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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
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