BY DAY it) OYER,
Irl r r J ],) a } r ij.
tSs^si<ySs*£
.*>v:
TSE I 2 UIV1E!) PllitCi:.
nr Tit I? l\tb i:!\r v. por.
In the gr'!K->t of our vat''■•s.
By p; -ni angels tenants L
(•I'lO* T I'll.- It 11 i -it tt 1/ pnllp-t
Ibt.ilatii pal.-u-e -rcir-l its he id.
la the ln.iti ircii Thought's .Inmim-m
It stllllli ths"r< i
Never so rap it .spre i i .t ni Ton
Over fabric It ill so fair !
B inners yellow, gl .nous. golden'.
On its roof did do it and flow'.
(This —ill t!i's--'.vis in the olden
Time long ago. i i .
And every genii-' air that ifVllie !,
In that sweet day,
Along the rcnpirts plump ami pallid,
A. winged mto • went away.
AY nnderers in tltat happy vaflo}".
Through two litmitiotis win lows, saw
-Stunt- moving musically,
To a life's well tnm-'l law,
Koii.id about a throne where, sitting
i I'orpiiyrogeise !)
In -tate lis glory Weil befitting.
Th • rule;- of the reil.il was seen.
-And all with p'a:l and ruby glowing
Was th" lair p . in"., door,
fhnr which came flowing, flowing, flowing,
.\ le! sparkflng ev.-nno.v,
A troop oi i. !H>os. wio.se nW'cet dnlv
Was hus t- sing
in Voices Of surpassing h' uitv.
The Wit and wisitim oftheii king.
Ituf evii tilings in lobusni -orrow
Assad at toe nionaivii's high estate,
(Ah, let a* mourn !—for never niouow
Sh; h ii 'Wilupoo him desolate!)
A.n.! round about Ins in-ill ■ r 1,-lory
I hat t lushed and bloomeil.
Is but a Uuii-r,lueiiibered story
(>: theoi i, time eatom -ed.
-Ami travelers, now, within that valley,
Thnnigh the red litten windows see
Vast tera.s tb-.l move fantastically,
ho a discordant melody,
M bile. Use a gha.llv, rapid river,
i'hrough tile p. 1 • door,
A hiueous turoiig rush out forever,
And l.tiigii— i.ut smile no more !
WWIHt&i #F
Ill' AUCSCIRET.
Among tlie heuntifnl pictures
That hang on .Memory's wail
Is tint of a dm: old fores.
Tliat t-eeuieth best ol all.
Not for its gn.irl -d oak <d len,
Dirk with the misieio ;
Not for the virtlits golden
Th at sprinkle the Vale Inflow ;
Not for the milk white nibs
That lean from the tr-gran t hedg-.
Coquetting .11 day with the sunbeams,
And stealing their golden edge;
Not for the vines ot the upland
Wh-rc the bright red berries rest,
Nor the pinks,tnor the pale sweet cowsl.p,
If set-metli to me the best.
I oncelir.d a lit'.le brother.
With eyes tliat were da-k and decii —
In the lap of that old dim forest
He lieth in p -ace asleep ;
Light as the down of the thistle.
Free as the winds that blow,
We roved I u ere the be rati full .Summers,
The Summers long ago ;
But his feet on tlie bills grew weary.
And one of the Autumn eves,
I made tor my little brother
A bed of yellow leaves.
Sweetly his pale arms foi led
My neck in a meek embrace,
As the light of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face;
And when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the tree-tops bright,
lie fell, in I.is saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the gates of light:—
Therefore, of ail the pictures
That hang on .Memory's wall,
The one of the dim old forest
Seemelh the best of all.
iiiiiiuL
WIXTEtt BITTER.
have difficulty in making butter iu win
ter. This i s probably owing to the f#t that
the original fountain bend of the butter—th
"old cow,'" does not receive the right kind of
raw material from which to manufacture the
cream. If B he bo supplied with this, and the
milk when strained be placed upon the stove
un'ii it gets warmed up a lit tie, say until a
few hubbies rise up, there is usually on t little
trouble in ranking what is called "winter but
'er."
I)r. Holmes, editor of the Maine Farmer,
gives the above advice and cites this article
from the "Ohio Oultvator," which is short and
to the purpose, whether fcrsuminaror winter
operations ;
"State Fair goers of late years have noticed
that A. riavons, of Delaware county, has car
ried off the first premiums for butter. While
at the Delaware County Fair, this fall, we ask
ed Mr. ilaveus how it was done, and he told us
hi* views, iu this wise : Ue uses common tin
pans, strains them pretty full of milk, and lets
it stand till it changes or becomes thick. The
orcatu is then skimmed off, aud churned in u
dasb churn holding half a barrel. After churn
ing, wash the butter in cold spring water till
• be buttermilk is well out,-then work iu tbrae
fourtbs of an ounce ot Ashton foctory solar
ault to the pound of buttar. Let it stand 24
Lours, aud then work out the baino with a la
dle. Mr. Havens keeps his milk on shelves iu
a atone spring bouse. Ha thinks the right tem
perature lor cream at the time of churning is
02 degrees. Tbc cream should not bo scalded I
A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, A ricnlturs, Sea.. See— Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents hi Advance.
I in finishing 'he churning,gather the butter slow
i lv. The be-c grass for dairy putore is titno
i tliv and clover.
j In winter, food the cows bran ami shorts.
! six quarts at a feed. Shorts nione is too heavv
j feed for cows; it is better to have the mess
mrr<* than half bran. W here the arrangements
are favorable, Mr. 11. says he would as soon
make butter iu winter as summer. Mi. Havens
I has a large cow, one-fourth Devon, S vearsold,
i from which lie lias made 14 lhs of butter per
week, the Ist of June, and iu the ju-t of Sep
-1 tember 10 Ihs. a w?bk.
MONARCH <>P THIS ORCHARD. —The Keauing
Prets says the largest apple tree in the United
j States is standing within the limits of thu city
of Heading, an the farm of Wiu. B. Schooner,
jlt is called tiie 'President'—a name given to it
many, years ag > by the venerable W in. Schoon
er, father of the present owner. The s'ocsk of
. trunk of the tree measure five feet and a half
m diameter a; a joint a few feet above the
ground; there is a portubefanco or excrescence
of bark, of great thickness, mot included, how
ever, in the
; apples was never less than sixty bushels. The
apples m s;ze were as large as the Fallenwalder.
[ Ihe tree is estimated to be over one huudred
I years old,and attained its present.-ige fifty years
: ago. The tipper brandies are large massive
. columns, which would .mike ten ordinary apple
j trees, supporting, when in bloom, an arch of
foliage of sixty-five feet in diameter and a eir
cumference <f over two bandied feet.
Appie—yellowish green ground, • faint red
cheek#, white fltsh, sub acid short thick stem,
chape symnie'ncal, and ail of regular size
Season from November tili April. The editor
h is frequently enjoyed the apple, ami found it
f superior quality. The free is evidently in
i:-- dotage, but ten years ago it was in f.riuie
bearing condition. The saute kind of apple is
not known to exist elsewhere. A large number
: o. graftings from this tree aro new growing in
various parts id Heading.
MANURE. — We have frequently cantioncd
• farmers not to bury their manure too deep iu
the soil, as the tendency if their juice-is duwn
w.-id—not upsvard. A writer in an exchange
says: "I Lave found in uli experiments tint
: rli" nearer I kept the manure to the top of the
ground, the more 1 got from it. 1 spread at
the rate of thirty u forty loads of manure: I
theu put the plough iu from ten to twelve inch
es deep—it was iin-id fashioned plough ami
turned it over vcry-'fl it and smooth. The rest
iPf the piece I ploughed about eight iuclies deep.
1 treated the piece all alike, after that, until 1
laid it uown. 1 meant to put it where the am
monia would not escape. I watched the field
tor -ix or seven years, and 1 could not see any
difference in tbe<-ritp.-, whera this extra ma
nure was put, till I took the piece again, and
then 1 purposely put the plow dowu so us to
• bring up my lest manure io the light and beat,
and it. told the story tor the next seven years
; whero it was.
FAWI>I:ST FOR LITTERING STABI.ES —This
is quite valuable to ab-orb the liquids and to
prevent the tout odors arising from stables. If
ammonia is one of the mosi powerful fertiizers,
why should not the greatest pains be taken to
save it? For this purpose, saw dust is just the
thing. It is useful, also, on the .-core of the
horse's health and comfort. It is injurious to'
au animal s feet to stand in the liquids of his
stall: it is hurtful to his eyes and Ins stomach,
and his lungs, t remain long iu an atmosphere
j charged with the powerful vapors arising ftotu
those liquids. We wonder that the creatures
stand it so well as they do. Dry muck an
; swers very well to scatter daily iu the stables,
though -aw dust is uiucli r.eatcr.
To MAKE HENS LAY IN WlNTER.—Pro
vide.
1. A comfortable roost.
'l. Plenty of saud, gravel and ashes, dry to
; pij >"•
3. A box of liuie.
; 4. Boiled meat, chopped fine, every two or
three days.
5. Corn and oat*, best if boiled tender.
6. All crumbs aud poUtoe parings.
'J his treatment has proved quite successful—
| and hens which, without it, gave no egg.-, with
j it immediately laid one each, on an average,ev
j ery two days.
DEATH OF COL. LEHMAXOWSKY.
We regiet to learu that Col. Lehinanowsky.
lat one time a resident of Lancaster county,
j died in Clark county, Indiana, on the 4th inst.
i He was a Pole by birth, aud an officer under
Napoleon during his wars, lie was a tuau of
great bravery, and saw hard service, as the nu
merous scars that he wore testified. Ho won
distinguished honors iu the service, aud was
ardently attached to tbo interests of Napoleon.
When the latter entered France from Elba,
Letiuiauowsky, with many others of bis old
companions iu arms, revolted from the Allies
aud joined his standard, the peualty tor which
was death, and after the defeat of Waterloo,his
lite being forfeited acid himself hunted, be pas
sed through the taost severe trials aud priva
tions in attempting lo escape to this country,
and finally, atter two years of stratagem and
suffering that few could have endured, he
reached the United States nud settled iu this
country. He afterwards removed to Washing
ton City, and there beoame a minister of the
Lutheran denomination, in which capacity he
continued to his death. From YVashiugton ho
removed to Indiana, where he died.
Colonel Lehuiauowsky was a friend and com
panion in arms of the late Dr. Jas. C. Vet
beke, of Harrisburg. They saw oue another
for the last time for uiany years, on the memo
rable battle-field of Waterloo, from which each
escaped a marked victim. Both reached Amer
ica unknowivto each other, aud when by acci
dent they tnt in this country, their teelings
were so overpowering as to deprive both of Mio
BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1858.
power of utterance for onu> moments. The
friendship manifested for each other during
their lives seemed greater than the lies of
brothers or kindred, and they have both gone
to their long-wished-for rest within the short
period of a year, zealous Lutherans, in tlio full
belief ef the Christian's hope, happiness here
after.— Lancaster Times.
m s ULH MUFF.
UV c. 31. KKND \LI..
Miss -Tally Strong was a peculiar woman.—
For sixty years site had retained her name,
which exactly suited tier hard nature; and the
niati having die assurance to ask her to ex
change it for his own, would have been a rare
companion for Uuutmtugs in his tiger hunts in
the jungles of Africa. At least, no one in the
village of 1> would tlre to question
his manhood.
She was one of those who seemed to have
been horn an old maid in prospective. Bs
--fore site had arrived at Iter teens, she used to
stone the hoys with a malignant delight; and
ere she was out of them tier contempt for the
opposite sex wis so strikingly manifest,!
that aii prudent young men, if accidentally
walking upon the same sidewalk, to avoid a ;
meeting, would very quietly cross to the oUter j
side, and allow her the irLcht of it.
Vet she was a privileged person, and people ;
would smile at ari ill-natured remark from her, j
as though tt were a complimeut. Evou the !
young mmister of tlie jsuish treated tier with i
marked respect, although he was certain to have 1
his U*i settifm wonderfully criticised, in an
swer ton kind inquiry regarding her health.— f
The seerer of all this might have been written
in three words—die was rich; and even the j
clergyman wis wot Idly-minded enough to ue- '
sire to be on goo t forms wtt.ii erne who wis the j
largest eoiitrifitiror to his snpnort.
Ar.nt Sally, as the villagers universally cD '
led her, had received the bulk of her property j
froui a deceased aunt, which tier shrewd tou.-i- |
ness qualities had enabled her to invest so i. 1
v.ir.tajeou.siy that she itiereased in we.i'th . s
she did in years, and, like many otlier rich pen- j
pie advanced in life, had scores of affectionate i
youug relatives, who ftav'i hoped to obtain a j
large slice of lite cuke of real estate which I
would be cut tfp iu the event of her decease, f
Uer cold grey eyes were too shrewd not t.l
see through titeir eager attentions to the very ;
selfishness of titc'r source.
Otto nephew, however, did not belong to tills !
class of schemers. On the contrary, the old |
lady was very often the victim of his 'yoke*, j
and he Would dispute with her just for the sake <
of having a hot argument. Yet for any real
service, she would oftener apply to him titan j
any oue else. .S!, e had even loaned him & sunt j
sufficient to stock a fine store, bit still this !
FredorieV. so often annoyed and vexed her. i
that public opinion—extending no farther, of
course, than the limits of the villige—wis j
equally divided as to whether he would bo the
favorite heir, or be cut off with a shilling.
One evening, upon the meeting of the pcri-h I
sewing circle at tho house of the clergyman, j
this nephew perpetrated a j >ke upon his aunt, j
the result of which he never forgot. FLc, u:- *
like most maiden ladies, considered these gath- !
erings a sort of fashionable nuisance, but usu
ally was present in order to indulge in her .sar
castic remarks, ller nephew was there, osten
sibly to wait upon his aunt, but tho fair Lucy,
daughter of the worthy practitioner, Dr. Blood, |
particularly allured htm with her charms.
.'Did it ever occur to you, girls, what you are
here for?' said Aunt Sally.
'To be sure, aunt,' answered one of the
nieces, 'simply to uiuko clothing for the poor
heathen.'
'O, in Firm, Bunnah, aud other like plaoes. '
W ell, heavy woollen shirts are very sorviceo- j
hie gar men -, upon my word,for the people liv
ing under a tropica! sun. They will doubtlest i
be very grateful for clothing so suited to their
climate - '
' ell doit",aunt," exclaimed Frederick. 'A
good shot, and no mistake. But these circles '
ate grand affairs, .after ail.'
'Grand affairs, indeed, for young men to say
soft tilings, and silly "iris to listen to them!
Grand affairs to dispense the accumulated ges- ,
sip of a month' Grand affairs for scandal mo- i
vttig, and for everything but tho purpose they
profess.'
And uunt Sally looked about.her with a tri
umphant glance, as though her charges were
unanswerable.
In fact, too many felt the justice of her re
buke to measure words with her. F.ven Fred
erick agreed so much with her in the abstract
that he was content to lemain silent. Having
achieved such a moral victory, tho lady con
tinued in unwonted good humor dutiug the rcot.
of the evening.
\\ hen the party broke up, as Frederick was
taking leave of his young them's, with his j
aunt upon one arm and the fair Lucy upon the j
other, the old lady suddenly remembered that |
she had left her muff.
'Oh, nevor mind, aunt,' said the young man,
'I will get it *tjd send it up to you ;.t the
morning.'
'Bui I do mind, Fred, for it is not my way
to leave thiugs about in this manner. But
where can it be? I certainly left it with my
bonnet and cloak.'
'Somebody must have tsken it,' cried one.
'That is impossible,' answered another, for
aunt's muff is unlike all others.'
'That is true,' said Fred, laughing, 'as a
barrel is unlike a two-gallon keg.' And lie
gave Lucy a mischievous giancc, which she in
terpreted to luean.thnt ho knew tho wherea
bouts ot the missing article better than any one
else.
'lt certainly is not with any of the ladies'
things,' said one of the young relatives.
.'Oh,-plague upon you all!' was tho kind re
ply; 1 must hunt -tup tuyself, I suppose,'
| ' DeaoonGtij, jou have not taken aunt's
muff oy mistake, !iwe yon?' asked Fred inaii
eious.ly.
T hat functionary drew himself up stiffly, as
though the imputation was unworthy of an an
swer, and stepped aside.
'Weil, I never,' exclstitmd oiic of the voun•'
! ladies.
j 'W' lip could have done i;V added unothe-.
i 'He silent —will yon?' cried the irritable
| sua; en, or tell me where 1 can tind if.'
'W by, it ;s tn Deacon Gray's hat, pressed n
i so tightly that we cannot remove i>.'
'O, fle upon you, unt' Such a hint, knd
; t:w deacon uuiy a recent widower,' exclaimed
f Mio laughing nephew.
j Aunt Sally seized her muff, but the hat ad
hered most affectionately to tt. i>y an angry
wrench it was liberated, and the unoffending
sat fietv across the entry, projected by the vig
orous foot of the incensed maiden. When it
| arrived at the terminus of its short journey,
, it had assumed a most questionable shape, and
its con filiori might certainly have been termed
•jfchociviug had.'
j • 'l'll p>y you for this, young man.'
'l'ont trouble yours-.1, dear aunt. So far
; is j. am couecrued, you are entirely wel
. OOtlU'.'
| 'loo will perhaps tell hie that you have bad
tie It-uid in this matter.'
'No, 1 wilt tell you no falsehood about it;
be i intended it as a j.>kc upon the stiff dea ;
as much or mure tnan upon yourself.'
'At least, it is hut an ill rrick you have j
played upon me, and now mark my words: You !
shall have reason to remember this muff to the i
j 'latest day of your existence.'
: ®"*As you please, aunt, since ,- ou take it so ■
sfriously, but 1 didn't think tiii.t a silly jekc j
louht haive thus offended you."
| Time thus passed on, and young Strong
prospered famously in his business. He had
j Amassed sufficient means IO be enabled to nay
his aunt tbe mi : u she had loaned kirn, but she
declined receiving it, alleging that she prefer
it'i to have it n interest. In the meantime he
tfnd also persu .de.l the gentle Lucy to share
his fortunes. As for aun-c Sally, a singular
mama seemed to possess iier. in matters of
real estate, stock, A.-., she had become a per
fect alchemist, turning all to gold.
The n igbors ail looked ou and wondered,
but none dared .remonstrate with her. Sim
was often seen to visit the office o; Squire
j&ay > d it wss ruuiorcd that she was
luaKmg the final arrangement for the bestowal j
lof her property after her decease. Tneaff.iri
; of the muff was not forgotten, and it was cur
rent wit.:i the gO"d villagers that Fred would
| have to pay dourly for the 'joke.
One morning the village was ni! ac'ipn.—
j During the night the spirit.of the redoubtable I
i lady had taken its, flight. She was found dead
| in her chair, ami bad died is she lived, aione.
j She had alarmed no one, duriug ti, night, nor
j had she suffered previous illness. Curiosity,!
jof coarse was intense on the .subject of her ,
j will, and it was produced as soon as decency !
I would allow. AH her connections were pres
j ent, HIII. their eager, hopeful anxious counto- .
nances would have furnished a rare subject for
i tbe pencil of an artist. The reading of the
| will proceeded, until it was finished except a
| smgie codicil. L ich of b-r relatives, except
; her nephew, had been remembered—some to a
greater extent than others, but none consider
able.
At ail events, not one-third of ber fortune
had been dispensed, and as the codicil only re
; maiued, all ayes were turned to Frederick
Slioiig r.s the lucky one after all. Hut what
was their surprise, when they found that it on
ly made iiiui the recipient of her old sable |
muff ami contents. Tho word 'contents' again !
excite ] their curiosity, and to satinty tjvm,
| the article was produced and found to contain
\ a simple paper sewed ou to the lining. When
i detached and opened, in the bold hand writing
; of Aunt S illy were found these words:
'DEAR NEPHEW.—YOU will doubtless ap- j
j preciato tki<, the last joke 1 shall ever be guil- 1
j tv of, us I appreciated yours on a certain time j
I yon remember. God bless you and yours.— ;
! Farewell.'
Frederick declared he was satisfied. The
' old lady had fairly retorted upon him, ami he
i cdrtuiniy deserved Dothing boiler at Ler
j hands.
Hut what hid become of aunt Sally's uioiie- '
—that was the mystery, and it became inoie
and more a 'nine days' wonder to the worthy |
villagers who discussed it on every occasion.—
1 ffiie was to have a large sum of money
at various banks, but all this the anxious rela
tives ascertained was drawn out a few days be
te, re her death. Squire A was consult
ed, who had drafted tho will, but. be stoutly 1
maintained that the will covered the whole of
her property, and he would nave nothing fur
ther to do with it.
One evening, about six months after the old
lady's death, while Frederick wis conversing :
witn his wife, the subject of the tnnff was intro
duced.
'That was a costly joke of yours, dear Fred,'
said hi* wifo gaily.
'Ha; I go. the muff at 11 events, Lucy, and
what is better, no one has come forward to claitu
the three thousanddollravs which sue loaned uie.
1 fee! confident she. intended to present it it
me and therefore destroyed my note.'
'Let us have a look at the old relic ; Fred, if
the moths have not eaten it wholly up. 1 will 1
return with it in a moment.
The muff was produced, and, as Lucy pre
dicted, the lining was wofully moth eaten. i
•My dear wife, you must look to this, for I
prize it dearly on good Aunt Sally's account. '
I think you had better rip out the lining, and J
renovate the whole with camphor.'
Lucy took her scissois and coiumenod at once
on her task,
'What can the 01 1 lady have stuffed it with
,1 wonder? Why, Fred, instead of cotton she
has wadded it with dirty brown paper.
'Dirty brown paper, indeed, exclaimed h"r 1
S husband, springing from bis chair and catching
- her hand as she was about to throw a baneh in
to the grate. 'Why, it is bank notes, or lam
> : dreaming.
ihe mystery of toe word 'cor:units' was now
j explained. Note after note was drawn out,ttn
'! tii more than thirty thousand dollars lay on the
j 'able before them* A lotrer was also found
j iroiu the attn', tvbiclj stated that she always in
i tended hitu tor her heir. His own note came
to light, from which his name had beau torn off.
i i i his Deiv revelation of course created an im
mense excitement among the villagers. But
, 1 rederick and his wife kept on the even tenor
i of their wealth, simply but for themselves. One
' waning in each year, they open their splendid
mansion to a'!. It is a famous affair tor the
villager-, and is known as the anniversary of
'Auut Sally's Muff.'
FLORIDA IN MIDWINTER.
We cony tiie following pioasai.t sketch from |
, the New York Courier aud Enquirer. It is I
taken from a private letter written by a get)- !
tleuiau, who is at present sojourning near Tal- '
lahassee, Florida. He says :
j "I was much interested in tne negro eelebm- j
i tiou oi Christmas. The town was filled with |
! these children of Slain—some mounted high in >
carts, some ou mules, and others ou foot—
| magnificent aunties wnh towering turbans,
j vouug damsels decked in every variety of fi
i uery, and little black imps iu neat white aprons ;
} U with pockets well supplied with cash, j
| wlu3h in every way th_y wore fast ridding I
: themselves 01. !ne masters are exceeding lib
| oral iu ihe bestowal of Christmas gifts. (Due !
| gentleman dsrributed 5i,200 among Ids ,-er- !
. vatits, another SI,OOO, auu so on. About two i
I thousand ot the negroes made a trip on tne
I ( 3"' rs down to St. ?I*rk >, twenty-three miles |
j dis.ant, to he aiiscut a week 'L'he locomotive
; belt and whistle, and tbc rattle of the cars,
j were ad drowned in the din of negro mirth aud
I laughter.
d were !hvitei the cither day u >wn to ex-
Governor 0 'a pi nutation tu upend a tew
•i;.vs in limiting ducks. The invitation was ea
gerly accepted, and with dugs, gnus, and ail
the accoutrements necessary wc seen set, out.
Lit a i iue was it,II <>t interest and uoveirv. Our
w*.y was over a tiiliy, sandy road, between hed
ges ot the wild rose, the leaves yet green, urni
here and (here the swelling buds'burstimr forth
into tiny flowers of tare beauty. The water
Oaks and the myrtle, the tuugnpiias and :he
ferns, gave ati appearance of perpetual spriug
to the scenery. In the low hotturns were groves
of grand old oaks, stripped of their leaves, yet
with their limbs draped with festoon* ot silvery
tuwss, tvaviug gently with every motion o; the
air.
hxtensive cotton plantations were on either
side, with negroes picking the last batch, their
black heads .-ceil just above the surrounding
white—a curious mingling of cotton and wr>d
At a distance were seen lite quarters—quite a
collection ot ueat white houses, As we sp
proacheo, w - observed in many ease.-, thai they
lonnoil a long street, with rows of trcs iiHroot.
l'hey were well adapted tor comfort, and were
titled up with considerable taste. And bore,
1 may say, that in no slave State is the black
laborer mote comfortably situated than in this
particular region. .My own belief is that the
plantation sisves of the South are the happiest
i l is* of laborers the suntshiues upon; but no
where have I seen better fed, better clothed
or better housed negroes, than in this immedi
ate vicinity.
After ten miles' ritio we reached Lake
Jackson, and never shall I forget the view its
shores afforded us. tMrctching away fifteen
miles, hemmed in by irregular shores, inlaid
with numberless islands, it presented a strangi
ly, beautiful aspect. 1 pulled up my hoi so just
us his feet touched the little waves, and gazed
for a full half hour. Within n stone's throw
were a countless number of ducks of every va
riety, from the liugc branch to the tufted etuss
bact. The tvooos resounded with the impa
tient cluck of wilu turkeys, while overhead, the
arched sky gave back the incessant cry of ten
thousand geese. Lpon the sand bars, we could
distinguish the outlines of huge alligators,
calmly biding their time, until some well fed
pig might stray that way.
A mile across the little bay was the large
and beautiful residence of the ex-Governor. It
was situated upon a high bluff, which at oneo
over-looked the lake and two thousand acres of
the best cotton lands on the hroad earth.—
While we yet gazed, the sun went down, and
tue sky and lake reflected back its glories in
soft and brilliant tints of every hue. llur
lingtoti, renowned-for its suuse's, never wit
nessed such a scene. We forded the bay, and
by dark f< und ourselves at the door of the
bouse, surrounded by a whining pack of hounds
that seemed to have awaited our coming.
After supper, 1 entered into conversation
with the cx-Governor; and never have 1 lisien
ed to a man with greater pleasure. He is a
fino representative of the old Whig party. His
language was terse, pithy, and most expressive
ami witty or eloquent, ho was full of sterling
seuse. He denounced tlie Democratic party in
severest terms—characterizing the Sous lien de
mocracy as the most arrogaut, domineering,
intolerant party that ever cursed any conn try
in any age—ready at any time to mingle in one
common ruin botii country and Constitution, f
their insane purposes eouid not he effected ;
vacillating hither und thither, restless as the
waves, without priuoiple; or any ruie of truth
or justice for guidance, and recklessly holding
on their way, threatening destruction to both
friend or foe that should attempt to reason
with or opposo theui. This impressed mo all
the more, when I observed on the walls of the
room two large portraits of General Jackson
and wife, taken expressly for the Governor
while living with the General at the Hermi
tage."
The Gennantown Telegraph Dominates Com
modore Paulding for President in 1860.
VOL. 31, NO. G.
If A SAILOR'S YARN.
' e, '"trU the other -'uy, a story relate-! by
1 j an old sailor. Captain Jacob Jones, whiclf
made a great impression on and which wo
wish we could repeat with the unction ami
nautical phraseology of (he wortiiv narrator.—•
1c occurred duri; ;g the iast war. The captain
who wy.-j a native of Plymouth, was ruauiiig.ori
to the coast on a sefmoner loaded with flour.—
lie had ueariy reached hi- destination, when he
j was overhauled by an enemy's frigate, who or
dered him peremptaniy to heave a line aboard,
iheie was no reabtiug the command, for the
schooner was without arms, and the render.full
of marine*, and sailor* armed to the teeth with
pistols, muskets, and cutlasses. The captain
had a light but fair breeze aloft, Lis sails drew,
utid he was driving near a reef, th ■ entrance to
which he was perfectly familiar with, andonco
inside which he was sure of making port, un
disturbed by the tenaer.
W itii iiij.s view, tic ordered one of ids men
forward with the line, and in a clear, stentori
an voice, perfectly audible on board the tender,
i sang out —"lieave your line aboard! 5 ' then ho
[ added, solto twee, so as to be heard only hy ids
| men, "/fcure it snorf!"
The yankee sailor caught the hint, aud
I "hove" according to directions. The end of
the line fell splashing in the water.
High above the execrations of the English
officer, command tog ihe tender, rose the roar
! of the, indignant yankee skipper— "l? that the
! way to heave a iiue, you luooerly son of a land
i cral;? Heave the line ship-shape, you luhLer,
lor I'll cut your tiver out! fienvt it short.
Again tie Lnc feii short, and the English
; officer ami lautteo captain vied witii rath oilier
j in sh iwei Tig imprecations and invectives ou the
j head of the blundering "!ami-!ubber." Meuu
: while tue breezi was freshening, rintl the schoon
er drawing nearer to the re<-i.
Again and again the order to heave was gir
i en, witii the same undertone addititn, and the
■ same result, ihe Englishman began to MHO! 1
a. rat, ami just as the liukre skipper threw
1 niiaself flat on his deck, and made his men fol
! low his example, the report of a dozen muskets
was heard, and a shower ot bullets came whiz
; zmg through the rigging.
••Lot them fire mid be darned!" snid thu
Yankee I'll show thetu a clean pair of
I heel-."
Aud taking his tiller between his heel-, as
ke lay upon the decK, he run the schooner clov
en y inside the reel. ihey were soon out of
guu hot from the baffled tender. Up went the
stars ami stripe-, with a hearly cheer from the
mariners, and a one-eyed sea-dog puded out u
tile, and gave them Yankee Doodle, in strains
is melodious as the triumphant miles of porker
that has escaped from the butcher's knife.—
1 .apt. Jones, saved bis bacon and his flout too.
A GOOD HIT FOH YOUTH.
An old ch ip in Connecticut, who was inc'of
the most niggardly men known in that part of
ihe country, cartied on the blae.ksiuitlnng busi
ness very extensive ly: and, as is generally the
cast- rti that state, boarded all of bis own baud*.
Arid to show Imw he envied the men what they
eat, he would have a bowi of bean soup dished
up for himself to cool, while that for the hands
was serve.] up in a large pan just from the
boiling pot. This old fellow had an appren
tice who was rather unlucky among the hot
irons frequently burning his fingers. The old
■nun scolded him severely one day for being so
Carole*.- .
How can I tell, said the boy, if they are hot
unless they are red?
"Never touch anything again till you spit on
ir, if it don't hiss it won't bum."
In a day or two the man sent the boy in to
see if his sous was cool. The boy went in—
spit in the fowl, of eoursc{ilie soup did not
hi-s. lie went back and told the boss ail was
right.
Dinner' cried he.
All hands run, down sal the old man at the
head of the table; and in went a large spoonful
of the baiting hot soup to his mouth.
Good heavens! crieu the old man, in the
greatest rage. "What did you tell me that
lie for yon young rascal!"
1 did not lie, .-aid the boy vcty innocently.
"You told tin' 1 should spit on anything to try
if it was hot; 1 spit in your bowl, ami the soup
did not hiss, so I .supposed it was cool."
Judge of the effect ou the jours. That boy
nevei was in want of friends among the journey
men.
'KF.F-r YOUR MOUTH SHUT.' —Never allow
the action of respiration to be carried on through
the mouth. The nasal passages are clearly thh
medium through which respiration was hy our
Creator designed to be carried ou. 'God breathe
ed into man's nostrils the breath of life,' pre
vious to his becoming a living creatnre. The
difference in the exhaustion of strength hv a
loug walk with the mouth firmly closed, and res
piration carried on through the nostrils instead
of through the month is inconceivable to those
who have never tried the experiment. It is
said that the habit of carrying on the KOik of
inspiration and expiration through the mouth is
ihe origin ofaluiost all the diseasescf the throat
and lungs.
A few days *!nce, a rough, country looking
fellow cnteicti one of the New Y'ork Banks,
and umrolling up to the counter, exclaimed,
"Hero I nm, I want you to take a fair look at
me." Without a uoid further he strode out.
The next day the same customer appeared, ut
tered ihe same words, and again disappeared.
The third day,at about the same time, he walk
ed in, and advancing{io the teller's desk, thre#
dowu a draft payable three datys after sight.—
"Now," said he, "you've seenaie three time#,
I want the money for it!"
Cincinnati has a population of 241,000 in
habitants, an increase iu ten vears of over 87,-
OOu.