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BM MB IS TUB MOBSWU.
DY HUB. HALE.
Bury mo in tho morning, mother,
Oh! lot mo have tho light
t)f one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere you leave mo alone with the night.
Alone in tno night of the grave mother—
’Tis a thought of terrible fear I
And you will be hero alone, mother,
And stars will be shining here.
So bury mo in the morning, mother,
And let mo have the light
br one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere 1 am alone with the night.
Vou tell mo of tlio Savior's love, mother—
-1 feel it in my heart;
Hut oh! from this beautiful world, mother,
‘Tin hard for the young to part!
Forever t« part, when hurt*, mother,
The soul Is fain to stay,
For the grave Is deep and dark, mother,
And Heaven seems far away.
Then bury me in the morning, mother,
And let me have (lie light
Of one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere I um alone with the night.
Never unclasp my hand, mother,
Till it hills away from (liiuo—
Let me hold the pledge of my love, mother,
Till I feel the love divine ;
The love divine—oh! look, mother,
Above Its beams I see!
And there an angel's face, mother,
Is smiling do\\ n on me !
So bury me hi the morning, mother,
Ami let me have the light
Ot one bright day on my grave, mother,
file 1 am alone with night.
THIS CHII.O’S PIIAVEU
Alas' when years were still so brief,
i scarce could lisp a name,
-My tongue was taught the note of grief
For clouds of sorrow came ;
And now I seek a mother's grave
At every eventide ;
Oh! could I have the boon I crave,
I’d slumber at her side.
I leave the birds that sing so sweet,
And (lowers of richest hlouin.
And nil the pleasant friends 1 meet,
To weop beside her tomb.
The earth has many things to love,
And once, I thought them fair,
But since my mother dwells above,
Its brighter far up there.
I know- they’ll dig a place so deep,
Down where the willows wave,
Ami lay me there to sweetly sleep,
Close by my mother's grave;
But yonder, with the spirits blest,
Her radiant form 1 view;
Oh, let me on her bosom rest,
And be an angel p>o !
THE ARKANSAS COWARD.
A WKSTRH.V SKKTCII.
Tun beautiful little town of Van Bunm, on tin*
Arkansas river, near the Cherokee line, during
ha early history, was (anions for the number ami
ferocity of its desperadoes, being tbo principal
focus of rendezvous fur gamblers, Indian traders,
and all sorts of adventurers, wlio had found it
necessary to change their domicils from a land
governed by the adniinialration of a rigid crinii.
nai code. The half-breed “bravos” (Voin the
Cherokee nation also flocked to the same site, to
drink, carouse, take a hand at cards, and exhibit
their powers In singular “set-tos” with pistols
and knives’! Such a state ot society may bo im
agined—it cannot bo described. Not a Him per
formed Us circuit that did not witness some
dreadful single combat w ill) or without murder
ous woapuiis, w Inle new and then dozens at a
time, and by mutual agreement, marched from
tbo ruin.shop into a public square and engaged
in mortal strife.
At this period, Thomas A. Myers emigrated
to Arkansas, and opened a large grocery store
in Van Buren, acting himself as keeper ami re
tailor. Such an occupation, at that time, requir
ud a man of the must determined courage, as the
story always had a buck-room attached, speci
ally appropriated to gambling, both by day and
night, and where players were supplied with (he
choicest liquors at tile bar, and would he sure to
bully tho grocer out of his reasonable charges,
unless restrained by fear.
For a while, however, Myers succeeded admi.
rahly, Tho half-breeds, loafers ami chartered
fighters, ns they called themselves, held a caucus
and voted unanimously that tho new arrival was ,
a dangerous subject, and had better ho left alone.
The decision was altogether owing to tho stran
ger’s personal appearance, as might well he con
ceived. Tall, manly and symmetrical in shape,
with groat endowments both in strength and agil
ity, he would have had hut few equals lu the
arms of naked nature. Hut the cunning inven
tions of art—lron, steel and lead—the thunder
and lightening of gunpowder are made to light
for the feeblest bosom ; and thus the dwarfand
giant provided both alike, are the heirs of true
courage, now stand on the same level, ll was
believed, also, that .Myers possessed the resolu
tion to handle those horrid engines id' dustme
tlun, where life and death hung upon the touch
hf a trigger. Ills countenance betokened the
perfection of bravery. Ilia face wore, generally
a stern expression, ami when that melted into a
Smile, the smile seemed sterner still. His eyes
were exceedingly black, wild, penetrating and
restless, and had that cold, gloaming, metalic
look, width may he regarded us the surest sign
o( desperation. Besides, he carried an appalling
bupply of pistols, and a bowie-knife fourteen iu
hhes in the blade, lienee, everybody was re
bpectful and obliging to the ostensible hero for
k period of auroral weeks, during which an un
usual calm reigned in the town.
At length n terrible affray occurred - at Myers'
grocery. Half a dozen flro-urms exploded in
Jl'dck succession, and tho deafening roar so
frightened tho keeper, that ho took to his heels
and (led fVom his own establishment. Tho fact
settled public opinion as to his character.
“What a chicken-hearted coward to run from
his own caslta,” exclaimed Gen. Colo, the Na
poleon of frontier duelist* and gamblers.
<1 , vXj.* l l2 * msn, ltho spunk of a dead ’possum,
lisped Bill Groom the dandy loafer, combing his
soap locks with his long rosy noJla,
_ M .i ot , B W® Ihpior and smoko his cigars,
I Pf y / or , t IS!", ’ CIUIB<! as ■•owlm’n » co>v
nml’h.„n('. J "nn 1 T orlmWk ’ n lm 8» 111111-bruucl,
wul bogan to mi glaaioa, ami hand out cigars.
tllo b ri vo i m y bo y fl i w °’ ll novor
feather 1 ° * lO wor IUB chlckons of tho white
Tho firing In the grocery having ceased for
loro limn an hour, being replaced by a din of
10 moat boisterous mirth, Myers, by a groat of
|on, mustered tho spirit to rotum. Ho found
no customers helping themselves with a von*
Boanco, and thought to overcome thorn with tho
n*Bumptlon of hefolo nlrs. Ho snatchod his ro
elver from his pocket, and pointing It at Wftr
lawk’g breast, sternly ordered him to leave tho
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 40.
“If that’s what you’re arter,” shouted Jack,
unsheathing his big bowie-knife and springing
over the counter, “here’s what’ll give you a la
dle full.”
Myers still kept the revolver presented, but
iiis hand shook like a leaf in the tempest, and
liis feet involuntarily retreated backwards by
short quick steps. The two feelings, physical
fear and moral courage, wore struggling ior the
mastery, ]|o was endeavoring to act bravely,
but his nerves refused their concurrence, and lie
remained, so to speak, in his equipoise—totally
incapable of acting at nil. lie was impotent to
fight, and ns .powerless to fly.
There was mo such hesitation In tho conduct
of Jack Wnrhawk. Brandishing his knife in ins
right hand, lie seized the flowing locks of Myers
in his left, and roared at tho top of his lungs—
“ Down, cowardly hound, on your marrow
bones, or by tho blue blazes, j ’ll cut your
throat!” .
'incredible as it may seem, Myers, still holding
liis deadly revolver loaded with six rounds, cow
ered (o (he floor like a beaten dbg, ami begged
moat pltionsly for his lift—a prayer which the
mocking half-hived granted, on condition (hat
lie would trout the whole crowd for n wcCk.
From (bis time, the unfortunate Myers was
•oihject to every species of insult and outrage.—
The loafers would poll his nose for mere ftnUise.
mi nt, the half-breeds would spit In his facb to
make him treat, ami (leu. C’ole, when intoxicat
ed, would strike him with his cane, to cure him
of his cowardice, as he said. The miserable
grocery keeper brooked all indigni
ties with (he patience of u inarlyr, and would ,
sometimes meekly remonstrate—
“Gentlemen, it is ungenerous to abuse me
thus, for I confess I have no courage— 1 cannot
fight."
This continued for a w bole year, when a change
occurred that mused (bo hisnlterS to run their
ignoble persecutions. ]|o had a lienntifnl w ife,
whom be loved wit h the tenderesl passion. One
day when the husband was absent, (lie hideous
halt-breed, Jack Warhawk. instigated to the
•limning deed b\ the persuasions of Gen, Pole,
went to l lie groeen keeper’s private residence,
and maltreated bis lady in the most shameful
manner.
Myers returner] home to find his beloved ono
drowned, as it were, in tears. He heard the
harrow in rr tale w it bout external muni test a (ion of
anger or emotion. 11,-* Cnee, it is true, became
somewhat pale—his lip <|iiivered an instant, and
settled to nn expression rigid as a mouth of iron,
and his wild, Rxek eye, \\ ,„„y be, shot a few
more beams of penetrating lire ; but he did not
mutter curses, lie uttered nota whisper of me
nace—he did not oven condole or sympathise
with his atllicted wife. He only armed himself
with a bowie-knife, fourteen Inches in the blade,
from hill to point, unci started lor the village.
He came in sight of his enemy, then promemi.
ding the public square, and boasting of his vil
lanious achievement. At this vision. Myers’
lips curled into a horrid smile, and bis dark eye
melted into a stream <d tears. Ho approached,
till be stood neai ly touching the half-breed, and
then said, in a burned whisper—
“ Wretch, he ijiiiek; draw! for by St. Paul,
one of ns must die ! ”
And he wailed until the other should be ready
(hi the si rife on equal terms. Ho did not have
to "ait long, for Jack, understanding that cold,
glittering, snaky smile, and those hot gushing
tears, as the certain tokens of madness, imme
diately unsheathed at the same moment with his
Myers parried (he furious blows of the hate
ful half-breed ; and then grasping Ids foe’s cloth
ing with his left hand, w ill) the other plunged
the knife into bis heart. The Cherokee expired
w ilhoiit a groan.
And now- the inward and terrible passions of
Myers (omul vent in appalling explosions. His
curses were fearful to hear—be spumed bis ene
my with his tool, and wished aloud be bad a
hundred lives, so that he could enjoy the pleas
ure of Killing him nn hundred times over. Ilia
w rath then changed b>r his other Insulters. He
(lew al loafer Bill Green, and tore out his “soap
locks” by bnndsiwl. He sprang upon Gen.
pulled tils nose till It was llallem-d
between bis (Imiub and Unger—all the w bile that
gory Unite dnppmg null blood.
ills enemies wen l so taken by surprise—ter- ;
ror strieketi. stnpified, that, lot a space they,
seenied.ntleily incapable o( voluntary motion.
Tlie H ooward had .suddenly become the bravest
of (he brave. Th jnipoise of opposite feeling
was destroyed forever ; the sheer power of pure
wilt hud conquered physical fear.
Does any of our renders doubt our strange
storv ? If so, let him address a letter of Inquiry
to Hon. George W. l k »uhei, Van Uurun, lute
Judge of the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and
the fullest continuation may he obtained.
On the evening of the same clay, General Cole
called a special council of his friends to consult
on the course lie should pursue. There was but
one opinion—that in* had been luhulUmL by a
direct uml gross public indignity, and must call
Ins foe (o (he fleid of honor.
Accordingly, upon the following day, a chal
lenge was despatched, which Mr. .Myers very
promptly accepted, and fixed the time at noon
of the same day the weapons to ho double-bar
relled shot guns—t) nt dibtanee ten paces.
The parties met on the sand beach, under the
hank of the river, above the town, and hundreds
assembled to witness llie issue. The mortal bel
ligeranls were placed in a position by their sec
onds, ami the death-dealing guns—enormous
double-barrel - rested with dark, yawning muz
zles on (be sand, in their hands. The spectators
were luiii li usiiitiisbed \,y the strange contrast
exhibited in their appearance. (Jen. Cole was
an old, experienced dmdist, who bad shot his
man in-loro be was eighteen, and bad often been
engaged in alburn ot the kind.
On (lio coni rarv. M vers wns unacquainted w itii
tire-arms, and had always hitherto been deemed
an linniilligaled p.dliuqn. And J‘el, Singular to
leeord, tin- duelist was nervous and agitated, al
most trembling, while the reputed eoward was
eaJm, Him, steady ns a rock, with tli«( horrid
smile on ids curling lip, and a few se.atleml tear
drops gleaming in tho sun, on his cheek I
Gen. Colo’s second gave tho word. Fire—
one, two, three J lie need not, however, to have
counted so many, for with tho echo of the word
fire, Myers elevated Ills piceo as quick ns thought,
and touclmd the (rigger. There was u tremend
ous roar and Gen. ('olefell dead. Ills head was
plurcod with twenty buckshot.
No mm ever again exited Myers a coward in
Arkansas—no one ever thought of ttio term, as
his shadow gleamed in the sunlight. He had
taken his degree in the college of desperation,
and Ids diploma was written in blood!
Me became a politician of great notoriety—a
leader in that part of the Slate—was repeatedly
elected to the Legislature, where ho acquired
distinction hy Ids talents, hut more by his fear
less daring, and he is said to lx; in the progress
of ascension, having lecently obtained the com
mission of Major General of the Militia. We
hope before many mouths, to see his name on
tile roll of Members of Congress.
Nature made him u coward—Love for Ids In
sulted wife made him brave—md bravery has
conferred honor.
Marry. —Jorcmy Taylor says ■. U you aru f..v
pleasure, marry s if yon prize rosy health, mur
ry, A good wife Is Heaven's last best gift to
man—his angol and minister of graces itmumor
ablo—his Jem of many virtues —Ids casket of
Jewels—her voice Is sweet music—her smiles his
brightest day—her kiss tho guardian of his Inno
conso—hor arms, tho palo of his safety, the
balm of his health, tho balsam of his life—hor
Industry, his surest wealth—her economy, his
safest steward—hor Hpa, his faithful counsellor—
hor bosom, tho softest pillow of his cares—and
hor mayors, tho ablest advocates of Heaven’s
blessings on his bead.'
“ocn cor.vTßr—m
HE WANTS A WIPE,
BY MRS. NICHOLAS.
He wants a wife, ami she must be
A model of propriety ;
A brilliant pattern—wise, discreet
A centre whore all virtues meet ;
Good tempered, just, ami nhvnvs'kiml—
As warm of heart, as pure in mind;
Devoted, gentle, tender, lair;
Accomplishments ami culture rare;
An angel, hah'in form and face ;
A sweet, harmonious, charming tiling,
At his command to weep or sing,
lie wants a wife ! we’ll advertise it,
Consents to wed—hls friends advise it!
He wants a wife, with modest look,
Whoso heart is like a costly book,
Which he is proud and glad to own—
Which can bo read by him alone;
lie wants her slender too, and tall;
• And fair as woman since the Fall ?
Her eyes—it mailers not (he hue—
He worships black—adores (lie blue ,
Her hair must, with her loving eves,
Agree in shade, or compromise. *
Ho Wants her sensible and mild
In form a woman—heart a child ;
Mr wants a wife—to love him blimlh
A partner lie can govern kindly.
He winds a wife (o nurse Ida jovs-
To school his girls; to spoil his boys ;
Malu* and mend their dollies, when able
To sit as mistress at his table ;
To boil Jiis codec, brpw his tea.
To every household comfort sec;
To hand his slippers, make his bed ;
To, softly hatlie his aching head ;
To be as fond as he is weak ;
In all things his pleasures seek.
He wants a wife* (poor modest man,)
Built bn this grand and perfect plan.
He'll take her, then, for worse or belter,
Let us devoutly hope—he‘ll get her.
How a Fellow Brought In the Returns.
In a county hard by, an election was had
for the office of High Sheriff. Three popular
candidates were in the field, ami theirchanccsof
success \foro about equal. Never, it* is said,
did the yeomanry of that county inter more
holly into a political contest than on this occa
sion. Thousands upon thousands of dollars
had been staked on the result, ami this cireum
slanco, perhaps, lent much to the enthusiasm
manifested liy the people.
Oil the morning of the election, runners, pro
vi.hd \v , lh licet horses, were dispatched to all
the inherent polls in the comity, who were to
l.nlifi; in the returns to the county seal—a hotel
m which being the licaih 1U artcrs of the llirce
parties.
We will pass by the many exciting ami amus
ing occurrences of the .lay, ami recur to the
dosing scene of the night.
The returns were nil in with the executum of
one township, and the contest thus far wiw so
dose Hint the disparity between the highest ml
lowest candidates was less than ten votes. The
fate of the three candidates hung upon the ve- 1
sultofthotbnepoll. Each candidate had claim- i
cd a handsome majority in the remaining town
ship—hut as each was deceived by the votes of
rye alt in jupr.ttei*' of
ThoflircccompotitoraoQcarae
exceedingly alarmed ; the friends of each tvcto
thrown into a state of painful anxiety, and the
sporting gentlemen felt as though they had em
barked in a hazardous enterprise.
In the stillness of the night, the clattering of
a horse’s feet was faintly heard in tiro distance.
The shout of 11 Ac’.j coming, ” giucgencral notice
of the fact. As the messenger neared them-—his
noble animal Hying as it were, tinder whip and
spur—they fell back on cither side, and opened
a passage to receive him. In he dashed, re
gardless of human life, and hauled up suddenly
under the dim light of a lamp, with wateh in
hand he exclaimed—“ Five hundred dollars that
better time was never made! Ten miles in only
twenty minutes 1 and by a three year old coll
at that.”
A death-likc stillness pervaded the crowd, as
the runner continued to expiate upon the .speed
and qualities of his colt—a matter in which
none but himself seemed to feel any interest,
just at that time—the return* being the only
thing which could interest the crowd at this
juncture.
“The returns!" interrupted a voice in the
crowd.
“ Thirty-eight majority ," answered the run
ner.
“For who ?” demanded the same voice in the
crowd.
“Gentlemen, nil I know about it is that some
feller got thirty-eight majority : but who the
(1 1 it was. 1 can’t (elf you : hut one thing
T know’, mid that is, that you can just l»et your
life on this boss.”
Wc have since frequently heard of this man,
who is now universally known ami called, in
this neighlorhood, hy the cognomen of •• the
fellow that brought in the returns.— o. S. Dem
ocrat.
“Ilia (’’opsin, tub Bishop.”-—'One morning
Haines, the comic actor, wins seized hy a couple
of bailills, in an action for a debt of £2O, os the
Bishop of Ely was passing by m his coach
Quoth Joe to the bulbils ;
“Gentlemen, here's my cousin, the Bishop of
Ely, going into his house : let me hut speak to
him and he will pay the debt ami charge.”
The bailills llmught the) might veuluie that,
as they were w ithin three or four yards of him.
So up sprang Joe to the coach, nulling olf his
hat, and got close to it. The Bishop ordered
the coach to stop, while Joe (close to his car)
: said softly:
“My Lord, here are two poor men, who have
such great scruples of conscience that I fear
iTlcy will hang themselves.”
“Very well,” said the Bishop. So calling to
the two bailills, he said ;
‘ ‘ Yon two men conic to me to-morrow morning,
and I'll satisfy you.”
The men liowed and went away. Joe, hug
ging himself with Ids fallacious device, also
went his way.
In tho morning, the bailills expecting the
debt and charges, repaired to the Bishop's ;
being introduced—
“Well,” said the Bishop, “what arc your
scruples’of conscience T’
“Scruples.” said the baUitls, “wc have uo
scruples. Wc arc bailills, my lord, who yes
terday arrested your cousin, Joe Haines, for
.£2O. Your lordship promised to satisfy us to
day, ami we hope your lordship will be as good
as your word.”
The worthy Bishop, reflecting that his honor
and name would be exposed, if he complied not,
paid the debt and charges.
DT7" “ Gentlemen of tho Jury,” said an Atner
ean lawyer, “would you set a rat trap to catch
u hear I would you make fools of yourselves by
endeavoring to spoor a Bnllulo with a knitting
ncedlu I No, gentlemen, lam sure you would
not. Then, how can yon ho guilty of tho gross
absurdity of llndlng my client guilty of man
slaughter for taking the life of a woman V*
Tub Exp or tub Would. —Wo find a para
graph afloat to the ctlbct that tho Adventists
nave fixed upon a time for a general breaking
up of mundane affairs, on the JlUh of Afiiy next.
Delinquent subscribers will please take notice
and govern themsllvcs accordingly.
AY IT ALWAYS BE BIQUT—rBDT nifJfJT OIL WUo.N’G, OLR COfKTItT."
iLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1854.
CARLIS
The Fine Arts in .Arkansas.
One of tho Arkansas papers tells the follow
ing anecdote of WashboUfno, the port rail pain
ter, and n young gentleman from Wm Eagle ;
IVashlKHirne asKed hiiu'if he wouM'nl like
his portrait painted. *,
“I dunno what a, portrait is, stranger.”
“Alikeness—that’sftppp^aithanging there.”
“Oil, pictur, you mead. - Do folk* pay you
to make piclurs for ’em, Or do you make Vm for
fun ?” 1 '• •’
“They pay me a little.’) j 1
“Stnngcr, that ar pictur is looking right !i
straight at mo wherever 1. 'get. 11.. w on the j !
yoalh do you make their oves so nail ?” 1
“It is very easily done, , j 1
“.Stranger, do you tiling- you could (i\ my 1
I>ictur so it would look rumt at a body ju.-a like 1 1
that one?” 0 1
“Oh, very ;«,*
“Stranger, Tam ridmTthc old man mare’s
lllly, and she’s a mightywduJcry imp. and them ; '
ar picturs would l>c ratJitlT- onhundy to park 1 1
’specially on a wild nag, bnd daddy pin me a ■
hitt to buy a new lookirigrglass, ami l’\e got 1
to pack it home; don’tyqu reckon >on 'll hoover 1
on War Kagle some nfthtefc times, stranger i" , ■
“I don’t know; I umlduKauy [
painting to do there ?”
“I’m bound you’ll gi(.lols of it—Sipiiu far- 1
imhan, and Juke Todd, |u/d Bbenezcr Hender
son, and Peter Ball, anfUßcuben Snlln. and
evcrylrody clean down -fuii the creek to main ; I
While River. Stranger, Cairyou paint a gal i
lookin’ right at tv feller Pf I ;
“Just as easily os I can a man.” )
“I mount a know’ll tlfoi. Daddy was a t« Hin’
how hceccdii feller in Vanßuren, amakin’ pie
tuvs on pure silver. Tin t was how d:\ddj . m\w ! ;
to break the looking-glt iis. Heavdili.' fell.ri
how ho made the picter and the felh i -avid he j 1
polished the silver till i looked like a looking:
glass. Daddy and the idler, had a mortal big j
razor strop, n.s*fong asi r man’s arm, ami then
feller rubbed it across t iO pure silver, just like j
he was sawin’ olfthccnt of a hip lop, and daddy j
sed he seed a man set diityn and look tight at|
the pure silver, and hobvl’nt sot a mimt when
the Adler jcrkeil up tliojiure silver, nnd nm be
hind a piece of cloth hungup;ftm! when he was
behind there iladdy oxi-a him wlml he was a
doin’, and the feller tol4 him he was smokin’
the picter to make it stick. Daddy a\cd him
if smokin' the picter made it stick. ami the fel
ler told him yes. Then, when daddv come
home, he look bisshavingglass. and said lie w as
ftpwine to make tt pictur like the filler in Van
I‘uren made ’em. Ho said there was no use in
gwino to tlic expense of-hmkin* a lookin’-plnss 1
out of pure silver, and then daddy took his 1
slmvin’-gln.s3, and fixedit on n chair, nnd look- 1
cd right at it a minit, and then jet kid it up,
, and vuu into the smoko-Jiouse, and laid it over 1
a terrible big smoke. strapper, thar
war smoko enough to dire all the bacon in far* '
! roll county : but fiomcliQW or other, daddy let
die glass pci too hot, and it cracked all into
Hinlcis ; and when ho fetched it out of the smoke
| house, there war’nt p, of ft picter on it—
Uo you smoke your stranger V'
“No, I newer - a
J ** Wdl ftXvfor
nifikJjy itpicter t.
“Fifty dollars.” "
“Fifty dollars? Fitly dollars in specie, stran
ger?’’ / ,■
“Ves, fitly dollars in Specie.
“Good gracious, stranger? fifty dollars in
cool simons f Good Air forty anrs of him! in
the land olliir. Daddy only axed tillv dollars
for the )onng lilley I nde into town.
“Do yon think the juice umva.M.liable f 1”
“OnreasonnbLe! I fed just like- a tm* was
about to full down on me. Paddy sit I the fil
ler in Van Huron only axed three dollars for his
picters on the pure silver, and the pure silver
was as as my hand.”
“Those pi.•lures are v< ry different from paint
ings ; perhaps, air,you are not much acquaint
ed with painting V
“1 reckon I know trn murh about pniniin
to be sink, d in as you think for I’ifl\ dollars'
W hy daddy only gave two dollars f"i the paint
to paint our I.ig wagin’, and it was the . hi
red, and lhar was enough left to paint more nor
the whole shoot of your pictures. 1 nvkon yon
nml’ul conic over to War Kagle, stnniger--
don’l reckon yon could git any pietnrs to paint
oier tJiar. (food day. stranger."
A Thkasijik, (.’ostiku .no Moxkv.— Which
will jou do—smile, and make your household
happy, or be crabbed, and make nil thoseyonng
ones gloomy, and the cider mu's miserable?—
‘ Tlic amount of happiness yon can produce is
incalculable, if you show a smiling face, a kind
heart, and speak pleasant words. Wear a
pleasant cmmteimncujcl joy I«am in your eyes
and love grow on your forehead. There is no
joy like that springs from a kind act ora pleas
ant detd : am) yon will feel it night when
yon rest, at morningwhep yon rise, and through
the day when about your business.
A smile—who will refuse a smile,
The sorrowing heart to eheir.
And turn to love the heart of guile,
Ami chcglrTlie falling tear I
A pUasnvH smile for every lace,
(1. ’Ms a blessed thing
It will the lnn> of rare erase.
And spots ol beauty bung.
KniMiMieu. M\uiu\.;k Aim wokmkms -
Kinly Hum iages are encouraged in ('lnna.
Among the mandarins and n eallht classes, (lie
I matrimonial age varies fiom sixteen to twenlt
i years in males, from twelve to fourteen in fe
males. The poorer classes many as soon as
they acquire sulllcieilt money lo puuluise a w ife
ami defray the atlemlanl expenses. Occasion
ally a poor man will go to ihe foundling hos
pilnl in his neighborhood (foundling hospitals
are very common in China) ami obtain a girl,
that he may take her home and educate Jar.
giving her in marriage to Ins son when the
)oung folks have arrived at a proper age. The
thrift and caution of the national diameter are
fully developed in this'arrangement. In the
first place, the money is saved which must have
been expended in the purchase of a wife : in the
second, the girl is educated by her molher-iu-
Ifttv (that ia to be,) thereby falling into all the
old lady’s economical linbfts ; thirdly and lastly
if the girl is not good tempered, industrious,
and respectful in her demeanor lo her intended
and hia pawnls, she is very quickly sent about
her business, without the attendant fu-'* which
ensues when ft wife is sent back to her family
for misconduct after her marriage. Tim parties
about lo contract a marriage never sen each
ther, the whole aflalr being arranged by their
relations, or go-betweens, which are old women,
who describe the Indy in the most glowing
terms, or the reverse, according to the pi events
which are made to them.
Mr. Johnston was one of those rough
huj. ipialnl old preachers of tho fonmn genera
tion, who was loud of visiting and good living.
While Boated «t tho fhblo of a good Indy Ui a
iH'ighhorJiig parish, nho naked him It ho took
milk in his tea. “Ycm, inarm, when / enn’t grt
cream!” was tho ready roply.
ITT Prefer country rambles to town lounges,
the colors of the rose are bHghlertlmn tho hues
of silks, and the dewdrops outshine lliu jewell
cr's gems.
Cliascil by a Locomolivr.
1 ho following i.s a Jloosier description of the
llr.-d sight of a locomotive, and his adventures
consequent thereon :
“ I came across through tho country, and
struck } otrr railroad, and was [tiling it at nl»ont
Amr knots tyi hour. Now, I have heard tell,
about your locomotives, hut never dreamed of
seeing one alive and kicking ; but about two
miles fiom here 1 heard something coming,
coughing, sneezing ami thundering, so 1 looked
around. Sure enough, there she conies down 1
after me —pawing the earth up and splitting
the air wide open, with more smoke and fire
Hying than orto come out of a hundred burning
mountains. There was a dozen wagons fuller
in’ aider, and to save her tnmnl black, smoky,
noisy neck, she couldn’t pet clear of ’em. 1
don I know whether (hey scared her up or no;
but here she comes foaming at the mouth, with
her teeth full of burning red coals, nnd she
pitched straight at me like a thousand ofbrick.
I couldn’t stand it any longer, so I wheeled a
round and took down the road, and began to
make gravel fly in every direction. No sooner
bad 1 done that, than she pul right straight
after me; and at ivery jump \ made, she squal
led like a thousand wild rnls. She began to
gam on me coming-up a little hill, but conic!
nciiid a pint to a straight level on the road.— j
Now, thinks 1, I'D give you ginger, and I'm
gnat on a dead bul: so [ pulled (o i( and got (
under lull speed. and then she Itegnn to yell, :
and stamp, nnd come on full chisel, and made
the whole airth shake. Hut 1 kept on Imfore,
bounding at the rateof twenty feet everv jump,
till I got at n turn in tin mad and I was mid. r
such headway that 1 couldn’t turn, so 1 turned
hnis out head down a hank by a house, land
ed c-e-iimlick mloa '-will bane), and mi feel
'-luck out behind and up in the air.
•hist, at the time the locomotive found I had ;
got away from it, it commenced spitting hot (
water into me. and Just literally spattered it j
all over me- 1 thought in my soul that Mount j
Vesuvius had burst in some place in the neigh
hot hood. But do von suppose I staid there
long? No. sir’ I just walked right through
that barrel, and came out so quick (hat it really
looked ashamed of itself. Now here i tun, a
real double revolving locomotive snollv gloster,
readv to attack nnvtbmg but a combination of
thunder and Inclining, smoke, nvllmud iron.
an«l hot water.”
M vnsint. Bt j cunt -When old Blncher was
in Kngland, he was invited to Oxford to haven '
doctor's degree confirm! ujion liiin. The fierce 1
dragoon was as much amused a-s delighted al .
the idea of the honor, ami introducing another j
Prussian general, who had been bis right-hand
man in all his campaigns, observed, in broken ‘
English, to the vice clumecllor, “ .Sir, if I am a .
doctor, this is my apothecary.” But the vete
ran made a 1 art ter lul than that before the day
was over. Al an evening party givtt*on the
occasion, amongst others present, was alMy of
whom it was sometimes whispered that she did
not belong to a temperance society. We dare
say this was all malice, but on this evening it
did unfortunately happen that she was in very
JdTOt Bntramc
/oher, fixing bis eyes upon her.- “ Tha£'|g MisS
Sparkle, the daughter of one of our ( canons,”
was tho answer; at which the shocking old
HeW Marshal thundered forth, with a r-oaring
laugh, “a cannon’s daughter ! By Jnvo ? I
thought so; she looks .so very well charged.'”
Tire change was probably prujic!
A lowtmi's Tuwk.—This story is related
i>f :i l.iw \er who luul since attained eminence in
bis prolx ssion. A vase in whh'hhe was engaged
as a eoutisel fur (lie d.'l.-nd.iiit i .line up <Ol a eer- |
tain day. As lie ms in-nIH. mnlly prc[mred, he i
was very anxious t<> have the ease postponed l.ri 1
a 1. w days, that he nlight ha\ e a tin (h«'r time l.»r
(his pinpose. 1 nlcriuiiiitelj tlu*r<* wnsugreuM
press of hu-Him-sH. mid this motion would lie 1
overruled unless some extraordinary reason was
alleged L'liib'f iheso eUi (Un-.(.niC. S, he be
thought liiiiis.-lf of an expedient. Itising with
bis liandlierehn 1 to his flieo, ho addresse‘l the
Judge in a.euits ot great apparent emotion—
* m.i > 1 1 please \ .nir honor, I bar c just been in
(nrined that my niolhei is at (he point u( dealli.
M\ emotlo is are too gieat f..r me to proceed m
lids ease. I move tli.it ll he poslpoJied lli.t I
il.iv after fo-morrow ’ This re.piest would of
coilise have heeii gnmled bv (be court, whose
sympathies weie stroiigli iA. lied in his belialf
hill nl this inoinelil, (<» tin* dise.iinlflure of (he
hnvyei and Ihe aiiinsenienl of the audience, (he
shrill vuii e of his tnolbei was heard issuing from
the gallery—“ leliahod ' lehahod ! how often
have I whipped joii for king t” The ease
wasn't postponed, turn was it gained by (ho a(-
tifefed counsel.— h'nufcrrf'ocfci-r.
“ four; Wnkv tiik Minns Sin.; ” 7’bc late
Professor t'unuKii., of Iheknis.in College, a
«borl lime before Ins dentil, said to Ins wife;
You will not. I am sure, he down upon your
bed and weep w lien lam gone. \ml when yon
visit the Spot where 1 lie, do not choose a sad
and mournful time • do not go m tbe shades of 1
evening or in the dark of mgbt. These are no 1
times lo \ i,sit (he grave of one who hopes and
trusts in a risen Redeemer' ("ome, dear wife,
m the morning, in the bright simdnne. and
when the birds are singing I '’ What a beauti
ful illnsti-ulion these wouls contain ! Come in
the morning of sunshine ula u theiloUsof the
harinless birds are beard; coim iiol in the.iaik
shades ol e\ening w Iten I lie nioin nful nol.s of
fmgs, and (lie troubled 1\ bip-poor-will till the
graveyard. Tlie foiiner repn-senling the glo
rious KeMirrectioii of ihe tigbleoiis. and the
latter that of (be w jok'd Think ofil.
II tii.uoyv ok .Mi sic t\ Oimcx Timi:. The
ancient Pgyptinn Mute wils only a cue’s horn
with three or four holes in it. and their harp or
lyre bail only three string ; the Jewish trum
pet* that nmde the walls of .Jericho fall down
were only ram's born ; the plsalery w as a small
triangular harp nr lyre with wire strings, uud
slrnek w ilh an iron medic or stick: their saebut
ivsembhd the “zagg” used at Mahain the pres
ent day -a spines of bagpipe , the I indu e] was
a tambourine, and the duleiner a horizontal
harp, with wire stungs.aiui stnmk with n
stick like the psaltery --such as are seen aUnil
the streets of uuidon in the present day. Im
agine the* discord produced I*y of such
instruments, while plus mg at the dedication ol
Solomon's, temple.
(loon. —An amusing story is told of a news
lioy down town, in the city of New \ork, who
haded another of Ins kind with: “Say,.loo, wlm
is this Nebraska Ihll that folks talks so much
about lately f"— to which the oilier replied: -
“ Why. don’/ yn knmv that he’s the greatest
pngerlisl out! Ibis, whv I’ll bet my bundle o’
papers that ho can lick 'i'oin llyer all to smash
—hu can!” Whereupon the other youngster
went Ids way rejoicing at this important addi
tion to his fund of information.
f XT’ Should your husband bring a friend
homo to partake of the remains of yesterday’s
beef, do not be churlish, but let a warm smile
season the cold repast.
liOvn in I.ow Lm;, -lleforc marriage the
man is very much struck with the woman, and
afterwards the woman is very much *trntk />■/
the man.
AT 82,00 PER ANNUM.
NO, 45.
From (lie New Tori; Kvening Post.
COL. BENTON’S HISTORY
A.V.VO 1824— JAMES MOXROF., PUF.SinF.KT,
VISIT OF LAFAVETTK TO THE UNITED
STATES.
In the stimiiitr of tins year. On. Lafayette,
accompanied by his son. Mr. George IVashin"-
ton Lafayette,'and under an invitation from the*
President, re-visited the United .Stales after a
lapse of forty years, lie was received with un*
hounded honor, affection, and gratitude by the
.American people. To the survivors of tho'Ke
volution, it wns (ho return of a brother; to the
new generation Item since that time, it was the
apparition of a historical character, familiar
from the cradle ; and combining all the titles to
, love, admiration, gratitude, enthusiasm, which
could act upon the heart and the imagination
uf the young mid ardent. He visited every
Slate in the Union, doubled m umidwr since, as
the friend and jmpil of Washington ; lie hud 1
spilt his Mood and lavished his fortune for their
independence. Ills progress through tlieStates 1
was ft triumphal procession, such as no Koman 1
ever led up—a procession not through a utv, 1
hut over a continent—followed, nm h\ nipinVs '
in chains of iron, but l.\ n nation i n 'the L n ,l
of afteclion. To him it vns nn uncxpt-cted and
ovcTj)oweiiug reception. J/us modest estimate
of himself had mil allow ed him to suppose that
ho was to electrify a continent. He expected
kindness, hut not cut)m.sia.»m. He cxpicbd to
meet with suiviv uig triends.imt to rouse a young
generation. .As he approached the harlmr of ,
New \ovk. he made impure of some nnpuvin- ■
lance to Know whither he cimld ih l( | a |, a , \ s to ;
vmivvv him to a hoi,l f llhi'-Ui-m.s man. and
modest asilhistrums ' Litth-did In Km-ov dial
all America was on foot to rcc. u c him-to take
possession of him the moment he touched licr
soil-—to fetch and to carry him -to Un*l ami ,
applaud linn —to make Inin the guest of* itics,
stales, and the nation, as long as he could 1..’
detained. Many Were the huppv meetings w Inch i
he hud with old comnuhs. snivum-s. lor near i
half a century, of then early haidslups ami !
dangers ; and most grateful to Ins heart it was
to see than, so many of them, exceptions to die
maxim w hieli denies l«* the beginners of revolu
tions the good fortune to conclude t!om, pmd
of wliich maxim hi.-own country had just been
so sad an exemplillcation.i and to sw his old
comnidcs not only conclude the oncthev M-gnn,
but Ine to enjoy its fruits and honors," Throe
of his old associates lie found c.\-l‘residents,
(Adams, .h Person, ami Madi.sim.) enjovnig tin
respect and affection of their count tv, ahevliuv
ing reached its highest honors. AmnJicr. ami
the last otic that Time would admit to the Pre
sidency (Mr. Monroe,) now ni the Presidential
Chair, and inviting him to rewsa the land of
his adoption. Many of his early associates seen
l in the two Houses of Congress—many in the!
.State Governments, and many more in the walks
of private hfe, patrinnhal sins, nspeclid for)
their characters, and venerate d for thur patri
otic sen ices. It was a grateful spictm-le. and !
the more impressive from the calamitous fate
which he had Bwn attend so tnnnv of the tevo
• 01d>y°rld. Ilul.Uic
and excited him, and gave him a new view’ of
himself—a futnrcghniji.se of himself—and such I
as he would besom in after ages. Before than, j
I ho was in thv presence of posterity; ami in their
nnplmt.se and admiration he saw Ids men fiiturc
'place in history, passing down to the Infest
time as one of llic most perfect and heuulilul
diameters which one of the most eventful pe
riods of the wurid iiuii produced. Mr. (’lay, as
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
the organ of their congratulations to Lafayette,
(when lie was received m the hall of the House,}
very fell* Kmi-L seized the idea of his present
confrontation with posterity, and adorned and
1 aniphlhd it with the glares of oratory. He
'said. “ llie vain wish has been aomel hues m
, dnlgiil, (hal I 'i o\ jdence w mild allow the patriot,
I after death, to return to Ins cminti). and to
conli mplate the imimdiate changes wlndi had
I taken place to view (he forests felted, the nt-
I us limit. I lie mountains levelled, the canals cut,
, the Ingliw a,! s opt nul, the progress of the arts,
the lulvaii'eimnl of learning, and the ineixase
’of population. (Jem i :d. v our pnsnl visit to
the I lilt'd Slides is (he la ali/at mn o) (lie con
soling ohjei-f of that wish hit In i to Mini. Von
are in tlie midst of portent v ’ V.m r \ w In re \ on
'must have hcctislrmk widi (lo gnat changis.
| phy si<*al and moral, which have occurred sinm
yon left ns. Kun tins very city, hearing a
venerated name, alike endenimg to vmi and to
us, has shut emerged from the (brest winch
then covernl its site. In niic n'jm'l von be
hold us unaltered, and that is. in die senium nt
of continued devotion to lihcrlv . and of ardent
nllection and profound gratitude to vmu di par
ted fneiul, the father of las count i s and to \ our
illustrious associates in da In Id and m the'eah
inct, for the mnlliplud blessings wlm-h Mir
round us, mid for the v ry jmv dege of addics
j sing you. which 1 now have. ’ Ilnui' received
m both House.-' ol t ‘ongicsf, w idi eipial h"ii..i ;
hut the Houses 'lid imt limn dn iiei 1m s to ho
nors : they added substantial wwards for long
j past services and sacriliivs -two Imndnil thou
sand dollars in iinmo .and I w cut \ -|bni lh< mm ml
t acres of fertile laii'l in rioiida. ‘Mum noble
grants did not pass vv ilhont <.|.j.s-( ■•• n obj.c
| lion (o die principle, not In da amount. The
j- ’ nigral ll ndc of republics is I lie | heme of any di •
( 1 elmmer. U i'«v|uiml u Tacitus to say. that gia
I utmic was I In dutlh of npuhhcs iiml I lie In r I li
> ! of muiuii' li"- - and U belongs to die people ol
11 In’ I nilid S’:il< - to i v liihit an < \n p( n>n I o I hat
profound 11 nun 1,. (as I hey do In >o many ol In i
lessons of history,) :in>l .-how a young u-pnhlie
I llmt knows how to l-c giabfid without being
11 it vv ist. and is able I n pal die d< bl of gratitude
vvilhont giving its hbcrl n s in dischargu of the
obligation. The venerable Mr. Macon, yielding
to no one in lov e and admiration fiir /mlay ettu,
and appreciation of Ids sen ices ami saci dices in |
(lie American < ausc. opposed the grants in the
Senate, ami did it w illi the honesty of purpose
and the simplicity of language winch distm-j
gnished all tin 1 acts of his lilt*, lie said - “!l
was with painful reluctance, that he felt him
self obliged lo oppose his voice lo the passage
of this 1011, lie udmittid, lo the full extent
claimed foi them, the great and meritorious ser
vices of < icneirl Lafayette, and lie did mil object
to the precise sum which this hill proposed to
awaid liim ; hut he ohjecUd lo the bill on this
ground : he considered General l.ufuyctlc, lo till ■
intents and purposes, having been, during our I
revolution, a’son adopted into the family, tnkeiV]
into the household, and placed, in every respect, ■
on the same looting with the oilier sons of the
same family. To treat him ns others were treat
ed. was all. in this view of his relation to ufiT,
that could ho required, and this hud been done.
That General Lafayette made great Kacnliees.
and spent much of "his money in the sen ice of
this country, fsaid Mr. M.,) 1 as llnnly believe
os 1 do any other thing under the sun. 1 have
no doubt that every faculty of his mind and
l«)dy were exerted in thh revolutionary war, in
defence'of this country ; hut this was eiinally
the case with all the sons of the family. Many
imtirft AlhCviuuna spent their all, made great
i saoriftoe.R, nijtL.UcvoUd their lives in the same
I cause. TlllS Was tlie ground of his objection
lo tips oil I*, whieh, he repealed. It wa.- us ih'-a
grct'llhlo to him Id state as it emild he t«i tlw
Senate to hear. He didiiot rbean to takoup
the time of the Senate in debate upbtf tha prin
ciple of the bill, or to more any amendnierifc to
it. He admitted that; when such thmgswcre
done, they should be done vrith ft free-hand/ It
was to the principle'of'the Lilli therefore, and
not to the sum proposed to bo given, by it, that
he objected.” ’ ' 1 .
The ardent Mr. Haype, of South Carolina,
reporter of the bill iu the Senate, replied to the
objections, and first showed from history, (not
from Lafayette, who would liavo nothing to do
with the proposed grant,) his advances, losses ■
and sacrifices in our cause. Ifo had'expended
for the American sen-ice, in six' years, from
1777 to 1783, the sum of 700,000 francs (3140,-
OOO,) and under what circumstances ?—a for
eigner, owing as nothing,, and throwing his
fortune into the scale with bis life, to be lavish
ed in our cause. He left the enjoyment of rank
and fortune, and the endearments,of his family,
to come and serve in our almost destitute armies,
and without pay. Ho.equipped and'armed a
regiment for our service, ana freighted a ves
sel to us. loaded with arms and munitions. It
was not until the year 1794, when almost ruin
ed by the French revolution, and by his efforts
in the cause of liberty, that he would receive
the naked pay, without interest, of a general
olllcer for tho time ho had served with'as. ’ /
lie was entitled to land os o*bo of the officers
«>f the revolution, and 11
cd to him, to be lo<»ted‘i)nany of .tho public
lands of the t'nituf Slates. His .agent located
one thousand acres adjoining the city bf-Ncw
Orleans; and Congress afterwards, hotbdngill*
formed of the location, granted thesame ground
to the city of Now Orleans. His-location’Was
valid, ami he mis so informed ;Tmfc ho refused
to adhere to it. saying that he would, hayc.jio
conics! with any portion of Uic.American jeb»
pie, and ordered the location to be
which was done, and earned upon ground'd!
little value—thus giving up what was. tilted
worth £oU,ih»u, and now 3 500,000 . -These
wen- his moneyed advances, losses and sacrifi
'•(•<, great m themselves, and of great vidue to
onr cause: but. perhaps exceeded by tho moral
•“fleet o( his example in joiuing uS, and tfnd-his
iiilluuuv witli the king and ministry, which
iiioeim-d us the alliance of Prance. 1 i ., .
The grants were voted with great unanimity, 1
and with tin general concurrence of.thc Anuai
enn piople. Mr. Jifilrson was warihly for
them, giving, as a reason, in a conversation with
me. while the grants were depending (for-tho
hill whs passed in the Christmas holidays, when
I bad gone to Virginia, and took tho-opportu?
nit} to call upon the great man,) which showed
hi.- regard for liberty abroad as well tuf at home,
find In-; far-seeing sagacity into future events*
•le wiul ilu re would l»c ft change in France, and
l.afiuettc would be at the head of it, and ought
lobe t-ji-y and independent in his circumstan
to be able to act efficiently iu conducting
(he movement. This ho said to mo on Christ
mas day, 1M24. Six years afterwards, this view
into futurity was verified. The old Bourbons
bad'tfo retire. The Duke of Orleans, a brave
eeiM-ml m the republican armies, at the com
mencement of the revolution, wfts handed to the
throne by Lafayette, and became the "citizen
King, surrounded by republican institutions.”
And m t liis Lafayette was consistent and ein
■■et e. Ile was a republican himself, but deemed
a eonstitntiomii monarchy the proper cpvtJSi
nient for France, ami laltored for tfiat form In
the person of Ixmis XVI., as well os in that of
Louis I'lnlippe.
leaded with honors, and with every feeling
"f tlie heart gratified in the noble reception he
bad met in the country of his adoption, Lafay
ette retnnud to the country of his..birth,-thc
following summer, still os the guest of thoU,
States, and under its ling. He was carried back
in a national ship of war, the new frigate Bran*
•Ijwim—a delicate compliment (id tfto name
■ ami sehvium of the ship) from tho newPresi?
[dent, Mr. Adams, Lafayette having wot with
Ins blood t be sanguinary IkvUlo- field which takes
Us name from the little stream which gavo it
first to the field, and then to the frigate. Air.
Monroe, then a subaltern in the service of the
I’niu-d States, was wounded at the same time.
Hon* bwowUU <o ilu-mwJvca and. the Af"*-
rfcart peopli?; that nearly fifty years afterwards,
they should again appear together, and in ex
alted stations ; (lie one as President, inviting
the other to the great republic, and signing tho
acts which tesfidid n nation’s gratitude; the
other ns n patriot hero, trial in the revolutions
of two countries, and resplendent iu tho glory
of virtuous ami consistent fame.
Coun.uiKXTAitv.— A correspondent of fto
Sim, who signs berselt “Mury Hartford,” gives
Uie following interesting picture of society In
Sjm Fnmnsvo. l\ wifi Jo to go with tho “Lady
Toper’’story. She says:
“I mu a \oung girl, and Providence has been
pleased to bestow on mo a tolcniblo good faco
ami figure, which I find very troublesome poa
sessiotis since I have been in this Country, now
•oer two ) ears. Wy position ns a servant in a
fannli. (and have been in several in tills city,)
gives mo peculiar opportunities for seeing and
hcanng what 1 would rather not soo and hear;
hill it la m» plain and unblushing that there is no
« s. ,ipe ; mid it appears to mo that changing my
pl.o in nowise changes wy condition in this ro
s|.. . i i .i . pm. unblushing libertinism follows
luv snu-v. i 1 take service.
• •(ine impnilent villian. who used to pay his
v i -ii* n-uul.u Iv tu in\ mistress, ns soon as my
master h.nl led the Imtisc, one day, after swear
ing nil suits of h 0... devoted affection and admi
ration (or im mbh-esM. in (lie parlor had tho cool
etliolilci v lo m.«b Hake the sanio game witli mo
hi (lie hall h. low .as he was going away. Rest
ii?o<nmM. it was ih«. hist and last lime the puppy
•vi r numbed me.
Vos \i nv or ink Vi i,n-nr.—The black Vul
laic <>l the I'niled Slates is thus described by
U i|*oii: ■• A hors., had dropped down dead,
and wasd.agg.il np lo Hampstead and skinned.
I v. n( im d<• i atio'is 11 w nhia rhbty yards ofthu
i ias ~ win. I, (Im ,r oi four dog**, and twenty or
tlnii \ \ nh in. s w.a o Ihimlv tearing and devour
mg. Th. dogs iniag soia-'tiim-s accidentally
ll.i ppi .1 u ,!h lln u wings, won Id grow 1 and simp
ai iln in. "hi. h would . (•r:iss| l .ii (hem to spring
np 1. i a iiioiii. m. hnl iln v inum .lialely gathered
in .i'.’.i>ii. I i ■•marlvi .l dial lla-y fVei|iie?tf|y ut
l i< ki.l. u h other. fighting wnh (heir claws or
h.-. 1- si 11 (.mg hi,.-a , o»'k wri li open w iugs, and
living lln ii » taw s iii i.i. h olhri's in-ads. Tin*
I. mat. s, and I 1., li. »[lu- males likewise, made
a hissing sound, wilhopcn mouth, exactly rv
•s. milling dial pio.lin.d lo lln listing a red hot
pokn inio " a I.i. and (ii'.jm'iillv a snuffing, like
a d..g .1. ining his nosinU. as I suppose they
Wi n- 111. ||S. As lh<-v vi ii e i die n disturbed by
(|i> d-o's 1 oidiM-d I lie lallci Inline; ami iny
gn. in* alarm |o ihe Vultures. Ah soon
m* lh>- ib-paited, lh« \ illfures crowded ill
'iifli inunlw r> that 1 eownlevi id ojui time, thirty
.scvi-n.on and around the carciis, with several
vyithiu, so that scarcely tvn inch of U waavWblo.
.Sometimes one would eojiio out witli a largo
piece of (be minis, which in a moment wart
surrounded by several others, who tore U lt|
fragments. S»nneiiniesl observed them stretch
mg tla-lr necks along the ground, us if to prcssl
Hu- loud downward.
r: • lb. vckstoxk, sneaking of thb riglil of n.
wile lo dower, uswrlrf thttl i,f lain) abide iu liter
husband for a single moinent, the wife shall bo
endowed theix-of; and in u'noty, )»Q adds tlial
this doctrine was extended, by ft jhry in Wales,
in a ease whew both father aud son wore hung
ihi one cart. Here the sun was Eiippost-d to liavo
Uunived the father by appearing to. Struggle tho
rlongest, whercliy he bee: me scizetl of an estate
| by survivorship: cunsixiuently Ilia widotv ob
l lamed a venliel for her tidwer.
A I'k.vnv i’on Knr.ATioNsmi*. —A poor ftl-
I low Imvmg with difficulty procured an nudicnco
I ul the lute John Jacob Astor, of New York, told
the !>lirewtl millionaire that he come to solicit
! fi-oiii him something by way of support, and ns
they were of the same family, being both de
scendants fixmi Adam, he hoped hc.Bnoultl uot
be refused. Surely not, said AslOr, there Ib‘ a
penny for you, and if all the rest of your rela
tii*us’ give you ns much, you’ll bo til richer num
than I am.
II / The givaler part of men have no opln-
>nlf few er an opinion of their own, well
vellvied and louiulctl iqKm reasou.—Scwmc.