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SELECT POETRY.
THE TnlLMI'IIS
or THE
Gl'ACE.
t.fCLISU LAN.
BV.RCV. JAMES OILBORNE LTONS, L. t.' D.
Now pallier nil our Saxon barJs,
Let harp and hearts bo strung.
To celebrute ihe ti iumphii of
Our own gold Saxon tongue ;
For slionger far than hols thai march
With buttle lliunt unfurled,
It goes, with Freedom, tkoueht and truth,
To rouse and rule the world.
Slotit Albion learns it household iaya
On every surf-worn ahore,
And Scotland hoars it echoing far
Aa Orkney's breakers roar '
From Jura's craos and Mouavs hills
It floats on every gale,
And warms ujih eloquence and song
The homes of (mitsfail.
On many a wide nnd swarming deck
It scales the rough wave's crest,
Seeking ils peerless heritage
The fresh and freitful West:
It climbs New iinirUiiKl's rocky steeps,
As victor mounts a throne;
Niagara knows and irreets the voice
Sull mightier lhou its own.
It spreads where winter piles deep snows
On bleak Canadian plains,
And where, on Ksscquibe's banks.
Eternal summer reigns : . .
It glads Acadia's mislv coasts,
Jamaica's fjlowing isle,
And bides where, fray with early fkrwers,
Green Texan pranes smile.
It lives by clear Itasca.' lake,
Missouri's turbid stream,
Where cedars rise on wild Ozark,
And Kansas' waters gleam;
It tracks the loud swift Oregon
Through sunset valleys rolled,
And soars where C-ilifornian brooks
Wash down their suuds of gold.
tt sounds in Borneo's camphor groves,
On seas of lieree Malay,
In fields that curb old Ganues' flood,
Aim lowers ot promt liombay;
It wukes up Aden's flashing eyes,
Dusk brows mid swarthy limbs
The ilurk l.iberian soothes her child
Wiik Enttisli cradle tiymus.
Tasmania's maids are Wood and won
In gentle Saxon speech;
Australian bovs read Crusoe's life ,
By Sydney sheltered beach;
It dwells where Afric's southmost capes
Meet oceans broad and blue,
And Nieuveld's rugged mountains gird
The wide and waste Karroo. ,
It kindles realms so far apart,
That, while its praise you sing,
These may be clad with "autumn's fruits,'
And those with (lowers of (spring;
It quickens liuds whose meteor-ligiits
Flume in an arctic sky,
And lands fur which Ihe Southern Cross
Hangs its orbed liies on high.
It goes with all that prophets told,
And righteous kings desired,
With all that great aposlles taught,
And glorious Greeks admired ;
With Shakspear's deepand wondrous verse
And Milton's loftier mind,
With Alfred's laws, and iNewton's lore, .
To cheer and bk'ss mankind.
Mark, asit spreads, how deserts blocm,
And error liees away,
As vanishes the mist ol night
Before the star of day ;
But grand as are the Victories
Whose monuments we see,'
These are but as the dawn which spes'ks,
Or noontide yet to be.
Take heed, then, heirs of Saxon fume,
Take hoed, nor once disgrace
With deadly pun or spoiling sword
Our noble lunguo and race.
Go forth prepared in every clime
To love and help each oilier,
And judge that they who counsel strife
Would bid jou smile a brother.
Go forth, and jointly speed the time,
By good men prayed for long.
When Christian States, grown just and wise
Will scorn revenue and wrong;
When earth's oppressed and savage tribes
chall cease to pine or roam,
All taught to pri.e these English word:
Faith freedom, haves, and iiumk.
Select Sale.
A Till E STOnY,
Many vears azo I happened to be one of
the relerees in a case that excited unusual
iuterest. in courts, from the sinsular nature
of the claim, and the storv which it dig-
closed. The plaintiff who was captain of
a shin which traded principally with the
West Indies, had married very early with
every prospect ot happiness, nis wue
was said to be extremely beautilul, and no
less lovely in her character.
After living, with her in the most unin
terrupted harmony for five years, during
which time two daughters were added to
the family, he suddenly resolved to resume
hit occupation, which he had relinquished
on his marriage, and when1 his vounzest
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CIIIIQ was put iiircw w eras uiu, saucu uuio
more for the) West Indie. kis wife, who
was devotedly attached to him, sorrowed
deenlv at his absence, and found her only
comfort iri the society of the children and
the hopes of his return. But month after
. .
month nasaed awav and be came not. nor
did ny letters, those insufficient but wel-
come substitutes, arrive to cheer her solid"
tude.- Moniha lerxrihened into veara. vet
iu uuingt were received irora tue idku
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nusoand; and allet hoping againsl Hope,
the UhhaDDv wifa Was compelled to be -
lievethat be found a grave beneath the
welterinz ocean. .. .
Her sorrow was deep and heartfelt, but
the evils of novertv wer nnw added to her
afllictions, the widow found herself com- slow progress of hesrt sickening, the wast
pelled to resort to tome emolovmenl io or- ing anguish of hope deferred 1 and finally.
der to support her children. Her needle
waa the bnlv resource, and for ten veara
she labored early and late for the miserable
pittance which is ever grudgingly bestowed
on tls humbl seamstress,
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A merchant in New York, irt moderate
but prosperous circumstances, accidentally
became acquainted with her, and pleased '
vtth Jut gentle manners, no less than her
most extreme beauty, lie endeavored to im-
prove their acquaintance with friendship,
After some month he offered his hand
and was accepted. As the wife of a sue-
cesslul merchant, she soon found herself in
the eninvment of comforts nnd luxuries
such as she had never possessed, tier
children became his children and received
from him every advantage which wealth
and affection could procure.
. Fifteen years passed away j the daugh
ters married; and by their stepfather were
furnished with every comfort requisite in
their hew avocation of house keepers. J3ut
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theV had hardlv tiuitted his roof when their
mother was taken ill. She died alter a lew
days, and from that time until the period
of which I speak, the widower resided with 'My hrst recollections are ol a small 111
the youngest daughter. I furnished apartment, which rny sister and
iSow comes the strangest part ol the I
storv. After an absence of over thirty
vears. durinz which time no tidinsrs had
ever arrived from him, the hrst husband
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un ieu us suu lien iv as lie uuu aenarieu.
He had changed shins, and adopted an
long period on the ocean; with other tran-
stent visits on ,hore, xvhile taking in ordis-
cnargingcarcoea, having been careful never
iu vuiijc uruiti iiuiih" iiiaii ;icw vi n'U!i. I
a .a. 11.,. XI ... f l.l.,n. I
Hhv he had tided in this unpardonable
(iiuiiikt luwurus uis liinuiv, no one iouju
i iijm-- i.i I
leu, ana he obstinately relwvd all explana-
no". ..
1 here were stranze rumors ol slave tra-
ding and piracy afloat, but they were only
wuisprrs oi conjecture ramer man irum.
Whatever may have hern his motives for
Ins conduct, he certainly was anything but
indifloreiit to his lamily concerns when he
returned, lie raved like a mad man when
iniormcd ot his wile's second marriage, and
suusequeni tieain, vowing vengeance upon
ins successor, arm lerrnying nis taugniers
by the most awlul threats, in case they re-
fused to acknowledge his claims. He re-
turned wealthy, and one of the mean rep-
tiles of the law, who are always found I
crawling about the halls of justice, advised I
him to bring a suit against the second hus-
band, assuring him that he could recover
damages. The absurdity of instituting a
claim for a wile whom death had released
from the jurisdiction of earthly laws was at
length agreed to by all parties to leave the
matter to be adjudged by hve relerees.
It was upon a bright and beautttul after-
noon in Spring, when we met to hear this
i .insular case. The sunlight streamed
through the dusty windows of the court
room, and shed a halo around the long grey
locks and broad forehead of the dctendant
while the harsh features of the plaintiff
were thrown Into still bolder relief, by the
same beam that soitened tne placid coun-
tenance of the adversary.
1 he plaintiffs lawyer made a most elo-
quent appeal for his client, and had we not
been intormed about the matter, our hearts
would have been melted by his touching
description ol the return ot the desolate
Husband, and the agony with which now
beheld his household gods removed to con-
secrate a stranger's hearth. The celebra-
ted Aaron Burr was counsel for the defend-
ant, and we anticipated from him a splen-I
did display of oratory.
contrary to our expectations, nowever,
JJUrr made no attempt to relute bis oppo
nent's oratory. He merely opened a book
of statuti's, and pointing with his thin fin-
ger to one ol the pages, desired the relerees
to tead it, while he retired for a moment
for the principal witness.
We had scarcely finished the section,
which fully decided the matter in our
minds, when Burr re-entered with a tall
and elegant female leaning on his arm.
She was attired in a simple white dress
with a wreath of ivy leaves encircling her
large bonnet, and a large veil completely
i concealins her countenance.
Burr whispered a few words, apparently
encouraging her to advance, and then
gracefully raising her veil, discovered to
us a lace ot proud surpassing beauty, i re
collect as well as if it wete yesterday how
simultaneously the mnrmer of admiration
burst from all present. Turning to the
plaintiff, Mr. Burr asked, in a low, quiet
tone
?Do you know this lady V
I Ans. 'I do.
Burr. 'Will you swear to that ?'
Ans. 'I will, to the best of my fcnow
ledge and belief: she is my daughter.'
Mur. L.an you swear to ner laenuiy v
Ans. '1 can.'
Burr. 'What is her age V
Ans. 'She was 30 years old on the 20th
rln v nf A nril
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Burr. 'When did you last see her! :-
Ans. At her own house, about a fort-
niht since.'
Burr. 'When did you see her previous
to that meeting V .
1 TKa ntotnl'ifl liABitatA i tnnty naiiuA an.
i . .v ...uuum insiiai.u j ...
sued the question was repeated, and the
answer then was,
'On the 14th day of May, 17.
'Whed she was just three weeks old,' ad
aea uurr; 'lieitiiemen,- continued ne,
I i t A.i I La a 1 til
lurning to us, -j. nave orou-m mis may
here, as an important witness, and such, I
winic, sue is, i ne piamtiu s counsel naa
pleaded eloquently in behalf of the be.
i uv"., uu wan
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loi sea oniy to return anu nna nis nome
I desolate. But whe will picture to you the
I wife bending oVer her daily toil, devotin
her best yean to the drddgety of sordid
poverty, supported only by the hope of her
husband's return t Who will paint the
'he overwhelming agony which came upon
1 her when her last hope wu extinguished,
and she was compelled to believe herself
indeed a widow V Who can depict all this
ultkmif uilr.nn In pnur hpari. thff
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warmest symyathy for the" deserted wife,
-and the utterest scorn for the mean and
pitiful wretch who could thus trample
upon ttt Heart ot tier whom ne nau sworn
to love and cherish! 'We need not in-
quire into liis motives for acting so base a
part. Whether it was love ol gain or Ii
centiousness, or base indifference, it matters
not ; he is too vile a thing to be governed
bv such laws as govern men. Let us now
ask the witness she who now stands be
lore us willi the frank, fearless brow ol a
true-hearted woman let us ask her which
of these two has been to her a father.'
Turnino-to the lady in a tone whose sweet
ness was in strange contrast with the scorn
ful accent which had just characterized his j
words, he besought her to relate brtedy the
recollections of her early lift". A slight
, v
tiusli passed over her proud and txeautuui
face as she replied :
mysell shared with my mother. Mte used
to carry out on every Saturday evening the
work which had occupied her during: the
a A..-. a . .. . a I
week, and bring back employment lor tlte
iumuui uuc. oa.iuii uiui m mnc
visit to her etrplovers and her regular ot-
nouse. one onen spoke ot my tatner, ana
ol the anticipated return, but at length she
ceased to mention him4 tnougn J. observed
nh A tirn nl MntSA an .- I Kl r. ra ailnti II
one wrpi iiiuic unfiles. ii jr man cyu, a i
men tnought she wept because we were
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iwui, tut 11 uuintviiuvs imppnuu iuw. uur
support was only a bit ot dry breaa ; ana
sue as accustomeo io ree uy uie nui ui
me cnips wnicn she kindled to warm ner
famishing children, because she could not
purtuase a canaie -wimoui aeprivuig us oi
our morning meal. Such was our poverty
wnen my mother contracted a second mar-
riage, and the change to us was like a sud-
aen entrance into .Paradise. We louna a
nome and a latner." ishe paused.
ouiu you excite my own cnuu against
me : tncu tne piainuii as ne impatienuy
waved nis hand tor her to be silent.
The eyes of the witness flashed fire as
she spoke.
'You are not my father," exclaimed she
vehemently. 'What ! call j'ou my father,
you who basely leit your wife to toil and
your children to beggary! Never! nev-
er! Behold, there is my father, pointing;
to the agitated defendant, there is the man
who watched over my infancy Who was
tne sharer ol my childish sports and the
guardian ot my inexperienced youth.
mere is the man who claims my affections
and shares my home ; there is my father.
For yonder selfish wretch I know him not.
the best years of his life have been spent
in lawless freedom from social ties; let
him seek elsewhere for the companion of
his decrepitude, nor dare insult the ashes of
my mother by claiming the duties of kin-
dred trom ner deserted children."
She drew her veil hastily around her, as
she spoke, and moved as if to withdraw.
'Gentlemen,' said Burr, 'I have no more
to say. The words of the law are express-
ed in the book before vou ; the words of
truth you have lrom woman's pure lips ; it
is lor you to decide according to the requi
sition of nature and the decrees of justice."
I need not say that our decision was in
favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff
went forth followed bv the contempt of
every honorable person who was at the
trial. Jr. jr. Sun.
I Jteayful and smart. it homrropatuic
principles are right the professors of homn-
pathy cannot be hurt by broad jokes, but only
by the repetition of exceedingly small ones.
Pungent wit will ba innocuous; wit diluted
might operate violently. We shall not annoy
our homrropathio readers, then, by quoting
the following recipe for making "Aqua fortis-
mia" irominexveifaridtirier, lor it is a
.... - ... . ..
mixture of wit and humor of more than aver,
age strengtn.--
Take a little rum, .
The less you take the belter ;
Mix it with the lakes
.01" Werner and of Wetter.
Dip a spoonful out
Mind yon don't gel groggy
Pour it in the lake
Winnipisogee.
Stir the mixture w'nll, .
Lest it ptove inferior;
Then, put half a drop
Into Lake Superior.
Every other day.
Take a drop, in water; '
You'll be belter soon ;
Or, at leasl, you ought to.
-N. Y. Comriicrclul.
i,ooo,ooox
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. an uU..i a.r ,n m-..i
'he following lines to the Journal of Com-
I merce, iri i reply, as a receipt procured at a
great expense from Dr. Leech Purge, for the
benefit of the Alapalheists.
r , ; ... 999
1,000
ALLOATUY.
Take some calomel,
The more yon take the better;
Mix it wiih a rwle
Or two of cistern wator, ...
Fend some to your dog;
It will make him vomit.
And, may be, see stars,
And perhaps a 'comet.
Once iri each half hour,
Taks a rousing Potion j '"
Say, a tumbler-full)
If that suits your notion. : '
Should you chance to die,
As you're almost sute to,
You may safely swear
, .That a did not cure you.
Married rsonk should studp each other's
weak points, as skaters look out for weak
I nrl in lh ir in nrdal In li.ph aii'i nf In.m
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HOW CAI'T. MHis IISCAPEO I RO.ll AM
ALABAMA fttlEtllK'F. v '' j
The NiVj7 of the Times has published a
number of funny stories about Capt. Suggs,
which have been copied in nearly all the
newspapers. Here is the latest one, wnicn
appeared in the last 'Spirit.' :
Jt was a bland September morn in a year
that need not be specified, that the Captain,
slandins in the west door of the court house
of Dadeville, perceived Sheriff Ellii merg
ing therefrom, a bundle of papers in hand,
and lookins as if he desired some tort of a
enping. The captain instantly bi'thought
him thai there was an indictment pending
against himsell for gaming, began to collect
his energ'es for an emergency, I he sherin
hailed htm at the fame moment, and re
quested him to hold on. "Stop, Ellis
right Ihu in your trucks, a the bullet said
to the buck." Suggs responded : "them
docymenls look venermousf''
"Ao use," said the ollicer "sooner or
later you must be taken; dog-face Hilly
Towns is here, and heMl go your security."
I If J
"Keep of!, I tell you, hllis; I ami sale
to j lm, 0tj w,tn:uis CohVe was cold
.l- ...-;, nnrl it (rolloil im. If vnn've
, ,i- , i,,,,.,, ;, .;n rnri
u 1 1 it r run i it ina Vnil
i.nnur
D d if I waive anylhino- " replied the
sner;(f aJvancino-i I'll nut votl where I
' . " ' .
qTI find VOU Wht'D WanttHK
iWm i!riw mi nU fovnMmr tUtol
oo r i '
tvhprpiirnn t ho shiriir nmHi
(The b) j sloni(a the captain, "of the
u -i et, (rf T, ,k enli- . nnrai
u:. , uj Tf h et.nt.ii. nn T o-ivi
fairwarnin I'll discharge this rfMfri'rris-
j0j seven scveral nnd distinct timei', as iiio-li
,nto t)e curj 0p j,jg f0rt.,cad as the nattire
nr ua ...jit ndmit.''
por a foment the sheriff was intimida1-
jefj recollectino- thai Capt. had a reli
rious drend of carrvins hailed fire-anrts
about his .)prson althoush he often sported
them uncharged for effect, he briskly rr-
gumed )is strijtf arl,i tnt. captain, hurling
nf revolver nt hU heail nt once fell into a
killing pace towards the rack where slooU
his pony, "Button."
The sheriff's horse, by chance, was tied
at the same rack, but u wag of a fellow
catching Suggs' idea, unhitched the pony,
threw the bridle over its neck, and held it
ready to be mounted ; so that the captain
was "in his saddle, and his nag at half speed,
ere the sheriff put his loot in the stirrup.
The chase was a long and hot one, and
the sheriff gradually gained on Suggs until
their arrival at the crossing of the Eagle
Creek, wheta the latter suddenly turned his
pony's head down tin- stream, and belore
the sheriff had arrived at the brink, he was
out of sight in the bushes.
Poor Ellis was fairly beaten. He plun
ged his horse into the swamp to try and
head off the victorious Suggs; but the mud
was so sod-, that alter floundering about for
a little While, he gave up the cnase in
despair airf turned his horse', head home-
ward. t . . '
Meantime Cant. Sii2rs kept on Ins
course down the creek, talking to himself.
"Wonder how fur tis down to the bend !
This creek makes into the river, about a
mile below it, they sav I judge if my old
woman knew rtfrnr 1 Was goin,' and who 1
was goin' to sit she'd make the yearth
shake. But she don't I know ; its a pnn
cipple that Providence has put into the bo
som of man leastways all sensible men
to run Cn and talk a heap alore their wives,
to make 'em believe ttey'er turn in' nrong
side out afore 'cw, and yet never tell 'em
the fust d d word of truth. It's a wise
thinz in Providence, too. Wonder if I'll
ketch that rascal Jim Sparks jewlarkin'
round Betsey, down at old Hob's !"
On the morning after the occurrence of
t , . t ,.,Y ..tk.. .
ine auventures auove reiateu,i-aj)iaiii ouj;
sat in a long trim built Indian canoej wnicn
was moored to the north bank of the Talla
poosa river. Near him was Miss Betsy
Korkerelh She sat facing the captain on a
board laid across the gunwales ol the boat
Miss Betsey was a bouncing girl, plump,
firm and taucy, with a mischievous rolling
a a a . . . a, 4.
eye, and a sharp word rorever ai ner
tongue's end. She seemed to be coquetting
with the paddle she held in her hand, and
occasionally wouM strike it bri the water,
so as to besprinkle Captain Suggy, much to
his annoyance.
"Oh, Captin, you do persuade me to pro
-t. ... ...
mise you so hard. And Jim Pparka says
you're married : and if you ain't you
(nought 'a been, twenty years ago; you re
old enough." (splush !)
"D n it. mind how vou tnrow your
water ! Jim Sparks Is a triflin'- dog if
have got a wile, Betsey she is going fast."
'l.Vur ttvW?" asked Betsy, striking the
wdtrr a 'lain;
"Confound your paddle! cant ydti keep
it still ! Providence is goin' to take ber
home. Betsv she's dwindled down to
shartdcr, with that cough and one thing
and another. She ain't long for this World,1
he added mournfully : "and if you will
only make tip your mind the devil take
that
paddle : you will lUrn over the t
throw me in the, river! make
boat
add
up
yolir mind to step into her shoes, it looks
(ike it would sort o' reconcile me to luse
her ; and hefe a tear leaked out of each
corner of the Captain's eyes.
"Oh Caotaln." said lletsy, hall shutting
one eye, and looking quizzical; "thar's so
manv eodd look in' young leuers aooui, i
hats to give 'em up. : I likt you Captin'
but thar's Bill Edwards, and Jet Willis, and
Jim Sparks, and-
"uood looiciQ t ana jei nuns ana Jim
Sparks t Why Jet's mouth Is no better
than a hole made in the fore part df his
head with a claw-hammer and as Tor Jim
Sparks he has the (ace of a tamer dog." ,
rj0 you count ywndf good-lookln't'
asked Betsy with great ncuvaa.
"Gal," replied Suggs, witn oigniiy, "aw
I VOU evef SCS trie 111 R1V Unllormi I lln
H .1
my silver opolota on my shoulders, and my
red sash round my waist, arid the sword
that Governor Bagby five tne, with the
gold scabbard ahangin?"
Just at this momenta. Avp was heard,
and before the Captain and Betsy had re
covered from the shock of the tntrtisron
Sheriff Ellis hd stepped In the boat, and
asserted that Strggs was his prisonelN ,
'Treed at last,tt said the captain, "but Its
no use frettin'j the ways of Providence is
mysterons Bui what did you cross, Ellisf '
"Oh, 1 knew you would be about the old
lick log fishing with Betsy. I'll turn the ca
rvce, and Bets will tnke us across, t cros.
sed at Hambiick's ferry, left my horse on
Oclher side, and come down on you like a
mink on a settin' hen. Come, come it's
time we were ffto Dadeville."
"Providence is agin me," sighed the cap
tain. " "I'm pulled up with a short jerk in
the middle of my kurreer. Well, but.'' he
continued, musing, "spose a feller tries it on
his own honk no harm in takin' al! the
chances 1 tiiilt in jail yet."
A few yards below the boat landing, 1'iern
grew out of the bank an immense water-oak
projecting over the water at an angle of about
forty-live. A huge imisetiite vine enwrap
ped the oak in every part, its branches au-.l
tendrils coveting it like net-work. The graces
weir: how ripe, and hung- over tlw river
Irt lrelirm:it piohli-Jil.--
fTrrrrcnrfftthisfiinff;. '
Petty alkHvcd the c.noe to drop down
lowly, just outside of where the tips of the
lower branches of the treo dallied with the
rippling water. The fruit attracted the she
rill ;s eye and appetite, and reaching out tin
arm, laid hold of a branch and began tu pluck
ml eat.
"Darn the grapes!" said Sugg, angrily
let's go on'
,;Keep coo! I'll (ill my pocket first," said
the Sheriff.
"Be in a harry, then, and if you wt! gath
r the darned things, reach up nnd pull down
them big bunches up thar" pointing the fine
lusters higher than the Sheriff could reach,
as he stood up in tho bout "Pull down the
vines to you."
Tho Sheriff tried, but the vines resisted his
utmost strength; so crying 'steady,' he pul
led himself up clenr of the boats; and began
to establish a footing among the foliage.
At this moment Captain Suggs made no
remark orally, but his eyes said Vo Betsy, as
plainly us eye could talk, "hit her a iick
back, my gal.'
Silently tlto paddle went into tho water,
Betsy leaning back with lips compressed.
and m a second tile canoe shot ten leet nut
frem the tree, and the sheriff was left dang
ling among tho Vines.
"Stop your blasted jokes," roared the of
ficer. -
"Keep cool, old Tap-my-shoulder, thar's
just tlio smallest grain of a joke in this here
that you ever seed. It's the coldest sort of
airnest."
"What shall I do? tlow shall I get out of
thisl" asked Ellis pitionslv.
"Let go, drop into the water and water and
swim out, was the reply.
"I can't swim a lick how deep is il i"
Suggs socrned to ruminate, and then re
plied
"From say fifteen yes, at hast fifteen
to abouttwenty-live feet. Ugly place."
"Good God '.'' said poor Ellis, "you Certain
ly wont leave me to drown my stn'ngriih is
fdiling already."
"If I don't," said the captain, most empha
tically, "I wish 1 may be lauded in a thousand
foot h ," and saying a word to Betsy, they
shot rapidly across the rivt'V.
K!ssing his companion as he stepped but of
the boat, Sugg sought Button, who was tied
in a thicket near by, and mounting him, pur
sued his homeward way.
"iVcwr despair," he said to himself, as he
jogged along. "Never despair. Honefty, a
bright watch out, a hand in your fingers and
one in your lup, and a little grain of help
from Providence, will alivays fetch a man
through. NeVer despair. I've been huuled
and tracked, and dogged like a cussed wolf,
but the Lord is purvided, and my worst fiii
my hn tuck a tree. Git tip Button, yob blas
ted lion-eared injim."
Baptismal. A poor wouhiu in ono of the
middle States, who lisped, cariiud Jier daitgh
ter to church for baptism. Being aked its
name bv the bishop, the replied ''I.uthy
sir." Whuti'' say tho doctor. "Luihy
sir," say alio. ' Lucifer, Lucifer ; that won't
do," says the bishop and baptized the child
George Washington.' The poor mother, con
founded, could hot speak until near' the
church door, when she told the parson the
infant was a girl.
. A WEUDISO SblT AND A WlKDtKC SllEET.
The Rev. Mr. Cooper, Bethel CfcapUiq at
Sandusky, left the city during the prevalence
df the cholera, for one of the adjoining towns,
td be married. It having been reported that
he left through fear of the cholera, it ii now
stated, : upon aiithority, that be left to fulfil
a long standing engagement to be married,
and died the very morning apbointed for the
marriage.
. ,
PosticAt Legislation. It has been re
solved by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, ,
That every man who sells a melon
Shall be held and deemed a felon ;
And the pigs of every size
Must evacuate their styes; j
And officer must have in charge,
To catch them all if found at large,. "
And lest this wisa precaution fails,
The owners must not soap their tail.
THE SEtni T AIIMED EXPEDITION.
The Washington Republic has letter
from lis New York correspondent which furi
nishes Ihe following leliable account of the
Expedition which called forth the recent Pro'
clamaliou of the President of the United
States: . ' . -(
"1 have been engaged xihVttrg tne last lo
days in seeking authentic information of the
relative to the Subject of the proclamation of
the President; and believe that I have not
not made the effort in Vain. There is not
the slightest room for doubt that a well coni
certed movement has been in progress here
for some time past, Snd ati at New Oilsans,
in order to enlist men for an armed and hos
tile expW.ition against Cuba.
I have myself conversed with individuals
who where approached on the subject by t)i
agents of those engaged in Ihe movement in
Cuba and the United Slates, and place all
credit in their statemenls. From their ac
count it appears that uWjt three mttnthsago,
certain persons, who are well supplied with
pecuniary means, and are duly authorized to
act for wealthy planters in tile island of Cuba
sought their nid on this military expedition,
making tlie most liberal offers, and promi
sing the most tempting rewsrds, in case of
success. A great many men thve been en
listed in this city for this woih; and. had it
not been fur an accidental and unexpected
failure in effecting the furchaso of a vessel,
this branch of tho expedition Would have
sailed rcino weeks ago. , It has not yet sailed
but I have reason It believe that it will leave
this port in a short time, without the posibili
ly of detection. Another branch of the ex
pedition lias been organized at NcwOrWanl,
and the remaining portions are already an
camped on an island in llm gulf.
This movement lias been contemplated for
some time, and all the preparatory measure
have been taken with a great deal of judg
ment nnd j;fuicnce. The first develope
itleut of the plot was made a week or two
ago, in the correspondence of one of the
morning papers here, and this leaking but of
the secret is to bo traced to the imprudence
of an influential agent at New Orleans, whose
name I could communicate, who blabbed the
buMness In soirle public phee in that city.
It is not for ne to speak of the course ta
ken by cltir Government iu this matter. It
is only necessary that I should stato that the
prompt interference of llit Administration
has inspired fresh confidence in them in the
minds of this great commercial community,
who have no desire to see tho prosperity and
peace of the t-uiiiitry put in jeopardy by any
mad schemes of adventurers or hot-brained
young men, Vho wish to seek glory in a new
field of warlike atlveu'lirt!. 1 expect to ba
enabled to communicate some q'UU'; impor:
lant information on the subject in a day or
two.
Tin: Haity Valley. The persecuted
Mormons have found a refuge in an Isola
ted valley ois the Western slope ofthe Rocky
Mountain!!, in which we lather hope than
expect that they will be permitted to re
main unmolested. If the following de
scription, said to have been communicated
by a Mormon resident at the new- settle
ment at the opening ofthe valley, neat the
shore of of the great Salt Lake, to a friend
inOliio, is correct, this singular people have
at length found an abode rivallingin its at
tractions, Mr. Melville' Vale of Tpee ; .
"There is an extensive gold mine here,
from which a great mahjr of my neighbors
are engaged in digging old. Those who
work the mines make Irdm thirty to $750
per day, each. If a mln wants cold, all
he has to do is, Io go arid dig II: In fact,
Miles-, money is as plenty here as pine
lab used to be at schroon: VL We
have gold dust; gold and silver coin, and a
paper currency for our own convenience
paper being better to handle than gold dust;
"r'ure salt abounds here to any extent.
I can shovel up a wagon load of salt here
as s'Km as you can a load of sand on your
Lake shore. I here are hot spririsr. here
that are very useful. Within four miles of
the city there is a hoi spring; the water su
ficien'ily hot to scald a ho? in. There is
another spring Within one mile ofthe city,
the Water of which is about blood warm i
there we bnthc for health; also, an oil
spring, a sMla spring, and an alkali spring
near the Lake, at which place it require
but p. few minutes to loud a Waggon with as
good saleratus as ever we Used in fact, we
use no other. There is not much timber
in this country. Came is very plenty,
such as buffaloes, antelepes, deer, bear, &.c;
Fowls nnd fishes of all kinds in abundance;
"Cattle can live here the whole year
without either hay or corn, and be fat
enough for beef at arly time; There ha
been tine crop raised in the valley, and
there is a large crop of Wheat in the grduhd;
There is a canal being constructed here ibr
the pdrpoke of watering our fields, as there
is very little or no rain in the summer aea
ran."
Si icideof a Physician Dr. Bojwbrlhj
bf Vermillion county, Missouri was drowned
a few miles from ifurlington, on the Illinois
side of the river, a week or two ago. Paper
found with him state that Since he left
Home he buried his wife and four children,
from cholera ; and depression of spirit, it is
supposed, caused him to drovVn himself.
A Iitels tellow, seeing his father pre
sefve fruit in spirits, said, "Pa, is that the
reason why you have liquor in your he4 aj
often, because you want to preserve ydr 'f
-
, The Latest Wat lo pop the
have beard of is to sk the fai,
hall have the pleasure of
minister's"
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