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A gentleman called on us a few dajs
eiDce and subscribed for our paper, to be
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tbat it saved bim writing letters, and
would apprise his friend of what was go
ing on in this quarter better than he could
tell him if ha should write ; besides, he
would save, in postage stamps and paper,
in a. year, more than the subscription
would amount to. That was a sensible
and philosophical man, but we know of
scores who have done the very same thing,
though they have not given us the reason
in the same language. What better pres
ent can be mado to a friend who has gone
to another part of the country, tLan a
newspaper published in the vicinity be has
left? In it be will seek every week fa
miliar thiDgi. The marriages and deaths
will b looked for with deepest interest,
while all tb local news of his town or
county will possess a charm that be never
knew before. It will be like talking with
ao old friend, every time he takes np the
paper. Still more, it will keep alive in
him warm remembrance of those he bas
left behind a remembrance of friendly
faces, of kind neighbors and scenes hallow
ed by associations the most dear of all
that have been experienced in life. lie
will laugh over comical occurrences recor
ded of his neighbors, take a deep interest
in their cattle shows, their Fourth of July
celebrations, and all their public ceremo
nies. He will also rejoice over the list of
marriages, and weep over the obituary of
some old acquaintance. We know of
nothing which can give more satisfaction
to an absent friend than a home newspa
per! and to every one who wishes to keep
distant friends or relations posted up con-
cernicg home matters, and at the same
time save time and money that would be
cpent in writing letters, we recommend the
idea suggested above. Palmer JuumaL
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and Gregory Thurston Bedell, Assistant
BiaLop of Ohio, were consecrated to-day
in Saint Paul's Church; Alexander
Gregg, Bishop of Texas, in Monumental
Church; and Henry P. Whipple, Bishop
of Minnesota, in Saint James' Church.
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including numerous 6traogera. The cere
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COL. E. D. BAKER'S EULOGY
OVER THE DEAD BOOT OF
Hon. David C. Brodcrick,
Citizens of California : A Senator
lies dead in our midst ! He is wrapped
in a bloody shroud, and we, to whom bis
toils and cares were given, are about to
bear him to the place appointed for all the
living. It is not fit that such a man
should pass to the tomb unheralded ; it is
not fit that such a life should steal unno
ticed to its close; it is not fit tbat such a
death should call forth no rebuke, or be
surrounded by no public lamentation. It
is this conviction which impels the gather
ing of this assemblage. We are here, of
every station and pursuit, of every creed
and character, each in bis capacity of citi
zen, to swell the mournful tribute which
the majesty of the people offers to the un
rcplyiug dead. He lies to-day surrounded
by little of funeral pomp. No banners
droop above the bier, no melancholy mu
sic floats upon the reluctant air. The
hopes of high-hearted friends droop like
fading flowers upon his breast, and the
struggliug sigh compels the tear in eyes
that seldom weep. Around him are those
who have known him best, and loved bim
longest; who have shared the triumph,
and endured the defeat. Near him are
the gravest and noblest of the State, pos
sessed by a grief at once earnest and sin
cere ; while beyond, the masses of the
people that he loved, and for whom bis
life was given, gather like a thunder
cloud of swelling and indignant grief.
Mr. Broderick was born io the District
of Columbia, in 1819; was of Irish de
scent, and of obscure and respectable pa
rentage; he bad little of early advantages,
and never summoned to his aid a complets
and finished education. His boyhood, as,
indeed, his early manhood, was passed in
the city of New York, and the loss of bis
father early stimulated him to the efforts
which maintained his surviving mother,
and brother, and served also to fix and
form his character even in hit boyhood.
His love for bis mother was bis first and
most distinctive trait of character, and
when bis brother died an early and sud
den death the shock gave a serious and
reflective cast to his habits and bis
thoughts, which marked them to the last
hour of bis life. He was always filled
with pride, and energy, and ambition
his pride was in the manliness and force
of bis character, and do man bad more
reason. II is energy waa manifest io the
most resolute struggles with poverty and
obscurity, and his ambition impelled bim
to seek a foremost place in the great race
for bonorable power.
Up to the time of bis arrival in Califor
nia, bis life bad been passed amid events
incident to such a character. Fearless,
self-reliant, open in bis enmities, warm io
his friendship, wedded to his opinions, and
marching directly to bis purpose through
and over all opposition, bis career was
chequered with success and defeat. Bat
even io defeat his energies were strength
ened, and his character developed. When
be reached these shores, his keen observa
tion taught bim. at once, tbat be trod a
broad field, and tbat a higher career was
before bim. He bad oo false pride;
sprung from a people and of a race whose
voeatioo was labor, be toiled with bis own
bands, and sprang at bound from tbe
irc:k ibep to :tv Jfg:B!ativ t- Tiao
LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY,
tbat hour, thio c .ngrei;ateJ arouod him
and against bim the elements of succes
and defeat -trong friendship, bitter en
mities, high praise, nialignaut calumnies
but he trod with a free and proud step
that onward path which has led bim to
glory and tho grave.
It would be idlo forme, at thisbour and
in this place, to speak of all that history
with unmitigated praise; it will be idle
for his enemies hereafter to deny his claim
to noble virtues ami high purposes.
When in the Legislature, be boIJIy de
nounced the special legislation which is the
curse of a new country. He proved his
courago and bis rectitude. When he op
posed the various and sometimes successful
schemes to strike out the salutary provis
ions of the Constitution, which guardtd
free labor, he was true to all the better
instinct of his life. When, prompted bj
his ambition and the admiration of his
friends, he first sought a scat in the Sen
ate of the United States, he sought the
highest of all posilious by legitimate ef
fort, and failed with honor.
It is my duty to say that, in my judg
ment, when at a later period he sought to
anticipate tbe Senatorial election, he com
mitted an error which I think he lived to
regret. It would have been a violation of
the true principle of representative gov
ernment, which no reason, public or pri
vate, could justify, and could never have
met the permanent approval of good and
wise men. Vet, while I say this over his
bier, let me remind you of the tempta
tion to such ao error of the plans and
tbe reasons which prompted it of the
many good purposes it was intended to ef
fect. And if ambition, "the last iufirmi
ty of noble minds,'' led bim for a moment
from tbe better path, let me remiud you
how nobly be regained it.
It is impossible to speak within the lim
its of this address of tbe events of that
session of tho Legislature at which he was
elected to the Senate of the United States;
but some thiogs should not be passed in
silence here. . The contest between himself
and tbe present Senator, had been bitter
and personal. He had triumphed. He
bad been wonderfullv sustained by his
friends, and stood confessedly "the first in
honor and tbe first in place." He yielded
to an appeal made to his magnanimity by
k; foe. If ha juJged unwisely, be has
paid the forfeit well. Never iu tbe history
of political warfare has any public man
been so pursued, nt to ujutiguliy so
exhausted itself.
Fellow-citizens, the man that lies before
you, was your Senator. From tbe moment
of bis election, bis character has been ma
ligned, his motives attacked, bis courage
impeached, his patriotism assailed. It
has been a system tending to one end.
And tbe end is here. What was bis
crime? Review his hUtory ; consider bis
publioactg; weigh his private character,
and, before the grave e' closes him for ever,
judge between him and his enemies.
As a man, to be judgtd iu his private
relations, who was his superior? It was
bis boast and amid the general license
of a new eouutry it was a proud one that
his most scrutinizing enemy could fix no
single act of immorality upon him. Tem
perate, decorous, self-restrained, he had
passed through all the excitements of Cal
ifornia unstained. No man could charge
him with broken faith or violated trust.
Of habits simple and inexpensive, be bad
no lust of gain. He overreached no man's
weakness in a bargain, and withheld from
bo man bis just dues. Never in the his
tory of the State bas there been a citizen
who bas borne public relations more stain
lessly than he.
But it is not by this standard tbat he is
to be judged. He was a public man, and
bis memory deserves a publie judgment.
What was bit publie crime? Tbe answer
is in hit own words : "They have kill
ed MI BECAUSE I WAS OPPOSED TO TUB
EXTENSION OF SLAVEBY AND A COBRUPT
Administration." Fellow citizens! they
are remarkable words, uttered at a very
remarkable moment; they involve tbe
history of bis Senatorial career, and of its
sad and bloody termination.
When Mr. Broderick entered the Senate,
be had been elected, at the beginning of
a Presidential term, as a friend of the
President elect, having undoubtedly been
one of his most influential supporters.
There were unquestionably some things in
the exercise of the appointing power which
be could have wished otherwise; but be
bad every reason to remaia with tbe Ad
ministration which could be supposed to
weigh with a man io bis position. He
had heartily maintained the doctrine of
popular sovreignty as set forth in the Cin
cinnati Platform, and he never wavered io
its support till tbe day of his death. But
when, in bis judgment, the President be
trayed his obligations to tbe party and the
country when, in the whole series of acts
io relation to Kansas, be proved recreant
to bis pledges and hit instructions when
the whole power of the Administration
was brought te bear upon the Legislative
branch of tbe Government, iu otder to
force slavery upon ao unwilling people,
tbeo, io tbe bigh performance of his duty
as a Senator, be rebuked tbe Administra
tion by bis vein acd hit rote, isi Hozi
by his principles. It is true, bo adopted
no balf-way measures. He thiew the
whole weight of his oharacter iuto the
rauks of tho Opposition; be endeavored
to rouse tho people to an indignant sens
of theiniquitoustyraunyof Federal power,
and, kindiiug with the coutest, became lis
fiercest and firmest opponent. f
Fellow-citizens! whatever may have been
your political predilections, it is impossible
to repress jour admiration as you review
the conduct of the man who lies hushed
in death before you. You read in his his
tory a glorious imitation of the great pop
ular leaders who have opposed the despotic
influences of power in other lands, and in
our own. Whea John Hampden died oo
Cbalgrove-ficld, he sealed bis devotiou to
popular liberty with his blood. The elo
quence of Fux found the sources of its in
spiration in his love of the people. When
Senators conspired agaicst Tiberius Grac
chus, and the tribune of the people fell
beneath their daggers, it was power that
prompted the crime and demanded the
sacrifice. Who can doubt, if your Senator
had surrendered his free thought, and bent
iu submission to the rule of tbe Adminis
tration who can doubt tbat, iustead of
resting on a bloody bier, he would have
this day been reposing io the inglorious
felicity of Presidential sunshine?
Fellow-citizens ! let no man suppose
that the death of the eminent citizen of
whom I speak, was caused by any other
reason than tbat to which bis own words
assign it. It bas been long foreshadowed ;
it was predicted by bis friends ; it was
threatened by bit euemies ; it was tbe con
sequcuce of intense political hatred. His
death was a political necessity, poorly
veiled beneath tho guise of private quarrel.
Here, in his own State, among those who
witnessed tbe late canvass, wbo know the
contending leaders, among those who know
tbe antagonists on the bloody ground
here, tbe publie conviction issotboroughly
settled tbat nothing need be said. Tested
by tbe correspondence itself, there was no
cause, in honor, in taste, by any code, by
the custom of any civilized land, there was
no cause for blood. Let me repeat the
story it is as brief as it is fatal : A
Judge of the Supreme Court descends iuto
a political convention it is just, however,
to say that the occasion Was to return
thanks to his friends for an unsuccessful
support in a speech, bitter and personal,
he stigmatized Senator Broderick and all
bis filcuils Iu wot Us urcuuteuipiuoustnsult.
When Mr. Broderick saw tbat speech he
retorted, eayiug, in substance, tbat he had
heretofore spoken of Judge Terry as an
honest man, but tbat be now took it back.
When inquired of be admitted that ho had
so said, and connected his words with
Judge Terry's speech as prompting them.
So far as Judge Terry personally was con
cerned, this was the cuse of mortal com
bat; there was no r.ihrr.
In the contest whicu lias jut termina
ted iu the State, Mr. Uriaenck na i ukea
a leading part; he bad been engaged io
controversies very personal iu their nature,
because the sul joct of public discussion
had iuvolved the character and conduct of
many public and distinguished men. But
Judge Terry was not one of these. He
was no contestant ; his couduct was not in
issue; be had been meutioued but ouco
incidentally in reply to his own attack
and, except as it might be found in his
peculiar traits or pesuliar fitness, there
was no reason to suppose that he could
seek any man's blood. When William of
Nassau, the deliverer of Holland, died, in
tbe preseuce of his wife and children, the
hand tbat struck tbe blow was not nerved
by private vengeance. When tbe fourth
Henry passed unharmed amid the dangers
of the field of Ivry, to perish in tbe streets
of his capital by the hand of a fanatic, he
did not seek to avenge a private grief.
Ao exaggerated tense of personal honor
a weak mind with choleric passions, intense
sectional prejudice, united with great con
fidence in the use of arms these sometimes
serve to stimulate the instruments which
accomplish tbe deepest, deadliest purpose.
Fellow-citizens! One year ago, I per
formed a duty tuch as I perform to-day,
over tbe remains of Senator Ferguson,
wbo died, as Mr. Broderick died, tangled
in tbe meshes of tbe code of honor. To
day, there is another and more eminent
sacrifice. To-day I renew my protest;
to-day I utter yours. The code of honor
is a delusion aud asnare; it palters with
tbe hope of a true courage, aud binds it
at tbe feet of crafty and cruel skill. It
surrounds its victim with the pomp and
grace of the procession, but leaves bim
bleeding on the altar. It substitutes cold
and deliberate preparation, for courageous
and manly impulse, and arms the one to
disarm the other; it may prevent fraud
between practised duellists who should be
for ever without its pale, but it makes tbe
mere "trick of the weapon" superior to
the noblest cause and the truest courage.
Its pretence of equality is a lie it is
equal in all tbe form, it is unjust io all
tbe substance tbe habitude of arms, tbe
early traiuing, tbe frontier life, tbe bor
der war, the sectional custom, the life of
leisure aU these are advantages which no
negotiation can neutralize! aud which do
ccursge can ewccito.
OCT. 21, 1859.
But, fellow-citizens ! the protest is not
only spoken, io your words and in mine
it is written in the blood of Gilbert, in
the blood of Ferguson, in the blood of
Broderick, and the inscription will not al
together fade. With the adinioittration
of the code in this particular case, I am
not here to deal amid passionate grief.
Let us strive to te just. I give no cur
rency to rumors of which personally I
know nothing ; there are other tribunals
to which they may well be referred, and
this is not oue of them. But I am here
to say, that whatever in the code of honor
or out of it demands or allows a deadly
combat where there is not in all tiling
entire and certain equality, is a prostitu
tion of the name, is an evasion of tuesub
ttauce, and is a shield, blazjned with the
name of Chivalry, to cover the maliguitj
of murder.
And now, as the shadows turn towards
the East, aud wa prepare to bear these
poor remains to their silent resting place,
let us not seek to repress the generous
pride which prompts a recital of nolle
deeds aud manly virtues. He rose un
aided and alone; be began his career
without family or fortune, in the face of
difficulties; he inherited poverty and ol
scurity ; he died a Senator in Congress,
having written his name in the history of
the great struggle for tbe rights of tha
people against the despotism of organiza
tion aud the corruption of power. He
leaves in the hearts of bis friends the ten
derest and tbe proudest recollections. He
was honest, faithful, earnest, siucere, gen
erous, aud brave. He felt, in all the
great crises of hit life, that he was a lead
er iu the ranks and for tbe rights of mass
es of men, and be could not falter. When
be returned from tbat fatal field, while the
dark wing of the archangel of death was
casting its shadows upon bis brow, bis
greatest anxiety was as to the pcrformacce
of his duty. He felt that all his strength
and all his life, belonged to the cause to
which he bad devoted them. "Baker,"
said he and to me tbey were bis last
words "Baker, when I was struck, 1
tried to stand firm, but the blow blinded
me, and I could not." I trust it is no
shame to my manhood that tears blinded
me as be said it. Of bis last hours I
have no heart to speak. He was the last
of hit race ; there was no kindred baud
to smooth bis couch, or wipe the death
damps from bis brow ; but arouud ib
(tying bed strong men, the friends of ear
ly mauhood, tbe devoted adherents of laur
life, bowed iu irrepressible grief, "and lif
ted up their voice and wept."
But, fellow-citizens ! the voice of lam
entation is not uttered by private fricud
sbip alone tbe blow that struck h sm-n-ly
breast has touched the heart of a peoplt,
a-J, as the sad tidings spread, a general
g!o iu prevails. Who now shail speak for
Cvif.irnia? Wbo be the interpreter of
tho wants of the Pacific coast ? Who can
appeal to the communities of tho Atlantic
who love free labor? Wbo can speak for
masses of men with a passionate love for
the elasscs from whence he sprung? Who
can defy the blandishments uf power, the
insolcuco of office, the corruptions of ad
ministrations? What hopes are buried
with him in the grave!
"Ah! who that g!Lnt .pint ahull riim..
Lrap Irein KuroUs' bnk, aul call u lrjin th tomb?"
But the last word must be spukeu, and
the imperious mandate of death must be
fulfilled. Thus, O brave heart ! we bear
thee to thy rest. Thus, surrounded by
tens of thousands, wo leave thee to the
equal grave. As in life no other voiee
among us so rung its trumpet blast upon
the ea: of freemen, so iu death its cctiocs
will reverberate amid our tuouuUius and
our valleys, until truth and valor cease to
appeal to the human heart.
The ft.Tth my rinjr from .hor. to hor
With ceh.w. ol xluri'iu. iiu.
Vutlii. lu. lo-!-ur tw.n d.lor
11m left tMhiiul him mot. Uian Uma.
Fi whra tb. dralh-ftost cam. to lim
t'pun hi warm and mijhly heart.
Andquvurba llu bold and Itwudi J aja,
III apirlt did attaiidlaxt.
llli life of truth too warm, too Itronf,
or Hope or tear to chain or thiU
Hit bat. ol'tvranny and wrong.
Burn in tbe bra.ui be kindled .tilt.
Lived in the hearu that loved him ftUlL
Good friend! true hero! hail, and
farewell
Woman's Rights.
Rosa Bonheur, the greatest female pain
ter that ever handled a brush, was asked:
"Have you given tbe Woman's Rights
question any attention V
"Women's rights! women's nonsense!"
she answered. "Women should seek to
establish their rights by good and great
works, and not by conventions. If 1 had
got up a convention to debate the question
of my ability to paint 'Mirche an Chev
aux,' (Tbe Horse Fair,) for which Fog
laud would pay me forty thousand francs,
the decision would have beeo agaiust me.
I felt tbe power withio me to paint. I
cultivated it, and have produced works
tbat won tbe favorable veroict of the great
judges. 1 have no patience with wouaeu
wbo ask permission to think 1"
The vebt Reason tbey don't Vote.
The expenses per annum to each person
of the population in supporting the Presi
ident of the United States, by paying hi
Mlary( isone ninth of a cent ; or four
ninths for tbe term of four years. This
must be tbe reason why some "ebo't e
a cent irts isPresiJent '."
THE UN10N-E.iTABLi5iiE.lSli Whole No., 2,382.
CIIRONICLE-Estaem:i!::, 1S43-Whole No.. 810.
The Doctor's l-ril,
The nolle beast tlat tortus the su! j .
of my story, had been a Lay of tbe rich. t
and most gl"5sy coLr, with a lone sp-jl tf
white hair in bis forehead. His tail Lad
been allowed to H.w, uncurtailed by the
mutilating knife, naturally and gracefully
as those of tbe wild mustang of tLn.prai
rie. The ample chest, tmuil ankles, and
proud neck, aud tha wiia apart, promi
nent eyes and opeu nostrils, denoted g tn
tle blo.jd ; tut at tha lime I saw Lim, old
ago had whitened his Lsau'iful bay oat,
long tufts of Lair w..re growing ULind
each foot, his eyci were rueumy, and the
few Lng teeth Le possessed were loose.
1 had noticed the care and attention La
stowed on him, by every inmate of the
family. Not a day pas.-fcd, that h i icek
aud f-ee were cot caressed by s.It, feun
niue lianJs; and if I bad bceu surpiiSkd
ut that, how much mora so was I,v.uiti
Mrs. Morrison, wh , liiia myself, was stav
ing there through the summer, w.u.J fre
quently throw her arms aiouni Lis t'-ek,
and while his s fl uose leskd eguinsl her
shoulder, would Cill hitu pet LuuivJ, and
uot unfrequeutly her beautiful tjts would
Gil with tears while thus employed. ' Don
John" received all these caresses as if Le
had been accustomed to them, fnq'ienlly
foiiowiug oncer another of the inmates oi
the family like a huge dog. My curiosity
at Lngth became to gieat, I resulted to
become acquainted with tLe reasou why
he was houorcd with the respect and at
tachment of the household. Not many
days elapsed, left re I became acquainted
with tha reasons; and I assure Jou, gen
tle reader, I consider tLeiu suiiieitnt to
eicu-a any amount of iifleciiuu which it
might (lease tha superior brute to bestow
up' u Lis fellow the iluuib cue.
Ho had belonged to Dr. Mose'.y, of
Whitesborougb, for uij je.ars a practi
cing physician of that place. "Don J una"
had carried his master to and from many
a bed of death, aud fire bad flown from
bis boofs many times as Lis short, fleet
steps bad dashed across the Mohawk on
tbe old Uridgo.
Tha Doctor had been called to Utica,
on business conuected with his pmfess
sion, and bad been absent three days.
During his absence', ona of those dreueL
ing, warm, bieaking-up rains, had set in.
Mountains tf ice were rushing down the
Mohawk, sweeping cverythitgbcftirethem,
oveiflowing tha bants, carrying away
bridges and dwellings, and alarming m t
ny of tbe inhabitants, as well it might,
f r ore inust sea a freshet to uaJt.r-tai.4
its lerrille importance. Oue must Lear
:be era-h and roar, behold tie mal wa
ters rushing headlong aud wild, eager fur
destruction, behold tha floating wieek of
many a dwelling often bearing '-a thing
of life," and bouietimcs a huiuau l.fe, as
was witnessed a few years e.L.a ou the
Schuylkill.
The night was iuky black, and " Don
John" picked out tie way faithfuiiy aud
steadily, never stumbling, but, with the
bridle hanging slack across Lis neck, aud
his uose close to the earth, his master had
little fear of the const quences. They
were approaching Oriskany, whence a
bridge spauued the Mohawk, and "Dm
Jobu'' wiunered pitil'uiiy once or twice
till a sharp word lrom his master warned
dim not to show the white feather. Uu
tho other side he could just distinguish,
through the deUse daikuess, moving and
glimmering lights, and cuce Le fancied he
heard a shout ; but he little heeded ouht
save getting boused as soon as possible,
aud sleeping off the fatigues consequent
to bis profession. "Now, Donstep sure ;
old Uriskany bridge, to my own and your
knowledge, baa lost many a plank," eaid
the Doctor, patting his beast's neck, and
pushing tha wet tangled front lock from
his eyes.
They were now ascending the little em
inence leading to the eulrauce, when the
horse stopped. "Go on, sir," sail the.
Doctor, "you are nearly home, now '."
Still, uo attempt at goin ou, aud beneath
them the angry waters roared aud bellow
ed, l;ke maddened devils baulked of the'r
prey. "Do you hear ine, sir?" with a
smart bufLt on the neck, and a gathering
up of a loosened Lridle iuto a firm and
determined baud, and the snimal started
slowly, steadily, surely, firmly though
the broad back slightly shivered from lime
to time, aud the gait was so measured and
methodical, that any other t::uc he would
have observed it. As it wa?, he ot.'.y let
him have his own way, though he may
have smoothed his neck, fur he bad a
kindly heart, and bis poor beast had la
bored haid through the dreadful weather,
and was sadly in want of fond and shelter.
Towards tbe end of the Iridge, tie steps
became slower, and once ho stuuiLlcd in
the hiud foot. A quiek gra'p a; tha bri
dle, and a cheery "Lasy Don easy, sir !''
and again tbe cautious boofs resounded oo
the hard wood. They were serous, and
the animal neighed, and tossed Lis bead
till lhe Doctor shook in the saddle. "One
mora mile to go, poor fellow ; but first I
andyou want some refreshments." Bouud
ing.up to tbe small tavera door, where a
genial light wi shia'.og frsia the windows,
Le ciLel l.iily Ut lie l.&iljii A in-
; en or more of tie inmates came rushing to?
, the Jr.r with lauterns, which they held
, aluft, and a "GjoJ L'ird ! Doctor, where
1 did you come from?" broke forth front
their lips simultaneou-ly.
"Come frrmt ? Why, from over the1
Milan k! Whit h tie matter? Has
the freshet carried away any of your sen
ses ? Here, by," as, dismounting, he
threw the reins to a gfpiug fellow, "give;
Jul. ti something nice, aud dry bim off.
' Keep him well wrapped up while he eats,
and landlord, 1 want a tun. bier of red-hot
; Jamaica, quick."
'Doct r," said the group, Have yoa
' crossed the Mohawk, to-night? and, if so,
' bow "
( "Why, on the bridge are you all
drunk? ' said toe exasperated physician.
'-Ductor," said the old grey-beadtl
l-aiidinr I, "lh-it Lfii'je Kent duicn th
h iv. th i ny.'.rwj'jii ! Come with me, and
. I bill show you. If you crossed, God on.
ly kn os how you did it 1"
' A shiver wont to the Doctor's heart
and, lantern iu band, be followed the
f .steps to the swollen and turbid river.
Vi'tcre was toe triune?
'Almighty '." sai l the horror struck
D ctur, '-where is my gratitude ? Jtjno
L'.i ts.i-f came Uitr litre thU nijht, lacked
I. j rue, UN iUS ae-I.tT.VIlY SIBINC1-PIEC1 J
aul I, with this right bind, jace him
II. -n ai Its f siVeW j"" and the Doctor
s.lU npou Lis Ir..-, in tbe soft, wet
suuvr, aud K'-j't Ilka a child; the men
u! jv..d fri.u Lis presence respectfully, and
left hitu to Liuiscif.
WL.l, nfi.-r some little time, be mad
Lis ar rtaranc?, Lis eyes were greeted by?
tbe si,:'it of Lis hursi, surrounded by tha
entiia LouhsejiJ each contributing to)
render him soma assistance. A quart of
i n.iiii aio wis given by one, another
rubbed Lis neck and chest with spirits a
third dried his giossy hide with a warm
flannel, aud others patted Uis ueek, ut cay
1 ressei Lis nose au l face. ' Oh, John, my
Lor, and I gave you a blow I" and tha
' ;i Jj ended in a low, wailing groan.
Men uncovered tLeir Leads, and turned
I their faces from Lim, and at length led
! him inside, where he spent tbe night.
The mornicg revealed to him the dread
ful danger he hal eseapjd through the sa
gacity of tha beast, and again did he
; grieve for th.- blow Le had dealt him wheat
so uoLiy putting forth mora than humau
power.
'Don J.hn" never did a day's work
fr.iin that time. Sometimes his master
- roii hitu f r:ii on a pleasure tour, or
drrveLitn Lefurj a liiit vehicle, a few
miles wiih som? members of the family;
hut his profjs.-ional labors, were over.
Noihiog ou'd exceed the care and atten
tion that was given Liu ever afterward.
He fed from a manger uiada of mahoga
ny ; li., r 'jiu was mora a parlor tnao a
stable - and ow;i'iy to tha Doctor's al-
I ways paid "D ju Jobu" a visit before they
' left.
Thus lived they many years, the Doc
tor and his Loise growing old together.
'-Dun Jubu" soruved Lis . master soma
years; aud when the good mau's will was
opened, there was found a clause append
! ed, wLiuh related to "Don John," to this
cClc:: that bo should be given to bis
juun'est daughter (Mrs. Morrison) while
, she liv-.J, to be cared fir as be bad al
' ways d me; that he should, at his deatb,
1 Le Luried iu his shoes, wrapped in bis own
rieh blanket, and enclosed in a befitting
i box, ia the comer of bis own burying"
! ground, liis wishes were respected, and,
j two years after I learned this history,
"Dun J jLu's'' bneswerc interred ia tho
! Mosely burjiug ground, iu Whitesbor
: ough, near Utica, N. Y.
j . A Healthy Community.
I Thasuljuiued letter is a very good thing
. of its kind. It may be proper to state, ia
explanation, that it was received by Dr.
: John Curwen, Superintendent of the Stats
J Lunatic Hospital at Iiarrisburg, Pa., in
: response to a circular which be is now
; seudiug to individuals iu tho various town
: ships if the Commouwealih, askinginfor
: mation relative to the number of insane
I and idiotic persons within their respective
I limits. It is too good to be lost :
! "Morris, Ti-ga Co., Pa., Oct. '59.
I Pear m : Our township is new on-
ly 15'J voters in it. There is not, and
never bis been, an insane or idiotic per
son re.-idont iu its borders. Oue thing
! may explain tha', perhaps. There are ta
! Leu htr-.;, 110 c-pics of the New York
i Weekly Tribune. of the Seni-Weekly,
j and 11 of the daily issues of that paper,
i We are a reading community, and all Rc
I publicans, eons-q iently there are neither
j idiots nor iti.-auo nmontr us, and wo have
I not a person, mala cr female, above 12
I yeirs i f age, who cauuot read or write,
j Yours truly, W. W. Babb,"
I "Conductor," said an over-dressed dan
t dy tha other diy, in ona of our rail-cars,
J ''da not procrastinate, but push your
equine motive power to her greatest velo
i city, fur I bate an engigement np towo,
, at a stated bour, which I must fulfil, or
expiee !"
! The following is a toast at a late Pieoio
ia Illinois. Its author is a bachelor:
The Ladies Sainta in their prayers
angels iu tbir ptrlors and the Lord
ksctfS h.t ia tbeit ki'cacc "