Fzlzzzmber 22

THE SMNT LOUIS iresEEKLY REvE1LLE.

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V.

 Inicrms.—coffin inakers «must
» and people «« must die, « and the one
should be a sufficient apology for
m» other, if making a living by any honest
empjoynient required one. Dead people
Dort-over, must have cotfins, but as dead

eopkz cannot make them, why living peo-

19 must take the job otf their hands,
,,,·j-altogether we must have coflin mak-
e» still, there is always sucli an air of
zgsolation about a coffin sliop ;—zmc1 Sims-
kgd iii a bustling thoroiighfare, moreover,
the singular contiguity of life and death
»» kiever fail to iinpress disagreeably tlie

azzek by. Here seems agapingtomb filled
with all dismal associations of the grave,
Un, perhaps, next door is a tavern, where
may be heard sounds of merriment and jol-
lity-

We pass almost continually a shop of the
Und, and have never failed to look in
when crossiiig the door. lt would seem
as though the glance was as much a matter
»[ course and of necessity as our perigrina-
tiontlirough the neighborhood We have
hecoine farniliar with all the objects aiid
arrangements of the interior. We can tell
jsz cofiin has been removed since we pas-
sed the day before. It is so seldom, too,
that you see a soul about a cotlin shop.
The tenants are always away in the hack
koomsgiishereyoumaysometimes hearknives
snd plates rattling, or children romping at
play away behind tlfe old dusty cotkiiis
This we have frequently heard, in passing
the skiop we mention, and the etfect of it
upon our feelings was very strange and un—
usual. The idea of hearing merry and
bouyant childhood making such a place re—
sound with gay evidence of life and joy,
while every object in sight told of man’s
gloomy and certain doom, has in it some-
thing singular and startling enough.

And then the odd connection that« you of-
ten observe by the strongly opposite pieces
of furniture in immediate contact. The
ciiidle and the crib are ever close neighbors
ofthe coflin. The same mechanic makes
them. You may see at one time, in a cabi-
net maker’s shop things forming a complete
and curious train of association, from earli-
est infancy to the period of infallible mor-
tal decay. There is the childkt cradle, the
bed stead, the table, the cloclc sei-e, and the
cofhn ! Our whole progress through life is
attended by the uses of these things. They
are familiar to our notice during every step
we take« alongour pilgriinaggp Jsszlaasnrp
and paiiysfoy and Zorn-us, card and eiccite-
ment, all the changes and varieties that
make up life, are connected by household
associatiosn with articles manufactured by
the cotlin rnaker. Wisdom may be in the
refiectiom The bed upon which we repose,
the table from which we eat, the clock
case in which our dying moments are re-
corded by the time piece, all rest side by
side with our wooden boxes in the cost»
drop. Prinzip-ca.

il«-
necesslty

Desriiocrrva Pius in Pirrr.avixnriiira
-A letter from Philadelphia to the Editi-
inore American, dated on sunday evening,
the 7th iiist., says:

J· The westerly ortion of our city was
visited at an early our this morning with
one of the most destructive fires that has
occurred for many years; noless than three
Of» our most extensive forwarding and com-
mission houses were entirely destroyechand
all believed to have originated in the work
Pl« anincendiary. About2 o7clock a build-
MQ occiipied as a stable in the rear of
Messrs Ufer, Janes s; coLs start-hause, in
Broad streckt, near Art-h, was discovered to
DE» on firez the fiames spread with a strong
Und, and soon enveloped the storeliouse
sbove named, which was filled with mer-
Ohandise, mostly cotton and grainz the next

uilding was occiipied as a dwelling and a
store for a large number of ice carts—the
sUrniture burned, the carts say-ed. Adjoin-
Ulg was the large storehouse and depot of
Isme- stesi z: Co» aus-i win- souy costs-i,
FOR, ör·c.z this building, with most of its»
Wirkens, was d stroyed, and the flames
Wke ata fearful eight and spread across

llsrry streckt, into the depot of Messrs.
t Eis, Bellas sc Co, condiictors of the Por-
IIUS Transportatiou Line, where was a
Tkge uanti y of hour, grain, wool, sc» a
Pskt o which was saved, but in a damaged
Eis« Portunately, most of the goods in-

Mled for the west had been sent from
eskh of the stores on saturday evenin , and
Here thus saved. The loss is various y es—
ist-taki st from 840,000-to 850,0o0, but it
S believed that each house was wholly
cofskod by iixsurance.«

khC0Jsjngal.—A gentleman was wzked i»
S kllght and told that his wife was dead.
eturned rouud drew the coverlet closeiz

PUHSJ down his night cap, and cnuttered,

« be went to sleep agaiu, ·· Ah, how griev-

e« I shall be in the morning. «

s V· The. Picayune tells the story of a

kisaks that swallowed a mule twice. It

knclked its way out each time, and finally

n« Ell the ,snake. The miile was bought
0111 the lcxclcapoo tribe of Indiens.

III· Mrs. C. Louise M. Mille, an eastern
poet, puts the following questions to some-
body:
can-sit ever forget love, that soft sumrner night—
Wilt ever regretz love, that niomant so hright

When trembliiig with rapture you kjzkski w im.
fold

The secret your dear eyes had long ngo toxd ?
Dotst rnind all the scene, love; the blne spanglsd
Ukks

The islsnd so green, love, the rnoon rjdjng high,
The echoes of music that broke on tlie our,
The beautiful kivulet murrnuring hear?

Who could forget such a ·· nice time« as
all that !

Doktor-san Tns4Tans.--Mr. Eclwin For—
rest, the tragediaii,tiuished a sliort but bril-
liant engagemeiit at Brighton, on the 6th
ult.; so niuch to the satisfaction of the pub-
lic as to cause regret that it was not at pre-
sent in his power to piolopg his stay. He
gave lcing Lear for his benetit.

Miss Cushman has appeared at the Brigh-
ton Theatre, as Bienen, in Milman7s tragedy
of Erz-to, and although tlie audience was
very scaiity, her walcome was most enthus
siastic. she intendsto visit Dublin, Bdin-
burgn and Glasgow

Panny Ellsley the danseuse, has bought
a delicious residence on tlie banks of Lake
coino. ’I’agliorii has also a resideiice in
the same beautiful spot, and the iininortal
Pasta has resided there for years.

Mr. kludson lcirby has, accordiiig to the
down-east phrase, ··hitclied terms« with a
Miss Melvillez aii actress in the north of
England.

Risley and his «childi»eii, froin the United
states, have recommenced their popiilar
performances at the Porte St. Martin Thea-
tre, aiid attract great crowds-—indeed, as
large as they did soine inonths back-

« Priiicc Jahr« o FTghfing.—Ä fracas
took place in the» icircuit Court room, at
Huds0n, New York, betiveen Mr. A. L.
Jordon and Johii Yan Euren, Esqsp state
Attorney,.ivhile conducting a case. some
streng laiiguage ensued betiveeii the partie-s,
when Mr. Jordon called Mr. Van Biiren
··a liar,« upon which the latter striick the
foriner in the face. Three or foiir rounds
occurred, and the affair was put an end to
by Judge Edinonds coniinitting botli piirties
for conlemptofcourt for tweiity-foui- hours.
The parties wished to be released on pay—
ment of a tine, but the court refuscsd the ap-
plication. —- —·
 was fouiidsrs a
black fish recently taken at New London.
0n one side is the figure of a liead, with
these words around it—·« ra- wiuckii rii
Ko. v. PKUIISSZNU -»—·and underiieath —
«« tin-reist« It appears to be a Prussian
grosh, and is worth about nine mills.

ITsivts.—Lord Melboiirne, who has been
lost to the world since he vacated the Pre-
rriiersliip, emerged froin his obscurity at a
receiit dinner party of the fish-mongers.

The representatives of the Morning pa-
pers, sent to the Continent to trace her
Majesty’s steps, and «· do-lge « her wlierev-
er sl·ie goes, for the especial enliglitenment
of John Bull at honie, perform their duties
with surpassing fidelity.

lii July there iii-as snow to the depth of
upwai·ds oftliree inclies on the surface of a
tract of country, tliree miles in extent, near
Bangor in Wertes.

At the croydon assizes an action was
brought by a Mr. cook, an attorney, against
the Rev. Mr. Weatheralh a minister ofthe
church of England, aiid rector of l3yfield,
in Northamptoiishire,foi«criminal conversa-
tion with liis own daughteix the wife of the
plaintifk A verdict of L3000 daiuages was
returned.«

E· Jossph Brelsford, an ex-custom-
liouse office-r, at Phi1adelphia, brother to the
present coroner, has been arrested, charged
with palming oft fraudulent checks upon
various banks, and held to bail by the Re-
corder. - Lottery gamb1ing ·· led to it.«

II« The Knickerbocker publishes the fol-
lowiug as the last letter written by the late
Mr. klood :

Dann Mann-Sud bless you and your-s
and good-by. I drop these few last line-s,
as in a bottle from a ship water-logged, on
the brink of foundering—being in the last
stage of dropsical debilityz but, though auf—
fering in body, serene in inind. so, with-
out reversing my union-jack,l await my
last lurch. Till then, believe me dear
Moir, Yours most truly.

March l3th.

c? 1n the case of ·· De Neufbourgz us.
Mccardle,« the jury could iiot agree on a
verdict, and were dischargeth Mons. De
Neufbourg will have to infuse other ideas
of justice and huiuanity into the ininds of
the citizens of New Orleans than those
they at present possess, before he can get a
jury who will say that the prcss, in expos-

ing tlie cruelty inflicted on tlie boy Syl-
veste, tihelted him.-——sPicoyicsic.

THiHiZFsDAY iiiongrivo,sgrf.idsrssis.

THE ANr1-htosiuons.—At last accounts,
Backenstos, tlie Mormon slieisitf, had start-
ed alone toivards tlie scene of i-iot, expect-
ing, as he said, to « lay down his life.« The
Untier are reported to have continued their
outrages, the Mormons remaining quiet and
expressing their delermination to do no
more than defend themselves when com·
pellecl to do so by the last violence·

Rccoiknniss Cornet-There were seven
cases yesterday before this tribunal, for dis-
turbance of tlie peace, in which fines of
from one to five dollars were imposed.

End-tschi) Arn) liuisiiovicv.—The Otfnusa
Free Rad« comes to us coiisiderably en—
larged and improved. We hope its success
may föllovv suit.

its· The Felicicnio lssiliig takes ourarticles
without the slightest acknowleclgemeiif
The editorss name is Slcipvvith, which may
account for it.

Mk. Dass-The Frisch-on our first
page will be found a notice, from the Lin—
glo-.-Jmericaii, of some of Deus« reccnt
works. Mr. D. stands alone in the striking
and attractive patli which his genius calls
to. The paintings mentioned are indeed
inimitable.

Crrv lvloikranrrv.—Tlie Register reports
thirty-eight deaths for the week ending on
the 15th inst., of which twentydbur were
children under five years of age.

II· The seven slave pirates convicted in
England and sentenced to death are likely
to escape through a legalquibble, tlie criine
having been coiiimitted on board a Brazil-
ian vessel on the higli seas, and thereforc
not within Englislijiirisdictiom A new triul
has been granted.

sosiiv ro Haar: rr.—Geiieral Grünes, it
is said, will be coiirtunartialled for his
late proceedingtd «—

For( Tini: Wriisrc Housr:.—Messrs. Wil-
liams di, stevens, Broadivny, N. York, have
been manufacturiiig a set of coriiice for the
celebrated East Room of the Presideiips
House. The one for tlie centre iviiidow is
completed. lts length is 16 keck, and in the
front are carved the arnis of the Union.
Good judges pronounce it tlie most elegant
piece of workmanship of the kiiid ever
seen in this country.

Trinken« Durst-neun out: Damit-v.-
Within a- shorts time tin-lass thsh thirteen
individuals, of oiie of the oldest and most
respectiible families iii Attakapus, Lin, have
died of congestive fever. This rnortality
is certainly unprecedented.

Dann-i WAiia4n·i·.—The Governor of
Pennsylvania has issued his warrant for tlie
executioii of Jabez Boyd, convicted of
murder in chester county, to be carried
into etfect on Priday, 2lst of November·
next.

Post oiv «riir-: Arumric.—«The stcam
ship »Great Western was eighteen days on
her last passage to Liverpool. This loiig
tr·ip was caused, it is saht, by had fuel—by
using bad cumberland coal that would not
give sutlicient heut.

sziskior..—-Diivid curry, foriner sheritf of
Murengo county, Alabama, was killed at
Linden on the inorning of the 25th ult. by
Thomas Gaines, tlie son of his wife by a
foriner liusbaiid. Report says, that he
killed curry with a pistol after a rencoiitre
with siticksspqg » »— «· m»-

Busincss.—Tlie Laøiding.—The citizens
of St. Louis have frequeiit moments of grat-

ificatioii in listeiiing to the commenks ofj

their friends froin a instance, as they walk
the bustliiig landing, oi« tread the wide and
extending streets ofa city uneqiialled in its
dzjly progress. «Al1,tllis is file PiSCSPY
is the constant ejaculation,and with a hearty
confidence does the citizen confrrm it.
At present the appearance of· general activ—
ity is truly spirit stirring. The immense
line of boats in constant employment ; the
piles of goods, the stores of produce, and
the evideiice of every man having ·· some-
thing to do« and being about it. All these
eombine to make the present prospect flat-
tering as the future one is brilliaiit. Activ-
ity is the spice as well as the grace of life.

THE: sreaiurxix BANGoiI.-—A gentleman
who visited the scene of the burniiig of the
Bangoh writes from Belfast, Maine, under
date of 2d just: «« We visited the wreck
last evening, and found her aground, and
men employed in bailing her out and mak-
iiig preparations to get her afloat. The de—
struction of everythiiig was complete—not
a piece of woed of any description was left.
The only signs of freight were casks of
nails melted to a solid mass, and bunches of
glass of tlie size of a harre-L«

Adiixiiicxu sraaiisikaskskkhe first of the
American Mai! Steam Shtpi for Europa is
now receiving cargo at New York for Liv-
erpool. she is called the Massachusetts,
one of Harnden s: Co.9s new line, propel-
ler, and will be able to make tlie passage
out in about fifteen clays. The Post-office
Departrnent is in treaty with the time for
the transportatiou of the mail. The date
of sailing will probably be the 10th and
25th of each month from New York, and
the l2tli and 27th from Liverpool.

Piurics.——Tlie Iron Znsine».-——-The
Prench Minister of Marine has lately ap-
pointed a commission to inquire whetlier
it would not be expedient, in consequence
of the great demand for froh, to cause re—
diictioii to be made in tlie import duties on
foreign iroci, so as to enable it to be em-
ploycd extensively in ship building.

Codiriioivriss wirkt J sW1NDLEK·—ThS
New York Tribune says, that the German
Kosten got offlast year, it will be rememY
hekestzwiih s20o,0oo or s3oo,o00, wiiicii
lie liad swindled southern banks and brokers
out of by dravving on New York against
cottoii, wliich he afterwards shipped to Eu-
rope. We understand that after- being pur-
sued through England, France and all over
tlie swiss Cantons, by the indefatigable
agents of tlie swindled, he was at last
brouglit to a compioinise and disgorged
twenty per cent. of his plundeiu

Exronrnrion o! Woor..—-There have
been shipiuents of wool to England lately
to the extent of 100,000 lbs., and there are
furtlier roders in market. The reason of
these shipiiients is, that wool can nowhere
else be bought so clieap as in this coiintry·

Miicic Dirne-We wish souie one ac-
qiiaiiited with the evrrly history of the West
would furnish us witli some accouiit, aii-
thentic,ofthefainoiis Mike, and liis com-
rades. Mike was a riative of this coiinty,
at all events. lndeed, iifew years back his
brotlier was residing, and is still pei-liaps,
within a few iniles of our city.

The story that he was shot by one of his
compiinioiisz oiit in Missouri, has often been
related, we know not witli how much truth.
[Pitt·rt«««gli Erfol-

··The Death of Mike Iink,« as piiblished
by the Reveille was authentic, our ··senior«

was tin-r.

ifnucsn or« «·WaarckIds"——-Loncsvillc.—
Our universally popular friend has been ex·
tending his well known establishmeiit—
should like tose "·t. s» ·· Gegner« says:

The ·· Rxchaiz i tlie largest arfd most
coniplete establ
equal to any in ttse Union, and refiects no
little credit on the city, as well as its well
known, enterprising, and popular proprie-
tor. Every body in town vvill, of course,
be at the ·· opening."

«! Fortune Und» Bank-Mr. J. L. Eid-
(lle, of Boston, the Post says, the otlier day
picked up, in Congress street, opposite his
stoie a plain pine box, which upon exami-
nution proved filled witli five bags of sover-
eigns,s16,000. Before he laid hold of it,
acouple of foot passengers favored it with
a kick. He caused it to be. deposited in thc
Sufiolk bank. It has been claiined by a
Mr. I)orr, wlio says it dropped from his
carriage, behind which he had placed it,
in preference to trustiiig it to a handcart—
man.

Betst-nd a carriage that had an inside to it !

  

Fast-non nur) Pein-on« in com»-
Banks, the jeweler, of Broadway, New
York, has made a sportirig broach repre-
sentiiig these two nags contending for
victory on the Long lsland course.

Dscr-.Asr:r).—l«jdw»ard Dyeiz Esq., Ser-
geaiit-at-arms to the United states senate,
died at his residence, near Washington city,
on the 8th inst., of bilioiis fever. He was
a respected and esteerned citi2en.

Christi: am) snrciviz — We yesterday
mentioned that a young man who refused to
give any name, had been arrested for coun-
terfeiting a check of Sl,500 on the Pennsyl-
vania Bank, in the name of J. B. smith,
broker. From the Philadelphia papers we
learn that on sunday morning week, he was
found in his cell in a dying condition, and
he lived pnly untilöotclock in the evening.
No Fort mai-fern examination had been
made, and it was thought he had died from
mental sufferiiig and the agony of remorse,
attendantz perhaps, on the first step in
ci«ime. His name remained unknown, and
he had moodily refused to make any com-
munication.

c? com. Elliott has recovered from his
severe illness, and is now out of dringet.
The sorcophogm is still in the cellar.

J Grau-sing Boy !—The saco (Me.) Dem—
ocrat states, that the son of Mr. Robert P.
Barry, of Waterhorough, aged only nine
years, iiveighs one hundred aiid fortyisix
pounds.

Sixteen pounds a year, tokirä it regutarl

ment öri thi- Wepy and— f«

—
cr- Tiie iii-is aoiisk cspisriv ais-Iowa
below, the Louisville Time« says, was a
New York Tanne, and had III a boat on
the liudson nine years :

Two boats were up for St. Louis the other
day, one askiiig iiina and the other-five dol-
lara. About an hour before starting the
spokesiiian for a large nilgratory party, who
had taken seats ou the five dollar boat,
asked the nine dollar captain why he
char ed so much, when tlie latter confi-
dentigy whispered to the man as follows:
·· The fact is, my frisnd, that ehiip has ob-
tained a large qiiantity of gespart-der as
fieight, at high rotes, while l refused to en-
danger the lives of iny passengers with it,
so you see he can oford to take you cheaper
than lcan!« The spokesmau returned to
tlie clieap boat, whispersd the «· tat-is« to
tlie passengers, and they all tied to the· nlne
dollar boat like rats from a sinking shipt
0ii landing at St. Louis it turned out that
Mr. nine dollars had as much gunpowder on
board as Mr. five dollars had!

IckWhyTas Englandbecome eLTeminatSP
Because she has lost her man-lived.

A New tcrrro or·- Lroii«i·.—A new mode
of procuring light has been communicated
to the French Acadeuiy of Schnee, which
is to obtain and use the spirit resulting from
the distillation of wood. Pour parts of
this spirit are to be mixed with one part of
esse-ice of turpentine.

Fasiiiows Coiviissriroia -—- since the
withdrawal of Peytona, says the New York
·· spirit,« speculation is rife as to the hbcse
which will first volunteer to·«tackle«k’ash-
ion. lf cracovienne (in Mr. Kirkmanss
stable,) stands up to her work well she will
undoubtedly be the nag, and a better one
never looked through a bridle, it is paid.
But we thiiik the likelihood of lier iving
way in training (for she has agauie egj is
not very reniote. Boston and Nation, too,
thougli now going well aiid looking like
colts, are somewhat ··sliaky,« each of them,
oii their pins. And so is Langfordz yet
the may all train on and come to the post
as ne as stars. Mariner pioinises to be a
very ugly custorner duriiig the ensiiing cam-
paign ; he is in the same stable with Fast:-
ion, (his halfsister,) and being quite sound,
we do not see what horse is to beat him at
four mile heats, like sliding down liill l If
he had a little more speed he would be a
top-sawyer indee(l.

sinooxaa am) Mnnancriour occur(-
iisNci-:.—Judge Baylor, of Texas, recently
met with a suddeci aiid unexpected death, at
Aus-tin. A Mr. Rives, late of the state of
Tennessee, liaving a revolving pksstol in his
band, the hammer slipped through his fin-
gers, causiiig the pistol to fire, shooting
Jiidge Baylor iminediately through the
.heart. , lle died instantly. Mr. Rivcs sus-
» ered Hkatly from Igony of isind, and ex—
pressed the deepest sorrow bn act-Obst of
his being tlie cause of this fatal occurrence.

Denn-n: on sr.4vi«;i(v.—Messrs· Blan-
chard and Rives, two talented divines, are
to discuss iii this city, about the lst of Oc-
toher the question, ·· Is slaveholding in it-
self sinful, and the relation between master
and slave necessarily a sinful relation P»
They will talk a book-full on this, one for
and tlie other against, and all who hear and
read will hold their opinions as before—
[Ci-nciiinufi Eis-zittre«

Ecroctly !

Geisen-A biichelor rooster who never
makes love to the hens; a person who
«· makes avirtue of necessity.« Miss Pris-
cilla Prude defiiies this word in lier Low
Pressure Polite Vocabulary, witli Patent
safety Valves, as an amiable gentleuian hen,
naturally modest and reserved in the pre-
seiice ot lady biddies. she is good authority.

The Pries- !—-A correspondent has sent to
us the following anciecithim ·· Why was
Rothschild , the Jew broker, in granting a
lii-in, like Othello ? Because he exslsimed
·· Dcressde-«rixoiiey.«—[sost. Post.

E· A discovery calculated to mitigata
human suffering has beszeri made at Florence.
lt is stated that the calculi of the human
bladder can be dissolved by an electro-
chemical process.

Nohility Urstamm-The English papers
say that the Duke of Bruuswick has been
cast in damages of 56200 for libelling bis
own lawyer-

Lr:-r-rr-:Us.-—«I’he editor of the spirit of
the Times, Philadelphia, is about to visit
lreland, England, France, See» and will
give fresh descriptions of ·· Life Abroad.«

is· Mk. w. cuiieki izkyskxt in; iert Fuss«
for ltaly. kle returns to New York in No—
vember.

Ancrsnr Ninavtisr.—sculptuies and in-
scriptions from ancient Nineveh, recovered
by the consul at Mogol, are en for-te for
Paris, for the Governiuenh

Monat. or srria Meere-sit Johii Fern.
chel, in the Zritish Association, exhibited
and enlarged upon the exaeedingly beauti-
ful model of the tnoon, tbs work of use-
male amateur astronomen TM« figure of
the mountains in relief were all taken by
micrometrical measupsrientz and their pre-
cision in the model was most marvellousz
the material employed was a composition

of mastic and war.

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