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'. ' . From the Home Journal.
THE FACTOBY GIRL. .'. .
BT MR8.
MARY A KIDDER-
Bhu boasts no rich and costly robes, - "
iihe wears no jewels in her hair;' v (
And yet her pale and comely face
1 Seems wanting in no niodest grace , '
To make her passing fair. " ' . v-
..With backward glance of anxious lore
, '6hei quits the humble cottage door, :
And through the wet or dusty street, ; ; ;
- 'irjBhe tread with wornryet willing. feet -;
.:: : -The path oft trod before. v - "' : "
f - j What sudden; thought calls up the blood- ..
s-i i; The crimson tide, that fain would speak ?J
us rA swift the arrowy : shuttle flies, -
I.: As swifter still her task she plies, " - I
'.:i i While tears are oil her eheek ? '
Ci -That blush wears pot the tinge of shame, r. ,,,
vl Those tears are not the tears of sin ; . , ;, :
Some hope, pr foar, with sudden start,.:
- .-s Sends bounding from the busy heart, ;
.The Ull-tala blood within.
, Those i bespeak a mother 'e need - . r,
i.;,. A widowed mother, thin and pale; .
For -vho will give the orphan food. ,,' j
l.i'i And find the scanty share of wood, i ; ... .
Wiien ;her weak efforts fail t '
, Uut Mary's heart is large and free "
..And 3Iary'8 hands were made to soil ; . ,
.voAod ier (says the blushing cheek,) - .
!:.hall one so pale, and ill, and weak,
-v-,L A thai dear mother toiLc
"f4. ; 'o!eMaeearyT kwptiy
' .And uuto thec shall strength be given ;
jV.j And hen thy noble work is done, : . , i
The croesea bcrne, the victory won, .
, Thy rest shall be in Heaven. '
1 1 i! v THE-WI DOW,
, OR THE BROKER'S "SEC3JST. .
He looked Jike an old clothesman, but he
was only a broker a broker wjih a bad cha
racter; and wbaf that must: have' been, when
it was bad for a broker, we leave to imagina
tion and Johnsoa to define. Ilc was reputed
the hardest hian.of his" trade ; -aud.'as ''tnen of
thatrade are popularly supposed to be mere
electrical' rnachines, -worked by flints, ; iio$
hearts; a puprcmaey ' of flintlncss hiiist havo
left1 him a fearful -con glomerate JIc. was a
withered old man nowh bent ' almost double
with age and rheumatism, with" a hooked nose,
arid light brown eyes; red round tbj: lids and '
a'strange mixture of surliness and suspicion,
in - bis. face;' ) lie 'looked a cross between a
riastlff and a weasel, : which' he wa in char
acter as well as in counten'aheep' No oue had
good word to say for him:'; The publicau at
iha corner was sure there was something queer
in a man. who did oot . take .his ' honest glass
like the rest ; - aai th baker looked down bri
Jiim because, he ate 'seconds" on principle.
If a . distress was to be put for miles round the
neighborhood, they prayed that it miffht nt
ay ia rfoe .iMappm;r llolbora Buildings
One womaa said-she'd as lief have the Euijkw
ror of Rooshia as him; her daughter said she'd
liefer. The very children were afraid of him,
and screamed if lie' eame too near thein, unless
they were Impudent and mocked him. Bat
to, thei little ones: he "was .the district Bode
aad i Old Jeer 1 Mappin,"; .'stood in Holborn
ouudmgs, searing the riotous small fry of the
gutters, for I ; the black ihaa of more civilised
nurseries :n !' h-ze. ?aJ-;... jti-yal tii,
; Everybody said the man had a secret . Some
1TSM ne was i a coiner, and others that-he
naa committed murder, and went' to look at
,ur rt6 grave. Others' again said,
that he had a mad wife locked np in a garret,
fft?? tb broa(1 f et that there
r . '"rw; and of bourse, if be- f
trtntrmtr tn film A,c- ' r
rw-'v rra,rIaveiul one ;. ; could
have nothing but vdlamy to conceal," said
the inspector to Policeman X, 82.3 ... '
- Why: the report arose of J.hig : having a ac.
ret in his life was, because evening after cye
fiiag,T to was seen stealing in the dusk from'
his garret, along Uolborn; towards the ,West
End. .No lone knew where he went to, though
more than one loungingiellow , had set out to
follow him ; but somehow the old man always
contrived - to escape; 'jdoabling - theough' the
streets in such a quick' atid uuexrfeefed man
ner thafvi however it Tras'doner be invariablv
to
.'a-u sorts or piars nad been made
hira,.but they faUed". evcrv brie of
till: ifty
tUt jjr?' ..o- Moreover hi saw
r
-j -Ui zz: :TV l.m his
shabby old "cloak a thinsr'tao one else had
known ; and ; from 7 that time ' the report got
about that it was a love affair with some mys
terious celebrity,' and' that' Joe was buying a
wife with his cold : for ' he had a Cahforney-
irorth " said his landlord's little bov. Teddv.
. One. evening Joe set.out ae usual, with his
shabby old cloak and battered old hat, but well
dressed enough beneath t He wallced cau
tiously' at first,' hobbling. as- was natural to
him how,' with his rhumaties so bad but a&or
he had passed throunrh his particular qua. ...
turning round constantly as if to cough, but
m reality to gee if auy oiva werJuUowmilim,
Ke walked briskly on, cutting through all sorts
of queer alleys . and bye-plaees, winding and
doubling like a fox ; the best topographer in
London could not Lave followed him. At
last he eame to a very pretty house in the Re
gent s liark a nous which was evidently in
habited by a gentlewoman of fortune, as well
as of taste ; for all the appointments were in
such ; perfect keeping, and there was such a
wealth of costly simplicity about it as could
only belong to both these conditions'.1 The
broker looked up at the window as he came
beneath it, and a little 'crirl of about fourteen
or fifteen -but young and slight for her age
leanmg out irom among the geraniums, eried,
as answer to his look, ' Why, Joe, how late
you are to-night! . : . ; :, -.; -;;
- That sweet voice ! the old man used to say
himself that be would not exchange its " Joe 1
for a good fippun' note ! : lie nodded to her
affection atelv ;,and carefully scraping his shoes
opened the door and went inwith the-air of
a man who knows that he will be welcome.
He took off .his hat and cloak, and put them
away into a dark corner ; and then, clean and
'respectable looking,' he went up stairs to
the drawing room; : r ' , ; -
- A lady still bantifnl and still youngs-young
at least for the mother ot a chili or nfteetj-
was sitting there embrbidering." Surrounded
with every lexury and every beauty nested
in that lonely home, like a bird in a golden
cage rhow strange the: hance- - which ; had
thrown together anything so graceful as that
lady and that old Jew broker; ' Yet they were
well acquainted .;i they were even friends ; for
she rose when he entered,; 'and advanced to
wards him kindiy, and shook hands with him,
and drew. forward the best easy chair for him.
and petted him a3 .women only can pet, with
out .any visible overt act. vliut all that Joe
seemed to wish for was-to sit a little," and
watch her as she bent over her embroidery
and to bear her say again and again ' that she
i . , . - -rt j-, .i
' And you are certam- sure you want for
nothing T' inquired " Joo ; ' ', nor, Miss JIarga-,
I ret neither ?" ';,, , , ... . .u.,,n
. was contented and hannv. '
-r" Nothing, - Joe, Nothing and tho sweet
lady looked up affectionately as if she had spo
ken to a father. ' '- - - ,i, ,i! --t
J'Thatjs enough that is all I want,' mut
tered Joe j and then he went back into; the
depths of his quiet meditation watching the
lady's face and every now and then glancing
round the room as if to sea that'all was right, J
and to Una put-. where he, could alter and im
prove., f .I,,; 5, - ,d -.l t : J X i.
--.After, this had gone on fora short time, Joe
Mappiii asked for -Margaret in 'Jan 'tincouth
way, strangely softened, like a 'mastiff partly
mesmerised - The lady rang thel)cll and Mar
garet came. It seemed to - be the ' usual way
iu which she was suminoued when the broker
ynq there for Vue came at once-withbut giy-.
Ing the eryant time to call hcr; She -also
Khowed tho jitoit unaffected gratifude and love
for the bid. man running up to him "and fa
ting his hand,; -calling him ?: Dear Joe, " as if
she meant it: 'r - - ; ' --- L'i'.-' ! ' "
j And is ther:nothuig,thar
jwanfe na"l(l J oej patting her head ijtnd smooth-.
Ing .down her curl."". Has she jtowns and
bunnets enow, lady ? for you know she has but
ta ai and. have
i Why, Joe, I don't wear such a frock in a
itreek ! " said Margaret, laughing ; " and it was
bnly last Tuesday thatyouave me that beau-
ty, though 1 nadn't .yet half worn my blue
Joe Mappindrew her between his knees,
and held her face in his hands; : " Silver and
gold isn't good enough for you. both I" he said
with almost a passion of fervor in his . voice
net Atrir KtJnf rmrlf fm-fnarnf Tno "
But they both said again that they had all
. J V V.
they could require,, even , if they ,, were prin
cesses in a .tairy tower, .Margaret added i and
wnen this assurance bad been repeated to al
most a wearisome number of times,: Joo Map-
put was content, and so relapsed into Bueoee
again. j And there he sat till the last rays of
lae sun nad gone, and candles had ' been
bronght-i-they were the finest "war you may
be sure a peculiar exppression ;of tenderness
on his' mastiff's face as. if he was reading a
sweet cuapter lovingly -listening to a noble
song .-admiringly. ? And then.. v-when it? was
t quite dark outside, i he went" away muffled up
mo EfewT Viu ClOiK is lie had eomftl nrt
hobbling rheamatically when he ; came iiear
his own quarters'1 .-. i'"'-' : h.
I 'This; thtn, was tie broief f secret,' and ibis
vaa us uiaivry
, About fifteen years ago, Joe Mappin,' almost
an oia man even taen, was called to seize the
goods of a certain Captain Thorn ton living At
the West End. i!tThe captain was one of thoU
ga'i' .reckless loveabl
tvr""j lutsgueusm live. lor .y ears on.
-.cu , rand are theu only brought to account
wuen it becomes a matter of lift nA. A
, orer eredilorsthose creditors !
selves ffoins- to tU nTOvT
rin tif 6i wnrtsUeBch snd accu--
g -ulv?b,ttCTly-tho tenderhearted,
him
sibn
-'7-araei5t,tot his profes-s
the .jrou; hearted, urasnino- il J
ing. evea bewastonehedfcV the Mlln-!,
sneBSndgf acious.manner f bis victim acd as
thmi? rose r in ' Ms u- ...x t . i
fiad never felt in his life befor. t was an
Infinite yearning worship, such as he had read
of in the novels of the, libraries fhe had seized,
but which .he had. always thought, trash. -and
the mere mouthings of author fools, . 11 felt
now and for the first time, that there was such
a thing in the human heart as. Love -the love
of beauty t"the love of .virtue, ;loye for pity's
sake,,;,, r--.- v. si-f ruunkVi t- ' : '.
Captain Thornton was carried v off: to. the
Queen's Bench ; and after a short term cf im
prisonment, died suddenly of apoplexy; IIe
had lived to freely, and taken too little cxerf
ciso ; and being one of 4lo iic Laired men
of sanguine temperament" who' required absti
nence and work, who love luxury and idleness,
he had met the fate any medical man -would
have predicted.-- "ITis wife and chiI3 were tlius
left alone in the' world, and penniless. ? The
broker had never lost eight of, them... Gifts
from an unknown hand,; money, clothing, and
even food, had kept Mrs. ThOrnton from want
all the more welcome, as by marriage , she
had displeased her relatives, who 'were per
haps "not sorry now of tins excuse to ...avoid
maintaining her. When .the captain, died,
then old Joe Mappin came forward openly.
He told her how he had lived an Ishmaelite
life, without pity, and without love ; he told
her how she had roused feelings in him feel
ings of reverence for humanity, such as he had
never known before ; and: the old, man -bowed
himself before her as to a superior being, and
besought of her the, privilege jftf maintaining
her and her child ii He'; wanted nothing, he
said, but to know that they were happy, and
sometimes to hear them say so. " lie had not a
relation in the world to whoin he could leave
hie money not one that they would wrong
by taking it ;ho had 'hoarded because ' it was
his nature to hoard but he never "knew for
what end he saved. ' !NoWj he should,"bave
saved for Heaven,' if she would accept her life
on these easy terms: : They .Svere not hard !
and if she objected to Jils going to see her he.
would not .V Indeed,. indeed, it was her hap
piness, and that sweet baby's not his own-r-4
he cared for, in the offers II .. r.-- ; .i .v-I
What could she do, that gentlewoman with
out friends or fortune, orthcmc-ansof earning
her own subsistence? V. What 'wouX she' db'
but look at her ehild. hold out bottr hef handy
to" that strange old man and buret into tears of t
gratitude, ana shame, and sorrow, all mixed
up toelheras she faltered out, YesJ"anI
took her fate from his hands ?'. Sho understood
thb'tfulh of his" feelings, .aaj; was fherself too
truthful and too noyle to assume a false digni
ty .which would have been less . dign ified than
the acceptance of Lis generosity. She thanked
him by her tears, and ebe kissed his withered
band; and that touch bound old Joe Mappin
as her shWe! for iifet the first, - last, and only
time that a woman's lips had ever touched him.
And in this manner their lives had passed for
the last fifteen 'years. : iZ j 4 :
He1 took a beautiful little house for the wid
ow and her child; and furnished it with every
luxury and beauty possible., All that came in
his way dressjewelry, furniture, ornaments,
whatever it "might be that was rare and ex-,
pensive he bought for them, '-.lie lavished his
money like water,; and thought nothing dear
which .would call forth a smile from the wo
man cut. a joyous exclamation- from the child.
Their pleasure repaid him' for 'everything; it
was his world, his heaven, his life.' : '
; but the time was coming fast now when
poor old -Joe Mappin the, 'broker, must - face
the boundary between lime and eternity,- and
learn the great secret'0 When the winter had
killed Margaret's flowers., bad stripped her ge-
jiiinuuis vi lucir leaves.- anu Jiaci : irozen ine
songs "of her birds the .old man and; Death
stood faee,.to face,f j llis rheumasm and asth-.
rua had. been ery bad for .a long while and
living in' hi niggard -neglected way, had not
given him the best chance of recovery; He
knew he was dying, but he could not die in
peace without looking ouea more on those two
faces be loved so much Uhe only two he bad
ever loved through the whole of his long life.;
They could riot come to hint; for they did not
know his address nor even his surname. ' 'He
was only" ' Joew in'Uie beautiful house in the
Itegent's Park; and the servants thought he
was . Missus's queer. old uhule perhaps from
Ingy or furfen parts" d But if they could oot
come to him he- would go to them---and must.
- whatever the risk. He could not die hap
pily he believed he' could- not pass -away at
all without seeing them onee morevi x-'i i??
I ' Thou ghl the; seal bf death1 'was set frigid on'
his face,1 the old mart resolved to make this
longancl 'perilous journey.' lle: knew: he
Bhbuld hasten .'he supreme "moment ff but it
woiua oe ueirer even it, 115 uiu, ue bhiu, auiy.
He hadj.done aJth.wuld donow fc he..had es
tablished and. protected those. dear pnes,,,and
his deati, would not depri ve them nowof a far
thing, or. of .single, comfort. r He tad. saved
enough ,let. hiai die ! , lie sent foraneighbbr
to dress .m, for. the last., time, in jxa'r decent
clothes; j-.aiwt when , thii Was done-T-between
fainting mL lbng fits 'of pain4-he tohl her to
go for aajT, andZbargain with. (the.'xuan for
his: fare" tgqnVsprark'j JJecauso hajwas
oh!, and yeak -hej wouldn't be.done e1xi.r4.pjf, the
biggest ufW..am'ongst theui, "l.lie growled
? 3Vht,jj.,trhe woman, left the room, ; old Joe
dragged himself as he. best jCouli tb a small,
iron, safe heiiad let into the waU-witk his own
hands., pqe-kpewit was there-not even
the! landlord, nor - those: prying eyes cf little
Teddy., unlocked it- and ( toojc jou a oll,
of "bank sotest iiaUway,.scrip. andmortgage
bonds, andiedthem al j,na potter handker
chief, together wifh ,a; parchment (tied withered ;
Upe., sealed with ..b'ig eal,snd.if endorsed
Joe jVJappm s i w;ll,in .-.lus ownandwriung,;
He-hid tha bundle under his ffrea?y:old filoak.
'and then the 'womau came back, and found l?ua.
panting And pah?v andsue ..screamea out ?iua 1
'iiejfa dyyag But he,swpre,"at .her ebctween
each, gaspfl and. told h?r-to hold ner noise, uid ir
to heJo haa down stairs.; ; And then half stum'-J,
bliner and half carried.: inc. .oldinAnlgoidoVn
jstairs at Lit, and so' Was put into the caV 'viof
lie gave tne man nis uirecuons in an uuuer 1
tone, jealously guarding the name from the j
crowd standing curiously about 'r and then he
drove out of Holborn for ever.'. And as he left
his old neighborhood, with all its associations
of the pitilessness and sorrow of which he had
been the instrumentand the heartless one, a
change seemed to come; over him.- ..The mas
tiff face gradually .grew more softened and hu
manized. He was passing from the world of
men and mammon into thatof love and death,
and the evil influences of his material life fa
ded before the purification of this great bap
tism. ,: s vl-jr -.,-, ;. ' y, ; f -i.Thft
joMrcteyit was a Joag on for a dying'
maBr tired him sadly. .. lie did not. care
though for ..the pain it caused him; his' only
fear was that he should die ere he reached his
home-the home of his spirit,- of his better
and his purer lifev.JJut he survived it iu a
sad state of suffering and prostration ; and only
just survived it;.for when, carried by the cab
man in his arms as if he had been . a child; he
was brought into the presence of those loved
ones, all that his failing life left him power .to
do was to place the packet iu the widow's lap,
murmur faintly.. V It , is all yours, ?' and to
die with bet tears falling softly on his face,
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..Novel Mode of Paying the Printer. -.
1 ' I Once had the pleasure of listening to a
colloquy between an editor and c a I farmer,
which struck me as being decidely novel and
unique. - For the benefit of those who "can't
afford to pay the printer,' I conceive it3 rela
tion not to be inappropriate as it is written. t
-11 Early in the spring? .bf 18 I' 'casually
walked up to the office ef my friend C. , whom
I found earnestly engaged in a spirited con
versation with farmer B. " Just as 1 entered
the'ofiicej the farmer with Very vehement ges
ticulationflinging his arms midair, then low
ering theni s if to pump out his words "said
in the eonclsion:6f a sentence, in answer to
the interogafion of the editor ' Can't afford it;
sir should like to take your paper.' sir ; but
can't afford itcountry is hew," and expenses
high; must 'provide for my family first as I
once read in the newspaper.
I can, resumed (tie editor,.
show vou a
Xiovel mode of paying the prmter. I will cite
ycii'ito it, nojL because I wish to get your sul;
seription money, but merely to eonvince you
fhat'you are'able to take a paper, raiid can
afford it, and after taking it, you wUl be thor
oughly persuaded thatit would,be.' showing
charity at hcmeV, Jou have hens at'home of
course. -, Wll X will send you my paper for
the; proceeds of one singlo hen fo? the gcasou,
merely the probeeds. It seems' trifiingj "pre
pasterous, to imagine the product of a ', spgl
hen wUl pa y the subscription t perhaps it wont y
but I jmake'.the oflcri. ' . .iCS ;.'. '
."5 " JDone."jBaid farmer B., ;.;,I agree to it,"
and appealei to me as a witness in the aSair.
. , Tiine rolled round, and the world revolcd
on its axis, and the. sun moved in; its orbit just
as it formerly did ; the farmer received bis pa
per regularly, and regaled himself with the in
formation r obtained from it. :;7IIe cot only
knew the affair: of his own country but became
conversant upon the leading topics of the day,
and the political and financial - convulsions of
the times,,: His children delighte 1, too, in pe
rusing the contents of their weekly, visitor..
In short he said lie was " surprised at, the
progress of , aimsebf and family in general in
formation.", ' j :.. 'v, '., '.....: '
Some, time1 in the month of September,"
happened agaiu tup in the, office, when who
should 6lep in but our friend the farmer. ' '
j 7 ' How do yourd0 Mr. "B. said the editbr'
extending his hand, and his countenaucelit
up with a bland. stuUe' take a chair, sir,, be'
eeate'd : fiue weather we haye.'? i ,!-; ...
' '.tsiFt'inite.fijue,' indeed, auswerd the
farmer) ..shaking the proffered ' paw "t "of the
editor,, and then a short silence ensued, during
which our friend B. hitched his -ohair- back
ward and forward, and twirling his thumbs ab
stractly ,and spitting:profueljv..Hrtmg up
quickly, he said, addressing the editor, V.Mr,,
C., I have .brought you the .proceeds , of that
hett."i....i?,'.,-ii:
: r It is .-am using t.eethe peculiar .expres
sion of ; the euiior, ;as ho, touoweU the. tanner
down to the wagon. fwI could hardly keep my
risibles down- . hen at the wagon,, the iarni
er commenced handing over to the eJirc tho
produce of the-, hen which .ou heingjConntcd,
amounted to eighteen pullets,, worth a shilling
each, and. a number of dozen eggs making in
the aggregate of tho least calculation, twQ dol
lars and fifty cents, one dollar.. more than the
pneo of the papers- 4-.7. ; ; )
2u need," said hej ."of; men not taking a
family newspaper, and paying for it, too..
don't miss this from my roost, yet I hare paid
a year's subscription and a dollar , oyer. f All
folly, sir y there is no man Jmt can take a,:pa
per; its charity, you, know, commences at
home." . ...:,;....
: f,f But, returned tie eitori,'i will pay you
for what is over the subscription. I did not
intend to institute this as a means of profit:
. but rather to convince vou I will pay vou "
s'.f 2sot a.bitpf it, Bir j a bargain is a bargain,
and Jt am already paioVair, doubly. paid and
wheneyer a neighbor makes' the .complaint . I
did,;! will cite, to hini'the-hen. .story,.. Good
day gentlemen; t., 'I . ,, , .' ..'
.After hU departure the "editor, and Tfyself
took a hearty laugh at the novelty of .the .idea
and th complete success. of tthe enterprise.--Many
.a subscriberdid lie farmer send in, and
in the; course of a. number . ofTyesirs, daring
which he continued. to take the juper,- it, was
his wont to relate his novel mode, of paying
the printer to his guests, which were not a few,
as his general information, for which he al
ways thanked the editor,. made Inui s .desira
bWcoinpaBion both o pld andryoung, .nd;cf
inyaluable service to th'ecommuia jty iuwluch
ne area.-;-- jrie pecame noted aa.ueini?..;mau
of much readmg and xtansttfe mformaUon.T
As ae was Cotirted by the wise; so did he court
the company of the illiterate.' ind many is the
lindividuaal whose sol was lichtedbyhe lamp
hisknowledge " His motto was ever, V My
ugnt is none t no less ior uginung mat 01 my
neighbors."
Emulate it kind reader.
Cur Debt to the Gallant Dead Paid off
The speech of Mr. Smith, of Alabama,' in
favor of the doctrines of the new party, and
especially against foreigners, adopted citizens, J
and Catholics, is standard authority with, the
believers in Know-Nothingism.v One of his
strongest points is that in which Jie declares
that we owe nothing to the brave foreigners
who have fought our. battles that they have
been amply compensated, and the account
i3 closed. ! -This must be consoling information
to the" Americans who are to rule America."
It is lifting heavy burden from 'their souls to
be assured that they are no longer to be troub
led with visions of obligations to such advenr
turers as Lafayette, Jlontgomery, Kosciusko,
Dc Kalb, and the rest. Debt is always a night
mare, and he is to be congratulated who is clear
of it. - But we are a little incredulous as to the
fact which Mr. Smith announces to-thc world.
Who has paid the debt? " Who holds the re
ceipt? .Where -are "thepapeia recorded?
.Where are the details? , How much did you
pay for the glorious life of Montgomery , lost
before Quebec 1 : How much did Lafayette,
obtain for his daily compensation ? " What was
the price of his wounds, of his -sufferings, of
his prayers for the success of our infant cause ?
Is the memory of De Kalb to be buried in ob
livion pecause in a moment of gratitude an
American Congress paid a just claim to his de
scendects? Give us the amount in dollars and
cents that acquitted us from all obligation to
the poor Irish and Germans who starved and
died inlhe wintry field of Valley Forge, and
fought at Trenton, at Yorktown, and at Brau
dywine.v '.""'.. v... : .'.''. ' V . "
; -,, A ILussian Heroine- . ; 0
-The following is related iu. a letter .from
Kamiesch, in the Crimea:. ' . ;- -.nn t ' - "' ' -1
For some days past nothing has been talked
of but the arrest of a'young Russian woman ;
she had been remarked several times before,
as her favorite walk appeared to be in ' the
trenches, " The rumor . circulated - for some
time, and tho General at last was informed of
the fact. He ordered a stricter watch to be
kept, asthotugh.it could be only a spy disguised
in woman's attire. ; At 6 o'clock on the mor
ning of the 28th the same woman presented
herself in front of Our men while they were at
work. .' She was tall and majestic stature; and
held an extinguished lantern in her hand, and
seemed to examine the works with much atten
tion..; :Some one perceived that she held a roll
of paper half open, in which she propably no
ted all the observations he could eollect. At
the eight of our soldiers and officers she quick
ened her pace and entered a sort of rayine if;
the extremity of the French' trenches; ' ' '.
,; As soon as she reached that spot she bgan
to run, but the commandment sent two'Zoua
ves in pursuit, aod they soon overtook her.
Two hours after she was 'conducted to Gen.
Caurobert". iy Her examination was not long ;
she constantly replied that" it was for the good
of her buijiryaiid to avenge the death of her
hu3band;vB6nihbff,; killed at the alma, that she
acted thus; and,' moreover, that she lef tTio re-
gret. She was then searched. '- The search
ers found in oue of her pockets a paper book,
wtaitiing" several details on the state of our
batteries, the number of men employed; tho
number of guns in the batteries, &c.;and in
another pocket' a double-barrel pistol, and
letter addressed to Prince Menschikoff. After
the visit she was shut up in' an apartment of
the General's head quarters, under the guard
of two poidiers, "until such time as she can be
sent to Malta.- c . ;.--.; . ;'; .
k-r.-.-'x-X & ., . m.m S . ,:
; - '- ;! California; Financial Panic. i
I '"A Ran Francisco correspondent of the . New!
York Daily Times thus makes light -over the
perplexities of a small capitalist in that city
who was iu trouble" for a safe place of invest-; '
mcct:;; ' , :;';;'r" -f ' ' ' " "'-'
; r A Dutchman. yhb' had "a couple of bnn-.
idred dollars in PagS Bacon & Co.'s drew it
out, and after carrying it about an hour or two,
thinking Adams & Oo. mustbe perfectly safe,
deposited there. Happening "to hear some
doubts expressd about them an hour later he
became alarmed and drew it out acraiu, took it
to Wright's and opened an accoUht witli him.'.
He hid not got ten rods from . tho door before
he saw a man "rushing" to bia office looking
wild.- - Poor- Sourkrout thought the devil must :
be to pay there too,' and forthwith drew! -a
check for his two hundred .u i :.T.r. -.Li L ,
l IJq continued to deposit and draw !again
at nearly every banking house in town," when
tired out and thoroughly in despair, he sat
down upon a curbstone, wiped the perspiration
from h's' face, and soliloquized thusU - Oline
Got, Mine Gotj vere shall I put mine dollars 2
Me put 'em in ten different banks ; so soon ; I
put 'em tore he pekin to pra"ke ; I gets hiiii out
and he no proke I I take my mohi home and
sows him iip? in ter "petticoat of mine vrow, and
spose BheprakesH J prakeshcV head.f ; JV.nd
strubk wltii the ideale'rushtd. for heme,;aud
nrobablv has " rejoiced over' his plan, which
inoWS'knlsht have follow ed'abd -: been better
off."''''- iJ-i :;--':-'--i ,
( now Oysters came to be Eaten. .
I It has often been -said-that-he mu3t have
been a bold man who first ate a noyster. This
is said iflignorance of the legend whieh assigns
the first oyster-eating to.a very natural tausoc
It is related that a man . walking one , day
picked up one f these savory bivalves just
as it was in the" act gaping. Observing the
extreme smoothness of the interior of the shell,
he insinuated his finger between them that he
misht feel their shining surface, when sudden
ly they closed -upou. the exploring dijrit with a'
sensation iets pieauraoiu u;au ue aimcipaxca.
The promt "withdrawal of his finger Was
scareelj-a ;more . natural movement, thau lts
transftr, to, his mouth, The owner of ihe.fin
ger first tasted oyster juice-the. eavor. was de
liuiousrrbe:had made a great discovery ; so he
banaueted upon their., contents, and soon
s, tand xm j -
)ii.. Auduu-
gone, aud isi
-1 1 . ; ' t. 1 : 1 - - a
orougui oybier eaung into iasmou.
like most fasuious, it has never
I never likely to go out.
Presidency of -Liberia.
Edward J. Iloye, one of the candidates f r
President of Uberia, was some ten years since
a barber in Terre Haute, Indiana, from which
platfe he emigrated to Liberia. He engaged
successfully iu commercial pursuits at Monro
via, has been a member and speaker of th
House of .RcpresenUtivcs of that Bcpublic ;
was a candidate two years ago , for the Presi
dency against President "Roberts, and is now
editing and pv.blibhing a paper in" that country.
He is, we believe, a pure African certainly
a blackc:man. -v ; -'' ' - - ' '
-. Stephen A Benson, the- other canJidate is
of unmixed African descent, went with his pai
rents to Liberia when a mere child; before tha
time of, Gov. Ashmun's arrival ifa 1S22, was
taken captive by the natives iathe v-arcf De
cember of that year but was finally restored
to his'home after an absence of several months.
He haa . been . entirely educated ia Africa ; is
the principal merchant at Basa Cove ; has
filled the office of Judge in one of the highest
courts in and of Liberia and is now the Vice
President of the Republic. -' ' ' "! v -'--
Mr. Benson isa Christian of eminent piety
and benevolence of life , and enjoys the respect
and confidence not only in the community ia
which he. resides, but ftf many distinguished
strangers, and universally of. the citizens of
the Liberian Commonwealth. ; .
The time for the election of President, Vice
President, Senators and Representatives, is
fixed in the Constitution of Liberia, to be held
" on the urst Tuesday in May, in every two
years." Intelligence of "the choice made osi
the first day of the present month will doubt
less reach . this country ' about the xuiddl of
Juue next. . ,,;.:: '- 1- ;,--..
It is proper to remark that his Excelleney
J.J, Roberts, for reasons honorable to himself
and to .Liberia, declined a re-nomination for
President - On the expiration pf ..his official
duties he will have served four terms cf ' two
years each, with " marked credit to himself,"
honor to the colored race, and to the advance
ment and prosperity of his country;
New Building1.. HaterlaL- I' -"
Goward's Meal Estate litgister., -published
at Boston, says: !.. ti..'t
" We have been shown a sample of a .ne
building material to which we alluded a week
or two since.,,. It is a kind of brick niade,withl
dead air spaces," and possessing all the beauty
and hardness of granite. It, is mado of dry
lime and dry sandj in the propotioUrcf one "
twelfth lirad and eleven twilfths Eand, laid in
moulds and subjected to :an "equal pressure-of
one hundred toes.' Tho" lime- is slacked' and?
the sand is sifted. -- The pressure is 'sufficient'
to cam?e the particles to come in contact, farm-
iog a beautiful material.;, he bricks -; can of
course be made in anj' form or shape accor.
ding to taste.' It is fully equal to sand-stone J
;" The advantages are the facility with which
they are manufactured ; lathing and plasteriDg
becomes unnecessary, and the outside andth
inside of the wall is made at the same time.-"
The chemical change which takes place in th
manufacture of the bricks hardens them so that
they are no more affeetotTby the. action1 of th'
atmosphere than common stoue vv-It isiiOt af-i
fected by frost, and oxperimcnts whiuh havo
been tried to test its strength and other qu&li-
ties have . resulted satisfoctorTy - ; Scien-'
tific men have examined the material and all
f Have arrived at the same conclusion.; . It haa.
been used in some places in the West for buil ding
but not in this section of the country.'
A hue dwelling-house is aboui to be tuilt' ia:
Danvers of the material.''- u s , :r-.l
Kosscth ON THE! YiSIT . OF : .Napoubon HI
to EzsotANU, Kossuth has written an unusu
ally bitter letter, even for him, ia relation t(,
the visit of , Napoleon III to England. IIe
calls, the . reception a " corned'', The letter t
api-ears in the "Sr. Y.Tiuies.'f Ivossuth salutes
Austria as follows: , ",' 1 :; ' "
' That Austria, sir, which means the Haps-
burgs, whom Ia plain, unpretending eitizen,
weighed in the ijollow of my band just seven;
years ago'; the very existence of wkomdepen?
ded oa a breath of mine ; whom I saved with, t
ill-fated, generasity foJ. a I was ta trust
king's oath ; whom the people of liungary has t
humbled to the dusW-. unarmed unprepaladfc,
fersaken.aud hermetically secluded as we were;
those napsburgs whom the Czar propped up ,
for a while, but to whqni.no aid, hoeombina-
tion can impart vitality, ' and whom the very s
hand cf the Eternal has doomed to certain des-T
tructionTt is this Austria, sir, which strikes
terror to the adventurer who carved his way -through
all . the bloody horrors of lccember. t
and through uticruj'wperjuFy4o a throne;
this Austria whose-ringer pulls the leading
string on' which -England ' and France are
hooked in the Camp and in the council alike."-.!
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Trimte to CmEf Jr-sTi'cB TAse-.-i-A gen i
tleman who was present durit - the trgumenU '
of counsel itt'the case of Powell, reocnUy. tried -aud
acquitted before tho United States circuit
eourt, was struck wuli the appropriate and elo
quent tribute paid ; by Mr,. Z.Colliiis Lve to .
Chief Ju.-5ticeTaneyv and lias communicated ,''T
tliej passage, as he recollects its' languageto '
us- so deserved by the distinguished jourist
referred to. Baltimore 'America it - '-'-Jj
. ' In 'this sacred temple(said Mr. Lee) our r
client will find a refuge from the malicious and ri
false accusations : which ' have ' pursued him
ere, in this high courts over which presidrar 4
the mofct eminent judioial officer of the Unionf !. j
prejudice, f Lsehcod aud passion cannot enter r
onjl survive. llert , the scales of J ustio in
Lis hauls are so firmly held that not a cloud "
can obficuro their "brightness nor the fall of :"'
feather disturb their, perfect balance without i
lse oticeao'd rebuke bf Lis' disceruihj.$T "1
and unbia.eviJginenv'ell,- then, may1"
we- -congratulate tha cused.ouos trial
such a forum-.. ' ' .. ?
, .; Two GiKLSlUiHJiav Two young guli,
bonvicted of la?euy tit St. John, X.T., hav ,7
been sentenced to wvw yrs " y,.-3nn?: '
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