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BV Tennyson.
aie intb tho Garden, Atond, ' ‘
or»tho blnck-bat night has flown, ■
loin to tho (j a pilen, Maud,' '. .
m here, ftt the gate alono.
nroodhim) spices are lyafted abroad; '
of tlio poses blown,
, Of the Warning inoves,
, Antftho plant of Love is on high,
. :.Begfpmng to faint in the light that she loves,
—fi! of daffodil sky,
.To.faiht until 0 light of, tho sun she loyes,
rosebud, garden of girj& j
; tho dances arc done, ..
.. satin 'and glimmer of pearls, :
rose in.-onb,’• \
■ head running over with ourls,
r V To fho'fiowors, and bo their sun,
• V> Shortcoming, my own, my awoefc,
jV-V v A-'» \.9 ver so airy a tread,
iMyiheart;Would hoar her and boat,
in an earthy bod,
own, my swootj
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’ i The Fatal Duel.
■iVt: (■ ■ ■ ■ ■. • ■
IA TALE OF THE Will CENTURY.
(mi
FOUNDED ON. FACT,
VmH /
. “Madmanl you surely have not accepted
' jjf this barbarian ?”
. '‘l.waffhotSiuul enough to refuse it,’’ was
Uw reply*. , ■ ■ ,
’ '‘Charihs^Ojiiirlcs!” said. Frank,” think of
your^tJiihkipfAdelo.”
.«enrn me. wore I.brandcd.afc.a.
i Chhflbs; arid though my dear
fljMitlggßßfcirt will bleed when the cold corpse
■Sb6>\ is brought homo to her, the
null! >that he has nut dishonored the
|r. Hit . wiU consolo her and hoal : her
10 Bant, • • ■v’’--
, nml « “ Youv aiway s despised the character of a
ndwliii, ' thb kind-hearted Frank.
.‘ than 1 1 do at this, moment,”
ZZ\ said Charics. “Ihave not sought this reedn
lio Jbtil ■•trO'UeFrdn.k. it. hits been forced upon mo.
. ,Yuu.knqW,l have shunned .this Merton as I
ior arli; would- apes tile n i'ii ; I have avoided hue as if
serpent stood in my path. Wore.
E%!te‘dbdbilo this challenge, the hones of my
iqiuilld f bdPSdilfetSfathors would shrink from ,n» in
(wrenr-KV-: tearful eyes, “Adelo,
nmirtf.- oh, pbof s,ster!” ' , ,
a coward of mo, Frank,” said
sti-iVo to nerve mo for the
is EO«Ji to-morrow.” ...
irbitl: » i. 1 So soon ? Oh, not to-morrow?”
xoiiiipi- exclaimed Frank.
Jill. ~ a.dt'Ay.eto-morrow, at noon ; the sooner it .is
;■ oybtfthb said Charles, mournfully.
•—’; iHe. theh produced two miniatures of him
!;'self,-one for. hie mother, the other for Adelo.
v diddhfdhd to present them myself on my
! with a sigh; “but alas,
t fttf then. ‘Will you’ be my
?’',
rlmml . ihß miniature, but could scarcc
**» * far flnd his unfortunate friend
r lie might ,dopohd;'on his executing the com
mission faithfully.
. "Mr, bfbrjojihas haniod Dr, Edwards as
I Ills friend)” said Charles ; "of course you will
he mine.” i v
Ffanjt preseed the hand Charles extended
i io him, but his htgirit sy/js too full for words.
’’O.urdfrt.th.efti,’' .continued Charles, “faced
.) death; at,ihb“.cannon’s mouth, would you have
». ,iw ; fc«y:t6 mcot - a single hullot?, I cannot
Id to;; tri^-myself;jh>\*frit« to my mother, or my
,1, deortAdolC j; it jfoUld umpau mo ; you must
ingo ifene"' • say to them all I would, if
f?r v too late—we will retire to
r hist sfeep, until f sleep
c<i " li ;hon parted for the night.
ion; ho was too wretched
inf eight. JJcfore Charles
pillow for the last time, he
i solemn and foryept prayer
.;ncc for pardon for too step,
to. ’ Earnestly dhj he pray;
those beloved beings it was
) plunge ili certain misery,
•vor did ho entreat that,
’‘“■t forever in this world,
, ..mg! jpi jted to join them once more
in tho world to come, Then, with the oon
’ ho was acting as a man
io composed his weary spi
hottbr than any oho could
isont difficulties. Wo will
•ogoing scene:
. were both studontsin the
jy had been friends from
i both intended for tho bar.
twenty-first year. From a
>st fondly attached to tho
Ho had long looked anx
whon ho shoiud ho able to
tico of law, as the period
im the lovely Adelo for his
ms wore wealthy ; both de
hravo men who fought—
,auso of freedom. Charles
i-PJV-,4 ~, r: of t 0 *<> armyand
1 gladly did his tend mother acquiesce in tho
opinion, that his country needed statesmen
nb^tnofiSoldiers; proudly did she lookfor-
Ward tb'tho times when her son, her only
child, should stand foremost in tho legislative
halls as tho honored representative of his na
ioli five State, Alas I it was not to bo.;
Sorqo .njonths before the date of our little
tale; this’Mbrton made his appearance in tho
* ; .the college, From tho first
*• finoment-haCharles Singleton, Morton
seemed determined to annoy him. Tho char
,j|(S' lattpr was soon blazed, around,
c duellist; insolent and
icri’ overhearing to all about him; ho was addict
ed to gaming, and was universally disliked by
Almost all.woo know him.
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On one unfortunate evening, a ball had been
given in the county court-house- to ■welcome
the time-honored Lafayette to- the country in,
whoso cause ho had fought so gallantly in his
youth.
The very flowers of Virginia’s beauty and
chivalry wore present. All was mirth and
happiness. Every heart beat joyfully to the
merry sound of tho music. Charles was pro
menading with the beautiful Mary Wolford,
the affianced, brido of his friend, Frank Thorn
ton, when passing by Morton ho placed his
foot in such a manner as to cause Charles' to
stumble, and but for the sudden jerk given by
his lovely companion, he would have fallen to
the ground. Burning with indignation, poor
Charles exclaimed: '*
“Villain! tho lady’s presence saves you
from the chastisement your dastardly conduct
merits.”. '
Mary urged Charles to pass on and not
■heed the ruffian, IJe .complied with her re
quest, but ho fojt from that moipent his doom
was sealed. .
The following morning Charles received a
challenge from Morton. This was no more
than he expected. lie was sufficiently versed
in tho code of honor, as it is termed, to bo
aware the choice of weapons fell to his lot,
Charles had never fired a pistol in his life,
I and it was tho boast of his gntagopest lie could
snuff a candle at twenty-paces without extin
guishing tho light. - Morton knew and exulted
in the advantage he had over the brave boy,
Ilia exultation was of short duration, ..When
Charles’ answer was handed to. him, ho hasti
ly broke tlio seal, but turned pale as -he peril*
sod-its contents; then looking towards his
friead Edwards, ho exclaimed:
“By heavens! this bpy lips cornered me
completely; read that I Is it not a pity to
shoot so bold a lad?"
Edwards took the note and read aloud iW
Behind the pines in Suffolk county; weapons,
rifles; to advance'from twenty paces until the
muzzle of each rifle shall touch the brbiist of
the antagonist; to firo together at the word;
time, noon, Thursday, Sept, ,18th.”
“Great God! Morton,” ejaculated Edwards,
“this is certain death to both! You will not
meet him on those terms ?”
“How can f aVoid it?” replied . Morton.
“This hot-hcadod youth has caught me in my
own snare.” - •
’’Explain yourself,” said Edwards.
“I did not intend to shoot tho boy,” Mortqn
observed, with a sigh. “I thought to have a
claim on his mother’s gratitude, by receiving
his random shot, and magnanimously firing
my weapon in tho air," ;
An incredulous smile, played for a moment
aroiind the mouth of Edwards, as ho asked (
“BoVou, then, know his.'inother?”
“Bo I know her? O, God ! how fondly, how
madly, have I loved that woman!”
Morton paused for a moment, and then, suh-,
du'mg his agitation, continued.,
“In early youth I sought the love of this
lady. She wiis then a beautiful girl of six
teen. Sho-avoidcdcme ;■ repulsed my.addrcss
os in a gentle, but-determined manner. . I
hoped that tihifi and assiduity would overcome
all obstacles, I was absent for a few months;
and during that time the father of this boy
wooed and won the prize I had so long and
vainly covoted. Maddened at the, mortifica
tion I endured, I vowed eternal vengeance.
Singleton was a lieutenant in jho army; high
ly 'respected -by his officers," worshipped by
Ins soldiers; his country claimed most of his
time. I had no opportunity to put my fearful
vow into execution,,- Years parsed, Single
ton rosp rapidly in hm profession j ho was now
a Colonel, We never mot; but everywhere I
could hear of Colonel Singleton’s beautiful
wife. At last the hews came that the colonel
had fallen in battle,' 01- how my heart leaped
with joy! Fanny; my adorable Fanny, was
a widow—was free! I determined, ns soon
ns decency would permit, to renew my ad
dresses. Twelve long, long months passed.
Tho bereaved, widow had never been scon ex
cept at church,'or in the grounds around hpl
ow n mansion. At Inst accompanied by her
Son, then a child, she would sometimes ride
out. I heard the hoy had been sick. She
wont-abroad to restore her darling to •health.
Her husband had been food for the worms now
two years. Anxious to know my fate, I wrote
to Fanny, requesting an interview. She
coolly declined the honor of my visit. Noth
ing daunted, I wrote and wrote again. At
length my letters wore returned, unopened,
with a request to bo troubled no more. I
cursed the folly that had led mo to humble
myself to tho'bnughty danio. If Iwas galled
before, I'was now stung to the heart’s core.
I left my native land; for ton years I sought
amusement in foreign travel."* When I re
turned, some months ago, fate—accursed fate
—brought mo in the neighborhood of the col
jogo where this boy was completing his stud
ios. All tongues were loud in his praise, his
virtues, his gentleness; in short, ho was the
constant tbpnie of conversation. I hated him;
for his mother lavished that love oh him I had
so Jong sought in vain. AVo met, sometimes,
in.coinpany, but it -was impossible not to per ;
ceive that he most industriously shunned all
intercourse with mo,, and, with. cool polite
ness, repelled all. endeavors on my part to bo
friends; On the' night of the' fatal ball I know
not wligt foiil devil prompted me to insult
hinj. His fearless and determined manner,
before the lovely girl who hung on his arm,
made nm fooj.hs contemptible as I know I must
appear in her eyes; I hastened home, wrote
a laconic .challenge, which produced that
equally laconic reply,”
, Edwards listened attentively to Morton’s
tale of his early love; but, while he pitied his
disappointed and unrequited passion, despis
ed the stops ho had taken to obtain revenge.
. After a few momenta’ silence Edwards ob
served ;
• Charles Singlotop may withdraw
himself from this mad arrangement. which
must prove certain death to both parties,"
Morton answered■ ■ ' •
You do not know the hoy, As soon might
you expect the roaring cataract to retrace its
looming up the rugged rooks from which it
dashes, as that bravo youth to recode from
any stop when he feejis assured that he is
right.”
‘‘Allow mo, then, to settle this difficulty
amicably, if you do not wish to take his life,"
said Edwards quickly, eager to catch at any
plea to stop this horrid duel.
. “What! to he posted for a coward—a pol
troon—.through the whole State of Virginia ?
Never)’ replied'the duellist, “noyer! Would
not all the world say, if ho had fought with
pistols, I should not have shunned the en-
counter? I know ho is totally unskilled in
the use of fire-arms; of course ho had but a
poor chance to hit mo. My object was to
humble his mother’s proud soul, when she
should bo told she was indebted to the man
she spurned for the life of her much loved son.
1 , ~B P u r has signed the death-warrant of
us both.’.’
For God’s sake lot mo appeal to his moth
er to put a stop_ to this duel ? I will make it
appear the not is entirely unknown to you —
will that satisfy your revengeful heart ?”
And make her hate mo worse than over,”
returned Morton, with n bitter smile.
_ “It cannot bo; all remonstrance is in vain
it is too late to retract now,
With a heavy heart, the Doctor took his leave
to meet the following day to attend his friend
to the scene of certain death.
Thursday morning dawned as calm and
bright as though no deed of death was contem
plated. Before the appointed hour both par
ties wore on the spot.
Morton was pale and agitated; over and over
again did Dr. Edwards urge him to desist be
fore it was too late.
His only reply was, “ I dare not; I, who have
faced death so often, am doomed to meet it at
last from the hands of one I ought to love as
my own child, for ho is the offspring of lior for
whom I would willingly sacrifice ten thousand
lives.” • ■ '
“I cannot fight against fate; my doom is
sealed.”.
On the other side, poor Frank, with tearful
eyes and almost bursting heart, entreated
Charles to let him adjust the matter, and not
bo the death of his dear mother and his loved
Adele.
“ Name not those dear'objects to me now,”
said Chqrlos, “it will unman me; toll them
my Ihst prayer—my last thought was for
them—Lid thorn pray for me when lam
gone,”
Then turning with, a bright smile towards
his adversary, bp inqu'irpdof Frqnk if thp bopr
ivas nigh? r ’ .
Previous to taking their ground, Edwards
onco more appealed to Morton—once more out
dcavored to melt tho hard heart of tjiat ror
vengeful man,
“book at him, Morton, look at him ; have
you tho heart to be the death of that hoaiitir
ful, that dauntless hoy ?” •
”1 daro not look at him,” owed Mopton;
“he is too like his mother; if 1 see her imago
reflected in her child, it will make a coward
of me; urge mo no more, tho dip is cast for via
both.”
In a few minutes, the seconds on either side
made the requisite arrangements, the oppo
nents took tfieir respective places; Charles
with a firm step, hut flushed cheek. Morton,
pale, tottering, with his eyes averted from the
object of his vengeance.
Thpword was given—they advanced, and as
each rifle touched the breast of his antagonist,
they simultaneously 'fired. Charles—tho no
ble, whole-souled Chaples, foil dead instantly,
tho ball had pierced his heart. ,
Morton uttered one shriek—one fearful
yell, and then expired.
The friends of these unfortunate beings
who had been hurried out of existence, jointly
expressed their regret at the result of this en
counter, and as they departed, bearing with
them the remains of mistaken vcngeanOO, de
termined never again to join in any affray of
honor.
Edwards had, comparatively speaking, an
easy task to perform. Morton directed in his
will that his body should bo placed in tho bu
rial ■ ground Of his ancestors, in Dinwiddle
county, as he had no near relatives; none,
■grieved at his (untimely doatb particularly as
his wealth consisting'of a cotton plantation
apd slaves; ho requested should lio equally
divided between tho two beings ho had most
injured, namely, tho mother, and affianced
bride of his victim.
On poor Frank, tho nffoctioiiqtp, tho tender
hearted Frank, devolved a duty as distressing
to.h-im, as it was to those to whom it.was'his
lot to disclose the adventure of that fatal day.
When tho dead body of her darling son was
borne to the dwelling of his widowed parent,
her heart hlad with anguish.
No one but Dr. Edwards and herself could
surmise why Morton boro such a deadly ani
mosity to her amiable and much respected
son. Deeper, far deeper, was the wound Mrs.
Singleton endured from tho pertain conviction
that Charles had fallen a victim to tlie malice
Morton felt towards her. , As tho grave clos
ed over his remains, she felt as if tho whole
world was centred in,the coffin that held the
ashes of her only child.
We will now turn to Adele—the tender, ti-
mid Adelo. She had looked forward to tho
approaching vacation with delight. Charles
would come homo with her brother Frank.—
Their plantations joined ;' she would see her
loved Charles every day until ho should go to
the city to commence tho study of law. Oh,
how fondly, how anxiously did that young
girl wish for that vacation.
AVhen the hows reached her that lie was
dead—shot—we may almost say murdered— :
she fell as lifeless as tho body of him slie
mourned. Days, weeks, months passed—that
beautiful, that innocent being Was a raving
maniac, with brain fever; and when reason
once more dawned on horse long benighted
soul, it was only to renew her sorrows'; she
seemed as if awakening from a long slumber,
One by one she inquired every circumstance
of Charlo’s death. Daily, hourly did she yipw
tho little uuniaturo—his last, his dying gift,
As she kissed tho senseless ivory, she would
gently whisper, “I. shall soon bo w*^ l J'°H
dear, dear Charles,”
Truly did she surmise her stay on earth
was hut for a short duration. As tho fever
left her fragile frame, she sank into a deep
decline, from which no art of medicine could
save her. She fadod daily, and as tbe annh
versary of Charles death drew nigh, her phy
sicians requested no allusion whatever might
he made to jfenew her grief, as any
might proyo' fatal; ’ ■ ,
About noon on tho 18th—the unfortunate,
the fatql 18th of September—Adelo requested
to ho assisted to tho Window to enjoy the fresh
air; The day was serene and' beautiful.—
The foliage was just beginning to'change in
the neighboring forest, and poor Adelo notic
ed to Mrs. Singleton,- who was 'tfritohing' be
side her;; ,
“The leave's are falling again; I shall soop
fall too; This is the anniversary of ortr dear
Charlo’s murder; have you forgotten it?"
Then taking her miniature from her bosom,
she kissed it over and over again, and, turn
ing to her weeping mother, said: ’
“Promise to lay me in the same grave with
Charles, will you ?"
Sobs wore the only answer she received.—
She then continued: ,
■“ It is near ugiy soon, J come, dear Charles
—I come,”
She bent her head over his image, ns though
to press it to her lips; but, alas, that goutjo
spirit had fled forever. Adolo was dead J
According-to her dying request, she was
laid in tho grave beside him whom she had
loved so fondly through life. Not a, dry eye
followed that sweet girl to tho tomb; and ma
ny, very many wore tho execrations that wore
uttered by tho assembled slaves on tho bad
white man who murdered their young master
and mistress. ■
The wealth boquathed by Morton to Mrs.
Singleton and Adolo was scornfully, rejected
by both. Dr. Edwards, as tho most intimate
friend of Mr. Morton, was requested to seek
out tho lawful heirs, and restore thoir proper
ty, which ho most honorably did,
Ero another year had waned, tho heart-bro
ken mother was laid in tho grave of her mur
dered son. Thus throe amiable beings wore
hurried out of existence; the victims of a bad
man’s revenge.
“OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BET, BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 3 ;
People living at a distance from the Nation
al hletropplis, and reading the report of Con-
proceedings in the papers, do not
know precisely how to account for the peculiar
dcliyoranoes most in fashion in our legislative
halls. Their conception of a Congressman is
about as far from the reality as a landswan’s
idea of a whale, and their notion of Congres
sional dignity and decorum—-formed upon ab
stract principles—would experience a rude
shock if they wore suddenly transported to the
Capitol. They would see m the House of Ro
prpspnhjtivos, for example, a knot of members
just outside of tho charmed and charming cir*
ole, (supposed to include within its boundaries
the ■“ fjrst map” of the country,) smoking, and
enjoying otlum sine digifitate in the freest and j
easiest manner possible. They would see an
other honorable gentleman, stretched at full
length on one of the lounges within the hall,
tryiifg to catch some short repose, after the de
bauch of tho previous night. If the yeas and
nays are called, a friend shakes him ilp ftt the
proper moment, and ho sits upright and drow
sily re’oords his vote. Jf nothing very exciting
is transpiring, they will he sure ttf have' a sa
tisfactory view of a very largo variety .of boots
struck up, American fashion, far above that
Eortion of tho' person supposed to contain the
union brain. If they are' piifficfflitrly fortu
nate’, they may lumpen to see one honorable'
Representative refreshing himself with alter
nate bites of Bologna sausage and cracker, and
another keeping, his throat moist during tho
delivery of his speech by modest sips of egg
nog" gracefully imbibed.
. Tho Ijiouso being composed of representa
tives of essentially democratic principle's, one
would hardly oxpoot to firid many specimens
of the “air nobio!’ therein, and ono would be'i
very apt to meet with disappointment if he'
did. With some worthy exceptions, tho gen
eral oppearanco of tho members is not indica
tive- either of high brooding or of gigantic im
tolloct. But whatever may bo their outward
deportment, tho language constantly employed
in the House, in the presence of ladies in tho
galleries; and spread before the world in the
reports of proceedings, is such as would be un
becoming if uttered-in tho lowest grogory in
the land. Tho “ retort courteous” lias boon
banishod, and members stigmatise each other j
as liars, thieves and perjurors.
Is thoro’no remedy for this state of affairs,
Or is no remedy noeded ? It is tho deliberate
choice of twenty-five millions of Anglo-Saxons
that they should ho thus misrepresented? Is
there some fatal malaria about tho House ot
Representatives that degrades the members of
From the. jYctc Oi‘hant cl Trnc Jbelta,
TIIE LITTLE CHURCH AT.-TUB SOUND.
• ; . k. ni'■
BY, MISS C v WINGATE.
It seems but a little while Sipeo' Christmas
garlands hung fresh and greehupoq the walls
of our city churches, and yot.tho solemn sop*
son of Lent, which shipped; off even their
crisp and faded remnants, ik itself half gone;
And.now, while wo inhale. thp; u Bpicy breath
of spring,” Which has.stolen/Wnon us almost
unawares, and crush with tread tho
milk-white blossoms which, fall from the
orange trees, my thoughts revert to another
church that knows no decorations save those
which spring bestows—ho otljef garlands than
those which summer, wifli lavish fingers,
hangs about it. No brilliant coloring, from
stained glass windows, falls upon its altar, or
its nistes, .hut golden sumlvcams stream in
through the foliage which surrounds it, till tho
bare floor and cushionless benches are mottled
over.with ever-changing radiance. • And scarce
has the gorgeous gilding;of'day grown pale,
ere the softer, moonlight repeats, in silvery
meshes, the mystic figures. ; '
One little glimpse,yoii can catch as you.ap
proach a turn in tho road which leads -to it,
of something white/you know not what. , It
may he hut the early hay-blossom—for the
qir is rich with its sweet,perfume; or the
gleam of some placid lake, just seen, then lost
again—for woodland deceptions are familiar
to you'who hayo seen how tho stqrtlijig opt?
lines of seine giant figure m< away, qa-yeip
near tho gnarled and leafless tree which ofigir
nated them, or some monster of thp foY-pst, tin :
familiar alike to yonp experience and your
imagination, is merged i rite the st(inte4 hush
thgt grew apart from its fellows, tpbia tim°
you ydU not yep hire to pronounce upon the
little speok of white that flecks the landscape
before you, hut never again can it flash across
your eye wltliopfc fjpiekeping your pulse,'
bringing with it a sense of security m tho
wilderness, of companionship in tho solitude,
of hope and-of peace—for it'jb. one wee corner
of our little chprch, "
Like, ft.snow-whito doyo it nestles
In among tho, trees,; •
AYhoso .every loaf iit sjpring-timo rustles
In tho passing breeze ;, .
Rustic benches are around it,
Carved with many a,name;
Ilero our fathers sat and, rested, -
Hero wo do tho same. •'
Here wo hoar thb occan
In tho distance roar, v
Sco its upwards,
*. High above-iho' •
Soo tho sunlight on thpitrcamlcf,
Glittering like a i ,gto?y # |.‘
old oakis tendto mcct it,
'’Moss-dad they and hoaVy-
Here a little bridge hofii spanned it—
Frail and weak it soemeth;
Often hero,l love to-stand, when
MoonVtgh.tVer it glearaoth,
. Listening .to chirp, otkntydids ' ’
Xunt sing on' the youngilms/ n *'•
Aiid picture.distant rcalws. .
Musing upon tho dead ■who lio
• Asleep within those graves, . '
Or tlroami.ig o'er those wavelets free,
About old ocean’s caves;
■\Vondoring what lovers hero have sat.
In sight of church and ocean,
Plighting fond vows, or silently
Entranced in deep ciqotion
Rut most I love this spot, when autumn
Storms have swept tho grove;-
"When brown pine tassels strew the forest—
Then I love, to rovo; .
When hioofy nuts come dropping near me
With sudden startling sound,
And squirrels dart among the branches
With light and graceful hound;
Or, when the largo and heavy rain drops
Have dimpled all tno ground,
Or, when the dry and broken twigs
Lio scattered all around; ■ u
Ero the wind has ceased to flutter
'Mougst the leafless trees,
Playing mad, wild pranks about mo
With the fallen leaves,— t .
Tossing h'rtir, and dress, and apron,
All about with oaso,-r
’Till X draw.my mantle close,
And run before the breeze 1
Wow, jn fancy gply ci*h X
Wander in tho grove,
See the church, the bridge,-tho streamlet,-
Every spot I love.
a- «
?hat its image has not fadptj,
Lot this picture prove,
CONGRESSIONAL REFINEMENT.
1860,
Hto the level of-r-eaoh other ? Or do none hut
underbred men receive the suffrages of our peo
ple 7 There was never a deliberate assembly
of Camanchcs or Pawnees that did not put to
shame our National Legislature—=at least in
assuming an air of dignity.
• If such thingsiore the natural outgrowth of
opr institutions, they are rotten to their core.
T.herp was no need for Lord Macaulay to pre,
diet the downfall of our Republic, because his
was a prophecy after the event. We are veri
ly fallen, if the majority of opr Representatives
are the types of their constituents; and pli opr
tflk abo.pt tho glorious destiny of our hoppy
land is more .bluster, as contemptible as it is
false. The corruption and,venality that.have
boon charged upon American politicians are
had enough, and wo have good cause to mode-,
rate our transports, in view of such charges,
whenever they are substantiated; hut oven dis
, honesty, is compatible with outward decency
and with some regard for the amenities, of-life.
Can there not he found in a body of two hup-,
.dfed and fifty men, enough gentlemen,to give
tone to the body ? , Cannot one gentleman bo
found to . preside when tho House goes into
Committee, who will have the requisite sense
of propriety, and the requisite moral courage
to rebuke behavior that disgraces a nation ?
We have no desire to exaggerate the evils of
which we speak, and no disposition to riiagni
fy, trifling faults. But these are no light mat
iters, to ho disposed of with a joko, and to bo
forgotten as soon as laughed- at. No Ameri
can could listen to the stviotpros uponsonr Na
tional hoar-garden, that are common enough in
foreign lands, without feeling his cheek burn,
grid his hosora swell with impotent ire. We
to]pr(vlo this ipsojept conduct because wo afE
tqo iiidolent to administer tho corrective ; and
the niost fatal symptom about tho disease is
tho indifference everywhere manifested, is
not true that thesp arp rpprespntqtive men; it
is not trpe thpt their total disregard of deco,
rum and good hrqpding -would ho endured for
one brief monient in any gpntlem.an’s parlor,
And if it over becomes true that public ppiur
ion ip America not only endures, hut endorses
such wilful and persistent, violation of every
principle of refinement, wo would prefer a life
under the constitutional monarchies of Eagr
lanfl or Prussia to the freest and host institu
tions that Heaven has over granted to hpma,
nity. How long are. we to blush, and to slink
away from the-question, wheq our ohijdron
ask Pa to cjpflno Congressional rofinoPieut,
■ Sailmore American,.
The arrival of tho Japanose dignipiries in
one of our owni national, vessels,, at a United
States port, presents a new phase in the histo
ry of that isolated and secluded people. The
doctrine of hon-intevconrso has long boon a
fundamental principle in Japanese polities,
and it has been faithfully Carried out. The
honor of teaching these semi-barbarians a morq
liberal policy, and whatever profit may ho de
rived from a pioro intimate intercourse: with
them, belong to us, if; we improve .the oppor
tunity now offered.' Our, grcafconmnficial ri
val has already managed to get himself into
an unfriendly attitude, and by upright deal
ing and a proper regal’d for tho prejudices
and habits of these strangers, we may, not on
ly secure a large market.for our commodities,
hut what is far better, exert a salutary influ
ence upon many millions of our race hitherto
beyond onr reach. If wo can do anything to
ameliorate the social condition and improve
the morals of this people, tho first stop is to
show ourselves worthy of their confidence and
regard.
• The accounts of tho.controversy between
the authorities of Japan and some English
residents or visitors have boon very vague and
unsatisfactory. Enough was told to show some
very sham practice on tho part of the more
civilized Islanders, and a genius for specula
tion that would bo hard to ipateh in JJew Eng
land. 'fho Vftliia of cold coins in Japan, as
established by Jaw, is very far bo}oty their ac
tual worth in comparison with coins of a ba
ser metal, The English traders soon discov
ered the different relative yalues, q.nd tI)oy es
tablished a “system of Exchanges',’ by which
enormous profits wore made at the expense of
tho Japanese. The latter was acute enough
to suspect all was not right, before all the gold
ini the Empire had disappeared, and they put
an abrupt end to those transactions* and cau
celld all contracts in which tho payment of
gold coin was a condition, Thorp was a pro
test entered, of course, in regular British form,
and some IqrgP tjilk of compelling the Japan
ese to respect their ,‘ f treaty stipulations.”—
The subsequent investigation, however, reveal
ed only one fact; namely; that these English
“ speculations” were more correctly spelt with
out the initial letter.
& »
It is unnecessary to bespeak for these visi
tors a distinguished reception. We have rea
son to believe that the United States occupies
a high placoo in the estimation of the Japan
ese, and this official visit is the first stop in oil
intercourse that will probably become intimate
and mutually profitable within a few years.
As they will no doubt extend their journey
ings in all directions throughout the country,
visiting all points of interest, it is but reason
able to presume that a similar privilege will
Hereafter be granted to Americans in their own
islands. It- is rather early in the day to pre
dict a future for an Empire of which so little
is known, 'f hero been fabulous accounts
of gold and sily.er mines of. extraordinary rich
ness existing ip some unknown portion of the
Empire, and it is possible that the mineral
resource of the islands will be developed to the
ptipost if Yankee ingenuity is allowed to dis
play itself. No country in the world has made
greater advances in agriculture, and the im
portation of improved machinery and farming
implements, and of a bettor breed of farming
stock, would bo an early result of freer inter
course. If these embassadors take homo with
them a favorable impression of our country
and people wo may do njord towards advan
cing their prosperity arid elevating them in
the scale of nation's than wo .at present iipijg
ino. Even supposing that Englishmen enjoy
the same freedom of access, the jealousy and
distrust they haye ipaiipged to awaken in Jed
do will be a constant bfirrie'r in their way,- cind
our countrymen will bo benefited by this in
stance of British impolicy and impropriety.
Hero ip a brief, b.ut pointed " assay on
man
At ton, a child; at twenty,""Wild;
At thirty, tonic, if over;
At forty, wise, at fifty, rich;
At sixty, good, or never.
Hero is an essay on woman:
At ton, a had; at twenty, in bloom ;
At thirty, married, if over;
At forty, mother; ot fifty, nunt;
At sixty—the probability is that the old
lady is something .worse for the wear.
flSy* There is a young woman living in Al
stoad, H. H., who weighs.over 7001b5., audit
takes over 20 yards of calico for a dross.
CS?” A : despatch from Norfolk*. Ya., says'
that tho great dismal swam'p is on fire, and ra
ging with great fury.
-j JAPANESE yiSlTflp.
A Fanny Case,
• A man named Pierce Kitchen wfts recpntly
tried in the Quarter Sessions of tho city, for on
assault and battery on his wife. Mrs. Kitch
en was brought -to the stand—couldn’t swear
that her husband hftd ever struck her, but
swore that ho indulged in whisky, and failed
to support his family. Mr. -Kitchen plead his
own caws— saying the lawyers werehuinhugs.
“ Mrs. Kitchen, gentlemen of the jury,” said
Mr. Kitchen, “is a meriihor of a church.—
Mrs. Kitchen forsakes her kitchen, and spends
half her time in the lecture-room. While my
breeches are running tq seed, gnd the children
going about with illkept noses and dilapidated
extremities,' Mi's. Kitchen is indulging in con;
fab with ft lot of old igdies about the shocking
nudity of the South Sea islanders. While wils
ling to provide for her, gentlemen of the jury,
I ain’t willing to feed all tho brethren of the
church, nor to give Bohca parties to twenty
ale twice a week, neither.. If I’ve got tight
e strength of such provocation, gentlemen
of tho jury, it ain’t a hit more than the best of
you would have done if placed in my circum
stances ; and if you was mo, and. I was you—
knowing tho ease as I do—r-I’d render a ver
dict of acquittal, and sevved the woman right.”
The jury rendered a vercliet of “ Not Guilty”
—thinking evidently that Mrs. Kitchen should
give more attention tq her own kitchen and
her little kitchens.
llow to Enjoy Tpollm(il}e.
To- enjoy this delectable pain to its fullest
extent, you-should have it in. all its glory for
about a week. Let the pain pcrinohate and
insinuate into every portion of the body, ra
cing, jumping and springing around generally
like rats in a corn crib; let it ache until you
can’t toll whpthpr tjiq ppm is in your mouth,
oh the ton of yoqr hpad, or in your prqvat, but
rathprtliinl{ it-ia qro)ind thorp; Ipt it pcho un
til yog fpel }ike R would h° a .groat polipf to
hold up your head by tho cars qnfl shpkp opt
every mollir, incisor, grinder, and aohor in it;
let it ache until yon are doubtful whether you
stand in the position that nature assigned yon,
or with your heels in the air; let it ache un
til yon sqriously believe that every hone, nerve
and muscle of your body is full of teeth, and
thftt every tooth is aching on its own hook,
and then, when you have enough pain to fit
out an hospital—when you feel like kicking
yorijeejf do-ifq stairs—when you are excee
dingly anxious to fall down somewhere and
break your neck-—then, wo repeat, yon will
begin to realize the toothache.
- From thc-N. Y. Post of Tuesday Evening, .
[Jobbery of the Adams Company’s Boston Bi-
press.
4lf Iron Serfs taken from the .car. s— Sixteen
, thousand ftollars Lost—The Thieves Es
cape with their Booty.
; Last night, shortly after the Now York and
Boston train left Now Haven, the agent in
charge of the express safes and packages of
tho-Adams Company loft the room where he
was stationed, and visited the mail room ad
joining against the understood' rules of the
Company. During his absence an iron safe,
weighing about one hundred and sixty pounds,
and containing sixteen thousand dollars, was
thrown from the oar by some parties at pre
sent unknown.
It is presumed that the theft was accom
plished by persons who have been passing tip’
and down the road for some months watching
for_ the opportunity to abstract the valuables, j
This opportunity .would not have occurred had
the agent remained at his post.
I’ho express room is built in the fore part of
the baggag® car, and has three doors, one
upon each side and one leading out upon the
forward platform. A pdssago-way connects
with the baggage-room in the rear of the oar,
and between the two is the mail room. The
parties, who were undoubtedly on the watch,
might have approached the safe front cither
the front or", rear platform, but it is almost a
certainty that it wgs tlirown either from the
front or side door,
The agent did not discover his loss until the
train Ijacj reached Forty-second street, in this
city. lie is, however, silrd, that hd noticed
the safe at Now Haven.
■ The following is a list of the property con
tained in the safe, as far as is known, furnish
ed us by Mr. John Hoey:
Ton $5OO bills of the Atlantic B,ank of
Boston.
§3OO in bills, newly issued, from the Lang
don Bank of Dover, Now Hampshire.
. A number of notes of various amounts.
Throe coupons, of §2.0 each,-.of the Bank of
| Commerce, New York. ’ ,
Notes belonging to Rathbond Brothers; and
some smaller amounts in money.
It is the opinign of the officers of the Com
pany that the safe was buried immediately ; I
at any rate, thp, thieves will find hard work to
got rid of the notes, if they should dare to
bring them forth.
■ . The Company have this morning paid the
amounts called for in the various receipts, so
that their customers do not lose oven by delay.
The Safe was recovered on Thursday, in a
pile of old railroad ties. The robbers cut a
square piece out of the bottom of the safe;—
They cut open the money bags, taking only
the contents. The §3,000 of new bills on the
Laugdon Bank will not prove available, pay
ment being stopped
The Danger of Masquerading—A Jcd'ge
Mistaken for an Escaped Convict.— Tho
Cleveland (Ohio) Plaiiuiealer sa.ya that recent
ly a loading, oitizom having heed intited to a
parlor masquerade resolved to go, and to make
his disguise impenetrable sent to Columbus
for a convict’s fujd'gaijn. It arrived in duo
time, and a)jout nine’ o’clock on the evening
of the masquerade the. Judge put it on,'cov
ered himself with a light cloak and sallied
forth, a violent ivin,(J prevailed and one of the j
gusts took the Judge’s cloak oft’ and sent it I
whirling into tho air. lie sprang to recover /
it; ftnd at tho same time a watchman sprang 1
fof hiiri." Tho JddgC got his cloak, however,
before tho watchman got him, and started on
a fast run, hotly pursued by tho watchman. ,
The Judge saw it alb The watchman mis
took hiu)' fora regular escaped emmet If
caught it would bo unpleasant. Iho natch
man saw it all too. Here was a chance to
(distinguish himself, and perhaps to make
(something by it. The race became exciting.
Fortunately for tho Judge it happened on a
back street. The race continued. The watch
man was reinforced by another watchman,
and both pursued the Judge at a furious pace.
Tho Judge finally yielded, and made tho
watchmen, after considerable trouble, under
stand who ho was and what lib was about.—
Ho was then suffered to proceed on his way.
Ho told his wife, who said she would never
say anything about it, and tlutt is how it got
out.
. B®*Mr/ Bombo'rgor, 7(1 years of agoj- resi
ding in Baltimore, committed suicide the oth-’
or day by cutting Ids throat with a razor.—
lie had boon for some time ill with a disease
of the lungs, anti preferred to die at once ra
ther than linger. lie was a soldier of 1812.
db.k tmb dßnik
WZh An Irish lady, in her will, ordered her
body to bo burned after .her death, asshowas
afraid of being buried alivoi . ■ •
PZP The man tried to stop the bark, of
a dog in the waters of eternal youth, isnow
endeavoring to invoke the muse of a cat.
OTT* Mary asked Charles, “Wlidt aniniaj
dropped fropi the clopds ?" “The rain, dear?'*
was the whispered reply; . '
ET" Ifo doubt a lady may be' expected td
make a great noise iii the wdrld when, hefc
dress is payored with bugles; '
tC/ 3 Every man - pan, and should do sotrie
thing for the public, if it bo only to kick a
piece of orange peel into the road from the
payoment, . - ' . ■ c
K7”'lf you wish to cure a scolding wife!
never fail to laugh at her with all your might l
until she kiss her. : Sure. cure.
PCPT What is' the difference between an enp
peior and a beggar ? The one issues ihami
featocs; the other manifests toes without hiip
shoes.
CT'-Why is it impossible for'.a watch that;
indicates the smaller division of tithe oyer tq,
he new ? Ijecniise it must always he second
hand one. '
OC7“ An old lady, being asked to subscribe
to a newspaper, declined on the ground that'
when she wanted nows she manufactured it. '
0“ “ Give! me a kiss, dddr girl;" “ 1 can’t,”-'
she replied; “ 1 don’t mind lending you one;’■
hut I must have it returned to-morrow.”
OCT” There is a man in Carlisle so witty that
his w\fe manufactures all the butter that thS
family uses fi'oiri thd cream of hiS jokes. ' .
! TJ“ Trusting to Ipek is .trusting to time, and
time is the most iinroliahle of {til things witH'
its fruits.
KIT* Oft what seems si trifle! a mote nothing
by itself, in some nice situations; tiirns thl
scale of fatcj and rules the most important
aetipns:
CT’ Of eloquence, Pascal says“ The a :
greeable .and the real lire requisite; but this
Agreeable must itsfelf bo found in the truth,”
|£7“ jf misfortunp comes info yoilr housfe;
bo patient and smile, pleasantly,■ and it will
stalk out again; for It can’t btar cheerful edra--
pany. . ■
‘ TC7” We arc sure to he losers when wo guar- ,
rel with ourselves; it is a civil war, and m all
such contentiops triumphs arc defeats.
HIT" Wo oftdri see young spendthrifts ally
ing themselves to females who,arc hot sb only
because they have nothing to osp'p'Ud;
O*A man whose caption is dscesslve, sel
dom feels the satisfaction that comes from n
sense of security;
: O” One good dccd canriot compensate for
a life of crime; a single ounce of gum is not
enough to embalm a whole catacomb of niutm
mips. -
1 , • .
XT’ The confidential friendship of two bad
and "cunning iritfu ip generally an injury to 1
others, and no benefit to tji.emsolves.
“I shall be indebted to your for life,”
as the man said to his creditors when he’ iitA
away to Australia; " ‘ ■
E7’ Why nrejokCs like nuts ?—Be'cau'se the
drier they are the better they crack;
O” When you receive a kindness, remem
ber it; when you bestow one, forge/; it,
. Fame is like ijh opl—-rather, hard to
catch 1 and a good deal hardbr to hold;
K 7" A Mr. Lyon declined fighting a dud,
and was called a nog for it; ‘‘Ah, you may - ;
call me" dog, hat a live dog is better than a
dead Lyon.”
B'7’ Don’t judge of moral character by the
face. The frog is rriorfc' ihnoceut than many :
an animal that has a, much handsomer physi
ognomy;
[CT" Slanders, issuing from red-and beauti
ful lips, are like foul spiders crawling from
the blushing heart of a rose.
K 7" Tho, young lady with ‘.‘ speaking eycsl’.
has become quite hberse ;ip consequence of
using them too much!
DC?" To quell the pride" even 1 of the greatest,
we should reflect how much more' wo owo to
others than to oufsclvbs.-
tCT” It is certainly a parados that wo aro’
naturally desirous of long life, and yet unwill-.
lug to bo old; ■
D Zf" Never rifcgloct yo Hi fireplaces; Much
of the cheerfulness of life depends upon them;
What makes a fire so pleasant is, that it is a
live thing in a dead room,
IC7” Philosophers' thtipselvos; like the stoic
gentleman of Marmontel, after praising sim
plicity of living, often sink to sheep' 04 heavy
suppers and bods of down;
fas' It is ft ge’ne'rftt remftrk that all classes'
of persons are ever ready to give th'eir'-opin
ions; Wo think the lawyers must bo except 1
ed ; they sell theirs;
Ho who has niadb .time his friend will
have little to fear from his enemies; but ho’ ;
that has made it his enemy, will have little#
hope from his' friends;
0 s Good faith is the richest exchequer of '
governments, for the more it is drawn upon
the firmer it is, and its resources Increase with ’
its payments;
The highest and most characteristic
I odory of all earthly beauty is to make us as
pire to a heavenly one; and a woman is great .
in proportion fo the ideal she suggests;
. O" You may outlaw’ the friend of truth,- ■
I but truth remains; you may humble the poet; >
the artist, and the Christijui, but you oannqi .
debase poetry, or art, or Christianity. ’ 1
are best situated to’ bo happV;
who nno neither too high nor.too low—high
enough xi>'see models of good manners, and. ;
obscure enough to be left in the sweetest of ■
solitudes;
ConkuniAi..—-“Husband, 1 dqnt know where
that boy got his bad temper; I am sure not
from mo." “No, my dear, for I don’t find
that you have lost any.
tCT* There are hardly any persons so forlorrt
and dostitue, as not to have it in their power,
to do some good. There is much kindness
which is not expensive.
E 7" A fortune won inf a day is lost fn a day
a' fortune won slowly, and slowly compacted,
seems to acquire from the hand that won it a
Ip'roporty of endurance;
JET” A gentleman praising the’eo'ne'ro'aity of
his friend, observed: “Ho spends his' money
like water.” “ Then of course ho liquld-ates
ins debts,” rejoined a wag.
NO. 47.