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ivistt4i,iit:toii
Incident ofjhe: MAO? of New
. A British officer whit was in-the battle of
Nei' Orleans, mentions an incident of thrill.-
-"lng striugetiess, and very 'descriPtive of, the
.:J.Vestern honker,. tnany.of whim marched
• .301ierdefenseof New. Orleans as volUnteers
in the army 'cider the renowned Andrew
elaeisen
"We marched:) said the officer, "in'a solid
twelve thousand men, •in direCt
line upon - the,Atiaiiean-defentws.•, I belonged
16 the-staff, ::and, as 'we s advanced; watched
thlough.rmiglatseis the position and arrange-,
- Monti Of '..ottr*neruf with.that intensity an
"Offieer.on)7 feels. when marching into the
„jai ,deeth,. with the. assurance that w hile
be thus offeri himself us a sacrifice to the de •;
•manda of his - conntry, every action, be it sue.
,cessful 'or otherwise, will be judged with the
Most heartless' -scrutiny, .
- " It'*ll4 It strange sight, that 'long range of
cotton biles—a new: material for breastworks;
with a crowd of human beings behind, their
- heads only visible above the line of defense.
,We could ; distinctly- see,their long rites-ay
ing over, the tale-, and the battery of Gen.'
Coffee directly to font, with its great mouth
gapitig towaids us, and the position of Geo.
• Jackstm,. with his - cliff around, him. But
'whaVattralted our wtenthin most, was. the
fignre of alai! !nab standing on the breast.
.works, dressed in linsey wool-ey, with -buck
skin leggitia, and a- broad rimmed -felt hat
that fell around his feed, -almost c)ncealing
• hisJeatures. -
_lle was standing in -ono . of
- Ihose, - pieturesque and graceful attitudes, pr.
to those natural men• dwr hers in the
. forests. The body reAted on the left leg, and
sißyed with a tured: line, upWards; the
- right arm was ex ten ded,-the hand grasping
ibe rifle near the muzzle, the butt of which
rested near the -toe_ of his right foot, while
'with- his hand'he raised the tim of his
. hat'
from his eyes, and s.eemed.gazing -from'
neath intensely upon our advancing columns.
Abe eitimOri - of•Coffee bad opened upon us,
and tore through our ranks with dreadful
slaughter ; but we continued to advance,
unwavering : arid cool, astf nothing th -eaten •
.our progress. •
ed -
The:roar Of cannon seemed to have no ef.
fect-upon tire figure standing on the cotton
- bale., but he seemed fixed and motionless as
. a statue. Ar last he moved, threw - ha:lk the
bet.risri o'er the crown eLiPhis left band,
"raised the'rifie to his shoulder, and took aim
at our.g•oitp. Our eves were tidied on him:
At whom had he leveid his piece I But the
distanee - was 'so great that we oked at each
otherland smiled. We saw the rifle flash,
- and rny siva baud Companion,. as noble a
looking fellow.a:s' ev.sr rts'e at the head of his
regiment.' fell from his &oldie. The bunter
paused a. few rw.ments, si hunt lerrioeing his
gun from his shoulder, then re.-loaded and
resumed his fan:l4lr at itude. Throwing the
hat rim over his ere- and again hot. jag s it pp
with - the left -hand, he fixed his piercing gaze
upon . urk.as. if hunting another victim. Once
more the hatsrim was" - thiown- back, and the
gall raised to the shoulder. This time we
did not futile, hut cast short glar - oes at each
other, to see which of us must die, and when
the rifle again 11.. shed, another of us dropped
to•tite earth. 'There was something awful in
thus marching on to the suddem death. • •
- Gen. Coffee's battery, and thousands of
- musket: balci played upon our ranks; - we
cared
. not for them ; there was a chance of
escaping unscathed. of us had walks I
upon batteries ailinndred times more destruc
tiee Without quailing; but to know that e:very
time that rifle trazt leveled toward.-us, and its
bullet *prang from the barrel, one of us mu4t
surely I Ta see the gleaming fla-h
as the deadly iron cane duwn, and see it rest
motienletis;sis if poised upon a rock. and
know,when the hammer- struck and the spalks
flew to the full primed pan, ghat 'the inws
sage of death drove unerringly to its goal
—to-know - this, and still march on, was aw-..
I could see nothing but the tall figure
standing on the breastwork. - Ile seemed to
grow pbantom-like taller and taller, as.um
tag through the - smoke the,supernatural ap
pearance of some great spirit. Again did he
ralciadand disc barge hisrifie with the same
nnftilius aim; and it wa s . with undeseAbahle
pleasure that I beheld; as we 'neared the Am
• erioan lines, the sulphurous, smoke gather
round Orland shut that spectral .hunter . from
my gaze. We log the battle; and to my
mind the ICent-nek.v rifleman contritnited
more toour defeat than anything else; for
' while he retrained our sight our attention
was drawn flout our duties'; -and when at
ittat_we beeime embraer-d in the
in
the
I 'o4- wail oump!e!e; we were in utter Con
- futtiouXstrl unable in - the extremity to re
store order tuffMieut to make Any successful
attack.
So hang its -thousands and thousands of
Trifles remain -in the hands of the people, so
long as then come up from .their childhoOd
- able, ere - the down appears on the chin, to
hit the center of a mark, or strike the deer
at one hundred and fifty yards in 'the most
vital Nut:: so Tong 115'11 - tete is a great propor
tion.of the Reirublic who live as free as_the
wild tudian.,..knewiug no leader but their own
cluxisinw, knowing no law but : that of- right,
and the -honorable 01,411,8/W4 of friendlt-
intereour4, America is'nneonquerable ;. and
all the armies of the conibiued wojld, though
they may drive them limn the sea coast and
net otra the Alleghanv mountains would not be
able to subdue the tree souled hunter among
the mountain' and great Kairies, and mighty
mere of the West.
WOODEN CANNOg BALLS: A Russian cor
respondent of the Rochester. "Union" relates
th e following anecdote of theßussian Czar,
which: shot!, that not even Emperor, are
exempt _from the. operation of sbaipers:
"The ':Emperor Alexander _gave a large
' order for the' manufacturel,of-cannon balls to
some concern at lielsingfors, .a "port 'on the
Gulf. They ci>ttipleted th, order, staked up
and delive ed the balls; . keeivell their pay,
s and put the money in thOr 'pockets. The
Emperor beinx there one day,-to4k it irtto his
Ji.ad to inspect the. Lela Taking.,one up,
he diAtiftered „it to be ex Tecli'ngly)ight foi
iton,‘aud taking out his k ife, scraped it,and
behold it was a wooden ball painted
_black,
as was the entignlot. Ile 1 4:lensed the arrest
r . f.theeiviedlere and they: rere transported
ft-r l;:it to fi:betisr."' : !
A Cotirtshii 0
In those fortunate y re it was that Colonel
Burr paid his court to one of the loveliest of
Philadelphia's ever lo ely belles, and had the
la
narrowest escape from a second marriage.
They met, ",'tans in a crowd ;" and each was
smitten with the other's 'pleasant qualities.
Again,'he saw her aterfather's table,where
his attentions were eq ally pointed and wel
come. A tete a We, vhich be sought, ,was
sureinterrupted by the at ilea of herfather, but
i i
her manner seemed to beckon him on. He
was almost itklore. - SurnmOnihg her tuber
to his apartments by n o te, and the old gen
tleman appearing witlifn the hour,"the enam•
ored one came to Ihe point with a prompt.
-ness and self possession impossible in a lover
under forty
l' "Is Celeste engaged I"
"She is not."
- "Would it be agre
if Colonel Burr should i
hand I"
"It would be most a$
The lady Wad gone ti
miles into the country,
rides the next morning,
composed mind. Celel
room, though he had •nt
her. Convetwition en d
and gaiety; mote chat
lover thinks. lie tries
tion to the-subject nearq
with the good-bummed"
o:ely woman, defeatsj
so at last, quite cap
leave.
The same hour on th. following morning .
finds,him once more alo,o swiiii ti-e 14 , :triftil .
CrLye. Conversation - gain. But'this time
the, great question was ut: To the surprise
of 'thii;renowned lady-ciller, Celeste replies
that she is firmly resolved never to marry !
"I am very a. rry i t o hear it, madam; I had
promised myself very krest lhappinee, but
cannot blame your detelraination. 1
She replied.;
"No, certainly, Sir,
collektt to have heard
that any woman should
such reasons, and w i t h!
as made ao indelible i
mind." . ..
The disappointed !wail
with perfect courtesy and
parted the best friends.
t"Have you any cowi
madam I I wish yorr ge
• Two days passert...Tl4l
atirpliPed - the - r jected;
she was in town for a fe
be glad to see, him. I
hastened to her for a sold
Meted Leto i!'ours, in the
lender. sul t ject was daiut j
lover forebure to renew Iv
versAiion ended without
Next day another lenti l
orintry.exiiressed an "un
lion never again to list
veq.leciing .that the subj
rentvred.
.
Lite in the evening of he same day, on re
turning to his loilgines, 'the Vice president
learned that a boy had been there three times
that afternoon to deliver a message to him.
;but had refused to say from whom it came.
At last Colonel Burr's servant had traced the
boy to the town residenceof Celeste. Eorly
next morning the rne.sag came. 'Celeste re
quested an interview.. Pl,
st baste the Vice
President hied to the presende of hi. beloved.
He found her engaged tiilt a visitor, but ob
served that she was agitated upon his en
trance and impatient for the departure of ber
guest. At length they Were Alone, and he
waited for her to - rtate her reasons :for desir
ing to sea him. With ext erne emharassmcnt
slit stammered out after s weral vain attempts
to speak, that she feared her ncte had not
been sufficiently polite, and she s had therefore
wish e d for an opportunity toapologiie._ She
could utter no more. lle, expecting n"ueh
I matter, stared in dumb astonishment, with
an absurd half -grin upon his countenance.
• Ac she sat - deeply cut:eked in tearing to
! dec e i t some roses, and he in pinching new
stotoers in the rim of his hat—abe all blush. s.
and,donfusion=be coufoJnded and speech
. .
tess--• , the pair, he afterwards thought, would,
'hove made a capital subject for a painter.
He arts the first to recover power to articu
late. , Denying roundly
aid proper, he offer
ed to return it, propose that it shout? be.
considered canceled and egged tti - be allow
edil to call the next morn' g and renew bin s
cult. . To .ibis she Ohje•l.ted, but faintly.
Waiving his request for a formal permission.
he changed-the subject, aid after an hour's
not • unpleasant conversatlob, be took his
lerye.
... .
H -
e • non, confessed to Thecdosia, his
dau - glite - r, to whom the affair had been sir
,:unt.tazitially related, limn da) to day, that
he was in the condition. ofl a certain county
judge, before ahem a mole bad been too in
geniouidl-orgued by the lowyets. 'Gentle
men of the jury,", ;aid the) . udge, "you must
gef - alung with- the case - ris well as yon can;
for my part, I'm sivamperl. ll But the sapient
Theodosia was not puzzled in the liast. "She
'meant," wrote Theislosia. 4 frotn - the begin
tong to say the awful Nod,' 'los ;" but not
choosing to it immediately, she told you
that you had furnished srgurnentssigaitist
teslrimotty, wh eli in F:eueli,mean., -pleav•e,
s m
ir, to persuade
e out of them again. - Dui
von too as . a Omni) refit ril,sitil walked off.
"She called von back.- Wtlat more could she •
.lo I - I would have seen you toJapan beret . ° I
shoul.l-hrte done co muchl"
However, the offer or to
renewed. The hirer wa.
nmleciderias to the de4rabi
But between him and Cel
ways a tender ft ienddriF
Months it seemed lik e ly Oil
petted moment the c'bnelu,
spoken.
nr. "When a strange
want of respect," said a phi
"rcomfort ma-elf with the
is cot myself, but my old
and 11;4, which, to 44 t
partFcular claim to admiral
and coat choose to fret alio
it is uothing.to me.
Agr The best desciiption of weakness we
have evci heard-of, is vonlitineti in the wag's
query to his wife, when acre gave him some
thin chicken broth, if she oulii not try to
coax tbat chicken to wade through the soup
Ones
WE
. JOIN OURSEILiVES TO id PARTY THAT DOES NOT CAREN THE FLAG AND BEEP STET' TO THE MUSIC Or THE UNION" ,
•
; _
Aaron Burr
-Naito to her parents
male - overtures for her
reeable,"
- it spend some days six
and thither her !over
- With an eager but
1 •
re enters the drawing
of asked especially for
jues, She is all wit
tining then ever, the
to turn the converse-
Gat his heart; but she ;
graceful malice of
his endeavors, and
rated, he takes his
, oo eannct ; for I re
' ou express surprise
narry, arid yon rixe
so much eloquence
imprer•sioa upon my
n received the rebuff
•, good hurpor. They
°ands down• town,
od morning."
it a note from Celesta
linformirg. hiin 111.1 E
w
hours, and would
He Was ponied and
tion. The interview
I nourse of which the
ilv touched, but the
suit, and the con-
, sent in from the
alterable determina
en to his suit, and
e t might never be
AlePTlfitli ATLANTiO TiLLORAPLL—The
Galway (Ireland) Vindicator says—.We a-e
etrab!ed is announce that a Company is in
course of 'urination, to be calle.l the British
and Canadian Submarine Telegraph Com
pany (Limited,) the object of which will be
to otruet the Most important British North
American Cdlonies with Great Britain by
electilts Telegraph, cotitmencing with tlkat
portion of the. line between Galway and
Quebec, and extending it onwards to the
Pawfu: as sr on af , e. wards as may be deemed
expedient. Tiro Company propose that the
firm *llion shall mrmmence at Gaivrav, cms•
the 40ar.tic to 13,-Ile Jrle, and follow the
course of the river St. Lawrence to Quebec.
Trie Wire to be used will be of a totally dif
ferent; nature and construction from ally
hitherto emp'oyed, and the whole arrange
mews; w ill be such as to its being successfuily
TOO CORWIN'S LAST. -At a trial recently
held at Yellow Spring*, Ohio, growing out
of orflacultc between some of the student* and
lattulti of An - tioch, the "Old Wagon Boy,"
; who represented the faculty, was ezlitbiting
to the jury a foil, or cave,belougiog to one of
the students, which .was probably used in the
melee.: 'T o rn last in, his usual happy mood,
and brought down the house frequently by
his witty illustrations of the noble science
unending;
. now parrying, imaginary thrusts
and anon throwing himself fiercely upon the
attack:
,I . triage was never
probably .1)i - up:elf
I flees of the match,
to there.wita,al.-
o, and .to many
i aat sme unex •
ive word would be
Astast, -baying, exhausted "Iris full store of
pleasantries, with 13na fell thrust he made
feint to, strike one zif the students, Mr
litho sat near by, and with a look of
unfathomable klunm, and a voice of Stentor,
he thundered out .
, 'And what • trould you do, sir, being. un
armed,' if I should attempt to pierce you
through I"
• •
• Imagine the roar of laughter Which greeted
thi lai4 eloquent elfOrt of the "old stamper,"
when the - half-frightened stitdant, collecting
again his wits, sprang to his feet,and success
fully 'e.*clai rned
treat* me with
osophic poor roan,
reflection that it
and bhabbv' coat
he 'truth, have
ion. So, if my hat
at it, id - thea3,lA
•
"I'd' welcome ion, Fir, with bloody bawds,
to a ho ; spfxable gr-rive."
•'OId, age is carping oa me rapidly,"
as the urchin said when stealing Apples from
an old I mants garden, arid saw the (maim,
coming cowhide in band.
~13 ontrost, SisqutUanna Conntg,- tkurskt Sinning, Panther 2, 1850.
A Negro Discussidziltboitt Eggs.
Geneva,the lovely village on Sebeeillake,
fdra-hes the following specimen Of pantie
utentary. ruling :-- -
'in the fairest village of • Western New
York, the 'milted puma,' in etiiidation of
their white brethren, fobbed a-Debating So
ciety. fur the purpoiie• — of ittiproving their
minds by ,the discussion of instructive and
entertaining topic.. The deliberations of the
Society .were presided over ,by a venerable
darkey, who performed his duties with the
trinost dignity peculiar to his color. The .
subject of discussion on the ocdasion of which
we write; *as ,—' . Which stn de madder of
the chicken-41e hen.wnt lay de, egg, or de
hen - wot hatches the chick-I The question
was warmly 'debated, and many resounds pro
arid ,con ware urged and combated by, the
ex:i:ited disputants. Those in favor. of the
latter . propcattion were evidently in the ma
jority, and the President made no attempt to
conceal that his sympathies were with the
ddminant !arty. At length an intellectual
darkey arose from the minority aide and
begged the President's leave to state a propo•
position to this effect :
"Spo , e,"said he, "dat you set one dozen
duck s eggs tinder a hen, and dey hatch,
which ant de madder—du duck or de
lien I"
inns was a poser, was well put, and n'on•
plessed the other side; even staggering the
President, who plainly saw the force of argu
meta, but had committed himself too far; to
yield ail bout a struggle, so, after cm,r,ilating
and scraiching his wool a few moment, a
bli f glit idea- struck bim. Rising from his
chair in all :he pride of conscious superiority,
he announced :
'lluck4 am not before de house ; chickenK
am de question,derefore I rule de ducks out r
and do it he did, to the complete overthrow
of hist:opponents."
BAKED grearts.-4 correspotirent,who has
traveled in 'ltaly, says that one of the inter
eating novelties in that country wis t Baked
Beets.," carried . hot from the oven and sold in
Ilis,streets at almost all . hours ot. the day.
Untried them as a matter of curiosity, at
first, and found theih very delicious when
eaten with butter, silt and pepper. Thou.
sands buy and them, thus, and, .not un
frequentiv. make up an entire meal in this
way. This is not new to us. In vo!ume
XIII, page 117, we recommended baking
beets, and can assure all who adopt this Mode
t hat they will find -it much superior, to boil
ing as baking tenders the it
,mucb _more
tender, sweet - and juley.-- - Americass Agri
culturist.
RENEWED INDIAN HOSTILITIES IN /O*A.
—We learn from the lowa 'papers that a re
newel of Indian . depredations it throttened in
the interior of that State. A special mes
senger recently arrhed at the capital, with
inforination that the Indiana arous,d Spir t_
Lake are diuty beemning more aril more in
solent in their bearing towards the whites.
and ere committing depredations on their
property. - Horses had been stolen, And
further outrages are apprehended. The Ind
ians 'around Spirit Lake are supposed to be
Nome, of itikpadutath7s hand, who butchered
th e inhabitenta of the same nettlement in the
Spring of 1857. Goy. Lowe has ordered a,
vidulateer company to proceed to Spirit Lake
with all dispatch.
SIX GENERATIONI3.--OU Wednesday week,
at West Roxbury, Mass., a boy was born who
can count probably more living attestors
than .any other person in Massachusetts. He
has, of conve, a mother—but he also posses.es
the care of the following A grandmother,
aged 40 ; a great grandmother, aged 68 ;
and- a great-great-grandmother, aged_ 79 ;
and a great-great-great grandmother, aged
97. 'Rut the most singular of all is, that all
but the gentleman wale born in the Berke
bouscand the same r:oin,and he says•he bid%
self would have been, had it not been for a
vr~ir his parents were making near 11-...t0n.
Mr. Pre4vott, the old•genttentoto referred to,is
pow rooking finely, and tons if he lives hog
enough to see ,his last little hero Married,
and R father, be will beat the woad and be
satisfind.
• URI:AT FA ILL'e t Z -WARIIIII ()TON —BRJ 0 -
Youits:T..ostlits #lo,4:ioV.—The Worth
An:ledge s :l's WashingiOn 'earrcopondent,'eays,
"Ainotidevelopments of the
stoppage bra haiskinglouse here recently, is
the Not that. 13sigh.ans._ Young cotnei out
mingle- seeds, Sio,ooo•,having been a. confid‘
ing delimiitor to extent, through the
agency of the congresaional. delegate, alto
transacted his tinstnolal matter. in 'this
quarter. It assems with all titighans's deve•
Lion to Mormonism, be thought it as well to
providb for a wet dity_elitawhere, and hence
has been 'emulating the example of some
other rulers, who made investments at a,dis
lance f r om the iceneof threatened : or impend;
ing revolution; In f this 'instance, however,
faith ruled advervelfio the sensual specula
tor, and ha has to Mourn the loss of both i
principal and interest ;
Com —Of all the South American coun
tries, Chili appears:to be , making the most
rapid progress. It iamountainous, as all our
readep know; but ..that does cot debar it
from constructing railroads. ; All but sixty
miles of the Valparaiso and Santiago Rail
road is completed, and the Government is
now negotiating a loan of$7;000,000 to finish
that and other line's _ ,of road., The mineral
wealth of the country, is_ great. The copper
mines of the North in Coplapo are worth five
million of dollars per st . nnuin. Literal_ grants
of land are Made to European colonists, and
vest exertions are being made to introduce
German settlers. The climate the re
sources of Chili are calculated to induce_
peasantsfrom Central Europa to settle_there.
The agriculture and commerce of the country
is undoubtedly destined to . increase rapidly
under the energetic ;measures of the present
Government. Our relations with it through
the commerce of San Francisco are increas
ingly important, and. should claim from our
Government whatever attention is necessary. '
—.Boston Bee.
Let Katioas/klone•
A MYSTERIOUS thasii.gartaxca.--Our
Kansas correspondent ,inforrias us that. the
Free State Party has suddenly disappeared.
A Convention recently held to take steps for
admission as aFiee State, and to arrange
for future Hulcel movements, was very
thinly attended and finally adjourned with
,out doing-anything at all. This result is due
partly to the conviction that the contest is
over, and that Ittnsas can, never ha'anyr
ibing buta Free State. and partly to the de
s: re of the people of Kansas to IttesaL.
-wrik-rco - tninr Lam mars. Viey are all very
Actively engaged in,e - nitivating their farms,
building houses andliar.ns,and making them
selves generally coniferlible. We trust they
will he abundantly it''seteessful.--:-/Ir. Y.Timea,
(RepuMican.) -
itjr We copy the following from a Kamp
letter to tile New York Tribune, for what it
idurth :
"Our friend§ in the East are urging that
we now take prompt action' for the future ;
f..rtn a Constitution and demsftd iiifiediato
admission into the Union. We thank them
for their interest and their advice, but we
think the pnlicy a bad pno for the present.
Had we not better leave the question of rui•
sinning the responuihiraies of_ a State until
the people are ready for it I I know, what I
ray when I tell you that the people are not
ready for this step. Why I First, they are
not piepared to sustain the burdens of the
got•erntrient. Second, they are tired of poli
ties, political Conventions, Constitutions,
political quacks, Lacks, and mountebanks.
They desire rest-and opportunity to improve
their homes, cultivate their farina. and get in
a state of independency. Our hope and prefer
are now that grace wilt be given to the Pre
sident to send us as.good a Governor as the
last, and one that will follow his policy,
and that our friends will allow : us to act for
ourselves. -
Tint TriurrY-Strrn CosonzeZ.=—The Wash
ingiou 'Suttee sums op the members elected
to the Thirty-sixth Congress ai knows :
Democrat*, - 48
P:Xpublicsn's, 102
- The political comple,rion of the States yet
to elect, as manitiwted by the - present Con
gresd, is as follows :
iletnocrats, . 68
Republicans, • •
Atneticads, • - 12
when to those rnuntrbers are added those
already erected, the total result will be:
• Dernovtats,' • • 116
Republicans, • • - 109
Americans, 12
The Lierbocrsts no doubt will gain six or
eight ill/VD the vote in the States yet to elect
in the South, while the Republicans will on
ly ahout hold their own in Connecticut,
Rhode Island, _and New Hampshire. Eight
gain in the &miller!) States would make the
Democratic vote in the House 124_,--a major.
icy of 11 over all opposition. In no conting
ency can the Black Republicans hive a ma
jority. They will be checkmated et every.
poi Gt.
THE CONTESTED SEATS IN THE NEXT CON
ORESS.--AMOr J. Williamson, American, will
cmtest the right of the Hon. Daniel E. Sick
les Democrat, to represent the third district
of New York in the thirty-sixth Congress.
.Gov. Kgmble, Democrat, will join issue with
lion. John B. liaskin.Anti_ lecompton, for the
right to represent the ninth district of that
State. John W. Ryan, Republican, denies
the claims of Hon. Thomas 13. Florence, De
mocrat', to the seat of the fink district of
Pennsylvania. Alfred W.Johnson,Democrat,
sill endeavor - to show before the next Hott-e
of Representatives that he is better entitled to
speak and vote for the third district of Maine
than Ezra B. French, who has •received the
certificate of election. Francis P. Blair, Jr.,
Republican, bas announced that he stands
ready to prove that his opponent, J. R.Bartet,
Democrat, in the first district of Missouri,was
elected.by fraud, and on teat ground be will
claim the seat.
STrrerows, Somerset county, N., Nov.
24 —Twenty inches of snow has fallen on she
mountains, west of this place. The stages
have been stoprO _and sleighs bays been
brought into requisition. .
CIIIVAGO, Nov. 24th.--The Lion. T. L.
Elsrris. Member of Congress elect from the
&rth Diitriet,died . at Boelook'this snorning;
of consumption. .
Nothin g castes deeper gloom over the
mind itort,direooteot.
The Triplets.
MADAMES LIIDDINOTONr, EIJENNIELI, ANN GittN•
NELL, SEVENTY 7KARB OtP AO; MARCH 26th,
1858.
-- -
Mrs. Sybil Luddington, Mrs. Sarah BUshnell,
and Mrs. Susan Grennell were all seventy
rears- of age on the 28th of Marc), ISO.
They were three sisters, triplet born, and were
in July, visiting in Honesdale, Pa:, after a
reparation of several years. They were born
i n Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., in 1.788.
Their psren s were Gidton Horlburt and Anna
fluriburr, whose maiden name was Bead,.
Their (miler was incidentally killed, by being
drawn into a cog- - wheel of a grismill, when
nine months old. Their mother is deceased:
She was married three times.: Hurlburt was
her fiat hut-band.
Mrs. Grennel - has hid four children—two
eons and two daughters: Mitt.'Busbnell nine
children-_--fout sons and fivesdaughters; and
Mrs. Luddington one child—a daughter.
: Mrs..
Grennell lost ber husband, Michael Grennell
gov. 30th, 1857; Mrs. Bushnell's husband,
Pope Bushnell, is still living, and Mrs. Lud
dington lost her husband, Theron Ludding-,
ton, forty one years 'ago. -
The_ three sisteri moved away from the
place of their nativity when they were about
eighteen years of age. Since then they : haye
lived in different pasts of:the Country, mostly
if not entirely upOn farms. None of them
have been married but once. At one time,
from fifteen to twenty years ago, they all lived
within cannon-shot of each other, at Bethany,
Wayne County, Pa. Mrs. Grennell is the
largest, and Mrs. Luddington the smallest, of
the three. Their personal resemblance is
rely striking; Mrs. Grennell and. Mrs. Bush
nell resemble each other so much, that even
Mrs. Luddington has mistaken one for the,
other. I cannot tell them apart, -and-bave .
often taken .one for the other, though well
acquainted with boll. Mrs. Greve& new
resides at Rushville, Susquehanna - County,
Pa.; Mrs. Bushnell in Dyberry; sod - Mrs.
Luddington in Texas township, Wayne
County, Pa.,
They all enjoy excellent health, which I
suppose is owing to having good constitutions,
and the fact that they are never idle. Though
in comfortable circumstances, they are al
ways busy about some profitable and healthy
employment. They go about their - daily aro
cat:ons cf household work "spry as crickets,"
if I way be allowed the homely comparison.
Reit minds are perfectly sound, and I. am
happy to say, they all bid fair for many more
xesurs.Lif _ W._
H NM:ISLE, Pe. Phrenological Jour.
. , How to Fight a Duel•
Two gentlemen bare been forced into
fighting a duel by two determined sre•eaterv,
who set as seconds. They resolve to give
them a lesson—whiob is taught in theful
luwing fa..hiun
The other second having meanwhile given
iris iostrnotioaa,the opponents-stood. Opposite,
to each other,pistols pointing dowawardv.-
all ready; the Doctor and Derevford sitting
on a sand bill, on the lookout, at some die
,
'once:
"One—lwo—three!" shouted Sbnkelbow,
deliberate pause being given between each
numeral. No sooner said tbsto done. Bang,
-bang, - - went the pistols, and both seconds
jumped aside with wonderful agility.
" What the deuce ii your pincipal at?"
roared O'Brien. " Why, his bullet has ab
solutely grazed my cheek !"
-"And what,- .the gen(' is your mein at!"
roared Sbakelbow; "here's a hole 'lap
through the crown of my hat."
'Deuce take it, all, young gentlemen . ," said
the seconds, advano'ng, " Why,. you sirs not
fft to be trusted with learars. You'll do
some terrible miscbief r some day. ' You have
already Shot us both
" Bless me !" said Simple; " bow singular.
I am sure I followed your instructions.
" I suppose you shut, your eyes;then I" said
-Shakulbow,"when you fired."
"Po-siby. Is my opponent satisfied I An
exchange of shots is, rerhaps, all that, be re
quires l"
" Exchange of shots !" exclaimed O'Brien..
" You have made no exchange at all. You
have narrowly missed killing ut both." •
"Better luck next,",said Tracey. sup
pose you mean us to have anothei shot,
then
"Certainly," said Shakelbow ;:-" and this
time at each other, if you please. Keep you:
eyes open, and mind what your are about."
"I will if I nen," said Tracey, sa he ob
served his opponent was again ready. His
own pistol being re-charged sod banded to
him, the seconds again withdrew some paces
on either band— r this time a little more in
the rear—and
. Shakelbow again gave the
" One—two--three
- At the last word, both.youngsters.strick to
their text,and down went both seconds flat on
their faces, to avoid the shuts they rase in a
moment must come their way. The Doctor
absolutely roared with laughter, when the
seeoncis jumped to their feet, the bullets hav
ing whistled over theit heads.
"Am I wanted F" he called out asloud'as
he could bawl.
"No, no," replied Sbakelbow.
"Shall we have anot bar exchange of idiots f"
inquired Lieutenant Simple, as he saw the
seconds. approaching each other, looking
rather queer.
" No, no, replied O'Brien ; " this affair has
gone quite far enough, Mr. Shakelbow ; ifyour
-prinuipal is satisfied, I think I can answer far
mine" •
£ In the United States District Court,
hid at Pittsburg. a verdict has been obtain
ed against the cotinty. of Washington, estab
fishing-the liability of that county for certain
bonds issued in,paymenrof a subscription to
the sletnpfteld Railroad. The Supreme coutt
of Pennsylvania not long since determined
that the county of Alleghecy was liable fo
her bonds, and' issued a mandamus directing
the Commissioners to levy a tax for the
-payment of the interest thereon. In that case
the constitutionality of munoipal subscilp•
tiona was re-affuned Judge _ Grier, in his
charge to the jury, iaid that he was bound to
submit to the decision of the Stipreme Court
of this State to whOin alone is committed the
high function of declaring the Constitutional
powers of the Legislature. In accordance
with his instructions, the jury therefore found
a verdict for the-plaintiff. This establish'
the full liability of the counties that have is.
sued these bonds. •
gar Bribery—tofferin von a paiiollipe--
P,r s Like.
'euratinaL
'lt:you would you would beioaleleiiineiL= 7 :practice whavyou
diderin thb Schboirboiii.
Very,rench of the time for study in oar
schoolrooms is lost by_ a, lack., of order,aild
regularity. Theis is no place where a perfect
system is more needed than in schools. As
Order the first:Jai Of, heaven; so should it
be in the sidiOldenotn. Childien love order
and system. Shit when once established, it is
easily maintained. 'lle adult mind may be
so educated that, it rosy study and , reflect a
midst noise and conflation. but not -so with
thrtnind of the child. • The attention is eas
ily diverted; and • the mind filled with the
thoughts which the .passing events suggest.
Everything; therefure,whice Seri/es to awaken
attention, or even attract the, notice of chil
dren, should bb avoided: Every unusual
.
noise,dasplay, or parade, calls the mind of the
scholar from his lessoii. A regular and uni- •
form time for the chanke of classes, eO6-
-muilicarfn g and leaving the seats, is not only
practicable, but. highly beneficial The mind
accustomed to thitt,eierti himself with greater
diligence, knowing thet therh.frill soon be a
time for relaxation—a rest ,Or letting up for
a moment. The mind, like 'the muscles of
the body, ieluiresa change of action or rest.
The younger the bbild; the store need of
Order and system May even elist, though
seeming disorder .and confusion reign. For
- instance, the judicious teacher will have a
regular tithe for the passing of elas.s4s, whisp.
ering, leaving of beats, &c., and to the um
practiced eye, all may seem confusion, yet to
the 'teacher, who oversees the whole, system
end law are maintained—and when the sig
tral for -quiet is given, the careless observer
may wonder from whence it came—this order,
out of confusion. The distraction of itrind
that arises frOin a sudden and unlooked for
i'onfusion and noise, is entirely avoided by
i s uniformity, childteri bacorne accustomed
to it, and it disturbs them no more than the
uniform noise in a saw-mill disturbs the
sleeping sawyer. To bisinind, there is order
in the noise,andle sleeps as soundly as though
quiet reigned.
"A time for etreiyibing," is the basis of the
system. Teachers should have a 'programme'
of -the daily exercises of the sebordroom.
This shOuld be posted in a conspicuous place,
where all may examine it. After the first
week of school, no class should be called by
its name: - Tha striking of the bell, or some
other uniform signal, should be the only an
nouncement given for this change of classev.
The scholarswill soon learn the time for their
classes. We have commonly adopted the'
:click; occasioned by slightly striking a bell
with A key, koilit or pencil, as the signal for
this. Tittf first 'slick' was the signalfor Asp
big into thu alleys; the second fur marching
to'the recitation seat. Before the second is
given, and while the class is standing in the
alley; be sure that quiet exists. This should
be initiated tipoti. SCholars, - should under
stand that every - part of the work, if done at ,
all, should be veil done. Scholars should be
taught to use signs id asking' any necessary,
questions during the exercises of the school,
(none bet- necessary questions should be al
losied when classes s ere reciting.) and the
Teacher- shOnld answer by sign•. This
would 'avoid much - that would attract at-'
. •
terition
•
Teachers, Read This.
"Well, Charlie," raid a mother, as her boy
came home from the firit day's school of the
winter, _ "bow do you like .your new
Teaoherl9
"Oh, first rate. gel is one ol the tip top
est teachers I ever seen."
"Saw, you mean to say,
,thy soh. But
why do you like high so much 1"
"Why, he says we may laugh whenswe ale
tickled, and he affil help us. gue.s we
laughed some. Then, lita, he looks so
pleasant. He said good morning to aH of
us." „
See the contrast
Henry has just returned from Ms first day's
scbool with another teacher. And is be ent
ers the room, he said—
" Well. ma, .1 don't like our tedeliet—he's
croak He cuffed-little Jo Morgan's ears just
cos he snickered silt en Will Jones put a
crooked pin under Pete Smith, and 'Pete
jumped right up: He never said a word to
Will, but told the rest of 'up; that laughing
wouldn't be allowed in school."
Teachers, Are you woog the first! or
sat mentioned ! But always avoid ex
realm.
Importance of_ Punctuation.
A blacliunith,- passing by it hair dressea,,
shop, observed in the window Rn unpointed
placard, which be read as follows
"What 'do you think
pthave you for nothing
And give you-tome drink."
The eon of Vulcan, with a huge Week
beard' on his chin and a little spark in hie
throat, considered the cpportunity too good
to be lost. Be acaordicgly entered, a nd after
the operation had been duly performedotaked,
with the. utmost sang froid, fur the liquor.
But the shaver of beards demanded payment,
when the blacksmith, in a stentorian voice;
referred - him to his own placard, which the
barber very good bumoredly produced, and
read thias
"What l do yon think
I'll shave you for nothing..
And giin yon , some drink.)"
•
, Nom Skriroessr,—Conderrin no Ono - for
not thinking as you think. Let. everyone
enjoy, the full and free liberty of thinking for
himself. Let every man uss his Sown jtOg.
ment, since every man must give an account
of himself to God. Abhor every approaoh,
in any of degree, to' the spirit of parse•
.outton. If you cannot reason or persuade a
man into the;• truth, never attempt to force
him into it. : If love will not compel him,
leave him to God, the-Judge of all.—John
.Wesky. ' .
MaNmuy.--There is a man in town whole
Memory le so blink: that it only raaohes to hia
knees. Perminsaquence he bac - not - paid for
Lis Ise' net.
1191itint 15,
Agit
Cultivate the Farmr.
:VARNER' HOMES:
.. .
If the farmer has se it and s deughtera
wishae them to grow up fattier is .win
loving himself their old
something farmer's lire—there 'mu t be something yr
Oats Out door labor, . nd - the - .treads:nil
fieitthi, exercise, to eng e theirshearti; •
firm dwelling and all i s appendages di
be pleasant and sitiraCti e—a place that t
can ever remember and love, not - Alves'
home of their youth be as - a - beautiful fil
If this is done corsets ly while' they
growing up, he will not so often Save ,
sioo to lament that hie -ions' -iris dissati
with the occupation& of theii father, dud ' ..
something tore congenial. • %. . - •
A good farm is -- worth beautifying,
should appear as well aalit, reallyis -; but i iii
very tad to see the etterter of sitythiugoi i
then the interior ; it reminds one of: Ita
dandy parading Broad ay. Let the. be so
be a rural home, approp late in its poSitipo,
Ftirrcianded with shade trees. for' ; the two
fold porposeof greairy diog to the eritit
fort of its occupant's d
,the beasity, of thii.
plane. Spare for a ems' on-"the high y; •
those - trees most sound a d thrifty,_ and • oe
here and there over the either:bland.; it ill .
give the farm a uiore atural-:appearan sr,
and it will not present a haiireti aka, t;
and the panting or, recli ing,beneith thik ir•
foeshing shade, will retu a look Of
,gr tI4
tude. Fenek itishould.be constructed wit 'a
view to permanency, an their adapted` '.
to the wants of the field, nd rhea boils ft "*.•
ly as well assubstantiall , straight as posh le,
every board of its proper ize,aod in itspro e
place—the post perpendi Oar, and not • f
ingerer their fellows. prier's deed riot '
afraid of paint; it gives arability as well its
p t
beauty to his farnt and •b ilding ithpleitien - i
It. is an agreeable si - glit a well as ecotun4y i
to "have a place fur ev rything, and iv f '
thing in its place"=and bad sign to f l •
the farming utensils scat ered over the ti
where last used. in aba n, utility, mini i 4 ',
ience, and adaptation to t e wants of the o.
thestie animals, ard'essen • ial.
- Let the eiterior of t o dwelling look '.
e!
well as the interior, for it Jere nothiiii - o tt
endeavoring to . procure be favor of oth ' '
Adorn the inside with a ell selected lib try
of works and newspapers, whether treating Of
ag'ieulture, scienc e, art of religioni t
tendency of which'is to li t a man up, JR ..,
leetuallv and morally, an pike° him 'Whe
he-was designed to be, ' little lowei - a
the angels. •
~
There are, we might sa in trntb, itbtr -
and ways in which a farm r'e . home may' . , ,
beautiful, but it 'is afa t tlisu. every' -
looks well that -is /Tempt ate ter - hi peculi e
II
place and work.—Fine tortes , cattle iii 'd,
sheep—i. e., in good cond don; do Meat lb •
dorn a farmer's bainlard, fine crops id , i
field—a fine farmer \ and wife the vititile . .,
Sueh a Farmer, if he has , he good ;fortioe,
to become wealthy, will ' e so in a threel
fold setise,—in pos:essiOns in naindand-li
heart.
Feeding H.rBee4 •
The practice of -nul ting the food - fir
horses by this amount of - ork they are rit4.
quired to petform, is a go.. one, if properly ,
followed. For example, - horse when Iry
comparatively idle, as in T inter, should ha*
less solid food than amid the hard work y-
Spring and Summer. Aga a : it . a harm t i
about to be pul towork of extraliatoa, , it a.
well to fortify hint foi 1t y a little wit al
i
feeding beforehand. nu. ilk mistahe- ei
refer to is the practice of o . er-feeding him tr
hour - or ed before - patting him to work. r.
an extra marries is require; of a horse,
any partictilar day, and an extra feed-is to .
given him, let him Itaie it •n the coining
forehand, rather than in at. moining an Ito r,
or two before before being put to lOW •
Wht - so f—Becadso if he is pUt to worki
soon after eating, his food does tot .Ixto .
digested,and he is obliged to carri - abiout wit
hitt, a large trlA`i trundigteted fodder; whir •,
is rather a burden than a beilp to him. If It ,
ia well fed the evening befoik, the food is
sin:Hared—changed to ilsihi add - blood—an ,
tends health slid vigor Or. ugh all the sit
tem. As a general rule, a working • ho _ ,
should he fed regularly,, bo . *a Id the tilii
and the amount.
flow do Prose
Put the new cider into
barrel, _and allow it to- fe
two week acrotding as tb
or warm.- When it has rt
fermentation,add to each gal'
of a pound of white sugar,
ferment again, until it pc.
brisk pleasant taste whit:.
'hould bqrpelmanent. Pou
cider ancLtnix with it otreq
of sulphite of lime for every
contains. Stir until it is in
and pour the mixture into - ti
tate the contents of the en
a few momenta, then let it ri
may r•et!le. FermergAtion
at once,-and will not be re.m
bottled in the eour , .e of a f ,
may be allowed to remain
used on_ draft . . "If bottled, i
Sparkling - eider--bettei- tha. l
champagne wine.
Professor Eforseford of Ca
first to use the sulphite of - lit
pose,nnd to him is due the or
jog the attention to its useft
no respect deleterious, as 'd
which lhe sulphite is change,
tion of sulphurous, acii , is e l
arid remains at
. the bottom o
The suiphies of litne, not ti
be tilted. -
POULTRY AND ERIOB.-..FOR
southern aspect, ,where they
gather in the during tire
dar. , Povide them such a
i ts
of food, such as- corn, eat. .
~,... --
scalding
,water, or hot pOtßt t : witn,opet
skins' feeds of the flesh of you. g crdres,pluelet.,
of sheep, and ehnstant ticceisl to *pure ' watot i
gravels, -old mortar,- oyster .or (slain shills,
and- brines, all broken'finejy, and they , will
yield eggs- In sbundsnee through the OW
weather.
man- 4L
Itural.
lee well as the r
I
i
I
',I) Cider. _ !
- I
clean cask a
.
• eat from Otis i ~
1 .. weather is cnei
I.
rained to live!
'un three fourth
nd let the *hot
-
,senses nearly. th
I it is desirabt' '
i l a O l
t ti r
o a f
a g n u ci a u rt nc o.
gallow'the cis ..
imately mint)
AO
I 0 liquid.
thoroughly f•
f, that the tide
i
1.1:„ k
1 be arms
I , ed. .It.may ..
w weeks, or i -
in the cask and
will beemite
what is oil '. •
'bridge Was i t 1
ne for this pn
edit of first call
ullness.. kis i
e? .
sulphate, lit
by, the libels*
tirely isasolebl
r the vessel: ..
sulpha:ems-at
's like the warm
can huddle t •
middle of
1e and ple
;; , eal mixed wit