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"WE CO WHERE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES POINT THE WAV WHEN THEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW."
BY JOHN G. GIVEN EIIKNSIJUIIG, THURSDAY, -"sUPTIA1UEIL 13, 1819, VOL. 5. NQ. 49.
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'1 he Happy F-ruuT.
ilili home ii col cut towered in trce.
A garden tilled Willi f u I and rl.iwer.
Win re inging tiird md huiitaiing bees
Atoka gay the hiiiiI.ii j Ii urn.
A r-iiie if nmndun greu and fair.
And tiid wrhitfii 1 leo-iy discard.
Willi joy he grtet the riniup run,
Ail'! gladly h tSleu to hi t i ;
fa fancy seen 1J10 harvit un,
A Covering i'li ihe mellow foil
Tlio liny ulit-al, winch y t Mill brin
A gluiiuii autumn u&.uug.
The golden hours, h.iw quick tliey fly!
The tiiippy d.yt hw mh 'li tied.
Then niiwuid d h tlie firmer hie,
And find u lub e n tally irs id
Willi many a liainly vdiitdi lite field
Ano gurdni j'lut so r. i lily yield.
Tiioeveiunij i frauylit witli joy.
For lov'd iMieV c utter round him 1'icrr;
Ilu tate a lina iviiliout all y,
Itii-li eVn a King might xili to shirs:
Th ii Cvki I.i cuurli and fi id repose,
U h ch i iih ht: wli suite ti Uuo-v.
lyiXSCSLLANHOdS
From No.i!i' Sun i iy Time.
TIIE UXSEES K1FLETIAN.
A group of youngsters, ten years before j
the Revolution, stood oa level green in '
New ork, with a mark netore Hum and
their firearms ready. Tiiey were on the j
ground now occupied by Charlton and a j
part of Varick streets, but which then
formed a part of an open and romantic ;
country. 1 ne outskirts ot tlie men an- ; ot purpose wan wincu ue bad address.-d
breviated city were what m:ght be termed ' his comrades. He made known his deter
poelicullv picturesque, made up of rocky, j in. nation to engage in the expecteded con
sandy, uneven, but vet elegant grounds, ! test of death. Uive him, lie declared, a
wnicn auorded opportunities lorine enjoy-
1 t . I
Di:iU Ol UCUl sprtS aim Hua.:i:uuua ui j uuuiai-jiciru uutui tne actiuu, ana Uw murUTerS. .VS Well sjjii li) lureudlde
''othermatters, as 'well as for the agricultu- j would kill as -many of the enemy as li e mazes of a labrint.i as mis light and open
?ai occupations which give men bread. - had hair on his Head. He was u.e strip- wood in "safety. See, there lads anouier
The frequent appearauceof Tudians in this ; plmg w.u ton y ears oefore had asamtsiied odieer.'
quarter, from the time oU Peter Stuyvesant iiO.-siey, but now n jw e.i mged! InsaMd j rfcarce had he finishetl his speech ere a
down to the period of which we write, ' of the mild ltgia wateli then shone from : ball whirled so close 10 his ear mat he felt
creited a djsireanioaj the young me 1 ia all his eyes, t .c concentrated lire oi hatred it.
dtrect o is to emulate their skill as m irks- and revenge sii.it tnir rays from hisojitics j Good God! said Baxter, pale with ex
meti. It was no unusual thing to gel land ' and lie clutched 111s weapon with the cessive agiuuion, -i.iis is uie aios. covvatuly
by shooting the best shot, and many a lot ; blood thirsty and wild atr supposed to be- . species oi w.triare i ccr ein-ouutered.
whicit is valued this day at thousands of la.ig m a pira.e. I must get out ol this ground, or else
dollars, and a fiords its owners the means I Viiydu )ou hate these Englishmen . make up our minds to be mined here.'
of becoming a season subscriber to the op- , worse man the rest of us:' usked one; 'we V e dare not cannot stir without or
era, was obtained by striking the bull's eye Tore freedom, ami are assembled 10 resist ders. We nave our place assigned, and
of a target. The group we would call the ' oppression; but you appear lo hive a per- j mast not e.acuute it. ud yet it is dreud
altention of the reader to was one of lire s.nial uioa.e 1:1 your actions, and seem to j fal to stand here comparatively idle, and
parsons, four of whom were stripplings, ! thirst lor blood.' ; be snot down like sparrows.'
a t M . -v
uui iuc nun gu; iniitu mui, ...iv ...m
cand visage and rotund proportions pub-
ltshed the tact that his birth place was
Great Britain, lie was admi.iag the m irk
in the target and addressing the lad who
had made it. and who was leaning careless- ;
lv on a rifle that showed belter condition
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than any other on the ground. ;
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Why. Charles, you are a second Tell
or will be. You must have practised !
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constantlv to. nave acquired, such proa-
-
ciency.
nearlv. all nroduced by her.
1 never saw such unerring aim, re mar-
ked the old man wondenngly.
It only shows, what the inclination, and
the ennstilut pursuit of an object will ac -
complish. One's ambitioii sometimes runs
in strange currents. Mine directs me to
excel all other per5ons in shooting. Ev-
ery mark that my bullet pierces produces
more delight than. 1 can well describe, and
i a -u: c u r.., r
III nail my- UlIOJCC-oi iuc amc j i nit-
greatest General or thegreatesr marksman
of ihe world. I would unhesitatinirly choose
to be the latter.'
While., the vounff man was speaking,
Hp. Thp old
iiv,.m wy.mc iiuvn 8wu .it,ac,, ' ' 1 umJ U'U:"L"11 lJU " , ' ,!"lu ; w:3 a ,.;r,ie ,., u; olisil soldie-s de id .v. i 1 as ihe reacter may nave anticipated, man u ..w... 4 ts i. UM, Georgia. Wnen he went home i s de
nt;a,l ih 1-nnTi.r-min tr his5 vpnprahle Oetter than m rsf. w.is l!ir List r.Mn- '. circle oi i, gusli soldtets, dead, and , , l ! vou finJ nm the serf of Rom;: von u-acp. , . . . r . ... ,.
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tl,r.vt. J,, o,. . , . . l ' , , . ." almost all in irked in tin fo-v.u-id or lhiiMt 1 v'"1' dWi . - -w i gnteii wne exciatmeu '.mjw my ue ar
interlocutor, 'I do little' else thin shoot nant of our Stociv, and I loo.icd upoa him : 'l 7 J7"' ir,vc ' 1 U,C I04C;'LJU'Y ui-n and bring me dawn. 1 am out ot am- i ln from the smouldering ashes of Jcru- V5U ar Judref what am
My rifle-is my mother, wife and children as the only being that euauled me to feel 1 , n . sl k I f , n iV"f !' I ''" i killed us min of you as i i em, an outcast and a wanderer in all , J .plie sain darned old fool you alb rs
though of the latter 1 am scarcely old was not distinct! .e leature in the comumi- 'r , , , . , . , , , " j bad de.ermme.l to. audhae no lurtiier ! '-nds; the persecutor of Christ, you lind : was wag lhe tart reply.
enough to speak. At any rate, Bess, (the ty a piece of humanity alone and uueared 1 " u . l . f4 ';in'1 4 .! cause for remaining here. Fire: - and if I " ltl2 P-rsecuted of christians, bearing Ll
ride) is.my banker, for the silver I. use is for. He went to Boston and there en- ? " n;"1 more than one snot i.i proportion to ti .e U things, strong in the pride of human ft-7-.A little b iv. four orfive vears old.
gentleman listpned as hesureyed surroun-j jeets.' 1 have heard these words ringing; readiness to make short of all work found
ding objects, and suddenly pointed to a lo- i in my ears day aud night ever since; and ; engaged in vhisassassin-like method ot corn
cast tree upon the' extreme end of tlie imagination pictures my helpless brother ' UJt- Pause not until this lurking foe is
branrh of which sat a robin that made the mangled by, aud snuggling beneath the j dislodged and rendered powerless.'
"vicinily rocaj rwith its songs. Pointing to j cruel bayonet that sent Ins soul to heaven. This order was communicated to the
tba bird w'ith : onew hand, and holding a 1 have sworn to avenge that murder. proper personages, and a second search
piece of silver money in the other, the old
man said
'Now. Charles; this. isyours reward for
that bird.'
. 'I cannot,', was. the ypung,, man's, reply.
Cannot! exclaimed the old man . in a
surprised tone, Why ?"
- 'Because I never kill birds.'
Well, then, the twig that he sift upon
jgstender as-a-pipetem. Can you cut
thattoffi'r
Charles Pfggof -rfie-young man nod
ded in the affirmative; brought his rifle
aim, and pulled, thet trigger;. Hed-brea.
ro3e in the air and sailed-away, with a
strange twitter; while the twig on which
he had mad a perch dropped in eddying
circles to the ground. Charles' young
companions raised a loud shout and at the
same lime he blushing with pride received
the saver guerdon ot tus skill.
'Humph,' manured old Locksley, 'who
ever saw or heard ot the like" Way the
InJiaus only do tliese things, but not with
lead. 1 say, Charles, you mast turn that
great talleat of yours to accoua'. Never
relin J.uish its praeiice.'
,iiot 1,' exclaimed Piggot, pcciieting
the sil.er. "lV..e.x I die it wi.l be rids in
hand!'
At let a few unimporiant trials of the
sahstanee of the well riddled
target,
the
party shouldered their arms and came a- j
cross the Kixus Farm inio the citv. 'J'he
scene described actually occurred, and the
lust mentioned remarks of the young rille
m in was often spoken of, at a later and
more iatcresang period, by his friends and
relatives.
Ten years after the time of the above
seene, Washi-unoa's lo
orces lay encamped j
ng lsl.iud, aw.aiing
o. ;New Vo.k and Lj
liie sa.ijjiu iry battle Li watch we loj
about ii'JJ men, and djriu' whicli i:d;
heroisui and orav;
e e. meed th in m
an
y other action tlial took place on tin
American Continent
O.i itie Itli of August, 1770, a small
group of rulemea were Vollec.ed on the
were cotleceu on Hie t
road to the
di-ovs. Tnere was every
sura oi s
sade
ring am ti tnem
iie. were
badly clad, uueieauly, a
and food were luxuries
id luokedas il rest
they Mad not in-
dulge.l 111 tor m.1.1
a da". Among tnem
was a til:, muscular, iij.ee wiusiercd man
wnose uriiMaui e e, and llortd complxioa,
thm lijis and aijuilue nose, betokened the
earnestness of ms i'eeiaigsand tlie tirm. less
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protecteu position wnere ne migui remain
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with u cm utsi.eeitor. to mho. her his euro-
lion. ' v cogence is sweet, and i desire 11
,vdl hacj u even t lough it cost me
myowuiue.'
-Veuguauce! vengeance! exclaimed an-,
other oi the men, named lvundall, 'what
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the de. il hate ou to avenge more loan 1
, i,
or each ol us.
'I'll tell ou,' replied IgoU the lines
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in nis lace deepening aud tus whole lorm
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siidutj v ill" mi ii .iic.iiiisiiiiiiiiiiii mi ii 1 1 1 .:.
on . .1 .v., ..... I ... .. l ... l. ....... .1 ..!...: T ... ,.
' gaged among ihe patriots who resisted th
eifons of liie Briiusn at Bunker's hill. He
' was brought down in the early pan of the
1 action b a ball whicn deprived mm of ilie
i use of his lower extremities. As he lay
: in tuis helpless condition, a British o.iicer
' to whom he appealed, looked savagely on
and saw a corporal crush out his hie with
' a bayonet. ily brother's nearest comrade
; wiiuessiug me muruer, gave me uie ac-
'...m.i ni'n ,.v Mi.i .nun.. ..i . A ,v v.-.U
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j after the boy had appealed for mere,.-
I Th- se words the, are brauded upon my
j heart were: No mercy should be shown ,
; to an insurrectionist taken with arms in i
his hands asratiist his Majesty's loval suj
Now you can account for the feeling that
nas given me enaraeieroi laie never oeiore j the duty ot the search were led by a cap
sustained In me that ol cruelty. Have tain remarkable for his heigth; and when
1 not cause?' I they came within musket range of the tall
'By G- , I think so exclaimed one of tree, the sharp, ringing report so terrible,
the nilemen, "and had I naif as much 1 was the precursor of his death. A corpo
should be worse than you.' J ral saw the smoke, and noticed a stir
"Well, you'll have a chance of trying among the branches. With a keener eve
the frtxteni of your courage and principles
ere long; so let us talk of something else,'
remarked a tall fellow -whose nasal twang servicf! on other fields where English
pronounced 'Connecticut' plainly. had deluged innocent soil vjti the best
'llarkl said Piggot, uhe drum call, us" blood of its human offspring, he at once
in. . A truce to all this. " Let us. act, nof'guessed the whereabouts of the invisible
mouth. - Lit us make the very name of marksman. The moment he communi-
riflemen dreaded while a red coat harbors
in America.
On the following day it was plain, from
die movements of the royal forces, and
from itie preparations made by the Amer
e.ui coniai mder and his oiiicers that a
oai.de was near at hand. Ail that day and
night, the ufinust au.t.ity prevailei, wade
ilie American armyciuced the greatest
courage and alacrny. Wnen Howe laud
ed at viraveseud liay, near Fort Hamilton
e.eiy man was ready to receive him. A
description ofilie uaule would te superflu
ous, iiiasmuch as it has been graphically
old m these columns. We will tnerelbre
relate our luculeut under the prsumption
iliatof the balde itself our readers need not
be informed Hie seeond time,
'1'ue ursi of the action oceured with the
riilemeu near where we now lind the beau
tiful resang place of the dead Greenwood
Cemetery, it was the left wing of royal
iSiS under Col. Crant, that assumed this
position, tiie right and cealre occupy ing
o.iier memoraOie ground. The carnage
ofiliaiiUj .ne ic.rors, the cruelties, tne
icc.vlesoijess anU ilepreJaitoa of mat battle,
lougui wiui u.iusk desperation by botii
pur.ies vvere almost beoaJ oeltei. In (
ciuse proxiuiily to the ccm.ery is a creek. (
its waters were dyed in tlie best blood of j
Americans, wiio were mowed down, with- !
out a iijp
i Ot Oill j
ot
o
tiie
aiMilj
c jiiipa.wc- ou;, regun
uts were
Uestro.ud m ims in inner, tlie .tlar landers
in particular. Wiiiij deatn was oeiugap-
portioned Here aolurriol., a strip ot wootls
not far d.s.auu Was outte as dreaUtul to the
3
iirt.isn. l roai e.cry truuii; ooug.i, pro
tection or sneuer of any ktuJ, tlie riiietnen
poured lortii ilieir appatlmg snovvers. it
ws no. iiiee in twc.uy times i.ial a siiot
laded. Tne utmost, consternation prevail-
cd with regard to tuts mode ol
Indignation was also manifested
iigii.mg.
oy tut
l oj hi o.ncers.
ii, ii.a.en, B ix.er,' said one Captain
anotner, as ihey mci, 'loolv how our men
lad, and 11 l a no e
ot
puutsniug their
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.Men were lading nere and there in every
! dl,;;,,, u lule the din of the battle was
heard wtitthersoe. cr any com'oataiit mi""lii
j lura-
Now and then a riileman was dislod red
but lhe m ,lal,le foe rem uned
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1 us numerous aud serviceable to the cause
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ot ljioeru as ever. Cn the oulsnins ot the
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1 bv the hand ot nature v:is a u o.ik iri
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-as t:lt--lv' lll.i 1 1 .rn I !i ... I (. .np.ru W-ic .
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tre.n iiiif b the odieers and
ori rates ih.j
r.ng an dUu
r or more; ..n 1 wnal w.s aUo .ml-
, thai ihe unseen dispenser of
jiauie was, tnai me unseen dispense
iW..il itii.ii i.i..L'... ..il 1 1 . .-. ....... . ... . .t
in preference lo the men in the rank
Tne shots al last became so frequent and
fatal that searcn was instituted to ascertain
their source. It could not be found.
Like tlie great plume of Mural among th
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AUsti lans, ihe i.i . isiole marksman became
,ifliiL- n(' ilm ..il I ii I
J k J J ll ?jjU
l"t " reached the
ot ihe whole left line, and ulu-
cars ot
Grant.
'Order out a platoon instantly,' cried he
to one of his aids, 'and let it be held in
was induced. The file of men detailed to
and quicker perception than the rest, and
being, withal, an olchsoldier wMiohad ceen
cated his discovery to the rest, there was
a speedy retreat indicated towards the pla
toon. The body at once dashed towards
the towring oak, and halted within muske
shot.
That for your leader shouted a voice
from among the branches; and true to the
marksman's purpose the ball entered the
brain of the ill-fated commander. A yell
of rage was uttered as the officer next in
thsrauk stepped up, and paused a mo
menu '
That for the nearest man on the right!
exclaimed the voice, and again the victim
bit ike dust.
ISow; men, cried the Britain, waving
his sword with frantic excitemeut oerhis
head -Now, men, lire, .fire, 1 say, be
fore he has time to re-load.
The volley startled the echoe's of the
heights and the muskets belched forth
their contents in llame and smoke. A few
twigs dropped from the tree, but the tenant
was lo every one seemingly unhurt.
io, he spoke in a sonorious and deep
voice that was distincdy heard, and had
something unearthly in its tones. N'o not
ct. i i..ck three men, by my talh , to
mass up the amount devoted to tne god ol
veugeanee. Here is for one.'
A cavalry soldier was passing by; his
horse had taken fright ami couiu not be
.c.ucked. Ouee m .e tlie fatal ride utter-
ed ).s death soag, and ihe alarmed s.eed
fled riderless on its way.
iiurn Uie tree down,' exclaimed one ol
the men. 'Fire can be cornm untested lo
the trunk easily.'
Will you undertake the deed?' inquired
the commander, with a sneer.
i wid, replied the man. ' Tear some
wadding from your coats anil give it to
me.'
i 'hey complied with his reques', and
delivered t.i mm witli alacrity wnal they
procured t'Oiii tueir well padded garments,
ne now became the lion ol the held, us the
iiiieuiiii tiad been. Ecrv eve centered
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on me pri..ue as he uiade up a loose parcel
ol i. mailable Stuil. A pile of the driest
braucnes thereaotuts Was next obtained
aud broken into respectable brush luirgOtS
1 he nutate then
bred tne wadding- wnn
tne loe.i of his mUsiei and a little jmwucr,
and tanned it 111.0 a blaze. With tne liht-
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eJ mass ill one band, and Hit bundle ot
ally for
n a lew
uiij the
orasu iii i:ie oaier, ue startea uiauia
i the tree the platoon followed him
1 1 1 1 .1 i 1 1 i-.t nii ir".'!'.''!.! lie n irr.uv!
distance between iiiemsehes and the ride-
man. The private re tched die foot of tne
tree, and wi.n eager hast threw down his
luijiAUs and ured mm
as iu was nsiiu Irum his stonninT nns-
tare, the occupant ot me braucnes made
himselMor the lirst time visiole. With
o r- o i
his feet li rml v clenched among the boughs,
i allowed Ins body, as quiCii as thought,
lo depend o.er, and lakmg aim with nis
weajiou, pulled the trigger. The daring
Pvaie sprung up and tell over upon his
ld;' wmle ,,,l5i ,ef ,sc,tlef l, lhJ ,na?s
w.uc.i ne h iJ mte.ideJ wo.ud hire made
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the tree the American's tuneral pile.
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T 'Brother, my oatii is futinudl i have
that called for
J
a lesponse of y our slaughter. Now, then,
cou.iuued the riileman,, who was no other,
id.s me, you are oeueri
( Ul 1 t'ua'i ou af u- . , ,
L 1 diers were evidently
won to
He was
i favor him bv hi:
entirely dnes'ed ofclotuiug, except a short
uiireptutiy
pair ol yellow ureeenes. ms leet, legs,
body and head were destitute oi co.enug,
but oegnniiiie.l with powder, dust and per
spiration. As he looked down upon the
uiea lVoai llC tree, (the desceudaiu and
, v
near relative who inves us these tacts.
says.) he was, even in this miserable plight,
a commanding and admiratio.i-ciaimiiiii
picture. There was some hesitation in the
platoon when Piggot couiui iuding them
to bring h.m down, and the men looked
to their officer as if for further instructions.
1 'he otiicer was'unused to melting mood,'
nor could have succumbed to any feeling
of compassion consistently with his duty
or his aspiration as a, true Englishman.
Tlie memory of his brethren was to be
wedded to some retributive act worthy of
their bloody destinies, and he gave the sig
nal for the last elfect in the scene of Pig
got's enacting. They fired as he shouted
'I die satisfied! Brother, 1 meet you
without shame!' and he pitched over,
swayed in the branches a moment, and
then dropped heavily, a senseless clod up
on ihe ground. .
The word was soon" given that the in
visible foe, whom they, had all feared, was
punished; and ere that eventful and (to
Washington) disastrous battle was conclu
ded, no one who wore a red coat or finger
ed his vtajesty's pay, . wasted a second's
thought upon poor Charles Piggot.
When ihe wounded were picked upand
the dead buried a duty performed by the
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n.tiiia..o ui iiic-aiiiis
uhabitanls and the English Piggot's
ody was found where it hid fallen. A
Jiole, called by courtesy a grave, was
scooped out for its reception at the foot of
the oak. The rille the unerring vengeful
rule was so hrmly clenched in the lei. J At th3 birber shop oppasite S.n"tV
hand that it could not be removed, but j clok stor3 on fifth street, most liughahla
was buried with him. Thus the thought- ( trick was played off ou the bovs. in the
less unintentional prediction to the old's'ioo. " .
Aioion istanuer, i.ocKsiey, mat Charley
wuiuu uiu wiiii jus riue in his nana, was
too -truly and literally accomplished.
iot many years ago (we have not the
exact date,( an old tree in the vicinity we
nave me.u.oneci was uprooted in a heavy j
. . . m '
I gale, and along with its massive roots,
whim were wrenched with great forea
from the ground, came the dark, discolored '
mouldy semblance of a man's skeleton.
Upon iooking round in the mould, the cu
rious also found tlie remnants of a Ion
riile. The old inhabitants who had heard
ihe story ot tlie 'unerring marksman,' at j I feel bad,' said he; at the same tirfl2 a
once concluded that hey had found Pig- j sp sn took him, and his lianda clenched
got's old skeleton, and that the prostrated : ; n 1 his legs drew him up in a psrfectball
oak was the one from the toy or which he j ai d he rolled olTon the floor,
iiad so bravely thinned the "ranks of free-, 'That's a Cholera case, said one, and
dom's opponents. The bare supposition he took his hat and left. This was the
cat tied the relie s to a grave with md.tjry ' sigial, and all followeJ suit except those
honors, and a monument. There is no undergoing the shaving opi ration.
de.ah so glorious as that honorably met j The spasm seemed to subside the arms
on the battle ground of liberty, and no ; an J legs s.re.che'd out a: fdl length and the
character so noble s that of the active, patient lay prostrste on his la-k.
practical patriot. Wipe o.T the lather, said the fat mm
There are slill rifles like Piggot's in tlie next the door, 'I'll come again I can't
United tStatcs; but far distant be the day stay now.
whereon they shail be called to do execu- J Just then another Fpasm took thestnn
tion among men whose consanguinity is ger and by some strange movement he
too plain to warrant us in estimating them , bounced upon the sofa without any appa
as a race, or the members of a uutioii dis- j rem efl'ott llat oa his back as he was lay
tiuci from ourselves or country. j ing on the floor. He rolled up into a ball
TliC Jiii'.
'Talk of pedigree,' fays Blackwood,
'tell us of the I'aloots, Perceys, Howards,
and like mushroons of yesterday! Show
me a Jew, and we wih snow ou a man
whose g niealogic d tree springs from Ab -
j raham's bosom, whose family is older than
ocaJogue, and who bears inepntroi er -
tible evidence, in every line of his orien-
...1 ..- .!. I r L
' ii couuici.aiiec, oi uie auiiieiiucny oi ins
! descent through myriads of successive gen-
j erations. You see in him a living argu-
' ment of the truth of divine revelation; in
bim yoa behold the literal fulfil ment of
1 the prophecies; with him you ascend the
stream of time, not voyaging by the help J
u. u..u, uuitaiii, aim lauaeious iig.u
a:. w..n . - i: u. ;
: of tradition, but guided by an emanation
. i . . . . i
ot itgiu wnicn, to his nation, was a 'cloud
by day and a pillar of fire by night;' in
him you see tlie representative of tne once
favored people of God, to whom, as to the
chosen of mankind, he revealed himself
their legislator, protector, and kiud; who
brought them out of the laid .f Egypt;
out of the house of bondage. You behold
him established, as it were forever in the j
pleasant places allotted him, you trace him (
by tlie peculiar mercy ot his God, in his
transition stales from bondage to freedom;
ami by the innate depruiity of his human
nature, from prosperity to insolence, ingrat-
i t r, . .-. ,
lupingm alithnr?, 'for tne L jrd will
Kuowietie. sttii-ueciveu auu sramsavinir,
t i "ii- ii
j wdl l-vc mercy upon Jacob, and will yet
e.iosj i Israel, and will set them m their
! owsl ltl; and the stranger shall be joined
with them, and they shall cleave to the
house of Jacob.'
Slaking Ltiyc to ilu' Wrong Person.
A Cincinnati paper is responsible for the
following:
A youns gentleman who had been nay-
ing ins auuresses in propria persona 10a
young lady in this city, left a few mouths
ago and went down the river on business.
A correspondence was immediately opened
between the enamored pair, and after ex-
dunging several letters, the young lady j 'This is a word of business and bus-
was mortified to find that her 'letters were j tie,' said a minister in a sermon,
unanswered, and consequently she ceased 'Yes, mare bustle than business, whis
w riling. But the real secret of her not J pered a pretty girl. She knew she did.
receiving letters, was the fact that another My wife,' said a critic, is the mjst
young lady of the same name, supposing ; even-tempered woman 1 ever saw. She is
ihey were intended for her, took them j mad all the time.'
from the post office and opened a corres- idNew Orleans, Charleston, and Sa
pondence with her proxy lover. Some vanah, are pronounced three of tha health
two months passed away when the voung . test cities lias year, in the Union,
m in wound un bv a direct nrontiw'l. .m.l i liWhv does a sculptor die the most
insisted on an im.mJiite answer, averring
: .. i i
at the same time that he thought the tone
of her letters very-different from those re
ceived when he first left Cincinniti, and
upbraided his fair love with inconsistency.
This last epistle was tot) much for our ro
mantic incognito, and being conscience-
smitten for the part sha had been acting,
.,.,1 r.lli. na... i.i,l.,.l tli-.t cim.-t nthpr l:idv
nd fullv persuaded that soma other lady
had been ninin for the man she was woo-
ing,' sought her out and delivered np the
letters to their rightful owner? The matter
was speeJily arranged, and the real lo ers
hae since become united in the bouds of
wedlock.
Biirber Mioi Scriie.
Tha rJom was V3ll s-upn ijJ w'th cas
tom?rs, and ths chance of gcuing shaved
in a liury was out of the qu ist'oa.
A small mm with a wagrish look cim2
to iha dr;o. en 1 afte surrevin? the
crowd, walked in and took a seat on lh2
sofa.
How far Is ti a dcclor's ofiici' asied
the strange gendeman.
Just across t .e way, replied oas of lhs
bojs.
i he eyes of the ccrnpany vrc: turned
upoa the 'stranger.
again and rolled bae.. ward and frwardon
t ic sofa in style that would have done
credit to ci.e is man.
This was a finisher; those that were
shaved left, and those not shaved hadn't
: time to slay, the boys look at each other
i in :is:onisnin e:ii. Th2 Ch ilera subiect
' uacoilpj himself and asked them if his
; Jurn nad come, when he tco'i his seat and
t had a good shave,
What's the charge?'
I O
asked the stran
; gCr.
j Nothing, said the barber, 'if y
j ieave . our nain2.' Cin. Com.
ou will
I'urijsi.'irs'.
Babies to sit on laps-e of ihe 3-ear.
The woman who kueaded the dough for
the crust of U)e earth.
A box of salve to cure the felon on the
finger of a grain cradle.
A pair spectacles for the eve of a lime
kiln. One of the pups of a saw-mill dog.
Garments for the naked Iruth.
Leather tanned with bark of a dog.
A. half gallon of the spirit of 76.
The nose of the face of nature.
The fox caught by hounds of a wagon.
Thesk.n of the legistive LoJy.
A finger nail from the hand of a clock.
!3rTJ!d Squire B was elected Judge
or the Inferior Court of some county in
u ..,i w. i r
i v as iiitit.ii irAuu n nil 11 .3 " i aiiumuui ci iui
, h;. :1P. iim m (:,.;rl .r,.,
' lhe iaJ ' dirccUv he took uJp his favor.
il3 cat, aaj SIrokiag her back, hus addres
sed her:
"Wt l', pussy, I wish on2 of us three
was dead aud it ain't you pussy, and i:
ain't me pussy."
SF'An aristocratic Irishman, speaking
of his country, said it was an execrable
! place: 'in fact ihe only thing worth owning
a n was uwtvc) .
You mean to say then,' siid a waggish
friend, 'that with all her friends you love
. her siill.1
. ... . i. i i... i
horrible ot deami uewust; ne iaaiv.es
faces and busts.
Why is a thief called a 'jail bird!
Because he has been robin.
ljHe who goes to bed in anger has
the devil for his bed fellow.
1ST A western editor, speaking of the
venerable appoarnance of a stump orator,
! said he stood up like one of era, with his
j balx head and his hands in his breeches
pockets!'