BURG CHRON LEW RLE UY 0. N. WOKDEN & J. Ant In-deit-xdext Family She sits beside the cradle. And her tears are streaming fast, Kur she sees the present only. While she thinks uf all the past Of the days, so full of gladness. When her tirst-born's answering kiss Thrilled her soul wiih such a rapture That it kucw no other bliss. Oh, those happy, happy moments! They but deepen her despair. For she binds above the cradle And her baby is not there ! There arc words of comfort spoken, And the leaden clouds of grief Wear the smiling bow of promise. And she feels a sad relief; Hut her wavering thoughts still wander, Till tbev settle on the scene Of the dark and silent chamber. And of all that might have betn For a little vacant garment. Or a shining tress of hair, Tells her heart in ti nes of anguish That her baby is not there ! She sits beside the cradle, Hut her tears no lunger flow. For she sees a blessed vision. And forgets nil earthly woe j Saintly eyes lo. k down upon her. And the Voic e that hushed the sea Stills her spirit with a whisper. Sulfer them to come in Me !" And while her soul is lifted tin the soaring wings ol prayer. Heaven's crystal gales swing inward And she sees her baby thihf. ! MOMMY, J. II, I. Union and Snyder---State Treasury. Messrs. GiiEiid aul Uayhs Ikiyc sup plied us with earl' copies uf the Report of the Auditor General of reDDvIvania on the Finances of the State, from which we glean the following account of payments TO aud fkum Uuiou and tsuyder comities: I'uion Cfitnfij C'H. Heel of R II Iiiftl, Tax K.-sl und P r'QaI ',911 -. 174 1.1 z.ii su to VI -. 00 Jul 10 ill 111 15 10 u :, IMS 85 5 OS S3 lis 77 41 41 g.) 00 10 00 ;.i oo g5 oo do do do do dn TilTTH 1.KvtleS Kefctilcr do I'itit!er and r-nwerj Mil. tin Tax T.erti of Painl Kout-b, Tax on writs. Jto. do collateral iiilieritanre Joj-h Kvstvr, firmer rr.'th -notary, J IV IVnmiiirt"ii. IiffnlT do collateral inheritance C Brrymaii, f.-rnnT Jtfg & live do rcru.i intervft Tu on lwifiur Pavilion Institution do lcMirlurg ItrMt Cvuiauy t'liartvr Lfwisburg I!auk do lwi-f'urp lias CompAny do WinlK U Coul i Ir..n Ojinj-any Jofiab lktily, Auctioneer, LcwubuT ,;i DR. TaiJ tof.-miuon S-hv1a l,sn 55 AUt tn. lit of fute Tal ''.' 36 ml 11 lr.n,'olir,"ii'lTTti'g Amcn-l's Conrt'D 115 60 WurlralOwwIilu.'I'limBMr,'' do lUi 0O F Smith iC,-?!immcdcsVi,Uc!i," do HW 00 IVurtnni ' (10 Iae Snk, Elector 1- OO Mercantile Ai.prai: 3 4S SuyJcr Co.CR. RecM of Fmlk lL.ll.fuu. Ktst Tax do Win (1 II. rruld. l'n-tli'rj do Fredk Mrrlz, Keg lice do do cut. iuWriUinca DR. Paid toOmmon Schools Abatement Stale Tax A J PttTa, "VolLeefreun-l,"' alr AmJ-, j 13 7'J M 90 4: ia s,lls 1.071 fj 41 2li 50 I fluU-hu-, Deiiiukrat,'' do do 1"7 60 l,sil 00 S-jo.ixvjo 4,100,95 Total paid in, both counties Total returned to do Kxccss paid in 510,51 4,C 1 Em Thatek, President of tie famed Massachusetts Kmi'rant Aid Society, is a new Member of Congress, and "niade a Lit" last week in bis maiden speech. lie wanted all neutrality laws repealed which prevented the spread of New England In stitutions. The sons of the Pilgrims Lad got hemmed in by the Rocky Mountains, and must now Lave Kansas and tlic Indian Territory to "expand" in, and Nicaragua &c. they would soon Deed. The New England States had near 100 souls to the r-quarc mile, while parts of the South had not 1 soul to the square mile : of course, the North was where the emigrants were to come from. Steam engines and Yan kee machinery wero much better aud cheaper than Slave labor, and would be used by the new Colonists in preference. Thayer kept his audienco wide awake, and all parties in the best humor. Extract from a IntUvoj a Member of Con- rets to the Chronicle, dated Washington, Pec. IS, 1S57. My Dear Sir Kansas meets us at the door of Congrcps, as it did two years ago. W'c shall have a stormy session, and a bit ter contest between the two wings of the Slave Democracy. The Administration will, I judge, force through the Calhoun Coustitution,thc same as it did the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise ; and then will come the dismemberment of the Slave Democracy in the North. Slavery, thus far, Las been forced upon Kansas by the bayonets of tho U. S. Army, and, as it looks now, so it will be continued in the came way. If so, the future is pregnant with woes to this Republic. B?l.The Smbnrjf American states that Vk'm. M. Gray, of tho "Northumberland County Blues" of IS 12, is still liviug, ia Suubury ; but that Daniel Lcbo and John W. Kiehl died some time sinoe. The Cuzctte records the death, last week, of another of the "Blues" Goo. P. Buyers, w tsunbury, aged Go years. UrAu Coat of-Arms. Tho arms of Territory of Utah is a bco-hivc, protected Ly lion rampant, at whoe fect is the American ugV, touvlaut, aud "LiJly fljikcJ"' ' E. CORNELIUS. News Journal. From the "Lm IVr," of l'M. Curious, Thrilling Scene at Lucknow. ilk9 i a &riqii),olrj) faiolrj q:qk :r? Calcutta, Oct. 8, 1S57. I give you tho following account of an incident preceding the first relief of Luck now in India, as described by the wife of an English officer of the rescued party On every side, death stared us in the face j no human skill could avert it any longer. We saw tho moment approach, when we must bid farewell to earth, yet without feeling that unutterable horror which must have been experienced by the unhappy victims at Cawnporc. Vie were resolved rather to die than yield,and were fully persuaded, that, in twenty-four Lours, all would be over. Tbc engineers Lad said so, and all knew the worst. We wo men strove to encourage each other, and to perform the light duties assigned to us, ouch as conveying orders to the batteries, and supplying tho men with provisions, especially cups of coffee,wLich we prepared day and uight. I Lad gone out to try aud make myself useful, in company with Jes sie Brown, the wife of a corporal iu my husband's regiment. Poor Jessie had been iu a state of restless excitement all through the friege, and had fallen away visibly within the last few days. A constant fever consumed her, and her mind wan dered occasionally, especially that day, when the recollections of home seemed powerfully preseut to Ler. At last, overcomo with fatigue, the lay down on the ground, wrapped up iu her plaid. I sat beside Lcr, prominJ awaken Lcr when, as sLc said, "her father should return from the plowing." She fell at length into a profound slumber, motionless, and, apparently breathless, her head restiug in my lap. I myself could no longer retist the inclination to slccp,in spite uf the continual roar of the cannon. Suddenly, I was aroused by a wild, un earthly scream, close to my ear ; my com panion stood upright beside me, her arms raised, and her head bent forward in tho attitude of listening. A look of intense delight broke over Lcr countenance, tho grasped my hand, drew me towards her, and exclaimed, "Dinna yo Lear it ? dinna ye Lear it 7 Ay, I'm no dreamin', iVs the flojan o' the Iijlilanilcrs ! Were tuved ! tec' re saved .'" Then, flinging herself on her knees, she thanked God with passion ate fervor. I felt utterly bewildered : my English cars beard only the roar of artil lery, and I thought my poor Jessie was wild still, but she darted to the battcries,and I beard ber cry incessantly to the men, "Courage ! courage 1 Lark to tLe slogan to the Macgrcgor, the grandest of them a'. Hero's help at last!" To describe tbe effect of these words upon the soldiers, would be impossible. For a moment tbey ceased Cring, and every soul listened in intense anxiety. Gradually, however, there arose a murmur of bitter disappoint ment, and the wailing of tbe women who had flocked to the spot burst out anew as the Colonel shook his head. Our dull, lowland cars, beard nothing but the rattle of the musketry. A few moments more of this death-like suspense, of this agonizing hope, and Jes sie, who Lad sank to tLe ground, sprang to ber feet, and cried, in a voice so loud and piercing that it was distinctly beard along the whole line, "Will ye no bclievo it noo ? The slogan has ceased, indeed, but the Campbells are comin'! D'ye Itear? i.'vb hear?'' At that nionien,rc seemed to hear indeed tbc voice of God in tbc dis tance, when the pibroch of the Highland ers brought us tidings of deliverance. That shrill, penetrating, ceaseless sound, which rose above all other sounds, could come neither from the advance of tho ene my, nor from tbc work of tho Sappers. No, it was indeed the blast of the Scottish bagpipes now shrill and harsh, as threat ening vengeance on the foe thcn,in softer tones, seeming to promise succor to their friends in need. Never surely was tbcro such a scene as that which followed. Not a heart in the residency of Lucknow but bowed itself before God. All, by one simultaneous impulse, fell upon their knees, and nothing was heard but bursting sobs aud the murmured voice of prayer. Then all arose, and there rang from a thousand lips a great shout of joy, which resounded far and wide, and lent new vigor to that blessed pibroch. To our cheer of "God save tho Queen !" they replied by the well known strain that moves every Scot to tears, "Should Auld Acquaintance be For got ?" After that, nothing made any im pression on mo ; I scarcely remember what followed. Jessie was presented to the General on Lis entrance into the fort, and at the officers' banquet Ler health was drunk by all present, while the pipers marched around tho table, playing once more the familiar air of "Auld Lang Sync." Senator Douglas is a Yermontcr, now 41 years old, and learned and earned bis living at the cabinet making business before ho studied law. (Who knows bat ho may work at "Cabinet" making again before be dies ?) Though for eomo time overgrown and obscured by tbe Locofoco I'ricrjjbij original New England principles iiuw appear to Lc " Crop ping out."' LEWISBURG, UNION KANSAS AFFAIRS. The report of a collision between the Territorial militia, under Gen. Lane, and the IJ. S. troops, was incorrect. On the contrary all the difficulties in the vicinity of Fort Scott have been settled by tbc sur render of tho Free State prisoners. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing at Quindaro, Kansas, Dec. 28, says : "Tho disturbances in the southwest are over, at least for tho present. All the ! Missourians suddenly dispersed, on ro- ceiving Lane's proclamation that honn fide peaceful settlers would be protected, but I that all Missourians found with arms in their hands should be hamjed. The 're ' bellion' prisoners at Fort Scott are all set at liberty. Having gained all tbey de j manded, the Free Stale men, uuder Lane, ! returned to their homes in Lawrence, Sat urday night." Law-rente, Pec. 2S, 1857. We have no official report yet, but it is said, upon good authority, that somo 1, 700 votes arc returned from Oxford pre cinct, and 2,800 from Johnson county, when Oxford can not have over ten legal voters, and the whole county not over 375. Kickapoo has-returned l,100,whon the legal vote is less than 400. Theso are a few samples of what the invincible Democracy is practicing just now, and it shows, conclusively, that the scoundrels improve- with every trial. It is fully be lieved that from 8,000 to 10,000 votes will be returned to Calhoun, when every resident of Kansas knows that their real strength fur that Constitution can not tuucu exceed 2,000. No Free State man voted on that day, but on the 4th of Jan. wc intend to vote ajainst tho swindle,un dcr a law of our own enacting. Our vote will necessarily be small, as the commis sions arc not sent to the Commissioners in the distant counties, and can not be now before the time of voting. We bad not supposed there would be any necessity of a large vote, until these reports of frauds reached us within tbe last few days. To-day several companies of troops and two full batteries Lave arrived from Fort Leavenworth, and they seem very desir ous, as usual, to "save the Union." About half of tbcm have gone to Lecompton ; tbe others are here, encamped about one mile from town. Our people were greatly amused at their advent. To-day, there are some three thousand troops in Kansas, and tho papers say more are coming, and the whole of them are not worth three thousand cents to our Territo ry, while thoy are costing the Government millions of dollars. They may help to make Presidents, but it is hard to define Low they help to make peace. Our pcoplo have been quite fortunate recently in one respect. Over a week ago, a company of about 100 went to Lecomp ton after the arms that were taken from Col. Eldridge's party near the Nebraska line last year, by order of Gov. Geary. Denver was very abrupt in his refusal at first, but Col. E. told Lim they had conic to get them, and they should have them. Denver at last yielded, to save a collision. About 200 stands were taken. A few days afterwards, the citizens of Leaven worth broke open a building and seized about 200 arms, held by one Miller, who was a notorious filibuster last year. They are now in the bands of Freo State men. Last Saturday, about 100 muskcU were taken from a I'ro-SUvery man in Dela ware. 1 have not learned tho Listory of them. Five Lundrcd in one week looks liko a paying business. The following paragraph from a paper called the Star of Empire, published at Wcstport, Mo., gives countenance to tbe rumor that Denver is about to "follow in tbc footsteps of his illustrious predeces sors,' Keeder,Gcary, Walker and Stanton: "Denver has given up tbe arms of the Territory to tho outlaws from Lawrence. The very first act is a yielding to tbo re bellion. Our opinion may be ah impul sive one, but we think this tbc straightcst backiug out we ever heard of. Denver will be decapitated." Tho Free State Delegate Convention, holden at Lawrence, Dec. 23, adopted the following resolution : "Whereas the apportionment for mem bers of the Legislature under tho Lccomp tou Constitution is utterly unfair and uu just, giving tho border counties an nnduo preponderance over the rest of the Territo ry ; and whereas a test oath is required of all challenged voters; and whereas we havo no confidence whatever in the fair ness nor honesty of the officer to whom the returns arc finally to be made ; and whereas tbc Constitution itself, under which tho election of January 4th is to be' held, is not tbe choice of the people of Kansas: Therefore, "Resolved, That the Free State party of Kansas wijl not take part in said election.'' A portion of tbe Free State men nomi nated a ticket for the Stato election on tbo 4th instant. Tbc Hungarian Grass is a variety intro duced into Iowa, by Governor Ujary, which seems to be fust becoming an im portant crop in that Stato. It is now said to take tbo place of many other grasses both for pasture and hay. The corps of Civil Engineers to locate tho Mexico and Pacific Railroad, have eailcJ. 1 CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1858. Encounter with an African Lion. Yrem UTiDgatotte'a MisnkMi&nr Travels and Researched iu South Africa Returning toward Kuruuian. I se lected the beautiful vallev of Mahot-.-a (lat. 25 14 south, Ion! 20 30?) as the site of a missionary station, aud thither 1 removed in 1813. Here an occurreneo took place, concerning which 1 have frequently been ques tioned in England, and which, but for tbe importunities of friends, I meant to have kept in store to tell my chil dren when in my dotage. The Uaka tla of the village Mahotsa were much troubled by lions, which leaped iuto the cattle-pens by night and destroy ed their cows. They even attacked the herds in open day. This was so unusual an oceurreuce that the people believed that they were bewitched "given, (as they said) into the power of the lions by a neighboring tribe." They went once to attack tlic animals, but," being rather a cowardly people compared to Uechunas iu general on such occasions, they returned with out killing anv. It is well known that if one of a troop of lions is killed, the others take the hint and leave that part of' the! country. So, the nest time the j herds were attacked, I went with the people, iu order to encourage them to 1 rid themselves of the annoyance by I destroying one of the marauders. We ; found the lious on a small hill about ; a quarter of a mile in length, and covered with trees. A circle of men ; was formed around it, and they grad-, ually closed up, ascending pretty near j tO CaCU OUipr. lUUnu- (llkurn Iwlnw on the plain with a native schoolmaster, named Mebalwc, a most excellent man, I saw one of tho lions sitting on ! a piece of rock within the now closed . circle of men. Mebalwe fired at him , before I could, and the ball struck where the animal was sitting. He bit at tho spot struck, as a dog does i at a stick or stone thrown at him; then ' leaping away, broke through theopc-1 niug circle and escaped unhurt. The men were afraid to attack hint, per- j haps on account of their belief in i witchcraft. When the circle was re- j formed, wc saw two other lions in it; ; but wc were alraid to lire lest we should strike the men, and they allow- i cd the beasts to burst through also. I If the Bakatla had acted according to I the custom of the country, they would ! have speared the lions in their attempt to get out. Seeing we could not get them to kill one of the lions, we bent our footsteps toward the village ; in going around the end or the lnll.how- j ever, I saw one of the beasts sitting I on a. piece of rock as before ; but ; this time he had a little bush in front. I Being about thirty yards off, I took a ' good aim at his body through the j bush, and fired both barrels into it. ! The men called out, "he is shot ! he is j shot V Others cried, "lie has been j idiot by another man, too ; let us go j to him !" I did not sec any one else ! shoot him, but I saw the lion's tail erected in anger behind tho bush,and, turning to the people, said, "Stop a little, till I load again." When iu the act of ramming down the bullets, I I heard a shout. Starting, and look-1 ing half around, I saw the lion 'just" in the act of springing upon me. 1 1 was upon a little height ; he caught j my shoulder as lie sprang, and we both came to the ground below to gether. Growlinjr horribly close to my ear, shook me as a terrier dog docs a rat. The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of a cat. It caused a sort of dreami ness, in which there was no sense of pain or feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening. It was like what patients partially under the influence of chloroform de scribe, who sec all tho operation, but feel not the knife. This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake, annihi lating fear, allowed no sense of hor ror in looking at the beast. This pe culiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora ; and, if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death. Turning around to relieve myself of the weight, as he had one paw on tlic back of my head, I saw his eyes directed to Mebalwe, who was trying to shoot him at a dis tance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, a Hint one, missed fire in both barrels; the lion immediately left me, and, attacking Mcbalwe,bit his thigh. Another man, whose life I had saved before, after he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to spear the lion while he was biting Mebalwe. lie left Mebalwe and caught the man by the shoulder, but at that moment the bullets ho had received took effect, and he fell down dead. The whole was the work of a few moments, and must have been his paroxyisms of dying rage. In order to take out the charm from him, the Bakatla on the following day made a hugo bonfire over the carcass, which was declared to be the largest lion they had ever seen. Besides crunching the bone in to Fplinters.he left eleven teeth wounds on the upper part of my arm. A wound from this animal's tooth resembles a gun-shot wound ; it is generally followed by a great deal of sloughing and discharge, and pains arc felt in the part, periodically, ever afterward. I had on a tartau jacket ou the occasion, and I believe that it wiped off all the virus from the teeth that pierced the Mesh, for my two companions in this affray havo both suffered from the peculiar pains, while 1 havo escaped with the ouly incon venience of a false joint in my limb. The man whose shoulder was wound ed, shewed me his wound actually burst forth afresh on the same month i of the following year. .This curious ! nented her and discharged (jeorge. the Mill fainter thau the first, sent a pang point deserves the attention of inqui-1 latter being overwhelmed ly disappoiut-' through her maternal breast, rers. I ment, took to driuk, and in a few years : She must not die in the street '." mur- The Swedish Stove. became a habitual drunkard ; his wife mured llachel. "Home home! if I Lav A correspondent of the SjirinyjhlJ AY- supporting herself and two children j .trength to reach it." publican writes as follows of the stove in ' Richard, now a fine boy in his thirteenth ! "Ob, God !" she cried with a sodden use for a long period in Sweden. If Lis year, and Mary, a sweet child of six by burst of anguish, '-pruUet my boy ! Shield account is true, it must be invaluable, and j selling, one after another, the remnants of . him from crime ; guard hitn agaiust vices some of our practical men should look out j ter once 0l!tly warjrobe and jewelry. ' and the hideous auares which in ft thou for its general introduction into thiscoun- Qa j of I)cceUiber o tUe d form9 mifriendej ,oulb . cr try, where fuel is becoming so dear, aud . ' , ., ,- - where the winters (with rare exceptions) Joar 10 wL,ch our ,torT Pen3' Ue,A she aJ h grow colder. ' was without food, light or fire, and that Thy mercy." I have fully mode up my mind to buy ' very day the rent must be paid. It was a Christian's prayer wrung from one of the Swedish stoves, and send it j Little Mary was moaning forbread,and a mother's heart, uttered in faith, in ago home in time to be put up for winter. I j crying with cold. ; ny, aud tears; aud angels bore it to the think it will prove one of the greatest' The drunken father was at the dram- mercy scat on high. blessings, to our country, of anything bloP- . , , , . j Clasping her perishing child yet closer lately invented or introduced there. It j X1Je gJ -other, tad but one more tQ ber acU;ng bo3onJi lL(J jt wifd ontirMu nhsiate nil tho pvi 9 existinir. - nn.I an riL-lrtlli'llt f..lt 1 1 T. 1 I ! nir Tl r. T t 1 1 P T '1 , . . ' , , JIUUJUL, 111 UUI JUJIC1 UUW , mode of heating Louses. It is not more : expensive ia its construction than our ' stoves, and it is quite an ornament to a ' room ; is entirely free from dirt and filth ; in its use ; gives an even, genial warmth, ' to any degree that may be desired, entire-: been no chango in its arrangement, and it has given perfect satisfaction, in a coun try where they require as much warmth ! for their comfort a, we do, and where tho cold to contend with is greater. Where the people are quite as intclli - 5 ' - u gent in all that pertains to sue- ;u uianuis as we are, there was anything - ... convenience or beauty or economy. that no chances would have been made in it in so 1 . .:.- t. : . .i. m that some one Las not only tried it in America, but established it use and man- ufacture there, for its construction is as simple and easy to understand as its prin ciples of heating and ventilating room, arc beautiful and economizing. Only one fire a day is made in them, and then only a small quantity of birch wood is used. One of common eizo is ca pable of heating a room, about thirty feet square, as warm as you would desire it even in this cold climate. Tbe amount of wood burned in each stove, in their eight months of winter, is only one cord, Swedish, which is a little less than our cord, or as 120 cubic feet to 128. There are several patterns, some much moro beautiful than others; but most of them are a plain, round pedestal or column, ex tending from the floor nearly to tbo ceil ing, and generally they have a plain whi'o China ware ; but many that I have seen are of moro ornamental forms, with cor nices and mouldings at the top, and some of them aro ornamented ia- colors, like China ware. The material of which they are made is the same as our common tile, with the while enamel merely on the sur face. Plan for Crushing out Douglas. A correspondent of the -" 1'. Tribune recommends tbe following plan "crush ing out" the Little Giant. It will recom mend itself, not on account of its original ity, but because it Las the advantage of being tried, and works well. If Mr. Bu chanan should hesitate to use this plan, on account of doubts as to its practicability, doubtless Senator Sumner would furnish him with a certificate enumerating its merits : 1. Let the Little Giant be fastened to his scat in the Senate Chamber, with his Lead bent down -ami nis legs unuer me ; J 1. : 1. - Mnnnn a f . ... , Ir i it i ... . i possible tor nun in rise , auu ici an wea pons be taken from him, if he has any. 1 -w t - . c c . i ri i: provide himself with a club, a bowic-kuifc, j 2. lies itir. item, ui ouuiu iaronun, and a revolver. j 3. Let Mr. Kcitt be furnished with a j bodv euard consisting of two Members of i Congress (one irom ooutu Carolina anu one from Virginia), armed to the teeth. a a t-:.t. I i. , i i 4 1.1. .nr. rveni, wnu ... uimyguaru, ; be admitted iuto tbe Senate Chamber, and let the body-guard keep near enough to save him from all possible danger. 5. Let Mr. Keitt chivalrously but cau tiously creep up to the Little Giant and beat him senseless with his club. Let the beating be continued, for a few minutes, upon the head of the Little Giant, after be shall have fallen upon the floor,so that be may bo fully "subdued." The plan, if thoroughly carried out, would be practical, chivalric, safe (thin, Mr. Keitt will appreciate) and effectual. It would relieve Mr. Buchanan from much trouble, would be heartily applauded by Fernando Wood and the rest of the Dem ocratic party, and would undoubtedly "Save the Union." Some may object that this would bc unfair, mean, cruel, unlawful, barbarous, unconstitutional, outrageous, k!. &c. But then, would it not bo effectual ? Did it not silence Sumner ? And could Doti-Ias complain, after coldly loekinp on lirooks in tbe very act and siding with the South in permitting him tn gi unpuuiebf l ? i r r . I . i . fc. -r ' . , , '. ., f . f confidential clerk of her father, 1 eUr cncd with mneh interest, and at onco pro hot air svstem : and is the perfection ot , ... ... v. . . r I O T A. I r. aL4 LTUDV V mf -uta V UV i 1 W VIVA UW ' ...... Alanirlci. van l" "-'i i; . ,,,,1 Mm n n ,t . e.. . i..:.;.j ..j cr.r,a ,! t0 consu!t nim about seDdlDg R'cbard away . . of un who Bta . it can hardly be supposed, if r ---------------- , pocKei-DooK, a policeman sprang irom a any advantage to be obtained, or i"aou 10 .1D.e 'r T doorwaJ t0 arrest bim ' but Jack ' j.;.i r , 'Mir"e tavern to waste it in drunkencss. 1 ood bia csca.e v0t so Richard, who ESTABLISHED IN At 1,00 Teh RICHARD HOFFMAN. TALE Of IOVE AND BETCini'TIOX. Ilacbel Bently, tbc lovely daughter of one of the richest merchants of London, ' having married George Hoffman, one of her father's clerks, during the old man's cnce " iia, ne on nw return ut.nu- t 6 a lifvlr nf liar f.lhar a hnir Ck. 1.-1 1.. - cd to be able to save this the last nienieu- to of Ler once Lappy Lome. But goaded by little Mary's cries fur food she seized tne loctet, rushed to a pawnbroker s, on- tainel a few shillings, put by the amount of the rent and with tho rest purchased a little bread and milk for her children, and ., . ..i . i : :. it. .11 men set our, wun mem, 10 tih me uia from the contaminating influences with which ho was surronnded. On returning home late on Xew Year's "c I0m hcr flflcS3 U ,fo,r the f"-' B,c11 ! , "- - - ko the sum she had put by Lr the rent . , , . .... Little Mary, chilled and hungry, began to : , , y , , . c J' . I 1. f . 1 y f.iul an! t li .1 aii't. ....... n,r.th.. an . ' . ' . . . . i "Pe9 01 regaining a portion o! tlic money b her busb,anJ 8etf out "itU. bcr aIh .Iran rr Ihil I. ti n af mn 1. 1 t r. ; T " - . . "v" " ! ueorge uouman nan gone. There was a great crowd at tho bar of "The Crown and Magpie." The landla- dy a stout, vulgar-looking woman, with red ribbons in Ler cap, a profusion of false curia, a heavy gold chain round her neck, and numerous rings on Ler fat fingers was busily engaged in pouring out gin for hcr customers ; the regular ones she was treating for it must not be forgotten that it was New Year'a eve. Such was the scene of vice and dissipa tion which met the eye and sickened the beart of Rachel when, with little Mary in her arms, and protected by the presence of bcr son, she ventured into the house. "Is Mr. Hoffman here 1" she inquired, faintly. Tbe question had to bc repeated sever al times before she could get an answer. "Can't tell the names of any of my cus tomers," replied the mistress of "The Crown and Magpie," snappishly. "Perhaps you will oblige me by ascer taining." "Too busy, ma am ! Hot water, Sally! Three and eight-pence, sir. half directly ! "You can't go in there shouted tbe landlady, as Rachel was making way to wards tbe parlor. "Mine is a respectable house; I allow no females beyond the bar." "Rut I am Mr. Hoffman's wife." "So tbey all say," answered the woman, with a sneer. There was a coarse mocking laugh from the crowd of half drunken wretches stand ing near. The eyes of Richard flashed angrily ; but tho voice, and still murc,thc imploring look of his mothcr restrained him. "Let us return home," she said in ft j irin , 1 O "I feel faint and sick at ! And leaning on the arm of her son, the j unhappy wife tottered rather than walked from the place. I 1 he keen, frosty air partially rcstsred bcr strength, and Rachel proceeded with i,. k;u u ,.i.o.ltk .i. i. i - . ,. . , , -, fre leadmg through St. Margaret's church vn.ni inwards, tho Aliiionrir. vhrn a faint j - ". " " " . ' : moan irom Mary, wnora tbe sua carried , . . . . in tier arms, arrested ner Etcns. fchc placed her Land nndfr the thin faded shawl which covered hcr; tbe child was cold aB ice, and shivering, as if seized with an ague fit. "Sho is dying !" groaned the terror stricken parent "dying for tbe want of food !" The heait of ber boy could endure no more it was breaking. The cup of mis cry and eudurance had been filled to over flowing. His brain was. on fire tears could not queneh it. "Take hcr homo mother!" ho cru l "take brr home ! never fear but I will bring you food! Mary shan't die! I'll beg beg," be added ; "anything to five hcr !" "Richard ! Richard ! do not leavr me!" shrieked bis agoniied pjront. "Let me not lose both my chiMteu ' if you lov yoi r mutht-r, ietuia- fjr pttj't :ak; r:-tai-! ' irfim iiir riinf-R snprp Kim nn.l -nnip;iiiii ir . i , ,- . IS 13.... WHOLE NO., 71S. Year, always is Advance. The appeal eauie lr late. Her B"U, stuti, mad lencd bciond endurance by tho sufferings of those s-i dear to hiio,bad bro- ken from ber feeble grasp, darted down the thoroughfare, and was already beyuui tbo reach of ber voice, Rachel clung to the railings of tha cnurcnyarJ lur suppon.im a seeonu moan, hastened to tier nome. As Richard Huffman rushed along tbo street, scarce knowing whither be went, and 0L,y ;Qtent on tbe oae i(lea of gettin!ri hj 80MB fjod f(Jf L!s fami.tej mothcr aaJ i;4ter Le was haikd bj Jack ManJcrilj arj acquaintance who ,iveJ Bew. , j-, BnJ t0 wbom ne toIJ tbe desrerte state ia which ha - - -- . baa ;en those sj dear to Lim. Jack list- ring a winJow 0 lheoppo.ia the street Richard refused with horror, .hho,,..h Jatt UT!wed tha np,e83;t, of ,t once getting something to save the life of ' M mother and little Mary. Jack the undertook the business alone, and jut aj ,,, ,i, .1,1 (n,i.m,n ,.t .u O :.-.,,,. ct;7(.,i i, tt, imlimnnniii 1 was ai onec seizea i-y me poiiecu.an as an 1 .. a . . ..... i cco accomplice of the escaped pickpocket. , ,.i am no .hief. sir." cried Richard am no ! breaking from the strong gry that hell , - . . m i B,nl d throwing Limselt at tbe Icet ot the olJ 2t.ntltUian, who had iust coma to lhe pot, 'rh.-u2'1 Poverty and hunger ; ,emptl.d t0 Lccome one. My mother i and 6istcr arc 6tarviDg." j Tba future ,tr.rj and trials of this I poor boj wi!i bc p;vt. in tbe New yPtk Ledger of January 10, which is for ia!o at all the bookstores and news offices. Douglas on the Senate Floor. The Washington correspondent of tha IndcpenJuit gives lhe following vivid de scription of Senator Douglas when under full headway : He is Tcry short in stature, Cut of such physical proportions, aside from ibis lack, as instantly to attract the attention of a stranger. A very large head, connected with broad and powerfully-built shoulders by a short, full neck ; a chest sufficiently roomy to contain the lungs of a giant, and a pair of short, dumpy legs, complete the physical picture of the "Little Giant," if we except the broad, lofty Welstcrian brow, and the deep set cavernous eyes that sparkle and glow, when excited, liko mi- Half and- I uer's lamps beneath it It is the tretnen J dous brain-power, lodged in that perpen- I dicular precipice of a forehead, and shoot ing out its fires from its shadowed eye, that has given him the soubriquet which he will carry to his grave. When excited, and in full flow of debate, that masiva head rolls and shakes with the cnt hasis of his thought, and the Luge hand doubles until the nails indent the palm, or else the broad, open band receives the blow of its mate, and italicises the sentence with ft i stunning report. The sweat pours from him profusely, and falls from bis head or is thrown clear of his shoulders by ihosa , inimical shakes of the head, as the rain- drops are shaken from the trees by storm. Add to this a thick, busby head, of black hair, and a restless, uneasy feeling, which prevents his beinc at rest for fivoconsccu- tivo minutes, and keeps hitn moving from one point to aonther iu the Senate Cham- tCr, and my picture is complete, - - Mortar. The ancients made a kind of mortar so very hard and binding, that U . r.l . V, lm.Hmnn,iM,. t afn:irritt lni Tvirta fit .otnc nf thiir Lniltl- r mgs. J he iinic used ia tnese nardcr mor tars is said to have been prepared from the very hardest stones, sometimes from marble. Fine cand makes weak, an I coarse sand strong mortar?, and the sand should bc washed before mixing, to obtain, the large grains. The lime should b thoroughly burned, and perfectly whito. The principle on which it hardens is, tout the liuie absorbj carbonic acid from lu. air, and hardcus, forming a concrete round the grains of sands. It was cu; tomary ! mix with the lim and aaud, chp- -: straw, but cow's hair baa been substitu ted ; this is only introdue- d t caue it bind together, aud prevent erarkinc in the drying It is only used for tho piioie coat. S'icM'ij'c nw'-m. The United B. tea in namttr ;o 3,'ti mtuibcw, tf-ijj, "i iu.iea..-' . ; I Myat. .
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