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THE RUSE DE GUERRE.
L MUKAT. . :
TrLtidfrmlh'FrcA. bj Jacob Jones,
; of Richmond, Va.
While Imlv was in possession of the
French, a mutiny broke out in one of the
raiments stationed at Livourne.. Napo
Jean, when lie heard of it, determined to
make an example ofj the offenders, and
commissioned Murat to, punish the ring
leaders. ,i . . '
Mural soon arrived: at Livourne, and
ordered the seditious regiment to parade
in the place; he then told the soldiers that
he had been commanded by the Emperor
to punish them for their misconduct, and
that he would have
every tenth man in
the regiment shot
The force of his ges
tures and language, coupled with the au
thority of his name, caused the men to
submit at once. They became greatly
alarmed, threw themselves on their knees
before him, and prayed for mercy; but he
was liiiicAiuie. 11c yiuncu icgnnvn.
to be confined in the jcitadel -until the day
aonointed for the execution. While there,
the soldiers sent deputations continually
to Murat, beseeching him to intercede lor
them with the Emperor. They seemed
so penitent, that at Jast Murat sent them
word that if ihey Avould select three men
to be shot, he would pardon the rest.
The victims i were soon designated; and
their execution was appointed for the next
morning. !In the mean time, the rest of
the men remained ciose prisoners. In the
n7ilUi r( Viq ! n!Vit i V n 1 i fnn erilllprc
who were to die the next morning, were
sum lur u) nuuai, i new iuc uanit, tiu
said to them ' - '!-.'
You will be shot to-rnorrow. I hope
you will endeavor, by dying bravely, to
remove the stain from your names. 1
will promise to convey your last wishes
to your parents. Have you thought of
your mothers ? Tell me!" (Sobs choked
their utterance ) "They would have been
proud of you if you had died on the battle
field; but here oh! unhappy men! go! I
will send you ja. priest to offer you the!
consolations of religion. .-Ihink of God
and France you are no longer of this'
woildl"j: M -.. - , J
The soldiers threw themselves at his
feet, not to ask for their lives, but for his
pardon before they died,.
As they were going out, he called them
back, n : ! . ;
'.''Listen, Vaid he; Vif T give you your
lives, will you be honest, men?"'
"No, we want to die," answered one of
the soldiers; "we deserve death -let us be
shot."
"But if I don't wish you to die, will
you still say so? I have never shed blood
but on the firld of battle. 1 have never
. ordered my own sohlicrs to be shot, at,
and I do not wish to have ) ou killed for
you are Frenchmen, and my brothers,
although criminal." !
The soldiers could not restrain their
tears. ; : I - "Hi ' .
'Listen to me," continued Murat. "you
have committed a crcat crime, but as vou
seem so penitent, I will spare your lives.
You must, however, be considered dead,
especially by your own regiment. To
morrow, before day, you will be conduc
ted to one of the gateg of the town there
VOU will he shot ttt bv a filo rrf mpn? vnn
... .: .
must fall as if dead; your regiment will
.1 1
iiifii pass Ji3 swmi tta inu lusi inc lias
(turned into the cross street, a man whom
' If'ttm Krikorl i 1 1 tiIto vnu 1 rt sart an1
t m w j afi itit.kx 11 mil wi.ii.s. J km iai (k i.ii.i t. uiii
carry vou to the country: there you will
find jsom'e sailor s clothes and 1000 francs
for each of you. You must secrete your
selves somewhere for three days, in that
time an American vessel will- be ready to
sail for'New Orleans, you must go in her.
1 hope you will become honest men. '. Go!
1 will take care of your families,"
The soldiers bathed his feet with their
tears, and declared he should be satisfied
with them. " j
Everything happened as Murat had
-foretold: A severe example was given to
the; regiment, and Napoleon thanked Mu-
rat lor having
sacrificed onlv three men.
Tiie Emperor
never b&came
was happily deceived, and
cognizant of the ruse play
cd off upon him. Muratsplan was known
only by a few
revealed till a
of his friends, and Was not
fler his death.
In- the fall of 31, : a young manwho
was hunting near New Orleans, -was over
taken by a thunder storm. lie took re
fuge in a thick part of the forest, and soon
perceived asmall cottage, in a little cJear
: V'S al a short distance. lie approached
u :"u knpeked at the door. It was open
c , y "n oh! Ionian, who invited him to
. ui iet lain into a smnll I mt neat
-
hall, tne
Walls of whiMi wprp rl-i.ritp.l
with
portrait r iv.. .1 f.i
hv hinrrl K.; V''f AslI rououcy
j . .- - -. wuuiciiOs
gravinga of his
and numerous e.n-
Pnncipal battles, ..
said iii i
It
seems," said
f,,t , - , -" ounir iniuin,
- thai mv ffuod 'star ti-.n 1 1
Vol,
the housef a compatriot." . ,
7 x es sir, ' replied the old lady, "we
are Trench people. .My son is in the gar
den; I will call him," she continued.
- "itotir son is French also?"
' Yes sir." renlied the old ladv hesita
tingly; "he has been established here for
a long tinTe, and thanks be to uoa ne has
'not repented it. , TJiat young woman is
his fvife. We live respected and happy.
The master of the house' now entered.
"(This gentleman," , said his mother,
"has done us the honor o stop for a little
whik under our roof until the rain is oyer;
he is one of us, a Frenchman." "
The farmer "made him the military sal
utation and welcomed him. He seemed
singularly struck with his figure, and was
so much moved that he could not speak.
However, at length he stammered out
"Sir, you will, perhaps, consider my
question impertinent but I am obliged to
ask your name, your figure"
"My friend," interrupted the young
huntsman," that is the only question
which I cannot answer. I could easily
deceive you by giving a false name, but I
prefer to be silent. However, although
I refuse to give my ojwn, can 1 ask your
name?" ! ' I
The farmer sighed, but did not answer.
"It seems," said the young man; "that
you are obliged to be silent also.'
1 "Yes sir, the name I bear is not my
own; but what good, will it do you to
know it? Here I am called Claude Ge
rard." j "At all events," said his mothcr,f'it is
not necessary for the young gentleman to
imagine .that my son has disgraced his
name; there are reasons which"
"It is so with me," said the hunter; "I
do not wish to tell my name except to
those who deserve to know it but as I
believe you are worthy people, I will tell
you. I am Achille Murat, the son of the
King of Naples."
Claude Gerrard and his mother fel on
their knees and wept. The Prince, seeing
them weep, knew not what to think of it.
Claude, as soon as he could speak, showed
the Prince a portrait of the King of Na
ples, and cried
"Behold this, mv benefactor and the
Lguardian saint of this farm your glori
ous lather; 1 owe all to him he.saved
my life."
"On the field of battle?" asked Prince
Achille.
"No," replied Claude Gerrard; "I was
condemned to death. Two comrades as
guilty as myself were to be shot with me.
-We were led out to the gate of Livourne;
we were shot at we fell. It was your
father who arranged all this; with his
money I came to America. My two
comrades died two years aero in New
york. I have worked, and have now a
competence. My mother, who
believed
her son dead, received a letter
from him
calling her-k) America. The poor wo
man" nearly died with jov at recovering
me
imow it the son ot my royal benefac
tor wishes for my life, my goods or mv
arm, they are all at his service.
From Foreign papers received at the Office of
the American Courier.
SINGULAR RENCONTRE.
A short time since a poor woman, re
siding in Manchester, had the good fortune
to learn that a legacy of 200 had been
left her by a deceased relative. Her hus
band had gone to America, and, finding
it was necessary before the money could
be paid to her that she should be present,
she wrote to inform him of the event, and
to request his return. They met by ap
pointment in Liverpool, not many days
ago, and drew the money. The wife,
foreseeing now no difficulty in the way of
accompanying her husband back to the
land of his adoption, since his only ex
cuse for leaving her behind on the previ
ous occasion was poverty, expressed her
intention of becoming his fellow-voyager.
The husband could urge no objection to
the proposal apparently so reasonable,
aid the day was fixed for their departure.
The husbandj however, having the great
er part of the 200 in his pocket, gave
his wife the slip, and she wandered long
through the neighborhood of the docks in
Liverpool expecting that he would rejoin
her. At the door of a house she was!
passing at length she attracted! the atten
tion of a female who, like her, appeared
to be awaiting the arrival of a second
party, and who, observing her wearied
appearance, invited her to rest in the
house, Having "accepted the invitation,
she was pressed by her good nalured en
tertainer to take some refreshments, of
which there seemed to be in the house a
greater abundance arid of a belter quality
than might have been expected in a house
of the kind, for it was but an humble lod
ging house; and, to encourage her to par
take, the stranger observed that they had
been making merry. She said she and
her husband had recently come from A -
merit, m VonscoucncB of a ipgacr of
0. ; "error is harmless.
- jjuiZLaji x'li u. AXtiltiiAY, JUJXJjJ 23, 1849. 1 -
am M ni it
, ,. . . .-r-r. . . .... .,
ERROR
HARMLESS
wncrrTRTrrn
200 having been uIeft him, and that he
had drawn the money in Manchester, and
was that day expected in Liverpool." She
added the particulars, which corresponded
singularly with her visitor's position, and
'the -suspicion which crossed ilhc mind of
lhe latter may readily be anticipated. To
be brief, the husband of the two wives
(for such was the fact) soon afterwards
put an end to all uncertainty on the matter
by staggering into the house in a state of
intoxication, wliere he was claimed by
b 0 th' the !w 0 men, and scene"-was t he
result. The husband and his new wife
had partaken of too many good things to
be able long to maintain the strife which
was the natural result of such a discovery.
and were soon fast asleep. The first wife,
thus left to gain time for reflection, and
not having drunk so deeply as her com
panions, bethought herself of the money.
To search her husband's pocket was a
work of but little difficulty, and in a few
hours she was on her road to Manchester,
with 190 of the money in her possession.
Whether the husband has gone with the
wife of his second choice across the At
lantic, or meditates returning to las first
love, does not appear, but the latter seems
to have made the matter no secret among
her neighbors, and it has been the subject
of much gossip among them that the biter
has been bitten, and that she should so
singularly have been prevented from be
coming the dupe .vhich it was now evident
that the heartless scoundrel was about to
make of her.
Bonaparte's opinion of Christ.
A foreign journal lately published a
conversation, related by Count de Mon
tholon, the faithful friend of the Emperor
Napoleon.
'! know men;" said Napoleon, "and I
tell you Jesus is not a man! The religion
of Christ is a mvstery which subsists by
its own force; and proceeds from a mind
which is not a human mind. We find in
it a marked individuality, which originat
ed al train of words or actions unknown
before. Jesus borrowed nothing from our
knowledge. He exhibited in himself a
perfect example of his precepts. Jesus
is not a philosopher,, for his proofs are
miracles, and from the first his disciples
adored him. la fact, learning and phi
losophy are of no use for salvation; and
Jesus came into the world to reveal the
mysteries of Heaven, and the laws of the
Spirit.
"Alexander, Caisar, Charlemagne, and
myself founded empires; but on what
foundation did we rest the creations of
our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ
alone founded his empire upon love; and
at this hour, millions of men would die
for him.
"It was not a day, or a battle, that a
chieved the triumph pf the Christian re
ligion in the world. No, it was a long
wan a contest for three centuries be
gun by the, Apostles, then continued by
the flood of Christian generations. In
this war, if all the kings and potentates of
the earth were on one side on the other
I see no army but a mysterious force,
some men scattered here and there in all
mparts of the world, and who have no other
rallying point than a common faith in the
mysteries of the cross.
"I die before my time, and my body
will be given back to the earth, to become
food for the worms. Such is the fate of
him who has been called the great Napole
on. What nn abyss between my deep mis
ery and the eternal kingdom of Christ
which is proclaimed, loved and adored,
and which is extending over the whole
earth! Call yiou this dying? Is it not
living rather? The death of Christ is the
death ofGod!f
Napoleon stopped at the last words;
but Gen. Bertrand making no reply, the
Emperor added :
"If you do not perceive that Jesus Christ
is God, I did wrong to appoint you Gen
erah" VERY AFFECTING.
A sentimental outh, having seen a
young damsel shedding tears over some
thing in her lap, took the first oppor
tunity to be introduced to her;., and made
no doubt that she was a congenial spirit.
"What work was it that affected vou
so much the other
morning? I saw vou
sueu a great many
tears.
Was it Bui-
wer's last.
"I don't know what Bui wer's last is,,:
returned she, "but I assure you I was
engaged at something which always al
most kills me. I was peeling onions."
A NICE HUSBAND.
"Ah!" Johni you won't have me much
longer. I shall never leave this bed alive?"
"Piease theeself, Betty, and the'll please
me," relumed John, with great equan
imity. "1 have been a good wife to you, John,"
persisted the dying woman.
-; '-"Middliny Betty, middlin," responded
the matter-of-fact husband.
. . '. . . .. . .-j.. .
. .; - ' - "-i . -. u ;.. r '
IS EFT
FEAIT A PREDISPOSING CAUSE OF
'1 CHOLERA.
7)r. Edwards, of Ohio M. C., in a com
munication to the National Intelligencer,
relatesihe following instance of the effecis
of fearas a predisposing cause of cholera:
"I embarked from Louisville on board
the Meloda for St. Louis, with a large
concourse of passengers officers ofthe
Armjr, several gentlemen" from the East,
and piany emigrants bound for Oregon
and Ciiiforjiia. We ran over the Falls.
an if had, not been
out one hour Defdre I
ascertained the illness of one of the pilots.
111s cast; was muu anu yielded to treat
ment. I also ascertained that seven deaths
had occurred ' from cholera on the trip
from St. Louis to Louisville. Impelled
by a sense of common danger, the pas
sengers and crew very willingly consent
ed to report the first indications of illness,
and but few cases of manageable diarrhcea
and cholera morbus occurred until jwe
reached'Cario, at the mouth of the Ohio.
Indeed, with the fine band of musicjthe
geneial hilarity and sense of security, I
have never seen a happier or jollier set of
passengers on a boat.
We reached Cairo late in the evening,
just as the America from New Orleans
was leaving the wharf, and there ascer
tained that she had buried 32 of her pas
sengers from cholera on the trip; that the
Captain was taken ashore in a dying con
dition and that one passenger under the
sufferings of cholera, had jumped over
board and was drowned. The effect of
this intelligence was highly detriminal to
our crew. Faces art hour before Joyous,
and happy were now elongated. Eucher
and whist a table at which they played
the eternal poker of the Mississippi, were
all deserted, and eight gentlemen had at
tacks of decided cholera with otit nausea,
without diarrhcea, without spasms, and
but very slight if any modifications of the
pulee or animal temperature. These im
aginary cases were relieved by brandy
toddy; and were followed by confession
in the morning of sudden and remarkable
developments of memory of prayers long
forgotten, and hearty promises of moral
amendment. I have never seen J so de
cided manifestations of the moral and
physical depression of fear. From Cario
to St. Louis but very few escaped either
nausea or diarrhoea, or a combination,
but in no case had we a full developed
case of jcholera. My room-mate, 4Ber.
Wilder, from Massachusetts, President of
a California emjgrant party, was attack
ed at one o'clock at night, and one dis
charge from the bowels, all occurring in
thirty minutes, was prostrated and cold
with great suffering and sinking.) A sin
apism promptly and thoroughly applied
over the abdomen; the recumbent posi
tion, and, after the. impress of the sin
apism, sixty drops of laudnaumjfollowed
in twenty minutes by half grain of mor
phine, and small pieces of ice, tranquiliz
ed every symptom; the second morning
thereafter he was in usual health."
Dr. Edwards deduces from these facts
the following observations: j
"1st. The influence of fear. I will
neither discuss nor mention its modus
operandi. All understand the sentiment,
and all have felt the enervating! influence.
I doubt not that, of all the known excit
ing causes of cholera, it ranks predoml
nant. A calm, self-possessed man may
have cholera; an excited and nervous one
can scarcely avoid it, when it is epidemic.
A reliance upon that Being 'who doeth
things well, and a faithful performance
of those duties which all intelligent be
ings owe their God, does more to fortify
the system than any or all means of pre
vention. 21. To ask confidence in the
now universally entertained opinion of
medical men, that there are no premoni
tory symptoms; that is that the diarrhoea,
stomach; and bowel irritation, how so rife,
are all cholera, and should be designated
the curative cholera, in contradistinction
from that collapse which supervenes from
one hour to ten da) s upon the mild or
curative form, I have seen no case, have con
versed tcilh. no physician- who had seen a case
tliat was ho; in its inception, curative; and I
fear the premulgatiou of the idea of pre
monitory symptoms has done much to
direct the public attention from the pro
per time ef medical interference. I shall
consider myself most fortunate by this
communication, if I can aid in the propa
gation of the opinion of medical men, that
the heretofore called premonitory symp
toms are the disease itself;and that cholera
in that stage is amenable to proper medi
cation; whilst a neglect, by, proper treat
rocnt, in which diet and rest are largely
included, of diarrl cea and nausea, may
and will ultimate in collapse as incurable
as deallu , . .
A voter, sadly de ficient in persotfal
beauty, said to Sheridan"! mean to with
draw my countenance from you." ''-Many
thanks for the favor," replied the candid
ate, "for it is the
saw."
ugliest mug that I ever
FREE TO COMBAT IT. i No. 18 ;
. POWER OF AFFECTION.
A manjwho had struggled with a malig
nant disease, approached that crisis in its
stage on which his life seemed to depend.
Sleep, uninterrupted sleep, might ensure
his recovery. His anxious wife, carce
lyrdaring to breathe, was sitting bv his
bed; her servants, exhausted by constant
waicmng, nau an lett her. It was past
midnight a door was open for air; she
heard, in the stillness of trie night, a
window open below stairs, and soonjifter
approaching footsteps. A moment more,
and a man with his face disguised, enter
ed the room." She instantly saw her hus
band's danger, and anticipating the design
of the unwelcome intruder; she pointed
to her husbaud, and pressing her finger
upon her lip to implore silence, held out
to the robber her purse and keys. To
her surprise, he took neither. Whether
he was terrified,' or charmed by the cour
age of her affection, cannot be known.
He left the room; and without robbing a
house sanctified by such strength of affec-
non, ne departed.
- QUESTION AND ANSWER.
"Why is it," said Mr. T., a distinguish
ed lawyer of a city ot New England, to
n:s menu, jjr. H., a clergyman of high
reputation in the same place, "why is it
that you ministers, who are professedly
the light of the world, are "always quar
relling with each other; while we lawyers,
wicked as we are represented to be, are
remarkable for our courtesy, and seldom
disagree among ourselves?"
"Is it possible that so fine and classical
a scholar as yourself, Mr. T., should be
under the necessity of asking that ques
tion? Hear what an answer Milton gives
you:
"Devil, with devil damned,
Firm concord hold; Men, only, disagree."
CLERICAL ANECDOTE.
An old clergyman, and a rather eccen
tric one withal, whose field of labor was
a town in the interior of New England,
one Sunday, at the close of his service,
i. 1 . . . .
gave nonce 10 nis congregation, that in
the course of the week he expected to go
en a mission on a mission to the heathen!
The members of the church were struck
with alarm and sorrow, at this sudden
and unexpected announcement of the loss
of their beloved pastof, and one of the dea
cons, in great agnation, exclaimed
"Why, my dear sir, you have not told
us one word of this before ! What shall
we do ?
"Oh! brother ," said the parsdn
with the greatest sang froid "I don't ex
pect to go out of town!"
INDEPENDENCE OF THE PRESS.
Speaking of the duties, the rights, and
the responsibilities of the public press, the
Columbia South Carolinian says:
"It has often amused us, while quietly sit
ting in our sanctum, to read occasionally a
letter from a subscriber, ordering his name
f to be stricken from our subscription list on
account of some of our opinions, and we
fancied that we could see that subscriber
anxiously awaiting our next publication day,
big with importance, and with the firm be
lief thatthe withdrawal of his subscription
would put an end to the existence of the
paper. And then we have fancied him in
his astonishment, as week after week glided
past, and he saw the proscribed journal still
issuing its thousand as usual, without any
outward signs of decay ' or dilapidation, be
cause such a mighty supporter and prop as
the discontented subscriber had been taken
away,
"Stnn mv tinner' are three of the
most foolish words ever written by any one
when dictated by a mere whim. The journal
which advances its opinions so boldly and
candidly as to offend, one such subscriber,
has sterling worth sufficient to supply his
placre with half dozen new ones."
ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALLS!
A distressing accident is stated to have oc
curred at the Falls of Niagara, a few days a
go, in consequence of three men attempting
to cross the river in a skiff.
As they neared the middle of the river, the
current, which at present is unusually rapid
in consequence of the projection of the coffer
dams on either side, speedily overpowered
their efforts to resist it, and rising, as if to view
the inevitable death) before them, they were
swept, stern on, into the rapids - Their boat,
tossing from one rock to another, in a few
moments was seen to capsize; the men rose,
clinging to the gunwales, and were hurried
on, until an opposing , rock dashed the boat
into fragments. Two disappeared at once;
the other was seen, erect, the water to his
knees, but in a moment after he was hurled
-r j i i
down and seen no more.
COMING IT BOLD.
The Ladies are getting to wear large over
coats with big sleeves, and standing linen
collars. We thought ; we saw one, the other
day, with a pair of what-you-call-'erus on,
and high-heeled calfskin boots, but we are
not certain. New York Paper.
- TpcTu L Editors ; j&w FuBtisnins thiJ
place in the "A-meriean I4brary'hlifis
now; &eft,g formed' in the; City fJaff, at Iaris
: "A-COLLWrnOS OF" AMEJMC.OJ KEWSPAPERSy
' :; - .Presented to the (Xy'ti Parts,.
; fi7Hirnalis(s cf Jhc fife&d? Stafef,
' -". : -:: July' 4u 1849." ' . - ,
' He. will thanlc all'editors ancf puDl'isncrs .
send to the "Boston Daily Bee" (the Editor ,
of which has undertaken to form the'eofec-'
tions) a copy of their paper published on the '
Fourth of July, 1849, with a cony of each
semi-weekly and weekly which they may'
tasuu uuxuig uk uisi hcc& m JUly. iapersf.
published in other American nations -'and bk .
or rare newspapers,- tvril also' be thankfully,
received. Acknowledgments wHl be made?
through the Bee of all donations receifeif. --
07" Editors will pleaip "copy thV above?
notice, and bear it in mine! on Independencef
Day. - - ,
THE UAT OT3T OF ;TffE MGf---The At'
exandria Gazette notices that in some of tho
comments of the Union, which themajonty
of the Senate are advised to checkmate th
Administration "by refusing to confirm any
appointments made by. the president, howev
er worthy or meritorious the appointees," a
little secret is incautiously let out "Unless
"says the Union, "the majority iri the Senattf
vindicate in this or some other efficacious"
way the injustice done to their political friend
(hey canpot expect to keep vp the organisation
and efficiency of the Democratic party!" It seems
after all that the "organization of the Demo
cratic party" is to depend upon the posse
sion of the "spoils
DEFALCATIONS,,
A letter from Washington says?
It is said that several of the parties who
have been turned out of office have supplica
ted Father Ritchie not to mention their cases
being afraid the Administration would di
vulge the causes which led to their dismissals.
It is a matter well known that defalcations
have . been discovered among officials to a
great extent. When Congress meets, the m-
brmation can be called for, and it willfloubt
ess be promptly furnished. It will then be
discovered that some of the worst cases' of
proscription are those of persons who have
dishonestly used the trust committed to their
charge. Norfolk Beacon.
THE CHURCH DISPUTE IN ALEXAN
DRIA. The Alexandria Gazette says :
The public have been informed by adver
tisements which have lately appeared, that a
dithculty has, existed in Alexandria, in which
the right of property in the Methodist Church
is involved. We learn that on Thursday
both parties to the dispute agreed to deliver
the meeting house into the hands of tho
sheriff, to be retained by him until the whole
matter is finally settle by the legal tribunals.
DEFAULTING.
In a report to the Legislature of Ohio, tha
Attorney General states that since he entered
upon the duties of his office, fifty-seven de
faulters from the Locofoco ranks, have been
sued, thirty-six of which have passed into
judgment, and as to the balance that suits are
depending. The amounts of judgments against
defaulters is $17,377 81, "of which $5,691 03
have been collected. Republican.
A Locofoco paper tells its readers that the
democratic party holds to a political creed
which it would be as impossible for any man
to change "as for the leopard to change his
spots."
"Mr. Showman," said a greenhorn at the
menagerie, ."can the leopard change his
spots ?"
"Yes sir," replied the individual who stirs
up the wild beast, "when he gets tired of one
spot he can easily go to another. Dayton
Journal.
The Pittsburgh Gazette again notices thd
locust visitation; It says:-
We paid a visit to thd country in the early
part of this week, and were really astonished
at the countless millions of locusts which
swarm in all directions. The woods resound
with their not unpleasant hum, and the car-
erings which they cast off, on assuming their
wings, adhere in great quantities to the fen
ces. The common notion, that these insects
injure vegetation, is now, we believe entirely
exploded. The locust, as is the case with tho
silk worm, when it emerges from the cbrysa-,
lis state, eats nothing unlil it dies, having ac
complished Us mission by laying the eggs
destined to bring into existence a future
swarm, after the lapse of seventeen years.
Locusts are greedily eaten by fowls and many
kinds of ouriusectivorous birds.
YANKEE GALLANTRY.
A "notion" seller was offering Yankee
clocks, finely varnished and colored, and
with a looking-glass in front, to a certain
lady notremarl;able for personal beauty.
"Why, it's beautiful," said the vender.
Beautiful, indeed! a look at it almost
frightens me!" said the lady. ,
"Then marm," replied Joiiathan, "I
guess you'd better buy one thatjian't got
no lookin -glass."
The Hannibal Journal gives the follow
ing as the superscription of a letter which
lately passed tnrougn me posi uw
that town
"to my dear ant Sally
She Cawgar
Elinoize
I had a short agcr spell lo'day."
AN IRISH EXPEDIENT.
,.t rtarlint. och. Dennis, what is
l C 1 J " 1 ' ' .
it vou're doing 1
"Whist, Biddy, Use trying an experi
ment!" . .
Murder! what is it?"
What is it, did yer say? Why, it's
giving hot wather to chickens 1 am, .so.,
they'll be afther laying boiled eggs:';
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