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The Token publishes lha following Comic
Poem sent them from California by W. C.
Mek edith. The copy sent was capitally il
lustrated by a series of cuts, lepresetilinrj
the gold digger in pursuit of a "pile" under
difficulties.
THE mim:k progress.
A pilgrim from ilia Eastern shore
Stood mi Nevada's stiand;
A tenr was in his hither eye
A pickaxe in his hand.
A tear was in his hither eye
And in his left, to match,
There would havo been another tear,
Bui for a healing patch.
The Pn.r.niM Dp.ri.oitF.Tii ins Habits.
And othrr patches, ton, he wore,
Which on his Garments hung,
And two were on that ill-started spot
Where mothers smile their young.
His hal, shiniii? ' Costar" once,
Was broken now and dim,
Anil wild his bearded features gleamed,
Beneath the tattered rim.
The Pii.rrim Dr.sr.Rir.TH ins Friends.
The Pilgrim stood : and, looking down,
As one who is in doubt,
He niched to see how fast that pair
Of boots was wearing out.
And whilo he filled an ancient pipe,
lis wretchedness to cheer,
He stopped, with hurried hand, to pick
A flea from out his ear.
The Pilgrim Drownetii his Sorrow.
Then spake this Pilgrin from the Eiist,
'I am a wretched man,
For lust of cold hath hired mo to
The shovel and the pan,
1 saw in dreams, a pile of cold
Its dazzling radiance poor;
No more my visions are of cold,
Alas! my hopes ate ore."
The Pilgrim Thinketh of ins Latter Ksu
"Thrice have I left this cursed spot,
lint mine it was to learn,
The falal truth, that 'dust we are,
To dust we shall return.'
So, here condemned, by Fates unkind,
I rock illusive sand,
And dream of wailing babes nt home,
Unlocked, an otphati band "
The Pilgrim Sekketii ron Rocks.
The Pilnrin paused, for now ho heard
His distant comrades' shout,
He drew a last whiiT from his pipe,
Then knock the ashes out.
And, stooping as he gallieied up
His shovel and his pan,
The breeze his latest accent bore,
,;I am a wretched man !"
The Pilgrim's Stomach Vearnetii for
"Gri'b."
Once more returned, at close of day,
To a cheerless, dismal homo.
He vows, if he was back in Maine,
He never mora would roarn.
Now hunccr makes '-his bowels yearn,"
For "yams" or '-Irish roots,"
Hut these he looks in vain to find
Then tries to fry his boots.
The Pilgrin Dream eth of Home.
The niyht is passed in happy dreams.
Of youth and childhood's joys;
Of times when he got flogged at school
For pinching smaller boys.
His wife, whose smile hath cheered him
oft.
tid tendered light his care,
He sees, in far New England, clime,
Enjoying better fare.
The Pilgrim Kejoiceth over his "Pile "
But morn dispels these fairy scenes.
And want arouses pluck ;
He dies in dark, secluded depths,
Again lo try his luck,
lit dins in dark, secluded depths,
The spots were si.rcs abound,
Am! oh! what rapture fill his breast
His ' pilo ' at last islonnd.
The Pii.rrim Vamoseth the Diggings.
He diops his pick, his pan is lei t,
Ha e'en neglects his pipe,
He leaves the disuings far behind,
His purse he holds with iron gripe,
Resolved to dig and toil no more,
Nor more in dreams lo trust,
His well filled bag upon his back,'
Of pure and shining dust.
The Piicram in the Bosom of his Family.
His wardrobe changed, behold htm now,
In alllnence and pi ide,
Sniionnded by tho form he loves,
With joy on every side!
Pressed clusely to his heart he holds
His wife and children dear,
The latter shouting madly, while
The former drops a tear.
Select vTalc.
l-'rom the Htnr Siwngied llnnuer
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y. MAT'
OR,
THE RIGHT LOVER AT LAST.
EV J. P. F. BROOKS,
The yellow sunlight of a summer's Jay
was st reaming through the long window, of
an elegant mansion, situated in an Eden of
a park not many miles from the old Tri-
mountain city, it streamed lar into the
room, mingling ils gold and purple hue.
with the deeper and richer ones of the soft
Brussels carpet.
Reclining upon a damask-covered lounge,
was a lovely maiden with ber head resting
upon her jewelled hand, which peeped out
here ana mere Between me neavy tun. 01
her auburn hair. Her dark eyes, large and
beautiful, were attentively fixed upon the
sunlight that floated before her, and she
appeared to be deeply musing, by the calm
of
thoughllul expression 01 ner rjeaumui ic
lures. For a number ol moments she had recli
ned there, when she was suddenly startled
from her reverie by the door softly opening
and a noble looking gentleman past the
prime ot life, entered.
"Oh, Fan, day-dreaming 1" said he mi
Lnor. and takinz a seal by her side.
"Yes, dear papa, you are right," she
laughingly replied, hprinziug from the
lounge, and drawing a stool to his feet, seat
ed herself upon it. "Yes, papa," she con
tinued, clasping her hands upon his knee,
and looking up into his face. 'I was di am
ine about the fairies for while watching
Ihe golden sunlight streaming into the win
dows, it seemed to be full of tiny creatures
little fairies, and oh ! they were so beau-tiful-they
were full of fun and frolic ; dan
cing round and round, and rolling over and
over and they all looked at me so pleasant
and roguish. Then thev all vanished, and
nretlv soon the sunlight looked as if it were
a stream of little golden bells rolling on
ike a river, and 1 could hear the sweelest
music imaginable; but so faint, so far away
real fairv music. Then I wished I was
a poetess, and 1 tried to make some lines,
and had got so f.ir,
Oil, tlif! froiileii liells of smulown
Are cliiinini snft nml clear
Oil, tlic i l.ten hells nf tllliiluwil
Fall Kwectly on my ear.
Oh, the Itlcn hell, of smi'tnwn
Are lulling llinmgli the air.
Oh, the jr jMcii hells of mmilnwn
when your entrance broke the charm, and
I forgot what the next line was to be."
"Ma, ha, ha," laughed her father, pulling
aside her curls, and imprinting a kiss on
er forehead. "Ihe little fairies were
choosing you for their queen, my little day
dreamer Ihe queen ot the fairies, ha, ha,
my queen of hearts so all the young gen
tlemen swear; by the by, the season is al
most gone and you still free : now does it
happen that of all your lovers there lias
none of them caught my pretty bird V
t anny made no answer, but looked down
and blushed.
"What was the fault with young Clifton ?
you know there's not a finer youth and
he is likewise an heir."
"He was too boyish for me," was the an
swer she made, still keeping her eyes fixed
upon the lloor-
"But there were others fond and devoted
who were not boyish. There was Wel
ford, rich and handsomp; Harrv Edwards,
always gay and agreeable, and that quiet
young chevalier, Arthur Dale, who would
sit and gaze at you with his large, hand
some black eyes."
I he very mention of his name sent the
blood to her cheek, suflusing her face with
a deep blush. She hung down her head to
prevent her father fjom seeing the f fleet
caused by the name of Arthur Dale, but his
quick eye detected the blush, and he smi
lingly inquired the cause.
"Blufh ? oh, dear papa, you must be mis
taken," she evasively leplied, "it must be
the ruddy glow of the setting sun for don't
you see how crimson his lingering rays are?
see how gorgeously it tints the landscape;"
and she pointed to the beautiful garden
visible from the windows.
Her father smiled and was silent a mo
ment, then pushing back the curls from her
brow, said seriously
"Well, Fanny, 1 am glad it was only
the reflected rays of the sun. I wonder
how you could refuse all those fine young
men, am afraid you are rather fastidious,
but as you find so much difficulty in making
a choice, I have selected one for you ; one
that is worth a dozen of those you refused.
There is not a fineT young man in all Chris
tendom, I'll be bound to say ; nor one that
I should take more pride in calling my son-in-law
; he will be here a week from to
day to woo and to win you, and during the
intervening time you must make up your
mind to be as happy as a queen. That day
dream of yours meant something after all."
This decision of her father's fell with
stuntng eflect upon her she became as
pale as she had been red befor?, and clasp
ing her father's hands, looked up into his
face with her eyes filled with tears.
"Oh, father ! dear father! I implore you
give mo my choice I cannot wed one I
have never seen I cannot love him."
"We will see," said he, interrupting her,
and rising from his seat ; "perhaps you will
love him at any rate it is my desire that
you receive him as your future husband."
So saying this, and imprinting another kiss
upon her forehead he hastily lelt the room
1 hat night brought no sleep to her eyes,
she tossed uneasily on her downy couch,
and bedewed the pillow with her tears.
h.arly the next morning she started lor tne
city, and seeking Arthur Dale informed
htm of her father's decision.
"Fanny," said he, taking her hand in
his, "I have not wealth, as my rival has,
but I love you with all the ardor a mortal
can love without you life would be a
blank ; with him you would have wealth
with me poverty. I will sacrifice my
own happiness to render you happy."
"ao, Arthur, 1 do not wish you to do
that you are not poor to me you have a
wealth of love, and that would make me as
happy as I could wish to be. I will brave
the anger of my father and be yours, and
only yours."
Arthur Dale was a noble young man ol
three and twenty ; brave, talented and
handsome, endowed with all of nature's
best gifts-nothing was wanting save wealth.
He loved Fanny May with all the fervor of
Ins generous soul, and his love was recip
rocated ; but he had not dared to ask of Mr,
May the hand of his daughter, which he
knew would be refused, owing to tne bar.
ner between them ; and the decision ol her
father filled him with grief. But they
knew of a wey to secure their happiness,
and they determined to put it into execu
non.
Two davs passed- When the clock toll
ed the hour of twelve, on the third night, a
light was visible in fanny's department-it
twinkled a few moments at the window and
then disappeared ; at that moment a chaise
drove softly up to the garden gate, and a
young man alighted from it. Entering the
garden he approached the mansion, and in
a moment Fanny May was in his arms.
"Arthur, dear Arthur, oh what am I do
ing," she whispered, "thus to deceive my
dear father f Ob, I thall 1 se ft is love for
evei!"
Arthur, for it was him, quieted her with
the assurance that lie would return the next
day and ask forgiveness for their fault. It
soothed her and entering the chaise, they
drove rapidly off, nor did they slacken their
tapid pace when they reached the city,
but rattled furiously over the pavements,
till they arrived before the dwelling of a
clergyman, an intimate friend of Arthur's.
lie appeared to be expecting their arri
val, for he was waiting in his study. He
soothed Fanny with kind words, and in
quired if she wished to retract, before it
was too late, the course she had chosen.
"No, I could not live without Arthur;"
was her answer, flinging her arms around
his neck and bnrstinginio tears.
Without losing any more time, the mar
riage ceremony was performed ; and wish
ing the clergyman good night, Arthur Dale
took his departure with his young bride.
Instead of seeking a fashionable water
ing place, to spend the honeymoon, they
had reached the garden gate ot her father's
house, as silent and softly as her flight had
been. Slip reached her room undiscovered,
just as Ihe first grey light of morn appeared
on the hnrrizon.
Arthur returned to Ihe city, and prom
ised to come during the day and ask for
giveness of her Hither fur his fault. The
sun rose higher and higher in the sin', but
no Arthur came. She began to be alarm
ed and calling her maid inquired if her
father was at home. She was told that he
took his departure for the city early in the
morning.
Fanny was now thoroughly alarmed.
Had her elopement been discovered ? Con
jectures crowded to her mind, as to the
cause of her father's early departure for
the city, but what caused her the most un
easiness, was the unaccountable absence, of
Arthur.
The day flew by, and night came. Hour
after hour, did Fanny sil at the window,
straining her eyes to catch a glimpse of
her husband but midnight came, and it
brought no husband. She retired to her
couch t'j bathe her pillow with tears.
Tne next morning her father sent her
word by her maid that it was his desire she
should prepare herself to receive her lover,
which he had selected for her. His wish
was a command and more dead than alive
she obeyed. Plain and simple she arrayed
herself, and taking a willed while rose-bud
from a boqm t which Arthur had sent her
a few days before, placed it in her hair.
Ere long came another summons to at
tend in the drawing room; bathing her
eyes, which were red and swollen from
excessive weeping, she descended with a
heavy heart to the drawing room, where
she found her father alone. He greeted
her most cordially.
"How does my Fannv this morning?"
said he, aflectionatcly putting his arm
round her, and drawing her closer to his
side. "She must not weep on the day she
is to have a lover at her feet, to woo and
to win her come cheer up, Iip is without,
and I will go and bring him in." So say
ing, he retired from the room.
Soon she heard footsteps approachinp;
the door, and presently Ihey entered ; with
downcast eyes she heard them approach a
famtness stole over her, and her heart
throbbed violently, when a hand clasped
hers; but the pressure it gave often had
she received one like it before and almost
disbelieving her own senses, she heard her
father gaily present Arthur Dale. In an
instant they were claspen in each others
arms.
"Ah! my little Fan is happy now," said
her lather, joining their hands. "Arthur, I
give you my most precious treasure-shield
her with your Iovp, from every future
care, and may you both be happy in each
other's love. Clod's richest blessing rest
upon you both, my children."
Drawing his daughter towards him, he
imprinted a kiss up in her cheek, and then
left the room.
"Oh, Arthur, t, II me how has ali this
good fortune happened?" said Fanny, the
moment her father left the room. 'It
seems to me like a dream." '
"It appears to me that fortune is playing
some freak," said Arthur, "but how, I can
hardlv tell. IJut I'll endeavor to relate
hat occurred yesterday," and encircling
er waist with his arm, and drawing her
closer to him, he related the occurrences
of the preceeding day.
" hen I left you here on your arrival
from the city, I hastened as fast as 1 could
back again, and reached town by daylight,
went to my place of business early, and
had not been there but a few hours, when I
was startled by the entrance of your lather,
my heart almost leaped to my throat, but
his smiling countenance somewhat relieved
me, and still more so when he greeted me
most cordially.
"Good morning, Arthur, said he, "it you
are disengaged I should like to see you in
private, a few moments."
"With pleasure," I replied, but my heart
beat faster and faster, for I expected that
our elopement had been discovered.
"Arthur Dale," said he, when we were
alone, I have called on an errand of great
importance not only to myself, but to ynu
and my daughter ; I am fully aware, and
doubtless you are also, that my daughter
has fixed her affections upon you and al
though I am nol given lo flattery, still I
will say 1 do not mink sne count nave
made a better choice. 1 know that her
love is returned by you, and also know
your reasons for not asking of me her hand
in marriage. I know you would cherish
her as you would your own life and now
lo be brief, I give my full consent to your
marriage with my daughter j lake tier ana
may you be happy.
"There is one thing more," said lie, you
are nonr. but no matter, I can make you
rich. I will not eive yon a large sum of
money with her, but I will allow you a
part of my mansion, I will also furnish it
with everything necciury, and 1 will iet
you up in business in the city but about
t hot I will see you again j come to my
house to-morrow, and then we will arrange
everything good morning, Arthur.
'My eyes overflowed with tears; I knew
by his conversation and action that he was
entirely ignorant of our marriage the other
night now I am in a quandary, whether
lo reveal it to him or not, but I think after
all, as no one but the clergyman who uni
ted us, is aware of the occurrence, that it
would be as well, for the present to keep it
secret ; what say you, Fanny !"
At that moment a servant entered, and
informed Ihem that Mr. May wished to see
Ihem in Ihe library.
Three weeks later Ihe mansion of Mr.
May was brilliantly illuminated, and eve-ry-thing
appeared to be prepared for a
brilliant wedding. Early in Ihe evening
thespneious drawing rooms were filled with
pay and smiling faces; but not one was
thpre who looked so happy as did Fanny
May, as she entered the room, leaning on
the arm of Arthur Dale, and stood before
the same clergyman, who, but a short lime
before, had married them at his own
house.
J3 0 C t X 1J .
THE GRAVE.
DT. R. JOSEI.YK.
Whv should the ftood go there?
'Tis 11 dark and cold abode,
For Ihe holy men of praise and prayer,
Who have dwelt so long in Ihe pleasant air
And sunshine of their God.
Why go the learned and wise.
lo a house so close and dump
They
;a.e not there at the mystic
skies.
Nor watch Ihe stars as Ihey fall and rise,
Nor read by tho midnight lamp.
Why 110 the rich and gay
To a hut so mean nnd small ?
No chance is there for a proud display ;
There is scarcely room in Ihe walls of clay
For the lusty worms lo crawl!
lint for him who is struggling on
In wild ambition's, race,
Who ferls that the goal cannot be won
That his spirit, droop and his strength is
gone,
'Tis a quiet resting place.
And for him who has weary grown,
Of a woild that loves him not,
Whese joys have vanished and hopes have
1 low 11,
Whose only wish is lo be alone,
Indeed, 'lis an envied spot !
Crossing, the Atlantic in Six Davs.
Mr. Norris, on.i of the gentlemen engaged in
the construction of a steamer now building
in one of tho ship yards at New York, in a
speech he made nt n dinner, to Mr. Consul
Saunders, nt the Astor House, on Friday
uiaht, look occasion to say :
"We wero all very anxious to cross the
ocean quickly, and were hailing wr.n ap
plause the passages of eleven, ten, and nine
days. Bui, he said there was a vessel now
on ihe stocks in thia city, and nearly com
piled, which he ventured lo predict, woulJ,
before the fust of February next, make ihe
pas-age from lliis city lo an English port in
1 1 . r ... I ..1 Tl.
ess man six nays: ii.oiui cneem.; inm
thing, he added, was not an experiment, it
had proved to be a fixed !aci, and Mr. !aun-
dors would probably receive a telegraphic
despatch at Ins olhce 111 London, uelore me
first of February, announcing the arrival 01 a
steamer in less than six ilays irom ew
Yoik. A marine architect nnd a mediant-
cal engineer of this city had been engaged
upon this vessel, for some lime, and it was
now very nearly completed.
Sir George Cockdurn, notorious, in the
war of 1812, for his repeated attacks on the
farm houses and hen-roosts on ihe shores of
of Ihe Chesapeake, and for ihe amount of
wanton destruction of private property which
he committed, died, in Englurd, on the 19th
ultimo, in his Sid year. The London Times,
in an obituary, speaks of him "as a man who
frequently overcame not only an European
enemy, but contended successfully wilh
American seamanship and valor." Theonly
contest of that kind in which he was success
fully engaged was when, with an overwhelm'
ins force, he fell upon the few gun-boats
which were stationed to defend our rivers,
or assisted to assault the militia hastily galh-
I ered to defend private properly, wherever
! ,1,;, mnrnuder made his appearance. X lie
n.liiii nf Coekhurn. in this war, was dis
graceful to civilized warfare.
How a Ladv Likes it. A St. Louis lady,
who married a Morman and emigrated to the
Salt Lake City, wriles that the Mormon city
is m "first rate place for a new settlement,"
and, notwithstanding sickness in the family
and Ihe loss of cows, she is comfotable and
contented, 'As 10 Brigham Young having so
many wives, she says, "Ihe number twenty.
five is right, and I can toll you he is about
I lie best man living. lu" -
have more than one except he enn well look
after Ihem. Everything here in Ihe Salt
Lake Is pure and holy. 1 nomas has no
thought, of any more wives! Everyman can
do a. ho likes about it.
The End of the Romantic Affair. Tho
young lady whose escape from the George
town convent, on ihe 4lh Inst., lias been
mentioned, was Miss Mary Roach, of Missis
sippi. She it supposed lo be worth three
hundred thousand dollar, in ber own right.
She was married to-day, at lha National Ho
tel. The lucky recipient of her hand and
purse, is G. N. Jordan, proprietor of Jordan's
Spungs, near Winchester, Frederick county,
Va.
SCENES I A NEW YORK COH VENTIOJT
The New York papers are filled with the
descriptions of the disorderly scenes which
occur daily in that city durum ihe session
of the Anti-Slavery, Woman's Rights, and
Temperance Convention. A perfect Babel
prevailed dutins; ihe session, and every at
tempt to speak was cried or hissed down
At Ihe Woman's Rrights Convention the fol
lowing is one of the scenes:
(Loud cries of "Phillips!" "Phillips?"
Hisses nnd cheers.)
Wendell Philip. Fellow citizens, I am
not at all surprised
A torrent of hisses.
Phillips At the reception which I meet
Mrs. Rose I call upon the Police
Voices Out of order.
Mrs. Rose The Mayor of this City has
promised to keep the order of this meeting,
nml I call upon lirm to do it.
Phillips Friends !
Mrs. Rose Friends, will you keep order?
Phillips Fellow-citizens !
Hisses fiom all parts of the house. Ciics
of "Sil down ! sil down!" Continued his
ses. Phillips The time has been when other
Reformers were met in Ihe same way as this
by hisses.
Continued hisses.
Mrs. Rose as presiding officer of this meet"
injr, I call upon the police to preserve order ;
and if there are not police enough to do. it, I
call upon you, citizens, to help them.
Mr. Phillips We have invited 30U to this
Hall to-night, to discuss a great movement.
"Dry up?"
Mr. Phillips When you will answer our
arguments, we will cease our agitation. 1
wars you that Truth has often floated further
on the lips of a mob than on the words of its
advocates.
Great confusion.
Phillips The best thing you can do for us,
if you hato thi movement, is to come here
to Ihe number of thousands, and disgrace
your city.
Great uproar.
The great hrinciple of Liberty is that each
political class shall be able In protect itself.
A Voice Nicgers excepted. Laughter
Phillips No class of human beings can
legislate for another. While you undertake
to punish woman, as Amerrican Democratic
Republicans, yon are bound by your own
principles, to allow het lo vote in the law
under which she is punished.
Confusion renewed.
Phillips I say again
The audience gave him no lime to say il.
Lucy Stone next made her appearance.
Cries of "Hear her !" ' Dear Lucy !" Dar
iing Lucy !" "Take your time, Miss Lucy!"
Stone Show a reason why you will not
hear us speak ! Thero is no man who has
known the genial influence of a mother but
would feel disgraced
Voices "Our mothers don't act so." "Oh,
it's a nil y you wasn't married!" Laugh-
ter.
Miss Stone's remaiks becamo wholly in
audible in consequence of the increasing tu
mult. She concluded her remarks In the
midst of remarkable confusion. She would
give place to others who had spoken well.
yne 11 tilal whatever word of truth had
I beon spoken might find lodgment in your
,eai an,i heart. We may one day call a
convention in New lork, when the sons of
thoro here present may have been taught
better behavior Cheers and sensation.
To show that wo are n'it to be deterred by
any show of opposition, I shall announce, be"
fore I sil down, that we propose to hold a
National Woman a Rights Convention at
Cleveland, Ohio, on Ihe 5ih nnd Cth of Octo-
ber. Ilronical cheer and cries of "We'll be
there !"
BILL OF FARE.
The Detroit Tribune is responsible for the
following bill of faie, it attributes to a Nia
gara Falls hotel.
SOLI 0.
First Course Arm Chairs.
Second Course Heaps of Plates
Thiid Course Silver Spoons and Plated
Foiks.
Fourth Course Wail as long as you please
and get nothing.
fntree...
Cleiksof Ihe House, collecting 75 cents
per head.
Twenty-four colored waiters, loaded with
tin-pans.
DESERTS.
Yawns, gaps, cuiscs, swearing, ar.d mu
sic.
The whole concludes with a stampede for
the Buffalo cars, after sitting at the table an
hour and a half.
Rapid Increase of Popclation is Ore-
con. At the election for delegate inOrecon,
eight thousand voles were thrown. This
h
a gieat increase of population. In
1849 the vote did not exceed 700; in 183t,
2500. Since 1851, Washington Territory
has been taken from Oregon. Such an in
crease is unexampled in the history of any
Stale or Territory, except California.
On the completion of the mountain divi
sion of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad,
which will take place about the 1st of Jar.u
ary, 1851, the company intend to run an ex
press train, which shall regnlaily go through
from teinnnus to terminus in at most four
teen hours.
Tne Erie Railroad, with its equipments,
cost twenlj five millions of doll.is, and e;n-
plojs two hundred lominotives.
ANECDOTES OF GE. JAtKSOX.
We recently heard the following anec
dotes of this teueraled hero and snge, wel?
authenticated, and as we do not recollect to'
have met wilh them in print, we have con
cluded to relate them here.Ptnnsylvama.
A revolution in Poland occurred about the
time that Jackson was waging a war with
ihe United Slates Bank in this country. The
Emperor Nicholas treated Ihe unfortunate
Poles with exlrnordinary severity, and was
terribly nnd justly scored for it by Ihe press
of this country. About Ihe same lime the
Whig press was heaping a't sorts of abuse
upon Gen. Jackson, for opposing tho ie-char-tor
of Ihe United Stales Bank. The Russian
Minister, then at Washington, was greatly
annoyed by ihe abuse of his Emperor, and
master. Ho determined to appeal lo tho
Government lo have the evil remedied, and
collected from the miscellaneous press a nu
merous array of articles bearing down vuty
strongly on Nicholas, showed them lo tho
Secretary of State, and demanded that this
abuse should cease, or he would hold tho
Government responsible, and the peacelnl
relations of the two nations would be inter
rupted. The Secretary of State in vain at
tempted to explain lo him the Freedom of
the Pre ss, and that the Anieticin Govern
ment had no more power over it upon such
subjects, lhan Nicholas himself. The Rus
sian Minister regnrded this as a mere suber-
fuge, and grew very angry. He finally con
cluded to appeal to Gen. Jackson himself
upon ihe subject and producing his collec
tion of newspaper denunciations, laid his.
grievances before the old hero. Gen. Jack
son heard him patiently, and after he was'
through, pleasently complimented him on
his industry in searching the papers; but
said he, "Look over them again, and if you do1
not find that I am called tyrant, rascal, fool,
and all sorts of foul names, ten times for
every mention of Nicholas' name, I will havo
the thing stopped at once." This sort of
reasoning threw a new flood of light upon the
mind of the Russian Minister. He then com
prehended what Ihe Freedom of the Press
meant in this country, and readily perceived
that Jackson could not be expected to s'.op'
the press from abusing Nicholas, when it
was every day boldly assailing himself. He
accordingly dropped the subj-ect.
The other anecdote describes a thing that
happened very rarely: il is stated how Gen.
Jackson got frightened :
This occurred soon after the attempt to
assassinate him, an event which naturally
aroused Ihe fearSof his friends for his safety.
nnd ihey all recommended to him the utmost
cautien against exposing himself lo any more
such attacks. One afternoon he was reclin.
in a Democratic sort of a way, on a sofa in
one of the rooms in the White House, alone
smoking his pipe. About this period a new
foreign Minister, ficm Portugal, we Ihink
unaccustomed to republican simplicity, had
arrived, and went to the White House to pay
the Gen. a visit. He was altiied in full
Court costome, all bedizened wilh gold lace,
ic., and wearing a swCVd. No one happen
ed to be there to introduce him, and ho
I found his way unannounced into the room
in which Gen. Jackson was lazily ruminating
upon his recent narrow escape from the pis-
tol of an assassin. The sudden appearance
of the Minister aroused the old man from his
reveries, and gazed at the intruder with
astonishment, not altogether unmingled
with tear, as he proceeded to bow and gn-
mace at a desperate rate. Cen. Jackson
could stand it no longer but seized a chair
brandished it before him, and in a senatorian
voice cried out, "In the name of God, who
and what are you ?" The Pottuguese Min-
ister soon managed to give him an idea of
who and what he was, when Gen. Jackson
sent down to his kitchen for a French cook
he had to act as interpreter, and in this way
they managed to have a satisfactory inter
view.
Table-talk, or knocking, sometimes Ieadu
to enibarrassiii! results, as proved by the
following gossip curtent at Beilin. A party
met the other night and formed a chain, and
when the "fluid" was in movement, a mar
ried lady present put the question :
"How many children have 1 ?"
"Tap, tap, tap, lap or four," replied the
table.
'True; wonderful!" exclaimed the ladv
and all oiheis.
Presently her husband came in, and asked
the same question.
"Tap, tap or two," was the answer.
Tho effect produced by Ibis may be better
conceited than described. This miyhi bn
Q
termed "scandalous table-talk."
Nocturnal Conversation. Wife. (com.
plaining!)-:) 1 havn't more than a thiri of
the bed !
Jfiis!)aii(f, (triumphant.'v.) Well, that's all
tho law allows you.
This, w hich i. bona fide, is one of the best
curtain talks we ever heard of. Another
good one is told Cf Dibdin, ihe poet. ' Charles,
my near," .aid she, "ihe wind is dir&uful."
"Put a pepper-mint lozenge out of ihe win
dow, my de.," said he, "it'a a cspital thing
lor wind."
Old Squire B was elected. Judaa of
the iufeiinr Court of some count v in Geot"ia.
When he went home bis delighted wife ex
j olaimed 1 Now my dear. or aia Judor-
what am 1?"
"The uma darned fool you allers wa '
was the tart leply.
Artnnrin tV.,..1 O
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