AMEBIC^|fpIiPTEEE v :
•>r. 'Vt^s*^
. 3y&
paid wUWnthbydan These terjolwlll bedgldr,
it adhered todnetarj^qflt^ace.^oaubscriptiob
discontinued are r pdld ; ttiilcfls
at l§o • ,
tfio'Giatf;
ftndnbt'6i|sQomrf^on6 r s'qiiaitr, ftifttfc Jbsdrtdd*
agfcattjr
leßgtb tnjjp^jp^toiiV^^f' ~;j}*W ywv.d Kn /, : > /
ii^f* SUtndlids i* tin£r
B lUs^PbAphtet^ s St'kvoxo? -
cutedwlth gcjdai&ffi&nd'At> thßebortcstqotlci^
'■"'-* •*'•' r r ijottTOiTi. , { ].•;* «i«
joye,, is
f- - I clasped.thea to.b tpisbealing heart*-, -
.-, Tbatwe mlghjj .,
; ;’;,;,
~ • Of.tol), /•
'Of>rdcnfc,liotfps.pndilcfcehln^
’ : ' Arid
rrihieVdoiiitoj£ Ti'r6fltb /orihyddar Sato.; •,;.
• Grew Slighter.thata rbcforetomOi' }V
Iclnng.tp'ftli c.‘! •' :,J-:'
• -• ' This lonely heart mnreiworthy thee* -, ; 'j
- Tears liavp {. ...,;
i vln mocking o’er; mj brow, .; \
: ’world mo.stoops, j'. - ;, j,
; Apd ftmp is ralnc—bat whoro art ihouf’,. ,/.
,iii life’s first hour, despised and lbnOl -• -
v J wandered through tho busy jirow.d,- > 7 ’
And now that lif'o’s ' ;■
- ‘ They greot ’ with'smiles and' murmurs loud j
Ob! A>r that Voico—that gent Jo roicp .
■ To breath to tpe its welcome now' I
tVVslthifkmeVbnd -
To.mbare where arWAou ? . ,
■" .... THE
• r f '-b r -.l -
i. Thcrd coracfl,; from yonder height, '
‘ ‘ ' Asoft'VopinJn'^sound;
1 Where forest leaves are bright,. ..
-.And fttllllke flakes of .light, . :
j-;;'.-/if Td thd ground. ’ .
It is the Auluinn ; bf'ctzc,' J : c.:«
. • . That,Bghlly.floating op,'l. , ; . '
1 Jiist skims’tlfo'weedy leasi'. ' 1 - ■'
•JustStliti ••••■•' -
- i---v ;„• .• /^..^Andls^ouQ*,^;-:
lie moans brook;-■ 5 ”
And .vislts wlUr a sigh',
The last p»lo.flowers jlmt look.
From out
•“ * ' ‘'Af-tbe sky.' ; -
O’er shontlng'children ,files
Tnlit light October wind*
And; kissing cheeks and eyes,
. Ho Jeavqs. their merry, cries. > .
i Far.behind, ..
- ;• ■ AndwandcraOn to,fhako;i. -,
.That aoft-xmoasy.sounds -
By distant woodbind lake;
•' Whero dlstant fountainshreak''■ '•' ,r
-• ••/ -• Froai thc ground.,- ~
*■ ‘No bowbfwhoro'mAidenadweU. \
Can win stay...
Nor fair, untroddenrdoll j, *;■ , . ,
He flweeps th'u 1 upland swell, rj
, . ■ .Andiawayd^ t , .
Houru’st thou ihy.homcless atato,
. Oh solt; ropjnlng wind I
vTbat early sock’at and Into ;
rost it is thy fate • - ' -
* Not to And?
A ' Not bn tho mountain’s breast,
/ i"' ! r . Not bn the oeuau’a Irifb'rdi *
In all the East and West \—
. Tho wind that stops to rest
Is no more.
By valleys, woods, and springs,
No wander thou ehouldat griovo
For all tho glorious things \ .
Thou touches! with thy wings
And must leave.
.'i: Mhwllnnhm
THE EVENTS OF A NIGHT.
When Martin Luther?, conversing' with a
friend, walked in tho field at Eislebcn, and sud
denly beheld the partner of, h)S thoughts struck
to the earth by lightning—a livid corpse, what
were hts feelings __
' Or, how excited was the rhind of Michael
Angelo, when, in his silent chamber of the Me
dici mansion, ho pursued his > immortal labors'
.at midnight, with opened coffins and ghastly
mortal remains around him, to assist the work
ings of his genius! 11
Ton haw rtad, moreover, of tHo Ilcbrldlan
fisher who descended-A horrible precipice in
search,of eagle’s eggs; and* swinging m mid
air, was attacked by theenmged birds'—a thril
ling circumstance which blanched his dark locks
and deprived him, for a time, of reason. '
i ;But you bar® , never heard thastory of that
flight} apd nopo save I can tdl it. Give mc, ;
thcn.rodr best attention, and do notdOubt mq,
for I do not doubt myself. '
I had taken supper, and found pleasure in it.'
•Amiable with the,finely "flavored, coffee, and
fresh Finnon haddocks, ! rangmy bell. ‘Now.
landlady,*! said, ‘suppose! turn in. And by
thbway, I was rather cold last night. If you
; would glvc rnfi another' blanket I*d thank you. *
•Eh f yes, sir; ye’ll no*;fash mo !’ ■
And good .Mistress Wilson, departed. She
was a lurid Scotch soul, and therefore I had not
hositated to prefer my request/ Presently she
told me all Was ready, I took my candlestick,
bade, her good night, and in a second .was m
my chamber. :
Jkforb jumping into bed, I studiously afran
god several little articled which ! had collected
in my rambles. I had lately arrived afLeith
from Rotterdam, and being fresh from Watcr
, 100, I naturally wished" to ‘straighten* tho' va
■ rious’reUcs, etc?, which I had bhmght in my
‘toffri. <' Mrs. Wilson had loaned mo a drawer,
: and buianesa began. The chestnuts from Hou-
Koraont, .tUo < Freneb eagles, .the .views of La
. dm Biintc/Mont St.' JcRJi/Lft Montague du
Lion, otc., were severally placed in my drawer,
• together with • guide-books, pocket-compass,
, androtber e< caetera. • ...,, ■ ... 1 '
■ t 0 With that thought my
• cast ofiV 1 did my de
eu' Th *
: gontlo «lccp, ctlictlri talldi,™, corn..
ray rigrt fdot encountered withlag^b
) With colt. 'Uti l 6,1 would rather itop upon.
‘ •o, i ‘>“ri thrill
whictil then endured. Therewmgame object
m tho bed, ; A rudo grasp, a secret robber,
would hive Chilled mo less: Its mysterious
• ■feel was not of aught human l . • i .
Momentary relapse into a desperate.mood
and my spirit said within mo, ‘Get in acain'
; .and kick-it out)’ /'• - . . ; > a, 7
j; ,‘Kick out—what? , : t -i:,—':’ ; ; ; j( ;
. . Searching in tho dark, lat Jost found a chair.;
‘ My mat thought wmj to examine my foot.—
No 1 it was not lacerated—not oven' scratched.
, True. I had not at tho moment experienced a
■ senflo of pain; but ao horrible a surprise would
• wot allow of it. Mental excitement often dcad
. Cna physical suffering., Yet, as I belieredj there
was no laceratiou. I could not detect tho How
, &{& '•• i & 51&?«S' S* K&iCIM,
Lj’B ~t; »''.;;;■ ■ ?^ik*-.>J» *%& H:^ ■'
■! ( j|fc; B>sfc BfesS li
'.^^Wr-'lf- >*^^SKvVA
■ ifir'i •.';?? ,'il-fi-*/J •_ wt:£ J">■’£'^'' l> ’: : ’ '. f^ '
t7^7.^:.'^^^/-,^ f ‘ V!!^- j !.^-. f . f j i-V''oa'WnoKo, omt'cobiroiT^’-
n> ;t?.H'< lr.-‘ J .’? i -.; l -/; 1 30 V t,V';;n;.;;f4 rhty-X' ?■ V*.7-”.' , X *'• ■ ■'' '■ '•-■*' ‘I 1 !'■•■• -•
Qf 1)IOod; and, though in tbcj.darkjlconlil have:
felt this.,;;: /j V.;-n
ITlth hamW classed
to thini. - Whnt'wcroiny bcat lfcollectrorlk’of
the contact (- -I fCtncmßcnja; tbatlho left'foot;
.hudrtouchca nothing, hnf is Jtho leg wtfnt dinra.
itiwirod tgcmlftub,;.. r th»t l
the solo of inynght foot Irnti Veen vhitcduvhh
the' ftcling;of liot ;; b?eiith 1 is 'thohth'lt'iwerb'
thebredthoih nnohimal. 'Bilt'theii it bad hoV
touched »«y rough or'fuirytcttotUreoiiAt thish
point, impressed with a dread of tL)<j supcmat-l
nrnlitrortoycd.'roy chnir'tq thp paost rcmota :
corOitrOftliOrdom, and' there puraued my train*!
of reflection. ' 1
,<Wpstlt* sletpibg cat? '■.'Entortglcdifn one of,
the,phccts P its fan might Jmyc been povertd.; •
called tb mmd many inattmecsof .cats which, !
for' thd trsrihthhdd crept into'Seda.' .'Still,'ona
so Hiday arorfsdd tvould havd extended its Claw'd
and I—had t been wounded V .Not to' tho best
of.my .belief;,
; In , the first place, I Was! confident .that .the
plunge of tiny feet would hove owahencd such art
anlraal."TC? iihpmse’thch' wobld betoboiihd'
&W9p. ißufr ijo raoveitaent . apparent to tho cat*
had taken; place! ; j.;., ... rn
i•„ On - the other ( hand--..., lV ,
'■.There were" two mafncil ladlcfl staying at iiio'
house. Onb of them had asmall baby, tier
servant-maid-had been- enjoined bypiit
proejous Infant to.bed. t ( I:had heard this thro*'
my opened door at the moment the supper, waa
Served. ; ; J| ' ■‘ /' .V '•
■ •Before taking - snppci*j' t bacl hccidenfally
caught a glimpso-of the servant girkeh *oute to :
her mistress’s apartment.' and her physiognomy’
oanscd.tne to think hpr a stupid.blundering lass.-
. might K misfako have occur-;.
• '•-•r.kb studidity orforgctfiilncsSof the mo
ment might have leJ her to place the little baby
in tho jvrong bed* Jts mamma slept in thebham-,
ber next to mine; how. facile-, then, to open.the
wrong door ,! 'i. r < V-.
Certainly,*! had not'fcUhhy thing of tho shape
dr aubsthhee of a baby...-: But. sn- : that- horrible
moment my mind hna been completely anhing-’
could t now.say what I,had felt ?: .
‘ . Thought beat tbe electric telegraphs ThcwJ.
reflections dcotirrbd in less time than I take to
narrate them; *'■ »•-*- .
My first vague;. horror j bad given Way,to a
fyinhU By this; time mv body.waabe-,
for mbne’sehirt the coldstrikcsinyrith
• Huddling myself to^cther-Handstilt irripreaii-'
ed by the supernatural—T resumed my chain of
analysis. iT!\ua. fot ; Hmnc .minutes,r-but you
snail not be troubled. with mor;o 'detail. After
turning over, every hofrillo 1 probability, ‘ohd
glancing in ihe dark towards the-bod(as I be
hove.) 1 y,cntinto comn\ilteo,.(aU alone) on ways
and means—wbattO ( do! . v ;’-i.
.Sfiould t 1 awaken tho landlady,? 1 By. no
even thongh -the circumstances war
rantedwould not. After tboflrst horror;
ns X ha.ro tolflyouj.acqhn/rigAf wucccpdcd- and
I felt that—tearful n£ was the posUjon-r-I .would
havetobrayo.itatone/ - ‘
; No TT would light tbc'gas. hhd~lootc I
■-.Slowly 1 quitted my choir,—but at this mo
ment a strange. unearthly; hissing sound.came
from the bed. Tt might be the hissing Of* a ser
pent, (and Mr. Wilson was, I had heard, an nm
(itcnr eollebtor ot such cK’atnr^s.
pressed-brcalhlngbf lidog,'- It was a’sound as
though blood were letting 1 Saint Bartholo
mew. llayed to death os thou wnst! how my
hair stood up as I thought of sickening .passa
ges in Frankettein! Shaking with the palsy,
as it seemed, I tottered to my chair.
. But something.miwA be done! Screwingup
rhycourago to thcstickingpolnt.nndmnnmir
,ing a prayer. I again rose.—found my trousers,
and, searched for my box of congrcvcS (which,
tts’ ft smoker. I invariably carry.) It was bar
ren!-’not a single match remained! What
gho.uld Ido ? To cross the spacious landing,
and to reach thokitchcn, was an.carly thought.
The fire would perhaps bo smouldering ; I
might pcrcliancc obtain what I required. Mrs.
-Wilson’s matches I could not hope to find: I
know not their locality.. But ap old newspaper
(which I had put in the drawer .loaned me, as
mentioned,) would do. Could not I carry it;
blazing from the kitchen embers 7 Yea. I eovld /
but what.then?’ The glare of tlio light would
arouse the sleepers;, and,then-rrrthe second,
married lady was. I had heard Mrs. Wilson say, 1
fearful of fire,: and I felt persuadod that, after
the manner of others whom I'know, shcrslept,
with her room ajar!
. I felt for my cano-rtho onq .which I had
brought from Hougomont. Desperate. I tbo’t
of striking the coverlet until the object moved.-
But supposo lt were on infant! '‘Ah! I conltl
pass my cano gently over the surface, and do
no harm. .. - ; ■■
•' T :
' I approached -.the bed and did so. Then,’
starting back,’ my summoned resolution left me;
I knew, I felt, that the object was still there!
With a’ bcating hcart. T dressed myself as T
could, and cautiously feeling my way to the sit
ting room, lay down on the sofa,.and drew my
coat over mo.. . ~ , . r ■.
For a llmo I was unable to sleep ; my nerves’
were too much strained; ht length I dropped
off into on uneasy slumber. .
Tho clock of an adjoining church struck four;
I awoke. Morning hod come; golden and sil
ver rays were flashing through the crevices' of
the shutters. • I arose—with a perfect memor}*
of last night's occurrences—shook • myself, and
(reassured by the day) proceeded to my cham
ber. - , ■ , ; . ‘ •
. I was not at ease when I entered. I .stopped
on the threshold, but at last I slowly went !rt.
With bated breath I approached the bed. Oh 1
shall I ever erase from memory that revelation ?
Ghoul! .vampire! monsters mishappen, and
creatures charged to freeze the blood! .No,
marvel that I had thought of yo !
My terror had : been actually excited f -my
nerves awfully startled ; and I discovered the
cause at tho bottom of the bed, in tho shape of
a “foot-bottle I” Mrs. Wilson pray for the fu
ture inform your guests when you" give them a
bed-fellow? which a had conscience or nctirC
imagination cap qoiyurc into a frightful and
mysterious monster.—jV. Y. Albion.,
A Faum.op thd Agb.—Wo live in an ago
of politeness. It is not.-thought decorous Tn
our day to speak of thelnqiiUics of a gentleman
in plain English.; If wo know that a-genttet
scoundrel is guilty of any wo may
Only speak of.'it in tho most duioato temwr-
Why Is this so ? Is it because,“a feljow, feel
ing makes us wondrous kind?*’. Honest inch,
are very ant 'to use" forcible’language;'•'The
prophets of bld'dld’not mince their words oven
when they spoke to prjncta:.ahd when pur Sa
viour pf mankind, was, in .the world bo dppnun
ced thy opprcssiSns of the ariptoc
racy in' unmeasured ‘ terms. Martin Luther
could hardly!find oven High Dutch strong
enough* to hurl .back .tho anathemas of his hyp
ocritical opponents, and John ICnox did nbt
coniine himself to those soft parts of conversa
tion with bhamborere have,’ ev'eh in the very
presence ofMaiesty itself. Why then should
Wo, gloss over the Rcoundrelism-QfTutu in pOsi-
Uona , 0 f honor and ixplycnco ? . .The more exalt
ed the position which a person occupies’, the less
i?S B^* 18 tllcrcf( ? r dishonesty', and tho less right
maho toespoot homedphrasco. FinolanguSgo
but *“*** “* thin 4
i Dtifflor oft Patrick Henry, r
J .'^klrick 1 'ft'
'andpitnot lent.his powerful
: influence} to,tfce cafljjeof the devolution. - ) Hook:
’
, Jcd,bf being unfriendly, to, the .American cause."
.Dqnrtg'thoWtreSses of tho Anitrican •Arm/.'-’
' iCOhsebncnt'on : thd-joint, mva'aiori of‘Corwalflff
1 in IVSIe-a Mr- Venable, an army, :
r/Commissary, had two of Hook’s steers
,1 fortho |usc of the,troops. ' The act had not been
' strictly* jOgah and; s on the’ establishment”'of
: pcaoejHook.on theadviceofMr. Cowan* a*gcn
- ’tlomin of.fiQine:distihction: in the law; .thought
to-.bring action of-trespass against
’ :Mrj Venable, irt the district court of-Bondon.
irchry'appcKrtd'fbp the 1 defendant, 1 and is
•'said'to-* have- deported himsclf-'in this cause to'
the infinite enjoyment of. his hearers, the*unfprf
junateHook always excepted.. After Mr.,oen-,
animated in the cause, says a corres
pondent, he abpeared to Inivc acornpleto control
joVCiihe passion? Of his' - audience; atone time
he excited their ipdignhtion ngninst Hook, ven
.geancp wasyisiblc.in every countenance: again*
when he chopso to rctax, and,’ridicule him, the
whole audicpfcp was in a rpar of laughtcf.'' He
;pp,jhted the dfstrfcsscs-of the' American Arniyi
exposed, Wnibst naked, to the rigors of. a win- -
ler’s sky,-nnd nrarking tho frozen ground over,
which they trod, wlth.tbe blood of theif unshod
-feet. , 'jVbere ifltlio’rimn,’ he said, ‘with an
Aracncan bant In' his boSom, who would not
have throwii open hi* fields, his hams; his cel-,
lays,,tho doors of his ; pppse. thcportals of, his
ibrpast, to.have received with ,open .arms, the
.meatiest,soldier’ lit that little J band of famished
patriots ? Where is the man ?• There ho stands
—but<whothcr the heart of an-'Amcrican beats
in his bosom, you, gentlemen, aro to judge.’—.
•He then carried the jury, by thopowcrs.of his
imagination, to the*plains-around New*Yorks
.the Burrcn,dcr’bt- which hhdi;followed' shortly
after the net complained of; ho depicted the
surrender in thc.ippst glowing and noble' colors
of his eloquence: tho-apdienco saw before their
eyes the humiliation and dejection bf. the Brit
ish, as' they: marched bnt.’of their,trenches‘.they
saw-the triumph which lighted up cvcry.patri-;
ol loco, nnd heard tho shout of vjotoryi'and the
cry of ‘Washington an liberty;*: as it rung-nnd
echoed throngh tbo American -ranks, opd was
reverberated: frotn the,hills -and -shores pf ■■ the'
neighboring river, ‘But- Hark',! what notes of.
discord arc;thpse which disturb tho general joy.
and. silence tho acclamation-rtf. victory.? - They l
arc thenotcaof John Hook, hoarsely brawling
through the American,camp.Becf! bccfl. beef!’
The whole audience were convulsed : a-partlc-
Ular incident will give a bcttcr.idea of the efipot
than any general deßcriptiotl. Tho clerk of lh'o
cour.t,.unable to corrnnartd'himSblf. and upwita
ling to cpmm\t any breach of < decorum .in hi a
place, rushed .buf of. the court-house, threw
himself <m thogcassin tho most vlolriit parox*
vsms of, laughter. Ilcrc, ho.was rolling.-whch
HonkfWitb Very different feelings, cameout for
relief into, the yard also, - . ‘Jemmy ; Slcptoc.*
said he to thcclcrk, ♦wliatthbdcilnilsTcmon !.*
Mr: Stcptoc.wns only able to say that he could
not help it. ‘Npvor mind ye.’ said Hook, ‘wait
fill Billy Cowan gets up: he’ll show, him tho
law Mr. was so complpMv
•otiTv»l«.hf>Hsd^3y' l iiVc'Tbrfent -whlolijbOre Upon
Ills client, that when he- rose „to reply to .Mr.
Henry, he was scarcely able to make an intel
ligent or andihleremark. The case was decid
ed nlmoßt..by acclamation. The=jury retired
for form’s sake, and Immediately returned with
a verdict for the defendant.. Nor did tho effect
of Mr. Henry’s speech stop herc. - The people
were so highly excited by the Tory nudacity of
such a suit, that Hook began to hear all around
him a’cry more terrible than’that of beef; it
was tar nnd feathers, from tho application of.
which, it is said, nothing 'saved him.but a pre
cipitate flight and the speed.of his horse; '
Rather Spicy
• A lady of San - Francisco, being invited to
send in a toast to be read at the anniversary
celebration of the-Pilgrim Fathers, furnished
the following. It is spicy enough to flavor half
a dozen anniversary dinners: ,/ ' •
“The Pilgrim Fathers” forsooth! .What
had they'to endure in comparison with the
Pilgrim mothers ? It is true they had hunger,
and cold, and sickness, and danger—foes with
out. and foes within—but the unfortunate Pil
§rim mothers! |hey had not only these to cn
uro/buttfcoj’riiaU,tho Pilgrim Fathers, also:
and yet their nam<y»aro never mentioned. Who
ever gave a-’dlnnctr'.in honor of them? 1 Who
ever writes- sonpft,‘drinks, toasts, and'hnakes
speeches in recollection of them? This sclf-
Hafllcicncy on tho part of men is beyond endur
ance. One would 'actually suppose that New
England has been colonized by men, and pos
terity provided for by a special providence !
Only Mrs. llemans' has ventured to ! insinuate
that there was cvcria woman In tho ease—that
tho May Flower ever brought anything but men
across tho. Atlantic. I assure you,my.dear
friends, that I'ara.perfectly disgusted with tlio
self-conceit of tho men ; they appropriate eve
rything to themselves—even the settling of tho
colony and the peopling of tho whole continent.
I Uid hope there \vds one prerogative they would
leave to woman.' 1 Wo have submitted quietly
; to their superseding us in many things, but wo
wilt Pot tamely submit to be 'deprived this one
ftrivilc^o; wo will not allow ourselves to be de
uded into tho belief that New England was
settled'and peopled entirely by the Pilgrim
Fathers. How could they, have been fathers if
there had been no mothers ? And 1 hope, dear
Captain, that I have succeeded ' in convincing
you that you will be lending yourself to on act
of great injustice’ towards us, if you do not
propose Ibr your toast, “Tpa Pilgrim Moth
ers," • .. :
“!oii ore nlJ^ick. ,,
A certain college Professor had assembled his
class at l{io commencement of.the term; and
Wds reading over the list of names to sea that
all were present. Tt ’ chanced : that one of the
number was unknown to lheProfc£sor/!iaving
just entered the class. . ‘ /.
" ‘Wlrnt is your name,-sir?* 'osk6d the Pro
fessor, looking through Id’s spectacles. ■ '! 1 '
•You are aorick,* was tho startling reply.
•Sir,’said tho Professor, half startled out of
his chair* at the supposed irapbrtjnenco, but not
quite sure that ho had understood, him correct-,
ly, 'Sir? 1 1 did not.exactly understand your an-,
swer. •' ’ ‘ '/< • < 7.; ••• .< -
: '*You area brick/ was, again- the Composed
reply.- 1 'i' 1 ' i i.
-1 ‘This is Intbforable!’ aaid i tho Professor, his
face, rtddonihg. ‘Bewano, iyonng.taan? how
yod attempt to’i)isolt' , mc.’.' (- . •. r \f
‘lnsult you)’said the student; in turrinsUm-
Ishcd. . ‘llow have I* done it 11 ' \ !
‘Didyou not say I was a brick?'.feturnod
tho ProfcSsor.with stifled indignation,
‘Nosh, you asked mo my name, and I,an
swered your question; My namo : i3:iU. ft. A..’
Briok~-Uriah Reynolds Arnold'Brick.' ; . > .
‘Ah!’ murmured tho professor, sinking back
Into His Scat in cdnftis\on.li- ’lt wna.'a miscon
ception on my part. ■ Will -you commence tho
lesson,Mr.-~ahoin--Mr. Brick?’ -- '
. ’ ,{Yankce'Jßladt>*'
iry~ Short women arb generally
Make'a mem. young men, j.J.j‘ i
■J
' ’"tot riom>!bdmhu'pon 'ab that
good angels may protect you ftonVthlß terrible
evnAfiie'Wtofcrrttf the,heart.* : ,;J ij,- :
'j. tgt no.chlllinginflpcncelrcoze «»the fohhda
jiona.of.sympathy abd. happhioßitn' Ila depth}
ind'coldtbu’rthdh' sottlos dveMilaWifbcfed' hopes,
liko show-Orf tbo ifodOd flowera; .ho rude blasts
of discontent moan and shriek through its dos-,
©late chambers.. ' v.... ■ v , .
Toiirjlfo-patji may load ■J'oUfamld trials,
:wft(clrfor a tlmd 'aeom utterly to' iimpcdo. your
.progress, tfUd shlit ontlhe very liglit oi‘„hcavcn
from/yqurnpxJoua.gaSsft
' Penury may take tho.placo of.cnsb and plenty?
'your.luxurlqmi home may be chftiiged for a.slp
glol lowly rdom—-fhe -for the straw
pallet—th.o ricb'Viandsfot'thc coarse food of tho
pbbr.'’\lsammcri'’f>tehds may TomaUe you, and
■the scarcely a
,r j > ;
, Ybu' mdy beiprcod fo toil wearily, steadily on,‘
to j 'you nihy encounter fraud
and thc'bkfiV : avarico ' which' would extort tho
.lfl«tXarthfng ) 'llll;you I well.nigh. tqrnln disgust
from.you^feljow-beipgs-i
.‘Death may.severihoAcar ties that bind you
td earth'. oUd loaVo y'od in: fearful darkdess.—•
; That noplo, manly boy, the solo hopo of. your
declining.ycara, may,bo .taken fV6m you, while'
your spirit fclihga > to'jjim with a Iwild tenacity.
Which even the abodevrof ihc tdmbcannot who\«
ly subdue". * i', !- !/;
~Bu^amid all.--thesefurrows, dp,not come to
the conclusion that nobody jras so deeply
afflicted os yotf uVc, jind abandom every sweet
anflclpatihh'bf : days” In tho unknown
future, ' ;
Domotlosoybuf faith In human excellence,
because yeur-Corifldobcd has sometimes been be
trayed, nor. Uclioro that..friendship is only a de
lusion, ana love a bright phantom which glides
away from your grasp. ‘ \ '
Dpnot think thaiyou are.fatcd to be miserable
.hoc-iiisa you are” disappointed In jour expecta
tions, and bajhodin your pursuits. Do not de
,claro that'Godi-haa-forsakcn yml, when your
;way is hedgod about with thoms,.-«ir rcj)ino sin
fully, when he calls your dear to tho land
• m j.
. J?eop.^.Ji9ly ; tmBt in .liearon through every
trial; adversity with fortlttdo, and look
upward In hours 6f temptation mid suffering.—
\Vlieri your locks arc white, your ryes dim, and
yonrJimbs. weary.;*-whenyonr Rteisfaltoron tho
verge ol Dcafli’s gloomy valeywjll retain tho
freshness and buoyancy 1 of spinh which will
shlbldydir tVoim the winter of tntfiieart.
Smith Drohk ts. Smith Sober.
,' Smith; ' : lho ’razor strop man., occasionally
breaks off from the subject of the very superior
quality, pf hisstropa,.and gives h!s audience a
short loclurc on temperance In hisown peculiar
droll Here is a short extract;
: .:BuixnS OAT:-i-‘ , '\yiicn I drank grog I owned
a;cat» a 'poor.; : lcan,',tarttcrn-Jawtd thing, that
was alwayagctting into a scrape. As I had
nothing for she was cotnpcllcd to take
to the liigh‘w-iiy-;' : a‘nd thc neighlKiVs were con
tinually crying -Out, •'•Cuss that Smith’s cat', she
has druuk-nIL my milk.! -Poor Ining, she had
to stcpl or die;,-forcould.find no pickings
at home, for even tHo mice were scraggy that
it took several of them to.rookc a ilmdow; end
a decent.cat would,,- have' Vo death, in
thrro-W«*l<” mrttff nar dr^V-.
‘Bcfrwheii I reformed;’things'vook’A jlHtercnt
turn. The kitchen, being the
cremswcroplehfy ; Snd the did ’cat grew fat
nnd bJnest together; • Even tho mice grew flit
and cffly, end . tbV old tabby: would'make a
hcn^ty^suppct•,'on two of them, and then lie
down and snooze with the pleasing consolation
of knowing that when she awoke, there would
be a few more jeft of the same sort.
And again: When I was a beer guzzler,
mother cried, father cried* Bill cried; Moll cried,
and the cot cried. But when I signed the
pledge, father surtg, mother sung, wife sung
Bill sung, Moll sung, Bet Rung, the cat Bung,
and the Kettle sung; and I bought a new fry
ing pan, and put a nice piece of beef-steak in
it and placed it on the fire, and that sung, and
that’s the kind of singing for the forking men.
And third The diflercnco between Smith
sober and Smith drunk is this: Smith drunk
was rummy; ragged and rioloun—Smith sober
is joyful, jovial and jojly. Smith drunk Vvor
stuttering, stupid and staggering ; Smith sober
is cool, clearheaded and cautious. Smith drunk
was. nick, sore and sorry; Smith sober is hear
ty,. healthy and happy. Smith drunk was ill
read, ill-bred and ill-tcd: Smith sober is well
saved, well-behaved and well-shaved.
; Bpjinjmrte’s Porirty in life.
. Thier’a in his history of IhcConsulatc, recites
some very, strange and previously unknown
particulars respecting the early life and pchury
of Napoleon Bonaparte. It appears after ho
had obtained a subaltern’s commission in the
French service, liy his skill and daring at Ton
lon;llo lived for a time in Paris In obscure lodg
ings. and in such 'extreme poverty that he was
often without the means of paying ten sous (ten
cents) for his dinner, and frequently wont with
out any at all. lie was under the necessity of
borrowing 'small sums, and even worn out
from bis acquaintances? Ho and his
brother Louis, afterwords king of Holland, had;
at one time, only a coat between them, so that
the brothers could only go out alternately, time
about. At this crisis, the chief benefactor of
the future-emperor and conqueror "at whose
niighty.nainC that world grew pale,” was the
actor Talmp, who often gave him food and
money. Napoleon’s face, afterword so famed
for its classical mould; was, during that period
of starvation, harsh rind angular In’ its linea
ments, with projecting cheek bone*. Ilia mea
gre form brought an unpleasant and unsightly
catmicbus. disease, of & type so virulent and
piolignpnt, that it took oil the skill and assidui
ty of his accomplished physician, Corvisart, to
expel it after duration of more than ten years.
The stpmlid beggar then, the splendid emper
or afterwards; the threadbare habillmpntannd
imperial mantle j the meagre food and gorgeous
banquet?' the friendship of a poor, actor,.the
homage nnd tfttror of the world; an exile and
prisoner. Such ore the ups and downs of this
changeful lire; auih ai;c Inc lights and shad
bWff of the great and mighty.
Tub SadiUth.— -To-morrow wc all rest from
our, labors or should, and therefore it is proper
to Remember that; wo '‘keep holy the Sabbath
Pay," ns fjiyinc, -lesson—Sir Mathew Hall
beautifully enforces the idea in theso appropri
ate lines ' '
; hr mA Sabbath'well spent
Brings a week of content,
Ami health fbr the toil of to-morrow;
-But a Sabbath profaned,/
~ I'i Whatsoe’er may bo gained, ■
Is a pertain forerunner of sorrow. 1 .
' yoiing gentleman of our ocoualnfanco
created quite a ; scdt»fttlbn, a fow evenings since,
while reading to a circle of young ladlpanpoct
iq, effusion“Tq q Beautiful" ikllq, by pro
nouncing the latter word in two syllables.
• -of worthless curroncy. Broken
hank bills arp Boating In every direction.
* retallora of: Tuscumbla, Ala.,
have all closed their, houses. „ A tax of $lOOO
actod .■ f it
'ji-i il-li A
iiiiiii
. ’ From ifie London Tinits, '
THE EASTERN WAR,
Battle Field of JUlma after, the Conflict «
Heights op Axua, Sept. 21.'
It was a terrible and sickching sight to go
over., the battle -field. TiU -deprived- Of my
horso ; by.tt chance shot, I rode about to ascer
tain, as far oa possible, the loss of our friends,
and in doing so 1 Wob often brought’to a stand*
still by . the dlflieuUy 'of, getting through the
plica of.wounded Russians, mingled-too often
with our ownpoorßoldicra; The hillsof Green
wich park Ip fair time are hob more densly cov
ered with human beings than wero the bights of
Alma with dead .and dying. On these bloody
mopnds foil 2,l9sEnglish officers.and nieni and
upwards of'B,ooo Russians, while their western
extremity was covered with the bodies of 1,400
gallant. Frenchmen, and of more than 8,000 of
their foes. •- ...
When Lord Raglan and Ids stair and thoduico
of Cambridge rode round to the top of the bill,
the troops cheered them with a thrilling.effect—
a shout of victoiy which never con bo ' forgot
ten. The enemy, who were flying in the dis
tance, might almost have hoard its echoes os It
rolled among tho hills. Our men bad,indeed,
-done their work well, for tho action, which com
menced at 1 25 on bur part, was over about 4
P. M, In fact, the actual close continuous fight
ing din not Inst two hours. , , • . .
The Russian regiments engaged ' against us, ;
judging from the numbers bn tho cops and hut- ,
tons on the dead and wounded, wore tlio llth, ,
12th, IClh, 17th, 18th r 81st, 82d, 88d and some ,
of the Imperial Guard. Tho Russian regiment ,
consists of. four battalions, and each battalion ■.
maybe said to bo C5O strong. Tho soldiers
were mostly stout, strong, men. Several of the
regiments, 82d and Ifith, for example, wore a
black leather helmet, handsomely mounted with |
brats, and having a brass cono ‘on the top, with 1
a hole for the reception of tho. tuft/ feather, or
plumo'f others, wore simply ft white linen fora
ging cap., They were all dressed.ln long drab
coaW, with brass buttons, bearing tho number
of the regiment. These coats fitted losely,
wero gathered in at tho back by a .small strap
and button, descended to,tho ancles, and seem
ed stont, comfortable garments, though' the
cloth waS close in texture f; tho trousers, of
course bluo stuff, wore thrust Inside a pair of
Wellington boots, opon nftho top, to admit of
tliclr being comfortably tucked down s tho bools
wore stout, well made, and serviceable;, Their
knapsacks astonished our soldiers.
On opening them, each was found to contain
the dress uniform-’coatee, of the man, blue or
green, with white facings, and slashers like our
own, a pair of clean drawers, a clean shirt, a
pair of socks, a pair of stout mits, a case con
taining » goodpair scissors marked “Sabin,”
an" excellent penknife with one largo blaue»ol
Russian manufacture, a ball of twine, ft roll of
leather, wax, thread, needles and pins, a hair
brush mid comb, a small looking-glass, razor,
strop, and soap, shoe-brushes'and-hiocklng.—
Tho general remark of our mop was that the
Russians wore very “clem* soldiers,” and cer
tainly tho men on the field had while, fhir skins
to justify tho expression. Each mhn had a loaf
of dark brown Of a sour taste and disa
greeable odor, In bis knapsack, and a linen roll,
containing a quantity of brown coarse slulf, bro
ken up into lumps and largo grains, which Is
crushed biscuit or hard granulated bread pre
pared with oil.
‘Tlntf'W&.nia-lolil by the prisoners,-was-the
; sole food of the men.- Thoy cat the bread with
1 onions and ol! j the powder 1# “reserve” ration;
and If they march they may be days without
food, and remain hungry till they can got fresh
loaves and more “breadstuff.” It Is perfectly
astounding to think thoy can keep together on
such diet—and yet they nro. strong, nniscnlnr
men enough.’ Tho surgeons remarked that
their tenacity of lifo was very remarkable.—
Many of them lived with wounds calculated to
destroy two or three ordinary men. I saw ono
of the*B2d regiment on tho, field just after the
fight. Ho was shot right through tho head, and
the hrnjn protrnded.in largo masses at the hack 1
of tho head and from tho front of the skull.— 1
I saw with my own eyes tho wounded man raise
his hand, wipe the horrid mass from his brow, '
and proceed© to struggle down thehlll towards
the water I
Many of (he Russians were ahot in three or
four places i few of them had only ono wound.—
They seemed to have a general Idea that they
would he mnrdered j possibly, they had been
fqld no quarter would bo given, and several de
plorable events took plnco In consequence.. As
our men were passing by two or three of them
were shot or stalibrd by men lying on the ground,
and th 6 cry was raised that “the wounded Rus
sians” were tiring on mlrmcn. Ther> In a sto
ry, indeed, that ono officer was severely Injured
by a man to whom bo was In the very act of ad
ministering succor as he lay in agony on tho
field; bo this ns it may, tberowas nt ono time a
near chance of a massacre taking place, but the
mon were soon controlled, and confined them
selves to the pillage which always takes place on
a battle Hole, • »
Ono villain, with a red coat on his back, I re.
grot to say, I saw go up to a wounded Russian
who was rolling on the earth in tho rear of tho
7th regiment, and before wo could say a word
ho discharged his rlflo right through tho wretch
ed creature’s brains. Col. Tea rode at him to
cut him down, but tho follow excused himself by
declaring that fho Russian was • going to shoot
him. This was tho single act of Inhumanity 1
saw perpetrated by this army, flushed with vie;
lory and animated by angry passions, although
tho wounded enemy had unquestionably ondan- 1
gored their Uvea by act* of ferocious folly.—
Many oi tho Russians had small crosses and
chains fastened around, their necks. Several
were found with Karans In their knapsacks*-
most probably recruits from’ tho Kasan Tartars.
Many of the officers bad portraits of wives or
'mistresses, of mothers or sisters, inside their
coats. ■ ,
I The wore tho lltllo money they pos
sessed In purses /listened bolow (heir left knees,
and tho men, in their eager search a/tor tlic
moiioy, often caused tho wounded palnlul np
prehension that they wero about to destroy
them. Last night nil these poor wretches lay In
their agony: noftdng could bo done to help
them. Tho groans, tho yells, tho cries of des
pair and suffering, wero a mournful commentary
on tho exultation of tho victors and on tho Joy
which reigned along tho btvouao Ores of our
men. 1
Oflho Russians one thing was remarkable.—
Tho prisoners nro generally coarse, aullcn and
unintelligent-looking mom Death had enno
bled those who fell, for the expression of their
faces was altogether different. Tho wounded
might have omied those who seemed to liavo
passed away so peacefully. , 1
The soldiers worhall shaven cleanly on tho
chin and cheek)‘only tho moustache is lei), and
tho hair Is cropped ascloioto tho head as pos
sible, The latter is a very convenient mode of
wearing the hair In these parts of tho world—'
Tho officers (those of superior rank oxoanted)
are barely distinguished from the men, so far as
uniform Is concerned, but tho generals wore
sashes and gold epaulettes. The - subalterns
worn merely a lace shoulder-strap instead hf tho
cloth onfl of tho privates; Most of ,them speak
French, and tho entreaties of thowopndod to bo
taken along with us,'on tho officers moved up
tno hill, wero touching In tho extreme,' Tho
poor follows had a notion that our men would
murder thorn If tho oyo -ot t)io pfficor was re
moved from thorn, • -
. An old general, who sat smiling and bowing
•on a bank with his leg broken by a round shot,
seemed principally coqcomod for tho loss of his
goldand snuff box# This, I has slnco
boeti restored ,to hint. Tho men'says they
wore badly Kindled and bod no geperalto direct'
AT 82,00 PER ANNUM.
NO. 23.
them* 1 his bend in a figurative
sense. The officers displayed, groat gallantry,
and the men fought with adogged courage char
acteristic ofthe Russian infantry, bui they wore
utterly deficient In e/on and dash. ..
Temperance nndllio Slate Prison. , ’ ~
-The following is an extract from the report
W. R. Andrews, Warden of the Sing SingPri
sori made to tho Legislature:
“In examining the career ofa majority of tho
Convicts, It will.be found that young -incn of
good-families,' of "fair prospects and frequently
of superior attainments, have been templed to
a moderate use of ardent spirits, ■which was of
fered in-a seductive form, by sanction of law,-
near their residence'or ‘place of business,* an
appetite, Urns formed required additional quan
t«ca to satisfy its cravings, and in a few years'
loss of business, character and metius, accom
panied with a deprivation - of moral and mental
resolution, lert lhcm to tho ‘commission of tho
offence which either immediately consigned
them to the prison, dr drove them from .society
to perpetrate other and' greater crimes. Re
stored to reason through the Wd of prison dbsti
nence, they reflect upon their career With as
tonishment and sorrow, but their return to the
world exposes them to the same temptations,
with less character nnd ability to resist rdnd
afterabrief period of intemperance, they return
mere hardened-in crime, to swell, tho lists of
second convictions. To speculate upon original
sib, dr natural depravity, ns connected jvith
criminal convictions, is simply charging results
to an Improper cause.- Dry-up tho sources of
intemperance which arc legalized and counts
nanoed in almost every section of tho land,- re
move that banc ofthe human race which besets
the young man at every step, from the crtidlolo
the grave, alluring him on from error tqyico and
crime ;-and it will do much towards rendering
the prisons tcnantlcsa, and relieving society
from the girsc and burden of abject poverty
and degrading vice. 1 *
Good and Bad Uumoiu —There Is no disposi
tion TOOre.comfoilaWo to the person himself, or
more agreeable to good humor. It Is
to tbq mind what good health is to the body, put
ting a roan in the capacity of enjoying all that is
agreeable in life, arid of using every faculty
without c!6g or impediment. It disposes to
contentment with our lot, to benevolence tp all
men, to sympathy with (ho distressed. It pre
sents every, object in the most favorable light,
and dispoaesusto avoid givingor takingoffcnce.
Thfcro.is a disposition opposite to goon humor,
which wocall bad humor,ofwhich the tendency
Is directly contrary, and therefore Us influence
is as malignant as that of tho other is salutary.
Bad humor alone issufflclent to make a man nn.
happy ; it tinges every object with its own dis
mal,color, and like a part, that is' galled, is hurt
by everything that touches it.' It takes offence
where nope wasmeant, and disposes to discon
tent, jealousy, envy, and in general to malevo
lence. . . • ’
Tobacco CnEwnm in I’cnLto.—■Tho, private
mastication of.tobacco, In one’s own bouse, par
lor, bed-room or kitchen, ba the case may be, is
an nflbir' to bo' settled between one’s wife and
ono’a self. We do not intend to interfere with
the police regulations of the home—they are In
pbler bands than ours. If indulgent - wives
cboQßcto have their.door steps and'balcony
door discolored,.tneir carpets ruined, and tlioir
parlor and bedrooms irrevovably defiled with
tobacco jufoe —if thoy rolisli tho contact with
mouths, of bps that have been all day
saturatod with yellow saliva—lf thoy Uko the j
I smell of - tobacco-scented breaths, coming - from
beneath dirty and disgusting teetlj—wo have
I nothing to say. But wo have a right to protest,
and bo protest against tho outrageous public
nuisance of tobacco chewing. No man has a
right to go to a theatre, or any public gathering,
and seating hlmselfin tho midst of cleanly Chris
tians, squirt out, at random, streams of tobac
co Jm’eo around him. To do this In those parts
of the houso where only men nro placed, is in
tho last degree rude and thoughtless j but to
carry tho revolting practice Into tho presence of
ladies—into tho dress circle of tho theatre, tho
concert room, (ho church pew—and it is habit
ually done in all those places—ls IHUo short of 1
blackguardism.
Oppobitf.3.—A good wifcshonld belike three
things which three things she should not bo
like:
First—She should be like a snaiU to keep
within her own house; but sho should not be
like a snail to carry all she has on her hack.
- Secondly—Sho should bo like an echo, tn
sneak when spoken to; but she should not bo
like an echo, always to hare the last word. .
Thirdly—Sho should bo'likc a (own clock,
always to keep time and regularity ; but slid
should not be like a town clock, to speak so
loud that all the town may hear her.
£7* Matrimony does agree very well with
some people. Tmirlow Weed, the editorof the
Albany Evening Journal, in tho midst of all the
dirty turmoil of politics, has found leisure to
enter largely into tho cultivation of babies.—
lie Is now the father of 18 children—his vatu a
blc helpmate having presented him with one
every eleven months since their marriage. We
should say that Weed was rather a luxuriant
kind of .vegetation, anyhowt
A Settler. —‘l'm glad this coffee don't owe
mo anything,* said a‘ financier, at breakfast..
‘Why ?* grumbled his wife. 1
‘Cause I don't believe it would ever settle
(£7" Why oro your nose and chin always at
variance!
• Because words constantly pass between
them. ... ,
, ( Xs“A poor fellow hating got his skull frac
tured. wo a told hr the doctor that the brain
was visible, on which he remarked, *Do Write
to father, for ho always swore I had none.’
{E7* If you have no distant idea of your An
cestors, their habits, characters; principles,
and occupations, get nominated for some prom
inent oHlco, and tho opposition Vill give you
your genealogy to the furthest remove. They
will tell yon what your great-grandfather pre
ferred for dinner. ...
02“ There was onco a clergyman In New
Hampshire, noted for hta long sermons and In
dolent habits—two things Irreconcilable. “How
is it," Raid ft man to his nciglibor, “tliat Par
son-—, tho laziest man living, writes these In
fernal long sermons V 9 , “Why," said tho oth
er, be probably gets to writing and is too Lazy to
stop,” . •,
K7“A young lady scolding borbdau fb'r not
sending her tho pair of ‘ new shoes he promised
her, wtiten 5n Inn postcript pa’ follows j—«‘P; S.
Thuiushuz ort to bo on handr!) and tho rokel
icctlon on’em stlx out about a foot."
; ICT* Education is a companion which no mis-'
fortune can repress, np cmnq destroy, no ene
my alienate, enslave.* At homo,'
a friend, abroad an introduction; in solitude, a
solace; fn society, an ornament; it chastens*
vice; it glvoadtonco a.graco, aq .ornament to
genius. Without |t, what is man ? A Bplcdid
slave—on unreasoning slayo.-
ialho point ter which all eyes
In Europe ai*o turned with uodlralniahed inten
sity, •
ftr Keep bati,of
D3* Aheinpty,OTul&tx)xisnott<>t>€ an«sa®d
at. '■
(C 7“ Vn®d a wpman
looks’with unuttertble afiectlfitfiiVMto/
ta want of** <•"> >!/.*.? it-
'wEston.itelwißaf
died without the aid of
stances are very rite. •’> £%>X2
pld man; aged
from - Cincinnati lost week, and- ttulffid'fHtai
him a lass of •‘Sttreet sixteen; ”: ,
O^r 4 An asylum for inebriates'is ;
lished in Boston;' Good object#’ - J
physiologist tfbtcs tli© extra
ordinary fact that, at,the dinner
time a man crooks Iris elbow hismodthopenffc
f certain dyspeptic, -whoso physical in*
ability .to work was attributed to inuDlcnoei tTaai
advised by a medical friend ihat the, only \?ty
ho could .convince peoplothafho! tvnssick tfas
todie. ' • ;
(£7*A few days since a man crossed thcMls-'
sissippi at the town ‘ Chester, Illi.ywj'lSlwm
ming, for the sake of saving five *
Kyf Collapsing—the. rotten banfot&hrounef
the country. Steer clearbf Weaten*foghsadd.
and wild cat bills, and all sorts of shln-plasterS.
Squally times.’’ ‘
K7*nood could nerec bdicVo that undcr
takers felt fortbopobr.' If they do, how come# •
it that they tire always‘screwing them down.'
fcrThc cost of a library—taking oneboofc
each of Appleton & Co’s. Catalogue,' faNcw
York—4ss4o,3ol.. T ... ( ' .
■ [CT’ An, exchange, describing a counterfeit
bank bill, save the .vignette is cattle arid hogs,
with a church in the distance! A good illusf
tration of the world!
,C7* ?ho oldest berry, is, of course the *jder
berry. ‘ . ,V"
- t7*The best defence of lying Is Charles
Lamb's remark, ns related by Hunt,'that
“Tnnhia precious, and not to be wasted on
everybody*** ..... . • V,, ; l .•
IC7* There arc nearly 1000 paper mills fa tho
United States, And although tho amount of pa-,
per manufactured is almost .-beyond computa
tion, yet the supply fail3,tp tncct the demand.
(£7*Brvcnolenl old lady—**Sakcs alive; child!
what do yon'want two pails of- cold Molnal#
for ? You had only one yesterday.
Little girl—*Y r cs, ma’am, but motherb takepy
boarders since.
(Ev* A Madrid correspondent'describing the
interest the poorer classes take in & bullfight,,
that a week or two ago a nan actually cut
oft bis wife’s Imir while she was asleep, ana,sold
it, in order to raise money for the purpose of
seeing the light.
[C7* The great race between tho. night-maro
and the clothos-horso (distance from polo io
pole) came oft yesterday, tho two parses com-*
jng in neck and heck. . ,
A Second Herod. —A bachelor editor writes
as follows;—‘Wo don’t believe in balrt shows..
Babies arc raised fast enough, already, without
baby societies ottering prizes to make-them'
grow faster and pkntier/ We object
especially when they .talk of getting up convea
tionsofthem.’ ; r, .
[Q” Mrs. A. M. Hinckley boa been held to
bail, nt New Orleans, on a charge of cruel treat*
ment to her slaves.
A Difference.— Punch says a girl at School.
would like to have two birthdays iu a year, but
wl\cn she grows up to be a woman objects to
having even one.
Lead in California.— ln Jackson, Califor*
nia, a bullet was rcccncly found imbedded near
.the centra of a tree which was upwards of three
feet in dlariictcr. It must have been fired into
it at least fifty years ago, long before any
whites Jmd settled in that region.
(£7“John B, Montgomery, formerly a dis
tinguished lawyer of Lancaster, died in the In *
sane- Hospital in Harrisburg on Friday-lost.
A Belio of Barbarism.— The whipping-post
is, still in use in Covington, Ky. Lawrence
Hunt was publicly whipped in that place last
week for stealing caps.
Quite Appropriate. —A sheaf of wheat was
suspended from tho altar of tho church ill thi
little village of Empingham, on the occasion of
the recent Thanksgiving for tho bountiful hio>
vest. ,
Appropriate.—Tn an old bookseller's cata
logue appears tho following article:—“Memoirs
of Charles I, with a head capitally executed,”
Turkish Soldiers —One peculiarity of (he
Turkish soldiery is, that they ieitl smoko. It
is a very common thing to see a sentinel with a
cigar in his mouth; and it is not unusual, in
passing a corps de garde, , to bo‘ respectfully
asked, “IlnToyou any tobacco, sir?' 1 Nothing
is commoner when ono happens to be emokldg,
than to be checked by tho military, in a voice
between entreaty and command , ‘Wait, girl A
light, sir, if you please V
(£7" Aristotle, on being censored for bestow
ing alms on a bad man, made the following no
ble reply: “I did not give it to the man; I
gave it to humanity.” ;
IC/* Thanksgiving Is to be observed on the
23d, in Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Maryland,
Wisconsin and Florida. On the 3(Jth, in Maine,
New Hampshire, Indiana, Kntucky, Ohio and
Massachusetts.
: O'Tho editress of the Lancaster Literary
Gazette says sho would as soon nestle her nose
in a rat’s nest of swingle tow, as allow a man
with whiskers to kiss her. ■
American* OsTßicrf—Two specimens of the
American ostrich, male and female, were recent
ly killed near Fort Dcs Moines, Iowa; ■ They
are described As four and a half feet long, and
Hro feet in height, with bills six inches long,
straight, and very sharp. They resemble, on
most points, the ostrich of Africa. One thou
sand dollars had been ofl’vrcd for them.
; Damages for Seduction, —A suit was late
ly brought in Franklin county, Va., by Elijah
Hodges, for the seduction of his daughter, Julia
Hodges, by Charles C. Lee. Tho hearing of the
ease occupied nearly two days* It "'as in evi
dence before the fury that the defendants
properly was worth 515.000. Afterrcllririga
short time, the jury found for the plalhtiQ,and
assessed tho damages at $4,600; -.that feum be
ing within a fraction of one-third of the defend
ant’s estate. * ' ■ •
A Man with Fodh Wives—A man named
Robert McClcaky, a shoemaker by trade, has
been Committed to jail at Ocntrerilie, Maryland,
on a charge of bigamy. The Sentinel states
that last spring he mhrricd a female on. Eent
Island, named Maiy Jeffers,.who was possessed
of acvcral hundred dollars in cash. This ho
managed to obtain, and in August last made
tracks for parts unknown, but returned a few
days ago* when he was arrested. The Sentinel
add that he admitted after his arrest that ho is
the hnsband of fbur living wires.. -
XT* One thousand* families In the Stale of
Pennsylvania and Ohio intend an early omlgra*
' lion to tho Kansas territory. . • .
' (£7»A largo mi|itory tornoutis (o take place
at Harrisburg, on the occasion Qf tho inaugura
tion of Gov. Pollock.,. , ;
, [T7“The celebrated "Docstlcta,” describing
a New York boarding house, says you can al
ways fell when they pet a new hired girl by
tho color of tho hairs in thp hu'seuit.. .
(£7* "bollock’s Course of.Timo'’r-About
three years. ... . '