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SELECT JOE.
From Hie Bo.ton Poet.
THE CAMBRIC CHEMISETTE.
IN A ROMANTIC
AND KCONOMICAL TOINT
VIEW.
OF
Oh, chemisette! Ilia fairest yet
That e'er hid bosom, purer, whiter!
Thou dost not know what envious woe
Thy vpiline snow hath gi'en the writer.
So neatly fiilled so plumply filled !
And then the eyes that shine above it.
. 1 sich I long nor is it wrong
(At least in song,) dear girl, to love it.
Sweet chemiselle! the coral set
To chain thy folds in gentle dutj',
Flings round a glow upon the suow
To heighten so thy blushing beauty;
And ne'er before, on sea or shore,
Did coral feel a sofler billow
Nor could the gold around it rolled,
Though ten times tolJ, deserve tho pil
low !
Oh, chemiselle! below thee met,
A rosy tibbmt binds her boddice;
And in her mien is clearly seen
One half the Queen and one tho God
dess. Her voice is low how sweet its flow .'
Her upper lip disdains the under;
Her hair is like daik waves that strike)
A marble cliff ami run asunder.
Oil riponina grace ! Oh, radiant face !
When love is love, it knows no mea
sure !
Her hands are small, but yet can call
The power of music at their pleasure;
And as they pepp from sleeves of deep,
Wide guipure lace, 'la mailt Ramillics,'
Her fingers seem, (or else I dream.)
Like stamens in the bull of lilies.
The robe of blue the viulet hue
The green leaves in Ihy dark hair
gleaming!
Thy feet that move as light as love
Thy breath thy lips have set me
dreaming.
Thy c'.ierks are wet that chemiselle
Was frilled and worn by soma eiichan
I res ;
But much I fear 'twere dreadful dear,
Were sho my wife, to pay her laundress?
3, grilling Skctrlj.
rrotil Slinrjie'l liOlltloll ,M;i:i7.iuc.
A LEAP FOR LIFE.
UV WILLIAM 1ILUTON.
Alter my discharge from Ihe hospital al
Havana, I shipped in the American barque
Independence, Captain Robert L ,
bound lo Valparaiso, and thence round the
Horn to the western coast ol North Amer
ica. She was a large vessel, of some seven
hundred tons register, with a handsome
poop, top gallant forecastle, and all other
points ol a Hash ship. 1 ne captain was a
native ol Jersey, and Ihe crew were a mix
ture ol American, Dritish and Spaniards,
with a sprinkling of woolly-heads, or
"snow bulls," as we called the negroes.
We had not been a week out, ere very
great dissatisfaction prevailed among the
crew, for the captain, with unaccountable
perversity, did not allow us half enough
junk fi. e. salted beef) to our meals ; and
even what we flirt get, was wnat sailors
call "old horse," viz., hard, tough, lean,
stringy stufl, devoid of nourishment. The
usual allowance of junk on ship-board is
one pound and a half lor each man per
diem ; but I am sure we did not get more
than half that quantity. The captain
used to come on deck every morning, and
stand by the steward as he weighed out the
junk from the "harnass cask," to see that
we did not get on ounce over what he had
ordered, On the other hand, this captain
allowed us thrice as much grog as is usual.
Hut sailors, although very loud of rum,
can't live upon it; and three quarters of a
pound of "old horse," and a few rotlen bis
j cuits, quite alive with "weevils," was a
poor day's allowance (or a hearty lellow.
Uur lirt mate oiten remonsiraieo wnn
the captain on his conduct, and plainly
old him that (he men would not long sub
mit to it ; but the only reply the captain
made Wat to tell him to mind what he was
about, or lie would ''break him and haze
him up," meaning that he would send
the mute forward as a common sailor, and
work him to death. At length, after a
long and fu-rce discussion in the forecastle,
we all went aft one morning in a body, and
complained through the carpenter, as
spokesman, that we had not enough to eat.
Captain i. listened without interrup
tion, and then coolly turned round and
said
Steward, go down in the cabin, and
brinn my pi.toU."
We looked at one another in silence.
In couple of minutes the ateward re
lumed wild the pistols, and, with a fat e as
ialu as death, handed Itu-m to the captain.
The latter coolly placed both oil full tuck,
and U) in,? Ihein aide by tide on Ihe lop of
the binnacle, crod his arms, and glared
round at every soul of u ere he spoke.
.ow, nun," cried tie al length, be
Iweeit his teeth, "all I've u4 lo key is, that
you are iiuikn il you think you are go
in lu grt the uppt r hand ol me, I am
your captain, and Hie w yivn me owr
lu do hel I like. I on didn't .hip lu bul
ly (ue. iiu fr'i I lu yum duty, and Hie
uM ll-aH that htinleUa, of fit me any
jw, I'll li..l bun a i would pi.vuit '"
We luri.tilvj lu Ihe furecarfle in b.ly,
a4 I .f liuufi Ur the c.pla.tt Walked Ihe
dttk bi MllU bis ailueVamvul.
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SUNBUUY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1854.
We had light baffling winds for many
days, and the temper of the captain grew
perfectly savage. I3y-and-by came a calm,
and he was a complete madman- He
stormed and swore from morning lo night,
and "hazed" us nil, from the cabin boy"up
to the mate. Our allowance of meat was
worfe than ever, and he stopped grog alto
gether, and pnt us on half allowance of
water, under pretence that he feared to run
short if the calm lasted. But when a
breeze sprang up at the expiration of four
days, our allowance remained the same
half meat, half water, no grog! The sail
ors grew half desperate, and curses both
loud and deep were bandied from mouth
to mouth, and indistinct menaces utlpred.
J5y-and-hye it grew whispered in the
ship that the captain had had a coup-dc-solid,
orsun stroke, before leaving Havana,
and that he had drank freely of brandy
ever since, and was consequently really
insane to a certain extent. This would
explain his conduct, and we all were in
clined to accept it as the proper solution ;
but the captain had certainly never yet
committed any act which would legally be
held proof of insanity; for all that he did,
although highly cruel and tyranical, was
within the bounds of that fearful amount
of almost irresponsible power that the law
allows to sea captains.
We had been three weeks out, when it
was my morning watch t on deck. Six
hells (seven o'clock) had just struck, and I
was engaged coiling away the line ol the
log, which had been hove by order of the
mate, then in charge of the deck, when
Captain L unexpectedly came out of
the cabin. I noticed thathe had a wild
nervous look, for he glanced around and
alolt, just as a man might do when sudden
ly aroused from a dream.
'What's the course?" he abruptly de
manded of the man at the wheel.
"South ea.-t by east, sir."
The captain then stepped up to the bin
nacle and looked at the compass. Turning
round with an oath, he struck the man a
blow in the mouth that knocked him away
from the wheel, and thundered
"You take the spokes in hand! You
know no more about steering than your
mother!" (Such were the exact words, for
I distinctly remember them.)
The poor fellow who was one of the best
helmsmen in the ship took hold of the
spokes again, the blood trickling down his
chin, and muttered
'I was steering lo n haii's-breadth."
"What's that you say ?"
"I say was steering as well as any man
could, and you're a tyrant captain."
The captain's face grew black with pas
sion, and the light foam flew from his lips,
as he screamed
".Mr. Jackson, clap this fellow in irons !
No, seize him up make a spreud-enle of
him! I'll teach him to toe the mark!"
The mate, Jackson, in vain attempted to
soothe the madman, who compelled his
officers to "seize up" the unfortunate sailor
that is, to lash his wrists to the shrouds,
with his back bare lor punishment. This
is called making a "spread eagle." I dare
not dilate on the sickening scene that en
sued.' Suffice it that the captain with his
own hand flogged thman most brutally in
preconce of all hands, and not a soul of us
dared to speak.
That night we all signed a"round robin,"
that is, a paper stating a grievance, or peti
tion, with the names of the men written in
a circle, so that not one can be pitched
upon as Ihe ringleader addressed to the
chiel mate, stating that we all felt that our
lives were not sale in the hands of the
captain, as he was obviously insane, and
requesting the male to take the command
of the ship, and place the captain in con
finement. We sent this to Mr. Jackson by
one of the boys, and in a quarter of an
hour the mate came forward.
'Men,'' said tie, "do you know what
you are about? lou are in opn mutiny
ami you know what Ihe penally lor that is.
For (tod's sake let us have no more of this.
Captain L is captain, and his will is
law. We must ail submit to it. Were I
to do my duty strictly, I should show llii,"
pointing .i (he round-robin, "to the tu
tain ; but I don') want to make mutters
worse. Let us g. t to port, and then com
plain as you please. Hut lor your own
sakes and for my sake il'iu't mutiny."
We all respected the mud', and his words
made a great iiiiprt'ssnn. We conxulled
together, and the prudence of the majority
overcame Ihe fierce impulse of the bolder
spirits. Il wa, however, tacitly under
stood, that il mutters grew much worse, we
Would liak the dreadful penalty of mutiny
by wilting the captain, for we now consid
ered he was undoubtedly inune, although
the mate acted lightly tuough in holding
aloof at present, a. the captain bad not vil
evinced hiiiixll incapable of maajin,! the
.hi p.
Whether any win per had leaked out in
Ihe cabin, through Ihe steward or ufl'u rrs, I
rellii'4 t-II, but Ihe captain undoubtedly
suiprclcd what had paed. Al ihhiii Ihe
net I day he raine on deck, with double
barreled gun in bis band, end deliberately
loaded t with ball in uur piewute, lira
he had due lliu, he tailed all bands till,
ud HI lanujie Ihal .ulhtiriilly mdu alrd,
fioin its wild iiKuhcr, nty, that be was Un
duiiMrdiy insane, he .IJirwd the trw,
winding up with the wuiJ-
"Vuu ll.n.k lu get Iheuppri baud uf m,
du your VuU will mutiny you will lake
the tbip y fiom me I I'll m.ke sn
auiplu -l h w )uu whom )uu bae lu
Jv.l tiiK' Mr.Jta l Wt.fi t 1 itieu
le,ii4 up Una it, nul, i.,r fit m.k
J !! esLa o 't in tuia live,"
At be ike Ihe tapiaan ..ml.. iu lu
t4 the l4(at (urn itt an AmriuaH, the
Wtt.t i :tjli.hinaM. Ik.aepuuf Mlu
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looked round at their messmates, and see
ing how undecided all were, they suddenly
urned and sprang into the rigging run
ning aloft for safety.
The captain's eyes glared like a wild
bpasl'g, and seizing his gun, he shouted
"Lay down this moment, both of ye, or
I'll shoot ye!"
They saw the threatening movement,
and heard the command ; but this only
caused them to run up the rigging higher
and higher. Twice more Ihe captain hail
ed them, and then he raised his piece, and,
quick as lightning, levelled and fired. A
burst of execration from us all followed,
for the ball had struck the Englishman, and
broken his pg. He fell like a wounded
bird into the main-top, and screamed in
agony.
"Oh, God ! what have you done, Captain
L V exclaimed the horor-slricken
mate, "You have committed murder!"
"No, I have not," answered the captain,
"I ordered the fellow down, and if he
won't obey, its mutiny, and the law will
justify me in killin him, or killing you
either so mind what you sjy."
The mate turned aside, and when one of
'.he oldest seamen whispered in his ear
"Say the wold, sir, and we will clap the
madman in irons," he only shook his head,
and buried hfs face in his hands.
Meanwhile the American, a fine young
fellow, known by the soubriquet of "Hoston
Bill," had ascended to the royal yard, and
was looking down on deck to see what
course matters were taking. The captain,
not satisfied with disabling one man, al this
moment pointed his gun at him, and
hoarsely ordered him on deck, threatening
to shoot him if he refused.
"Come down, man, for heaven's sake !"
repeated the male.
"He will flog me if I do, sir."
"Yes, I'll flog you, sure enough," yelled
the captain.
Th.in 1 will die before I come down !"
Without another word, the captain com
menced taking a deliberate aim, and half
a dozen voices shouted to the man whose
was life in this fearful jeopardy
"Jump overboard, Bill, or you are a
dead man! Jump for life!"
In an instant Ihe sailor rati along the
foot-rope, and clung to the royal yard-arm
to leeward. The alternative was indeed
horrible. If he descended he would be
flogged if he remained he would be shot
if he leaped overboard from that dreadful
height he ran Ihe risk of being dashed to
pieces if he fell sideways on the water, or
of being snapped up by a shark or drowned,
let him fall which way he would. The
captain shifted his aim, and his finger was
on the trigger.
"Jump, Hill, jump !" screamed his mess
mates, and his resolution was taken. He
would leap for life !
Lowering himself from the yard-arm
with his hands, he pointed his feet down
ward, and clove the air with the velocity
of a cannon-ball. A second or two, and
he had disappeared in the curling green sea.
The pent up excitement of the crew
found vent at this moment. One party
rushed on the captain, and disarmed and
hound him, while the rest put the helm
down and threw the sails aback, to stop the
motion of the ship, and sprang to the falls
of Ihe quarter-boat to lower away to pick
up the American, should he rise to the
surface.
A breathless pause of very nearly a min
ute ensued, and then we beheld the head
of the sailor emerge at the distance uf a
hundred yards; and, being a capital water-
uog, he struck out boldly for the ship, and
amid a loud hurra was picked up. His
"leap lor life" had been successful.
The other poor fellow who was shot aloft
was lowered on deck in a sling. He was
more injured by the fall than by the ball
in his leg. and died the same night in ex
treme agony.
The male now consented to take conv
mand ol the ship, and Captain L was
closely confined till we came to port. By
that lime he was raving mad, and he dird
within three days alter being conveyed to
a hospital ashore.
Pl'tTII Of THE NoTlllllOfS JoAUlM TIlO
1'l.ieer (( ulilHiiiia) Demoeiut this deaetibes
lliu de.illi of llii. celebialed bandit, ufter
long putsuit by u p.uly of Kangei, undor
I.ieul. llyn.es : '-They ( 1 1 1 0 buudith) wcio
encamped 011 lliu bank uf the Itin Ciuiura,
at ils sink. Tin y weio mistaken as lu Ihe
character uf llieir iippmaeliiii enemies
supposing ihe li.meis lo bd imisiun catch
eis 1111I1I l!)tnea was wiihin lilieen feel of
Jnuipiin, lo whom he ciied mil, 'Joaquin, I
have got you at last.' Jo-iquiii tn i.lo no reply
but iiiiiiiedi.ilcly mounted beuiiUlul bay
mate, and attempted lu ride oil'. Caplain
II) me. hot al him, mid aeveial olbeis follow
suit. A inuiiiiiii lilit now touk place, Mnii.iUi
le'icalcd In a bili bank; three of Ihe men
followed bun ; bit animal w at veiy la. I, until
Mr. While .hut her in ibo ley wnh Insulin
which au dlwMeJ bei at lu pietrnl lief
tiateliiij. J.htiuiu now di.iuoiiiile J, llnvw
Up bit haul, and t'lioj out in ripaui.h,
1 IWl tli'xii a; un I am dead 1 He liniue
dialely lull tin Ina face, and died almoal
in.Uiilunenii.l) - ha, 1114 itt'iita.l al leail
lia'tailufu ball, in bit bad). Iheoiueit
weie liti'tu iu another diioclion. Thtee
ftnjieied Jat a and llnee olbait wait) klila.l
and in lakia lu alanine, abate be wat
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I il uiib ! ,,t wi (a, a.i i a'l Ibe
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science antt the arts, ftcrfculturr, iWartUts, amusements, tc"
poctvn.
PLIANT OP THE OLD MAN.
This was published some years ago in a
book, now probably forgotten, edited by Miss
Sheridan, entitled the Comic Offering. The
anlhor'i mime was not stated
Some boast of their bre-fulhes I
I have not one!
1 am, 1 think (like Joshua),
The son of tiQiic .'
Heedless in youth, we little note
How quick time passes,
For then flows ruby-wine not sand
In our glasses !
Rich friends (most pcor in honor) all have
fled
Sooner or later ;
Psha '. had they India's spices, they'd not
be
A nutmeg greater J
I've neither chick or chili., as I have noth
ina, why
'Tis lucky ralher ;
Vet who that hears a squalling babe wish
es not to be
A little farther ?
Some few years back my spirits and my
youth
Were quite amazing ;
Brisk as a pony or a lawyer's clerk
Just fresh Worn Gray's Inn!
What am I now? weak, old and poor, and
by
The parish found ;
Their pence keeps me, while many an ass
enjoys
Theii parish pound!
r.rtA!T Tiionni rn. alias "Lairib
TODD."
A few days since, we had the pleasure of
visit to this eminent literary character,
nd shall ever remember that occasion as
one of the happiest of onr life. Mr. Thor-
burn is now in his eiuhty-second year, and
enjoys the same uninterrupted heullh, and ns
social company as at the prime of life. He
is said to bo the only man in America that
has kissed Jenny I.iml. An account of it
was published in the Tribune at the time.
His conversational powers we have never
seen equaled ; ho holds his listener ns by
ihe power of magic, and you bend forward
with eager, nervous anxiety, that not a sylla
ble of the eloquent man's remarks may be
lost.
The late Henry Clay was the only man
that we have ever seen, whose conversational
powers came anywhere near equaling those
of this eloquent representUive of a past age-
He is small in stature, standing but about
four feet two in height, mid is as quick and
nimble as most persons at twenty years of
age. He is now living with his third wife
a most estimnble lady of forty, of fine edtica
tion and refinement, and as near liko her
veneerable husband in gaiety and wit, as
two peas. Their peaceful, domestio hap
piness and unbounded failh in and devotion
to each other, are the strongest argument
that has piescnled itself to us in favor of
mati imony for a long time.
Whenever Mr. Thoiburn visits New York
which is oiten the richest and proudest in
ihe city f.iiily loaded him wilh cards of in
vitations to attend their fashionable soirees
and eveuhtg parties
Whenever ho consents to bo present on
such occasions, there is great rejoicing among
the lovers uf anecdotes and spontaneous w it.
for the sliaipest among them are but mere
scrub-hoes, compared lo the razor-like edge
of Laurie Todd.
A short time since, while keeping the
company 111 a roar with anecdotes ot tne
days of Washington and Jefferson, Bonaparte
and Robespierre, two tall sous of Voik not
unkown to fame in the literary world one
standing each tide of Ihe little man, ex
claimed,
"How do you feel, standing between two
such dignified peituuages as we are? Don't
you think yuu appear like a little stunted
thorn-bush between two majestio oaks?"
The gentleman made the lemaik in good
nuluie, believing Ihal Ibey would get full
111 telum, with all Ihe microti that Ihe law
would allow, and they were no) mistaken in
their man Mr. Thoiburn rapidly glanced
from one tu the other w ith hit deep blue,
lun swimming eyes, and replied,
"1 am not so much of thorn myself, per
haps at my reply may prove lo your (unity
question, fur I teul veiy much Ilk a gold
Jullar between fire cents."
The company thouled, and Ihe two younjj
meii ciwd lustily fur uiinrlrr, which, at
Thuit'Uiu prosed II, civated taulegs in
the t'unriuiiuii.
Ki .hih Start Au r'ugli.h officer, aer
ting hi Ibo Haltie, wriica at follow t of Ihe
HuMian jM'asauliy :
''We look tome piwouuita tliml linie since
iu Um I Ihal bad been t'tuhl bieakiug the
blt. ke.le in avert h of salt, lot which, 1 tup
pus, ihe iwoplg tie In', inning iu be baid
up. Tli"e iiivu appvaivil lu me lu be f"d
t'wcMiient uf Iteaaiau evils, Muially aud
b)ieally I bey apvaiej tbjoil Uve l'U4
iu euaiau bieau tluiusy gamm.ile, wiiU Coni
cal wui.lij aps, Ibey appaaivJ paiie .'in k
eu wiiti leiioi al their pvsiliuu, aud uue uu
fiiiui.aie biii (I wju'I say man) wattu
fteu'wuie, I bat be lei! Inle eiul.ie III.
Ibe tt'eue wat uid,i4 wbeu Ibey weit)
uabvied lulu Ue Adwiial't xa4e. I bate
bai! at aiatee 4 e ling i ibe tMaatuee el
tbau tuatleit, aua) biaaag Ibe Iuh4; 4el
ll.U letiuiea, I ant MJ, avioallf lbe
1 ! 1,04 a. 4 etiu ib
valval I La f ii ab4.4su'ly to I II,.,
W bol IW J Iw U 1 al II. .'
Alf ALLEGED CASE OF ABDICTIOM FRVS
TRATFD. A young man from ihe North, named
Sutlifle, was arrested at Pitlsbnrg, on Mon
day, on the charge of attempting to force a
young lady, the daughter of an editor of an
influential journal, Franklin, La., to accom
pany him to Philadelphia, against her wishes.
The Pittsburg Dispatch has Ihe annexed ac
count of the singular affair:
About two years ago she became acqnaiut
ed with Sutlifle, who attended a store in
Franklin, and being of an easy, pleasing (lis
position, she conceived an affection for him
which he lost no opportunity of cultivating
This acquaintance continued for some
months, during which sho became much at
tached to her lorer, and it was only termi
nated when Miss J father sent the lady
and a younger sister to finish their education
at a seminary in Granville, Licking county,
Ohio, conducted by a Mr. Sandford.
Whether it was that the lovers corresponded
or Sutlifle had learned the whereabouts of
his mistress through some other channel, we
cannot say, but, eighteen months after her ar
rival at the seminary, the prisoner made his
appearance there, and intimacy between the
parties was renewed. Whatever representa
tions he made lo Miss Johnson, he prevailed
on her to fly wilh him from the seminary)
and under pretence of taking her ti Phila
delphia, where he promised to marry her,
he brought the lady to this city.
They arrived here on Friday night, put rip
at the "Riley Hotel," on Grant stieel, where
he introduced the girl as his cousin, and re
mained there till Sunday night, when Mr.
Riley learning some of the facts of the case,
and fearing that the fellow intended sedu
cing the girl, and then perhaps placing her
in one of those fashionable brothels which
abound in Philadelphia, ordered him to leave
the house. He refused at first : but consta
ble Rea was called in, and his presence de
terred the follow from offering any further
opposition to tho will of the landlord. The
girl, hearing of his conduct, became alarmed
for her safety, and opening her eyes to ihe
gulph of misery which she had escaped, de
sired to be sent back to the Seminary. The
prisoner was arrested at her request, and the
Mayor, after hearing the girl's story and
learning that the prisoner had actually dis
posed of part of her jewelry, and attempted
to gain possession of the remainder, ordered
him to leave the town in six hours, else he
would send him to the Hill as a vagrant.
The prisoner protested his innocence at
great length, snd declared that he intended
making the girl his wife; but the guilt of
his intentions was too apparent, and the
Mayor declared that when the hour arrived
he would carry his word into effect, if he
were to be found in the city.
Miss J is a handsome, pleasing young
woman, about seventeen years of age, and
very well educated. She will be sent back
to the Seminary to-day.
Since writing the above, we leain that
Sutlifle refused to comply wilh the order of
ihe Mayor, was arrested and committed to
jail, in default of $2000, to appear at the
next term of tho Criminal Court, and aiuwej
a charge of attempting to abduct Miss ,
for the purpose of placing her io a houso of
prostitution.
FREEMEN I KANSAS.
We find in the Columbian, of Cincinnati,
tho following letter from Mr. S. N. Wood, a
rreoSoiler, who has emisrnted lo Kansas.
He writes from Independence, Mo, on Ihe
27ihult: -
"We arrived here about a week ago, for
the purpose of settling in Kansas, and con
tributing our mile to prevent Slavery cursing
the fairest pari of creation. We have made
one short trip over into tho Indian Country,
and salii-fied oujsrlves that a man ran get
almost just such a home as he pleases. 1
never saw richer laud in my life; and it
appears inexhaustible. We saw among the
Shawnee Indians, some uf ihe best farms
thai we ever saw in our lives. The only
drawback is this slavery niietiion. Missou-
riant have already flocked to this Territory
by hundiods; many slaves are already in Ihe
Territory. Even at the Methodist Mission
they are henihenuinK'the black in order lo
Christianize the led men. A few mission
aries thought iu the start that thry would
regulate the settlement of this whole Terri
tory. Northern men were ordered off;
lynching was freely talked of, even by l'. i1
oilier rs al Fori Leavenworth, merely because
they happened lu be Uxn 1101th ut Mason
and Duuu'a line. Some northern men were
actually dnieii off ; others wore fiigbleued
way. All matinee uf bee wvie lol.l, and
miaiepreaeiilaliout made, in urdci tu keep
iiuithhern men away
Bui new Ihe t-harut it broken. A doten
families uf r'ie Hollers diote ahead, and
bat roinuirueeil eaiil.-iiiciil upon kaiiaat
II..,., A uitfaiiiiia ia salted on J J 1 1 uf
thoae fiieu-lly lu m..kiK b'anaat 4 dee Stale,
I'.mikjianlt lium luw, Idmw't and Indtauaa
ate aiming daily. Teu daje will nl aa
until Ihe cebintul al UaM I" bundled hi pu
uenitvf bU.ery will be in tiaiiuciwn. A
(ew anuie, and we tUll U lutumble. Ad
we waul U M eteiy uutbiu mau-etti)
liuilbwru lauiily, Wba bate then Winds uii
Ibis Teiilleiy, lu fume vu al vine, 1 bit
Mateiy quraiiuu must bu ml au I devi U I
mvw. I el Uey wuce g.l bol I, end
be will bu bail l , '"la immih
Jeuittiaii4 mow will taie all ibe ale
btdOoit eel ul Ibe letuiuiy, au I iaii.
ummw eUteiy dot being tuugl feet I
awe. ear 4u ee aud all. wba ei.i J'
tiutg baie, lu tiue al -e , a '"' ' w
be 4"ti , ) wi I H i t e.i I t ..'.. '
v I kUiu,. i.v Isit 1 ) !t . . I -4 1 '
OLD SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 44.
TALL COR.
We grow '-'tall corn" in America. Tli.t
world is beginning to find it out. Kvciy
year brings it more and more home to tho
perceptive and digestive faculties of all civ
ilized humanity. Like all lruth, it did not
gain credit at once. True, every body sees
it here with his own eyes, bnt not so on the)
olhereideof the water. The firr account'
of the productiveness df onr western prairie
were read by the Buckhamshire larmrr will;
nbont ns mnch respect as the fish stories ot
the sailor Sinbad. It took even the highest
dignitaries of Ihe land a long while to get
fairly up to a level with the actnnl fact.
Even at this day there is an ear of corn i"
Ihe British Musenm which enjoys a very
'distinguished consideration" as a enriositv
It divides attention, wo do not say equally,
but certainty fractionally, with the Nineveh
Bull and ihe great Koh-i-noor. It is a per
fect marvel 10 our good cousin John Bull ;
and yet it has but a veny simple history and
is not a very extraordinary ear of corn after
all. It reached iis present distinction some
thing in this wise :
In ihe month of January, 1947, at a cer
tain dinner party in London, at which Lord
J. Russell, I.otd Morpeth and many other
distinguished men were present, the conver
sation turned upon the Irish famine; and the
remark was made by Lord John, that he re
joiced that so good a substitute for the native
brendslufl had been found as Indian corn.
Turning to Mr Bates, the American partner
in the Housed Baring, Brothers, his lord
ship went on to say, "Why, Bates, some of
the cobs have twelve or fourteen rows of
crnin on them." Mr. Bates coolly replied,
"Yes, my lord 1 have seen fiom twenty to
twenty-fovr rows on a cob." "That is rank
Yankeeism," was the pleasant retort of the
Premier, and the whole company shouted an
approval. The bnrst incredulous of merri
ment over, Mr. Bates bought his peace by n,
wager of a dinner fur the company all round,
that he could produce such an car. "Done,"
exclaimed Lord John, and the bet was
clinched.
The dinner passed ofl, Mr. Bales returned
home, but not entirely at ease. He had
done a strange thing ; for the first time in
his life he had made an engagement ho was
not absolutely cerium of his ability lo fulfil.
Ho had misgivings that ho had rashly
pledged the honor of his country. It had
been long since he had looked upon on
American crib; and however patiently h
winnowed ihe cornucopia of his memory, ho
found that the cobs of his eaily days had
gone glimmering through the lapse of time,
among the things that were and were now
so far off that he couldn't count the tows.
He was, as Pluttis would say, redaclus ad
t unfits, 111 lankee parlance, "hard up."
But fortune favors the brave. Il happened
that a friend of his dropped in the next day
at the counting-house of the Barings. Mr.
Bates, with brightening face, hailed him,
and made known his difficulty. '-You are
1" was tho response; "if I live to get
home, you shall have even a bigger car than
you have promised."
Our friend G soon returned, and
straightway wrote to Messrs. Rogers & Rey
nolds, of Lafayette, Ind , telling the story,
and begging them, for the honor of the
country to come to the rescue, and torn the
tables on Lord John, showing him what
Ynnkees could do. In the July followine.
Mr. G received by express fiom La
fayette n nicely arranged box containing six
ear of horse-tooth corn, two of which bad
twenty-nine rows, and two tkirttf tiro. The
box was fotthwilh addressed to J. B.V.cs
F.sq., care of Messrs. Baring, Bro. fc Co ,
ship, by Black Rail line, card of ihe Liver
pool house. It reached it destination, and
Lord John Russell, first Lord of the Treasury,
third son of the late Duke of Bedford by the
second daughter of George Viscount Turling
ton, and lineal descendenl of Lord William
Russell, the martyr of libetty, oriiiotriri'i.'fi.'
(At rom." The dinner was won. Joshua
Bates did not perpetrate a "Yankee iMii," and
ihe Uiitih museum holds tho liophy. l ire
In iVpuliiuif. .V. V. Colour.)
Al t VLIMI vlOM.ll IITIIIttl.
The people of I'era are circulating capi
tal story, Ihe heroine of which is one of tint
euldifi' wives. The woman and her bus
bund wauled In en lu Slauiboid, tu see the
busauis; but, when the lime fui going came,
the man wat sent uu duly, so Im sent one of
Ihe Turkish suijieanla with bit wife, lrllin
bim, 01 causing him le bo told, that be mu.l
lake bei about and thaw her rveryihing
The iwo went uu in Ihe .learner, and when
uu Stainboul bndjt-e-, the Udy look theTuik'a
mi. The vouple, llius walking aloe;, rici
led .leal uf Mention. At ibey pad
lhioukli Ihe ;id ol Jai.l.ljini, lloi iu.k wat
violently ahiiwd by Ibe load, bul In1)
llvtinjl woman wba bauul Ihal p'aca. They
Iboiijjhl ll alrvcivut thai be h miI.I openly
: wilb an liiiidil woman. I lie) s'w
abused Ibe lad), w'l'S undti .lauding
what Ibey said, paid no alleiili'Mi lu Iheui. -I
be Tw'b'h women Ibrn uum.u f I pnL
I Hi a ' I ahuul, and Mir, Ilium lanalual Int. I
Ilia le.i, .(hI HI bet lace. l "tu urn
aviuuii ) woman uiul"iai'd llial M' li'""l
aioiiud, piUbe-l lulu bel Tmii.b i.iii, and
gas lli 111 a a-Miid dmbbl tf Hao .Loan
the iau sol 11 ail alu'it ibal ai 'life
woiutM te 4 uwiHt i W't lea a nm ilr.
.be " "e ' tun, auol ui a
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