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              4 fi I U ; . . ' VOLUIE XXIV.. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO : TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1860. NUMBER 9. j BY HARPER. . Office in "WooiTArd'i Block,' Third Btory TERMS T rfolIrDr kncnm. paTM 'fn J- -no; 2,50 within lix months; $3,0.0 fwr tb e-tion of th jk. Clubi of twenty, $1,50 eeh. 7 THE STRANGER'S REQUEST. t kaut ruimToi. Enfold not my form in a mournful shroud, .When y Uy me by in the earth's calmJ&reMt, ' Bat robe me in tints of sun-lit cloud, Like sleeping hop in drwimy rest; Then plee in my hand s beaatifal boagh Of some bright exotic that's rich and rare, And back from the quiet pulsleis brow Tastefully smooth the mossy hair. Then bring ye bright . flowers rom. the medow and - glen, . . , Bring the lily and rose from garden and bower, Te know how I lored them in hapiness, when My life was free from sorrow's pale dower; Bright sisters are they of my spirit-reft clay, And oft did Ihey spoil stern grief of his power, 'And soon in the light of etomity's day, Happy and pure, 111 plupk heaven's flowers. Come not wjth weeping to say me farewell, When they bear my corse to iU quiet abode. But think my spirit with kindred ones strays, The fields of blias where doll care never trod; Yes, think my freed soul from time's turbid -billow, Hasseaped to eternity's Miss-flowing strand, And joyfully rotams through the rong-gusbing vglley Tween glory-lit mounts in the heavenly land. Plant not the dull cypress to wave o'er my tomb, Nor let there the willow its weeping boughs spread, But let the bright favorites of Flora there bloom, And weep bright tears o'er my sorrowloM head; Nor wear you the raven-hued garments of wo, For one who has finished her sojourn in clay, And wears victory's wreath on a fadeless brow, . And basks in the light of endless day. ' Jilloway, May, 20. 1SC0. - ai Jia mm . crsonal Iictcljcs. General Jacksoa's Wife. Many of oar public men have" been blessed 'with wives arid mothers who were the ornaments -of their sex, and their quiet and ennobling iu-tfluence contributed largely to the subsequent greatness ot their children and husbands. Mr. IPartoh tells the following story of OeneraVJack fson's wife : When General Jackson was a candidate for ithe. Presidency in 1828, not only did the party opposed to him abuse him for his public nets, which if unconstitutional or violent, were a legitimate subject of rertrobation,but they defamed the character of his wife. On one occa-Ioa a newspaper published in Nasbville was laid upon the General's table. He glanced over dt, and bis eje fell upon an article in which the character of Mrs. Jackson was violently assailed. Sooor as be read it, he sent for bis trusty old sveraot Dunwoodie. "Saddle cay horse," said be to bim in a whisper, and put my holuters on him." Mrs. Jack aon watobed him, and though she henrd not a word, eb thought she saw mischief in his eyes The General went out after a tew moments, when she took up the paper and understood every tbingr She ran out to the south gate of the yard of tWe Hermitage, by which the Gene ral would have to pass. She had not been there m ore than a few seconds before the General rode tip with the countenance of a madman. She placiwi herself before his horse and cried out : "Oh, General! don't go to Nashville. Let that poor editor live let that poor editor live !" He replied : "How came you to know what I am going for? " She answered, "I saw it all in this paper after yoirwent out; Pt up your horse " and go back." Hei : replied furiously, "Bat I will go get out of my way i" Instead of doing this she grasped his bridle with both hands. He ried to her, "I say, let go my horse; the villain that reviles my wife shall not liTe." She grasped the reins but the tighter, and began to expostulate with him, saying that she was the one who ought to be angry, but that sn forgave her persecutors from the bottom of her heart, and prayed for them that he should 'orgive,if he had hoped to be forgiven. At last, by her reasoning, her. entreaties and tears, she ' so worked upon her husband that he seemed mollified to a certain extent. She wound np by saying, "No, General, you shall not take the life of even my teviler; yon dare not do it, for it is written,' 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay saith the Lord.'" The iron-nerved hero gave way before the earnest pleading of bis beloved wife, and replied: "I yield to you; but had it not been for you and iha words of the Almighty, the wretch should not hare lived an hour." Death of Lady Byron. We learn by the Glasgow that on the 17th instant Lady Byron, the Widow cf the great poet, 4ied at London, in the 66th year of her age. fihe was barn in 1794, and was the only daughter And heir of Sic Ralph Milkbanke Noel, Baronet a 1856 t tucceeded to the barony of Went-, .worth. Ska was married to Lord Byron in 1815 the anion, proving, as is well known, most nnhsppy to tioth husbacd and wife, and he lived with his wifo Only toss thirteen days. Their only child, . , . ' '. "Ada, sols daughter of tf hopM and heart, ' ras married to Earl Lovelaca, and died eight years ago. v ; , . . .... . T The marriage of Byron with IliU Milbanke wax one prompted by motives of interest.' Lord Byron in 00a of hi letters, gives the fol lowing descripUon of Lady Byron during the tune of then engagement: "What an odd situ atioa and friendship js ours I Without one spark of lore pa 'either side, and produced by -circumstances which, ii general, lead to cold : p811 ?n on a4 aversion on the other She t a Tery tapariox woman, and rerj little spoiled which is etrang in an heiress a cirl of twenty a peeresi that it to be in her own right -an only chiW and a aatxmU who has always had her. own way. She Is a poetess, a mathematician, and, withal, very kind, eeneroui and gen- tie, and with very Httle pretension." Even at his wadding the thoughts of his first ove of Mary Cha worth of Annesley Hall, whom he BO poetically termed his "Bright Morning Star of Annealey' was present to his iinagina tion. Abnesley Ball and all its fond associa tions floated like t vision' before his thoughts, even when at th altar, and on the point of pro Bouncing his nuptial tows. A marriage con traded under sach circumstances . !?uld cot bqt be unhappy. The poet has alluded to it f-Q some of bis most impassioned strains of regret. Washington Irving says that in one of his man nscripta, written long after his marriage, having accidentally mentioned Miss Chaworth as "my M. A. C," "Alas," exclaims he with a sadden burst of feeling, "why do I say my? Our anion would have healed feuds in which blood bad been-shed by oar fathers; it would have joined lands broad and rich; it would have joined at least one heart, and two persons not ill-matched in years, and and and what has been the result?" It is unfortunate for the late La y Byron that only by ber union with Byron, and its unhappy results, is she known to the world at laree. Her private life ha been ruthlessly invaded, and all her domestic troubles exposed to the gaze of the world. It should be rembered that Byron treated her in a manner calculated to alienate the affection of any woman, and that it was the public odium following his treatment of her which induced bim to leave England and live in Italy. Lady Byron took an active interest in philanthropic and benevolent movements, and in 1856 she snt a rift of three hundred and fifty dollars to the iTe"w Eogland Kansas Emigratian Society:. We can scarcely recall a lady of the present century whose name has been so often brought before the public, and ia such a singular way. by her relations with others, rather than by any desire on her part to obtain publicity.- J., i (J.1U C A Terrible Affair. . A terrible tragedy was enacted on Friday, t the residence of Mr. U. G. Flowers, of Warren county, Miss. A few years ago, Mr. Lafayette Lee was married to a Miss Hicks. In a short time Lee gave unmistakable evidence of being dissatitfied, and treated bis young wife unkindly. A temporary separation took place. - On Thursday last Mrs. Lee expressed her anxiety to see ber mother, and a wish to visit ber home if she could obtain conveyance'. Mr. Flowers (a relative, with whom they were then residing) informed her that his carriage was at her service. -J Lee remarked that he should not go, and threatened to kill her if she did so. Having been repeatedly threatened by him in a like manner she did not appear alarmed. On Friday the sub. ! j-ct was again alluded to. Mrs. Lee sat down to play a game of chess with Mr. Flowers, Lee occupying a position behind Mr, P. In a few moments an expression of horror was noticed upon the face of Mrs. Lee, who appeared to be gazing at ber husband. Mr. Flowers, thinking, perhaps, tbat Mr. Lee was suddenly taken ill, tori ed and asked him what was the matter. The answer given was, that nothing was the matter with him. He resumed his play, when the report of a pistol was heard, and Mrs. Lee started convulsively, exclaiming that she was shot.-Mr, F. immediately caught her on bis left arm and supported ber 'sinking form. Lee now advanced, and fired again at his wife, and once at Mr. Flowers. Mrs! Lee, by this time, had sank nearly to the floor supported by the left arm of MrV Flowers, who drew a revolver from his pocket, and partially turning, fired fiver times (over bis shoulder) at Lee. Each ball took effect in the face of Lee, one near the right temple, One near the middle of the forehead, one near the left temple, one in the jaw, and 'the other just above the mouth. Lee fell and died immediate ly. The wound inflicted upon Mrs. Lee was of a most aaogerous cnaracier ai na iasi accounts she was in a most critical condition. The jury of inquest acquitted Mr. Flowers. An Awful Warning'. V The Baltimore Clipper of' June 1st, has the following: We heard yesterday from an entirely satisfactory and responsible source, the particulars of an occurrence which can only be looked upon as an instance of Diviite rebuke for taking the name of the Almighty in justification of a falsehood. We refrain from mentioning names through consideration of the parties, who are respectable persons, residing in the southwest tera section of the city. It appears that a few days since, the aunt of a young girl about eighteen years of age, accused her of having been guilty of some misconduct, which she positively denied, and on being again accused, Bhe called upon God to strike her blind if she was not tell ing the truth.' In a moment after according to her own statement, a Aim seemed to pass before her eyes, and in the course of five minutes she was totally blind, and has remained sightless ever since, lbe afflicted victim 01 her own im piety confessed that she had called upon her Maker to justify her in what was a falsehood. ' State Fair. The Executive Committee of the State Board of Agriculture, consisting of President Waddle Major Millikin and Secretary Klippart, met at Dayton, Tuesday, for the' parpose'of making ar rangements in regard to Inmber, and selection of plans for the various halls. -" The amount of lumber required will be about for hundred and twenty thousand feet; and the contract for fur- nisning n was awarded to N. Reeve & Co of ioledo. -' - " . ,- . . . v ;loHU wilh redacei in size about one half. The other halls wiU U consUucted of the same dimensions as before. The work of preparation wiU commence about the 15th of June. The County Agricultural Society of Mont-Komerr have pthasi thirteen acres of ground of Mr. Philips adjoining, the Fair grounds, which will be included, in the Bute Fair rrfnBd .n4 the go-aheads of Dayton have paid Mr. Phillips 50 for a crop of oats that ; was growing, that they may hare the field as a place for ridiir and driving during the summer. Part of the horse mag will oerex this field. Snfrv Davielir SUM Sadden. Death, dt Eating Dried Apples. Parents may learn a solemn and impreesive lesson from a circp instance which occurred in East Wheeling on Saturday last. A liule child of 4 or 5 summers was found, by its mother, in spasms from some cause unknown and even sus pected at the time. Dr. Hnbb being called an emetio was administered and the emission of a large quantity, of dry apples soon after ex plained the cause of the child's sickness. The mother had brought some of that fruit from market in the morning and the child had, without her knowledge, partaken ot it freely. It was of no avail, however, that the child's stom ach had been relieved; the struggle with nature bad been successful! and in the brief space of an hour a corpse was left the parents instead of their darling little prattler. Another fearful warning to parents to beware of placing im proper articles of diet within reach of children. Wheeling Daily Uniotl. Singrolar Freaks of Electricity. A Man Struck by Lightning and a Well Dried Uuring tne aeavy inunaer-siortn 01 iai . - . - - - . e .l:. morning the house of Mr. Julias Brown, Clerk in the Recorder's office, was struck by lightning. The current struck tie lightning rod and follow ed it down to the earth without leaving any mark upon the house. . Mr. Brown was sleeping in the bedroom, with his head to the wall, near the place where the lightning rod was fastened. The electric current in passing stunned him, and filled the house with a sulphurous smell. When Mr. Brown recovered from . his stupor it was found that his left side was completely paralyzed. There are strong hopes that he will shortly re cover. A most singular fact connected with this ghtning stroke is that the well, situated about tea feet from the end of the lightning rod, and which had a copious supply of water on Sunday evening; is now completely dried up. -Cleveland Herald 4th. . Horrible. OlrTjesday of last . week, a female by the name of Fry, while, carrying her illegitimate child about six weeks old, along the tow path of the canal, a few miles north of Lancaster, became euraged at the little one, in consequence of Us crying, and threw it into the canal. She was soon discovered without her child; suspicion was aroused, and E. A. Richards, deputy Sheriff of Fairfield Co., was put upon her track.- He soon overhauled her, when she confessed her guilt in full, and she was lodged in jail The child was found the next day floating on the water near where its mother had thrown it in, it neverhaving sunk, but actually perished from cold and hunger. Ciicleville Watchman. Emigration of Tartars. The whole Tartar population of the Crimea is about to emigrate to Turkey. The account of the Nord, which of course represents the affair in the light most favorable to the Russian government, tends to confirm previous reports that the Russian authorities, irritated and alarmed by the Tartar hostility evinced during the Crimtan war, determined to compel the Tartars to remove into the -interior' of Russia or to emigrate to - Turkey. . Naturally enough the Tartars, since they were forced to leave the Crimea, choose to seek a new home among their Turkisk kinsmen and co-religionists, rather than in the interior of Russia. Singular and Sudden Deatn. A young lady in Slimsbury, was to have been married on Tuesday, the 22d inst. On the Sunday previous she said she would not attend church, as was ber custom, and her sister staid at home with ber. During th forenoon she laid down upon the bed with a newspaper to read. Her sister found her, half an hour latter, dead, with the paper over her face, which retained all the vigor of perfect health. She was to have been bnried Tuesday, the day appointed for the wedding, but the funeral was postponed in order that a post-mortem examination might be held. The result of this, as well as the lady's name, we have not been able to learn. While preparing for the wedding she had frequently reques. ted that she might be buried in the dress she in tended for her wedding, if she should chance to die before that event. Hartford Courant, May 2G. ' - . A City Turned into a Farm. Mr. Brown, the well known of Dacotah, a paper city ten miles north of the Mississippi has turned bis own site of a hundred acres into most magnificent farm land. He commenced at this point eleven years ago, thinking be had made the best strike for a town between Dubuque and St. Paul. - - He has seen Lacrosse grow up from an Indian trading shanty to a city of 6,000. He has seen rival cities start up about him and burst into the shell. He has seen the folly or failure of his own calculations. He has good sense enough remaining to convert his charming tableland to the growing of oats and corn. A thousand town-site holders in Min nesota have got to follow suit. Wisconsin Pa-per. .-- y . '. - ; Tm Here, Pa." The Keokuk Journal of last Monday reports that a few miles west of Farmingtoa, a little girl aged about 4 years, was on Sunday before -last carried by a-sudden gust of wind and lodged in a cherry tree, a few rods distant; her clothes hav ing caught in the branches of the tree, where she remained unhurt, bet 'pretty well drenched with rain. " In a few minntes the little daughter was missed, and the anxious father was running; to and fro, seeking her. Dripping with rain the little innocent peeped down through the branches of the cherry tree,' exclaiming 'Tm Zicre, pal '' " Death, of Judge Douglas Child. ' ; We learn from' the Washington correspon dent of the Philadelphia I'ress that Judge Doug las' child died on Tuesday morning, arid he was thus prevented from attending the session of the Senate that day. ' He, however, authorized Mr. Morris to pair him on the admission of Kansas as a State, and he was, accordingly paired with air. way, or AJaDama. -ue wouia J nara yote to admit Kansss. A Remarkable Ueteorologioal Phenomen . ,,1. :-. on A Shower of Pebbles. : t. About four . o'clock, yesterday afternoon, the attention of a number of persons who were on the stoop of Patten's Hotel, 466 River street, was attracted by the fall of hard substances on the ground near them, which they at first sup posed was haiL Discovering this to be a mis take, however, they proceeded to make an in restigation, arid found that what they bad heard falling were pebbles, varying in size from those a little larger than a bean, to some weighing half an ounce. These stones were scattered over a space abont twenty feet square. Not. withstanding the ground thereabout is yery hard some of them were imbedded in it proving that they must have fallen a great distance, and whh immense velocity. The pebbles are very clear and smooth, and give evidence of having been worn by the attrition of water. Tbey are not in any way similar in combination or color to peb bles found in this vicinity being beautifully striped and variegated, and resembling the agates found in Lake Superior .district. Some of them are perfectly "and beautifully transparent.. One of a number kindly presented to us by Mr. J. Briggs, druggist, if marked with handsome circular spots, which clearly show from either side. Mr. Briggs also furnished several of the stones, to Prof. David A. Wells. He is of opinion that they have been taken np by some great tornado or whirlwind, by which they were held in bus pense, and carried over a considerable district of country, to be finally deposited here. The force of velocity necessary to produce thia- phenomenon, may be imagined. Troy Times, June 2d. "' . .. . . sB 1 - A Dangerous Plaything. A little daughter of Mr. M'Daniels, in Mason coanty, Virginia, three years old, a few mornings since, ran into the yard of the house highly delighted with a pretty plaything it had found, and was taking it to show it to her mother. The mother was astonished to find it a large copper head snake! The child had one hand below the neck, and the other about the middle, and the forked tongue, of the poisonous creature was projecting from his mouth in a, very venemous manner. The mother was almost frightened to death, and she has not got over it yet. A nuui ber of the family immediately ran to the child and after some difficulty succeeded in securing it from its perilous situation without being bitten. How Many Miles a Printers Hand Travels Although a printer may be sitting all day, in his own way he is great traveler, (or at least his band is) as we shall prove. - . A good printer will set 8,000 ems a day or about 24,000 letters The distance traveled by nig nana, win, average , one toot per letter going to the boxes in which they are contained and of course Returning make two feet for every letter he sets. This would make a distance each day of 48.00& feet, or more than nine miles, and in the course of tho year,, leaving out Sunday, the member travels about 3,000 miles. .Truly this is hand power. Printers Kevs Letter. The Latest Concerning the Championship. From Wilkes Spirit of the Times we learn that Sajer8 and Heenan will give pugilistic encounters all in a friendly way, in this country after they have concluded their engagement with the proprietors of the Cremorne Gardens, Lon don, where tbey have engaged, for $6,250 each for. a month's sparring. ; Meanwhile, Heenan has challenged Morrhsey for any sum from twenty thousand dollars down to ten cents, to suit MorriBsey's pocket. . From the: J e test letters of Mr. Wilkes, we learn that Heenan and Sayers are now fast and fixed friends. The Cattle Disease. The cattle disease now raging in eastern Massachusetts, prevailed in England from 1744 to 1755. In Nottinghamshire 40,000 head of catV tie died in six months; in Cheshire 30,000. During the third year of the disease 135,000 were paid oat f the public treasury as a recompense for slaughtered cattle. In : 1857, in forty-three villages in Holland, 14,000 head of cattle died or were killed. Graphic Description of the Race between Flora Temple and Geo. Patchen. The Greatest Trot ever made. The telegraph has already informed us of the result of the great race between the little bay mare, Flora Temple, and the Jersey stallion, over the Union Course, Long Island, on Wed nesday last. From the New York Tribune of Thursday, we take the following particulars which will be read with interest by all admirers of horse flesh. The day was brilliant, and the number of people on the Course variously estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000. It was known that Flora had the heel of her right fore foot injured, and the betting on Wednesday was slightly against her. At three o'clock amid the greatest interest and impatience of the crowd, the horses showed on the track. Flora came with both fore feet bandaged np, and seemed short in her step; other wise she looked in tip-top order, her eye bright her coat blooming, her spirits' elastic. Should her feet give no trouble, she showed promise of a trot equal to any ever made by her. - Patchen also showed the best of condition the only thing noticeable being a little too much eagerness and excitability.'. When stripped, he looked fit to force out of Flora a'greater race than she had ever made, or to beat her.. The backers of each were assured as they took their preliminary trots. It was note that thestep of Flora had lost none of its elasticity, and" that,with all the show of bandages, her feet were rail right. The betting on time had been for so low a figure as 2 m. 23 sec.; but after the horses had been seen and in view of the fine day and fine track, bets were made on 2m.: 22 sec,' in a few instances; and were numerous that that time would be made if she beat him. Wonderful , as this, time , is, its backers were jastified, for two heats were done ia less than 2 m. 32 sec. ; At four o'clock the horses showed at tho stand for the (Bit mi -; First Heat Patclln drew the pole, and had the inside. After seven attempts, the horses got away on the eighth, with an even go off, but with a slight lead by Patchen. This he retained round the turn to the quarter pole. As they swepfoff from the tnre, Flora moved up, canght Patchen, and, 'out-footing him, soon showed in front a length. A shout rent the air, bursting from the lungs of her thousands of partisans and backers. Down the straight stretch they sped, Patchen seeming to wake to the task before him. By the time they reached the middle of the stretch he was going at a wonderful rate,' and a few yards further on, caught her. A rally set in, and he headed. On they went with the : same rattling pace, and he soon drew in front, and at the half- mile pole showed a length clear. , The half mile had been done in one minute and ten seconds, and now the race teemed Patch en's it was dollars to dimes. The half mile had never been done by Flora before in less time, and who could say the race was not Patch- en's? After passing the half mile, pole, Talman seemed to ease Patchen away, and at the center of the turn Flora moved up, and the two went even head and head to the home straight stretch; me struggle then began, but Patchen kept the lead, and maintained it some distance, when McMann eased off the mare, and both kept their positions until within twenty rods of home, where Flora was called on, and dashed into one of her bursts of speed, for which she is so famous, and which ever give her the contest . " With a rush, she headed the horse in six or eight rods; in a few strides, she drew out a lencrth in front. Talman seemed caught by surprise, and was headed ere he recovered himself. A blow rous ed Patchen, and he burst away with a gait that astonished every one, but in vain; though he Caught the mare though every stride brought him nearer to her head, it was in vain; she pass ed the score a winner by a head in the uonder- ful time of 2 minntes and 21 seconds. A wild shoot of admiration rent the air as - Flora was proclaimed the winner of the best heat ever trot ted. If "she had added an additional laurel to her cbaplef, so grand already, the horse had lost no honor he had forced her to her noblest feat and was beaten by a throat latch only. The heat over, the horses soon cooled off well and seemed as fresh as before the start. The betting now changed to 100, to CO, and even 50 on Flora. This did not seem iustified bv the heat, which had been a close and doubtful one, and was only won by the least distance by which judges can decide.- Second Heat. At length the bell sounded, and the rivals came up for the. second heat After three false starts, they got off. No trotter ever had such speed at the go off as Flora, and with the inner track hers she showed in front at once, and maintained and increased her length to the quarter pole, and when they swung into .straight work was two lengths, in advance. Here Talman called on Patchen, and with a terrific pace he flew after the little mare. Along the strech it was a flight indeed, but speedy as she is, he drew to her, aud at the middle he caught her. As he placed his hand upon her quarter the pace became killing, and carried him off his feet. A shout went forth, "He's up he's up.' Away flew the Nonpareil, and five or six lengths were opened between her and the horse before he was brought back to his pace and got to work. The heat eeemed all over for-could anything catch Flora with bu t little more than half a m ile to cover, and she so far in front? With ready tact Talman not only gathered his horse to his pace and "set him to his work, but forced him to an unsurpassed bust of speed. While this was passing, McMann eased Flora off, and had her ia hand seeming to wait for Patchen. The slackened pace of the one, and the increased pace of the other, soon brought Patchen up to within two lengths of her at the half mile pole. And now began a brush. At the head of the turn he canght, with head covering her quarter; they swept round the turn, and entered the home stretch, she having the lead of three-fourths of a length. A fourth of a mile is yet to be done; every inch is to be contested, and it was contested. A more beautiful trot was never seen; inch by inch he drew on her, inch by inch he gained, but all in vain. She came home the winner of the heat by a neck in 2 minutes aud 24 seconds. The time had fallen off 3 seconds from the last beat, but this was owing to the bad break made by "Patchen in the second quarter. From the half-mile pole they went to the stand in 1 minute and 8 seconds! the best half mile ever trotted! - ' Third Heat.Ai the expiration of the 'half hour, both horses came up Still wet, and yet showing no signs of distress. Both were full of game, and no one could fail to see that if there was no break, there would be a grand third heat Bets were made on 2:22, and the horses by their show, seemed to justify the betting. After three false starts, they got away evenly, but Flora at once took the lead, and at the quarter pole was a length in front. As they entered the straight stretch, Patchen dashed into a brush, and, with a great flight of speed, caught her, and at the middle of the straight work drew in front. The pace carried Flora off her legs for a moment, and Patchen opened out a length in front. On being brought back to her pace, Flora was eased off, and Patchen strode away three lengths in advance, and maintained his advantage up to the half mile pole.1 Talman, with true judgment, knowing he could ease his horse round the turn, took him ia hand, and Flora at once began to close np the gap. - ' - ; ' At the center of the turn she was on the lap, her head on his quarter, and in this way they went to the head of the. home stretch. ' '-And now began the final struggle-still Patchen held the lead, t Thirty rods have been done, and Flora cannot "kajtd him. . IaTan instant McMann takes hex in hand, eases hex' off for a brash at the finlshv ; Awaj stridas?atchen for another twenty rods, looking like a winner-' Every voice ia. hushed, every eye is strained, every heart throbs doubt is in every face the lock, of y. ry one asfca,"IFio will winf. Sodden! the little mare makes a rally; away she fiiea a few qi" ... . ! gfg strides briegs hemp; she had caught him. Another stride, and she is past him. A blow from Talman on Patchen throws him off his feet; he is in the air; the race is over; the little bay mare, the world's phenomenon," passes the score a length in front in 2 minutes and 21 seconds. And so ends the beet trot in all the annals of trotting, both horses raining honor; She that she had we n, aud he tLai he had forced her to the best race that she had ever made. A second match between them for $1,000 a side, two mile heats, to sulkies, cornea off on the 12th of June, over the Union Course. aSCAPITUULTIOS. Uiri.ijc Course. Jane 6, match for $1,000 a side, mile heats, best 3 in 5, ia harness. ' D. McMann's b. m. Flora Temple- 1 1 1 D. Talman's b. h. Geo. M. Patchen......2 2 2 Time 1:21; 2:24; 2:21. ... What is the first thing a young lad) looks for in church? The Aims. WofuJ. ... When Semima went to school, she was asked why the noun bachelor was singular. "Because," she re'plied, "it is so very singular that they don't get married." ... Pompey nigger, said he once worked for a man who raised his wages so high that he could only reach them once in two years. ... "Bob, is that dog of yourn a pointer?"' : "No, he's half hunter and half setter; be butts for bones when he's hungry, and sits by the stove when he's satisfied." ... The Cincinnatians, when their drinking water is too thick with mud, are in the habit of filtering it through a sane-bottomed chair. ... "Come, Charley, get up; it's the early bird that catches the worm." "I know, sir, but I've had the worms, and I don't want 'em any more, you know." ... "How shall I get rid of my troublesome suitor?" "Oh, marry him, "I would see him banged firsts "No, marry him, and he will be sure to hang himself soon enough." ... "I keep an excellent table," said a lady dis puting with one of her boarders. "That may be true ma'am," sajs he, "but you put very little upon it." ... Somebody Bays: A wife should be like roasted lamb "tender and nicely dressed." A scamp adds: "And without sauce." 7 ...What is the difference between a bare head and a hair bed? One fleas for shelter and the other is a shelter for fleas. ...Punch thinks that carriage drivers would make the best ao'diers in the world, as no trooj s could stand their charges. ... I think our church will last a good many years yet, said a worthy but waggish deacon to (he minister; 'I see the sleepers are very sound.' ... 'Come in out of the wet,' as the shark said to the boy when he swallowed him. The boy looked "down in the mouth." ... A countryman, who saw for the first time a hooped-skirt, hanging at a chop door, called to ask, "what bird they kept in that cage." ... It is the opinion of the doctor that the lawyer gets his living by plunder, while the lawyer thinks the doctor gets bis by "pillage." "Henry, you ought to be ashamed to throw a-way bread like that. You may want it some day." ''Well, mother, would I stand any better chance of getting it then, if I should eat it up now?" ... A country paper, speaking ferociously of the arrest of a fellow for selling a bogus watch-guard, says: "The chain of guilt is complete; it having been ascertained that it was a gilt chain. ... 'Mr. Conductor,' asked a railroad passenger, "are you runniug on time to-day?" "No, sir; we are running for cash." ... "Bill, I am fascinated with Miss Million." "With her personal charms?" "Yes,purse-and-all charms." ... Elderly unmarried ladies are considered by some persons the least enviable ot all kinds of waiting maids. Curiosities. A plate of butter from the cream of a joke. A small quantity of tar, supposed to have been left where the Israelites pitched their tents. The original brush used in painting the "signs of the times." A bucket of water from "All's well." Soap with which a man was washed overboard. The strap which is used to sharpen the water's edge. : '."; The pencil with which Brit tan nia ruled the wave. A portion of the yeast used in raising the wind. Adime from the moon when she changed for the last quarter. A specimen of the cathartics used by the phi-lantropist to open the "bowels of compassion." The saucer belonging to the cup of sorrow. A fence made of the railing of a scolding wife. : The chair in which the sun sets. The hammer which broke up the meeting. Eggs from a nest of thieves. Hinges and locks from -the trunk of an elephant.A sketch from a politicians views. Rockers from the Cradle of Liberty. ... A feather from the wings 4f a flying report. A buckle to fasten a laughing stock. Hail Boads in Cuba The Cuban Messenger, a .new paper recently started at Havana, and printed in the English language, says that the different Railroads now finished and in course of construction in that Island, number twenty-seven, and comprise an aggregate length of 818 miles, of which at least 500 miles are in operation. The whole amount invested in these lines up to last year, was $17,-027,414,65, the yield on which, ia 1853, amount ed to $3,385,840. : --- . . , JJ Tb Cincinnati Eqiirer learns that the baau.ea f the Baltimore and Ohio lUilroad thas far iwdicates'an aggregate f some $45,000 for the- nxjaih, which - will be a Urge increase over the receipts, 'for the corresponding period last year. The road is doing an immense freight and passeager traSc Current Mtbs Kleins. gaT" Agnes SpeltermAn, a young lady of Baltimore, attempted to drown herself last Thursday, because a young man to whom she was 6a gaged had desertsd her. - . . The subscription for Sayers in England, cow amounts to $25,000. Three hundred mem-J mers of Parliament subscribed one guinea each. tST A brother of a Newark ldv ir said to have been killed in the recent massacrew by the . Indians in Carson Valley. XSy Jodgs Douglas is suffering from a disorder of his throat.: which will, compel : him to go to New York City to have it rotried. Hi family are also in iifiSction from the 1or oL child. . ; : :s E The St. Paul Pioneer says 5Tinr.tsot baa already had this year an immigration of 10,000 actual settlers, and farming interests wane never more promising. ' - . S&' Tho mere cost of land pn which JTriu'siy railways are constructed has averaged $13,009 per mile as much as the average cost of making a railway in the United btates. Cy The suspension bridge over the Nlag&rm river, at Lewistown, is 1,042 feet span; this ia 43 feet greater than any other single span in. thm world, y 6?Sait has been instituted against Jb&rs Jones, an Alderman of Pittsburgh; for embezzling five dollars, a fine which he imposed and did not account for. fi The Memphis Argus says that Governor Dennison, of Ohio, has refused to obey the requisition of Governor Harris for the surrender of s young man charged with stealing negroes, ext the ground that slaves are not property-. , iST The celebrated bronze doors, east ia Munich, have arrived in New York City. . The j cost $40,000. ' S&- Gen. Webb predicU that the Tribune circulation will diminish 80 per cent in consequence of the Greeley and Seward feud. . . . tSf. The Madison (Iowa) Plaindealer says that a poor miserable wretch living near Farm-ington, in Van Buren county, while horribly blaspheming God on Sunday last, for withhold ing rain from his suffering crops, was suddenly struck with palay, and almost died immediate ry. JEST" The cost of the New Yorkntral Park thus far hasjbeen $7,900,000. The sum of $2, 500,000 will be expended on further improvements. . . ; iSy Forty French girls, direct from Canada, have arrived in Lowell; only one out of the number can speak English. They are to be employed ia the Lawrence Mills.. , .v, ggj- The printers at Pike's Peak have struck for higher wages. They demand one hundred, dollars per month, instead of seventy -five dollars, as heretofore. - S& The New York Colonization Journal says more free colored men are now favorably cos templating emigration than ever before. gy Gov. Seward has presented $100 to Martin Langhlin, of Auburn, who was badly injured in attempts to save the Governor's house at the late fire. A hail storm passed over Wellsville, Columbiana county, on Monday. It continued but a few moments. Many of the stones were as large as pigeon's egg, while others, with jagged points, were as large as a small hen's egg. S5" A Liberian paper contains an account of the destruction of a negro woman by an alligator. She was bathing, a ad became a brute's mouthful instanter. . , . New wheat, grown ia De Soto Count, Miss., was offered in the St. Louis market oa Saturday. Thirty-three bushels were sold at $2,-67 per bushel. gSTbe ZanesviH Courier noter the arrest in that city, on Tuasdaf, of Charles Taylor, from Guernsey, 111., on suspicion of stealing horses. When arrested he had in his possession two fine horses, a silver mounted harness and a baggy. iSS" Geo. W. Scott, an old and respected citizen of Toledo, drowned himself in that city on Wednesday. He has been thought insane for several days past. He was worth $$0,000, hot imagined that he should be brought to want. ggy- The Boston Musical Times says there are nearly two hundred professional musicians ia that city who are oat of employment the effect of " hard times," or of professing too much and performing too little. ' SSST" The city of Keokuk, lows, which has a population of some 10,000 inhabitants, has taken stock in railroads to the amount of $1,- 500,000, which it has got to pay making $150 to each man, woman and child of the citj. " SSy During the month of May, about thirty- five hundred first class passengers hare sailed from New York and Boston for : Europe. The summer travel to the old world promises to bo unprecedentedly large. tSf A cave has been discovered in the Ah beville, S. C. district, where runaway slaves se crete themselves. Two recently found there re sisted all efforts to capture them so stoutly that it was found necessary to shoot them. tS? During tho storm of Saturday last, Cris-der's Church, near Westminster, Md, was struck by lightning, and several of the congregation who were there worshiping stunned and other wise injured. gSJ-In view of the renewed struggle in Italy the Italian Committee at Nsw York, who col lected funds : daring the late war, will resume-their operations, suspended after ike peace cf Villa Franca, in order to aid Garibaldi and tie-Sicilian movement. . ' '-- g A monument, costing over t-nj thousand dollars, has been erected in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, over the ' remains ef the lat Robert T. Conard, by his personal friends. g- The cattle disease, which has lately d. stroyed so much stock in Massachusetts and the other New England States, has, it is said, toad its appearance ia Berks coenty, Peunsyivasia, 7Jjiviried gervaxts. are the raje is New York, at present, among the faslirots sl's. Every carriage nearly shows its yair cf ei'.cna attendants, in sombre uniform, white coclcr asl silver hat band., lis 'i Democratic, L&1. ii ia pretty. v.