A -&- C. H. BUEHLER, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
II:01,1 X.-72.1
[ Ftem the New York Tribune
1:Anolt. •
, ,
pie owstrn. WAIMEA'.
it WWI po curs that said to Moo,
411.4b0r thy lot stud' be;
AO -with 'hotlines& upon thy Ewer
Thy hand chill nourish thee.'
.And who, obey this high behest
_Blerninakin it have found;
And health and wealth are anti: wed beat
By thee° who till the ground..
The human frame fa scarcely made
Anti health which Is not won by work
Will hardly bide the storm.
Or hand obtain, with plow or pen,
May doOad'a will .below ;
But sloth will wither hand and brain,
And quench the spirit's glow,.
dtsy not, thou lordly men of gold,
• No need for thee to toil,
Bay nbt there's naught. to do, except
Dy aerie Wed to the soil.
Are there•not widowed hearts to cheer,
That pinein told neglect ;
And innocence to guide and guard
And orphans to:protect 4
Arc there not godlike intelbicts
Now crashed in slavish fear,
Thy hand:thy voice, thy pen could raise
To state of angels hem 1
Are there not shabbled limbs to free—
Wild portions to reclaim— ,
Wild deserts and their wilder men
Than wildest beasts to tame ?
A jarring and discordant o °rid
To harmonise andl , hind
Together firm with iron bands,
Till all be of one mind I
• Are there not friends•in human shape;
That from the throne of l'owe4
Watch, nye. lest widoyeed Liberty
Reclaim her lung lost dower
re not the task yet to be done
To banish crime from earth,
py guiding and directing right,
Mau 'from his very birth—
To scatter Art and Science wide,
Ana thus ivreriais the way
For that Miltenium to come,
When Lose and Truth shall sway 1
Is there not haggard, starvingwant.
That foods Itself with Crime ;
And dread Miasni in foul abode.
That kills men are their time
Are there no wrongs that every day
The rich heap on the poor
Who toll and starve that heartless men
May ineell - their gidden store
Then say not, {hors is naught to do
- Lithot,v;hia.licaven'siconimatill ,
Fitch in his sphere, and anon there' were
No sorrow in the land.
Without that toil none Can be great—
W ithout it none is good,
Or ever blameless and forgiven
Before hi. Maker stood.
For the .Star and Donner•"
LINE'S
Ear.plZe.l 04 avioig an Eagle rekased from rupirity
fly JAca"
Bird of Heaven ! lift thy droOping head,
No cage•bus arrest thine airy flight;
Soar aloft W thy favorite haunts—
Renew the Sports in the realms of light.
.Bird of Jove , ! thy spirit's dream is o'er;
Unfold thy. wings, and hie to thy home ;
!Mid the lightning's Aare and thunder's mar,
Fearless and free thou cant spin roam.
RoNI Bird ! resume thy wonted sw■y—
Feathered monarch, ruler of the air,'•
Regain thy throne at the seat of day—
With tinblaneh',l eye meet the aun'e bright glare
of Liberty ! no more is thine
. The bondage Impaled by ruthless hands;
Away to thy spirit's genial clime—
• longer *Mutat by atptive bands. > 4l
Gettysburg, Mai - N4 17, 1849.
&lux RANDOLPH AND THY MERCHANT'S
Bang.--In New York, many years ago,
during a suspension of specie payments,
John Randolph went there on business.—
Haring' P check on the Merchants' Bank
for a large sum, he called for the cash, and
would:take nothing but specie, which the
tellers obstinately refused to pay. Ran-
dolph disdained to bandy words with their
clerks or principals believing himself
swindled, he withdrew and ad a handbill
printsid and circulated ail ver ,the,aity,
'which set' fiirth that Aqaba Rondo! h
beiag,,op a visit to New Toil',
would address, his fellow ciiixens that
l 'Avi4tikiiii`• ttib 'Banking Soitepi; trout the
• 1 44if.140 / IMl ic A l t lnts " B"k• ' Long !It"
• fore Ike : hour, si crowd began to father,
whichtlivaileAeti;to f rail ativiber,when
;he. ogftle pa of the,lniak takialc . thp
AO o money in gold,
rani *wh o r.
•raceivaddr with a sardonic slide and apt
lquotatioul • laventio castigationena Juries
HeAeft New 'York next stern
,.
ing ip . 4ollo, : hefure ,day.; and Jut being
unknotn, la, the °iv the handbill passed
941,,rot,alleavbd i ,the ‘pul:dfc.—.lkfassach li•
tOMOStaie Atir
• I
clergy man had two
ei t igfite6;- who . ~i vere much too fond I;bf
.:::tirient,?iiri.ieti.wait a great grief to
hall Uileti reproved tlietn in vain ; and.
..;;p r
ldpg`itne,.;sbb,adt day on .tho ain of
;piirls, he, took occasion to notice. among
t h e ; pride in dress. After
: ap . eaking•infene ,eonaideitible time on , this
..sututteß lei enticionly stopped short, and
said, 'with much feeling • and expreeeion,
sasr; look at home My
i g.094;k10 4 4 1 , I.luuk et huMe la my heart
mattites.l' •
Jive The „aoil ; may be rich, and
Abe land may ha active, but !wither will
unsown.
THE 6ITARM OF'.AMBLE.
nit 1.. H. ORIEL.
• T'7"-*
I have often heard persons speak of tbsir
first game of . Cards—bow they' were Is 1
from that to a second, ands third„ sad so
on,' from game to game, till the Tice of
gambling became „confirmed habit, and
almost an. essential passion of their amiss.
is sfassinaticm sad a chores
in gaming which none brit devotees of tbe ;
Cards may fully appreciate, and whiirtsl
but fow, with tongue or pea can adequate
ly portray.
Experienced as I am, and have been. in
all the ramifications of gambling, it may
rightly be inferred that I am able to speak
advisedly concerning its soulAiestroyiag
influence on mankind. Yes, I have seen
father son—nay, whole families--swept
to ruin and horror by the Demon vice, in
whose deadly grasp they had unhappily
fallen ! men of fine talents and virtues.
even-moral and upright individuals in other
inspects—professors also, I am sorry to
affirm, of the religiim of Jesus, have gone
down to infamy and, destruction through
the enticements and facinations of the Car&
table.
the ask el the
Gnat Golf! illy balsa ! slug are 1
you doing here I" •
otlklasumli my wife! what- eek you,
and why ease ao this place!" said 'the ,
seam beerissig his limed sd saakiog with
shasse sod sesibetiew.
- as decor balbood. come home in
stantly. oar poor odd is dying! Her
Indy prays for two days has been your
welfare. Coss, deer bashaest saw 1—
Oar dosighter say not Ewe to ma cetera."
The wife. hosioad. and physician im.
• estissely kik the piss
• duos tine spits dapsel, when that'
deluded seas reseed. sad composedly
resumed his met at the gaming table. I
Seideatally imprized of his how' he had
Methinks I could whisper into the ears Willi* daughter. •
of those, who play cards solely for amiss- G o d! sum me mot o f that. s i r .
ment's sake, tales of woe and terror. that She is did—she is dead. and died while
would mite the blood rten cold and the I was sewed here at cards ! I mold oot
heart beat in wildest pulsation. from their sot sesame; the tempter dame me hack
mere recital. How much worse would :I mad ma an heeded!. Oh. God! I
the scene have been, and the heart-strings meld sort stay aid see ay child a cold and
torn, by the witnessing of many a painful : lifeless trospesr
secne in the career of the inveterateganabd Whale be raved sad wept. his wife ap.
ler ? . I peered the second time. and dragged him
I care not whether a man plays for pas- firma des paatlemoMets to lgs now hap.
time or profit, from the very first game he less inane. •
is apt to heroine enveloped in the fold oft Foot years after this aliecting etyma',
a master more terrible than the hydra; • smote. whale I was sisjouroisein the same
and when`so ensnared, in vain will be the city. Issuing as gashlgag. I received a
lopping of any of its hideous heads that I visit from As ate sae. His ap.
serve to snare the hapless victim. No!I pesuraace before are necalled to oily mind
the vice should and must be crushed is its as owe die pistol Slides Jew* detailed •
inception. or there can be no salvation from' and I iscsiwil what were his feelings
death and damnation here and hereafter.— when he wished hose aad foaled his dangh.
Fearful thought l Would to God that alt
might realize - the truth of the evil effects
arising (rein card-playing, in whatever as
pect presented, as a source of pastime
merely, or when pursued for emolument.
Fathers, gootl worthy citizens. would be
spared disgrace and crime, and widows
and children might be saved from poverty
and woe and the scotlings of a hearths
world.
I knew a happy and worthy family,
whose subsequent misery and sorrow a
rose from the social card-table, as a source
of entertainment and amusement for them
selves and friends, This family essaviss
ed of, beside the parental twain, thereeseos
and a daughter, all of whom gave promise
of a life of usefulness and honor—the in
sidious vice of gaming crept iota the be
family circle, and broughtsorrow and
desolation in its wake.
The daughter had reached her thirteenth
year and gave developments of beauteous
womanly maturity anon, when she was
seized with consumption, which painhd
disease soon left its withering power us
her fragile frame. Though rapidly sink
ing into the grave, she for sometime retaia
ed her seat at the card-table ; at length,
however, her malady increasing. she retir
ed from the fascinating amusement and
sought preparations fur death and ill1M01"-
tzlity. She now requested that cards might
no longer be the pastime of the evening,
beneath their roof, and her father, loving
her tenderly, readily complied with her re
quest, and the card-table was accordingly
set aside. It was now that parent reali
zed the fascination of the games sad found
that a passion for gambling had insensibly
become a rooted principle of his breast,
-lie sought The gaming table atirstad. sod
spent his evenings in the fashimi v Olde gam
bling houses of the place. He eimatiemstil
it Weal . triplay Do pastime. bet beettseiwg
a'Whie-bibber, one night, White - met* is
his cups, he was induced to hasmard mon
ey liithe ganteof Faroe . • He lout bis slow
StY not only on thltSoccasion but on Ansel
every other evening, afterwards.l4l2 he
prnsisted in his, recklessecos ,and,,playiog
deeper and deeper in ruin. till on use Fri.
daY evening, he eame tato a - robes when
Several individuals and miselfliere maid
'0 a game Of, card:, Be. el Bred to stake
live dollars onagatue,and being permitted,
his Abney was •won from him. - He then!,
bet ten deliiint,'lthiel lie also lost. Be
'conting excited, he continued to bet, and
as a matter of course, where all were
sharpers, he was well supplied with liquor,
and cheated not only of what funds he had
bid forced to give a check for money thus
won from him. lie became drunken and
remained with the gamblers daring the .
night. The following day the check was
cashed, and, a portion of die money used
in 'keeping him intoxicated, so that he was
kept away from his family several days.
Great excitement prevailed on account of
his absence in the community, while his
friends and family suffered painful anxie
ty in regard to his fate. I was seated at
' a table playing with him on a Sunday eve-1
!ling, the third day since lie entered the!
GETTYSBURG, PA. FR
pollide • iiii„ whew his Sway pkirofician
weed awl ameba Of die enifortanate
ai.Lsheised ma. if he brew where he
was, as if be mesh, est news to his
swittna ilegbewani ifwereesei family?
m Tea, yea, bream hell be dam pros'
es. go and fey gun I will soca be with
them!" The r 1 r _ kik. but , the poor
Ewa the gime wed *Way for
die minim Abeat iialf as hoar
pawed is Ali way. when a &Nab wiebei,
Woe the now Ea &weir her ass armed
ter a movie.
••• Ob. sir, I left poor sableshinking it
was hut a raw us bring Joe bean ; but I
enema WI the burner that Idled ay soul,
wiser tesfteed shit say eigkr isnot de di.
I clanged her Brame fans in ray arms
and hapkord her to speak. iflon one word.
that I night know that I Ind sot lost her
forever. Tisane ease no response. I
east the dead body from ere, and rushed
oat wild and fraetie. )fee saieekas myself.
desennissed es self dlestmline I kit that
I was her eserderne, and tie terrible
thougibt aware see load. Satre* know
ing whit I &I. but impelled by the fool
Geed I found myself in the street hastening
away to the wharf with purposes of fear
ful roessonsewee—ilsd. orange to say. that
bright Insp. et the Anse of doe gambling.
house. obverted woe Inns a watery grave
and tweed of feelings the des itself where
I sal abstractedly, I hare so doubt. for I
keew mike* smog Tworaitvory about my
dead siii notered au to eseseiousoess.
Provithere imairsesed me is au awful les:
sots. aa hew that boors the present, I
bass newer allowed curds is ssy boom nor
played an y wired( grand war toothed the
istraieatise bowl; and„ God help se, 1
sever shaft!'
This isrilent issslicie" nt of itself to
show the caosorsasee of indulging in
cod-play* awl grissing. We could sin.
wady 'lisle dad it Nitta lead every one to
serious werction. and iidone a return to
paths of sectitode sad borer. ere that ter
ra& des lane itillour which wort cit..
tairdy mewls. as we know fall well; the
costae of the Comulder mad Drunkard S
Tat Es, Demme= FAXILTr•A ,
yang hat aeaselems Eau sated Maythe,
set a violet* death at Cipteieeati a. few
dap art. The Ceseaettaad' says
wiles Mayas%lertgben. irg4 ;maw!!
the aimed reeerdie d the west, seemed
to 'heal - idietriaed aeasaalmi dooa--to
hate hoes iallotateal by a eastesea fatal
ty. Fiat, Saida playas ottlerpetteretin
tasions eapilet . be eseatiatt as a rah
bet;--albar basis* 1g holm ievenl , peatuat.
similes, owes. with death span the scaffold
by the
kends of an innovated
Wads is Kensodky. Soon 3inythe. coo- I
shed wish a land of costa on an
imbed in the llitithissippi, was shot down
and Lard by aims is she vicinity of
Masehester. Another of the brothers was
killed in St- Laois. and another is now in
the Ohio Penitentiary. To dose the in
brawn caner of this family of despera
does, Walter Marthe. who has served in
penises:in - ars and jails for his crimes, was
killed Cs a bram - 11 on Friday last. So ends
the race!
Gar roam Sa.sars--The Times has the
follow* nuarrestinag questions. The la
dles &vd he= gel their slates and 'work
out the scan :
If bates move a moor each.
Ast woods a treat a ware,
bac [sr entry tweedy words,
As!, Ca rata u as boar—
Wait the taw aft twice a week, '
Awl Nagy ihask eisbtte sow,
"Tamitil ttke burs Mats, at such ■ talc,
To veal a lattabod pow& !
n 18$ AND FREE."
AY EVENING, MARCH 23,.t849+
D THEN 1"
of. a eery good and
the Church of Rome had
her saints on recount of
A story is
out mar wilt
al
erirbtled atdo
his Jrrekitg 6l
of - tier Itili
mac whont
ups° hius i wit
told bias that i
log , 'boss all
latigth fulfilled
gil t
hittlw `leaf
uu
iss, He was living at one
' Universities, when a young
k", had known as I boy, ran
aa race full of , delight, and
i , the had longterm wish
. age in the world was et
, his parents
k ering just
oto study the 1 , thereup
-11114
, . ,e-dualaar so lat his
taliertiii QA 4 0 . 0 ck! of its
~, a t fame,
afild,aumet la c ,113 PC/ jwine t li labor in
)
pt!in'g throaglk 'studies asilluickly as 1
i rawille : .In way he ranigeng time ;
' and when at hot,' he cams tolretep, the
holy sin, who4eid been list to him
with treat patieilike and kind . said :
"Well, andwhin you 'have t thiough
your ,eourse of a ' dies , what '
yqn moan
to do then 1"
' "Then Ishallktke my doct
answered the young man.
"And then'!" kkjuired 1
"And then," continued
"I shall have a timber
knotty cases to iisnago,
pte's
,notice by ity elogi
my acuteness. and pin
"And then 1" replied
"And then, why then
question that I ihttl bit
high office or otter.", heal
money and grow rich:"
"And then V.' repeeted,,
g
"And then," , pursued tb,.. -:
law•,
yer, "then I • chill:ilivs so
tiebly .and •
honorably in wealth. and a,. able to
look forward wetly` to a kis . ''ol d age.",
.• - .. . .
"And then g " , asked the ,"_,
..mai. . ,
, ~
"And then," Said the slut. .41.2nd then
' i e
I shall tlie." : - , '- - — 7 -
"gee° Philipp lilted - nil: , , 'idiot altil
again askd : i , le i
' "Asoo TII/IN r'
Whereupon the-venni* , skan made nn
answer, east down ; 'M hfenti'and 14•8111
i
l
away. This last "0114* hod pierc
ed like a flash' of liOh'y,iigiii , Ids soul
and he could not get Vita 4 4 •4 ,
. Boon after• he foil** the , sthdy of the
i
nsi
law, gave himself up: tit thf fiidatty of
'Christ. and spend ► le:trif,f his
lisrsis vocal, Word s, 4
The question which Si. Phillippo •14eri
put to the lawyer is one which we
should put frequently to ourselves. When
we have done all that We are doing, all that'
we dream of doing, even supposing that
all our &came were accomplished, that
every wish of our 'heart is fulfilled, still.
may we ask; "Whit will we do? Whit
will we be then r' Whenever'we 'east
our thoughtsforward, never , kit them stop
short on this side, of the grave ; let theai
not stop this side of iltagriiii itself ; but
when we hate' follitired dutitives thither.
and hive seen ourselves !aid therein, still
ask corselet" the Beaching qiitittiuu--44 , 4
then ? . ,
Farman or Comm Goti.:--The pro.
teas of coining gold is very , accurately,
yet suceincty demential, in ;letter to the
Boston Poet. ~ From it. the follovring de.t
scription is eondemsed :
The miners have togrind the gold rock
fine, keeping it net tenekndy, and. as it
becomes fine, it wishes off. They have
a hard kind of stone for grinling. They
then mix quicksilver with it, and that col
lects
.the gold dust. It is , washed out s
dried, and then gees through some kind of
heating. The gold dust is then usually
I sold to the superintendent of the mint.—
To find the value each parcelhas to, be as
sayed. Tha assaying is the most curious
and scientific of all the betimes in the
mint. The metiers take dui gold' dusts
melt it, and east it into a biroohen it is
weighed accurately. and 'a flew is cut off
for the assayer. He, takes it, melts it
with its weght lead. It I. maltedin
some small reap made of bone *shit.
which absorb!, all the lead, when • large
part of the solver is extractid by another
pros:eel. and ?the sample is then rolled 'oat
to a thin 'hailing, coiled 'orp;and put ima
sort of glass ishishealled.V , ostrix, along
with shame laths Thannatrices are
put' on afu cos; and' the arid 'is • boiled
some time. pfsitedoll; a nisei supplr put
in; and bniledlagatn. This h done several
times till theiteitt has extraeted all the sil
ver; and other mineral substthces, leaving
asa sample Pere gold. The sample is
thee wherigheil; and by the difference be
tween weighebelbre assayed and after, the
months It . kund. The gold. after it has
been aiseyeth is melted. refuted, and mix
ed with its due portions of tlloy, (equal
parts of silver and copper,) then drawn in
to long strips, in shape, not unlike an
iron hoop for a cask, the round pieces cut
out with a sort of punch, each piece weigh:
ed, and brought to the right size by a file,
if too heavy, when it is milled on the
edges, raised, and put into a stamping
press, whetter it comes forth a perfect
coin, bearing the endorsement of" United
States. 7
Latour Mauhourg lost his lerat the bat
tle of Lcipsic. After ho had suffered am
putation with the greatest courage, ho saw
his servant crying, or pretending to cryo in
the corner of the room. " None of of your
hypocritical tears, you idle dog," said the
master," you know you aro very glad, fur
now you will have only one boot to clean
instead of Wro.
GOING TO Itifla..—We notice the mar
rage of Mr. JO4lOl Gone to Mho Amanda
A. Mill.
[Front the Victoria (True) Advocate.
A WILD WOMAN.
We know not but our reputation for
veracity may suffer by the following state
ment, but as we have been laying off for
the last two years to give it, we think there
is no use of waiting any longer. It will
require some credulity to believe the story ;
but we can assure the reader that what we,
shall state could be established by the tes
timony of some of the oldest and most re
spectable citizens of our neighboring coun
ty oflackson.
For the last ten years there has lived
and inhabited•the thickets of the Navidad
bottoms in Jackson county, an animal uni
versally believed to he a woman ; and I
though diligent search has frequently been
made, not a living soul has ever been able
to see it; though on one occasion, several
years ago, a. party driving cows through
the bottom, came so close upon its camp 1 ,
or den, esti compel it to drop a kind of
basket or trunk, which upon elimination,
was found to he a perlect
,curiosits. con-1
ing a roost iiitonishing variety of little
mut, such as pins, needles, knives,'
Ihes, and several articles whose uses
entirety uhknowni and all of the
higebions and exquisite workman.
, and akto a pocket Bible, with .$ New
" written in it in a small beautiful
writing, together with two gone, one
lhlch it had Mot:bed—having stolen an t
gun barrel from the itittlentents.
'he Prislofl4 , Mukoil foe belinyijag it to'
woman,:srineer from ha track, which
has often been iced; end which resembles
exactly that 'de delicate feitate: ' It fro
quentlY visit's the 'neighboring bodies of
nights for the impose of Picking up such
articles as it can lay its 604 eltrlieth,
particularly, of which it Wouppplett, from
the_. quantity missing from time to time, it
'hes Peough hi letup a reapeotable maturity
li shop and clothing store..
About a. year ego, it - wint into, die house
of Sam A. Rodgers, when he was , absent,
opened hie 'Medicine eheit, took a portion
*tall the tuediciines in it, , carefelly putting.
back the stoppers, and committing no oth
er damage beside that ot„taking several ar
doles of clothing; ‘witiell after going to the'
edge a the betteta, it'aipears to have sort- 1
ed ^ out-4and left ouch articles hanging
reboot ne it did Dot seem to reouire.
it alari - einterto Mr.; Rodgere's place re
cently and SAW back a wooden bowl ta
ken about a year since, and a trace chain
that had been missing for eight, yearse---
These are but a tithe of the many eceen,
trieitias of, the man, woman or animal; but
they serve as a specimen,
So sure are the people on the Navidad
that it Ws wild human being, that we um.'
derstaad a reward of forty bows and calves
his been offered to iiirdritt Mho would
capture it It is supposed by some 'that
there was once , a min and
, iyotilari, but
that the men bad died 'ow 'true this
conjecture is, Wa mutat say; , but, there
sea hardly be I doubt' bat a -Wild man or
woman has inhabited - 6i Navidad Mus
tang bottoms, heir TeXatia, tot ltsoy Icon.
It cannot be a negro. tattle or female, be
cause the mock forbids the eneeleeleno--
We incline to think h•a Mexican woman.
s degree,"
; Nonce* Paorsaas.--AU Men are ea.
(lowed with 'litalieriable righte'—exeept
poor" area: All men who do not pay their
honest debts are grant scaaigis-.except
those who cheat on * hags scale. All Ino9
are born free and equal—exoept nigger..
AU men are .inner,_-exeept , thoge *rho
belong lb the Church. AU t iciep
lowed to think and apt iraely-,-pToplAlion
who work for a living, AllittellArisaed
awl acco*Plitha women are Jactiati-Ilx
"Pligidarr ski& • •
Itrovissas Poromrson —Mrs ca
lk,. at Albany, was delivered Offaur child
ren it a birth., an ?Saturday week, while
the,fire was raging• directly opposite the
house in which 'she resided ; all of them
have sincedied. Mrs. L. has been mar
ried five years, in which time she has gi
*en birth to sixteen children.
IxTsit.totaturv.—ln St. Giles'• the fol
lowing notice was lately posted in the win
dow of a lodging-house : "Hay sack and
flour to let, chickens and carrot." The
real import of the notice was, "A second
floor to let, kitchen and garret."--London
Sun.
ZEBVLON'IS LAST.—Why is a little girl,
walking out with her mother's young un
married sister, like a lady walking with
her beau 1 Answer—because she is
walking with her gal-ant.
"Mrs. Spriggs, will you be helped to a
small piece of the turkey I"
"Yes, my dear Mr. Wilkins, I will."
"What part would you prefer, my dear
Mrs. Spriggs?" •
"I will have a couple of wings, a couple
of the legs ' some of the breast, the side
bone, some filling, and a few dutupliugst
as I feel very unwell to-day s ".
Wilkins fainted. ' ,•
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Newts yoquillies Ave,
Calms giver' seven I
Lannon to
And Wi
Dan Ithiftni
iLOOMPIO A PREACHER
About twenty years, ago, when there
were but few settlements in the northern
part of Ohio, an itinerant preacher of the
Methodist Society, by the name of Johnson,
was employed to travel on the extensive ,
circuit in that section of the country,—
Jognson was a man somewhat above the
middle stature, with brawny shoulders,
and endowed with great muscular strength
and a degree of courage and self possession
adequate to any emergency, qualities which
admirably fitted him for conflict with Iho
rude and boisterous elements pervading the
society by which v he was surrounded.—
In his manner he was ever affectionate,
but faithful in what he considered his duty,',,
without regard to consequendes. The
fearlessness with which he assailed the
strongholds of depravity enfl licentious
ness, had the effect of drawing down npon
his head the indignation of a certain class
of characters, who, determined to git rid of
him, insulted and annoyed him in various
ways, but through his coolness and shrewd
neis, not only were their plans entirely de
! Etated, but not unfrequently their wicked
devices were made to recoil upon their
own heads.
After every expedient had signally fail
ed, it was resolved, as a last resort, in cause
the pOetteher to be waylaid and severely
beaten, with the assurance that unless he
Should decamp immediately, the same
course of treatment was to be followed up
until the desired elrect should be produced.
As the instrument of their vengeance, they
were:indueed to select a bully of the name
Kentidy, who had the reputation of be
ing. the most athletic mnn in the country,
and who for a stipulated reward undertook
the disgraceful business.
Ono time ss the clergyman was 6.1
ding en horseback, he was met in an un- I
frequented spot by the ruffian, who was al
so on horseback. Kenedy saluted him
with a mock respect. and informed him
that he intended to give him a sound drub
hing.
• dAlt, but, my dear sin, yon had t:letter go
about your business. If you try it you
will be sure to get the worst of the bar-
"There's little fear of that," exclaimed
Kenedy, "I have basted stronger men than
.3TOII before to.day." 8o saying he aimed
a blow with hie list at the preacher's head,
intending to knock him off his horse,
but missing, received one in return which
brought him instantly to the ground. The
preacher then dismounted. and picking up
his 'prostrate and chop-fallen adversary,
threw him over an adjoining fence.
The bully, finding he had got hold of
the, wrong customer, wisely concluded up
on a cessation of hostilities, and looking
over the fence, he cried out, as the preach
er was patiently waiting for another at-
tack,
say, Mister, you will be good enough
to throw my horse over after me ?"
Johnson was thereafter permitted to ride
and preach without the slightest molests.
lion. ,
7at hoosier editor thus pathetically
appeals to his debtors for a supply of fuel.
Wair;.• - written during the cold snap.---:
" Woiid up !"
"Those in arrears for last year, or who
wish to pay their subscriptioup in wood
this year, , would *enamel/date us, and
perhaps save the county the cost of an in-
quest, by pending it in before we freeze !"
Dean Swift havingdinetiwith• a rich
miser, pronounced the following grace af.
tar dinner::
Thanks for this miraelit, it W ne i•ss
Than Qndtng 11111111011 in the wilderness ;
taoddso family, we have found relief,
And ma the wonder of* chime of beef!
ehinsiieye have smoked that never smoked before
Aud we have din'd where we shall dine no more"
CHINESE ETIQUETTE.
The Chinese are an punctilious that
their code of etiquette (navies the most cer
emonious courts in Europe. As soon as
a guest alights from his sedan chair, he is
met by the host who bows his head, bends
his body and his knees, joins both hands
in front, and with them knocks his chest.
When he wishes to be very polite, he takes
his guest's hand within his and knocks it
upon his chest. This is their mode of
shaking hands. Now follows a polite
contest as to precedence, which, after va
rious knockings,bowings and genuflexions,
terminates by the host and guest entering
the house together. At the sitting apart.
ment another ceremony takes place, equal
protracted and irksome. The point to
be determined is where each shall sit, and
who shall be seated first. Etiquette ex
tends even to a decision on the size of a
chair, by which invariably the rank or iin•
portance of a guest is determined.
The host now motions to a large chair,
and attempts to take a smaller one himself.
Good breeding compels the greet in 'turn
to. refuse this "compliment ; and after a
wearying contest of politeness,. the point
is amicably adjudged to the satisfaction of
the belligerents, either by both p ar ties sit•
ting down eirnultaneouly on the seine
bench, or upon two chairs of equal &men
alone. The fatigue of this courtesy may
be easily conceived as the same routine is
performed on the arrival of each guest.—
Aa soon as the guests aro assembled, tea it!
•d lig:pt .
-••••;*etenr4,4-•.
TWO DOLLARs
INEW SERIES-NO. 06.
banded round in coveted cups, whiCkutit :
placed in silver cantle in the fnirn Ora:,
boat. These are fluted and beautifully , ,.
chased. The cops on the occasia.lo
which I refer were of that antique poitabkci k
lain so exceedingly valued, which it Ile :.
thin as paper, pure white, perfectly trans-
parent, and is ornamented with obseitri
figures, whose dark outlines are only per , —
eeptible when the vessel is filled with tea.
The mode of making tea in China is aim
filar to that in which coffee is made iir -
Turkey. The tea is put into a cup, boil
ing water poured over it, and instandy
ered, to prevent the escape of the artroa.:,
with a lid, which is 'used as a 'apoonlo
sip the tea.—Dublin University Mots?
zinc.
Goon Airrics.—“When it !rectos take
rare of your nose, that it doein't•getfro,i;
and wrap up your toes in warm'
hose, The above we suppose. wits Writ
ten in prose, by some one who knows the
effect of cold snows."
WATCNING DATTOWTIMIL—,The woußn
of Poland have a watchful eye overthatie
daughters, and make them wear littler br111 . 7 .
on their persona. to denote where they tutli s
and what they are about,
Fanny had oft in youth been told
She was a match/tit maid :
Fanny hat now, good lack, grown old,
Yet tnatehlefi still, 'lie said.
Some people are like mouroing
at a funeral; the dittaide ie eolroi — etioitAki:
but there are plenty of j0kei1..ti:44,!..r0C.,
Reputation is-sometimes s•poliktit
—dead or alive, its odor will spread:/""
ff!MEMEMNIJ
The team of the wicked . .sow dvil
omen. ,
[For the "Star atutAeener."
If !NTS' ON OAtITHONOMY.,
BY " BACHELOR.",
Cookery, no less than the othersciancas.
is apparently snivelling in seven-levet,.
booty. It may be doubted, indeed; if Ws
branch of knowelge is not attaining, thniugh'
the valuable exertions of the "Star and
Banner," to the acme of perfection. Wet
know not whether to call these " Hints ots.
Gastronomy" the "nomini orgetnum"
or the "principia" of culinary philoan
phy. But one thing we know, these
"Hints" do effect already their astonish;
ing power not only over the minds of the
grown-up, but they confer a great boon' .
also on nervous and sensitive young lit
dies, even on the rising generation, 'We,
were indeed astonished and pleased on
making an early call the oilier morning:at
the residence of a friend, to seethe "
iaxiet
familiae " sitting in an easy chair near Alta,
stove, with her male and female darlings;
at tier sides, and before her a table, on
which we observed a large new poraolio,
made on purpose to preserve in it the num ,,
bere of the " Star and Banner." Qn
king our excuses, that ,ve should be very
sorry, if we should interrupt inatimia in her
business, the lady remarried to Irk, that
finding the great net:Utica,. of these "Hints
on. Gastronomy," she determined to throw
its formulas of art into the easy shape
Of conversation with her children ;' sn
that 'cookery might be inculcated
,in din
same way that chemistry is on the softer
variety of mind. We legged of her to go
on with her catechetical lecture, and hell
the following conversation on the It. , Not
of the " Hints "
Momma.—" I am thinking of what Wit
shall have for dinner to-day." • • -• •
Little Boy Peter.--' 'hat's the
first thing 1 always think alxiat ,eetry
morning."
lifamma.—" How natural
,ren44,l
There will be a good many e6ii,,att;ffie
Johnson! are coming. Whasdo you $4ll
girls I."
Clarissa, (eldest daughter.;-4ton't
think, mamma, a nice sirloin of
Mainma, (kissing her.)—A hright.dtlatt,
love. I cOlllB5ll. I ant very fond of the sir+ ,
loin. Well did it merit knighthood at the
• •
hands of the merry monarch."
When the fat and akin look of
thaw beautiful gold color, how nice it. "
Mamma.—" Do you know, dears, how
that appearance is obtained ? " ' '
No. mamma. Do tell' us,"' .
.11cnima.— , . By the joint not being .
baeteit.' This is one of the duienviriecof
modern research. You tie a piece 41,11%
tered fool's-cap upon each side of the
and you fast rub the tdp over with I pit
of butter in a wooden spoon.but..don'i
baste it. You dress it at a tolerable dlua
tance from the fire—not too neat- r —m" 111
C a r r ie...." So that the heat .dot tt not
spoil its complexion." .
Nammu.—. , Facetious :darling! , And
then it is de-liciont."
ile‘r 4 ll
Carrie.—.. I can well
the Bard of Aron, in the,ejaCtiretii r i4t
he punt into the mouth of tleePeimetelelf
Wales— , Oh, my sweet beef!' !? •
littnama,--" Beef is. indeed siredi;;4lll
is not kept too long i dune.iandaratedi
nicely browned.”
.qdre.—...On a nice
good and hot'gray.y."
Ob• the , itiele.o4 *MO •
feter.--“ Don't
mu. - +••
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