BY JOHN B. BUTTON
VOIi. 36.
330
DISCUSSING A CUSTARD.
Delicious custard I and delicious Mary .
Wlio baked it—maiden with tho raven hair,
And face mid hands exceedingly contrary,
In other words a maiden passing fair..
I hold the bakery delicious, very—
j- And rail comrortably in,my choir ••
Between the iniiuthtule.'ahd am meditative
About this custard that I have a plate or.
Delicious custard I what uncommon og*s
• t Fresh siyourfHce, my dear, those must have seen,
No chickens therein being, with short, legb,
Waiting to enter on this out door scene,
And very numhleyour inqhiror begs
- That extra care be paid tho mother hen, . ,
yoralvln* us such eplendldspeciinona ■,
By much obovolho brood of common, hens. . .
Apropos, Mary, is it Chinn, Dorking,
Or common fowl you keep? (recommend I , ,
Dens with a cluck that'somnls.like.wine uncomng,
A bill extremely yeHow «t the end, *
"tHe kind .1 metloned, With five toes owtforkih j,
- Are very good and may bo made.to mend •
By certain othennixturrs, for which aiin,.-
Eachew especially ail fowls called 'jame.*
Another plate-yes, thank you.: I would siy
This milk has been delicious, almost cream,
You milk, of course, quite early every day, ■
- Something before the rising sun's first beam j
It must bo fine, this gelling up in May,
<. Just when we sluggards first begin to dream ;
You have the dew upon tho grass, t think—
A glassful Of the milk, and I will drink.
-&a{tar, milk, eggs, no butter, did you ray 7
- .No butler; would it not Improve the mate 7 •
•Perhaps not; would it keep If.pul away? .
• Of courio'not-milk grows acid In such haste—
Be careful. Mary, costard for today,
• But frrth to morrow, ’tis a ilmme to waste,
Andyo-i I know are careful, and so clean—
Fifteen? Ah morel seventeen, sweetsovontconl
You tiso fine bustard sugar-loaf nf course.
While as your forehead—never use the brown,.
/And white Havanna-is one quarter worse,
■ .’Stuart's best Innf will always bear the crown
For crystal uniform, but not ton coarse—
Bo'much irillk to smooth the custard down,
I’ll h'aveyiyi,-Mery, fiegr when I got rich, ’
For cook6r wifu*or hotfl. I don’t care which.
SWfflceUaneo.tui.
A GOOD ,9TORYI
Old Col. \V ■ formerly d well know character
in ono of our jeaatorn cities,'was remarkable, for but
.one passion out of lho ordinary range of humanity;
dnd tliut was for buying any lot of trumpery which
came under llio lieud ol“ miscellaneous,* 1 for .the rea.
eon that it could not be classified; Though close fist
led in general* ho was continually throwing away his
money in fives and terti on sdeh (rash. -Id this way
ho filled oil the old corners In his dwelling and out
• houses with & collection of nondescript articles that
•would have puziled a philosopher to tell what they
•Were mado lor or to what useUiey cotildßo put.—
.This, however, was. 9 soboridary consideration with
the colonel; fur he seldom troubled his head about
such articles after they were fairly house'd. Not 00
with his wife, however, who was continually remon
strating, against these purchases which served only to
clutter up the house, and as food for the in-irlh ofthe do
mestic*. But the Colonel though ho often submitted to
these remonstrances of his better half, could not re
sist the passion. And so ho went on adding from
week lb week lo his heap of miscellanies. One day.
while sannlerh g down the street, he hsertHho rich,
full tones of the auctioneer, and of course:stepped
in to see what was being sold. On (ho floor he per
ceived a collection which looked os if it might have
been purloined from the garretof some museum,aju)
-around which a motley group wore assembled; whiTo
on the. counter stood the portly auctioneer, in the
very, height of a mock indignation remonstrance
with his audience. *
. “ Nine dollars and ninety cents !" cried . the auc
tioneer, “ Gentlemen, it is a sliamo, it Is barbarous to
stand by and permit such a sacrifice of property !
Nino dollars and ninety—Good morning, Colonel!
A mognifiicenl lot of— of—anttgi/ities—and all go
ing for nino dollars and ninety cents. Gentlemen,
you'll never see another such .lot ;?and oil
going—going for nine dollars and ninety cents. Col.
\V , cun you permit such a sacrifice? The
Colonel glanced his eye over the lot, and then with u
nod and a wink assured him ho could not. The next
•instant the hammer came down, and the .purchase
was at ton dollars. As lliOkorlicHcn wore to bo paid
-fot* and remoVed -immcdlaTcly the Colonel lust no
time in getting a carl, and having seen everything
tacked up and on the >wuy to the house he proceeded
ohis own store;•bhackling within himself that now,
.at beast, he Had made a bargain at which even his
wife could'nl grumble.
In duo time the Colnhcl was tented ol the dinner
iablo, Wlloh Hfting Bis eyes ho observed o cloud on
his wife's brow. “ Well my deaf," said Mr W ,
enquiringly. “Well?’' repeated his wife: “it Sr
not well,, Mr. W : I.nm vexed' beyorW oridu
ranee. You know (3 ;—; the sutioneer 7" Cor
talnly," replied the Colonel, "and a very gentlemanly
' ( “You may >t)iink so;"-rejoined
the wile, “but 1 don't;.and will tel lyou why; A
■fbiy du*i a god gathered togclher all the trumpery
Ulill wTnvh roll Have been clustering the house fur
4he lust twelve months, and sent fyludiith,.with or«
dorsjo sell the lut Immediately to the highest bidder
for joqsh. Ho assured mo ho would do so In all this
V.cck'/it’furllicßt, nnd pay over the proceeds to my
ordch And hrtci.ho’Vo onngratnlating mysoll
'on I wo* things | first on having got lid of a most in*
tolerable nuisincc; and secondly, on receiving money
enough therefore to phrcliuablniil nowvelvct lint you
ftae *o long ago. And now what do you
hink ? Thlk ondiour ogn, the wno\f
itad vtm'ti>acK again without a word of ei/HafiaHonV'
The Colonel looked blank for a moment, nnd then
•proceeded to clour up the mystery. Rut tho good
ftbttan -pacified only by (ho mromlse of o ten
dollar gold plooo beside-that-In tlio )iaKds of-|he aur
tionoer, on condition, however, that she should nev
er mention It. Of oodrso she kopl hcr word !
. TUB MtNs
Of bjl the noble Work* of God, that of (lie human
mlmPhus ever been considered the grandest. ll la,
however, Uko all else created, oupiiblu of cultivation;
end just in llio degree that the mind la improved and
rendered pure, la man. filled for rational enjoyment
end paro linppincaa. That porenn who spends 11
wholeexistence without a realisation of tho, great
end* for which ho was designed; without reeling a
•oaring of the aoul above more mercenary motive*
and dfslrce; not knowing that he is a portion, aa It
•wore,ofljio vast machine, in which each jilcco has a
part to perform } having no heart boating in common
with* those of hie fellow. men, feeling* in which well*
iknot-lho beginning and tho end, muy wullboaaid
not to live. Flia mind ia ahut In by moral darkness,
»pd he merely exists, a blank in tho world, and goea
lothe tomb with aouroely a regret. .Such beings wo
have aeon and wondered at—wondered that a mortal
endowod with bo many noble qualities, and capable
of the highest Attainments of Intellectuality, should
•lumber on through a world like oars, in which
everything ia beautiful and eubllmc, to call forth his
bnurgiss and excite their admiration—a world which
affords subjects for exercising every lively attribute
with which we are gifted, and opens a scene of the
richest variety to thn oyo, the mind, arid (ho beorl,
end of such a diversified character, that we never
grow wearyi If, then you wish to live in tho true
.sense of the term, cultivate (he mind, give vent to
pure sffooilons and noble feelings, and confide not
every thought and desire to se(lr Live more for the
.good ofyonr fellow men, and in keeking (heir hoppl.
ness you will promote your tiwh;
A friend telle us that a little girl from the me
lironolis, who had visited ft town not a thousand
.miles from Now York, was filled with surprise
iat the eight of a girl milking a bow. “I didn’t
•know you did It In that way,” sho said, with
found eyed wonder: “I thought they took hold
Of the cow’s tall and pumped (he milk out Of
fieri Wltal’e she got so long a tall fori”
THE TIMES.
fire, flood and pestilence} as a combined seburge,
has attracted not a little attention from the daily
press; and one of our ootemporaries, in speculating
on the calamities of the times, considers, it a Special
visitation of the Almighty, fbr the sins of mankind,
But he seems to overlook one very striking fact—
that if Are, flood and terrible evils
bf lhe limes, that wo are also visited by signal hies,
sings to/contyehsato for f and counteract thorn. In.
Vtcud of famine, &e are surrounded by vast abundance.
The earth teems with her fruils. (t Prosperity crowns
btir trade, and the returns of commerce cnrl'ch the.
land. If we lose mu'ch-by flood and Are,,still will
there remain .a groat balance indoor favor. ' Tho
pcslilence, though fraught.with wo to tho bereaved
heart, must be designed fur good in its consequences.
Tho rnoVemcnts ofthe world must bo active. Where
man Is', cbmmdlibn, Agitation, convulsion, will pro
vail. After oil, what a happy contract do wo not
exhibit,-when our condition - is compared to that of
Europe! Firo, Aood and pcfitilcncc are common to
all the earth. Bui’' Europe, in addition to all llieae,
is accursed by every civil wrong, social oppression
and politico! scourge, that tyranny, bigotry and;j&ci<
lariamstn can invent, as a torment to humanity.—
Tho events oflh'o hew World afro bright and cheering
compared to those of tho old; and yet, tlio loiter lias
a brilliant ftlture to look forward to. Abounding in
m'dncyi successful in trade, blessed with an ever pro*
ducliVo iftddslryl.the did wprld wears a smile of rc
generation on her wrinkled front, (hat ougttrs well
for tier freedom, not less than her prosperity. Gold!
gold! gold! is the cry, of her banks, brokers, exchnn
gers and merdliAritS.- Constitutions! .Rights and
Freedom! is the'cry of the people. And the ■cry ,
must end in reality. . Fcrhanb .no sgq 'of life world
before gave such abundant evidence of God's goodness
instead of God'll vengeance. No page in tlio volume
of mankind, beams with ad hiiich radiance, ns the
one now spread open.before us.. And ibis too, in
(he face of French perAdy and ftottian subjection;
both, however grevious and disgraceful, tncro spots
on the sunVdisc. Neither tho walls of Paris, nor
the gates of Romo, embrace earth'* population of
freedom. Heads of fur seeing sagacity, both in the
old and new.world, anticipate immense business,and
prodigious profits, during tho year 1850. But will
they be realized? The probabilities are oil in favor
of it. Tho elements are spread before us; and if
they continue, 1850 will shame her predecessors.—
Where, then, lower tho clouds of adversity, (hat are
to scatter their Arcc, and hurl their thunderbolts, ns
punishment for sin? Is pestilence, Aro and flood,
nothing? , What, are they, we answer, but partial
evijs, unfclt in the general -lot of human joy, and
scarcely to be estimated as an atom in (ho creation
—a drop in the wide and unmeasured ocean of lm
mat) being.— Ledger, ,
. Connects for t&e Young*
Never he cast down by trifles. If a spider break
his thread twenty times, twenty limes will he mend
it again. Make up your minds to do a thing end
you will do it. Fear not, if a trouble comes upon
yows keep up jwtr spirits though the day bo a dark
one. , .
If (he sun is going ddwn, look op to (ho stars; if
(ho earth is dark, keep your eye on -Heaven. With
God's presence, and God’s, promisee; a hiurtUr a thHd
may be cheerful. .
.. Mind what you run after, frever be content with
a bubble that will burst,.or .fttywood that will end in
smoko and daVkncsa, Gelilial which yod can keep,
and which is worth keeping.
Fight hard against abasly temper. Anger will
come, but resist it strongly. A spark may set a
house on fire. A fit of. passion may give, you cause
to mourn all the days of your-Hfe. Never revenue
an injofy, ,
If you have on enemy* act klndlyloldm and make
him your friend. You may not Win him over at
once, but try again. Let one kindness bo followed
by another, till you have compassed your end. By
little and little great things are completed; and so
repealed kindness will soften the heart of stone.
Whatever you doi do it willingly. A boy that is
whipped to school never learns his lcssons well. A
man that is compelled to work, cares not how badly
it is performed. He (hat pulls of his coat cheerfully,
strips up his sleeves In earnest, and sings whilo he
works, Is (he man for me]
Evil thoughts aro worse enemies than lions and
tigers; for we can keep out of the way of wild beasts,
but bad thoughts win their way every where. Tho
cup that is lull will hold no more; keep your heads
and hearts full of good thoughts, that bad thoughts
may find notoom to enter.
Learn to Cook Well*
ogaln propose this advise to thoke of oßryoong
female friends who may chance to look into this
journal. There need bo no scruple on the ground
that (ho aim proposed is not sufficiently high for b
gooerouk and cultivated mind. To do well, whatever
it becomes ciilr duly io dtf el all.ds an ambition suf
ficiently elevated, for the highest and most gifted
spirit. The care of (tie family will be-the diily of
wflnisH 4111 wo get translated (o a higher sphere of
existence—and.family care will always, at now, bo
made up of details, small In themselves; '(is true; but
In tho Aggregate, mjd .In (heir connections, vastly
important. Wo say thon loarn lo'cduk well.
The health of tho family depends upon it. tVo
know there aro those who associate luxury, cflemi
nanoy, and all dependent ills with every attempt of
tho kind recommended. Sul wo do not believe that
health is prolhotccl by eating row carrots and doughy
broad—or that to secure long life It is necessary to
turn cannibal. Nor wero men made to grata'like 1
cattle, or eat-iheir food like doge.
Nor is it necessary, in order to shun .the errors of
-fthich wo to -rush into (ho extreme. Good .
cookery does not consist in producing the highest
seasoned dishes | nor such ns foster a tnorßld appe
tite, but in preparing every dish well, however sim
ple or-coiumbh ,1} may be. . Theie aro for instance,
families who never ont any good Broad from ono
ccnlllry.to another, and hoVo-rio idea In \vhal U con
sists. ftor are meals cooked sny butter within (heir
preclnts. Those little simple, and healthful dclioa.
eies which agood housekeeper knows intuitively how'
to produtfo, uro never seen here. Even a dish rtf
potatoes cannot gel themselves well boiled. A mem.
ber (if Ihp 'ftttttily might ak wclll fall sick among the
Hottentots as far as any proper mirsingls concerned.
These.things ought not to-80, nor is (herb any need
of their existence; if the wife has any just notions, of
her obligations to horsejf and those about her.
The science of broad making, of meat boning-,
■towing, rousting and boiling; ofvegclable cooking,
and preparing tho multifarious small dishes of all
sorts, which go to make pleasant the table, and all
about ore hors—hers (o understand nnd practice.—
They are sciences too qultu os exalted In nature os
are those that lie at the foundation of litigation, ololh
selling, Implement making or wheat growing. The
woman who con cook well, is sn Empress to whom
nil that wail at her table will do unboughl homage.
•Learn lo cook well, fair friends.
Oi.d Men.—There ore living In Springfield Creek,
in this oounly, says (ho Aohvlllo (N. C.) Megsenger.
perhaps two of the ** oldest inhabitants" in our coun
try. Mr. William Wood, 111 years old,and can now
“w«do and split water like a coon," woding every*
branch and oreok that happens to cross his path; Ts
In good health and of a sound mind, Mr. M. Davis,
his close neighbor, it 103 years old,and we understand
is also in good health and spirits. The former Is thirty
years beyond the scriptural allotment, vl|t “four
score yckrs I" the Utter twenty-three. Unite their
lirogeny, ond they could neatly people a now. country,
luting*” a long string" of sons; dudglilers; and ro
allves."
A YouTiiruii Murderess.— A little girl, only
It years of ago, attempted 10 poison a whole
family In Pittsburg last Tuesday, by putting Into
the tea a quantity of alcohol. In which corrosive
sublimate Had been dlsolveu iokill raliM Hor
desire was to poison the family In order'to got
homo to hor family In Ohio. * n .
**OUR COUNTRY*—BAY IT ALWAYS BS RIOIIT—BUT RIGHTOR WRONG, OUROOUNTRV.”
CARLISLE, PAi, THUESDAYOAUGUST 30, 1849.
CONSCIENCE.
VfAn ancient writer,’Brochtnand, presents us with
the following description'of conscience:—“lt is a
kind of silent reasoning of Ihd mind, whoBo defini
tive sentence is received by some affection of the
heart, by which those things which are decided to
be good'and right are approved of with delight, but
those things which are evil and naught are. disap
proved of with grief and sorrow." In short, we may
consider conscience as the judgement which man*
kind are constrained to pass on their own character,
stale; and actions, as subjected unto the judgment of
- a Superior Being. No one is bold enough to deny
that the depravity of human . fioliW'is. Universal
and total, extending 1 to all mankind,' and to every
power orea^h-‘lndividual; yet there is a principle
incorporated wiiii;lhe [lowers ofthe inind—tho prin-
conscience—which testifies that tho Creator
has not left himself without witness in any skua
lion, or amobg ariy ’clash dfbo'Cleiyl The prerogative
of conscience la also gfoat. When permitted toexer
cise Its authority, it investigates and weighs whatev
er takes placein which the individual to whom it be
longs is an agent, and it passes its judgment accor
dingly, whether •in reference to the actions.of the
life, the words of tho'inonlh, or tho secret thoughts
of the heart. Impartiality is tho invor-lblo rule by
tvhich it exercises its authority. • It approves and
censures without respect of persons or any extrin
sic circumstances. It is os ready to do its office in
the bosom.of tfyb prince as in thtit.jp.f the peasant
in reference id the tyrant who sits on tiis tlihmci as
well as lo lho slave who bends beneath his yoke.—
Its judgment may bo’rejccled. its sentence may
bo luughcd.to derisoD.' A variety of self deceiving
excuses hlay be .marfe, and matiy apologies may j
be advanced, to justify tho conduct which it con- (
demns. But these by no'men ns destroy tho’impur
lial Vigor with which it has delivered its sentence.—
This prerogative of judgment possessed by con
science is no less remarkable for its comprehensions
than for any oilier quality by which it is distinguish
ed. ’ Its discriminating power ia not confined to the
passing moment. It tenaciously retains tho history
'df tlie past; It solemnly anticipates the prospect of
tlio fdture} The transactions of the present,'indeed,
are those which most succeed in defying lli.o'-uiithor
ity of conscience, in baffling its power, and- in over
whelming its Remonstrances, omid. the tumultuous
noise of violent and discordant passions; but though
apparently overpowered—though its awful voice is
drowned in this confusion—yet when the anorchy of
the passion shqll subside, it will resume Us legitimbto
authority, and exercise its high-prcrognUVe; by con-'
necting the history of the past with the evohU df
future life.’
THE PHANTOM OF VICE.
It was the. last night of the year; and from .tils
lattice, an old man.guzed with a look of despair, tip
ward* to the bright and blue hen vena, and downwards
upon the tranquil, while-mantled earth, onwhlch no
human being was so joyless and sleepless as he.
His grave seemed to stand near him, covered net
with the green of youth, but with the snow of age.
Nothing had ho brought with him out of his whole
life—nothing, save Jits, sins, follies,'nnd diseases, o
wasted body, a desolate soul, U heart filled with poi
son, and an old ago of remorse and wretchedness.
And now, like spectres of the past, the beautiful
days of his youth, passed in review before him, and
saddened memory was there, and drew him hack
Again to that bright morning when his father first
placed him at The opening paths of life, which, on
the right, Jed by lho.,sun*llluinined •rpck.of. virtue,
into a pure and peaceful .land, fulHoT angels, and
harmony, of recompense and light—arid, on the loft
descended .the.darkling mole, .ways of vice, into
a black cavern) dropping poison, full Of deadly ser
pents, and ol gloomy sultry vapors. , r , ‘ V •
These serpents are already coiled okobt his breast
—the poison woe on ids tongue, and he knew now
where bo was I Fairy meteors danced before him,
extinguishing themsclvcs.in the churchyard, and he
knew them to be the days of his folly.
Ho saw a star fly from heaven, and full dim and
dissolving to (he earth.
•‘That,’* said ho, “is myself," and the serpent
fangs of remorse pierced still more deeply his bleed
ing hcarl. ‘
His excited fancy now showed him.sleep-walkers
gliding away from housetops, and the arms of a
giant windmill threatened to destroy him. He
turned—ho tried to escape—but a mass from (he
neighboring charnel house lay before him, and grad
ually assumed his own features.
While in this paroxysm, (he musioof (ho opening
year flowed down from ihc slccplcs* fulling upon Ins
ear like distant anthems. His troubled .soul wos
soothed With gentler emotions. lie looked at the
horizon, and then abroad on the wide world, arid he
thought on the friends of Ink youth", who, bolter and
more blessed than himself, wero now teachers on the
earth, parents of families, atid happy men} .
In' tlila dreamy retrospect of (ho days of ills youth
the fantastic features of the mask scorned to change;
■it raised itself up in the charnel house-rand his
weeping spirit ■‘beheld !>ls former blooming, flguro
placed thds id biller mockery bo for o him.
Ho could endure It. ho longer. Ho covered his
eyes—a flood of sctfl'drng (bars, streamed into (ho
snow—his bosom was reliovud, qtjd.he sighed softly,
uncpnciously, inconsolably, ‘‘Only comb .again;
youth—come only ohco Again ! .
And it come ngpln'l he hail only dreamed so
foorrully on that New Vonr*s night. -tfe was still a
youth. Hls er.rbi' tfl.opß.hut) l»cbr), no dream; and ho
(hanked God (hat while yet-young, ho could turn
from the foul paths of vice into tho sun-track which
conducts to tho pure land of blessedness and peace
, Prepare fair a Reverse.
A man knows not how soon he may he re
versed, .in its unceasing revolutions, tho wheels
of Ptovidynbe may oHe day place him among the.
poor—how many at tho horrors of the most übjuct
destitution, who were once rich in the world’s
goods, and op whose Ups dwell perpetual sweet
ness the self deluding promise—“Tormorrow
shall be as this day, and much more abundant]
Remember the poor I In yonder gloomy prison
lies one who made gold his idol. Ho forgot the'
needy in his distress, and the appeals of tho needy
woko .no coho ?IH his heart; fie was not hia
brother’s -keepci,” so he hoarded Dp‘his surplus;
lucre-iri'hls coffers, and permitted the dying and
the destitute to meet their doom; but as ho had
meted out to them, even so it has been meted unto
him. Not a ray of affection .bheers now the
gloom oT his prison walls. Left alone with, the
phantoms of the past, how agonizing his remorse 1
Remember the poor, clothe the naked, feed (he
hungry, minister to tho distressed, and their
prayers and blessings will tall up>*n your head
like rich incense, more durable than gold or
Jewels.
A Good Irish Adeoduts*
Some years since, when the beautiful painting
of Adam and Eva was exhibited in Ireland, it
became the chief topic of conversation! Finally
a poor ragged illiterate peasant went to see it.—
The light was so arranged as to reflect on Ihe
picture, and leave tho spectator in comparative
darkness. The peasant as he entered the room
to see his first parents, was struck with so.much
Astonishment,ihat,ho remained -speechless Tor some
moments. Ho stood like a statue, and as though
his feet wore incorporated with the oaken floor of
tho room. At last with an effort he turned to an
acquaintance and said, “ Barney, I’ll never say
another word agin Adam In aIT my life,Tor if i
had been in the garden, I .Would have ate evers
apple In it; for the sake of sifoh a oratur as
kve." It Is needless to add that this was ro
oolved with roars of laughter.
A Western debating society has taken up the
question— u Whore does a firo go When It goes
oull” It is thought iliiit decision will bo in the
affirmative; , , v . •
7 fire engine. -
An amuafuf story given below is told by the Bos
ton Herald, its perusal will especially ciccitV then's
ibles of our'enterprising firemen.
_Some yeM ago, tho worthy citizen, of the tqwn
of F---- 1 In the State of Main', voted in tHeir uni
ted wledom to ptirchaao a firo engine. Thereupon
an order wopiliansmiltcd to Hulmemanfor oneof his
crack a company was formed to lake charge
of it upon Us reception. But tho most'difficult'mat*
ter in relation to the affair, was Co select a proper
foreman. after mature deliberation, their
choice wajadixed upon Esq. VV., n worthy cs-repre;
sontative and trader of the town, who had seen IUo
machinet inkfpcration.on one or two occasions du
ring a.lrahifcnl Wait to Boiton. In due course of
time, the chairman of tho select men Received a bill
of lading oftthe engine, and a few days after rumor
the company that the sloop Sarah Juno
was coming,yptho river with the tub on board.}
The b’hojk dropped their bocs, scythes, and pilch
forksi and’ctarlcd for the landing. As soon as the
sloop tho wharft. they look possession of the
tub, ttef.artiis, snaked her on the wharf... After va
rious conjctiftircs upon the mode of operation of the
critter, theyjSuteched the suction hose In order to sea
bcP 8q05r1,. ; | ( .
At this njpment the chairmnh of tlio board>of se
lect men approached, and in a lone of anlhorlly (old
the boys that tho machine cost the t'bWh’
money lb {Jgplaycd with, nnd they'd better
(hat loalhcUfpipo before (he foreman came, or he
would phtyjj&ed with them. ...
By tliisAflpo the worthy foreman, who, upon (ho
intimationAf tho arrival of the englno r had gone
his ruffled shirt and rcprbsenla* .
live edit, arrived to assume tho duties of his of-
Abb. • . ' i
‘‘Fall In’.bpys ," ho exclaimed, “man tho rope, two
and two; I'm foreman, and I’ll go ahead; Now, then,
forward, ma|ch!"
And off|tbey started up the hill; down Ragged
Lane, ovor'Jho Bridge, up to Sleepy Hollow, around
Bogtown .Corner, across Ten Shares, and through cv
bry highway.and byway of the town, until their wea
ry legs anffAhc setting sun admonished them that it
was time leutio up.
That w>s n great day for the town and the foreman,
and foriqjii our after lea he sat and expatiated to his
wifo upon,, hb responsibilities of his station. At
length hO-fi tired, and wns*oon in Iho arms of Mor
pheus, - whjl i his worthy spouse lay wide awa.ko, won
derlng;whe i her Valiant lord wo'Uld have an oppoKu
nHy.jo^Uftfiguishhiinsclf.'
Her rraboions, however, were soon disturbed by 4
brighl;||ghvlglrtriiitr into her chamber window. Could
Übe pbsf&hid 7 There was—there must be a Are
somewhere#/
“ Hdsbaiwf, husband," said she, ** there’s a .fire I'*
“ Ho s\icfi[lhing."
There a fire, I tell you," said she.
“ Poblil idol it.burn J"
“ There'* a fire and I'm going lo get up and Bee
where U„lb/* v
“ yoti fool—yod'll only get yoUr death of
cold." '■’Uy‘
“ Out Infill you there is a fire shooting up likobla.
“ only turning briisll bI Sleepy Hollow)'*
n '• No U'ii'othcr way."
“ 'lie Copt.,Trtto's brick kiln."
“Why ghpd——it is Deacon Butman's house
lo Fdnr. Cmf ers 1 Jl’e all of a light, blnfce."
•* VVel),jp|l into bed, ydii fdoV, and lei U bui-n !
Thank ‘'gooodnvss oUr now engine neur
it t'i
% CONPIItnitCD HABIT.
A gentlemen of excellent habits and very amiable
.disposition was so unfortunate as to havo c wife ofa
very different character; in short, ono-that would
gel beastly drunk. Being- in company of a few in
timates one evening, one of thorn remarked to him
timl if slip was his wife, since all other things had
failed, he would frighten tier In some way, so that
eho would quit tier evil habit; and proposed the fol
lowing method.:—that some lime, when dead drunk,
she would be laid into a box almpcd like a coffin, and
left in that situation until her fit should bo over, and
consciousness restored. A few evenings ago,-the
dame being in a proper stale, (ho plan was put in
execution, arid after the box Hd had been properly, sc
cuicd, the party before alluded to wotched, each in
turn, to witness the result. About day light next
morning the watcher hearing a movement, laid him
self down beside the box, when her ladyship, after
bumping her head a few limes, was heard to say :
“ liless me where am 17" Tho outsider replied
in a sepulchral lone:.
11 Madam, you are <|oad and In another world.** A
pause ensued, after which iho lady enquired:
“ Where ore you ?*’
“ O, l orn dead, loo,” said he. . ,
*• Can you tell mo how long I*ve-bocn deoil 7”
“ About three weeks.” ... •
“ How long have you been dead V* *
“ Four mpnlha.”
“ Well you have been.down hcrosp muchjdhgut
than I have, can't yod tell uio whore I can gel a lit
tle gin 7‘*
THE inIAGEJ OB’ lllit r’ATHER;
On (ho birth day of tho seventh child, oil tho wo*
man conio rushing to nco tfjodo-ir infant and to con;
gmlulnte the happy parents, upon tiio event. Onr
friend anticipated the,visit, and msicSd of hawing the
child prepared, fof it, made a servant bring in a stick*
ing pig, and dressed it up in swadling clothes, cover
ing up his faco ho laid it in the place the real child
should have occupied, and gently approached the bed
tho coverings wore turned down and a portion of tho
face .of the little grunter was exposed.
“ D’cis tny soul!” cried one of the ladies, ?* what
n romurkabUi child.” *
“ Su very Interesting.” .
11 And so good nntuted!” observed the third at she
commenced toying with it.
♦•Ant) how very like,” a fourth said, “how very like
his father !**
They were oil liniriedlalcly Mrnok with the obser
vation, and exclaimed,!. , . . ...
” I’he very Imago of bla father I”
The flattered parent rushed out of (ho room corn
vulaod with imighlor,.leaving tho old women to dis
cover their mistake.
A biONirißD RRpacsENTATivß.t-The Boston Trona
cript, speaking of .the appointment of 0 .young man
from that city as tho secretary of one of oiir. foreign
ministers, soys, my eompllniontary to (ho person
and to those who appointed irfrh—
Ifllie object were to selection invoice of hid gloves,
nr to docidq.Qpon tho merits of an opero (lancer, or a
prime
own preieiHinebt rjnunhoitffons for 1 lib mlMon. fßol
lliq object bping lorcprosonl American republicanism,
with (Inn regard In the fitness and claims of the In*
dividual,.few appointments more objectionable cou(d
Imvu been rnado. His claims were, Unit he was the
son ol his-fallier, end bad some great man for bis
backer. A. en with obvious, substantial claims, both
ori account of Ibolr political esperlenoe and
and tlicir i onlrlbotiops to .reputailon of
the oountr \ wore given the go-by. In .Ills favor, on
such .grounds ! „6uoli appointments are neither ore.
dllohtoto the persona who urgo»tliem, nor to Hie ad
ministration which yields to their importunities.—
The true system tn a republic should ho to appoint
every man on Ais (non eonepicuou • merits, Independent
of family or persons! Influence, of the accident of
birth; of the .favor of a member of Congress.
~' Baptismal.—A poor woman In one of the mid
dle States, who Hoped* carried her daughter to
church for baptism. Being asked its name by
the Bishop, she replied “ Lathy-sir.” , »»WhatV*
says the doctor. “ Luthy-slr.” says she, “ Lu
cifer, Luoifor, that won’t do,” says the Bishop,
and baptized the child George Washington. The
poor mother, confounded, onnld pot speak until
near the church door, when shq.told the parson
tlio Infant 'Vaa a girl; ”,
GENIUS.:-
Is Genius miserable?. fatnlgift? Oh,
miserablephilosnphy^(ial^mn;b(iconstrue ill Genius
is tho' facility of ercalionVof admiration, of love. It
creates, from the merest dross, spirits of beauty
Which haunt the sop) through.life. It peoples the
world with lovely, fohns, exalted hopcsi skyward
aspirings, nnd everlasting joy ; and because the sen
sibility, which is its condition, subjects it to petty
nnhoyanees, annoyances tinfplt, or not io keebty full',
by others—because its enthusirtsm carries it often
times from the path of because tho
punishment which follows alj error ls bol for It bus*
pqhdc'd, but fulls as upon ordinary nature—beeddsoi
with the precious faculty of giving nn utterance to
all its pnlns nnd pleosurcsj it sometimes breaks forth
Intoa low plaint,or biller irony',or wild despair,and,
in those moments, ctirscs tho very source uf all its
greatness—bccntisß. Wo, bay, these things are foOnd
accompanying genius, like shndows of its glories—
is genius, therefore, to bo .called a fatal gift? . Is it
nnt genius, great majestic,genipn, ip spite of all?
The sup “kisses carrion," but ia not less tho sun.
Genius Is the lioppieal,.os It is the greatest, of human
(acuities. It has no immunity from the common
sorrows of humanity; hut it has one glorious privi
lege} which it ulone possesses—the privilege of torn*
ing its sorrows into bcably, and brooding d.eHghlwj
ovdr them! ifhe greatest that ever, breathed. ubs
said—
’‘‘'.Sweet oro the uses of adversity. ...
” wndcli.- Mkc tin? tnnd. ugly nnd yenopimis,
a praclous Jewel in Ida lie Ad.” .
But St is only genius that can exlract Hie joWeli find
walk the path bflilb iliumihoted by its light.
. riesith of Albert Galialia, ' • '
The decease of this remarkable man and eminent
stoTesinun took place oh Sunday) the I3lh inat., ol
Astoria, N. Y., in the 89lh year of his age. Ills
name .is linked inseparably with the history of iho 1
American republic, almost from Us cradle. Jio was 1
one of the founders of the old democratic republican
party, and signalized himself in Congress by his op.
position In thu administration ofJohn Adams.
Ho wusborn at Geneva, 111 Switzerland, in ianunVy,
17GI. Mu was left an orphan at an early age; but
under the care of ji kind relation of his mother, ho
was enabled to take his degree in tho university of
that city, in 1778. Oho of his teachers was the Ulus*
trious.Muller, and one of his classmates Dumont, the
friend of the groat Mirabcaii. In one year after ho
graduated, he emigrated to tho United Slates. He
arrived at Huston on the 14th of July, 1780. He
had n Iclter of introdiiclioU.fiohi the celebrated Uo
chcfuucault lo Franklin. Soon after.his arrival he
proceeded lo the Maine, where he seated as
a v,oj,gnlccr tindcrColonel.John Allen) Commander
of thu .fort of Machian. In he wa? elected
Professor of the French language in the llnlvprslly
of Hnvard. This ho left, soon after, for . the South,
and became acquainted, among other, public men,
with Patrick Henry. In L 784 he acquired largo
■tracts of.land in Virginia, where ho had intended to
fifc his permanent residence. Troubles among the
• Indians, and other causes, induced him to abandon
this intention, and.he settled-in Pennsylvania. lie
was elected in the fall of 1769 a member of the Con
■vention to amend the constitution of Pcnnsylvauio,
and bo United himself with the. democratic parly.—
He opposed tho system of intermediate electors fur
President, and favored universal .suffrage without
: distinction of color. In 1790 lie was elected member
.of the House of. Representatives of tho Stale, and
continued to bo re-elected till 1793, when lie was
•. chosen U. S. Senator... His election was contested on
the ground of, defective citizenship, on which occa
sion tho date and place of lus. birth Iru-nspifcd. > He
was declared not entitled to a seot ln Congress, bc
( cause not a cillcen under the constitution. He eon
i tinned in the Senate, consequently, but (wo months,
at which period the deliberations of that body were
. for the first limeo|)en totho public. His great ahlli
< lies were even (hurt conspicuous, am) gave promise
I of what bo afterwards performed on tho political
, stoge.
. Influence of a Smile.—There are many un
happy firesides—husbands and wives, parents
and children, brothers and sisters—each filling
up the other’s cup of life with some of the bit
terest dregs, and all sources of misery to each of
them. Yet how much every one might do, by a
kind word or look, or act and by persevering pa
tience and kindness, even in the midst of many
provocations, to soothe a troubled spirit, to dis
arm an evil temper, and to turn away anger and
wrath.
1 Let the following incident be stig'grsliye of
good plans end practices-: .A -respectable looking
country-woman once.calldd upon William Sutton,
mnthnmeiieian, anxious to speak with
•Hirri. Slie (old him, with an sir. of secrecy, that
Her husband behaved unkindly to .her, and sought
other company, frequently .passing his evenings
from home; which made her feel extremely un
happy.; and knowing Mr* Sutton .to he ,-a wise
man, she thought he might-be able to tell her how
she should ..manage to cure her. husband. The
case was a commdn ono, and he thought he Could
prescfihb for.it« without losing Jifs .refutation as
a conjured “The rerhedy Is a simple one,” said ,
he, “but! bavo never -known it to fall. 1 * JIU
way* (rent your huthand lhUfi d sinile.
The woman expressed her thanks, dropped a
opurtsey;ami went awa-v, A fevV months after- 1
wards, she \Vaiteii on Mr. Sutton, with a couple
of fine, fowls, which she begged him to accept.
Site told him, while a tear of gratitude and Jny
glistened in her bye,’ thdl she had fojipwod his
advice, and her husband was cured. We.no lon
ger sought .the company of others, but treated her
with -constant love and kindness.
LIFE,
deveh year's in childhoods sport and piny— 7
Seven years iu aohool’frnm day (o duy— >l4
Seven years ol n-trado ora college life— 21
Seven years to And a plobe and a wifu— 38
Seven.years to pleasure's follies given— 85
Sewn years hy, business Jtnrdly driven— „ 42
Sown years for fame a wild goose chase— 49
Suvcn years for wealth a-b*oothjss ,SG
toven years fpr hoarding for your hclf— %3
oven years in WosknoSs spent and core— ,70
Then die and go—you knutv not tvhero;
AiiXzoNtAN Pnius Fioiit—A.novol shone occurred
yesterday on Broad Street,-Bdlo’w the (yioynmoasing
boundary line. Two frail feminines, Mary Johnson
rind Hannah Gnrdncr, ha»tng (iad n quarrel will) re
gard to their claims upon 3dhh 'frhaley. now a con
vict in the Eastern Penitentiary,entered into a coin,
pact, regularly signed and sealed, to fight It out. and
yesterday proceeded tiHHe spot selected, whore the
ting was formed, ouoh attended by a-second. TJib
first article of agreement was, Hist the viator In the
fight wui to ba undisturbed In her oUlm.upon John
Whaley. .It was also agreed that there wa# to be no
suing 'bv either parly, and the vanquished one was
to forfeit one hundred drinks. Everything being
prepared for the combat, the two rivals squared off*
Tri the regular fancy stylo, severs) feints wore made,
but at last Hannah planted s blow full lo Mary’s face. 1
and tho friends of the former immediately claimed *
first blood. The parties Ilian closed, Mary attempt. 1
ing together rivals hand In chancery, o hi TomHyrt % '
but did not succeed. One of them sllimblcd.a.nd both
fell, when tho fight was continued on the ground,—
The eeoonds wore Just about to jnterfere for the close
nf s the first round* vyhen constableVDlokhort stepped
lip arid captured bblK of the arqitsons, Hone of the
party,resisted the officer, though they expressed a
doqbl as (0 his right to go beyond the limits of Moy.
omenslng. They were taken before Alderman
McCaulny and committed In default of bail,
; Vi ‘ Folilic Ledger,
* l Ts that the tune the old cow. died of?*.’—asked on
Englishman, nettled nt the Industry with which n
Now Englander whistled Yankee * Doodle. , "Np,
1 tleof,” replied Jonathan; M ihftl arc's the luiie ottf
I /Itifi died of.” . . .
AT 12 00; PEE ANNUM.
Heroes of <* Herolo Affe«*»
> M Heroic Aoe," oflho Washington Union, however
[ ho may bo ridiculed by the ifrpuMte, holds a pen llkls
, the scimetcr ofSatadin, keen, flashing, end irresista
i blc. We his articles with much pleasure,
I and although they are excessively devoted to politics^
' or rather to a consideration of the merits ofTaylor
ism, they are remarkably agreeable and instructive
reading. ' VVid give a few of tho specimens of bU
style.:— Pejtn.
~ The inhabitants of tho.Sohth Sea islands have a
jcdHotis Way of'catching monkeys. . These lill|e
devils, in the shape of humanity—barring their way
of carrying themselves—amuse themselveslnitiating
anything 11/nt mortals dp in their presence. The.
natives, therefore, get a tough log of.wbod of
length, dtulliegin with wedges ofslone.and wood to
spl.il it;. As they progress, they put In largo wedges,
until the split is held open by one or. tvyo wedges
easily knocked out. They, then put their hands in
the split, and by pulling out both eldest. 19
part the log* Occasionally one knocked tho wedges
with the beetle, ond ail commence at a dead pull
’ upon tho parts of the log again. When a sufficient
' number of monkeys have congregated about the Ireb
1 to' make a demonstration, the natives leave tile log’
1 with the beetle beside it, and repair to a neighboring
thicket to await the result. Soon one monkey drops
down and takes hold of ipe log, therj another, ap£
ilicn another, Until the spill is lineal with iji.elr b|ack
paws from ono end io another.' When (ms is done,
a monkey, not, to be out done in the part of the per*
/onnanccs, seizes the beetle, ond knocks away the
wedges, which, of ai sudden, fly out, leaving a baker's
dofccn caught in a trap as safe as a platoon of cals in
a bag. . Isn't.there hallooing then ? and don't, those
loDg-lalicd individuals consider themselves taken ifi
about that time? Can't they.chalter then, and.Qvea
cry piteously for help? ,And don't thcy,,wlieh«f
llevcd, have a sovereign contempt of splits even, urfm
the day of* their. deaths? Well, we consider. tho£
Ucinocrats, who supported Zachary Washington, for
the benefit of tho Whig party, on in tho predicament
ofllip itioiUvpyp.fwith their paws in tho cleft log; and
if (hey don't denounce their loaders ,and teachers
hereafter} it will bo because .they have leas sensfe
than the real monkeys, and a better, blaldi lb
•' A Jacket of greon, with breeche* of blue,
Atul k hole just behind Tor the tail to come through."
And now for the luck of “Zachary Washington.*'
The Second Washington was lucky, ingoing to.
Mexico to tight the battles of his country.' lie wot
lucky in getting buck from Fort Drown to Point Istu
be), without being forced to tight a buttle without
ammunition. Ho was .lucky in fighting the battle of
Buena Vista against orders, and ,as with,•
halter about his neck, after lhc extraordinary cap’ll*
nlatioh of Monterey! Ho was iocky In having meijt.
titled for the service—he was. lucky in having *■
Worth, a Wool, and a Childs, to aid him. Ho wa'a
lucky in getting back from Saltillo to the field, of
Buena/Visla without being cut off by the Mexican
cavalry, , '
lie was lucky in having his idlers well indicted}
in having liis pledges short, sweet and comprehend
sivo; in having weak opponents in the Whig rankd
in Philadelphia, and 4n having Democratic friends hi
the country, who realty bought ,b,im a better Denioj
cral ilmn.Gep. Caao, nno a tr.nor patriot than Wash*
ingtnn, and ( now when the affairs of Stale begin to
press heavily upon him; How Jiicky he, is iri Having a
cnbiiict who desirdio do all hta business for him*
and. monopolize all his patronage and powpr!
Wo respect a lucky man—he is the individual for
pur money} like a out thrown out of a chamber win*
do tv, hallways drops with his feet down. A msn
may be Uicky without finding a soft-soap ralnp, piu|
respectable without haring (he dyspspsuij and os Is
sufficiently shown in. the model organ, may be witty
without a spark of common sense. By the way, in
future years when the Genius of Liberty shall plough
about the high places of (he republic, we should not
1 be surprised if (he savans of Europe should be called
together by the horn of science to examine the relics
of the past that burden the soil, and which wlHlile^
, be known by tbc appellation of the organic remains
[oflh’o . “HEROIC AGE,**
A very good story la told in the New Yorkdobej
which that paper says ia strictly true, the person who
got the money being in the office of that pape,r. ti
t» as follows t .
' “We Rectify wo uistakes.”— Mr. Jcasurun Tret*
• surer of the JJuildlng Aaaocialion in ibis city, re
ceived yesterday, from the SeamenV Saving Bankj
f a one thaueand dollar bill instead of,a one hundred*
' -Ho did riot tMaouver4ho mistake ot the time, nor on*
, ill an hour or (Wo afterward*, when he was within an
i ace of passing away the jhr the amount he ana*
posed it to represent, bill cauglit-a glimps of the «d>
dillonnl cypher before lie pabsed-it pyl yf.hl* hondi
Hurrying back to the Dank, he informed
teller that lie hod made a mistake.
recti fyno *la,ke#i ftcr the par licit h’avojsft
(he bank," was the replyi
11 Yes, but.you have paid me 100 much money 7*'
This woe quite'• another pair -of alcoves.** Tho
iiflicera of tho bank Wore instantly on the qu< vivii
Mr.Jcssurun handed In (he one thousand and re,
ceived a one hundred In relilrn, without even a “thank
you !** by way of difference.
Exrm.'HoN in Mo'uii.K;.— The negro
to bn executed for on attempt to commit violence
on the person of n white woman, wn •hhnged on
Eridny in the .Ja’ri .yard,* between tho hours of IQ
nnd 1 o'clock* The scene on .-the qccasiqn -was
quite repulsive. The fterald says that by some
misfortune the khtot of tho rope placed round the
culprit's neck, slipped frotq Aindrr his ear to bis
chin, and after struggling for some, lime In this
way he exclaimed: “0 kill mo quicker! kill
me quicker I". The officers then raised him up,
and.lhu knol.bqing adjusted, he soon expired.
■ t v Mobile Guzelie',
+*Tho fltilo darling—he didn't strike (\lr».
Smith’s baby A purpose, did. he 7 It was a mero
accident, wasn't it dear!" ‘t.Ycs msfi to be sura
it was, and il he don't behave Himself I’ll ersek
him again.**
‘•Dill, you young aoarpp, if you hid your-due,'
you*d get o good whipping." , • . ,
•• I know U daddy, but bilh aro not alwayfepaj^
when due." ‘
,r i*ho agonized father trembled leal Mb hopeful ion
should bo suddenly anatohed from him.
•• How,” so Id a Judge In Missouri, toa witness on
(ho stand, “ how, do you know thp plaintiff wae In*
toxlcoiod on the evening referred tor 1 ...
: •* iJtfoauio Imw him n few minutes after the muaa
trying to pull off hi* trowaora with a boot jiiok !*'
Virdicl lor defendant. See Oluckslono -—page 3J
va. Gin and Sugar, .
Honmt*.—An old merchant ofth|a city, In eaten,
aivo business, wlio has ioal immense sum* by. Bu 9
debla, inforpied ua ycaterdoy, that of,ell i|iq debtor*
he had discharged* fronvihuir obligations,'ontj/two
ever afterwards paid him the first cent, j Of the
.multitude who were discharged by the Bankrupt
jiiw; aoipebf wtium have aipoo acquired fortnnusj
while rhany of their creditors aro-f&nnileac(hotv few
have over paid the first dollar of their old lodcolca,
ness! And yet tho moral obligation of tholr debit
la not diminished sn iota. Tills la.not an agreeable
picture to look . nt,,nnd does not speak, well lor the
intrinsic honesty oflho race,—Jour, of Com, *
The following verdict was jiybn by nn
coroprr’a Jury; . . . v . , ,
“Wr bellove that the
death by falling from tho top of the mainmast on
thje bulwarks; /all overboard 'andi drownedr
washed.>ashore and froze to death; end then ear,*
ned to. tho watch homo ond paten up alive by the
m" ■ ■. • ■■ ■ •, '
WO. 12.