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THE LEGEND OF RABBI BEN LEVI.
Rabbi Ben Levi, on the Sabbath, read
A volume of the Law, in which it said,
"No man shall look upon my face and live."
And as be read, he prayed that God would
give
Ills faithful servant grace with mortal eye
To lcok upon His face and yet not die.
Then *ll,a sudden shadow on the page,
Ancilifl4g up his eyes, grown dim with age
He saw the Angel of
. Death before him
Bolding a naked sword in his rightlwand.
Rabbi Ben Levi was a righteous man,
Yet through his veins, a chill of terror ran.
With trembling voice he said, "What wilt
The Angel answered, "Lo I the time draws
When thou must die ; yet first, by God's de-
Whate'er thou_ asket h eh all be granted
thep."
Replied the Rabbi, "Let these living eyes
Filet look upon my place in Paradise."
Then said the Angel, "Come with me and
Rabbi Ben Levi closed the sacred book,
And rising, and uplifting his gray head,
"Give me thy sword," he to the Angel said,
"Lest thou P houldst fall upon me by the
J. J. HUFFMAN
way."
The Angel smiled and hastened to obey,
Then lead him forth to the Celestial Town,
And set him on the wall, whence gazing
Rabbi Ben Levi, with his living eyes,
Might look upon hie place in Paradise
Then straight into the city of the Lord
The Rabbi leaped with the Death Angel's
And through the streets there swept a sud-
Of something there galinown, which men
call death.
Meanwhile th-e Angel stayed without and
cried.
"Come back !" To which the Rabbi's
,voice replied,
•No ! in the name of God, whom I adore,
swear that hence I shall depart no more!"
Then all the. Angels cried, "Oh holy one,
See what the son of Levi here has done!
The kingdom of Heaven be taken by vio-
lence,
And in Thy name refuses to go hence!"
The Lord replied, "My Angels, be not
Did e'er the eon of Levi break his oath ?
Let him remain; for he with mortal eye
Shall look upon my face and yet not die."
Beyond the outer wall the Angel of Death
Heard the great voice, and said, with pant
ing breath,
"Give back the sword, and let me go my
Whereat the Rabbi paused and answered,
"Nay :
Anguish enough already has it caused
Among the sons of men !" And while he
paused *
Re hewed the awful mandate of the Lord
Resounding throngh the air, "Give back
the sword !"
The Rabbi bowed his head in silent pray-
Then said he to the dreadful Angel, "Swear,
No human eve shall look on it again ;
But wheu thou takest away the souls of
Thyself unseen, and with an unseen sword,
Thou wilt perform the bidding of the
Lord."
The A ngel took the sword again, and swore,
And walks on earth unseen forevermore.
Rowland Hill paid a Yisit to an old
friend, a few years before his death,
who said to him : "Mr. Rill, it is
just sixty-flue years since I first
heard you preach, and I remember
your text and a part of your sermon.
You told us that some people were
very squeamish about the delivery
of different ministers who preached
the gospel. You said, "Supposing
you were attending to hear a will
read where you expected a legacy to
be left you, would you employ, the
the time while it was reading in
criticising the manner in which the
lawyer read it ? No, you would not
—you would be giving all ear to hear
if anything was left you, and how
much it was. That is the way I
would advise you to hear the gospel."'
This was excellent advice, and well
worth remembering sixty-five years.
BiirThe number of deaths in the
United States, daring the year 1860,
(that of the census,) is estimated at
680,000, and the number ecusatantly
sick during the same period at 1,360,-
000. The most fatal disease was
consumption, which carried of 48,'•
911 victims. The beat antidote to
. 4e/Frair smd to desehis a life of faith
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How to Hear the Gospel.
WAYNESBURG, GHENT COMO. f t PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21,. 1866.
1: ,•:ttilantlllo.
THE FAITHFUL WIFE.
In 1793, M. de Talleyrand was in
Boston. One day, whilst crossing
the market place, he was compelled
to stop by a long row of wagons, all
loaded with vegetables. The wily
courtier, generally so dead to emo
tion, could not but look with a kind
of pleasure at these wagons, and
the wagoners, . who, by-the-by, were
young and pretty countrywomen.—
Suddenly the vehicles came to a
stand, and the eyes of M. de Talley
rand chanced to rest upon one of
the young women who appeared
more lovely and graceful than the
others. An exclamation escaped
from his lips. It attracted the at
tention of the fair one, whose coun
try dress and large hat bespoke dai
ly visitsito the Market. As she be
held the astonished Talleyrand,
whom she recognized immediately
she burst out laughing.
"What? is it you ?" exclaimed she.
"Yes, indeed, it is I. But you,
what are you doing here ?"
"I," said the young woman ;
am waiting for my turn to pass on.
lam going to sell my greens and
vegetables at the market."
At that moment the wagons be
gan to move along ; she of the straw
bat applied the whip to the horse,
told M. de Talleyrand the name of
the village where she was living, re
questing him earnestly to come and
see her, disappeared and left him as
if riveted to the spot by this strange
apparition.
Who was this young market-wo
man ? Madame la Comtesse de la
Tour-du-pin (Mademoiselle de Dill
on,) the most elegant among the la
dies of the court of Louis the Six
teenth, King of Frtnee; and whose
moral and intellectual worth had
shone with so dazzling a lustre in
•the society of her numerous friends
and admirers. At the time when
the French nobility emigrated, she
was young, lovely, endowed with
the most remarkable talents, and,
like all the ladies who held a rank
at the court, had only had time to at
tend to such duties as belonged to
her highly fashinable courtly lite.
Let any one fancy the sufferings
and agony of that woman, born in
the lap of wealth, and who had
breathed nothing but perfumes un
der the gilded ceilings of the royal
palace at Versailles, when all at
once she found herself surrounded
with blood and massacres, and saw
every kind of danger besetting her
young and beloved husband and her
infant child.
They succeeded in flying from
France. It was their good fortune
to escape from the bloody land where
Robespierre and his associates were
busy at the work of death. Alas!
in these times of terror the poor
children themselves abandoned with
joy the parental roof, for no hiding
place was secure against the vigil
ant eye of those monsters who thirst
ed for innocent blood.
The fugitives landed in America,
and first went to Boston, where they
found a retreat. But what a change
for the young, pretty, and fashiona
ble lady, spoiled from her infancy by
loud and continual praises of her
beauty and talents
Mona. de la Tour-du-Pin was ex-
travagently fond of his wife. At the
court of France he had seen her,
with the proud eye of a husband, the I
object of general admiration. I.IIH
deed, her conduct had always been
virtuous and exemplary. But now
in a foreign land, and among unso
phisticated republicans 07930 what ;
was the use of courtly refinement ?
Happy as he was in seeing her es
cape from all the perils he had dread
ed on her account, still he could not
but deplore the future lot of the wife
of his bosom. However, with the
prudent foresight of a good father
and a kind husband, he nerved him-1
self to render their condition less
miserable than that of many emi—
grants who wore starving when the
little money they had brought over I
with them had been exhausted.—
Not a word of English did he know;
but his wife spoke it fluently and ad
mirably
well.
They boarded at Mrs. Muller's, a , 1
good-natured, notable woman, who i
on every occasion evinced the great
est respect and admiration for her
fair boarder ; yet M. de la Tour-du-
Pin was in constant dread lest the
conversation of that good, plain, and I
well meaning woman might be the
cause of great ennui to his lady.—
What a contrast to the society of
such gentlemen as M. de Narbonne,
M. de Talleyrand, and the highmind-1
ed and polished nobility of Prance !
Whenever he was thinking of this
transition (particually when absent
from his wits, and tilling the garden
of the cottage which they were go
ing to inhabit,) he felt Such pangs '
and heart-throbbings as to make him
apprehensive on his return to Mrs.
Mailer to meet the looks of his belov
ed wife, whom he expected to see
battled in learn Meanwhile the
good hostess would give hint a
hearty-elate of the lured and' ii at
to Mut t 'gloppy huabamf I Mappr
hviimudr
At bast came the day when the
fugitive family left the boarding
' house of Mies. tto_go and in
habit their little cottage, when t'ley
were to be at last exempt from
want, with an only servant, a negro,
a kind of Jack-o'-all-trades—viz
gardener, footman and cook. The
last function M. de la Tonr-dn4Pin
dreaded most of all to see him un
' dertake.
It was almost dinner-time. The
poor emigrant went into his little
garden to gather some fruit, and
tarried as long as possible. On his
return home, his wife was absent;
looking for her, he entered the
kitchen, and saw a young country
woman, who, with her back to the
door was kneading dough; her arms
of snowy whiteness were bare to the
elbows. M. de la Tour-du-Pin start
ed ; the young woman turned round.
It was his beloved wife, who had ex
changed her muslins and silks for a
country dress, not as for a fancy
fancy ball, but to play the part of a
real farmer's wife. At the sight of
her husband, her cheeks crimsoned,
and she joined her hands in a suppli
cating manner. "Oh, my love,"
she said, "do not laugh at me. lam
as expert,as Mrs. Muller."
Too full of,emotion to speak, he
clasps her to ,his bosom. and kisses
her fervently. From his inquiries,
lie learns,thut when he thought her
given uprto despair.-411e,bad employ
ed her time more usefully for their
future happiness. She bad taltendea
sons from Mrs. Muller and her ser
vants, and, after six months, had be
come skillful in the culinary art, a
thorough housekeeper, discovering
her angelic nature and admirable
fortitude.
"Dearest," continued she, "if you
knew bow easy it is! We in a mo
ment understand what would cost a
country-woman sometimes one or
two years. Now we shall be happy
—you will no longer be afraid of en
nui for me, nor I be troubled with
doubts about my abilities, of which 1
will give you many proofs," said she,
looking with a bewitching smile at
him. "Come, came, you promised us
a salad, and I am going to bake for to
-morrow ; the oven is hot. To-day
the bread of the town will do—but
oh !—henceforth leave it to me."
From that moment, Madame de la
Tour-du-Pin kept her word ; she
insisted on going herself to Boston
to sell her vegetables and cream
cheeses. It was on such an errand
to town that M. de Talleyrand met
her. The day after he went to pay
her a visit, and found her in the poul
try yard, surrounded by a host of
fowls, hungry chicks and pigeons.
She was all that she had promised
to be. Besides, her health had been
so much benefited, that she seemed
less fatigued by the housework, than
if she attended the balls of the win
ter. Her beauty, which had been
remarkable in the gorgeous palace of
Versailles, was dazzling in her cot
tage in the New World. M. de
Tallerand said so to her.
"Indeed !" replied she with naivete,
"indeed, do you think so? lam de
lighted to hear it. A woman is al
ways and everywhere proud of her
personal attraction."
At that moment the black servant
bolted into the drawing room, hold
ing in his bands his jacket with a
lor.g rent in the back. "Missus, him
jacket torn ; please mend him."—
She immediately took a needle, re
paired Gullah's jacket, and continaed
the conversation with a charming
simplicity.
The little adventure left a deep
impression on the mind of M. de
Tallyrand, who used to relate it
with that tone of voice pocaliar to
his narrations.
PERILS OF PREOOOITY.
Bartlet mentions one hundred And
sixty-three children endowed with
extraordinary talents, among whom
few arrived at an advanced age.—
The two sons of QuintiHan so vaunt
ed by their father, did eCht reach
their tenth year. Hermogenes, who
at the age of fifteen, taught rhetoric
to Marcus Aurelius, who triumphed
over the most celebrated rhetoricians
of Greece, did not dio, but at twenty
four lost his laculities, and forgot all
be bad previously acquired. Pica
di Mirandela died at thirty-two;
Johannes Secundas at twenty-five,
having ,at the age of fifteen composed
admirable Greek and Latin verses,
and become profoundly versed in
jurisprudence and letters. Pascal,
whose genius developed itself at ten
years old, did not attain the third of
a century. In 1791, a child was born
at Lubeck, named Henri Heinneken,
whose precocity was miraculous. At
ten months of age, he spoke distinct
ly, at twolve learnt the Pentataech
by rote, and at fourteen months was
perfectly acquainted with the Old
New Testament. At two years be
was as familiar with Ancient His
tory as the most erudite authors of
antiquity. Benson and Danville
only could compete with him in
geographical knowledge. In, th e
ancient and modern languages he
was a proficient. This wonciachil
obiki was unfortunately carrjoi coe
its his Marl& year.
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Having furnished some acceptable hints
with regard to the absence of husbands,
we would discuss that obvious correlative,
the presence of wives. The wife is .the
recognized mistress of the houshold, 'but
it by no means follows that she should
never pass beyond its limits. Where are
-some.very desirable things that cannot be
found to an adequate extent tin even the
best appointed home. The window may
admit sunshine, but not in the rejoicing
floods that gladden in the open street.—
The beet ventilated dwelling has not the
absolute freshness of the free air of heav
en. The wife may go out for light and
air, and also for her little round of social
duties, of friendship or beneficence. She
may go out for merchandize and market
ing, as the mother-bird explores every
nook for the snug upholstery that lines her
nest, and the dainty morsels for which
the birdlings flutter andcall. She may go
out, too, as the robbin does, for food for
herself, that she may return with a clear
er mind, and a larger heart, a fresher
cheek, and a more elastic step; yea, in
some instances, when such an improve
ment is possible, with a •nore equable tem
per than before. For these purposes, the
prayer meeting, the lecture, the concert,
soiree and the sewing circle, are not to be
despised. But all these wanderings should
be subordinate and occasional, the excep
'ltionoodruot, the rule.
st wife should, as far as possible, be
present at meals. It is her privilege to
preside at those domestic re-unions, and
however temptilwly the viands may be
prepared and served, they lose half their
relish if the Fpleen of the feast is absent.—
Thapresence of .a pretty woman adds as
.much to the eqjayrnent of culinary com
forts as to Dr. Johason'a.favorite amuse
ment of riding in a post-chaise. The dark
hours, too, are seasons set aped for a
wife's peculiar reign. ,The ancients "kg
fied night as a goddess, and worshipped
her as the mother of all things, of gods as
well as men. The moon is feminine ,in
her ministries, whether lighting the path
of whispering lovers or blessing the couch
where weary children sleep. And within
doors the house-mother, as the Germans
beautifully call her, accepts her position
as the recognized queen of night. She
knows, too, that her presence makes all
the difference between homes and hotels;
that the house was built for her, as the
cage is constructed for the bird, the pedes
tal for the statue, or the frame for the
picture. She only leaves it that she may
add fresh brightness to its sunshine, and
warmth and purity to its air.
It is her privilege to be present in sick
ness, or whenever there is aid to render
or sorrow to relieve. It is true there are
some women of abnormal development,
who stitch thriftily at sewing circles,
while buttons are missing and pockets
treacherous, and gloves and hosiery .yawn
ing with helpless mouths at home ; just
as there are some very young persons who
show a greater readiness to nurse soldiers
in a hospital than a solitary member of
the home guard who is only a father or a
brother. But these are mere freaks and
eccentricities. The true wife ie at hom.
whenever the home would be the happier
for her presence. She sleeps quietly
tkrough the small hours, when, possibly,
the •returning ,wanderer blesses her uncon
scious face. She welcomes the first sun
beam, when her husband, though physic
ally present is yet mentally exploring,
with his elder and unpresentable brother,
the far-off land of Nod. Nor can it be
that she is unduly severe upon morning
dreams, since "her children rise up and
call her blessed, her husband also, and he
praised' her."—Springfield Republioan.
serßev. Dr. Junkin, father-in-law
of Stoatztvall Jaekgaii, reotally offer
ed some i rewArks,4l 4 t 4ne the daily
prayer meetings in New York. In
considering the re-union of the States,
he took a hopeful view and expressed
his belief that the North and South
would come together as Christians.
He closed his address with these
words :
'But now, my friends, these
bright visions of hope cannot be re
alized bat in consequence of long,
ardent,and united prayer. The church
and the nation must get down on their
knees before the mercy seat. A na
tion on its knees is omnipotent with God.
We must learn to seize the promises
with a death grasp and tell the
Hearer of prayer, will not let the go,
except thou bless me.' Nothing is
more certain than that the Lord will
do all that he has promised."
sir There are six colored churches
in St. Louis. The First Baptist, the
oldest church, has 700 members
The pastor, Rev. E. Cartriglet, is six
feet six inches in height, and weighs
400 pounds. The Rev. R. 4.ndurson,
pastor, of the Second Baptist church,
is represented as quite a paipit ora
tor. This Society numbers 630 mem
bers. The American Preebyteria m
says, the rich attire and intalligent
countenances of this great omit:pegs
tioe, an& the finely furnished shutih,
asuisdo you of old Zion or Mick in
their most pahuy days.
INFLUZIOE OF HYMNS.
Magdeburg memorable in the
story of hymns, for it was at the
cruel sacking of it by Tilly that the
school children marched across the
market-place singing, and so enraged
him that he bid them all to be slain;
and from that day, say the chroni
clers, the fortune departed from him,
nor did he smile again. Other
hymns were more fortunate, for we
read of a certain rough captain who
would not bate a crown of the thirty
.tboaaaad .we levied off a captured
town, till at last the archdeacon
summoned the people together, say
ing, "Come, my children, we have no
more either audience or grace with
men, let us plead .
.with +God ;" and
whentthey bad entered the church,
and sung a hymn, the fine was re
mitted to a thousand. The same
hymn played a merciful a part in an
other town,.which was to be burned
for contumacy. When mercy had
been asked in vain, the clergymen
marched out with twelve-boys to the
general's tent, and sung there before )
him, when, to their amazement, he
felt upon the pastor's neck and em
braced him. He had discovered in
him an old student friend, and spared
the place ; and still the afternoon
service at Pegan is commenced with
the memorable hymn that saved it.
Of another, it is said that a famous
robber having been changed himself,
sang it among his men,so that man y
of them swere,chaaged.also. Rough
hearts, indeed. seem often the most
susceptible. A major in command of
thirty drageorw3-entered a quiet vic
arage, and demanded within three
hours more than the vicar could give
in a year. To cheer her father.nne
of his daughters took her guitar, and
sang to it one of Gerhardt's hymns.
Presently the door softly opened ;
the officer stood at it, and motioned
her to continue , and when the
hymn was sung, thanked her for the
, lesson, ordered out the dragoons and
rode.off.—Macmillan's Magazine.
&awes in Bathe on Both Sides.
A Philadel,phia journal sums up
the aggregate of battles, 4kinnishCs,
&e., and naval engagements, during
the past year as follows:—Skirmishes,
three hundred and ten ; battles, two
hundred and twenty-eight ; naval
engagorents, eighty-one. A grand
total of six hundred and nineteen.—
The New York Commercial says :
Our tables of engagements during
the year 1862 give an aggregate reb
el loss of 6,094 killed, 17,671 wounded,
29,822 prisoners. Added to this is
42,822 reported losses in killed, wound
ed and prisoners, which makes a
grand total of 96,409. The aggre
gate Federal loss during the same
period is 12,408 killed, 55,420 wound
ed, and 38,220 prisoners. Added to
this is 770 reported losses in killed,
wounded and prisoners, making a
grand total of 103,819.
It must be remembered, however,
that these are by no means official
figures—indeed, there are very few,
comparatively, official reports of
losses, Nor do the above figures
comprise all the losses. The battles
of Fort Craig, Texas, and Valverde,
undoubtedly resulted in a rebel loss
of at least ) 3,ooo in killed, wounded
and prisoners, while the Union loss
in the first battles must have been at
least 1,000.
The losses of Pope in his disas
trous campaign in Virginia must
have exceeded 20,000 s hile the rebels
escaped with a loss not exceeding 5,-
000. At Perryville, Kentucky, the
enemy probably lost 5,000. The bat
tles in Arkansas have doubtless re
sulted in a rebel loss of 20,000 while
the Union losses have not exceeded
5,000. This increases the grand to
tal of rebel losses to 108,757, and
that of the Union losses to 132,819.
This is exclusive of death by disease
in either army, which must reach
a very large figure.
SALT BASINS OF NEBRASKA.
There is in Nebraska Territory, fif
ty miles west of the Missouri river,
a remarkable salt region, of which
the Government has reserved 17,000
acres, under the mineral land act.—
Near the center of this region there
are four basins containing 1,600 acres.
Their surface is nearly flat, but de
pressed several feet below the com
mon level. As to the cause of this
depression, no certain theory pre
vails. Some claim that the millions
of buffalo, &c., which have salted and
wallowed there for ages, have done
it. Others claim that the slow wash
of the salt's destroying vegetation
will account for it. The bottoms of
the basins are composed of black
mud, covered over in warm, dry
weather with a thin stratum of salt,
causing them to look like magnifi
cent fields of snow. The salt is col
lected by scrapers; occasionally a
man will scrape up a wagon load in
a day. In and about those basins
are numerous springs of.strong brine
boiling up. The quantity discharged
from them, if all in one stream,
would run a saw-mill. The fartews
for hundred miles around go Uwe
and boil and scrape enough for 10.offi*
use. The salt is of excellent quality
—crystal, white and large.. AS'
toniihing that no works haw been
erected for twatiedlieturileg it. Otrr
Akerekiihs obtain salt Shorn
ANEW,SERIES.--VOL, 4, NO. 32
York -mid 'Virginia, when enough
might be rnade,bere to supply b doz
en States. '.pia dry, breezy climate
.far •sups-rippler solar evaloration
to that of Onondaga. The vats that
yield 2,000,000 ~liashels there would
turn offS,ooo,B6othepe. /Timber is
too scarce to be largely used in evap.
oration-New York Scientific Ameri
can.
f - SMALL PDX.
'We have already had occasioneeto
mention the remarkable effects of
the. Saracenia Purpurea in small-pox,
aa,aseertained by Dr. Morris, of Hal
ifax, daring an epidemic in Nova
Scotia, when,pationts were dying in.
hospitalsJettthemate. of twelve and ,a
half per cent., from May to August.
We have now been favored with the
following particulars respecting this
valuable plant: The Saracenia Pur
puree, or Indian Cup, a native,pjant
of Nova Scotia, . fon ad in .swamiis ,aud
moss. bogs, has the wonderful reputa
tion amoug.the Micmac Indians of
curing small goes • of ibeingse great
a.specific in this dire disease as qui
nine for ague. It is supposed to act
by neutralizing the virus in the blood,
rendering it inert and harmless:-
and that this is its action may: be
gathered from the &et that if either
vaccine or variolus matter be .washed
with the infusion of the -Saracen*
it is deprived of its contagious prop
erty. Moreover, the eruption, eves
.if confluent, .on pits .dirk ranee
leaves no trace behind. lake moot
is the part of the plant employe d.—
The dose, when reduced to powder,
is about a dessert spoonful, simmered
in a pint of water down to a half
pint ; this is usually divided into two
doses, to .betaken durii g ,the .day.
Sugar should not be ras ed
Galignani.
Commonplace WOMAN.
Heaven knows bow many simple
letters, from simple-minded women,
have been kissed, cherished, and
wept over by men of far Joftiet intel
lect. Therefore it is no marvel that
the childish epistle of Hope Anstead
was read and re-read with lingering
and throbbing neart. It is a lesson
worth learning by those young prea
tures who seek to allure by their se
complAments, or to dazzle by their
genius, that though he may admire,
no man ever loves a woman for these
things. He loves her for what is es
sentially distinctfrom, though not in
compatible with them—her woman's
nature and her woman's heart.—
This is why we so often see a man of
high genius or intellectual power
pass by the De Steels and the Coy
tunes to take unto his bosom some
wayside flower, who has nothing on
earth to make her worthy of him, ex
cept that she is—what some few of
your " female celebrities" are—a
true woman.
The Peaugyleania ilteeerwel.
Major General George G. Meade,
recently , command of the Peen
sytivania Reserve Corps, before leav
ing that corps, made a request to
the Governor ,of Pennsylvania anti
the ileoretary of War that the ohi
Reserves be sent back to Pennsy!.
vania for the ,purpose of recruitin , ;
their broken and elikattered ranki
with new mess. 'This effort w;'l
made once before, after the battle ca'
Antietam, but it did not succeed.—
Their entire fighting strength in the
battle at Fredericksburg, with the
two new regiments recently added
to them—the One Hundred and
Twenty-first and One Hundred and
Forty-second Pennsylvania Volun
teers—was only about 4,500 men,
and out of this number they lost in
killed, wounded and missing, 1,800
men, or forty per cent. of the whole
number engaged.
Rather too Oareful.
The Independence says : "The loss
sustained by hoarding up money has
just been exemplified at . Ostend. A
respectable woman, aged eighty
three, feeling her end approach, call
ed her son to her and told him to
look in a certain place where he
would find a bag containing ,a sum
of money, which belonged to him,
and which she advised him to make
good use of. She had, sh.e said, laid
it by for him in 1820, on the day. of
his first communion. The son found
in the bag 671 Dutch 10-florin pieces,
(about 14,000 f.) Had the old lady
placed the sum out at compound in
terest, her son would now have a
fortune of more than 100,000 f."
Baud nate to Live
Western Difissouri is nertnioly not
a very comfortable section to live in.
The Platte coranti sentinel says :
The quiet of our county has again
been disturbed by the sudden raid of
a band. of Kansas jayhawkers. On
last Monday night they went to the
residence of Mrs. Risk, Jiving a few
miles from town, and robbed her of
fire bnraired dollars worth of silver
ware and plate, one hundred and fill
ty dollars in money, three hundred
dollars in cloth ing, and two valuable
negroes. Capt. Woods of the Platte
county militia, went inipursuit of the
robbers, but without any other sue
c.ese than trroking them some four
wile*, to tie point on the river who
Aar riscrossed to Sinew