LEWIS BURG CHE CLE 0 II. C. IliCKOK, Editor. O. N. WOKDEX, TnTKTER. LEWISBURRCHIlNICLE a ln"ii! rtrntr jocai, hiutd on Wtdiiesday tr.dratngs ct Lttisburg, Union county, Pennsylvania, yrft Jf -J1.5C per yr. -r aftually In ait:ica: I 7 if p"1 within tlita ttntvhi; fiiKi if paid within a ax tii if V ""l er "P"1-8 : t fur tJaU in ..iTmnw. uisfontinoinnn nj u,nm with tit Adtcrtiset K!Mrtn.ly tDwrttd at SO bent par nuara. in wtni, i .' wt-p, jn-.r. al foraix avmtba.$7 w a year. Mnnntia arl.-rtia- 1 , r.,..-i i. ........... an, . JjtU wollK and cx-lal aJTcrtlwuienU to IO juud fur han lian lI m ol ConaCWW!" JWlll'irjvii'i- - Wat a. witliia xu rarza v" .": I" :7 , ail iMUnniutnmn port pail. ar.mpurd bylhe ival ..Mima of the writer, to receive attention. -TWa anuria w v Ut.il linriini.nt t.. k. .il. IeSTu um c. Uickok. ki, attar aud thom oa Bllatuaai to O. WOW". I "". . . oal-a n Markrt .treet, b-tween nj and Third. ot 'tha rtOKca. O- 5- OllDtN, ITophrtor. Thomas Francis Meagher. This young Irish patriot, who recently Escaped from the English peual colony in Australia, was waited upon, on the 10th inst., by a Committee in behalf of the N. l'.City authorities tendering him the honor of a public reception, which honor he de clined in the following eloquent and sensible reply Gentlemen : Had the effort in which t "lost my freedom been successful, the honors now tendered would not surprise me. But it was otherwise. Far from rcal- iiing, it obscured, the hopes which accora- ipanied and inspired it ending suddenly in discouragement and defeat. This tbe wide world knows. This you yourselves must inwardly adruitjthough the goodnes3- of your nature will seal your lips to the!worlJ. and by her indugtry, intellect, tion, filtered through a million of minds, dmission, being fearful of the disparage-! integrity and eouragOj shall contribute in 'must inevitably come out pare: ment it would imply. The gratitude of I colnumnitjr with all free nations, to the I We have entire faith, therefore; in the a people is most bounteous. It is quick common happiness and grandeur of hu- people's decisions j and as wo have faith to appreciate to encourage, to reward. I ,aliitj. Hopes may Have darkened, but In them, we have reverence for them. But Never slow or stinted in the measure itjtj,9 d.s.iny to which I would See my j we do not confound the ebullitions of an pours out, its fault is to be too precipitate ; cHmtry lifted before me still a height, hour with these solemn adjudications ; and profuse. Estimating merit net by the -ike tliat of jta crdwflcd with an the ripple on the surface, with the deep eevere standard of success,it takes motivts : etcrnai 8un- jt j8 t,0y ambition; but in 1 eternal current. Mauy persons, however, intoconsideration.regardless of the fortune : th;$ fiua country j coui,i i,ave noae otner ! mzc tjjia mistake j and hence the fcora whieb. attends them, and, for whatever T1e molnent we Mt our fuot upon her mon dread of doing what is unpopular, eacrifices tbey have entailed, awards a ghor(J. w9 beho,d the 0jrspring of Freedom ;The true way is to enquire ichal is riyht. reat equivalent. In this, the gratitude j tLe c nergy tue thrift, the opulence to ' Never ask whether this, or that measure ot people aiders irom me gntmuue u. kings. With the latter, success is an es sential condition of excellence. Pensions, knightly decorations, orders of nobility, these are given by kings in exchange only for the trophies which decorate thwir hall, or the acquisitions which widen the sur face of their dominion. Not so with a people, as I have said. They do not bar tar and economize their gifts. Whatever the result , be the motive upright, be the j dee 1 honor: m" ' i coming. Moreover, it sometiices happens ces happens j , g'eivou.ly ies arc most that where disaster has most befallen, there their sympathies arc most evoked, and their treasures most plente- j ously bestowed. This it il which explains 1 tne proceeamgs, m my rcgara, oi me : ... i rt .1 I " JJ r " , . ! to serv. my tontry, and been anxious to , contribute to her freedom. This I shall j not assume ui. m,, ..j. More i mmgicu in u.e s.r.iu v. pomic, it was my ambition to be identified with ; tue oesuny ot my couuu rU.c , -r i (a .i.iwa. i giory, ii giory were UK.ccu - a tier snlerinir and huffiili'tiou, if such 0 should be her portion. For the little I nye uone ana s'jiiereu, l uac uu m; . 1 . ...a- 3 T l. uJ i reward in the tcnalty assicned me. To be the last and humblest name in the j litany which contains the names of j Emmet and Fitzgerald names which Waken notes of heroism in the coldest heart, and rtir to lofty purposes the most sluggish mind is an honor which com pensates me fully for the privations I have endured. Any recompense, of a more joyous nature, it would ill become me to receive. Whilst my country remains in sorrow and subjection, it would be indeli cate in me to participate in the festivities ' you propose. When she lifts her head, ! and nerves her atm for a bolder struggle, when she goes forth like Miriain, with song and timbrel to celebrate her victory I, too, shall lift Up my head, and jmin in the hymn of freedom. Till then, the retirement I seek will best accord wiih the love I bear her, and the sadness which her present fate inspires. Nor do I forget the companions of my exile. My herrt is with them at this hour and shares the solitude in which they dwell. The freedom that has been restored to me is embittered by the recollection of their captivity. While they are in prison, a shadow rests upon my spirit, and the thoughts that might otherwise be free, throb heavily within me. It is painful for me to speak. I should feel happy in being permitted to be silent For these reasons you will not feel displeased with me for declining the honors you solicit me to accept. Did I esteem them less, I should not consider myself so unworthy, nor decline so con clusively to enjoy them. The privilege of M eminent a city should be sacred to those Who personify a great and living cause a past foil of fame, and a future full of hope and whose names are prominent and im perishable. It pains me deeply to make this reply ,being sensible of the enthusiasm which glows around me, and the eagerness with which a public pprortuaity of meet- ing ma is awaited. I know it will disap point a generous anxiety,but the propriety of the determination I Lave come to is proved by the inefficency eTen of this consideration to overcome me. I know, I too, that as it grieves me, it will grieve j others, and that, perhaps, the motives that have led to it may be misunderstood, misconstrued, and censured. But 1 am confident that, after a littlb while the public judgement will sanction the act which t due regard to what I owe my country, my companions, and myself, . seriously dictates. Yes, so far as your invitation recognizes the fidelity with which I adhered, and still adhere, to a good and glorious cause, be assured that it has not been exaggerated or misplaced. The feelings and convictions which influ enced toy carter in Ireland have under gone to change. Still, as ever, I perceive within my country the faculties that fit her for a useful and honorable position, and believe that they require only to be set in motion to prove successful, I still would prompt her to put them forth. Be sides their is within mS a pride that can not be subcuic ;here is within tee an ' ambition that can not be appeased, t desire to have a country which I can point j to with exhultation whose prosperity j shall be my life whose glory shall be my guerdon. I desire to have a country which shall occufev a beneficent tlbsition in the wLich hU hw ?en birth and, at a ! glance, we comprehend her fruitfulnew, utility, and splendor. We behold the wonders she has wrought the deformed transformed the erippled Colony spring ing into the robust proportions of au Empire which Alexander might well have sighed to conquer the adventurous spirfT of her sons compensating by its rapidityj j in little more than half a century, for the thou.auJs of Jcar3 iu WtticU tlie laud lay ! sun in me saaaows or tue anewne ioreats: ; we bchold all this and the worship of our youth becomes more imp,ioncd ,nd pro. r l m. T foum To this land I came,as an outcast; t0geek an honorable home as an outlaw 10 him the protecti(m of a flae that is ;nvi0talle. By one of the wisest and the w i muuuBl ol lUB umu legHuaiora it, was ( decreed, that all those who were driven ; for Ter from their own country, should ueaamlueu ,nio me ciuzcnsu.p oi .mecs. un me tame grouna, in virtue oi uie!tionof tcmt0..arT ularitv. look ahead scnse 0f perpetual banishment which ex- c,Uaes me irom my native iana, i soagm . i ii. i -r iir r . J T I . quiet, sacciuary iu tue nome oi au- INUTO. To no other land could the tyranny, eo conuuenuy turn tor a eeren e j r I repose. Lonttmavshe prosper coutinu ing faithful to the inheritance left her by the fathers of the republic. Long may she prosper each year adding to ber stock of strength and dignity, and wisdom, and high above her countless fleets and cities, even to the last generation, may the monument the darki of her liberty be descried ! In darkest ctorms which shake the thrones and dynasties of the old world, may it stand uuscathed ! In the darkest night which falls upon the arms of a struggling people, may it shine forth like the cross in the wilderness and be to them an emblem of hope and signal of salvation. Is it Popular ? The Course of the present age, and per haps of all ages, in republican life, is a morbid dread of doing anything that is unpopular. De Tocqueville never made a truer remark, than when he said that the tyranny of public opinion was often as oppressive, in a free country, as the tyranny of a monarch, in a despotio one. We are, as we ought to be known by this time, firm believers in the good sense and justice of the people. We have no faith in those politicians who represent the masses as prejudiced, self-willed, tyrannical On all questions relating to Boeial life, to morals, to religion, and to politics, we would rather take the opinion of a million of voters, such as we have in these free States, than the opinion of any dozen educated men, becaase we believe the decision would be quite as intelligent, while there would be no danger of its being mercenary. But, when we thus exalt an opinion of the people, we mean one arrived at carefully, a sober, second thought, and not a mere hasty ijpe dixit. Daniel Webster himself, though confess edly the first intellect of the nation, might give wrong advice, if a new subject was j started, sad be should peak without due LEWISBtJRG, UNION examination : and if he is liable to err, much the more arc inch in general, when speaking immaturely. . . But when the people carefully weigh a Question, they are more aft, in the main to be correct, than even great intellects, A strong common sense is the peculiar distinction of the masses. No favorite theories, no wire-drawn abstractions, no solemn prejudices derived from classical studies, puzzle their judgments, or per vert their conceptions. This is strikingly exhibited, though On a small scale, in jury trials. The annals of the courts preserve the history of many curious cases in which judges and lawyers have well nigh been bufhVl,but iu which the homely sense of twelve men in a jury box has asserted the ends of justice. There is a further reason for this, perhaps, beyond the one which we have just described. A doien of minds, with all their differences of education, habits of thought, and Other peeuliarities, looking at a subject from as many varied aspects, are much inore apt to arrive at a just estimate of it, than one or two minds only, however acute the latter may be. And if twelve minds possess this advantage, much the more do j thousand, and still more do a hundred j thousand or a million. Any question, discussed before such an audience as the ; litter number, can not but hare its entire ; truth or falsity, eliminated. A rronosi- is unr-ocular : ask onlv is it riirht : and if this is done, there is an end to the matter. Sooner or later, the people will side with you, however far oft they ttSy appear at first. For the people seek truth, worship it in fact, and Ultimately will arrive at it. The arU of tirue-scrvinir politicians, those "blind leaders of the blind ;' old habits of thought descending " from their ancestors ; and other causes ! gj. a M tt j the rconio : hut. in iiir f!.o j, tractions will disappear from before the le,s vis; anJ tfa ... onnec I r 1 , j for the truth, in all its severe, yet heavenly w; majesty. A.k not, we repeat, "is it pop-; ,ular,''but,"isitrifiht,''orratherremem - ber that whatever is ri"ht tcill ultimatelv vf tJ sti tlUlili Vl IUCI i uuicur be popuar. Advocate, therefore, truth, boUiyf oponlyj wUUout If Joa 3re c statesman, and a great question arises, cast aside every consider- a5t the of tho and d . I for wbat is t; and truth ,f J J 1 min;.,fr 0f God. consult onlv the tcs!-h- ings of His Holy Word, and regardless and powers " ihretch tho . J r ."truth once If you arc a U.iill,l.l IVS it.b WJtkl U lO. private citizen, and are called on to vote for or against any important question, sift it thoroughly, with an eye to the verdict of the future, and then courage ously give your opinion. There are sub jects, thus continually presented to states men, divines, and private citifens, which are frcnusntlv decided, not under a solemn !Eense 0f responsibility, but with an eye to what is popular for the moment. In Urging an appeal to what is right, , Lt-.r aI a. 1 4 - - J . i rather than to what is popular, we do net mean to r'ecomtiend a recourse to Wsiohary theories any more than to hasty judgment. It is a favorite trick with would-be refor mers to cry that they only are right ; to pretend that the future will ihevitably be on their 6ide ; and to stigmatize all wh) differ from them as drivelling dctards of the past. Such men are dangerous in the extreme. The only way to avoid their errors, as well as the errors of a blind conservatism, is to follow the golden rule, "search all things, and hold fast td that which is right." Evening Bulletin. "No Use of Talking." A young I Ophirio enthusiast was talking to his in tended a few evenings since, urging liptm her speedy marriage, and a start to spend the honey moon in California. " I tell you," said he, his face glowing with enthusiasm, " California is the para dise of this earth. There's no use talking!" " No use talking !" exclaimed the lady, with a look of some surprise. " No use talking," he repeated. " Well if there's no use talking" said the lady, " what, in the same of sense, do joa want of women there ? I don't go !" He left but we presume he will be back. A lady remarked to a printer the other day, that he might print a kiss bat he mast never publish it. COUNTY PENK FRIDAY, JUNE 18, l85l The LittlO Pauper, The following touching and over true tale wilt not only fill the eye bat suggest precious lessons to the heart. Alas, how many unpitied, motherless Allies are pe- rishing in this country, and no generous Jem or Betsy at hand to save them and rear them into .angels. Our sketch is from the Boston Olive Branch. The day was gloomy and chill. A t the freshly opened grave stood a delicate little girl of five year) the only mourner for the silent heart beneath. Friendless, hopeless; homeless, she had wept till she had no more tears to ehed, and now She stood with her scanty clothing fluttering in the chill wind, pressing her little hands tightly over her heart as if to Still its beatiug. " It's no use fretling," Said the rough man, as he stamped the last shovel full of earth over all iht child had left to love; "fretting won't bring dead folks to life; pity you hadn't got fab ship's cousin! somewhere to take you; it's a tough world, this 'ere I tell ye; I don't see how ye're going to weather it. Guess I'll take ye round to Miss Fetherbee's, she's got a power of children and wants a hand to help her, so come along. If you cry enough to float the ark it won't do you no good." Allie obeyed him me chanically, turning her head every few minutes to take another, and yet another look where her mother lay buried. The morning sun shone in Upon an un derground kitchen in the crowded city. Mrs. Fetherbee, attired in it gay bolored calico dress, with any quantity ef tinsel jewelry, was sewing some showy ebtioh late on a cheap pocket handkerchief. A boy of five years was disputing with a. little girl of three, about an apple ; from big words they had come to hard blows ; and peace was finally declared at the price of an orange apiece, and a stick of candy each combatant "putting in" for the biggest. ." ... Toor Allie, with pale cheeks and swol len eyelids, was staggering up and down the floor under the weight of a mammoth baby, who wa3 arousing himself, pulling out at intervals little handful! cf hair. "Quiet that child! can't ye?" laid Mrs. Fethtrbeej in no very fcentls tone. I don't Wonder the darling is cross to see such a solemn face. You must ret a little life into you somehow, or you won't oaiU iy lw J"" i'u,IluS' Tbere' 1 declal"e' J0"'" LaIf rut tis eJM out with those long curls dangling around ; k U. .n ... (T ! . tcon,e here' nJ havc 'em cut off' thc FF r a eharity child :" (ani1 sbo atf th tuL 'cr0ps 0B tUe ilead8 0f thC JitUe hethtt - . .. ... . bees.) Allie s lip quivered, as ehe said, " Mo ther used to lore to brush them smooth every morning; she said tbey w.n liko i littls dead sister's, please don't," said she . 7 beseeoiiing.j r it . fa But I tell you I do please to cut 'ew, so there's ah end of that," said she, as the several ringlets fell ifl a shining heap on the kitchen floor ; " and do for Crea tion's sake, stop talking about " dead '' folks, and now eat your breakfast if you want it : I forcot vou hadn't had any there's softe of the thildreu's left; if! you're hungry it will go down, and if you aint you can go without." Poor Allie ! the daintisst rMorsel wouldn't have " gone down ;" her eyes filled with tears that wouldn't be forced back, and she sobbed out, " I must cry if you beat rce for it my hedrt pains me so bad." " Il-i-t-y T-i-t-y ! what's all this?" said a broad-faced, rosy milkhian, as he sat his h bn litcbefl taU o .... ' " what's ill this, Sliii Fetherbee J I'd as lief eat pins end needle! as heir a child cry. Who is she' pointing at Allie, " and what's the matter of her T" " Wbj, the long and short of it is, she's a poor pauper that we've taken in out of charity, and she's crying at her good luek, that's all," said the lady with a vexed toss of her head. " That's the way benevolence is always rewarded ; nothing on earth to do here, but tend the baby, and amase the children, and run to the door, and Wash the dishes, and dnst the furniture, and tidy the kitchen, and g0 of a few errands; ungrateful little liairffarra !" Jimmy's heart was as big at his farm, (and that covered considerable ground;) glancing pitifully at the little weeperj he said skillfully, " that child's going to be Sick, Miss Fetherbee, and then what are you going to dd with iter 7 besides she's too young to be of much use td Jou ; you'd better let me take her." " Well, I should'nt wonder if yoti was half fight,'' said the frigitstJed wotnan ; she's been trouble enough already; I'll give tier s quit-claim." Will you go with tin, Utile maid 7" said Jemmy with a bright, good-natured mile. " tt yon please," said Allie, laying her little hand confidingly in his rough palm. " Sit up closer," said Jemmy, as he pnt one arm around her, td Steady her fragile figure, as they rattled over the stony pave ments ; " we shall soon be but of this smoky bid bity. (Ccnsarn it! I always feel as if I Was poisoned every time I come to town ;) and then we'll see what sweet bay helds, and hew milk, and clover blossoms and kind hearts will do for you you poor little plncted- chicken ! Where did yo!i come from when you came to live with that old Jezebel f" " From my mother's grave," said Allie. "Poor thing! poor thing!" said Jem my, wiping away a tear with his coat sleeve. " Well, never mind ; t wish I hadn't asked you; I'm always running my head again a beam. Do you like to feed chickens, hey ? Did you ever milk a eow J or ride on top a Lay-cart ? or go a berrying? D you loVe bouncing red apples ? and peaches as big aS your fist ? It shall go hard if you don't have 'end all. What's cOme of your hair, child? have you bad your head shaved ?" " Miss Fetherbee cut it off;" said Allie. " The bid safpeht 1 I wish I'd borne in a little quicker. Was it your curls them young 'utiS Were playing With ? Well, never mind," said he, looking admirably at the sweet faee before him, " you don't need 'em; and they might get you td looking in the glass oftener than was good for you." "Well, here we are, i declare; and there Stands my old woman in the door way, shading her eye froth the sun, I guess she Wonders Where I raised you ?" " Look here, Betsy t dd you see this child ? The earth is fresh on her mother's grave. She has neither kith tor kin. I've brought her from that old skinflint of a Fetherbee's and here she is; if 'you like her it's well and good, and if you don't she'll stay here just the same ; but I know you will," said he coaxingly, as he passed his brawny arm round her ca pacious waist; ''and now get her something, that will bring the color to her cheeks ; for mind you, I'll have no white slaves on my farm." llow sweetly Aliie'a little tired limbs rested ifl the fragrant lavender sheets 1 A tear lingered on her cheek; bat its birth was hb't of sorrow. Jemmy pointed it oat to his wife, as they stood looking at her before retiring to rest. "Never forget it, Betsey," said he, " harsh words ain't for the motherless. May God forget me, if she ever hears one from my lips." Former National Conventions, In the early history of political parties, National Conventions rere uiilboiigct of. When it became necessary to decide upon conflicting claims of candidates for the Presidency, after the expiration of Jeffcr- aon'w term. tKa B.pttklia.ai iM-a,l selected their candidates by a Congressio nal Caucus. By this msaus Madison and Monroe were designated it candidate3tand triumphantly elected. In 1824 the Con gressional Caucus met as usual and selected Wm. II. Crawford, of Georgia,and Albert! Gallatin, New York, as the Republican or Democratic Candidates for the Presi dency and Vice Presidency ; but the people were tired of dictation from those whose legitimate business Was to serve them, and they bolted in different frag inenta to the Support of Clay, Adams and Jacksod. The result of that contest is familiar to all the election was thrown into the House, end Adas was elected. In 1828, Gen. Jackson was designated as i the DeCioctatis candidate by the actiSn of j State ConveHLibns merely, and with JoLn C. CalhbiiaforVica President, was trium phantly elected over Adams. . In 1832 the first National Convention was held, by which Jackson was re nominated for the Presidency. The Convention also gate birth to the famous two-thirds rule; which has since been the death of numerous aspirations for i the Presidency. John C: .Calhoun; Vice President during Jackson's first term, had quarreled with the Administration, and some expedient had to be hit upon to throw blin in Convention; where it was well understood he had a majority. At the head of this maneuver to behead Calhoun stood Mr. Van Bureni who hoped for the succession; and mainly thro' his instrumentality the two-thirds rule was adopted, which at once eut off all hopes of Calhoun's re-nomination. Van Burefl thus far successful, turned his in genuity to the best possible account j and managed to sueceed Mr. Calhoun" on the ticket for tie Vice Presidency. The fol lowing was the result of the ballot : VanRnreri S08 I Barbour 49 I Johnsori 25 In 1835, the second National Conven tion was held, and on the third day Sir. Tan Buren was nominated for the Presi dency, oti the first ballot by an unanimous vote. Bichard vL Johnson was nomiaatea fot tho Vice Presidency by vote of 178 to 87 for Win, C. Bites. The .third 1 . .- ' National Convention was held in 1340, when Mr. Van Buren Was again unani mously nominated. No nomination for the Vice Presidency was made ; the .Con vention deefflitig it inexpedient to choose between the individuals in nomination for that office. Col. Johnson, however, tan with Van Buren throughout, and was voted for by the electors that voted for Van Buren, excepting one or two. Tbey were both defeated by Harrison and Tyler. In 1844, the fourth National Convention was held, and Mr. Van Buren, went into that body with a clear majority and strong hopes of success. But the two-thirds role John Wants a drum, and Jane a doll, and he had invented in 1832, to defeat Cal-j Jenny a book, all pictures, just like Susan houn, was again adopted, (as it had been So-and-so's." The father looks " nou by the Convention of '35 and '40) and sense," but feel in bis pocket for the re thus defeated him. He and Cass ran ' quired silver, and the mother having 'neck and neck' id Convention, and it ! gained the point, hastens away, baby aad finally became evident that neither could succeed, though Mr: Van Buren had a clear majority on several ballots. The result was the selection of James K. Polk, a man unthought of in connection with that office. Silas Wright was nominated fcr the Vice Presidency, but declined, when George M. Dallas was chosen in his stead. The eighth ballot for President was as follows : bass i04 . Van Buren" 104 Polk 44 On the 9th ballot Mr. Polk was unan imously nominated. The Tote for Vice President Was for Silas Wright 258 j Levi Woodbury 8 Mr. Wright's declination was received by telegraph, and Dallas was nominated on the second ballot ist 2d Geo. Fairfield Levi Woodbury Lewis Cass ft. M. Johnsori Com. Stewart Geo. M. Dallas W. L. Marcy 107 44 39 129 23 13 5 220 The fifth Convention was held in 1848, where the two-thirds rule again prevailed and Gen. Casa was nominated. Below we give the ballots : New York did not tote. .1st .Sd. 3d. 4 th. Cass . 123 133 156 173 Woodbury 53 58 53 83 Buchanan 55 94 40 33 Worth 8 3 5 1 Butle 3 Dallas 3 3 Gen. Butler was nominated for Vice President on the second ballot. Such is a brief history of the several Democrats National Conventions. The tivo-thirds rule, which Was adopted in an emergency to aid Mr. Van Buren, most effectually beheaded him in turn in 1844, aid very likely has done the same thing I gSmboe( ia his TOU!hf the iUfiai upod for Gen. Cass in 1852. , , whose !l(npi(1 walefS he h b,tht(j ,n(l The Whigs have held but three (lhe ramily Ur wher he felt a mother' National Conventions., In 1839 they. !ove- ,nd the prwn poi within ihat Hule" aiaiutj ii.; -J 3i . ii i nompgffaa wnrre wn vn mven ana int - burg ; n i844 uay ana r reiirgnuysen : at Baltimore, and in 1843, Taylor andj Fillmore in Philadelphia. , Tbey have never yet adopted the two-thirds rule, and ;n Fm.ll.l .1 we think they never w - pository. Uot much of Anything from nothing, j Under this modest title the ' gem drop-1 per " of the Chicago Journal, gives one ' of the prettiest domestis scenes we ever ! met in a newspaper. Its charming, na tural simplicity will touch a cord in every parent's heart. Yesterday we saw a wagon loaded with wheat coming in town nothing strange in that certainly. And a man driving the ! teatt.afid a woman perched on the lead be- side him, and a child throiied in the rro man's lap' nothing strange ia that either. And it required fab particular shrewdness to determine that tke woman was the pro perty personal of course cf the man, and that black-eyed, round-faced child was the property of bcth of them So much we saw so much we suppose w who looked. It is a fair! everybody saw inference that the wife came in to help her husband " trade out " a portion of the nroeeeda of the wheat, the oroduct of so! much labor, and so many sunshines and science void of offence," she knew tha! ra;rj. she had nothing td fea from the monarch The pair Were somewhat this side a uf not-tcvbe-meationed-toars-politdom fino point of observation isn't it? this that she was, in truthj a mate for hi-1 side of forty, arid it is presumptive, if j betters- . . blessed like their neighbors, they left two or three children at home "to keep house," while they came to town perhaps two girls and a boy, cr, as it is not material to us, tiro boys and one girl. Well, we followed the pair, in and through trsti! the wbeat was sold, the money paid, and then for the trade. The baby was shifted from shoulder to shoulder, or set down upon the floor to run off into mischief, like a sparkling globule of quick silver on a marble table, while calicoes were' priced, sugar and tea tasted, and plates "ttag." The good wife looks askance at a large mirror that would be the thing fof the best room, and the roll ox carpeting, m moat nwuui i - . j but it won't do, they must wait till Bextlsprkw, reeOTeriafc VOLUME IX.-NO. 7. Whole Number, 427. yoar. Ah ! there is mosio in those next years, that orchestras cannot make. And so they look, Sad price and puri chase, the summer supplies, tho husband tha while eyeing the little roll of back notes growing smaller by degrees and beautifully less. Then comes an "aside" conference; particularly confidential. She takes hint affectionately by the button, and looks up" in his face--she has fine eyes by tfii by with art expression of " do now il will please them so." And what do you sup pose tbey talk of? Toys for the children. all, for the toys. There acts the mothst--iLai Lai half promised, not all, that she would bring them something, and she is happy all thai way home, not for the bargains she made; but for the pleasant surprise in those three) brown parcels. And yon ought to have been there when she got home, when the j drum and the doll and book were pro- dueed and thumbed and cradled and thumped wasn't it a great house I Beautifully Said, We make the following beautiful extract on the Homestead Exemption Law, front a letter recently written by Judge Dilca huhtv, of Tennessee ! "Secure to each family whose tabor may acquire a little spot of free earth thai it can call its own that will be an asylum1 io times of adversity, from whicH the mother ' and the children, old age and in fancy, can still draw sustenance and cfciril protection, though misfortune may rob" thera cf all else, end then fee! that they are still free, still entitled to walk on thd green earth, and breathe the free air of heaven, in defiance of the power and pc tency of accumulated wealth and the dom ineering of the pretending and ambitious: The saerednes of that consecrated spot; will make theni warriors itt the time of eternal etrifr. Those shocks of corn,' said Xeoophon, inspire those wbd raise) them with courage to defend (hem. The largest of them in the field is the prize exhibited in the middle of the field td crown the conaueror .-Secure a horrie td everv family wimaS irr.n l.Ut. m.. kf.;n An. .i ),.,. ..:,. ,i r .tj (lther irid you wi rivej tha kffsct'09 o , he chi)d in ynft of menh00;i by t ,han aDV cohiid-rati3n tha: ellst He wj niewhet hs,k hi jost A Poor Creter. , , Lorg time Bgo," in New Pnglandj d,Telt lad7 eqaal!J renowned for piety; I era jinny ca courage, n.3 sue was in loa j habit of returning from meeting unattend- . .. , . . . . ed, some wild fellows formed a project for frightening her, and furnishing themselves witn a ttl8 pleasant amusement, Ond ' "rayed ia blaek, crewced with a pair of norns, ana armed witn a pitch forir, placed himself behind a tree; asd awaited hef coming. Ilis companions were concealed near by to watch the mischief arsd parti- cipate in the fua. At last caine the un- suspecting victim leisurely along medi- tatlnS noa, on t&e discourse td Which. she had been listening. Out sprang hid satanic majesty PRO tCM, and confronted her. " Why, who be you ?" she exclaimed. " I'm the devil !" exclaimed the rogue! in a hollow voice. , . " Well," said she in a pitying tone, no! doubting, mind you, the gentleman's wordj " jou're a poor critter !" and quietly went ker way. I call that true courage, or perhapsj more properly true faith. With a eon- The Curcniifi . A eorrespendeat of the Boston Journal says, take cotton batting, put three circles' six to twelve inches apart around your plum tree, and these will catch the cur. eulio. He esnshl siStt la the first circle? in twehty-fW hours ; in the second circle1 but few had been eaubt,!s (lie third eirchj scarcely cna got so high. He found athid a Sure p'reve'stive; and get lots of fine) plums last year, for the first time for mant tears. He further recommenrU keeping the ground free from windfalls,' as they contain tne maggot, which toef into groSga to mature itsejf. 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