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VOLUME XXIV.
THE REGISTER. -
PUBLISHED EVERY TfrUTPDAY BY
James W. Chapman.
Advance payment in Clash per year, el . 50
It paid witbat the year, 2 00
If net at the end of the year,
2 BO
The Mammoth Calve.
By a. D. rnEyncE.
Au. Jar as day is reckoned on tbelearth,
I've wandered in these dim and awful aisles,
Shut from the blue and breezy dome of Heaven;
While tho'tkewild, drear, and shadowy have swept
Across my awe-struck soul, like spectres o'er ,
The wizards magic-glass, or thunder clouds
(Ter the blue waters of the deep. And now
sit me down upon yon broken rock
To muse upon the strange and solemn things
Of this mybterious realm
All day my steps
Have been amid the beautiful; the wild,
The gloomy, the terrific. Chrystal fdunts
•
Almost invisible in their serene
And pure transparency—lig - at pinned domes
With stars and flowers all fretted like the halls
Of Oriental monarchs—rivers dtirk
And drear, and voiceless as oblivion's stream •
That flows thro' death's dim vale of silence—gulfs
All fathornles-s, down which the loosened rock
!lunges, until its far:off echoes crime
finiter and fainter, until the dying roll
Of thunders in the distance, stvgian p4ols
Whose agitated waves give back a sum]
Hollow and dismal. like the sullen roar
lathe volcanic's depths—these, these have left.
Their spell upon me, and their nieinoris
Have passed into my spirit, and are now
Bleat with my being till they seem a apart
Of my own immortality.
God's hand
At the creation hollowed out this vast;
Domain of darkness. where nor herd not flower
Ere sprang among the sands, nor dewsi nor rains
Nor blessed sunbeams fell with fresit'ning power,
Nor gentle breefe its Eden message told
Amid the dreadful gloom. Six thousand years
Sri'pt o'er the earth crc human footprlints marked
This subterranean desert. Centuries
Like shadows came and passed, and nOt a sound''' .
Was in this realm, save when at intervals
In the longlap , e of ages, some huge Masti
Of overhanging rock fell thundering dotrn,
Its echoes sounding through these corridors
A moment. and then dying in a hu-li
Of - silence, such as brooded tier the earth .
_When earth was chaos. The grjat'inastodon,
The dreaded monster of the elder world,
Passed o'er this mighty cavern, and his tread
Bent the old forest oaks like fragile reels,
And made earth tremble—armies in their pride
Of war, with shout and groan and claritti blast
And hoarser echoes of the thunder-gun,
The storm, the whirlwind, and the hurricane
Have roared above it. and bursting cloud
Sent down its rod and crashing, thunderdAt—
Earthquakes have trampled o'er it in their wrath,
Rockin g earth's surface as the storm-wind rocks
The oldAtlantie—yet no sonnd.of these
'E'er came down to these everlasting d the
Of these dark solitudes.
How oft VT ga
With awe or admiratiorkion the new
And unfamiliar, but pass coldly by 1
The loylier and the mightier. Wonderfhl
Is this lone world of darkness and of gleam, .
But far more wonderful yon outer world
Lit by the glorious sun. These arches fiwell
Sublime in lone and dim magnificence, 1
But how sublimely God's blue canopy
Beleaguer' with is burning cherubim
Keeping their watch etenaal. Beautifnl
Are all the thousand snow-white gems at lie
In these mysterious chambers, gleaming ut
Amid the melancholy gloom, and Wild, .
Those rocky hill's and cliffs., and gulfs, b far -
More beautiful and wild the things that ect
The wanderer in our world of light—the stars -
Floatiug on high like the islands of the lest—
The autumn sunset glowing like the gat
of far-off Paradise—the gorgeous elands
on which the glories of the earth and sk •
Meet and commingle—earth's unuumber flowers
All ttauing,,up their gentle eyes to-Heaven—
The birds with bright wings gleaming in the sun -
Filling the air with rainbow tauttiatwes
The green old forest surging in the Daly
The everlasting mountains on whose peaks
The setting sun burns like an altar-flatue+-
And Ocean, like a pure heart rendering Itttek
Heaven's perfect image, or in his wild wrath •
Heaving and tossing like the stormy breast
Of a chained giant in his agony.
Have I paid the Printer
When the cold storm howls round lhq door,
, And you, by light of taper,
Sit closely by the-erening fire, •
Enjoying the last paper- 7 -
Just think of him whose work thus helps
To wear away the winter,
And put this finery to yourself—'
Hare I paid the Printer?
From East and West—from North and South,
From lands beyond the water,
He weekly brings you lots of ntes,
From every nook and quarter
No slave ou earth toils more than-he,,
Through summer's heat and winter—
•
can you for a moment, then, 1 •
Neglect to pay the
Your other bills you promptly pay,
Wherever you . do go, sir— •
The botcher for his meat is paid,
For sundries is the grocer ;
The tailor and the shoemaker,
The batter and the Tinter
An
_get' their pay—then why neglect
settle with the Printer?
A Monier OzerLeststc.--,Tudge It— one of
•the associate Judges of D— county, is remarka
bly deliberate and pompous in his style of penver
ration, wears a white cravat with a hne tie, a very
high shirt collar, and is altogether, as he thinks, a
teat man. Among - other offices. the judge holds
that of superintencleut of one of the Sunday pseboele,
and not long since startled' his auditory byithe fol
lowing t...in‘z appeal: "My dear children, you
vat remember that in a short time you- iast , all
die, and stand before a great Judge—y4a Air
greater Judge than thee one who now adidretWieD
you I"—Nero-,flaxen Roister.
or 'Women are like soldiers—the nionurrit they
=ell thunder ' * they "rush to fame Sailboat
at home the other diy with a determinsttion
* his wife foreewmg a suspender ;butt
The mm ainrois while Jones was Inside of thetn.
lasself upan hii flor him sPlummhing• sh twig
P. hu34411114-IrPpt, there till Smithery
Eras& Ora., trorNNot, aipiaxa and ► Pair hf
low, there, a wain may,•:anger out or a vel
a pity the womb hes o• • -rter nit
"
"THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
The Humpbacked Cousin.
TRANSLATED FOR THE ALBANY ATLA&
Behold an extraordinary adventure of these lat
ter days. If it were an ordinary. occurrence-one
need not relate it.
A father of a family inhabiting the Rue de la
Ilklichodiere,received last summer, a letter from his
inephew, who was in the employ of nyder Abed.
The letter conclu'ies thus:
" I have received the , portraits of my two cons •
iris, Marie and Margaret. I hive. never had the
!pleasure of seeing them, as I hive lied with Hy
der Abad, since my youth,' but tam sure that those
two portraits are resemblance. . I will arrive at
;Havre by the ship Inos EgO, abbot the first of Oc
tober, and on my arrival, I aml determined, with
your consent, to marry the beautiful Mar—"
The breaking open of the letter had destroyed
the rest of the name. It Is impossible to tell if
the cousin 'asks Marie or Margaret m marriage.—
The two sisters, united preVious! to this time, have
commenced to live in misunderstanding , each of
them positive that was j the *cwt of her name
Which wag-torn off in breaking the seal
The father employed hiS eloquence in calming
the-anger of his daughters, Whem a servant, sent in
advance, arrives front Havre, atinouncing that- his
master left for Paris with the evening train.
The servant, overwhelmed With questions, re
plied that his master was ruined; and that he had,
moreover, on his left shoulder, the horrid protuber
ance which caused, according to Planude, so many
Misfortunes to Aso p, the Phrygian.
The two cousins determine, hereupon, to remain
single forever, before marrying -a cousin hump.
backed and ruined.
As they take this oath for thel thirtieth time in
twelve hour, the cousin arrives. i His uncle warm
ly embraces him, the cousins mike him a polite
linw, and tarn away their eyes.
i The'uncle then explains the incident of the torn
letter, and asks the matrimonial; intentions of his,
pephew.
, "Itis my cousin Mary whom Ii come to marry,"
lie replied.
. "'Never ! never.r screamed Marie. '" I am con
tented with my condition, and I will remain in it."
~ Mademoiselle," said the nephew,~ 1 have adopt
ed the customs of the country where 1 have been
educated. Read the customs of Hvder Abad, in
Tavernier_ There, when a young man is refused
in an offer of marriage, he -withdraws himself from
i‘dcietv as a usele s s being." .• .
'" He kills hiruzelfl" exclaimed the other sister,
the good Marzaret.
~ He kills himself r replica the nephew, in the
tone of a man who is about to commit suicidsi.
• "This poor cousn," said Marvaric4, Weepintl to
come from such a distance, to die in the Bosom of
hi 4 family r
•
" I know." continued the nephew, " that my
deformity afflicts the sight of a woman, bat in
time the, eves of a . woman become habituated to
alt things. .1 know, also, that my commercial po
sition is not prosperous. Thrown s very young- in
the dimond business, the only occupation of H.vder,
Abad. I lost there all the fortune of my father:
but 1 have acquired experience ; I am younr,r active
and industrious. These are riches in thernseires..'l
Yes. ref, humpbacked and rui ed muttered
Marie aside, in - a bantering tnne.
Poor young man !" said fa.rga
"niy cousin, I am refused and yo
Lion to it."
" And by .whom refused ?" inqui
Bnt to your cost, by you, sate-,
ferifed my sister to me:"
F.h, bien !" said the cousin, "
me, if I ask you in marriage from
" I vial engage my father to let
" at!"Wh ethaimed the hump
sent, tny lovely Margaret, to—"
4 SaVe the life of-a relative I
waver a minute."
" flint is very well,- my • rlau
uncle, affected by this scene.
not piled you," " I have a very
but I du„ ht nut ta abandon the sou
in misflirtune. I will keep him
for!where there is - enough for three
forifour."
Tim Cousin threw himself at
ing, •
— Toil have tetred an unfortuna
spair and death."
Margaret held out her hand to
raised him np. :
•
At a little .distance Marie matte
My'sister hail courage. As for m l !
all humpbacked cousins die." 1
"Uncle," said the young man,
make a slight toilet before breakfas
He pressed Margaret's hand, 'bo
and i left to change his travelling at
The uncle and his daughters we
and iawaited 'their fourth guest:
The servant annottueed ,the Co
The two girls uttered two scree.
cot keys.
They see enter a charming young
out any humpback, who embraces
hplating before her a basket, be says
old! your marriage portion."
• IC was a basket, full of dimonds.
over the hump, which had thus arriv
ties.
"See what I have carried on n
said the cousin, " from Bombay to lit
it to 4.hat one of my cousins whit Ivol
with! Lay false_ poverty and my fei
ty."
There was great joy iu the house,
ton** as it may seem, partiipate
Its true that Marie loved her •sister
out detesting the diamonds.
Fi?csix,Corrnrmx.—A writer in the Philadelphia
Penreprlvi*ian says that the finial of America
probibly 4 use up "'more silks, satins scarlets and
veiv4ta, (things which, as Franklin ys, puts out
die' kitchen frre, - ) than any other omen in the
world. The habit of wearing theirbe4dremes in
the streets is almost exclusively coo ed to the
Aiperican - ladies. In Englanif, France, dc, rich
satins and velvets arenot thought suitable for walk
ing, &eases: and European lades of the highest
fashi•Sn would think ***selves in bly extrav-,
agarif they teruledlhese cos mat rials through
the flir ty thoroughfares.• A lad# of taste may
alwaigs array herself neatly and him Mely it a
modsmte expense, and soar ladies . IPPear as
well)dressed with an outlay-of ten twelve dot;
likrOr Itli others can by extiending hand ds.
E.i ir
nark.o
..itusurrre.--Th e foll owing rema.
tc a =uette of a dinner'
f parV, a`e Loudon Journal :- 4.. mem
Altdeitlieningle. The lady of the hat
- k, es4tist the dining-room People wh
40.
ged ilk in . together. Wks do sx
glow a, a nd Aro not asked to take m
-, There Inuit* a saltlellar I
*- ' .:-1 . - - ; '
the *eight , of a
'a foot' w'bilq
arTii
yotir unft , the
mg !spa
I G lA , SO ' A_ P ' :APPINESS OF THE PEOPLE THE TRUE END 0
l IONTROSC, PENN'A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1849.
The large American panther has one inveterate
•and deadly foe. the black bear. Some of these Mn .
zymase bears will weigh ;800 pounds, and their skin
is so tight that a musket ball will not penetrate it.
As the panther invariably destroys all the young
cubs in her path, so does the bear take great pains
I to attack the panther, and Tortunate indeed is the'
animal Which escapes the deadly embrace of this
monster. The following exciting and interesting
scene is related by an eye-witness :
A large deer was runpir , at full speed, closely
by a panther. i The chase had alteadv
been a long one, for as they came nearer I could
perceive both their long•parched tongues hanging
nut of their mouths, and their bounding, though
powerful, was
,not so elastic as usual. The deer,
having _discovered in the distano a large black
bear, playing with her cubs, stopped a moment to
snuff the air ; then coming a little: nearer, he made
a bound with his head nxtended, to ascertain if
Bruin !kept his position. :As the panther wits 'clo
sing with him, the' deer wheeled : sharply around,
and tinning back almost on his iiwn trail, passed
within thirty yards of his pursuer s who, not being
able , it once to stop his carreer, tare an angry
howl and followed the deer. again, bat at a distance
of some hundred yards. Hearing the growl,the
:bear drew his body half out of th& hushes, remain
ing quietly on the look-out. Soon the deer again
appeared, but his speed Was much reduced ; and as
he approached the spot ivbere the. bear lay eon
cealed, it is evident that the animal was calcula
ting the distance with admirable precision.
The panther, now expecting easily to seize his
prey, followed about thirty yards behind, his eyes
so intensely fixed on the deer that he did not see
Bruin at all. Not so the hear. She was aware of
the close 'vicinity of her wicked enemy, and she
cleared the briers and squared herself for action,
when tie deer with a beautiful and powerful spring,
- Passed (clean over the beat's head and disappeared.
At the nionient he took the leap the panther was
close upon him, and was just balancing himself for
a spring, when lie perceived to his astonishment
that now he was faced by:a formidable adversary,
nut the least disposed to Ily. He •crouched, lash
in; hie flanks with la him; tail, while the bear.
about five yards from iiim, remained like a statute,
looking at the panther with her fierce glaring eyes.
One minute they remained thus; the panther, its
sides heaving with exertion, agitated, and appa
rently endecided; the bear perfectly calm and mo
tionless; Gradually the ;panther crawled back
wards, 1111 at a right distance for a spring, when,
throwing all his weight upon his hind parts to in
crease its power, it darted upon the bear like light
ning, and fixed its claws Into . her back. The bear,
,with irresistible force , seized the panther with her,
two fore paws, pressing it with the weight of her
body and rolling over it. :I beard a heavy grunt,
a plaintive howl, a crashing of bones, and the pan
ther was dead. The-cub cif the bear came to as
certain What was going on, and after a few minutes
examination of the victim; it strutted down the
slope. of the hill followed by its mother. who was
apparently- unhurt. I did not pretend to prevent
then-sett-eat, for among real hunters in-the wilds
thete is 0 feeling which restrains them from attack
ing an animal which has jirst undergone a deadlystfe.
This i 4 a very common practice of the deer, when
chased by the panther—thAt of leading him to the
haunt of the bear. I have : often witnessed it, al
though I never knew the deer to return as in this
instance,t—Pittibitre .Natiotull Reformer.
t, and she adds,
pay no atten-
l her cousin,
you hare pre-
you accept
c uncle r
The ftillowing clittracteriltic anecdote was told
by John !Van Buren, in his eloquent and admirable
eulogy on Gen. Worth. delivered at the Park on
the 15thltilL—While Gen. Scott was under charg
es:by order of Gen-Jack:soti. and a court of inquiry
was invetigatin;; hiscondmit in Florida, a party of
gentlemen met in this cityi and after dinner the
conversation turned upon tne subject of Scott's ser
vices. Vorth, indignant at the proceeding.. was
desetibin the pait which Scott took in the ° battle
of Ni He said that Scott's brigade were ad
agak. g.
vancing, towards evening. tinder cover of a wood,
from whiCh they were to deploy into the open field.
Scott had already had ono horse shot under him,
and as the column was deploying, his second horse
fell, and he became entanghid under it. The col
umn wavered, and Worth, then his youngest aid,
rushing to his assistance, dismounted, and tendered
him his horse, saying, ." General, can you mount ?
The cola: in falters for a leader." Scott iminedi
ately mounted, and riding to the head of the col
imm, crie ditln out, "Advance, Men! the night's our
own!' d Worth followed Scott as his aid, on
foot. At this moment, a discharge of grape from
a cannon nrostrated Scott, the horse which he rode
and his ail, Worth, as it wits supposed, mortally
wounded. Attention was of course first paid to
the Comm' ndin4 , * officer. After some tune a deep
groan wa heard, apparently from the adjoining
tent, and . tt, with that.forgetfulness of himself
y cousin live."
; ." you con-
dectl I will not
ter!" said the
°malice's have
small income,
of my brother
re, as kindred,
here is enough
et's feet say-
man from de-
ci cousin, and
ed to herself;
I would let
allow me to
' ed to Marie,
re.
at
_the table
sin of Hvder
which dis, nguithes hint on such occasions, begged
the surgen to repair to the,quarter whence the
sound pr eded, and attend, as ho said, "to poor
Worth, Iv} o must be dying. 1 Instead of this, as
Worth cm eluded, "the cry; of agony proceeded
from my f thful dying charger, who had managed
ct
,i but on diflor-
[lan, tall,with
tl wet and
to her; " Be-
to -drag hi self upon three legs to the edge of my
tent, wher he had laid down to die." flawing for
a moment, while there was luirdly a dry eye in the
company, a added, ." I beg your pardon, gentle
men, I fin that in defending; General Scott, I have
been incid Malty led to dekribe my own service=,."
oce3 l
Ido not nk any body ever,heard him, upon any
other ion ' describe his otyn share of an. notion
in which h had taken part." 1
It was more
• . free of 4112-
ehoulderg."
vre, to offer
d accept me
.•cd, deformi-
hich was as
in by Marie.
dearly with-
Qom o •
serve," sa.
his school
red to' ob—
and discip
We had
eral . boys s
had just cis
the cup tali
to recoier
passing alo
der the drir
start torep
=e'
ha
" Who di
The pat
" j i J rm a m a e p s p
1 1:
tered that I
snap hha.
Thi .
wrath, 'dl
Owen's
" Did ye
The eat
"Yek air
hoadair
I •in , relation
peered in a
c 1 ladies pre
is the - hit
11 . are mp
h dine with
r every two
WEATICA.
edges the
he "shall
a dickey
horse, pla t e
be Is Brawl-
Strange Instinct of the Deer.
=EMI
Gen. Scott and Worth.
THE TRIGGEIL-'IYOII will please oh
old Mr, Lambwell,as he led us through
he other day, "that the boys are requi
.rve the utmost attention to quietness
rie.."
t this moment arrived in front of sev-
Rodin.. around a Water bucket, and one
arged b his aim% 'with the contents of
r i m,
ne th at
'le the old gentleman was stooping over
his pen from the; floor, when another
) g behind, snapped his finger quick en
;ker's ear; and caused him on a sudden
[ et the contents ofj his mouth over the
i bald pate. StaUfling upright with his
drippin tr g, the master shouted—
] . ! I
L , -
unanimously died out, .Gtin;
7ran, what did yoq de-that for r r
ailed at the mischief he had done, mut
it was not his fatilt, that Tom Owen
ed the dir,egtion,:of: old Lainbwe
•_shaking his cola .poitentiously over'
he asked--
snap Gun r
trenablingiriat I
(inapt Gun, but d idn't know he was
rr Essitim editor acknowl
-••*pt of s presgd. from a• lady, which
ant- his heart" Was it !.a shirt or
A Local Romance.
The following account of 'one of the 711chers,"
is.fronn the Yortgouth Register :
Tradition has 4 preserved a singular anecdote of
John Thacher, ason of . one.' of the earliest settlers
of this town. lie was married in 1664, to Miss
Rebecca Winslolv, otOnxbur,y, in Plymouth coun
ty, if we mistake not. On his way borne with his,
neathride, be stopped for the night nt the house
of a friend,-a Cot, Gorham, of Barnstable, one of
the must prominent citizen of the town. Merriment
and gayety prevailed, and during the evening
female infant alxiut three weeks old was -introduc
ed, and the night of her birth being mentioned; Mr.'
Thatcher obsin.ved. "That is the very night on
which we 'were !harried," and taking the child in
his arms, he presented it to his bride, and jokingly
said. " Here, my dear, is a little lady that wasborn
on the same nigh i t that we were married. I -wish
you wooed kiss her, for I inteud to have her for'.
my second wife. " I will, my dear, with great
•
pleasure," replied she, " but I hope it will be very
! long before your intention is fulfilled in that re
spect"
Mr. Timelier and ilia wife lived happily togeter
for about twenty years, and faithfully fulfilled the
scriptural injunction to "multiply and replenish
the earth." Mr.l. left a large family of children,
among whom wa4•B son named Peter.
After Mr. Thacher bad mourned a reasonable
,length of time he began to think of getting another
partner. None of-the Maidens„young or old,seem
ed to please him-like Lydia Gorham, the little la
dy of the precedirig- part of the story.' now grown •
up;'if we may believe tradition, to a fair, comely I.
girl " full of gushing life," as the poets say. But
there was but one impediment in the way. His-
eldest son, Peter, had 'shown a predilection for the
girl; and the old man was at a loss to decide wheth
er she favored dui suit of the sire or the min.
,The
one rode a black horse in his visits, and the other
rode a white. There was a kind of tacit-agree
ment between the! two that one should not inter
fere with the visite; of the other; so when the fath
er found a white horse tied in front of Col. Gor
ham's, unlik.e the good Samaritan, he crossed over..
on the other side; and the son, when the- black
horse was there, nfturued the favor.
-Thus thing: went on till theicfatience of the old
gentleman was wall nigh exliaulted, and he resolv
ed on a desperate Step to decide the matter. Ta- I
: ki ng his son one side lie said to him--'
Peter, are yotUor are' you not going to marry
Lydia Gorham ?" •
Peter replied tbat be had not yet made up his
mind.
" Well," said the old gentleman, " I will make
you an offer ; if pit, will 'give her up and court her
no more, I will giNie you thirteen pounds in money
and the pair of black steers. What do you say to
that r
The young man hesitated but a moment.
" Tis a bargain,''' i said he.
And it is due the parties to say that it was ob
served by them ail with good faith. Whether
Lydia knew the bargaining that her charms had
occasioned, tradition saveth not : but she subse
quently became Mr. Thacher's wife, bore him ten
children, from whom many members of the nuttier;
pus and highlyrespectable family of Thaehers have
4.p.enlik. Our verierable townsman; Mr. Peter
Thacher, is the rgeat grand sun of Peter, noticed
above.
Breach f romise" Case.
The following cage, w ich we find in a late man
lier of the Philadelphia milker, will show that
some contracts made on . play, are good in the
eye of the law :
En the District Onurt, - on Thersday, before Judge
Fridley, an interesting case of breath- of promise
was tried. The parties were Mary Henderson,
plaintiff, and Jc Ines:Casey, defendant, and the dam
ages laid att 4 5.000::, The plaintiff was engaged in
a family as a servant, aad the defendant was an 1
ostler. The parties liecalme acquainted some months
ago. After a short courtship of n few weeks, the
defendant promise& to marry the plaintiff, and was
accepted. The parties went before a Oathoric cler
gyman, and authorized him to publish the bans.—
This was done upont Sunday at church, in the pres
ence of a large congregation. The same evening
was fixed for the peformance of the marriage cer
emony, and a supper was prepared is, celebration
of the evecit, \\ hen the time came the lady was
on band, but the. fake Lothario was missing. Ito
neglected to come altogether, and upon being ask
ed for a reason for his conduct, and why he did wit
marry the plainti ff , !said that -his parents wou ld
not let him. and that. there was tune enough to
marry." The phtintifi alleged that she left the
place at which she was at service in order to mar
ry the defendant, atuk that she was put to much
expense and mortifidation in consequence of his re
fusaL The defend4t's counsel argued, by .way of
excuse, that the plaintiff was in too great a harry,
and that there wasplenty of time for the parties
to marry yet. The/defendant was arrested on the
fifth day
. after that appointed fur the wedding, and
put in prison, and since then had his time occupied
in preparing for the suit In addition to the ,argli
-meats upon the factst,-the defendant's counsel made
a point which has baleen largely discussed of hite in
the newspapers. but we believe never before rais
ed in a Court of Justice, viz : that all contracts
made on Sunday are; void, and that the contract
the present case having been made on Sunday, was
'therefore void. Thd Judge charged the jury. en
this point, that the kin- in regard to Sunday, con
tracts did not eiteld to contracts of marriage,
which, by. many: reli6 oils sects, were considered as
solemn sacraments, to be only sanctioned by im
pressive ceremonies. 1 The contracts made ow Sun
day, which are void, are those relating' to wdrldly
business.. To holds trust marriages solemnized on
that day . were void, would be to 'disturb thousands
of marriages which have been contracted, and to
render illegitimate a yell large number of citizens.
The jury found a verdict fur plaintiff for s3ooj
Hmboo Wrr.—Weifind the following in atoi eign
newspaper: A Hin4 00 having been sumblontd to
give evidence beforehe court of judicature in Cal
cutta, deposed that spell a circumstance happened
in her presence. The judge asked her Where it
happened. She replied in the verandah in such a
loa
house. ' " Pra ,my woman, how many pillars
y
aro there in that ve doh r , The woman not per
ceiving. the trep,whic i was laid before her, without
much ronsideration id, " that the verandah was
supported by four pillars."' The counsel foe the
opposite party immediately offered to 'prove that
the verandah containsd fire p liars, and that !Con
schinealy no credit &fold be given to her evidence.
The; woman perceiving her el rrnii..addressed 1 the
;:Agel l " My lorellaill sho t 4. your lordship has for
many years presided 'in this court, and every) day
thatyou come here ascend a flight 'of stairs. May
4 beg to know how many steps thesestairsi consist
oft" The judge confessed he did not know. "-Then,"
replied she, "if irinr hmiship•cannot tell the ritim•
bee of stens yoaancerid daily to the seat of justice,
you mama be astonished -that I should forget; the
number of pillars in albelcony whiCh I haveriiiier
entered more than half ' , damn times in* ply ; Wei,"
' - 15ejudge sraii in d •: the ' W 017110%
wit, and deeided in f 1 roe of ter•party.
GOVERNMENT."
1n- the N. Y. Spirit of the Times
Courting Days.
BY GE96GE SEAM - 06211Y, ESQ
A Yanls'
ee lad a courting vent,
lightty lass to ; see,
nal quite to 'harry her,
y could both ngree.
Asp
Determ;
atoms.
.thc courting days arc the happy daii,
courting day's for me !
Says J.!
"Pretty
" Mit
han,to break the ice,
Nancy, how do yu du 1"
well, 1 thank-you, thir !" quoth she;
er Cornthalk, how are your
fine day r tooth Jonathan ;
all that he cottld say;
cy thought, as he twirled his • thumbs,
urely stay all day.
"Averyl
And Na
He'd
The Rig)
What
gab. he
Quotl
"71, al
"And I ,
What a
The !
l ing sivain V 714 at a stand
.ire should say. or do ;
" Du you like music, ma'am r
1 Nancy, - Yith don't vu t"
ost night," thought Jonathan,
his will• never, do;
I sayl 1 have it now—
auty of the view !"
a short convulsive wheeie,
i.e his voice quite clear,
, as he leaned .o'er the windim sill,
- •—rather green—out here I"
He gavel
To In
And sai.l
"It too,
Now, wi •
On th:
"Pith, t.
Ith r,
It her lover to agree
beauty of the view,
I it I" quoth she, " and it eeemtb to me
i her green. is here too!"
he Maiden'A Confession.
flight A solemn stillness, reigned in
venerable church.
It Was
the old an
A ver y'
ful gait, in
Ling maiden of slender form and grace
he simple though. neat dress of white,
hi sadness the confessionaL The meas
d her delicate feet was scarcely audi
en hair hung upon her snow white
ral ringlets ; her bcautious eye, mois
he tears of penitence, bespoke her &t or
e bloom of her cheek, rivalling..the
e of the budding rose -proclaigied . ber,
Thelorely drew near an old and 'pious.
t in readiness to hear her confession
her from her sins. She kneeled before
.red'tip her prayers with a trembling
-niteutial fervency. The priest eurcour
t her heart heaved with grief she bur
in her hands and her tears coursed thrM'
approached
ured tread
Me. Her t
neck in riat
tened with
row ; and t,
delicate tin'
diffidence.
priest who : I
and absolve
him, and tri
voice and
aged her,
itd her face
her fingers.
Poor chill
tion thee.
Ah no .1
" Host th, l
" no ;
spoke the pious old Man, I will gum,
• ast thou read improper books
oat reverend father."
u offended thy hither and mother 7"
more than that, dear Father."
u invoked Satan ?" t 4 •
" Host th
" Al no."
" Host th
taws r
u,n(sottie time laughed derMg_itol};
Eiitl l 4er, this would not be half so wick-
which- I am ,guilty."
was here §flent for a moment. lie
resied at the little sinner. His latin
-and lie knew not what other -ques
und 'to her.' He was desirous of elic-r
r, without causing her too much palm
d committed. But thought be, per=
been affecting love for some one who
discarded ; -at any rate devise some
ich induce her to divulge her grie,v
hileihe was thus-reflecting the maid
in. ; .
“Oh d=:r
LA :Z'A - that o
The prieS .,l
appeared di.
was at an ei
tion to pr i
lung front
the sin she
haps she-ha
she has just
questions, NV
lons sins.
en spoke _
I confess
Inc strength
ante. It vva
have to ell&
ed me! But
The priest
" He app
. '• Aii," sigh
" He loved
The priest
" lie folio
Went"
all, most reverend Father, God give
to do it. I pray you exercise forbear
tlil"first and I little thought I should
so, for it. Ah Ihe wicked one tempt
he was so beautiful 1
shuddered.
d so good and flattered me so."
1.. the Priest. -
me so," continued the.maiden.
brew his eyebrows together.
ed me at all times, and wherever 4
." Precisely
but the maid,
las 'surmised," murmured the priest:
n did not hear him, and continued—
.ne evening into my ehaniber."
°dr' again murmured the holy man ;
.bserve him immediately—this team
and I elosed.the door."
" He came
"014 my
" I did not
solemnly vow
" And is thi.
after a pause.
" Ah, no, I
girt _
all e tremblingly inquired the priest.,
oly Father," rejoined the weeping
=s my first transgTes=suni in crime."
—confess all," said the priest, as he
" Now Com
"Confess all
crossed:hirnsel
" He was rot'
so dri 41 and
one visited Itlf
.i re friendly than—ever—A - , lie was
•ing—tlien it Iva. that the. wicked
and' I—l yielded to the temptation."
aughter !" said . the priest, "JUL; not
h aimed you against such danger l"
ather. Mother has not forbidden
" 1
• " Alas, my
your mother el
," No, holy
me to love em
Cate
*tither, it was a beautiful white 'cat
wicked -as to * steal from our neigh- .
Ihunting for it everywhere."
trig , file et spiiitus Sancti to obsol:
0 the relieved priest, with a long said
i th:
ia
, -
..
IV/eat, thel
" Yes holy .
which I was 84
bar, who is nr
N amine r,
vu I" exclaims)
deep drawn br
UtinKrECTEDLt REIVARDED.—A ea:
4ta ee is related in a late number of
viug oceured,lxfore a Correctional
L9VE
lions circuulM
Oalignani, as
Tribunal
,
an, named Pelvis, half paralyzed,
ged with mendicity, a decently
.
t.fookin. , young girl -stepped fol . -
as her tither , and requested that
ren up to her. , ,
old man any means of existence r
alat. : - t
oftnY labor," answered the girl: ,1
t earn very Hide." .. 1
, am ver active, ond by begim!ing '
d leach). off late. I can manage..- , -,-
) er r 5h4 . 3 added, turning to herald:'.
s also Kesel*. _ - .
t paid a high compliment to ; _the
r .spended by a deep blush; and she .
3 lather hy the hand to Jead -bins
lig prosecutor ,Ihen rose, end askl,
f he were not, from Nene, in the
t e Cote d'Or, and , relitted lito _sante
ving, been answered. in :the af
t d that the, ri.efect.Pf Tolice had
et : fOra trei:Mtlynr Otatillli4.llo-_
a FiChiretatWe Ot the ' old maa bird
• hiti all hie fortune. ' - ••: '.; •-.
madenca*llo,".:astid the President;-.t4
1, -wottunc.A. o:lk : heaven itae ahrese . ly,
.', filial love of which you havevr.
woeq ,: i 1; :,I
A very old
boxing been cl
dressed, mode
word, etid , he
he, should be gii
" But has th
said the Presid
"The Procee,
"But yon mu
Pardon, sir,
to work early su
Is it not so, mot
mother, who wi
The ,Prosisha
girl, who. only
joyfully took hey
away. The put
ed the old man
department of t
tarp fattier
firmative, iio eta}
forwarded & let!
trouncing that. a
jusldied, and VI
You see, ma
.the l young work.
recompensed thi
en 10,Fitnking
•
P*ll . ll4oo l ll64 l oo o oPPi i i `i
• A
Xisaiitiinotb
priitely teinied'
NUMISER
,
. ~-
. i Aristocratic, Love -•'. - .- .. i , '
. . ,
- 'it gentleman passtmgoi atia'staiuriboati* I4f* k 1
trot,
Orleans t s . Cincinnati; on - atriplip, Wisin - -11 l
to a yule's, lady on board,by.a . gintlenaui - ,;,;''.:
of hers. ITiVe give a brief descnption of the, . ' •ii
The iota* lady was clettOngly lovel . y,Juktaaah . t
ble in mitnners, the gent. watt witty, seitisnacti. ,
and amusing t his manzi tnible, - bis ftweiiiintl -- ; ,0
such a one asw•onkb cli:a - lialy7stwYeg--
Throw together in , each , other's society, and : ,i 1
hialliattiacteA, it is' not to he vicaidere4.tbakthirig,!
grew quite' faihiliar. Thciflitid - tef,i4. - Mete iiii'iki ; f
guards, promenaded the 'deck - arm ininn,•the
tlernan whispering softinonsensein-thelsasr.y' ' '2 . '
The p.Asse tigers pronounced it a case Of lons at , . - 1,
sight. the adios were more respectfatte...-eof., 1 - .
'they thou lit was soon- ; ' to be'a matoik Mt& '
li
'hominids as eliamberronals alwave-do). Wilted '..- .- -
on no one else but the bride. Miserable prophsta ~
It was no fated to-lie a, match. • .t-;:-: -.....,!; .. - .i.
The boat at length arrived'at heraeitinatioa,
association of the two loving ones WaS' , 4ll:#f t atitti )
and theytwere obiged! tu separate!: Wheipemsi : l't
adieus, with a sett entreaty from himpwast ' -
cd by her ithru.sting a card into his hind ;. and „ , . i..
the partikl, she to her ifathees. mar)iterhallaritat• . 4 .
' -•, the .st. whither - busmess' - imperatively: .. • • it,'
~ - .(1 h' The hope of seeitigher on hit titian - ,' t.; '
sal his h twills joy. • ' , -7.• 1 .I--7 - ;ci:- . ,11,
. She ma e an a4onishing discoverytfiontr • -... :
tier return home. A Hend of hers , ho fut..... !
mustachi and a gentee,' - ipilieced her unlnekcticaf,i'..,,
el
for losing er heart to atmechani7 who *is;. - .` ,'
to to gets patent fur a new - ploel=9.4i
~..
This wairvery provoking to her . , She :post g.;
that she thought he Was a gentlenian',or site tao .l te ~
would have accepted his Attentions. - i ' '- ' 1 , 4 ;
Six wee is fled by, and the poling tiacchante. Wee t
on his rettirn bome. MS heart 19inithmiltitli:;joe, c
as he apprOached Cincinnati . Vtsiona.of heraraesi # l').
t.,
beauty and lOiellue4s floated through' hisi,biam.. 7l ,!l'
O, tiled , pleasure 'to Meet La Belle of thelluentigl,
City. Heti charms hadlnade rideep•impreistien* ..1
his susceptible heart ..1;lis foot touched thearti4 , ,,
'lr l
and away he fled to Else mansion of his : belayed... 7 '4 t
He was ushered in and his name ann Citineed.: .
,Theiitrh
Young ladY floated into the room o;hoti lineelf, IS-
But what iti the matter&. • She does tiot.ktieW' 1,_ . ..,
hull
bestows rid glance of recognition upon,the face li a t
tip with pleasure at seeing- her agam. , .... .. ,
..., E .,...,. t .
• •.” You ddn't nicollect ine..,7l...stild . s. bei tinsidlyi , • 4;
}mortified tb think the itriprassionz--if one he ti t
inade—walt so evanescent. i .. -, , -- - ......4s
"I do nit, sir, " replied she, in a cold look - 10 i
with an tun of h auteur such Os ai trage.difreesit • .-'
feces I
C' *l' A
He reminded her their previous actriaititiMoe 1 ,,
on board the steamer - I . -, f t
.o. IE4-- -,, ?
..., yes,tyes—a steamboat acquaintance! ..GoodAt
ml4morning, sii.," and with this answer -she left ,t4e •
room. - . ' '-t
; '.ller old papa had heard the name of the visiter 1!
Witen announced, but thought hisixesenee vitealci h ~
be ntal aprppos at their first meeting,,so Abe:40644;
naiured of gent. remained in his room. He knew
/
the real po ition and standing.el the turitekAkt
~ i,v,
.hugged hin self at the prospect of Julia elarryltag,i i
`the Hon. .---, H. C., nch and distinguished.-- hs'
But' mustac lios bad humbugged Jelia L t ; asidlimplik!U
because he was: a mechanic, she- gave hint s , i_Somll ii,
'pardonable usult.— ~, ,, , , ,,- ,. .., . L:- . .- . 7'..,..
.fi'',
The read r may fancy Julia's m9rbiocation: and ..i'
the father's irage, when they ha 4 a mutual eipless- 4,, - ,,,
tion.—Ciac naafi Nonpareil. . ? . . • r--- ' ~I.:
, 1,..
' OnEyrso Itss - rancricias.—The §t. Lath IT, nitai . 1 ,- - •.'•i
tells the fo wing story : • ' '' '
" A good- atured, humorous, atei - bOO4iiinietk' ' ' l l 4 ..'
not one tho mud miles from Fairfield; Mo.;:lirifirt t
•cince. left in hare of the public moniesiandAttaii., -- -r,
11 I
as deputy ecter in thelland office ; -, while the' f , i . :
Principal o cer iiribe establishment - went to SO
~; : . j
Louis for th purpose of makingi apatite.' '. Pliz'l .- . .,:c...-
i
vious to his departure:Alia receiver-, mitriacteditial
deputy how' to detect. base and spuriousimoneril VIA
cautiously telling him if he was not..sitisfind :with' 13
the piiiity of the money preknted, to test it With! V'
the aquafortt kept in the office foribal purpose:'l. '0
At this time Missouri. Paper was, paper But a 1, , -. , 1
few days ha elapsed wheit'agOeitifiditonest farm-r; t,,
er, wishing to g&ure himself - ft .foo4.lresetdad , ~71
himself at this hurt Office,. made. his' .htiii, came iii , -',, - .:" . il
to the nuguit presence
.of Mr., Deputy,..Beceiver; . c.. ~'"i4
Put down th money for a quarter section, fso' la ',. 1,
specie and e rest in Missouri paper. '-- -'_ : ' - ' - ii i :).i
"'The deli
i ty takes the. paper ; blinks- with 'his -- s 4.cii
the
little twinsl . g eyes, examines the. bills very-eau• ifi;t:
tiOusly, shak s his hoad,l'eeps his wiiike.a. travel- . , - A
li rg — , ht, last thiiik:: ef tl.Ninvaluable test: Onthojc , "
.1
caul hundred and fifty lie pours the contents etthe-'- 1 1; 9 '
aquafurti4 1.,v tie .a0,.1 no.svouer was.itleuche# ti an
con-tumed. a d,the exclaraatiow, " doi orbit "it 'alr.
" hiariou:," ", ounterfeii," came in rapid:suceessiiiit
from the fail - fill deputy, who stood theparsonifici.:
tiotr of wisdom, and the detector, of spurionstuotlty,
while a grin of satisfaction could be; seen lighting
np-his face, al , he says to hilinielf, "Van;Can't. - foOt
'me ,wi th you r,!coun terfei t, na bylFlong sight."' 11w
receiver paid ;the $l5O upon his return, ;nod - thli!..,,
lonest deptityi to . this day thinks he ill:tibia . duty,
Ins whole dutp, and nothing hut hii diity'and - gaetr
tolied. confident that Aquafortis is ,prtsaf bad
paper as wales bad silver.' . :,; - •
•___,...__— ... . ~
lard a gentleman remark,, othiir,
ras growing' weaker and *falter* •
1 has got so Week notrAci "Ye,
we ,dolli trs.: , -!. - ,p. :.-: ./
Me Condition, [rely bid wit ,Nioirth.
- comparisonvitlithat'of iionietit thitv
press' ereabonki - :• 1 1Wei: - fiinAicwAhe:
hat they twit misethi.einall.** 4 , ,
..Y li#-Yesefl e11:ix:4 6 04 ;:**7";
poor, conSequently, that l(reqiii9ta
f five to iilAelishifiiivt.lV-1 - - -ej:-.'
. . tk .
~ in ono vtbiurecenlvianit,
ever,ratt. to catch ..ii.A44„itillic , .4:,
ttempt; tit re.sea t alting_lipaiAiia—
his- suliechif- hate - ttnubiloo4o-idhii
suselesa.ANOVer Ort o IONV
bet
T 4lnd9 Y Z J Vitile 4T l3 : 4 - . 1 1 1,1 Zel *
iiatite"9t . ilei: week - it mousey'
Or We h
diy, that he
.cry-day, H
hl can't raise
"'.A pill
speaking of. i
patrintsf of the
°intim fleeting
nrer
SO
.'4ary
nuse to
u ia_
the cogoieity
or Dow, .11 ;
tnons, says:
your hat, nor
whom
bottom—it suer
flak to hold Jo'
look into the")
threwn away.
lIIMERNE
f....0ir ' thing r 'Nora& ,Ephrunt
...' ductor'•'of tho nnit;Mid: riiiilii .
first to Boston.,, - ...
mrel, to'clCiir: Of tiitt frici in *if.
on't.mmovtrifsil liti4. yotl!fitolci
. i from. yeiiiiMsil . lcirrti- 11 .1"
er kdterrtifii'inik jinolll . M.
.. -.:. ~..... ,;.:- .:.-..,,, -.
`rirhaira:
Qaithl of 'the
T . , l ! ) ilt i '! ' : row:
ter
‘1 7 1113r yoq t
' all 4 the snow
i tlcial you put
, j.
4. Hoz To
;11zeiparty tan
to Jim bettor an
~ I "That I :woo'
oil'wotp—bul
-. 't Ile retumed-i
'lvEs.----r"lf roil iii4`,Ntifioir*:, ; fr om
la at ten tratot*,! loafs' box
I biggeglia - ,..Aiitiiisii*i . we' -
I," - sakl l- * l i . Vgii 4l 4o -14a ti 4 /
A
F. 11l ...cath.7.Verrt.7l.:, ;T. , - ..t.,:-1 -.
17-7.- iMI
-r 4:-
- .4 1, ,,,,:, ~t , A ...- •'.,- - V -..+V 1- ' ...,..
cinestvlis.Ptilks *1 .761149 y .
windiest it Ufalkili*: -, .Z ',f, =":-:.:
eimillaree,willk 1r; . Wok
d very kat of tratelelf ''
far - wittde wined. 1;': --- -i , . - - -
,
sare.
bis bane
to 000 health.
T o littay rout t
• .