BY D. A. & 0. H. BUEHLER
VOLUME.XXVLI
Wishing.
BY JOHN SAXE
Of all amusements for the mind
From logic down to fishing,
• There isn't one that you can find
• So vety cheap as "wishing P'
A very chimp . diversion, too,
If we but rightly use it,
And not, as wo are apt to do,
Pervert it did abuse it.
I wish—a common wish, indeed,
My purse was 'something fatter,
That I might cheer the child ofnecd,
And not my pride to flatter;
That I might make oppression reel;
As only gold can make it,
And break.tho tyrant's rod of steel,
As only.gold can break it !
I wish that Sympathy and Love,
And every human passion
That has its origin above,
Would come, and keep in fashion;
That Scorn, and Jealousy, and Hate,
And every base emotion,
Weee buried fifty fathotits deep
* Beneath the waves of Ocean I
I wish that friends were always true,
And motives always pure;
I wish the good were not so few,
I nish the bad were fewer;
I wish that Persons no'er forgot
ro heel) their pious teaching,
I wish that practicing was not
So different from preaching I
I *Wish that modest worth might be
4praised with truth and candor,
I wise that innocence were free
From treachery and slander ;
I wish that men their vows would mind,
That women no'er ivere rovers ;
I wish that wives wore always kind,
And lusbands always lovers I
I wish, itt.fine, that joy and mirth,
Awl every good ideal,
May come, erewhile, throughout the earth,
To ho the glorious real ;
Till God shall every creature bless
With his Inpremest blessing.
And hope be lost in happiness,
And wishing be possessing.
Honor thy,Fallter and Mother.
BY ELLEN 0. HOBBS.
"Honor thy father and mother," is the
first commandment with promise—prom
ise as beautiful in its °amplification as
4 lorious in its conception. A mother's
lips fleet • breathed into our ears those
words , of Holy Writ, and explained their
• general import t" and from the time when
the story. _of gray haired Elijah and his
youthful mockers first excited my young
imagination, up to' mature womanhood,
the respect then inspired for the white
hairs of age hat, grown with my growth,
and strengthened with my strength. Wo
sigh us we think of the days when the
• young were woat to bow before the hoary
heid,'and, by gentle utiealleturervassion- -
ties, strew roses in the old man's tottering
path. But those kindly. meows of our
, puritan ancestors have passed away. The
word grows selfish as it grows old, and
age-dieting eyes must turn homeward for
stays to their trembling hands and totter
ing limbs. Hero should they find the
fulfilment of the first commandment with
promise.
No true, womanly soul ever withdrew 1
her gentle hands from her poor old father
or mother ; no manly heart over forgot
the home loves of his wayward childhood,
or ceased to hear the echoes of a fond
. mother's prayers. Often the cares of this
world. and the deceitfulness of riches,
may choke up the inborn affections of
narrow souls ; but few and far between
is the fondly loved child, who can be so
untrue to himself or his maker, as wholly
to forget the mother who bore him. Yet,
oven with the holiest dictates of our rea
sons and souls, as with the wider applica.
Con of the commandment, has fashion in-1
..ainuated influence; and the sun, per-
:charm, who loft his fond parent's humble
home reluctantly and tearfully, to make
his way in the world, forgets, when for
tune favors,
to welcome his rustic mother
to his own luxury, with which he left her
in his childhood home. Her dim old eyes,
perchance, do not catch readily the mean
angless courtesies of life; nevertheless, they
look none the less lovingly upon her child
than when they watched over his helpless
infancy. Her withered hands may bo
largo and bony, and may never have
known a jewel ; but none the less gently
did they smooth the weary pillow, or bathe
the heated brow, in the dependent days
of boyhood. Ah ! she's ?,:the same fond
mother still ; her ago and work-bout form,
old in rustic garb, conceals a heart full
of never-dying love, and ready for now sac
rifioes. And, thanks to the Groat Being
who gave us the commandment (with prom.
ise, now and then there stands up a noble
man, true to his inborn nature, who,
throwing off the trammels of fashion, how
ever wide the gulf which separates him, in
the world's eye, from the humble poverty
.. , of his boyhood—who is not ashamed to
love, before his follows,. the humble moth
er who gave him 'birth,
4 4 My mother—permit . me to present
' her to you," said an elegantly dressed, no.
Ile-looking 'young man to a friend for
~.„.,Whom he had crossed a crowded drawing
root% with Marigold parent leaning on his
arm. There was a dead: silence for full
live minutes. The 'moral beauty of the
,picture, pervaded every soul, and melted
away the frost work from world•worn
hearts. 'Twas the old foreground of a
fashitmable resort, whither hosts had
come, with all their selfish 'passions, to
i
seek n vain for health and pleasure.—
But hero wan s variation—a bit of truth
to' i naturo in the motloy mingling, of
From a little farm•honse, , pent in by
forests, 'way up in the Granite State,' that
young man had gone forth with brave
heart and stalwart arm; • strong, liko his
- "native hills, he had already made a name
Polished circles opened for
him,'and gentle tips bade him welcome.--
- Yet-none - the less carefully did his manly
arm Support his homely, tottering mother ;
--tiontrthe -less softly and tenderly-did -he -,
her—queer though sho looked--"my
mother," amongst the proud beauties, who
bad stmna for his favor. Her dress was
art4quated, fot the good gilts of her eon
---luukbotufemilimutilatod by rustle hands;
yet only ono heartless girl tittered, 'dos.
pito the broad-frilled cap. and well-kept
shawl. Her voice was rough, and often
her expression coarse and inelegant. Used
to the social mug at home, she asked for her
neighbor's goblet at table, and was guilty of
many like vulgarities. She was not in
interesting woman, save in her vigoroua
age, and her beautiful love of her son.—
Yet for a week, the son watched over that
mother, and gained for her kindness and
deference, in the very face of fashion,
walked with her, drove with her, helped
her, like an infant, up a difficult moun
tain aide of twenty miles, humored her ev
ery caprice, and each day found some new
friend, whose heart ho might thrill by
thou gentle words, "my mother." To
him she was the gentle mother who rooked
him to sleep in childhood, an.' true to the
great commandment she had taught him,
ho was making the path smooth for <her
dependent years. •
One there was, in the gay throng,
whose eyes flashed haughtily, as they
rested on tho homely toil-worn *roman ;
but she was a noble soul, and truth and
right gained an instant victory over life
long projudieos. Quietly and elegantly
she crossed the room, laid her snowy little
hand, with such a gentle, thrilling touch,
on the arm of her lover, and whispered a
word in his ear. Will she ever forgot tho
look of love-triumph iu his eyes, or the
molting gentleness of his tones, as ho pro
stinted his beautiful high-bre d betrothed
to his old gray haired, doting mother ?
'Twos a holy sight--that of polished, glow
ing beauty, grasping the - hand of wrinkled,
homely ego I When the summer guests
had gone, many a' ono remembered and
watched that young man, whose filial de
votion had in it a moral sublimity. And
surely to him the commandment proved
with promise.
Living by one's Wit.
Nine persons from Basle down
the Rhine. A Yew, who wished to go to
Sehalampi, was allowed to come on board
and journey with them, on condition that
he would conduct himself with propriety,
and give the captain eighteen kroutzors
for his pasting°.
Now, it is - true, something jingled in
the Jetv!s pocket when ho struekl'is hand
against it; bat 'the only money therein
was a twelve kreutzer piece, for the other
was a brass button. Notwithstanding
this he accepted the offer with gratitude ,
for, thought ho, "something may he earn
ed oven upon the water. There is many
a man who has giown rich upon the
Rhino." • -
During the first part of the voyage the
passengers were verv.etAili,nth—
b,„; ' b re iiiTCLllila wallet under his arm
—for he did not lay it uside=was the sub..
joot of much mirth and mockery : as alas!
ib often the case with those of his nation.
But tho vessel sailed onward, and passed
Thurrington and Saint Volt, the passen
gers one after another grew 'silent, ga
zing down the river, until ono spoke
out:
"Come Jew, do you know any Pastime
that will amuse us ? Your fathers must
have contrived many a ore during their
long stay in the wilderness."
"Now is the time.," thought the Jew.
"to shear my sheep." And he proposed
that they should sit round in a circle and
propound curious questions to each other,
and ho, With their permission, would sit
down with them. Those who could not
answer the queitiOns should Pay the ono
who propounded theta a twelve kreutzer
pieoe, and those who answered them perti
nently should receive a twelve kreutzer
piece.
The proposal pleased the company, and
hoping to' divert themselves with the
Jew's wit or stupidity, each one asked at
random whatever entered his head.
Thus,,for example, tho first ono asked :
"How many soft boiled eggs could
the giant Goliah eat on an empty stom
ach 1"
All said that it was impossible to an
swer that question,aud each paid over their
twelve kreutzers.
But the Jow said, "One ; for he who
has eaten one egg cannot eat a second on
an empty stomach," and the other paid
him the twelve kroutzers.
The second thought, wait Jow, and I
will try you on the. Now Testament, and
think I shall win my pio'ce : "Why did
the Apostle Paul write the second epistle
to the Corinthians 7"
Tho Jew said, %because he was not in
Corinth, otherwise l o would have spoken.,
to them." So he won another twelve.)
kreutzer piece.
When tho third found the Jew so well
versed in the Bible, ho ' tried him in a dif
ferent way. "Who prolongs his' work to
the greatest length possible, yet completes
it ,in time."
"The ropemaker, if he is'' industrious,"
said the Jew.
In the,. Meanwhile they drew near to a
village, and one said to the other,: ' , that is
Brandaeh." The , fourth asked, ' , in what
month do the people of Brimloch eat the
least ?" •
The Jew said, «in February, for that
has only twenty-eight . days."
The fifth laid, ' , there are two natural
brothers, and' still only ono of them is my
uncle." , ,
The Jew said, "the unolo is your fath
er's brother."
A fish now jumped oat of the water,
and the sixth asked, "what fish have their
eyes nearest together ?" ,
Tho Jew said, "the smallest."
The seventh asked, "how can a maw
ride from Basle to Borne in the sum
mer time, in, the shade, when tho sun
shines ?" •
The Jew said, "when ho coolies io a
plaeo where there is no shade, the most
dismount and walk." - ,
. The eighth - nakody-liwhen-a mart..ridea
in winter time from Borne to Blisle, and
hae—forgotton--hiir - gloves,' how - muat' — he
manage se. that Ina hangs shall not
freeze ?",
Tho Jew said. ' , he must make fiats of
atom."
Tho ninth wes the last, This one oak
fghow CIO five perms divide five eggs
GETT,YRBURG, CA., FRIDAY E
so that oaoh man shall receive ono, atod
still one romain in tho dish I"
The Joi'said, "the last one can take
the dish with the Ogg, and can let it lie
there as long as be pleases."
But now it came to his . tunt„and he, de.
termined to make a good sweep. After
many preliminy compliments. ho asked
with an air of mischievous friendliness--
"How can a man fry two trout in three
pane so that a trout may lie in eaoh
pan ?"
No ono could answer this, and ono
after another gave him twelve kreut
acre."
But when the ninth desired that ho
should SUPWOr it himself, ho frankly ac
knowledged that ho know not how the
trout could bo fried in such a way I
Then it was maintained that this was
unfair in the Jew, but ho stoutly affirmed
that there was no provision for it in the
argument, save that ho who could not an
ewer the questions should pay the kraut
sore, and fulfill tho agreement by paying
that sum to the ninth of his comrades,
who had asked him to solve it himself.—
But they all being rich merchants and
grateful for the amusement, which had
pulsed all hour or two very pletuututly for
them, laughed heartily over their loss and
at tho Jew's cunning.
Tug NISWFOUNDLAND Dods WEN.
OIaaNOS:—.BV OLD ORA.Y.-•.-I. was always
fond of Jogs. Goldsmith in his beautiful
style, makes a touching and eloquent plea
for the dig, where in alluding to a sort of
mania for dog killing, which prevailed
at the time of which be speaks, in conse
quence of an unreasonable apprehension
of the spread of hydrophobia, he says a
mong other fine things that the dog is ihe
only animal which will leave his own
kinUoluniarily to folloW than.
It is true, that the truth shouftiliiiid - man
to be the dog's protector and friend.
= The American brig Cecilia, Captain
Spumes, on one of her voyages, had on
board a splendid specimen of the New
foundland breed, named Napoleon, and
hit magnificent size and proportion, his
intelligent, head, broad white chest, white
feet and white tipped tail, the rest of his
glossrbody, being black, made him beau
tiful as.his peerless namesake, who, no
.doubt would have been proud to ,possess
him.
He was owned by, a seaman named
Lancaster, who Was naturally enough ex
tremely fond of him.
Captain Symmes, however, was not
partial to animals deny kind, and had an
unaccountable repugnance to dogs, so
much so indeed, as if all his ancestors had
.."7 - I!Vorm.
bitten like his unfortunate predecessors. i
This dislike he one day developed in a,
most shocking - Manner, for as Napoleon
had several times entered his room and by
wagging his great banner of a tail, knock
ed paper and ink off his desk, on the next
occasion the captain siezed a knife, and
cut half the poor animal's tail off.
The dog's yell brought his master to the
spot, and seeing the calamity and the au
thor of it, without a moment's hesitation
he felled Captain. Symmes to the cabin
floor with a sledge hammer blow, which ,
had it hit the temple, would forever pre- I
vented the captain from cutting off any
more dog's tails.
The result was Lancaster was put in,
irons, from which, however, he was soon,
released. Captain Spumes partly repen.
ted his cruel deed, on learning that Napo
lion had once saved the owner's life.
The white shark, as all my nautical,
friends are well aware, is bne of the very
largest sharks. It , averages over twenty,
and I have seen one twenty-seven and a
half feet in length. It is generally consid
ered to be the fiercest and most formidable
of all sharks. •
But a few days elapsed ero he became
the hero of a most thri ling occurrence,
the very thought of which has often thrill
ed me with horror. During the interval
the noble beast was not at all backward
in exhibiting his wrath at the captain by
low growls when he approached.
n vain did hie master, fearful for the
life of his dog, essay to check these signs
of his anger.. Captain Symmes, however
made all the allowance he could, and of
fered no further harm to him.
One morning as the captain was stand-
irg on the bowsprit, he lost his foothold
and fell everboard, the Cecilia then run•
ping about ten'knots. •
"Man overboard ! Captain Symms
overboard !" was the cry: and all rushed
o get out the boat as theyt saw the swim
mer striking out for the brig, which was
rounded to; and as they felt especially
apprehensive on account of the White shark
in those waiters, they regarded his,situa
lion with the most painful solicitude.
By the time the boat touched the we
tet,'their worst fears were realiied, for at
some distance beyond the swimmer, they
behela advancing upon hitn the fish stoat
dreaded in those waters.
"Hurry, hurry ! men, or we shall be too
late," 'exclaimed the mate. "What's
The, splash which caused. this inquiry
was occasioned byjthe plunge of Napoleon
into•the sea, the noble animal having been
watching the cause of the tumult Imp the
bows of th'e vessel. • He had 'noticed 'the
captain's fall and the shout, and for a few
Moments had vented his feelings in deep
growls as it conscious of the peril of his
late enemy , and grated at it. ,
His growls, however, were soon chang
edinto those whines of sympathy whiol
so -often show the attachment of dog to
man, when the latter is in danger. At
last he plunged in.
,and
.rapidly making
his way to the now nearly exhausted
captain, who awarry:of his double danger,
and being but a passible swimmer, made
fainter and fainter strokes, while hisadva.
eary..elosetl rapidly upon him.
“Poll, boys, for - "dear`, life ! - was: the
040 - 9( the mato; as the boat now follow.
ed the dog, whose huge limbs propelled
him gallantly to the scene of danger.
Slowly the fatigued swimmer made his
way, while ever and anon his head sank itt
the waves, and behind him. the back (tribe
- ticiniclotte auiU d toW what fearful progress
"FEARLESS A
he was making, while anteater, in the
bow of the boat stood wi s knife in his
upraised hand, watchin alternately the
captain and his pursuer nd the liithful
animal who saved his o life.
' "Great God !" exclai ~ d the men who
marked the speed of the liodid tnimal.
"The shark; arid have 0 'Or both if we
don't de opr.ibest."
The scene was of short Mien. Ere
ti i
the boat could overtake th , g, the enor
mous shark bad arrived wit , three oar's
length of the captain and sullenly turned
over on his back, preparator; to darting
on the sinking man, and reeking him in
his vast jaws, which now Aitdayed their
rows of long triangular teeth: ,
The wild shriek of. the Capin announ
ced that the crisis bad come.tßut Napo
leon, who seemed inspired v..i, increased
strength, had also arrived, intwith fierce
hood leaped upon the gloat! belly of
the 'shark, and
,buried his ' di. in the
monster's flesh, while the ; at ; swiftly
neared them. '' ' 4 .
"Saved !if we'ere half as, Sit as that'
.. .
dog is 1" cried the mate, as saw the vo• ,
redone monster shudder off e sea, and
i t
smarting qtaith pain, turn o* again, the e,
dog retaining his bold and I eottttng•sub
merged in the Avatoi•
At this juncture the boa
Uneasier, ' his knife in his'
into the water wherd the cal
sunk from view .
Out a few moments dal
dog arose to the stirfoce, al.
Lancaster with the insensible:
captain. '; .. 't
' l .Pull them in: and' give As an earl"
cried the mate, “Ini; that (WWI, is prepar
ingis for another launch." 01
His orders were obeyed, a the second
onset of the marine monster ' foiled by
the maie's splashing water inlis eyes, as p
be come again, and but a ON 'auton de
too late to snap oil the aaptain'Alegs, while
his body was drawnlnto the grat,
"Foiled a second time, the rk passed
the boat, plunged and was S. no more,
but left a track of 'hlood on ii surface 'of
the water, a tokeuwof the se city of his
his wounds from Napoleon The ,bolt
was pulling towarda the brig, d not ma
ny hours elapsed before'thh • ptsin was
on dock again, feeble from hishfforts, but
able to appreciate the services.lot' our:can
ine herb, and most — bitterly tOilatnent hie
own cruel act which had nattilated him
forever. • ' i•t •
.
". would give n3y right a , !" he ex t
claimed, as he patted the $ Vfoundlatid
who stood by his side, if I no il r
l only re
pair the injury done toillat 5 lendhl fel
low. I
ancas le r yott'ertdoit' 11' avert:
.- -
vetigeattadit.is. ,. though -it ws - a source
of grief to me ait long as 1 live."
SOMETHING TO SWEAR ny.—Father
Shoham), an old Universalig preacher in
illabama ' is called by the people "the
walking Bible." In a county court -it
was discovered on a certain oecasiOn,that
there was no Bible in tho court house to
swear the jurors upon.
The Judge, casting his eyes on the ven
erable preacher, said:; "There's Shoham),
ho has the Bible in his head, they can lay
their hands on him, and that will answer
every purpose."
We have heard - or a custom-house at
the south, where a directory was used for
several weeks in the. adnunistmtion of
oaths as thO copy of the Bible at the col
lector's desk was removed on' account of
its dirty appearance.
A LUOKY ESCAPU.—TIiO bfemphie Ap.
peal says,—a physician of• that' place paid
a morning visit, recently, to one of 'his pa
tients in the upper end of the town, and
on entering the room of tho sick man, the
following dialoged took piece
Patient.—".l say, Doctor, No got you'
cheated this load of poles."
Doctor.—" How 1" '
Palienl.—(ltising on his elbows and
looking across the room,)-- . "40k there,
Doctor, at that feller lying Hero: I got
him to take that pill you loft Me, and it
killed him in an hottr.!
Soma idea may be formed .o
lance of perfumery as article of;
when it is stated that one of 11;
fumers Of Grasse, in France,
nually 80,000 lbe. of orange biol
000 lbs. of cassia flowers, 54,
rose leaves. 32,0004 be. of jes
some, 30,000 lbs. of violet
000 lbs. of tube cassia, 16,00111
flowers, rosemary, mint, lave'l
lemon, orange and other odor.'
like ,proporticn.
"ARE you a Christian Ind
a person of the followers of
"No," au.sworti the sturdy lava
key Indian." Re could ace t
drinling and Christianty did no,
ir, and was 'honest enough to
in the right place.' A little of
would not be amiss among the'
Tax BIBLE.—ABibIo and
paper in every house, a good se
ry district, and on evangelical
every neighborhood, and all ap
they should be, aro the sure
virtue, morality, civil liberty,
ligion.
pr77 „ lsn't it strange,” as
the other day: "that Sir Is
should ever have indulged i
freaks?" "When did he?"
ho wu dividing , the rays of I
sure—for wasn't that culling u
Stir" Why don't you get up
son?" said an anxious father.
see the flowers spring out of
early dawn ?" "Yes; father, I •
and• I would do the same, if
a bed as they have."
EQUIVOCAL AOMIIIATION.--
ing a ladrit a party with w , vor
oil dress: aott bare arms,.ospro
pairatiou by saying that sho outs,
whole party.
. A men's owniootl. breeding
temerity against all other
teaneers.
FltEE.^
EMIG, SEPT * EMBEIrk 1855.
Augustns Slitters—This case was an
swered by a rusty-looking specimen of a
decayed gentlemen in miserable preserva
tion. The uncombed hair, the frowzy beard,
the coat which had once been broad cloth, I
and had probably been got up upon a plan
fashionable and elegant at some remote
period, but which was now mines half the
collars and all the cuffs, and had been in
geniously metamorphosed from a frock
to a jacket by the encore monious and
doubtlss hasty curtailment of its hinder ,
parts—the pantaloons venerable and ven
tilated, though once respectable—the .
'shirt with-stains of revelry and tobacco
disgusting its fair front, the bosom, of
of which had been intended to &Sten with
studs, but which was nbw kept together
with strings of different colors—the neek
kerchief With ends ragged and fluttering
'inhWinble imitation tif, the silken fringe of
more aristocratic nsighbors—and the hat
with a- rusty slice of crape encircling its
battered cireinnference, gave this person
an appearance most effectually 'described
by the expressiveadjeative"seedy." : Hie
hands were disguised with, so Many lay
ens Of diff'erent kinds of dirt that a geolo
gist would hairs been puzzeld to date ,the
period' of the primary - formation, and the
flingers looked quite as much like .vely
diriy smoked sausages , vrithihe skins on
as they.did like human digits,
_Net', lied
his face been washed down to the skin
for' "time *hereof the Memory, of man
rennet!' not - iti the contrary." , He had
keptamen the passages to his.nose from
dire necessity of breathing, and hunger
has forced him to clear away - diurnally.
the incrustations of dirt which formed
1 about his nitwit, butihe terraria' layers
projected' so .far outward • every side of
. that entrance of hie countenance that his
victuals had to. pass, through an earthly
catial)ike a swallow's holein a sandbank
or to make 'a !mile on a larger scale, like '
a railway cut throngh .14 -sidehill. He is
a lounger about .the markets. , docks, and
in fact any place where he can procure
wherewith to satsify the cravings of his
Stomach. Despite his preitent unprOmis
sing appdarance, he' has 'Undoubtedly at
some period of his life received at least
the rudiments of a tolerable education, ,and
has brought himself so believe that lie is no
ordinary orator, On being presented to
the Judge by Policeman 1,00!, who had
taken him - info custody as a vagrant,' he
desired to pe permitted to lOU Ilia unforiu
tatty atory. The Judge haying no time
to waste denied him, but he claimed the
privilege to make a plea in behalf of his
{li= ti ii-vzin ri bilhault:teplita iii vol rw ved
."-I^-r r - 'xir
it was' also declined. A - few words ,in
private, and' an expression of sytripatliY
for his sorrows , drew • from him, however,
the following history. . •
I was, Sir, unhappy in my original con,
caption; my birth was premature, my
mother haying tumbled laver a candle box;
I was neglected in my infancy, discarded
in my boyhood, ill-treated in, my youth,
abused in my manhood, and 'unfortunate
at all times—my 'life has been a time' of
Mishaps; when a baby I rolled out of the
wash tub, the only cradle :I ever knew, and
cu( my head open and my ear o ff on the
•
1 coal,hod; afterwards at various times I fell
into a kettle of hot soapsuds, pulled a bar
,
rel of potatoes 'on to my head, and cook
ed the whole of my Moores' machinery by
drinking boiling water from , the spout of
the teakettle; as a hey, I met
,with more 1
.'than the usual assortment of boyish mis
fortunes, besides the usual accidents which
happen to all masculine juveniles, of being
blown up with gunpowder.on the Fourth
of July, and breaking their , legs sliding
' down hill on Chriamas—l had one hand
mutilated by a planing• machine, had my
1 hair cut off with a circular ,saw, was car
-1 ried from the cellar to the fourth story of
a cotton factory, heels upward, on the
hook. of the hoisting rope, which had
caught in my pantaloons—was `whirled
round a machine drawn by a gutta-percha
belt, which, tangled in my heir, and which I
revolved me for, fifteen minutes at the rate
of seven times a second, lost two, fingers
in a threshing machine, had My foot mash
ed by a Third' av; car, and was once run
I away with by a locomotive engine which
I had started, and nitre:, knowhow to stop;
when it came time for me to go into busi
ness for myself, 1 set up in the apple and
r peannt trade, but die boys kicked over my
stand and stole all my stock ; I then ace
.
I :mitred a new capital ; by begging pennies
1 catithe cortiers,lmil went into the ballad
,business ; 1 twanged my literary stock on
'thee curbstone, but a high wind scattered
my, hopes and toy songs together ; laaW
1 a chimney sweep' . walk. of with "Jessie,
the Flower of Duhlane," a fat countryman
stamped "The Bold Soldier Boy," "Mary
Slane," and "The Seven Ages" into die
mud, a ragged newsboy ran round the
corner with "Kathaleen Mavotirneen," a
' candy girl eloped with "lien Bolt," The
Yatikey Sailor, 'and "Lord Lovell," the
rest of my property disappeared in like
manner, and all that was left to me was a
single copy of"Billy' Lackaday." and
two of "Beautiful Jenny;'" I traded Billy
for a penny cigar which • I lighted with
"Beautiful Jenny," and prepared to elan
in life again; I then went into the plaster
image business, but the boYs spoiled my , as
sortanent by stealing my "Napoleons' to
throw stones at, and abstracting •all etc
"Greek Slaves" to practice' at .witli pea ,
shooters; the fish traffic proved no more
profitable; .my old enetmen the boys stole
all the lobsters while I was eating the
clams to keep them front spoiliitg; and my
porgies got Ily-blowm before I couldfind
piss& and
plunged
In had also
d' ere the
soon after,
unit of the
!he impor
,earrnenze;
large per,
.oloys an
soma, 90,-
0a1b5. 25 ;
were, f
' mine blos4
bs of lilac
• 1.,. thyme,
planes: in
I' l asked
../aeket.
t whiskey
&tool
t Limself
e honesty
ites.
lood ne ws
ol in eve
. buret' in
°elated as
uppojt of
i d pure re-
a friend
Newton
clownish
y i when
t, to be
rlier, my
I on% you
bed at
they do;
*a dirty
_ .
any. customers; I tried cobbling ,shoes,
but I left, the pegs too long; I also , essay,
ed gardening, and got a situation, but tho
first day I pulled up the young cabbages
and 'left the pig weeds; transplanted the
tulips into the onion bed, and gut up the
.ras-bushes under- the imprussion....that
they,were last year',i pea hrush—the tin,
relsonable man discharged ute,; since that .
1 have been a street-ivieeper,'a
er.'a btliiard-maker, have set up pins in a
howling-alley, and eleanetLeels in the',
marker, and have failed in all though
lay adversidea ; 1 have dune thy ,beet; 1
wag, seo
ow-ueok-
his :ul. •
the
Ili. beat
• e's AI
[ Prom the New York Tribune
rollco Court. •
Resolved, That said Delegates be recom
mended to'use their hest exertions, to secure
nation by the State Convention, in accord
ance with the principles and policy indicated
in the 'foregoing Resolutions.
Resolved, That the President furnish to
said Delegates certificates of election, to..
gather with the . pnkeellings of this mooting.
On motion, adjourned.. •• •
! , R. SMITH, Puss's.
• D. MoCosAuour Nfejf,
am the victim of a hard and bitter,unre l
hinting fate; my edimat!on I have picked
up 'as I beat could; I learned to read thee.
ter bills from ,the newsmen, and picked
up my eloquence by hanging about the
court rooms ; but, Sir, good by ; I hear
the officer inquiring in profane Inguage
for me ; I must be locked up; farewell.
A dirty tear rolled through the gutter
on Mr. Slitter's cheek, and with a big
sigh he vanished.
A Good Pamm-Ume.
As the s eason .114pproaching. When
young gentlemen andltdies will assemble
together at evening parties—and when fin:
the purpose of sociability and making tithe
pass pleasantly, games and plays wiWbe
introduced—•a plaY -is here s suggested
which
one
regard as a first sato pass-t. hue,
and one which will bo sure. to draw out
wit where it exists. It is styled "Lexi
gessima,',' and the modus operandi is as
follows :
Each lady rand gentleman present is re-'
trim(' to write on a slip of paper any ques
tion that may suggestitself, and on anoth
er some simple word. The questions are
dopositod, together, in ono card basket, and
tho words in 4nothor. The boskots are
then handed around, when oath person
takes out a question, and also a word.--i-
The,' question is to be answered on the
same slip of paper on which it is propoun
ded, and, eustincorporato the word Which
it written on the other slip Of paper, care
being observed to undorticorikithis word
that the reader may designate it.. The
questions and, answers are: then again de
positedin 'a basket; And ono of the com
pany is appoitttod to . iNd them.
For example :• A "goutletnan• gets the
question--“who shall we have forjour next
President, 1'46 word is "Winter." lie
answers : May the winger of ourdiscontent
be nude glorious summer by the son of
York , -.;Millerd
A' lady sgets 'the question-" What is
love ?" Her word.
,is "Potatoo," S
a he an
swors—"Love, like pataloe,' shoots from
the oyes.,.
Another lady gots the same question
for it is a vary common 0120.' Her word
is "Shanghai." ,fiGraoious, Peter l" mt.
claims the gentleman noir to her, "how
can you associate love vith.a Shanghai ?"
"I will show you," says the lady. She
writes—M.4ov° is a ehieketi-hmtdd sort of
a .foultlig, but not, of the Shanghai order, I
A gentletuanof My acqueintatme _once
got the question--" What becomes of the
ries ?" liia Word—lf I may no call it—
was .41artiu Vett Burt-n." Ile ieptied--
"After, like run Puto, liguriog
itt the pullers fe_Atarlir (lotted iod, like
• ... g ,--.-tnnano t unst rp , ear •
publiu view, and go deice to the shades of
Nike wan t.
I ' Irma' theaS ex utopias ;Oil will perceive,
that the piny is not only a Very /Everting
ono, but one that will 'develope wit wher
ever it exists.
A RIMEDY.-A young Widow waa ask
ed why she: was going- lo get married so
noon alter the death of lidr first husband.
..0, la," said she, " I.do it to prevent fret
sing myself to death on account of ilea-
Tom !"
I Prom the Adams Sentinel.
'WHIG MEETINGF .
. -
At a mooting of Whigs of Adams county
add iu the 'Borough of Gettysburg, on
Tues , lay .the,4th day of September, inst.,
the following proceedings ware had :
. On Malian—BOßEßT SMITH, (Chairman
of the County Committee,) was elected Pre
siden tof the meeting, and D. MeCorauouY I
(Secretary of the County Committee ' ) was I
chosen Sivrotary. • •
On...motion, it was unanimously
'Resolved, , That we respond to the call
made upon the Whigs of the Old Keystone to
meet in COnvention, at Harrisburg, on tbo
11th of September, irist.-and that we send
Whig*Delegates.to represent Whig princi
ples, and vindicate Whig measures' and pol
icy In said C'onvention.
Resolved, Mat in the present condition
ofihe political eon, the old Whig Oberland
Compass, which were good enough for
Washington, for Adams, for Webster, and
for Clay, are good onoUgh
' for us.
Resolved, Thea proper solf-respect, hon
orablo pride, and a spirit of elevated pa
triotism,—all imperatively require of the
Whig tarty to retain its distinctive organi
sation, re-affirm its. olden faith & oft-avowed I
principles, and , maintain its position upon
I its ancient broad and patriotio platform,
unsedueed by a desire for novelty or a hun
gering after office, and undismayed by the
strong arm of a reckless National Adtuinis- ;
trzttion.
Residoe'd, That the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise was a flagrant breach of I
faith by the South, and a reckless re-open-,
mg of .a mixed intestine question, which can
only be quieted by its restoration ; and
that the policy of the present National
Administration, which has encouraged vio
lence, and reckless and lawless interfereuce
with the peaceful exercise of the sacred
right of suffrage, is insulting•t'o the people,
and will bring upon itself certain and igno
minious defeat.
On motion of It. G. Harper, EN.,
Resolved, That D. AleCortAtnty, Esq.,
be appointed Ititpresentative Delegate from
Atiatua eouitty to the State'Conveutien.
On motion of George Arnold, Esq.,
Resolved, That 11... G. HARPER, gory. be
appointed Senatorial Delegate to repreoent
the eleventh Senatorial .Distriet in said Con
vention.
On motion of Dr.'D. Horner, -
TWO D0LL4143
INUMBEE P.
Remarkable Article from a pro
slavery Paper.
The following article, from the St.
Louis lntelligencer of the 24th insight, in
decidedly remarkable, end, eV one of the
signs of the time, is worthy al theclopest
attention :
THE BITTER IFRUITO—.TM, WoIOIDE OF BLS•
Our news from: Western Ifistiond is of
ominous and most discouraging diameter.
That region is sufferirg from mildew and
blight. Its glory is dimmed, its spirit a
bated, and hopes faded.
The emigration to Kansas has been al
most checked. Emigrants from the. Nor
thern or Free States have ceased to , to
Kane* because they can find as good
land plsewhere, not cursed by mob law,
nor ruled by non-resident bullies. Emi
grants from the Southern States .do not
go to Kansas, because they
'their slave property in peril, by to Ing it
to a territory wheretthere iv a strung free,
soil element, threatening the. senility of
slaves. • ,
Any man of 'sense might have foreseen.
this result. Alabama and Georgia may
hold public meetings, and resolve to sustain
the
. .slaieholdere -in Missouri in making
Kansas a slave State, But their resolu
tions comprise all their aid—which is not
“materior enough for the crisis. - Whop.
slaveholders of Alabama and Georgia ein
lgrate, they et to Louisiana, Arkansas .
and -Texas. They do not collie, with their
slaves, ‘to 'Missouri or to Kansas.
they that backing their friends
Thus the matter stands. The:northern
emigrants shun Missouri and Kansas' as
plague spots of tho nation. The southern
emigrants shun Missouri and Kansas,' be- .
cause here is the battle ground between
slavery and free soil.
Tho result is, Kansas, the fairest land
-under the son, is-negleete& and idle ;
cuPied by a few honest and earnest but
disheartened pioneers, and lorded over by
a dozen or two fetidal tyrants of Missouri,
who curse by their presence the land they
have desolated. - • ~.,"
Such •is Minims—pror, neglected and
•despieed—and Western Misouri stand, ins
(met] by the horrible contagion Of obt
lawry, and dirindleil- away u nder the4ner
al leprosy of its mobocratic Madero, - We
are entered by tkvo gentlemen of higlipo.
shims in Westerit Missouri, but totally
differing in Political' sentiment—one up
holding the oligtirchy that controls the al!
fairs and tramples upon' the sovereignty
of the people of Kansas, the other depler
ing the accursed madness of the day—=that
'manure are -gloomy enough in ,Western
,
(N.J.:: Seittutemet
hi . stlignatit:' ,7 Money ierscarrii, pAri:
pervadeur the people-, The ' fi lly thou
. Sam! emigrants that ought, this eeaeott.;to
have poured into Kansas, are not Were.
The prairie Sod remains unbroken. • The
tumid of the nxi3 and and the whoop of duo
husbandman is not heard. Western Mis
souri towns are not thronged with Maitre
buying their 011ifii! and their equipments
I
of husbandry. The farmer finds nri'mlir
kin for their horses, mules, oxen and cows.
There is no new and large trade springing
up in Kansas. The much vaunted Kan
sas towns lie neglected -4 moekery 'to
their owners and a laughing stock forall
men: 'f . Dead--ilead--dend" may "he
written oh all the country— so deep Mid
disastrous has been the fall froin the high.
and fond hopes of the past year.
I n May last, the editor of the Intelligium
cer was in Kentucky, and he met murder
ous , of the most respectable and wealthy
tanners of that State, such as form so large
a portion - of the population of Missona,
who inquired earnestly about she iiptiti
lion of things in Kansas and Western
Missouri. They spoke of the intention
they haul of removing to Kansas or West
ern Missouri ; but said they had abandon
ed it utterly, for the reason - that they
would never think of taking thoir
to a region where law was set aside. pies
see mobbed, 'and men driven 'from the
country by irresponsible and unknOwn
bands- of Regalators: ' They preferred the
rule of law - to-anarchy. In a recent trip
through several North Western
.States we w
-
found the -same circumstances ere 'Most.
industriously and fatally used' to diiert.
emigration to thoSe States, and to preju
dice Missouri and Kansas with every class
of people.. 'Flue most aggravating stories
of insults and outrages committed by Mis
seurians on the person of emigrants from
the Old World or from the Free States,
who are 'found 'ascending the Missouri riv
er, are circulated in the newspapers' all
through the Free States, and it is imposi
ble' to conceive of the deep hatred ; thus
genersted towards our whole State lathe:
Northern half of the Union..
Between these fires, Missouri is leading
on her languid existence. St. Leek; M •
retarded in a most.wofid - way. Our.rail
roads creep at a snail's pace. We Wild
ten miles whilq our Western . build
one ituedred. In every department of
life we feel the paralysis. Instead of
bounding forward•buoyant, strong and
joie ing, we sit with dull eyes and hiravy
spirits, •and listen to the tick of a death
watch. .
These are the bitter fruits of the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise—a wicked
and wrongful deed- - Ast will yet bring s
hell of bitter self.ruproarhei to us authors.
Missouri diti nut demand that mita).—
The South never asked it. Aiobieon.asi
icited it—and in a moment tit politica:l in.
sanity the South consented to, the wrong,
and made the wrong her own. This was
the auicide of o:troy. • •
Every step since taken has' deepened
the wrong , and enhanced the clanger. The
Free. States organized Aid Societies. and
sent their men to make Kansa* fres. It
had been free sell, 05 , lookout rollPs"
for thiriy-fiee years, and they usturally
111CONIA tU see its character cagpisL
I:he South would hare been fai mots M.
tliitiant if a slave territory. bees Shot
by' unexpected act uf Congress, evarstlsti
iako Fgoa Soil,. -
'The Free 8404 bad * right to by Warp
nant dud a life•loag cospeamin bad I~IMII
cepealad--sad dal, had iwright to tor
bop Itiutmilkst it bed bow listerts.