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VOLUME IX.
EBENSBURG, TMRSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1853.
NUMBER 13.
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ELLEX A FRA6MEKT.
Ii she not beautiful, although so pale ?
The first May flowers are not more colourless
Than her white cheek; yet I recall the time
When she was called the rose-bud of our village.
There was a blush, half modesty, half health,
Upon her cheek, fresh as the summer morn
With which she rose. A cloud of chestnut
curls
Like twilight darken'd o'er her blue-vein'd
brow;
And thro' their hazel curtains eyes, whoso light
Was like the violets when April skies
Have given their own pure colour to the leaves,
Fhoue sweet and silent as the twilight star.
And she was happy ; innocence and hope
Make the young heart a paradise for love.
And she loved and was loved. The youth was
one
That dwelt upon the waters. He had been
Where sweeps the blue Atlantic a wide world
Had seen the sun light up the flowers like gems
In the bright Indian isles had breathed the air
When sweet with cinnamon and gum and spice;
But he said that no air brought health or balm
Like that on his own bills, when it had swept
O'er orchards in their bloom, or hedges, where
Blcsom'd the hawthorn and the honeysuckle;
That, but one voyage more, and he would come
To his dear Ellen and her cottage home
Dwell there in love and peace. And then he
...... ,Jri?4'4. ' .
Her tears away, talk'd of he pleasant years'
Which they should pass together of the pride
;ie would take in his constancy. Oh hope
, Is very eloquent ! and as the hours
' V.iesd by their fireside iu calm cheerfulness,
Clen forgot to weep.
At length the time
Of parting came ; 'twas the first month of spring.
Like a green fan spread the horse chestnut
leaves,
A nhower of yellow bloom was on the elm.
The daisies shone like silver, and the boughs
Were cover'd with their blossoms, and the sky
Was like an augury of hope, so clear,
Po beautifully blue. Love ! oh young Love?
Why hast thou not security ? Thou act
Like a bright river on whose course the weeds
Arc thick and heavy : briers are on it?
And jagged stones and rocks are midn-r r. t"1" - . , . , ,
Conscious of its own beauty, it will rush Kj-iy. "I stood high in favor with that emgmarly
Over its many obstacles, and pant
For some green valley as its quiet home.
Either it rushes with a desperate leap
Over its barriers, foaming passionate,
Eat prisdn'd 6till ; or, winding languidly.
Becomes dark, like oblivion, or else waste
Itself away. This is Love's history !
They parted one spring evening ; the green sea
Had scarce a curl upon its wave; the ship
Rode like a Queen of Ocean. Ellen wept,
Bui not disconsolate, for she had hope ;
She knew not then the bitterness of tears.
But night clos'd in, and with the night there
came
Tempest'upon the wind; the ocean light
Glar'd like a funeral pile; all else was black
And terrible as death. We heard a sound
Come from the ocean one lone signal gun,
Asking for help in vain follow'd by shrieks,
Borne by the ravening gale ; then deepest si
lence: Pome gallant souls had perish'd. With the first
Iim light of morn we sought the beach ; and
there
Lay fragments of a ship, and human shapes
Ghastly and gash'd. But the worst sight of all,
A sight of living misery met our gaze ;
Seated upon a rock, drench'd by the rain,
Her hair torn by the wind, there Ellen sat,
Tale, motionless. How could love guide
ber
there? k
A corpse lay by her, in her arms its head
Found a fond pillow ; and o'er it she watch'd
As the young mother watches her first child.
It wa3 her lover.
A Suipicloni Travelltr.
We copy an amusing passage from Grace
Greenwood's last letter c "In the evening, we
ran down to Marseilles by the railway Our
party filling a carriage, with the exception of
one seat, we amused ourselves, as we approach
ed Marseilles, by manufacturing another pas
senger out of our extra wraps. Stuffing an
overcoat with shawls and umbrellas, we fashion
ed a portly little gentleman, whom we made to
recline in a corner, grasping a walking-stick,
and with his face shaded by a broad-brimmed
hat When the ticket-master came, we had the
satisfaction of seeing our foolish little joke suc
ceed beyond our proudest hopes. After receiv
ing and counting our tickets, he looked hard at
the quiet little gentleman, and said, rather impa
tiently, 'Monsiur, votre billet .' 72 dort, Honseur,'
said one of us. So, without further ceremony,
he Beized the obvious traveller by the arm, and
hook him into shawls and umbrellas, amid un
controlable bursts of laughter on our part.
The ofl&cial looked a little;dark and suspicious at
first, and made acarefulpoa mortem examination
f the departed; but, finding that he was contra
band articles, graciously joined-in the laugh,
only protesting that somebody must pay for U
Ptil Monseur. " . . . ': '
Since the late fire In Sacrament
era Lata Khd at acted. -
city,
HOW TO PAY THE RENT.
A STORY OP A VENTRILOQUIST.
In the summer of 1847, Macmillan, the ven
triloquist, had occasion to visit Manchester, for
the purpose of giving his ventriloquial lectures
at its different institutions. His attention was
attracted by one shop, ot rather humble appear
ance, from the circumstance of 6eeing the own
er of it always sitting at his work, and a group of
pretty children playing about the door. From
the melancholy bits of black about their dress,
they were evidently motherless. Mr. Macmil-
lan leared, from the inscription over the door,
that the poor tradesman was nomcd John Pen
ny, andthat he exercised the crafts and mystery
of boot and shoe-making. He was tall and thin,
with a pale visage, and long hair, combed straight
down his cheeks. His brow was thoughtful not
to say careworn ; but there was an air of meek
resignation about him that was very touching.
The ventriloquist being a good-hearted man,
and having a wife and family of his own, as he
gazed on the unconscious children, could not
help thinking of his "a:n Mary, and the wee bit
bairns he had left at hame." He could not re
sist giving poor Penny a turn, and improving
his own understanding at the same time, by or
dering a pair of boots. The humble tradesman,
who was, as usual, at his work, gratefully ac
knowledged the order ;. but, in answer to Mac
niillan's very natural question of when he
could have the boots, replied with a deep sigh,
that he did not exactly . know ; the order would
be executed as soon as possible ; but that he
could not fix any precise time. Macmillan, from
hid knowledge of the world, and being a consid
erate man, thought that, perhaps, the poor fel
low had not got the means to purchase the ma
terials ;' there was a blank air of poverty about j
the shop. "I will leave you half a sovereign as
a deposit,""! said he, "get them done as soon as
possible." To bis surprise, John Penny refused to
take any advance. "It will be time enough to
pay for the boots when you get them." said he
significantly. Macmillan was perplexed. He
1 looked earnestly at the son of St. Crispin, whose
brow was more though tfulAand his look; jmore ,
careworn than ordinarily : "Don't think me im- i
pertinent," said he, "but is anything the mat- j
ter ? you seem unhappy." "No, nothing veryj
particular." "Nay, nay, I'm convinced there
is," returned Macmillan, whose sympathy be
gan to be much awakened. "Come, what is it ?'
"Well, since you are pressing," said Penny,
sighing deeply, "I will confess there is my
rent: 1 have gone back in my rent. I was one
of the congregation of the Ilev. Mr. Tramp, the
minister of our local chapel." "You don't mean
you were one of the Jumpers ?" inquired Mac
millan, scarcely able to conceal a smile. "I
will confess that I Was," replied Penny, devout-
pious man. au ms congregation aean wuu mo
for boots and shoes. I thought I had received
a special call to furnish the Jumpers with ap
proved soles ; but, alas ! one fine morning the
holy man was translated, I think his follow
ers called it, for he was nowhere to be found I
This 6ad defalcation caused me to go back ; I
could not meet my rent, and ; " "Why, how
much do you owe ?" said the kind-hearted ven
triloquist. "I am now nearly three quarters in
arrears; it will soon be upwards cf 20." "Who
is your landlord ?" "Squire Summer." "What !
of the Lcgionmills, Ancoats ?" "Yes." "Why,
he is one of the gTeat cotton lords ; die is as rich
as a Jew. If I were to become surety, now,
don't you think he'd give you time ?"' "He has
been very patient ; I cannot complain of him.
But he is a man of business ft man of money.
Never having known want himself, he cannot
conceive it to spring from any other cause than
improvidence, or worse, and has little sympathy
with it ; the la6t time he was here he said he
should call once more, and then, if the money
was not forthcoming, the law must take its
course. 1 expected him yesterday, and "
"Eh, mercy, man ! what's the matter with
you ?" said Macmillan, "you tremble." "Yes,
I see he'scomming ; he has that fellow Broad
man, the broker, with him." Macmillan look
ed out, and saw, indeed, the Squire, his foot
man, and a very shabby, suspicious-looking fel
low, apparently an employee of the broker.
He had scarcely time to cast a rapid glance a
round the deserted shop, and call all his thoughts
together, ere the party were at the door, and
had entered. "Let them come," cried Penny,
with an air of despairing resignation, "I have
struggled, Heaven knows ! as long as I was able,
and I can do no more." "Well, Mr. Penny,'
said the Squire, blandly, advancing to the coun
ter, "you know, of course, the cause of my vis
it ?' Here a huge staring PoU Parrot, who, with
its cage, formed one of the few articles of fur
niture in the shop, began to whistle, "call again
to-morrow," to the astonishment of all present
except Macmillan- She foUowed this by "I
know a bank." The Squire and broker stared.
The Squire however, resumed, "You are, of
course, provided, Mr. Penny ?" "Alas ! no
sir," said the poor tradesman, "it is useless to
deceive you any further: I cannot pay you at
this moment, nor either do I know when I can
take my little property, sir, let it pay as far as
it will, I will do the best that I can : Providence
will not forsake me." " "What's o'clock ?" in
terrupted the parrot ; "Polly wants ber break
fast." The children, who had this time stolen
covertly in, curious 'to know what was going for
ward, Were as much surprised as their father
at Polly's sudden loquacity. Their little round
eyes dilated with wonder and twinkled with de
light ; but the awful presence of the great man,
from which they fell in instinctive awe, some
what repressed them. "Well, well," continued
the prudent man of cotton, after a 6hort pause,
"if that's the case I may as well have the things
as anybody else. John Broadman, you will do
what is necessary." "Polly. Polly, Polly, roi
ly," here exclaimed Poll. "That's a fine bird,"
observed the Squire, his attention attracted.
I must leave a man in possession," said the
broker, "but before I go I may as well make
out the inventory, for I suppose there's no
chance of matters "being settled without a sale,
Mr. Penny ?" "None," replied the shoemaker.
"Then I'll proceed to my work at once. Item,
o'ne Dutch doc. "Whats o clock, whats
o'clock ?" exclaimed Poll. Poor Penny looked
etupified. The children, who had been regard
ing the scencc, as we have said, half with curi
osity and half with fear, now could not help
clapping their little hands at Poll's apropos
speeches ; but a look from their father restrain
ed them. Broadman continued, "One high desk
and counter, one slate, one shoemaker's bench
and tools, three chairs, two tin candlesticks, Bix
boot-trees." "Woodman, ppare that tree,'
sung Polly. "Clever bird that," said the Squire,
his attention being now greatly attracted.
"You'll put the parrot down, I Enppose, Mr.
Broadman." "Oh, no, we never mention her,'
sung the parrot. "Very odd," exclaimed the
Squire. "I should like to have that bird ; what's
your name, l'oiiy 7 "l retty, pretty I'olly
Hopkins," sung Polly, cocking her head very
knowingly. "Answers quite like a ciinstian.
replied the Squire ; "seems to answer every-
ing, I declare." "What's o'clock," cried Poll-
"Amazing, upon my honor," ejaculated the
Squire. "Now I think, of it," said he, "my
daughter, Celicia,.has been worrying my life out
for the last 6ix months, to buy her such a bird
as this : one that can talk, and sing, and whis
tle. I'll tell you what I'll do, Penny, I don't
want to be hard upon you : let me have the
parrot, give me a note of hand for 5 balance,
and I'll withdraw the distress, and give you a
receipt for the 15 due." "Don't you wish
you may get it ?" saucily replied Poll, as if she
understood what the landlord was talking about.
"Such a bird as that is worth more money,'
observed Macmillan ; "I wouldn't mind giving
that muth for it myself. "Oh ! whistle and I'll
come to thee my lad," whistled Poll. "Wonder
ful !" said the ventriloquist ; "I think the fair
est way would be to let Poll come to the ham
mer, and bring whatever she is knocked down
for." "The woodpecker tapping the hollow
beech tree," sung Polly. The Squire was elec
trified. "One lapstone anything more ?" said
Broadman. "Oh, yes ; ten lasts, sundry wax
ends," &c, &c. "Stop ! stop 1" interrnpped
the Squire, "i must have that bird : I'll take it
as payment of the rent in full. Penny, will that
6uit you ?" Toor Penny teemed thunderstruck.
He hesitated as if he had some compunctions.
The Squtre observed it. "That not enough ?
Well, then, I'll make it 20. Here's a receipt
for the rent, and there's five sovereigns. W'iU
that do for you ? Broadman, withdraw, your
man." "You don't lodge here, Mr. Ferguson,
with your ninepence," added Tolly. The Squire
was delighted. Macmillan thought the arrange
ment honorable to all parties, and poor Penny
apparently unwillingly resigned possessionof
the bird. "I shall take my prize home at once,"
said he. "Good-by, Poll," cried all the child
ren. "Good by!
Mv native land. rood nitrhL"
sang j. on, loosing very grave, inn iwisxing uer
head first on one side, and then on the other,
placing herself in hef swing, and violently rock
ing herself backwards and forwards. The sig
nal seemed to be given for her departure, "Now(
John," cried Poll, when the cortege began to
move, "drive on gently over the stones." "John,
does your mother know you're out ?" John
grinned like a Cheshire cat. The Squire looked
enchanted, and the children shrieked again with
surprise and delight. As for poor Penny, he
seemed perfectly satisfied. As soon as the shop
was fairly cleared of the Squire's party, he
turned to Macmillan, and, with an air of much
perplexity, l egged he would look in on the fol
lowing morning, when he would have some
skins, from which he might choose the leather
for his boots, for just at that moment he felt
quite bewildered. Highly elated that John
Penny had got so well through his difficulties,
the good venti Uoquist did not intrude, but con
siderately took his leave. He was, however, a
punctual visiter at John's the foUowing morn
ing, and found that the honest cordwainer had
laid out the 5 he had received, over above his
rent, the preceding afternoon, to the rery best
advantage, ne had stocked his shop with a good
supply of leather and other articles nece 6sary
for his trade, and now only wanted customers.
While Macmillan was selecting the materials for
his boots, the Squire suddenly made his appoar-
ance, followed by Lis footman, bearing Poll.
Penny was surprised, and bo, too, seomed Mao-
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millaa. "Well,' Mr. Penny," said the great
cotton lord, "we have brought you back your
parrot it is very extraordinary, but it has ne
ver spoken a single word since I took it away
never sang a single ong, nor whistled a single
tune : it has done nothing but squeak, squeak
--firim. screaia, till raj bead bas .. been fit to
split, and so have those of everybody else ; in
fact, without any wish to oflfend you, fche is a
perfect nuisance. I wouldn't 'keep 'her in the
house, if anybody would give me a hundred a
year to do eo. It threw my daughter into hys"
terics ; she upset the glass globe, spilt all the
gold and silver fish a rare chance for the cat.
Return me the 5 I paid you, and I'll forfeit the
rent." "I'm sorry to say," said the conscien
tious John Penny, "that I've laid out the 5 ;
but, however, as the bird don't suit you, if
you'll take my note of hand for the 5 "
'Why, stay, stay !" said Macmillan, ' parrots
very seldom talk in a strange place at first : put
Poll in her usual place, and then see." The
cage was according restored to its former posi
tion, when, to the utter astonishment of all pre
sent, Poll immediately began to sing, "Home,
sweet home ; be it ever so humble, there's no
place like iome." "Well," said the Squire, lif
ting up his hands, "thi3 is incredible, but I've
heard of such things before. What a sensible,
intelligent creature she. is ; I must give her
another trial ; take her back, John." "I'll gang
nae mair to yon toun," whistled Poll, but, how
ever to no effect, for she was bourne off, consid
erably stultifying John, by crying, "What's
o'clock ?" "There you go with your eye out,"
&.c. "You appear to be surprised at my a
mazement, Mr. Macmillan," said honest Penny,
when the partv was out of 6ight, "but will not
be long so, when I tell you that until yesterdajr
I never heard that bird .utter a single syllable.
As Mr. Summer had said, she had never done
anything but squeak and 6cream, disturbing
the whole neighborhood ; but they got used to
the noise at last, though they threatened to
break my windows and twist her neck off at
first. It wa a long time before I could get to
like it myself ; but use reconciles us to any
thing ; and I think now that I 6hall miss her,
disagreeable as she was." Macmillan had no
doubt jpf. it ."But I must leave you," 6aid he,
"so work away, my boy. I shall look in to
morrow as I pass, to see how you are getting
on." He called next morning, and found the
leather for his boots cut out, the lasts prepared,
and honest John commencing operations.
While giving his final diroctions, Squire Sum
mer sgain unexpectedly made his appearance,
accompanied, as the previous dav, by John with
Poll. "Bless me, sir," said Penny, "is it you?"
"Yes, Mr. Tenny, I've come again," returned
the Squire, "with this diabolical bird : not. a
moment's peace have we had " "What ! do
you find her talk too much, sir ?" inquired the
shoemaker, with great simplicity. "Talk too
much !" said the Squire, "obstinate brute, con
found her, 6he has never talked at all. Put her
in her old place, John." "Don't I look spruce
on my neddy," whistled Poll. "Oh, hang you !
you have found your tongue," said the Squire,
"have you ? but I'm not to be done a third time .
keep your bird, Mr. Penny ; I wi6h you joy of
her." "But I've spent the money you gave me
for her," said honest John, "and I don't exact,
ly know when I shall be able to pay it back
again." "Oh, never mind the money, only re
lease me from such a torment as this, and I'll
put up with the loss the best way I can." Poor
John was somewhat reluctantly prevailed upon
to take back the bird, and pocket the affront of
its return, as well as he might. Poll was there
fore, again restored to her former situation,
looking very wise : and as the disappointed
landlord departed with his man John, much cha
grined at the result of bis purchase, bing him
self a character by no means accustomed to buy
ing things at a loss, Poll could not help giving
Viim n flJc? as he went, as if to quicken his
movements, bv sinffine out, with great glee,
"Go to the devil and shake yourself," following
the exhortation with a loud Jaugh. "Well,"
eaid Mr. Penny, as soon as they were fairly out
of hearing, " 'it's an ill wind that blows nobody
good ' had I not been seired for my rent, my
parrot might never have spoken." "Pretty,
pretty Poll pretty roll." "What's o'clock,
what's o'clock ?" said he coaxingly. "What's
o'clock, what's o'clock ?" was echoed by all the
children, who had crept in on the departure of
the Squire. Poll was, however, deaf to the call
of the charmer. "Bless me," cried John "has
the bird grown sulkv all in a hurry ? f.'by, it
won't talk now." "It will talk now as much as
ever," said MacmiUan, laughingly; "The fact
is as the farce is finished, and there is no money
re'turned, I may as well, to prevent you puizbog
your brains any further, let you behind the cur
tains, friend Penny reveal the secrets of the
prisou house. You are indebted to your Poll,
and your partner Joe, for the payment of your
rent ; and you being once more set up in busi
ness, there is your Toll, and here is your part
ner Joe. To prevent her speaking by rote, or,
rather, not speaking at all, J spoke for her, and,
as it appears, to very good purpo ee. "I see it
all," said John,upon whose mind the truth now
flashed like lightning. ' -
Commodore Charles W. Morgan, of the
U. S. Navy, died at Washington, on the fith inst,
agedtfQyeara He .was a native of Virginia
and entered-the Navy in 1808.
Gen. m. Ayres . of. Harrisburg has
beenammotrsly elected President of the Hun
tingdon . aod Broadtop Pvailroad. and ; Mining
Company ; ' 'V
' The powder m'illafActon, Mass., explo-
dedon the 7th inst, killing Pon9- '
A Box."
The Concord Democrat tells the following
story :
Gen. Pieroe, the President elect, a few days
since, received a suspicious looking box, per
Cheney's Express from the West. Supposing
from his exalted position that some wicked Whig
or, "fanatical abolitiouists" might be plotting
his destruction, lie very naturally regarded this
as an infernal machine, intended to land ium in
glory before his time.' Not feeling auy great
partiality for such an apotheosis, he - ordered
this new Pandora's box to be stowed away in the
barn, "unsight, unseen," and strictly forbade
any one to go near it. Thus it remained some
days, until one Sunday, when nobody was at
home save Mr. W, the General's boarding-master,
who being exercised thereto by courageous
and laudable curiosity, determined to solve the
"infernal mystery." Accordingly seizing a long
handled axe, and placing himself at a rational
distance, he hurled the iron weapon with full fu
ry into the box. After waiting in breathless
expectation for the "Machine" to explode, Mr.
W., approached it and discovered horrible Jic(u')
two brace of remarkably fat ducks and a
haunch of remarkably fat venison, cent to the
President elect by an admiring friend in Cincin
nati, with a note accompanying, desiring to be re
membered in the division of the spoils ! We
need only add that the only thing "infernal"
about the "machine" was an odorous smell
for which the reverent disciple of His Holiness
was in no way responsible.
Strangers for 1S34.
During the
York 29'J,501
countries:
Ireland,
Germany,
England,
Scotland,
Wales,
France,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Holland,
Norway,
Sweden,
Denmark,
Italy,
Portugal,
year 1852, there arrive! at iew
strangers, and from the following
117,537
118,126
31,279
7,0-10
2,531
8,778
Belgium,
82
2C5
73
09
120
48
14
42
22
33
18
4
G
16C
est Indie?.
Nova Scotia,
Sardinia,
South Amcii;a,
Canada,
450iChina,
6,455 Sicily,
l,222!.Mexico,
1,8991 Russia,
2,006
150
35S
29
East Indies,
Turkey,
Greece,
Toland,
Total aliens,
" American citizens arrived,
299,504
89,052
" Passengers, ' 38S,55G
The arrivals for the last four years are thus
given:
1849 220,003 I 1851 289.G01
1850 212,796 1852 299,504
Benjamin Franklin.
George Bancroft, Esq., in a lecture before the
New York Historical Society, reported in the
Times, pays an eloquent tribute to the philoso
pher : "Not the half of Franklin's merits have
been told. He was the true father of t . Amer
ican Union. It was he who went forth to lay
the foundation of that great deeign at Albany ;
and in New York he lifted up his voice. Here
among us he appeared as the apostle of the
Union. It was Franklin who suggested the
Congress of 1774, and but for his wisdom, and
the confidence that wisdom, inspired, it is a mat
ter of doubt whether that Congress would have
taken effect. It was Franklin who suggested
the bond of the Union which binds these States
from Florida to Maine. Franklin was the great
est diplomatist of the eighteenth century. He
never spoke a word too soon ; he never spoke a
word too much ; he never failed to epeak the
right word at the right season."
Bigotry.
Philips, the Irish orator, in one of his speech
es, gives a most vivid personification of Bigotry.
It is as follows :
Bigotry has no head, and cannot think ; she
has no heart, and cannot feel ; when she moves,
it is in wrath ; her prayers are curses ; her
communion is death ; her vengeance is eternity;
her decalogue is written in the blood of her vic
tim ; if she etoops for a moment from her infer
nal flight, it is upon some kindred rock to whet
htr fang fur keener rapine, and replume her
wing for a more sanguinary desperation.
Jlr. "Velater and (be Farmer.
Some years since Mr. Webster started off from
Marj-hfield on a trouting expedition to Sandwich
a neichboring town on Cape Cod. Ou approach
ing a fine btream he alighted from his wagon,
and just then he met the owner of the farm,
whose land the stream ran through. " Good
morning," says Webster, " is there any trout
here?" "Well," says the farmer, "some people
sh here, but 1 don;t know what they do get."
"I'll throw my line in," says Webster " and see
what there is." Webster walked the banks of
the stream trying his luck, and the old farmer
followed him. Soon Webster remarked, " You
have some bog on your farm." "Yes," says the
farmer, "that ain't the worst of it-" Fishing
still further along, Webster saye, "You 6eem to
have plenty of mosquitoes here." "Yes," hj
replied, "that ain't the worst of it," Webster
Etill kept throwing his line into the deep pools,
and then said, "You have plenty of briars here."
"Yes," 6ays the farmer, "Jnd that ain't the worst
of it" . Mr. irebeter getting somewhat discour
age! in a hot August day, Y-iiUn by mosquitoes,
scratched by briars, and not raising a single fish,
dropped his rod and said " he didn't believe
there was any trout here." "And that ain't the
worst of it," says the fanner. " irell,"says Mr.
IF'ebsttr, "I would like to know what the uorst
of it is!" " There never teas any here " says the
farmer. Mr. Webster enjoyed the joke, and
often told it to his particular friends.
tSS" Tnc following was the simple, beautiful
and touching manner in which Daniel -Webster
directed a dying testimonial to be given to tin
faithfol friend, Peter Harvey :
" My son, take some piece of silver; iet it be
handsome, and put a suitable inscription on it,
and eive it, with my love, to Peter Harvey."
DanleIi Websteb.
Marshfield, October 23, 1852.
ea ITon, Charles n. Atherton. father of
Senator Atherton,-died at Amherst,
the 8th hist. -
Mass., on
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
t!6i,IIarrisou Winans left Baltimore a few
years rgo, a poor boy, but with an improved
mind, acquired at a country school, with geni
us, ambition and enterpriee. He worked in En
rope to the head of the machinists and engi
neers, and became a leading contractor on th
great railroad between Moscow and St. Peters
burg, 400 miles long. Hetaadc over $1,000,000.
On his return. to Paris ho married a talented,
amiable and beautiful lady, and will soon build
a cage for her, in the shape of a villa and a park
of three acres, beautifully ornamented, wbera
rich and poor may feast their eyes on indigenous
plants and rare exotics. He goes again to Rus
sia to fill a contract with the
lie works, by which he will bring 500,000 in
gold for his mental labors.
B.A curious case of somnambulism is re
corded in the Chillicothe fi
of Mr. Thomas Kane arose from her sleep, and
iu iirr mgni cioincs,. walked rour miles up the
Sciota river, waded into th 6tream, and swam
across a deep part, and was found by an "early
riser" silting on the bank of the river asleep I
Remarkable enough, as the girl was only 13
years old. and couldn't swim when tsil-o t An
yet, they say, this midnight tour en chemise didn't
1 1. I T ' i
iiuri uer a oil.
g'.The California block of marble, destined
for the Washington monument, was, it will ba
recollected, just after it had been completed,
destroyed in the Sacramento fire. Wo learn
from the California papers that a new block,
four feet long by two deep, has been prepared,
at a cost of $5,000, and will be forwarded, im
mediately to Washington.
EgSUMr. Meagher, in the course of a speech
recently delivered at Cincinnati, made this
statement :
"I did not regain my freedom to forget others.
j ouuice ii 10 erry, mat ii mey are not soon a
j mongst you as free as I am, it is not ray fault.
nor idg launoi inose who may assist them, but
their own. Measures have been taken, and
means afforded, and I trust that before long w
shall hear that another ship, bearing another
Irish rebel, has left that shore, and left it under
that flag of the five stars, beneath which I found
an asylum in this land."
C,The Paris correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser corroborates the
statement made by others, that the match be
tween the Emperor Napoleon and the Princess
Vasa was broken off, on account of the reports
that had reached her of the licentiousness of
Louis Napoleon.
BSyA contemporary, in speaking of the "aw
ful waste" of twenty-five casks of liquor pour
ed upon the gronnd in Maine, remarks that such
an amount of liquor "properly distributed,
would have carried the primary election in two
or three wards of New York city.
Cabinet speculations still go on. Mr. Hunter
of Virginia, seems to be settled on by public o
pinion, at least ; Little confidence is to be pla
ced -in such guessing.
JBgy'Some wags in Wilmington got up a sub
scription for the burial of Mr. Oldyear, who, it
was alledged, died on Friday night last. Seve
ral benevolent gentlemen eubecribed a dollar
each.
BEuThe marrirge of the Princess Vasa, (the
supposed bride of Louis Napoleon,) with Prince
Albert of Saxony, is said to have been determin- '
ed upon. - The Prince has gone to Prague, where
the Jiancaielcs are to take place.
Col. Wilson McCandless. That sterling,
able and influential paper, the Clarion Democrat,
6ays: "Col. Wilson McCandless is mentioned
as the person to fill a place in Gen. Pierce's Cab
inet in case James Buchanan will not accept.
Col. McCandless will honorably acquit himself
in any place in the Cabinet that the President
may eee fit to call him to."
An Extkaoedisabt Lamp. Among the list
of late English patents, is one taken out by Mr.
E. Whele, for a candle lamp of very novel char
acter. The lamp has a dial or clock face, and,
as the candle burns, the handle marks the hour
and minutes correctly, and a hammer strikes
the time. As a chamber-light for a sick room,
it marks the time, and can be set to strike at
any given period, when the patient requires at
tention. t
Presidential Election. We have now the
full oilicial vote of all the States except five, viz:
Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Cali
fornia. Of Virginia only five counties are un
official; and fifteen in Missouri are yet to be
heard from. The whole foot up as follows :
Pierce, 1,547,208; Scott, 1,334,827: Hale, 155,
098; Pierce's majority over Scott 212,381.
Veby Literal. In a murder trial, lately, an
Irishman was asked by the Judge if he saw the
deceased dancing at a certain ball, to which the
witness replied, " No, by me sowl, it is more
than he or any deceased tmm could do.
Col. Kino. Wm. R, King has made his Will.
He was boru in 1780; owns 5,000 acres of land
in one body in Dallas county, Alabama, and up
wards of 100 slaves. His entire estate is worth,
about $150,000.
We notice that a number of Democratio
papers speak favorably of Hon. Jons L. Daw
son, M. C. from Fayette county, Peuna., in con
nection with a place in the Cabinet of General
PlEECE.
Bu As far as ascertained the Democratio
majority for Governor of Louisiana is 1610.
The Senate Btands 11 Democrats to 8 Whigs,
and the House 35 Democrats to 17 Whigs.
Z$- "Ma," said a little girl, who had juat
comn.cnced her lessons in geography, ' where
shall I find the state of Matrimony ?' "Oh,"
replied the mother, "you will find it to be one
of the United States."
: jgf The San Antonio (Texas) Ledger says
that the ferryman at the Seguin crossing on the
Guadalupe river, in one day, killed over thirteen
hundred rats, and adds : "These undermining
creatures having, aggregated in an immense
body, are travelling westward. Indiscriminate
ly they attack everything of a vegetable nature
on their route. Many theories are suggested
for their emigration. We have heard of ne
plausible one." " ' : -