VOLUME 19. POETRY AND MISCELLANY, Tlllll sacs mAN AND Tat roan. = I wonder if the rich wan prays, Ant how his morning prayer is said He'll ask for health and length of days, But does he pray for •'daily bread:" WINI h}• his door in posture mech, Ile sets the poor man waiting 'gland, IVith sunken eye mid careworn cheek. To beg till ploynictit frotuhts baud. And when lie t•Als his piteols tale Oi sickly w r ite and children small, (greats that raise and crops that Ilia, I And troubles that the poor berill I wonder tithe rjch tnan'ii thought' Mountr free. al nature'' hymn, to heat ca la gratitude, that happier By Pro% ideace to lii:a hat git Sini dcx.s bi 4 hurt exult to know Be too, like ;leaven, bath pot% er to .71$ To titrett7thicit weakne..s, soften r. , o, • And bid hope's dytag , lamp re, • irel And when around lib g!adsornehearth, A troop of friends ton rich man grret, And sons ofJoy.iand smiles of mirth ' 11 And gra:c to ater,'s homage serceL• I won,h , r if f :icy see+ A voion of those wretched homes, Where want hi wrestllng With disea.c, And scarce a rue of comfort comes. 0 it 0r1 , 1,-how • stratiqe tire loin ore given; Lire' , atm how rai'( , ty understood: Aid men—how far eNtrange.l from heaven, I f-hear.m req . l I res a hrothet hood. OMINIIYS MONUMENT, Cr.atc of die Jrisl) LY Pa:LDRLNCLE are n , v , :titva poor cittzvioq Ow patrician.. mod. \Vital rl% .111 , 1 ISou \LC.121./ rt e WI. It thvy tvouttl - Avid tv; but livalutty %%hilt . it 1% ere l\ 1104,011 W. \lc might out as they re humanely: but they thilik %%cute bx, <tear; the ;VW:IWO ur, tl.v airet of our miter}, is H.: an luvritb?ry to par atouttit.nce: our Nutler.ture to a pin to them. Let thi: V. nit cer pikes. 1 k.t.enk this in hubur tor Lter.tl I,lr (Cl enz,."—,Coitto,.tv..a. CHAPTER. I. it , r at that time when soft nightfall sobers the ruddy rar•.•t, two horsemen stopped upon tho — brow of a hill, sad g ILL d tiron a land smilingru true Irish loveliness tliou2l - 1 thin clouds frowned overhead. They gazed, too, upon reattered huts and forms of miter-Mae men, all di.' ito!C !II the dusky light in tim, his!) deformity and ' llaiir •.‘ ore the go:h of clergymen of the Establi l shcd• of them seemed about thirty-five ocars of age; tall, largo and rigeel in his fen m, inimoveable in a Lind of fixed enthusiasm according to the line of his eutilitecrinee. Ills dre . .ss belied liiii'lacc. Ono belonged to a Preirstant Rector, the usher to a monk of La Trap pe. Ile nes en tilLI iustie—that was plainly marked in lie' A hole appearance-.but it was of A peculiar kind, for lie el..° seemed unyielding to emotion or ciieututalices. ills entlitudie'in resulted front the. arguments of hisloa and went straight onward in Vie direction of what he conceived to ho duty. It did not spring; from the belief of Ins heart, nor did it.work in eager faith. It had once la.iked and heard: it had once argued; iaftor that it was deaf an I blind. This was the Rey, '1 Jr. Into k arrived from England to take cbargo of a large :lee, she paria'lioners and;tithe-payers 'of which were -oroly r‘amined the peculiar features of the Irish Church, and .re England lie had firmly settled his views. Tho other was a much younger mari-,scareely three and tNycuty, by his appearance. He tact - cti • rrie l 'd a look strung determination. but it was uut 4 tittod by bigotry 1 softened by benevolence. lie seemed neither au , Ipie monk or wily Jcsuit,'a stern Puritan...,pr a lolly ig I e ig litvd churchman, but a mild pastor, like the JUT clerk° of axenfordc." "And gladly would lie learn sal gladly teaen." There was hide enthusiasm of either kind manifested counti !lance. i'llejountain Of benevolence ,:%.11 Min seemed willing M dew Will in peace and , unlike a swift torrent or the .long swell of* migh- -tot!. lie bad eidently learned mostly from books, tn a 4 not entirely unskilled in the character of Wen, 11 wherein he was ignorant, ho was Always ready to , °Wig Males name was Howard, euid Ito Aa r urate'of tha rector who rode by his aide. Ijotti .I'JOUt to NVI: their churches fur the' first time. ,romped upon the brow (Ara hill and looked in ei• 111/011 thili eeeslo of Irish loveliness, upon that s ec- I:1-h deformity and wretc p ednet'S. At btst How, half to himself. "r),,, is a beautiful country, but how mournful in its " f6c. c:ientry was made by God," . said the rector. bLutiful. It has been cursed by th F piesonce of 3n, and may well mourn fit desolation. All that is for the happiness of this land is r simpb, good !Jail peace among its inhabitants. .Thep arc bigoted •vorn///g 010 nies:,engerg of the Prince of e. Thtiy are ignorant, yet reject the light which is offered thorn. Can wo wonder then. at this sight? ..11 Ile pity or rather condeninin IV e , licaild pity them in their ignorance, end never . 1 ,1,, nin ucul ;hey 'act with full knowledge of their Not oo!" return the rector harshly. •.'rhey have igaoroace their fault and not thoir misfortune; they d,r l .theis, only because they mitt glut their eyesin 'd.,ithe light." But 01.4 cannot always do this." urged Ijoward ear !..• tit is an unnatural sidle. Keep told day con. 4`)outilloin. and they must filially look around." . 11% ) are blind—nnunturall), hopelessly blind!" not tome of this misery be owing to government? of it, even to their being obliged to +support us 7.11!)i.v never will hear'?" I l , we eloseiy examined this snbjeci," said Stow b. •:Nksrely. "and 1 believe that this government is the can be devised for them, and that we, the vnis of this wretched fleek—" V , ! )0 aro the mean wolf that feeds upon us:" vrol, who had been lying by the roadside, unnoticed, %Ai he .sid thehe words, and 131140 " g his fist.'" thorn. td a..% ay. tm: Niecimen l" cried the rector. “13tit lom glad . r , loe interrupted us, for I hove no rationce on the sub ' mmt hurry on—it will be late before we reach That tall building, seine miles farther on. is my J7ch 111 am not mistaken. Younit, in that dit'ectiots - , , c‘r, is not yet visible. Come." . - - 'Ae sdently onward until full darkness earn() the lold. Then half n dozen men sprang t i vfore anti seized their bridles. "You must corm: with 1123: "- "V 4) aM :" ." cried the rctor. "This is violating f n ''''‘''"iihod coarsely among g themselves. "Have 1011. heard or ttlo Whitelloys?" said one, a hearty chuckle. CHAPTER wa not very long before they reached a small cabin. teaptire elergynten entered first, with thetrAttard be leade r of the band followed immediately after " 1 There w•as no one within except a alight youth. ' :10 i E h light of a peat fire. . . . . . . . . . _ _ .. . . - . . . , ...•.- • • . . . . . . ..., . c . ... ~,... ...,,_ _,...•. T ii tir ..„.,... .4,,...:14„_ .. F .4., , 4 ,„. .....,. ,„ ••,_, ...... ....„ ..,. ~.. ....:_.:. :,.. .... I , , . . ...- • . . .., . • : • .-' • . "It ~,,•...: "What! still reading. Doininic?" cried the leader. "Aye." Said the young man. looking np with a mel ancholy smile, "still reading, dear Dermot, to proparo for something more hereafter." "Well, well, you are right now as :re always are. but put,up pour book; here is other business for us. Sit here with mo. Look well to tho door and windows, my boys . You. Englishmen, may stand up and- hear what Wei poor Irishmen, have to say: to ye." ' ' The first thought of ono who looked upon that strange scene, would hove been erat thoso wens singular judges to try two educated, pious men. "Yer reverences think it atrange that ye aro stopped on the high roads. Did ye suppose that we aro always qui tet heie? It was a mistake. Ireland is neithcr dead or asleep. Now, 1'1: tell ye a thing or two that yo won't beheve now, but wo to vo unless the belief comes quick ! I ••It means something, when a boy can speak in Hope : Horny to men. It nouns something. too, that I can teach duty to you who are cider and wiser than. myself. It means just this: that your peeplo have fastened a tern!- , blo curse upon us, and wo aro Obliged to tell you what it is; eveiriou in your arrogant (wisdom. You will hear this often. And if tcm stay king in Irclond., you will find, thank God! that even unlearned men cal \ l be op pressed into eloquence. '•llut I atn!the youngest here nnd know how I'. s mad shod in your presouce. Whatlittle there is to t \ ca h, I tell you as strangers and not puPils. ' 4.. . \ - would say nothing moro. Did yottnot know it before to night, or have you studied the Matter only in Eng)antl? Look arouml you hero in Ireland; see that wo are cunst d, and thou, if you have tho,love of God ia your hearts, Jay your hand lightly upon us. ! ••Yina thin'. and call yourselv i es holy ministers of God. Provo to us then that you belioila in your own sincerity. There is a tremendous power iii your hands, as Protes tant clergyliteirand magistrate 4, and if your hearts are i pure, you will use it in compassion. Many of us are too wretchedly poor to pay you tithe, but, though you can legally ring it out of them, have mercy and do not stretch the law to its full extent. Thro are a thousand ways wherein you ran relieve the op tressed; I entreat you to el watch for them and expect tone reward in the prayers of grateful Cutholics. If not—but how can I, who aspireto become an humble servant of God, speak of vengence! L'l will repay.' SAW) the Loud," I! Dermot, the leader. was a large strong man with-quick ness of passion and intellect. He had been a common laborer and now possessed no ether qualification than natural strength of-character to load an equally ignorant band of conspiring Irishmen. Ho was'already known as a plott er , and bold spirit, though , th e rebellion had not yet broken out. Dominic could not have been more than eighteett or nineteen yearn of age. His forehead was white end bro&d, but half-hidden by (holing masses of hair that trailed heavily down upon it. In his eye and formation of head could bo ETCH unmistakeable genius, anil genius teo with all its etttkusiaL , .iic fires. But his body was frail, and a wearied look, even in the brilliance of his eyes, showed that be was fading away."' Before either of these two ,had spoken, the rector haughtily tlenuMiled the cause of this violence, and to. turned boldly' the 'savage look with which Dermot first answerer' his (petition. Howard said nothing., but gazed on' Dominic with equal admiration and pity, strange as the mixture might be. Dermot exldained the matter to them in a few plain tvords.' "Ye may he a good, nation at home, but in Irebtud ye'xe a plunderin` bloody race. We are cursed by the absence of our landlords and the presence of her— etic pticsts. , who feed on us when we cannot feed oar- SCIVVS,. We despise your governinent, and Kato your re ligion. but ye make us support both. Now yn two men are not to blame for this and we only punish the guilty.— But take cater There is power in your hands, and mind that 3c it for our good or yourselves will be crushed. "Bdt I can't talk. Dominic, speak to them like a young saint as 'you are. Tell the proud heretics what they Woe do and what they shall not do. Then let them choose." 1 , Dominic modestly raised his head end looked at the two men who stood before him: His eye kindled as he met the, guffmil:Gus survey of one, but softened again as it turned to the nobler countenance of Edward. Dermot rose from his seat. "Now ye know why )4M came to this place. If wo had treated ye rudely, we should ask your pardon, but it isn't needed. Stop! before ti go, I ask you tio:11to pledge ?our honer..-1 beleveuse the word--that the past ,hour shall never be Mentioned by your reverences." "For my part," said Iloward,kfter a pause, "I have no hesitation in making this pledge. Your intentions at lent are good, and you have dei no wrong." "I will not do UV " said the r ector, hotly. "You are turbulent men, who have broken the public peace by seizing us and—" is no matter," interrupted 'Dermot, coolly. "Look out for yourself if you declare War, I spoke more fur your good than our own. Now y i o may go." Ile accompanied them to the door and helped them mount their horses. , They were l ust riding off when he again stopped them. • "Ileld! You'll not leave ire and till I've seen ye again. Remember It, now or hereafter at yor risk." They rode. away without making any reply. CHAPTER. lII' Six months passed away, and ]798, found Ireland in desperate insurrection. Howard had not forgotten the warning he lied receiv ed, as the respect and forbearance even of tho rebels to wards him would fully prove. He had lived among a peoplo who could nut own him ror their guide, ais4bc came a spiritual pastor, kind, always benevolent and ready to lighten the burdens which had been laid upon others for his own support. Such zeal was too much for his naturally feeble health. .VVearing himself out doubly in action and forbearance as'he'did, it was but a short time before he was obliged to ` suspend his exertions and then ho sick man longed fez a peaceful home iu his native England. 1• One pleasant evening he fount -himself,. on his re turn. exactiv in tho place where he had been seiztd six months Previously. lie, stopped his horse and almost unconsciously lodised in expectatien of the appearance of Dermot, Scarcely had ho entertained the idea be fore the Irish• leader was again at his side, this time with q respectful salutation . i•Mr. Doivartl, will it please ye to go with me?" Howard hesitated. 1, "Surely ye kilow," added Dermot. "that no harm can roach .Vuu when lam near. It is the last time that we ever meet in this wretched country." "I know it, Dermot, and I ;411 follow you, i 'eaid Howard. • i In a short time they reached the enrno cabin where they had mood In such odissifinlar positionea few mouths . before.. "Sit down, Mr. Howard and lot tie both think in•ai lenco to u t w o aro interrupted. j 'have sent for another visitor to-nignt, and 1 . 1 . 041 be hero before - many home." Howard caught the other's meaning. but he kneW that in one respect ho was powerless; and wisely kept silence. ' Two or three hours of students stillness passed away thus, when the door was suddenly flung open and SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21,1849. four meM entered. bringing with them a bound, half dressed prisoner.' It'was the Hector Sioughtom Dtirmot hushed him sternly as he was itbout to vent hil wrath in useless reproaches, and then, 'after . a few moments of painful' silence. spent is if in recalling thought, he addressed both Stoughton cud Howard with - A along emotion. CHAPTER IV "IT is more than six mouths, I believe; since we were here last. Both of ye came then* against your. will, but there woe no rough hundliu'.! I sent for you then be cause ye were strangers. whbiniew nothing of us, yet came in our midit with power in3inkr , hands, and I wont ed to tell you where ye were arid what should be done.— I did toll ye, fairly. did I not? I said then that we should be here again together. and we are here now.-- Do you know what it is for? ,There,aro accounts 'to be given, even by wise mon to an ignorant patriot. because I am a patiiot, and yo belong to those who trample. on "You come hero to-night in a different style front the first. Ode of yo fearlessly, willingly, end at my asking; the other, because ho has been dragged from his bed, and simian' like a coward as he is. You are a coward, Mr. Stoughton,---not in body, for there you ere•brave,- but in your conscience, because you know that you have de served something at my hands. "Six months ago there was a fair noble boy at my side, end one of ye looked on him with kindness, the other with scorn. I marked it then. Now, ho is not hero, and both of yo know why. But this is the last time we throo will over meet, and so I'll tell you the story of 'that' boy's death. Though ye know it well now, perhaps ye'll see another reason in it, why we three can never meet again. . "Dominic's mother was my sister, und, like him, sho died young. Whoa I think what both would have been, from what both were, I love their memories 60 much the more tenderly because they loft the world iu their pure youth. All my love was bound up iu that boy, and one of y e was his murderer! "Our priest elways.tuld mo that he was full of genius ! and would be a bright ornament in the church, but he needn't have said that to me, who keew tho boy from his cradle, and worked myself dotvii that ho might get hie educatien. I always lunged to hea his deer voice in the pulpit, and tako the blessed WII :r from his pure hands. Well, he grew up to - be all that could ask.' Yo have aeon him and know what lie was. Ye know, too, that ho loved Ireland. and fur that opo „of.yo ,wrought his death! ' , .. . "It is not five months now, IVII. Stoughton, since you put a distress on the goads of poor Dennis .Mullin becatise lie wasn:t able to pay , his tithe. There hadn't been a risin' of the people then, or you'd never have dared to do it. Ilut you stood by and sows the Itllolo very gladly, for it was rill under yonti direction. Yeti didn't listen to the poor man's playas not to take everything, nor would! you say ono word to Du Mule, who' had just come up 1 andliegun to reproach your hard heart. No, You didn't say one word to the noble boy, except. to bid hint Itush,• or you'd Ow notice, as a inagistiate: of the time you tan , him last, h'erc, in this very place. Mr. f•ltotighton. where you're standing now in fear. You (fitful see me ut that moment or you'd have given me up to the constables at your buck. Then Domitiie spoko to ono of them, but he was.a surly English bulldog, and answered with a curse,. aye! and with something else. They fought. You said it was Dominic that struck lirsq teaitl Aim. th.tureVar-, . . __ ..... __ in - g fr hy the sido of Doininic. - 'Your hou ids seized us and held us fast. You came up; , and said that we began the fight. You was a mag istrate too, anti afar a sham exemination, according to your own fashion, you committed us to prison for break ing the peace. Did ye think nt the time, that you was signing our warrant or your own?"' "I could not have done otherwise, as a magistrate un der the law," interrupted Stoughton doggedly. "It was a bloody law and yo was a murderint mogis trate:• Did you not fix your red revengeful eye on me and say that You'd prosecute tie for another breach of the -peace as Soon as we'd been punished for this? You mocked us. toe, when you said that we might go clear of prison if we'd gill's bail, for you knew that English tyran ny hadn't left us euougltproperly to stave etre jail. Hear now what ye said, when Dominic, in his ignorance ofi the world and the simple innocence of his .own heart, asked you. as a professional servant of Christ, to lay aside hatred and give your own security, for my life would shrink and he would die in a prison. Ile pledged you. in all the sacredness of his greet heart. that you should not lose by the good deed. It sounded new to a Man who'd lived in your bard world, but for all that you might have trusted the boy! No; you told Min that he'd live long enough after ho was out of jail to see what a fool he'll made of himself! "Just now you said that you'd acted like a magistrate under tho law, and perhaps you'll tell mo again that you did what every man of the world would do in denying, him. So you did, but it was like a merciless magistrate I r i and a hard-hearted man. Reverend sir, you have no Imiii - eits to bo eithOr,- No just magistrato would have . imprisoned him for doing what he did, and no good man would have refused to keep him out of a jail, where he must die. If you had looked at the poor boy'shOdy, you must have known that ti jail Would have been his death, and se' it was. "We lay there two months and were net brought to trial. Poor Dominic faded away. It had always heron hard for the sick boy to 'struggle fairly with life when ho was out in the fresh air and green fields he loved so well, but those two months in a datnp.jall killed him. - I heard of it. One night, by the blessing of God, I broke my fet ters and escaped. ' "I went to Mr. Howard at once, ,though be was an Englishman and a heretic. Here, in this place, I had marked his kind eye as Ile looked at Dominic, and I know that since that time every poor Catholic lied always blessed his goodness. Do ye remember the advice I gave yo once, Mr. Stoughton? I dared not go to him in the day time, and so that very night I wrote a little note. wrapped it round a broken fetter, and flung it through his window. In fifteen minutes 1 hoard his horse gal loping away from home. "I'll not detain your reverences, for we've much to do before ,morning. Ho bailed 'out Dominic and -nursed him tenderly at his own house, but tho poor boy died be. fore many weeks. The young priest went to heaven be fore ho had ever lifted his voice in' the holy church, but. thank God! the Irish boy did not die mitil,ha had. struck once against oppression. . . . "Mr. Stoughton, ye've been turnip' pale and flushed, and tryin' to seem stout, and then tremblin' again while •I'vo talked.. Don't beg for mercy, for you murdered .hltn!" [ • - , , CHAPTER V. TO, Irishman covered up his lace, for his whole frama trundled in terrible agoity. At length Howard kindly laid : hand upon hii shoulder. but 'Vermont shook it oft •' ' eve aided heart, Mr. Howard, and I knovi what yell say. but it's of no use.' 'l've sworn to 'remember Do • inic. I'll remember you - too, for his sake. In'. the only wily that s poor Irishman elm. -You're traveling to r , blin. but in these wild times you'd never reach the city , Ithciut a pass from the patriots. and that's why .p tidy!. Give me'your hand." pNIVARDI.M- „• ,He produced a email stamp, moistened it with some Chemical preparation, and printed upon Howard's wriet a little,harp wreathed with the shamrock. "There! that will cave your life. It'a the beat- that I can give.” "Wait a 'mornont, * Dormat. You moan ill to Mr. Stoughton: I can hardly believe that you moan the worst, except when I look at your eyes. You judge hitn far too, harshly. Upon My soul, I holieve that his Mien :tions were blameless. and you acknowledge that ho ac ted according to the law." "Do notlower yourself Or me. Mr. Howard, by plead ing to this murderer," said tho rector. ."If I die, it will be as n martyr to ignorance and cruelty. I bare done potbing in my lifo that I would not repeat, boforo God!" "Yo needn't talk, either of ye," broke in Dermot savagely. "Hciersoever 'twos done, - you murdered Dein- Jule. Stay here' till morning. Mr. Howard. You mast; two of my men will keep you from leaving - this place until four o'clock. Then yen may go to the town, and right there by the jail. see what a monument I'll raise to Dos - Mole.'" ' . • , He 'polio in Irish to his men. and all but two vanished wilt') their prisoner. 4 • At four o'clock his guards unbarred the door and Rew ard rushed out. - Twenty minutes' hard riding. brought Lint to the jail, and there he stopped. Tho , gray morn Was just lighting up Me horrid taco of a hanging man.— sheet of paper was fasthried to his back, and on it. was scrawled in largo letters: RICIIES AND GENWS-AN,4LLECORY. Riches and Genius once started on a journey. but they coon parted company; for Riches redo in a splendid ear, end was carried by large and rapid cotirsera,whilo Genius walked by the way side, and often paused to contemplate the skies' . and earth, with her mountains. rivers, tiecls, and flowerer. Riches had net proceeded far. before ho perceived the castle of Pleasure. in a green and sunny meadow. All around and within it was enchanting.— The air was soft - and balmy, blowing freshly, fraught with orders, and reviving to those on whom it breathed. The birds sang melodiously, the streams fell with gentle murmurs, and the (nits were golden. Pleasures, lightly and magnificently arrayed, came smiling forth to meet her guest. Bowinegracefully, she invited him into her luxurious halls which, wide and loftly, were filled with musicians, dancers, and 411 who could in any way con tribute to charm away the hours. Her tables, covered with invitirk viands, were set in the midst. . The .... Ink : .tress'of all things delightful, wee herself exceedingly fair. Dimples beautified her delicate checks; her silken hair fell, in wreathed tresses, around hOr neck; her eyes had a laughing and sweet expression, blent with a soft dream iness. Poor Riches. not knowing her to be a coquette, soon became violently enamored, while she, amused at her power over him, smiled more bewitchingly than over . Long time he tarried in the abode of Pleasure; but, at length. becoming ill, and chancing to groan, she become offended, told him that Pain was her mortal \ foe, and that she thought it best for him to leave the castle: Riches obeyed with reluctance, for Pleasure seemed more charm ing in his eyes when he knew himself ho was obliged ito leave her.. Being forced. however. to comply with her command.• he ordered his proudchaiint - • kleanwhile, Genius wetted his path towards the dwelling of Knowledge: a metitoruble and wise sage.- fie paused, It is true. et pleasure's attractive abode. but after some consideration, resolved not to all; knowing Riches to be there, and distrusting the smiles of the arras. Now Riches was gaily dressed, while Genius Wore gar ments that were threadbare: He was proud and Sensi tive. in spite of this. and. feared Riches would insult him. Continuing on, he soon arrived at the- habitation of Knowledge. The old man rose to receive hint. His countenance Was dignified, and his hearing noble. Time had she its snow on his head, mud increased. instead of ditniniithing his strength add majesty. He led Genius' into his well filled library. and addressed him thus: "here 0, Genius. is food for the mind. lam glad to see thee scorn Pleasure and seek better things, for her voice is deceptive, and she often leads to death. 1 know that thou were templed to her hall, for who is not? but the wisdom of thy choice will appear in the end. The road to mouth% Genius is before thee! It is steep timid thorny. Yet he who bait conquered the wiles of deceitful Pleasure': evinces greatness of mind;-and thou has but to persevere in the path I show, to win fame." Genius bowed him , self to t h e earth, assured that the words of tho sage were those of truth. Riches, oppressed with pain; a weary pilgrim. at last died in a wretched hovel never ceasing to deplore the hoe* of his beloved Pleasure, though she had proved so false and heartless. Neglected and obscure was his end, and t here is no record ()this life to be bound. Genius climbed the bill of Renoun, lived to a good old age, died lamented, and telt a namo dear to tho . Pity weeps et his urn. Gloryl unfolds her banner over tho place of his repose, and Ids memory is houbred among men. A Sim. BL UM following circumstance hap. pencd in one of the towns of Illinois: ' A man had been drinking until a late hour at night. befortihe started for home. Honest folks had been long in bed, and the houses were shut and dark. The liquor be had taken was too much for him; he did not know whore to go. Ho at length staggered into an empty wa gon shed, and fell upon the grbund. Fore long time he by in the unconsciousness of ti drunken sleep, and would have undoubtedly frozen, (for the snow in the ground showed the night to be very cold.) had not others less insensible than himself. been around him. This shed was a favorite rendezvous for the hogs, which rush• cd out when the now comer arrived, but soon returned to their bed. In the utmost kindness, and with the tru est hospitality, they gotta their biped companion the middlo of the bed; some lying on either aide of him, and others acticg the part of quilt Their warmth prevented him tram being injured bY his exposure. Towards morning:he awoke; finding hint self comfortable, and being in blissful ignorance of his whereabume, he sup posetehimself enjoying the accoMmodations of a tavern, id' company with other gentlemen. Ho reached out his hands.'and catching hold Of the stiff bristles of a hog. exclaimed—." Why. Milner, when did you ahavalast?" Datum—The "Razor Strop Alan" says: "When I first got acquainted with strong drink. it promised to do a great many things for me. It promised ine,'Liberiy; and I got Liberty. I had the liberty to see my toes poke out of my boots—the water had the liberty to go in at the tees and go out at the heels—my knees had the liberty to come out of my pantk—my elbow* had the liberty to come out of WY coal- 1 had, the liberty to, lift the crown of my hat and scratch my hepd without taking my tat off. Not only liberty I got, but I got music... When I walked i along on a Windy i ay.,the crown of . •, . , My bat % quid go flippeny- dap. And the Ind yvh:stled "how do you do." Ba•*r'D+cs+se.`-+A woman in N trrueh starch into sr boarders dtckies by them. As an of of gratitude, they with a spleudid pine pitcher. ME D&RMOT'S itzrExas • IA TIIL MONVIIN.NT OF DOMINIC .w York pots so . that they alma !aro to present her xivimx;4o. ' _llll' C. D. lIFTCAZD. The day Is gone: 0116;411len etoud Floats wanly o'er the MOW& birth. 1 014 like a weary pi Igrhn's shroud, The twilightd&rips around the earth, How fair themoon from out the skies, Flings down bar Mild and SlNCrYillealuPs And all she stars, like conscious c3'ol. Itcfk.cs themselves In lakes and streains. The winds are hushed; the leaves aye itlll. And not a breads the silence breaks. Save whereto:4oe zephyr's get ihria. The dew drop from the rose tree sos Les, Yet heart. far across the vale. And from the shadows of yon hill. The Katy did pour tont. her tale. .4n4 sadly sing the whippccrwlll. Oa holy. calm. delightful hour; Who feels not tenderer fin your sake its—by an angel•. quickening power 3loun, gars, and music blending wade, Delightful hour, nor night nor day, [haps' thatglorioua space between, Which mingles both—then melts away. Like dreams which are not, yet have been, /ton• fitly ire Js typed herein, Where Jarknee• gathers round our tt ay, While . flir beyond, the light is seen, Which centres in a perfect day. Some Story about "Sawing" a Siivo Wankel). ET N. I It. Tr..Nt years ago, said Jones, I made my first trip over tho "Dig Lakes." I was a youngster then, fresh 'from a city law office. and on the look out for a "location" in the "Great West," a few coppers in my pocket. and brass enough in my face to make up the deficiency. I'd seen some "tall life" in York, and did'itt much fear be ing "picked up" by any body in the mass: use. , After I'd 800111, enough of Buffalo. I concluded the chance was bettor farther West. so one day I stepped down to the harbor, and booked myself eu board the Great Western, Captain W—, for Chicago. /tithed time aver we left Buffalo, quite a muss was kicked up , antondsonte of the forward passengers; ores aliened by a little peppery Frenclitnatt,having, as he de clared, detected a specimen of the "genius"'Yenkee, taking some lit:tonics with his (the Frenchman's) wife. The quarrol was of course !allied over in the "Saloon," until some fellow on the look out for fun proposed. as Me Yankee appeared to he suffering under that "awful dispebsation of rroviclenee„" must INTZN'3E VERDANCY', organizing a speei l rl steamboat court arresting and try -• Mg the off ender, and, as a matter of course, put him through "an entire course of sprouts." Tlie proposal, as yUU may readtlY im %gine. was forthwith ado?toti. A Mr. 11, of •Milwaukie, was elected judge—a gen tleman you all know sight well, and este of the beat felt lbws in the world; albeit he is nos a "grave and rem; ed" Senator at Washington, acted 111 the (to him) fa miliar official capacity of prosemiting attorney. A big whiskered sucker from Galena undertook the duty of Sheriff, and• the Mon °RCM/VOLE ,IMARINE COCRV of the Veiled States Steamboat r,rprtmont was fully or viand. While the court room watt bring arranged, it was in the FORWARD SALMI; with a VitiWi I suppose, to the ac commodation of "thS Bar," I had come to the eonelu go .11 :4 i" - ra?" . [rib ifriela n glArf n zn' ation of the warrant, I sloped forward and found my Yankee friend stretched on a dry goods box, and ovident ly pretty doeply "streaked." ' “Mr. Peashie," said I, las name CM the book was en tered ”Abialona Poaslec." "I'm very much afraid you will be put to a great , deal of trouble. Yoit - aro not aware, Probably, that the: Frenchman ha.s sworn out a warrant against you. I suppose you knees, of course, that there is a regular branch of the United States Mti rine Court on this Coat." - . ..,_ . , ••Goilrisrs his blasted picter: he's meatier 'a a bifed skunk—cusp-hitnj ,ditrat tech his wotnan.;'; . 1 , •'That makes no difference," said 1; ••l the boat has got tho" worrani, I saw it rriya thought you was a stranger 'and might wan cacao right off to sec you—my name is ..r an y body can get you clear. I can." - H 01), thunder and spikes! aunt it too bad. anthill; of I was onlypshore. I guess 'twould eternity fore env ono'd catch me on the cues thing tight." "There conies the @bora," said ~''what do you EMI you'll git me clear, glv yoti five dollars, I.will sure's my 1131/3C . S .6•1?illi011/." "Donn," s uid 1. "When the judge asks if you have counsel, tell him' Mr. William Jones in your lawyer, and I'll be there. just keep a stilt upper lip. dont say a word to the sheriff, or any one but me." Fifteen min ntea after, Absalom was brought into court. thave no doubt that at the first opening of tho matter. he was somewhat suspicious of the trirk,•but the vener able and dignified form of-the judge, the earnest air of the prosecuting attorney, and the sober. anxious appear 1111Ce of the spectators. all had thoireffiset; the colorfor sook his Flicelts, and,when the judge, in Plow and em phatic words, bid him rise and hew the charge, poor Ab salom wilted like a calibsgs loaf, and as the judge pro. corded to lay down the law, and dwell with au apparent horror on the n or mitt' of the offense commi !ter!. I felt really distresse at his forlorn and homble'appearonee. "As you tut", probably. no counsel," edict the judge, "this court will select one for )ou, who will doubtless, give you the full benefit of his legal skill." "1 begicav,is of - this - honorable court," said 1, "with all the dignitj• of incipient counsollorisin, seeking that Absalom wa4 unable to utter my name, to suggest that Peaslee,Aho prisoner at the bar, has confided to me the charge of his defence." was perfectly aware that making this offer I was dis appointing sadly the gentleman - been ;Meetly selected to fill the post of prisoner's counsel; but that was a matter 'of indifference to me, and as Absalom Se conded me by a faint sign of approval. I took my seat, uot thinking it worth while to' hear the muttered objur gations of the dispossessed pettifogger. You may well suppose that I was not such a "gooey" as to expect success in defending my client. Absalom was a doomed 'man, of course. With me it was the, chance of making friends or s'acrmaintanCes,Who might help me thereafter iu my dealing with the suckers and badgers of the West. • , The indictment was read with much force by fits pros ecuting attorney, it charged upon the 01mm-re violent and malicious assault and hattory with intent. &e.. and was well and wittily drawn:up. • We. of course, pleaded NOT GUILTY; and the first witness the Frnclinian. was Sworn an a BACKGAiMMON BOARD, and testified to tho fol-, lowing effect: '1 ant baptised by de nom Jean, Baptiste. Louis Alph ! ones Napoleon Sorbier,, I.nall be in die country tree year; bimbey two week pass by I arm mange, my.wife's in, de - citee you call Bos—tang. She say M. Bohlen bimeby, prettreoan, nothing happen. ye shall have large femiloc. I am fear dat ve so myself 'so I, tell Madame, • Ire go to great vest vat yori call him. oh! skyvat s an de goovs ara- Menl Propairtee, vs start...in: reach de cilia -Butfelo. ye take dis bates; 1 eve several tronk I eve go to le' cellar, vat you call de hole, to see hlm put safe away; sea t icor to se cabe'en.-I look in, I say sat mock like Madame Ba ttier, look hotter°, so second time. I see Madame bi so vittdareil see lie eacre d—n T lankeo stand bi sol. say noting, I hold myself bock, eb. Mon dien! I eve do maiheur to see die dear mato put his two fingers on se ball \ side of Madame, vat you call -de nake, I not stop longere, I seize hum by so coat tail, I say vat you mean Mietare, sat is my wife, I aye see you stick your d—n dmoo fingaro on my wife; I am gintilhonte. I will ave do grand sane faction, vat you think he say, "I (MI Nat oULUOIST. Litivz razz. DIC snips Memeata." AL! sacra nom do diou! he take insult -from hijurlo. I lay' nothing more, If I aye a horse pistoi . I run him trot; zp boddoe several times." This woe the evidence for the proseeution, it was welt received, you may be sore. and the Judge's efforts to secure order were in vain, peal on peal oflaughter greets ,id the tragic conelusiou. Absalom bad rallisd wonder fully, I hair; no doubt his former suspicions had returned in force enough to furnish a euffieient degree of pluck for the occasion. Ile was by iris'esvo request, permitted to toll his own story. "I've hearu that or' fellers'-story," said Absalom, 'and • it's jest about as near unto tho truth as ounit:in Brown's wife was to heaving twins, she had only one. I see that or' crater's - woman Jeauite outer the Winder, and could - lit for the life of me help uotielu` her bumps, bar hair was plastered dawn se almighty slick, they stock out; as !lateral as a bull's tail. Ye see squire I tuk Mister rimier's; Plirenological paper'all last winter; •and 'fore j loft hum, I'd practysed on about, all, the gals in them parts. I did'nt charge nothin' ter doing on't, it was a gratifying duty as old Elder Neff': sed, when he saluted the female converts. Well, yew see I looked at thit;,. critter's head, and I says to myself. Jerusha Simmons! if that air; an't the ell firdyi filofinitivo bomb' I ever ' did sec.: 'twos atuozin' it fairly lopped her head o'er backwards, and I thought to myself if I could only tit the dimensions of that air, 'hicy natirrat i enellin,' in feet and inches, I'll send it to Squire Fowler, for publication. and I Was jest about trying to space across, when that tempi goose-eyed feller there, Mister Sour Beer, gave me a • twitch clear threw the cabbie. I did used to think old :runt •Putiettee Larraby - could'nt ho beat in the jaw line, an' she talked so thunderin' fast it always took tow on us to hear her; she'd flummox one set of ears qideler'n lightnin,' but I gin in now, that air French feller'd Wk. aunt Patience into fits in less'n a .minute. Sq now Squire, you've !learn his story and' you!vo hewn and if 'mint lawful in this ere free country, for a feller to' look at a female critter'alminps in a peaceable ; admix.; way, I'll 'ay the beaus, I'd gin a shilling nay way rath• er'n not sea that irir,developluelt,' I had got by this time, to be about 111 o'clock in tho evening, and out we expected to reach Detroit; where the, boat would stop some 'two hours, Suggested by D i 1 end Assented to by my-80f, to sutstnit the ease to the Judge without summing up. I Therefore. that learned and im partial functionary' pibceeded to express his rouviction I at Absalom's guilt, and imposed upon him a fine of five dollars. Oddly enough. as i then thought: the Yankee submited without a murmur. "Taint no use kickin' said he to•mo in a loci voice, •I•guess I've got my eye-teeth e.uichettp onutl: I lipase yaw won't charge uothin''Squire, Hecht' as you did'att have anything to say." • "it bargain is a bargain Mr. Peaslee,," said I. ••Yon agreed to pay me a V., I did'nt sum up io be sure, Mit I haveoto_doublia bad not 'wait row counsel the Judgo would have put on twenty dollars at leait." "Wal I ain't golu to rumpus about such a trine, I aint nothin smaller than a ten." • "Pit give fire for it," said I, "and - then von can hand that to the Judge, and we'll bo square." I took Absalom', ten merely looking to ace the amount. and handed him a city five, ho took it very cooly, walked over to where the Judge was standing atuidst" , :a knot of laughing croneys, spoke a few words in an under tone; the Judge end his friends looking over et me in a great merriment exclaimed, •"ajl right, Mr. Penske all right," and Absalom sloped, Tha boat was at the dock and es several tif this: pass. engem, were to leaVe.the Judge led the way to the bar, observing to me, I suppose Mr. Jones. we may as well take a general treat out of your client's fee." "Oh certainly," said I, "walk up gentleman." And so they did, quite a small crowd, The Judge says to the gonteman inside the; bar. "Mr. Jones Mend the, shot." o sheriff' of If, and as , I counsel, I ues, and if I aim dun 0 !meet' d hot water "There mu .t be a mistake," said !, "did'nt thE Yankpli hived you a give," P.Not at all, he bad banded you a .tea. and got a fir* back in excUnge, and you would accodnt to the court." You? Absalom. my client Absalom. thought _ k l as I paid the damages. thirty-niue drinks at a Arai each. I was rather to say anything about my fee. tiut concluded 1 had got oft clear and one shilling In pocket. Ohl the vanity of human calculations! take my advice boys, ntrcr attempt to ram a lire Yankee. I • -The len dollar bill was a counterfeit. .21 Do NOT CHEAT TIM 1.00 R: :=TIIO Alhaqtnickerbocker relates the . following incident which . may be a good ex ample at otli"Or places. -This fashion of defrauding the laborer is altogether too common, btit not much to say that persons who will do it, are preliminary candiates for the States Prison: A member of the lobby. who was alMut leaving limn a day or two since, was encountered near the Rail Road Depot by his Washerwoman. who being of the Amazo nian order. stopped him. much against his will. and do niunded payment, for, • the wushing of about twenty dick twice us many collars, and one or two shirts. Ho would have 'resisted payment, but as the lady,a rich brogue and, laud voicObro't a Targe . erowd about him. ho was compelled, ( 7 1Ci escape ridicule.) to give her $3 and refusd•the Stays:ay., Eisler' Vs.alts Aao..—Eighty years ago, Ma very existed in Massachusetts; and was there practised. by EOM e, as cruelly as now on tho worst sugar plantatioue of Louisiana. Mrs. Child in her' history of Woman, says. ••A wealthy lady residing in Glouchester Moe.. was in tho habit of giving away the infanta of her e isle" slaves a few days after they were horn. as people are r i i eustome;d to dispose of a Hite of kittens . One 'of her neighbors begged an infant, w ich in these &yea coin- patative simplicity, she nouns ed with her own milk. and reared among her own children. This woman had . an earnest desire for a brocade gown. and hot trusbind _ net feeling able to purchase one, she sent her little num- - Hug to Virginia and sold her, When she ,was &Milt sevaa Veers old."—Yot the people of plassachuaidts. lam the • English, have loss charity now , ,for slave-holders than perhaps any other of the citizen:lS of the United States.— Such is human nature.—Pltiladelphia Bulletin. SAlLon's Iront 01 Fidumw IsznAm2.—During tho Florida war a party of Seaman stationed ou the Miami to cut wood for the ljnitod states steamer Poinsett. were aroused by. a report that two •Intliens had been aeon near the encampment. The commanding officer but trig tii;the spot. found Drown. the boatswain's mate, and Davis, a s eawall. in the act of entering, a small ham- I mock where the enemy were thought to be concealed...- latent upon doing their , work in their own i way, Davi s laid down his mitaket in the path. and caught up a stout stick. spitting on his bands and grasping his cudgel, hi" stepped forward.:calling out. "CoMe on. Brown. lot mo get a crack at him, and you erneftreusster my lee." Ha ~no doubt eipected to catch an indi ho r lifeu would airai' and crack him on the nose.' t~ r'' NUMBER 49►
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers