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IlTell mo, yo winged winds, S Tlmt round my pathway play, pa (here a place on earth Where Printers got their pay 1 |Tho whispering breeze went by With accent filled with woe, |A voice borne on the sorrowing air, In sadness answered “No.” ell me, ye flowing streams, That smoothly glide along, ' Ja there one cliorished place, ; Where Printers meet no wrong ? The gentle brook replied, f In murmurs soft and low, And winding on its Verdant way, It meekly answered “ No.” ' I Toll rad, ye murky clouds, Now rising in the west. Is there upon the globo - One spot by printers blest ? The flashing clond outspoke With an indignant glow, A voice that filled the earth with awe In thunder answered “No.” ,Tell me, hard-hearted ■ Withholding day Is there no honor in thy^iMfflfc'-l;; '/ The Printer’s bill to pay ■ Cnanswering turns he ' And plain his actions ' An uttered oath capt sound is heard. His actions answer “ No.” ||ipfe)Tell mo, thou gentle nymph, . sE& ( *’ Who blessed Ijl'o’s hours through, ? Is there one sacred shrine p-'-- Where Printers get their due ? A mantling blush her cheek diffused, - Did tontold grace impart, ■ I A.soft, responsive sigh replied, •.. ; ’Tis found in woman’s heart.” v'iv. mo, angolic'hosts, t? ’ (V' . lfo messengers of love, ■ sfe- ■fi.SjiaU suffering Printers here below ' " Haro no redress aboTO? K'i , The angel bjinds replied, f J.\ • “Tous is knowledge given, Delinquents on the Printer’s books, j ’ Can never enter Heaven.?’ 6s > ■ ' feV; ■ 3s'yi()b, who will bring me back tho days, So beautiful, so bright! *»!’"■sbose days when love first boro my heart Aloft on pinion's light 7 jiVph, who will bring me but an hour pig Ofthat delightful time, v£._''fAnd wake in me again the power That fired ray golden prime I • I nurse my wound in solitude, .•. "]ir : I sigh the livelong day, , .Iv'Add mourn the joys, in wayward mood, . fes';, That now are pass’d away. H fOh, whd will bring-mg backili" /levs i&tmugtnm p r.‘ V, B; And wake in mo aga/-^%r i ‘ 4, ir|i7,T f: pfj >,; -.yhot fired my g ol fZ/Lis r FIRST LOV%i Mmlknms. Barrington, the Pickpocket. 'o c a ’iA few years ago I made the acquaintance of ' - an elderly lady, whose husband, so far back as 1;fe;,1899, heid an official position,, both civil and l&.jßiluary, in the colony of New South Wales.— snfellany aneedbtes sho lold me of celebrated char ffijtwjters who had, in the words of one of them, gisti.left their couniry for their country’s good.” ll?’With most, if not with all, of these celebrities, Evtneold lady had come in contact personally. r‘ One morning,” she began, “I was sitting itv my drawing room with my. two little chil- I'drtn. who are now middle aged men with large families, when a gentleman was announced- I - . gave the order for his admission . and on his cn fe-Hteying the door of the apartment, I rose froth iP®,niy chair and greeted him with ft bow, which* if.i; lie returned in the. most graoefal and courtly Eg; tnanocr imaginable. Ills dress waalhat of a El-inijn of fashion, and his bearing that of a person ;??V" who; had moved in the highest circles of society. ■ A; yissel bad arrived from England a few days previously with passengers, and I fancied that K. - tblalgentlcman was one of them. I asked him Ip: tO'-bo seated. He took a chair, opposite.to me, once entered into conversation, making topic the extreme warmth of the day. ’S'ifijSnd the second, the healthful appearance of my children —as he was pleased to speak of them. Apart from a mother liking to hear |l'; 'her children praised, there was such a refine-, S.-\ v i«eht in the stranger’s manner, such a seeming licerity in all he said, added to such a roarvel is neatness of expression, that I could not )p thinking ho would'form a very valuable ijuisition to our list of acquaintances, provi d he intended remaining in Sydney, instead settling in the interior of the colony. “ I expressed ray regret that the major,(my sband) was from home; but I mentioned it I expected him atone o’clock, at which ur. we took luncheon, and I further expressed tope that our visitor would remain and par ice of the meal, With a very pretty smile hich I afterwards discovered had more mea ig in it than I was at the lime aware of,) he L«d he could hot have thp pleasure of parta lg of the hospitalities of my tab'o. but, with jr.permission, he would wait till theappoin ispi--ted hour—which was then near at hand. Our iwfeconvcrsation was resumed; and presently ho Mtcd my little ones.to go him. They obeyed KSfeit onee, albeit they were rather sly children.— satisfied me that the stranger was a man a kind and gentle disposition. He took the seated them on his knees, and began M tell them a fairy story, (evidently of his own and extemporized,; to which they Its t'tened with profound attention. Indeed, I could nttt hclp being interested in the story, so fanci *ft« were the ideas, and so poetical the language V7V in which they were expressed. The story ended, the stranger replaced the - * children'on the citrpet, and approached the ta , l>le on. which stood, in a porcelain vase, a bo i quet of flowers. These he admired, and began a discourse on floriculture, I listened with in ' tense earnestness, so profound were all his ob servations. We were standing at the tab'c for , at least eight or ten minutes: my boys hanging on .(he skirt of my dress, and every now and ■ ; then compelling me to beg of them to be silent. 1 ( ” One o’clock came, but not the Major : I re i ceived. however, a note from him. written in % petaqil on a slip of paper; He would be detain- S' :ed,ct Government House until half-past two. i -I ftj&Again I requested the fascinating stranger ’ of luncheon, which was now on the ; , i . fable in the room ; and again, with the same ‘if(Winning smile, he declined. As he was about, '■frills I thought, to depart, I extended my hand ; to nty astonishment, he stepped back, Mvilinade a low bow, and declined taking it. Wkm, “ For a gentlem&n to have his hand refused |f»hen he extends it to another is embarrassing ; l;.!|M ei > o ugh. But for a. lady! Who can possibly : |||(Jesoribe what were my feelings 1 Had he been MfrifauHSßoUuitm'. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL. 46. heir to the British throne, visiting that penal settlement in disguise, (and from the strangers manner and conversation, lie might have been that illustrious personage,) he could scarcely have, under the circumstances, treated me in' such an extraordinary manner. I scarcely knew what to think. Observing, as the stran ger must have done, the blood rush to my checks, and being cognizant, evidently, of what was passing through my mind, he spoke as fol lows : ' “ ‘ Madam, I am afraid you will never for give me the liberty I have taken already. But the truth is, the passion suddenly stole over me; and I could not resist the temptation of satisfying myself that the skill which made me so conspicuous in the,mother country still re mained to me in this cOnvict land.’ “ I stared at him, but did not speak. ■ “‘Madam,’ ho continued, ‘ the penalty of silting at the table with you, or taking t|ie hand you paid me the compliment to proffer me —yourself in ignorance of the fact I am about to disclose—would have been the forfeiture of my ticket-of-leavc. a hundred lashes, and em ployment on the roads in irons. As it is, I dread the Major’s wrath ; but I cherish a hope that you will endeavor to appease it, if your advocacy be only a relurn for a brief amuse ment I afforded your'beautiful.children.’ “ ‘ You are a convict!’ I said, indignantly, my hand on the bell-rope. “‘Madam, he said, with an expression of countenance which moved mo to pity, in spite, of niy indignation, ‘hear me for one moment.’ “ ‘ A convicted felon, how dared you enter my drawing-room as a visitor?’ I asked, my anger again getting the bettcr.of all my other feelings. , ■ “.The Major, madam,” said the stranger, “ requested me to be at his house at the hour when I presented myself f and he bade me wail if bo were from home when I called. The Ma- jor wishes to know who was the person who re ceived: from me . a diamond, neck lace which be longed to the Marchioness of Dorrington, and came into my possession at a state ball some four or five years ago—a state ball at which I had the honor of being present. Now, madam, when the orderly who opened the front door in formed me that the Major was not at home, but that you were, that indomitable impudence which so often carried me into, the drawing, rootps of the our country, look possession of me; and. warmed as I was with generous wine—just sufficiently to give me cou rage—l determined to tread once more on a la dy’s carpet, and enter into conversation with, her. That much I felt the Major would for give me ; apd, therefore, I requested the orderly to announce a gentleman. Indeed, madam, 1 shall make the forgiveness of the liberties I have taken in this room the condition of my giving that information which shall restore to the Marchioness of Dorrington, the gem of which I deprived her—a gem vyhich is still unpledged, and in the possession of one who will restore it oh application, accompanied by a letter in my handwriting.” “ Again 1 kept silence. “ * Madam I’.he exclaimed, somewhat impas sionedly, and rather proudly, ‘ I am no other man than Barrington, the illustrious pickpook- Tdre~TliMi^ ri?‘.er -and pntffrora ladies of rank and wealth, I £> ’ !'zed, in all, upwards,of thirty irrespective of those Jewels which realty possession under look and key* when toriune, turned her back upon me.’ “Barrington, the pickpocket! Having heard so much of this man and his exploits, (although, of course, I had never seen him.) I could not help regarding him with curiosity, so much so, that I could scarcely be angry with him any. longer. ■ “Madam,” he continued, “ I have told you that I longed.to satisfy myself whether that skill which rendered me so illustrious in Europe still remained to me ,in this country after five years of desuetude ? I can conscientiously say that I am just as perfect in the art, that the ’touch is just as soft, and the nerve as steady as when I sat in the dress circle at Drury Lane or Covent Garden.” “ I do not understand you Mr. Barrington,” I replied. (I could not help saying Mister.) “ ‘ But you will, madam, in one moment.— Where are your keys ?’ ‘I felt my pocket, in which I fancied,they were, and discovered they were gone. “ ‘ And your thimble and pencil-case, and your smelling-salts? They are here!’ (He drew them from his coat pocket.) ‘My anger was again aroused. It wits in deed, I thought, a frightful liberty for a con vict to practice his skill upon mo, and put his hand into the pocket of my dress. But, before I could request him to leave the room and the house, he spoke again ; and. as soon as I had heard his voice and looked in his face, I was mollified, and against, my will, as it were, obliged to listen to him. “‘Ah, madam,’ he sighed, ‘such is the change that often comes oyer the affairs of men ! There was a lime when ladies boasted of hav ing been robbed by Barrington. Many whom I had never robbed gave it out that I had done so ; simply that they might be talked about.— Alas ! such is the weakness of poor humanna turo that some people care not by what means they associate their names with the name of any celebrity. I was in power then, rot in bondage. ‘ Barrington has my diamond ear rings*!’ once exclaimed the old Countess ofKet tlebank, clasping her hands. Her ladyship’s statement was not true. Her diamonds were paste, and she knew it, and I caused them to bo returned to hey. Had you not a pair of very small pearl drops in your ears this morning, madam ?’ “I placed my hands in my cars, ahd discov ered that the drops were gone. Again my an ger returned, and I said, ‘ How dared you, sir, place your fingers on my face ?’ • Dpon my sacred word and honor, madam he replied, placing his hand over his left breast and bowing, ‘T did nothing of the kind ! The ear is the most sensitive part of the human bo dy to the touch of another person. .Had I touched your ear my hope of having these dt ops in my waistcoat pocket would have been gone. It was the spring only that I touched, and the drops fell into the pahn of my left hand.’ He placed tite ear rings on the table, and made me a very low bow. “ • And when did you deprive me of them ?’ I asked him. •‘ ‘ When I was discoursing on horticulture, you had occasion several times lo incline your head towards your children, and gently reprove them for interrupting mo. It was on one of those occasions thul the deed was quickly done. The dear children were the unconscious confed erates in my crime—if crime you will consider it—since I have told you, and I spoke the truth; that it was nol for the sake of gain, but simply to satisfy a passionate curiosity. It was as del icate and as difficult an operation as any I ever performed in the whole course of my profession al career. ’ * “ There was a peculiar quaintness of humor and of action thrown into his speech: I could not refrain from laughing. But, to my great satisfaction, the illustrious pickpocket did not join in the laugh. He regarded me with a look of extreme humility and maintained a respect ful silence, wbicit was shortly broken by a loud knocking at the outer door. It was the Major, who. suddenly remembering his appointment with Barrington, had contrived to make his es cape from Government House, in order to keep it. The Major seemed rather surprised to find Barrington in my drawingroom ; but he was in such a hurry, and so anxious, that he said no thing on the subject. “ I withdrew to the passage, whence I could overhear ail that took place. “.‘Now, look here, Barrington,' said my husband, impetuously, ■ I will have no more nonsense. As for a free pardon, or even a con ditional pardon, at present, it is out of the ques tion. In getting you a ticket-of-leave, I have done all that I possibly can; and, as lam a living man, I give you fair warning that, if you do not keep faith with me, I will undo what I have already dona. A free pardon I What! — Let you loose-upon the society of England again ? The Colonial Secretary would scout the idea, and severely censure the governor for recommending such a thing. You know, as well as 1 do. that if you return to-morro w : and had an income of five thousand a year, you would, never be able to keep those .Bhgers of yours quiet.’ “ ‘ Well, I think you are right, Major,’ said the illustrious personage.' “ ‘Then you will write that letter at once ?’ “ 1 1 will. But on one condition.’ '“ Another cohdition ?’ ‘Yes.’ ■ . “ ‘ Well, what is that condition ? Yon have so many conditions that I begin to think the necklace will not he forthcoming after all.— And if it be not, by - “ ‘ Do not excite yourself to anger, Major, I give you my honor, :’ • “‘Your honor! Nonsense! What I want is the jewel restored to its owner.’ ‘ And it shall be, on condition that yqu,will not be offended, greviously offended,- with me for what I have done this day !’ • “ ‘What is that?’ , . “ ‘ Summon your good wife, and let her bear witness both for and againkt me.’ “ My husband opened the drawing-room door and called out • Bessie.’ ‘As soon as I had made my appearance, Bar rington stated the case—ail that had transpired —with minute accuracy ; nay, more, he acted the entire scene in such a way that it became a little comedy in itself; the characters being himself, myself, and the children, all of which characters he represented with such humor that my husband and myself were several limes ih (its of laughter. Barrington, however, did not even smile. He affected to regard the little' drama (and this made it more amusing)’as very serious business.’ > • •This play over, my husband again put to Barrington the question : ‘Will you write that teller at once ?’ ‘ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I will; for I, sec that .1 am forgiven the liberty I wapitempted to take.’ and searing himself at the tnble he wrote: ‘Mr. Barrington presents his compliments to Mr. . and requests"that a scaled packet, marked DN..N6. 27, be immediately delivered to the bearer of this note. In the event of this request not being complied with, Mr. Barring ton will have an opportunity ere long of ex plaining to Mr..——, in Sydney, New South !- Walcs7 tlsans6r'(lSiC j'hati bitch’■’guilty of an act of egregious folly. * . ‘Fourteen months passed: oway, when, one morning, my husband received a letter from a jentleinan in the Colonial Office.. He clapped ris bands, cried bravo, and then to me as fol lows; ‘ ‘MvDear Major :—The great pickpocket has been as good as his word. My lady is again ia possession of her brilliants. Do what ever yon can for Barrington in the colony ; but keep a sharp eye upon him, lest he should come back and once more get hold of that necklace.’ •My husband sent for Barrington to inform of the result of his letter, and he took on op portunity of asking the illustrious tnan.tf there were any other valuables which he would like to restore to their original owners ? . ‘ ; Thank you —no,’ was the reply. ‘There ave, it is true, sundry little articles in safe cus tody itt home; but, as it is impossible to say, What may-be in the future, they bad better fer tile present stand in my own name.’ ’ Showing up a Showman. Showmen, as a-general rule, ore tolerably sharp, and it is no easy matter to over-reach them c-but when they are fooled, it is a matter of great amusement to those present. I was a witness to one ol the best “sells” bl the kind I have over heard of. Last summer there was an exhibition in a tent, on one of the public lots— a sort of menagerie on a small scale. Before the entrance to the tent, the proprietor was boasting of the innumerable wonders to be seen tor a shilling, to a considerable crowd. While in the midst of a speech overflowing with big words, lie was somewhat summarily interrupted by the following exclamation from a man near hlm.who had a boy with him : “ I’ll bet you a ‘five’ that you can’t show mo that lion!” “ Done,” said the showman, eagerly. « Put up your money.” The man placed a five dollar bill in the hand of a by-stander, and the showman, counting out the change, did the same. “Now walk this way,” said the showman, “and I’ll convince you !” . The man and the little boy followed him into the tent, the whole crowd following. “ There,” said the showman triumphantly.— “ Look in that corner at that beautiful nubian lioh I” “ Where ?” asked the man, looking in every direction but the right one. « Why there,’? was tile astonishing reply. “ 1 don’t see any,” responded the other. « What’s the matter with you ?” asked the showman, who began to smell “ a very large mice.” “ I’m blind !” was the grinning reply. That showman was very industriously enga ged turning out the crowd for the next few min utes, while the blind man pocketed the stakes and wont Ills way. .Nobly Said.—ln Hie case of the convicted and sentenced Oberiin slave rescuers, whom the abolitionists hoped to havo discharged from im prisonment, by the Supreme Court of Ohio, on habeas corpus, Judge Swan thus nobly concludes the opinion of the Court: “As n citizen 1 would not deliberately vio late the constitution or the law by interfeience with fugitives’ from justice. But if,a wear}-, frightened slave would appeal to me to protect him from his pursuers, it is possible I might momentarily forgot my allegiance to the law and -constitution and give him a covert from those who were on his track—there are, no doubt, many slaveholders who would thus follow the, instincts of human sympathy. And if I did it, and was prosecuted, condemned and imprison, od, and brought by my counsel before this tri bunal on a habeas corpus, and was then permit ted to pronounce judgment in iny own case, I trust I should have the moral courage to say before God and my country, as I ani now com pelled to say, under the solemn duties of a judge, bound by my official oath to sustain the supremacy of the constitution and the law: ‘The prisoners must bo remanded.’ ” Judge Swan was elected by the Republican patty, and a few days after ho delivered the above sentiments bis party met in State con vention to nominate a judge of the Supremo Court, and selected another man to take Iris place, ’■ ■ ", .1- (i - - . .* “Otril COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT-—BUT BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAWUNE 23, 1859. THE EVE OF GREY. Pools have praised the eye of Wok}?* And eulogized the melting blue,**-' Haro laid their fancy on the rack i To celebrate each varied hue; I But not one single word they,say I About the pleasing eye of grey, .' fr I like the mild grey eye—the faces.;'- Which most I loved had eyes of grey; And if each glance emits no blazes,- As those of black,-1 know that they Possess a charm that can subdue v/ Hearts that withstood both black Wjjd blue. The face is fair, with eyes of Wiih eyes of grey is still more bur, : For what the last in life may lack ; 'A . :ls made up by the softer air ; r Imparted to the lovely faces f' ; " That grey and blue.so often graces.! The black may pierce the gazer though. And make the lightest spirits dahee—'' Our souls may melt before thebjiiejl; Or die away in pleasure’s.trancef > But I will still my homage pay i; . To the enchanting eye of grey, i ,y : The eye that kindly beams on mo Shallalways meet a like return ;,: And I will bend the ready kneot .■ Wber’er those those glancestneltorburn, And idolize the lovely ptljej./f ‘ -3!V . Whether of greyvpr ct;,bluer!^ K CUBE ALL^^f Some gentlemen were talking one evening at the house of a friend, when one of them exclaim' “Ah, depend on it, a soft answcria a tpighty cure ail.” At this stage of the conversation a hoy who sat behind at a table, studying his Latitvgrara mar, began to listen, and repeated, as he tho’t, quite to himself. . , ‘‘A soft'answer is a mighty cure all.”‘ “Yes/that's the gentleman; start ing and turning sec wheto the ccho came from. “Yes, it; don’t youi'fhink so, my lad?” , ,?>'■' - The boy blushed a little at finding, hmiself so unexpectedly addressed, but answered. ■ ; “I don't know’whether I .understand you, sir'?” : “Well, I’ll explain, then,” said thogonllo man, wheeling round his chair, “for. it is a principle you alight to understand ' und apt up on ; besides it is the principle which ingoing to conquer the world." ’ : iv r The boy looked more puzzled than thought he would like to know something that was equal to Alexander himself. : *‘l might ns well explain, ’’ said'he, “cytcU ing you about the first time it conquered nie. My father was an officer, ond his notionJjyos to settle everything by fighting ; if-:-a boy ever gave me asaucy word it was, ’ j;. -if, - “Fight ’em, Charley, ■ ■; By and by X was sent to tbe-fatUouS', y.rp.E school, and it so happened. jßu fodrid he Jived ina small house boljjnd'vr’e Aca demy, I began to strut a little aud/tajk,(abbot what my. father was; -.but he was papithl ■scholar, very much thought of- by: thoj, boys, besides being excellent at bat and ball, v e were soon on pretty good terms, and sd jlf’wmt on for some time. After a while some of ( t a?'fel lows of my stamp got into a of the ushers; and some how or other ; ire got' the notion that Tom Tucker was at the iottom ofit. x ' ‘•Tom Tucker, who is he V I cried c i “I’ll let him know who I am," and we ( t on, until we fairly talked ourselves into a cel <* wolves. The boys then sent me cm down to Tom Tucker’s and let him kno y he had to expect. .'Swelling with rage Ijl into his yard, where he was at work wip i and his little sister. J}' Til leach yon to talk about me in thl! lihundered, marching up to him. I He never winced or seethed the least bif fright ened, but stood still, looking at me as'.raild as a lamb. . “Tell me,” I cried, throwing down my book', doubling up ray fist, and sliding up tq him— “tell me, or I’ll’.’—kill you, I was going lossy, for murder was in my heart. _ .('/ He stepped to one side, butanswefed firmly, yet mildly. --.j “Charles, you may strike me as [touch as you please,! tell you I shan't - Strike back again ; fighting is a poor way to sottle/difijcul ties. I'm thinking when you are ChafieaEve rett. I’ll talk with you.” . *Ob, what an answer was that; hoy? it cow ed me down —so firm and yet so mild. I,felt that there was no fun in having the; fine all .on one side. I was ashamed of myself, by tem per, and everything about me. I longed to get out of his sight. I saw what a poof. foolish way my way of doing things was. I felt that Tom'had completely got the better of mq-ythat there was a power'in his principles superior to anything I had ever seen before, and [rout that hour Tom Tucker had an influence over roe which nobody else ever had. befora onsince: it has been for good. That, you see, is- tfie pow er, mighty moral of a soft answer, ■ “1 have been about the world a treat deal since then, and I believe,” said the aßbtteman, “that nearly all, if not all. tho-bicUddngs, the quarrels and disputes which arise tnnong men, women, or children,’in families, neighborhoods, churches, or even nations, can bo cured,by the mighty moral power of a soft answer,.for the Scripture has it, ‘A soft answer tunjeth away wrath.’ ” . f ; A good old man ia the beat antiquity. and which wo may with least vanity admire, one which time has been this long a verting, and, like winter fruit, ripened, while others arc sha ken down. He hath taken out aSpnanydesspns of the world ns days, and learned the best thing in it-tho vanity of it. He looks ojrcr his for iner. life as a danger well past, ana hazard himself to begin again, The near door of death saps him not, but he expels as his turn in nature, and fears motshjs recoil ing back to childishness than dusi,- All men look to him as a common father,'xnd pn old ; age, for his sake as reverent. Bo | raedees bis experience on youth without the I irshness of .reproof, and in his counsel is gooi - company. He. has some old stories still of bh own seeing to confirm what he says, and maki j them, bet terjn the telling; yet it is not roublesotno with the same tale pgain, but rein mbers with them how often he has told them, { He. is not apt to put the boy on a younger,, man, nor the fool on a boy, btii can distinguish gravity from a sour look, and the leas testy lie ns' the.more regarded. You must pardon him If he likes his own times better than these, because . those things are folly to him now, that were wisdom then ; yet be makes of that opinion too when wo see him; and conjectures thosei.times by so good a relic. Ho goes away at last, whensoev er, with all men T s sorrow but his own; and his memory is ffesb when it is twice [is old. Bishop Earle. b way, h Good Did Man. ; THE FARMER’S PARROT; OR. KEfeP OUT OF BAD COMPANY. One beautiful Spring, a fanner, after working busily for several weeks, succeeded in planting one of his largest fields of corn. But the neigh boring crows, not having the fcanof law in their hearts, and being anything, but tce-totalcrs, found their way to the farmer’s corn-field, and departed frequently corned. The farmer not being willing that the germs of a future crop should be destroyed by eitherfairur/dui means, determined to drive,the bold marauders to their nests. Accordingly ho loaded up his trusty gun, with the intention of giving them upon their next visit,»a warm reception. Now the farmer had a parrot, as talkative and mischievous as those birds.usually are, and being very tame, it was allowed its freedom, to come and go at pleasure. Strolling around some time after the farmer's declaration of war against birds in general, and crows in particu lar, whom should it see but a number of those bold, black robbers, engaged industriously in the farmer-like occupation of raising, corn.— “Pretty Poll” being a lover of company, with out much caring whether good or bad, hopped over all obstructions, and was soon engaged with them, in what I suppose was an interes ting conversation on the many advantages of-a country over a city life.' Their friendly talk might have been quite prolongucd, had not a passing wind wafted it to the cars of the farmer, who was leisurly smoking his calumet by the cozy fireside.' . • Up started he, breaking in his hurry the “pipe of peace”—a bad omen for the crows— and wilb his gun he sallied , forth. Reaching his corn-field at, length, he saw ata glance (tHoqgh he overlooked tbe parrot) JaHHatc of affairs. Leveling his gun, he flmjmid with the report was heard the death scream-of three crows, and an agonizing shriek from poor Poll. As the farmer advanced to see what execution he had done, the unwdunded crows arose in the dir, loudly pleading their cause as they depart ed. On looking among the murdered crows, great was his surprise to sec stretched upon the ground his mischievous parrot, with -feathers sadly ruffled, and a broken leg. ••You foolish bird,” cried the farmer, “this homes of keeping bad company.” yn The parrot did not reply—probably because, it did not know exactly what to say ; but it looked very solemn, which answered just" as well. On carrying it to the house, the children secicg its wdunded ieg.-exclaimcd: “Whattflid it, Papa—what hurt our pretty Poll V'J ;v -'company —bad company!” answered the jwrot in-a solemn voice. , imv. that it was,” said the farmer, “Poll WW with thosC wickeri crows when I fired, and received a shot intended for them. Remember the-parrot’s fate, children, and 1 beware of bud company.” ‘ With these words the farmer turned around, and with the aid of hts wife, bandaged the bro ken leg, and in a few weeks-the parrot, I .was as lively as ever, but never forgot Us adventure in j j-he corn-field, and if ever the farmer's children : in play with quarrelsome companions, inyambly dispersed ib.em wilh Its cry, ‘>bad -■ - V 1 • Litth Pilgrim.' V f The lunatic and the Sportsman, In an articlebn “ The World at Large," the purport of whioh is to show that men who are reputedly sane men, often act very insanely, ft writer in Chambers’ Journal reproduces this story: , . ; -. A gentleman of fortune visited a lunatic asy lum, where the treatment -consisted chiclly in lorcing the patients to stand in tubs of cold wa ter, those slightly allcclcd up to the knees V oth ers whose cases were graver, up to the middle; while persons seriously ill, were immersed up to the neck. The visitor entered into conversa tion with one of the patients, who appeared to have some curiosity to know how the stranger passed his time out of doors. I have horses and greyhounds for cours ing,” said tlio latter, in reply to the other's question. Ingrily. [rallied [a par to go what, ibolted Trip “ Ah, these are very expensive.” , “ Yes, they cost meagreat deal of money in the year, but they are the best of their kind.” “ Have you anything more ?” Yes, I have a pack of hounds for bunting fox.” '' •. ‘VAnd they cost a good deal loo.” ; “ A very great deal. And I have birds for hawking.’’ “Isee, birds for hunting birds. And they swell up the expense, I dare say.” “ You may Say that, for they are not common in this country. And then I sometjmes go out along with my gun, accompanied by a seller and retriever.’’ “ And those are expensive 100 ?” “Of course. After all, it is hot the animals themselves that run away with the money: there must be men, you know, to feed and look after them, houses to lodge them in—in short the whole sporting establishment.” “ I see yon have horses, hounds, sellers, re trievers, hawks, men : and all for the capture of foxes and birds. What an enormous revenue they must have cost you ! Now- what I want to know is this, what return do they pay ? What does a year’s sporting produce?” “Why, we kill a fox now and then—only they are getting scarce hereabouts—and we sel dom bag [css than fifty braces of birds each season.” '■■ ■ Hark!” said the lunalic. looking anxiously around him, “ My friend,” in an earnest whis per, “ there is a gate behind you ; lake my ad vioe, and bo off out of this, place while you are safe. Don’Met the doctor get his eyes upon you. Ho’duoks us to some purpose: but as sure as you lire a living man ho will half drown you.” ■ O’ We have heard of polite men who were considered indeed the very pink of courtesy, but we doubt whether any one could surpass in ,the quality Col. P, : a gentleman well known in Mississippi. The following anecdote is characteristic; The Col. was an addition to any company, especially the special one who was going from Wheeling to St. Louis at that special lime Somebody who.had bis well being at heart said to the old man: “ Colonel, ain’t you rather afraid to drink so much whiskey ?’’ , : ' “Gentlemen,”said the Colonel,it isn’t at all my style. I never drink whiskey at homo and I am only doing it now out of consideration for tho Captain".” . J* For the Captain ?” enquired half a dozen voices. . “ Yes. gentlemen, for tho Captain. Tho Cap tain bos stated to me that the water in the river is' pretty low—scarce, very. Do you think, gentlemeu, that I would under the circumstan ces, use any of the precious fluid, perhaps pre venting the boat getting down the river? I understand my duty to the Captain too well.” 17" An Irishman, being f truck by his mas ter, cried "out, — , “ Divil take me if 1 am certain whether ho has kilt mo or no; but if lam kill, ift will af ford me groat satisfaction to hear the old dog was hanged for hilling me." AT $2,00 PER ANNUM. Remarkable Bate by Railroad, One day last week, as the eastern bound ex press train reached Lnporte, Ind., a passenger stepped off while the engine was being replen ished with wood and water, and walked back and forth on the platform, and continued to walk until the whistle sounded. The other passengers got on board and the train passed oil. but the gentleman still walked on., A few minutes after the train had gone, a station man saw the pedestrian, and going up to him, asked in a surprized lone— the are you doing hero V llhe man started, opened his eyes, and looked around bewildered. The fact was. lie bad been fatigued, and dropped asleep while walking. Rousing himself, he asked: •Why! where am I?” ■Where are you ? At Laportc.’ •Where’s the train I came in T •That left ten minutes ago.’ ‘Ten minutes ago and left me! 1 must go on that train. It is a question of life and death to roe. Can you get me to it 1 Have you got an engine here? Where is the superinten dent?’ The section master had an office near by. and they went id find the official and procure an en gine. The traveller stated his case—he must go on—could not delay—and offered the officer $250 if lie would put him on board the train. This strange demand and strange offer caused the station master to hasten and do what he could. The fne was not out of the engine that had drawn ihe train to that point—the bargain was settled—a draft given on New York for $250, and in ten minutes the.traveller started with an engine to overtake the flying express. After rushing, on for thirty or forty miles, some connection gave way about the engine. The engine was stopped —the engineer found the difficulty, and in a very few minutes had a wooden pin whittled out and fitted to supply the deficiency. With this, on they flew. The train had, of course, many miles the start-of them, and despite the wooden pin, the engineer crowded on steam, and tore ihrough the coun try at a fearful rate; Thirty, miles of. the dis tance passed was run in twenty-seven minutes, but the engagement was that they shjuld over take the train, and overtake it they did, but not until more than one hundred miles had been run, and they ,were approaching Toledo. Having at length overtaken and slopped the train and hurried on board, the .traveller went eagerly to a binh in 'the,sleeping car, and, took therefrom a carpet.hag containing $275,000. His treasure was safe—none had. molested, it, and dismissing his faithful cornier, he went on his way rejoicing at the success of his perilous and exciting adventure. ' Cleveland Plamdealer. Legal Anecdotes. Sergeant Cockle, who was a rough, bluster ing fellow, once got from a witness more than ho gave. In a trial of a right of fishery, he asked the witness, “Dost thou love fish ?” •'Aye.” replied .the witness with a grin, “but 1 dinna like Cockle sauce with it!" The roar of laughter which echoed through the court rather disturbed the learned sergeant.'' There is an aiiocdolesorni.-£hiugKiiriiiarreiatedorSergcant Davy, a great Idh-yer of tho. last age. A gen tleman once appeared in the-Court of King's Bench to give bail in the suin'of .£3OOO. Ser geant Davy, wanting to display his wit. said Ip' him, sternly," “And pray, sir, how dp you make out that you ore worth £3OOO ?” The gentle man slated the particulars of his property up ‘ lo £2O-10. . .“That’s all very-good," said the sergeant, “but you want £6O more to be worth £3000." “For that sum,” replied the gen tleman, in ho ways disconcerted, “I have a note of hand of one Sergeant Davy, and I hope ho will have the honesty to settle it.” The laugh ter that this rcply excited, extended even to the bench: tho sergeant looked abashed, and Lord Mansfield observed, in his usual urbane tone, “Well, brother Davy, I think we may accept the bail." Cure for Scrofula. The Cincinnati Commercial publishes the fol lowing specific for Scrofula, communicated by Nicholas Longworth, the great wine manufac turer of that city; Put one ounce of aquafortis in a bowl or sau cer; drop in it two copper cents: it will effer vesce ; leave the cents in : when the efferves cence ceases, add two ounces of the strongest cider vinegar; tile fluid will be a dark green color; it should and will smart; if too severe, put in a little,rain water; apply it to the sore, morning and evening, by n soft brush or rag ; before applying it, wash the sore with water. Its first application known to my, was on a poor girl, sent to our city from Memphis, to have her leg cut off, a few years since; from her knee to her foot one third of the flesh was gone, and all the skin except a strip about two inches wide ; she was soon running about, and would work, which delayed the entire cure, leaving a small sore which was in a few months entirely healed. A young girl, with scrofula in her neck, having a large open hole, deemed in curable, came one month after, and was,entire ly cured. I have never known a case where it did not effect a cure. A Curious Visitation op Insects.—We find in the London Illustrated Times, the'fol lowing account from a correspondent of a singu lar visitation of insects to a church at Colchcs- Did you observe in the papers a curious par agraph informing the public that a church in Colchester had been .shut up, because it swarms with (oul insects 1 When I saw the paragraph. V thought it could not be true, but on inquiry, I find it even so; and a very strange phenome non it is. The church in question is St. Peter's, the principal church in the town. It has lately been entirely refitted inside, and scarcely had the congregation returned when the plague fell upon them. The wretched creatures which have commit ted this atrocious sacrilege are, I am told, as small as dust—numbered by myriad and my riads—and are so lively that fumigation bysul pher docs not kill them ; nor will they die in a bottle hermetically scaled. Whence they come, is at present a mystery. Some say from the new wood, but that is hardly probable. Others aver that they creep from an old vault which was broken into accidentally whilst the qburch was under repair. For a lime the congregation hoped that the plague would be stayed, and held on, but they were disappointed, and at last they were obliged to evacuate and shut up the church. Just fancy—for I will not venture to describe in del ail the effect of such a visita tion on 1200 devout people, as they became con scious of it—every soul in the place, from the parson to the Sunday School scholars, clothed in a sort of Ncssus’ shirt OCT - “Well, Patrick,” asked the doctor, 11 how do you feel to-day 1” Och, doctor, dear. I injoy very poor health inliroly. This ruraatios is very distressiu’in dado; when I get to sleep I lay awake all night, and my toes is swilled as large as a goose hen’s egg. so tyhic I stand up I fall down immediate ly.” TUB EXECDTIM OP 88. MSG; FOR TUB, ■ MfIBBBB OF BIS WJFB/ ;’/r :L We have already given 1 a'sfiort telegraJiMd account of the oseChfWh of or. King, at~oo .burg, Canada, fof tho ‘crtibl murder of by poison. A correspondent.of tho. Kathfßotf (O', W.) Spectator gives full particulars of tho case, with a abort account of tbo preVfcUs life ,ol tbo unfortunate'roan. It appears that ho. was brought up In the neighborhood of Brighton. The Sheriff, who had to direct hfa execution! had Khown him from a, boy, as had also fhh’ Bev. Mr. HiessfoKj, who attended him in liiir NO. 2. last moments, ills life had been a chequered one. When a , youth ho was fond of reading » theological works, and bis demeanor was so so/ ripus that it was imagined by many that he ' would go into the church.' Then ho married-af ; Miss Lawson, of Brighton, and went to tho Nor mal Toronton. Next ho became n teacher at the Central School, Hamilton.' Fi nally, ho studied homeopathy at Philadelphia, 1 and settled down to practice at Brighton. Ho seems to have thought his wife behcattf' ' him In station. Sho certainly was inferior't'cf.-.l "him In education, and, ol lata years, Vhiler-ltdVv was educating himself more and more, sheseemk. to have become more and more distasteful to , him. His wile boro him a child some two ’ years since, which only survived a short time/ ; '' and, as sho was about to become a motherngsinr > he destroyed her in the most No valid excuse can be found fot the crime y nothing can be told in palliation. He siys. hp was Inlatunted with a Miss Yandervoot,' and fel t - he mnst have her ns his wife, whatever happen ed. Tie acknowledges that he administered hr-' sonic in repented small doses. After giving arsenic; time after time, he Intended to do simi larly with chloroform, but tho first dose of it proved too strong for.iter enfeebled constitu tion, and she died of it, King was a fine looking man, with a tluihr heard and moustaches, andonly ahdiit ZI years, of ago. On the scaffold he was dressed in black, and looked the gentleman. There was nothing whatever in his appearance that would lead one to suspect nini of crimp. One of tho clergy asked him, when nil had<taken op their places, whether ho had anything to say. “Where,"ha asked, «is that paper t” A document was given him, which lie had written that morning early, in a fine, free, flrm-Wwd. ‘ “ Must I stand on the drop i” lie' said. ' .The Sheriff told him “ where you please.” Ho went to the front and , road in tones which were clear, distinct, but sorrowful, tiro following address: «My toliow-Cliristiapa—X stand before you to-day in tho moat awful position in which a im mah being can bo placed—convicted of the most dreadful of all crimes, and sentenced by tbo laws of my country to pay. the penalty of my gUilt by sacrificing my own life. It is very hard to be -deprived of life in comparative youth j hut I. do not dispute the justice of my sentence, nbr find fault with the most righteous dispensations, of an nll.wise Providence. I have had lime to think over tho evil of my ways; to bewail raf grievous sins and great wickedness kvitl* a deep contrition, and to go to the fountain of healing for. pardon. I have besought. Aliqighly Cod night and day for forgiveness. I look lo tho cross of Christ, lo the merits of His precious sacrifice, as my only, stay, my only hope. Uh worthy as I feel myself to bo of God’s compas sion, I have a firm relinnoe upon His grecious redemption, that Ila d-illelb not the death of a sinner. I humbly and devoutly believe that Ho has.pardoned me, chief of sinners though ! bo, fur tho merits of Jesus Christ, our blessed Re* deemer. . • . “X folly and entirely confide in the all-suffi ciency ol His atonement, and 1 humbly trust that through;the efficacy of His precious blood, my Heavenly Father will accept me, a broken: hearted penitent, into His kingdom of peace and blessedness. << I entreat my fellow-Christians to take warn ing from my fate, and to beware of tho tempta tions of the evil ono. 1 have been blinded by. the evil passions pf ont corrupt nature, and se duced into the groatoat-ot .crimes, through thq v iristigidi.Pns Ot .fho corrupt flesh, and the snares, of the ddvfl.V I; affectionately, exhort you to ‘ guard against; this, and to seek steadfastly (lie grace of God as your only sufficient protection and safeguard. ' Acknowledge Him in all your ways; live In the fear and love of God; honor His Sqbbaths; keep close to Him in prayer, -and tho reading of His word; and maintain com. munlon with Him in the blessed ordinances of ; religion. “ My Christian friends, I leave this world.in charily with alt men, and with a heartfelt prayer that God would bless tho souls of all my broth: - ren of the human race. X pray that His king dom ol peace and truth may spread every where, and that His will may be done on earth as pure ly and universally as it is in heaven. “ In these, my last moments I licartily tlianb all those who have showed mo any kindness, es pecially Ihose who have aided me, during, my recent trials, with their counsel and their pray ers, and from my soul I forgive all those who have done me any wrong or injustice. , “ X beseech you, my dear Christian friends, pray now for me; join yonr prayers withmine, that my faith may not tail at this my last boiirjt that no weakness of the flesh, no power of Sa tan, may separate ,mo from God. Fray that I ' may experience His full pardon, and that, hoi. Hoving, as I do, heartily and sincerely iu the Cord Jesus Christ, and deeply contrite for my sins, X shall bo saved. “ llfjr. H. Kino. “ Coburg Jail, June 9, 1859.” . After which ho said. “I hope I shall see her again—l think I shall.” The paper was then given to Mr- Vandobnrg, . and King said to the crowd, “ Farewell—l bid you all a long farewell.” There was hardly one upon tho scaffold whoso eyes wore not moistened, with tears; All the clergy sobbed audibly; the {Sheriff, too, was much affected. Nor was the emotion of tho.. beholders lessened when tho criminal was di rected to kneel, and the executioner tied his hands and feet and put a white, cap over his head. Then the Roy. Mr. Blcssdeli read that sentence from the service at the burial of the dead beginning, “Man that is born of woman." Then tho Rev. Archdeacon Bothuno began and ' finished tho beautiful commendatory, prayer, used in the visitation of the sick, “Unto God’s, louse." Before the prayer had been concluded! tfto Sheriff’s signal was given, and llio'drop fell—a heavy “ thud” was hoard and the body was seen to fall, men drew a long breath and sighed, a few women shrieked loudly, one or two fainted. King’s muscles twitched slightly, and all was over. • “ Louder.”— A man. lately went to the post office, and putting his month close up to tho delivery box, cried out “ Louder 1” The clerk supposing tho man to be. deaf, aiid that ho was. making a request of him lb speak louder, so that ho could hoar, asked him in a very loud (one, tho name of the person for whom ho want ed the letter. “Louder!” cried the man. -'M- r “ What name 7” yelled the clerk. “ Loudorl” again bawled the man, who sup posed the clerk to. bo deaf- , . ‘ Tho dork took a long broalih and'with alibis might again hollowed out in theroan’a face the same question. “What namoT” This wgs done in so loud a tone, that llio ccho soceteditov return from tho far oft’hnis- Tho man started back in aihrmp shouting at the top of his big lungs s “ Loudbr.sir, Louder! I told you Louder—my name ia-nolfilng else.” <<o, ah I O, ho! your name is Louder,, oh 1 Didn’t for a moment think o( that? here’s your, loiter, Mr. Louder.” How to be CiiEEnrui.—Richter, that renown ed German writer, asks of a friend, “ Try for » day, I beseech 3*ou, to preserve yourself in an* easy and cheerful frame of mind. Bo for ono day. Instead of a flre-worshlppor of passion,.* sun-worshipper of clear sell-possession, and) compare fho day In which you have rooted’out the wood’of dissatisfaction with that on which you have allowed it to grow up j and yon will find your heart open to. every good motive, your life strengthened, and your heart armed .with a panoply against every trick of fate; truly you will wonder at your own improvement.” - O'" Most kinds of roots and hark are now used as medicines, except the cube coot andtho bark-ofadog. • > ■ Hit sjifeeii «£Kr
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