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1" V r- JOHN JACOB Xstor. Tka imment vrbieh Parish 'bad "mad oae-fcf With US-Uatan, lor xne purpose w pnr carihg permiMioa V end oot ships in ballast, to briC back sums of money from abroad that wtrf da ia the United States, had foand faror In' the eyee of a man who had distinguished him sir Irom the mass of German emigrants by hU impertaat successes, his speculative spirit and his treat -wealth, and had won a certain csleb ritjT This man. was John-Jacob Ator, the founder of the American colony of Astoria, on the northern coast of the Pacific ocean, which hcslbeea o graphically and picturesquely de scribed by the pen of Washington Irving. Ae tor was born at Heildelbcrg, where the ongi x&l name of his family is said to have been Ajschthor, and had eome to New-Tork as a fur rWs apprtndce. Bis first seringa, that is to eay the wages he got in the peltry warehouses, - for peating out and preparing bear, doe, and otLheV skins, he invested in the purchase of all klnf of peltry, bear, mink and rabbit skins, which he got from the Indians, who at that time wandered about the streets of New York ; and as aeon as he had collected s certain quantity, hf sent them to Xsrope, particularly to the Leip sic (air. There he traded them off for .Nurem berg ware, cheap knives, glass beads and other article adapted to the traffic with the Indians on the Canadian frontiers, and took them him self to the latter points,' where he again ex changed them for furs Of various kinds. At he has often told me, from his own lips, he car rief on this traffic untiringly for twelve long years, going in person, alternately to the Cana dian frontiers, and then to the Leipsic fair, and lived all the while, as he had ever been accus- tonsd to do, humbly and sparingly. At length he Mad managed to brine together a consider able capital, and gradually became a freighter of snips and luted out expeditions to the north west coast, to bade with the Indians of Nootka Sound for furs. Another circumstance contrib uted to the increase of his mean. At the peace concluded in 1782, between England and her revolted provinces, the thirteen United States, mapy acres of land in the State of New York, son- v in the neighborhood of New York et, were voted by Congress to the German sol diers who had fought in the. American Army. The latter were chiefly Hesse-Darmstadters. apt oi tnem died in the course of the year, without having succeeded in converting this pwperty into money; but the relatives and heirs tMy left behind them in uennany did not for gef these little inheritanoes. Upon the occa sion of a visit mads by Astor to Heidelberg, in later years, most of the parties last referred to, as Indenting the allotments of the deceased Uer man soldiers, and residing in Heidelberg, uni ted and made our friend their legally authorii- edatttorney, in order to realize something, if ibis, troon their hitherto useless acres, .bus i hoped-for increase of the value of this prop- r was, on the whole, rather slow in coming, the heirs wanted money, money, quick score . town tamx, ia orucr io go reaay money, r must reckon up the real present value of cash itself and not any imagined value of the land, and that only through pretty consid erable sacrifice could they get cash for the same Thereupon the parties advised with each other, anil finally Astor received peremptory orders to sell, without further delay. Unknown specu latprs were found ; the proceeds were small, but the heirs got whst they wanted money. At the present day, many of these pieces of ground arf among the most valuable and most impor tant in the city, and have gradually passed thfongn Astor into other hands ; the unknown speculator, however, have faded from the mem oir of every body. Later, at the moment of the embargo, was in the possession of several millions, so that he S able to save his son. William B. Astor. who was dseated at Uottingen, the magnificent ho tel on Broadway called the "Astor House," which cost the sum of $800,000. jThe permission procured by the parish to send out ships to ballast, to bring home silver, hap given Astor the idea that the same privi lege might be extended to vessels despatched fcf the purpose of bringing home the amount of debts due abroad, in goods. With this view he went to Washington, and there, under the prf tence that be had an important depot at Can top, obtained the desired permission to send a vessel thither in ballast. This step, however, ws only ths forerunner of another one. Astor in reality, owned no depot of teas at Canton, and hence it simply came to this, that he would according to the usual custom, send money thither to purchase the article. The exceptional favor of sending schooners in ball mat to Vera Crui, which Parish had up to the time enjoyed, but which was now gradual ly extended to other vessels, whose destination ws not to bring back gold and silver, values, bt good on American account, sufficiently showed that nnder certain circumstances, there was no indisposition to grant free exit to ships in: ballast for a particular object. And now a rofce another point, namely, whether empty ves sel whicn hover, hid silver on board, could be regarded as in ballast. The precious metals are, in moat countries, not looked upon as wares alihough in some they are so classified. It was not exactly advisable to bring on a discussion of the question, whether the expor tation of silver in otherwise unladen vessels should depend upon it or not. ' The query was whether a foreign creditor, who had come to collect the moneys owed him by American mer chants, would be permitted take the funds re ally thus received back with him. In Wash ington there appeared to be every disposition to-allow this. Now it was well known, in the Northern ports of the United States, that the leading native merchants of Canton had never hesitated to accord their regularcorrespondents, returning year out and year in from the United States, certain credits which amounted to con siderable sums. U pon this Astor based his plan, h hunted up, among the Chinese sailors, or Las cars, on ths ship late arriving from China, a u fellow suited to his purpose, dreased him as a w Jdjandarin, and took him with him to Washing ton where be had to play the part of the Chi ns Creditor, under the name of Hong -Qua, or Kina-Holu. No one dreamed of suspecting the hfandarin's ideaty, and Astor pushed his scheme safely through. The $200,000 be sent to Can top were expended there in tea and other Chi nese articles, and within a year afterwards re ttjrned in that shspe to Aster's hands, and were uied by him to excellent account A stroke of skill bad been achieved, whose morality no one kg the United States doubted for a moment. Astor cas leu a fortune of about 1 12,000,000 iefly to his only son. His mind was inces ptly busied with the increase of his resources id had no other direction. He was compell- by a physical infirmity, to repair to Paris, ere he could avail himself of the skilful as sistance of Baron Dupuytren. The latter thor oughly restored him and advised him to ride out fery day. He frequently took occasion himself toj accompany his patient on these rides. One day and this anecdote I have from the Baron's rn moutn wnen riding, he appeared by no jana disposed to converse ; not a word could 3t out of him ; and at length Dupuytren that h must be sufferine from iomi i?,n!"wo i band of ny banker, at Paris, about 2.000. "k A J . " ... . " ' uaoea, uu cauaot manage, witnout great , to get more than 2 per cent per annum now. this very day i hare received a from my son in Nw York, inform in e me it ther the best acceptances are at from U S per ent per month. Ia it not enough to i a man. 7" awturiscxjcxs or sixthjlm oixaxd. . ensnot 1st this opportunity slip by without sfjing soxueuung ox aoouer mercantile eel Dri ft of the United States, vie: Stephen Girard. man was born In a village near the banks of th Garonne. He was the son of a peasant, nd had left his own country as a common sail of having gradually risen to the poet of second matt, he earn a such to Philadelphia, where ha' remained and opened a tavern on the bank ok iPelswara tax saon of his coanryxaeo.'ae M.- " . V ..fJ ?.n t?k yard (say. the editor mmA luM.I.fnlt.;. .1 tk...l . . . . """V - wv.umu mu wot wk.mmm mm Mm j d uiIT. ID I rll ma In. I... nL:.L 1 were engaged In the West India trade, parties- j larlv that wlth.8t TVwninM Thm ravnlntinn f in St. Pomingo -caused an. emigration which oontinu&Uy-brought him fresh customers, and, uBvujg uuu i avme small vessels o nnng nis lu- E'tivs countrymen away in safety from the is ad, be bartered flour and meal for coffee, un tu his capital, which had been scarcely worth mentioning at first, gradually increased, and enabled him to build larger vessels, and extend his spirit of enterpise in all directions. His frugality bordered on avarice. Sailors fare was to him ths best, and the freiehtinz of vessels his favorite pursuit. The success which atten ded his exertions at length became unexampled for hi never had his ships insured, but always chose skillful and experienced captains, thus saving himself the heavy expense of taking out insurance policies, and continued acting on this priucipio, graauaiiy increasing nis capital more unui it naa nnaiiy swelled to an enormous a mount. Illiterate, ae a French common sailor needs be, and scarcely able to write his own name, he called all his ships after the great au thors or nis native country, and thus enjoyed the sensation of beholding the American flag waving above a Montesqoien, a Voltaire, a Hel vetians, and a Jean Jacques, Rousseau. His ships, which he was in the habit of sending successive ly to the island of Mauritius, at that time the Isle de France, to Calcutta and Canton, and each which coat from forty to sixty thousand dol lars, brought back cargoes worth from one to two hundred thosand dollars to Philadelphia, and thence to Europe, particularly to Messrs. Hope ft Co., at Amsterdam, and were never insured. Remarkable good fortune attended all these en terprises. Until the year 1815, not one of his ships was ever lost or captured. It will be ea sy to form an idea of the amount of capital ac cumulated by this saving ofinsnrance premiums when one reflects that the latter went as high as from ten to fifteen, and even twenty per cent. Girard's right hand man was a countryman of his, Roberjeot, who, however, had received his mercantile education entirely at Hamburg, under the tutelage of Professor Busch. This Roberjeot was the only man whom he now and then, and only now and then, took into his spe cial confidence, and he had worked into the house of Girard for a respectable yet very mod erate salary, during the lapse of twenty years ; frequently something was said about increasing it, but nothing of the sort was ever done. Ro berjeot, who had some desire to be taken care of in his old age, resolved to let his patron know that if he desired to keep him any long er, he must take that into serious consideration, and give him a handsome sum, that he might put aside and turn to good account. Girard, a little nettled at this, replied that he would give him ten thousand dollars, but Roberjeot de manded sixty. He was told to wait until the next day, when, without hearing another word in relation to the matter, he received what he asked for sixty thousand dollarn. Magnanimous as Girard could be in many things, he was, on the other hand equally petty in many others. Of bis numerous relatives in France, who were all poor peasant folks, he would never hear a syllable mentioned. When some of them upon one occasion ventured to cross the ocean and visit him in Philadelphia, he immediately sent them away again, with a trifling present. In one particular instance he exhibited unusual bard heartedness. His cap tains had received the strictest orders not to bring either strange goods, passengers or letters back with them. One of his ships was return ing from Bordeaux, and through another, which had hurried on before it, he learned that it was conveying him some relations of his as passen- Sirs ; he instantly sent to New Castle, on the elaware, where the ships coming in from sea usually touch, an order to the Captain for bidding him to land any passengers, but to re msin at that point until another had been pro cured to take them back to Bordeaux, when be might come up to Philadelphia with his cargo. The Captain was then replaced by another per son. He, however, made an exception in favor of two nieces, the orphaned daughters of a brotherwho had died in poverty, lie allowed these girls to come to him. and gave one of bem permission, along with some twenty thou ana aoiiars, to marry the brother of General Lallemant, who had emigrated to America up on the restoration of the Bourbons, after the battle of Waterloo. In his will he bequeathed to the other an equal sum. HE GOT HIM ON THE WOOL. "Look a hea, nigger, whar you swelling to ?" was the unceremonious salution of a sable colo red gentleman to an excruciatingly dressed dar key, whose complexion was not many shades removed from that of a recently polished stove pipe, as the latter "person" made a graceful swing from the prominade on Fourth street where he had been exhibiting himself for a couple of hours, to the envy of the "Bucks." and tbe'fascination of a score of "nusa gals' into McAlister street. "Who-o o-o you call nigger, sah ?" was the indignant response, with a majestic roll of a pair of eyes with a great deal of white and a very little of any other color in them. "Why, I call you nigger," was the flat footed reiteration of "sable color," ns he recognized in "stove pipe," agemman vho, two yeas ago, exercised his genius about town in tli white washing and boot blacking line, but who since that time had been "abroad," and had cultiva ted a moustache and foreign airs. " Low me to inform you, sah, dat you is la bring under slight delucination, I ain't no nig ger." "Yes you is a nigger, nuffin but a nigger; but if you ain't a nigger, what is you t" "I'se a Quarternoon, Bah." "A what?" "I'se a Quarternoon, sah." "How you get to be a Quarternoon ?" "Why, my mudder was a white woman, and my fadder was a Spanjid, sab ; that how I got to be a Quarternoon." "Whar you git dat 'plexion ?" "I got urn in de Souf, sab, 'feet ob de cli mate, every pusson in de Souf got urn, sah." "Whar you git dat wool ' say whar vou eit dat wool 7" "I git dat by a by a-a-a-a-accipum on my mudder's side, sah." (Stovepipe slightly con fused.) "Now, how you git dat wool on your mud der's side, if your mudder was a white woman, say, how you git dat wool 7" "Because she got frightened afore I was borne." "How she git frighten, eh ?" "Why, she git chased by a black man, sah." "Look a hea, nigger, I doesn't want to be pussonal, but from de 'pearance ob your mud der's son, dere ain't no doubt but dat de time your mudder was chased by a black man, she was overtooked." A moment a.rter you might have played dom- luoes on me coai laus ot tne douth n gemman, as he streaked it up McAllister street, and dived into the doorway of an aristocratic caravansary iur iuo Mjuoaiiouuaiion oi aisunmiished burnt pussons, known as the Hotel of Dunmaa. sun 1" . GxTTijfa Rid or Catirfillirs.-W. hS of the Iberry Weeks ninno were being entirely eaten up by caterpillars. Being informed of a process to get rid of them we trieuit, ana are nsppy to announce the sue cess of the experiment. With a common gim blet we bored a hole into the body of the tree uuis no locuei aoep, pernaps, which we filled with sulphur, and then plugged the hole. In a short time, say forty-eight hours, they wereseen crawling about the yard, and in less tbsn six days not one wss on the tree. Young leaves are now putting forth from the limbs which they had stripped. This is a simple, and we believe we may say, a sure wsy, of getting clear of these pests, and many valuable fruit trees might be preaerrcu. vj luuowiug 1C -J NovilOrthogkapht. Somebody thinks that if the proper way of spelling tho ia "though," and bo is "beau," the proper way of rplUng potatoes ought to be "poeghteighteaaju'' ",o ui wuivu suuie tares . jFrdm Rallou's History of Cuba. v THE STORY OF MARTI, TUB SMUGGLER. One if the jnost successful 'villains v whose story will be written in history, is a man named Marti, as well in - Cuba as the person of the Governor General himself. Formerly he was notorious as a smuggler and half pirate on the coast of the Island, being a daring and aceora plished leader of reckless men. At one time he bore the title of King of the Isle of the Pines, where was his principle rendezvous, and from whenoe he despatched his vessels, small, fleet crafts, to operate in the neighboring wa ters. , When Tacon landed on the Island, and be came Governor General, he foand the revenue laws in a sad condition, as well as the internal regulations of the Island ; and with a spirit of mingled justice and oppression, he determined to do something in the way of reform. The Spanish marine, sent out to regulate the mari time matters of the Island, lay idly in port, the officers passing their time on shore, or in giv ing balls and dances on the decks of their ves sels. Tacon saw that one of the first moves for him to make was to suppress the smuggling upon the coast at all hazards ; and to this end be set himself directly to work. The maritime force at his command was at once detailed up on this service, and they coasted night and day, but without the least success against the smug glers. In vain were all the vigilance and ac tirity of Tacon and his agents they accom plished nothing. At last, finding that all his expeditions against them failed, partly from the adroitness and bra very of the smugglers, and partly from the want of pilots among the shoals and rocks that they frequented, a large and tempting reward was offered to any one of them who would de sert from his comrades and act in this capacity in behalf of the Government. At this time, a double sum, most princely in amount, was of fered for the person of Marti, dead or alive, who was known to be the leader of the lawless rovers who thus defied the Government. These rewards were freely promulgated, and posted so as to reach the ears and eyes of those whom they concerned ; but even these seemed to pro duce no effect, and the government officers were at a loss how to proceed in the matter. It was a dark, cloudy night in Havana, some three or four months subsequent to the issuing of these placards announcing the rewards as referred to, when two sentinels were pacing backwards and forwards before the main en trance to the Governor's Palace, just opposite the grand plaia. A little before midnight a man wrapped up in a cloak was watching them from the statue of Ferdinand, near the foun tain, and, after observing that the two soldiers acting as sentinels paced their brief walks so as to meet each other, and then turn their backs as they separated, leaving a brief moment in the interval when the eyes of both were turned away from the entrance they were placed to guard, seemed to calculate upon passing them unobserved. It was an exceedingly delicate manoeuvre, and required great care and dexte rity to effect it ; but at last it was adroitly done, and the stranger sprang lightly through the en trance, secreting himself behind one of the pil lars in the inner court of the palace. The sen tinels paced on undisturbed. The figure which bad thus stealthily effected an entrance, now sought the broad stairs that led to the Governor's suite of apartments, with a confidence that evinced a perfect knowledge of the place. A second guard post waa to be passed at the head of the stairs ; but, assuming an air of authority, the stranger offered a cold military salute and passed forward, as though there was not the most distant question of his right so to do; and thus avoiding all suspicion in the guard's mind, he boldly entered the Gov ernor's reception room unchallenged, and clos ed the door behind him. In a large easy chair sat the commander-in-chief, busily engaged in writing, but alone. An expression of undis guised satisfaction passed across the weather beaten countenance of tho new comer at this state of affairs, as he coolly cast off his cloak and tossed it on his arm, and then proceeded to wipe the perspiration from his face. The Governor, looking up with surprise, fixed his keen eves upon the intruder " Who enters here, unannounced, at this hour?" he asked, sternly, while he regarded the stranger earnestly. "One man who has information of value for the Governor General. You are Tacon, I sun- I am. What would you with me ? or, ra ther, how did you pass my guards unchalleng ed ?" " Of that anon. Excellency, you have offered a handsome reward for information concerning the rovers of the pulf ?" "Hal yes. What of them?" said Tacon, with undisguised interest. " Excellency, I must speak with csution," continued the new corner; "otherwise I mav i condemn and sacrifice myself." j " You have naught to fear cn that head. The j offer of reward for evidence against the scape i graces, also vouchsafes a pardon to the in formant. You may speak on without fear for yourself, even though you may be one of the j very confederation itself." ! " Yuu offer a reward, also, in addition, for I the discovery of Marti-Captain Marti, of the I Smugglersdo you not ?" Ve do, and will gladly make good the pro mise of reward for any and all information upon the subject," replied Tacon. "First, Excellency, do you give me your knightly word that you will grant a free par don to me, if I reveal all that you require to know, even embracing the most secret hiding places of the rovers ?" " I pledge you my word of honor," Baid the commander. " No matter how heinous in the sight of the law my offences may have been, still you will pardon me under the king's seal ?" " I will, if you reveal truly and to my good purpose," answered Tacon, weighing in his mind the purpose of all this precaution. " Even if I were a leader among the rovers myself?" The Governcr hesitated for a moment, can vassing in a single glance the subject before him, and then said : " Even then, be you whom you may ; if you are able and will honestly pilot our ships and reveal the secrets of Marti and his followers, you shall be rewarded as our proffer sets forth) and yourself receive a free pardon." " Excellency, I think I know your character well enough to trust you, or else I should not have ventured here." " Speak, then ; my time is precious :" was the impatient reply of Tacon. " Then, Excellency, the man for whom you have offered the largest reward, dead or alive, is now before you !" ' " And you are " " Marti !" The Governor General drew back in aston ishment, and cast his eyes towards a brace of pistols that lay within reach of his right hand ; but it was only a single.moment, when he again assumed entire self control, and said : " I shall keep my promise, sir, provided you are faithful, though the laws call loudly for your punUhmeut, and even now you are in my power. To insure your faithfulness, you must remain at present under guard." Saying which, he rang a silver bell by bis aide, and issued a vernal oraer to tne attendant, who answered it Immediately after, the officer of the watch en tered, and Marti was placed in confinement, with orders to render him comfortable until be was sent for. His name remained a secret with the commander; and thus the night scene closed. On the following day, one of the men of-war that lay idly beneath the guns of Moro Castle suddenly became the scene of the utmost ac tivity, and, before noon, had weighed her an chor, and was standing out into the Galf stream. Marti, the smuggler, wss on board, as her pilot ; and faithfully did be guide the ship, on the discharge of his treacherous busi ness, among the shoals and- bays of the- coast Tacon governed Cuba for four years, from 1834 to 1838. 3 ' for oarlin month. reveaBng "very Secret . . f "Iw. ' k. mat uable depots and well nelected rendesvous ; and many a smurirlinz craft was taken and destroy y-1 ed. The amount of money and property thus secured was very great ; and Marti returned with the ship to claim his reward from the Governor General, who, well satisfled with the manner in whioh the rascal had fulfilled his agreement and betrayed those comrades who were too faithful to be tempted to treachery themselves, summoned Marti before him. "As you have faithfully performed your part of our agreement," said the Governor General I am now prepared to comply with the arti cles on my part. Tn this package you will find a free and unconditional pardon for all your past offences against the laws. And here is an order on the treasury for " "Eicellency, excuse me. lhe pardon ij gladly receive. As to the sum of money you : propose to give to me, let me make you a pro- j position. Retain the money ; and, in place of j it, guarrantee to me the ngnt to usn in me neighborhood of the city, and declare the trade in fish contraband to all except my agents. This will richly repay me, and I will erect a public market of stone at my own expense, which shall be an ornament to the city, and which, at the expiration of a specified number of years, shall revert to the government, with all the right and title to the fishery." Tacon was pleased at the idea of a superb fish market, which sliould eventually revert to the Government, and afso at the idea of saving the large sum of money covered by taf prom ised reward. The singular proposition of the smuggler waa duly considered and acceded to, and Marti was declared in legal form to pos sess, for the future, the sole right to fidi in the neighborhood of the city, or to sell the articje in any form, and he at once assumed the rights that the order guaranteed to him. Having in his roving life learned all the fishing grounds, ho furnished the city bountifully with the arti cle, and reaped yearly an immense profit, until, at the close of the period for which the monop oly was granted, he was the richest man on the Inland. According to the agreement, the fine market and its privileges were reverted to the Government at the time specified, and the monopoly has been vigorously enforced. Marti, now possessed of immense wealth, looked about bim, to see in what way he could most profitably invest it to insure a handsome and sure return. The idea struck him if he could obtain the monopoly of theatricals in Havana, on some such conditions as he had done that of the right to fish off its shores, he could still further increase his ill-gotten wealth. He obtained the monopoly, on condition that he should erect one of the largest and finest theatres in the world, which he did, locating the same just outside the city walls. With the conditions of the monopoly the writer is not conversant. PHILANDER DOESTICKS ON THE EVILS OF CROTON WATER. New York, July 29, 1854. Only once in my life have I been drunk. It was a youthful inebriation, caused by parta king too freely of new cider made from apples with worms in. At present, I am sober. Whe ther, for the last four and twenty hours, I have been so, is the point requiring elucidation. If, during that period, I have been intoxicated, then the time has arrived when any person whp wiahes to have a regular " drunk," need only apply to the nearest hydrant. Heretofore I have supposed water to be a beverage, innocent and harmless ; but now well, no matter I will not anticipate. Listen, while I relate a " plain, unvarnished tale." I left my boarding house in company with a friend, intending to witness the Shakesperian revival at Burtons the " Midsummer's Night Dream." Before leaving the hotel, at his sug gestion we partook of a potable beverage, known I think as punch whiskey punch. I watched attentively the preparation of this agreeable beverage, and I am certain that there entered into its composition a certain amount of water Croton water, as I have every reason to believe ; and I am also sure that, in the treacherous draught, I imbioed that villainous liquid which produced the diabolical state of facte I am about to describe ; and also that the second and third of those ingenious inventions (both of which we drunk on the tnnt troro . ! guilty, in this respect as their " illustrious pre i de cftsor." And I furthermore conscientiously I state that my glass of brandy, (one of a couple I we ordered soon afterwards) and which, accord ing to my invariable custom, should have been "straight," was also surreptiously diluted with the same delectable fluid by the malicious bar keeper, for I remember experiencing a slight confusion on going out, and mistaking a top sail schooner for the Broadway Theatre. We immediately entered another saloon to procure wherewith to steady our nerves, when we par took of two gin eooktaile and a brandy smash individually, and I state according to the best of my knowledge and belief, that our principal U i, . i 1 c U i iu ir...ii ouu every oi mese coin- ! P"unds was water Croton water culpably in ! troduced therein by some evil disposed person without my knowledge or consent. On leaving this saloon, I noticed that my friend, although a ;ngle man, had, by some mysterious process ! of multiplication, become tvo." I kept fast hold I r v.i- i r. j.it- . . ' . oj uuiu, uuu, auer uouDiing, with a great deal of difficulty, a great number and variety of corners, we reached Burton's. Tickets being mysteriously procured, we entered, and even tually obtained seats. Finding, after a pro longed trial, that it was impracticable to put my hat in my vest pocket, I placed it on the floor and put both feet in it. The theatie gen erally seeraeu 10 ue somewhat mixed up. The parquette, gallery, and dress circle were all i one ; and the stage was whirling round at a ! rate which must have been extremely inconvc- i nient to the revolving actor. At length, after a liberal allowance of over-! 1 ture, the curtain went up, and -I was enahlp,. uy me mum uureiuuung attention, to concen irate me aciors sumciently to understand the nerformance. And munv .hlnn. .k;u t t -.u ' r j j J ft "men JL lillll- crto deemed dramatically incorrect were pre sented to my wondering vision then and there " Hippolyta" was dressed in knee breeches and brogans; and "Titania" did not, to me, pre sent a very fairy like appearance in a fireman's red shirt and a three cocked hat. ' Oberon " was not so objectionable (being a gentleman) in a Talma and plaid pantaloons, though even he might have blacked his boots, and omitted the spurs. And I fear I did not properly ap preciate the rest of the fairies, who had their heads decorated with sunflowers, and their hands full of onions. At last, the entertainment was concluded, and I remember consulting with my duplicated friend as to the feasibility of a return to Brook lyn to our -boarding house. On our journey thither, we witnessed many strange things, about which I desire information. In the first place is it the custom, as a general thing, for the City Hall and Barnum's Museum to indulge in nn animated contra dance accompanied, in their wild fantastic movements, bv the nn'nar etry of Stewart's and the Bible Society's build- iuK . iur wiey certainly aid, on that eventful evening; and 1 feel called upon to enter my solemn protest against these nocturnal archi tectural salutatory exnibitions, as unworthy the dignity of the Empire City. And I would, with all humility suggest that, if the stonv cxiAoe,. of Justice, whose appropriate place is on the top of the City Hall, will desert her responsible post, sue cnose a more becommflr amuopmont I than sitting cross-legged on the top of a House1 tnr. i..: .u . u K .nous; i am now convinced am now convinced that Bowline Orson " O .VVM ountain is not oermanenJlu locatAd nn tho nn of Trinity Church cross; but that it was on that memorable night, my wandering eyes bore ample testimony. I am sumciently well ac quainted with the city to know that the Astor House should be found on the corner of Bar clay street, but I aufready to take an oath that on that parvcular occasion, itplied aa an op position ferry boat between Whitehall street and Hamilton iim Tho last t m- l ti.il v.iu,. u i : -I., r , , v - .e r tor - three on tins novel eraff, 'with a single piece mnniir.. ( which I nor know to-! have -been Bungtown copper,) and demanding two-aad six pence cnange, wmuu umu gem.----. . . inw I Innnd mvselfin bed. Wlin A 11 V Uvr .7 T ' my overcoat on, and afterwards discovered my boots under the pillow my hat in the grate, with ray pantaloons and hair brush in it my watch in the water jug, and my latch key in the bird cage. I presume I bad tried to write a letter to some one with my tooth brush, as I found that article in my inkstand. Now, if Croten water interferes with my sus ceptible system in this unaccountable manner, what shall I drink ? I would resort to milk, but I fear our city edition of lacteal contains suffi cient of the aqueous enemy to again unset my too delicate nerves. To you only can 1 come ; and I eiclaim, like Csesar when he too was af flicted with superfluity of water, " Help me, Carf-sius, or I sink !" submit the case to you Relieve my anxiety if within your power. Huzelv yours. Q- ICT PniLANDER DOESTICKS, P. B. P. S. What would be the effect of brandy and water, without any water, and a little lem on? Q. K.P. D. ASCENT OF MOUNT VESUVIUS FROM POMPEII, AFOOT AND ALONE. The curling smoke of Vesuvius for several days had seemed to invite me to try the ascent, and afior "feeding up" and recruiting for the toil, i gt ready for a start. I had got all the advice necessary from those who had been up. and fancied I could see my way clearly. One said I must have two guides, another said I needed three and a donkey. I inquired the expense, and the time necessary, and the route, and thought that to pay from six to fifteen dol lars for a little help in a journey that at far thest was but a few hours, or say one day, tteemed to me little uncalled for and extrava gant. I had been in a number of places where tew Christian men had been before, and I thought 1 could go in other places in a way of my own, and not as others did. I determined to try it afoot and alone, and if I failed I would say 1 was no Yankee. So I took the railroad "Sirada Ferrata" at 7 in the morning : stopped a moment at Peocida, close to llercn laneum, left Castellamare on the right, and in half an hour the guard sung out "Pom-pa-a-ye " There it was not as in the days of Pliny the elder, but after being exhumed from a burial of eighteen hundred years under the ashes of Ve suvius. But I came hereuto climb Vesuvius, not to desribe Pompeii. 'The summit was 12 m'les distant,. and ,000 feet high. I took a bee-line as near as possible, but it was far from straight, ifbads in difl'erant directions led me a zigzag march, now in sight of the mountain, end next out of sight behind high walls of lava. A word touching this lava. It is quarried out here for building stone, and much resembles granite. It is far more solid and heavy, and less porous than any I had seen before. The walls or dykes by the road side were often twelve feet high. There was no regular road from Pompeii to the mountain top, but I took the general direction, and when I saw the mountain top to my right I would take the next right hand road. I passed through one small mean looking village, about four or five miles from Pompeii. Here I stopped and added a little to my stock of "provant," as Captain Du gald Dalgetty would say. I got my wine bot tle replenished, and bought a few apples. The roads were all deep sand, black volcanic sand, thrown out of the mountain. The ground gradually began to rise and soon I came in full sight of the summit and did not lose sight of it again. From the level and well cultivated fields and vineyards about Pompeii the ground became more broken, with a waste here and there, not enclosed, and then vineyards again1, and little fig gardens. I met and passed nttdy people, some riding on donkeys, but none spoke to me. At last I came to a little thicket of wood, oak and chesnut, where some women were gathering sticks. The roads dwindled into paths, the paths grew less and less distinct, and soon I came to the last fence, having left the last house a little way back. Here I cut me a cane, a stout oak, one destined to figure as a walking stick in Yankee Land. I used seme caution in my theft, for I presume if I had been seen, it migh. have cost me dear. I was somewhat practised, and of course rather an expert thief in the cane line I mean for I had cut c'.assic cudgels before, and I meant to cut and come again. My oak was about five feet long, and it did me yeoman's service. I at down by the side of a wall of lava and overhauled my provender, and took a rest of half an hour. Except 6ome little scanty shrubbery to bo mentioned hereafter, there was not a bush or single obstruction to the top of Vesuvius, now near four miles from me. Three quarters of a mile over a gentle ascent nearly level with ridges of lava and hard sand brought me to the mountain proper, just to its base. I had walked over eight miles from Pompeii and rose about a thousand feet. To those who have not ascended volcanoes I will mention the steeper portion of the moun tain is in two separate flights. Those volcanoes that I have seen and esuvius though not a lofty mountain is a good type of the class rihe from the base two-thirds or three-fourths of the whole height in a pretty regular ascent, and there is a sort of shoulder or resting place. This first ascent of Vesuvius is about 2.000 ftfet, and at a guess nearly on an angle 40 de grees with the perpendicular. This ascent was in alternate ridges and valleys, and the valleys having a stunted growth of bushes. The ridee9 ' i . i . : . o . , seeuieu io oe worn into pains ana up one of them I took my way. There wa mighty little variety in it, and one step followed after another, with the long cane to push against and the' grass to pull upon, till I surmounted the first and longest stretch of the mountain. The view from here was magnificent, the deserted streets and roofless houses of Pompeii, the white cot tages of Castellamare, the rocks of Sorrento, the whole city and bay of Naples, and the ut 81Pnl lauiuua vi i" I'lcuHciiailcail UBinf nam in On this shoulder of the mountain , winch may be likened to the shoulders of a j man, it was nearly level, and a walk over rough lava about a quarter of a mile brought j me to the neck or foot of the cone. This cone or crowning summit of the mountain looks , from Naples to be about 200 feet high, but I i found it at least a thousnnd. You may believe i it was steep. j At the foot of it I rested for half an hour and there I demolished the last of my solids' land has left about a pint of wine. It was a I light, delicious beverage, and not the nhnmin.. ble mixture of logwood and mahogany juice and bud whiskey luai is so olten sold for Far above me, near the "wine" among us summit. several pedestri J . . . . tltTl J. J j... o 7 on a 17 .ah i naa to ao was to tall down, or I should have said up, against the side of the mountain and lay thera till my fatigue was gone. The "ground" was generally smooth. It was a fine volcanic sand, packed hard and close by the wind. I had to stick my heels and toes in to keep from slipping. You can judge how steep it was when 1 tell you that in lying down against the side of the mountain, unless I stuck my toes in or had my cane fast in the earth be low me, I would often slide endwise right down the mountain. Time wore on, and my strength wore off and I began to see some little abate- . - 7l P4 i 08 came the peril. As I appros mountain. Nmr neril. As I annroached tha Bl1mm;. ' and, as it proved, near the fiery crater, the ground grew soft, smoke came out of it, a strong smell of sulphur was emitted, and it seemed as if there was danger of breaking directly through j into the fiery bowels of the volcano. Such a fate would be like that of Empedoclee, but in my case without bis fame, i I could see tracks about, but where safety i lay was more than I could tell. But I had j gone voluntarily without a guide, and now I naa to taxe it a i coma nna it. I eicked mv way careiuiiy, now ana wen going nearlv o deep audia tmake burst out U appeared to have ascended far to my right. Of well. The rane Tfor slockTi ftK bestln t?e cl all slow travelling this was the chief. I could ty. This land adjoins the pUnUtiona W P not go more than ten or fifteen steps before I . Stanback, A. A. Robmson, and 0 and ia l had to rest, lhe DroceaR nf rri hrm a fca;f , ' uu 13 a A (j I U OCT i i i waa'close atJ oil-""" ;. "- . . - k- -I.- a it were.' I at hand, and i rrmng S-T,; 5CX) U 1 &eeP3 Sbouidudge, near a f sees uwsp- - . Am to a point 1 iknumf fitotasross. and ; ha ...ntre like ft funnel, All through it tj i Rra nlrthur-. names and smoke ; literally a pit of fire and -brimstone.' Let it not be thought I am describing what ! believe of another world, but what I baleen of this one. I had accomplished my bjt, and etood on the edge of the crater of Vesuvius. I had been alone all the way, and not a mor tal could I distinguish, tlirtugh ray eye1 took m a visible homon of at least three hundred miles in circumftrence. After I was up it seemed trifling, but the ascent bad been no trifling matter. My last drop of wine had disappeared lone before I reached the summit, and I could th summit of Hecla, take a long ' : pull and drink to all creation, or even to the ' Kirl I left behind me." There I rested and ! here we'll all rest, and next week I 11 tell you t.ow I got down again ; and tale." Boston Post. thereby hangs a A Monster is Hitman Shape. A German, named Jacob Brcnigar, is now awaiting his trial in Wyoming county, in this State, charged with a series of offences" that surpass in horror any of the tales which old wives tell bad children to keep them quiet, of giants who lived "once upon a time." This Brenigar was formerly a Baptist preacher in North Carolina. While re siding there he attempted an outrage upon bis own daughter. His wife made the fact known, and Brenignr, w ith his family, moved over into Wyoming. There he made another attempt to rape his "daughter. Shortly afterwards, being desirous of obtaining a renewal of his license ! ta preach, which had been taken from him in I North Carolina, he applied to his wife to re retract the charge she had brought against mm, and admit that she bad sworn falsely. This she refused to do, notwithstanding he inflicted frequent and severe beatings upon her. At Li.-t, finding neither persuasion, threats, nor cuffings would have any influence, one night he pulled his wife from the bed and dragged her over new ground full of stumps, injuring her so seriously that she died in a short time after giving premature binh to a child. Mrs. Brenigar, at first, refused to tell the mode of receiving her injuries, but finding that death was inevitable, made some of the neighbors ac quainted with all the facts. The husband was arrested, but released on bail. While under bonds he made an attempt to decoy his niece, a married woman, into the woods at the back of her residence, but she told her husband, who pursued the ruffian, and would have killed him but his gun missed fire. Abingdon Dem. "C.ks't Answer."--Jim Wilson is a lazy sca'iip, was never known to do a day's work in his life, and nobody could ever find out how Jim succeeded in the world, though many are of the opinion that he does a little stealing oc casionally. Jim was well known to the old po lice, and so was never arrested, being allowed the freedom of the city. But the new police coming into office, like the new Pharoah, they knew not Jim, and so yesterday he was "pull ed" by one of the recently appointed officers, as a dangerous and suspicious character. Be ing brought before the Recorder, the first question the "old man" asked, "What do you do fr a living ?" rather startled Jim : for be it known, that question had never been pronoun ced t. him before ; however, after a moment's reflection, nothing daunted, boldly replied Jim, "If your honor please, I can't answer that question." "Why so ?" inquired his honor. "Because, as how you see, I can't answer it without criminating myself, and the constitu tion of the United States expressly de ." "Neter mind what the constitution declares, it has nothing to do with the vagrant act : I shall send you down for thirty daye, James Wilson, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul." A" O. Delta. LAND FOR SALE ! '4 11 HE Subscriber, intending to go West, offers u for sale his valuable tract of fine Tobacco land, CONTAINING 335 ACRES, mostly wood-land, well timbered and in hah a mile of a circu'ur Saw Mill. It has two settlements, and two most excellent wells of water, all necessa ry banit fur curing Tobacco, and other out-houses. It is also well adapted to the growth of Corn, Wheat and Oats. It is one of the best Country stands for a Physician in the State. The land lies 18 miles South West of Oxford, in Granville, Co., JOHN T HICKS, Dutchville, P. O. Aug. 1, 1854. 62 4t Franklin House, Chestnut Street, BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH. PHILADELPHIA Oi LIVER H. P. Parker, of Ohio, and James H. Laird, of this City, having leased the above well Known and popular house, lor a term of years are now prepared to accommodate guests In a manner equal to any bouse in the City. Tfl l ; -f i .: i - ii luvauuu ji uua uuuse is Bupenor to any umtri, uriug 111 luiuieuiuie proximity io Dusinesa also to most of the Banks, Public Oflices. Pnrf Office and the Exchange, Where omni busses start ior ail parts ot the City. The house having been put in thorough repair and new furniture added, with many modern im provements, will add much to the comfort of guests i ne vaoies wm at an times be supplied with the oesi ue market anords, and nothing shall be wan ting, on our part, to make the Franklin trulv th i'uw3 uuuir. Your patronage is most respectfully solicited. PARKER & LAIRD. July 18, 1854. M l0t VALUABLE PLANTATION ON THE PEE DEE FOR SALE. r W I IT o I ! , .. r I mo uuuerBignea, intenaing to remove to the omie oi Arkansas, oners tor sale hia PLAN TATION in the county of Richmond. T1 a i . j.ue u-ci contains aDoat 1200 acres, of which leanmuv is rica oottom land, on the Pee Dee uu uuue twvers. l he remainder is undulatinir i . " " 6" i""1 prouuciive. xne hilly land is aa healthy as any in the county, and suffi ciently near the bottoms to make it quite oonve- uicui, no a piace oi resiuence. The Improvements consist of a small riwn; the hills, with summer cabins for the neg- oea. and a well of excellent water. .There in . fj a of easy grade, leading fronfahe summer Dlace tt, u uiiuge across little Kiver In the valley there are a half dozen substantial nezro houses, stables and barns of excellent quality In addition to this, there is a fine Mill r-:" j and Wheat, with a Cotton Gin attached, on Little I Aba Cl . This Plantation is well suited aa any in the Pee Dee. r errr on th Address me at Little's Mills THOMAS W. STEELE. w2m-61 July 28, 1854. A Most Desirable Farm O ITUATED in Franklin County, on the Hender P T adnRaleit Road, four' miles from the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, eight from Louis burg and nine from Franklmton, formerly owned by Levin Perry, is offered for sale The tract contains 721 Acres, and 480 of whicn is ong nal forest and finely VimberS ; tne rt mainder is in a good state of cultivation, aid weU auapted to the growth of Corn. and Tobacco. IS Situated in M.i..vt y fwuii country, and on it ia & cellent Out Houses and Barnes iil,.., X Orchard of Choice Fruit,, isTnely VatereS an excellent well in the-yard, and aWT convenience. A further onUou. deeded luiaburjr. Aujt. 11 zaa umisburg, NrC. i. HOLLOWAY lY'S OINTMENT Union, You h... f ITIXKNS OP THS i the honour as with one lue u uiou w me oiner, to stamp the m, my Ointment with your approbation i,r&cto ly two years since I made it kn0Wn " 18 and already, it has obtained more eel el any other medicine in so short a period J THOMAS HoiTn 38, Cor. of Ann and Nassau streets, y1 ASTONISHING CURE OP so,n - .r 1L. 1. 1L. 1 1 1 ' J lit AFTER NINE YEARS ktY-A L YEARS STiv.W'i Copy of a Letter from Mr. J. jp Hunlsvillt, Yadkin County, North C'l TJ. S. dated November I nt. is53 a"0iVia, READ HIS OWN WORDS To Professor Hollowat, bir: It is not my wish to become nether is this letter written for the mer l' writing, but to say, that your Ointment 4le' of one of the most dreadful cutaneous v " that flesh is heir to, and whioh was con :d i H all who knew me, to be entirely beyond "tl of medicine. For nine years f wa"s inflict! I'0 one of the most painful and troubleswnp that ever fell to the lot of mau; and aft every medicine I had ever heard of, I ref trl despair all hope of being cured but ' brought me a couple of large pots 0f toum ment, which caused the sores on my lees t v and I entirely regained my health Umy am surprise and delight, and to the astonish my friends. (Signed) W. J. LS Bad POINT OF DEATH. AT THE Copy of a Letter from Mr. Durant Kev n leans, November rJth, 1853. " To fROTKflsoB. hollowat, 38, Corner Nassau Streets, New VorV Dear Sir, It is with heartfelt gratitude I h to inform you that by the use of vonr rv.. and Pills, the life of my wife Las been ..JT? nini vnilnila fnt tf m nnvtAAM ta tea nm. I. w m..v.j, put v. iu uua nature i t told that nothing could save her : she was th l! duced to use your Ointiaent and Pills v the short space of three months, they 'effect perfect cure, to the astonishment of all whok ' us. We obtained your Medicines from i sena ibis irom -noiei aes Princes " p. 7 . 1 . 1 - f ..IT , , . " c uuanj "til,, mi. uiai lime, UUl KnOWlDg JOUT Kj H loft , kt t: i . ujcao aii i' t n iui&i (Signed) R. DURANT The Pills should be used conjointly with the Oii tnem inmost uj ine jouoxtmg cast.' Bad Legs Contracted and Stif , Lumbago Bad Breasts Piles Burns Rheumatism Bunions Salt Rheum Chilblains Scalds Chapped hands Sore Nipples Sold at . the bore-throats Stiff Joints Skin-diseases Fistulas Scurvy Gout Sore-heads Glandular U;cers Swellings Wounds Lstabhshment of Prnfo hollow at, as, corner of Ann and Nassau Streea VoW V-1TV alaA K IT oil .1 l T " " t jj on icipecuiuie iTUgglSUuj I ueaiers in Medicine throughout the United States, in rots, at 61 i cents, 87 cents, and $1.50 cena each io be had Wholesale of the princw iiugnouses iu me union, and oi Messrs, 6. B (fcJ.A. tvans, Wilmington, and P. F. Peami Kaleigh. fiiap-There is a considerable saving by talinj the larger sizes. N. B. Directions for the guidance of patieco in every oisoraer are amxed to each Pot. Smithfield Female Seminary, A 1 a r. i ... Ax Biuue oemm&rj oi high cnaracter is mnt in successful operation in the twn of Smiti field, at the residence of Dr. Telfair, nade the management of Miss Gorse and Miss Gaown, both graduates, and ladies of finished accompiisi- ments and high literary and scientific attainments Smithfield is pleasantly situated on the Eati bank of Neuse River, within three miles of tit Central R. Road, and h i s for the last 8 or 10 yesn been as healthy a village as any other one in our State. The School has been established for the care- nience of ed ucating our daughters nearer heme and we nutter ourselves that young ladies so u posed may acquire as thorough an education hen asin any of the Foreign Schools or Colleges. We intend making the Tuition as favorablt u prudence will allow us. TxBJfs, per session of. five months: Elementary Branches. '' Highest Enelish Course 12 Modern Laneuazes. 10 00 Music on Piano, fno charce for instru ment,) 20 W Oil Paintinir..- 15 Paintinir in Wfttor finlnra 8 00 1 WftX. FrnitB.nl Flnwai-a "mntoTMal fur. nished.) :2 Drawing and crayoning, each 4 MonochrnmntiQ ml Tiaono Plnw&ro do , Ornamental Needle Work 41 Board can be had in the best houses at $6 p month, and washing can be obtained for $1 P month. There will be no extras charged, except Mte each, during the fire season. - Each pupil will be charged inproportion M above rates from the time ofjarrance to cloa session, and no deducticjglwinbe piade for & sence unless it is causeCbv protracted sickdmb. 1- W. a. WAiau-'-r ' WM. HASTINGS A. F. TELFAIR June 20 w2m 5 J. c. Wilson & Co- grocers AND GENERAL COMMISSION' MERCHANTS. EXCHANGE PLACE, BAITDfOSK J. C. WiLsox. R. W. HtkiX, Lute of Warrenton, K- Aug. 8, 1854. 64 ob T.anil fVvr Sola in XXTatrn County T -mriM boII t. : (P o tn wit'. V" Tract colrtkining near seven hundred cres, o the waters of big Lick Creek. The ot her Tract, con taining near seven hundred Acres, on tbe ' of Neuse River and Laurel Creek. Both of Tracts are well adapted to the culture of IoMy" and Cotton, and all kinds of grain. There sufficient amount of cleared land on eacn, &"u6 , i . . j . , j . , rm iiupruTements on notn tracts, auu u i - j by the purchasers of the above Tracts, I v mn TSrWM-V IPD ini i Vnilt FioHl 81 V W XtVAOi, CUUUMU1UK llWtf Daxn Aches, which lies between tne i specified above. There is s,!arge two story with four good fire places and seven rooms, IrJ Kitchen and all necessary out houses, mv hom t.TiLr.t i. " . ai&ie These tracts will be disposed of at pn 7 Vt-i : r .1.. nf LeC- pviBsewuoa given 1 iic A Hm and the privilege of sowing wheat in gow CALVIN J. ROGERS, lynor , BENJ. B0GEBJ ir n.i or a Aiay xia, 100. Wanted- HpHE Board of Directors of the North Car - 1 xnsutuuon ior tne ueai suu - MmLt 1. . j j 1 , fnr ine session commencing on the 1st day of oemp a Steward and Matron, to take change 01 mestic department of the Institution A m his wife wiU be required. All PPucaU0":. w ti be sent without deiay, with proper ri subscriber. By order of the Board. W D. COOKt rftheWigJ Principa' Baleieh. A nr. 15. 1804. zrrt rrBAl HTIALMER'S IMPROVED AUKi, . X:.MACHISE.--Apply tana j-v, leigh, N. C JA3. ui iiinuiw em . naaro. w4w ch.; &egj June w, 1864. VERY TIGHTLY BOUND
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