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SUSSniNE OF TAB AEABT.
'Oh! don’t go sighing through tho world.
There’s sunshine all tho way :
If you’ll but do the acts that o’er
Koflcct the blessed day.
It glistens fn the grateful tear,
That flows for kindly deed,
And quivers in tho voico that sobs
Its thanks, for help in need.
And oft it*spoaks In radiant stnilus,
At tones, tuned in the heart,
And glldcth o’or the page of life
With beams that ne’er depart.
it dwelloth in tho loving look,
That answers to our own.
And swollelh up a spring of joy
To selfish taste unknown.
It smooths tho ragged ways of life.
With carpets, soft and light,
Woven of conscience free from frowns,
And Impulse acted right.
It cheers tho darkest hour on earth—
Steals under sorrows deopi
And oven smiles above tho path
That loads to dreamless sleep.
THE fANEEE LOVER'S SOLILOQUY.
As thin as a hatchet I've grown,
And poor as Job’s turkey, by golly
I stand, like a scarecrow alone,
Sad victim to love’s melancholy I
I feel most confoundedly bluo,
Ufa’s rose is turned into a thistle ;
My sweetheart has turned out untrue,
And sacked mo as slick as a whistle !
Though lively and keen ns a rat,
And playful as any young kitten,
She hag got the sharp claws of a cat,
And has abow’d ’em to me thro’ tho mitten.
Of our village girls she’s tho hollo,
And plump as a partridge she grows
Her lips for two cherries would sell—
Her checks aro as red ns a rose!
Like (wo bran now dollars her eyes,
•Her nose is turned neater than wax,
Her bosom with Venus’s vies,
Her hair—it is liner than flux.
I courted her day after day,
In tho hope her affections to wjn,
But ray trouble is all thrown away—
Li)tb a iool, I have beon taken in!
Lam laughed at by nil of our folks—
They expected a wedding to follow,
She turned out a tarnation hoax,
Her heart, like a'pnmpkln, Is hollow !
As thin as a bean-pole I grow,
And crabbed and cross as a bear,
My heart—it Is lovo-crackcd, I know—
I shall lie down and die in despair}
Htetwtatniia.'
UpilMO ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
Thus, under this heading, discourses the ed
itor of the New’ Orleans Christian Advocate, in
a laic number of his paper:
Our renders have heard of wooding on the
Mississippi, gambling on the Mississippi, and
even blowing up on the Mississippi. A trip on
that famous highway introduced ns to whnt is
not less than any of these a peculiarity—liquor
ing on the Mississippi.
Did you ever, reader, salt caUle on a lick
log. or give vermifuge to a score of little ne
groes on a plantation? Unless you have done
both, you cannot conceive of a morning liquor
ing scene on a Mississippi steamboat. It lakes
the first to give yon an idea of the relish and
the second of coining up to it one by one We
rose early, and by accident drew a chair on the
guards, where a full and inside view of the bar
presented ilself.
The bar-keeper knows the habits of his cus
tomers singularly well. At certain times ho
Strolls about—at others is constantly In attend
ance. Like a surgeon, who, before going into
an operation, has all Ins bandages, and line
merits, and knives arranged and in reach, so
Iho barkeeper did. Wo saw him do it. Here
the sugar and (he ice, and there iho pick to
break oil more small pieces from he lump when
needed. The slop-tub, just under the counter,’
Tor passing tumblers through, is replenished—
the corks arc drawn and fitted in easy—the fau
cets m order. If, peradyenturo, a weak stom
ach craves it, a lemon Is cut and laid by the
squeezer. All ready, ho wipes oil Iho board
bgain and again.
Here comes a man in shirt sleeves, dry as a
fish—takes a pull at the big bottle—goes back
to bed. Nest one fills up the glass to taper
point—works his lips together as his hand
touches it—turns it round on the bottom—
Stops it an appreciable part of a second, just
before the final lilt into a dry and thirsty abyss
that doubtless had swallowed a cotton planta
tion in detail—seemed to see prismatic beauties
ho held it sunward. Down it went, slow
and easy. Took his chair near by and looked
Mioughffully out on shore, vro wondering how
innards feel.
A man below the ordinary stature, but thick
wearing calico pants and a loose linen coat
leads the way with- two others, ono lookimr
.seedy, tho other careless. They agree after
consultation as to tho dram-don't seem hard
to suit, and it works like a charm. They draw
, two chairs close, qfbilo the third sits on the
railing in front, and laugh and talk boisterous
ly till breakfast.
Next an elderly gentleman—looks rather shy
—he is quick in his movements—has the change
toady—wipes his mouth and is gone.
A young man neatly dressed and hat on,
saunters up and says, ‘•Cock-tail,” or some
thing with a tail to it. Did you ever see a
ccok-lall fixed up? It requires two glasses,
hnd mixing requires ft genius. From ono to
the other glass, right, left, left, right, up, down
the sparkling fluid falls in a lengthening curve.
It actually serins to rope—the liquor docs. At
Inst it rests in one. It was a curiosity to glance
at the gentleman who ordered that extra arti
cle. lie toyed with it till wo feared tho foam
that had been gofrmp with such effort,.would
subside before ho got it down.
Thev come thick and fast now—fortunate
foresight in tho bar-keeper to have everything
wlicrc hocanlay his hand on it. Young men
eomo, very.young men, andmen old enough to
better. Wo saw no father tauc up Ins
;son. They do these things apart. Ih some
coses wo gainfully suspect that ft member of
the Christian Church, feeling away from wit
nesses and restraint, was indulging in on old
appetite.
ii .. r n _ n( l awhile a deck-hand would come to
«c side-door near, and pulling out a bag with
8 0t a dram without ice, or sugar or
JJ!lriahmci um^utci * lcao were most*
variety iu all this dreadful unity is not
BY JOHN B. BRATTON,
VOL, 43,
; the least interesting fact. One comes for the.
liquor and nothing else—gels it and gocs. ( An
other likes the place, lounges about,, is in no
hurry, and orders the dram .with an air of in
difference. Tho concoction is not strong enough
for this man, and ho says something to the bar-,
keeper, who sprinkles something into it; that
man throws down the drink at a gulp and
throws a glass of water after it as though ho,
had swallowed fire. One takes it apparently
for his stomach’s sake sake, and don’t want to
get tho taste of it on its woy there. Another
seems to wish his throat was ns long as a fence
rail, that he might tnsto it all the woy down.
The ardent and pure stnfl is good enough for
some, while others coax and combine the ele
ments in every variety.
(t A little popper to make It hot,
A little ice to inoko it cool;
A little water to make it weak, .
A little brandy to make It strong i *
A little sugar to make it sweet,
A little effort to make it go down.”
Verily, temerance has this strong hold of her
enemy to take—a Mississippi steamboat.
Dob and Charley.
Bob and Charley grew side by side, Uko two
fine young saplings In a wood, for some years.
After awhile, however, the brothers wore sepa
rated. Bob went to a large city, became a mer
chant, grow rich, lived in a lino house, was a
Bank Director, and an Alderman. His younger
brother, pursuing n more modest but equally
manly and elevated career, seldom met Bob du
ring sonic years, and then only briefly at their
tattler’s house, when there was o family gather
ing at Thanksgiving, or onwomo other similar
occasion.
Once, when I chanced to see these young man
together, thus I remarked that, while tho sisters
of each clung around the neck of the unassum
ing, but true-hearted, right-minded Charley, at
his coming, and lost no opportunity-of being
with him, the repellent manner of tho older
brother hold more or less aloof, though none
failed in polite observance towards him. Ego
tistical and pompous, bo seemed to regard those
about him as an inferior race. As hU brother
and I sat talking together near a table on which
wero refreshments, ho actually had tho rude
ness (o roach between us foraglass, without tho
slightest word or token of apology, with his arm
so near his brother’s face as almost to touch it!
Tboro was moro of shame than indignation ex
pressed in that flue, Ingenuous countenance,
when it again met my unobstructed gaze, and I
thought I detected a slight tremor in tho sen
tence ho uttered next In tho order of our con
versation.
Before my visit that day was at end, I found
myself exceedingly embarrassed as an unwil
ling auditor of a political discussion between
Bob and his father which grow, at length, Into
an angry dispute, little creditable to a least the
younger of tho two word-combatants.
As I stood In (he hull that night, awaiting my
carriage, 1 saw Charley advance to the door of
tho library, opening near, and knock lightly.—
Tho voice of his aged father bade him enter.
Opening the door, tho young man, taking bin
hat quite off, and bowing almost reverentially,
said only, “I bid you good night, sir,” and'qul
_Qi|y closed it again. When they turned towards
"me, thufe* was almost &• w omhu’aT' softaoVr hV
eyes that would have looked undiramed upon
(ho fiercest foe or deadliest peril. Think you tho
Recording Angel flew tip to Heaven’s high Chan
cery with a tbstomouy of (hat day’s deeds ami
w onls 1
’ “ Once after fids, Charley hud occasion to visit
(he city where Bob resided. Breakfast oyer at
bis hotel, ho sallied forth to call on Bob, at his
own.house, attend, subsequently, to other
matters.
Uo was shown info an elegant drawing-room,
where the master of tho mansion sat rending a
newspaper. Without rising, he offered his hand,
coldly, and before inviting his visitor to sit, took
occasion to say that bis wife’s having an en
gagement to spend tho day out of town would
prevent Ids Inviting Ids brother to dine I
As Charley descended tho steps of his broth
er’s stately mansion, at (ho termination of his
brief call that day,'ho silently registered a vow
never again to cross his threshold, unless Im
pelled by Imperative duty. And yet Bob is not
only a rich merchant, an Alderman, and a Dunk
Director, but a man of fashion I
(£7* Money Is a queer institution. It buys
provender, satisfies justice, and heals wounded
honor. Everything resolves itself into cosh,
from stock-jobbing to building churches.—
Childhood craves pennies, youth aspires to
dimes, manhood is swayed by tho mignty dol
lar. Tho hlackmsmilh swings tho sledge, the
lawyer pleads for his client, and tho judge de
cides the question of life and death for his sala
ry. Money makes the man, therefore the man
must make money, if lie would be respected by
fools, for the eye of tho world looks through
golden spectacles. It buys Brussels carpets,
lace curtains, gilded cornices and rich furni
ture, and builds marble mansions. It drives
us to church in splendid equipages and pays
tho rent of tho best pew. It buys silks and
jewels for my lady—it commands tho respect
of gaping crowds and insures obsequious atten
tion. It enables ns to bo charitable, to send
Whies to tho heathen, and relievo domestic in
digence. It gilds the ragged scenes of life and
spreads over tho rugged path of existence 'a
velvet cerpet soft to our trend, the rude scenes
of turmoil ore encased hi a gilt frame. It bids
care vanish, soothes the anguish of the bed of
sickness, stops short of nothing save the grim
destroyer, whose relentless hand spares none,
but levels all mortal distinction, and teaches
poor, weak humanity that it is but dust.—
Thus wealth pauses on tho brink of eternity,
tho beggar ami the millionaro rest side by side
beneath the sod, to rise in equality to answer
the final summons.
Rowland Hill rode a great deal, and by
cxerciec preserved vigorous health. On ono oc
casion. when asked by a medical friend what
physician and apothecary ho employed to be ni
roPliod—“My .physician has
J"T bccn a ll0 ™. and my apothecary an
ID* The woman who undertook to scour tho
mods, has abandoned tho Job owing to tho
ngh price of soapsuds.
The last that was heard of her, she was skin
ling the seas.
[D*Thc Lookport(N. Y.) Courier says a
Dutchman went into thoNlngro County Bank
on Monday to make a deposit, having a num
ber of Spanish quarters among Ida funds. Tho
teller politely informed film that they could
take them for only twenty cents. The Dutch
man looked up in astonishment, and said: "I
save ’em because do bills break ; note by tam dc
silver break too. u
IC/MVinchcll, tho humorist, tells ft story of
a‘dog which undertook to jump across a well
in two jumps. There arc a great many peo
ple just like that dog—folks who think they
can jump across a well in two jumps. They
that undertake it usually “bring up" down in
tho water.
DCTThcro is a great dlflcrcnco between talk
ing ond acting. Tho men who promise tho
most and talk the loudest, nro tho men wl\o
flinch at the moment of need, and turn a c6ld
shoulder. ,i
Slnrlin Luther.
A coarse, rugged, plebeian face it was, with
great crags of check bones—a wild amount of
passionate energy and appetite ! But in bis
dark eyes were floods of sorrow, and deepest
melancholy, sweetness and mystery were all
there. And often did they seem to meet in Lu
ther the very opposite poles in a man’s charac
ter. He. for example, of whom Richter had
said that his words were half battles, be. when
he first began to preach, sulforcd unheard-of
agony*
“0, Dr. Staupitz,” said be to the vicar gen
eral of his order, "i cannot do it. I shall die
in three months. Indeed, I cannot do it.”
Dr. Stanpitz, a wise and considerate man,
said, upon this:
“Well, Sir Marlin, if you must dlo, you
must; but remember that they need good heads
up yonder too. So preach, man, preach, and
then live or die, as it happens.’ 1
So Luther preached, and lived, and he be
came, indeed, one great wlmlwlnd of energy
to work without resting in this world: and
also before he died, he wrote very many books
—books in which the true maw was—Tor in tho
midst of all they denounced and cursed, what
touches of tenderness lay ! Look at the table
talk, for example. Wo sec in it a little bird,
having alighted at sunset on a bough of a tree
that grew in Luther's garden.
Luther looked up at it, and said; “That lit
tle bird, how it cowers down its wings, sleeps
there so still and fearless, though over it arc
the infinite starry spaces, and the great blue
depths of immensity ! Yet it fears not—it is
at home. The God that made it too is there
The same gentle spirit of lyrical admiration is
in other passages of his books. Coming home
from Lcipsie in the autumn season, he breaks
forth in living wonder at (he Helds of corn.
“How it stands there,” ho says, “erect on
its beautiful taper stem, and bending its beau
tiful golden head—in it the bread of man sent
to him yet another year !’’
Such thoughts ns these are as IHUc windows
through which wo see into the interior of the
serene depths of Martin Luther’s soul, ami see
visible, across its tempest and clouds, a whole
heaven of light and love. He might have paint
ed, he might have sung—could have been beau
tiful-like Raphael, great like Michael Angelo.
As it was, the streams of energy and modesty
and energy met in his active spirit. Perhaps,
indeed, in oilmen uf his genius, one quality
strongly developed might force out other quali
ties. Hero was Lmhnr, n savage kind of a
man, ns people thought him—a wild Orson of
a man—a man whose speech was ordinarily a
wild torrent that went tearing down rocks and
trees—and behold him speaking like a woman
or child ! —Records of the Great.
Napoleon in Dcalb.
Death had marvellously improved the nppcnr-'
ance of Napoleon, ond every one exclaimed
when the face was exposed, “Ilow very beauti
ful !”~for all present acknowledged;, that they
had never seen a finer or a more regular and
placid countenance. Thebeaiitybf life delicate
XtaXiau.|siM«m > pa&qt Ur*highpsUriud/ \SkJtsfr.
the exquisite serenity of their expression/was
In the most striking contrast with tho recol
lections of his great actions, impetuous charac
ter, nnditurbulcnt life. /Vs during his eventful
career there was’much of the mysterious and
inscrutable about him, so, even after death,
Bonaparte's inanimate remains
puzzle and a mystery, for notwithstanding his
groat sufferings and the usual emaciating elleut
of the malady that destroyed him, tho body
was enormously fat. The frame was as unsus
ceptible of material disintegration oa the spirit
had been indomitable. Over tho breast bone,
which is generally only thinly covered, there
was a coal of fat an inch and a half thick,*and
on the abdomen two inches, whilst tho omen
tum, kidneys, and heart, where loaded with
fat. Tho last organ was remarkably stand
and the muscles flabby, in contradiction to our
ideal associations, and in proof of thcsccmimg
paradox, it is Impossibly to be a very grcai
man with a very little heart. Tho scat of the
malady of which he died was his stomach,
which was ulcerated all over like a honey
comb. Several peculiarities were noticed about
the body. Jlc appeared at some time to have
had an issue opened in the arm, and there was
o slight marie like a wound in the log. The
chcsi was not ample, and there was something
like feminine delicacy in tho roominess of the
arms and smallness of tho hands and feet.—
The head was large in proportion to tho body,
with a fine, massy forehead. —Lit Miscellany.
react),
How beautiful is peace—at the home hearth,
in society, in tho nation, and over nil the earth!
Obliterator of feuds, washer out of blood-stains,
and uniter of tho world’s races in loving broth
erhood ! Six thousand years—since Cain smote
his brother at tho altar, tho corlh has travailed
with war, and The chief landmarks
spared by the ogeff have been trophies of fero
cious conquest. Ruin and terror have swept
over hills, and valleys, and seas; and humanity, 1
born with so noble and glorious visage, has
walked a perturbed and terrible spirit in this
erst earth-garden and paradise of God. Peace,
which should have been the companion of man,
and tho insplrcr of beauty and joy, has only
flashed ut brief and wide intervals through tho
cloud and storm of earth’s life. But it will not
—it cannot bo forever thus! Tho war of hu
; inanity with itseli—its suicidal strife—its es
trangement from its original nature, ami from
God. cannot always last. Eighteen hundred
years ago, ono came upon tho earth, heralded
by angels, who song, “ Peace on earth and good
will unto men.” And tho prophecy of thntsong
must fiilly Como to pass. The unnatural war
among men, societies, and nations must cense.
Slowly, but certainly, the cloud and tempest
will roll back, unveiling tho clear and serene
sky—and humanity, self-bound, like Prome
theus to his rock, will shake off tho vulture
which tortures it to agony. Peace will come to
all iho earth, for God has sent a token, find
given promise of it. Then shall a divine-dove
ily out from the human ark, over the wide sea
of the world’s ruin, plucking a fadeless olive
leaf, nnd the bow of promise slmjl be set in .tho
heavens, that tho blood of War’s desolation shall
no more cover the earth I
Died at tiir Post op Dutv.—lt is said (hat
the engineer in charge of the train which was
precipitated in the Desjardin's Canal, near
Hamilton, O, W,, whistled “on brakes,” and
while endeavoring to avert the catastrophe,
went down- with the engine. Instead of at
tempting to escape at tho first warning, he re
inatned at the post of’duty, and sacrificed his
life in a noble effort to save, others.
ID” "Jock, did you carry that umbrella
home that I borrowed yesterday ?" ■
“No, father; you have often told roe lay up
something for a rainy day, and na I thought it
would ram bolero long, 1 have laid tho umbrel
la up."
O*A gentleman advertising for a wife says:
“It would bo well if tho Jody ,worO possessed of
a competency sufllclcnt tb secure her against'
excessive grief, in case of Occident occunng to
her companion."
"OUR COUNTRY—KAY IT ALWAYS RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
; _ '■ 'tit- • ■
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 9,1857,
A SinbbotASlriplinj.'
“Once upon tt time’Vn, big, strapping, awk
ward youth, fresh frppi Vermont, entered the
Bummer Academy aV.Byficld, Maas., for a
share of education, wbj.cU is doled out at this
temple of Minerva, ab prices. At
that lime—wo know how it is at present—
the boys and girls were kept in one apartment,
only the middle; them. One
day, this Vermont stnpling,. who had just been
helping one of the girs through a hard sum
lie was cute on cyphering—thought it no more
than fair that he should;tako 101 l for his valua
ble services; accordingly ho threw his stalwart
arm around Ibo and gave her a
sly but rousing smafclc, which startled the
whole assembly.,. ; ,J}\
“Jedediah Tower,Epmo up hero!” roared
the preceptor. ' ’■>«,£*
The. delinquent apfeitird, his face glowing
with blushes like a red hot warming-pan, and
looking as silly, as a^ubny-'
“Hold out sir !” said the peda
gogue. *Tll teach to’act ,thus in this
institution.”
The huge paw was attended in a horizontal
line towards the inslraptor, who surveyed its
broad surface’ with- p fpSlbcnmlical eye, calcu
lating how many strokes of his small ferule it
would take to cover number of square
inches which it contn|i)^cl.
“Jedediah,” at lengtnVho said, “this is the
first time that you hw been called up for de
linquency; now, sir, you will say that you
arc sorry for what,yofcbavo done, I will let you
oil' this time wilhoutpanishracnt.”
“Sorry,"‘ cxcliiniett ihb youngster, striking
an attitude of pride tmd indignation; “sorry!
No.sfrf Xam /And X will do jest so
again cf I liev a chari&V- So; puton, old fuller,
jest as hard as you llac. -By the jumpin' Jc
hosiplmt! I’d stand Jiefc and let you lick me
till kingdom kum afittp I’d be sorry at that—
by thunder, I would)?'— Boston Post.
Truth is PowEßf* Sbmo men say that
“wealth Is power," that “knowledge
Is power." AbOVo*Vf(ftu all, I would assert
that ‘‘Truth is powpri" ' cannot pur
chase—talent cunnot'Jflfhtc—knowledge cannot
overreach—authorlfyvoinnot sllonco lier: tKy
all, like Felix, trorabfeat her presence. Fling
her in tho most tremdmoua billows of popular
commotion; cast horltito. tho seven-fold hunted
furnace of thoiymril'iivroth: she mounts aloft
in the ark upon tho sagfuit of tbc dohigo—she
walks with tho Son bfGod untouched through
the conHagratlon. Sun is tho ministering spirit
which sheds on man file bright and indeafnioti
hio principle ot life, Bght and glory, which is
given by his mighty Author to animate, to illu
mine and to insplrotho immortal soul, and
which, like himself, itfsame yesterday, to
day, and forever.'.* *"AVhon wealth, and talent,
and knowledge, and Authority—when earth it
self shall have passed away, Truth shall rise,-
like tho angel of Mapoah’s sacrifice, upon tho
flame of nature's funeral pyre, and ascend to
her sourso, her heaven aqd her homo—tho,boJ
som of tho holy and ifebrnal God.
• Factory Life. —Thjo Boston Bee has tho fol
lowiDg--dcmr>p<ion Factory Life of Norths
brn “operatives" s
<f Thoro is sickness, loss of constitution, tint!
lingering disease, brought on by tiio modes ot
factory ]|fu —by its -eeriHnbmont, and contact
with unwholesome .dust—by tbo .fll-roolllatad
fllpoplngj Apartments <)f tbo operatives. - Tbo
natural oflbot of lifo In A, factory I* to tako (ho
color from the cheek, to give a pale, worn, ami
sullen look, to produce disease incident to fho
female sex, and hasten into activity any constitu
tional predisposition to disease. From careful
inquiry and examination of tho operatives them
selves, wo tint! tbo following result. Oi Uvetity
tlvo persons averaging twenty-one years, twenty
said thoir health was not so good in tho factor)*
as before—in another caso, fourteen operatives
of fifteen examined, declared they suffered by
working in tho mill,
In still another ease, nine out of thirteen op
eratives answered their health was not so good
ns it was before they went info tho mill. In ono
weaving-room ot twenty-four persona, there
wore fourteen whoso health had boon injured.
Tho general rulo deduced from careful exam
inations is that of 111-health, ascribed to causes
connected with tho inill and tho boarding
house.”
A SCKND AT EDWARD EVERETT’S LeCTCRE
at Ai.bavv.-A letter, alluding to the eulogy
of George Washington pronounced by the Hon.
Edward Everett, at Albany, a fow evening ago,
says;
••I cannot soon forget tho'seeno on tho stage
last evening. In the spacious pulpit of the
church of the dislingulsncd clergyman and au
thor, the Rev, Dr. Sprague: at his side were
Judge Conkling and the venerable Nott, who
more than fifty-throe years since melted the
heart of the people over tho grave of Alexander
Hamilton. On the stage, tbo Chancellor of the
Regents of tho University, Mr, Lansing, and
Governor King sat together. On tho other side,
Mr. Fillmore. Immediately in tho tear, Philip
Church nnd John Miller—in thorp day compan
ions of Washington—and in front the great
orator. ,
“Mr. Everett introduced an eulogy on Ruftis
King, which was felicitously expressed. .Ho
did not forgot—ho never does—to allude to tho
fortunate men. whohrutlivo health and bright
mind could recollect how the Father' of tho
Country walked and talked among men. Scene
after scene, character after character of history,
like pictures from tho pencil of Mneauley, pass
ed before tho audience, and tho national heart
beat high, and tho fire of patriotic feeling
sparkled nnd shone. from, hearts whence party
had seemed to have crushed it out.'/ -
(£7” A short lime since, a young maty by the
I name of Tanner, in Memphis, Tenn., of most
blameless life and •ttknncra, was assassinated
in tho street at night. 1 It was not known'that
lie had an enemy in the world, and no motive
of plunder could have prompted the deed, as
bis person was not robbed of tho moat trilling
possession. A deep, dark mystery enshrouded
tho assassination, which Is now being lifted, to
reveal a new phrase of social shame and crime
fatally mistaken in its aim. A duo has been
obtained which promises to develop the fact
(hat young Tamar was killed by mistake for
another man—that other man, (he husband of
a wife,for whom the assassin had conceived a
passion; mid the murder was to remove tho hus
band IVom between him and his guilty love 1—
A negro man was tho tool selected to commit
tho murder. He mistook tlm man ; and poor
Tanner fell instead of tho doomed husband.—
Such is life !
Look Out.— When a stranger-oilers to sell
you an article for half. Its value, look out.
When a note becomes due. and you don’t
happen to have tho necessary funds to meet it,
look out.
When a young lady has “turned the first
corner,’? and sees no connubial prospect ahead,
It la natural she should look out.
When you find a roan doing more business
than you are, apd yoti want to know the rea
son, look at tho advertisement ho has in the
newspaper, and look out, ,
Look out for ndn when the almanac tells you
to, and if it don’t come, Why you can keep
looking out.
"I Wish Ton Success.”
A very kind wish. If sincere, but when the
wisher is one -who can give substantial aid, yet
substitutes wishes, ho is mistaken in what he
says. lie docs not wish success, otherwise ho
would take, as in other things, the only mode
to secure it, namely, his means and personal
influence. Were every one to answer similar
ly, the collector would have on his book some
five hundred wishes, which accomplish no oth
er result than defeating the object, for should
you not already know it, it is time that you bo
apprized of a secret, viz; if you wish to kill :
any benevolent enterprise for Christ and His
Church, do not oppose, it directly, for that
might excite the energies of its friends, and
might lead to the supposition that you were
close with vour money, but “wish it success"
and do nothing, say to the object “bo warned
and filled,;ond give it not those things which
ore needful for it, decline any agency, keep
from its meetings, and you will, os far as you
can kill it oflectualy. You will not bo blamed,
for did youmot “wish it success, and always
speak favorably of it ?” A similar result may
be attained by “feeling for its wants.” “think
ing on it,” “intending to do something,” but
be sure you do nothing, or if the collector should
call frequently, give him something, and for
the remainder lei him take your feelings. lie
will not trouble you soon again. If all others
do as you do, he must abandonen the work in
despair.
You feel! But how do you feel ? five dol
lars worth ? two ? one ? Dr. Johnson once
told Boswell to “beware of these feeling men,
for,” says ho, “they arc apt to pay their debts
in feelings.” If, however, debts are so paid,
what will such men do with charities?”—Le
gion or Feigned Excuses.
Funny Theatrical Reminiscence.
Billy Williams, tho English comedian, now
deceased, was one of the best natured men
alive, ami although without education; a capi
tal comic actor. Billy was a regular Cockney
iu his conversation, and paid no attentions to
the rules of Murray’s Grammar. An amusing
conversation between him and William E. Bur
ton. the theatrical manager, is thus related by
a friend of the parties :
Billy sat in bis usual scat, and was endeav
oring to make himself agreeable io those around
him. Burton, who delighted in quizzing Bil
ly. made some enquiries of him relative to a
horse belonging to Mr. Hamblin, which seem
ed to arouse Billy, and ho thus commenced his
reply :
“Now Burton, I'll tell you all about that
'orse. You see when 1 first arrived. I said to
Amblin—‘Tom, I wants an ’oiso, I'avc always
been used to have an 'orse, and I would like to
’avc one.' 1
“Billy,’’ says he, ‘you know Mazcppa. he
has earned me a great deal of money, and I
will not permit him to bo misused, but if you
want to ride him, you may. and my Bingo man
ager, Tom Flynn, will go with you to the sta
ble,’
“So down , I goes to tho stable, with Tom
X>lydn,Jix»l r 4old<<he man. to-put. Iho. saddle on
him.’* - . . ' '
j “On Tom Flynn V* says Barton.
1 “No on tho r orso. So after talking to Tom
Flynn awhile, I mounted him.” .
••What, mounted Flynn V* ' ,
“No, tho ’orso. and tli?n Ishook hands with J
him, and road off.” ...
“Shook hands wilh the horse, Billy ?”
“No, d—n it. with Tom Flynn, and then I
rode ofi up Hie Bowery, and who should I meet
in front of ihe Bowery theatre but Tom Am
bUn. so 1 got olf, and told the boy to hold him
by the head.”
“What, hold Hamblin by thtlicad I”
“No, the ’orso, and then we went and had a
drink together.”
“What * you nnd the horse?”
“No, mo and Amblin, and after that I moun
ted him again nnd went out of town.”
“What! mounted Hamblin again ?”
1 No, tho 'orso, and when 1 got to Bamum’s
who should bo there but Tom»Flynn— he’d ta
ken another 'orse and rode out ahead of mo, so
I told the 'ostler to tic him up.”
“Tie Tom Flynn up ?”
“No, d-n it, the ’orso, and wo had a drink
there.'’
“What! you and the horse ?”
“No, me and Tom Flynn. Now look hero.
Burton, every time T say ’orsc.tyou say Amb
lin, nnd every lime I say Amblin you say ’orse.
Sow I’ll be hanged if I tell you any more about
it.”
Billy fell his dignity insulted, nnd no coaxing
on the part of Burton could induce him to fin
ish the recital.
Snoonvo Stabs.— There is a man who,
when the stars are out above, and municipal
stars are complacent below, rigs up a telescope
at tho corner of Park Place ami Broadway
whcrcw.t'i to study astronomy, at sixpence a
squint
One night, as he was getting under way. two
Irish “gentlemen” were seen taking on obser
vation of his movements. Both were members
of Mayor Wood's body guord, formerly known
as policemen.
“Jemmy” said one, “whatin tho wurruld is
our fellow nflhcr with his machinery V*
“What, ye spalpeen ?” whispered tho other,
“sure and can’t ye see that it’s an air-gun-can,
non that he's got! He's afthcr shooting stars,
ho is.”
“Hadn’t wo better bo getting out iv the
way, then ?” inquired his Iricnd.
“Sure on it’s not us,” was the answer.—
“Didn’t ye Ivor hear of shooting stars ?”
By this time the telescope man had arranged
his instrument nnd squinted through it up at
the stars. The policemen gazed up likewise,
in wonder. Just (hen, by an odd chance, a
large meteor shot down tho sky.
“Bedad, ho hit it! lie’s fetched it down,”
cried both the Paddles in a breath.
“Sure and that's tho greatest shooting I Ivor
saw in my life."
Oihlpiirn Stoi.kn nr Indians and ItaAns.
—Some months since, tho Western papers
gave a thrilling account of tho loss of a child
which had been carried oft by a bear near Man
itowoc. No traces of tho child have been dis
covered, and tho excitement was about dying
away, when on Wednesday of last week, in tho
same locality, a Mr. Woodward, living near
Sandy Bay, bad some difficulty with an Indian
whom ho had fed nearly every day during the
past Winter, and kicked him out of doors.—
The next day his little girl, three years of ago,
wnsatanding near the house, when an Indian
sprang out of the thicket, clasped her in his
arms, and bounded away through tho iindcr
bush. Pursuit was commenced immediately,
but up to Saturday without success, though
Information had been received which, it was
hoped, would lead to the recovery of tho child,
an Indian ond a sqnaft- having been scon tho
day after tho abduction carrying a child which
was closely wrapped in *. blanket, ond was cry
ing bitterly. »
tt7"A backwoodsman saw a lady at a piano;
and sung out: “Jim, jis oomo here. Tarna
tion, if hero ain’t a woman pulling music out
of hcrchist 1”
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM.
A Double Mistake.
A Paris correspondent tells the-following sin*
gular story:
A very amnfiing historiclte is told of Count
M., a young gentleman of fortune, his wife,
and a young man who may be designated as
Mr. A. The latter, a simple clerk in one of the
railroad offices, and the Count arc cousins.—
The Countess, a very beautiful and rather con
ceited woman, lived unhappily with her hus
band. For more than a year past she has been
under the idea that young A. was desperately
in loro with her. Every look the gentleman
cast upon her when they met. every pressure of
the hand, every new .vest, every fresh growth
of moustaches—was interpreted as an evidence
of ardent, though pent-up One night
quftd late, Mr. A. heard a ring at his door.—
Upon opening-it, to bis great amazement be
beheld, in his nocturnal visitor, the fair Count
ess, attired in a traveling dress, and carrying
in her hand her jewel case.
“ Henry,” said she, throwing her arms
around his neck, ,r I have come to requite your
long and faithful attachment.”
“ What attachment ? I don’t understand
you !”
“Your attachment to mel I have read it in
your every look for months past. You love mo!
My husband is a monster. Lei us fly to some
distant land.”
“ Nonsense, ma’am 1 I love yon! I never
dreamed of such a thing! You must have been
dreaming. As to flying to some distant land—
you know very well that I dm an employee, de
pendent for bread upon a modest salary. How
the deuce arc we to live in your distant land, I
should like to know.”
"Here are my jewels. Our wants will be
trifling—”
“Pooh! Pooh!—yon don't want roe to live
upon other people’s diamonds, do you ? Let
me beg of you to return immediately home.”
. The l&dy sobbed and ought to have been
tempting.
“I cannot,” she said. “It Is too late. I
seized the occasion when the Count went to’the
Opera this evening, to write a letter avowing
all—my love for—your passion for me—roy
flight with you. By this lime the letter is in
his hand, and if I go back he will murder mo.”
*' Zounds!” ejaculated the gentleman. “ You
mean he will murder me!”
Here was a prettv business to be sure. The
lad} r wept and the gentleman burst into a cold
perspiration. It was now two o’clock in the
morning. Presently a sharp ring was heard at
the door. Poor A. turned pale, not doubting
that his enraged cousin had come for “ satisfac
tion. ” Nerving himself to the effort, ho hid the
Countess in a closet, and went to the dDor. It
was the Count who had pulled the bell: but,
instead of being in a violent rage, he only look
ed anxious.
“ Henry,” said he, ” I want you.”
“ I am ready,” was the stoical reply.
" That’s right, old boy ! I knew I could de
pend on you- The facts aro these: I went to
the Opera, this evening, and ought to have been
at homo at eleven o'clock ; but as X was leaving
the theatre, some friends met me, insisted on
niy rapping with them, and hate ktpt mb until
this moment. You know what a jealous fury
my wife is. You must go and make my peace
with her.”
“.Then you have not been home?”
“No.”
What a load was off poor A. *a heart !
** I'll do my best,” said ho. ** Go and waH
for mo at the Tortoni. I will rejoin you in an.
hour.”
Off went the husband, and as soon as he was
safely at a distance. A. quickly conducted the
Countess to her residence, relumed to his friend,
and Roily slapping him on the shoulder, assured
him that “it was all right.” The unconscious
Count went home a happy man—and bo ended
the adventure ; but it may bo supposed that the
lady now entertains anything but a tender sen
timent towards her husband's cousin.
Do not Plant too Thickly.—lf you oro
about planting ornamental trees, or shrubs,
think first of the size they will probably grow,
and then sol them, so that as they grow, they
will have the needful room to develop their
beauty. Remember that If you plant thickly,
Intending afterwords to thin out, that you cre
ate at once a tendency to a tall, slender, Unnat
ural growth, which no after thlnnlngcan reform.
Ornamental* trees, when first planted, should
never bo nearer than twenty or twenty-five feet
of each other, and then, In ten years, every oth
er one will require to bo taken out. Shrubs,
growing nafnrally six to eight foot high, with a
diameter of six feet, should not boplantcd near
er than from five to slxfedt.
How mitch Timothy Sbeu to an Acre.—lt
is a well known fact, that If you do not sow
grass seed, weeds will occupy the spare ground.
It is. therefore, desirable to sow just as much
seed as when tillered out. will cover the entire
surface. If clover Is to bo sown with it—as is
a common, but erroneous practice, because
they do not ripen together then twelve quarts
of timothy to an acre is sufficient. If tho
meadow is to bo seeded with timothy alone, use
not less than half a bushel of clean seed to an
acre.— Ohio Farmer-
Things I Likr to See.—l like to see fifteen
or twenty young men parade themselves in front
of the meeting-house on the Sabbath, and staro
at tho ladies as they pans, it shows thoy uro
fond of making observations,
I liko to see young ladies laugh and play at
religious meetings, it shows they possess fine
feelings and take an interest-in serious things.
I like to see young ladies wolk out late at
night, it shows they are not afraid.
I like to see ladies place themselves at a door
or window to make witty remarks on people as
they pass, it shows they are always minding
their own business.
I like to hear young ladies slander each oili
er, it is a sign theincliaractcrs stand fair.
TIIUH POI.ITKNR3d. Ho; Who has a heart
plowing with kindness and good wiU towards
Ins fellow men, and who le guided in tho exer*
else of thefle,feelings by good common sonso, is
tho true polite Wh. Politeness dobs nbt bonsist
in wearing d whlto silk glove. and in gracefully
lilting your hat as you meet an ncqvtaintanco *.
5t does not consist in artificial smiles and flat*
terlng speech, but in silence and honest desire
to promote tho happiness ■of those around you :
in tho readiness to sacrifice your own comfort,
to odd to tho enjoyment of others.
ICT'lt was said of an eloquent prcaolter, that
“his congregation, apprehensive thot his dis
course was drawing to tt conclusion, wo r o in
continual pain.” It is much oflner the case
In these days of long winded sermons that pain
is produced by on apprehension that tho dis
course will not corao to any conclusion at rill.—
Wesley thought thirty minutes long enough
for a good sermon, and too long fora poor one.
IC7"” l iVcll, neighbor, what's tliomost Chris'-
linn news this morning 1” fold a gcnvlhman to'
his friend. . „ .
“I have just brought a barrel of flour for a
poor woman.” . . ' ,
“Just like you I who is it that you Imvo
made happy by your charity, this lime?
’. : J-Chapter on Puddings." : 7T
/'Plum Pudding—Toko ft loaf a ; day
fltwufe • bremi;;aiid
quart dfJiniHc ;.*& mixed jnvtbtf imortnnghi&p
milk should be scalded,- if overnight,t he rpiHc
should becoldJ;. PaAs it', thtbugfa, a‘ ’ Colendar,
add six or dghtcggsrfcwo ~ pounds±filLrasiQ 3»
spice and sugar to .youc taste. , ; r< ■
Boiled Plum Puddings without Eggs-~Pojat
over twelve crackers, after tliey arc broken, ono
quart of milk, let it stand over- niglit, Strain It
through a calendar. Thoncxt rooming, odd a
quarter of a pound oLsuit, a pound of raisins,
half a pouna.of entrants, a littlc saU.tfida
tcacupful of molasscsi -Boil it three or four
hours.- To be catch, a rich Sauce.
NO. 43.
Marlborough Pudding —Six large kduh ip
pies, stewed, six • eggs,;fiix ounces
peel of o lerooh, grated; the juice of two Icm.
ons, two milk biscuits; rose water if you please.
Use eight eggs. If the blsciii(R- nro omittedf-’r
Bako in deep plated, Willi h richpultpjXste, and
a thick edging., .. •
Marlborough two. qtfffr/S’-B
sour apples, after they artslewOd hhd fltrdiil&F,
put one half of a pound of butter, Sugaritoybht
taste, peel of two nnd juico of three Icmona-vr?
When cool, add thirty-twoeggs, onc;qunrt of
cream. Do not put these, "puddings "into Iho
paste until just as they .arc sent to the oven: i
The apples to cither of these receipts Btay-bo
grated or chopped exceeding 'liac,-instc&d.tl£
stewing them. Perhaps the flavor is a little
belter. • . -.-^r
Marlborough Pudding vnthnut Urn<m~sit
ounces of sour apples, grated, six eggs, eight
ounces of sugar, four ounccs'of bntifer, a plrik
of good cream, one glass of wine, two nutmegs.
Marlborough Pudding —Twenty fourVppTei?,
one and three quarter pounds of Bugruv-coo
pound of butter, four plrjin biscuits,
of rose water, peel and juico -of four lemony,
nutmeg and cinnamon. ' " “ / ‘
Cocoa-Nut Pudding—One ■ pound -pf- grated
cocoanut, one pound of sugar, one quarter
pound of butter, twelve eggs, leaving put si*
whites, four spoonfulls of rose water; four-df
cream, the rino of one lemon, and jnifcc of.ttfd.
Break the nut and remove the black skin care*
fully, wash the pieces in cold water, and Wipe
them dry. Stir the butter and dugar to”*
cream, adding the rose water aud ercoro .grad
ually. Beat the eggs well and separately*,-'siir
them into the butter and cream, then sprinkle
in the nut. Bake in a deep dlsti thith
paste. Bake it one-half hour.
it when baked. ~'' l'
k Thrilling Scene,’ 'v *
The Now York Commercial ddcertiserioiii
the following thrilling talo:
Last fall, a woman residing In tbo viclnltydf
■Worcester.was picking blackberries Ift. a.held
near Che bouse, having with her her only, child,
a bright oyod little'fellow of .less than a’year old.
The babe sat upon the ground amusing Hfcolf
with grasping at clumps of yellow Wcedthat
' grow within reach, and eating berries brought
him from time to time by his mother.
The latter at length, intent upon gathering
tho flno fault, [ 'sed around a rock which hid
, her child faom v»cw. She was- about to return
to him, when, bearing him laughing and*crow
ing la great gloc, and thinking ho roust bV) sale
as Jong as ho was so happy, sho-remalned a little
longer where sho was. , t •;-Z
Suddenly the little voice ceased, and aftec,*.
moment’s delay the young mother stepped] iipbrf
tho rock and looked over, expecting' to ace
bnbo asleep; instead of which, ho was sitting
perfectly motionless, his Ups parted, and his
widu open eyes fixed with a singular expression’
upon some object which at first sbo was driablo
to discern. -•
But who can her horrorwheu.tm
; closoraomHny*ahejSitaUcd,Bome fouror flvo :
. foot from her inranEfeattlcsnako, with hpr
, glittering eyes fasfonSrupon his, and nearing
him by an almost imperceptible motion. :
Tho sight of hcr.darling’s pdrifso nearly paril-*
lized her, that for an instant sbo half boHotfed
(ho dreadful fascination had extended to her
seif| but tho certainty that, unless she wajtlio
instrument of salvation to her child,, ho was in
ovjfably lost, in some degree, restored ’her
power. She glanced wildly round for something
that might bo nso'd as a weapon, but nothing
appeared, and already tho venomous reptile had
passed over half tho space which divided him
and his victim. Another moment and ail would
be lost. What could bo done. ■ ’ •
In her hand oho held a broad tin pin; Bmb
springing from the rock, quick as thought alio
covered tho snake with It, and stood upon it to
prevent Us escape. *
Tho charm was broken—the child moved to
ono sldo, and began to sob. At the same llmo
tho mother recovered her voico and scroomod
lor aid, retained her position until ft arrived,
when tho cause of her tcirlblo fright was des
patched.
ffy' A Big Blast took place recently at tho
Holyhead (Eng.,) Harbor Quarry, by which
about 120,000 tons of Slone were brought down
and broken Into masses. Tho charge which
was in four chambers, consisted Of, £160,000
of powder, which was find by means of a vol
taic battery. About £500,000 of pbwclcr'sro
used annunJlr at these quarries; and
arc employed, . -
Both Disunion!—A Correspondent of thh*
Now York Tribune says r 1
“Wo come at once to the expression ol a Ann
conviction, blunt as it may seem, that this Uhiod
Is not worth saving, nor this government.worth
preserving, upon tho basis of tho doCtrino'of thb
inaugural, backed by the coming decision oiiho
Supremo Court, to which tho President, by 1 In
timation, fclenrly points.'' - ;o
E!7“ There is a negro woman in Virginiayrtyf
ms no cars, and yet can htro distinct!/ hf
ipcning her mouth. -' ■
CZ7* When it happens that a man caunqfc
bfrar a Joke, it’s not because he ia weak In th6’
Uck, but in the place above it. . '
ftJ7“oh, my heart, if thou desiresl ease ipi
this life, kfccp thy secrets undisclosed like 1 th 6
modcat roSebdcl; take warning from lhe lovely
flower, tfhich, by expanding ita'hUhctiohiddcd «.
beauties, when in flull bloom, gives its happj
ntss to tho winds.
0“ Friendship is a silent gentfertiah that
rnakte no parade! the truo heart
Uorripipc on the lounge. 1 . ‘ 1
Youno WfPß.—“Oh, I’ro eb glad youlficb
birds ; what kina do yoy most admire f”
Young Husband.—“ Welt, I think a .•good
turkey, with plenty of dressing, is about ,i«
nice as any.’’ 1 •
IC7*To one who said, ”1 do not bqlicvo’thopo
is an honest man in the world,” another re
plied, “It is impossible that one"man should
Know all the world, but quite possiblb that 6nb
may know himself.” ■
A Wealth* Client.— By ,the report of (lie
Secretary of tho Treasury, WQ perceive that
Government has brought 1200 suits during tbh
prescnt-Cctitury, against
$6,213,000. In all these eases the concision of
the suit has been that tho defaulter hasdi'ot
been dead or Insolvent; and government has had
to p«y the costs. . f
■ DittoATß CaCb.—Three cups of flour: ffni
dip of Ipitttr : one mid n liolf cups «ugU; i
o'no cup of criam : ivlnlcs of Art eggs ;
tcaspoonful pf salfloratus ; half a nutmeg, Ot
tho Juloo and rind of half a lemon. * •
To Clean Black Silk. —Take an old
clove, boll It in a pint of water for an hoim-r*
Thcnlct it cool. and. when bold, add a mtlfe
m6ro water, and sponge the silk with tno liquid 7 .