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No sooner had he quitted her with the hope of bettering his fortunes,than Mrs. Wallace discovered, to her dis- may, that her father had also con- tracted matrimony with the house- keeper—a low, artful and designing woman, who had made herself so ge- nerally useful to the old man that she became almost necessary to his com- fort, or at least, -so he erroneously supposed ; but she speedily ruled the roast. and made herself master of his establishment, discharging the old servants, and supplanting them with creatures ofher own selection.

,No sooner had she discovered the secret of the young bride, for she could no longer conceal it, than she insisted upon her removal, and the

old man reluctantly parted with hisI

daughter.

‘ Illaria,’ said he, ‘ you must go for the sake of peace; there is some moo hey for you ; take a lodging, and write to me. Your father will be

rendered miserable ifyon rem‘ain,and-‘

by no means happy when you are gone. Write. tome, am” will (in what i can to assist you till Wallace’s return. '

VARIF."|ES.

THE SPANISH LADIES.

About seven in the evening “all the world” in a Spanish city assemble on the upper walk, the ladies at first occupying the benches, the gentlemen pacing up and down the centrc, and sunning them- selves in the Night eyes of the scatet beauties; but very soon these latter grow tired of their repose 5 the benches are abntnioned, and the walk then be- comes so densely thronged it ith prome- naders of both sexes, that it is a matter ofsometlifftcuity to steer one’s way clear through them. The costume of almost all these pretty loungers is the same ;a black silk dress with short meeves and long net gloves, a black lace rnantiila, a natural rose or carnation at one side of the head, and a large fan, nevcrin repose, in the hantl, fortn the simple and elegant toilet most in vogue. Some few white ntantillas are to be seen ; but they are not advantageous to complexions so dusky as those ofthe Gaditanas, anti are not much in favor. Here and there a would-be French bonnet and shawl of some incongruous mixture of colours show giaringly in the dark mass of veiled heads, as though pur- posely to demonstrate that the great secret of Spanish woman’s beauty and grace lies in her mantiila, and that, dressed like other wom‘en, her per- sonal superiority no in or asserts itself; [or it is as true the no Span- ish woman knows how \0 put on a bonnet, as it is an unknown fact that none but a Spanish woman knows how to wear a mantilla. Keep them to their national dress of sable hue from head to foot,and they are the most elegant and distinguish- ed-lookiag race of women that can he imavined ; but let them run riot among bonnets, feathers, and colours (which they have no idea of assort— ingjudiciously,] and they sink to the level of the illcdressed women of any other country. .There is one superiori- ty, however, which they must mam- tain, let their dress be what it may, over the women ofall other nations, andthatis their walk—that graceful

swimming gait peculiar tothemselves, which is as happily free from the af- fected mincing wriggle of French wo- men, as it is front the awkward grena- dier stride indulged in by my own

conntrywomen. There is nothing theatrical or affected—nothing of what Addison has termed “rccitative dancing” in the detmtrclte ofthe Span-

ish women; but it combines an inex- l pressib'e grace and harmony of I movement, which imparts a charm to them beyondthat of mere beauty—a something without which beauty is l incomplete, and which Virgil has ren- jtiered fuiljustice to when be caused l JEneas to recognize Venus,not by the superiority of her face and form, but f by her manner of walking:—

gi ‘ And by her walk the Queen of Love is 5 known.’

GALVANXC EXPERIMENTS ON THE BODY ‘ OI“ A CRIMINAL.

'i‘hebotlyofthe ltalian, Tricotti,who [was hung at New Unlcaus on the 24th ult., for the crime ofarson, was given over to physicians, lorexperimcntal purposes- The effects produced upon the body by the galvanic battery, are thus deSCribed by the N. O. Tropic:—

immetliately after the body was taken down from the gallows, it was placed in a cart and conveyed to the hospital of Dr. Stone, where it was given in charge of professor Grant and his assistant, J. Milton Sanders. on a bench in the ‘ dead house,’ and in the presence ofa number ofspectators, Poof. Grantcomtnenccti his operations. The poles ofthe battery were ﬁrst applied to the median nerves of the arm, anti in an instant that member was exercised with a force which was truly astonishing.— The arm raised anti grasped acaso of sur- gical instruments, as ifabont to throw it at the person who appeared to be. tor- menting the patient. The fluid was next applied to the anterior crural nerve, and instantly the leg was thrown up, anti worked with violence; the muscles pro- truded as 'fthey were strained to their utﬁost in the discharge of some heavy and violent exercise. The poles of'the battery were now applied to the portia dttra; which caused one side of the body to work in a fearful tnanner.-—'l‘he ante- rior tibial was new excited, and the same curious phenomenon exhibited—The ﬂuid was now applied to the spinal cord, and now it was that the spectators were horriﬁed with the fearful working ofthe dead man’s features. Joy, sorrow, grief, despair, hate, anger, and every passion which the human features so vividly por- tray, were cxhibitctl in their most energe- tic form,tili the professional part of the spectators, and there were many present, signiﬁed their perfect willingness that the professor should cease his experiments.— After bringing the poles in contact with the semi lunar ganglion,the experiments were ended. it was said by several pro- fessional gentlemen present, that they had never witnessed a series of similar expe- riments which succeeded so admirably as those of Prof. , Grant. The galvanic battery used was so light that a small boy carried it away—still so energetic is this new invention of Prof. Grant‘s, that it

The body was placed

comprises within itself an intense power, which to obtain in the oiti plan would re- quire a series of plates and ﬁxtures the ' weight of which a horse could not bear.

morn: :uooasas sun renames. _In the afternoon atmop of strolling tttmblers,jugglers, and snake charmers, carneJo exhibit their tricks in front ofthe tent. They were inferior to some! have i seen at the Presidency: but several of their feats were new to me, arid suﬂicient- iy curious: ' A man with his legs ﬁrmly bound ' together, and a long, straight Mahratta sword, lhsbed to the back ofthe neck, so as to stand uprightdhrew a summeroset backwards and alightetl on his feet.with- out allowing the poirft of the sword to touch the ground. To do this on a sandy soil without a spring-board r uircd some muscle': he then, with a swort and shield in his hantis,jumped head foremost thro’ the loop ofa rope not more than eighteen inches wide, which was held by two men in a square form, as high as their heads, turned over in the air and alighted on his feet, with the sword arid shield still in his hands. A boy then climbed to the top of a pole about forty fcet high, sup- ported by shrouds descending at an angle of45 degrees, and having doubled up an antelope’s skin and fastened it between his legs, to protect him from the friction of the rope, be got astride one of the shrouds, let go his bold, and slid down to the bottom with fearful rapidity, hold- ing his arms aloft, nntl trusting entirely to his balance to keep him upright on his narrow seat; the grace and apparent ease. with which be accomplished this difﬁcult feat were truly wonderful. People were. of course, stationed with blanket to re- ceive him, and break his fall when he reached the bottom: otherwise the velo- city with which he descended was so great that his legs must have been frac. turctl. On exnmining the antelope-skin, which served hint for a saddle, i found that it was nearly cut through by the friction of the rope—Notes by an Old Forest Ranger.

THE BATTLE-TlBLDS.

The great Plain of Esdraeion, in Galilee, a short distance from Naza- reth,it is remarkable,has been a chos- en Spot of action from the time of the Kings of Assyria down to the period of Napoleon, who fought the last action with the Turkish forces under the sacred elevation of Tabor. This is a nnuntniu “ standing apart,” as mentioned in Scripture; and where the glorious transfiguration of Christ took place, blinding the eyes, with :- celestial splendour,of those who were honored witnesses of it. lt‘rom its summit lenjoycd, perhaps, the most glorious prospects imagination can figure. For instance, this vast plain and all its corresponding and wonder- fttl aSSUcittiiODS, Hermon, Bethulta, Naim, Nazareth, the River Kishon, Carmel, the mountains of Jutlea, and Lake of Tiberius (or Genesareth), with the lofty Lebanon towering with tnost prodigious Alpine grandeur, and crowned with its eternal ﬂeecy man- tle ! In the course ot'traVeis, during upwards of a quarter of a century, l have ltad occasion to walk over Leip- sic, Racknitz, Botzun, Victtoria, VVagt-am, Auslcrlitz, and iVaterloo ; but 1 am persuaded the vast Plain of Esdraclon, or, as it is sometimes call. ed, the “ Valley of Jezreei, the Ga- lilean Plain,” and also the “ Plain of 'l‘abor,” outstrips any one of these in point oflength and breadth, and is a place most faVourable to military evolutions a'nd manoeuvres, more es- pecially in actions between an inferi- or force of disciplined troops and a

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numerous 'auny of rabble—Roe Wit son‘s Travels.

BA Ltoomao.—al‘l'ise.the Eronaut, recently made an aerial excursio from Carlisle,which he thus describe in a letter to the Lancaster lntell' gencer?

“ I left Carlisie on Saturday last at 35 minutes est 2 o’clock ; at minutes 3, wit in 4 miles of Harris burg; at 13 minutes before 4 o’clock, crossed over the month of the Core. dorus creek; at 4 o'clock, over Ms- rietta ; and at 5 minutes before o’clock, landed on the south-west side of Lancaster. 1 would embrace this moment to return my warmest thanks to my fellow townsmen for the kind reception they gave me,and the hand- some little iniiation they gave my almost exhausted purse. I had the pleasure, on this trip, to see from one into over forty towns.”

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God has made the whole earth vocal with sweet sounds. The untra- velled forest echoes the notes of the wild bird, the habitations of men are made glad by the song ofthe feather- ed minstrei. But,above all, the hu- man voice, that combines the highest charm of sweet sound with the inspi- ration ofthougbt, is given for no or- dinary purpose of earthly pleasure. in its whispers ofafi'ection, how grate- ftti ! In its expressions of religious devotion, how exalted! For its so- lace in trouble, how dear! For its participation injoy, how unspeakable!

Pasr'rv Ssxrrmssr.—Alas ! the best of'God’s earthly gifts are only for the shortest periods.’ The dear- est anti sweetest children, are bttt as flowers from their heavenly Father’s garden,which often come as summer’s loan, and then away again. Happy they who can holtl them with so loose a hand as to restore them thankfully and cheerfully, when called for by Him from whom they came,

Apnea—Be rather the advocate of internal improvement than politi- cal change. Neither ﬂatter the mob nor the government; what you think, speak; try to satisfy yourself,and not others,and ifyou are not popular,yo_u will at least be respected. Populari- ty lasts but a day; but respect will descend as a heritage to your chil- dren.

Law IN Comm—in Chinamo fees are paid for the administration ofjus- tice. The judge, whose ofﬁce costs him nothing,' and who has his salary stated, can require nothing of the parties at law, which empowers every poor mart to prosecute his own rights, and frees him from being oppressed by the opulence of his adversary, who cannot be brought to dojustly and reasonably, because the other has not money.

Else-Mr. Stephens, in his late tra- vels in Yucatan, visited the ruins of forty-four distinct cities, once the abotles of a race which has perished from the earth. These ruins are co- vered with dense forests, which Mr.S. has been the ﬁrst civilized man to penetrate.