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              ! VOLUME XXIII. MOUNT VEIiNON, OHIO: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1859. NUMBER 27. ininal ttorfrir. . Written fer the Sit. Vernon Banner. Tlie Desolate Heart. Br MART PINKERTOX. Deep in the lonely chambers Of the gloomy and desolate Heart, .".-The pala apectera of joya departed , WaiJ with a ehudering atart ; And the h;irp of Affection, all shattered,. Lie there, untuned and unstrung. And the conga that were wuul to be warbled ,. Are by the aweet Minstrel unsung. Hope in her enfBn is there,-" With her. winding-sheet folded around, : And Diapair ninga a requiem sad With a doleful and quivering sonnd. Love i there, stricken and bleeding. Uttering a desolate cry, Transpierced with an arrow of leorn - And gasping and atruggling to die. Dead Pleasures, like pal.), wlther'd flowers, Lie the, white-robed for the toinb, And Memory, thonghtful-and lone,; Weeps in the gathering gloom ; And Sorrow aita brooding and lonely, : Tears and groans are bis only relief, . And seated beside him in adn, - la desolate, heart-stricken Grief. Pure Virtue, too, weepa in the chambers, Of this rained and desolate place, But the impress of Heaven is beaming In her sorrowing, but beauteous face ;-She weeps for the dire desolation Of thia her once cherished abode, And, Oh ! how she labors and atrivoa Toreclaim itonce more to God. - But Darkness, like death-shades, Is there, Impervious and black is the cloud-' That ia wrapped all around the poor Heart, Like a black gloomy burial-shroud. Oh, Virtue! illume the dark place. Thy miasion of love must be done, The Heart from thia night of dispair - From thia darkness and gloom must be won. Oh ! al ine away gloomy IMrpair, Bid Hope from her coffin arise, v And soar from a treacherous World To a Mansion prepared in the Skies "'-.-.-Then Woe and Lnair shall be banished Love, Joy and Peace bal be given, And Darkness and Sorrow aud Night, ; Shall be changed for a vision of Heaven. Jillowa v, Aug. 27tb, 1858. - 1 ikrarn THE DIGNITY OF LABOR. Since the decree went forth from the hallowed - lips of Jehovah. "In the sweat of thy faceshalt thou eat bread," it has been the destiny of man to labor constantly and incessantly. Nothing great or good can be accomplished without it. Think not, young man or woman, that you can aToid it without injury to yourself. As well might you inhale the " pestiferious gnm of the Upaa and expect to escape unharmed. Tell me not, young man, that 10 labor is beneath your -dignity that your parents are wealthy, and that there ia no need of your wort; that labor is for. the poor, and not for the rich. Deluded mortal, "when that poor boy, wl.om yoa scorn and des pise, is high upon the lad-ler of fame; you, per. haps, will be groveliug in ignorance, poverty and Tags. Insinuate not, proud young woman, that yonr blood is to noble jour ancestry too renowned tor you to labor. Your "sempstress," tipon whom you look with sovereign contempt, may live to give your starving children bread. Travel back through the vista of time as fur as j you please, examine in every department of life, and show me a single great man who got to be such short of long, continued, unremitting, individual labor. Go look upon the bald pate of the Athentic orator, as he labors in his cause, then judge ye the price of his productions. Ask the great Milton the amount of labor bestowed by him even upon "Paradise Lost." Inquire again of the American philosopher. Franklin, if he attained the high position he occupied in the scien tificworld by a course of idleness and ease. To labor is to. do the will of heaven. When man came forth from the hand of his creator,: he had .virtually stamped upon the very tablet of bis being, in characters of living light, the impressive injunction, upward and onward ad infinitum. . The man who looks upon honest toil as the weeds which rot on Lethe' i wharf, will sink into silent "obscurity. It is a lamentable fact, however, that a large class of people regard labor aa dishonorable. Nearly every body in the country, whose father owns a ''nigger," is precipitately rushed into a profession. The "old man" feeds the ardent imagination of his boy by dilating upon the wonderful achievements of Esculapiua, or expa- tiatine upon the matchless forensic eloquence of Cicero, Burke and Calhoun. The whole thing looms up in a grand panorama before his youthful vision. He also imagiues himself a demigog in embryo, and that he is soon to realize the re ward so beautifully spoken of by Gray: "The applause of listening Senates to com-. mand, " ' The threats of pain and ruin to despise To scatter plenty o'er a smiling lund, And read his history in a nation's eyes." - Ha is taught labor to despise; that be is a decided genius; and has nothing to do but fold his arms iaidleaes and live bf his wits; fatal rock, upon which thousands have wrecked. But the joang genius soon Ends that he baa no business qualifications, and, as a matter of course, gets nothing to do. Whereupon be bo cornea disheartened and discouraged, and too frequently ends hU life in misery and shame. While it U true that nothing great is attaina-bla without labor, it ia equally true that with it jwt are enabled to accomplish almost ever thing; of which the history of the world afford abundant prooC ... , , The Latin maxim: "iaJor omnia xiincit mJoentJj true; and whatever be your hopes, your dream of distinction, young man never forget that trite sterling truth, Labor i what really dignifies life, and woe to him who dreams of fame or honors without iL -v ,, Tlxe 7ay to Spoil Girls. If any parent wishes a reeipsvhow to epoil iaaghterj, it can be easily and readily Tea M4 can be proved by the experieaca of hns-dredi to be certain and eficaciou. J . Be always uUing her, from earliest childhood, what a beautifal crtatort ah U. It i a m capital way of inflating the vanity of a little girl, to be constantly exclaiming " How pretty 1 " Children understand such flattery, even when in the nurse's arms, and the evil is done the character in its earliest formation. 2. Begin, as soon as she can toddle around, to rig her up in fashionable clothes aud rich dresses. Put a hoop upon her at once, with all the artificial adornment of flounces, and feathers, and flowers, and curls. Fondness for dress will thus become a prominent characteristic and will usurp the whole attention of. the young immortal, and be a long step toward spoiling her. 3. Ll hrr- vinit so much that 8he tiud no happiness at home, and there fore will not be apt to sty there and learn home duties. It is a capital thing for a spoiled daughter to seek all her happiness in visiting end change of place arid associates. She will : thus grow as useless as modern fashionable parents delight that their daughters should be. 4. Let her reading consist of novels of & nauseatiogly sentimental kind. She will be spoiled sooner than if she perused history or science. Her " heart will be occ-up;pd bv fictitious scenes and feelings; her mind filled with unrealities; and her aims placed on fashion and -dress and romantic attachment. 6. Be careful that her education "gives her a smattering of all the accomplishment; without f the sltgtitest knowledge of the things really use ful in life. Your daughter won't be spoiled so long as she has a real desire to be useful in the world, and aims at its aecomplishineti's. If ber mind and time are occupied in modern accpai-plisbmeuts, there will no thought of the necessity and virtue of being of some real use to some body pervading her heart, aud she will be soon ready as a spoiled daughter. 7. As a consequence, keep her in; profound ignorance of all the useful arts of housekeepinif, impressing upon her mind that it i3 vulgar to do anything for yourself, or to learo how anjthihg is done in the house. A spoiled daughter should never be taught the mysteries of the kitchen-such things a lady always leaves to the servants. It would be " vulgar" for her to know how to dress trout or shad, to bake, to wash, to iron,, to sweep, to wring the neck of a live chicken, pluck it audprepare it for breakfast, or to do anything' that servants are hired to do. As a mistress or a house, it is her duly to sit 011 a velvet sofa all ' day in the midst of pyramids of silks and flouts ces, reading the last flash novel, while her domestics are performing the labors of the house. To complete the happiuess of your spoiled daughter, marry her to a bearded youth with soft I ands, who knows as little how to earn money as she does to save it. Her happiness Will i)e Jfn-itslied for her lifetime. Ilartjbrd Con rant. Be Manly. . - Never try to keep out of any one's way when you owe bim an thing unless it be a thrashing. It is bad enough, in all conscience, to be in debt but dotvt iiiak jour condition worse by growing mean under its pressure. When you absolutely cannot pay up, at the appointed time, don't mak lelieve sick, don't skulk about in oat-of-the-way streets to avoid meeting your creditor,--don't sneak around the first corner when you catch Bight of -him before be has seen you. All such conduct is unmanly. No doubt you feel averse 1 to standing face to face with a man to whom you are a debtor pay.day past.and you a debtor still it is mortifying, very; but it is only one of the natural consequences of borrowing; and as you have incurred the " penalty, why meet it like a man. Face your creditor; let him know that you neither forget the debt, nor underrate bis patience with you. Say frankly that you are very sorry to keep him solong out of bis money, and that you wilt pay up as fast aud as soon as you possibly can." - This is the only creditable, way to conduct yourself in the case. -There is no respect due to men or women, who, failing to be able to meet their payments at the proper time, instead of going at once and explaining the reason why they fail, and doing and saying all that they can to assure their creditors that they mean no dishonesty, just sneak about carefully, anxious only to shun the creditor's sight. Be manly. Sleep. " The indifferent reader will most probably glance over this little essay, and lay it down without perceiving its merit. The attentive reader will see that there are few wordi of more than one syllable used in it. To appreciate the ingenuity of such an effort one has only to try to imitate it: Rest is sweet When day has closed and sounds of toil are heard no more, Night draws ber dark robe around the earth and sets it with stars. Man, worn with the toil and strife of the day, goes to his borne, and soothed by the lull ia wooed to rest. Now, as he lies on bis couch thoughts that vexed bim by day throng bis mind. It is sweet to muse on the joys of life, our loves and hopes, as Sleep weighs down the lids of our eyes and sheds his sweet balm o'er the worn frame. One by one our limbs yield to his touch; thoughts dance round as in a wild, mixed waltz then one by one they leave nsj the mind makes one fond grasp at each loved shade as it flees, but fails to seize it; the brain whirls, the mind acts no more, and we "sink down and cease to be." - , ' . - This is sleep! so like is it to Death that some have called them twins. But death we fear, while Sleep seems to us a kind curse who takes to ber lap the vexed child. - We know that death bears as on his breast to the world we know not but which we may not leave when once our fee1 have touched its - plains j while Sleep leads ns but to the world of Drms77, f .,".,..- " The bright world of Dreams. At night we row onr Urks en iu lake and seas of tfass; our feet tread its shores and walk 'mid its cells. Brooks sins; to vs as they leap on their way. Birds with bright plumes greet bs from the boughs, as w pass throogb the groves-. No trees are there1 jao green as those that grow in the land of dreams; no flowers so rare as those that spring from the glad soil as we draw near. Towers crowned wiih gold throw back to the sun the light he gives, end we glide 00 through halls thronged with loved odi of each, or those who passed from us long since to the world of shades. Night by night we talk to the loved ones there, and list to the tales they breathe in our ears; and Our hearts swell with the bliss we feel. But e'en the throb with which the heart greets the joy i3 its dirge; . for we wake to weep for the joy that lives not but in our dreams, aud is too sweet to be known on earth. How wise a gift is sleep! In the hush of night sleep is born and rest comes lo man. Morn comes; with the drawn he leaves his couch and goes forth to toil with new zeal ' a strong man to run a race." Each day of toil has iti night of rest. Thus -it is through life, till at last death comes, and roan sleeps to wake to a new life of joy or shame. As in 6leep there is no work, so there is none in tbegrave. To one worn with toil the night of death must be sweet. But tbere is nc change there; as the tree falls so it must die." If then the day of life be lost, how sad the night. ; For when the trump shnll sound to wc.ke us from this last long sleep, we ehall be judged for our works; he that has done well shall rise to joy that ends not, b who has done ill to shame and woe. Work then, "while the day lasts, for the night comes when no man can work.' William P, Baker. . Remarkable Memory. John Franklin was a native of Canaan, Liech-field county, Connecticut. An instance of his remarkable memory, when a lad of seventeen, will show that he was no ordinary boy. Having accompanied the famlv to the place of worship, the meeting housebeing only closed but neither ceiled or plastered, the beams aud rafters were aM exposed to view. - - - . . John saw that bis. austere father sat through the sermon withreat uueasiness, but could not divine the caused On'returning home, 'John said his father, 'it is my duty to give you a severe thrashing (com- ! - . . . , , , 1 . . raon in old times) and you shall have it present ly, so prepare 'yourself.' 'But you won't whip me, father, without telling j me wbt for?" j 'No, certainly your conduct at the meeting J sir, is the caise.: iirstend of -at tending to - the I senucin, you were all tlm time gaping abtiut, as j .f you were counting the beams and ratters ofj tLe meeting house.' j 'Well, .-father,- cf n you repont the "nerrnoi.?" i 'Serinon? no. I ha I as much as I could do ! io watch jour inalteiitiiju.' 'If I tell vou ali the minister said, tou won't T. , '. .- - j ltre is reason, tlien-tore, in the vulgar notion WDip tilt . . - . ' 1 ., - ,. , - . r J., .... but Wa"k'-f.- t,poeH'. - - I 31" Tff ."'.,ht III- 'elps to keeD v. ' ,. , . ,. , , , , Jowu any alurmirg adiposity, anfl that ladies loung I'caitkliu iintneuiately named the textv i,, -i,.j , . - , , . , ' wbo dread the appeamuce of their graceful out- and taking up the discourse, went through every u;no :n ,,,- v. . ., . . , , . . , 0 ' : line in curves of plumpness expanding into "fat,'' head of it with surprising accuracy. - ! . r-, 1 ir V 1 , -. , rT. . . 7u, J,.l.L;;,.1,iMJ St,lire,jW a result by liberal pota- should not have thought i' - ' - ' , - . exactly how m:iny beauis a-nd. tcifters there are 111 ' . J . , j the meetin--honse. ' The Blue ia the Flag. Alfr.iid H. S-rert, Esq., of Albany, rend re-J cently a skfli of the battle of Sitrntoa before the Now Yurk Historical Society. We quote a part of the conclusion intTodui-ed by the Rev. Dr. Smith, of this city, in his fourth of July-dis' course:-. "The stars of the new flag represented the new cotistellation of 'Slates' rising in the west. The icea was taken from the 'constellation of Lyra, which in the hands of 'Orpheus' signified 'harmony.' The blue of the field - was taken from the edges of 'the Covenanter's banner in Scotland,' significant also of the league and covenant of the U nited Colonies against oppres sion, incidentally involving the virtues of 'vigilance, .'perseverance, aud 'justice.'' The stars were disposed in, .'a circle,., syrabelizing the perpetuity of 'the Uuion;' 'the ring like the circling serpent of 'the E Typtian, signify iii eternity. The thirteen stripes showed with 'the stars,' the number of the United Colonies, and denoted the subordination of "the States' to the Union, as well as 'equality among theinselves.' The whole was the blendiug of the various flags previous to the Union flag viz: the red flags of the army and the white ones of the floating batteries. The red color, which in Iliman days, was the signal of defiance, denotes daring; and the white purity, "What eloquunce do the stars .breathe when their full significance is known. A new constel. lationl Uuion! Perpetuity! A covenant against oppression! Justice, equality, subordination, courage, and purity!" The Meerschaum Mania. Within the past two years there has epmn? up in our midst, a disease known as the " Meer schaum fever," and so rapid has been its growth, that a smoker of cigars or fine cut, is not considered genteel or fashionable without the smoke of his " regalia," or " Turkish " passes through a meerschaum. The usual salutation of " How are you ?" is now forgotten and the words "Does your Meerschaum color ? " substituted. For it must be understood that the meerschaum is only considered valuable when it assumes a dark reddish appearance. No matter how much it may smell like an old- pipe, and scent one's clothes until your friends torn up their nose to the windward white talking lo yoa, fashion has issued its mandate that meerschaum mast be colored. Ci gars are smoked without number, sleepless nights are spent in extracting the oil from the tobacco, so that it may be absorbed in the beloved meet: schanm, and the coveted color obtained. Friends are invited to smoke that were never invited before, So that the good time may come when the Owner can, with feelings of gratitude, exclaim ,' f flow beautifully it is colored.!, . Fabatoos amounts are paid ibr them when they have donned the fashionable hoe, and that 'which was worth but fifty cents when new, has been' sold as high as fifteen dollars when colored and rank with the oil of tobacco. The price can not be considered enormous when tO Understood tiat the finest quality of meerscnaant cannot be perfectly colored under three months, and then it most be in use nearly all the time, ny, for in- stance thirty eirgars per day smoked through one, each cigar costing thee cents, would make the cost for ninety days $81, without counting ick headaches, nervousness, ec. The meerschaum, or that portion i a which the cigar or tobacco is placed, is m4f in Vieona, of clay found in Asia. , This clay resembles the porcelain clay of this conntry, and is easily mp Jed. into any desired hap, and the finer quily. the more easily colored by the oil of tobaccOji The mouth-piece of the meerschaum is made of amber, a substance resembling resin found along the Baltic Sea. Thi is valued according to the size of the piece, and its fitness for mouth pieces. Many of the meerschaums, since the great demand for the ar-trcle, are now made of tb French clay, with mouth pieces of copal, and so strong is the resemblance that none but judges of the article cau dint iiiguidh the difference. Thess are called by the k no wing ones, "ilereshams." These sel from twenty-five cents to one dollar and upwards. The real meerschaums are valued as before stated, by the length and purity of th mouthpiece, and the fineness of the clay from which hey are made.- Some of the in sell as high as f 20, and the bowls for pipes as high as $50, in couse quncce of the elaborate carving upon them. They are made io Vienna, where a large number are employed to meet the present demand. One firm, Doll & Co., have sold : over $6000 worth, the present season, and the cry is still "more meerschaums." These pipes have been in use in Vienna and Germany for fifty or more years, and by a fe Germans in this country, but not until very recently have our own citi aens taken such a fancy to them. Now, the fe ver is equal to the mulberry tree mania, which spread over the country, and every cigar shop has its display of meerschaums. Those who are not able to purchase the " Simon Pures," use glass imitations, and one respected friend' has i..Mn.a;( ua 1 j .. because tt had been colored, without the neces- sity of killing himself hy smoking an unusual number of wgw.PhifodelpJiia Ledger f a If. I.M Fat Young Ladies and Vinegar. it-.eo-ar iinnairs th A C&iiX IVU nrirutj on v a a. I e.niuet.t physician. Kxperitu.-i.ts 011 artificial I 'ligesn'on show that if the quantity of acid be j -iiminished diges:ion is rt-tarded; if iucreased lioi.s ot vinegar, but they can only be arrested at the fur more dreadful oinpnis ir ikn!. V.lk ,hft amoni'f of acid which will keep them thiu ;n A j- .- V, , . win de.troy tneir diueslive powers. Portal gives a case which should be a warning. "A few years aj-' a "u" lfid7 in easy circumstances ei.joyed k' hli she was very plump, had a good a p- pt lite, and a complexion blooming with roses and lilies. She ber'an, to look upou her plump-nt ss with suspicion, for ber mother was very fat and she was afraid of becoming like. her. Accordingly she consulted a woman, who advised tier to drink a glass of vinegar daily; the young lady followed the advice, and her plumpness diminished. She was delighted with the experiment, but she began to have a cough; a slow fever came on, And a difficulty of breathing; her body became lean and wasted away; swelling of her feet and legs succeeded, a diarrhea terminated her life." " Therefore, young ladies, be boldly fat. Never piue for graceful slimness and romantic pallorj but if Nature means yon to be ruddy and round, accept it with a laughing grace, which will captivate more hearts than the paleness of a circulating library. The Premium Babies. On the last day of the National Fair at Chicago a novel ceremony took place in the award of premiums. A German woman presented to the President a basket with three, bouncing boys in it, triplets, as entitled to . a premium under the class of live stock of that description. Whereupon General Tilghman, iu his peculiarly happy style addressed the crowd aroundT the stand as follows: . . Fellow Citizens of the United States of America, ladies and gentlemen, married and single; We appear, before yon on this occasion to award a premium of a most interesting' character. No country can be great without population, and how can any conntry be so great as tbiat where we improve upon the old fashioned principle of one at a time. Your speaker, after having served his country by an addition of eight in single number, concluded his labors with two at a time. He is proud to welcome all who have done likewise. ' But, although, . in agricultural parlance, we have generally considered ourselves some pumpkins, we are really small potatoes compared with Mrs. Teresa Onderslrock, the mother of these triplets. : - . If there has been any doubt about this being the greatest agricultural fair ever held in the country, this settles the question. . Never was there an occasion like this before where three living and healthful babies were presented to the audience by .a member of. the official board. 1 might descent for Sny length of time, upon such a prolific theme; but I will conclude by awarding on behalf of the United States Agricultdral So ciety, three spoons to John, Joseph and, William Onderstroc-k; the infant brothers in the basket before yon-; Go thon, and do otherwise. The applause which followed was deafening, and amid, shoots- of laughter, aad cheers from the boys, the band, struck np Yankee Doodle. The parents of the. children were poor, suid on taking the basket around among - the throng of spectators there was a perfect sho wer of dollars dimes, and quarters in the. (taskef, so that in addition to a silver spoon for each of the babies, the parents received between two and three hun dred dollars. rpitrfmci 1 Ijntcrfsiing D"aricfir. Ballooning. "The recent" balloon excursion made by Mr Wise and his companions, has awakened or re newed a great deal of interest on the subject of the science of aeronautics. If, however, we are to believe the incidents recorded in the fallowing extract from a London paper published in 1786, the art of navigating balloons is not as successfully practiced now as was the case many years ago: ' . C "' ;-;-' "Ahdonel Saib, of BafTora, an Arabian collector of extraordinary anecdotes and curious occurrences, tells us that id the reign of the CaliSf A bach id, a cotion Weaver, of Mousul invented a boxpr chest, in which he enclosed some unknown power, which carried bim in a chair strongly fix- ed in, the middle of the chest, at the height pf one hundred feet, from Baffbm to Bagdad, being upwards of fifty leagues, in twenty-four hours. This adventurer never showed the work bv which he performed this flight, even to the Califf, who offered large sums for the secret, but was too just to make use of his authority on such an occasion. On the outside of the machine was a triangular sail, so contrived as to turn with the wind, on a pivot like a weathercock, and a rod derto direct its course. In this manner the in-: genious inventor made several voyages to Sciraa. Gombroon, and several parts of the CalifTa dominions, with government despatches, by which he soon raised an immense fortune;' but ambition or love prompted bim to alieht on the roof of a palace, in order to carry off one of the wives of the Sultan Benhali, Governor of Aleppo, whom his fame had seduced. He was detected io the Seraglioand brought before the Prince, who sentenced the daring intruder to be burned, with his machine, which was executed next day. It seems-probable, adds our historian, that superstition overruled curiosity, otherwise Benhali would have examined the powers by which two persons could be transported through the fields of liquid air, at any distance from the earth, with as much ease and safety as in the best vessel on smooth water; but the horror of beholding ihe Devil's work prevented the knowledge of a contrivance, which though evidently but a compound of natural philosophy and mechanics, was well worth the most elaborate inquiry. Thus perished the secret by the precipitate destruction of the machice, and of the only person in the world who was capable of revealing it." Secret History of Kossuth's Connection ; with Louis Napoleon. '-- S ttMy aiuu iu uu n mw mm iuc lutiu . tu are the principal points of the secret history of Kossuth's connection with Louis Napoleon: As soon as the war in Italy against Austria was resolved npoo, Napoleon, Victor Emanuel and Count Cavour planned an insurrection in Hungary as one of the means of coercing Aus-tria to evacuate Italy. They, however, knew Kossuth too well,; not to know that a scheme by which Hungary would have acted as the catspaw for Italy, to be deserted by the allies in the hour of her need, could not meet with his approbation. They. therefore tried to arrange matters without him, but when they saw that his name and talents were indispensable to any rising in Hungary and when they found that he had botb the power and the will to prevent an ill-timed insurrection, they made overtures to him. He twice bad an interview with the Emperor Napoleon once at Paris, in the Tuileries, and once in the camp at Vallegio where the plans for an invasion of Hungary by French troops were discussed and fixed, provided that the war should extend to the shores of the Adriatic. Thi?, however, did not take place, and thus the Hungarian expedition was of course postponed until the second Italian campaign, which cannot fail to follow in a few years, unless Austria changes her system of policy. .- ', - . ' - . Whatever we may say against Napoleon, that be left the Tuscans, Modenese, Romagnals and Venitians in the lurch, and did not fulfill bis famous Milan promise, to free Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic; still we cannot say that he be trayed Hungary or Kossuth. He threw away a splendid opportunity of re-establishing himself by destroying Austria and giving freedom to the nations opposed by her; but he bad not the nerve to incur the open hostility to Prussia and the resentment of England, for it is certain that even Liberty statesmen of England believe that Europe requites an Austria. They wish for a better Au tria, but an Austria they must have, to preserve their balance of power. Encounter with a Shark A Fish Story. On Friday evening last, at about half-past ten o'clock, as three young, men, J. B. Hamilton, John White aud S. Mortimer Williams, cf thi city were rowing throngh Hell Gate, bound for Harlem, io the row-boat Linda a huge shark attracted probably by the bright light of a lantern which they carry with the boat at night) rose to the surface within an oar's length of the side of the boat. One of the party having a revolver, immediately discharged three shots at the bead of the monster, which was out of water at" the time. ' -- -; :- :W .-. The bullets did not seem to have any effect, for he beaded across the bow of the boat, his fio and head being visible. The party rowing "backed water," as the shark crossed the bow, within three or four feet, be received a tbrnst from their boat-hook which seemed to make him somewhat livelier "in bis motions. He also received three'or four more bullets from the pistol, none of them fired at a great e. distance than six feet from him; He kept close to them, swimming in a circleand several times went completely around the boat, just out of teach of the boat-book.- ; The party . then pulled their .boat to shore, when one of them went to Duelap's Hotel io pro-core assistance to dispatch the . monster, but his story received no credit, and . he wss laughed at. They then pullioot into the stream, and after loadiog their revolver headed toward home They had not proceeded very far when the shark rose directly in front of the boat, about ttht feet off, coming directly toward them. Williams who was standing np in the bow of the boat,dis charged the pistol twice directly into the monster's head. This had the effect of turning bim a little out of his course, and he sank and went UDder, rasping the bottom of the boat. His head rose out of the water directly alongside of the party steering. He seemed to be about fifteen feet long, judging from the length of the Linda, which is seventeen feet. Their ammunition being about exhausted, and bullets seeming to have little effect on the shark, not caring to risk too close an encounter with only their boat "Woman's Devotion A Strange Scene. Ten years ago two young men in Mentor, Lake county, got into an affray while nnder the influ-; ence of liquor. A. stabbed B. with a knife. The wound was ; a dangerous one .and for several weeks the merest thread bound B. to earth. A. wsj arrested, tried and sentenced to the Peni-testiary at Columbus for ten years. B. recover ed in the course of time and made every effort to secure A .'a pardon, but was unsuccessful.- ; The young men had been warm friends up to the night of the affray. They were farmers and near neighbors, and both were married. This morning when A. arrived he found, awaiting bim at the depot, his wife, who, through all the dreary years of his ignominious absence, bad been true as steel, and B. and his wife. A. bad not seen bis wife since he received his sentence. Their meetirg was affecting in the. extreme. Our informant, who knows the parties well, says he never saw sotouching a scene and may never expect to see its like again. The two; farmers met each other with great cordiality and resolved that the demon drink should, never again cause them iuisery. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Paddy's Coon Hunting. An Irishman of our acquaintance named Michael O'Rodger, who settled in this part of the country some year? ago, lately received an unexpected visit from his brother Pat, who was direct from the sod. Mike heartily welcomed his brother and resolved to do everything in his power to make his visit an agreeable one. Accordingly at the end of the second day after Pat's arrival, which had been ppeut by them in general carousal, Mike armed Lie brother with a shilelah, and immediately led off in the direction of the cornfield about a half a mile distant, where he assured Pat that they, would enjoy a rare evening's coon hunting. The night was to dark to distinguish the objects of their search at any great distance, but on entering the field and setting up a yell they soon d.iacovered bv the rustling of the corn stalks in various directions that tneynau ueeu successful in routing several of them from their hiding places. Mike's keen eyes were now Gxed upon a large tree, which stood a few yards distant, and he soon had the satisfaction of detecting an object moving up its trunk at a rapid rate. This he knew to be a coon, and with a shout of joy he rushed toward the tree calling his brother to follow up. In a moment the two sportsmen were under the tree. Mike prepared to climb, and directed Pat how to act when the coon reached the ground. "He'll be afther makin a great noise to get away," said Mike, "but for your life don't let him escape ye.' "Oclfc be off up the tree wid ye," answered Pat, flourishing his shilelah evidently growing impatient for the sport, " niver fear but I'll put an ind to him when he comes down." Mike now commenced climbing the tree with all possible baste and succeeded very well in the ascent until he reached the first branches and became hid frpm-the wild gaze of the brother, when he paused a moment to ascertain in what part of the tree the coon had taken lodgings. While matters were in this state, the coon made a sudden move among the branches which so startled Mike that he unfortunately let go his hold and fell head long to the ground. Pat supposing him to be the coon, rushed furiously upon him with his shilelah, and Commenced that delightful operation of putting an end to him. Vr Murther 1 mnrther!" cued Mike, attempting to raise to bis feet, " in the name of St. Patrick don't be after bating me to death !" "Ye needn't be givin me any uv yer dirtv excuses; shure. me brither tould me ye'd be afther makin a great noise to git away, but not a fut ye'llmove out o this alive." Mike now supposing his brother to be crazy, thought it time-to make a desperate struggle for life; so seizing Pat by the legs be succeeded in throwing him to the ground, whereupon a rough and tumble fight commenced which lasted tor some time without either of the brothers uttsr ing a word. After a violent contest, bowWer, Mike came off victorious, Pat being so completely subdued as to render bim helpless. But fearing it was all over with him, he began to call wildly for Mike to hasten down the tree and assist him, or the 'ugly baate' would have his life. By this time Mike fully comprehended the error into which his brother had fallen, and commenced using every means in his power to briog bim to his senses, which after a great deal of persuasion he succeeded in doing. But the coon was allowed to escape unharmed, as neither of the adventurers felt in a humor for continuing the hunt that night. Indeed it was Pat's first banting scrape, and be swore by all the saints it would be the last. - Xl&n Shot by Hit Wife. On Saturday, toe 10th insL, as we learn, the wife of Mr. John Beardsley, residing in Fitcb-ville, attempted to aboot him while iu a dagaer. reen car, at that place, where they accidentally met. It appears that the two have not lived together for some time, having had domestic difficult!. . . - '-.. ::.. : . ..- : It seems after conversing a short time on the occasion refemd to, she drew a pistol and declared she' would Shoot him,' but be reached across the table and caaght .the weapon by the muzzle, when the pistol was fired, taking off one finger of the right band and nearly severing itn-other. - She was arrested and . bound . over for examination in the sum of $1,000. We learn farther that Dr. S. W. Baker of that place, with whom Mrs..B. had been living, was also arrested charged as an accomplice.-- - f. , r - -. - An exansination ; was waived and the parties entered iato bonds for. their appearance at Court. Aa the matter is to undergo a judicial investigation, we do not propose to say any more about it rt rr--t. rf. - hissing IXSLBREUTIOS AT IIAEPER'S FEGfiYI The ToWn la Possession of the Kobt ALL THE TUAIXS STOPPED. TKoonoBDEBEDocTBrranrjaurxi Great Excitement, Baltimore Oct. 17. The following dispatch has just been received from Frederick. It aeen-a : ery improbable, and should be received with csution till confirmed. . - " Freukricc, Md Oct. 17. An insurrection is reported to have taken place at Harper's Ferry An armed band of Abolitionists have full possession of the United States Arsenal at Har;r'e Ferry. The express train running east was fired into twice, aud one of the railroad hands, a ee-gro was killed while trying to get the traia through the town. The mob arrested two soea who came in with a load of wheat, and took tba wagon and loaded it with rifles and sent it iuto Maryland. They are led bv about 20 whites, with a gang of negroes fight ing. SECOMD DISPATCH. .' Baltimore, Oct. 17, M. A later difpateh received at th railroad office says, the affair is greatly exaggerated. It had its" foundation ia a difficulty at the Armory. The negroes hav nothing to do with it. THIRD DISPATCH. Baltixore, Oct. 17. It is apprehended that the affair at Harper's Ferry is more serious than the people here are willing to believe. The tele-graph wires have been cut from Harper's Ferry, and there is no communication beyend Monacacy. It is reported that there has been a stampede of negroes from Maryland. The train due btrn this morning has not yet arrived. Many wild rumors are afloat but. no intelligence of an authentic character have been jet received. LATER. The western train on the Ohio road has just arrived. The officers confirm the statement first received. They say the bridge keeper discovered that the light bad been extinguished and went to ascertain the cause be was pursued and fired upon by a gang of blacks and whites. A colored assistant baggage master was shot aud mortally wounded. Conductor Phelps threatened that the train should not proceed; being uncertain as to the condition of the bridge, waited till after day light was detained six hours. He says the insurrectionists number two hundred whites and blacki; they fa&ve full possession of the armory; are commanded or led bv a man named Anderson, who lately arrived at Harpers 'a Ferry. The rioters seized a wagon of wheat, loaded It with a quantity . of muskets and sent it up to Virginia. The military of Frederick are order ed out. President Buchanan has ordered out troops a specitl traio is now getting ready to convey troops from this city; has also accepted Seiitck'a company of Fiederick. and has ordered companies from Old Point. This is authentic, geriouynowipbrf considered that something .'A uother account by the train says the briJg across the Pota mac was filled with insurgents all aroand: every light in the town was extinguish ed, the hotels closed, all the streets in the posses ston of the mob, every road and lane leading-thereto barricaded, guard men in every quarter with muskets and bayonets arrested citizens and pressed them into service, including manv negroes, this is done, to get possession of the U. S. Arsenal and Government pay bouse, in which there is paid to be a large amount of money, including all other public works seized by the mob. Some were of the opinion that the object was entirely pluuder, to rob the Government of funds deposited on Saturday at the Pap House. During the night the mob made a demand on the Wager Hotel for provisions and enforced their claim by a mob of armed men. The citizens are in a terrible state of alarm, the insurgent having threatened to burn the town. The following has just been received from Monocacy, this side of Harper's Ferry: The mail agent on the western bound train has returned to Monocacy, and. reports the traia unable to get through, the town is in possession, of negroes, who arrest every one they can catch,-and imprison them. The train dne here at 3 P. M. could not get through. The agent came down on an empty engine, the mail train West got a far as Sandy Hook; baggage master and another party started on foot to the bridge, and went through the bridge, were taken, imprisoned, and went before the Captain. The insurrectionists refused to let anything pas; all of the eastward bound trains laying west ot the Ferry have been seized;, the mail train bound West has returned to this station; there are from" 500 to 700 whites and blacks. - STILL .LATER. A dispatch from Uartinsburg, which is situated west of Harper's Ferry, sent via Wheeling and Pittsburgh, has just been received. It cod firms the report that the insurrectionist hav taken possession of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, and adds that the mob has planted cannon tit the bridge and the trains had all been stopped. A body of armed men were getting ready to proceed thither to clear the road. Great excitement existed in that vitiuity. .The American of this city has sent a special reporter by the military expedition, and some definite intelligence, it is expected, wilt soon be received. The reporter telegiaph from the Relay House that the expedition was joined there by ninety marines from. Washington, under command of CoL Harris, with two fjur pound Howitzers. WasHiKQTox, 3 o'clock P. M. On the receipt of the intelligence from Harper's Ferry, orders were issued for the three companies of artillery at Old Point, and the corps of marines in the Washington barracks, to proceed to the seen pf disturbance without delay. The marines, 93 inv-number, left in the 3:15 train with two 12 pound" howitzers and a full supply of amoaitioo. It is reported that they are nnder orders to force a passage over the bridge to-night at all hazards. Col. Faulkner accompanies them. It is reported on good authority that some weeks sgo Secretary Floyd received an anonymous epistle slating that about the 14th of Oetober the abolitionists, negroes and other disaffected persons would make an attempt to seize the arsenal and bold the piece, but the statement was so indefi nite and improbable as to cause no fears of such au outbreak. . ' --" - - '. Baltimore OcL.1T. At 4 oj'eiock.a train ' filled with the miliary, consisting of tba Law Greys, City Guards, Shield Guards, and other companies left here for Hats per's Ferry. Several lepresentalivea of tLe prea-accompanied the train; ' - . -'''. " BiCHMon,.Va, OcU i7. It is reported and believed that the Gowrnosv has ordered out the volunteer troops lo proceei to Harper' Terry. ." " . : - I. . Richmosd, 9 o'clock P. M. Great exeitsec exists here in consequence of the insurrection at" Harper's Ferry.- The' Greys are onder leave f.r Harper's Ferry, to start early in 'the momic. I Company 'F." with fall ranks, have jut;kf;;' their armory expecting to take a special traia to-eight. . This is a bw eompinT, jioj sr similar. nniforta-t the Greys. Tt Cover:::