TERMS OF Till! MI RICH,"
HENRY B. MA8SER, 5 P. ash
JOSEM EISBL'L $ Piiopiiikmhs.
nrricc in mamkkt stksit, Miar Buns.
THE" A M R R(C A (VIm4kx1 ever, S.tur
day at TWO DOLLARS per annum t be
paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin
ued till all arrearages are paid.
No subscription received for a toss period thnn
-six month!). All communications or Irtiera on
busineaa relating to the office, to insure attention,
must be POST PAID.
Vwn fAe ATeu) Orleans Pieayunt.
AttUe Tlc'a Plral.
"Hush, now, my dear, bow can you dont
Jla hlpssed heart, you'll wake it;
That'a always just Ihe way, when it's
Asleep you want lo take it
Viood heavens! ma just look at him !
Don't let him baby handle;
I never snw the like you know
Toll don't knew how to dandle"
'lle-e-e e" "I told you ao
To go and make it cry ;
flop, give, it nurse minute first,
You need't ask, now, why;
How is it nurse V "He-e-e-e"
"It's dod a blessed pet,
Ihd pappy turn will lake it then,
Jl'anioe and right as yet."
"t.or iw yen handle It"! you men;
You'll break it'a neck good gracious
And if it isn't laughing nh
ll'a mother's 'title prcc4us!
'lap hands for father chi, chi, chi,
100-0000 o-o-o
Ji's lather's eyes and mother' mouth
And father's nosey too!''
41 Did mammy love p.ippy eh
And go and bring him over;
And lake nice rides, and talk with him,
And make him hrr true lover;
You rogue you. with mustaches you,
A nd yet you hale me may be
Well, then, a little kinahnghho
That'll do now kiss the baby !"
"It's 'iltle bessed pet and yea
II shad lie cknsKwJ soon ;
Have all the pretties from the tow'r,
And the gold tub. and spoon ;
And it wont cry at all, it wont,
When the oil Lti.-hop rubs-re. ;
Ani sprinkles the nice water aa
We iKkid-eeover tubaee!"
Ah! you a thinks vhut Kings and ijueens
Aiut got no huinajj feelin's ;
Doesn't you hid your dices when
We make these 'ere revealin's !
You see, spite of your sneer and doubts.
Your "hows !" and "whys 1" and "may bes !"
That parents will be parents tiiU,
And bulart will be babies.
Homo at Last.
A shivering child one winter's night,
(The snow was deep, and cold Ihe blast!)
Hugging her ruggwd mother tight,
Mother,' eiclaimed, -we're home at list!'
And as she spake, poot lirtte one,
A ruined hut she stood before,
Whence, ever since the morning sun,
They strayed to beg from door to door.
We're home at last .' Raj home is this
AM lone without, all coM within ;
The adder "here might lurk and bias,
Her poisonous web the spider spin
Uul there's no lire to warm, no light;
And creviees are yawning wide,
Through which tho storm, tki freezing night,
May Jay you stiiK-ned aide by aide.
And yet this way watd -child has been
Hy many a gorgeous bouse and past
Where mirth and Music cheer the scene,
Nor envies tor she's home nt list!
Ti.ua nitty the bran be trained below
To love the cot wherein was cast
Ita fate of poverty arid wo,
Like her's who ciied 'we're home at last !'
Another use for Ueef Tallow. UnttJ
within few wowths, the factories at The east,
used olive oil in their manufacture of wool. A
process has been found out to make a substitute
lir it, from American beef tallow. Twelve
thousand gallons made from this material, was
used last year, ia one factory in Lowell. The
aaiuc niiil, iiwt yr, contwujod over l.OUO.OOU
xjuiids of American wooL
Cure for Diseases in I'kjvh Trees. The
ajyJicatMia to tl trees consists of salt and salt
petre combined, in the proportion of one part of
ealtpetre fcj eight parts of salt, one-half pound
f V'ms mixture to a tree seven years old and
upward, to be applied upon the surface of the
ground around and in immediate contact with
Ihe trunk of the tree. This will destroy tlte
worn; but to more effectually preserve the
tree I also sow this mixture over my orchard,
at the rate of two bushels to the acre. The
size of the fruit is increased, and the flavor very
greatly improved, the worm destroyed, and the
yellows prevented.
Crow. This species of the feathered tribe,
although regarded generally with much aver
sion, is a very useful animal, notwithstanding
ts propensity to pull up corn. The Magazine
of Natural History says;
Every Crow requires at least one pound of
food a week, and nine-tenths of their, food con
sists of worms and insects"; 100 Crows then in
one season destroy 4780 pounds of worms, in
jects and larvae. From this fact some slight
idea may be formed of the usefulness of this
much persecuted bird to the farmer.
Governor Dorr and his Sword. Two offi
cers arrived in town, on Saturday, in pursuit of
the late hero of the Rhode Island revolution.
We do not know whether he has been here or
is taken. It is certain, however, that a pass
port for some Mr. Dorr has been received here
from the Stats Department -.V. V. Hrald.
Grace, says Lessing, is beauty in motion.
SUNBtfJKY
"
From the Aotw Scotinn.
THE BABKS IN TIIK WOODS
Most children who can read have read the
touching little Nursery Tale of the Babes in
the WikxIs and thousands who cannot road have
wept over it as better informed HavmaTes.
nurses, or grandmother, poured it into their
imant cars, with variations, embellishments
anil exaggerations, which, if all dulv preserved.
would fill a book as large as Robison Crusoe.
We havesevti nil the touching incidents of the
ecne so often porutrayed in woodcuts and en
gravings, that at any moment wc can conjure
up the iwdroom in which the dying parent con
signed the innocents to the cruel but fiiir-spo-ken
nde the wild glen in which the ruffians
ijnarrclcd, upon the point of conscience as to
whether they should be murdered or Jell to
perish in the wood and then the wood itself
in which they wandered so long, hand in hand,
quenching their thirst in the running brook,
gathering sloe-berries to satisfy their hunrrcr.
and sleeping at night beneath the trees, in
encn oilier s arms. I ruly this little legend has
enjoyed a popularity more extensive than
thousands!' talcs of more complicated plot and
elaborate execution. The boys and girls of
the present generation road and listen to it with
as much delight ami as tender a sympathy as
the boys and girls of the past; and who can
say how many centuries may pass before ilmfi
cease to be remembered, or le shorn of any
portion of the popularity it now enjoys!
We have had, of late, our IJabes in the
Wools; and the object of Ibis little sketch is
to record sonic incidents in humble lite, in
which the peoplo of Halifax, Dartmouth, and
the settlements in their vicinity, take at the
present moment a very lively interest, and
which it is probable w ill be held in painful re
membrance by hundreds until their dvimrdav.
Our story lacks something of the dramatic cast
of the old one, there beinc neither avarice, cru
elty, nor crime in it ; and yet 4 't is pitiful 't
is wondrous pmfuL
At a distance of some four miles and a half
from the Ferry lived John Meagher, a native of
Ireland, his wife and a family of four children.
His house is prettily situated on an upland ridge
between two lakes, and overlooking the main
road. Hirt cleared fields wnro ol,i..flo in fWit
the rear of his lot being covered by a thick
growth ot bushes and yming trees, which had
sprung np m the place of the original fjrest,
long since leveled by the axe or overrun by
fire. Behind the lot, in a nwthcrly direction.
lay a wide extent of timber and scrnmblinar
woodland, a ih! granite Iwrren and morass, the
only houses in the neighborhood lying east or
west on nrfges running parallel with that on
wiucii Mr. Alraglicr lived, and which arc sep
arated front it by the lakes that extend some
distance mrearof his clearing.
On Monday morning, the 10th day of April,
Meagher, his wife, and two of the children,
lying sick with measles, the two eldest cirls.
Jane Elizabeth, being 6 years and 10 months.
and Margaret, only 5 vears ld, strolled into
the wwdsto search for laslmng, the gum of the
black spruce tree, or tea berries. The day
was fine, and the girls, bcinjr in the habit of
roaming about the lot, were not missed till late
in theday. A man servant wasscnt in search
of them, and thought he heard their voices, but
returned without them, probably thinkinc there
was no great occasion for alarm, and that they
would by and by return of their own accord.
Towards evening the family became sernmsly
alarmed, and the 6ick father roused himself to
search for his children, and gave the alarm to
some of his nearest neighbors. The restofthe
night was spent in beatinir about the woods in
tern-ef the clearing, but to no purpose, nobody
supposing that girls so small could have strayed
more than a mile or two from the house. On
Tuesday morning, tidings having reached Dart
month, Halifax and the neighboring settle
ments, several hundreds ol acrsnns promptly
repaired to the vicinity of Meagher's house,
and, dividing into different parties, commenced
a formal and active exmination of the woods.
In tlic course of the day the tracks of little
feet were discovered in several places on patch
es of snow, but were again lost the syot at
which the children crossed a Tivurct which
connects ijike Ixjon with Lake Charles was
also remarked. A colored boy named Brown,
whose dwelling layabout three tmkis lo the
north and west of Meagher's, also reported
that he had heard a noise, as of children cry
ing, the evening before, while cutting wood ?
but that, on advancing towards it, and calling
out, the sound ceased, and he returned home,
thinking, perhaps, it was a bird or 6ome wild
animal.
The tracks, the colored boy's report, and the
subsequent discovery of a piece of one of the
children's aprons, stained with blood, at the
distance of three miles from the house, gave a
wider range to the researches of the benevo
lent, who began to muster in the neighborhood
of the place in which the piece of apron was
pick-ee up, and to deploy in all direction, em
bracing a circle of several miles beyond nJ
AND SHAM OK IN .TOURNAL.
RepirtiKCT ffom whJc;i
SuMburv, KnrtliutnlHsi lanl Co.
in rear of it. Monday night was mild, and it
was pretty evident tlic children survived it.
Tuesday night was eoldcr, and about two inch
es of snow having fallen, tho general conviction
appeared to be, that, wern out with fatigue and
hunger, nnd having no outer clothing, they
must have perished. Still, there was no re
laxation of the exertions of the enterprising and
benevolent. Fresh parties poured into the
woods each day, and many person", overpowered
by the strength of their feelings, and gathering
fresh energy from the pnrsnit, devoted the en
tire week to the generous purpose of rescuing
the dead bodies, if not the lives of the innocents,
from the wilderness. Wednesday, Thursday
Friday and Saturday passed away, and no trace
was discovered of the Babes in the Woods ;
every newspaper that appeared was eagerly
searched for some tidings; every boat that
crossed tho harbor was met by anxious and in
quiring faens. Dartmouth was the centre of
excitement, and the Preston Boad was con
stantly occupied with vehicles and pedestrians
moving to and fro.
On Sunday morning it wag quite evident
that the interest had deepened rather than de
clined. A load seemed to hang upon the mind
which was excessively painful. Many who had
been confined all the week unable to join in
the good work, determined to spend the Sab
bath in searching for the babes, in imitation of
Him who went about doing good, and who gave
example of active Itenevolence even on the day
set apart for rest and devotion.
We strolled into Meagher's early in the fire-
norm. The mk husband was in the woods.
The bereaved mother, whore agony must have
been intense throughout the week, while there
was a chance of her little ones being restored
to her a live seemed In have settled into the so
briety of grief which generally follows the
stroke of death, and when hope lms been en
tirely extinguished. One sick child rested on
her bp. Friendly neighbors were sitting a
round, vainly essaying to comfort her who
could not be comforted,' because her children
w ere not' All they could do was to show by
kind looks ami little household attentions, how
anxious they were to prove that they felt her
bereavement keenly. We plunged into the
woods, and at once saw how easy it might be
for d, ildren to lose themsclvas in the dense
thickets and broken gTound immediately in the
rear of the house.and how exceedingly difficult
it might be to find their bodies, had they crept
for shelter iu any of the fir or alder clumps,
through hundreds of which they must have pas
sed, or laid down beneath the spreading roots
ofanyofthe numerous windfalls, which lay
scattered on either hand. We w andered on,
occasionally exchanging greeting, or inquiries
with parties crossing snd recrosting our line of
march.
As wc went on, and on, clambering over
windfalls, bruising our feet against granite
rocks, or plunging into mud-holes, the suffer
ings of those poor babes w eic brought fearfully
home to us, as they must have been to hun
dreds on that day. If we who had slept sound
ly the night before were well clad, and had
a comfortable breakfast, were weary with a
few hours' tramp ; if we chafed when we stum
bled, when the green boughsdashed in our faces
or when we slumped through the half frozen
morass, what must have been tlte unfit-rings of
those poor girls, so yoeng, so helpless, with
broken shoes, no coverings to their heads or
hnnds, and nothicker garments to shield them
from the blast or keep out the frost and snow,
than tlte ordinary dress with which they sat by
the fire or strolled abroad in the sunshine !
Our hearts sunk at the very idea of w hat must
have been llieir sufferings.
We were pushing on, peering about and
dwelling on every probability of the case, when,
just as we strRck a woodpath, we met a lad
coming ont, who told us that The children w ere
found, and that they were to be left on the spot
until parties could be gathered in, that those
who had spent the forenoon in search of them,
should have the melancholy gratification of be
holding them as they sunk in to their final rest
on the bleak mountain side.
In a few moments after wc met others rsh
ing from the woods, with the painful and yet
satisfactory intelligence, hurrying to spread it
far and wide. We soon after hove m sight of
Mount Major, a huge granite hill, about six
miles from Meagher's house, and caught a
sight of a group or persons standing upon its
topmost ridge, firing guns, and waving a white
flag as a signal of success. The melancholy
interest and keen excitement of tho next half
hour, we shall never forget. As we passed up
the hill-side, downs of our friends and ac
quaintances were ascending from different
points ; some, having satisfied their curiosity,
were returning w ith sad faces, and not a few
w ith tears iu llieir eyea. As we mastered
the acclivity, we saw a group gathered round
in a circle, about half way dow n on the other
bide. This seemed to be Ihe point of attraction.
.Newcomers were momently pressing intu the
AMERICAN.
wl 1m Tj)a prjn.ija
Saturday, June 4, 144.
ring, and others rushing out of it overpowered
by strong emotions. When we pressed into
lite circle, the two little girls were lying, just
as they were when first discovered by Air.
C'urrie's dog. The father had lilled the bodies,
to press them, cold and lifeless, to his bosom,
but they had been again stretched on the lieath,
nnd their limits disposed hi ns to show the
manner of their death. A more piteous sight
we never lieheld. There were not the holiday
dresses of ihe Babes in the Woods, for their
parents were ulllueiit, and it was for their
wealth their w icked uncle conspired against
them. Jane EHzaMh ami Margaret Meagher,
were the children of poor parents, and they
wore the common dress of their class, and
scanty enough it seemed ihr the perils they had
passed through. The youngest child had evi
dently died in sleep or her spirit, had passed as
gently as though the wing of the angel of death
had seemed but the ordinary clouds of night
ovcrjiowcriug the houses. Her little cltoek
rested uhmi that of her sister her little hand
was clasped in hers her hair, almost white,
unkemped nisi disheveled, strewed the wide
heath ii(on which they lny. The elder girl
appeared to have suffered mure. Her eyes
were open, as though she had watched till the
last her Ivatures were pinched und anxious,
as if years of care and of anguish had been
crowded into tliose two doys. If life is to be
measured by what wc have to bear, and do and
suffer, and not by moments and hours, that poor
girl must have lived more in those two days
than some people do in twenty years. From
the ni'Miicnt that she found herself really be
wildered and began to apprehend danger, until
that in which she threw the remains of her lit
tle apron over her sister's face lo keep the snow
out of her eyes, pillowed that cold cheek upon
her own, and grasped the hand by which she
had led her for long wearisome hours, what a
world of tlroughts must have passed through
that youthful brow how must that young spirit
have been o'er informed, that young heart been
tried !
Neither of tho girls had any thing on their
bends. Their legs were dreadfully torn and
lacerated the lurge toe of the elder, which
protruded from her boot when she left home,
was much cut. To this wound, or to one iihmi
her leg, occasioned by a fall, it w probable that ,
a piece of apron, which diiected the search so
far into the wilderness, had btmn applied. We
pity the man who could have stood over them
tiiran iiiKt.mt without shedding a tear, for their
fate and tur their sufferings. There were few
wlio did.
The hill on which the children were found,
wastlie la.st place any body would have thought
uf looking for them, and yet w hen upon it, the
reason of their lnMig there seemed sufficiently
clear. A smooth platlorin ol rock, clear of un
derbush, and looking like a road, approaches
the bottom of the hill, from the direction in
which the children probably came. They
doubtless ascended, iu order that they might
ascertain where they were; and it is more
than likely that when they saw nothing but for
est, bog and wide barren, streuching away for
unles arouud them, wkhout a house or clear
ing in sight, that their little hearts sunk within
them, and they laid themselves down to refresh
for further efforts, or, it may have been inurter
despair, to cling to each other's bosoms and
die.
Tlivre w as one thing which brightened the
scene, sad as it was, nnd seemed to give plea
sure even to those who were most affected by
it. "In death they where not divided." It
was clear there had ben no flesTnion, no
shrinking, on the part of the elder girl from the
claiinsol'a being even more helpless than her
self! If she had drawn her sister ito the for
est, is a companion to the sports of childhood,
she had continued by her in scenes of trial and
adversity that might kave appalled the stoutest
nature and broken the bonds of the best cemen
ted friendship. Men and women too have been
selfish in extremities, but this little girl dung
to her sister with a constancy and fidelity wor
thy of all praise. rom the tra ks it was evi
dent that she had led her by the hand, chang
ing sides occasionally as the little one's arm was
weary. "One touch of nature makes the whole
world kin," and the tondornosandcott.-taury uf
this poor girl, no lees than the ewHiTiugsofthein
both, seemed to speak but one language to e
very heart on that v. dil lull-side, no matter
what garment covered it, and to call forth the
same responses : "Thank (ind, there was no de
sertion in death they -vere not divided, the
"Babes in the Wood" lay jit each other's arms.
The bodies have been buried in a rural and
quiet littlo grave-yard, about two miles from
Dartmouth, It is promised to build a monu
ment over their remains, to which the person
who found them has contributed the sum offer
ed aa a reward for their discovery. We truBt
a liberal BuWription will enable the commit
tee to put up such a one as will do credit to
the gooj taste and liberality of the Capitol and
its m'i'rhhorliooj. A rude cairn was hastily e-
n, mmcdiata parent o. dp,,,i.m.-J
fol. IIo. JLS.XTI.
rooted on the hill where the Kibe"? where found,
I ml we tindorstimd that it is in eontemjilation
to smooth the front huge granite boulder near
at hand, ami point out, by . a suitable inscrip
tion, the spot which will, we venture to prophe
cy, be a resort ol our youth and strangers, du
ring the sHiiimer month, for whose infiirmt
tion this simple narrative has been prepared.
)1onrdlii; Specie.
The Village Record relatesthe following: .
deposite of between 1100 and 1200 dollars ef
gold, all eHgles and half eagles, was made at
the bank of Chester county, last week, belong
ing to tho e.stiite of'Mrs. Marshall, widow ofthe
InteJohn Marshall, I'onnsbiiry township, we be
lieve pome 8 or 10 miles south of this bormgh.
This gold was lonnd after a long search, in an
old desk, which had in it several small chambers,
and is supposed to have boon secreted by John
Marshall some time prior lo his death, twrnttf
et'jjiif p ars aio ! The desk wascurkmslycon
structed, of great anlicpiity, and it appears on
raising the lid, presented a scries of pigeon
holes. The desk and its contents were be
queothed by the old man ti his wife, and nt her
ieatli left it to her friend and relative Mrs. Way,
as a family relic, and without any idea of its
contents, as is supposed. A few days since, but
many monthsafter the death of Mrs. Marshall,
the desk was carefully examined in search of
treasure, as it was an old belief in the neighbor
hood, that the old gentleman, Mr. M. had a
"tin-cup full" of gold ; but after his death, no
one knew what had become of it. The desk
was ransacked ; a small crevice in the bottom
attracted attention on inserting the blade of a
knife it flew open, and several hundred dollars
in silver were found ! This magnificent discov
ery stimulated curiosity ; and further search
was made. Pigeonholes were tried llmj ilreo
out .' and behind them was a sericsof secret
boxes. On examining these boxes, lo! the
long-talked of gold w as brought to light The
El Dorado, after the lapse of more than a
quarter of aceutury, was discovered, and a great
mystery revealed.
t'ourKcsni rnndnel.
We find in the Cincinatti Chronicle the fol
lowing statement respecting ihe courageous
deportment of a youth of that city :
Last night the drug store of W. Q. Ilodpson,
corner of Sixth stieet and Western row was at
tacked by three robbers, who were resisted and
at length taken. The particulars, we under
stand were these;
The robbers had succeeded in getting a win
dow open, when the young man iu the stoTe
Mr. Marsh, went out the door to attack 'hem.
He was struck in ihe back with a knife and
wounded. lie then fired a pistol at them with
out any effect : hot assailed them w ith it as a
cudgel, and vcTy severely wounded one of them
He continued his efforts till he got them down,
called the watch, and arrested tuo of (hem.
The street above Sixth, had we understand con
siderable blood in it, as evidence of the deeper,
ale nature of the conflict.
One ofthe prisoners, who we learn is re
cently from the penitentiary, is so badly woun
ded, that he is not expected to live. He was
struck by Mr. Marsh iu the forehead, in which
the cock of lire pistol struck so deep as to break
off.
Both the prisoners are so insensible, that they
cannot be tried ot present. The robbers fired
at Marsh through the window "before he got
out. They had him down, at one time, and all
this contest took rdaoe uier he w as severely
wounded with a butcher's knife.
Mr. Mahmi, we hear is aboul 19 years of
age, fought this battle in his shirt and remains
with a deep cut.
A llutr Kellow,
The New Era says there isan editor down
east, who is not only his compot-iior, pressman
and devil, but keeps a tavern, is village school
master, captsm m the military, mends his tnvn I
bouts and shoes, makes patent Rrudr-th's pills, I
px'id'ies essence and tin ware two I'avsm the '
week, und always reads sermons tut the Sab
bath when ihe minister happens to be mit-aiug.
In addition to ail this lie has a wile and six
teen children.
The Boston Tost says this is not all. He
owns a schooner, and came to Unston with a
curgo of onions and potHtnet- last fall, raised by
himself, and gave notice to his subscribers
when he left, that the issuing ofthe next num
ber of his paper would decMid on the wind.
In addition to the above, he undertook to be
come a poet, and after suspending 'the publtca
tiiKi of his paper for three weeks ho produ
ced the following, which has had a prodigi
ous ran:
I love to tee the waving grain,
Just brfure the mower inowa it ;
I love to ee the old blind florae,
For wheu hegoeahe roc it.
4ill'l., ...:n i. it i i .i i :tr e
iv uni w hi yuu lane ; aHut-u uiv enuriu ui
a culprit he was about to haiitf. "Not a drop'
Indolence is often uiurUkeu lr patience.
PRICES OF AnvrRTlSIAK.
X aquars 1 insortioit, . ft) 60
I do 8 do . .0 75
1 do 3 d.) - . i oo
rry rtfVwnent wwlir.n, . 0
Yearly AdvertiseniMitt, (with the prmtoga of
ItiTari on) an column $S5j half column, f18,
three aipiKTes, f 1? ; two squares, f 9 ; one square,
'. Without the privilege of alteration liberal
discount will be made.
Adrcrtinrmonta loft without direction as to the
lentrtb of tirneth re to ho puhli.died, will be
continued until ordered out, and charges accerd
inaly, Cj-irtoen lines make a square.
Presents to tm Kino or Prussia, The
Kerlin correspondent of the Wurtzberg Gazette
writes from that otty, on the 19th inst. that
Queen Victoria had sent the following pres
entsto the King and Queen of Prussia : 1st.
a cradle, with the figure of a nurse holding in
her arms an infant, resembling the Prince of
Wales, all of pure gold. 2d. A pistol, which,
w hen tho trigger is pullod, opens and exhibits
a completely furnished dressing case. 3d. A
gold mosaic snuff-bos, upon which are to be
seen allegorical souvenirs relating to the bap.
liem of the Prince of Wales. 4th. Four boxes
containing stiull. 5th. A down of knives and
forka of gold, eKcepl the handles of the knives,
which are made of Damascus .steel, and the
handles ornamented with a crown set m bril
liants. (Jth. A stiwe vase, containing the ra
rest Indian fruits. 7tli. Two extraordinary
large legs fff mutton.
Roy at. Visiter nxrircTEn. Extract from
letter of an officer te his brotlier in Cleveland,
dated on board U. S. ship Vincenncs, ot the U.
S. Exploring Expedition : "Wc have on board,
Vindofca, the Kingcf thp Fejee Islands, a priso
ner, whokilled and nt? eleven ifthr rrev; "fa
Salem vessel, in 1W I Ftipp.no iv will be
shown about like Black Hawk, and then be
sent home. He says lam his bt?st friend, and
wishes to live with me when we reach the li
nked States, lie is a fine looking fellow, very
tall, and wears hair half a yanl long. He would
be worth $ji.)000 to show about tlte country ."
Niw licdfwd Mercury.
A Ritpi.t to a Challenge. The following
is the reply efCoI. GaTdiner, a British officer
of distinction and tried valor, to a challenge
sent him by a young adventurer.
"I fear not yow sword, but the anger of my
God. I dare venture my lifo in a good cause,
but cannot hazzard my soul ia bucIi a bad one.
I will charge p to the cannon's mouth for the
good of my country, but I want courage to
storm the citadel of Satan.
GRAATieNs or Drunkenncss. 'There ia a
Jewish tradition, that when Noah planted the
vine, Satan attended and sacrificed a sheep, a
lion, an ape, and a sow. These animals were
to symbolize the gradations of ebriety. When
a man begins to drink he is meek and ignorant
as the lamb, then tieeoines bold as a lion; his
courage is soon transformed iRto the foolish
ness ofthe ape; and t last lie wallows in the
mire like the sow.
How many men are there in this world who
havo all the ability to have been great ! They
knew not their strength and neglected to per
fect it
TueHfart. TH Jot isa living orcing
pump; a liollow muscular engme, with itscavi
ties and tlieir outlets, its contractile walls, ami
their strength and thickness so admirably ad
justeW.that the healthy balance of the circula
tion is continually maintained under many un
toward influences and inward emotions which
tern! to destroy it Dr. H Wxon in ihe. McJ.
Iwatettc.
I.NotcMot's Dkence. A soldier on trial for
habitual drunkenness was addressed by the
President "Prisoner, you have heard the pros
ecution for habitual drunkenness, what havo
you to say in your defence 1" "Nothing please
your honor but halitutd thirst."
Hoosier Conversation 'Hallo, stranger
you appear to be travelling.'
'Yes, I always travel when on a journey.'
'I think I have seen you somewhere,
Very likely : I have often been there.'
'And pray what might be yourname.V
'U might be Sam Patch but it isn't.
'Have you hen long in these parts V
Never longer than at present, rive feet nine.'
'Do vv.'. i-et nny thing now V
'Yes I Ivjcii'. f rew whets '.ctie thi morn-
IMl'-
'' '-L-'-'f u , y v) nre ;, i-.jiroii t 'i .'o
i i' se('ti oil t fii.i 1 1 1 id.'
"I don't see that any thing is the matter
w i'h the plumb pudding." said a follow at a
thanksgiving dinner.
"Well who said there was 1" growled his
neiglib'ir.
"I concluded there was, as jou alt seem fo 6e
puUing it down,"
Ci'KioMTiEBor I-titHATVKE. In the village
of Uockford, Rock river, Illinois, there lives
wm of St. Crispen, an emigrant from the Isle
of Man, who has painted on his signboard tho
follow ing beautiful lines not in D'Israeli;
Blow, O Blow, ye hravenl7 brtcica,
All among the teavra and trecara !
Ning.O mug, j heavenly mute a,
While I mend your boota and ehooeee !
VKU Gar.
Franklin says : Laziness travels so slowly
that poverty overtakes him.
Circumstances are not so much the slaves of
men u men are of circumstances.