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8 ATl'ltDA Y NIOIIT.
The Blubbering Boy't Appeal to hit Mercihxn
Mama.
Oil ! why must my face he washed so clean,
And srrubb'd and drench'd for Sunday,
When you know very well (as you've always
seen)
'Twill he dirty niain on Monday.
My hair is stiff with lathery ronp
That behind my ears are dripping ;
My smarting eyes I'm afraid to ope,
And my lips the suds are sipping.
They're down my throat, and tip my nose,
And to choke mo you seem to be trying ;
That I'll shut my mouth you need not suppose,
For how can I keep from crying.
You rub as hard as ever yon can,
And your hands are hard (to my sorrow ;)
No women shall wash me when I'm a man,
And I wish I were one to-morrow.
1 WOXDKU WHY 1
He press'd my Iiand, I can't tell why
I'm Riire I wonder why he did it ;
And then I heard oh such a sigh !
Asquite alarmed imp for a minute.
I wonder why he pressed my hand
I wonder why he sighed so sadly
I'm sure if I could understand
The cause, I would remove it gladly.
He told me lie had lost his heart,
And whispered something about 'Hope;'
I wonder why it did depart
Or why hearts ever do elope
I'm sure, if I bis heart had been,
I never would have left his side,
But stay'd a happy, joyous thing,
And loved the place till I had died.
An After Scene In Battle.
Tho late disaster on board the Frinccton
gave Ui scarcely a glimpse of actual warfare
and from an account written by a clergyman, ot
what be witnessed just after the battle of Sol
t'.en, 1 will quote a pretty fair specimen of what
war is.
"At ono o'clock'' 6ays he, "the cannonading
ceased and I went out on foot to Soldcn in or
der to learn to whose advantage the battle hnd
turned out. Towards evening, seven hundred
of tho Russian tugatives came to Soldcn, a pi
tiful sight, indeed sonic holdingup their hands,
cursing and swearing others praying, and
praising the King of Prussia without hats,,
without clothes some on foot, others two on a
horse, will) their heads and arms tied up some
dragging along by the stirrup?, and others by
the horses' tails.
"When the battle was decided, and victory
shouted for the Prussian army, I ventured to the
place where the cannonading wus. Alter walk
ing some way, a Cossack's horse came running
full speed towords me. I nounted him, nnd
on my way for seven miles and a-halfon this
side the field ot Iwitlle, 1 found the dead and the
wounded lying on the ground, sadly cut to pie
ces. The farther I advanced, the more these
poor creatures lay heaped upon one another.
"The scene I never shall forget. The Cos
sacks, as soon as they saw me, cried out, "Dear
sir, Watkr! Watkb ! Watkr!" Righteous
(ad, what a sight ! Men, women and children,
Russians and Frussians, carriages, horses and
oxen, chest and baggage, all lying upon one a
nother, lo the height of a man! Seven villa
ges around me in flames, and the inhabitants
either massacred or thrown into tho fire !
"The poor wounded" what a horriJ exhi
bition of war spirit? "were still firing at one
another in the greatest exasperation! The
field of battle was a plain, two miles and a half
long, and wholly covered w ith dead and woun
ded, there was not even room to set my toot
down without treading on some of them ! Se
veral brooks wore so filled with Russians, that
1 do iffirni it, they lay heaped upon one ano
ther aa high as two men, and appeared like
hills to the even ground !
I could hardly recover myself Irom the
(right occasioned by tho great and miserable
outcry of tho wounded. A noble Prussian of
ficer, who had lost both his legs, cried out to
me, "Sir, you are a Priest and preach mercy j
pray, show me some compassion, and despatch
me at once."
Here is war and can the disciples of the
Prince of Peace sanction such methods ot set
tling disputes between rational and civilized
and Christian men between nations eny more
than between individuals 1 In all this what is
trure which the gospel can approve, or on
which the God of Jove can look with compla
cence 1 Vet such things are inseparable from
war a part of iu legitimate, designed and in
evitable result.
S UMBUffiY AMEMIC AN.
ND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL;
Ahsoie,jtcquieccnce in thf AerlAom ot he
Ily Mnsgcr & Elsrly.
From the Boston Press and Post.
TIIK LAST RK.V KIOIIT THK AMERI.
CAM 1LAO THIUM PIIANT.
The brig Pandora, Capt. Paxton, sailed from
this port early last March on a trading voyage
to the island of St. Domingo. Nothing re
quiring particular notice occurred until she ar
rived at Port ait Prince, where her cargo, (con
sisting chiefly of provisions,) was purchased by
1 resident Riviere, who stipulated that it should
be landed at Aztta, and that the vessel should
also call nt Jacmcl and there receive on board
some military for the use of tho southern di
vision of the nrmy. Agreenbly to this engage
ment, the Pandora touched at Jacmcl, took on
board a deck load of field pieces, powder, shot
and about twenty llnyticn soldiers, a,nd pro
ceeded to Azua, where she arrived on the 1 1th
of April. On the afternoon of the same day
a sloop arrived, and reported that she had been
fired at by one of three armed schooners that
were cruising in the offing. The master of
the sloop also informed Capt Paxton that the
schooners belonged to the Spanish faction,
then in arms against tho government, and had
no doubt recci red intelligence of the service
on which the Pandora was employed, and
would probably make an attempt to capture her.
Capt. Paxton inclined to the same opinion, and
made arrangements accordingly. That night
he discharged his deck load into the fcloop,
which belonged to the government, and re
ceived on board two twelve pounder carron
ades and a long brass French nine pounder,
which, with two short sixes belonging to itic
Pandora, were ranged on the starboard side.
Next morning, Monday, April l.", there being
no vessel in sight in the offing, Capt. Paxton
commenced discharging the cargo, which had
to be boated ashore. About 10 A. M., two
schooners were seen standing in under a press
of sail before the sea breeze.
After Capt. Paxton had surveyed them
through the gluss, he gave orders to clear the
decks for action. A large quantity of bread in
bags, with which the decks were lumbered,
was stowed amidships, in the place usually oc
cupied by the loiig boat. Behind this wall of
bread he stationed the Ilayticn soldiers, in
case their service should be required as small
arm men, preferring to havo the brig's crew
alone to inanago the great guns. As before
remarked, her guns were all on the starboard
side. When the decks were cleared, Capt.
Paxton clapped a spring on his cable and brought
the vessel's starboard broadside to bear sea
ward. The guns were next loaded with round
and grape, the American ensign displayed
at tho peak, and the penant at the main. In
the meantime the two schooners had approach
ed within a mile of the Pandora, side and side,
wing and w ing, steering right towards her.
They still kept on, until they were about half
a mile distant ; then, quick as thought, they
brailed their foresails up, came to the wind on
opposite tacks, threw out Spanish flags, and,
without hailing the Pandora, (Kinred the con
tents of their broadsides into her. Cupt. Pax
ton, with coolness and decision, ordered the
men stationed at the guns not to tire until the
smoke had cleared away, and then to take good
aim, and let the enemy have it. No sooner
had the 6inoke passed away than the Pandora's
broadside was fired with terrible effect .Not a
shot was thrown away, and even above the din
of battle were heard the screams of the wound
ed and the dying. Without returning another
broadsides, the enemy tacked in succession, and
brought their other broadsides to bear; but
before they could discharge them, the Pandora's
guns were re-loaded, and the three vessel's
fired almost at the same instant. The enemy's
euns appeared to he elevated too high to injure
j the Pandora's hull, but they cut her running
r'?"'n? 'n many places. After the second
broadside, the schooners edged down upon the
Pandora, and discharged a volley of musketry,
which riddled her bulwarks and rigging, but
wounded no one. The Ilayticn soldiers, be
hind the bread bags, w ere ordered to return the
fire, but they were so ignorant of the uso of fire
arms as to place in jeopardy the lived of their
! friends, instead of their enemies. Their ser
vices, therefore, during the rest of tho engage
ment, were dispensed with. Another broad
side from the Pandora made the schooners haul
off, and play at long balls with their long toms.
But even iu this they were matched, for the
brass piece on the forecastle returned their fire
with interest. Again they approached, and
now the action became general. Ixxtd and
fire on both sides as fast as possiblo w as the or
der of the day. In this manner the action con
tinued nearly an hour, when another schooner
wae discovered close at hand. When she came
up, boats filled with men were sent from her
on board of the other two schooners. Then
all three bore down towards tho Pandora, evi.
dently with the intention of attacking her on
both sides. But Capt. Paxton, who had fore
seen such an event w hilo they were manceu
vreing, hoisted his foretopsail yard to the mast
head, and stationed a boy aloft to let the Mil
mBjnrity) he i(a rrincip of nepublica, from which
Sunbury, Northumberland Co.
fall if it fchould be necessary. Seeing the din
position of the enemy, he gave them in suc
cession a raking shot, as his guns bore, then
cut awoy his spring and cable, set the foretop
sail, and run in bofore tho wind. Being per
fectly acquainted with tho harbor, ho laid his
vessel broadside on the beach, still presenting
the starboard side to the enemy, Tho guns
were onco more brought to bear on them, and
another, tho last broadside was discharged.
They did not return the fire, but hauled their
wind out of tho bay, leaving tho Pandora un
vanquished, even though she was ashore.
Capt. Paxton and his crew gave three cheers
for the American flag, and thus closed this glo
rious encounter.
The crew of the Tandora, all told, consisted
of eight men and a boy ; of these one man had
a toe torn off by tho recoil of a gun, and ano
ther's face was burned with gunpowdor ; these
were the only accidents which befel the crew.
Tho vessel had her starboard side riddled with
musketry the main rail Fhot away, amidships
running rigging and sails cut long boat shot
away tho quarter of the jolly boat stove ono
maintopmast backstay on the starboard side of
the main rigging shot away.
The three schooners were vessels of about
UK) tons, and mounted six carronades and a
long torn each. The two who bore tho brunt
of the battle must have suffered severely in the
loss of men, besides having their hulls cut up.
Subsequently Capt. Paxton was informed that
they had over forty killed, and a largo number
tvmin.ln.l
When tho enemy had disappeared, Capt.
Paxton ordered the jolly boat, Uic only one left,
to bo manned, as ho intended to go ashore, and
ifpossible procure tho means of still defending
his vessel, should she bo again attacked. The
poor Ilaytien soldiers were so terrified at the
idea of seeing the boat depart, that they jump
ed overboard and nine of them perished. To
calm the fears of those who were saved, Capt.
Paxton returned on board and assuring them
that lie had no thought of leaving them.
The next day no enemy appearing, the Pan
dora was lightened, and a day or two afterwards
was hove afloat, without having sustained any
material damage under water. On the 2Jdshe
was onco more under canvass on her way to
Port au Prince, where she arrived on the 2fth,
and was greeted by the inhabitants with mea
sureless applause. On the pissnge home the
crew subscribed for a piece of plate to be pre
pensed to Capt. Paxton, as a testimonial of their
respect for his gallant conduct.
Of Capt. Paxton and his crew it is not neces
sary to make a single remtrk in theii praise.
Their actions, though imperfectly sketched,
spenk for then?. The facts 'hat, during the
hour and a quarter the action continued, they
discharged over fifty rounds, and kept at biy
two vessels having the advantages of being un
der way, possessing superior armaments and
numbers, and finally out-manceuvring three ves
sels, stand alone in. the annals of mercantile
warfare.
"Who iuhi R:d.n:m of I'vks." This in
terrogative "portion of divine scripture" is il
lustrated by an anecdote, related with most ef
fective dryness by a friend of ours. An elderly
gentleman, accustomed to "indulge," entered
the bar room of an inn in tho pleasant city of
11 , on the Hudson, where sat a grave
Friend toasting his toes by the fire. Lifting a
pair of green spectacles upon his forehead, rub
bing his inflamed eyes, and calling lor a glass of
brandy toddy, he seated himself by the prat ;
and as lie did so, he remarked to Uncle Broad
brim that his "eyes were getting weaker und
weaker, and that even spectacles did'nt seem to
do 'em any good," "I'll tell thee, friend," repli
ed the Quaker, "w hat I think. 1 think if thee
was to wear the spectacles over thy month tor
a tow months, thy eyes would get sound again."
To keep preserves for years, bottle them up
and place them on some conspicuous shelfla bel
led "arsenic." We have kept tho best pre
serves for years in this manner, even in a huiiee
full of boarders and apprentice boys. It beats
cool cellars all to smash.
For whitewash that will not rub oil, mix
half a pail of lime and water ready to put on the
wall ; then take a gill of w heat flour, mix it up
well with a very little cold wutor, then pour
boiling water over it till it thickens. Pour it
into the white-wubh while hot, and stir the
whole well together.
Tut Schoolmaster at it Auain. We see
the following outrage going the rounds of the
papers the name of tla guilty person has not
come to our knolcdge :
Schoolmaster. 'A passive verb is expres
sive of the neutro of receiving an action as,
Peter ij beaten. Now, w hat did Peter do V
Hay. 'Well, I don't know,' mid the urchin,
pausing a moment, with the gravest countenance
imaginable, 'unltvs he hvllrnd '
there la no appeal but lo force, (he vital principle
Iu. Saturday, June H'2, ISM.
From the Boston Evening Gazette. '
TIIK MI.VKH'S llltlDK.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
"No shadow of decay
Had touched those pule bright features, yet he
wore
A mien of other Hays, a garb of yore,
Who could unfold that mystery
Ml;S. llhMAN"-.
In one of tho villages of the north of France
in the midst of a population entirely occupied
with the labors of the mines, dwelt Pierre and
Margarctte.
Pierre was the son of a miner. 1 1 is little
feet could scarcely bear him when he ran to
tho mines. He descended into them, anil by his
playfulness and frolic lightened the labors of
his futher. And after that, when the fair
traces of children were etlaced by those of
youth, Pierre became a good workman, and next
to his father, it was ho who could best direct
tho miners to their toil.
He knew the placo where the laborer could
strike with safety; he had wandered the sub
terranean galleries, nnd fearless of the dark, he
would examine gaily, and by .natural cause.,
the mysteries which affrighted his companions.
Ono night when the father of Pierre wns re
turning from a neighboring village lie heard a
low moaning : he stopped, he searched the bush
that skirted the sides of the road he was tra
velling. What was his surprise ! an infant,
covered with a few rags moved in the grass and
lilted its little hands to Heaven as if implor-
hoarse sound of its voice announced that either
by chnncc or wickedness it had been tor some
time abandoned to the pity of the passing tra
veller.
The miner's heart was softened at the unex
pected sight. Ho thought of his son of his dear
Pierre,and ho knelt down towards the little
one.
As if his words could comtort it he talked to
it; he promised it his aid, and endeavoring to
sooth it he gathered up the shreds that pro
tected it from the cold air, he wrapped it in his
leather apron, and carried it with him kissing
it to quiet its sad moaning.
"Wife, said he, as he opened the dor of his
house "guess what I have brought you; Pro
vidence has chosen us, of all the inhabitants of
the village, to do good to one unfortunate, I am
sure for 1 know your heart."
For her only answer the mother of Pierre
extended her hand towards her husband.
Sho heard by what a strange chance a pretty
little girl had entered the house ; she regard
ed it as her own child. Thus it was that Mar
garet was restored to life and home, she who
had lost all, and seemed destined to heroine (he
prey of the wild animals that ranged the woodj
and fields.
The two children grew up to together, nnj
as they thought only of each other happines:
they soon loved each other tenderly. To the
names of brother and sitter succeeded thosy
more dear. Their hearts were mingled oud
they dreamed only of a happy future. lVrrtt
asktd Margaret of his father for Ins bride.
The good parents wished it. How did their
young hearts beat when the futher of Pierre
said to them fix upon a day to complete your
happiness.
And that was not a distant day, they were so
much beloved, and merited it so well that the
day appointed for their wedding was a festival
for ull their neighbors. Thev left their work,
the mines were deserted, the tables were
spread, bouquets adorned the bosoms of tho
girls and the coats of the yMing men. Alia,
round were heard cries of joy, and the music ot
instruments, regulated the movements of the
dancers on the green.
Iu the midst of the fete Pierre was seen to
embrace his pretty bride. Then he said mys
teriously to his young companions, Keep her
here, now is tho tune for the surprise ! Now
1 will get the presents.
He went away, smiling, placing hit finger
on his mouth, as though to enjoin secrecy, und
pasting round the house nppcared to take a
crooked path which led to the old mines. They
saw him no more.
He did not return that night, he came not mi
the following day. They searched for him,
they called hint, they waited lor bun ! Three
days, four days, eight days, a mouth, a year
parsed away, and Pierre returned not.
On the day of the wedding, aa soon as his
long absence was perceived, the sports were
suspended. The bride wept and rung her
hands. Tho miners, led by the futher search
ed through every passage in the mines leaving
no pastage were a mnn could be, unexamined
but nothing gave tlipm any hope of discover
ing the remains of their companion, of their
friend.
Margaret oanic near to death ! She return
ed to life to consecrate it to the futher and mo
ther of Pierre. They had uo much to weep for,
and the alu, but giatitude endowed her with
and immediate parent of de.potiain.-JErrm.soi..
Vol. l--o. 3a--lVlioIo No, l5.
supernatural courage. She took off her bou
quet and her bridal wreath, and kissing them
s;i id
"I will wait his return."
Sixty yearj after this terrible and singular
adventure, many changes had taken place in
the village.
Margaret had closed the eyes of her benefac
tors. Nearly all those that bad been present
at her wedding had disappeared from the earth.
Tho children who leaped for joy as they ac
coinpaniod the brido hnd become old men. A
new generation had arisen and tho recollection
of the adventure of Pierre and of his disappear
ance, existed only in those traditions, which
passing from age to age furnish food for the re
flections and dreams which superstition inspires
in tho minds of tho unenlightened.
They spoke of Pierre as of a supernatural he
ing. Ho was accused of having made a com
pact with evil spirits. During the cold season,
when the winds chased the hoar fost through
the air, and made the dry branches of the elms
und the beeches crack or roaring in the chim
neys, they seemed to resemble a melancholy
groan, me oiu women pretenuea that it was
Pierre who came to ask for prayers and a last
asylum. They could hear his voice in the
rumbling of the thunder storm when the snow
had left the smiling fiiddn and tho sun ripened
the grain, or tinged the vino leaves on the
hills.
In the heat of the summer when tho light
vapor brightened in the air, they thought it was
i. . . . . . ,- .
of the soul of Pierre.
The cry of the night bird, rustling of the
leaves, the adder darting through the thick
grass, the far off howl of tho wolf, all brought
terror tn the heart of the villagers when they
were obliged to quit their homes. The men at
the sound of the ill omen hastened their steps
knit their brows and casting unquiet looks a
round them as if they thought that the cnld
hand of Pierre was stretched over them and
threatened their innocent ones.
Pierre was every where. Prayers were ad
dressed to him and wax tapers burned in honor
of him. The terrefied imaginations of the vil
lagers made them regard as one intent upon in
juring them, the shade of him who during his
tooBhort career had only thought of doing good
to his fellow creatures.
At length it happened after having exhaust
ed all the veins of the mines, and all the old
parts, it became necessary to dig new pits in
another place. The proprietor enme Tpon the
grounds and his arrival was the rejoicing. He
was humane and beloved by all the miners.
For four days they had labored ; the young
ladies nnd the gay cavaliers, who had come
with the proprietors to nssist in the festival of
the ojM'inng of the mines, and who danced un
der the spreading branches, had returned to the
city ; none remained but the engineers and those
intereited in the mines.
On a sudden, a strange noise wns heard. It
wns a low- murmuring likotlmt which announce
the distant thunder storm. It was a cry of voi
ces in distress. The ground trembled, the
bells sounded loudly, every cord was in motion.
He w ished to leap into a hnskct to go to the
relief of the wretches whose death he thought
inevitable, all had assembled, and the terrified
miners were pale and trembling, cold drops of
sweHt hung upon their brows.
"What is the matter ! cried the proprietor as
pale, an trembling as those animated peel res.
" man ! an apparition ! a miracle ! Death!"
Such were the exclamations that escaped
from the mouths of whom fright made almost
rcold and powerless.
Soon, however, the proprietor was enabled
to collect together a few words and formed an
intelligible sentence out of all those exclama
tions of terror.
Iu endeavoring to open a communication be
tween the new mines and old ones, the bilio
rers bad discovered a place that wus less diffi
cult to work than before. The stones and the
earth did not form thick masses, and the strange
substance whicli were found seemed to prove,
(h it at some time not long previous, an immense
caving iu of the earth had happened at this
place. The labor was not hard. With a sin
gle blow of the pick the miners brought dow n
large quantities of earth. They had advanced
e ' '
sonie distance ; all at once a portion which was
unsjpiHirted fell down of itself; a gas rushed
out al.d became a flame; and what was the sur-
, , ..,.1.
pr.se of the workmen when by the brightness
of this sudden light, they saw descend on this
strange couch, a young man, who seemed to be
asleep.
His brow is calm, lis cheeks fresh and even
roy, but his mouth and ryes are motionless,
.nstead of approaching him instead of endea-
voring to assist him, tor perhaps ne neeiien as
sistance, the miners fled with precipitation from
thin unexpected apparition. Fear, during the
bhoit space they had to traverse to join their
comrades, had already caused them to exagge
rate their story.
I'KICKS or AIVi:TI TSIKU.
I square I insertion, . . fO 50
1 dr 5 ,a . . .0 75
1 do 3 drt . . . . no
F,vry aubaoquent insertion, . 0 ?S
Yearly Adrettianmants : one rnliimn. 2S t hmt
column, $1 8, three squarea, $18 j two squares, ?0 ;
one square, ii ail-yearly : one column, fl 8 ;
half column, 1 12 ! three squares, f 8 ; two squares,
$5; one square, ?3 fit).
Adertiacmonta left without directions aa to the
lenijth of time they are to be published, will) e
continued until ordered out, and charged accord
ingly.
CrSijtccn lines make a square.
It was not a man, it was a spirit which had
appeared to them in the midst of thunder and
lightning ; it was the spirit of the mines ! His
form was collossal. They hnd seen him rise
up nnd stretch forth his fearful arm.
The proprietor listened to these talcs of (er
ror, his face beenmc calm. He cast a look s
round him. The miners had all left the mine
and their eyes were fixed en him ; all in a fright
seemed to await his discieion what course to
pursue.
"To the mino !" After bavin spoken in a
low voice to tho engineers and friends who sur
rounded him, he rushed forward.
Soon the truth was known, the bright light
of day explained this extraordinary scene.
They brought up and placed upon the grass
plot which surrounded the entrance to the pit
the cold and damp body of a young man.
His clothing indicated other times and other
fash ions. It was tasteful and even seemed ta
havo been worn on some festive occasion. A
small box wns dug out near tho body which on
being opened was found to contain jewels, a
gold cross, a chain, a medallion on which a cy
pher was engraved, but time had blackened
these tokens which love had perhaps destined
for some adored mistress.
All tho villagers ran to the scene, nud while?
the authorities of the village were bst in con
jectures, each inhabitant sought in his memory
for somo means of arriving at the truth, but all
in vain.
"Margaret !" cried a young girl, with a voice
which indicated astonishment nt the eight of un
. -a ........ rn oirttt'lf '. wl l. a
immense circle which awaited with anxiety the
explanation of the mystery.
Room for Margaret," said many of the youn
people at once.
And the old woman approached where the
authorities and the proprietor were assembled;
She paid no attention to the crowd that sur
rounded her, anu scarcely thanked those w l o
opened for her a passage. Her face, ordinarily
pale, had become very bright, her eyes were
flashing, and it could be seen that something;
strange was passing through her mind.
She pushed aside the proprietor, who wash"
fore her, with a violent and convulsive move
ment. Sho stooped down, and fell upon her
knees by the side of the body.
"Pierre !" cried she, and her feeble liDtid",
grown thin with age, were passed over the face
of the dead man.
She parts the damp hair, she implants a kits
upon the forehead which for sixty years had been
buried in the earth, nnd which owed to this pre
mature burial the appearance of youth on a bo
dy which age would have bent and wrinkled.
"It is Tierre !" cried she, it is the friend of
my childhood, it is my betrothed;" nnd tears,
w hich seemed now of joy, and now of grief, in
undated her faded cheeks, "I have waited for
thee. Oh, I could not have died without em
bracing thee for the last time.
They tried to lend her away, to tear her from
the horrid spectacle on which she gazed with a
joy, which weakened her strength, which kil
led her ; but in vain. She clung to the body
of Pierre, she pressed it in her feeble anna.
She wished to die upon that heart which she
could not reanimate, but which in lite had beat
for her alone. Then all those mysteries were
explained. Poor Pierre ! ho had wished tj
surprise his betrothed, and had doubtless, hid
den the presents which he had worked. How
horrible must have been his long agony ! What
a frightful end ! His thoughts perhaps carried
him back to the sports that were going on so
near him to tho side of his anxious bride, of h.s
father and mother! And he could see them no
more, his last groans could not be hcaid ; he
was suflec'jted, full of life and ftrcngth, beneath
a whole mountain ot eirth !
Margaret had well suid "Pierre, I shall atvsit
thy return;" for she did not survive the vio
lent emotions vhi;h she t'x;ericnccd. She
passed awiy murmuring the name of Pierre.
But doubtless when she made that vow she did
not expeci that her bridal bed would be the c dj
bier, she did not think that the icy hand cf her
lover would be placed in her only when slid
had ceased to live.
"No Time fok Swoitim) Honsr.s," A ca
pital story, although it may be an old one, wus
recently related at a puliiicul meeting in 1'lnla-
j delplmi. It was told tor tin; purpose o'.uiaknig
! I"'."'1 t.""."st the claims ot one of the many
j candidates tor the Presidency, but is a good sto-
ry tvt. wlPll f.ned of Us' political leummr.
An Indiana mini was travelling down the Ohio
on a steamer, w ill. a mare and a two year oil
; roit, when by midden careen of the boat ull
, , . . , T
; tts he arose puffing and blowing obove water,
caught hold of tho tail ot'the colt, not having a
doubt that the naliiritl instinct of the animal
would curry liim Kite ashore. The old iura
look a "bet; line" lor the alitue, but the frighten.
j ed colt awmu lnt.!y dnw n tho n
Z'L
l!in current w un iit
Co ot the r'i't
hang on to ll.o old mnre," thoii'ed arimt i.f
his trieiuis. "Phree, booh !'" cxcl'i lined ti e 1! 4.
wer, spi uting the w ater from his iiiiiu'h
shaking lim head !:k3 a New f, .im''laiid d y ;
"it's all very tine your lei. ing mi t let t,o
col', lu.t to a inun that cun t un thia unit ex
actly th tune or m opping l.omtt .'"
V O. i'u .