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1 iTnm tl y ' il ctosp nj) c v D cVo t
SELECT POETUY.
WEDDED I0VE.
- BV OERAI.O MAfStV.
Tub BUinmcr Nighl cotnc brooiling tlown
on Earth,
As Love comes brooding down on human
hearts,
Willi bli?s that hath no utterance sava rich
tears.
She floals in fragrance down tho smiling
darki . ,r
FoMetli a kiss upon the lips ol kile,--Curlaiueth
into rest llie weary wor hi,
And shuts us in with nil our hid delights.
Tun Slars coma sparkling thro' tho gorgeous
gloom,
Liko dew-drups in llio fields of heaven; or
That hang rich jewels on tho cheeks of
Night.
A spirit-leel is in the solemn air.
Tho Flowers fold their cups liko praying
hands, . , ...
And wi'.h droopt heads await tho blessing
Nijiht,
Give.j with hor niicnt mnr-nanimity.
'Tis evening with tho world, but in my soul
The lihl ot wedded love is still at dawn
And skies my world, an everlasting Pawn.
My heart rinss out in mnsie, liko a latk
Hung in the charmed palace of tho Mom,
That eiro'es sinsing to i' ,linl0 1',B "e',
With himiiions being running o'er with song j
So my heart flutters round its male nl hnmu !
There, wilh her eyes turned to her hem I,
sho reads
The golden secrets written on its heaven,
And broodeth o'er ils pauling wealth of
love,
As Night i' tho hush and hallow of her
n tn ;i. mno tremulous
u.iii a uiii'uuin iiLuibii w . i
den!h
And broods in silence o'er her slurry wealth,
Ami, linsering in her bosom's soli, while
nest.
A fair babe baanliful ns Dawn in heaven,
Aladu of a Mother' richest thoughts
of
love,
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Lies
;b a smile ol snnfiune ainonj iiine,
That civeth glory diinkelli frngrant Irte!
Sweet bud upon a Rose! our plot of spring,
TI...I I.....I. ; tj..i,..i ntTit.l n ivinlrv unrlil!
Thut bursts in bbiom amid a wintry world
How dear il is lo niaik ill' immortal lilt)
Deepen, mid 'darken, in her large touiid
eyes,
To watch Life's ro?e of dawn put forth its
leaves,
And guess the perfumed secret of ils heart
And caie.li the. silver words lhal come to
break
The golden silence hung like heaven around.
But soft ! Klysinni opens in my brain !
Dsar wifu! with sweet, low voice, she Sylla
bles Somo preseious musie balm'd in her heart's
book,
And I am Hooded wilh melodious rain,
Like Nature standing ciown'd wilh sunlit
showers.
historical.
From llriilnn's "Thirty Years View," r"Ko K3.
DEATH OF JOHN RANDOLPH
OF ROANOKE.
He died at Philadelphia, in the summer
of the scene of bis early and bril
liant apparition on the stage of public life,
having commenced Ins parliamentary ca
reer in that city, under the first Mr. Adams,
when Congress eat there, and when he was
uairiy ui ul: c- lu ui- aniitiiivu iiiiu iiic uuuy. i
l or more than thirty years be was the
political meteor of Congress, blazing with
undiminished splendor during the whole
time, and often appearing as the "planetary
plague,-' whiclt shed, not war and pesti
lence on nations, but agony and fear on
members. His sarcasm was keen, refined,
withering with a tendeucy to indulge in
it ; but as he believed as a lawful paiha-
. . n , j li
J t I
purpose. Pretension, meanness, vice,
demagogueism, were the frequent subjects
ol the exercise ol his talent ; and, when
confined to them, he was the benefactor of
the House. Wit and genius .all allowed
him , sagacitv was a quality ol his mind
visible to all observers and which gave
him an intuitive insight into the. effect of
the measures. During the first six years
of Mr. Jefi'erson's administration, he was
the "Mural" of his party brilliant in Ihe
charge, and always ready lor it ; and val
tied in the council as well as in the field.
of the commit.
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tlC Wdl IU1I11 UIC 111411 11IUI1 VI HIV lUUIIllll-
tee of Ways a
, , . . I
1114 iiii-ttiia -tt I'lai-cr at.vuia
ol labor aim responsibility, and o more then
llian now, when elements of revenue were
ess abundant: and no matt could have
been placed in that situation during Mr.
Jefferson's time whose known sagacity was
not to pledge lor the safety ol Ins head in
the moil suJJen and critical circumstances.
He was one of those whom that eminent
statesman habitually consulted during the
i..ri.i,l of Mw.li iri.n.M.-in .., ...k,.... i...
carefully communicated hi nl in. i.l.r.-
thev Were civen la the miUir ()i
,
arrival ut Was h neton at the oii,i.. i
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each session of Conuress during ihi t.ri.v.l
. .. .. . ... , . . . .
ne reguuriy touiid waiting lor htm at hit
established lodgings then t'rawlord'a
Ceorgetown the card of Mr. Jvlferson.
with an invitation to dine, the neat day ;
a dinner it which the leadina measures of
the aeasion were the m urinal tun e. Mr.
-
Jefferson did not treat in that wijr a mem
ber in who sagacity lie had uo couQ
deuce.
It is not iul to judge such man by ui
.l.nim ml Hi. nor bv detached and ae iar ale
........ j - - -
iiuideiiU ill hi lile. To coinprchcmkhiui,
be in it.! be i-.id at whole nysically
tuJ mentally .iid uud.r inny h-U,
and (or bis enure hie. He W4 Uev.f Well
4 ihroiuc liiiimuf ill-health Ir nn the
rnJ d lu Ihe enve. A l Hr Hum ut
uioal iiiliiiul and valucJ IneuJ. Mr.
NUoii, milieu lu iii itlU-r lu dvatli, r
inewed tut Ib.l I lud Urvf enjoy
id d'tni; Ilia Ida oil day ol trll. il llvailli
tilth 44 Well fpl H'Jf. JtHllllltf-
I .11 .nib till IliU I l4)t' Il4-I l. libit oil
il... I. n i .I an I I'll lln Ii. in I n llli4l
uii Li. - Lllli 'in Hit. I.IIIH wlUutjlll
cV t o jjoittircs, iftcrntttrc, ittci-ainn,
SUN13U11Y, JSOllTllUMliEULAND COUNTY, l'A., SATUltDAY, JULY 1, 1854.
rinerulom mod:l, and the slate of hiind
sometimes to the question ol insanity ; a
question which become judicial after hit
death, when the validity of bis will came
lo be confested 1 had my opinion on that
point, and gave it responsibly, in a disposi
tion duly taken, to be road on the trial of
the will; and in which a btliefof insanity,
at several specified periods, was fully ex
pressed with the reason lor the opinion.
I had good opportunities for forming our
opinion, living in the same bouse villi
him for several years, bavin bis confi
dence, and seeing him all hours of the day
and night. It also on several occasions
became my dvty lo study the question,
with a view to govern my conduct under
critical circumstances. Twice he applied
!o nie lo carry challenges for him. It
would have been inhuman to have gone
out wilh n man not in his ri 'lit mind and
critical lo one's self, as any accident on
the ground might seriously compromise the
second. My opinion was fixed, of occa
sional temporary nbberations ol the mind ;
and during such periods he votiid do and
say slrange things but always in his own
way not only method, but genius in his
Inntastics; nothing to bespeak a bad heart,
but only exultation and excitement. The
most brilliant tails that I ever heard from
him came forth on such occasions n flow
for hours (at one time sever, hours) ol co
pious wit and classic allusion a perlect
scattering of the diamonds of the mind- 1
heard a friend remark on one of these occa
sions, "He has wasted intellecual jewelry
enough here this evening to equip many
speakers for great orations." I once sound-
the delicate point of liis own
. t . - . ,
opinon cf himself: of course when he was
in a perfectly natural stale, and when he
had saul something to permit an approach
to such a subject. It was during bis last
visit to a.?hii)gton, two winters belore he
died. It was in my room in gloom of the
evening light, as the day was going out and
the lamps not lit no one present but our
selves he reclining on a sofa, silent and
thoughtful, spcakingbut seldom, andT on.ly
in reply, l liearo bun repeat, as if to him
self, those lines from Johnson (which in
fact I had often heard from bun before,)
on "Senility and Imbecility," which shows
us llie under lis mct melancholy lorin.
"la lilt's last scene, wluit proditiie. snrpriee,
Venrs ef llie lirnve, onU follies iT llie wise !
From Mnlrjori'iif-li's eyrs the streams of dotage fl w,
And swift eijiircs a driveler aiul a show '
Yhen he had thus repeated these lines,
which he did with great feeling, and in
slow and measured cadence, l deemed it
excusable to make a reinaik ol a ..kind
which I had never ventured on before, and
said: Mr. Randolph I have several times
heard you repeat these lines, as if they
could have an application to yourself,
while no person can have less reason to
fear the fate of Swilf. I said this lo sound
him, and to see what he thought of him
self. His answer was : 'l have lived in
dread of insanity." That answer was the
opening ol the sealed book revealed to
me the source of much mental agony thai
I had seen him undergo. I did deem him
in danger of llie fate of Swift, and from the
same cause as tuiJged bv his latest and
greatest biographer, Sir Walter Scott
His parliamentary life was resplendent
in talent elevated in moral tone always
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triotism, and scorning everything mean
and eelfbh. lie was llie indignant enemy
of personal plunder legislation, and the very
scourge ol intrigue ana corruption. lie
reverenced an honest man in the humblest
garb, and scorued the dUhonest, though
plated with gob'. An opinion was rrop-
ogaieil mat lie was tickle in his Inendihips.
vtiiaiuiy iiieie wcie aoiue capricious ciiar
r'...i:i.. n : i
cefl ! hilt lac InnrH inctnlieaa nl utnftt,L.
adherence. His friendship with Mr. Ma'
con was histrionic. I heir names went
together in life live together in death
and are honoured together most by those
that knew them best. With Mr. Tazewell,
his friendship, was .till longer than that
with Mr. Macon, commencing in boyhood
and only ending with life. So of many
others ; and pre-eminently so of his neigh
uors and constituents the people of his
Congressional district affectionate as well
as faithful lo him; electing him as they
' ,ro,uiboJ;l!,JoJ, 10 U,e Eve.
No
I' . I m 4 ' 1 I' .
ini iiwiriui menus, ui was more solicitous
I i ... , .1 i , .. , ,
ing bed. Love of wine was attributed to
biin; and what was mental excitement,
was referred to deep illation. It was a
great error. I never mw him alKcteJ by
wine not even tho (lightest departure
Iron) the habitual and scrupulous decorum
ol hii manners. His temper was lialnial'y
gay, social, and so indulged when suffering
of mind and body permitted. He was the
charm of the dinner table, where Ms dice r
ful and sparkling wil delighted every tftie.t
- - -
" Wl c lurnau.e , uui tuo.e iu conceal
me nana tiut iiiiniilereU relief. I have
nl'l.n ...n I.!.., .....I I.I.I . .I,.!.!..,. ...I I..
; huiuihi vm w
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,U WM ,le of Hi large slaveholders ul
rJ,'t but cubked the institution, and,
un M ll""t ppoJ it extension
I I'h...-. IUll'1 ...I. . l ..4
3UJi w uen is a ciiairiiu.il oi in
Coiniiiiltee w luth reported upoil the linliaiu
inrmoriai lor a tcmiiurary di.ienutiou
Irom the inli-.laviry part o the oribiiauc
of Ii I'Uls the qiie.lioii Uion a states-
iiin ssriouiiu, anil repolt 4lllsl II, in
brief a:id coinprelieii.lv argument.
! bat the upid HipuUlioii ol the Stat
uf Otii'i nillii.iei.lly sviuci t, in Ih npiiunii
of your tviuuiiitUe, lhal III lalx'f ul Ihe
U it Dot lu-iei4ry Li tuliulil Hie
fou lli and s. Ul nn lil ol colonies in that
liiuii. lhal Ibis UV'f, deinou.liably llie
dealt, 4 aur, tail "ly be t mid. ) vd U
adtantaj i lhculli alioll ol poduil.
Utol tabU'ilik Ill4'l Hiiy klto4;ll tj II14I
ii4ilt 1 1 the I'liilrd M4tv, end Ihe tout
mil lie d im il ln.'.bly .Ijii,i .ju 411 1 in.
p. .U. Ill I I III4I 4 1 l it 1 I ot w 1 I, t .1. u
Ui.a Ij (iuii. K it.. .4i.ii 411 4 i
jrovctfln nno Domestic ytgs.
peri ty of the northwestern country, and to
Kive strength ffhd secitrity to that extensive
fronlier. In the salutary operation r.f this
sagacious and benevolent restraint, it is be
lieved that the inhabitants of Indiana will,
at no very distant day, find ample remu
neration for a temporary privation of labor
and emigration.
Fie was against slavery ; and by bis will'
both manumitted and provided for thr
hundreds which he held. Hut he was
against foreign interference with his rights,
his feelings or his duties ; and never failed
to resent and rebuke such interference
Thus he was one of the most zealous of
the opposers of the proposed Missouri re
striction ; and even voted against the divi
sional line ol "thirty-six, thirty
In the
House, when the "slaveholder' would be
reproachfully used, he would a-stime il,
and refer to a member, not in the pttrlii
menlary phrase of colleague, but in the
complimentary title ol "my fellow slave
holder." And in London, when the con
signee of his tobacco, and the slave factors
of his father, urged him to liberate his
slaves, he quieted Iheir intrusive philan
thropy, on the spot, by saying : "Yes :
you buy and set free to the amount of mon
ey you have received from my father and
his estate for these slaves, and 1 will set
free an equal number."
In his youth and bitter age he fought
duels; in his middle life, he was against
them ; and for a while he would neither
give-nor receive a challenge. He was
under religious conviction to the contrary,
but finally yielded, as he believed, lo an
argument of his own, that n duel was a
private war, and rested iion the same basis
as public war; and bolh were allowable,
when there was no other redress for in-
insultsand injuries.. That was his argu
ment; bvit I thought his relapse came
more from feeling than reason ; especially
from the death ol Decatur, lo whom he
was greatly attached, and whose duel with
Carron long and greatly excited him. He
had religious impressions, ami a vein of
piety which showed ilsell more in private
than in external observances. lie was
habitual in his reverential regard lor the
divinity of our religion ; one of his beauti
ful expressions wa, that "If women had
lost us paradise she had gained us heaven."
1 he hible and Shaksneare were, in his hit
ler years, his constant companions travel
ing with him on the road remaining with
him in the chamber. The last time I saw
him (in that last visit to Washington, after
his return from the Russian mission, and
when he was in lull view ol death,) 1
heard him read the chapter in the Revela
tions (of the openingaof the seals,) with
such power and beauty of voice and deliv
ery, and such depth of patho?, that I felt as
I had never heard the chapter read before.
When he had got to the end of the sixth
seal, he slopped the reading, laid the book
(open at the place) on his breast, as he lay
on his bed, anil began a discourse upon the
beauty and sublimity of Ihe Scriptural wri
tings, compared lo which he considered all
human compositions vain and empty.
(iging over the i maces presented by the
opening of the seals, he averred that their
sublimity that no human power could
take the same awe and terror, and sink
ourselves into such nothingness in the
presence of the "wrath of the lamb" that
lie wanted no proof of their divine origin
mil ine sublime feelings winch they in
spired.
Poet V 1J .
SOLEMN VOICES.
I heard from out thu dieary realms of Sor
row,
The various longues of Wo ;
Ouo said, ' I there a hopu in ihe to mor
row
And many aiiswercd, "No !"
And they arose and mingled their loud voices,
Ami ci led in bitter Itreiilli,
"In all our joys Ihe l'ul nlono rejoices
There i no joy but death.
"Oh! dreadful Past, beyond ths midnight
p.iital
Thnn b.Kl liiupeil our per.ee ;
Ami if llm Angel Memory be immortal,
bon rliall this augui.-li ceaso : '
And suddenly -within the il.nl.ei.cd distance,
The solemn I'asl leplied,
"In my domains your jij shave no existence,
tour hopes, ihey have nol dad '.
Nought come to run except
.Ihoso "host
deleted,
Phantoms uf Wrong mi l Pain ;
Bui whatsoe'er Alleciion hulli iuve
ited,
Th' eternal yeai letain.
'Then tr.nd no inotu tcith lock and souls do.
jcelitd.
To woo and win despair.
The joy ) 1110111 tho Vuluiu h.ilh colluded,
lour liopv aie guluurcd II101.
''And a Ihe dew which leaves Ihe iimming
.. 1
iiwei,
Augmeiil Ih alter lain
And iI.h bloum ulueli fall hum suiinnel
bowel,
Aie multiplied again
"S shall lb jo) thu Fuluie hold in Keep-
MiK.
Aiiiiincnt tunc a tier luaeo ;
So .hail yuur hop', which liut aitt only
Silicon. K,
Itcluiu Willi Uiga lucita'.'1
I.uki.l l Low.
I I kl.llUhk I ul IHtlllsls. -Hi I uui
tillullvv I I uui It 1 sleti Ihtl Mll. I ' I I
and I'ailiatu, lb lo giullt iiitu liuiil Wtwl
lul l, W BO Wei tunvi uied In l lijUeii'Mj Mi
I'll 1 .1 . I 1 I elaliuii, djili.j U.I fall, Jl i4iv I
I 411(1 Ul 4 plUMCUlluu ul Ih ruiiiiuuii-
W4llB) Jlill UlUllI, 41 III (HV .!. ' MUI
wl 111 vl ttivil t ituil . 4 I I II ge.i'is il.'H
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LANAItTIXFS MOTHER.
Il was the fate of tho father of I.rimartinp,
tho groat living French poet ai d orator, to
01 mixed up wilh tho first French revolution.
During that stormy period, he, with a groaj
number ef his enmpulriols, were immured in
piison nt Macon. .- llts wus nol there long OL.
fore his wife, w ith hor child, took lodgings
oppsile llie v. iudow of llie cull which enclosed
tho republican. She soon drew his attention
lo' herself and his child, which, though ho
could not speak In her, for fear of ihe reulincl,
reconciled him in somo measure lo his cap
tivity, and lessened Ihe burden of his woes.
"My mother," says Lainarline, ,:carriod me
every day in her arms lo Ihe garret window,
showed motnmy father, gave me nourishment
befoio him, inadu me slre'ch put my'lilllo
hands Inwards the bars of his prison, then
pressing my forehead lo her breast, sho al
most devoured mn with ki.ves in the sight of
the prisoner, nud secured thus to wafl him,
mentully, nil the caresses which she lavished
on me."
At last she hit on the happy experiment of
conveying him loiters in llio following man-n-
r : She pioeured n bow and somo arrows, and
lying a hitter to a thread, she shot the arrow,
lo which was attached tho other end of Ihe
thread, into the w indow of tho prisoner's cell.
In this way she sent him pens, ink and paper.
II then, by Ihe same ingenious expedient,
sent love letters In her. Thus ihe separated
husband and wife were enabled to correspond,
lo cheer each other's hopes, and sustain each
other in thejr misl'orluncs. This was all done
al night-lime, when tho scrutinizing eyes of
ihe sentinels remained in happy ignorance of
the medium of communication. Success hav
ing inspired courage. Ihe lady, with the assist
ance of ihe arrow and thread, afterwards con
veyed n file lo llio capiive, with which he
silently filed tliiongh one of the bats of his
piisnn, and then restored it lo its place.
On the next evening, when there was no
moonlight, a stout cord was lastcned lo the
thread ami trasmiltcd to ihe prisoner. Tho
thread was firmly fastened on the ono end to a
beam in the garret of iho lady ; and the other
end In the bars of ihe cell; then summoning
up all his courage, the prisoner glided along
the rope, above Ihe heads of the sentinels ; he
crossed thu slieel, and found himself in Ihe
arms of his wife and beside the cradle ofthis
child. Such an adventure reqnired the hero's
courage, and tho philosopher's caution, and
none ul ihoso who were personally interested
in it ran ever imagine the feelings which
must have agitated their hearts! From time
to time, when Ihe night was dark, the knotted
cord would glide from window to window,
a ml the prisoner would pass from knot to knot,
and enj iy delightful hours of converse will)
her whom ho loved best on earth.
moM v.vsm.r.TO?(.
Ni) despatches havo ns yet been received
from I'oiunindoia Perry, nud llie newspaper
account by llie oveilaud mail to Loudon, has
preceded the odieial documents. Tho des- j
patches tiro doubtless on board tho Saiatnga,
on her way homeward bound. Il is a fixed
fact, nevertheless, lhal Russia has mado no
treaty with Japan, and that wo nro thu (list
nation whichyafier a lapse of nearly three
centimes, is again allowed to trade wilh tho
people uf lhal singular CLUntry on even terms.
Tho Dutch trade lo Japan amounts to but One
or two vescls a year, and is carried on un
der such restrictions of a personal and com-
metcial diameter, as woulj lead to collisionst
were they attempted to be enforced agains'
one of our Yankee captains.
The Japanese were an honest, confiding
people, allowing Euiopeans 10 reside among
them, and I'slablith. factories, till llio Eng
lish and Spanish look il into (heir heads to
fight their naval battles in Ihe neutral port
of Jeddo, and until tho Christians, who were
themselves only tolerated in Japan, became,
in Iheir turn, the fanatical opprussois uf Ihe
natives. If we would profit by the example
of Ihe past, we must enjoin on our merchants,
captains nud enpeicaigocs, Ihe strictest hon
esty in nil thuir dealing-, anil a careful ab
stinence from all teligious controversies.
OusKiu i:u.
Fkkncii kasiiidxs. These ate ns variable
n the sin low of a quiveing aspen of the
c juices ef a coquette. A Paiisian painter
icceive.l, not long since, an 01, Ier from a rich
loreiner, for a n ilesof picture leprc routing
thu cost u me of different nations. Several
weiit liui-lii'il uud accepted. But the one
foi iho Fiench was uul foi llicnuiins. The
artist, in great perplexity, pnl it ulf fioin day
lo day. Al l.isl, he sei.l his einloer Ihe
picture of a man wilh nothing on but ashiil,
cauyiug a piece of cloth tuder each arm
and a niii ul ci-nr in on hand. "What1
I ibi.f" u.Liil Iho loiei'iier. 'i am wailing
.... ... ..1 ,1... l ....,k .i...... '
" ' I '
'Thai l what I bung )wu," austseied Ih
p4iiiler, "bul a lb Fiench change I heir
la.hiou vvciy day, I h.iv i;ivi-i my model
tlolli and scltwii lhal bo may rut fo him-
st'll." Til p'sl Wa luli.he.l and llio palullng
wi I fur.
Ilm iui 1 Sixu s Tim ('uui. J.iii4ihu
F 141 Is destMibe I'luisli4ii as being like
1 sin h a llllle iiowc at M e i I lu spun
ul llui )4i, lu and biiuit le uu th giuuud i
Miiin4 l boaulii In Iviuita lb plvaeanl
w"4iu. til Iho stili u'ol) ; l ilcii.j a II
eie, lu a C-tlui ul Uplui, Jiliuslutj louad
4 ttl I4i4 it, iUuilii4 L.4tlully a. I
U .it t ) 114 lb 1111 Ul i u'bvl llusteis, lb
W ill I lllt llllnk ln-lUll' U tU bill It )V
Ui.) mi) iwln.uiji.il i, istt, tit.er
ill. t ll l-u Jill ..it,, Jtiuwud 4 svl 1 . 4
i'tilH W- II el 4 h 1 d 4t Mll.114, I. .4)lt
'I'-''
A nt:i.i!i o STonr.
Thfl 1 edil0, of e Gran( Kiyef
gives
",u '""owing ns ih ....:.. ,
. - -.fiiDiitio ui b menu
0 l'P'S at ,he KalamaioiHtmsc:
"Vou
see, I
1 I went to bed pretty all fired
... up nrier a a llu day on the o(I
p,ann was laid calkalatin'
on a
K"uu snooze. Waal. i ..i .).
1 4 iiw
Aiiivnra K
gn to ease 0ff, 1 kinder fell snnthin' i,yi
? r"" m- '"' nd digin' their feet into
he. ma, of my back to get a good hold.
ViggleJ and twi8tci. nnJ puckerei,an m
COl tin nnJ .1 ..t. J
n r """ha lo look nround
"i" " luunu nooui
a pi ck of bed-biles
Icre.l
around. nm morn 1 nnn; J rr
... . "."Jjrill UII in y
Murt and runnn,' down my legs every min
n.t.. Swept off a place on iho floor, shook
out a quillj lay down and kivercd up in it
for a nap. No use-mounted right on to me
a Pnw" 01 rais on a meal tub dug a
hole in the kiver lid, and ctawled through and
give roe fits tor Iryin' lo hide. Got ..:..
went down slairs and got iho slush bucket
from Ihe wagon. Brought it up and made a
circle of tar on the floor lay down on tho
floor on Ihe inside, and felt comCmlablo that
ume nnynow. i,cii Ihe light butnin' and
watched 'cm. See 'em get together and
have a camp mcelm' 'bout it, and then they
went off in in a squad, with an old grey
ncaded Ho one nt Iho lop, richl un Ihe wall
out n Ihe ceilin', till chey got to the right
spot, then dropped right plump into my face.
I? . V... .1 I ... 1, .
uui uy iiiuuiier. veu, 1 swept 'em up
ngin and mane a circle of tar on Ihe ceilin
loo. Though had 'em foul, that lime ; but
I swan (o mad, if ihey didn't pull straws out
ol a bed, and build a regular bridge over
it ! Seeing an incredible expression on our
vissage, he clinched the story thus: :li'Bso
whether you believe it or not, and some of
'em walked across on stilts. Bed-bugs are
curious critters and no mistake, 'specially
me ivaiamnzo kind."
THLTII STKA.MJEIl THAN FICTION.
LOUIS KAPOLRON AND Til R SDI.TAN.
The past history of Ihe families of Louis
iSapoleou and llie Sullan of Turkey is full of
interesting and marvelous incidents, some of
which are probably not generally known to
our readers.
These two monarchs, now to cordially
united in me struggle lo maintain ihe inleg
rity of the Ottoman Empire, are bolh grand
sons of American ladies. These ladies were
born in Ihe same neighborhood, on the is
land of Martiniqne, ono of Iho West Indies.
They were of French origin, and companions
and intimate friends in childhood and youth.
They were Josephine do Taschcr and a Miss
S
The history of Josephine is generally
known. She went to Fianco and was mar
ried to M. do Bcaiiharnais, by whom she had
one son, Eugene, and a daughter, Ilorleuse.
Some timo after the death of Buauhnrnais,
Josephine was manicd lo Napuleon Bona
parte, and became F.rnpress of France. Her
daughter Ilorleuse, was married lo Louis
Bonaparte, then King of Holland, and the
piesent Emperor of France is hereon by that
marriage.
MissS. quilled the Island of Martinique
somo timo before her friend. But the vessel
that was carrying her lo Franco was attack
ed and taken by the Algeriue Corsairs, and
tho crew and passengers mado prisoners.
But this Corsair ship was, in tern,a attacked
and pillaged by Tunis pirates, and Miss S.
was carried by ihem lo Constantinople, and
offered for sale ns a slave. Her extiaordina
ry beauty and accomplishments found her a
purchaser in Ihe Sultan himself; and she
soon became the chief lady in his seraglio
and Sultaness of Tuikey. Mahrnoud II. was
her son; and Ihe present Sullan, Abdul
Medjid, is the son of Mahrnoud.
Thus, Ihe two sovereigns who occupy so
large a space in Ihe world's eye. are grand
sons of two American Creole girls, who wero
play mates in Iheir youth, nud were as re.
markable fur their beauty and excellent dis
positions, as for their varied and singular for
tunes.
Both theso women in the height of their
power, remembureJ all their friends of Iheir
youth, and piovided munificently for Ibcir
welfaie. Many of the relative of the Sul
taness left the Island of Mailiuque, and set
lied at Constantinople, where iheir deceit
dants stili reside, and enjoy iho furors of the
Sullan.
She Sullanesa died in (till, the Kinpress
Jjsepheue in 1811, and Iboir grandsons uow
into over lwi wiJe and poweilul empire,
and aie entering, a fiicmU and allies uprni
on uf Ih 11101 piemen'oii and sanguinary
struggle in which F.uiupo wascvei involved.
I ilttburjf uf,
A Yti t'AKii Oi n (':. W hat an ae-
count of a cow owned by John 8. Kicker, uf
tvaiilagr, N. J , liut 1. rAirfM ftm, w,m of,
and ba young ealf, Ih lilieeuih in i,in
)ai. the has broujjhl wvei foiiy calvrs in
bei Inn. Mi g4 Vd lu II quails of unlk
last .uiutiicr. hh was ruiwd by Ih btlbei
1 1. . ..
ui uui piesent wmiivi. lief let-Ill ai )fl
goskl. I III OuW, Willi a! but dvtion.Uiil, il
alive, would tiuk un ul Ibu giealoal calil
huw etei auuii m Ibis vuunliy.
Oi.auu ws in latut ot Jtrta tfy
Ul auital al 4n Flam i4u lioiit I biu lb
-4iluul4i. wei lot vive I ul III UUi4iuj u
III ll.l Ul Ja jv.il. 1 be l4l fuiit iM'tf , , .
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l tit t ui.iieive bl iu wuii) i JiJ..i,m14
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OLD SEMES, VOL. 14, NO. 40.
HOMELY TRUTH! FOR WIVES.
Aiinnugn your husband may neglect 10
givo yon a good dross, do not seek revenge
by giving him a good dressing.
Do nol hesitate between the choice of an
expensive mantle and your husband's affec
tion : the former mny be dear to your back,
but the latter should be dearer to your bo
som. Should your husband bring a friend home
to partake of yesterday's beef, do nol bo
churlish, but lei a warm smile scasen the
cold repast.
1 refer country rambles to town lounges!;
the colors of the rose are brighter than the
hues of silk, and Ihe dew-drops outshine thu
jewellers' gems.
Never deny your husband the pleasure of
smoking; ihe cigar by the (beside is the do
mestic calumet of peace.
Be careful in brewinc 'ihn ctm which
cheers, but not inebriates;" strong lea is bet-
ier man weak arguments.
The hand which was pledged at the alter
is not disgraced in sewing on n billion ; ami
remember as you sew, so shall you reap.
IIF.NTON ON I'OI.ITK At. f l.KrtOYMAV.
The venerable Senator from Missonti, in
his late speech in the House on the Nebras.
ka Bill, gave ntleiance to the following, in
reference to those clergymen who have pio
tesled against the e.ilention of slavery in the
new Territory :
"Slavery never ceased anywhere on a prin
ciplo of religion; the religion of all nation
consecrates it. Its abolition cannot be enfor
ced among christians on that ground, without
reproaching the founder of their religion.
Many who think themselves christians are
now engaged in preaching against slavery ;
bul Ihey had belter ascertain whether they
had fulfilled the precepts of Christ, before
they assume a moral superiority over him
and undertake lo do what he did nol. To
the politicians who are engaged in Ihe same
occupation it is needless to give Ihe tiko ad
monition. They have Iheir views and the
success of these would be poorly promoted
by following ihe precepts of ihe Gospel.
Their kingdom is ofthis world, and to reach
il they will do iho thing they ought not, and
leave undone things which Ihey ought to do.
Slavery will ceaso, in the course of somo
generations, in several of Ihe Slates where il
now exists, and cease upon the same princi
ples on which it has disappeared elsewhere.
INCONSISTENCIES.
A person arguing "mercy 10 elicit Ihe
truth," nnd losing his temper because begets
the worst of the argnrnent.
lVace society men breathing universal
biolherhood, and indulging in inflammatory
.....1.0 mm is ,ure luun like to lead lo a
breach of the peace.
High-titled ladies sympathizing deeply
with Ihe slaves of America, and keeping up a
number of milliners workir.g all night: be
cause they mnst have Iheir dresses sent home
by a certain time.
Irish members always abuaiug iho gov
ernment, and yet too happy lo accept a situ
ation under it.
Agriculturists paying enormous prices for
Peruvian guano, and allowing all Ihe sewer
age to be wasted in ihe cities.
Tradesmen giving their daughters llieedu-
caiion of fine young ladies, and expecting
them to mind the shop.
Condemning a boy to prison for stealing a
handkorchief, and yet allowing a weallby
shopkeeper who has been convicted severa
times ot using raise weights, lo get oft with a
small fine.
Patriots declaiming loudly abonl the liber
ty of the subject, and pulling iheir servants
in livery.
Government seeing the charitable necessity
of ten hours' bill in the cotton milts, not
passing a similar measure for the benefit of
milliners, needlewomen, and other oppressed
classes, w ilh whom the hours of working are
only limited by the will of iho master.
Loss or Caloric It is a well established
fuel that the consumption of fuel in locomo
tives is much greater in Ihe open prairies than
among Ihe settlements or timbered legions,
and Iho amount of steam much leas. A train
will leavo IVlroit, 5Iich., with fiom 23 lo 3 j
freight caia and fiom MO to 100 potnula of
team on. A il near Chicago, III , on Iho
open prairie, the sleam will lull lo 3.1 or Ah
pounds, and Ih engine, leaving half itslruiii
will iuii with ihe balance lo Chicago.
Faith and medicine are about Iho sain
tiling iu Iho ey uf Ih Tailar. If ,e (.aino
doctor htppvna not lo have any uiedieina
with him, he is by no mean tlisconceited ;
he wi ilea Ih name uf ih remedm npu,,
li'llo serp ul p-, wilh In saliva, ,
roll Ihem up into pills, ,i!i Ih lienl
tututfs duwu wilh Ih 4iiiemileoteonli,ldin)
a though Ihe) Welti 4-euuine lurilicaui. !
walto'V Iho H4III0 u( lenittile 01 Ilia feme,
dy iiMflf, y Iha Ttitaia, iume lu tieviuly
III aaiii tiling.
A lloo.ua Mm mm The) Fvaii.tilhi (I (
liana) J. mi ual h4 Ih follots Ine ; ' W4I kUk
man u fuliuwnl liuiil.ii 4 luelibout
time Ihe ,,, J j.mw- HU n. .i.,d b
lu killed llmf) nylil tw,, , bun li.
and ii-H) lot4i wultea, ihiee Iboitund ei!
tun. bed and loil) .e. ...,, bu, .a,
411I Uliiel) lu.r, l.li.e bundle I .11 I .nl, ,
wil l ,. ., Iall..,.4d,,.l ti, . lu...., i.
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