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Vol. I Xo. 1.1.
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From the Baltimore Ocean.
JOHN GILPIN.
Tt was a favorite maxim of Lord Dyron, taken
from one of the classics, that
"Whom the Ooda love die young."
I cannot be a favorite with the Gods, for I had a 1
fair chance of being killed on Friday afternoon last,
while riding with Mr. Dowdcn, a gentleman who
reside in Washington city. The horse was frigh
tenened, ran, and came in Market fctreet flying "like
a etreak of lightening." Mr. tWden jumped out,
and left me to run the race of the famoua John
Qdpin alone, and I did run it in most exquisite
style. I ahall now aing the race which I ran with
Denth, and the gentle reader will perceive that I got
ahead of Otto Motty, and outgcnerclled even Death
himself.
John Gilpin, Junior.
Good citizen of Baltimore,
Pray liaten to my ditty ;
I aing the race John Gilpin run,
Just inside of the city.
Musing along the rugged road.
Did John in silence ride ;
Whrn lo ! he did look out and aaw
Death trotting by hia aide.
Halloo ! my friend, let me get in,
Death aaid with language civil.
His finger on hia nose, John aigli'J
I'd see you lo the devil.
You've tried to suck me in before,
At many a time and place ;
I date you now with me to run,
And dare you to your face.
Death, on hia pale horse, shook hi bone,
And gave a ghastly grin;
I'll run a race wilh you, he cried,
And thought he'd suck John in.
If in this matter I should lose.
And you should win, I say,
I ho, sir, a a gentleman.
You'll take me for the pay.
John put bis finger to hi nose,
Hia mouth with quids well crsoi'd,
You cannot take me in, he cried,
If you do, I'll bed n'd.
Away went Gilpin down the hill,
Mo race was e'er ao hard ;
Away, on hie pale horse, went death,
'1 he buggy aud the Hard.
Away hia hat Sew out behind,
His papers aM wne gone ;
Says Death, I'll catch you if you fill,
I tkauk you, sir, eaid luhn.
The people alt ran out to see,
For toon ttie news waa spread ;
And every ene cried out hurrah t
For Grtptu was ahead.
How far, ir, do you rule to day 1
"lVy one and all did cry ;
Joha chew'd hia quid, and calmly said
You know a well aa I.
The women they pult'd off their caps,
The ragged children ran,
And acream'd a loud aa they cauld bawl,
To aee ao strange a man.
Away, away went Gilpin, still,
As swiftly as the wind :
And tho' Dealt) whip'd and rpur'd hishoriie,
lie lett nun far bemud.
A creditor, upon the road,
Held out hi hand for pay ;
8aid John I'm aony I can't atop
To talk with you to day.
A lady from her window waved
Her 'kerchief m hia view ;
I'm sorry you can't call, she cried,
Said John 1'rn sorry loo.
Still onward in the race he went,
The horse like lightning flew,
The dogs howl'd out a wild hurrah I
Cows low'd, and cat did mew.
When at the end his steed did stop,
Twa in a woful plight;
The buggy broke, and In ! he look'd,
And death was out of sight.
Well, well, said death, you necd'nt fear
In lite, a single evil ;
I don't slid, John, for I can beat
Death, doctor, and the devil.
Good citizens, when next be ride,
I'll let you know the place ;
That you may all go out to see
John Gilpin run a race.
Miltobd Bias.
tVeilira Gculua.
A Hoosier lover of fourteen vents bis "diap
linled hope" iu the following poetical effukion
Farewell, dear girl, farewell, farewell,
I never ahall love another ;
In peace and comfort yon may dwell,
And I'll go home to mother.
Oh Cupid! Cupid ! don't you know
You ought to have a lick in
For plaguing little ch.ldien ao.
Your arrowa iu Ihem atukiu' !
You ought to fire at b'ggiT game.
Old Uachelora of forty ;
Oh leave the babies! lie! fr shame!
You knew you bad'nl oily.
Valcable latter. The cochineal (jtoccut cac-
) U now known lo abound in the southern pait of
jr slate. It must in lime become a very valuable
rqusilion. A gentleman fiora Attakapaa,whoha
availed much in South America, informs the edi.
r of the Natchitoches Herald that ihi iiuect ia
clde.l!y similar to those found in that country
ion the Opunlia, or Indian tig true J and believe
I tb female will yielj a dye that will impart to
A. COQETTE'S KISS.
"Lot I is thi MisTRtaa or is all."
"How smooth the suifaceof the river ia Ihia even
ing 1 Surely the current is gentle enough to tempt
even the timid Maiy to venture a sail," aaid I, bl'.f
ironically. "Come, here i a boat, let u tross over
and spend an hour with the Misses ii ." "But
it may be dark before we return, a.id then ," ahe
heaitated. "Then we v.i'u return by the bridge,"
aaid I. "It l a I'.wtghtful evening, and the last, too,
tbl'i 1 ebu'.i spend in your pleasant village for the
present, ao let u enjoy it."
She made no reply, but placing her hand in mine
permitted me to seat her in the boat. A few
strokes of the oar and we gained the centre of the
river. The dwelling of the Miese H waa
situated a short distance below, and yielding our.
selves to the current, we floated slowly down.
Report had assigned to Mary W the un
enviable reputation of a heartier coquette. The
gossip would recount her almost numberless con
qests, especially among the student of the neigh
boring College. Many fascinated undergradu
ate had thought mote of her than of his studies, and
received for hi trouble a coquette's smiles and bis
tutor's frowns. Mary was indeed beautiful, and
full of that graceful light-heartedness, which more
than even beauty bewitches one, but which ia so of
ten, alas ! found united with heartless coquettery.
At first I wasted to believe that what seemed the
general opinion was true. But I soon thought o
therwiae. I could not but believe that a form so
lovely enshrined a heart a heart, too, susceptiblo
of the purest and holieet pasaions that mortals
know. My claaamate however, only smiled and
ahook their head at what they called my infatuation
But I had noted her action for oine time close
ly, and in a measure unobserved. The moic I saw
the more I wa convinced that Mary had yet to love,
and that when she did, it would be with a fervor of
which few are capable. Meantime our slight ac
quaintance gradually became intimacy, and it waa
said by the village gossips that I would soon be ad
ded to the catalogue oi her victims. Thus the
time parsed by until the period for my departure
had arrived, and on leaving my room on the last
evening of my atay, I determined to know if she
waa the hearlleas being so generally considered, or
if she waa capable of loving and being loved.
For once her usual vivacity had deserted her, and
our walk on thia evening was, unlike the many
which preceeded it, alinoat a silent one.
"We return by tile bridge, do we 1" ahe enqui
red, as we left the Miaacs H ."
"If you prefer it. The distance is conddable,
however; perhaps h will I too fatiguing.
"Oh ! no, I like a long walk aometimec."
A few vain attempt al conversation, and wa a
gain walked on in silence. We baJ nearly reached
her home, when ahe hesitatingly inquired
"May I atk you a question 1"
"Yes, two if you wish," I replied, aomewhat
piqued at her previms reserve.
"Who is Ellen C ."
"A cousin of mine, and a pretty one too.
"You correspond with her!"
"Ye, and I hope to aee her eoon."
"She is a lovely creature ; snch an one
Aa poet love In dream of, artist paint,"
We had now reached tho grounds enclosing her
father'a residence. Instead of taking the path di
reel to the bouse, we had, unobaerved by me, taken
one leading to a small arbor, where we had fie
quently an hour in idle converse, or in reading some
favorite author.
"I am fatigued, let us reat a while," said Mary,
as we reached it, We enterod. I observed on the
seat a volume of Taaao'a Jerusalem which I had giv.
en her. I took it up. Her glove was lying be
tween the leaves opening to a particular passage
a favorite of mine. Apparently without noticing it,
I rfcired to the pages which I haJ been reading
that day and then spoke if some publications
which I had just receiveJ, offering to tend them
to her for perusal during my abaence in vacation.
"But you will call again before you leave!
"I think not. My uncle's carriage will arrive in
the moining, and we shall leave aa soon aa the cum
mencement isovei.
Bui you can call for a moment at least."
"Do you wiab it!"
She looked up reproachfully. A tear stood trem
hling in her eye. My arm encircled her waist and
gently diew her to me. Our li met ; the firat
long kise of love waa given, and her bead sunk u- and piivate.
pon my bosom. We breathed no vow, but that
moment has long been lo me the holiest one in ine
niory.
I hear
my wife's step approaching the library. "You are
jut in time, Mary. Read thia . Have
aketrbed it correctly V
Yea but "
"But what!"
John Randolph of Roanoke.
The following description of this remarkable per
son we find In the National Intelligencer:
His long thin legs, about as thick as a strong
walking cane, and of much such ahape, were en
cased in a pair of light small clothe.', o tight that
they seemed part and parcel of the wearer. II md
some while Blockings were fastened with great
lidinoas at the knee by a email gold buckle, and o
ver them, coming about half way up the calf, were
a pair of what, I believe, are called hose, coarse
and country knit. He wore shoe ; they were old
fashioned, and fastened also with buckle huge
ones, lie trod like an inuian, witnoui turning nia
loea out, but plunking them down straight ahead.
It waa the fashion in those day a to wear a fan-tailed
coat, with a small collar, and bultona Tar apart lie
hind, and few on the breaat. Mr. Randolph'
were the reverse of all this, and, instead of hi coat
being fan-tailed it waa what we believe the knight
of the needle call swallow-tailed ; the collar was
immensely large, the button behind were in kiss
ing proximity, and they sat together as close on the
breast of the garment as the feaater at a crowded
public festival. His waist was remarkably elender ;
ao slender, that, a be stood wilh his arms akimbo,
he could eatily, aa I thought, with his long bony
fingers, have spanned it. Around him hi coal,
which waa very tight, wa held together by one
button, and, in consequence, an inch or more of
1aie, to which it wa attached, waa perceptible
where it waa pulled through the eloth.
About hi neck he wore a large white cravat, in
which hia chin wa occasionally buried as he
moved his head in conversation ; no shirt collar
was perceptible ; every other person seemed to pride
himaelf on the aizo of his, a they were then worn
large. Mr. Randolph's complexion waa precisely
that of a mummy, withered, saffron, dry and blood-
lens ; yet you could not have placed a pin' point
on hi face without you would have touched a wrin
kle ; hia lip were thin, compresaed and colorless ;
(he chin, beVdlea as a boy', was broad for the
sze of his face, which was aruall ; his nose was
strait, with nothing rematkablo in it, except perhaps
il wa too short. He wore a fur cap, which he took
off, standing a few momenta uncovered. I observed
that his head wa quite mall, a characteristic
hieh is said to have matked many men of talent,
Byron and Chief Justice Mar.ha'.l for inatance
Judge Burnet of Cincinnati, who has been alike
distinguished at the bar, on the bench, and in tho
United State Senate, and whom I have heard no
less a judge and possecsor of talent than Mr. Ham
mond of the Gaze'te, say, was the clearest and
most impressive speaker he ever heard, hat also a
very small head. Mr. Randolph'a hair wa rem irka
bly Cue fine as an infant's, and thin. It was very
long, and wa parted with great care on the top of
kis hesd, and waa lied behind with a hit of blaik
ribband about three inche fiom his neck ; the
whole of it formed a queue not thicker than the lit
tle finger of a delicate gi 1. His forehead was low,
but no bumpology about it ; but hi eye, though
sunken, waa moat brilliant and startling in its
glance.
It waa not an eye of profound, but impassioned
thought, wilh an expresion at 'limea such asphy
iciana describe to be that of insanity, but an in
sanity which acemed to quicken, not to destroy in
tellectuul Biuteneia. I never beheld an eye that
struck roe more : it poseaaed a species of fuciiia
lion auch as would make you wondor over the
character of il poaaeaaor, without finding any clue
in your wonderment to diacover it, except ttwt he
wa paaiiioiiate, wayward and fearleea. He lifted
hia long bony finger impietaively aa he conversed.
and gesticulated wilh it in a peculiar manner
Ilia whole appearance (truck me, and I could ea
sily imagine how, with his great command of Ian
guage, so appropriate and full, so brilliant and claaai
cal, joined to the vast information that hia diacur
aive oratory enabled him lo exhibit in its fullest ex
tent, from the storehouse of which the vividness
of bia imagination waa always pointing out a hap
py analogy or bitter sarcisin, that alar. led the more
from the fact that hia hearers diJ not perceive it un
til the look, lone and linger brought it down wit
the suddenness of lightning, and with il effect,
upon the head ol hia adversary ; taking all this in
to consideration, I could eaaily Imagine buw, when
almost a boy, he won ao much fame, pieaerved it so
long and wilh ao vast an influence, notwithtta.idin
the eccentricity and inconsistency of hi life, public
Brady's Adventure.
Gen. Hugh Brady has stated to us
tattho subjoined narrativo issubstan-
ally correct. I he Ocneral also as
sures us that the child was not rc-cnp-tured
by his brother as he was so strong-
y fastened to tho Indian that ho was
not able to relcaso him nnd save his own
fe, and that of the boy's mother. Tho
General also informs us, that in 1837,
at Beaver, Pa., he became acquainted
with a voun" man ofthe name of Stuoes. feeling of poetry, but must pause over
On inquiry, he had tho satisfaction to such a scene, and in imagination con-
earn that he was tho son or the boy in template us icaiuros.
nnstnn. Ha nrormed lie general. 1 HO murmuring river: tnc tnutan
mt his father remained with the In- village wrapt in sleep ; tho sylvan land
ians till after the treaty of Grenvillc, scape ; as each was gazed upon by that
in 1795; that he then returned home, lonely but dauntless warrior, m the sttfl
nd when the Beaver country was act
ing, his lather purchased the snot
where the scene took place, and lived
there to the day of his death, which
lappened about one year belore, and
now lays interred on tho very spot
where he fell with the Indian 01 years
go. We find the narrative in the
'ittsburg American. Detroit Adv.
horses. One gray horse in particular
attracted his notice, lie won every
near evening, when as it en
T . mrcf 1 1 f . a. ! . L ' l
in wou.asman ion, wtititn me pre- . ., r
sent limits of Pittsburc. was the head 1,J ur y "
quarters of Gen. Broadhead, who was
clinrrrftH with th rlefniir.e of this auiir-
Q . . men nnti
icr oi iu ii ouuur. iiic toiiiuiy uoi in . f . , i
j . r.L . it i . : I viuus oi ins jcuu, iwu uuuia wcix; uia
nnri wpst nfthrt Allo-rhfrnv river was in . ' . . . . r
c .l I . - tru I icu uu iiiiii, aim urns nu nos wuii.ii
possession oi lllC Jliuiuiis. vjcii. uosin . . c
nSton, whose comprehensive sagacity
bad provided against all dangers that u V u ' c' . V V
menaced the country, wrote to Gen. - --- - VVU "
Broadhead to select a suitable officer . , ' . oul . WSH 6 "
J j .-u l.:. f.,..u Kuy ouiiiii" on uie law.
aiiu iiesoci ii;ii nun iu uuiiuusnr, 101 iiiu i T , , . i i ,,t,.,-.:
e .1 i " i 1 no iiiiu muuu sui:u uosui vuouiis
purpose of examining the place and as-1 . . . , . ,.
eertaininc the force of the British and j r
vvaucu out i rum me isiauu hi iiilmii, tui
pics quoted, or any otherr Neither ban
ner nor nennon waved over him. He
was hundreds of miles in the heart of
enemy's country. A n enemy, who had
they possessed it, would have given his
weight in gold lor the pleasure ol burn
ing him to death wilh a slow fire, adding
to his torments, both mental and physi
cal, every ingredient that savage inge
nuttv could supply.
Who that has poetry ot teehng, or
midnight hour.
... .
i he next morninc a dense fog spread
over hill and dale, town aud river. All
was hid from Brady's eyes, save the
loss and bushes around him. About
1 1 o'clock it cleared off and offered him
a view of about three thousand Indians,
eiv'aued in the amusements of the race
ground.
They had just returned Irom virgi
nd ians assembled there, wilh a view to
measures of preparation and defence,
against the depredations and attack to
be expected Irom thence.
Gen. Broadhead had no dilhculty in
making the selection of an olhccr qua
fied lor this difhcult and dangerous
auty. He sent lor Capt. Brady, show
cd him Washington's letter, and a map
or draft of the country he must traverse
lected his men, went to the Indian camp
he had seen as he came out ; the squaws
were still there, took them prisoners,
and continued his march homeward.
The map furnished by Gen. Broad
head was found to be defective. The
distance was represented to be much
less than it really was. The provisions
and ammunition of the men were ex-
Carclcsuncss In Cultivating Corn.
Let us calculate ttio cost of a care
less practice in cultivating corn ; wo
will takeO acres and say, vc placa
the hills three feet nino incites apart,
which is a good distance, wc will hava
fiftyhv'c thousand seven hundred and
seventy-eiglft lulls. By tho process
that is commonly practiced, it is sel
dom those hills will average two good
ears to the frill, owing to the careless
practice of selecting 'the seed, dropping,
ploughing &c- In the first place, wc
should break up the ground deep, lurs
row out straight and drop plenty in a
hill, and after it is up to the bight of IB
inches or two feet, pull aTl out but thrco
stocks, (but not like French's negro,
who, when he found but one or two in
a hill pulled them also, because he had
"been told to leave but three stocks in a
hill) by this practice we will obtain
107,334 ears, and in a common season
to take'the ears as they stand on the
stocks 129 will make a bushel, which
will beOS bushels, or about CO bu
shels to the acre, and as remarked be
fore, in a general way, the farmers of
this country do not get more than two
thirds of this amount from the acre ; or
at most 45 bushels, where there is one
man raises more, there arc two that fall
short.
If this calculation is correct, and we
believe it will be found so in a general
way, then each farmer is losing 404 bu
shels of corn, this at 23 cents is 81 10.
A( sum sufficiently larpj to pay for the
culture of the crop. If our views are
not correct we hope some of our expe
rienced farmers 'will set us right on this
subject. Kentucky Farmer.
i ...1 1... .L. - .L... t. J
very defective, as Brady aficrwards d n- n y ,v, ' , pV,
. J .I fhf Itirv Itnavpr. nn tnoir rptiirn. lira.
discovered, but the best, no doubt, that
could be obtained at that time.
Capt. Brady was not insensible to the
dy shot an otter, but could not cat it.
The last load was in his rille. They
uy WUS IIOl lll&CIIMMIU IU IIIC ,. . I
danger, nor ignorant of the difficulty of J . ' 2
the enterprize. But he saw the anxie '"u"u v. " 3 v' " " .7 'T IZ
"You should not Lave written any thing about
about.
About whatV'
"About thai kiss!"
"Well, not again."
"You promise 1"
"Ye, but that promise must be sealed or 'twill
not be valid and, genlle leader, my atory ia ended.
Illnla to Fanners.
The editor of the Frederick MJ. Examiner, al
luding lo the subject of the great number of barna
struck by lightning thia season, Bays "the great
number of barns that are Cied by lightning after
every harvest, should admonish farmer of the ex
pediency of having conductors attached 10 their
barn. The fermentation produced in both hay
and grain after being stored, senda up a column of
steam, which furniahe an excvlb-nt conductor ofe
leetricity, and for the want of a suitable conductor
to carry it harmlessly into the ground we have eve
ry jaar some half doirn cases to record of the burn
ing of barns, with all the pioJuet of the previous
year' Ubor'
ty of the Father of his country to pro
cure information that could only be ob
taincd by this perilous mode, and knew
its importance. 1 lis own danger was
of inferior consideration. The appoint
ment was accepted, and selecting a few
soldiers and four Chickasaw Indians as
guides, he crossed the Allegheny river,
and was at once in the enemy s coun-
trv.
It was May, 1780, that he commen
ced his march : the season was uncom
monly wet. Every considerable stream
was swollen; neither road, bridge, nor
house, facilitated their march, nor shiel
ded their repose. Part of their provi
sions were picked up by the way, as
they crept rather than marched through
the wilderness by night, and lay con
cealed in its brambles by day. I he
slightest trace of his movement, the
print of a man's foot on the pand of a
river, might have caused tlte extcrini
nation of the party. Brady was ver
sed in all the wiles of Indian 'stratagic,'
and dressed in the full war dress of an
Indian warrior, and well acquainted
with their languages, he led his band in
safety near to the Sandusky towns,
without seeing a hostile Indian
The night before ho reached Sandus
ky, he saw a fire, approached it, and
fou.id two squaws reposing before it
He passed on without molesting them.
But his Chickasaws now deserted. This
tn no nlinrMiirf fiw it nxi no rtj il t'l I til I ltx l
uwiinii, iui ,..v.....v. ...vj "jenny otupes 1
naa gone over to uie enemy, i owever, jow mc nil(1 win wc re . .Uld your
u j ... :. i J w:ik n ,. i . . . .J ....
nu uuici milieu iu iiotccu. ..luiaiuii phi d" rniir it h,r hum n hkrnr
knowledge oi tne nornuie aeaui mat a. - in2 .l0 c, ild , lhcr arm
waited him, iftakenpnsoner.be passed nnr An&.pi ;nfri ,h l.msh. Manv
on until he stood beside the town, and gu)S were j-ireil at ilinlt tut no b.,j
on the bank of the river. harmed him t and the Indians, dreading
His first care was to provide a place An ambuscade, werd gl.id to make off.
of concealment lor his men. -en The next day lie arrived at Fort M'ln
this was etlected, having selected one tosf, (now jjcaver x with tho woman
man as the companion ol his tuture ad- ail(1 her chi( iiU men were lhere
ventures, he waded the river loan island before
partially covered with dritt wood, oppo
site tho town, where ho conceaiea mm
self and comrade for the night.
Leomdas was brave, and in obeili
stopped to appease their hunger witli
Having discovered a deer, Urady lol
lowed it, telling the men he would per
haps get a shot at it. He had went but
a few rods when he saw the deer stand
ing broadside to him. He raised his
ritle and attempted to fire, but it (lashed
in the pan, nnd he had not a priming ot
powder. He sat down, picked the
touchhole. and then started on. After
going a short distance, the path made a
bend, and he saw belore him a large
Indian on horseback, with a child be
fore and its mother behind him on the
horse, and a number of warriors march
ing in the rear. His first impulse was
to shoot the Indian on horseback, but as
he raised the rifle, he observed the
child's head roll with the motion of the
horse. It was fast asleep, and tied to
the Indian. He stepped behind the root
of a tree, and wailed until he could
shoot the Indian without danger to the
child or its mother.
When he considered the chance cer
tain, he shot the Indian, who fell from
the horse, and the child and its mother
fell with him. Brady called to his men
with a voice that made the forest ring,
to surround the Indians and give them
a general fire. Ho sprung to the fallen
Indian's powder horn, but could not pull
it off. Being dressed like an Indian,
tho woman thought he was one, and
said, "why did you shoot your broth
er?" He caught up the child, saving,
Jenny Stupes I am Capt. Brady, fol-
w a. V
Llnic.
The effect of lime in decomposing
vegetable matter is weil known.
Near the last of "fhe 8th month, (Au
gust,) fifty bushels of lime to the acre
were spread over a clover Field almost
run out, trom which a tirst crop ol grass
had been taken at the usual time. The
second crop grew tolerable well, atxl
was ploughed down with the lime, pre
paratory to seeding with winter grain.
M the interval ot lour or hv'e vficka
the ground was crossed ploughed, and
the vegetable mass of grass, weeds and
roots, found to be almost pulverized,
and incorporated with the soil.
Tt is customary with many farmers
in this vicinity, to apply a handful of
ground plaster to each hill of Indian
corn, after it appears a few inches a
bove ground. A small portion of tho
corn field thus treated, was last spring
reserved lor an 'experiment, with the
same quantity of powdered or fine lime,
applied in like manner.
The result has been in favor of tho
lime, both the stock and ear of the corn,
being much superior to the average
production oT the field. Farmer't
Cabinet.
A Olu Sraeaa. The Boston Post eays that
Morse, the well known Canibiidge omnibus driver,
"We muat have a new President Ibe present ha driven ou that route 31 years, during which
one won t antwer, aa John M. Bott aaid, when nine be has driven a stage or omnibus one ball
lico or morocco a aeailet, equally as luUious and Captain Tvlei returned bia insulting not, without million of miles, or nearly. SO liinea round the
autiful. A. f ricayu. t a word ot comment. Yeoman. I gioo.
lim. They had heard his war
whoop, and knew it was Indians he
had encountered, but having no amunU
tion, they had taken to llieir heels and
run "fV 1'lin Stmmu'ti hf lin.t I:iLm ill
enco to the instructions of his country, Sanduskv, availing themselves of the
he courted death, and found it in the na;c. had aho mudts their r.p.-ii,.i
pass of Thermopylae
ISapoleon was brave, hut HIS bravest W bo is this Jobu Bants, whom the Ptnnxylva-
acts w ere performed in the presence of I nia whig paper are lauding eo highly I W ne'er
embattled thousands. heard of him befoie lllinnit IimUlcr.
In constancy of purpose, in Cool, de- Never heard of him brfure Indeed! Well, lust
liberate COUrage, the Captain of the wait till after the election, and yoo will hear of him
Rangers w ill compare with the exam-1 at kwt so.ooq is uktnJ. YwM-t.
A Terrible Deed
In illustrating the desperate condition
to w hich the lower classes in England
arc reduced through grinding poverty,
the London correspondent of the Bos
ton Post relates tho following occur
rence, the bare perusal of which makes
the blood run cold ; he snys, however,
that it is too well authenticated to be
doubted:
"It appears that there arc "Philan-
thropic Burial Societies, in many towns
in England, which pay certain sums
to members fir the funeral expenses of
a deceased child. One of the rules of
"The Stockport Burial Society" is that
each member shall pay a penny per
week, and at the end of seventeen
weeks' subscription become full mem
bers. If a child after that period dies.
the parents are entitled to the sum of
three pounds and twelve shillings ; and
deducting one shilling and sixpence for
the collector's fee, and two shillings
" or liquor," the sum of three pounds
eight and sixpence remains for the fu
neral expenses of the child. At the
Chester Assizes, two married couples,
whose average ages were only twenty
six, were indicted. Their names wero
Sandys and one couple were charged
with having ndminstered arsenic to the
child, by which they murdered it, and
the others were charged w ith being ac
cessories to the crimo boforo and
after the fact. The deceased, with
whose murder they were accused, was
thus awfully killed for the diabolical
purpose t.f obtaining the sum of throa
itoiinds t:ight and sixpence from thu
j Stockist Buriul Society !"