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From the Phila. Dollar Newspaper.
I WONDER IP ’TIS SO!, ’
’BY HORACE B. DURANT.
You say that you do love mo still,
With soul that cannot change,
And yet you seem so cold and chlll-f
’Tis surely very strange I
’Tis said that those who love cannot
Treat ns with scorn, you know ;
And often in each dreaming thought
I won ler if ’tis so.
X never see the ivy cling
Around the giant oak,
Undaunted by the* tempest’s wing,
Or scathing lightning’s, stroke, -
But woaian’s love and constancy
Are brought to mind below I
And thus as oft 1 think on thee,
. r L wonder if ’tis so!. .
In every walk of llfo I;mark
Affliction’s tendrils twine—
The same when clouded skies are dark,
■ As when the sunbeams shine !
And .vet tlmt pne.whose cheering smilo
With me through time should go,
i have not found, and all the, while.
I wonder ififfis.so..
Thou aayest that dark suspicion waves
Her fancies in thy brain I ’
And I can aeo thy spirit grieves
O’er.all her fancied pain;
Yet is there caiise that thou should’st drinl
That poisoned fount of wo ?
Cun'nil bo true that we may think ?
I wonder if ’tis so !
Forbear, then, to deceive me more—
Ye act but for effect; .
Ye “wish ine well,” while still ye pour
: .On me your cold neglect!
Ye wish for my success, yet deal
; Its surest, deadliest blow!
’Tia not such love as you should feel—
,l wonder if ’tissoi- *
The wing of thought may darkly brood
O’er many a baseless dream; '
And, wrapped in holy solitude
Still shutout heaven’s beam !
Deception’s garb, they say, can hide '
Such crafty deeds as flow
From wily hearts or wounded.pride—
I wonder if’tis so p |
Injustice seems to strut along,
Or sit in pompous pew;
And feel absolved of all its wrong
With one proud prayer or two!
And yet, methinks, heaven cannot give
That which we want below;
And we must die as we will live !
I wonder If ’tis so I ’ —,
MWlanmia.
Breach of Promise.
nr a URTinnn atiounev-
' It is possible-! Rose Leavitt exclaimed
I, as I saw a lady, whorii I recognized as oneof
the beautiful heiresses qf Boston, enter ray of
fice. , •
“ I dare say yori are surprisedbut my bu
siness is of a strictly legal character ; so you
need not waste any exclamations upon the
eyont.” ~ - .
; Rose Leavitt was a beauty and an -heiress,
but she was a strange girl for all that.
Her father had died when she was about six
teen, leaving something like a million to be di
vided between her and two brothers. Charles
and Henry Leavitt were .ranch older, than she,
and both of them had long been settled down
as quiet, orderly business men. They were
respectable in the fullest sense of the word, and
were never known to be errated in the slightest
particular. c
■ Rose seemed to be cast in another entirely dif
ferent mould from that in which they had been
formed. At school she had been so wild, that
neither master nor mistress could .control-her.
She would havdjjier own way— a peculiarity to
whic|v I am sorry to say, very many young la
dies are addicted. ’
• For the proprieties of life—l mean for those
set formalities of life, which pass as such in tho
world of fashion—she had agovreign contempt.
She hated dandies, hated belles, hated pianos,
fhusic! books, French and German “methods
in. fact, she seemed strikingly disposed to live
out her existence after the dictates of her own
fancy, of her caprices, as the reader may-choose
to regard it. She passed into her twenty.first
year without having done anything .to callthe
attention of the world at largo to her. Her
Whims had only been manifested in the school
room, or at the home of her eldest brother, with
Whom she resided.
She was now twenty-two, and was in a fair
way to become historical, as I shall inform the
reader; Of course Rose had a profusion oflov-
always find them thick as snow
flakes at Christmas.; But Rose very summarily
disposed of this crowd, by selecting from them
one who was certainly a very superior fellow.—
He was not rich; and had not been ,very for
ward in his attentions, until it was plain to him,
and all, the world, that, she had taken a fancy
to him. Charles Carpenter was poor, but he
Sincerely loved the wayward girl, and .would not
have bent at her shrine, if he had not loved
her.
Then Rose, after she had secured him in her
tods, as the spider does the fly, seemed a little
disposed to play the coquette. Now Charles
Carpenter had .not assurance chough to deal
with a coquettish heiress., Ho was not a man
of the world. Ho was conscious of the Vast dif
ference in their social position, and whop ' she
began to flirt with another, he did not resent it;
but seemed toregard.it as a change of senti
ment on her part, to. which ho could offer no
reasonable objection. Calmly yielding to the
fate which denied him the bliss of being loved,
ho let concealment like a worm id the bud
feed oh;his.dmnask cheek.” . 1
Rose flirted. ,A.new star had risen in the
Armament of that circle in which she moved, in
the person of Mr Sampson ,Dcelo. Ho had
Iptely come from Baltimore, was the son of a
merchant prince, owned a fine estate on the
Rappahannock m Virginia, with two hundred
negroes.
' Rose flirted with -him, add Mr. ; Sathpson
Deele - wasi as constant as the needle to.'thc pole.
' soo P tne flirlatiou assumed a more, serious as
pect.. The elegant gentleman was ever by her
side, and she never failed to Smile upon him
Poor Carpenter gave up all .for lost; and never
intruded upon herprcsence.’ ;
..For.about three months Mr. Deelo had clung
to her, and then it was whispered that ho had
proposed and been accepted. Rose’s brothers
were in ccstaoies. They had been fearful she
would throw herself away upon a poor fellow
like Carpenter; and both of them declared-it
was the quest sensible thing they had ever
known her to do; inasmuch as they did not ef
fect much o( her, in the matter of matrimony.
fIMI
Selling a Dk'unjcbn Man rqn Pisseotion.
—Some nights ago,.says the N. : 5?. Tribune; a
number of young men, while, on their way
home, came across a seedy looking individual",
perfectly insensible Iromthe cfiects-of- liquor,'
stretched at full length upon- tho sidewalk.—
Their funds were quite exhausted; and how to
“raise tho wind” had for some time been a
matter of discussion. -A proposition to bag
the drunken loafer”and sell him to the doctors
at the medical college was agreed upon. A bag
was procured, the inebriate slipped into the
sack and borne upon the shoulders of the party
to the college. The doctor answered the sum
mons at the bell and demanded what was want
ed, When the spokesman said, “Doctor, wb’ve
got a ‘stifl’ for you." The doctor asked but
few questions, and paid" §5 for, the “stiff" that
being the sum required.. The sack, with its
contents;, was. deposited in the hall, and tho
fellows had taken their departure, when the
loafer, who had;been throWn in rather an un
comfortable position, attracted the attention of
the doctor just as ho was about closing the
door. • He at once perceived that the man was
alive, and again opening .the door, hallooed to
Iho young fellows, who lingered on the walk,
telling (hem that the man was alive. “All
right,” said tho spokesman “ you’ve got him
now, and you can kill him when you want him.”
Ihedoctor saw that he had been sold, and pock
eted tho joke. . 1
E Sculpture op Habit.—Did you ever
rnnnt h Ji le sc i ll P‘ or . ■ s,o «’ l y human
countenance? It is not moulded at once. It
:is not struck out at a single beat It is pain
fully and aboriously wrought. A thousand
blows roughcast it. Ten thousand chisel.points
u * atl rt P er^ in.the.fjne touches
and bnngfout the features of expression, It is
a work of .time ; but at last the full likeness
conies out, and stands fixed forever and un
changing in the solid marble. Well, so docs a
man under the leadings of the Spirit, or-the
(cachings of -Satan, carve out his own moral
likeness. Every day ho adds something to the
work; A thousand acts of thought, and will,
and' deed shape tho features and expression of
tho soul—habits pf love, and purity, and truth
-rhabits of falshood, .malice, and uncleanness,
silently mould and fashion it, till at length it,
wears the likeness of good or evil.
ICT” Dean Swift, in preaching an assize Ser
mon,.was severe against the lawyers for plead,
mg against their consciences. After dinner a
young counsellor said severe things against the
clergy, adding, he did not doubt, were the devil
to die, a parson might be found to preach his
funeral sermon, “ Yes.” said Swift, i‘ I would,
rao-mng ” " S due, as 1 did children tliis
liMrirnn
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 44.
I had heard all about these things as matters
of gossip. I pitied poor Carpenter, with whom
I was well acquainted ; but the wealth, position,
prospects and magnificent ex-peotations of Mr.
Sampson Deele could not be gainsayed.
“ How is Mr. Deele ?” I asked, when she was
seated. '
! “ He.is a knave !” replied she, smartly.
I was utterly astonished at this ebullition of
feeling. • • i- ’
. “Read that letter, Mr. Docket, it
explain my business in a lawyer’s office.”
I took the document. It was from Mr.
Sampson Deele. From it I learned for the first
time, that the engagement between the parties
had been broken up. It appeared that she had
formally dismissed him. The letter was a
striedy business document. If he had (written
anythinifmqre delicate ; if he had remonstrated
as a lover against his banishment, he had done
so before this was penned. In this ho laid
aside the character of the lover, and assumed
that' of business looking out sharply, for his
material interests. The substance of it was
that the writer would prosecute her for a breach
of promise, if she refused to marry him. .
“ What shall I do, Mr. Docket?” she asked,
trying to laugh, but I could observe the trepi
dition that filled her mind.
“ Really Rose, this is bad business. Why
did you banish him ? I can conceive what a
terrible misfortune it must be, to be exiled from
your presence.”
“ I banished him because he is. a knave. I
can prove that he is a gambler—a professional
gamester.”
“ That will not be sufficient.”
“ I feared not, but one thing is certain, I will
never speak to him again, let the consequences
be what they may.”
“ Have you committed yourself ?”
“I have:” . ■
, “ Has there been any letters ?” -’
“Yes, he has everything in black and white.”
" Bad, bad, Rose.”
“ I knew that, or should not have come to
you with such an affair.”
I questioned her closely-as to all the particu
lars of the affair. Mr. Sampson Deele could
have no better case, so far as things wont then.
Itlooked just as if everything bad been done by
design ; and, before the interview was finished,
I was satisfied that'.ho was a scoundrel; that
all he Wanted was my fair client’s'fortune. But
Rose was: completely in his power.
'For two or three days I fretted’over the
case, and decided to go to Baltimore myself.—
Enjoining upon Bose the strictest secrecy in
regard to my movements, I departed It would
take much space to relate ttie iiidcidents' of mv
search in Baltimore, besides it would spoil the
story ; .therefore 1 withhold them.
Oh my return, I hastened to Rose and de
sired her to send-for-MK Deele. 'He came and
impudently stated the grounds of his claim to
the hand of the heiress.
“ How,much will buy you ofi, Mr. Deele ?” I
asked, with all appearance of deep anxiety.
Well, sir, I don’t wish to prosecute the.la
dy.. If she has ceased to love mc. it is not my
fault ; but it is not right that I should be a
sufferer by her change, of statements.- She is
worth, I am told,some three hundred lhousand
dollars. I will not be hard with her.. Glveme
onfc-sixth of her fortune, and I will return ,the
letters.” ' v...
‘“ No, sir "r
“ Very well," said he, arid body rose to de
part. ,■ -V :..; ■’
“One word more do you think your claim
upon tho lady is good ?!’.
“ Undoubtedly.” , I f.
“ Wait a moment, then, and I will convince
you-to the contrary.” ,
“ I opened the door of an adjoining room, and
Rose conducted a lady who had come from Bal
timore with mo, into the apartment.”
“ This lady -Will be an excellent witness for'
the defence,” I remarked.,
“ Thunder !!’ shouted he, as he seized his hat
and rushed from the house.:'
Rose threw horself on the sofa, and faun-hod
till I thought she would go into hysterics—the
crazy girl !,
In a word, the strahge lady was Mrs. Samp,
son Deele, wife of the aspirant for Rose’s hand
and fortune, whom the wretch had deserted sev;
eral years before.. So much for my visit to Bal
timore. . Rose rewarded Mrs. D. for her trouble,
and it was a profitable journey to her. A bout
a year after, Charles Carpenter was made happy
by receiving the hand of Rose, and, lam.plea
sed to add, she has made a very steady wife.
A Soil Honeymoon—Yonth and Crime.
, Charles Albaiigli was recently tried, convict
ed, and,sentenced in Cleveland, Ohio, (or rob
bing the mail. Tlio Columbus (Ohio) Gazette
says
Charles Albaugh is only 20 years of age, and
the events of the past few months will (ill an im
portant chapter in his life’s history. On Christ
mas day lie eloped with his landlord's daughter,
a Miss German, in her lOth year, went to Alex
andria, Pa., and. was married. An effort, was
made to keep the affair secret, but it was disco
vered by the girl’s parents, who were highly-in
censed at thuir daughter’s imprudence.'
On (ho 28th,of January, Mr. Prentiss, tho.U.
S. Mail Agent, arrested Albaugh upon a charge
of robbing (ho mail. Ho was taken to Cleve
land, tried, convicted, and sentenced before the
U. S. Court, and upon reaching Cardington, on
his way to the penitentiary, the young wife
came aboard the cars to bid .farewell'do her con
vict linsband. The meeting was a painfully af
fecting one. She begged. him to keep up his
spirits, to make a firm resolve to do his whole
duly while in prison. She vowed to stick to
him though all the rest of the world should for
sake him; for said she, “ Charley, ivo are both
young ; we have years, of happiness in store for
us, and when your lime lias expired, wo can go
to some other land where the offence will'not be
known, where wo can live happily together, and
earn airhonest livelihood.” .
The poor girl nerved herself to the task, and
as she wiped the tears away from the cheeks of
her young husband, sho never whimpered.
The car was full of passengers, who, witnessed
the scene with tearful emotion. Tho conduc
tor, who, at the request of the officers, had
kindly delayed a tew moments, to give tho
young couple an opportunity of mooting each
other, at last notified them that ho could delay
no longer; and the whistle gave notice that the
cars were about starting. “Keep lip your
courage like a man, Charley,” said the. fair he
roine, and as she kissed his chock, she turned
to leave linn, but overpowered by her feelings,
that she bad thus far kept under control, sho
toll fainting in tho arms of the bystanders, who
carried her gently into tho station-house, and
tho cars rolled over the rails with increasing
speed, to make up for tho detention.
A Hard Witness.
■- The following dialogue, which occurred seve
ral years ago between si lawyer and a witness,
in a justice's court, not a great many thousand
miles from this place, is worth relating:
It seem that Mr. Jones loaned Mr. Smith a
horse, which died while in his (Smith’s) pos
session. Mr. Jones brought suit to rocover.tho
value,of the horse, attributing his death to bad
treatment. During the course ot tho (rial a wit
ness (Mr. Brown),was called to tho stand to tes
tify as to how Mr, Smith .used the, horse.
, Lawyer—(.with a bland and confidence-illyok-
ing sinile) —“Well, sir, how dobs Mr. Smith ge
nerally rido a horso 7”
Witness—(with a very merry twinkle in his
eye, otherwise hnperturablo)—“4; straddle, I
believe, sir I” .y- ! :
Lawyer—(with a scarcely jliwccpfible flush of
vexation upon Ids cheek, bniL.atiU speaking in
his smoothest tones) —“But, si&what gajt docs
he generally ride ?.” : '
Witness—“Henever ridesiffl? ffito, sir.,His
boys ride all the gates.” \
, Lawyer—(his bland smile gone and his voice
slightly husky)—r“ bht how 'docs lie: ride ’when
in company with others V> . , .......
Witness'—“Keeps tip if- tits horbo-os able; it
not ho goes behind.?’ ;
Lawyer—(triumphantly; arid in perfect tiny.)
“How does he ride when alone, sir ?”; ; ...
Witness—Don’t know—never .was with hiin
whori ho was alone.” ■
Lawyer—“ I have dime with yori; sir.”
.. This last remark .Of tho .’disciple.of Blacksionb
given in that peculiarly fearful whisper; indica.
tive' of suddenly checked and fcmpotarily sub
dued anger and mortification—anger at the im
perlmbation and knavery of the witness, arid
mortification at his .fotal'failure to elicit any
thing beneficial to his client. Hoboritlhues to
aver with many emphatic' expletives, that Brown
is tho greatest scoundrel alive and hasn't sense
enough to answer a plain question correctly;
A. MOnEL Reception. Speech d Hint to il lq.
deni Speakers'.— Aniutefestiug.ihoideritis rela
ted of Gen. Washington’s visit to Salem, Mass.,
during his second Presidential term. Magnifi
cent preparations woro riiado for, his reception
at Salem. From a great distance around, all
the people came out to welcome the Father of
his Country. The'military..were out.in full
forco and put bn their inbst'riiartial airs. Tho
soldiers of the Revolution made their rippoar
ance iri largo numbers to meet their old Com
mander: All thb women and children of Salem
and the region round about; were collected to,
getlioi to add! to the importance and grandeur
of the reception. A'committee : of reception
was appointed,, and oria of its, members, who
,chanced to bo a Quaker, was selected to act ns
spokesman for the occasion. A- groat speech
was perhaps expected for the occasion a long
speech, exhibiting their distinguished'visitant
as immeasurably “ above all Greek, above all
Roman fame.” :• . ■ ; ■ “
Well, at the appointed tiriio, Washington rodo
up to the town, whore he was thus’addresscd by
tho principal spokesman!
“Friend Washington, wo are glad to see' thee,
and, in tho name of the people, wo give theo a
hearty welcome to Salem.” -
This was the entire speech of the Quaker ora
tor, arid Washington said it was more grateful
to him than any with which be bad been honor
ed on his journey. ■
Would that the speakers and writers of our
day consulted tho wishes and interests of those
for whom their efforts-are ■ designed, ns ivellris
tho public generally, by a clbsor.npprOSimation
to Quakcr-liko brevity, simplicity, and sinceri
ty' .
A Disappointment.—A capital story is told
of a young fellow, who one Sunday strolledinto'
tho village church, and was electrified and gra
tified by the sparkle of a pair of 'brilliant black
eyes, which were riveted upon lus face. After
service lie saw the possessor of the'witching'
orbs leave the church alone; and emboldened
by her glance. He ventured to follow her, bis
heart aching with 'rapture.- He saw her look
behind, and fancied she evinced dome emotion
at recognizing him, • Ho then-quickened,bis
pace, and sho actually slackened hers,'as If to.
let him come up with'her—but we will permit
the young gentleman to tell the rest in his own
way :
“Nobio young creature !” thought I, « her
artless and warm heart is superior.to' tho bonds
of custom.” ‘ • „
‘■l reached wjihin a''stone’s throw of her.—
She suddenly,halted, anil turned her face, to
wards wie. My heart swelled' to bursting. I
reached tho spot where she stood. Sho began
to speak, and I took oft' my hat as if doing rev
erence to an angol.”
“ Aro.you a pedlar ?” ”
• “ 111 y dear girl; that is not my occupa
tion.” ....
“ Well, I don’t know,” continued she not
very harshly, and eyeing me very sternly. “ I
thought when I.saw you in tljb .meeting house,
that you looked like tho podhVr who passed off
a pewter half dollar on me about three, weeks
ago, and so I was determined to Uecp an ej’oon
you. Brother Jake has got homo now, and says
if ho catclies the feller, he’ll wring his neckfor
him; and X ain’t sure but you’re thogood-for
nothing rascal after all.” .
O 3 Avoid an angry man for a \vhi.lc, a ipji
icioqs one forever,
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT AIAVAT3 BE "RrCtIIT—BUT RIOIII OR, WRONG,, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1858.
. Many years ago, when a boy uf seven or eight
years, there was one thing'which I longed lor
more than anything .else;'pil'd which I imagined
would make me supremely happy. It was a
jack ; kni(e. Then' I would'■ not be‘obliged to
borrow father’s every lime: I wished' to cut a
siring or a stick, but could whcltlc whenever I
choose, and as much as 1 pleased. Dreams of
kites, hows and arrows, boats, &e., all manu
factured with the! aid of -that shining blade,
haunted mo by da3 r and night.
It was a beautiful morning in June, that my
father called me, and gave pie leave, if I wished,
to go with him to the store, I was delighted,
and taking! his .hand, Wc-started. The birds
sang, sweetly on .every bush, and everything
looked so gay. and beautiful, that my heart
fairly leaped for, joy, 'After pur arrival at the
village, and while my fathbr - was occupied in
purchasing sohte articles in a remote part of
the store, my attention Was'drawn to a man
who was asking the. price of various jack
knives which lay on the counter. . As this was
a very interesting subject to" me, I approached',
intending only to look at them. I picked one
up, opened it, examined it; tried the springs,
felt the edge of the blades with rny thumb, and
thought I could never .cease.admiring their pol
ished surface; Oh ! if it were only mine, tho’t
I, how.happy I should bej. Just at this mo
ment, happening to look up, I saw’that the
merchant had goue tb.phange a hill for ,his cus
tomer, and nb’one was observing me. For fear
that I might be tempted' lb jrto wrong, I started
to replace the knife on the counter, but ah evil
spirit whispered,,’Put itV.in your pocket;
quick!”' Without stopping to think of the
crime or its! consequences, p hurridly slipped it
into my pocket, andas I did so, felt a blush of
shame burning oil, mycheek '• Out the store
was rather darkvknd no one noticed it, nor did
the merchant miss the knife. -
| We’soon started "for, h'oiiwri my father giving
i niein parcel to carry.,' .As >ve .walked along,
I my thought continually rested on tile knife,
; and I kept my htind,in my pocket all the time,
from a sort of guilty fear that it would be seen.
This, together wiih.carryingdhe bundle in my
other hand,' made iti difficult for me to’keep pace
.with my father.; lie noticed it, and.gave me a
lecture about walking with my hands in my
, pockets; ' - ■r, .', ■ .
Ah 1 how. different were ; my thoughts .then,
from what they,were; when passing the same
■ scenes a few hours before, ,T!ie song of the
birds seemed joyous no longer, but sad and
sorrowful, as if chiding me for my wicked act.
I could nqt look my father.hi/thc face, forThao
heedless of his precepts, broken one of God’s
commandments, and become a t/iie/. As these
thoughts passed througliVmy mind, I could
hardly help 'ci-yingp but’ cpiffoilcd my feelings,
and fried to think of, the good limes I would
have with my knife. I could hardly say any
thing on my way home," and '•thyfather iliink
ing I was cither tired or siclt, kindly took my
burden, and spoke sootliiiigiy to inc.-liis guilty
son. No:sooncrdid.,>Vse reach liome; than I re
treated to a safe place, the house, tq,try
the stolen knife. I hriitpSed up a'stick! and
1 was whittling it, pcrfeclly’tleliglUed-"wifTi, the
sharp blade, which glided tilrougli thewoodaV
most of itself; when-auddonlyi heard tile dem,
• <w-j
fectly > ’OTerniy,'hcaHr‘g!^{b^w*yfitg* i
fully’at me, ’■ The stiofc'dropped fronl.iriy hand,
and with the knife clasped invibc oilier, I pro
ceeded into 1 the house;h I saw hyliis looks; that
roylfather had divined all; I foriild him sitting
in his arm chair, lookmg'vcry pale. I walked
directly-to his side, arid; in w low, calm voice,
ho asked me"where I got thd knife. . His gentle
manner and kind, lone Went fo uiy heart, and I
burst into tears. - As soon as' nvy voicewould
allow nio, I iriade W full confession; •• lledidnot
(log me, .as,some fathers wdU'ld • have donef but
reprimanded me in ; such a manner,' that; while
I felt truly penitent for the;deed, t loved him
more than ever, arid promised - never, never to do
the lilcq-again, tn my Other’s company. I
then returned to the'store, rind on my knees, :
begged .the merchant’s pardon,;pnd prbrirised.
never again to take what was not tuy.own.
•My father is’long sincc.dvad and never do I
Ihihlc of my first, theft, withqu.t' blessing,,the i
memory of him whose kind 1 teachings and gen
tle corrections have iriade .Hj,thus far.,ip my :
life, arid forcver'j’ my last Rural
New Yorker.
- Wb nil remember the dolightfbi descriptions
which,ready writeis gave of-the territory com
•prised within- the> limits of (lib.State.of Texas.
It's health, salubrity and beauty, may be nil that
the poets delight to paint j.hjtf on .its magnifi
cent plains, and in its illimitable forests, m o ani
mals, such as toads rind-frogs,; arid »‘sucli small
deer,” ofo which Goldsmith never dreanied in
his Animated Nature. A laterivritor thus speaks
oftho reptiles of Texas: , '.-o'.- ■
• The battle are riot the whole occupants of the
prairie, byany, means. Droves of wild: horses
are not unfroquent, and deer are in,'countless
numbers, the small brown wolf is quite.com.
mon, and'jfou occasionally get a’glirnpso 'of his
largo black (brother.- But Texasds the paradise
of reptitlqs and [creeping thirtgr. Battle rind
moccasin snakes are too numerous qvqn tqshake.
tf stick at. .' Tlie bite b(' the former is easily cured
by drinking'rnw whiskey till it'prodnces intoxi
cation; but for the latter Iberods-nb curo. The
tarantula is a pleasant institution to gel into a
quarrel with... Ho is u spidor-with a body about
the .size of a lien’s egg, and hig logs-livo orsix
indies long, coveted with. hhirf Ho Jibs in cat
tle-tracks ; and, if yo'trsße hfmVmovo out ofhis
path, as hiabitd is absolutely.cdrlain-‘doath;and
he never gets out of the. way, bntcanjnnip eight
•or ten feet to inflict hisdeadlybit'e.y. Thenihero
is the centipede, furnished with' an uniiriiitcd
■mniiber of legs, each, leg'Jbrihed with a claw,
inflicting a separate wound. If he walks over
you at night, yop will have cause to remember
,him for months to coinb, ns its wbund 'js of a
particularly poisonous nature, and is very diffi
cult to heal; The stinging* lizznrd is a lessor
evil, then sensation of its wound" being likened
to the application of a red-hot iron do the per
son ; but one is too. thankful to escape with life
to consider tlicso lesser evils annoyances. But
the insects! flying, creeping, running, digging,
buzzing, stinging—they an} .everywhere. Ask
,tor a cup. of water, and the rejoinder,in our
camp is. “ Will you have it;Vvith a hug dr with
out/’! "The horned frog is one of.the greatest
curiosities here, and is perfectly; harmless. It,
has none of the cold slimy qualities of his nor,
thorn brother, but is frequently made a pot of;
Chameleons are innumerable,'.darting oyertho
prairie with.inconceivable swiftpdss, mid under
going fheifpecnliar of tbo ob
ject under ..which they may "buy.. ,;i’ho woods on
tbo banks of-tbo bayous aro pcij'eqtly alive witli
mocking birds, most beautiful,' mid feathered
game is very abundant apd- very lame, and is
scarcely over sought, atloi:'.'. .The :only variety
that I have seen are qnails,, partridges, snipe,
mallard, plover and prairie hens. ‘ ",
[C?" “ I say,. Sambo,"Jocs ; you' know what
maks de corn grow, so fns.t tvlijctf you ,pu( do ma
nure on it?” “ No, I ; don’t know, ’cept it
makes do ground slrdng'for' dc corn.” 11 No,.
I-just tell you : when de corn begins to smell
de manure,-it don’t like do 'fninery, so it hur
ries out of do ground,hud gets up as high as
possible, so it can't breathe bad uif.”' '
The Stolen'Knife
lieplilcsof Terns.
I AA/ a r A A
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An Arkansas 11 Noalis.”
In a recent lour through one of the wildest
and most sparsely settled regions of Arkansas,
says a correspondent of n New York paper, 1
arrived at the ferry at Cache river. A little log
house grocery stood on the near bank, about
fifteen steps, from where the Hat lay, tied to a
snag in the edge of the water. Scveraljiear
skins, deer skins and coon skins were nailed up
to dry against the walls of the grocery, hut the
door was closed, and no barkeeper, ferryman,
profiler person in sight. I .halloed' at the lop
of my voice some half a dozen times, but no one
answered,. Seeing an advertisement on the
door, I read as follows: ,
“No.vns.—JEf ennybody dims hear artcr
lickcr or to git Akross the River, They kin ges
bio This here Horne and ef i don’t cum, when
my wife Iletsey up at theHous heres the Horne
a biowin shcle cunv dawn and sel the* ticker or
set cm Akross the. river itiie guino a Fishin no
credit when, into aw a from Hocme, John wilson.
N. I}, them that cant rede will hev too go too
the house artcr Betsey taint but a half thar.”
In obedience, to the “Noatis," I took lhe
blowing horn, which stuck ip a crack of the
Wall close by-the door, aiid gave it a “tool” or
two, which reverberated far around .the’caue
and swamp, and in a few moments was answer;
ed by a voice scarceiy-less loud and reverber
ating than that of the-horn—it seemed to be
about half a mile up the river ; in about fifteen
minutes a stalwart female made her appearance
and asked ifT wanted •‘licker.”
No, madam, T want to cross the river, if
you please.” ,
•“ Don’t j-e.want some licker fust?'!
“ No, madam—don’t drink—never touch li-
quor.”
“Never tcich licker! Why then you must
■ be'a preacher, an’t you?”
. “ No, madam, I’m only a Son of Temper
ance ; I wish to go across the river, if you
please; do you row the boat ?”
‘• 0, yes, I can lake you over in less than rio
time. Fetch rip yer boss !!’ .
I obeyed, asking, as I led the horse into the
boat, “Did your husband write that advertise
ment on the door there 1”
“'No, sir-cc 1 Schoolmaster Jonos write"
that. John Iriun’t got rio lanrin '.’’
And the good woman rowed t{ie boat safely
across the ugly stream, and hariding her the
ferriage fee. I bade her good - morning, beliey
ing then as I still do. that she was one of .the
happiest women and host wives I ever saw
perfectly contented with her lot, because she
knew - no belter.' ■ ;
Reins of Kapolcon in tiic Louvre,
A Paris correspondent of the New Orleans
Pieavue thus writes:
“ Tho next most attractive, I may say deeply
interesting. feature of the Louvre' is the Salle
de l' E’nipcrctir, a largo room devoted exclusive
ly to the articles used by the Emperor Napoleon
■ while living, Among those are; different suits
entire of coat, vest; and trowsers; his, saddles,
swords, rifles, pistols, and dagger; the
coat he wore at thif battle of Marengo ; the stir
rups and bit of hi§.bridle used in the battle of
Waterloo; the hats',hq woi;ejn the campaign,of
XfBl4. and'during liis exile, in St.; Helena; life
chicfKiiseSWßis ileath; tied atlSti Meter ip y.a,
f if*?’* q'f - j
ting desk and larrn-ohair pfguilt; nndTgrcert vcl- I
vet; the bed he slept upon durinjgseveral of his
most rifemofableVcarapaighs ; tho small oak (a
hie (one foot by three) which he ate from in his
campaigns'; his, mathematical instruments ;'his
favorite books; his chess board; his watch,
slopped at twenty-five minutes past five; his
cane: his candlesticks, (fine gold.) with the
candles as.left, nearly consumed ; his gold snuff
;bpx; bmkfast service, all of-pure gold, with
black handles, except the saucers, which are
gilt,china; his carver, and fork ; his toilet-set,
all gold; his perfume hollies, with some of the
contents still jij them ; and many other reminis
cences of the greatest interest-. The two hats
we saw-had l ' evidently seen hard service—the
rims,- which had been -taken hold of. by' the
lijnd, being very greasy ; l)ie hat he wore’whci
In.exile at St. Helena is a round one, shaped ex
iactly like those worn at the present day; excepi
thstnit was soft, like felt; tliis one was excee
dingly soiled
Morjtin, TJie Mlcmrin.
Daniel Morgan was ,a .wagoner in (lie French
and Indian war. Ho was once insulted by one
British officer; rind sovcrely.punishod by anoth
er; (or which bo vowed vengeance; : At thefoo.
'gining of Iho .Kqyolntionary war be raised a
comprinj of 'riflemen which he drilled to perfec
tion, and instructed in the" keen,'unfailing aim
ol the backwoodsmen. At (lie battle of Sarkto
ga, seeing the day was going against the Ame
ricans, by.the reason of the extraordinary skill
and energy of Gen. Fraser; with his Scotch di
vision, lie resolved-lb resort to the only-measure
conceivable to .arrest,the tide of battle that
threatened to overwhelm them. ; Snmmqningtd
Iris presence the best irfarksman in his cominand,
whoso aim rias never known to fail; he said to
him : “ Murphy..do.you see that officer on the
iron-grey horse 1 “Yc s, sir,” was the reply of
the old soldier. Morgan rejoined, with an al-
most faltering voice, “ then do ;yonr duty.”—
Murphy ascended a , tree, cut away (ho interja'.
ced branches with his hatchet, (this whs a,part
of their variegated- anrior,) rested his -'rifle in a
sure his.opportunity-, and as soon
as Gen; Fraser had, in his.ammatort movements,
come,within practical range, Murphy fired, and
tho gallant General fell mortally wounded,' be
ing shot iii-the ebritfo of iiis body. That fall
decided the day'., , The 1 .’enemy soon gave way;
and Saratoga became immortal. But Morgan,
the rougli soldier, was a'man of.tender feelings,
and lie almost went at the deed, and always said
it troubled him because it looked so much like
a kind- of assassination of a bravo arid noble
officer. , •
To Sai.erAxus Haters.— At a late convene
tion of dentists, it was asserted that the main
if hot the solo cause of the great increase of de
fective teeth was theuseof saleratus and cream
of tartar in the manufacture of bread ; and Dr.
Baker fully agreed with lire facts olfered in
proof,.adding the result of some experiments
made by himself. He soaked sound teeth in a
solution of saleratus, and they were destroyed
in fourteen days 1 We here have the opinion of
men whose talents, time, and zeal are given to
dentistry/that saleratus and cream of-tartar
in bread are a chief causo of. ruin to teeth.—
Now will those who know this fact go on eating
all that conies in their way, without inquiring
what it is made of?~[Neto York Presbyterian.
Another Spurgeon:— During a late revival
at- Langi ango, Missouri, a lad 17 years old, who
had acouired sorae notoriety in the town as a
theattliflH performer, joined the Church and pre
pared himself for the minislry. Ho has recent
ly been licensed, and has enlered on bis clerical
duties, and so wonderful are his powers that the
whole community is in eestacics with his efforts.
When he preaches the church is crowded : per
sons from till tlie country rouhd.'about flock to'
hear him, and the oldest veterans declare that
they never, before listened to such thrilling elo
quence. The name of the "boy, preacher" is
d. B. Fuller. • •
AT $2,00 PER ANNL’N
Capital Receipts.
■ Wo have tried several of the following reT.
ceipts, and find them to bo excellent. We are
.indebted to the Genesee Farmer for.most ot
them. There may he among them some that
the most experienced housekeepers may not
have entered upon their list of home enjoyments.
Fcmon Cheese Calces. —One pound of sugar,
broken small, six eggs, leaving out the whites of
two, the juice of three fine lemons, and the
rinds of two grated, and one-fourth'of a pound
of fresh butter.; Put these ingredients into a
pan and boil them gently over a slow, fire until
as thick ns honey. Pour it into a small jar and
tie it down with brandy paper. • One teaspoon
full is sufficient for a choose cake. It will keep
good for, two years.
Soda Cake, —One pound of flour, throe eggs,
three toaspoontulls of. carbonate of soda, half a
pound of butter, half a pound of raisins, half a
pound of currants, one-fourth of a pound ot
lunij) sugar, some nut-meg, and candied lemon
peel. Mix the above with half a pint of now
milk. -You may; add a fablespoonful of brandy
or sherry.
Tea Cakes. —Six teacuptul.ls ol flour, two ox.
bolter, two ounces sugar, two tablespoonfulls of
yeast and one dunce of caraway seeds; dissolve
(ho butler in lialfa pint of new milk, let it heave
half an hour; then stir it.lightly till well mixed:
half fill your fins, and let them rise until quite
full, then bake in a quick oven till brown.
Delicious Drop Cake.—One pint of cream,
three eggs, and salt; thicken with fine rye till a
Spoon will stand upright in it, and drop on a
well buttered iron pan, which must be hot in the
oven. They may bo made thinner and baked
in buttered cups.
Dough Nuts. —One pint bowl of raised dough
wet with milk; knead in a teacup of sifted sugar,
two eggs, and a heaping tablespoonfull of but.
ter; let it rise again, roil arid fry; fresh chopped
orange peel is the best^sdasoning.
Cocoa Nut Cakes To two grated nuts, , add
equal weight of powdered white sugar, the
whiles of three eggs well, beaten; makb them ■
the size of a half dollar, and bake on buttered
tins. ■ ‘ 1
Di-cad Coke Five teacups well raised bread
dough, three heaping cups of sugar, two even
cups of butler, five eggs, a glass of brandy and
a’nutmeg; fruit as you like. .
Indian Cake.'— One cofleecup buttermilk, one
do. sour milk, one tcaspoonful saleratus; salt
and three eggs. Make a tolerably thick baiter
of Indian meal, •
Assets of a Nebraska Bank.
The Macomb Eagle is some on “ wild cats,”
The editorof that paper has been at great labor
and expense in procuring the assets of a Nebras
ka bank, and thus speaks of it: , :
We have been to a vast, amount of labor and
expense in collecting an inventory of the assets
of a Nebraska Bank. We will not mention the
sum we have paid for the information given be
low, less it should bo considered apocryphal.—
It will bo apparent that it entailed a great ex
pense on us, and had we not been able, to use
Nemaha in payment, it would have swamped us
as Uat as that “currency” is. The assets wo
;fduiid to be as follows :
One wild cat; '
!., Two large wild cats,
~: Seven young; wild cals..
* 'Third ' . . '..*' .:
- ! Tiro did wild cats. ; . ..
,'Morc Wild cats. '" , **: '**' y y..-.
Thirteen small wild cats. _ ■
, Niye hungry wild cals. , :■?
■ Skip, of wild cat Stretched out to dry.
Alot of wild cats.
Nine wild cats tied together.
One wijd cat with Ins-head shaved.
. Some more wild cats!
Wild cats laying about loose.
Nine very small wild cats tied up in a rag.
One patriarchal wild cat showing his teeth.
Taws of defunct.wild cat preserved in whis
key.. •
Scratches of yriltl cat on brandy cask.
Tails of three wild cats.
Lock of hair of wild cat.
WILD OATS. , •
Never be llaurhiv.— A humming, bird'met
a Initlerlij-, and being pleased with,the beauty
of its person and glory.of its wings, made an
offer of perpetual friendship. “ I cannot think
of it,” was the reply, ‘-as you once spurned me
andcallcd mo a drawling dolt.” Impossible,”
exclaimed tho humming bird.' “I always en
tertained the highest respect for such beautiful
creatures as you.” “ Perhaps you do how,”
said’ the.othcr, "but when 3-011 insulted me 1
was a caterpiller. So let me give 3-011 a piece of
advice—never insult (he humble, as they may
some day bccoriie 3-0111- superior.”
•A Lawyer Puszi.Kn.-T-Tlie Hartford Conn..
Ooufant states, that, a few days since, in the
course of a suit then progressing in that city, a
woman was testifying, in behalf of her son, and
swore that he had worked on a farm ever since
he was born: - The lawyer who cross-examined
her said, “ You assert that your son has work
ed on a farm ever since ho was burn ?” “ I
do.” “ What did dle do the first" year ?”
"lie milked The lawyer'evaporated. ■
■ IC7* The newspapers seem to know every:
thing. . Hero, nbw, is. a recipe thatmight. be
used to prevent infectious grief at some fundr
als.— ' > .
In peeling onions, put n large needle ball
into your mouth. The needle attracts the oily
juice of the bulb, and any number may bo peel
ed without effeclinglhe 03-03.”
. A Dangerous Eajn.—'Good morningneigb
bor Snooks ; a fine rain we bad.’
“Yes, neighbor, delightful.”
“If it comes warm after this wd shall have
everything started ouf of the ground directly.”
“ Heaven forbid—l have two wives under
• iC7?.Madain, you said yonr son vras a law
yer —has he much practice!”
“ Why. yes, sir. he has a paaotice—of smo
king cigars.”
DCT* A Buffalo broker being inquired of the
other day in regard to the health of his sick
child answered in tears:
“Very ill—wouldn’t give two per cent for
is life.” •
KIT* “ I thought you were born on the Ist of
April,” said a Benedict to his lonely wife, who
had mentioned the 21st its her birthday.
“ Most persons would think so from the
choice I made of a husband,” she replied.
KIT* An exchange notices the marriage of
Miss Angelinc firaham, daughter of’the great
vocalist, and adds “ Wo congratulate the bride
groom upon his privilege- of reposing, cvAron
earth, upon A. Brahain’s bosom.”
07 A paper out West Has for its motfo,
“Goodwill to all men who pay promptly.—
Devoted to news, fun and making money."
o* If you want to know whether a tree is
hollow or not, ax it.
• Co- -Bang jf :
O’ If you wish 16 increase the, size and,
prominence of your eyes jus t keep an account
of the money you spend foolishly, and add it
up at the end of the. year.
(£7* The following incident occurred within
, ’™ its 0 u“ kittle Pike,-’.’ not many days:—
‘‘ A* ell, Bill,” said one convey to another,"“l
understand that you and a lot of other fellers
have been to tlio Poml a‘ iisbhi.’ W hat’ll
thunder did you get?”
“ S posin I tell? Well, ns for mo, I cot a
de >j , a lllr nshin’! Bob kctcht a heavy
cold, and Jtm.got the worst kind of. a drunk !"
HO" have no desire to’be acquainted with 1
the man (beyond all doubt a bachelor) who per
petrated the following: ’ r
“ Nature,- impartial in her ends,
•When she made man the strongest,
In justice, then, tb make amends,
Made woman’s tongue the longest.
NO. 40.
BO“ Scarlet fevei* fs prevading to a .consider
able extent in Lehigh county. ■
0“ There are twenty-one companies of Uni
ted Stales troops in Tertas, numbering 2,036
men. ,
DO“ A proposal to bold a State Convention to
reform the Constitution,of Maryland is. being
agitated. , ■
i BO' Of the GG banks, in Illinois, only 39 are
■ doing business—the remaining 27 having gone
i into liquidation. ; ;
00“ A wildcat, weighing thirty-eight pounds,
was caught in Unity township, Westmoreland
county, a few days since. '
[O' Rev. Setli Ilowcll, a Presbyterian clergy
man, committed suicide a few days ago, at Ox
ford,.Ohio, by hanging, -
BO* It is estimated that lottery tickets are
secretly sold, illegally, in New York city to tho
amount of nearly §750,000 a year. .
’ O* There is a Cypress trcc;in Concordia) Parr
ish, near New Orleans; La., the trunk of which
measures over GO feet in circumference.
BO- The steamboat Eliza Battle, Was", dfes-'.
troyed by fire, a few days since, on the 'Tom
big bceriver, Alabama, with a loss of-thirty-■
nine lives. ' .
[CT* Senator Hammond, of South' Carolina,
has. it is said, one of the largest landed estates of
the South, his “farm” comprising!l,OOtfacrcs.
O" John Dean, the late coachmadof Mr.'
Bolter, New fan oft and' mttrrried
Miss Bolter, is ffdtf a marker irt the public
stores in New York. ",
D3 ?=> Mohammed Pacha*, Vice- Admiral in the
navy of the Sultan .of Turkey, arrived at. New,.
York in the steamer Buropa; qu Satuaday eve
ning last.
O’ Mr, John Forneyhongh, of Fredericks
burg, Va., it is said, has made • successful ex-*
periments this winter in feeding horses andstock
with Chinese sugar cane.
K 7” A man was stabbed in Boston 1 a day or
twt/ since,'dud singularly enough, the krtifo
passed exactly between the heart and liver,
withopl torching either, or any vital artery, : •
O’-According ,tq Judge Busscl, of New
York, persons having no license are not indict
able for selling liquor on the Sabbath; The
Sunday law he seems lo think, only applied to
licensed houses 1
■ O'The Due do Brabant, a very'extrava
gant nobleman, is getting a service of plater
manufactured in England, the whole to bo of
gold, excepting (he dinner plates, which*.are to
be silver. The cost of the set will be upwards
of £40,000.
O’ An infant child of Mrs. Hanson, of jPal
myra. Me., was smothered a few days! since,
while Us mother was riding a distance of'only,
two,miles. Anxious to keep.the child from ta
king cold, they wrapped it, up to close as Id .
cause its death, '
' OCT” The Supreme Court of the United Stales'
owner -of the
Springs,- is crifUled ttt a (fact, pT; ninety-three
thousand acres, and valued at more -dban, two
million dollars- So says the iVarrenton Whig
' (C7f It.is said that excellent salt js matiufac- :
tured at the ,Sult Springs,-,in Lancaster county,.
Nebraska, equal to.the best qualities manufac
tured in any part of the world. The water 1
from which the salt is made y ieldsfrora; forty-'
live to .fifty pounds to fifty gallons of water. , -j
1C7 1 A boy named: Sterner, Id yrarsold.liv-:
ing in South Whitehall township,. Lehigh coun
ty was bitten by a mad dog, a few days,
The Lehigh Register says that hydrophobia is
prevalent among the canines in the country,
and that numbers of dogs, cattle, and boys havel
been bitten. .>
I . ‘: O t
O'’Gen. Wm. Walker arrived at New Or
learis on the 3d, and has taken his old qua'rtcrs.
Gen. Jlcnningsgn is also there. General Wol-,
ker, voluntarily gave bail m the sum of S4J)OO,
to appear before the court oit the ItliMonday
in AprlF, to answer the chajgc of breach of’the'
neutrality laws; •
A few days ago, Mr. John Wentworth.'
Afayor of Chicago, ID.', was atlnckrd and se-.
vcrely-bcatcn with a biofjory cane in the hands'
of T. J. S. Flint, on account of some statement:
in Wentworth's paper affecting Flint. Mr-.
Wentworth's right arm was crippled,’ which
prevented him opposing an effectual resistance.-'
O” A colored man named Joseph Sanders,
died in Buckingham Valley'. Bucks co'.; a, few
days ago, under circumstances which led to tho
belief that he had been poisoned.. His wife, and
a colored man named Rice, between whom an
improper intimac3'. was supposed to exist, have
been arrested on suspicion of having caused the
death of Sanders. - . . , .
O* A letter from Havanna says, tho ravaged 1 -•
of fever and small-pox are very great there, and.
have rapidly scattered the strangers sojourning ;
pt the 1 place. The fever is very severe; also, -
among tho shipprhg.'and from-present Indica-
(he residents do not expect’ to' her free
from Ibis terrible malady during the rest of the
year. ' ' ■ " V"'-'
K7”A fire occurred at Newport’, R. 1., re
cently. at which the hose, burst, and there was •
a cry for something to blind it with. A lady
who was near promptly offered them one of her
skirts, and the stream of water was soon doing
effective service again. That lady, should have
been made an honorary member of the Fire De-,
parlincnt. . Perhaps she was. - -
0“A woman named Dorothy Davis, 86
years of age, who resided with her sister at No.
13 N. 13th street, Philadelphia,,was litterly
roasted to death, on Tuesday morning last’,* by
iter clothes,. Hie furniture of her room, dc., ta
king lire from a candle. Her sister, Susanna
Davis, was also badly burned. Both .’were old
an infirm. They were members- of the society
of Friends, and .formerly lived in Chester CQtm
ty- '
KIT"The “Regulators” in Nobis county, In
• diana, have arrested seventy-six counterfeiters,'
and four have already been convicted and sen- ■
teheed to the Penitentiary. Tho.“Rcgulafor3”,
■ have recovered to thc.amount of 310,p00. have,
broken up two mints for coining bogus money
broken up one bank, with press, plates, and
everything necessary for issuing counterfeit
bills, and found 340,000 of spurious banknotes.
Verilt— “ Why,’. , Siab, I’m astonished,”
said a very, worthy.deacon, “didn’t we take ~
you into the church a short time since ?*’
“ I believe so." hiccupped Siah; “and be-,
tween yon and me, it was a little of the darnd- ,
cst ‘takin in'you evcr.saworlieard of.”
j 577" ‘ ‘ Mamma! mamma! here’s a hair in the
bread.” ■
Hush! no it ain’t my child, its only .a. corn (
“ Like that. Who the mischief ever seen nils 1
on a corn silk before !” , ' ' . H r