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bV 0. SPEAOOE.
I see thee still 5
Remembrance, faithfhl to her trust,
Calls thee In beauty from the dust j
Thou comcst In the morning light,
Thou’rt with mo thro’ the gloomy night 5
In dreams I meet thee as of old 5
Then thy soft arm my neck enfold,
And thy sweet voice is in my ear j
In oycry tfcpiie of memory dear
I see the still.
, I see thee still
in every hallowed token round ;
This little ring thy finger bound;
Tbls lock of hair thy forehead shaded \
This silken chain by thee was braided ;
Those flowers, all withered now, like thee;
Sweet sister, thou did’st call for mo ;
This book was thine, hero dld’ut thou rend;
This picture—ah, yes, here, indeed,
I sue thee still.
Hero was thy summer noon’s retreat;
Here was thy favorite fireside seal ;
This was thy chamber —here each day,
I sat and watched thy sad decay 5
Hero on this bod, tbou last did’st lie ;
Here on this pillow, thou did’st die ;
Dark hour! onco more its woes unfold—
And then I saw thee pale and cold,
I see thee still.
I see thee still,
Thon art not in tho grave confined—
Death cannot chain tho immortal mind
Dot earth close o’er its sacred trust,
lint goodness dies not in illo dust,
Thee, O my sister! ’tis not thoe
beneath the cofiin’s lid 1 see ;
Thou to a fairer land art gone,
There, let me hope my journey done,
1 sou thee still.
THE MORAL W ARE ARE.
When Freedom, on her natal day,
Within her war-locked cradle lay,
An iron race around her stood
baptised her Infant brow in blood.
And, thro’ tho storm which round her swept,
Tbolr constant ward and watching kept.
Then where quiet herds repose,
The roar of baleful battle rose,
And brethren of a common longuo
To mortal strife as tigers sprung,
And every gift on Freedom’s shrine
Was man for beast, and blood for wine I
Our fathers to their graves have gone 5
Their strife is past—their triumph won :
But sterner trials wait tho race
Which rises in their honored place—
A moral warfare with the crime
And folly of an evil time.
So lot it bo I In God’s own might,
Wo gird us for the coming fight,
And strong in Iliu whoso cause is ours
In couflict with unholy powers,
Wo grasp tho weapons lit Ims given,
To Light, and Truth j and love of Heaven'
ftliscellawmis,-
COUNT PAUL; OR,THE EXIL E
“Hero, take Ulo.se knots and this letter for
him,” said Amalie in a broken voice to me, as
I sat in tho sledge already prepared fordepart u rc.
“May your journey be fortunate and speedy !”
Pctro, lashing on his horse, covered me with a
shower of snow ; and, in a few minutes, I had
St. Petersburg behind me. Before me was a
I snowy wilderness.
P Whither did I speed ? Across the frozen re
-5 gion of Siberia to Ochotsk, and to the exiled
[ friend of my youth. Quick, Pctro : quicker
I through this deathlike region. Sec! There are
tracks of a panther ; the horse scents them ;
.how it trembles ! So, we are in Toltolski.
A half sun arises. The white .plain lies bc
fore me, glittering with millions of crystals.—
. A few stunted pine trees throw’ ghostly shud
• ows across the white waste, their borders tinted
f ' with the red beams of the sickly sun. On every
f. thing is written the death sentence of the im
i' pcrial doomster. Quicker, i’etro ; quicker
I through this horrible desert! So, we are in
' Jakustk.
f Where no sun rises, no description can he
I given. Forward, Petro! A world without a
\ sun is too like a grave. The monotony is too
t like the dreariness of death. Ila, yonder the
nothern light! That is a transient comfort. —
-V. On, on, Petrol!
After a dreary journey of six weeks, I am at
| length in Ochotsk. I deliver my despatches to
the governor, and at the same time make him
. acquainted with the object of my voluntary
journey. Hois a man suited to his place. The
” letter from St. Petersburg from his son he re
ceives coldly ; and, with a gesture of his hand
jQnly, introduces me to his daughter.
After having read the order, he offers to ac
company me to the dwelling of my friend : and
'*• personally make know to him the clemency of
•\ the Emperor. For, lam the bearer of an order
t for my friend’s release.
fe “If it is not a necessary part of your duly to
K accompany me, permit me to go alone to Count
E‘ Paul,’’ I say to the governor. “He it so,” he
g replies, shaking his head, and ordering the sol
» dier on guard to conduct me. The feeling of
w excitement with which 1 walk the short dis
g tanco to the hut of the exile almost unmans me.
K My heart beats fearfully. Strange figures flash
B before my eyes, from which the tears are full-
II ilie ;
K A misgiving, such as I had felt before, while
B waiting two days for the order at St. Peters-
B burg, seizes me, but in a greater degree. 1 am
B forced to lean for support on my guide.
Si; This is tlio hut of Count Paul.
B I thank him, and ho retires,
he .It was about throe o’clock in the afternoon
B •When I opened the door. The exile of six years
B Stood before mo, half bent and half clothed, oc-
B cupied in cleaning the skin of a sable.
B I opened the door in the supposition that ho
B Jvould not recognise mo; but, scarcely bad he
B looked towards mo when ho called mo by my
H bamo, and I was embracing him. My tears fell
B® n h* B garments; a tempest was in my heart.
B Ids heart remained cold ; I hung on a sta-
K tuo, Ilia arms embraced mo not, his eyes had no
B tears. Shocked and astonished, I retreated a
is Btcp or two and looked as if to question liim.—
|||otill indifferent ho returned to his work, as
|||| though nothing particular had happened, and
|||M though I had been his daily companion. Ho
calmly “I am preparing my skin for the
|||* next delivery,” and said no more. Ho asked
E®mo not, why I camo there; ho asked mo not
||Pjor his mother, nor his Amalie; ho hung over
Bjhis work silently—lost.
||| “Paul! dear Paul !" I cried, and stretched
»jny arms towards him. But they fell again, as
Br} 1 *? dlreoted/a look towards mo with a passionless
|P|indBflorcnco. Presently ho expressed impatience
IlgAt my presence. I diverted him from his work.
|B£*l am uusy,” ho said, \
B|| Tlio governor camo to mo as I turned away.
Bra *‘Ho has suffered no ono to approach him lor
BY JOHN B- BRATTON,
VOL, 40,
more than three months,” ho said; “ho has
even prepared his necessary housekeeping him
self —placing the appointed government tribute
on the door step, in the proper number and
quality—and has now, for the last four weeks
been wholly silent. I have suffered him to have
his own way, because I remarked that he was
determined against ever accepting his freedom,
and that no other impression was left than this
pro-conceived idea. He is sp punctual in pre
paring his tribute, that with wonderful accura
cy the number of his payment is alwjiysfull. —
lie has never been in arrear.”
“Still wc must make his freedom known to
him,” said I.
If you have not already done so, we can send “ ONE OF THE G,ILS. M
him the despatch, or, as you can seek him
again to-morrow at this time. The night will, The following is an extract from a letter from
P LTcarly™™ bl ° °" llim ' ’’ “ P trso " ‘™vclltog “ tho wild portions of Dela
“Bccausent midnight ho goes to the chase, warc anc * Sullivan counties, New York :
and docs not return until the middle of the As I was trudging along one afternoon, in the
dav.” town of Fremont, one of the border towns of
The govrenor invited me to his house and ta- Sullivan county, I was overtaken by what lat
ble. Although overcome by the journey and first supposed was a youngmnn, with a ritlcon
the recent events, I found myself in the even- his shoulder, and being well pleased with the
ing at his tea table. idea of having company through the woods, I
“ I have never been able,” said the governor, turned around and said, “Good afternoon, sir.”
to understand rightly, from the sentence, the “Good afternoon,” said my new acquaintance,
nature of the Count’s crime. At lirst I mnn- hut in a tone of voice that sounded, to me, ralh
bered him with the state criminals of the year er peculiar. My suspicions were at once aruus
cighteen hundred and twenty-five ; but lately, an( H to satisfy myself, I made some inqui
from his diary, his youth, and uncommon pri- vies in regard to hunting, which were readily
vations, T have taken another view of it, and answered by the young lady, whom I bad thus
feel disposed to pity him. Also, I ham that encountered. She said she had been out ever
his father was sent to America, but that his since daylight; had followed a buck nearly all
mother was permitted to remain at St. Peters- day, got one shot and wounded him, hut ns
burg." there was little snow, she could not get him,
“ A year before the death of the Emperor and was going to try him the next day, hoping
Alexander,” 1 replied “The Count and 1 were that she*would get another shot at him, and.'she
students together at Gottingen. I loved him was quite certain that she would kill him. Al
with a kind of worship, grounded more on the though I cannot give a very good idea of her
rare pre-eminence of his mind than’on the ten- appearance, I will try to describe her dress. —
derness of his heart. We had the fairest hopes *1 be only article of female apparel visible was a
from his industry and talents, particularly ns close fitting hood upon her head, such as is of
hc did not seem disposed to enter into the revo- ten worn by deer hunters. Next, an India
lulionary spirit of Poland, but hoped to strive rubber hunting coat; her nether limbs were co
in some other way for that oppressed country. ( cased in a snu£, tight-fitting pair of corduroy
lie distingnised himself in every branch of. pants and a pair of Indian nioccassins upon her
knowledge, from the tangled systim of philoso- fret. She had ft good-looking rillc upon her
phy to the obscure researches of philology ; ! shoulder, and a brace of double-barrelled nis
aud in active gymnastic exercises he was ever j tols m the side-pockctaof her coat, while a fer
tile example and model of his schoolfellows.— ] midable hunting-knife hung suspended by her
lie bestowed upon me in a great measure his side. Wishing to witness her skill with hunt
confidence and regard ; I can halxily say his "ig instruments, I commenced bantering her
friendship. Shortly before the death of the '!« »th regard to shooting. She smiled; and said
Emperor. Ins father recalled him to Si. Peters- ! • s he was as good ft shot as was in the woods and
burg, and when, a year after, I also returned to '’onvinoe me. she took out her hunting-knife
home, learnt -the fate of his whole house. They lu 'd cut a ring four inches in diameter in a tree
had been exiled. Why, was, as usual, a se- pith a small spot in the centre. Then stepping
. . „ „ >ack thirty yards, and drawing up one of her
“1 pity him, said the governor. “He will pistols, put the ball inside of the ring. She,
not avail himself of the mercy of the Emperor.” then, at thirty-live rods from the tree, nut a ball
“Why do you suppose so t” frtm ' Her rifle in the very centre. We shortly
“A man who has fallen from such a lofty came to her father's house, and I gladly accent
station becomes, after exile, wholly unfit for cd an invitation to stop there over night. The
society. Count Paul feels this, and, if Ido not maiden hunter, instead of sitting down to rest
err, he keeps on a black tablet over his bed, a ftS most hunters do when they go lueue, re
rigid reckoning. My daughter and I have care- marked that she had got the chores to do. So
fully watched him. In the two first years of out she went; fed, watered and stabled a pair
bis exde, he constantly placed his bare breast °f young horses, a yoke of oxen and three cows,
against the cold snow—to cool, as he said, his She then went to the saw-null and brought n
burning heart, while his tears melted the froz- s Htb 0,1 Her shoulder that I shouldn’t like to
on earth ; he refused his food ; tvith the great- f a f r y, and with an axe and saw soon worked
cst rashness ho encountered the ijprcccst of the »t into stove wood.
'wild beasts. In the third year, he asked for Her next busiiie&s was to change her dress
ink and paper, which'ho covered with aimless tea, which she did in a manner which
designs., and with the words fatherland, death, would have been creditable to a more scientific
vengeance. One night in the fifth year of his cook. After tea, she finished up the usual
captivity, he collected and burnt the whole of House work, and then sat down and commenced
these scraps, together with his portable library, [dying Her needle In n very lady-like manner,
from that hour he Ims never more read, written, I ascertained that her mother was quite feeble,
complained, sighed, nor wept. He is not an an d Her father confined to the house with the ;
accountable being.” The whole family were intelli
“()f all his writings,” said the daughter. “ I K cnl < educated, and coimmmicative. They
have one haf only, which lie gave me from his Had moved from Sehohaire county in the woods,
diary four years ago. at the time w hen he did about inree years before, and the father was
not avoid our companionship.” taken lame the first winter after their arrival,
After six hours in bed, I melted with my an( i Had not been able to do anything since.—
breath the ice on the panes of my window, which Huey Ann, as her mother called her, mid taken
gave me a view of the country whence Paul charge of, ploughed, planted, and harvested the
would return from the chase. 1 examined every fr'™. learmd to chop wood, drive team, and
living being who went by, until at length, about do the necessary work. Game being plenty,
two in the afternoon. I saw (’mint Paul return- *He had learned to use her father’s rifle, and
ing to the hut with slow and wuiry steps. lie *pcnt some of her lei.Mit e time In hunting. She
I luow down the bag with the dead animals, and Had not killed a deer yet, hut expressed her
his large fur boots, before the door. With his determination to kill one at least before New
gun directed downward he then walked into the Year’s. She boasted of having killed any quail
hut. l 'ty of partridges, squurls and other small
game. After chatting some time, she brought
a violin from a closet, and played fifteen or
twenty tunes, and also sung a few songs, ac
companying herself on the violin, in a style that
showed that she was far from destitute of mu
sical skill. The next morning she was up at
four o’clock, and before sunrise had the break
fast out of the way, and all her work out of
doors mid in the house done, and when I left,
a few minutes after sunrise, she had on her
hunting suit, and was loading her rifle for an
ther chase after the d«*er.
About the same time as on (he day before, I
again stood in Ins presence. He lay half dress
on the bed, and stared vacantly on the hair
walls. On the table stood his unprepared meal,
near his head was his gun, (here was no lire hi
the chimney. 1 knelt down by the bed, and
taking his band, called him by his name, Ins
lips moved convulsively, but his eyes did not
move.
" Paul ! the world is again open to thee*. —
Here is the Emperor’s pardon. ” II is lips moved
again, lie opened and shut his eyes quickly’,
to repress the last tear—the only— tear, and
said, “Too late!”
At this moment my eyes fell on the black
stone tablet over his bed. As I looked at it he
hastily drew away his hand out of mine and
closed Ins. The tablet was divided into three
columns. In the first was the month of Janua
ry. with its number of weeks and days ; in the
second, the month of February : in the third,
the month of March, to the eighth : from this,
(here was nothing, to the fvventy-first. which
was wnten in large letters. I’nder this line
the whole part of the third column was white,
so that fiimi the twenty.Hrsl nothing more could
he written on the tablet.
“Thy mother and Amalie have sent thee to
kens of their unchanged love, and also Prince
Aunoskoi has confirmed his kindness in his
own handwriting, (’an we not, my dear Paul,
begin our journey—Homo ! to-morrow ?”
Without saying a word he rose up from "the
bed and wrote on the tablet, “March the ninth.”
His look seemed to tell me this would he the only
answer to all 1 said. He then turned his face
to the wall and signified that he wished to
be alone. I placed the letters on the table near
the bed, lighted the lire, and, full of anguish,
quitted the hut.
The governor was waiting outside, andl re
lated to him what had happened.
Early the next morning—about two o’clock
—I saw him steal out of his hut. lie appeared
weak and languid. At my request the governor
hired a man to watch him.
He did not return until two in the afternoon.
Ho was exhausted and was without any game.
He immediately fell on his bed.
When I entered his eyes were closed, and his
face with its fixed stern expression was turned
towards the chimney. The letters and the
knots of ribbon remained untouched. At nine
in the evening ho opened his eyes, took the ta
blet and wrote on it tho day of the month—the
tenth—and signed to mo to go away. On the
eleventh towards midnight, he arose to go a»
usual to the chase, but fell back on his bed. —
With great difficulty he arose again, about tho
middle of tho day, and placed tho prescribed
number of skins in order for thq delivery; wtolo
on tlio tablet “tho eleventh,” and staggered
back to his bed.
Ho lay, during eight days, stolid, immova
ble, rejecting all help from human hands. In
vain I wept and pniyed, kneeling by Ids bed;
in vain tho soft voice ofttho governor’s daugh
ter, in vain tho tho priest.
I dreaded thoTwcnty.first; Ids sdf-appoiut*
“OUtt CODSTBT—HAY IT RIaIIT 011 ' vno -' ;G , O'-’ ll CODSTKT.”
ed death-day. Dreaded ornotdrended, any day
will come in its course. At five in the after
noon he lay in the last extremity ; around his
bed stood the governor, his daughter, and the
physician; I stood at his head. He still breath
ed; his eyes were closed. Shortly before six,
his eyelids opened with the last hash of life’s
fire, hia lifted hand made a sign for the rest, to
go away. r JLhcy went, and I remained ;he saw
mo not; about Uvc minutes afterwards, he sud
denly rose half up in the bed, drew a heavy,
deep breath, and fell back. I closed his eyes
and prayed by the body. The last words lie
spoke, even now ring in my tars, “Too late I"
[HT* Lieutenent Colonel Sleigh, referring, in a
book he has just written, to the hard things
sometimes said of America by English travel
lers, attributes them in n groat part to the
clashing of English reserve with American volu
bility. “I can most seriously affirm,” he says,
“that 1 never once received from an American a
rude reply; my inquiries to whnmsoeveruddress- 1
ed, from the President to the engine-driver, !
were invariably answered with politeness, and 1
an anxiety to give every information. In travel- j
hag. I retnurkid particularly how attcnlivemir I
fellow-travellers were; and whenever believed
to be from the Old Country, I received addition
al courtesy. My plan was to address every
one, whatever his station, with civ ilily ; that is
all that is required in America; civility is a pass
port all over tlio Continent, from the St. Law
mice to the llocky Mountains. Hut once as
sume the haughty airs of the Old (.’wintry, and
you get what you richly deserve, some sharp
retort, conveying, probably', some unwelcome
trutlis, touching “ Aristocrats,
Don’t Tattle.—What need it concern yon If
John Snooks is courting Sully Johnston I They
arc undoubtedly rational beings, ami can con
duct (heir love iill'uirs in u becoming manner,
and without any of your interference. What if
Emma Ward got a new dress/ It is probably
paid for, and cost you nothing. Therefore, ahy
need you interest yourself so dooply about it /—■
What if the principal merchant in the place has
become Insolvent. Yon are not among his cre
ditors, and for Heaven's sake why don’t you let
the man have u little enjoyment / Suppose Dor
one Swilt gees ts a dancing school/ It costs
yon nothing | and us she has a frail constitution
a little exercise of this kind may benefit her
general health. This intermeddling with oth
ers, to the utter neglect of ourselves, is becom
ing too prevalent with u ccrUilnclußseveryuhcre.
What ts Tina Woiu.u.—A dream within a
dream—as wo grow old, each stop is an inward
wakening. The youth wakes os lie thinks
from childhood—the full grown man despises
the pursuits of youth as visionary; the old
man looka upon childhood as a feverish dream.
Death the lust sleep ? No ;it is the last Ihml
wakening.
(C 7" When young men have nothing to live
upon but love, they commonly full In love and
got married—-just os. if hugging and kissing
wore a substitute for inutlou chops, or as if
terms of endearment would supply the place of
mashed taters and fricasccd mackerel.
iSLE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1854,
carl;
A Vermont lawyer.
A lawyer'from tho Croon Mountain Poofs Imve sung, romancists havo written,
SUito*, writes ft friend from tho'far west. , and philosophers have reasoned, since poetry,
Somewhat,Vbrdant : himself, very tall, very and romance, and philosophy have had being,
light hair, very light «j;es, somewhat pompous, j of the depth, the truth, and devotion of that
looking exceedingly dignified, as other animals exquisite and precious thing called woman’s
do between largb eMS,JCamo into our little vil- ] OV o. And vet. though wo have all reflected a
luge with tho full intenSto astonish the natives, little on the'anbjwit, wo fiml it over now, over
with his °'“l ll '“fresh, ever pleasant to think of. Hut what we
11™ 111 *
once with a case in ImiiU.’ C, Ln IT'T il' "'7' rccmk | ‘ 1 - ! '™' m 0“
The first case in which-he and Jones wore on- M ho enjoy the nuslimahle pin ihge of liaung
gaged, they were opposed in by an “old line” • ? no l | cnrt "' *! (: 1 knows n 0 olhf,r idol 01 > onrlh
Illinois lawyer,'in- hinflelf a genuine charcoal hut them, which looks up with admiration, and
sketch!,. Jones case before the jury, I confidence, and devotion to them, arc thought
and our Vermont lawyer followed iu a long ful enough to place at its lofty height so rare
speech, well announced, and delivered with great oml precious a blessing. And yet, to he loved
accuracy, and as he-supposed with astonishing 'is the first joy of earth. But then, woman’s
effect. It .was rhetorical, lofty, in short, nmgil-, love is made of such a world of tenderness, of
oquent, When ho closed, ho wiped Ins brow | self-sacrifice, of devotion, of—let them pardon
with a fine whitelavcndcr pockct-hundkiTchief, I us for betraying them to the many—worship
and looked about him with the air of an orator for the man of their heart: is composed of so
upon whoso efforts tho .Welfare of the world do- 1 many various and conflicting elements, that
pended and by whose .efforts ho felt cun..nous nmn iu the ordi]lftrv hurrv and bustle of life,
the world had just been saved. It was In. mmd- Pan , onrcdy {ind til ' u to ;, izc> kiirD< nnd un .
eu spucch m uur court, undo, orvbody listened UlTOtaral uf™. Thcre llo , vma ., , wo lovra
" The opposing counsel now arose, wry gmvo- 1 . 1 hl ' I" I ',' 1 ™ I, ! vl ' nml . l,lc love ;
)v, (ho never smiles.) und In a tone and manner, 1 ht ' fresh end pure love of the maid
which no words can convey,'said : “lithe court J‘ (X 1,1,,esl ,l,,es more to fet'd it than does the wife, and
pleases, gentlemen of jthb jury, see here, now . hence she w ill rarely nnlly love extent it he
lam golu’.to answer Jones in this here cause ho,, 'e one whom she can look up to, whom she
now In bearin’, I know Jones, I’ve know \1 him ca,) respect. and whorn at all events sheheliet is
a great many years. I can fuller him : hut (his to he Mipei ior to herself in intellect or general
hero Jones’ feller It aiuft no use fryin’ to it tiler capacity. The love of the wife is more chasten
him. He’s soar’d aloft; he’s bust the clouds ; ed, and made up in pai t of duty ; hence w ill
he’s gon clean beyond, the dogstar, clean into she pardon what the maid neu-r will : hence
tho third heavens, genllcmcn and I put it to yon 1 docs she often stand by the meanest wretch
now, if he has touched this blessed ainli one when lie has fallen from liis original high estate
single time durin’ tiny whole time he's been a und become, perhaps, so vile, that all else do-
Kpciiklng lus piece! spise and curse, save onlv one whose love is
‘‘The house” comedown, of course, ami the .1..,,, .... • . ~
■■Jones feller’-vanished frim the roo Inle ' ' , ' hUI .TT 1 "* '" T \ 11
the counsel In tho same grave and aim,..l -! “ ,m " 1 "" Kl "''"T ° "‘V lul ' hl '
acinus vein of satire, went on follerl,,’ Jones. OV<T i ll ' v,, J’ s l«! 1 ™ lllf ’ J’ 1 ' 1 ' 1 "
1 Ins unstress, when he is sensible and « K‘, ni d
wliieh 100 often prompts the husband to be enro
lls-' and thoughtless in his line of conduct.
A Condllclor’iT Story.
Riding over tlio Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton,
and Richmond railroad, the oilier Jin , under tin
charge of Mr. Van Dnsen, the gentlemanly o*n
doctor pro lempore,h ® told us the following in
cident, which wo thought worth “making a note
of.” '
“Ond day last week,” said fie,‘there came
on board of the cars, from one of the up coun
try stations, a very pretty, genteel young lady,
en route for this city. She was alone ; so 1
waited upon her to a good seat, and made her
us comfortable as possible. It was u lew minutes
before the starting hour, and Bhe was so agreea
ble and so talkative, that I lingered, and we had 1
unite a pleasant chut. Altenvnrds. when col. [
looting the tickets, she detained me again an in-
Slant, and gave mo fcomoflno peaches, which she 1
said came from her friend's m« b mi in Mu* eoiin- !
try : and I began to think Mint I had nut met
such a charming passenger lor main a d.iv r
Well, we arrived ttt the depot- (here 1 attend.m|
, her to a carriage, handed her up the carpet bag ; 1
1 and, after all, what dp you think she said /” I
I Now, we thought, of course, that the lad\
would say very politely, ‘thank you, sir,' smile
like u gle.m\ol sum|iinb',thf Carriage roll oil our
in.-ml John would] pow air adieu, ami, with a (
, sigh, turn nway anti forget the mutter. So we |
, stated that as our supposition.
I “No,” said JohiY»ahi*,dld.no such thing i but
just as he: too* step, she turned, And,
I with a sort of look’ 1 can’t describe, observed ;
“Von must consider this, sir. merely a car
acquaintance. Yon must not expect to bo re
cognized if wo chance to meet anywhere else,”
ami John drew a long breath.
“What did you say /'* we asked.
‘•Why, I thought tfeflt rather uncivil, nt least,
I replied vcn ijuit kl\ - * ,
‘•(’iTluitily nut, madam. I "as just gomgSo
remark Chat you must not fee) slighted if unno
ticed by me anywhere but on the curs— tor. re
allv . we conductors have to be earclul üboiit oiu
acquaintance
••Arid the lady f” said wi».
“She looked quite silty as she diove oil,” re
plied John.—C’lwrinwo/i 7'inicr.
Breaking a ling.
A novel be I was decided ft feu divs since at
Brighton, \v hieli i ommenced in a Imnlei and end
ed in a serio-comic laiee.
It appears that .Mr. Marsh, who leshb s within
that locality, wbile in company with .some (Mends
expressed bis conviction that hogs weie capable
of administering to the winds of mankind in
more ways than in the shape ol pork and bacon,
and with a little training they might be made
useful ns beasts of bmdru.
The idea being laughed at by I hope who were
present, Mftrab bucked bis opimoiehy ollering a
bet that bu would mount and ride a puiker to
the next turnplko gale and back to the Brighton
11 on sc. The wager was accepted, and an old
boar of mammoth sue, was straightway caught,
and a muzzle placed upon his snout, to which
was attached some cord to answer the purpose
o/ a bridle.
A saddle was dispensed with; nml Mr. M.
having got u-struddle ol his swinish hueepbulus
commenced digging into Its greasy sides with
the heels of bis boots. But it was nil in vain ;
bog would be bog, <uid like Ihe donkey, he
“vvould’ul go.” Now bad (hi l rider been pi u
deut he would have acknow lodged the coni, or
at least have finessed in somewhat the same
manner as (lie eosier monger, who having a bet
against lime, and liuding bis donkey decided in
making a ictrogade rather than a forward move
ment cunningly attached a bundle ol cariotslo
| a pole, ami while immutt d on bis back, lx hi it
I over bis bead, within ae inch ol bis muse, and
thus won the race—lot the long eared specimen
ol slubbomcss was nut proof against ibu damt.v
! smell of the vegetable, and so kept dashing alter
1 the coveted prize. But M's. blood was up, and
from digging with bis heels he commenced
punching with his fist, until the eniaged hog
ilually made a dash nt a bam dour, against vv Inch
he went hend foromosl, deciding the wager by
pitching Air. Marsh oil', who broke Ids arm in
the full.
Since then lie has materially changed Ids esti
main of the general utility ot hogs, ami has even
gone so far as to express an opinion (lint tin*
jews were rather to l»e commended ("i iheii
nbhorence of swine flesh—an iileii, Imtnnalely
for the welfare of Fofkpolia, not ven picvalent.
Cin. Columbian.
Rbmauka«i..e Recognition.—The la*d Wil
liamsburg Gazette sUtcß, Umt-u hlmrt time ago,
while Ruffin's band from Richmond was playing
at the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, in that place,
for the gratillcation and amusement of the in
mates of one of them, a negro woman, who had
been confined fn the llosaital for many years,
suddenly stepped forward, and ponding out a
member of the hand, exclaimed, “ There is my
son, whom I hftvonfit stjfcn since he was two
years old.” The nujsioyui was greatly sur
prised at ilrst, but upon enquiring, hdgßß con
vinced that his mother stood before li®J— a be
ing whom ho had never before known, and whom
he had no recollection l of ever having seen, h e
understand ho of the board of
Managers to have restored to him,
which was granted; hnd he has token her home
to Richmond, after confinement in the Hospital
twenty-three years.
rr7»Tho man up iu York State, thirty-eight
years old, who boasts Unit he never took a
newspaper, says that Santa Anna, if he persists
in his struggle with Russia, will bo sure to lose
all the territory of tho-Bosphorus, and bo ex
cluded ffoiu the navigation of the Amazon sea!
Woman’s Love,
Mr. Scoviu.k, the Private Secretary of Mr.
(.'amioi’N, has recently published his recollec
tions of a scene in the last hours of the dying
statesman. The scene described requires no
comment from us. Each reader will make his
own as he proceeds. Mr. Scoville says ;
His country, the South, and its future, was
all to him. lie did not care about his own fu
ture. It was a small matter in his eyes, ns the
following fact will show. For two days before
he died, and when it was generally known in the
city that he could not live, many visitors called
at the house. His physician, Ur. Hull, insisted
for his own comfort, that he should see as few j
as possible. Mr. Calhoun acquiesced, and ad- ‘
ded, “Mr. Scoville knows who I will see and
who not.” I, of course, went to the front door
whenever the servants announced a visitor to
him, and answered the requests of those who
wished to see him. On one occasion, (the day
before he died,) I found the visitor to be the
Kev. \lr. Butler. I told him Mr. Calhoun was
very ill—“loo ill to see any one.”
“ That is the very reason why I should see
him. Will you have the goodness to announce
me. and tell him that I wish to convu.sc with
him, ns a minister of (Jod, in reference to his
situation f”
I hesitated a moment, and then remembering
that Mrs. Calhoun was a communicant in the I
Episcopal church, of which Mr. Butler was |
pastor, I concluded that if I wished to stand
well in her future regard, I had better forego
my determination of sending off Mr. Butler,
and so T said. “ wail a moment,” and left him
standing at the front door, while 1 returned to
the bedside of Mr. Calhoun. (Jod bios his
glorious soul ! 1 see him now as 1 saw him then,
his head propped up by pillows—his pale, enia
eiat id, but st mi and conn nan ding t \ es piercing
as an eagle's, and fixed upon me a-, I entered
the room. He knew 1 had Urn to see some
one who called.
“ Who is it i" he asked.
Aaron Burr mid Mrs. Alexander Hamillon. “Mr. Butler, sir ”
. .. ‘‘ Why do von not bring linn in at once ? it
A coiruspnmleut ~C Ok- Drlrmt hmjtiiyrr, fis ) lls n glit. li. „i V cgue."
miuKt .laic ol Allegan, Mureli I, 1,-51, eeUle.- .. „ is s , sil .
a s inking amr. ~te c,mem,mg I.urr nml I Ik- liutlui ? I don't know any ull,er. Who
w idnw ol the distinguished man wbo fell by Ins 1S r> J
haml m a ilnrf. He -a, shenas an eye wit.,.™ |' .. ,’ t is n,„ p |, lin of th( , Senate, sir -Ihe
of a thrilling and iminlul incident about the Reverend Mr Butler ”
year 1522, on Will of one of Hie old Fulton ! .. ln „ a 111K , 3 hl . „. a , u
and laying- on line of hoals. on his nay from ] .. llc mys Uiat |„, haa 0 „ , vm . V(TV
New iork lo Albany All who ln.vell.al m |,„ v . ami co.mi.len, it his dulv to come and ta,k
those days will reeolleel Hint the dinner hour l 0 v „„ „| Hml serious mailers:”
was quite as interesting as now. The Indies A S . „d him off about his business. To eome
were of course prov.d.d for hrsl; and Ihe gen- |„ lalU lo ,„ t . llis nonsense at such a time as
tlemen wlio stood marine foot id (lie tables tins'”
cm,ld crowd upon the hack -cals (so that they , „ K ,,,„ 0r iM r, inn „l i|,cChaplain
respeellnUv retreated as Ihe ladles eaine down,) Hint Mr. Calhoun was too ill to see him.
m.UI the latter .. ere all seated ; then such as .. y,,,, mllhl certainly he mistaken. Does he
were not crowdul quite oil, eould take a seat know it’s me t”
on the signal being given. ' \ rut q, 0 matter short with a dmded “ Yes,
Among the hrsl that were passing up next . ~ir . he docs : amt he sm she don't want lo see
the berths, and buck ot one table, was Aaron j V ou. and dislmb him by going in again
Burr, und U was the lot ol the nnrnilor lo be 1 xv uh y om - name.” The Heven-nd Mr, Butler 1
.next to him. ihey got as fur up us those abend K.ft.uml when 1 upturned, the impudence of the
\o\ us could go before coming lo seals uccupud . ca n w as still in his mind. His eyes were closed,
Iby ladies on (but side, and all came to a stand |, Mt I heard broken sentences, such os “To
i lacm e thu At l,ml mon\Qnl there came ca u on , ne for mch a purpose !” “YoumMiwm
] down opposite to them u laipe lady richly dres- nol grown.” “ Subject 1 have Ihougbtof nU
sed hi black, and veiled, and while yet standing ,„y {if L .. ”
directly opposite to Burr, she put her veil aside,
[ and raising her eyes across the (able, she saw,
'with his eyes directly upon her, Aaron Burr,
and only separated by the width of the table.
She gave n loud scream and fell, hut there be
ing quite a number .standing by, they caught
her mid look her out. The boat was then about
approaching Newburgh, und she insisted Oil
being put ashore at nn.v. as she would go HO
furthei in the lamt with Burr on board, and it
was done a> slu wished
Dm mg the whole >< i ne nt ibi (able, adds the
writer, Burr stood liki a Maine, looking on
with n stoic-hKe mdilliicnci ami composure,
never moving a muscle : ami. us soon ftB Mrs.
11. was rimmed, lie sal down nml ate a very
hearty dinner, ami wmt mi Ins way as usual,
it nib remarked at the lime that Mrs. Hamil
ton said it was the tir-l lime '•lie had ever set
her eves on Aaron Burr since the dav lie killed
her husband, nml no doubt it wai the lust.
Tiihth vm Siiamm ov mr Bhistmi.- Whilst
leisure!) glancing over I..mi mcc Si.tiic's mas
ter-piece ofsatue, ••Ti i strain Miaiidv,’’ out cvc
was attracted by the lullowiug graphic desenp
tion of a pom typo ;
•I pity ll»e poor pnnlcisaid my mu 1c Tula
‘He’s a poiif eiealme.” r< joined Tmn.”
Mow so /” said my unci.
“Because, in the first place,” continued cor
poral, looking full upon my urn lc, ••because he
must endeavor to please evetvhody. In (lie
negligence of a moment perhaps a small para
graph is inserted, ami he is i mix'd.
••Too much the case, Trim," said my uncle
w dh a deep sigh.
‘•And please jaur honor,” continued Trim,
•this is not the w bole.’
“(Jo mi, Tnm,” said my uncle feelingly.
“The printer sometimes," put sued the cor
poral, ‘-lilts upon a piece (bat pleases bun might- J
ily ; he thinks It cannot but g<> down wnh Ins i
subsenbers. But, alas, mi ,w ho van cab u late I
the human mind t lie iu-mis it, and all is o\ei
with him. Tbe\ bogive olln is.lud tbev can.
not lorgive the pnutci. lie has a host to pind
lor, ami cvciv one sets up bu a cnln ’I be
prell) miss e\i laiuis, MV hv <bm't Ihcv give us
moie poetrv. mmilagos and bou mots- awav
w dll these stale picci >.' The poblxiau i lasps
his specks over his nose, and reads it over in
seal eh of a violent invective ; he lllids none, he
lakes his specks oil. folds (hem, and puls them
in his pocket, declares the paper good (or noth
ing hid to hum. So il goes. Kvcrv one I blliks
it might to be printed lor himself, as lie is a
subscriber; and v 01, after all lids complaining,
would )im believe it, sir,’said the corporal,
clasping bis hand beseechingly, ‘would yon be.
lieve, sir, there are some subscribers w bo do not
hesitate to cheat the printer out of bis pay I
Our army swore terribly in Plunders, but they
never did aiivtlnng so bad as that.”
A Nkw \Tkw nr Niao iiia.—The Ohio State
Journal Icllm a story <>( an Inshman of the bettor
c.Iu.HH who I bought he most eonlurm to the fash
mimhle mania in paving a Malt to the Fulls of
Niagara. Faddy arrived at tliu Falls, and tak
ing a look at the suimumling wonders, address
(«d himself to a gentleman ;
“And Is this Niagara Fulls I"
“Yes,” was tin* reply.
“And wlml’s there here to make siuii a both
er about ?”
“Why,” said the gentleman, “do vmi not see
the mighty rivet. the deep alo tbe great sheet
of water pouring down I"
Fat. looking at the water, replies hesitatingly,
“And wlial’p to hinder it I’’
Sojiktiiiso Cioon. —“Where is your house 7”
asked a traveller in (he depths of one of the ‘old
solemn wilderness’ of the Uniat West.
“IToiisu / —1 ain’t got no house.”
“Well, whore do you live 7”
“I live in tho woods—sloop ou the Groat
Government Purchase, oat raw hear and wild
turkey, and drink out of tho Mississippi 1”
And he added •,
“It Is getting too thick with folks about hero.
You’re the second man I’ve soon within tho last
month, and 1 hoar tboro’a a whole family come
In about fifty miles down tho river. I’m going
1 to put out Into Ihc woods again I”
AT 32,00 PER ANNUM.
NO, 'l7.
LAST lIOI’RS OF JIB. CALHOUN.
Mas. Partinuton in tiikSkn itk Ciiamder.—
“Orders of the day'” nuld Mrs. Partington,
smiling, as she reached over the railing in tho
Senate Chamber, and spoke to one of the Sen
ators: who do you do all the State business by
orders I’d like to know 1 ’Twould be a good
deal bettor if you was to go on the cash princi
ple. I always find when I have orders, that
people ore apt io take mo In.” “ Hut,” said
her friend, suddenly rising, like the price of
Hour, “these are the orders of the day—simply
the order in which the business ol the day is to
bo done, and has no ivl'm nee to the manner of
tho business.” ellsaid the dame, nodding
her head, “order is the HrM law of nature, and
perhaps It la natural that order should bo em
ployed in making laws ” The President’s ham.
nier called her to order, and the I dark bonnet
disappeared behind one o( the big pillars of the
Senate CkimU r.
Ajf Kuitoii 's Vi s i >ii ai io.n or \ Kuikxd. —An
editor in vindicating the pnvate character ot a
luend, wlin had been nailed for the crime ol
•dieep-stlnding, thus defends Inin :
! •• Me have known Mr. Thomas for twelve
j years. Our a- <|u.nnt.ince connueiiceil with the
great injninuM.il storm which blew down our
j grandfather's Imi n. At that time lie was a young
I man in tin* prime of life, and we think raised
1 the best inuirowlat peas we ever eat. He was
a good malheinatieiaii. 11l lid to the j and
troubled with fits. In all (hn relalionsof a hus
baml, (at her, uncle and ti ns tee of conn non lands,
he has follow ed (he direct standard ol dull.—
Mr. Thomas is at this time forly-llnee years of
age, slight!) marked with the small-pox, an es
timable citizen, a church member, and a man of
know n integrity lor ten \ eai s. And as to sheep
stealing, that he would have done it if he could
get an opportunity is without foundation in point
of fact. Mr. Tnomas could have stolen oni haul
pencil several limes, but he didn’t do it.”
' Vvuiso \ Win -In ('.illrani. wlmb wa*
lec e ill 1) the seme of a limst ld<>od\ w,u ol e\
I I I 111 1 11 1 1 1' in b \ ibe natives against the l'jig|i-h
enlmilsl s, pul) gain) Isold) resumed b) I lie hn.
1 vine indies o| the men. A chief, ot n wealth)
' mdiv id mil. lias genej alt) se\ eii or eight w iv es al
h ast, (all Itv mg atineabl) together, l " tiom lie has
purchased frein his various fathers in law. for
cerium nmubeis of oxen, in proportion lo the
rank and all i aclion of (he ladies. This is jell to
J Mu* heads of the tribe (o settle; and to insure a I
(air valuation, the hnde in prospect, ••intniin e J
heuni) clad,” is made to walk armmd a ring ol (
influential ulil gcnllcimn appiaisois, seated on i
the ground, la lore vin h of whom she stops J
a few minutes; when, having been eriludsed l>v
the circle, she retires, and a commit 'lion is held
to fix tho number of cattle her charms ale worth
—the decision being final ami without appeal
either fur father or suitor.
Aut'RiNO Exovsk.— Mrs. Moodii- tells of n
camp-niocting in Canada, at abbb the pcuplu
were worked up to a ven high piuli of i-x<ik*-
mcnt. 13ut after tho adjournment, bH on* Un
company broke mi, il was forgotten, mid they
were laughing ami chatting about their w urldly
affairs. The young lads wore* sparking flu* girls,
nnd tho girls laughing umi (lining with (hum.—
It was remarked to an old fanner, who was ruck
omul a vi'ty pious man, “that such conduct In
persons who had Just been in a state of despair
about their sins, was very Inconslslunt, to say
tlio least of it but ho replied, with a snnetl
monlouH smile—“ It Is only the Lord’s lambs
playing with each other.”
oy~ Poetry reveals to us tho loveliness of na
ture, brings back tho freshness of youthful feel-
Ing, revives tho relish of simple pleasures, keeps
unquciichod tho enthusiasm which warmed the
spring time of our being, roflnos youthful love,
strengthens our Interest In human nature, hy
vivid delineations of its tondoresl and softest
feelings, and, through the brightness of Its pro.
photic visions, helps faith to lay hold of future
life— C/tanning.
What Is “meantime?” That which allows
only twenty minutes to dinner.
Tho lady who tried to kcop her “ prowrvM hi
a family Jar,” found they very soon soured.
(Dbbs nob (Bnhi
DC7" Credit is not always bencficidl.
O 3 Beautiful women are always modcsti
ECT* Men of sense never insult tlieir inferiors.
(CT' Idleness jmfits us for the enjoyment of
every pleasure.
[£7* The honest poor man should bo more re
spected than the Wealthy knave.
[nT" May, the merry month offlowers,ls with
us again.
You will find it inuoh easier to tell the
trutli than to ‘speak falsely.
[C7*Lay thy plans with prudence, and bo
prepared for emergencies. ~
The ways of nature, like those of God,
are past man’s finding out.
(£7" Age makes us tolerant; I never see a fault
which I myself did not commit.
CC7 A treacherous memory—Remembering
the faults of our friends.
[HT* A quiet conscience sleeps soundly during
huuder.
O* Do is not wise, who don’t advertise.. So
says our devil, and he knows. ; - —. •
[CT' If a lady were alone .at flea in an-open
boat, \vhcrc*would shcstcar to? Why, to the
Isle of Mun, to be sure. ‘
I Xj* There are five letters in the English lan
guage that are always pronounced wrong. Can
any one tell which they iyc ? '•
(T7* The most revolutionary article is.bread;
for on the least rumor of an outbreak, It is in
variably the first thing to rise.
(HT” When has a man a right to scold hjs
wife about his coffee ? When he has abundant
grounds !
the community tb honor one who
spends his life in genteel idleness, is like dres
sing a hog in silk stockings.
melancholy the moon inust feel
when it has enjoyed the fullness of prosperity;
uml got reduced to its last quarterl
[T7* There is ft Skipper, in New York, who
lias been so often across the Atlantic, that ho
knows every wave by sight! '
C 7" No man can solve tho mystery of life,
bu L every man of common sense can perform its
duties.
OTT" If ft man waits patiently while a woman
is “putting her things on” or “shopping,” ho
will make a good husband.
[T7 r ’ > ‘Our piL-nniM fathers,” derived, their
name fjom the wry faces they ased to make at
physio.
\\'7~ A wag, on reading that in an engagement
a Dev and two Knights were killed, remarked
that‘that was what he called killing time with
a vengeance.
Swket Language. —A lover, writing to hia
wveelhenrt, says: “Delectable Deer—xbtl aro
<o sweet that honey would blush in your pro*
sence, and molasses stand appalled.”
r <'y" A western orator, in a slang-whang ad
dress to the uitterrifled voters of Corapolls, said,
that to save his country, a patriot should ho
willing to die, even if U took his life I
The middle-aged lady of respectable con--
nections, “who never nursed a tree or flower,”
has gone South to marry tho blacksmith by
whom “ the last link was broken.”
(TT* Cicero said of a man who had ploughed
up the ground where his father was buried—
•This is really cultivating one’s father’s mem
on . ’ ’
fT There is a man in town who has & nose
«o Inng that he can’t hear himself sneeze, and
when he wishes to blow it charges it with pow
der, puis a alow match to it, and then runs.
O*’ A dandy lately appeared in lowa, •with
legs so attenuated, that the authorities had him
arrested, because he had “ no Visible tajeana of
support.”
{£/=■“ John, I /bar you arc forgetting me, M
said a bright-eyed girl to her lover, tho other
day. ” Yes, Sue, I have been for getting you l
these two ycap*. ”
fTT' Wlial’s whiskey bringing ?” inquired a
dealer in that article. “ Bringing men to the
nonr-houae, to the penitentiary, and the gal
lows,” was the instant reply.
(£7* A friend of ours has invented a capital
way to prevent the smell of cooking in a house, f'
It is to nave nothing for breakfast, and warm j
it over for dinner and supper.
fHT* The web of our life is tv.minglcd yarn.— I
Our virtues would be proud if our faults whin- I
pod them not: and our crimes would despair if
not redeemed by our virtues.
ITT* The lady who treats the husbandman
with scorn, because hois a fanner, contributes
something towards increasing the number Of
candidates for tho slate prison and the gallows*
ITT* A young Irish student at tho veterinary;
('ollegf being asked: “If a broken-winded horse
were brought to him to flfurc, what ho would
advise,” promptly replied: “To sell himassoon
as possible.”
1)77' An Irishman telling Grattan of an ofQcbr
who was supposed lo be deficient in courage,
ami that he never fought, was answered: “But
1 know of Ins having fought often, for ho lias,
on many occasions, fought s/ii//”
[TT* A youngster, on coming home from his
first lenn ut a boarding school, and on being
asked what lie hud been foil on, replied, “mul
tiplication tallies hashed, and stewed substruc
tion ”
II / ‘The 1-csl cough mixture that has yet
I*tii made, consists ot a pair of thick boots,
nnwd with lots of air and plenty of exercise.—
I’eople who ling the stove and grow lean, will
pka.se not we.
Ttik I-.vsi Aijum. The newest stylo of fa
shionable pantaloons in Ncw.Tbrk, is described
ns a •• light gn-y ground, with the COStlo of
1 leaklburg in -lark blue, on one leg, and Mount
Vesuvius vomiting forth lire, on tlio other.”
(; /- 'J’ake the hand of tho friendless—Smile
on tin* sad ami dejected—sympathize with thoso
in trouble- strive everywhere to difluso around
von sunshine and joy. If you do this, you will
he sure to be beloved.
ll7’-\ memlmr of n wc.stern debating club,
wishing to display bis proficiency ia the lan
guages. when moving for on Indefinite adjourn
meal of the club, said, “Mr. President, I move
wc adjourn c jilurilnu tmutu,”
ITT* Young ladies now-a-days, when they arc
preparing for a walk, ought uot to keep their
lovers w aiting as long os they used to do, for
now they have only to put their bonnets half
on.
ID* To enjoy to-day, stop Mrrying about
to-morrow. Next week will bo just as capable
of taking care of itself os this ond., And why
shouldn’t it? It will have seven days' more ex
perience. -
D** Seedy people may be glad - to learn (hat
the original color of black garments can bo re
stored by saturating the rusty ports with an
infusion of logwood applied with a sjiongc, 'dry
and press olrwith a hot iron;*
D* Trying to form without capital, is like
trying to run a locomotive without Ibcl. Mo
ney and wood both’ must bo consumed, if they
arc to remove tho machine Of tho farm or of
the rail- -I
By The hotels of California aro rather prim
ativc. A friend of purs put up at tho mines,
and that our readers may have sojno idea of his
bedroom Ibrnituro, wo would .state that h 6
washed in a half pumpkin, and dressed his hair
with q curry-comb, 1