BY A., D. &"C. , H. BUEHLER
VOLUME ..xxvi
KeitO Dylig
,Poem.
The following lines were written by .
John Keats on his death bed, . and are the
lust' verses ever penned by that gifted
young poet. The youthful poet was re
moved to Italy, where he exp ired ; tho last.
words lie whispered were, " die of a bro
ken heart." Many pieces have appeared
purporting to be his last production i but
these now transeribed are the last tha t ev
er etnanated from his pen
• My spirit' lamp is faint and weak,
My feeble sensei bow
Death' finger poke my fading cheek, •
,;His sealis on my brow.
•
• My beart is ell al Withered leaf ,
'Bach fibre dead and• sear ;
And near ma sits the spectre. Grief, •
To drain each burning tear. '
. The earths is bright with bud, and twee,
The air with, potpie brims—
The winds are swimming in 'the trees, ,
Or sporting o n the streami.
Bar not for me the blasom'a breath,
Nor windogior sunny 'kiss-- -- •
I,languish in the arms of Dath, •
And feed my soul with sighs,
I sigh to Hope---.. Come brick again, '
ply heart is week for thee t"
But woe for; ino I my sighs are vain—
She fliesfrom misery. ,
, It is not thit I fear to die,
That burns my withered breast--
Bat thus to Rime in agony, -
And sigh in vain for rest.
'TO Count the 'ninnies one by ones.
And long far corning light,
And ere the lingering day is done,
To languish for the night. -
To feel the sinking of the mind. , •
That nothingness Of soul,
Where all is dead, and dark, and blind,
And drops o f Lethal' bowl I
And vet. 0 sunny Italy !
l'were sweet to find a tomb.
"Where wild flower's ever strewn by thee,
Above toy couch shall bloom.
Foowril me harp !—I kills thy strings
C. , harm thee ill the !,ewer
Whyte ott thy dreamy . viiiisperiugit
• Have charmed the buried hours.
And if some finger hen would make
Ilan• ~,,, einemberNl kay.
And hid thy sleeping silence break.
Then, haply wilt thou say :--
4.0}) stntnner, scatter iolies.
And dip of cvpresi hum--;
A broken titittrt mitoses
‘Vitliiii this stlbnt
IFrom (iodey's BJ for May
lIILESSINGTOIPS CHOICE.
HY FITZ MORNpt
-. 1 13. kind to thy mother, for 10, on her brow,
lkley tracers of sorrow ho seen."
"Well, Blessington, so you've come
lack to locate with us, have you ? Got
imonth of travelling and all its vexations,
I presume:"
.4' Enough ? As you please about that,
George ; hut I find no vexations so weighty
us to overcouni the pleasures to be enjoyed
in travel, by any manner of means. Still
I have returned' to settle down in my na
tive land, and good genius seents . to
have thrown Dallydale in my way; so here
1 remain, and have commenced practice,
as you sec—er, rather, intend to commence
when any business presents itself."
"Excuse •impertinenee, Barry," said
the first speakerrwith a roguish look, "but
—you'll get a wife, I suppose ? You
know that's absolutely necessary itahese
.days,• to say nothing about performing an
sat of kindness to the scores who are wait
ing but to be•at4ced."
"Well. I am not so certain as to the
truth of that last remark ; nevertheless I
hose some intentions of that kind.. By
the way; George,can't you introduce Me
to €Ollll6 of the Dallydalo ladies that I may
Sad a maiden to , my liking. You know
I am a perfect. straitger in these parts."
. 4 Good1" said George: - springing from .
his'chair and' thrusting his' thumbs in the
arm helps of his waistcoat. "Pon honor,
I should bi delighted to introduce you to
$Oll2O of my lady aoquitintances. Ahem 1
Jon* my friend, Mr. Blessington,
of—of'—where shall it - be, :Harry ? Pi
xie, or tona,:ii, )low York, or where?
By tily troth, Harry, you're 'the only tno'r
tal that I'd give a fig to exclumgesitua•
Cons with ; but yon, with your fortune,
•
your magnificent figure,,your'— I
• "there l there, George; I declare I
was in hopes you had discarded those old
ways of youri. It3s.ccieeedingly" disiigree
able, if yea knew its twbe . descanted upon
An this manner . hi Cbc's face.
r , But come,
when for these intrliductions
"This very mita, Irlarry, -- if you Oeisel .
go with you and call on some of my
Lost eVfandhar acquaintances.. By the
way, there's one young lady, Miss SoMers,
4:001111iII Of. mine, Who saw you at Church
last
_Sabbath,, and who 'wishes to make
. yonr.acquaititaticC: Aiid4-Would you be
lieveit?- -41io even fold me so slily.: ' . Yet
there's no great wonder ; for a man. of
sour inagnificent build" —
,
"Bitlllessington closed his lips by pla-
Mug - his - finger upon them, and together
- they left the office and disappeared up the
street., These two young men were old
schoolmates, and were quife familiar in
.theft Manner with each other. Blessing
tutd, been tmvelling in different lands
-for , a couple of years previous, and on his
'return . to ihetrnited States, had fallen in
with his friend, George Hart, some years
,
his junior and with all a pretty wild,
Omagh tvhole-learted follow. Both were
f:ticalthyi both of very prepossessing ap- '
pupa* and Manner; but Bleseington, if
4ither, the - more so.
.
Oa the oveOrg of the came day 41 which-,
we introduce them to you,' kind -reader,
they Belied out as they had had agreed.—::' from your unfeeling disregard ofa mother's
We cannot detail their . pleasant evening's, love ? Are you never to repay, even by
ramble; suffice it 'to'say that Blessington respect and kindneas, that anxiety and de
was convinced that Dotllydsle was possessed votion with Which she watched over your
of as charining ladies and. as kind and earlier, years ? It wounds me deeply that
hospitable souls as many Aker places' of a daughter ,of mine Should-Persia t in thus ,
greater note. The'Miss Somers, of whom treating one who Lov,is her as po other be
Hart had spoken, Blessingtott found to h e , lag on earth ever can. Go to your rooms
a lady possessed of dazzling beauty, and a Flora, and there remain until you will ask
power of conversation he had seldom seen' yeur:MothercL forgiveness." '
excelled. Accomplished,elegantandlovely; hail The door was t l O ll closed with a
it may appear fitritOgO to
yo n . - reader, w h en bang, and Blessington heard the light foot
we tell you that our her 6 was not it all. of, his heart'shehred alaleuding the emir
preposessed by her' appearance: • He saw, way.; He tarried no ; longer, but turned,
or thought her-Saw,a species of contemptu away , and retraced biz stops tehis office--
ous pride, a sort of glorying in her own Looking the door behind, him, he throw
attractions, and a scorning of all 'lesser himself. into a chair, and,.from the bitter
lights,' that, to a man of his generous die- emotions of his soli , exclaimed l
position, was any thing but pleasing • "MY God, what have I. heard , Can it:
At another place, however;he Saw a la- be that my own dear Flora, ia posseased
dy who was introduced to him as Miss El- with a. heart like this? ;, Though it :tear .
la Cole, who appeared possessed of all those the cords of my soul in shreds, .1 never wi'l ,
good qualities of the heart for which he take to my bosom ono who can thus treat,
sought. And; indeed, what beauty there her mother; Spirit of my sainted'omethar.r
was in bar features owed its ex.''''' - utal'o? my - early dreams, never will I. for
istence to the genuine artlessness, affee- sake the vow I plighted.ee'r thy corpse l" ,
lion and sincerity shadowed forth in each - Bowing his haul upon his hands, Blest
particular lineament. Hart was not sloiv dugon beca me ; lost in the Mealorias of
to observe that Blessington appeared in
the past..
_Hallowed associations arose to
olined more strongly to 'tarry yet a little' his view, and passed in solemn retrospect
at this place than - at any other during the over his mind. Ho thought of, his boy
entire evening. hood days, of the old stone mansion that
stood in, rho . leafy grove, of , the happy,
That night Bloomington had a dream, in
hours hehad,apentin those ancient halls,
which a certain pair Of mild blue eyes,
and he murmured a prayer to heaven,
light sunny ringlets, and pelile figurebore
no insignificant part. There was another
,thanking his Maker for thus revealing to
q
too, whose ruby lips seemed to curl so con: him th yawning abyss of misery into
tetoptuously toward the meek one, and
which ha had been about, to plunge head
whose piercing black eycs.seeaied to flash long. -
After this came a calmness and , capaci
upon her the fires of hatred.
ty for deliberation that ere long recalled
Some days after Blessington met Miss to his'mind the recollection of of Ella Co le.
Somers at the mansion of of Col. Auberly, _she that months since appeared ao at
and she appeared delighted to see him.— tractive to him. As it was yet early, ho
Blessington, in the noble of his heart, was sallied out, and'a few minutes walk (bind
equally pleased at mooting her ; and him at the door of the humble brick clartl
thus was the finishing_ stroke put to the ling at the foot of the Main street 'in the
work that rent from Itliss Somers her proud village, where Mr. Colo had long lived
• heart and placed it io Blessington's posses- and pursued his hnnest calling. As 'be
sion, ho all unconscious of the precious was about to ring, his nand was again ar
treasure he had. obtained, and with his own' rested by the sound of a female voice ; not
safe in the place that God had ordained )in a loud tone, but softly, lowly, like the
murmuring of distant music. It was Ella
Cole reading from the "Lady's Book," a
tale to her mother, who was listening,
Oh, ye that speak of the folly of prating
of woman's wiles, know ye that when she
determines with her whole soul to win a
man's heart, it is =twenty to ono that, in,
spite of all human obstacles, she will ao
compliA her purpose?. This was the spir
it now awakened in Miss Somers' proud
bosom. She saw, with her apt intelli
gence, the state of Illessington'a feelings
with regard to her, and she resolved that,
come what would, she would obtain from
our hero that which alone could content
her ambitions soul—his unbounded affee
tiona. Did she succeed? you shall see.
From that hour- forth a change was no
ticed in the entire deportment of FlOra
Somers, and many were the conjectures as
to what might be the cause thereof; but
all were equally distant from the truth.=
Her haughty bearing in society bad yield
ed to ono of apparent lintnility, kindness
and a desire to gratify those ;trundler.
Bleasington noticed it, and, fu from sup
posing the real truth, he 'concluded. that''
such was her natural disposition, and that
his first imprefisions were this''result - of
dome unaccountabli state, of his mind at"
the time of his intrduction to her.
However this might.be, it was observed
that his visits to Dr. Somers' were 'of ' fro.
qiicut eocurrarice, and
s soon every' gossip
of Dallydale had another match in :her,
eye.. Few doubted that Flom 'Somers
would eventually become Mrs. Blessing.
ton. And if our hero had 'ken interro•
gated upon the eubjeot, his replies, if
gave "any, would not have•been greatly at
variance with this belief.
. • •
Ifight a peep hive been taken behind
. ,
the parlor curtain of Dr, Somers', mansion,
on the occasion of some, of these cal* otie
might have seen how-- •
- • . •
"woil eyes loafed live to eyes that spike ajtsla.”
Thus matters stood. Yon who have pass
„
ed oflove, and are :now roaming in
the fair fields of Hymen,oan imagine what
were Blessington's - intentions - nil Flora
SoMerk, t expeetationsi; while' you who a
like myself, bave only read of such things;
must content yourselves with the testimo
ny of the initiated; Thus matters stood :
9ne evening 13Iessington had salliedout
for the evening rather earlier than was
his wont, and was on his way. to Dr. Som.
era', intending at once to make known his
intentions to "the most adorahlo of her
sex,” and be consigned to "everlasting
misery or the supremacy of bliss," as sbe
shoild decide.
- He reached the door and had laid his
hand on the bell-knob, when he heard a
voice sharply enunciating words which
struck a chill to hits heart's core, but whose
pronouncer's voice sounded „terribly like
that of MiseSomers. He pansed and lis
tened.
. "Well, mind your own business 1" was
the sound that greeted his ear from within,
in a voice which there was no mistaking.
"Floral" roproschfrilly ronrumred the
gentle voice of Mr. Somers. And then
followed the doctor with—
"Aly - danehter, are ion never to desist
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIIIA.YEVENING, MAY 26, 1854.
earnest attention. s .
"Ella, my dear ,gitd," called a manly
voice from an adjoining
,room, "will you
please to bring me the last number of the
"Living Ago I"' It lice on the parlor
table."
"Yee, father," said , Eila, , springing up..
"Excuse me a moment, , mother."
"Be quick, dear ; '.' was the mother's re
ply
Light footsteps were heard tripping over
the floor, and 'OOll aguin was beta the
voice of the sweet , girl reading to her moth
er. Blessington could not resist. compa
ring this scene with that of ari hour pre
vious. Being reluctant to intrude upon so
happy a scene, he again retired and soaght
his office. but With far different feblings
froin those of a short time before.
He called next evening, and was more
than ever . convinced of the good qualitimi
of,Ella,Cole's heart. 4e, remained Ella'
Cole not long ; thereafter.; She„ now , re , ,
joixes in the name, of Hlessington, and,
proves a source ; of untmasing happiness to
her worthy husband. . ; :wondered. at
this marriage—none more so than-the two;
ladies, most intimately, concerned. •'. , ,
You•. have palmed the -simpla truth,
reader, related to the, writer .by:him ; we
have called Heorge Hart. Hleasingtou is
not the only one in
.the human family who
regards :a .mother in the light ; nearest ap
proaehing that of an angel of any. other
mortal, nor the, only . one thit knows that
in the degree which a girls a good dough
ter, in the same degree will she be a good
Uere is another, of, Tennyson's exqui
site little lyrics. At' is worthy
,of .hie
pen, and only Tennyson could have writ
ten it ' - • ' • z
ttit detail, sad soul, and eon& •
• The momenta flying , ; ,
Come—tey thessweeilititOtint
That's lost by sighing.
How Many , slides 1--a seem 1
Then !SOO aid count ho mere, -
For d ay' is dying:! -
Lie doten, sad soul, and elev..
And no more measure
The flight of Tillie, nor weep
Thelma of leisure ;
But hem J OY this lone stream,
Lte down milk us, and dream' •
Of Many treasure !.
We dream—do thin' the same;
• We love. forever ;
We laugh, yet few we shame-,
The gentle, never ' •
Stay, then, till sorrow.dies-- •
Then hope . and happy skies
Are thine forever !
Southey.ssys, in one of his lans is— .
have told you of the Spear - id who
always put on his spectacles when hevas
about to eat cherries, that they alight look
bigger and more tempting.. In like man
ner I make the most of my
. enjoyineitis ;
and though I do not cast my cures away,
I pack them in us little compass as I can,
and carry them as convenienly as I can
for myself, and never let theca annoy oth
ers."
Philosophical happiness is to *apt lit
tle and enjoy much ; vulgai happiness is
to want Ouch and enjoy little. • •-
Misty. be respectful to the igedl
ifFEARLESS AND FREE."
[Prom the wart. , of Louirr Blanc
RORESPVEIRRE. .
Frequently, whewstanding in his olive
colored coat, with fixed eye, contiacted
brovi, and shrill seine, accompanied hyr,
hard gestures, Robeepeirre was pleading,
at tho tribune for the people's cause, Mi. I
rabean, in the midi*: of whisperings and
mockeries, had beenSteit to contemplate]
in, pensive euriosity, , ,that man—pale-vis-1
Caged and strangely smiling, whose phys
iognOwy breathed ferth, as it were, a
.
dreamy gentleness. in'. whom all thimrs
spoke of a passion for order, and whoap-.
peered full of respect for himself—so l
careful was he of ,his,• attire, so grave in
his altitude, - so studied, in his speech.—
Who might this near &air he, on Wham
Altus lingered the presentimouts of genius,
and what part was, he ',play in the rev°.
lution r He was te demand justice tor,
all tnen—for ail s without exception ; ' he
weito be the preacher' uf right. ' With i
him there was to be no compromise ; for
is not truth one I , Itet:no party; ctaiin
hint I,he is of the ito of ids, own 8' on
. victiops : that,sultri # e r At his first step
• in the career 'where 'he was to leave the.
Irate ofhis blood shil;a,' mime 'tie ilursed i
he earned the eurntipstrOf The Incorrupti
ble. As a simple aidiocate, 'holiest peo
ide quoted his integrity z ; as a legislator,
the wicked feared hint Always ready ,
1
to defend the - people," he' knew not how
p td ri fi d a e tt a e n r d th io tt a m n ; w h e e h li vi i r d' tu a e l . onc l e n to o ;
fli nt:l d a:i t
•
lor a.society . in, thunder, he• worshipped.
regulation. Anarchy be abhorred. Pop.
clarity, to be' earno. by cynical habits
jiiiit: language, 'he' disidsed. He never
concealed his disdain lor"extmvagancies
in.theory'ef action. c,Yet Freron adtnired
him. Hebert respected him, and he forced
Marta to praise him, His life was lab°.
rfoint and austere : 'his Manner did, honor
to his principles. Others, among known
tribunes, might• display' a auspicious opu
hence, sup by the light :of golden chande
liers, and intoxicate themselves with wipe
and luxury. ' He occupied in the Rue
Elaintonge, a 'Wretched apartment, 'shared
and half paid •tor by a foompanion of his
youth.. He •spent sUircely thirty sous
for hie lineal. wept. ; onifoot where - duty
called him, and out ohne salary as deputy.
piously diminished by 'an 'annuity, paid to
his sititer,'could net alkvayi set aside suf
ficient to buy him a cent, ,
I3ut if there are itnperfeetions which an
imperfect nature,willingly covers with its
sympathy, there are weaknasses which
we adore, and these' Robespierre had not. ,
SoMething impenetrable enveloped hie
mind, Hic virtue,•like a sickly star, shone
without beaming. F o 'veu on the , lips
which commonly open only to exalt him,
it seemed as if his . preepnce checked light
prailes and fanai a lle4Milett. When be
spoke wile - my, he awakened fear. Yet;
at Arras, where he was born, his child
hood, we are assured, had given evidence
of frankness and of, charming tastes,—
Although already inclined to serious meth:
Cations, laughter, even to learn, crone easi
ly m him : an aviary in those times formed
his republic. Early an orphan, he tender
ly:loved his brothers, and idolized his sis
ters; next to thent came his dear bird's.--
Later, when' he left the College of Louis
le Grand. the doors 'of which had been
opened for him by the affection ol- The
Abbe;de Waast, and where he had Camille
Desinoulins for fellow-pupil, his thoughts
began to turn toivards love, and took forth
in'gallant tomes. ,He entered the society
of the .Rosatis, celebrated the light songster
of Vert-Vert, in atone worthy of his hero,
and earned the academical crowns of his
province. What , shall we add t. The
oath whibh M!,:le Deshortis'swore:tohlin,
that she would never be another's but Only
hie that oath °C
leve broken in silence
Phieged him iete'prodigioes and unaffected
grief. ' ' ' ' ' '
ltudhin Theology,
The precise idea which the_Western
Indians entertain of a future existence '
ills ' As soon' as the Indian 'threvr off
the flesh, he would find himself standing
on the bank of the riser, the'eurrent run
.
rung with great rapidity. 'Across this
river was a slender pole stripped of its
bark,' and "Ong close down to.the water.
The Indian "Who had lived a good life,
themeees a bright object on the otherside
that . was "Right." lie would then, deal
roue of embracing the object he loved so
well in the world, walk across the pole,
unmindful of the, raging torrent beneath
his beet, arriving in safety on the, ogposite
shore_; anti Right would then lead him
amongst mountains covered with gold and ,
silver, into noble hunting grounds, where
he'would hunt for eternity. But, on the
other hand, the man who followed
"Wrong" all his life, when attempting to
cross the pole, after death.' would fall into
the foaming stream, and be swept down
ihto, 4: whirlpool
,surrounded by rocks ;
there be would be carried round for many
ceinuries, until, at last, he would be grad
tia Ily suckedin towards the centre of the
vortex, and finally engulphed in an int
theme bottomless hole. What became
of the unfortunate sinner, the Indians
could not surmise, further titan ho lived
1,941.1vert.
Monition of a Goottomoo.
,The latecand lamented Judge Ta lfourd,
in the case of Wag vs. Kelson, tried at the
Bristol (England) Assizes, shortly before
his sudden death, thus defined the charms:
ter of a gentleman :
!The evidence proved that , the defen
dant, while in the theatre, bad said to
the . plaintiff, 'Do not speak to me ;,- 1 am
a g”ittlenian and you 'are a tradeeman..--
Ceutleman, said the learned Sudge,, is a
term which Idea not apply to any station,
but to the intuit and feelings in every sta
tion. The man of rank who deports him
self with—dignity and candor, and the
tradesman who discharges the duties of
life with" honor and integrity, aro alike en
titled to it ; nay, the humblest artisan,
who fulfills the obligations cast upon him
with virtue and With 'honor, is more enti
tled to the 'bailie Of gentleman than the
man Who could: indulge in ofrettaitie uid
end ri4aid: reu arks, hoiever, big his.ets-
.I'lhe Fighting rroacher.
.The Western itinerarts (who were the
Minima of the Atuerican,.ministry .
)of their day) were tomatly, brawny, athlet
ic-men, physically, if tuitmentally s , cdu
catedalmost" to perfection: They had ori.
casino sometitnes to preach to their rude
hearers with their stout lists, as well,as
their stentorian lungs. "At a eampirteet
jog," says Mr. Finley, row Was raised,
on Saturday, by about twenty lewd fellows"
of the baser' sort, who came upon the
ground intoxicated, and bad vowed they
would break up the meeting. One of the
i
preachers went to the leader for the pnr
'
pose o!'getting him to leave ; but this only ,
enraged him, arid he struck the preacher
a piplent blow on the face and knocked
him down. Here the conflict began.--
Nhe meimbers.saw that? they must either
defend themselves or. allow the ruffians
to heal them, and insult their wive and
'daughters. It did not hike thetti king to
'decide: They' very soon plaeed' them
velvet in attitude .of • defence. Brother
,Birkainmer,, an :exceedingly stout man,
seized their bully leader who had struck
the preacher, and, with one thrust of his
"brawny arm, crushed littn down between
two benches. - The' aid-de-eamp'ol
bully reit to his relief, but it was to Meet
the, *same ; for no, sootier did he come
within reach of the Methodist, than with
crushing force he felt filmset' ground on
the back of his comrade' in dietress.--
Herd they were held in duiaizie 'vile, till
the eherifr nod, (Hs posse„pante and took
possesniou, end binding diem with ten eth
ere; they were carried before; it justice.
wild"tined' their) heavily for 'the iniede.;
meatiOr. As soon as quiet wee rentored,
IlFshotrAslibury occupied, the pulptt.—
Alter singing.,,and :prayer, tie rose Rut'
said tie would give the rowdies smite ad
vice
"You" , mtist remember that:ill our broth=
err in .the< church are not yet sanctified,
and, I advise you'io let. them .alone.; for, if
you get them angry. and.the devtl,4ltould
get in ifiem, they are die strongest men
to fight and conquer in the' ' Tad
vise you, if you do , not iike them, to go
home:and let them alone.",
`ln epeaking of one his "brother itinerants
—one to whom it Watrowine.qhat
°thorn. is now the prevailing,mligloqjikllli
nois," he 'Jaya :
At 'the dampmeeting held" at Altonin .
the`' autumn of .1833, 'the worshippers
were annoyed by .8 set of desperadoes
train Si. Louis, under the command of
Alike Fink. a, noturioutt,bully,•the tri- .
amphant bully of countless fights, , ip none
Of which he had ever Mot an equal;ooev'en'
second. Nhe coarse „drunken luffletle
carried it with a high hand—outraged, the
men and blanked the womuii, an as . to
theenten,the diseolution ol all' pious titter.
titles ; and Yet suelt was the terror the
name of. their' leader—Fiuk---inepired,
that no one individual cnuldbe found brave
enonati to hien his prowsiot,, At last, one ,
dart' w Air. aset;usled the pulpit tO
hold thrth, the tlesperados oit ' the out
skirts of the euetimpmetit. raised. a , yell
so deafening as to drown utterly eVerym.
other sound, My, M--'s dark eyesi
shut. lightning. 'lledeposin3l-4titt,..fli
ble, dreW off his dual, rennaked . ,a
loud:
. for a few !ninnies. my brethren,
while I go and make the devil ,
He then proceeded, With a smile on hie.
lip, to the focus of he tumult; and addieks
ed tlie chief bully thue: '
4 4 51 r. Fink, I haie 'crita to make you
The desperado rolled, beck, the tangled
feetpime of his bloodgrela T laikli , abed hie
huge broWe witb4coinicai expr sloe, and
replied :
I , lly golly ! I'd like to see you do it, old
snorter." •
. ,
•
',will these
gendemen, yOur courteous friends, agree
not to show foul play 1"
4 .,th course they will they're rale grit,
and won't do ,notliiii,but the clear . thing,
isia. they won't," rejoined Fink' indig..
"Are you rritdy 1" asked
oßeady as a race horse with a light rt.
der," squaring his ponderous person for
the camidgeombat. • •
But the 'bully spoke too soon ; for
scarcely had the words left hislips, when
M--- made a prodigious bound toward
his antagonist and accompanied it with a
quick, shooting punch of his herculean)
fist, which fell crashing the other's•chiu,
and hurried him to the' earth like lead.
Then even his intoxicated comrades,
tilled with involuntary admiration at the
feat, gave a cheer. But Fink was up in a
moment, and rushed upon his enemy, ex-
claiming
"That wasn't fair.sci it wasn't.
. .
He aimed a ferocious stroke, which
M— parried with,his lelt ;hand, anti,
grasping his throat with the right, crushed
him down as if he had-been an infant.—
Fink struggled, squirmed and 'writhed - in
the dust, but all to no purpose ; for the
strong muscular fingers held his windpipe
as in the jaws of an iron vice. When he
began to turn purple in the face and ceased
to resist, M —slackened his, hold, and
inquired : • • -
+.Will you pray, now r
"I doesn't know a word how," gasped
Fink.
"Repeat after me," commanded M—,
"Well, it I must, I must," answeret/Finki
because you're the devil hinmelf. l ! •
The preacher then said over :the f.ortre
prayer, line by line ; a,nd .t4e conquered
bully responded in the same way, When the
victor f•ermitted him to rise._ At' the' Con,
summation, the rowdies roared three bois
terous cheers. Fink ehook 111—'0 hand,
declaring
"By golly, you're some beans in a bar
fight; I'd rather set-to with an old he bar in
dog days. • can.. pawl Able 'ere eiowd
.1 nose etnast ers,,with. your, pictur."
`Afterwards, Fin Ks. party. behaved , with
the utmo.it ,
:And . 14----.lesumed
his . seat iu the
. r. . •
A dungy. epppardd id lows, with legs so
attenuated: that the 80[19611es bad him sr
restettbeimise be had'ino ti4eaus of
support:" •
A superb Bouguk..
Dirk Tinto; We Sprightly Paris'earrei
pondent of the New-York . , limn„ gives
this account of a bouquet lately presented
to the Emprees: •• • ".'
• •
"It was composed of - ten thnitiand vio
lets, arranged in the feint a donie; bur-
rounded by •three hundred camellias the
'violets were varied by 'Streak's "of orange
flowers, steeling front the iiitit'and'etitn
jog down
,to the circumference. The, di
ameter of the bouquet was inM feet and a .
half, and' the artificial stem epon'whic hit
was built, a yard high. The"stock was
enwrapped in blue Silk, • and boablifully
ornamented with 'the initials et , their
.M
bjesiici in gold. "This huge nosegay.
WAS two days on the way from Totilouse
lucre, packed in an 'octagonal '
smelling delightfully, all •alobe 'by itself,
and wasting its sweetness . in a . railroad'
van. It was atTlittlogae, and
twenty thousanu visiters went ni see
It moused the Empre.as•fo'litit five
min
•utes, when she•Nits - ealledia t 'slime - other
equally arduous' duty.'''. • •
, .
HEAV6.l4.—Whit . ticir, speaking of neaven,
1 saYs,:77 , t'',,'
tiWe 'naturall enough h transfer to ou r .
idea of heaVem whatever, we like and rev.
!erotica on earth.; , Thither the (btliolie
carries on. in :his Macy, the imposing
, riles and time inmored,eulemnities ol his
I Worship .. . There the 1U 1) °dist sees his,
ilthre.featt,ts mid eamP-nteptings; in .the
I,grovss and
.by the ,ptill waters, and green
pastures of, the Blessed- Ahoiies. The
I Quaker in the • stillness• of his self-corn.
1 munion Tementhers that More
. was "silence
lin heaVen.'!, ,Tho
, • Chureliman, listening
tothe submit of vocal auntie, or the
~. - of. the organ Aliiiilts .of the
. 110 4 Uf j Pe. gldaro t and the golden
,harpe
of the Diew-Jerusaltim.
The Hea!eit in the northern, nations Of
' . :Europe, wars gross and sensual reflection
~of themarihly life
,of a bartf:arous.und bru
-1 m1'01909.
Toe ludians of North America bad a
vague, untion of u,Suriset land—a beauti
ful Paradise far: in 'the West--inountains
and foFests filled With, deer and buffalo—
'lakes' and aireitins swarming with fiblies—,
the happy Writing grounds of Souls:
venerable and wortlik New England.
,
Clergy:nen on his death-bed, just before
,the close
_Of lkis life, declared he was only
•consOlous of an awfully solemn and intense
curiosity to know the great secret of Death
and Eternity.
Yet we should not forget that "the
Kingdinn of .1 - leaven is within_:" that it
is the state of the affections of the . soul;
i the sense ni a good' ousrienee ; the sense
of harniony with (fed ; u 'condition of
Time and Eternity. - • ,
How,To EIIIJOY A Kise.--Bome chap
who thinly;
,Ite,itttows a thing or, two, thus
discourses „about. the delicate subject of
. .
ktatrutg,: 7 - ••• , .
6'ol course you , must be taller than the
httly.you,,itttend to kiss: liar right
hand in youes and draW hei gently 'to
wirtli you.
.Pass your left arm over. her
right shiMider, diagonally, down across bee
beCk'under her lefi sup, and, press her to
your, bosom.,. Ai the same time she will
throw her heittl back and you have oath- .
u%: to . do but, to'lean , a tittle forward and
presii,your lips to hers, and the thing is
dtine. Don't make a noise over it, as if
you werenring percussion elps, orirt ing
the .Water guages of a steam engine, nor
mince down upon it like
,a hungry hawk
upon an innocent dove; but gently 101 l the
damsel in your arms, without deranging
the economy of her tippet or ruffle% and
by,a pressure on the
.mouth revel in the
sweet blissfulness of your situation with
out emscking,your lips uu,it as,you would I
over ti roast duck."
•
was on them o rningi of the. 'Twen,
Buttok.„Vista,"', writes ! a.
Icentuclwtriena,, who.cannot write .too.
often, "that our .regtinent.was.lying upon
a little hill that ; the. men 'subsequently .
christened .'9leunt Dodge, waiting for
the ball to open., Santa. Anna's ; morning
cmepliments soon tame in the. form of a
tiiirteen-incli , shell, :which passed a row
yards over onr, heads and buried, itself in
the earth behind us. 'llowly Mother !'
excliiiMed old Mike 'if the . born
divil isn't shootia' his•dianer pots at us r
On the , twenty-fifth, alter the battle was,
over, and Salim Atine,was still lingering
at Aguti Nueva, twelve miles distant, with
his shattered .•forces, divers were the ru
mors of another battle, and many were
the discussions of its probability among
the men. I happened to overhear one, of
these debates. ; . which, this same . Mike
8. had,.as lawyers say. 'the conclu
sion.',. Some hall-dozen. of thernen had
expressed their 'views' and Wishes ; some
were,very; anxious for another tight; nth- .
ers. and they, ten,, the men who bad be
lieved .beet .under fire, expreseed. them:l
selves perfectly:satisfied wtch such glimp
ses of the 'elephant' as they had been
üble to ,obtain ; on the twenty-second and . l
twenty:third. , At last Mike .spoke
"Well sure, boys,'' said he. '"I'll tell you
my, smiimints,about the
,ould wooden
legged divil ; if I had but a quart of whist .
key in-the wurruld, and uo money to buy
more, and no more. in> the emaittbry .to
sell, sure I'd give hag' stay
away 1" • .
ititthfr 014tutt,e.
Travelling alone in a
. huggy,.l overtook
an elderly,: hones! •look tog Get matt,a
ber, - Ws he.atierwards told toe, of the Luth
eran I:l.ttieh. 1 invited him :to .take a
seat with me, and after a little hesitation
he did so. On tuy - Josking where he watt
Irony he said he was just .troth Arkansas,
that it was n. sickly. yummy t he; had taken
a great: neat of calomel and quinitte,:and
hadiaidered a great deal' Thinking it ,a
,
favorable to . tin ritualite I
wWibim these: things must be. expequrd
- more or lett Yloll4,'' ;i ßut.said .It
there lea hind where the inhabitants never
s l o';'"Vsta :sick." After thiukipg*liitle.
be looked up endlulid,.. •
•. -Nt ink del untold be Wishoonsia."!,;,
TWO DOLLARS pm Aronl,Np
Vfew of NlogOra:
, . .
'The:Ohio State Journal kotery
f
,
tin Irishman of the better els,* who thoagits
he must eonOrro to the fathionalle amnia
in paying a visit to the fella of •Niagare. ,
Paddy arrived at the falls; and taktficit'
look at the surrounding wonders - .4dieiii4;
himsen to a gentlewan :
•And is this Niagara Falk r
"Yea," was the reply:. • . ;
"And what's there here to niaktfinwit•a •
bother about ?" • • )
“Why.” said the gendeman.-eilo iota
not see the mighty- river.t, the , desep
abyss. the great sheet of water pouting
down?". rt
Pal looking at the water. replies finite.
tingly. "and what's to hinder itl".
iinorance to itAnssisuut.
According to, the report oldie Superin;
tendent of Public Education, the diree..4rs
of schools in POLUC districts , donot .know,
how to read , or. write. In
,signing the ,
warrants of teachers in some ofc the.dis.,
trims,. there were two thirds of the three-.
tors who signed with a mark. theft,
things are a reproach to the State. -
,
A NOVELTV.—Among the new ' ldaas
Just brought out at Paris is
ieg, petticoat. It is filled with air:and
bumming immensely . fashionable: Ac
cording to the inventor, one of these pelt'.
coati. will stand out and oc. upy the rgont
of halt a dozen got up on the old fashion.'
ed It is true, that when a lady
desires to get into a earriage'the hoop will '
be likely to'stiek to the door. To ohvi.
ale this, she must, at the moment orent
barking, turn a little. screw hidden in '•
some fold of her dress, and let ()oldie Sir.
The s wol len folds soon colapse, and shrink'' .
into an extremely small compass;
Moore, in his Diary, mentions an . an
ecdote told by:Croker.-as' one of the hap
piest things he ever heard. Fenelon,•wha
had often teased , Richelieu (and affection-.
ately it seems) for subscriptionelo chat'.
itahle undertakings. tras one day telling-1 4
him that he had just seen his picture,' t
"And did you ask st for a subscription 1"
said Richelieu, sneeringly. ”Nni:tasirs ,
there was no chance," replied the other ;
"it was so much like you."
.
SOMETIIISO Worrit Ksowtro.—lt is 4
'fact perhaps not generally tativen to farin- .
era, and which at this season, it is impor-.
taut, that there are two parts in the potattr, , ,;
which if separated and planted at the
. _
same time, one will produce potatoes ht,.,
lor the table eight or ten days sooner. than.
the other. The small end.of the potato
which is generally full of eyes, is,. Ils.•
part. which product:is the evilest, the .
middle or the' body the late, and
large ones. This we learn frost .au ex
change.
HIWTH OP a Hor.---The Dublin - ?'
(Ireland) Freeman Rimer. that Osten' Duf.
re. of Monaghan coonty. is 122yeirs
When 116 he lost his second 'wife, 'anif
sObsequently married
.a third,hy Whom'he
hails sun and daughter. His gooiest ion'
is Iwo years old, his eldest ninety. He
still retains in'intich vigor his mental intl.'
corip,real faculties. and frequently walks
to the county town, a distance of eight
miles. „.
Hiatt 11xxxs.—The Home Jounusl—‘.
10 a 'certain extent a text book -of fashion
and healthregards the high heel which;
ladies are beginning to wear in New. Yorke :
as, one round, at least, in the. ladder:of
health.. It also suggests the insertion. of
an India rubber sole--no matter how ibtw'
—between the out and inner soul.
A G ICI/LOOM! NONPLIMIKID.—An old
bachelor geologist was boasting that every::
rock was familiar to him as the alphabet.
A lady, who was present, declared that,
she knew of ar rock of which he was
wholly ignorant. “Asme it, maihirn
cried i:„"celetis. in a rage. oh is rock the
cradle,, air," replied the lady. Cceleba :
evaporated.
Att Ittatistous RIDDLE. -4t was done
when it Was begun * it was done when
was, half done. and yet it wasn't. dune
when it was finished. 'Now what ass,
it t Of course'you can'tguess. Will MIS'
do:
Timothy Johnson courted Susannah'
Dunn. Wilt% Dunn when it was begun.
it was Dunn when it was half done, sod
wasn't Dunn when it was done—for 'it,.
was Johnson.
THE RIGHT OF MISISTEILi..--The Rev.
Dr. Mason, of New York, passing Up
Broadway, mopped to read a. thew/Mal
placard, which attracted his attention
Cooper, the tragedian, coming alung.gaid
to him :
':Good morning. sir, do ministers of the
gospel read Serb things 1"
''Why not; sir ?' said the Doctor,
"ministers of the nespel hiiva a right 'to
knew - what the devil is about as welVtis
other folks." ' '
Nobody likes to be nobody. but every.
body is pleased to think himself ennoble:
dy ; though the worst of the niattot: i.
when anybody thinks himself lobe some.
body, he is too much inclined to think ow.
erybody else to be nobody. , •
Herne ! there is music in the word !--r
It falls on the weary heart .like a &fruit
front the Eden-land, and as ,00ir hearts
feel a Utrill of its voieeles melody.* in;
.
ture'p ti,ky before us scents lit,by an eget
•nliJr• . . - .
Thetwankie Sentinel rometits the;
three rent pieces be called 44i:rips: e l*
shorinr*s. •
During the month of A 01.34,876 to.
igrants arrive& its Nego:Yge.l4,-,
Why is a kiss lik - iiiimmor l . 40$1 1 ,
it goes from mouth le tueMith.- • - '
Lill o'dressa, asitilosit a&iv**.
Thi lair of figure fa
Ocid.
IMMUZM