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hp Pres|4pnlial Contest.
iisdoi^
s mid-night,' June
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S T VOLUNTEER
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BRATTON.
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-ollar and riffey 1 Cents, paid
if paid, within the year \
Cents, if not paid within
bo rigidly adhered to in
iption discontinued until
>BB at the option: of the
ipaniod by. the cash, and
will. bo' inserted throe
wenty-fivo cents for each
1,0 .of a greater length in
ind-rbills, Postmg : billB,
Ac. Ac., executed with
it notice. -
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need.
! SPEECH OP HOW. IIERSCHEL V. JOHNSON,
Democratic Nominee for Vice -President,
Washington, June 2(s.—Thdfollowingis
the speech of the Hon, Herschel Y. Johnson,’
of Georgia, last night, at the National Hotel,
on, accepting the nomination for the Vice Pre
sidency on the ticket with the Hon. Sthophen
A. Douglas: _
Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen'of the National
Democratic Party, and Felhio-ciligehs: I was
taken by surprise’when I received a telegram
phie message in Baltimore, at three o’clock
this day, that the Hon. Benjamin 'Fitzpatrick
had declined the nomination tendered him by
the Democratic Convention, and that it was
demanded of me to accept it. It is known to
many of you that my name was freely men
tioned in Baltimore in connection with this
nomination, and that I persistently refused to
countenanco.it, but invariably argued that if
Georgia, were to be thus honored, it was due
to another’of her sons, most distinguished for
his talents and great public services.
, This was my earnest desire, and the desire of
the delegation of which I was a member. But
the Convention in its wisdom deemed it best
to nominate a statesman of Alabama. It was
entirely satisfactory. Alabama is, the child
of Georgia, and the mother cordially responds
to any compliment bestowed upon her daugh
ter-. These are the circumstances under
which I have been assigned this distinguished
position, and which demand that discrimina
tion shouldyield to the voice of duty.
The National Democratic party is in n pe
culiar condition. It is assailed in tho house
of its professed friends, and threatened with
overthrow. The country is in a peculiar com
ditipn. . It is on the eve of a soctiotfdl'BQnflict,
which may sweep down all political parties
and terminate in a dissolution of the Union.
It is the duty of patriots and statesmen to
unite in averting those threatened calamities.
It may hot bo inappropriate to refer to‘the
circumstances which imperil the National Do
moeracy. . The, Alabama delegation wont to
the Convention at Charleston instructed to de
mand the incorporation into the platform of
the party the proposition that Congress should
mteryone for the protection of slavery in the
lerritories, and to withdraw if the demand
should be: refused. It was refused, and I
think properly refused. • That delegation did
retire, and with them-a large portion of the
delegations from tho cotton States. 1 Why
should they have retired ? The record shows
that if they had remained at their post, they
had tho power to. prevent tho nomination of
any candidate who might bo obnoxious to the
Sodth.
CANDIDATES.
ink yon for thisma
-8 and of your outhu
under which tide
spontaneously, and
impnstrates on ear
fills my heart with
100 standard-bearer
lation which is con
inough to save the
and Disunion, is,
i any citizen may
impressed with the
ion, and trust that
import to mo ,the
'comply with all of
isoJ' Our beloved
• a fearful sectional
wo Union itself in
agonisni ia prbduc-
ffin Duion to
it tor the purpose
ig slavery, and: a
other section for
ivery into those fe-
Jt want it. [Cries
iltra men in both
ional intervention
in the Territories.
10 power and the
nent to control the 1
to the mode of ox
ne demands the in
overnmpnt for sla
>t.' Each appeals
:es of his own sec
harmony of the
Jilt's so," and
??i(.the‘position of
loving men is, or
Territories,
o, and i immense
loaition of tbo De
idential contest of
* was the position
tor, and Cass, and
dl political nflini
tho - Compromise
? common ground
luted and put to
i North, and tho
that memorable
«o it again," and
common ground
a nd Democrats
icotills party plot-
Thus reduced by the secessions, the Con
[ vention adjourned to Baltimore, and request
ed-the States to fill the vacancies in their re
spective delegations. The Convention re-as
sembled on the 18th. The seceding delega
tions were returned—some accredited to, Rich
mond, :and others to Baltimore, by the way of
Kiohmend—ingti-ucfed to make the same.de
-2 and to withdraw if it bo refused. Do-
I ma ln/n re Winted in Louisiana, Alaba-1
of thnno ■ by the National Democrats
secede™’ 8 Tn 9 ’ * o ] lll . tho TOo » nt «»* of
were of. Alabama and Louisiana
ion ted an( * seceding delegates re
■J- an d the seceding delegates from Geor
«mK«ero ,n i n !!^ to seats, and they all took
wbrago at the decisions of the Convention
touohing tho various contests for seats. They
etircd, organized, and nominated candidates ,
forms of 1852- The Whig party adhered
faithfully Id this , principle so long ns its or
ganization was maintained, and the Democra
tic party stillretains it as the keystone of tho
political arch which Binds the Federal Union
together. applause.] To this
cardinal principle of non-intervention has the
Democratic party renewed the pledge of its
faith at Charleston and at Baltimore. [Cheers
nmf cries of “Wo will keep the faith."] As
the chosen representative of that great party
it is my fixed purpose to' keep the faith and re
deem that pledge, at all hazards and under all
circumstances. [Three: cheers for Douglas.!
The safety of the Union depends upon a strict
adherence to the doctrine of non-intervention.
Intervention means disunion. Intervention
whether by the North or by the South, wheth
er tor or aganlst slavery tends directly to dis
union. _ Upon this identical, question an ate
tempt is now Being made to divide and de
stroy the Democratic party. Because the mi
nority of interventionists could riot intimidate
■the, majority into an abandonment of tho doc
trine of non-intervention, they have seceded
.from the organization of the Democratic party,
and are endeavoring to form a new party In
hostility to it. [Cries of let them go," “wp
can whip tho disunionists North and South ”
etc.] . ’
Secession is disunion. Secession from the
Democratic party moans secession from the
Federal Union. [“ That’s so,” and applause.]
Those who enlist under the secession banner
now will Be expected on the 4th of March next
to take up arms against the Constituted autho
rities in certain contingencies. Wehavoboen
’toW that in a certain event the South must
forcibly resist the inauguration of the Presi
dent elect, while wo find those who'are loud
est in their threats of such resistance engaged
in the scheme to divide and destroy the Dem
ocratic party, and thereby secure the election
of the Republican candidate. Does not this
line of policy look to disunion? [Cries of.
Yes ;" ‘f It cannot bo effected,” &c.J
Intelligent men must be presumed to under
stand the tendency and consequences of their
own action. Carithe sccedorsfail to perceive
that their, efforts to divide and defeat the De
mocratic party, if successful, must lead direct
ly to the secession of the Southern States ? I
ti Hot that they will aaqyvhat must be the re
sult of such a policy, ana return to. the organ
ization and platform of;tho party before it'is
•top late to save the country;. [Applause.]
The Union must be preserved. [Cheers;] J
Ihe Constitution must bo maintained irivio-1
late,.[renewed ohooririg,]. and it is our mis
sion under Divine-Providence, as I believe, to
save the .Constitution and tho Union from the
assaults of Northern Abolitionists and South
ern Disunionists.- ■ [Tremendous applause! and
throe cheers for Douglas.]
My friends, I have detained you too long,
and uill close by renewing the expressions of
my sincere thanks.
.Many voices—--Go on, go on, .
Mr. Douglas. No, it is nearly Sabbath |
morning., [A.yoicso, Wo’will listen to you for
a year, Judge]—ailfi I iTioi'oly iimdc my-ap
,pcai anco to acknpyyledge tho, compliment von
bavo paid mo by so largdia'-meeting, at this;
bite hour of the. night. , I vrecbgriize among
you the faces of many of,my;pjd friends and a
largo number of my immediate,neighbors from
Illinois, as well as others j^om, almost every
, tat° of the Union. Poplytrcgfet that my
house is not largo enou'ghr.to enable me to in
vito you, in aqd take yoii 'individually by the
hand,. [Avoiee., “Your heart is big enough;"
Tremendous enthusiasm and three times three
cheers Stephen A. Douglas, the next Pres
ident of tho. United States.] - ;
J'ko Presidency and Vice,. Presidddcwlr--
And they claim to bo the National
of the United States 1 ; J
. N6vr t if thoysyero ; if
it was thbir purpose, -in good faiths to.-obtain
the recognition.,of tho principle .of . Congrefc
sional protection for slavery in the Terrijkorios,’
i? ™it until a proper 1 time tbbring that
sulnect before the Convention, and- then, ac
wrdmg to their instructions, withdraw from
th© body ? The reason is theywere"
waging war against a distinguished man, not
lor the maintenance of principle. .Theywere
willing to, jeopardize the integrity of the De
mocratic party, and the triumphs of its cher
isbed principles, rather than see,its will pro*
claimed; in the nomination of its
Admitting, for the sake of argument, Mr,
Douglas to be. as obnoxious as they allege he
is, yet there never was d time.when the South,
.united could not have defeated his nomination.
Why, then,, should they have seceded? \Vhy
not remain at their post? "Why seek to dis
inemher and destroy the party ?,
I question not the patriotism of any,, but
the people will hold them responsible sooner
or later for all tho, ills that may flow from
th eir errors. -1 said the demand for Congres-,
®}® na * .intervention was ’ properly rejected at
Charleston. And -iyhy do I say so ? . Because '
if was the agreement between the North and
the South that the slavery agitation should be 1
removed from tho halls of Congress, and the 1
people of the Territories be left perfectly free i
to regulate their domestic institutions in their
I subject, to the ..Constitution of .the ■
I United States. This was the principle of the
i Compromise Measures of 1850, and practical
\ \7 applied to the Nebraska-Kansas act in 1854,'
! adapted .by the great, political parties I
i United States in 1852, It triumphed
m the’ election of Franklin Pierce in that 1
year, and of James Buchanan in 1856. It is
|, perhaps the best gi ound of compromise be-,
tween the North and the South which human
ingenuity can devise.
It is understood by the people of all sections,
and by it the Democratic party, at least, of
all sections should, be willing to abide. It
gives advantage to neither section , over the
I, other, because it refers all questions of dis
! puto, between them as to Congressional or
! lerntorial power over the subject of slavery
to the final,arbitrament of the Supreme Court
l ■ United States. Itis therefore safe for
the North, nnd’safo.for tho South, Its prac
tical working is not without satisfactory re
sults. Whore the people of a Territory desire I
slave labor, and the soil and climate ai‘e suited
to it, slavery will go;' whore those conditions
do not exist, it will not go. That finds an il
luetratmn in New ,Mexico,; where slavery, is
established, and this in those Territories whore
it is excluded. Only a ; few days ago, proposi
tions to repeal the slavery laws of New Mexi
co, on the one hand, and the anti-slavery laws
ot Kansas op Hie other, wore made and reject
ed in the Senate of the United States,
h SUppose those propositions, or either of
them, bad-prevailed, is it not certain that the
country would have been thrown into-the
higbqst^pxoiAemcnt?. But,by..their,iejeotion(
.•non-intervention was practically, adhered to, •
and the, public mind is satisfied and quiet.-r
-,Dot us maintain it firmly and faithfully. We
are hound to it by every consideration of in-1
terest, and obligation of compact. . Its aban
donment will prove fatal to the National Dei:
moeratic party, and ultimately to the Union
itself. It will; drive the South into intense
sectionalism, and the North into the rants of
Black Republicanism. " , • ■ !
I do not say every man of the North, for I
know that the groat body of the Northern De
mocracy will remain true to tho Constitution,
despite tho overwhelming flood of its relent
less cohorts. But I mean that the free-labor'
States would be controlled by Black Republi
canism, and would pot be able to return q
single member to either house of Congress,
friendly to tho constitutional rights of the
South.
■ I trust that this condition of things may,
never exist; but if it should, I know of no way
by \vhieh tho Union can he saved. Hence the
doctrine of Congressional intervention, ns ad-1
vocated by tho new-born sectional party, is;
fraught with poril to the country.
question is now distinctly presented to ■
the people, whether, they will adhere to the 1
doctrine of non-intervention, or whether they
.will abandon it; whether they will reopen the
slavery 'agitation, by requiring Congress to
take jurisdiction over it, or whether they will
give repose .to tho public mind, and security
to the Union, by leaving it where the Com
promise leaves rt, to the free action of the peo-
P‘ e Territories, under the Constitution
of the United States. The issue is fairly made
up, ’ It is intervention dr non-intervention.-D
Its decision involves the destinies of this great
Republic, and the highest interests of the civ
ilized, world. Compared with it, tho aspira
tionspf men and the 1 fate of, political parties,
sink into utter insignificance. Where shall
wo look for deliverance from thqse threatened
evils ? ■'
Ifc has boon the mission of the Democratic
party of the Union,'in a thousand perils, to
rescue our country from impending calami
ties. . Its past career, abounds with heroic
passages, and is illustrated with, the most.glo
rious achievements in the cause of constitu-
lonal liberty. It is the party of Jefferson,
and Madison, and Jackson, and Polk, whose
Administrations constitute grand epochs in
our national history. It is the party of the
Constitution. I look to it with confidence.—
Whore, else shall-the patriot look in :heso
times of political defection and sectional agi
tation ? Let its integrity bo permanently
strayed, and the doctrine of non-intervention
overthrown, and then the best hopes of the
statesman may well be clouded with gloom
and darkness.
It is to maintain these that I consent to
take the position now assigned me,, and wel
come the consequences' of personal good or
personal ill which that position may bring,—
Nothing else could induce mo to brave the
detraction which it invites and incur the heavy
responsibility which it imposes. I have noth
'JJg hj add but the expression of my profound
thanks for thb ; honor so unexpectedly confer
red upon me,- and my cordial acknowledgment
for the flattering terms in which I have been
notified of my nomination. Whatever may be
honorably done, I shall cheerfully do to main
tain thoyntegrity of the party and the tfiumpji
of its principles.
fi®* 1 -AT Wag—seeing a pretty girl standing
by a house having a bill of “ To Let” on it, in
quired if Miss, “ was to bo lot with the prom
ises ?” .
“No Sir-oe,” replied Miss Pert, “lam to
bo let alone” ,
, O'Good advice is beyond all price—and
yet it may,often bo had- for nothing, and is
frequently rejected when offered.
fl®“Why is a minister like a locomotive?
Because we have to look out for him when the
boU.rings.
ahrandy smash.” asthowaa
ofginTs 1 ' 011 aldnmkon man fell through a paino
-oto oousirar-Mr it always he miMi-Aldt, light c« toiot, oui ooirtmiY.'- :
CARLISLE, PA, THCfiffliltreU' 5,
He lost iJtilqißjpJlie.iamb,
A.little its mother’s
‘®ptt°ge,. oh of. flowers.
Pleased .tEeip^i^^ljiid.Ending hew
pleasures nearly
But
in vain she retraced'her>i9|op. „ She was lost
i in the pathless meadows- y®io - thick plumps
| of- trees that she;had no guide
<MHy» Could hot tell Home was h>
tswPglr and .the setting’lsdntor not. ’ -
She'sat down looked m ail
directions, in hopojof se6ihg%omo one to lead
hpr v hometrard, ,Mt > hdi6iW^ppeared., She
strained her... eyes, .jnpjf^diihi-with to
catch eight of the smokedurliligfrom the cot
she had left. It wns‘like ; tttiking out? on the
ocean with no sail in wasalonbin
the wilderness.. , ;Hours since she
had, left b.e;r- > .^pt^aLbiu^rcA''few ; 'liouiß
more; and the dark hight would he around her
and stars would look her/aiidher
looks would be wet f ■ v■: . ■ 1 , .
Sheknelt on the, ground ,'andprayod.; Her
mother in the cottogeiwdt|;il)Cybhd, the reach
of her voice, but her,‘hejavchly Father, she
knew, was always neali*,! and, could’ hear her
feeblest cry., Jifiiry had boetf-taught to shy,
“Our ' Father,” nticl in of sorrow,
when friends were fan away, and there-was
none to help,she'.paflM\u{it>ui':.Biin who .has
said tblittle'childreh|':f < Cpme'anto ihe.”
■ Mary had closed her prayer, and
whpn she opened themi Cbmlorted in spirit,-
and almost. resigned to her -fate, willing, to,
trust God for, the future, and. tb Sleep, if need
ful, on the grass, With his, aha ' around her,
and his- love above her, she espied a Jamb.—'
It was’seeking the tohdoresf lifrbs among the
tall--gras's, and 1 had-strayed;; away 'from,'its
mother and-.the flbbks,,Bo‘,thaf;-Mary Saw at a
glance she had a oompambn*jju her, solitude,
hey heart was gladdened its if she heard the
voice and saw the face of a friend.
■ The lamb was happy - It played at
her side, and tobk thelittlo tufts of grassfrrtm
her hand, as readily:,as .if djjary'had been its |
friend from infancy.
And then the lamblbitped array, and looked
back to see if its 'new-found; playmate would
follow; Mary’s heart ‘wen t out after the lamb,
and she followed her: heart.; ; Now the little
thing would sport side, and then rush
forward as if about to forsake her altogether,
but soon it would return ior -wait until she
had come up with it., OM&tyhad no thought,
no anxietywhatever, as to whither the lamb
I was leading, her. She was lost—she had :no
friend'to help her in 'Mr. lamb
had found'her in loneliness. and'she loved it,
and she loved to.follow it, and she would go
wherever it,would go. So sho vvent on, until
she, began to be wearyof the' way but hbV%f
the company. : -■
Xhe sun was just setting—a . summer, gun,
mad her shadow,, Stretched away before : her;.as'
!f.she.were toll as'd tree.; „She was, thinking
of horae. and .wondering if she shoUld ovcr find
hor way biick lo her niuthor’H hbase and her
mother s hehrt,\when ftieslainhi'hr n Buddon,
sprang;away over a gentle-kholjh.dnd :as she
reached: i t,,horspOrting>p)ayniap?fia(l.fouttd
the flock from which it .had strayed, und .the
iamb had .led Mary. • '
"I;shonld like to know what anotherthinks
of the Xord, now 1” exclaimed a little boy of ten
years, as a group of half-starved brothers and
sisters were preparing} for school, without: a
breakfast, one,better cold morning. l - .
Well knew eaph, member of -that hungry
;band of little ones, that through all 1 the trying
scenes of poverty, in their father’s long ilt
ness, a firm and unwavering faith had upheld
their praying mother. Bdt how wlmn the last
•“£ V l , J? ee ? mn de, and 'the' last frugal meal
of baked potatoes .eaten, and her own frail
form was sinking beneath, its-burden o£ work
an ,.,. 80rroW| the- climax, seemed reached.—
What docs mother think of the Lord, now?”
fell hpon the ears of one-of the loveliest-wo
men I evermet. -It wasfrom the lips of her
first born, her; darling, for whose submission to
wod she had over been hoping and striving.
The words fell upon, her heart like lead.' It
was a new test Of her sorely-tried faith, a new
drop added to her bitter cup.. - .
’A long and severe sickness of her, husband
had ,reduced them to extreme poverty, and
In resource but the ■ needle,, it had been
difficult to meet the demands of a largo fam'P
ly, and .perforin sick-room duties at the same
tinip. When this eventful morning, dawned,
there was no more food in the.house, and just
wood enough build: one more Jive. „ A slice
of borrowed bread waS -toasted for the sick
man.nnd his pillowed chair'drawn before the
lastjire. die know not the destitution, the
ton, the self-saonhees that oppressed his wife,
lie saw only the smiles,' the industry, the
neatness, and the patient waiting for brighter
When the daring -words of the hungry boy
Jell upon that Christian mothers ear, she lif
ted up her heart, in the- silent eloquence and
lorvor ofvOjacularity prayer, known only,to the
toil-worn and working, disciple., The answer
came ihe lord is good, his mercy endureth
forever. Her heart responded, and as she
raised her eyes to the window, two good loads
ot wood standing there,, testified that she had
not, thought too mudh of her Heavenly Father,
or trusted m his promises too long. The Sun
shone again upon that household,, and never,
more did Henry say, “ I wonder what mother
tmnksiof the Lord, nom” ;
The “ Dignity op bein’ Niggers."—A
slave’s speech on the relative standing of the
races, and the superiority of slavery to free
dom, is reported by the Petersburg (Va..) Ex
press, of a late date, in this wise : ■
In front of the Central Warehouse, a philo
sophical darkey, leaning lazily: against the
wheel of a dray, thus delivered:jhimself to' a
Brother J ohu.who was disposing of himself
n!H,’ a f i y; i A . U “'ggers ought to feel the dig
?,, ty b ? 1 1! "‘ggors, ’cepl free niggers, what
fno * fl^ at gnl s y am ‘ Dis minute I’m waff
about fifteen hundred dollars,”, and Ke gave a
demonstrative gesture with his Idftforoflnger,
and a heap o r white folks can’t say dat for
asysplves. Now=dar;” and ho .pointed ;to a
s„®i?u < i 4nari . y . v °gJ a nt,"is a white, man, ho
could t turn hisself into money to save his life,
more n dat he ain’t wuff nuffln.he dunno nuf
ffin dad ho won’t do nuffln. : I feels de digni
ty °"- r ftnt i dat’s what makes mo say
what I do say,” : J I
A man lately made application for in
surance on a building .situated in a village
“ there was no fire engine, and was ask
ed:. What are the facilities in’ your village
for extinguishing firqa?" “Well, it rains!
sometimes," he.roplied, with great simiilioity. I
A short time ago a maii became so
completely “ wrapped in thought" that he was
tiop up, labelled, and sent off on the “ train
of ideas." ; ’ ' ' ,
S@P Physician's proscriptions are noiv called
death warrants in tatin.”
v ■ i
The Mother’s Paith—a Fact.*-
IB6o*
„ Smoe tje tamo of Shakspeare, who said that
I a Joso by-any other name would smell os
it has been a general opinion thatthere
is nothing in. a name; but such an. opinion is
pironeous, Shakspeare to the contrary, not-'
withstanding. * There is much—very much—
»n a namo.asthe everyday experience of life
will undoubtedly prove. Any personrwho will
ta -ii°i , . t , roub !° to rea i ‘he public journals
• 'and fame of a min is
at least half the battle. Edward Everett can
sell short literary articles for two hnhdrod dol
lars, apiece, that, if written ,hy an unknown
' vn t° r > not have brought five dollars
each. N. P. IV illis or H. W. Longfellow can
get pay for poems that an obscure author could
not have,got published for nothing. Thore is
no denying the fact.
One of the most remarkable instances of the
I jalnoof “ name .is the'case of Alfred Tonhv-
Son the present P 9 et Laureate of England.—
•Wot long sinlSe he wrote a poem entitled “ Sea
Dreams-: an Idyl,” for which his publishers
paid him tlm enormous sum of. fifty dollars a
line. We have read it carefully, and append,
as a very fair specimen of the whole,'the fol
lowing fourteen lines, worth seven hundred
dollars according ,to the price he received for
the poem: .
" What.does little birdie say,
In her nest at poop, of day ?
Jot me fly, says little birdie;
Mother; lot mo fly away.'
Birdie, rest a littlo ldngor,
the wings are stronger,
So she rests:a little longer,'
Then she flics away,.-
.\ 'jWhftt does,little baby say,
, In her bed at poop of day ?
Baby, says, like’Jittlo birdio,
■ Lot mo rise* and fly away.
• ■- ; ’ Baby sloop a little longer,
£~vpaby, too,'shall fly away,'*
! Now,Mnat‘ may be very good poetry—wo
will not say positively that it is not—but, we
wo will undertake to get awcart
<load of better poetry written in America for
one dollar a line or less.. Wdo not profess
to be a flrstratejudge of poetry, but our opin
ion, is that.a.better article than that can be
found every week in at least fifty newspapers
in the United States. * • ;
The editor of, the Paducah (Ky.) Comincr
cial, who does not seem much impressed with
lennysous august name and title, gives the
following sixteen lines, which he says are'ns.
mod .as the above quotation from “Sea
dreams,’’ apd, for which he says he is willing
to take, two shillings; ’*» -
tf What does little froggie say, n
In his pond at’pocp of day?
Lot-mie swim, says little froggie,
Bulfrog, let mo swim away.
Broggio, rest a little longer,
Till your little logs are stronger; *.
So ho mounts ppon a stump, .
-And into the pond he goes, kor-chunk
• u "What does. Utile piggio say,
In his sty at peep, of day ?
Piggio says, like little froggie, ‘
Lot mo go and root td-day. .; • ■
■ JV*- tt.littleaongcr ; .
TUI Vour snout is hard and s iron nor'
; If yon stick a little longer, ■ •
. higgle then ma y r 0 0(, away. , - .
*' J TJTB BWBjfir. , , ;
I Your mapima, wants you. to come down’ to
I P a , rlor aad Pjay, the lady a tune,” said
Bridget, running into the nursery where all
the children were sitting. “You, Miss Jane
I and Emily, please to come.” > ■ I
; The girls jumped up. • “Something that wo
Emil a ’ Sm ® together,' I suppose," said
I; ‘lll play, the last one I learned, because I
carxplay that best! 1 ' cried Jane,
:, “y> n 0 )” Ba * ( t Emily, “X cannot sing that at i
weil ”° U rnUSt $ a Y s ?mothing that ! can sing ;
And while -th'py' were putting away their
sowing and-smpothing. down their hair; there
seemed to beshmecontention, for each wanted
to have her own way; and that is the secret
ot the difficulties between brothers and sis-
Itors; every-pno wants to do as ho pleases.
Jane and Emily were called very lovely chil-
I drop; and could they be really coming to ah
open disagreement like this ? .let us see. : 1
When they were.roady to come down stairs,
and on their way to the door, Jane threw her
arm around Emily's waist, and said, “Well,
* play what you sing best." And
Emily answered, “No, Jane, play what you
I'll try to sing as well as I can."
This was indeed lovely; each giving up so
sweetly. A. yielding and obliging temper is
I called the blue sky of the heart, and a very
pretty«ayingthat is.. It makes blue sky in
the home also, for it drives away clouds, and
allows no rude and angry storm to rage there.
It makes that “soft answer" which “turneth
away wrath," and utters that kind word which
is better than honeycomb. -Are you cultiva
ting an obliging temper ?
Praise your Wife.
It is no weakness in you to do it, nor in her
co desire it. Alasl how* many a’ womans
heart has died but of her for the want of it—
thirsting and panting like poor Hagar in the,
desert, for the cooling springs of love and sym
pathy which gladdened life’s morning, but
which, as she traveled towards the noonday,
vanished and left no trace. . .
If some of the superabundance of tender
ness and devotion, which is lavished upon her
girlhood, could be laid up for future use and
measured out to her in after years, when re
alities and gathering cares have taken the
place of love and romance, there would be loss
sighs and secret tears.
Many a true-hearted husband, wholly guilt
less of one unkind thought towards the wife
who makes his home happy, wonders to see
her beauty, fade so early and her spirits lose
their fre'Snnoss.' Ah 1 he has forgotteif that
shd has more need of his affection than when
shd was a care-free maiden—-that often, when
her heart and hands- are weary, she yearns
for tender and approving words from him;
thot it was his loving glance, so often bent
upon her in other days, that gave the sparkle
to her eye;, that it was his caress that brought
tlio rich color to' her cheek; that it was the
consciousness of being loved, that awakened
all the angel;in her nature, and made her
beautiful.
Look upon, her now as you used to do, with
something of the old lovo light in your eye;
thank her with a smile and a -cheerful word
when you find your easy , chair waiting for
you, chat awhile with her before you envelope
I yourself in newspapers and segar smoko';
commend sometimes tier frugality (it will be
I money in pocket,’ for it is the- best hint to
economy a wife can receive;) wile for a time
from that endless sowing; talk- with her of
the books she loves • ask for theold songs that
once charmed you so; tell her sometimes how
1 her presence brightens your homo." It is those
little kindnesses which feed’ her’ heart and
strengthen her in her daily life "
Tho light in the world comes princi
inlly .from two sources—the sun andthe atu
icnt s lump."
Whal’s in a Name ?
lishod every “ upper" ho had cut, with tlio
thrbe-oornered hole by which the patterns had
hung on their' accustomed nail. “ I saw/'
said the Deacon, “ I couldn’t make a shoema
ker of him, so I pul Mm to learning.”
, - Too Sm MlT. —“Comohore, ray little man,”
said a goo Homan to a youngster of five years,
while sitting in a parlor where a large com
pany had assembled.
“ Do you know mo ?”
■ "Yith, thir."
“Who am I?” . . •
You ith tho man who kithed mama when
papa was in New nlk.”
. AVoarn Knowing.— As “fly time" is upon
rommd our readers that it is said
that it three or four onions ho boiled in a pint
ot water, and the liquid is brushed over glass
es or frames, the flies will not light on the
articles washed. Try it.
' 865“ Great minds have purposes j others
have only wishes. *
BS?* A high rent—-a hole 1 * in' the crown o£
•your bad hat.
in Incident in liie Cars.
On,the whole, pleasant traits, and incidents
are not common in the cars, I think. This
opinion ! exprossed-to my friend’Somers the
other dhy. In reply to my, remark, he rela
ted a little adventure, which, as it is apropos,
and moreover involves d little love and senti
ment, I give it, without apology, in his own
words. It appears that in the most unlikely
places.love and sentiment may he observed ■
, I was escorting home the lovely Charlotte
whom I was at the time quite dovo
>,we 6 0t ?n!6 a. crowded avenue car.
Charlotte could scarcely find room to spread
her crinoline and arrange-her voluminous
flounces ; I stood up near her, there being no
vacant seat. °
After-a fewminutes, in came a poor woman,
who deposited a basket of clothes on the plat
lorm, and held in her arms a small cnild,
’while a little girl hung to her dress.. She
looked tired and weary, but .there was ho va
cant scat, to be sure Charlotte might havC"
condensed her flounces, but she did not. Be
side her, however, sat a very lovely and ele
gant young woman, who seemed trying, by
moving down closer to others, to make ?obm
for strangers between herself and Miss
At last'she succeeded, and with the sweetest
blush I ever saw, she invited the poof, bur
thened female to be seated.’ Charlotte I) '
drejy her drapery around her and blushed too,
but it was not a pretty blush , at all, and she
looked: annoyed at the proximity of the new
comer, who was, however, decently, though
thinly clad. • . ..,
The unknown lady drew the little girl upoil
her lap, and wrapped her velvet mantle
around the small, half clad form, and put her
piuff over the half frozen little blue hands.
So gfeat was the crowd that I alone seemed
to observe. The Child shivered—the keen
wind from the door blew upon her unprotect-.
led neftk. I saw the young lady quietly draw
from under her shawl a little crimson shawl,
which she softly put on the shoulders of the
little one, the mother looked op with confused
wonder. After a short tpfie She. rose to leave
the. oaf; and would have removed the shawl;
I but the unknown, gently whispered; “No
[ keep it on; keep'’it for hen” The Wqmnn
did not answer, the conductor hurried, her
out, but her eyes swam in tears, which no
one.saw but mel I noticqd her as she descen
ded to ft'basement, and I hastily marked the
house. 1 , ■-*.
?oo)ri after my unknown .rose to depart. I
was in despair,.for I. wanted to follow, and
discover her residence, but I'could not leave
Miss D——. : '
.How glad, then, was Xto see'her bowing as
she passed out-to a mutual acquaintance who
stood in the doorway. From him, ere- many
minutes, I had learned. her name and ad
dress. '■ '
;To shorten; the story’as much as possible,'
that lady is now my wife.-. In the small inci
dent which introduced her to me-showed her
real'character. A few days after our -mnr
nage, I showed her the blessed crimson'shawl.
KGep r as a ludrb&iifb; l3ols6*''
tnriesfpleaaant things td be found evenin iifli
.expected places. Certainly I hjjiy besaid W
nave picked my wife in the cars.i-rik.
To inlte Currant •Wine.
,®lO currants should; be fully ripe when
picked; -put them into a large tub, in which
they, may remain a week or two.; ' then crush
them with the hands, unless you have a small
patent, cider-press, in which they should pot
be pressed too much }r the stom will bo bruis-,
?r <l i' ld , lmpart a disa g re ciible taste to the juice;
If the hands are used, put the crushed fruit,,
after the juice has been poured oif, in a cloth
or sack and press out the remaining juice.—
Put the juice back into the tub after cleans
ing it, where it should remain for about three
days, until the first stages of fermentation are
over, and removing once or twice a day the :
scum copiously rising to the; top. , Then put
the juice into ajwssel—a demijohn, keg•orj
parrel—of a size .'to 'suit the quantity tojheij
made, and; to each quart of juice, add tli?ee
pounds of the best brown sugar, (we piiefor
this to the loaf,) and water sufficient tomake
a gallon. , Thus, ton Quarts of juice and thir
ty pounds of sugar will give you ten gallons of
wing, and so on in proportion. v- ■ • ,; 1
The cask must be full, and the bung-brstop
per left off till fermentation ceaaes/whicliwiU
bo in twelve or fifteen days. ; Meantime,-the
casks must bo filled up. daily. jyith /water, as
fermentation. throws out th6‘ impure 1 , matter.
When fermentation ceases, faok the wine off
, carefully—either from the epiggot or by a
cyphoh—and keep running all the time,—
Cleanse the cask thoroughly with boiling wa
ter, then return the wine,’bung up tightly,
and let it stand for four or five months, when
it will bo fit. to drink, and can bo bottled if
desired. * t
All tho' vessels, casks, &c„ should be per
fectly sweet, and the whole operation should
bo done with an eye to cleanliness. In such
event, every drop of other spirituous liquors
added will detract from the flavor of tho wine,
and will not the ledst degree increase its
keeping qualities. Currant wine made in
this way will keep for an age, unless it is
drank I Germantown Telegraph,
■ Cobbler’s Son.— The older Adams Teas
the son of a cobbler. It was perhaps, Owing
to the very fact of his humble parentage that
the eider Adam became what he was. I have
never seen the following Story in print, but it
legitimately descended to me by oral tradition
having .been told iny g*eat grandfather by
‘‘the pious Dea'con, Adams; of the town of,
Brsintrod,'* himsOlf: •
,-£ho Deacon, during a temporary obscndb,
had set John to cutting out the u uppers” for 1
some shoes; the Chinaman,, who in /
making d pair of breeches front a pattern fur
nished hy Some prudent captain, had faithful
ly copied the patches which his wife had put
ia tho seat of the old ones, John had emoel-
From the Trenton True American.
Bis Execution Respited to ihe .tfk 6f My—
Be Confesses the Awful Cnrite of Murder,.
The terrible tragedy in,the life cf,Jheofi sI
Harden is drawing to -a close; The curtain
will soon drop upoh acriminallyeyentfuljife,
and the earth' will' rhceivb ii specimen of as
hardened moral perceptions ttscter appeared
upon the public stage, ; : ; 1 , •„
In the case Of this young man there is ihltcn
to astonish mankind. Young, tolerably well
gifted, with more than an extraordiiiaryge
mal.nature, carrying in his exterior a success*
ful religious zeal, and yet, with all, a most
complete hypocrite, he presents to the world
an enigma which baffles the most'astute phy-.
Biological student, leaving all to Wonder wheth
er, after all, he is rcdlly a man of soiind mind
for it seems to bo impossible for one horn in
the quiet, of a mountain neighborhood' to have,
.grown to be so monstrously wicked in so short
| a time. ~ ; . ■ ,'T„ > ■
We received intelligence oh Saturdhyove
nine, ■which is reliable, not only confirmatory
ot . the charges made against Harden during,
the trial, but revealing an amount of guilt
yond these circumstances almost incredible
Our informant states that Harden is eyed'
now writing his confession, and. that ho has
communicated certain portions of it to thoiai-.
lor, and one or-two others. .
Ihe administration of the poison to his wife
commenced on her return to Ramseys, and
.was given to her while sitting on his knee'
oven during the endearnjfints of an apparent
ly loving wife. He kindly invited her to pir
fake of an apple on which he had: spread nr-:
seme, She unsuspectingly ate it, remarking,
that it appeared to have something gritty on
it. ' He replied that it was "nothing."
There are statements said to have been’
made, by the prisoner,' Involving his criminal-’
ity with others who shared his affections, but
we do_not think it proper to speak of tbehi
until Harden chooses to make them nublio
himself. r-
His purchase of the arsenic at Easton, hiS
using that which was about the hdus'e, are all
confirmed by Harden’s own words; tyhat is
moat ilStonishing is the statement,that in. the ’
perpetration Of thesh enorinities, Harden does
not seem to have had the slightest compunc
tions! He did them teitho.Ut fof .Once think
■“g Jhat he, Urns doing anything drfeldftil I ,•
■ -At the request of the young m’an’s religions
advisers, Governor Olden has consented to ;
respite his sentence to Friday,-the sixth day:
of July. ■ - ■ ■
Ihofking Accident—three Men Killed While
- , , lighting. ' .
The New York Herald of .’Thursday last ■
.says: • •; .r ■ ■ -, •. ■
*W- Phmed Henrjr
>V,. Hall, and Thonius Granger,’were walking >
ohito rPeekskilli'about I o'clock’
e 9‘o o ». --when Hall? and’
fell - '
was iMposslHe -
toiohswve them* at :that
™Bee.^Ak_fba.train ; approaohcd hesgave tha ,
usual .signal Of danger, apd continued,to blow
uie winstlc up ;to the time ]of the accident.' '
the watmng woa. howover, unnoticed by the '
men lighting ; but thalothet, Geo; Bawclifie;;
Went to them as soon as he observed the train, •
and attempted , to. separate them, when Hall
seited him' by the arm . and held him on the"
tracb r -.W ...
■ The engineer; now. seeing that it was al
most impqssiblo to prevent running over them;
reversed,the engine and Applied the patent 1
brake, but, too late, as before the trainnobldV
be stopped-it had passed over them, instantly , '
killings two, and fatally injnring the'thirds .
pawchife, the young man who attempted to
Separate the others, was struck upon the head ■
py the cow-catcher, and thrown upon the i
other track. He struggled hard to free him- ■
self from the grasp of Hall, hut the latter
' 80 thatthe head of the unfortunate’ i
man projected over the track upod -
WBich the tram was. Ho was instantly'
w • , T " omaa Granger wns underneath '
Hall, and was mangled m a horrible manheri'
,Ue was also instantly killed.'
1, The other, Henry W. Hall, was struck upon:, .
the head by the cowcatcher and thrown to
tho side of the track: Ho lived nearly half.ati'
hour, but was speechless and insensible Oir
examination it was found that his skull and.
side were broken. Hawks ahotft thirty-five
years of age, and lived at Oyster Bay, L. I.:
Granger was also an American; 28 years of/
ago. llawcliffe was an Englishman;. Some’
three or four days since he received a letter
from his mother iri England, and yesterday/
morning bought some paper and envelopes for
the purpose of answering his mother’s letterV
.they were all, single men. • - .
layout Hie Detroit .Advertiser.
Defaulter Runs ilttny.-A Sad Cojfltacntarj 1
ou Human Nature;
The derelictions of David, Cunningham, ajs .
young man of this city, have caused groat grief,
to a largo circle of acquaintances,, who, had 1
been led to repose confidence in his piety and-' 1
general business Uprightness.' lie iad long:
been in the employ .of Mr, J. W, Strong, in- ■
suranoo agent, and was ah active Inember of
■the Woodward Avenue Methodist Church,—r;
Fcb'rhary last, Mr; Strong discovered that;
Cunningham ha'd been guilty.of rebditing mq l .
n'Sy that ho had not accounted for; SucH,
however, was his confidence in him; that he'
I accepted his promise to make rip' thd deficient
oncy and sin no more, and still retain him in,
his office; (Some ton or twelve' days singe lie
discovcrcd'of/ier like wrong acts) hud discharg
ed, him, and though ho might have had him
arrested,.took no compulsory measures Cun-
I MHWfty thought best not to runi
nek, andioft the city. He was subsequently-
Vlnst Saturday a about town’.^
On Sunday, a .young lady, a member of the
Congress street Methodist Church, to whok
he had been for sometime engaged, disappear-' ' A °
hor -i 01 ??’ and J 4 ia su PPoatid has loft
the city with him. Cunningham has long
earned on liis thieving scheme, His plan „
vvas «J issue “ applications” for policies to ig
norant parties, making them believe they wore
mi°ii™ y P *? ors , noeded ' an, J to pocket the prt<
~8 0>t ‘°. a PP r bpfiate the money for
K-rt SBU i° 3 ' 18 not known 40 what extent
he has done this/ os each day dovolopos some"
now evidence of like fraud. In one Instance' :
he procured a gratuitous policy from Mr.
Strong fora lady, who he representedto bo
too poor to pay, tbp bouse after a while
caught fire and; was destroyed, when Mr.'
, 44)114 ®bo not only was not poor,
bnt had aetuaUypaid Cunningham the premi-
Mother.—A Mrs. Case died re
cently at Wautoma, "Wis., aged sixteen years,’
six months and ton days. Who had been mar
iS? lea thro9
NO. 4.
Caid it Harden.
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