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SELECT POETRY.
We have but litile laste for parodies, un
less pood, the following which we copy
from the last number of Sarlain's Magazine
is such a fine caricature of Edgar A. Pue's
"Haunted Palace," that it almost makes us
forget the poetry of the oiiginal.
THE HTJINED TAVERN.
In I lie darkest of our alleys
By the Eihinp tenanted,
Once a dark niid diucy tavern
Dusky lavein retired its head.
Down in Small Street this side Shipped
It stood there !
Never nejro look a "nip" in
Fabric half so black and bare.
O'er its door, with fancies golden,
swung a siyu-board lo and Iro,
(This was blight once in the olden
Time long ago.)
And many a dusty cobweb dallied,
In Dial old day,
Along the ralter dark and squalid,
Whence curious odours went uway.
Strangers, wandering through that alley,
Thiutmh two dusky winnows, saw
Sambo '!nrward two" with Sally,
To a fiddle's creaking saw.
There, belore a bar where, silting
( Dispell. mg gin ! )
With (mm and features well befitting,
The keeper of the place was seen.
Once many a black, with anger glowing,
Stood round the tavern iloor,
ThroiiL'h which came noises tolling flowing,
And louder evermore.
Discordant sounds,-nor ihyme, nor reason,
That seemed to moan in pain,
Of Christiana Kline and Tieason,
Alberti, and Judge Kane.
Then Marsh-! Keyser, large in office,
With aful learning in Ins pale ;
Exclaimed "This a disoiderly house is,
And has been so of lale !"
And so before his martial glory
The place was doomed ;
And down to Muyame nsing bore ha
The rrowd, anil them entombed.
And strangers, now. who pass that alley,
No more around the windows throng
To hear Around the corner, Sally,"
Or "Take your lnfie, Mis Long,"
Fur an ngre,"liiht "Judge Parsons,"
Said, 'Landlord, you must go
(While your house is shut forever)
In the Black Maria below !"
"Can you not leach me?" said Label,
amused and interested by his earnestness.
"1 teach you ! 1 1 Mo ; the curtseys
which captivated thousands in my youth
Were more an inspiration than an art. The
Very queen of ballet, in the present day,
cannot curtsey."
"Could my aunt !" inquired Isabel, a
little saucily.
"Your aunt, Miss Montfnrd, was grace
itself. Ah ! there are no such women now
a-days !"
And, after the not very flattering obser
vation, the General moved to the piano.
Isabel's brows contracted and her cheeks
flushed ; however, she glanced at the looking-glass,
was comforted, and smiled. He
raised the cover, placed the seat with the
grave gallantry of an old courtier, and in
vited the young lady to play. She qbeyed,
to do her justice, with prompt politeness ;
she was not without hope that there, at
least, the old gentleman would confess she
was triumphant. Her white hands, gem
med with jewels, flew over the keys like
winged seraphs ; they bewildered the eye
by the rapidity of their movements. The
instrument thundered, but the thunder was
so continuous that there was no echo ! "The
contrast will come by-and-by," thought the
disciple ot the old school "there must be
some shadow to throw up the lights."
Thunder crash thunder crash drum
rattle a confused, though eloquent, run
ning backward and forward of sounds, the
rings flashing like lightning! Another
crash louder a great deal of crossing
hands violent strides from one end of the
instrument to the other prodigious dis
plays of strength on the partol the fair per
former a terrific shake! What desper
ate exertions!" thought the General ; "and
all lo produce a soulless noise." Then fol
lowed a fearful banditti of octaves anoth
er crash, louder and more prolonged than
the .rest, and she looked up with a trium
phant smile a smile conveying the same
idea as the pause of an opera-dancer after a
most wonderful pirouette.
"Do you keep a luner in the house, my
dear young lady !" inquired the General.
If a look could have annihilated, he
would have crumbled into allies ; but he
only returned it with admiration, thinking,
"How astonishingly like hT auut, when
she reluse'd me the second time!"
"And that is fashionable music, Miss
Montford? 1 have lived so long out of
could have refused such a man as General
Gordon must have been.
Days and weeks flew fast; (he General
became a constant visitor in the square,
and the heart of Isabel Vere had never beat
en so loudly at twenty as it did at filty-and
five; nothing, she thought, could be more
natural than that the General should recall
the days of his youth, and seek the friend
ship and companionship of her who had
never been married, while he faithless
man ! had been guilty of two wives dur
ing his "services in India." It was impos
sible to tell which of the ladies he treated
with the most attention. Isabel Montford
took an especial delight in tormenting him,
and he was cynical enough towards her at
times. Although he frankly abused her
piano-forle playing, yet he evidently pre
ferred it to the music Miss Vere practised
so indelaligahly to please him, or to the
songs she sung, in a voice which from a
high "soprano," had been crushed by time
into what might be considered a very sin
gular "mezzo." ) sometimes forgot how
to find fait with Mns Mont ford's dancing
and more lhan once lierame her partner in
a quadrille. It was evident that while the
General was growing young, Miss Vere re- i of life you can
mained "as she was!" Isabel Montford ings."
"A son of old Admiral Manderville's 1"
"The youngest son," she sighed, "that is
my aunt's objection ; were he the eldest,
she would have been too happy. Oh, sir,
he is such a fine fellow such a hero!
lost a leg at Cabool, and received I don't
know how many stabs, from those horrid
Aflghans."
"Lost a leg!" repeated the General,
with an approving glance at his own ;
"why he can never dance with you."
"So, but he can admire my dancing,
and dors not think my curtsey a dip, a
shuffle, a bend, a hob, a slide, a canter.
Ah ! dear General, I was always perfec
tion in his eyes."
"By the immortal duke," thought the
General, "llie young divinity is laughing
at me."
"My aunt only objects to his want of
money; now I have abundance for both ;
and your recommendation, dear sir, at the
Horse Guards, would at once place him in
some position of honor and of profit ;. and
even if it were abroad, 1 could leave my
dear aunt with the consciousness that her
happiness is secured by you, dear guardian
angel that vou are. Ah ! sir, at your time
have no idea of our feel-
a ?jL)umotoua St; c ten.
Vsm Cool. An apparently unscphislioa
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3. Select (Talc.
amused heiselfat his expense, but he did
not quick sighted and man-of-the world
though he was perceive it. At first he
was remarkably fond of recalling and dating
events, and dwelling upon the grace, and
beauty, and interest, and advantage, of
whatever was past and gone much to the
occasional pain of Isabel Vere, who gentel
hearted as she was, would have consigned
dates to the bottomless pit ; latterly, how
ever, he talked a grealdeal more of the pre
sent than of the past, and greatly to the an
noyance of younger mnn, fell into the du
ties of escort to bolh ladies, accompany
ing them to placts of public promenade
and amusement.
On such occasions, Miss Isal el Vere look
ed either earnest or bashful yes, positively
bashful; and Miss Isabel Montford, brimful
of as much mi-chief as a lady could delight
in. At times, the General laid aside his
cynical observations, together with his
cane, which was not even replaced by an
umbrella; to onfess the truth h had
"Oh, yes, I have!" sighed the General.
"Bless you!" she exclaimed enthusiasti
cally. "I thought you would recall the
days of your youth, and feel for us ; and
when yon see my dear Harry"
"With a cork leg"
"Ay, or with two cork legs you will I
know be convinced that my happiness is as
secure as your own."
"Women are riddles, one and all !" said
the General, "and I should have known
that before."
"O! do not say such cruel things and
dissappoint me, depending as I have been
on your kindness and affection. Hark!"
she continued, "I hear my aunt's footstep;
now dear, dear General, reason coolly with
her my very existence depends on it. If
you only knew him! Promise, do pro
mise, that you will use your influence, all
powerful as it is, to save my life."
She raised her beautiful eyes, swimming
in unshed tears, to his she called him her
uncle, her dear noble-hearted friend; she
Geneial were alone in the salon where this
TEE TWO ISABELS;
OR, lOUl'ETISH SEVENTEEN.
r.Y MI'.S. S. C. HALL.
Oh l.ive, I ive, l ive, I ive! 1 ve U like s diziint.s,
It will uol let a pour man gu abut lii. business.
Old Soso.
Ant nrc those fi'.es (oiiig,
Ami i. my r.uil hrart growing
T'Ki coUl, or v..e, f"r woman's eyes
Agam tJ set it glowing! Moobe.
The General put on his spectacles, and
looked steadfeastiy at Isabel for at least two
minutes "Turn your head," he said, at
las'. "there, to the left."
Isabel Montford, although an acknowl
edged beauty, was as amiable as she was
admired ; she had also a keen appreciation
ol character ; and, though somewhat piqued,
was amused by the oddity of her aunt's old
lover. The General was an example of the
well preserved person and manners of the
past century ; beauty always recognizes
beauty as a distinguished relative; and Isa
bel turned her head, to render it as attractive
as it could be.
The General smiled, and after gazing for
another minule with evident pleasure, he
said "Do me the favor to keep that atti
tude, and walk across the room."
Isabel did so with much dignity ; she
certainly was exceedingly handsome ; her
step light, but firm ; her figure, admirably
poised ; her head, well ana graceiuny pla
ced ; her features, finely formed ; her eyes
and smile, bright and confiding. She would
have been more captivating had her dress
been less studied; her taste was evidently
Parisian rather than classic. The gentle
man muttered something, in which the
words, "charming," and "to be regretted,"
only met her ear, then he spoke distinctly:
"You solicited my candor, young lady
you challenged comparison between you
and your compeers, and the passing belles
whom I have seen. Now, be so kind as to
walk out of the room, re-enter, and court-
sev.
England, onlv hearing the music of I3eelh-
hnt'an gnrl 1 . - rt m.rl t,,i.l.l:-.'(ilin T I
was not aware that noise was substituted for """"ne first opened :
power, and that execution had banished ex
pression. Dear me! why Ihe piano is
vibrating at this moment ! Poor thing !
How long docs a piano last you, Miss Mont
foVd ?"
Isabel was losing her temper, when for-
experienced several symptoms of heart dis- I re.ted her snowy hand lovingly, implor
eiic, which though they made him restless ingly on his shoulder, and even murmured
and uncomf rta ,le, brought hopes and as- a hope that, her aunt's consent once gain
pirations ol life, rati er than of death. ed, it might not be impossible to have the
One morning, Isabel Montford and the two weddings on the same day,
The General mav have dreaded the ban
ter of sundry members of the "Senior Uni
ted Service Club," who had already jested
much at his devotion to the two Isabels;
he may have felt a generous desire to make
two young people happy, and his good
"Simply because of your superiority to sense doubtless suggested that sixty-five and
"Our difference has never been settled
vet," she exclaimed, gaily : "vou have ne
ver proved lo me the superiority of the old
school over the new."
fiinol..!., I.t.i- llll MIc-o tru.a ....rv.a
t'.iiuiui ii. i uuitiai in 1,1 ins ..it luiiii. l i . , i i
- .... ... r civar " miH In., vminir hill'
Ihe lnvpra nf thirtv venrs i J 2 .
both," he replied.
"I do not perceive the point of vour an-
" hat has
my superiority over both to do with the
question?"
I The General arose and shut the door.
to the rescue,
past, would nave mpt any where else as
strangers. The once rounded and queen
I'll-- l 111! I li.o nc I
iui ill v i ,iic i-iui i j..-iuwt-i n.i aiiui ii ,i ' . r-. .1 i i i- .
;, ii. . iii .. u i "Do vou think vou could listen to me sen
its grace and beauty ; of all her attributes, I , . ' ... , ..
r.fii i. i. ,.. j- -'... -..I.. ouslv lor five minutvs?" he said.
ui an iin uiiiaiiiuun, ui'iutj ifiujr iriiiaiu-i
i-u , aiivi ii ui lull, ii ill ii-ui ni, iiiiitiicr ui , it.ii l I '.I ' L '
iir ivj.in in. uaii.i iiiiiii in. .
nity which can never be acquired, and is
never forgotten. She had not lost the eight
of an inch of her height, and her grey hair
was braided in full folds over her fair but
wrinkled brow. Isabel Montford looked
so exactly what Isabel Vere had oeen, that
General Gordon was solely perplexed ; Is
abel Vere, if truth must be told, had laken
extra pains with her dress; her niece had
met the General the night before, and her
likeness to her aunt had so recalled the
past, that his promised visit to his old
sweetheart (as he still called her) had flut
tered and agitated her more than she
thought it possible an interview with any
man could do ; she quarrelled wjth her
beautiful gray hair, she cast off her black
velvet dress disdainfully, and put on a blue
Moire antique. She remembered how much
"Listening is always serious work," she
answered
she felt it was the hand of age ; the bones
and sinews pressed on her solt palm with
an earnest pressure. "
"Isabel Montford could you love an old
man ?"
She raised her eves to his, and wondered
at the light which had filled them :
"Yes." she answered, "I could love an
old man dearly ; I could confide to him the
clearest secret of my heart.
"And your heart, your heart itself?
Such things have been, sweet Isabel." His
hand was vety hard, but she did not with'
draw hers.
"No, not that, because because I have
i i . ci.- !. I..
not my ueari iu ir. our DiuKr lajmuj,
and with emotion. "I have it nol lo give,
nnd I have so longed to tell you my secret!
seventeen bear a strong afhmtv to January
and Mav; he certainly did himself honor
by adopting the interests of a brave young
officer as his own, and avoided the banter
ol "Ihe club," by pledging his thrice-told
vows to his "old love" the same bright
morning that his "new love" gave her
heart and hand to Henry Manderville
V OETltY.
lhir (Ha nt a i n nn. ihe General, mice ailmir. ! You have such influence wilh my aunt, you
ed blue.) She was not a coquette; even i have been so affectionate, to ike a lalher
gray hair at fifty-five does not cure coquet-I " mf. at you 'would only intercede
rv where it lin, existed in all its strength ; I with her for HIM and me, I know she Could
but for the sake of her dear niece, she wUh- dot refuse. I have often often thought of
ed to look as well as possible. She won- entreating this, and now it was so kind of
dered why she had so often refused "poor ' .Vu to ask, if I could love an old man.giv
f.nrdnn She linn hoen ll liee life (' inn 1 ing me an opportunity of showing that I
delicate a mind lo be a husband hunter, too do, by confiding in you, and asking your
well fiatislied with her nnsitinn In ralcn ate I intercession.
how it could be improved, and vet, she did i T"e ""ot"n became misty to the General's
not
in Ihe commencement of old age, however
verdant it might be, she would have been
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Had Isabel Montford been an uneduca
ted young lady, she might have flounced
out of the salon, in obedience to her dis
pleasure, which was very decided ; but as
it was, she drw herself to her full height,
and swept through the folding door. The
General took a very large pinch of snuff.
"That is so perfectly a copy of her poor
aunt !" he murmured ; "just so wouiu sne
pass onward, like a ruffled swan ; she went
after that exact fashion into the ante-room,
when she refused me, for the fourth time,
tnirty-five years ago."
The vounff Isabel re-enierea, ana curt
seyed. The gentleman seated htmsell,
leaned his clasped hands upon the Dead ot
his beautiful inlaid cane which he catried
rather for show than use and said, "Young
ladv. vou look a divinity ! Your tourneurt
is perfection, but your curtsey is frightful !
A dio. a bob. a bend, a snullle, a suue, a
canter neither dignified, gracef ul, nor self-
possessed ! A curtsey is in grace what an
adario is in music ; only masters of the art
ran execute either tne one or tne otner.
Whv. the beauty of the Duchess of D
vonshire could not have saved her reputa
tion as a graceful woman, if she bad dared
such a curtsey as that."
"I assure you, sir," remonstrated the of
fended Isabel, "that Madame Micneau
'What do I care for the woman !" e
claimed the General, indignantly. "Have
I not memory V
f it could be improved, and yet, she did j Tne oom became misty to the General's
: hesitate to confess to herself that now, ! and the rattle of a battle-field sound-
t i i. ii . i.i .
en in nis ears, ami oeat upon ins neart,
happier, of more consequence, of more val-
ue, as a married woman. She had too
much good sense, and good taste, to belong
to the class of discontented females, consist
ing of husbandless ana childless women,
who seek lo establish laws at war with the
laws of the Almighty ; so if her heart did
beat a little stiffly, and sundry passages
passed through her brain in connection
with her old adorer, and what the future
might be she may be forgiven, and will
be by those not strong-minded women who
understand enough of human nature to
know that, if yoing heads and old hearts
are sometimes found together, to are young
hearts and old heads. The young laugh to
scorn the idea of Cupid and a crutch, but
Lupid has strange vagaries, and at any mo
ment can barb his crutch with the point of
an arrow.
"The old people," as Isabel Montford ir
reverently called , ihem that evening, did
not get on well together; they were in a
great degree disappointed one with the
other. They stood up to dance the minuet
de la eour, and Isabel Vere languished and
swam as she had never done belore : but
the General only wondered how stiff she
had grown, and hoped that he was not as ill
used by time as Mistress Isabel Vere had
been. At first, Isabel Montford thought it
"good fun" to see the antiquities bowing
and curtseying, but she became interested
in the lingering courtliness of the little
scene, trembled lest her aunt should appear
ridiculous, tnd then wondered how the
"And prav, Miss Monlford," he said, af
ter a pause, who may him be !"
"Ah, you do nol know him! my aunt
forbade the continuance of our acquaint'
ance the day before I had the happiness to
meet you. It was most fortunate I wooed
you to call upon her, thinking " (she
looked up at his fine face, whose very wrin
kles were aristocratic, and smiled her most
bewitching smile) "thinking the presence
of the only man she ever loved would soil-
en her, and hoping that I should one day
be privileged to address you as my friend,
my uncle!" And she kissed his hand. Jt
really was hard to bear. "I have heard
her say,- persisted the young lady, "lhat
when prompted by evil counsel, she refused
WHEN I WA VOl N;, OR. WHAT THE OLD
WO. MAN SAID TO HER DAUGHTER.
Somebody, and a very clever 'somebody
too, has been writing fur 'The Olive-Branch
a piece ol poetry entitled, ' hen I was
Young, or w hat the old Woman said to her
Daughter.' Among the things in 'her day,
she mentions that
"The man that was a bankrupt called was
kind o shunned by men, ,
And hardly dared to shew his head among
his townsfolk i hen !
But noH'-a-days, when a merchant fails, they
say he makes a penny,
The wife don't have a (jown the less, and
hi daughters iunt as many ;
Hit sons they smoke their choice cigars, and
dunk iheir cosily wine,
And she cues lo the opera, and he has folks
lo iIiiih.
He walk the streets, he drives his gig, men
show him all rmliies.
And what in ni day we called debts, are
now his (ie -abillies,
Thev call the man unfortunate who ruins
half the oily,
In my day was hi.- creditors to whom we
gave the pity ;
But then, I tell my daneb'er
Folks don't do as they'd ought er,
They had not oucht-er do as they do:
Why don't they do as they'd ought-orl
"When I was young, crime was a crime, it
had no other name,
And when 'iwaa proved against a man, he
had to bear I lid blame ;
They called the man that stole, 'a thief,'
they UHMeii no tine teeiing ;
What folks call 'petty larceny,' iu my day
was called stealing ;
They did not make a reprobate the theme of
song and kiory,
As if the bloodier were his hands Ihe brighter
was his clory ;
And when a murder had been done, could
they the murderer find,
They hung him up as they would a crow, a
terror lo ms Kind.
But uow-a-day, it seems lo me, whenever
blood is snilt.
you, she loved you, and since your return I The murderer has our sympathy proportion
EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER.
A rich trial took place before F.squire
Dannettell a few days since. One Micky
O'Scranigan, the keeper of a second hand
store, was brought before him upon the ac
cusation of purchasing a lot of Molen iron,
knowing at the lime that it had been stolen.
Several attorneys (of that class who are al
ways lo be seen lounging around "magis
trate's" offices,) offered to attend to his case
for a very small fee. Michael indignatly
spumed their services. He said he had
practised at the bar, (an anti-temperance one
we guess,) in the "owld country," and being
conversant with the principles of law, he
would conduct his own case.
Hauling a quire of paper out of his pocket
and a huge lump of red chalk out of another,
he placed himself in a position lo take note
and then ordered the 'Squire to proceed.
All the witnesses for the State were examin
ed, each of whom Mike questioned in hit
own peculiar way, lo the great amusement
present. We would like to follow him
through his cross examinations, but space
forbids. The State being through with its
witnesses, tho following dialogue look place:
Michael Plae yer worhip, I've a wit
ness to prove Ihe bloody liars perjurer, an'
thin I'll be witness for mesel'.
Squire Vou can't be a witness for your
self, Mr. 0"Scranigan.
Michael Faith an' I can, Misther Lord
Mayor. The law rade (turning over his
blank paper) "no man shall take the advan
tage o' his wrongs." Put that in yer pipe
an' smoke it. I know tne taw. iov i n
call me witness. Misther McCormick !
(at the top of his voice,) Misther Mc
Cormick '.
McCormick (outside the bar,) here sir.
Michael Walk in, sir ; take of yer huh
and behave yeisel' like a gentleman, as ye
are.
The witness, a vety rough looking speci
men ot the natives ot tne "gem ot tne
as," walked inside the bar, threw bis rug
ged cap upon a desk, anil laised hi hand
for the administration of the oath, lust as
natural ns if he was used to it. Having
been duly sworn, he was questioned as fol
lows :
Michael Misther McCormick, answer
ne question. How long have ye known
ine i
McCormick Before ye were born, sir.
Michael Whin did ye know me first?
McCormick 1 knowed your father first,
sir.
Michael Can ye tell me age, Misther
McCormick 1
McCormick Fail' an' I can to a minute,
sir.
Michael How owld am I, Misther Mc
Cormick 1
McCormick The same ages as Paddy
O'Genegee he was born o' a Sunday, and
yersel' on the next Friday morniii' aflher
daik.
McCormick---How owld is Paddy, my
boy 1
McCormick Owld enough sir, he's dead
rest his soul in pace.
Michael When did ye first see mesel'
Misther McCormick ?
McCormick--! sees ye now, Kir.
Michael O, Ihe devil, don't you sees me
eveiy day, sir 1
McCormick Yes sir, that is I sees yer
ow ld lady, and she's a bether man lhan ye
dare be.
Michael Be careful. Misther McCor
mick ; remember yere oalhs, sir. Are ye a
judge of this article, sir ? (holding up a lot
of old iron.)
McCormick Fail' an' I be sir.
Michael Ye're right, sir Did yees iver
see these scrap o' iron afore ;
McCormick i e, nr.
Michael-Where did ye see Ihem, Mistbei
McCormick t
McCormick Where they now lies, sir-
on the floor by your futs.
Michael Whin, sir .'
McCormick As me mim'iy serves me,
bout two minutes since, sir.
Michael Misther McCormick, ye're an
ass :
McCormick So be ye, sir.
Here the magistrate interposed lo prevent
an open quarrel between the witness and his
friend Michael took about five minutes to
cool down, and then addressed the court on
his own behalf. He contended that accord
ing to the rules of evidence, he had proved
all ihe other witnesses perjurers, through the
testimony of McCoimick, and therefore Ihe
magistrate should discharge him and hold
the witness over to c urt.
since, and asked for something to appeas
his hunger.
The keeper gave him a very pood din.
ner, after which the youth said lo bi
friend.
'If you come up our way, call.'
"That won't pay. Tour dinner is a
quarter.
'Oh, I hain't got no money ; but if you
come up to Allegheny county, I'll giie you a
better dinner for nothing."
Why' said the keeper, "you are very
cool."
'Why, yes, I'm a very cool chap so much
so, that mother always makes me stand in
the pantry in warm weather to keep tU
meat fiom spoiling.'
A man named Keaz'e bired a fellow who
had a knack al poetry making, to write hi
epitaph. He was to give the poet a dinner
and supper for the job. After the first meal
lie sat down and began thus :
"There was a man who il itnV of fcite.
Far whom Ihe angels did impatient wait,
With outstretched arms nnd wines of love.
To waft him to the realms above."
Keazle was much pleased with this, and1
beaded the writer to go on but he declined
finishing the epitaph until he had the sup
per. That finished he put on his coat, audi
then wound up these woids :
"lint while they disputed for the prize
Still hovering round the lower skies,
In slipped the devil like a weazle.
Anil down to , he kicked old Keazle "
After which he took to his heels, and oil
Keazle after him with a horsewhip.
A pkrsok writing from San FrancWco to
the Newport News, gives the following in
cident :
'Two common-looking persons entered
the hotel this morning, just fiom the mines
a man and hi wife. The male individual
looked, for all the world, like a day-laborer,
and the female bore a close resemblance to.
an Irish scullion. She wore coarse vulgar
biogans, and lo her giidle was attached a
gold watch and chain valued at least two
hunt! ed dollars. The husband left the hotel
for half un hour, and returned with a receipt
lor one hundred niid fifteen thousand dollars,
the value of the dust which he had just con
signed for transportation to New York. This
sum has been gained by (tigging ; the husr
band dug while the wife washed, assisted.
by her little son, aged about 10 years.
Is ihe British Register of Ddath, for lhe
month of March, the following remarkabla
case is mentioned : A lunatic hair-dresser
died at Peckham Asylum of perilonitis, pro
duced by his having swallowed Ihe hankie
of a tablespoon. On a postmortem e.xarnina-
lion, "llnrty-two handles of table-spoons,
about a dozen of nail, two or three stones,
and a bullnn, were found iu the stomach nf
the deceased.
The Muscatine (Iowa) Journal tells of a
couple of romantic looking females, who
where, wilh their husband, destined for Ore
gon. They were dressed in the Bloomer
slyle, or rather in the Far West Bloomei
style. This dress consists of a pair of pants
made of cassinet, and loose sack coat, "all
buttoned down before," with a standing col
lar, a pair nf boots, gloves and a Kossslh, tat
wilh a fox's tail stuck in it.
she only lives in vour presence." The
General wondered if this was true, and
thought he would not give the young beau
ty a triumph. He was recovering his self-
possession, "I remembered your admiration
of passinr beJUs, and felt how kindly you
tolerated me for my auntS sake; and
surely you will aid me in a matter upon
ed in his guilt ;
And w hen ihe law has ptoved a man to be a
second Cain,
A dozen jurois can be found to bring him in
And then petitions will be signed, and tens
ol scripture iwisted,
And parsons will grow eloquent, and ladies
interested
which my happiness, and the happiness of Until the man who's proved to be as blood
I h fit nnn riant f u I Iaw tnunrta t ct,.k.ni tnnty US MHO,
her beautiful eve. on the trround. Wi" tt"Ik !,b,0H.J ,ike olh" mn-only a
"And who is the poor dear fellow!" in
quired the General, in a singularly husky
voice.
"Henry Manderville," half-whispered
Isabel "Oh, is it not a beautiful name
The initials on those lovely handkerchiefs
greater hern !
But then I tell my daushier
Folks don't do a they'd oucht-er
They had not ouuht-er do as they do,
Why don't they do as they'd oughl-er I"
B charitable, religion has humanity for
ou gsv ms will still do ; I shall still ba a basis, and they who are not chsritabl
M."
I cannot be Christians.
Great Tci.kgraphic Invention. Prof.
J. Milton Sanders, of Cincinnati, writes to
the editor of the Evansville Journal, that
Mr- David Baldwin, of New Yoik, who is at
present in that city, ha quite perfected a
telegraph which he a)s will revolutionize
the system entirely. By it news caa ba
tiansmitted on one wire opposite ways at
tho same time, and as, rapidly as a peisou,
can talk.
Mike said he hadn't time, or he would
prove by the highest legal authorities of
Great Britain, (and iheir opinion, he slily in.
titnated, are held by our com is as of greater
force than the laws of the land.) he would
piove by the highest Biitieh authorities, that
if the magistrate committed him, he (the
magistrate) would lay himself liable to a
prosecution for burglaiy. His eloquence en
tirely failed, however, for Ihe 'Squire with
out any lemark whatever, informed Mike
that he must give bonds in $300, or go lo
jail. Ha was committed. So much lor re
fusing lo employ a lawyer.
Raising Pouirav. A person in Burling
ton o., N. J., from the 1st of November
last lo the 1st of April, colleoled 811,181
pounds, costing 28,J30, and ihe whole was
sent lo the New Yoik market. Tbe whol,
of this poultry was collected within an ex
tent of twslte miles square.
The value of the diy goods imported at
New Yoik, since the 1st of last January, is
nearly four millions of dollars less than it
was during the corresponding pait of U&l
year.
It costs ihe people of the United States
fifteen millions of dollars a year for newspa
pers and other periodicals -the army andj
navy cost twice us much. Which is tho
belter investment 1
"Aint it wicked to rob dis chickea ioostt
Dick !"
' Dai's a great moral question, Gurabo, we
haiut time to argue it now ; hand dowr
another pullet."
Mr Brown, I owe you a grudge, remember
that.
"I shall not be frightened then, for t
never knew you to pay anything that yoi
owed."
It is reported that an EnglUh frigate has
lately visited one of Ihe Japanese Island,
and every attention and kindness bad ba
shown lo the captain and crew.
No reflecting man can fail lo see that vis-
- e n . J ...I ....
its in a year ol a careiuiiy cnuuucieu -paper,
must eiierl a ureal and blessed influ
ence upon domestic life and happiness.
Mr. Clat continue to linger along, we
learn, without any improvement, gradually
growing weaker. It is yel doublfnl whuber
be will ever be able lo leave Washington.
CoMn.iMENTAaT.-The Bostc Mail says
I hat a number of nursng outasgs csa bs
seen pasting along Wahingloa street, every
pleasant day.
If yon grant for forgat it ; if yw t.
tcsire ens rerrrssaibei it.
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