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bat, Oh, how beantiftil to me,
Cette* beck that Hnoa pare endheight;
Hfd* Pork 38 1855.
Mum;
HIM
TBS SIBYL
“Though we eat little flesh, ufl drink no wine,
Yit let’* be merry; we'U hero ten end tout;
CoiUrds for rapper, and ea eodleae boet
Of •ylUbube, and jellies; end mince-pies,
And other inch lady-likt luxuries— '
Feasting on which «e will pkilottfhUt, n ~ mkllxt.
BT MBS. OAKES IMITII.
THE FBUOIf.
Upon a recent visit at Trenton, N. J., we,
visited the State Penitentiary at that place.—
Neafoess and good order were predominant
throughout the building, ond the officers seam,
ed gentlemanly and humane. This one of the
prisons in which culprits are condemned to
solitary .confinement, an to labor, though we
saw nothing to indicate what ia. called hard
labor. Our honest mechanics, and iodustri,
ous needle women toil much more severely
and secure far less of bodily comfort than ia
enjoyed by these felons.
We saw the little portable carriage which
caoves - the food of the prisoner, trundled
through the corridors, and observed that the
soup had a savory, wholesome odor, and the
bread and meat were abundant and of a good
kind. Bach prisoner is secured in bis cell by
a massive iron door, which is left ojor during
the day, and within ibis ia another door con
taining a single pane of gloss inserted into the
upper pari, which (hey shove one side for (he
purpose of receiving food, air, &c.
, As we passed along, the prisoners, we oh
served, seemed to work near this portal, and
to be io many cases looking out, as if to keep
alive their relation with the wWld from which
they are separated. We saw no women look
ing out in this way. One thing struck us
very forcibly. These men had by no means
hardened or brutal aspects. Wo pass every day
to the street persons far more guilty looking,
for more indurated by vice and crime than
these men looked, and we could not refrain
Iba conviction that they were less culpable
than thousands who escape the penalties of
evil doing. Ooe poor fellow has invented a
machine for weaving, if we recollect aright,
a model of which was placed in the work
house, and was both ingenious and pretty.
Under the neatly written name of the inven
tor was the simple appeal, “forget roe not.”
So it is—when all that would seem to make
Hie and memory desirable are lost, the heart
still shrinks from being forgotten of its kind.
A profound melancholy rested upon (he facts
of all. We observed in the various depart
ments rude drawings and inscriptions, which
went to show that a lingering sense of beauty
and order lurked in the minds of these miser
able beings.
Various kinds of weaving are done here $
machinery wrought, and a Urge-business car
ried on'in making the cane seats of chairs,
becks for care, cane rockers, sofas, &e., (rom
all of which we not only learned that the pti
•on supports itself but is a source of revenue
to the Stale. This is certainly as it should be
—the guilty should not live idly upon the toil
of others; taft the painful conviction was not
(he lets forced Upon us* tftat these Institutions
have the effect to lower the price of Ibis kind
of labor in the market, and thus dafrsod the
hard-working mechanic of his Just dues. We
could not but call to mind the many poor,
eqntlKd looking women who we had teen
aiming upon the groud in Rent of miserable
dwellings, surrounded by dirty children, while
(bey earned a poor pittance by seating old
chairs. We coaid not but contrast the ap.
petrsooe of these unfoituoates within that of
the gaitty incumbents of the prison, end so
for-he bodily comfort is concerned, the felon
has n position far io advance of the honest la
borer. We need great souls a mongos who
will go Out io aid of the large class of people
willing to toil, but who do so to little purpose,
and who, by their judgment and forecast, will
help to -secure labor and just remuneration for
the poor. If ear legislstoss and philanthro
pists would bend their energies to the preaen
lion rether ihanlbepwushiHeiif of crime; we
should need no more almshouses, no more
jails, nor peoiteatiariea. I
THE OBtU, '
We entered one of tbeee, the occupant of
which had been removed uponduty elsewhere.
Here again (he Teton, we taw, wta much bet.
ter lodged (had the majority of workingmen.
There waa the narrow, but neat bed, a stool,
a small" table, upon which were books, and
other, articles of convenience or necessity.—
Upon a narrow shelf were a down or fifteen
bpok», ,i|icli4(JiDg a bible. Upon another was
a email glass with shaving apparatus, and
acme aide sketches and drawings
“Do yod not fear to allow the ‘prisoner! a
razor !” ,asked we,
“No.v we keep a strict watch over them,
and if any of them seem to be moping like,
we know they are growing lunerg, and we
take it away. We can always tell when they
h«gin to lune. We’ve never hand any acci
dents.” 1
A fount at one corner gave the prisoner an
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abundantsppplyof goodwatw. The room
bypieap* of ton
clioipg downwards Apm It* flqor r »jfficieatly
large to admaair, and lofereafhe.purposes
lmipediaietoy.*bovothj*is a win
dow also, heavily greled,and too high loadr
mil any tie* of the All tu
neat and orderly, -but (here wps the. now of
uiler insolation of dread, black solitude, h»un-
Imgjbe place,** - with , a.presence. IVben
was evcra ; homan heartcptutomnodlo hear
nothingbuttbe play-.of itt solitary, pulses,
without sending forth fremitf ovftjcfiambert
'the spectre* or iile fill the space
with phamoopofdteadi We may incarcerate
tbo offender 19 gloomy wa|ls, and cut him off
from allhumao compankmship.bni he}*“neir
er leee alone then when alone." The people
who roeetui in ibe great - thoroughfare* of
life, are far lessoor companions than the
creatures projected from the action of Ibo soli
tude, making us alive to all hply and benign
influences, or causing us to shudder erlth irre
pressible dread, These fill the sphere in
which we.movo, all that is Joveiy.and beauti
ful, or make the wall damp, and the air bra*
ry, and the whole space dark, gloomy aodfu
nereal. Thus was. it that -Ibis empty cell
seemed peopled to us and the atmosphere op
pressed us with an impressible grief. Poor,
poor erring bumanitive, h seems to us that
even less than an incarnate God would-be wih
ling to suffer and die to work out thy re*
demption 1
At one side was a heavy staple driven into
the solid .wall; wp knew that a chain was its
adjunct. Wp know that when the tiger be
comes fully predominai, chains must be
brought in to check its ferocity. We turned
away with a terrible sickness of the heart.
i •»i
MABOABET DIVINE.
We enquired of onr attendant whether we
could not see those of our own sex who were
imprisoned'here. The Superintendent Oblig.
ingly answered in the affirmative, and our
apace of time permitted ns to see three of these
miserable beings. Two were undoubtedly fit
subjects for the law, but the third created
from iha first moment of our entrance a doubt,
and a brief conversation- convinced us that
some great wrong had been done the girl
whose name wo have written above.
We found a young, very pretty girl, of cer
tainly not more than eighteen years of age.
She .was neatly dressed, and peculiarly quiet,
even torpid Jo appearance.;- Her fingers moved
mechanically at: the needle with which she
was repairing the garments of the prisoners.
She is a Scotch girl, with the Scotch physiog
nomy—red hair, (os it is called,) but peculiar
ly rich and abundant. Some freckles, which
must have been the deposit of (he.blood rather
than the sun, (for she has not known bis
beams for these two years,) still lingered upon
her fair skin. Her teeth were white and even,
and her mouth sweet and gentle in its expres
sion. Indeed, her whole aspect was maidenly,
dubdued,~and in a striking manner innocent
seeming. \
"Surely," we said, "you ought not to be
here, Margaret. What hare you dose to
bring you to such a place
"/ have done nothing" she answered in a
low voice, and with a slight trembling of the
lips.
"Talk truly with me, Margaret,” -we said,
"1 will befriend you if I canand turned
ber head to one side as we spoke, that wo
might note her organization more accurately.
Margaret breathed heavily—she did not weep,
on thy contrary, she bad that still, woo-begope
look, that seems as if the sufferer were past
toarjt or smiles. We never spw a face from
which alt emotion had - ceased to find exprea
sioij. j Sbe was so husjbth sqmetanchotly, so
hopeless looking, that the sight was (ho most
painful we had . ever witnessed, and she so
youngi-two years a captive, aadeighteehlong
yearemore to he endured in bondage. We
could have wept with and for ber, only we had
a work to do that demanded fortitude. And
here lat us remark that one prisoner, a woman
of fifty, the mother qfsiz children,, fhoro we
visited in the prison, was loud in her protesta
tions of innocence; snivelled and cried, and
begged us to try and procure heir pardon, but
ber face was the index of a bad heart, and an
impure. life, and we told her' plainly, that
time for thought might give space for-amend
meat, and we thought tee prison discipline
might prove wholesome to her. The man
ner. of this woman afforded a. very striking
contrast to lha( of Margaret.
"( cannot believe you to. he a guilty girl,
Margaret,” we continued, "but you are very,
young. You may have committed a great
crime because you were ignorant of conse
quences, ■ You might have been nude angry,
and so took. your, revenge. Do not deceive
roe, but let me know your earn truly.”
She wor.sileqt for nearly a roionte, and
then answered slowly, "they said I poisoned
my mistress, but I didn’t do it,” ...
•‘How long have yon beep tare !” ... .
“Two years. I am eopdenned for tveniy
years," and she brought out . the number as if
Ita’whole burden-of years -lingered .about
(heir utterance. She,.did not tfepphV oo *
sigh, not weep, but; her to
come elpw and thick. ... ... „
We looked into her eyes to aee the touch
of insanity there. If Margaret Divine did
commit the crime for which eta u imprisoned,
then child, of sixteen, -ahewos,np.fasone
girL Her eyes area soft,, brown, with an
expresua&xmay be natural, may be the lan.
guage of jpsanjty.orit mayhesuperioduced
byBufer(og..,We saw nolhing,if wo,except
this, to|e»d;to tbs suspicion of lunacy 5 . but
if guiUy.ahe sbould be.removed Ipsainsape
asylum, where, ata would, have the protection
of tbo humane and virtuoua. Sba Ja'not a
fit occupant for the cell of a felon.
She told us her story aimply r and confiding,
ly. She had just arrived in the country!
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WELtSBOKOCGHj TIOGA COUNTY. PA., THCBSDAT 310BNING, MARCH 8, 1856.
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■-> ! j / jt or xnoDOHT I 8 TH» asonrinaooT'wisboi. n
■he «u poor: she left friends it'home, but
here she'whs a stranger in a' linage tend,
seeking;,llyfnif hy.Mrvk|b, She
found emplpytrient in a family at Hoboken,
whereshe.nad lived " |en . only, when
her mistress suddenly died, .Margaret ex
pressedrcgretat tier death; said ,the\ lady
had been kind to ber. sadabo had no desire
to iajujfo ber 1 . She was at brnte accused of
the crime of having poisaned her employer,
and ihe poor ehiid tartly escaped 'the gal
lows, berpeualiy being compounded to soli
ury c i«p«»c»»eoi for twenty years, 'baoaose
of herexuaite'youth. : > .
Nor is thlsali; are find the following ex
tract inlboTrenlon Trite Amtrican, from
from which wecooceive that suspicion must
turtfin iriotber direetioo, arid 'We* believe if to
be the sojemn doty of the pubtictp investi
gate this whole matter fully; and .let punish
ment fall where it is doe ;*and if Margaret
Divine is innocent, have reparation made
her; if guilty, she was guilty through insan
ity, and should be removed to an asylum for
the insane
“There is one female whose ease is pecu
liarly hard. A stranger,' she landed upon
our shores, and went to service with a fam
ily in the eastern part of the State. She was
convicted, falsely, a< almost every one now
believes, of attempting to poison her employ
ers. The wile of the man with whom she
lived was ■ victim, and the public were just
ly indignant at the horrible crime. The
fact that tbf.husband married again imaie
diatly after, the conviction of the poor **r
vant girl, and before the ashes of his fast
wife Mere cold in the grace, induced a re
action in favor of the' prisoner, u and other
circumstances have given rise to the impress
ion that she did' not perpetrate■ lbs crime
charged upon her. It is heart-rending to
think how friendless poverty may be tram
pled upon by the vile scheming Of villains,
and we do hope that fhoto who are laboring
in behalf of the unfortunate stranger’ may
accomplish her release. No one can look at>
her and think her capable of committing any
crime, much (ess so heinous a one, and her
conviction could only have been brought
about by a train of circumstances, and under
a state of excitement which would condemn
the best man in the world to the gyllows, if
similarlysituated.”
ASCENT OF MOUNT VESUVIUS
FROST POKP EH, AFOOT AND ALONE.
The curling smoke of Vesuvius for sever
al days bad seemed lo invite me to try the
ascent, sod after "feeding up” and recruit
ing lor (be toil, I got ready for a start. I
had got all the advice necessary from those
who bad been up, and fancied 1 could see my
way clearly. One said I roust have two
guides, .another said I needed three and a
donkey, I inquired the expense, and the
time necessary, and the route, and thought
that to pay from six to fifteen dollars for a
little help in a journey that at the farthest
was but a few hours, or say one day, seemed
to men liuie uncalled-for and extravagant.—>
i had been in a number of places where few
Christian men bad been before, and I thought
I could go in other places in a way of my
own, and not as others did. I determined to
try it afoot and alone, and if i failed I would
say I was no Yankee. So I took the rail
road—"Strada Ferrate at 7 in the morn
ing ; stopped a moment at Peocida, close to
Herculaneum, left Casiellamare on the right,
and in half an hour the guard sung out
“Pora-pa-a-ye!"
There it was—not as in the days of Pliny
the. elder, but after being exboroed from a
burial of eighteen hundred years under the
ashes of Vesuvius. But I came here to
climb Vesuvius, not to describe Pompeii.—
The summit was, twelve miles distant, and
4,000 feet high. I took a bee line, aa near
as possible, but H was fa f from straight.—
Roads in different directions led roe azSg-xag
inarch, now ip sight of the mountain, and
next out of. eight behind high walls of lavs.
A word touching ibis lava:, ilia quarried
out hem for building atone, and much resem
blea granUe. Ilia foe mom solid and heavy,
apd jess poroos than apy Ibad woo before.
The trails or dykes by the Toad side were
often twelve bet high. There woe noregu
larroad from Pompeii to |he, mouotaio iop,
but I toojt ibe general direction, and when i
■aw (be mountain lop to my right I would
take thp next right hand road. 1 passed
through one small meap-looking village,
about four or five mites from
Here I stopped and added a little toroy etock
of “proveoi, tt as Captain fiogald Dslgetty
would say, . ] got my wine bottle replenish-,
ed, and bought a few apples. ..
The road* were all deep sand—black vol
canicaand, thrownout of the mountain.—
The ground gradually began- to'rise and soon
I-came in full light, of. the summit and did ,
not lose sight of, it again, Prom the level,
and well cultivated fields aqAvineyard, about
Pompeii the ground became, mors, broken,
with a waste here and (here, not enclosed,
and. then uioeyards again, and little fig gar
dens. 1 met and passed many people, sonie
ridlpg on donkeys, but none spqjte to, me,—r
At last I came to a little, thicket of wood, oak
and chestnut,, where some woman were gath
ering sticks. . ; i.
. The roads dwindled, : into paths, the path*
grew less ana less, distinct,'and soon I came
to. the last fence. Wing left.the iagbopse %,
little way b*ck. Hera f cat /me a r cane, n
stout oak, one destined to,figure os awalk
ing-atiok ip .Yankee Lknd. 1 used shine
caution in my ihoft.forl presume if I had;
been spen, it might have Cost modear. I
was somewhat practised, and of opurM. m|b«
er an expert , thief—m the cane |)pe I
-—for I had cut classic cudgels before, and 1
meant to cut and come again. My oak waa
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about five feetjong, end it did me yeoman’s
•erviofc. - 1 Ml .down by thesidb of avvall of
leva aqd overhauled myprovender.and look
a real of hour] .Except some Into
eeanty abrubbery lo.be mentioned hereafter,
Ibqre «v note bushor singleobst ruction to
the lop of Vesuvios, j»w nearToorjmilea
fipomme. Three quarters of .a mile over *
gentle ascent—-nearly level—with ridges of
lan and bard sand, brought tne to Ibe moon
tain proper, justto itstjboaa. ' I had walked
over -eight milea from Poorpeit, sod roaeabowt
rdHte -■ 1
- To those who have not ascended voteatooes,
I will motion that thesfeeper portion of tbef
mountain ia in two separate flights. Those
volcanoes that I htveseeo, and Vesuvius,
though not a lofty mountain, ia a good typo
of the daw, rise- fromthebasa two-thirds or
three-fourths of the whale height in a pretty
regular ascent, and there ia a ami of shoulder
or resting-place. This first ascent of Vesu
vius is about 2000 feet, end at a guess nearly
on en angle of 40° with the perpendicular.
This ascent was in alternate ridges and val
leys, and the valleys hating a stunted growth
of bushes. Tho ridges seemed to be worn
into paths, and up one of them I took my way.
There was mighty little variety in U, and one
step followed alter another, with the long cane
to push, against, and the grass to pull upon
till I surmounted the first and longest stretch
of the mountain. The view from here was
magnificent, the deserted streets and roofless
houses of Pompeii, the white cottages of Cas
tellawarre, the rocks of Sorrento, the whole
oily and bay of Naples, and the islands of (ho
Mediterranean being plain in sight. On Ibis
shoulder of the mountain, which may be li
kended to the shoulders of a man, it was near
ly level, and a walk over rough lava about a
quarter of a mile, brought me to the neck or
fool of the cone. This cone or crowning
summit of the mountain looks from Naples to
be qbout 200 feet high, bul l found it at least
1,0001 You may believe it was sleep.
At the foot of it I rested for half an hour,
and there I demolished the last of my solids,
and had left about a pint of wine. It was a
light, delicious beverage, and not the abomin
able mixture of logwood and mahogany juice
and bad whislty that is so alien sold for
,‘wine’’ among us. , Far above me, dear the
summit, I could see several pederlrians, who
appeared to have ascended far to Iny right.
Of .all slow, traveling, thia.waa the chief. I
could not go more than ten or fifteen steps
before I had to rest. The process af res
ting was easy. All I had to do was to tall
down, or I should have said up, against the
side of the lay there until, my
fatigue was gone. The “ground" was gen
erally smooth. It was a fine volcanic sand,
packed bard and close by the wind. I had
to stick my heels end toes in to keep from
slipping. You can judge how steep it was
when I tell you that in lying down against
the side of the mountain, unleu I stuck my
toes in or had my cane last in the earth be
low me, 1 would often slide endwase, right
down the mountain. Time wore on and my
strength wore off, and 1 began to see some
little abatement in the steepness of the moun
tain. Now came the peril. As I approached
the summit, and, as it proved, near the firey
crater, the ground grew soft, smoke canto
out of it, a strong smell of sulphur was emit
ted, and it seemed as if there wes danger of
breaking directly through into the firey bow
els of this Volcano. Such ft fate would be
like that of Empedocles, but in my case with
out his fame.
I could see (racks about, but where aafecty
lay was more than I could tell.’ But 1 had
gone voluntarily without a guide, ard now I
had to take it as I could find it. I picked
my way carefully, now and then going near
ly over sho« deep, and saw the. smoke burst
out as I drew my foot away. The top was
close at band, and on arriving at (ho edge,
as it were, these yawned (he bnrrihle crater,
at least 500 feet deep. It was, 1 should judge,
near 1,000 feet across, and ran down to •
point io (be Centre like W. fnnel; ail (hough
it could °he seen fire, sulphur, flames and
smoke, literally' ■ pit of fire And brimstone.
Let it not his though 1 am describing what I
believe of another world, but what I have
teen of this one. 1 bad accomplished my
objeet«,ai)d stood on tbe edge of tbs crater of
of Vesuvius,
1 bad been «looe all the tray, and not •
mortal could I dUtioguiahi though my eye
took in a visible borixeo of at least three
hundred mile# incircum(erenceu, After I was
up iMeetqed .trifling, but the akentbad been
no mailer. My ls*t drop of .wine
bad disappaard.-.long, before I (reached, the
summit, and { could novas on the summit of
Heels, take a long pull and drink to all ere.
alien,oreven to“lbegirl 1 left behind roe."
There I rested,- and beta we’ll all rest.—
Autos Poet. • - i-
A’ anna*, and good roan, once speaking
of .politeness said: “I make i| : a point of
morality aerey tafod /suit with another for
his manners they may beawkward or grace
ful, blunt or polite, polished or rustkv I care
not wfaaLibey are, if themao means well and
acts from honest intentions wiihoni eccenlri
oHV-or affection. - AH meo bare not the - ad
ramage of 'good society,” as it is called, to
school themselves in.all Itsfaniastio rules and
ceremonies, and, if . there is any standard of
manors, ir is only founded id feesonandgood
sent*,'and'not upon the artificial regulations.
Manners, like conversation, should bkestem**
poniaebui and bet 'stndiod. " I 1 always aiia
pdct Smsnwho tntseti inb'wllh thosime per
jfctuil Smifb hpbn his nioe, : the same premedy
itated sfiakeof the hand. - Give’ roe itw (it
may be roughl grip of the -hand, end the
careleia nod of recognition, ind when occa
sion requires, the homely salution, “Howare
you, roy old friend V f
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PDBtISHEfiS
Rodent letters speak of ftp undertaking by
tbe'King of the two if accom
plished, will do more for bh credit than any
thing tbit ba* yet transpired since his acces
sion, We refer to ihe draining of the lake
Ceflono. Thislakq lies about 110
miles north of Naples, and is surrounded by
tbft highest Appeninee], The melted snows
and ifca rains flowing, from these mountains
.ran into the lake, and It has no outlet, ibe
surrounding land, which is of great fertility
is constantly .liable to bo submerged, Julios
Cesser intended a to hftva .had the lake drained,
but did not live long enough to accomplish
his design. Thb Emperor Claudius under
took it, and had 30,000 then employed for
eleven years in constructing a canal through
the mountains; but bis work was destroyed
by his successor. Through succeeding ages
the work was repeatedly resumed, but never
completed. AtlengibKingFeVdinondll. has
granted to a Neapolitan company, chiefly,
however composed of Frenchmen, certain'ad
vantageous terms, and they are about com
mencing operations on the old work bf Claud
ius] and they are to finish it within eight
years. The lake is to be entirely drained,
end the effect, it is said, will be the reclama
tion of thirty-three thousand acres' of the
richest land, which will become lhe property
of the company. With the use of gunpow
der and the apparatus of modern science, the
work will not be near so difficult as it was in
the time of Claudius. Antiquarians are look
ing forward to the draining of the lake Pith
much interest, for three ancient cities have
been swallowed up in the waters, which it is
supposed, will reveal treasures of aotiquity
equal to those of Pompeii, During' the reign
of Charles the Third, in the latter part of the
fourteenth century, the waters fell. So low that
the ruins of the npcient city of Valeria were
revealed, and statues of Claudius, Aggripina
and Nero were recovered. The other buried
cities are Penna and Archippus.
Dr. Noble, in an able lecture at Manches
ter, “On the Dynamic influence of Ideas,’’
told a good anecdote of M. Boulibouse, a
French «awmt, in illustration of the power of
imagination. As Dr. Noble says—- ,( M.
Boutibouse served in Napoleon’s army, and
was present' at many engagements during the
early part of loat century. - At tbe battle of
Wegram, in 1809 j he waa engaged in the
fray ; the ranks around him bad been terri
bly thinned by shdt, and at sunset be was
nearly isolated. ijVhile re-loading his mus
ket lie was shot down by a cannon ball.—
His impression was that the ball had passed
through bis legs below his knees, separating
them from the thighs; for he suddenly sank
down, shortened, as he believed, to the extent
of about a foot in measurment. The trunk
of'the body fell backwards on the ground,
and tbe aenaes were completely paralyzed by
the shock. Thus he lay mptiouleas amongst
the wounded and dead during tbe real of tbe
night, not daring to move a muscle, lest the
loss of blood should be fatally increased.—
He fell no pain, but this be attributed to the
stunning effect of the shock to (he brain and
nervous system- At early dawn he was
aroused by one of the medical staff, who
came round to help (he wounded. “What’s
the matter with yon, my good fellow 1" said
the surgeon. “Ah! touch me tenderly,” re
plied M. Boutibouse, "I beseech you, a can
non-ball has carried off my legs.” Tbe
surgeon examined'the limbs referred to, and
(hen, giving him a good shake, said with a
joyous laugh, “Get up with you, you have
nothing tbe matter with you.” M. Bouti
bouse immediately sprang up io utter aston
ishment, ond stood firmly on the legs which
he thought he bad lest forever. “1 felt more
thankful ” said M. Bauiiboiise, “than I hod
Tver dope in the whole course of my life be
fore, I bad not a wound about me.' ( bad,
indeed, been shot doWn by an immense can
non-ball ; Iml instead of passing thi'ough the
legs, as I'firmly believed ir had, the ball had
passed under my feotj ind had ploughed a
hole id the earth beneath, it least a foot in
depth, Into which my feet" suddenly sank',
givipg me the idea (bat I. had been thus abort
ened by the loot of my legs.” The troth of
this story, ia vouched (be by Dr. Noble.—
Aihttuetm "
A otKTtaaUN whp had taken rather too 1
much wine ,at a party the other evening, and
who had to dross the Park “before he could
reach bit abode,” came suddenly in contact
with a tree. “Schuse me, shir,” said he
ttarainermg but an apology, “I ’enure you,
ajbtr, ’tirely ,’lentional on my part. Sho dark,
sbir,Jdidn’l shep you. “Scfiugze me, shir,
’tebuze me, ahir, if you please. 1 ' After this
bbfequlous explanation, and an abortive at;
tempt to put on bis bat, be essayedlo continue
on bia way, but again came in .contact .withj
the how tree. ‘‘l reqlly, beg your, pardon*
shir,” said ha; “I’mf ’raid you’ll Vpect that.
I’m 'toasieated i but I ’shure you, shir, I nev
er was more shober in all my life, Ifa sho
very dark ; and 'really, shir, I shposed, shir,
you’d gone horned' At this instant .a poUoce
man* who had been enjoying the scone, vol
unteered to see the gentleman through the
Park, assuring him that it was indeed, very
dark,.and that the gcnteltnan whom he bad
run against belonged to the stationary depart,
moot, and that it was uouin bis power to or
der hirato“moveon.” ■ -
u Jwck,” said » coal dealer, “ what kind of
a morning is ill”
•• Vary cold sir* very,”
“ It the kennel from 1”
“ Yet air, hard.**- -
*< Raise the coal a dollar a ton. God help
the poor.”
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fflreal Werk is Italy.,
Power of Imagination.
iIBMfEfifCHBS.
Airman
g^fiasji^gg^
offipean io»bli<|toiry‘*bejSen6ti'WM pecetsa
-1 while bollyhocksoa ' theeum
tbit of the brlde’sbonnel ja«fduchedit)e el.
bow of bar Their entrance
Waspreceded by an mom' Wi'iA dilapidated
garments, who 1 c|aimed |imd three
coppers as bit fee toi guiding 1 them .to tbe
“What can I do (hr gbodlricod. I"
•tkiM the urfaaba Aldermito, at if In Jjttex ig
norance of the objects of -their risit, " "Pray
beaeated, madame." '
“Well Squire,“answered (begroott.wM
a complacent gjanceat tjwfilagro breast pin
that fastened a dashing ribbon around the la
dy’s neck, “old Hn. Rttibbne down (b tynrt
—you’re bearfn tell about her, I reckon 1”
"Weir, Yeally, I think-Ihardly ktiow-I
guess not," ""
“Noi bekW ' telf of bor; t *by she
makes about the best punk In sass you erer
put in yewr stuttmik, reckon; slips',deown
jirt as sleek as a greased cal crawlin' through
a jrnt of store pipe." • r :
“Very happy to be Introduced to bet, sir;
but don’t let me interrupt you, Pray pro
ceed,"
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.i; \
•‘M sojea’ so. Well old Mr*. Pettibooe
gin’me Dioatby, here, to git spliced to.-*
She’* a widder woman, and old Deaton Petti
bone made rope* or money in shpp'jieg bust
ties when be was alive, and I larnt ibe busi
ness with him; so.yew diskivef that pal’ral
ly 1 liked tbd.gall, and the oh) lady gin con
sent 5 so, if yew’ll pronounce lb Bjceremo
ny, your money’s ready.
“So you wish to be married, eb 7" queried
(he Alderman, willing to Spend a few mo
men’s leisure in conversation. “May ! ven
ture to ask what induced you to break ibrough
a bachelor’s life?”
‘‘Sartain, Squire; sartain. Yew see it’s
nat’ral. Who ever beard tell of a bachelor
chippin’ bird or a bachelor bob-o-link 7 I
reckon nobody has. And then aint doublin
kinder nat’ral 7 Aint double rosea and doub
le morning glories and double pineys (he
pootyist, and dom everybody like ’em better
than single ones. The amount on U is nat
ure teaches it, Squire, clear through the pro
grainy, begining with the robins and leaving
off with.the apple blossoms.”
“Very true my good sir;'a very philoso
phical view of the subject.” (Turning to the
lady.) “And you, madsme, have you given
this subject the attention it merits'7” *
Never mind her, Squire, jest let trie settle
that air business; ’taint no kinder the to
(rouble your bowels about Dinathy. Jest
you fetch out yeour books and lire away.”
The ceremony was soon performed. Out
"Reform” Alderman has carried improve
ment even into that department of hit duties.
—and a two'dollar bill' was placed in his
palm by the newly made husband. After ha
had congratulated the pair, and wished them
success, Jonathan exclaimed:
•'Squire, you re ■ regular (rump, you are;
and if you ever come to Lyon you’ll find a
stopping place with me,’ and a rousin' wel
come. But, Squire," and Jonathan facetious
ly inserted hie fore Hager in the region of the
Alderman’s ribs, t‘Pm done with one'boru
bedsteads, I am’.— Journal of Commerce.
Amusing Conrt Seen*.
At the first Circuit Court in Washington
county held by Judge John Reynolds, the
Sheriff, on opening the Court, went out into
the court-yard and sail] to the people, “Boys
come in, our John is going to bold Court."
. This reminds us of a good one we heard,
of Judge Huntington, now D. S. District
Judge of this Circuit, The Judge, as many
of,our readers are aware, is a very affable
gentleman off the bench, but on the bench he
is a great stickler (or the dignity of 1 the
Court. While bolding Court at Bowling
Green, in an adjoining county of Clay, soma
years ago, in a log cabin, the Judge, Attor
ney, and others in the room, were startled by
a succession of sharp crack* not unlike mus
ket shots, accompanied by unearthly shouts
from .stentorian lungs of “Gee—voo-a-baw,
boys I” The business of the Court had to be
suspended, andihe Judge angrily directed
ina Sheriff to bringin the tumultioua 0* timer.
Tbe Sheriff soon returned with a rsrespeci
roen of tbegemte “Hoosier," upwards of six
feet high, with a fox skin cap light-or his
head, and tan-colored garments banging.loose
ly on bis person, in one band ho held tbs
cause of the-explosions, in -the strep* of a
whip as long' as a fishing-pole { front under
bis arm protruded a half seel too of ginger
bread, He walked cooly up to the table Be
hind which bia Honor sat, as if about to ask
for something lo 'drink, when the Judge, put
ting on hjs -severest frown, said to blm-?-
What do-you mean air, by yelling through
the streets and disturbing the quiet and dig
nity of this CouM I" The Hoosier stared
around in utter amazement, and alter a pause,
shouted out t “Court I —Court did you gay,
(giving a loud whistle)—H—l fthbnght it
was a Grocery I”
The dignity of the Judge was completely
unshipped—Court 'adjourned amid roan of
laughter—the culprit wasuot fined'(or eon- ’
wnipt, but tin Board of County Combust
ijonere of Clay County sood sftorwards passed
an order for tire erection of a Court House,
(hat could not be misiak'en forafSrbcery.
Anbcdot*. —Il i* often made • sobjoctof
complaint that ministers of the -Gospel per*
licipafe in political matters. An anecdote of
Her. Mr. who lived in Vermont several
year* ago, contain* a good reply.' A* the
reverend gentleman went to deposit hi*: vote
the officer who recojveH it, being a friend and
parishioner, butoTopnoaite polities, remarked*
“ 1 am aorry, W aca jou here."
“ Why t"asked Mr.R : ,«4 if ' ■
“Because,' 1 said the officer,“Christ said
his kingdom vui»H of. : |)w world.'V u ;
Has no one a right to vole ask'ed Mr. P.
unless he. belongs to the kingdom of Satan."
Ihto tb* Kiire.’— Horne Tookebeing ask*
ed by .George Ul. wbetber,he played cards,
be replied, "I cannot, your majesty, tell a
king froma-knave,”