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F. BEAD-8c H. H.PEt.tIgitEIi,_E I DITQRS. I
From the -40aniic Monthly,
DAYLIGHT AHD 1100*LIGHT,
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• I d aylight,' and it noon,
,• Irestertiayl saw the moon •
n 'Saibighigh, but faint and white,
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As kisellool-boy'avaper • ' n
In broad aaptighi, yecterdeiy„ -
I Mad a poet's mystic lap s ; •
And kt sMneil to me at most •
.As a phantom, Or a ghost: , •
But at length thefaectis' h day
Like s passion 'died alittc' '
And the night, serene and still,
Yell on village , vale , and WI ' •
Theft. the moon, in all her pride,
Like a spirit glorified,
Filled and overflowed the night •;.'
' , 'With revelations of •
•
And the-poet'slaing again
Passed like music through my brain t.
Night interpreted to me
All its grace and mystery.
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OUGHT .410 'PEN VANICILItiIIg.
ORANGE Co., N. Y.,,Feb. 19, 1858.
FltliZirt :—This fire, 'Mr. Editor, is
,i, comfortable fire, and - on - the broad
tonobearth in rmnt of it, my feet are in
, Ie of toast which-is delightfully agrees.
er two or three hours of skating, with
ercury at • five.-in- the' thet*meter.—
the Farenheit, scale of temperature has
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long used, Or •why it should- be at
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t the.only one in common use. is not
• explained by the principles of kommon
. .:Thereason is probably the same as
k hiCh ouses the people in many parts
i Hnited. States to ignore a decimal cur.
and reckon Abe prices of grain _which
sell, and tea, sugar ? ) anti broadcloth
i they buy, in shillings and pence 4—
Particulatadyantlige pray be derived
be heat of boiling water being Made
Ito on hundred and - twelve degtees, or
me fit' being suppoSed to freeze at '
.two, I - no* not. And, if there is
. r.o
t tage to i3-'derire.d from it, the worth.
• stilt may well be rejected when we re-1
memrthar, to obtam i
-it,. these mportant.
point..e.
- cin the scale, zk'ro and one huadred,are
made to represent nothing in , particulai.—
Comn on sense is as
. strongly in favor of tho
centi„, de 'thermometer, as it is in. favor 'or"
a Oeci al etirrency,Which, hy .the way, ought
l a
to be considered almoSttstivat a blessing
as the American dechirstion that "all_ men
are bbrti flee and equal, Ad . -endowed with
certai - Unalienable rights," ike.-,
Pli wi! that fire" s getting prett...? tit.--
Suppcise we more hack a little. The heat
spoken Of is neither frzrtn'an air-ti‘siit _stove,
or agate Of anthracite, but a rousing, jolly
wood- a l e, blazing halt way up to . the high
and 1 ng old-fit,hienetl- mantlepieed, • where
the 'y, Ilaniing light- - rdected :from' the
t d
broad mirror opposite knockg'• itself all ..to
rain w l a among the. dangling prisms which
orna ' ent the candelabra. The bright brass
andir ns stand wide apart, like•a welitrained
team - fi trotters,laffer which the simile goes'
no,fu 1 erg and .the distance between them
meaares the length of the back-log, a huge
.f glowing hickory. - Befuresuch coals •
i tin the days when wood.fires blazed
t yfire-place, chf!stnutS were delicions
ted, and feet were ple.ssantlywarrried,.
t l ,
t being obliged) to sit cross-legged and
one at a time, which is the only meth:
comforting one's pedestals at :a stove.
bile the feet were warmed. the head
1.- 'Vas brain fever as common then
• 1 Upon that health., as upon an al
. ' t e cubic yards of carbonic acid gas
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up ; sacrifice to health ; instead of
,
I we now ofi up our health a sacrifice
l • hideous, jug„,rrernaut, an air-tight stove.
t becomes of the gas ? few trouble
l i ves to inquire. The stove heat cans- .
• npleasant tynessierfihe atmosphere,
i _warps the furniture.:l - and -- lifes ohr
ri and sisters, if we have any, 4 the •
"ebe and sore throat betimes, to spy
~ .1 of 'occasional consinaption. • The
tMount of heat receive& directly from ;
e,twithoat the interposition '''pf cast Of
tlran, produces comparatively few of '
ad effects: The reason seems to. be
e 'stove
. operates merely by heating
t rounding atmosphere;. while the open
di; forth direct rays
. of light and heat,
hav,e butlittle effect upon the air, on
account of its. transparency, 'but warm all
°pige objects which they chance to meet.
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The.a r which is heated by direct contact
with t elfire'"passes up the chimi:ey, thus se
curing proper ventilation., .The air of the
moral becomes comfortable by the small
amou an t', of heat which it...receives tram - ob-
pets :Bich have - been warmed by rays from
the fi , -It ii this which' makes ththe.*of,ta
room armed by an open fiit,CA,`mttetipleas.
mater b that which.harefirst, ['teased through
the b -,
I t.,
13Q, means .purifying purgatory of .a
lona ,' which { unlike Other purgatories,senda
those Who breathe itssatmosphere to- paradise
at th earliest opportunity. .:Their: torments;
of d mpishness and headache are often of
short duration. 'Who ever dreamed of Such
thing under the genial influence -of a ruddy
blaze matched and warded:` %by those; now
neglected household gods, the shovel and
tongs!--beneficent,itenateri. By such fires as
this, ur grandfathers did their spaliting-" o':
)nights." Moonlight is pure and sore
ly; d firelightis weird and_ fantastic and
both re appropriate to love-malting.. The
duelg-41anies are full . of fancies which may.
be be Itinto all :manner of aiecastles.- ' Very
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nod" attired and 'cheerful, generilly„are
'hose ho sit around such a fire.
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VI individuals around. thy present one
re,
it large - and - 'selfeomplaceut tortoise-,
shellica a four-veer-old youngster by the
Darnel of Jesse, who,delighting in hard'words,
le at pr nt privately practicing the pronun
er4i t f " Breckenridge coal," and an ex: -
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leati e• ' sonage, whom the family seem
lilb ne accord to address as Uncle Lewis.
Lint -JCss is a natural Philosopher,' as he
'elm pirated a short - time, ego, by burning
t he,
, i
° d cat's nose with' the, tongs, after thel
i i n which a certain Saint' is 'said to
!hall' • ved the devil. ") - • ' '-: •
" ‘ 'bat are you doing to the eat' upset'
.is mother, who witnessed the °petition
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lithe hall door. ,
‘.tryin', to blow it," said Jell,where..
received, upon short notice' and 'his
'tons, another sort of a, blow; imktedi
ellowed by a severe squall. --- -
tle Lewis is undoubtedly - it charaCter
(ely individtial, judging from his tbe
and remarks; He has zepo'sed . for, the,
fleet,, tninutesovith hiS'shouMers thrown
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dwerthoback of his Chair; his body extend.
, .
ed i a
n straight line kom his nose to his toes,
and. the whole inclined at the _ _ precise angle,
determined 'hy4siiperimant, in which the coin
fort- it.c:ornes a maximum. 'The countenance
is expressive and rather fine looking; the
grey eyes are partly clOsed; as.if in r,everie)
and.the curved lips slightly parted dfaclose a
—jewslutrp,' upon which he improvises plain
tive motodies, much to the delectation of
Marianna, a :ivee todcile.abont, whcratands
wktkone hand held to' her Month, for the
ptirpOke- of having Its thunib sucked, and the
other, from some utilmoin
_motive ° . hidden
behind her back.' ,
But the present Perfortri
ante is not atilt intended for her arnutement :
- t is that in which-he,takes a -personal delight,
froM his own philosopkimilideas of healthful
economy and enjoyment. ' He removes the
inStrement, and turns sloivly around. " Yes,
yes," he says in his min melancholy way,
with an aspect as tragical as an undertaker's
at a funeral, speaking apparently half to him
self and the other half to me, " Young men
might save a great deal of money, it they
_would only learn ta play, the jeWsliarp; in
steadkof,amoking cigars. It's about as ma t ch
comfort, my way of thinking . - l used to
smoke a good deal ms self, before I took this
op, and 'tain't half so healthy .as this is. It's ,
great for the lungs. ,lt's better than all the
inhalators and expiratory that was . ' ever got
up by - all the Yankees out of Connecticut,—
Folks needn't die of the consumption' if they
would only us e . the means providence as 1
provided."So saying, he arose with dip ty,
and Rladed his jeWsharpon the mantel ,r•
ner, where-he had probably,laid his pipe in
day of yore. What ado you think of has
Substitute,3 _ - ' _ -
The farmer came in a whiles ago, and 1 had
a long chat with hitn'on_ matters and things,.
particularly such things as pertain to this
part of Orange County, of whicill had seen
but little'beare. 'lt is a part of that re
nowned
region which is supposed to supply
all New York city with milk. This region is
comprised in a strip 'of country gix miles
wide, having for its central axis the Erie
Railroad,. heing limitled at one end by the
Hudson- Highlands, find terminated at the
.Other by the Shawangunk (pronounced
Shongum) mountains. Within thicarea,the
pasture land is equal to any in the world,
and the amount of-milk, said to be from Or
anabe'counly,! sold in New Torii; - woulA mum
to be, and probably is partly fabulous; but
if any one doubts the existence'. of Orange
county : milk, let him visit a milk' station
about sundown.- 'The milli .is conveyed to
market- in tin cans containing about forty
quarts each, which are consigned to persons
in the city, who afterwards retail it at a prof
it. of about three cents a -quart. Wherever
the water is introduced, it is 'seldom lidded .
to the milk by the Orange chlinty farmers.
'The prices vary froth. two - to four 'Cents a
quart, the year being generally divided into,'
three equal parts, during one of which the
price durirg another, three, and the
rest of the year four cents. In'consequence
of - the higher price which, they receive at that
time,
:re
thear farmers have lately beeti stim
ulate
d to produce more milk in the minter"
season. In this they are perfectly, s . access.
ful ; the only reqdisite being a quantiiip., suf.
ficit of good. hayy and warm, well-ventilated
stables for the cows. The farmer , tell; me
that a cow properly treated..will-prodire as
' much milk in the winter as in" the summer;
and he presented oculaedemonstration' in the
`shape , of a brimming ten-quart pail—full of
the lacteal obtained 'from a single animal at
the last milking. ft pays much better; than
manutacturirig butter, and,, if not too 'far
from the railroad station, is less troathe.—
' i Consequently everything eatable in'this part
of the 'country, alter the inhabitants are sat - -
isfied, is put through a cow, and sent to New
York in tin cans. In some situations more
remote from the f
institutionailrOad, thereexiSts a pe
culiar called a Creamery. Its 1
buildings are generally located over an un--
failing spring of -cool water, wherever such
is to be found, and id some part of them IS•
a large , taak, in 'which the water attains a
depth of about two and a half feet. In this
Apeplaced, the coolers, (tin cans about seven
inches•in diameter and three feet deer)) into
which the milk is poured, to cLol and raise
its cream, as it is brought in by the farmers
from'the surrounding country., 'The cream
is sent to. market in -a' common' milk can,
packed in a tub' of ice, and commands prices
from twenty-five to fifty cents a quart, de
petiding upon the state of the market and the
cream. The skim milk ,that remains is trans
formedintoeheese, the curd being turned in
a tin pen about twenty. feet- Mpg. One of
theseestablishMents often takes in fifty thou
,san&quarts in 'a day. The farthers usually .
receive his for it here than at 'the railroad
'stations, but 't is considered lessArouble, on
:amount of the cans not being obliged-to make
a tripito the city; 'The farmers *iies par
ticularly- fitvor' the arrangement. .
But-it seems. to me this letter is beComing
unusually long,' besides
,beitig milk-anck-viat
ery.
. Witt.
O GOD, I thank thee, thou . the heart
Dostjudge,that man =free thintaworth viewlng,--
DCast set the.good and ill apart, - •
And justice. mete for all titir doing, i
While ceaseless care and toil, is life,
frnught with illi and bitter vtriving,
Poor human hearts, with passions rife,
lieutteh sweet hope, for strength deriving.
Dek, pa., - • Amos.
Cr " Madam," said a polite traveller to
a testy laridladY,: " if i see proper to help my
self-NY this milki . is there any impropriety - in •
it Y":- "1 don't - know-what you mean; but if
you mean to insinuate that there is anything
bad in that- milk, I'll give you to understand
that you've struck the iirong house. :There
ain't a first hair in the milk, for as soon as,
Dorothy Ann told me the cat war drowned
in it, I went end strained it over." The tier
iified young man declined partaking of the
milk. •
par" I love to look upon a youtg man.
There is a hidden potenqy concealed within
his breast that charms' while it pains me."
'The deuglger of a clergyman happening to
find the above sentence at the dose of a piece
of her father's manuscript,,,as he had left it
ih his study; sat down andaddiul— '
4 Them's my, sentiments, exactly, papa=
all
_but the '
W9lf.ock_tko man for his snub ppae. (or,
'jou can:never tell what may turn ur.
For the Independent Republican
H R
' 1 : - .-__ _ _... ome outal.
!Wow . tki if it
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' •. • IHER WAITS,
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I . BY MA 121 MACIAT.
- WligN;there is so oiling to be said,
• In pleasure, or,l ttiffn i . ' , •
- To brighten joy, Ii e sunlight shed;• ~
Oi dry affliction' rain :
When She'd,bonso , rebuke, control,
With ` yes,nor no," as clear ;-,.•
She's ghat a way.. It,
'Tie pleasantmoi to hear, . .
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And when , there's *dant Nib* dem i
At nbegts di du .'s call,
A courtesy, a char ch
A kindffess,. tor small; .
'Or daily Fief, t seeks rellef;--- -
2. _ sWlyffe er the ac on be— '
She's such a "Ay 1:, doing it, •
Shosirhut all h to see.. . ' '
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But mYing, doing, ight or clan
'Tis 4itnoitit to t -
The sweetest tgracet of mind or face,
That! marks' herexcel. -
She seldom breath s the love I trave l
Out lobed in lig divine, . . .
She's such airily o looking it
As proves her t be mine.
tEMOII4I/12Ellig
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- FIVE yars ago,t7was telegraph-clerk at
NewstoneStation. had a meek of dAy duty,
and a wek of • night duty, .alternately.- , -
Ctiristma4ve had 4me round, of all nights
in the yeal., and the& F found myself, cooped.
op as usoal .hi the tlittle office; two great
staring instruments !!in front of me, a flaring
gaslight dverhead, and a
,well.heaped grate
by my side; not f rgetting a. three-volume
noi,el to absist me i hiling away the long
dark hour S.. ' ,
The niOt the es at I)lewstone—were
aever very numeric a. There were rarely
any for private peop e; . they\ referred, most
ly, to the, business the railway company.
That evening, 1 fel very low-spirited. It
went against the gra n to work 'on alltistmas
eve,-whencverybpdy else seemed to be keep
ing holiday., and enjo,log Themselves. Cary
and i•
I had .been ea
aged about two years . ;
and, for any prospecti of marriage, we might
be engage4l fur
.twty years longer.' Mr.
Lancaster,' CtrVs-fht t er, was a I radesman in
a good way of bt- ness, and naturally re
,
'fused to let his daugt ter marry. a fellow who
was getting only setfenty pounds a year.—
He - several tim e s a wised ! Cary to, give me
up; hut, 4, she wO ld not do that, he con
tented himself with f, bidding me the house;
trusting tpltime and isumm—for they - lived
several ni t les from; Newstone—to aid his
cause. 1 .
I knew 'that Mr: aneaster always invited•
a ntimber ,of y \ oung .people to his house on
Christmas•eve, and • pictured them there,
dancing;
. ICary flititli about in her white
muslin diess with tl Very riband round her
*slat Out Chad , givrn ber'only a month be
fore. 'Would any thought of.my miserable
self ever cross hermit d, as she moved among
the gay Company:3. 'Perhaps my, detested
ic
rival, -Bini‘ the dra ' r, might be even danc
ing with her, and
. pr sing her waist With his
arm at thbt very oment. Thought not
calmly to lbe:horne , so away I went on the
platform for change of, scene. • ,
. A clear!, starlit night, with, keen breeze
that whistled shrill 4nd drz phrough the tel
egraph. %Wiles above i4y hen , and brought to
my ear the faint soups, made soft and sweet
by distance, Of the 4Christmas waits. Lan
terns, flitting like fire•flies among the wag,
ons in the stationlyard ; hoarse uncouth
shouts of Men, and, wild shrieks from dis z
traeted loOrnotives, that seemed tearing
madly' up i and don; merely to keep them.
i
selves n
. a glow onisuch a bitter night, and
net becauSe they Intl anything particular to
do; So into the ef9ce again, with numbed
fingers t aiad of such i; haven. ' . •
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The long dark h urs sped slowly ; each
hour chinked out by t valorous little clock in
the'corncrf Midnig t came and went ;
one
o'clock; tvio o'clock, three o'clock. I had
grown tired of the . i . ...hirining heroine, and had
again beeoine Weakly despondent on the sub
ject of itinks,",when I pas roused by the quick
tinkle of the electriq-bell. A private mes
sage: • i •;.
Mr. Kerf,ireirrilte, to
1.4 ' Se .
Lemonfinders starts
C.rene: Take care of th 4
r. Darke, 39, High Street,
ri,=tone;
the mail to-night. All
black dwarf:
•
I was a l ccustomed i to queer messages, but
this was, the
. oddest f had seen. I spelled it
over twice to see thii I I had got it . ilown cor
rectly ; then copied i out on onenf the print
i
.td forms ;Lsigned it; entered at the foot the
time I received it--l-three, krty-five--and
placed it in an envel'pO.
- Zinniber thirty-ni e,lligh Strest; was the
residence. 0 . Mr. B cern the tailor,! and was
only five ininutes' .. alk from the•Station,—
Mr. Breed' gene,rall had - apartments to let;
aid Mr. Darke' w. probably a lodger.—
I
Having loeked - the o ce-door, I proceeded at
a rapid tilot toward Mr. Bream's. I con
cluded that Mr. Dar-cc was a showman, and
that somebody was hsending him a dwarf—
perhaps a giant alsobut certainly a dwarf,
it
to put in his carava There was a light in
the second-floor of nu ber thirty-hine., Was
Mr. Darke waiting, • peetant of a message?
-It looked like it.
• I gave a loud .kn k,and.'stepped - back to
note 'the effect. The )fight in the second floor
was not moved, but the Window was opened,
a head• popped oukiand a gruff voice de . -
manded: . 1 '
4 -Who's there? , . i
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Dpes Mr. Darke I
'-Why do you wan{
' I've got a telegli
' Ugli I All right. 1
' 4 very gruff voicl:
went,-'the, door was,
!MEI
idc message for him.'
Wait a moment:-
certainly. .Next ma
opened, as far as the
and a great muscular
diala would admit;
hand was thrust out.:
' Hand it here.' sai 3 Jar: Darke; -
Accordibgly I Ma•.. the note in his band.
1 Wait a bit, till Is e whether any answer's .
required.' ‘ . -
In a. minute or twg the window was again
opened; 'No answeit and the casement was
i n
slammed down. W ith the exception of his
voice, I bad no more dea of Mr, Daike wheit
I. left number thirty inei than I bad when I
went. I had mere] seen the outline of his
Bead when he Tooke out of the window.—
Whether he was a yo ng man of an old man ;
a fair man or a dark an, I was-equally at a
loss to know. - .
• IronvUle is • thirty= ►ve miles from New
stone. The mail-tra nTrune the distance in
rather under' an hou and readies the iatter
plaee at-half-past five As the. cinch pointed
to half-past five, off for a strall•up the
to know ?'
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platform, determined that if apy:dwarf,' or
giant, Or ' other,- strange triOnstet:,,arriVed by
the it should uot deptift unseen by
me. I :half expected' to find. Mr. harke
Waiting . for the train ; - but he was notsto be
seen. True to its time, the, train crawled .
slowly into the station; and, in another mo
mbitt, th'e platforM wa4 floPt.ied*ith, those
ltrangelyilattired WhoS4 blishiess
or pleas4re induces ; ththrt tp.,flY
No dwarf, nor giant, nOr other.'stfanga,Mon-:
ster. o,nly one pttssetfOr NeWstotie.; .411
the othets booked': tin'ongh, WitS,,nViden
from their frantic•strugtlo to fuld their Seats,.
the mothent the bell cliched Ont,lts 'warning
note. And this. 0ne..15:460r 4 1• slim
gentleman, stylishly dritiseof. YOting, With,
put Whiskers, - bdt, with iklitir,i'fait moustache,
which he was fond of stroking with ex
.quisitely gloved' thumb - and finger. He
alighted jauntily -from a firsi-class carriage,
smiled amiably on the porter, who touched
his cap, took up his small black portmanteau, .
gave one - hurried anxious glance round, broke
into it smile again, swaiggerixl slowly down
the platform, and, pushing through the beaVy:
fulding:doors, emerged into the street. Some
swell front London came to spend Christmas'
with his friends, I said to myself.' 'But where
can. he be going to.at; this, time of the morn.
irtg None of -,the inns will be open for abot.e
an hour: • -. • '•
Without waiting_ to oonsider.whether it
-was any business of mine, I pushed through
the folding doors. after the. traveller. 'He
was walking sloVily acrolts' the little square
in from, bf the station, looking from side to
side as if not knowing which road to take.—
Suddenly a dark figure glided out from be.
hind some projection, and advanced towards
him. I could hear the murmur of a few
words. - - Then, the stranger took the'port
manteati from the trav'eller's hand; and'they
ent on together at a repid pace into The
town. All this I silly by , the ,liglirtrf the
statiothlamps.. When the two figures got
beyond their influence and pulsed out of .view
in the dense! darkness beyond, impelled by
a vague fie:Mg of curiosity, I drew my coat
closer around me, and set off,after them at a
stealthy pace, taking the darker side of the
square ash went. rhad mit t far
They passed into Iligb Street, and.akopped
opposite number thirty-nine.... A moment
more, and they Were boihinside the house,
end the door was shut; another moment,
an'd I saw. the light shinmg from : l4r. Darke's:
room in the second.flo - or front. •')
Having no expectation Of ee,itig anything
more, I turned back to theoffiae, and there,
bending over a jovial fire, fell gradualy into
a doze, in which Mr. Datite the traveller,
Cary i black dwarf, and links the draper,
were all mingled in a fatalistic drama, re
volving endlessly in my weary.brain. What
had the telegraph meatage 'to do with the
handsome ,traveller? _ Lsleipity. kept asking
Myself, at intervals of a_ few minutes; but
without troubling myself. to find an answer.
Suddenly, a new- light burst upon me. - I
started. up, thoroughly awake; and, tearing
open the despatch-660k, read over again the
first part of . the message: ' Lemonfingcrs
starts bfthe mail to-night.' Well,-what has
that - to' -do with the handsome traveller?—.
Why, this : don't the :traveller' wear . a pair
of, tightly-fitting lemon-colored gloves.? and
wasn't - the outside seam, of the first finger of
the right-hand g10 .. e burst open? This I had
noticed as he stroked his moustache. .But,
even supposing the traveller to be the Lem.
()wingers of the message, what about the
black - dwarf. There was re black dwarf.—
lle was alone. Alone? Yes ;- I —but, had he
of with-him a small black . portmanteau, of
which he seemed to ,take particular care, re
fusing to let the prer so-Mach as take it
out of the .carriage for him? A theory in.
genious, but improbable, I remarked to my
self, tts, I put ; out the gas and drew up the
blind, to admit the struggling day,
M' duty was over at eight. o'clock. The
London train was about to start its I went
up the platform on my way home. Passing
a group of people standing near a carriage
door, 1 was suddenly startled by a-.deep gruff
voice exclaimineto somb one : We shall
be off in halt' a minute more.'—' l would pick
that voice from a thousand as - Mr. Darke's I'
I exclaimed under my breath, as glanced
quickly round: The group had dispersed,
except two. persons, a man and a woman,
who were preparing to take their places in
the train. The Fron whom I took fur Mr.
`l3arke was a bulky middle-aged man, dressed
in ,a good suit of black . clothes. He had
black hair, and thick black eyebrows; his
whiskers were black, meeting full and bushy
under his chin ; his face was pale, and marked
by the small:poi, and his eyes were black,
bold, and cunning; Altogether a 'fierce fellow,
whom it would be iinwise to.enrage. His
- companion's fitce I could not see, it being
concealed by a thick veil; but. judging from
her figure, she could not be much above , twen,
ty,years old. She was well, 'but rather eon
-sptc.. sly, attired: having over her silk
dress a ...luminous scarlet shawl, csnnf.irta
bie-looking • • .ugh certainly; on. .a told
Christmas mornin ' But see r As. I live,
she has got on the "very .air of lernpn-colored:
gloves that were worn by .e yOn h dandy
who
who arriveo the 'night-mai -41te - mine
pair of gloves without doubt bavina .e
side seam of the first finger of the . tght i. d
a little torn. There, too, is thg identica
little black portmanteau, carefully 'carried,
this time by Mr.,Darke himself. What can
it all mean
Under ordinary circumstances I slioulcthat'c
at once gone to bed and slept till two or three
O'clock in the afternoon ; blit, on Christmas
day, such a proceeding •11. as not to be thought
of. So, hang breakfasted, I put on my
Sunday .suit, and lefthorne with the intention
of• taking a long stroll into the country.-:.-
Before getting out, I went to the station to
see If i could not'indlice-a ceriiiin friend to
accompany me; when whom should I meet
on the platforM but Mr. Choop; the chief "con
stable of Newstone ?
Choop , is A small, wiry, active.looking
man, with a sauntering and negligent air, as
if he were in want of something to do. Mt.
Choop has a spilling, open countebance • he
wears his • hat very much at,the back of: his
head. and generally displays pn ample amount
of shirt bosom ; seeming 'in his quiet way,
to invite
. the confidence, of every one. • rut,
tell him s omething that interests hiai; _excite
him; bring him put of the passive into the
active mood, and you will see his eyes-be
come keen and piercing, bis feattireesharp - efi;
and •his teeth glisten.. Ile:•lociks at,such A
moment, as dangerous and.full of mischief as
a tiger-cat Crouching for ea ,spring. Mr.
MI
Chopp is- a distant relative .f Mine by:Mar
riage, and was aware oft =state of mr'nf
feettons, - He *es- in the pa-.lve mood, when
I encountered him on the.pli tfortn,'and look
ed the most athiable; and art ese of men.
' How are yOu Ibis Mort ing?' he said 'as
wessitook hands; 'And how is Caryl Have
the old man and you made'.tatters up - yet?'
I shook my head diseonsol•tely.
' Well, faint, !heO!, you no*,' he added,
with a smile..'- What brings me'down here ?
Business, to e I sure. The , act is,venysteri
ously4tiking me by the Initfin, i there wa.4 a
. ring burglary committed I .stonight at IrOn
ville, and property to a li rge amount, was
stolen. From information received halteu
hotir ego by telegraph, I h Ve.reisoit ICe
liev. that one of the acco 'aims, having in
his possession al considerabl. •part•Of the s O
len property, artiived here ea Ly this morning'
i
by the mail-train. - A slender young man,
fashionably dredsed, light fl•.xen moustache;
wearing a pair of -lemoticol 'red kid gloves,
and carrying i! small Lilac, portmanteati.”
' Mr: Darke'si friend, by J piter I'
' Eh, what dO you mea- ?' asked Chopp
sharply, . with his eager , rret-look; - that
Changed him it! once into another man..--
Three minutes sufliced to pi t him in posses
sion of all I kt4w. .-Mr. C °op gave an al
most imperceptible jerk w th his thumb;
and a tall ungainly-looking an, having the
appearance of tt farm-latio.er in his best'
clothes, lounged 'p; and I ir cognized Tinto
-thy, Mr. Choop'l confidentia , "subordinate.
• Me: Choop sent Timoth off to Number
Thirty-nine to thake ! certain inquiries; then
went himself to the bookin:-oflice to ask of
the clerk whether he- reine tiered to what
station Mr. Darice•tutd his ‘ompanion Pere
butiked. The clerk booked .o. many passen
gers by that traiit, that he co Id not positive•
ly remember ; but he tlf ks, through to
London. Mr. Citeop then oil-sired me to ac
company him tck, the telegr ph of The
eight o'clock train had hari ty got half Way
to London ,yet‘ , l' ; By consult ng a time-table,
Mr. Choop foundiout at !wile part of the lino•
the train 'ought to be ;• so, at his request, I
telegraphed to lite station a, which it would
nest stOp ; givin' a brief d.i.eription of Mr,
Darke and his companion, d siring the train
to be searched onlits arrival,' nd the individ—
Oats in,question to -be detain id.. In a quarter.
of an hour we r4ceived a re •ly t ' The train
has been . searched, but no individuals an
swering to the description gi en by you were,
' Telegraph to
has stopped,' sai
cover at which (:•
got out.'
So I telegrar4
success, but the,
individuals,you r
i
eight a . m. train: •
-- I'll have you . et, Jim Hi.
Mr. Cheop, with a grim sin
'boy, if you want to see a bi
to go with Tim thy and
comes' , 1,.
As the dock Arch twelv
Selves at Fulwoo3-station2—
1,..
othy and myself After
quires of the stati n , master, -
Timothy in one direction,.
took. another . 1• . Choop p
Cons to several' individual
gaining any decisive inform
was Timothy—wen we m'
furnish any. satisfactory int
Choop considered for a fe
must be as I haii.e suspecte
he, at last. . ' We shall find I
Tramps ; step out, lads. I'
We left the village at a
still keeping on the high roe.
ren moorland country. Fi
and trees were gradually le
at length, we were shut in I
swelling billocks'of moor, vi •
as fitr as the eye can reileti, .
horizon with their sinuous,
Following the gCildance of .
quitted the high road after a
to halt cru der the lee of a hig
common. Mr. Chock taki
clambered up the hill and'
survey over its summit.' Hi
me to fidlow. •Peeping m
we 'ere on- the summit of '
try, from which the road sic
. small valley, in the middli
close to the' high road, stood
house. '
'The Ten Tramps, .1, dare
Riley and his wile are ,in t
Mr. Cho - op. qtf is a • noto
place for all the ro gues in th
Mr. Choc'? descebded, - andE I
held secret council for soma r
Timothy opened a small . bUnd
the - way from Newstone.' •
with much gravity, to indu
waggoner'& blue •smock-fro
braided and buttoned, after
which waggoners delight.
up the buttons of his ftistiar
to bring into more pronjinen
up . boots ' • then he gave his
and his hair a pall for Ward,
swinging pace in the direct
Tramps, whiitling the PI ,
went. Mr. Chimp and I pass
hour together, smoking cigar
• trious matters,- with a gla
loci 'every two or three tril
rection • the irin.
Why no wait till nigh
Choop, when you could a
without bring - seem?' •
Because, after dark, we's
sure of lindin'gtalf-a•doten
there, who would make the m
'Then why - not take halCa
you, so 'aS to avoid all risk V,
• What credit would the
When Timothy cud
enough to talk abouCcalling •
There he is f'
Timothy was lounging D:1
post, smoking a long-clay- ',
were watching him, he took
scratched his head vigotiou:
time; and a third time. -
All, right!' said Mr. Ch
:the signal., Lend me your
you • take may hat; -dan i t
'recogniso-me till get Ike th
Ewing made, the, trensfesr,
Choop walking with an assum
. Timothy was still smo king
_ _ .
dcior when ,we reAched the Mill
_ • Foine day, master.' •
•Very fide, - tur man,' rol
What sort of a tap httvi‘ yen
VTROMO. 99
faeh statio
it Mr. Cho
them4the
where the train
you dis
wonian
ed to four
fifth answ
ention rya
statiouis without
red,- • Nes ; the
! hed here by the
ey P exclaimed
Vied, My
of fim, and like
e, you are wel-
we found aUr-
Choop, Tim
itking a few in-
Mr. Choop sent
chile he and I
t cautious ques
',, but with Out
tion. Neither
!.t, him—able to
11 igence.. Mr.
moments : It
all along,' said
hem at the Ten
.t leg foremost.'
rapid pace, and
(lot into i l / 4 bar
r,
Ids, hedgero%fs,
behind f until,
_every side by
•ich swept away
;ttfl bounded the
raeeful lines.—
Choop, we
!time, and came
er hillock than
a off his hit,
• sk a stealthy
! then beckoned
cr,. 1 fund that
[i ridge of cowl
•ptdown into a
or which, and
a small square
•nger that Jim
at-house,' said
ious gathering
district.
the and Timo thy
minutes. Then
1 1 11 e—brought. 411
nd proceeded,
himself into a
Eck, .plentifully
;the 'fashion in
Ule - next turned
trowsers, so as
view his laced=
at a push back
nd set off at a
in of the Ten
ugh-boy as he
id the next half-
arid discussing
ce over the hil
nutes iu (he di-
,' I tisked-Ur.
ptveh the hin
be pretty
ugh customers,
tter awkward.',
ozen men with
be in that?_
t will - be time
- her assistance.
aifist 'the dear.
pe 'While we
his hat, and
I:In: a teeond
p. 'That wtss
cap, Vred, and
want Riley to
- home:. .1
we set off, Mr;
-cl limp. .
lii4 pipe at the
ed •Mr: Chopp.
„ot lerr
. .
11.,
•
. .
BEE
{
Oh, toitiyish. foind the landlord
somewhere. insoide. . All. the womenfolk
seem to be gone out somewhere. '
'Two glasses of your best ale, landlord,'
'exclaimed ittr. Choop to a burly redheaded'
man'with a villainous countenance, who a u rae
forward scowling suspicionily> The land.
lor&baek was hardly turned before a quick
whisper was exchanged between Timothy
and' Mr. Choop. We were lighting our ci.
'gars when the landlord returned with the ale.
He showed its Into a small room; and we left
the coutitilman still smoking at the door.
Ile seemed to be A thirsty soul, this country..
man, for he called for glass after glass rapid.
as if ftilly*determined on getting ,drimk
iti the shortest pnssible time: lie drank so
much that the lanaiord'ibig jug was at last
exhausted, and he lighted a candle Logo down
into . the cellar to draw more ale.. Hardly
had 'the landlord reached the bottom,of the
cellar steps,' before the door wai quietly
locked behind him.
•
11e. Choop's apathy vanished ;n a moment.
His eyes flashed, his teeth glistened, he
looked dangerous. Go you into the gardeit,!,
he • whispered to me, and fake- your stand -
below the. window on the left. If Jim Riley
jumps Out--though I. don't think he'll have
time—lay hold of him, and stick to. him
till I come. Now, Tim, quick and 'silent.'
Mr. Chow) and Timothy, each pulling out
an ugly-looking staff, crept op-stairs es steal
thily as two burglars; while I tiastened- into'
the garden.
A mingled noise of shouting and oaths,
crowned by a woman's wild shriek, the
crash of a falling table, and then the window
was flung up, and Mr. Darke dashing madly
through, follqwed closely by Choop. They
Came to the ground almost together,' and'
:rolled over in a fierce struggle.. But Mr. i
Darke, twice as strong as his opponent, was
uppermost, sitting • astride of Mr. Choop.—
Only for one moment; for the . next, my
arms were -round his neck. I - gave him a
sudden - . pull back, with, ll my stretigtb.--
Ch4p, now on his feet, whipped out his
handcuffs,td. had Mr. Darke safe ail fast be-
fore that individual Could recover his breath.
At this moment Tifnothy appeared, escort.
i n n Mr s . Riley, r .L .sl suppose she 'ought to be
called ; .and carrying; with much Care, the
small black portmanteau. Mr. Choop open
ed it, and I perceived it to be half-fUll of
watches, rings, pinS, and jewelry of various
kinds. The woman's veil, tMw thrown back,
showed me the midnight traveller, minus the
moustache ; pr bold; forward.loAking, &Jed
featured woman; bditriii,,a her misfortune ;with
a haughty indifference that excited 'Titriothy's
admiration.
The. landlord, itiching at his cellar-deer,
and calling to be let mkt, tong Before this,
was released by Timothy; and very blank
he looked when ho beheld how his guestS•had
suddenly come to .grief. By Mr. Cheep's'
orderi he brought out his horse and.B light
cart, and we drove back, through the darken
ing aftern6on, to I'Ulwnod. ' ,
Through Mr. Choop indefatigable exer
tions, the *hole of the gang of burglarSAvas
speedily captured. One of them turned
queen's evidence; 4uld,it then came out. that
Mr. Riley was the plannr only et the
burglaries in *hich they had .all been en
gaged for some tine back ; it being his duty
to pick out the premises to be robbed, to
make plans of them, and arrattge ; the details
of the attack, leaving to others the tnerely,.
mechanical part of th"usiness, and reeelv
ing a certain share of- the proceeds fur his
part of the labor._
Three days after Christiqtas:day I received
a note from Mr. Lancaster asking me tO,go
over to Ironville, as he. wished particularly
to ,see me. • De received me in his graze
quiet way, look'ed the through and thrOugh
from under his
. bushy grey' eyebiovis,imc
tiongd m 6 to a seat, and then spoke. ,
I 'received' yesterday morning fcom)Mr.
Choop an account of certain events=relaive
to the, recent burglary otr_my piemises.7l.
'The burglary, on your:prethises;
• Yes. Were you not aware of it ?'
L was of course aware that a robbery' had
been committed, but-was not aware that ,yoo
were the sufferer.'
' Such, however, is the case,' replied
Lancaster. - Choop informs me that it
was through you ha first obtained cite clue
which enabled him t track aniteapture part
Of thegang, and recover a portiori ortheistit.
leo property ; and that he was much indebted
to your courage and activity in the capture
of Riley. sow, lam not an ungratefuloian;
you have long had a liking for my. daughter,
which, I believe is returned by her , but You
aro not in a position to tnarry. -twill) tell
you what dolor you; I will take you as
an assistant in my shop, at a moderate.ahr
ry, and if I find thatqau bring into - vnur new
trade that amount - of intelligence and actiVity
which I am told you possess, I wijl,advrence
you accordingly; turd, providing you land
Cary remain in the same mind another year,
twill - not object to yob,. marriage.: Let me
have your decision in the nrorning.: You
will find Cary in the : parlor.' - -
I need hardly say, that btith Cary and I
are very glad to see Mr.- Choop wlieoever he
favors us with a call in oqr new hpme,:and
brings us pews of Lemenfingers ; who, now
that Mr. "Riley is 'working out his penaliser
vitude, Is doing well as a licensed hawker in
the hosiery. and Nottiughain line. • I
NATIONAL CiIARACTER AND ITAPPINESg.-
,Liig consists - of a series of illustratiuns,t..ac
tions, or elegant enjoyments ; the greater
part of our time passes in .compliance with
necessities, in the performance di ditily de:
ties, iii the,removel of small incienvenien&S,
in. the procur,ernent of petty Fileasures-1 and
we are or ill at ease as the main st c 7am.
Of life glides on smoothly, or' is rutile, by
small. obstacles and frequent-iiviterrupticni.-=
- The true state of every nation is the stat i c of
eorimon life.. The 'manners of-the;pc plc
are nut to be found ht the schools of le tn
ing„ or the places. Of greenlet's, where, tbe
national character is obscure or ()Mite ted
by travel of instruction; by pitilosOph or
tanity ; nor is public happiness to
~be esti
mated_ by the assemblies of the gay, or the
banquets of, the rich. - -'lle.gieet mass of nu,
lions is neither rich not gay c , they whose ag
gregate-constitutes till) people are found . in
the streets and lathe Tillages, in the slops
and the farms and - from then, collectitelv
considered, must the measure .ofgeml
prosperity be taken. .A 3 they -approachto
- delicacy, a nation is refined; . as2thejr - ,
venieixes aie:matipli s ed, a nation, at; least a
comineicial - nation: frost denominitted
Wean hy. -LA/int/et .Inhttafr, '
-;-.': : i47.:_ .4:',
no
- .
Thrillidg Cimuiresrfoual ,
The Albany Heening - Jottittdi, art tiii.►iiter=
eating sketch of scenes and inciderite didt
culled in the old heprdientative's'Hailpiciils
ing its •thi rty.years oteripancy , ibr.,Codgress;
thus destribes.otie of die warmest- ind. - Most
Meiitereble ocet.siotiseeer'WitnoSid'lM,lhat •
old Hall : ' • : • *
• , On the 18th of January:, 1827, the:ll44e
adopted the usual rule - to :lit) , .Antissloo . l
petitions on.the table; thislieingdeirorriiiiitz
ed the C ' Hawes Gag," arid the ." Atherton.
Gag.'_' Oh Monday, the Gthr Of .Februitryi.
1827, Mr. Adams having oceupied:au: helm ;
Or,morer in exhausting- his pile of Anti-Slaver •
ry nientorials i paused, and
~looktiig.-
candy:at Mr:Speaker held intity.
hand apa pee . pu rportin i g tel be it j i tit
certain Stares.. If I sheufil present it tb the,
Rouse, would it grs.oTthe table nntlertltd ar=.
der of the 18th of January I" The, speaker.
t , eemed bewildered, and had:. just time tit
stammer out something about the grdvity of
the question, when the entire Pro-Slatetk. •
side of the chamber exploded With the. Most
intense Wrath.. "Let hint be expelledt!
Err:reamed a score of voices. .'. "Let-_him .
expelled'!" shouted Dixon If. Lewis, whitsii ,
huge bedy,, weighing five hundred aVeirdu,.•
pois, came waddling and' wheezing towards
the Clerk's De-+k. 'The whold-eorps of
garchs were-on their feet, scriarninl4 . steer-,
ink, gesticulating like deatensl• • Polk plied •
his-g avel and called to hrderlit vain, while
the spectators in, the l overhueeing:galleries
eaught'the spirit of the scene% and were going,
wild with excitement. Quick as . thought
resolutions were prepared for. the expulsion
of Mr. Adams, based on the assumption That
he had presented a petition...teem Slaves - toe
the abolition of Slavery: -Ere they were.
fairly before the House, they were. o ff ered in
a modified form by Mr. Waddy Thorppson;
now demanding the severest censure rather
than expubiOn: Thereupon the debate be;
gan. It raged violently three days. - Thorny
son, Drom . gooleL,Wtse,artd Underwood, lead
ing off for ,the Mlavoetacy;. while I LineoPn,
Cushing, Philips, Granger i and- ethers, de
fended Actrtts.
During the height oftlie.tCrapest, the ro
tunda, the galleries,.the passages of t he'capi-.•
tot being filled with an -excited throng, the
colleagues and friends of Mt% Adams - felt:
great anxiety rot only fey his fate in AT
House, but for his personal Safety: Mean
time resolutions were going. through 'curicus
modifications, all tendingto'soften their terms
arid mittgate•their. conclusions: All this time
I the old Roman sat unmoved in his place, the •
calmest mati , in the chamber, with the ineett.-,
diary petition safely - lta:ked up in his desk.
At length it began, to leak out that thepaper:
was not-exactly such a document as the slave ,
holders irk hot haste hail imagined it to
be:, Whereupon, Dromgoole,-lOf
still furth6r modified the reshlufion s,.by set;
ting forth that the Member froth Massachu
setts "had . gives color to the icleu that slaves.
I had a right to petition,"
,etc:,. . phrase on
which Adams. afterwards roasted hint . alive.
Finally the pro-slavery side of the Ho use be
gan - to suspect that they were pursuing the •
.u.edro in the wrung direction ; and if 'them
was a colkireci Individual in thelertserit all, ho
Iwas more likely to be found in the 'paling
1 than in the petition, and so they stopped tit
I ake breath. Then Mr. Adams rose to ad
dressi he House.. With great, deliberation;
his voi*pitched upon a shrill key, that pen
etrated to the corner of the galleries, and witli
a frail bit of piper rustling in his aged. hand s
he called the Speaker's - atteation to the tides;
tion he' had put hint three days. :mot- Which.
still remained- unanswered,,,viz: Whithqt„fi
paper purporting to be rtpetition from skives,
would, ttere to pre:teat:l4
_go on the`ta
ble, under the order of the lath of January
Looking around him with.a mingled elpies
skin. of sarcastic...cunning and tufty scoria ;
which Lord Giatham would haveihried,,lte
cried in a
.voice not of thuilder, but in a sharp,
hissing tone, such as lightning rnight.be sup:
posed to employ . ; if it spoke qt all, ".Antfora,
1 to be 'expelled from this loqiiatious;Adbilitiy..
House for sitnply.ttsking a ituestign ?"
. Far the first time the tbenght flashed oti -
• friend and foe, that Mr. Adams-ilea:neither
presented thd paper, nor propoted to , present
-it. Everybody felt queer, while Sturm Ware •
men looked like lank sheep suddenly denuded.:
of their fleeces. lihad now get wind that the .
paper was...a forgery, the work of some stupid
slayeholder ih , Washingbin, and purporting '
.to be sighed by Scipio, Sanibo;and other 'xi: -
gas n.groes, asking-the house to, expel Mr.
Adams from their body.
And now " the old Man eloquent" took his
turn in the debate: • Iroit• he demolisheil - one
opponent after at - Water, scourging, -.flaying,—
setetping, impaling to his heart!s crintent---how ,
rank upon rank of the-chiralry went-doWn itt
heaps before his trenchant blade how he
spitted poor ihronigaole, and4oasted him
fore it fire of_sareasai, it.lien• he told hirrethat
"giving color to an idea". was not n Ntirtliertt
but a Southern practice ' one of the peculiar
ahnnestie institutions of Virginia with tritich
he had no desire to interfere---hoW the House .
screamed
.with laughter asllrompcde essay-'
,ed a grim smile in acknowledgement Of .'this
delicate allusion to the blenching chemistry'.
employed by the South to eradicate the dark
tints in their variegated populution:- 7 1oac•he. ,
wound up his triumphant phillipie•by • warn.
ing lils yourfratliersaries again ,to
run on an erfand till they knew whither they - .
were goh)e—and haw the . llouse firmly re:
fused
.to lay the resolutions...on tote table, but' .
brought their authors to a ;direct Vote, indf
finally trampled theta doat bjr
majority—are not all these • things lirritten'
in the Chronicles of the Old Hallmf.the Mina*
of Re.presenbativesl
Smartt flor.- 7 -The YOnEee-Bludi tells ttip.
following anecdote of it 'collk•ge churn :
A member tlf- - tme of the clwises was Of'
tinguislied not 10S0 fir dry Wit 011 d sly - wags= '
gery than for - his ad' ref!s in eyadingithes*rif:..
Mg.. of themes; and, 'palming 11tE. the brain,
coined currency of oihtltiiiicgitimatt;
" ttnder.' ()ne lkiondarinhittWhe
theme-. of 'unusual merit; btitTf4C-A—L
-4 smelt ar rat;' • and}-as finiohattiand sat:
down in dowin the pride of con§eiollo,:eieellenet,„
asked •
" Ar that -s t)ginal, H--
" Ye's, sir."
"-Are you 813 of 11, (itutried-lberzi
lessor: dpuhtingly. 7
," Why, yes, sir," replied viith the
impurturbable gravity and . that patdo,Waid
countenance' he ,afwajs w9re it ha-OFIC, ‘ ,
inal 'over it in tht• piper -
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