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' ' ' BY JOHN G. UXC ' "
There's many an excellent Saint
St. George, wiih his dragon and lance ; ,
St. Paterick, po jolly and quaint ;
St- Vitus, the aint of the dance ;
St Dennis, the saint of the Gaul ;
St. Andrew, the saint of the Scot '
Butlonathan, the youngest of all,
" Is the mightiest saict of the lot !
He wears a most serious face,
Well worthy a martyr's possessing ;
, But it isn't all owing to grace.
But partly to thinking and guessing ;
. In sooth, out American saint
Has rather a secular bias,
.And I never have heaid a complaint
Of bid being excessively pious !
" He's fond of financial improvement,
And is always extremely inclined
To be starting home practical movement
For mendiug the morats and mind,
Do you ak me what wonderful labors .
St. Jonathan ever has done, " , ,
To rank with his Calender neighbors 1
Just listen, a moment, to one : .
One day when a flash in the air -
Split his meetina-hovrse lairly asunder,
Quoth Jonathan, 'Now 1 decUre
' They're dreadfully careless with thunder !'
So he fasteued a rod to the steeple,
And now,when the lightning tomes round,
He keeps it from building and people,
By running it into the ground I , .
Reflecting, wiih pleasant emotion, .
On the capital job he had done., . -Quctb
Jonathan, "I have a notion.. ?
improvements have barely begun :
. If nothing' created in vain, -
As minister often inform us,
The lightning that's wasted, 'lis plain, ,
Is really something enormous ?"
While cyphering over the ".lung,
At length he discovered a plan
To catch the Electoral Kin?, .
And make him the servant of man !
And now, in an order! way
He flies on the fleetest of pinions,
And carries the news of the day
All over his master's dominions !
One morning, while taking a stroll,
He beard a Ingubrions cry.
Like the shriek of a 6ufferiug soul. '.
In a Hospital standing near by ;
Anon, such a terrible groan ( . v . .
Saluted St Jonathan's ear,
.That his bosom which wasn't of stone,
, Was melted with pity to hear. ?
That night he invented a charm
50 potent that folks who employed it,
In losing a leg or an arm,
Don't sufer, but rather enjoy it ! -A
miracle, you must allow,
As good as the be-t of his brothers' :
And bleated St Jonathan now
Js patroc of cripples and mothers !
TheO's many an excellent Saint, ;
St- George, with his dragon and lance ;
St. Paterick, so jolly and quaint ;
51 Vitus, the saint of the dance ;
St. Dennis, the saint of the Gaul :
- St.'Andrew, the saint of the Scot ; '
But Jonathan, youngest of all,
Is the mightiest saint of the lot !
THE ORPHAN GIRL.
' ; James Carter was poor, yea, very poor.
Left an orphan at an early age he was cast
upon his own resources, lor friends were
few, and day after day he would set forth
with his pack upon his shoulders to dispose
. of his goods. To a passer by, the face of
James would have been' merely glanced at,
without a thought whether it was handsome
or not,but to a close observer of human
-rature, it would have seemed marked with
the traces of beauty. His dress was not in
the-fashion of the day, for poverty had
bounds which he could not pass, bnt his
garments were nevertheless in a state of
neatness. To those who knew . James it
. was a matter of surprise, how, under bis
weight nf misfortune his heart was so light.
'His voice could be heard at night singing
come scraps of old songs ; though his lot
:vas humble, a smile was ever on his lips.
His lift was indeed lonely; there were no
'roices of affection to greet him, in tones of
fondness, when at eight he arrived .home
weary and faint ; he had no bosom to which
to confide' his sorrows j but there amidst
the loneliness of bis humble hut, his years
' were passing in dreariness and, sorrow.- It
is easy for those who dwelt in large Iionses,
and who' are surrounded' with" every comfort
la be happy and gay ; bet to maintain a
light heart amid the gloom and darkness of
.'poverty is heroism, let the world say what
)t, Will. .' - I i ' .
' It was a lovely day in 6ummer, as James
took his pack and wended bis was through
"lie s!reeis of the city. . It had been to him
an unfortunate day,-for at every- door he
'stopped be was met with a cold, reception,
and the cry of "want nothing to day," .
With, feelings of disappointment he turn
ed his weary steps homeward,, meditating
fpa'. h'u way of; the cold, .charities of this
world. On passing through a miserable al
ley, tSe abode of th riciccs and the unfor
tunate, his ears were saluted with the cries
''of poverty, and 'the blasphemous epithets
of critse. 'There was one little, girl who
'struck his attention by her tender years and
'her nsars ginnents.--- Whether 5b ncti?-
peddlar's face, or; was drawn towards him
by the ties of some magnetic influence, we
know not; but certain it is that she ap
proached him, and in a voice so soft and
gentle that it might have been breathed in
to angel's ears, said ; , .
" "Kind sir, oh ! have pity, and give me
a home. I am an orphan, and have no
place to lay my head.?'
"Poor .thing," thought James, "and she
is an orphan," and then he thought of his
loneliness and his own friendless state.
"But I am a .man," said he, - "and have
strong hands and a strong heart, but .his
poor girl is weak, feeble, and unable to con
tend again6t the streams of adversity. If I
leave her, it may be to degradation," and
he shuddered even at the thought. ,
"Just one penny, sir, to buy a biscuit !"
exclaimed the child, in tones of sorrow.
''Oh! I am 60 hungry," and she. laid her
emanciated hand into that of James, and
gazed up into bis face.
"Poor girl," said James, as he handed her
some money, "are you huDgry !"
, "Yes,' replied the girl, in an artless tone,
"and sad too, for I have no father or moth
er. I am a beggar and an outcast."
"What is your name, my little girl," and
so kind were the tones in which the ques
tion was asked, that she crouched closer to
his side and answered, "Kate, sir." .
- For a moment, and only for a moment,
he hesitated, then taking her hand in his,
his face became illuminated with a noble
purpose. .
"Does no one have a kind word for you,
Kate V. he asked. "Is there no one to love
you
"Not one," answered the child timidly,
but when mother died, she told me to be a
good girl, and the father who dwells above
would love and protect me, and now He is
the only one who loves me."
. The heart of the man was touched ;
memory carried him back to his own moth
er and her teachings, and taking the child
in his arms, he kissed her pale thin cheek,
and in a voice choked with emotion, said :
"You shall go with. me. . Yes, you shall
be the light of my poor hut, until you grow
to be a woman, and I will be to you as a
father. So come along.
James Carter was a happy man ; he had
Pdone a good action, and his conscience ap
proved of the deed. They reached the
ho ufo it was not built iu modern styl,
nor was it replete with every comfort and
convenience, but it was sufficient for the
happiness of two loving and thankful heart?.
'Here we are," he cried, "now make
yourself happy. . Come, let me wash your
lace, and then we will eat some supper."
That night James Carter was the happi
est man in Baltimore. He had now some
thing to love, and he thanked God for giv
ing in his loneliness, such a companion as
Kate the orphan. -
From that day there was a great change
in the outward appearance of James. He
became more tidy, and all wondered at the
6ight; his house was kept in order, and he
took great pains in having everything ar
ranged properly. He sent Kate to school,
so that she might be educated, and well
was he repaid for all his kindness, as he
met the 6miles of the lovely girl. He bad
a home to which he could come with the
anticipation of meeting love and veneration,
and it was with a cheerful heart that he
wended his way to his abode.
As Kate grew up, his business began to
increase, and he knew that God had sent
him a double share for her sake.
"He had cast his bread upon the waters,
and it had returned to hiui." He at length
opened a small store, and painted his name
on a board in front, and felt far happier
than the "merchant princes," on the wharf.
Kale grew up beautiful,' talented, and lov
ing, and as James gazed upon her his heart
throbbed with an undefined sensation as he
saw that in many"' respects 6he was like
him. Every smile she gave him, every
kind word she epoke fell upon his heart
like heavenly music, and he watched her
every action with a jealous eye.
Ten years flew . by npon the wings ol
time, and James Carter was a man of high
standing in Baltimore. Kate now expand
ed to the full grown women ; nature had
lavished her beauties not only in outward
appearance, but also endowed her with In
ward grace and virtue. Her eyes were soft
and bine, as if they had stolen their color
from the sty of Italy j" har lips were like
the coral bronghr.from . the, depths of the
ocean, while her mouth appeared like a
rosebud cleft with pearls. As J ames gazed
upon her he would wonder' if she would
ever leave; him, but' the thought was so
painful to contemplate that he turned away
from the subject- He was in love. The
fame of Kate's beauty had spread through
out the city ; her protector was rich, and of
course fhe was an heiress. The butterflies
of fashion thronged around, but to all she
vai the same, giving favors or preference
to none; there was one who by his perse
vering attentions, hoped to gain the prize
cay he was certain of. it for was he not
rich? ' ' , .' ' .... ; ' : :
Frank Hardy, the exquisite, the wealthy
man would often request Kate to accompa
ny him to one or the other o! he various
places of ftDJ88ements,-bnt in word of cold
politeness she alraya refused. James no
ticed his attentioniand his heart was griev
ed ; he knew that she was beautiful, and
he was ten years her senior, but fetill he
loved her yes, he felt It.' J ' " "
One evening young "Hardy came to the
house, and after chatting awhile gave her
"I wish that fop would go elsewhere,"
said Kate, "as for me I am sick of him."
"And pray why, dear Kate V
"Because it might happen that I should
fall in love with that stupid fellow."
"And so you prefer Bome other husband
than him."
"Yes, indeed, one that I could love," and
as she spoke she raised her beautiful eyes
to his face.
The heart of James Carter began to throb
with hope at these words, and taking her
hand he said
' "Conld yon love one whose every tho't
is of you I Could you be content to share
my lot?"
- "James, dearest James, am I not dream
ing? Andyoa would wed the poor or
phan, who brings you nothing but the holy
love of a pure heart?"
Here her feelings overpowered her, and
she wept npon his shoulder. James press
ed a kiss upon her lips. Was he dreaming?
Ah, do ; it was reality too blissful but for
angels to gaze upon.
The storehouse of his memory was un
locked, and the scenes of other days came
forth before his view. Once he was poor,
lonesome, and wretched. God threw a
poor orphan girl in his way; his heart was
touched he took her home, clothed, fed,
and schooled her, and this was his reward.
He had grown to be a refined and honored
man, and Kate, a pure virtuous, and beauti
ful woman. The ways of God are indeed
not -our ways. Many men would have
seen in the peddlar's act but an increase to
his misery ; but the wisdom of the Most
High had ordained that the blessing came
with the burden. Looking to no reward
approval of a good conscience, he under
took his deed oi charity, but Providence
now blessed him beyond his expectations ;
and as he pressed the young girl to his heart,
and calling her "his own, his dearest Kate,"
his heart experienced the happiness which
angels feel in their mansion of glory.
"Mr. Carter, I think it high time that
Kate was getting married." Thus spoke
young Hardj, a night or two after the above
scene. ' .
"Just my opinion," quietly replied Car
ter. "And I must let you know," said the ex
quiche, "that I intend to propose to her ;
you have no objections,' I presame."
"Not if Kate consents."
"Well, I do not think she will refuse ; it
will be as agreeable to her a to you. I
can keep her in fine style."
" Very agreeable, no doubt," and James
chuckled.
"You will, of course, do the right thing
by her, Mr. Carter that is give her a liber
al settlement ?"
"When she marries, she shall have my
all."
"Well, now, I always said you were a
good hearted soul. You will come, of
course, to see us, as we will be delighted
to see you."
"I think I shall stay at home," replied
James, "for you see, my wife will be lonely
without me."
"Your wife! why, who is she? and
when is it to come off?"
"One question at a lime, if you plea6e
she is Kaie the time next Tuesday. You
shall receive an invitation."
"Kate !" exclaimed the surprised exqui
si.e, "why, is it impossible ;" and then he
looked at his fine clothes, as if any woman
could refuse their owner.
"Impossible or not, come next Tuesday
night."
With muttered curses, the young man
left, while James enjoyed his discomfiture.
They were married the rich merchant
and the beautiful woman, once the poor
peddlar and the destitute girl.
Everybody blessed them, for he had kind
words to all, and she tended to the poor
and the needy.
Prosperity had not obliterated within
their hearts the recollections of their young
er days, the cry of the unfortunate was ever
met with the open hand of charity.
The poor friendless boys who came to
James for assistance were never cast away,
for he remembered his own loneliness ; the
youthful minds of young girls, trembling
upon the threshold of vice, ever met in
Kate a kind teacher, a warm friend, and a
loving mother, for she knew full well the
want of a friendly voice. Heaven smiled
upon them, and bright, smiling eyes were
lifted up, and little voices lisped out "Fa
ther," "Mother."
Verily, verily, charity bringeth it own re
ward. A DoMrsnc Scekk 'Henry, dost thou
love me, dearest ?' 'Why asketh ' thou
Helenora V 'Not that I fear an answer,
dearest Henry dost thou love me?' 'Ask
the stars if they love to twinkle,' or the
flowers if they love to smell, or the rose to
bloom. Cove you ! Aye as the birds love
to warble, or breeze to waft its balmy in
fluence why asketh thou me, delight of
my heart ?' 'Because my soul is grieved ;
care has overcast the joy which once spread
sunshine over my face ; anguish sits upon
me brow, and yet your Helenora fenoweth
not the cause. Tell me, my aching heart,
why droops my soul has mutton riz V
'No, my Helenora thank the gods ! No !
but my credit's fell. Watson from this day
forth sells meat for cash.' Helenora faints,
screeches and falls into her husbands arms,
who, in the anguish of the moment seizes
a knife and stabs himself over the left.
Speech of Mr. Breckinridge at Frankfort.
Mr. Breckinridge delivered the following speech
at Franlcfott, Kentucky, in reply to a demon
stration of welcome by the citizens, on his
return home, on the Wk ult. :
Fkllow-Citizcns: 1 thank you out of the
fullness of a grateful heart for this cordial
welcome to my home. 1 feel, fellow-citizens,
the impropriety upon an occasion like
this of doing much more than returning to
yon my cordial and grateful acknowledg
ment for your kindness. Perhaps, however,
I may be allowed here in the midst of my
old District, and surrounded by my neigh
bors and friends, on the soil of Kentucky,
to make one or two explanatory statements,
and forbear on this occasion to enter into
any statement or argument in reference to
the circumstances that occurred at Balti
more, and which resulted, unexpectedly to
me, in placing me before the country for
the office of President. But I think it due
to you and myself to say, that being cogni
zant of all those facts, having observed all
those transactions, having pondered care
fully over them, having consulted with my
friends, unconscious altogether of being
animated or sustained by a hot ambition, I
feel that the position 1 occupy to-day is
right. Great cheering. I feel that I could
not have shrunk from it without being false
to my country, false to myjriends, and false
to myself. Consequently 1 accept the nom
ination, with all its responsibilities. To
those who take advantage of the position
of a silent man to heap upon him execra
tions, I say pour on, I can endure. Ap
plause. 1 leave it to others to explain more
fully the facts and . circumstances of this
nomination. Perhaps, also, I may be al
lowed to say that the claim, that I stand
before the country as a sectional candidate,
cannot be true, whether reference be had
to the number of the States which co-operated
in the nomination, or to the character
of the principles which animated them.
When you find the Democratic organization
aided by large conservative elements of
other parties in all the Southern States, and
in those two States upon the Pacific Ocean
which have been so far removed from the
contest of the Atlantic and Mississippi Val
leys, that their judgment as to what is sec
tional ought to be conclusive, and when
you find a majority of the Democratic or
ganization of the State of Pennsylvania, and
a supposed majority of New Jersey, Con
necticut and Massachusetts, with large aqd
imposing organizations in all the other
States, co-operating, how can such a nomi
nation properly be called sectional ? A ma
jority of the States of the Union sectional,
and at war with the principles upon which
the Union itself is founded ! Fellow-citizens,
as to the charge that the Convention to
which I owe my nomination, supported, or
that I myself am tainted with & spirit of
disunion, how absurd to make a response
to a Kentucky audience, and iu this old
District, too ! I am an American citizen a
Kentuckian, who never did an act or cher
ished a thought that was not full of devotion
to the Constitution and the Union who
feels as you do upon this subject. But per
haps it would have been better, both in your
behalf and in mine, if I had refused to re
spond to the sentiment !
Fellow-citizens, this is, perhaps, the last
time that 1 6hall have an opportunity to say
anything to my neighbors and friend dor- j
ing the pendency of this canvass. While, j
therefore, I shall enter into no arguments
upon the particular topics of the day, per
haps you will pardon me for making two or
three observations, which, it seems to me,
should commend themselves to all parties
everywhere. Fellow-citizens, we live under
the best Government on earth. We are the
only country in the world where the exper
iment is demonstrated that free institutions
may be established over a great population
and a large area of territory, and be c6nsis
tent with public order. It has been demon
strated, in our case, for the first time in the
history of the world. How are we to pre
serve these institutions ? How are we to pre
serve intact the double form of government,
State and Federal, that has been handed
down to us by our forefathers? My answer
is that we can only do it by clinging with
unfaltering fidelity, unwavered by policy, to
the Constitution they bequeathed to us. I
hold that fidelity to the Constitution of the
United States in all its parts, and in all its
obligations, is the condition of the Ameri
can Union, and its perpetuation. That Con
stitution was framed and transmitted by the
wisest generation of men that ever lived in
the tide of times. It may . be called an in
spired instrument. It answered them at an
early day. It has answered our purpose.
It is good enough for our posterity to keep
it pure.
- The moment we do that, we change the
character of our Government The moment
we violate one principle of the Constitution (
for policy, that moment it ceases to be the
Government our fathers gave us, and when
once we have drifted away from the land
marks of the fathers of the Government,
we may find that the system of Government
has been changed. What are two or three
of the fundamental principles of the Con
stitution ? I assert without fear ot success
ful contradiction anywhere, that the great
fundamental principle 'jnderlying it, is the
Equality of the States o the Union. They
were equal and independent sovereigns be
fore that instrument vas framed. It was
framed to preserve aifrd eertainly not to vio
late this equality. 7rhj3 Government is a
confederation of equYa!$,, nd the very mo-
citizen and another, you discriminate be
ttveen one description of property recog
nized in one Slate, and that in another, that
very moment you change the character of
the Government, that moment you destroy
the equality of the States and their citizens,
and that moment you degrade one portion
of the confederacy, and it becomes a union
of some Slates and some provinces.
Now, fellow citizens, growing out f this
doctrine of the equality of the States, which,
in the abstract, no man will deny, rose the
duty of the Federal Government to protect
the rights of citizens, and their property,
everywhere within its jurisdiction, whenev
er it shall be proper and necessary to do so.
Under the flag of the Union the citizens ot
Massachusetts Michigan it Vermont had the
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same rigms,nu mu iniuiBts,as uicuiuicuriui
Kentucky, Louisiana and Texas. That prop
osition is indisputable. I forbear to apply
it; but I lay it down as a fundamental idea.
Another fundamental idea is the disassoci
ation of Government from every system of
religion or lar.n. i nis is given us ajmo
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tonsmuuuii. iiaypuy iui i, n tsuuuo
attack is made upon it now, in any quarter.
The Government is also charged with the
preservation of order. Then if we associ
ate and maintain these fundamental princi-
pies, ireedom trom religious iesi?, ine uuiy ;
of Government to protect the citizen and j
his property recognized as such, and the
equality of the States of the Union, and the ,
equality of the rights of the citizens in j
their persons and property, we never can ;
go wrong. And we have a chart by which (
we may ever steer in smooth water and
over placid seas. I hold these principles as
a portion o! those of which I bland to-day the
representative. I believe these principles
are essential to the continued existence of
this Union upon the principles upon which
it was originally framed. I believe that by
adhering to them the freedom of our con
federacy will long continue, and the Union
ot prosperous and happy States be preser
ved. Then let us do it. Let us look each
for himself upon this question. Fellow
citizens, why not adhere to the principles
which every man in the tommonweaita, .
by their voices and votes, declared, a year
ago, were principles of the Constitution ? j
Fellow-citizens, I find, however, that be- ;
trayed by your kindness, I am wandering
into saying more than I intended.
my ups
from this time forth are of course sealed.
1
have laid before you principles which I
believe to be essential to our peace and our
Union. I pass that question over to Ken-
tucky. I pass it over and place it in charge
of her patriotic sons. It is now for Ken
tucky her?elf to determine and ascertain her
own sense of her own rights in this confed
eracy. I feel, fellow citizens, that personal
considerations are entirely out of the ques
tion. -Men upon this occasion are nothing
more than the light dust in the balance.
The great cause of the Constitution and
the Union is everything, and if another
were in my place, and I had a voice to
speak, and was free to canvass this Com
monwealth for him, I would say men are
nothing, principles are everything. Come
Kentuckiaos ! prove that you are not degen
erate sons of the men of ninety eight. As
sert the equality of your Commonwealth in
this galaxy of Confederate Republics! I
would say come wake your slumbering
energies, arouse your lion hearts shake out
again the ample folds of the glorious flag
that so oft has braved the battle and the
breeze, and with linked shields and daunt
-
less steps, follow ii once more to its noblest
victory. 1 speak thus, not for myself, bnt
for the Constitution of my country, and the
rights ot my Stale. Fellow-citizens, I again
return you my most cordial tlianKs lor your
kind and hearty welcome.
A Fex.vv Incident. Not long since one
of our most popular ministers was informed
while in his study, that a party was in the
parlor wailing to engage his services.
The reverend gentleman laid down his
hen, while visions of a fee floated before
iiis eyes, as ne aonnea nis oiact coat ana
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mougnt a lew gooa worus oi aavice inai ne
would give the couple, anxious to be made
one.
Upon entering the parlor, he encountered
an old lady, and a young lady, and her beau.
The old lady spoko as follows :
"I wish you to marry my daughter and
her feller," displaying much more agitation
and excitement thau the parties most inter-
ested.
"Certainly I am happy to see you. Al
low me to look at your certificate."
The young couple complied with the
request.
The reverend eentleman glanced over
the document, and a look of disappointment
appeared upon his face.
"Hallo !" tho would be bridegroom ex
claimed. "Nothing burst, 1 hope?"
"1 am sorry to inform you that your cer
tificate is informal, and consequently 1 can't
marry you until another is obtained."
"But, Mister," cried the lady, can't you '
half marry nm for to-night, and to-morrow
we'll get a new certifikit and make it all
right. It will be a dreadful disappointment
to the young folks !"
They have failures in London, sometimes
that exceed anything of the kind in this
country. A shoe-dealer in that city, who
was supposed to be doing "a nice, snug lit
tle business," having failed, his liabilities
were discovered to be 250,000, and his as
sets S2 50. -
Governor Snyder and Pat. -
Governor Snyder, the Governor of the
Keystone State, was sitting comfortably in
his parlor at Selins Grove, his rural abode,
the cares of State silting lightly on his breast,
for he had just left his dinner-table and felt
at peace with all the world, when a knock J
was beard at the front door, and Patrick O
Hannegan was ushered into the presence of
the good-natured Governor.
"Guvner Snyder, I suppose," said Pat,
with an attempt at an elegant bow.
"So I am called ; pray be seated, and tell
me what I can do for you to-day." ,
Pat cast a look around the room, rubbed
his knees as he sat down on the edge of
the chair, and after a few moments' hesita
tion he began iu this wise :
"Wa'al, Guvner, it's about six years since
I came till this country, and I've been a
livin' all that time up there on Lycorain'
Creek, and I thonght it was about time I
was goin' home till the ould country, to see
my poor ould mother, God bless her ! be-
fore ehe die8 and alI my ouM friends ther!.
arid so I'm on my way you see; and I
thought, as I had heard people talk in' a
great deal about Guvner Snyder, and what i
a great Guvner he was, that I would call
and pay my respects till him " Here Pat
look 4 re9tj and began again . ,Ard 6Q
be g0-in, ,Q pniiadelfy, and a good long step
it is lo g0 afoot) ind lhen ju go t0 ffevr
y0rk, and go aboard a Bhip, and sailed till
ould rre-and and nere he took a long look
at the sideboard sparkling with its well-filled
decanlew wnen I see my ould mother, and
all my ould friends, I'll tell them how I
called on the Guvner of Pinsylvany, and
how he was mighty polite, and give me a
glass of brandy to drink his Honor's health."
The Governor took the hint, and filled a
glass, which Pat emptied as toon, saying
"Your good health, Guvner, and long life
till ye, and all your kith and kin !"
Down sat Pat again, and afier answering
a few kind inquiries of the Governor, he
rose and spoke : "Wa'al, I 'spose I must
be moviu'. I'm goin' from here to Phila
delphia, and it's a long step to go afoot, and
frora tnere yU 0 tiu New yorkj and llien
ijj g0 aboard a chip to ould Ireland and
lhere tell aI1 my onld rrjends ,hal here
x caI!eJ on ,he ffreat Guvner of Pinsvlvanv.
and he gire me two glasses of brandy to
d - k his Honor's health."
The Governor was caught, and poured out
,jie second glass, which loosened the other
end of Pafg tongue, and he went over the
j rigmarole again, ending with three glasses
' ot- brandy !
''Ah," said the Governor, ''but you have
not had three glasses !"
Pat was all cut up and cut down by this
unexpected answer. He pushed his fingers
through his hair, dropped his lower jaw,
and looked like a deeply wounded "ginlle
man" as he was. A happy thought hit
him, and brightening up he said, "But )ou
would'nt have me tell my ould mother a lie,
would ye ?"
The good Governor was melted for a mo
ment, and the third glass passed from the
I sideboard into the longing bosom of the
dry Irishman, who drank, and thns began :
"A thousand thanks, Guvner ! the saints
! bless and the Virgin kane von. and zrive
you iong jife anj pienty of such brandy as
, ,u- u 1 i rii ik;i.
r iiii. . w . i iiiiii,, . aim i 1 1 : i , i ii nil
adelfy, and it's a long way there afoot, and
then "
The Governor could stand it no longer,
i j - - - - - ca
but half laughing and half-mad at the impu-
. dence 0f j, and his own readiness to be
co:ixe ie showed his guest to the door,
and loM lim) a3 it Was so far to philadelfy,
j he had better be making tracks in that di-
rection without any more delay
Adventche or as Artist. The Sierra
j (Cal.) Citizen ays that Taylor, an artist,
went out to sketch the magnificent scenery
j and while in the mountains the battle broke
his poetical and artistic fancies. Ilasten-
ing down, he was confront by a body of
retreating Indians, and having tuiuiJ- an.-',
L. .UA W U I
, omer way, ue aS ..u uUl ttl uy luo
t " . . 1 . V - A . .-. U n m... -
wniies ; lurumg uiuci .uuisc, no
peppered by the regulars, who took him
for a redkin. The deuce of it was to get
to camp, each party firing at him on 6ight.
Reaching a high bank, he was again shot
at by Indians, and leaning down he dis
Iodgd a big 6tone, which rolled after him,
until, the rock having blocked up a hallow '
place, Taylor crawled under and stayed
till midnight, when he reacneu camp, aiier
running the further risk of being shot by
the sentries.
Tub patriot John Adams, it is said, was
designed for a shoemaker, like his father
One day Deacon Adams, his parent, gave
him some uppers to cutout by a pattern
that had a three-cornered hole in it, by
which i't had hung upon a nail, and it was
found that he had followed the pattern ex
actly, triangular hole and all. The Deacon,
npon seeing thin, declared that John wasn't
fit to be a shoemaker, and so he concluded
i to make a lawyer of him.
A Patlander, rangling in the rain, was
observed to keep his line under the arch of
a bridge. Upon being asked the reason, he
replied:
"Sure, and won't the fishes be crowdin'
there to keep out of the wet, ye spalpeen?"
Let no man be ashamed to speak what
be is not ashamed to think and to feel.
A large heart expands the chest ; it is a
; r A Bad Bargain," Bnt a Good JokfcA I
Old Col. W , formerly a well known
character in one of the Eastern cities, was
remarkable for but one passion out of the
ordinary range of humanity, and that was
for buying at auction any little lot of trum
pery which came under the head "miscel
laneous," for the reason that it couldn't bo
classified. Though close-fisted in general,
he was continually throwing away his mon
ey by fives and tens upon Buch trash. . In
this way he had filled all the odd corners
in his dwelling house and out houses with
a collection of non descript articles, that
would have puzzled a philosopher to tell
what they were made for or to what ne
they could ever be put. This, however,
was but a secondary consideration with the
Colonel ; for he seldom troubled his head
about such articles after they were ones
fairly housed. ...
Not so with his wife, however, who was
continually remonstrating against these pur
chases, which served only to clntter up the
house, and as food for the mirth of the do
mestics. But the Colonel, though he often
submitted' to these remonstrances of his
better nalf; couldn't resist his passion ; so
be went on adding from week to week to
his heap of miscellanies.
One day while sauntering down the street,
he heard the full, rich tones of his friend
C , the well-known auctioneer, and of
course stepped in to see what was being
sold. On the floor he observed a collection
that looked as though it mi;ht have been
. purloined from the garret of some museum,
around which a motley group was assem-
bled ; while on the counter stood the portly
auctioneer, in the very height of mock in
dignation, remonstrating with his audience.
"Nine dollars and ninety' cents !" cried the
auctioneer. "Gentlemen, it U a shame, it
is barbarous to stand by and permit such a
sacrifice of property! Nine dollars and
ninety Good morning, Colonel! a magnif
icent lot of of antiques and all going
for nine dollars and ninety cents. Gentle
men, you'll never see another 6uch lot ;
and all going going for nine dollars and
ninety cents. Colonel W , can you
permit such a sacrifice ?"
The Colonel glanced his eyes over tha
lot, arid then with a nod and a wink assured
him he could not. The next instant the
hammer came down, ana the purchase was
the Colonel's, at ten dollars. As the articles
were to be paid for and removed immedi
ately, the Colonel lost no time in getting a
cart,and having seen everything packed up
and on their way to his house, proceeded to
his own store, chuckling within himself that
now at least he had made a bargain at
which even his own wife couldn't grumble.
In due time he was seated at the dinner
table, when lifting his eyes, he observed a
cloud upon his wife's brow.
"Well, my dear?" said he, inquiringly.
"Well?" repeated his wife; "it is not
well, Mr. W.; I am vexed beyond endurance.
You know C 1 the auctioneer?"
"Certainly," replied the Colonel ; and a
very gentlemanly person he is too' .
'Yoo may think so," rejoined the wife,
"but 1 don't, and I'll tell you why. A few
days ago I got up all the trumpery with
which you have been cluttering up the
bouse for the last twelve months, and sent
it to Mr. C-
wi;h orders to 6eli the lot
immediately to the highest bidder for cash.
He assured me he would do so this week at
fartlierebt, and pay over the proceeds to my
j order. And here I've been congratulating
myseii on iwo mings ; nrsi, oi naving goi
rid ol a most intolerable nuisance; and
secondly, ou receiving money enough there
for to purchase that new velvet hat you
promistd me so long ago. And now what
do you think ! This morning, about an hour
ago, the whole lot came back again, with
out a word of explanation !"
The Colonel looked blank for a moment,
and then proceeded to clear up the mystery.
But the good vrow was pacified only by tho
promise of a tea dollar note beside that in
:Ho l"ls of the auctioneer; on condition
, h tiTT should never mentioa it,
- -
j.
Of course 6he kept her word!
Bather Expressive. That eccentric Dowt
Jr., in one of his discourses in which ha
describes the contrast between semblance
and reality, thus hits off a bail scene :
"A woman may not be an angel though
she glides through the mazes of the dance
like a spirit clothed with a rainbow and
s'.udded with stars. The young man may
behold his admired object on the morrow in
the true light of reality, emptying a wash
tub in the gutter, with frock pinned up be
hindher cheeks pale for the want of paint
her hair mussed and fuzzy, (except what
lies in the bureau,) and her whole contour
wearing tho appearance of an angel jam
med through a brush fence into a world of
wretchedness and woe."
Where liberty dwells, there is my coun
try Franklin.
It is a good rule to back your frieud and
face your enemy.
The population of the United States is
upwards of thirty-two millious, according
to the census now ia progress.
Lacokic Tom. "What ails' your eye,
Jo?"
Jo. "I told a man he lied."