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V WitfiOd tho following pretty, |lhcs inalate
tmmbor of tbp Now York Sunday Dispatch s.
THEKISDIY HEART.
DroaACE'DBLAJVEcriE.
V Thcrooro poets who sing of love,
of gonius, and rosy wlnoV . .
" J And they t,ay tliat tho one Inspires*
tho others ate both divine}
bat for me, I will take a lowly part,
I wilt Sing, 0 l. givo mo a kindly heart.
■ ■ Let thorn sing of triumphant war.
And tho glories of victor's wreath* '
1 Of bright angola who walk on earth,
Or of spirits that dwell beneath j
•. - But forme, I will take a lowly part;
') t Will sing but tho gentle, kindly heart I
; Lot them sing of tho powers of mind;
And of progress ami freedom’s sway j
And of flowers and beauty ond smiles, .
Which like stars illumine our way j
Bat for me, I will take a lowly part,
•I slug but—l ask but—a kindly heart J
■ LICENSED FOR WHAT.
' ;
, Licensed to nuke the strong man weak;
Licensed to lay the wise man low ;
Licensed a wire’s fond heart to break,
And make her children’s tears to flow.
Licensed to do thy neighbor harm ;
Licensed to kindle hate and strife,}
Licensed to nerve tho robber’s arm ;
Licensed to whet the murderer’s knife.
Licensed thy neighbor's purse to drain,
■Ami rob him of his very last $
Licensed to heat his feverish brain,
< ’Till madness crowns thy work at last.
Licensed, like a spider for a fly.
To spread thy nets for man,‘thy prey 5
To mock his struggles—suck him dry—
, Then cast the worthless hulk away.
.Licensed, where pence and quiet dwell.
To bring disease, arid want, and wooj
Licensed to’makc this world a hull,
And flt man for a hell below.
HWomnaa.
HEBE SECEDES, AND THEBE SHE GOES..
The following amusing and well told story
was published in one of the city papers of Goth
am aoout a dozen years ago. Lt occasioned at
the time n good deal of merriment:
' Not long since, two stylish looking persons
put up for the night in the upper part oT the
city. On the thorrow after ordering their bill,
they sent for the landlord, who was not long
in wailing on his aristocratic guests.
‘I wish to purchase that old clock up stairs
Will you sdl if JVttsWed elder while the
younger Ut a'Segar, and tastJhiaWes over the
columns of a. upon the
table. The.Clndbfd,
uc upon the cloak, cxccpt aa^Chs® , h>oni. be
“ gan to suflpect.it might :tM virtues of
Marlin Ueywood’s chair, and fed filled - with
coin; and almost involuntarily, the three, as
cended to the room.which contained it.
‘The fact is,’ said the elder, ‘I once won twen-
ty pounds with a clock, like that.’,
‘Twenty pounds I’ ejaculated the landlord.
‘Yes, 3*ou see there'was one like it in a room
down in Essex and. a fellow bet "me ho could
keep bis fore-finger swinging with the pendu
lum, for an hour, only saying, ‘Here she goes
and there she goes.’ He conuldn’t do it. I
walked tho money out of him in no time.’
‘You did ? You couldn’t walk it out of me.
I'll bet you ten pounds I can do It on the spot.’
‘Done,* cried the knowing one.
Tho clock struck eight, and with his.back
to tho tablo and the door the landlord popped
into a chair.
•Here flho goes and there she goes !’ and his
finger waved in curve his eyes fully (heed on
tho pendulum. The fellows behind interrupted,
‘Whcre’s.thc money ?. Plank tho money.
Tho landlord was not to looso in that-way.
His fore-finger slowly and surely went with the
pendulum, and his led hand disengaged his
Eurse from his pocket, which ho threw behind
im on tho tablo. All was silent; tho dapper
man at length exclaimed,
'Shall I deposit the money in (ho hands of the
waiter V
‘Hero she goes, and there she goes,* was the
only answer.
One of the wags left the room. The landlord
beard him go down stairs, but he was not to bo
disturbed by that trick.
Presently tho waiter entered, and touching
him upon the shoulder, asked—
. ‘Mr. B •, ore you crazy ? What aro you
doing ?’
‘Hero she goes, there she goes I*. ho respond-
ed, bis hahd waiving tho foro finger as before.
The waiter rushed dowji^tairs; ho called ono
of (bo neighbors, and asked him to go up. They
both ascended, and tho neighbor, seizing him
gently by tho collar, in an imploring voice said,
‘Mr. It'- ,do not sit here. Come, come,
down stairs; what can possess you to sit hero?'
‘Hero she goes, there she goes!’ was the sole
reply,.and the slowly moving finger.settled the
matter. He teas mad /
‘Ho is mad,’ whispered tho friend in a low
voice; *we must go for a doctor.’• •
The landlord was not to ho duped, he was not
to bo deceived, although tho whplo town como
to deceive him.
/You bad better call up his wife/ added his
friend/
•Hero sho goes, there she goes,* replied the
landlord; his hand still moving on.
In a moment his wife entered full of agony
of soul, •
‘My dear I* she kindly said, ‘look on mo. It
la your wife who sneaks V
‘Hero she goes, (here shogocs 1’ and his hand
continued to go, hut hi. wife wouM’nt go! she
would slay, and ho thought she was determined
to conspire ogainat him and make hint loose the
•wager. She wept, and she continued,
4 What cause have you for' this? Why do
you do so 7 Has your wife —— J
‘Here sho goes, there Bbogoca.V and his fin
ger seemed to bo tracing her airy progress, for
anything she could ascertain to the contrary.
♦My dear,’ she still continued, thinking that
the thought of his child whom he fondly Tored,
would tend to restore him, ‘shall 1 call your
daughter?* .
‘Here she goes, ijipro sho goes I’ yet again the
harmony with tho waving finger Issued from the
Jipa of Iho landlord/ , r
*A consultation) I think will, ho necessary,
said the physician. Wi)l you run for Dr. A7*
Tho kind neighbor buttoned up his coat and
left tho room. . . t
In a few mlnnlcs Hr. At——, with another
medical gentleman entered. •
•This is a sorry sight,* said ho to Iho doctor
with hip). <
‘lndeed it is sir, 1 was the reply. ‘lt Is a sud
den attack, one of the *
‘Hero sho goes, there she goes!’ was the solo
iiiiifti
BY JOHN B. BRATTON,
VOL 41.
reply. The physicians stepped into ft corner
and consulted'together. V ' '
‘WiU you bo good enough" to run for a bar
ber, wu must have his head shaved and blister
ed,* sojd Dr. A—-
„ ‘Ah, poor, dear husband,* said the lady‘l fear
ho will.ncvcr know his miserable wife.’
• ‘Here she goes, there she goes V said the land-:
lord with a little more emphasis, and* ft more
nervous, yet determined waving of the finger in
concert with the pendulum ; for the minute
hand was near the /iorire—tho point which was
to put ten, pounds into lus pocket, if the hand
arrived at it without suffering himself,to be in
tcruplcd.
The jvife, in a low. bewailing tone, continued
her uttcruacc—-
‘No! never, nor his daugblcr.*-
•Hcre she goes, there she goes,* almostshout
ed the landlord as tho minute hand arrived at
the desired point.
Tho barber arrived, bo was naturally.a talk
ative man. and when the doctor.made some ca
sual remark, reflecting upon the quality of the
instrument be was about to use, be replied— .
‘Ah, ha! Honsieuryou say ver bad to raizor
—tes beautiful—eh ! —look—look—very fine,
isn’t ho 1*
‘Here she goes, there she goes P screamed
the landlord, his hand waving on. his.face gath
ering a smile, and his whole frame in readiness
to bo convulsed with joy. *,
The barber was amazed. ‘Here she goes,,
there goes V he responded in the best. English
hoebuiduse. ‘Varel vareshall t begin ? Vat
his dat he say V
‘Shave his head at once 1’ interrupted the
doctor, while the lady sunk into a chair.
_ ‘Here she goes, there she goes!’ for tho last
lime, cried the landlord, ns toe clock struck the
hour of nine, and he sprang from hfs scat in
an ecstacy of delight, screaming kit tho lop of
his voice, as he skipped about the room.
‘l’ve won it—l’ve won it I' . '
‘What V echoed the doctor.
‘What?’ re-echoed his wife.
‘Why, the wager—ten pounds V But casting
his 1 eyes around the room, and missing the
young men who induced him to watch tho clock,:
he asked— ,
‘Where are those young men who supped here
last night ? eh t quick—where are they ?’,
‘They went away in their plueton nearly an
hour ago, sir?’ was the reply of the waiter. ‘
The truth flashed like a thunderbolt through
his mind. They had taken bis pocket book
with twenty-one pounds therein, and decamped
—a couple of swindling sharpers, with wit to
.back them. .
A TOUCHING SCENE.
We take the following touching scene from a
New York paper of August 16: .
“This world is a great dice box ; and nobody
can tell what will “turnup” atlhcncxt throw.
There are incidents and romance enough tran
spiring every day in the streets of tho metropo
lis to furnish material for the poet- and novelist
to the end of time. -J- .
“Yeaterday aftornoon a well drc3scfl gentle
man was passing up Broadway. -Foreign sun
had evidently given to the face once fair.u tinge
of bronze, and though nearly half a century
might over his head, yet it had left
few no evidence that The
theeastward. ' f
, ‘‘Near Trinity .'Church sat OJlold apple wom
an. A tattered plaid was thrown over
her shoulders; her eyes were dim and her hands
trembling: the thin,gray-hair escaped from a
cap guiltless of lace, lay upon her cheek. The
old woman, was watching for purchasers and
her eye rested upon the stronger as he proceed
ed Icizurely along, pausing now and then us
seemingly recognizing the same spot familiar in
other days, or noted some unexpected and to
him doubtless painful changes. '
“Tho old woman suddenly dropped her basket
and her apples rolled- hither anu thither, but
she did not heed them.
“ ‘George!’ she exclaimed, ‘George.’ The
stranger turned in the direction of tho voice.—
In an instant nil his quiet manner vanished.
‘George! I —‘Mother.and the twain were clasp
ed in each others amis.. Greatly did some
wonder at tho scene, '‘lias tho old woman
fainted ?’cried one. ‘lloa she been stealing?’
asked another. Yes, she had been slcolihg—
whole years from time and flinging it to tho
winds—but “ono touch of nature makes the
whole world kin,” and there Was many a heart
that bent, softened at the scene.
‘•Twenty years ago, George left his home in
Utica, New York, and gone down to the sea,
and done business on the great waters. After
varied fortunes, which brightened at tho lost,
ho had returned to find the old homestead razed
to the ground, a block of stores occupied the
site, every inch of winch had been dear to him
—but an old man pointed out to him his father’s
grave. II was sunken and not a stone to mark
where he lay. Of his mother he could obtain
no trace. She left Utica long ago to seek her
son in New York city, and had never returned.
“Who can tell how she watched and waited
for the first-born wandering son. Who can
tell by what a painful descent she went down
from home and comfort to the streets, old ago
and poverty !
“But yesterday it was made all right. Tho
dead was altvtmgain, and the lost was fonnd.
And to dnv who thinks she would exchange
places with the most favored of fortune that
dwell in mansions of marble?
“God grant that much Joy may break not
tho pitcher nt the.fountain or tho wheel at the
cistern. God grant many such meetings in this
world o( partings.”
Rblvisiinkss Unchristian. —Live for some
purpose in tho world. Fill up the measure of
duty to others. Conduct yourself bo that you
shall bo missed with sonwwhcn you arc gone.
Multitudes of our species oro living in such a
selfish manner that they are not likely to bo
remembered after their disappearance. They
leave behind them scarcely any traces of their
cxtotcncc. bul arc forgotten as though they had
never bdfn. They are, .while they live, like one
pebble unobserved among a million on Iho shore,
and when they die they are like the same peb*
blc thrown into tho sea, which Just ruffles the
surface, sinks, and is forgotten without being
missed from tho beach. They are neither re
greltcd by iho ridh, wanted by tho poor, nor
celebrated by the learned. Who has been bet
ter for their life ? Whoso tears have they dried
up? Whoso miseries have they healed ? Whoso
wants supplied? Wli'd'.would unbar llio gate
of life to ro-adffiibthem to existence, or what
face would tb.our world with
a smilo ? WrctchcdrunprodudUvc Inode of ex
istence I Selfishness Is its own curse ;Jt is d
staging vice. Tho roan who does nqpgood,
gets none: Ho Is like tho heath in thlpescrt,
fruit nor, seeing when good
comclh, o stunted, dwarpsh, miserable shrub.,'
■ An eiinlnont minister made a
aon hlaaortnon j thoebngVoghtionworo
panto struck. Having rivKed tlrolr dtttintio.i,
ha uadroaßcd hlmaalf by niuno to a gcnllomanln
tho pillory, ‘/Has that poor man who stands at
the back of yonr pow'agold tlugonhiagngftrtM
Iho gentleman,turned round end replied," I
boUevo not, sir.” .-Oh, thou.l suppose that is
tho reason ho must not have a suit/' Tho gon
tinman hud throe gold rings ou his hand, aad his
pew was nearly empty.
V. ‘ I
“Otm cOOXTIIT—MAT IT ALTTAT3 BOX JOn TOtOSO, OUR COtjpßr.”
NATIONAL BABY SHOW.
1 We find in the Cincinnati Times, of Friday
last, the following account of one of the most
remarkable Fairs of this go-nhead country, held
at Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, a few weeks
since. It is a refreshing change from the dry
columns, of political resolves and convention
speeches, of .which we have had a superabund
ance of late, though wc hope now for,a shadow
of relief, let who will be Governor;
. Tins AJintVAL OP TUB BABIES.
Decidedly the greatest feature of this Fair was
the National Baby Convention, which took place
yesterday. It attracted people, adults and ba
bies, from all parts of the Union. No less than
12,000 or 15,000 visited the Fate to-day, {ex
cluding babies) all of whom appeared to be ex
cited as to the display of ’ fnnocehce and infan
tile beauty.’ The novelty of the exhibition was
of itself sufficient to create a general interest,
but to this was added three services of plate as
prizes. The managers of tho ‘show’ appeared
to bo taken aback at the interest taken in, the
affair. They, had supposed that even (heir lib
eral premiums would not tempt more than a
dozen babies or so, and had made arrangements
accordingly/ 10 o’clock yesterday .morning
convinced them that they had underrated‘the
importance of the occasion.* Dcvotbd mothers
and doating fathers, with their little pets in
♦heir arms, carao pouring into the Fair grounds,
each, no doubt, confident of leaving it’wltli orio
of tho prizes. A small, canvass tent,
assigned ns the, receptacle of the entries^and
into that mothers, babies and nurses were ush
crek by gentlemen wearing rosettes upon their
breasts. Soon there was “music withm.”
tooko America's voice is heard.
Astonished, probably, at finding themselves
in “mass meeting assembled,” the little ones,
sent up a cry, .which shook the canvass-top and
pierced the cars of the people. In vain did the
brass band toot their instruments to drown, if
possible, “the piercing cry.” Young America
was aroused, and scorning to bo beat sent forth
notes which shamed the keys of the bugle and
made the trombone blush for its weakness.—
“The babies, tho babies,” was on tho lips of
every one. Ploughs, embroidery, reaping ma
chines, fancy goods.mcchanical'skill. and agri
cultural success, were all forgotten in amoment.
Blood horses and short horned cattle were no
uhar. The people—men, women and children,
ladies, gentlemen and growing juveniles, made
amah for the “Baby Tent/’ Being barred
admission, however, they were obliged for the
present to content themselves by listening to
the music. ;Somo, more anxious than tho rest
—gentlemen, we mean—climbed the adjoining
trees, and enjoyed free gratis* tor nothing a*
stolen peep at tho Baby Contention, which,
from their expressions, wo judged; was highly
gratifying.
MORE DAIUE3 CflJflNO.
Thejudges were about proceeding to their task
when a telegraph was received, announcing! hat
a number of babies were qn a train from Day-,
ton, and would be there nt 12 o’clock, and re
questing a postponement of the examination
until said babief* arrived.' - ;. TJib rtqtflSt Was nc
ccded fo;Wlhcgreat discomfort'.ofTho “con
vention” (hen In session. A few -minutes after
twelve, (ho Judges entered tho tent, and through
the kindness of the managers,and probably with
tho consent of tho babies, wo were permitted to
enter the jonefum 'sanctorum and look upon (he
scene. ’ r "-
THE SCENE IN THE TENT.
Tho tent presented a novel, amusing and in
teresting sight. Tho mothers and nurses were
seated and had tho “little darlings” all ready
for inspection, that is as near ready as could be.
To see so many babies together was novel: to
note tho maternal efforts to present them in the
best mood, was amusing, and to gaze upon their
innocent faces and purest of charms was cer
tainly interesting.
There sat a mother, her eyes directed alter
nately on the judges and on a little cherub
which lay in her lap. By her sat another, hold
ing up proudly a lovely little girl, whose flaxen
curls and sweet blue eyes would soften the heart
of tho greatest baby-hater in Christendom.—
Next to her a nurse was endeavoring to quiet a
stout, black-eyed, rosy-chcckcd, ‘one year old,’
who insists upon pulling the jet black ringlets
of another one about Sts own ago. Ono Indy
pointed with pride to tho chubby legs of her
darling boy, while another glowingly refers to
thedeliealo but well formed fcamrcsofherswcct
babe. One boasted of having the largest of its
ago, another of the smallest and smartest. Some
of (ho babies seemed to feel their importance on
this occasion, and, in spite of tho most earnest
entreaties, would be in mischief and keep up a
continued noise. Others appeared unwilling to
“believe their eyes,” and lay quietly'ln their
mother’s arms, watching the proceedings with
apparent interest, while others insisted on hid
ing their innocent faces in their mother’s 1 bos-'
om, as if they knew their refuge Was, there. ’ • 1
TOtma AMERICA'S VERNACULAR.
Then tho expressions wbicli fell on one’s cars!
‘Tome to madder's arms, mudder’s ’illlo pet.’
‘Oh! you darting little toad ” 'B'ess its ittlo
heart, it shall have some landy.’ ‘Tot tot to
Baridyboss, on its mamma’s ’ittlo boss.’ ‘Stan
up, rauzzer’s ’itllc pel.* *lt’s sweet, so it is,
madder knows it is.’ ‘Dump if it wants to,
tanso it tan dump.’ ‘Tins mamma now, wont
it tiss mamma?’ ‘Bounccty bounce, bouncety
bounce.’ . ‘Now what a naughty boy, sec. tlic
gentlemen arc coming.’ ‘That’s a good baby
—nurse can torno its Imir, an’ it donttry a bit. 1
‘Sweety, sweety, , mother’s sweet,’and a hun
dred more just such expressions.
THE PRETTIEST DART.
It was generally admitted that decidedly the
prettiest child on exhibition was from Cincinna
ti. It is the daughter of Mr. Henry Howe. It
is really a sweet child, and, without pretending
to be a judge, wo must coincide with the gene
ral opinion. .
Largo and fat children seemed to predominate.
Ouo from Indiana, five month old, weighed 27i
pounds. Another, fbur months old, weighed
20 fcoundsi
A pair of twins, of Clark county, attracted
much attention. They were very pretty, and
as near alike os two peas.
An elderly lady was present with her seven
teenth baby, only two months old. Sho claim
ed nothing extraordinary in the child, but tho’t
she was Reserving of a premium—and she cer
tainly is. N '
Without attempting to particularize, we will
just say,, that* we think all the babies present
were really pretty, and that their parents have
just cause to bo proud of them. ,
THE JUDGES DELIBERATE,
‘' Tbo Judges were a long time in their investi
gations. After they retired, the mothers with
their children in tnelr arms, walked into tho
Floral Hall, where they remained, while tho
spectators crowded past ihcnf to take a look at
thohbablcs. This ended the great Haby Show —
certainly not the last, in Ohio.
• tVhS** l l ho “show' 1 was ended, the exOito-
not over. Everybody wanted to know
thopremhjiii. bablcs.and the judges wore not
ready[tb;-roport. Some ladies were suro that
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBERJ, 1851.
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‘this duck of a child/ or‘that love oft baby/
would cany olf the sfivct'watts'tyhilo'wery pa
rent interested was sure of a prize.; The judges
noticing able to consult, without, inmniption
on the ground, retired 4b thc’ Anthonyfllouso in
the city. There they were. hun-,
deeds anxious to know thfr result.
PtZES AWARDED—’NAMES' OP THEVjCTOES. '
The scission was a tong, one* but
in the evening the ftnaV decision was made, and j
the prices awarded as follows ; . (
First prize,' h-splcndid service of siWer plate,
including a'large solver, to the‘dafeghter of ,
Wm. Romner, m l .Vicuna, Clark coinhy, aged i
.10 months. ' ’' r ■; ' ’f»V I
« Second prize, ascrvifce of silver plate, to the
son of Wm. McDowell, of Fulton', Hamilton co.,
Ohio, aged 13 months:’ \-' •V*
Third prize, a plain ’of silyWi to the 1
daughter of Mr, A. Canon. of Philodt2p)iia. ,
DI33ATISPAOTION—vOL^N^E?y y ZE. j
Great dissatisfact!on J *t||e t
award of the first prizoT It wap thohgliiji wojid
be given at once, to the daughter oi ijEOdovFtfJ l
of Cincinnati, and it,was eycnr'fo|>oBedto take ;
up a subscription.on the spot* pufsase her J
a gilt worth at least aft ppzc. It 1
was understood I hat her strong- '
Iv urged, and that theprizowas awarded to the 1
o’ther child by a, ration tyr of jpnly one vote.
, Those in theminority tvero. deter mined she (
should not pass unnoticed, and after t](c awards ,
had been made known, waited on f«- •
vorite, and through Mr. DeGrafTof Dayton, pro- "
sentod her with a large and cosily striCiiclto of
oar Savior. Blessing Little Children. ; :}This act
was highly applauded'. . - /*. -
Thus ends our report of, the Nallopa Baby '
Show. -Wo understand it will bo repealed next
year. When with the expricnce of this year be
fore them, the managers will be able t< r-p repave
all the necessary accommodations for Lho '‘en
tries.” ,
A LETTER FUOit FAN.VT, PEES
New Y0rk,.5ept.,28,1854.
Mr. J Patst—Sir: In thanking ycWfbr tho
compliment paid me. by constituting fpc,bne of
the committee to award the prcmiumS'at the
Baby Convention,! would alsoexpressraydeep
regret that tuy present cnKigcroenlsJkvill' not
admit of my- leaving N. York. .Nothijtg would
delight me more, than to visit your d*uutitul
city, which I have so long wished to* see, and
tho added temptation you holdout in 1 ieshape
of babies, is almost irrcsistablc. God bl .ss their
littlesweetnesses! But how couldl|d\ooso?
I, who love everything in the shape on a child
—who believes that they are all who aje left to
us of Eden, who never come into their Vrosence
without a feeling such as a devout Catholic must
have, when he crosses himself before l$« image
bf the Virgin Mary ! How could I chtyjso ? I
should turn from black eyesgto blue, f/bm blue
eyes io grey, from gray to mizo; liquid be
led captive by a dimple, fascinated by ringlet,
enhanced by a rosy check or a snowy WouUlcr.
My dear sir, I sliould be as. bcwildemftaa a. bee
in a ten acre lot of full blown reacsT*- Please
accept my besy wishes for the
novel, beautiful and admirable ••
May the nnathemaH of no"disappointfli moth
er haunt the sleeping or waking dreams .of the
,awarding committee. Yours very tfi&£yLL«
,*• . ... . t . FANi^V.M^ICr..-
A Sad and .
• Tlie Boston Courier gives ac
count ofa rcmakublo case now occupying the
r attciilioh.pf 'tho Supreme Court:
The Supreme Court has been thronged for a
day or two past, by men and women, ‘Spirit
ualfsts* mainly, who are either interested di
rectly or seeking pleasure in the mournful de
tails of a trial for divorce at present pending
before that high tribunal. The parties are
Kidder vs. Kidder. The husband is defended
by lion. Rufus Choate, the wife by Horn Chas.
G. Boring. and Mr. Justice is On the
bench. The woman is accused of being a Spir
itualist, a believer in frce-lovc, and an adulter
ess : the man less than these, simply an adul
terer. The woman has troops of female friends
to cheer her in her distress, and prominent a
mong them is a lady of Waltham of distinguish
ed accomplishments. These ladies-watch the
proceedings with anxiety and apparent earnest
ness. One witness, a woman,- testified that
Mrs. Kidder had, on several occasions, attempt-,
cd to convert her to the frcc-lovo faith, which
means, —"when you-find your affinities you
can live In perfect happiness,with them : and
the children of such affinities born would be
pure and holy. The witness named a man,
a common looking customer enough, whom
Mrs. Kidder had described os her ‘affinity,’ be
cause‘from bis earliest infancy he bad made
woman his.theme.’
This infant prodigy was in court, and one,
would suppose that this pug-nose alone would
be sufficient to affright any woman of spirit;
but frcc-lovo like other love, is probably innoed
spectacles. ' According to Ibis course theory of
free love, a married woman who has discovered
ber‘affinity’—even though it be secreted m a
deformity with bricflegs and a long body and
a physiognomy compressed—it is all right to,
leave her husband, embroid three rings and
other emblems of love in his cravat, and go off
with him! Such a union, without the first
semblance of marriage ceremony, is sanctified
in heaven—so the spiritualists say. This is
curious stud, and yet it is called ‘religion.’ and
‘moral’ too. It does not follow, however, from
the mere statement of a witness in court, that
Mr. Kidder believes in any such doctrine.-
Other evidence was put in with a viewofshow
ing that the lady had been unfaithful to her
husband, and that her spiritual notions had an
Immoral smack In them., Thocaaeof Mr. Kid
der Will come on os soon as that of his wife is
disposed of, . . ,
Cmumoon’a Truth.—‘l asked God to take
care of Johnny, and then I went to sleep !’ said
a little boy, giving an account of biq wander
ing in the wood. How sublime! bow touch
ing! Holy childhood ! Let mo sit at thy feet
and loam of thee .’—How dost thou rebuko me
with thy simple faith and earnest love!. jO,
earth, what dost fliou give us in exchange for
its loss ? Rainbows, that melt os wo gaze :
bubbles, that burst ofl wo grasp 5 dewdropa
that exhale as our eyes catches their sparkle.—
The warm heart chilled' by selfishness, fenced
in by doubts, and thrown back upon itself. —
Eye, bp. end brow trained to tell no tale at the
portal of what passed within the temple. Tears
looked in their fountain, save when our own
household gods are shivered. The great strife,
not which shall love moat, but ‘which shod bo
'tho greater/and aching hearts the stepping
stones of wealth and power. Immortal, yet
earth-wedded. Playing with shells upon the
shore of time, with tho broad ocean of eternity
before us. • Careful and troubled about trifles,
forgetting to ‘ask God to take charge pf John
ny :* and so the long night of death comes on
and wo sleep our Inst sleep.
FakntFkrn.
Tho savage man paints bla body to tor
rity his enemies; tho civilized woman covorsbcr
face with rod and white colors to charm her
friends. Which Is tho most ridiculously tat
tooed t
The Power of Music.
~ Op, hotr xo FnEiaBTEN Wolves.
Wo.were seated in ilio cabin of the steamer
Dccah. There was a largo number of passen
gers who seemed desirous of begullingthe tedi
um of tbo trip by contributing somewhat to the
general amusement.' Among tho passengers
was one long/lank spcclraen/whom any one
woiild recognize as a Yankee. Ho sat some
what apart from tho rest, notwithstanding, while
tho'sipgularity of his appearance did not fati to
draw many.curlous eyes towards him;'
At length, when all tbo fosonreos of tho com
pany seemed exhausted, one of them turned du
biously to our Yankee and pblltcly invited him
to favor the company with a song. ■
“A song echoed he, *looklngiip. ; -
“Yes, sir, you sing do you not?” ><
*‘l did once,” ho said, «aud 1 may add Chat it
saved my life.”
“Saved yourlifol”
; , All were eager to know howthis could bo, and
after some little urging, the stranger consented
to gratify it. ' ‘ '
*. “Yon must know,** said # ho, “I was one of
the first to goto California when the report first
reached us at homo ol stores of gold. It was
nothing then to what It is now—a perfect waste
In fket with hardly amarkol civilization,whore
now you can see flourishing towns numbering
thoir thousand inhabitants.
Being fond of adventure, Iseperate’d from my
company, ond determined to find the way to tho
diggings myself. ■ One night I foundjnyself ly
ing upon tho grass with my pock for a pillpw,
just on the edgo ot a largo forest. It did not
enter my head to bo afVnld, till It became some
what dark; and I heard with fearful distinctness
tho cry,of tho nriurio wolf, I listened again,
and was alarmed to find the cry coming nearer.
Evidently they had scented mo.
At length a whole pack ot tho blood thirsty
rascals came bounding on till they camo within
a hundred yards of me,, and then they stood
stock still, and then began to draw nearer.
■ My hair rose on end. I was terribly alarmed.
1 1 endeavored to think Of some possible way of
scaring them., Having beard .that they wore
terrified by the sight of a fire I lighted a match.
They drew off a little, hot immediately retraced
thdr steps. This movement was repeated on
both sides.* I found this would never do; I
must think, of something more decisive. But
what 7 • "
I , I recollected having In my youth attended a
singing school, for tho space of two evenings,
I during which I received some indistinct notions
jOf tho mannorof singing ‘Old Hundred/ That
1 recollection saved me. *
Without more ado, I began, and did os well
as I could. By tho time I had got through tho
first lino, I observed that tho wolves began to
look a little wild ond uneasy, and—will you be
lieve it, gentlemen? said the narrator, earnestly,
“before I finished every Individualwolf, putting
his fore paws up to his cars, scampered away as
If tho old jack was after him I” ’
[, A shout of laughter, both long and loud, fol.
lowed this narrative, at tho end of which the
speaker, who had not stirred a muscle, gravely:
continued— * • - 1
“You See', gentlemen, I novo boon frank'wlth
yon, I did'not wish to lake undue advantage of
your very, kind and complimentary invitation,
without forewarning you of tho consequences.
If after what X have told you, yon are still dcsU
rous of hearing mo, I will endeavor to glvoyou
Old Hundred, which is 'the, only song I lpow,
nngoinmonly.aftoOh£fdJ^'.-% ; ..v’ •*•
It Is needless to say.that ho was unanimously
excused. ■ ■ ;
A Strong-M/ndid CflnJ/dflfcfor 5/alrlraony,
• A lady advertising for a husband in the Wa
ter Cure Journal , give the following description
qf herself. She certainly has some fine ‘points:’
T am just twenty, but will not marry before
lam two years older. lam a graduatcof Ma
rietta Seminary; I can do, and love td do, all
kinds of house-work, from making pics and
bread to washing shirts: I can do all kinds of
sewing from embroider and all kinds of fancy
work to linscy pantaloons: I can skate, ride,
sing, dance, play on the prino or spinning
wheel, ordo anything that maybe reasonably
! expected of my sex. If required, T can act the
part of a dunce in the society of the “upper
ten.” or the part of a woman among women.—
As for riding, here allow me to make a banter,
any man may bring two horses, give me choice
and ten feet, and then if hcovcrlnkcs me in one
mile lam his ; if .not, the horse is mine. Be
ware I
1 am a believer in bydropathy.andusono tea
or coffee, neither do I wear corsets; but I am
willing that my husband should do either, if be
desires. I believe fn ‘woman’s rights,’- but be
lieve that I have no right to meddle with pot
ties or man’s business in general, neither have
they any right to Jtncddlo with ours. As for
appearance, I am neither tall nor. short, large
nor small; but Inm just as I was made. I
have never attempted to alter my shape or col
or, as l am perfectly satisfied with the same.
By fops lam styled handsome; by the young
men on whom I please to smile, I am styled the
height of perfection; by those I frown upon,
“the devil’s imp by the wise and sober, I
am called wild and foolish: but by my female
ncmininlanccs “Molly,” and by my undo I am
called "Tom.”
If I marry, it will bo to a man who uses no
spirits, tobacco or profanity. He may be young
or old. handsome or homely, rich or poor; but
not in the extreme, lie must have a good com
mon education. Ho must bo industrious: he
must be capable of so bearing himself in any
society that ho will be beloved by all; bis dis
position on after acquaintance must please in
every respect. Ho. after marriage, must al
low me to follow the dictates.of my own con
science. provided I do not trample oh his rights
and ho must follow suit.
. Elopement.—Mrs. Matilda Salntclalr, wife of
Thomas 11. Snlntclnir, near Wilkesborough,
North Carolina, eloped on the night of tho 18th
ult., with B. A. Loranco, ft tanner by trade,- and
sometimes a teacher of sacred music. Saint
ctalr was lying sick in the house when she loft,
taking one. female child with her, amt leaving
five other children at homo with her husband.—
She Is about thirty years of ago, tolerably (all,
witli Hgbt colored lialr. Loranco loft a respect
able wife, with six children, entirely destitute of
tho moans of support, bo having converted all
liis oflbots into money Just prior to his departs
uro. Ho is woli built, will .weigh about 180
pounds, has thick lips and light hair. Saint
clalr offers a reward commernuirkto with tho val.
uo of tho wife, to any one who, will bring hot
back. Tho particulars oro from tho Charlotte
Whig- '
Cowpeb’s Motubu,-— Tho’ Influence of Cow
per’s mother upon his character, may bo learn
-1 ed from the following expression of filial affec
tion which ho wrote to Lady Hcskoth on there,
celpt dt hW mother’s picture s—“l had rather
possess my mother’s picture than tho richest
Jewel In tho British crown; for I loved her with
an affection that her death, fifty yonrs since, has
■not in tho least abated.*' And ho penned tho
following linos on that occasion- • ,
«My mother! when 1 learned that thou wast
dead,
Say, wast thou conscious of tho tears I shed?
Ilovorcd thy spirit o’er lliy sorrowing son,'
Wretch oven then, life’s Journey just begun I
Perhaps thou gav’st me, thouglrunfolt* a kiss \
Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep In bliss.
, Ah, that maternal smile I it answers, fYcsP ” 1
AT $2,00 PEE ANST7JI.
NO.
Spanish ladles.
'I shall be,accused of insensibility and wont
of taste, when I confess that my first disap
pointment on landing iu Spain was the almost
total absence’of beauty amongst the Spanish
women. • Poets have sung ofSpain’a “dark
glancing daughters,” and travelers hare wan
dered through the country with minds so deep?
ly impressed with the preconceived idea of tne
beauty of the women, that they have-found
them in alt their imagination's so fondly pictured
and their works have fostered what I cannot
help maintaining is.a mere delusion;, one of the
many,in which people still Indulge when they
think and dream of Spain. The women of Spain
have magnificent eyes, beautiful hair, and gen
erally fine teeth; but more than that cannot be
said by those who are content to give on honest'
and candid opinion. I hove, rarely seen one
whose features could be called strictly beauti
ful; and that bewitching grace and fascination
about their figures and their walk, which they
formerly possessed, have disappeared with the
high comb which supported the mantilla, and
the narrow ba'quincr which gave a peculia char
acter to their walk* With the change in their
costume those distinctive charms have vanish
ed. The gaudy colors which now prevail have
destroyed the cicgancc that always accompanies
black; fn which aloud, some years since, a lady
could appear in public. No further proof of
this is required than to see the same people in
church, where black is still considered indis
pensable, and on the Alameda with red dresses,
and yellow shawls,orsoine colors equally gaudy,
and combined with as’ little regard to taste.—
The men have also abandoned the cloak, and
now appear in paletots and every variety of
foreign invention: nor have thev either gained
by their sacrifices nt the altar ofFrcuch fashion.
By no means distinguished in figure, none need
more tho rich folds of the copa to lend them that
air of grace and dignity which it peculiarly
[ possesses.—Cosfilfi and hi/ Lady
i Lbuia Tenison .
The Little Collin.
As wo passed along the street one day last
week, we met a lad currying an empty coffin.—
nismanmjr was very cureless, and no chill seem
ed to have crept over , the group of children
around him. They were all as unconnected ns
If life were only a pleaaaut dream; as IfbuyoDd
the coniines of this world there was another and
ah endless existence.
It is not strange that they should become fa
miliarized with the scones, ns they witness them ;
almost dally—that such an Incident should full
to thrill thelryoung hearts withonainelessdread.
But the. scone aroused in our mind a long train
of thought, which neither the genial sunlight,
the blond breeze, nor the din and confusion Of
active 3ifp.;could wholly dispel,
We.k’ncw that soma homo hod been darkened
by the. grim presence of death—that some houso
hold bandrbud bcoj> biokcn—that some spirit
hod felt .the crushing-weight of bereavement.—
A child tenderly loved, no doubt, bad fallen a
Victim tn thb destroyer 5 the glad laugh, the
merry prattle; and the bounding step'of health
would bo heard in that dwelling no more j the
feblo woll of sickness was hushed—the agony
of the sufferer was over. That childish form,
1 shrouded in the cerements of the grave, would
soon bo the solo tenant of tho empty coffin.—
1 tho All Seeing- and the whlto-robod
• angels would watch Over the tomb of the little
sleeper. ’
•Thus wo mused mournfully, but at length
more cheering reflections come with a sweet and
soothing Influence. Wo remembered that ages
ngo,-tbb Saviour had blessed little children and
declared that of sue h was His kingdom.
Wd thought In mercy Ifo hnd taken this child
from earth, ere It hnd struggled with many trials,
and boon stained with sin. It Is oar belief that j
tho unfettered spirit soared heavenward, and.
folded its cherub wings before tho throno of
God. There It sings the song of praise, and
roams the fair fields of Paradise. Then let us <
not mourn who are early called from our midst
—let us rather rejoice that they bavo been .
summoned to the. “better land.** 1
Never Retract!
A distinguished editor was In his study. A
long, thin ghostly-vlsngod gentleman was an
nounced. With an asthmatic voice, hut In a
tone of studied civility, for otherwise (ho editor
would have assuredly transfixed him with a firy
paragraph the next morning, the stranger
said:
“Sir, your journal of yesterday contained
(also information.”
“Impossible, sir! but tell mo what you allude
to.”
“You said that Mr. HI. had been tried.”
“True.”
“Condemned.”
“Very true.”
“Hung.”
“Most true.”
“Now, sir, I am tho gentleman himself.”
“Impossible!”,
“I assure you It Is o fact, and now I hope you
will contradict what you have alleged.”
“By no means, sir.”
“How! what do you mean? you aro de
ranged.”
“I may bo so, sir j but I will not do it!”
“I will complain to a magistrate.”
“As you please j but 1 never retract. Tho
most that 1 can do for you Is to announce that
tho rope broko, and that you ore now In perfect
health, X havo my principles, sir j I never de
ceive.”
A Slight UTistakk. —Oqo day on honest Hi
boruiun strolled Into one ol our churches, no
matter where, on communion Sunday j and at
tho invitation usually given for “all in regular
standing, etc,” ho-being somewhat verdant In
matters of that kind thought ho would say too.
Accordinglyho remained in his pew, and wait
ed to eeo how (I o waters would move. Soon
tho venerable man approached him, and offered
him tho bread and tho cup. 110 took n gener
ous sup of tho latter and some of the former,
and tho good man passed along. Going back
to tho desk, a request was made, if any had
boon omitted In tho distribution they would rise.
What was (lie deacon’s astonishment to see the
occupant of tho stranger’s pew arise, and with
tho bock of tho finger motion him that way,—
Observing tho sign, he walked towards the beck
oner, who arose us ho approachud, and shading
his month with his hand, as ho loaned over tho
aisle, said in a subdtiod tone,
“llov ycr any chazo ?”
friend, recently in town, from the
West, mcnlionfl the following anecdote:
A somewhat free drinker in Kentucky, on his
daughter's twclth birthday purchased a hogs*
headof.ttjo “Bourlnm whisky” of that region,
which bo placed in his cellar, to be broached on
the day when the same daughter should be mar
ried. Not many years rolled around before that ’
happy day arrived. The father, after the cere* I
mony, accompanied hy some friends, repaired
to tho’ cellar, and Happed” the hogshead, high
up at Drat, but gradually lower andloVcr.os
ho found, on successive tri&hf. that iti'wouldu’t
run.' At lost n sluggish
‘Well now,* said, be.Tp .a;
wonder, ‘Who’d iia' lljunk that hogshead, would
ha’ got bo low from just/n.Hiuguu It.’ lie had
‘lasted* it rather more frequently than her tvdS
at all awaroof,‘mosf probably.’ r
Tho only argument against tho Inunortalltypf
tho soul l« drawn' IVom our own experience.— I
Wo cannot hut tool wo aro uot 111 to lire once, j
.much less twlco. 1
' [C7*Tho freather is Misb,
D^ThobMtpaniahmentisldndncss*
(£7* Tho lost Steamer Arcrio, orat-S700,()00.
is a dever 116 that knows its own fatt
er I •-
CT’TThat molasses is. to flies bailee fejp
casslmcrc.
ID” The last fashionable bonnet -Is ’ &Bed
“The Ugly." ■ ■ •*' * r->$ r
DC?” The cholera is making fcar&t ravage# ■
in Bavaria.
ID" The Arctic made 45 trips prior to the
recent disaster. •
(C?* The rates of postage to Anatrallar have.
been reduced. . / - • j.,.'
. tD" Tho memory ought to be astorthoustf,
not a lumber room.'-.; r V; ~’;V, r
OCT* Difficulties are whetstones to sharpen
onp fortitude. •' •.>5 r,
ID* Poverty wants some, Idxuty many,- and
avarice all things. i "
ID* Tho New York Banks arc doing a-pro
fitablo business. . ... ‘ \ .V’ 1 "-
more you laugh the happier yonß
be,—mark that. ... - ''' ’:v, '
ID” To compliment vice ia but one remove
from.worshiping thb deviL ' . \
DC? 5 * A man is in the sight of God* what hia
habitual and cherished vnShes are. V : : .
ID” Tho mother of Hon. Tbadciis Stevens,
died a few days ago in her 89th year;
OUT* That is tmo philosophy which todies
us to make the best of what we have; -
ID* Moderation is the silken string running
through the pearl chain of all the virtues. 5
DD*A mammoth bog,'said to weigh over
2000 lbs., is now on exhibition at Louisville. '
ID” The prettiest lining' fbr-ft bonnet is ft
smiling face. • * - 1 ;
resolutions, should, like Jointing
ladies, be carried oat. • .
K 7" Glosses reflect' without talking, lasses*
talk without reflecting, ' ’ •
ID” To empty a house of blockheads—ect
two dogs to fighting , iu the,street,.
young lady who caught a gentle
man’s eyo la requested to return it. (
ID”No man has aright to do as ho pleases
unless he pleases to do right. ... ..... .....
DD*lf we had windows to oar breasts, what
a demand there would bo for blinds.
ID” The mon who courted investigation sayi
he’d much rather court a pretty girl.
CD” It is pretty evident that when a, man
buys a hundred dollar handkerchief for ‘a duck,
of a wife,* that he is a “goose of a husband.* •.
HD' The woman who neglects her husband*#
shirts is certainly not the wife of hia bosom. '
DC7" The bank where tho wild thyme grows
has declared a dividend of ten cents on the shade.
QC7* One half tho world don’t know hour tho
other half lives, and the other half, don’t care;
Bmndrcth, “the Pill man/* is idthc
field for Congress from Rockland district, New
York... '
often moke asses of themselves, hut
asses never make men of themselves—how sin*
giil dr.’ •
KT’Byron says tho truest way (0 pronounce
Polish names is to sneeze three times, and say
ski/'-
DC7* An old bachelor never looks so pitiable
as when he is looking out his linen to send to
the wash.
Husbands are happier for being henpeck
ed, providing (heir wives aro smart enough to
keep tho secret. ( , ’
{£7* A thief being caught robbing .8 baht,
when asked wkat ho was doing, answered, only
taking notes.
■ JD“-TOen has a man a right to scold hia
wiTo nbbut his coflee ? 'When He has more than
sufficient grounds. • ' r
CCT" A son of tholate Chief Justice Story, has
been making a great sensation in Italy as a
sculpturor.
IC7" The tdeut of turning men into ridicule,
is the gratification of little minds and ungener
ous tempers.
K7** Bank of England notes aro now signed
by machinery, by which a saving of £lO,OOO »
year is dlccted.
K 7“ It is stated that an enterprise is on foot
having in view the transfer of tho Crystal Pal
ace to Philadelphia. .
(C 7“ Tho annual sweepings of tho streets: of
Paris sell for $700,000, after they arc collected
at the depot, for manure.
{£7* Provoking—to hare a fly light onyqap
nose just ns the daguerreotypist pulls out nil
watch and soys “Now'
(£7* A man ot philosophic temperament re
sembles n cucumber; for even when complete*
ly cut up, he ia still cool.
(£7“ Men are like ten; their real strength and
goodness aro not properly drawn out till they
have been in hot water.
ICT’In lieu of attaching “Esq,” to rocnls
names now, the letters “S. P.” are substituted,
signifying “Some Pumpkins.”
(£7* The editor of an Ohio paper publishes
tho names of subscribers who pay up, under
tho head of “Legion of honor.”
(£7" We admire women bccansoof their beau
ty ; respect them because of their intelligence i
ami love litem—because we can’t help it.
(£7*The war (axes now imposed directly upon
the British people, and paid for in' hard cash,
amount to fifty millions of dollars annually.
[£/" A dandy lately appeared in lowa with
legs so thin that the authorities had him arrest*
cd, because ho hod no visible means of support.
(CT A person who undertakes b) raise him
self by scandalizing others, might as well sit
down on a wheelbarrow and try to wheel him*
self. •
[£7* The New York Dutchman says that itia
so dry up in lowa, that the people have to sprin
kle tho rivers to keep tho boats from kicking up
a dust.
IC7* A lady advertises for sale, in a country
paper, one baboon, three tabby cat a and a par
rot. She states that, having married, aho has
no further use for them* . •
K 7” A young man at a ten party, overhear
ing onolndy say to another, ‘‘X have something
for your private car,” ,immediately exclaimed
“I protest against that, for privateering is IU
lC7*Tho unforUinntcyotith who was drowned
I a few days ago in n ‘flood of leader recollection,*
was slowly recovering, but yesterday he fell
from tho sublime to tho ridiculous, andwaafe
ta|!y injured.
• TC7** 'Daddy, I want to ask you a question—
TTliy is neighbor Smith’s liquor-shop like *
counterfeit dollar ?*—*l can’t, tell. .my. son.*—
•Because you can’t pass it,'said the Urchin.—
Exit iho old toper. 1
Julia, allow me to clobo those
blinds : tho glaro of the sun must bo oppres
sive.”
“You aro very kind, Sir, but I would rather
have a Uttlo sun than no air at all.”