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Win. M. Yimixeir.,, Editor.
VOL. LX.
J
ANUA Y 1141.1.)1.10
IN PRICES.
W. BEI4TZ
Announces to the public and his cognates'', that ih
secordanee with his usual custom this Henson of the year,
he has minced the prices of his stock of
FANCY DRY-GOODS,
which comprises ninny. choke and beautiful
Wats. of WINTER DithiS3 0001/0, ouch as nil Wool
hieritioes, plain and figured, all Wool DeLainea, plain
and figured. Coburgs, Valenolos, DeLalues, all wool,
Plaids, kc., kc.
Sli A %11.1 of every variety at extremely low prices.
A boantiful lot of NANCY SILKS of every style and
rotor, and at lower rates than caw be, purchased else•
where In Carlisle.
- F - UnS CLOAKS.
A splendid stasortmesituot" Pura stud Clodlta yet on
'band which we ern determined to close out without re.
-gdrd to COST, In Jitct our whole stuck is now educing
at unusually low prices.
Persons will fled It to their decided advantage to
roll and examine for themselves, as great letrgalnxmay_
be expected tho closing season.
Carlisle, Jan. 11, 1806,
•
NTU -MISTAKN.—AII persons in want
_Li of a bottlo of lino Old imported and Pure Broody,
or Old nye Whiskey, or OW, Winos, !cc., ran got the
pure artiekat the Grocery of the subscriber.
W 11. LIENTZ.
—,. . „
--
,Corllslo, Jan. 18, MO. . .
CUMBERLAND VALLEY BANK
PROPRIETORS.
WILLIAM Ken, MELCIIOIit IIRVYEMAN I
- ----ItOBT. C. &renal:TT DVIILAP, .
trowel, S. SMUT?,
Jolla C. DUNL , P, , 11. A. STUIHIEON.
Thin Bank, doing business In the name of Her, Bren
• mimeo it Co., is now frilly prepared to do a general
Daubing Businene with promptness and fidelity.
Money received on deposit and paid hack on demand
without notice. Interest paid au special deposits. Car•
Meates of deposit bearing Interest et the rate of five
per cent. will be Issued fur as short a period no four
months. Interest on all certificates will cease nt me•
turity, proyided, however, that If sold certificates are
renewed at any time thereafter for nnother given p..
clod, they shall bear the same rate of Interent up to the
time of renewal. Dartirular attention paid to the rol•
laction of notes, drafts. checks, &c., in any part of the
United States or Confides.
Remittances made to England, Ireland, or I he Cant I.
limit. The faithful mid confidential execution of all
orders entrusted to them, may be relied upon.
They call .the attention of Farmers, Mechanics nod
nil ithers;Whe desire a safe depository for their names,
to the undeniable filet, that the proprietors of this Bank
ale INDIvInUSLLY liable to the extent of their estates for
" all the Deposits, and other obligations of Her, Ilrolinii•
nun & Co.
They have recently removed into their now Booking
Thome directly opposite their former eland, In West
Malu Strout, a few doors oast of the Railroad Depot,
where thsy will at all times be pleased to give any in
. thrmatiou desired In regard to money matters In gene.
Open • for business from 9 o'clock In the morning until
4 o'clock In the evening. . .
IL A: STURaEON, Cashlor
CPI rlinio May 20.1065
IVO TONS IRON AND ]IO[4LED
IRON' f the very best ENOLISII BRANDS IVIII,III-
lAA 111 every way Su perior . to American mako. Just re.
solved with a largo assortment of
. ' Bllevel - 14:in, ' ' Anvils,
— ll - i,op tpi,n, --- • --vices. - - ----- ~
Band Iron, Niles,
Horse! Shoe Iron, Mops,
Spt Ind Stool, • Bolts,
. CAht. :Raul, - Illvelsk
. Blister I teal, Nuts.
. IVasherA, acmes
Strew Plates, „ ,
. . .
Blacksmith Bellown &c.. Vs.
. .
Cheaper than tho cheapest, at the Hardware Store of
Marell 7,'00. lIItNIIY SAXI'ON.
N.•B All Ironaold at city prices with freight added
and warranted. "
113 ()NYDER:
25 Kegs Dupont. Rock mild Rifle powder, with a
argo assortment of
Safety Fuse, • Stone Drilla,
Picks, ' Stone Sledges, • '
Crow Bare, - Ftono lintutners.
Just received at the cheap Hardware Store 91-
Starch, 7. 'CO. HENRY SAXTON.
F] OIL RENT.-
Three commodious rooms - on the third story of
NEIV HALL. suitable for society meetings,
Lodges or similar purposes also on the first floor 0110
room suitable for at Milliard Itooin or offer, and a 101 In
ix the basement aro offered for rout. Possession given
immediately.
March 7, 1860.—t f.
lISSOLUTION OF PARTNER
JJ SIIIP.—The partnership heretofore existing un
ilerthe firm of SirROM k BLACK', has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent, therefore we would solicit
nil those indebted to onne and settle their neeounta,
and all those having claims will please present them
for settlement.
Jan. 3, 1800
The business wlll hereafter:be continued at tho old
stand of Shrom & Black under the' Brio of BLACK A
DELANCY, where wo will keep - constantly on hood all
kinds of LUMBER AND COAL,
of ormy do,scilptlon,
which we will sell at the lowest rash in ice), tvttl all or
ders for bill stuff will Iso promptly attended to on the
shortost notice. We aro thankful for the patronage 14
a K amm.a public at the old stand of iii 1 1 .0,13 & Blank,'
and would still nollelt a continuance. All orders .141
at the rositienre of Jacob Shrum for coal and lumber,
will be promptly nttonded tons heretofore:
BLACK & DELANCY.
Jnn. 11, 1860. .
DE FOREST, ARMSTRONG &CO.,
DRY GOODS MERCHANTS,
80 J 82 Chambers RI., N. Y".
Would notify the Trade that they are opening Weekly,
kin now and beautiful patterns, the
WAMSUTTA PRINTS,
AMO THE
.AMOSkE..4O, -
A new Print, which extols everY Print in the Country.
for perfection of execution and deAgu in full Madder
Colots. Our Prints are cheaper than any in market,
and meeting with extensive sale. '
Orders promptly attended to. .., Feb.B'4o-I,y.
ESTATE NOTlON.—Letters of Ad
ministration on lbo' Estato rf Louis Hostetter,
accessed, Into of Silver Spring township, both, (woo
issuod by tho Register of Cumber land county, ° to the
ittbscrlbor. residing in Ittoehanicsburg. Node° to hereby
given to thoso • Indebted to make poyment, and thoso
Wring claims to present them duly authenticated fsr
au Element to (101.
Adinruletrator of Louis 111)5tettor, doe'd
-- 11 4 1 STATE NOTICE —Lettere of-Ad
ministration on the east° of Ann Searight, late
olSouth Middleton township deceased, hare been issued
by the Register Of Cumberland county, to the subscriber
residing in s: td township. All persons indebted to the
estate ars requested to make immediate payment, end
those Eating claims to present them for settlement to
' lIUGII STUART.
Administrator.
March 21, 'rd-nt.
1 - ) EMOVAL OF LOCH 31 A N ' S
pirotoußAPinc AND
AMBROTYPE GALLERY
O. L. bochman In happy to announeo to Or citizens
of Carlisle and vicinity that ha has removed his Pleturo
tiallery lIALL" whoa he hopes, with au.
parlor facilities, and pleasant access to lila Rooms, and
excellent light to merit a continuance of the yelp liber.
al patronage bestowed upon him by,lils patrons and
Monde.
PICTURES OY EVERY srma,
made from a medallion to life size. Ills pictures ern
warranted to be superior to any made In this part of
the country, and equal to the very best made In large
cities. Ladies and gentlemen are respectfully invited
to call and examine specimens. -
Canna.), Nub. It, 1860. tf.
•
;ilti,rEll PLATED . WARE BY.
1,3
HARVEY FILLEY
N 0.1222 Market Street PHILADELPHIA,
•
Mallandt UM' Of flue
' NICKEL SI LVEIt, - inid SILVER PLATER of .
coßis,.Bl'UiNd, LADLES, BUTTER KNIV.F.B,
CASTORS, TEA SETS. URNS,' KETTLES,
WAITERS, BUTTER DISHES. 108 PITCHERS,
CAKE BASKETS, COMMUNION WARE,
. CUPS, MUG%
NVlth n genrreressortment comprising none but the
best quality, made of the best materials end heathy
Plated, censtltittlng them a Seiticeable and durable
arilrle
: • For MMUS, STEAMBOAT/I and PIIIVATE VA1111.11.0
*Sr Old Ware.reidated In tho !lest manner.
Fob. 2'4 . 181104 y. - "
. „ .
VAILS AND . SPIKES. . ‘, .
60 Toes Mille and Spikes. Scat received of the
Tory beet mako nod all Warranted, Ceu.nivy merchant.;
.-etipplied with fails at mantifitctursig
. pitvea, at the
Uardware Store of " - ' • ;
i , -.4lerch ' BAXTON:.".
goo?. ,TRAOH .0IIAINS'• ALL
km; wltaki largo aesoilmoot: or
• DLITT MULES, •• , A rallit 011AlkiS, ,
. " PIY7II CHAMP, .
' •lOU DRAINS, ' , TORO DE DRAINS.
DOW ' - SPREAD &e., • kr.,i
- :7345t - received at the Cheitp hardware Store
~ Dlatch 7, 'bp. •. • ii.EratY BAXTON.
SELEC I ED POETRY
"Tjm, Temptnlions . 9l St. Anthony
The'following celebrated„broehure was pub- .
lished nut3iy years ago in Jientlcy'a Magazthe.
We have heard it ascribed frequently to the
author of .! Ingoldsby's Legends,” but its au
thor signs himself S. ,• who he. is we
have not yet' ascertained. Those who have'
seen .Tenier's Paintings will recollect his vivid
and cemictil picture of the temptationsto which
one to r St, Anthony was subjected. .
"He would-hava passed a pleasant life of It, In &nit°
of the Des II and f ill his work's, if his path hod not been
erossed.by ti being that causes more perplexttoy.to nter
tal man than ghoets, goblins, and the•whrle ntee of
Iviteltes put together, aud that NI as—a wOunan."—
iicenn Boos. , ' •
,
.13t. Anthony aoCina toady stool,
And a book was In Ills hand: ' l ' 1.7'
Never Ills eye Irma Its page ho took, -
hither to right or hit to look; •
But with stoncliast soul, no was blotplo,
The holy page InNeanned.
IMEEM
'', We will woo," said the imp, "St. Anthony's eyes
tl Off from his holy Look; - •
We wtll go to him alt ln atrOgodisguir.
And tease WM with laughter, whoops, and cries,
'filet he upon us may 1.00 o."
,The woo In the beet humor_ thet . dsy
That ever his highness was In •
And shots why ho sent out his imps to play;
And lie furnished theuitorchos to light their way,
Nor stinted them incense to horn us they may—
Sulphur, and pitch, end robin'.
So . thiy came tb the Salnt'ln a motley crew—
A heterogeneous rout:
There woo Itope,of every shape and line, '
And some looked black, and 6017/0 10010 AI blue,
And' they pAssud and retied before the view,
And twbdod•tluqunelves about: •
A'nd bud thoy oxi,bited Um to you,
I think you'd illl9o Colt iu a bit ofa oiow—
Or no ohould ut):aulf, I doubt.
There nvo . soinewith fenthe'rs, and wee with scales,
And eo,nn with Onity skin ;
Slum had not howls, and Bonin had tails,
And some badclawsllke iron nails;.
And Rowe had :iambs and hooks like birds,
And yet, like jays, could utter words;
• And souls had Lillis and 0118.
Some rode on skeleton beasts, arrayed
In gold nod etslyet n;uf,• '
With rich tiaras on the heed,
'Aka kings and queues among the. dead ;
While fiecuend bridle hand, displayed,
In hue and - F . o.lons° seem to cope
With ninggots in a microscope, • •
And their thin lips, as while as soap,
• 'Were colder then enough,- -
Arid golden. big' from the ceilhig hum
NI Om °tory creek nod nook; •
They hndarrafty.•ugly guise, •
Aiid looked at the Snilit with their eight eyen.
Ault all thnt wn6cu could &rise
Of evil to the good nod wino,
Seemed welling hum their look
au^ a Shoes,
Palle.
Debtles and slowworms crawled about,
And toads did vluitt denture ;
Front hobo he the woluseollog, Idea peeped out,
6r. RI) , old rat with his iyhiahered snout;
'And forty feet, a full span long,
Danced in and out in au endless throng;
There no'cr has been soon such extravagant rout,
From that auto to thls,l'm sure.
But the good St. Anthony, kept hie eyes
eh the hook ;
From it they did not oink nor rho;
Nuriltglitinhor laughter, shouts nor odes,
th,uld eta a>artis look.
A quaint imp sat in an earthen pot,
Inn big-bellied earthen pot sat be
Through holes in the bottom his legs outsbot,
•
And holes in the sides his arms had gut,
And his head entire out through the mouth, God not I
A comical eight to see.
BEIMEM
And ha drummed on . bla bully no fair and round,
bully, no round and fair;
And It gave forth a rumbling, mingled uound,.
''.6rixt a muffled boll and a growling bound,
'".7 ACOI3 SIIII0)1,
ROBERT 3.1! BLACK
A comical Mound to hear.
And ho ant on tho edge of n tnhle•dcak,
And drummed It with Lie feels;
And Imlooked as strange and as picturesque
As the figures we bee In an arabesque,
Half blddon in flowers, all painted In frenque,
In Gothic vaulted cells.
Then ho whooped and hawed, and winked'andgrinric
• And his eyes stood out with glee;
And he said these words, and lie sung this song, • s'
And his logs and his arms, with their double prong
Keeping time with his tune as It galloped along,
Still on the pot and the able dinned
As birth to his song gave he.' •
"Old Tony, Jnyboy ! abut up your book,
And learn to be worry and gay
You tit like n tot in bin cloistrred nook,
Liken round sboulder'd fool of an owl you look
But straigliton your back from Hs booby crook,
And more sociable be, I piny.
' , Lot va seo you laugh, lot us bear you sing;
fake a lesson from me, old boy I
Itemember'that life has a floating wing,
Add than comes Death, that stern old King,
So we'd bettor make sure olio)." •
But the good Et. Anthony Lout his 'eyes
Upon tho holy book!
Ile heard that song with a laugh atiso. -
But he know that tho hop had a naughty guise,
And hu did not Sato to look.
Another Inip came In a meniquerado
Most lino to n monk's attire,
But of living bats his COW! MY made,
Their wings stitched together with spider thread, •
And round and about hit, they.llatUrell and idsyed;
And his oyez shot out trout their ulictysluido •
• Long parallui bare of fun.
And hlb loose teeth fliatiored like el/Inking bones
When the gibbet tree sways lu the blast:
And, with gurgling thelnes and stilled groitus,
Ile mocked the good St. Anthony's tones
As he unuttered his praynnr full last.
A rosary of beads was hung by his skis—
Oh, guunt.-looklng beads were they!
And still, when the Ailed &dot dropped a bead,
lie dropped a tovth; and hu took good heed
To rattle his 80[115, and the bones replied,
Like a rattlesnako'sloil at play.,
But the good Bt. , Anthony bent his eyes •
Upon the holy book;
Ile heard that mock of groans and sighs,
And he keine that the thing kad au well Sake,
And he did not dam to look.
Another Imp Ame with a trumpet about,.
. That wan moula and nose fn ono:
It bad stops Ilbo a flute, an you 'never may doubt,
Whore hid long, lean fingers' capered niput,
An be twanged hle nasal 111°10,11ra out,
In quaver, and shake, end run, .
, .
And bla head:moved farivanl and backward still
. On Edo long and anon) , nook ;•
Aa bo bont Lis anurglei all to till
Ills nolsoy tuba will wind and alciih
And ho sunbiod his occavoa out, until •
qtraCtrolfirigh ready to break
Ada elm to Bt. Antbony'e ear ho name, ,
And piped hie inuelo fur . .. •
Andtho ohrlit sound , through the good Baty
C=l
With a scoart . atid a stlrig t ilkO a stitod of flamC,
Ot a bed hi the ear—which la much tin satuo--.•
Aud ha stdvaredylth thb .
But,tho goad M. Antliatiy bunt Ills oyes
- IJon holy. book; .
(S% ROM VF9 5 17 n--- 1 I ENEEIT CalaglaS,
Ifo Ithordthnt snout tvlthlCk gindot cries,
And he knew that thO Imp hod an evil gulag
And ho did not darn to look.
thllig with horny eyes was there;
horny eyes like the deed :
And It along sharp nose, was all ahem,
And Its bony cheeks of flesh were rdiorn,
And Ito enrs were like thin eases torn .
From feet of blue, And its jaws were bare;
And fish bone,: grew, Instead of hair,
Upon its skinless head.
Its body was of thin birdy bones,
Bound round with a parchment skin;
And when 'Was struck, iho hollow tones,
That circled round like drum-dull hp oaus,
Beripoke a toid
Ile arm wan liken peacock's log, '
And the clams Were liken bird's
But the creep that wont, Irk° a blast of plague
To lease the live flesh from the bones,
- And Wake the poll Slalnt's groans,
An it (-lanced his cheek, and o pulled his hair,
And pressed on his yes in thole lienaliig
Cannot be told In iveras.
But thn good Et. Anthony kept his eyes ,
1 Rill on Chu holy book; • -
He felt the elfin on his brow arise, ' • ,
yha knew net the thing bad a horrid guise,
And he did hot dam to look.
An Imp room then liken skeleton form
Oricorit
FOlllO ell nv,lngrt of meat had boon left by,the worms,
SOl3lO tendons and strings on Ws legs nnd'nrae,
And his jaws with gristle were black and deform,
But his tooth were as White no Wt.
And be grlnuod full many a lifeless grin,
Ana ha rattled his bony toll;
Ills skull was dockod wills gill and tin,
And a splko of beno was on his chief,
And his baldlko cars warn lari;o ay/11.111p,
And his °yak wero the oyas
Ito took hin stand at the gond Salnt'u back,
And on tiptoe stnod optue:
Forward hm boot, all rotton•black,
And ho nunli again on hisl'eol, goo] lock!
And the good dolt uttoted Some ghostly groans,
For the head was eagolt In tho . gaunt Ht.-bones, _
1 horrible embruco I
And the skull liung o'er with an elvish pry,
.And corked daw n Its ludla.rubber ego
- To gazo upon hie t,co.•
Yot tho gnotl St. - Anthony sunk his oyes
Deep In the holy hook:
Ito folt tLo I,”nes, notion loon wise r
To It onto that tho thing hod n ghaqrs , piko t
And Lo did not cloro.to I.k.
Imsl rampan inui—bew unlike the'rest
A beautiful found° form;
And hoc Tetra was Ilko Inuslc, that sloop opprese'd
Sinioieli same cradling
And, Whilst with n w•ulnpor, his cheek: she presed,
Her cheek felt soft and °•arm.
When over his Nloulder she bent the light
bl her sat eyes on to his page,
It came like a moonbeam silvel'in ight,
And relieved him thiimuith A mild delight;
For the yellow lamp.lusireigFore;hed his sight;
That was Weak with the mists of igo.
Hey I the good St. A nthony:bOggled his oyes '
Over the holy book;
Ho, hp! 'at the Cbrners'illoy 'gun to rise, -----
Nor lie knew that lbo flans - had n lovely.guise;
And be could not choose but look.
Thorn are many devils that walk this world,
Devils large, and devita small ;
Devils 'so fneagre, 'and dovlis so stout;
Devils.with barns, and devils without; _ , _
Sly devils that go with their lulls upended,
Bold devils that carry thorn quite unfurled,
:Book devils, and devils that brawl;
Serious docile and laughing devils;
Imps fur churches, and imps fiSr revels: /
Devils uncouth, and docile polite;
Davila ill block, and,devils in whit.;
Devils foollsb, and (NOR ,
But u laughing woman, with .two bright eyes,
Is the veriest devil of all. T. S. S.
THE TEXAS CAMP-MEETING; OIt ;
PAUL DENTON'S BARBECUE.
During the last week in September, 1836,
the first successful camp-meeting was'hold in
Eastern rOSILS. I employ the epithet t. suc
cessful," because several previous failures bad
apparently rendered efforts of the kind per
fectly hopeless. Indeed, the meridian at this
period was most uncongenial to religious and
moral enterprise. The country, bordering on
the Sabine, had been occupied rather than
settled, by a class of adventurers almost so
wild as the savages they had scarcely expelled,
and the beasts of prey which still disputed
their, domain of prime/al forests. Profession
al gamblers, refugees from every hind, forgers
of false coin, thieves, robin' a and murderers,
interspersed ainthig the race of uneducated
hunters and herdsmen, made up the strange
social miscellany, without courts or prisons,
or churches or sehools, or even the shadoW of
civil authority or subordintuion—a sort of
principled Pandemonium, where fierce Passion
sat enthroned, waving its bloody sceptre, the
bowie-knife! ' Let no one accuse-me °Nang
geration for the sake of dramatic effect; I am
speaking now -of Shelby county, where, ten
years later, forty persons were poisoned to
death at a marriage supper.
It will be titivious, that in such IL communi
ty, very few wealth be disposed to patronize
canlp•meetings and, accordingly, a dozen
different trials. at various times, Lod never
collected a hundred hearers on any occasion.
But oven these wore not allowed to worship
-in peaco ;.- uniformly the first day.ormight,.a_
band of armed desperadoes. headed by' the
notorious Watt Fotunan, the executioner
of the -Shelby lynchers, broke in the altar,
scalTiered the mourners, or ascended the pul
pit and threatened the-preachers to a gratui
tons robe of tar and t'eatfte•s. 'thence the
prudent. evangelista — somilearned to shun the
left bank of the Sabine, no if it had been
fested with a cohort of demons. and two whole
years elapsed without tiny new attempt to
erect the cross in so perilous a field,.
At• length, however, an advertisement ap
peu•ed, promising another,effort in behalf of
the Gospel. The notice was unique, a perfect
backwoods curiosity, both as LO its tenor and
mode of publication, Let me giva-itworbatitm.
BARBECUE CAMP MEETING.
, orliere will be a Camp Meeting, to corn
`nioncn on the last Monday of this month,
AT TUE D011131;13, SPRING GROVE,
near Beier Brinsou'ii, in the county of Shelby
The oxen:deco will corpulence with '
•
' A SPLENDID BARBECUE.
The preparations are being made to'suit, all
tastes; there will be a good 13arbeeue, better
liquors, and the.besktiospel.
PAUL DENTON,
Missionary, M. E. C. •
September], 1836." . .
This doetunefiV wus nailed to the door of
every public house and grocery ; it. waaAt•
itiched.to.the htrgest .trees at the 'intersect! ien ,
of all croon rands and principal trails ; and
even the wandering hunters found it in re.
mote.,dells Of the mountains, miles away, &Om
the Sitioke of human, habitation..,.
At first, tunny regarded . I .lln--ntatler •as a
hoax; Played off by sonte..wieked Wag in ridiL
onle of popular creditlity.. hat this liyinthe=,
rie was negatived by: tho Statements of 'Peter
Brisson, proprietor of the " Deuble Spring
Ortive," -wliciiiifornied - till inquirers, that he
had 'been .employed. and paid by rfil - flibre - r7
calling himself .a :Methodist rateSiOnitry,.to
irovide an ample lairboaue at :the period and
place advertised.
.." But the; liquor, ilia betterliquor; aro you
CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, AP hIL Q 5, 186 Q.
to• furnish the liquor ?" was, the invariable
qubolion of each visitor- -
"The missionary said he would attend to
thntlimsel I," said Brinsoit •
lie'nuist be a precious original," was the
general rejoinder ;
a propositiat Which most
of them afterwards had an OPportunity to
verify experimentally. ; ,
I need hardly add, that an intense excite
ment resulted. The rumor took wings aid
flew on • the wind, and turned; o a storm, a
storm of exaggeration ; everfeelto increased
in itri sound, till nothing else could be heard
but lhd "Ilat•becue - Camp•Mitiling." It be•
t,me the focus of thought,' the staple' of
dreanis. And thus the unknowMpreccher had
insured one think in advance—a oongregation
embracing the entire population' of thy coun
try, which was likely the sole purpose of his
stratagem: .
I was travelling,in that parttf the country
at the .time, and my imagination being in•
flamed by the common curiosity, 'Look some
trouble and attended But though my eyes
witnessed the extraordinary scale, I may well
despair of undertaking pairq it;. the pen of
Bonier or thapPncil of Hogapth were alone
adequate to .thm'sublimity•nr4 burlesqUe'of
such a complicated' task. I miry only sketch
,tbe.angular outlines., 1
A sratc'e had Man cleared away immediate
ly around the magnificient lhable Spring,"
which boiled up with stillici • ent• force to turn
n mill-wheel, in the very centye of the ever
green-grove—Here mpulpit•waS erected,•and
before it was the inseparable altar for Mourn
ing. Beyondthese, at adistanie of fifty paces,
a succession of plank tables attended in the
form of a great circle, or.the perimeter of a
polygon, completely closing the area about
the, spring. An odoriferous stream of the
most delicious Paver diffused itself through
the air. This was from the pits of the adja
cent prairie, where the fifty slaves of Peter
Brinson were engaged in cooking the promis
ed barbecue. •
'The grove itself was literally alive, teeming,
swarming, running over with strange figures
in libmnu shape, men, women, and children. ,
All ,Shelby county was 'there,' The hunters
had their rifles in their hand, the dogs bark =
ing nt their heels, the. rogues, refugees. and
gamblers with pistols in their belts, and big
knives peeping from their shitibosoms, while
there Might be seen a number of wellsdressed
platters, with their .wives antilaughters . :'
The tumult wen deafening; a tamale of
babbling tongues talking, shoutiffg, quarrel
ling, betting, and cursing • for :amusement.—
Suddenly a cry nrosp, "Col. Watt Foment
Hurrah for Col. Watt Foeruan !" end the
crowd - parted left and right, to let the. lion
lyncher pass.
I turned to the advancing tlOne star" of all
eyes, and shuddered involuntarily at ill, sa,
tonic countenance that met my glance ; .and
yet - the features-,were not-onlylouthfulTbut
eminently handsome; the hideousness lay in
the look of fire; ferheious, murderous!
It was in the reddish yellow eyeballs, with
nrrowy pupils; that seemed the flash jets of
lurid fintne ; in the thin sneering lips, with
their everlasting icy smile. As to•the rest,
lie was n tall, athletic, and very powerful ,
Men. His train, n dozen armed desperadoes,
followed him.
Fooman spoke in a voice sherp;-piercing as
the point.ofot dagger: .Bh. Ilyinston. where
is the now missionary IP we 14itt to give him
a plumed coat."
.11e has not yet arrived," ! fie planter re
plied
I suppose we must;.)iait_ for him ;
but put the barbecue on the boards: lam as
hungry es antarved wolf."
cad' not until the missionary_ arrives ;
the barbecue is his property."
A fearful light blazed inYoernan's eyes, as
he took three steps towards Brinson, and fair
lyfthoutetl, "Fetch sne the ineat 131801'1111y, or
Ili fill your Own atomaoh with a dinner of
lend and steel!"
. This was the ultimatum of one whosnautho,
rity was the only law, and the planter obeyed
without a murmur The smoking viands were
arranged on the table by a score' of slaves, and
(ho throng prepared to commence the sump
tuous meal, whets a voice pealed from the pul
pit, loud tin the blast of a trumpet in battle,
"Stay, gentlemen and ladies, till the giver of
this barbecue asks God's blessing."
Every ear started, evcr,y eye was directed
to the speaker, and a whisperless silence en
sued, for all alike Wile struck by his marvel
lous appearance. Ho was almost a giant in
stature, though scarcely twenty years of age;
his hair, dark as the raven's wing, flowed
down his immense shoulders, More' beautiful
than any ever wreathed round the 'jeweled
brow of is queen by the labored achievement
of human art; his eyes, black as midnight,
beamed like stars over a face as pale as Peri
an marble, Balm, passionless, spiritual, and
wearing a singular,
kndefihnblo expression,
such as might have been shed by the light of
a dream from paradise, or the luminous Om=
dew of an angel:a ,wing. Thb _heterogenous
crowd of hunters, gamblers, homicides. gazed
in mute astonishment.
• The missionary prayed, but it sounded like
no other prayer over addressed to, the throne
of the Almighty. It contained no encomiums
on,the splendor of Divine attributes; no peti
tions in the tones of commando ; no orisons
for distant places, times or objects; no implied
instructions as to the adi, inistration of the
governniiiiit of the universe. It related ox,
elusively to the present people and the hour ;
it was the cry of the naked soul, and that soul
was a beggar for the bread and water‘of hea
venly
lle ceased, and not till then did I become
et:machine of weeping; hooked around ,th rough
my tears, and saw a - hundred faces 'wet as
with-rain.
• NAST, my friends, partake of God's giant,
the table, and then come and sit down and
listen to his gospel." .
It would be impos-ible to,describeThe sweet
tone of kindness in which these itimplu words
were tittered, and that 'made bum on the in:
start five hundred friends. One heart, how
ever, in, theassembly was maddened by the
evidence of the Preacher's wonderful powers.
Col. W..tt Foinimn exclaimed in a sneering
Noise : tt Mr. Paul - Denton, your reverence has
lied.' You promised us not only a good bar
becue, but better 'liquor. There is your li
quor?" • • •
"There!" answered the missionary, in tones
of thunder, and pointing his motionless finwir
at the Double Spring, gushing up in two strong
OidpiniiiiNtith'is sound of joy from the bosom
of the earth.
"There!" ho repeated, with a look terrible
as lightning, while his enemy actually trem
bled at hie feet ; " there is the liquor which,
God . " ) the Eternal,..braws for all his children I
-Not in the simmering still, over smoking fires,
choked with poisonous gases, and surrounded
with the stench of sickening odors. and rank
corruption, loth your father in heaven 'pre
pare the precious essence of life, pure: cold
water. But in the green globe and glassy.
dell, where the red-deer wanders and the
child loves to play, there God hiroself.brews
B.; and down, lowdown in the deepest, 'valleys;
where the fountidnei rourutur and the rills sing;
and high upon tho mountain .tops, wherelhe
naked granite_ glitteks like gold in. the, sun
where the'hurricane howls music ; Where the
big waves' rear the ()heron's,. 'sweeping the
• maridi of God'—there he brews it, the .bove."'
rage' of life,..liealtli-giving water.
' "And •every Where if is .a thing of beauty ;
gleaming in the clew 'drop; singing in the sum
mer rain; shining in the ice gem; till: the trees
soon turning.' to living:, jewels ; spreading .a
golden veil over the' setting sun, or a ...white
dliarmidnight - tiro on,roportjtrgin
t h cataract; sleeping in, the glooirr;:.danoing
in the hail shower; foldieg :bright en,ow Aar •
Mitts softlypima thOmintry.yroylt.l,pi4 7
iTiptv-.,
ipg the
=
of the atty, whose warp is the raiiief the earth,
whose 'woof is -the sun•ltedra.bf heaven, all
checkered' o'er with celestial flowers, by the
mystic hand of refrantion—etill always it is
beautiful, that bleXsed cold water. No poison
bubbles omits brink; its foam brings not mad--;
rides and murder ; no blood stains its liquid
glass; pale widows .and starving orphans weep
not burning tears in its plear .depths; no
drunkard's shrieking ghost.from the grave
curses it in words of despair. Speak out, my
friends, would ,you exchange it for the de
mon's drink, Alcohol.?"
A shout like the roar of the tempest; an s .
swered: "NOI" "No!"
Critics need never tell me again that back
woodsmen nre'denf to the divine.voioe of
quenoe, for I saw at that moment, the young
missionary hold the hearts of the multitude,
as it were,' in thehollow of his - hand; and the
popular feeling ran in a current so irresisti
ble, that even the ddelist, Watt Fooman, dared
not venture another interruption during the
meeting.
I have just reviewed ray .report' of that sin
gular speech in the foregoing sketch; but alas!
I discover that I have utterly. failed..to convey
'the full impression, ns-my , reason and imagi- .
nation received it. The language, to be sure,
hi there; that I never shall Torget; Mit it lacks . '
the spjpit, the tones of unutterable pathos,
tile valence of mournful inutile alternating..
with the gushes of terrible power; it lacks the
gesticulation, now graceful as the play of a
-golden willow iu tho crind,And, anon, _violent
as the motion of the mountain pine in a hur
ricane; . it lacks that pale face, wrapped in thee
dreams of the 'spirit-land, and those unfath
omable eyes, flashing a light such as never
beamed from sun metal's; and more than all,
it, hicks the magnetism of the mighty soul that .
vomited. to diffnee itself-among the hearers, se
a viewless stream of electricity, penetrating
the brain like, some secret fire, melting all
hearts.
The camp meeting continued,-and a revival
attended it, such as hover before or. sines was -
witnessed in the forests of Texas. But, un
fortunately, on the last day of the exercises,
news arrived on the ground that a neighbor
ing farmer that been Murdered, and his wife
and children carried nwny prisoners' by .the
Indinns. .
The young missionary sprang into the pul
pit, and proposed-nn immediate organizatibn
of •a company to pursue the savages. The
suggestion being adopted, the mover himself
wits elected to lead the party. After several
days . of hard riding, they overtorkilhe bkr
barons enemy in the grand Prairie, The
missionary charged foreinost- of his troops,
and having pefformed prodigies of bravery,
fell : not by Ord hand of an Indian warrior,
but by a shot from one of his own horsemen.
I need scarcely nano the assassin. as the
reader will tavo anticipated me; the incar
nate-fiend. C \ ol.-Writt Foornan,-chief-hauganin
of the Shelby lynebers, and tett years later a
master cook.at. Poisoned wedding.
Such is only n fragment of the biography
of a - Wonderful genius, the sole twinkling ray
of a dazzling luminary, that rose nod set in
the wilderness; a torn loaf from Paul D'emon's
book of. life. Pence to his ashes I Ho bleeps
well "in the lons isle of evergreens, surrounded
by nn evergreen sea of prairie. "Nature's be
loved son inherits her consistent tomb, that
last possession, the inalienable. tee simple of
all time.
LITTLE. ACTS WE LL PERFORMED.
As daylight, can' be seen through very
small holes, so little things illustrate a per
soW's character. Indeed, charactei consists
in little acts well and honorably.perfprmed.;
daily life being - the - quarry - from - which - we- -
Wild , it up, and rorigh•hew the habits that
form it. One of the most marked tests of
character is the manner in'whidli we conduct
towards others. A graceful behavior towards.
superiors, inferiors, and equals,. is a constant
source of pleasure., It ,m
pleases othebecause
it indicates respect for personality; but it
gives ten'f'old more pleasure to ourselves. ,
livery Mall may to a large extent be a self
educator in good behavior, 'as in everything
else.—fle can be kiwi- and civil if he will,
though he have not 'a penny in his purse.
Gentleness in society is like the silent influ
ence of light, which gives color to all nature,
it is far, more powerful than noise or force,
and, far more fruitful. It pushes its way
silently and persistently, like the tiniest def.
fodil in spring; which raises' the clod and
Wrests it aside by the simple persistency of
growing.
Morals and manners, which give color to
life, are of greater importance than, laws,
which arc but one of manifestations. The
law touches us here and there, but manners
aro about. us, pervading society liko, the air
we breathe. Good manners, as we call . them,
are neither more nor less than good beha
vior, consisting of courtesy and kindness;
for benevolence is the preponderating • (de.
ment in all kinds of mutually, beneficial and
pleasant intercourse among huMan beings.
"Civility," said Lady Montague, " costs noth•
ing, mind buys everything." "Win hearts," •
said Berleigh to Queen Elizabeth, "a ntiyou
have all men's hearts and purses." II we
would only let nature act kindly, free from
affection and artifice,. the results- on social
good humor and happiness would beincaleu
lable.—The 'inbred politeness which springs
from right•heartedness is of no exclusive
ratik — ttr station. Robert Burns was once
taken to task by a yutiiii Edinburgh blood •
with whom he was7walking, for recognizing
afi'lfitnest farmer in the open street. "Why,
you fantastiit gomeril," •exclaimed Burns,
"It was not the vest coat, the-ticene- helmet --
and the Saunder s hoot hose that I spoke to,
but the man that was in them, and the nntn,
sir, lot true worth would weigh down you
and me, and ten more such any day:' rhere
may be homliiiess in externals, which may-.,:
seem vulgar to thOse who cannot diseern'the
heart beneath, but to the riglumiinded char. •
actor will always have its clear in,vi9nia.—
LIPS IN AIIICANSAS.-A. correspondent of
the Petersburg (Va.) Express, writing from
Arkansas, !lays: .
We taYe• "chills" of from five to seven
hundred . horse power. They may be found
anywhere walking about through the coml.
try, and are disagreeably friendly, sticking
closer than a brother of the fondest affection.
They will come to your house, sleep with
yu.u, sit down at your table, take up perma
nent quarters with you without -aim- saying
as . much as by yodr leave, or thanking you
for your hospitality. ' A "chill"' is an utter •
abomination, and not even to be:thought of
in a good humor. From all such, good Lord
deliver eel
A portion of the State between. the White
nod St. Francis rivers, produces spontane
ously bed bugs of the finest form °Utilize.
In fact, they are of magnificent. proportions,
always hungry.as hymn's, and you may feel
assured that.they will do their whole duty. dn'
youishould you lodge for the, night, in, the
same bbd with them. „ ,
Sk& - A. Yirginia.Ookpti boy, who profoisod
'to bO nt,oholero, 'took to
; the *odds' to n;vobt:.it,' find, wris 'there "hound nitoOp. • Being atillOd why ha wont.thOie:he
said - traTifeiraedc - "ho4 - i'vaalt that: -
you want, , „ .
" Don't know" MOM*, _cacti r.SP.e° '
must'have;ove prayed myself . '
~ , „
INTERICITING nisqovEny.
A
Hon. Lewis CAI3B, l t ic Margo d' AfTaires
at Rome, writes to Rey Dr 7 Dorristn, %for
"inerly of Carlisle, noW of .fletroit,.Michigan,.
under date of Milan, FebrUary 14, an account
of tho discovery at nouns of an,intoresting
relic. Ho says :
"In the progress of the excavations on the
Palatine, whore stood the House - of Gold of
theTaisars, the fraginent of an arch, covered
with inscriptions and delineations, was brought
to view. Further explorations in the same
direction resulted hi the exposure of .a room,
.on the walla of whioh was found a Slietoh,out
'Or - engrtiypd with a sharp-pointed instrument,
of a crucifix, .with the.figure of a man in the
attitude of prayer Standing near it.. The an
nouncement of the discovery created' great in
terest. By prdcr of the Pope, the design was
removed from its position, happily without
injury,and confided to .10 - eliarge of Monscig-,
nor Macchi,, who invited me to inspect it, and
by whose permission I`procured a copy to bo
made, which is herewith enclosed. It is need
less to say that this ,evetit has elicited elabo
rate speculations. . -
"Inbddition to various troatises Which have
- appeared in different languages in explanation
of the subject, it has provoked numerous con
troversies between certain Protestant Divines
in Germany and prelates of the Roman-Cath
.olic Church;__ these conflioting_ views concur
with scarcely an exoeptiob, in:the conclusion
that the aim of the wn-s to cast ridicule,
on the worship of the Christians - . It'presents
the outlinesmf a cross, on which is a human
figure bearirigihe head of an ass.' A.Aunic
envelopes the waist, and the arm and loge are
partially covered with bandages. To the left,
with one hand raised in theposture of adora
tion, as depicted on ancient monuments, ap
pears the form of a man, while below is soon
the-folloWing inscription: Alexander adores
God.' The execution of the engraving, as
you will porceio'from thefac simile, of which
the scale is one-fourth smaller than that of
the original, indicates an entire ignorance of
art, being atilf and hard, without ease or grace
whate'ver. Satisfactory
_evidence refers the
date of it. to the reign of Si:pap:us Soverus.--:
There were numerous Christiana in his Court,
dne of' whoni, it is supposed, of the nano of.
.Alexarler,,was thus exposed to ridicule by
his Pagan associate or companion.
It is unnecessary to, rqcall the existence
pf the legend, current. throughout the Boman
dominions in. the days of the empire, that the
Christians worshipped a divinity'whose head
differed in no respeat from that of Aguas In
Africa, then filled with rich and- splendid
cities, this was the popular belief: It Was
inculcated in the - Magian schools of Asia, from
the sande of Panic to the Pisidhth forests,
end-levelled-at—tho-con wart s-do—this:strange
faith in the:streets of Narheorders, Atnida and Martlin - fon-the-hill. The later .Gnostice, in
particular, more especially the sects of Jiar
desanes, omitted no occasion to disseminate
this calumny, accompanied with every epithet
of contempt anti detestation. -It ds alluded to
in the pages of the contemporary fathers, by
whom it was repelled with vehement. and ir
repressible indignntihn Tho origin of this
monstrous inventim is lost to us. There can
be little doubt, however, that it had its foun
dation in the hatred with which the disciples
of the pure and spiritual doctrine were inva
riably regarded by the idolatrous nations
among whom they lived. But whatever rho
source, the first.mention of this calumny on
ours in tiro records relating to the period in
throwing between the years ono hundred and
twenty and two hundred and fifty of our era,-
subsequent to which epoch all trace of it die
appears; Precisely during the same period
the room in whielpthe ilesign was found was
constructed. - • .
"The palace of the Censors on the Palatine,
Was the growth of. successive reigns. That
part of it. which embraces the chamber in
queetion was Iluilt by Hadrian, as the bricks,
of which it. wae,chiellyttomposed, attest. They
are impressed with the names and titles of the
Consuls Pactinus and Apronicanue. This
coinciderme—the prevalence of the legend in
the years already mentioned, and during that
period only, ,and Hee erection within the same
time of the wall on which the drawing is
traced—establishes, satisfactorily, the purpose
of the sketch, as well as the date of its execu
tion. Still more concldsivo, pelleaps, Is the
manner in which the figure upon the cross is
presented to view:" It is delineated with dra
-piny, while it, was the invariable practice in
executions of this nature, a mode of punish
ment very common among the Romans, to
expose the victim or criminal in a state of
nakedness. This discrepancy finds its sole
warrant in the tradition that our Lord was
put to death with a garment about his loins,
and its admission in a work omeanating from
the hands of a Pagan, whom we cannot sup
pose to have been influenced by any senti
ments of awe or respeet, and tvhose . experi
once would never 11E070 suggested such n do
parturo from the uniform custom, indicates
clearly a caricature, of which the first requi
site is conformity to its prototype. Finally,
the words, 'Alexander adoretaol,' admit of
no other interbretution ; nothing in history,
legendary or monumental, tending to the idea
that the symbol-of a crucified being was even'
regarded as an object of veneration by any
other sect thait the followers of Christianity."
WODEAN , IS - VENERATION.
IF women have ono weakness more marked.
than limn, it is towards veneration. They
-are born worshippers—makers of silver
shrines in Some .divinity or other. which of
- course,-they always-think fell straight down
from heaven. The first step toward-their
'falling in love
: with an ordinary mortal is
generally to dross him out with all manner
of real or fancied superiority; and having
made him up, they worship him. Now ; a
truly great man, a man really grand and
noble in art and intellect, has this advantage
with women, that he is an illolLriaily made
to hand; and so that very pains taking and
ingenious sox have less labor in getting him
up, and can be ready to worship him on
shorter notice.—ln particular is this the case
where - a sacred profersion and a morel su
premacy ace added to the intellectual. Just
think 'of celebrated preachers and divines in
ages. Have they not stood Eke the image
that Nebuchadnezzar the-King set up, and
all womanki . od, coquettes and -flirts not- ex
cepted, been;ready- to fall down and wor
ship, oven before the sound of cornet,- flute,
harp, sackbut, and' so forth I Is north°
faithful Paula, with her.beautiful face, pros
trate, in reverence before poor, old, lean,
haggard, dying St. Jerome, in tht(inost splen •
did painting of the world; an emblem and,a
sigh of wornah's eternal power of aelfsacri
, fice to what she deems noblest in - Winn?
Does -not -old Richard Baxter tell .11s with
delightful singledmartadueis, how his wile
fell ie' love with him first, spite of-hialung;
paleface; and how she confessed, dearsoul;.
-after many years Of married life; that she had
found: him testi sour and bitter 'than: she ex
peeled?—The fact is, women , are burtheried
with fcalth.faith. reverence, .more than• they
knoW vlzhat ,
_do,wltli ;,,,they,atand like a.
'hedge - of sWeet. peesp.tlirowing Out - fluttering
tend,rils - eVerylbere krioingt)ting high and
strong when, ..tliey find,
lkevpr so rough inthehaiWthey catch
,upon,it. And instances arc not .wanting of ,
.. ( LosO wholaveAurned away:km.oin flattery_
47, - adniffers
, , fircTifrate - thiiTtfeTiiii7atjlie ,
fcetaf a gelinine hero who never 'would woo,
:them ekoept bt. oroic deeda - and the rhetoric
Of ti-nolledife: • .•,- . , '
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$1 50 per' annum in advance
,t $2 00 if net paid In adva ce
•
.“Sowing His Wild Oats. 9?
"Soiling his wffd oat."—nyel sowing them duo?,
In the heart era mother to blossom in . teare,
And shadow with_ grief the doelitm of her years.
"Bowing hie wild oats," taaliror the head.
Of the elm who watched hie drat pulse throb with Joy,l
And whose voice went to Heaven in prayer for "the
boy."
"Sowing hle wild oate," to . eprlng up end choke
The flowerein tho garden of a &tar, whoeulore
In as pure and eibright as the blue abiabove.
" Bowing hie wild oats:" Aye! cheeks shall grow pale,
And sorrow ahall wither the heart of the wife,
When manhood thus aquandera the prime of hie life.'
. . . .
. .
. .. .
4 iowlogbis trlld oats.'? Death only.sball reep .
With hfs koon sharpened scythe; the fruits will be
, found ,
f . fl the graVeyerd near .by, 'neath that gragnoorered
mound
OM Dlald■ and Old Ladle■
There being two classea which are very
likely to be undervalued by our hurried and
unreflective American society, it pleases ua .
to see the pnblic occasionally reminded of
their value. What could be more wholesome
ly true, for instance, than the following:
giery,house.should have as an inmate.
good.naturecirtidy, sensib. e old lady. This
importalii, fixture should always' be, if possi
ble, a grandmother, or, next best, an aunt;
yes so indispehsible to the respectability,
comfort and convenience of a well•regalated
houSehold is' the old lady, that if this system
of housekeeping beCome general it will be•
come' quite natural to find, under the head.
Of "wants"in newspapers, inquiries for prop•
er old ladies to supply the lack of dear old.
folks gone to the better. home. Indeed, old
ladies, discovering themselves in demand
would keep in preservation - much. longer, nor
begin to make winding sheets, and grave
daps "till ton years-before the great reaper
came to gather in the shocks of corn fully
ripe. Old ladies are needed: PrOvidenco
designed 'such-to fill a large space in the do.
mestic circld—a class remarkable as living
not for themselves, but for others—the most
beautifUl ecilnens 'of disinterested love
this aide .% heaven." • •
TEAR:l.—There is a sacredness in fears.
They are not a mark of weakness, but of
power. They are messages of overwhelming
grief, of deep contrition, of unspeakable love.
If there were wanting any argument to prove
that man was mortal, I would look for it in
the strong convulsive emotion of the - breast
Tvbenr - the — s - Milliasisecti — agi ttite - dr when-the
fountains of feeling are arising, and when
tears aro , gushing in crystal streams. 0
speak notharshly of the stricken one weep.
ing in silsnce I Break not the. Solemnity by .
rude limghter or intrusive footsteps. Despise
not women's teen ;they are what make her
an angel. Scoff trot if the stern heart of
manhood is sometimes melted into sympa
thetic tears; they are what help to elevate
him above the brute. I !two to see tears of
affection. They aro painful tokens, but:still
most holy. There is a,pleasure in tears, an
awful pleasure. If there-were none on earth
to shed tears for me, I should beloth to live,
and if one might weep over my grave, I could
never die in peace.
LIFE'S HAPPIEST PEFlloo.—Kingsley gives
his evidence on this disputed point. He
thus declares: "There is no pleasure that
I have experienced like,a child's midsummer
'holiday: . The timel; I-mean, when two or
three of us used to go away op the brook.
and take our dinners with as and come home
at night,liied, dirty, happy, scratched be
yond recognization; with a great nosegay,
three little trout, and one shoo, the other oho
having been used for a boat, till it had . gone
I down with all hands out of soundings. How
poor our Dortiy days, our Greenwich dinners,
our evening parties, where there are plenty
of nice girls, are after theft- ,Dopend upon
it, a man never experiences such pleasure or
grief after fourteen as Wore, unless in some
cases in his first love-making, when the sen
sation is new to him." •
SUGGESTIVE.-A youth in Troy, N. r.; re
cently regaled the ears of his "bright par
ticular" with a protracted serenade, at the
close of which the chamber window •opened.
and a small white package descended there
from. The enamored youth instantly secur
ed the precious missive and retired to a place
of eafety, and with a trembling hand pro
ceeded to unfold—a night cup and spoon.
"Pray excuse .me," said a well-dressed
young man to a young lady iU; the second
tier of boxes at a theatre. "I wish to go upi
stairs and get some refreshments—don't
leave your seat." A sailor seated in the box
near his girl, and disposed to do the same
thing, arosa "Harlcee, Moll, I am.
zoing ' aloft to wet my whistle—don't 4d-
overboard while I am gone.''
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1 Jones met his friend Brown in the
street the other day, and snid to him, "I hear
Robinson's Married—who is she?" "Well,"
says Brown, "let's seeshe'fi a huindra
thousand dollars; I forget her . other name.
"Is your horse perfectly gentle,
steer —"Perfectly gentle sir; the only fault
he has got—if that be a fault—is ttplayfut
habit of extending his hinder hoofs." "You
don't mean kicking, I hope?"—"Some pedk Q
, ple call it kicking, Mr.'CiVeen; but it's only .
a slight reaction of the muscles—a disease
rather than a vice." . ' '."
If wo wore as careful to polish our man•
nerd us our teeth, to make our temper sweet
us our breath, to cut off our faults as topers ,
our nails, to be upright in , character es In
person, to shave our souls ns•to shove our
chin, what an immaculate race :we should
become!
"An India•rubber ship P' exclaimed an old
sailor who bad been • listening, to a descrip
tion of such a proposed invention, "that would
never do, because it would „rub out all tho
lines of latitude - and latitude ; to say noth
ing of the equator?" ' •
A"Bridget" who, rteluinal, entertains an
exalttd Opinion of the good,things of the old
'country, was askod,by her. mistress if they
had any pies where. she formerly lived in
Ireland?-,-"Yei r and sure they do."—"What
kind of pies ?"—"Magpies, mum.",
• Dar 'A man_was ; moblied 41e,,other day
through a wag's: saying that, hie wife was
daily imprisoned:in.an_ iron cage. ItAnrned
out that the cage was a steel-hooped eitirt..
Be—They are best suited obo ha py, Rho
are neither too high nor too low—bigh enougb
to see nooddis of good manners, and obiteure"
enough to be left M The oweetest,of solitudes.
• 11€9...1n borrowing monerbe :precious of
your word; for he that bath care of !mop
ing day's of payment, is tho lord di/Mother
man's purse.
;KV...Bryant kinyit:,that l'tbe .groves were
God's first temples."', rfialiY 'roman--
tie young" lo'versuunglierltionablye!fiiid them.
'delightful meetiog houses. % '1 •--
tile , Artistsliiive a ppte oren emblems
of. gharity.. I wonder ifone,of theta - ever
thoughttof a' Pioce iof< India roliber,srhich
gives more ~than ariyhtitetaithotancs.,
NO - : 3T.