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A wlOat!iiv)it xiteihitt
Whoa hey the chntinid atthi;: • I I
An angoluillpped out front herjuefiorthronoi 2
kud wandiwing down totlio, world alone, , • ,
She watched the children of mon In the taco
For Nab ion tuella:no; for paWor and '
. .
Sho arm how tho tutelar could hoard up his gold
And tom his own Islndrod to dlo In tho cold;
Shit saw how ihealrolar.bont o'er his books,
Tilt tho Beal of death's angol was aeon In hh looks;
Rho saw how a warder, In hope of renown,: i•
d'hallß•o of Aloe people H i ke donee mooroddow . 4'. • '
She saw bold the.truildeu by Bullishness cursed,
Though by flatterers blesssd, by her victims NV WI
cursed ; . .
01w. and_pew,_
And the . falseness of those whOl bad sworn to he
trio,
In tho Alpo on the Fen, to tho hownon land,
Tint tooth of tho tempter woo over it hood.
In the Wake of tho chain we're lifWe plume me told,
Both the good'and-tho true, with the beep and the
hold;
And tho shadows of stn like a firmament hung-
O'er theerutohee.otago,,and the tirpprof the young,
And the nark, of the rorrowloF Mowed like a wave
O'er ahrlnes that wore broken, that love could not
Bat a sorrow far deeper, morn fearful than all,
The angel laid 'viewed, though hovel or hall
Had yot to,bo soon, whore tlp llctitusilf rum
In the Rollos of grief and tokrow wero dumb.,
Not long did sho wait, ore'illo trail of rho car ,
Wino BOOR ill Ito march orn t r faith ,luvo and holm
And never come tide, thatin ebb and flow,
Covered over such love, or revealed such Woe,
0, children °talon'," sold 'the aniol to ma,
The sorrow (4-sorrows-MIR sorrow must be I
llilotal all tho morrows that mleoecato Make,
Beyond all the lives that nothltlott can take.
The greatest la thl;, whore Ai hope In bereft,
Aral the c Ulna of kionipeinneo Only 18 left,
0, maul
rondo Immortal for lose or for gain,
Why taboo i
WM
Why, i.hy tpuc
OM
Illat vino' , tbrclt'ohtorn, lont•soldorn deportil,
Why roll down the Andow to fold you•ln wrath,
(unload of Ilia monaldne to brlghlou your path."
. A MARRIED CUSS.
Young non, if over Inclined you be
To outer the pert of morn nmxy,
Be wary how you goti3iough it!
I(1 tali a toy wife not to trot and to film,
She only ,1 You're ee•eue•; you're
You're uc-out-, yoe'reuecuntomed to It I
No niotter`how tidy she oily° luny have
If madame' thliks slovellneem le no min—
And Oenly of, women an vleie It—
Thu more you complain and kick up a moan,
Thu wane die will to, till you're rosily ac cue ,
You're cc cue-, you'so accustomed to It I
r any, young man, take warning In Mao I
l.•✓dc well to the lotion containod In my thyme,,
Or twenty to ono you will rut• it!
If one., no autoult, nlwaya ho thun;
gotting a wife, pray don't get ac-cm,,
-tit •t oc-ells., get neenitozned to It !
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNERI .
The dObiniad just closed - upon his re
tiring figure, and I haste to gather into
a sheaf the stalkS of ripened grain ho has
scattorpd around me during the past
hour. Au American gentleman of tin
blemished reputation and strict integrity
is au honored guest atany fireside ; but
when to these noble graces is added the
. digufty of eighty . yeare varied experi
ences, and n memory as clear and sharp
- as the blue-black :eyes which :sparkle
under his gray, shaggy brown, ho is a
gem of a visitor, acrare as valuable.
Such mine. And hiS
the mirage of the desert, which reflects
from the beautifully tinted sky back
.again ,to one's eye the pomp, ctreunil
stance, audbost of the caravan gono be
yond the horizon-of vision—brought up
.almost into, active life some of the scenes
.and incidents of near a century ago,
ithrough the clear lens of his unclouded
recollections. It scorns a long time since
Charles Carroll, of Carbilon, died ; and
still longer since, with one bold stroke
of his pen, he affixed his signature and.
the name of his estate to that great doc
ument which, had England conquered,
would have been the recorded evidence
of his treason, and the caps() of the loss
of millions.
" Vet I know. him well," said.w visit
or, Mr. Hendon, In my native town
of Frederick, Maryland, many times,
when I was a boy, I have seen him—an
old man, with hair white as the 'silver
knob of his cane, wallchig slowly. We
boys would stop aside when ho ap
proached us, with the deference due a
king. Ho was a little man, his figure
bent, his, frame slight andmhscular, aTid
hismaniier the gentlest and most court
eous—well,
,child, there are no such gen
tlemen as When I was a boy." And the
old man's gaze seemed introverted as,
with the end of his cane, lie traced cabs,
:natio figures upon the carpet, to the
-meaning of Which his memory alone had
_Alio key. , .
" Does that .time scorn very far on;
I ventured, by way of bringing
his thoughta baCk.
"No ; it 'scarcely seems longer than
last Christmas since a parcel.of us bays
were. 'playing before Modtard's tavern;
when „we saw a procession coming up
town. B=6 mon were on horseback,
and their knoegmekles shone like glass ;
'others, in #eirtrgst now leather breeches•
and blob L eop.ts, .marched behind ; the
drum and fife, were playing; And every-,
body looked excited but old Medtord,
,who stood on the door-sill, smoking' his
pipepand looking monstrous conteMPtu
, . ,
olyhtit's: owning, Mr. bledtard ?" we'
askod. • • . ,
— "Only a green.mou, adwn tho Lao:
caster Road.' . •
Away wo went, , like'a pack-of hounds
In that direction, to meet a coach drawn
by four black horses, -with liveried foot
men hanging to 'the tassels. behind,
and surrounded by a" largo troop .of mili
tary as an escort. the coach ,sat
President John Adams—a portly gentle
dressed in pearl-colored broadcloth
and largo powdered wig,: who; Witlrhis
Suit' was traveling. -from Philadelphia to
Washington; on , ..tbet!occadon of the :re
:Mel-val-of-the 'goat of • government from
Philadelphia to that place.' We followed
:the' proCessloti •dntil ' the Piesidout
:Olikhied at Mrs. Rimball'd taVern‘-the
:Sign' of thd Golden Fleece—!whore
LOoneral'HenrY Leo received ':!
"And, why was' Mr, MOdtard so In-i
4lfformit, th'e'aPproadli 'of 'big
Polltids hindan.
'ilittaro . noVei:. ',John 'Adonis *Op
Violist, and imorlAddtarda'Repithlioari,'
'hielinittilo 'differs:Mao thdrti'dtijht.:
Yes, that happened "Saventi'Ydar4 l 4i
, this Very montb; - :but ,it ' don't scorn
• - leuger than the 'of My
''" Yet "Skin hr s'o lived i tof ;see. -"grant
'-e4angek."
" dektriie, I but :hotlimibh
„rAnality. Polka walked and suffered' and
' died, for ldeOS:ilinoPri4inC as iidokrl•As
gki c ipu),(l niter uo‘oproo or or, to ion ' „ ,
Thorcrio no bdri`coth'ilio oitii 'I.
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I nd you know. 1
eag,erlY.asked r lred teiknoW.PAM4hill.k. ,
•Of ' a raad•:poot, , ,whe :dared:, aPprePrlato,
subh an:old-fashioned"quototree•
"Know him 1, Why ho lived but a fqw.
doors above my father's, house.:. :There
wore:onco two ,brothors, John Ross : and
Philip J3arton,Key, Philip was an Wiper
hillfd,British army during the iievolu
tionary war, while 'John 'was in
: that of
tho United States. John lived , on Pipe's
Creek, near Taneytown,,Frederick ecaltik
ty, Maryland, whore Fi'ancio and his sis
ter Anna, John's, only children, more
_born,_ , There _ was _an_ exiled_Sootchman,
Bruce—said to ,have, : tieS, heir .to
the throne, of Scotland 2 --41io had Built a
mill on Pipe's Creek, and there, in the :
company of - this noble old aristocrat,
Frank spent-his very early boyhood.
The brothers, Philip and : John, were
largo, manly-looking] fellows,• but Frank'
and Anna-were-ofmtich-smaller_mouldl
Anna"Koy Was a beautiful little girl,
Witlpthe cheerfulest facoand most Pleas,
:aut;4mile I over saw. When theYmoved
'into town; near my father's, Frank was
half grown,' and ready to enter as.a law
student with Roger B. Taney i then at
the head of the Frederick bar. Roger
was a tall, gaunt follOw, as 'lean, they_
used to say, as a Potomac herring; and
as shrewd as the shrewdest. Ho mar
ried.bright little Anna. It was like r the
union of a hawk with the sky-lark ;
she lived to be the wife of a Chief Justice
of the United - States, and' I never heard
that either repented of their Marriage:
AITT - rfauu,r was-a-stridt-Cotholic,Land-
Frank an :Episcopalean, not considered
,very zealous and sharp in his profession,
and much, given to dreaming. Ho went
to Virginia, and brought home a wife '
much larger and taller, than himself,
went to housekeeping on Market Street, 1 ,
and had a couple of little children when
I left home in 1609, to seek .my fOrtune
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. .
=
"Then you little thought you had .
been daili Seeing the man whose in=
spiring - song would become the national
anthem of . America I " I asked.
"No more than Abraham was aware
that be was entertaining angels. Yet
the war cloud, through which tho light
of his genius was to burst upon us, was
oven then gathering. You have read
about the. embargo which was doclM'ed
-in 1800, when England, jealous of - the
naval power of the States,. fired into.
the:United States ship CheseaNake, and
:behaved otherwise so rudely, we were
compelled to close our ports againsther
vessels and imports. Those wore_ the
days"—and here the old gentleman in
voluntarily drew up his bowed form—
"when even the proudest city belles
were wooed and won in homespun rather
than be dependent omforeign finery. I
have danced with many an elegant wo
man in lirey-woolgey and tow frock
those times, and well remember that
Governor Simon Snyder, at hiSlnaugura
tion in 1809, wore a suit of broadcloth,
manufactured in a loom in the borough
of Lancaster. Patriotism was strong
when It could conquer even Woman's
vanity." . •-
I forget the malicious twinkle of his
-oyes at that last "hit" out of litMlf . st
reverence to our grandmothers, who in
spired it.
" Well," ho
.continued, "England
kept growing more insulting,. the - whole
Country Ntas clamorous to 'punish her;
Ana war was declared on the eighteenth
of Jul,, 1812. I had gono.down in the
stage to Baltimore, to buy souse typo
metal for-my father, who was en astro-.
nomical- instrument maker, and wit
flossed ono of those outbrealcS Of popular
feeling, growing out of the Atate of the
times, which gave that patriotic' lint im
pulsive city the temporary title 'Of Mob'
TMvn.'
"A newspaper. called the Federal Rc
publican, which had been published in
Georgetown by a party of rebels to the
administration, was removed to Balti
more, where its issues contained violent'
articles in opposition to the war, the
government, and loyalAcitizens of Balti
more. The people determined, they
would npt stand it. So they
,hurriedly
got up a procession, in which they wore
joined by a number of sailors 'from off
the Bay, who, drawing after them a lingo
cable, encircled the printing office,. ,and
pulled it down. The rebel :party pro
cured new material, and,romoving into
a largo brick building, defied the mob,•
and continued their publication. Antici
pating another attack, they wrpte
Roger B. Taney, at Fredmicktownwlio
belonged to their party—to come down
to their assistance, bringing with him'
lathing hatchets, pitchforks, and any
other implements of warfare heCotild Ob• , •
tain. Roger, was a spimr' citizen, {vho'
thoUght disoretien•was the better part
of valor, =Maid at home. The Balti
more:mil renewed thdir attack upon - the
fnini which' any ()Qin= ,Wei•e'
fired on , and killed'. Governor Winder
'then ordered the milikary to rout the
rno . they did; 'and the sheriff'
entering the 'house, •the offenders snr
rendered to him, and wore put in thojail
for.their protection.—All seemed quiet ,
until'e following" night, 'when the
populace re-assembled, broke into' the
jail, killed it General Lingan, in the door
way, and cruelly • beat and wounded
many 'others. They then' threatened the
post Office,' in' which several of •the •ob
noXiotisph•Pera were said 'to bp depoSsited,
but :the. civil and mllitary'autherities
again 'interforini, they wore''ilnaU
41.110U0(1: 1 "Villifi 'ou See history-so
producosiMos ,• • • • •
" You have heard" of Admiral Cook-
Cionamandoil'tho Jiritish 'fleet ?,
The titrodfotis'iicouridrol
Paiht 'the hal'seral)lO - Okinrtikl' acid
ho'lnitot lii his `true
'depredations" aloiig the EaaterU. Shofe 65
the 'tollewod tlaYriacicing of
'*fiehlugton; , the,lonttle , Nerth Poini l
and the attimapt of tlib onOnly' 'take
thO t .eftY'Of liyi"vAittii., 'tlie
'Mkt Mihod to 651: by Laid. oh"knOW•
r ell'iiiietit'thO'biiinfairclinOA' of •
`lb39ry;:lB4A)tOthlfoi thirteenth', :jay'. • i'
have gone over it' , dgnin,' faho3Viiiiii
itiedis ot i tidries,'Urid Frank
Key, patriotic as ho, was to hid! boait''s
core, could riot help
Just'.
iq llll lF . 4 , 711 ff , VFfr2 I I9F,P /1..t . 1
with:ll7mi anchored 'fijoiii;frort
: ) Cohi# Wateh
and ho.know i thp dp,rigpi they forOboibid.
'Tip:64db ' 'Ctianichadiuk ikcif
tliAt'midnighbilglit, while tlaiiskt.
At p ItIV the , tibry. coursos :of .tho
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1,.,:•..11; , ,etp: ,211 141 ',MI,
14 bra:6LN kid,ycin think 11.10 "fie spy,,
:44ttiii strirgglelaeased upext the, amain ;
morningatand ha looked tl,troiNli fljni.:
twilight forAho.flag:ol.: Ills eMmtry,,his
beart siek-with fear,and doubt,..eopid
the, grand outburst .l;rf ,that first
verse ?',.And.then, as through.' the mists
of the deep' the banner loomed.siinily in
the Morning zun's first rays, and he, ex
claimed; •,,
tho otittoponglott, boon:eft, oh, long trtny it s
..Suave,
thtt hind of the free itnetbo home of the
hnitv . l” '• • ' -
it was prayeiand praise all in ono o'aud
there_luisi.ttevoiLbeetr .anything_ like_ Lit
, _
oindo. '
Hendon' stopped to wine his sweat
ing face. with hit red! !bandana handker
'Chief, and take-a fowrapid stridesncross
the,. had :forgotten his cane.
and the weight , bis 4i . ghty.years in this
reminiscence of his strong' young man
.hdod ;_and if. Admiral Cookbuin had_that.
moment stood before birn,:in the
-and-blood insolence of his real solf 7: - I
would have boon the chronicler of his
" 'Whore F0r0,'3 , 94 cluring4l that ei
eitement, Sir ?" I asked, to waken him
out afhis reyario. , . . •
. !! Chafing like a caged tiger because
was not in it. The first day of August,
that samovar, I, with a hundred, and,
thirteen others, volmiteer militia, were,
the first to leave Harrisburg . , Pennsyl
vania, -.in ,dofense, of Baltimore. Our
rendezvous was York,. Pennsylvania, :
Where we expected to meet General Wat
400,_of_Lancaster, commander of our
division."
"flow were You uniformed, Sir .7"
`!ln blue cloth coats turned up With
red, bluh pants, white vests slides . with
cloth gaiters Over them, far hats;, and
high leather stocks with the Drifted
States coat of anus stamped,nson ,thein t
I engraved the impression for those .
stocks intype metal for our company,
anda proud, day's work it was. Every
man found his own uniform; and .of the
many thousand Pennsylvanians I have
seen march from Camp Curtin ,within
these last ten years, none felt bolder to
prOtect our, country thim we, When wo
reached York, where General Watson
was to meet us witlknow Harper's Ferry
muskets and tents, he was not on htpd,
so we were quartered at first in the aunt_
house. Dearing onr eamp equipage was
at the Carlisle Barracks, -a squad of us
got wagons, went after it, and brought
it to the York jail, whence each man
-drew his musket, cross-belt, and Car
tridge box. We were on day there
several weeks before the division of five
thousand men was organized. We grew
dreadfully impatient. Telegrams were
not dreamed of those days, and daily
newspapers were almost as scare() as
roses in winter. Ono morning home of
our guard went out to gather wood, and
hearing 'a
dull, rumbling noise, they laid
their ears to the ground and listened,
The sound of cannon was distinctly
beard,..and they hurried t.) camp with
the news. Soon wagons outwardly filled
witi. , hay, but containing the specie from
the banks in Baltimore, -.came imfor.
protection, folldwed by every' kind of
vehicle, packed with flying Baltimorean's:
Then, in tremendous haste, we were Mod
into rankg and marched to• the seat of
war, three days after the battle had been
fought. gene r al Armstrong had an Irish
brotherzifi-law, ICennedy; - Who -was ap
pointed colonel of • our regiment. He
knew as much about military tactics as
a boar does of mathematics. An old-,
fashioned country school - master, with.
scarcely' an idea above the common spal
ling bOok otthat period, and vain and
tyVaimical irepronortion as ho was' igno
rant, lie was - illy fitted' to cohtiol as
spirited and independent it set of -Tenn
syleania Dutchmen as ever trod Amer--
'can soil. He rode amhnmenso fat black
:horse, with a hack nearly as broad as an
elophant's ; and the only change he had
made for, the occasion from his, usual
'citizen's dress was a cockade standc in
his hat, and a short sword huckled .
around his thick walst.—.
"The captain of our company, Mr
Walker, who was every inch a man, and
who, by reason-of his superiority, should
have been Our colonel, needed to exoreiso
all his influence with the ,regiment to
preserve any kind of discipline. It was
a long' three days' march to Baltimore.
We were fourteen. thousand strong, and.
eager to, moot. and punish our :British.
inliadera ; but a micaession 'of ' heavy
thunder...storing. and the fatigue of long
marches through the mud almost
exliatistcd ns.• PuSli along, men i yo'ro
walkin' dreadful slew,' was the-colonel's
C.comearid,•issued every fifteen minutes.
The_,second'day come of the men . fainted
frnm,tho ; heat and, fatigue. 'Nearing a
pump along, the road-side, 'we halted' to;
driuk,:hat the colonel angrily urged its
fOrward.. An orchard. near bY hanging
full of harvest apples, tempted some
of
the thirstier ones, whci . broke ianks
rushed or the fruit., This excited the'
colonel greatly. Riding up to* the rails'
and,hrandishing his sword, he shonted, ,
.blackguards ! would ye bo' , aftlier
laving the -ranks - for, the paltry sum of
:an apple?',
"This expression of his indignation .
grow into a by.-Word; 'thanliS
powois of mimicry'of by.-word, ,
of oirr''coin
parry, Charloa. and Ferdinand Driraiig.,
They, with their ,fathrn-s, war's . stMiling
play-actor,s ,i kustivos of LahmMihr,
think), wh' , wicetrtliniizinter engage
ments in•citi tlientree weallovor,
entertain ns.in town auck country„ with
theiri :varied:
. .,accempliskruenta, !rhe
biothere•ftveno anal goulal, Ur tive fepoWn,,
and, mirthful, so, full 1 of rollieklng
they; kept, ue.,alive, soul j and body,. by
compelling .us, te i laugh. nlkekwo
reached an old.encempment riper Ilalt{
more,, ,on, the Yorkllead, just alono l andc
'what, , 41141 r/ ae. ,I,lpwarßs
the. citizens camp , to. ,rpo?
! hays op, which. vivo ~ liog4Na,cl,„so(,l A q.
coffee,- MOO 4olipiops,, :f,canne,yer i ferget
that ,coiNco„poi.'liew
waeAtln.,blano of .o,F.Citilipoi?.i.•ftt,i••o;
and ndwa cane that the 4y.fty,b, ~Tyr,o
h overing abont,'"and, 'tiro must .go to
•Elkridge's • Landing. to .• oppose •,tlipm.
As we marched, through, the streets ley
.wprq, prm - ,lo,,with xyompa, weeping, andi
7.111 ,
,1 1 0YST •All 99/V° 1)401C,i,44,i,ii ,Butawo
u]_;,for, 'the ,xpry,,,noit day,
drawn PM9, l l l. :Pit . ?,
. Pr, ; hio4 hoP3€!;.99YOYO , :vvo;4l*.f.r4 ll !.
,the oFfhpl i for, our hpippdia,to,,FpptrApi
gig Pith Pfi4y3.49 l lio4 o lF,N, r ,mmgrE* l l.
from the fleet, still„lilngAlt
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t 1144 !'#! 3 ,-.IPAKISAT '11 ) 1::1 ) °, i Ng,
9,ualcorp h Arho would uothor„aol‘ i
give us food, to eat, nor straw to lloupou,
we wore Con - welled to do without either,,
or.buy . ,for, ourselves from the ouly , ,one
littlo grocery du) place.
~Tho occasion of our return "was also
that of the colonel's first compliment to
us. ' Boys,' ho.saia, ,prandOhlug his
little sword, yo belia,yedlllio,tNeranll!
;`,` Wo:got, back qult,evening, and en d ,
camped upon Pq97s Hill, liptr, a rope T .,
wlierothree months we reMained,,
daily waiting for agronomy -that -Foyer
Then, for the, : llystsinco : leaVing
wo took breathing-time,
.looked, about for amusement.
.„
",` Have you beard ' krancia , Key's,
poem?' said one Of our Mesa; coming in ,
-ono oyening, as we ley„seattered over
the green hill near the captaintimarqUelN
It Wan ,a , rude copY, and'. written ina
scrawl, which Horace Greeley might have,
mistaken for Lieown. Ile read# aloud;
once, twi co,. three times, , until ,thq Antire.
division scorned electrified by, its pathetic,.
'eloquence. An iaaasizd4 Tfrociridrinig ! :
'Huntingup,a volume of :old'iliitetriusiei j
which was in sorn - ebedes-,Ltent, lie im
patiently whiSifed snatcheS'ef itinS . 'afedr'
tune„ just p they eaugilehiS qUieic eye.,
One, ,called„A.nacieen , in .floavign', (I
liiye played It:Often, fgt. it' was in my
.htiok that he found,it),' struck fancy
and riveted his :attention.
_lieti) after
'Mite fell frem his puckered lips
'With a leap silent; ho ezclaiinedy
- .IMA - rye lialt - P and
to the words, thette rang ea for 'the; first:
time 'tho Song of the 'Star Spangled'
Banner.' How the Men - shouted and
fer i . noVer•was there a wedding
.Of .peetry to' music Made under such
Inspiring influences Getting' a brief
'furlough, the brothers' sang it on the
stage of' Holiday,' Street Theatre 'scon'
after.' It was caught up in the camps,'
and sang around our isivotiao fires, and
whistled in the' streets', end, When Peace
was 'ileclal•del,'and''We; scattered to our
homes, carried to tlieusitialS of 'firesides
as the most lireciong relic'Of the 'war of
180," Ferdinand Dinang died-iI do not
know'' where—and Prank Key's bones
lie in the' ceritetery at Freclericktown ;
but I .guemi that song will live as long as
there is an American boy to Sing it."
" Was that the only incident of the
campaign, Mi. Hendon?" He was get
ting restless as a child, and I only the
more eager for his stories of old times.
. "Very little beside. Our prinCipal,
liarciShip was a Want of goial bread.
That furnished us waS so old and sour it
contained worms an inch long.' Our
rations.of beef and rum Vero abundant.
Of ruin there 4.6 enough served:daily
for us to, swim if wo had wanted.
General 'Watson was appealed to ; but
there wits,lind management somewhere,
and things greiv no better. 'All rum
and no bread' became' the 'sullen motto
of the entire cainp. The Maryland en
campment,,_ a Mile from ours, :held . a
mock court-martial, and made-of theirs
'a: bonfire. I remember one day
'that General Watsou t .. , -with his negro
servant riding behind him; was about
entering the. city. The' guard, instead
of presenting arms, saluted him with.
All rum and no bread P - At him,'
Pomp P shouted tho indignant Minion
The guard fled; the, .nogro. pursuing in
vain i and it was said lie never stopped
running until ho reached his hdnio in
Burks County."
MEM!
U.APTAIN LIATOOLN.
On"getting up to tho.plain, Our loft
.and front, I found that ,Gen. Taylor had
not yet arrived; while all was anxiety at
the sight of the immense masses of
Mexican infantry, their bright arms
glittering in the early morning sun • that
were scan approiching under, the 'fire of
thoir. heavy guns from tho ridge just
across the narrow valley. .I turned, ito
bur 'rear to seek the ;AMY and nTht , my,
i v frieuct Capt.. Lincolb,_.
W"rB adjutant
Iteneral, on a. gallop to • the front. My.
greeting-of "BuenaVieth.!" with the
right arm pointing to the rear was re
sponded to with his right arm fdlwarili
and "Buena. Vista-l',' which was pro,
balily the last exclamation of his life,
except his closing chcor. •
As I passed onward, I first met. Colo
nel Belknap, moving quietly ..along un.
dor a perfect" hail pf•inuaketry t and next
found Qoneral,Taylor, and. his 'staff, as
they cani t e.upou the plain .from Saltillo,
where the' anxiety of the general -had
carried h lea . tlrtring the_ . night to, asSYro,
himself again. of the proper dispoaition•
of the. troops, these,
• We had scarcely moved a hundred ,
yards upon •the plain, -when Captain
nVagg , rode up , With ,tlio ~exelensation,
" General they are too strong fur
thefare, sib to my two !". Upon this,
Generat•TaylormUthorized...khn.tO..Willt 7 .
draw to asafer place.,
~,40 he : turned . to,
join his h ) ittory he HOW:, MO, . Dud, , grasp
ing vary hand, cried out, " I give you joy.
'shed a tear fer you, just now. , I
thought I.,sawyyqn dead," , I' followed
him, and saw.at tito : rogl of, 'the horses of
one of his ,piec'es all...that was -left - a-the
gallantaMicoln, so. rcectitly, in full and
joyous .My Arst, impulse, WOO to
save his'sw,ord,•as of, priceless, valuo to
•those who loved' him, and, I carried it
with his pistol tothoileldhospital under
the edge of the plain,,for, safety. .Upon
returning some short time after, .and.
finding his body, stilt loft %Opp:, it fell, I
' had that tilqp -taion tAto field. TIo
'had, pressed,forward as,l..passed him, to
the front of,l3issel'sregintent, then form-,
ing to anpport n;seepiouet,,arpillery 1.1 ,-
dor Tlitittirts, attcl to input „OM'
,chal*, - '4f
the, advancing qlotnum, Rkiilig t4ng ,
tit:dal : out Ito turned back to their loft
0441 yortt• to
.glicor diem on with ,tliq
lifprds,:‘',Lomo pp, ,nty hrayn, lihnoun , ans,
aMlSave, this hattery; ".; the , ,sterm of
,mtwlt , c4ry tliat dr r;lim4,,dewn upon
11,10"9r }waist;
9 ( '‘ ,I;il9ik
,of, hie , head,
p *'4:l l:9 p i un g ferward t ,,. Ile i 7lli
?'I I E.IO
Ffig ii;toup,w ff p passed him inte,the,alm)ty
pi, his, order iy j'an4 IM:wn laN:yaion tiro
ground.,,.,w4theuca,,groan,dr i .
after g t oyoj to Lis 4
it
„ Jr; sen't,:
s
long, letter
ttoTy' (17 U '11643 - ..ti:Plitch•
Poll.
gn neat eon pf, et,jip :4l 9`:ifiito
iitikfi,ttOr!o indoitg
eel on lief rolls
A0.t4, 9 .0 1 , 4 „
; „.1.; ,. ..1 n
a 11;1,,A. ;S UNA/0J 4, ,„ ,
§,.lllollinO;kier drid',Ao 11,;idff,'•` ,, '.; `;T ,
• it Iphib tho ointad,tioveitif, ; J...
airitshinn houtttihg !the 1h ) t.11175
.1. '4l.bat the yolloV been , • 1
. , And ounallino . oVai the inttyllllle "
And over itio'hlinpiltig ♦•
•,. •
And I. Wished' that the nfiti idd Ithe'Snininor day
abint ' dnitlnet f.keYar:ii ' .• .
Woe olkad Own by
' 'rho-prom! high way',Yartinting,
tll9:gulet of ti;itt.)9loly,at , t ,
plein94 hotter t roy nurloyo:niniiiag t , t
. iihy; , „1;
down through, th'e. elover;
,t
'' 11ut wo,thougirt. It the iitveoto,a64uninifir 'thy'
'• 'Thot t erg t tin) enn ?holm
• ttlu heard tho birdo In . the .woying grett;" .t
they, twittered to each'•r:
:A br l ut Li ! , pp t iti k ui4, 4 llrtd
lint/ thp COO of each ginjll.,l4,nielhor.,
An islo' W. 1414, A'Fi ey'Alliiitlqii , dguimil6r . d.y
tho claret' bfeaniet4e`thor, , .. :
:That nt.lort the :world ,wAieltup - orp!it Ann^. :"
1,4!),
• I eitianot toll. what'is.lcigto •
wv..walkAltwte-aesp_ln_t4o:or ;--:
•
lint I know that tho robins tout -illy sang
ataign'6.l3r.. "' '
--- -Anit'dOWn In to liaatiKtlYea , Mciiblrtt Rugg -
• A song that woo gjaatiol', mire-for,' t;.
And its ocbp joined .11(9t b,nintt,
, And rondo tbo day . ccimplotor. , _
when 3PO amnia up,tßovneallorja . thi-,
Our hearts song over and over;
"0 went, glad (By Gr blossournad 1441, '
• ' And for 4 5 -efy Myth§ young
And, yutCl knout pot thd wordsinlio flails, 1./ if ••,
„ • Or.olothoraho apako at all ;, r
But of all sweet dais,AbatSaillrael;
tl_ny -
I eau o Vas tlid'Best 6r ad.' ' '
=L__
MARY •MOORE. "' ''. '.' '''
Adl'my gib I had known Mari:llo6m ;
. i
~.!
all iny lifof . l. find her:
loved.
lito
niatc'sradcl'
first cO'n;ins.
of hby, i'i4il`trocic - . sank icici`rciOVO'
shoes, rocking cradle',
a, gunny haired, ,blnoi3Ydfial , l3 , t ' , iliot,
rjOitO a year old. boy Wall ,mysele
llarry Church that
- -
Later, still, I see myself ,at tale old
schobl-hou62, Arawing: my, little ... o4Se,
up to the door that
' fide
home. Many, a beating.haye,J,galped
on such an occasion for other:bOys ho
sides me Idced . berondt - sho ? 1., fear, was
something
. 9f a, flirt, even
. 41 , her' yip- .
fdre. How elegantly she Omne tripping
down the steps when I callekher name ;
how swectly, hor bliie,eyeslongcdAmci
how gaily, rang „oat her nmrry laugh,
No one but Mary could over ; 'nips.. her
heart so soon to,Nher j followed
that laugh 'my, days of pyphild-,
hood till I gro'e au
,awkWard, blushing
youth ; Lfollowed it-through ,the heated
noon, of manhood; . aud .now,w . hen.,the
frosts of age are • silvering my,hair,
many children climb upon my knee, and
call me " father,".l find that memories
of youth tre strong,, and that, even in
gray hairs, • I am following, the music
still. . • •
When I was.fifteen, the 144 groat sor-,
row of my life came upon my:licart.,'
was sent to school, and was. obligod to
part with Mary.. We were not.",to see
each otherfor three long years.. This,
to me, was liko a sentenre of death, for..
Mary was like life ,I3ut
hearts aro tough, things after all.
I left collcgo in all the , flash 'Of my
nineteenth yehr. I was no longer a:Wk
wai'd or embarrassed.: I hadgrown info
a tall, slender stripling, with a 'verY good
opinion of Mykeit t 'hli in general and
particular.'
: If 1 thought of Mary Moors
it was to imagi4o lawrcould dazzle mid
bewilder her Wail my good. looks and
wonderful' monthl attainments, and
never thinking . ShOnight dazzle Arid be
wilder Me .411 more. I.wae a 6.xilib,
I k'ncriv,. but 'as youth; and good' looks
havo hod; I trust that I'inay'bobilliecl
when' I'say that: Self . COnecit liA`krofti4
also.
dit advantageons propoSat'wds' made
meat that Ode,' and accepting it; I . gai:s . '
up all idea' of 4 profession, and prepared
to , 'go to India.: In' shy hurried visit
home of two 434, 'I saw' nothhig of
Mary Moore. She had gonis 'to h' lioard
ing salient at Sonietlistance, and'Was not
expected home uistil the 'folloviing - MiiT.
I uttered a' sigh to 'the tnensory, , ,Of,
little bine eyed play-mate, and *then
called Myself man'! again.
% lii a year, I'' thought siS the Velsiele
Whirled aWay from doer—in a Year;
or three years at the very most•Ll' will
return, - and if 'Mary is as pretty as
used' to , be,cwhir then, perhaps, I:may
:trry,ber. • '• • •
And' thus •I , Settled the future of a
young lady whoin'' I had net% seen for
four . years. , I never thought•of •the pos
sibility : ';rafbidng.,
dreamed that 'shci'tvotilil not coralesbotitl
to•accepE my Qiit!r." • ' • '
But now I know that hail .I%tai'y.mot
motnee she would hive :despised mo.
Perhaps in the scouted and alleCted stn.
dantr:slio might , have found plenty of
sport; but as for loving me, I shoul&,
have found myself mostalcom India was
my, salvation, ,not merely because of my
succoss,". but 'because' my' laborious. in
dustry had counteracted tho evil iu my
nature, and had, made me a bettor man.
When at the end, of • three years, I pre
pared to 'return, I said nothing of, r
reformation of miselkivhich I -knew
taken.place.!.,They-loved • me" as I. was,
murmured to myself, and, they shah /
filar -out. for-"themselves whether I am
hotter worth loving than formerly.
- .1 picked up many a token from that;
land of .romance, and gold for Life friends
I hoped 'to mid ! The. gift, for, Mary.
Moore I selected with a.boating:heart;,
it was a: ring of rough, virgin gold, with
my name' and her's engraved„ jut:11(10
that was all, and yet the sight of the lit
tle Joy,' strangely thrilled lb!) .as I bal-.
anced it upmi;the tip of my linger, i. •
-- ;`,7 , Ti.t."Yie :eye'sdr - Others, it was but
small, circtot sug'ge'sting thoughts .
perhaps, by its elegance or the
foOvhito, haticriliA Was' to Wear 'IC
But not, to me-4OWniilich. was onebedi
hid; the4ei'doligh,tx: were hid=
tkOnWithin that'ring of geld.' • "
bthrtded" add sun-briiiried,'
kheeled' tit' 'tlie'"door father'S
hOdse7 Thellghts:in the
'oedirdiliation'ltrid'.ebeek
ful Ifitiffi&i.,"shbwed !that. 'doMPatii
Viiserehlod'iliere'' Ilioiechllitt•Sis
tol.l6lo'woUld
Might' greet When no:Strike
dyo'iyas thirdbaliloOkinif ori. 1 "Y. ''•
!Milmortid
la' to' Oho
lik6' Wig lUtrit
IlikillioniicY'frOint' Elio t iliciirlOi;!.cuid 1 stiNsr,
the half suppresso,d, 146 itot-i
Matgretd: l :
t e'" 3 f".%
f . ''',l "'" t,l3l'.''"''k z "''''
~, imitate a monien , • e. IA xna ;nib
mysclf.knowniter asking •for uny.of,, the.
tairtily.. , :And. ,while ..I stood,•silent; a:
lliqaiir,r,o' , apparition grow up, before mo ;
I'4pn - I behind , the servent,• peered .out a
gehlen head,. a•tiny,,delioato ftirm.and a
'sweet , childish , fabeovitheadna , eyes, so,
like to•those of ono who haibbrightened:
ley, boyhood;that started me wi 7 th a-sud,
i t
den feeling•of pain. ' •,•.El .. .
What,-is your' . me, soy. rprotty,". I;
aslied,..While the W adoring ia'rvant held
the door.' .; ~ .: •:,• '• • iit !•. ' •
~ f Mary Moore." . ' t:; • , :i.' '
.001 old 'mull Can• this.-he so? At.
heart, It i airs, as young , : as ever., And
,Mary, bright., hair, • :parted:
smoothly: froin a brow ~that has ,ft slight
.ffirrovOlpon it is , still ithe Mary of other
dayi. • To me. she ban inevergyew .old•or.
obangi3d. , Tho heart. ;that' held. tier. fn,
infat l6 Y ' 1 ; 14 Aeltore& her , in-the , flush
MC beauty of , woril Sanho od,c: ean ...never
:cdstaier out till life shall, pease to: waiTut.
Not loVe . still lives
abovoili,:s:: ••:
heart sank down lilce , lead, Here!! o •.1
' Agd Avbat,blse,Vt• I ask,dil quickly
'',..Bltoi lifted ;ulr !her .hande to ; shade .hor
had E.oondthat .fury , Attitude it
atiothor; Alf - my , • lioyllocid, rant;
*Many thbo—;-and an eatorodo in .a .swedt,
voicol'l. . ..,,,•
Mary Moore; Cheeter,Vvi lisped ithe
oliild. , - . ; • ; .
wfii - an.ond - 15 all the bililitllreams and
'hopes of My yonth Mid manhood:. Frank ,
Chester, my hoyiSh•iiiml,. whifr had iofteu
ttiod in,rvain .to;ifsu'rP-my.placo beside
ilia girl, hadifirfeepedodriteand had
cvon her; tqair; . 004:01.:: :31 . 14 was the
14Pnca9?,:Pli!;
blocii land lid hag .my. fate, :10 my bands 4,
`l6ariedi the; , door,lWhile imyllthSrt
is/cint"eik'frVdeblbed
• dtliP'i,g l / 2 1QMP,4
lihi prettyJlips as, if. ;about . to er,y,, •while
the perPlexediservihtatoniedlotho.par-'
for and . dalled - Yrii
lviis'tliat conducted hnsel.f,so train Ply'
-Plicard-a-slight-stop r ianchp . leasantyoicei;
4; l• ; • ;
:i;i:
". I , looked :rup• - ,Therfr'Rtflo(l.4llPl:Qttl,,
' swdet. fuce'd , maiden oftWeritk, hot much
liban i de'd frOM t!librdearlittlei'dite't
I'ebed so well. loo'litid at Pier k:4.P
and then — stilling - ttarterrmest of
my Beatty !by:4 mighty effort ~L.opened,
MY along and 1
'" .„, T . ,l4l'el.,"( ' i,,k'n't7y ..j ou„,l . ii] . .,\V Ol' ° .
. 1 4;1 1 : 1 7., 1 .. 01 )?.MYr14 9' 01Y, ,11 .4 7 YA '' 4i9
' ancl•threwherself,upon my ;breast, .
a'nd I,6iit tip It horliert ;Would brehk..i ;
"'I could "1" drew
'intoithe parlor, a 44 stead
her before them all, • • , tur r
..
vi4vo 'rcisly and a , ' cry joy, ,
and th'en itiy. itllor etiil'vi'ckt,.4F.pra'ng'
'toward me, and?welcorpeiibM,t, )ionic with,
hbartfolt, tears: :f Oh r atrange and pass7t
big sweet'is•siacli , ti gtdetVitg t01t1145
worn traveller..— And -as .T...heariiy'
old mother to my.heart f and gasped my,
father's baud; Liu,io Clung beside
itia„l., felt that all, was not yet lost ;.• and.
although-another had 'secured lite's most
choicest,bf . epiptt, many ,toy remained
for rue in' the sariatuary
„ There were four other Inmates of the
room, on.,my sudden on-.
trance.,, Ono., was, theAlheeyed,
whom,,l„had already seen,. and. who now
stood,hcside, Frank: . Cl)9sltor, - ,olpigipg to
hit 4a 11 4?, ',Near ~tech. LiFzio 3loore,
.Alary'is eldest sister, ,and in a,Clistetcor r.
net.to whiehebr had lut rriedly retrciated.
when rny, name. was spoken, stood
,n
and slender,. fignre, half hidden ,1.4,41M' ,
heavy, window eurtahis that fell ;to the
door.
*!- When the 1 . 44 rapturous greeting was
dyer, 4izF:ie led,me forward with a timid
&ape,. and, Frank o . )l9ter grasped
Welcome • hoine,,my.boy he said,.
with the loud, cheerful tones remem
bored so well., " Toµ have cchanged ,
that I never would hayo known .upon t
but no matter .11) . 04 that,
.yoer hpart,is .
in th right place,,:kknew,'.
." Hoy can you say be, changed ?",.
said, my mother, gently,,, ' sure ,
ho looks older‘andgrner, and i more'like .
a man than when ho, , away ;; but ,
his oyes and, smile
,are.the same over.
It is a,heavy,heart which obaugelliirm
He, is my boy,still.'
' " Aye,,mother,7 I, answered, sadly, "I
am,your boy • s' ,
Heaven help me ! .At that moment I
felt like 4 rt boy, and it.would have lthetil
'blessed srelief:to , have wept upou,lwr
bosom as I ,Iladlone in niy.. infancy,
But I kept, down the beating,..of 'my
heart, and the tremor of my lip, and
'answered quietly, as J. looked,into
full handsolue.face, ~ • •
" You hare changed, too,!Praulc, but.
think for tho,bottol:.."..
" Oh,: yod , -thank you, for • thO
ifiont,' 7, lle finsiyered with a hearty laugh:
'"My wife 'tells handacitner
overt' ; I !12. • r.
llin wife I .Coald-I hear that name, and.
lieoprellent atiih... . r ,, ,
'" havti' ?"'
ha adiled;liftihrg `the jail& in arniA,
in the World. 'l)on't?Ohliiink.ilheldelcn'
intich like her mother lined' to?" :'
" Very in nob'," 'I 'fOtered, , •
"Hallo I." CrIM n!suAlf:'
114071qis01 "OA
have forgotten , to, introduce. you . 1 4 , P1Y
,wife ;,lbelievo you iand ,, she used , to, be
playmates hi 'Yoni . As . tinger' dhys-L'yes; •
IfarrY, " me. Qu tylO hapk
" for tlie ealcq of ttmez,. and because
you were not at the wedding, I will give
you , leaVe• to ki tie butpiind, old
feilow, you are
,nov,orjo'i;oper4 tp9'c2o- .
molly.
„Comm, here ,ehe ;, „for:clue,
Want to lieu . how .1 , 13 u mill manage those
ferociousst,c l u ct of ! the
f „,
nuelied Lizzie n langliing,ryml
ing,:tcyvarsiti,,rnoirr. A..gleara.of land
hope .lilmoiit".tdO'' dazzling to bear diffne
•-• "
over nio, anal I,Fs Cf 0 0;0 , , 1 9 11 g 1t ,
1 ": - Not I%trY,
I' niust hay° libtiqed iny decrot ttk
°!';Y..,1 61 _ 4 / V 4 / 1 1 " ,!; / .. 1 P::401 ' ':PY i t " 0 tl i l
Rps t .A 1 ? 00 1 1 01 4: R 9.
Obtuse s .wos•ilthiei time silent. t. k lase d:
tlid fair " of tbo' , younewifO; land
#l!t
Pf:tlli /IV, •
• Mauro haiai , In . a
etikarl lifiito d. Welcome
to giva
She turned, and laid , herhaudinonine,
and! Shid ~, I r , ,r tly
,„, (4,l,Araglad toile° xou.liere,
Bireple, wakds,•,and !•yet ~h ow,.blessed
,they made me. , :01. would patios° yielded
her tbattnaoinent. for 'air:emperor's
crown. • For there was the batilv,,llome
AVR9P.44 1 , 1 fli r t r 4l ( ? , l)!qrPo,!i l P.,:s s lP) l ,Rvie°l
.Mary, ,, MoOre.l rfEho eyed ,I;had..,dretqued,l
of..dv: E tual inthts„,were , :fallizig! beneath!
bn 4 doe !
!therm, besitiOlfsne.li li,AQYcil.;hnew.r;tll
, ;il , vilA 'o,Pq Irr,pl
• Meaning °flak:A miss .until thalpoment,.
; „4. 3flr r ny \ learii ; hair° passdd sincor, that
kapily.igl46,:and.theihaii that was Alpir. ,
and i g lossy,is frist ,, turningi gray...! (I am
,novi grown tole an ; :old-.man, and can
look back to.a La
ppy;land dhope a well
spent, ii.nd'tyet, 'sweet as it has
le9n; Would'not..tecall, a single : day,'
fog ,thb , love . that Mad() my manhood? ki
,brightehines also upon may. white Lairs. ,
it&pus uIioATE:
' l l'l - tuins l Cl.,p,itto , a,ad i Chief:JitStice,Shaw t '
of ' lgassaelluslitt,s. • fft,e,y..';',
wordy. :? 0, r014.1.._. (1 :10,
freoly„vtp . po94l)yhotl.Aides , ..._ lidato
was: .Rpee, , arAtling: a,eansfs before .tbd
1
;Hest men r elleF elovnt , hti . to •tho •Bolidir )
..toie,xprpsilAiB; F ( 1v°F9 1 .99 ,f9S,
,00needgd.. ability of, qudge,dla!d, in
..ieldiNTftiakadyerse - dseision - :
9i9PO'lP.Kl 3 (° u ,i r
everinue . R .. ,tnu,same, .feellege
.ittt 711P'.4911.6f.'0)°!ii.45
'his i 4 0.!:,„ ?P9)Yi
I fool tat •ou aregrt . ,.._!.at j r
:It is said that Choate, had, aTM=6nd'
lapgtfage,.arkd his gain teemed with'
a.. wealth • of ;
,dietion iii tyUly
4.}4'4ge, that' there
'was il l fresh edition i?le
..taonary, eontaißieg i q i pew ;word;
•eielainfed, "For ; heay,on's,salce (10 , t let
dhoq.,to gott it!
Cbeate, ap iawettant, msa'ult , and
,hattory, ease 14;14 . 0r4;:l
•on and . lnidgekid S'ofOr'
'itout ,art hour that,.dicic s'alt!
iwatqF . , IT, and hauled . lq„the,Wind
,hring,,tho
,isciei4eston i iawy,er nrtd4 , his
'hattPriPS;:., .1 I ~•.•.u` . ' '',1616 1' 6./6.. • •
. . .
"' At; t'°.li9gLlllllAg,,Ql hid tcat'cnpuy l
11? icicAn,icl, t,11,4pt1.0 "(lark
as lieypr! ,
!rised ;
"i'Vas thery, a, oigop tlst
.
• ' " X9f3,1 sir." ,
.„ . ~
S
"Apr yos,;A ,
" )- r et; , q.
Dsq. 5r014,590 • •• •
'2..v . ,9t. 9 . ! nifQ•"; ;, •.. ~ • .
": - Al l erii,„.l,,,ow • (10, y9,lt know there wa
"T;13.9 NaUtical Almanac'Haid so and
I'll .boliovo that sooner than any.lawycr
in the world."
~ 1 " What waei
. the principat luminary
that night, sir ?" •' •• ' "' •
. • "Ilinnaelo' Tamp aboard thb Chtd-
OEM
. "ills ! you aro Wrotvii4 -sharp, 'Mr
Bgrtlin," '•' ' • - -
":What in blaza4baie you been grind
ing tbrglour'foi- 7 tOirMke me 'dull?"
!`Be civil, And ma what
Wall& - and' lonittide iou'brOSSCll tho
cqu4toi 'in?" ' ' ;
- •
sir, I anycleAt
sire you to answer ' '
"I"Alittn't:" • ' • • '
'yoitroftis'e; do you?"
" - "Yesi dan't"
.."Ifirloed l - •Yoti are' the chief mate
of 'a•'clippel phip, are
,answer SO a q4e'stion." •' • • •'""
:":Yes,''tis the' siniiihit'quilstion I ei , or'
hart •11'sked 'me.. Why'l thought'overy
fool' of n'hiwyer knew that there 'Molt no
3atitude la the equator." ' ' "i
.• Tula nhotelloored Rufus.
'EDITINO 'A PAPElL—Editing .71 paper'
is very pleasant:.busindssa. • • •.: •
If it contains too winch politidal mat. ,
tor, pecqdd won't rend. it: • :
If it' contains doo' little? , they won't
If thelypeAtho:darge,:it.donit cantain
.ennugh,reading matter. ,• ' •
Irthe typo Is small, they can't real It.
,If we publish.tologrriph reports,• folks
say they aro nothing but lies.
If wo omit them, they say wo have no•
enterprise, or suppress.thent for poiitial
effect. , ,• • • •
If, wq 'publish original niattor i •,tiloy
lama ua forncit giving soloctiooii. . I, '!, •
If , wo puhliHh • kileotroiiß;
areAnry for not'.•writind+ more,
theth hallo Iliad in Homo other`
llf kvo 04 . 0'4 man a conifffiriimitary iin,
tied,. Nye itrei connrod •'
ir iwo'clp•not,' , lol , Laridn nay wet am-'a
trat, hag: • .• A
1 if Wo.flikert an hrtible.'wliioli'pleases'
Oio , littl Eli 'become jealous: •
,JO,; WV' attend' church I they" say it'' is
holy foi'effeeti
If We ilb not, they denonitho ha do
oitfotand'dbmioratoly wicktdl' '''"' ' •
If 'WO ?cumin our offieb and . itttond
to r Our 11uniness; 'folks say We , are too'
i)roud i
If we gh, thOrnay 'wo:novoixatond to
•
our busincgs.
If wo doli't• phy 'all our hill's prOiaptly,
hey' Ay' We iirii aot • tObo taint:AM.' . '
I'lf••Wo par prom i)tly,' they . S'air WO 'stolo
IforlibnOi , -Lospooially those' who 'o wo us,
bit ccrtp:iiiiy they judo that if a ?da:
'OrItT of otir partitia'dia• as they do, we
[cannot iikilo mach motley:: I . Y''' ...''
SrinagAnakfadu a luonorous,
sPoooklMtlio Ciormatitown epilog° °ow -
meneemont,, sabt:,, "I:was pleased,
atthenring ,tIM - ',valOistory, delivered, by.
pbcpti.'„ I,was. in St. !Louis about
thg,tilup ho was , born,. a nd, hie father ,bo-,
ing,a,vgry tleac friond.pf mine r , and, the
yptwg ismall, aid ; mon k
that he was,noP OlLliested" . !}ise long,
, l
got:14,01;x to him That was sonic
; years book ;I won't toll -the. girls how
4 1 . 1 . 1 ..PYri0P 1 01 old' 4.9,9800 , M1rP. ;do
..not supposi the young, man, Tonimpbort,'
E. but those whet j , Orq there at the Vale
meeUCin 'ear ihat raid hot
rp• .1
.assume much respons oility. As it 'is 'I
am delighted to mid hins grown irp wolf
i iiiitllitizei ;nx Ale 'bath' of
p i s if 9twi
• Arr Indiana man•4obkliit:idatiumitio ,
',marking:. that, die lindt4in.,fiilgagoniont
(19ppsal,. :at.lnurl44plnck.
.totivielocorpLwLiu timpatipOt atoniaolt
~ .pUmp),lmaneeditily) oiigaiiiAMent
•latleon. r 40d
Ivl
t...
l'-LTILM'IROAIN,.• • •
By doltN-th-wrivrTlElt•
.1:,. .
N'IY . Wolith oelelilior over tliO sny
• Areeeforilitirft lo' alln of §prfug, -
Pushed troal liar earn the lacks of gray,
Ael'll,,lehml.to L.nr tlo rm.an 1144..
,livelgrallthion, playing at nntrliloo Iltoppod,
,Autt cruel, ii opott; no buyo, will ho,
Tonged tv,olonpnt tlin 111 rd, who hopped
bongf. tobonglz in tho apple tier.
tlo . gtmolo;Othim; " hnv. yon not heat'd
Ny poor, to‘il'hoi I of the fiery
And lioNi , ; drop by Arop,-thhi morel , 61 bhd •
Cnrrloti th. m;iter that tioom.het, It?
ceertfew Ili his little bill,
tote It fell en the soul of sin. %
t'41.12,111,0 tho,uterk on lots rod brood still
Cf fires tbut.scerch nsb,l droim it in.
My.p9or llffn 7 rlll.loyu!
ni:PI . Wevtlyr1 . 011l11110. tip lilllll,
VCry 1.1141 i f 9 I.ll6llNert'irontr Lord
Y. Ir'
" rsaltl to'thei
...Slogybikd or God, In my Itenrt nil well!
finch good Allouglit-,14 . 11 ; 41t0p +.yltcrowlt
o cool 'qui Iw 4 e . eij q!c flies of boll
Prtyere.llove,.llkeritlyd,rpi.
.„Toireto ;pity rtye Footle': dew,
deitr to the heart of our Lord, ill,' 101
' , Who soffCr Ilke'llhn,'l:n the goOd they do!"
- ; IJ , ; • ' • —A fia kitic;.,llouthls4
• •
4.O7aUFTURP A VA up !
The basest fraud of p. 04.01 is agriculture,
Tito' .deadlies,t la(da that ever
; tray is agriculture. ~I. speak with feel
ng on Ibis subject, for I've been glittered .
and beguiled, Mud dazzled and destroyed
by this , same arch deceiver. „
ghe.haa_made mc.;:ghousancl-proluisib
'and .broken, dvery ono of them :
She has promised me early,
and the rain
,has drowned them ; late
.potatoes; and the drought has withered
them.
has promised; me summer tamashes,
and the worrusimve eaten , them ; winter
squashes, and the •bugs have devoured
them,
Sho ; promiseiVellorries, and tho
curculio. has strung thew, and contain
!lying things, incornoly to the, eye• and
Atnsayory,to tho tahto,,
She has promioed.strawberrica, and
tip young chickens have enveloped, them,
and the eyes cannot see them.
Sl r ie has promised tomatoes, and the
old hens have ehcompiissed . them, and
tho hand cannot-reach thorn.
I aie+betcire daWn to set out sweet
.potatoes ; the agile . seized , 1110 ; I had
thirty chills and three: pecks of potatoes.
ItOiled in the lientofthe day to cultivate
cabbages; I raised. twenty:two blisters.
but nothing more. I labored with the
latest twilight to hoe my melons. I lost
the melons, but found the rheumatism.
NO wonder_ killed his brother.
110 was7l tiller -.of the - ground. The
woilde - iii that he didn't
. 1011 his father,
and thee weep because ho • hadn't a
grandfather to kill. No doubt his Early
Rose potatoes, for which ho paid Adam
seven dollars - a bariel; 'had been cut down
by hags, frorp..:the head waters of the
Euphrates. Ills 'Pennsylvania wheat
had been 'Winter killed; and wasn't worth
cutting: , gig , Norway oats had gone to
straW, and Weald not yield five pecks
Per acre, and his black. Spanish water
melons had . been,stelen by, boys, who
had Milled tip the vines, brOlcen down his
Patent fende; and "written scurrilous
'doggerel all 'oiler his hack gate. No
WOnclet , hotelt,niacl when ho saw Able
,whistlifig• :along.. with his- fine French
,merinoes, worth eight dollars a head
and wool:going up every day. No won
der he-wanted to kill some, body, and
t ßought he'd practice on. Abel.
And Noall's.gettinF drunk was not-as
all , surprising. Ho "had .thrown away
,Magnificent opportunities.. lie 'might
have had;rt monopoly of any profession
or business. !Had ho studied medicine
there 'would not have been another
doctor within a thousand miles to call
him.'" Quack," and every family would
bought a bottle of "Noah's Coin
pOund . Extract 'of GOpher Wood and
,41.nti Deluge Syrup." •As a politician,
he might have •carried his own ward
solid, and controlled two thirds :of the
delegates -in •every convention. As a
lawyer, howl:mid halo been retained in
every case. tried at the Ararat Quarter
Session, or the old Ark High Court of
•Admi laity. lint Ito throw away all these
advantages and took to , agriculture.
For a long time the krotal was so wet
he could . raise nothing but sweet flag
and bull-riishes, and these at last Tt °mine
a drudge in the market. 'What wonder
that at VIA he did got lialf a pock of
grapes that mere not stung, to death by
Janhet's).honey lees, lie should have
made iyillo . 9.dd deownedhls Morrows in A
The feet is agrictilture would demtwa
lizo n adiut. •I , was almost 'apt • when
I went I'm a demon 'Ma., I'in;
at war 'itforything. I fight Myself
mit,Of bijd 'at, four 'o'clock; when all my
betternattirb tiro' to lie still 'till
4410.4 Myself into the gait:101110
worklihe'a4rute, when,reason and in
stinct tell mo to 'stay in the houSe and
enjoy Myself like, a man. 'I fight the
pigs,' the chickenS, the Moles, the birds,
the hogs, the • worms—o Ver y -thing in
which IS the breMli of life. I tight the
ddtikti, the 'burdocks,' the councils, the
thistles, the •rapes, the weeds, the roots
!•-•'the whole vegetable lciugdom.• I fight
the heat, the front, the rain, the
short, T light do 'universe, and got
whipped in oVory 'lMttle. I have no
mono sidmirationtn'VmSfo' on the father
of George Washington for forgiving the
destruction of his cherry tree. A cherry
tree-is only a cumuli() nnrsotsy, and the
grandflither of-his country know it. I
have half,a,doien cherry trees, and the
day my.,yeung , George Washington: is
six years,old•l'll give him a hatchet and,
toll himto2down with 'every ,eherry tree
on the place.--,,Qineimlti Times,
131=11
'Tiin editor of an'easterit paper having
rheeived' a 'bankiloto . detector, returns
thilnks, , 'Afid"rfithieatik ask for^ some
bank notes upon which to test . its tic
curacy. • • -
, App,apsp
,fgr iflrs,?"
cwirpcl ,8i! .914:, i t . l .•/590.
olliFkrAFO, ,•T,A) O , '!` ( 1 9Y • g9,t;.
P I :OI4Y:Pg ADA Is ttv,, yl wing
• •:
il=l=E
•
l airmi. I iyAn, opstst,ifi!nood k oxolqinioO t •
!INWARD ,lE,; • , I:inieva, k : catiso, of ;011
Aonviiiosgii,4libnikbytitanderropisiiiod ;
for.nlio is tlio mine evil lidr7
EMI
. . 1
ME
MEI
. r7dN
t n noT. P pnlu witfi thetnAy7:l;.
~.,:..~
14,coNce,—The 1:ollOviing, !monies
were inyont9d by Mister Ignoins, and I
am in no iny • rilsixnsiblo fOr
sentiment or diction : -
It is to be feared that to most Men the
sky is but a concave mirror, shoWing
nothing behind, and in looking, into
which Alley see only'thoir own
s distorted
images, like the reflection of a face in Is
spoon.. 'knee it needs not surprisS that
they are .not very devout worshippers ;
it is - great . 'wonder that they do not
openly, scoff.
uponciviliza- -
tionliaNteen more exhaustively treated
thim studied. Otherwise, we sholphl
know how it is that some countries that
have so much elirnate have no civilizes
tion.
-Who so shall insist upon holding your
attention while ho expounds to you
things that yob have always thriven
without .li7.nowing,—resenibles—onovho—
should go about with a hammer, eracking
nuts Upon other people's heads and
eating the kernels himself. - •
There are but two kinds of temporary
insanity, and each one has but.a
symptom. - The one was"discovered by a
coroner, the other by a lawyer. The ono
induces yen' to kill yourself when you 'are
unwell of life ; the other persuades you to
kill somebody also whonyoui aro fatigued .
Of seeing him about.
IT itwere as call.y to iMvent n crediblo
falsehood as it is to believe one, wo should
have little else in print. Thainechanical.
construction Of a falsehood is is matter of.
the gravest import ; a lie which is sober
imaritathe-is-nniimmally-scoutedrmay-be
"done up like new" in.'s pungent
epigram, and will be as universally
'credited.
There is Moro false morality:,in prov
erbs and aphorisms, thsin there is poison
iu painted candy.
A .Lad marriage is
,like an electric
machine; it makes you dance, but you"
can't let
A strong mind is more easily impressed
than a wcal6 ono ; You shall not as
readily convirico a fool that your are a
philosopher, as a philosopher that yon
ae a fool.—Overland Monthly.
- •
— NNEWSPAPER POINTS.—The following
appears in the Chicago Republican, and
we - give it' as a part of the gossip of the
day, taking occasion to remark, however,
that the valuation placed on some of the
papers is either too high, or that placed
on the World, which is the second Jest
newspaper property in New York, is.too
low:'.
Tho Now York Herald is valued at
$5,000,000,.and is owned by Commodoro
JaMes Gorden I;ennett, jr., having been
presented to him by his father. •
The Evening Postivas valued by ,roth,
J. 'Cisco and two other' referees, some
months since, at '51,250,000.
Tho Now 'York Times was valued at'
$1,500,000 ;. $1,000,000 has been43llbred
for it and refused.
— The Now York' World is valued at
$1,200,000. More capital was-sunk to
make it than any other newspaper ever
started in this or any other country.
The Tribune is valued, at $2,000,000,
and could not be purchased for that
amount.
The Evening Mail is valued at $150,-
000. Cyrus W. Field datelY purchased
'one-third intbiest in it for 50,000.
The - Evening Telegram is valued at
$200,000, and is not for sale.
' -The Now York Sun is valued at
$1,500,000, and pays seven per cent on
a larger amount.
The Commercial Adrertise'i• is valued
at $550,000, but it Would take a large•
- sum to purchase it.
Tho.,Tournal of Commerce is valued at
$5OO, 000.
The daily and weekly New are valued
at $BOO,OOO.
The daily circulation of the News and
Sun approximate closer than any other
two daily newspapers in the city.
The New York Star, Mr. Joseph How
ard's paper, is valued at $500,000, but is
not for sale.
AN ITEM FON. EVERY MAN To READ.--•
We have of us, probably, mot with
instances in which a word heedlessly
spoken against the reputation of a woo-
an, has been magnified by malicious
minds until the cloud has been dark
enough to overshadow her "whole exist
ence. To those who aro accpstorned—
not necessarily from bad motives, bat
from mere thoughtlessness—to speak
lightly of ladies, we commend thieve
"hints" as worthy of 'your considera
tion :
Never use a lady's name in an .im
proper time, or in mixed company.'
Never make assertions aboht her gait
you think untrue, or allusions that you
feel she herself would blush to hear.
When you meet with men who do not
scruple to make use of a woman's name
in a reckless ,and unprincipled manner,
shim theM, for they are the worst mein
bers of the community—men lost to
every feeling of humanity. Many a
good and worthy woman's character has
been forever ruined, and her heart broken
by a lio Manufactured_ by some villain,
and repeated whore it should not have
been, and in the presence of those whose
little judgment could not deter
,thein
from circulating the foul and bragging
report. A slander is soon. propagated,
'and the_ smallest, thing derogatory . of a,
woman's 'character will Ily on the wings
of -the vied, and magnify as it circulates
until its monstrous weight crushes the
pier unconscious victim. Respect the
name of a woman, for your mother and
sisters are women, and ns you winild
have thou' fair names unernhitterod by
the 'slanderer's bitter tongue, heed the
ill that your own word's may bring upon
the mother, sister, or wife of yourfellOW
creature.
Is a letter to the proprietor of a
monthly magazine,lloracetheeley says :.
I was formerly called Grahamito,"
that is, I rarely ate moat. And it is
still my conviction that moat 'should he
eaten very sparingly. I eat, however,
like other folks, not having timo to make
myself disagreoablo to eVorybody by in
sisting on special food wherever I go,
.since I travel much and eat in many
places.in tho course of a year. I ceased "'
to drink distilled liquors January first'
1824; when I Was not thirteen years old.
-I occasionally drank boor four or 'live
yeais aftor,.whon rabandoned that also.
I cannot' romomber thatever More'
than tasted wino.' I stopped drinking •
coffee about 1834„because it Made my
hand tremble. I am' opposed to norm.
I did not drink tea for A quarter of a
eentury, onding , In 1864'. when I had ,
brain rover and was vary ill. My doctor
.krodsted that I should drink either claret
(*.tea, and,tehosothe tea, which I have
gauorally used; elute ? though not,
firmly, i hfyfavoritoexerciseis ing/ '\
Up trees in riforost with. ut into; . -ontting
ont_underinush, . etc. wish I . ; could
take more of, it, 'hut my- farm is distant
and My ,family scattored. sornotirags
41.46[1. weights at the licking cure. I havo
;only, lifted 261 Roundir shim I. becalm)
sixty yonrs,old, Fobrunrithirtl last.
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