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I0UIS DAVID. THE REGICIDE.
It is now thirty years since nis death nt
Brussels. On the subject of tho interdict
nirninst his dead body by Charles tho Tenth,
a piece of brutality, bad taste and blundering
combined which three attributes go togeth
er to constitute a perlcct Jsouruomum
iemnger wrote one of the most beautiful of
his patriotic odes, which was rendered into
English verse by the celebrated Father
Front, and published in Frazer's Magazine a
few years afterwards. As the fifth of a cen
tury has passed away, and another generation
has sprung np since this beautiful translation,
scarcely second to the original, appeared in
the then glorious pages pages of "Jlcgina,"
it may be unknown to most of our readers.
X. V. Evening Post,
"Tho pasa is bared t Full back 1' cries the
guard ; 'cross not the i rench frontier r
As, with solemn tread, of the exiled dead
tho funeral drew near.
For the sentinello hath noticed well what no
plume, no pall cau hide .
That your hearse contains the sad remains of
a banished regicide I
'But pity take, for his glory's sake," said his
children to the guard :
'Let his noble art pleud on his part let a
grave be his reward.
Franco knew his name in hour of fame, nor
the niJ of his pencil scorned ;
Let his passport bo the memory of the tri
umphs ho udorned'
" 'That corppc can't pass 1 'tis my duty, alas 1
said the frontier sentiualle,
'But pity take, for his country's fake, and
his cluy do not repel.
'I-rom iis kindred earth, from the land of his
biii!i 1' crivd the mourners in their turn.
'Oh! givo to France the inheritance of her
painter's funeral urn ;
His pencil traced, on the Alpine waste of the
pathless Mount Hot bard.
Napoleon's course on a snow-white horse !
let a grave be his reward I
For ho loved this land ay, his dying hand
to paint her frame he'd lend her.
Let his pusspoi-t be the memory of his native
country's spleudor
" 'You cannot pass,' said the guard, m 'alas !'
and tears bedimmed his eyes
'Though France may count to pass that
mount a glorious enterprise.' '
'Then' pity take, for fuir Freedom' sake,'
said the mourners once asain :
'Her favorite wus Leouidiis, with his baud of
hpartun men.
Did not his art to them impart life's breath,
that France might see
Whut a patriot few. in the gap could do at
old Thermopyla: !
Oft by that sight "for the coming fight was
the youthful bosom fired :
Let his pas-sport be the memory of the valor
he inspired !
" 'Ye cannot pass.' 'Soldier alas ! a diiinal
loom we crave
Say, is there not some lonely spot where his
fnetids may dig a grave ?
Oh 1 pity take, for that hero's sake whom he
cloned to portray
Alllllst
that bund the withered hand of an
aged pontiff rose,
And his blessing shed on the conquer's head,
forgetting his own woeg.
Ho drew that scene, nor dreamt' I ween, that
yet a little while,.
And the hero's doom wonld be a tomb, far
off iu a lonely isle !'
" 'I am clmrgd, alas ! not to let you pas3,'
suid the sorrowing sentinclle i
'His destiny must also be a foreign grave!'
'Tis well !
Hard is pur futu to supplicate for his bones
a place of rest,
Aud to benr away his banished clay from the
land that he loved best.
ZJut let us hence I Sad recompense for the
lustre that ho cast, ,
Blending the rays of modern days with the
glories of the past !
Our sons will read with shame this deed, un
less my mind doth err.
Andafuturo age make pilgrimage to tbo
painter's sepulchre !' "
Effecting Jitorg.
THE LOST BOY.
An Incident in the Ohio Penitentiary.
BY TUB WARDEN.
I had been bnt a few months in charge of
tho prison, when my attention was. attracted
to, .and deep interest felt in, the numerous
bojs and young men who were confined tbere-
n and permuted to work iu tne same shops
with old and hardened convicts. The inter-
st was increased on every evening, as I saw
hem congregated in gangs, marching to their
tieut meals, una thence to their gloomv bed
rooms, which are more like living sepulchers, j
with iron shrouds, than sleeping apartments.
These young men and boys, being generally
the shortest iu height, brought np the rearo'f
tho companies, as they murched to the terri
ble "lock step," and consequently more easily
attracted attention. To see many youthful
forms and bricbt countenances mingled with
the old and hardened scoundrels, whose visa
ges betokened vice, malice and crime, was
sickening to the soul. But there was one
among the boys, a lad about seventeen years
of age, who had particularly attracted my at
tention ; noi iroin anything superior u his
countenance or general appearauce : but by
the iook ol utter despair wuicn ever ant upon
mt urow. ana lue silent, uncomplaining man
ner in wnicu lie submitted to all the hardship
and degradations of prison life. He was often
complained of, by both officers and men, and
1 thought unnecessarily, for light aud trivial
offences airuinst the rules of propriety :' yet he
seldom had any excuse or apology, aud uever
denied a dartre. He took the reprimand,
and once a punishment, without a tear or a
murmur, almost as a matter oi course, seem
iimlv thankful that it was no worse. He bad
evidently seen better day, and enjoyed the
light of home, parents and mends, u uoi tne
uxuriei or nio. iiut in ligut oi nope seemeu
to have gone out his health was poor his
fice pale hia frame fragile and no fire
beamed la ma oark grey eye 1 1 tnougut every
nijiht, a 1 saw bim march to Lit gloomy bed,
that 1 would go to him and learn bis history
but there were so many duties to perform.
so much to learn and to do, that day afterday
passed, and I would neglect him bavins:
merely learned that bis name was Arthur
Uiob, and that bis crime was burglary and
larceny, indication a very bad boy, lor on so
young, lie had already been there a year,
and had two more to serve t ne never conld
outlive his sentence, and his countenance indi
cated that he felt it. He worked at stone
cutting, on the State house hence my oppor
tunities for seeing him wero less than though
ho had worked in tho prison yard still his
palo face haunted me day and night and I
resolved that on the next Subbath, as he
ramo from School, I would send for him and
learn his history.
It happened, however, that I was one day
in a store, waiting for the transaction of some
business, nnd having picked up an old news
paper I read nnd re-read, while delayed, until
nt Inst my eye fell upon nn advertisement of
"A Lost Boy I Information wanted of a boy
named Arthur ." (I will not give his real
name, for perhaps he is still living,) and then
followed a description of the boy exactly
corresponding with that of the young convict
Arthur Lamb 1 Then there was somebody
who cored for the poor boy, if, indeed, it was
him; perhaps a mother, his lather, his bro
thers and sisters, who were searching for him.
The advertisement was nearly a year old yet
I doubted not nnd soon as the convicts were
locked up I sent for Arthur Lamb. He
came, as a matter of course, with the samo
pale, uncomplaining face nnd hopeless gait
thinking, no doubt, that something had gone
wrong, and been laid to bis charge.
I was examining the Convicts' Register,
when he came iu ; and when I looked np,
there he stood, a perfect image of despair. I
asked him his name. He replied,
"Arthur."
"Arthur what?" said I. sternly.
"Arthur Lnmb," he answered, hesita
tingly. Have you a father or mother living?"
"His eye brightened his voice quivered,
as he exclaimed :
"Oh 1 have yon heard from mother? Is she
alive ? is she well f" and tears, which I had
never seen him shed before, ran like rain
drops down his cheeks. As he became calm
from suspense, I told him I had not heard
from his parents, but that I had a paper I
wished him to read. Ho took the advertise
ment which I had cat from the paper, and as
he read it he exclaimed,
"That's mel that's, me 1" and again sobs
and tears choked his utterance.
I assured him that the advertisement was
oil I could tell him about his parents and
that as it requested information, I desired to
know what I should write in reply. The ad
vertisement directed information to be sent
to the editor of the Christian Chronicle, New
York.
"Ob, do not write!" he said, "it will break
poor mother's heart."
I told him I must write ; and that it would
be a lighter blow to his mother's feelings to
know where he was than the terrible uncer
tainty which must haunt her mind day and
night. So he consented ; and taking him to
my room, I drew from him in substance the
following story :
His father was a respectable and wealthy
mechanic in an interior town of the State of
New York. That at the holding of the State
Agricultural Fair, in his native town, he got
acquainted with two stranger boys, older than'
himself, who persuaded him to run awny from
home and go to the AVest. lie foolishly con
sented; with high hopes of happy times, new
scenes nnd ereat fortune ! They came as fur
as Cleveland, where they remained several.
days. One morning the otnertwo Doys came
to'his room early, and showed him a large
amount of jewelry, &c, which they said they
had won at cards during the night. Knowing
that he was in need of funds to pay his board,
they pressed him to take somo of it, for means
to pay his landlord. But before he bad dis
posed of ahy of it they were all three arrested
for burglary, and as a portion of the property
taken from" the storo which had been robbed
was found in his possession, he too was tried,
convicted and sentenced. He had no friends,
no money, and dared not to write home ; so
hope sank within bim ; he resigned himself
to his fute, never expecting to get out of
prison, or see his parents again.
LT4)on inquiring of the two young convicts
who came with bim. on tho same charge, I
learned that what Arthur had stated was
strictly true, and that his only crime was
keeping bad company, leaving his home, and
unknowingly receiving stolen goods. Ques
tioned seperately, they ull told the same sto
ry, aud left no doubt in my mind of tho boy's
innocence. Full of compassiou for the unfor
tunate little fellow, I sut down and wrote a
full description of Arthur, his condition and
history, as I obtained it from him, painting
the horrors of tho place, tho hopelessness of
his being reformed there, even if guilty, and
the probability of his never living out his sen
tence, and describing the process to bo nsed
to gain his pardon. This I scut according to
the directions in the advertisemetd;. But
week after week passed, and no answer came.
The boy daily inquired if 1 had heard from his
mother, until, nt last, "hope long deferred
seemed to make his heart sick," aud uguiu he
drooped and pined.
At last a letter came sncn a letter: it
was from the liev. lr. uoiiows, or Aew
York. He had been absent to a distant city,
but the moment he read my letter the good
man responded. I he lather ol the poor boy
had become almost insane on account of his
son's mysterious absence. He had left bis
former place of residence, had moved from
city to city, from town to town, aud travelled
up and down tho country seeking the loved
and the lost I He had spent the most of a
handsome fortune ; his wife, the boy's mother
was on ino unnK oi tne grave, -pining lorner
hrst born, and would not bo comlorted."
They then lived in a western city, whither
they had 'gone in tne nope oi niuung or tor-
gutting tbeir boy or that a mange oi scene
might assuage their grief. He thanked me
for my letter, which he had sent to tue rattier,
and promised his assistance to procure the
young convict's pardon.
This news 1 gave to .Armor; ne seemed
pained and pleased hope and fear, joy aud
grief, filled his heart alternately ; but from
tbenre bis eye beamed brighter, his step was
lighter, and hope seemed to dance in everv
nerve. "
Days passed and at last there enme a
man to the prison, rushing frantically into the
office, demanding to see his boy.
"My boy my boy 1 Oh, let me see him !'
The clerk, who knew nothing of the matter
calmly asked him for the name of his son '
"Arthur "
"No srch name on our books: your son
cannot bo he."."
"He is here I Show him to me 1 Here, sir
is yoar own letter 1 Why do too mock me r '
Tho clerk looked over tho letter, saw at
once that Arthur Lamb was the convict
wanted, and ramr the bell for the mpewn.
"There is the warden, sir, it was his letter
yon showed."
Too much of a good thing is oft.eo nnpleas
ant. The old man embraced me and weDt
like a child. A thousand times he thaDked
me, and in tho name of his wife, beaned bles
sings apon my head. But the rattling or tho
groat iron door, and the grating sound of Us
. pjngei junicaieq yit appearance of Arthur,
and I conducted tho excited parent into a
side pnrlor. I then, led his son to his embrace.
Such a half shriek and agonizing groan as the
old man gnvc, when he beheld the altered np
pearance of the boy, ns he stood, clad in tho
degrading stripes, nnd holding a convict's cap
in his hand, 1 never heard before 1 1 have
seen runny similar scenes since, and become
inured to them ; but this one seemed as if it
would burst my brain 1
1 drew np and signed a petition for the
pardon of tho young convict ; and such a deep
and favornblo impression did the perusal of
tlie letter I wrote in answer to the advertise
ment make upon tho directors, that thoy rea
dily joined in tho petition, though it was a
long time before McLean consented. He
was exceedingly cautious and prudent; but
tho old man clung to him followed him from
his office to his country residence, and thero
in tho presence of his family plead anew his
cause. At length, excited by the earnest
appeal of tho father, the director looked over
his papers again his wife, becoming interest
ed, picked up the answer to tho advertise
ment, read it, and then tears came to the
rescue, Mac said, rather harshly, that the
warden would let all those young rascals out
if ho could. Those who knew Governor Wood
will uot wonder that ho was easily prevailed
upon in such a case, aud tho pardon was
grunted.
Need I describe tho old man's joy now ho
laughed and wept walked and ran all im
patient to see his son free. When the lad
came out in citizen's dress, the nged parent
was too full for utterance. He hugged the
released convict to his bosom kissed him
wept and prayed! Grasping my huhd. he
tendered me his farm his wutch anything
I would take. Pained at the thought of pe
cuniary reward. 1 took the old man's arm in
mine, and his boy by tho hand, and escorted
them to the gate literally bowing them
away.
1 never saw them more ! But the young
man is doing well ; nnd lonir may he live to
reward the filial affection of his parents.
This case may be but one among u hundred.
Where guilt is clear, thero should be pity for
youth, and somo proper means taken to re
store them to the paths of rectitude and
honor. Sandusky (Ohio) Mirror.
SPEAK OF A MAM AS YOU FIND HIM.
BY F. O. l.KK. ESQ.
If Rumor has scattered his statements un
true, Belying some friend, never mind him ;
Tuko "Truth" for your motto, whatever you
do,
And speak of a man as you Cud him.
Of those who have largo faults never utter
loud cries,
So step in the proper direction ;
Oft silence is welcome, and oft times she's
wise
No woman or man 13 perfection.
If Poverty's frowned on a man well-to-do,
With icy like mantle embcund him,
Remember that fortune. may deal thus with
you,
So speak of the man as you find him.
There are-who would point at the wretched
in scoru
Religion the say bids them do it ;
I'll warrant, if ever they pass through life's
morn
Unremorsed, that in even thu'U rue it.
To purveyors of scandal who deem them
selves wise,
Of a snow-ball in w iutcr remind them.
Which, being rolled ouward incrcaseth in
size :
Bid them speak of ull men as they find
them.
So, if Rumor scatters his statements untrue,
Of friend undeserving, ne'er mind it ;
There are some who'll add to the talo beside
you,
So let it alone as you find it 1
A TEsjT OF CllltlSl iamtv.
A Christian gt.itlemun had occasion to
travel through a newly uud thinly settled
part of the Western country ; his companion
was a man of intelligence but of infidel prin
ciples, who was fond of discussion and tried
to beguile the wuy by urging arguments
against the truths of tho C'hristiuu religion.
The thinly pe pi d section of tho. country
through which they were passing was inhabi
ted by people of bad reputation, and it hud
been rumored that travellers had suffered
fatal violence from them when they wero
within their power.
As taverns wero unknown, our travellers
were compelled to trust to tho hospitality of
those of whom they could not but entertain
a serious fear. Oil one occasion as the eve
ning closed in. they sought a lodgiug place
in a log cabin, far remote from other habita
tions. They anticipated but little comfort;
aud were induced to believe that it would be
a measure of safety to wutch alternately
through the night.
As they wero about to retire to their bed,
their host, whoso exterior hud excited their
distrust, proceeded to a shelf, took down an
old and much worn Bible, and informing his
visitors that it wus his custom to worship
Clod in his family, Ite read and prayed iu so
simple a manner as to secure the esteem of
the travellers, lhey retired to rest, slept
soundly, and thought no more ot alternate
watching.
In the morning tho C'hristiun requested his
Infidel companion to sav whether the religions
exercises of the preceding evening had not
dispelled every particle of distrut of their
uosi g character, uud had not enabled bun to
clofe his eyes in the mot confident security.
lie was emieotiy embarrassed bythe ques
tion; but at last ho candidly acknowledged
that the sight of the Bible hud secured him a
sound uight's re. Here wag a testimony
extorted from an Infidel, in favor of the in
fluence of religion which be skeptically as
sailed. He could not harbor a fear of vio
lence rrom one who was iu the habit of daily
bending his knee before tiod. The very
creation of tho family a' tar rendered the
house a secure asylum. Who would not be
a Christian ? Who can bo au Infidel ?
Cor.i CRor im Wabash County. The
Marshall (III.) lllinoisun of the 3d instant
says that the like of the present sea0B for
corn prospects has never been before witnes
sed iu that part or tho Wabash Valley. The
accounts from other sectious are or tue same
tenor; tho crop is a very flourishing one
through all the great corn-crowing regions of
the West.
Wuere sour or thk Monev ooRs. There
is one firm in Maiden Lane, New York, which
melts down, in t he course of on year, in gold
and silver, 91,550.000, and a firm in Fulton
street, silversmiths, who nse 100,000, in
silver, in a year.
Frnin the Wyoming N. Y. Times.
TIIK SEA-AeRPF.NT ASTHAV.
Appearance of the Sra Serpent in Silver Ijike
The Testimony oj Ih e Creditable Witnesses.
Silver Lake is a sheet of water abont ronr
miles lonir. and from half to three-fourths of
a mile wide. The lake is o great place of
resort for fishing parties. There is said to
bo a place in this little lake where the lead
lias been dropped lr. vain. ISO sonmimg nns
been obtained ; hence the presumption, and
we admit it as a presumption, that it con
nects, by some subterrnneun passage, with
lake Eaie or Ontario ; and to draw the figure
still greater, with tho vast Atlantic.
Friday evening last, as a party, ot wuicn we
formed nno. were disembarkinu' from a trip
on the lake, with a hundred pounds or less
of dressed cat fish, Messrs. Charles Hall,
Joseph U. Mcknight, Charles Scrifonur, and
Alonzo Sciibner. accompanied by two boys,
named Ueonre Hall and John Scrilmcr, wero
just leaving the landingon np evening fi.shing
excursion.
They left the landing near Mr. Howes
Pump Factory, about 8 o'clock, P. M., Fri
dav. nnd rowed tin to the narrows of tho
outlet, where two of the party got out and
dragged the bout through. As tho channel
becumo wider, they took seats in the boat,
rowed steadily up to the lake nnd commenced
fishing. Tho evening was not dark. Both
shores were in view, und stars nnd clouds ap
peared alternately. About nine o'clock, as
tho entire party were lislung, JlcKnight, who
sat in the stern of the boat, called tho atten
tion to what had the semblance, though much
lurgerofa long tree trimmed off, lying on tho
surfuce of tho water, north of their bout, nnd
a dozen yards off. All looked at it, and va
rious suggestions were mado regarding it.
It appeared to bo 80 or 100 leet long.
However tho party continued fi.shing, tho
thing they paw be it tree, log, or what not
remaining in tho same position, for twenty
minutes or Jialf an hour. About !'i o'clock
it had disappeared, when or how, the party
had not observed. In about ten minutes,
McKnight called attention to tho same ob
ject between tho boat the party occupied and
the obi snil boat Trolie, which lies aground
disabled on the east shore. ' The centre of
tho log, tree, or whatever it was, was in a
direct line from the stern of the bout, and not
more than four rods off Alter watching it a
few minutes. McKnight, who wasnearest it,
exclaimed, "Boys, that thing is moving !"
A few minutes more passed, nnd Hull
noticing that it had and was changing its
position, exclaimed, "See, it is bowing
'round !" and true enough, so it was. All
looked and sav the same movement. Its
head, it could no longer bo called a log, was
now within three rods of the boat, nnd as it
approached tho waves parted on either side,
as if a boat w nsleisui ely approaching. Scrib
uer, in nn attempt to cut theropo attached
to the anchor and boat, lost his knife, nnd
pulled up tho anchor. Hall grapping the
oars and commenced pulling vigorously for
the west shore, McKnight steering the bout.
Scribner took nut with Hull nnd assisted in
rowing. All this was the work of nn instant,
and their mysterious nud unwelcome, guest
disappeared whilo it was going forward, to
tho great joy of the party.
But they were not clear of their visitor.
Tho boat had not been propelled more than
40 rods when the strange customer was again
visible on the surface for thu third time, to
the northeast of them, ar.d between tho boat
and the outlet. This time the visitor was
within one rod of the boat, and the party were
making rapid progress towards theintct. All
in tho boat saw tho creature. It ngaiu dis
appeared. For tho fourth time, when the party were
within 35 or 40 rods from their proposed nnd
now nearest landing point tho soutli sido of
tne uuet, lor now there wus no mistaking its
character, darted from the water uboiit four
feet from the stern of tho boat, close by the
rudder puddle, tho head and forward part of
the monster rising above the surface of tho
water eight or twelve feet in an oblique direc
tion from the bout ! All in the boat hud a
fair view of the creatine, and concur iu rep.
resenting it as a most horrid nnd repulsivo
looking monster. All ncree ns to the length
exposed to view. On tho opposito side of
the boat about a rod and a half to tho north
east, tho other extremity of the serpent was
in full view, lashing the water with its tail.
When the forward port ddscended upon the
water, it created waves that nearly capsized
tho boat, and suspended regular operations
ut tho oars.
The party reached shore in safety ; but
frightened most out of their senses. They
left the bout on the side of the luko farthest
from home, and fooled it home some two
miles, rather than venture down tho outlet,
not more than halfa mile in length. It is
ulinost needless to say that they slept little
that night.
Wo will add for tho benefit of the incred
ulous that these men aro persons of charac
ter. Tboy would be believed lit tins commu
nity in any ordinary matter ns between man
and man. We admit it is a lingo story, but
it is about a largo Serpent, lie would bo a
monster ut hull the size.
But here is tho affidavit of two of the
party :
Joseph 11. McKnight and Charles Hull,
both bving duly sworn, say that they have
heard read tho article published in tho
Wyoming Times. In rvlutiou to the serpent
in Silver Lake, nud lhat thetatemcnts there
made aro true of their own knowledg.t.
J. it. Mi Knioiit,
Charm 1 1 all.
Subscribed and sworn this ICth day of
July, 1655, before me. Kx( 9
Justice or the Peace
One dollar a foot has been offered for tho
skin of the Serpent, if over (.0 feet long.
Fntkrinu Fol.KI.iX SKRVI. K.-1WI1S m-
tembng to enter the service oT the Kuropean
now now at war with each other should
cWrly understood the conditions which are
ikelv to bo required of thfin. T here nio
u t3 nuniberof young AnuM,ca. phvsu;mns
engaged in tho Crimea, and some of hem m
Sobas opol. who cannot hope for release. f.
Ts sal 1. till tho end of the war, lest they
should impart information to tho d.sadyau
tage or the Russians. Ignorant ot this inci
dent to their engagement, someor them have
oasi' to regret the step they have taken.
Those who are eulisting in this country, con
trary to our laws, ror service as soldiers iu
the Allied army will, wo apprehend, find as
much troublo to leave that service till the
end or the war as the foreign physicians in
the Russian service. . .
Parts "as is" Fastk. Dissolve an ounce
of alum in a quart of warm water s when cold,
add as much flour as will moke it the consis
tence of cream j then Btrew into it as much
powdered rosiu as will stand OB a shilliug,
and two or three cloves, boil it to a cousik
teuce, stiniug ull the time. It will keep for
twelve months, and when dry msy be soften
ed with water.
SKI.LIKO A LANDLORD.
Mr, Rocins Tuggs was a histrionic gentle
man who performed tho heavy business at
half-price theaters. His stock in trade con
sis tod of a thundering voice, square shoulders,
and a pair of prodigious calves. Ho was a
great villian theatrically speuking ; ns 'a
man, though not without his faults, he ijas
never committed tho slightest burglary, ur
son, or murder. Still nn unfortunate tenden
cy to moisten his diaphragm too rieely with
fermented liquors, led him into serious embar
rassments. IJe wns frequently "indisposed,"
and severely tried his patience both of mana
gers and the public. Yet ho made somo no
bio professional discoveries. Nono of the
representatives of Richard, Dnko of Oloslor,
from Oarriek to Charles Kean, hod ever eli
cited from Shakespeare's text at the stage
direction the astonishing fact that tho hump
back assassin or King Henry and the prince
was a drunkard as well as a murderer and a
tyrant. Yet Puggs conceived and rendered
the character in the spirit more than once,
staggering through the love scene with Lady
Anne, nnd exhibiting more Dutch courage
than valor, nnd "cunning of fence," in tho
closing encounter with Richmond, A differ
ence as tr the propriety of this rendition be
tween Puggs and the mitniigers led to tho
Iofs of engagements, nnd Puggs nt one time,
hnd ruu tip a bill at a certain tavern, in a cer
tain town, where he was unknown aud out or
business, without the slightest prospect or li
quidating the account. His personal prosper
ty consisted or a trunk containing two or
three shirts and an old uniform.
Th.i landlord was forbearing, but forbear
ance has an end. This individual had only
one peculiarity a resemblance to the Stuart
portrait of Gen. Washington, on which ho
prided himself immensely. It was his weak
point, nnd Puggs determined to take advan
tage of it.
One day he ordered a bottle of port, and
requested the landlord should come up with
it. Mr. (ieorgc Washington Blifiin accord
ingly made his appearance with tho port in
more than his ordinary statehood.
"Mr. Pucgs," said he, "1 have filled your
orders for the very last time, Sir; I have a
family."
"Clirubs! cherubs! General," said the ac
tor. "I must lire."
"Naturally."
"Very well. Sir; your bill already amounts
to 840 15 for board nnd 23 for brandy
and cigars."
"It was on this very subject I wanted to
see you, General. Whnt a surprising like
ness !" added the actor, throwing himself
back in his chair, and shading his eyes with
his hands, "a perfect Stuart."
"I have been told so," replied the landlord,
in a more pleasant manner, and taking a
sent.
'That's right, Bliflin ; make yourself, at
home. Now then bnnipers and to business!
Forty dollars you say. Well, 1 have a bet, a
cool fifty spot, in the. winning of which you're
deeply interested. 1 have a bet that you can
stand' for ten minutes in tho attitude of the
Farewell Address without moviug a muscle.
Dodgem, of tho Museum, is the party you
can do it as cosy as winking. I have a con
tinental umlorm which you snail put on wniic
1 arrange the light. Then I'll go for Dod
gem. My signal at the door shall be a worn
ing for your getting in an attitude It will
soon bo'over, and I'll then settle your bill.
Do you consent, f"
The landlord assented. Ito was soon at
tired in tho continental uniform, and assumed
the attitude Pnggs pointed out. The actor
inspected him, and asseverated he felt sure or
winning. Puggs went to the Museum.
"Dodgem," said he to the proprietor, "I
come to propose a bargain to you a full
length wax statue of Gen. Washington, largo
as life in uniform the very best thing you
ever saw ; cost cords of money. Do you want
tho article 1"
"That depends on the quulity and price."
said Dodgem, cautiously.
"tjuality lirst-rate ; yon shull judge for
vourself; price, nothing at all fifty dol
lars." "Then," said the show man, "if tho figure's
ull right, I'll take it."
"Come along, then hurry 1 must lake
the next train," said the actor.
In ten minutes they reach ihe door of th.'
actor's room. Puggs mode some noise n ho
fumbled with the key, ami addressed not gem
in n loud tone s as to prepare tho landlord.
This done, they entered. The lieht artisti
cally arranged, fell on the motioules figure ol
tho unfortunate Bliflin.
"There you have him. sir." said the artor, I
extending'his hand. "Tho father ot his conn-
trtfas la?ge as life, and twice us natural.- j
Please uoUco the characterise costume aud .
expression. (
What capital coloring
lid the show-
"loi't it? Don't he seen, lo bo saving:
Friends, Countrymen, und Lovers? V hat a
card for the 4th of July." . .,,
-1 should like a little more lijrht. said tho
Don"" whispered Pugg, as tho other of
fered to open tho shutter, "you know the sun
injures wax-work. There, Sir. so id '." and ho
. t.....tl.x..,l tlio ribs Willi bis
pUUCilCU II1B lumnu... ...
cai.e. "Aro vou sutiffied ?
Perfectly it's all yon represented.
"Come oloiig, then," said tho actor; and
hurrying Dodgem down in the bar room, ho
hastily "crawled a ie:eipt in full for filly do!-
' ""Send for him this ufteruoon." said Puggs,
us he pocketed the cash, "uud I'll have him
packed ill straw for you."
The showman departed, and Pnggs, has
len mr to the railroad station, mudu guod his
escape from town, exulting in his stratagem.
How the Museum was covered with Hying
posters announcing the exhibitiau of the
murvellous ttatuc, how the public were egTC-
giously disappointed, how Mr, Dodgem wa.
infuriated, uud Blifiin rabid when the "sell"
wus discoverod, it wero useless to tell.
A colored woman, in a Sabbath School ot
Louisville, Ky., promised to give ten dollars
when tho collection for tho Bible Society
should be tukeu up in her church. She was
told that it might he in part puvment to con
stitute her a lire member or the Society. She
did not seem anxious for that, but said, "1
will be a lije yirer to the Biblo Society : that
will be pleasant enough for lue. That is all
1 want."
Dkath from Hydrophobia. The Brad
ford (N. Y.) Chronicle, of the 4thinst., says
that a fine youug man, named Gray, died iu
that village recently from hydrophobia, hav
ing been bitten by bis own dog ten days pre
vious to bis death.
Bocktt Lajib. Tha Peusion Officer an
nounces th.it the total number of application
for bounty land to the present time is 1S0,
C0O, and that lbs nuraler issued is 11,10.
A VILLAKOl'S SCnVNOKrL..
Wo reccutly published an account or the
elopement or Rev. Wm. Slick with tho wim'
of a respectable citizen of South Creek. We
learn Hii-ther that he took the wife of this
gentleman to Steuben or Tompkins counties,
(it is not yet ascertained exactly which,) loft,
her, and eloped with the daughter of a citizen
iu ono of those counties. He was hotly pur
sued by the indignant father, nnd so clot-ely
pressed that, he abandoned the foolish girl and
ids horse und liturgy. The latter belongs to
a gentleman of Uinghninton M. T. Winton,
Esq. or whom Silk had purchased lut not
paid Tor them. ,
It is time that this scoundrel was hunted
uu nnd bronsht. to iustico. As near as we
can learn, his lifo has been but one pnotinucd
record of villunies. He has more wivts, if
we aro correctly informed, than a bashaw of
three tails. He was driven out of Athens by
the indignant citizens for disrepntublo ndvan-
ces to a lady there. Ho figured in Stuberi
county iu the ssmo way has succeeded in
eloping with four or five different women, and
continued a successful Lothario in spite of
constables and outraged people, llo was a
minister ol the Christian denomination, out,
was expelled from that body at a recent con
ference of its ministry. Wo have been pro
mised a detailed history of his exploits,- and
shall publish them so soon as rectived. L7
mica Republican.
"SPIIUTl'AMS.VI."
The mischief which this wretched delusion
has done, and is still doing, is almost incuiou
lable. AVe are often called upon to record
instances of its evil workings. The Boston
papers, a day or two since, contained an ac
count of a young lady, formerly a teacher in
one of tho public schools, w ho has gono mad.'
through a belief in the doctriuo. And
another instance haa just come to our knowl
edge. It is that of a highly intelligent pad
amiable lady, who, ono year ego, was living
iu ioston, iu comparative ease and luxury,
surrounded by ail theendcartnentsof domestic
bliss. But suddenly a change came over her
husband. Ho becumo infatuated with tho
compimv of a circle of "spiritualists," and
gradually neglected his wife mid children.
His evenings were no longer spentat his own
heath stone. ; At last, wil'o wu3 forsaken,
children were neglected, home was deserted.
Tho infatuated husband said that he hud
had a "vision," wherein it was revealed to
him that he must forsake his wife aud chil
dren, nnd become the spiritual husband" of a
certain "medium," with whom he wns inti
mately acquainted. And this he did for
saking the true partner or his heart, the
woman ho hud solemnly covenanted to watch
over and protect, "until death them should
part." The deserted wife wa3 thus left to
her own exertions for means of supporting
herself and her three children. She is now
residing in a neighboring city, where sho
manages to earn a livelihood by dressmaking,
whilo her husband, she says, is living in ek
gant luxuryat a fashionable hotel, with Li
"spiritual wife."
John R.'.xroi.rn " Heaped." Of the many
nmusinfr anecdotes or this eccentric man of
Roanoke, we do not beltevu the following was
ever in print.
He was travelling through a part of Vir
ginia in which lw was unacquainted ; mean
time he stopped during the night at tin inn
near tho forks of tho road. Tbo innkeeper
w as a fine gentleman, and no doubt of cue of
the first families in the Old Don inion.
Knowing who his distinguished guest was, ho
endeavored during the evening to draw him
into conversation, bnt failed in all his efforts.
But in tho morning, when Mr. Randolph was
ready to start, ho called for his bill, which, on
being presented, was paid. The landlord,
still anxious to have feme conversation with
riiin Korrnn ne f.illnnS
j "Which way are you travelling, Mr Ran-
j J.'.ir'?" said Mr. Randolph, with a look of
! displeasure. "U-ivc I paid n,y bill ?"
! "Yes."
j "Do I owe you anything more r
j -Well. I'm going just where I please do
' ion understand 'f
I "Yes."
' The landlord bv this time pot somewhat ex
i cited, aud Mr. Randolph drove off. But to
I the landlord's surprise, in a few minutes tho
I servant, came to inquire for his master which
I ,,r the forks of the road to take.
Mr. Randolph, not being out of hearing
distana', he spoke at the top of his voice:
'Mr. Randolph, vou don't owe mo oue cent :
just take which road you please."
A Joiccyman wns very sick, aud not ex
pected to recover. Hi friends gathered
around his bed, and one or them lays : "John
do you Ted w illing to dio ?" J olih made an'
effort to give his views oa the subject, and
answered, with his feeble voice : "I think
I'd rather stay where I am better acquain
ted." The Grave. It buries every terror cov
ers everv defect extinguishes every reeent
fent. From its peaceful bosom spring none
but fund regrets und tender recollections.
Who can look down upou tho grave of un
enemy, and not fuel a throb that lio should
have warred with the poor handful of cartb
that lit j mouldering before him ?
A Game of Chvs-s. Mr. O'Snllivan, the
United States Minister at Linbon, who is'said
to bo one of the b st chess players in Ameri
ca, played,- during his stay in 'Pari, twenty
seven guines, without od.ls, with M. Saint
Ainaut, the well known French plaver. Of
the 27. M. Saint A. won 21, Mr. O '.Sullivan
3, and 3 were drawn.
Tatts ov tiiu Iiiix.-is. It.ULr.OAD. Dr.
Fgan, of Chicago, 111., has made a contract
with the Illinois Central Railroad, to jiUnt
threo rows of locust trees on eiuh sidu of the
road for tho distance of 120 miles south of
Chicago. The rows are to bo set Ave feet
apart, and the trees about three feci from
eu. h other.
Lvoek Bipi ''IP nnichcona Man isi.I7
Tho New V oik ltratd, a few days sineo
stated that a man named Christian Clause
swore that he drunk sixty lIusjcs f luge
bier in twelve hours. In refireiuo to which,
a correspondent t.r the Herald says, "that t
no uncommon real," and thut if the editor will
take the trouble lo send to a certain saloon
meutioned, he will Bud a man who will drinit
much more in the same length of time.
Ba'..r of New CoRjr.-.Mr. And e Met ol
!ev bag bought 400 bushels of new corn Jo b
delivered when rioe, f.oni lr .Joseph Hous
ton, of Milford llo.ii.Wd. "'
per bubhsl. Quite a d.ffsrence between tbat
tud prvieut price