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the Reason _ ' ,i:
. *« Why docs Kate look SO'pale; mother 1
», TTby are her armsaq smdU? •'
\VTiy docs she never smile, mother I ,'.,
Why do her cj-clids fall ? -
i< Why does VHfc 1 walk aioh'd, l 'thotlict? 1
v As if she had no friend! •••'?'’. '
Why doca she sigh so -
/. Is shb so nqar hdr ond 1 ; V 1
♦« \Vhy docs aho breathe so quick, mother ?
And start as |fit shocked,hat;"
’To hear the qubrtrnp, rho*th‘orj
■ Df'Sfnlthj thoviJJago'doctor? ‘
♦< Why docs ho comd so oft, mother?
• , Can ho prolong her daya, ,v
By leaving pills and gifts, mother;-
And singing love-sick lays?
**’Twaa but tho other night, mother,
When TCato 14y near my heart,
Sho urged mo to bo good, mother,
*.And said wo soon must part.
<< Sho said sho was to go, mother.
Away from homo arid-mo* / •'
And Icavo papa and you, .mother,
To dwell nearly tho sea.
«Is It on Jordan’s stormy banks, mother,
■Where sho Is to bo carried V*
4* Shat up, shut Qp,'yohil>ttle brat, —
Sk «V going to. be married. ”
HiscEllriitfiM
TUB INCONVENIENCE OF PRIDE.
DT THOMAS HOOD.
There ore several objections to onc-horso ve-
With two. wheels, they are dangerous;
with four, generally cruel inventions, tasking
one aniinal -with the labor of two. And, in
either case, should yblir horse think proper to
die on the road, you. have no survivor to drag
your carriage through the rest of the stage; or
to bo sent olf galloping with the coachman on
his back for a co-ailjutor.‘
That was precisely Miss Norman’s dilemma.
If a horse could be supposed to harbor so dead
ly a spito against bis proprietor,-1 should- be
lieve the ono in question chose to vent his ani
tnosity, by breathing Iris lost just at the* spot
where it would haaso'most annoyance and-in
convenience.- • , -v
' It was just at thiffmoment'that! came up
with my gig,’and knOwing'-sometbing of the
lady's character, I Halted in expectation of a
scene. Leaving ray own bay, 1 proceeded to
assist-Humphreys, the coachman, in extrica
ting his horse, but the nag of; royal' lino was
stone dead.
•If you. please ma'am, 1 said Humphreys,
‘PUntyginil bo dead.’ .
The lady acquiesced with the smallest nod
ever made.
. •I’vo Urok aiTtho collar, and the bitout, and
got an out o’ harness entirely; but <he bo as
unaniroato as his own shoesbut the inform
ant looked earnestly at the lady to observe, tho
effect of tho communication.
But sho never .moved a muscle : and honest
Humphreys was just shutting' the coach . door,
to go and finish the laying, out . of- the corpse,
when hb was recalled. '
‘Humphreys J*
•What’s your pleasure, ma’am V
•Remember, another time —'
•Yes, ma’am.’,
'When a horse of mine is deceased—
• Yes, ma’am.*
•Touch your hat.*
iV The abashed coachman*instantly paid up the
l salute in arrear. Unblcst by birthright with
•; Belf-posscssion, he had not even the advantage
/ of experience in the first families, where he
£ might have learnt a little from good example;
| be was a raw, uncouth, country servant, with
.the great merit of being cheap, whom Miss
Norman had undertaken to educate: but ho
waft still so far from being .proficient, that in
tho importance of announcing tho death to his
mistress, he omitted one of those minor tokens
. of respect which she also rigorously exacted.
It was now, irty own turn to come forword,
ond as deferentially as if indeed she had been
of the Conqueror’s Normandy pippins,
; ;T .X-dendcred,her a seat in my chaise, which she
lacitly declined, with a gracious gesture of the
. “Schd and hand. *
you please, ma’am,’said Humphreys,tak
ing care to touch his hat, and shutting his head
jnto the carriage, so that I might not hear him,
. ‘‘he's a respectable kind of gentleman enough,
- and connected with some of the first houses. 1
’ •Thegentleman’s name?’
*To be sure, ma’am, the gentleman can’t help
- his name,’ answered Humphreys', fully aware
of the tho peculiar prejudices of bis mistress;
•but it be Huggins.’
.•Shut the door.*
‘lt appeared, on explanation with tho coach*
} l&an, that he had mistaken mo for a person in
the employ of the opulent firm of Naylor & Co,
‘Whose province it was to travel throughout
with samples of hardware in tho box
’ .Mai of Ins gig. I did not take the trouble to
..undeceive him.
~ a tolerably long pause on all sides, my
v expectation was excited by the appearance of
,7 .the W coach coming through tho Binn
/l egate, the only public vehicle that used tho road.
At sight of the dead horse, the driver (the no-
John, Wade) reined up—alighted—and
- at the carriage door with his hat oft’,
ho know his customer, made dn otter of
•'sßWacfvicea. .
m$! U i M* B3 orm a*b nioro dignified than ever,
with her hand. Jem bccamo
a,, d the Indy more rigid.
• ' never rode in imWifl vehicles.”
’li again, but she was accustom
' *r7if^o d - rivcn - l)y hci ’°' vn coachman.
'/intetaLu l * iat * u ftns «’er bo praised the
»« team, tho safety of ; liis patent
on^own B I 51 , r“. UV “ 0S - t stc<l * ,ilK!Sa
:^i^^or't\t"cS! l cl/w^'\ v^i 0 n 7 cvcrinKly at
jlucky.iaauranco that ho would tak„ a.H° much
..^HMooach 1 ,,.,., uo long M ho remuii«JT tr
" !+B® Jrour leave, ma’am,’ said ituraphrcvs
i'puUfeghls hand to lus hat, and leaving it thtTe
' *!”,* civil -si>hken, careful wldn
' ccnch lond’a very rwiiiccmblo ■ Bocirty.il
.'Hhcm kSir Vincent Hall on the box. *
‘lf Sir Vincent chooses to degrado himself,dt
is no relu for me ’ retortcil the lady, without
turning her head ; when lo ! Sir Vincent an.
peared himself, and politely endeavored to ner
' suade her out of her prejudices. It wiis !iso
,* 1 “j BB Norni ™ » ancestors oiio aiul all liad
' .retpreaacd a decided opinion against stago-coaoli
f'Wi%ipcvtr. K “ tliu 8 11,10 0,10 1 smi sho did not
watr yieposeit io disgrace aline longer than com
.«—s, 1 " noy carriage but her own.
y ... Vincent bowed and retreated. So did
Jem Wade. The mago rallied away at an hi-
sir:::;* s
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BY JOHN-B. BRATTON.
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drgnant gallop. By way of pdssmg thtf iirae,
Ithriceropcatod my offers'to the oTdmaiden-,
and eodprcdas mnnrrpbyfia. ■ Iwas. contemn
Dilating a fourthtrinl.-whena signal winsttmde
rbra tod carriage windo'wjnhd Hiimpbrbyd,htif
in hand; : l! ■ ’ 1 : ‘
• ‘Procure top a. post-chaise.V t ’ ;'l ■: 1 ->-v.
•A po/shay !* echoed Humphreys, but like pn,
Irish echo, ‘with some yariatidn from-the origi
nal—‘Blcsa ye,ma*im, there beant such a thing
to bd had’for ten miles round —no; not for love
nor money; 'Why, blesayo, it boclcction titne,
and there bcant, coach, cart,. nor dog-barrow
but wbat has gone to it.*
.‘No matter, said the mistress, drawing her
self tip with ah air of lofty ‘re
voke my ordo**, for it is for, very far. from, tho
kind of riding I prefer.. And Humphreys-—!
;. ‘Yes, ma’am.
‘Another time— * ;
a jYe^.ma’ami’
‘Remember once for all— *
; ‘Yes,,ma'am.* • ■ v
*1 do not cliooso to bo blest!’ .
Another pause in our. proceedings, during
which a company of ragged, boys who had been
blackberry ing came up, and planted themselves
with every symptom of vulgar curiosity,around
the carriage,
Miss Norman bad notf no single glass through
wltioh she could look without encountering a
; group of low-life faces staring at her with all
their might. Still the pride of the Normans
sustained her. She sat more rigidly erect than
ever, occasionally favoring the circle with a
most awful threatening look, accompanied ever
by the same five words—
‘l choose to be alone.’
It is easy to say choose, but more difficult to
have one’s choice. The blackberry boys chose
to remain. . I confess I took pity of the pangs
eve# of unwarrantable pride, and urged my
proposal again with some warmth, but it was
repelled with absolute scorn.
, ‘Fellow, you arc insolent!’
After a tedious interval, in which her mind
had doubtless looked abroad as well os inward,
the fresh tapping at the window summoned the
obsequious Humphreys to receive orders.
‘Present my compliments at the Grove—-and
the loan of a chariot will be esteemed a tavor.*
‘By your leave, ma’am, if I may speak—’
• i‘You may not.*
Humphreys dosed the door, hut remained a
minute gating on the panel. If he meditated
any expostulation he gave it up, and proceeded
to drive away the boys, one of whbm was
trido of the dead Plantnganct, a second peering
through bla collar, and two more preparing to
play horses with the reins.
Then away Humphreys went, and I found
the time grow tedious in - his absence. I had
almost niadoup my mind to follow his example,
when hope revived at thp sound of wheels, and
up came a taxed cart, carrying four inside,
namely, two well grown porkers, Master‘Bur
dell. the pig butcher, and his foreman, Samuel
Siaric, or, as he was commonly called. Sab,the
Sticker. They inquired and I explained, in a
few words, the lady Vdilemma, taking care to
forewarn them, by relating the issue of niy own
attempts in her behalf.
‘Mayhap you wanTfc quite polite enough,’
observed cam; with a*sid*»wiok at his master.
• ‘lt ain’t a bit of a scrape and a civil word, ns
will get a strange lady up into a strange gen
tleman’s gig; Tt wants a warmth-liko, and
making on her feel at homo. Only let me alone
with her, for a purspadcr, and I’ll have her up
in our cart—my master’s, that is to Say—afore
you can sco whether she bos feet or hoofs.”
In a moment the speaker was at the carriage
door, smoothing down his sleek forelocks, bow
ing, and using his utmost eloquence, even to
the repeating of most of bis arguments twice
over.
lt was quite unnecessary for Miss Norman to
&ay she had never ridden in a cart with two
pigs and two butchers; and she did not say it.
She merely turned her head away from tho man,
to ko addi’cssed by the master, at tho other
window, the gloss of which sho had just let
down for a Utile air.
•A taxed-cart, madam,* ho said, 'mayn’t bo
exactly the wehiolc accustomed to,and so forth,
but thereby considering respective ranks of
hves, why the more honor done to your hum
bles, winch,as 1 paid afore, will take every care,
and observe tho respectful; likewise in dis
tancing tho two pigs.* * _ 0
The sudden drawing up of the window, so
violently ,os to shiver the gloss, showed suffi
ciently in what light Miss Norman viewed blas
ter Burdell’s behavior. It was on‘unlucky
smash, for it afforded jrhat tbo tradesmen
would have called “an advantageous opening,’*
for pouring in a fresh stream of eloquence; and
the Sticker, who shrewdly estimated tho con
venience of tho breach, came round tho back of
tho carriage, and, ns iuninor counsel, followed
on the same side. The Indy was invincible. •
Tho blackberry boys hod now departed, tho
evening began to close in. and no Humphreys
made his appearance. The butcher’s horse was
on his feet, and tho swine grumbled nt the de
lay. The master and man fell into consulta
tion, and afterwards favored with the re
sult, tho Sticker being tho orator.
•It was a man’s duty/ ho said, to look after
women, pretty or ugly, young or old; it was
what wo all came in the world to do,” namely,
to make ourselves comfortable and agreeable to
tho fair sex. As for himself, protecting fe
males was his naturq, and ho should never be
easy again, if so bo ho left the lady on tbo road,
and providing a female wouldn’t bo pcrtcctcd
with her own free will, sho ought to bo com
pelled to, like any otfier wild betist unscnsiblo
to lus own good. Them was his sentiments,
and his master followed ’em up/
I attempted to reason withihem, but tny
consent had only been asked os a compliment.
The lady herself hastened tho catastrophe.-
Whether sho had overheard tho debate, or tho
amount of long pent up’emotion bccamo t,oo
over dowing for its barriers, I know not ; but
Pride gave way lo Nature, and a short hysteri
cal scream proceeded from tho carriage... Miss
Norman was in fits.
We contrived lo get her seated on tho step of
Die vehicle, where the butchers supported ncr
fanning her with their hats, whilst I ran off to
a little pool near at baud for some cold water.
It was the errand only of some four or five
minutes,'hut when 1 returned, the lody, only
half conscious, had been caught up, ahd there
she sat in tho cart between the two butchers.
' I jumped into my own gig, and put my horse
to his speed; hut I had lost my stort, and
when I enmo up with them, they were already
galloping into W- . Unlortunalcly, her
residence was at tho further end of the town,
and thither I saw her conveyed, screaming in
concert with the two pigs, and answered by
thoshoulsof lliowholo rubbleineutof the place,
who know Miss Nonnim quite as well by sight
as ‘(‘her own carriage !**
C 7” A queer genius being asked why he did
not go to the funeral of his wife, replied ho
could not leave his shop, and that it is always
best to attend to buslnesaboforo pleasure.
C7* Gen. Tom Thumb, tho. celebrated little
great man, was married at Webster,’Mass., on-
Ihuvsday of last week, to a Miss Vinton, - of
Bridgeport. Connecticut.. ’This may bo re
garded aa a marriage in low life.
.rw.v.nrr? 1 .
:-mj, -.o ;;ur
“OUR COCTNIBT---SIAY, IT; ALWAYS BE RIQIIT7—DCT RIGHT OR WROKO, OUR COUNTRY* 1
‘ HfIUSEHOID;SKELETONS;
• ! I had h friend l whoso naturally " smiling hied
grewso,touch huger eifery -week, that I inadd
up my mindr.ihatrbls .house was- tho resort of
somogigantic skeleton; acdl resolved to effect,
an entrance and View 1 it.. ’ rWJicri I palled at his
house; howeveri he yaanevtr there; and began
to believe that his homo: bad'become so UrU
plcasant to him, that hopcVcr wdnt thrrowhfcn
he could;help It. And at. his place of business
I had the' saino ill luck, for ho had. invariably
gone out to ship some freight: ’ Brit, at’length,
T espied 'him/' arid immediately 'boro down and
gmpplcd... i,'/ •, - -I'-,]
• Ho was-standing upon a corner,.and intent
ly observing.the labors of five n\cn, who cosily
, pretending to'wbrk in a french which reached
;frbm'Bidewalk ; to‘sidewalk.' Now and. then,
fourbf the men would pat themselves' in mo
tion and lift a-cobblo stone, while tho fifth
wpuldstand by, in. preparation, to exchange
with the otto who' first bceoirio tired. Then,
having dropped the stone fire or six feet bfT.lhe
whole party would sit down far a quiet chat,
and one or two of them would light their pipes;
and. after the smoke, was exhausted, wpud Ids*
nrely.risoand chase up another cobblestone.
In the meantime, my friend looked on in great
Admiration.
‘This is, a great country,’ ho,.said tome,
‘and the energy with which, under the system
of payment by the dayr- * -
‘True,* said I, ‘But I did not come to talk
about that. For the fact is. lam in a scrape,
and you can help me out of it,’ ■
‘Well—anything.’ be answered.
‘I have had a quarrel with my landlady,and
T have led her house. I have not found Anoth
er good boarding place as yet: and being a
quiet man, 1 dislike the bustle of hotels. Can
you give me a room for a few days, until I can
make other arrangements?’
In spite of the smooth face with winch T told
the story, he immediately suspected I wari ly
ing, fori fgtCw in. bis cyo a merry twinkling of
incredulity. He deliberated for a moment,and
then a quick gleam of intelligence passed across
his countenance. “ •"
‘Aha!’ said ho, : *1 have heard of your inves
tigations about household now
you want to sco mine. TVell, wctfffff do not
cqrc. Book her, my boy—book her; and per
haps it will do her sonic good.’ ‘ '
This was certainly liberal, and I thanked
him for it. •. ~
‘Hero, however, comes my wife now,’ ho ex
claimed, 'and .the skeleton with her,!
1 looked, and saw two fcmatdr'snlllng down
the street. The ono- oh the outside was tall
and pretty, but. dressed rather plainly and
scantily. The other one, ot> the contrary, was
short and dumpy, and rather disagreeable
features, if freckles, and red hair can is any
way be called features. She wore an elegant
French bonnet, and bore upon her shoulders a
superb .India shawl, the end of which was al
lowed to draggle pacofully -in the mud.
‘That is your wife, I suppose,* wasroyim
prudent observation, directing my eyes toward
the latter, v , ■• '
‘That thing?- Hang it, man! do yon want
mo to shoot yon? No, no; tbatisjtheekclelon-
The skeleton, I say,*.' , V,‘'v /-
•But! was certainly with*.you when you
bought tbatsaawli’ - ’'* •
,‘So you were; and its, precious little good
my wife .gets out of .lt/op the four hundred
dollars. That is where tho skeleton comes in,
Tt ia my wife’s country sister, that has heard
that we keep pretty good society: and, having
an oxbnUed estimation of Us own personal
charms, has come down upon us to* try to mbr
ry itself off to advantage.’‘
•But tho shawl—.*
‘I am coming to that. To'make itsolflook
as ugly ns possible; skeleton borrows all
my wife’s best apparel. That, is not only my
wife’s best shawl, but also hey dress and bon
net, too. I wish the thing would lift up the
dress a little ns it makes that crossing, and
then I could tell whether it wears my wife’s
open work stockings. I ratbcrsuspect itdocs.
Its own are brown cotton, country-dyed, so
that I could easily tell.’
•But Is not your wife to blamo for consenting
io It all?’
‘1 sco you don’t know anything about it—
There is a way to get round people in spito of
nil they can'do to help, themselves. You’ll
find it out some day, if ever you marry. , *.Do
lend mo this for a single day, ami ‘Just let roe
take this for an hour, that’s a love.’ At the
same time, it is hardly tho thing to ask for
them again: since tho borrower, always having
them on. it would be the same thing as rcquij>
mg her to.undress herself. In that way th?
skeleton has borrowed half the wardrobe of my
wife, while she, poor woman, docs not like to
say anything by way of remonstrance. Onco
I ventured to raise an objecting voico: but
hardly had I done so, when the skeleton glared
upon me like a basilisk, and made some sharp
remark about men meddling with things they
know* nothing about; It quite shat mo up.—
Dut wearing out my wife’s clothes is not tbo
worst of it.
‘She does notwearout your clothes,docs sho/
•Not exactly: but she wears out my patience,
dreadfully. If I cotno homo for a quiet dinner,
half tho timo I find that some strange follow
has been invited in a social family way, in
: hopes that he will pay .his court to the skele
ton. If I anticipate a pleasant reading in my
library, ten to one I have to take tho whole
family lo tho theatre, simply because some
chap with ty few thousand a year is expected to
occupy the next box to us, and perhaps might
toko a fancy to tho skeleton. The other day I
had to spend an afternoon at tho museum, be
cause the skeleton, in passing, had seen a man
go in who it fancied must ‘bo rich And. might
fall in love with it, if ho happened to sit near
it. The skeleton did not say all that, to bo
Bure, but I could see it thought so. Well tho
man came out on the stage os the showman of
two monkeys, a poodle, and half a deceit par
rots; and when! reached my -ofllco again. I
found thpt by my absence I bad lost nn oppor
tunity to roako three hundred dollars. Some
of our best friends do not come to sco us any
more, for fear the. skeleton will make a dash at
.them; and I was forced lo invito to dinner my
worst enemy, whoso solo recommendation con
sists in a rich old' maiden aunt. As formy
brother, who used to look In upon «« every
evening, the skeleton made such A bold attempt
upon him, that lie lias not been seen for a fort
night—all very agreeable, is it not?'
•Monstrously/ said t;
•But come down to my house now, and. as
you wish, stay with us a few days. You can
then watch tho skeleton at your leisure.*
‘I do not know about that/1 answered mus
ingly. Suppose tho skeleton should moke a
set nt rool’
‘You are not rich, so it will let you nlono.—
Three thousand a year is Us honest valuation
upon Itself. So come.’
' ‘Still, my dopr friend/ I retorted, ‘who
knows hut that my personal charms which aro
not of a a despicable ardor, might induce the
skeleton to waive a portion of its pecuniary Uo
i tunnels? Tho fact Is, I—that is—and now I
; think of It, I .made up my quarrel with my
* landlady just , .before I came away. How ah
• surd in mo to forget that Iliad done sp, Good
by!’—Putman'ii Magazine,
CARLISLE, PA., THIIBSPAY, JUNE 14.1855.
UiriE TDKCS.
-r Scorn not the'slightest word or deed,
Nor doom it void of.ppwftr;
There's fruit In,each wind-waited solid,
■ W’AUing ita'natal liOxvcr.
A whiskered touch tlio heart,
.And call it.back to life (.
•A look oflove bid sin depart,
'And atlU iinholy strife. ,
No acttfalis.fruitless phono enn tell
Ho.w vast its’power may ho:
Nor what results unfolded dwell
: it fellentlyi •
.■Work and despair notj-fifr o thy mito,
Nor caro how small it.bo j
God la with aU that servo the right,
The holy* trno^knd-frco:
PAUL. JONES
THE SCOCBGeWTIjE OCEIN.
The subject of this sketch, John Paul Jones,
occupies a position iri the history of the Ameri
can marine, shared by few others. Ilis exploits
were always marked by a daring confidence in
his hltiraato success, and ho achieved ends In
many eases’ yrith. remarkably inadequate
means; ■ ■ ‘
lie; was bom July 6,1747, Arhgland, in
the pariah of Klrkbeau, Scotland. His fath
er’s namc.was, John Paul. The name of Jones
was assumed in addition at a latter date. His
father was a .gardener, and continued, during
his life, in the employ of MnrCraik, of Arbig
land., ■ •
The early education of Paul Jones waa limit
ed, but thorough as for ns'it went.* At tho
early age of twelve ho was regularly appren
ticed to follow tins sen. Ilia master waa a Mr.
Younger, a merchant In the American trade,—,
Uis first voyage was to America. t On arriving
.at his destination he found his brother William
who had hem a resident herb for a number of
years. _ .With this brother hti remained during
the time he was in port. Jones manifested apt
ness for the profession, and miulc’at this penod
several very successful voyages.
Ini 1707, while reluming to Scotland in Hie
John, as a passenger, the master and matedied
of the yellow* fever, and Jones assumed thodi
j rcction of the vessel, which ho carried .safely
[ into port. Ho received the command of the ves
sel ho had rescued, as his reword. Thus , we
find Jones, at the ago of-twenty, or at most
twenty-owujn Tull command of a merchant
vessel, an instance of promotion, which, with
the obscure and unpatroniied, never occurs
without the existence of great merit. In the
employ of the' owners of this vessel, Jones
sailed two years, at the end of which lime the
firm dissolved. From this date, up to tils de
parture for Amcrica fi hc followed the sea in va
rious capacitics, going twice, to the coast of
Africa, oh slaving expeditions.
Tii 1773 bis brother William died in Virgin
ia, leaving him heir to bis estate. In order to
attend to his property ha came to America,and |
it was shortly after lus amvhl-that he assumed l
the name of Jones. Tho’feaaOns for the adap- 1
tion of this name has never been definitely giv
en. -
__ 4 ,nary
con}mchccd"s6motTrhc in ITTS. Ho
was ordered to the Alfred} 24 huns, as first
lieutenant. On board this vessel, at Finland
pbia, on thc 10th of December, 1770, he hoist
ed, for the first time, the adopted flag of the
United Colonies. This Uaghoro the represen
tation of a pine tree and a rattlesnake with’
i this motto—‘Don’t Tread on Me.’
' 'While attached’ to tho Alfred ho came first
under fire of an engagement with the Glasgow,
twenty-four guns, otf Newport The Alfred
was badly cut up in this affair, which resulted
in the escape of the Glasgow into Newport.—
In a variety of commands wliich Jones under
took about this time, ho.- particularly disting
uished himself by his pro’rahtness of.action,and
thb ability with which ho ’displayed in seizing
at oneb on tho best modetjjextricating himself
from impending danger.: V *
It was under Uio'pommand of .John Paul
Jones that tho American Vessel, tho Bon Hom
me Richard, fough^lgcfEnglish battleship
Scrapis, on FlainbonWjhCHcad.‘"This action
was particularly noted loriho fury, with which
it was conducted oabqth sides. . Before noting
any of the incidents of thU engagement, it will
lie wclj to mention tho strength of the two ves
sels engaged. ’ ' •’
Thdßon Homme Richard was formerly an
Indiaman belonging to . the French,'and was
called tho Due do DurfttJj' She was fourteen
yctrrs old, and although bought fpr a fastsnil
cr npda sound hull, prorefito bq dull under
sail and. rotten in tinjWr..’ Sho-wa* a long
singlo-dcckcd ship. Uor: r 'nrmaincnt, all told,
was forty-two guns. The Scropis Was a new
ship, carrying 44 gunsf and about three hun
dred and fifty inpn* .
Tho engagement toofy,saco on the 23d of
I September, 17711.' At, Jnn early* hoqr tho
shins became each, other and
continued lashed side'by Hide during tho whole
action- They were soejoso together tliat the
gunners wore obliged to pass the rammers into
tho mouths of tho hostile ports to get them In
to their guns. Of course tho execution done
at this short range was terrific, Kverywhere
resounded with intermingled cheers and groans.
Tho dead were strewn about in every direction,
and the mo«t awful confusion prevailed. The
Richard was frequently on fire, and at tho I
close of tho action was in a sinking condition.
Her sides were almost destroyed by the guns
of tho Scrapis, and nothing prevented the quar.
ter and mam deck from Utterly falling down
npou tho lower deck but a few ton timbers that
fortunately remained standing. This left Jones
and his companions flghtibeon a sort of stage,
upheld by the stanchions that were liable at
any moment to give way.
The loss on both aides was fearfully great. —
Full ono hundred ami fifty of tho Richard’s
men were killed and tho lost one hun
dred and seventeen. ’ Tho Scrapis finally
struck Iter colors, and tho bloody carnngo ceas
ed, and .upon tho heaving waves floated tho two
! shattered hulls#'freightcd with the maimed, tho.
dying and tho dead. - Great efforts were made
to keen tho Bon Hommo Richard alloat, but af
ter, toiling a whole day ami night, it became
evident that she had ‘fought her lost battle,’
Her men, ami such articles ns it was desirable
or possible to save, were transferred to tho Sc
rnpis, and at ten o'clock tho old Duo Du Duraa
settled majestically into thu bosom of tho sea.
•'Paul Jones arrived at tho Texcl, Holland,
With his prize.' Hero ho was blockaded by a
British fleet from tho Downs. This fleet con
sisted of twenty-one linc-of-battlo uhlps, which
were disposed m such a manner ns to threaten
complete destruction to Jones should ho altc
tupt to leave his anchorage. An reward of ten
thoulami guineas was offered for tho head of
tho famous John Paul Jones. This much
sought-after Individual determined to run tho
gauntlet ami escape if possible, Having fully
.instructed Ids men, ho* availed of a day when
t|io wind was blowing ft' galo oil’ shore, and
weighing anchor, cijmo down under easy sail
towards tho centre of tho British fleet.
’ He directed his course.so ns to como under
tho ko of, tho battle ship fvpip which the admi
ral’s flag.was flying.
His motions wcio walohcd by tho whole IlcH,
."•'a.' ; ’■■'i - tA'
Bj pS ■''W ' A > Wp'. .'v. ■:*. ‘
H I•- s IT ,: 1 ■•-•■•
: v"H ■■•' g‘ c i ’>■* H■; ir-”-1 , H,,..-, | ■ : ,; T , bv' W I ■
who supposcd'hfc had come out to surrender.— -
At this moment Jones givo.thateord, his ship;
the Alliance, became cloud: of.canvass. and
he flew past the the astonished admiral,, deliv
ering a full broadside as' bo. passed! Onward
he flew dclivcringortd receiving broadside af
ter broadside, ahd escaped .without the loss of
mast or spar. Jones sailed at pnee- for Brest,
in France, and.whilo in the channel captured
two valuable"’ prizes bound for : London, .with
which he arrived safely in port. ’ ■
On the IBIU of October, 1787. Congress yo
ted him a gold medal in honor to. his services.
Jones quitted America, in November,’ 1787. and
never again'visited its shores.’ Ho was after
wards engaged in the Russian 1 service, being
sent to the Black Sea by the Empress Catha
rine, as rear admiral, immediately, after his ar
rival in St.' Petersburg, April 22, 1788,- ho
joined Prince Potemkin, who had command of
the Russian forces in the Black ,Sca. His con
nection with the Russian service is complex
history of disappointment and intrigue. ,
While, in this service be was in many severe
engagements, and showed great pcrsbnol cour
age,though the opportunity never seemed to
1 present itsclf.for the exhibition of any remar
kable exploit, or a quality worthy of bis previ
ous career. ‘
lie resided forsomc time preceding his death
in Paris, where lie died on the. 18th of July,
1792, at the age of forty-five.
A distinguished writer, himself a sailor, in
1 speakingtJ Paul Jones, sums up his qualities
in the following manner :
‘ln battle, Paul Jones was bravo; in enter
prise, hardy and original: in victory, mild and
generous; in motives, much disposed to disin
' tcrcatcdness,- though ambitious of renown, and
covetous of distinction. Ip his pecuniary rela
tions ho was liberal; in'bis affections, natural
' and sincere; and in, his temper, just and for
-1 bearing.’
Tie love ol a true Woman.
Oh I. the priceless value of the love of a true
woman! Gold cannot purchase & gem so pre
cious \ Titles and honors confer upon the
heart no such serene happiness. I our darkest
moments, when disappointment.and ingrati
tude, with corroding care, gather around, and
even the gaunt from the .poverty menaces with
skeleton nngcr, it gleams around the soil with
an angel's smite. Time cannot mar the brilli
rncy, distance but strengthens its influcdcc,
holts and bars cannot limit its progress, it fol
lows the’ prisoner into bib dark cell, and sweet
ens the homo morsel that appeases his hunger,
and in the silence of .midnight it play around
his heart, and in his dreams ho folds to his
bosom the lona of her who love on still, tho*
the world has turned coldly from him. Tho
couch made by the hand of the loved one,is soft
to tho weary limbs of tho sick sufferer, and the
potion administered by ,tho hand of a loved one
loses half its bitterness, Tho.pillow carefully
adjusted by ncr brings repose to. tho fevered
brain, and'bcr words of kind encouragement
revive tho sinking spirit. It would almost
seem .that God, coropaaionating woman's first
frailty, had planted this jewel in her breast,,
whoso.hcav«n-liko influence should cast into
forgetfulness man's of tho Fall,
by huildirigiip in his:hi*Beatt aziothcc.Bdev*.
where perennial- flowers forever blpom, and
crystal watcj* gpsh.from oxhaustlcss foun
tains.
A lltllo Gorman Story.
A countryman ono day returning from tho
city, took homo yritU him tiro of, tho flooat
peaches ono could possibly desire to sod, and,
as his children had neTcr behold tho fruit be
fore, they rojoioed over them exceedingly, call.
Ing them One apples, with rosy cheeks, and soft
plum liko skins. .Tho flithcr divided them
among his four children, and retained ono for
their mother, in the evening, cro'thb children
retired to their chamber, the father questioned
them by asking:
« How did you like the rosy apples ?”
“Very much, indeed, dear father/* said the
oldest boy; «It Is a beautiful fruit, so acid and
yet so nice and soft to tho tasto { I have care
fully preserved the stone that I rooy cultivate a
troo.**
••Right and bravely done, said the father,
•< that speaks well for regarding the future with
care, as Is becoming in a yotlng htisbandman.**
«I have ontou mine and thrown tho stono
away/* said tho youngest, “ besides which, mo
ther gave mo half of hors. Oh I it tasted so
sweet and melting in my mouth.*’
•• Indeed,” answered the father, •• thou hath
not boon prudent. However, It was very natu
ral and chlld-llko, aud displays wisdom enough
for your years.”
“I have picked up tho slono,” said tho sec
ond son, “which my little brother threw away,
cracked It, and eaten tho kernel» It was Sweet
to tho taste, but my poach I havo sold for so
much money, that when 1 go to tho city 1 can
get twelve of thorn.”
Tho parent shook his head reprovingly, say
ing, “beware, my boy of avarice. I‘ntdcnco is
all very well, but such conduct as. yours Is un
child-llko and unnatural. Ucavon guard thoo,
my child, from tho fato of a miser. And you,
Edmund?” asked tho father, turning to his third
son, who frankly rcpll6d, •
“I have given my.peach to tho son of our
neighbor, tho sick George, who had tho lever.
Ho would not ta,ko It, so 1 left It on his bed, and
havb lust come away.”
“ Now,** said tho father, “ who has douo tho
best with his poncho?” •
“Brother Edmund!” tho threo exclaimed
aloud j “ brother Edmund I”
Edmund was still and silent; and tho mother
kissed him with tears of joy in her eyes.
(C7"Aa ft well-known reverend gentleman
was passing through Centro Market, on Satur
day morning last, ho was abruptly accosted by
an individual of 'uncertain ago/ who was. evi
dently agitated by eomo internal emotion or
commotion.
''Arcyou a clergyman?* osked tho individ
ual- , ,
•I am/ responded (ho parson, looking down
complacently nt Ida white neckcloth.
•A melancholy, hut not unexpected, event
has Just taken place.*
‘Ah 1* ■
‘Oh !*
•A death, I suppose.’
■You have hit it.*
‘A relative,?’ .
♦No.’
‘A friend ?’ •
•No, thank God.’
‘This sounds strange, if not irreverent. What
do yon wish mo to do V
*1 wish you to oillcialo at a funeral this after
noon.'
‘Whose funeral ?*
'Tho funeral of, not my friend, bat your
friend, Sam!*
The poor parson fairly staggered under tho
cflccls of tho sudden nnasaddeningihlelllgcnoo.
Slowly recovering himself, however, ho smiling
ly observed— . |
‘.Sam is not-dcad. .At tho. worst ho'ls only'
dying/ :
*I( that is Iho case/ continued his tormentor,
'you should attend Ihb Wisp meeting this evo
king/ ' • ■ • • ,
•Why rq?’ , . • • »
‘/u.d fo hear the oW genf/eman groan f"
[lPus/i. tin ion.
From the Literary .Casket,
EMBLEMATIC COLOBS.
■ In very early art, wo find colors used In a
symbolical or mystic sonso; and, until the an
cient principles and traditions were wholly wonf
out of memory, or sot aside by the later paint
ers, certain colors were appropriate to-certain
subjects and personages; and could not Arbitra
rily bo applied, or misapplied. In the old spe
cimens of stained glass, ,wo find these significa
tions scrupulously attended to, thus:
■White, represented,by the diamond orsllvcr,
was the emblem of light, religions purity, fnno
conco, virginity, .faith, joy, and life. Our Sa
vior wears white after his resurrection. In tho
judge, It indicates Integrity; in the' sick man,
humility ; ln the Woman, chastity. It was tho
color consecrated to tho Virgin, who, however,
never wears white, except in pictures of tho As
sumption. r
Red, tho ruby, signified Qro, divine love, tho
Holy Spirit, heat, or the creative power, and
royolly. White and,rod roses express lovo’and,
wisdom, as in the garland with which tho angola
crowned St. Cecilia. In'S bad sense, rod signi
fies blood, war, hatred, and punishment. Red
and black combined were tho colors of purgatory
and tho dovtl.
Birr, or tho sapphire, expressed heaven, the
firmament, truth, constancy, fidelity. Christ
tho Virgin wear tho red tunic and tho blue
mantle as signifying heavenly lore and heaven
ly truth. Tho somo colors were given to St.
John tho .Evangelist, with tills difference, that
ho wore tho bluo tunic and tho red mantlo in
Inter pictures, tho colors oro sometimes red and
green. . .
Yxllow, or gold, was.tho symbol of tho sun i
of tho goodness of God, initiation, or marriage,
faith or frultfUlnoM, In pictures of tho apos
tles, St. Peter wears a yellow mantlo over a
bluo tnnic. In a bad sense, yellow signifies in
constancy, Jealousy, deceit; In tills sense it )|
given to tlto traitor Judas, who is generally ha
bited in dirty yellow.
Greek, the emerald, is tho color of springs
of hope particular hope in immortality { and of
victory, as tho color of palm pftrl laurel.
Violet, the amethyst, signified love and truth;
or, passion and suffering, lienee it is the color
often worn by the martyrs. In some instances
onr Saviour, after his resurrection, is habited
in a violet instead of a blue mantle. The Vlr.
gin Magdalene, who as patron saint wears tho
red robe, m penitent wears violet and blue, the
colors of sorrow and constancy. In the devo
tional representation of her by Timoteo della
Vita, site wears red and green, the colors of loro
and hope.
Black, expressed thoearth—darkness,mourn
ing, wickedness, negatioi^eath—and was ap
propriate to tho Prince ln some
old Illuminated MSS., Jesus, In the temptation,
wears a black robo. White and black together
signify purity of life, and mourning or humilia
tion ; hence adopted by the Dominicans and the
Carmelites.'
How To Prosper In Business.
In tho drat place, make up your mind to ac
complish whatever you undertake; decide upon
somo particular employment and persevere In
it. AH difiicultlos are overcome by diUlgonce
and assiduity. -
Bo not afraid to work with your own hands,
and too. “ A cat iu gloves catches
no mlcd." • •
Attend.*? your own bmincss and .never troat
ft to.another. «A pot (hat belong* to many la
111 stirred and worio boiled/*
Do frugal. ■ « That which will Rot moke a pot
w/fljnako.apotild." . •
Bo abstemious. »* Who dainties loro shall
beggars provo.**
■ lllbo early. <* Tbo sleepy ioz catches no
poultry.”,
Treat every ono with respect and clrllity.—
“Everything Is gained and nothing lost by cour
tesy.** Good manners Insure success.
Never anticipate wealth from any other source
. than labor. “Ho who waits for dead men’s
shoes may have to go for a long time barefoot.*
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
If you implicitly follow-those precepts, noth-
Ing will hinder you from accumulating.
I onou knew a young tnan. said an eminent
preacher the other day, in a sermon to young
men—that were commencing life as a clerk.—
Ono day his employer said to him: “Now to
morrow that cargo of cotton must be got out
and weighed, and wo must have a regular ac
count of it.”
Ho was a young man of energy. This wav
the first time he had been entrusted to super
intend the execution of this work; ho made his
arrangement over night, spoke to the men
about carta and horses, and resolved to begin
very early in the morning, ho instructed the
laborers to bo there at half past four o’clock.
So they set to work, and the thing was done.
About ten or eleven o'clock his master come
seeing him. sitting in the counting rooms
looks very blank, supposing his command had
not been executed.
“T thought,” said the master, "you were re
quested to get out (he cargo this morning?"
“U ia done,” said tho young man, “and here
is the account of it."
lie never looked behind him from that mo
ment —never! ITis character was liked: confi
dence was established. Ho was found to be
the man to do tho thing with promptness, lie
very soon become one that could not bo spared;
he,was as necessary to tho fiirm as any of tho
partners.—London Youth Inetructor.
Decline op Dress.—The Now York Times,
says very sensibly i
“ Then as to dress—lt is grant nonsense to say
that all must dress fashionably or lose caste.—
M’jjut Is the fashion 7 Who wears a fashionable
coat, and how do you know It Is tho fashion ?
Toll Us of ono substantial merchant» ono thrifty
mechanic j ono successful lawyer, oronogontlo
man who wears U, and wo will namo tun ofonch,
equally noted and Bucconsful, who do not, and
lon tbps,.whom you ultorlydosplio, that do.—
Tho fashion in New York for men, just now,
requires a clean docent garment, with, no patches
on Jt—no more, no luss. A lady wight wear
her grandmother’s shawl on Broadway, and not
bo notlc&d. Tho timid ones, and those Just’ in
from oilier cities and villages, nlono nro worried
about their looks, when they wear last winter’s
bonnet to tho lecture, or to’ fho church. Let
tho young imitate tho substantial and tho com.
mon-sonslhjo, rather than those whowrokeeping
np appearances at a sacrifice. It will bo a sav
ing In thlli item.
• IDT An Irish nrpachor pace broke oIT the
the thread of his discourse, and said lo his hoar,
era—‘My dear friends, let tno toll yon, that I
am half thro’ with my sermon, but, seeing
your impotence, I will say that the remaining
half is not more than quarter as long na you
have hearth
■XT" A person meeting an old nmn with sil
ver hair, and a very black bushy beard, ask oil
him ‘how It happened that hia beard was not
ao gray iw the hair* 6f> hia head!’ ‘Because/
said the old gentleman, ‘it is twenty years
younger,’ • ••
'A litllo boy, going.to church on Sunday, re
marked ~ i
, ‘Ma„ there coca a woman with a hot on; and
oh, see, tna, she’s got bools on. too!’
•Oh, no, my, son, you oro mistaken/renh
oA.tho mother; *lt is only a gentleman with a
woman's shawl on!’
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AT $2,0.0 PER ANNUM.
NO. I.
A Prompt Clerk.
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■ ’ ‘W-Pcrn,'South- America, lfc*uhibjp#W.
The coast of Fcra is within the region ofptf- *'
dctual.’ gontfi'flwfc, JjpdcrWinds.
Peruvian"shores oravbntho verge oT tbo great
South' Sea. boDcr. yet.it' neverrams
Thb ••reason- is plain.- -.Tho south-east r -trade?
winds in the Atlantic .Ocean first strikes tho
water on the coast of "Africa. Travelling tp
northwest, they blow Obliquely across
an until they reach tho casts of; Bran!. By
this time they are heavily laden with rapor,
which they contirtno to oCor along aCTtosSjwo
continent, depositing ft otftncy . gOi .ftnd wup?
plying with it, the sources of theßlo dclaPldta
and the southern tributaries, of tho Amazon.---
Finally they reach the snovr cappcd Andcs.jmn
here is wrung from him* tho last particle*of
moisture that that very low temperatarb eatt
extract. Reaching, tbo submit of that range,
they now tumble down as cool and dry winds
on lho : Pacific* slopes beyond. Meeting w«tt
no evaporating surface, and with no tempera- •
turo colder than that to which they were sub
jected bn the mountain tbps, they rrachjUw
pccan-beforo they ; become*charged with from
vapor, ond before, - therefore, they- havuany
which the Pcruvianclimotccancxtract. Thud ’
we see how the low of tho Andes • become thb
reservoir from which arc supplied' the rivers l of
Chill and Peru.— Afaury.’ ‘' •' "'* . :
PrlcnilslilpL ; ' .
Lieutenant Montgomery had seen muoli mili
tary service.. However, tho .wars were over,
and he had nought to do, but lounge as beat fto;
could through life upon half pay. Ho!wasono>
day taking his case at his tavern, when ho. ob- ;
served a stronger, evidently a foreigner, gazing;
intently at him. Tho lieutenant appeared not
to notice the intrusion, but shifted too, .and’
alii! jrilh unblanchcd gaze ho stared. This was
too much for Montgomery, who rasp and op*
preached his scrutinising intruder:
“Do you know mo sir ,1” asked thuhenten
ant. ... i
“I think I do/’ answered tho foreigner wxtf
evidently a Frenchman. _ . 1
•'Have we ever met before?” continued Mont
gomery. _• j
“I will not swear to it: but if wo have—ana
T am almost Bure we have.” said tho strangcr-p
“you have a sabre cut, a deep one on your right
“l have," cried Montgomery, back
his sleeve, and displaying a very broad and ugly
scar. . •
“I didn't get this for nothing, tor tho braro
fellow who made me a present of it I rep ilia
with a gash across his skull/*
■ The Frenchman bent down his head, parted,
his hair with his hand, and said—“you may
look at the receipt.”
Tho next moment they were in each others
arms. They became bosom friends for lifo.
A Sad Stout. —The Boston Ttmes gins the
following particulars of a truly sad case:
“It appears that Mr. Qeo. Gills, of Salem, ft
young man about.twcnty-five years of age, of
good abilities, returned some fifteen months 1
since from California, where bo amassed a few
thousand dollars, which bo has lived onsined,
his return. Last summer much .of histiroo
was passed at Hingham, in company with ft
cousin, a young lady of ,fortune and genius,
who received his addresses on the score of rela
tionship, but gave him no encouragement to
hope for an alliance. Somo months sinoo ho
mote* letter, threatening self-destruction if
the lady did not consent to unite herself with ,
him in marriage. A mutual friend of both '
parties expostulated with him, and ho expres
sed Ins regret for what ho hod done and an- ;
nouncod his intention of leaving tho county for.
Valparaiso. Qn Thursday evening last ho vis
ited Cambridge, where the young lady resided,
and while she was entertaining her friends
within, the report of ft pistol was heard, and
Gills was found deaden tho piazza. It may
be bat Justice to the yoahglady to add, that
her reasons for rejecting his suit were most
\ commendable in her, though not rcilccting in
the slightest upon tho character 6f tho decease
: cd.” -
LrFB.-*Mcn rejoice when tho son is risen:
they rejoice when it goes down; while they a rtf
unconscious of the. decay of their own lives.— .
Men rejoice at seeing (fan face Of a now season,
as tho arrival of ono greatly desired. - Never*'
thclcss tho revolution of tho seasons Is tho do*
cay of the human life. Fragments of driftwood
meeting in tho wide ocean, continue together is.
little sp&co; thus parents, wives, children, rel
atives, friends and riches, remain with us but
for a abort time —then separate, and tho sep
aration is inevitable. No mortal can escape too
common lot; ho who mourns for departed rel
atives has no power to o&uso them .to return.
Knowing that the end of life is death, every
right-minded man ought to nursuo that which
is connected with ultimate bliss.
Memories or Childhood. —Tho memories
of childhood, the long for away days of boy
hood, the mother’s4ovc and prayer, the ancient
church and school-house, in all the green and'
hallowed associations, come up in thodarkhour
of sin and sorrow, as well as in the Joyous time
like the passage of a pleasantly remembered
dream, and cast a ray of their own puritj and
sweetness over it. ’
(£7“ Lady Mary Duncan was a rich heiress,-
and Mr. William Duncan was her physician*
during a severe Illness. One day she told him
she had made up her mind to get married, and
upon his asking tho name of tho unfortunate
chosen one, she bade him go home and open tho
Bible, giving him the chapter and verse, and fitf
would tind out. He did so and thus he read:
‘‘Nathan said to David, thou nrt (he man. 11
Tho following verdict, delivered -at Homo,
Georgia, in tho case of Abe Johnson vs. Thom
as Cameron, shows tliat Phila. docs not mono
polize all tho intelligent ‘jurymen* in tho Uni
ted States; “Wo tho gury eboozen andswomo
ogre that tom knmyrou must pa aba gohsintf
tho full amount of 20 flvo Rents that the plano
tif pa over tho won kwnrt of leker for tho bene
fit of the gury am) kosts will be roolcd out.'
Trifles Never bo cast down by trifles,—
If a spider breaks bis thread twenty times,
twenty times he will mend it again. Make up*
your minds to do a thing and yon will do .it.—*
Fear not if trouble comes upon you: keep your
spirit high though tho day bo a dark ono. -
CD* Is llio boy that got flogged for telling a
fib, tho same'trembling !yrw that (ho poetir
speak of ?
DD" A man hearing that a raven would livo
two hundred years, bought ono to tee if it
would.
(D^ 4 llontjs. what’s the matter V.
‘Mint Cot, do sorrel wagon has run away
mit de green horse, and prokc do axle-tree of ao
brick honso what atanda t>y do comer lamp poat
across do telegraph. ■ Mine Cot, what a bocn
plea!'.
A Picxtmß.—A tall ladder leaning against a
bouse, a darkic at tho top; and a hog scratch
ing himself against tho bottom, -O’way—
g’wftw dar. imi’m making misebitif.* .
ID - An ofilco-holding chap being asked how
liei convrived to hold oftlco under successive ad
ministrations, replied 'that administrations
must bo darned smart (hat coaid change often
cr than ho could/
ID” The strongest kind of a hint: A young
Indy asking a gentleman to boo if ono of her
rings would go on hia litllo finger.
ID" Mr. Justice Ashurt had a long, Ihnky
visage which led Ersklno to pen tho following
couplet: •
Jndgo Anhurt, with his lantern jaws>
Throws light upon tho English laws.
ID* Tho Emperor of Franco was'fifty-qno
years old on the 21at,of April. ,