A in c man Bohiiitor.
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
YOL. 40.
Ipoettcal.
Id’s' Sit Dotm and Talk Together.
Lei’s s!t down and lalk together
Of the things of Olden day.
When we, like lambkins loosed from tether,
Gayly tripped along the way,
Time has touched us both with lightness,
Leaving furrows here and there,
And tinging with peculiar brightness
Silvery threads among our hair.
Lei*a.sit down and talk together;
ManV years Away have passed,
And fair and foul has been the weather
Since we saw each other last.
Mony whom we loved are living
In a better world than this;
And some among us still are giving
Toil and thought for present bliss,
Let's sit down and talk together;
Though the flowers of youth are dead,
The ferns still grow among the heather,
And for us their fragrance shed.
Life has thousand blessings in it
Even for the aged man;
And God has hid in every minute
Something we may wise); scan.
Let's sit down and talk together;
Boys we were—we now are men;
Wo meet awhile, but know not whether
We shall meet to talk again.
Parting time has come: how fleetly
Speed the momenta when their wings
Are farm’d by breathings issuing sweetly
From a longuo that never slings !
f&iffCtUaneotist.
THE WINDOW IN THE FOREST,
The inmates of a little tavern in a secluded val
ley in Germany, gathered without the door, await
ing the approach of a horseman, tiro distinct sound
of his horse's tread having apprised thorn of his
coining.
lie iidea rapidly up and sptings lightly from his
saddle, giving his horse in charge of the hostler,
who, utter receiving his instructions, loads him away
to the stable.
The now comer observed the looks of wonder cast
upon him, end was at a loss to account for the curl
osity he excited, lie was a man of shout thirty five
years of age, of medium heigth, well proportioned,
and tolerably good looking. He was attired in the
uniform of a dragoon in the German service.
‘Well, my good people,!ho exclaimed at length,
what do you eco in my appearance so surprising
that it makes you gaze upon mo with open mouths?’
‘ls it possible that you are alive 7’
The astonishment of (ho hast caused (ho some
what singular interrogation lo escape from him.
‘Faith to the best of my belief, I am so,*'replied
(ho dragoon pleasantly. ‘Do I look like a dead
mm.*
‘No, no—l moan not that,’ said the hast, as he
Rcemcd lo be revolving some matter in his mind,
which puzzled him. ‘You o-imo by (ho forest road V
‘Certainly, and gloomy enough it is too ; a lonely
path to travel when a mao has do companion but
his own thoughts.*
‘Duller have your thoughts than (he fearful com
panion some have mot in the forest.’
'lndeed! What sort of a person is ho 7*
•VVo know not; none that have seen him lived to
tell of their encounter.*
•Thin l« a strange «ff>ir dial you arc telling me.’
'Did you soo nothing in your way through the
forest 7’
‘Nothing ; yet stay —now I bethink I do remem
ber noticing in tho forest, a short distance from the
road, t small cottage window—’
l Ah ! a window.*
•Yes ; I thought it singular that a coltngo should
bo situated in such a particularly peculiar nighbor
hood.’
'You did nut approach it 7*
‘No ; 1 should not have observed it but for (ho
glimmering light of a tnpor winch betrayed it to rny
eye*. 1 was 100 hungry (o stop to examine it; 1
knew of tho locality of your inn, and hurried on, as
1 wished to pass tho night hero.'
•Ah I I romombor you now, is it not Copt. Ernest? 1
'Tiro same.'
‘You stopped hero on your way to join tho army
fur the last campaign 7*
•Yes ; the war is over now, (ho Emperor has con
cluded a peace, and lam on my woy borne, Out
come, serve mo up something in the shape of a re
past, and while I satisfy tho cravings of nature, you
shall narrate to mo tho particulars of this story
What little 1 have hoard has greatly excited my
curiosity.'
The boat led llio w .y inlo the principal apartment
of llio Inn. A hasty mnul was noon a pro id upon a
amtill table, and Cupt Grneel commenced a vigorous
• Hook.
»y 0 u must know,' llio liobl soring that
liie gucsi wa<« prepared to listen *il Is nearly a year
since that window was fi'st seen.’
•Then 1 presume lint the cottage was built about
that lime/ replied Capi. Ernest,
‘Cottage! there is no cottage.’
'What, no cottage! ob, but my good fellow, I saw
the window myself/
‘True, yet still there is no collage.'
'Well, 1 have hoard of houses without windows,
but 1 never hoard of a window without a house.'
'Yes, it is (ho fact. Traverse the ru.id by day
light— carefully examine every portion of it—pene
trate a short distance in the forest on either side,
ar.d you will find no vestogo of human habitation.’
•There is some mystery about this.’
‘Ay, and it deep one ; lor as soon as (ho shades
begin to fall, the traveller beholds the light shining
with sickly lustre amidst the dense foliage around.*
*Ah, 1 have it, (his Is nothing more nor less than
a Jack o'lantern—a Will o' Wisp.'
‘You're wrong; tho window has been seen—(ho
very number of panes counted; there are six: my
buy Heinrich, there, has soon It.*
The host pointed to a stout lad of eighteen, who
had been attending to the stranger’s wants.
'Ah, that altera llio case, though I must say this
light in tho window is rather a strange affair. Out
how chanced it ho could approach this dangerous
object and not bo the worse for U, when 1 understand
you to say all others Jiave perished?’
‘You shall hoar it, It must have boon through Iho
mercy of Providence. One evening, as Heinrich
was returning from the town, some twenty miles
beyond hero, he got belated in (he forest. It grew
bo dark he could hardly see his way by Iho lime ho
got within hvo miles of here. Feeling somewhat
tired, ho slopped to rest by tho roadside, when look*,
ing into the forest, ho behold the light gloaming from j
tho window'— 1
‘What! five miles from hero?’ interrupted tho
captain, 'why, whore I taw it to night it must bo all
often miles from hero.'
'1 have no doubt of It*—lt i< teen at all distances
along the road, bat ho saw it Rvo miles from hero,
and on the right hand aide of the road.*
•Tho right hand side ? it was on tho loft hand
when 1 saw it.'
•Oh for tho matter of that, it is seen on either side
by different persons, in fact, no two aver saw it in
liie same place/
•Tho duco! but go on/
*The moment that Heinrich beheld the light, fool.
ing thirsty, he determined to approach the cottage
and request a draught of milk; mind, this was be
fore it had become ao> noted—naturally supposing
that ho woe near tho cottage of some woodman. —
He made Ms way. through the ondorwood towards
it wondaring at tho taste of a man who could build
his house amid a thick wood of brambles. It seams
bo miscalculated tho distance, for when ho thought
ho should have gained tho light it was as far off as
when ho first saw It. Ho continued to press on for
about fifteen minutes; yet tho light maintained tho
same distance. 110 paused, bewildered; fora mo
ment tl grow more distinct—ho could count the
ponds ofglass, ho almost saw a strange gozo gazing
out upon him, and ho turned and fled. That terror
saved his life; had ho followed that fearful sight an
instant longer, ho would have been lust. Ho reach*
ed homo more dead than alive, and it was moro than
nn hour before ho could find breath to relate what 1
liqvo just related.*
‘So you think the fiend has something to do with
this travelling window.*
‘I do not know what to think. You know this
inn of mino lice between the (owns of Waldburg and
Moritz. Many rich travellers leave one of these
towns for tho other, yet one out of every two never
>eaoh (heir destination. Thoy are missed between
this place and Waldburg. 1
‘Robbed and murdered by some ruffians who infest
(ho road.’
‘Their bodies are never found.’
‘Have tho police ever investigated these myste
ries V
‘Yes, but without discovering any sign of a band
of robbers. Wo told them of llio window; they
watched for it, but as they could never see it, laugh
ed at us and told us our light was nothing more than
a fire-fly.*
‘lt was strange that it did not appear to (hem.*
'll was so: after (hey loft the nighborbood the
window again became visible, and the travellers die
appeared as before.'
‘Was there anything singular connected with the
disappearance of those travellers ?’
‘Yes, one thing ; all Ibn t wore missed Journeyed
alone. Strange lo say, those who travelled In par
ties of two or throe invariably escaped.'
‘Well, my worthy host, do you know that a strange
.dosiie has seized upon me lo penetrate the mystery 7
It seems that 1 am the only solitary traveller who
has escaped the danger of this mysterious window,
dial is a prestige of success. 1 have passed through
some scenes cf danger, and mny bo allowed lo re
mark that I am no coward. This is a promising
adventure to a soldier who finds it somewhat hard
lo settle down into n quiet life after the bustle and
strife of n long campoign. So, If my stout Heinrich,
here, will boar mo company, I'll even undertake a
,solul ion of this enigma.'
'With alt my heart, Captain,’ said Heinrich,
promptly.
•Then let us set forth si once.’
‘Aye, to night,’ replied the captain; ‘it is scarce
ly ten o'clock, and I am In excellent trim; so pro I
pare my lord, and wo will sol forth at once.'
The captain examined the priming of ins pistols
carefully, and then thrust them into his bolt ; lie
then buckled on his sabre. Heinrich was toady
armed with a stout cudgel. In this manner they
sullied forth.
After proceeding a few pices up the rond the
captain paused to give his companion a few instruc
tions.
•Heinrich, 1 he anid, 'a skilful commander always
conceals tho number of his forces, f>r iho further
ance nf mj pl.»n of action it is necessary that wo
should piss for one man.*
•You arc Iho guide—consequently you must go
first; I will *lOOll step* with you ; tread lightly, and
our mingled footsteps will sound like tho troad of a
single man. In this manner—ah, you understand
bad soldier for the beginning. Now what
ever you sco or behr, keep your longtiu between
your tooih, if you wish to call my attention to any
hing. nudge mo with your elbow; if on the right,
whv witn the right. Now then, forward—march! 1
They proceeded in silence for over an hour, and
Heinrich's right elbow was thrust gently into Iho
Cuplain'a ribs; al his wisporod hall, ihoy both slop
ped. Amid iho trees they saw distinctly a faint
twinkling light, having tho appearance of a taper in
a cottage.
•Now, Heinrich, 1 said the Captain, 'if tho devil
owns this light, ho has ro power to harm us; if it
belongs to mortal man, wo shall sco which is tho
strongest. Keep a bold heart in your breast and
press steadily on. 1
They entered the forest; tho C'ptnln still keep
ing close behind Heinrich, ho governed his move
men's that they seemed us one man. As they pro
cocdcd, tho light almost imperceptibly retreated. To
the eyo of an unsuspecting person, tho movement
'would have had tho effect of miscalculation in dis
tance, but the keen senses of the captain woro not
to be deceived; ho behold (ho light receding slowly
but Bloiddy as they advanced. Ho strained his eyes
to discover tho cause, but in vain. As they treaded
iho mui'e of the wood it would suddenly disappear,
and after proceeding a few minutes without behold
mg it, they would pause, thinking it had vanished
entirely, when again its light would glimmer before
them, us if inviling them to proceed. Onq thing
(lie Captain hod discovered ; they woro pursuing a
beaten path through the forest, and ho fell a slight
shudder thrill even to his stout heart, os ho reflect
ed that it might have been worn by the feet of un
fortunate travellers who hud fullon victims to this
myst cry.
A quarter of an hour had passed since they had
entered tho forest, and yet (hey wore no nearer tho
light than before. Again the light disappeared, this
time it seemed to bo gone in reality, they walked
steadily on—alt was dark. The Captain was about
to relinquish (ho pursuit, when 10, there was tho
light quivering as before.
Heinrich stepped briskly forward; there was a
cracking sound, as of breaking twigs. Tho Captain
drew back end grasped an overhanging bough.—
There was a sound of a heavy fall, a cry of pain
then ail was si ill. Tho captain was standing on Iho
brink of the pit into which Heinrich hod fallen. Dy
the aid of the bough ho had seized ho drew himself
back from his perilous situation. Scarcely had bo !
regained a firm footing before ho saw tho light rap
idly approach tho pit. With a painful effort ho
repressed his breathing. As it noored him ho per-*
coived that it was nothing but a frame work in
which a taper was planed, in Iho hands of a man of
wild ferocious aspect. Tho (ruth instantly flashed
upon the mind,ho understood the devilish
artifice which tho monster had used to entrap tho
unwary.
Tho rubber pluocd his window by tho side of the
pit, and sinking on his knees, peered curiously into
(ho depth, s long knifa which glittered in his hand
tuld plainly what awaited Heinrich, if ho survived
the fall.
The coplnln drew forth one of his pistols ond oau J
llously cocli9d It, slight as was (ho sound, llio rob*
bar's oar delected it, and ho sprang' to his foot, the
coplain fired as ho rose. Tlio aim was truo and
fatal, with a loud shriek the rufiUn fell to the earth,
a few oovulslvo struggles shook his frame and ho
lay perfectly motionless.
Tho captain moved cautiously around tho pit
and gained his side, lie was quite dead- Ho ex
amined his person ; he found (hat his garments wero
of tho roughest kind, ond much worn, his feel wero
protected by a covering made of foil, which prevent*
cd tho footsteps from Loing heard. Ho then turned
and examined tho window, it was nothing but a
common frame that ho had obtained from, some col
logo, tho taper was backed by a small green board,
which served to throw tho rays of light straight for
word, while II concealed tho person of tho boater.
Feeling anxious for (ho folo of Heinrich tho cap
lain called loudly upon tho name, but received no
answer'. Fearing llio worat, ho retraced bio alops
to (ho boat of hia ability in tho direction of tho inn.
Dy pursuing (lie path no had boforo noticed, ho suo
oeoned In reaching tho road without much difficulty
and arrived at tho inn boforo day break.
The host, though anxious to ascertain the fate of
his son, advised a abort delay to procure assistance
from tho neighboring villagers} the captain acceed*
cd-
lo about (wojiours strong party proceeded
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“OUR OUNTRY—MAY T ALWAYS BE KiailT—BUT RIODTOR WRONO , OUR COUNTRY’
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1853
to tho ncono of nootural adventure. Tho captain |
found all as ho had loft it, and his heart was con
siderably relieved by hearing the voice of Heinrich 1
shouting lustily for help. 110 was soon relieved'
from his unpleasant situation; thoagh stonnod by
(ho fall, he had received no other hurt than a few 1
braises. This pit was (ho robber’s burial place as
well as trap : (hoy oast his body among those ho
bad slaughtered, and filled it up with earth.
Tho place was soon deserted. Captain Earnest,
after a hearty good-byo exchanged with tho host and
Heinrich, proceeded on his journey. Tho circum*
stance became known, and the government rewarded
his courage with a pension.
Heinrich had the window placed in (ho front sido
of tho inn, where it may bo soon to (bis day by the
curious traveller.
.r (« LOVE’S LABOR LOST.”—A PACT.
About two years ago a young mechanic, a resi
dent of this city, foil desperately in lova will) tho
daughter of a widow lady, reputed to bo rich, and ho
was mado to bclicvo that his ardent attachment was
fully reciprocated by the young lady—but her mother
would not have her daughter marry a man of no for:
tone. Seeing how matters stood, and not wishing to
place his love In a position below that which site had
always held, lie resolved to seek his fortune in the
gulden regions of California. With an ambitious
spirit and almost broken heart, ho bid adieu to the
idol of his soul. She assured him that on his re
turn, lot him bo successful or not, sho would still bo
his, and bis alone. That she was ialisfied of his
devoted love for her—and os that was all she asked
from the man she would give her heart to, she would
marry him if lie returned in rags.
110 had not been in San Francisco mors than two
months, when bo received a letter from an Intimate j
friend, which almost crushed hie ambition, and sol i
him on a rock. The letter stated (hat the lady whom
he loved was a heartless coquette—that she was at all
the bulla and routes of the season—and intimated
that a certain young merchant of Beaver street was
a favored swain ot tho house, &o. Her letters to
him, however, showed no filling off of attachment on
her part, but breathed tho sentiment of honest and
puro love. Still ha was resolved to try her faith and
be fully convinced of her love for him, and satisfy his
mind as to whether it was tho wealth ho was accu
mulating there, (hat was to load her to the oiler, or
whether alio lived him fur himself alone.—
Ho commenced writing homo despairingly, com
plained of bad losses, illness, and assured his beloved
and anxious mamma, that California was not tho El
Dorado that many supposed it to bo. Ho spoke of
l>is undying love, of his inubiliiy to stay from all that
was dear to him on earth.
Her letters grow like angola’ visits, few and far
between, and one even hinted that Now York was
even worse than California, and advised him to stay
until is Maeuwber says, something turns up.
I This rather convinced him how affairs were, and
m a ft w months after ho returned. His looks be
trayed care ond sickness, and his friends wore sorry
to see him return so broken in health and so poor in
pookoi.
On nis arrival, lie visited tho house of the woman
who had pledged herself to bo hl« wife, in wealth or
in povuny—but utaa, Ilia reception won anything but
but a lover's. Ho full it, but urged his ami—spoke
of honorable competence being obtained by hard la
bor and economy—and after assuring her of his un
altered love offered her his hand, and implored her
to remember her promise la him, and become
Iris wife. Sho refused ! Begged him to think of
her no more, and (old him to And one more worthy
of him than her, and in conclusion sent hor mother
to talk to him. Tho mother pleaded ignorance of
tpyor knowing that ho aspired to her daughters hand,
afttfxcontcnded that (ho match was preposterous, and
oho felt certain that ho could And girts enough in Mb
own sphere of life that would jump at Iris offer. lie
left tho house fully satisfied at -the hoarllessness of
the world, and tho women in particular. It was a
sad reality to him but ho proved liiinsclfa man under
Uio trying eircumetunccs.
•W ha I was the nomo of the young man who had
such a notion after Carolina, who went to California
two yoirs ago, and returned by tho Ohio 7 Ho was
a tall, fine looking follow, with blue eyes and light
hair, rather florid complexion, ain’t ho?’ asked the
young lady's uncle, a broker in Wall street, 000 even
ing, wtiilo paying a visit ul his sister's.
•Why, what of him, the low fellow—to think wo
wonted him—rags and all!' answered tho mother.
■I don’t know,' returned tho uncle, *lf it bo tho mm
or not, but I was (old rather sneering!/ it was. His
name if you ploaso.'
‘Cornelius B said Miss Caroline.
That's it, you've mado a pretty mists ke hero, upset
a nice kcllo of fish !’ said the uncle warmly. ‘Why
he's rich—he's worth two hundred thousand dollars,
and I havo invested nearly a hundred thousand for
him myeolf.'
They vvero not as gay as usual at Mrs. F 's
for (ho rest ufthat evening.
Ho did wisely to test tho hcort of her with whom
ho was to share life's joys or sorrows.—JVeto York
Picayune .
It is only shallow minded pretenders who either
make distinguished origin a matter of personal mor
il, or obscure origin a matter of personal reproach.
Taunt and scoffing at tho bumble condition of early
Mfo affect nobody in this country but those who aro
foolish enough to indulge in them, and they aro
generally sufficiently punished by tho published re
buke. A man who Is not ashamed of himself need
not bo ashamed of his early condition. It did nut
happen to mo to bo born in a log cabin, but my older
brothers und slaters wore born in a log cabin, raised
among tho snow drifts of Now Hampshire at a pe
riod so early that, when tho smoko first roso from
its rude chimney, and curled over tho frozen hill,
thcro was no similar evidence of a while man’s
habitation between it and tho soUlomonls on the
rivers of Canada. Its remains still exist; I make it
an annual visit. I carry my children to it to toaoh
them tho hardships endured by (ho generations which
havo gone beforo thorn. I lovo to dwoll on tho ten
der recollections, the kindrod lies, tho early affec
tions, and the narrations end incidents which mlnglo
with all 1 know of this primitive family abode. I
woep to think that none of those who inhabited it
aro now among tho living, and if over I fail in af
fectionate veneration for him who raised h, and de
fended it against savage violence and destruction,
cherished all the domestic virtues beneath its roof*
and through the fire and blood of seven years' rovul*
ulionary war, shrunk from no toll, no sacfirico to
servo his country and to raise his children to a con
dition bettor than his own, may my name and tho
name of my posterity bo blotted forever from (lie
memory of mankind.— Daniel Webtter.
Ditto. —An honest old farmer, rather ignorant
of tho improved method of abbreviation, went to a
certain slora with which ho did his trading, to make
iris annual settlement.
On looking .over, ho occasionally found charges
like (ho following: ‘To Mb Tea,' ‘To 1 lb ditto.'
Not knowing the moaning of the terra ‘ditto,' ho con
cluded tho account was not correct, and posted off
homo to Inquire into tho affair.
'Wife,' said ho, 'this is a pretty business, there is
Mr. boa charged mo'with pounds and pounds
of ditto. Now 1 should like to know what you hove
done with so much ditto.'
•Ditto, ditto?' replied the old lady,*l never had
a pound of ditto in my house in my life.'
So back went the farmer in high dudgeon that
ho should bo charged with things ho had never re
ceived. , ,
*Mr. ——~ t % said ho, *my wife says she never had
a pound ofditto in the house in hor life.'
Tho morohanl thereupon explained tho meaning
of lljo term, and (ho farmer wont homo sallsOed.
Ilia wife enquired if ho had found out (ho moan
ing ofditto. 'Vos/ said ho, ‘lt means I'm a d— —d
fool and you are ditto.'
Tlae Love of Home,
/ From tbo N. Y. National Democrat. >
COFFEE—CURIOUS HISTORY OF ITB USE.
. Coffee is of Asiatic origin, and brought to the Oo
cldonl by tho Turks. They call \icahveh. Vernon,
a province in Asia, is generally considered a place
Where the coffee sprung up. Certain it is that Ara
bian herdsmen of tho desert of Al-Dsheslra, Approach
ing one evening the shores of tho Eopbrotes, wore
I,the first to discover the enlivening power of coffee.—
Worn out as they were, after a tiresome journey
, through the desert, (hoy were reclining beneath a
coffee tree, and for pastime commenced chewing (ho
' coffee bears. They soon observed that tbolr weari
| ness passed, away, and loft them fine spirited during
.'the night. Next evening they repeated their post
lime,‘and it had the same effect. They wore con
vinced that there was hidden and refreshing power
In tho coffee beans.
; |( was then introduced as a kind of medicine for
relaxation, for which purpose it was roasted, ground
J n'nd boiled In hot water, in the manner wo prepare
I coffee now. Consequent on the prohibition of wine
drinking by Mahomet, the use of coffee, soon became
' io,cxlensivo demand all over Arabia, Turkey, and
Persia. From these countries coffee was introduced
by. tho Venetians, in tho year 1591, Into Italy, to bo
J used only as on enlivening medicine, at first they tried
' iliwitli the leaves of the coffee trcewhich was, how
ever, abandoned, and they resorted to the coffee beans,
] and prepared thorn in the same manner as the Ara
bians. After a while it became a favorite beverage
' for dainty persons, and ifs importation from a foreign
country rendered it, in the eyes of the aristocracy of
i th'st period, desirable.
'.From Venice, coffee was introduced into England,
Franco and Holland. The first public coffee house
.Wa's opened in London in the year 1653, a few years
jallCr tho second appeared in Paris, and a third in
Amsterdam. Not, however, until the year 1G92 was
otiffeo known in Germany, it was imported from
j Holland already roosted. Tho first public coffee
house wos established in Leipzig, in tho year 1730,
which, no doubt, is tho oldest coffee house in (he
world, as it is oven at the present day a place of pub
lic,.amusement. Two circumstances contributed
principally to make coffee a general beverage In Ger
many : firstly, that coffee was exempted by the gov
prnment from the taxes laid on beer and wine : and,
secondly, (ho powers of coffee to produce an ogreoa
blo excitement without intoxication. These qualities
niade U tho most agreeable beverage to ladies and
business men. The Jews in Germany, known to bo
ilia most active merchants, became exceedingly fond
of this enlivening beverage, and also the poets. It is
a well known story that the French pool, Rosseau,
brico on a visit to Voltaire, remarked to the latter that
coffee was a poison. Voltaire replied : 'True ; but
a poison which affects tho health very slowly, os I
have been drinking it fur sixty years.'
The greatest opponents to coffee drinking are the
homoeopathic doctors, who consider coffee ss most
injurious to tho health. Indeed it is to nervous poo.
pie, particularly strong coffee, also to dyspeptics it
may prove not digestible, but In the latter ease its ill
digestion arises from the impure mi'k which is mix
cd With it.
The French and Gormans drink more black coffao
Ihanwhilo, and lake soon oftcrwnrds a glass of pure
cool wotcr, and that custom is one which it would
bo useful to adopt in this country, us In this manner
cuffco Is-not even injurious to plethoric people, if
they drink only o smell quantity of it. It serves un
der lliis condition to aid digestion and enliven tho
spirits. To young people it is not so wholesome os
' befcr-soup, which is used for them In Germany. And
ydting ladies who wish to bocomo as fleshy as (ho
r vacalial Alboni. must refrain Jrpm drinking coffee,
f and'liud hotter imitate tho Gorman in (ho use of beer
» soup. There it often added to coffao roasted roots,
I as-ihat of succory or carrot, for instsnoo, which di
i oiinislics-jls flavor. 'Roasted beans of cocoa, on the
other hand, arc moat healthy nod palatable, if mixed
with coffee, Tho Turks add different apices, and
the French pour rum in it, so do also tho Italians
and Germans, and they use sometimes the yolk ofsn
egg insoad of cream, which is commendable where
llicro is no good milk to bo found. Particular care
is everywhere taken, except in this country, not to
roast and grind the coffee before it is wanted for tin ■
mediate use, otherwise it loses by exhalation tho vo)
, atilo oil which imparls such an excellent flavor to
Tho smoko of roasted coffee is one of the most pow
erful disinfectants. Coffee is also on antidote to
poisons of opium, cherry laurel, and intoxication.—
It is also a preventive of costivcncss. Tho con
sumption of coffee is from yoar to year increasing
In Europe, alone, for instance, the importation in a
period of ten years, that Is, from 1817 to 1828, in
creased from one hundred and sixty millions to
two hundred and twenty five millions of pounds.
Tho coffee tree reaches a height of eighteen to
twenty foci, has with its branches a pyramidal form,
evergreen leaves, and is considered one of tho most
Übaullful of trees. In the third year it yields throe
pounds of beans. In highest estimation, concerning
the quality, stands Mocha coffee from Arabia, next
to it St. Domingo, Java, St. Jogo do Cub-i, and (hen
Rio, of Brazil and Cuba. However, one kind is found
more palatable In one country than another, and dif
feront nations give preference to different kinds of
coffee.
•Why don’t you strike 000 ofyour size V said the
lenpenny nail to (ho hammer.
Tho clergyman who 'cimo to a head* in his dis
course, was much disappointed to find no brains in
Tho young lady who was lost In amazement, wos
found by moans ofa 'multiplying glass,* and dragged
out with a firo hook.
Do not sit dumb in company- That looks cither
like pride, cunning or stupidity. Give your opinion
modestly, but freely, hoar that of others with candor,
and ever endeavor to find out and communicate the
truth.
When young ladies pul roses upon (heir checks, for
the purpose of inducing corduroy to go a kissing, aro
they not guilty of obtaining goods under false preten
ces?
Whether you sre playing on (he stage or the world,
year characters should bo well dressed. Broadcloth
is generally received with smiles though covering a
rascal, while Jinscy wolscy Is rather run upon, though
covering a patriot.
'I Sfly Sambo, docs ye know what makes do corn
grow so fast when you put da manure on it.’ ‘No, I
don’t know, hardly, ’copl it makes de groun* stronger
for do corn.’
•Now I gist tell ye. When do corn begins to smell
do manure, U don’t liko do Turnery, so it hurries out
ob do ground* an gits up as high as possible, so as
not to breathe do bad air.'
An eminent physician hoa recofflly discovered
that (ho night-mare, In nino onrfos out of ton, is
prodneed ‘Trotn owing a bill to tho newspaper
man,”
Ho who would acquire fame, must nut show him
self afraid of censure. Tho dread of conauro is the
death of genius.
Tho snake may roach tho cmlncnco as certainly
ns tho eagle, but ho roaches it by crawling, and ho
alii) remains a snake.
Tho vulgar mind fancies that judgement is implied
chiefly in tho capacity to censure, and yet there is
no judgement so exquisite as that which knows prop*
orly how to dpprovo.
Justice Is tho groat, but simple principal and the
whole soorot of success, in all government, as abso
lutely essential to tho training of an infant, as to tho
control of a mighty nation.
Vanity is eo constantly solicitous ofaolf, that, oven
whore its own claims are not interested, In indirectly
seeks (ho ailment which It loves, by showing how
little is deserved by others.
From the N. O. Dolls, September 20.
A ROMANTIC LIFE.
Obituary notices have nearly monopolized our
pen of late. There are few eras in oar history
which have been marked by eo many deaths of
prominent individuals, as the last three monlhe.
In our obituary columns, to-day, will be found
another addition to the list of remarkable deceased,
in the death of Madam Zulimo Gardetto, the mo
ther of Dr. Gardetle, of this city, and of Mrs. My- (
ra Clark Gaines. Sho died in this city, at the
residence of her son, Dr. Gordelte, at the advanced t
ago of seventy-eight years. This lady was the (
heroine of that Intensely interesting romance in
real life, which was developed in the celebrated
lawsuit of Mrs. Gaines.
Her maiden name was Zulimo Comoro. She
was boro in the old French colony of Biloxi. Her i
parents wore emigrants from the land of poetry
and romance—-the favorite homo of the Trouba
dours—Provence. Tho blood of the Gipsy race,
which in the early days of Louisiana, settled along
our sea-ooast, and whose lovely daughters wore
the special objects of the admiration and love of
the gallant French cavaliers who established the
first colonies, mingled with that of the poetic Pro
vencal. From such stock, it is not remarkable
that Zulime Carriere should have derived extraor
dinary personal beauty. The charms.of herself
and her three sisters were universal themes of ad
miration in the colony of Louisiana. The warm
and genial climate, and luxurious atmosphere of
the sea-shore, ripened these charms into full ma
turity at a very early age. Zulimo had hardly I.
emerged into her teens, before her hand was sought -
by numerous suitors. Tho successful aspirant
gained his point, as Claude Melnolte in Bulwer’s
play did—by holding an imaginary coronet, or 1
other insignia of nobility before the eyes of a beau- 1
liful bat unsuspecting girl of tiriileen. Sho was
caught by the glittering bait. Tho French noble
man soon dwindled into a confectioner, and, what
was worse, a married roan, who bad never been
divorced. He was arrested and tried by an ec
clesiastical court in this city, for bigamy—was
convicted and sentenced to bo punished, but after
wartls escaped, and was no more heard of. Thus
ended Zulime’a relation with Jerome de Grange.
Pending litis proceeding, and after the discovery
of De Grange’s previous marriage, there grew up
an intimacy between Zulime and Daniel Clark,
then a leading man in this colony,—a dashing,
whole-souled Irishman, reported to be very wealthy
of very popular character arid agreeable manners.
Clark wasjust the gallant, chivalrous man to es
pouse the cause of an unprotected woman, it is
said—but as from (his point starts the protracted
litigation which has recently engaged so much of
the lime and attention of courts—wo must bo un
derstood as giving tho verdict related by the de
ceased lady herself and her friends, that Clark
having mot Zulime in Philadelphia, and satisfied
himself as to the existence of Do Orange’s big
amy, and the consequent nullity of his marriage
with Miss Carriere, promptly offered horhis hand
and heart, but suggested the prudence of keeping
the marriage a secret, until they could complete
lh6 proof of De Grange’s crime. They were then
married. Of this marriage but one witness was
living when the suite was brought by Mrs. Gaines,
, and that was the sister of Zulime. But there
, were corroborating circumstances, upon which
the proof of (ho reality of such a connection was
rested.
After her marriage to Clark, in 1803, Zulime
returned to New Orleans to take further legal pro
ceedings to invalidate, or rather authenticate, the
illegality of the marriage with De Grange. A suit
was brought for this purpose Ia the civil courts of
(ho Territory, and judgment was obtained against
De Grange. In (ho meantime, Clark had advan
ced in years and honors. The gallant youth of
1802 had become the ambitious politician and mil
lionaire. As the popular man of a powerful party,
he was sent a delegate of the Territory to Con
gress. Here he soon forgot the poor Creole
and began to meditate a more brilliant marriage
connection. The object of this aspiration was the
bvi-ly Miss Caton, of Maryland, a graml-daugh
ter of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, who after
wards became tho Marchioness of Wellesley. She
was a great belie, and Clark's fine manners, dis
tinguished position, and great wealth, no doubt,
1 rendered him quite a desirable match for so bril
liant and accomplished a beauty. They were en
’ gaged; but some stories of his enemies caused a
’ sudden termination of their relations. On hearing
( of his courtship of Miss Caton, the unfortunate
, Zulime went to Philadelphia to procure proofs of
j her marriage with Clark. But alas! Clark, it
, was alleged, under the influence of a reckless am-
I biu'on, had mado way with those proofs. Poor
Zulimo again found herself the victim of man's
r treachery. In a feeling of desertion and helpless
ness, alone among strangers, whose language and
habits were foreign (o her, sho accepted (ho hand
of Dr. Gardetle, who generously and magnani
mously, relying on her truth and sincerity, united
his fate nnd fortune with hors. From that period,
her life flowed smoothly on in (ho discharge of her
duties as a loved wife and mother.
Shortly after her marriage with Gardetle, Clark
had suffered his severe rebuff from the lovely Miss
Caton. In a spirit of true penitence ho hurried to
Philadelphia, and declared his determination to
proclaim their marriage. But it was too late.—
She informed him that she was Mrs. Gardcltc—
, Clark was deeply distressed at this, and exhibited
■ a sincere penitence. He sought to atone for his
desertion of the mother, by kindness to the daugh
r lor, who was born in 1806, of this secret marriage.
„ This was Mary Clark. She was placed in charge
. of an intimate friend of Clark, Col. Davis, who
raised and educated her as his own daughter. It
, was not until she had reached maturity that Myra
' discovered the secret of her history. Since (hen,
| as Mrs. Whilney and Mrs. Oulnes, she has prose
cuted her claipi to the property of Daniel Clark,
as Iris lawful heir, with a zeal, earnestness, and
energy, which havo rarely been equalled in tho
i annals of litigation. Tho difficulty has boon to
1 establish tho marriago between Zulimo nnd Oanio)
r Clark. Certainly, a mystery has long hung over
this case, which only the dead could rise from their
I graves and satisfactorily determine.
1 The once lovely Zulime, passing through so
1 many reverses and misfortunes, returned, in her
old age, to Now Orleans—her old homo—and
I passed a peaceful and happy life, in the family of
, her son, respected nnd beloved for her many vlr
r tues. Sho died at tho ago of seventy-eight, the
youngest of her family—two of her sisters having
attained their ninetieth year, a longevity common
• (o tho old inhabitants of Louisiana, and parlicu
-1 larly of those born on our own eea-ooast.
The author of a late book of advice to young
men, strongly recommends matrimony ae a means
of gelling on in the world. Tho “exponso" ho
regards os n secondary consideration. “Be delor-*
mined to nut o stout heart to a Bleep hill, and go
ahead anyhow. All you want to begin with is a
room or two, a young woman, and a cooking
stove."
Impulsive people make very good soldiers, but
bad goaerols. It Is not going ahead but going
ahead properly, that contorts tho sergeant's strouf
dor-knots into tho major-general's epaulettes.—
Remember, time converts the mulberry loaf Into
satin.
(Tj* Jeemes says, the quickest way to reach the
‘seat of wa r,' is to set down on a hornet's nest.
AT $3 00 Ffiß ANNO]
<35000 aiiO sSnOs.
Remember—purchase from those who advertise*
The noisiest lady in existence, is said to bo
Plly Ticks.
One half of the world does'nt know how the
other half lives.
The true cure for one half of the human mala*
dies, is employment.
A mathematician being asked by a.stool fellow,
“if two pigs weigh twenty pounds, how much
wiil a largo hog weigh ?” he replied, “jump into
the scales, and I will tell you immediately.”
Going down; the price of flour.
Every day is a little life, and our whole life is
but a day repeated.
Action has been commenced in Jersey City, to
slop all liquor selling on Sundays.
Marrying a lady for her beauty is like eating a
bird for its singing.
How to lose yoaf appetite. Take your meals.
If you doubt whether you should kiss a girl,
give her the benefit of the doubt, and “take the
trick.”
Tho man Who lives in vain, Uvea worse than in
vain. He who lives to no purpose lives to a bad
purpose.
Perhaps (he greatest chan# to books Is, that*
wo see In’ them that other men have suffered what
we have.
Some start in life without any leading object at
ail; some with a low aim, and some with a high
one, and just in proportion to the elevation at which
they aim, will b& their general success.
If conscious of having given offence, we should
be humble and prompt In our acknowledgments;
if no offence was intended, a kind and candid ex*
planalion may set all to rights.
Wm. Thompson, a colored resident of Indiana
polis, Ind., for the past few years has been gradu
ally turning while. He was born in Pennsylva
nia.
The State of Maine says the best “sewing ma
chine” in ihe world is ode about 17 years old,
that wears gaiter boots and a pocket to pat her
wages in.
Tho nerve winch never relaxes, the eye Which
never blanches, the thought which never wafiddrs
—these are the masters of victory.
To be happy—be honest.
Order is Heaven's first law.
For drunkenness—drink cold water.
To have a good conscience—pay the printer.
To make money—be economical and advertise.
Wisdom is iho practical application oi know
ledge.
Should not our intentions, ad well as our actions,
be good 1
Some lazy fellow spells Tennessee alter this
fashion—lo a C.
£Vue love Is or slow growth, mtfiual and recip
rocal, and founded on esteem.
Woman is a beautiful /lower, (bat can be (old
In the dark even by her (s) talk.
The only motive for uniting the Atlantia with
the Aiisslseippi is (bo locomotive.
If a body bear a body, telling what ain’t Lrae,
should a body kick a body ’till a bodya blue I
In whatever shape evils come, we are apt to
exclaim with Hamlet, ‘'Take any shape but tbaL**
Happiness is very easily acquired. AH that is
necessary is a contented disposition and a clean
shirt.
Profane swearing dishonors God, degrades the
swearer, and corrupts the whole motal nature.
Charles Lamb wondered once why people made
such a fuss about children—“they were so very
common.”
“I have very little respect for the lies of this
wotld,” as the ciiap said when tbq rope was put
around his neck.
Seek not proud wealth, but such as thou may’st
gel justly uso soberly, distribute cheerfully, and
live contentedly.
Man is a tiue epitome of the spiritual world, or
world of mind; and to know himself, is the perfec
tion of wisdom.
Do not slgb for tin’s world’s goods, nor lament
thy poverty. Out of the meanest hovel tboocanst
get a sight of Heaven.
Some people sink oil enjoyment of present com
fort In the foreboding apprehension of future evils,
which may never happen.
To love in order to be lofod in return is man;
but to love for the pure sake of loving Is almost
the characteristic of an angel.
If dull weather affects you, marry a warm-heart,
cd girl, and make n sunshine for yourself. Bache
lors will find this far superior to either billiards
Burgundy.
There never was any parly, faction, sect, or ca
bcl whatsoever, in which the most ignorant we/e
not the most violent; for the bee Is not a busier
animal than the blockhead.
Exquisites have stioh a “howwor” of every
thing common, that they utterly refuse to possess
common sense.
Roast beef, serenity of mind, a prdlfy wife, ind
cold water baths, wilt make moat any man
“healthy, wealthy and wise.'*
A cotemporary thinks that wires would make
excellent compositors on the morning newspapers,
as they aro in tho habit of silling up iato for »Uam
eri.
When nn Irish girl was asked, a few days ago,
whore her mistress was, who had gone to a water
cure establishment, she replied that hW ladyship
had “gone to soak/*
Common sense is an excellent article, although
there are but few men or women either who uS«
it, except in homceopalhio doses,,
Tho mart that was “fired with indignation'* haa
been extinguished. Tho firo department waa
called out.
“A young man, a member of an Evangelical
Church,’* advertises in a New York paper for
board “In a pious family, where his Christian ex
ample would be considered a compensation.’*—
Who will open tho door for this pious youth i
It is of no consequence of what parents any mat)
is born, so that ho bo a man of merit. w ; *■
Tho iruo order of learning should be firstj what
Is necessary ; second, what is useful; and third,
What is ornamental. To reverao this arrangement,
11a like beginning to build at tho top of , tbs edifies.
Fortune favors tho bold, and abandons the timid*
The higher wo are raised, the mors eminent ars
our errors end infirmities.
NO. 22.