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ElluureSl CI WW I ..
STS .EL 04,04 Ds. Purse Twist, Tassels
~IFspk Can vsuss„ and kat iNjes, constant'
ly ou hand and foe sale at 8c HIC
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tnsigni rfif otibt Amor, I
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,'Twos me uiy Tit I rim arksyntied,
Tbeetrik;iildni!tht,UndUki;
•AndissiStirgicifdi the'siditudu,•,, ' ; ; . •
, .Selne,pielseitudie unseen.' • ;; ' ; •
ile 44.12T9nt1FiV , 94 99 9,/ dim 7:
/tY° l 44,Q l ?l l !' , fn,i!nA base.
Pow had 1 1,1.14, 40achOs AO*
When e, deep sti nevi ,
hheni . 4 eOM-iiVit 1"
And ytnnti vita dime 9•Alrrt*eill"
teuued t -thti Areuvits gent!
; ► ;1# 1 0 3 P9 4 ,4 1 #/- • .•
lough perk, dancipi on,
A kid" beer izreettf lotnltedi
And putttletviithruih gaitersoiarl- 4 -
duped the New Year tioany bout !.,y, ;
So 'tie with life ! when tnidectbuglooirs
Or the soul's night, we see
A Javad joy sink into the Wink • ,
8 5!FP,'' !VW I/ 9 e TT" wit# g!“ ,
And sings la 5 , ,...eet13 In Oki eat "
or ghtdneei ye to lest,
That mld our iridium gime to hear
Who romin,of,tbe past,-
And Ifung an much for joys unknown
As e'er we prized 11 4 blessing' florin,
A rAllts...
Did Hodge, ono night, at Carlo's bar,
Had got, in classic parlance, "tight,"
WhoP,AA bkhltnrrard make his tracks,
He Nand the "voices of' the night?'
Aa with a guile olzentilliP.ste!). •
lidto a mill-piond's bank he C1117)0,
Where old King liullfirogteld bid court,
lie thoughtbsteard oneeall kid 0111111-..-
..Old Hodge, Old Hoge!" he stopp'd and gazed,
seemed to All the dark,
And, Hodge, though bravo,was lutlteaseared:
"Wbat'a 4101" be said, Aida* thati—oh'
hark I"
.01d Hodge)rot dnink !
Old Hodge got drunk!, . -
Drunk, Drunk, Drunk l"
"You 1!e, by gosh'!" said Hodge, "y6u . lie !"
A deep voile answered visisvernsore
Anii Hodge thought Nick himself was Dean
A nogg ths bushes, op.,thq Aare ; ,
$o thinking it was Wit to run.
lie starters like, a niiiroad ear,
But horrid shapel now, thronged his path,
• Arid voices shouted near and far,
"Old Hodge got Drunk!
Old Bodge got drunk!
Drunk, Drunk, Drunk I"
Hodge leached his _twine bait dead with fright,
And never since has he Irrok "tight !"
TUE
The wind is a bachelor
• Merry and . free ;
He roves ethic plenum
, Ct'er,land and o'er sea ;
He ruffles the lake,
And be kisses the fltnier,
Anil ha , sleeps when he fists
In a Jessamine bower.
Be Gives to the cheek
Of the maiden its bloom,
lie taates her warm biases,
Hojoys their perfume I
But truant-Itke, often
'rho sweets that he sips
.Are lavished nest moment
On lovelier lips.
[ F;:o' no' 4e Detiocratic:.Revitic.
JOHN HILL, alias NIXON CURRY,
• 0 it. THE
"Victim of ClrettinitateCes.
A TRIM SK TOR or LIFE IN 'ARKANSAS.
.Among the truest friends of the people. of all
in. the mina Consentiori, way he.tianted Joni
cof. St. Francis. His env rir7, eloquence and
Ceriragofully entitle bird to - the proud place he
holds, and, as we trust, will long retain =- that of
the koider of the Arkansas Demeersey."--Littie
Rock Gazette, in the oil of the Convention •
9tertar Arrasx.—.A deepen* rencontre oc
curred last week in St. Francis. Two distinguish
ereinions;were killed, and three Others danget.
ously wou nded. Thelty resulted hem an
attempt' to tweet 'Jo II H 1144 a member or tbs. test
Legislature, and.fonnerly.a.the Mate Cugswation,
who, it is alleged, is the nbtorious robber, Wiens
. 10,01 11. that controitted auch atrocitiea Men years
ago in the mountains of Citrolina."4.ritiir .Rock
Grt.seili, of key, Ib4o. ' •
We have givOn ihe . preVious ex tracts from
- .
the oldest and most respectable journal of
Arkansas, imordor to satisfyieverpreader
that thelfollowing narrative, extraordietirY
ai Sochi of its incident! may sineict,'is no
c
'
e o
tissue ' fiction, Indeed, whi le celatitiii
geettOts! , vants, "Nit Paintiell, 4l l lB 01 . 412 0",
-we have been eapecially careful to-avoid
all viVid colors.' !Thou hithie shert sketeh,
by thanoe, retch the foi4hrot Ar
liiinsu; the Peoph;'there will diem,its dei-
Igio9" tante, itt! elletPar,ieelt with the
deeds of the man. The writer, who has
resided long on the frontier, has no need of
fancy' hi portraying its exciting life. Sim
-Ple-MeMory will serve him very well.
,About Ally years ago there lived in Ire
land county, North Carolina, a Presbyte
rian preacher, by the name of Curry. Ho
was a man in easy circumstances, of irre
proachable character, and having a large
family of promising sons and daughters.—
Among these, the favorite was Nixon, dis
tinguished when a boy for his fearless
courage and the tenderness of his heart
alike. tic Seems, from several anecdotes
of his early days, to have been a child of
impulse and intense earnestness and pas
sion. When only six years of age, he
had a combat at school with a bully of the
play-ground, nearly twice his own weight,
and after suffering dreadfully, at last a
chieved the victory, due almost entirely
to the sheer power of his endurance.
From the time he was six years old,
that is to say, from the' first session he at
tended in the country school-house, had
Nixon Curry been in love. His idol was
a little girl of the same ago, and under the
tuition of the same master. The attach
ment appears to have been mutual from
the commencement. They stood tip in
one class, and always managed to stand
together. During the hours of recces,
when the other juvenile's were amusing
••
GETTYSBUIRI, TA. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1850.
thenistfivellivlih baisteibiseports; Otte: ,
caClOui
grove eV& M'Odpy ibt ( rin~o~ ' rfligF villa.
Ft4'.,Yer, eterni ty, ,
stoft•sPell of, first igie.etomPop itbringf w ith
,
it timt &bright Ati'moetry. LiktieStiqg
thick-starred dreams of divine, visions:A(
beauty over all (hinge. , Even then.they
ettilienged 'pledges,: end disdained'ln
twiet:sidteiti Whispita Of 'their futitit'brt.
dal
41ggt,t1tFy
,gf,f ond delicious
Auf7, and ; s4l.foalislife; ffigir
passion became so evident at fifteen,tbat
ail furthedinterCourse was forbidden by
her parentr—lnnong the wealthisuitaridtoe
raeY of Chtiotitia. Thdit followed stolin
iilntined, by`star-liOt, Allier Vows' atilt
wiper loaf, yrhtch always increases in
Proportign wits croases,and, like the - tree
of Labaion k sends down its deepest root,
into the heart, the more it is shaken by
storms.
tiredly, at seventeen, when Lucy's re
latighe werictleavorieeto'foree her into
the erine orar w her, she fled with the lor=
er of her childhood. They Were pnistied:
aud,ovettaken ; apd !Vixen Curry shot
his: rival and one of the proud Gorden,.
dead on the spot; and.thed escaped !with
his bride, although hotly, chilled by pore
men, and found an asylum qn the Alle
gheny Mounmins, near the sources of the
Catawba. Here. under the plea of neoes
sity,'he embraced the prokssion of a rob
ber;trered.hiti name (animas by the
numher and astoiiiehingholdrieirs of hie ex
ploits. We may record it. not as a mat
ter of merit, perhaps, but as an historical
truth, that the youthful bandit never was
known to perpetrate any deed of murder
for the purpose of plunder, though he did
several to avoid arrest. At length the tu
mor of his daring felonies ecasid euddenly,,
and notwithstanding a reward of five thqn
sand dollars was offered for iiii,apprehen
*ion by the Governor of the State. he was
beard trlno mote in North Carolina,
At the first settlement of the fertile delta
borderiog on, the St. Francis; there came
an emigrant, who called himself John 1
Hill. and who soon succeededin acquiring 1
universal ;popularity. Although of mod-1
e rate means; he was sober, induitrious, gen
erous and hospitable;' ifild:streir continued
' to be his character, in the new country of
his adoption., for twelve successive years.
During all that long period he never had :a
personal difficulty or quarrel with any hu-
man being; and yet every body was satis
fied, that such a peaceful life—singular fer
that latitude—wan not owing .to want of
cqurage, or deficiency in power to •perform
good service, in any sort of battle-field ; for
of all the bear' bunters that ever 'pierced
the jungles of cane in "the great s wamp,"
or decended by torch-light into the dark
caves of the Ozark Nountains. he way cel
ebrated as the most 'fortes&
He was repeatedly , elected to, the Terri
twist Legislature, where' he distinguished
hinntelfbY a strong, impassionedelterence,
as a chief leader in the Democratic:ranks.
He was next as we have already seen, a
metnber of the convention that formed the
State, constitution ; and was'elected again
the Castling year to represent his canal, In
the Senate of Arkansas.
At this period commenced, hissecood
series:of misfortune*. Hill's nearest neigh
bore were the Strongt,—four , brothers (of
Consideilable wealth; More ambitious, rind if
we may borrow the phrase of the country ?
"famous fighters. " " ,
Netwithaitandieg their character was so
dissimilar from - that: of the pacific: "bear
hunter: a alnse and'enrdial intiniacy grew
up between theca ; andlipl, in an tinguant
ed • moment,< wade the eldest brother,
Ortge, a confident as to the secrets of his
previoni history. This 'same George con
ceived a *lent &sir for political distine
don, and requested Hill to resign his scat
in the Senate in the illiberal friend's favor.
Hill refused,atid the Strongs conspired for
a terrible revenge. Writing back to Car
olina, they procured a copy of the reward
offered for the arrest of r ,Nixon Curry, the
far-famed robber: and then collecting a
party of a dozen desperate men, they at
tempted to capture Hill in his own house.
The latter had always gone armed, with
his enormous double-barreled shot, gun,
two long ride-pistols, and a knife so heavy
that few other hands besides his own could
wield it. The assault of the Strongs pro
ved horrible to themselves. Hill killed
two of the brothers,a ntl dangerously wound
de five of their friends, escaping h iinself un
hurt, although more than twenty rounds
of ball and buckshot were aimed at his
breast.
The excitement resulting from the affair
was boundless. A requisition came on
from the executive of Carolina, demanding
the surrender of Nixon Curry. The Gov
ernor of Arkansas published an additional
reward for the arrest of John Hill ; and
thus, betwixt the two fires, the victim's
chance seemed perfectly hopeless.
Hill's conduct in the crisis was prompt
and fearless as over. Packing up hastily
he act out with his wife and children, in a
common moving wagon, for tipper Arkan
sas, whore he knew a band of desperadoes
that would protect lie' Wei . &Cie
.uIPEARLESB AND FREE."
hittlesd' at Conway Court-House by two
hundred men in pursuit, all thoroughly arm
;e4 end. some of them renowned "fighters."
,Hillanw their approach on the distant prai-
Fie, and with his dreadful double-barrel—
that ante death4tlealer. to either man or
bast,' within the tango of two hundred
yards.—lnatantly niarchlo meet his foc.—
thciliteredible britvery 7 joined to the fear
bifCirei!iiiiired by his desperation, affected
the ild,iancing froope with such an unac
.enunlehle panic, .that whcie two hun
dred sought safew,iu a disgracefully rapid
Several' other attempts wore made to
captate the dangetens"ontlaw. all alike
ending eithei is lndithius or bloody
ore!, lo , the meantune, character
and conduct underwent *complete change.
Forced to be always on the ffok-out, and
therefore, unable to follow any,steady bus
iness in order to support his family. he re
sorted to the gaming table. He learned el
k; to indulge in the fiery stimulus of ardent
drink., end his disposition, necessarily sour
eil recent events,beceme guarrelsome
in I,be extreme:.;
Perhaps
Perhaps there never was a man, exceptr
ing only that Napoleon. of dueliats,. James
BOWle, who was ay heartily dreaded.• I
have Myself seen persons of undoubted
couragtiturn paid merely at the; ppearance
gigantie korai, 'brOadle belted and
bristlieg with pistols.#e was waylaid
sod, shot at a number,of times, yet,etiltee
caped.without a scar, But this.couldl4o
no wonder ; for even brave men's, hands
shook When they saw 'him, ood.shaking
hands generally make very poor shots.
During the SeriteMbeettirni,iB43, olthe
Circuit Court
Hill reisideti, ito got out of bed one Morn:,
lug uncommonly gloomy. sndov at the
breakfast table suddenly burstinto tears.
"What is the-mitter, MY dear P i- tiptoed
tuty—that beetitiful Lucy srho•badinr
merly ber Wealthy home in 'Cartili na
for a robber and robbers cave.
"I have hatt dre,adroldresm,!' answer
the huskottl,shudringAt therpsollection;
'4 saw GeMge Strong in my sleeihmod
ho kissed me , with his pale lips, that born,
ed like tire'antl smelled of sulphtir.. I am
sure I shall die before sunset."
"'limo do Mit'gn ie court; to-day," said
the Wrife;TrciFe'ents'arellitost entreaty.
"But I will," replied the husband firmly.
"When a man's time has crime, Ito cannot
hide from death ; beside, it would be the
act of a coward to do so, if one possess the
power." Then Addressing his son, a fine
intelligent boy of thirteen, he continued,'
"Bill,. you see my gun !" pointing his fin
ger as he. spoke to the great double-barrel
hanging on the buck-horns over the floor ;
"practice with that every morning, and the
day. you are sixteen, shoot- the loads of
both burrels.intw the man who will this
day kill your lather." •
"Yonder mimes Mote Howard ; he 'will
protect ,you; pa," 'reentrked
"Mary Bill's
eldest, daughter, a lcively girl of fifteen ? who
was to be married the next day to the
youth then approaching. •
Hill and Howard departed; Luey with
lean, and Mary blushing, both calling -out
sni they left' the gine, aTake. good care of
him; Menin.'ind be sure indblibt hint tack
to-night Y '
"Never reat." answeredthe youto, W
a. laugh; '414 will litivetrAiti silt 10
lerhen he will lire forever," retorted
Mary, laughing; ihro,
•Ae soon ae di frien d s edalehed lhe
lage..lllllbegan'te . ,
Mated more thin urdinary anxiety`
combat. hululting every 1) 94 *;,croslf4
his path ; and all the youthls,ootreatiee
failed to pacify him. . Atiast, this desperado
swore that he would clear the etwittiluiese,
and entering, with a fbriotis countenance
and a threat as to his purposejudge, law
yers, jury and spectators made a general
rush for the door. One old drunken man
alone did not run as fast as hill wished,
and he sprang on the imbecile wretch, and
commenced beating him unmercifully.
!lowa rd then caught hold of his future
father-in-law, (alas ! who was never to be!)
and attempted to pull him away.
\V ith eyes red, and glaring like a mad
dog, Hill instantly turned upon his friend,
and with a single blow of his fist felled him
to the floor ; then following up the violent
act, he leaped on the youth, and began a
most ferocious battery. In vain Howard
endeavored to escape, crying out in tones
of beseeching horror, "for God's sake.
cease !—Hill don't you know me ? —your
friend Muse ! Remember Mary !" 11111's
anger only increased, till finally, he threw
his.hand to his belt and clutched'a pistol.
And then Howard's blood also boiled, and
he resolved to fight for his life. lie was
of as powerful frame as the
,other,—the
only person in all Arkansas to be compar
ed with the desperado in physical strength.
Howard grasped the barrel of the pistol
as Hill coked it, and the weapon exploded
o their hands without injury. Once more
they blenched, and the most dreadful strug
gle ensued ever vitnesed in the Weste,-
The advantage shifted from one side to the
other:for the space of five minute., kill both
were bathed is *treeing of thelroirn
Even the by-standers, looking on through
the windows of the log court-house, were
struck with wonder and awe. At length,
while writhing and twisting like two raging
serpents, the handle of Hill's huge bowie
knife, unthought of previously, protruded
from beneath his hunting shirt. Both saw
it at the same timo, and-both attempted to
grasp it. Howard succeded; quick as
lightening he drew the keen blade from its
scabbard, and sheathed it up to the hilt in
,the bosom of his friend and Mary's father.
'"The 'dream ' is fulfilled," exclaimed II ill
.with a smile of strange sweetness, that re
=IRO on his features oven after he was a
corpse, its then sunk down and expi
red without a groan.
-
Howard gazed on him there as he lay,'
with that singular smile en his face, and his
glazed eyes opened. And then, awe king
with a start, and as if from some horrible
vision of the night, the poor, unhappy
yobth fell headlong on the body of his
friend. crying in tones that melted many a
hardenetispietatOr into tears, "Great God!
what have,l done I" lie kissed the clam
mrlips of-the dead ; wet his cheeks with
a rain-of unavailing sorrow ; essayed to
attune& the bloody wound with his hand
kerehiiir ; 'and then apparently satisfied
that alities over, sprang to his feet with a
shoulor „More, properly a scream, "Fare
wilUtlitty, your father is gone, and lam
going with him," and turning the point of
the gßry t lf.nife towards his own breast,
would have plunged it into his uwn heart,
hid: hi not been prevented by the by-stand
ers,i,wltO•bsd 'neve Crowded into the room.
The Seine 'everting Itiose [toward dis
appeiired, and was heard of no more for
no,arly two years, when a horse trader
broughplrack•woptl Ono he
,had seep him in .
San Antotaia. Texas. •
• When the shocking news reached Hill's
fainify, thit beiutlful Mary burst into a wild
laugh. She Dewitt the asylum 'for the
insane, tit'lleW•prlirsne.
ifTl we hem tnditu gatale , or, romance
we won ld ha' miLeed . w,,iol the proceeding
page : but literal truth compels 1111, it) record
anotherfaet egually.oltaracteristic, both All
u,ah6chief aetortendelitbackwoods thee.
tr.t of tile inittt treitetty.
Ti 'ivitt . remettibered tblit 'the
len desperado had enjoined it on his, eon
to slay, the slayer oehit,lather sit: the day,
bu should arrive at-sixteen. • Without any
such charge,. venganeo -would have. tmen
considered by boy es a- tactual' duty t
for on the frontiers b 'the
teach Vengeance ut thefr children; acid tic
casitody Otecute it theitteeivits
Scdordingly. Tltli Ifill '
practised with his
father'e ,guit,eveg day 'for two successive
years. end this before he had:qiny„ru,
mot es to the , place of liowsrd's refuge.,
He then learned that hitiot wee in Tease.
and two trionthi'beforehe wts'isixteen set
out to hunt hint 'up.' ' ' •
At the'end.of foUr'inenthe Hill ctiint
blick , an't hangi.ug
their old buck ,49111 1 Rack,,Ainiikroretl
mother's inquiring,lookonAllilothen , M9llo
I. dead; I let, hiut , itave both'loads.
Though I tried befisre I derse rt
. it, ihd'a ft e
wards too he Ideated le' miserable), pale,
and' holii attti skilett;is."
,*.,
Morse itid the zpitilier weep
ing ; "but it coeldpoi he helped. The eon
of such a brave man as :Nixon Curry
limit never be called a co went, and besides
it . was your fither'serder."
A CHINESE Aovnirrtssmnar.-!—The fol
ldWin.,
g advertisement advertisetitent is copied from a
Ciioese paper :
' 4 Aehen Tea Chin Chin, Sculptor, res
pectfully acquaints: masters of ships tra
dingfrdiu.,:c.nttln,tt to India, that they may
be IttraistiMl with ligure•heads, of any size,
awarding to order, at one-fourth the price
charged in Europe: He also recommends,
fOr private . venture, the following idols,
brass, gold and silver :
“The hawk of Vislimoo, which has re
liefs of his incarnation, in a fish, boar, lion
and turtle.
"Aa Egyptian A pis. a gulden calf and
bull us worshipped by the pious followers
of Zoroaster.
"Two silver mammosits, with gold ear
rings ; a rani, an alligator, a crab, a laugh
ing hyena, with a variety of household
gods, on a small scale, calculated for fain
tly worship. Eighteen months credit will
he given, or a discount of fifteen per cent.
for payment of the sum affixed to the arti
cle. Direct China street, Canton, under
the marble rhinoceros, and gilt hydra."
A SCRUPULOUS WrrNEss.—An eminent
lawyer was employed in an action against
the proprietors of the Rockingham Coach.
On the part of the defendant the coachman
was called. Having held up the fore,finger
of his right hand to the witness, and warn
ed him to give a "precise answer" to every
question, and not to talk about what he
might think the question meant, he pro
ceeded thus:
"You drive the Rockingham. Coach?"
"No, eir I do not."
"Why man, did you not tell my learned
friend sothie moment 2"
"No, air, I did not."
' , Now, sir, I put it to you—l put , it to
you on your oath—do you sot drive the
Rockingham coach."
air, I drive at ,/wrsej.",
'Unfeeling men it► preepteity.are ears 4o
be nnpitied in adversity.
Correct Transcript of the Sentence
of .Death against Jesus.
The following is a copy of the most
memorable judicial sentence which has
ever been pronounced in the annals of the
world, namely, that of death against the
Saviour ; with the remarks which the jour
nal Le Droit has collected, and the knowl
edge.of which must he interesting in the
highest degree to every christian. Until
now, I am not aware that it has ever ap
peared in the German papers.
The sentence is word for word as fol•
lows :
“Sentence pronounced by Pontius Pi
late, Intendant of the province of Lower
Galilee, that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer
death by the cross.
"In the seventeenth year of the emperor
Tiberias, and on the 25th:day of the month
of March, in the most holy city of Jerusa
lem, during the pontification of Anima and
Caiphas
"Pontius Pilate, Intendant of the pro
vince of Lower Galilee, sitting in judg
ment on the Presidential chair of. the prae
tor,
"Sentences Jesus of Nazareth to death
on n cross between two robbers, as the nu:
inerous and notorious testiMonies of the
people. prove,
"1. Jesus is a misleader. •
"2. Be haft excited the people to seal-,
tion.
lie is an enemy to.the laws.
..4: lie fulsely calla himself the son .of
God.
..5. He falsely calls hiineelf the King of
Israel. f e
"6. H0,411(11(1 into the temple, followed by
a multitude, carrying palms in their hands.
..Ortleis the first centurion, Quirillius
Cornelius, to bring him to the place of ex
ecution.
"Forbids nil persons, rich or poor, to
prevent the execution of Jesus,
"The witnesses who liavo signed Pic,
ientenCe' of death against Jesus are
'.l. Daniel Robani, Pharisee ; •
John Zorobabel ; •
• 4.3. Raphael Robahi ; • • •
"Jesus
shall- he taken out of Jeruselem;
through the gate of lrunea."
This sentence is engraved on a plate of
breed in the Hebrew language. A similar
plate had heeneent to each tribe. It was
disceiored in the year 1280, in the city of
Aquilla, in the kingdom of Naples, through
a learetr'ithttle for the discovery of anti
tittitletancl remained there until it was
connd,by the Goinmisaaries of the arts in
the• French army to Italy.
Up to the time of the campaign in the
Ifbuth o r Italy it was preserved in the sac
riaty,ofthe Carthusians, near Naples, where
it was kept in a box of ebony. :Since then,
thisrelic is kept in the Chapel of Caser
ta.' The Carthusiatts obtained by their pe
tititins that the plate might be kept by them,
which was an acknowledgment of the sa
crifices which they made for the French
army. 'rite French translation was made
literally by members of the commission
of arts'. Denult had a fac simile of the
plate engraved, which was bought by Lord
Howard, on the sale of his cabinet, for
2890 francs.
There seems to be no historical daub t
as to the authenticity of this. The reaaons
of the sentence correspond exactly with
these of the Gospel.
PREDESTINATION.-"Du you believe in
predestination 2" said the captain of a Mis
siseippi steamer to a clergyman Who hap
pened to be travelling with him.
"Of course I do."
"And you also believe that what is to be,
will be I"
"Certainly."
I'm glad to hear
"Why?
"Because, I intend to pass that boat , a
head in fifteen consecutive Minutes, ilthere
be any virtue in pine knots and loaded
valves. So Min% be alarmed, for if the bi
lers ain't to bust they wont."
Here the divine began putting on his hat,
and looked very much like bucking out,
which the captain seeing he observed.
"I thought you said you believed in pre.
detination, and what is to be will be?"
"So I do, but 1 would prefer being a lit.
tle nearer tiro stern when it takes Owe."
THE Woft.TE Inn.—.. Harry;" enquired
our friend the' other day, ...which do you
consider.the.worstof the numerous isms
now prevalent ?" • • •
"AbOlitionisml" enquired his f,fiend(
..Socislism
1.
•4Nativeistrt I" U.:
..Then I must give it up," ieplied
'lExpound."„
'.llrhy, glieumatisixt.”
The Spanish paperti 'state, th4dttrinri,
some exeptatnnut lately made at k §aragoa.
sa, a discovery has beeo made 1)1 many
medals and others relics, which appear to
be l feMaiiis of a civilized
t 'm06'1440 hail
i)atutytit thir.phiCe Warts trirthiiitaii4
invasioa -of Spain.
TWO DOLLAgiII: PER 'MINIM
INEW SERIESNO;I37.
A ShtiOtt BOY.
"Well, sonny, whose pigs are .40#407,: 1 , ;r
"Old sow's sir."
"Whose sow is it?"
"Our old man's, sir. '
"Well, then, who is year • old mint e r ...T.,
"If you'll mind the, pigs,
and ns tho old woman."
4 , Nevermind,goriny, I want saran pop.'
what can you do'!"
"Oh, I can do . More than cansideiabTlN,: f
I in ilk the geese, rides the terkies to tfitticoi,;
hamstrings the grasshoppers, lights Arai
for flies to court by, cuts the buttoet '
dad's coat when he's at praycre, keeps':
tally for dad and mam ,when they scold at
a mark—old woman is always ahead."
•Got any brothers ?" • •
"Lots of 'em—all named Bit excleitt''
Bob, his name's Sam—my narne's
but they call me Lazy Lawrence for shoo.;
"Well, you're most too mart fume."-;
"Travel on, old stick in the inud,isliatV
hire you for a boss to-day." ,
Tll6 A -7-0 . 11 011010 I t
of the steamer Caddo a passenger siitliettita;7 l
n,er table inquired— •'. ; )
"Waiter, have' yon any tropical Jelges-'
cies 1" '
"I dont understand French, sir, Imat, 191
speak to the, steward." • • ,
The steward brought a 'supply of hot ,
potatoes—Della.
DARK ANp QOM-1113R account of ther
recent expedition in search •of Sit Jtihil•
Franklin, it is stated they were fiOtdOts"
without seeing thesun, and 'had thii ther:
,
=meter 50 degrees below Zero. the y.
served out their rations of fifth proof beau-.
dy by chopping it up witlfa hatUhet;itbe.'
ing frozen solid. • - •
onscunrr►.-1t has been eloquently :re-:
marked, that. in the obscurity of the cot-.
tape, far from the seductions' of rank skirl'
affluence; is nursed the virtue which coup-
teraets the decay of human:institutions—the
courage which defends the national.inde=i
pendence—the • industry which maintains'' ,
all classes of the State.
Constantinople. contains nearly doublei
the population of New York city.
In Russia there is one, soldier to oiery .
sixty inhabitants throughout the einpire.
The Great Chinese wall reaches a disLi
tance of fifteen hundred miles !
An Irishman and a negro wore righting.
a few days since in Philadelphia, and while
grasping each other the Irishman excleim•i
ed :/-"You black vagabond, holler enuf!
I'll tight till I die."
"So will I I". sung out the negro ;:'4 014 ,
ways does."
"Miss, will you take my arts
"La, yes, and you too." •
"Can't spare but the arm, Mini"
ly replied the old'bachelor.
, "Fhen,".said Miss, "I ean't (olio itaser
my motto is to go the 'whole hog' or WA*
at all." . .
A Greek maid being asked what foritici . et
she would bring her husband, replied,--"li
will bring him what gold cannel 'purchase
—a heart unspotted, and virtue without ti
stain--which is all that decendod to me
from my parents. 7
It is hard to tell which is the mos At
tifying—to be censured by a man of itrdr
tnent, or'to be commended by a fool.
.0a:
the 'whole, we think .we should prefer lbw
former.
DARK DAY.-Tilo ntli was an unusually . ,
dark day in Pittsburgh. Families at nine
o'clock were eating' breakfast by clindld
light, and at Naive gas Inutto tie lighted
in all the rooms.
The dying charge of Alfred, Bisboit
of Bridgeport, to his son, was --" Serve Gal i
and your count ry.and be benevolent, l ! They
substance of many essays is embraced itv
this shor t sentence. • •
There aro some that live without ntor
desiguut all, and only pass .in the warn
like strhws upon a river; they 410 not etii
but they are carried. •
•••••,,,
A child, aged nine yearf,„,aJaccb•Hiledo
at Laythyette, N, J., got aceetiCtii
liquor in the how, u'eek,
8() melt that he died ne*.t day.
..Is that clock right over theret" oakei
a visitor the other day,
"Right, over 4here 1" eahl the hay i"taini,
nowhere else."
When Prosperity was well
she' let go the bridle, sod soon C 1164
bling out of the saddle.
---- i
- He is' She greatest bigJt who dello m
others for consistent and consCistitciowt tr
herence, to , what they hotel. as Truth. ~,
- **The' Clara - Ana call a thitabk , ,ifO g „
.r•, hand a glove a aid shoe: Algelirkt
cants iF they do ! •
A Jocontouve is the only i gtiogni#l
that can be given (u riding ).!I*9o4t'; i;'
tail. ;,' !--
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