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      Letter From T. F. Meagher I Copies Of Co...

      Jpke 29 , 1850 . THE NORTHERN _STaM . I _! « l r •¦ _-,- ¦ ..- " _..-..- . .: ¦ .- ¦ _¦ _¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . S £ gg ? - —

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      : V THE HUSH FELOIJ . * Avray from bis borne , tbe hero 'was torn , Like a felon in fetters bound ; And bis wife was left bebind him forlorn , . ' Bob bis country he never disowned . It was treason against tbe Crown and State , To speak of the wrongs we endure , To pity the victims of Saxon hate , And to plead the c ause of the poor . It was treason to cry unite , nnite ! And join in the Holy Cause , In the battle of right , against tbe might Ofthe Saxons and their " laws . " There is food in the land for every hand In this beautiful emerald Isle , . Bat the base , mauradiog , Saxon band Take the fruit of tbe people ' s toil .

      And thousands of men to the death are driven For want of their daily bread ; Bnt their blood appeals to tbe God of Heaven , lake the blood of Able shed . And though years of wrong may aggregate , This bnt hastens the coming hour , When tyrants shall meet the tyrant ' s fate , f And the people shall know their power . He was tried by a perjured Saxon crew , And condemned to the felon ' s fate , Bnt the people loveand honour him too , As a martyr to Saxon hate . They called him felon , and thought that the name ¦ Would bring him to shame and disgrace , Bnt that is the word which kindles a name In the hearts of the Celtic race .

      They teach their children the treason , strong , . How Mitchel was noble and true , And his wrongs they must avenge , ere long , On the heals of the ruling few ! Away from bis home the hero was torn , lake a felon in fetters bound , And his wife was left behind him forlorn ! Bat his country he never disowned . —D . W .

      -A Copy Of The Above Song Was Sent For I...

      -A copy of the above song was sent for insertion to the Irish Fdon , and fell into die hands cf the government officials , when tbe office was ransacked , in 1818 . t The fate of Charles L

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      The Press. A Family Literary Journal Of ...

      The Press . A Family Literary Journal of Amusement and Instruction . London : W . Horse !] , 13 , Paternoster-row . A new weekly penny periodical , the first num-Der of whicli contains an abundance of instructive aad entertaining matter . While abjuring party politics , the conductors of the Press recognise "the ri g ht and the duty of moral insurrection— 'the insurrection of the understanding and ihe heart against tyranny , bigotry , Hypocrisy , and falsehood , though the tyranny , bigotry , hypocrisy , and falsehood sit in the very seat of Moses , and are environed with the prestige of authority , antiquity , and legitimacy . " And they promise to keep no terms , except those of truth and open rebuke , with consecrated turpitude , and legitimate and old ' established iniquity . " From an excellent arti- j cleon "Quackery aud Quacks , " we give the following extracts : —

      CHARMS A 5 D AMULETS . Dr . "Warburton assigns the origin of amulets and other magical modes of enre to the age of the Ptolemies , which was not more than 300 years before Christ ; bnt the testimony of Galea at once sets tbis aside , for he tells us that the Egyptian King , Sechopsus , who lived 630 years before ( he Christian era , had written that a green jasper ' cut into the form ofa dragon , surrounded with rays , and applied externally , would _strengbten the stomach and organs of digestion . It is highly probable , also , that the ear-rings which Jacob buried under the oak of Sechem were amulets .. Tbeophrastus pronounced Pericles to be insane because he discovered that he wore an amulet about bis neck ; and in the declining era of tbe Roman empire , this superstitious custom was so general that tbe Emperor Caracalla was

      induced to make a public edict , ordaining that no jnan should wear amulets abont his person . So rife were amulets and . charms even in the middle a » es _, that the council of Laodicea prohibited ecclesiastics from wearing amulets and phylacteries , under pain of degradation . Saints Chrysos . tome and Jerome were likewise zealous against the Eame practice . Even onr immortal Boyle , the father of experimental chemistry , had great faith in amulets , and believed that by wearing certain substances aroundtheneck , oron otberpartsof thebody , diseases mig ht be both prevented and removed . He tells as that" some of these external mendicaments do answer ; for that he was himself subject to a bleeding from the nose ; and having used many remedies without avail , he fonnd that the moss of a dead man ' s skull , though only applied so as to touch the skin , to be the most efficaeeous remedy .

      "Dr . Chamberlayne ' 8 Anodyne necklace" for a long time was the sine qua non of mothers and nurses , until its virtue was lost by the decline of reverence for it ; as a consequence of the many children who died in spite of having worn it . The Srey liverwort was at one time thought not only to ave cured hydrophobia , bnt to have prevented mad dogs from biting the persons who had it abont them . Cramp rings were also used , and eel skins tied around the limbs , to prevent spasmodic affections . Sticks laid across the floor on going to bed would cure the headache ; and to place a gridiron under the sheets , on getting into bed , would infallibly remove the rheumatism . Even the immortal

      author ofthe "Sovran Organum " once submitted to the lady of an English ambassador to have " an hundred warts removed from his hands , " by nibbing them with the fat side of a p iece of bacon , which _wss afterwards nailed to a . post with the fat side towards the south ; "in five weeks , " says my lord , " iliey were all removed . " It is unfortunate , doubtless , for publishers and bill-stickers that her ladyship is not living at tbe present day , as she certainly would have opened premises in the Strand , or thereabouts , and commenced a vigorous system of puffing and advertising , and probably have benefited philology with a few new words , thongh perhaps to tbe danger of the vocal organs of honest

      men . . Nothing is more natural , and at tbe same time more _erroneous , than to attribute the cure of a disease to the last medicine that had been employed . The advocates of amulets and charms have ever been thus enabled to appeal to the testimony of what they are pleased to call experience , in justification of their superstitions ; and cases , which in truth ought to be considered lucky escapes , have been triumphantly puffed off as skilful enres ; and thus have medicine and practitioners alike acquired unmerited praise or unjust censure . This species of delusion reminds us of the Florentine quack , who gave the countryman his pills , whieh were to enable him to find his lost ass . Tbe p ills beginning to operate on the road home , obliged him to retire into a wood , where he actually did find his ass . The clown , as a matter of course , soon spread a report Of the wonderful success of the empiric , who , no doubt , afterwards reaped an ample rew ard from the owners of strayed cattle .

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      Royal Polytechnic Institution. Some Beau...

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Some beautiful additions bave been lately made to the galleries ofthe fine arts in tbis establishment . They consist of a number of crayon portraits from the pencil of Mons . Magues , a French artist . Among them we observed several paintings of females , charmingly executed , together with portraits of distinguished military individuals , drawn in a most characteristic manner . These productions cannot fail to enhance the reputation already obtained by this gentleman in this beautiful and novel sty le of execution . The admirable engravings by Mr . Charles Wags are tbe admiration of all lovers of the fine arts who visit this National Institution .

      Loan Asmvet And His Sabbatarian Friends ...

      Loan AsmvET and his Sabbatarian friends will rejoice to hear , after all their pains to stop the _de-Jfery of Sunday newspapers , that the London and Southwestern Railway Company have volunteered , _pending more complete arrangements , to receive at the Waterloo-station , ahdforward to any station on Se _ETe on _paynient of one penny , newspaper , _addressSfto _? JriVate _individuaU , and directed to be _leScSeSor / They must be open at both ends . _Inaddttirato the stations at Waterloo and Nine Sms , _£ ws _£ p ?« may be left atthe _foUowmg pIaces :-Ha _£ bro' Wharf , Upper Thames-street , B wan with Two Kecks , Lad-l ane ; Spread hagle , Gracechurch-street ; Cross Heys , Wood-street ; Golden Cross , _Charing-crass ; Universal Office , Be _<* ent-circns ; George and Blue Boar , Holborn , Criffin ' _s Green Man and Still , Oxford-street . —

      Weekly Dispatch . . Tai _Pcbuc Recobos . —The public will be gratified to learn , that all the preliminary arrangements are completed for erecting a budding on a site of ihe Bolls estate , sufficiently large to contain the public records and archives . The Rolls House , Soils Court , and present public -buildings on the Rolls estate , are mtended ta be preserved inthe _SltaoceV the transaction of business . _Be-X Xling amp le room for arranguig and _» reserrine the _records now in the custody of the _Enfffi BoV the new _structuw » wj U give wom _*> : the . public records which may accrue for the next twenty years .

      Letter From T. F. Meagher. I We Copy Fro...

      LETTER FROM T . F . MEAGHER . I We copy from the CorlRi porUr tho following extracts of a lettter from the distinguished exile , past received by a friend : — " As to the' districts * they are supposed to correspond to the territorial divisions known as counties in Ireland : though indeed the largest of them is barely equal to a good-sized parish in the same old country . They are , -in fact , little more than great wildernesses of ' bush' ( which you must know is the wild uncultivated portion of the island . ) They are used for the most part as sheep walks ; include from forty to fifty houses , scattered in all directions over them ; can boast of half a dozen public houses , a Methodist chapel or two ; three or four police stations ; and perhaps two or three respectable country seats , the properties of the more educated and influential , settlers ; but , altogether , any one the best of them even , is . as disconsolate a retirement as the most sentimental-exile need LETTER FROM T . P . MKAfiTTER

      possibly desire . Between a district and & prison there is just the same difference ( and no more ) as that between a paddock and a stable . In the one the animal bas the range of a grass-plot ; in tbe other , be may twist and turn , as well as he can , in a stall . " On Wednesday morning ( the Wednesday after tbe day of onr arrival ) , ' about three o ' clock , the guarU-boat came alongside , and , for once in my life , I was ready to start . Having wished good-bye to O'Brien , M'Manus , and _O'Donoghue , I went on deck , and there I found the captain , the surgeon and two or three of the others waiting to take leave of me . This I looked upon as particularly kind of them , for they had hardly been three hours in bed ,

      having dined the evening before withthe officers of the 99 th , and not having returned to the ship till long after twelve o ' clock . But , as I have written to —— , it was ' part and parcel' of tbe generous , straightforward , gallant kindness , which we experienced from them all through the voyage . " Ross consists of forty-five houses—the most of them being but one story high , and seldom venturing as much as a skylight . Amongst these fortyfive houses , I include the military barracks , where the soldiers yawn and smoke ail day ; the police station , the external appearance of which reminds me of a neat wei g b-house , in some decent , tidy little Tillage at home ; two sentry boxes ; the Methodist chapelwith a barrel-organ inside of it ;

      , the Protestant church on the top ofa hill , looking very cold arid disconsolate ; two inns ; an 'ironmongery and general warehouse , ' where every description of article , whether of food , furniture , or dress , can be had—where , in a word , a green cheese or a gridiron can be procured with equal facility ; the post-office , a disgrace to letters , and I should say a considerable drawback upon the humanising influence they are supposed to produce ; an ' eating house for travellers ; ' half a dozen dog houses ; three private residences ; a smith ' s forge ; and an infant school , without windows or roof . The defence of tbis important place is entrusted to the two

      soldiers I have mentioned ; whilst its internal peace and propriety , are guaranteed by the presence of three constables , who seem to me to do nothing but chop firewood all day . You can easily imagine , then , the rapture with -wbich my days come and vanish in this Elysium ofthe South Seas . Jokes apart—my life here would be as lonely as any hermit ' s , and would be , many times , very dismal too , were it not for the occasional visit of - He is somewhat elderly , but full of life , vivacity , and vigour ; very fond of a little social intercourse , and a brave old sportsman . I hare found him very kind and attentive . * * # * . *

      "The Wesleyans constitute a very numerous sect in this colony—they beat tbe Protestants by many a head , and run np to the Catholics closely . There are the Israelites , too , a diminutive sect , as far as numerical strength is considered , but large in the activity of its members , tbe profusion of their beards and the abundance oftheir faith . * * * * As for the Catholics , numerous as they are the facilities tbey possess for complying with their relig ious duties—for hearing mass on Sundays even—are very limited . In the entire of this district of Campbell Town- one of the largest districts of the colony , it being thirty miles in length , and from ten to fifteen in breadth-i-thefe is not a single place for Catholic worship ; the nearest

      place being at Oatlands , where tbe Rev . Mr . Bond , a fine generous-hearted Englishman , officiates . This being tbe case I asked permission to attend there on Sundays , and , as you will nerceive , by the paper marked " No . 4 , was peremptorily refused . This refusal may have arisen , it is true , from O'Dogherty _' s being at'Oatlands ; but itis , I conceive , hardly a sufficient reason for witholding from me so obvious a right . . They must be aware , too , that O'Dogherty and I can meet any day we choose —the southern boundary of my district being the northern one of his . This boundary is formed by a pretty broad stream , called the Blackmau _' s river ; and at a certain point little more than seveu miles from Ross , it is crossed by a handsome bridge

      of three arches . At the middle pier of this bridge —tbat is half way across—O'Dogherty and I assemble , generally speaking , every Monday . Three hundred yards on , 0 'Dogherty ' s side of the river , above the bridge , there stands a very good inn ; and at four o ' clock each day of meeting , the landlord of this inn , attended by one of his men , and a great _sheep-dog comes down to the ' Irish Pier ' with a tray , containing _ajoint oi lamb , some slices of ham , a fowl of some sort , and a selection from the vegetables in season ; the man in the rear bringing up a bottle of colonial ale , a cheese , a loaf bf bread , and a proportionate supply of butter , the sheep-dog seeing the whole . safe , and comfortably deposited at its destination .

      " I must tell you moreover that , three weeks ago , upon our comparing the maps of our respective districts , we discovered another point where the three districts of Campbell Town , Bothwell , and Oatlands also unite , and where consequently John Martin , Kevin Izod O'Dogherty , and Thomas Francis Meagher can meet without the slightest infringement of the order , which prohibits any two or more being in the same district together . The last mentioned point is at the juncture of two lakes , which lie up in the mountains twenty-three miles from Ross , twenty-five from Bothwell , and nineteen from Oatlands . It is a wild , wild p lace , certainly ; away In tbe heart of tbe country ; without a . sign of human lifesave a solitary shepherd and bis wife ,

      , who live in a hut within half-a-dozen yards of the point of junction , and who cook chops and onions for us in the most expert and liberal manner ; a wild , wild place , covered with forest , stocked with kangaroo , tiger cats , black swans and snakes . But the pleasantest hours I now spend , come and pass away in the midst of all this wilderness . Ah ! there is nothing in this world equal to tbe companionship of friends ; without it , the sweetest , loveliest scenes become tiresome and distasteful ; with it , tbe coldest , rudest , wildest spots put on looks of gladness and seem blest with all good things . The government have inflicted the worst punishment on us by setting us apart in the colony , where they hwe condemned us to a useless , wearisome ,

      goodfor-nothing existence . I suppose they were apprehensive tbat , if permitted to go together , we would raise another' rebellion / and declare Van Diemen ' s Land a free republic—one and indivisible ! The gentlemen are vastly mistaken if any such apprehensions trouble them . If I had a lease of this island for 999 years , and could do what I liked with it in the meantime , I declare most sincerely and solemnly that I wonld leave it in the course of fourand-twenty hours , and pitch it to the snakes which infest it , or any other reptiles , with or without legs , that had the taste to remain in it . It is—without the least exaggeration—a horrible place to live m * * * To sum up , all I have to say on tbis subject , God seems to have designed this land for an Eden , bnt man has cruelly marred tbe design , has impiously defaced , and cruelly destroyed it . The climate , the scenery , the capabilities of the

      soil , the resources of its woods , its rivers—every feature , every faculty with whicb it bas been blessed bears testimony to tbe beauty and beneficence of Heaven . But , over all this beauty , over all these gifts , the slime of tbe old empire ' s outcast guilt is flung , and there it lies turning into foulest leprosy , and tainting with its poison everything around it . " So much , then , for the colony : now a word for myself . I am in excellent health—never was in better—I take plenty . of exercise ; ride from twelve to sixteen miles a-day ; sometimes , whenever , in fact , I go to tbe Lakes , accomplish a journey of very near fifty miles in the week , and have altogether shaken off a good deal of my laziness , and with it a good deal of superfluous weight" Copy ofa letter from Captain Aldham , addressed to the Irish exiles on board the Swift , in reply to their expression of thanks for his kindness during the voyage .

      ( Copy . ) . " H . M . Sloop Swift , October 25 th , 1849 . " _Gestlemes , —Under the unpleasant and difficult circumstances in which I have been placed , I consider it a duty to yourselves as it is a great satisfaction to me , to acknowledge the very conciliating , affable , and gentlemanly line of bearing you have pursued , and the kind feelings yon have shown _,, while I was engaged in carrying out the painful task imposed on me during onr long voyage of nearly four months . It is tbis feeling , and not any merits Of my own that bas enabled me to perform , tbat dUtV in a " manner wbich has called forth those flatfar deertwhich

      terine sentiments , beyond my ss , you have been pleased to express . Withdeep , _rewet I leave you in a land so distant from your own native home ; butthere is an ' eternal borne' beyond far more cheering in prospect , to which we all must ookforward with the utmost anxiety . May it be tours to findthat home when this world ' s cares have eS-that house where nam and sorrow have no Phu £ but peace andlove alone . That happier days _- _^ n _^ f _^ dear Sirs . yours very faithfally ' 7 " andsincerely ,, ( Signed ) " '"' "W . ' _Qovswoiu Azdbau . " ,

      Letter From T. F. Meagher. I We Copy Fro...

      Copies of correspondence between Mr . Meagher and the Assistant Comptroller of Convicts ;—No . 1 . ( Cony . ) "On board ber Majesty ' s Sloop of War the Swift , October 29 tb , 1849 . "Sir , —Having been informed by . you that the offer of a'ticket of leave ' which , in pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of State for the Home Department , his Excellency the Governor of . Van Diemen ' s Land has made me , is given on the condition that ' I shall distinctly engage not to make use of the comparative liberty which such a privilege confers for the purpose of escaping . ' I am prepared to state in reply that I have no objection to enter into such an engagement for ' the . te . rmof three or six months . _rk 0 ; _Mxf «« _- _» 0 _~ _vi _^ _» . __ _ «„_ i—

      "I am , unwilling , however , to pledge myself for an unlimited , or undefined period , and , therefore , respectfully decline doing so . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , "Thomas Francis Meagher . " To the Assistant Comptroller of Convicts . " No . 2 . ( Copy . ) " 1—The Assistant Comptroller has laid before the Lieutenant-Governor Mr . Meagher ' s letter , in which he declines to . engage tor an unlimited or undefined period not to use the comparative liberty which a ticket of-leave will confer upon him , in ordertoatlempt to escape . - .

      «• 2—The Assistant Comptroller has now to acquaint Mr . Meagher that the Lieutenant-Governor has approved , in reference to the willingness which he has expressed to enter into the necessary engagement for three or six months , of his receiving a ticket of leave for six months upon his assurance that during such period he will regard himself bound by such engagement . " 3—The Assistant Comptroller encloses a copy ofthe regulations which were shown yesterday to Mr . Meagher , and by which he must be governed .

      " 4— -Mr . Meagher ' s residence has been fixed in the Campbell Town . district , and arrangements will be made for his proceeding thither by coach tomorrow morning . He will arrive in Campbell Town in the afternoon of the same day and will have to report himself personally to the police magistrate on Thursday morning , " 5—Mr . Meagher must regard himself as under the charge ofthe police magistrate , and be governed by such instructions as he may receive from that officer , in reference to the regulations under which he holds his ticket-of-leave .

      " 6—Should' Mr . Meagher desire to prefer any request to the Lieutenant-Governor , or bring any matter under his Excellency ' s consideration , it will be necessary that he should address his communication to the Comptroller-General of Convicts . ( Signed ) " Wm . Nairn , Assistant-Comptroller . " Comptroller-General ' s office , 20 th October , 1849 . "

      Discovert Of A Mouhtais Of Gold.—A Party...

      Discovert of a Mouhtais of Gold . —A party of emigrants by way ofthe Salt Lake , arrived at Los Angelos , give an account ofthe existence of gold on that route east of the principal mountain range , when a company then fitting out for a spot about sixty miles from the Pueblo changed its determina . tion and proceeded in search of this other . The route lay in a north-east direction from tbe place of departure and was full of difficulties . Striking the Mabahve river , they followed its course some distance , crossing and recrossing as necessity compelled , some days as often as fifteen times , leaving it where it makes its bend to the south-east , towards tbe Colorado , into which it empties . Obstacles were encountered at various points of the journey almost insurmountable , in the shape of mountains of rock , wbich they had to climb , and

      mountains of snow which they could not avoid , narrow gorges through wbich they had to pass , and still narrower cliffs , along whose crests nothing but a mule could pass with a prospect of safety , and where the slightest misstep would land rider and all hundreds of feet below ; but they pushed on about 230 miles from the Pneblo , the point for which they started . Here among the eastern spurs ofthe Sierra Nevada they found the object of their search—gold and silver too ; and in such quantities as they had not dreamt of—a perfect mountain of rocks with silver and go ld mingled and commingled in solid masses , weighing from one to many tons . The quartz proved to be exceedingly hard , to such a degree that during their short stay all the implements made for this particular , purpose

      before starting were completely worn out in the operation of drilling and blasting . The strangest part ofthe whole discovery is yet to be told , these large boulders of gold , silver , and quartz bave the gold in the south end and the silver in the north end . No exceptions were found in their examinations , the silver being the more abundant of the two ' ., In the words of the person who was on the spot , " there is enough silver there to sink every ship ih tbis harbour . " Possibly , some may look on this account as a jest , and , so far as the practicability of puttingthe discovery to any use at present is concerned , it is so . All the water to be found for miles and miles around is highly impregnated with salt ,

      or saleratus , or both . Not a single drop of water free from one or other of those properties did one of the party obtain during tbe ten days of their stay . The whole region is a perfect waste , and disease and death must inevitably' follow any prolonged stay . On their return they met a large company going to the same spot . A true statement ofthe difficulties and dangers of a further prosecution of the expedition induced about , 200 to turn back—fifty went on . The gentleman named , from whom these facts have been obtained , is now in this city , with specimens in bis possession brought from the mother mountain . They are the most singular and beautiful we have ever seen , and one need onl y see them and hear him to . be convinced that nothing has been told but tbe truth . These facts are

      communicated by the gentleman who headed the party of exploration—a gentleman formerly connected with the New York press , Mr . Riell , of the A eu » Era . The specimens we have seen . —The Pacific News . Beneficial Effects , of Tea . —Tea is more and more becoming a necessary of life to all classes . Tea . was denounced first as a poison , and thehaa an extravagance . Cobbett was furious against it . An Edinburgh Reviewer , in 1823 , keeps no terms with its use by the poor : — " We venture to assert tbat wben a labourer fancies bimself refreshed with a mess of this stuff , sweetened by the coarsest black sugar , and with azure , blue milk , it is only the warmth of the water that soothes him for the moment , unless , perhaps , the sweetness may be palatable also . " It is dangerous even for great reviewers to " venture to assert . " In a few years after comes Liebig , with his chemical discoveries ,

      and demonstrates that tea and coffee have become necessaries of life to whole nations by the presence of one arid the same substance in both vegetables , which has a peculiar effect upon the animal system ; that tbey were both originally met with amongst nations whose diet is chiefly vegetable ; and , by contributing to the formation of bile , tbeir peculiar function , have become a substitute for animal food to a large class of the population whose consumption of meat is very limited , and to another large class who are unable to take regular exercise . Tea and coffee , then , are more especially esssential to the poor . They supply a void whicb the pinched labourer cannot so easily * nllup with weak and sour ale ; they are substitutes for the country walk to the factory girl er the sempstress in a garret . Thoy arc ministers to temperance : they , are home comforts . —Dickens' Household Words .

      A Witch . —A French woman ofthe name of Bertratid ascended in a balloon from Lisbon a few days since . In a couple of hours afterwards Madame prepared to come down . A gentle breeze had wafted her slowly across the Tagus in a S . E . direction , and at 5 p . m . having passed over Aldegallega , and seeing a _village conveniently situated for her purpose , she began to make her preparations ' for what sbe flattered herself would be a quiet and safe descent , little dreaming all the while of what was going on below . The villagers , who had assembled as usual on holidays , were in the thick of their sports , when the terrific apparition presented itself to their view . Great was the consternation among them . Their first movement was a general uplifting of right

      hands , with the thumb inserted between the index and fore finger , which when accompanied , as it was upon this occasion , with a loud proclamation of defiance to the devil and all bis works , may be recommended as an excellent preservative' against witchcraft and all sorts of diabolical devices . As the monster approached , many , losing faith in their specific , took to their heels , and when the fair aeronaut addressed the others through her speaking trumpet , most ot them , feeling quite sure that it was the archangel coming to call them to their last account , went down on their knees and roared for mercy . A few stout hearts , however , remained , who , cudgel in hand , stood tbeir ground manfully , determined to do for the witch as soon as she came within their , reach . The witch , however , seeing these demonstrations , threw out ballast , rose again , and with much difficulty succeeded in effecting a safe landing some miles off .

      Australian Tibws Respecting Matrimony . —At this little homestead there were five men _* whose savings would have enabled them to have taken farms , if tbey could have met with suitable girls as wives ; and they pretty plainly animadverted upon the policy bf those whom they considered the proper persons to have rectified their grievances . One remarked , "What does Lord Stanley care , so that he has a wife himself ? " " Ah ! " resppnded . another ; ' _•? arid Peel , with all his great ' speeches , never said a single word about wives for us . "' . "Lord John Russell , too , " said Tom Slaney , " seems _justas bad as thereat . What does he think we are made of ? Wood , or stone , or dried biscuits ? " " It ought to be properly represented to Earl Grey , " observed the fourth . "Do they call this looking after a young' colony ? Has nobody no sense V " Yes , " replied the most sensitive ofthe party , " the Queen ought to know it—it is . a cruel shame . "—Dickens ' Household Words .

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      _"OsesQivant Twice Shy . "—Many years ago ( says Mr . A . _Smee ) I caught a common mouse in a trap , and , instead of consigning it to the usual watery grave , - br to the unmerciful claws of the cat , I determined to , keep it . a prisoner . After a short time the little mouse made its escape in a room attached to my . father ' s residence in the Bank of England . I did . riot desire the presence ' of a wild mouse in this room , and therefore adopted means fo secure him . The room was paved with stone , and enclosed with solid walls . , There was no hope for bim that he would ultimately escape , although there were , abundant opportunities for hiding . I set the trap , and baited it with a savoury morsel , but day after day no mouse entered . The '

      poor little thing . gave unequivocal signs of extreme hunger , by gnawing , the bladder from Borne of my chemical bottles . . . _^ gradually removed everything from the room that he possibly could , eat , but _stiu the old proverb . of" Once caught , twice shy , " so far applied , that he would not enter my trap . After many days , visiting the apartment , ono morning , the trap was down , tho mouse was caught ; the pangs of hunger were more intolerable than the terrors of imprisonment . He did not , however , accept the unpleasant alternative of entering the trap until he was so nearly starved that his bones almost protruded through his skin ; and he freely took bits offoodfrommy fingers , through the wires ofthe cage . . _. ' . _' . f . . _¦; ¦ . ; „

      During the late eanvass in Michigan , a surgeondentist was making an excellent speech in one of the interior town ' s . A low fellow belonging to the other party interrupted . bim with the . question , "What do youa 9 kto pull a tooth doctor 1 " "I will pull all your teeth for a shilling , and your nose gratis , " replied the speaker . Curious epitaph in the churchyard of Morton-in-Marsh : — Here lie the bones of Richard . Lawton , Whose death , alas ! was strangely brought on Trying one day his corns to mow off , The razor slipped and cut his toe off ; His toe , ur rather what it grew to , An inflammation quickly flew to , Which _toek , alas , to mortifying ;

      And was , the cause of Richard s dying . _Deobnhract of the Age . — " Mother , asked a six-foot , gawkey after two hours of brown study' . ' what did : you and dad do ,.. when he come a coartin' yo . H ? " "Lasuz ! why , Jed , we used to sit by thefire , and eat roast turkey , and mince : pies , and drink cider , and watch the crickets runnin ' round the . hearth . '' ' _¦ ' Good gracious ! times-ain't as they used to was , mother , that ' s sartin . . Why , I went a courtin' last Sunday night ; I was all slicked up to kill , and looked teann' scrumpshus , and the only thing Peg gin mo was a raw pickle !" Important Decision . —In the Court of Exchequer , last week , a case was . tried in which a wife ( now dead ) , who bad received from her husband a separate allowance of fifteen shillings a week since

      1840 , and had saved out of it * 100 , gave it _(] ust before her death ) to her brother . The Court decided that the whole authority given to the wife by the husband was that she should . maintain herself out of tha allowance , and if she saved any momey it became the property of the husband , and she could not dispose of it , either in the shape of gifts or presents of money , because that formed no part of the authority which had been given to her . " _Zeu , " said a chap to his chum the other day , " seems to me you didn't stay long at Squire ' Foiger ' s last night ? " "No , " was the reply ; " I was sayin' a few pleasant things to the daughter , and the old man came in and gave me a hint to go . " "A hint , Zeb—what sort of a hint ? " " Why , he

      gave me my hat , opened the floor , _anojust as he began to raise his heavy boot , I had a thought that 1 wasn ' t wanted , and so I ¦¦ I—took my leave . " A Wonderful Jump . —Recently , one ofthe many Irishmen now travelling tbe country , hawking cloth , entered the Red Lion Inn , Winsford , and after teasing the waterman that usually resort to that house , to purchase , without effect , one of them drily asked him how much ho would take for the number of yards he should bo able , to Jump . The Hibernian replied , ** Three shillings . ' . The bargain _, was made , and the waterman mounted the battlement of winsford-bridge , with the . end ofthe piece of cloth in his hand , and leaped to the bottom

      ofthe river Weaver , taking with him the piece of cloth . The Irishman afterwards compromised with the waterman for twelve yards , at the same time observing that he believed an Englishman would leap to the devil for a yard of cloth . —Macclesfield Courier . A few days ago a countryman entered the shop ofa druggist in Gateshead and asked for a "drink " for . his cow .. After being served , be inquired how the medicine was to be given . " In a quart of warm ale , " was the reply . '' Warm yel be hanged ! aw ' s a teetotaller ! " "Well , but-1 suppose your cow is not ? " _saidthe druggist . "Noa ; butaw'll be very sorry , to gie her what aw dinnit drink meself . "

      Controversy . —1 never loved those salamanders who are never well but when they are in the . fire of contention . I will rather suffer a thousand wrongs than offer one . ; 1 will rather suffer a hundred than return one ; I will suffer many ere I will complain . of one , and endeavour to right it by contending : I havo ever found that to strive with my superior , is furious ; with my equal , doubtful ; with my inferior , sorded and base ; with any , full of _unquietness . —Bishop Hall . The Pedlar's Courtship . —A pedlar , well known in our island districts lately buried his second wife . Being ono of thoso who think it no part of wisdom to embitter , the , present with the recollections of the past , he soon turned frpm bewailing the dead to

      addressing the living . He picked out a _neighbouringspinster as well suited for being his third mistress , and lost no time in making his desires known . Jenny , it seemes , cocked her nose at the offer ; and John , leaving her to her fancy , departed , saying , " Weel , _weel , a' the world does not think like you , " which was quite true . Before reaching homo , the pedlar met a more compliant fair ono . Jenny , in the meantime , reflected on the dangerous consequences which would likely result from her ruse , and resolved in future to be more kind ; alas , in vain ! next day , as the pedlar was passing by , Jenny called him in , and stated her contrition for the bard words of yesterday . John beard ber through ,

      then replied , - "Weel , weel , Ira owre far on _wi anither and now to think o' gaen back , but if she happens to ! be na lang liver , I'll no forget to make you my forth wife . "—Perth Advertiser . Singular , Properties of the _Figure Nine . — Multiply C by itself , or by any other single figure , and . the two figures forming the product will , in each case , if added together , amount to nine ; f or example , 9 multiplied by 9 is 81 , and 8 and 1 added together makes 9 ; so on with the other figures . The figures forming the amount of 12345678 9 , added together ( viz . 4 , 5 ) , will also , if added together , make 9 . ¦ ¦ ¦

      _, _- . _, - . : _io-mobrow . .,..:.... To-morrowyou will live , you always cry . In what fair country does this morrow lie , That 'tis so mighty long ere it arrive ? Beyond the Indies does this morrow live ? 'Tis so far-fetched this morrow , that I fear 'Twill be both very old and very dear . To-morrow I will live , the fool does say ; 1 _' o-day itself ' 8 too late : the wise lived yesterday . Translated from Martial . A Muff . —The following anecdote was told with great glee at a dinner , by William 17 ., then Duke

      of Clarence . , " , I was riding in tho Park the other day , ou the road between Teddington and Hampton-wick , when I was overtaken by a butcher ' s boy on horseback , with a tray of meat under his arm , "Nice pony that of yours , old gentleman , " said he . " Pretty fair , " was my reply . " Mine ' sa goodun , too , " rejoined he , "and _I'llitrot you to Hampton-wick for a pot o' beer . ' . ' I declined tbe match , and . the butcher ' s boy , as ho stuck his single spur in his horse ' s side , exclaimed , with a look of contempt , " I thought you were only a muff . "

      How to pull a person ' s _f-riose — Make him a present of half-a-dozen silk pocket-handkerchiefs .. _, True Enough . '— If a man were to _fet out calling every thing by its right name , he would be knocked down before he'igot to the corner of the street . IlOMCEorATriic ' _jBEKR , — -Tie a sprig of hops to a rat ' s tail—let the rat swim through a mill-pond , then bottle the contents ofthe pond— "to be shaken before taken . " David Prince Miller , conjuror , showman , stagqplayer , & c , who is now giving an entertainment in the provinces entitled " The _Ups and Downs of Life , exposes for profit the tricks to whioh he and his brethren are occasionally driven for a livelihood . _, Mr : Miller , it seems , travelled in charge of the _Bosjesmans , one off whom was ' his own son ! The savages had taught the youth their language , and ho then exhibited himself ( without detection ) as one of their race . _..- >

      A lady in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford some time ago received a Jotter from another lady inquiring as to the " habits and capabilities" of a young woman , who Jived with the former as housemaid . The following were the various queries : — "Is she clean ? sober ? honest ? steady ? goodtempered ? willing to . be taught ? an early riser , without being . callcd ? not inclined to gossip and idle her time ? and bas she any followers ? Does she well understand waiting at table ? and cleaning plate ! Is she quick ? and can she sew neatly ?" The answer to these inquiries was as brief as it was expressive . It was— "Dear ' _Madami Polly P is an angel of a housemaid . From tho making ofa bed down to the threading of a needle , you will find _. her all that you can ivish- and even a little more . "

      A wag in Pennsylvania not long since , purchased a fine horse : returning from aride a few days afterwards , - he said he had discovered ,- a' quality in this animal which added fifty dollars to its valueit shied aU bum-bailiff ! _<

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29061850/page/3/