I 71 r f. U. JACOBYi Proprietor. Truth and ttlght God and onr Country Two Delias per Annum. VOLUME 14. BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1862. NUMBER 36. E 'NORTH STAR OF THE NORTH ?VLIBBX9 XTXBT WXSKXSVAT BT . Wra. A. JKuBf, Offlt:e on Bain St., Ird Square below Earket, TERMS: Two Dollars pur annum if paid wittin six months from the time of subscri bing: two dollars and fifty rents if not paid witbin th year. No subscription taken for a !es period than six months; no discon tinaar.es permitted until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. 7 k terms of advertising will he is follows : Ons square, twelve lines three times, 81 00 Every subsequent insertion, . '. I ... 25 One sqoare, three months, ... ..... 3 00 One year, 800 Original ) o e t r tj For the Star rf the North. USES Q THE DEATH OF A FR1HD. Alvtretta sleeps, she a.'eeepa the sleep of the dead, Not far Irom the home of her birth; Thi.t sweet perfumed (lower lies low, That has crumbled to its mother earth, . No purer or fairer e'er sprang Into life, Than this pale wilted blossom we moarn; Cut we know for the bet she was taken away, . And in Heaven they have welcomed an Angel return. They have laid her gently in earth, for her spirit was meekv ' That dwelt in her now pulseless breast, And pure as the pale lily of her cheek, As ca!m and as roft as htr ret. Look, dear Mother, through yon beautiful grove, Where slumbers AHie, the child of thy love ; And Sisters, dear sister, her fove nnto thee Gleams down trom her blight borne above. Tbeo clond not with gtief, her thos early fouuhi bliss. Nor saddened her spirit so bright The rod has fallen heavy, so be more ear nest the kiss, For what be has done and doeth is right. Coold kindness have kept the life of thy child. You wooid hove chained her still fondly to earth. For tad is the home where her light foot steps have been, And darkened her bosom with woe. Ttough called in th !and of her birth, To end her short earthly pilgrimage here The bet of herkindmd and Iriends, Attested tbeir love wi:h a tear. Then Paren's let thy fair child peacefully slumber, , 'Neath the flowers of the soil Northern sod, Hit body is dead, but her soul has gone for.h, Like a newly plumed dove to its God. Jerseytown. Pa. A PERILOUS RIDE. The noble beast that forms the subject ot rny story had been a bay ot the richest col or, with a lone spot of white hair on the fcrehead. His tail had bee a allowed to f) tv, uncurtailed by the mutilating knife, amorally and gracefully as those of the wi'd mustangs of the prarie. Tne ample chest, small ancle, and proud neck and the wide- part prominent eyes.and open nostrils de noted gentle blood, but, at the time I saw him, nld age had whitened his beantiful bay coat, long tufts of bair were growing behind each foot, his eyes were rheumy, ! and the few Ions tee:h he Dossessed wre loose. I had noticed the care and attention bestowed oh him by every member of that family. Not a day passed ibat his face and neck were not caressed by soft feminine hands, and il 1 had been surprised at that, j tiow much more so was I when Mrs. Mot- j lisoa, who like myself," was staying there! through :be summer, would frequemly ! throw both arms around his neck, and j ivhile his soft nose rested against his shoal- iter, wonld call him pet names, and not ' unfreqcently her beautiful eyes would fill i urith tears while thus employed. " Don John" received all these caresses as if he find been accustomed to them, frequently following owe and another, of the inmates like a bage house-dog. .My curiosity at length became so great 1.1 at I resolved to become acquainted with Ihe reason why he was thus honored with Ihe respect and attachment of the house hold. Not many days elapsed before I be came acquainted with the reasons, and I assure you, gentle reader,! considered ibem sufficient to excuse any amount of affection which it might please the superior brute to bestow on his fellow, the dumb one.. He had belonged to Dr. Mosely, of Whitesboro for many years a practising physician in that place. The Dr. bad been called to Utica.on bu siness connected with his ' profession, and had been abrent three days. During that time one of those drenching warm, break ing up rains had set in. Mountains of be were rushing down the Mohawk, sweeping everything before them, overflowing the 'Dart ks,carry ing away bridges anddwellings, and alarming many of the inhabitants es well it might for one must see a freshet to understand its terrible importance. One 'must hear the crash and roar, behold the mad waters rushing headlong and wild, ea ger for destruction, behold the floating wrecks of many a dwelling, often bearing a 'thing of life, and sometimes a human life, es was witnessed not long since on the Le high and the Schuylkill. V The night -was inky black, and Doa John picked eut the way faithfully and ' 6teadily, never stumbling, but with the bridle hang ing slack across his neck, and his nose 1 close to the earth, hi master had little fear for the consequences. They were approach ing Oriskany, where abridge spanned the Mohawk, and Don John whined pitifully facecr twice, till a sharp word from his .master warned him not to show the white , feather. On the other side he coold just J distinguish, through the dense .darkness, 1 moving and glimmering lights and once he fancied he heard a shout, bnt Le little heed ed aught save getting housed as soon as possible, and sleeping off the fatigues con sequent to his prnlession. ( Now stop, Don, step sure, old Oriskany bridge to my own hand and your knowl edge has tost many a plank," said the Dr. patting bis beast's neck, and pushing the wet tangled front-lock from his eyes. They ere now ascending the little eminence leading to the entrance, when the horse stopped, c,Go on sir !" said the Dr "yoa.are nearly home." Still no attempt at going on, and beneath them the angry waters roared and bellowed like maddened devils baulked of their pry. 'Do you hear me, sir !' with a smart buffet on the reck, and a gathering up of the loosened bridle into the firm determined hand, and the ani mal started slowly, steadily, surely, firm ly though the broad back slightly shiverep from time to time, and ihe gait was so measured and methodical, that at any other time he would have observed it. As it was he only let him have his own way,thogh he might have smoothed his neck, for he had a kindly heart , and his poor beat had la bored hard through dreadful weather and was sadly in need of food and shelter. Towards the end of the bridge the steps became slower, and once stumbled in the hind foot. A grasp at the brid'e and acheery ' Easy John easy sir !" and again the cau tious hoofs resounded on the hard road They were across, for the animal neighed, and tossed his head till the Dr. shook in his saddle. " One more mile to go, poor fellow, but first I and you want some re freshments" So riding op ;o a small tav ern door where a genial light was shining from the windows, he called loudly for the landlord. A dozen or mere of the inmates came rnshing to the door with lanterns which they carried aloft, and a "Good God, Doctor, where did you come from ?" broke from their lip simultaneously. "Come from ? Why from over the Mo hawk. . What is the matter ? Has the fresh et carried away any of your senses ? Here boy," and dismounting he threw the rein to a gaping fellow, "give John something nice and dry him off. Keep him well wrapped op while he eats, and, landlord 1 want a tumbler of red hot Jamaica, qqick !" ''Doctor said the group, have you crossed the Mohawk to night! and if so how " "Why, on the bridge, are you all drunk?" said the exasperated physician. ' Doctor," satd the old gray-headed land lord, "that bridge went down the Mohawk 1 this afternoon ! Come with me and 1 will i show you! If you crossed,God only knows bow you did it. A shiver went to the Doctor's hea'l lan tern in band, he followed the foot steps ot the men to the margin of the swollen and turdid river. Where was the bridge ? "Almiahty God !' said the horror struck Doctor, "where is my gratitude ! my noble beast came over here this night, backed by me, on this solitary string piece, and I with this right hand gave him a blow as he fal- tered," and the Dr. sank upon hi knees in the soft wet snow, and wept like a child- they moved from his presence respectfully, ! and left him to nimself. When after some little time, he made his appearance, his eyes were fireeted by the tight of his horse, surrounded by the entire J household, each contributing to render him j some assistance A quart of warm ale was j given by one, another rubbed his neck and chest with spirits, a third dried hi glossy hide with warm flannel and others patted his neck or caressed bis nose and face. The Doctor came and took the head of his beast against his breast, and great warm tears rushed up Irom his heart, as the long grace ful tongue lapped his master's face. ' O John, my boy, and 1 gave you a blow?" and the words ended in a low wailingsroan. Men uncovered their heads and turn ed their ' faces from him, and at length led him in side, where f.e spent the night. The morn ing revealed unto him the dreadful danger he had escaped from the sagacity of the beast, and again did he did he grieve for the blow he bad dealt him, when so no bly, he was putting forth more than human power Don John never did a days work after that. Sometimes his master rode him forth on a pleasure tour, or drove him be fore a light vehicle, a few miles, with some member of bis family, but his professional labors were over. Nothing could exceed the Care and attention that were ever given him afterward. He fed from a manger made of mahogany his room was more like a parlor than a stable, and company to the Doctor's always visited Don John before they left Thus they lived many years, the Doctor and bis horse growing old together. ' Don John survived his master some years and when the good man's will was opened, there was found a clause appended, which related to Don John, to this effect t that he should be given to his youngest daughter Mrs. Morrison, while she lived, to be cared far as be had always done, and that he should at his death be buried with his shoes on, wrapped in his own rich blanket and inclosed in a .befitting box, in the corner of his own burying ground. His wishes were religiously respected, and two years after I learned his history, Don John's bones were buried in acoraer of the old burying ground at Whitesboro. A loving mother make a happy home. The Horror of Debt. . . Shake hands brave young friend, we are agreed. You consent to have a horror of debt. You will abstain, you will pinch you will work harder, and harder, and harder if needful. You will not slink thtoogb the crowd as a debtor. Now comes the next danger. You will not incur debt for yourself, but you hare a friend. Pythias. (your friend, your familiar the man you like best and see most of says to you, " Damon be my security your name to this bill !' Heaven forbid that I should cry. out to Damon, " Pythias means to cheat thee beware." But I ad dress to Damon this observation, " Pythias i- . t . .. s mee 10 guarantee mat three, su:, or twelve months hence he will pay to anoth er man say to Dionysius so many pounds sterling." Here your firstiduty as an hon est man is not to Pythias, but to Dionjsius. Suppose some accident happens one of ihoseaccidenta which however impocaible it may Beem to your Pythias, constantly happen to the Pyfhiases of other Damons who draw bills on the bank of Futurity, sup pose that the smut or rain spoil the crop on which Pythias' relies or the cargoes he expects from Marseilles, California, Utopia, go down to the bottomless seas; Dionsius must come upon you ! Can yon pay to Di onysius what you pledge yourself to pay in spite of those accidents ? He thinks those accidents not only possible, but protable, or he wouldnot require your surety, nor charge. 20 percent for hisjoan, and there fore, since he clearly doubts Pythiai, hit, real trust is in you. Do" you merit he trust? Can you pay the money il Pythias cannot ? and, allowing that you can pay the money are your obligations in life such as to warrant that sacrifice to Friendship? If you cannot pay or if.you owe it to others more sacredthan Pythias himself owe It to your parents, your plighted bride, or wedded wifer the children to whom what before their birth, was your fortune, has be come the trust money for their provision not to hazard for Pythias that for which, if lost, not you alone but others suffer, then do not common duty and common honesty forbid you to say, "I am surety to Fythias for that which it belongs not to Pythias but to chance to fulfill ?" I am the last man to say, "Do not keep your friend," if you honorably can. If we bare monty. we manage it ill when we cannot help a friend at a pinch. But the plain fact is this, Py thias wants money. Can you giv it, at whatever stint to yourself, in justice to oth ers? If you 'can and value Pythiai more than ihe-money. give the money and there is an end to it, but if you cannot give the money, don't sign the bill. Do not be come "what intrude truth you do become a knave and a liar if you guarantee to do what you kituw-you cannot do should the guarantee be exacted. He is generous who gives, he who lend may be generous also, but only on one conditiou viz: that he can afford to lend, of the two, therefore, it is sa fer, friendlier, cheaper in the long run, to give than to lend. Give, and you may keep your friend if you lose your money, lend and the chances are that you lose your friend if you ever get back your money. With honor, tpoverty is noble, wifhout bBOr' w"llh; pauper. Is it not so ? ii.very young man not corruptee sayis 'res.' It is only some wretched old cynic,' not a drop of warm blood in his veins, who says, "Life is a boon without honor." But if a Jew knock at vour do jr. and show you a bill wiih your name as 1 prom ise to pay, and the bill be dishonored, pray what becomes of your name ? 'My name V faiiers Damon, "I am bet a 6urety go to Pythias." - "Pythias bas bol'ed!" Pay the bill, Damon, or good bye to your honor. Having settled these essential'prelimi naries 1st, Never to borrow where there is a chance however remote, that yoa may not be able to repay, 2d, Never lend when you are not prepared to give, 3d, Never guarantee for another what you ca inot ful fill it the other should fail, you start in life with this great advantage whatever you have, be it little or much, is your own. Rich or poor,you start as a freemac, resolved to preserve in your freedom, the noblest condition of your being as a man. On the first rule of art of the managing money, all preceptors must be agreed. It is told in three words "Horror of debt." Nore,cherih, never cast a-ray tfce horror of DEBT. Personal liberty is ti e para mount essential to human dignity and hu man happiness. Man hazards the condi tion and loses the virtues of a free man, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view, without anguish and shame, k lis lapse into ihe bondage of debtor. Debt is to men what the serpent is to the bird it:) eye fas cinates, its bretih poisons, its coil crushes sinew and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave. If yoa mock my illustration, it yan sneer at the truth it embodies, give yourself no further trouble to learn how to manage your money. Capital Report. The Toledo Commer cial gives the following good report ; The other day as a number of rebel prisoners were being shipped for Sandusky, for the traitors' home on Johnson's Island, a little German made himself quite prominent with his noisy rematks about secesh. One of them a brawny six footer turned savagely upon him and said, "We eat Dutchmen down South." "Vy den yoa no eat Sigej!" was the instant report. Secesh t ad no ire ply to give, bnpused sadly on' Hon. Edgar Cowan. In the course of Gen. Dawson's remarks before the recent Democratic Con vent iod,in Westmoreland county, of this Slate, be paid the following eloquent and just compliment to Hon. Edgar Cowan, one of Pennsylva nia's Senators in Congress, the Senator whom the Forney-McClure Abolition "Union" State Convention at Harrisburg, and the Hickman-Caprou Abolition 'Union' meeting of this county, repudiated : " RlxfeFelloW' Citizens of Westmoreland, I have thus given you, in brief, a history of this Abolition segment of the Republican organiza'ion, where fanatical schemes, thus far carried out, have done much to involve this country in an almost hopeless accumu lation of troubles. It is a part of the policy of this sectional party to asperse, and seek to cover with obloquy, whomsoever they may find independent enough to act out the integrity of a lofty character, by oppo sing, in any degree, the madcess which seems their only principle of action. This they have sought to do . in the person of your distinguished fellow citizen and neigh bor, the Hon. Edgar Cowan, In the seat which he occupies in the U. S. Senate, that eminate general honors alike his immediate constituency and the Stale which he repre sents. This is a declaration demanded by his whole history, and particularly by his bold and patriotic course in the Senate. Who of you does not knot that Edgar Cowan was but a poor boy, and that, by the force of intellect and industry, he has attained success and distinction. He has thus illus trated in . his career, the influence ot free in stitutions, upon the native powers and en ergies of the mind, ft is natural, as well asjast, that he should defend against in fringement, a Constitution to which he "owes so much. His speech against the Confiscation Act was the effort of the lawyer and statesmen. His manly defense of Jesse D. Bright against ihe most disgraceful - persecution, was worthy of Cato in his best days in the Roman Senate. His resistance of the cra zy project of Charles Sumner to treat, by legislative enactment, the States in rebell ion as escheated or forfeited territory, is the more to be commended for his declaration in that connection, "that the only way the Uuion should be restored was that every part should enjoy its rights." His opposi tion to the scheme of substituting paper money, in the shape of Itgal tender, ior gold and silver, was based upon constitu tional law, and, in the progress of lime all must agree, was as foil of warning as it was of wisdom. In the general si-ramble for plunder which has appalled the nation, and cover ed all over wiih blotches some in Congress as well as in the Cabinet, Mr. Cowan, with his robes unsulied, walks abroad in the light of the sun, and like Caspar's wife is above suspicion. History is full of examples of great men, who, in the boiling cauldron of revolution, and in the excitement of terrific passion have suffered condemnation for having dar ed to do right. In defense of a great caase talents, integrity and courage have ever to contend with ignorarce.envy, prejudice pas sion and tyranny. These are the obstacles everywhere to be encountered in the battle of life ; in the struggle of a nation to retain as well as to acquire, the principles of free government ; and in the purpose of Provi dence, seem to be the destiny ol mankind. Mr. Cowan, then, in his ably and manly ef fort in defense of the Constitution, as it came from the pens of Madison, Franklin, Hamilton, and other compeers, and as it received the approval of Washington, coold scarcely expect to escape the censure or notice of a faction, by whom this match less instrument has been pronounced "a covenant with death and an agreement with hell," and in whose regard nothing seems to be sacred or venerable. Cicero, at the imminent peril of his life, opposed all the powers of evil in Rome, in suppressing the conspiracy of Catiline. He did it to save his country and succeeded ; but it sent him into exile as soon as Ceesar and Clodius suc ceeded to the Consulate. Edmund Barke and the elder Pitt, in their immortal speech', es in the British Parliament, defied the Crown, in (doing justice to the American Colonies. The great French lawyer and unblemished patriot, Malesherbes, at every personal hazard, defended with unavailing eloquence the unfortunate Louis the XVI., against ihe clamors of a bloody-thirsty mob for such had the National Convention now become. He failed, but hia devotion brought him to the scaffold. , Daniel Webster, in 1850, in defiance of the heresies ot Massachusetts, stood out up on the ramparts of the Constitution, and defended, with the zeal of a patriot, the noble charter of our institutions and the Union of the States. In which of these in stances does not the clear dispassionate voice ofhistory, rise in ringing tones of ap probation of the moral heroes who stood by the cause of JUSTICE, and of TRUTH ! If Mr. Cowan, therefore.has incurred odium in resisting the mad torrent of faction, in his noble efforts to suppress this mad re bellion under the broad JEg$ of the Con stitution, that will hereafter constitute hia best title to the gratitude of bis country." "George," said a young lady to her lov er, "there is nothing interesting in the pa per to-day, ia there V "No, love, but I hope there will be one day , when we shall both be interested.'' The young lady . blushed, and of conrie she said, "for shame, George." DRINKING SOHG. From the rosy lidded past, Sweet we'll drew the cover; Drink the streams are flowing fast Drink to friend and lover. "Shining draughts to friends of youth, Wberefco'er they wander ; Every heart whose proven truth Made our own grow fonder. Here's alheahh to lira and eyes Drink the dream ihul' over, Kise mingle with our signs Health to every rover. " With ihe hand upon the heart, Drink to loves that sever, Time a fib to those who part fledged to love forever. From the rosy lidded past, Sweet we'll draw ihe cover, Drink the streams are flowing fast Drink o friend and !ver. Life i but a rosy draught, Drink thestream;is glowing, Drink a thousand joys are quaffed While the tide is dowing. ' remoeracy. The desertion of the Southern JDemocra cy from the Northern wing of their party, the only national progressive party this country has ever known, has engendered a feeling of bitterness and indignant resent ment among Northern Democrats, which the present generation, at least, is little likely to forget or forgive. What pretext plausible enough existed to bring about a disruption so great, so mournful an this has proven itself to be ? Future generations will impute it to personal preferences and local prejudices, than which no weaker, more imbecile pretext could, or ever will be assigned by the thinking men of poster ity. What pain and misery has not the uncalled-for desertion of the Southern Democracy brought upon the loyal Democrats of the North, who are now made the recipients of abuse most fool, of lies most venial. A Democrat is now a synonym for criminal; a criminal great enough to furnish a reason sufficiently strong to open prison doors for his entrance and to fix bolts and bar to prevent his egrees. Heretofore it has been the Democracyjof the North in whonruthe Southern Democrats foand tbeirnatural allies against the uneras ing at'acks upon their rights and interest by the wild fanaticism of the hybrid party known under tho name of Republican Abo litionists. They were placed in that rela tion to them by that instinctive jealousy of power which has caused them to lean to wards the cardinal principle of political doctrine which has governed the Socth for many years past, the great conservative idea of Slate rights. On the common ground of this doctrine, the Northern Democrat has been able to stand fraternally, side by side, with his Southern brother in many a hard political fight, when, by his assistance alone, the united parly gained decided victories. They have been true to ibis doctrine and to the South (in times past) on many an occa sion when the public men of the party could maintain that position only at a de gree of difficulty ..and danger, which the South little knew or cared for. They have had to stroggle against strong tides of pop ular tendencies at home ; not wholly free, we confers, from some natural sympathies of their own adverse, to the course which a magnanimous political duty has led them to pursue. But the Sooth has proved talse to them and the common principles profess ed and believed by both wings of the Dem ocratic party ; and now the Northern Demo crat abjures them and their caprices and treacherous political alliance, and leaves them to suit themselves, a best they may against the combined attack of all parties in the North, now a thousand fo'd more embittered than ever before. The great free North and the great free Wet will hereafter lake the reins of government in their own hands ; a steadier and more uni ted influence will exist here, unbiased by sectional interests or local prejudices, than among the sons of Sou hern chivalry. The position and the influence of the Southern Democrats in the restored Union will be anomalous ; they will find it vastly changed, and the prophetic reason throng upon our mind lowering and portentous, as if born i f tophet, that sad experience will teach them long to rue the day in ' sack cloth and ashes" when their own fickle and criminal faithlessness converted iheir best friends into their most bitter enemies. We believe that the Democratic party will rise triumphant over the wicked deser tion of one-third of its strength, and also over the boasting and vindictive hybrid par ty at present in power. When that day dawns upon the world, a country will be restored, a nation re-es-tat lis bed which will cover with eternal shame all fanatical Abolitionists and rene gade Southern Democrats. A Costlt Blundkr. A saloon keeper in Cleveland, in the sca'rceiy of change, con ceived the idea of issuing tickets "good for one drink" to regular customers, when he couldn.t change their money. In printing the tickets, the printer made a mistake, as the saloon keeper discovered to his cost al ter distributing a large amount of them The ticket read "good for one drur,k." A number of two-fisted drimers, who got hold of some of the tickets, have been indulged in o series of drunks ever since, greatly to the pecuniary loss of the "salooner." A schoolmaster in Ireland advertises that he will keep Sunday school twice a week, Tuesdays and Satordays. A Bride in the Wrong Bed. The Cincinnati Enquirer ""is responsible for the following : A newly married pair put up at the Spen cer House they went out shopping re turned bride had left some things she quietly slipped out found herlost"aiticle6 returned mistook Mainfor Broadway got into the Madison instead of the Spencer it looked a little strange aked boy if she wa in ihe Spencer bey said yes, not fully understanding her shej;to!d. hirn to lead her to 48 he partly disrobed and got . . . . . ,, . . , . I into bed expected herhntbar;d momentajj rily fell axleep the occupant of 48 Mad s n. an Indiana merchant, returned from the theatre-a little tight quietly went to room to bed to sleep. The accountpro ceeds : How long the two repoeed'there side by fide, with only a foot of space between ihem all unconscious of each other's presence, is not exactly 'kno A-ri, but probably'about an hour, when a tremendous noise was heard in the apartment, from which femalescreams issued wildly, ,piercing!yfcand ceaselessly. The hotel wasjin an uproar ; proprie tors, clerks, waiters, porters, guests, dress ed and half dressed, were at the door ol "forty-eight' in a few minu'es.blocking up the entrance, and asking each other eager ly, "What is the matter V "For God's sake tell us what is the trouble !" The cftue of this outcry may be imagin ed. The bride'had awakened about mid night, and putting her hand over her bus band, it fell, upon the IndianianVface, and ihe soft warm touchjaroused him at once. He did not'undersiand Jit'exactly, though he did not dislike it, and inja moment more Mrs. R. eaid.'My dearest husband where have you been all this while ?" "Husband,'' echoed ihe merchant, be ginning to fee, like Lord Tinsel, that be had 'made a small mistake here ;" "I'm no body's husband , 1 reckon'my dear madam, you are in the wrong bed." In the wrong bed horror of horrors, thought the bride. What would her llegd lord say what would the'eurious world say ? Ar d Mrs. R. screamed terribly and sprang from the couch just as her compan ion did the same. He was fnlly as much alarmed as phe, and entreated her to give him time and he would leave the apart ment, although it was the one he had enga ged he'd make oath to that. 5cream,fscrearn, scream was the only reply to his kindly proposition. "My God 4madam don't yell so',! You'll waken the houe. Be reasonable ; I swear it's only a mistake. Have some thought of the crtiequence. 1 don't want to hurt you, I ewear I don't. You'll get me shot and yourself Just at this juncture, the throng outsldo presented itself at the door,andibehe!d Mrs. R. cowering in one corner exercising her lungs magnificently, with a sheet wrapped over her form and head, and the tIndianian in the middle of the room enveloped in a coverlet, and ejaculating "My God, madam don't!' The junior proprietor, Dr. Cahillsaw there must be some m"take, and requesting the others to retire, took the merchant into an other room and there learned the whole story. The Dr. then sent one of the ladies of the hotel to Mrs. R , and.the affair was explained greatly to her relief, though she wa overwhelmed with confusion at a cir cumstance that misfit have ruined her rep utation forever. Under the ecort of the Dr. she was con vey ed to the Spencer where the husband wa found pacing the corridera, with fran tic mien, and fm!f crazed with grief at the mo-it-rious disappearance of his wife whom he believed had been spirited away by a villain, or murdered for herjeweU, in thi infernal city, where a he expressed him5e!f, they would kill a man for a dollar any time. As toon as he beheld his spouse, he caught her lo his bosom ar.d wept like a child. He was melted with happiness at her discovery, and told her that he had scoured the city for intelligence of her whereabouts in vain. A Terrific Eneonnter with a Boa Constrictor One of the most thrilling incidents which has ever come to our knowledge, occurred a 'few days since in "a "side 6how" wih Yan Ambur & Co's Managerie. where to enormous snakes an anaconda and a boa constrictor are one exhibition. Both of the huge reptiles are kept in one case with a glass top opening at the side, and the keeper was in the act of feeding them when the event occurred. The longer of the snakes the boa constrictor, which is some thirty feel long and as large around the mid dle as a man's thigh, had just swallowed two rabbits when the keeper introduced his arm and body into the cage for the pur pose of reaching a third to the anaconda, at the opposite coiner. While in this position the boa, not satis fied wiih his 6hare ot ihe rations, made a spring, probably with the intention of se curing ihe remaining rabbit, bul, instead laslene.t Ms jaws npon the keeper hand and,with the rapidity of lightnins, threw three coils around hirrj, thos rendering him ... . . . . . 1 entirely helpless. Hi r-houts of distress at once brought several men In his assistance, and among them, fortunately, was a well known showman named Townend, a man of great muscular power, and what was of much more importance, one who had been familiar with the habits of these repulsive monsters all his "life, having owned some of the largest ones ever, brought to this country. ,- .. . The situation of the keeper was riow per"- Hons in the extreme. The first thing to be done was to uncoil '.he snake from around him, bet if in attempting this the reptile thould become in the least degreenpefe'd, -he would, in a second, contract his powers sufficient to crush the life out of'an ox. A single quick convulsion of the creature and the keepers fou! would be in eternity! This Townsend fully understood; so with out attempting to disturb the boa's hold up; "fie keeper's hand, he managed by power-, v. r 6 . 1 v '1 caiic ar l J tHUUVUV lUU'CIUVUIS lJ oil the snake without exciting him, ai ter which by the united exertions of two Mrong men the jaws were pried open and the tnur, released in a complete exaosted condition. The bite of the boa constrictor is not poisonous, and although the bitten hand- was immensely swollen the next day, no serious results were apprehended. A more narrow escape from a most horritle death it would be difficult 10 imagine. Co lumbus Ohio) Statesman. Romance in Real Life. About twelve years ago, Edward Forester, a country lad born in Jefferson county N. Y., decided like a great many other boys to gD to sea. His friends opposed the idea, but of course, the love of ocean life was too strong to be resisted, and young Forester joined these who "go down to the sea in ships." He was successful, and 60on be came the mate of a whaling ship, though then scarcely beyond bis majority. In Honolulu, Forester made the acquaint ance of a merchant of Hakodadi, and went with him to Japan. Here he remained two or three years engaged in commercial pur suits. Thence went to China, where be was taken into the Imperial services. He became popular, bctb with the foreigners and native authorities of Shanghai, and was finally made tecond in command to Gener al Wa'd, in place of Col. Morgiven, who W83 severely wootided in some recent en gagement. In this capacity the quondam sailor con tinned to be much liked, and now enjoys the confidance of all the-Mandarins in the tprovince, and is admitted to theii confi dence, as well as the highest and mot ex clusive Chinese society. At one time For ester led a band of two hundred men against the rebels, onlv nine of them re tnrnicg, the rest having been killed. He ha now 20,000 troops under his com mand. For his services he ha been made a Man. darin of the Blue Button, and his name stand high in Pekin. His rank obliges him to keep at leat twelve servants. The latest letiers receivedjrom him (to May 1st) state ihat he is in command of thfj city of Soungkaing, sleeps with the key under his pillow, while not one of the 200,000 inhab itant; of the place not even the highest Mandarin can enter or leave without bis permission, and at a word from bim, any individual out ot that 20d,0004may Ioe his head. Wby We Unst Adhere to tbe Coastitatiofl. Whenever a Democrat talks about the importance of adhereing to the Constitu tion, and administering the Government according to its provisions and requirements immediately some Abolition-Republican brawler starts up and asks, "What have we to do wih thb Constitution in such times as these ? The rebels have violated it, and why should we be held toil? This he lakes for granted is a stumper unanswer able. Are the rebels, then, alone interested in our maintenance ol the Constitution ? Are not the people of the North interested also? Il that instrument is ignored if its provis ions, obligations and limitations are ditre gaided, where is the protection for the peo ple of the North? The arresting ot one individual in violation of ihe Constitution, and without authority of law, may be es teemed by others a small matter ; but the same power that arrests one, may arrest an other, or a thousand. The suppression of one public journal by arbitrary power may work no seriocs ir.jory to the nation ; but the suppression of one, forms a precedent for the suppression of another, and so on until the freedom of the press is utterly de stroyed. The controlling ot an election in one single township by an armed force might be regarded as of no great conse quence in itself, ye: it is a death-blow at the liberties of the people. It is the free men of the North, the loyal people of the loyal States, whose interests are involved in the maintenance of tbe Constitution invi olate and intact ; and in guarding and pro tecting their own constitutional rights and privileges, they guard and protect the con stitutional rights and privileges of all their iellow citizens: Punch says poverty must be a wo ru an il is so fond of pinching a person. The individual who stood on bis own re" sponsibiliiy, is to be indicted for infanti cide. WfbsiKQ Frw. The religious papers oc- 1 caiionalli yet otf a spicv item. The Rev. 1 : . ..1 . u editor ot one ol these papers, in a recent i-sie, s iyv .! orsr experience, we have marrie I people for 37 j cents : wa have married for a conntpneit bi II !" Dr. Bestian, in copying this item adds: ' We may soften our German friend's grievances by quoting the case of the minister who received as a 1 wedding fee a salt codfish, which, when he had ,aken it hf)ma for h5fc ab!e w cniaf. y eaten by the bride and groom! wto call d upon him at dinner."
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