TKItMS OF THE AMERICAN.' If. H. MASSER, JOSEPH EISEI.Y. ") PvnLtmtn aub K PNOPftltTOItl. It. p. .missnit. Editor. Office in Centre Allen, " 'Ae ar "f H- & M"' ter't Slnre.) THE" AMERIC AN "la published ewtj Satur day at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin ued till all arrearages are paid. No subscriptions received for a less period than tx months. All communication or lettcra on business relating to the. office, to inaure attention, must be POST PAtD. 'TO MY OM COAT. "IIY TIIK Al'TlltlR OK THE llnOStEIl'S N'fcT. And must we part my goodf.ld friend? Ah mi'1 it grieves mo sorely ; lean no more thy tatters mend, The stitches hold so poorly. XVith patch on patch, for ninny a year, I've kept thee snug together, And chid in thee I hud no fear For any kind of veher- Thou wait iti' father's wedding coat, And I have heard him mention, lie wore thee, buttoned to the throat, To eath the girls' attention. For then the marti-il figure ste-od In highest estimation, No wonder with a coat so good Jle raised their ailmiration. Tive times in fashion thou hast been, Twice turned and often 4mmleri ; The like of thee I ne'er have seen, Tho' now thy days have ended. When first I wore thee "every day,'' It brought to mind, my mother ; "Tim. save that coal," she used to sav, "Thou'lt ne'er gel such anotlier.'"' Yes'! f 11 preserve thy relics still, And learn by that exanu.de, My every duty to fulfil, Tho' fate should on me trample. A UV Fate. An old Pole, "bet weecn Tf)andr0 years of g was sent u.p to Hiack well's Island, pome time shice, as a vagrant. IK; ctmld scarcely speak a word ot English, and though he posses sed a most soldierly antf commanding appear O il I ence.liis poverty, us a matter ofcourse, proven- ted linn from attracting any attention. This nan's bitery toenra villi events of the utmost interest lie has acted a prominent part in the most eventful period of the world's history. On the breaking out of tho French revolution, he traveled on foot from Poland to France joined the Republican army, fought through every campaign, was with Napoleon in all his great battles, and received thirteen woindst Water loo. After Napoleon's exile he returned to his native Poland, where he labored hard for a li ving until the breaking out of the last insurrec tion in that country, which he immediately joined, and through the whole of which he fought with a valor and desparation bordering on frenzy, until he fell at the ttorniing of War paw, desperately wounded. Every male rela tive he had earth was killed in that glorious liut unsuccessful struggle, and he, iii Common with several others of his unfortunate countrv tiKin, was sent an exile to our shores. The old veteran, finding it impossible to submit by any rjther means, enlisted in thc Florida army, and served his time out in that inglorious war. After lus discharge he returned to this city, where he rr"t robbed of the few dollars he pos scssed, w hen feeling very unwell, he made ap- j plication at the lower police office, for a permit t to the hospital for a few days, when a commit ment was instantly made out, and he was in stantly sent tip here for tix months as a vagrant. When the old hero arrived and fully realized the degradation to which a whole life of patri otism had brought him the heart which leap ed with joy while death was dancing and whis tling t nm ml it at Marengo and Austerlitz, sunk within him, and livi wept prol'usedly as he view ed the many scars he had received in Free dom's service, at the heartless ingrotitudo id" lier intended worshippers. His name is Bc rrawousVy, and his time having expired eoie weeks since, In: is no at liberty ; but the hero of many wars, the soldier of many battles, and the Furvivor of many fields of blood and carnage, can never briHikthc recollection that he was a llluck well's Is.atid iribmier. .Y. V. Sultcrrtc nam. A Maie Mm.I'rcm A Charleston corres pondent of the Columbia S. C Chronicle en lightens the world with one or two anecdotes of a dignitary of the former city, which os Dog berry says, are 'most tolerable and not to be en dured.' When Mr. Calhoun was recently on his Way lo Washington, a meeting of the citi zensof Charleston was called to make suitable arrangements to receive him. It was proposed by some gentlemen that the bust of him, by Greenougl), now in Charleston, be purchased by a subscription of the citizens. To this pro position, a learned patrician objected, saying that tho State had ordered a full length bust of Mr. C and moreover that the short ttntue waa inadequate to perpetuate the memory of so reat a man. The tame genllvman being once in company with Lord Morpeth, remarked to his lordehip, "We ire very respectable people hrref my Lord, most of ua Wn descended irom the Jugsrnauts ,'" 9 msSB SUNBUKY AMEMICAM. AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL: A1"lule arn,"encJn the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which Ily Masse & Elnr From lire Baltimore Republican. TIIK t,AT OP TIIK N ANTICOKKS. AN INDIAN l.noEMD. It hn long: been a matter "of astonishment to mo, aa it thnuld I19 to any man claiming com mon sense, to observe the waste of sympathy on the American savage. It is a license grant ed to poets and romancers, by universal consent, to use the four expressive words, "I)! the poor Indian !" It is all very well to incorporate in a story the bearing of tho 'noble red mnn of the forest" but When stern reality paints to our imagination, in character of blood, the heart less butcheries committed by them how they steeped their hands in the gore of innocent and defenceless women ahd children, we glow 6ick at heart, and all sympathy fudos like mists be neath a summer -Fim. I maintain that there is not a noble trait in the Indian character. "Sohlc son of the forest," indeed"! And what ate his noble qualities! Those which prompt him nssassian-like, to bury his tomahawk in the skull of a sleeping enemy, or those wbo prompt him to tend the infant from the mother's breast, and hang its scalp irpon hm belt aa a trophy ! Truly, brave In dian, what yourself and kind have done on tmr Western boarders, m the 'dead horr of night, should rear for you a never dying monument in our memory. I have 11 tale whicli T will give ns it was given to me by an old soldier, whose thread of life was cleft in twain some ten or twelve yars ago, which will illustrate Indian chaTacter, in a measure. Any person who has ever travelled along the Susquehanna river in the dead of winter, must necessarily have observed the bleak and cheer less aspect the country about Shamokin pre sents at that season of the year and many a way-worn traveller, before civilization spread its broad penant in tliat region, fell benumbed upon the crusted snow, and breathed his last, and the howling blast sung rnsny a doleful , . dlrS over remains ere he was discovered it was in thc depth of winter, and at a time when but two hardy pioneers had ventured to build their log cabins on the West Branch, that a part of the tribe of Delaw are Indians, consist ing of about two hundred warriors, with the usu al accompaniments, settled where the beautiful liorough of Lewisburg now stands, having left the main Wly at the Delaware river, in conse quence of scarcity of provisions. Their lodges were reared, and preparations were made for the grand buffalo hunt. About two hundred miles up the river, lived the ronumiit of a fierce and reckless tride, call- j ed the Nanticokes, numbering six hundred men, women and children. They were once a now- crlul nation, but their treachery and subtlety had rendered them outlaws to all other tribes. They recognised no principles of virtue, and many a "noble" warrior fell by tho war club, for ill timed overtures to the wives of the ditVurenl chiefs. Intelligence having reached the Nanticokes that the Dclawarca were encamped below, they immediately destroyed their lodges and took up their line of march, and in the cr.urse of a week encamped on thc other side of the river, immediately oppisite to the Delawares. These lawless mid desperate characters were too well known by the Delaware chiefs, who gave otders that no intercourse or communication whatever sliould be held by the outlaw. This was al most a death blow to the Nanticoke braves, who had come for the express purHse of having Zi sons with the wives of the Delawares. How ever, that low cunning of which the savage is so excellent a master, was brought into requisi tion, and they finally triumphed. The refusal of the Dekwares to smoke the ra!mnt ot peace, provoked tho Nanticokes, and a council was called to form stratagems to a venge tho insult. After a number ofchiefs had given their opinion as to the most feasible man ner of punishing 'heir neighbors, Chut-ta-w'ce, a noble looking individual and a hear'.less liber tine, (for tin fmlimi, ) arose, and w ith a voice "double like the Dukes," ured that the most satisfactory procedure to them, and the mott excruciutiug lo the Delaware, would be to vi oate their women. This proposition was made in a grtve and solemn silence, but was reward ed with such a yell cf approbation, as could only emanate from Indians. So elated was Chut-ta- wee that lie immediately pledged himself to bring about the opportunity. True to his word, he ckulked about the Dela ware camp until he met a dark eyed dusky Do laware maid, who alas ! poor human nature,) was not able to withstand the honeyed accents of the handsome Nanticoke chief, who wooed and won, soon got from her all the information as to their movements, &c, he desired. lie found that great preparations had been made for hunting in buffalo valley, and that they were only waiting to see tho tracks of a herd when business would commence. Chut-la-wee sr tooV advantage of this information for n,e ver. next night he lcUej a o- j oflli oompati- ions, and in IK course of ihe night succeeded 10 fMStipg artificial buflalq tracks, by punching Sttnbnry, Northumberland Co. through the crusted snow some three or four miles tip the Valloy. Early the next morning the loud yell ofre joicing was heard in the Delaware camp, and all was bustle and commotion. The quivers were filled with arrows, ami every man who could bend a ow started 0T1 the hfifit. Their echoes had scarcely died away in the distance, before the Narrticolres crossed the ice, and com menced their work of uestrirctbn. The hunt ing party had gone to where thetrncks ended, when the deception flashed upon their minds and with the fleetness of deers they returned, their speed being augmented by the heart-rend ing fliirieks of their wivesand daughters as they ........I I....:. I... I 1' uul " Wi" l" ,nlv u,elr y"a"Y nnu ul'i'ii lousummnicu, anu uiey were nan way j .u i.-r.r -,. .ropa t;,t,rc uic liters ruacueu me iiiiiiK in 1113 river. What a feeling for husbands, brothers and fathers. Tho council fire blazed high in the air -the chiefs assembled, and in each counte nance was depicted anger, deep -and damning, for thc tendcrett chord of the savage had been severed, and the looka of every chief Feemed to he a determination to drink deep of the Nauti cokes' blood. In -silence tlutwiKicil soon ar ranged the matter, for there seemed to 'oo but one opinion on tho subject, and, although the usual custom was to give time to their ilehheTa tions, in half an hour the war dance was per formed, the war whoop swelled the air, Mid with firm and steady step they marched towards the Nanticoke encampment. They knew they had double their own force to contend against, but the injury was so deep, the crime so b!ark in their eyes, that each one seemed gifted with super-human strength by the unseen Manyetto, whom they worshipped. The wiley Nanticoke? expected them they were on the alert, and had prepared to meet them, so that their coming was greeted R'ilh a loud shout of derision. Ily common consent they marched to the mouth of Chillisquaque, (frozen duck) creek, both tribes reaving their wives, and children, and aged warriors hi the lodges. On their way thither the Dela wares sang thc legend of the battles they had gained the Nan ticokes fang boastingly of the artful trick they had played upon the Dela wares. At length they reached the battleground, and the fierce massacre commenced. lud were the yells and groans of the wounded and dying. Thc battle raged with savago fury, and the sweeping wind bore the shouts along the river like tho roaring surge of the ocean. Fiercer and fiercer were the shols and J'flls but a culm succeeds a storm fainter and fainter I grew thc noise until all was quiet, and even, the wind was lulled into a sleep. The works ! had been completed the Nanticokes were cx- terminated, and only sixty of the two hundred Dela wares remained. But they were not satis- fied thry went to the Nanticoke lodges, mid dragged the women, children nod aged war riors to the gory field were they piled up the IhmI ics of their slain enemies, and binding the living tn them, logs of wood and pine faggots were placed around them, the torch applied and the dance of victory commenced, which lasted long after night-tu!t. As the blase ascended lo heaven Ihe pierc ing cries of the suffers were drowned in thc vic torious shouts of the sixty warriors, who never stopped until the heap of dying and dead was reduced ton pile of mouldering ashes, charred hones and roasted flesh and thus passed Irom the earth the last of ihe Xant frolics, just vic tims to the avenjing power of the Almighty ! Baltimore, April 15, iMl. J. The Rf.al Cim-iut. Tho last number of Merry e Museum thus tells the story ot the pearl necklace and the magpie's nest : "A nobla lady of Florence rost a valuable pearl necklace, and a young girl who waited upon her was aeensed of tho thufl. Ah sho solemnly denied the charge, she was put to the torture. Unable to support the terrible inflic tion, she acknowledged that she wa guilty, and Without further trial was hung. Mmrtlv after ward Florence was visited by a tiemend'Te storm, and thunder bolt fell iihii a figure of Jnstrec en a lofty column, and Split thc Kcules, one ot'whrch fell to the earih, and n i.h it the a rea ofa magprc'stiest containing tlie pearl neck lace." John RANnoi.ru. Tho worlJ is full of anec dotes of Mr. Handolph's sarcastic Immor, but the following has not, to our knowledge, ap peared in print : During one of the last years of his life, Mr. R. was an attendant rm the ses sions of the Virginia Legislature, when a bash ful, back-country planter met '..o ccce-lrj0 rator in the lobby and -.'ueavore t0 jnulduce himself. 'Mr. 7vitnjoIuh,' taiJ l0 luillUrnjj and scran-.ng wjtn especial awkwardness, '1 live only filteen or twenty miles from you. I pass your plajiUtiQn quite often.' 'Str,' said John, rtgardtujf him from head to foot with infipite scorn,' you are welcame to pats it as often ai you please,' there is no appeal hut to force, the vital principle and Pa. Saturday, May n, mil. THE OLD WOMANTS SPEF.CIT. Hon. George N. Driggs, now Governor of Massachusetts, delivered a tempernrrco address rome lime since, in tho course of which he re lated the following anecdote, with thrilling ef fect; Mr. Briggs said this question (of the intro duction of intoxicating drinks) assumed somo what ola practical form, last spring in a thriving birongh in Pennsylvania. The inhabitants, had assembled, as was their usual cestoin, ta de cide what fiumeer of licenses the town should petition Trom the County Court, from whom tiiey were issued. There was very full at- tendance. One of tho respestoblo magistrates 1 of the borough presided, and nnon the platform wt.c seated, among others, the -clergyman of thc vj8gC) 0e of hiu d,.acon8) ftn,.thc ,ysi After the meeting had been called to older, one of the most respectable citizens of the bo- rough rose, and after a sb:rt speech, moved that the meeting petition for the imoal number of licenses, for the ensuing year. He thought it was not best to get f.p an excitement, by re fusing to grant licenses. T-hey had better li' cense poait men anil let tiiem sell, ttie pro position seemed to meet with almost tiniversal favor. It was s-? excellent a way to get along quietly, and one and tlien another, in turn ex pressed a hope that such a course would be a dopted. The President was alxiut to .put the question to the meeting, when an object rose hi a distant part (if the bnililing, and all eyes were instantly turned in that direction. It was an old wormian poorly clad, and whose curewo countenance was the painful index of no light suficiingis. And yet there was simrelhing in the Hash of her bright eye, that told she had once been what she then was not. She ad dressed thc President, and saM with his per mission, she wished to say a few words to the meeting. flie had come because she had heard that they were to decide the licens& question. You, snid she, all know who I am. You once knew me the mistress of one of the bestestntcr; in the borough. . I once had a husband and five sons; and woman never had a kinder husband; mo ther never had five belter, or more affectionate sons. But where arc they now! Doctor, where are they now ! In yonder burying ground there arc six graves. Doctor, Imw came they to be drunkards ! You would come a. id drink with them, ami you told them that temperate drinking would do them food. And you, too sir, (addressing thc clergyman,) would come and drink with my hu.sbi.nd ; and my eons thought they might drink with safety, because they stw you drink. Deacon, yitt sold theui rum w Inch made them drunkards. You havi J now gut my farm, uml all my property, and you ! got it all by rti'M AnJ now she said, I have j done my etrand. I go hack to the poor house, or tliat is my nome. l mi, reverend Air, you doctor, and you, deacon, f shall never meet aain until ( meet you at the bar of (J.mI, where you, too, will meet my mined an but husband, and those five sons, who, through your means am.' influence, fill the drunkard's grave. The old wotna.i sat down. IVrdtt silence prevailed, until broken by the president, who rose to put the que.-tioii to the meetinj- "Shall j we petition the court lo issue licenses to this j borough for the ensuing year.'" ond then one j unbroken "No!" which made the very walls re j echo with the sound, told the result of Ihe old woman's nppeal. Stranok Anomu.v or Fvi:t.iv;s. The lot lowing fact is related by Napoleon vvith refer ence to one of his reat fietmns in Italy, when passing over the field of battle before the dead bodies had been iMtevred. 'In the deep silence of a moonlight ng lit (said the Kmperor,) a dog fenping sf.iMenly from the clothes ol'his master, rushed upon us, and thenretnrned lo his hiding place, howling pi'.eonrly. He slrcriif.lely Irrk Vd his matter's hand, and ran toward us ; thus at once soliciting and f'cktng revenge vvlivtner owing to my own particular turn of mind at the MU'rvtent, tt;e time, the pl&ce or the action itself. I know not, but certainly tv incident on any j field of battle ever produced so deep an ir.ipres- s ron on me. 1 involuntarily stopped to content plate the Kene. This man, thought I, hes friends in the cHinp or in his wnnanr. and hero he ies forsaken by all except his do- What a lesion nature has presented Hire- e medium or an animal ! What a ,, beiio is man And bow n.ystor' ,,, are ni;'in)lr08'. sions : i iittu, un it cmotion'orilered battles which wer?. i j decide tti's fate of Ihia irmv ! I ll d i ' "" .iicld with careless eyes the execution of '.note operation by which number of my coun trymen w'ere sacrificed, and bete fueling were routed by toe mournful howling of a dog !' A gentleman with a gin's c-'ye was about to exercise the right of suffrage a short time ago, when he wag accosted by a political opotient, w ith, "I sy, master, w hat are you doing here 1 you can't vote, you're not natural eytt'J.' The joke was taken in good part and created gen eral merriment. immediate parent of despotism. Jarmnso. Vol. 4.o. 3.1 Whole No, ISO. X nich Practical Joke. A friend told us ajokeafew evenings ago, and though it was told us in confidence we can not Temstlhe tcmptatmn rif laying it befTre out readers, let the consequence be what it may. In the western part of this city live and flour ish two jolly young fellows who follow sign painting for a livelihood, and tvho-are pome- limes in the habit of cutting up what are term cd 'high shines.' It so occurred a tew days a gothat'eneof the partners 'had some out door busmccs toattend to.andlcft thesliop hi charge of his partner and a little boy who was employ. ed to grind painis. During bis absence, the paUncr remaining went to work and painted the boy's neck so aa to represent a laTge gash, and a cut over the-eye. Ho tlren took red paint, bespattered it over the floor and clotted the boy's hair and made hint lay down in a ccrrrer. lie then painted a great gash xn his own cheek, bared his bosom, disordered his dress, dipped a 'liwg'bladed Vnire in a red Ttdl, and patiently wai'r'd the coming'of his partner. Directly he 1wbtJ Timi a, the d.ior, tlie performance com menced. The partner stuck his head into the worn door; one glance was sufficient the boy wasprosTrate on the floor, with his throat cut, groaning and crying fmrrdcT chairs, tables, benches, jngs, and paint pots, were strewed a round the room in dire Confusion, while the mur derous lookimg partner, "With the bloody looking k n ft e in 1iis uplifted hand, was running through the room uttering wild a-ml incoherent expres sions. It was evident to the partner at the !'.Kr that his partner had killed the boy. The thtnglit was horrid. Swift as lightning he flew to his father and informed him of the cir cumstances. A iifinrner of friends were mus h-red who repaired forthwith to the scene of action. The crowd augmented as it nearod thcbhop and in walked the whole poste but w hat was their astonishment to find the boy, without a mark of any kind, the room in perfect order, no marks ot blood perceptible, and the partner engaged 'in lettering a sign ! and ut ter ignorance of any transaction of any Vind a vowed by both him and the boy, to the other partner's great mortification more especially as the persons he brought there hinted to one another that during 1iis ab-wneo he might have indiitgeJ too freely hi "fire water!" "Commomc en?7i. SHORT T1UT EFFECT!: AT. Dl RECTIOXS FOR VARIOUS ENDS. to embitter domestic lite maintain your (pinion on small matters at the point of the ba ymct. To Ffcure yonrs-eff against a candid hearing call men hard names before you have signified them. I o Keep yourself in a stato ofdiscontent set your heart on having every thing exactly to your mind. To involve yourself in inextricable difficulty shape your course of action not by fixed pun cip'cs, but by temporary expedients. To provide for yourself abundant matter for fchaine and Tepenlauce act under the influence ot passion. To die without ao:oiipl clung any tning always intend to do something great hereafter, but neglect the present humble opportunity of usefulness. To gain extensive usefulness seiee the pre- sent oppei tun ity great or small, and improve it tire utmost. To govern children (and men too) commend tiiem oftner than you blame them. To be a kuccessful reprover first convince men by substantial deeds of kindness that you love them. Tube always rontented consider that you fc ill never in this life be free Trout annoyances, and that you may a well bear them patiently as (Vet ebont them. When religion is made a cienire, there nothing more intricate-; when a duty, thee is nothing more easy. We love women a little for what we do 'now of them, and a great dual more for what, we Jo not. I.-t no man ever expect to prosper in thi life, or gain thc respect und -dfcteem of others, without anundeviatir.g cojtiC 0f integrity and V'.iltie, Never look for ancetor of your titles, in Ihe imperfect records of antiquity ; look into your own V irtues and tho history of those, who lived to be benefactors of society. The greatest pleasure of life is love, the greatest treasure contentment; tho greatest posaeission is health , the greatest ease is sleep, and the. rent medicine a true friend. A Heart. What a curious thing a heart is, ain't it young lady 1 There is as much difler ence in hearts as in faces. A woman' heart is a sacred thing and full of purity. How proud a man ought to be to have a pretty girl love him, and tell him she loves him more than any other. In't it so ladies! We might jy of tho hearts as the old lady did of the first rab bit she aver saw "La ! how very funny it is !" PRICES P TrjlJISIXCJ. I square 1 insertion, fO BO 1 do 2 do . . 0 T5 1 do 3 d . . . . I oo Every subsequent Insertion, 0 S5 Yearly AdTertisemsnta : one column. 185 : half column, $18, throe squares, $13; two squares, $9 ; one square, $5. Half-yearly t one column, $18 ; bait column, $13 s three squares, $8 two squares, $5j one square, $3 60, Advertisements left without directions as to the length of time they tre to be published, will b continued until ordered out, and charged aoro'd- ingly. ("Sixteen lines make a square. I . ! j DINING WITH THE PRESIDENT. Colonel Crocket gives the following account of hit dining wilh the President : "Well, I walked all round the long toble, lodking for something thit I liked. At last I took my aeat jist beside a fat goee, and I help ed myself to as much of it as I wanted. But t had'nt took three brtes, when I looked away, up thc tablo, at a man they "called 7'asA (attache.) He was talking French to a woman on t'other side of the table. He dodged his head, and slm dodged hcr's, and tlren they got drinking wine across the table. Hut when 1 looked back a- gain, my plate was gone, goose and all. No I jist cast my eyes down to I'ethet end of lire ta bio, and sure enovgls I eecd a white maw xlk ingofi with my plate, t eays, 'Hallo, Mister, bring back my plate.' Ho fetched it back in a hurry, as you may think and when he sat it down before mo, how do yon think it was ! Licked ai clean as my hand. If it wasn't, I wish t may be shot. Says he, 'What will you have, sirf And says 1, 'You may well say that, after stealing my goose.' And he began to laogh. Then says t, 'Mister, langh if ymi please ; but I don't half like such tricks upon travellers.'' I then filled my plate with bacon and greens; and whenever 1 looked tip or dow n the table, I held on to my plate with my left hand. Wlren wo wcro all done Bating, they cleared every thing oft the table, and took a way the table cloth. And what do you think There was another cloth under it. If there wasn't, I wish I may be shot; Then I saw a man corning along, corrying a great glass thing, Willi a glass handel below, something like a candlestick. It was stuck full of litlla glass cups, with something in them that looked good to eat. Says I, 'Mister, bring that thing here !' Thinks I, let's taste them first. They were everlastin' sweet and mighty good, so I took a dozen of 'cm. Hldid'utl wish I War ba shot." A QtKE SraMox. Every number of the Sunday Morning Visiter, published in tl. York, contain a sermon ; but whether t h preacher is a Christian, a Turk, or a Nothingarian, re mains uncertain. He lakes h'rarext where ht can find it. His last sermon is founded cn a stanza of Dr. Oirdley, who died some yeare ago. "When a few nioTe years are wasted, When a few more springs are o'er. When a few more griefs I've tasted, I sliall fall to bloom no more." And in moralising thereupon, h "urges pa. rents to lake especial enre of thelr'c1iildrr ; to keep their eons from writing poeTry till t'ncv can read the Testament ; to give 'them a flogging w hen they need it, and lethem go a fishing occasionally, As to daughters, he. thinks Viiey should be disposed of in the matrimonial market as early as convenient, because, "goon after fiva and twenty they fall to bloom no more ;" and he adds, with great emphasis, "paint, gum, whale-bone, bag' bristles, and falsa hair don't make a lovely lass of sixteen out of an oil maid, no how you can fix it." A N KCllOTK Take Yo-a Timk to Drt--The following is a capital anecdote, which actually occurred some yvsars since, in one cfxbe theatres in Dub lin ; During the Ycrfbrmoice of a play, that was recourse never "repeated, the last scene wan the doathef a p'iwcr'.ul monarch, who, in his dying moments, was liictating his will such an one ws to weeer-d him to the thrcne ano ther wfcs to bo viceroy here another there and In keeping with a king of eucIi vast pos sessions, he consumed a great deal of tune in dyinjr, o luuch so indeed, that one at least ot the audience got out of all patience, and cried out I say, Mr. King there, 1 wish you'd die, ami bad luck to ye for ye'll be after keeping us all night here lo see the end of ye 1' Tat Dooly ! howld yer tongue for a black5 guard,' shouted one on the opposite side of tin' theatre, fiercely shaking a good shilalah et Mi. Dooly 'howld yer tongue, I say, for a t!ul guard, or I'll bate ye worse nor I did at Kil larney fair.' Then turning to the dying mon arch, bo addressed his majesty with the utmost earnestness thus : 'Tak yer time to die, yer worship, if it be an h:nir yet, and never a bit mind Tat Dooley, the spalpeen beyant 1' A travelling Yankee lately put up at a coun try inn, where a number of loungers were as seabled, telling large stories. After sKlmf some time, and attentively listening to tlcti folly, he suddenly turned, asked them how much they supposed he had been oflred for ln dog, which ho had wilh him. They all started, and curiosity was on tiptoe to know ; one guess ed five dollars, another ten, another fifteen, un til they had exhausted their patience, when one of them seriously aiktd how much he had been offered. ".Yw ctf," replied he.
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