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THr YANKEK-He has the convenient capabty
| of ada ptng himself to every situation and +, has
been said that IL you piece him on a rock in the
| mid,, Of the ocean, with pen-knfe and a bun.h
Of shingles. he would manage to work his way on
shore. He sells salmon from kennebcc to the
people Of Charleston; haddock, fresh from Cape
C-d 10 the planters Of Maianzas; raises coffee IL
| Cuba; swoPs mules AMI horses for mola.ses in
Porto Rico; retaiis ice from Fresh Pond, in
Cambridge, TO the East Indies mutton from Brigh-
| ton To Ncw-Orleans md South America MANI
fqctures morus multicauli,' for the Governor of
Jamaica; becomes ar Admiral in foreign nation ;
starts in cocke-shsll craft of fifteen tons loaded
with onions, mackero ,nd other notions too nu-
neroIs to mentisn,) for Valparaiso bats his
| traps on the Columbia River; catches wild beasts
in Africa for MacombcI and Co.'S caravan; sells
granite contract to rebuild San Juan de I loa {;
IS ready, like Ledyard, TO for Timbucioo to-
morrow morning. oxi.es himself for years from
his home to sketch IN their own wilderness the
wild men Of the woods, and asionshes refined
Europe with the seeming presence Of the untu-
torcd savage; introduced to Mc,ternicb, be asks
him What : the news says How do you do
marin p to Victoria, and prcscribes Thomson's eye
water to the nandarins Of China


lie is found foremost among those who sway
the elements of socicty-is the schoomaster for
his country, and missionary for the whOle heather
world


10 usfv,Iu',,i -. ..' '"-'o"u ~ .'a'oi-
ing over roundabout ways starts across lots
for any desired point. He has come nearer to
the discovery of perpetual motion than any other
man, and if ever it is made, guess he will be
the lucky chap TO do it. He is the man to


Bid temples, worldly Of his God, ascend,


\ IA ft.o1I Iarci fie dar oprOIs


TIE mole pro ecting, break The roaring MAN,


Back 10 his bounds, the subject sea command,


And roll obedieni rivers through the land'


In Lonio9 one day | was walking mp Regent
street, and my attention was attracted by two very
ecnteel looking Young men, whom, from their APP
rearancc. | took to be sprgs of the nobility.
On approaching them | was surprised TO recognise
two Connecticut ncquantainces who invited me 10
their rooms. and on my saying that they cut such
swcll | did Mt know them, replied. We thought
we d show these fellows that things can be
done as we'll as others, and 50 We adopted the
hout ton Of the elite. and now we want to show yoa
our new bDter 1pactlHe, which we have brought
oui on speculation. Stai and Palladium.


As AprARIrf0y.-Thc Concord State -mau pub
fishes a singular story. related bee Two person, un-
der oath ol q confession recently mad" by I'cr-
son named Samuel Mann, oi Bcflon, \. H., while
on III, death bed, OF having aided, 10 years ago,
in the commission of murder. The two persons
who relate the story were watching with th" de-
ceased or the night of h. death and the most re-
markabc part of their sfory is, that before the
confession a strange looking suddeny APP
pcared in the chamber standing between :fem
ami the bed, the room being at once lighted up
with Fan uncarthly crimson colorcd hight, ard
looking at the sick man Tic sick man was
dreadfulv frightened aud acitatcd made the con
tcssinu above mentioned describing TIC place, but
ot the names Of parties and immediately died
The stranger disappeared AM the witnesses were
n mcndousv frightened Ia conse Iuenco OF tins
stors an old rumor has bscn revived Of the mur-
der Of a carpenter named IIods Ion, by inpn
named Moves, who j. SINCE deceased, 10 which
murder it is coajectGred that man was accessory


~ Their, is an expression in very common use
in Texas" | We seen the elephant" The hrst
time heard it was the day we catered the Cross
Timb~rs. or rather in the evening after we had en-
camped. | had already seen sights OF all Kinds
--anmals OF almost every spcces-and ielt read,
10 believe almost every thing | heard bat knew
very we'll we were not in an elephant range, al
though ignorant of the nature OF the expressisn.


A green one was however, caught, and
quite lars IN was raised in camp at his expense
"a laugh in which | myself joined, hut, at the
same time. am frank cnouSh 10 ny ulu ""' N"""
exactly what was laughing at.


"Wen. We seen the elephant" remarked an
old campaigucr. tired down and worn out with the
atgies OF the day.


An elephant said q young,ter, opening hi'
eyes with astonishment; " | did nj know there
were any elephants in this country


Il have seen the elephant, coolly rcioincd the
first speaker.


a real surc-enoush elephant again inquired
the green one.


All within hearing, many of whom understood
the thing burst into a hearty fit of laughter on
seeing how easily the Young man had walked into
"a trap, which although no: Sc, for that purpose,
had caught him. The Joke of the expression /
will explain. When man is disappointed IN any
thing he undcrtakes-when he has seen enough
when he gets sick and tired of any Job he may
have set himself about he has " seen The eiephaRt


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