THE REPUBLICAN.
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D frVJLLJAiVI jBJGLER,
Foil St)PR£ME JvDOli,
JERKMIAJI S. BLACK, „
, Fon CoMMISSIOHh R, ’
WLjNIiY.S.MOTr.
OUK STATE TICKS'
room .last week compelled us
9ucli nctjco'of |!io nominees of ilio
lute Convention, ns llio importance
••'pjj lfwir position justly requires—for, whom;
.{candidates Pro named for important politi-)
£al stations, t!io people cannot top soon 1
/learn who they are, and what are thoir an-!
Jccedeftts. fho Convention was ono of,
jt/io fpost Jharmpnioi)?, and came .together,!
.deliberated und separated, with h grentcr
jSinglencss of purpose, than any similar
.Convention that has been held in our State
jbr.yparsj and thus acting, they but re.
/teeftd the tvcll known wishes of tho party
/n ail quarters of the State.
„’V,WV.' Bipusn comes before the people
; jtfif pB-ejectjop to a station which bo has
wlth very distinguished ability, with
Jtthat may be fairly called the unanimous
approbation of tho party to which ho be
jk>pg9> for it is not claimed that the five
/Jelegatps jvho voted for Judge 8011, did
hostility toGoy, Bigler. This is
a ntark pfconfidence in our Chief Exeou
liye officer, wo believo for tho firs! time
jiWnifestcd in our State—-nnd jt is no moro
./“M wos richly merited by his unremitt
' jngdprJostry and attention totbe wants and
interests, ns well as the boldness and vig
fit tvitfy which ho has been ever ready to
the Jiopor and assort and pre
-oflrp.tha rights of our good old Common
irealth. For this tho people honor him,
this they will manifest their grati
tude by re-electing him by n majority cvep
titan that given to tho Democratic
Plate tlqket last (hit.
/udge Black is known wherever the
'|&mb rqf the Supremo Court“of our State
./tn»';psached— wherever knpwp, he is but
»» respected and esteemed as ono of the
’ intellects and purest hearts that
pnreouptry cap boast of. He was elected
fam* nt the first election of Sppreme
Court Judges, and drew tho three year’s
jena. His nomination for re-election was
. fifi act of the clearest justice to the man,
tfl tho people, and will provo ad
/.{ratitageous to the Judiciary.
<;,Hknby S. Mott, the candidate for Ca
rpal Commissioner, is a citizen of Pike co.,
'j)eitig ‘part of what is Well known as tho
‘Tenth Legion’-—q Copgressional
w|)iph is always gqod for ten thou-
Pemocratic majority. Mr. Mott has
rerved sevoral years in tho legislature, is
fi manof talents and fine business qualifi
cations, and unquestioned integrity and
fiopegty, . Pprhaps very few men are bet*
ter calculated for this most responsible and
Jiighjy important station.
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Tp WHIG STATE TICKET.
lf|>e whigs, contrary to what is believed
, fo.have been tjie ncjvjpo of ihe cooler, and
. ijtefeforo clearer, heads of that party, held
‘ )t Conyention at Harrisburg last week, and
■ pominatoi) a full Slato Ticket. Their can
are, fop poyernor, James Pollock,
jpfsorthumberland. Mr. Darsic of All£.
gheny, (of Capal Commissioner, and D.
HVSmyp , oflfork, forjudge of the Su
preme Court.
yhese ore all gentlemen of respecloble
|alep(s; but as politicians they are identi-
With every exploded dogma of the
. party for the last thirty years. Who
pser Jieard of n more violent Whig than
Jrftnes Pollock? But lie is n w|iig and
jtdtking eisfr— arid in nominating him the
pqrty peajly dpserye credit, for he cannot
m* ns Johnston did, that ho “is ns good a
[Jemocrat as any man.” . .
'' As for Darsie. Why ho is the very es-
pcpce’of Bank Whiggery—and his wfiolc
poJitWnV.life shows tliat he thinks ijint tjto
~W|Wt of all governments is that of being
'lnvented by the Banks and other monied
jps. As to Mr. Smyser, lie is less
Itnown. but jt may be taken for granted
that he is n fit companion for the others—
pnd as little entitled to the generous confi
dence of the people.
Clearfield and Tyrone Railroad.
The bill to incorporate the Clearfield and
.Tyrone railroad compnpy, which passed
the House sopip time since, 1 wo .perceive,
passed the fijennte also on the lfSthlnstfjnt,
and wilt without doujit receive the aenction
PO, ® Governof. "lo epsuretho speedy
cohstruption ol tfijs road it only requires
tbs proper exertion op tjie part of the cit
■ irons of our county, which wo trust will bo
consequunuo of a failuro in the
VfPCcipt of paper, (expected on Tuesday
'■‘jjyiemng,) we; are compelled. to issue the
|lepublleno this week on a half sheet.
, . oiicot, in
pbich, however* wo present some inlerr
falling and eseiting news. Should there
• te? fWil '{' our river during the present
or .ensuing week, of which t|io -weather nt
; '.l'is time augurs styqngly, qgr subscribers
must excuse upjf.no papqr'should .be issu
ed next week, as the editor will be absent
•on the river, itnd one of bur bunds Is una
ble to work from sickness. j
i OCrTJiose ol’our lumbermen w,ho were
fortunate in getting to market during the
; Into rise i.n the riyer, bring buck the most
iflutloring, news in relation to the prices
ipaid for lumber—particularly sqbare tim
ber. So anxious wero the merchants to
| buy, we arc told, that they even met our
lumbermen nt Lock Haven, where they
paid in some cases, ns’high us i:l, 14 and
even 15 cents per cubic foot for pino tim
ber. Not moro than one half the lumber
of our county intended for market this
9ppiig bag beep started as yet. Of those
who did start, many would be compelled
to tic up wo fear, before they reacned their
destination. V
O3"0n thcduly part of this week, we
nro informed tfintan affray took plnco be
tween a couple of .colored gentlemen ofour
town, in a small building on the bank of
the river. After battering, or trying to
batter encSi other over the pato with chairs,
and finding the weopans were likely to
prove insufficient to injure so hard a piece
of human nature, one of the combatants
drew a pistol, and tho other being unarmed
fled. It is said that tho person with the
pistol actually fired at the other. Whether)
ho fired or not he must have entortained
the opinion that he had either killed or
scared his opponent to death, as he has loft
and has not been secnor bend of since. 1 t
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
W ashing ton, March 13, 1854.
The seizure of the American stonmer
Black Warrior, and the confiscation of
hor cargo by.the authorities of Havana, is
now, and has been for several days, the
leading topic of discussion—and well it
may be, for the outrago was of the gross- j
est character, and may lend to the most
serious consequences. Tho caso briefly
stated, is this:—The Black Warrior is one
of a regular lino of steamers plying be
tween New-York npd the Isthmus, touch
ingot Havana. On this occasion, she had
190 bales of cotton in her hold, and en
tered in “ballast.” This it is said, they
aro able to prove, has been her custom ah
tcays heretofore. But nn old law of Spain,
long out of use, has lately been brought to
light, by which the Black Warrior should
have entered in "transitu.” It bus been
(ho custom to take out papers, sometimes
two or three days before tho arrival of.each
vessel, called “ entrance ” and “ clearance ”
papers. This is done by tho Agent there,
for the purpose of preventing unnecessary
delay, ns the custom house is closed on
Sundays and feast days. On this occa
sion, however, the authorities refused to
let her depart, on thb ground of informal
ity in tho manifest, stating that she should
have entered in transitu , instead of bal
last. Another regulation of tho port al
lows twelve hours for the correction of
any informality or error in the manifest.
But this was refused on the ground she hud
already cleared. Captain Bullock, the
commander of tho Black Warrior, when
all efforts to bring tho nuthoritics to a just
senso of their duties failed—and tho efforts
of tho American Consul, tho Agent of the
Company, nnd others, had been called in
to requisition—hauled down his flag, nnd
lie and his officers nnd crew abandoned
the vessel, as soon ns tho first bale of cot
ton was taken out of her hold. The ques
tion now to be settled, is,, whether the
Spanish authorities were justified in seiz-
Tngthe vessel under nnobselefc law, with
out having first given notice in some form
or other that such law was revived, nnd
would bo enforced. such notice is
required by the laws of nations, is well
settled. If n thorough investigation of the
whole case, verifies the facts ns above sta
ted, tho United Stales cannot do loss than
demand redress in tho most summary
manner. All kinds of rumors aro afloat
concerning tho. notion of government. A
message- from tho President to Congress
has been announced every day this week,
yet nothing of the kind has yet.appeared.
A motion was mude in tho House looking
to the suspension of-ffie operation of our
neutrality laws as regards Spain. Tho
lost plmso of the matter is, that the Cuban
authorities have despatched n special mes.
sengor to Washington, tepderjngthe most
ample npplogy, and offering to make res
titution, and pay nil damages. Upon the
heels of this, is another report—tho United
States Stenmer Princeton has been des
patched from New York to Cadiz, to de
mand satisfaction of tho Spanish Court.
Tho proceedings of Congress for the
last week, possesses unusual interest. In
the House, two bills, one for the granting
of public lands in aid of the construction of
rnilroads in Minesota, and the other to
VVisconsin for tho same purpose, have
been laid upon the table by close voles.
They may both come up ngain, but, from
present indications, if they, or any other
hill of n similar nature, pass, it will he by
« very "small' majority. At least until the
Pacific railroad question shall be disposed
of.
The Senate on Monday, passed a bill tivo which presents itself to your choice.—
granting a certain portion ,ol>the public ShoulifryourMnjesty be us desirous ns my*
lands to, tjio, states, for the benefit pf the self of a pacific conclusion, what would bo
indigent insane.. No more laudible object moro simplo tljdn to declare that an armis*
cpuld demand the national liberality. Yet tico shall now bo'signed, that things shall
may we not well ask, where is the stop- resume their diplomatic, course, that ull
ping place in this system of bestqwul of hostilities shall cease, and that the belige
the nationcl wealth? There are ipnuqio; runt forces shall return from the places to
Cal)lo meritorious demands for-- national which motives of war have led them ?
sympathy and gratitude, -and.,.we- do not , Thus the Russian troops would abandon
wonder that such faithful guardians of thb the Principalities, arid our squadrons the
integrity of the constitution are found in Black Sett. Your Majesty, preferring to
opposition to such munificent donations. ,\lreut directly with /J’urkey, might appoint
! Tetter of the Emperor Nppojcon to the Czar
rln the LondanTiines of the 18th, wo
find a translation of a Icitor addressed by
Louis ijTapblcon to tho Czar. It is as fol
lows : ; ' •
Palace of tub Tcileries, Jan.'39,1854.
Sire- —The difference which has arisen
!bolwen your Majesty and the Ottoman
Porte lias assumed such a serious aspect
that I think it right myself to explain di-.
rectly to your' Majosty the part which
Franco has taken in this quostion, and tho
moans which suggest themselves to mo in
order to avoid the dangers which mertdeo
the tranquility of Europo.
Tho note which your Majesty has just
sent to my Government, and to that of
Queen Victoria, endeavors to prove that it
was the system of pressure adopted from
tho commencement by the two maritime
Powers which alone involved the question
in bitterness. On tho contrary, according 1
to my view, the matter would havo con-1
tinned a Cabinet question if the occupation
of the two principalities had not suddenly '
transferred it from the region of discussion ’
to that of fucj, Nevertheless, although!
your Majesty’s troops had entered Walla
chia, wo advised the Porte not to consider,
that occupation ns a warlike act, thus pro- j
ving our extreme desire for conciliation. I
After I had consulted with England,!
Austrin and Prussia, I proposed to your .
Mnjesty a note, designed to givo satisfac
tion to all, Your Majosty accepted it. Wo
had hardly, however, been informed of
this good news, when your Minister, by
explanatory commentaries, destroyed thoi
conciliatory cftec's of it, and thus preven* j
ted us from insisting at Constantinople up-;
on its pure and simple udoption. Tho Porto
for Its own part, suggested some modifica-l
lions in the note, to which tho roprcsenta-i
lives of the four Powers, at Vienna wero|
I not indisposed to agree. They wore not, j
! however, agreed to by your Majesty. It
t was then that tho Porte, wounded in its,
dignity,' itS;independcncc threatened, and i
being compelled to raise on army to op
pose that of your Majosty, preferred to do
iclarc war.rather than remain in a state of
uncertainty nnd humility. The Porte had i
claimed our support; dip cause of tho Porto
appeared to us to be n just one, and tho
[ English nnd French squadrons were there
j fore ordered to tho Bosphorus,
j Our attitude in referenco to Turkey was
I that of a protector, but it was passive. We
did not incite her to war. Wtt unceasing
ly addressed to the ears of the Sultan the
ndvico of peace and moderation, persua
ded that this was the best mods of coming
to on agreement, and the four Powers con
sulted together again, nnd submitted to
your Majesty dome other propositions.—
Your Majesty on your pnrt exhibiting tho
calmness which arises from the conscious
ness of strength, contented yourself with
repulsing from the left hank of tho Danube,
ns in Asia, the attack of the Turks; and,
with tho moderation worthy tho chief of n
great empire, your Majesty declared that
you would act on the defensive. Up to that
period, then, wo were, I may say, inter
ested spectators, but simply spectators of
the dispute, when the affair of Sinope com
pelled us to toko a more decisive part.
France and England had not thought it
necessary to send troops to tho assistance
of Turkey. Their flag, therefore, was
not engaged in the conflicts which took!
place upon land. But at sea it was very
different.;— I There were nt the entrance to
tho Bcsphurus 3000 guns, the existence of
which proclaimed-loudly enough to Tur
key that tho two leading maritime Powers
would not allow her to be attacked at sea.
The affeir at Sinope was for us ns painful
as it was unexpected; for it matters little
to us whether tho Turks wished to convey
munitions of war to the Russian teritory.
In fact, Russian ships attacked Turkish
vessels in the waters of Turkey, while
those vessels wero riding quietly at anchor
in a Turkish port. The Turkish vessels
wore destroyed in spite of the assurance '•
that there was no wish to commence an
aggressive war, apdin spite of tho vicini
ty of our squadrops.
Tho sound of the cannon shot at Sinope
reverberated painfully m the hearts of ull
those who in England and in France res
pect notional dignity. There was a gener
al participation in the sentiment that when
ever our cannon can reach our allies
ought to be respected, Out of this feeling
arose the order given to our squadron to
enter the Black Sea, and to prevent by
force, if necessary, tho recurrence of a
similnr event. . Thence aroso.tho collec
tive notification sent to tho cabinot of St.
Petersburg, announcing that if we prevent
ed tho Turks frpm making an aggressive
war upon tho coast of Russia, wo would
also protect the Turks upon their own ter
ritory. As to the Russian fleet, in prohib
iting its navigation of the Black Sen, we
placed it uppn a different condition because
it was impqrlantduring the war to preserve
a guarantee equivalent in force to tho oc
cupation of tho. Turkish territory, and thus
facilitate the conclusion of peace by hav
ing the power of making a desirable ex
change.
Such, Sire, is tho real result and a state
ment of the fucts. It is clear, that having
arrived at this point, they must either bring
about a definitive understanding or a deci
ded rupture. Your majesty has given so
many proofs of your solicitude for the tran
quiliiy of Europe, and by your beneficent
Influence has so'powerfully arrested tho
spirit of disorder, that I cannot doubt as
to the course you wjll take in the nltcrna-
an Embassador who could negotiate with j
a'Plenipotentiary o,f the Sultan a conven
tion which might bo admitted to a confe
rence of the Four Powers. Let your Ma
jesty adopt this plan, upon svhich.the Queen
oflingland andmyself are perfectly ngreod
ntjd tfanquility will bo re;cstal)ilishod and
the world satisfied. There is nothing in
tho plan which is unworthy of your Ma
jesty-7-nothing which can wound your ho-'
nor; but, if from a motivo difficult to un
derstand, your Mojesty should refuso this
1 proposal, then France us well as England,
will bo compelled to leave to the fato of,
arms nnd tho chdnccs of wUr that which
might now be decided by reason'and jus
tice.
Lot not your Majesty think that the least
animosity can enter my hoart. I feel no
other sentiments than those expressed by
your Mujosty' yourself in your letter of
t|lo 17th of January, 1853, in which you
write—" Our relations ought to bo sincere
ly amicable, based, os they are, upon the
samo intentions—the maintenance of or
der, the love of ponce, respect for tree
ties, and rccipronl good feeling." This
progrummo is worthy of the Sovereign who
traced it, and I do not hestitate to declare
that I remain faithful to it.
I beg your Majesty to beliovo in tho
sincerity of my sentiments and it is with
theso sentiments, that 1 am, sire, your
Majesty’s good friend. Napoleon.
Attempt to Murder and Robbery.—
Friday night last, one of the most des
perate nnd daring robberies, connected
! with an attempt to murder, that it has ev
|er been our duty to record, was perpotra
| ted in our midst. Mr. John Hostings, Col
lector of Customs, who resides in Alloghe-
Jny city beyond the canal, had taken .his
'supper at about seven o’clock, nnd step
!jped out to cross to tho collector of tolls of- '
! fico opposite. Thorearo about twenty stone
: steps leading down from his lot to the path
! along tho canal. He had descended these
nearly to the bottom, when a stout heavy
set man, with surtout coat and cap on,step
ped up from tho side wall directly in front
of him. At the same moment he heard
footsteps behind him, nnd could just glance i
back to see a largo man, wearing a black!
frock coat and hat, grapple him by the j
throat wi>h both hands, while one below |
struck him over the head with a colt or bil- J
Iy. Ho thinks there was also a third man
also struck him. Strangled ancT'etunned
by blows, he sunk down insensible, when
the ruffians rifled his pockets of throe hun
dred nnd twenty dollars, a gold watch and
keys of tho vnult and drawers ia the cus
tom house. Tho money consisted of two
one hundred dollar bills, two fifty dollar
notes and one twenty, all on tho Merchants
nnd Manufacturer’s Bank of Pittsburgh.
The villains left him they supposed dead. •
Ho must have lain ns they left him, near
ly three quarters or nn hour, when revi
ving, ho crawled to the top of the steps nnd
called for help, His wife and son came
out dreadfully alarmed, and procuring as
sistance from tho tolls’ office, conveyed.
him into the house. He wns found to be
most severely beaten* and it was thought
his skull wns fractured. Pr. M’Cook, Sr.
was immediately sent for, who at once re
paired to the spot, nnd effected immediate
relief. Messengers were sent, also, to
warn the watchman at the custom house
of tho loss of the vault key.
Tho watchman, Joseph Cupplos, was
promptly notified, but it appeared tho next
morning tho robbers hnd profiled well by
the start they had got, and had entered
the vault and abstracted @lO,OOO in gold,
chiefly twenty dollar pieces, leaving two
thousand eight hundred nnd seventy six
dollars scattered over tho floor of the vault.
The police of'.his nnd other cities are on
the scent, but ns yet no clue is Imd to the
perpetrators of this dnring outrage. Quite
nn excitement prevails throughout the
community. A reward of one thousand
dollars is offered for the arrest of the robbers
and recovery of tho stolen money.
Pittsburgh Union.
Tiie Slavehy Clause. —The Nebras
ka bill) os it passed iho Senate, contains
the following c'.anso relating to slavery:
“That tho constitution and all the laws
of tho United States which aronot locally
inapplicable, shall have tho same force
and effect within tho said territory of Ne
braska, ns elsewhero within tho United
States, except the Bth section of the act
preparatory to the ndmission 'of Missouri
into tho Union, approved March 6th 1820,
which being inconsistent with tho princi
ple of non-intervention by Congress with
slavery in the states and territories, as re
cognized by the legislation of 1850, com
monly called the 'compromise measures,’
is hereby declared to bo inoperative and
void: it being tho true intent arid meaning
of this act, not to legislateslavery into any
territory or state, nor to exclude it there
from, but to leave tho people thereof per
fectly free, to form and regulate their do
mestic institutions in their own wuy, sub
ject only to the constitution of the United
States:—Provided, that nothing contained
in this act shall bo construed to revive, or
put in force any law or regulation which
may have existed prior to the act of tho
Oth March, 1820, either protecting, estn
blishing, prohibiting or abolishing slavery.”
fcs"Josepli Turner has been convicted at
Boston, under the; new liquor bill of sell
ing a glass of mixed liquor, and fined $lO
und costs' and hold to bail in $lOOO not
to sell a not bo r glass for one year. George
Mqson was fined $2O and costs, and sent
to tho House of Refuge for three months,
for selling n glasa.of brandy.. He was al
so fined $2O and costs for selling a glass
of gin, and $lO fop selling n glass of wine|
and put .under $lOOO bail not to violate
the Inw for ope year. ' He has appealed.
(KrThq Committee on Judiciary in Con
gress,.has been discussing the question ofj
instituting legal proceedings to recover the
amounfs of money paid in the Gardner af-j
fair to Waddy Thompson, Mr. Corwin and I
others.
Mormon Interpretation.-*-A good an
ecdote of Joo Smith is told by the Journal
of Commerce, illustrating bis exogetical
powers. It .was in .a conversation which'
ho had With soiro,eastern gentlemon, who
p\ade him a,visitin Illinois not long before
the violent proceedings which resulted in
his death; Wo believe the anecdote \vas
never before in print. The conversation
very naturally under the circumstances in
which .the Mormons were placed, or rather
had placed themselves os antagonists to
the rest of the state, turned upon the right
of self-defence; ,and Joseph was asked
what ho thought of the words of the script
ture which required him who had been
smitten on tho one check, to turn tho other
also.
"A very remarkablo passage,’’ ho an
swered, “spoke by Jesus himself, striking
ly illustrative of hjsthoroughacqunmtance
with human nature. A man may strike
you at first under a mistake, or without
intending any harm ; and you ought not to
strike back immediately, but turn tho other
cheek and give him an opportunity to ex
plain, or, if ho is in earnest repent the of
fence. However, you need not turn a third
time, but if a man strikes you twjco, then
into him like a thousand of brick.”
good story wns onco told of a
connoisseur ill the fine arts, who said to a
friend.
“I wish you would comcup tomy houso
and seo a picture I have just purchased.-
1 wish you to give me your candid opinion
of it. A friend of mine, who thinks he’s
a judge, had tho impudence to tell mo last
night that it was not an original. I should
like to hear another man say that it was
not an original; 1 think I should almost be
tempted to knock him down! But you
Icomo up and seo nnd give me your candid
I nnd unbiassed .opinion of the picture!”
I Hero was “freedom of opinion” with a
vengeance; and something like tho liberty
of action said to have been granted by
Col. McLnno to the troops under his com
mand before going intojwinter-quartersat
Valley Forgo. They 1 were, suffering for
provisions and clothing and congress had
been repeatedly petitioned for that relief
which it was not in their power to bestow.
Under theso circumstances, Col. M’Lean
paraded his band of sufiering soldiers, and
imrungued them as follows:
"Fellow soldiers! you have served your
country faithfully and truly. We have
fought hard fights together against a hard
enemy. You arc in a bad way for com
fortable clothes, and it always makes me
cry to see you tracking your half-frozen
bloody feet on the cold icy ground. But
Congress can’t help it, nor can I. Now if
any of you want to return home, to leave
the army at such a time as this, you can
go. Let those who would like to go step
out foui' paces in front—but—added ho—
the first mnn that steps out, if I don't shoot
him, my name is not M’Lane 1” *
It is needless to add, that not a solitary
"volunteer for home” was to bo found in
tho ranks.
047“Somctfme after the peace of 181G,n
distinguised officer of the English navy,
visited the Constitution, then just new nit
Boston for a Mediterranean cruise. He
went through the ship, accompanied by
Captain of our service, “Well, what
do you think of her?” asked tho latter af
ter tho two hnd gone through the vessel,
nnd reached the quarter deck again. “She
is one of tire finest frigates, if not the fin
est frigate, I ever put my foot on board of,”
returned tho Englishman ; “but, as I must
findsomo fault I’ll just say, your wheel is
ouo of the clumsiest things I ever saw, and
is unworthy of the vessel,” Captain
laughed, and then explained tho appear
ance of tho wheel, saying, “when the
Constitution took tho Java, the former’s
wheel was shot ofTher. The Java’s wheel
was fitted on tho Constitution to steer with,
nnd although we think it ugly, as you do,
we keop it a trophy.”
ftCr“Good morning, Mr. Smith, on the
sick list to-day?”
“Yes sir, got the ngue.”
“Do you ever shake?”
“Yes, shake like thunder.”
“When do you shuke again ?”
“Can’t snv when ; shako every day.—
Why do you ask ?”
“0, nothing in particular, only I tho’t
if you.shook bad, I’d like to stand by and
see if it wouldn’t shake the fifteen dollars
out of your pocket, which you owe me.”
Mr.. Smith sloped.
on a time, an Irishman and a
negro were fighting, and while grappling
with each other, the Irishman exclaimed:
“You black devil, cry enough! I’ll fight
till I die!”
“So’ll I,” sung out the negro; “J al
ways does."
following which wo find in tho
‘drawer,’ we take to be of Turkish origin.
It sounds vastly like Nariazin, from whom
we have before quoted.
‘As a woman was walking a man look
ed at and followed her.’
‘Why,’ said she, ‘do you follow me?’
‘Because,’ ho replied, ‘I havC fallen in
love with you.’
‘Why so?’ My sister, who is coming
afier mo, is handsomer than I am. Go
and make love to her.’ •
The man turned back and saw a wom
an with an. ugly fuco, and being greatly
displeased, .returned and said,
‘Why should you tell me a falsehood?’
The woman answered, ‘Neitherdidyou
tell me the truth: for,if you were in love
with me, why did you look back for am
other woman?”
, OZrA boy in Jamaica, was driving a
mule the other day, tho animal was sullen,
stopped, nnd turned his arched neck upon
the boy os in, dorision and contempt:—
go,.won’t you ?, Feel grand, do you?
I guess you forget.your fatbeje wash- jack*
i'V.;
(Krßaooii say best part, ofi
beauty ie that wjjich a picture cannoj px-j
press,
OCrWill our youqg spirits, who an,
j Pleased to think of a wife ns of an efo r
|gnnt_play thing, intended only to dress'
and dance, visit and spend money, pleas* , 1
to look at the following picture of a good
wife, drawn by tho” pencil, of Solom»iJ !
(with, a touch or two of tho American'
brush,) Prov. xxxi. , . '
Verse 10. Behold,a yirtudus Woman, for!
her. price! is above rubies; * ,
12. She risosth with the day and pmS
pareth breakfast for her household; yea,
before tho.sUn is rjgen she hath: hor.ajaj,
dena at work.' , “
18. She seeketfi wool and flax and Jay, ,
eth hand willingly to tho spindle, while
her right hind merrily turnelh the wheel'
14. She looketh well to the way of hU;
family, and catcth pot the broad of idle
ness.- .
10. By her much industry hor .cheeks
nre made ruddy like the rose of Sbnrop
yen, her nerves nre strengthened, so thsf
when she beareth talk of tfio hysterics
she mnrvclleth thereat. .
17. Her house is the.hnbitatiohbf tj&fty,
ness, so that the heart of her husband ii l
refreshed when he entereth into her chain';'
her.
18. She maketh finelinen and selfethit,’
and delivereth much cloth to the mer;'
chants.
10. Her husband is known in the gate*
by the fineness of his apparel, for she may!
keth him clothing of silk and purple. >
20. Her children rise up and call
blessed, her husband also, and he praisi:
eth her. -w.
Now, citizen Bachelor, will, you,any.
longer talk about maintaining such awi%
as this? And such a wife every good girj
in America will make, if married tp. .tip
lad of her heart. • >..
’Orible!—‘Cathern Jnne, for tho lust
time, I ox you, will you ’avo mo?'
‘William Henry, no./-If all your pan
taloons were lined with gold.l’d still say
no.
‘Calhern Jano! ’ave pity I Call to your
mind’s heyo the many ’oppy days that’s
past. Tho strolls we’ve ’ud—the spnrtN
ling foliago of tho Park—and more thas
all, remember mv devoted love to srou,Vii':
‘Young man ’ad you permitted me,! J
would linvo spared youa pang of hanguiahj
but now in all yourmental hogoay, recoh
lect you brought it upon yourself! Yilliam
Henry I love another.* -
‘May all tho parts of btsexisloncc which
bears any similarity to molasses or sweet;
be turned to bitter gallr-rmay ho hexperi
once all the tortur’ that. I feel now; andaf
Inst, when life draws to a close may he
rush to meet n fate to which mine’s en
joyment. Farewell Calhring Jane, fare
well.
A splash follows, and silence ensues; a
silence that is soon broken by tbo sound
of oars rattling in their oar-locka A voice
from the wilderness of darkhess shouts
forth:
•’Elio, there dnrn your night cap, vat
aro you doin on V . . ~»
The craft approaches, and then—;oli,
horrible—turns again upon its course.—
Its inhumnn guido has discovered tbtpj
William Henry is in no great danger, for'
he had jumped into shallow water.
Our Grandfathers.—l once hoard a
vain, conceited chap, standing with some
fifteen or twenty other fellows, round tho
almost red-hot stovo of a-country store,
ono cold winter night, auy, that we were
mycli wiser now, in tho pT-escntgr-ncnitioa,
than in the generation gone by, in every
thing; nnd that all of us were wiser than
those who had gone before us.
‘Not all, I guess,’ said some oue of them,
‘for there’s a good deal of difference ia
folks.’
‘Well,’ said he, *all that I know, is, that
my father know moro than my grandfath
er, and I know more than my father did,
for I’ve had a chance to seo a grant-deal
moro than he did.’
‘Ha! Ha ! Ha !’went all around th's
store. "
‘What are you laughing nt ?’' says
‘Nothing said a red haired,ldungy-gait
ed young man : ‘I never knowo’d your
grandfather but ho ' must have been a
natural fool, according to your arguniotit.
An Affecting Scene. —A young man
of our borough a short time since, on tho i
morning of the day on which he was 'fo
lead to the altar of Hymen, a blushing
bride, regretting that ha had entered into
such an arrangement,, and learing' i lbo
consequences jf he fulfilled his engage*
i'ment, attempted to commit suicidb' by
| drowning himself in the canal,; At tho
l time there were but four or five,inches-of
| water in the canal, but he heroically. Ijiid
himself down in the puddle and floundered
for some time, without being able to effect
his purpose. Some friends, who stoodon
the bank witnessing the Pflr
vised him to abandon his wicked
and to marry his betrothed. He relent- (
I ed, came out, took their adWcb ? , and l|ja|
night, instead of lyingcold and stiff in ths.j
bottom of the canal, he lay snugly en*:
sconced iti a warm bed, encirelea by tho
arms of a wife. —Johnstown Echo.
03"‘Father, I set) a nqqn ,laying drunk
down nt the market hobse.’.-
•You shouldn’t say- laying my eon—.
hens lay’;* ; . , r ■ ..
‘But I’ve seen rrteh layitoo.’ ; 1
•Oh, no, my son.* •; • ; ;
‘Yes, but I seen ’em lay bricks !'■' f
‘Go add 1 split'your kindling—l Can't,
talk to you now, ; :
Oir’Bob, who was the first man ?’ iik- 1
ed oho juVenile of nnothor the other day-,
‘Why, Adam,' to be sure.’ was the'in
swer.
‘Well, who was the firth womatt ihenl,
‘Why Adam’s mot hereof course.’ - . j/ :
OiT'An Australian, from the
murders committed in that aisri/oigw 3**ll
gion, thinks Melbourne ia thep|afoSbitW*, ! J
spearo speaks'of whVn,hq says»
from whence np'lraye!lOr‘rc(urns, w ' J 3
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