BY D. A. PUEIILER
VOLUME XXVII
The Strangeeti Grave
BY ROBERT L. JOHNSON
13ehold, amid this solitude,
With moss and wild-flowers crowned,
'Yon boo of earth, nnshapely, rude— '
The Stranger's funeral mound
Near by he died—far from, the place
His youthful days were reared,
Where not a single 11111111ln face
His dying moments cheered.
No Han of God to rouse him up,
To exercise his faith
No Heaven-sped prayer to Strengthen Hope,
:-Artd fit his soul for death.:
No . .
pious falher 'to prepare
His 50u1 . % take its flight: . •
No mother to bestow her care,
And cheer death's gloomy night. •
No brother to attend his bed.
And heave affection's sigh
No, sister to support his head,
. ith tearful, anxious eye.
No tender wife to kneel and weep
In sorrow by his side—
To close his eyes, tbitheir last. sleep, ,
And mourn for him that died.
Ahl no : there was not e'en a friend,
To shed one kindly tear ;
No drops from Pity's eyes descend
On Ins unhonored bier!
And here no consecrated ground
Receive the humble dead ;
No mockeries of art surround
The stranger's lowly bed.
No marble slab preserves a name
To read in after times—
His worth and virtues to proclaim,
But to conceal his crimes.
Its fellow-worms, when here th e y stray s
May thoughtless view the spot;
And wild heuts roam above the clay—
But ho regards them not.
He deeps amid the forest gloom,
Aud peaceful be his rest;
May Sweet wildflowers deck the tomb
Above the stager's breast.
Kindness to Parents.
' 'The following,' which 'We 'clip from . an
'exchange, is well Ivorthy;of a perusal. How
many children there'are, Who, after they
go out into the'world, "forget the old folks
at home." '
•"Mother, how is the flout barrel? 'all !
getting low," said a fiedy built man,•as be
spaused for a moment, before leaving the
house whore his gray-headed parents lived.
` 4 .1 must 'send you some, I have lately
•
bought •of the No. 9 'brand, just for yod
tolry: • Upou my word it makes the ni
' vest and sweetest biscuits that I have' ever
=tatitedind yctu'll•aarso, "•-•
• And the next day 'came the barrel of
flour, but not alone. , There was a good
supply of coffee and tea, and a dozen little
niceties, and all for the .old folks to try.—
That man know the value of kind parents.
%Hewes ason to be proud of. Ware any
repairs to'be done, ho found it out almost
intuitively ; and ho never called upon them
With his hands empty . . Sothething that
"mother loved," or "would make father
think of old times," invariably found its
way into their pantry. And ho actually
seemed to like nothing so well as to leave
in their absence some token of his fond
noes and reSpeut for those wife had worn
their lives out in nerving him.
But how many leave their parents deso
late and in need, or giving thku a place by
their fireside, where they are expected to
delve and work out the obligation. Is it
any wonder that such, conscious that they
•
are in •the• way, grow querulous and ireful
and dio, perhaps, unregretted ? Others
are ashamed of their'honest old parents—
shame on them—and keep them in some
by-place, giviug them a small pittance up
on which they can barely subsist
SWeeter praise can never be than that of
a dying parent, as he blesses the hand that
led him from sorrow to sorrow, and is 'even
now 'smoothing the cold brow, damp with
',no spray efJordan. And dear the thought
as your tears fall upon, the sod that, covers
the 'gr.iy-headed father. that you were
very kind and loving to him ;that you
gave ebeerfuily of your abundance, and
never caused him to feel that you Were do
jug a charity. '
• Xliver 'eau we repay • those 'ministering
angels we r eall Slither and 'nether. Angels,
though earthly, have they ever been, from
!the Alum that Adam and Bye : gazed upon
'their first born,. us he slept . amid .roses,
.
'while,tlie tiny fingers. the ;waxen lids, and
the.. cherub form,. were all , mysterious to
Ahem.
,Advice
. from an 'Old Inhabitant.'
I. Patroniza your own traders and me
obanies. This is dOing is you would be
dotni by.; and is building up the town , you
in.
,2. Pay your debts; so , that others, can
rpa
,y theirs.
3. quarrel with no man ; and, them no
saan•will quarrel with you.
•3 4. Do not stool your preaching ; a man
vas-ertee struok blind, you know for OWL&
allg lire from heaven.
s..Aiend, your children constantly to
aebool, and • look in, now and then your;
self te•see•wltat, they are doing there. ,
• . 6!- , X.eep all neat
,and oloan about-your.
dwenings; for , you know, is
,the handmaid of health:and a distau to9usin
of wealth. • ,
Avoid:scandal:l for this is a pest to
Onf eotnuninity.;
A Be liberal in. respect to overi'latula
•ble iiblio,enterpriso ; for the, good book
says, "dm liberal soul shall be made fat."
9. Empty your liquor. 'bottles:; for you
have already "forked over". quite enough
for them. ' . • „ •
10. :,Visit- the siek,•the widow and the
: fatherless ; for this is one part , of that re- 1
ligion which is oriure and undefiled."
11. Keep your children is at night; for
the evening air is bad for tit= ,; and final
-12. ;Feed your mind as well as your bo
dy ; for that, you know, must go into tho
scales at last. •
It was observed of a deceased lawyer
that. be :,1011 : but: effects— 4 %3 moilderi!
said a wag, tthe lied but few cautituO.
TUE GOLD COIN,
OR TILE LITTLE STREET 'BEGGAR.
It was the morning of a now year that
had just set in, bright, gelden, and beauti
ful. The sun 'glistened - like jewelled rai.
ment in the cloudless sky. The chiming
of the silvery 'sound of the bells struck •
joyfully upon the listener in every street.
Tho air was cold, though not piercing—
bracing, though not biting—just cold - e
nough. in truth, to diffuse life and elasti-.
city into every OLIO that moved.
There was a little girl—a child of pov
erty, on that new .year's morning, walking
the streets with the gay crowd that swept
past lier.' Her little feet had grown so
numb, encased only in thin shoes, nod
those so badly worn; that she could but
with difficulty move one before the other.
Her cheeks shook at every step she took,
and her lips looked truly purple. Alas !
poor Elsie Gray I She was a little beg.
gar!
Just like the old year was the new year
to her. Just like the lust year's wants,
and the last year's sufferings, were the.
wants awl sufferings of this ! The change
of the year brought no change in her con- j
dition with it. She was poor ; her moth ,
er was a widow and an invalid, and the
child a poor beggar.
In the old and cheerless room gleamed
no bright fires of the anniversary. No ever
greens, uo wreaths, no flowers, save a few
cold withered ones, decked the time stain
ed walls. There was no sound of merry
voices within the door, to say to the wid- I
ow Gray—
‘A happy new year to you, Mrs
[leaven seemed to have walled. her and
her atbdo out from the happiness that was
all the world's on that festive day of the
year. It had provided, to all appearances,
no congratulations, no laughter, no gilts,
no flowers for them. Why Y Were they
6asts ? Had they outraged their claims
o ... wide world's charities ? Had they
untarily. shut themselves out from the S
sunlight of the living creatures around
thOm ! ' No ! shame take the wbrld that
it must be so answered for them. Mrs.
Gray was poor!
--tittle Elsie: stopped at tittles and breath
ed her hot breath upon her cold and be
numbed fingers, and stamped her tiny feet
in their cesetnents with all the force left
In them;
and then big tears stood trem
bliug. in tkpr. largo blue eyes fer a moment.
.and rolled slowly,down her purple. cheeks,
as if theyweiuld freeze to them. She had
loft her mother in bed, sick ; exhausted.
and famishing. What wonder that she
cried, even though those hot tears only
dripped on' the cold pavement. They
might as well fall there its elsewhere ; the
many human hearts that passed her were
full as icyand hardened.
She would have turned hack to go home,
but she thought again of hqr peer mother
and went on, though where to go She
knew not. She was to become a street
beggar. Where would street beggars go I
What streets are laid out and named and
numbered.for them ? Surely, if not home,
then where should they go 1 It was this
'thought that brought those crystal tears,
that started 'those deep and irrepressible
sobs, that checked bar instant utterance.
A young boy—a bright . looking little
fellow—chanced to' pass her as she walked, I
an& wept, and sobbed. Ile caught the
glifter of those tears in, the sunshine, and i
the sight smote his angel heart. Ho knew i
not what want and suffering were. lie :
had never known them himself—never
once heard of them—know not even what
n real beggar was. He stopped suddenly i
behire Elsie, and asked her the cause of
those tears. She could make no reply—
her heart was to fall.
•kllas any ono hurt you ?" asked the
feeling little fellow.
She shook her head negatively.
Hare you lost your way ." ho per
sisted.
"No," auswered the child quite audi
bly.
"What is the matter. Ikea ?" he
•' Mother is poor 'and sick, and I am
cold and hdngryi We have nothing to
oat. Our room is quite cold. and there is
no wood for us. Oh 1 you do not know
all." •
"But. I will" replied . the manly boy,
"Whore do you live
"Will you go with me 'I"
_asked
her face brightening. , ,
.'Yes, let we go with you," said. ho ;
"show me the way."
Through street, lade, and .alloys she
'guided; him.. They reached the doer of
the heed. The cold breath of the ' w ind
whistled in the 'cracks, and crevices, 'and
key-holes before them, as if inviting them
hi. They entered. A sickly woman feeb
ly raised her head from the pillow, and
gave-her a sweet smile. “Elsie, have you'
come t" ;she faintly said.
•"Yes, Mother," answered the obilciiCiand'
have. brought this hey with me. I do
not know who he is, bat he said be wanted
,to coma , and see where we live. Did ,1. do
'wrong to bring him, mother Y'
"No; Lay child," said the mothei, "if he
knows how to pity yea from his little heart;
but he cannot pity me , yet. l .--he is not old
enough.' s
-The bright-faced,. sunny-hearted boy
'gazed in astonishment upon the mother
and child.' The scene was new to him.
He wondered if this was what they called
poverty. His eyes looked sad upon the
wasting mother, but they glittered with
wonder when turned towards Elsie. Sud-. 1
denly they filled with , tears. The want,
the woo, the barrenness, the de'solation,
were all too much lor him. He shudder,-
ed at the cold, uncovered floor. He gazed .
mournfully into the' empty fire-place.
His eyes wandered wonderingly over the
naked walls, looking so uninvitingly and,
cheerless: . Putting his hand in hie pocket
he, gimped the coin that his mother had
that, very maga given him and drew it
forth, : '' •
GETTYSBURG, PA., F.RIDAYEVE
"Yitiu may have alai," said he, holding
it nut to the child.
. .
"0, you are too good I You are too
generous, I, tear broke in the mother,
as if she ought not to take it from hitn.
"Mother will give another it I want it,"
said he. "It will do you a great deal of
good, and I don't need it. Take it ; `lake
it; y0t.,)...a . 11 take it!" and he was instant
ly gone.
It was a gold coin of the value of five
dollars. •
other and child wepttogether. rhen
they talked of the good boy whose heart
had opened for amnion this Now Year's
day, Then they let their fancies run, and
grow wild, and seral as they chose r —
They looked 'at the . glistening
There was bread, and fuel, and clothing
and every comfort in its depths.. ''hey
continued to gaze upon'it. Now they saw
within its rim pictutes of delight and joys;
visors of long rooms all wreathed and dec
orated with evergreens and flowers ; vis•
one of smiling faces and happy ,children.;
sights Of merry voices, and the chi ming
music bells, the accont of innocent tongues,
and the laugh of gladsome hearts.—
Ah what a philosopher's stone was that
coin ! HoW it turned everything first in.
to gold, and then into happiness I How
it grouped around kind and cheerful
friendaand fi lled their ears with kind voi
ces How kgarlanded all hours of that
'day with evergreens and foll blown roses!
How it spread them a laden table, and
crowded it with merry guests, and those
;guests, too, till satisfied and happy 1 0.
what bright rays shone forth from that
trifling coin of gold ! Could it have been
as bright in the child's or man's dark pock
et ? - No ; else it had before then burned
its very way through and, lent its radiance
to others. Gould, it have shown with
such visions fin the rich man's hands ?
No ; else his 'avarice 'would have vanish
et! at once, end his heart hate flowed With
generosity... ) . No, no ; it was only to such
as the widow. anti- her child that it wore
such a Rhine, and emitted such brilliant
rays, and revealed such sweet 'and wel•
come visions. Only for such as they
That night returned this angel boy to
the bleak. house, then filled with happi
ness and lighted with joy : hilt be was
not alone-44i mother was with him.—
Messed boy ! He passed the whole of
New Year's day in making others lap
py.
And how much happier was lie
How his little heart warmed and glowed
to see -the child , uncover the.basket he had
brOught whit him, aniliake — taut one by
one the gifts which were .stowed there
and how overjoyed was he to see his moth
er offer the sick woman some work and a
now home, awl to see the sick woman
grow anthienly strong and almost well un
der the influence of kind offers ! lle won•
dered tf their happiness could possibly he
as deep as his own—if their New Year
-was as bright to them as his was to him.
lie knew not how any could he happier
then he was at that moment,
Years have rolled away Into the silent
past. That little girl—Elsie Gray—is a
, lady ; not a lady only in name, but one
in every deed, in heart, iii onduct. She
I dwells in a suburban cottage, and her hue.
, band is devoted only to her. The hus
band is no other than the geherous boy
who on the New Year's festival accosted
her so tenderly in the street, and went
I home with her. Her poor mother sleeps
; quietly in the churchyard; yet she lived
to know that God had provided for her
,child. She died resigned and happy. '
T/IR Pittcc OF Success.—Effort is the
price of success in every department of
human action. From the attainment of ru
dimental knowledge to the salvation of the
soul. every step in progress is made by
undaunted toil. Thu buy drones over his
book, a slave to listless laziness, thereby
securing to himself a place at the foot of
society. The Christian, who, like Bun:
van's' Timorous Mistrust, flees at the voice
of lions, is undone. The man who shrinks
from difficulty in his' business or Profes
sion, who refuses to climb because the
pick is sharp and the way , steep, must
Make up' his mind to slide back and to be
in the shadows below, while others use
him as n stepping stone to 'their own ris
ing. For this—such is the constitution of
society—there, is no help. The poet
wrote truly who said—
"Thet{ must either, soar or stoop,
Fall or triutiiph, stand or droop,
Thou must either serve or govern,
Mtist be Slave or must be sovereign, '
Must in fact-be block or wedge,
Must be anvil or Must be sledge." - •
shake off an indolent spirit. or stir
one's sell to exertion, to reach constantly
uptvard, i to struggle with"rt firm foot-hold
on the most'slippery places, to aireritle
manfully,- even- when prinCipalities and
powers are our foes; to refuse . stibmisaion
to any' evils • kowever frowning, are 'con
ditions', we must either fulfil' or sink to
littleness;' . to'''uselessness--parchance to
Therefore, witrie brave heart and un
conquerable "apirit, every .nan shobld ad.
dress himaelf to the work` 'of the' day,
striving with . pure views and religious
trust for •an increase of hie talent, and for
ti 'victory; which shall enable him to stand
uriabitibed in the last day. He' who
strives need fear no failure. His triumph.
though delayed for a time, shall come at
last —4,lvertiser.
The Wisconsin Farmer says that it will
insure your life for a six-pence apinst a
rattlesnake bite if you will stir in salt with
the yoke of a good egg, until 'it is thick
enough to spread a plaster, and apply it
to the wound.
• "Boy," said a. lady in a modern hoop
skirt,• "can. I. go through this gate to tho
river?" "yeth, maam, I gnosis tho," re
plied the urchin ; "a load of hay went
through thith. morning," . • 1 . •
"DO you drink hail in America'?" aek.
e(L a 'mw July. "Hail, no—we' drink
thunder anticlightning," said the Yankee.
"FEARLESS AND FR
Sharp 'Practlepl
Some five years since, two
Albanians left ••thia: city to see
tuneti.at Washington: ' We 0
Mr. A. and Mr. II ..Mr, A. ge
from the •government, anti In
little pile, 'some ((thy thous ;
worth of real estate. , t While
this property, Mr. A:' contra
$7,0011' worth of debtty two th.
hundred of which belonged,` t
Mr. A. is 'not any more. hones
1 law•allows. So he - thought. ho • ,
! rid . of , "those cussed boresrlii !
I by making over his property. , to
i'a - fine looking young Atidy. - 11 ,
`eighteen..He necordingly - ,win
yer, made out the papers,- an il
the whole of big;, estatet :toil
the' interestieeyoung lady'. tip° 1 1
'Having concluded , his ' arrange
' thought he would go into!' and 11
country. , This took placellisf:sl,l
During his absence in pursuit oil
and ioiton fields, Mr. B. ascer
bout the assignment, and goee in
ing things square. lie con ineu ,
a limit; by courting the niece afor
'finished up by marrying her.
A. returns from Georgia, he
he has been done--i'lat Ji.. --
only gotthirty.seven thousand, •
thousand dollars worth of ri
in ad 'mini. Mr. A. is now ]
in eight syllables, and. insists I
conspiracy. lie talks of writs,
red tape,. but as the statutes Wi. i
low a twin to take :advantage of
wrong, we fear he will have to'
hear it." It is not necessary
say that Mr. B. feels:first•rate ov
chic vethent, w hilu tito,niecc calm
stand it that her uncle. trhould,giv
ty thousand dollars worth of-re
and then fly into a passion. just ,
she bestowed, it alt her husband.
aro not tnistaken,.this is the ; best
sharp practice that has turned up t
on.--/Vew fork Paper.: ..;:
Wake Snakes, dour tin~e~et
Au influential end popular liosol
gives us a - pathetic uecoupt,of t
suake story, to which is appended
as .creelii:ibl(z as the basi
yarn, which is designed to be told , t
•
minded Women instead of weak net
rlnes. In the vicinity, of
cording to the journalist, dwells n lai
for two years past, has been trouble
an occult something her. stoml
tnystery. dcfying chc :!crutiuy of thi
nil Tifediernt that_ /1411'66*
the wisdom of learned doctorsamd t
tents of aptithecary' . B stores,, witheut
cess in' dislodging the enigmatical co -
brance. the Boston lady-was intim, to
solicit the aid of a spiritual medium, in r.
der that the mandate of some gbestl d
viser might be called into acquisiti
Accordingly, she visited a spirit circle id
summoned the bpirit of Dr. e,
without even the intimation of a fee
formed her that she had within her a II IT
snake, which, ii 1101. speedily
,eje.d,
would translate her spirit to the soefei of
the invisible practitiener. The spirit ',-
tor further gratuitously furniShed her h
a prescription and directions for the in
der's dislodgement. Complying, with e
advice of the shade, the lndy i swallo d
the medicine in the method pissed 1.
and was almost immediately relieved a
water adder, fourteen inebes in lei t,
and one inch and a;half in eireumftwait,
and, being divested of this burden sIS s
happily restored to health:. His snake, p
with commendable liumanitY—Rush n
his lifetime, being n 9unker—Was thrn
forth aliVe and -kicking, and manifoit d
his, displeasure at ejeenn'ent by t lrasMe -
omens antics peculiar to his speeiwittlie
presence ofus many'speetaters as vvitess
ed the earthly event of the King of..gd
rita
. After this spirited, story, tilde' no
man should' doubt, what man min, de the
'existence ofthe.Nahant sea serpent, wish,
should it not be found in the salt
eventually he. discovered :10 . 5'0 it,the
stomach of same sailing Yankee ginntss.
A MoSitterlser Nonptussid
During the early part of last *ea' an
itinerant professor of psychology cited
our town, but failed to'draw any conger
able number of people to tl , o ball. I, the
hope, probably of inducing - a' largeriurn
out, he concluded, one day, to give !loci- ,
wens of his skill to the borders of thrEi.
change hotel, and to this end fie Callethp a
little darkuy as a subject. - After valone
passes and manipulations over young (am
be. his eyes dilated and his muscle' be.
came rigid.
"New." said the professor, "your ain is
paralized.i ,
And So it really was, for Sexual pitlons
tried in vain to belid it. ' '.
"Wonderful I said the boarders. ! i ' t,
' The professor then laid . it threctiient
piece'on Gumbo's hand, and said : • '
"Now, sir, you cannot clese your nd.
If you can, you may keep thentriney: "
The (turkey seemed to make an eV but
the hand remained open. '
The prcifessoi next plaeed a quer of
a' dollar upon thei palm of the , dar y'S
`hand, and invited him to close '
on' i and
'keep both,
The Crowd was mistified.
The professor, in . a glow of 'enthn ism
at the triumph of .eienco, tomb a
bmit, and Seared up a half-dime, wit he
added toth'e rile, still the da key
to close.
Young Ginn' bo, concluding that th:
fessorVemall change a•as about exha
on'the last invitation to close, defiler
shut his hand; thrust into his pantal
pocket and with' a okt•yi-vi r:such as
a young niggar an give,
through the side door.
The professor aoknowledgod
Lave beim slightly taken in and done
Young--ladies now•tpdays,- when they
are preparing for a walk, ought , Jatit to
keep their lover - "waiting; as long:09! they
liked to do,• for now'theylave only' p . put
their boolinte half on. , ‘.: • '!
JUN't tit 1866.
don't Dant:oV'
A plain unlettered man from the thick
country in the State of Alabama, came tc
' l Titsctiltioia: and on the Sabbath went early
to church: ' 1-13 had been accustomed to at
tend meeting in school-houses and, in pri
veto dwellings, where each one appropriated
to ,themsolves the ',first seat which they
fOund unoccupied: Selected, therefOre.
a suit' in 'a - Cenvertlerit 'el ip 'it'd awaited `pa•
tiently+the assembling pf > the congregation.
The services commeoced. Presently the
.musioof a full-tosied organ b urst upon his
altoniShad ear . ; ho had never ;heard one
harem: At the same tint° 'the g e ntleman ,
who owned the slip'tame up the , isle, with ,
his lady .leattint on ahis arm. As be,• op ' ,
proaoltadtheoor of, the , slip. he motioned
to the count yman to come out.lu,orderto
give place to the hidy. This uteri:intent
the Ceinittinsann did not coraprohend, and
front the "situation of thb gentleman'and
lady. associated , as wee in bistninol_ rith
the music', he •lituftedittiely Concluded chat
a cotillion or French eontradanee, or some
other dance, was intended. Rising partly
front his seat he said Co the gentleman,
,who
was still beckotting„to i him—?Riouse me,
sir—excuse me, if you' please,—l don't
dance."
BothlNtl 'A' TEA-KETTLITO- - Witioit is
the mom trying in n-woinatitt green•norn
ofd servant' girl; or a slot*. thitl7!" - .0/4fi'.,,t
draw." tlii.very day she expeeto uompanyi
Mrs. Junes hired, the other dny, Iv Miss
McDermott, just front Cork. 'Mitts Me , ,
Dertnott was ordered to "boil the tea.
kettle:": •!' • • • • , •
"The what ?" . , , •
"The tea-kettle." •
"An' do , you inano.that. ?."
"Certainly. IT I wnpld not
have, ordered yoit to dultLitud be quick
' •
• "Yes, Miirni,'! . •••
_McDonnell obeyed orders. In :a
bout a, half hour aftcrorards
tit:sinned the couver.,tition.
..Where's the tea:kettle, Bridiot ?"
I 'l.o the dinner pot, Alarm."
"In the, whaf?" , ••
'•ln the dinner pot:. You .told,mo,,to
boil it, en' i've had liseahl on it for nearly,
an hour."' ,
Dlis. Jones ould hear no
had a rush of, blood to the bead, and , vient
into a swoon. Thu last we.saw of : her she.
was being carried iu an. arm cliair, up.
stairs.
• A Good base to Go.
1 1PAdavilepAy, will ye buy me wat4,?"
".tin / firitt- 2 1ifais ! "iOTirl , ?"
ye tire, llii e ?"
"Troth it,is, darlint."
"IVltti,t's the price ?" • .
"About ten shillings mid ainutchilt,of
the creature."
"Is the watch a docent one ?" •
"Sure and rye had "it '2O years and it
never (nice desived tue." '
"IVoll, here's. yourtm, antlitow tell me'
does it go well.?" . . ,
“Itedad an it gong (aster than nnx watch.
in Connaught, Munster, Uhitei oe,Lienster,
not barrio '• • • '
6 .13 ad luck to per dirty sowl, Mike, then
you have taken. 131 t: in.. Didu't you say
that it never disaved you 1"
'Shure and I did; nor didit, for ' I never'
depended on
"Jim did you ever etudy gramiriar?"
*it did.''
"W bat. cue is Squire
"tic's an eljeciive:catio."
"How so f!
"Bi:6aun lm objecia4 to paying 1011 . 130);
scriptimi that he iias beet: owing:tor' AV°,
yfars or more;'
"What is a noun
"hon't. know ; 641 ktiow 0 , 114 .e.;
notiola."' • ". •
oWell,what
'lLtunning.off without paying the printer.
anti getting on the bleak hetes tt,delinq
uent.
tGood. What is a conjunction t" •
t'A. Method of pollecting outetamlinirseb.
riptions in conjunction ,with. a
. copetable.
Never' imployeti liy . ,priiitars until the
last extremity." '
ALL ItIOUT.—The following good joke,
was perpeti4tted at Lock traven, Pa., .a
few -days since:
A noted physician while riding down
Maio street was accosted by a boys- ,who
drove in a wagon, with—
."Hellow, Doctor, how Wye de?",
Doetor—"W-o-o-o-o, w.tt-a-a-ai Why,
Tote, is that you?.How's ;my patient,
Boy--.. , 0b, he's all right I"
Doctor (very much glatified)--"Well,
I tfionght so:. I' ihotight• diet last doso I
gave would fix him all right. How's
ho getting along ?"
Isoy-- ,, He's been dead, sir, these two
weeks."
Doctor--" Geo up, go'long. Get out
- of the way: you rascal !" Aud the physi.
clan. eracking,his whip energetically, was
goon out,of sight of his uuweleolue inter
locutor.
,",Ify duo! Jerusha Anu, may aeoyou
home from
,Aingiug hchool to-night, and
keep the dogs frotn biting you ?"
"No, Jonathan. I'd sootier the dogs
would bite
"Perhaps, yOu didn't, understand what I
said to you ?" •
"Yes I did. You 'asked me if you eOuld
see me home." • , •
"Nd. I didn't. I asked you how your
mother was." , ,
'pro-
Red,
I toly
I 003
red
A gentleman wad promenading ono of
our fashionable streets with a bright little
boyby his side; when the little fellow call
ed out:,
..oh, pi, there goes an editor!'
son;" said the father'. "don't
make any :Spoil of the" poor man; who
knows whet yeti may - come toyed"
1 , 31 r. Swith, thit hOge arn gotting inio
your cornfield !!' • - :• :
: I , lsievur • nuud,-Billy. Put sleepy, corn
THE PEOPLEt 'CONVENTION,
TIIEtTLATFORSI
ISCrThe following is the m adop
tedplatfor
at. Philadelphia last week. Itcontrasts
strongly with the shuilieg, evasive
,polity
adtipted nt Cincinnati, and takes high 11121T1'
by ground . in , regard to the. Kansas and
Washington outrages, while it carefully a
voids all unnecessary reference to those
questions of policy en
,which the opponents
of the National
,entertain
conflicting views . • .
This Convention of Delegates,, nmembled
in pursuance of a cell addressed , to the peci
, pie of the United States, witheut regard , to
pest political difre'relices or divisions, who
are opposed. to .the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise.,; to the policy
,of the present
administration ; to the extension of shivery
into frps_tiiiritery ; in favor of the admission
of'Kiinvs as 'n free State ; of restoring the
action of the federal governmentlo the prin- '
ciples of IVashington and Jefferson; and for
the.purpose of Presenting En ndidates, for the
offices of Proident and Vice President, de
" ResoNe,' That the maintenance of the
prineipleh promulgated in the Declaration of
Independence; and embodied in the Federal,
,Constitution, are essential to the preserve
tioti .our-Republican—lnstitutions, mid that
thePederal Constitutions the rights of the
States / and the . Union of. the States must
and shall be preserved: . •
Resoked,, , !not,. with,. our,,. Republican
fathers, we hold it to be a self evident truth
that all men are' endo'ived with the
right to life, liberty, anil the pursuit of
right aim the purse..
happiness,and' that. the Flintily object and
ulterior design. ot opr Federal :GoVernment
were to••ticettre these rights to all, persons
within its,exclitsive jurisdiction.. .
Thai, ea ow Republiean - Patters, when:
they had abolished slater) . in all our Nation
al' Terriky, orcialnediltat' no person , shall
be deprived of life ; liberty or,,property, With
out due, process of law,* becomes our duty
to maintam this provision of the Constitution
against all attemphi to violate it for the pur
pose .of establishing "slavery in'the United
States; •by positive legislation prohibiting its
eNistenee,, or cp. - tension thereint•• •
That we deny the authority of Congress,
of u Tnerienrial .fJegislature of any indiv idu-
I al, 'or naimciation' ifidiviiitils,: giVe' ler
-gal'existence to;slavery iii any Territory. of
the, United States, while the present Consti•-;
tution shall he maintained. • • •
Reisolvrcl; That, the Constitution
oor: centers
Constitution:,
Ter.
titories - of die United States, for their"gov
amen and that in the exercise of this
powo it is both the duty •and- the right of
.Congreaste prohibit in the Territories those
twin relics of barliarisui, polygamy 'and sla
very. ' • •
• . Rem! red i , 'Thne while the Constitution of
the !bated States, was ordained.••and cstab
lished:liy : the people order. to forma
more perfeaunion, establish justice, insure
Innestic tranrility, provide for the ceanniou
defence,promotu thogaeral Welfare . & secure,
the blessings-of liberty," and contains ample
provisions for the protection of the life,
lib
ertyand, property of every citizen, the ilear-•
est constitutional , rights of the • people, of
ti:aiisis have been frandulently and.violent
ly'taken from them ; '
Their territory has been invaded by an'
armed. force ; • • • •• • •
Spurious and pretended legislative, judi
cial aria executive Officers have been set
over thein, : byiAtmo unsurped authority; fins
tabled by the Military pinver of the govern
anent, tyraiinic4and 'uneonstibitional laws
have been enacted aud.enforeed ;. -
The.right of the people to keep and hear
arms has been infringed ; test oaths of an
extraordinary mid entangling nature have
been imposed as 'a condition of exercising
the right of suffrage and holding otiice,.;
The right of an,aeousedrperson to a spec
dy,and,publie trial by au impartial jury ha's
been denied,
The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses,. paperig, and' cffeets,
against unreasonable sea.ruhes.and seizure:3,
has Ita!I vialated . ;• •
They have been deprived of life, liberty
and property, without due pmeski of law;
The freedom of Speech and of the'press
has been abridged:,
The right to . chdoose their representatives
has been uMde of no effect •
Murders, robberies and "trans ha\ T been
instigated and encouraged, and the offendura .
have been allowed to go unpmsished ;
~That all these things have I),gii done with'
the knoWledge, sanction and procurement
of the present administratiOn, and that for
this high crime n,gaiti'vt the Constitution, the
Ution.ande humanity, we arraign that
ministration,. the President, his Advisers,
agents, supporters, apologists and accesso
ries, either Wore u after the , fact, before
the country and before the world • and that
it is our fixed purpose to bring the actual
perpetrators of these atrocious outrages, and
their accomplices; to a sure and condign
punishment hereafter. , ,
I?esolecti,lhat Kansas should he immedi
ately admitted as a State of the Union, with
her preiont free Conatittition, as at once the
moat effeetual , way of securing to••her 'citi 7
zens the enjoyment of the rights and priv
ileges to which theyare entitled, and of end
ing the civil strife new raging in her torri:
tory. • •
Pesoiverl, That the highwayman's plea,
that might makes right, embodied in the
Oetend circular; wee in every reepiet utiwor.
thy •of America!' diplomacy, and would
bring shame and dishonor upon any govern
ment er people that gave it their sanction.
Resolved That a railroad to •the Pacific
ocean, by the most.centriil,practicable route,
is imperatively
, denianded by the interests
ottbe Ilwle country, and that the federal
government ought to render immediate and
efficient aid in its construction, and ; as en
auxiliary tbereto, to the immediate oonetro.c
tion of an emigrant road cm the line of the
railroad. ,
Resolved, That approPrietiorm by. Port
`kreee' for the improvement or rivers liqf
• harbors of a national character, required 'for
- • t
TWO DOili9.RBl4ilt
'_. INIIMBEts.-,!..16'..-...'::..:,...e..::::-..::::,.
the accommodation and seenrity ef
ting commerce, are authorized by the Con
stitution and jintified by the obligation of
government to protect`the lives stud proper
ty of its citizens.' ll
Resolved, That we invite the affiliation
sud co-operation of the moo of all parties;
however differing foim us in other. resPector
in support of the principles herein declared,
believingthst the spirit,of our inetitotions,
as well as the Constitution of our country,
guarantees lib'erty of , conscience and equality
of righte among citizens who Appose all
legislation iinpairing their security:
LETTER. FROM lUDGE - MeLEAN
jacrThe following letter from Judge
leLks.rt was read in Coniteneiink'prinY
the nomination of Col. Faxmorrr :
• OrtArEr. Wooti, lhth June.
lion. H R. Spalding and others, Delegates
from Ohio to'the Convention
at Philadelphia— • •
I have repeatedly declared,- as some of •
you know, thin Ihave no deifire for the Pre-;
sidency, and that I prefer my position on
the bench. From the partial estimate of
my services , and long experience ,in Oldie
affairs, itiy friends have supposed "that I
might •be able to contribute somewhat to'
the adjustment of the exciting. questions
which now agitate the public mind, and
threaten a dissolution of the . Cnion. This'
considenition was presented to me, as a res.
san why I should not refuse to perinit, my.
name 'to be used with the Mimes of others
tbr the office of Chief Magistrate; at least
so far , as to ascertain some indicatien: of the
public opiuien; and I consented, with "the
understanding that I might withdraw it at
any time without nny,imputation of unkind
ness to may friends. • •
I feel , as I ought, the high responsibility,
the firmne s s and the wisdom required to
discharge successfully so momentous a trust
as the chief executive office at thepresent \
crisis; and lam brought, to - distrust; my ( 1)
poor abilitiei for so -eminent a cherge.—
But my mind has been made up, that if
elected I *mild reform the government, and
rest the,executive power on the great, prin.
ciples, of the Constnutionior fall in tlre'at
tempt. On no other condition could I ac
cept'the office of President. This involves
no sectionalism, except that which muses
from the independence of ,sttite goverrunent
and the .fundainental law of the Union.
The time has arrived when , a nomination
is to be made for, PreSident. ' I perceive
several nades,are te be bmnght before the
Convention tin that high' office i and I/de
sire-4a saY , to , my friends that,. to accowplish..
the object above expressed, will require a
hearty dna vigorous co-operation of all the
eloMents of the 'party about to Maki: the
noMinations ; and ir these shall be likelY to
combine more Strongly in favor of any other
person, I•wish my friends to withdraw may
n:une, without a struggle in, the Convention.
lu such an event, I,shall have done all that
can be required 'of'a citizen, and'l i3bill feel
no reproach. '
With sentiments of .the .'highest esteem
and obligation, I am, gentlemen, your obe
dient servant, ;• Jokt)t
A Dutchman had made' handsome
fortune in Philadelphia by selling milk.—
tie started for Holland. his home, withiwo
bags of gold pkeees., .When on :ahiplroard
he counted one hag . of his dear treasure:--
A mischievous reonkey'eltanced to Watch
his ()potations. As soon As' the ;einnted
bag, had been rept:teed and tied up, Jack°
siesed it,, and soon found his way to the
masthead. Be
,opened the bag,. and after
eicitig the brilliant gold, proccedabidrop
one piece on:tho deck and'another iii the
water, until be bad emptied the bag:—
When 'he had finished, the Dutchman
threw up his, arms , exclaiming
jinkos z be, must be de drel,for s cat
et m ne,fro rater lie'dbes gib to 'de
ter,
and lint comb from' de milk lie,doies
gib to me."- ' •
A °dem bine young gentlemen., in
turuieg swiftly on his heel, in Broadway.
ran his' timid against a young lady: •He
inatanily. pot himself into a pollitiOn: to
apologige. .vNot a word." .said the quirk
wined maiden ;•. , it
.ien't hard entuagh to
hurt any body !" The coxcomb irqwned
and sloped._ .
, A servant girl• on leaving her place, was
accosted by her master as to , her teispolnr
leaving. "Mistress is so quick tempered
that 'l' cannot live with her." said the girl.
• "Welirsaid the gentleman; "Yoh knot
it is . I t o sooner begun titan. ii
"Yes, sir, and no sooner over. thau i►
is begun again:"
BEAUTIES OP TUE VERNACULAR.-1 . 11
the following couplet there aro no less than
six, distiuot pronunciations of ough ex.
pressed :,..Though the cough and hiccough
plough me through, o'er lire's dark slough
my course 1 will • pursue." Tibet a de
lightful study fur a foreigner.-
Ire 'accosted a little fellow Cother day.
Ile was about the size and build of a plug
of '•dog•leg tobacco.' And his face ; was
some sort of a landscape, .dune up with
free•soil, and apple butter., "Who are
you?" we 'asked, rather etertdy„
"Mel" said Young Ainerica,"trying to .
look braie; iirm'one of 'em—don't, you
know me?"-
• , •
If you arc a precise man , 7 , and *ilk to
be certain of what yeti get. n ever marry a
girl named Ann, feriae have 'the authority
of Lietlley Muria) . and °them that Ana
is art'indefinite artialc7 ,
. ,
An illiterate person once,ttent'a note to a
waggish friend, requesting the loth Of hie
noose p oper, rind received- in return. hie
triend'e marriage certificate, , .
A tool in a high station like i lan
on ihe top ors' mountain—email,* spw,
pears small to him, and hs:spposts essU
to everybody else.
',, , Wbsi` kind ot bendsiler
jiki WO Hur•beisdgi Woo OM.