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Yearly Admatinera WM hoer the pritillege of iambi et eblagbay
War adrertimmenta oraudenally without addlthmal Mmes. •
}MAW, Cards eat exceeding nee Ilremlormird at 43 per annani.
Adrertnannatda,to tamer toeettlon, toes be bawled la by Tu
day mornlnig.
Job Work:Z-The office of the IxDorsomin.
Rercauceaprmbied vital three ~at teem.. a 3T A
POWER PILM , A a Mode fLiliD PRESH, sad a CARD
tvether . wlol good mew meet of Jobbing matmlahi_ ;and an binds
a Jo!, le ork, gm as OW; (.Imulart, rotas, Linadhllla. Labe*
rAtimbleta, ire; 'MU be dear neatly mal promptly.
Illaults.—Juelces" and Constables' Maas,
Siam! Mob, &Ma, Deeds, Lemta. Lend Ocestrarta, kept as
Land and forage at the bulacrentaloor glartimlcarr offloa.
BUSINESS CARDS.
Henry C.
ee, Tyler,
ji
EALtA ER In Dry Gond.. Gronerl Vininulha. Yankee
W _.kkok
Dm all Mom Shovels and FM.. IS ., Ware, WO en
11 are and liroonts. Head of :Vitriol:los, r oblle Auunue.
nuere, Ps... June U. IM LAY
•
William H. Cqoper & Co.,
TIANKEas, Scootoonr, to POSIt, ColOrElt k CO.„ Nottrose,
13 1 . 9., Otbee arse door eathum Pu4s :+tcce„Turaplict amt.
Alui,txwme,ltme 9, 1..5.14.-tr.
H. Garratt,
.wrnomsALt cad RETAIL DEALER la PIOIR, GRAM
'l , l , • ruttat dra. Rua' Rm.Pre. r. rielcs ream. nut'. Mb".
NWinkeep cueetwily Oa baud the bra brands of new, by the
ack.or hawked Um* sit the towed market prices, Won Stht by
the at Hemel or LowL,All ceders from Iterthaste sad Ream
wißbe promptly atteedtdth. tir v.& pad tor Grata, Wookrelu.
hider, sad all kinds or rumen produce bk gear leauth,*
New iLllturd. Pe..,3lsuch kd. Istheay
•:„. ••G. P. Fordbam,
ILMIFACTURER M SArtr.br.s..n.t mm a, a TRIMCK.
1.11.1. and CARMAGE TRIIIIIII%O ln a ll 317 braathes. ahoy ose
a...below Keeler a Sthadatirs. •
Maumee. Yana I.IBP.
L H. Smith
me N ict-rA i stasnarrAmi-m co y : , less, TiVXI3,
law actuarl- ishca Y
•.1 E. 8 Bogen,"
taTaxceek.e. the NIANUFAcTUR -or all daraUttorii 01
'CLAM/LOC& WAGONS. SLAIGGS.
le the beet r. Ileof WorkenaLatdp and orate h.tmaarWa al it* roil
ttern mad, a kr rods ear: oisearle. Rotel. la Morrow, whore
te rl/1 he ham to re=ivo the cans of all rho Ina* emythteka to Ids
Sae. liotarre...besambrett.latiL-17
R. D. Bennett.
1200 K BIND= 8 .1 1 <7. Smulocnuana County relpecttil
tf the people of ft:madam:la .ral coos**
Mat be u. bind Peri 0.171=1. an 4 Book.. Ind old
1001 a. Y. W. num= trill melee rerlodltui. Bootu. Its-. for B.
IY:lttstuott. Gitoon.ttept.B. 1.03.41
1 William B. Simpson,
WAIVE REPAIRER, haett,c worked for the tmit. WA, yews
1 stilt the mod stlllfol workroen. be feels eadident that be cis
tbe mot dltdeuttJobe O
abort noun. All work warranted to
Five eatleaction. Jewelry repalrod madly and on namable Una&
.Shop la Boyd of asteefinewStore.eornerotMato and Turn.
r, Kt bt1,411. Ochre Seerieseloiel, Meanest :Pa.
ItsTarr° Wan. nada, E. W. Batni. E. D. Montano, S. 0
G.odnok B. lEtneenery. Towanda; B. D. lamaley, L. Searle. O. D.
Loaer,. J. ir7donbd-d..ldontroan
24ACI.trook Sept. 1418a.41
- Wm: W. smith a co., f,: ' f
CABINET AND elfAllt. ItANurItc
%WPM Keep notuttuals . hand all Ida&
of easuar raium - is. nr furataboll ltt
al.,ct a octal: Stop ant WI. re R.. 31.1 foot of Halo Stmt. • ,
lloutruam, - Ps, May X, ISZE.-tf
Hayden Brothers.
-WHOLESALE DEAL.VIS in TANK EE NOTIONS, W 22021.
Jewelry, 2., New uururd, buy. Co., Pa,
Ilr'iferchatitastd Pedlar, s 1.0241 at New YorkJobbtog
New /11.1 toed, May, Me...-17
WlMat & William FL Jessup,
A TTORWETS AT LAW. dimmest. Pi. Pracifor to Pawns
./.1. Imam. /iektford Veyou=ag and Luur,rune wands. •
Wm. H. Jump,
A TTORNET AT LAW :NOTARY POILTC. A-VD COMM
-I.+l a , WYE'S doe "Aste of Nor Tart. ' , Matadi
to an Guam= eatrustad to. aka villt wampum. and Iktelfly.
+Yam ott Pubtle. Equate, oar. pled by Hum Willlasa Jesup.
•
Bentley & Pitch, •
Troa3Eirs AT 1./iV, AND DOCNTY LAND £61:378.
xi. Mae meg of the Court Ilowyllor.trose. Ps.
Albert Chamberlin.
A TTORMILY AT LAW. dli'D Ie..STICE .0P THL P
Ogice am I. L. Part..t Ga.'s Sr,.o Iloarritats, Pa.
• A. Bushnell,
A TTORITET A COM.NaLIPR AT LAW. Oace ores S. B.
A
Wag's Dm Slam Scowl:sum Dm; ra.-1171.
William IL Grover,
A
the e AT Lb
2. : 1, 7T =rm. niers may C s :
uftresseicr. CAW. Bosco 11=0 wed vilS metre Tareeprii
taerm, OTFICZ io. 40 4:best:nit Strpes.
r , t Leek December 32,162.-ly •
1U211=3
.11coyd4 Webster,
Twa.issusw...su.tni...m.o.piAr.- Ind diked Ind
Jl Wsre also, Whitlow Nish, Nutt Door & winemir Sunda. rash.
Sisiaber.sod all kind* ot lOcallsag T=lloodi
/1i.M..1.14.•
z.earies Had. and
Apra /4. Cartmater hdloso nor /W 110111.4
Jan W. Cobb, X. D.,
Tp• Enco MEDICI:U.2a ZCZ.GIItT
has is steel Pa.NA will strictly • •
I: the 0.1.11 With - whirl be as be favored. 0.17/CZ or • Z.
uurars 910,14 spiwilloa Stoles HoleL
Sturrsors, Sosq. Co., Pa, March 9, 1530.-it
Dr. A. - Gifford,
P..GTAIT DWUT. once oresr. D. ••• •• Start.—
rarllealar M .rill be gees. is Teeth se Gold sr
r: ylste_alw els • nee plaa. eII opmatt • * .• • • Good
el•muse elver. If requited.
l'..Asrese,lsept..
- . Dr. G. Z. Dix:lock:
Trymtuar AND Etaiffpni. kr perasamtlylotatodiditio
S
Pat If otattiquthatto county, ki. 1,171C/6 rot 1p
t . 4 re. Nem. to at Searles Hutel.. .
11.e.t.rtte.litytti 3.0,16:a.
Dr.iirm. L. Richardson
c iu g hdi Nharrole And tss FEW/ e . th ttl•
fv,rot Store. LODIMOS Skim Ka;statmo Baia.
Moravoc, Oct. 13,1856,177
, . Dr. E. F. ' • flint,
(MAMA= tae Allsostbic sod. Romeopilids Cake*
x Medicine, Is nor permssaßty located In Grog Best Ps. 0
manse liadaessd E5..4 wadi *WWI. the NE.
aurch.1.g.1537,-/S
Dr. IL Smith
SEEDEON DENTIS T . Reddest* sot oaks.
... a . ossoslot the 'Baptist etrareis[lC wit, Mak) hi Stoat-
Pestitolls stleitHos will be no to beef
ier teeth as Doss sod &WWI Nat. and to SlSts Ise*.
- Sesame. January 13. tars,4t
C. D. Virgil.
RILSICDICTr DICCTIST, lIONTHOST, PA. Of
.1 •• • I=l , In.nklin owl. • Mom N.-
teeth on llold or Mira plutAcons Oke
CO** style alb. Art. An jots wammied
onvints; Avail 18'.9.„-tod -
B. Thayer,
1011iTSICIA3 AND SURGEON, Xonscen. ri Mee tbe
Fannetastare. • • - vIsLIS
. . Keeler -& Stoddard.
in r 4:
, • ..:kact ' Pt lierualk.U.
- Abel Terrell,
• laAIXII =MapGs. mapacuad, CaLMlcays. p a tio.
rtlla,Drmaer t VChalna Olaoa. LkAaalaemediaa
"-nockary..aara Paper. Fumy Om.* Jewelry. radian
eta. t uidail Instrument& Tratamelacka Bruaaaa 2t.—aed - Ageot
fur all of di* mot popular, Itstaut Madlcalealliaataaaa Eta .
Chandler & Sessap, _
Dt,s.y..ris DRY - irderdr 11114 c (Wahl& Greardas.
t , ..Mrs sad Burtlotnty, etc. Pabtle 4.veatse, Murmur. ft I,
.. : 1
, - Post Brothers, _
TA riszyits me pity O(X)DS, Otocalea. OYA:tery. Ilardwarii
J / :,... ther •
flour, wig, eratues.af Innipiltz ptiul. spd Yobile Ave
•
L .c li2yrausg.. Ps. • .
• - .
J. Lyons*Son., • ' ,
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lAV.ALERR IN DRY (R. 90155. kkocado; Sh.r ail'', cxogsmy.
"W. 'M P. inn, Swim. likkElooos, awl Owl Musk. Ix.: LIS OM
our.Barzase boduest—hildk Avenue. Morrows, PS.
• Bead &.oa.
DEA11:115 ne DRY Gout" Dr.sx mcdida , kribk. tni
Gpftrita• lissd‘sre. (.%•ockerb
_boa. Clocks, skim. Jew.
,Irer st.omo, Pa:foamy. Le. Nick Moat. Warms&
J. P. W. rat v I L IL. A. 1.11111111114
italdirin it Allen,
WHOLICAALIC sad Resat: Dealers la Flaw. ask rut TMIL
tov ii . i rt t i.tila , Fast Otatilm4 Clow arid ratedif Ole
RI atteb ao Boom Ilolaraa„ Spam Twealltacat.
ra. *atSe Public A R+rrara a pet, uga
'.g..l*.r!aaa J..lPktrApfm '
I Cobb, , .
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nr.itEars onooneucs.a.3„ l 4. the dare ilicestiy leesiiii
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sax b. I .;aim /k Stpa& Illoutiose, h. ' . ,
Atotimases, Msna IL ULL-tt ' .
AN AOROI3TIO.
ein see gi!, WOFTICT graaa mit EM131%
READSTRONG Egra.o4,4sfflah ana.ooo.llol
ALL atesdah Racism:DA i 05.91 1,„
REZT Rousiaorberspoia rillsaLlNA
LOCUM rPLY.6)3l3lToollow lifter
r 131 4. 1 :1118LS 1 8avairt IgardellgirralL
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VOL. 5. 1
'woo
limo
14yr tie Indeprotirst Bird/kale.
The Hermit's litusings.
E=
Arm tfiebr s eath of westing, stealing
=hthe Simla& golden bowers,
ere sat of abuses roam
•
Dashed with dew-like pearly showers,
Filling all the sir with fragrance
Sweet as from Elysian flowers.
Watched I, flom my vine-clad eottsge
Where the shadows gathered bold,
Sweeping o'er the Twilight's portals,
Cleo& of purple fringed with gold;
Mused I, till my heart trammed bursting
With the rash of mem'ries old.
Low thte zephyrs breathed their wooing'
To the morning-glories' bloom;
And the haughty spOtted Mies
Gleamed like creasers, through the gloom—_
'Taus the silver lance of moonlight
Lumped the darkness in my room.
O'er my soul. like cold snow* drifting,
Swept youth's faded roseleaves sweet ;
-One by one, life's buds of Promise t.
Drooped and withered at my feet ; •
Time had brought me me and cypress,
•
For my brow 'a garland meet. .
Up the tide of years came ringing
•
'Merry voices, - sweet and clear,
Richer than the wood-bird's carol,
In the grove of lindens near;
Rosy mouths, all wreathed with dimples,
Whispered fond words in my ear.
Round my neck were soft arms twining—
Oh I those sweetest of blue eyes!
Loveotars bright as eyes of angels !
O'er them Death's cold shadow lies,
Like night's tresses o'er white lilies
Drooping sad 'neadtkraden skies.
- Gone the vision I—nigh-Write shadows
Rushed like phantinns o'erthe floor;
And the moth her wines of silver
Beat upon the oaken doer—
Thus were dashed my gilded fancies,
Oa Reality's stern shore.
Apring fioltiono.
'BY B. Y. TAYLOR.
()acs or twice before, in words almost
identical, we hive chronicled the Spring.
Fashions—out of doors; and we delight in
the thought that there, at least, iepothing
new; that the roises'‘will not appear to us in
disguise • that the .041" wear" of the robin
is unchanged ; thatlthe chirping-bird is sure
to come in its eohefi brown—Sobei brown so
much more beautiful! to our accustomed eyes
than their gayly painted cousin,lbe sparrow
from Java..
Blue velvet wil ke the favorite styles for
all - bours, morning 4nd evening, among the.
Violets. Green, though 'of infinite variety
ofhades, will prevail among the Forests.
The 'poplar, hitherto distinguished for its
suit of Silver, intimates no intention of a
.A.ime, and we may eapect to see it glitter
ing
. ...Aever among the more sober tinting. of
the woods.
Lilies, it is believed, will continue to wear
plainl white, and Sweet Williams to dress in
red, while silk will be very much worn by
the Corti,., and unbleached linen with blue
t
vi l
trimmi 9 by the flax—a sery cool and be.
coming tame for saintner days. -
Even' ' clouds will persist in their 'usual
varied Aomewhat capricious styles, wear
ing ev r) in from a white "all wool,'. to
an i J ; but brocade, crimson, and
gold t , 11 revel!, especially at the Court of
ibe bu - l and attendants at his matinees will
.be expected to appear in delicate pink or
The Sparrow family can• not be induced
to lay off their sober brown.
=
Robins will wear faded red.waistcoats, as
last year, and - Ground Squirrels will dash
about one season more in 'trill jackets.—
Goldfinches will affect yellow, like so many
Austrians; the Wood Robin wilt come out
in scarlet; plumes and blue will the rage
among the jays—plumes and green among
the pines. •
As for the blackbird; they wear their
black- uniforms and red epaulets, as they did
lest Year, and the Crow family are not yet
Out of mournirg.
We should n^t wonder if the Bantams
mac out in
,pantileues, and everybody
known that the Martins are always out in
black satin.
The Bobolinks will lay aside their yellow
*ter suits for the motley summer Fear
they delight in; the Whipporwill will con ,
tinue in half mourning,. and Sandhi!! Cremes
dance about, in their heath-colored kilts as
bald-beaded as. ever.
• Blue surtotits will prevail among the Pig
eons; Chickens sill go a courting in` their
buff-trimmed head-dre)ases, and the Snipes
will doff their white Marseilles.
Earth will come out like a wood-nymph
this spring, in a delicate green, skirt em
broidered with flowers. In mid-summer she
will dress like a queen, in cloth of gold, rich
ly wrought, and the fall style will be gorge
ous as a year of sunsets, varying with russet
and dim sober gray.
• The Wheat-fields will be arrayed in drab
corduroy. the Meadows will -grow soberer
in something like a brown, and the Clouds
will go about in' the garb of gray friars.
Finally, Earth will assume the robe of a
White nun, and thus. the vanities and fashions
of the year will come to an end. But they
will all be laid away in the wardrobes and
closets of Nature. Some in cases russet and
rude, where you would least expect to find
them, sometied up in gay bundles, some in
the roughest trunks you ever beheld—trunks
with the
,bark on. We have said nothing
about the -Jewelry, hot there. will be 'an
abundance of that. Not so -much perhaps
in, the summer, except the little pearls that
Jswe puts on in the morning, for Nature has
an exquisite taste of. her -own, and knows
that glittering
_brilliants are not betomitig to
the gay and parti-colored apparel of4umrner:
Too never pee any of her family blazing'
in red verbs, like a baker's oven, or laden
. with as many disins as - if they had somehow
escaped front airibbet. You never see them
walking about •stith all Golconda upon - their
breasts, and a Nicer or two in their ears.
She waits untitthe rainbow &rime over,
and then, arrayed in pare white, with &snow
drop or two - in bet hair, site • briny' out her
OWL Diamonds glitter in - a bright morn
* upon the Meekest little trees ip the
'world, that osier wear at other times any
thing braver than green, or grander thin
cherry - rubies. Tbe fields mutlitutge their
faded gray for sitter diem, and the laden
twigs are set inldver diamonds and pad.
But them ii one tbiug perditte. and new
worthy kir* fashions amopethe birds:
is the nudes that go to the millittem; the,*
hat Among the halliard savoy dot west
feeskehoe pte *W I like ge
"tmEEDoia noct"ROOKir nanuon a[LaWEE2V AND 17G20(k10."
MONTROSE,, PA., THURSDAY; AUGUST 11, 1859.
soldier's red coat, is a fatal' beauty ; it at
tracts the oyo and guides the arrow from the
beaded bow. li my feathered lord is richly
arrayed, it is as if for the sacrifice; it perils
his We, but be wears bravery—we wonder
if ho knows it?—for love's swost sake, Rir
the safetyof the sober-hued mother an d the
young folks at home.
The rich azure blue that gilies to our . fa
vorite Spring-bird his name—a blue is if he
had been baptized in the softest and brightest
of heavens—is sobered down in his mate to
a doll leaden tint, with,but faint traces of the
climr sky. 'But then she is to sit in her lit
tle chamber in the stump; the charters of
her right's are bidden iii . the hollow heart of
an oak, as charters have been before, that
helped to make history.
Nature, in her apportionment of gifts, nev
er forgets to which - of the twain belongs the
paint, and to which the patience and the
"perfect love.which caste,' 9stut fear," and
makes the little wren, of which it takes Ana
to a handfuli,as breve as a Caur de Lion.
The mother Thrush has white ban on ber
wings, but they are narrower and dimmer
than those worn by her little lord. The plu
mage of the Crow is rich with siolet reflex.
tons, al if he sportedlilk velvet every day,
while his mate contents herself with a suit
of rusty brown.
The whistling fellow in the white cravat,
bordered, like mourning-paper, with hi*,
that calls for " Bob White" in the; fields has
a companion somewhere in the grass,- whose
neckerchief is a clay yellow, and no edging
at all. •
The male Fire-bird flickers through the
wood as it ho would kindle the green branch-
es to flame, and the Red bird's vermilion
startles the stroller with its brilliancy, while
their mites, one in a brownish array, and th,e
other in - an olive green, flit without peril r
among the leaves. ,
' And lo almost through the entire range
of the winged world, the males are clothed
in a perilous beauty, that has preserved ma
ny a wicker cup ‘ of song to be paired -into
the tide of melody that shall baptize ano#ier
year.
While I Was seated, with my family, at
the dinner table, 4 young Arab friend en
tered the foorn hastily,-and in a hurried, ex
cited manner, asked : " Khnwadji Lyons, do
you want to see a strange sight?" " What
strange sight? I asked. Ile replied: "Caine
quick, come quick, it will all be over soon."
Having stdshed nay dinner, and being, like
most other people, not averse to sight-seeing,
I descended with him iuto the street. Pro
ceeding
to the eastern gate of the city, I met
an 'immense crowd of men and boys, com
pletely filling up the street_ for a long dis
tance, and making any further p'rogress quite
impossible. Asceolding the stairs of a little
shop close by, so as to overlook the heads of
the Irbuient i throng, I perceiiio a long pro.
ya,,
easel n, wit iis' and music, advancing just
with ut th
,- ity gate. Inquiring into the
reason of thi display, I learneA that a new
x i ii.
lifosfeneshe k had just been inaugucesed, to
take the pla of .one who'had recentlY-died,
and that the were now escorting tint to a
mosque in- city. The crowd aluirly giv
ing way, thel: °cession came up, preceded .
by a band of ten musician; their musical' in
struments consisting mainly of rude and
noisy drum; tambourines and castanets.—
Next came a number of men bearing the Turk
ish flag, and the green, sacred banner:nf the
Mohammedan religion. Then another band
with tousle and flags, similar to the first, fol.
.lowed by four men entirely destitute of
clothing, except a girdle around the loins,
gashing and cutting their naked bodies with
knives and swords. These_ miserable men
suppose, that by means of this self-inflicted
torture, therrender themselves holy and ac
ceptable to their prophet Mohammed. Then
came other bands of music, at short / distances
apart,', with flags and banners. Next fol
lowed another company of naked men, cut
ting themselves with swords, and near the
close of the procession appeared the sheik
himself, mounted on a black, spirited charger
accompanied-by a number of pe,Lsonson each
side, bearing banners above the rider's head.
And now it remained for me to witness
the strangest. sight of all this strange opens
cle: A space was cleared in the street, near
the point where I stood, and eight or ten
men throwing themselves down on the earth,
side by side, the sheik rode over their pros
trate lorms, amid the shouts and acclama
tions of the infatuated throng. This was re
peated nitrel tithes, as the sheik proceeded
through the principal street in the city ; new
persons presenting themselves at each place,
Aar the privilege of being trampled'upon by
him; thinking that this act was pleasing to
God, and - would make their entrance into
paradise doubly sure. They benne also,.
that a faithful Moslem, if he hive any dis
ease, by theowing himself down before the
hoise of% newly inaugurated sheik, and be
ing ridden over, is instantly cured. I am
told that by this dangerous experiment, it
not unfrequently happens that • bones are
broken and other serious injuries inflicted.—
My heart areketied at the heathenish specta
cle. ,
On meeting some Moslem acquaintances
in the evening, in answer to their usual in.
quiry, whether I bad any news, recounted
to them the strange scenes had just wit.
nestled, and t compared them to the pagan
worship or :the Hindoos, in casting them
selves before The murderous car of .Jogger.
naut. They admitted that I was quite right,
and assured me it was only the more igno-s
rant and superstitious portion ofthe Moham
medans wbo participated in these performan
cu. But the-sad fact is, that the ignorant
portion of their sect comprises the grlat
mass of the whole, and the more learnisd
among them are morally no better, and no
nearer the truth, than the unlearned.
J. L. L.
Tripoli, Syria, s
Mr — The loused man is only useful to
the learned ; the wise man Is equally useful'
to the wise and simple, The merely learned_
man has not elevated his mind above that 'of
others"; his judgments are not mors'Fienetrat.
log, his remarks not more delicate, nor his
actions more beautiful, than those of others,
But it iii wholly different with the wise man ;
be moves far above the common level ; he
observes everything from a different point of
view; in his employments there is always an
atm, ID his views always freedom, end all
with him Is shove Abe 001411034 level, -4011
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I -
A Strange Sight.
A tin'h Equines.
Orville Gardner.appears to be doing well
as superintendent of the Coffee Saloon, es
tablished to reforin a -low neighborhood in
New York. Gardner gave the following so
ebunt of his-former life,st a meeting in New
ark, N. J.: . •
"h life has been an eventful one. I have
passed
through many scenes when my brain
has been on fire through the use of strong
dritdc. - , We go in a saloon and sit down, and
paying our shilling take lie liquor dealt out
to us, and then wait for some one to come
in and treat. Some ohe does came in and
we drink again, until we find our way in the
gutter. • I have been incarcerated in prison;
oh; how many times I can't tell. 1 own the
corn. -I have been locked up all over the
country. I have been locked up here,
in
New York, Albany; and all through Canada,
and away down South, always getting drunk
or getting in a fight while under the influ
ence of the maddening cup. There is no
use of talking, I have been through the mill.
But a merciful God has- spared me, •and
stayed my steps ere yet it was too late. I
have dissipated in all the luxuries the devil
has ever been able to cook up.l If be ever
got up a new dish I was a chief imp in set
ting it forward- Now on Sunday, withr
z
cj
wile on my arm, Igo to church. My • ,
what a change. What a mercy that He sent
Son down to earth to save sinners. I
may wander away from-the path of right- .
eousness, but I trust not. I can never forget
the day on which Jesus,converted my heart,
and washed my sins away. ) was unspeaka
bly happy. I knew then, what constitu
true happiness. I would advise all to g
religion. What is more noble than to
young man espouse the cause of temperance;
and what looks worse than to see an old man
staggering toward a drunkard'egrave ? It is
very warm here to-night, but 'l've been in
much warmer places, from which I only es
caped by the mercy of God. I, had hard
work to leave off drinking rum. Gin and
sugar in the morning seemed necessary -to
my existence. I was a perfect slave to rum.
Rum led me in all sorts-of trouble, and nev
er yet got me out of a single scrape. Ruin
is a very large two-edged sword, and with it
the devil cuts off scores of human beings.—
It nearly took my head ofE I did not sign
the pledge. 11Iy conscience kept troubling
me every time I - took a drink of rum, and I
went to Boston to see if a spree - with boon_
companions there_ would not destroy, itis
pangs. The fi rst m'triii I made there I ,!wits
locked up. Some friend got me out of jail,
and I got drunk and kept drunk for scone
time. I had a little touch of the tremens,
and zaised , a four story window to jump out
and kill myself, but the Lord, saved me. .1
bad to walk the street all night, for fear -1
would jump from the window. I returned,
bringing any guilty conscience with ine.—
Finally I got a bottle of ,old Jamaica, and
went down on Long Island, and there, alone,
I struggled with the appetite within me. 1'
prayed to God to aid, and he did. I rose up
and said, "I will quit." I resolved never to
touch: another drop of liquor, an& I buried
he bottle. God has aided me, and may it
pleasellim t the bottle will never have area
urreCtion. hUn can accomplish great and
wonderful things if be only puts himself in ex-.
The Way the Money Goes.
THE " Local Reporter" of the Philadelphia-
North American, occasionally lets oft some
good ones. Here is one of them :
" We yesterday saw a cradle costing four
hundred dollars. The article was made of
papier-mache, inlaid with pearl, and got up
with a degree of elaborateness exceeding
anything of the kind that ever was presented
to our observation. The aril* is fo,r sale,
though whether it will be advertised or not
remains to be seen. That four4rundted-dol
lareradle, we take it, will play the mischief '
in its way. A rush will be created to see it,
and every mothei in the crowd will desire
just such a cradle for her boy, " William
Augustus Fitz• Clarence." In a good many
instances, " William Augustns Fitz-Clarence"
_will be gratified. Ma will get the cradle
aforesaid; Pa will pay for it. In about six
monthefilterwards Pa will discover 'that his
cash account runs short. To cure ," shorts".
Pa will try his hand Rea little forgery, and
draw a sixty days" note on his friend Sparkle,
who gives." those splendid suppers;" Just
before note comes due, Sparkle sees":-doeu
inent and pronounces it a forgery. Sparkle
'calls on Pa and 'asks "what it all means ?',
Pa says he will explain it in the morning.—:
Mond= comes, and Pa doesn't come down
to breakfast. 'Ma says, "That's queer, Cher-_
übina; go up and see what Ps is doing."—
Cherubim' obeys orders and finds what Pa is
doing—hanging to a bed-eord,from a garret
rafter. Cherubim rushes down -stairs and
tells Ma. Mu faints, faile, and kills poodle.
The servants take the alarm, cry Fire - 1 and
throw parlor mirrors into the 'back yard.—
Noise alarms policemen. Policemen rush
art, and after applying burnt feathers to Ma's
nose, rush up stairs and cat down Pa with a
jack-knife containing two.broken blades. The
Coroner comes and sits on Pu. Verdict--: - -
' Death from Hemp." Funeral next day-
Ma so much lenothered in black crape that
she might pass for a thundercloud, especially
when she weeps. Pa is carried- to Laurel
11111 and " ruu into the ground." Ma be
comes " broken-hearted,' and opens a board
ing house for_the sale of two marriageable
dati4hters, Ma drags out a miserable exist-,
ence, and declares herself the "victim of' in
exorable- ate."
In all this Ma makes an immense mistake.
Instead of - beingthe vietim'of fate, she is'the
victim of a four-hundreddollareradle, Oth
er Mas see,this, and yet they follow in the
same direction, and end their career in the
Same manner. Fools will notlearn wisdom
front the misfortunes of others. One half our
bankruptcies are caused by four-hundreldol
lar cradles, and similar gimcracks, toughs by
empty-headed women to excite envy in the
bosoms of
.a score or two of empty-headed
aorpraintances.
A FUNNY IdAmusas.—An economical
couple from. lows arrived at, Alexandria,
Ido., a few days ago, to get, married. The
groom had neither hat, coat; nor vest, but
Justice Spencer kindly loaned him those
needed garment!, and then tied the knot for
them. When. the ceremony was over, _
the
groom told the "Squire" that be "hadn't a
red," but would like to trade him a pet wolf,
if they could agree on the terms.: The
a Squire" took the varmint, and gave Op
bow brkiiimot o dollar to book
Tht SAO.
DT WILLIAM IItALIJZZ 1111r,SIT
. s * Or the coed--the lonely anal,
Under the cold, white moon,.
Under the ragged trees ho strode,
Whistled and shifted his weary load—
Whistled a foolish tune. .
There was a step tilted with his own,
A figure that stooped and bowed,
A long white knife that gleamed and shone
Like a splinter of daylight downward thrown—
And the =ton went behind a cloud.
But the moon came out so broad and good
That the hem cock trek° and mowed,
Then`ruffed his feather in drowsy mood:
And the brown owl called to his mate in the wood,
That a dead man lay on the road.
Inclined to be Chamaxo:oe.
Wit heard that prince of storit l kllers„Tom
Calloway, get off the following; stuldit bursts
of laughter, the other night. Squaring
,hlin
self and stretching ont'his legs, he begat::
There was once a little, slim-built fellow,
rich as a Jew,- and independent aa. , the devil,
riding along the highway, in the State of
Georgia, when hal overtook a man driving a
drove of hogs blithe help of a big, raw
boned, six foot two specimen of 'humanity?
Stopping the llift•Artxl individual, be se
!
costed hira : •
"I say, are those Yslfr hogs 1"
"No, sir, I'm to work by the month."
" What pay might you be getting, friend 1"
"Ten dollars a month, and Irliskey thrown
in," was the reply.
" Well, look here, I'm a weak, little, inof
fensive man, and people arp apt to impose
upon me, d'yotrsee? -Now,
11l give you
twenty-five dollars a month to ride along
with me and protect me," was Mr. Gprdner'm
reply--" But," he added ass thought struck
him, " how might you be on the fight r
-" Never beerr licked in my life," rejoined
the six footer.
" Just the man I want. It's a bargain 7"
queried Gardner.
Six footer ruminated,. "Twenty-five dol-,
lacs-- 7 doubli wages—nothing to do but ride
around and smash a fellow's mug occasional.
ly, when he's sassy." Six footer accepted.
They rode along till just at night they
reached a village. Dismounting at the door,
they went in. Gardner immediately singled
out the biggest man in the room, and picked
a fuss with hhn. After considerable., pro
miscuous jawing, Gardner turned to his fight
ing friend and Intimated that the licking of
that man had become a sad necessity. Six
footer peeled, went in, and came out first
beit.
The next night, at another hotel, the same
scene-was re-enacted; Gardner getting into
a row with the biggest man in the place, and
six footer doing the fighting.
At last on the third day, they came to a
ferry, kept by a,huge, double-fisted man who
bad never been licked in his life. Whilst
crossing the rAvr, Gardner as usual, began
to find fault and " blow." The ferryman
naturally got mad, threw things around kind
o' loose, and told him his 'opinion of their
kind. Gardner then turned to his • friend
"from the shoulder," and gently broke the
intelligence to him, "that he was sorry, but
that it was absolutely necessary to thrash
that ferryman." Siefooter nodded his head
but said nothing. ,lt was plainly to bo seen
that he did not rep's!' the job, by the way he
shrugged his shoulders, but there was no help
for it. So when they reached the abore,both
stripped, and at it they went. Upend down
the bank, over the sand,into the water, they
fought, scratched, gouged, bit, and rolled, till
at the end of an hour the ferryman caved.—
Six footer was triumphant, but it had 'been
tough work. Going up to his employer, he
scratched his head for a moment, and then
Awoke forth.
" Liefok here, Mr. Gardner, your salary
sets mighty well, but—Pm—of—the--opin
ion—that you are inclined to be quarrel
some. Here I've only been with you three
days, and I've licked the tbilee biggest men in
the country ! I think• this 'firm bad better
dissolve, for you see, Mr. Gardner, I'm afraid
you're inclined to be quarrelsome, and I reek
on draw !"—Tahanui Gazette.
Pl.assuaz soft i Cnrcn.—Blessed be the
hand that prepares a pleasure for a Rigid, for
there is no saying when and where it- may
bloom forth. Does not almost everybOdy
remember some kind-hearted man who
showed him a kindness in the day of his
childhood 1 The writer `of this recollects
himself at this moment as a barefooted lad;
standing at the wooden fence of a poor little
garden in his native village; with, longing
eyes he gazed on the flowers which were
blooming there quietly ih the brightness of a
Sunday morning. The possessor came forth
from - his cottage; he was a wood-cutter by
trade, and spent the whole week at work • in
the woods. Ile had come into the garden to
gather flowers to stick in his Boat when be
went to church. Ile saw the boy, and break
ing off the mog s beantiful of his carnations,
which was streaked with red and - white, he
gave it to him. Neither the giver nor the
receiver spoke a word, and with bounding
steps the bby ran home; and now, here at a
distance from that home, after - so -many
events of so many years, e teclingof
rude which agitated The breast of that boy
expresses itself on paper. The carnation has
long since withered, but now it bloom
afresh:—Di.inglasjerroll.
rir A correspondent of the Boston Cou
rier relates the following anecdote of Web- -
star: " The petty end impotent scurrility of .
'which Mr. Sumner's oration his been made
the occasion in knewspaper i reminds me of a
letter which Webster wrote after; contin,
Wed provocation, i fo the editor of a newspax
per, which referred to his private tasks, and
especially to bielnot paying his debtk Ile
said substantially : Iva true that I have not
always paid my debts punctually, and that I
bwe money. One 'cause - of this is; that, I
have not pressed those who"owe ins for pay
ment. As an instance of this, I enclose your
lather's note made to me thirty years aim
for money lept him to educate his b0y5.1.7.
Ear Touching dandiel, lit us consider,
with sorne ',cloak strictness, what a dandy
specially' is. A dandy Is a cicitherovessing
man,—a man whom trade;ollz, and ailm
ents consist in the westing of Oahe,. Ev
ery faculty of his soul, spirit, purse, and per ,
eon is heroically consecrated to this one olt•
ject,--the weatinitor clothes wholly sad well,
• tbstos others dime to bay belives,
dimungarirki
I NO. 32.
. _
. Infteidenee..
`consists
The
Is it, and in what does it consist?
The world Is at variance with itself upon
these points. It is said by ofie that inZepe' ri
deuce is perfect freedom from foreign n
ence and restraint. We bade hearid it
ly asserted that if one would. be independent,
in the true sense of the word, he must learn
to shave with told wafer. 'ln a cold winter's
morning,if a man undertakes to shave in his
chamber with Cold water, he may be insiikftv
ed, if not independent.
An old toper—of that sort - whose heaven'
is corked up in a jug—will tell you that real
American independence, such as our ancients
fought, bled, and died for, is being able to as
semble as often a day as may be pleasant, in
a grog shop, and, there meeting the
_red-faced
brotherhood, guzzle down any quantity of
rum and lager, and have none to say " Why ,
do ye so I"
We once heard a lady say thin, in walking
the streets of a sister City, she heard a man
'who - appeared to be arforeign sailor,. loudly
vociferating that this was the most indepen
dent country of all others for Bailors to live
in. "Here," said he, "for fonr coppers, a
man may get drunk, and; have half enough
left to get drunk again."' '
A farmer in New Hampshire once told us
that a man may 'iontedm- himself indepen
dent, who, has a five-mottle Vim strong
enough to break up gnus land.,
A good old lady said to one of hergisnd
children who had been married something
near nine months, that they must now -be
perfeetly independent; "for," said
have a snug little house, do their own work,
and have a nice - little baby and a small pig."
An old man down East, who had weath
ered the blasts of seventy winters, boas'ied
'of his happy state, and said that he and Dol
ly, his wife, were independent as lords.—
," We have got rid," said he, "of Sue and
Pat, old maids to the backbone—there came
along a minister and kind of deacon, and
snapped them up. Jonathan has agreed to
support us, finding firewood and cider, and
allows Dolly ten dollars a year to get a ham
net-and shoes, and gives me twenty dollars
every year to get clothes, and lOur cents a
week for pigtail—lend if we are not indepen
dent it's our own fault." -
13LDTD MEN EMINENT IN Lasaartnix...—ln
an ,editorial of decided ability, which appears
in the Richmond Examiner, on the " Death
of Prescott, the Historian," it is stated.
" Many of our cotemporaries speak of Mr.
Prescott as one of the few instances cif a man
deprived of his eight lit early lite having be
come eir.inent.in - literature. This, however,
is a mistake. From Diodotus, dui blind
teacher of Philosophy, Geometry, and .Me
sic, who lived half serum*/ hetnr" the Christ
ian era, to Samuel Willard, an emlifent blind
divine now 83 years of age, therOave been
not less than 80 blind men distinguilihed in
politics, literature, science; theology, and the
mechanical arts. Milton made his name im
mortal after the loss of his vision. Sander
son, one of .tbe most eminent Profess Ors ,of
Mathematics that Oxford ever possessed, was
born blind. Huber, strange to say, one 'of
the most eminent writers on. Entomology,
was a blind man—and yet his work on "Bees
and Ants" is the besf,ever written. Field
ing, the great Polide magistrate, was born
blind, so was Melt:l'l4 a famous English En
gineer and Surveyor. Augustine Thierry, the
historian of the Norman Cotiquist,'who died
last year,
and who was almost as great altis.
torian as Prescott ; was blind. Indeed, we
might, from an article in the Encyclopedia
Brittancia on eminent blind men, cite fifty
other instances of men who have attained
great eminence in all the Walks of life who
were blind from earle . childbood7 • One of
the most attractive and entertaining books
of the day, and one which may be' found in
every book.store—is a collection Of lectures,
sketches, dre., by the Rev; Wrn: l .H. Milburn,
a Methodist Minister, who lost hiasight when
a boy,. and who, as an itinenint preacher, has,
during the last twelve Keens; traveled over
300,000 miles in the performance of his cler
ical duties', and who -is an eloquent and
learned diiine, as well as an able and enter
taining writer." •
DON'T TRIM TO YOUR Dicnos
German, whose English education had been
somewhat neglected, obtained an interview
with en English lady, who, having recently
last her husband, must (as he in his unwashed
flerman'eondition. took for granted) be open
to new offers,- and accordingly opeoed - -his
business thus:—" Highborn madam, since
your husband have kicked de lineket----"
±1 Si). I" interrupted the lady, astonished and
displeased. "Oh, pardon I—nine, ten ton
sand, pardon! Now I make'new beginning,
quite oder beginning. Madan; since your
husband have cuthis-stiek—" , It may be
supposed that this did not mend_ matters
and, reading so much in 'the lady's counte
nance, the German drew out an octavo dic
tionary, and said, perspiring with shame at
having a second timo missed fire, " Madam,
since your husband have , gone to kingdom
tomt---" This he said beseechingly; but'
the lady was past propitiation this time, and
rapidly moved-towards the door. Thinig
bad'now reached a crisis • and if. something
were not done quickly the game was up:
Now t therefore, taking a last hurried look at
his dictionary, the German flew liter the lady,
crying out, in a voice - of despair, "Madam,
since your husband—your most lespected
husband—your never-enufftd-be worshipped
imsband—have hopped de. ttrig—" This
was his sheet-anchor; and, as this also: came
home, of &inns° the-poor man - was totally
wrecked. It turned out that the 'dictionary
he had used, (Arnold's, we-thing's work cif'
pne_hundred and fitty years back, and, from
mere_ Gerinim igneranee, giving slang trans
lations from Tom Brown, L'Entrangc, and
Other loader writer put_ own the verb
stereos (to die) with' the following worship
tut series - cif equivalents : "To kick the buck
di" 4 ' To cut one's stick;" "To go to king
dom otivier "To hop thit twig; "To drop
off the perch kit° Thyvy's locker."—DrQson
_
1 . An old divine, cautioning the ,elegy
against engaging in violent controversy, uses
the following happy simile; "'two will be
contending, let us contend likelhe olive and
the vine, •who shall prodice the most and
best hilt; not-likti . the 'aspen and• the -elm
which shall make - the most noise' in tle;
sitiiiiothir bar Was a Wog
Tholbaeo—The lonikon .Times tos4ll4l Ya
'tltfea that, lad to It.
Tim Emperor of the French ha confided
to his army the reasons, which. induced him
to grant Austria the inat soootopliobed peace.
It is efocutnentwitich requtree Prevent re
permVand Which invites tincessing oonjen•
cm. — This principal aim of the war` war, it
semi;
.16 reader Italy a nation, and this
prinelpo aim,' It also seems, his , been
_c&
Wriest' eit is trite," says Napoleon 01-
lattratintthe proviebi ".Rsi emus' a'ae,
anal; " that Venetia-ramains to - Austria;"
but he explains that this exception' is - imma
terial, because Venetia continue to be
an Italian province,-foraging pirtof an Ital
ian Confederation. We confess we do not
follow the Emperor in this itiplanation--
That Venice will remain Italian wei am:clear
ly,see ; we should'have more filifficu4,y p ia•
understanding how it could become 'Word
oi Hangman • .but bow this fiat' readers
its possessie by'Austriai of less importance
we cannot pretend to explain: It is oiti of
those logied sequences which none but ..an
:mperor at the head of. many ' legions can
-pounce withsffect ,
To the eye of common understanding this
possession of Venetia by Austria would seem "
to give Anstria - a right which she never_. be
fore bad, to intermeddle'ln the polities t cif all
Italy. Austria, a greakmilitary mofiarehy,
is, by thiliposmsion, a member of a confed
eracy made up orAintria and a hi instal& _
cant and unvtarlike States. In this canfeder- _
acy who will influence and who will 'obey ?
Austria is right in boasting that it matters
not to her what may be the fortune of antis;
for, beaten or victorious,, she alwifs gains
the prize in the contest. That which was
limited 'is now to become universal; Ahat
which was an' encroachment is now to be-'
come a right.- We have,nothing,to baywhen
the French.army. is told that the union of
Lombardy and Piedmont creates for France
a powerful ally.- It is undoubtedly, ircie.';--•
Bat France has bought this alliance at a
frightful coat, and the independence of Lom.,
hardy it not that independence for whisk the ,
Lombards sighed. •
It is notoriously very difficult to'get at the
meaning of Louie - _Napoleon. 5 . He is• the
great modern Sphyriz, and hbrvery existence
depends upon his not being found ont.. But,
of all the riddles be has Five* . tO - EurOPes
none is more puzzling and intricate than this
treaty of Villafranca, the AVais of which we
have attempted to read in the description he
has hinilielf given. It is usual when we
doubt as to the authorship of an act to ask—'
for whose benefit it was dohel Here, how-i
ever, we ask this question in vain. The`
treasure is spent and the blood 'iirshed, the
war Is ended and t pa Id 3 is inide-, but no
one, so far as we can see, is. the better. for
;the t. . 14rdinis islbt quite happy in her '
new possessions, autittien Victor Emmanuel
will find in Lombardy a poor substitute for`
the enthusiastic affection of all Italy. France
has gained no accession to her territory, 'and -
no friendship from the oppressed population
of the earth. She has' gained nothing but
the knowledge thepher Emperor is able to .
manceuvre an army. She, luta cot, even at
this moment, the conviction that his. sparing
Austria was-an act of unmixed generosity.
ITheEmperor now say, that he stayed.
hand under an apprehension' that the struggle
was likely to. assume larger proportions than
he desired. It is not a very chivalrous rea4
son to give to an army, which had just fought
campaign and lost thousands of its corn- ..
redes forsno result which any one' - of them
would have desired. These isoldieis want -
4ork and glory and promotion. To tell
tiscus by crowd.. &di *lio war wean;
spread, cap only be to set them' guessing
who it was who had thus stayed them in
their full March of conquest. It was not
England. Was it Prussia? his not very
probable, unless this pause in fighting should
be a diversion than a cessation. Was' •-•
it Russia! Did Russia think &Stria bad
been beaten enough 3 Was Russia acting,
all, the time as the surgeon, with. his fi nger \
upon the pulse of The patient, and did she
give the signal . to cease when that symptom
of
al longarian fever developed itself All or
au of these reasons may have , operited. Or
;the Emperor Napoleon may hifie known-the
state of his own army best There is indeed,
a last supposition, which we o ff er to the con
sideration of thOse who were not long ago
so fiercely scolding us becatise we doubted'.
that Napoleon was about to set up a free'
Constitutional Government in - Italy
haps the French Emperor has imposed soin
secret obligations upon Austria never again
to interfere in the affairs of Italy. If this'"
shoUld be so, then all is right. The Pope I
and the Grand Dukes are put up in pride of
place merely to give Napoleon's greatprin.
ciple—" the sovereignty of the people '—a
.clear stage. If they can hold their sown,
good. If they cannot, then down topple
Pope and Kaiser, and Italy, left to herself,•
works out her own regeneration: -There is
no limit to human credulity, and there. may
be credulous idolators of Chaos who, even
at this thirteenth hour, may believe in such
impossibilities' as these.i The sane men of
the age; however, know better. They roeog- -
nize in this new settlement nothing but an
universal and irresistible despotism.
We yesterday announced that Cavonr dis
gusted by the disappointnient of all his
hopes, had thrown up his employment. The
telegram of today codfirms our previous in
formation, and announces that the King of
Sardinia his accepted Connt amour's resig
nation, and has replaced him by Count Arena.
This event determines the nature of the
-peace. kli,vour was ari earnest man. He(
believedUn Italinit independence as a future\
work of Napoleon-111. - It was by means of
'the confidence be felt himself and inspired, in'
(alert that Mazziui and his, emissaries warn
discredited. throughout Italy. It was Ca
your who gave the signal for the successive
risings in the smaller Italian Stites. It was
.by means of his influence that the revolutiOns '
at Florence, Parma, and Modena were bleed
less; and that Rome xetnained tranqriii.
your believed in a Constitutional Italian Erni,
ty, and unfortunately he believed that- the
Emperor Nappleon entertained the same
views as hininelE Warnings were thrown
away upon him. Patriots and young ladies
have a faith in men's promises which no ex
positions can shake, and " whicll nothing but .
hitter personal experience c 6 destroy. Poor
Cm our He once had &gramcame. : r.before
him, for be was honest and Palma; but be
?was credulous and impatient, and - be beam.
the tool of crafty madams. . -
'History tells us sittat. paisedat Tflektuld
some French memoir wU'iloubtlitse . at fa
tere day relate what was the ociavimaition at
Villafrancs. It is not necessary, • however,
to wait for the authentic report the,- molts
will suggest whit the 'Conversation must Rye
been. '! Surely ; " we can imagine Frannie
Joseph to hive said, " my Jtoperisk bzothdr_
cannot intend to revolutionize Hunigury, and
.. to establish-a focui of imegreetiO I" . _
if Not the - least in the - world. I Care no
more for these Italians *half yori-, de. ' :This
matter has gone . guitW:far enongh; kir my
I purpose. - You see now that France 1111 -Ilec
eseary to ,Austria., We will settle this af
fair, and I will leave y9u stronger in Italy .
than you ever Were. I wattle° make every-:
h thing streight' between you and Rubsia.:—.
You shell be one of us; anksve .three togeth-
er.wiil impose law on Butope." Is it to be
wondered ;at that Fran eis ;ft:46o, with a beaten army
Ihiehitier, : wee , nei pot aphis
issideapitioss .