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liefer tot
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April 10,'l852. ly.
HENRY D0NNEL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office opposite the Court House,
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pa,
Prompt ullenlion to business in adjoining
Counties.
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M Mil !CY, PA.
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Judee Reads edition of Blackstones Commcn.
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nd now offered (in fresh binding) at the low
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specting the estates of Decedents, by 1 nomas F.
Gordon, price only $4,00.
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which will be sold low, either for cash, or coun
try produce.
February, SI, 1858. tt.
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Importers or & Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C.
No. 59 Market St., I door below 2d St,
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Whera they alwaya een on hand a large stoat of
every variety of Hardware, Cutlery, &c
Win. Dilworth, Henry D. Landis,
Samuel Branson, James M. V ance.
October 10, 185?. ly.
' WAIT TED.
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..r.inat firs on real or personal pro-
perty, or renewing policies for the same.
Wunburv, April 8, 1851. tf.
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excellent pumps have beea received and
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Sorbin e, N . 1 .--
SELECT POETRY.
JOHN TUELL'S SHIRT.
ADOVfK-EAST BALLAD.
ar mrs b. r. FosTta.
Tim Dicksnn was a Yankee lad,
Farming hi occupation,
The. lawn tif C toper, doffri in Maine,
His birth place and location.
A quiet, simple place it was,
Whtise cood folks said their prayers,
Anil thought they had enough to do,
To mind their own affairs.
A newspaper they seldom saw,
Anil they hail no desire
For locomotion without legs.
Or messages on wire.
In foreign men and foreign things
They lonk but small diversion,
And deep ns their religious faith.
For F.nglaml their aversion.
But Tim, he loved the marvelous,
Phreniiloisls had said
Theoiean wonder was, no doubt,
The largest in his head.
One day it chanced, that Tim unto
Macliias town dj.l come,
To sell potatoes, and In fetch
Some groceiies -'to hum."
And there arrived, he lounged about,
And paped in every shop,
Considering what he'd like to buy
And what tie had to swop.
Al last he met a stranger lad,
Who had a tlog to sell ;
A curious little cur it was,
And Tim to wondering fell.
The like he'd never seen before,
Ami ne'er niiahi see annin,
Fur 'twas an E lyli.-li hound, the first
That e'er set foul in Maine.
Much he admired the glossy skin,
The limbs all atrcnht ami giace;
The pendants ears, thai soilness gavo
To lhat sagacious face.
But more, I wepn, had he admired,
Could he have seen I lie hound
Spring fori h o'er England's dewy fielJs
To hail the bugle sound.
With tails erect, and nostiils spread,
They cleave the morning air ;
And leail the joyous huntsman forth
To chase the slag and hare.
Then, 'tis a gallant sight to see
The yeomanry riiUt by,
Viih scarlet coals and breeches while,
On steeds of mettle high.
To see far olTthe pack of hounds,
U ef lulls and vales Ihey gn,
While still the winds bring back their cry
1 heir merry "yo-e-o !"
Of this Tim Dickson nothing knew,
But well he liked the beast,
And much he longed to show the folks
An English hound, down East ;
And b"ing somewhat flush of cash,
"I II buy that doSi he said ;
The l id was poor, so glad to sell
His lavonte lor bread.
The bargain made, his errands done,
boon 1 im began to log,
But it was lute eie he ai rived
At Cooper with his dug.
He found the door all fastened up,
the gnoil loiks cone to Dei;.
And he had no alternative
But sleeping in a shed.
But with an English cur lie down
lie would on no pretence,
So took him in a neighbor's yard
And tied him to trie lence.
Then wpary with his journey, Tim
Spread sliaw upon the rrroumi,
And soon was wrapped in slumber deep;
Not so, the captive hound
In lhat stranse place without a bed
He likpd not sleeping so,
He scratched and whined, and then broke out
With his long loud "yo-e-o!"
There was a window just above
The yard where lie was tied,
And in that room John Tnell lay
His cent le spouse beside.
Now, Mrs Tnell was a dame
Of puritanic breed,
A staunch and stem disciple she
Of Calviu s fiery creed.
Al meeting twice a week, in prayer
Would she so stroncly wrestle,
That all the wnmlerins neighbors thought
She was a chosen vessel.
Bui old John Tnell, he was said
To be a hardened man,
Who in preceive his fallen state
Had never yet began.
His dame had often preached to him
That roan was w holly evil,
And tried to stir his conscience np,
And scare him with Ihe Uevil.
Bm John would only smoke his pipe
Or ilrop into a iloze,
Or sav, "Wall ne.ow, I rather guess
You'll belter tix my hose'."
This night, dame Tnell in her sleep
ijrew conscious oi some son ml,
Bui thinking il must be dream,
she only turned her round.
Till loud and long, the yo-e-o,
Came ringing in her ear ;
Sli started, woke, and plunged beneath
The bed-clothes in despair.
On howled the hound, his voice grew as
He exercised it more ;
Such hideous cries had ne'er been teard
In Cooper town before.
This dame as 'nrath Ihe clothes she bid,
nan penmen uy inani,
the Thought lhat Ihe world was at an end,
Arm llla me unai uigni
I
An hour or mora she trembling lav,
And scarce hei breath could take,
Mi" lu! not dare io spean or move,
lb slumbering Jonn lo wane
are At last Ihe morning dawned, and she
A little Rourage look,
I And wilh a weak and trembling hani
1 Her s'eepj .pr)l; she sh'wtr.
"Get up, for God's sake! John, Jcl up!
All fleh awnits its doom,
1 hear Ihe trumpet loud proclaim
The day of judgment's come !
Hark, hark! how near t hr awful peal
That calls us all finm hence,
I'm sure Ihe Angel of the Lord.
Has parched upon Ihe fence !
Ah! John, it is yotii hardened slate,
Thai makes him come so near,
Get up, eel up and dress yourself,
I'm almost dead with feat."
Bui John he only turned him o'er
And grunted ; he would fain
Have shut his ears to all she said
And gone to sleep again.
But Mrs. Tuell kicked and shook,
And gave such earnest cries,
Of "man et up! the Judueinem' come !"
That he just oped his eyes,
And murmured, '-Wall, if Judgment day
It is, as yon nsserl.
Just lei tne be, I ean'l show forth,
You know I've no clean shin!"
'But hear," she cried, "that solemn sound,
To linaer now's no use,
You're like the wedding trnests who all
Began to make excuse !"
Sn nut of bed wilh pinnae and push
She thrust her dmwsy half,
Who stapeeriris lo the w indow, bust
Into u loud horse laugh,
"Why, Berk !" he cried, "you often lake
Your himband for a lina,
But now ynu hear an Angel in
A nation ugly dog !"
This slorv soon gnot wind, and when
Dime Tuell walked abroad.
Folks often asked, "when sho'J heard
The angel of the Lord I"
Nor held she forth ncain in prayer,
But would some urchin perl
Hinl. ''Judaetnenl-day was coming, and
She'd belter wash John's shiit !"
Nnr, if Dame Tiicll's piety
Mad really been sincere,
can't tell whv the Jndcment-Hay
II. id caused her so much fear.
But this I learn, she afterwards
Left olher.s' souls alone,
And stayed nt home to spin and cook,
And gel her washing done.
And farther still, thai honest John,
When in his home beenn
Such pleasant change, in gratitude
Turned quite a pious man.
A happy couple they, and could
Their after life be seen,
I doubt not they'd bit ever found
With shirt and conscience clean.
1 j&miuocouB Sfcrtrfi.
Fiom tlie Cincinnuti Times.
T1IC ttIU. OF PETTICOATS.
'Timothy Brown, stand up,' said his Hon
or the Mayor, while trying the watch
house rases this morning, to a slim nervous
looking creature, in the prisoner's dock.
Timothy stood tip, but instead of casting
his eyes towards the Mayor, he kept them
fixed upon a short and somewhat corpulent
lady, with a highly figured shawl thrown
over her rat her broad shoulders, and a bonnet
covered with flowers upon her herd, who
sat on the opposite side of the court room.
At the time Mr. Brown's name was called,
she was engaged in packing sundry little ar
ticles in a highly ornamented reticule. As
he raised his body, however, she raised her
head, and their eyes met. A kick from a
horse could not have shocked Timothy more
severely, for he certainly would have fal
len, had not his hands nervously grasped the
railings nf the dock.
'Mr. Brown,' said the Mayor, you are
charged with abusinz your wife.'
Yes that's the charge,' replied the lady
we have mentioned, rising and making a
curtesy, 'for may it please your Honor, I
am his belter half!'
'Has he been abusing you, madam !'
'I I I never-did, stammered Brown,
a. she
'Mr. Drown 'cried Mrs.fi.. stamninsr her
foot upon the floor, which annarenllv chil
led the heart of her husband, 'Mr. Brown,
will you hold your peace while I am speak
ing. Remember, sir, that we are not now
alone in our dotnicil, where peace once
reigned supreme, but which, alas! is now
under the protection of the law,and justice,
with her blinded eves and unerrina sword.
snan necine tne nuierence between us.'
tlll-l.l fm .
Marv, for Heaven's sake, don't
Mr. Brown, hold thy peace ; you are a
prisoner ; prisoners are not allowed to
speak,'
You, said Ihe Mayor, charz vonr hu
band with abusing yon did he strike von?'
.o sir mat ne wire not no. Strike me?
Let him ever attempt that , if he wishes the
broom-handle broken over his head.'
In what manner, then did he abuse vou t
I must know this before I can further pro
ceed with the rase.'
Please your Honor,' tremulously said B.
I can tell vou all
Mister Brown, will you be silent!' in
terrupted Mrs. Brown; with ano'herstamp
or her I.Kit, Which etiectuaiiy stopped Ihe
tongue ol her husband. Then turning to
the Mayor she satd That man, sir, was
once the idol of my heart, I believe that h
loved me at that time, but heaven knows,
sir, I have found my mistake. He is a tai
lor by trade, sir a journeyman tailor as
good a tailor as ever stitched a pair of
pants, but it profits me nothing now. What
is a husband, your Honor, without affection
which is the admiration of our sex the
acme of pur heart's enjoyment V
Mary ! Mary ! I do love you,' cried Mr,
Brown.
You once did, Timothy, you once did
but vou do not now. my heart is shroud
ed in darkness, Timothy black, dismal
darkness.'
Will you please tell me, madam. In
what manner your husband assaulted youP
I inquired the Mver, jriMfiny tmrsinr.
'Oh, pardon me, sir, replied Mrs. Drown,
!ut my troubles so distract my mind, that
I know not what I say. Timothy, you
will one day repent all (his.' Here Mis.
Brown rested her forehead upon her hand
for a minute, as it in deep study, and then
addressed the Mayor an follows :
'I will tell you all, though shame parch
my lip. I have told you we were once
happy, but a change in his habits has ruined
otir peace. For your better understanding,
allow me to say, that woman naturally
yearns to disseminate good among the chil
dren of Eve. Her heart, naturally more
refined than man', seeks to penetrate Ihe
recesses ot darkness, and shed righteous
light upon poor humanity. I am a woman,
and have ihe feelings of a woman, and
therefore seek to aid with my feeble pow
ers, the various reforms which now agitate
the world. I have attached myself to a
sewing society (or the relief of distressed
emigrant, the members of which meet .
To talk about other people's business,'
slily whispered Brown.
At Mrs. Smith's every Tuesday evening,
and I am bound to attend it. And I am
also a member of the Ladies' Society for
the Diffusion'
Of domestic discord,' again whispered
Brown.
'Of Internal Knowledge, which meets
every Wednesday evening. Being a mem
ber of the Female Improvement Associa
tion, I necessarily attend its sittings every
Thursday evening, to
'Learn nonsense and the devil's mischief,
soflly whispered Brown.
See that the important interests of the
Association are not neglected. My Friday
evenings are spent at Squire Hill's, making
'Mischief among neighbor,' said Brown.
'Clothing for the suffering heathen. Ev
ery Satuaday evening, the Married Wo
men's Debating S.ictety meets, and being
Monilress, it demands my attention above'-
Your domestic duties,' happily whisper
ed Timothy.
Every thing else. Sunday is the day of
rest for us all.'
Except me,' said Brown bravely.
For relaxation, I attend every Monday
evening, the Rev. Mr. Longbreath's popu
lar Lectures on popular ideas.'
'Does your husband attend you to all
these places, madam 1' inquired the Mayor.
'Bless you! no, thereby lays my com
plaint. Formerly he objected not to my
doing good; but lately he seems disposed
to forbid me all these privileges. Last eve
ning, when I put on my bonnet, prepara
tory to accompanying my particular ir enn,
Mr. Adams, to the lecture, he threw down !
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the baby, (and Brown began to tremble
, i , i . ,,
asrain,) and declared open y that lie would
neither nurse the brat or clear up the sup
e l ie brat or c ear tin the sun-1
per dishes. My feelings were so shocketl
that I nearly fjinled; (or in sis years ol
married life, Mr. Brown never before refu
sed to perform his share of our domestic
duties.'
What did he do after that! coolly asked
the IWavor.
'Nothing, sir, but obstinately refuse to
o il is tuny, liter persuaning mm in vain,
-I - I . Al. .J" I ' .
After persuading him in vain
called in the olhcers ol the law and had
him arrested. I intended to show him that
law and justice will sustain me.
'You are mistaken, madam, lie has not
offended the law, however much he may
have offended you. I discharge him.'
Discharge him! Heavens! is there no
remedy for our sex ! and will even the law
insult us when we ask for redress! Uh '.
woman ; wolul, indeed, is the condition of
society !"
She looked the Mayor in the eyes tor a
few moments, as if expecting response, but
getting none, turned to her husbanrJ. She
gave him a glance which almost melted
him in his seat ; and then harshly stamp
ing her little foot, she said to him:
Timothy, begone! I'll seek redress
among those who deal out justice.'
Mr. Brown oheyeo, hut with a trembling
step. His wife followed nun, amid the
laughter of all who had witnessed tne ncn
scene.
Fr-m the Cleveland Plain Denier
"WOMAN'S CHARMS.
BY J. C. MILLER.
The angel's smile on woman's cheek,
1 he love-light in her v ve
When these, their proper language speak,
We answer with a sigh.
When anger flushes in her cheek,
And lightens in her eye,
We tduh to think thai Woman's charms
Should ever wake u sigh
As April clouds, when swiftly borne
tselore the driving blast,
A beauty marring shadow o'er
1 he smiling landscape carl.
5n Anger, woman' loveliness
Willi Trow us, can sadly mar,
And quench eternally Ihe light
Ul Love's sweet. morning star.
A Co a respondent of the London Atlas,
pretending lo be well informed, gives a dash
ing sort of a story respecting a cerlain Span.
isb beauty, named Mdle. de Monligo, who is
said lo be all-powerful just now in Ihe Iinpe
nal Court. Mademoiselle fancies her mission
it to be Empress of Fiance, and Iheie are
some who think her chances not altogether
hopeless. In connection with this piece, of
gossip, there it another, that Louis Napoleon
long ago said, and swore, that if ever he be
came emperor, bis own illegitimate children,
of whom he has several, should be legalized,
aud made hit heirs. So the story runs.
The scarcity of Silver or small change is
so severely felt in Boston, that petitions to
Congress to supply the deficiency, bave been
put in circulation by al) Ihe banks and Ira
ders of lhat eily. Tbia is a universal incon
venience, for wbicb a remedy would very
j'srtly V bailed hy a'l rjirrrii"'!!.
HOW TO PLAY THE PIARO.
The other evening, we were at a party of
a friend of ours, and among Ihe lot was a
gay miss who had just returned from boarding-school,
when after many solicitations
and apologies, she seated herself at Ihe piano,
rocked lo the right, then to the left, leaned
forward, then backwaid, and began. She
placed her right hand about midway on the
keys, and her left about two octaves
below them. She now put otT ihe right to a
brisk canter upon the treble notes, and her
left after it; the left then led the way back,
and the right puisued it in like manner.
The right turned and repeated its movement,
but the left outrun it this lime, hopped over
il, and flung it entirely off the track ; it came
in again, howevei, behind the left, on its re
turn, and passed it in the same style. They
now became hiuly incensed al each other,
and met furiously on Ihe middle ground.
Here a most awful conflict ensued for a short
space, w hen the light whipped oiTall of a
sudden, as we though', fa i i ly vanquished,
but we weie in error, it had only "fallen
back to a stronger position." Il had mourned
upon two .back ke)s, and commenced the
note of a rattlesnake; this hid a wonder
ful effect upon Ihe left, and placed the doc
trine of snake-charming bejond dispute.
The left rushed toward it repeatedly, but
seemed invariably panic sliuck when it
came within six kets of it, and as invari
able retired with a tremendous roar down
Ihe bass keys; continued its assaults, some
times by a scigzag movement, but all ils at
tempts to dilotlge the right from itsstinng
hold proved ineffectual, it came close up to
its adversary and expired. Any one, or rath
er no one, can imagine w hat noises the piano
made during the conflict; ceitain it is thai
no one can describe them, und, therefore,
we shall not attempt il. The bat'.le ended ;
Miss Jane moved as though she would have
risen, but this was protested against by a
number of voices, al once. 'One song,
my dear Jane," said Mrs. Small; "you
must sing that sweet little French air you
used lo sing, and which Madame Piggi
sqneuki is so fond of." Miss Jane accord
ingly squat ed herself for a song; she brought
her hands into a eapus this lime in fine style,
and I hey seemed to bo perfectly reconeon
ciled to each other ; then commenced a kind
of colloquy, the right whispering treble very
sofily, and Ihe left responding bass very
! loitiltv Thrt rAiir.rnnf.il lin.l liaoti LaH n n
umi, we bgan t0 deijre a ch he
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subject, when our ears caught, indistinctly)
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some very curious sounds which appeared lo
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and a hiccough, and it appeared lo us ns in
terpreters between ihe right and left. Things
had progressed in this way for about fifteen
si'conds, when Miss Jane made a fly-catching
grab at half a dozen keys in a row, and
the same instant she fetched a long squall,
lit the ranrliisifin nf wliit-h abrt arRnnlil nt
! f . . . .
not recovered until Miss Jane repealed the
movement, accompanying it with the squeal
of a pinched cat. This threw us into an
ague fit, but from respect to Ihe performer
e maintained our position. She now made
a third grasp with her right, and at the same
time raised one of the most unearthly howls
that ever issued from the throat of any hu
man being. This seemed I be signal for
universal uproar and destruction; she now
threw away all reserve, and charged the pi
ano wilh her whole force. Her neck-veins
swelled, her bosom heaved ; she screamed,
bhe yelled, and was in the act of dwelling
upon the note of a screech-owl, when we
took the St. Vitus' dance, and nn-hed nut of
the room. "Goodness!" said a bystander,
"if this be her singing, what must be her cry,
ing 1',
Advantages or Printino. air. u , a
well known meliopolitan printer, once told
ns lhat on one occasion an old woman from
the country came into his piinting office iih
an old bible in her hand. "I waul," said
she, "that you should piint it over ng'in II
is getiiu' a leetle bluried, sort of, and my
eyes isn't wot they wos. How much do yc-j
ax 1" "Fifty cents." Can you have il done
in half an hour! wish you would; want lo
be getiiu' home: live good way out of
teown." "Certainly." When the old lady
went out, he sent round lo ihe office of ihe
American Bible Society, and purchased a co
py for fifty cents "Lor sake a-masy !"
exclaimed the old lady, when she came to
look at it. ' how good you've fixei! it ! il's
e'eu-e-'most as good as new '. I never see
nothiu' to curious as what print in is!"
A Jois A well known physician, in a
cerlain town, is very much annoyed by an
old lady, who is alwaya sure to accost him
in tho street for ihe purpose of telling over
her ailments. Once she met him in Broad
way, a he was in a very great hurry. Ah !
I tee you are quite feeble, said Ihe doctor ;
"shut your eyes and show me your tongue."
She obeyed, and the doctor, quietly moving
off, left her standing there for some lime in
ihit ridiculous position, to the infinite
amusement of all who witnessed tbe funny
scene.
New Cube roa Fever and Aoce. The
Hunisvilla (Texas) hem, nays : "Take a
raw egg, break it in a tumbler, cover with
vinegar, and dtink altogether an hour or
two before the chill's time of calling. Mr.
D. says he hat teen it tried for years ar.d
never yet taw a failure. It may teem a
bard dose, but it not half to bad aa tbat viL
Wjs Frencb tvnMfi, 'rylntr-e."
Lou NAPuLeova makria'ie, hi mi
Tiii:s.s.i:s, eve.
A letter dated Paris, Dec. 13ih, lo the N.
I . & press, s.iya :
You of course are awnre, that if Louis Na
poleon marries, it is wilh solely political ob
jects. He wants a wife that sha may be a
mother. The marriage of an Emperor can
be nothing but a Slate affair. It is natural,
therefore, that ihe retainers of the enurt,
h're, Ihe aides-de-camp, Ihe whole hous'
hold in facl, should allow themselves to talk
and jest very freely upon the subject, and to
speBk of the Princess Wasa in a tone any
thing bul respect fill. I have heard of sun
dry epigrams nl her expense, hich are po?.
ilively brutal. Information of this has
reached the lady concerned. But this not
all. A French doctor has been sent to Vien
na charged with the vory delicate mission
of discovering w hether she would breed I
Of course, he was lo keep perfectly dark
upon the nature of his errand. He penetra
ted into the intimacy of the lady, scanned
her proportions, measured her length and
and breadth with his eyes, made up his
mind, aud finally reported against her. Ho
gave in a verdict of "Tendency lo consump
tion, and general weakness in the. chest and
lungs" This nlso enme to Ihe ears ol Lady
Caroline, and her indignation and offended
delic?cy were very warmly expressed.
Thus far, there is no doubt of tho veracity
of Ihe story. All this has positively ocenr
led. The conclusion of Ihe matter is said
lo be a refusal to proceed on the part of
Louis Napoleon, and a rupture on the part of
the Princess, also. Add to this that she has
been of lato rather frciglitencd nt lh ac
counts of Iho licentiousness of her bride
groom she herself is very straight laced
of the immorality of his couit, and the gen
eral Inxily of morals that pervades the
French capital The match is said to be
certainly broken off, and our Benedict is
thought to be looking towards the sister of
the King of Naples. Ho hankers after King
Rumba for a brother-in-law. In the mean
time he is paying desperate court to a little
Spanish Countess, who wilh tho usual Cav
tilliun type of feature and complexion, pos
sesses very blue eyes aud fair hair. The
French go crazy afler such combinations,
and Louis Napoleon is French by his mo
ther's side. The Spanish lady is a glorious
horsewoman, and was in at ihe death of tbe
wild boai, a month ago, al Fontaineblenu.
She is to make one of the party ut Cunpie
que 1 his week. But she has already signi
fied lo his mnjesty that he cannot have her
without marrying her. Ten millions even
would not do. 1 am afiai.l the reprobate
will have to do wiihout the Setiora.
Whether Mrs. Howard is influential in
preventing the Emperor's marriage, I can
not say. 1 only know that she remaiked
yestenlay that Ihe Princess W'asa at least,
would nut be his w ife. Il is not long since
the American papers exiled Mis. H., ami
later still an English correspondent narrated
that she had been conveyed across the fron
tier, and that all the French representatives
in foreign countries had been instructed to
deliver her no passports fur France. And
yet she was living then, as she is still now,
in her simple yet comfortable house, in the
Rue du Cirque. She is probably the only
woman to whom Louis Napoleon was ever
attached, and he is so stil'. They both be
stow constant attention upon Ihe education
of their children, and she spends a large
portion of her money in acts of benevo
lence. .Sue is as well known in the Hotel
Dieu as ever the Little Blue Cloak was, and
I utideistaud that Louis Napoleon's largeness
to the poor are made nt her persuasion.
Her argument to him is that it will render
him popular, but her ow n motive is that it
w ill du a great deal uf good. No tine doubts
lhat his purpose, in giving alms, is inter
ested, jut alter all, it lieu Is the sick and re
lieves ihe pour quiie us much as if dictated
by the purest sell-fuigetfuluess.
I wrote sume six months since of certain
papers, m Ihe possession ol Jerome Bona
parte, proving iiicoutebtably, lire illegitima
cy of Louis Napoleon, mid his Dutch p.itcr-
nity. You know already what the corrobo
rative aud comiiigetil evidence is, that llut
lense had a lover before she was mariied,
and by him a sou, the present Count de
Monty ; thai .he had the famous Dutch ad
iniial tor a lovei, afte: she was marriedi
and lhat Louis Bonupartd and she lived
apait for a long period. Add to this the
well known Netheilandioh physiognomy.
The papers in question, constituting the tli
reel evidence, I iiudeisiand lo conrist in lot,
ters from Uorlense herself, in which repeal
ed allusions aie made to her "surreptitious"
son. Jerome is playing his cards well, aud
will make the Emperor dance to any tune
he lik'.e II seems positive thai he threat
ened him the other day, and he was iinpru
dent enough to boast of having tumio him
turn pale. I am astonished lo find how ma
ny people have learned of the existence of
Ihe Queen's letters. Every one knew if the
doubts thrown upon the birth of his Majes
ty, but few weie aware upon what eviden
cesces, if any, they rested.
Ravages or Rats The San Antonio
(Texas) Ledger says that Ihe ferrymen al
the Seguin cinssiug on the Guadalupe river,
in one day, killed over thirteen hundred rats,
and adds: These undermining creatures,
bavin; aggregated in an immense body, aro
travelling westward. Indiscriminately ley
attack everything of a vegetable nature in
their loule. Many Iheoriee are suggested
(or their emigration- ,v" bae hcat1 cf bo
p'si'lVe cne. . ..-...-..
lir.lOMIHQ A MEDIUM.
The 'i filiating spiritual rapping is with
out a doul t taining slionglh ami ng us, and
some very ludtotous incidents often grow out
of il at tunes, as weil ns more sericm and
deplorable ones.
A few nights sine, within this week, a
young mule friend of ours, v h i from a aneer-
in sceplic had b-eo ne a elovoot believer, re
tired to rest, ofier having his nervous system
partially destroyed by ihe information,
through the r pit it of his grandfather, lhat hu
would very shortly become u powerful me
d.tim. Hu was in his first comfortable
snooze when a clickling noio in tbe direc.
lion nf the door awoke him. He listened In
tently; th noiso was sriil going on very
like the raps of the spiiits on the table, in
deed. "Who is there!"
Thero was no answer, und the queer noise
s'opped.
"Anybody there V
No answer.
"Il must have been a spirit," he said to
himself. 1 must be a medium. I'll try.
(Aloud.) If there is a spirit in the room it
will signify by aayirg 'aye' no, that's not
what I mean. If there is a spi.il in the loom,
will it please lo rap three limes ?''
Three different raps were given in Ihe di
rection of the bureau.
"Is it the spirit of my sister!"
No answer.
'Is it the spirit of tny mother !'
Three laps.
"Are you happy!"
Nine raps.
"Do you want for anything!"
A succession of very loud raps.
"Will you givo tne a communication if 1
gel up!"
No ansiver.
' Shall I hear from you to-morrow !"
Raps very loud aain, this lime in the di
rection of the door.
"Shall I ever see yon !"
The raps then came fiom the outside of
the door. He waited long for an answer lo
his last question, but none came. The spirit
had gone, and after thinking on the extraor
dinary visit, he lurried over ar.d fell asleep-
On getting up in the morning, he found
that the spirit of his mother had carried off
his watch and purse, his pants dow n stairs
into the hail, aud his great coat off altoge
ther. An ingemocs triek'has been twice prac
ticed upon the farnoi;s ami fashionable house
of tho Stewarts, in New York, About ft
year since, a well dressed lady called in and
elected a shawl, the pi Joe of which was
S"C0. She handed on! a thousand dollar
bill, which the clerk questioned. She look
it back, and appeared to be indignant, when
on reflection she handed over another and
genuine bill on the same bank, and request,
ed that it be taken to a bank. This was
done, and ihe bill pronounced lo be genuine.
The lady then put it into her purse, shaking
her pretty head ominously ut the clerk who
had dared to insinuate that her mony was
not good. Sha started to go out, the poor
clerks making all sorts of apologies. But on
refieciion, she relumed the shawl pleased
her it was so very beautiful she would
not permit her excited feelings lo deprive
her of an arlicl that pleased her so well.
She would have the shawl put np. The
smiling clerk had il ready in a jiffy.
She handed out a thousand dollar bill on tho
same bank. The cleiks thought it was the
same. They gave her S400 change, and tho
fair one left w ith the shawl and the change.
On making u deposite in the aftnrnoon, how
ever, they found that the bill was a straight,
out counterfeit. Tim lady had shifted the
good and bad lo suit her own purposes, coolly
leaving the bad one in the hands of the
Stewarts, carrying oil t heir $400 of good mo
ney and their rich shawl. A few weeks
since, we are informed, the same fine trick
was again played on the same house, the
only difference being that the beautiful lady
on this occasion look two $700 shawls, leit
two one thousand counter feit notes, and re
ceived back $600 in good cash in change.
Hartford Timet.
"SciiEtDAM Schnapps.'' This article is
highly recommended by the ' faculty," and
by clergymen and inhere, as very "aro
matic," "invigorating" and medicinal in ita
effects. It is said by some lo be a very ex
cellent quality of gin, which, in a pure state,
is hard lo be obtained in any oilier form.
"What are these "schnapps," and who
has got them! Dr Holmes lolls us that the
Pilgrim Fa' hers, (who afiei wards came to
PI) mouth.)
"Hated punch end prelect
And ao II was perhaps,
They wenl to Leyden, where tliey found
Co'.iventictea and Sounapps."
It is evident, therefore, that il is an article
' known to the ancient"-bul il has possibly
been left to Ihit wiser generation to brinr
out its "aromatic" virtues.
Hmil Gradw. in his speech delivered nt
Ihe llailioad celebration at Wheeling, !
President of the Baltimoie and Chio Road
said: "As lo the power of overcoming high
giades, Mr. Mayor, we claim lo have taught
lesson to the world. During the whole of
the past summer, Ibis company carried Iba
United Slates Mail over a jrade of 530 feet
to the roiie, witout tbe aid of assistant pori
and avery bar of Iron which was Uid upon
the traoll, between the Kingwood Tunnel a"4
Fai'ttaonMr WM pftad ver the ctnia turn
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