, m)t soet'o corner. 1 [roa ra* AoiTiToa.] V TO 1 XtwMßdmmraostboodtlfol,' JfethoaglU ihlae arms wan c lose ®atwto«tt Arqond mo, and on thy breait my Vearied head reclined. —*‘t lore tnee, And thou art mine!" In tender tone Thou wld’rt.—And then my lips were pressed To thine in fond embrace. We were alone, «*»*e spirits 01 The lored and lost which hovered near And gave to us approving smile. lliere solemn covenant we made No word to utter that should mar 21io heart's content, bat fondly lot< Each other till the scene of life ghould end. AngcU beard, and to tto Court of ItcftTon carried those tow And gave them record thorn. Time passed like summer’s sunn/ day*—* »nie cart/ of Ufo *ort Ikftt becsitiM A mutual bunion. Its [of 4 wen Double. In that (hoy were united. it* bitter taunts of envious ones Passed ns unheeded by, for strong Vert wo, possessing each the other’s Confidence.—Are come on, and stilt DTe felt as youthful In our lon r As in life’s early days—Mandate Come to change the scene, and the grim Fpwtro. Death, laid hand upon ua lint a bright angel stood beside And kindly bade us put to fen; For wifely o'er life’s swelling tide Together wc should pass. The stream Vos crowd, and then In blissful realm* Wo sung unending praises to The King of Kings. 1 M (Capital Sbtovs* From the Flag of Our Unman, THE MILL PRIVILEGE. -OB HOW MU. TATNALL OVERREACHED HIMSELF. in one of ihe new towns of Maine, some thirty years ago, lived a man named John Taloah, Be was a close-fisted, digging man and never scrupled to make the best end of a bargain at all points withmthe lim.us of writ ten law. He never hesitated to make Capital of other peoples necessilies, and any event that could put a dollar into his till was all r.ight u> mm. Once o neighbor losi a fine ox jusi ai the tirpe when he was in ihe act of fulfilling a conlraci for culling down and hauling out Um ber. The conlraci was world a ihousand dol lars, and he was lo forfon one half of u if ho did noi have all the logs in ihe river before me snow melled, in ihe spring. The loss of his best o\ would rum him if he could nol make his place gooo. He knew that Talnall had plemy ol oxen, and he wenl lo him and staled his cast. Now John 'I alnall had a number ~i odd ox'-n wliuh he had boniihi lo place la u on.it win. n >■ meam lo unve lo markei ; .so h could have sold one just as well as no, llui n>- saw ins neighbors ne cessity, aim lie ml lo piohl by n. He would not seo ooii -s' he i-mild sen a pair, and noi Iher wnhoui an enormous price. The uoor lumberman begged ami emreared, bul n was ol no aval,, ’I here was nol another ox io be bought lor miles ;and miles aboul, for Mr.'l ainali bad bough: mem an ui> The neighbor could noi allow nis work lo lie riill, so he paid '1 alnall full double wnaliney were worm, and rook mem awa. Then il was he happened lo think of ins He knew ii was beller bv far, lhan eiun'r o' tliosc he had bought of Tatnall, and iu nro\e il over to ihe cartle dealer's to seb as he bad no use for it Tainall offered ni.i twcn’v dollars for n—ms! one filih of Wtia; tic had obtained for lire yoke he had sold Wc will not tell the conversation and bantering that followed, but suffice it to say that Tainall col the ox, and that in the end tic made a nrotit of mi 1 seven'v five dollars off ms poor and tianl-workmp neichbor odii ox. Tua: was ihe eharacier rff me man. and ali me ncijilibor? knew i Y■' he was res necieo, for he hud rnnupi, and many people (Jcnenued on him lor work, though iheir pit lance lur such work was beggarly in ihe ex treme Mr Tutnall’s farm was shoaled upon a large river, and he owned 10 a great cxienl on both sides of it. When he bought there he had some faint idea that at some lime ihere would be a mill put up there, and thus great* Iv enhance the value of his lot, for there was ouite a fall in the river where he owned and a most excellent mill privilege was thus afford ed But he never could build the mill for he had no! the money to spare, nor had he the energy About two years previous lo the openin'? of our story, some men had come lo examine the river, and tnev talked some ol huvinc and building extensive mill works, lamnl knew that if such were done, the value of nh Ihe good land about him would be advanced, and he bought up all he could, eo at trie present lime he owned noi less than a thousand acres uue day in early spring, lust ns the ice had broken up. a man called on 'lalnall and wished to examine the mill privilege. His name was Lemuel Farnsworth, and he was a man no. more ihon thirty years oi age, full oi enterprise and integrity. Mr. Tainall ac companied his visitor out lo the river, and niter examining the premises, the latter ex pressed ntmself much pleased with them. “Or. exclaimed Tatnnl.. “this is about the tinesi prmieee m the binie. Tne water power can not lan, and you see there would be power enough lo drive a dozen mills.’ “i sec,’ relumed Farnsworth : hut he did not express all no Ihuugtu. lie merely ack nowledged lhat Hie privilege was sonc “If 1 buy here,’ ne continued. “I should warn some loriv or filly acres of land to go with the water lot, for 1 should want lumber enough to put up all my builumgs, ana some liesidcs, oi mv own, lo commence work or. ' “toucan nave nil you want,’ was Tal null a reply ; and slioniy allerwarbs they re lurie u lo me nous.,. “.Vow wpai is your price ” asked Fnrns nor a. .ii-< r t„. ||,ul (tecinieu io lake a glass ii- run. win n n„(l u,-en poured for him. “W el., le'iunecl ’I uliiali, (liou |> lill'u 11 )r, “1 Haven ihiiimlii tiuji'h dI selling, lor 1 have mm some nlea id (lulling up a mill Uiere my self inis was a falsehood ; bul then Talnall saia such things as naturally as a child laughs "hen u is pleased. “But you will sell, 1 suppose! “On yes.’' “ 1 hen whai would be your price “\ou mean for the mill privilege and filly acres o: woodland I'" “ Yes.' “Well the water lot is valuable, and weafl know lhal ihe land is excellent and ihen the lumber on il is of (he first quality. ’’ i “1 have seen all that, sir. Now for your pie: “Well, I have thought that if some one would put up a mill there, 1 would sell the privilege with land enough for a garden and necessary buildings—say about six acres— l°r i thousand dollars, And then if you THE atbotco to the ortcn«(on at tpc arorpt ifmoom atm tpc spftp# tit COBB, STURROCK & CO., VOL. 2. wanted the fifty acres, I should say about seven hundred dollars more,” “But, my dear sir,” uttered Farnsworth, in surprise, “do you consider how this mill will enhance the value of your other property I We mean to pul up not only a saw mill, but also a good grist mill, and a carding and do. (King mill, so that we can saw the lumber, grind the grain, card the wool, and dress the cloth for people who may come and settle here.’’ “Then you mean to do it all ? said TatnaH really surprised, but without showing it, “Ves sir.” Now Tatnall knew this would be a vast benefit to hitrf. The nearest mill -was now six miles off,.and even that a poor flimsey concern, pul upon a small brook that was dry nearly half the year. Ffom this circum stance people hod not settled down upon the rich lands by the river, and the huge trees yet stood upon the finest alluvial soil in that section of the country. Such an establish ment, Mr. Tatnall ut once saw, would draw quite e village together in a few years, and then his land would makq,him independently wealthy. But he believed he had the power all in his own hands, and he meant to use it. "1 can not take a cent less,” he said after a moment’s thought. “To be sure, the estab lishment you speak of will be a benefit to me, but that is no reason why I should sacrifice now. It will also be a benefit to you for which you can well afford to pay. If you will take the whole for seventeen hundred dollars, you can have it. “Well,” said Mr. .Farnsworth, “I have a partner engaged with Vie in this business and I musl see him firsi. I will explain the case to him, and next d.iv afier to morrow I will see you again,” Mr. Farnsworth left, and when Tnlnall found himself alone, he began to meditate upon the plan he entered upon. "If those two men have got their minds made upon this mill, he said to himself, "they won't slop at Hides. Of course they have got money enough, or else they wouldn’t be going into such an extensive business. “ I'll feel of 'em." Mr, Tii* nit 1/ said this with a sort of chuckle, and he clasped his hands together just ns though he had a helpless man within Ins grasp. At the unpointed time, Mr. Farnsworth re turned, and with liirn came his partner, a m in o I about the same age of hon-,elf, named Rtdgelv, They went out and luoked the (dace all over, and at length they concluded i hey would pay the sevenfeenghundred'-dol lars. It was a heavy sum—much morcihan the properly was worth, but they had set their hearts upon building the mill in that section, and Ihey wished not to give it up. "Ah, gentlemen,'’ said Tutnall, with a bland smile, after their offer had been made, "that price was not a fixed one, that was only a sum named two dajs ago for the ac ceptance or rejection then. 1 gave no claim or refusal. 1 can not sell for that now.” “Are you in earnest ?” aeked Mr. Farna worlh. "1 am, most assuredly.” “And for what will you sell now? “You may have the whole for twenty-two hundred dollars.’ 1 - “But,sir,”said Ridgely,“ihalis monstrous; The mills may not return us a cent for years. Why, sir, for six years, at least, you will cer tainly make more by the mills than we shall.” “This is looking farther ahead than is need ed,” replied Tatnull; “ihe properly is yvorth what 1 ask.” “But you will lake off something?” “No, sir.” “Not a single cent less than twenty-two hundred. Both the young men sayv that Tainall was irymg to overreach them, but they did not give vent to their feelings, for they wanted the mill privilege much. They had examined ihe nature of the land np and down ihe river, and they had found lhat for many miles ii was a rich, deep interval, and that such mills ns they meml lo put up, yvould surely make a large village there in a feyv years. And then the circumjacent upland was good, be ing beautifully undulating and bearing a heavy growth of oak and maple. But they were not prepared lo pay a sum which they knew was only forced upon them through iheir ne cessity. Many men would havo almost given them ihe privilege in consideration of the benefit that would thereby accrue lo ihe other proper ly. But he cares not for ihii. The result of ihe conference was. that the young men wanled a week in which lo con sider, upon the mailer, and make a final de cision in regard lo it. “Very well,” said Tainall, “you can lake ns long as yon like.” “Bui you will not rise on your price again ?” added Farnswonh. “Don’t know about that,’’ was the response, “The offi*r I have just made is only open for to-day.” The two partners conversed together in a whisper, and for a few moments they had a mind to accept Talnall’s offer. They saw that they wore completely in his power, and they had seen enough of his character to be assured lhal he would roh them of every pen ny ihey had if he could do so under cover of law. Bul ihe mill privilege would be valua ble lo them—very valuable—and of this Farnsworth spoke,* “I know il,” returned Ridgely, “bul yoq must remember that it is our energy and per severance ih it will make it valuable. Let us think awhile.” So they went away and lefl ihe mailer for settlement one week. Mr. Talnall rubbed his hands when they were gone, for he felt sure they would como back, and he made up bis mind be would have just twenty-five hundred WEELSBOROUGH, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 18651 dollars for the lot be was to sell 1 The next day the two partners look a stroll down the river, and at the! distance of seven miles from Talnall’s place, they came to a place where a sort of bayou, or inlet, made up. into the shore. From curiosity they fol lowed this up, and found it to run in only about twenty rods, and then turn and extend quarter of a mile, almost parallel with the river, and there it ended in a deep .basin. Opposite this point in the river, was a steep fall of water, but no thoughts of build ing a mill there had been entertained on pc count of the rocky, rugged nature of the shores. But this inlet seemed almost cutout by Providence for a mill. By expending one hundred dollars, at the outside, the bayou cqii'.d be cut on to the river, striking the bank about fifteen rods below the fall, and three mills could be built, and be not only free from danger from freshets, but with enormous pow er, In fact, the water power could be made ns extensive as necessary. Arid then there were other advantages. In the first place the building spot was superior to that of Tninnll’s, and then it left a splended'growth of intervale pines above, which could be easily cut and run down. As as (he two young men Jiad fully realized the splendid nature of the discovery tliey hud made, they fairly ditnced will) joy. They set off at once to find the owner, and they found him to be a Mr. Simon VVinihrop, a poor, honest man, and the one whom Mr. Talnall had so imposed upon in the ox-lrode. Winlhrop owned enough land on the river, and the circumjacent upland, for quite a town ship. It had been leil him by an uncle, and be had moved on to il, cleared a small farm, and had begun now to make quite a comfort able living by getting off the timber, though he had not got off a thousandth pan of it. The two partners found him in his house, that very evening, and they commenced by informing him of the trials they had had wiih Mr. Talnall. Winlhrop smiled us he finished their account, and for the amuse ment of the thing he related the story of his ox.'rade,— The millwrights were very soon assured that they had an honorable man to deal with now, and thev frankly told him of the remarkable discovery they had made, and at the same tune explained to him that the mill privilege upon his land was worth more than double that of Talnall’s. And then they asked him how he would sell ihe water power and a goodly piece of land. He first wished to know all ihcir plans, and they freely told him, for they knew he was not ihe man to attempt to overreach them. told him ol the saw-mill, the grist-mill, the clolhing-mill and that they should probably put up o store, !• people enough moved in to support one. “ iVnw, how much money haie you got asked Winlhrop. “That is—how much car you raise to put into this place?” "We can raise just eight thousand dollars,’ said Farnsworth. Simon Winlhropgol up and walked across ihe floor several times, and then he came and sat down again. “Gentlemen,” said he, “if you will put up a good mill, and saw my lumber well, and at fair prices, t will freely give you*the mill privilege, and what land you lake, you shall pay mo somewhat near what the lumber is worth on it. But i have another offer to make you. My old uncle was one who went into this land business a few years ago, and when he died he gave me all the land he owned, here. It is very valuable land, ihoughsofar I have only gained a bare livelihood on it, I have oetwcen two and three thousand acres, all told—my lot joining Tatnall’s above here, and running down four miles below here. — Now what do you sav to making me the third man in your party ? You put your energies, and knowledge, and money, with my stout hands and broad lands. We shall all share alike, whether in fields, mills, or stores. — What think you ?” “We must think of that,” uttered both the young men at a breath. “So do. But remember the mill privilege is yours ifyou want it, and may pul up a mill on it without cost, provided my offer does not suit vou.” The two young men went away about nine o’clock, but they felt sure they should lake up with the last offer, though upon a thing of such extent they wanted tune to re flect. On llie next morning, enrly, Mr. TV mill was al Wimhrop’s door. Me want'd io buy a large lot of intervale wjoodland, which lay next In his own on Ihfi river. Bm Mr. Win* tlirop would listen to nothing of the kind. — Mr. Tutnall held on, for he felt sure of the mill being built on his own land, and he want ed all the neighboring lumber. He swore at Winthrop for his ‘-obstinacy,” but the /alter only laughed. That altenioon Messrs. Farnsworth and Ridgely called upon Tainall, and informed him that they hud concluded not to buy of him. “Very well, gentlemen,” coolly returned he, for he thought they were only trying to bring him down. So they turned to leave, and as they bade him “good-bye,” Mr. Tutnall turned pale, lie begun to think they were in earnest. “Stop, stop,” he cried, “are you really in earnest 1 Aint you really going to put up the mills ?” “Not here, sir.” “But—but—Don’t be in a hurry. Per haps we can —Corner come in. Let’s talk the matter over.” “There is no need,” answered Farnsworth, “for we have made up our minds.” “But perhaps I might makeup with your offer of two thousand;” “No, sir.” “But hold,on a moment. I declare, rath* AGITATOR. u THE AGITATION OF THOUGHT IS THE BEOIITNItNG OF WISbOM.” (vi if vt-i i t er thuo have lbs tiling - blow . oyer now, I would come back to my old offer of seven teen hundred dollars.” • “No, sir. Its no use, for we don’t went your Ifcnd,” “But the mill privilege?” “Nor do we wnnl that either.' ■ “Bill," cried Talnnll, in o frenzy of tgarm “let the land go and lake ihe water and give me what you like for it; only put up a good milt there, even if you take it— for —nothing!” “You are too late, sir,” returned Farns worth; with a look, and tone of contempt. “nad you at first acted the part of a man you-Would not only have got a good round price for your water privilege and your land which we wanted, but all your other property would have been enhanced in value one hun dred per cent. You thought you had us in your power, and you would overreach us, but you will find in the end that this time, at least, you have overreached yourself!” John Tatnall shrank away into his house, and he had a bitter pill to suck upon. The two young men returned to Simon Winthrop’s house, and informed him they should accept his oiler. So papers were at once made out, and “Messrs. Farnsworth, Ridgeley & Winlhrop” commenced business in good earnest. The saw mill wastcom menced upon immediately, and at the same time men were set at work cutting out the canal. No less than eighty men were thus employed, and the “store,” was built at once. The greater part of these melt took pay for their work in land, reserving only enough of the limber on it for their own building purpo ses, and by Ihe next summer those of them who had families moved them in. The grist mill was pul up in due time, and by the sec ond autumn quite a village of snug, warm log huts had gone up. After this, the colony flourished mid grow. Great numbers of hands were employed duriiig 'the winter in falling lumber, and when it was sawed it could be rafted and run out to sea by the high tides of spring and fall. Those who came to cut lumber sow the nature of Ihe soil when the snow was gone, and they took up lots for farms. At the end nf eight years the wilderness was changed into a village and Messrs. Farns worth, Kidgely & Winlhrop, were wealthy and respected. A flourishing village had grown up about them, all upon their own land —theii own ilnee mills were in foil oper ation—thoir store did a good business, and ■ heir land was yielding ihem immense profits. A school-house had been pul up for three years, and that full saw the finishing touch put upon a handsome church. And where wavFuhn Talnall all this while? He still lived upon his farm, seven miles up ihe river, and he Intel grown poor in flesh, almost to a skeleton. His power of pinching his neighbors was gone, for no one now was obliged to do business with him. He saw that village grow up, and he saw poor, hon est Winlhrop become wealthy and respected —and he knew that all this might have been upon his own land if he had been an honest and honorable man. But ’twns 100 late flow. He could only look upon his own wilderness, and then up on the smiling lands of his neighbor, and the canker ale into his soul and made him miserable. In time the settlement extended up the river, and the stout trees upon John Tatnoll’s land began lo give place to houses, barns, and farms ; but John Tatnall did not live to see it nor profit by it. His chagrin and envy had killed him ; and in the last hour of the man who had all his lifetime made it, a rule of practice to over-reach all with whom he had any dealings, was himself over-reach ed by that power against which no art of earth can prevail. VERY Ii>UTOH. Two old Dutch neighbors in Pennsylvania, were proverbially steady, stupid and honest, and they had carried on their transactions with their neighbors and each other for years on the system of ready pay in cash or bar ter; but at last hard limes came, and they were obliged lo resort lo keeping accounts. One day they met for settlement, and fig uring, it was apparent that llauns owed Yaw kub twenty dollars. Well, Yawkuh, how musht we settle him now 1 I’sh got no mhnish. Yaw, yaw, never mind dat, wo can settle him mil a notish, said Yawkuh, who prided himself on doing busines at the store. Oh, yaw, mil a notish. Wellj den, you writes de notish. Dal ish not right, said Yawktib, you owes me de monies ; you writes de nolisb. I signs him —dal ish de way. So Hauns set about it, and produced the following: 1 Westmoreland kounty I owsh Yawkub dweniy dollars For settle (Jp when I hash no monish to pay him. Signed Yaw kuh. Then arose an unforseen difficulty, which of the two ought to keep the note. It was finally deciddd that Hauns shmild keep it—for how else would he know how ■much to pay Yawkub? In duo lime,'when Hauns, the deblor, got the money, he paid up, and thus raised anoth er puzzling question, and ended in the con* elusion that Yawkub must take the note in his keeping, so that he would know that Hauns had paid the money. “800, did you go to the gold mines 1” “Yes.” “What did you’ dig?” “I dug home as soon as possible.” I—did. Health and Beaux*. —The young indy who cannot afford » riding hubii, would do well to have a walking; habit. ii I | M ■ ! ♦ J \ rt' PUBLISHERS <fc PROPRIETORS. QNE OF THE SE^QtyS. -' puUfehed at Brdndhn, Miss., gives a partial report of a sermon preached a few weeks since at Waterproof, not far from Brandon. It is to bo regretted that the whole-sermon was not preserved. The f»U lowing paragraphs ahtfiv the spirit of the preacher: I “1 may say to ystJrmy breelhering, that 1 am not otredecatcd man, an' I am nbt o' (hem as bleeves that edecation is necessary fur I hleeve the Lord edecntes -his preachers jest as he wants ’em to beedecated, an,’ although I say it that live, thnr’s no man «s jjiti a' big ger congregation nor what 1 gifs. Thar may be some here to-day, my broth ring, as don’t know what persuasion I am uv. Well, I may say to you, tity breethfing, that I’m a Hardshell Baptist. Thars some folks as don’t like the Hardshell Baptists, but I’d ruther hev a hard shell as no shell at all. You see me here, to day, my breelhering, dressed up in fine close; you moul think I was proud, hut I am not proud, my breether ing, and alt hough I’ve been a preacher uv l|ie Gospel for twenty years, an although I’m enpling of that flat boat (hat lies at yur land ing, I’m not proud, my breelhering. “I’m not a gwine ter tell edzackly whar my lex may be found ; suffice it lu sav, it’s in the leds of the Bible, aqd you’ll find it, somewhar ’tween the first chapter of the book of Generations and the last chapter of the book of Revolutions, and ef you'll go and sarch the Scriptures, as I have sarclied the Scriptures, you’ll not only find my lex thir, but a great many ulher (exes as will do you good to read,’an my tex, when you shall find it, you shill find it to rend thus : “And he played on a harp uv a thousand strings— speriu ol* just men made perfeck.” My tex breethering, leads me lo speak uv sperit. Now thar’s a great many kinds of sperits in the world—in the fust place, lhar’s the sperits as sum folks call ghosts, then thar’s the sperits uv lurpen time, and then thur’a Ihe speriis as sum folks call liquor, and I’ve got as good an artiklo of them kind uv sperits on my flat-boat as eyer was folched down the Mississippi River, hut (bar’s a groat many other kind of speriis for the tex sez: "He played on a harp uv a f/iou-sand strings —speriis of just men made perfeck.” But Clf tell you ihe kind uv sperits as is ment in the tex. its fire. That is the kinds of sperits ns is ment in the lex, my breelhring— Now lhar’s a great many kinds of fire in the Horld. In the fust place thar’s the common sort of fire you file a segar or pipe with, and then-Ibar’s cam-fire, fire and fall back, and many in her kinds of fire, for the lex sez: "He played on a harp u v a (/icou-sand strings —"sperits uv just men made perfeck.” But I’ll tell >ou ihe kind uv fire ns is ment in the lex, my breethering—its hellJire ! an’ that’s Ine kind uv lire as a great many of wm’ll come to, ef you don't do belter nor what >Oll have been doin'—(or he played on the harp uv a (Aou-saud strings —sperits uv just men made perfeck.” Now, the different sorts uv fire in llte world may be likened unto the different per sualions of Christians in (lie world. In the fust place we have the Piscapnlions ; and lltcv are a high sailin’ and a high-lhuitin set, and they may be likened unto a turkey buzzard that flics up into Ihe air, and he co"s up and up on'il he looks no bigger than vnur llnjur nail, and the fust thing you know, he eu down and down, and down and down, and is a fillin’, himself on the karlti-s of a de-id boss by the side uv the road—and, ah, "Hu playqd on a harp of a Meow-sand strings — sperils of just men made perfeck.” And then thar’s the Methedis, and they may be likened unto the squ'rrel, runrtin up into a tree, for the Meihcdtst believes tn'gwiiieoit from one degree uv grace to another and fi nally on to perfeck-hun, and the squirrel goes up and up, and up and up, and he jumps from lim’ to Itm,’ and branch lo branch, and the fust thing you know he falls and down he comes kerflummux, and that's like the Methc dis, for they is offers failin’ from grace, oh! And—“He played on a harp uv a /Aon sand strings—spents of just men made per fect” And then, my breethering, thnr’s the Bap tist, ah ! and they hev bin likened unto a possum on a ’simmon tree, and the thunders may roll, and then the earth may quake, but that possum clings there still, ah I And vou may shake one font loose, and the other’s Ihnr, and you may shake till feet loose, and he laps his tail around the limb, and he clings furever, for—“He played mi a harp uv a Mou-sand strings—sperils of just nu n made pcrf.ck.” Here the reporter could no longer contain himself, and his notes became utterly unin telligible. The Result of Kissing the Butcher. —“My dear,’’said an affectionate wife, “what shall we have for dinner 10-day !” “One of your smiles,” replied the hus band: “I can dine on lhai everyday.” “But 1 cnnT" replied .the wife. “Then lake ihis,” and he went to his business. H<- returned to dinner. “This is an excellent steak,” said he, “what did you pay for i 1.7” “Why, what you gave me this morning, to be sure,” replied the wife. ..“The deuce you did I’’ exclaimed he; “then you shall have money next lime you go to market.” it is slated by the American officers, who have just left Sebastopol, ifiet the Allies have not force enough in the Crimea to, take that place, and that in any event it cannot be taken without bloodshed unexampled in his tory. DON’T KNOW HIS AGE. - gpraon? broygbt up io &land where all the new comers ard'Jddctirately entered, wiih data of Mtijul, on the family register, io the big bible. it seems, sirangOilhat con be foyodi, nofpnly .tpq uncertain of.lhe day and nour gf iheir coraing io suit the pur* pose of astrology, bill absolutely. ignoranUof the n prober of years thpy have attained I . That sqch is the case, however, is, forced up on our minds every day. It was but a short time since,, that a “Daughter of Erin,”, ip. reply to a question touching her age, tQld.ua; that she was. a'niqst, fifty, • “Why, Hannah!” said we, you cant Let njore tlwiii twenty.” . , , “Well,” said she “I knew ‘twaa, near, twenty or fifty—somewhere about there,!' , This case is coinpletnly thrown into the shade by- one that came to our knowledge during a residence at the South. Old Unde as he was called, was a simple hegrted, thick skulled darkey, ip the service of a family to whom he had been willed, when quite a child, with the under standing i hat he was to he liberated at the i age of twenty one. His master, to secure j his continued services, took advantage of his j ignorance, and pefsuaded him that lie was in | his teens till he grew grizzled. By the lime when Jeff got on the shady side of filly, ,he began to “smell a mice,” which, with an in creasing "desire for emancipation, led Ijim lt> bore everybody, to know how long before he would be twenty one. “It will be a mighty long time before you are that old,” said a waggish neighbor, one day, after being leased with the usual inqui- 1 ry for the fortieth time. ‘•Why, I thought I was most dat now.” ‘ Do you know old Black Pete I” said the Wag, alluding to an Uncle Ned style of an individual in that vicinity. “Lor’ yea j why dat nigger is as ole as Methusalem—he’s so old dal his teeth all dropped out, and dar aim no more hair on his head dan dere is on Messus new teapot.” “Well Jeff, old Pete was twenty one last ' : r\ r r i. J ' * 4 jo". r •- p spring.” “De Lor’!” said Jeff, his Byes expanding, as ihis new “light, of ages” broke upon him, “sure snuf, dis nig’ll hare to wail till all his grand children gits growed up, and his fami lies'fusl.” Jeff didn’t worry anybody about his age, for sometime after that. lie had about as clear an idea of lime as j another old darkey, who when asked- how old he was, said. “Don’t know Massa,” "How old should you think, Sam?” '' ‘Bout fire or six hundred, I guess, I'se mighty ole, Massa.” Th,< Spanish frigate San Pedro was blown up on the coast of Venezuela, South America, near the island of Margarita, in 1815. She was supposed to have on board from two to three million dollars. The bark Emily Ban ning which (eft this port in December last, on a pearl fishing voyage on the Pacific coast, with two of the Nautilis Sub-Marine Com pany’s machines on board, had orders to slop there and try to explore the wreck and fish up the treasure. When the destruction of the vessel took place, her stern being blown out, scattered the treasure upon the surround ing sand. Some three hundred thousand dol lars has heretofore been taken up by other parlies, hut owing to the inefficiency of the machinery employed, operations were sus pended. When the Emily Banning arrived, the trial descent of the first machine, sent down In 66 feet of water, brought up one hundred dollars—thirty-two dollars being found within the first area covered by the machine before moving. Olher articles, a* copper. &c., were brought Up at the samo time. The Captain, finding the advantage ■if continuing tho work, immediately left for the seat ol Ihe Venezneli.iii Government, to -eenre 'he necessary i mile no, which was grained. Letters have been received from on board, during the absence ol the captain a tin’ll n’Dreipn'ed the operator's as “shovel- til: tnllurs.” !i is the intention of the com iiiin\ n blow the'fragments of the ship to pieces, securing 'he copper, guns, shot, &c. The cnptnin writes, “the bells are all they are said 10 be.” One of 'he Engineers writes, “I wish you could look into the bell when we are down on the bottom with-oor spades, digging for the almighty dollar. We can look out of the windows of the bell and see the fish looking in at us. We can take the bottom up in the bell, and get out on the sand and pick up the bell, and run nil around where we like.” Two months, it is anticipa ted, will be sufficient to take up every vestige of the San Pedro ; and the captain reports he has another vessel near him in the same depth of water, 66 feet, with fifty thousand dollars on board in specie, and another with fifteen' thousand dollars, both of which he will lake up before proceeding on his vnyage. One Mr. Blivins, ft correspondent of the Boston Post, suggests that almost any variety of tree you may be pleased to imagine can be bad at short notice on application to the nursery men. Bliveu’s uncle Joe said he wan ted some nice fruit trees, so he sat down and made out a list that neither he nor the d 1 himself ever heard of, and sent to one of the “lamous nurseries” oh'lhe next train. They came, duly labelled with his inventive names all on them. The deduction ofßlivens is that there is a deal of humbuggery in the “fancy” tree and seed business. Bliven’s experience reminds us of thimn ecdole told by the Rev. Sydney Smith. La dy Cubebs had a great passion for the garden and the hot-house, and when she got hold'of it celebrity lilte the Rev. Sydney, was sure to dilate upon her favorite subject. Her Ger aniums, her Auricula, her Dahlias, her Aca cias, her Peonies, her Rhndodendron Procum bens, Mossy Pompoue and Rose Pubescbns, were discussed with all the flowers of hot house rhetoric. “My Lady,” asked the Rev. wit, “did yon ever have a Psoriasis Septennial” “Oh yes—a moat b-e-n-u-l-i-f-u-l one. J gave it lb the Archbishop of Canterbury, dear man—and it came out so in the Spring !” The Psoriasis Septennis is the medical term for the "seven year itch” Brave actions are tho substance of life, and saying tho .ornament t?f it. Great Haul of Dollars. HARD NAMES.
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