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T JI K W A T E R C l It K i
A IITKnnPATIIETIC nALtAP.
ToMntvern Well rami! Mary Hell,
To nurse poor tYter Head ;
For lie was lying f-iek and sore,
All in Ilia wnterv bed.
(). Peter, dear! O, Peter, denr !
How rould they serve yon n ?
To wrap vnti in a eo'd damp het,
AllchilJ'd fiom tip to loo V
Oil ! do not fear fur me." lie paid,
"For, like the oeem'ii tide.
Full tivc.and-tliirty tumblers now
Are washing- my inside.
Tlien cease to weep, de.ir Mary Bell,
Nor stied another tenr;
And e-nse. to tchiiit : I'm net allow'd
To toiieh it while I'm heie."
Tlien from his brad tl.e's-H the tor.l;,
Whieh they'd put 'hn. the spout ;
And, with her pre'ly li'lie hand,
She writes the wa'er out.
And, c .j.ine on his pnlhd lirow,
She hy U? rouch did stand ;
And. hn'vii'c v. r'. na the rapipiit dry,
SShn wrung her liiy hand.
l!:id ntiv other w.itery death
Than this In-fallen you ;
0 ' ha.l vnti fought with U'fi'itir ,loi:,
And died ill ll'altrUut,
Vnii'd nimilder then in honor's grave i
Hut now, ("I, Peter II end !
Von lie on this dump couch, I trow,
Quite mouldy rre you're dead."
"Oh! do not My that doctor's stuff
Could eure my woesome i'lfc;
Or think that ever Ii alih is. found
In potions or in pill.
No noiMiino draught c uld hring relief,
No drug my fever quell;
Health, rosy maid, like Truth, is found
In the hotlt m of a well.
'0, Peter, dear! fine walei'd silks
I've often wen, 'tis true ;
Of wa'ery setting suns I've heard,
And watery stichet t-0.
If with a wati ry lover I
Most tniike my sell content,
I'll to the Cold (.brums go. Hid choose
One I'-otn that regiment."
llonr Mary Bell, no words can tell
Mow s ireiy I'm amazed ;
A lid can yon a wit hl.mltet throw
t'poi. the h. pes you've third '
For, were I putnp'il upon all uiy,
And ihim li'd wi'h wa'er loo,
It r ev. r would put out ihe tl.mie
Tlii.t hums so 1'iight for yuu.''
I'" you net well, 'i, Pi trr iT.-.id;
tiit .. . a th iid more hi'.ld .'
1 fear you'd he so very damp,
Vn'i'l n!-v',, r.i.e T i" col-'
A i ido-.v, to. i, I so. in -h.-iii.lhe,
I'or one who does siteh ! ds
As ii'mi's' di inking tiieis diy,
M'.,nld leave me in the weeds."
'J'hi ii down he ruin,, his ditppin,; bed
lie il.isfd hi watery eye;
And wrappirc el. -so h s a. Id lartin- sheet,
. turned him lonu i to die.
'"Farewell!" he sni I ; when Peter Ilesd
! jjine, v u 1 1 know his tin til-!
And o he left this wniirv world,
I'or another woild of i-piii'.
. ; . i .
Tiillj's mial loses.
M Itnrl, from the lu'tic'd grove,
ltrotml t me n net hcmqin I of roMes,
And asked, as r und my neck she clUng,
If tulips I preferred to rosi s 1
I rannot tell, sweet wife," I sighed,
"But kiss .ne, ere I see the posies,"
X.e did "Oil I prefer, I 'cried,
Thy lieu tiii to a dozen roses."
To malic gooej. fi-Tie, I
First, p.-ccrro the let. ;oftee in the market ; j
wash it very clean, and roast it to the color of a
golden brown, hot not a derpe.- shade by any
jneans. Then take the whites of three eggs to
each pound of colfeP. mix very caritully with
the cofTeo while warm, and immediately trans
fer to carthtu vessels, tying over with bladders
to render them uir-tioht. Take flcim tltece ves
Fcls 6iifi';cient coffi e fur nt-e making only a time,
grind it, place it in a fine muslin bsg, suspend
it about mid-way in the p it, turn on the boiling
water, and put on the cover, to prevent the es
cape of tteam. Dy this mode the coffee will bo
very Blron, but it U best to reduce it by the
addition of boiling hut-milk, when it will forma
Most delicious btveraje, very different indeed,
frcni that w hich is produced by boiling the
ground coffee in water. And to be convinced
cf tho fact, that by the ubove method, which i6
tsimply infusion, all the virtues of the cofiee
irviy be obtained,-it is only to tako the dregs
left, in the bag, and boil them in water (or a
considerable time ; tho mult wilt be, a black,
bi'.tcr, nauseotiM, feverish, woody extract, with
out a trace of the fine favor of coffee, and an
swering to the name by which it was known
on its introduction into use, according to the
uccount published tu the eight volume of the
'Ihrleian Miscellany,' namely 'the devil'. '0'iack
broth!' The making of t 'B by infusion, not
dicoclion ; whoever thinks of boiling teal
J'urmfTi' Cabinet.
. .t.v.detebU chiWrcn-ihuir n.
hr-beaeMhis own filtainy reflect trom
.reircoununtncMMfrcm nnrjor. Alaya
,'.a:': "c n an c w-man ho vc!-l9 childrrn.
Frnm the Albany Evening Journal.
JLKTTXilia FROM Mil. WISKDXO. XX.
Gi.AHfiow, Augf. 0, 1813.
Vc have just rc'ttrncd fromavi.sit to the
hirth-plnco of Ronr.nT IJikns. Wc linfjrrcd
for hours around objects made classic by bis
pctiiuf. Thia true Poet of Nature lias invest
ed every thing tlint mirrntinds Ayr nml Alio
WBy with an interest that can never die. Every
brook and crn'ir and "Drip," are self-erected
monuments to his memory nnd his muse.
The Glasrrow' and Ayr Kail way enables vioi
tors to co to Allowny in three hours and a
half. The collude in which the Poet was
horn id uboiit miles from Ayr. ft is and has
been occupied by Mrs. (lornir, (an intellipent
nnd communicative old. lady, who was BC(t;aint
ed with Bi'rt.vs,) for forty-two year. The cot
tnge, no constructed by the Poet's Father, on
seven acres of ground, for which he bought a
perpetual least, is rrr:?.t! tr.d htimb!?, consist
ing of a pinole room and kitchpn. When too
Poet's Fathpr rented Mount Oliphnnt, a farm
near tlio cottage, lie nolii ins seven acres to the
Shoemaker's Corporation of Ayr, for JC(iO, to
whom Mrs Gondii' f-aysan annual rent ot'Xl.J.
from the cottage we prr.ceeJa! to the "Burns'
j Monument," a very tasteful, poetic structure,
( erected on the banks of the "Boiiny Dooti," at
'tin expense of 11,1300, raised by subsciiption.
j The grounds arennd it are handsomely laid out
i-and adorned with many varieties of shrub and
j flower. Within the monument, upon the ground
r.onr id an apartment lighted iroin a cupola, witn
stained gliFR, in the centre of which utar.dsa
table with relics of Ci'iiNs cnclostJ in a glasi
cas-e. Among these mementoes are the two
Bibles presented by the Poet to his "Highland
Mary." In the fly leaf to each volume "Robert
Burns, Mossiul," as written by himself, is
seen ; nnd in the 1st book "And ye shall not
swear by my name falsely," nnd in the 2nd,
"Thou shall not forswear thyself, but shall per
form unto the Iird thine oaths," appear in his
hand writing. With thetc sacred volumes is
a lock of "Highland Mary V hair. Alter the
death of Mary Campbell, these Bibles were
given by her mother to Mrs. Anderson, another
daughter, who subsequently gave one to each
of her rJ-iu;;htcrs A son of Mr?. Anderson,
who resides in Canada, came afterwards in pos
session of both these volumes, but was compel
ed by pecuniary n.:.founes to part with Ihem.
Tiiey were purchnscd for 2o by some Scotch
i gorwtt,;,.;,,, Hi M,,ntrcul and returned to Scot
; land for preservation i.i the monument, where
'.!i?y Ve.e deposited on the 2o:h (the Poet's
birthday) of Jaii'itiry, 1S-I1. Toe view from the
; monument is one Sf surpassing beauty, every
bright feature ot which had its poetic associa
' tiniis. From the monument we passed ever to
J "AllownyV anld haunted Kirk,"
the wul.'s and bell ot which nlono ure preserved,
I the wood-work having long since bvei trans
formed it.t.i snutf-boxrs. Near the Kirk yard
gate are the remains, of the Poet's Father,
distinguished by a slab on which these lines,
written by Ci'hss, are inscribed:
"Oh o whose cheek the tear of pity Mums,
iJrnw near with pious revetence and attend J
Hire lie the loving husband's dear remains, .
The trnder father, and the pein rous friend.
The pityiin; heart that fe!t f.ir liir.nan woe,
I I e ilai i.lless heait that leared no human iiiue,
The friend of man to sin alone a f f .
For tvri f.dlinf.s IcineJ 13 tit'.Lte' side."
The tomb of the Lord of Alloway in the area
0f the Kirk, and ft the West corner of the Ce-
mctery, :sa handsome modern tnhn lihent to
the memory cf Ceii. Hi cues. A few yards
father West, and by the side of the dour is the
"Well
Where Munco'a n'.Mirr hanccJ herself."
"Going Poeth a few hundred yards you come
to "Auld Iirig," over which "Tatn O'Shanter"
was ptirmed hy the witches, and still farther
on you Fee
thp nn ik'e st ina
Where do unken Charlit hrak 'a neck.bme."
A tit ter of Ut-nsstesides about three o'tarters
of a mile from tho cottage, upon whom we in
tended to call, Lut just rs we had tertniuutej
our view of external objects, the rain descend
ed in such torrents that wc were compelled to
forego the visit. Mrs. Goudtc informed us that
this sibtcr is a widow lady upwards of te7nty,
but enjoying good health.
Wc returned to Ayr, an ancient town of much
historical interest, through which the rain
having abated -we wandered far an hmir. Ayr
shire contained a population of 145,000 in 1?U1
ant! boasts of huving given birth to Iiuuit.
Wallace and Hiu.ss. Ayrshire was fclsc. the
scene ot the great Eghntoun tourrvaini'ii' j
lSya. The rwer Ayr abounds in 1 ".out "ait J
salmon. The salmon, by the wa- . m
been eo plentiful as Vh.s F;-agon mrnenre
quantities aro taken ffom ,rt!ci;j kld
Scotland to Eng -nJ They htv bee d,
where they r-f0 ken ino6tabuiK!antry, for three
cuund.
The Ayr "folk" have erected a noble Tower
in honor of Sir Wilxjam Wallace, which is
adorned with a statue of the Scottish Chief by
Tuom. Thero ia another eUtueof Wallacb
in a rush cl an anricnt stone building in which
he once took refuge wh'?n hard pressed by a
superior force.
The Tower of St. John's Church, erected in
the 12ih century, but converted into an Armory
and Fortification by Oliver Cromwell, in 10.VJ,
is a venerable relic. Tho Rev. John Welsh,
son-in-law of the Kelormer, John Knox, was
Pastor of St. John's Church in 1.VH).
Ilut I passed these objects with a cursory
glance for the purpose of seeing and crossing
"The Brigs of Ayr," whwo relative claims to
consideration were so glowingly sung by
"The simpts Bar, rough at the rustic plouch,
Learning hia tuneful tratla from eery bough."
While standing upon tho "Auld Brig," look
ing toward its gay rival, it required but a slight
effort of the imagination to endow it with the
powers of speech, and to suppose it exclaiming:
' Conceited gowk ! pufT'd lip wi' windy p'i 'e !
This monv a year I've stood the fluid nn' tide ;
An tho wi rrszy ri'l I m ntr forfeairn,
I'll I e a brie when ye're a shapeless cairn."
And having imagined this, tho supercilious
reply of the "New Brig" waaofcottise heard;
"Fine Arehifcttt:rs ? trowth. I need not sny t'o't !
The Lord he tnnns.il that we've lint Ihe gate o't !
fiannt, ghastly, gliHia'.illui ii.g edifices,
Hanging with threat'ning jut, lika precipiees j
Mansions that would disgrace the httililing taste
Ot any inans:on, reptile, bird or beast."
It is a little singular that the poetic prophecy
of Bums, that the Old Brig would bo a Brig
when the new one became a "shapless cairn,"
is about to be realized. Tho new Brig, since
the construction of the Ayr Railway, which
terminates near it, is found too narrow for the
incrcae of business, and is to be taken down.
This Bridge was built in 177 The "Old
Bridge" was erected in 1255. a:id looks as if it
might stand as much longer.
Before leaving the "Brig" my attention was
arrested by what with us would be regarded, if
not pitcnted, as an "Improved Washing Ma
chine." At least a dozen wnsh-tubs were placed
along tho shore of the river Ayre, in which as
many females, some old and ugly, and otiiPrs
young and pretty, were "pounding clothes"
with thoir feet ! I have heatd that tho Scotch
lasses, who have large "Bakings," knead their
bread in tho same manner ; the truth of this,
however, cannot vouch ; but thel I mw then
dancing in wash-tuba without itockings or
garters, is certain.
Within a mile of the village of Tarbolten,
near the river Ayr, is the scene of Bcrns' last
truly ttfTe-etipg interview with Mary Campbell
It was of a Sundity, in May. Their mutual
faith was plighted, fir-t by laving their liiiti:ln
the pure sUcuui, end then crcssing them upon
Mary 8 Uiole. Preparatory to tl-.e-.r narrtcge,
Mary visited her friends in ArgylcMiiie, niid
in returning, fell sick and died at Greenock.
Bir:.s ri tair.vd rhro"gh litV the west devoted
remembrance ot this early dtiachmeut. Mr.
Lot. kiiaht, who, from frequent interview with
the widow iXlhe TV?!, derived I'.isny inieresling
facts in relation to Bckms, states among other
things, tlial rt'.ary years eftir his marriage,
and cu tho anniversary of tho death cf "High
land Mary," after working hard ail duy in the
fields, though true!: act uf heallii, he wandered
into Larn-yard, where he remained so long
that Mrs-. B., alarmed at his absence, went re
peatedly and begged Kim to come in, which he
proiiiiscd to do, but remained stretched upon a
mass of straw, with his eyes fixed upon a beau
tiful planet, that shone li!:c ario'.her moon, un
til a late hour. On entering the house, he call
ed for his desk, and immediately wrute the fol
lowing sublime and pathetic lines :
"Thou lineeiinj; Stir wi:h lessening ray.
That lo's to jreet the f itly iri lon ;
Again thoj i.hrr'sl In the dsy,
My Mary, f.om my a jl wms torn.
Oh M iry ! dear departed sh idc,
Where is 'hv place or h'issfut rest t
Keest thou thy lover, lowls l.ii.l f
lieu 'si ihou the groins ttut rer.J hij Ireant ?
Th t sie il hour rsu I forget.
Can I force! the hnllmvM grove,
Wh. re, hy lh witiifing yr we met,
To live one day of parting Ijvel
Eornity will ne'er efface,
Those rec.ird-i dear ef trr.m-pirts pist ;
Thy inline at our last nnVr ice ;
Ah! hide thought wo 'iasor; Uat
To Dkv J'Ki'ir.-To Ivu yvnuuls. of fruit,
take one pound ofbU';ar and 1)!ai.e it in ktt-tie.-When
disVj pul in y0Ur fi uit. When
boiled through, ekitnout the trr it cn plates;
boildow;n 'cur (;yrUp until thick, then pour it
0I i'0'"., platcf, and then stt then! in the tu:i
oven.
Sp'its upon inu'nogaey furniture, tays ihe
Boston Meicanlile, caused by Cologne water,
or alcohol in any form, may be immediately re
moved, and the place turueJ t ita original co
lor and beauty, by the explication of u few drop
of oil. We believe this to bo a sure restorer.
Try it.
Ueiri'L IIinti Never enter a sick room
in a state of perspiration, as the moment you
become cool your pores bnrb. Do not ap
proach contagious dhseasea with an empty U.
mach; nor sit between the sick and the fire,
brcaure the hct attracts the thin vspw.
HALT.
Take count ic ftxn onn Ct,ttTr, pour over it
one ounce of muriatic acid, tho product will
be ot(r common table suit. The sntla ond the -cid
ill a nrpnratc state, are both highly corro
five tubs'unce ; yet when cheinicully united
they form a very healthful compound.
Salt is so essential to human existence, that
man can scarcely live without it. It preserves
his meats. We mi.r it with our bread. The
horse, the ox, and tho sheep love it. And lo
give us a full supply, Providence has not (inly
stored it away in mountains end caves Tor us,
but has intermingled it with many springs far
offfrotn ;he ocean, that are sought and found
sotn'ctimcsat great depths, but always sufficient
ly strong to make a gcod rcTt for the interior
portion of tho country. But besides these uses
to which common salt is applied, its presence
in the ocean is o! great importance, adding not
only to its buoyancy, which is beneficial to com
Mcfce, but it also lends to prevent the waters
of the ocean from freezing : tnd thus helps to
keep open a continual sea navigation during the
inclemency of the winter.
Fresh water freezes at !SC
Sea water docs not freeze till cooled down
In the south of France, large trenches ar?
cut near the sen, which fill with sea wuter nt
high tide, the wuter being confined thero by
flood gates, the sea evaporates it and leaves the
salt in trenches, from whence it is laid up frr
u?e.
Theocean contains from one twenty-fifth to
one thirty-fifth of its weight in salt. On ac
count ofthe cheapnr? of the foel at Now Cas
tle, in England, salt is produced thre by eva
poration of sea water; obout 30 tons of water
produce one ton of silt. In Saxony, they make
salt in tho same manner thct the New Yorkers
dont Salina.
We cannot close this ar'icle wilf-.out giving
the following account frJ'tii the 10th vol. ofthe
Philadelphia Magazine :
The s;'.t mines near Cracow, in Poknd,
which have been worked ever since the middle
ofthe 13th century, contain an immense store
of this salt. The excavations have beer, n.nde
with so much regulan!)' a'nJ beauty, that the
mines are visited by travellers as one of tho gra
test curiosities in the world. Eight hundred
workmen are employed vvi'.hin, wl:? raise 163,
000 quintals cf salt annually.
Through this enormous niHssofsalt, which
presents to the eye, no inter, i.ption in i'.s aline
texture, and ot the d,P:h of 450 f tl,f.uu i a
tlre.vn of pun, f: c.h and iransvarent water,
tchieh is rcccned in L-.ne uooden
'-dAcre the u-ormcn an J horses in ihes: bubter
aneovs regions quench thiir thirst. As it waj
i-npiF8;b!i that thr.s; springs could filter
through the til., niijr, which buiiea her mas
ter pieces in the bowels of the deepest moun
tains, has placed in this tix'tistrous mas o'"
salt, a et rut urn of i lay sufficiently thick to al
low this htreatn it water destined to refrc?!:
workmen, to pass thtough in such a uinr.nc-r .!!
to tie protected ftotn the nctbn of the st'.t o;'
wliich a very small ot'entity won d injure its
salubrity. Phil. Sent in el.
Cucws u. At.eoiioi.. Ve extract the fol
lowing very excellent article from the Peoria
(111.) Kegieter:
CjI. B. has nno of the best firms on the Hii
ro's river,
About one hundred acres of it nre
now covered with waving cm. When
it firrt
came up in tho spring the crows seemed de
termined on its entire destruction. When one
was killed, it teemed as thot-gl. a dozen came
to its funeral. And, thoiioh tho sharp crar',
ofthe rifle often drove them awav. tliev '.,.
returned with its echo.
The Colonel at length beennl0 Wcary of
throwing gr.is?, and resoh cj f, trying the vir
tun of t-tone. Hefi-ettn the druggist f'H u
gullon of alcohol t j i,,,.!, ,0 gked a few
qmrts of cor;, Bnj BCuttered it over hia field.
Tho IJ'at lf s came and partook with their
jil relihh ; and, im UMihl. they w ere pretty
Well corned ; and meh a con'ig ar..l cackliirg
Mich fct rutting nnd staggering! The scene
was like but I will ftko no ir.vidious coiii-pi-i.'
on-- it was nry much like
When the boys attempted to catch t'iPm, they
were not a little atnuted at their elsggerit'g
gait, unr! their jiiagccjrMi through the air. At
length they gained the edge of tho woodn, and
there bemg joined by a new recruit whxh hap
pened tj be tuber, they unitod, at the top of
their voices, in haw, haw, hawing, at.d shouting
cither the praims or the curses of alcohol. It
was difikuU tell which, as they ra'tled awny
v. ithoi't rhyme or u-a.-on, o Very imtcl: It5e.
But the colonel saved liU corn. As 6.m;i at.
they became eober, they M their fuces st-ud-fatly
againft nhoiiol. Not another kernel
would they touch in hi j f.-'M, lent it thtuhl
contain the ae"itrerl thin:.' ; while lhy went
and pn'le.l up iliecom of Ins neir;hlior. To
retilt'n .k ''' V""-.'t-liko a wnshe-.t
sow to her mire hue e, it tl.ry, They luive
toon.iich retiKjet tor their character, blsck an
tbiv irt, ajr.n tj t y.n.i drurl.
TAKING T II K CCXtVS.
JI Stent in Alabama.
BV It. IIOOrER, F.Si.
We rode up enc day to the residence of a wi
dow rather past the prime of life (just that
period at which nature supplies more abundant
ly t!it oil which lubricates the hinge of the
female tongue) and hitching to the fence,
WHlkpd into the house.
'(Jik:J morning, madam,' said wo in our usual
bland, and eomcwhftt insinuating manner.
'Mornin',' said the widow grufily.
Drawing our blanks from their case, we pro
ceeded 'I am the man, madam', that lakes tho
census, and '
'The mischief you are !' said tho old terma
gant. 'Yes, I've hesrnof you; Parson W.told
nio you was coming, and 1 told him jist whnt I
tell you, that if you said 'cloth,' 'soap,' xir
'chickens,' to wif, I'd set the dogs on ye. Here
Ball ! here, Pomp:' Two wolfish curs re
sponded tu the call for Bull and Pomp, by com
ing to the door, smelling at our feet with a s!!ght
growl, and then laid down on the steps. 'Now,'
continued the old she savage, 'them's these
verest doga iMhia country. Last week Bill
Stonecker'stwo year old steer jumped my yard
fence, and Bull and Pomp tuk him by the throat,
and they killed him tfore my boys could brca!:
'em loose, to save the world.'
'Yes, ma'am,' said we, meekly ; 'Bull and
Pomp seem to be very fine dogs.'
'You may well say that ; what 1 tells them
to do they do and if I was to sick them on
your old horse yonder, they'd eat hitn up afore
you could say Jack Roberson. And it is jist
v.hr.t I BhM do, if you. try to pry into my eon
sarns. They aro none of your business, nor
Van Burcn'a nother, I reckon. Oh, old Van
Banbtiren ! I wish I had yo'ii here, you old ras
cal ! I'd show yon what I'd I'd make Bull
end Tomp show ym how to bs seridin' out men
to take down what little 6tufT people's got, jist
I to tax if, when its taxed enough a'ready !'
All this time we were perspiring through fear
cflhe fierce guardier.s ofthbold widow's por
tal. At length, when the widow paused, we
remarked that as she was determined not to an
swer questions about the produce cf the farm,
wc wouid just set down the age, sex, and com
plexion of each member of her family.
'.o sich a thing you'll do ho sich a thing,'
said the; "I've got five in family, and that's all
you'll git from r:e. Old Vart Bureu must
! have a heap to do, the drottcd old villyan, tc
B,'na 7" 10 oown "ow olu mX c.mu.en
i l'v0 Ppl five fmily,tnd they are all between
i fivc nntJ " hundred Jnn old they are a!1 a
i . - j l oi .1 :il
pliguy sight whiter than you, and whether
they are he or she, is none of your consarns,'
We told her vo should report her ta tho
Marshal, and she would be fined, but it only
nuo-nien'ed her wrath.
'Yer ! t o-d yo't- Marshal, or your Mr. Van
B-.ren h re, i' v.. i'tc bad off to let 'em come
li t Mr.Vm 3 f.er; rotf.e, (looking as savage
i :ts a Gee:ral t !.. eu,. t ih, I wish he would come,'
: an.: .-.cr '-..v.. ii'.ited, and her eyes gleamed,
; ;.: ca :..t. s.-ud off:'
i'..u; tight kill him,' we ventured to re
mark, bv way of a joke.
'Kill him! kill Ivir oh if I had hitn here by
I the years I reckon I xco'ild kill him. A protty
I fellow to be eating his vittiU nut'n gold spoons
t .t...i '..' . l c . . ., 1.
' h'I ''', aim wi.ui an army
10 "rt " '"off Amriky the auda
cious, nasty, sinking, old fcatnp !' She pvuod
a moinen'., and then resumed, 'And now, Jist
..... .! .... ii . . .1 I
, ml w lt'" vul1 u" llml " r' "u
j be telling no lies tc send t. Washington
.v- P"' Jjv'n 'Ju,,y Ttmpkiw, ogeable
woman, and four children.'
We o'liected to making any such entry, but
the old hag vowed that it should bo done to pre.
vcr.t eny misrepresentation of her case. We
however were pretty resolute, until bite appeal
ed to the couchant whelps, Cull and Pomp. At
the firtt glimpse of their teeth our r.cis-age gave
way, and we tnado the entry in a bold hand a
crcn a blank schedule. 'Judy Tompkins, age.
able woman, and four children.'
We now begged the old lady to dismins her
cantecficr.de. that we might go out and de
put ; and forthwith mourning our old black,
wc dctrtTir.ed to give the old soul a parting
fire. Turning htt.t round in order tciacc her,
we thouted
'Old 'rerun !'
'Who tcld yoa to call me old man, you
long-legged, hatched facrd whelp, you 1 I'll
make tho o'oh take you iff thai ho.-so if you
give mo any more narx. What do yen want 1'
'!) you wt.t to get married V
Not to y.it:, it ! do !'
phicii-i! our t ijlit thumb on tha naaal ex
treniity t.f our coi.ntrnance, we said, ''ou
rief.ln't lllieiDV. Oil Utl, On tl!t SCOrO
thcrtgfi To'i rnii'ht ftiit sri:e.pgsd Dirk S
o - i sir '.vuy, and hontd like to know what to
teil nittl he ii.ilit Count Oil ii he come dwu next
'o'.d.iv !'
Ii. ie, Uull!' hhoa'tid the w idow, 'sick h'un,
I'errpf t'jt wt? ran:ud t,nwt'U3-irf. fe-
tunatcly, bv the fangs of Bull and Pomp, whd
Vcpt up the chase as long as they could hear tha
cheering voice of their mistress S-i-c-k, PompS
sick, nick, 8 i-e-k him, Bull euboy ! suboy I
suboy :'
Margaret Davidson.
Says her mother : "About three weeks be
fore her departure, I ono morning found her in
the parlor, where as I before observed, she
spent a portion of her time in retirement; I
saw that she had been much ngitatcd, and seem
ed weary. 1 sealed myself by her, and rested her
head on my bosom, while I gently pressed my
hand on f.er throbbing temples to focthe thea
gitation of her nerves. She kissed me again
and again, and seemed as if she feared to trust
her voice tospeak lest her foclings should over
come her. As I returned her caress, she silent
ly put a folded paper into my hands. I begad
to open it, when sho gently laid her hand ori
mine, and said, in a low, tremulous tone, 'Not
now, dear mother !" 1 then led her back tr
her room, placed her upon the sofa, aud retired
to examine the paper. It contained the follow
ing lines :
TO MY MOTHER.
Oh mothor, would the power were mine
, To wake the strain thou (ov'st t-i bear,
And hreatheeach tre'aibling, new-born thought,
Within thy fondly listening ear ;
Aa when in days of heahll and glee
My hopes and fancies wander'd free.
But, mother, now a shade has pist
Athwart my liright- sl visions here,
A cloud ofderkrat gl iorn has wrapt
The remnant of my brief cireer !
No sonp, no echo, can I win,
Tho ipirkling fount has died withitt.
The toteh of earthly hope burns dim,
And fiiicy spreads her wings no mote )
And O, how vain and trivial seem
The pleasure that I prited before.
My s iul, wit!i tremMina pa and slow.
Is struggling on ihrouuh doubt and ktrifd ',
Oh mty it prove as time ro'ls on,
. The pathwnjr to etern J life
Then, when my cares and fears are o er,
I'll a:ng thee as in days of yore.
I said that hope had pasod frnm eir'h,
. "J'was butt fold her wings in lleivc,
l: r.i. !
. o whisper of tho soul's new birth,
Of sinners saved, am) nine forgiven.
When mine are washed in tans avsy;'
Then shall my spirit swell its hy.
When God shall guide my tout av.ov,
Bv the soft cords of Heavenly love.
When the rain cares of earth depart,
And tuntful voices swell my heart ,
Then ah ill e ich wur J, sjch note I raisa.
Burst forth in pealing hymnsof pisie ;
And all not off. t'd at his shrine,
Deir mother, I will place on thine.
"It was long beforo I could regain cufficient
composure to return to her. When I did so, 1
found Iter sweetly calm, and sho greeted ioa
with a smile to full of affection, that 1 shall
chetieh the recollection cf its brightness until
my latest breath. It was the last piece she ever
wrote, except a parody cf four lines on the?
hymn, '1 Would net livo alway,' which ws
written within the hat week of ber life.'
r.lUTISU Ye&SKLS TAKXI BY THE AmCUKANK
dvrino Tn Late War. The number of ves
sels taken by the Americans during the Utu
war, from the English, is estimated at two thou
sand four hundred and tltty-ihree mouniin
nine thousand six hutidrc-d seventy-nine guns.
Of this number 35-1 were ships, 610 brigs, 520
schooners, 135 sloops, "50 recaptured, C3 na
tional ships, and 31 ships of war lost at sea.
A bootmaker has been mulcted in a fino of
$20, in Madison, for practising medicine. Ue
ally we csnnot see why the man who heels on,
piece of calf-skin shouldn't bo permitted ti
heal another.
A negro was pelted with rotten peaches aS
the Lower market on Saturday, for driving bi-i
cart over a dog belonging to a fruit eeller. U
was compelled to leave the cart and Uke to h:e
heels to escape the "sorr in rc.vcn ment."
Cirtcinioii Message.
A young woman never looks to interesting
as whon at her devotions ; a mother never ;
well as when nursing ar.d admiring her fust
born ; a son never so well as when in the !:
charge of an act ot filial kindness ; and a fslihcr
never better than when he gives prccf of Va
love for the wife of hi bosom. Bo ceys t!w N.
Orleans I'icayune.
What CossriTiTts a M::ncuN Lady. T
be able to thump a piano (without p'ayiug an
tune,) yawn over a novel, and turn up the no
at any thing approaching usefulness,
Deau Switl proposed tutix tV.iials beset,
and leave every lady to rate her owi. charms,
tie ccid tha lax would bo cheerfully paid, sal
I every productive.
Woue than rns D l. "It's quie tco k
of ye, Darby, to say tint your wile's worw th;'rt
the dtvtl." "An'i plaze your rivirer.ee, I cat
prove it by thelldy Scripture I can by the
rowers ! Didn't your rivirence, in th seftnoit
ytterday,te!l u that if we re -ikf t!ie divtl le'J
tieo from us ! Now, if t rcsiet my wiu abo
fl t si n'.a "