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THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTB1BT7TED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR.
EBENSBURG, JULY 28, 1858.
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Fr.m the Home Journal,
i Sever hare been Falss to Thee.
: Live I'cen f.ihe to tliec!
!..-.. rt I ga. c thee :-tili is thine:
: ti.ou haot !. et'i uutiue to me,
1 1 no e may call thee mine!
vi'd as woman ever loves,
:'. '"nt.int sovd in good or ill;
Vi Tt'vl. a-- rii-m too often pp.
tli'.'O still.
A - v. : -but I h
:': ii .!; not that my spirit s-toopa
I blt.d thee eaj-tive in my train!
., t a tlowcr, lit sr.n-et druOp1,
i'. t li.i'e-i whi-n r-n.t hi-r Clod a:.iu!
'. ;. , '.'.. w.'iieli fall ;.nlieard now,
,;1 . my heart-!-trim;.-; madly thrill.'
..t's han and minting vow
Wonld go there, just to sec
come to anv harm.'
'You musen't disobey your father; it
make him very angry, said Mra Lloyd.
'May be,' suggested the boy, 'if I were to
go to the top of the hill, just above the dam,
and sit down and watch Jacob, he wouldn't
mind. That wouldn't be going to the mill
dam you know. And if you told him just
how it was, and said that you thought it bet
ter for me to go there on Jacob's account. I
) am sure he would say that I had done just
right, instead of wrong.
Mrs Lloyd thought for a little while, and
then replied.
'Jacob is a small boy, and there are dan-ge-TOUs
places about the mill-dam . I wonder
how his mother can let him go there alone?
Oh, if he should fall in, to be swept down
under the gate, or over the dam, nothing
could save him. I :hiuk you had better go,
Frank, and I'l! make all right with your
Father Onlj' be sure not to go down to the
water, unless something happens to Jacob,'
Thus permitted and enjoined, Frank star
ted ciT lor the mill-dam, which was about a
iiuarlcr of a mile distaut, in a lonely valley,
surrounded by woods and hills. He walked
along rapidly, for the idea that Jacob Gtccu
j might have fallen into the water at any mo
i ment having tak;n possest-ion of his mind,
' he felt anxious to l'each the neighborhood of
i the dam as quickly as possible. On gaining
! the wooded hill t'j-t rc.se stca ply above the
: point where the water, swollen by late rains,
leaped roaiing over the dam. Frank search-
i ed, with his eyes, hurriedly, along the shore,
; up and down, for Jacob Green. Hut the lad
i wan nowhere in sight. He would have shout
! ed his name, but a secret senso of disobedi- suddenlp, and there stood his father, with a
! euce, and a fear of discovery by his hasty j face made dark with auger, one hundred cuts
1 tempered father kept him silent. Descending j stretched to seize him, and the other upliflnd
a near to the edge of the dam as he deemed ! and grasping a heavy rod.
4 Oh, father, don't !' exclaimed the fright
eued boy. Don't ! Ask mother !'
' Didn't tell you nvf to come here T wa
the stern response, andth ) father's grip tight
ened on the rod as he seized the boy's arm.
The hand was already descending, freighted
wiih a fearful blaw, wheu a wild cry of ter
ror swept up from the waters, and arrested
saw your boy there, as I came alon" -.'
'-What!' The axe dropped from Mr. Lloyd's
hand, while a dark shadew fell on his coun
tenance. ' I saw your boy there, skipping about the
head-gate with as little concern as if he bad
been on a level floor.' !
'Oh! isn't that too much! And I posi
tively forbade him going near the dam !'
Mr. Lloyd's excitement was sudden and in
tense. -
If it was myboy, I'd take the hide on"
him,' said Maxwell.
He'll be sorry for this to the latest day
of his life !' And with these threatening
words on his lips; Mr. Lloyd turned away,
and disappeared in the woods. Only once he
paused, and that was to cut a thick, strong,
little birch rod then he strode forward with
long-reaching steps in the direction of the
mill-dam,
Near the place where Jacob had propped
his line, the decayed trunk of a fallen tree
was projected peroral feet into the water.
Soon growing impatient for want of success
in his post, the loy in something of a spirit
of desperation, walked out. to the end of this
trunk and threw his line as far up the stream
as he could fling it. Then he watched the
cork as it floated rapidly down with the cur
rent, hoping that some fish would seize the
bait and drag it under. But no denizen of
the tuvbid stream saw the tempting morsel,
or, seeing, was lured to take the treacherous
food. Excited now, by the real danger of
the little boy, Frank started up, and was
about calling to him to come back upon the
1 j shore, when the sharp crack of a fallen limb,
- ; brokeu by a heavy tread, caused him to turn
1 i .e tin
e .' I
a-.t is !:,:
.'.hi tlii till.
.vl.at .; i
.V.avi'.l ' f WiSs '.Vua otfS.
'11-;- ;!. ti'ocli'tids of var
:;t ly v.;:h o:nls n;ui li'j'.v 'y
1 inuu-i' ii'led t!i a"i!
-the j re.-ciit thine
Ml
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ill
n.e thy luture
s mine.
till ,
rrudfiit. under the cm-un. stance, to go, he
examined every poii.t within the range of vis- !
inn with the most careful scrutiny. :
A sudden fear now soizd upon the boy's !
heart. Jacob inUct have fallen into the water
and been swept over the dam! II is heart ;
beat like a hammer in his brtrast; respiration
became difficult; he felt a choking sensation ;
in his throat. For s!nj moim-tit he .itood i
bewildered. I''it anxiety for the little boy's i
.-af.tv became Uvrior to all other emotions, i
lit- n av liavefalbn m near the head-gate'
!n; :ow .-aid to lr.mMif And then, as the
iii.'ino "f Ja'V'b iliLging to sme ft ail sup- i
aini l the whirling, suekiing euaics, pre
n.it.d. 1 1 utile spiang to j j()fr
v.'..i.r .rom ;i,c aam n jweii i
IioMitig rii to a piece of j
the I rink i f a hiirh stone
as ho 1. inked down into :
poit.
it re1! to 1 i
the :-;t where th'.
"u.to the mill-race.
wo-id , h
wall, or
l'. a i e-l u el
piei. Hid,
but love tl.te. f.tl.-e one, Miil!
Select
iOT l
W RATH
the wafer that .seethed ar.d struggled above ;
the half-opened gate, he held his breath in
momentary .-mp n.-e lint no sign cf the lad j
was visible Frank drew himulf up, taking
in'pirain n. ami siooa j,,r some mo- !
a tier
merits t;cv.
I
'.' The gov started at the sound of his
v .ice. whilst his color heightened.
h! v d had left the hou.-e, with his axe
;Lrju! !er, a few minutes before, on his
.' :i tleaiinr not far o7, where his men
j'- '.vuil:; buc a thought crossing his
fial induced him to return. He fp'ke
fit sternness of V"iee and manner.
' head
itlu; ;
over
ii:
ihlered and at fault
ver a narrow
le
tht'.'WTi across the sluice.
then step
that had
into which the
;c
tjetiett, ale;
stat.nlLg ...a out: Of
hu!lio;tits .f tl,;; tin in, leaned his body
and let ked down, a !itanco of twenty
bov
, 1 1, rr.
looking
with a
halt
v.
riii';;ted the
u!.ce at hid fs
' 'I) to the mill-dam to-da3',' said Mr.
r--''':iiig slowly, and with authority.
tone oi slia
is
:j -i
i,
rriteno''at!oi
near, sir:
ir," rei'lie 1 Frank.
cry well; then see to it that I am obey--Mr.
Llovd staited oil' acain for the
? He did net feel altogether satrsued
1 '-iinself, for he was conscious of not hav
Jliressed his sou in the right spirit. It
I Lave been as easy to have spoken more
", to have made the Interdiction in n
..(.' tone of voice, at
v to instire rhetlieuce
' w;!: I could control niixcf a little bet--'H'l
tlif fanner, as lie strode away. I
) i WiPvt; this harsh r,pi enit.tnrv inni?f r,f
i 1 j ------ -
"ufv.r does much good. I'm sure it
r.'.'hfj to mate me jny more obedient
: I v.-.s ,i hoy; but ratht-r tended to excite
The most outrageous thing I ever
yet broil eiuite as
the arm midway iu its court The eyes of
the father and sou Loth turned to the direc
tion from which the cry came. Jacob had
alrcadv fallen into the dam, and was already
gliding away in the rapid current. Making
a sudden spring, Frank freed himself from
! the grasp of his father, aud then went leap-
down the hill with windlike speed. It
was some moments before Mr. Lloyd recover
ed sufficient presence of mind to follow.' ' Uut
ere he was half way to the water, Frauk had
reached a point below the boy, and was creep
ing out upon the sleuder trunk of a sappling
that Lent low over the water, iu the hope of
grasping him as he was borne onward by
the strong current. Uut the brave lad saw
at a glance; on gaiuing the utmost point of
the tree, that Jacob would float a few feet
beyond his arm. So, with singular decision
and presence of miud, he dropped into the
water, grasping a slender, extreme branch
of the tree, aud throwing his freed hand still
farther out In the stream, Uut, alas! the
rush of water against his body commenced
bearing both him and the tree-top downward
and inward toward the shore. Conscious of t
this, at a moment when Jacob was only a few J
feet above him, Frank lei go of th'j tree-top,
and pushed himself out with the stroke cf his
feet far enough to be able to grasp the drown
ing boy. As he u u so, Lo'.u went gliding
low, equally powerless in the strong current.
Tor home moments 31 r. Lloyd stood par
alysed upon the shore. Tb struggling boys
were beyond his reach, and wholly beyond
his skill to save. Theu he commenced run
ning along the bank, his miud in an agony
of terrible suspense, keeping opposite to them
as they went quickly down the swollen flood.
In less than two minutes they were within a
few feet of the dam, yet still, if ihe eyes of
Mr. Lloyd did not receive him, iu a line
with the abutment, and a faint hone dawned
within his mind that they might strike against
pier, auu gnue mward toward the head-
fett into the mad whirlpool of waters that lay
i beneath. His head swan' : aud he lifted
! himself up and moved back, with a feeling of J
terror in his heart. If he were to fall heal- j
I long there no earthly power could save him ! j
j A little while Frank stood on the abut- j
; ment that, jarred to the heavy tall ot the
! water. Then he slipped carefully across the
narrow uriugc mai teparaica nun i rom lanu, OQ toWarJ hc dan OIj, a bundrcd feet Le ,
auu lOOlt ii lOHi: uitmu ua tiv; ink uniiou.i 111 1 , T Ourni -l.i
a positiou of safety. Slowly aud anxious
were Ins eyts now thrown arouud him. and
every point withm their range searched with
I the mist careful scrutiny. Uut the search
i was entirel' fiuithss. Ascending the hill
, that rose above the dam, Frok now ran
along its brow, for some distauce, up the
I stream, letting his paze fall upon every part
i of the shore. Suddenly he stopped, with an
I exclamation of relief, for Jacob had come
i into full view, sitting upon a rock that pro
jected far into the dam, holding his fishing
, rod over the water, aud watching the scarlet
i topped cork that lay motiouh ss iu a quiet
eddie
Frank did not call the boy, nor, by any
'' sign, make known his proximity. He had
come, iu disobedicnee to his father; to watch
over and protect him from harm, aud the
fear of hasty misjudgment on the nai t of his
lather when the tact
'How can you make that appear?' was de
manded . And then the mother of Frank related how,
with her permission, he had gone to the mill
dam to watch over and guard the little boy
whqwas there alone, " And she related, also,
for she gleaned from her recovered son the
incident already knowu'to the reader, how he
had passed nearly an hour upon the uill above
the water', after hcving searched about the
head gates,' watching lest harm came to the
lonely and thoughtless Jacob Green. The
heroisn of his son Mr. Lloyd knew already.
Fof a long time' the steru farmer sat With
his head bowed upon his breast. A shudder
almost of ; horror, shook, for a moment, his
strong frame as vivid immagination drew a
picture of himself standing iu wrath above
this heroic sou, with his arm already descen
ding to strike a cruel blow. He had not sno-
; ken to Frank since life had flowed back freely
tnrotigu ins veins. hen tully satisfied that
all danger was past he had retired from the
chamber where he lay, displeasure at the act
of disobedience resuming the uppermost place
in his mind.
Now his feelings toward the boy were al
together changed. Tender love had driven
out wrath
Where is father?' Several times had Frank
asked this epuestion, looking as he spoke with
a troubled counteuancc toward the door tl'
the chamber in which ho lay. He remem
bered; now, only the steru displeasure of his
stem parent his own heroism and self-devo
tion were forgotten.
'Is father angry still?' Frauk lifted his
eyes that were tearful and aad, to his mother's
face.
Xo, my son. Your father is not angry
now,' answered his mother.
'Where is he?'
In the next room
Frank sighed, as his lashes dropped until
they lay upon his cheek. A tear was crush
ed by each fringing lid. Noiselessly his mo
ther rose and left the room.
Frank, my sou !' The voice that said this
was low and unsteady, but full of tenderness.
Instantly the boy 'a ejes flew opeu.
Oh, father!' Aud his arms leaping up
ward, caught eagerly the neck of his father,
aud dragged him dowu until the hard, rough
cheek lay against his own softer and warmer
face.
I wasn't disobedient in heart, father,' sob
bed the excited bo-. 'Ask mother b he will
tell you all about it.'
'I know all, my sou,' replied Mr. Lloyd,
as soon us he could steady his voice, 't know
all. You have . been brave, Hoble, manly,
and I am proud of you.'
Oh, with what delicious sweetness did
these words of praise fall upon the boy's ears.
From other lips they would have betn
pleasant; but coming from that cold parent,
always more ready to blame than to praise,
they were as honey to his soul. And the
father, in after time, could no more forget the
expression of his son's face, as he uttered these
words, than he could forget tho imprestiou of
that same face, as he stood iu wrath, ouly an
hour or two before, with hand uplifted to
strike. How man' hundreds of times did
this last image of himself haunt his quiet mo
ments He would have given all that he pos
sessed of worldly things, if that one act of his
life could have boeu obliterated, if the page
of memory on which was recorded, side by
side, that other and better incident, could have
shown only the golden record. ?T. S. Arthur
Predictions for This Year.
Tho following sagacious prediction are
made for the year 1S58:
Through the whole course of this year
when the moon wanes, the night will grow
dark.
On several occasions during th year the
sun will rise before c?rtaia people discover it,
and set before they have finished their day's
work.
It is quite likely that when there is no bu
siness doing, many will be heard to complain
of hard times, but it is teiually certain, that
all who bang themselves will escape starva
tion. If bustles and hoops go out of fashion, a
church pew will hold more than three ladies
There will be many eclipses of virtue, some
visible, others invisible.
Many delicate ladies, whom no one would
suspect, will be kissel without telling their
mamma's.
If the incumbent of a fat office .dies, there
will be a dozen feet ready to step into one pair
of shoes.
There will by more books published than
will find payers.
If a 3'oung lady should happen to blush,
she will be apt to get red in the face without
the use of paiut; if she dreams of a young
mau three nights in succession, it will be a
sign of something; if she dreams of him four
times, or has a toothache, it is ten to one she
will be a long time gettiug either out of her
head.
Dinner and entertainments will be given to
those who have plenty to cat at
home, aud
le-
thc
of his disobedience ho-
Un a boy, was iu defiance of au ang- ' came known, sobered his feelings and made
Whouneed authority. Frank is seusa- him prefer solitude to companionship. So
at) my manner hurt him -I must ' hi .nt down nnneHvilinrr Mnilf i iAii th
:-".VM'!f better ' ' trunks of three or four large trees; yet keep- . rcfLcJ tIi,; head-gate. Mr. Lloyd leaped
-a' s the matter, Frank?' inquired the iug his head in a position to see Jacob through ' 'V'0 1,10 f alcr' amI 'PPred a few feet m
t!icr, coming to the door. She had ! a small oi.er.iiij between them. Xearlv half ! s.lde of the Pofc wher0 Le had ' sceu thcm fi
gates, instead.of outward in the current, and
over the deadly waterfall.
Mr. Lloyd stood still in fearflul suspense,
his lips apart, his arms reaching out impotent
ly, aul his face as pale as ashes. Suddenly
he struck his hands together, and sprang for
ward with an eager bound. The drowning
boys had swept agaiust the pier, aud passed
under instantly from sight. Throwing off his
coat as he ran, auu drawing off nis beiots as
'-r husband's voice pitched in rather a
. K"V, rd it drew her fiom her work
,',J!'i?,' was answered,
"P-ak to me as if he
'only father al
wonld take my
J-at did he say?'
"U tnc not to go to the mill-dam.'
, '' did he say that?' inquired Mrs.
I a small opening between them. Nearly half
j an hour passed, when Jacob, tired of watch
; ing his immovable cork, drew up his line,
! aud moved down the bank to a position near
! er the point where the swollen water went
rushing over the dam. As he threw in his
down. In a moment or two became to the sur
face, grasping tightly the two boys, now iu
sensible, struck out with one hand vigorously
for the shore, aud succeeded, though not
without difficulty; reaching a spot just above
and
::''i't know.'
? Wl some good reason, no doubt
Le sure riot to disobry him.'
aS Df:rharS two hours later in i!n Anv
aW n .,! Jacolj Green met Frank f
road, u little way from his father's
... Ho lul a lisliing-tol in his hand.
re are you go:ng Jacob?' said Frauk
' t!:.' mill-dam. Wou't you go along?'
'- to-tlay,' was answered.
s'-rongly urged a compliance ' with
' !jUt Frank resisted all temptation.
v.1 J?cr,o C recti just now,' said Frank,-
,o oj in., i,.(.thcr i htfh' nft. ruv.r,l
-Mrs. Lloyd replied, in an ab-
e s j:nug to the mill-dam all
'uost too smull a bov to be trus-
"-' 1'V him.. If... .i l...'.- ........ .......
if J. .- auu lit a Ui:ilWC
,at:r 'la-in t said what ho
f 111 J 1.3 .1 1 tl l - i ,
jibe, Frank arose and walked along the hill f " vy s.onc :a I where ha could clamber
above him, until nearly opposite tnc thunder- I " " "."
:. . .... 1 .1 i. i i ! tii'esure of the current against the lads had
IW' watcrtall, and then sat down again to f , . , . , .,n . A ,
.r. t-.i, el... l-..-. i- ,ir i r Dome mem mwaru into tue qaici euuv auove
wuttm the lonely btiy himself more lonely. ... , , . A , i ,i
leaping cataract,
The first care of Lloyd was to restore, if
possible, animation to the apparently dead
bodies of the two boys. Frank earliest show
ed signs of recovery; then thero was a feoble
p!ay of the pulse, and a slight flushing of the
cheek iu Jacob, but to neither did life come
back, at the time, iu full vigor. . A neighbor,
who happened to come by, assisted Mr. Lloyd
to carry the lojs home, where under the at
tendance of a physician, full aoiivify was soon
restored to the. vital organs. ...
'I rositively forbade his going to the niill-
i Jam,' said Mr. Lloyd to hi.4 wife after all fear
j was past, sotnething of his old sternness aud
I anger showing itselt intone ana countenance,
The clearing at which Mr Llovd was at
; work with his men lay about a quarter of a
! mile from the mill-da in. The father had
! 1 1 1 f lrtYTf.Ut.1 a . . I....nr-.i . nn nr. s m ...,! ulnA.1
J-i. V,ll.U Oil HIJUlvUCi; vdlllUI v, U L1VX BLUl'lA
gazing on its white trunk and giant limbs,
j when a neighbor, merging from the wood be
hind him, came up and said . .
uooa uay. .ir. J.Ioytl.' -.
4 Ah, good day to you, Max well !' respon
ded" Ihe farmer in a hearty tone.
4 Splendid laud, this,' said the other, but
h avily timbeied. ----
' A year or two will show its quality,'
Lhiyd remaiked.- "'
4 Heavy frtshct,' said Maxwell.
4 Yes; you can hear the dam roaring,
eveu here when t'ie wind sets this way.'
Dangerous place for boys, I should think,' ' 'He did not disobey you tn spirit,' replied
di I, I
said Maxwell," in a tone that made tho far
mer look at him with a cohered aspect. I
the mother. -with moist otes ud voice
had not yet regained an even touc,
that
How Thurlow Weed got the Eight Thousand.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Jltr
curg tells the following story:
'Two or three 3-cars ngo, the railway lines
between Albany and Buffalo were consolida
ted under the title of the New York Central.
Thurlow Weed, of the Albung Journal, en-giueered-the
matter through the Legislature,
and for this service was to receive the hand
some sum of $8,000 of which Erastus Cor
ning was to furnish 4,000 and Dean Uich
mond 1,000. The plan succeeded and the
money was paid over. Uut as Mr. Weed did
not think it would look well to have the stock
stand in his own name, he made it over to au
old and particular friend of his Mr. Melu
tosh who had made money as . a railroad
contractor. It was uudcrs'oad between the
parties that Mcintosh was to hold the stock,
and then quietly make it over to Wted. Uut,
unluckily, Mcintosh died and forgot to make
a will. So the administrators, in making up
the account of the assets, stumbled upon the
certificates for this 03,000, and put them
dowu to Mcintosh's credit, supposing, of
course, they were his. Tb6 debts were paid
aud a handsome balauce was left for the wid
ow, the attractive Mrs. Mcintosh, who was
married a few weeks ago, to Mr, Fx-Presi-deut
Fillmore. Thurlow's $8,000 weut
along with the widow, into the arms of the
mau whom Thurlow hates probably as bad as
any one man can hate another. For a politico-scandalous
yam it is not bad and makes
fuu.
the poor will receive much advice gratis,
gal aud medical excepted
He w ho marries this :year will run a great
risk, especially if he does it in a great hurry.
Hi who steals a warch gives tattlers occa
sion to gossip, and will be apt to involve him
self and pride in disagreeable relations.
Many young ladies who hope for it, but
little expect it, will be married; and many
ct nfideutially anticipating the glorious consu
ltation will be doomed to wait another year.
' Finally, there exists but little doubt that
this will be a most wonderful year, surpassing
iu interest all that have preceded it.
News from the South
Wasiiixu.ton City, Ju- 17. The New
Oilcans papers by mail mention the arrival
of the stoauiihip Gen. 1'us.k, from Urazos
Santiago.
Advices from Monterey state that a por
tion of the Liberal party, under Degollaio
and Blanco, attacked Guadelaxara. and car
ried all the outworks, .-driving the enemy to
the main 1 lazi, which was to have been
stormed on the 14th inst Miravon left San
Luis, at the head of four thousand men, to
aid the besieged ; Zaragua was closely follow
ing in the rear, with a heavy force of rifles.
It is rumored that Moreua commander of
Tampico. was reduced to necessity, and it is
aid he proposed overtures of peace to Cara
val, who answered that he could listen to no
terms which did not recognize the existing
authorities. Vidaurri is in bad health, but
excellent spirits, and sanguiue of success
It is rumored that a proposition had been
made him by the Centralists, but he refused
unless they ackuovvledge the supremacy of
the constitutional government.
A correspondent of the Brownsville Fl-"J,
at Kovua, says that Indians descended on the
Yguaua Silver Mines, recently opened by an
American Company, and took all the proper
ty ot any value.
blill' -BtlLDlXU l.XTR AORDI N" ah v. Punch
says it is clear that ship building is merely
iu its crad!e. Tb'e Yankees aro determined
not to be out-reached by the Leviathan. We
are informed that at New York they are build
ing a ship so tremendously long," that there
is no part of the ocean sufficiently broad to
enable it to turn. The difficulty is to be ob
viated by the ship having two wheels one
on the American end and the other -on the
Fnglish. Long before you have had time to
stroll from oue wheel to another, you will be
at your journey's end. There vtill be cab
stands at various points, for the convenience
of those who cannot keep up with the speed
of the vessel An omnibus will also start at
the commencement of each triyv. It guaran
tees to reach the other extremity of the ves
sel, precisely at the same time that the vessel
touches at the desired harbor. For the ac
commodation of pedestrians, persona going
from England to America are requested to
keep on the right hand side of the vessel,
while persons walking from the American
continent to the European are directed fo go
on the left. There are to be shops .011 both
sides all the way. The mere rent of these is
expected to pay for the outlay of this build
ing. The ship is not yet chri&teucd, but it
is expected that, out of compliment to the
Yankees, it will be called the Stretcher.
A Tribute to Printers.
It is indeed encouraging to know that
printers arc occasionally duly appreciated.
The followiug extract from the report of the
Committee on Printing, of the Legislature of
Wisconsin, pays a refreshing compliment to
editors and printers:
4 'We are not awaro that printers and news
paper proprietors are a class of as little use
in the community, or so destructive of its in
terests, as to be entitled to but half compen
sation for the labor and services which they
perform. But your committee do believe that
no class of men perform more gratuitous ser
vices for all general aud local interests, or
are more actively and sffectually engaged Jn
disseminating information, makiug known
the resources of the country, and inciting to
action tho energies of tha people, thau the
printers, pitprictors and editors of uewspa
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"A Thunderiner Jolt.." .
j The other day, as a train of cars 0:1 the
i Orange and Alexandria Railroad was at the
bridge opposite tho residence of Mr. Wallach,
near Culpeper, C. II,. the engineer discov
ered a man sitting on the track with his head
hanging down, as if taking a nap. All eff
orts were made to stop the traiu; though it
being near the end of a curve, it was impos
sible to do so in time. When the ccgiue
struck the man, it lifted him eight or ten feet
in the air, and he fell flat on his back In the
ditch apparently lifeless. The conductor run
the train back and toojk him on bocrd, and
started back ta procure medical aid. While
ou the way back, the riian commenced talking,
remarking that they were carrying him -the
wrong-way. He soou after raised up his
head and said he was not 'hurt. lie then
rose to his feet, remarking at the time,
'Stranger, you gave me a thuudering jolt!
Hallo ! let me get off!" 'The train stopped.
As he alighted on the grouud. he jumped up
and cracked hi heels together, and bade
adieu He railed himself "Jack Browu of
Cul
neper,
la the Patent Offico at Washington.
there are many objects of interest connected
with the government, and those who admin
istered its affairs in times gone by. While
examining some of these objects of curiosity,
when in Washington iu December last, there
was nothiug that struck us so forcibly as the
samples, or small locks of hair taken from the
heads of different chief magistrates, from
Washington down to President -Pierce, se
cured in a frame covered with glass. Here
is in . fact, a part and parcel of what onc
constituted the living bodies of those Illustri
ous individuals, whose names are as familiar
as household word,r; but who. now. Wyo only
iu history and the remembrauee of the past.
The hair of Washiugtou is nearly a pure
tE-lii?.. fin. kri.1 cniru-itl. in it nnrifrftrJlHi'i.
That of John Adams is nearly the same co
lor, though perhaps a little coarser The
hair of Jcfferscu is of a different character,
beins a mixture ot white and auburn, or
sandy brown, and rather coarse. In his youth.
Mr. Jefierson s hair was remarkable, for i
bright color. The hair of Madison is coan.
and of a mixed white and dark. The hair of
Monroe is a. handsome dark auburn, smooth
and free from any admixture whatever. lie
is the only President, except Pierce, w hosts
hair had undergone uo change iu color. Thu
hair of John , Quincy Adams is somewhat
peculiar, being coarse, and of a yellowish
gray in color. The hair of General Jackson
u almost a perfect white, but coarse iu itn
character, a3 might be supposed by thosu
who have examined the portraits of the old
hero. The hair of Van Bureu is white and
smooth in appearance The. hair of. General
Harrison is a tine white, with a slight admix
ture of black. . The hair of John Tyler is
mixture of white aud brown. The hair of
James K. Polk is almost a pure white. Tho
hair of General Taylor is white, w ith a slight
admixture of brown. The hair of Millard
Fillmore is, on the other hand, brown, with
a slight admixture of white. The hair of
Franklin Pierce is a dark brown, of which ha
has a plentiful crop. . The Lair of James
Buchanan is perfectly white aud silken
Woman's llv lino Idea. The Washingtou
States, with a view to show that the possess
ion of "style" is inatc in woman, describes
the following scene:
On ihe last sunshiny day, passing in thv
vicinity of a newly erected building, we saw
a little beggar giil sitting on a rule of aaiiJ.
an old scrap of suubonnet partly shaded her
handsome features, and her rouud Moulder
revealed themselves through a rag oa rWsk,
the material of which had been a Irigb gmg--hani;
but its glory had long parsed away
She wore no stockings, and the bottom of Ltr
dress, which, through the .co-iL'ed inSueuoe
of time and picking up cLips had becoma
fringed, hardly reached t& her kuees. Her
basket of chips lay on th dirt by her side,
while, with a flushed fce and excited effort,
she was endeavoring to insert part of an old
barrel hoop in the ben zf her little petticoat.
She worked and toiled; the hem was very
ragged, and the hoop very wide, aud full of
splinters. At last she- acceeded in getting
so much of it iu as to produce the "necessary
bulge," and, takiug her baskot, she walked
off, swaying her newly expanded dress from
side to side,1 with at least threee feet of tho
hoop -'jailing behind. As she swuug away
there was such an expression of sincere grat
ification cn her face, that in pite of her ri
diculous appearance, we could not: help sym
pathising with her; and we knew that shu
was quta as well-srthaeel as most women are
iu wearing a mouse-coloreel moire antique,
with poiut-lace flounces, over a 4 'patent. ad
justable expansion "skirt" the latent, and
of - cours ts most- inflexible of fasWonabla
gnisf-s. We thought the .little boggar girl
was not the only one that felt her design ap
parent, and made vanity a virtue and a seu--thuent.
' ;
Another Attempt at Murder. -Of
ueer 3Ielee, tf the Fifth Ward,, mi ftur
.day, arrested a man nanied Patrkfc Friel, em
charge of maltreating his wife, d AtleuipHng
to cut her throat with a razor. It -appears that
a night or two sine, Frio!, hating bt-eit' absent
from home, returning at a late hour tWiw .'resi
dence in- the' Fifth Ward, found the do$r 'pcn'
and on entering tlru apartment occiiachjby hi
wifo upbmided her, and alleged tl.aUSomc ei$
had teen in the house. One word brought an
otlier,57 and finally. Friel kmcked his wi'eeiown,
and after dragging her over the tloor, Ti seized a
razor, according to her statement, and attenrpted
to e'ui her throat; sht escaped froriThis tlutches,
however, and subsequently" nut'ilu oath of tho
facts before Alderman Parkinson. FrieJ. while
iu the Alderman's office-was iute-r.tvd as ti
whether he was in liquor at the 'time, he commit
ted the offence charged, and replied, that "ln
did it when sober." for, "a man who would beat
his wife when drunk is more than a brute." He
was committed for trial in default ri flv huu,T
drcd dollars bail. Pi(k Trri. " -
DtVBLii Accident. A singular accident,
or rather double" accident, occurred in tho
neighborhood of Martinsbiirg, taiCunty, on
Thursday last, whereby 31 r. Jacob-Mtjlntyro
and a young sou sustained severe injuries
the former haviug his leg. and the latter his
arm broken. The particulars as "related to us,
are about these: Mr. MclrTf-re,accompauicd
by his son, had been to 'mill in u oue horse
watm. : Returning bonie the horse became
frightened, when Ale. Mel..' jumped from tho
wagon and c.aught him by the bridle. The
boy was thrown from the wsgoa Vf the plun
giug of the horic; aud in falling had hu arm
broke by a kick from the : animal. Mr Mc
Intyre. in his endeavors to hold the furious
beast, also received a kick upon the leg, fracr
turing the limb severely. In this helplsss
condition they were discovered by some pass
era by, who had them conTeyed home, whero
their injuries were properly tie ted by the
1 hjicin of the neighborhood. Xhmd.
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