him wbere-ever be landed, and in a wilderness they could not come amiss. Had be room among bis ballast a gun and ammunition would not be mis-placed. . . It will be remembered that on Wednesday last the Rome Snt inef had a despatch to the effect that a letter had beu picked up in Canada, (near ytown,) purprtihg to have been written by Lt Mountain, staling that Haddock (one of the bal-loonists) was insane, and that the rope was so tangled upihatt'ue valve could not he opened to let out the gas so as to allow the balloon to come down. No reliance was at the time placed upon this ru mnr. Now, it appears very possible that such a letter might have been picked up near Bytown, in the very track of the balloon; but we shall soon know all about it. . Tbe course taken by La Moontain's balloon was at first northeast, in the course of the Current supposed to flow steadily in that direction. But tbe landing was made due north from th point of departure. This apparent inconsistency is possibly susceptible of explanation, in the theory that, rising to a higher point in the atmosphere, the balloon met another current which wafted it in a different direction. We believe tbe theory of La Mountain and Wise is, that this easterly - current is encountered at an elevation of about 10.000 feet, and thata bal' loon. may anon rise above and oat of it. Mr. La Moudtain's neat ascension will probably be from this point, provided his balloon is not. as may be inferred from his despatch, a perfect wreck. The sale of seats for this voyage -postponed indefinitely from last week may now pessibly be resumed. Vulgar Words. There is as much connection between the thoughts, as there is between the thoughts and words the latter are not only the expression of tbe former, out tbey nave power l re act upon the soul and leave the stain of corruption there. A young man who allows himself to use profane or vulgar words, has not only shown that there is afoul spot on his mind, but by the utterance of that word, he extends the spot and inflames it, by indulgence it will soon pollute and rain the whole soul. Be careful of your words as well as jour thoughts. : If you can control the tongue so that no improper words be pronounced by it, you wilt soon be able to control the mind and save it from corruption. The Horrors of the Coolie Slave Trade, During the season of T857-'5S, seven vessels brooght to British Guiana, 2783 coolies. Voyages from Calcutta to Madras would average about 90 days. Of these 2783 coolies, 184 died on the passage, equal to $1 20 per centio three months. Another vessel, the Salsellc, left Calcutta for Trinidad on the 16th March, 1853, having on board 32S men, women, boys and girls, of whom 37 men, 33 women, 12 boys and 18 girls and 18 infants, in all 124 perished and were thrown overboard equal to 33 per cent for three months.. This ship encountered no hurricane nor tempest at sea, no alarm of fire, but the mortality is attributable to bratality, hard bread, no rice, no meat and other privations. And yet this is the white slave trade carried on by refioed and religious England whose phy-laathropy sickens at the verr idea-ot black slavery or slave trade. It is thus she decoys and didnaps the unsuspecting white Asiatics as la borers in her colonies, to supply the place of the idle and good -for nothing Africaos whotn her misguided fanatical philanthropy -had turned loose in those coluuies to siuk aaiu into barbarian cannibalism. Kossuth and His Plans. ... A correspondent of the London Slur, writing from Paris, says : Kossuth was iu Paris September 12tb,and all the journalUts of every color and degree paid him a visit, in the hope of learn-ing what his intentions, aims and views really are. It cannot as yet realiy be known whether these are in favor of immeJiate action, or whether they incline towards taking time to consider whether he means to replace the sudden and decisive movements which characterized his mode of warfare before it was submitted to the rules laid down by Louis Napoleon, or whether be means to wait and see if the Emperor of Austria will relent, and so by degrees yield the free dom which, according to Austrian rule, it would not be prudent to grant all at once. The account to be given by Kossuth of the principle upon which he has been acting, has been waited for with the greatest patience, and it has been agreed that no judgment is to be formed of the conduct pursued by Kossuth, as it appears on the surface ; and that all verdict is to be suspended until the leader himself has submitted it with his own appreciation to the fiat of their opinion.. . Poligamy. In one of his recent serfions in favor of po-" ligaray, at Salt Lake City, Elder Orson Pratt undertook to prove by tbe Scriptures, that the Lord had sanctioned its practice among his people; that mankind have been led astray by the foolish traditions of past generations and the uu inspired dogmas of ignorant priests, especially in regard to marriage; that Adam and Eve, when married in the Garden of Elen, were sealed for time and for all eternity, and argued that per-oos married according to tbe order of Oxi would be exalted to re'tga askings and q-ieens over their posterity. It is not to be wonder id at, therefore, that polygamy stalks abroad at Salt Like in all its horrid forms, and that young wonien are daily being married to gray-headed old men who have already ten Or a dozen wives each and a score or two of children. A New Englander states that he recently dined with a Mormon family, in the vicinity of Salt Lake, where there were seventeen children under the age of four years, and ten wives, three of whom were sisters and niec-ces of the husband! A fourth niece, only thirteen years of age, openly boasted that she was shortly going to marry the same old Blue Beard- The Bottom of a Well Falling In. The Maine Farmer tells an extraordinary sto ry from information received from a citizen of Weeks' Mills, in China, who, while digging for a well recently,, came to a bed of clay, which began to gj way under his feet, when be had got to a depth of about twenty five feet. Feeling himself going down, he immediately sprang into a tub which had been suspended to receive the excavated earth, when the' clay which had given way under pressure of his feet at once began to rise towards him. He thrust his spade into the mass, and the water gushed forth. Supposing that be had struck a profuse vein of wat er, he ascended, and commenced throwing in in stone to serve a3 a foundation for stoning up the well. But every stoue be cast down disappeared below the water's surface, and, when he had thus disposed of several tons, the greedy well looked dp for more. The man resorted to sounding, but bis poles Wcruld not reach bottom. Lines were lied with heavy sinkers, which went down eighty feet and made no report. The locality of this singular discovery is some mile or so away from one of the open ponds in China, and on an elevation considerably above it. The Tusks and Teeth of a Mastadon Found. John W. Brown, J ustice of the Peace of Mor gan county, Indiana, informs tbe Cincinnati En quirer that "two huge tusks and several large teeth were found recently, by a man named Milton Craven, a quarter of a mile from White River, nine feet under ground. One of the tasks, supposed to have been mates, and to have come from the same animal a tnastadou probably is eight feet long, and weighs one hundred and eighty pounds; bnt as the ends are broken off, its appearance indicates that it must have origin' ally measured 'eleven feet. A portion of the other tusk broken in. two measures five feet, (the second part could not be found.) and tbe teeth weigh twelve pounds each. Tbey must have belonged to one collossal creainre, so immense, perhaps, as our informant suggest, that it could not get iato the Ark at tbe flood, and was drowned by staying out of doors, at the time of that very copious shower." Irish Twine. ' An old, ragged, red freed, forlorn looking Irish woman accosted ws with-Plae, sir, gvve . me a fib to boy bread wid. I am a poor, lone wo-wan, and bave tv young twins to support." Wby. my good woman,1 we replied, you seem too old to have twins of yonr own.- "The're hot mine, sir; I am ony raisin 'em." "How old are your twins?" "One of 'em is seven weeks oold. and t'other is eight months ould, pUse, sir." . Che Miimorist. A Cute Darkey. "How much ye charge, Masa Squire, to mar-, ry me and Mis Dinah?' Why, Clem, 111 marry you for two dollars.""" "Two dollars, what ye charge to marry white-folks, massa?" "We generally charge them five dollars, replied the Squire. Well, ye marry us like white foils, and III gib ye five dollars too." "Why, Clem, that's curious notion; bus as yoa desire it. I'll marry you like white folks for five dollars." The ceremony being over, and Clem married to Dinah, the Squire asked for his fee. "Oh, no massa, ye come to de greement yw no kiss de bride!" "Get out of my oGoe, you black brute!' exclaimed the squire, at the same time pointing; the toeof a boot in the direction of Clem. Clem bolted with a nigger laugh at haviag got married for nothing, A Coascleutious Widow. A poor peasant on his death-bed made his will, H called his wife to him. and told ber of tbe provisons Le had made h it. "I have left my horse to my parents,' said he; sell it, and hand them over the money you re-caive. 1 leave yoa my dog; take eare of him and he will serve you faithfully." The wifo promised to obey, and in due time set out to the ncighboriag osarket with her horse and dog. 'How much do yosf want for your horse?" inquired a farmer. "I cannot sell the horse aTone, bnt yon aray have them both at a reasonable rate.. Give . ten pounds for the dog, and Ere shillings far lh9 horse." The farmer laughed, but as the terms werer. low, he willingly accepted them. Then thsr worthy woman gave to her husband's parents ths? five shillings received for the horse, and kept the ten pounds for herself. That was cute. Guess the widow wascl wrong, neither. " A Three-Year Old. The Rome Sentinel relates that a little three- year-old girl accompanied her father upon a visit to her grand-parents in the eountry, where a blessing is invoked by the white-haired pat- ' narch before each rceal. The custom was one with which our little friend had not been familiar at home and of course ou tbe first occasion she wasBilent with interest and curious watchfulness. But whn the family gathered around the board the aecend time afitr the commencement of ber vis'.t, she was prepared for the preliminary religious ceremony, and observing that ber father did not seem duly conscious of the approachiag solemnity, . she called him to order by saying, with stern gravity: "Be si HZ papa, grandpa's goiy to talk to his plate pretty xn.r' - , Practical Wit. A yoong gentleman, celebrated for his wit at roliee, was asked by his father for a specimen of his ta'euts, while eatrtiatctg party of hi triends at vacation. The scholar knelt before the hearth aod roared lustily turice, to the great sirprie of the old sqntre, who aked him what be meant by that. "Why, sir," replied tbe son "seeing the fire so Tow, I thought it might b better for a pair of bclluirsS' f "Sir," said ene of two antagonists, with e real dignity, to the other, during a dispute which had not been confined to words, "yoa have called me a scoundrel and a liar, you have spit in my face, you have struck me twice; I hope you will not carry this an v further, for if yoa do you will rouge the sleeping lion in my breast, and I cannot tell what may be the con sequences. SrT is told of General Zachary Taylor that when Major Bliss brought Aim Santa Anna's1 dispatch, proposing that the American army shall surrender without farther ceremony, the genera), who, at that moment, was busy writirg a private letter on his cannonchest, replied, without so much ai leokiog up from his werk, 'Tell him to go to ' I naming a place seldom mentioned, except by hard swearers and clergymen. 'But remonstrated tbe gallant Major, 'that dors not strike me as appropriate language to use in a ease of this sort it is a formal official dispatch, and requires, I suppose, a written answer Tell him to go to 1', reiterated the general, calmly. 'Put it in a proper diplomatic phrase, and all that sort of thing, according tovourown taste, but that is my answer.' Boston 1'ott. Curiosities. A hair from the btd of a river. A Blanket from the bed of the ocean, A pillow from glory's bed. A one dollar bill from tbe change of the moon. Some spokes belonging to the wheels ot government.Some bark peeled from off the North pole. A lump of ore from the mine of knowledge A oerve from the tooth of a comb. A cap for tbe bead of a pin. A glass for the eye of a needle. . A leaf trom the branch of a river. A glove for the band of nature. Some buttons for a coat of paint. Household Treasure. A treasure of a Hnsband Carries the baby. A treasure of a Wife Never asks for money. A treasure of a Daughter Looks the saroe age as her mother if anything, a trifle older. A treasure of a Servant Runs to the pest in less than half an hour." A treasure of a Cook Is not hysterical when ever there is company to dinner. A treasure of a Baby Doesn t disturb its dear papa in tbe middle of the night. Happj Eetort. A Methodist minister at the West, who lived ou a small salary, was greatly troubled to get' his quarterly insialmeat. He St last told the noa paying trostees that be must nave bis mo ney, as bis family were suffering for the necessa ries at life. "Monty r' replied the steward. "you preach for money? I thought too preached for the good or souls?" 'Soulsr replied thei minister, I can't eat souls; aod if I could, it woukl take a thousand such as yours to maksj s- meaU '- . . . t&T Motto for the Tru m pet " WTI, I'm Mowed." Motto for the Drum "I coatees I'm fairly beaten." - r ; . Motto for the Piano-forte "Yon can bave as many of my notes as you require." JJettorof the Uornmg San l mast navo my dew." : . k Motto foe an .Easel "Von may draw on me oaoy eatenu . ; :, -- . ; A iJonferenee preacher oea day wen iato the bonsa of a Wesleyan Eeformer, and saw suspended en the wall the portraits of the three expelled ministers., What," said he, "have yea them there?" "Oh yes, they are there, was the-hasty answer. But one is wasted to com plt-te the set." "Pray, who is that? "Why lb dvi to be sure. "Ah," said the reformer. "-k is set j yet expelled from Ike Conference,"