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BOOK AND JOB BEINnuG, In all its branches, executed with neatijess and disnatch. aiid on reasonable terms. card his aversion to such things, and one degre to another Until hd bad final- join thennf in a glass or at the card table.i |ly acquired a taste for the dark bever- THE VOICE' o F ATJXBMM. Thou lonely man of grief aUd pain. By lawless power oppressed, Burst from thy prison—rend thy chain- I come to make thee blest: i have no spnnalide buds and flowers., 1 have no summer bees and bowers ; But oh, I have some pleasant hours. To soothe thy soul to rest. Plenty o’er all the quiet land Her varied vesture weaves, And flings her gifts, with liberal hand. To glad the heart that grieves Along the southern n The vine its purple nectar weeps. While the bold peasant proudly re T h e w e a lth o f golden sheaves. It g 5 luntain steeps, ■■ Y reaps F o r t h w ith the e e bounds ^ .rliest march of morn, footstep free He plucks the fruit—he binds the co: Till night steals o’er the lea ; Beneath the broad, ascending moon, es home me welcome boon, ime old-remembered tun< He catriei And sings gome « With loud and Then come before my reign is passed. Ere darker hours prevail— Before the forest leaves are cast, • _ An 1 wildly strew the gale j There’s splendor in the day-spring yet— There’s glory when the snn is set— There’s beauty when the stars are met Around heaven’s pilgrim pale. The lark at length hath left the skies. The throstle sings alone ; ^ ■ And far the vagrant cuckoo flies, To seek a kinder zone ; But other music still is here. Though fields are bare and woods are sefe— When the lone robin warbles clear His soft and plaintive tone. While heav’eh is blue, aftfl darlh i#.%fBeii— . . Come at my earnest call, JEre winter sadden all the scene Beneath his snowy pall ; The fitiul wailing of the woods— The solemn roar otdeepening floods. Sent forth from nature’s solitudes, Proclaim my coming fall. TBE TAlE-TELlEll. From the Star Spangled Banner; G H A R L - E S W Q O D L - E Y j f HE TEMPTER iSB HIS TICTIM. TSr C H A K IsBS i s t . eHAPTER r. Why so pensive, dearest Ella ?” Said young Charles Woodley, m he drew his chair still closer to the side of his betrdthed. “ Away with all re straint, and tell me Why so rtielancho-- ly,” he continued, pressing her soft, white hand within his oWri: “ I am thinking, dearest Chafles,” she replied, of the many temptations you are exposed to in the prosecution o f your daily avocation, and to be frank, I niucfi fear that your intimacy with those around you will be instrumental ill leading you from the path of recti tude.” “ And has my dearest Ella no higher opinion of her Charles’ firmness, than to suppose he can thus be led astray ?” asked-Charles half disdainful. “ Forgive me, love, but there is a strange foreboding resting upon me which I have in vain essayed to rid my self of. If you but knew how closely your interest is bound to my own by the tendrils of affection, you would forgive . tliis argciety.I am sure.” ” W'hy, upon my word, I dp believe thpre is a tear 1” he said,*with assumed lightness as his eye caught sight of a pearly drpp oozing from between her f JoRg lashes; and then changing his tone. “ Tell me, sweet one, what has occurred to make you act thus strai^e- Jy ? Of what have I been guilty, that I should receive so severe a pun ishment as that of seeing you weep?” “ Nothing, dearest nothing,” -she ex claimed, giving yent to a fiood of, tears she was no longer able to restrain, Charles gazed with astonisbnent up- ph her for a moment, and thpn almost overpowered by his own feelings, arose, and impressing a kiss upon her brow, strove in kipd words and'tender glanc es to remove her distress of I3^nd-— White he is thus engaged, wc \filt take our leave for a moment, and inquire more particularly into the cause Ella had for the fears she eKpre^Sed. Charles Woodley was employed at fl)e time our story ciommenees, as a plerk in one of the wholesale estahlish- pients ifi the city of——— ’The house to which he was connected was enga^d. fit a very extensive business, and, as 4 consequence, quite a number of eissist- •gnts wefe requisite. AK of them, with the exception of Charles Woodley, Were more or less addicts tp debauchery ; a Whole, you could not perhaps ttttre dlssplute sbt ttf fftllOWi ill a t f ^ i . ¥hdy M ehtea- yqr?4irpoiT WoodleV'to dte- but he invariably declined. His firm ness, instead of making enemies, was admired—he wasr respected for It, and it influenced his fellow clerks to forbear their entreaties. There Was, however, one exception. Thomas Carroll, or, hs he Was more familiarly called by his fellows, Tom Carroll, never tired in en' treating Woodley to “ take a smile.” He would array before him the pleas ures at lading “a little noW and then,” and in rapturous strains would dilate on the delights that floated on the bo som of the oliv'e surfaced wine. But it was in vain—rCbarles Woodley was ifR- moveable. Failing in his efforts. Car- roll would turn away chagrined and ir ritated, but with new resolves to ruin the character of him he enviCvi. In the course of: our story we shall see hoxv fully he succeeded in his vile purpose. CHAPTER II. Thomas Carroll, although Charles Woodley was ignorant of the fact, had made the acquaintance of Ella Weston some months previous to his (Woodley’s) arrival in the city, and so far as a man of his habits was capable of feeling the influence of so pure a flame, he had fallen in love” with her. His love was but illy requited* however-^indeed she no sooner heard of bis light ,fame than, as a matter of course^ ^he^guye him\ to understand that his society was no longer agreeable to her. He, of course, discontinued big regular visits to her-residence, but whenerver an oppor tunity occurred, instead of shunning he would seek a meeting with her. On these occasions he would endeavor to remove the impressions made upon her mind with regard to,himself, and with all the eloquence he possessed would plead to be reinstated in her favor. Finding this, however, unavailing, he deter mined after much consideration, to adopt an entirely new mode of proceed- ure, which was simply as follows: His acquaintance with Miss Weston, al though of short duration, was sufficient-, ly long to convince him tfiat _she was the po.«?sessor of very sensitive^feelings, and he determined, as a last resource to confess the truth of all. the state ments she had heard u ith reference to, his character, and after making solemn., declarations to reform his life:, to appeal to her goodness of heart for sympathy and forgiveness. He. accordingly did so, and the sympathy and torgiveness he had expected were freely and fully bestowed. But this*did not satisfy, him. Aft^r having wrought upon her feelings thus far, he determined to press his suit once again, hoping that under the im mediate influence of the finer feelings of her soul she would readily grant him. that encouragement he so much desired. Rising from his seat and grasping her delicate hand, which she in vain endear vored to extricate, he exclaimed-^ “ Ella Weston, hear me! I haVe this day made to you a confession of error, and have solemnly declared my deter mination to reform. I thank you for the kind patience with which you have listened.to me, and for your sympathy. But I desire yet more. I can only hope for success in my undertaking by re ceiving your more direct encourage ment. And now I ask, willyou receive me as your acknowledged suitor? Re flect, I be.seecb you, before you reply, for on your decision is based my future destiny.” “ Mr. Carroll, t would not create a hope in your bosom which must meet with disappointment, and therefore, I tell yo firmly and frankly that you need never anticipate receiving more of my esteem than you do at present. And now sir, you will release and leave me.” “ Mark me, Ella Weston, you will live to repent the deeison you have this day made 1 Etenceforth, revenge shall actuate me. You shall ,y«t rest your head on the arm of that vile thiag in your sight a drunkard—your breath shall yet mingle with the breath of an inebriate I Farewell!” Thus saying he departed, and in a few moments more he was relating his,ad ventures in one of the low dens that in fest the city. »^ A few weeks after this meeting* the rumor reached Carroll that Woodley was quite a frequent visitor at the bouse of Mr. Weston, and that there w/as much reason to believe he would even tually suegeed in winning the affections of Ella. In order, therefore, to executjB the threat he bad made, he resolved to win the friendship of Woodley by be stowing upon him those Utile attentions which so readily win the roughest heart, so that be might the more easily induce hiih to depart from his regular habits, and become what he himself was—a sot. I ji this however he was doomed fodisaippointraent, for, jiotwitlisjEandiDg, Woodicy desired to continue in posses sion of his friendship, (for it was far preferable to his enmity,) he repelled the idea of purchasing it at the, price of his character, and every persuasion or argument which Carroll brought to bear upon Kiin, he would kindly yet stoutly resist. , - Although this had the tendency to ; diseourage*X)arrdll , his,, wicked de- - wfaUe, yet when, these sea- age. And he knew, too, that wfeen this taste was acquired by him his destiny was sealed, and that although he. might succeed in preserving it from the knowl edge of his^ betrothed^ yet 'after thahoc- ciirrence he would become more indif ferent* and she, through his carelessness become in possession of the secret— thus verifying the prophetic threat he had made, “your head shall yet rest up- qn the arm of a drunkard—your breath shall yet mingle with the breath of an inebriate,” But all his efforts met with defeat, and when the news reached his ear that the marriage of Woodley was to be celebrated in a day or two, he found the object of his malicious schemes still pursuing the even tenor of his way. -. CHAPTER III. The day of Charles Woodley*.** mar riage was a band, and a most glorious day it waS. At night the parlor of Mr. Weston’s stately ihansion waS illumined with a thousand brilliant lights, which combined with the sweet inflections of vocal and the soft harmony of instru mental music, the light, gay laughter of merry maidens, and the measured tread of the dancer’s; steps, told in language not easy to be misunderstood, that no ordinary occurrence was to tran.s^re. We will not dwell upon the festivities of the eYeniftg—suffice it to say that all was in keeping with the happmess and buoyancy of the two fond and trusting hearts; which a .shprt while since sol emnly engaged to lire together after God’s ordinance in the holy estate of matrimon.y. rr Month after month came'and depart ed until finally the solemn knell of time told the termination of a year. They Were months of perfect love and peace to our hero and heroine, and now on the anniversary of their wedding day, they retrospected the days that were passed without a single reget to mar the hap piness which tb^t retrospection afford ed them. They saw in the pathway al ready trodden the spring buds of mutu al affection which had sw’eetened the hours which had fled; whilst the ave nue that opened before them presented new delights, and new joys^, which were as yet unrealized. But alas I the un certainty' of human prospects. The destroying mildew rested upon those Joys ere tBey were attained, and when the spot which Hope had painted as most luxuriant was reached, it was bar ren and sterile., The unrelenting hand of misfortune had stripped the inviting bower of its leaves and flowers, and the sighing winds swept mournfully over the desolating ruins. And does the reader ask why this change? Ah, the Weakness of human nature ! The upas of Intemperance sprang up by the way- side, and its fruit was gathered by our now altered hero. The tempter had at last triumphed,, the victim had at last falien, and now in yonder reeling ine briate we behold the once upright, man ly and beloved Charles Woodley ! \Oh what a change is here !” Lips that a few months ago uttered the pleading ac cents of prayer and pious ejaculations, are now filled with curses and blasphe my! Eyes that once telegraphed the sweet language of affection are glaring now with the blaze of drunken rage ! The heart once cleansed by the purify ing blood of a crucified Redeemer, and overflowing with sentiments the most exalting and ennobling, is now un der Satanic influence ! The conscience once so sensitive to the touch of pollu tion is now seared, and ready for the performance of crimes the most hideous and revolting! Yes, our hero has in deed fallen; and how he fell, we shall now proceed to show. CHAPTER IV. “ Now, Woodley, upon my word I cannot say that I exactly under stand your strange, perseverance in rejecting the glass, and if I did not know that you served all 3 ’our friends alike in the matter, I should certainly feel myself offended by your refusing to drink with me on this occasion. You are aware of the fact that to-day is the anniversary of my birth-'day, and it is as little as I can expect of my friends that they will pledge me. in a glass.— Ail of them have done so except your self, and why not you? I assure you that I wpuld not insist upon it if I thought you an imbeqile^ weak-minded man, but I have alwayk entertained a differ ent opinion of you, and I believe yon have better command .ov^r your appe* tite than to allow one glass to plunge you into hard drinking. And now 1 propose you should give us a demon stration of your ability to govern your self by drinking the contents tflis glass once however enticing it may af terward appear. Come, let us see whether you are a man or not—it will do you good, and if this is not sufficient inducement, why we will promise to obey your* fatherly injunctions, and be more temperate for the future. What say you, boys, are you willing?” “ Ycs,“ was the unanimous reply. “ Now, then, Woodley,” continued the first speaker, whom * the reader has doubtless recognized to be Carroll, “ prove the siqcerily of your kind re- Acter bad been probed, raised to bis lips, tbe qpnteJitsfw«dfow^* cfl, apd the fiepdisli aqaile ?re#tod tempter, attested tbat runi bad hope of another tictim. How imperceptibly does the commis sion of ope error prepare the way for its repetition, or for the committal of one still more heinous! JJntised as be was to intoxicating drink, the effect of that one glass was quickly felt upon the brain of Woodley, (and here let me say in parenthesis, jihat its contents were prepared expressly for him, and with the sole view of making him ine briated,) and in proportion to the in crease of the excitement it produced, was his desire to. quaff again. Finally he bent forward—no invitation was needed now—and filling the glass with the burnihg fluid so temptingly arrayed before him, be again drained it. A third and fourth time was the act re peated, and now we, behold him lying insensibly upon the floor of the apart ment, that vilest and most loathsome object, a miserable drunkard] And where is the tempter ? There he stands exultingly smiling over his falieh vic tim, and mentally exidaiming: “ Revenge is at last mine ! This night shall her head rfst upon the arm of a drunkard— this night shall her breath mingle with the breath of an in ebriate.” Woodley was conveyed to his home, and the wife of his bqsom saw him for the first—would we could add last time —in a state of intoxication. We will not attefllpt to picture the agony of that fond fiid trusting heart ag she tearfully gazSd upon the now debased form of her idolized husband. We will not say that the' warm blood fled from her cbeek.^that her young heart seemed to perish for the moment, and that the countenance which erst was illumined by the radiance of joy’s bright smiles, now wore a shade of set tled melancholy. Why should we?— Words are but the personification of impoteney, if employed to depict wo man’s misery when she beholds life, hope and happiness sink into a prema ture grave. She never smiled again. And yet methinks if that husband had taken within his'own the snowy band once placed there by the minister of God, and sworn repentance upon it, if he fiad vowed by the meinory of the hal- 6ion hours of the past, never to have weatnded that eontidi&g htrart-agaiti-^ methinks if he had done this, life would have again assumed its wonted glad ness, and the sunshine of peace would once more have rested Upon her fair features. But ah, it was otherwise!— Mortified by his fall, Woodley turned a deaf ear alike to the entreaties of wife and friends, and to the still small voice that whispered, “ Come back, come back.” Fainter, and yet fainter that voice grew, until finally he heeded it not. No compunction of conscience accompanied the commission of the of fence—no memory of a departed moth er who led bis footsteps into the paths of virtue and rectitude, who nightly be dewed her pillow witb her tears as she supplicated the Throne of Heavenly Grace in his behalf, and whose last stammering accents were a blessing upon his head—no memory of that sainted mother arose to check his down ward career—no remembrance of a heart-broken wife and suffering babe at home embittered his hours b f Revel ry. Every ' finer feeling of ”^is heart had fled--*every lofty sentiment of his soul had expired—every gentle whisper of his conscience was hushed—hushed, we fearj forever! , 'The current of time rolled on, and still no change was effected in ouf hero. No^tiange, did we say ? Ay^ there was a change, and dreadful was it, too 1—« Hegradation were written in bolder characters upon his forehead—‘every mark of manliness had disappeared from his deportment, and every trace of refinement had forsaken his features. CHAPTER Y. ^ We now return to Carroll. Think you that lie views the destruction he has acconriplished with composure? 1 foil you nay! True, his long-sought and loi^desired revenge had jbefeil en joyed, but its mischief was greater than he supposed it would be; and now he carries within his bosom a burning hell! He may essay to quench its flames by hard drinking f but like oil upon fire, rum only increases the in tensity of the blaze! He may fly to the gaming table in order to banish the emaciated form of that wife and moth er Whom he had been instrumental in ruining; but her memory and her im age haunts him Still! He hears in his most tranquil moments the hollow voice* of that more than widowed woman breathing curses upon his name, and he hears the prattling lipS of iafariejr esSay to reiterate tho^ curses. They are with him in sleeping and waking hours. As he treads the streets of the city they walk beside him, and their groans of misery—oh, how terrible!—smite him to the heart. As he raises the spark ling glass to his lips be sees the penury and woe he has occasioned, reflected in. i t ; but still he drinks, and drinks the deeper damnation to his soul. As be stands alone in bis chamber strange voices proceed from every nook and corner, and when after many useless endeavors he at last sinks into sleep, it is only to see in visions the squalid countenances of the victims of his mal ice, and to feel that hell’s deputies are around him eager to convey him to those torments to which without a change he is fast hastening. One word more and we have done. The wife of Woodley, the once beau tiful and accomplished Ella Weston, now slumbers with the dead. As the breath of summer, so passed she away, and though surrounded by want and woe, her end was peaceful, for she had lived tjUe life of. a Christian, and she died the death of the righteous. Poverty and pain, and torturing misery Were hers; but the fire of tribulation separa ted t he precious metal from the dross, and her spirit now mingles with the sanctified in heaven. Over her remains is reared no lofty monument to mark the sleeping dust e f departed worth, but a plain marble slab alone designates the place of her rest^ ,0a it, encircled by a wreath* is engraven these simple and yet bow touching words, “ My sainted wife.” Frequently beneath the shade of the mournful willow that overhangs it may be seen the form of a manly, youth.— Beside him stands a man, who, though not far advanced in years, bears the fur rows of age upon his brow, and its hoary frosts upon his temples. It is the hus band and son of the departed. Repent ance came at I#ngth—alas 1 that it came so late, and was purchased so dearly. Unable to procure intoxicating drink for he was alike destitute of means and credit, he^ was forced into sobriety, and while in this state he was summon ed to the bedside of his departing wife. That scene made him a man again, and bended knees, with the cold and clammy hand upon which he had im printed so many kisses of affection ere the tempter came, with that hand clasp ed passionately within his own he swqre eternal enmity to inebriating draughts. Heaven had heeded the burden of that woman’s prayer—she died upon his bosom; and the wail of agony that escaped, his surcharged breast as her spirit left its tenement of clay was truly awful. For awhile reason forsook its | throne ; but a kind providence restored it, and now he is one of the most elo quent J[ecturers that the world affords. POETRY “ THE PRAYER OH BUNKER HILL” ' it Was' an iour of fear and dread— High rose the battle-cry, And round, in heavy volumes, spfead The war-cioud O'f the siry, ’Tw'as hot, as when in rival strength Contending nations meet. Or loveof Oonquest madly hurls A monarch from his seat : “ Yet one Was there, unused to tread The path-of mortal strife, Who but the Savior’s flock had fed . Beside the fount of life. - He knelt him where the black smoke wTeathed, His head was bowed and bare, While, for an infant land, he breathed The agony of pfay( ' * ith e :e uhlK)ra Their patriot father’s might 5 Blit thou, oh patriarch, old and i Thou prophet of the fre< Who kneltifaiOng the deac What ^amef shall rise to “ i t is not meet that brass or stone’ Which feel the touch of time. Should keep the re.cord of a faith That woke thy deed sublime : We trace it on a tablet fair. Which glows when stars wax pale, A promise that the good man’s prayer Shall with his God prevail.” of fear arid dread— The wife he onch loved, aye, idolized, Was now the victim of bis drunken frenzy, and a harsh word ot a blow was all her tearful entreaties for his reformation received, Herself and her suffering babe were left dependent on the charities of a cold, Unfeeling world, and their once neat and . comfortable dwelling had been exchanged for the law, dilapidated hovel. As for himself, shunned by the respectable, he had no iriend upon whom to call for assistance when,pinch ed by uriappeased huilger, and having forfeited all dhina upon honor arid in tegrity, he could. find none to emi^oy him if in the moment of utter destitu tion he was willing to labor for awhile. This was the ^ change that was wrought and Alcoliol wroujghf i t ! 0, Rum, Rum ! iVould I could bndow tliee with the power of speedh that thou mightesttell thine own; tale Of horror. Bards have sung i t ; orator?Rave ppoken i t ; heart-broken wives, and mothers, and starving babes proclaimed it ;• but the half is not yet *toId. Midnight scenes of horror and bloodsbed Which God’s eye alone witnessed, are yet un discovered. Hearf*piercing and soul- prObjng ^ighs and gfcans Of injured in- popence whioh'God’^ oar afone heard, are yet unrelated. Crimes* from the commission of which devils'even would shrink a^ipaUed, yettbmatnlh bblivion. But the day will come when-all these things -shall WToresled,-Arid -then, 0 Eutn,mostisitl|friJxriini^teridf the ©evil, . thou, shaft rueeaiva Ihe-Pjaudits < oi* master whom thoU ativeth, :e, lead that dayj MISCEUAIY. THR JAPAN EXPEDITION. We have received no letters intended for publication, from Mr. Bayard Tay lor, since he joined the Japan fleet; but a private note from him dated June 26tfa, at the harbor of Napa Kiang, Loo ChoO, states very briefly a few facts of interest, which it is uot improper for us to communicate to our readers. He writes as follows i “ Behold me here, in this remote and rarely visited corner of the Paeifie, sweating under a torrid sun, clothed in the lightest undress uniform allowed by the Navy Regulations, and living from hnnd' to mouth, now on sal-horse and sea-biscUitj and now on turtle-steaks and wild-boar etitlels. I have not yet been two months in service, but its’or- dered, artificial life, is so new and pe culiar—so different from all niy previ ous experience, that, although I am now tolerably at home in it,'the time seems greatly prolonged. ’ I have, in fact, seen and done a great deal since leaving Shanghai. We sailed on the lYth of May, leav ing the Plymouth there, and after a de tention of three days at the mouth of the Yang-tee-Kiang, sailed direct for this place, at the south-western corner of th© Great Loo Choo Island, where we arrived on the 26th. Probably not more than a dozen vessels had ever been here before, and the arrival of our two great steamers, with the Saratoga and Supply, created, as you may suppose, an immense sensation. Loo Choo is tributary to the Japanese Prince ofSat- sume, and the people are Japanese in dress, customs and government, though not as I'think, in race. They approxi mate nearer to the Malay. After the regent had been received on board, and a good understanding established, the Commodore appointed a party of four •—of whom I was one—to explore the interior of the island. No white man had over been more than three miles from Napa before. We took four men and some Chinese coolies with us* and started on a six days’ tramp, during ___ _________ _ _____________ which we made 108 miles and thorough- H irv^ce'harbe'en heard”'thro~ughom than one half the is- y __ J I J a t . a.1 i jy _T ' lo-rt/) Orf f o n ilA f l n tf <KAVAl*nTTIfinf. the length and breadth of the land, and the mournful melody of bis songs has touched the hearts and watered the eyes of thousands who have heard him.— He still fights- manfully against the strongholds of Alcohol; but his labors will end ere long, for disease has fast ened on his vicais, and threatens to re move him speedily. But he does not fear Death—he calmly awaits its ap proach? indeed, anxiously longs for its coming; for he is a Christian now, and with an eye of faith he beholds a saint ed wife eager to embrace him on the shores, of Canaan, ff7“An Arkansas volunteer in the Mexican ,wac,.riiUng on horseback, came across an Jllinqian, who wasfsbcit in the leg. The IlUnoian told him where he was wounded, and suggested to betaken up and conveyed' out of danger. “ Ar kansas” placed him on iliebind the sad dle, and fastened him to himself with a leather strap. .. . While they w^re hastening from dan ger* A grape shot took \ RHnoia” '* h M off;, but “ Arkansas” thought he had oijiy fainted from fatigue and pain,— When a safe, place was arrived .at* the horseman releasing his. charge, and tree ing his head, was gone, exclaimed: “ Wejl! these JUiuoians are the d—dst liars! Here’s a rascal with bis head off,, when he, told me he was only shot in the leg. . You can’t believA A word they say!” land. We were attended by government officers who acted as spies, but did not attempt to control our movements. We led them such a dance asth%neverhad before, but it was impossible to escape their espionage. Scouts were sent in advance wherever we went, and the na tives driven away from the road. The inhabitants either shut up their houses or hid themselves—not through fear of us, as many little incidents proved, but of their own rulers. The island is one of the world; very fertile, -admirably cultivated, and com bining in the scenery the characteris tics both of the tropic and temperate zones. We discovered a ruined castle 550 feet long, on the summit of a moun tain, besides manyancieflt tombs, hewn in the rocks. The northern part of the island is iriountainoUs, and covered With dense forests, in which wild boars are fohnd. The trip was altogether the most fantastic and peculiar I ever made. We took a tent, hut lodged mostly in the cung-‘qua% or government houses Which are -very neat and comfortable. Onr hatite escort furnished us with pro visions, Ahd'beaters for our baggage,— On Mohday.’the 6fh rnst.^the Gommo-. dqre returned the Regent Vvisit at Sfaen- di, the royal residence, three toiles from here. He went in state with a process ion of more than 200 officers, seamen and marines, with two field pieces and two. bands. Great numbers of the .na tives came to witness our array. We erittered the roS’^al castle a t Sbendi, but_ V ery O bservant .— There i s a la^y in thd'\u|)per of NiewYork sd-mOd- esl that she wUf not uhdri?ss''*aDtil a „ . newspaper her mother Autfscribe's to iS; ttdhdeserfptdishes, arid was then obliged' Lhe room, to stop.. Emy^ thing passed ’off re- [markablj well. We left there on the 9th for the Benin Archipelago, 800 miles to the east of this, taking the Saratoga in tow and leaving the Mississippi and Supply behind. After a delightful voyage of five days we reached Port Lloyd, the harbor of Peel Island, where we remained four days, I was appointed to the command of an exploring party. The island is only six miles long, but very rugged, and covered with the densest tropical vegetation. I never had such a hard day’s work in my life, although we only traveled twelve miles. I had seven men—officers and seamen —with me. Two of them broke down completely, a third barely dragged him self along, and the others were woAiIly fatigued. iVe climbed down a mile of precipices by holding on to the corner ’ of rocks and the roots of trees, shot a wild boar, kindled a fire and roasted his flesh, and had a grand time gene rally. The Benin ishiid^ arO of -Volcanic formation, and,- though in lat, 27 N., the vegetation is that which is elsewhere found near the Equator. The inhabi tants—30 in all^are English, Ameri can and Eanak-* mostly runaway sail ors, who raise a few vegetables which they sell to sailors. Port Lloyd is a splendid and secure harbor, and the only one in all this prirt of the Pacific which will answer.as a stopping place and call ing station for oUr new Pacific steam ers, when they get under way. We can even afford to lose the chance of a sta tion in Japan, if we get Port Lloyd,—- Altogether t have employed my time pleasantly and profitably, since entering the service. \VVa returned on the 23d and found the Plymouth fo frofn Shang hai with the mails—my first news from home is nearly seven months. W« leave here for Jeddo in three days.-— The length of our stay is of course un certain, but as soon as I get back to some Chinese port, I shall resign, and make straight across the Pacific. I have a mighty hunger to get back to civilization. I am tired to death of barbarians, especially of the Chinese, with their monstrosities and abomina tions, andT suppose the Japanese are not much better. What I see of the operation of the Japanese laws in Loo Choo disgusts me. I think we ahali certainly sail on Wednesday and spend our fourth of July in the Bay of Jeddo. Amateur theatricals to-morrow night on board the Mississippi.”—-N, Y. Tri^ tune. N ot A fraid o f U ops .—A blg-hellied fellow named Eolff used to frequent an “ up-town” dram shop in Philadelphia, where a few wits and any quantity of mutton-headed individuals were wont to congregate. Old Rolff waS equal to a London tapster or a Dutch Burgo master, and had often drank his pint down at a-gulp, easy as falling off a log. One day, a fewjokersbeiDgaround, on© doubted the capacity of the old man to guzzle a quart of beer at a draught. “ You choost pay ’em,” says Ro—, you choost pay for ’em,- and by tun- der, den you see if old Jake Rolff can’t waller a quart of peer mitout wiukin.” “ We’ll pay for it, daddy,” says one, if you’ll down with it in one long guz- “ 'Vdri ivefl fotch on de peer !” The beer' was brought in a large deep brown mug. Before pouring in the beer, a defunct mouse had been quietly inured; the old man took the mug, foaming to the brim, raised it tq the ne cessary elevation, and down it went. “ How’d it go, daddy ?” was-the cry, os the old man, with bloated visage and distended eye, sat down the empty mug. “ How’d it go ? Bah ! Goot I Dar was one tarn pig hop in de potlom, hut tinks I donH care a tarn for tern tings “E dication R iz !”—A precious j’outh, in a country town in Massachusetts, had arrived at the age of nine years, when bis father .sent him to school. He stood beside his teacher to repeat the letters of the a lp ha b et : “ What’s that ?” asked the teacher. “ Harrow,” vociferated the urchin. “ No, that’s A,” “ A !” “ Well, what’s the next ?” '* Oxyoke.” “ No, that’s B.” “ ’Taint B, neither, it’s an oxyoke j crotch all hemlock! Gosbminety! think I don’t know V* QZ?- Mother, you musri’t whip me for running away from school any more !” “ Why ?’’ “ Because my school book saYsthat ants ate the most industrious beings ia the world’; and airi’t I a true anf / ” ‘ Folly! Box Ifis cars!” removed ffom Ihb room, ?1 the paper is the Qbjerver, . ffT\ Hiram, my boy,” said^v tender father to his son, *‘ you must be mdre careful,of yofirself. You liave constituitioh of some.” , ‘ “ Don’t you believe i t ; I’ve ^ot the constitution of a horse. Dang it, if | don’t believe I’ve got, the constitution the United States.” ff^ “ How do you get aibrig with your’arithmetic and Catechism?” asked a father of his little boy, the other __________ _ _ _ _ „ _____ , . . _nijthb How far have you got?’’ . did imt see either the ’young JP-ritme lor “ Pse ciphered through addition* par- the Queen-Dowager.' A f ter tbo reeep- iitiola, subtractfoo,' distra'etidii* adtnoni- tiori we had'a'grand native dinner at. Hoff |ristification, balliicmation, dama- the B r e n t’s hoffse. ’ t partook'of §1 tion. amputation, creation, and adop- He’dflo for an efiginber on the “Shed Line” Railroad.
