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THE DREAM OF DOVE.
BY GEORGE P. MORRIS.
I’ve had tho beart-ncbo many times, ' '
, At tho more mention of a name
I've never woven in my rhymes,'
Though from it inspiration came.
, It is in truth ft hoiy thing,
■; Life-cherished from the yyorld apart—
’ A dove that never tries its wing, .
■ ' But broods and nestles in the heart
That name of melody recalls
Her gentle look and winning ways,
,Whose portrait hangs on Memory's walls,
. In the fond light of other dftyg.
' In tho dream-land of Poetry,
, Koclining in its ieafy bowers, ■
,'Hor.bright eyes in tho stars! sec, ■ ,
Alfd her divoot semblance in the flowers,
Her artless dalliance and grace—
: Tho joy that lighted np bor brow—
The sweet,oppression of her face—
Her form—it stands before me now!
And I can.fancy that I hear ■ ■
■ The woodland songs, she used to sing,
.Which stole to my attending car,
' ■ Like the first harbingers of spring.
The beauty of tho earth was hors, *
And hers the purity of heaven j
Alone, of all her worshipers,
‘ To me her maiden vows were givop.
They little know tho human heart,
Who think such love with time expires;
Once.kindled, it will ne'er depart,
But burn through life with all its fifes.
We parted—doomed po more to meet—
The blow fell with a stunning power—
And yet my pulse will strangely boat ,
At the rcfttembranco of that hour ].
But time ftnd change their healing brought,
And years hftyo passed, in seeming glee,
But still alone of her I've thought-
Who's now a memory to me.,
. There may be many who w*li deem
■ This strain a wayword, youthful folly,
To'bo-doridod as a dream
a, Horn of flit' poet's mafamholv.: ,
The wealthof tyarhis, if ft wore ojinp, i";
Witli all that follows in its trftiu,
i’ l would with gratitude resign, „
To dream that dream of love again.
liUKE BLAIR’S
Encounter With a Pack of Wolres.
“ God have mercy upon us 1” This excla
mation was not more sudden than startlingly
uttered, and sent the chills creeping from the
leaping heart in pricking sensation over the
skin.
It was the first time I had ever noticed such
a tremor in the old squatter’s tones, or a man
ner which indicated that ho ever felt fear.—
It wqs something unusual, and with my own
young pulse quickened, I watched the old
jnan by the dim light of the fire.
I had known I/ixke Blair —“ Old Luko,” as
}xe was called —for ten yoax'S, and yet knew
pothing of his history. There was a mystery
about him which none over penetrated,, and
ah eccentricity of manner wixich gave his
hxovemonts a peculiar interest to his rough
but true-hearted comrades, lie spent his
time in the -woods, and never brought in any
thing but-wolves scalps. - There was a fierce
burmng look in his eye as ho flpng them
.--upon the ground, and he would sit for hours
jitter, one of his excursion wiffi Ips h.e/td bw
1 cd bptweenTiis hands. ,
i As unsocial as was the squatter, ho wps.rc
ppected bjr all who lipd comp in contact with
'lnn}.- ,Hd was brave to madness, and yet as
cool in dangSr as in his camp, was there ;
Anything rough ip: Ips manners; on the con
trary, there wap an easy hearing—almost el
egance—which bpspoko a day of education
and refinement.. when 1)0 Bp e fth his
language was well chosen,
Blair had other-qualifications which won
.the' reapc'ot.ef fee h»rdy spirits arotjpd
Ho was six.foot high,- broad shouldered, full
chested, and form erect,- find his limbs were
models of symmetry and strength; his hair
pud board bad grown unshorn since wo had'
hhO’ym.him. and were, thickly sprinkled with
gray. . -But the forehead, though darkly bonz-
S ln d deeply seamed, was almost massive,
' the head of faultless mould. The eye
edark, lustrous, and in excitement, of pe
ir and fascinating power around hjs neck
Was some sacred to£en,; which no eye had
seohi end which ho guarded with a jealous
earh.
There-was something about the old man—r
jiis eommandipg presence, his bravery, and his
jonfily habits and sad manner—which won my
jouhg heart, and I watched every opportuni
ty of manifesting my regard. I had engaged
Jum to glide me to the Mississippi, by the way
, ' ■
• For-several days we threaded the dense for
ests which intervened, arid under groat diffi
culties. The snow had fallen to on unusual
-depth, the cold was intense, and rendered
more intolerable by the fierce wind from the
prairie waste.' Wo were warmly dressed, but
' there wore times the weary franm began to
fool the infljjujnc.o of the sl&op ■\yhicii
steals -so fatally over tho Bongos,
On the night in question wo had turned
aside to seek tho shelter of a grove of sma-ll
timber, and to find fliol for our tiro, >Vo had
faced the blinding storm all day, and could
hardly keep sufficiently awake to Jfmale the
fire and secure wood for the night, W°
just accomplished this when tho hunter made
the exclamation at tho head of our story,
was awake-at-°nco, and the blood tinged
| throngh my velps, for, I know that Jjuko Blair
woulifnot so spoilt without cause,
“Hark - ?” '
. Tho-word'lwas but
i.fihle’disdpcthpss. . fjis .hand, ,hp4fw°>» n £
fUy sphghthis rifle, and his >OO4 turned to
c wards the; woods 'I; hoard nothing but tue
Wilfl roar of the storm as ..it swept by, _
, ' “There ’ tis again!" -The devils are on-our
track!” and ho clutched his knife handle with
a steady grasp, and breathed hardly through
his thin nostrils, ...
I hoard the noise this time, which had at
tracted his attention before, swelling, as the
storm lulled an instant, into a wild, protrac,
tod howl, as from a thousand famished throats,
clear, dismal, and wailing with that fearful
tone which startles the .boldest, even at their
firesides. Blair turned, and as our eyes met
ho slowly whispered—
" A pack of hungry wolves! God have
mercy upon us 1”
A sickening sensation went like a flash to
the heavt, and then came burning thoughts of
homo, and again the ohills, as I thought of
the shelterless prairie and blinding snow,
"Again! the black devils are on out
tracks 1” As Blair spoke he laid his hand
upon my arm, and with an expression of sad
ness which I never shall' forgot looked me
steadily in the eye. There was a tremor of
the lip which I had never seen before, It
was not fear—J know that—.but some terrible
remembrance or presentment which came over
him with irresistible power,
“ The hour has come ! I know it would—
have felt it for days, Ido not fear death, but
ityis horrible to bo hunted down in such a
spot as this, and be torn by infernal devils,”
Ilis breath came, thick and hissing through
his clenched teeth, and his chest heaved with
intense emotion,
“ Hove,” said he, lifting the soiled string
over his head; and taking a locket attached
to it in Jus hand, “ is the shadow of one yon
never knew, hut the original was once the
light of my young life, and come with me to
this territory when the world was bright with
hope, • J left her in the cabin, one day, and
went to.ray work, as usual. She crossed tho
valley, and came where X was working.—
Wishing to foil the tree I was at work upon,
I urged her to cross the log oyer the creek be
fore the dark, and J would immodiatoly fol
low her, She had not been gonp hut a little
time, when there burst up hotwopn me and
our cabin that long, freezing sound, tho howl
of ft wolf, It was answeredfis if fpom a thou
sand throats, up and‘down the valley, until
one wild, startling, unearthly howl swelled
on the still evening air, God, liow that howl
wont to the soul ! X rooted in utter weak
ness, a moment, but soon rallied, and with the
speed and energy of despair, rpshed down the
path, I had reached the. stream, and was
upon the. old trunk thrown across, whpn am
other and a different sound readied my cars.
It seemed that my brain would burn into ask
es under the fiery heat, and my heart bprst
from my boson),' That was the cry of iny
wife—a-'clear, wailing shriek of mental ag° r
ny.”
. Blair dropped his head aud thrust his fin
gers into bis cars, as if that terrible sound
was again ringing throng!) the forest, A mo
ment, and he hurriedly resumed;
“ I remembered no more until tho morning
broke, and the sun. smiled through tho. trees
upon the terrible scene, Jt was horrible-
The ground was torn and stained with dark
spots, where, pools of blood had sunk away.—
Seven long: black bodies lay around gftshod.hy ,
of Umiu'JjlarlnAifieirvely .wa-thuyT
fell, .their tonguos thrust out and the. white
fangs gloaming fearful in their open jaws.—!
The axe itself lay within reach, red with blood,
its entire length. My own, arms were also
stained, and still damp. But, God of moroy 1
a worse sight than all this met my gaze of re
turning consciousness. Tightly in my arms
I was holding the head of my wife, her form
hare, artd limbs torn into shreds. * *
The old man sobbed convulsively, and wrung
his hands until it seemed that the blood would
start fx’oni"his fingers. •;
“ Coming 1”
Again, and nearer than before, the dismal
howl rose above the storm. The camp fire:
burned dimly in the blincling storm of snow,
and a sense of loneliness and-terror came ovcy
the spirit darker than the sky overhead.
“ Here, take this,” said Blair, as he handed
mo the locket, “and if you survive, carry it
to——, New York, and I will thank you.—
Boy, I am not afraid to die. Death will be
rest, and I shall see Maria.
AVo must take to the tree, It is freeze; or
death by the wolves. Quick, boy 1 Good
by.”
I felt the hot tears drop on my hand as the
old man pressed bis quivering lips upopit,
and pushed on towards the trees,
We had need to. be quick, for wo had hard
ly reached tins branches wlipn .a score of long,
gloomy sb»adpws shot opt of the surrounding
darkness, and ’sent up a 'yell which wont ~to
the heart cplder than the breath of the wintry
blast, They paid bpt little attention to the
dim fife, and scenting tlpur prey gathered in
a shadowy circle beneath us.
[ “ Bash yourself fast, boy, pud commend
your soul to God, for you will freeze, and bet
ter to rot on tlje oak' than to fie torn by the
devils.”
“ It’s of n.q jlib.6,” he continued, a 3 I sugges
ted that the sound of our guns might reach
the inmates of thp. cabin, “ they would not
hoar ’em in the storln, and besides, I swear
by the living God, that I will send some of
them to h—ll before I dio.”„
Blair commenced his deadly work, add as
one of the w'plvos fell the others fought and
snarled, and gashed their teeth oyer thp hor
rid feast. Their teeth sounded like the sup
ting of steel upon steel. ■ Still they howled
more fiercely as the slaughter wont on,
“ My gun is rwot, and will not go,” I heard
Blair mutter with a curse: ■ “ Damn’ om I’ll
try them with the axe.”
My wildly uttered warning was too late,
for, as it' swelled above the sounds below, with
unnatural strength Blair leaped down with a
shout of rage and defiance, and with his axe
and knife fought the pock face to face.
I grew sick at heart as I watched with
burning eye-balls the struggle through the
darkness: I could see the black forms swarm
ing around the trunk, whore Blair had backed
up. 4-fter the first howl of joy, as it seemed
to mo, when Blair jumped down, the wolves
wore less noisy, and apparently more wary,
for they seemed to realize that tipsy had An
enemy to deal with, - !-madly called to him,
and muttered curses a 3 I tried ;to unite the
thongs with which J had lashed uiyHolf to the
trunk. , , ~
“ Ha 1 ha 1 glorious sport hero, boy; another
devil the lessl” and Ilia maniac laugh and
shout came up scarcely loss startling than
those of the wolves around Inn). f know that
he was mad. .... ,
I couhhhoar the yioa-hko jaws close com
i stantly around Blair, and now and then his
1 axe sink with a heavy, crunching sound into
some skulh »nd then all grow >7lo™ dim a
delicious fooling of happiness crept oiei mo
the sounds of the stnlo below <hod opt, and
sweet dreams stole over me like the Sum
breath. The reports of our rifles had reached
the cabin, which, ns I afterwards learned, vyas
not twenty rods from whore wo camped, ino
inmates, numbering some fourteen, by the ad
dition of emigrants who had stopped in the
storm; came out with dogs and guns, and
reached the spot but n moment too lato.—
Blair had lodged' his axe so deeply in the head
of a wolf that the corners remained fast, and
the others tore him down. They were liter
ally shot down with their fangs holding to the
torn flesh,' and his warm blood jetting over
their bhiiggy skins. The mangled body was
snatched.from thbm, and I cut down from the
tree and carried it to the cabin.
I was all Winter recovering from my inju
ries. The awakening from that. dream of
death was o terrible awakening, and T suffer
ed more than, pen can describe. .
Blair was buried on the edge of .the prairie,
and when I left in the Spring the early flow
ers were already springing upon his grave.—
The old man rests sweetly under. the wide
shadow of the old oak,
. I carried the locket to its destination. The
sister clutched it eagerly, and thanked mo,
though her heart almost broke under the
stroke. I remained in New York through
the Summer, and in the Autumn the sister
returned with me to Prairie, and wo built
our cabin within sight of the brother’s grave.
The oak is now dead and splintered, and the
spot whore ho died densely covered with an
undergrowth, whoso vines shut out the light
of day, and guarded it even from the footfall
of man or beast. • Last week our dog brought
out a skull, with the wide gash of an axe hit
through the top. Quietly, and without the
knowledge of my wife, I went and tossed the
momentO into the thickest growth of the
place, —Daily Wisconsin.
4 Chapter on Babies.
qy A CIIfLOLESS MOTHER.
r
“ A baby in the house is a Troll-spring m
pleasure.’* Baith not 11 brother Tuppor” some
thing like this ? If this mark bo true, then
the house of our . ambitious little village must
be ■well watered, for such a crop of babies as
lye show this season, has rarely been exhibit*
,ed since famous harvest, a few
years since. Indeed, our excessive efforts and
improvements in this direction, led one ama
teur judge to observe, in the classic language
of Young America, that “if wo were a one
horse, wo were certainly not a one-haby coni
cprp,”
Our district has ever been CBlpbrgted for its
choice flowers and elegant bouquets. Several
gentlemen have preyed that opr blackberries
and pears are likely to become 'as renowned
as opr time-honored pippin, and now wo may
add with truth that opr babies are os “plenty
as blackberries,” and quite ns worthy of no
tice. .
Wo have large babies and small babies;
light babies and dark babies; quiet babies and
noisy babies ; boy babies an,d girl babies—all
sorts of babies, except ugly babies and cross
babies—-fortunately pH our babies ore good
pnd handsome I
■ As wo poor, childless wives meekly goffrom
house to house, we loarp that each new baby
that is presented for our inspection, is heavier,
prettier, more forward and jnoreoxcellentthau
any other mother’s baby, "Mrs, Slouch’s
baby is a nice little creature, but' so small 1”
“ Sirs, Slim’s baby is a cunning fellow, but
what a head!” ‘‘The Tumble Bug’s babies
are.always dumpy, and, the nowomylina such,
. MrsTPßjidur;.s dm
by is a darling little girl ; but did you see its
nosoj Whereas this baby—that is, the baby
we are holding in our awkward, unaccustom
ed arms—is just the dearest, lovliqst, cunning
est little creature that over was born I Wo
stifle down a rebellious sigh, as wo think of
our own quiet homo, where cradle cares and
cradle joys never intrude;,where no gentle
baby breathings ever freight the air with
sweet anxieties; whore no baby’s soft murmur
of satisfied content or helpless complainingfls
over to break the unnatural still of a child
less home. IVo look on this mother’s hahy,
and our yearning becomes a prayer for faith
to know that “ God doeth all things well 1”
What a fine thing it is that each mother
thinks so well of her bahy. Wo cannot help
smiling at this over admiration which sees no
defect in the little soft “ bundle of pink flesh”
and white-cambric. Wo listen at the pretty
lady, duly arrayed- in an elegant deshabille,
recounts the peculiar excellencies of her new
treasure, and we can see nothing more beauti
ful and interesting tbai) the; happy aujilo of
content with which, as the nurse bends opt
the bahy, the convalescent turns , back the,l
blanket and discloses the little face .and tiny
arms, os S’ero not
so enchanted ; whjat Wtfllld become of all the
unlovely baWes K wh.dt would be tho fate of
those unsightly littlo njonstors, that pre, born
in this trpubldijs world ? Jt is a ddlightfiil
weakness, this' inordinate,
not degrade it by the name of-an instinct, bnt
allow it-the noble one of affectionate jiidgs
ment, fflio generality of mankind may take
comfort in the thought that, however unloved
and unappreciated they may have boon, each
ono was, for a time, at least, and to one per,
son, tho njost attractive, tho moat interesting,
I and tho most important df the human race.—r
Beautiful manifestation of g glorious nature is
this instinct of maternal }oye! from the
highest to the lowest order of creature, fer
vently may we bless God fpr each g transcen
dent gift! No elevation-of rank, no degrada
tion of ’sin, can extinguish the spark; and
though it may bo peryortod or exaggerated,
still therp is over in its partiality, patience,
self-denial, and self-forgetfulno'ss, a holy beau
ty thatmust compel respect; “,’Phe child once
a part of the mother,’’ brings with if blessing
and love, and is an angel minister to eyoko :
moinorioa of lost innocence and a tender Path
er’s forbegriog patience,
Alas, gins! these littlo m' BBIOD P- rlo3 are not
always successful; iind though sent for our
good, too often fall into tho evil ways of those
flioy came to. make hotter. 1 Well, vroll, we
will not ; bachelor's ’ wiyes and old
maid’s children arc proyerbuu, so wo will
keep our thoughts’to ourselves, and will not
fail, as we go from house to house, to note the
poculiir uh.arms of each baby, and 'endeavor,
like a good boaror. of sermons, to pick out
boguty gnd truth from the moat unpromising
Subjects. We will not glance at the old ba
by, or at the hoy who was dneo “the” baby,
and wonder if the present incumbent will
grow up to bo a like nuisance. We will pot,
m imagination, picture tho wakeful nights, the
shrivoririg papa, dr, worse, tho dead sleeper
pf a papa; tho bahy disease, the trouble, the
expense, tho hundred now cares entailed by
this littlo morsel of hunianity. Our hearts
shall go out to that rejoicing mothers heart,
and wo ■will agree that it is Just tho nicest and
host thing in the world to possess hahy»
■ AST A merchant of a certain city, who,died
suddenly, loft in his desk g, Jitter tbono pf his
correspondents. His sagacious dork, a. son
of Erin, seeing it necessary to send the let
ter, wrote at the bottom: Since writing the
above I have died/'
jjgy An Irishman being asked, on a late
trial, for a' certificate' of his marriage; took
his hat off'and exhibited a huge scar, which
looked as though it had boon made with a
fire shovel/ The evidence was satisfactory/
Why is a chicken sitting off a fence
likoa cent ? Ans,—The head is' on one side
and the'tail on the other.
** OUR COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS BE; RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG—OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLYLE, PA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1859.
Experience is a dear, and often a sad school,
as exemplified in the following remarks,' fur
nished by a correspondent of an exchange pa
per. Jlear him for his .cause, and drop a tear
of.pity, Ife sayaj ('There would he fewer
wretched marripgosj ftjwpf dissipated, degra
ded men,, if women wore taught to feel the
angel duty which develops, on then}, to keep
the wandering steps of tpope who pre tpmpted
so much more than'they, in the paths of yir
tiie pud pepce-wto 'them fjef thpt in the
busy world is noise'- and confusion—that (it
homo is order and their “eyes
look brighter” when*they, come—that the
smile of welcome is ever ready to receive
them—tho work, thodeijoke are ever ready to
bp laid aside to minister to i_fho.,hjisband's
pleasure—they would^find'Mdusehiont thpn
pt home, 1 not strive to seek it. elsewhere, And
not plane -to tho - higher classes of society
should this be taught—it - should be' p lesson
instilled into the minds of all—.high pud low,
rich arid poor.. Fowprheart broken wives,
weeping and scolding; would stapd waiting pt
the doors of public hofisea.fdddpd the unstea
dy steps of their drunken husbands homo; if
that home, had a rooijj'., ps cheerful, a firo os
brighten welcome, ns ifady Sad cordial ,as t)je
•siifoug- p- nuiif uu-inon adwomen; they cannot,
will nOt for duty’s sake; remain in a dull, te-,
dious or.ill managed,{quafrewome home; but
loavo it to seek' olsewnoro tho ; comfort and
amusement which fails them there; and when
riot and revelry have - done their work, the
wives and sisters, who have done as little to
make thorn otherwise,-are pitied for their had
husbands and brothers,”
From the Paris Correspondent of the JV. Y. Express.
Scarcely have the excitement;,and public
curiosity, in Paris, incident, to this Cnereivp
abduction trial and acquittal, .commenced ,to
die away, when ahoths jariindro Mark
and tragical in its nature, the
blank and leavesithe widest robin .for ‘ gossip
and scandal, Jn this affair, also, g yoiing jind
lovely female stands it) the foreground, 'with
a widowed mother, who has ondeavored.-by
tlio commission of li terrible crime,: foconceal
from the world her daughter’s wrongs; an
infant, pot sought to 1)0 brought into the
world, gs ip the Ohereau case, bqthprried out
of it the instant the little creature has crossed
t)jo threshold of existence.
fn this more recent occurrence is presented
the spectacle of a high horn and elegantly ed
ucated young Iqdy, contracting a culpable con
nection with her mother’s coachman—rand, of
-that mother, in. hor.deßite .tojsoiiccal.the stain
upon her child's. name, strangling the now
born babe, and destroying by fire the last
vestige of its existence I Those horrible oyents
have happened near the- city of T°!} rs i the
capital of one of the, loyliest provinces of
France. The nome of tha principal actress is
Madame Lomoine do Chinon, 1 and - Mademoi
selle Angelina de Chinon is the. appellation of
the young girl. Madame do Chinon has hith
erto occupied a high social position, and wg B
in the enjoyment of a handsome fortune,
; Angelina, her daughter, is not yot eighteen
years of ago, has been brought up elegantly
and aristocratically, is described qs y.ery beau
tiful, IJor betrayer managed that Madame
should ho let into the secret— having nothing
to fear from tho resentment of fl. father or
avenging brothers, there being neither —and
then offered to make amends by wedding the i
fair Angelina, Such a marriage would not
have caused much less Scandabthan the proof
of the. young girl’s This Madame
Chinon know, and indignantly rejected the
man’s proposal, but was so imprudent ns to
tjirn him out of the homo.
He told tho story and boasted of tho part
ho had .played. The aristocratic lady pro
tended to treat with disdain-the reports which
soon reached her cars,’ and hereupon the ex
coaohinan grew-bolder end hinted at tho mur
der of .Angelina’s infant. For these “slan
ders," officious friends pf the Ohinqn family
caused him to .bo arrested, and Madame do
I C,, wa£ called on to prosecute, She' consent
ed ; but when informedjthat ip refutation niust
bo corroborated by medical proof, tho misera
ble woman threw off aJI disguise, and avowed
what conjid no longer Ini concealed.
She 'claimed, however, that she had commit;
tod no murder,, but merely sought to remove
tho,evidences of erring.' The Banjo counsel,
Mr. Lachand, who, in. the face of most posi
tive ' evidence, 1 procured tho acquittal in the
Ohereau case, i.s engaged for her, and the tri
,ql ie Ipojfed for,with the intensest interest,
JJSr Folix McCarthy of tlio Ferry militia,-
was generally late on p “ Ah, Felix,”
said the col'gojmt, ‘yog are always last.’ —
“Bo uiay, Sergeant Sul ivan/’ was his reply,
sure some one must b$ Inst."
An Ohio editor recently took a cop
temporary to task fori copying the, .Choice
scraps froip 1 Iris editorial coluwtx and not giv
ing mnr. credit for theiw, The contemporary
replied by eayirig ho did not do a, credit bu
sinoss.
DC?*‘Don’t you think, wife, that tobacco
smoke would kill the mosquitoes inohr room?’
‘lt might; but it would kill me first.’
LADIES LUGGAGE.
How happy !.ia thoslnglo lifo
Of all those priests and monks!
Not ono of whum.has got n, wife
To bother bijn wRh trunks
And bandboxoS,a.load too great
For man or horse to boar,
Which railways charge for,
And cabs aak double faro,
Foil caro, jiswith your brldo ypu post,
Histraots your anxious mind,
Lost this portmanteau should bo lost,
Or that bo loft behind j
iler baggage as you travel down
Life's bill, rtoigbs more and more,
And still, as holder' grows your crown,
Becomes a greater bore.
Outstretched.by. Fashion vile and vain,
Hoop-pottiooats,.and vests,
Now British to contain,
Require noendor chests,
To which bags, basjtots, v bundles, add,
Too numerous tc&pamo,
Enough to drive a man mad,
A Job with rago|nflavuc. , .
The cab keeps swajdn'g o'er your head,-.
With luggage plml,above. ‘
Of overturn you "■
With hor whom vßu should love } ... J
Then you, the station whoh yougain,
- that lumber stowedj;
And fears about It $n the train,^
Your hoirt and g jpuVcorrode;;'
Thus dooa your wifiJ'oach joutnoftspoiK)
Of yours that : V- V* *”
Thus keeps you on tnefretaml broil, • -
.Your peace and comfort breaks. ■
With all these boxes, all hof. things, i •.
(How many!) to inclose; Jf
The fair Enoumbranita on yoh brings,
A wagon-load of tfoes.; Punch.
How to KeepJlen at Home,
Parsinn Scandal and Grime.
Gepefiij Jackson’s Duel wi|li Gal, Dickinson
■From Parton’s Lifo of Andrew/Jackson,
lately issued by Mason Brothers, of Now York,
wo extract the following account of his duel
with Dickirisoh, Dickinson was quite a young
•man, of acknowledged courage, in good pecu
niary circumstances; and left a lovply and
highly educated wife, and several small chih
dron, Jackson’s second in the duel was Qou,
Overton, who was then, and had always been,
a strong personal , and political friend, Mr.
Parton says i
_ Dickinson’s second won tho choice of posh
tion, and Jackson’s tho office of giving tho
word. The astute Overton considered this
giving of tho word a matter of great impor
tance, and ho had already determined haw he
would give it, if tho lot foil to him, The
eight paces were measured off, and the men
placed. _ Both were perfectly collected, All
the politeness of such occasions was. very
strictly and elegantly performed, Jackson
was dressed in. a loose frock coat, buttoned
carelessly over his chest, and concealing in
some degree the extreme slenderness of his
: figure, Dickinson was the younger and hand
: Seiner, man of the two. But Jackson’s tall,
effect figure, and tho still intensity of his de->
meaner, it is said, gave him a most superior
and commanding air, as he stood under tho
tall poplars on this bright May morning, sir
lentfy waiting the moment of doom.
“Are you ready ?” ‘said Overton.
“I am ready,” replied Dickinson.
“I am ready,” said Jackson.
The words were no sooner pronounced than
Overton, with a sudden shout, cried, using his
old country pronunciation, “Fere 1” .
Dickinson raised his pistol quickly and fired;
Overton, who was looking with anxiety and
dread at Jackson, saw a puff of dust fly from
the breast of his coat, and saw him raise his
left .arm and place it tightly across his chest.
He'is surely hit, thought Overton, and in a
bad place, too; but no; he does not fall.
JSreet pnd grim as fate. he stood, his teeth
clenched, raising his pistol. 'Overton glanced
at Dickinson. Amazed ht the unwonted fail
ure of his aim, and apparently appalled at the
awful figure and face before him, Dickinson
Jigd unconsciously recoiled a pace or two.
nQroftt God j” he ftjltprecl, “have I missed
him?”
f'Back to the mark, sir!” shrieked Overton,
with his hand upon his pistol, ,
Dickinson recovered his composure, stepped
forward to tho peg, and Stood with his dyes
averted from his antagonist; All this was the
work of a moment, though it requires many
words to tell it, .
General Jackson took deliberate airii; and
pulled the trigger. The pistol neither snapped
nor Went off. lie looked at the trigger, and
discovered that it had stopped at half-cock,
lie drew it back to its place, arid took aim a
second time., He fired. Dickinson’s face
blanched; he reeled; his friends rushed to
ward him, caught him in their arms, and gen
tly seated him on the ground, leaning against
a bush. _His.(browsers reddened.. t Thoy strip
'• ■nod'offi hig oldtlras! • The ttead r wras : ‘guslurig
- from his side in a torrent, And, alas \ hero is
a ball, not near .the wound, but above the op
posite hip, just tinder tho skin. -The ball had
passed through tho body, below the ribs.
Such a wound could not but bo fatal.
Overton went forward and learned tho con
dition of tho wounded man. disjoining his
principal, ho said:
“He won’t want anything more of you, Gen
eral !” and conducted him from the ground. ‘
They had gone a hundred yards, Overton
walking on one side of Jackson, the surgeon
on the other, and neither speaking a word,
whan tho surgeon observed flipt one pf Jack
son’s shops was tpll of blood,
.‘‘My God! General Jackson, are yog ht*'?”
he exclaimed, pointing to the blood,
“Oh! I believe,” replied Jackson, “thatho
has pinked mo a little, Dot’s look at it. But
say nothing abopt ft there, pointing to the
, house, - , ■
.He opened his coat, Dickinson's, pin) had
been perfect. He had sent tho ball precisely
Where he supposed Jackson’s heart was beat
ing. Dpt tijo thinness of his "body, pud tho
looseness of fits copt combining to deceive
Dickinson the ball had only broken a rjb or
two, and raked the breast bone, ft was a
[ somewhat painful, bad-looking wound, but
neither severe nor dangerpgs; pud he was able
to ride to the tavern withpf.it much inconveni
ence, Upon approgcln’ng tlfp fiaifso, ho wont
up to pno of the negro woigfen who was churn
ing; and asked-hef-i£-tlipbutter~bad-eomOi
She said it was just coming, lie asked her
for sonfe biftt.ernfilki IFhile she was getting
it for him she observed him furtively open his
coat and look , within it,' She saw that his
shirt was soaked with blood, and she stood
gazing in blank horror at tho sight, dipper in
, hand. Ho caught her eye, end hastily but
toned his cost ag/j,ih. She dipped out a quart
measure fullof butt,ormilk, and gave it to him.
Ho drank it qff at a draught, then went in,
took off his ,oo, git, and had his wound carefully
examined and dressed. That done, he de-.
spatched one of his retinuo to Dr. Catlett, to
inquire respecting the condition of Dickinson,
and to say that the surgeoji attending himself
would be glad to contribute his aid towards
Mr. Dickinson’s relief. Polite reply was re
turned that Mr. Dickinson’s case was past
surgery.- In the course of the day, General
Jackson sent a bottle of wine to Dn Catlett,
for the use of his patient.
Hut there was one gratification which Jack
son could not, oven in such oircinpetanoos,
grant him. A very old friend of General
Jackson writes to njo thus ;
“Although tho General had been wounded,
he did not desire it should bo known until ho
had loft the .neighborhood, and had therefore
concealed it at first froiij his own friends. Ilia
reason for this, as ho once stated to mo, was,
that as Dickinson considered himself tho best
shot in the world, and was certain of killing
him at tbo first fire, he did not, want him to
have the gratification even of knowing that he
had tquched him."
How Golds Slioold be Treated.
‘ Dr, Hall's Journal of Health, b ays that there are
Uirco things which every man should do tho moment
ho is satisfied thai ho has taken oold: Ist, oat noth
ing; 2d, go- to bod and cover up warm, in a warm
room; 3d, drink mtfoh cold water aa ho can or
as ho wants, of njuoh hot erb tea can; and
thus using him/jolf, in thfco cijjjop ,of fpur, tho
subject will bo cured in thirty-sis hoprs. ,0a tho
contrary, if ho allows bits cold to go two days unmo
lested, ho can swallow nothing that will affect it in
the least; and the cold with such a ptart, will run
its pourao of about a fortnight, and qrhatoyor is
swallowed thou by way of physic, is a useless hin
drance. It is a mischievous though soipowhat pop
ular fallacy, ** food a cold and gturyo a foyer.''—
Feeding th.o pojd is feedbag a fej/orf a cold always
brings on fever, and never begins te got well until
tho foyer subsides; and ovtejry mouthful shallowed
is so much fuel to sustain the fires of fovor. It is
indeed fortunate that qs soon’ as tho cold ia fairly
Seated iVaturo. alloWs no appetite; otherwise tho
most common' cpld might bo followed by very sort- i
outf results, arid unless upon' a very sturdy couatitu-1
tion would almost prove fatal. I
•JESf* A recent estimate fixes tho number of hnd
bos in Now York city at fifty-six thousand ono hnn
dred and four. J
SNOW.
Whirling, curling down, to the ground,
Tho snow Rakes comes with noiaeles tirctyl;
Dressing in white the withered flowers, ’
Forming a curtain in summer bowers,
And a covering for tho dead. •
Dancing along in frolicsome glee, • ’ . ~
Kissing boughs of the leafless tree.
Pressing Ins lips to tho window pane,
In at tWdoor and out again;
Bedecking the earth in a winding sheet,
As it skip? along with its downy foot,
Skimming tho air in eddies wild, .
Crowning the head of tho fair-haired child,
With a crystal wreath of snowy spray, ,
That sparkles awhile, then molts away,
Hither and thither, a fairy fleet,
Sailing down on the frozen street,
Dashing along o'er tho dreary moor,
Chilling tho hearts of the wretched, poor.
Borne on the breath of tho winter blast, *
A feathery throng, it hurries past;
Caressing tho brow of tho lovely hill,
Hushing the song of tho laughing rill—
It comes to the earth a fairy thing,
Turning to tears at tha voice of Spring,
Wasliinglon’s Appointment as Commander.
On Thursday, the 15th, of June, two days
before the Battle of Bunker Hill, George Wash
ington was chosen Commanderdn-Chief of “all
the continental forces raised, or to be raised,
for the defence of American liberty,” ffhe
appointment was officially announced to him
on the following day, and modestly accepted;
and oh the 18th he wrote a touching letter to
his wife on the subject, telling her he must
depart immediately for tbe camp; begging her
to summon all her fortitude, and to pass her
time as agreeably as possible; and expressing
a firm reliance upon that Providence which
had ever been bountiful not him, no doubting
that he should return safe to her in the fall.—
But he did not so return. Darker and darker
grew the clouds of whr; and, during more
than seven years, Washington visitadhispleas
ant home upon the Potomac but once,, and then,
only for three days and three nights. Mrs.
Washington spent the winter in camp with her
husband; and many are the, traditions con
cerning her beauty, gentleness, simplicity, and
industry, which yet linger around the winter
quarters of the venerated Commander-in-Chief
of the armies of the Revolution. For many
long years she was remembered with affection
by the dwellers, at Cambridge, Morristown,
Valley Forgo, tfewburgh and ijew Windsor.
When, on each returning spring; she departed
for boa henm 011 too Potomac, the blcssiqgs of
and citizens—-went, with
her, for she whs truly loved by all;— iMount
Vernon Qndits Associations.,
Central Jackson, Lis Valor when a Boy,
The following incident of the bdyhood of
Geni Jackson, is copied from Barton's Life of
Jackson. It occurred during the partizan
war in the Wdxhaws:
In that fierce,'Scptch-Indian warfare, the
absence of a father from homo was a
better protection to his family than his pres
ence, because his presence invited attack.
The -nuuu- übjectuw'-both. parties was to kill
the fighting men, and to. avenge the slaying
of partisans. The house .of the quiet hero,
Hicks, for example,, was safe until .if was
noised about among the tories thgt Hicks was
at home. And'thus if cgnje to pass, that !
when a whig soldier of any note desired to
spend a night with his family, his neighbors
were accustomed to turn out and serve as a
gUgrd to his house whilo bp slept: Behold
Robert and Redrew Jackson, syit|i sis others,
thus employed ope night in the Spring of
1781, pt the dopiici} of a neighbor,- paptain
Sands, Ifhe guard online occasion wds more
a fri.ehdly tribute to an active "pgrtizijji than
a service' considered h.ecossi|.ry to’ lug safety.
In short, the night was not fpr advfinced, be
fore, th.c ybolp party were snugly housed dnd
stretched upon the floor, all sound asleep, ex
cept one, a’ British desortpr, who -vyas restless,
U.nd dozed at intervals.
Hanger wqs negr. band of toilc's, bent
on taking thp life of papt. Sands, approached
the house, in two divisions; one party moving
towards the front door, the other towards the
back. The wakeful soldier, hearing a suspi
cions poise, rose, went opt of doors to learn
its cause, an,d saw tho foe stealthily hearing
tho house, Ho ran in terror, and soiz'ing
Andrew Jackson, who lay next the door, by
the hqir, anil oxolaiiped:
“The Tories are upon ps I”
Andrew sprang up and rap opt, Seeing a
body of men ip the distance, ho placed tho,
jipd of his gun in tho low fork of a tree near
the door, and hailodlhem; No reply; Ho‘
hailed then) p second time, No reply. They
quickened their pace, pud bad ooipo within a
few rods of tho door, I})' this time, too, the
guard in the house had boon roused, and wore
fathered in a group behind tips boy, Andrew
ischargod his musket, upon which tho tories
fired a volley, which killed tho hapless deser
ter who had given tho alarm. The other par- [
ty of tories, who wore approaching the house
from the other side, hearing this discharge,
and the rush of bullets above their heads,
supposed that the firing issued from a party
that had issued from tho house.' They now
fired a volley, which sent a shower of balls
whistling about the heads of their friends on
tho other side.
Both parties hesitated, and then lialtod.
Andrew having thus, by his single discharge,
Euzzled and stopped the enemy, retired to the
engey where ho and his comrades kept pp a
brisk fire fronj thp windows; One of the guard
fell mortally wotmded by his side, and anoth
er received a wound less severe.-. In the midst
of th>s singular contest, a bugle was heard
some distance off, sounding the cavalry charge;
whereupon the torios conclmjing that they
had come upon an ambush of whigs, and wore
about to bo assayed by horse and foot, fled to
where they hpd left' their horses, mounted,
dashed pell-mell into the woods, and we to
se’en no more, It appeared afterward that the
bugle-charge was sounded" by d neighbor,
who, judging from tho noise of musketry that
Capt. Sands was attacked, and having not a
single man with him in his house, gave the
blast upon the trumpet, thinking that oven a
trick so stale, aided by tho darkness of the
night, might hayo some effect ip alarming the
assailants, _i
Bgy»-“"Six foot in hia hoots!” exclaimed old
Mra. Beeswax. “ What will th cj impertinence
of this world corao to, I wonder? Why, they
might just oa reasonably toll mo that fljc nian
bad S)x heads In his lint.
O' A young lady was asked to Join a di
vision of the Daughters of Temperance,. She
replied: “It is unnecessary, as it >2 my inten
tion to join one of (lie Sons soon,
Try Riches may unable us to confer favors,
butrichescannot giro the power to con
foi- thoin with propriety and grace; oven tn
fles mliy be ew bestowed as to cause to bo tn-
/ rrrOuo of orfr exchanges advertises for
ftvocompositors, “ who don’t get drunk,”and
adds that “the editor does all the getting
' drunk necessary to support the sigmty gf the
establishment.’'
AT $2,00 PER ;
ifobonV ®ibs.
B©-Remember the poor;
B©* Fair (Jesting is the bond and cement of
sooiotyi
B©f"Otay hairs, like honest friends, arc
often cost from us fur telling unpleasant truths.'
B©“ Extraordinary offers from Btrangord
should always be. viewed with suspicion, .
865“ 3Jo careful about sending money tot.
parties whopa yon do not know."
B©*Tho phwso Uplvribm is Lhtinf
and means, UtorpUy, “ From many, ono.' 1
B©“Wo wind Up clocks to keep ■td'ent rURj
ning, and banks to. stop their running’. s i||jr
8@“ Rough language ishad in youfewfidn/
used by old people, it Is bad-in-age', if ui.'fK ’ n
B©* It. should ho remembered that-n bard
assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.'
B©* If you want a man to do fhir work fef
you, be sure that you give hup fair pipy. 1
0” Wo suppose that p rpan who never
speaks may be said always tp kepp his word;
O’ It is p shame, if any pefson poorer thdU
you is more contented than you.
O’Fools are rulled by their, humor; but
wise mon by thoir interest,
8®” A bepovolent ■ physician, considers the
poor his best patients, for Gjodis.the paymas
ter.
BgyAlways lie quite as, caVeful, in you*
business transactions, of takin'g credit as of
giving it, , _
JSSJ* If you want a sinking fund, ftirow
yoqr monpy into the river—or inyest it in loti
tory tickets.
£®“ One of the readiest ways of contracting
loose habits,- is to' put a bolt around your
dressing-gown;
The class of people that a newspaper
proprietor prefers having as customers, arq
the earliest settldrs.
Eg?" Many a swoetly-fnehioncd mouth lias
boon disfigured gqd mtfdd hideous % the fiery
tongue within it,
JSSPIf a sipnll man wants a pleasant' sail
through tlio atmosphere, lot him go out in a
stiff breeze with a big umbrella.
[O’ Ladies, if your husbands arc obstinate
ly deaf when you are talking to them, try a
1 little jiahn-oil upon their cars.
O’Young ladies, should remember that
Oranges arc not very Apt to bo prized after
being “ squeezed’' a number of times.
tC7” Many institutions arp improperly call
ed sewi-nanes, for they do not half teach any
thing. ■
ID* There arc some joints of contest, which,
it is better to lose by arhitratioh thqn to win
bylaw. ■ '
O* Knowledge is proud thftVho has learn*
cd so ranch / Wisdom is hunitye that lie knows
ho more:
jO" A man yyiJJ generally giro you his adt
vice without charge, hut yop will often lie
cheated if you tqko it, ", ' . I
|0” Solomon says that the tongue i» iu,f
easily bridled. But it is easily bit—though
ho doesn’t say so; ■ ■ ■.
. O* In seeming opposition to the natural
course of tilings,’ some nfon rise by their gra
vity, and others sink by their levity;
O’ “ Don’t you mean to marry,' my dear
sir!” “ No, my dear widowi f'd rather lose
all the ribs I’ve got than take another.” .
O’lt is by no means easy td do one's best'
in speaking or writing; the thought that oostd
little is seldom worth more than it costs;
O’ To act upon a determination rpado in
anger, is like embarking in a vessel during a
storm. , ,
; [O’ Scrutinize n lawyer closely when hq
; advises you to avoid litigation, qiu} a doctor
when he drinks your health,
O’ What winds doe's a hungry sailor like
best ? Ono that bjows foul, then chops, and
then comes in little'puffs,
Posterity,' ‘‘l fear,” rejoined Voltaire, “ it”
will never reach its address I”
O’ MnyhcCr Driukocoff. make's a distlnc
tion thus: “Too much whisky is too, much,
but too milch IngOr-bo'or ip'shoost right.” 1
O’The richest man oh eiprtlj is but a pau
per, fed ahd clothed by the bounty of heaven; i
O’ “ Uniori is not always strength,” ns the
sailorsaid when ho saw flic purser mixing hie
rum with water. ■ 1
•HT" Four things come not back; tho bro
ken, word, tho sped arrow, the ptfst life,- and
tho neglected opportunity. f
(£7* A philosopher, being' asked what was
tho first thing necessary towards winning the
|oyo of a woman, answered/ “An opportunity.-’* -
O' All mon who do anything must endure
dure a depreciation of thoir efforts, ■ It is the
djrt which their chariot-whOCjs throw U P- "
DCT'A head properly constituted can, ac
coramodato its,elf to whatever pillows the vi
cissitudes of fortune may pipes updor ife ,
O'The than who was lionrmod in by f
crowd has been troubled witha stitch in'bis
side over since.
O'y" In this country; wealth shifts from
point to point with such rapidity; that; in one'
or two generations, tho hills sink and tho vol
leys rise.
O” Cruel men are. tho greatest lovers of
mercy; avaricious men of generosity; and
proud men of humility—-in everybody but
-themselves.
IC7* Cuvier describes 3 fish that is flat half
tho year, and round tho other half. It is nt
like Dickons u,ew periodical “All the roar
Itound.”
f£7» Sqch mental viands as ore proper and
wholesome fur children should bo, seasoned
with sugar, and sttoh as are dangerous to them
with gall.
' TT* In making an estimate of a man or wot
mam don’t take the dross into oonsideratiOm
’Tis the value of the blade that you inquire
into, not of the sOabbard.-
(£s~'jt has boon ascertained that there is a
“northwest passage"'around this continent;
but it is so blocked op with ice that probably
it can never bo turned to any practical account.
ICT” The price of the finest Flanders lace
;s about ton times its weight in gold. An in
experienced male eye cannot toll it from
imitation, which costs but little more than its
weight in lead.
NO. 26.
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