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0 The Trivisport
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The great Cyti a Any tvilgltilile aptir, and'
a joyful light filled air, heaven and ocean.
The marble d C.Olll_ l ay motionless far and
- wide over thence') blue sky, and all mem
ory of storm and hurricane had vanished
from the magnificence of that immense
calm.
There was but a gentle fluctuation on the
bosom of the deep, and the sea-birds floated
steadily there, or dipped their wings for a
moment in the wreathed foam, and again
wheeled sportively away into the sunshine.
One ship, only ono single ship, was within
the encircling horizon, sail she hail lain
there as if at anchor since the morning light;
for although all her sails were set, scarcely
a wandering breeze touched her canvass,
and her flags hung dead on stalfand at peak,
' or lifted theoselves uncertainly up atinter•
tale, and then sunk again into motionless
repose. The crew paced not her deck, for
they knew that no breeze would come till
after meridian ; and it was the Sabbath day.
A small congregation were Mtignig mimes
to find un that chapel, which restiil almost
as quietly 011 the sea as the house of wor
ship in ii Inch they had been used to pray,
then rested-far off on a foundation of rock
in a green valley of their forsaken Scotland.
They were umgtauto, nor hoped t err main
to tree the mists of their ,aloe 11101111t1USS
But as they headd the %Ai , : of the ii psalm,
each singer half fm got that itsuch
the sound of the sea, and almost believed
himself tatty, in the kirk of Ins own be
loved parish. Hut Inindieds of hillow)
leagues unervenell bet Ween them sort the
little tinkling WI that was 'tow lolling their'
happier friends to the quiet hr use of Owl. -
And now an old grey-headed man lose to
pray, and held up his withered hands in fer
vent solidi, alum for all around, tt limn in
good tiuth, he callid his children, for three
generations were w ith the pate arch in that
tiikeysaele, There, in—ene group were lion-
LIMAS end wives standing together, m awe
of Him who held the deep in the hollow of
his hand: there, youths and maidens, link
ed together by the feeling of the same &s
-law, soma of them perliaps, hopniw, when
they reached the shore, to lay their heads
on the one pillow : there, children hand in
hand, happy in the wondeis of the ocean ,
and there, mere infants smiling on the sun
ny deck , rind WICOUSCIO US of the meaning of
hymn or prayer. f
A low, confined, growling noise was heard
struggling beneath theileck, and a sailor
called with a loud voice, - lire, the
ship's on Ore'' Holy S% only died on the
utterer's tongue, the congregation fell asun
der, and trembling vcnee, groans, sin wks
and outcries, rent the silence of the lone
some sea. No one for awhile knew the
other, as all were burned as in a wh unwind
up and down the ship. A dismal bent, all
unlike the warmth of that beautiful sun,
came stiflingly on every breath. MOiticg s
who in their first terror, had shuddered but
for themselves, now clasped thenflinfants to
Una breasts, and lifted up their eyes to
heaven. Bold, bravo men grew white as
ashes, and hands, sixengtheued by toil rind
storm trembled like the aspen-leaf. "Clone,
gUiie, we arc all gone !" was now the cry :
yet no one know whence that cry came ;
and men glared-reproachfully on each other's
countenances, and strove to keep down the
audible ,boating of their own hearts. The
desperate lovirtir life drove them instinct
ively to their stations, and the watbr was
poured, as by the strength of giants, down
among the smouldering Names. But the de
vouring elements roared up into the air ;
and deck, masts, sails, and shrouds were
one crackling and histing sheet of fire.
"Let down the boats," was now the yell
of hoarse voices; and in an instant they
were filled with life. Then there was fran
tic leaping into the sett and all who wore
fast drowning, moved convulsively towards
that litae ark. Some sank down at once in
to oblivion, some grasped at nothing with
their disappearing hands, some seized in
vain unquenched pieces of the fiery wreck,
some would fain have saved a friendalmost
In the last "pales ; and same, strong in a
savage despair, tore from them the clenched
fingers that would have dragged them down,
and forgot in fear, both love and pity.
Enveloped in flames and sme,ke, tot insen
sible asp corpse to the burning, a frantic
mother flung down her baby among the crow:
And as it 411 among the upward oars un-,
hatmed,te shrieked but ft prayer of thariks
giving:- V," cried she to her husband,
"go, for: Vire, content to dio, butt you live
for our child's sake " The husband looked
for &moment till ho saw his child was safe ;,
and then taking his young n ife in his army,
sal down beneath the burning fragments of
the g all , unih the rest that wet e resigned,
never more to lite up until the sound of the
tiumpot. In a few hours the moon shone
out on the peaceful waves, and no sp ec k
was on the world of waters, but a few char
red 'timbers of the ill-fated transport.
A Sad Honeymoon—Yonth and Crime.
Charles Allinitgh wns recently tried, eon
vide'', and sentenced in Cleveland, Ohio,
for &ding the Mail, The Coltitnlms,Ohin,
lia.‘itc, says: •
Cheney Alining)) is only twenty years of.
age, and the events of the past few 'months
will fill an important chapter in his, life's
history. On Christmas day he eloped with
his landlord'ii daughter, a Miss (lemon, in
liensixtatuitit yearywent to Alexandria, Pa.,
and was married. An elliirt tins Millie to
,keep the alThir secret, but it was discovered
by the girl's parents, who were highly in
censed at their daughter's imprudenle.
On the 28th of January, Mr. Prentiss, the
failed States mail agent, arrested Mbaugh,
upon a charge of robbing the mad. Ile was
taken to Cleveland, tried, convicted, and sen
tenced before the United States Court, and
upon rtitehing Cat dington. all lila "vox to
the penitentiary, the young wife came'Abbard
the ears to hid farm:Veil to her convict hue
hand. The meeting tt as a painfully affect
ing one. She begged lum to keep up his
spirits, to make a firm resolve to do his
whole duty while in prison. She vowed to
stick to 111111 though all the rest of the world
should forsake him fur. stria khe, "Charley
we are both young : we have many years
of happiness in store for us, and when your
time has eapirettiVe can go to some other
land where the acme will not be known,
where we can live happily together, and
earn an honest vehhood.."
The poor girl nerved herself to the task,
and as she wiped the tears away frog) the
cheeks of her husband, she never whim
pered.
The ear was full of passengers, who wit
neSs'ed the scene with tearful emotion. , The
conductor, a Ito, at the r.piest of the offi
cers, had kindly delayed a few moments, to
gise the yoAng,, ettnige no opportunity of
meeting each other, at bud 'lot t ed them
that lie 'could delay no longer, amt %Ins
tle gni e notice that the ears Were about
starting. —Keep up your courage like a
man A(Zhartey," said the fair heroine, and as
she kissed his elweL,she turned to leave hue,,
but overpowered by her feel)ngs,i that she
had thus far kept under control, site fell
fainting in the arms of tile bystanders, who
carried her gently into the station-house, and
the ULM rolled over the rails with increasing
speed, to make up for the detention
Arguments for the Bible,
There are four argument", for the truth of
lb, Bible. The first is the nuraelem en rec
ord ; the second the prophecies , the third
the fourth the moral character of the pen
men. The norm les Ilea from divin9 power ;
the prophecies from Divine understanding
the excellence of the doctrine from Divine
goodness ; the moral chat ac#er of the pen
men, front Divine purity. Thus, Chi istian
ity is built upon the four immovable pillars--
the power, the understanding, the goodness,
the purity of ((OIL The Bible must be one
of these things ; rather an invention of good
men or good angels , or a revelation from
hod. But at could not be the invention of
good men, or angels ; for they neither could
or would make a book telling lies at that
dine, saying '‘ Thus ninth the Lord." when
they knew itall to be their own invention.—
It could riot be the invention of wicked men,
or devils, for they could not make a book
which commands a'l duty, which forbids all
sin, and which condemns their souls to all
eternity. The conclusion is irresistible
the Bible must be given by divine inspira
tion. -111,shop Simpson.
Pulpit Oratory
Spurgeon, the poputair pulpit , orator, Wile,
on the occasion of the recent national fast,
preached to a congregation of twenty-four
thousand persons, in the Crystal Palate,
London, thus defines the Gospel "If any
man hero should be in doubt on account of
ignorance, let me, no plainly as I can, state
the Gospel. I lichee° it to be wrapped up
in one word —Substitution.
,I have always
considered, with Luther and Calvin, that
the sum and substance of the Gospel, lies
in that nerd substitution, Christ stantinig in
th&atectil of man. If I understand tho Gos
pel, it is this : I deserve to ho lost and ruin
ed ; the only reason why I should not be
damned is this, that Christ was punished in
my stead, and there is no need to execute sen
tence twice Jor sin. Christ took the cup in
both hands; and
"' At ono tremendous drauet of love
lio drank domination dry. "
The " Sister."
There is something lovely in the name,
and its utterance rarely fails to call up• the
waft affections of the gentle heart. The
thoughts tfixt circle round it aro all quiet,
beautiful and pure. Passion has no place
with its associations. The hopes and fears
of love, those strong emotions, powerful e
nough to %batter and extinguish life itself,
find no home there. The bride is the star,
the tallsinan of the heart, the diah,ond above
all price, bright and blazing in the noon-day
min ; e sinter, the gait of Milder light, calm
as 017; wrllbii• moon, add set in acoronet of
peal 1.,
BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY,
Colonel Cricklgy's Horse
I have never been able to ascertain the
cause of the quarrel between ,the Crickleys
and the Drakes. They have lived within 11,
mile of each other in lllinoh4 for live years
and froni their first acquaintance, there had
been a inti Val feeling of dislike between the
two families.
One evening hlr. Drnl,e, the elder, was
i.eliirning home, tt lih his " pocket full of
rock s " M. Chicago, whither be hail been
to dispose oft. load of gr'ain. Sam Ruston
was•with him on the wagon, and as they
approached the grove Which intervened be
tween them and Mr. Drake's ho'use, he ob
served to his eomrianmn • '•
" IVlatt a beautiful shot Col. Cricknoy's
old roan ix, over yonder f"
" hhug I ",inottere.l old 'Drake, "so It
Tiro horsy was standing under some trees
about twelve rods from the road:*
Involuntarily, Drake stopped his tenth
Ile glanced furtively around, then. with a
queer smile the old hunter took uP hie rifle
th 9 bottom of the 'ream, and raising
it to his shoulder, drew a sight on the Col
onel's horse.
" Beautiful!" muttered Brake, lowefing
his ntle with the air of a man resisting a
pdwerful temptation. I could drop old
Roan so easy '"
"Shoot ''' suggested Sam Barstow, who
'loved fun in any shape.
" No, no, 'twouldn't do," 'said the old
hunter, glancing cautiously around him a-
gain.
" I won't tell " said Sam.
n Wall, I won't shoot this time, anyway,
tell or no tell.. The horse Is too nigh. Tf
he was fifty rods ofl instead of twelve, so
that there'd be q bare possibility of mistak
ing him for a deer, I'd let fly. As it is, I'd
give the Colonel five dollars for • shot."
At that poment tho Colonel linnself
stepped from behind a big oak, not half a
(Mail') paces distant, and stood before Mr.
Drake.
•• Well Why don't ytili . shoot I"
The old man stammered out soul° words
hi confusion.
" That's you, Colonel ? l—l Ras tempt
ed to I declare' And as Psak4l.ll giro
you a •V' for mu)
" Say an 'X' and it's a bargain'"
Drake felt of his rifle, and looked at the
old how.
How much is the horse wuth C'
term! in Snm‘s,ese.
"About fifty dollars."
, Gaol, Colonel, I II go So lwre's your
i'x"" •
The Colonel took and pock, led the 'non.
Cy, uttering, " hanged if I thought you d
take me tip."
With high glee the old hunter pot a ; Irehli
cap do Ins Ole, stood hp in his wagon. and
drew a close sight at old Roan. Sail] Bar
stun ,ht.ckleil. The Colonel put t lint hands
heron hn face and chuckled. too.
" Crack ' • went the idly. The hunter
lore out a horrid oath, winch I adl not,, re
peat Sam was astonished. T
laughed. .Old Roan never stir
°
Drake stared at Ins rifle wt Alt
black as Othello's.
" What's the matter ttilk you, boil --
Fast time.you ever Faired me such a trick,
I Salm"
And Drake leaded the piece with great
indignation and wrath
" Teeple said you'd lost your knack o'
slaading," observed the Colonel, in a eat
ing tone of satire.
Who said no ? It's a lie '" thundered
Drake. " I can shoot—•'
" A horse at len rods ! ha ! h 0 1 . 41
Drake aas livid. *.
"took here, Colonel, I can't stand
he began! •
" Never mind' the horse can," sneered
•
the Colonel. •' I'll risk you."'
Grinding his teeth, Drake produced an
other ten dollar bill.
" Here," he growled, Cm bound to
have another shot, zny way."
"Crack away," said the Colonel, pocket
ing the note.
l)rake did crack away—with deadly aim,
too—but the horse did not mind the bullet
in the least. To the rage and nriutterahle
astbnishment;f the hunter, old Roan looked'
him right in the face, as if ho rather liked
the fun.
" Drake," cried Sim, " you're drunk !
A horse at a dozen rode—oh, my eye !"
" Just shut your mouth, or I'll shoot
you !''thundered the excited Drake.
" The bullet was hollow:I'll swear. The
man lies that says I can't shoot. Last
week I cut oil a goose's head at fifty rods,
and I can do-it'-again: o Uolonel, you can
laugh, but I'll bet now, thirty dollars, I can
bring old Roan at one shot."
The wager was readily accepted. The
stakes were plaCed in Sam's hands. Elated
with the idea of winning back his two tens,
and making a ten into the bargain, Drake
carefully selected a perfect ball, and oven
buckskin patch, and loaded the rifle.
It was now nearly dark, but the old hun
ter boasted of being able to shoot a bat on
the wing by starlight, and without hcsita•
lion he drew a clear sight on old, Soon's
head.
A minnto Jater Drake uras driving through
the grove; the Most enraged, the , most des•
perste of men. 116 innpcent of ire,
lay with broken stock h
wagon. &in Barston
ME
oiled to laugh
Col9,itel Wa.9 rolling on t
el4kat ninth, and old
citbsturbed tinder the t
When Drake reached ,
ilisdovering his ill-humor,
eoodition of his rifle steel
rouse his spirits with nl
were sure would make hit
.' Clear out !" greiwlcd ale old man.
don't Watt to hear any neilva : get away or
I'll knock one of you (Idwg!.'
But, father it's such I trick played 01l
on the Cohnier
On the Colonel " ord man, be
ginning to hM intereNted. ‘(‘ (Clad you're
pltilycil the Colonel let's hear it."
" Well, father, Jed and this afternoon
went ont for deer--"
' llang the dcer, come to the trick !" '
Couldn't find any deer, but thought we
Anal sllloot. SOMOthipg ; so Jed bonged sway
at the colonel , . oia .R 41. 01 4"..• U:•,i5,1....1.11/
MT
" Shot °terms.. t" the hunter.
"Jed did you shoot tho 00 nel's old hoes?"
" I didn't do anything e ..',
•' And then," paused Jed, confident the
joke part must please his father. •' Jim and
I propped the horse up, and tied
back nth a cord, and left him standing un
der the tree, just as if he was site. lla '
ha! Fancy the Colonel gcing to catch hum!
110 ! ho u•an't it a joke C'
Old Drake's head fell on his breast. Be
felt of his empty pocket-book, and looked
at 1114 ride. Then, in a rueful tone, he
whispered to the boys
It's &Pm ! But if yotaaver toll of it
or if you do, Sant Barston—lll skin you a
live ! been shooting at that dead horse
half ib hour at ten dollars tt shot."
At that moment Sam fell lltito the glitter.
Sam had laughed hfinself almost to death.
Sunday
i
The fi rst day of the wok " rived lb. Paine
ft om the Saxons, who, in he to times, con
secrated it to the Sun, whi they worship
ed Thu solemnization orlho day began
during the early history elf the Christian
Church, in cominemoratianAfhe Resurrec
tion of Christ and the deacon of the 1113
((host, both of which events took place up
on it. The Sunday was at first distinguish
ed only by prayer? and the reading of pas.
.ages of the scriptures • Before the reign of
Constantine, it. l‘ as not strn'tly observed as
a day of cessation from lalior ; but, by de
vice of that Emperor, public ltusiness and
military exercises were suspended. Thu
Council of laiodicea which sat A. I). 360, fbr
bade lal,or of all kinds on that day, and the
bins of Theodosius sanetioind the interdie.
lion, and imposed penalties to secure its ob
servance.
A C'nnons Wedding
Says the New York corre.rodent of the
Charleston Courier : .Iti interesting
wedding took place a few .1.9 since, be
tween aMr Henry B. ITilydle and MrS.
Sarah K. Seymour. The parties hare both
been married before, and each, have a fami
ly of seven children —those of the gentle.
man comprialog- six daughters and a son,
and those of the lady six sons and a daugh
ter. The eons acted on the occasion as
groomsmen to their future father, and the
daughters As bridesmaids to their future
mother The whole fourteen children
dressed alike, according to their sex, enter
ed the church arm in arm, and arranged
themselves me either side of their parents,
who are both remarkably handsome, and
looked superb. The bride is 0 ealthy, and
wt . s richly dressed in a pearl-colored moerr
Antique, with costly laces, and diamond
broach and bracelet.''
Tho St, Louis Democrat gives the follow
ing remarkable circumstance in connection
I with the :iurning or the Pacific Hotel, in that
city. A prominent citizen received this
intelligence by a letter from his wife, now
residing in Now York State. On the night
of the terrible destruction of the Pacific ho
tel, a little brother of Henry Rochester, liv
ing at home with his parents, near Avon, in
New York, awoko Nemo time after midnight,
with screaming and tears, saying that the
hotel in $f 1.01111 was on firs, and his la Who
Henry was burning to death. So intense
was Inn alarm and horror that it was with
aonsiderablo difficulty ho couldbe quieted.—
On the following day at noon tho parents re
ceived a, telegr . aphic despatch from this city,
confirming the little boy's dream ill oyary
particular.'
A few days since, it is said, a man a sh9ft
dlstanze from Troy - Was taking lt ride in( a
sleigh. his horse stopped into a hole in 'such
a manner as to break his leg, when the own
er coolly got out of the sleigh, cut off the leg
whe,re it was broken, throw it into the gut
ter, and drove the horse home upon three
legs the remainder of the distance, somo two
miles. lie then sued the town for damages
to his horse.
ACCORDING to an ancient usage in Prus
sia, all the princes of the royal family must
learn a trade. It is stated that. the Prince
Frtlerick William, just married to the Prin
cess Royal of England, learned the trade of
a compositor in the printing office of Mr.
Ilaupl, at Berlin.
N!A,, THURSDAY, MARCH 18,1858.
I Prom the liollidayvburg Sfandnra.l
) bottom of the
oo much fright- ,
to the gratified
round convuls-
The "Code of Honor" in Hollidayeburg !
Desperate Duel!
Thei duelling mania seems to be spreading
with fearful rapidity, and unless some means
more stringent than the laws now in - eXig -
tone° aro taken to put a stop to the horrible
practice, the day is net distant when the
most trivial difflenktrwill be followed by an
appeal to pistols, bowie-knives, rifles, or
Other deadly weapons. Even our own quiet
village has caught the infection, and on Fri
day lost was the scene of one of the most
desperate—but, fortunately, not fatal duels
on recent. The particulars are about as fol
lows, as near 'as we can Eet thenv James
id. Spielman -vulgarly called tusey —hay
log been charged, by ,another young man,
with the heinous offence of stealing tuttek7-
el,with's courage worthy of a Congressman,
challenged the iletraatoasef—his fair fame to
mortal emnbat —that being the only satisfac
tory mode he could cencei ye to wipe out the
foul aspersion upon hue fair fame. The chal
lenge waif procoutly iuSeetotri7---platOlB fumed
as the weliiititidietinto ten pneei—and
the seconds chosen. The parties met about
three o'clock, in the basement of a ware
house on the canal basin, no one being
present but the principals and their seconds
and a few friends. The weapons were load
ed, and the principals stationed. The com
batants were to time' between the words one
and three. Both parties exhibited as much
coolness and sang fraud as though they wore
shout to sit down todismissa mutton chop.
All things being ready, the word es as given.
The word one had hardly escaped the lips of
the second, ere the report of Spnihnan's pis
tol aas heard echoiug along the beams and
rafters of the warehouse, and simultane
ously with the discharge his antagonist fell
to the floor seriously wounded. The injured
man was taken in charge by his friends, and
at last accounts was doilfg as well as could
be expected under the" CirCUMNIAIICO4.—
Spielman immediately mad e his escape, and
up to the hour a e go to press had succeeded
iu escaping detection. When last seen, he
was making 1.40 time down the tow path
of the ('anal, Ins coat tails sticking straight
oat, and his face as paid as it well L'emlel be
for dirt. We sincerely hove Chat ha may
fee lie smarm pot through to the full ex
tent of the law, and sentenced to at least ten
ears unrequeeed labor to coed his
blood
thir,ty disposition Slld reach him.
'What perils do ciii iron
The man that meddles with cold iron 1"
wee, ttanding
ic. his two sons,
thomtltilnted
hastened to a
'H, w hlch they
dance with joy.
1V e all remember the delightful descrip
tions which early writers gave of the tern
tory comprised within the limits of the State
of Texas Its health salubrity and beauty
may be all that the poets delight to paint :
but on its magnificent plains, and iii its 11.
limitable forests, are animals, Ruth as toads
and frogs, and —such small deer," of which
t;olilsinith never dreamed in his Animated
Nature. Ala te writer thus speaks of the
reptiles of Texas
The eattkare not the wltolUritcupants of
the prairie by any means. Broil sof wild
horses are nut inifrnment, and deer are in
countless Duelists. The small brown wolf
is quite common, and you occasionally get
a glimpse of his large black. brother. But
Texas is the paradise of reptiles and creep
itig,3lings. Rattle and moccasin snakes are
too numerous even to shake a stick at.—
The bite of the former is easily cured by
drinking ran whiskey till it produces intox
ication ; but for the latter therein no cure
The tarantula is a pleasant institution to get
into &quarrel with. Ile in a spider With a
body about the size of a hen's egg, and his
legs live or six niches long, covered with
hair. Ile lies in cattle-tracks ; and, if you
see him, move out of his path, as his bite is,
absolutely certain death ; and he novel gets
out of the way; but can jump eight or ten
feet. to inflict his deadly bite. Then there
Is the centipede, furnished with an unlink
ed number of legs, each leg formed with it
claw, inflicting a separate wolind. If he
walks over you at night, you 'will have rause
to remetnbeshlni for mouths to cone, as its
wound is ora l particularly poisonous nature,
and is very dillicult to heal. The stinging
litzard is a lesser evil, the sensation of its
wound being ;likened to the application of a
red hot iron to the person lint one is too
thankful to escape with life to consider these
lessor evils annoyances. Bat the insects',
flying, creeping, running, digging, buzzing,
stingifig—they aro everywhere. Ask for a,
cup of water, and there the rejoinder in our
camp is, " Will you have it with a bug or
without d" The laoraed frog is ono of the
greatest curiosities here, and Is perfectly
harin4ssl It has none of the cold slimy
wadies -of his- northern brother, but is
frequently made a IA of. Chameleons are
innumerable, darting ever the prairie with
inconceivable swiftness, and undergoing
their peculiar change of colOr of the object
under which they Nay be. The woods on
the banks of the bayous are perfectly alive
with mocking birds, most beautiful, and
feathered game is very abundant and very
tame, and is scarcely ever sought after,—
The only variety that I have seen are quails,
partridges, snipe, mallard, plover Ind prai
rio hens.
The duties received at New York for the
eight months ending February, are : 111201,-
039 less than for the eight corresponding
months of the past year.
Reptiles of Texas
ME
A roi.unnn Irracv u •n.n•:. A emTesliondent
of the KruckerborArr, who m riti.4 from Mans
tick', Ohio, seruiv the following 'Oivourse.'
for the entire authenticity 'of which he
vouches witlibut resel•ve, having token it
down from the thick lips.of the ri vu wok,
ntor himself: •
"111 y lex', bmilern and ~ kters, tt ill be
hum' in de fits' ehapter nh Ilinesis
twenty-schen verse."
"So de Lor make Adam I tole you how
he make him. lie make him (nil oh clay,
sot firm on a beard no' he look at 'on an'
say, 'Fusrate ,' ail' it hen he get dry, he
breathe in him de. breff oh hfe. lie rat ' llll
111* gulden 01, Edert r and he sot Mill In one .
corner oh de lot, nit' he tole him to eat all de
appli v, 'coptin' dem In de middle oh de or
ehm ; ilea he wanted for he winter
apples
Ityine bye Adam he lonemlme. tindo
make 4 hilt yon how- lie make hi r -
lie give Adam lodluni, till he got hound
'sleep, den ho gouge a rib 011 1 oh he side an'
lie make Ebe t an' be not Elm in de corner
oh do ganlen,lan' lie tole her to cat all de
apples, 'eeptin' dem in do middle oh de or-
Chard dem he ward for winter apples.
Wutt de Lor' go out a vistlin,' de deb
ble he runt along; he dress him ;elf up in de
akin ob de snake : an' he flnd Ebe an' he
tole her, •Rbc ' why f u r you no cat de apples
in de middle ob de orchard Ehe says,
'Pets de I.or'a winter apples.' But de deb.
ble say, '1 tole yon (or. to cat dem, Case de y
de best apples in do (mast So I , :be cat
de apple an' gib Adam a bite : and de dabble
go way.
ilytne liye de Lor' cum home, an' he miss
do winter apples : an' he call 'Adam !' Ad
am he lay low ; so de Lor• call again, 'You,
Adam !' Adam say, 'hea', Lor'" An' de
Lo t ' say. stole d o winter applem i"
-Adam told him don't know - El. , hp
So do l,r' call " Elie"' Elm alio by
low •de Lot'x'all again, "You Eta. I" Ehe
say, •• !" De Lir' say, " Who
stole de n Inter apples?" Ehe tole lii
don't know —Adam, she spec'. So do Lot
coth 'en' boll, an' throw dem ober de fence,
an' ho tole 'col, "Go work fur your lib
bin'."
A roux° WAN tried to poison himself at
the Ihiyidon House, in Bracey:lle, Trum
bull county, Ohio, last week. Ile lost $1.50
of his employer's money at euchre and then
took three ounces of laudanum. Ile was
found lying on a bed in great agony fie
desired to see a young lady with %%horn he
kept cialpany for some (line. The physi
cian told him that unless some of the poison
was extractod from Ins stomach he would
die before the girl could rench the hotel.—
The young roan therefore drank so mi. fear
fully strong coffee and vomited the poison
up. But he still insistul oil dying, and
when the object of his affections arrived he
kyle her faren ell in the most pathetic man
ner He didn t die.6owevir, and is now
perfectly will. So that which threatened to !
be a shot king trag«ly hulled out to be a '
jolly farce.
fl EN. r %HY, in the address w loch he de•
livered before the Sons of Temperance, sta
ted that a friend of his, while traveling in
Pans, thought that he would take what
called la that city a N ine tenth, be found
to be very refreshing. Ho WM waited upon
by a colored servant who hind fled from the
United States to avoid the fugitive Inw --
Ile asked the waiter how it %as that f+Atch
large quantities of AI lite could be used for
such a purpose. "It must he very viper
sive," said he
"a." said the waiter, " the same wins
whu h you have used runs through all the
baths in the establishment."
•• And what do you do with it then ?" in
quired the verdant American.
•• 0, we bottle it up and send it to the
United States to he drank.''—.lltittrai Jour
nal.
A WKSTERN editor lately offered lus hat as
a prize for the best essky on independence.
The following obtained the pi ize .
mdependenco is easier imagined than do
qicribed ; Personal ielependouco consists
empihatically in being situated in a clean
shirt, drawers, socks, and a nicely black
cued pair of boots, with at least a dollar
and a Zlean cambric in your• pocket, all on
Sunday morning, with your wifo on one arm
and your baby on the other, taking your
own course towards your own preacher, in
the expectation of doing your own
snoosing, in your own peW, wherein no one
de ro vanture to nudge you with his elbow,
or tickle your nose with a straw.':
{Pgtomor TJ CAB KY.--A correspon
pOndent of (ho Boston Journal says :
The present cibinet is composed of men
of weight, as I noticed to-day on a register
of the weight of visitors kept at the Smith
sonian Institution- Howell Cobb is set down
at 2171 pounds ; tioV. Brown at 17T; Sec,'
retary Toucey at 167 ; Secretary Thorhp
son at 167 ; and Goy. Floyd at 129. I
should judge that Gen. Cass will weigh
nearly 200 pounds, although to is not as
fleshy as ho was a few years since. Ile is
very active for One of his ago, and walks 10, ,
the Dopartmenteif State alinilat ivory morn
ing without an overcoat, and ,with an elas
tic stop.
Every gooseethinks he has a duck of n wife
raaao: 001* ADbAAtII•
-144)1414kn3--N
An Overwhelming Speed by A %Wove:
'rhe tlon. George N. liuggs, ex-Cocernor
of MaYmehuset tsdelivered a temperance ad
drey, seine tune since, in the course of which
hen I t tea the renewing nneedete, with nail-
I in o cllbel
Mr. 111 'egg said this question.of the ftiftd
iliminlli of lolorivatio , 4 driol,4ll4%tilted manlier-,
what of a pra•tical formin , ,t spring:. iii a
thriting bormigh in Peini.ylvamia. The' libi
haloinnts had asseilipleil,, 119 ores their usu
al cu , :lom, to d, volc v, hat ii iiiii her, if any,
of lietti , ,e.. the towq idenilil pi. tittem fr , initlin
isainty comb, frown hence they were issued.
There tt as a full attendance. Line of the
mosn re nieet able inaastrates of thobototith
presided, and upon the platform were seat
ed, anima 'lit re, the clergyman of the vii.
lee, one 01 lip, deacons, sod the phyliciall.
Arlo- the meeting heal been celled to or•
del, one of the bast re:met:dile citizens of
the borough rose, and, an r a short speech,
moved that the meeting petition for the taw.
al number of licenses. They hail better Il
WISP gOO'ci men, and let them sell. Tho
pmposition Accrued to meet with almost uni
versal fAtor. It was an excellent way to get
along quietly, and one and then another in
I their turn expressed their hope that seal it
course vi mild he adopt( ii•
The Piesitlent was about to put the ques
tion to the meeting, iaill2t% an Ohjeet rose in
a distant part of the building, and all eyes
were instantly turned in that direction. It
was 611 old woman, poorly clad, and whoser
careworn countenance was the penal! , index
of no light suffering. And yet there was
something ht the flash of the bright eye that
told she hand once been allot she was not.—
She andresseil the president, and said.. with
his is rinis,ion, she • ished to say • a few
mortis to the Acting. She 0011113, IMICSIIISO
she bad 'mewl hat they Were to decide ths
license question.
".You, - Bald she. - all knot), who I ottn.—
You once knew me the mistress of one of
the best estates in the borough I ono* had
to husband and Cava sans ; and Woman never
hail a kinder husband --mother never had
Ili e better or more affectionate suns. But
where are
,they nun' f liuctor, I ask where
airs they nowt In yonder burvinz ground
43.10 are six grarm filled by thatlusban&
rand these five sons, and oh ! they aso aft
drunkards' graves. „ DOc.or, how came theY
to be drunkards I ' You would come and
drink with them, and you told them that
temperate drinking would do them good.—
And you too, no-, addrtssing the clergyman.,
would conic and drank with my husband ;
and niy sons thought they might drink with
safety, because they saw yon drink. Dea
con, you sold them rum winch made theta
drunkards. You have now got my farm awl
all my property, anal you got it all by rum.
And now, - she said. '' I havemy er
rand. Igo back to the poor-hah it that
is my home. You reverend sir, you, doctor,
and you, deacon, I shall never meet again,
until I meet you at the - her of Uod, where
you too will :met my ruined and lost hus
band and those theta sues, who ) through your
means and influence, till the drunkards'
grant's.'' I'lle old %%omen Sat down. Per
fect silence prevailed, until broken by the
President, who rose to tout the question to
the meeting shall no Petition the court to
issualicen,es to this borough the ensuing
year I and then one unbroken •4 No Vi—
a Bich more the very walls re-echo with the
sound, told the result of the old woman's
appeal.
A Model Reception Speech.
.5 hint to modern speakers. "An interest
ing incident is ri la ted of lien. Washington's
visit to S.. I, in. Mass., during his second
Piestilential tem. Magnificent prepara.
tions weie made for his reception at Salem.
From a great distance around, all tide peoplo
came out to welcome the Father of km Coon
try. The military were out In full force and
pub oil the most martial airs. The soldiers
Of the Revoliition made their appearano in
large numbers to meet their old Command
er. All the women and children of Salem
and the region iound about, were collected
together tn add to the importune° and gran
deur of the reception. A comtnitdos of riay
ception was appointed, and one of its mem.
berg, who chitoeid to be a Quaker, was so•
iectntl to act as spokesman on the occasion.
A great speech was perhaps expected for
'the occasion , a long vetch, exhibiting their
distinguished iisitant as innumerably 'above
all (heck, above all Ikon= fame."
Well, at the appointed time, Washington
rode up to the town, where he was' thus ad
dressed by the principal spokesman:
Friend Washington, wo are glad to sed .
thee, and., in the name of the poOple, we
give thee a hearty welcome to.Salent.l 4 ,. _
This was the entire speech of the Quaker
orator, and Washington said it was more
grateful to him than any wit. 4 yridoh he had
been honored on his journey.
silVoiild that the speakeillt and writers of
our day consulted the wishes and irtyreids
of those for whom their ellorta are designate,
as well as the public generally, , by a cheer
npproximation to Quaker•like brevity. _
phcity, and sincerity.
ins Strum': tx' .. BAN[—one of thl.balch
'chartered by the Mat le . gislattirt— hap ben
put in motion. 'lrYtak a .. 11 0 .410 tito•fsE ta .
esishier, 'and is suppitsod to ho pndor, the
patrimage of the " father of all banks," the
Bank of Tinge enmity.
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