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Vol. 5. No, 25.
LIFE'S GUIDING STAR.
The youth whose bark is guided o'er
A summer's stream by zephyr's breath,
"With idle gaze delights to pour .
On imagined skies that glow beneath,
Rut should a fleeting storm arise .
To shake -awhile the watery way.
Quick lifts to heaven his anxious eyes,
And speeds to reach some sheltering bay.
'Tis thus, down times eventful tide,
While prosperous breezes gently blow,
Iu life's frail bark we gaily glide;
Our hopes, our thoughts all fixed telaw,
Hut let one cloud the prospect dim,
The wind its quiet stillness mar,
At once we raise our prayer to Him
Whose light is Ufcs best guiding star.
THE SOFT ANSWER.
EY T. S. ARTHUR.
'I'll give him law to his heart's con
tent, the scoundreP." said Singleton, walk
ing backward and forward, ia an angry
tate of -excitement.
"Don't call harsh names, Mr. Single
ton," said lawyer Trucman, looking up
from the mass of papers before liim, and
smiling in a quiet, benevolent way that
was peculiar to him. "
'Every man should be known by his
true name. Williams is a scoundrel, and
so he ought to be called!" responded the
excited client, with increasing warmth.
"Did you ever do a reasonable tiling in
your life when you were angry?" asked
Mr. Trucman, whose age and respecta
bility gave him the license to speak thus
freely to his young friend, for whom he
was endeavoring to arrange some busi
cess difficulties with his former partner.
"I can't say that I ever did, Mr. True
man; bui now, I have good reason for be
ing angry, and the language that" I use, in
reference to Williams, is but the expres
sion of a sober and rational conviction,"
replied Singleton, a little more calmly.
"Did you pronounce him a scoundrel
-tpfore you received this reply to your last
letter?" asked Mr. Trueman.
"No, I did not; but that, letter confirm
ed ray previously formed impressions of
liis character."
"But I cannot find, in that letter, any
evidence proving your late partner to bq a
dishonest man. He -will not agree to
your proposed mode , of settlement, lie
cause he does not see it to be the most
proper way."
"He won't agree to it, because ills an
lionest and equitable mode of settlement,
that is all! He wants to over-reach me,
:ind is determined to do so if he can!"
responded Mr. Singleton, still excited.
"There you are decidedly wrong,"
said the lawyer. "You have both -allowed
yourselves to become angrv, and are
both unreasonable; and if I must speak
plainly, I think you arc the most unrea
sonable, in the present case. Two angry
men can never settle any business pro
perly. You have unnecessarily increas
ed the difficulties in the way of a speedy
settlement, by writing Mr. Williams an
angry letter, which he has responded to
in the like unhappy temper. Now, if I
am to settle this business for you, I must
write all the letters that pass to Williams
in future."
"But how : can you properly express
my views and feelings?" -
"That I do not wish to do, if you
views and feelings are to remain as thev
now are for any-thing like an adjust
ment of the difficulties, tinder such cir--eumstances,
P should censidcr hopeless,"
replied Mr. Trueman. "
: "Well, let me answer this letter, and
after that, I promise that you shall have
your own way." "
"No, I shall consent to no such thing.
It is the reply to that letter which is to
modify the negotiation for a settlement,
in such a way as to bring success or fail
ure; and I have no idea of allowing you,
an the present state- of your mind, to
write such an one as will most assuredly
defeat an amicable adjustment." . ' -
. Singleton paused for some time before
making a reply. He had been forming in
his mind a most cutting and bitter rejoin
der to the letter just alluded to, and was
desirous that Mr. Williams should have
the benefit of knowing that he thought
liim a "tricky and deliberate scoundrel,"
with other opinions of a similar character.
He found it, therefore, impossible to
make up his mind to let the unimpassion
ed Mr. Trucman write this most impor
tant epistle.
. "Indeed, I must write this letter, Mr.
Trueman," he said. "There are some
tilings that I want to say to him,. .which I
know you won't write. You don't seem
to consider the position in which he has
placed me by that letter, nor what is ob
ligatory upon me as a man of honor. ., I
never allow any man to reflect upon me,
directly or indirecily,' without a prompt
response."
"There if, in the" Bible," said Mr.
Trueman, "a passags that is peculiarjy ap
plicable m the present case. It is this
"A soft answer turneth away wrath, but
jrrwvous wor.'s snr up anger. I have
found this preempt, in a life that has oul-
numbered more than double your years,
to be one that may be safely and honora
bly adopted, in all casesj -" You blame
j Mr. Williams for writing yon'" an angry
letter, and are indignant at certain expres
sions contained therein. Now, is it any
more ngni ior you to write an angry let
ter, with cutting epithets, than it is for
him?"' : . v. :
"But, Mr. Trucman" - r .
"I do asssureyou, my young friend,"
said the lawyer, interrupting him, -lhal I
am acting ia this case tor your benefit, and
not for my own; and, as your lgal advi
ser, you must submit to my judgment or
I cannot censent to go' on." '
"If I will promise not t& use any harsh
language, will you not consent to let me
write the letter?" urged the client. V ' ' 'v
"You and I, in the present stale of
your mind, could not possibly -'come at
the same conclusion in reference to what
is harsh and what is mild,"s3id Mr True
man; '.'therefore I cannot' consent that
you shall write one word of the proposed
reply I must write it." ;:
"Well, I suppose, then, I shall have to
submit. When will it be ready?";
-"Come this afternoon, and I will give
you the draft, which you can copy and
sijrn.
In the afternoon, Mr. Singleton came,
and received the letter prepared by Mr.
Trucman. It ran thus, after the da:e 'and
formal address- :-
"I regret that the proposition did not
meet your approbation. The mode of
settlement which I suggested was the re
suit of a careful consideration of pur mu
tual interest?., -Be 'kind enough to sui
gest to Mr. ! Trueman, my lawyer, any'
plan which you' think will lead lo an ear
ly and amicable adjustment of our ' busi
ness. You may rely upon my r consent
to it, if it meets hi? spprobation."
"Is it possible, Mr. Trueman, that you
expect me to sign such a cringing letter as
that?" said Mr. Singleton, throwing it
down and walking backward and forward
with great irritation of manner.
.' "Well, what is your objection, to it?"
replied Mr. Trueman, mildly, for he was
prepared for such an exhibition of feeling.
"Objection! How can you ask such a
question? - Am I to go on my knees to
him, and beg him to do me justice? No!
I'll sacrifice every cent I've got in the
world first, the scoundrel!"
"You wish to have your business set
tled, do you not?" asked Mr. Trueman,
looking him steadily in the face.
"Of course I do honorably settled!"
"Well, let rac hear what you mean by
an honorable settlement."
The young man hesitated a moment,
and then said, . . - - ".;
"Why, I mean" -
"You mean a setdement in which your
interest shall bo equally considered .with
that of Mr. Williams." . - .
"Yes, certainly, and thai"- "
"And that," continued Mr. Trueman.
"Mr. Wiliiams in the settlement shall
consider and treat you as a gentleman?"
"Certainly I do; but that is more than
he has done." ' -' ' '
"Well, nevermind. Let what is past
go for as much as ii is worth. The prin
cipal point of action is in the present." "
"But I'll never send that mean cringing
letter,' though." ; ; ' "
"You mistake its whole tenor, I do
assure you, Mr." Singleton. You have
allowed your angry feelings to blind you.
You certainly carefully considered before
you adopted it, the - proposed basis of a
settlement, did you not?""""
"Of course I did." - -
, "So the letter which I have prepared for
yoa states. Now, as an honest and hon
orable man, you arc, I am sure, willing
to grant to him the same privilege which
you asked for yourself, viz: that of pro;
posing a plan of settlement; v : Yoitr pro
position does not - seem to pleasc; him;
now it is but fair that ho should be invi
ted to state how he wishes the settlement
to be made -and in giving such. an invi
tation, a gentleman should prove use
gentlemanly language." " " V
'Buti he don't deserve to' be treated
like a ' gentleman. In fact he has no
claim to the title," said the voung man.v :'
"If he has none, as you say, ' vol' pro
fess to bk a gentleman, and all gentlemen
should by their actions and words" that
thcy. are CENTLE-men." 1 . ' 1 .
"I can't say that I am convicted by
what you say; but, as you seem' to bo
bent upon having it your own way, why,
here, let me copy the thing : and sign it'
said, the young man,' suddenly changing
his mauner. " " -
"There, now," he added, passing a
cross the table the briel letter he had cop-
j ied, "I suppose he'il think me a Iow-spir-
(aWnw. nffrr ' hfi erf 1a llirit luit tip's
wistaken. After it's all over Til take
,wi .,.11 i,:. i ,i;,i't
i uuu idiu 11 icii liiui itiai it, vault k kuiiMiu
my sentiments.' ' " - " . "
. Mr. Trueman smiled,' as he took the
letter, and went on to fold and direct it.
. "Come to-morrow ' afternoon, and I
lliink well have tilings in a, pretty fair
way,' he said, looking up with 'hi usu
al, pleasant smile, as he finished the dircc
lion of tlie letter. ' . ' -
"Good afternoon Mr! Sindeton,"' he
said, as that gentleman entered hi3 office
on tlte fuccecding day.' ' ' ' ". V
"Geod afternoon responded the you n
man. ."Well, have you heard from that
milk-and-water letter of yours? - I can't
call it rains." - . ' --.r : -- 7
- "Yes here is the answer. .- Take a scat,
and I will read it to you," said the bid.
gentleman.
."Well, let's hear it,'
- ."Dear, George: I have your kind and;
gentlemanly note of yesterday, in reply
to my harsh, unreasonable, and ungentle-
manly one of the day. before. We havc
I 4 j , r , , .
both been playing the fool; but vVou are
: ahead of mc in becoming sane. - I have
examined, since I gotyour disposition for; which is principally occupied with; the
a settlement, and it meets my views pre-; details of the battles in the vicinity of
cisely. , My foolish anger kept, me.trom -Saif Gabriel," and at "Mesa," on the
seeing it betore. - Jet our mutual friend, 0 , , , r . . , , , ' ,
'p,n0m,n tt, - - -i 8tn and 9i!i of January, which led to the
31 r. I rueman, arrange tlie matter accord-- .
ing to the plan mentioned, - and 1. shall recapture of the city of the Angales. Or
most heartily acquiesce, v Y'onrs, te.i these engagements we published abrief
-,Tos. AVilliajis." statement yesterday, which appears to be
: .He never wrote : that letter in -the substantially correct. ' We copy, how
world!' exclaimed Singleton, starting- to r .u i r . r n
his feet " -. , . ' i evcr' .California:! the following
- "You know his writing, I presume,'1 ' a"nunciation of the victory: - v; "
said Mr. Trueman, handing him the let-; ' .News from the Seat of War. We
ter. - ; '' ' : V - '. i ' have received by special messenger the
'-. "It's Thomas Williams's own hand, a3 result of the enniremcnt near the Pue-
j I live!" ejaculated Singleton, on glancing
i Jit ihft lptliP. - "Tl- i1-I fi irnrl 'I'll
Williams, the best-natured fellow i in "'the
world! he continued, his feelings under
going : a sudden and entire revolution.
"What a fool I have been!" .
- "And what a fool I have been!" said
Thomas Wiliiams, advancing from an ad
joining room, at the same time extending
his hnnJs towards S.n L:on.
"God bless vou, my dear friend!" ex
claimed Singleton grasping his hand.
"Why, what has been the matter with us !
both?" : - r: : - -
"My young friends," said old Mr True
man, one of the kindest-hearted men in
the world, rising and advancing towards
them, "I have known yu long, and have
always esteemed you both. This pleas
ant meeting and reconciliation, you per
ceive is of my arrangement. Now, let
me give you a precept ; that will make
friends and keep friend. . It has been my
motto through life, and I. don't know that
I have an enemy in the world. It is,
".? soft un-itver lurmth away wfuth,
but grievous won) 's sih vp anger."
FROM CALIFORNIA, r
The Journal of Commerce has receiv
ed, bv wav of Panama, full files of The
Califormax, published at Monterey, Up
per California, under the editorial super
vision of Walter Coltox, Alcalde of
Monterey and Chaplain of the United
Slates frigate Congress, to the 28th Janu
ry last.
. Order and quiet prevailed throughout
Cahfomia. The local outbreaks, resul
ting in a temporary success of the insur
gents, had been suppressed, and of the
restless spirits and adventurers who had
been active in promoting them, all who
had survived the conflicts with our troops
had returned to their homes. . No violent
measures were deemed necessary to be
taken with them. " :
Wc make a few extracts from the Ca
lifornian:" . .. ; - ' -
The Press.- -We have received the
first two numbers of a new paper, 'just
commenced at Yerba Buena. It is is
sued upon a small but very neat sheet, at
six dolors per annum. It is published
and "owned by S. Brannan, the lender of
the .Mormons, v. ho was brought up by
Joe Smith himself, and is consequently
well qualified to unfold and impress the
tenets of his sect. - ; . . r :
Dec 12.- The United States ship Cy-
ane, Capt. S. F. Dupoht, arrived at San !
trancisco Monday week. Since the oc-
cupation of Sun Diego in July last, sher
has been on the coast of Mexico and cap
tured, fourteen prizes; she 'burnt or, de
stroyed one brig and two Mexican gun
boats, the three last" iu her attacks on
Guayinas, and shipped between thirty and
forty guns at San Bias. ' .
Jan. 23. On Thursday Dccember.I3,
IS 16, the launch-belonging to' the United
States sloop-of-war Warren left: Yerba
Buena, on the San Francisco,, for Fort
Sacramento. (Suiters,) for the purpose of
communicating with ihe commandant of
the fort, Capt. EM, Kern. :
She was put in charge of Passed Mid
shipman William 11. , Montgomery, acting
nuster of the U. ,S. sloor-of-war War
ren, -with Midshipman Daniel O. Hugen
nin, of the U. S. slo6p, Portsmouth, as
pilot, and E. M. Montgomery, Clerk to
Commander. -trrT .Mn-'gom.cry,and.
a crew of nine men. George Rodman,,
seaman, coxswain; Anthony Sylvester,
Alexander. McDonald, Samuel t urner,;
Samuel Tiane, Milton Ladd, Jqhii W.
Dawd,.Gilman Hilton, Lawsoh L'ce.. ' '
' After being absent seventeen days, fears
were entertained-lor her saiety,,anu Mr.
Il.T. Hidley was ' sent in search of her,
with the. launch Paul Jones," with" four
men, from the Warren. "7. Mr. Ridley re
turned after an absence t of nineteen days,
having cruised up the, San Joaquin and
the. Sacramento. ; .Nothing,' was heard,
from tlicm; and the conclusion is that the.
launch was lost in the bav. ' '
J " Arrival of the Independence. -This
" noble ship, bearing the broad pennant of
- j Commodore Shubrick, came to anchor in
. our harbor on Friday evening last. She
sailed from Boston on the 29th of, August.
Commodore Shubrick in virtue of his
rank, takes command of all the naval and
land" forces here.. He -'-will, we ' learn,
make a vigorous eflort to establish at
once a civil government in California. .
. , ' "'" ',,( ,
e have ourselves received 1 he Ca-
utornian Lxtra, - ot the VtiU January,
bio dc los Angeles, between the American
forces under command of Commodore
Stockton, and the Culifornians, comman
ded by. Gen. Flores. We consider the
: war in California at an end. It Will be
I the fiist effort of Coin. Shubrick, now
! commander-in-chief, to establish a civil
government, a duty for which he is emi-
nenliy qualifietl. Com. Stockton has per-
formed a brilliant achievement in his
march from San Diego to the Pueblo dp
los Angeles, and in his signal success over
a resolute enemy. 'I he following is his
General Order: . .
Head Quarters. Ciudad de I03
Angeles, January ! 1, 1817."
The commander-in-chief congratulates
the officers and men of the Southern di
vision of the United Slates forces in Ca
lifornia on the, brilliant victories obtained
by, them, over the enemy on the 8th and
9th instant, and on once more taking pos
session of the "Ciudad de los Angeles.".
lie takes the earliest moment to com
mend their gallantry and good conduct,
both "in the battle fought on the8th inst.
on the banks of the "Rio San Gabriel,"
and on the 9th instant on the plains of
the "Mesa.',' , ;
The steady courage , of 'he troops iu
forcing their passage across the "Rio San
Gahrid," where officers and men were
alike employed in. dragging, the guns
throus't the water against the galling lire
of the enemy, without exchanging a shot,
and' their gallant charge , up tho banks
against tha enemy' cavalry, has perhaps
never been surpassed; and the cool deter
mination with v; Inch, in the battle of the
9th, they rqwlsed the charge of cavalry
made by the enemy at the samn time on
their front and rear, has extorted the ad
miration of the enemy, and deserves the
best -thanks of their countrymen.
, R. F. STOCKTON, Governor and
. - .- Commander-iii-Cliief of the Tcr. ,
... ?. of California. -
AVc aleo copy the following paragraplis:
-The PnosrF.cT. We do not appre
hend, another outbreak in California.
The last is a lesson that will not be soon
fo'rgotten. It was started by a few rest
less spirits, and, through adventurers ral
lied itself up into quite a formidable mass.
But it is all over now, and those engaged
in it are returning to their " homes. No
violent measures have been 'taken with
them. They have had their frolic and
fight, and that seems pretty -much rdl they
wanted. ' ' ; '- ' - ' . '
THie friends of order and nil who arc
interested in the soil arc in favor of our
fljg." .Thev do not w ish to go back 16
Mexico.1 They desire to see California
a territory of the United States, and at
length a mejnber ofahc glorious Confede
racy. Wc can1 assure our friends at
home and our Government at-NVashing-lou
that if they- wish to haul down our
ring here it went stay hauled down. It
will go up again in twenty-four hours; as
it .'waves now it will coi.tinue to wavs
when they who read " this are in their
grarrs. 1 ' ' -"" '.' " -' --'
' Politicians and diplomatic functionaries
may) depose of California orr paper as
they please. They may surrender her'to
Mexico, but sho'will not be surrenderrd.
She holds her destiny in her own hands,
and goes with' her whole heart for union
with the United States. A few who have
lost office bv a change of 'flog may, as
the)' have done, oppose it, but they will
be overpowered by the mass of those
who'are interested in the soil. AVe have
all the. intelligence! industry, and enter
prise of California with us. ;'
. Depart i'RF. of.tiik Dale. -The Uni
ted States sloop-of-war Dale leaves to-day
for Panama, where she" will land her com
mander,' W. W, McKcanV Esq.,. whooe
health compels : his return, home. t Wc
part with him with no little leluctance.-
Still we know it is his duty to return. ;
It' is apparently the only means of savir
his life, and even this may fail.
.The -United StaU1? : ship Lexington.
Theodore Bailey, commander; with-. Uni
ted States troops,' arrived at Monterey on
the 28th' Januan-; -" "
" "' "From the Nat: Intelligencer.
THE PLANS OF THE EXECU
TIVE. ' We copied in Thursday's paper ex
tracts from the Washington cot respon
dents of two leading Administration pa
pers, giving "reason to suppose that com
munications were about being opened by
the President of ' the United Slates with
Mexico, with a view to peace. The
terms therein stale. I t j have Jieen propo
sed by our Executive, however, are such
as, if accepted by Mexico, never could
be ratified by the Senate of the United
States, and never-cn become constitu
tionally binding on this people. We say
constitutionally; for the intrigue for
the annexation of Texas, constitutionally
condemned by the treaty-making power,
was yet carried out, in the face and teeth
of the Constitution, by bare majorities of
the two Houses of Congress. In the
same manner, for aught we know, those j
who have for their own ends involved u? t
in this war wiili the neighboring Repub
lic, may connive to saddle upon the Uni
ted States the curse of annexation of one
half of Mexico. . '
. The following additional information,
more exact and probably more to be relied
upon than the extract which we have al
ready published, is from the Washington
correspondence of the Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger, the unraistakeable marks of
which denote official authority for what
is stated in it. ' ,
Besides the other interesting informa
tion it contains, it must be. highly gratify
ing to the People of the United States to
know that "the Order in Council," lately
issued bv the President, without anv sem
blancc of legal authority, is exceedingly
gratifying to Tin: MiNisTr.r.i? or all the
Foreign Powers. Whether they were
called into "Council" on the occasion tho
correspondent of the Ledger docs not
state. We think it quite likely that they
were consulted on the subject.
Correspondence of the Public Ledger.
"Washington, April 18, 1817.
"The rumor which is in circulation
here, to the erlect'Mhat the Administration
means tu give up all the conquered terri
tory Fouth of the thirty-sixth degree ot
parallel, in order to get rid of the Wihnot
proviso, and all its pernicious consequen
ces," is without a shadow of foundation.
Neither the President nor the Cabinet en
tertain such an absurd proposition. The
Irontiers of our country must be fixed ac
ding to strategical prudence, and in refer
ence to military position against so exci
table an 1 peevish a neighbor as Mexico.
The Administration understands this per
fectly, and is. not afraid, as if is charged,
of. meeting the proviso men in the Senate
at the time of the ratification of the trea
ty." - ' -
"The Wl'.mot proviso, "moreover, was
started in a technical point of view, by
men who had to attain another more im
mediate object, and who would only lose
that object by introducing the proviso in
a treaty with Mexico. I have no hesita
tion, therefore, in saying that the basis of
our negotiations with Mexico will l!e A
few degrees south of the thirty-sixth de
gree of latitude in Calitornia, and that
our Government means to hold the Passo
del Norte.
"As to the immediate object ol peace,
I-believe there have been received indi
rect but no direct ofTers of peace thu
far;' that is to say, the proper Department,
is probably from a reliable though not
official source, informed that an oifer of
peace,-on generous terms, would be accep
table to Mexico; but even the most relia
ble source in Mexico may mislead you.
and the men who are willing to treat with
you to-day any not be in power to-morrow.
It is a Herculean task to watch
the political tide in Mexico, in which the
best man may commit many blunders.
Similar causes, in Mexico, are not always
followed by similar e'cts, and eona fide
promises often broken from a want of
ability to perform. While, therefore, no
rcai relijuce'is placed on "the apparent
disposition to treat for peace, of the pre
sent "Mexican rulers, an offer will no
doubt be made by our Government; while,
tit the same time, neither army nor navy
will for. a moment relax in its endeavors
to enforce, peace by constraint. Gen.
Scott will press forward on the route to
Mexico, and the navy will be employed
to seize upon every Mexican port ia the
Gulf, till the whole maritime const is in
our possession, so as to give effect to Mr.
Walker's tarifT for Mexico, and r:dse a
revenue for the expenses of the war. '
"The Ministers of all the foreign Pow
ers have expressed themselves exceeding
ly. gratified with the opening of the Mex
ican ports; and "the measure is, no doubt
calculated to go far in smoothing over certain-asperities,
to which 'all rigid block
ades are liable to give rise with neutrals. "
: -" A letter from a Mot imoras correspon
dent, duted March 25, informs us that
Gen. Tavlor was preparing for an ad
vance oii San Luis Pctosi, ' which he
would commence on the 15th inst. The
letier also states that Gen. Taylor will be
able to take with him eight thousand
troops- quite enough, in the opinion of
tbfl writer, for thfi old hero's nurnases.
f
'Bait. Amer. .........
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Of the Congressional Election which
took phce in the State of Virginia, we
have heird only of the following results,
viz:
The re-election of John S. Pendleton"
(Whig) in the Fairfax district, without
serious opposition; and
The election of John M. Butts (whig)
in the Richmond district by a majority
exceeding three hundred votes! This ii
a Whig gain.
The returns from two counties (Frede
rick and Jefferson) in the. tenth Congres
sional district are unusually cheering, to
much 6 as to induce the hope that An
thony Kennedy (Whig) has been elect
ed over Mr. Bedinuer, the late member,
in a district which in 1811 gave Mr. Polk,
a majority of 700 votes.
Locofoco Gratitude. While Tay
lor was fighting the battle of Buena Vista
on the 21st and 22d Februarythe friends
of President Polk in the United States
Senate were trying to pss the Lieuten
ant General Bill which had for its object
the recall of old Rough and Ready, and
the appointment of that party hack and
mere civilian, Mr. Benton. What a com
ment ia this! When Taylor was leading
the assault on our Mexican foes, the Io
cofoco and Tory Senators were leading
as fierce an assault against him! When
Taylor was exposirg his life on the battlo
field, Herriek and Thompson, and other
Polk men, were denouncing the victor of
Monterey, and trying to pass a virtual
censure uoon him! Patriots! true lovers
of the glory, honor and integrity of your
country, remember these things, and let
them nerve you to exertion in the coming
political contest. Let us sweep from the
places they have desecrated the revilers
ot our nation's bravest champion!
Five Wars. The United States have
been engaged in live wars during their
national existence, viz: the Revolution,
the last war with Great Britain, the war
with Tripoli, the Florida war, and the
Mexican war, and in all of them we have
come off victorious and conquering.
The Difference. Jus. K. Polk,
President of the United States, with a
salary of 23,000 a year contributed fifty
dollars for the relief of suffering Ireland.
Gen. James Irvin, a private citizen, vol
untarily contributed fifty barrels of flour,
equal to three hundred dollars!
Should you meet my true lave.
(OLD GERMAN.)
Should you meet my true love.
Say I greet her well;
Should she ak you how I fare,
Say she best can tell.
Should she ask if I am sick,
Say 1 died of sorrow;
Should she then begin to weep,
' Sav I'll come to-morrow.
A Good One. The Springfield Ga
zette tells a good story about a clergyman,
who lost his horse on Saturday evening.
After hunting in company with a boy,
until midnight, he gave up in despair.
The next day, somewhat dejected at his
loss, he went into the pulpi', and took for
his text the following passage from Job
"O, that I knew where I might find
him!" .
The boy, who had just come in, sup
posing the horse was still the burden ot
thought, cried out
"I know where he is! He's in Dea
con Smith's barn."
A Qtr.sTioN Answered. An exceed
inglv tall gentleman was waikin? with a
very short friend in the midst of a heavy
shower, when the latter observed:
""Bill, ain't it coming down?"
Bill, lifting his shoulders still higher,
answered -
'I don't know how it mav be with
you, but it's raining like blazes up herer
Jl Strong Specific for Curlii Hair.
A' correspondent informs us that he
bought a hotde of this Specific out west,
and applied it once to his pate; which
caused his hair to curl so tight that it rai
sed him oil the tirj.md for two week3,
three days, thirteen minutes and sevea
seconds! -
"John, can yoa tell me the difierence
hetweeu attraction of gravitation and at
traction of cohesion!"
: "Yes, sir, attraction ot jravitation pulls
a drunken man to the groend, and attrac
tion of cohesion prevents his getting up
egain.
An Irishman who h :d just landed, said
the first bit of meat iie ever ate in this
country, was a roasted fotato roiled
yesterday. And if you dn't believe me,
I can shew it lo you, for I have it in rsy
pocket now.
, -
Kittfaep. An Ohio paper nnncuiS
ccs the m.'.rri n of Mrt J. B. Kitum, to.
.Miss Eliza Jam
Louis Reveille.
Kit ton. 'Scat. St.
"There," said Patrick, handing hfm
the money, "?ee how jsv I .might havq
picked your pocket."