A LESSON OF GOOD MANNERS.
The regulations of the steamboats on the Mississippi forbid gentlemen from en- tering the Ladies cabin. On his voyage up the Mississippi river, Captain Basil

 Hall, having accompanied his wife into the ladies' cabin, was appraised of the regula- ton, and requested to retire. To this hint, (although sense of decorum ought to have sufficed without any hint the captain paid

 lo attention, and continued to repeat bis

 visits to the ladies cabin. At the request of the husbands of the other ladies, the

 Captain of the steamboat at length inter-

 fered, and coolly, but positively ordered

 Captain Hall not to go into the ladies cab- in, intimating, at the same time, that the order must and should be obeyed. Cap- tain Hall probably thought it necessary to show that Post Captain in the British Navy did not take orders from a back woods captain of steamboat; and accor- dingly repeated his visit 10 the ladies cab in. As it was late at night, nothing far- aller was then done. At sunrise the next morning, Captain Hall appeared on deck, and was summoned by the Captain of the steamboat to get his baggage ready to go OH shore. The steamboat was then some- whore between the mouth ofthe Red Riy- CT and the Chickasaw bluffs; with very pleasant canebrake on each bank from tvo to fve Hundred mslss from any settle ment. Under these circumstances, going On shore, is no joke. Captain Hall could scarcely believe the intimation serious but soon heard the orders given to one of the hands, to "bring forward the English gentleman's trunks, as he was going to Dc left whom the boat stopped to wood."-I A Kentuckian immediately stepped out from the engine.room, very little over six 1 feet three inches high, of complexion considerably lighter than sole leather, ard with a pair of fists closely resembling, in als their properties, the vice at which he had been working; and moved along about seven feet at stride, Gas he was obliged to mince his steps, among the bales and ctfsks on the deck) towards the pile of Captain Halls trunks. Not a word was | said, but in two seconds, half truck load of baggage was on the Kentuckian's shoul- 1 ders, and all ready for Captain Hall to De ,lett at the neat wood yard where, as there were no hospitals, schools, nor navy yards to visit, the captain would not be pestered with having sights and shows "crammed down his throat" Notwilh- standing this, Captain Hall (strangely en- oagh) was rather unpleasantly affected with the appearance of things. He tried to argue, coax, and wheedle, but all to no effect. He dad not happen, on this occa- sion, to talk loud nor buster, which was fortunate for him; and at the last moment, on the intercession of the husbands of the ladies, on whose retirement Captain Hall had intruded, tho Captain of the steam boat relented, on condition that Captain Hall should 's'learn better manners for the future. ."-B0st0n Courier.