V- 502 THE SJUNT LOUIS WsEEKLY REl Will-DE. September· 22 sites:- Rarsrkvo «» wir: West-A wri- ter in the New York courier, who appears familiar with the subject, says: «« An opins ion has prevailed that good "wool could not be raised upon the prairies—·that cattle would not do well, and that the West must, therefore, confine its attention to the pro— duction of grain. Time and experiment are demonstrating that this opinion is en— tirely false. sheep are found to do ex— tremely well, and wool of the very finest quality can be produced with the utmost ease. This has led to the introduction of« sheep into the country; it has already taken place in Northern Illinois, to a very great extent, and l doubt not that, during the present season alone, at least 50,000 sheep will be driven into that Section. Owing to ascarcity of· grass, sheep in Ohio hear n remarkably low price, and, doubtless, thous- ands will be slaughtered from a lack of hay for the winter. They Zell, therefore, at un- usually low prices, and they can be driven, in large fiocks, into lllinois within five or six weeks« time, and at an expense of« not over fifteen cents a head. 0ne gentleinan from Washington county, N. Y., has sent l0,000 into 1llinois in this manner, andl have heard of several others who have sent from 1,000 to 5,000 each. They are taken by farmers, who pay usually to the owners apourrd one! o liolj of wool, per annum,for each sheep—taking the rest, with all the iucrease of the f1ocks, as their pay for tak- ing care of them. soinetimes much better arrangements than this are made by the owners, but this .is about the usual rate. » On their first arrival, if· too late for prairie « grau, the sheep are fed on rye, sown for this purpose, until the cold weather comes, when they are sheltered and fed with hay or other fodder. «« ln the summer they are turned out upon the prairies, requiring the care of a sheps herd, but obtaining a bountiful supply of grau, without the slightest cost, and being thus maintained at a very trifiing expense. ««Wool in this way can undoubtedly be raised much cheaper than in New York or New England. The cost of conveying it to an Eastern market, is also far less than that of transporting grain, in proportion to » its value. Wheat cannot be conveyed from « chicago to New York for less than about 30 per cent. of its value; where-is thetrans- portation of wool costs but about a cent a pound, not more at the most, than Z or4 per cent. This is an important difference, and must in the end divert many from grain- growing to streut-raising, upon the western prairie-I- Vonoamc Bank-non m Irrt: Mann-sn- aarns4n.-—capt. caitliness, ofthe En lish ship Yictory, laden with patent fuel, rom Newcastle, bound to Malta, where she ar- rived on the morning of the 20th of .lune, reports that on the 18th idem, at half past 9 is. n. (having been, from observations tak- en b two chronometers, in tat. AS, 40, 56, and lbng. 12, M, 36,) both top-gallant mast and royahmast went suddenly over the side as if by the effects ofa heavy squall, though there was not at the time the least a pear- ance of a squall, or even bad weatier of any kind. At lialfLpast ll it came on to blow hard from the s. S. E. to S. E» and all hands were sent up to reefthe topsails, when all of a sudden it feil dead calm, and the crew, as well aloft as deck,copld scarce- ly breathe from the sulphureous exhala- tions,dust ofsulphur, and sntense heat which prevailed. The ship labored considerably all the while, and at the distance of about halfa mile three immense balls of fire were seen to issue from out the sea, and remained visible for about ten minutes. Another heavy squdll shortly after came on from the s. s. E. and carried the ship out of the bot into a cold current of air.-—I.ondon Time-· «« Dogmatic—A man who goes by his own brains, right or wrong. «« self important;- Thinks nobody like hin-seit. cnrvannv on Lono ist-arm m 1670.—-ln Denton«s «« Brief Description of New York« and adjaeent places, first puhlished in 1670, and republished by Wm. Gowans of that city, we find the following paragraph: «« The Fnrits natural to the (Long) lsland are Mulden-rieth Posirnons, Grapes, great and small Iluekleberries, cramberries, Plums of several sorts, Rosberries, and strawberries, of which last in such abun- cksqce in Jung, that the Pields and Woods are died redz Which the countrey people erceivi ,instatitly· arm themselves Wlkh bottles Wine, cream and sogar, and in- Itead of coat of Male, every one takes a kemale upon his llorse behind him, and so rushing violentl into the fields, neverleave till they have isrobed them of their red colors, and tumed them into the old habit." soon-n Drsrkp«nancs.—A German, named klenry Schaeffer, laboring under a hilious remittent fever, at New 0rleans, hope from his had, on the night of the l9th instant, and suddenly disappearedz and All search for him has proved fruitless, though diligently made. lt is feared that he reach· ed the river, and drowned himself from »so khilqdelplrio «« Apis-i«- DOMESIIC P0bJTRY—No- l« THE: ou) Umonst-n. sTvvas a much loved relic-ah! who can tell My sorrow in losing that old unt-tell? lt has Iheltered me oft in the open street, Prom suowt and drizales—from rain and sleetz Avd Oft, in my thoughtful hours, Pd dwell 011 the mein-riet: which hallovved that old urnbrelh 1t wSDnt much for pretty-«t was out ofjoint; And broken its handle and battered its point, But no warriorni falchion or true kriightss lanee could have done half as much in the way of romance, Yes, yes,—Jt is a faet and the truth ltells For 1 won niy wife with that old urnbrelh We met· when the clouds were uncommonly ic , And the rain came down like a thousand of briCkZ No eab ist«-as at band-Ehe had farto wem; And the omnihus didn’t run that way home«; lsaw her and loved-—and rnyjoy who could teil? When l sheltered her home Ineath that old umbrelh A ain we met-in afcstive crowd, here laughter and music were ringingloucjh ll e were iutroduced,—and she thanhed me again, For taking her home in that dreadful rein. six rnonths——and they rung the glad church hell, Pol· s Wsdding cuused by that. old umbrelh «« Ill luck"—tny the Yankeey «« requires no bog-g» care leaves us awhile—but comes home to most; And a sorrow like this, bears uncotnmonly hat-d, But no matter—-1’ll offer, by love! a rewardl Yes-Pl! give twenty dollars, to him who can Of thaitebllch brass pointed, green cotton urnbrelh Zecswaih A Tau: or Hunnen-It is not long since, said the Katsheff, that a man from Berber settled here, and was well known to all of us. 0ne morning he led his horse to the Nile to Weiter, and fastened the rope by which he held it round his arm, and while the animal was quenching his thirst he knelt down to pray. At the moment when he was lying with his face upon the ground a crocodile attacked the unhappy man, swept him into the water with his tail, and swallowed him. The terrified horse exerted all his strength to run away, and as the rope which was attached to the arm of his dead rnaster in the stomach of the croco- dile did not snap, and he could not disco- gage himselt from it, the astrighted animal not only pulled the crocodile itself out of the river, but dragged it over the sand to the door of its own Stahle, where it was soon killed by the family, who hurried to the spat, and afterwards found the dead victim entire in the belly of the monster.--[Egypt under Metze-net Ah. Nssronran Crrn1sr1ar(s.—-The Nesto- rian christians of Persia being horribly created by the Turks, sought the protection of England, which was granted, and we hear that in June last, the Patriarch, priests and people all united with the English church. . - c? To show the tiery zeal with which the lndians engage in their famous Ball Plays, we copy from the cherokee Advo- cate a paragraph recording two fatal accis dents which occurred at one on the 20th of July last, near the Arkansas river, in skin Bayou district: «« A your-g Cherokee, named su-wa-ge, was dashed against a tree by his horse, which had taken a fright. 0ne of his sides was very much fractured, and he survived only long enough to exclaim, « I am a dead man !- The other death was that of a creek, which occurred in the midst of the play· lt seems he had an opponent down, and was endeavoring to take the ball away from him, when another opponenhrunning to the assistance of his friend, caughtand bent him up with such strength and quick- ness as to break his back. He expired immediatelyu These deaths were both purely accidentalN ckWe learn from the Frontier Whig, that on the l2th ult. a man by the name of selby was murdered in his own house, in Mountain township, Washington county, near cape Bill, Arks. His skull and body were bruised and fractured as though the blows had been given by a tomahawk or club. selby was a bachelor, lived entirely alone, and was considered an inoflensive citizen. The murderer is yet at large. its« A new line of steamers is about to be established between Liverpool and con- stantinople. · Gans-A mental mosquitm 0fitself, it is only alittle annoyingz but in consequence of its buzzing, thousands fret, kick and worry themselves even to the death.—[llf. Y. Sand» Mermis-g. Ronanco lNo14rIss.-—-The lndians en- camped at Behalten, N. Y., were robbed on the 9th inst. ofZO silver hreast plates, be- sides five silver hat bands—40 silver dollars —850 in bank bills—a dozen gold rings; also a silver medal, presented to John Francis by George Washington. The tbieves escaped with thier plunder. Drsrnocrrvn Flur: Nr Pult-kontinue. ——0n the morning of the 10th inst., about one o’clock,afire occurred on the north side of Vine street, above 12th, which de- stroyed five stables, four dwelling houses, and a carpenter’s shop. Eight horses per- ished in the t1ames. Bat-cum Tini: scientes-A glance into the dressing-rooins, says an English paper, of some of« the most celebrated actresses of the day, in various departments of the dramatic an, may not be without instruction as well as amusemenh for Harnleps maxim that ««to know a man truly, you must know liiøiireljsl is still more true of a wem-in— and truest of all of an acting womanz and there is nowliere else that you are so likely to meet with «-"herself» as in her dressings room (or lage, as they term it on the con- tinent,) behind the scencs Fanny Ellsler has very 1nagnif1centno- tions r« ji«? de. lage-s. When she is at .L’.-fckiclcmse, she occupies the largest and handsomest dressingqoocn in the theatre, one looking on the Cour de lillotel de 1’0pera; and when she occupies it, there are alvvays two strapping footmen in livery, mountirig guard, one on each side of the door. lt is not carpeted, like most of the dressingcooms of celebrated artistes, but is all challced over, and has the. same riecessary ofa dancesis life lying about everyw·here—- on the kahle, on the toilet, on the ground, scc., Ko. Apropos of chalk, an anecdote is related of Fanny Ellsler that is worth repeating 0ne evening, just before the curtain was about to draw up, M. Burat de Guigy, author of Le Dir-die Besten-J, entered her dressing-room. «« Mydear Monsieur Burat," said Fanny, on seeing him, «« l am in the greatest possi- ble ragez lam just going on the stage, and they have stolen all my chalk l» «« Stolen it P« «« Yes-Stolen it, of course. There ’s a conspiracy among them to spoil my dan- cing. Pre inquired of them all—Nathalie Fitzjnmes, Nolilet«, and her sister—all. They pretend to know nothing about it; but it’s a conspiracy among them. New, my dear, M. Burat, you Dll go and get me some chalk, will you not P» «« But, my dear young lady, I don7t know where to get you any. It Ts past eleven o’clock, and all the shops in Paris are shut.« » «« Go—-run—-—that’s a dear creatures Pll pay any thing for it—-its weight in gol(l. Yoisire just a quarter of an hour before I shall be called to go on·» M. de Burat weht, and returned within the specified time, evidently a little elevais ted and lively, and bringing with him a score of small pieces of challr. «« Wellss cried l«’anny», «« what do l owe you for them P» « The price of ten Instit« terms, that l was obliged to take at the ten disserentcckjes billurdaz from which I stole them." MnsisrnnrsivixLflie New Haven klerald publishes a commutiicatiori which nescribes the painless extraction of a tooth from a lady who had been put into a mesmeric sleep. lslere is the stor : OAfter Miss Perry lind undergone her test upon clairvoyance, the» Mrs. , a lady well known to many of our citizens, took the chair, and in the course of« twenty minutes was ut to sleep by Mr. St. Luke. Whcreupom Dir. Wm. G. Munson, the well known clentist in this city, commenced the operation oflancing the gumsz after which the instrumecit was applicd with considera- ble torce, but to no purpose, the tootl1 be— ing a mere stump, and deeply imbedded in the gum. Lance after lance, and tug af- ter tug, vvas adniinistered for the space of twenty-seien minutes ere the stubborn ten— ant was extractedl Yes, Messrs. Editors, twenty-seien minutes elapsctl before the operation was completed, during which time the lady neither twinged, groaned, Sigm-d, nor cnoved a rnuscle, much to the surprise of an astonislied and gratitied audi- ence. This is a fact, and, injustice to the science and all concerned, I relate this, leaving to others who witnessed the same tto say or make what comments they deem 1t.« The Editor of the llerald adds to this statement: «« We have no doubt of the truth of the above, and from our first view of experi- ments in mesmerism, we have not had a doubt that sensibility could be suspended in the way described« since putting the above in type, we have received a statement from Messrs. Wcn. storer and Elihu Miit, (a commikkee 011 the part ofthe audience, who corroborate in every particular all t at is stated by W. G. Also, a certiticate from Dr. Munson to the same effect. «« These are all gentlemen well known in New Haven as men of character and stand- ingLI «« Peevish——0ne who picks into every body-s thoughts, and thinks no one right bu himself. «« Genteel—The vain fool who is fond of dressing up words without meaningRD «« Fanciful—0ne who, instead of being led by wisdom, runs after a thousand vision- ary whimsies and conceitispj Revenue or· New Yoiuc.—The amount of revenue collected at New York week before last, was s605,956, being 816323 less than for the same week last year. The exports of specie last week were S225,74Z. This: Faozsn P.4riiv.—.«X band of lairies, inakisig a long four by moonlightz came snddetily upon the horders of a northern fore-i. Alternate storms of snow and rain had fallen, and lett the trees robed in gar— nie-its ofvirgin whiteness. The full moon, shining brilliantly upon the thick manches, and casting slanting shadows through the dim aisles of the wood, festooried with icicles and paved with ems of frost, made the scene one of dazzling sp1endor. The fairies folded their rainbovwcolored wings, and gazed in mute wendet, for never had they eheld aught so gorgeous. But when the snight blast swept over them, they shud- clered, and bethought them of the warm light of their own bright halls. As they were departing, one of the fair- ies of the band came and bowed low before the queen, murmuring— «« A boon s» «« What wilt thou P» said the fairy sov- ereign, touching the suppliant with her tiny sceptre. · · «« 0, let me dwell in this beautiful place, gracious queen l» was the request. «« Foolish one! wouldst thou forsake thy sisters for this cold. glittering land? Then be it so. Farewell P« And they sped lightly down the valley. The fairy, rejoicing in her new and splen- did lot, danced gaily under the gleamin forest rot-f, and sang many a rich caro among the boughs which arched over her like ajewelled canopy. The snow spirit listened with admiration to her song, as it rang clear and sweet through the wood. But long ere the moon waned, her voice faltered, and her step became languid. she had forgotten that her fragile form was made for a sunnier clime, and might not bear the chill air which pervaded about her. slowly she yielded to the piercing cold, and at last sank benumbed upon a snowy wreath. Oh! how she longed to nestle in the arms of one ofher sisters, amid the sil- very fountains and perennial flowers of her own loved and lovely fairy land. The snow Spirits, in their spangled rohes, gath- ered about her; but their voices were strange, and their breath tell like ice upon her cheek. The stars looked down upon her with a cold, distant glance. Flashes of radiance shot ever and anon athwat the sky over her, seeming to mock her agony All about her was as glorious as the and of dreamsz but what was its brightness to her? Faintly arose the last cry of the fairy: «« sisters! O, sisters! take me home--I am free-ringt» Humble, yet gifted one! sigh not to leave the fond hearts which encircle thee in thy lowlyhomei Pine not for a dwelling in that. «« land ofmysterious gleams," the wide and shinirig land of Firma. Many are the souls whose warm affections have been con- gealed by the frigid air. lts splendor is wondrous, but delusive as the littering ice-from; for all above, around an beneath is cold—-freezing cold. II« sit« «! «« Basis. «« And there, whencc there-s never retnrning, When we trat-ei, iiNravel we must, May the gates be all free for entsank-any, And the tears of our friends lay the dort-« Horn. Moor. E' A letter frorn Halberstady in Prussia of the 7th of August says: «« Mr. Ronge preacliecl here to-day, in the court of the cathedraL As he terrninated his sermon with the words, « Rome must and will soll,- a Catholic exclaiined, « And you also, here- tic,’ and then advanced to Mr. Range with the intention of throwing a stone at him, but another Catholic, who was near the preacher, prevented this, and knocked the olfender down with a stick. A great turnult then ensued,and the troops were called out and forced touse theirarms. It is said sev- eral persons were severely woundetL Be— fore pcace could be restored the partisans of Mr. Ronge had pulled to the ground the house of the man who had menaced him.» stack-sur ltslarnmoxv.—- Dr. Paley, being on a visit to Bishop Barririgtoth at Auclcland Castle, and in conversation with Mrs. Burgess, vrife of the then Bishop of St. David’s (afterwards Bishop of salis- bury) their discourse turned upon the mar- ried state. Mrs. l3urgess, who was a most amiable wem-in, the very antipodes of Mrs. Caudle, assured Mr. Paley that, during the ten years of her married life, she had never had an angry word with her husband. To this the Doctor replied, «« Yery insipidt very insiipdW solang-Mr. Nathaniel Larnpson, a land broker, committed suicide at his board- ing place, No. 366 Greenwich street, New York, ou Thursday afternoon use-eh, by dis- chargiiig the contents of a pistol into his right temple. His wife was in the house. J small Familj-.—When the royal family of Paris are domiciled in the Tuileries, their whole number, including attendants, is 1,500. Bon- suivic.-—llsfas- Drowssed.—A lalre boat of the largest site sunk in the basin at Albany, on Friday week, having sprung a leak, and filled so fast that a man named John Lan-less, who was sleeping on board, was drowned. its' Prench and English plays have been performed with succcss by the pupils of a Turkish college at constantinople Cri1vaLnIc.—Tlie United states says there was, some days since, Um« Pauquier (Va.) White sulphur springzz , «« Tournamentys where-in sundry arnbitions young gentleirsen, who must have las-geh indulgcd in dreanis of «« deeds of high Cz» prise» of courts and carnps, of chargikxg squadrons, and llright eyes That rain their inllnence and adjudge the prin- encased themselves in pasteboard corseletz and foolscaps, and then being mounted o» horses, ran desperately at each other with sawed sticks firmly set in rest, and pointegi anywhere but at each other. · some wag to whom the mummery must have appeared in its true light, turned the whole atfair into ridicule, however, by a bit of humor, that operated as an effectual sai- casm. Every thing had gone on well with the preparations, and the tilting had com. menced, when a trnmpetJS blast from a neighboring wood announced a new comer, and when enquiry was made and the new challenger was invited to enter the hats, lo ! there stalked torth Don Quixote in his rusty armor and iron pot, mounted on his Rom. nante, a most villainous loolcing animal, and closely followed by his sancho Panza on a demure mute. Wilh agravity that well be· came the illustrious characters represented, the figures advanced towards the Queen of Beauty’s ·pavilion, amid the irrepressible laughter of the congregated spectators, and we presume not a little tothe annoyance of the gallant fellows in pasteboard, whose sawed sticks were in active employment poking away at nothing. The mirth was not, of course, diminished, when Zanche, drawing forth his waltet, refreshed the gal- lant Don from its contents, who being thus strengthened in his inner man, girded up his loins and did manful battle among the high contending parties. Levis: w. R1-:1.1oiou.——The following an— ecdote is related in a loreign .lournal«. A medical student ofBerlin, lately feil deeply in love with the daughter of the lady at whose house he lodgedz his passion was warmly returned, and the lovers swore eter- nal fidelity and entered into a psomise Ito many. But there was an insurmountable obstacle to their union, in the fact of the lady being a protestant Christian, and the gentleman a Jewz and both professed them- selves no less attached to their respective faith than to each other. Business called the youth to Breslauz and when he had been there a few days, he received a letter from his mistress couched in the following terms : «« llfy De» Fries-d :—--The difliculties which have so long stood in the way ofour marriage have at length been put an end to, and by the intervention of your good an el —as you have so often called your faith ul Minna—who yesterdny became a JewessN scarcely had this letter been despatched, when its writer received one from her lover, dated Breslau, and to the following effect : «« M» Dem« llfimm:—-The obstacle which presented itself to our union, in the unfors tunate different-e of our religious faiths, no longer exists; and l shall asten to com- plete our mutual felicity ;——·I yesterday be— came a Christian» blow the lovers contrived to get over this new dilemrna is not recorded. Niorrr Ascnnr or Mir. Garten-——0n the 4th inst., this celebrated ærial voyageur—- the «« columbus of the skies’9——undertook the perilous feat of a night ascent in his bal- loon, displaying fireworks of a novel and extraordinary description from the car of his frail machine. Mr. Green ascended alone, having been previously solicited by the Earl of Munster and Lord G. Beresford to allow them to accompany him ; but Mr. Green felt it his duty, on account of· the hazardous ndventure, to decline the honor. Mr. Green effected a safs descent, after a passage of 25 miles, and, not finding any assistance, took up his nighPs quarters in s pea-field, near Enfield, till day-light, when he returned to London, where he was me? by a large number of friends, who were anxiously waiting the news of his return. -—[I-oudon Pape-«. II· The New York Morning News gives the following as a specirnen of transatlantic literature, which was received by the last steamer at the New York Post-office : Mr. Charles Prowdley To Newyork then to Kufllo then to Monroe then to hilldale then to Jones Yile then enquire for Mr. charles prowdley 1n America This is equal to a letter sent by an Eng- lish gentleman to a prominent London phf — sician. lt was as follows: Gar, Yole oblige me uf yole lcum un cs me I h» z Bad Kowld, am llill in my Bow llills, and hev lost my Happy T1ght. ««Noisy—A loud roar and nothing in it.