II II rz -0' lial I, ' _ - . • iARLES READ lc. H. H. FRAZI • ?befs , . :'or the Repab titan. ' • . ' V Th e I r ' • Christmatalower: . .' DV E. F, 'MUDD; Y. D. .' 11 ; i \ ----- - 4 legend eist's in many parts of the eoun!sy, i n P et i t aiirarda par i tieularly, that there is a certain flow , e;' tat 'vringl4 up and ',loam's on Christmas Eve, at n ..,, : „ b, --' b u t disappears before sunrise the following '1" r m ollin. iL • ehmrist as flower, golden dower, • - 1 , [Then, bast sp t rung -up In no hour, • o;broagh th 4 hard and finien earth, roipc to Pro i ve a Saviours birt h 1 . .. . , 1 khristmas flower, golden flower,' ' , 1119u dolt oU:ti a`uuutie power; .. ot like cont i mon flowers bound, flv deep snort and - frozen ground. . , rin:istmas flower, flair and bright, trbOu wilt never see the light, or before te morning sun \ iprooks the 4 art, thy work is done. - J 'hristmas.tilkiwer I tell us why tho4i so rood dolt fade a nd die? - ,; r • I • Airy flower!! why not,ismy , Ill'is uslierdin the day! 4 . hristmas flower, I will tnto thee Inv warmest laYs; Onlilen flower! thee I'll sing, When my muse her orrings brings - . • PI THE MAIDEN OF C. NOT BY POI ; I 1 I,i Was some:two Or three months ago, • 1 ; In this Know Nothing town of C., .' That a - maiden I. saw whom you may know— ...fint you never will know Iron., me, nil this maiden she lived - some fifteen miles - 1 Flout this beautiful town of C. jr., love, and the was in lave, • (At least she was said to be) !hal t s - I'le loved with a double and twisted lore • 1 1 .Afellow FOnie'miles from C., - ' - *ith a lace that I and the-,boys in town , l' Stipposed Was intended for toe'. • • , A l lr,(lithis is toe reasomlmme-we •in this dull old townAcii • . That this fellow came into this villamiciaiing I!The znaidet so worshipped by me. ; Camh wcoiug and Winning . hir away'frout town, Blind worst of all, from Tu shut h her hp in his new log-house - • I:Somq fifteen tulles from C. • hors, who bad somehow got wind of the • o thing, Iwent poking their fun'at tne— ' . I", , si that was the reason (as all meri knew 'lii' the heartless lilla ) ge of C.) Tliat one night when the stage came through the ; town, J' t3rle myself..... , ierove in C. 'Cohoabia (Term.) Mirror. • 1 4 1e.§ 40 -sketeilets. • WroinTheAiba ny Erentn*'; Joarnal 41.4iLugez 121 TirE POST MICE,- Mrllolbrook. the will-kn Own Post Office speci4 haspublished a book from whielij.we make the following extracts: '.• rtiEnt-NG Tilt CLERGY-AN - INGENIOUS TRICK. ,- . A iserson of good standing in community, Who lai - & claim not only - tqq a moral, but a re-• ligionii:haracter ; was visiting in a large town on th„Hudson river, about midway between New red: and Albany. This person owed . n.elergi'man, living in New Haven, Connecti cut,. ipi. sum of one hundred dollars; and one d'ey he called at the house .of another ciergs:, , man olltis acquaintance in, the town • first mentioned, and requested to be allowed • , the privilege of writing a letter to his clerical crediting, in which the ,sum due that gentle , than ira, to be inclosed. Writing materials were urnished . , and he prepared the letter in the stciS of his obliging friend, and-in his. presete. . Afti l ,l,r he tad 'finished _writing it, he said to tie citgyinan;• ' NoW, as the mails are not alwar-, Safe, I wish to be able to prove-that I have dually sent the-money. !shall there fore} c iisider it a great filVor if you will Ac coliipaa'y ine to the bank, where 1 wish to obtain., ,hundrecl.dollar,note for some small trash I; t f have; and bear witness that 1 in eloSe tmoney and deposit the letter in- the post 0` `Pc: The everend gentleman :- . -‘ • , li i readily - aeceeded •to the r'OqueSt, ' and'Went with him to the bank, where A bill ofthe required denomina fion'waa, obtained, and •placed in the. letter, which Vras then sealed - with a wafer, the cler ,, e. rman ;:ill the .While looking on. , • They; then-went, to. the past office, (which . was u'irectly opposite the bank,) and after calling 'the-attention of hik.eompazilon to the letter anA'itl'address,the Writer thereof drop ped it , t - ttttlfie . letter-box, and 'the two per • sons w•• nt their Ways: - ' '. •- - - The otter arrived, at. New Haven by due course' tx ' mail; and it .AO'happened that the • 4 01 E9•tijan to whom it was addressed was at the cue: waiting • for the.' assorting of the mails. "t:IIe saw a letter thrown into his'bOx, and ea i,lf:d fur it es.ooonas the delivery win • !ilow was opened. - - ' ' Vpuslbreaking the' seal, and: reading the letter, . found himself requested to,' Please •,, find ou thundre&dollars &C., with which re quest e: would elieerfully•cOmplied with,htit • for "On(ilight eircuinstanee, 'namely the ab.. sence fl h 9.,t_e bank ,note! • . ' ThiOlict was apparently accounted for by a tiosts#ipt, written in a heavy, rude hand, different: from the - .body .of the letter, and - re.idin4 as follows: - ' .` P. " . I 'have cake', the liberty to borrow this money, 'but I send ,the 'letter, jig that you needn't blame t e man who irmte rifled document was immediately ito the postmaster, and, in his opinion, as that of the clergyman, a daring bsd been committed.. The latter ian was advise 4 by the 2ostmaiter to. , at . once to 'New -York, and confer ThL shown as well robber' geutlef pave o especial agent, anik-at the sanze•ti CM ._, . to lay the facts before that rostmister Gen. eral. 'Pe did so, andit leas notinotuk , before ,tile.ago l t, had - c omineaced the investigation of the .upposed robbery. • _ _" In raldition to the po stscript - appended, the . letter bore other indieftions - of having been -tampered with, which at first sight would , beelll aihnost conclusive on this point. = Upon: the',enelope; were two wafers, differing in (viol,ne partly overlapping the other,--as it, i they • d been put on bj , different persons at b litieretit Limo,. 't -1 . - ' • . . . . • 1 . . . ii .;:i . .-:"'::'_'...: ::::: . • ....- . , ...-.. - .2-., , . ' -i i '-- . . ~•..• • . .. , -. 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Notwithstanding these ",appearances, there wereircumstanses strongly Conflicting with the supposition: that the 14tter e had been ix& btxl." • The postscript :was an unnatural affair, for no one guilty of opening a letter for - .the phrkose pf appropriating its contents, WOuld stop to write an explanatory 'postscript, es pecially as such a.eourse would only increase the chances oftis own sieteetion v • and , in the . - .+ present inStartee, there had been no delay of the letter to allow such an addition. - .. ,Bfr. a visit to', the"office where the letter was : mailed, .the - agenfkascertained that it malt havO left ' " immediately .. after being de posited,l•and the advanced age and the excel-' lenticharaeter.of the postmaster, who made up the Mail on that 'occasion, entirely cut off _suspicion hi that quarter.. ‘.. - • An interview was then held with the eler gynlan ni Who Witnessed the mai ling of the-let ter, 6nd from him were obtained- the facts already stated. • i Gincerning . the, writing' of the document, and' its deposit, inf the letter box ;in a perfect Mate, after the money had been inclosed, - he Was ready .and willing to make oath, and had he been called- upon he wou d have done.so in all sincerity and hon est):, I . • • . . ,1 - I a reply to , :an inquir, -whether he-used I:, more than one 4 *ortiof fetter paper, he inform ' ed • the that he had had but tine sort in his stud , for several iiionths, and at my request, imm . , iately brought in several sheets for it A nparison of .this with:the • sheet: upon . I d which the rife <I epistle had been written, show that the latter a totally different artiefe from the first. - The shape and design of the stamp, the size of the sheet, and the shade. of the paper, were all - unlike; More ove:the. Wafers used at the bank, where the , handed dollar note - was obtained,' and the lett, eenta Ming it ,sealed, were very dissim ilar tb either of those which appeared upon", the ' post buy ' letter,. Fr i ont the 'consideration of all these facts, 1 I wai,satisfied that a gross and contemptible fraed i had been perpetrated by the Writer of the httter, and lust no. time in proeetslin c , to the 111/age where that personage lived'. I callef upon the. postmaster; and made some inquities r:lt afire to. the character and pecuni ary . eirettinstances of the person in , question. From the replies Made, it appeared,:as•l hive already stated, that his reputation in the com , inun4y - was good. - . i - I thought it might be. possible t1e , ,... 1 .1.., in - so stnali a place, 1 could ascertain -whether be had Ihtely Passed -ti hundred dollar note, -as lie would have been likely.to have done, if it. I was r..e that he had not inclosed •‘tt •in the t New_ haven letter. . . Ca ling at the store which recei'ed most. of his custom, I introduced myself to the pro- Pricttir, made a confident of filth to some ex -teat, land learned that the very next (tay after that i n which the aforesaid letter wai mailed, 1 . its at thor Offered him, in -payment for'a bar rel o flour., a hundred dollarnote Aon the " bank from - which a bill of the like - &nomi nation had been obtained,. as before Mention ed; h exchange for the `small trash.' The :merchant could not then change it, but sent tle . flqpr, and changed a bill which bg sup poseik to be the•sam l e a few days afterivard. Arined *with thes i e irresistible. tuts, I pro • cveded.to call On the ad venturous deceiver of the clergy, whn, had attempted to snake one member ofsthat- hOcli second his intention to cheat pnother. ' Insatiate archer? could, not one suffice?' - ' \ . ' . llll-. T--,---; ielid:l,- after 'some, prelimina , \- cony- - ' it's of no use to Mince mat-. -s. • 'in tl fa, ry conversation, ... 7 ..... ,sp use . .-.1, tern. 1 The fact is, yOu did not send the mon ey in that New Hashii letter; you, offered it the dny after' you prinended to mail it, at Mr. C.'s store. You seel've found out' all about it, sot hope you will not deny thtl truth , in . the rontter. .. , I Life n gave him hi's choice, to send the hun dred dollars promptly to his New 'Haven cor respoiiident, or allow- me to prove, ' l in a pub lic manner. the facts in my posses-nom 1 ' Being thus hoed pressed, and finding him self cornered, be confessed that hei had pre paredi-the letter which was received at New- Haven --postscript, double wafer 4., and all, beforn he left home, and that, while crossing the stimt from the bank to the p 214. office, he substituted this for the one he wrsite* in the elefolmitn's study !" He promisd to send. Abe money, and. pretended that he tlad sufri-r -ed seicrely in his feeling's on seconnt of the dishonest act.. • i Th re is no United States law iproeiding for th puni=hment of such an offence; but publi opinion and private conscience make nicer.distinetions:than the law can do, and often ;mete out a well-deserved salty to those r l / 4 vhol elude the less subtle ministers of lustiest "J -. foregoing In the Presentinstanee, the g sto• ry wf4s made publicby direction of the Post m'astef. General ; and the auther of the trick, unable. to ;sustain the indignation and con temptlof the community in . which: he `lived,' was c9mpelled to Make a hasty retreat from that part of the country t . Here is an incident of another nature, and more, dramatic, perhaps, than • the last: .., . Tui INVALID. ini,E. ' 1 t 'Not the least painful of the various duties conneeted with the detection of crime, is the sometintes necessary one of revea'ing a bus band's bent to ins wife. . ••• -I anticipated a: were trial of'my feelingS in making such iv' iselosure during the pro gress i)f a recent wportant case where the marl-robber was-' possession .of a Mail-key,. by mesas of which he bad committed exten sive d epredations. l He was at lengthdetect ed, and has lately. entered upon a ten yeair's term In the State prison. 1 On his arrest he manifested mui solici tude. r his wife, Tearinithat the intelligence m of his 'ation would overpower her.' 'She f t ui is in ieble health at test; said he, ' and I am afraid this will kill her .l. - • it was necessary, h*ever,tlutt I should see her in; order: to get possession of some funds, a part of the proceeds of the robberies, which her htisband had eini!i4tiecl to her keeping. Furu*hed with seslitut4 order • from the, pris oner, -eid leaiing,him iii ..the marshal's es, . 40 . dy, I proceeded to call on the invalid,rtieti= ing my In*Mis while. km the way 'to her .resi ,dentei fur some mode of commulitcating ;the 1 unplensaut truth wine's. should disclose it grad . oally, and spare her feelings's, much as. posstkole. 1 . • Ott my arriival, at the bearding-house the note hire t; to the ladies' room. ft • read as kollOws: . - • i • u*dou , Sinan. Will you Inuill ,to the bearer: fa of pan& notes which I left with you. • - Pow Bor.' ff=MlZ=l R, ErnTons. 3 I 11' MONTROSE,THURSDAY, D 1 66.1 r:mmi*L)6m.:4A'a'.4:lliaiN - T._AnAq . K . @ , Tr l ._ The lady soon allude her appearance. - She 'one which. has often :occurred,- to my own was skoung;rather prepossesaing, and evident-. mind. . • -.: '. „ • _,- . :1 :,_ •,, , . ... • - ly inidelie,atehealth - . Findfng, that I ' as the 'Take sotne more of this chicken pie; El-' bearer of the note, she addressed me i exiares- der Sniffles.' • 1 • --- • - ' sing great surprise that her heaband.lo !sent I ' Excuse me, my young friend,;; will take a reqt. est so unusual ; and with an air Orin: noth'ng more.' 1 • i _'.•' . • -. ' 1 .-.: • demidence observed that she did net - know 'What ! you don't mean to give it up vet; ... - , , . ' about piling over the money under . such -I hope, Elder V. -•. =' • '.•: • •• 1 ' ! - eircutnstanees to a mere - stranger. 1 i - 'lndeed, Mr. Maguire, I assure. You Immild ..Deasiring not to mortify her unnecessarily rather pot take anything M'ervi; fin , ,, tut I be , by- - Making explanations in the presence of fore remarked, I am decidedly opposed to .ex others, I requested her to step-into n vacant- cessive eating upon this-day: • , . _ . _, • - root near at hand, . and, after closing the st.sas santrstss layman% ma trans'. BOUND. door,l said in a low tone—, -i , . , Aunts. - 'ltis an extremely painful Ithing . for" me,. ' N . N . "ell then , we'll' haie l the pies and pud Mrs. IX----, but as you doncit seem incline dins ,:. _ . Jeff, .mY . sen,'lly . arou nd . and help your: to comply With -- y Our husband's order, l ,l must mar change the plates . 11l hold the puddin. -tell YOu plainly that- the money wli. taken m eliisy,. you may _tend :to the pies. .Jeff, Set froin',the mails by •him: There is ,no mis- e l n k the cider . So here'y plum puddin. It ; "I take about it. Ile has had a inaikkey which • I have - just "recovered, and has made a full d°°,,.;''' wife.titre. a guess yo u :tv6• had gl ° 2 4ick t to' l aCknOwledgmant of his numerous depreda- - i'' • Sister" .•• °lt, you'll s! some 't 7 ' . LiORS.I I beg yon to. bear thiS dreadful ", .i .. 1 i N 4 1, iln obleeged to ye. Pre got'ruther with fortitude- No one ,willi think l leers of ' • of a headache to diy, an' plum pii din's rich. yol e x (in d pec account o see f his the dishpoo onc4t condnct.'aint I sews I'lllB4 a,sititill piece it' she- punkin ' - ter woman f i • immOdiately, and had mentally prepared ' , Elder - Sniffles,n yen 11. be helped to some myself for every emergency: but; a moment" * - alter, 'i I should hare been more likely . to . have of , it ' *°falurAe?' • • • - 1- ' fallen' into that • conditiOn, it -astonfshtitent -dal giug_ in articles of- this dp„scriPtiOn .after eouldi ever produce such an !effect ; for, as eating meat ; - is esteemed h . ighly inj ritnis, - and , soon as I had finished whit I was saying, she I inwardly protest a,, ,, ainsti it ;•,-4furt ermort-- stoodiif possible, more erect than before,and Mrs: Bedott has very jets v with erne fire in her eye, and one arm .'a- k int- 1 - - tj - I remarkw, bo,' s h e replied, in a spirited tnantierr,. . p um. pudding is rich however, Considering ' Well - if he Iws done that, he's a ; darned '.• , . the peceliar.eireum . stancei, of theloooasion, I will, for once, overstep the boundaries Which fool to own it-=1 - wooldn't do it.'. - ' Sh4the" •• - gave up pionc) ~ h owever,. soon ; ' I hive prescribed , , 1 for myself. . , _ - Am Ito understand that , ou'llitave some, after„and although the recklessness displayed or not?' ." in then speech above'Auoted seemed to make , ; I will partake, in consideration Of time and it Proiable that ;she, was imp licated - lib her 1' I'. • • husband's guilt, it .'afterwards appeared that P' nee * l . - - - . !it'd' ' , ' Jeininia! wife ; this is -good 'I) d in as I this ,exhibition of • Slink ' was due.to the im• .•i .• • ever eat.' pulse* of a high 7 sp i rAed and excitable pature; . I ._: which sometimes, 4,40;11 - • the present instance ELDER SNIFFLES PARTAKES OF PUMPKIN -ASD broke'away from. control; and went heyemi - • MINCE 'PIES. ~ 1 - .„. - , the bOunds of deeqrtni - a,:f • 1 I. , • .• Elder Sni ffl es, will you take . seme o' the ,- \ ~ -v,E,-", .._,„l - ' ' ' l / 'II -, r . . ismince'and i k' . 1--- , , .. • pie . . c. e a pie a pump in • i From " rii . e llidiiii:Bedott Papers.l - Pte:. . : s A THLIffiISOIVING DitiMit. " 1 will take a mall portion of the pump . ' kin pie; if you please, !lir& .Mag,iiire, as I . 1 .7......._ - i , consider it highly nutritious; but as regards Elder Sniffles, ha viiigpreathed the Thanks mieee.pie it; s an article of food which I deem giving sermon, was IliVited taidine with Mr. excessively deleteriouf to the ' conStitutiens -Maguire. r inasmuch as it is composed of - so gre• at a v • a- ELDEIi;SNIFFLES UNDER PECULIAR CIRCOISTAN- r -.. riety of i ngr edients. I esteem") it exceedingly ,, , - cEsA : • , . i difficult of dieestion. Is, it not so, my )oung - 'Elder Sniffles, let me iTive .• u•a th friend ?' ' l5- , • 0 OO er. , . . piece Of the Turkey." . - . , - 1 . , 'By no means, Elder-•-•••quite thContrary ' l'in obleeged. to you, Mr. Maguire; you And the reason is obvious. .observ i -e, Elder;preahly recollect that I remarked in My dis- it is cut into the most minute particlei.; hende course this morning, that individu als were it naturally- fidlows that ; being as it were-- • too' prone to indulge in an - excessive; laded. completely calcined before it enters the sys, genre •,: in creature comforts on thankSgiving tern, it leaves, so to speak, no labor to be occasions. In, View of the lamentable fact. performed by the digestive organS,• and it is that tli„e• sin of gormandizing is mrrid to a disposed of without the slightest difficulty.', sinful l•xcess on ..this day, I, as a preacher of • • Ah; indeed, your reasoning is quite new the alspel„ deem it My dittyte he unesually t o me , ye t . i confess it to lie the m ost, satis- absteiriiotts on such occasions; nevertheless, factory and lUcid. In conSideratio - Of its re considering the peculiar eireunistincet) under eility of digestion, I will - partake also of the which,4 r u t" placed this day, I ,thinly; min ce -1 will p ie. ' • . ! - waive Objections; and take another sni l ill por- . . , ELDER SNIFFLES THINKS SWEET CIDD. NUTRI tion. T o the turkey.' , . • 'lops. i •• •L. -‘ That's right Elder; what part will you • Jake neW ?' - 1' • . wife, fi ll the Elder a glass o' c?der: •. . `Desist, • Mrs. Maguire, desist„( entreat 'Tell Pm not particular ; a small quanti; you! . 1 invariably set My thee - like a flint tv of : the breast, with. a part 'id a le4, and ~ against the use of ,I ntoxicating liquors ai ,a -Soule of the stuffing will. be quite sufficient. beverage: : 1 ,•-• 'l'eSs ,the cranberries' to Elder Bniffleq, Jett.--Elder help yourself; wife, give the El- - ‘J . immeni ! you don't Mean to call - new ci der sofas more of the turnip Sass awl pota- dei il " -uxicatin . g li q uoi l t M ean '• N i Vh •Y , man ~ - i • .., . alive, it's jist made r -haini begun to work.' ter..' 'T'l -, - , 4 Nei-ertheless, I believe ' be it to exceedingly 'Thituk Vett Mr-4 M.ti;uire lam an ads o- - • insalubrious, and cl-triniental to the system. caw fiir veg etable diet—and Aare always Is not that its :nature, my young friend ?' • maintained t hat - it-is much more congenial to - individuals of sedentary habits and intelleeteal ' Far from it, Elder—far .from it. Reflect a moment, and . you 'svill readily - pereeive that, pursuits, like niy•self, than annual food.' i • 'Jett my :ton, pass the hrCad.. Sister Be. be i ng the PureJuieel°f the llPPle—l holly free it posses es send your plate for soma' More) o from all alcoholic m ixture-- e,s all' the turkey : :: .. . - - ; • • the nutritive properties ,ofOie fruit; with, the. • Nci fin obliged to ye—l've . hed suffi ,L, advantage of being in a mere condensed form, • - which at on c e, rendbrs it more . agreeable-- cient: i -. : , _ 4 - and facilitates amirridationi: ELDER !SNIFFLES DEPARTS FROM ILLS USUAL DIET. 6 . , very reaswetablyerireasonahleindeed:, 'Jeff, cut the chicken pie.' : - • 1 . Mrs: Ma ' guire, you Iney fill My g l a ss.' ass.' '.Sure enough, I almost forget thatl was ' Take anothe r - slice of udc'ng, Elder Snit to carv e the pie. Aunt Sally,: ,you'll take a• n es. , - . piece Of it., won't you r . - - -1 • : - , - • No more -Pm obleeged to you,iMie, Ma: , ' s W6ll, ' I don't care if I de* take a little •• , ' guire . , • I, , • mite on't... I'm a great favorite o' the chick- yo me o_ e ' Well, won't ul be helped to se fth en pie-Htlways thought- 'twaa a -de ightful p i e ; . .. t • • i - ' • . I • •• -1 beverage--don - t•you, Elder Sniffles 'l' . •No more, thank you, Mr. Maguire.' -- 'A. -ery just remark, Mrs. Bedottif-very ' But you'll . take 1 another glass! a' cider, indeed • chicken pie - is :,truly a-very desirable w on ' t ?, • .1 • f 9 you [ _ '' • +l • artiele,of food.' , , ' In consi d erat i on of t h e nutritios proper ', All o w me to help You to'soine of,;it, El ties of new e id er, v 4. ch your our son has abbn der:.,... • i j - • , .- i„ z ,, . • dantly shown to exist. I will permit you to . ' : - . 'Thank you .to young. friend ;as I itriifore replenish. my . glass.? I. • - , . . , remarked, I ant entirely opposed to An tin , ELDER SNIFFL ES - ILLUST A a r i ais , s us peewits inoderite indulgence l ef the appetites • all sr KKAIIPLES: - .. • : times, but particularly on thanksgiving occ,- , - Sivas. f, However, I consider it my ditty at 'So you won't...take nothin' more, Elder.' the present time to depart, to some extent— ' Nothing more in) , friends s -netitingmore, from the usual simplicity. of mi diet. I iiii , whatsoever ; for, asil have several times re: marked during the epast, I am in individual therefOre, comply with you request, and par take of the chicken pi l.' . • :.e ' 1 of extremely abstemious habits-deavor ' Take Some more Of the cranberry: sass— ing to enfotee by example, that which is so Elder.; cranberries is liulsome." strenuously enjoined from the pulpit, to wit , , ' ' ' A very just remark, Mra. Maguirei , •they tetnperenee Wall things.. 1,. •. I ; rri I ' are sc+—nevertheless. I maintain that. we Walk into the , ~ should'; not indolge too 'freely, in even • the most Wholesome Brea re eomforts; hoWeVer, since you desire it,- I ;will take a small por tion olltheertinberri L. - , •• ,• • ELDER 'SNIFFLE/3H AS ACID STOMACH.. .‘. Hifsband, dew ,p s that pickled tongue —it hain't been touch I take Some on't, El der Sniffles:. - . . ~ . - *Fur obleeged to - y u, Mrs. Maguire,..---but Iconk i ss lam somew t fearful of taking ar ticles of that &script n- upon ;my stomach, as they create a degree - of acidity _which - . is incompatible with diOstion. -Is not So,-my young '• friend ? -, Yota are: undeubtedl3 , <Tire pared to decide, as you are, - I believe, rasa lug the;: study of the mediCal science n .. , I think ,you arc altogether mistaken ; - El. -der Sniffles. We .should alwaY .takea due , . .1 . proportion of acid - with our:food; in order to . "preserve the equilibrium of the etc.rnatecon .otny, and produce that degree of -effirves, i mace hich 7 is necessary to a stealthy ; Seere- l iOn. f - " . : .. 1 .. . . i Exactly. - Your view of the. subject is cms.wOroever struck me befOre, it seems a very jttst one. I will partake of theiickled tongue; in . consideration, of you- remarks. - , Siste r 1101'f:441J You seem tO need 'soma tongtie t:044, you're Ma counziOn still.' -. : -. , .-: . .H .• • ' NY,4t . a musial.'man .yoti be, RrOther - Mawgnire but it:strikes me that Whentan in diwidcliwal hassiM opportunity of heartoj in tellectli;ole . conversatiort; : they hid better keep still_ :atillimproire ,it,. Ain't it io, .Eld.#' Stiff fleitr ~,.... - .:,,,, „?,-:. • ,i-- • .•-• -i r . 'A, yiry just remark, Mri: Bed*, and. Moattoznstz.--4n official state ent has been published in the Deseret NeW.s,lat Salt Lake City, giving some facts of interest in connection, with IfOrmonism. AcOording to this statement, the Ichtirch has about ninety fire missionaries in Europe, and, an . cotull number in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific isN besides large numbers of native elders in the various fields of labor, and also a Considera ble- number scattered thronghout the. United Statei and -British America. Of newspaperl and periodicals, the church has one in Salt Lake City, issuing four; thousand 'copies weekly; one in New York; . one tin Liver pool, issuing twenty-,two thousand weekly copies ; one. m Swansea, SouttiVirales ; one in Copenhagen, in the Danish language ; one in Australia; and one in loth - - 6 SHOW ME A DEtaiocßxr rather green sort of a wellAntsted indiVulual vralked - into a Broadway 'satoonthe other day, aid stretch• ink himself up to his fultj height, exclaimed in a loud- voice : I 6 ..WhereNe., the Loco; 1, Show co, gentlemen, and I will show you, A large number of quiet gentle present f and in an iostantOne of 4' before the noisy Inquirer hi a War tude, and exclaimed- - -- " ' - _II am a democrat; - You aril' queried , till ncredul. cy. • .‘ Yea ! Sir, I ,a).!-' , '"Arefiju s tep . arount o tbe- Fll shorn you a' 'fellow w said find a Denxwatia.the aLawigußelf vAvR ia-A0,399' t 9 7 1855 - • CEMB .:1, : 4 4 ' • : • TION OP INDEPEDENCN. . . 'Ma .y pcpular . :impressions; . c oncernin g "thelt. • laration ofhtdependencii ). arederivet r i from. F. girth i of July -orations.,find .pictures, .bOtif of hick are as apt to mislead as does tbeifict re of ' theVirst Prayer !fi Congress.', Nine . o4t oo teiCauppose thac somewhere bout noon - on thelfourth of Jely i . l77o, ton. gress pissed the vote affirming the Colonies independent, and that the old. belt-ringer in the EiteePle of the State House, receiving the . intelligenceof this event, was seized with a sudden enthu'aiasin to' suing thg+old•• bell to 'ring out the' news! to the peopfe' in such . a ltiudjo otis inanner, its put the quiet - citi zens 4 of lhiladelphia in a wonderful •excite -1 mcnt. faet„..l once beard a very intelli gent me bet.; of a Presbyterian ',General As sembly, met in that, city, work - this ineident into a, tilling paragraph in his 'speech .on slavery 11. Then there wasthe 'signing of the. Declaration, We. have., a 'picture of that too t which teaches( uS how the repreSenlativcs. of the Col iies . Vied,iwith each ether in p u tting their na nes to the immortal InStrunacnt; so that: bef re night, the famous patchment, the original paper; which now is seen in the Pat ent Qffiee,• was cfigrossed, and .signcd as we now hat' i e it II . . . ... 1 . . . A feW, fact4,.gleaned from vari ous . sources, I 'will be intereSting, as rectifying these impres- 1 sions abu t this famous. tranSactinn —the Cri sis in h inin 'ltiffairs. ' On the 10th .of.Jutie, 1776, r . Harrison, of Virginia reper44.l, - . a resoluti n, port of which is said to have been o a literal trauScript Of 'the instructions `given by ‘ the . nventionlof Virginia tO . tbeir repre sentativ :in r....ongress, and which was moved on the 7,lli,ollJuni•, in .Congress,l4 Richard Henry .Lee. [ Mr. Harrison's . resolution ; em hindyieg; lir. ;Lee's is in these words : 4 Re soltied,. That I the consideration!, of the first ii be postponed tolkionday, the first 'next; and, in the. meanwhile, ime •be lost, in case the Congress mkt°, _that a Committee( be appoint- rosoluti day of that Ito agree t • . .. epard, a declaration -to the effect of 1 firsti resolution, ' whieb3 is in these. is That these United States are, _and ugh to be, free and ;independent thatttey arc absolved from . . all al totit British. Crown ; .and that all connection between them and the Great Britain is, and ought :o be, lisscilVed.' .. .- • i' - l'esolution. was adopted. ; . e 11th or June, Thoniiks: Jefferson,. John dant.% Benjamin Franklin, Roger - Shermai , and R. H. Livin.rstolt,. were ap:- pointed sCoMmittee to. draft e the Declara tion,. 1 ichard Henry Lee, aS ithe original, mover ot the resolution for dielaring the Colonie indePendent,' would hie been mon , ed as.o airman of the, Cmmitiee,' but tiii -1 fortunat , ly for .11in:self, be rec4ived intelli gence, o sickness in'.his family, ..svhieh made it necesary fOr him to be absent before that 1 commit ee waVappointed. Jefferson had the reputation of .being a brilliant writer, and succeeded to the place of honor.l The elder Adams, in his autobiography, ,:hays that he saw andiread the original draft Of the declar ation and he peaks in terms of rapturous admiration : of iit.: ' I was delighted with its high toe, ant the flights of oratory with which itlabounded,'especially that concerning negrosthvery,!`' tte. , He furtherisays of the Comraittee, intimating that Jefferson's paper'' had not been re.ad by all the menthers: •' We were alllin hugte.- Congress WaS impatient, and the instrurnent was reportedeSl believe in:Jefferson's hand writing.. • :' - - - • ' On the 28th of June, the Co antnittee 're ported the 'original declaration which Was read forlthe fiat time in Congress.' On the Ist of July, this declaration was lagain 'read and ,diserssed in Conimjttee of ;the Whole. It was carried in the Ct.nninittet., - '• ti, by vote of 'the Suit S,.i s eitusylvailie-and - South Carolina voting ainit it. • John Adams rays, that in • i the di ussion of : July Ist, - Diekinsoni .of, liennsyl •ania,4pOsed the declaration; ' in a• speech of great length. , * 1 - He. conducted the debate not out . withgre.at, ingenuity and eloquence, but with equal Po liteneis find candour, and was ;answered in the •same spirit.' , .-, ' - 1 -.. '- , . Dielthison, a brother •of Gent Philemon Dickinson, of New 'Jo - ay, an officer' wheel Washington fliequently mentions with honor, ...was;a strong debater, and a sincere patriot, aeknoWledging the grievances complained of,' but lack ng that stern and heroic spirt.' that animated sueh men as-Adams, Witherspoon, and Lee,. Hence he shrank froM an open ruptureith - Great . Britain, as certain W end, not outyr in greater - evils to the Ountry; tart to indivaluals prominent in . the - rebellion.— In this "clin g (two other represenfAtives froth , Pennsyl i vania 'shared, But of this more in another laceti- ' !, ' . i - . Dickinson'sspeech produced a profound impresslon, and this is, not to be Wondered at, wheal we cOnsider the nature) of the.con test-whieh it, Was the object of that speech to show. O'ohn.Adains, oho of theimost- fluent and 'poW r erful Speakers, answered? Dickenson, • -and it' 4.1.nn0t he too much regretted that not a scrap of that' spzech remains, 'except per . haps the tradition out of which Mr. Webster made one of his most splendid paragraphs. It was on the ist of July that the liewlyelect7 ed delegates fri l om New Jersey, of when Dr.,- "WithersPoen was one, took their ; seats and voted a Solid '',,', ote for the declaration. . ' • The next-day, July 2d, the papir was Again .:read and-sebjtieted . to a severe p*ieess,which sifted ou, soaks; expression's, some phrases; and some paragraphs. Some were thought. tioe'disrespectful 'toward the English people, some*. hostile to the king "personally, . and_ some were to coadempatory. (indirectly . ) of the irist4etion of slavery. \ burittg this elitn inating-iiiiiee4,. Jefferson was greatly, excited, at times!showihgliis- chagrin; which state of. mind F - rankllni greatly relieved hy telling to Mr. Jeffi•rsort the criticisms :nada on thesign which a patter to Philadelphia, had over his i store. ': Aboutione quarter, according to the elder. Adams, Or one-third, aecording to Jct . -, &nen, eat' the 1 oilt,rinal paper , - was stricken . 5 : out, leaving the document as we.now have it. ',The adOPtion (I,f this paper was s itarrolY de bated through] the second,. third .and fourth days of July, and towards the close of the latter day theirriotion.tO adopt tireyailed. It was then signed by nearly every_ member: Preseritdexcept Mr. Dickinson, siho' refused to sign. i Willing_and Humphreys, two del. *is tos from Piunsylvania, purposely absent ed then/Selves to avoid signing. ,- These three ' geritlernerf Were 'decapliated'fortl4vith lay. the. ,VAttfivention of ;Pennsylvania, then in session, tintl min • their'plaee rho would sign.r ;0 er Penn syl van ian deter tea, ..e o tal el k tad f ed to p , the said ] words: of right States; legiance political' State of totally This On t a:liar.' 'next were r ent stood atti- rue; • and couldn't I , FRAZIER &SM T I PIJI3LISHERS-;;;-VOritil.N . o. 60. . . , Franklin, John Morton, and Jame; Agijsee, signed the declaration at on , and;Robert Morris, the remaining del tc; was abient, on public businesr, -and ' permission to _ sign afterwards. It-ts a fact worth knowing, that , the dele, gates from New York . *ere Ifillinff .to sign,. but waited' for instructions Co fzlrri me,which they received, put thei names •to the declaration on the 15th of duly. , .. - -.. 1 ,, Matthew. Thornton did no take his sent is Congress until the 4th of No eniber, and at that time he signed the 4idatation, ' The original paper,, as and amended, was given' to-the Secretary of Con gress to beengrossed oil parchment, and this engrossed copy, the one in the Patent Office, was agaMed signed by most of the members on the second of August, and at different in tervals afterwards by the rest. Can any one tell whether the 'real oriyi:ial is' yet in ex istence t . ' - --- - . . • These facts are gleaned from the • Journals of Congress, Tucker's, Life ‘o Jetrerson,,una the irorks of. John Adana.' The passage on negro slavery Whieh wai erased froin Jefferson's. Original, draft: is. not published in books accessible to the mostu=--- lhat pussage iS as follows: `- lii--the king - , --has waged cruel war against human-nature itself, violating its !nest . cared rights of life and liberty in the persons of .a distant pe . ople who never offended . him,,eaptivating'and Car rying the* into slavery another hemisphere, or to inenr . miSerable death in ;their t„raespor- - tation: thither. . .ThiS pirativat warfare, ',the opprobrium of INFIDEL nations, is. the war fare of the CHRIS,TIAN King of :Great Britain:: Determined to keep 'Open a - market where . MEN should be bought and sold, he has.pros timed his negative for Suppressing' every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce. - And that -this-as .semblage of .lforrors might want no, 6,et of distinguished 'dye,' he .is nosy exciting , those very peeple to rise 'in arms :- itinollg• 119 '•ind to puiehase. that. liberty of t : which he •It;s Ale prived them, by'- murdering .the. people on whom he also obtfUded them ; th lis paying .0' former Crimes committed ag,aitist th 6 LIB IERTIES of one people with -crimes which he urges -thetas to commit against - the - .Lives of onqtber: - • . • - . ', ' ~ Tucker, in his Life of J efierson,supplies.this . remarkable passage, together, with all .the changes made in the _Original draft of the dec-' laration. - 'Gordon, .itt his History of the Revolution, Says the .reason why the.firat of July did pot become Independence Day, was, that,' neith• er the, colonies nor members being .unani, mous, It was ix)strioned till tlie next day:- . But when did the memorable , bell, still preserved in independece 1411,:peal out. the notes. of liberty ; Gordon has the fctllowing answer : quly Bth. This day, at i 2 o'clock, the Deelaratiim of Independence *as .pro claimed: at the State House in :Philadelphia, amidst the greatest acclamations. The.sarne evening - the equestrian statue of the king was laid ,prostrate on the ground. lead of which it is made, is to be run_into - bUllets. i N. I'. Obserrir. • -- - THE STRANGE CAT• ' Mattherr lloney , better known uy. • the boys at the mill Father Mat,' on return- ing trom work one everting, was met at the gate by. Biddy, his better half, in a high state of excitement: Mat,' says she, there's a strange att in the eabittt' ' Cast her out thin, an dOn'tbebotheria' me about the haste!. . • , . 'Faix, an' Cre bee - striv . in' to do thatsame for 'tnattker 'of tin minits paSt, but:she's fist , bey ant me riche behint the big rid - c.hisvin the corner. Will ye be afther hilpin' me to dlirive her. out?' , To be sure I wilt, Bad luck to the 'coninte She haslor my house; Show - her to me Bid dy, till I tache her the respict that's due, a man in hts own house-4O_ho.t,akin'.possess; ion .without as much as yer lave, the Utak o' the world !' Now Mat had a.special antiptliy to cats ; and never would let pass an opportutity to kill one. . . This he resolved to do in the present case, and..he instantly formed a plan for the , pur pose, Perceiving but one modd'ot egress for the animal, he says to Biddf:— . - • Have ye ever a male- bag in the house, me darlintr: - • • , `llivil waiiis - there,..llat. 'Yez tuk it to the mill wid yez to bring hoine chips, wid; this•mornia, -• • , ' Film an' I did,.and there it is yii, thin.— Well - have yez_nothiug at all in.the house that will tic up like .a bag,. Biddy V • ' Troth, an' I have Mat ; there's -rrie Sun; day pettimoat—ye can army . the - strings closo it the top ad' sure it .Will do betther -nOrliit=. , tiiV. the cat be !aria' yes.' 4 ... Biddy, darlint, yez a jewel to be: thinkin' o' that same ;. be aftifer bringire it to me.' -J Biddy brought the diirtirient,..and when, tbil stringsn were drawn close it made Avery good substitute 'for a meal baajod Mat declared it' was' illio o ant.' •• . 4,.....,,i4-. . ' So holnitio it close atiaitirilie sliest,. he k - took - a - 1 b ehind and saw. . 4;4 ey64 ot glaring a 'him:. ' . -. • , • . !An, its there yo are,YndiVil I Be Out o'. that now bad luck to .all . yer . kin, ye thavin' vagabnue 'ye. Bedad, an'. ye won't have me house -thin nt all .perlite :lain 1- ' Yer e.elf yill. bates :a pig's entirely:: Biddy, have ycz Any hot water in the house I'. r . ::.• Yis, I've plinty,ltat ; the tay-ketile's full of it' 'Be afther tin' the matter of a quartthin behint the et, till Isee hew the , shy,-divit likes , s 'Hen d close, Mat; here goes the wit- Dash wentthe water, and out jittnped the animal into Mat'ktrap. • - Arrah; be the howly poite?',.llutve4 'im' in, Biddy,' says Mat, drawing, close the - folds or the garment ; ',anti now bud way. to ye ti , ye thale, it's nine lives yo har . e, ?Be afther axin' melorgiveness for the, tbavjn' ye have bin doin' in me hotse, for- I'm thinkin' ;the nine lives - Ye heve won't save' ye' now,' any way. Biddi; - taize hoult of the -poker, an; whin'lll shoulder the haythen,. yell bate the day light out of Mat threw the bundle over his sheulder,, imd toll Biddy to play `St Patrick's clay in the morning:' onit. Biddy struck about three notes of that popular frisk air, and suddenly stopped, eieltunting-- ) ,! ' What limas so M quare,.at, it,sjakie me breath away wid the power ovit. •0411‘. MIER . .. inurther, Mat, sure an' ye littie - Ithe' - dlil Id _ • -, Bate the ould hay thin 1 I tes - I'll nIV: er have a botther Cho • Bite 4 oboe** . off ' . 'itu ; _lather 'im lik lazes, me darlintr - - .5-' 2 • - ' . .tiugh,' saps-Bid ' , I'm faintiewld tllo: • power iiv lin. ' . Cast . off yer., Mat.'cl 1;' .... - c vn .`.Howl,} St. rather I? says Mat, the :1 166 e d ow e l the sack ; ' Biddy, the basal las polui' eat I- Lan the house, or yez i'll' Ur" Mit! tirely., l'itorther and turf; kow'tiiilitiyikele . ' Erna* Och,:Biddillaioney, a- puny 'kat. Esh tile o' yes made-of to be : , ,be, miatakin' that little ,divil for a' harrumleall cat.'.••' --- - - ~" , f ''' ' -L' - -c ' Mat, for the love o' God; if vez cOnviiiitent: _ to the dotir, be afther - opening it, frit -V& naerly choked wid 'JA L ,: ce a h i , , may m e w. ney, bad luck to,yes for lavin ould Irelapd, to be marthered in this way. : Ilowly Mary tt protect me!' Mat, I'm Owe kilt intirely hike me out .e.thisl 't - -: • Mat drew her out of doors, and then broke' fur the pump like ailuarterbot'se, closely fol , _ fu_ weed by Biddy. ... ~ ' - . • •- ' Shure, that little villain bates the dlvii in , tirely ; he's ruined inolouse, an" kilt Biddy,, • ' an' put ine out o' =mate avid, MO4:ll' for it month to come. ' Och, desavin viigabene i bad luck, to 'im,' and Mat plunged , his head _into the liorse-trough up to his shoulderk :._ 'Get out o' that,' Mat, rm . . naerly blink' - and Biddy weni under tbe -water. ficliolo . niurtherin baste,' sari Biddy; '.sputtering the water-out of her mouth, 'me best pitieoat is spoilt intirely. Mat Maloney, , :divil ttrip I will I Ivor help yes to sit fora Cat again; „ .` Don't trouble yoursilf, Mistress lital t e l ey ---;ye've played the.divil as it is. It's a.Uilthi ral fool' ye are to be takin' a haste-Av . -I pole- - cat fur a - house-att." • ;- - Mat _arid' Biddy''' - iiint cautiously_ back to the (*bin, from which, the offensive . quadru ped Imd taken' his. departure. _ Things were turned out of doors,. Biddy's petticoat was ioried, the bed, which Tortutiatidir- eitiped, oved to the next neightio - r's,the stove.mov. ed Outside, and for a week_ theflept house out of doors;by which time, by dint ofscruir bing; witshing and airing, - the house Was reit- Aered once more habitable, but neither Ida or Biddy belie forgotten the 'strange cat.''. I .. - • - Homer, calls it the land/of-the Leshrygo- ... nians, who were giants and ate men's - flesh,. , and from . whom the initial' enduring -Ulysses eceaped with some 'difficulty. .The Crimea is also known to,traitedy as Tauris, and the custom of saerificinglall strangers upon its al tars, which then - .prevailed shows. that from the earliest. ages it,,,xas a dangerous place for g lt. Torei - ers. Then it was called Clmmelia-E- the lan of darkness To the - sun-loving iv hinder,' . . t Nel the.Egetin, night and storm -and eternal !int 'dwelt beyond that Eusina sea which only a few adventurous mariners dared:' to penetrate; CiAirneria! there is a meaning in that name. .It is only. Critima in its NI developement. It. was one of the halted the -Ca,umsian .in their first . western migration. 4; . The Tartnrs (Seythinia s they were then called), drove them out, and on,they, went, these wsn . dering timmerians. They called:themselves , Cimbri When they arrivedv in ''gurope.' A ' portion-of them in Wales, volth fiuttastic Iv ' gends of the tall of Troy in their early_ stns mythical history, are still known as the cyst bri ; and they are the parents of: all the. race of the Celts, ; ant i a ny the invaders , English, -French; Scotch and Irish, are' only: seeking their ancestral place and -making then:lBoms at home after a tolerably -long abiettock'i.l-- They found .there the old , Scythian tribe t Ito .- ejected them. To be sure their : -foper conquerors have not , been m, pcmis ion t the whole time, nor very much 'of f it. :: ,= l Little - - more in fact than 'half a century - iait since they finally. .took it into their keeping; for,sfter driving ou,t the COnmerians, they (these:§ey- - Alan 'Tartars) were themselies ex,pelledi but they have come baCk and got - fe_start`igthe -original owners, who -now, alter near -- twO thousand! - yearai: have just' returned-.to kook , after the old homestead. .• :. . • . .;',. 1, "_ What hrtbe Crimea? ,There is another little, association iyitli-the Crimea that to us Ainericane is interesting. Ono. John Smith—the Solln 13mith, the ad. venturous captain of VirgArna, cans also a' *w rier ri r gainst the: Turks. or Tartars. out" oir several Moslem, tnrbairawith heads inside of theni, but was , unluckily captured and sold as a slave. He was carried , up the Strada - of Kertsch and into't Bei of Azar.' Solite-. where in the Cri .3; or thereaboutshii tivity ceased. e killed Ins "mai*, Poised his horse and *thus, mid rode feri'dere.lifo and the nearest Russian post;. at. that time. to hininearly s/nouyruens idcas. ly received, and pasied along from one Mus- . covite station to another hack to friendi of civilization. With' every stay a riewinatal ,ment of gratitude blame due 'from him— .which he duly diseharged through his heirs and assigns; 'for te founded' Vir ginia one , day, with her . sister colonies, be came the United-States'of America.' ...Eng land was at war with France and her'. inver revolted colonies. The house of Xtoorbon - arid the house of Guelph had teisori to look eastward. In !apt, there Wei: not, an !' Eastern question" at all.Y - Cittfittine of Russia stepped in with her arriii*inid)the Critics was hers. , France:came to Ithu.rfss ,eue only, too late., English counuT,getitle -man were to full of the Middleaexl election , and the American war, the 'ne popery' riots 'and the national debt, to - think, muCh of the sehemei.of the Czarina: Their Indio ...Em pire was but liatbeginrung,and,noNapoleon +ad taught them the value of the proArglielt of .Egypt to the overland route to-thd,,Eii,"— The fill of - wee but thn annexa tion oka bairn Ittnutd4 of . Turkey. The Austrian Empire eonld hard. have taken more interest --ih:the- whew tion of Texas tiutn pigtand thetu did* the Crimean transfer to. Russia. :ThiirAsi i. , of future calamity are.sown sirelice..'"'The tempest is foretold b y ,a little'Clond`no big ger thanii man's hin - dir''whielf... - iiiiMes out fronr,the sea; but to day:the ;Cringe, 44 the -centre of the world's wooing_ aibecis a now passing.on its 14,,niayliocIntogingt ; hewhole visiblecurrant of affairs': • arThe the-Miletseippi arid' all Its tritidatiei is My r on° thowiatid4oiles, which is mete thaq , twift,: the equitto* eir cumfounee of t4eYartl/ Theriiie tnikt) •.bandial , and - imprenty ..tlaeFs6 l , led - -M , WgishitigtaniTritGOOThited States, bmidas ti* PIP - itl , tbe l pwroat, a co _ ME I ME OMB == lIIEBZ ~,~i~4:... '~+
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