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r.,'j win I r!..'l»n J'. , ,
■: ; .
*' •!’ ‘V’tf)! .tlio,suwi^, night
’ ‘ iluthVamlfyiof light,
r op‘a sapphlro throne,
* *l-fi.-V*.l°pd her
; ’ ' , of odor
'ft, 'From the ( mid [O^tlre roso o’frhlown I
Has a'ploi*cliig sight . ‘ •
J And'd st6p hotli atrong and |
• ' A'pdayolcc'ofwonder,;, , '
'" ‘%fk'o tho tvlrath o| thunder ' ,
! ho shouU (o tho stonpy sea. *
■ -And th'd wintry night ,
1 •’ 1 ts all «61d nnd'whlto"
Am* Su6' feingulh a song,of, jmtn, ,
‘‘\ Till thonild bco humwoth,
’ And the warm spring comcth,
Wbdn'elro tllus In a droiim of rain 1
; O/flio nfglltl,
* ’Tlsa lorcly sight,' \ •
Whatever tho blliiii?ortlmos
' ilion spstrcth,
' ’And tJm lover oUtpourdth
His soul in a sUr-briglit ihymo.
It bringofh sleep
To the forest deep
The forest bird to,its nest;
To.care brlglit Jiours, 1 1
, And.dreams o(fl._>wcrs,
And that l>alia to the weary, rest I
7 , 'STANZAS.
Alono In tho WMsl of a dcScrl'l
Desolation is reigning around,
But the coldest, complotcst and darkest _~
; - Peep down in my bosom is found.
As 1 look at tho desert before mo,
. I shrink with a shuddering start 1.,
Yet (he desert in view is a garden v
Compared with tho one in my heart.
Everything that had being Ip withered,
• , Not a shrub, nqt a tree, not a flower
Is left to relievo the dark horror.
y That clings to tho present sad hour..
The birds thatwero hero with their music.
Far, far from their ncst-troo have fled.
And (heir young that were giving such pro*
miso,
IV o*s mo I for tho young ones aro dead.
There was Hopei I,remember her beauty—
In what favored land docs she stray 7
I’m afraid that 1 hardly should know her
If sl|Q camo to tills desert to-day.
Ah, well! perhaps tho far future
Ucscrvcth a kindlier fate;
Afi, patience, I pray tiico sustain mo
While here in tho desert I wail.
Hisce[!aiiJoii3,
THE DEATH OF AGRIPPINA,
THE MOTHER OF NERO
[Coins-Cornelius Tacitus, > great Roman his
torian, and ono of the most remarkable writers
of antiquity, is supposed (o have, been born in
iho reign of Nero. , The.following specimen of
o translation of his “ Annals” will givo some
notion of bis unequalled condcnsaiionof thought,
nnd his power of vigorous narration in the few
est vvords.j
&cro now began to shun nil private interviews
with hia mother: whenever site withdrew to her
gardens, hr her villa at Tusculum, or to the
fleighb'oraob’d bt Annum, he would commend
* her for seekirtg retirement. At Inst, feeling her
existence a hcafry, burden to him wherever she
tniglrt be, jio rfeaolvecli tff put her to death, the
ffnly matter of deliberation with him being
Whether he should get rid fff Hef* poison, by
•the dagger, or by fioffiff tflhor violent means.— 1
llis first resolve Was tff take her ofTby poison.
But; if poison should bff given lo her at theem*
heror’s table, It fotrld frfft be mfpiiletf Iff ipfci
dent, for Brllamt'icffs had .perished by
the iamb means; tff tamper wfth 1 We rtttcmf
ants of Agrippina appeared hazardous, fffr her
experience in crime had made her vigilant ogoindt
treachery, and aho had fortified herself against
poisons by the habit of taking antidotes., If tlto
dagger was employed, - nobody could tfUg'goSt
how the murder could b’6 concealed,; and Nero
feared that, whoever was selected to commit so
great a crime, ho might refutfo to' obby the em
peror’s commands. .
Anicclus, a freedmon, offered ihb ‘resourced
jOf his invention, 110 was tho cbmmandcrof
Urn licet at Misenura, bad been engaged In thq
education of Nero, and He and Agrippina haten
one another. Ho told Nero that a vessel Hifght
be so constructed, that pan of it could bo do-
Jfcched when th? v6s.se! >as afloat, nnd Agrip-
F ll thrown info (ho wafer before she was aWbrb
°\ •»* . t “ nt nothing so many chances of
accident to (ho sea'; aiid if Agrippino should
perish In tlio wreck; who ffduld Oe so unreason
ftbl® os to Impo'to to crime what was the fault
of tjio windy and the waves ? that, when, Agrip
pina was dead, the emperor could build ft tem
ple and erect alters to her memory,- and 1 make
other demonstrations of fflittf nflvclibrr. Tho i
device was approved, and it was fa’vorcd' by the i
lime, for Agrinplim was in tho habit of attend- ,
jJ)S l ho festival of the Quinquatrun at Bairo.—
io that place Nero lured his mother, often do- i
daring ** that sons ought to bear with We angry !
passions of- their parents, and try to pacify .
them, In order that ho might givo rise to re- .
ports of » reconciliation, and'Wat Acrinnirm
J k * f or women are easily §isnoscd 1
to credit anything that pleases them. On her 1
ornval.hc went to mecthcron tho shore, f" 1
she came from Antium; ho took her by the *
hand, embraced Her, and conducted her to Oqull
lhat waa the name of a villa, which was situa
ted between tho promontory Miscount and tho
lake of Balm, and washed by iho waves of tho 1
cca, wliich there forms a kind of bay. 1
Among the real of t!ic vessels ono mOrO highly
ornamented than tho others was lying there, as
if this also were designed to 'do honor to his
mother, for oho had been accustomed Ip sail in
a trireme and bavo a body of rowers belonging
to tho fleet. She was also Invited to a banquet,
lliat advantage might bo taken of the night to
conceal tho crime. Il ls well osccrtainca that
some ono betrayed tho treacherous design of
Nero : and Agrippina.bcing informed of it, and
doubtful whether toglvo credit to it or not,was
earned to Baiio in a Utter. Tho blandishments
of her son removed her, fears. Sho was kindly
received, and had a place at table assigned to
her above Nero. Sometimes adopting tlio ordi.
nary familiarity of youth, and then assuming a
inoro serious air, as if his purpose was to min
gle business and pleasure, Nero prolonged the
entertainment by varied conversation: and
When Agripdlnd rose to go away, ho accompa
nied her to tlio sen shore, keeping his oyo stead
ily fixed upon her, and pressing her to his bo
som, either to fill up tho measure of his stimu
lation, or it may bo that tho Inst sight of a mo-
Wier who was going to her death absorbed all
thp thoughts of Ids mind, brutal though ho
. V lO S ot * s * m( *' F’ von a starlight night and a
vramjuu sen, ns if to furnish evidence of tho
I f.M.r 1 ■// ...
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 44.
p^ lllo ' The ship had not advanced far, .with
two of tho intimate friends of Agrippina. who
accompanied her, Creperoius Qallus, who was
standing.not far from the helm, and Acerronia.
who was lying at tho feet of her mistress, and
joyfully speaking of .the change in Nero’s tem
per, and hla reCd'HCi!lMfbh -With his mother,
when, on a signal being giveni the rOCf of;fbo
place, which‘whs loaded with lead; tumbled
down, and (Jrepcreiuh was immediately crushed
to deatli.' .Agrippina and' Acerronia were pro
tected by the .sides of,the'ohambcr.wlilch hap
pened to bd’strohg enough'lo resist the weight;
nO|C,dSs- the ves&clfalLiopicgcs.for most; of .the
tmpi'on board wero in a stale of alarm; and
unacquainted withilhe design
(apd,' they. w£tq. .the*;greater part) impeded tho
movements of those who were privy to it.' The
rowers advised-that the vessel should be thrown
on one Side and thus sunk. But neither could
tho rowers promptly come to an agreement
about such a measure at the moment, -aiid' the
rest by resisting it allowed Agrippina and her
attendant to fall more gently into tho sea.— 1
While Acerronio, who lost her picsenccof mind,;
I was calling out that she was Agrippina, and
imploring help for the emperor’s mother, she;
'was-dcapatched with boat-poles and 'bars, and 1
other naval implements which chanced lo be in
tho way.- Agrippina kept silent, and.waa con
sequently not so well recognized, but yet she
received onc.wodnd un her shoulder. Sho swam
,ti!l sho fcll in tvilh some buals, by which she
was conveyed into thoLuorine Lake, and thenco I
,to her own villa. There turning over in : her I
.mind the various circumstances—that it was!
expressly for this purpose that-she liad ;been in-1
vilcd by treacherous letters, and treated with 1
particular. distinction ; that it was near tho
shore, without being driven by tho winds or
(dashed against -rocks, that the upper part of
■the had fallen in, just as any construc
tion on land might have done: considering too
the dealhof Acerronia, and casting her eycqon
her Own wound ; reflecting ihat tho only pro
lection against treachery was to affect ‘ not to
see it—she sent for. freedman, Agcrinus, to 101 l
her son that, by tho blessing of the gods and
her own good fortune, she had escaped a griev
ous-accident; she entreated ,• him, howevei*
alarmed ho might.be at his mother’s danger, to
defer tho trouble of paying her a visit. In the
mean time, assuming on appearance of being
perfectly at case,'she dressed her wound, and
used warm applications to her body. She or
dered tho testament of Acerronia to be sought
fori and her goods to be scaled : in Ur's alorio
there was no simulation.,
,Nero, who Vds waiting for tho news of the'
completion of his crime, received intelligence
that Agrippina had escaped with no farthcrin
jury than a slight she had -just been in
danger enough to leave no doubt m her mind
who.had planned it
Half-dead with terror, and crying out that
his .mother might bo expected every moment,
eager for revenge; that she would either arm
tho slaves or inflame the soldiers, or make her
way to the senate and people, and urge against
him the wreck pf tho vessel, her wound, nod
the death of her friends; wh’at protection had
he against her, if Seneca and Bamia could not
.devise something ? and ho.immcdiatcly sent for
them. It la doubtful whether they-were a\*
; mdy ocqdaTnt&t^witffliis apsf&iiH ,r Boih wbrtj'
silen® forsdmoUhft,'either becausethcy.thouglu
. it useless to atlbt&pfc to dissuade Nero, or they
believed.'thatthings had come to that pass.tljpt
Nerotnusl perish if Agrippina was hot removed
out of llio-way. Scueca at last.sdjfar took tho
lead as to look to Burrus, and askrWiother the
soldiers should receive orders'to'klfl Agrippina.
Burrus replied that the Prarotoriaps were de
voted to all the family of tho Cmsars; that
they cherished tho memory of Gcrmanicus, -and
they would not venture on any extreme mea
sures against his children : Anicetus, ho said,
should perform hia promise: - '' Without'any
heistation Anicetus ashed to be allowed to com
plete his crime. Upon hearing these words,
Nero declared that on that day the empire was
really conferred on him, and to,a frccdmnn ho
owed the gift i lie bade him go quick, and take
with him the readiest men to execute his com
manda. Nero- himS6lf, hearing that Agerinus
had oomc Ip him with a message from Agrippi
na, adopted (; a theatrical dcmtrivftnce to make
him’look like a-crimlnal: white Agerinus wad
delivering bis message, l ho threw down a 'dogger
at his feeti; lie- then commanded him to be
put In .chnlmd, a’tf if ho had been delected in on
a'SSossination, iri ordcr that he might Invent' o’
false Story of his mother having plotted the de
struction of the Emperor,'and then, through
Shame at Her crime b'eing delected,'hovlngcora
mtttcd.suicide';. >, ' • • . y-r.
~ In thb tocnniimc,' the danger of : Agrippina
noised abroad, but' Only as an Accident
the people, as they heard of it, hurried to
theshoro. Some got upon the mole, others in
to fho nearest boats ; s6mo waded into tho sea 1
is faros they could: and some stretched out
thfclr hands: tho Wholo'coast wa'g filled With' the
prayers,- lUb flhouU of people asking
Questions or giving uncertain answers. ’ A
great tnuhitudo crowded thith’er with llghttf,
and, when it was generally known that Agrip- ,
pinn Was saf6, th'tiy Were preparing to'giVo her i
theft 4 , congratulations, vriicn they lyerb dispersed -
by the threats of a body of arrtud men'. I
Apicclus posted men* about AgrlppinaV vil
la, and, healing tho door, ho seized the.
slavys, whom ho fnCt before hO reached the
door of thq chamber. A fmv slaves Were static
ding,there; the rest had been frightened nway
by the soldiers breaking in. In (ho chamber
there was a feeble light and a single female
slavo. Agrippina was growing more and more
uneasy that no messenger came from her son ;
that even Agerinus did not return. The face of
tho shore was now changed; there'were soli
tude and sudden noises, and the Indications of
some extreme calamity. As her slavo was go
ing away, Agrippina cried out, “Do you too
hS V iV h 0 ?, ami bcc * n ß, Anlcctus, accompanied
Kna * U CUa ’ , a ?°P tai n of a trireme, and Olor-
K 3, c * ™!‘ ur J on , in ll J° »1>« said, "if he
Had coma (o see her, ho rnwit tell Nero that
! lf h ° 1 ’»'1 lo odmn iU
crime, 6ho Would not believe that hffi™
Jinvy lu it : howould not command thcmuric?
of lus iliotjur. Tho asadsains surrounded tlio
bed, and the commander of the triremo was tlio
flrat to fltnko her on tho head with a club." As
tlio ccnlulion was drawing, liis sword to kill
In*, slio presented her womb, and said "Strike
hero;" and sho was despatched with many
wounds, So far all agree. As la Nero coming
to see tlio body ol his mother, nnd praising tlio
beauty of tier person, there ore some authorities
that have so stated, and there arc some that de
ny it. Sho was burnt tho same night, on a
banquoting couch, and with tho meanest cere
monial ; nor, sojlong as Nero was in possession
of power, was the earth piled up, or covered
over.
By tho caro of her domestics a slight tumu
lus was afterwards raised on tho place, near
tho road to Misenura ond tho villa of tho Dicta
tor Ccosar, which stands on tho highest spot of
ground, and commands a prospect of tlio bay
below*. When tho funeral pile was lighted, a
freedman of Agrippina, named Mnester, stabb
ed himself; It is doubtful whether through af
fection to his mistress, or through fear of being
put to death. Many years before Agrippina
had believed that this would 1 bo her end, and
sho braved It. For, whoa oho was consulting
,i . Mil
thc Chaldrong about Nero, they told her that
Ncro wpuld Ijo emperor, aha would kill his
hu)iher'; Bhe r replicd, “Lcttlm be my murder
er, only let him reign.”
The Benemd Arctic Sfwclh .r.
It BComad?lßcjilt.to 'l>blicTo’that; any iutoah
being In the lull possession of every faculty can
really hcliovb'at this late day that thdrd'ckfots
the slightest probability that. Sir John.FrahUliii.
is among tho, ftyhig. iThen-lho qucstipmwaa
agitated ip England la#winter, oh thc occasion
of the roturn-ofthe RdsoTriio; Wo allrtdcd ft?'Aid
tact that,an effort n'aa rriakiogloflt oul ■’another
expedition for the search after Ibo lost voyagers
of.tho Erdbus and Tdrror; bat wo did not really
suppose at tho time r that, the, enterprise would
over bp carried into eflect, because wo thought
there Was too much good sciiso among tho peo
plO’Of England to countonanoo stiihonunder
tnUing at once,as perilous and so QuUofio, for
tbo idle gratification of tv sentiment io a heart-,
broken but scarcely reasonable woman. Wo 1
can,certainly respect tho constancy with which*
Lady .Franklin clings to tho recollection of-hcr
Ihmccited husband and wo can pPv tho mclon
choly delusion under which she still refuses U)
believe that ho has not long since perished, but
there onr'Sympathy stops—U does UOt extend
to tUombsu'rd lengths of regarding it any longer'
incumbent on, tbo Government or on tho rela
tives and friends of tho lost.mariners to imperil
another preclohk cargo of human lives in tno Ir
rational hope of'finding him. Yet wd learn’ by
recent advices from the other aide of the water
that tho' expedition has,actually failed., IVo
have accounts of tho 'departure -from Glasgow
of tho Vessels designed for tho dangerous and
hopeless errand. Lady Franklin was there with
het 1 nclco, and the two ladies stood upon the
pier waving their handkerchiefs to tho bravo,
officers on the deck, and watching tho fading
sjils until they become mere speck on tho wa
tery horizon. It was a scene ofdrnmatic Inter
est, certainly, and well calculated to call forth
tho exhibition of fooling on tho.part of tho spec
tators. But this feeling mu# have been one of
mournful commiseration for tbo poor demented
wife, mingled with a certain foreboding Ibat
they were possibly tho last Britons who,would
over behold from British so.il tho gallant hut
misguided men then throwing a farewell glance
on (ho receding shores oftholr native land.
almost a ConTcrt.
Tho following rich more'carl is extracted IVom
Porter’s Spirit of the Times-:
■ In early lift I was a class-lender in Ibo Moth
, odist Church, and although I am still, (I hope)
a member of that persuasion, I will bo frank,
conless that for many years (to myshamo I say
it) I have not taken a veiy prominent position
in'tbe different “meetings” which anbually oc
cur in oar congregation 5 still 1 attend church,
and do my bust to bo at tho gathering on tho
Sabbath. Many years ago, while tho Poydrni
street church was standing, we had a clergyman
from the West visiting us. Ho was a man of
gryat piety and eloquence, land had formerly. In
tact, shown as a “ brlght.partictilar” in another
place, where people oft do congregate. As cus
tomary when such lights appear, a “revival”
took place, arid for-nmny nights the church was
crowded, Your correspondent is proud to say
(hatha waa not backward In coming forward,
and on more 'than rone pccrislon 'tho hudlcnco
‘ Verohold by tho power of my prayers, r \ - >
< Among those who .visited,tliomccllngscoti
smrftly was, a.young, gonfjoroon oyidcptfy be
longing to (ho fashionable world. TJie cut of
his tie, and (ho twist of his moustache, betrayed
him Instantly., My prayers moro fhan once
were,at him, nod I could soo .now. and then, as
I opened one peeper, tlfd{ his head bowed nn
ddrtlio strokes.-•Night l after night ho came,
ripd'still ;I. wont in dor-him.' Occasionally a
Ffv°? u jPAVi!W *ho; workings of tho spirit. I
hit mmnaraer; opened a whole cask of brim-,
atone under his nose; and you could tell by his
jdnwncqst iqpkjhat ho began to smell saltpetre
pirca’dy. ‘ 'At last tho spirit triumphed ,'hVs chin
dropped upon Ids breast,‘a deep' groan issodd,
and all was, over. I couUKwaJlij.no logger;a
stiflled groan assured mo all \V(is well. « Keep
on, brother, keql on,” I said ; :: tlicft >r I placed
my hand upon his head to'let blny rice’(hat
friends woro near. My touch caused him to
look up, when, with on expression never to be
forgotten, ;io exclaimed, *• Sir, l hope Pvei not
beyt snoring /” I will only say (but was my
last case of'conversion.
AmCTio.v.—We .lomrtimi'fi nu'ct with men
who seem to think that any, indulgence of nf
fecllonato feeling id a'iVcaknm They return
from;ajodrhcy!ttnd grebt their families with a
distant dignity, tmd roovo halting, their children
with tho cold and lofty splendor of an icelmrg,
surrounded with its broken* fragments. There
is hardly a more unnatural sight o» catlh .than
one of those families without a heart.. A fath
er had better extinguish hjs boy's eyes than lake
away his’htart. "Who that has experienced the
joys friendship, nnd values sympathy and affec
tion, would not rather lose ail that is beautiful
In hatnrcs’scencry than be robbed ol tho hidden
treasure oflu«;bcartl Who would not rallicr
follow his child to tho grave-than entomb Jus
paternal a|lcc'ion?‘ Cherish,‘ then, your
heart’s best nflections. Indulge in thb warmth'
and gushing* Of fraternal lofti. Think ft nofa
Weakness* Ttiatih your children'to love; to loyo
tho rose ; the robbip, to lovo their parents, (o
love their God. l ’ Bet it bo tho studied object of
their domestic'cuUorff tff g|vb them worm
hcarttf, ardtinb affections. Bind ypor whole
fatHily together by tbeso strong &rild. You
canbot make them loti alrffn^.
i tail l of Spirit
i Wjicn llout. Oov. Patterson Speokeriof
tho Lcgfolaturo 0/ one of our StolH, tome dorin
| boys presented themselves for thti pfneo of mcts»
1 senger, ns Ills usual at Iho opening of the
House, Ho inquired their names, and into their
condition, in order (bat he might make tho pro*
per selection. 110 came, in the course of Ida
exariiinatioivto' a small boy, about ten years
old, a bright looking lad. '
, '‘Well, sir,” said bo, “what iayonrnaujftl”
“John Hancock', air,* 1 was tho answer.
'/What!" said tho Sneaker, “you are not (be
one that signed the Declaration of Independence,
are you ,
i/. 0 .* ® ir *" r °pHcd tho'ltyl, atrclcliing.hlm
wif to Wa utmoat proportion®, “but I would,
if I had been there.'*
Ui^Sf/cakc' 1 ° UO °** 10 mc3^!cn S c^ ®^* , BQ
A Dr
consla'blo in Cnzotiovln,' having
,n !lla F flori, i to .obtain
admissionjo-tho liouso of a certain man whoso
property ho wished to seize for debt, adopted
tho rusoof a-bruthor constable, whoso
faco was unknown, to effect an admission and
accomplish tho, seizure. Tho scheme appeared
to answer,-; constable got In \ asked for proper
ty, wife said she’d show him up stnlra ; consta
ble passed through ft door as requested—and
found himself in tho street, o'nd tho door locked
after, him. Ha should have looked ero ho lean.
ed.-Wm Herald. r
fXT" A western editor once apologised to Ms
readers somewhat after this fashion i /
“Wo intended to Davon death and marriage
to publish (Ids week, but a violent storm pre
vented (ho wedding, and tho doctor being taken
slok himself, the patient recovered, and wo are
accordingly cheated' out ol both/'
“DUH OOUNTBT—MATITjALWAyV BIGHT- OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA #‘TJIIfRSIJAY, AUt?fJST 20,. 1857.
. WOBpa. ’
The stintoa.T warm.thpgraasito life,,;
Tho dew tlio , •
. Tho Ojesgrdff b'rfgßf’anll watch uid light.
Of Autumn o&cnlhgJinhlw -- - • ' 5
, But words -th&tj'breatbp of tondcrtiOSS, , •
And flraHesnfO kppwr or© trupi:,
Are warmer than ,;
And,brighter;thamlho dpjr,.! ;■ ; ■,
‘ it* rdndb ' i . ['
;; With’all ;''
' And gold and tho'lhlngA- ■
•' To sanctify tho’ heart» ; •
* Biit oh l ifthofld whd clnsUrrotifta J :
Tho altar and tho hearth,
Have goptlo woM« And loving smiles,
ilpwbc'autfftdK.oafthl-j
,i : ; jiss-jijpiEiN^jiiTn.,
In the rebelled by tlie la’l6
arriyal^ t we And-narrated some
after scenes In the case qf Mjss Madeleine Smith,
tried’at for pbisOnitig \icr* lov'eri—
Miss Smith’s conduct after her release teas In
kecping.wilh trial..
She .exhibited, it is Sfud>.tho.6amC;npncAaftm(:<v
criticised freely the pleadings of counsel, and
pronounced the presidingjudgo' * 3 a f, tediqus-bld
man.’Vih bis summing up.‘A rUßo'wn9~prac
ticcd.by, her .legal ogcntlo get Iftr aWby xmob
served, aflcr.lhc dose of the trial; y A girl about
the same ‘ stature as Miss Smith procured
to persohato her,’tifid dressed In pte-’
viously.worn by Miss S.j thtf girltwoa borne,"
amid the prcssuro.of thocro t wd,:to;a f carriage,
and driven offat a rapid speed* followed by the
whole crowd of curiosity-mongers. MlssSmith,
accompanied by her brother add Another young
gentleman,’.then'deparlcd quietly l for Glasgow,
where her lather resides. v’..-
Her father, it is said, refused, to see her, and
It !s believed she has ere Ihia.iakc^ her depar
ture fora foreign Her mother is in a
dyipg condition, 'caused, it is suppostd; by the
shnmo.nnd terrible grief jfqlt for BerUanghter’s
position. An enterprising Ixmdom.exhibitor of
wax-works has place 4 figure of
Miss Smith in tits collection at the Crystal Pal
ace, and the likeness is'sMd to be perfect. Miss
Smith’s father is a strict religionist, and brought
up his daughter to the observance of oil the
forms of his faith; but as she reached woman
hood she cast aside, it is said, religious books,
and corrupted her morals by reading with in.-
satiable avidity the’worst and most immoral
class of novels..’
While her moralswcro thus Undermined, the
necessity of her position obliged her to keep up
before her father oi)d friends-dn appearance of
rigid moralily. '- inner and an
outer life,.she became trained in hypocrisy, and
H is feinted of her- that on the day taforo sho
ran away from, her father’s house, after L’An
gclier’s dbath, stibWOa closeted with the pastor,
of the church iu Which she sal, conversing with
him with a viov -to’obtain a ** token,” or cer
tificate for the sacramental table. Sho is said
to have been a great favorite with the old cler-'
gyman ever since she was a Ultle girl, and used,
since ho became.pld and infirm, tif call on him
frequently, to read to.hih\.'’,.f
In cxplanatiou of the £Uceflngi vycjiTollowed
tbeannobneementof (hoyenflot pravetr,”
It is stated tliot.tjioro was extensiveand'heavy
bcttfng.mi, Uio, result,;. nna'. that th(i f wJnhtrs
coula not depress their joy at their own good
hick? -Among' lhe ; most Conspicuous in the
derfionsfratfaq? pf applause was a young medi
cal student, who shouted and danced in an ecs
tasy pf.joy.; It wna,’subsequently ascertained
that he had won' about thirty sovereigns by the
verdict. ./Miss Smith’s‘defence cost £4,000, or
twenty thousand dollars. This sura, and more,
was subscribed by a few Glasgow merchants.
Opo old bachelor put.his.niynedown for a thou
sand pounds. , The flmvtojwhichMr.-Minnochj
her second choice .belongs, oflered a liicosunj,
and so did aVi eh undo from whom sho had 'ex
pectations ; but at (ho time the subscriptions
were ipqdc, tho facts developed on thO trial
were not known. The Dean of the Faculty,
whose defence of the accused is lauded extrava
gantly, and whoso address to the jury moved
to admiration all who htsird it; received §1,250
as a retainer, and a ,< refreshcr’’of £7O. or 8350
every morning of tho trial. The "junior cqun
sel'assodaled with the Dean received in all, for
bis services, £4OO, or two thousand dollars.—
RegardingMisa Smith’s opinion is still
divided.. Of course, she innoecnco
in the most earnest manheri mil whether iimo-‘
cenl or guilty, sho is abfnrlri£ the penalty of
her fall frtfm .the paths of •virtue.— mio York
Sun. ■ .. • • - - ,
'.Terrible Tolionlng Case in Virginia.
Tho Fetcraburg, <Vh.,) Expren details atdr
rlbio poisoning case in tho family of Mr. Edward
Gill, In Chesterfield county. Tho family is
Composed qf Mr. and Mrs. GUI, and up to four
weeks agq, six chirdrtm,’.as follows: Miss Fran,
cos, aged about 16 yearn ; Antoliua, about 13 \,
William, about B; jllar'y, Gj £lla, dj Hatty, an
Infant. About ono-numth ago Jjtilo lln((y was
taken' myfltoWdusJy 111, and* died a ftnv days af
ter. flubscqucntly'tho-ontfiv fai’fifty, Legap to
experience a singular wMch Changed
tho -color ol their skin to a, Uu|l, palish hue, mul
bore tho character of Iqflamatlon of tho stomach.
On Saturday last every member of tho family
wax prostrated, jmd- physicians from all parts
wore sent for. A consultation was lieldjpO'spl
cions of pbiaoU-CSellcd* and uu examination fa
slltqtoa, , .
In the apartments of Rebecca, the took, whidb
Wore also occupied by a house, servant, Marla,
a ml. lib r husband, Jack, were found secreted
several phials, one containing sugar of load, and
tho'. rest a quantity of tho carbonate of load,
both ot which aro slow but deadly polpons. A
light was hero developed, leading- Meetly to’
(ho conclusion that tho disease then under treat
ment was no othqr than tho load cholly, super-
Induced by tho conSumptlori of food containing
tho carbonate nml sugar of load. This, It was
hscorlnlnctj ppon further investigation, bad been
Introduced daily Into tho food cooked for tho
family for a‘lo»g period of wooks. Thu scheme
was deeply laid, and upon a principle which one
would, scarcely suspect of being resorted by an
Ignorant negro. Them Is some ground,’ there
fore; for further mispiulons, Involving a more >
intolllgoptrprlncipsUn tho affair.
On Mondayevening, tlnj noxttotlio youngest
child, Elln, too young to withstand the potency
or tlio dcndly drug, expired, The (wo oldest,
Francos and Aurelius, wore on Tuesday lying
in a very critical Condition, wlifto Mr. and Mrs.
011 l wore Improving, but still exceedingly weak
nml nervous. Tbo three slaves mentioned wore
Immediately arrested, nnd lodged intliojall. but
wlll bo tnkou before the Chesterfield Court for
examination at the proper (Into.
1
Sad MtatAKK.—Tlio Olmagow OJironlolo
uonllona n report Hint n nmn who was; wlxyonm
iro, hung In that city for murder, Jma turned
out; not (c>-)mvo boon guilty.
OCT* Shaksproro says, “Frailly. thy nnmo ia
woman.” A French translation ho«it, “Made*
molscllo Frailty is (ho nnmo of tho lady."
An old lady lu Connecticut being at a
loss for pin oushionsr made nsa of an union.—
.Oh tho following morning, sho found (hat all
tho needles bad tears in their eyes.
iliiiia
- --t Bcath o? Hoft. Thomas J. Ilbsfr, pi TcXM tt , fl l
1 ‘ iNfiCDOTES OF O’COMSELI/. ' Tho melancholy intelligence, conveyed liy(ha
» ** J «! i ~7* , Lh 7 ielearaph from Texaa, of tho death of tho Hon.
J.At Mr;:O!ano , ys , at Obarlevdle, Mr.O Con- Thotoas J. Ruak, S6natoi < in CongressfVom that
bell talked awayJorihOianauceiucnt, ofthe patty Stale, Will-occasion profound grief
tvhp hadq psscipblcft io. mcct hith. .*,‘l, was merltaand character are known. '
doc©;’’said for a.coiV-stc'ater, ,who .. Gepoi-olßuok was a atatesmao qf tho ptacli*
fras clearfy Waft ItttnS- Cal, -old-faabioncd State’s Eights- school, and
portatidn for foWlttll* tearB.' ,J At ' thd end of Although a quiet, unpretending member of the
iktitinfe-te rttUnitariina: (litppcniile. to tttafc Sonnlp. itJs ual. going too. tar. to »ay tUnl ho
SfmSfmSSsa^&b
‘Sbnlli, hovel* nllditlhg hUriaolf-To rnifinto ox
* kS?"£i taotaop, but, following, stenillyona nternly tho
}£«’ic -*• VI? 5 b ° 1 ® ;<oi :*(StfAh l [inOipf constilntlonolidoly, jv»|)DUt ro
tntlt, iif. ■tfn&fiivSr your Htinbi goes id stitil Uarciitt tiib tledullar hofibhs pfmerd p'ariyicad
a tow> alwdys gh tfrr {Fife ttortt night you cdiiV“ •<*s; -i AS ah oVltltiaed of Ids tael nhdjndgraWf
fonfllio weather Is very bad; tho chances jarOf Riihaybd Slated: that when his distinguished
that nobody will be up to see ypurhotidf. .Tho colleague,. General Sato, Houston, performed
way you’ll,always know.thfe /at jfdttlo id the hfhe cfefe'entricfty of jdfpibg tho American pdrfj’
dark is by this tbken—that; t/ffe /d£ (> feotfd'at- dhd faaliiV# /lid'fewft, GOfacfal Rusk-toalnlaitjotl
wayjj island oht id thfe foofocxposfeapla6'ck, otit gWdfc'fatbrtifi.withhito, and hovpfdhdulgcjUn j
thfc jcdn feVifeS alwtfyfl go Into the'dUc& for slicl- thoad. public. fcrlm/Dat{oD3..dnd
IfefJ Stj, (continued ‘o’Connci!,) : l got that which too often dishonor'great Stat.cS In'tho'A‘
lesson in cbw-stfealing, gratis,- frow.Tpy.worthy mericaft' Congress; There’ h'afc bfoty. fpnsou
client.” • . - r wbs,tofthfefdd hb.iOi. Thfe,t<yo BcnatoM haft
. .We spoko of tho recent : Afclip E i ; jN»e«.ttrou*h tannyfrylhgoMcMs
hnd, alluding to a cfrtoil. Tholr career, md been
that when n speaker nvcfftd tWth much car- r l
I SUrt v“'
be ,CV ? h T I ;?V 4 ?/ counsels anapartnfefS In tho Senate 6f’tho u.ni!
Connell laughed. I remember,, ,said he, a ted Stfilos, it was hot possible fo? them' to bo
youpg barrister named B ■ ■°?,9 e r .9? ,no enUroiy separated by a mere political diflbr
pOnSult, mo on a case in .which hp Was retained,, once.
pbd begged toy permission to read for 'ino tho Thomas J. Rusk Wad bferh.lh §t>Mli Carotihfe,
draft of aupetch he intended'-'tO''dclrver at 'tho and when ho died was lb'(ho fiftieth year Of MS
trial, which was to come off in about .a fort- age. In Ms retooled lo Tcx
nlght. I assented;-whereupon~ho began to as, then a province of Mcxlcp, tnd bcloro ho
rend,-“Gentlemen of tho.jury, tpledgoyouray was thirty years .of ago.toolc a promibeht'patt
honor os a gentleman that 1 did not know until wi *h tho people ol that region In all their atrug
ihis moment 1 shontd have to address you in BleS for'libbrfyagainst Ibd Mexican Government.
this case” “Oh! thafa enough” cried I; Ho signed the ■ declaration of Texan Indcpen
' ‘consult somebody else—that epreimen is quite f”" 00 ’; 0n , ttlo ,i, e U l «fM»rcb, 1836. tod™ nf.
enough for mo *” r fenvards elected Secretary of war. He figured
nn b n i.p W ./( n ti. »./. conspicuously at tho battle of San Jacinto, and
l Liracrick. wo whf £ Genem l Houston>lho Tcsan conmiandcr.,
Fufl ’t, ? 8 S° ba , ra " y r ° r Co ; ,n<: ’ l ? c ' wh .'S tyoonded, Kusfc tvns appointed major gone
the Liberator told me had formerly belonged (d ra , and , md ()lo conlro , ol ',/ 10 o p C r«(ion« of tho
his anccstora. As vo came in new' of'Chief onny. His coolness, courage, ttnd
uaron 0 Grady s scat, Mr, O’Connell conversed were only excelled by his prudence and upgad
obout the proprietor. • In 1813, some person ty as a statesman, and during all tho troubles.
liavmg.rcraarkcd to O’Grady IhatLord Castle* beginning with tho declaration of Texan Inde
rcagh, by bis ministerial management, "hnd penderreo and.ending with Us annexation to tho
made a great character for himself,”— 1,1 has United States, in 1840, General Busk was, alter
ho?” said,O'Grady; “faith if he has. life’s just General Houston, tho leading spirit,
tho boy ti> spend it like a gentleman !” . On tho 21st of February, 1840, Thomas J.
, After;P’Qrady. had.retired from the Bench, J ll 'Bk afid Sam. Houston wore elected Senators
1 some person placed a largo stalled owl on the l ro ju Texas to tlio Congross of thQ U.
sofa beside him. The bird was aml on ~ h o l !J8 °[ Maroh, 1851, General Ru»k
, size, and had been brought a, # great curiosity re-elected for «U years/' 111. .econd term
frftm »k« -i .*,!.« expiring on tho 3d of March, 1867,h0 wnsagain
. i b l fnF , V ;?- Grad /r^h, cd: \ . OW r elected to tho Senate for six. years from (hat
•^ n ? a,d ’ ,t i h u^ e9 i u r l ?v of day, and had bo pyrvived m form, ho .would
peevish impatrencd, away ihktowl. take have boon ono of that great bbfiy oigh(oon years,
away that owl. If you don tl shall fancy 3 Tlfhilo a mptobofoflbe Senate,ho was not only
am seated again on the Rxchcouerßeoch bcsld? distinguished for hia.commonscMo and his up*
Caron Fostcf.” Those, wlia .hayo .sccii, Baron- right and deportment, blit as a-.member.
Foster on.the Rencli can best apprpeiato'-the of tho GotmulUod bri jlUitary Afnifrt.aiui lately
felicitous rcsi?toblartdo traded ’ by his ; yencrab!d as Qhnirman pi the; Ootop)Utoo> hq
brother judge between his lordshipahd 6i T old important dptjes .tbpr greatest
stalled owl. . < - r Therois^olaSennlarprpiny
Among tho Blhcr'alor’s professional rethlnTv fiarty who Will nbt’taonrn tho nnokpeclcA hhd,
ccnccg Was th'p following Unique instaoco-of n death pf, bpo ,tvho,ln evlity rebtlOn
client’s gratitude. lie had obtained an acquit- , dcserv.odthe appolla(ion of a dovo
(al rand (ha fellow, in tho tcßlaoy.of hia joy, ax- MW “ mUnlc.a gonllomau, and an un.ua
claimed, “Ogh.-Cquhscllor ! live no v\yhtn nouled p.lrlot.-Prel..
tasliQw your honor my grotilqdc ldoishl ' i “ / ‘ • — ; I—TT^T^TT 1 —TT^T^TT
J saw you fmqcked down in my otcn'pansk, and .; !r-Larktix Jloorc was A half, era*
mayho I wduldii’t brihg'o faction to' lhtr fCS» f 23N. wandering, Jozy, fclfowj wjiqpscd to amuse
6hM”, ,*• • . ■ thepcplo in and about - Newburyppr( with. his J
A tattered looking.strollqr recogniaed O’Cop- bcOTntricitics hnd music, for.Larkin haft a host |
ncll at some place where wc stopped for Itfqw <|f’ v bhl songs,' hyms, and 'snatches of trclodv, I
minutes, and asked hi/n for money, pleading a which lie rendered in a'plaintive voice to Tamil* J
•personal flcqoalntanfccln aid of his claim. “ I : * ft r furs, and entertaining crowds would gather
don’t know you at all, my gobft roah,V said around huh. ,Many.of-these songs need only I
O’Connell, “I never saw you before.” . J “iThati’s. t? he clothed In ' belter tt;oVd3, ahd they would I
not what your honor’s son would say to me,’ 1 thkfe-thelr'placed among tho vcrsca that men
returned Inc applicant, “for ho gotmfe a good ** would not willingly let die”’. For example,
ftlaco in Olasncvin Cemetery, only 1 hadn’t thfe one of Larkins songs caught the ear of a true
uck 4o keep it.” “Then, yon were Root, who dressed it up, and.it: now cotofocn
strangqly unlyckv,!’rejoined Q’Connell, " for wat
those who haVe places-in cemeteries generally
keep them.”
1 Wo slept at Marylmrough, in tho Queen’s
County, Ero wo retired to bed, something led
to tho subject of trial by jury. I asked, him if
it wag not absurd to require unanimity in a
jury?—lf the plan of the old Scotch criminal
juries—namely, that of deciding by (ho iuaJori* i
ty—was not the more rational mode ? 1
*ln theory it Is,” ho answered; “’but there 1
arc fjroat pract/cal advantages In the plan .that j
requires unanimity. To bo suro,there is,/Aw I
disadfontage—that one qbslinald fellow may!
knock up a verdict in spite of eleven dear-head* I
cd jurors—bot that docs cot happen dneo in a
hundred cas?s..‘ And {ho necessity for t'unani
mous verdict may be .a vast .protection, for a
person unju§ily charged with an offenceT , ’
“Irememberadaso’lh which eleven jurors'
found a man guilty oTmlirdcri wliile the twelfth
-r» gawky fdloyv,; who'/iad never before
on a ho thought the deceased died
by a fall from his horse. Tho dissident juror
persisted'; tliocaso was accordingly held over
till tho next assizes, and In tho meantime cvi.
denco came out that fnost dearly confirmed the
surmise of lho gawky Juror, iferd, then, if tho
majority ofjurors had been nblolo return a ver
dict. an innocent than had Buffered death.”
O'Connell hac| strong convictions against the
law of punishment by death. Ilia own profess
ional experience furnished him with a multitud
of reasons f6r Its. abolition. Ho told ma an In
stance where an innocent life was oil but lost:
tho prosecutrix, (a. woman Whotfo hd’uso had
been nttaoked) having feifcftpbusly sworn to Dio
identity of a prisoner who was totally guiltless
of lho offence. The man wna'found guilty and
acnlcnceil to death on her evidence. Ho boron
considerable,pcraonfll rcscmblaVice to tho real
criminal. - Tiio'ialjcr having been arrested and
confrohtcd with, lho prosecutrix, film fainted
with horror at her mistake, whioh had been so
nearlyfatalirflts.couscquenccs. Bythoprompl •
interference of Judge Burton (then at the bar)
ami O'Connell, tho govcrnmenVwcrc induced to 1
1 discharge tho unoffending individual, who’ hall 1
the narrowest possible eScapp qi a robe. 1
But afar worse enso tlmn-this was recorded
byO'Cohhcll I gvvc the nartaDvo tft hia ortn
words, extracted from n speech ho delivered at 1
! a meeting held }i\, London: —"l myself,” said '
ho, “defended, three, brothers pf lho name of
Orcnin. ’ They wero indicted for murder. The
evidence waft nibst unsatisfactory.' Tho judge
had a loaning in favor of(ho-crown prosecution,
and ho almost compelled ( iho jirfy to cbnylpt
thorn, t sat at toy pUndow a’s (lipy pasqcd by
after ficnlcnco of death had been pronbunfecd ;
(hero was a largo rhilitory ’guard taking them
back to goal, positively forbidden to allow any
communication with tlio three imfortunoto
youths. But (heir ynotlicr »vas there x and she,
armed in tho strength of her - affection, broko
through tho guard. I saw her clasp her eldest
son, who was but 22 years of ago: I saw her
hang on tho second, who was not twenty; I
saw her faint when she clung to lho youngest
boy, who was but eighteen—and-1 ask. what
recompense could bo made for such agony ?
They were executed, and they - were Inno
cent!” „ , W.J. D.
£7“ Hezekinh soys that if Ids, landlady
••know beans."sho would not buy tho ariicfo
called ** burnt and ground coflce. '
OtT"* Truth la Ikr more Intensely lulcreslliiff
than fiction, whon tho heart and affections mo
enlisted in tho subject.
;.v
' ■ At
M A J Pilgrim intt|ticcf fhb mountain height,
Assailed by-storm and snow.”
J Larkin Went to church one Sunday while at
I Taunton, and parson Whitney was exercising
’ his gifts, which w.ero few and small. / Hif eer*
[ mons were noted for their great length and very
1 little depth : fo r their wont of thought, and the
preacher’s want oren'efgy {sH» 6fitn.i|m6i Burn
ed. os if ho would come to on end, if h'ohad lint'
spiritsenough to bring himself to Stfindslill.—
Larkin walkcd'up t|io aisle and took His scat
about midway. lib listened longer thato could
have been expoeltd frorA’rfuch h*rts’tl6& mind os
bis, while firstly, secondly, thirdly, fourthly,
I ancl so on to, the seventhly, were severally ■ pn
nohuccd and expatiated on ; and then exclaimed
Urn minister, “what'shall-1 spy mbreV*
. j “For mercy’s sake/* cried
Amcnl” i
; ; Put thft; man .out!” said Mr.jWhitnoy;
but Im.wasso put outhfmsclf that did.not
resume his discourse. " "
THE LOilD'S PIiIVER.
Locko’s Vorjillijatlon 6f the Lord’s lij
tho alxtconlh has been considered one
■ of the felorfcit versifications that has been made.
Wo copy 11 for tho gratlflcatlon of (ho reader.
“U&f JriAtborWhldh fn heaven art,
Lord! hallowed bo thy name;
Thy kingdom come, thy will bodohO,'
,In heaven ami earth.the sapio., - .
Give us this' day our dally'bread, ',‘ J
, Our tresspass forglvo, ( •
"As Wo for other, moo’s ofiebCQ
•Do frooly partlon-glvo. . . • •
Into temptajlonlend ud poT,’
■ But ’liver IU/roui 111 (•, . . i
Forthlno all kingdom,.glory,'power* ’
Is notf, and ever wilj.” k • I
ABiciiPurr*—A manufacturer and vender
ot quack hVodiclbfCS»'rcccnlly ,wrqtd (6‘ a fi'lerjd
living out west, fpi*o.good strong recommenda
tion ot h|s, (thu 'manufacturer's) Balsam.” In
a four days no roculved'tho following, which wo
call pretty **strong»lM> ;
JJpar Bir Thylnnd composing my farm has
hitherto hdoft so poor that a Scotchman could
notget- Mb' living offitjandso stony that wo
had to slice our potatoes and plant them edge
ways, but hearing of your balsam,! put some
on tho corner of. a;ton aero lot surrounded by a
rail fence, and In, tho morning 1 found tho rock
had entirely disappeared, a neat stone wall en
circled tho neljl, and tlio rails wore sJdU into
oVoa wood and piled; up symorlrlbally in my back
yard. . . • -
I put half an ounce Into the middle of a huc
kleberry swamp—ln two days' it 'was cleaned
oflT, planted wjth com and pumpkins, nqd a row
of poach troes in' lull blossom tbtoligh tlid mid
dle. , '.
As on evidonco'orifs tremendous strength, I
would say that 4l draw a striking llkonoss pf my
oldest daughter^drew my oldest son out. of a
millpond, draw, a^bjls^i 1 all v ovor his stomach,
draw a load of potatoes' four miles to' market,
and eventually drowAPllso of nlnuly-sovcn dol
lars In the lottery, *
K7* A* » newly married , couple from away
down cast wore onb night lying In bod talking
over mtittora and tilings, a heavy thunderstorm
arose. The loud peals of thunder and (ho vivid
flashes of lightning Oiled'them with ten or and
foarlid apprehensions. Suddenly u tremendous
crash capscd the loving couple io start ns (ho*
they had woclVodan electric shade. Jonathan
throwing hia arm around his dear, exclaimed
"Hug up Co me, Lis—lot’s die like moo.”
„ Beer being at, 4hb present (imo tiio
Of yuf if kiy ( w wbff bhWjh (ft
giro its,origin, anil- jbislqry, apd/we,ppoposb to
do sd In (ho proven isrtj cfol. ‘ /'. ‘. ■. _
, Thc.eidct period of the introauclionof/er
er farinaceousgrhinsVia bot
and Didorous Siculus, state thdt.thp Egyptian#
prepared a drink from 'bar/cy' dighjly inferior
to wintsmhtiUfaiHurc’d In PaTestfnd and other
Eastern they having no gropes on
their own land, a circumstance ftrhicu is con--
sidcrcd somewhat remarkable; hsnfife grape is
now culftyajhdith'ercf •; Pmy pud oth
cr classical authors also bear tcstiihdny to an ■
intoxicating beVerage made frbm M mnUcd groin
among the oticieht Gettniin tnd Gauls, and this
Was, no doubt,"ht' the same tithe generally
known mpbrig theiOclticlriaiioha in Itlie north of
Europe. It is not certain, however, whatgrains
were usedj'n. tHo
Id England before' Oic'ufio-' of beer,'which was
not manufactured because (here,was but little,
if ony-cultivation of the soil,-and
ley op otlyr. /iMd, produced from
nppearh to have been generally drank./'
Row barley docs hot readily : fermcnf/ of fti
self, a decoction bccorofngrathcr soar ihadi.vi*
nous; hence the process of tealijnainjs resq/jed",
, to, and the addition bf bitters made. ..* ,
r The name lor ale in the ancient,
gUflgc was curie, and Ibis stillis-usea for (lib
titloof the beverage in Walts. r Thhtcrm Hl(?
is derived from' the'Danish .*/fi, T oiir<JEnglfsfc>
With tbfrQsrpVftn bUt,\
and is dcnVcd from the Saxon here,-barley, jL
•variety of that grain is still called here in Scot?
land. The French 6(<?rrc, and thpflnliamtiflr
claim the same source 1 /and aVit'ia
1 added; hove their oHginia the Hobr&yftirmbP
corn; pronounced ter; * • '; ir, 1.-iad ?il
• u A 'bo. Anglo-Saxons, oppepr to ,ha T o dmnlpt
pnndpally mend and beef; rather more, .of the
latter too, than the former. AIo and aid-lion*.*
cs WcfoknpiVn hfobng early os. A. t>.
728, during the reign of Ina
mg mentioned iii IheJowspf ihb tfmo. •'dVi’rib;'
which w.ps,,manufactured .in-tho .*jnSri)teJeriQp;j
no* pPPcar tohqve been introduced into Eng
loud untilaflcr thp Normal! Cohnuc§t fc onjthen f
only patronized by the noblbs'jhfd (hVclcrgy. rf
Tho masses adhere to 1 thrir;Ucch
Finally,,wine began,(6 be,drpnk morpjfrcpiy tjy v
ibsoipollaij and the practice' was continued
up to the (imo,of the Reforrriftltoh', \vlied rnaliy 1
of the ecclesiastical and other gardens were .de
stroyed, and there 1 ivah b rcturn : tc?b<*cr orale.
• A number of substances were used ,hy ; Topr
ancestors to neutralize the sweet mawklputaslo
of liquor fermented from* barley, as well as to *
comet acidity. Honey has always fc'tstrh r
popular ingredient Wort and hquey tpgelh* >
cr, Dubrufaut, a famong chemist- from.Frans<*j,,
once recommended, Bitter herbs, word former
ly inlufico fh the beer, principally' however,in'
that of .homc-rijado manufacture, which pliysi- 11
china went prone tp recommend as d blood paw
rificr 1 Other, fancy beers used at an early,day, \
among our ancestors were.mum andspicedolc,
,in which lost coriander,’carrawdy and olfiCr*
seed were introduced; also ginger, tfrang? peel,.
orris root, &c. The brewers Of olden timo v uri
til legislation forbado them, likewise employed <f
quassa, snuff, wormwood, and even fouler "suit-' 1
sistooce, to qualify tlriir concoction# br-igivow
them a lone. , ... *
Hops were first used in the beginnfng’pf (ho
fourteenth century, in the Netherlands, ami
bally were. adopted by English’ ‘brewers.— l r
There' Was a prejudice existing o'ghlnst Uiemat' 1
first, it being reported, by (hem who -prdtendea f
to Koow, that they * J dned up the body.qnd i
produced melancholy. n So strong jv hold did
ibis Impression take of tbo public mind,-that
tho household regulations of Henry VIH .had d ,
clause forbidding the use of it by English breiv
crfi» «It> 1557 public opinion seems to ’hate''
changed, for Thaler* Hi' his Treatise on Husban
dry, tnua sings their praise j .
“Tho h6p forhisproQtlthljsdb exalt;
It Btrongthena tho drink and favorcth thc:rnalt’i
And belpg Well browed loag kept itwllUase,. ■
Ahu aftiwlng abide if yo draw ft hot fust;” ' -
k In 1600 tiops gOTfcrany usitf'M'-
Previously to this time beer must hTvo been ;
n*le a different arpcle tq rwhktiUirow-ia.- H*,
but a small qualify of hitter, and was not
Calculated probably for keeping by being put
dway in-lightly corkcatoLtlcs, and drank when
new. Tt ;Xsfdtc<J fts late as 1010 m thoTlfoiroa
tusfiqiie that 1 * 4 tho general is by ho.
to’.put ho'pS into ale, making that the difference '
between it hhd becro, that the one bath honi '
and.lho olhcf.-libDO, bst tho fvlficr huswiues up
find an error in that opinion, and say the vUcr,
want .of hops is the reason why alp lastclh so'
short a time, but cither dielh or EourclU, and ■'
barrel! of the best •
'aloAllovya halfo a pound good /ijfil},-
use of hops to have been long advanced—
pahty from'nhaing that prevented the l>cir '
turning p'cid, and partly Iromo growing taM !
for it impftrta. , ,
% Of mUch of th'c gencreal facts regarding h
and its Origin; we pronoso.in a future article to ■
speak of tho diflcrcht'kifids of bceil.piid efipfe- j
■ cially/he all-popular which seeing to have ,
taken us by .storm, ThcsubjcctisoncofgfcaL
interest.'— Daily Neics.-' • 1
1 fr-
no’; jo;
f ■ TJib legem! ot tht flofjc-Slioe'.- ’ ’ rf
- A gooif .connfta
man was talking anira! iralfc iV|<li Lisbon,' lirrto
Thomas; ,As (hey, p-alkcd '
fathcr'BMdWy stopped.' M , • * - ,r if
j<pogfc)’? 1 i'i3. said, hlf 4 b/: (rb'toi*■:
piece of a horso-shoe; pick ft up and jiui.it lu f
your pocket."
“J!*9Qhi” (ho dhfld, “ft’a.nbt worth
sbb'ping for/* . -
The .father, without uttering another Word, - ■
picked and pul It in f Ms pocket;—7
- Whoirthoy came too village,ho.entered ,(ho ,
j and sold It faHh
j lugs’, abd with that sum hq bought somo cher-’i
rlca. Then the father and son sotl ofP again on 1
‘ their ronihle. Thosim was nml
neither a house, tree, nor fountain pf water was
insight. , Thomas sh\m of rbeing 7
tlrddj/uidhA'dsbmo difficulty Ip (ollbwJng hia r
/Uthor, who walked on with atlrm.stcp. Per
ceiving that hi* boy was tired, the (ather let fait
a cherry,'fli if hy accident. Thomas stooped 1
and qrtickly,,pifikqd it. up and.devoured It, A*,
llltlofutthej*, ho dropped.. ni|othcr,.nud (hq hoy
picked It up ns eagerly as overt nml tints they ’
continued, tho , flither (Uopplpg the fruit,’and !
thoaon picking Ihpjupiv •. When tho !a*t. ono - .
; \vas cajcn, the father stopped, and turninc to
the hoy; said s ** .*
•“Look,my sou! If you,had chosen.to stoop' l
once, and pick up tho piece ot horso.shoo, you
would not have hoop obliged at last to stooifso
often to pick up the chdmcal” •
is ft'sort of economy In the wavs •
Providence, (hat onOißlmlf excel where anoth
cr la defective, in order to make (hem useful to >
each other, and mix them In society.
.(£7* Dobbs ia a strong believer In <• guardian ]
angels.” “If It not for them,” he asks,
“what would keep poodle from rolling out of'
bed when the}’ nre asleep.” '• . i
. K 7“ Too nut fore a philosophy makes few wfso
men j too rigorous politics, few good.suhjccts ; *
too hard a lellglon, few persons whoso devotion
is of long standing. ■ \ .•*' v
' \&T A joying frlomt’srobuUo slides Info ffoo ‘
WpAi'ti B ud convinces tho judgement jah onohiy'a 1
or fitrntiger’fl reljuko In Invccllvo, and lnltnic»,i •
hot converts.
. D3*" Nqxl tb being upright and faithful In lbs
porlorUiauco of your duly, ho decided, and then;
youwljl havo neither friends or foes worth Imv-r
■ lilonta] pleasures never clog{•mjljka,’
thoso of the body, they aro Increased by reputa
tion, approved of hy reflection, and strengthened 1
by enjoyment. I .' ■'*. Tl
ttT* There are two stairs which rlso and set
with man, and whoso roysonclrclo him, viz; ‘
llopo ana Komcmbranco, . *
CF" i o quell tho prldo, ovonof tho groats-' “
wo should reflect how much wo q\vu tqv»'
amlhowlUtloto ourselves,
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