General Intelligence

itj The New Yotk True Sun containa nn account of the arrest of two chivalric héroes on Saturday, for having hostile attentions towards each othcr: lt appears that umbrage was taken by one of the chevaliore, a Mr. Wheeler from North Carolina, at eome expression ti6cd by Dr. Cowen, of New York, at a m.i.querade which came offop Tuesday lust. The next morning, the Doctor was agréeably surprised with a polite invitation to enjoy thnt which Byron calis the strange, quick jar, upon the ear, produced by the cocking of a pistol "when you know A moment more may bring the sight to bear Ypon your person, twelve yards olT, or so." The Doctor, notljing loth, made instant preparation, bnt as Ihere was a lady in the case, he could not reeist the desire of saying farewell to her. and she with a woraan's quick ness, having divined the cause of the Doctor'ssuddon necessity to visit a neigliboring State, hied her straight to his Honor, the Mayor, whotuok measuies for inducing the belhgerenta to stay n New York- for on Saturday morning eürïy, they were both introduced to the private room of his Honor, at his hotel in Brondway, and bound over to keep the peace in $10,000 each- no trifle in these days. Yesterday morningr. one of the seconds, Wni. Mercer Green, Esq., formeriy of the U. S. Nary, but at preeent a student of medicine, was mtroduced to bis Honor by the same ofcer that arrested the principáis, and was detnined at his ííonor's office until he found bail. The Brother and Sister. - Mrs. Child relates the following pleasant anecdote, in one of her letters to the Courier: I found the Battery unoccupied, save by children whom the weather made as merry as birds. Every thing seemed moving to the vernal tune of "Bignal banks are fresh and fair, And Grenta woods are green."To one who was chasing her hoop, I said. smiling, "You are a nicelittle girl." She stopped, looked in my face, so rosy and happy, and laying her hand on her brother's shoulder, exclaimed earnestly, "And he is a nice littleboy,too!" It was a simple child-like act, but it brought a warm gush into my heart. Blessings on all unselfishness! On all that leads us in love to prefer one another. Here lies the secret of universal harmony; this is the diapasón which would bring us all into tune. Only by losing ourselves can we find ourselves Good Advice. - Mr. Wise of Virginia, who bas resigned his seat in the House of Representatives in order to accept the appointment of Minister to Brazil, m his late address to his constituents, gives the following advice - uTax yourselves, lst, to pay your public debt, 2d, to edúcate your children - every one of them - at common primary free schools at State charge." It has been stated that there was not a newspaper published in the district which Mr. Wise represented; henee the appropriateness of his advice. - CL Watdnnan. Southern Customs. - A friend, writing from New Orleans, says: "I passed an auction store this morning, and on going in found the merchandisewas live stock, i. e. sïaves. They were sel 1 ing them in different ways - by families and singly. One family of 7 persons, 4 males and 3 fe males, sold for $4,380. Single young males from$600 to$800." Whal a disgrace to civilizedand Christian America in thís enlightened age! - Pittsburgh Gazette. The way it's done in Mississippt. - Mr. Percy Howe thuspresents himselfas a candidate for Congress from De Soto Coon ty , M ississippi : Fellow Citizens - Such an opportunity os the present one of honoring honest merit, and, at the same time, honoring yourselves generally and the State particularly, does not present itself oftener than once in a century. Dr. Frankíin, the ornament of the last century, died on the 17th of April 1790; I intendtotute no 'odious' comparisons. To my contemporaries, history and posterity, belongs thepleasingand sacredduty of designating the ornament of the present century; but thïs I will fearlessly (and, 1 trust, modestly,) assert, ihat if you want an open, candid, untemporizing, thoroughgoing republican- an opponent of all banks, bonds and bubbles - a genuine, unadulterated repealer, radical,real} straight forvard,stand-up-to-the-rack-fodder-or-no fodder subterranean repudiator- no mongrel - no neutral - I am your man! - for me you will cast your votes! and if you elect me, I will serve you zealously, faithfully, and to the best of my abilities - so help me God! Another, Duel at New Orleans. - A duel took place at New Orleans on the 25th ult.,between Gen. Wm. Bebuys,the State Treasurer, and Mr. Richard Richardson, which, it was fearecl would likely be attended with fatal consequences. - The parties met at the New Orleans Ball Room, at 12 o'clock, and fought with sharped foils. Mr. Richardson was severely wounded in the shoulder,and Gen. Bebuys was run through the lower part of his body. Bat faint hopes were entertaincd of his recovcry.- - - ■ - The three cities in the District of Columbia owe $l,320.000,which is assumed by the United States. If the Union is to pay such largesunïs for this portion of our national territory, would it not be well to inquire into the causes of iheir extravagance?- Western Citizen. A shopkeeper at Doncaster, had, for nis virtues, obtained the name of the little rasca. A stranger asked him why this appellation had been given him. "To distinguish me from the rest of my trade," quoth he, "who are all great rascáis." Reward of Merit. - 'Sam,' said one little urchin to another,yesterday - "Sam. does your schoolmaster ever give you any reward of merit? "I s'pose he does," was the rejoinder; "he gives me a lickin' regularly every day, and says 1 merits two!" The N. Y. Mercury wants to know, "when the President of the United States makes an appointmcnt, how many disappointments does he make?" FOUR HuNDRED SLAVES TO BE Shot. - Captain Clarke, of the schooner Pawtuxent, arrived at New York from Matanzas, stated that four hundred slaves connected with the late conspiracy were in irons, and would be shot in a few daya. One of them had poisoned a whole family in Matanzas. Capt. C. left on the 25th uit. - Balt. Clipper.Acorn's. - It issaid thnt the acorn was once used for food, in ancient days, and henee its name acorn, or eyke cornt the fruit of the eyke tree, which we now cal] oak tree. We have a-corn,which is soraetimes food for very bitter reflection. - Boston Bee. So have we - one which is very painfiü to the feelings" of our sole - Asylum Journal. The Jewish Passover will commence on Wednesday, April 2. There are now baking, for use in Philadelphia and New York, six thousand loaves of ptassover bread, which will consume over one hundred an'd thirty barrels of flour. The last and rnost classical name given to wood sawyers is, "sub-dividers of wood." Joe Smith, the Mormon, goes against lawyers. In his recent pamphlet hesays: "Like the good Samaritan, send evey law yer, as soon as he repents and obeys the ordinances of Heaven, to preach the gospel to the destitute, without purse or scrip, pouring in the oil and the wine." DefinitiOxW - A writer in the Knickerbocker defines Transcendentalism as follows. - It is as clear as mud! 'Incvtn■prehensibilïtyosityivityalitycUionmentness- ismV A Good Hint. - The celebrated Dr. Abernethy once said: "I teil you honestly, what I think is the whole causo of the complicated maladies of the human frame; it is their gormandizing and stuffing, and stimulating the digestive organs, to excess, thereby creating irritation. - The state of their mind is another grand cause - the fidgeting and disconcerting themselves about that which cannot be helped. The Legislature of Maine, which adjourneda few days since,passed a bilí abolishing all militia trainings, but continuing the enrolmentand organization as heretofore.Col. Stone an Indian Cuiep. - Wm. L. Stone, Editor of the N. Y. Commercial, has been made a Chief, by the Séneca Indians, in Cattaraugus County, N. Y. in con.sideration of his services in giving an impartial history of their chiefs,Brandt and Red Jacket, &c. Hetakesthe name of Sagosenota, (the man who perpetuates the exploits of brave men.) - Lié. Herald. As Expensive Head Dress. - The crown of that personage called Victoria the First was made by Rundell & Bridge, and by an estímate which has been published, its valué amounts to the trifling sum of L111,900. Hear that, ye cppressed London Milinersandstarving raechanics! An Extra 'Ordinary'. - An avaricious man, who kept a very scanty table, dining one day with his son at an ordinary in Cambridge, "whispered in his ear, 'Torn. you must eat for to-day and to morrow,' 'Oh, yes,' returned the halfstarved lad, 'but I havn't eaten for yesterday and the day before vet, father.' Hazel Eyes.- Major Noah eays [hat a hazel eye inspires at first a Platonic sentiment, which gradually but surely expands, aod einerges into love a3 sccurely founded as the Rock of Gribralter. A woman with a hazel eye never clopes from hor liusband; never chais scandal; never 6acrifices her husband's comfort to her own; never finda fault; never talks too much or too little; is always an entertaining, intellectual, agreeable and loveable creature. We never knew but one uniutereeting and uaamiable girl with a hazel eye, aod she had a nose which looked, as the yankees say, 'alike the little cud of notbing, whittled too pint."