i American Wl tlohiiitccr BY JOHN D. BRITTON. ,YOL. 38. jKfftceUarteottflt. OLD BILL SIMONS BY JOHN OB YORK. They are many now living- upon (he banks of (be Susqnehanaa, who have seen rafting in all its pride, th the'good old limes when a short run to *. tide,' and an ilmoalequally short walk back- to (he head wa* iers of the * crooked river, l with * bold taco ’ and ham ■od eggs accompaniments, were llio glory or the khen backwoods denizen all-along shore froip Ding liamplon to Columbia. Rafting has by no means failed into disrepute yet; but thorough edges of the arofoaaioa have been smoothed.off by tho wearing® of Time, for tho forrcsls havo given place to sprigh tly villages and thrifty . farms, and the 1 innocent depredations of the Pine Creek and Apalacon men ■re among tho things that were. Even tho broad stream does not Seem to. run so swiftly as it did of yore; the schulcs, that wore onco the terror of the hardy navigator, have boon so much improved as to| to passed with comparatively lIUIo danger, and the grand wrestling matches and fool races, once so widely famous, are seldom . indulged. Onco in a whtlS a match for whiskey all round is got up, but a bet to the amount of a V is a stranger oven to Cox catoWn. ..... |n old times it was tho commonest thing in tho world for a party of a dozen (o travel on fool ail nlelil, and rido on freight boats —the broad horns of the Susquehanna—during the day, when tho Umo I was passed in sleeping and playing cards. These 1 nocturnal marches wore often funny affairs, and 1 when the rafting season oommoncsd, tho owners of poultry and Amall eatable animate generally moved i Ihoir slock Into the interior, to keep it out of the i hands of the rsftnion. Those whose cupidity led | them to keep their salesbles on the river roads, to ] realize dobblo prices, watched them all night, with landed fowling guns. The lumbermen had a way of catching turkeys that was quite original; as well as successful. A light reed pole was secured, and,on tho top end a brim alone match affixed. When they came near a term house, oite of tho parly would remain behind, while (he other went up to enquire fur drink, er food, or, perhaps the rout of travel. While tho inmates were thus engaged, the solitary raftman would creep si lently under the trees where the turkeys roosted, ard lighting his brimstone match, poke it under the nose of fowl after fowl, until as many tumble off the (roes as he could carry. Tho next day tho turkeys were sold in the towns, the story always told-by the raftmcii being that they had won them raffling, and, ss they were an incumbrance, they would part with them cheap. ,• . , Sanguinary battles were often fought by liicso meni and the rough and tumble system, with Us hor rid gouging and biting, was In high vogue. MCn were frequently terribly ipalmcd, and from these encounter* were not rare { but. the tew sdldom took cognizance of either the fights or their results. • ■ , Among the celebrated ruffians whoso names were sworn by among the rtftmon,Old Dill Simons was one of the worst fellows that ever handled a oar-slcm, or gouged out (ho eyo, or curtailed tho noSC, or car of an antagonist! He wos, when the writer of this saw him, fifteen year* ago, fifty yc\rs of age, still erect and full of strength. Ho had lost the sight of tn eye, hte nose was caved In from the effects of a blow from a handspike, and his entire face was rough with bruise*, and covered by & grizzly beaxd of about two inches in length and great thickness.— He was still a formidable antagonist, old as he was, and as horrid as lie looked. . , It wae at a ptece called Skinner a Eddy that I first set eyea upon Old Bill. There were a large number of rafle and arks lied up for tho night in the eddy, and their crewa wore in the tavern on shore, carom iog, as usual. Tho old villain was soaking his clay pretty deeply, draining half a pint cupof‘bald face at the close of every song a stammering fellow was singing. . , As tho night wore away, the raftmen, one by one, dropped off to their rafts,or laid themselves out upon the benches, until there were not more than a dozen loft to keep up tho debauch. Old Bill would beat of no body** leaving till morning, and aboutS ©clock, had drunk enough to become quarrelsome. There was a young man present, who went by the name of iubo Snow—a qaiote-tcmperttlo man, so far a* re gard* the uso of srdonl spirits, though hb showed tobacco oxoesaively, always swallowing tho juice, and was celebrated for bi* strength and endurance, ho being not above five feel five, and very light weight. Jube was about leaving iho.tavorn for his] ranfwhen Old Bill, then perfectly -unreasonable from the drink he had swallowed, sprang to the door and held it test. . . ... . • You don’t go from here to-night, unless you ro korried out 1* shouted the bully. Jabo looked at him steadily for half-dozen aec onds, aud then aald, calmly*— w • Ills necessary for mo to see to my men. wc •hall start at tho first streak of day, and I must have *°^Sloolv— I 1 .boated Old Bill, hi. f.oo reddening with engor »nd men, until he looked like . demon. • Who’e aoin'lot.lk eboul eleop m thie crowd,you buby T‘ Here, I'll w.ko you accompany ng tho words with a sodden movement, be darted ho cup and lie contents directly lute the face of lltc a'mlnulo Jube'a cyee were blinded by the wbiikoy,'but after ho hod wiped the liquid from Ida luce, hedld not betray llio least emotion. .At ong h he approached the old bully, and demanded that he should let him pa.e- He wee anewored by a heavy blow from the big Del of Old Dill which fc led him to the floor stunned and bleeding, Bedim he could recover, the heavy frame oflho giant waa upoia i m, and in low limn than lam wilting Hilt, poor Hilo Jabo waa a lump of Jelly, bleeding prodieoly, and al irrocoionlsablo. Ilia face waa Homily chawed up, and hla loft allow dielocalod, while Hu huge anlago niil had not received a ooratch, , A few days after thie, a fleet of a hundred rafts were lying al the big dum below Nanlleoko. ft ho liver had rleo'n to a fearful height, and It was dan geroue to venture through the narrow hulling 10111110, which wae tcedorod alill mom liaiordout by a coffer dam, at its hoed, twelve fool high. Over this the great aheel fell, only to rleo agajn alill more furlous ly, whirling lumber or heavy timber! around with equal ease! and duelling them Into fragment! agaitiel he adamant aide., or upon the moke ho ow. Thom was a ball that night on the ‘Hill, and a number of the lumbermen wore prmonl—among them Old Bill. Jaho wae llioro, 100, but 00 dleguls. ed that hut two or three petionol friend, rceognlied him. Dill, a. usual dmnk deeply, end ulmul twelve . o'clock went aboard hi. raft, A. ho went out of the I ball mom, 1 aaw Jobs in an instant. Hie keen eyes t flared open hla huge enemy like ballo of fire, and I cotitraslod'wondorfully with hie u.ual quiet demean or. Tho devil himself could not huvo displayed more malloo in hla features when ho dragged Lowte Monk down to the Infornol region., A. .oort •• Old Bill wa. bayond I la light of ho open door, Jaho .tola elyly out after him. I fancied that hla objool waa anamination, but hearing no nut cry, turned my attention to the dnneora, and eoon Ihoueht no more of ellhar of thorn. It wae two o'clock when my.olf and companions turned Ihlo our cabin. Tho wind 'wa..blowing fisreolvt the water, roared upon the fall* still louder for ft, sod a mildr.ln came down with Uu Novembor patter upon the slippery plank.- Presently,! fell a jar, which •earned to Indicate that acme “ f *•“ ®° f tills' had broken away, and run into ue, and anon at. tor a loud orach and a wild roll broke upon high above the howling of the alorra and tho' of th. water. Then .gain all became a. 1 I droppad .sloop, amid tho mualo of the clomonla and Ilia labored .noring of my weary onmmilee, _ Al daylight neat day.lt wa. di.ooVarod that one raft was missing. It waa Old Bill *! Jab " looked for ,an 4 lotted .looping, at qulolly .1 . child, in bit cabin. I don’t think anybody ticked J&bo hU opinion as (6 Ibo daute of Old BiltVgolng off Arilhoul saying good bye, nor was anything publicly skid about it i bllt'tKsro wki k pretty big thinking arodnd NablU eoko dam about that Umo.—Af. V. Sitiiday Courier. WORKING OF Tltß fIIAIRB LlQ,tj6li I.AW. Mayor VoW'i Report—House of Correction Empty! City op.PdfiTLANb, 7 Mayor’s Office, Jan. 1&, 1852. 5 To the Board of Aldermen and Common Council: The “Act for the suppression of Drinking Houses ( and Tipltng Shops,” passed at the Ust session > f the Legislature, has beert now but about six months in full operation in this city, dhd 1 think it proper to lay before the City Council a statement of its results. There has been no act of any State Lo gislature, which has attracted So much of the at tention of thu people of New England, and the whole country, as this, because it .is well under stood that the operations of it upon the various interests of the State, must be in the highest de gree salutary, and it was the first effectual Legis lative measure in a line of policy, which there is reason to suppose will be speedily followed by many, and eventually by all our sister Stales. For many years it has been welt established that jlhis traffic in intoxicating drinks has been the cause of a large amount of poverty, pauperism, suffering and crime; and Maine has undertaken, by the enactment of this law, to freo herself from 1 so much of these evils as flow from that source. From the fust, the prompt and .energetic execution t of the law in this city was submitted to cheerfully , and quietly ; the wholesale dealers in spirits ( promptly abandoned the business, which it was , impossible to carry on a single day under this law, ( and all those retail dealers who had any self-re- j sped pursued the same course, without waiting i fur the execution of a statute, which regards and l treats the keeper of a grog shop Us a criminal of ' the lowest gradu. The few persons who continued • to sell Intoxicating liquors after the enactment of ' this law, did so secretly; the sales wore on a very 1 limited scale, and principally to foreigners, and to ( such as could be trusted not to betray the venders ‘ to the authorities. Many persona who were ha- , bitually intemperate abandoned the uso of strong . drinks, at fust from the difficulty of procuring them, and afterward they were fully sensible that they and their families were much belter without them. 1 have reason to believe that the law is ©very day becoming more firmly fixed in the fa vorable regards of the people of this city and Stale, and 1 am confident that no retrogade step will be taken here in relation to this subject. The salutary effects of this law are more imme diately seen in all those departments of our affairs which fall under the care of the police; and the returns of commitments to the Watch, House and House of Correction, will show something of the difference in this department between the present and paslyears; but these returns Will not exhibit the actual difference, because the police and watch during the present year have been more strict than they formerly, were, in arresting persons found in a state of intoxication. Our streets are now so I much more quiet, particularly at night, than they were the last year, or any year before, that the dif j ference cannot be understood very clearly, except by those connected with the night police and watch. i This is attested by the City Marshal, the Cap -1 tain of the Watch, and by Mr. Curtis Meaerye, a j Bank watchman, who is in the streets every night, I and in those parts of the city whore distmbancos .would be most likely to occur, and he speaks strongly of the groat improvement in this respect; street disturbances of any kind no longer occur in the city. Fore street, from Union to Centre streets, 1 frequently required during the last year the services i of four policemen—particularly on Satuiday and Sunday nights—and they were often 100 few; but now that locality is as quiet at all times as any other part of the city, and receives no extra atten dance from the police. The number of persons who continue to soil strong drinks in the city, is now very small; they are almost all foreigners, and sell with great so cresy and caution. An open rum-shop or bar of any kind is entirely unknown. A barrel, keg, or vessel of liquors is not to be seen in the city at all, except at the City Agency. The law has executed its mission with more ease, certainty and despatch, than was anticipated by its most ardent friends., ft has been triumphantly successful. | I think it la not an exaggeration to say that the quantity of intoxicating liquors now sold in this oily, except by the City Agent, is not ono-fifilelh part so great as it was seven months ago, and the salutary effects of this great improvement are ap parent among the people in all parts of the city. The amount of liquors consumoq in the fatale, I think, is not ono-cjuarler so great as It was seven months ago, and it will become leas very rapidly, as the people in'the country towns are now enforc ing the law more extensively and vigorously every day; from many towns in the Stale, the Illegal traffic is entirely banished. I have now adopted a regular system by which tho power of the law to exclude intoxicating liquors from the city ex cent for lawful purposes, Is to be fully tested. Tho master of the AlmsUtfusp lias submitted to me tho following returns, which show the effect of the law upon that establishment. Admitted into tho Almshouse from January 1 si to December 3tst, 1850, 200. Number admitted to the House from January I to December 30, 1861, was 862; average number through the year was IOC; num ber of families assisted out of the House from J one I to December 31, 1850, was CO; average number through the year 1851, was 00; number of fami lies assisted out of the House from June I W De cember 30, 1851, was 40; number in the House December, 1850, was 107; number in the House December, 1851, was 80; . number committed Ip the House of Correction for drunkenness from Juno 1 to December 1. 1850 (G months,) was 40; number committed from January I to May 31, 1851, (5 i months,) was 34;-from Juno 1, (the law was ap uroved Juno 2,) October IGlh, was 8; from October 1C to December 31, none; from Juno 11 to Decern bar 31, (7 months,)B. Tux Housb of Coimxo- TION IB NOW Empty t ’ . , , The master of tho Almshouse adds, that he for morly had groat trouble from paupers out el work, , or on leave, who would return in a stale of Inloxl- | cation, which was an every day occurrence—but , for some months past ho has not had a case of title i kind, and on the day of the Cattle show, he lot them out on leave,and all returned perfectly sober. The number of comrailinonH to the jail In line county for drunkenness, aeitull and larceny, from June I to Deo, 31,1650. wae 193-for the same months of 1851, the number wos 85, and for these months of 1851, there was 58 liquor onod, while In 1850 there were none. The law wae in operation here pretty wolf by the let of Aiuguet, 1851. and from that time to Deo. 31, there were nine oommllmenta for larceny, and for the oorroa ponding months of 1850 there were sixteen commit ments for that offence. , _ „ The whole number of convictions before our Mu nicipal Court under this law for selling intoxicating | liquors haa been 101, and the amount of im posed for that offence Is «1,310-.mounl ofnnenfor keeping liquors, *3oo—amount of coals In oases or selling" and keeping, *373 35-wholo amount el fine# and coatt $9,U43 35. j«* rt *in.iin«r ’ Tho whole number of •ol*orea of Jntoxlo»Uog quo,, h.o boon .bool sa-.nd lh. m.rked »«luo of tlia Ilaaori salted has be*n not far from $5OOO, Tbotowcro commuted to the Welch •' OUB COUNTRY— MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIQUT—BUT lUOIIT OB WBOKO, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE; PA., THURSDAY, EEBIWARY 19,1852. Juno 116 Dec. 332 poredne; In. iho corroi ponding months of 1851,152 persons; in October, November and December, 1850, relpeclively, ,43.44 and 48—136; in (he earn© monlbe of and 11—55. This statement dooo not show Iho ac ! (ual difference in the commitments of (be tw.o periods !of 1850 and *5l, beceuso'ln. Iho. former year, Iho I practice of the police and watch woe, to allow all Intoxicated persons who were quiet to gel home, ir the? were able to accomplish it, and often such pdr* sons were aided by the watch J but during Iho cor responding periods of this yoar, th© orders to the police and Watch were, to arrest and commit to too Watch house all person's who word manifestly un der the Influence of liquor, and the application of the same rule to the corro*pondlng period of loou would have doubled the nuiftbor of commitments.—* At least nine-tenths of the persons commuted to the Watch-house; for the last six month* were foreign, ers, who obtained the means of intoxication from low shops or cellars, kept with great eccrccy by their countrymen. • I have notes received from Mr. Mitchell, City Mis sionary, and from Mr. Iladloy, Minister at Largo, whoso duties call tblm exclusively to visit the poorer >ar( of ourpopulallori. Mr. Mitchell Has boon Lily Hlssionary for many years, and lias had under Ins supervision from six hundred and fifty to seven hun dred families) and he tidds, that not one, twentieth of intemperate drinking can now be found, that ex isted when the • Mattie Ldw * Went Into effect. In his constant Walks about tho city, ho does not meet one intoxicated person a day; and ho dues not recol led mote than five or six oases for tho last six months of complaints of wives that their husbands diink 100 much; in many .Inveterate cases, which ho knows, whoro both husblnd and wife drank to excess, they aro entirely reformed though tho effects of tho law, and are living happily together. Mr. Hadley says that his intercourse is chiefly with tho poorest part of tho population, Who aro out of tho Almshouse, and especially With the intemperate. For the quarter just ended, compared with tho corresponding period ending December 31,1851, tho calls made upon him for assistance have been less than ono-acvcnlh, and tho eased where relief Was actually afforded was just one sixth as much as they were during tho months i of 1850, and tho amount given in tho throe months of 1851, Was $l, id $5, 37$ given in tho correspon ding period of 1850 ; liicso results ho obtained from a careful examination of his books, and attributes the difference entirely to tho favorable, operation of I this law upon the habits and domestic economy of the people. . , „ Tho.slalomonts collected from Varloud sources, all pointing significantly in one direction, cannot foil to satisfy tho most casual observer, that the operation of tho * Maine Liw,' if steadily enforced, will swoop away a largo proportion of the poverty, pauperism, crime and suffering with whicn wo have been afflict ed, the result of. the truffle, in. strong drink. I con-, elder tho success of this law of the .highest import, inco to the Interests of the city, and to the prospon ly and happiness of the people—and I have not lies, luted to'exerlfor the accomplishment of that object, ail the power conferred upon rao by the City Charter and City Council. ll seemed to me to bo necessary fo pursue such a course, because the Bill was drawn and passed urn I dcr circumstances so peculiar, that the people of the- I Stale turned their oyes to this city with common I consent, to observe the manner in which ll should be executed hero. Tho law-Is so stringent in its pro visions, and summary in lie processes, that many persona supposed aomo difficulty might bo found in executing it ;.and a firm and energetic enforcement of ll in thia oily nw*tj t« uncourvgo -oitier 1 towns and cilica In the Stale to do tho same thing, and to demonstrate to the people of this State and of other Stales that such a Uw would be eftcclual in extinguishing the truffle in Intoxicating liquors, which all acknowledge to bo an unmitigated curse in every community in which ll U tolerated. On the 12lh of Juno the Council passed the fol lowing order—to wit: Ordered, That to give.full force and effect to the Act for tho • Suppienaion of Drinking Houses and Tippling Shops,* recently, enacted, and to procure the full benefits thereof to tho city, at speedily as possible, * the Mayor bo. and ha Is hereby authorised to draw his orders on tho Treasurer, from lime to time, and for such sums at ho may judge necessary and proper, to secure tho prompt enforcement of said U Tf tho suppression of all oiir grog shop# could have been effected at a cost to the treasury of some thous. and of dollars, it would boi a good financial opera, tion; but I hum nude it a point in carrying on the warfare against the illegal traffic in rum, to com. pel the enemy to pay the expenses of the campiign ; so far, I have succeeded in accompliahlng till* ob ject, and lam confident that at the tho end of this municipal year, 1 shall be able to report to the City Council, that this traffic ia entirely extinguished, and ,h.t >ho oily ha. 00l paid a Tin Bittino DsJiny.— A young gentleman, with a medium mod light brown muilacho, and a auk of dollies, ouch as fashionable tailors Airmail to thoir customers ‘on aery accomodating leniia'—that la,on tho credit ayatem—oaroo into a hotel on Race street, ono afternoon, and, alloc calling for a glass of Made, ria turned to tho company and olferci) to bet wilh any man present, that tho Susquehanna would not bo successfully launched., The banter not being ta ke up, ho glanced contemptuously around and re marked : . „ ■ * 1 want to make a bet of somo kind, I don I care aßg whet It la. I’ll bet any Irfan from a .shilling's worth of cigars to five hundred dollars. This is your time gentlemen, what do you propose ?' Shiping a glass of beet in ono corner of the bar room, ail a plain old gentleman, who looked as tho' ho might bo a Pennsylvania farmer. Ho pul down hia glass and addressed tho exquisite: •Well, mister, I am not In the habit of making bets, liul seeing you are anxlO'ua about it, I don’t care if I gratify you. So I will hot you a levy’s worth of sixes that I can put a quart of molasses into your hat, and tun It out a solid lump of molasses candy i "’ l Dono 1 !' said tho exquisite, taking off hie hat and handing it lo Urn firmer. ll woo a tool Florenoo hal, a oplandid article,that ■hono liko block aalin. Tho old gentleman look Ibo Imt end requested the bot keeper to oond for o quart of moloMco. . . ,i .. * Tho cheap oort, ot six cento « quart, lhal’a Hie kind I me in thlo experiment,’ said bo, handing over bio olx concert lo the bar keeper. ' * Tho moloooct wot brought, and the old farmer, with a very crave and myolerlouo countenance, pour, ed ll Into the dandy’a bat, while the exquisite took out hit watch lo nolo lime. (Jiving the bat two ot throe eltakct, with o Signor Hilts adtollnc.i, the o«- porlmeoler placed il on (lit table, and aland Into il at if watching the wondotdil proooit of aolldifioav li0 "Tlnto up,’ tald the dandy. Tha old farmer moved ihe hal. * WolII do believe U ain't hardened/aald he, In alone of dlaappolnl* mont. ♦ I missed il aomahow or other this time,and 1 auppoao 1 have loil Iho bet. Bar keeper lot the gentleman have Iho otgars-lwclve slxoe, mind, and charge ’ora In my bill." a \Vhat or the clgaia V retrod tho exnuislte, you vo spoiled my hat,'that coil me live dollar*, and you in the bargaln.MlmJdly said the old gentleman; but I'll let you keep tho molaaiea, which U a little more than wo agreed for. Having drained the tanaeloua fluid from hie beaver as beat he could Into a spltoon, the man •of mout* laohee rushed from the place, hie fury not much abated by (he sound* of 111 euppreseod laughter which followed hie exit. Ho made hie complaint at the police office—bul, n* \l appeared that the oxperi* mont was tried with lile own conical, the money oould not be recovered. EviDKNCi or Follt.—Neglecting to advertise, and wondering that you do not succeed In business. Personal Appearance of Socrates* Seldom baa tho appearance of a groat man boon so faithfully preserved. lutbopibturea of tho School of Athens wo look on Iho faces ofthp olhcr.philosophers, and detect (bom only by their likeness io some ideal model which (bo painter Has imagined to himself.— But the Socrates of Raphael is the truo historical Socrates of Xenophon apd Aristophanes. Could wo transport ourselves back to tho Athenian market places during th&Peloponeaian war,wo should at once recognise one familiar figure, standing.with uplifted finger and animated gesture,.amidßl a group of hand* some youths or ogod sophists, eager to hear, to learn, and to refute. Wo should see (ho Silence features of that moroorablo countenance, the flat nose, thick lips, the prominent eye, the mark of a thousand jests from friends tnd foes, We should laugh at tho protubor. anco of the FalslafF. stomach which ho. necessary hardships,or voluntary exercise, could bringdown. Wo''should perceive the .strong built frame, tho de. volopment of health and strength, which never sick* oned In the Winter campaign ofPohlidoa, nor yet in the tong'and stifling heat of the biuekadb of Athene} which would ontor alike into the jovai revelry of (he religious festivities ofXenophon at Platy, or sustain the.austerities, the scanty clothing, tho bare feel,And the coarse faro of his ordinary lift. Tho strong common sense, tho humor, the courage of the man, Were conspicuous on his very first appearance.. And evbry one knows of the story of the physiognomist who delected in his features the traces of that fiery temper which fur the most part ho kept under severe control, but which, when it did break loose, is do. scribed by those who witnessed It, as absolutely tor. rifle, o'orloaping bath in set and language every barrier of (ho ordinary decorum of Grecian manners. *~Quar/er/y Review. OLD LBTTBRB* Who has ever casually opened a box or a budget of old letters, addressed to one's self, and began to ' read, without being chained to tho spot, perhaps for • houratogether! Tho fuacinalioneoflluno early loved i ones, so near and dear, again surround you, and the J realities of the past seem more identified with your existence than those of the present. Tho counsels and chiding*, and the aflbcllona and encouragements bestowed from parents and elderly friends are ful.lof a deep and tender feeling, scarcely realized when the ! rocopiont of a)l. And llion iho little items of news, ond ‘ho raillery, and tho urgent invitation to visit, 1 and sometimes to bo present in scenes of interest, re* ■ mind you of youth, and love, and beauty, which has I passed away. Thou comes, too, tho mention of the I death of. those whose memory had almost faded from you, one's own charmed circle being as yet unbro ken. Sad disasters contc back with appalling dis. linctncss and .pestilence rages and spends its force. More matters of fooling appeared of deep moment, and you almost smile at the perturbation pflho youth, ful mind, now that you havo seen the end of all.— Tho then political noWs, with the marriages of the day, and tho ideas of some about tho impioprioly of those matters, are before you now as matters of hit. (ory; and you can hardly, conjecture how (ho world would have gone on without.those events. The inventions end discoveries just bruited, the books that were now, (he first public appearance of the rising scholar, (now a man of science and of lot* (ere.) bring back “old times" most vividly. Some whoso early efforts and sclAdonial are spoken of with satisfaction, have lod/since then a bright career of usefulness, while many nn honorable name, then prominent, hot disappeared from the list of the hv. ing. The loving and Iho loved are scattered far and wide. and those who thought existence spares could i.u miiuuut frequently seeing eeeh ether, hive nut met fur years and years, and strangers have taken j their places. TUB DANUOB. A correspondent of (ho Now York TViftuue thus apostrophises (ho river Danube: «Tho Danube is a lordly river. It does not drip from the edge or the glaziers, like the Rhino, the Rhone, and (ho I’o, but gitahcs at once to life, a lusty stream, in the garden of a prince. Nor dues tho flood, In Its waxing course, sully tho nobility of its birth.! I One rsco and ono language alnno oannol measure its j .extent; but from Us oradlo In tho Black Forest until lit mingles with the Uxlno, it draws its waters from jSaubia, and Bavaria, and Franconia—from the roes, down of tho Engaddin In the Upper Alpa—from the hillaof Bohemia—from Tyrol and Illyria—from Hun gary and Servia—and from the lands oftho Turk and tho Muscovite. Its youth is crystal clear, rapid, and boar* tho aroma of the .Northern fir—ita old ago stag nates In the lazy Ungour of tho Orient. It is like one of those vikings of (ho Bth century, who wont with the frost and Are of Iceland to wallow in the luxury of the Byzantine court. It heara the hymns of Luther sung in the places whore Luther dwell, and U hoars tho nmatzlm call from his minaret the name of Mahomet. , »‘Bui It* historical interest 7—What grander as* ■ooUtlons thsri Atilla with his lluns.or tbb Dacians before them? And ia not Belgrade a stirring name? and John Soblcskl’a victory before the walls of Vi enna something to remember 7 Occur do Lion’s prison looked on the river; and ita wavea aro still lighted with the splendor of tho Nicbclungon Lay.— What has the Rhino to surpass these? llhas much, to bo sure; a tower on every headland, and a legend to every tower. It tings a legend throughout the length of its highlands—” a powerful', melody,” like that oftho Lately, but ho grander strain. Tho Rhino is legendary: the Daanbo epic. Its associations have a broad and majestic character, they arc connected with historical movements more vast, and lead us back to more remote and obscure periods. The stream itself, as it flows with a full current, now (using Us Way in interminable plains, now plunging into mountain dofilos, whore there seems no hope of outlet, lias something vogue and undefinablo in Its expressionr The ruins Which crowd its banks are grim and silent j they have lost (lioir histories, and refuse to give them up.' The wild woods of (lid Mid- I die Ages still keep possession of the valleys that I come down from tho mysterious Btchmcr-Wald, and as vuO look Untfn their silent depths, home of the stag and wild boar, you think of Iho Wohr-woltes with a light shiver In your blood.” Foreign lonorancb or American AvKtns.—The I Madrid Naoion In commenting upon tho corrcspon douoo between our Secretary of Stale and the Spanish minister in relation to tho outrages upon tho Spanish residents bl Now Orleans, makes a laughable mis lake with regard to tho Identity of Mr. VVobslor, as well as with reference to the geography of this country, Tho Naoion says i ‘•The venerable author of tho moil complete Ely. mologloal Dictionary of the English language known in England and America, the coldest Presbyter an over baptized according to the rile of. Calvin, In the Slate of Massaohuiolls, tho most, vorboao end cour teous oMho Puritans who people the manufactories of llio bo.ollful city of no.ton. lo 11.0 SUto of Now England, in hi. prconl olHoo of Soct.l.rr of Slat, , of Anulo-Acnorloan nupublio, ho. .n.worod tlio ju.l I claim, of our government (or (ho oxom.m oomuilltod i in Now Orleans against the homo of the Consul of S,uln."dtl." property of 0.r1.1n, Indlvldu.l., .ob i icon other Cathollo Majesty, residing In that oily.” Parson Brownlow.— Tho renowned Parson Brown, low, of Jonasborough, Tennessee, makes the follow ing reply to a remark of one of his exchanges, that ; tho paraon is so prone to discontent, and so much! desires to have things his own way, that ho would I quarrel with the angels in heaven i I „j expect to go to heaven when 1 die, but whether I create any ‘discord’ there or not.depends upon af* ArinatWo answers to tho following questions t i,\Vill there be any Senatorial elections there? Will tho nominations of candidates take plaos incauoas t And if so, will any faction attempt to oast any more rotes than it is entitled to? In either case I will raise a row. But those with whom lam at war In this I world, need have no (ears of being Involved, as they ore nut likely to got there,” VENTILATION. Mrs, Swiisublu has given. her readers quite a chapter onvenlilialion. Much Has been said and much written on the subject by others; but with little effect. Wo hope. Mrs, S.’s homo thrusts will at least arrest public attention: "People are beginning to ventilate the public halls so that one can sometimes hear a lecture without being obliged to inhale other people’s cast off breath, and foul gasses; but churches-generally hold elah communion, and with .a moat brotherly pertinacity the same mouthful .is breathed by tho whole congregation. Sister Drown throws it out of her lungs with few seeds of consumption in it, and then brother Jones lakes it into his chest,and gives it back with a tobacco flavor, and so on round, each one sup plying from his or hot store house some animal mat ter to make the precious little morsel of breath shut up willim the four walls, good and thick, for family consumption, ■ If their minds do noVbcoonio assimi lated by)a communion of faith, (heir bodies might by the general union and communion, end mixing up of gataos and vapors oftlieir mortal part. People who would not eait out of tho same dish with another, or sip out of tho same spoon, think nothing of taking Into (hoir lungs, and incorporating with their blood the particles of foul matter which have passed off from other's systems. . " Wo would much rather submit to an Indiserimi nato use of tooth brushes than breath. It would not appear half- so disgusting to pul another person’s tooth brush into one's mouth as it would be to take his cast out breath into one’s lungs, and In a crowded church, without great oaro In vonlillating, this pro cess Is regularly, going on, and so wo, juat as regu larly, go off.'’ •Colored Nobility.—Ai tho Kaffir war has again broken out at the Capo of Good Hope, and will doubtless attract considerable attention, wo transcribe from Bentley's Miscellany, ah amusing description of a Kaffir chief: * Tbo proper dress of a Kaffir chief is a karosa of leopard skio, which can bo worn by no other Kaffir.' Arms, logs and feel are loft bare, and so is thohoad. Mocorao, however, is very fond of turning out in ihd European costume, and us ho selects his wardrobe in a very diffusive manner, tho effect ha produces is more*remarkable Ilian elegant. Judge of my sur prise at seeing tiro great loader often thousand war* Iriors thus habited, lie wore & blue dress Coat with brass buttons, considerably, too largo for him, and very much the worse for wear; and a pair of old dragoon trousers with a tarnished gold stripe down tho.legs ; yellow volt achonos, a shocking bad straw hat, no shirt, no. waistcoat, sod no stockings! • Ho was mounted on a little, rough, ungroomed pemey, with a cheap saddle and an Old worn out bridle,. In place of a riding whip, lie carried in his hand a knot • kneorie of formidable dimensions, and in his mouth was cluck a small clay pipe. In addition to this, ho was by no means sober, though nut drunk ' for Macomo,’ ! was informed. My interview with (ho worthy chief was not a very long one,. 1 was in • traduced to him by a man that knew him, and 1 had a little conversation with him of no importance, but rather amusing from the manner in which it ended —namely, by the great chief otking me to lend him • a sixpence, Ofcourse I complied, and in two hours later ho was in a stale of helpless intoxication { my sixpence had done it. You can gel drunk on Ilia most economical terms at the Cape.' I.«ntca kicked (Jut,— The Cincinnati Commercial, in speaking of tho expected reception of Kossuth in that city, says, that it was intended to fit up for the accommodation of the ladies, tho reception room ad joining tho banquol room, so that they could see and hoar the ceremony, arid that a large number of ladies had already purchased tickets for (he occasion. This piojoct, however, was vetoed by the committee of arrangement. The reason for this action, debarring the wives, sisters and daughters of the citizens from occupying a room adjoining the banquet room, is reported to bo, that there will be so much drunken nesa and profanation of every rule of high and hono mblo conduct, that U would be. Highly improper to allow ladies to witness tho disgusting scene. This argues that the morals of Porkopolis must be at a very low ebb. ■ • . ■ • Indiana Temperancc Law.— A bill lo rcgutalo (h* sale of spirituous liquors has been reported to the Indiana Legislature, and U is thought will become s law. It prohibits the granting of licenses; provides for assessing fines on those soiling or giving any intoxicating liquors lo minors, end lo all other per sons lo bo drank about the house or out tiouao whore the' liquor is sold; first' offence, a fine often dollars; second, twenty dollars; third, forty dollars; fourth, eighty dollars; fifth* and ail subsequent offences,one hundred dollars,—tho offender to stand committed until the fines are paid or roploivod. It also provides thsttho wlfo and ail others injured by tho wlo of intoxicating liquors, may maintain an action against the vendor who furnishes tho liquor. Oregon as it Is.—The lion; Joseph Lane, delegate Train Oregon, lias Issued a circular, in which he es timates the population oT that territory at 20,000, and says the emigration is rapidly increasing, owing not enty to tho natural advantages of the country, but to (he liberal provisions made, fur actual settlers by a late law of Congress. By that law, liberal donations of lands ara made to all who will soldo upon them previous to tho first day oT December, 1853. To a single man, one hundred and sixty acres, and to a married man three hundred and twenty-one half In hit own right and tho other half to his wife in her own right, upon condition that (hey will live upon and cultivate it for ydars. Tho population is of | a substantial character, much bettor than Is generally found in new countries. Those who contemplate emigrating to Oregon should* bo ready to leave St. Joseph, on tho Missouri river, with a proper outfit, by the first dsy of May. Ox teams are much to be preferred. Provision* for the trip, and sufficient blankets Tor bedding, with such tools only os are necessary to repair o wsgort, should bo token. Dry goods, groceries, furniture, and funning utensils of all kinds are abundant in Oregon, and no oho should ink of taking such things with thcirt. Quiup, In criticising Uni “ signs" of Inn-keepera, nays many oflhom aru vastly inappropriate. When (hoy adopt, for instance, llio aliDafuf wheat, the plow and harrow* or (ho effigy of any other agricultural implement to denote J/i£tr business, they hang out fa)ao colors. These aru emblems of thrift, industry, and honorable conduct, which lead to contentment, wealth and respectability. Theirs is a business which promotes idleness, crime, and dissipation* and even tually loads to the jail, the penitentiary, and the poor house. (Ej*Mrs. Swisiholrn ssya the reason one .nation conquers another, is not owing to the kind of arms they use, but the kind of food. In ber opinion, meat will triumph over cabbage.- So long ae cattle and Hindoos feed on cauliflowers, so long will bull dogs triumph over tbo one, ond Tartars over Uio other.— When Ireland frees herself from England, It will be whan Ireland swaps off her potatoes and lakes to fiork. To expect freedom to boms from buttermilk, • as absurd ae to look for ballol.boxes in Russia. Ma.FnxxuAtr, a journeyman printer, residing at Now Boston, Illinois, the inventor of a magnetic printing press, rather than trust his Invention at the i Patent Office, where it was liablo to bo Invented over I again, and patented before ho could gel any benefit fTom hie rtlaoovoiy—proposes to make it public prop erly os toon si $lO,OOO shall bo sent him In sums of ton dollars from one hundred printing offices. Hoi claims that one hundred dollars will convert a com. mon hand press into a quick working magnetic con. oern. * _ ' ' ___ ffTMadem doctors sro soon llksly to have up their 1 •lane at every corner. In addition to the large do. roonalration In Philadelphia, we see that nine ladles aru attending lectures at the Iloramopathy College of Pittsburgh. , v , AT $2 00 FEk ANNUM; NO. 37. .j »A ? j it <®sba ssw#o. OTho following UUlo gem la by Tom Mooiit, and < very prelly:— . t ; , ; ~ . Do you, said.Fanny,t’other day,' . In earnest lore me as you say 7 . ’ 1 Or aro those tender words applied Alike to fifty girls beside 7 • Dear, eruol girl, cried t,forbonr? For by those eyes—thpae lips—l swear—,’ 1 She stopped me as the oath T took, - -'•••; ; a And cried, you’ve sworn, now kitt the booh! An American writer sayst—“ Wo are born iii'i • hurry; we are educated with speed;' we itfalse a for.'.'! tune with the wave of a hqnd, and Jose it in|ike. manner, to ro-make and reloae ll in the twinkllng.of . ah eye. Our body is a locomotive, travelling al'iea : ‘_ leagues an hour; ohr spirit Is a high pressure engihrf. '• our life resembles & shoaling atari and death surprises f I us like an electric stroke.” That vinegar is destructive to the human stomach' is known! by itscfiecls on plump, healthy females, who, from a silly desire of Jnqking delicate, that jij sickly, swallow.daily large draught* of vinegar. This. , innocent practice only ruins the digestive facumef, and thereby deprives the system ofits regulardbiiWsh-'' ment. The only standard of beauty is high health.' " . Tub principal coin in circulation in California is fifty dollar gold pieces, which they call tlugt. Nrf '■ one objects to receive them; but to gel these piece* changed into smaller coin, or, in other words, (prutf . > these slugs into grape or cannisler, involves bloss of three dollars, end a half per slug, which - llib Califof- 1 ntans do not object to. To All. Whom it Mat Concern,— The man whef would present a bill to an editor, a sub editor, a re-* - 1 porter or a printer, at such an inclement season of the year, hat no bowels of compassion—tlib milk of human kindness is not in him, and his blood Is,not blood, but gall and wormwood. “ On dear!” exclaimed an urchin who had been* chewing green apples, “ I’ve swallowed an .odd feU low?" “Ad odd fellow?" .“Yes, ho is giving me lb* «'*/»•" ... ... ‘Some slandering bachelor says it is much joy, whott you first got married, but more jaioy after a pear oi Qj'lt is all moonshine about the girls' pbtiUbmntf : Congress to have leap year come considerably often* er. They merely wish tho year made about as'loiigf again. Information Wanted.—Did you ever know a lady who had whilo teeth to pul her band over thbnJ when ehe laughed ? ...... 'Lauoii and Grow Fat.'— ln using Ihia sentiment/ ' • would U not bo as well to say, cachinale uWU you . become obese? Plain language, like plain mdslcihas become Vary unfashionable in modern times. A Western paper says: “We saw b woman cpf-. rying a big bog homo from market’on Saturday upon her shoulder." Fur (ho benefit of those who rttay think’ her husband ought to have done it, wo kill slate that ) she served him in tbosame way a short lime bcfore t Vri fcj’Wo believe that every well,regulated family'’ ought always to have one baby In it—just for 1 the Tup of the thing. , ‘ , and gel up with the morning glories. *Wuo la that lovely girl?! exclaimed the witty lord ~ Norbury, in company with his friend, Counsellor ( Grant. •Miss Glass,'replied the barrister. ‘Glaser ' reiterated Clio facetious judge. ‘I should often be itf* 1 tozicated, could.l place such agios* to my lips'.*.- ■ ■/. How pleasant is a lovely thing a little but of sea* ■ eon ; a rose bud in winter, for Instance, or a kis*;tyr church*whon the deacon's eyes aro 'closed In pra^er! Y ;> Stolen apples dpn't begin with U. ' Nature is a great admirer of fair play. The blUjtf,, nro always blessed with aculchesrlhg, while no. frittf'' is more fond o( deviltry thin a cripple. Show ue d person that uses crutches, and we will show yotf V' nerson who delights to bo always in a hobble of some. Ind. God hm made no one absolute. Tho rich depend on llio poof as well as llio poor on (lie rich. The world is but a mere magnificent building, all IhO stones gradually cemented together. As tho wind means around your home of Com.; fort, remember that there ere moans of human mil*' cry, that drown tho moans of the wintry wind. There is a lady In Dolton who Is so tired of ■lngle’ b|gaicdncss, that she deslrcl the prayers of the Church in her behalf A gentle heart is like ripe fruit, which bends |fl-' low (hat It is at the meroy or every one who choose#; to pluck iti wbilo the harder /lulls keep Out of/each. Evkrtbodt blackguards rich men, and yet everf*;- body shows a vast amount of reaped for lhcm..No» v body usca a rich man 111 to hll face, or speaks well'’ of him behind his back. Doads think!. *Mhb tree of knowledge** was (he' beoch tree, the iwlga bf'Which hate done more Id, make man acquainted with arithmetic than all the other members of (lie vegetable kingdom combined*' A Simile.— “My brethren,,* said a preacher, del*'> canting on tho difficulties of the sinner, • it is an easy Ink to row a skiff*over Niagara Falls* but a (remedy doua job to row it back again.* 1 ’ Tilt Now York Post thinks the rsiult of Lbulf' Napoleon's usurpation will bo hla flight, possibly loafing his head as a legacy to the *» dear citliena’* ofParis. Punch wants (o know If four journeymen dyer! can earn throe pounds a day by dying, and spend il all, what It would coal caoh man to live f.' - * ( • Mft. PAirtt, of ga* nolorioiy, ia a llnealdeaoeud^ I ant, on the mother's side, of the man who idl 'Uib 1 river on firo. . : * Since charilpagno bocafHb a bommon beverage, lb! wealth of Newark, Now Jersey, lus more than quad* ruptud. Singular coincidence, isn't lit I’tmcil has a carrloaturo representing Louis N«. polooii' will! a dead goose, labelled, *Lt KopubDque, wtiicli ho has eviscerated to find llio golden egg*. (j3*The man who found oho of llio Umbrellas thsV everybody lust, vtjs laid/ seen in ibis (own. ,Th* Sheriff is after him. , . ■'j “Youho msn, do you know what relations yuui msUio In this world!" said a minister of our a«|ualn. tsneo, lo a young man of the church* “ Yqs, i\r/V said illo hopeful convert, “two cousins and a grand. 1 mother ibull don't Intend to sustain them milch lunger" . “Of »Il the contrivances for chesting the laboring class of mankind, none is so efficient as lhal which deludes them with paper money; It la the raqal.|w feel expedient ever invented for ferllii»lng-l|iei mqli man’s fields by Ibe sweat of the poor nun s’Mow. —Danitl IVeMfr. . ' . s.h- Sums girls, In kissing! purse up their mdbthV' M if they were about to perform on tho flageolets Tils Is wrong; kissing U « luaory that should bo lodfllgad In ‘with an appetite, 1 and nut nlppled at at if * a plxen. . . ' -,^'i O. W. lIotMD*. in dne ofhis poems, asyu “ Ann 1 never heard a hearty Uugh from out a villain** throat.? . " A Ltrrw A young mail frbtp Biooklyn, N. Y., under sentence of death by hanging, in Call fornia, asked the Sheriff, on the evening previous to hie execution: “I say, Sheriff, what hour ol li (hat little affair of mine coming off?’.’ ~ ~ Mr.Bi.ooom saya ho would not mind gelling drunk* If. while in that elluation. some *euesed scamp* dido I 1 go and deal tho key hole ol hie front • t ■4h ♦ . *
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