VOL! Hi: .I*s.
ZV.W SERIES.
*EWA€R!CrLTtRU, SETTLEMENT. j
TO ALL WANTING FARMS,
A KARE OPPORTUNITY IN A DELIGIITFL 1 L
AND HEALTHY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH
EAST OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE CAM
DEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
NEW JERSEY.
■AT old estate consisting of several thousand of!
atre-r of productive soil has been divided into Farms
of venous sizes to stul the purchaser. A popula
tior. of some Fifteen Unndrrd, from various parts
of the middle States and New En-land have settled
there the pa-t year, improved their places, ami-,
raised exnlUut crops. The price of the land ■ * at
the low sum of Iron $l-5 to S-d per acre, t in" sen
of the bet quality for the production ol Wheat.
Clever, Corn, Peaches, Gear'< <*n,l Vr.srttrht**. It'
IS CONSIDERED THE REST FRUIT SOIL IS
THE UNION. The place is perfectly secure iror*
frosts—the destructive enemy of the farmer. Crop*
of grain, grass and fruit are now growing and can
he seen. By examining the place itself, a correct ;
judgment ran be formed of the productiveness of thf
land. The terms a;e made easy to secure the rapid
■ improvement of the land,, which is only sold lor
3-/ ; ,al improvement. The result has been, That j
within the past year, some three hundred houses have
been erected, two mills, one steam, four stores, some
forty vinvnros and peach orchards, planted, and a
large number of other improvements, making it a
desirable ar,d active place oi business.
THE MARKET,
as the reader rnav perceive from its location, is the ■!
BEST IN THE UNION,
Products bringing double the p r ice than in loca
tions away from the city, anif more than double tile
price :n the West. It is known that the earliest
and bst fruits and vegetables in this latitude come ,
from New Jersey, and arc annually exported to the
extent of millions.
!n locating here, the settler has many advantages )
He is within a few hours ride "f toe great cities of j
New England and Middle country .vrkrre every im- j
pro-cement of comfort end civilization is at hand.— :
fie can buy every article he weots at the cheapest i
price,an I sej| his produce for the highest, (in the j
West this is reversed,) he has schools lor his chil
dren, divine service, and will am joy an open winter,
and delightful climate, where fevers are utterly un
known. The result of the change upon those from !
the north, has generally been to restore them to an
excellent state of health.
Jn the way of building and improving, lumber 1
T>nc he obtained at the mills at the rate of $3O to
$l5 per thousand. Bricks from the brick yard
opened in the place, every article can be procured',
in tLe place; good carpenters are at hand, and there
is no place in the Union where buildings and im
provenrn's can b made cheaper.
The reader will at once be struck with the
advmtnges here presented, and ask himself why the .
property has not been taken up before. The reason j
is, it was never thrown in the market; and
the?p statements were correct, no one would be in- •
vited to examine the land before purchasing. This
all are expected to do. They will sell laud under J
cultivation, such is the extert of the settlement that '
they will no doubt, meet persons from their own J
neighborhood; they will witness the improvements-!
andean judge the character ofthe population. 1.
they come'with a view to settle, they should corns
prepared to stay a day or two and be ready to pur- i
cease, as locations cannot be held on refusal.
There are two daily trains to Philadelphia, and'
to all fettlers who improve, THE RAH.KOAD COMPAN J ;
GIVES A FREE TICKET roe. SIX MONTHS AND A UALL
riICETICKIT FOR TTIP.EE TEAKS.
THE TOWN OF HA.MMONTON.
In connection with the agricultural settlement,
a new and thriving town has naturally arisen, which 1
presents inducements for ar.y kind of business, !
particularly stores and manufactories. The Shoe
business could be carried on in this place and market t
to good advantage, also cotton business, and man
ufactories of agricultural implements or Foundries
for casting small articles. The improvement hrs
b"en so rapid as to insure a constant and permanent •
increase of business. Town lots of a good size, we
do not sell small ones, as it would afiect the in
provement of the place, car. be had'at from $ll9
and upwards.
The Hammonton Farmer, a monthly literary ard *
agricultural sh"et, containing full information of
Hammonton, can he obtained at 25 cents p°r annu n.
Title indisputable—warrantee deeds given, clear
of all incumbrance when money is paid. Route to j
the land : leave Vine street wharf, Philadelphia far
Himrr onton by Railroad, 7 iA. ?!.. or ! I P. M. I
Fa eOO eerie. When there inquire for Mr. Byrne*. |
Boarding conveniences on hand. Parti"* had better I
stop with Mr. Byrnes, a principal until they have
derided as to purchasing, a* he will show them over
tti lard in his carriage, free of expanse. Letters
and applications can be addressed to Lawfis St Byrnes, I
Humuionton P. 0., Atlantic Co., New Jersey, or j
i>. B. Coughlin, 202 Sou'h Fifth Street, Philadelphia. •
Maps and information cheerfully furnis bed.
Aug. 19, 1859—6 m.
Allegheny Male and Female Seminary,
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FACULTY.
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guages and Philosophy.
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Rev. B. F. Stevens, Lecturer on Morai PhiloMF- |
phy &c.
IVm. A Stephens, Prof, of English Grammar stc.
Dr. J. Hughes, Lecturer on Anatomy kc.
Mrs. E. V. Osborne, Preceptress, Teacher of Draw- ]
* ing French, Botauy 8:c.
B- F. Droit, Prof, of Instrumental Music.
Price of Tuition for term of 11 weeks. j
Common English Branches S3 26-
Higher Branches, including common, each 81* j
Latin and Greek, each 2 00
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Boak-keeping and Commercial calculations 1 50
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Drawing 250 j
Colored crayon, and water colors, each 3 00
Oil painting 5 00
Hair and wax fiowers, each 3 00
Pellis work 300 i
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Board S 1 75 per week including room rent, foel, ;
furniture kc. This is one of the best, and cheapest
•nstitutions in the country. The whole expense perl
<rm need not be more than twenty-five dollars.— j
Second Quarter of iuoiffltr session commences
August -5, 1859.
Teacfaprs will be instructed free of charge in the ■
Nirrral Department.
For particulars, address the Principal.
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r IMiE H AMMONTON FARAIER—A new
X paper devoted to Literature and Agricul
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tlantent of Hammonton, in New Jersey, can be sub
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of the best quality, in one of the healthiest and most
delightful climates in the Union, and where crops
We never cut down by frosts, tint terrible scourge
°f the north, see advertisement of Hammonton
Lands.
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NO SURRENDER.
Ever constant, ever true,
Let the word b% No surrender !
Boldly dare and greatly do !
This shall bring us bravely through,
No surrender, No surrender !
And though Fortune's smile, be few,
Hope is always springing new,
Still inspiring me and you
With a magic—No surrender!
Nail the colors to the mast,
Shouting gladly, No surrender f
Troubles near are all but past—
Serve them as yon did the last,
No surrender, No surrender!
Though the skies be overcast,
And upon the sleety blast
Disappointments gather fast,
Beat them oil with No surrender f
Caßstant and courageous still,
Mind the word is, No surrender !
Battle,tho' it be up-hill,
Stagger not at seeming ill.
No surrender, No surrender !
Hope,—and thus your hope fulfil
There's away where there's a will,
Aiel the way all cares to kill,
Is to give them—No surrender !
THE INDEPENDENT FA 11 MER
BY U . W. I'OSDICK.
Let sailors sing the windy deep,
Let soldiers praise their armor,
But in my heart this toast I'll keep,
The Independent Farmer.
When first the rose, in robe oi green.
Unfolds its crimson lining,
And 'round bis cottage porch is seen
The honeysuckle twining,
When banks of bloom their sweetness yield,
To bees that gather honey,
lie drives his team across the field,
Where skies aie soft and sunny.
!
The blackbird clucks behind the plow,
The quail pipes loud and clearly;
Yon orchard hides behind its bough
The home he loves so dearly ;
The gray old barn, whose doors unfold
His ample store in measure,
i
.Moierich than heaps of hoarded gold,
A precious, blessed treasure;
But yonder in the porch there stands
His wife, the lovely charmer,
The sweetest rose on all his lands :
The Independent Farmer.
To him the spring comes dancing gay.
To him the summer blushes,
The autumn smiles with yellow ray,
His .deep old winter hushes;
He rsres not how the world may move.
No doubts or fears confound him:
His little flock are linked in love,
And household angels 'round him ;
He trusts in God, and loves bis wife,
Nor grief nor ill may harm her :
He'ij nature's nobleman in life—
The Independent Farmer. J
THE OCEAN DEPTHS.
A DIVER'S TALE.
The life of one who explores the mysterips ■
of the sea, is not more perilous than fascinating.
The charm of terror hangs around it anil the
interminable succession of exciting events ren
ders it dear to its professor. Not to the com
mon diver of the East, who can remain but for j
a fraction ol time beneath the wave, and grope
fearfully among rugged ocean mounds, but to
the adebt in the civilized mode of diving, who,
in his protective armor, may remain submerged
for hours, and wander, with impunity, for
miles along those unknown regions far below
the sea —to him are laid open the horrors of
the watery creation, and he may gaze upon
such scenes as Arabian stories tell us were
presented to the fearful eyes ot Abdallah. To
him the most thrilling occurrences ofthe upper
world seem frivolous ; lor in his memory, he
retains thoughts that may well chill the soul
with dread. I
I am a diver—a diver |from choice—and I
am proud of my profession. Where is such
courage required as needed here ? It is no
thing to be a soldier ; a diver, however—but I
forbear. I will tell my story and leave others
to judge concerning it.
An appalling shipwreck occurred, not long
ago, upon the wildest part of the coast of New
Foundland. The tidings of this calamity
reached the ears of thousands ; but amid the i
BEDFORD, PA. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9,1859.
crowd ot accidents which followed in quick
succession, it was soon forgotten—not by us,
| however. We found that the vessel had sunk
i upon a spot where the water's depth was by
J no means great, and that a daring man might
I easily reach her.
She was a steamer called the Marmion, and
had been s*en going suddenly down, without an
instant's warning, by some fishermen near by.
Sh- had undoubtedly struck a hidden rock, and
had thus been, in on? moment, destroyed.
I spoke to myjassociatcs of the pian, and they
approved it. No time was lost in making the
necessary preparations, and a short time beheld
us embarked in our small schooner for the
sunken ship. There were sis of lis, and we
anticipated extraordinary success.
1 was the leader, and generally ventured
upon any exploits in which there was uncom- |
mon danger not that the others were cowards : i
on the contrary : they were all brave men, but i
1 was gifted with a coolness and presence of
mind of which others were destitute. As two I
persons were needed in order to explore the
Marmion, I had selected as nv companion a
young fellow, whose steadiness and dauntless
courage had several times before been fearfully
tested.
It was a ca!m and plpa?3nt day, but the
southern and eastern horizon looked deceitful.
Smali suspiciou clouds were gathered there,
j ill of aspect, and "sneaking fellows, regular
; hang-dog fellows," as my comrade, Rimmer,
; remarked to me. Nevertheless, we were not
I to be put off by a little cloudiness in the sky,
i but boldly prepared to venture. So deep was
ithe water, that no vestige of a ship's mast re
mained above the surface, to point out the r*s
j ting place of the Marmion. We were com-
I pel led, therefore, to select the scene of opera
j tions according to the best of our ability.—
i Down went the sails of our schooner, and Rim
j mer and I put on our diving armor. ,We fixed
; our helmets tightly, and 'screwed on the hose.
| One by one each clumsy article was adjusted,
j The weights were hung, and were ready.
"It looks terrible blackish, Berton," said
I Rtmmer to me.
"Oh," I replied, gaily, "it's only a little
' mist—all right."
; "Ah 1" lie uttered a low exclamation, which
• sounded hollow from his cavernous helmet.
; "All ready," I cried, in a loud voice, which
i they, however, could not easily iii-tingui;.h.—
Then making a proper sign, I was swung over
i the side.
; J) >wn we went, [ first, and Rimmer close
; behind rne. It did not take a long time for us
ito reach the bottom. We found ourselves
j upon what seemed a broad plain, sloping
j downward toward the south, and rising slightly
j toward the north. Looking forward then, a
I
; dim, black object arose, which our experienced
f eyes knew to be a lolty rock.
1 I motioned to Rimmer that we should pro
| ceed there.
! I cannot tell the strangeness of the sensa
| tion felt by one who first walk 3 fhe bottom of
; thesea. There are a thousand objects, fitted to
! excite astonishment, even in the mind of him
: who has dared the deed a hundred times. All
! around us lay the plain, covered by water :
j but here the eye could not pierce far away as
i as in the upper air, for the water, in the dis
j tance, grew opaque, and seemed to fade awav
into misty darkness. There was no sound.
; , # '
i except the incessant gurgie which was pro
' duced by she escape ofair from the breast-valve
j and the splash caused by our passage through
• the waleis. \V.> walked on at a good pace ;
; for 11; is armor, which seems so clumsy up a
i bove, is excellent below, and offers little in
j convenience to the practical wearer.
Fislms in crowds were around us. Fishes ol
every shape met our eyes no matter where thev
turned. They swam swiftly by us :thev spor
ted in the water above us ; they raced and
chased one another in every direction. Here
I a shoal of poipoise3 tumbled along in clumsy
gambol?, there a grampus might be seen rising
slowly to the surface ; here an immense num
be iol smaller fish flashed past us; ther-ome huge
ones with ponderous forms, floated in the water
lazily. Sometimes three or four placed them
selves directly before us, and solemnly wor
| king their gills. There they would remain,
j (ill we would come close up to them, and then,
with a start, they would dart away.
All this lime we were walking onward along
the bottom ol the sea, while above us, like a
blactc cloud in the sky, we would see our boat
slowly moving onward upon the surface of the
I water. And not more than a hundred yards be
j fore us, we could see the towering form of that
| ebony rock, which had first greeted our eyes
| from a far. As yet we could not be certain
! that this was the place where the Marmion
had struck. But soon a round, black object
became discernible as we glanced at the rocky
base.
Rimmer struck on my arm, and pointed. I
signed assent, and we moved on more quickly,
i A few momenta elapsed ;we had come nearer
Freedom of Thoaght and Opinion.
to the rock. The black object now looked
like the stern of a vessel whose hull lay there.
Suddenly, Simmer struck me again, and
pointed upward. Following the direction ot
: his hand, I looked up, and saw the surface ot
! the water ail foamy and in motion. There
was a momentary thrill through my hpart,
but it passed over. Vv r e were in a dangerous
position. The storm was coming; on.
But should we turn back now, when we
were si near the object of our search ? Already
it lay before us. We were close beside it.—
No, I would nnf. I signalized to Rimmer to
go forward, and we still kept our course.
Now the rock rose up befjre us, black, rug
ged, dismal. Its rough sides were worn by
the action of the water, and, in some places,
were covered by marine plants and nameless j
i ocean vegetation. We passed onward, we j
j clambered over a spur, which jutted from tiie '■
Hill, anil there lay the steamer. The Alarm- I
i°n—there she lav upright, with everything!
still stanuing. Sue had gone right down and j
had settled in such a position among the rocks!
that she stood upright there, iust a3 though she !
lay at her wharf. We rushed eag-rly along '
and clambered up her side. There was alow
moan in the water, which sounded warningly i
in our ears, and told of a swift approaching j
danger. What was to be done, must De!
done speedily. We hurried forward. j
Rimmer rushed to the cabin. I went forward
to descend into- the hold. I descerided the
ladder. I walked into the engineer's room.—
All was empty here, all was water. The!
waves of tiie ocean had entered, and were spor- j
ting with the works of man. I went into the '
freight room. Suddenly, I was startled by '
an appalling noise upon the deck. The heavy i
footsteps o{ some one, running as though in
mortal fear, or most dreadful haste, sounded in i i
my ears. Then mv heart throbbed wildly : I
tor it was a fearful thing to hear, far down in j
the silent depths of the ocean.
Pshaw I it's only Rimmer ! '
I hur liv ascended the deck by the first out
let tliatVppeare d — When f speak of hurry, J
speak of the quickest movement possible, when
cumbered with so much armor. But this
movement of mine was quick : I rushed up
ward ; sprang out upon the deck.
Jt was jßimmer !
He stepped forward and clutched mv arm.
He pressed it with a convulsive and
pointed to the cabin.
I attempted to go there.
He stamped liis foot, and tried to hoid me
bach. lie pointed to the boat, and implored m
vvith frantic gestures to go up.
It is appalling to witness the horror-struck
sou! trying to express itself by signs. It is aw
ful to see these signs when no iace is plainly
visible, and no voice is heard. I could not see
his face plainly, but his eyes, through his
heavy mask, glowed like coals ct fiiv.
*I will go !" I exclaimed. I sprang from
him. He clasped his hands together, but
dared not foiiow.
Good heavens ! I thought, what fearful thine
is here ? What scene can be so dreadful as to
paralyze the soul of a practiced diver. I will
see for myself.
I walked forward. 1 came to the cabin door,
r entered the lor ward saloon, but saw nothing.
A feeling of contempt came fo me. iiimmershail
not come with me again, I thought. Yet I
was awe-struck. Down in the depths of the
sea thrre is only silence—oh, how solemn ! i
paced the long saloon, which had echoed with
the shrieks of tiie drowning passengers. Ah!
there a. e thoughts which sometimes fill the
soul, which are only feit by those to whom
scenes of sublimity are familiar. Thus think
ing, I walked to tiie after cabin and entered—
Oh, God of heaven !
Had not inv hand clenched the door with a
grasp which mortal terror had made convulsive,
i should have fallen to the floor. I stood
nailed to the spot. For there before me stood
a crowd of people—men and women—caught
in the last death struggle by the overwhelming
wateis, and fastened to the spot, each in the
position in which Heath had found him. Each
one had sprung from his ciiair at the shock
of the sinking ship, and with one common
emotion all had started lor the door. Bat the
waters oi the sea had been too swift for them.
Lo ! then—some wildly grasping the table,
others the sides of the cabin—there they all
stood. Pit-ai the door was a crowd of people,
(leaped one upon another—some on the floor,
others rushing over them—all seeking, madly,
to gain the outlet. There was one who sought
to clamber over the table, and still was there
holding on to an iron post. So strong was
each convulsive grasp, so fierce the strug
gle of each with death, that their hold had not
yet been relaxed ; but each one stood and
looked frantically to tiie door.
To the door—good God ! To me, to me
tliey were looking ! They were glancing at
me, all those dreadful, those terrible eyes!—
eyes in which the fire ot life had been displa
ced by the chilling gleam of death—eyes
] which still glared, like the eyes of a maniac
. with no expression. They froze me with theii
I cold and icy stare. They had no meaning, for
I the sou! had gone. And this made it still
more horrible than it could have been in life:
for the appalling contortion of their faces, ex
pressing fear, horror, despair, and whatever
else the human soul may feel, contrasting
with the cold and glassy eyes, made their
vacancy yet more fearful. He upon the fable
seemed more fiendish than the others; his long
blaclc hair was disheveled, ana floated horriblv
down—and his beard and moustache, all
loosened by (he water, gave hirn Ihe grimness
of a demon.—Oh, what woe and torture, what
unutterable agonies appeared in the despairing
i glance of those faces—faces twisted into
j spasmodic contortions, while the souls that
| lighted them were writhing and struggling for
! 1: fe.
I heeded not the dangerous sa which, even
j when we tonched the steamer,had slightly rolied
J down in these awful depths the swell would
j not be very strong, unless it should increase
i with ten-fold fury above. But it had been in
creasing, though I had not noticed it., and the
motion of the water began to be felt in these
abysses. Suddenly the steamer was shaken
and rocked by the swell.
At th;s the hideous forms were shaken and
fell. The heaps of people rolled asunder.
1 hat demon on the table seemed to make a
spring directly towards me. I fled, shrieking
ail were after me, I thought. I rushed out,
with no purpose but to escape. 1 sought to
throw off my wpighfs and rise.
My weights could not b< loosened—l pulled
at them with frantic exertion, bnt could not
looseh them. The iron fastenings had grown
stifF. One of them I wrested off in my convul
sive eflorts, but the other still kept me down.
The tube, also was lying down*siill in mv pas
sage-way through the machine room?. I did not
know this until I had exhausted my strength, !
arid almost my hope in vain',efforts to loosen the
weight, and still the horror of that scene in the
cabin rested upon me.
Where was ftimmer ? The thought flashed
acros? me. He was not there. He had return
ed. Two weights lay near, which seemed
thrown of] in terrible haste. Yes, Rimmer had
gone. I looked up ; there they lav, the boat
tossing and rolling among the waves.
I rushed down into the machine room, to go
back, so as to loosen roy tube. J had gone
through passages carelessly, and this lav there,
for it was unrolled from above as I went on. I
went back in haste to extricate myself: I could
stay here r.o longer, lor if all the gold of Goi- J
conda was in the vessel, I would not stay in
company with the dreadful dead !
Bar,!: bar lent wings to my feet. 1 hurried
down stairs into the lower hold onc° mare, and
retraced my steps through the passives below.
I walked" back to the place into which I had
first descended. It was dark : a new feeling of
horror shot through me. I looked up. The ap
erture was closed !
Heavens ! was it closed by mortal hand ?
Had Rimmer, in his panic flight, blindly thrown
down the trap-door, which I now remembered
to have seen open when 1 descended, or had I
some fearful being from the cabin—that demon
who sprung toward ir.e ?
I started back in terror.
But 1 could not wait here ; I must go; I must
.
escape from this den of horrors. I sprang up
the ladder, and tried to raise the door. It re
sisted my efforts ; 1 put my helmeted head a
gainst it, and tried to raise it ; the rung of the
iadd-r broke beneath roe, but the dcot was not
raised ; my tube came down through it and kept j
itsliongiy expanded by close wound wire. |
I seized a bar of iron and tried tc pry it up ;
I raised it slightly, but there was no way to get
it up further. I looked around, and found some j
blocks with these I raised the heavy door, lit- j
lie by little, placing a block in to keep what I j
had gained. But the work was slow, and iabo- I
rious, and 1 had worked a long while before I :
had raised it four inches.
The sea rolled more and more. The sub-;
merged vessel fell its power, and rocked.— !
Suddenly it wheeled over, aud lay upon its
side. j,
I ran around to get on the deck abovp, to try
and fill up the door. But when 1 came to the
other outlet, I knew it was impossible; for the!
tube would Dot permit me to go so far, and then j J
I would rather have died a thousand deaths than i |
have ventured again so near the cabin. .
1 returned tothe lallen door 1 sat down in |
despair and waited for death. I saw no hope j
of escape. This, then, was to be my end.
But the steamer gave a sudden lurch, again j
acted upon bv the powpr of the waves. She (
had been balanced upon a rock, in such away j j
that slight action of the water was sufficient to .
tip her over. j c
She cracked, on the ground, and labored and '
then turned upon her side.
I rose ; I clung to the ladder ; 1 pressed the y
trap door open, while the steamer lay with her ; s
deck perpendicular the ground. I sprang ; |
out, and touched the bottom of the sea. It was i
in good time ; for a moment after, the mass went i t
back again. i
WHOLE DUMBER 2566.
f Then, with the last effort, I twisted the iron
r' fastening of the weight which kept me down }
r I jerked it. It was loosened, it broke, it fell,
j In a moment I began to ascend, and in a tew
minutes I was floating on the water—for the
5 i.r which is pressed down for the diver's con*
sumption, constitutes a buoyant mass, which
r raises him up troin the sea.
y i hanks to heaven ! There was the strong
boat, with my bold, brave men ! They felt me
iis:ng ; they saw me, and came and saved me.
' Rimmer had fled from the horrid scene when
-> I entered the cabin, but remained in the boat
i to : ,A nd his aid. He never went down again,
I but became a sea captain. As for me, I still go
3 down, bnt only to vessels whose crews have
been saved.
It is needless to say that the Marmion was
I never again visited.
t i "CJRRMGE,SIR
i ;
1 : The Commercial Bulletin gets off the foilow
f ng, which is rather a good one :
Last week a gentleman from the West, yfs
' iting Koston for the first lime, to attend the
Trade Sales, arrived via the land route from
New York, about midnight. On leaving the
train, he secured the services of a hackman,and
directed him to drive to the United States Hotel.
Jarvey seized his valise, packed his Dassenger
into the coach, with unumai alacrity, and leap
ed upon his box, cracked his whip, and rattled
otFlhrough the almost deserted streets at a spank
ing rat-. Away they went, up one steel and
down another, until at last the panting horses
were reined up before the broad portico of
the United Statps.
"How much, driver ?" inquired the passen
ger.
" Fifty cents, sir—reg'lar fare, sir. All we're
'low'd to charge sir, said Jarvey, politelv.
"Ah ! very reasonable," was the satisfied re
mark, as he paid over the half-dollar, "and
here s a dime extra, for driving me up so quick
ly-''
Coacby grinned h3 thanks, leaped upon his
vehiclp, and rattled off.
Next morning our western friend receivd a
call from one of his Boston acquaintances, and
in course of conversation, happened to mention
his arrival the night previous, and his ride up
to the hotel.
11 Ride up ."' exclaimed h':s friend. "Why
you don't mean to say you rode to this house,
i from the Western depot?"
"Certainly I do. You don't think I wonld
walk all that distance,do you!"
"A!! that distance!" repeated the other, eye
ing the vigorous underpinning of his friend.
"Why how far from here do you suppose the
railroad statioo is?"
"Judging from the rid-, about a mile. How
tar is it ?"
"Just across the street—possibly ten step*
—it may be a uozen," was the reply ot the other
as he pointed to the station from the window.
"You have been the victim of a hack driver.
These men are becoming as bad as their breth
ren in New York."
"No, sir," was the decided reply. "There
was one circumstance about that ride which
wonld have made me sure I was in Boston and
not in New York !"
"What was it?" asked the other.
"Why the drover charged me fifty cents in
stead office dollars!"
A Mistake.— A young gentleman who had
b-en paying (under a protest from her father;
hi? addresses to a young lady, and had almost
given it up as a hopeless case, obtained an eli
gible situation in a foreign mercantile house.
.Meeting a ladv of his acquaintance soon after
he had arranged to go abroad, he said to
her: 'lf you will promise never to tell it to
any one, I'll confide to you a secret."
"0 no! ol course I'll never mention it," said
the lady.
He whispered in her ear—
'My fortune is made, I am going to Havre!'
'You don't say so! When?'
They separated and the next day the father of
the young lady appearing before onr hero, flour
ishing a big cane in his right hand, demanded to
know, 'by what authority he had proclaimed
that he was about to marry his daughter?'
The vcung man denied ihe soft impeachment.
' You did." roannl his wouldn't be father in
law: 'You told Miss Thrc-e-em-dash that you
was going to hav- her next week?"
'And so 1 am—to sail for the port of Havre
on the Humbolt.'
The old gent sloped.— Boston Museum.
ft?" A member of the Mississippi Legislature __
at one of its sessions, introduced a bill to change
the name of a certain county in that State to £ W gf
Cass county. One of the opposition moved, as
an amendment, the letter C be stricken out of the
proposed name. This motion created some
laughter at the expense of the member offering.
Nothing daunted, however, he arose in reply T.lward
and said : "Mr. Speaker, this is the first
that has come to my knowlede in which a meHelv "in
ber has had the assurance, upon the floo " -mmt,
any legislature, to propose to name a co<f* r,on9 h * v
after himself.
old toper in the last stage of r
was told by his physician that nothir^ ~~~~
save him but being 4 tapped.' His son® EAPER
little shaver, here let in,saying :'Do* l Jhe farmers of
it papa, for you know there ne*/" 5 ' th *
thing tapped in our bouse that ALStpf
a fortnight.
701. 3, NO. 6.