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ver Aifju.ta twp., October 10, 1857. tf.
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WHY DOST THOU STUUGGLE!
IT EOBfJ QCTUPSlf.
Why doit thou ttrogplp, lover.
Prom early morn till nipbtt
Why ia Ihy s'.ep o steady I
Why feema thy heart to light?
"Bccnu.e there is maiden
I love dear as my life,
Who fays when 1 nm wealthy,
Sbe will then be my wife."
Why dost tboo struggle, husband t
Why face the blust and storm T
Why bear the heats of summer T
Why labor, hard perform i
"Bi'cauFe I lov my family-
A wile and children dear :
They strew my path with blcp.ing.,
And 611 my borne with cheer."
Why dost tliott struggle, student
Why burn the midnight oil T
Why tax thy brain ini indent T
Why pale thy face with toil T
''Because there is temple
Where great men write their name,
And all the world dntb worship
1 struggle lieuce for Fame."
Why dost tlion straggle, miner f
Why dig in dirt and dust?
Why ia thy face so cations ?
Why darkened with distrust f
"Because my s.iul is sordid
My heart is base and cold :
I seek for rust to hoard it
1 worship uonght but quid!"
Why doi-l thou struggle, chritlian f
Why bear repronch and scum ?
Why bu so meek and gi tilln
Wbeu probed by censure's thcra T
"Because there is a heuven,
And Saviour there to love ;
I Ki k uot worldly glory
My treasure is above."
Augupt, 1858.
gflttt fair.
Til & BEST ORIGINAL STORY OF THE
DA Y.
THE KINL03H ESTATE.
AND BOW IT WAS SKTTLKD.
From '.lie Atlantic Monthly.
CUAPTER I.
"Mildred, my daughter, I nm faint. Run
and get me a glass of cordial from the bnf.
let.'
The rirl looked at her father 9 he sat in
his bamboo chnir on the piazza, his pipe just
let full on the floor, and his face covered with
a deadly pallor. She ran for the cordial, aud
poured it out with a trembling hand.
-onau 1 1 go lor the doctor, father ? ' she
asked.
No, my dear, the Enasm will pass off pre
sently." Hut his face grew more ashy pale,
and his jaw drooped.
"leur father," said the friuhtened cirl.
"what shall 1 do for you Oh, dear, if mother
were ouly at home, or lluah. to run for the
doctor I
Mildred, mv dauuhler." he casned with
difficulty, "the blacksmith, send for Ralph
Hard wick, quick 1 In the ebony cabinet,
middle drawer, you will find Oh 1 oh!
God bless you, my daughter ! God bless"
The anguls, only, heard the conclusion of
the sentence ; for the speaker, Wulter Kin
luck, was dead, summoned to the iuvihible
world without a wainiug and with hardly a
struggle.
Uut Mildred thought lie had fainted, and,
raising the window, culled loudly lor Lucy
Kaosora, the only female domestic then iu the
House.
Lucy, fi ightened out of her wits at the sud
den call, came rushing to the piazza, flat iron
in nunil, and stood riveted to the spot where
she first saw the features ou which ibe awful
shadow of death bud settled.
"Hub his bauds, Lucy!" said Meldrid.
"I!uu for some water 1 (Jet me the smelling-
salts!"
Lucy attempted to obey all three orders at
once, and therefore did nothing.
Aiiiurea neia tbe nuresistnikr hand, "it is
warm," sbe said. "Hut the pulse, 1 can't
find it."
"Peary, no," said Lucy, ' yon won't Cod it."
"Why, you don't ineau"
"Yes, Mildred, he's dead 1" And sbe let
full her flat-iron, and Ciivored ber face with
her Bri;n.
Hut .Mildred kept ebafinrr her father's tem
ples and bands, calling piteously, in hopes
to get an unswer from the motiouless lips.
Then she sank down at bis feet, and clasped
ujb hiieun in an agony oi griet.
A carrage stopped at the door, and a busty
slop cume op the walk.
"Lucy Uunsom." said Mrs Klnloch. (for
it waa she, just returned from ber drive,)
i.ucy Kansum, what are yon bluliberiiic
about? Jlere on the piazza, and with your
flat-iron ! What is the matte' 1"
"Matter euough !" said Lncy. "See ! see
Mr." Uut the sobs were too freouent.
She became choked, and fell iuto an hysteri
cal paroxysm.
uy this time Urs. Kinlocb. bad stepped
npon the piazza, aud saw the dropping head.
the daoglmg arms, and the changed face of
ner nusoanij. "Dead I dead 1" she exclamed.
"My Uud 1 what has happened ? Mildred,
who was with him ? Was the doctor seat
fur? or Squire Clamp? or Mr Rook ?
wuai oid be say to yon. dear?" And sbe
tried to lift tne sjbbing child, wbo still clung
to me suneniue kn.s where sbe bad to often
climbed for a kiss.
"Oh, mother ? is he dead ? no life left."
"Culm yourself, my dear child," said Mrs.
Kinloc b. "Tell me, did be say auyluiog ?"
Mildred replied, "He was faint, aud before
I could give hiin the cordial be bad asked fur
he was almost gone "Th blacksmith," be
said, 'send for Ralph Ilaidwick'; then be said
son etbing of the ebony cabinet, but cooid not
speak the words which were on bis lips, cjhe
could say no more, but gave way to uucootrsl-
laoie tears and sobs.
By ibis time, Kiulocb's son, Ilugb Bran
uing, wbo bad been to the stable with the
borse and carriage, came whistling through
the yard, and cutting off weeds or twigs along
the path with sharp cuU of his whip.
"Which way is the wind now ?" said be, as
he approached "the governor asleep, Mil.
dred crying, and you scolding, mother I" Is a
tnonieut however, the sight of tbe ghastly
face transfixed the thoughtless youth, as it
bad doue bis mother aud dropping hi whip,
be stoood siUol, aw-tiuck, in tbe presence
of the dead. ,
"Hugh,'' said Mrs. Kinlocb. speakbg ia a
a rery quiet toue, "go and tell Squire Clamp
to coins orsr bste," .:,.
In a few minntes the dead body was carried
into the house by Georgs, the Asiatic servant
aided by a villager who happened to pass by.
Sqniro Clamp, the lawyer or the town, came
and had a confernence with Mrs. Kinlocb,
repecticg the fuoeral. Neighbors csme to of-f-f
sympathy, and aid. if need should be. -Then
tbe bonse was pnt Id order, and crape
hong on the door handle. Tbe family were
aloue with their dead.
On tbt village green the hoys were playing
a graud game of "round-hall," for it was a
barf holiday. The clear, silvery tones of the
bell were heard, and we stopped to listen.
Was it a fire? No the ringing was not vehe
ment enough. A meeting of the church ? In
a moment wc should know. As the bell cea
sed, we looked up to the white taper spire to
Catch the next sound. One stroke. It was
a death, then. and of a man. We listened
for the ago tolled rrom the belfry. Filty-five.
Who had departed ? Tbe sexton cross 1 tbe
green on his way to tbe shop to make 1ho
coffin, and informed us. Our bats and balls
had lost their iutcrest for us ; we did not
even ask oor tallyman, who cut norbes for us
on a stick how the game stood. For Squire
Walter Kinloch, was the most considerable
man in the village in Innipfield. Without
being highly educated, be was a man of read
inc and intelligence. In early life he amass
ed a fortune in the China trade, and with it
he had brought back a deeply bronzed com
pltction, a scar from the creese of a Malay
pirn'.e, and the easy manners nhich travel al
ways gives to observant mid sensible men.
But his rather stately carnage produced no
envy or ill-will among bis number neighbors,
for his superiority was never questioned.
Men bowed to bint with honest good will,
and boys, who had been flogged at school for
conf.iuuding Congo and Corontandel, and put
ting Borneo in tbe Bight of lienin, made on
awkward obeisance aud stared wonderingly,
us they met the man nho bud actually sailed
round the world, and had in his own person,
illustrated tbe experiment of walking with
his head downwards nmotig tho antipodes
His bouse had no rivul in the country round,
and his garden was considered a miracle of
art, having in popular belief, all the fruits,
ftowets, and shrubs that bad bceu known from
tbe days of Solomon to those of Liumuus.
Prodigious stories were told cf his hoard of
gold, and some ol the les? enlightened thought
thnt even the outlaudisb oruumsnts of the
bolustrsde over the portico wcro carven sil
ver. Curious vases adorned tbe hnll and
sidohourd ; and numberless fuint trinkets,
whose use the villagers could uot even ima
gine, pave to tbe richly-furuished rooms an
air of Oriental magnificence. Tropical birds
sang or chattered iu cages, and a learned but
lawless parrot talked, swore, or made mischief
as be chose. Tho tawny servant, George
brought by Mr. Kinloch from one of the up
lands of the Pacific, completed his claims is
on the administration of the untraveled.
He was just ready to enjoy the evening of
life when the night cf dvatb closed upon him
with tropic suddi'Hess. He left tin child
only, his daughter, M ildred, then just turned
of eighteen ; uud as Mrs. Kinlocb had only
one son to claim bet affection, the motherless
girl would seem to be well provided for.
M ildred was sweot-tempered, and her step
mother had hitherto been discreet and kind.
The I'nuerul wus over, and the townspeople
recovered from the shock which the sudden
death had canned. Administration was
granted to the widow, c.Kijointly with Squire
Clamp, the lawyer, and tbe latter was ap
pointed guardian for Mildred during her mi
nority.
eiquire Clamp was an ill-favored man, heavy
browed aud bald, and with a look which, in a
person ol less consequence, would have been
called "hang-dog," owing purtly. no doubt,
to the tribulation he hud suffered from his
vixen spouse, whosn tongue was now happily
silenced. He was the town's only lawyer, (a
fortunate circumstance,) so that he couid fre
qently manage to receive fees for advice from
both parties in a controversy. lie made
all tbe wills, deeds and contracts, and settled
all the estates he could gel bold of. But no
such prize us tho Kinloch, property had ever
before come into his hands.
If Squire Climb's reputation for shrewd
ness had belonged to au irreligious man, it
would have been of questionable character;
but as be wet a zealous member of the church
be was protected from assaults upon his inte
grity. If there was any suspicious they were
kept close, not bruited abroad.
He was now an almost dully visiter at tbe
widow Kinloch'a. What was the intricate
business that required the constant attention
of a legal adviser ? The settlement of the
estate so far as the world knew, was an easy
matter. The property consisted of the dwelling-house,
a small tract of land near the vil
lage, a manufactory at tbe dam, by tbe side
of Ralph Hard wick's blacksmith's shop, and
money, pute furniture, and stocks. There
were uo debts. There was bnt one child,
and, after tbe assignment of the widow's
dower, the estate was Mildred's. Nothing,
therefore, could be simpler for the adminis
trators. The girl trusted to tbe good faith
of ber step-mother, and the justice of tbe
lawyer, who now stood to her in the place of
a futher. She was an orphan, and ber inno
cence and childlike dependence would doubt
less be suflicieut spur to the consciences of
her protectors. So the girl thought, if she
thought at all, and so all charitable people
were bound to think.
How wearilv the days passed during the
month after the funeral 1 Tbe shadow of
death seemed to darken everything. Doors
creaked dismally when tbey were opened.
1 oe room wnere me oouy bad been laid,
seemed to have grown a ceutury older than
the ether parts of tbe ouce briubt aud cheer
ful house, its atmosphere wus so stagnant
and full of mould. Tbe family spoke only in
suppressed tones ; their countenances were
as sad as their garments, au this was ter
rible to tbe impressible, imaginative, and
naturally buoyant temper of Mildred. It
was like dwelling in a tomb, and ber heart
cried out for very looelineia. Sbe most do
something to take ner mind out oi the sun
less vault, sbe must resume ber relatious
with the dwellers in tbe upper air. All at
ouce she thought of her father's last words
of Ralph Hardwick, and tbe ebony cabinet.
It was in tbe next room. Sbo opened the
door, ball expecting to see some bodiless
presence in tbe silent space. Sbe could hear
her own heart beat between the tickings of
tbe great Dutch elock, at sbe stepped across
tbe floor. How still was everything I Tbe
air tingled in ber ears at though now dis
turbed for tbe 6rst time.
8b opened the cabinet, which was not
locked, and pulled out tbe middle drawer.
She found sotbiog but a dried rose-bad sad
a lock of sunny bsir wrapped in a piece of
yenearro paper. . vvai it iter mother s aair ?
As Mi dred remembered her mother, Ibe
color of her hair was dark, out golden. Still
it might have bean out ia youth, before its
bu bad deepened. And what world of
mystery, of fetdiug, of associations there was
in that sceottwte and withered rose bad 1
What fair band bad first plucked It? What
df did it carry ? Was the subtile aroaia
of love ever blended with its frngronce ? IId
her father boroe it with him in his wand
rings ? The secret was in his coffin. The
struggling lips could not utter it before they
were stiffened into mo:ble. Yet she could
not believe that these relics were the role
things to which he bad referred There must
have been something that more nearly con
cerned ber something in which the black
smith or his nephew was interested.
CHAPTER II.
In order to show the position of Mrs.
Kiuloch and her son, in our story, it will be
necessary to make the reader acquainted
with some previous occurrences.
Six years before this date, Mrs. Kinloch
was the widow Brnnning. Her husband's
small estate bad melted like a snow-bat.k in
the liquidation or bis debts. She had only
o'ne child, Hugh, to support ; bnt in a coun
try town there is generally little that a wo
man can do to earn a livelihood ; and she
might often have suffered from want, if the
neighbors had not relieved her. If she left
ber house for nny errand, (locks ft ere but
seldom used in lonisfield,) she would often
on bit return lind a leg of mutton, a basket
ot apples or potatoes, or a sack of flour, con
veyed there by some ui, known hands. In
wiuter nights she would hear the voices of
Ralph Hardwick, the village blacksmith, and
his boys, as they drew sled-loads of wood,
ready cut and split, to keep up ber kitchen
fire. Other fiiends plowed and planted her
garden, aud pvi formed numberless kind offi
ces. But, though aided in this way by char
ity, Mrs. Branniug never lost her self-respect,
oor her standing iu the neighborhood.
Everybody knew that she wus poor, and
she kuuw that evorybody knew it; yet so
long as she was not iu "absolute want, and
the poor-house, that bngbeur of honest pov
erty, was yet far distnnt, she ninn iged to
keep a cheerful heart, and visited her neigh
bors on terms of entire equality.
At this period Walter Kinloch'a wifo died,
leaving an only child. During her sickness,
Mrs. Branning hud been sent for to act ns
nurse, and temporary housekeeper, and, at
the urgent request of tho widower, remained
fjr a 1 1 in o after the funeral. Weeks passed,
and her houso was still tennntlis.". Mildred
had become so much attached to the mother
ly widow and her son, that she would not
ullow tho servants to do anything for her.
So, without any definite agreement, their
relations continued. By-unci by the village
gossips began to query and surmise. At the
sowing-society tho matter was fully discussed.
Mrs Greenfield, the doctor's wife, admit
ted that it would be an excellent match,
"jest a child apiece, both on 'em well brought
up, used to good company, and all that; but,
land's sakes ! be, with his mint o' money,
a'u't a-goin' to marry a poor widder thut
ha'u't got nolhiu' but her husband's pictur'
aud her boy, not he !"
Others insinuated that Mrs. Branniug
knew what she wus about when she went to
Squire Kiuloch's, and his wife was 'most
gone with consumption. "Twasn't a mite
strange that little Mildred took to her so
kiudly ; plenty of women could find ways to
please a child, if so be they could have such
a chance to please themselves."
The general opinion seemed to be that
Mrs. Branning would marry thu Squire, if
she could get him : but that as to his inten
tions, the matter was quite doubtful. Nev
ertheless, after being talked about for a year,
the parties were duly published, married, und
settled down iuto the quiet routine of country
we.
Doubtless tho accident of daily contact
was the secret of the mutch. Had Mrs.
Branning beeu living in her own poorly-furnished
house, Mr. Kinlocb would hardly have
thought of going to seek her. Uut as mis
tress of bis establishment she hud an nppor
tunity to display her honso-wiMy qualities,
as well as to practise those nameless arts by
which almost any clever woman knows how
to render herself agreeable.
The first favorable impression deppened,
until tbe widower came to believe that the
whole parish did not ontain so proper a
person to be the successor of Mrs. Kinloch,
as his housekeeper. Their union, though
childless, was as happy as common there
was nothing of the romance of a first attach
ment, little of the tenderness that springs
from fresh sensibilities, for she at least was
of a mutter-of fact turn. But there wns a
constant and bearty good feeling, resulting
from mutual kindness and deference.
If tbe step-mother made any difference in
her treatment of the two children, it was iu
faver of the gentle Mildred. And though
the Squire naturally felt more affection for
his motherless daughter, yet he was proud
of bis step-son, gave him tbe advantages of
the best schools, aud afterwards sent him for
a year to college. But tbe lad's spirits were
too buoyant for the sober notions of the
Faculty. He wus king in the gymnasium,
and was minutely learned in tho uutural his
tory and botany of the ueighborbood ; at
least, he knew all the haunts of birds, rab
bits, and squirrels, as well as tbe choicest
orchards of fruit.
After repeated admonitions without effect,
a letter was addressed to bis step-father by
vote at a Faculty-meeting. A dumsel ut
service in tbe President's house overheard
the discussion, and found means to warn the
youug delinquent of his danger; fur she, as
well as most people who came within tbe
sphere of his attraction, felt kiudly toward
him.
The stage coach that conveyed the next
morning's mail to Iunisfleld, carried llu;h
Branning as a passenger. Alighting at the
post-office, he took out the letter superscribed
in the well known band of the President,
pocketed it, and returned by the next stage
to college. This prank only moved the
Squire to mirth, when be heard of it. He
knew that Hugh was a lad of spirit, that in
scholarship he was by do means a dunce:
and as long as there wasuo positive tendeury
i. u... i:..i..i.. i- '
iu viur, us iuuugui uut iigiuiy oi Ula uoyi.U
peccadilloes. Uut it was impossible for such
irregularities to coutinue, and after a while
Mr. Kinloch yielded to bis step-sou's request
and took him home.
Next year it was thoaght best that the
youug man should go to sea, and a midship,
man'i commission was procured for him.
Now, for the second time, after an absence
of three years, Hugh was at home in all the
dignity of navy blue, anchor buttons, glazed
cap aud iword.
cnAPTEain.
"I have brought you the statement of the
property, Mrs. Kinloch," said Mr. Clamp.
"It ia merely a legal form, embracing the
items which yon gave to me ; it must be re
turned at the next Probate term."
Mrs. Kinlocb, ttok tbe paper and glanced
over it. .
"This statement must La (worn to, Mrs.
Kinloch." . -
"By your " '- . ' , ','
"We are Joined in the administration, and
both must aw.ar to it,"
i There was pause. Mrs. Kiuloch, retting
her bands on tier koee, tossed tbe ban !
her drsa with bet fool, as though mtdila-
"I shall of course readily make oath to the
schedule," ho continued, "at least after you
hnv done so ; for I have no personal knowl
edge of the effects of the deceased."
His manner wns decorous, but he regarded
her keenly. She changed the subject.
"People seem to think I have a mint in
the house ; and tuch bills as come in ! Saw
in, the cabinet-maker, has sent his to-doy, as
soon as my husband is fuirly under (round ;
forty dollars for a cherry coffin, which he
made in one day. Cleaver, the butcher, too,
bas sent a bill running back for five years or
more. Now I K-nrw that Mr. Kinloch never
hud an ounce or meat from him thnt he didn't
pay Tor. If they all go on in this way, I
sha'n't have a cent left. Everybody tries to
cheat the widow"
"And orphan," interposed Mr. damp.
She looked at him quietly; but he was
imperturbable.
"Wo must begin to collect what is due,"
she continued.
"Did you refer to the note? from riongh
man ?" asked Mr. Clump "Ha is perfectly
good ; and he will pay the interest till we
want to use the money."
"I wasn't tiiinliing or Plonglimnn," she re
plied, "but or Mark Davenport, Ui cle Ralph
Hard wick's nephew. They suy he is a teach
er in one or tha fashionabl e schools in New
York, and he must bo able to pay if he's
ever going to."
"Well, when he comes on here, I will pro
sent the uotes."
'Hut I don't intend to wait till he comes ;
can't you send the demands to a lawyer
where he is ?''
"Certainly, if you wish it ; hut that course
will necessarily be attended with some ex
pense." "1 choose to have it done," said Mrs. Kin
loch, decisively. "Mildred, who huS ulwnys
been foolishly partiul to the young upstart,
insists that her father intended to cive up
thu Holes to Murlc, and she thinks that was
what he wanled to find for Uncle Ralph
about, just before he died. I don't believe
it, and I don't intend to fling away my money
upou such folks."'
"Yon ore quite right, ma'am," said the
lawyer. "The inconsiderate generosity of
school-children would be a poor basis for the
transactions of business."
"And besides," continued Mrs. Kinloch, "I
want the young man to remember the black
smith's shop that be came from, and get over
his ridiculous notiou of looking up to our
family."
"Oh ho!" said Mr. Clamp, "that is it?
Well, you ore a sagacious woman," looking
at her with unfeigned admiration.
"I can see through a millstone, when there
is a hole in it," said Mrs. Kinloch. "And I
mean to stop this nonsense."
"To be sure, it would be a very unequal
match iu every way. Besides, I'm told that
ho isn't well-grounded in doctrine. He even
goes to Brooklyn to hear Torchlight preach."
Aud Mr. Clamp rolled up his eyes, interlock
ing his fingers, as he was wont when at
church-meeting he rose to exhort.
"I dor.'t pretend to bo a judge of doctrine,
further than the catechism goes," said the wi
dow ; "but Mr. Rook says thut Torchlight is
a dangerous man, aud will lead the churches
off iuto infidelity."
"Yes, Mrs Kinloch, the froe-thiukinn or
this age is the fruitful parent of all evil of
Mormonisui, Unitariunism, Spirtualisin, and
of all those fotms cTerror which seek to over
throw" There was a crash in tbe china closet.
Mrs. Kinlocb, went to tbe door, aud leaditm
out Lncy Hanson, the maid, by the ear, ex
claimed, "You hussy what were you there.for
J II leach you to lie listening about in closets,
(giving thu ear a fiesh tweak,) "you eaves
dropper !"
liuit !"' cried L ucy. "I didn't mesh to
listen. I was there rubbiu' the silver 'for
you come. Then I didn't wanter come out
fur I was afeard."
What made the smash, then ?" demanded
Mrs. Kinloch.
1 was net tin things on tbe top shelf, and
the chair tipped over."
"Don't make it worse by fibbing I If that
wus so how came the chuir to tip the way it
did ? You were trying to peep ever the door.
fSo to '.he kitchen !"
Lucy went out with fallen plumes. Mr.
CI imp took his hat to go also.
"Don't go till 1 get you the notes," said
Mrs. Kiuloch.
As sbe brought them, he said, "I will send
these by the next mail, with instructions to
collect.."
While bis hand was on the latch, she spoke
ngnin :
"Mr. Clamp, did you ever look over the
deed or tho land we own about tbe dam
where the mill stunds?"
"No, ma'am, 1 have never soen it."
"I wish you would have the laud surveyed
according to this title," she said. "Quite
privately, you know. Just have the line run,
and let me know about it. Perhaps it will
he as well to send over to Riverbauk aud get
Gunter to do it; bo will keep quiet about
it."
Mr: Clamp stood still a moment. Here
was a woman whom he was expecting to lead
like a child, but who on the other hand bad
fairly bridled and saddled him, so that be wet
driven be knew not whither.
"Why do yon propose this, may I ask,
Mrs. Kiuloch 1"
"Oh, I have heard," she replied, carelessly,
"that there was some error in the surveys.
Mr. Kinloch ofleo talked or having it cur
retted, but, like most meu, put it off. Now,
as we may sell the property, we shall wuut to
know what we have gut."
"Certainly, Mrs, Kiuloch, I will follow
your prudent suggestions," adding to him
self, as be walked away, "I shall have to be
tolerubly shrewd to get ahead of that wouiuu.
1 wonder what she is driving at."
TO BE CONTINl'KU.
Rsrin Dki-rkase or votss. At the recent
election in Kansas, th Oxford preciuct,
which, when Ceudlebox Calhoun bad lb foot
ing of the r. turns, gave Dearly ghteeu hun
dred votes, stood at follows i
For tbe English Bill, 16
Against " 13
Total, ". 29
- Tbis it an unhealthy season In Kansas ; but
this astonishing mortality, it unparalleled.
But it it not confined to Oxford alone.
Shawn., which gave eight hundred majority
at Calbouu's coKBiaud, ouly a year ago, ow
foots op tbut t ' ' -For
tbe English Bill, 4l
' Agaiust " ,,.'. ,80
Her it a decrease that ntedt explanation.
W beliava jt wat BigUr who demonstrated
in the tienat tbal Oxford and bhawoe r Kel
ly polled a can jfid vole of 201)0 betweea
them. He ceo amuse the Senate uext wiuter
by showing some causa tut tht rapid diminu
tion last la tM place. ..
0 e i r g
THE TOAST.
T SIR WAl.TKR ICOTT.
The feast it o'erl Now brimming wine
In lordly cup is seen to tli no
Bolure each eager guest,
And silence fills the crowded hall.
As deep as when the herald's call
Thrills in the royal breast.
Then up arose the noble h tt
And smiling cried, "A toast 1 a toast I
To all our ladies fair,
Here before all, 1 pledge the name
Of Staunton's proud aud beauteous dame
'I he Lady Guudumere."
Then to his feel, each gallant sprung,
And joyous was the shout thai rung
As Stanley gave the word :
And eveiy cup was raised on high.
Nor ceased the loud and gladsome cry,
Till Stanley's voice wus heard.
"Enough, enough," he smiling said,
And lowly bent his haughty head,
"That all may have his due,
Now each iu turn must pluy his part,
And pledgo the ludy of his heart,
Like gallant knight aud true !"
Then one by one, each guest sprang up,
And drained iu turn the brimming cup,
And named the loved oue's nume ;
And each, aa hand on high he raised,
His lady's grace or beauty praised,
Her constancy aud fame.
'Tis now Tt. Leon's turn to rise;
On bim are fixed those contless eyes
A guliant kuight is he ;
Envied by some, admiied by all ;
Far-famed in ludies' bower and ball,
The flower of chivalry.
St. Leon raised his kindling eye,
Aud lifts the sparkling cup ou high ;
"1 drink to line " lua until
''Whose iinnce never mav denart.
Deep graven on tbis grateful heart,
'Till memery be dead."
"To one wboSo love Tor me shall last
When lighter passions long have passed,
$ buly 'tis aud true ;
To one whose luve hath lunger dwelt,
More deeply fixed, more Leeuly felt,
Thau any pledged by you !
Each guest up started at tho word,
And laid a band upon his sword,
With fury-flushing eye ;
And Stanley suid : "We crave the name,
Proud knight, of this most peerless dume,
Whose love you couut so high."
RL Leon paused, as if ho would
Not breatho her nume in careless mood,
Thus light to another.
Then bent bis noble bead as though
To give that nume the reverence due,
And gently said, "My Motuek."
anemtSo
Tim Pkookkss of tub Allies ts Cuina.
Though the "Cable" bas brought us intelli
gence of peace iu China, the advices by mail
bring intelligence dowu only to the advance
UIiOU l'eliill Tim AIM,,. .... .1. -1
advancing from tbe inouib or the Peibo river
iiou vaiu eigniy nines irora I efcin. The
Peiho Was ruUud to ba a verv ernnL-,1 vivui.
turning aud winding at acute angle., but the
Bteumers towed up the forie without much
trouble, the water being from tea to forty
feet deep, and the river two hundred yards
wiue. i uey were in t re tted in their course
and the shores wor lined with spectators of
their progress. Some brought cattle and
poultry as presents. Tien-taio is said to
have lost considerable of its commercial itn
portuueo. The cily itself, situuted on the
ungle betwreu the grand canal and river, is
only a square of abuut one mile on each face
a collection of mean one-storied houses,
intersected at right angles by two good streets
the rest a miserable collection of lanes and
hovels; walls iu perlect ruins. But there
are proofs of a great busim si being done
there, in grain uud merchandize, with the
letenor. Tbe Frein h aud English Ambassa
dors reside in u temple opposite th city and
commanding a fiue view around. They were
visitod by two Imperial Commissioners, and
the treaty Of peace followed this conference.
The prospects of trade, ucw that the war is
over are discussed. A correspondent of the
London Times, writing from the Fcchelli
Gulf, says the imports at first will maiuly
consist of rice, wheat oil cuke aud flour, cot
lou of a course description and cheap, like
American drills ; woollen cloth and flannel
camlets, hardware and glass, besides articles
ot luxury, whether for eating, wearing or
domestic purposes; the exports, inetuls,
wool hides, flux, tallow, and wood tit for
spars or building.
The Atlantic Cable. The following brier
but comprehensive d -pscr ptn n or the Sub
marine liable, will be mad with interest at
this lime ;
The central conducting wire Is a strand
made up ofsuveu wires Of the purest copper,
or tbe gauge known in the trade as No. "2.
The strand itself is about the sixteenth of
aa inch iu diameter, and is formed of one
slraightly drawn wire, with six others twisted
arouud it ; this is accomplished by the cen
tral wire being dragged from a drum, through
a bole in a horizontal table, while the table
itself revolves rapidly under the impulse of
tla:n, carrying near us circ Juilereiice six
reels or diuius, each armed with copper wire.
Every drum revolves upon ils ow n horizon
tula lis, and so delivers its wire as it lurtis.
The twisted form of conducting wire wat
first adopted for the rope laid across the
St. Lawrenc in IB06, aud was emnloed
with a view to th reduction to th lowest
possible amount of the chance of continuity
being destroyed iu the circuit. It is Impro
bable in tbe highest degree that a fracture
could be accidentally produced at precisely
the same spot in more than one of Ibe wires
of tbis twisted tlraud. All tbe seven wires
might ba broken at different parts of tbe
ttraod, even tome buudred of times, iind yet
its capacity fur th transmission of the else
irio current sot to b destroyed or reJucad
ia any iuconveoient degree. The copper
sed in tbe formation of these wires ia as
sayed from time to time daring the manufac
ture, to insure absolute homogeneity add
purity. Th strand itself, when subjected to
strain, will stretch tw.uty per refit, of its
length without giving way, and, Indeed, with
out having its electricity conducting power
mucQ tuouioau or juipsireu. j,
-4
A Mieu Rent. A
hole
tur bat;
ne"
Extraordinary. Growth of Graths. We
sow yesterday an extraordinary production of
grapes, consisting or a single bunch, or rather
a Series or bunches, or tub divisions on the
same stem, weighing 7J lbs. end mosscring
two feet across in each diameter, and two feet
deep, and occupying a box or eight cubic feet
It was raised near Bordentown, New Jersey,
at the country residenco of Geo. Cbilds, Esq.,
of the well known publishing house of Chillis
A Peterson, and prefented to bim by A.J,
Drexel, Esq., the banker. The growth wst
of the variety known as tbe Palestine grape;
and this, we understand, wi t the first bearing
or the vine. If this is a specimen of tho pro
duction in the laud to which it is indigenous,
it fully accounts for the representations that
we sometimes see in scriptural illustrations
of men with poles upon their shoulders, bear
ing enormous bunches of grapes between
them. A variety like this is worth the culti
vation. We suppose that there was from fif
teeu hundred to two thousand berries opou
the bunch. Our citizens can have an oppor
tunity of seeing this remarkable bunch of
"rapes at 1019 Chesnut street, where Mr.
Drexel bus placed it as a curiosity wot thy of
o' a place by the side of the cSlitury plant of
ii. niuiin, wijicu hub oeeu ou exni
bilion for the benefit cf the Yourir Men's
Christian Association.
Another remarkable verritable reduction
shown to tis was on cur of corn, fourteen in
ches long, and Tj inches in circumference.
containing sixteen distinct rows or corn, fifty-
ue gruiua in a row, or esu grains on me cou.
This corn was raised on tho farrh or Henry
Orainbo, Esq.. Cashier or the Commonwealth
tJank, ou thu Dolawure river, two miles above
Bristol. It is a fair sample, we are told, of
ten acres, and is certainly a very oxtraordina-
ield, compared with the generut growth of
corn this reason. The s ed of this corn will
be for sale by Mr. Jas. Daniels, 805 Market
street. Public Ledger.
Newspaper Conrolidatiok The Harris-
burg Patriot and Union and the Keytone
nave ocen uuiteu, and will be hencelortli
published as one paper, under the name of
tho former, and on tier the joint proprietor
ship of Messrs. O. Barrett and R. J. Halde-
man. Mr. Italdeman takes chares or the
editorial department.
1 he new Urm have also purchased the
Daily Herald establishment, with the inten
tion or commencing the publication or a daily
paper in connection with their weekly. Ou
the first of next month, the Herald will be
discontinued, and in its place the Daily
Patriot and Uninn will ba issned. We wish
our editorinl friends success in their Dew
and, we think, advantageous association.
Rapiditv op Communication bt thk Ocfan
Tei.f.iiraph. The New York Tribune states
(npon what authority, does uot appear) that
the instruments now in use at Trinity Buy
aud Valencia, record words at the rate of
two per m'nute. Prof. Morse's estimate of
the power of tbe Atlantic Telegraph was
that it would bo easy to tolegruph from
Ireland to Newfoundland at the speed of at
least eight or ten words per minute, which
may be the case when the most perfect ap
paratus is employed at both ends of the line.
Interesting Fact in Natpbal History.
It is stated upon tbe authority or those who
have heard it, that a cat when her tail is
piuched between a door and post utters the
vowels a, e, i, o, ti, with great distinctness.
If the injury be prolonged, sheeives u. and v
also.
vl m 0 r 0 u s
An Irishman in Court. Durin a session
of the circuit court at Lynchburg an Irishman
was indicted lor stabbing another on the canal
and the ouly witness was Dennis O'Briue who
was required to enter bonds for his appear
ance at tbe next court, Tbe .recoguizauce
was read in the usual form :
"You ncklowledge yourself indebted to
the commouweallb of Virginia iu tbe sum of
g'JOU."
Dennis "I don't owe her a cent sir."
As soon as the clerk recovered from his
amusement at the answer he explained tho
meaning of tbe form and read it over again.
Dennis "I tell ye I don't owe her a cent.
Its more mouey nor I ever saw, nor my fath
er before me "
At this stage of matters a orotber of Den
nit iuterferreil, and suid :
"Ye must jest say it, Dennit ; it'i one of
the forms of the law,"
Dennis "But 1 won't. I'm a decent, hon
est man, what pays my debts, and I'll spake
the truth, and the divil may driuk all my
whisky for a month if I say I owe anybody a
cent. Now cheat urn if you can."
Rowland Hill, was always annoyed when
there happend to be any noise in the chapel,
or when anything happened to divert the si
tuation of bit bearers from what he was say
ing. Oo one occasion, a few days before his
death he was preachinsr to one of th moat
crowded congregations that ever assembloil
to hear him. In the middle of his discoutso
be observed a commotion iu the gallery. For
some time he took uo notice of it, but finding
it increasing, be paused in his sermon and
looking i.u the direction in which the confu
sion prevailed, he exclaimed ;
"What's the matter there? Tb deTil
seems to have got among you.'
A plain country-looking man Immediately
started to his feet, and addressing Hill, in
rei ly, said :
' No, i, it arn't the devil as is doing i' ;
it's a fat lady wol't fainted as dou't teem
likely to come to again in a hurry."
Oh, thul's it, is it?' observed Mr. Hill;
drawing bis band across his chin, "ibeo 1 beg
thu lady's ptrdon aud th devil's too.
AHardNi't roa Peentk'E Frew the"
subjoined jeu d'etprit it may be inferred that
the Boston Post it not very friendly to the
editor of the Louisville Journal :
Prentice bat tiied bow aptly aud wall be
CojM rit U hit jokes on poor Monsieur
Bally I
But au older Frsuch gentleman1 itcini more
And nttiral butt of Prentice t wit.
"Fur" tayt Old Huux, w hose tougn
do curb on,
Ilasu't Prentice, for jtirs.bs
Old Bourbon V
TnxRivler and Blout affair It
ed upoo by the Boston Pott:
"Your daughttr tal be lady of volV.
it . . . K.t .ii i .it ir.n - a - -
Said Monsieur Kiv.a yare to
"Yea Ii you scamp," roar
Coiopol :
' You're but an unpaid bait
ffA mat being assured
oa in m wast, said
ii a be had a cousiu in
oowjiieaiaui, j
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