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From Dickons 1 Household Words.
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tHE;PSn,WITn:TI|E MTSPISB BBEASI.
{ln Cornwall, n.iu lliq Kaflt, Uio jumei "Dnolo"
*od."Aunt" «« not lillca of kindred) but words of
"ondeatmonl eod rospccl. So li Wes willi an Ira.
Jiul.o of ioveand honor) that. tfan nnoiapt v Cornish
-Vflfp WOP I; to cell tho Virgin Motlmr, "Aani Mot/."
J Now if 0)1 tho trooi by tho Klao'o hiobway,
' ' -Which do you lov.e (no best?
01 the pne that In green upon Christmas Day,
. .The baab with, (bo bleeding breast I
The hotly, with her drops of blood for roe,
.' ror.that la oar dear Auat Mary's Tree.
Its leaves are sweet with our Savior's Dime,
Tie a plain that loves the poor;
•fluimnfrend Winter it chines the same
- -BesWo Ibecoti'igedoor.
O t tbe holly, with her drops of blood for mo,
For that is our kind Aunt Mary's Tree.
•Tit a boih that the birds are loth to leave;
They line in It all day long;
But sweetest ufaii. upon Christmas Eve.
’ .Ib io hear the robin’* song.
rrl* the Merriest aound npon earth and tea.
Tot It cornea front our own Annt Mary's Tree*
flo.rfel the growth by the King's highway,
'(love that plant (be best j ,
"Cl* a bonrt fur the birds upon Christmas day,
That lm«h with the bleeding breast.
<5l the holly with her drops of blood fur me,
(for tbit is oar sweet Annt Mery's Tree.
JRtoctUnm-oiifl.
ORORYOF TUB YOUNG) ROBBER*
BY WASUINOTON IRVING.
„ IwaabornAl the lillto (own of Frosinone, which
lhe skirls of.tho Abratxi. My father had made
m little properly ia trade, and gave mo gome oduoa*
lion, mho intended mo for lira church; but I had
•kopVs gay company 100 much to relish the cowi.eo
'I gresviup 4 .-loiterer about (ho place. I was a hoed*
Jela.'&llovr, a. Utile jjaarrolsomoon occasion, bat good
humored {a (hamala; so 1 made my way very well
/or sitae, until 1 fell io love. There lived ia oar
IowDA sarteyor or land baitin'of iho prince’s, who
iildia young daughter, a beautiful girl of sixteen ;
.•baeraa.loqtad upon as something better than the
oommoo ron of our towns folks, and was kept aK
!Dkoa(.entirely al home. I saw her occasionally, and
madly in lovowlth her—aho looked io finah
nandleader, and.so different from ibe sun burned fo
nulea lo whom 1 had been aocsslomcd.
i Ai tmy'.falfaer kepi mo in money, I always dressed
;iwU* wd look iiU opportunities of showing myself
/off to advantage in -the eyes of the liltlo beauty. I
joied lo jco hor at church, ond as I could play a lit
tleupoujlhe guitar,! gave a tune sometimes nndcr
4»er window ofan evening ; and I tried to have in.
.tsiviews withbor in her father’s vineyard, not far
if>om tha tovn, where she sometimes walked. She
seas evidently pleased with mo, but she was young
and shy; sod her father kept a strict eye upon her,
.sod took alarm at my attentions, for ho bad a bad
■opiniop of me, and looked for a belter match for his
.daughter, 1 became furious at (ho difficulties thrown
.in uny way,:haviogiboen-accustomed always to easy
success among the women, being considered one of
Ihststoartost young-fellows of the place,
> Her father brought'homo a suitor for her. a rich
farmer from *■neighboring town. The wedding day
.was appointed, and preparation* were -•
Jot aiftbl of - J»«r at Iwv I thooß hi *««
ookedaadlyarmc. •! determined the match should
dot .take place, cost what i( might. I met boring
tended bridegroom in the market place, and could
out restrain the expression of my rage. A few hot
words possed-bclween us, when 1 drew my stiletto |
and-stabbed him to the heart. I fled to a neighbor
boring church for refuge, and with a little money I,
obtained absolution, but I did -flot daro to venture |
from my asylum. .
At that lime our captain was forming nte troop,
ilo had known mo from boyhood ; and hearing of
my-sitoation.oame to mo in secret, and made such
offers, that I agreed to onto! myself among bis• fol
lowers. -Indeed, I had mere Hiatt once thought of
fo this mode of life, having known several
brave follows of (homountains, who used to spend
IhsiMnoney fteflly .amongst us youngsters of the
towp, X accordingly .left my asylum lalo one night,
jrflpalrhd to.lhOjappointed place of mooting, took (he
oaths proscribed, and became onb of the troop.
\Vo were fof some tlmo in the distant part of the
mountains, and out wild adventurous kind of life hit
my.faooy .wonderfully, and diverted my thoughts.—
At length they rcltfrncd, with all their violence, to
tbo recollection of Rosetta } tho eolilude in which 1
alien found myself, gdvo me timo to brood over her
Image; and, as I have kept watch at night over our
sleeping camp in the mountains, my feelings have
been roused almost (o a fever. j*,
At length wo shined our ground, and determined
to nuko a descent upon the rbad between Torrsclna
snd Naplos. ,In the course of our expedition we
passed a day qr Cwo.ln tho woody mountains which
Jlso AbovejFroßinone. I .cannot 101 l youhowlfol
' when I looked down upon tbo place, and distinguish
ed the residence of Uoyctta. 1 determined to have
■an lofprviow with her—but to wbal P U *P®J® ,
could not wool Ilia. »he would -lull her homo. Mid
occompar.y mo in my hmardoue life .nion* Iho
mounUini. Slio hid boon brought op 100 tenderly
for (hot j and when J looked upon Iho women who
word owooielod wllh aomo of the troop, I coold no.
have borne Iho though, of her being tholr eompan
ion. All return to my former lllb woe likow .o
Itopeloia. fdr.a price «.« eel open my head. Still S
detottnlned toeoo hert the very hat.td and frttll
leisneii of the thing mode mo futioue to accompheh
"'it U about three wccka olhoo I poreuadod oui
oaptain to drawdown to 11.0 alplt.lljr of Fro. "»"»■
la hopoa of entrapping aomo of itoprlncipalin Imb it
anti,.and compelling thorn to ranaomo. Wo worn
If 100 In atnbml. lowordi ofonlng, not far from tl.o
Vineyard of Roaolla’a father. I atolo gnlekly from
my iompaniona, and drove near to toconnoilor Iho
i plied rif hot frdpuont walk.. How my heart boat
when among tho finoo I behold the n ,''" e , °f“
. wfdlo droial’ I know It muatfio Roaolla’a, It being
rare for any female of tho place to drcao in white.—
, I -advanced aecreitv aqd without noioo, until putting
■ aaldo tho finoa, I Jlood auddonly before her. Slid
uttered' a piercing ahrlek.huU eetad her In my
.»rraa ( pul my hand upon hot mouth,and conjured her
to bo ailoni. 1 pourid out all tho rht-y o( <ny
oaaaion 1 olfotod to ronoouoo my mode oi mo, to
putmy fato in her hand, ,-to fly *Uh her whom we
mini,l live. In aafoty together. All that I could oay
Hi do would not pacify hor. Inatoad of Ipvo, horror
bUdd’afrlghfoeomod to 1.a,0 taken poaeoeaion of her
; breed. Bho .boggled partly from tny graop.and
filled the olr will, hot otioo. . ■
In an inalant the cajilaln oud tho Mat of ray com.
panlon. wore around na. I would havegiron any. i
•thtdg at that moment had aho boon oafo out of our
IwSfi.’ahd in'hdr father', houab. It w “" j
■ Tho'Odpfalo’bad prtmdonocd her a ptlao, and ordered
that aha ahoutd ha hom.'to ‘thb mounlalna. I rep
.WMOtadVOhlbl'llWl 1 aho 'W.a Wiy pllao I that 1 had
prialollablalm io'bor—»ddt mentioned my form.
Mattachment. Hu abOndd DUlorly In reply: eb.
aervod that brlgando 'hod 'no buolneoo with tillage
.inliiguea, and Slat,according to the ‘J° n Pj
‘all apolla oftlio hind «pr«, b
■SiSKsaft!s||2?ssii
..dToohlo Vtid flllorlng that )l ‘ o e
: potl'lier. could not ondorp lha Ideathat. n J com
ladoa ab’ould fnpob her, and ...uming . faroed lr.o
.jollity, begged that aho might bo confidoaiorno, aa
"ono lU whom/obo woamnil aooualomad, Tho cip-.
t.ln rega.dod motor. momenh w)|li a ao.rohing
look, : blil I' boro it nlllioul flincliitig, and ho cotaionl
cd. I look her In my arms! sho was almost senseless*
Her head rested on'my shoulder ; 1 fell her breath
on my facet end itseemed to fan tho flame "Which
devoured me. Oh God I lo have Ihia glowing trees- I
are in my arms, and yol (o think it was hoi tbinc!
Wo arrived at lho foot of tho mountains.’ 1 as*
tended it with difficulty, particularly whero (he
woods wore lhlok> but I’would 1 not relinquish my
delicious burthen. 1 retooled with rage,< however,
that I must soon do eo. Tho thought that so deli,
oale a crealoromasl bo abandoned to my rode com*
pantom, maddened njo. 1 fell tempted,-tho elUotto
in my hand, to cut my way through them all, and
boar her off in triumph. I scarcely conceived the
idea before I saw Its rashness; hat my braid Was
fevered with tho thought that any but mysblf should
cojoy her charms. I endeavored to outstrip my
companions by tho quickness of my movements, and
to got a little distance ahead, la case any favorable
opportunity of escape should present. • Vain.effort!
Tho voice oflbo captain suddenly ordered a hall.~
1 lremb]sd,bul bad lo obey, Tho pool* girl partly
opened a languid eye, but was without strength or
mutton. • I laid her upon tho greet. Tho captain
darted on nw a terrible look of suspicion, and or
dered mo to scour the woods with my companions
in search of somo shepherd, who might bo sent to
her father's (o demand a ranaom.
I saw at oncu the port). To resist with violence
was a certain death, but to leave her alone in the
power or tho captain! I spoke out then with a for*
vor, inspired by my passion and my despair. 1 to
minded tho captain that I was tho first to seize her,
that ehe wat my prize, and (hat my previous attach*
ment for her ought to make her saored among my
companions. 1 insisted, therefore, that he should
pledge mo his word to respect her,otherwise I should
refuse obedience id his orders. His only reply was
to cock his carbine, and at theeignal my comrades
did tho same. They laughed with crnelty at my
impotent rage. What could Ido 1 t felt the mad
ness of resistance. I was menancod on all hands,
and my comrades obliged me to follow them. She
remained alone with tho alone—and a|.
most lifeless !-»
i Hero tho robber paused in bit.recital, overpower*
cd by his emotion. Great drops of sweat stood on
his forehead { ho panted rather than breathed { his
brawny bosom rose and fell like tho waves of a trou
bled eea* When ho became a little calm ho contln.
uod
I was not long in finding a shepherd, k ran with
(ho rapidity of a deer, eager, if possible, to got back
before what I dreaded might take place. 1 had left
my companions far behind, and I rejoined (hem be
fore they had reached one half (ho distance I had
made* I hurried them back to the place where we I
had led the captain. At we approached I beheld
hifh seated by the side of Rosetta. Hi* triumphant
look & the desolate condition of the unfortunate girl,
left me no doubt of her fate. 1 know not how I re
strained my fury.
It was with extreme by guiding her
hand, that she was made to trace a few characters,
requesting her father In tend throe hundred dollars'
as her ransom. Tho letter was dispatched by the
shepherd. When ho was gone, tho chief turned
sternly to roe.
♦You have set an example,’ said he, 'of mutiny and
seif will which, if indulged, would be runlous to the
troop. Had I treated you as our laws requite, this
bullet would have been driven through your brain.—
But you aco an old friend ; 1 have borne patiently
with your fury and your folly. I have even pro
tected you from a passion that would hove unman
nod you. As to this girl, the laws of our association
must have their course.*
So.saving, lie gsvo his commands; lots were
| drawn, ana ino ueipicsa girl wag abandoned to tho
1 Hero the robber paused ogaln, panting with fury,
and it was some moments before he could resume
'his f.lnry. . , ......
Hell (said he) was raging in my heart. I beheld
I tho impossibility of avenging myself, and 1 fell that,
1 according to the articles in which we sldod bound to
one another, the captain was in the right. 1 rushed
with frfinxy from the place; 1 threw myself upon
the earth, tore up tho grass with my hands, and beat
my head and gnashed my teeth in agony and rage.
When at length I returned, I beheld tho wretched
victim, pale, dishevelled, her dress lorn and disorder
cd,- An emotion of pity, for a moment, subdued my
fierce feelings. I boro her to the foot of a tree, and
leaned hoc gently against it. X look my gomd,
which was filled with wine, and applying it to her
lips, endeavored to make her swallow a little. To
what a condition was sho reduced 1 she, whom I had
once seen the pride ol Frqslnono I whom but a short
Umo before I had behold sporting in her father a
vineyard,so fresh, and beautiful, and happy! Her
I teeth wore clenched ; her eyes fixed on the ground ■,
and her form' without a motion, and In a state of
absolute inßnslbility. I hung over her in an ugony
recollection at all that sho had been, and of an
| guisli of what 1 now behold her. 1 darted round a
I look of horror at my companions, who seemed like
«o many Band* exalting In the downfall of an engal*
and I fell a horror at myself for being their accora
p, Thb captain, always suspicious, saw, with his
I usual penetration, what was passing within mo, and
ordered mo to go upon tlio ridge of tho woods, to
I keen a look out over tho neighborhood, and await
I tho'return of the shepherd. I obeyed, of course,
tsllftinff the fury that raged within me,though 1
Toll for the moment that ho was roy roost dreadly
r ° tfo my way, however, a roy of rolfoction camo
across my mind. I perceived that the explain was
but following, with sirictnoss, the terrible laws to
which wo had sworn fidelity. That the passion by
which I had boon blinded might, with justice, havo
been fatal to ms, but for bis forbearance* that bo
hsd penetrated my soul, and had taken precaution,
by sending mo out of tho way, to prevent my com
mitting any excess In my anger. From that instant
1 foil that I Was capable of pardoning him.
Occupied with llicso thoughts. 1 arrived at the
fool of tho mountain. Tho country was solitary and
annum, .ml in,, .horl lira, t bol.efd the .hoph.rd ol
. abort cJillanca crafting tho plain.
moot him. Ho h.d obtained nothing. «Io It.d fonnd
the father plunged in tho deepest distress. He had
rood tho letter with violent emotion,.nd then calm-
him.oir with o .uddon ciotllon.lto had ropllod
My daughter he. been dlohonetod by lltos:
vmtebe.! lot her return without ittn.om, or 10l Itor
d V»hoddorod ol thi. reply. I know, “cording to
tho lowa of out troop, her doalh wa. .Inevitable.—
Our oath, required It; I fell, novotlho cm, that not
having boon ahlo to have hot lo myoolf, I could ho-
paused with agitation. I oaw
I mu.lt)goponhli la»lVrlghtful word., which prove
lio whkl oxce.a'lho poolono may bo carried when
esoaped from all motel reatralot. There «.. . her.
rlhlo verity in thi. old .lory, that reminded mo of
•onto of tho Iraglo fiction. dfUanlo.
Wo now edmo lo a fatal moment (ro.omod the
.bandit.) After the report of,tho ohophordl returned
I with him, end tho obioftoln. roeoivod’from hi. itpa
llboiofttsdlof l * lo father , ,
At a signal, which wo all understood, woflowed
him lo somttUlstahco from -tho victim. Ho there
pronounced her sentence of death. Every, onastpod
*v«sdv to execute his order ; but I Interfered. , I
'served tint there weai something duo to pH} _■« well
as lo iuslice. That I was as ready. tfs any oho to
aopravo Uio WlscosWo ’!■*. which was totem
as P » warning to ail those who hesitated to .pay the
I ransom demanded for our prisoners; bnt ihatlhmighl
the sacrifice was;prpper.ll,oUßj>}. lob e (nado
i cruelly. The night f» tsporom^Ultvß,continued I.
will soon bo wrapped in sleepl let her then
nntrJicil All I now claim ,on tlm score of fdrmer I
„”S;rorl,.ri. 10l mo.trike.ho^o» n
do it aa.auroly. hut more, Ifndor/y. Ib«n
Bental ral.ee tholr voice. aga nil tny P r sP£?' °?:
oaOlalo impoiadtilohco on Strata, .Hc/told;
mo I might conduct ho. Into the' thick,! .l oom.
“ oOR OOQHTRT—MA'TIT ALWAYS BE ntoaT-r*BtJT molrroa- wrong, our country.**
CARLISLE, PA., THUBSEAYji APRIL 21, 1853.
dialapncj bud he ireltoff upon my promise.
■ I hastened to seize upon my prey. Thera Was a
forlorn kind of triumph at haviogallength become
her exclusive poeaesaor. I boro her off into tho
thickness of the forest* • Sho remained in the eame
stole of Insensibility qod stupor. l.wai inaokful
that qhb did not recollect me, for bad abb bnco raor.
mured my.natoo, I slioold have been overcome.—.
Sho slopt at length in tho arms of him- who was to
pooiard bpr. .Maoy weto the conflicts,l underwent
before I eodld faring myself lo strike tbohlow. But
my heart had become'abro by the recent conflicts it
bad| pndergdne,i)nd 1 dreaded lest, procrastination)
; some other should become her executioner. When
ber tepoao had continued for some time, t separated
myself gently from her, that I might-not disturb her
sleepy and eoitfog suddenly my poniard, plunged it
Into her bosom. A painful- and concentrated mur
mur, but without any Convulsive movement, acoum.
ponied her last sigh, So peHsbod the unfortunate
old vinOiNiAi
An Illinois sucker look a great dislike to a fop*
pish yodng Vlrgioian/who, a tew Weeks since,
was fellow paesengerwiih him in one of our steam,
boats. ’
: The' Virginian was cautiously combing his hair,
brushing his bools—to all which movements the
Sucker took exceptions, as being what ho termed
“a (eetle 100 nice by hair." He finally look up
his chair beside the Virginian, and began :
“Whar might you be from, stranger V’ he ask
ed.
“l am from Virginia, sir, 1 ' politely answered
the gent.
“From ‘old Virginia,' 1 suppose*” said the
Sucker.
“Yes, sir, from old Virginia,” was the gent's
reply.
“You are pooly high op thar in the piclers, I
suppose,” continued Sucker.
“I doot’t know what you mean,” said the Vir
ginian.
“0, nothin*,” said the Sucker, “but that you
are deap’rale rich, and have been brought up right
nice. 1 '
“If the information Will gratify you in any
Way,” said (he gent, patronizingly, smoothing
down his hair* “1 belong to one of the firti fami -
“Oh, of course,” answered Sucker.
“Wall,” he continued, “bein’ as you belong to
(he fust, I’ll jist give you two of (he faiieai shoals
in all Illinois, ef you’ll only find me a feller that
belongs to one of the second Virginny families.”
, “You want to quarrel with me, sir,” said the
Virginian*
“No, stranger, not an atom,” answered the
Sucker, “but 1 never seed one of (he second fami
lies, and I’d gin somethin’ to git a sight at one of
’em. I know (hat you are otto of (he first, because
you jist look like John Randolph.”
This modified the Virginian—(he hint of a re
semblance to the slalesman was flaiteiinpf to his
feelings, and be acknowledged relationship to the
orator.
“He, you know,” continued the Sucker, “was
a descendant of (he Ingin gal, Pocabohtas, wasn’t
ho?”
“You are quite right, sir,” answered the other.
“Wall, stranger,” said iho Sucker, “So you
know there’s another thing puzzles me, and it’s
this: f never seed a Virglnnyan that didn’t claim
descendance from an Ingin, John Randolph, or a
nigger.”
cnstotfrtfwV,fiGb<flflriy b** * , hey s twVeva}U9d.off Jus
kept a part until Iho Sucker landed at hid home.
A. 9 he stepped ashore, he caught sight of the
Virginian on the upper deck, and hailed him with,
“I say, old Virginny, remember—two fat shoals
for the first feller you find that belongs to the sec
ond Firctnni; family."
BRIDAL CHAMBERS,
A writer In the Literary World hits off this Im
modest exhibition of oor fashionable “brides’ 1 and
“grooms” after the following manner. It is a
description of a econo on board the steamer Oregon
with lie bridal slaio-roora :
*»ll la night on tho steamer Oregon. Swiftly
ihebeauliful boat slips on—so swiftly and so stilly
that It is a boro to know what to do. The supper
is over, but it is too early for sleep. The cabins
| are sumptuous, but oncoaoen, you have only to
qii still. The handsome clerk, with his tasteful
odice hung round with pictures of lovely ladies,
has drawn his stained glass window, and there is
no more “fight or die” to be the first to denied
The Idea of t.wenly-IWo miles In an hour won’t
amuse a man 1 W hat bafe you got for the people
Capulo i No pine beach to whittle, nor nothing*
Hey I What \ the knowing ones dropping off to
the upper saloon I Up etaire, he it then I So—
to very carelessly indeed, 1 see the b’hoysloon
ging in the aatin chairs at the upper end of the
long saloon—but oil eyes keeping tho range of
the door handle of elalo room 531 ‘ 4 Look sharp»
there goes a pretty girl to the marble table for a
“night lamp I” “Eh 1 how she blushes I" “Rich,
is’nt 111 1 * While ribbons and orange flowers in
her bonnet, and a bran nevfr travelling dress. 1
wonder whether JtTs you all looking at her makes
her bungle so In unlocking tho door I In.she goes,
and tho door closes—but of courte.nabody got o
glimpse of the embroidered canopy over tho bri
dal bod. 0, nol /L pudge all around. UaUon
hour’s Intermission. „ . , . ,
“Hero ho comes I ‘Just up from the barbers
shop 1' ‘Looks clean, don’t ho V ” All eyes turn
ed to 03, and the outsiders trimming their rang”
so as to see well in when the door opens. “O,
Mr, Bridegroom; you needn’t look so mad ol our
having a look at you I' Free country I A gonile
rap. ‘Como in/ just audible through the venti
lator, Vooroptma. Saw ilio frill of her night
cap, by Jupiter! Embroidered auiltl Laoocur
tains! ‘Did you see her eyes 1* flow spunky
tho chap locks the door inside I As if wo
had’nt a right to sit where jvo’vo fl mind to in (ho
i public saloon ! ‘But Iv’s fun, getting a poop into
fhe bridal state-room, isn’t [it *The Oiegon for
mol’ .‘Good .as o play I* ‘Won’t wojbencctdtn
tally here when she comes out in tho morning 1
Hovat. Lev* laSTTgn,— Napoleon was very
fond of.tlosophine, and his letters to her were
written Inn spirit of perfect romance. In ono
of tbomlio soys:
>1 nm very uneasy lo know how you ore. il
sin In tho tilisgo of Virgil on Urn shores of dhis
lake —hv a .Hoary moonshine, oml not a mwnenl
vsiiktmi thinking "f Jo)'ph,nel In nno her of
thooo -curious amatory oflitslops, |m writes «s
follows: ‘ A Ihotisand kisses, os humlog bs my
heart, and os mire fla yen. I huvo sent by lt>6
courier i ho U»d mo he had Been you, and that
von had no oottiononds formo. Oh, do— nuniihiy.
Ugly, Ctool, tyroniool.,pretty little monster! you
,lough st my folly. .Ah, .yon know If I could bat
putyou in my.hostl, you ohould;t«mnin Ihcto In
.prison.' _
M. P 'Fillmore, md 6t tho will form
tk Uw ( j>»ttn«»«hVp lo Uio oily of Now Ylirk. Wlih«
•on brMr.Cotwln, «nd IhU »«'"» >on,“ r Mr - Corwin
U ~r oni!l , aoapooted of.n Intention lo marnr young
Fillmoro'i .Umr. Tho wholo .operation ia lo bo
added to tho urico oroompromlio rntiiiw.
FiDOiT».—Womon M oil limoe— when they aro
«•« lh.^wm^ O M^.Wr.
aadwhanlhoy atooid-tf alde,heoa»eolho raon alar
A CJAfIIB AT dAADSt
BTOUASi SAN®,
Tbe following Darra(lts~a (rue one—describes a
scene that actually took place not many years aince,
in a county town in the State of Malnot
One evening In the month of December, 1834, a
number of townsmen had assembled Id the store of
a Mr. Thoihaa 1 Putnam, lo talk over 1 mailers and
things’ —smoka-fdrlnk-i—and la abort to do any
thing lo* kill llOjb.*
Three boars lad tbos passed away. They had
laughed, and titkcd, and drank, and chatted, and
had o good Uim, generally, so that about the OsUal
hour of sbullirg up shop, each of tbo parly Jell par
ticularly firstwste.
* Como,' su'd Charles ttatoh—tine of tho boftps'ny
—* let’s all lijuor, and then havo a game of high,
low, Jack I*
•So 1 /ayr.exclaimed another, 1 who’s got the
cards'!*
•Fetch on your keords," drawled oat a third, his
eyes half closed through the effects of tho liquor hp
hoOdtauk-
Afior drinking oil around, on old pino table Was
drsWoup before the fire place, where burned bright
ly a largo fire of hemlock logs, which would snap
and ctvkle—throwing largo live coals oiU upon iho
hearth.
All trew up round the table, seating themselves
on whilevor came handiest. Four of them had
rolled ip lo the table some kegs, which from their
weight were supposed to contain nails.
•Now,’said Hutch,‘bow shall wo play—-every
one ter himself?”
* Ns—have partners,’ gronlqd one man,
* 1 »oy every on© for himself,’exclaimed another.
* Ns, bung’d if I’ll pUy so,’shouted the farmer,
bringing his fist down upon the table, knocking one
candle out of the slick, and another upon the floor.
*Cumo, come,’ said Hutch, ‘no quarreling—all
who say for having partners, aland up.’
Three arose.
Now, ail who say each one for himself—stand
up,’
Tin remaining fpor immediately gut up.
* You see, Barclay, 1 said Hatch, * the majority ato
against you* Como, will yon play V
>* Well, sb 1 don’t want to be on the opposite side,
m play,’ answered Barclay, somewhat cooled down.
Mr. Putnam was not in tho store that evening,
aua ili« -1..!., Knap HoKinH ihm OfUinte rl
hoditskon very little notice of the proceedings.—
Abdnt hall.past ten, Mr. Putnam thought he would
sjcpovcr to his store and see that everything was
safe. As bo went in ho walked up towards the
fire. .
When Within a few steps of where the men were I
■iltlng, he started back in horror. |
Before him sal seven men, half erszy with drink
snd lhocicilcm.nl of playing o.rdt. Tiler, they
were, within a few feel of the firo just described—• )
and four of them Sealed an kegs of potader I 1
Barcloy—who was a very heavy man—had pressed
in the head of ihtfkcg on which ho sal, bursting the
lop hoop, and pressing the powder out through tho
chinks. By the continued motion of (heir feet the
powder had became spread gboyt the floor, and now
covered a apace of two feet all around thorn.
Mr. Putnam’s first movement was towards 4ho
door, but recovering himsclli ho walked up towards
tho firo. Should either of thorn attempt to rise—
he thought—and scalier a few grains a UlU® lurlhor
Into iho firo place, where lay a largo quantity oflivo
coals I . .
Al ihot moment Hatch looked up, and seeing Mr.
Putnam with his face deadly pale, gazing into Iho
firo, exclaimed t
.oils and at Iho
‘For Heaven’s sake, gentlemen, do not rise,’said
Mr. Putnam. • Four of you sit on kegs of powder
il j fl scattered all around you—ono movement
might send you all to eternity. There are two buck
ets of water behind the bar. 80l keep your teata
for ono minute, ond you are saved—move, ond you
Vo desd men !*
In an instant every man was perfectly sobered—
not a limb moved—each seemed paraljaed.
In less time than wo have taken lo describe Ibis
thrilling scene, Mr. Putnam hod poured tho water,
and completely saturated tho powder on the floor,
and extinguished the firo, so that an explosion was
Impossible. Then, and not till iken, was there a
word spoken.—2Vu« Flog,
Don't tie Sltftnoholj*
If we would habituate ourselves to look upon
the pleasant side of things, to rejoice over what
we have, and grieve not for what Is not, we should
find ourselves much more pleasantly handled than
wo usualy are. Wo conceive it to be shame, and
whan regarded in its connections, a sin, to be
moping about under such blight «W\ca and aval
such pleasant fields >vith life * blues’ on. Boy 's
mkfvld fc* tkugfrt fo cover, up. Iboir
thoughts as they would bury out or sight tnoir
dead canaries. GliU should be educated to the
lo bo sad when their is no good grounds for U is
nation that ‘ the detnps 1 ore not genteel, and that
vulgar. Just as the tree bent, dto. A generation
wo hops for, who will hold It i religious duty to
reflect the.happy face of nature from their happy
faces. Everything eo universally wheels into
the right line at last and proves that * it is all for
the boat*” that wo verity believe a very long face
ought to be put down as a nuisance In the street,
and n boro within doors land if that wore not
sufficient to abate It lot It bo authoratWely announ*
ced that It will be considered the black flag thrown
out as a taken of an evil conscience. Sorrow la
sacred, and Is not always to be avoided. But
melancholy Is a humbug, a sham, and a—, a—,
an improper thing generally, and,—we apeak
with, a reservation to ovoid the anathemas of
young ladies and pools,—.in our opinion a very
unpleasant mental habit.—AT. Y» 7\meu
Hevenging Trnseily-Wunler and Suicide. J
Ono of tho moil ihucklng inalancoi of murder nnii
luiclilo wo liuvu c»or boon culled upon lo icoo/U, ,
occurred ia Clio town ofLton.in Cmurugu. oaunijp.
Now York,on iho 251 h of Fcbruefjr. Mr. Franklin, ,
a Worthy former, left homo ? n tho morning or that
day tor tho parporo of chopping In the woode.iomo (
di.ioco from lit* dwelling. Too family eomltud
of lilmaolf, lli« wife ami three young children, two ,
of when, wereiyvlne. On hie return el nighilio was
comeivlml eurprlscd, on noetlng the liou.o, nMoelng
no light. He opened tho.door, agalnol which eoino. ,
thing pressed heavily, and by tho light of (ho moon
discovered that it waa tho body of ono of hie chil
dren lying on tho floor, weltering In 11. Mood. In
hlo nhtenJJ.ho tuthod 00l and aUrniod tho school
teacher of the district, who chanced to bo pooling by
when the two entered Dio homo, end on looking fur
tiler they found the twoohlldten in tho lamp horrible
condition at tho Orel. Ono we. badly frozen. but
all wera allro, though Insensible. when found by tho
distracted and broken hearted lather. , ,
. Two ol tho children have ilnoodiedt It la hoped
the other may recover. On searching for the moth
wsa found in tho woodliooao auapandod by
’ .the nock.with n akoin of jtln.noW and lilelws.-
Tho akulla of lha two ohildton wore Itaolurod in a
1 moat revolting manner, which. bad evidently bean
; aeoomnliahod by tho mother,.with aniton used about
1 the sieve, that waa lllletally bathed In.bload. What
roptlva could have led ihl. .mUorabls .woman to an
, allrouloua an lot, «o have nut heard oonjeolored.
'WM.BTowiTmEMi.»iiD.~No leu Ihtn v . ,
•linaluroi ha»o boon eolloolod of drummed up by
lino Duehe.. ofSntliwUod and olhcr jbbla In
lordOMo Hh« Iboro .11.0b.d lo »" “/i Joio Tmnf.
Harriot Beoobor Slnno. (author. hf JJoolo TolM
1 Cabin, VwWoh.to lo bo proionud to ber ln , «l«g«nl
book form, (mabloff lomo • t"W<f
lu«oon:MiboUiul> »l,U»«pool,«Wur»li»»* »«"
|on bor way.
EarJjr Bimiilliceuces.
11 Ob bright where tbs days of py youllr,
Aa they rapidly glided away.*
With us—geutle tireetcSf ’ ' w% ,
i Around US—aipglp)TblfdJ.
Thera 2a a peculiar pleasure In recalling tfaeseehes peeping pol-y-lovelv violet*,
of our childhoqdi when.in all the Innocence of oar! • ‘ ~ '* ''l , . -
young hearts, wo bounded ofei oar nat|va bills, or 1 ‘ **°*J .*• becy—paf fnfrobsntfr
•irollcd by favorite brooks, to collect shells from A scarce article—-£opd bailed
tbeir banks or gather .the flower from the'craggy ‘J I ; :
rooks, whose rcar/bl precipes we would oftbn Venture: ‘refer «goodtiaaio Id richer,
to ascend. And how dehghual is the recollection Prudence protects and guides ds« »
iof the lime* known at our athbol dtya. Who does oijsWiltiiM . ~ .. . ~
not refer with pleasure id the hours bpettk In theVold, Siokkhiwi. Affected girls and gruptio|m*fdtt
i academy, v pouring over ihe lessons which wo tome* j Tho penalty of a pretty conk Is en empty larfsr.
time* thought and uninteresting, but which in after ... . ... IM ....
, life wo have boon able to appreciate ? With what * A " hoor op wilb •
ecitacy did we hail thp recess, and how reluctantly ,o °* P* cc ® °* c «l* co »
quit the playground at (ho ringing of ihe betl. | John P. Hale intends practicing lavs to ftewTork
The skating pood* the hllla'idA covered with tboW, oily. r.. v
h «T 8 ? tiot r "” r " in
And, above all, the old homestead* how many pleas., 00 *
ing and painful eMoclatiansoluater about (he hallow* 1 The wheat crop In Western Near Vbrk, It #«M
ed spot; that place of all on earth most door, when to be very promising for a good yield.
«. wo« •.11. .11 ihm-f.ll.tr, mother, brother, E branch a{ mcch , ahf in Ohlpi.r*
afater,*—and were mutually happy, before death, rtrfl A Br | nß r 0 * - .irifck r
wlih rolonllca. hand broke* 11.0 .Won cord. of 10.0- P n W°* rolr * ~rlk' - ■ . . ~
llul bound that family gr.mpo (ogoilior. I Tho.b.n of.bo l.ry, hole). In poaloj, h.v, tab
Wbodoea no. rcinombcr aconea like theae, and oloaod lo Iho public,
fool like .tying of‘joy. departed never to roinrn A dog Hut Will foteb a boot *lll Uk, pnp, Jto
how painful the remembrance/. And now in after a JJij«ton to tattlers.
years, when the apotts of chllhObd have given place >V
lutbe more rational enjoyment of youih and mm. Ihe seamstresses of Cincinnati art
hood, and il baa become our duly rho stage for higher wages.
Of ociivo life, how many and sud arc the changes.— \ Undutiful children rarely make respectable and
Who can visit the homo of her childhood without socccsarb! men. ~ ’ "
being impressed with the troth, that everything of, ~ . „
an earthly nature i. .object to change .nd dcc,y 7-; Young man, ovoid exlt.*ag.no, aa you wotiW »
The friends of our youlhiwhero ale they—those P ,B K u o*
wfih whom wo met and whme voices were sweeter I The eCnall pnx waa raging frightfully amtag tbs
than music to our ears? Alas! we oro pointed to Indians in Oregon. ' ’
(he narrow house which await* us alt. They lived) ,
and acted tlioir part on tbo ih.atto of life | the, di.d Youth I. tho bc.l .o«nn for improvomeol. ■
and wo #sk In vain where sro they. The return of, The heart that truly loves never forgtls* ~ '
I , i!;\Vk ld 7h^^ P ;n? i tb^om. P r u ??„° , .’li r °in«?ar An Infidel paper !. .boa, Ming ..ÜbIUM .1
lions like these | and it becomes ua, man sincerity, , », • . » . «!„, —■«*—
to .vail ouraolvei of eucb oco.ainna to rrHeol wh.l Cincinootl, to bo edited by L. A Hint, Md . Mf'O
we ate, and whither we are bound. The fad that D 1 * ’
(hose with whom we once spent the holidays are no A Now Orleans paper advertises a raffle (6* •
more, should servo as another demonstration of the splendid horse end a begfo girl 6arall*Whs latter
truth,-that wu in obr turn shall bo missed from ftie Valued st $9OO. A delightful picture of Kstf Or*
when 'tbo meaaeoger oV’de.th .hell come. w.i m.y n# o(reolio0i (ho 6 bi,r, oorc , nflbougbt Ud
•be eu.i.incd by an anf.lioring (mat, end •PP™' 1 ’ „ i h<lfo , r 0 directed the ohateolor le formed, •,
the grate and like one who wraps the drapery of y ¥ •** ■" w '
hi, couch about him, and lies down lo pleasant The happiest people lo the world ore tboty *kd
droama. do the moat towards making other people liappy, >
How glorious—the weather. Vfo are hadaled
with visions of green fields, speckled Irpot, green
peat, new potatoes, pleasant drives, and moonllghl
strolls with—s pleasant friend. ' '
ONE OS 1 THE MKAS MBS.
Many Instances have been cited of meanness, end
tetert) peraom huvo boon held up It examples, pc*
.teasing that quality in the superlative degree. One
of the most v eminent men* of this clues that wo
ever knew wot a* bos> carpenter,' who lived not far
away from Massnchutelte, He had, of .course, a
touug apprentice, on jvhoin bis meanness Woa con
centrated, like tbo rays of the sun converged by e
I burniog gloss.
The boy whom wo shall call Joe, and who wo*
very shrewd and cunning withal, was obliged to
submit to much rigor aa regarded the severity of
hia Übora and the aoanlinoes of hit clothing sod
food. One evening Joe waa sopping the fragments
of a repaat that h«d boon act before turns guests—
•the good wife had company'* that afternoon-cand
ho committed the enormity of applying a lump of
butter that wpi left on lila plate to a chunk of gin.
gerbroad he was about to iwallow. Alai, for Joe !
swallow tho delibioua morael bla cftmo wot detected.
Tbo indignant master was struck aghast. at nf*i
by this specimen of juvenile turpitude, but he seited
the young epicure by the hair of head and gave h im
an unmercUul beating.
Joe wont to bed Burrowing, but comforted himself
with the reflection that he waa fourteen years old,
and had but seven years more to be flogged for outing
butterrd gingi r-bread.
Joe wci ingenious, and before he hud composed
himself to sleep that night bo had formed a plan of
revengo upon tits matter.
Acooiding to this plan he arose early the nett
morning, and, aa he waa hurrying on hi* clothes, he
muttered— ~ , ,
• Dl fix a alory on Ibo old fpller—l'll raise Iho
Uugh'.gin him—Ml l.ro him to lick mu .0 liko
bluxes.*
As soon vs Joe waa dressed, he rushed into Iho
street, and ran towards the principal hotel, howling
lusify, and allmulatlng the must cbmorous grief—
Aa ha loro along the street, bellowing like a year
ling bull, and rubbing his oyea with a dingy pocket
handkerchief, he noturally attracted the attention of
«vety person within tiibi nr hmlwj. Of tha tlmo
ho bad rpschod the front of tta hold quite a crowd
yvaa raadjr.-tb intercept hifiu aa Jje_pjado,a frlpl rush
Whii'a the matter f cried a d«en voice*.
> q ( d ear * o, dear J its to dreadful 1* bellowed Joe.
twisting his countenance into (ho .similitude of a
baked apple.
• What’s so dreadful ?•
» q, my mauler!# dead—died alcb id swful death,
too—o. dear, door I’ ...
• Your master dpad! awful death t How did It
happen? Slop your confounded bellowing and tell
us about It * ...
» 0. doart* said Joe. hip voice broken with counter
feit sobs,* you know what a small soul my master
I had—wot a old follow (sob) ho was for money (sob).
'Wall It'pears somebody (sob) had voraeihlo agto
him (sob) and went lual night—o, dear, dear—Ui so
° r *llook hero, young man, atop that crying and 101 l
WaTmv master, ho qted to alpep (sob) wiili bla
mouth wide open, a snoring (*«b) whan somebody
went last night and bated a sloel trap with a fu pence
and so! it on hia pillcr, and kttehtd An soul ttfn*
morning . and lefl.bis body in bod. 800 boo boo'—
O. dour, dear J* . .
I And with this. Joe made a break through Iho as
tonished crowd and disappeared arouad a corner,
while the welkin was ringing with ■h«ui* of Wugh
joa’a raster Jid not hear iho laaV of lhla «»W
dodeaao fur a long Arne, and ihoao who know him
heal declare ihul Jon'a awry woa no mylho. and ih«>
,|,o longer !){■ body wnlka ohoul.oMchlng greedily
every thing tlial* the law allowa him, Iho altonget
ovldenoo ho gl«oa thallie l« troubled with no auch
iooumbranco ,nf • ,ioul.—•
A. Lcaiott TO TnapeeMSH.— When old Zacho
rlnh Fox, <ho groat merchant of Liverpool. waa
asked by.W|tai means he contrived (o roaliio eo
large a fortune no ho poaaoveed. hlo reply «ae—
••Friend, by one attlolo alone, end In which
ihoo raejeat deal. 100. It thou ploateen Uta civil
ity "
Ewy yoong'tnon nhould totnombor lh»t th«
world will nlwnjo .honor Industry. Tho
soil übhloob blot, who«o i«norgW« of body «n«
i mind mo tooling for wont of qcoopoUan. pij boU
r with toorn upon Iho lobpror engaged ot hi» toll,
I bo. h*. .oorn I. proioo. HI. ooobo.pt honor.
Thera ia ■ girl in Troy who Waata Booh aeon
ahln» face, that whan aha uoaa ouljlooia. Ihaanow |
hlrda lako.her for. aommor, and f°ll°w hor ahoal
ee if Bho had apple hloaioma in her apron. With
each » power in oho.rfalnoaa. i.nU it BingoUr
that woman aver allow themaolva. to have the
| aulka 1
563,841
Hobb., (b»SSSbhrt*a
mlwoiih* WorldVFair, i» » g»w 4 pMan»h^
, pit*. Ho ba« fluoueaded in lp»onUng»>CT wbloh
I will pr®Toni p«°pl o ffQW hulpg; oprtwdpJ* X W
[loci Jaw.
Aft* 00 PBB'MBDI
NO. 46.
g>o93 awp mnlffff r
A poor widow waa asked hoff the beeaojeaottobh
attached to a certain neighbor, and replied, that afcp
mi bound to him by several cordt of yrood, wjblch
he bed ienl to her during a hard winter,
A band orprofetsJop#l Whislfcrs b/tTO
to giro coacett§ id Ciaalaaul. •
In this country wo have no eoTerlgna }mt thf U»
dies—God bleaa them!—and every mao ought to
have one of them, • >
Few know that in every seven minutes la tho day
a child is boro in London, end (bat afery tfloa
mioulos one of Its inhabitants dip.
Seven thousand men, to charge of olio hundred
Aa<t«Bicmg-fiyflJmgUs hMft rgwpil? n\M dm
The Siamcie Twine, accompanied by Choir fatdlh
lea, anoouneo a (our (hroagh (ho tailed Slate* jaod
Europe, under the auapices of Barnum* ‘
Ninety tlx million* uf letters paesed
vailou* post oißoce la (ho United Stale* dOfiDg t&e
year 1853. ' ’
When you have nothing to *ay, **y Oplbtag, IJrf
a weak defence strengthen* jour opponent afifl *l»
Ic/ico it belter than a bad reply,
Neatly all the mechanic* in New Volk haTe,QV
nre now preparing Tor a strike fur higher. w*g**.»
Tboir demjoda aro generally acceded tOi
Queen Victoria ha* «enl her portrtll loOeo.P.
Burn Hum, of Uotloo, in return fur 111* ptCNflt «
grey BhaogB fowli. |t Is btndaome.
The aetmatroaaca of Rocheitor N, Y. held areotti
)g on Wcdpeadjy *licroooa»lo makearftogemeot*
it obtaining living wages.
Th* cqal digger* in the neighborhood of PiUaborg
■ro on a atrlko for higher wages. The coil
ire alao on e strike.
Any one in tfehl t>T a first rate p*w*pkpff t out
devil think*,jhould apbicribe for lb* .WgßlWfylfl*
mediately. otailbio‘ooy; —* '
The Scotchmen** Prayer.—Keep my porf*/rom
the fateyer—my body from the doctor—and pay *eiu
from the devil.
A profoaelon of religion, without practice of It*
precept* and principle*, I* m crying evil of.tb* line*.
Alexander nailed (wo thousand capllre* to a*
many ctoaata by the aea tide, after the of
Tyro. -
An intemperate woman wa* burped to ,V*
Philadelphia last week by her clothe* taking fit*.
The "upper tent* 1 in Now York are building a
new opera house for their eipoclal eccommodalloo*,
W* onco Knew a lady who always dreaded to go
to bod, because alio could not talk while *eU*p. <■
A marriage took place In Williamsburg, ls*l week,
with the following peculiarities—the #roop|ft*MW«»
od six feel four, and the bride foar feol she. If (hi*
la not “the long and aliorl of roalrlmony,* we dooH
know what I*, tbul’e *ll. ’
Six full grown panthers were killed a few week*'
ago in Elk courtly. Pa. The lnrgoal meaanred.lf
fuel from the now to (be end of (hfUall. • * ’- ?
A man nimed V4nlew. bar keeper of.lh* atiim*
Buckeye State, was abut deed at UlnclaQpll«:«ti#i*l*
uiday, by u man named Harrell.
Rhode {aland, Cimnrcllcot.
MftssaDhuaeU*, end Mlnncaula have all given J?oim;*
lar raajorltlc* egalnal the aale oferdetU spirit* •
Mr*. Partington think* there will be •uoh,(*fl|(|W
lie* for travailing bymeby, that you can go any
where for nothing, and come back *A«|n, r
The salaries of the vsrlop* offlea*, within th*,gyV
of tho President of the United Stale* amounl io HO*
wards of filly million* of dollar* a year.
Mbiiv nflho edllpra.ate i>ow debplln* whottwi*
; ulft it a lady. When they tinto tl a ■itUftolor>
concluiioo on the point, we offer llhero, iJ a
for Mr gigantic lnUjll*oi»,,nether a AuffiWi-fc*
gtntltmon.
You can’t gel ®long la lha wt}r\4
«lfj ..*• ■omebody; , Sbp'll epepd b»lf .her jima
fooktafflfn (ho f)i«i apd turd *'ndtwi*l atd brdMi,
and fl* till she gate completely e**ed
ugUnoio, ood .h*H,go Hg« off wd WtT
Thondoto Hook romotho, In on* of hU oprlghlfy
nouiw. thoi if • ntm who hod Pol own bio. Am
for ton yo.r. whoro onddonly 'P>hohd U l “
he would hate wjr conilficiaWo ,floibUi» to ma
owojndomuy*
Ati.MlUr. who hoi lull roloro.d, ooyolhotoU*
tow ol non. ot tho MiiomUy of:So!»th;Anof>9o*
onch.onurmoni ntopoilioWthflUhoyW
ar in t wash lut) and ahaVa with .» WyWe*, **•
w r oSft»".tthky «»«l’
•polo', la oil VAtUboM. , r r