IndOpeAdent Ripibliaan sigAri parmiliNG OFFICE, - Below hotel; In tisideylk Latbrops' !funding tt'ITILSTAIRS . .AE:I the 33ePtibire4Q. PVILTSHXD ITTATTIMISDAT, AT NONTIGIIK, 11C514171- ItIPCIA etfT*tr, frtiteA., bt • H. H, PRAZIER, At $1,50 TEAR , - ,' vs ♦DrIIICs. ' Mites fit Adterilititg. . . . ___ ._ .. 2w 3.w lo 2ff Stn gm ty . I squ:re,.l4 lW s4o 7511 004_2512 2513 001$5 (Oki 00 _ 2 squares, 10(' 150 2 00'2•50.4 nips no 90n15 60 S fflinires,l 1 5012 2513 0013 . 75 . 16 0617 se li el( 120 00 -4 squares. 2 00,3 00,3 75;4 50 00 9,51 151 W 24 00 . Half a colUmn, ) . IS th.,341(10 One colutSm,. :% . ~ 3000:5000 .• „ . Ptelreitnes,tit thls size type), Make a-square. t;! ht iltte/, of I slce t rm.—A care.. ) Leaky Advertiviw Will hare Ow ad dime of alit-dot or rtaogloc their wirritiwniridn.davadonally.withoot addltimal chair, Voxinert Carlin opt escacdiag tirellamlizakrirdat.as pet aurvim. , . A drertawaikaat; to breast latent., sua..4 handed hl Tata day itiorniai.4 arbb Work.—The office of the fttnErritnr.NT ttrrratarax 1 . Provided with three Wallop porwr-n.' a STEAM roIrER rut , ..ut. a large HAND and a t`ARTI t...7/1 ;kr with a it.. 4 avlietrionit of Johhinc nixt r rial, ajt. icnrt. pu,:b Cirrwiar. Toarra. Haadbilla, ratUl.hitta. Sr, will ee door neatly and promptly, Illankii.—Justices' and Constables' Blanks, 11 , ..1 Blank*. Nntrink,d4., I entormets, he., kept 4 _ t. 4 .44 far wile at tbc InvEntxPrart nzerrucmt Olt*. - BUSINESS OilII)S. & S. Robertson, T I FIALER in Fotelca and DoeneWle Fraltt Teettahle• In their Sew 3 m. lee (nm wet hoda Water. Order., n--. R.l B4reftholents ot aR land.. Vico, Nolo. Votsfoeflonerx, and envy- Inc mot:cried with a gra vbs. Eating Mom\-- Waverly. N. Y. Waverly, N. Y., 313 y 4,1643.-3 m . .. a Oarratt„ • isn - 1 4 114Q . A A -1.. Ertl u r ... a.. .Tp: 2k5 1 4 1 , ,t) F . !! g r lt i ~f : 4 v 1 47.c . c . : 1 , 1 .1 , ,tcP Auti . e A l i.nd .Iq, 1,11 Ith, n:rt.!,r Cloili. 1" the r:t,4, , 1LL7476',i.. - 41!stg..`4; 4 4g::.111"`;:;:'1:: P4, ; ..i.‘z . be ry.t. lv stietidest ity Vir • 2... h inl.l 'ft* Grani.;o4.l,. L It, It kik, Sad all ktyd• nt ramie], tevnbuT in tbelr ,e. 1... • m Mllford. 11'1_, Males:A iSzee.-ly .. .. Dr; A. difford, 4raGgicqr.DENrar ,, .offic,, opts F. B. ¢.1n41/4. S!ore.— L. Partkallorotteattoo tolil.bes &All, to. looeeting Teeth 4. Gold or ffrn Piotto=al. on s nele Nntt. ial opt tatlcoo mama:dol. Good heterrners stern. a trotilt+4l . . Mos/bore. Sept. It, 1,4:A.-tt - . • John W. Cobb, X D., • Tjo Et Nr; noir prepared to practice utpirma ~.I:4rircorsT. .1) ha. locatrd birnaelf Itt Itlontrfor, Pa.. and .111 .trierly anend in thr ith whirl ho tilar b farmed. Orr/CE MGT Z. qiir'S Z , torr, opTarltra:earleelltarl. B.N. Co„ R. March Lisf..tr 9. 7. Fordham, tilicttsst & tierxcs. i/inn.l C ItlilAGE TR111,114.-Vi In all braveziao. :glop one odor Keeler Sentkiarcl i. Montern.e, March 1, J. R. Emith. IiLNI - FACIrRF.It:nIIIARNESS,S.kTIILMsrAptrxrs. New Conaty, I. • New MIMI* January 1,, y • William N. Grover. A TTORSZT AT LAW. Sr Lev.. MPk.v . u. rrarile, otilr In the CII - zu Corm of firman, Eiln.orlf chiefly to .Colt*.ivi,,t, tlnaitelet frtln 14 . 111 trtelre proms at. t.rafst. .OF Pitt "(In n ;NA 'Area !, , !.:engs, e. Winla r er T AU. Sts yosz Su<Q. ra. 4ppuetc L. A. .t 0. I w - Illfrard, Sot. 24, lEC3.-Cm E. a Rogers. • ....TlLL'entkiltanes tt If ANCTACTI" RE descriptions of CARICIA.S.. WAUUNS. SLEIGHS. etc... the best style vf ;tad elf the belt ntatiele.,st the well 1 few tts r-eet a Pm% M4l. ID war., where Lewin be i.r.pl• to le S' . 4lle the ealle .111,w .ant 21, - thing 1n hI " - - Mutt 6ze. ba. 4 rat be: I. E. D. Bennett. 11 06 ,. 8 6-I, EIL hh•iitY.,4:ki.ehiiir.i% brit; ra i ..noiTi,thil 4 Worm Vie pe‘pi he itpitpseed iiird Ikreeke, and Repair e.id 1 W. Alen sill htelve RN* , Jet.: Tor IL B. flesineft GUAM. Sept—S i t,.-tt William IL WATIIIIE..r.URF.E.. - I:l4xarled Li . Ike I'.'t blue rear; r.Tr...tictaetlfm. Jeleere reTlaired 1..tv . ! .. y Z. l l Wrirter .mSnr, :Amer of Lain and Tara - treet.l,sererse Searle s 11 , 40, Vr.rmse, F. W. E. Sly mow lue worked forme ror genne Ilene, and 1 r a m ret onntnesd him se a careful and kkillf4l workman, competent to do oe good *mart an sin be done In :bemare. as.l wor th y of tenatlcletoi'e . . TowdrO24. lone 10. sNs. W... A . iltaritzsids. Duna ro Wm: elk E. W. Ba!n!.. E. 11. linso2 ,- nr. E. 0. Got Atria. B. Kloblexe. Tof azda : D. S. Ben kb..J. L. Sr.arle. C. U. Lalnnna.J, Winced:ear_ I . l...arLee. Nontrsele, Bert. 14, I=.-tf • Wm. W. toOlith ik . C 0... V ol CA Bt:SE : l' ' ' . ANO (11.A1It MANT FM!. hurts. Ren.coil,4.o, - of, .1,a..1 all klAs Of Caame - e . Fotturt,4.e. el. furnWorct at abort notion Shop an %Vac ri.naa toot of Zit, Street. MOterre., ra., May .%,13.7.7...-tr - • Haydenx Brothers, notmfatlMALY.M.itin T.NICKY.Ii:CII7IO.IO.%Voirtro. Je.ldrT, Kew Milford. stool. Co.. re-Stmt.:ft ond Prdldr.ropplioorat o' York.lokbing Piker. New 1111for0. Yon I.wrg.-ly =MN Boyd & Webster, ' - r i tALERs la Stern,. Store ripe. ?le, Copper. and Stall Int. 11 Ware also. Window Sash, Ltmbet, and all kinds of Belding Ilairr6l, Tin Slwn ;•4 4 ,,,e1 r. V‘earie's liiAel aed ("town nap raw Metbc.list Claud. Merlins - E. Pa, April 14. ISP.-t! • Dr. 0. L. Dimock. • - - DITTRiciA...c AND st-R.Gtoit. h.r prnanne,th- inoledLimpei I. . 0 11001r‘.e, 0000000110 ans 000.012-, T. 1 3IFICE-MerlV,llooo d'Soe,s IHort. Lox at liwaxlesli T. MOOll.OOO, Match 10, 11,,,V1. Di. Wm. L. Richardson ITlttll.Dreeportrnlir tender Lie pentee...nal mire. in the h. - habitant...4 Itnntenee and he dct.itp. OFFICE eMI er ye! •...-fe knee. LonGINGS st the Keyettnie lentregee, Oct- U, re44.-Iyp Dr. E. F. Wilmot, aRATCATE of the Allot*Ode atd I cable (Wet,. of tieelkinth II now pertoonently tooled In (.r lieu& Pa.- 0 avata or 3W= and E2salArtla St, nearly .ppi-Ite the M. E. (1.4.mh. ba, —lly • Dr. H. Smith, "P SrRCM , * PECTIn. Condone. and nee.. 4te Ow !UMW 6ml - 14(3:0r% • 014..) In Mont - 111 xrurllcuhr at/ration will L. elrrn to In.prt an4l4lzrza plnte. - and to Cling dtcaTing I ert h. X gttrn....hteary 13.1.3b01.11 • , . . . C. 'D. Virel, r- II A RESIDENT DENT! , 9 --6 -- eceot the Franklin Tinteh li s E N. n " . E ra " ° f " 11...1,: . ,,,,r , i, of I . l e n!ertinr teeth on Gold arinlver pla ; l ' edunein the li Art. Ail Inbs warranted . X r wr.. .1. April 7, DAS;-tod , . 71- Thijer, IOHTSICIAN AND ECRGEO;C, Morranes, .Pa. 02lee hi ranneet store. 1.53.."3 A. Buhnell, • A MAXEY a COL , SSZLLOR AT LAW, 'o fiSce 4ner S. B tl Wnri Drcl State, Snow EtasSA ra-11y1 Beeler & !hod&lrd. - 'REA LERS A BOMA k ROZ ]lather and MAID" cm •-F Yarn. et_ Snot door !Atm Sioa's liGtx I.l(nutrw. sa.l xratzi, c r.STODIWILD • William H. Jam, 41701110 ET AT LAW & NOTARY YZBIIe. Mies et Pul. -nc Square, Murrearuz„ Bentley & Pitch, rrokxErs '.!:r LAW. AND DO TT LAND * AGENTS..— .al 4 12..... t of the Coureltoese, licattoe.. Albert Chamberlin. • A -17 - 416TET ATWIr. WO? ET THE rpm& A Co. I Eton, ma - nu m ro. Wm. IL Jessup, 4 D ORc TAT LAZY AND •COMIIMSIONER Or DEEM, Al. far the-State of Yew Tort. ortlCaltegol to all tooltoos el:armful 4 bleb with prowuworan ood tkdOty. 'Mot oo rOblic :. , ..quore, oat ;-.74 by Hoc WUrlato Joao*. - • - --77- - AberTvirell, trelza IN mtras. MEDICTSD'.. CHEMICALN i•skts, of* DyeotuffA. Oncrric.c Dry '1.1../.•, 11an1.47. Stol.s.• 'J , .....V1C, ekrONTIIII JVICI 4 W=RW,SZCI4I . ( rw , Nt . II -‘.., WarenS u viell ta .thatty. Breslau, tinta. Tanker K i ctu, M. Chandler aleernp, E,A rts nC PRY GOODS. Ready Made l9otadad.Cno;:dc•• ae.d &maw". etc, Public A.sane, you ma& Pa- Post BrOthers; Dmr.r.t4 DItT GOODS. °needed. enetere, lI Lade,. Flonr. de-, caner Id Tnrupike And rabac nethear e m rr. /Lean, J. Lyons &lon., ,TlEgrro; IN vsr GOODM. Gmmrles. flard.ye t , Crockery, b.**. 3/61adeackamel tibeet Moak. az. al...earry ur . l.kraz Barb= budziars—Mtic drew, Marmon , r. 7._a. LUZ& _ _, 'Read dc Co., D64...Eas IN DRY GOODS, Dram Medicine*. raiets, OIL , r e:r" ,!... • it.tbraft. Pa:Rey,audr.a., Wardes. Jew. ;1 1 ; reclumety, te. Baia Block Mosniaar, • William & William H. Jump,- MENUS AT LA*. Mosrrsi.s. Ts. Tsactios Is &toque +l4 ssass.lus.di o a Waxes. It - rus.log and L.suerue ass:atlas. - • - Biddies - 6 Mien, _ WHOLESALE sad &tar: Deniers to Floor. Ash. rock, 114. eit E Gtal Yesd.CathazA Maur sodkviip. e. Einx4by toed. Abe M RMA. aseo LP Snare, Mob:on, Co. dtc. ," e r a of ide Pock Annals *be Auer Ellerkic4.m.AA oct. so. le.c-tt Co, • DF-ALEF: 11 , 1 GROCERIES ke.. b l4 l tie dotv rctentlyacespted •r cone ROMl.3l4olll,locra. Mgcb News Office! TES YORK CITY ILLUSTRATED NEWVA ccmg&S, YAGAZIKES,4x... for Meet the Ma* reati.oth by AL X.BULL4sk 130 e Docric,*-c• . , )400)0141Ve. ~-..u.- . ,.c0-01 ' ,,t1',.,/t.i:1,,: , ,i-:',.,',..4::i0i.iK:i0' VOL. 5. 1 ' fl rbleawn rout. ' ..--3-- , Gaup the first Spring daisies; . ..., Chant aloud their-praises; _ Send thrtchildrens To the high Hari f i Tax not the "tree ' t tit tlieir yeang lititicid Teincresse your lands, - Gather the primroses, . Make landfills into posies ; I _Take them to tfie little girls who are at Bork in mills. Pluck the cioletrblue— Alt, pluck not a few ! " • • Knowest thou" what good thmighis from Heaven the violet Instills! . • Give the children Lolidayg, (And let these be jolly days,) 1 Gmnt freedom to the children in this joyous Spring; Better men, hereafter, 1 Shall we - hare. for laughter Freely shouted to the woods, till all the cclictes ring. Send the children up To the high bill's top, Or deep into the wood's recesses, To woo Spring's caresses , See. the t,lrJs ili'!.;etl , o; In this splendidweather, 1 Womble God--(for lie is God °thirds as well as then 4 And each, feathered neighbor , Enters on lilt. labor— [wren. Sparrow, robin, redpole, finch, the linnet, and the As the veer arlrancv,. ~„,.., Trees their naked iirancllcr • • Clothe,•and seek your pleasure in their green appare l insect and wild beast • Keep not-Lent, but feast; [creased, Spring breathetrupim the earth, and their joy's in-. And the rejoicing birds break forth in one loud caroL Al,, come 'and woo the Spring; List to the birds that sing ; Pluck e fa!-Ilfiriats ! Welt the ~"tuts I Pluck the daisies, •'_ • - Sing their praises; [gets- Friendship with the, flowers some noble thought be- Come forth and gather these sweet else., (More witching are )he:- than the fayttof old,) (some forth and gather them yourselves ; Learn of these gentle flowers whose worth is more than - • Come, come Into the wood; Fierce intti th,t hpiteit thesC Which, not in solitude • Dwell hnt with each tither keep society : And with a simple piety, Are ready to bywoven into g,arlands for-the good. Or, upon summer ever h, To die,. in Or to be Arnim helot° ilit• thimliSm And the bridegrooin, by het side. Come forth On...lpnts; Come forth ; . Conie s forth on aysy day Children, come r*tLtb Worship the liod of :17BM - re in your childhliOd I NVorship Him in your tasks with beet endeavor; Worship Him at four sports; worship Him ever; Worship Him In the wildwood; Wilmodmip Him amidst the flowers; In the greenwood bowers; Pluck time bilttCr'rqpi; and ntlsC your voices in Ins praise! MK. SERGEANT VAtedIAN, as a barrister, perft rmed some generous ac tions. Several years ago, while on his way In the Chlenisford assiees, he met with an in telligent and pleasant relloit.ttittelet oh -the coach. The act - graht, Who setts oh such ocra si"n; very fond of %hat he used to . call a lit. Ile agreeable that with any talkative person he chanced to meet, soon drew his traveling companiim into a lively conversation with him. having always. had a sprinkling of Yrtnkee•cariusity, he generally contrived to worm out, by a proceserimperceptible to the party himself, what he- wished to learn ;re 'rarding him. On the occasion allsided to; Mr. Vaughan was not lon. in ascertaining from his companion, that he was also going to Chlemsfurd assires which Were la he held on the following day. "As t o juryman, no doubt 1 " said Mr. Tztughan, o:t learning the fact itself. "No, sir, nweas a jury man," said the ether. " Oh, as a witness, I should hate said." "Not a.s,a witness, either i I wish it were nlessant as that " Oh, I see how it is, Jot: are the prosecut or in Some case which Is painful to your feel: ings._ however, such things will happen there is no help fur them." - You are still wrong in your conjecture, .1r; I am e'ing to pay away some money -for a relative who has a case at the - assizes. " Ah, that. is it i Very unpleasant, cer tainly, to pay'money," observed the learned sergeant - •It is, 'tidied, for those who have little to spare," observed the other. " Well, I hope it _is not to any serious amount." • ".Why the magnitude of the sum ; you kniCw, depends on the resources of the party who has to make the payment." " Very true; 'certainly, very true ;" said Mr: Sergeant Vaughan. , "The sum of £100; which, to one of my limited means, is a very large sum indeed." "Oh, but perhaps you expect to Le repaid in some way or-other agshaT "That's very uncertain; it depends entire ly on whether my.relative l who has just tik en a publiclouseithere, succeeds in business or'not.' = "-Well, it,cerminly is a hard case," observ ed Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, with a serious and emphatic air. ," Ay, you would say ao if you only knew_ the whole of it." "Jmiced ! are there any peculiar circum stances in the cage r " There are, indeed," answered the other, with something between a sigh and a groan. "Is the matter a. secret r answered Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, 'biti curiosity being wound up to no ordinary pitch. Not in the least,' said the other ; 'l'll tell you the ,story; if you don't think it tire some." lam all anxiety to hear it," ,said:the learned gentleman.: " tben,' said the other, " sheet' six weeks .since, a respectable corn dealer in Loudon ' when on his way to Chelmsford, met ontbe - coach with two persons who were perfect strangers to him. The strangers soon entered into conversation with him, and hav [ ing learned the object of his visit to Clielnis ! ford, said that they were also going there on a precisely similar errand, meanly, to make some purchases of coin. After some further conversation together, it was suggested by one of the parti t e, that it would be much bet ter for all three if they could e:on:le to an un derstanding together, as to what amount of purchase they should make; slid under t what particular circumstances these puretutsea should be made; for if they went into the market 'slap doh; and without any Under scandium together, the result would be that in so small a place ate - , Chelmsford, they *ould raise 'the priceiri, whereas, by optrav fig mowirand coctorl, •this Would' be a FRIEEDOgII amp ROONT notagatui ouvuEßy LIED '''ROlinea" SONG OF SPRING. A BEADY LAWYEIL MONTROSE,TA., TIOTRSDAY, MAY 19, 1859. avoided. Tho second party pretended to ap prove highly - Aftthe suggestion, and further proposed, in order to show that neither had the start of die other, that they should de posit the =omit of, money in' the hands . of the respectable landlord of the principal inn; taking care that :hey did so in the presence tit *ittledses, and ;bat special instructions should be given to the hindlord .not• to give up a farthing to either until all three return ed together to receive the whole; adding that if he did he would be held responsible. The London merchant, knowing the landlord oi l the inn to be a man of undoubted respectabili ti`, at once assented to the proposal, and each of the Ellfeb pttrt!Pr a•-_7ordingly, placed it; his hands, under the circuiastalicEs sttfted, SIN/ making .£750 in all." " Well," observed Sergeant -- Vaughan, " well, you certainly do interest me in your singular story. And.what was the result ?" l i " Wily this—that scarcely had t e three' parties left the. inn. a minute, when o eof the two strangers crime running back, a d said that oh t decoild tliottoht they had a I Come to the conclusion t istii % - otild to te.tter to Make . their purchases as early in the diy n's possible, ani that consequently the other two had desired km to return and get the motoll." - "And the 'landlord gave him the w hble sum- at Oikii 1" Interposed Mr. Sergeant ;Vaughan. " lie did, indeed ; unfortunately for him ?elf and me," answered the other. And what followed r inquired the learn etP gentleman eagerly. " Why, the other stranger and the London tett"rt.tt'd it! abol•rn hour after, and demanded their money. " When the landlord of course told them he had given it to the other." "lie did." - "On which, I suppose, they brmg an ac , tion against the landlord f" Precisely so; and seeing that defence was useless ; inasmuch ns he delivered up the motet j lii eftb *het, WI instruttlohn were peremptory not to dek•ei it With nit three were pre:ient, my friend is to allow the as tion to go undefended. The money must be paid to the sharper—for both strungeep o as the ere,nt proved, were sharpers—and also to the bohcitth ititichant." "'And y . oti really hate tne tie Op 'Ter MN] • .I. . to pay it . , " . .. "Oh, ceriehtly, hetatise there is tie help for tt - ;! • . "I am a bafristet, i afii Mf. Sergeant Vaughan, and I sill defend the case for the Nior landlord .gratuitously." The tither tendered hitm-a thousand thanks fur - his intended kindness, hut expressed hi' appr e lensiuns that all ellatts at defence wo'd he perfectly i " We shall see," said the Sergearo., "we shall see. You and your ft lend the landlord will call on - me this evening at eight 9'do,k, to arrange fur the defence to. morrow." Tb•morrws wine, and the ease was duly called on, the poor innkeeper acting on the advice of Mr. VausOtan„ but not perceiving in what *ily he could be Isenefltted by It, de. fended the case. Everything proceeded so favorably for the prosecution the some time, that, though ()very person in the court deeply sympathized ;with the unfortunate landlord, they saw no Po,si bility of any other result than a verdict against him. Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, when the case fur the prosecution was closed, ruse and said— " Nov, gentlemen Of the jury, you Ihave heard the evidence adduced. You have seen it proved by unexceptionable witnesses, that the defendant !calved the most positive in structions from all three not to deliver the money, or any part of it, to either of the parties except in the presence of all. ,Gen tlemen my-client has g.,t the motley in his possession, and is.ready to give it up when all the three parties come to demand it.— Let the absent party be brought to his house, in company with the other two, and 'every one will have his money returned to him." The defence was equally ingenious and complete. The jury looked as amazed at each other as icsome new, world had burst on their astonished gaze; so did all the spec tators in court. The verdict was of course for the defendant. It is unnecessary to add that the two who had absconded with the money never returned, and consequently - the poor landlord bad never to pay a farthing of the amount. AA Incorrigible Witness.' - Tne prisoner, whoa; name was Dick Swi vil, alias " stove.pii:T Pete,", was placed at the liar. Judge.—" !Ping the prisoner into G.ntrt." Pete.—" Here I ant, bound to blaze, ax the spirits of turpentine said when it was all a. file." - • "We will take the fire out of you. HoW do you live l" " I ain't particular, es the oyster said, when they asked him if he'd' be roasted or tried." . - • . " We don't want to hear what the oyster said, or the spirits of turpentine. What do you follow 1" Anything that comes in my way, as the locomotive said when he run over a man." • " Don't care anything about the Icicotrso tive. What is your business V' • "That's various, as the cat said when she stole the chicken." "That (»roes nearest to the line, I should suppose." "Altogether in my line, as the, rope said when it was choking the pirate." "Ifl hear any more absurd comparisons, I will give you twelve months." • "I am done, as the beefsteak said to the cook." tar A riw years since an "errand man" lived in the goodly town of Pittsfield, against whom the sheriff had a warrant for commit, merit to the Lenox jail, for some Li ivial mat- ter. The sheriff loved a good joke, and as his travel fees in the case would be rather light, he hit upon a plan to kill two birds with one stone, or rather to cage his. bird, crack A joke, and save a -small fee without a journey to the county boarding bottle. So he enclosed the warrant to the jailer in an envelope, and without explaining the contents to his unsuspecting prisoner, hired him to carry the package to the jailer, directing him to wait fur the answer. The man of errands • pocketed - the villainous document and his fee, eartied . hicnaeff to Lenox and,elept that night in "dursoce,vile," much to the amuse. ment.of the ligiOishibiirff.463l4 *mu/ S c Job rOr 4il victim + and- fidit44lv - do* , it. LETTER FROM AN dadlitSED VAIL To me EDITOR or TII2 , BOSTON TRANSCRVT : My name is Muff. I aus' a married man. have ,a wife, one son, and two daughters. I ' was happy ot:ee, but a fiend has usurped my quiet home of late, and peata has fled.— The name of this demon is "Society," IX the fashionable acceptation of the word. Mrs. Muff was once as notable as she was comely, ts4id manniZed" toy inostentatious household af fairs with a-svise econotii)', and 4 yet in a lib eral and genteel manner. _ Mrs. Muff was also a most excellent mother-s--lenient, and yet a good diseiplinarian. My children al ways minded when spoken to, were punctual at table, end ate with a fork, thank heaven ! " hook On thqt picture and now on this," as they say in Macbeth: 1 quote from memo ry, Mr. Editor, and will yott,_ alto have 'an eye to my punctuation'! for I was put Id .a private school, and don't know about it. By the bye, Mrs. Muff Blanks disdained throw ing away educational advantages, just because they were public, and used to say, "Jeremi ah, dear„ if anything ever happens to me, pfotifide plc Harry shall always go to a pub lic school," (she -Used to troll me Jeremiah then.) and would add facetiously—fut Metfb da is witty--" at private school it is all pay and little profit, while parents have the work to do with the children at hotr.e." Forgive me tnat over the past. Well, Harry &ennui , tiltteteen end Jane seventeen, when mother, son and &Viler were bedevilled at one time, and the demon begat in them such a swarm of vanities that I can compare them only to flies in June.— Harry began to talk slang, " wants.a fast limas to loft over the road," seized a night key, and never tells *bete he spends his evenings, comes and goes as , he pledgee and not at all as /please, dressing, as he says, in a "stunning" manner, and which, 1- fear, in volves much expense, for his - Mother's de mands on me are " stunning" indeed. Jane teas a rosebud, neat, intelligent, pretty, and sprightly ; now she Is none of these, and is rather it slttipMog ninny, mildewed by the adulation of " society." But, Ohl -Matilda I that I should have to add you to .the black list !" The sensible mother has all at once become mentally near sighted. Her children, !ibe crowned head; can do no wrong. Eve ry eXtrttiNance Is eacured and explained by, a set of phrastosptieli air "nerves, ' "excite; meet," " position,"'" claims of society," and mitell more fiddle-faddle of the same sort.- - filte tit& had " early ;to bed and early td rise" always on her lips, Oa*. night after night, sits up and allows her children to dunce till 2, a. in., and cannot read in the pallid- cheek and gl azed eye the fearful bargain she is drawing with the devil in the dance of death. I won't join it. If lids. Muff ir 'blind to any- , ment,al or moral defect of het citildreo;, elm is -eivally so in regard to their personal attrlttatrst, and site bores me and everybody, I suppose, with a catalogue of their perfections. Harry is splendid. and considered the best dancer in society" Jane she doos not hesitate In say, though she is her mother,•l4, to her mind, the most beautiful and graceful girl that has come out. This Is sheer nonsense, even I can -see. Jane is very *ell, but has a turn-up nose, and not a small-foot. She is, I suppose, some thing of a favorite, becaue she is very easily amused, and will giggle at anything. I can't tell, nor would you read, all the nonsense; disc rd, and derangement "socie ty" has brought into my house. -Vague hintp were put out this morning, like lobster claws, that Jane, before long, must have what' Her. ry cede a " bang up. What shall I do? I know what it Is, for I went to one this win ter, at the horse of an old friend, who would not let me oft I went just as I was ready to go to bed, and came home not far from the time I should get up. The house was metamorphosed so, the owner would not ree : ognize it under a week at least. The young 'fry drank 'up the best wine, anti usurped th e supper room pretty much;' they danced till three, and the elders nodded - and would glad ly rebel against " society," if they dared. I saw by my friend's manner that•he was bor ed, and he told me, sub rose, that it was elf his wife's doings; and I thought to myself there -are more " Muffs" than one in the world. Ifsppily'the season of Lent has intervened, and I am released fur a !Fief season, for Ma tilda would not do-so unfashionable a thing as to give a•" bang up" in Len . I own with humiliation that fashion influences Matilda even in matters of faith, for in winter she is a Liturgical Unitarian, and inllthe summer, at Puddletom, - a fashionable Whteringplace, an ardent follower of Posey, and don't object to candles and "man" milline6;. When is this slavery to a word to end 'l= It has made me a widower with a wife,child less with children, and bouseless with a house. lam forgetful, not ungrateful. My second daughter, Marv, is what Matilda once was— a " brick;" (Ilarly's words again,) an angel. I mean. She is still-fond of her "governor," (father I would say,) but I tremble ; for the day when the demon of fashionable fife may lay hold of her. Yours, with much respect, Jraustriut MtYI. A VOLUNTARY Vic-rm.—Professor ticob Grimm-relates the following anecdote: "Not long ago a little girl of abcut eight years of age, apparently belonging to a good family, rings at the door of Dr. Grimm, and tells the servant that she wishes to speak to the ' Herr Professor.' - Thinking that the lit. ile one had to deliver a message, the servant shows bet into the study of the Professor, who receives her kindly, and asksi.atter m iter errand. The child looks at him with eensest eyes and says, 'ls it thou who has written those fine Marchen I" (fairy tales.) 'Yes, my dear,' answers Dr. Grimm, ''my brother . and I have written the ,Hanti Mien thou haat also written the tale of the clever little tailor, where it lv said atliheend, who will not believe it must pay:a Osier 1' Yes, 1 have written that-too.",Well,then, I do not believe it, and I suppose I have to pay a thaler ; but, as, t . have pot so- .much money not, Ill s givethee a groschen on ac.- count, and pay the rest by.and.by; The ais. runt, as. may %]e imagined, was not a little surprised and' amused: He inquired after the name of his conscientious little reader, •and to?k.care that she reached her house safe Ei r AR affection, however inicplaccd and ill requiued, if housefly oonceiv.ed and deep ly felt; - rarely fails to advance the eeltednen• tioni&of than, • - LITTLE MAUD. ; PT 7. IL ALDRICH. 0 miens 111 our dainty t our darling, ' . The daintiest darling of ells 0 where is the voice on the staleway, 0 where is the yoke in the halt . ? - Tholittle short step in thesentry, The slivery laugh in the hall 0 whlre is our dainty, our darling; .The daintiest &Huse all, j Little Maud! he peaches ire ripe in the'archard, The apricots ready to Gig; And the grapes are dripping their honey Ali CM the garden wail= Dut where are the lips, full and melting, • - That looked up so pouting and red, When we dangled the sunisurpied bunches Of over her head I 0 rosebud of woman! where are you, (She never replies to our call I) • where is our dainty, our darling, The daintiest darling of all, fit!de Maud s-•...ii a ••• 11.010..--- Not a Drop.Nore 'Thont it's Sweetened. WE meet this tale on its rounds. We are not sure we have not seen it before.- But it will bear repetition if it is old. ' Twenty years ago it was the custom in north-tetatern Georgia, as indeed it was throughout the southwest, for drygoode deal ers to-keep a barrel -of " eperita t Ito the back room, and to great liberal customers to a gligss whenever desired. • • Yillens and Dewberry were such dealers in one of the small towns indicated ; and they had for a customer a clever, rollicking t old fellow, named Joe Denny, mho drank whis key in preference to wider always, and whose ,wife wirktlesh of his flesh" in that 'particu lar. The old couple would come in town, trade quite frely,.and as freely imbibe the spirits the back-room of the dealers we have_muned. On one occasion both the old man'and old woman continued their potations inordinate ly ; and as Fillens observed that his goods went better the drunker the old woman -be came, he pressed her to drink. At last she refused unless he wonld sweet en It with a little store "sugar." Fillens in dulged her, and when the old people started home in the evening late, the old man could scarcely mount his horse, and the good wife had - actually to be lifted and placed on the pillion behind him. Happily, she leaned else way and her husband the other, so that the gravitating point was between them; as..she clung to him instinctively, they passed out of the village safely. Before reaching their home, however, they had to cross a small creek, and when their horse stepped in to drink, the old lady; hav ing 'reached uneo•ttss;ousness, released her hold, and quietly lapsed film the stream be low. Occupied With his thoughts, the old man did not perceive his loss, but jogged slowly hortialard, Arrived there, the children in quired,ansiously fur " mammy," but the old man could only say that she had been on the " critter," and " the critter hadn't kicked up nary time; so he couldn't tell where she mout he ;" and threw himself stupid on the bed. Girls and boys flew along the road the old man had come, yelling mammy ! mammy ! but of course no mammy responded. When they arrived at the creek, the oldest girl shouted, " Yonder she is, sitting down in the ereeir And there she wag, seated comfortably in the water, which came nearly up to hbr mouth. As she swayed back and forth, now yielding to the impetuosity of the stream, and note resisting it with some success, the muddy fluid would sometimes wet her lips, and each time it did so, she would faintly ex. claim, with a grim effort to smile: "'Not a drop more, Mr. Fillens, 'thout-it's sweetened." And it is Co this romantic tide' incident In the life cif the venerable Mr. Joe Denny, that we are imiibted for one of our most popular colloquial phrases. A PORTRAIT or MR Pope.—Pius IX looks older than be - is ; his stature is diminutive ; he is obese, sallow, and his health is threat ening. His paternal and sleepy features give an idea of kindness and lassitude; thete is nothing imposing about them. Pius IX per. forms his part in the grand public represen tations of the Catholic Church with only-see. ondary ability.. The believers who have come a long way to contemplate hint at mass, areastolinded to see him taking a pinch of snuff while surrounded by the blue wreaths of incense.... In his leisure beers he plays billiards; gentle exercise having been recom mended him by his physicians. He believes in God. lie is not only a true . Christian, but a bigot In- his enthusiasm for the Vir gin Mary he has invented a useless dogma, and raised a tasteless monument that dis graces the Piazza di Spagna. The character of this worthy old man is a compound of de _votion, geniality, vanity, weakness, and ob stinacy, with a' dash of peevish rancor, which is perceptible now and then. He estows his breseings with great unctiat, but only grants a pardon withseluctance ; tie is a good priest, but an unsatisfactory monarch. I do not believe him to bit infallible in temporal matters.... Ile expresses himself tolera bly in French. The failure of all he under takes, and three or Tour accidents which have happened in his-presence, have giveit rise -to a strong prejudice against .bim among the lower classes at Rome. They imagine that the Vim. of Christ is a jettatere—tbat be has "the evil eye." When he drives 'long the Curs!) the women plump down on their knees, but with their thumb and index they make the sign supposed to destroy th&charm, un der cover of their mantilla. tar A witooraz chtip, whose vixen wife, by drowning, lost bar precious life, called out his neighbors all around, and told them-that his spouse was drowned. He knew, be said, the very nook, where she bad tumbled in the brook. And he had dragged along the shore, above the place a mile - or more. • Above the plat*, the people cried. Above. the 'place, the man replied. Of course you don't sup- I'd go, and-waste the time to look be. low. I've 'known the' woman quite a spell, and learnt her filiation' very well alive or dead, she'd go, - I know' against the current anyhow. ' A Sitaryin' Latuial—;Every who intends to qualify for maniege. - sbeold go through a course of cookery. Unfortunate ly, flAr vim ore able to dim tu . iithhis bat Cistivise. • - - NO. '2O. From life illustrate& BEWILDERED PERSONS: - It is a fact well known to all frontiersmen that, when persons are-bewildered, they fre quently travel in a circle, sometimes keeping the Same track-until they have mode half a 'dozen equal rounds ;_ at other times. making the circle larger or smaller each-time. It is not by any means always the ease when a person is lost, but it is so frequent, that kis within the evetience of every one _who, has been much in the woods. In calm and cloudy weather, and in a country of much sameness of appearance, the best woodsmen get so be wildered as to "take the circles." Persons not accustomed to the woods will Sometimes do so when"tht. sun is shining and a steady breeze blowing. On'the level or gulf prid. ries of this country on a calm, : foggy morn ing, no man can travel without a road. It is an•incident of every-day occufrence in the Spring and Fall reasons, that men are - thus becalmed on the prairie an effectually as ships at sea; nor-will a compass mend the matter, for it cannot -be carried steadily enough to keep its meridian; and -the course it points cannot, be kept for fifty yards.; if a man attempts it, he will snake a circle and come back to the place he started from. The• circle will be large or small, generally in proportion to the density of the fog—some times only a hundred yards in diameter ; at other times a mile, but seldom more. The circles this made_ arc -perfect. This kind of wandering seen), to arise from an attemp t to go a straight course when there is ,nothing•to guide the sense, or when the usual guides of sun, wind, or the general contour of the coun try are disregarded. It rarely befalls child ren, who do not attempt to go on a course, but oely run from one visible point to an. other equally perceptible. Many apparently trivial traits in the dig• position of animals are ()Mined in byLks of natural history, chiefly from ignoraoe, no doubt. One of these is the disposition of a horse when frightened, to run ayainst the wind, if any is blowing. Thousands of hors es which would otherwise be irrevocably lost annually on this frontier; are recovered by obServing this simple rule in pursuit. All animals have &hider inexplicable traits in their disposition; and men are no exception to the rule. 'White men, when theyy, are, scared, will retreat in Me same directiod in which they came. The Indians know this, and fay their , plans accordingly ; and many a gallant company has been cut to pieces, simply from ignorance of' this fact. But those who understand these matters, when they- find it necessary to make a hasty re treat, always do so in a straight line and in a direction difraent from the one in which they came. We frequently see notices_in_Northern pa pers of children tieing lost. Suchthings rarely occur on these frontiers, though child ren often wander, and there are' - but few neighbiAs to help to search for - them. Per haputhe cause of humanity might be sub served by publishing a few rules to be ob served in such searches. Any child will make a track or trail plain enough to befd . lowed by the eye, overt ; any ground, unl -as there IA much phasing of men oi animals to +oil the trail ; and it can he followedby al moth any person,q good sight, although he may not have ha any previous'. experience. Go to the place where the child was last seen and look for the - trail, glancing along the grelind with a sharp, scanning look; when it is found, a faint kind of a line will be seen, which may be followed by a fast walk until a well-defined track occurs.' •If the trailer stops to lOok for tracki, he will probably lose the trail, and must go back and. take it nn again with the same scanning glance along the grounds. The trail which hunters and- Indians follow skillfully, is not so much com posed of tracks or footprints, as of indescrib able little signs, such as leaves and. blades of grass bent or.turned; twigs broken, and oth er things so small and faint that they cannot be shown to any one, yet which, whentallput together, make a kind of line nlivig the ground, which line cantbe'seen -by a rapid, glancing look,but will disappear when looked at steady. The trail of a human being is more easily full? Wed than that of any other creature, because there Is a kind of purpose in It, different from the trail okfrrational . an. ;malts. A child will charge its course around every thick clump of bushes, and go nearly straight where the groun4 is open. If it is scared, and running, it will run - from the wind,',if much Is blowing, and from any voice it hears; in such cases,. therefore; it is not policy to call much upon the lost chiles name. M. M. K. GOLIAD, Texas, 1859. Tux Bucxer.lt is much envier to get in to a qoarrel than to get out ofekt. ln the year 1005, some soldier of the Common wealth of Modena ran away with a bucket from a well belonging to the State of Bol ogna. This implement might be worth a shilling, but, it produced a quarrel which was worked up into a long and Sanguinary , war. Henry, the King of 6arditiia, assisted ihe- Modenese to keep possession of the bucket, and in one of the battlos he was made pris oner. Ills father, the Etlaperor, o ff ered a chain of gold that would encircle Bologna, which is, ten mites in &mites, for his son's ransom, but in vain. After twenty-two years of imprisonment.he pined , away. Hiir mon ument is now extant in the' Church of the Dominimns. This fatal bucket . is still 'ex hibited in the tower of the cathedral of Mo dena, encloied in - an iron cage. • THIS, BXAUTIVIIL WORLD Ah ! this beautiful world! Sometimes it is all sun shine and gladneseg and heaven lies not far off—and then it suddenly changes, and is dark and serroWful, and the clouds hut out the day. In the lives of the saddest at us there are bright days like this when we feel as if ore could take the 'groat world in our arm's. Then some gloomy. hours' When the fire will not burn on our hearts, arid all with• in is dismal, cold and dirk. Believe me, every heart has iti'secret sorrows which the world knows not, and oftentimes -we call a man cold when be is only sad."—Lonafellow. You may insert a thousand excellent things in a newspaper, and never beer a word of approbation from the readers, but just let a paragraph slip in, (by accident,) of one or two lines, not suited to their,tastes, and you will Wimps to bear of it., . - _ 'Eris is sasier_to bo ff r iko WOW, than TH3 RAILILOID 11801 1 AT WSW& HATE43I2OT. [From an interesting communication in the Broc - mus RipuVican we extract the following description of 'the Shop of the New York and Erie Railroad Company at Susquehanna Depot This establishment covers an area otfive Jocres. It was located at tills point ' in, the summer of 1848. The buildings, bit fink . were few in number, and the amount of work demanded of them was small.° As the ne- , cessities of the Road Increased, correspond ing facilities were required, until in 1854. the works attained their present size.. The' amount of capital invested in Shop machin ery is not far above or below $200,000. The cost of the numerous buildings. I did not as certain. This establishment does the entire work for 310 miles of road, to wit: the Delaware Division, 10.1 miles; the Susquehanna Di vision,,l46 miles, and the Elmira and Canan daigua Road, 69 miles: I, No less than 127 englno, employed on these 319 miles- of Road, have this Shop for their repairing de pot. Besides the main estithlishment, there are subordinate Shops at C4nandaigua, Owe go, Ilornelfsiille, and Port Jervis, where about 150 hands. are employed. From each of these Shops is received a monthly report; all being under the supervision of Mr. lames 13. Gregg, Superintendent of Motive Power at this point. 4 . And here some statistics may not prove uninteresting to your readers. Cutler, in his admirable " Song, of Steam," trai very prq; tily said, " You may harness me down with your iron bands,' But be sure of your curb and rein, For I scorn' the strength of your puny hinds, . As the tempest scorns the chain." .. To slyiw ,how strong the "curb and rein" must be to hold this mighty agent within proper bounds, it is only necestosry to state. that a first class freight engineweighs 73,700 pounds! The smallest engine at this Shop. 'weighs about 32,000, The steini•hrirnmer department at these works has been in oper % ation but three years.• • A. shown by Mr, Gregg', in his Annuat-fleport to the Compa ny. the saving effected by the introduction of.. these machines was, during the past year, no le. thanl2s,ooo. lather words, this is th difference between the market price, of th f manufactured material, and the cost of 'manufacture by the Company. Twn steam- Inonmers are employed, weighing 2200 lbs. and I,opo lbs.,, respectively; .aa alio, two triphammers 'of sizes ignitable !for general work. All the forge work required .by the Road is done at this shop. , ,•1 At this establishment 350 hands are em ployed. I was•kiodly permitted to examine the report of labot performed during' the • past month, and ,the amount paid for the same. The sum was 01,294—which would he *135,528 per annum. This, however,- falls below the mat k. I took the. pains to make a calculation of the.avemge wages per diem for_each hand, and 'timed it $1,28. It must be remembered, however, that there are many young hands, employed in the sub ordinate branches of labor, who draw but small wages, and are to be regarded as ap prentices rather than regular workmen. The admirable system observed it .this' . Shop, as regards division of labor, and the general management and discipline that pre vail, are deserving of especial native. There are sixteen departments, each of which has , its foreman, wh6 has, in the performance of his duties,' absolute control of all that pertains to his branch of business, subject, of course, to the general foreman of the shop, Mr. Wm. Stamp. He is not only required to see that every peice of _work that leaves his depart. meat is perfect io itself,but is held individually responsible for the material used in its man ufacture. To illustrate ,more clearly : each . foreman is required to make a monthly report; of the name and number of tools,_ employed. in his department. If one of ther t e is miss.. Mg at the making of the next report, he. is charged with it. To show how exactly this, system works, I will state that in looking over the report of the last month, I saw that; but one article had been lost—an oil can, val ued at fifteen cents. This was scrupulously charged to - the ; foreman of the department from which it was missing, and , the amount was deducted from the• wages of,the work man who had lost it. So far from exhibiting parsimony on the ink of the Company, this instance serves to show how neer' perfection the system of labor has been brought.— Think, for a moment, of 350 men,., working under the same roof, and at the end of a month calling at the office to receive their wages, an, aggregate of over $l4OOO, and but one of the number responsible for any loss to the Company, and that in the insig nificant sum of fifteen cents ' - Nor is the foreman alone responsible.— There are in the several departments what are termed "gangs," over whom presides a subordinate foreman, appOinted to superin• tend some particular job. He, too, is re sponsible for whatever tools he may use. If, - by use, a tool becomes worn, he not at liberty to' go to the "Store Room," and de, mend another from Mr. Bowen, 'the Store keeper, but must buy one, with which be is charged, and return the old one, and for Übe receives credit. Thus, at the end of .the • month, the number of tools in his box is the same -as at the beginning; or if not the same, he must pay the deficiency. This system in sures the Company from the consequences of any neglect on the part of their, employees, -and also teaches.the employees that they best subservetheir own interests while subserving • those of their employers. And . here it-may be well enough to in quire into the results of such a regular sys tem. Your correspondent has traveled in twenty-three States of--the Uuion, and has, over three hundted Ostablishmenta, employing foam 100 to 500 bands,and never has seen a body of =employees displaying More intelligence and propriety, of conduct . than ho has witnessed at the. Susquehanna shop., And 1 venture to say . that: between • the Hudson and Mississippi r ivers there can: not be found so large a body of workmen so temperate-in their bent; and so prosperous as those at this place. Look for a - moment at the folloWing . figures:, • _ ' The -number of employee4;its above stat ed, is 350. They own proPdrty here, the actual -valve of which. is $BO,OOO, an average of about $24.0 each! Take from. this- the . • large number of unmarried men . and boys, who are not.property holders - and it exhibits s truly gratifying picture ,of _prosperity 'among working men., And this result i ftowa from natural causes. It is unfortiinately.the case, that in most of:our large establishments many Of, the employees are- addicted to in? temperance and its kin - tired vices. ; Here' the case'ie different... No one-says to a new em ployee of the :shop, " You. must not drink," b$ he soon learns that drinking • Is quietly OM effectually ignored. Thsemoral and, so chtl atmosphere-of the shop, land the disci pone that prevail; enforce sobriety. He,ils surrbunded - by Men who liave wives at home - whom they love, and children . -whoin 'they idolise, and' who do not regard--their daily hail as slavish drudgery, hut'u tows to au "end, and that end, social - end intellectual ad vancement. I may, Mr._Ed4Or, have spoken eithusiastically,on this point, lbw think bow -great an influence, for weal or woe, may 'be exercised by thise:who •coutiol suoli,,estab• Rahman*. hetoo Many oftibtrotsworka r . the liboresk regardfxl ik ciao. maws
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