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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
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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-,
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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.
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editor ot one ol these papers, in a recent
i-sie, s iyv
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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."