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A HOUSEHOLD DIRGE,
.» BY B. n. STODDARD;*
I’ve lost my little May at last;
She perished in the Spring,
When earliest flowers began to bud,
And earliest birds to sing;,
I laid her in a country grave,
A green and solt retreat;
A marl)h; tablet o’er her head.
And violets at her feet.
I would (hat she were back again,
.In all her childish bloom;” .
ify joy and hope have followed her,
- My heart is in her tomb— :
I know that she has golie away,
I know that she has fled,
I miss her everywhere, and yet “
. I cannpt think her dead 1
I ait within my quiet room
Alone, and write for hours.
And miss the little maid again
Among the window flowers,)
And miss her with her toys beside
My desk in silent play ;
And then ! turn and look for her.
But she has flown away.
I drop my idle'pen, and band, ,
. And catch the faintest sound) ;
She must be playing hide-and-seek .
In shady hooks around;
She’ll .come and climb my chair again,
And.peep my shoulders o’er;
I hear a stifled laugh—but noj
She comcth nevermore,!.
I wai.ted only yesternight,
The evening service read,
And lingered for.,my idol’s, kiss
.* Before she went to bed ;
Forgetting slip had gone before.
In. slumbers’soft and sweet;
A marble tablet at her head.
And violets at her feet!
GOOD HEABT AND * WILLING HAND.
hr. cntAKEES maok.it.
In storm or shine, two friends of mine.
Go forth to work or. play,’
And when they visit poor men’s homos,
. The bless them by the way...
' s Tis willing hand! ’tis cheerful heart ?
: The two best friends, I know.
Around the heart come joy and mirth
Where’er their faces glow.
Come shine—’tis bright! come dark—’tisligl
Come cold—’tis warm - ere long!'
So 'heavily full the hammer stroke!
.'Merrily sound the song.!.
iVho falls may stand, if good right hand
•Is first not'second boat;
Who weeps niay sing, if kindly heart
Has lodging in bis breast, ,
JTho humblest board has dainties poured.
When they sit down to’ dine.)
The bread they pat is honey sweet,
The water E9od as, wine.
They fill the'piirse with honest gold, .
• They lead no creature wrong;
~Sn merrily ('all,.thu.’liiunmpr-stroke,!,
, .Merrily sound the song.
Without thuse twain the poor complain
01-evils hard to hear, ,
; But with them poverty grows rich,
' And finds a loaf to spare ! • ,
Their looks are fire—-their words inspire—
Their deeds give couragh high j
About their knees .the chiidren run,
Or climb, they know not why,
iW.ho. sails, or rides, or walks with them,-
Ne’er finds the journey long;
So heavily fall the hammer stroke 1 -
.Merrily south! the song !
[From the Gcrtnau.]
THE LEFT EYE.
A rich' old man; who resided at the extremity
6i ihe camp, quite apart from the rest, had three
daughters, the youngest of whom, named Kook
ju, was as muolrdistiriguished for her beauty as
fpr extraordinary wisdom.
One morning as he was about driving his cat
tle for sale to the Chan’s market-place, he beg
ged bis daughters to tell him what presents they
wished him to bring them on his return. The
tii-o.eJdcsta.sked him for trinkets', but thehand
some and wise Kookju said that she wanted no
present, but that she had a request to..make,"
which it-would be difficult arid even dangerous’
for him to execute. Upon which the father,
Who loved her more than the two. others, swore
that he would do her wish though it was the
price, of his life. .
“ If it be so,” replied Kookju, “ I beg you to
do as follows: sell your cattle except the short
tailed ox, and ask no other price for it except
the Chari’s left eye.” The old man was startled:
however, remembering Iris’ oa:h, arid confiding
in his daughter’s wisdom, he resolved to do as
she bade him!
After having sold all his cattle, and being
asked the price of the short-tailed ox, he said
that he .Would sell if for nothing else than the
Chaff’s.left eye. The report of this singular
and daring request soon rea'ched the ear of the
Uhari’s courtiers; At first they admonished
him not to use such an offensive speech against
the sovereign i but when, found, that he
persevered m his strange'demand, they bound
him and carrieAhira as a madman,; before the
Chan. The Old man threw himself at the
prince’s feet, and confessed that, his-demand
had been made at . the request Of his daughter,
whose motives he was perfectly ignorant of;
and the Chan, suspecting that some secret must
be hidden under this extraordinary request; dis
missed the old man, under the condition that
lyr would-bring him that daughter who had
made it.
Kookjii appeared, and the. Chan asked—
f‘ Why dost thou instruct thy father to de
ftnd'tnv loff ——^;—-
“Because I expected, my prince, that after
SO strange a request, curiosity would urge thee
to send (or me.''
“ And wherefore dost thou desire to sec
Mo?”. ?
, “I wish to tell the a.-trutb important to thy
self and thy people.”
“ Name it.” -
“ Prince,.’replied Kookju, “when.two per
sons appear before thee-in a Cause, the wealthy
and the noble igenerally stand on thy Tight
hand, while the poon-and humble stand onjhy
left. I ’have heard in my solitude that thou
most frequently favOrest the noblcand the rich.
This is the reason why I pursuaded my father
to ask for thy left eye; it being no use to thee,
since thou never seest the poor and unprotect
ed.” ■
Tho.Clian, incensed and surprised at the da
r,ng of this maiden.commanded his court to
tty her. The court .was opened, and the pres
ident, who was the eldest Lama; proposed that
10 V should try whether her strange proceedings
Was the effect of malice or wisdom. '
T E K if S .
< I Was down' to'sec tlio'widowVrsfcriTay said
Tim’s uncle, and she gave-me dinner. I wont
down rather early iin the morning ; wo talked,
and laughed, and chatted:and'run.bn, she go
ing out and iri occasionally, till dinner was
ready, when she helped mo graciously to pig
eon pie. Now I thought Tim was rather fa
vorable. _ I took it as, a symptom of personal,
approbation, because everybody knows I love
pigeon pie, and I flattered myself she had cook
ed it on purpose for me. So I grew particular---!
ly cheerful,'and.thought I could see it -in her-,'
too. So after dinner, while sitting close beside
the window. I fancied we both felt comfortable
like—l know I did. I felt,that I had fallen
over‘head imd ears in love with her, and-1 im
agined from tlie way she looked she had. fallen
in love with me. :-She appeared just for all the
world its-if she thought it was a coming—i hat.
I was a going to court her.. Presently—l laid
my hand softly on her beautiful shoulder, and I
retriarked when I placed it there in my blandest
tones, Tim, for I tried to throw, my whole soul
Into the expression, I remarked then, witli my
eyes pouring love, troth, arid fidelity, right in
to hers: , , ..
“Widow, this is the - niSest; Softest place I
eVer had my hands-on in all iny life !”
Looking benevolently at me. and at the same
time flushing-up a little,she said, in melting
and winning tones—
‘.‘Doctor, give mriypur hand, and I’ll put it
on a triuen softer place. ”
In a moment, in rapture, I consented and ta
king my hand, she gently,'very'gently, Tim,
and quietly, laid it on my head—-and burst in
to a laugh that’s ringing in my ears yet.
Now, Tim, I haven’t told this to a living soul
but you, and, bji jinks !. you musent; but I
ooulden’f hold iri any longer, so I tell you ; but
mind,it musnVgo any further.
Muggins lias failed.; He_got in a tight place,
.hypothecated every thing in his possession down
to his bootjack and umbrella, and finally re
treating to the'upper story of the tenement he
occupied, took a .stout! rope, attached it to a
strong rafter, and deliberately suspended pay
ments and himself at the!same tiip'e but of the'
window, by shinning rapidly down into the
back yard; arid made off at a round rate just as
His landlady, two-tailors, and his washerwoman
came up stairs to break in ,the door.of his apart
ment..
He retreated to the elevator of one of our
warehouses, though he ultimately hopes to pay
his creditors ten cents apiece as soon as he sells
his '‘exchange” (he has an unpaid bill in New
Xork city to which he fondly gives that title.)
i " t ,n„'r Cant ’. rnelK -V swHli "g a pamphlet,Tirg
•A^ti.Pa^TDrbts^nibt” eralSUSpCnSioDand
Be has sent .us his articles.of .agreement one
of which ,s ( that the fee of ten dollars be ‘‘ohm
ged to all new members.” whose standing is (6
bo forfeited if the fee is-hv . . .
paid, " ' r v y --iwo-Mer
Then there are several provisions, one of
which squints toward a return to the Sabbatic
year, upon which Muggins himself, claims to
have already experimentally entered. ,' Ho tells
us, in foot note, that a twelve monih is'intcr
calculated just now making all eollfCiions and
business transactions illegal and void dm-in"
three hundred and sixty-five days and six hours”,
•is-,just,what the community need- . Perhaps it*
is. We loolCi-jjgmiJifoiggins as “eventually
good.”— Chicagorrcss.
A Goon Comparison.—“lf you have ever
seen,” wrote Willis to his daughter, “a field of
broom-qorn— the most, careless branching and
free swaying of all the products of a summer—
and can fancy, the contrast, in iis destiny, be
tween sweeping the pure air with the wind's
handling, and sweeping-what it more usefully
may, When tied up for handling as brfioms--
you can understand the difference I feel, bet ween
using my thoughts at my pleasure, as in coun
try life, and’ using them toi’ sub.sistcncc as in.
my present profession.” -i. ..
- ,* . • - - -.y ,• , ~ "9 ; —; ; —; —~— ± .. ———^--77^ — .tz — .l.
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BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL; 44.
Their first step was to send to Eookju a log
of wood, cut even on all sides, ordering her to
find out which was the root and which was the
top. Kookju threw-it into the water and soon
knew the answer, on seeing the root sinking,
while the (op rose-to the surface.
After this they sent her two snakes, in'order
to determine which was a thale and which was
a female. The wise maiden laid them ion cot
ton and seeing that One coiled herself up in a
ring, while the 'other crept away, she judged
the latter wag a male and the former a female.
From these trials the court was convinced
that Kookju had hot oilended the Chan from
motives of malice, bu t the inspiration of wisdom
granted her from above. But not so the ChatiV
his vanity was hurt; and he resolved, to puzzle
ter wj'th, questions, in order to prove that she
was not (vise. -He, therefore, ordered her before
him, and asked:
“ On sending a number, of maidens into the
wood to gather apples, which, of them will bring
home most?” ' ,
“ She,” replied Kookju, “who, instead of
climbing tip the trees, remains below arid pinks
up those which have fallen off from maturity or’
the shakingpf the branches.”
The Chan then led. herto a feriee, and asked
her which would be the readiest way-to'get
overand Kookju said, “(o cross it would be
nearest, going round the farthest.” ■
The Chan felt vexed at the readiness and pro
tpriety of her. replies; and having reflec led for
some lime he again inquired : ’
“ Which is the safest means of becoming
known to many \ 1
“ By assisting many that arc unknown.”
“ Which is the surest means of lending a vir
tuous life V’ ■ ‘ ’ ’
“ To begin every morning with prayer, and
conclude every evening with some good action.”
“ Who is truly wise 1”
' “ He who does noj believe himself so.”
“ 'Which are the requisites for a good wife?”
“ She should he heautiful as a peahen, gentle
as a lamb, prudent as a mouse, just as a faith
ful mirror, pure as the scales of a fish'; slie
must mourn for her deceased husband like a
she-camel, and live in her widowhood like a
bird which has lost its lyings.”
The Chan, was astonished at tli'e wisdom of
the, fair Kookju : yet, enraged at her- having
reproached him with injustice, he still wished
to .destroy her.
After a few.days’ he thought he had found
the means of attaining his object. . He sent fof
her and asked her to determine the true worth
of all. his. treasures ; after which he promised
to absolve her from malice in questioning his
justice, and to admit that she'intended,-as a
wise woman, merely to warn him.
. Tho raaiden consented, yet under the condi •
tion that the Chan would promise implicit obe
dienoe-to her commandsfor four days. She re
quested that he would eat no food during that
time. . On the last day she placed a dish pf
meat.’before him and said, “Confess, 0 Chan!
that all thy treasures are not worth as much as'
tins joint of meat!” The Chan was so struck
with the. truth of Her remark that he confessed
tlie truth Of it, acknowledged her as wise, mar
ried her to Ins son, and permitted her constant
ly to remind him to use his iefl eye.
Hunting .up. a Soft Place.
Failure of Muggins.
■V LIFE’S COMPENSATIONS.
. The happiness of this world is not so une
qually distributed as many imagine; the rich
have hot all.the privileges, nor the poor all tho
privations. Thank Qod, the purest pleasures
of life 'are those which money cannot buy. Tho
artisan going from his wearisome labor to, his
humble house, as he meets the love-lit smile of
his wife, ami takes his, fair and healthy child
upon his knee, knows'a thrill of sweeter joy
than the most lavish expenditure of gold upon
costly stimulants can bring the jaded mind of
the epicurean in pleasure. The wildwood dow
ers and the deM'-dropsarcnot dought; the glory
of sunset and the■magnificence of tho full moon
are free to all. ' The blushing cheek and beam
ing eyes of- the affection cannot bo purchased ;
virtue and beaut}* receive not their glorious
riches from the hand of Mammon; the intellec
tually wealthy may well hold in contempt the
baser coin of the world. ;
It is true that tho. bridegroom workingman,
as he bears his bride to their lowly home, longs,
with the impulse of affection, to attire her grace
ful fofm in the samp adornments which her
prouder sisters use to heighten their charms;
but it is foolish, though generous impulstf. If
ho loves his bride, and’she him, they need not
covet the situation of those whoso love of rival
sliip, “ pride of-place” havodnost
likely-driven out siniple, heartfelt happiness.-
The radiant smile of affection, and the' clear
glance, of unsullied virtue, are ornaments abpye
price, and' wili make the face of a woman beau
tiful even .in its.old. age.‘ -' ..,
.So the working-man father,', looking around 1 ,
upon.his blooming children,, js conscious that
-that their intellecfis'Ak'keen, their perceptions
as ready, as those bf. tho nabob’s upon the next
street; and‘ho determines they shall liavo simi
lar advantages. This is a n.o.blc.'ambition,''; But
in.these days, it.is lio rca>on'why a.man should,
spend his years iti grumbling discontent,because
,ho is not rich. Our system of common.schools
places, education within reach of tlie humblest.
, With, mind ah Lcducat.ion, every son and dnngli-.
ter lus a’fair chance to,achieve respect ability in
this country; and it is a false ambition which
i would seek the,power and honor.conferred only
by money. Yet, that son or daughter may have
yearnings after the developement <yf peculiar
talents or genius ; the son may thirst to drink
deep of tho Pierian spring of classical learning;,
may have.a gift for a profession (without which
especial calling he has ho business tpt attempt
competition in the overburdened ranks of the
Uprofessii.ns ;) and the daughter may have visions
! of beauty, or have dream* of melody, which'
call for her fingers toaccompjish thcmselvcs'in
painting or music. 1
WiHi-Jiealth-a moderate industry will bring
about all .this, and still, the- soul’TTo't fall a vie*
fim to the prevailing 1 fever-—the terrible gold
lever, which- scorches the •'sensibilities,, and
dries up tlie, springs of humanity in so many
.hearts. • V
Thvre is still another class who feel yet more ■
keenly the want-of wealth; hot for the petty
• p casures ofsense,- or the lo.caj. influence it
would give them, but because they •worship 1 -tho
.Beautiful, and money, would give them tho
means of gratifying their exquisite tastes. With'
souls aspiring after grace, fitness.and beaiitvin
all’things, they have to struggle with the details'
of life and poverty. These are the people of
genins~ poets, a'rtista —men of divine, unworld
ly gifts* ’ They would convert the glorious Ideal
Into tlie.Roul, if-lhey hud the necessary means.
■They are treated by tlie coarseness apd ugliness
from which’MhL^emhiorv^
I. self-deceived if Ihby do not.consider themselves
1 among the’most fortunate, aB*/«f even aS'happN
noas, coimubnfy : considered' 'goes; 'Wc -.doubt
not that the painter, in lus unfurnished garret,
with his cofleoq)ot and Joaf of bread, and .his
hard lied in tho same room with him, is filled
with’a richer pleasure, as’lfe-sits, and.’drbams,
and broods over the creation of.his genius upon
the canvass bolero him, than it is possible for
the wealthy egotist, \yho buys it of him,-to con?
ceivo. We doubt not that his Art—his belov
ed, worshiped Art—is more to him than pyra
mids of diamonds.. Ask hWif;ho would ox
ch mgp “himself, his hopes, his dreams, his ideals,
his fine perceptions of beauty; ; hik*-deep emo
tions; Xpr the withered soul of yonder Groesns,
who lias spent his. life in accumulating bonds
and-nioitgages,-rents’,- arid interest upon inter
est;
.And .the poet—iviil lie.say that lie has ever
entered the portals of any Fifth Avenue palace,
that con d .begin to equal the splendor of the
uncart illy palaces through which his imagination
daily walks ? Will lie give, up the inatorials
from which -ho constructs ’these—gold of file
sunset, marble' of the clouds, silver (f the Star-
light, gems of tlie dew and waferiall, draperies
of intan jibio. mists..and inexpressibly iovelv
shadows, spray arid foliage, with all the delight
which they give and the beauty which theysng
gest—for tlie brown stone mansion of-tlie mii-
lionaro ? Will he not say that his dqy and iris
night dreaming, his fancies, iris earnest aspira
tions after the- pure.and true, Iris deep sympa
thy with tlie heart bl humanity, his iriigiitv store
of lore, Ins keen delight in nil that' is fair, Iris
broad and boundless realm of feeling and ima
gination—where angels walk, anil visitants nioro
beautiful than flowers, linger to smile upon him
—will lie not say thatV/iesc are-beyond price—a
wealth which he has inherited from the Father
in HoaVeif ?
The scholar arid the.-scientific man ; will they
measure (heir pleasures along witlrthdso, of tlie
sensualist 'arid the ejiiciirb? Yet, forwiiat; no
bler purpose are tliemost of. these'fortunes’ac-
quired, than for indulgence in good eating, good
drinking, rich-oliith. and showy house, and’ for
the means of riv'alrj’, arrogance, and ostenta->
fion ? 1 . , '
A well spent-Upon, ohjecls of
real liidfif, upon works of art, nod cultivation of
the mind and sou); upoqtho poor, the sick,and
upon the struggling men of talent; upon the ad
vancement'ol science and general intelligence,
is ri desirable thing.'; But how few acquire mo
ney for such purposes! ,' ,
Take heart, yoiflvlio belong not to throng of
tlie vulgar “great!” Koconsidor your fortunes,
and see .if yori have riot cause for true thankful
ness!. Press not on so mildly for the glittering
payment. Do you not sou how you trample out
the flowqrs by thu- wayside ? Wi.li yen’ bo so'
unmindful of their .fragrance upon the air, and
of the bine heayoß over your heads?
Why not ShcCESSturi.—Theybung inechan
io or dork marries and takes a house which he
proceeds to furnish twice as expensively as he
Cllll 11 lion!, nnd lllf instead nf ‘ ■
ton hia ivlf»
hold to help him to earn a livelihood, by doing
nor owii work, must .have a hired servant to
help her spend.her limited earnings.
Tetr yearsj afterwards, you will find'him
struggling on under a double load of debls and
children, wondering why the luffk was always,
against him, while his friends regret his unhap
py :deslUiUion:o( financial ability. Hud they
irCnj the first been frank and honest, he need
not have b&cn.so unlucky.
_1 he world is full of people'who can’t imag
mo jyhy they don’t prosper like their neighbors,
whert the real obstacle is in their own extrnrtx
gancc and heedless catenation.'
. 017 s * In treating diseases of the mind; music
is not sufficiently valued. Tn raising the heart
above despair, an old violin is worth four doc
tors and two apothecary stops.
BZ7“ “You arc very stupid, Thomas," said a
country teacher to a little hoy eight years old.
“You are like a donkey,, and what do they do
to cnro'him of his stupidity?” “Why, they
feed-him-morc-and kick-hinHessr’-’ said'the ur-;
chin. ■
—MAY It‘ ALWAYS BE RI^HT —BUT RIGHT OB WRONG, OU<R COUNTRY.
• * ; /'I ■-
“otrit cOuNTity-
CARLISLE, PA.; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1857.
When Colonel Archibald Yell, afterwards
killed at the battle’of Bupiia-Vista, had taken
his scat for .tlsd first timojijjon the. bench, in
Arkansas, tho ;bar ■was. .(joinposed of a set of.
lawyers \yho had always brnw-hoaten hisprodc
ceasors and Jiad their piljli Way. 1 Judge Yell
determined to-put a stop to'this. The 'first case
on the docket was called, add the plaintiff stood]
ready. It was a case that -hud, been in litigation
(of five, years.. General . Smoot arose (or the
defendant,, and remarked; in an overbearing
tone: ■ d.
“ Our witnesses are absefit, and, therefore, I
demand that.tho' case bo Continued until nest
term, in course.’’
“ Let tho affidavit be filed, for not till then
pan I entertain a motion forpoutiuance, was.tho
reply of (ho J edge. ■ i f
“Do you doubt my word as to tile facts?”
Gen. Smoot exclaimed sha'ijplj', and involunta
rily raised his huge sword ‘cine.
. “Al ot atall;” replied tho dpdge with his bland
est smile.; “ but the law requires that tlie facts
justityingn. continuance'must, appear on record,
ir'nd tho court lias no powcrfto annul a law,; nor
any will to see it annulled.’Ji
Tlie Judge’s calm and b.ijkiness like tone .and
manner only served to irritufe. the bully,and ho
retorted, shaking! his. sword/cane in tlie di’ruci
tionbf tlie bench.. “Wliatoyer niay be (lielaw,
1, for one, will not learn it. .from.the lips of an
upstart demagogue and a cpjvard!”
. .’Judge Yell's temper ivns ty little-moved at this
reply, hut he only turned; to the clerk, and said,
“ Clerk, you will enter a flue ot filly, dollars
against Gen. Smoot, as J Sop liim named on my
docket,, for gross, cpntemptypf court f ami. he
sure you -issue im irambdiafcf-'exccutiom”
■ , Uo had.hardly cotmnunicaifcd tho order, when
Geii. Smoot was goon, rawing towards him,
blandishing his sword cahe.'f I'lvery glance, was
fixed oh the countenance ofilho Judge, tor all
wished to know'how he woiyd bear tlie coining
sliock ot the duelist’s fierce ffssanlt. Bat none,
however, could detect the slightest change in
•his appearance. He'.did not'change color, nor
did a nerve scein to trembled his calm eye sur
veyed tlie advancing foe wiip, little of perturba
tion.. He set perfectly a little rod,of
painted .iron in his hand.. S.Rioot ascended tlie
platform, and. immediately ntjned a'lrcinendo’uj,
blow at the head pf.bis fop,VAi that blow alt
expected to see tho victim’Sjskull shivered to
atoms. , The general astonishment then may he
conceived, when .they h’eheliLfho little iron stall'
describe'.a quick curve, as tllb.grcat sword-cane
flew front Smoot’s fingers,And fell with a loud
clatter at the. distance ot twhn'ty feet in the hall,
Tlie- baffled'.bully uttered nSyell, and snatched
Ins bowie-knil'p from its slieblh, butt-re it was
poised forthe desperate'plunge, the.little iron,
•staff cut another curve, aridiifhe .big knife fol
lowed the sword cane. He.tjjdn hastily drew a
revolving pistol, hut.bel'drc-ho-had time to.toiich
tho trigger ids arm was' struck powerless by his
side. And then, lor thp first time, did Judge
Yell bolray perceptible-.emotion... Ho slumped
his foot till, tlio phitlorm shook'- beneath him, and
shouted in4pumpet tones, “mr;.Clerk, you will
blot this ruffian’s name from-the roll of attor
ney's, as d foul; disgrace to the bar. Mr. She.
riff, take tho criminal to.-jail.jj., The hitter offi
.cer sprang to obey (lie mauda|p, and immediate
ly a scene ot confusion ensttyd. which no pen
caii describe. The bravos andlinyrhiidon friends
of Gem Smoot gathered imnbfd to obstruct the
sheriff, whilp many of thocilSbpslqnt their aid
tto sustain the authority of tlipjcoiiit. -Menaces,-
Mbonta,- -anil on rstfsfwfe:ftr ifo ifiTiaigled i n ’;'Th p rfeV
Judge -used'his little irori.canti.pvitti terrible c/fi
oieney,' crippling limbs, ..-yet' Sparing-lira. : Tho)
tho 'olemenpjpoX.liis' honbyed
friend, ciisdaiuiiigtho usd of .either knife,
tel,'actually trampled and crushed all opposition
singing put af every blow,, “ This is tlie way *o
preserve order in cum t!’’—a sentiment which
lie accompanied with a wild peal of laughter,—
In less than two minutes the,party of (he. Judge'
triumphed, the clique of Gem jSinoot suffered a
disastrous defeat, and the bully hiiusclf was
borne away to prison. Such was .tho debut o
Archibald Yell in Arkansas; and .from that his
popularity as a man, ns a Judge, as a hero.ai
as a politician, went on rapidly increasing, !
eclipshig.tho .old and mos't powerful uamos,.
set on the bloody ovo of Buena Vista.
. How sacred-, .the’recollections, that cluster
around the spot where wo iyoro born—the spot
where first wo learned to lodk’upon tile beauties
of naturu-rtbu green sward—the waving corn—
the stately tree—and the little, clear , bubbling
spring at its root, from which, during the long,
long,days of-summer school, wp-slaked our
thirst, or sought.a short relief from the tire
some, straight-backed-school house bench j the
rippling-brook, with its grassy Gank, and speck
led troiit,‘and little' falls tiiat turned the tiny
wheel.
Tho'place where wu first chasedtho gay but
terfly and timid-‘‘chipmuno,;” whore first'wo
tangled Uio grass of the mower by searching for
the delicious strawberry, and where first wo
plucked (ho bright tempting cherry} the hicious
peach, the dainty pear, and the always enduring
and over grateful apple. •
Where, with brothers and .sisters, and little
visiting friends,’we had our playhouses—our
oVohs of saneb— our acorn clips and saucers, and
plates of -broken china, and made the miniature
stately calls and formal tea-parties j and with
what stately stride wo imitated the walk of our
elders in doing’ it; where we-play od - “keep
school” and “preach,-” and anon with hard-back
blossoms or cockerel’s feather in our caps, wo
strutted forth, the embryo defenders ot our
country’s’righls, the gallant volunteers.'
The place where first we learned to lislonito
the rapturous notes of the free, happy orchard
melodist—the robin and her associates‘ to the
chattering swallow, and the plaintive whippoor
will. , '
-Tile place'where first wo learned! to. lisp (he
names of father ami mother; and to utter the
first pitre'sentiments of fraternal love for broth
er, and for “ sister dear.” /.
But, above -all, and more than all, flip spot
where first the holy love of mother taught our
infant thoughts to reverivandour infant lipa.to
pray, “ Our Bather, who art in Heaveti.”
"How. intimately and indissolubly connected
with, how wholly enshrined upon, the spot where
wo were born—’the old homestead—are all re
collections of the pure gushing joys of early
years! And who,in after life, can.see a atr.m-'
, ger lord of that manor, without a pang.ot aor- , „
taking [ im»~i Vf : hu' would mil ihctri’uei.iiial audit 1 jibs- aaapaper:. a;, a, ra
session is sacriligious ?
- Give, Oil, give mo back my. home,'
My own dear mative h6me. J) . ,
! Tiie“Bibi,h twanc;.”— Once upon a .lime,
an elderly’Scotch woman gave her grand-son
the newspaper, telling him to read aloud. The
only reading the boy had been much in the
way of hearing was at the pariah kirk, and he
beagn to read in the exact tone in which, ho
had”su often heard the'minister rend. The
good lad was shocked at the boy’s profanity,
and, giving him a box on the ear, exclaimed,
. ‘•What! dost thou read the newspaper wifh
the Bible twang?” Many,'a minister,has a
• twang or lone for (he pulpit that, ho never uses
in conversation. If a lawyer at the bar should
address the jury in' the preaching tone, ho would
make them laugh when ho wished .them to
weep, Preaching should bo .in the ordinary
tone, such ns'used between man and man ; but
many preachers pitch on a key so varient from
their natural voice that they wotild not be rCc
ogniscd-unless'they could bo seen.— New’ Vor/c
Observer. . ■ J . •
COL; YELL’S FIRST COURT.
The Homestead.
From the- American Fiiucaior .
Conferring of Doctors’ Degrees.
The prodigality of parchment indulgcd.in by
some of dur universities about the commence
mcnt’season is truly wonderful. Having it in,
'their power to make Doctors an indefinite num
ber of mankind, they seem disposed to exercise
thcir_prcrogalive to the utmost, Every trustee,
of course, has a fiiend ; and this friend hc deems
it a special duty to have dubbed a D. D. or L.
L. D., without inquiring ovcrcarefully into his
qualifications for tfie title. Brains may be be
low par, education atadiscount; but it matters’
not. Like charity, the Doctor's diploma covers
a multitude of sins. It makes little difference
what the deficiencies of the recipient may be ;
the mystical letters, backed-up by a sheet of
vellum fairly engrossed in’ Latin,.excuse them
all. They arc m’cossary to cap the climax of
scholastic dignity and ecclesiastical worth in the
eyes of the ignoble crowd.
-But-we all know that* “ familiarity begets’
contempt-;” and the lavish rate at which doc
torates have been conferred of late years is cer
tainly nut calculated to enhance their value.— *
If this stale of. things continues, the question
will soon be, not “Who is a doctor?” but
“Who is not a doctor?” and-the untitled man
will bo the more remarkable, and therefore in a
measure, the niore honorable of the two. This
fact is already beginning to be felt;-so much
so that some of our clergy have even declined
the, proffered degree. * The -market has been
glutted, and as a necessary consequence the de
mand has; in a- measure ceased.
.Moreover, it is not atone the-numbe-r of those
who have been made doctors, blit in many cases
their manifest unfitness, that has brought .the’
d-tgree -into• disrepute. It was .recently staled
in, the Congrcgalionalisl, that a,letter had been
received, from a gentleman created Doctor, of
Divinity this summer, which abounded in errors
of spelling. graniihar,* and punctuation. Such
cases are not fare ; and even when there is no
such gross ignorance of the rudimentary branch:
cs; there is too often, a lack of that higher learn
ing winch distinguishes a man above his fel
lows. If. the title Of .Docrort means anything,
it means learned men, and should be bestowed
only where there is learning to justify it.
It behooves uur Colleges’ and Universities to
see,to this, and in conferring, their honors to
use more discrimination than’ they. have done
during the, past three or four years. A degree
is very properly-bestowed upon such as are id
ally eminent* for scholarship-oil.theological acu
men; It is p toicen that the worldappreciatcs
their labors, and respects assiduity and talent.
But the moment that such honors become in
significantly reason of their commonness, or
being -conferred through personal feelings cc.ase
to be the rewards of special merit, they are a
mere nullity, and might better ; be entirely ab
rogated. -It is the duty of every, Trustee utter
ly to ignore friendship and'favor’in,this matter;
and* to be governed exclusively by high aiid
honorable principle. No matter how popular
a min may be, no matter how prominent a po
sition he may occupy, no: matter how* much lie
may have done for. this denomination or that
institution, he .should'not fur any such reason
merely be'dignified, with an honorary degree;—
|- Proficiency*In law, theology*; science, language,*
or.gcnbral;;!eiq-nmg,. sfippht*_be• a. 'silingua nan,
a.coridition.insistcd upon with no variableness
or shadow- of turning,
.- The ease with which..our honorary degrees
( are obtained and the curious results to which I
I heir permiscugus. bestowal leads,' bring to our
mind a good story- which may be profitable as
well as enter!ainin’g.-’ Some years ago; the
University of.’St. Andrews, one of the most, fa
mous in Scotland, having r.a hcra loan treasu
ry..determined toreplcnish it by a new- branch
of commerce, and announced that* it would sell
its Doctors’ Degrees at £2O apiece. Many took
advantage of-.this.liberal oiler ; and among the
rest, a certain minister,' who.thought.his servi
ces would* bo more acceptable to his flock were;
he possessed<of a. handle to his name, put the
required sum into• his purse, and went'up to
Saint. Andrews'tu purchase the coveted honor
A man servant accompanied him, and'was pre
sent when his master, haying previously fopiee
tlie bill, was formally presented with the official
parchment.
I On jiisretnrh home, the now Doblorscnt for
, his servant and addressed-him-as follows : -
“ Noo,.Sandy, ye’ll aye be sure to ca’ me the
Doctor,; aiid gin onybody. spiersat yd abnot
me','ye'll be aye sure to; say The'J)odor's in his
study, or. The-Doctor’s engaged, or, The Doc
tor will see ye 'in a crack, as the case may be.”
, “That a’ depends,” replied Sandy, “on whe
ther ye ca’ hie the Doctor too.” The revered
Doctor stared. “Aye, it's just So,” continued
the other; “for when I fooued it cost sac little,
T e’en got a diploma myself/ Sae ye’ll just he
good enough Ip say, ‘Doctor put on - some coals;’-
or, Doctor bring me the whiskey. And gin
onybody spiers at ye ahoot mo, ye’ll aye be sure
tq say, The Doctor’s . in the pantry, or. The
Doctor’s in the,stable, or, The Doctor’s (/iVrij/io
potatoes, as' the case,may be.” “ °
Tlic Manufacture of Words.'
The following sensible remarks are extracted
from Trhzcr’s Magazine:*
No permission has been -so much : abused, in
our day as that of Horace tor (he manufacture
of yords. Ho allows men fo mould, one now
and (hen, with a modest discretion-and caution;
hut ho is addressing poets, not venders of patents
leather or dealers in marine stores. Would ho
not have stood aghast at tho term “antipropy
los.” "Would it not puzzle a Schaligor orlientV
ly ? It is time wo protest to these vile coinages
when every breeches maker of blacking'maim-
Ikctiirer invents a compound word of six sylla
bles as expressive of bis wares. Ladies do not
wear petticoats now-a-days, but crinolines -
.What is their now'nanio-for garters ? Men do
not ride on horseback as aforetime—they lake
equestrian exercise; women are not married
like their grandmothers—they are led to the by-
menial itltar. A bookseller, forsooth, becomes
a biblopolej and a servant is converted into a
mahicipte.’ Bankers do not soli tooth powder
and shaving soap as their lather’s did, blit odoh
tb and dentifrice, and rypophagbn t bail-wash
. -oanany
one tell what.is fli’o' moaning of « diagnosis’’ as
applicablo to disease ! If it has any slgnUica
(ion at hJI svo will guarantee to fin'd half a-dozen
Saxon monosyllables .expressive* of the same
idea.
Medical gentlemen, too, taJiTdf phlebotomy j
wo know that it has some connection with bluod
letting, and for our own part, wo'always asso
ciate the term with a night wo once spent bo-!
tween the sheets, all aliVe 6 1 in nri Irish ditftel.
Who Would believe that “ppistnxis”.means sim
ply bleeding at the nose I Fancy one schoolboy
•doubling his list, and tolling another to look out
for “ epistaxis.”' We take up the first book
within reach, and open it at random. It is Wil
liaip Wordsworth j a Biography by Edwin Fax
ton Wood. Well, what do you read ? “By
aesthetic biography,” ho savs, “is simply in.
tended a lilo in its ideal attitudes:” ■ Simply in
tended I Did ever mortal man listen to shch
verbiage.run ■hind ? What, again, are we to un
derstand by tbo words “ objective” and'“ sub
jective,” which every goose with his sham met
aphysics has now-a-days on bis lips'?
IfW - Men had much rather, bo censured for
waut of morals than tor-want of'tmdcrstanding.
BDNYAK’S TOE.
A correspondent of ■' 44 Moore’s-Rural New
Yorker,” thus, speaks of the sepulchre of the
•‘immortal dream dreamer”:
In a quiet and secluded cemetery of the great
metropolis of England, lie the precious ashes of
one of the best and noblest of men, who as an
■ author has immortalized himself by an imper
ishable allegory—charming and fascinating,
both to youth and ago—filled with striking 11-
bistralions of Christian character and expe
rience, and showing the influence of rcasoivand
religion on the human mind. It seems Some
what natural to man to visit the sepulchres of
those! who have distinguished themselves in-the
pages of human history—by some thrilling act
of patriotic heroism—some noble discovery in
science or arts'—or of one who has charmed us
by the sweetness of his song or by the magic of
his pen, or by the pure actsof self-denying and
unusual pluianthrophy, has endeared himself hr
the memories of.his race., . . , , •
I, , tinder the influence of this feeling—such a
feeling as influenced the woman at the sepulcher
nl the Redeemer, where they went 4 to see the
plage where the Lord.lay,” and were shown the
spot by the angel of the Lqfdkr-clid we visit the
city of tlic dead, and especially the tomb of a
most distinguished, excellent and qSeful servant
of our. Divine Master, even the grave of John
JSunyan 1 lie is surrounded by the sacred dust
Of thousands of the noble-stand best,of men.—
In the plain, neglected and disused burial ground
of Bungbill Fields, OU3' Road.. London, arc de
posited. bis iportal remains. Close by arc also
those of the.swc'ct singers of Israel—Dr.- Isaac.
Wat ts and Dr. Hyland. In (ho yard of the City
Road Chapel, opposite, rest Ihu remains of the
excellent, pioiis and exemplary John’..Wesley.
• ‘ltJs interesting to visit such a place of me
morial, and.refresh.onr minds with the history
of '.early Npn-conferraity in England ; and as
wo admire'and praise those who in American
History struggled hard and oft lo'bbtain hn.-
man liberty, we cannot but .with equal-pleasure
and satisfaction^remember those who entertain
ed and advocalctrin'ojd England,.and at.a.iater
period, .“Liberty of Conscience,” .and man’s,
political rights, and who -left, some of. the;
their lalheiliiml and their homes to secure to
themselves and others the sacred ark of liberty,
and whose example and influence have contrib
uted,in tini-highest degree to the prosperity and
progress of th'is'mighty Republic, ■ '
: The-tomb of. Banyan lies crumbling to dust.
,It-has been neat, plain and unassuming! '. Its
inscription' time has' almost obliterated, aiid it
can. scarcely be read. Some kind- and friendly
hand .lias had reicufcpn the side of the tomb
the nanio of its.illustrious.tenant.; .Whata
spot! What remains i Here. lies'pile, whose
“little hook” held us spcil-hound when 'our im
agination loved to roadi in the regiori of fancy,
atid who still edifies and ipStruCts-iis. in'our ri-
.man whose clotpionco of. speech
commanded immense ;■ assemblies at' unusual
htmrsrand whose inimitable genius and.power
ful and beautiful and pure Saxon writing has
placed 'him ’ in- it 'statue ,in the magnificent as
■ sembly-house of the .Parliamen tof England.”—
What, a change 1. Bunyah, the ; linker, the
.schismatic, ’the‘dissenter,..the imprisoned for
conscience sake, occupying a :; plado amongst
smtesnian'and'pbcfs.'lllsforiahsh’aiid.'li'crocs 1—
IV’liat a-glorions greeting of emancipated spirits
I when (lie silver trumpet shall sound, when the
I sepulchres shall crumble to dust, and the graves,
shall ho opened. Wesley, and Watts, and Bmi-1
van, and Siilton. and the great and good of all I
denominations,.shall, meet and join in the uni- •
ycrsal triumph, to. the Rcdeemoras.tho Lord of
all ■ ■
A Jack at all Trades.
A druggist in Now,.York advertised fur a
clerk, and, among.other applicants, was a tall,
awkward .looking; fellow, apparently twenty.-
, five .years of _age, ■ coarsely dressed without
; stockings,, and with a skin as rough as a rhl*‘
' noccros. After staring awhile.at the splendid
bottles and other things that attracted his no
tice he broke Put:—“Are you the drugger., of
this ere establishment ?” “I am the druggist,
air,” replied the owner. “Well, I.thought
so as I Came ,in,V said the: fellow. “I know a
thing or two, for all I look so. I’ve been rea
din' in’ the news prints about how you are in
(uant of a clerk, and thinks Bassoon ns I east*
my gyes on it, now that place will suit me to a
hair: and so t have come right away up here
tp make a.-bargain.” "Have you been bred I
to the business?” inquired the druggist.* “I
can't say'l hiuo, : exactly,” replied the lout,
“btit I have.been bred to. farmin', and I have
a brother.that can chop wood like a hdrse,
which f s'pose will answer all the same.”—
But, said the druggist, “ I .should like ,fo gel
a man that understands something of the bu
siness;”. “Why, for tint 'matter," returned
the fellow. “I could soon lai n —Pm a purty iii
geni ms fellow about anything f undertake.—
Why, it's only last winter f mad a whole new
I ,ig trough out.of my head. - What do you
think of that sir ?” “ I suppose you fdund
the stud already fitted to your hands. But I
.•.imagine .it is cosier.for jmu to make a p}<».
.(rough than to bo a druggist.” “Try mo,
(hen, and see,” said the per.se_vering_a'pplicant_;
“you don't know till yon try." .Now what’ll
you wager I can't toll what’s.in that, ere round
'bottle there in the winder?” “I'm not in the
habit of betting,'” said the' druggist ; but I
doubt very' much'who: her you can tell.” “You
’ «’on’t bet, ha?” replied the fellow: then-J’ll
tell you .without. That stuff that looks so blue
in that ’crp bottle is hydrosta'i'c-nuirialic pro
.bleinalic genratio acid, [ larnt that of the
doctr in our town. Don’t you think, now, sir,'
I’m a purty .inoenus scholar ?” “I- must say
ymi have given a very fair specimen ” replied
the owner of the shop but as it takes some
years to learn Iho druggist’s business, I think
you had belter engage in something which you
can'understand more-roaddy.” ‘-You think .1
had, ha ? said the fellow : with a mortified
look. Qo then stood musing for a while, and
drumming on the counter; when all of u’sud
den, seeming to have caught a new idea, he
burst out; "By jingo, mister, I b’leve you’re
right,.and now T ibmk ?n 't w rO . tld.e u.iirln
- ; ——— ; •*••• b w mini
and sea it 1 cfln git a place in a livery stublc.”
The Brain- k\- Childhood,— lt is a filet
well attested by experience, that the memory
may be seriously injured by pressing upon it to'
bardly and continuously' in early life. . \Vhat
_eyer theory, wo hold as to this great function of
onrnature, it is certain that its powers arc on
ly gradually developed, and that, if forced into
premature exercise, they are impaired by the
ellort. ‘This is a maxim indeed, of general im
port, applying to the condition arid cultiireof
dvery faculty of body and mind; but singular
ly to the. one we are now considering, which
forms, ip one sense, the foundation of. intellec
tual life. A regulated exercise'short of fatigue,
is improving to it, but we are bound to refrain
■ from goading it by constant and laborious ef
loi'ts in earlly life, and before the.instrument is
strengthened to its work, or it decays under
oiir hands.—Jl 'lenlal Physiology ~~
CL/* “If wc arc to live after death, why don’t
we have'some.certain knowledge of it V* said a
.skeptic..ip.'ft clergyman. “Why don’t yon
have some knowledge of this world before yon :
■couicjnto it'?** was the .caustic reply. |
AT §2,00 PER ANNUS!
no. m
‘• It appears that a man was
married a short lime since to a Miss Jeok'infc
wno bad previously been engaged' to anothfif
ulan named Harley. Harley, on the morning'
of the wedding day had threatened -Miss Jen
kins with revenge if she persisted in marrying
Ins rjval, but she laughed to scorn his threap
and was, as appointed, bound 1 in' wedlock Hi
Adams. Ou the IGth .of September,.
came to Adams’ house while the tiutr'Ms’iv
scutwilh his wife, and finding it only bccujphidF
by an old negro woman';. knocked her doii?n"
wuh an. axe. fracturing her skull, and' (hid
proceeded to demolish all (he furnittlfe a'nd
disfigure (he premises, knocking .down bqrti-
Itons, and breaking the plaster off the wall
AdautS and his wife returned late at night, and
their feelings, ou perceiving the work that had
been wrought, may better be iiiiaKilißfftljhh de
scribed. Medical assistance was obtdiiicd for
tbo old woman, and her few broken*, Pander
ing words, ending, as ft Is said, Aldibst in »
shriek of the name 6f Harley, indicated to
Adams the probable perpetrator of the out-'
rage; Accordingly the next morning ho arm- 1
cd himself with a rifle ainl knife, ani| ifeUt in
search of Harley/ He had not far ip go, fon
about one hundred yards from the.house, on
the road which passed through irstrip of wOOds.'
he. met Harley, apparently procecdiug lo' Com-'
plete his.desirujciion. A farmer’s boy, who*
happened to bo, a short distance behind, was
the sole witness of the dreadful scene, tha’t en
sued, and which froze his blood" with' tArrbr.— 1
A short but violent conversation commenced-;
between the two, when Adams discharged his
rifle, on,y wounding Harley in the aftn. , Harr
’ey, a large athletic man, then closed with him 1
and a ,desperate conflict ensued. Adams at'
length received a fatal blow from Ma antago-'
nisi a knife, and Harley, though’ cdt Almost to
pieces, raised the dead body, if possible more
bloody than his own, w ith the knife still stick-’
ing upright in his breast, and edrridd it ilittf
the presence of Mrs. Adams'. The Boy follotf
eff mechanically, to see. the dctiofimCni. too'
triglitened to summon assistance! tob weak t6’
give ,il himself. Mrs. Adams received, the mur
derer wuh a dreadful shriek, and fell fainting,
upon the corpse. Hnrlwv. v-c-i-' ./A .t/.i.—. ■
lU.iiad y
® u ’ slill strength enough (o draw the bloody'
knife, and cutting her features until not a fill-'
cament nos recognizable, plunged it into, him
own heart and fell back, his hand still grasping:
the long hair of his victim.' The adrightedv
witness at last, suliicicmly recovered himself to
run,for aid ; when it came both wore dead, and l
Mra. Adams insensible,'having almost bled to‘.
death. 4 great excitement prevailed. Sho'
was carefully removed - and attended to, but'.,
cannot recover. , Adams had been decently in-'
terred but. when I left, proposals - had'been'
made.for nailing Harley’s body to a tree. .Ad-,
ams was nni versa lly respected, being the editor'"
of the Ware County Sentinel, the only pap’c*
m that section. It has now collapscd-." ; :
PiixcrifATiO.v—that inputting the stops in,
the right. be too sedulously atu
died. IVo lately read, in a country paper, the'
following star, ling neeount ofLordPalnierslon’S''
appearance in the House of Comihon : “ Lord.
Palmerston.entered on his.he«d, a white hat otf-
I Ins feet, large but well polished boots upon his'
brow, a, dark Cloud in his hand, his faithful
walking stick in his eye, a moaning glai'o say--
"iff I'otlnbg. Ho sat down,” .
The Fading One,
Did you ever sco some member pfafamiJi'
fading, away —gradually, yet surely, beyond,aU
human help, wasting under the power of'its.'
case ? Around tho house, perhaps— going out
for tho short walk or the gentlo ridoj able, it
may bo, to soo friends, anil pleasures
but growing weaker day by day:— sulforlngtfln-'
during, but slowly fading,' , Did you evoraegji
friend thus as piece by piece tho clayey tab'et- ■
naclu was being taken down andthd
nung itself for its fight as rioon as its piisoh
chains fall off/ ■■ •- . ~i,t
bach as one I saw recently—and .who hah
now gone to her l eternal home. It was--vfery
touching to*watch tho solicitude of all the faml- .
ly of their drooping flower. The arrang<?incht6
for tho visit had beenmade with refcrcncto,«6
wishes ; tho temperature of the room' must b 6
legnluted fur her comfort, tho easiest chair hod.
been for her her use. .The mother’s eye waiiiifc
cd'hor as she passed around the room wM'dt
mother’s anxiety; the sisters anticipated’eve fy
wish of her heart; tho; little brothers’hushed
their noisy glee and stopped more gently in her
presence. - .
I watched her iveakiioss.aq.sho turned upon
lier loved ones for support, apparently upscon
acipus of all their attentions—receiving th’ctn
freely as they were glvenr-und', though^what A
beautiful provision of a incrciftil BroVidcmcfe: jfi
the family.; *, It Is indeed a relic.of Bdep left t&
us yet unbroken, primitive Jieaven-born, bless
edness. If the Wpirld were one great comrribho
of Socialism, as some would seem, to dosfi f o r fA
these days of wickedness, might do well enough
in youth and health, and,vigor, but.what,.would
become ol the talliftgoncs in this.selfish world?
■ c . W °N be grateful for family'com/orfti
»v o may well priza them if we have thdtn titi*
married by sickness or* death, for but few
families escape a great while.* And whendhey
come what consideration should, iadtice uslo
spare any attention which .can bo given 'to
smooth the pathway to the tomb.? No. tap.99.6f
time can ever take awiiy tho bitterness .of.,the
recollection of unkindness' at such a time,,after ■
Hie grave has closed over thclost one. , ' • '
Speak genty to your fading ohcs. Bear pa- .
liently with.all the humors and caprices pf&
mind weakened by disease. Consider no self*
[denial,too great to ho born.. But. especially
point often to the necessity of bpirigatany (Imp
prepared for death. If pos3ibb,.disroba dearti
of its terrors by. making it familiar and holding ’
free intercous'o upon the groat themes of tbjS
soul's immortality and its eternal borne..'; Sycl/.
ctiorts.will bring consolation in
row, when all the weary watchings and liight
vfgils and trials of patience shall bo forgotten.'
Medical Use of Salt;
In many casts of disordered slomaqji', a fei'
spoonful of salt is a certain cure. In the vio-t
lenC internal aching. termed cholic, add a tea-' ■,
spoonful of salt to a pint of cold water—rdrmkj
it.andgq to bed t it is one of the speediest rein- ■■
.edies known. Tbe same will reyi re a .person
who. seems almost dead from receiving a Heavy
fall.: y < . ,
In an apoplectic (it, no timer should be lost
m pouring down, salt and water, if sufficient
sensibility remain to.allow .of swallowing—if
not, the hcild must be sponged .with cold wateif
until the senses return, when salt will immedi
ately restore the patient from the lethargy'. ;
In a . fit, the feet should be placed in wanrt
waler,.with mustard added; and the legs brisk,, ‘
O' ■aibbed, all" bandages removed froth theueckj.
and- a cool apartment procured if possible. Irt
many cases of severe, bleeding, at the lungs,and ■"
when other remedies fail Dr. gush found twq
teaspooiisful of salt completely stayed the’
,blood.- ' - , • - ' ■- .; .
In cases of bite from a mad dog, wash thd
port with strong brine for an hour, then bind
oh some salt with a rag. ".’ .- y ' ,■■
~ In toothache, warm salt and water hcidLtq
the part and renewed't\vo‘’or three times, wilt
relieve in most cases. ’lf the gums be affected?
wash the mouth,W-ith brine;’ if the teeth beco-t
.vered with tartar wash them twice a day with:
salt and .water. • •
In swelled neck, plash‘the patt
and drink it also twice.a day .until cured. s
Salt.W iU expel worms, if used in the'food fit
a moderate degree, and aids digestion; but stud
in'eat is injurious if" usiTd A
mertedn. ,
[From the Baltimore. Patriot,].
Dreadful'T/Sgedy in Gengiftv
tYc hare; received, through a’ g'entlefiialr of
this city, the following account of oW of the?
most horrible butcheries we have heard if sine#
the days of Adam Horn. The information- IS':
from one whose responsibility cannot be
tioned. The account comes in’a private lettir,'
and. is said to have occurred oft. the YTth' ui(}-'
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