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Vol. 1: No. 78

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BISGELLANY,.

ax - DREAMS.

Dendy, in his “ Philosophy of Myste- rv,” gives some queer facte touching dreams, especially as connected with night-mare. He says dreams are fre- quently induced by some causes acting on the body, brain, uneasines, heat, wold, &c. If cramp has attacked the himbs, or head has jong been confined back, the dreams may be enlivened by domé,analagous tortures, such as being confined in a close prison, or enduring thereck. Captain Back, during one of his Arctic expeditions, when nearly in a atate of starvation, dreamed that he was induiging in a delicious repast. Profes- sor Stewart also relatee a case of a friend, who having occasion to apply a bottle of hot waterto his feet, dreamed that he was making a journey to the topof Mount aina. Another having had a. blister applied te his head, dreamed that he was acalped by a party of Indians. During the great Miller excitement, which agi- tated certain credulous portions of every eommunity in our land, some five or six years ago, an acquaintance of ours dreamed that the fire, which it was pro. phesied should burn up the world, hac Gommenced, and he suffered every spe- gies of torment, even to the blistering of his body by the flames, until making a desperate effort, he awoke. He found the cause of hs heat in the fact that the tire in hig grate was reeing fearfully, he having put on his blower Jate in the even- ing, and forgotten te take it down when he retired. ‘fhe roaring of the flames by the drauehtadded to the horrors of his cream of the judgment day. Dreams of fotcible detention eften occur, the cause ef which, on woking, is found to be the} faet that one hand is tightly grasped by he other. If the body or limbs hang ever the bed, we may dream of falling ever a precipice; and it is curious that wealways awake when the catastrophe w~ about to be consummated. Some per- acne have supposed that if we really did fai!, the shock, even in imagination, would cause death. <A certain husband was once sitting in his parlor after dinner, when he fell asleep and dreamed that he had a Jittle dispute with his wife. Now,

vasy, who, it seems, was reposing by bis sice, on the sofa, at the warmest part vf the dispute, scratched him, and there %a68 an instant association of the hurt with an argument which “the better half” had freauent)y given him. So he exclaimed, * Oh! Isabella, don’t.” —Phi- eeiphia Inquirer.

THE VERY IMAGE OF HIS FA- THER.

We know a friend, in the south—a femily man—who always insisted that babies were nondescripts, and resemb!ed nothing in particular, end very hittle in general, On ihe birth of his seventh ehiid, all the old women acquaintances came rushing into see the cear infant, and to congratulate the heppy parents wyon thc event. Our friend anticipated the visit, and instead of having the clald prepared fur it, he made a servant bring in a sucking pig, and dressing it up in ewaddliog clothes, and covering its fice, he laid it on the place the rea! elild should have occupied. The |sdies were intro- <uced into the sapariment and geatiy approached tle hed; the coverings were turned down, and a portion of the face ef the hutle grurier was exposed.

“Bless my soul!” cried one of the ‘dies, what a remarkable child.”

‘So very umeresting,” said & second,

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“And so good natured!” obgerved a third, as she Commenced toying with it.

“And how very like.” a fourth remark- ed, “ how very hke his father!”

They were allimmediately struck with the observation, and exclaimed—

“The very image of his father !”

The flattered parent rushed out of the room, convulsed with laughter, leaving the old women to discover their mistake.

POETRY RUN MAD.

Mister John O’Connor, a man of no honor, went ovt with Miss Brady, a nice little lady, and treated to brandy, and sponge cake and candy, and more things so dainty, and kisses so plenty. But at length the sad feilow grew awfully mel- low; and as he was walking, and kiss- ing and talking, with pretty Miss Brady, the nice little lady. a purse full of rhino, (I wish it was mine, QO!) he whipped from her pocket, and cleared like a rocket. But soon he was taken, wh'le trecks he was making. and lodgings assig ed him, where justice may find lim, But the maid on the morrow, came ferwerd in sorrow, ber jiutle heart heaving. and tears her eyes leaving ord heeged that Ins honor, would pity poor Connor, 1 © hich he consented, as Connor repented — when off went the couple, with bimbs mrvits supple, end leftus presuming, thet owed. en so blooming, herself to # life oftmuch trouble was dooming: for Johnay, Yhe blockhead, who picked the mote’s poeket when rarried, Pathinkiog wil whip tes like winking.

Srrance Taste ix Animats --It os singnlar to find, that while in niuoals, peculiar species has its distinguisniog characteristic,—us speed im the. giey- hounc, courage iv the bull-dog, imelh. gence in the shenliord colicy, and acute.

ness in the hig) ond terror —that there nre vow and Teds, Stree aberrations met with in their tastes ou: ichh as are

totally oppove’, also, te catural habits and disposition. J hadx ) rench poodle who would drink grog un''! he got crunk ; but in his Jatrer cays he bceame reform-

ed ; for a stup: sudee! gave Philip a glass of undiiv'ou whi sey, scalded his mouth, and from 1) me.nent he turned a teetotaller, !0 1799 0° the Angel Inn, at Felton the land ord | 4 Comesticated

a hedgehog so complete! thot he came iurnspit. Forty yeers evo, when Mr. Allgood huated the T juale country, a guinee hen, who had ivst her partner, took to fox-hunting to kill grief. She regularly went a-field witha pack, kept a respectable place ‘hroughout the day, and always Was in at the finish. It was believed that a conjugal bereavement, such as generally drives widows to the alter again, or to “rum and true reli- gion,” influenced this sporting bird.— Morwell’s Hill and Border Sketches.

Hanpsome Compriment.—A young lady who had not received as much at- tention from the beaux as her female associates, said to her lover, “I toldthem 1 would wait until the chaff had blown off, and then [ would pick up the wheat.”

A Lawyer’s Opinion or Law.—A learned judge being once asked how he would act, if a man owed him ten pounds and refused to pay him, replied: * Ra- ther than bring an action, with its costs and uovertainty I would give him a re- ceipt in full of all demands—yea, and | would send him mereover, five pounds *o cover costs.”

An American paper says, “ When you see a gentieman at midnight, sitting on the step in front of his house, coming hie hair with the deor scraper, you mry

conclude he has been out to an evening party !”

A witty Jawyer, once recorder of the Third Municipality, New Orleans, J0- cosely esked a boarding-house keeper in Recorder Baldwin’s court the following question, We think the reply was gond: —* Mr, ———, if a man gives you $500 to keep for him, and dies, what do you do? Do you pray for him ?” “ No, sir,” replied the man, “J pray for another like him.”

Quick Wir.—One of the readiest re- plies we ever heard was made by an Irish labourer. A gentleman © down East,” came npon an Irishman who was fencing ina most barren and desolate piece of land. “ Whatare you fencing in that lot for, Pat 2?” said he. “A herd of cows would starve to death on that land.” “ And sure, yer honour, wasn’t I fencing it to kape the poor bastes out ov it?”

Getting jealous of a woman is sure to put the devil in her head, if it wasn’t there before. We never saw a wife charged with doing wrong without her being guilty of it ina week. If you fear that things are going on ill, the best method vou Can pursue is to get up a counter irritation, and make her jealous of you. As for blowing your brains eut with a pair of bellows, or hanging your- self with a trammel, don’t think of it.

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Che Examiner.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1850.

Arrival ef an inglish Mail.

The Kora! Mail Steamship Canapa arrived at s/alifax on Monday morning last, 83 dsye trom Liverpool, The Mails for this [stand reached here as usual on Thursday evening.

We give an extended summary of the news, which wiil be found interesting.

News from the British Islands is inter- esting rather than exciting. It is gene- rally conceded that at no former period in the history of Great Britain has the country been more prosperous. An ex- tended peace of thirty five years duration has enabled her statesmen and people to develope the mighty resources of the na- tion, and the arts having been cultivated in the same ratio a3 arms have been neg-

lected, it is not surprising that trade, commerce, and agriculture, are in a healthy and buoyanteondition. The Re- venue Returns of the Quarter ending 10th Oct. 1850, are highly satisfactory, and for the year ending the same date, are even still more so, The decrease in some departments is easily accounted for in the remission or reduction of duties hitherto levied on several articles of com- merce,

The Queen and Court have returned to Osborne House. Her arrival in Edin- burgh as she came through Scotland, was greeted with a warm weleome. A con- temporary says :—Her Majesty left Bal- moral on Thursday morning at eight o'clock. From that place she travelled by railway to Edinburgh, arriving at twenty minutes to 7 o’clock. Her Ma- jesty was received at the station by She- riff Gordon, Genera) Pidde}ll, &c., and proceeded directly to Holyrood Pajace,

J amidet the enthusiastic epplause of avast

oe : crowd of spectators, a splendid display of

fireworks, and the blazing of a huge bor-

fire on Arthur’s Seat.

Several diabolica! murders have reeent- ly been committed in England.

Lord Cardigan has abolished flogging in his regiment the 11th: Hussars.

Saturday week, a conger-eel measuring five feet nine inches in length, was caught on the sands near Haverthwrite.

The news from Ireland is encouraging as regards the Tenant Right question. The Dublin Freeman says:—The Tip- perary tenant right meeting, which we report at full in our pubdlication to-dar, was quite equal to any of the previous demonstrations. It presented some new features, too, indicative of the progress of the movement, no ‘ess than three metm- bers of the legislatare having been pre- sent at, and taking partin the proceed- ings.

The Cork Exam’ner says :—Thursday night the 10th of October, being the an- niversary of the birth of Father Mathew, the customary rejoicings took place among the followeis and advocates of the cause of temperance in this city. Nearly all the temperance rooms were brilliantly iNuminated in honor of the occasion, and adorned with mottoes and emblems ex- pressive of the devotion ofthe people to the cause and its illustrious Jeader.— Meetings were also held in many of the rooms, and the feelinus ofthe members expressed ineloquent addresses, During the night, the bands belonging to some of the societies paraded the streets, play= ing well known and appropriate airs. On no similar occasion were the devoted feelings of the citizens snore generally and thoroughly expressed. A quantity of brillant fireworks were sent up from the bridges which had a beautiful effect.

The King’s County . Chronicle states that in consequence of the prevalence of crime and outrage in this county, the government have sent down from the de- potat Dublin, an augmentation ofa 100 mer to the police force. The greater purtion of the reinforcement has been lo- eated in the baronies of Garrycastle, Relish, and Ballybritt. Several new stations have been formed, and the strength of others have been increased.

Letters received from the expedition in search of Sir Joha Franklin, do not con- tain any mention of traces of him having been found to the hour of writing, except a rumour derived from the Esquimaux that his ships had been wrecked and himself and companions murdered by a tribe onthe coast. Jt was hoped, how- ever, that this rumour was not true.

The Glasgow Herald gives a romantic history of a lady, who is about to appear in England, as a prima donna. Her family, being in destitution, years ago, she used to sing. with her face concealed, in the streats, seeking alms in the dusk of evenings. Her voice attracted atten tion, and some patron caused her to be educated, and sent to the Continent. The name of the lady is announced to be Miss Dawson.

FRANCE.

A young man was assassinated in thé open streets of the Faubourg Poissonniere at eight o’clock on Sunday evening.— This act of vengeance, occasioned by an irreparable injury inflicted on the mur- derer, was not intended for the person who became by mistake the victim. The author of the crime has been arrested.

Five Socialists forming part of the Corps of Voraces, of Lyons, have beea sentenced by court-martial to imprison- meut for one year, and to be deprived of their civil rights during the same period

The festival of St. Dennis, the first

Bishop of Paris, was celebrated on Sun-

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