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The Toast.
deader will find in the annexed .tanzas
the noblest and most eloqiient of Xll the
productions of the greatßard.Of north Brit
late.Sir Walter Sett.. The spirit. and
h which it is imbited almost Enka ones .
ingle e 'cien to the' finger .enda. •
.4 1.
feast is o'er .New brimming wino
rdlq cup is seen to *hint,. •
fore each •eagtr guest,
, silence fills the crowded hall;
cep as when the herald's call
rills in the. loyal breast:
The
' one of
IgraPhi`
I sin-4
fire Sri
(blood
The 1
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In ii i
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;And'
As ~
to his feet each gallant sprung, 1,
joyous was the shout that rung,
!z .Stanley,gave the word:- -
ieverpersp gas raised on high,
ceased the loud , and gladsome cry,
111 Stanley's voice was heard.
Andl•Nor
i44E,
An ,
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lough, enough," ite-smilin,g said,
I lowly bent his haughty head,.
bat all may hate their due.
• each in turn mtg play his part,
pledge the ladye of his head, •
ke gallant' knight and true!"
!, one by one each guest sprung up,;
drained in turn the' brimming cup,l
Ind name'd the, loved one's name:;, ,
each, as hand on high he raised,
ladye's grace or beauty praised =
er constancy and fame. t
"
nisi
now St. Leon's turn to - rise ;
Ihim are fixed those countless eyes
asilant king is be:
Lie% by some, admiri4 by all,. •
-famed in ladye'i bower and hall,
he 'lower of chivalry.- /.
1 'Ti
ii. 'On
' En
Fa
Leovaised,bis kindling eye,
lifts tho sparkling cup on high
I drink to one," he said, - '
'hose iniage,,never may 'depart,
graven on his grateful heart,
ill memory is dead,
St.
A n
44
Dee,
one whose•love for meshalt last,
en Fghter passions long hare passed,
o holy 'tis and true; . •
one whose lUietath linger dwelt
deeply fixed, more keenly felt,
an any pledged by you"
t To
I m ,
At guest upstarted at the ii : Ord, .- I -
.1 laid a hand upon his sward, - •/ .
With fury-flashing eys , t, •. , ;':',.
d Sbinly; said: "We eisse the :min, .
Ind knight, of this most peerless d i me,
Whose love
,you count \so high. - " I
11 - •.
, Leon paused, as if he would 1 .
it breatheTher name in eareless„snood ,
I bus lightly to another; , i
ien bent his, noble head as though :1
~ ive that . word the.reverenee due, 1, -
And gently said, "Ily *miller !"
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Visctliancaus
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MARGARET LANE/ 1
A Sketch from_ Eckel Lift
.331; LACILA LLIk.:-WQOD
CHAPTER I
.
"How oft does memory recall
A form one-maym no -longeesee -;„
A gentle girl with lustrous eyes; I,
Glistening like :morning dew•„, 7 - 1
The silken lashes.through,
And life that breathed in softer sighs—
Her beings harmony!" - . - - i
Oh. pa, dear pa, do let's take plor. Mar
garet Lane with us, will - You ?" - ex-Flab:ad 1
Laura Grason, while hastily drawing on lir
gkres to be in readings foradrive ont of the i
city. "She is so very ill, and vannot affiti'd
to buy a single luxury - for an invalid,. kriu'eh 1
less-drive out for fresh air. Alasi Jaw:poor 1
hat - e no luxuries and but few friends f' r '
"Another new Isilian about the silt girt,"i
pined her father, " and pray What nonsense i
tl folly, will get off next; you ciertainly ,
Jai' there is not ,sufficient room to *eat five
„poisons, and another thing is; I doo core.!
`abort von and your mother ,being ;seen iin •
-sufh Close proximitylo a girl who has to la
bor for a livelilicKid. • - What do you isuPP*--*e
Inlr frieirds and acquaintances whore r i e shall ,
ne l. oet on our drive would say ?,and I. tun„Sure
I P-ave .no fancy for Subjecting (kir"' lyes l to ,
the impertinent_remarks, as well es iiiinixture '
)rof formal bows and meaning smilei: i ,
" YOu knoW, dearl3a, she can't .. help being
poor, and it is more 'honorable tri - labor than •
t•O •bet'ome, dependent upOn the Musty-of
others. \ I will stay home and give the poor
girl znY seat, if you will only take per this
-time ;.1 would like to do some good ;for poor
:Margaret, and ma has taught nte," pleadcfr
e unselfish ,girl while - bending a " . -loo1:' of,
*learning - love upon her gentle - mother, q that-
Wre must do - what we think is•right I without'-
. j . ,.
~..r . .ring what others may say 'of us, so you•
'trill not refuse will you pa i" an then ft*:
fig her snowy arms about his ne .k,rlie licjk
d up in . his face/with her bright' ryes gli-.4.
~ ni hi ng s W ea ith r,i, po tea o rs, i w m h a i r l g e a sio m.t„ ftly sh s e he4u soo rm:r \ ed
n ba,
'' tip in her dark, gloom' grave, ithe last
~.
isrthlv home of ill that is 'mortal, and she is,
o'goiid,-kind•rindlOntle, never complluns at
et. hardlot ; but - always seems cheerful and
*iy's She'has mitic,h to ,be thankful for ; and
yet,i)a., we ha ye -everything' that nioney can
-lbrocure, and'l f...str we sometimes forget 'to be
, alf so tankful and good as le ''s.. lilow
ft when I call in to see her I fi dher read-
ing her Bible and talking abouther home iu
another *OM. ! Ali ! what a boauttifuthome
she will have in the spirit land. i-. 431,4 those
' who are ashamed to be seen with her_ in. this
world, will not be ashamed of her there."
• Mr. Grason deefsly felt the innoctint rebuke
of his fair daughter,'-arat bending i down he
kissed her fair brow. ,'"There,". said.he kind
ly, " come get .early, dear, I supPosel Will
hack to gratify you this time!' -- ! . .
, I* Thauk, you', dear, pa; rani ready and will
' en i ° Y., l '.. l. *Arive so much, for lknow it, will do
loom luargar e t„ good." L • 1
• g' 4 2 , cpupage
,diove throu gh several
. 'streets, ere it mieled the homerY ilk-A i de -tee of
1,1r5.. Lane whieh was an old' dilapidatCA frame
. - that- had stood for matry"years an eye,sord to
'the piiblio_ gaze: There was sortie roof
, '-enough' to protect the inmates - from the
,idrenchingrains---in. various placc large gaps
'were to be seen in the front, 'Aerie the l franie
work hid given way.' , ! • i
The property belonged to_a large lalid-hol
. der, whO loved his "almighty
.dlollar7 better
. than his own conscience, and SC' /Ong SS l it
. MOUld yield, him a' profit, be ~iivotildlet.lilt
red
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*stand - without repairs,' not caring for the ten,
ants who toiled.. night and day that they
Might eepp soul and 14y. together. ale(un 7
jUst rent hid eaten int? the earning* so fast,
!that tljey'fOund impOssible to;pay his d -
IMands for the last three months, :and the un- .
Merciful landlcird had frequently; threatened
to eject them from the ' poor luivel' and sell
What very fe7 ;:Household comforts iivy had,
if h? did not reeeive, his money When•he call-.
6 . 1 a g ain, - .1,.. 1 - --. . •.•
• "More is the place, pa"' said Laura, point-,
ipg . from . the Carriage
. window as they. idroe•
,•
near the door, rind stepping 'lightly from her
ficat - , sheknocked gently-at the•doori but no'
anSwery came, '. and' paling - it, I.which ':"was
41ightly„ ajar, ;she entered just :as the iron- earted landlord attempted to diive the poor
half ifrantid-mother. and daughter from their .
iniserable.honie..• ' •'• , . •
i, '.
! • ‘,l, YOu. ailay ;prate. as much as: yOu . please,
about the, inedieme-yort . baYe i to , buy • for
your ila liter, .whieh' you say, used . up all
your tit°, y, and, keep me
-out cif m . y rent, I
will .blieve as l ;•,, much as I please 'of it. • If you .
.Wottldi put her: immediately to *ork,she *old.
on get well enough to do without the med
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4 ' :flush, sir; -said Laura : keenly looking
-I. 1 , “ d ...• , .. •
timitit the face, ont you see how frighten-'
etl" that sick girl' is," and' turning _to Marga
-1 ret . she continued, " . pray what !does all this
mean t" • ~ - • t. -
r, 2" litueans„.My dear Laura,--that my -meth
cr-is linable to pay. our rent. 1 011, that My,
health would. return, .so that, l l, Could, oath
enough to pay him.and then ha should never
have it in, hiS power to insulijus again. i' / I'
hayq been ,s 9 ill. to-day; - that pfear I there as
but ,little, prospect of my recoyery.- Oh :
inother, dear, - ; What shall_we dO . I ' Surely he
will liot...take the very. few things we have left
tie. 1 , '. .; , . - -•- •
Here, sib,; take this," said Laura, taking a
gold! piece front herb purse. . ",I, hope it will
ssatisty you for the present." „ i i ' ..
-. ' . ."-:\o,•no, kind and generous Laura," ek
Claimed Margaret. " I can't take advantage
of vOur friendship thus." ,• -' .
, 11.,..,.. - • N• ; T.) . ,
'.A L . ."' a '
1 0 A a,Ke it, str,
~contmut. , aura, an \- re
-1 piVlll4,l -- yOll area hard „master - to the poor." 1
' ..,, f.. I .rmist have; ins ; ciwlii crirt;" . saidlic. and
F A - piked off with his eyes beat ;'-upon his gold,
Ins leait's to 'e . - - -; ' I,. -• •
I ! ,4-" Come, Margaret," she ;Co ntinued , I" get.
Oady,. the carnage is - waiting at the Moor for
- iiiciti,., I have perLadetl.pa to take you out l for
,
fresh nir." ! - -•', - -
I•tltank.. Yon, dear - Laura,it, is kind. of you
,1
abtLyour parents to ca,ll for die, and-I am
sorry . my extremeilllness , forlijds a • emph
atic with .your generous. invit4tiop ; bear my
thatllis to sour pa'ri.lits,-- and: do . not keep
them waiting,dear:' ". ,1: : •ii
NV itly a . lit.ayy lkart, Laara' - ,r.Aurned to the'
carriage and:; insisted. upon il i t:r ,itst.ther liita
father coming! in to see the. poor invalit- 1
Mr. Grrasonentered 'the roan with / a4tearY I
frown upon his-- brow, but the . monlent. his 1,
e I t : C•S fell upon 7he" delicate liglir.e of :klargaret.'l
his native politeness: immediately prompted
him to kreeti 2 : l ifer with kindness au' offer to 1
,1
'proctire i physician, whichshe - "nest willing-1
ly accepted., $ 1 , • • I . • „ 1
"Laura," et claimed . Mr. Grasonwhen . they
had: .retUrneclJtotheil " why !did yr:in . neQeil
Me bog beautiful -that girl Was, why I cnnld
hardly . keep My eye 4 off her face, ' Such 'per- ,
feet IT,eauty Ifbave never seen(..All,.!it is Well
*pia br§therlf.rriest has not itetlit . ..tit4t face.—
•It,•wiild • •filit•-kfitrate - him notWititsanding . her
extremd pov4tv. Pray tell me, • La t , ura, hot("
came slLe i to•.!be" so poor? Her, conversation
ma'nerslindicate -refinement.; I am con
fident she hafi seen better-days." ~ . •
"She Itas,lloeedolear pa; ber father was
a whoit;sale therehant belonging to :the firm
of , Lane •Cl.'hphani& Co., ;who failed for a
,
' , large .antou i." •' 1 - i _ 1 , . • • .
- " IS. it poslible," added Mr. Grason, " Why,
1 knew filial ilivell;. to be an honest and, up
.right man. iille_ - sank. under the sudden 're
verses' Of fOtitune. l . and died , shortly after the
'failure." A, -
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•. . , Il'-. " CHAFFER .I.e
"When inicl''s come, they.come not single spies., ~
Bann battaliont , .." l , •
"Ida Taint •gave me a 'sketch of her - trials,
- -and- if von ;will - listen, dear ; - pa, I *ill give' it
as near, as can in her own words" 1
I '
" I, Was •Onee surrounded withi even-Jul: ivy
• II t ' - ,1
and eleganee of life, one could wis, or , aii ..
illoved by - my dear father more than Lingua e'
I can describe. - I was an only child, caressed,
I r idelized and beloved to excess,by tiiv fond ia
rents. ••, - Not a single care,distnrbed , the peaee-
I ful corildnvof -my happflife,-until. the-com
mercial , storm of ' 183— swept Om_ ts. Our
pmperty. '.But I could have bornonp Ifunder
all if my 'father's. life culd have heen•,spared
tolus. Alas, his death.toUk from us all hope .
and love- of . life.- The j.v:irld seetned h
,ut a
wilder( s? nay a .- larren Waste, and.ont souls
sank 'with despair ;but the sun-beains; ; Of .vi
vine Loie catim•And dispelled the • darkness,
awl the : lNVOrd of God
,taiight - .: - ' He deethi all
things well: ' - . .
Long „land earnestly A id'.we pray .to lie Come
reconciled to his holy will, and threl yealtof
sorrow ntid'nriitiety have sped, and . yqt I Can
most tinthfullv say, that there is - elfiCiency.i in:
prayer,l Faithfully •I attended to the nettling
of rnyfither's business, and after dis)* , sing of
our hOine.'and furniture, 1., found, I cOlild save .
his 'deli- I.ria‘kie from disliatagement.:. After
. passing:threngit many 'severe trials,'.ive Were.
coMpelled. to look a1.),614 for .some „Menai •ofli
•sitppoit, 1!1 ~procured Al,dottage - . - a a small`'
rent; and !fitted; it upin ..A- plain e onordical '
style ; 'hut oli,'- how. ice missed . the Coinfortsl
and:lulu . rieS that • - had\ been so hiviiliis'.shosr:f
'a-''.-' 1 d .a • ' ... . ~ ,
ere. u . ri u... eti od a lipon giv ng trinsic: l
lessons, iti could procure isuffidieut,,nuniber!•
of sehoars . ; and for Seveial - ,..days I. itiandered.
i
-ftoni - , Louse 'to house' , in quest '. of • pu.
px)i, b 'it failekh, in getting as
. (iany as would
occupy, my time, and these - t at I cOuld get
• lived a so grekt - a distance th ti-Coneluded
theti :spent in walking so far conhl•he imi
proved - to a, better' advantage,- so
.Limtnedi•!
'atelf v sited the editor pf a weekly', journal
and its ed . ;hiree to enipl)y me as' type-setter
i
Ile did sb, and iu kahort time I was abletO
earn; Feighi,dollars a 'Week, vibieh. enabled
'u, tO 10-es i•eritomtortably and".4aoilytintil
My 063riMother - wat ..taicert ill - and•remained
so
work
ileieral Months. ".1. - was - forced tql.quit •
work anteremain homelivith her; • Which r 4
deiced* earniu,,,ii4 to 4 Mere • pittince;_ ; and
fnaillyilwas - unable to pay', rent, by which
' : • ' . 1
meabisiwe were compelled, to move from our
ple.a4nti - iiitle home, to 3 te po4rty-strlekea
qua*Os l l 'ive Awe now coMpelleillto eall-homen,
and I ins now: prostrated- by . sickness , wit i ti
little I+ or recovery. i: ll,at - I still look to
a 7EEKLTIOUR,IIti.L.--DEVOTED7O P UTIuS, N 11, ERATUB,E,AGRICTJ'ETURE, SCIENCE, AND,
~ ,
Vontrose, fhsquttiona .Connts fout , if,l Criptrsbag
• . ..
Heaven fer protection; ,and ever in
.st botir,,S'ou, dear Laura, have con
sted:Uslike a good angel."
„ - D on , t .l , you :,. think, pi, that she is
ject for Sympathy, and hew nobly
.bornelthe:,reverst of fortune, and en,
`mosi severe pOverfp . OlO how 7,1
yearns towards her—l wish to do
.1 widuld'fOr a sister ; can't 'We aid' h
wayi O. mfike her more comfortable
'•I-shall most willingly aid her,” ansWerO
her father - 4:" if you will promise to i keep ,fill
knowleit - g6 , 'of her from yotir.brotherTh r en be
!returns, .f6i by the by, wife don'tyeu remern,
fiber - grnest beenme so desperately in love with
I this siitne girl:at a soiree given _by title Fanin
i Stock's,_ knowing at_the same time -that I was
i so eneedingly anxious he 'should be the hits
bani‘d or . l3ell Faninstock, !whose filtire'r is )1 . ..-
putO bilie the wealthiest man in the city."
"She iio,lie same one," replied kfirs.- Gra-
Son 1 4 ‘ Alas, how changed her circumstances.
Then she Was surrounded_hy gay and nun*.
ous "frienaa Who *ere very, solicituons - in their
attentionSJ' Oh l- the fearful - failings. of (lie
huimin heart are unpardonable, whiW in pips
_ perity,.hoW.apt to forget those WiM suffer 'by
the reverse of fortune. I would still\ pitifer
her, with ber poverty for my son's wife to the
dashing Bell Eaninstock, Iwho is wasting the
best part Of her life in folly; A issi):ation 41,4
idleneSs; , i but I do hope ere Erne4'S return
from hi-Efiropean tour, be, may have forgot
ten his OYI4I love for your' sake." I
1
"Just let him marry that girl, i
laws I will disinherit him.: Now 1
wife, ' . \lnd -I aur a, it that you' do not
name to him." . 1
-,. "Yes,
pa, but poor 'Margaret is
sisted L aura, " cannot we do sot
her:7
1
`,` Do what. youplease, -so that I
ing a boat; her.. Confound the gi
be
,a continual torment to me, and
ways be :uneasy for 'fear 1 Ernest W
hear . about her. I have intercepts
.ters,'and of- course he_ knows mull
change—"i
- In the midst , of. this ' - conversa
rung and a gentleman of prepossess
anee entered the:drawing-room.
-1' Oh Earnestdear Earnest:" • , ~
Here We leave them ' to -recapitulate ',the
joys and sorrows of four II years
. - s4eratiori.-
1 ime sped on and
,Margaret Lane l• had, reeov-•
ered . front her illness and removed to . a More
cornfortable home. By', energetii: persever
a4u 1 .42.1.1 . inatzatry .41va. 1.V../ s;vv,;r ii , atv I*.t.-11,
i wzint . , sfromber door... It 'Was a . cold black
I night in December, the Wind howled a Most
doleful reijuitini; and the rain p{. - ittre - d (lbwu_
as if!tlte king of - furies Would spec l his whole
'force upon:tie earth. Snub a night ; as this,
:Margaret sat alone with . the dead. .17pcin a
pallet was the form of her mother, whost - istif,-
fesi,eti limbs worn 10c...1 , in deo ctaa vii.l4-avo
lOf I.b.'•80), features that AC, - bad: l g.:l2:6i upon
1 with fond affection were gastly and appalling,
I eyleslvvhose glances - had bettine( • with love,
wtile..sunken'and closed in de:. tlCs eternal
sltep, lips
_that bad smiled so sweetly, Were
tightly compressed as if ; a vestige of pain still
lingered there.: Kneeling by ' the side, was
Margaret in agony of I rrriefLte l rs stye ii r,
front, her swollen eyelids, her arias encircled
the iee form of-her dear mother. In oneiwild
desPairing shriek . , .the' cried—. . . .
" .II)11 God is there, no hope forthe lone and
descilate - orphan."- -Shriek after - shriek; rose
frOna her bursting heart; until *amused from
ber absorbing grief by theentrale
cof a 4tran.-
o'er who eagerly exclaimed— • ,
1 "Margaret, dear girl, witat-do?:s, this mean
Why do Lfind von thus? '
-1 '''Earnest. there is the last
i
roc to - earth. She has . gone. -. (I_
It Eave s passed through since lajl
-so Maddened law brain, that - II
to pray,, Heaven I. might die ere
area .f).Y." . I .. '
ti No, no," - exclaimed Ernest
heaven to spare and. bles the('
dear one:". - - - , . -
I , "Poverty forbids all such hOpes," tremb- .
lingly answered Margaret "II!ou knowdear
i-itest the poor have few friendS.and alas, I
I tmistlstruggle im.through . lifel wititottt thy
guiding hand ; . • oh, my Motile, land :,press
ing a kiss upon her brow, she wept tinceas. , .
ingly:' •
~
i n
• " But I have enough; dear - Margaret,t for
us both; and a' home like you ce had Shall
again be yours. - - . , -i i •
":-I cannot and will not giv thee tip, for.
, .
'thou art as dear to \ me in PoVert as in walth,"
iekelidmed Earneit, gazing foiidly . - upon'. 'the
11 - weeping girl. - • - - • 1
t
-- • * , *• • ti• * * •*. t.
I• ' Time sped on and another year with its
manfold changei had passed. To simile 'it
•
, I hatt been -one of • trials; r vekations and i dissip
Ointments, to others one scene of glowing
haPpiness; while,- . to ' .others.ane of i.orrow,
Mourning and continual disgirietude.i. Ptuch
indeed are the vicissitudes anc phases' of hu
"Mtn life, all striving ; for the . sime goal; ' yet
hoW 'many are there who enter. the ;g Olden
temple o' happiness, we know. not ', ',elatiy
.there a.wlwho lightiv. bear thertiby stepit that;
bear to, it, but ere their eyes - pave I(x:tied in-i'
tothe effulgent briglituess and beauty of the!l
temple, some false hope bids them turn andli
taSte.the "dead sea fruit that films in litsll4! .
on the lips,"- and a dark 'mist tteils frOni , ltheir;'
sight the glorious temple-Fa - .cle:lr con`;
science: - •1 . .. !'• 3 t I
Margaret Lane now reaped the full ref
ward of her persevering iridtistryi• sh't had
taught various branches, belonging tei: tie eat
ueatiOn: of females, until cold! ne(..till.-y coma,
polled lento engage in type-setting4the ort; ) , ,
iy ill'oig• she could get ininiediate. reinnaerat..
ti 3 Ott. Prom. this she learned, the. argot Cout i 4 l
positiOdand *soon became ono of outpular
writers by W earned. which eaed. an amp q sup
port. I Her very heart was in the 4ilithrilii
ling scenes her pen life so tpatheticelly 514. 7
scribed, that the unbidden tears wonl4 stait
in spite of man's philosophy. 1 She . p+essetl
the fearful giftof genius, every line lit+sthed .
thedeep impressive -.thoughts„thoughts of a 440 . 11e4ii
anul,pure,. noble' ,and - inisltruqi . velips 101
that:flowed” fregit her thinking mind; li I
- '.. Margaret had' 'resisted all entreatkli of Fir-I.
-ties . Valid his
.sister 'to 'cotrid •and•ritalie her
hothe with them. "No," She would: iny, - I
Will labor and win mysef a name trn'd then
'I *lithe:your. all dear Earnest" Now sbe
*hail. achieved 4r. gloriousreolve itt4eft - ly, and
lovingly,. she took ' upon - , herself tinis eluily
voirs that unite . two loving I hearts-artilone...- ,- ;
Pittitu.rg anzette.: :i..- ti 1. -
.• 1 •
• i. - l'
it4rSince the new divorce - 14w dent • Wto..
operation in' Ohio, triarriageil are phild un4esi
lrie Bead of ""limitCd partn4rEllirs:'
.
• . i
liI*VIING 4 cirri K Aix'.'.EM; !'
Orj'l9nruing - a n 46,i. ' ausits . Court- •
-i:,:. q f.:House . • ' ii
__
..i , - . BY _` - ii.A.t.con - DoE."!• '
~. i .i.
• i.
'l,
ii t - - - ---q 1 - • I'
The State of - Arkansi. is not. exactly
what . it- used to was; ! ivilization,' school
- •
maiiteit, colporteitrs, and.irinmon Sense,,haVe
quite ',changed the genera aspect of affaira,
political, legal, agricultural and domestic:
And hence, the. never ending . ./Okansas' sto
ried, of the "ancient regime," becbme the nMre
vivid; thrilling of ludicronsi• contrasted with
the; present order; of thinis in'that part •of Iltet
cleliiim's farm.! '
-1 1• •:i
~
.dine years ago, in oil 4 the newly laid,
oui, cOvinties of Arkansai,l quite i an intestinal.
war broke out among tlni people, relative to
, a Court -house' l One party would have 'the
County seat-liere',l and anlther-piirty there..- - .
The One side insiated '' the court-louse slionld
be ild i e . ated here and built so, the other - Side
periasted in building a ecurt-Ivitise thus and.
)
there, and no Way nor. no ..hOwelse. :The
deintairatic or deminanil ' arty, went to work
mad-iri-_c/curin ' and up ivent al spacio.u.s !log
.edifice, in which; justice Shetildliold her cciiirt,
and )egal .affairslof the new and not over pop :7
n 10,4 county; he dispensed acedrding to; the
statt4s,l3lackstione, Coke and ittleton, I'dne.
The !e'iiiit, - being'ready to beoln! buSinessilie
, e. ,„
judge)iroceed.ed to organize juries, grand, ju
ri6,fand swear them and, -.the officers ottlie
c0i.4.11:
,Upon rOachinglhe conrt-house, 'tlie
• judge found - a Very considerablii gatheritt of
thti people ; h e felt proukto- havt such a grand
opening, and bra oatS,i and knowing
all)Vild Cat cennty had,their eyes 'stretched
. to4liat.auspieueus epoch, with 1 the. weight of
hid otticial.rot4 and the dignify. of the State
of.;Pirkiiii.sas, re ting upon • bits broad slipul
ders, he determined that the glory 'of theione.
shbild not be tarnished,i t nor the pondertisity•
Of the other ;shrank froin. liitehing his horse
to . .ilie rick, in tear of the court house,!' the judge took off his mittens mid., sainted' the
crowd that began to aisemblel around him..
' 4 •\Vell, - gentlernen"--lie lkgan,, when' a
cot; se voice interrupted; the judge with-i r
'!":I,00k liere:•old hos& none 4' your palaver
, -,
.nci•W." 1 il • -,
iljSir!" the judge responded in some:amaze
.
ment:
:
' Fes, sir-cc', old hoss-fly, you ain't• cumin'
nMie e' your big licks oVer l this irowd,nohow,"
, . - I
sao another.
1..i..71., ---- 7 - , ~„.....,.4,,i,..,....-......,... j;0i,,.. sssss ice:, Atm : j.! . .lgi,
"What's all this mean 11, • -1. ' , -
.1
ii' , Near t ? 'Why it menns,.jndge, yon can't
colnci. no sick ii, load o' 'roles oter us, well you
:i' • 1
elp.i'li" :, I
' 1 • !. ~ •
i ..111t. I, n'oPntletnan— 1.- . .
•
1,1,
• - (..entleuriti be '' ' - voii‘ll find uS men
, ..,
I roiniti . yer," bawls one- of th crowd, now
li4milino in the bewildered lawyer. • .: .
1i...W.41," continues tbe jud4o . "really - , ibis
isliivithout precedent. II am,art'onished--L,, " -
I : . I:f‘ And ve'lt;be More 'stonisl ed yet. judge,
I • :.• • e ,
if
` . : : l t t i °/ePeann't.7l;e7duirttl,i-no_dbesheossir'f4cinric:d anoth-
fine dark
e and. Lis-
a fit sub
.she has
dured the
4 he:irt
or her is
r in soma
I Aby ;tile
iemenitier;
iention her
o ill," pef
ethingl. for
hear moth-.
she
1 I shaq al
./ill.meet; or
tlieir
let
ciiig of 'the
tion n ))ell
t ing, apptar-
et . ' i' - . 1 i • .
..iNoic the indge ivas a whole team hiMself
7
When aroused,;, he had lived tiao'-, long ia the
ivOds . to be rightened at round 'hogs or
garter snake 4; hisleonr-ty and_ good humor
was thread b¢ - re,lie was growit:g red•iibout
the gill, his!haithristled upOn Ins capacious
bead, and it ; Was V 4 evident au explosion
iilts on , hand..` i - •
"..LoOk here," say rthe judge,: "I'vC,Come
Ire to opea:court ; if -.there's • any cases On
Abe dock7.7t.l'il try them; itithere's any nig
gttr-Stealers, horse thieves, epuaterfeiters, or
4—rascals ;Of. any diiscription,•lll put! them
thro' a course of sprouts, or ;my name's. not
J"irdge Buzzard, of Wild Gat)
A county, state of
i rkansas 1"1-.. • ; • 1 ..'.l . •
.
" Hurrah!! hurrah r -bawls the croivii. ~ .
Three cheers for the °lei Loss; he's rais
s team!'s -. .-1 '. • ' i! '
-And," Ontinues .l'ibe judge s , "I. will further:.'
Mate, .for year general and, several goad, and
respective information—," ' I - -• •
"Go it b,61.7-tail T.eiies one. •
1
-- • •
-. 'f4 r 'Silence; darn yel"..echoes. another.. '
1' "if any man atteimpts to! shoW nig eon;
tempt. for I!," cut I'll el4p the screws on
him quicker than lightning; if any man with
Malice aforethoughtidares to molest ime;.l.'ll
• throw down the dignity of rhy official; station
and -wattle: the kkunk until his . miry hide
:,. • -..—
Won't hold ;corn -Elnieks !" - i
!''--• 1 •" - rut 'eta:through, Judge I''' . .
0.1 •
"Go in I Give •", m gossil.'• ' - •.
; , •-i
"'Three cheers fo' the Judge, hurrah'. Woo
..
, :.
1., -,
i:,.. And•thelndge a rted for the.COurt-house''
'fd . oor, his..sadt.lle-ba i gs • on ins arm, the e'r'rs' - re 7
..::: • • •
I .fiotinding With aMI yell #d chorus of the
r_OrQwd.., -There - we .e . the jurors, the lawye,
the cases; the plaint ffs, defendants 'witnesses,
Iheriff and.' ofliciala and p4sons •necessarily
:eonnectetEWith a temple cif justice. It was
li.ery•evident, howeiler, thatja row was breir•-
ing; \ it was . in vain that the_crier cried Order,
.Or that the Judge ordered tie' disorderly out:
'llls eloquenee his dignitY, his cntutOn sense
I'• • '
011 failed to restore "order!! - or e organize the'
court. !! ~ 4
.
iii " I would;like toknow,'said lit,: .14c soon
its partialiquiet, w . restored, "what this'eabal
Means, Who are the disorderly, and W.hat . they•
tire after I"- •••:-.. • •... -l•
..• - -
"Well4udge;" SaYs a trill, gatint' t wolfish
`fellow, rising above .the crowd," ,yon see we
folks up above Rattle snake Fork, of rossinn
I.lreek, and puke t i eighborho.(xl, are ngin th'
; • •
I . l'[ • • /
• yer court." • ;1•••
" Yottiare r exclaims . the Judge ; "mho /are
1 /
yo, 1 1
1 . "That" . ll pear Jiidge, when I` gitl4rougli•
;My argyn," contitted the 'nemnt‘thenes of
Jta ttlesniike Fork, of Posk'umCreek.
.-; "We ,
. 7 1•s , e. d the idea since the county.. lines were
7 . . drawn, We 'posed this yer ilocation for giber
,al court; we 'posed:it then, ..NWC . 'pie it now,
land I stand yer, 13ill •littracken,. • 'Of Rattle
isnake. FOrk, Pottiu Creek, I •standliyer tone=
;fend our; 'pinion, ;; ; ;,defend the univeoal rights
;and sacred liberties .and:_ the jUslice of 'The'
- i
count}' t;' That's i2ihol am, yes striae!" ,
• One grand .andi..-discriMinating ell of!ap
i
probatinn follow Bill lirCiaeke , s sublime
peroration. Now the Judge rose, 1 e twitch
:ed down his sheepskin vest, he tntibled Per! ,
vously - about his *ristbstids; he, lonked warm
atid wolfish all over. .1 • •
.';', ' •- .
: "1 pe4,l.:elye4" skid the ludge,l• with the
titrOngeSt possible 'effort to ,keep‘; 0001, "that
there lA' a •detetmination ;on the_ part of sun
artevil disposed individttal.4.,,
.to interfere, with'
'1 • and oblitruet, theidutiu., dig,ntty,.*ad reSpOn
: sibilitieS of this Court.' Au l d (waxing warmer!)
'• I should hold. MYself,_ recreant, (raising . his
i roicen:covar c
d;l, - , and donteinotibly ; li.A4Frn
..
•• - • -• • ' "' 1 A ,
.. :
A li
the cones
m'-e-rue.i,have,
vas teilipted
notlait flour
"I iiicokc
its my own
toritiitg Butt 1054.
... . .
up 1) to .a degree utterly and Continently be
neath the 4aracter of a sheep-stealing boy, if,
I did 'not Art it down r • •
." Give ill to 'em; Judge 1 Go' in ole fire-'
fly !" is, thei chorus. - ,• , - - . - -
. "And,'continued the . ;ludge, Wiping the
perspemtiOn, now freely percolating through
the cuticle! of his massive 1 and •-,fury-stained
brow, "I'lliput it down, 'and the friends of
order now in-court will lend I 'a hand to the
sheriff andjofficers of the Court,.to clear then
rapscallion 4 - and • peace-breakers—clean out
of these', prOincts. - Sheriff, - clear the. court;
Men lend hand, and- We'll show the Bill '
Ideerackertitesthat We are not to be imped
ed,
insulted or.mobbed in no such Way. Sher
do your duty, friends of law and Order as-1
sist 1" 11 . - • _ . . 1
- I
"Then' 'Pm' in 1" cries' Bill ~. McCracken,' l '
rushing forward. - "Judge, you and rye get.'
. . ~
to lock - horns, woo-o-oowl." . - • , • .
.With yells! hurrahsl and allsorts ofcrosi-'
butting, pitching and .tearing, gouging, bi
ting,
rough - and ttimble they went at it.—
The war raged 'inside and out,' 'Sometimes
!the. Judge and Ilia folltiiiers drove out,; the
M'Crackenites and sonietitnes: the M'Crack
enites drove out the Judge. and Court. The,
fight not only spread all - over the neigh
borhoodi hut lasted. with unabated fury for
'two enttre days and , nights. - . They fought
and it, fit. and fought, on top - the ( Court-house,
inside, outside, and
, allL tiTmind the, setth...,
-
men* On the morning Of he .third day, the.,
golden Sun rose around. as a shield, and bright
as the winsome eye. of happy maidenhood ;-
the war*as ended, - thel victors were there,
weary andworn, and Judge and Ills attach
es held the court in .triutnph! Where Were
the Aferackettites i , :: Echo answered---a - O.
char! • ' ' . .1 . ' , t'..
A horseman is seen,; alonely,•selitaryhOrse-,
man, 116 steed is covered With foam, the,ri-(
•der with a blue -blanket .anddust ! 'He has',
ridden tar and fast; he! .dashed, up- to the{ -
coTtrOio - use ; he squats down upon his saddle
to get - a full view . of the' court, - through the
low window, he, looks 1 astonished, mortified;
lie speaka :. . .. -f;., "- ' .
"Eternal veatliqualteS and bald face l• Rid.
thirty Mileslast night/, all - the way from Rat ;
tle4nrthe,Fork, of Posiuttt Creek, to have :4.
`hand in this yer fight' rind, its all over afore I
[, . .
get - a sight - met ! Wall, - hei•egpes t o ,st„ ,
crack at you, ole bull t-head otrtykow.!" - ,
r 4 i.
The' olitary - ho • man having thus dl4.-
1 chargedhia duties an a niurderous rifle, \rit i
tue ) - tinge; wueetett atOtt .ittmi as .SUOCten situ;
.rapid ,
.is fm, Fame... LI i . • •
' The 4udge- fell, the, iraised him up, lte Wasll
but slightly kilied•anliti goed deal searedonl
,ounce hall i having perforated the ,collar efi
. :, I-I
—.....—..
his Coat.i—H,/-: - brrstVar l laid: 1 -
Len i i:::: ll e e w s e ti c i n e re li
• , ,
. .: ; [ -
...
. , I: ''he 1
Tije ones a t d s ' er . row. tr .:: . 11 1
few ivi , ll : he really - se s .Q Els We are dressed tor
the a -ray..„ - - • .• i
1 . . ew . er 1)1 , 9, u. y, an we suppog k e,
'We :try.; rain enough to.'think our , depaltut
will.prodnee Considerable sensation.; .But'Wc. - ,
over estimate it., Otiti of a very small cirele
how sOon shalt - we - be forgotten. ' Aingle
lealin -a boundless fcirest has fallen 's. That - is
all. , , .I i . .-- . ,• !
I ' ' The gay will laugh, -
When. thou art gone, the solenin brood of care
Plod on, and soon one as before will eharsi , • !
His fdrorite'phantom. ; , , ', • -
. ,
. .
2.-rfhe WON 'will' go . on -without us. 'NV/
mar have thdirght a Very important wheel in
thCniaehinerr r will be uugeared when we arc
gone: ; But the world goes; clattering 41n ..as if
.mithing had happened. If we filled . impor
tant Stations in society, if We have wondered
whatwould, or could. be done, if we were re
moved ; yet:how soon others' would fill our
statiOns! The world can Ix,
*-a.bustling aetiv'e
world without. us. - It was so before weenter
ed it, •It will bg wli.ri we tare gone. :: - - i
3. When we are dead, affection mar'.eree' r t
a mo l
nument. , .Butithe hands that' set It tip
Will :e,oon be as - pciwerles.s as ours,and . from the
same cause, . How soon they that wept ov4i
Us Will follow .us 1 The monument itself
will 'crumble, ;and its dust Will fill on the d,nit
- that covers u 4; If Ore marble and granite 4-
e r
dure!st, yet, the e: reslif affection will .i .ra;t long
endure to read_ the raVenletters.; 1 Jen wiß
gir a hasty glanc 'at the 1131)1C of one they
never knew, and p is on,. with not: a single
thotight of the - slurnberer below. - • *;
. ,
[ ' '
• • '
- On re} grassy grave • • -1
- ThO teen 2 Of the fiance tithes will carelessly,
'.. I tread - .- ; •I• . • /
And rend my name upon the .unseniptured itorle.
f
Norwill the sound Omit.* to their ears / I,
Recall my vanished emery. • , ,/ .
4..Wbbn\ we ar '.. dead; our inthieWeO.Wlll
not! be dead also. We Heave epitaihs tiptop
in4structihle:niat . tials. Our manner of, life
has: been writing them. ..',We ha l ve stirred hp
thekight and awalteued •ernotien.' The wdn
derrurniaehinery 0 . mind has felt our Ares--
i / .
ende., We , have. tOressed/ te stamp of, nor,
character hi to the I iya rm/rw ax
.of moral'sensi
bilities around us:ji Etiotstept toWnrd hunter
t.
tafitv have 'been • (dell, or miSdirected; by
us,- . Our places- o 4 business, .or '.nocial resort
inay.know us. nXI Ore ; but living,. aecounta
bbi beings feeVtlaiintluerfee that survives Our
personal de • ' ; . 1. .
- 15. .Wherc.. we re. (i* - tho. ! KingdOnly of
GO wipliot die.
.lit didtot depend on usifor
exiateu 04 , And otniijard
,will it go Aberi lyre
ha%•Ve.eased. to 'hie!: ' Happylindeed, if it had
bOen the henor a djoy of mtrylabors -to have
/ Promoted it. 131 reed iti it to bet remembered
ari, having loved: IOn.; as taking. pleasure• in
her walls; aud faitering the'-dustfthereof.
.1, Sacred; consoling thought; i The King
dom of. Christ rnOyes oil, when We drop all of
onr earthlyrelatipns to,it. Other servants of
Ood willr' Wt :rise lip..'nd fill our-places: A bright
er. staay 'rise r one'that is fqllen . Stton- -
ger 'bands than ours 4rl.m
canoe into 'the
ranks.„ , ..l -. .. • - i• . !.
I 6. When we- e deadsome Iwill - think' of.
us.... Perhaps mot a large circle:.. And What
Will they think 11' Our' . present' l iceure 4.-life
" I! ' '
$ furnishing :theta with theme's of thoright.i
Coldress , and indifference to the Kingdom of;
,God--:-of that Aiiii.'ollt laiirviio. thmk, if it
marked cur chit actors • And In sadness!willi
those that trulf love us ponder it : .- And!
thoughts how •!pany, .and hoW comforting
will rtse;and the pangs of .rent sorrow .over
Our departure, . o' . .vto had . sliciwn forth" the
praises,of i bim•Wlm called us to glory aid to
;virtue:' : Into which of, these channels are WC
;likely tO. turn the. thoughts of 1 mon 1,--Puti
ian• PecOrdet. - i -.:- i - .- ,ii , • • 1•• ' •
. _ , •i; -, ! -
tar Ftineh ays that the reason wi ed
itors are so, nptito have their Manners spoiled
is cause they Teeeiin from one oertespohdeut
and inothor rtuOh a vast unnater (4 exit ;,.coat
munie :Woes. ,
"
,
1 ORALITT •
i , •
The Dreamer of ;the Datiahe.
tal
I There)s a Monti in the fallowing e
-1 ~
tra' uslated from the German—whiel lit be
;••• - I ;
hbo yes all those who confide in fortune b tellers
akd supernaturalists of tall kinds, Well i.o
•
heed. d. I''
I In the ,Notelet of Driva, pri the banksCU
the `Danube, there lived! once an: obi mai,
sTho called himself gunl?erg, and who kept
himself alive by the exercise of prOphette.
power, by means of visions and dream l.: Ile'
would often be seen sitting, for hours together
in a bench at the door Of his hut, with his
back. to the wall and his face looking, stead
firstly out towards the- 1 6st, and the !village
tlhildren, when they saw him assume this po
aitien would! skulk. away from their games,
and whisper m . fearful accents to each other,
'; Sunberg is going to dream r- He *as ia all
the secrets - ofl the villag4, from the lovrest in
habitant to tbe highest, but all regarded him
With a distant e'ye, as if they doubted his -
Means of prophetic/information., r
It happens that in the village lived a
young man' elf the name Of Dessein. !Ilis fa
hers were Villagers before him,'and his wish
es and his heart went not beyond its limits.
He had followed, with Considerable success,
'fa,r Some; time, the occupation of a carpenter,.
p nd he was row in search of that consiniae ea
p ! 'f happinese 'which his proq'terityalloWed la In
to anticipat The innoCent young Paul na .
. .iloomed for ' in his eye - a, lovely, atietionnte
:and virtuous. Brief;. though glad, Was ';the
simplicity or village courtship, andllalready
had her;parents consented to their anion,:—
I'aulina's heart beat with unusual einotions
Iwhenever she 'beheld Desseia approaching,
imid'DeSseinl was not less delightedyhen in
;the coMpany of Pauline ;' in short, *I ollaing
!now delayed their marrge but" 'an: unac
;Countable' wishwhich aulina's mOther ex
pressed,l that it might take place on ter birth I
!day. ' ‘ l \l 7 .el, it is but a month,' saidDessein, ,
L and Paulinl Looked as if !she could haYe chid ;
him foil the word b r it .
- 1
The ; villagers were makiug merry • one'
evening on ithe green, when' a part)'-' of sol
diers were ken apprdachina. • The proved I
to be a 1 rec iting or rather ,s7biliotting party,
for there w s war at the time. HoW• startled
t
were the p or villagers at ,their unWele.oine
visitors. livery heart in an instant; was bo
ding on its nearest relatives. Paulina, sad
ilened,'and turning to Deisein,--JYly ,fly,'
said slip...J. 1 F 1,,1L, 3 ,:nu. yta..1,;,...4;.. -- 4-they - are
coining on! fast---eseape 'my Des-syi, to the
w00d..; ' [ - ! ,
Beforetpt.;.sseiu bad time to' answer;:
the
troops, arriiA at the green, where, they halt}
i
ed, and soznaled.the trumpet to 'assemide the
males : of lie„iillage. •It was, now c too late,
the lots * re drawn, and Dessein NY l ps made a
1 soldier. 1 • ' , •
,
Moatlislon months pl , tssed away After his
1 tioparturej /nit zio Whigs of 1365011. iPoor
Potilititt's sorrow :was too deep to fiittl-Opres
sion of ref ef iii tears, blit, she sankllgratipany
away ; wit out any apparent malady. It oc
e.tiried to tierinuther that old Sunberg- tould
be consulted as to the fate of Dessein. 1 Pau
-1
limleye brightened'pp at the h i of
1 4e
learningshmething of herlyetrethed, a she
walkeetrkmbling to the, hut of they visa ary,
her heart beating high pith the aew-excite
meni' it had received. , , I 1
' Sunbe ,'-said the maid, `give Me news of
my bethr thed Des.sein.! Hast thoi Ikea him:
in thy vi, ens! Tell me does he dive shall
I ever Oe him again I Where, is the--
tell nip. geod Sanberg: ' .1 ' ' 1
~
i .
`:Pauliiii,' answered the old man, ng
his grey eye with 'an inquirinkilk o the
maid, 'netmy child, I-have not yet , held
. ,
to-Morro beloved ; but comei,to me' to-orro --and
.... _
iance, give thee tidings of the
li - l ' ,
ig tivne tilllttrmorrew," said Pau
6ther I illlcorne at.the time thou
;- 1 I • li '
did Paulina's head, lie on her pil
- eught. /'Her Weakened form jytis agi-•
tilted by the alternate 'drama of hOpelndde
spair. / sl ' gbe . Next day re p-ent to un, rg at the
Ilhoar appointed—but„lie had sought in . Vaiii
1; for a vision of the youth---another day ;she
;went to wait. Againithe visien4of SOuberg
tied before him. On :the third she camel to
, him. ' He had a sight; of the Yciath,stretehed
Pa the battle-field, pale in .death; he had
heard his' last wordEithel we.raof Pauline,
—he sawinn_carried'in - a Cart'. with other
dead for interment—aud the vision closed.—
It was enough; the only hope which had sus
tained the heart of Pitulina was now_ ,vanish=_
ed-4.he last spark. Which. was her 'life of
life,' was now extinguished. , She screamed
not, neither space—bit she went forth from
the last of Sunbeig aibroken hearted. maniac. '
Two long years passed ;over theiniserable
head of the deranged Pauline. ! The village
I children when she passed,! would'itand still,
! with one - hand at their backolnd tile - little
fore-finger of, the other'in:their open mouths,
and gaze witbuneorriprettemling pity on the
maniac maid. . There was an air of dullness
' in•all. the village--hearti beat ;,notj now so
merry as onde, for the largest amongst thet
; wislaid waste. !-• 1 . II- ,
One..evening, in the twilighti,it tap was
heard at the door ef!Pairline's !Brenta.. .The._
mother arose, and Bassein entered, ikir, how
altered ; a Weary wernial soldier. No wore;
der that the eyes of I_affeetion did not reeog
; aim him. He had to introduce, himself by
name: Pauline at the lioand looked - tip, 'and
; smiled a smile of inSauity. ! '; • -
, , .• i •
I ' You' Dessein i' ,she exclaimed, 'Oil, 'tis
false. I only kriewnrte of that Paine; and he,
Ihas been dead and . gone these twenty years.
Phor soul, he.went td the red !vats and shot
himself, and I' a long4ine,butl should know
him if I saiviiim again.',` , i., ''.
• I Dessein started bas_ hiseyes 'Were rivet
ed on the-foreheadl i 014 my Paulina I utter
ed the Mourner, ' is this thou l';!his fiiii tarn
ed pale as death. ,I•A My•'of Y consciousness
glimmered through,: the "boWildered brain of
the , poor maniac ',!slie littered a faint, low
scream; and, sank-lifeless into the Minkof her .
Inver. -' ,
i: i - ...
The whole village - went forth to p# the
list tribute to the inetiverycY 'the; ta d, Dts
skin leading the Procession; at) iehief ; Fnonmer.
'lt was indeed a happy relia*forthe depart
'kid, but what itaid.the heart 'or DiSSein I Ito
looked down into.the grave of his behived,lte_
saw the coffin . lin t iered . .314 of his sight, he
would have uttered "blessing s,iriiiiher virgin
.. tomb, his. hips moOd, but'pxpre4onvras de - -
ailed them. . His spirit groaned in agonyand
he departed. Ile flung his lthapsackiver his
' shoulder, went "forth front . his native'-village
to the . nara, and *ar, ne-.'et heard.of more l
,
,'. , r , ' \( ;_ , ;
offtmit..ii, igAnibq:',lo..
A_ SISTER'S VENGEANCE.- 1 7- " Brother,, I've
got a. ticket for the Gallant Band ball,
_which
comes off next Ttiesdit3r can't get a .
heau—won't you take uie , • :
Take yout No I" replied, the afiec.tionate
brother : "Pm going to a og-guessing.'.!-
"A what 1" - cried -the. sister boiling , with
rage.
" A hog.guef;sing," replied the brother ? in\
a somewhat louder tone.
"What's that?". . •
,
-"A: s elect, party where
_Pie ooys guess
, ,
weight of ho s, and bet On the i*lt.":
" - And you regoing to them i f thiu g sr
“Ye*,-I am.".. :
"And you won't go with '.:ute to 't the
• /
ballr
" No, I 'tell you, r .thunde r ed; the now
y - rouse lirother. • 1
" Then I just tell ycht what it is," cried the
infuriated sister f shaking ber.deliCate little
fist under the nose of her affecOotiate
er, "you're a-low, Mein; kunteraptible fellow
and as , mother's laid. , uy and teed
things, and as l'qi major of , this establish=
meat; takel good care that you - dOn',t get
any ucktolteat cakes fora niono
Let: vnx Peon ice diStrees
ourselves about "The 'PciOr- Indian!";Cat
lin, who spent eight /ears among them, mo
ving from tribe to,tribe, says that if he !oleic
their real position, we should rather
them. He say's :
"I cannot unddrstand . in what, partietlar
we ire superior. They enjoy life vastly more :
than: we do. They possess everything that. ,
they want .or esteem as a luxury. • They
have no , inequality, no confinement to bits
' iness, to - debts, o notes in the lbanks nocred
it system, no, competition, - n 0 rents no tr
thos, and no beggars todistreeli them. Their
religion is .every way more conducive io , their
happiness than ours. They worship the Great -
spirit with one mind; - and .wit out sectarian
'disturbances." They have n hired :priests
and hypocrities. 'They . are hospitable 'and
lionorable,"and their life is alviays at tlie aer 7 ,
1 vice of a neighbor in distress.
OUR Cousfrar.—z-lILVBS, the corner stone .
of our present Capitol at. Washington, ~in .
whose honor the-new seat of fkovernmentwas • ,
named, officiated. Sixty years' afteristrds,
viz t- on the 4th of July, 1852, the= coruer.
stone of an extension of the buildings' was.
hail, and the Secretary of state made , an; ad-
d,ress, in the course' of which he' relented: $
sketch - of the cornpamtivek Condition.of our !'..
country at the two periods: I . I
Then we bad fifteen Statets tiow we hive
thirty-one...
..
i•, ' -.
Then our population was three millums,t
..
now it is. twenty-three millions. ' s ‘, '-, ,
Then Boston had eighteciNhousaid people
now it has one hundred and tlirtY. : six thous.-
‘,
and..'- ~
_!
New tort,- Usul tiarty:Bitimiarid,DOW it has .
fire hundind thoussuid.,
..' , - '• .
When our.inzporns vote* .• i.hirty--one millions,
now they are one hundred and :seventy eight
mallow-,
. -
The-area of 'nux.tmitory was then night
hundred: thousand square miles, , now it #
three million, three hundred. thousand. .
Then we' had - no railroad, ' now we have
four thousand miles,of it. _ -
Then Ave had two hundred post offce!, now
we luive twenty-enel thousand. .
..,
: Our revenue froth postage. was op him-,
dred thousand dollars, now, it is five'millions
five hundred thousand. • . .:.
There are , only a few facts going to show ,
the rapid: growth of our country; and - what'
we aild;our childienhion to do to secure the _
t
contirnce of its prosperitv,lia to lovejear,
and ,o ey the God c3f=4Rur fatiutrs; t avoid in
temperance, pride, cententioMand yr
cedineia
Of gam, and' just sense of obltgation to t_hose:
that shall toitie after us.. , •••..! :
. . I '
' • AN Orsanzaan7tONvEasirrox.-- , " . Joe
when you grow up; do you mean to be a law-
yer,. or keep a confe,tionary I store f' ,•- !
• “ I hav'nt made up my 'mind' Tom, but, ma
•wants me to be a minister. '1 ,
• "Ph, don't be a minister; Joe, for yog can't
go to circuses, theto . . J ,
sass," I know that, Tom, but- a minister, ,ma
, is the best profession.'..You, Ime*how
Mrs. Loiegrew. adores Mr. Pettygrew,and
wonld'ut you like to be-adored,-.Tom In - -
" Perhaps • I shOuld l bet. then 'you . ;.can't
drive fait, hOrses";
! ",Oh yes yone;m; thrusters rite fast hor
-1
ses, now-a-days ; nd bwides tl t_Tom, whn
thew have a billious attack, t. WOO* , i ippers
scud them on 11 foreign tour, th 4 hkgets re- .
membered In wills, -and _often has ' nice pres
ents, and ma says it volit be long before ev
ery minister has his-cOentry seat; and a col
legian to write his - ,ons. , Won't that -bei
bighr .; • ,
Tom delinieSeed, and "the juveniles indulg
ed in another game of marbles. , -... ..
.
r, •
- A JURY oFFloamxs.---In the year 1693 -
the 'body of a fetnale was; diseovere4l in - New- -
limy, under eircunvtandes which rendered a
'dormer's inquest; deeiabie A inrrof twelve
weiitten was callo, and ''a cotoy, of' their ver
di9t-has been prerved 'lt is aboutaft' lucid
and satisfactgry s ilastvitidert veil:lie:tit, we
cttpy it entire to the quaint .iiii#age, of the'
poled. it Was !as folloWs:
We judge 'according to the best littits
and'eontinents, that the death of said Elnut
bell: was not Ityl nariioience or wrong,dene
te, her by any / person:: Or thing, but by' soma'
I sudden stopping of lier'breath."
Always trust -a pretty 1 4iit: Beawty is
souree!. If - she"eireats you it writ 1764ireetti
elicat The, ultuntes - -tin3r, hewer * ithat she
won't. Beauty,and gooch4ars ininiie as nat
urally as sin, brimstone • ard , inonsteri with
huge teeth. Ifixou disbeireNiv tlieit to' the
• r,
Vrod , I , - ' • '
'" liana, who do you', vote' far 1" =
"I'votes for. de peebles,• -
Well; but what candidate
", le r Governor,"
"What Governor r' : • ; , •
"Him what sita JACO ted tudlot box
dis;next year bin ein '
e -
.A. GOOD TiliaoN.- 1 1 say,',3lr. Frinter,
you take South Carolina money
NO. ' • -
ghat is
th 4, gopFlt
14 Why don't yOU take it theY
Can't tetit." . '
xr. A lice _of followsl vie
vouthi,
lIIMIZEI
Mil