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JUTDfIIN LEAVES.
The leaves hate been falling fast; during the
' fortnight, strewing the ground, and giving
woods a sort of “ banquet halls deserted”
larance. lApripoa, we find the following neat
. on Autumn leaves, in an exchange paper:
The Autumn leaf is tailing— :
Falling from the stately tree.
From the sturdy oak' and walnut.
From the elm that studs the lea;
They are tailing, all are falling—
t Sport of every wind that blows,
V’er th'e forest and the meadow—
To their last and long repose.
They are falling—they are (ailing—
V ' .Jn.their sere and sober brown,
In their russet, and their yellow,
...... ’Neath the frost of Autumn’s frown;
’ Forest vine and lady’s bower, :
Each and all their tribute yield,
When October, yellow, blowcth •
With his white breath o’er (be field.
; They are falling—all are falling—
. E’en the slightest of their kind;
Maple leaf, with sheen sogolden,
Still the Earth’s decay must find ;
And the gorgeous crimson ozier,
Appareled like a king,
Away to Earth must hasten,
Still to Barth its beauty fling.
And they’re falling—all arp falling,
’ Sure the willows’ verdant leaf—
fiance like lost, persistent clinging,
' T.lio’ its lease of life is brief;
'.t riiiist fall, as all are falling,
its green for sadder Into,'
At the bidding of the Frost-King,
' For its lileis Autumn’s due.
„ n.o> they’re falling—thusare falling—
%';it la it fit that wo.shouid sorrow!
ilThoir last of life the brightest,
! Tito’ of Death their.hues they borrow j
They must full, and still must tali,
- E’en the brightest, gayest, best,
To all the Autumn cpwelh..,,
And the frost of Death is cost.
BKsrelfaiuous.
. , From the Reading Gazette ,
ITTER PROM VIRGINIA.
DaKTILI.K, PITTSTLVANtA CoijKTT. 1
Virginia, Oot. 23, 1859. J
Editor: , •
'ling, spent some .weeks in traversing this
iful.Siat*;#rid thinking a letter might not
(acceptable ip sotnoofyourreaderß. I have
•the iibcrCyj-towrite this 'communication..
Sunday, and,,,a glorious :day it. is; the
nea, brightly, aod fiheds ,a congenial
rohhd, .and everything looks bright
a this pleasant little village, situs’
•Utful knoll a fewhuiidred yards
range 01. ..y, mountains, which
rn arid .Western Virginia: the
jful forms .in and around this, the
die “ Tree Stoic,” give evidence
e are. taking part in the great
i going on in many parts of East
to, reclaim .worn-out lands that
gcly all over the Northern and
f this glorious old State: and by
nprovemcnt. fertilizing the soil,,
least may be well provided, and
i future.
of- the foregoing week in Lynch
-1 county, more, commonly called
hi this section of the country:
from the number of those beau
upon which it is built. Ancient
,ve; was built uppnse'ven hills.; and
can boast of at least fourteen, and
founded upon a rock. This can indeed
,J. both in a pecuniary and substantial
; for it Kss the name, and justly too. of
.ing'the second city in Virginia, in point of
health- It is. celebrated for the large number
•Mits Tobacco Manufactories, and the superior-
Imi of the article that is manufuofured here.—
'lt,is. in fact, the great .central market for all
irginia Tobacco, and a large, quantity
;ht over the Virginia and Tennessee Rail
from the latter place; and the amount of
ess that is dope here, seems almost incred
i a stranger.
ing the time that I was there, the Annu
• of the Agricultural Society was held.—
lot fail giving you a .short-notice of it
irs here are not-strictly. County fairs, but
ire like District fairs—a certain number
inties holding together. This was com
.of some (bur or five —but the display of
les exhibited, was very meagre, especially
lectures: and vegetables and grain amoun
almost nothing—at least, to our Berks
-y Farmers- they would' seem as nothing,
tred with the,fairs at Reading, This. I
10. in a great measure is caused - by. the
lat the ladies lake little or no interest in
nee the principal display is in Stock- . Of
ihey can well boast: for this part of the
lion; wap inneed splendid, especially some
finest Horses in .the-State;'viz: Fly-by-
Rbd Bye. Lone-Star, . Minna, and Snow
And the exhibition of Horned Cattle. I
think could be,beat in the Siates. , I no-.
tCfid a pair of steers, exhibited by Dr. Watson.
PiPulaski county, only 24 years old, a perfect
jjktch. and weighing 6 550 lbs. They were
ntnense samples of the. Bovine species. Also,
p months’ calf, from the same person, weigh-
IgOOO lbs. . . , ,
f Wednesday and Thursday were days of bnl
’ant success: the days were beautiful, the yea
far delightful, and the roads in the best of or
feisr- The crowd was immense, thousands be
ig present from all sections; and the grounds,
hicb were |arge, were'densely crowded by the
loving masses. At 12 o’clock, an Oration
’as delivered by the Hon. Thomas S, Bocock,
>an immense assemblage. For one hour-and
■half did- the speaker entertain his audience
■ith a yery sensible, practical, and eloquent ad
ress; but to the ears Of a Northern man, it
hacked somewhat sectional, and was of course
try highly commended by the majority pros
it. He was followed by,Daniel H. Loudon, of
icbmond, on the subject of
erchants’ rights. - This, as
as altogether *! Virginian,
But Thursday was altogethi
mt of the series, as the Gr
imo off on that day. This
resting and exciting affair, i
•Out thirty Knights as gaUai
•• won fair lady.’ and 11
illed in the beautiful exerci
e that I should like to see i
Irs, -as I haveno doubt that
;Aing swains (your humbl
e number) who would fair
is way. However, as soi
iders raoy notiindersiand I
II endeavor to explain. - Tl
intitule the knights, being
ted with a long spear, am
iwa ol
Mmraii
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 46.
track is stretched a wire, upon which JS sus
pended a ring about three inches in diameter.—
At ..the starling point, about three hundred
yards-frbm it, the horse is put at full run,' and
the rider must endeavor to catch the ring upon
his lance, and allow, it. to fall from the handle
within. 100 feet of where it bung; : This is all
done at full speed of the horse, each is allowed,
three trials, and the one who accomplishes It
the oftenest, has the privilege of choosing from
the company the young lady who shall be the
“ Queen of Love and Beauty,’’.and who has.the
honor of presiding at the Grand Ball, generally,
given in. the evening of this gala day., Besides,
the fortunate knight receives such a prize as is
swarded. Upon the evening in question, I had
the honor to attend the. Grand -Ball, .which was
indeed a magnificent affiiir i here were assem
bled all the beauty from the surrounding coun
ties.; but I must say that there were many smi
ling faces far distant, in that Beautiful. City
that is nestled in the Neversink valley, who
could have outvied the fairest, nay not-even
excepting the Queen herself—at least in the es
timation of the writer, who may in a great mea
sure be a partial judge.
. But I have now devoted more space in. the de
scription of this Fair than I intended, and will
proceed with a description of the country.—,
Since my entrance in. the State, ! have traveled
over nearly every, part of it, and am very sorry
to' see the country in so sad a condition; the
soil is literally worn out, and to produce any
thing like crops, will require the most rigorous
system of culture. 'Tis true, you will find in
some sections fine farms, but take it altogether,
they are few and far between. You will see
the stately Mansion where once youth and beau
ty were wont to make its halls echo with glad
ness,, and where wealth and.plenty abounded;
but alas, they now stand as monuments of the
pust; and as each year rolls around, lime with
its ravings, is visible in their rapid decay.—
Like their once proud and happy owners, they
ore becoming grey with age, and a new; genera
tion must take hold of the soil of Virginia. to
make‘it whatdl should.be;.
. I. learn, however, that, the crops this; year
have been pretty fair, Buttbe seeding of wheat
has been late, as very few. farmers have finish
ed. Frost, has also made its appearance, and
blasted the Tobacco crop which was left stand
ing. The: loss, however,; has. not been very,
large. The foliage upon the mountain slopes
presents a variegated appearance. The dark
g'reen has faded from the forest groves, and the
•- sere and yellow .leaf," takes its place, soon to
be superseded! by the wintry blast, which will
leave nothing but it barren waste. For several
days: past, the cool and bracing breezes, fresh
from their mountain home; made fire, and yarn'
•• rigging.’’comfortable.:,'
The recent outrages at Harper’s Ferry, have
as you may. well judge, caused no litile excite
ment, and me people of this section at this time
look upon all'strangers' with suspicion: but at
thu ( aame time do not forget that genuine hospi
tality Tor which they are so justly character--
ized. '
; „• But I roust now, tying, my letter jo » close, as
t fear I will Wave , already tired my readers. —
Hoping to, be able to write-to you soon again,
I' : ’> . . JII. C.
The locomotive steam engine has been called
the iron horse.' The hydraulic crane ought to be
called the iron elephant. A huge iron crane
stands upon the quay at Newcastle. England,
within a few feet of,the edge. A very thick
chain, hanging over the water, may bo taken
to represent the elephant’s trunk. . At the foot
of the crane is a small’horizontal dial with two
Qngers. A man or a boy turns one of the fin
gers to the right—the chain descends into the
hold of a ship lying at anchor beneath. Anol ti
er touch, the chain is still. Move one of the
fingers to the left, and you see rising from the
ship’s .hold a burden of many tons : weight,
which the chain raises from the ship above the
level of the quay. Another, touch of the fin
ger, and the crane comes round, and chain and
heavy load part of a circle until the
load is over its destined resting place. Touch
the finger again, all is stationary. Another
slight movement, and the load ia deposited. ■
A child can direct and control the move
ments. Every movement of ■'the crane follows
the dial with unerring precision. If an error
occurs, it is due to the head that directs, not to
the power that works. That power is a drop
of water. You hear no noise, except'the chain
running down- There is no haste, no extra ef
fort, no uncertainty. All is impassibility and
smoothness—-a smoothness which begets com
placency in the' looker-on- The iron .elephant
would lift a pin or a baby more safely or deli
cately than could a lady. In the London docks,
you may see him lift a bullock, or a tiger, or a
bundle of them—or a few tons of iron, or wood,
or of any other thing.,and apparently with the
same ease with which he would lift a baby.—
This machine is the invention of Sir William G.
Armstrong, tho inventor of the rifled cannon.
Once, two ministers of the gospel were con
versing on extemporaneous preaching;
••Well,” said the old divine, waxing warm,
you are ruining yourself by writing sermons
and reading them off. Your congregation can
not become interested in your preaching; and
if you were called upon to preach unexpectedly,
unless you could get bold of an old sermon, you
would be confused.”
The yount- divine used all his eloquence, but
in vain, to convince the old gentleman that the
written sermon expressed his own thoughts and
reelings, and, if called upon, he could ' preach
extemporaneously. .
‘•As we are of .the same faith, said the
young minister, ‘tsuppose you try trie neit
Sunday morning. On ascending the pulpit
you can hand me a text from any part of the
Bible,- and I will convince you that I can
preach without having looked at the text ,be
fore I stood up. Likewise; I must bo allbWed
privilege with you, and see who will
make, the best of it." ~ ■ ,
The idea seemed to delight the old gentle
man, and it was immediately agreed upon.
On the following Sabbath, on mounting the
pulpit, his senior brother handed' him ft slip of
paper, on which was written: “And the w
opened his mouth and Spakefrom which he
preached a glorious sermon, chaining the atten
tion of bis delighted hearers., and charming his
old friend with his eloquence.' . , ~
’ ' afr - the young brother, who
te pulpit,'handed his slip
nring tho Bible, the old man
l_**Atn I not thine ass?”
itea, he ran his Ungers thro’
his collar, blew his noie
;, and read aloud—“Am I
Another pans? in which a
ted. After reading a third
tine ass?” he. looked over
md, and in a doleful voice.
Caught in his own Trap.
'other!"
slagged ng home one night
■d by the watch, to whom
ily, "My name is Wilber-,
igious maw—don't expose
j ... ; )
Saturday Night,
Sunday, under the Christian dispensation, is
the .day of rest. The man of daily toil or of
business occupation, who has any sense of’the
dignity of bis nature or of the worth of life, ris
es in'the'morning with the gratelul and-glad
consciousness that his weary muscles may be
relaxed,' or that he has a respite from engross
ing care', ahd that he has a long day to himself
—to enjoy the sweet society,of,.'.wife and chil
dren, tu strengthen the tics of home, to give
free play to his aftections, to refresh 1 bis jaded'
spirits, to recuperate his wasted energies, to
cultivate bis mind, and to develops bis moral
and religious nature.. And so to the profession
al man, the mental laborer, how grateful its
repose to the weary, aching brain—the relaxa
tion of the strain upon the intellectual faculties,
which is even tnoreexhauaiing than any physi
cal toil; how full of satisfaction the feeling that :
his mind may suspend for a timeits continuous
and compelled meditation, and as “the river
windelh at its own sweet will,” so it may fol
low any law of casual association or of social',
impulse! Yes, the Sabbath is consecrated,
not only in the creed of theology, but in, the.
necessities of our nature, to repose of body and'
mind, and, apart from any religious considera
tions, he is no friend to humanity. Who would
disturb its sacredness, or weaken Us associa
tions, or secularize its occupations, and enjoy-;
ments. ;So far as is consistent with the ever
recurring .exigencies of life, the requirements
of mercy and the services of religion, let the
stillness and solemn repose of nature reign in
the usually crowded thoroughfare, and during
the hours which mark the passage of one day
of time :b the eternity of the past. The benig
nant Father, in accommodation to the weak-’
ness and wants of humanity,.rested bn'the’
seventh day and hallowed it. So let it ever be
a day of rest and hallowed observance .to. his
children!
If, then, the Sabbath has such consecration in
all thoughtful and pious minds, the evening
previous has its peculiar charm, as the precur
sor of and the preparation for'. it. ' Indeed, we
think the sense .of: relief from . , the toils and
cafes of the,week, is more keen and exhilcraiit
on Saturday night than bn Sunday morning.’
The great majority of the working classes re
ceive the compensation of’their week’s work at
tbs end of the day, and this is lio small item in’
the satisfaction of life. A man lias a right to
congratulate.himself ip the pecuniary reward of
a week spent in Honest', labor., To pnake ihis
satisfaction complete, and for the, full,enjoy-;
ment of the next day's rest, this'. surri.'bc it
small or great, should be wisely husbanded or
expended. The little debts, which, when al
lowed to accumulate, are a millstone around
>he neck, should be scrupulously, and at once,
liquidated, and the balance, after suitable pro
vision has been made for the family comfort and
convenience, should be carefully husbanded at
home; or in some institution; which social sa
gabity of philanthropy has provided for this
purpose. Too. many persons, who are sober
and industrious all .theweek,; think they have a
right, to a little recreation, and dissipation ,at
itjs close, and so lheir hard rarningamclt away,
thb'»wibw. , '*nd r distr!^';bl
pf Saturday night are. lost, and the subsequent'
day,, which.should be one of, refreshment and
repose, is passed ip the miserable effort to re
cover ffora the debauch of the previous night,
We have no objection to any innocent recrea
tion oramusement on this evening to the man
of toil; but let it be such as he can participate
with his family, and let him. reflect that home
duties and cares makes it as grateful to his
household as to himself. We know that this is
homely teaching, but it is no less true and im
portant. None of us realize as fully ns we
should, how far the little charities and kind
messes of home go to make up the sum total of
domestic felicity and of human happiness., One
of the most exquisite poems in the language bus
surrounded the Saturday night, not only of the
•■Cottar," but of humanity, with the halo of
poetic\assuciation, and it is in describing'its
enjoyments, when enhanced and dignified by
the remembrance of honest toil and hallowed by
the affections of home and a simple, cheerful
piety, that Burns, with so much beauty and
truth, sting the familiar verse•
From scenes like these old Scotia’s grandeur
springs ;
That makes her loved at home, revered
abroad.
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings:
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
Teach the Women to Save.
There's the secret. A saving woman at the
bead of a family is the very, best savings bank
yet established -ono that receives deposits daily
ahd'hour'y, with no costly machinery to roan-'
age it. The idea of saving is a pleasant one,;
and if “the women” would imbibe it once,
they would cultivate and adhere to il, and thus
many, when they were not aware of it, would
be laying the foundation for a competence, se
curity ina stormy time, and shelter in a rainy
day.. The woman who, secs to her own house
has a large Held to save in, and the best way to
inake her comprehend it is for her to keep an
acconntof current expenses.’ Probably notone,
wife in ten has an idea how much are the expen
ditures of herself or family. Where from ope
or two thousand dollars are expended annually
there is a chance to save something, if the at
tempt is. only made. Let ■ the ■ housewife take
the idea—act upon it—and strive over it—and
she will save many dollars—perhaps hundreds
.-—where before she thought it impossible. This
is a duty— not a prompting of avarice—a moral
obligating that, rests upon all—upon “ the wo
men” as'will 'as the then; but it is a duty, wo
are sorry to say,that is cultivated very little,
even among, those who preach" the most, and
regard themselves as examples in most mattery
“Teach the women to save,’,’ is a good enough
maxim to be inserted in the next edition of
“Poor Richard's Almanac.”
An Editor IN; x, Quandht.— During (be
overflow at Cairo last Spring, the editor of the
■Times there, despatched the following missive
to a brother of theoraft in another locality .near
by:
Dear Mose The waterhas risen Surprising
ly, and some • ‘cuss” has stolen, my boat., lam
in the highest story of my house, and got roy
head but of the window, hollering to Ed Willet
on the levee. That’s the reason this letter
comes to you written on a board. i: , ’ ,
How’s Mound City ? lam actually fearful
that it is not under water! What a happy dog
you must be—can you get your beer whenever
you want? ' The corporation pumps have not
been provided. The water will reach me to
morrow.' I’m in a fix-flull.of tho Gazette,
just passed my window, , ,
The Mayor and-Common Council floated
down Main street this morning in a drift/pile:
but as they had no liquor nor cards, I did not
see that they enjoyed themselves.
■. Steamboats continue to navigate thelown on
the outside of the levee- They do so.-hoWever.
under the foolish apprehension that the dtepdst
Water is tbert.
“ OOB'OOUNTBT—MAT IT ALWAYS BB BIGHT—BIGHT OB WBONO, OUB OODKTBT. ”
CARLISLE, PA., TfllJKpiY, l7, 1859.
BEAUTIFUL ANli TOBOHINO
ifre find the following Be*
public'Ahi of thfe 4ih iristr
Johnny < Moore is the iianio cf i,®ght-eyed,
jolly-faced lad, -t Welye or of age,
whose invalid mother, living on. Mi rgari street,
be helps tosuppoH.by the-salfebr: lewspapera,
arid by sucherrands add amall jeb ■ashotnay
chance to fail in with. l6 is the he
ro of the pleasant,and.
about lorecord,' is extremely ncat ni HiS attire,
though hisclotheshavenot alwayribeen of the
best, and may have shown,' in -arijidry patches
and mended rents, the result of
and frugal care. ■ Irishort", JohtttjjHri just such
a boy as we used : to “read about’lin Sunday
School books.
■ Yesteiday morning, bright ana early, he was
trudging «along Broadway, between. Franklin
.avcnaeandWashingtonatreet.wbCnhechano
ed to, stumble ’against a large’jacket book,
which he picked upapd fpund to contain a large
number of bank notes nnrf :, fcaprt&; • While he
was meditating on the sudden riches be had
amassed, and which . he, had slid into a capa
cious pocket, or perhaps racking his youthful
mind whether 16 Seek Tor the - newer or conceal
his good fortune, a gentleman pushed by him
in an anxious, hurried, nervoua minner. which
convinced the boy- that he 'looking for
something, and'he thought Jw kntw what.
•'Have you lost any thihgdV asked Johnny.
• .yes—roy .the gentle
man’s answer; “have you seen it?”
■ The little fellow ••expebteiVilMt—he didn’t
know, though.
“What.kind of a.pocket ; lw)6(tsiras ; it ?’’
This led, to an adjournment ,to a neighboring
store, where the flushcd ana'ilmost breathless
individual '’of tlie first part? proceeded tb say
that the pocket-book was a 'large black one,
containing $l2OO, in' bank; bills.and some ac
counts, a strip of red morrOocb binding under
neath the flapping insoribed‘‘Rcibert Thomas,
Oovington, Ky.'V- ■"■ ■ ' ■
The descriptioh tallied,n ; hd-Johnny‘s eyes
snapped with checrfulness asthe had, found it,
into tbe stranger’s hands; nnd,TVe opine there
was greater joy, in that pne aot than ten thou
sand dollars conld hayo pdrchalsed at the ek
pensc of a guilty conscience.''
Mr. ThoinaS hardly seerhed.fto know which'
to feel most-—relief on.ihe recovery of his mon
ey and papers, or gratitude to,the lad and ad
miration of. his honesty. TriWng Johnny by
the hand, whose bounding heart (he knew not
why) had by this hriie splashed,tears into his
eyes, the gentleman took ‘hiiii to a clothing
store and.dressed him out, from top. to toe, irfa
bran new, suit-. The* proceeding to a jewelry
store he purchased a good, .silver watch, upon
which he directed to be engraved these words:
‘■Robert Thomas to Little johnny Moore, St.
Louis. Sept. 3,19591 Honesty is. the best of
policy.” . Not even cobtehhwith this, the gen
erous stranger, placed in a: rieSt head purse five
twenty dollar gold pieces, wh)ch.:he directed
the lad to give'to his mother,, . ■v, , ;
:i- We shall riot attempt the emo
tions of the l • «ps; and
chokcdm t<roho«.'tm(i; thejmiw’that si rove so
that trcmbled in his eye, flare# to tell what was
going on iri hiSr.hcart, how, shall.we tell 1,
“Tfiaiwhich thou jjo it with all
thyniight,”.said a clergyman to bis son one
morning. ’.
‘•So I did, this morning,” said Bill; with an
enthusiastic gleam in his eye.
“Ah! what was it, darling?”-and, the fath
er’s fingers ran, through his offspring's curls.
••Why I walloped Jack Edwards,” said the
young hopeful, “till he yelled like blazes. You
should just beard him holler, dad !” '
The father looked unhappy, whilehe explain
ed that the precept did not apply .to any act
like that, and concluded mildly with:—
t “You should not have done that, my child.”
“Then he'd have wallopped me/’ replied the
young hopeful. r
“Better.” said tbe.sire, “fbr you to have fled
from the wrath to come.”
“Yes. but " replied the hopeful; by way of a
clincher,“Jack can run twice as fast us I can.”
The old man sighed; went to bis study, took
up bis pen, and endeavored to compose him
self.
D'7 = AOipscy fortune-teller, from Tennessee,
has lately been arrested in Bellville, N. J. She
induced a’wealthy planter in Tennessee to . be
lieve that there was a large treasure buried
somewhere on his plantation. She persuaded
him that she Could recover, the treasure if $3.-
000’ in gold were left at her'disposal for a period
of twelve days—the time necessary for her
charms to work- Having implicit- faith in the
honesty of the woman, the inquired amount
was placed at her disposal, and locked in a
trunk in the planter’s house, to be opened at
the expiration of twelve days. At the expira
tion of the time, the gold and fortune-teller had
disappeared, the exact whereabouts of the bu
ried ‘•treasure” still, remaining a secret.. .Great'
efforts were, immediately made to. arrest, and
continued for some months without success,
until she has at length been found as mentioned
above.
Envv.—So far from standing iu fear of exci
ting .envy by their display.of and
advantages, some people feel much gratified at
the thought of the amount of envy and maligni
ty which they are likely to excite. “ Won’t
old Hunks turn-green with fury,” said a friend
to me, ‘the first lime, I drive up to hie door
With those horses?' They Were indeed, beau
tiful animals;, but their proprietor appeared to
prize them less for ■ the pleasure they afforded
himself, tba„n for the mortification they would
inflict on certain of his. neighbors. “Won’t
Mrs. Grundy burst' with spite when she sees
this drawing room?" was the remark of my
lately married cousin, Henrietta,'When ■ she
showed me that very pretty apartment for the
first time. “Won’t Snooks be ferocious.’
said Mr. Dryasdust; the book collector; “ when
he hears that I have got this almost unique edi
tion?"
OCT" A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press rays : “A Wall street gentleman showed
me to-day a computation made with considera
ble care by. himself, of the amount, of gold pro
duced during the last ten years by the mines
of California and Australia. I won t bother
yojr With a long tabular statement of the
amount produced in each, rear, but the grand
total of the whole ten year’s crop is $14,000,-
000,000." '
(C7* A man falls in lore just as he falls down
stairs. It is an accident, perhaps, and a very
probable misfortune; something which neither
intended, nor foresaw, nor apprehended. But
when be runs in leva- >t is 88 he runs ,in
debt; it is done knowingly and intentionally,
and very often rashly and fobliBhVy» > if not
ridiculously, miserably and ruinously.
The Freemasons of San, Praiiciscb liaye
purchased a 1 lot of land’for $92,000, and Will
erect a building Wolrth' $lOO,OOO on 1 It.
’■ Seward orHonrtyp|;. f
Belter Fight than to Ban J
wa*'.
Boluntfft
WHO IS KING ?
BT J. B. uXyHKBB.
There is a host of men who boast
Of Powder, Cotton, Steam,
But every hour the mighty powbr
Of Printers’ Ink is seen;.
It moves the world as easily
As does sornomighly thing,
And flienjptbhlaiiivih despots’ ears
That “ Printers’ Ink is King.”
v The man of gold, of wealth untold,
Printers’ Ink may scorn,
Nor knit bis brow, or deign to how
To one so lowly born;
But Printers’ Ink has built its throne
Where mind its tributes bring;
; And God’s most gifted intellects
'-Shout '“.Printers! Ink is King.”
King.of the World.of Thought refined—
... No abject slave it.claims—
Where superstition’s victims pined,
•It burst their.servile chains.
In every clime in coming years.
Will men proud anthems sing;
And round the world the echos float,
That ‘‘Printers’ Ink is King.”
Daels between Public Men.
•t Occasional;” the Washington correspond
ent of Forney’s Press, .in a late letter, thus
speaks of the slight pretext that is often made
the cause of a duel:
. It is surprising upon ivhat slight causesmost
of the duels between public men are fought.—
From the day when Burr killed Hamilton down
to that when Terry killed Broderick, there’ is
hardly one el these meetings that has resulted
fatally that might not bare been amicably set.
tied. Public opinion is at fault in this, fcr how
ever the pulpit and the press may thunder
against the practice, it requireS'd man of pecu
liar reputation dud peculiar faculties td refuse a
challenge. Even those who rail against il, when
thrown info a position with,the alternative of
accepting or declining a hostile message, are in
most , cases greatly .embarrassed. Gen. Hous
ton refitsed to fight Commodore Moore some
years ago; but inasmuch as old San Jacinto had
proved his pluck he could afford it. Mr. O’-
Connell','alter he shot D’Esterre, did the same
thing. This was a political duel, and O’Con
nell said, on the ground, “I am obnoxious to a
party, and, they adopt a false pretence to cut me
off;” an expression which recalls, and which
may ha applied to the case of poor Broderick
with overwhelming efioef. But, notwithstand
ing Mr. O’Connell refused to fight; after his
meeting with D'Esterre, be continued to speak,
of bis opponents with unexampled bitterness,
and in 1885 provoked Disraeli greatly by using
the following remarkable language: “I can
not, ’t said O’Connell, “divest ray mind of tho
belief tliAUf this follow’s genealogy were traced,
it Would be found that he is a lineal descendant
and true heir-at-law of the impenitent thief who.
atoned for his crimes upon the cross.’’ There
is no excuse for a public man who has adopted
the rule never to aeqefit a challenge when he
employs such language asthis. The threatened
conflict: between Breckinridge and Gutting, in
1854 : was arranged tiffed much difficulty, and
grew out of a debate in which (hero was very
IHile acrimony pit eithvr sldo. Everybody how
believes tfiji the Cilloy duol ought never tobavei
JmtfUsr;' qlj:itbpab;conflicts, the
niost causeless’ was that befWb'eh'Randolphand
Clay in 1826—Randolph saying “that he would
do nothing to disturb, the; sleep of the child or
tho repose of the mother of bis adversary,” and
Clay expressing similar ’ feelings, Edward
Stanley,, of North Carolina, now, I believe,
preparing lor tho ministry, has had more than
one encounter of this sort. ■ That in 1847, with
Hon. Samuel W. Inge, now of California, then
a member flora Alabama, was fought near this
city with pistols. After an exchange of shots
the affair was amicably adjusted. The present
Senator Gwih, of California, fought with Hon.
J. W. McCorkle, thou a member o(.Congress
Irom the same State, in 1853. The weapons
were rifles, at thirty paces, the combatants to
wheel at the word add tire. A number, of spec
tators were present. After three ineffectual
shots the parlies agreed to shake hands, and
returned to their bonus. Genera) Jackson’s
duel with Dickinson,.which resulted in the death
of'tho fatter, was forced upon tho former, Dick
inson being one of the most expert duellists in
tbe Southern country. It is stated that although
Jackson was wounded, by Dickinson, he beha
ved with such coolness that bis seconds did not
know he was hurt until he got into tho carriage.
The duel between Gen. Denver, late Commis-.
sioner of Indian Affairs, and former Represen
tative in Congress from California, and Hon
Edward. Gilbert, in 1852, resulting in the death
of the latter, grew out of an article in (he Jila
California, ofwhich Mr. Gilbert Vaa tho editor,
censuring John Bigler, then Governor of the
State. They , fought with rifles, and on the
second Are Gilbert was struck, and expired in
less than five minutes.
1 might extend this list through columns, but
I forbear, ,My attention is called to the subject
by recent events, and by the apprehension which
exists la some minds that public questions may
end in private broils during the comhtg session
of Congress. This all good men ought to unite
in preventing. Not merely personal, but ptibljp
reasons should Inspire the representatives of (he
people in both Houses to cultivate the kindest
feelings towards each Other.
Morai.3 in Texas.— Judge Btickly, in a re
cent, charge to the Grand Jury of the District
Court of Galveston, presented a most deplora
ble state of ntdrals in Texas. AtnOng other
things, be said there Was nq other country in
habited by the Anglo Saxon race in which there
Was so little regard to law and order as in Tex
as, and continued: During the 4 years that I
hare been on tiie bench, there have been be
tween 50 and 90 oases of murder before me;
and in each of the twelve judicial districts in
the Slate there has been a like number, then
there has been upward of six hundred cases of
murder in four years, showing a stale of things
unequalled in any country .; and theft of. thOse
six hundred cases, not six of them had been
found guilty by the jury before whom they
were tried. If is not possible to suppose that,
in all these cases, there was a deficiency in evi
dence, and the only conclusion to which lean
arrive is, that the jury must have forgotten or
disregarded their oaths.
[CT’A young and beautiful girl, daughter of
a wealthy merchant in Albany. N. Y-. has be
come strongly and strangely addicted to drink,
and one day last week was found nearly dead
drunk in the street. She was richly dressed,
and a party of rude boys were piling dry leaves
upon her. ..Her parents are obliged to main
tain a continual watch over her. but she occa
sionally evades the surveillance, and is sure to
get intoxicated if she can obtain the liquor.
IC7 - Three bears Were killed, last week, in ti
small strip of woods,’ near Ebcosburg, Cambria
county. 1 if hev were discovered in' a; largo tree,
one a datC, and thC CthcfS h'alf-groWn cubs.
(£7- Mr. Alfred Robinson', of Hartford, has in
his possession a Hebrew shekel, which is sup
posed to be more than’ three thousand years
old. They are .said to be worth $lOO each.
(TT The sale of Rufus Choate's libiwT; J“* 1
completed by miction, Will realise to his family
about $16,000.' i
AT 52,00 PEfc ANNUM.
Cnrlbni Facts abont the Presidents.
The following compilation of curious coinci-.
dcnccs in tho names and lives of the first seven
Presidents of the United States (Washington,
John Adams; Jeflcrson, Madison, Monroe, Johh
Quincy Adams, and Jackson,) is furnished by
the Boston Transcript:
“Four of the seven were from Virginia.—
Two of the same name were from Massachu
setts, and the seventh was from Tennessee. —
All but one were sixty six years old on leaving
office, having served two terms; and one of
them who had served but one term would have
been sixty-six years of age at the end of anoth
er. Three of the seven died on the 4th of July,
and two of them on the same day and year.—
Two-of tbcm were on the sub committee of
thrrp that draughted the Declaration of Inde
pcndence, and these (fro died on the same day
and year, and on the anniversary of the Docla
ration of Independence, and just half a century
from the day of Declaration. .The names of
three of the seven end in son, yet none of these
transmitted In's name to a son. In respect to
the name of all) lit Hay be said, in conclusion,
Ibe initials of two of the seven were the same;
and the initials of still two others were the
same. The remaining one, who stands alone in
this particular, stands alone also in the love and
admiration of his countrymen and the civilised
world—Washington! Of the first five, only
one bad a son. and that son was also President."
A Wealthy Man.
The New York correspondent of the’New Or
leans Crescent gives the following description
of George Law:
••If anything don’t pay, George La w respect
fully diops it. lie now owns nine tenths of lilt
Eighth Avenue Railroad, which alone is an in
come of a prince, and growing more valuable
every day. He also owns nearly all the stock
of the Ninth avenue, which, when completed,
will run from the Battery through Qrecnwifch
street to the Ninth avenue, and thence to Har
lem'River—a nine mile concern. - Half the fer
ries belong to Law.He owns the Dry D.ock
Bank, and the Bank owns about forty acres of
docks, bouses and land almost in the heart of
the city. Law owns the Staten: Island ferry
boats, and two miles of water front, nearest
New York, that in a few years will be worth
for docks ten millions.' He really owns the
Flushing Railroad, and Heaven knows how
much mote he owns. That immense thinking
brain keeps accumulating. I don't think he
goes into largo speculations now for the pur
pose of making money. I think he works to
keep from stagnating: Though not a politi
cian, he wields a very powerful Influence upon
politics, especially upon local affairs. Mom
persons have an idea that he,is an bid man. No
such thing. He is only 51 years old, and pos
sesses one of those vigorous constitutions that
will last him forty-nine years longer.” ; .
Why Go Children Dio !
The reason why children die, says Hall’s
Journal of Health, is because they are not taken
care of., From the day of birth they are stuffed
with food,-.choked with physio, -sloshed with
water, suffocated in hot,room#*f(yimed in bed
clothes: -Si much, for -ter-:
week in summer, and price o t r
coldest months, only tile nose 'is; permitted to
peer into dayligbt. Allille later dheyiarb sent
but with no clothes at ail, as to'the.parts of the
body wbicli most need protection- - Bare legs,
bare arms, bare necks; girted middlemost,.with
an inverted umbrella to collect the air and chill
the other parts of the body. A stout, strong
man goes out on a cold day with gloves and
overcoat, woolen stockings and thick double
soled bools with cork between and rubbers over.
The same day a child bi three years old, an ini
fant of flesh and blood, andbone and constitu
tion, goes out .with soles as thin as paper, cot.
ton socks, lugs uncovered to the knees; neck
bare; cn exposure which would disable the
nurse, kill the mother in a fortnight, and make
the father an invalid for weeks. Ami why?—
To harden them to a mode of dress which they
are never expected to-practice.’ To accustom
them to.exposure, which a dozen years later
would be considered downright foolery. ,T,o
roar children thus for the slaughter pen, and
then lay it to the Lord, is too bad. Wo don’t
think tho Almighty has any hand in it. -And to
draw comfort from the presumption that he has
any agency in-the death of a child, In the man
ner.ot the qnoted article, is a presumption and
a profanation.
(CT- 'What .party do you belong to Bill, said
Joe the other day.
“1 belong to the Know, no—the American,
no—the—hanged if 1 hnint forgot, it, Jdc.—
What kind of varmint was'it you ketchcd toih
er nile.sicalin'chickens ?"
•It was an opossum.’
‘That’s it. Joe—that’s it! Op—op what did
yon say it was. Joe V
■Oppossum.’
•It was something like oppossum.’
•Opposition.’
•Ihnow’dit was somethin’or tother. My
party changes so often, darn me ef I ken keep
up?’
(C?*.Wofkmen engaged in excavating a cel
lar in south Water street. Chicago, lately ex.
hunted five coffins, supposed to contain the re
mains of soldiers of General Scott, buried in
1832. during the Black Hawk war.
What makes a man ?—The longer I live,
the more certain I am that the great difference
between men..the great and. insignificantisen
ergy, invincible determination, an honest pur
pose once fixed, and the victory. That quality
will do anything that can be done in the world ;
and no talent, no circumstances, no- opportune
ty, will make a twolcgged crcStufc a Umtf tfiih
out h.—Ootthe.
<Jnb of Tins We see it stated |hat
Ossawattamie Brftwn is (fife father of twenty
two children. Whether he is or is not the fa
ther of such a liillearmy of children, we can
not certainly say: but one thing is incontrover
tible. He is the father of d vast dm'ountol
mischief.
%j- A lady was asked to join one of the di
visions of the Daughters of Temperance. She
replied, "That is not necessary, as it is my in
tention to join one of the sons in the course of
afcvfwetkd.”
BeXdtt. —Among the poems of Carow, is the
following quaint but striking description ol the
frailty of female beauty; For graphic fidelity,
it ia unsurpassed by any modern production Wo
afo acquainted With:
Beauty’s aWoot, hut beauty's frail, -
’TiS sooner past, ’tW sOonor Jono,
Shad' surunVor’s rain, or Winter s Sirow ..
, xfLt ffoetfng When it ia moat dear
& gSne wJiio we but say ’ti» Sere. •
Those curious looks so antptly twln.d,
iThoso erory ° doth blndj
WiM Change thsir atiburn hue, tfnd grqtf
its white and cold as winter s snow.
That eye, Which aorf Is Cupid s nest.
Will prove ms grave,-and alt the rest
Will folloW-rln tha cueek, coin, noso, .
Kor lily shall bo foiiW, not rose:
' “ Sot at Hogii."
“ I novor,” .Says a lady, « sent, that message,
to the door but onco, and for’ that once I shaU
never forgive myaelfl It'was mors than tbVea
years ago, and when I told, my serVant that'
morning to say‘Not- at homo’to whomsoever
might call, except she know it was soma inti
mate friend, I felt my checks tingle,, and tho
girl’s look of surprise mortified me .exceedingly.
But she went about her duties and Xabout mine,'
sometimes pleased that I bad adopted a convo.
blent fashion by which I could sehuta tithe to
thyself, sometimes painfully smitten with tho
reproaches of conscience. Thus the day woro
awaj’, dbd.whch Mr. Lee canto home he startled
me with the nows that a very dear and intimate
friend was dead.
“ It cannot be,” was thy reply, “ for shs ek
acted of mo a solemn promise that 1 would
glono ait by her dying pilllinr, as sho had soma
tiling of great Importance to reveal to me. You
must bo misinformed’; no ono has been for me.
Here snddehly a horrible Suspicion crossed htjr
mind.” ,
“ She sent for yon but yon word not at homo,”
said Mr. Lee, innocently; then bo continued: I
am sorrow for Charles, her husband; he thinks
her distress much aggravated by your absence,
from the fact that she called your name piteous
ly. He. would hav'd sought dor you, but ydflp.
servant said she did not know where you had'
gone. lam sorry. You roust have been out ■
longer Ilian'usual, lor Charles sent a servant'
over hero throe times.”
NO. 23.
“ Never in all my life did I cxpo.rien'cosht!)
loathing of myself, such.utter humiliation. ■ My
servant bad gone further than I, in adding false
hood to falsehood, and I hud placed it out of
my power to reprove her by my own qnivo&U
tion, I felt btimbied to tiie very dust, arid jho -
next day I resolved over tho cold clajrjpf'my
friend that X would never again, under any cir
cumstances, say‘not at home.’”
[TZ - When a man has no design hut to speak
plain tHilh, ho isn’t opt to bo talkative.
US’” if yon admit only (mo friends to your
house, you will need.very few extra chairs.
K?” Persotis often insist on publishing theiir
dwn lives, whoso lives aro not Worth giving—
or tukiiig.
CC“ Tho wrath of an offendeffmah must be
up'to blood-boat when lie soa'ilf tho life of tho
offender.
Oy~ AjinnH is (his world is like a boy spelling,
In short syllables; but lie will combine them ih
I lie next .
• An author may write fly yard and
think by the inch, or write by the inch ana
think by the yard: , .
Qp” Short as life is, there are few who are not
oppressed almost daily with the superfluity bf.
their time.
, Lord Coke calls tjio litw ‘‘a stately trfcb.”
it may bo a very 'nice tree, hut It does have
seine, very poor limbs.
Nature, that blossoms into all olhermen,
hloaSbma from the poet. His flowers Sro wbrdi
and btls words arc flowers.
K?” Any general can' got ah army trumped up'
in live minutes—U'ho Imsadozen trumpeters to
puff and blent for him.
O'?" Ho tliht knows himself knows other*} ho'
that is igflbrant of himself could give but a shal
low lecture on other people’s Hoads.
O'?” The phrase argmnontum ,ad ignoran
tiam” means, an argument founded on an adi
versary’s ignorance of the facts governing tho
case:
There la nothing so groat that yon should,
fear to do it for your friend } nothing so small
that you should disdain to do it for him. !
OS’” A coUple of sailers got into a fight, a,
short! time sintte, in New Orleans, and one of
them out ; the throat of tho other Itolh eat lb
bar..
By The first Arab iioWspapet ever titihlishod
in the Turkish out of Confltantlnd- v
flic, has been commeuced at Beyrout.
0?" If a miscreant sets a Slain upon yoitr
diameter, you can’t ivash r >lt-away- with hiS
bloqd;. Iheduiff fluid .ivojjld pollute rather fliah
■pupify;-.“-r-r:-- ;• • --
K?“If you nevcrquarrul, yon cannot havo
the. luxury o(.d;i:c‘cbuciliation:_u-bili cahoot bo .
had,, you khb'iC,’ without goiffg-lo tHo expense
of a valley.
US’” Tiie'mind of a than of genius is a loom)
which concentrates into one burnibg beam thff
languid lights and fires of ten thousand sur
rounding minds.
SsT Aii eminent spirit mortihttht iii Dublid,'
announces in an Irish pajtor that lie lias still a
small qnantitity of the whisky on hand which
was drunk by George IV, when in Dublin. <
A host ol rattlesnakes was recently dis
covered neaf Council Bluff, from which the ren
tile s\v ere smoked and burned out, and one hun
dred and thirteen killtldi
tt?“ Have frank oxplanal'iorlS with friends ih
cases of affronts, They sometime* save a .per
ishing friendship; but 1 , secret discontent and mla-
trnst always end badly.
i You can n'etef lioC'Ome prosperous while
.flying from one pursuit to another. Choose
some business that yon are competent to man
age, and (bun.sticb to it.
tE?“ Wo Ilka file fil'dii who never forgot to’
thank hekt’cn (Hi bis wife, his fireplace,' and hiS
woodland, it might bo stereotyped into the
dailyprnyers ol all happy Christians.
03* A man,, though so completely bankrupt
ns to bo unable to .pay the \ v ery smallest debt lib
has in the world,’ ban pay tlib greatest lit gnj
hour lie pleases—the'debtof nature,
Bo not too diffident, in your choice of d
vocation j it seems right that a man should do*-
vole himself to, the very highest pursuits in
whicli lie has any chance di excelling.
03>~ When a distinguished gentleman heard
that riomeb6‘dy hud dfed worth a million of dol
lars, lie observed, “ well, that’s quite, a pretty
sum to begin the next world with.”
r&~ Wo advise you, girls, when dashing young
fellows make love to you, never to believe that
they really love you until they‘prove it by com
mitting suicide pn Jour account.
Smil'dpublishers of periodicals publish on
white paper, some on blue, and some on yellow;
A large portion pf thd political, papers should
be of a color that' Won’t show dirt.
Qy Some men, who, at certain bouts of the
day,- ate great walkut's, calculate distance, not
by Long Measiiro, no£ in yards and furlongsand
miles, but by Ale and Beer and Wide Measure.
OS?* In company It is proffer tb addreSVa phy
sician as « Doctor.” if is a good advertisement
to - a young physician; and an old one is tog
well established to oaro.whether his 11116 ia used
or not. -
n*y If a young ladv is offended on acconrif
of your stopping, When walking with her, to an
swer the beggar-woman's question, .the “051
thing you can do is to give her all her lifetime
to become goh’dmath'rcd again. ,
IT?-An exchange aaya fho sports of-a North'.
American Indian and the Bril ah peer nro on a
dead level. To catch a (ox, either would spend
a whole day and kill a dozen horses.'
rvy u ia extraordinary how many defects wa
can discern In a friend after Wo have quarre&u
with him. The -same remark applies to a wo
man after she has rejecltjdiisV . . , ,
n'y~ The man tvho thought he ceii'ld learn to
pair of hoots by swallowing «sherry
cobblers, ’’ has' just Jssuod a work in which at
t’emp s to prove (bat by eating “hops” you will
acquire a know/odge of waltzing. Queer old
customer.
rry- Rna'ui, tlie singer, was onco singing in
o provincial town “The Gambler's Wile,” and
having uttered the words
“.{fusfi! he comes" hot yef!
'■ The'clock strikes’ one I” . , •
Ho effuck flio jicy to Imitate tho sudden knoll
o( tho departed hoiif, when a respectably dressy
ed woman' ejaculated, to tho astonishment of
everybody: “ Wouldn’t I have fetched him
,‘nAmdt”
dl& itnb (Ihbi