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along llie whole line, resting on the shoulders ol 

 the | > 1 isoners, with a smaller lateral chain fast- 

 ened around the r ieok ol' each prisoner, and 

 in, nl,: fust to the main chain. In this position 

 .they were marched from (he prison at Tetuan 

 (aliout thirty miles distant) for the purpose ol 

 being; secured in the castle at 'rangier. On the 

 way, and jusl hefore reaching this place, one ol 

 t'lie prisoners fell, exhausted wild fatigue. On 

 taking him up, they found him lifeless. When 

 they arrived at the soco, it was nearly sunset ; 

 .the cavalcade halted, and the officers held a con- 

 sultation as to what should he done with the 

 poor fellow's remains. They finally determined 

 to deposit them in an open " saint's house," 

 which stands near the centre of the market 

 place, until morning, when they would have 

 them interred. The hotly was taken upon the 

 ■shoulders of three or four Moors, and, with the 

 legs and arms dangling, as they passed l>y where 

 I stood, thus conveyed to this temporary dead 

 house, ami there left, without a single watcher 

 to guard it from violation. * * * In the 



morning, they found that the dead man had 

 run away ! 



Yours, truly, T. I]. H. 



P. S. It may not he known !o the American 

 commercial interest that there has recently been 

 a radial reduction in the tariff import duties of 

 (his country. The duly used to he twenty per 

 cent. — it is now reduced to tin per cent, ad valo- 

 rem — on all articles imported save on iron, which 

 is reduced from £5 to 84 per cwt. Raw cotton 

 to £3 per cwt.; taw silk from §1 to fifty cents 

 per pound. It is hoped (hat this favorable 

 change may give a new impulse to our com- 

 merce with this country. 



Maternal Courage. 



We have rarely, if evr, met with a more 

 striking example of maternal self-devotion, uni- 

 ted with singular presence of mind, than is of- 

 fered hy the following circumstance, which oc- 

 curred two or three weeks ago iu the Stale of 

 New York The extracts which we give are 

 made, as will he perceived, from a letter written 

 by the heroic mother herself to a friend, a few- 

 days after the event narrated had occurred. 



Mrs. , accompanied hy her daughter, a 



young girl about twelve years of age, and some 

 young children with their nurses, went to visit 



cemetery. A favorite do::, named Carlo, 



was permitted to accompany them as escort, and 

 the little ones were amused with his gambols as 

 • he ran and leaped hy their side. On reaching 



the cemetery, Mrs. and her daughter 



" were a little in advance of the rest of the party: 



" When suddenly we were all arrested by the 

 most horrible yelps Irom Carlo, who came plun- 

 ging, writhing, and foaming, furiously mad! The 

 dog look a circuit round, anil as the shrieks 



went forth from , and , ' lie is mad ! he 



is mum 1 1' I echoed, yes he is mad — run fur your 

 lives I In the same breath I tore from my shoul- 

 ders a large heavy blanket shawl, as my only 

 defence. Carlo immediately made for Mary, 

 who was running with all the speed possible. I 

 shrieked — Mary, 'tis you he pursues, turn quick 

 as thought. At [he same time, I kept nearly 

 pace w'iih the dog, and, as dear Mary turned, J 

 enveloped him completely with my shawl, wind- 

 ing the corners ('which I held in my hand for the 

 purpose) closely round his neck. It was, ol 

 course, only for one moment, J could hold him, 

 but every instant counted, and enabled Mary to 

 change her course, so that he was unable to 

 pursue her in any direct line. Hut the instant 

 lie escaped from me, he made directly for her 

 again, a frothy foam issuing from his mouth 

 accompanied by that unearthly yelp. 



"The others hail made their escape from 

 the cemetery, and I was left among the dead, 

 to contend with, and protect my child against 

 a raving mail dog! Oh, who can imagine my 

 feelings! ("aim and perfectly self-possessed I 

 remained, giving directions unceasingly to Ma- 

 ry who lol lowed them quicker than given. All 

 the time the dog was at lull speed, save when I 

 niiitHed li i in with the shawl. It was only liy 

 Mary's malting short turns and leaping upon 

 palings that I had an opportunity to wind it 

 around him at all. Several times he so nearly 

 reached her as to raise his paws to spring up to 

 the wpot ^\w. occupied, and each time strength 

 and thought was given me to cover him with 

 the shawl and wind it round his neck. Thus she 

 escaped until aid was sent. Even that, I fear 

 would have been too late had he not fallen in a 

 tit, from which he was never allowed to rise. 

 His head was severed from his body hy the 

 heavy blow of an axe, given hy a strong arm, 

 while Mary stood directly over him, upon a high 

 fence, whither he pursued her. 



"One week has passed, and last night was the 

 first time I have been able to shut out from my 

 sight that I'm inns dog, gnashing his jaws, uller- 

 in_ r those horrid yelps, and foaming thick froth 

 from his mouth, rushing after my poor child." 



In the midst of the horrors of the scene de- 

 scribed with such simplicity and vividness, how 

 touchingly sublime appears a mother's love. 



One word on the remarkable presence of mind 

 here displayed. It is invaluable iu the hour of 

 danger, and who knows when that hour may he 

 at hand? The timid and irresolute are in im- 

 minent peril themselves and entirely useless to 

 others, while those who have learned to main- 

 tain a control over their thoughts, and to pre- 

 serve presence of mind, are often made the hap- 

 py instruments of saving those whom they love, 

 from danger and from death. — Christian Chron. 



I have no Wife. 



BY AM OLD AND INCORRIGIBLE MEMBER OF THE BACHELOR'S 

 CLL'B. 



1 have no wife! — young pirts are fair, 



Hui how uis I cai i oil, 



No Conner are they wed, than ilieir 



Enactment hide ihem ml i.uewril. 

 Tin- gnls, God Mess ihem ! make us yearn 



To rls.Ii all odds and take a wife : 

 To cllllg to one, anil lint lo lurn 

 'i'en thousand In the dance ol life. 



I have no wife ! who'd have his nose 



Forever Lied I e lone (lower. 



E'en Llmugll thai flower should be a rose, 



elm k',1 wah light hand from (airy bower? 

 O, liel'er lir tile bright b- qnet 



of flowers ni every clime and hue, 

 By turns to charm the mind away, 



And fragrance in tin: heart renew. 



I have no wile '. — I now can change 



From grave to gay, from light to sad, 

 Ami iu in> freedom wide can range, 



Fret for a While and tlieil be ylad. 

 I now can In eil a sy reti's tongue, 



Anil know that e} cs glance no* invaln — 

 Make love apace, and being ' dung," 



Get up anil try my lock again ! 



I have no wife! — and I can dream 



Of girts u lo.'ie Wolltl their weight ill gi Id, 

 Can bask my lleait in Love's broad beam, 



Anil dunce lo think it yet unsold ; 

 On I can g i/.e upon a brow 



u hictl moid and beauty both enhance, 

 Go tn the shrine and make in} bnwj 



And thank the fates I have a chance ! 



I have no wife !— and. like a wave, 



i an II iat art ay to any land, 

 Curl ti|i anil ki-s, or gently lave, 



The svveelesl [lowers that are at hand. 

 A pilgrim, I can bend b-tore 



The slnuie which heail and mind approve, 

 Or, Persian like, I eau adore 



Each star that gems llie lleav'n tif love. 



1 haveno wife !— in heaven they Bay, 

 Si oh iimiius as wedding* are not known ; 



Unyoked on- blissful spirits stray 

 uer liiiils, where care no shade has thrown. 



Then why not have a heaven below, 



And lei fair llynlen hence lie sent? 



It Would lie lino'; hut a- things go, 

 Unwedded folks won't be content ! 



A Mr. Forbes, from Aberdeen, Scotland, has 

 become possessed of one of the richest quick- 

 silver mines in the world iu California. Fifteen 

 hundred flasks, id' Seventy-five pounds each had 

 been got In a very short time, at an expense ol 

 ten to twelve dollars per one hundred pounds. 



Playing the Devil. — We were a good deal 

 amused at an anecdote we heard the other day, 

 of u certain preacher, whose calling confined 

 him within the limits of old Kentucky, lie had 

 preached in his parish many years, and of course 

 hail run short of the eloquence so much needed 

 lo keep his hearers awake anil astonished Let 

 him preach ever so well now, it makes no differ- 

 ence, they have got used to him, and used to 

 sleeping; ami sleep they would, lo his great an- 

 noyance. At last he hit upon an expedient to 

 bring 'em up standing, as the saying is. He 

 procured a small tin whistle, which he took with 

 him into the pulpit, and after taking his text, and 

 •' blazing away " until his hums were sore aiid 

 his hearers all comfortably dozing anil nodding 

 approval to each other, he suddenly drew it forth, 

 anil gave a shrill toot-a-toot. Iu tin instant, the 

 whole congregation were awake and upon their 

 feet, staring at the minister, at eatdi oilier, and 

 wondering what in the name of pickles ami hu- 

 man nature, as Sam Slick says, was lo come 

 next. "You're a set of smart specimens «f hu- 

 manity, aint ye ?" saitl the divine whistler, as be 

 slowly gazed around upon his astonished assem- 

 blage. " When I preach the gospel to you, you all 

 •in lo sleep; but (he moment 1 go to playing ihe 

 devil, you're all wide awake, up and a coming 

 like a rush of hornets with a pole ill their 

 nest!"— Hallowell Gazette. 



Agriculture. — I may claim for it, that it is an 

 innocent pin suit, that it can do no injury to any 

 one; that it invades no man's just rights, 

 and prejudices no man's safely, health, peace, or 

 reasonable enjoyment. It is a beneficial em- 

 ployment, for whoever cultivates Ihe earth ami 

 covers it with rich and golden crops, renders it 

 more beautiful; whoever causes the eaith to 

 yield its fruits, increases the means of human 

 comfort and subsistence; and iu proportion as 

 this cultivation is improved and skilful — and hy 

 such improvements and such skill, the products 

 of the earth are many times increased — so the 

 means of human subsistence and comfort, and 

 of subsistence and comfort to a very large por- 

 tion of the brute creation, are correspondingly 

 extended. — Colman. 



Sowing Grass Seed in March. 



When the laud is well prepared llie previous 

 fall, March, as soon as the ground is bare, is a 

 very favorable lime for sowing grass seed. 

 Those fanners who sow herdsgrass and red top 

 late in August and early in September, omit 

 sowing clover till March, as it is liable to be 

 winter-killed if sown at the time of the other 

 grass. 



Some sow nearly all their grass seed in March, 

 preferring it to till other seasons. But when the 

 land is ready for sowing late in summer, or early 

 in fall, that season is preferable, as the grass will 

 get a start and yield a larger crop than if sown 

 iu March. Yet when the land is not prepared 

 till late iu autumn, the most favorable lime for 

 sowing is Match. If the hind he in good condi- 

 tion, Ihe crop will be pretty good. We have 

 sown seed in the middle of March, and had a 

 crop so large that some of it lodged. When 

 sown at this season, no harrowing, brushing, or 

 raking in of the seed is necessary ; and these 

 operations on the wet land, would he far worse 

 than useless. The seed lalling on the wet soil 

 is sure to vegetate before it is warm enough to 

 •dry the surface of the soil. 



We have been astonished at the amount of 



water the seed would sustain, not only will t 



any injury, but with the best success. We have 

 sown grass seed in March, when there were 

 puddles of water that we could not drain oft', as 

 the ground was frozen. We sowed seed on the 

 water, supposing that it would vegetate alter the 

 water disappeared: and it has often vegetated 

 the earliest and best when sown on the water, 

 which shows the hardy nature of the seed as 

 I well as of the grass.— Mm England Farmer. 



