Jlui O iliil iL ka l I i g i p ii -0K- 15 III ' I 'J II I TEB -BLESSTKOS ? OOVSUiSSiEJT", 1C?13 TIIZ EEVS OF HEAVES, SEOUlJ 153 DT8TBIBU7JTS ATUf tr?0:i TITK ClOtf AKD TttK LOW, TUT SMC1I 1KB TIC fWW- EBENSBIRG, Pi. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1860. VOL. 7 SO. 15. TGBSIS: 'D' EtfOCSAT i SENTINEL' IS PDB- lishs-1 everv Wednesday Morning at (SDimi avo irFTY i.EN"Ts per annum,.! .r.bia:. i al.'i.a:3; One Dollar and Setextt i .s Criv- ii not paid within six months, and -.M DuLAE5 if not paiJ until tha termination ' ' i-i '"r- j ') ;i:-ic.':rt.'n will te taken for a shorter -:; i zbv. .-ix mr.tjj. and no subscriber will be j iir v f iiscoutiauj his paper until all ar-j -;-;i 2ro paid, except at the option of the j ::t)T. A'jf person subscribing for fix months will be j :rgVl CSS dollar, unless the raoac-y is paid Advertising Rates. One inset Cn. Two do. Three do ire, 12 H mes $ 50 . 1 CO 1 60 mouths. $1 50 2 50 4 03 CO 10 00 $ 75 1 00 . 2 00 C do. $3 00 4 50 11 o 00 nes j lines 5 GO 12 do io 00 9 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 So Co i .;:irc, 12 lines J 1 4 9 00 00 00 CO . j c tl itr.e .litr.m, is CO 2 i iv ."cr lI'-' t j must be marked with ! u'lnbcr cf insrti' 'MS uesired, or they will be ul chart: il accordingly. ..r.ur-.I cr.fi rii' EOSTETTEK'S STOASH BITTERS. I I: is a fact that, at some por:-"Kl, every mem rof tLa human family is subject to disease ar disturbance of the bodily functions ; but, with the aid of a good toic and the exercise i: pliia coianion Et-nse, tLer nay be able so to the ey-tcm s? to secure permanent S In orJvr to accoaiplisli this desired jeer, the trae course to pursue is certainly i n which will produce a titural fctate of izp tt tie least hazard of vital strength and 'i. For this purpose, Pr Ilostetter Las in iuceJ to this country a pieparation bearing 1 1 Lia?. triiion is not a ne-sr iaeaicme, dui one kiiX La b:en tried for years, giving satisfac- -.3 til who Lave usel it. liie Uitters km- pirerfully upon the stomach, bowels. .1 r'cr, restoring tucin to a healtny ana r-.rKus ncticn, and thus, t j the fiicpie pro- i c: Etrecgthening nature, enable the sys- 10 triucifh over diseate. For the cure of Dyippsia, Indigesiion, Nau- hi, Flv.ultncy, Loss of Appetite, or any Diuoua t-nijxiai, arising from a mornid inaction t the Stosiach or Bowels, producing Cramps, rsetrerr, CoLc, CUoiera Morbus, ice, Lueae liners hive no equal. L'lirrbxa.dysctxtery or Cut, so generally con r:ri by new settlers, and caused principally jthechiae of water and diet, will be speedily riIi:eJ by a brief use of this prej.aration. ';pepiia, a disease which is probably more -Tfsient, la all us various forms, than any and the cause of which may always attributed to derangements of the digestive can be cured without fail bv Uiinz ii.'jTEnEnS GTOMACII D1ITER3, as pr .recuonsontfce bottle. For this disease every :jsician Til! recommend Eitters of tone kind ; --n w.iv net us3 an article known to te infal- '.e . A'l natiens have their Eitters, as a pre-:-::ve cf disease and strengthener of the sys :ia gone: ;il; and among them all there is "Jt to oe lout'.J a more healthv rcorle than Oeraans. fi-ora -vrhora this rreparation ema- t-i bo?ei upon scientific experiments which tended to prove the value of this great Ijantica ia the scale of medical science. iek asd Aqce. This trying and provok : iei?e, which fixes it3 relentless grasp cn ?"iy cf man, reduclne him to a mere sha- ia a short time, and rendering him rhy- Y-j &ni mentally useless, can be driven - tae body by the use cf llOSIttli-ii a i-HWXED CIITLR3. Further, none of the i-statel diseases can be contracted, even s:r-osed situations, if the Litter3 are used :-:r directions. And as they neither create nor cSFcnd the palate, and render un- p-ary any change of diet cr interruption f- riiaary pursuits, but promote sound siecs M-i healthy digestion, the complaint is re- is speedily as is consistent with the pro- tiA.a oi a thorough and permanent cure. For Pe.-nus in Alvancei 1'tart, who are -eriag from an enfeebled constitution and "a bixlr. these Bitters are invaluable as & rvive of strength and vigor, and need '-? be tried to be appreciated. And to a -ile. especially where the mother's nour- at is inadequate to the demands of the rt frequently her strength must yield, - -:.c t 19 wnere a gooa torn?, eucn as -t:er j Stomach Bitters, is needed to impart ?-nrT strength and vigor to the fystem. should by all means try this remedy W COfes cf dbilirv. nl. h-forA .-1 . , j ' e 1 taeir thvsician. who. if he ia -stE-lrith th virtue cf the Bitters, will Tipr. 1 tV..;. . : n r ,t itii use iu an casus caancss. 1311. We caution the r.ublio aiust usinff j. mutations or cocntcncits, dui ass r yt each bottle has the words " Dr. J. t3er'j S'uOmrJl V..lt.-r" ttr.irn t. ijm uli, ml stamned on the metallic c&d 1 cork, and cbserve that our autograph S, Patsburgh. Pa, and sold by aU grocers, and dealers cenerally iioat the United States, Canada, South, a, and Germany. Jr , Davis & Jones. Ebensburp; J. A. ;-Kln"y,MuCstrr. -Snst 31. iSf.Qil. DRUGS DRUGS! ! '-vEFTD akd for sale by k- s - J. D., A general assortment of jDRTJGS, TVTT? TiTriTTvTTl C "Pices, OUa, Paints. Dye-StuiTs, Ba-i ny; Brushes. Combs, Station t- "00iS. Perfnmprtr 5?.oc Tf.lnwn J S-IteT3 r articIes dually kept in R. S.BUN, M. D. S. May, 4, l859.-24-ly . THIS WAY. SSlKiOnSALEA, kites (V oi American i'uck- ejiue warranted.) by GEORGE HUNTLEY. 10. 1859. firTT- IXOirS AND EXECU FOR SALE A T THIS OFFirh Select Bociri). From the Dollar Newspaper PLilad. BTGOXB OA VS. BY" E. S. BOCTOX. Ohf the winning voice of childhood, How it melts the heart of stone ; How it vrahens buried mem'ries, Thoughts of days forever flown. Ilbw it triugs back joys forgotten. When in sonny days of yore, Oft we sported on the hillside 1 Wtfc the frieili we see no more. How we usJ toath&r cowslips, Ia the rueado'v by the brook. Then, when weary, we would hasten To ome quiet, shady nook, There tu tell of future horu-r, "Which we fuudly hoped to gain. Ah ! we thought rot thou of sorrow. Crushing anguLh, l itter pain. Oh ! those long, long days of summer, When beneath the old oak tree, Through whose branches gulden sunlight On the grass danced merrily ; We lay with eyes upturned to heaven. Crazing through the either blue. Wondering where lived the angels, Mother said, watched me and you. What a web of glittering fancies, We wotdd weave of corning years. Not a thread was tangled in it, Not a wbp of donbt or fears, Then would pass a silent hour When each other's dreams we knew, For, of Jovod ones we were thinking, Locks of gold and eyes of Hue. B yish love Lr boyish idoli Goue forever, ever more ; G-ne the uew of early feeling; All that blessed us then is o'er. On a hillock in the churchyard. Side by tide thofe laved ones he. While we wander at a distance-, 'Xeath a brighter, warmer sk-. A Stery as is a SCory. Vti are not given aiuh to secsallon arti cles, but o.-casiocally a remarkallu tbir.g will come under our notice, and it would be a a in to keep it from the public. We cannot vouch tor LL12 trutu ot tnekjiiiiOH-tcg story, tola this moriiiag by aa oil sucier. but venture to say that suoh thing. have been beard of before, (ia the Arabian Night's Entertain ments): It is just twenty years ago that a party of U5 fellers went over to Cahokia Creek on a skating match. The diy was colder than ten icebergs stucc together, but the ice was smooth as g!a?3, and we made up car m:u Is to have a heap cf fun. ULIl lierry was the kalr.i- of the crowd. lie wbs a tail fix-footer, fall cf r!u2k, r.ad the best skater in .11 creation. Givo Kill Ucrry a good pair of s!:ate3, and smootlie sailing, aad bs'd make tha trip to lialiins Bay and back ia twenty four hours, only stopping long enough to take a uritik. Vii, we otto the Cree.i end fu3- ti.-ni-'i our skates on; and after taking a good horn out ef Joe Turner's llaik, " started of! i:i good styles win Dill Drry m the lead. As I wa3 telHcg you ii wa3 a dog-ouned cold day, ar.dRO had trT skate " fast to keep the blood up There was little breathe boles in the ice, and rvery now and then we would come near goin' iuto 'em. Just as I had finished buckling on my straps, I heard a noise. I looked up and saw something shoot ing along the ice like lightning It was liiil Derry'3 head He had teea going it like greased electricity, and before be know it he was into one of them cussed holes The force was so great as to cut his head off against the sharp coi uors of the the ice. "It's all day with Bill Berry," said I; 'and all night too," said Joe Turner. Just as he got these words out of his mouth I looked at Bill's bead, which had been going it on the ice, and all at once it dropped into another hole. We run to it and I heard Bill Berry say, "For God's sake, boys, pull me out!" I looked into the hole aad there as sure as I'm a sin ner, was Bill Berry's body which had shot along under the iee, and met the bead at the hole in the ica. It was so thundcrin' cold that the bead froze fast to the body, and we Dulled Bill? out as good as new. He felt a little numb at first, but after skating awhile he waa as brisk as the rest of us, and laughen over the joke. We went home ab jut dark, all s-atisGed with our day3 sport. About nine o'clock in the eveniug somebody knocked at my door, and said I was wanted over at Bill Berry's. I put on my bat and went over. There lay Bills tody ia one placo aud bis head in another. His wife said that after be came home from skating, he sat down by the fire to warm himself, and while attemp ting tu blow bis nose be threw his head into o the lire place. The Coroner was called that night, and the verdict of the jury was that "Bill Berry came to bis death by skating too fast." SyThe following are the rules of a school down in Maine : No chewing tobacco in school hours. No kissing the girls in the entry. No novels allowed to ba brought in chool. No snapping apple seeds at the master. No cutting the bcnche3 with Jack knives. t&l-" Havo you any traveling inkstands ?" 'No, ma'am we have them with feet and lege but they are not eld enough to travel yet." Beautitcx.- As winds the ivy round the tree, as to the crag tha moss patch roota, so clings my constant soul to lota I my 0a. J mt beatifal-nv boot. ! as to the eras the moss patch roots, so iBistcilcmcous. - From Evan Life of. Lewis Wetzel. THETTCSTER. RAXGCRS. Io the year 1791 or '92, the Indians hav ing made frequent incursions into the settle ments, along the river Ohio, between Wheel ing and .Minso Bottom, sometimes- killing and capturing whole families, at other times stealing all the horses belonging to a station or fort, a company, consisting of seven men, rendczvouzed at a place called Beech Bottom, on the Ohio river, a few mile3 below where Wellsburg has been erected. This company rera -John ; Wetzel, .Wil liam ' M'Cuilouga," John Hough, 'Thomas Biggs, Joseph Hedges, Kinzie Dickerson, and Mr. Linn. Their avowed object was to go to the Indian town to steal horses. This was then considered a legal, honorable busi ness, as we were then at open war with the Indians. It would only be retaliating upon them m their own way. These seven men were all trained to Indian warfare, and a life ia the woods from their youth. I'erhaps the western frontier, at no time, could furnish seven men whose souls were better fitted, atid whose nerves and sin ews were better fctrung to perform any enter prise which required resolution and firmness. They crossed the Ohio, and proceeded with cautioui steps, and vigileat glauces, on their way through the cheerless, dark, and almost impenetrable forest, in the Indian country, till they came to an Indian town, near where the head waters of the Sandusky and Musk ingum river interlock. Here they made a fine haul, and ee t otf homeward with about fifteen horses. They traveled rapidly, only making a short bah, to let their horses graze and breathe a short time, to recruit their strength and activity. In the evening of the second day of rapid retreat, they arrived at Wells Creek, not far from where the town cf Cambridge has since been erected. Here Mr. Linn was taken vio lently eick, and they must stop their march, or leave hiui alone, to perish in the dark and lonely woods. Our frontier men, notwith standing their rough and unaccomplished manners, had too much of Uncle Toby's sympathy for sulTering humanity," to for sake a comrade iu distress. They halted, and placed sentinels ca their back trail, who re mained their till iaf in t'na night, without seeing any signs of being pursued. The sentinels on the back trail returned to the camp, Mr. Linn still lying in excruciating pin.- All the limp! remedies in their pw er were aJmiuiatercd to the sick man, with out producing any effect Being late in the nigut, they ail lay down to rest, except one, who was placed as guard. Their cnrLp was on the bank of a small branch. Just before day break the guard took a small bucket, ani dipped some water cut of the stream; on carrying it to the fire, he discovered the water to be muddy. The muddy water waked bis suspicion that the enemy might be approaching them and were walking down in the stream, as their footsteps would be iioisoless ia the water. He waked bis companions and cummunicatcd kii sus picions. They arose, examined the branch a little distance, and listened attentively for j some time; but neither sawnor beard anything, an i tiicu co-jc uded it must hare been racoons, or some o:hr animals paddling ia the stream. After this conclusion the company all lay down to rest, except, the . scntimd, who. was stationed jast outside the light. Happily for them the lire had burned down, and ouly a few coals afforded a dim liLt to ncint osit where they lay. The enemy had come silent ly down the creek, as the sentinel suspected, to within tea or twelve feet of the place where they lay. and fired several guns over the bank. Mr Linn, the sick man was lying with bis sile towards the bank, aud received nearly all the balls which were at first fired. The Indians then, with tremendous yells, mounted the bank with loaded rifles, war clubs, and tomahawks, and rushed upon our men, who fled barefooted and without arms. Mr. Linn, Thomas Biggs, and Joseph Hedges, wre killed in or near the camp. William M'Cullough had run but a short dis tance when he was fired at by the enemy. At the iustaut the firing was giving, he jump ed iuto a quagmire aud fell; the Indians sup- posing mat iuey naa Kiuea uim, ran past in pursuit of others. He soon extricated him self out of the mire, and so made bis escape. He fell in with John Hough and came into Wheeling. John Wetzel and Kinzie Dickerson met ia their retreat, , and returned together. Those who made their escape were without arms, without clothing or provisions. There sufferings were great; but this they bore with stoical indifference, as it was the fortune of war Whether the Indians who defeated our heroes foil) wed in pursuit from their towns, or were a party of warriors, who accidently happened to fall in with them, has never been ascertained . From the places they had stolen the horses, they had traveled two nights and .almost-two entire days, without halting, except just a few minutes at a timo, to let the horses graze From the circumstance of their rapid retreat with the horses, it was supposed that no pur suit could possibly have overtaken them, but that fate bad decreed that this party of In dians should meet and defeat them. As soon as the stragglers arrived at Wheel ing, Captain John M'Cullough collected a party of men, and went to Wells Creek, and hurried the unfortunate men who fell in and near the camp. The Indians had mangled the dead bodies at a most barbarous rata Thus was closed the horse stealing tragdy. Of the four who survived this tragedy none are now living to tell the story of their euf ferinff. They continued to hunt and to fight as long - -- Dickerson died in tha country near Wheeling. John Hougb died s few yean finoa, naar Ion? as the war las lea. ionn eizei auu Columbiana, Ilarni.ton county. Ohio. The brave Captain William M'Cullough fell in 1811, it, the battle of Brownstown, in tbe campaign with Gen. Hull. John Wetzel and Voach Dickerson associa ted to go on an Indian scout. They crossed the Ohio at the Mingo Bottom, three miles below where Steubenville has since been erec ted. They set off with the avowed intention of bringing an Indian prisoner. They pain ted and dressed in complete Indian style, and could talk some in their lansuase. What induced them to undertake this hazardous enterprise is now unknown; perhaps the nov elty and danger of the undertaking promp ted them to ction. No reward was either given for vrisoner or scalps; nor were they employed crTpaid by trovernment. Every man fought on his own hook, furnished h:s own arms and ammunition, and carried his own baggage. This was, to all intents a democratic war, as every one fought ss often and as long as he pleased; either by himself, or with such company a3 be conld confide in. As the white men on the frontier took but few priso ners, Wetzel and Dickerson concluded to change the practice; and brin? in an Indian to make a pet. Whatever whim 'may have T 1 1 .1 A. V ..... . . iduuccu iticm so set on witn tne avowed in tention of bringing in a prisoner, or losing their own scalps in the attempt. They pushed through the Indian country with silent tread and a keen look out, till they went near the head of the Sandusky river, where they canae to a small 'Indian village They concealed themselves near to a path which appeared to be considerably trav eled. In the coursa of tht first day of their am bush, they eaw several small companies pas them. As it was not their wish to raise an alarm araon theenemr. they permitted tliPDi to pass undisturbed. In the evening of the next day they saw two Indians coming saun tering along the road in quite a merry mood. They immediately stepped into the road, and with a confident air. as if they were meet ins friends went forward until they came within reach of the enemy. Wetzel drew Ins tomahawk.' and with one sweep knocked an Indian down; at the fame instant Dickerson grasped tbe other in his arms, and threw Lira on the ground. By this time Wetzel bad killed the other, and turned bis band to aid in fastening the pris oner. Thi3 completed, they scalped the dead Indian, and set off with the prisoner for home. Tbey travelled all that nishton the war-path leading towards Wheeling. In tbemorr-ti--strnck offfrntn th path, and making diverse courses, and keeping on the hardest enund. where thir feet would make the least impression, as this would ren der their trail more diScult to follow in case shev should be pursued. They pushed along until they bad crossed thfl Muskingum some distance, when their prisoner bejran t- show a restive stubborn disposition, he finally threw himself upon the prounl an ! refused to rise. He held down his bead, and told tbem they micht towahawk him as soon as they pleased, for be was determined to eo no further. They used every argument they could think of to induce bira to proceed, but without any ef fect, lie said "he would prefer dying in hia native woods, than to preserve his life a little longer, and at lat be tortured by fire, and his body mangled for sport, when they took biui to their towns." Tbey assured bim his life would be spared and that ba voobi be well used and treated, with plenty . - But all tbeir efforts would not induce bim to rise to Lis Feet. Tbe idea that ha would bo pat to death for sport, or in re venge, in presence of a large number of spec tators, who would eniov with raptures the scenes of bis torture and death, bad taken such a strong hold on hU mind, that he de dermined to diss-ppoint the possibility of their being gratified at his expense. As it was not their wish to kill bim. from coaxing, they concluded to try if a Hula hickory well applied, would no, bend bis stubborn soul. This, too. failed to have any effect He appeared to be as callouse and indifferent to the lash, as if he bad been a cooper's horse. What invincible resolution and fortitude was evinced by this son of the forest! Finding all their efforts to urge bim forward ineffec tual, they determined to put bim to death. They then tomahawked bim, and left bis body a prey for wild beasts of the forest, and to the birds of tl. air. Our heroes return ed home withtIieTr two scalps; bat vexed and disappointed that they could not bring with them the prisouer. Right to tlie Point. The gallant Commodore Stockton, of New Jersey, hs bit the Republican party. He says in bis letter just printed: The Republican party is an organization formed for the purpose of hostile geographical agression. It breathes menace and a per petual conflict towards the laws, and institu tions, and social compact of fifteen States of the Union. It is from its nature and consti tution an instrument adapted to produce dis union. Its success must inevitably insure that result.' " Such an instrument should be dolled; sucb an organization shoild disband; and tbe intel Hgence, and patriotism, and conservatism of tbe North ought to rise up en matte and in sist that such a party should become histor ical, 'f v " 23T A daniy, remarking one summer day that the weather w so hot that when be put his head in a basin of water it fairly boiled, received for a reply, "then, sir, youjiave a calf bead soup at very little expense. An Jrith . idixkitemeni. "If the gentle man who keeps a shoe-store with a red head will return the umbrella be borrowed of a young lady-with an ivory handle, ba will hear something to bar advantage. The Seven Shilling Piece. During the great panic of 1826 a Rcntle mau named Thompson, was seated with some thing cf a niclancholly look in bis dreary back room, watching his clerks paying away thou sands of pounds hourly. Thompson was a banker of excellent credit; there existed per haps, in the city of Loudon, no safer concern than that of Messrs. Thompson & Co; but at a moment such as I speak of. no rational re flection was admitted, no former stability was looked to; a general distrust was felt, and ev ery one rushed to his banker's to with draw bis hoard, fearful that thejext instant would be too late, forgetting entirely that this step was that of all others the most likely to insure the ruin be sought to avoid. "But to return. " The wealthy citizen' sat gloomily watching the outpouring of bis gold and with a grim smile listening to the clamor ous demands on his cashier; for, although be felt perfectly easy and secure as to the ulti mate strength to his resources, yet he could not repress a feeling of bitterness as be saw constituent after constituent rush in, and those whom be fondly imagined to be bis dearest friends, eagerly assisting in the run upon bis stro ig box. Presently the door opened, and a stranger was Ushered in, who, after gazing for a mo ment at the bewildered banker, coolly drew a chair, and abruptly addressed bim. "lou will pardon me sir, for asking a strange ques tion; but I am a plain man, and like to come straight to the point " "Well sir," impatiently interrupted the other. v "I have beard that you have a run on your bank, sir." "Well?" "Is it true?" "Kcaly, bir, I must decline replying to your very extraordinary query. If. howev er, you have any money iu the bank, you bad better at once draw it out, and so satisfy your self; our cashier will instantly pay you;" and the banker rose, as a bint for the btranger to withdraw. "Far from it, sir; I have not one sixpence in your hands." 'Then may I ask what is your business herer "I wished to know if a small sum would aid you at this moment. "Why do you ask the question?" "Because if it would, 1 should gladly pay in a small deposit?" The money dealer Etared. "You seem surprised; you don't kuow my person or my motive. I'll at once explain. Do you recollect some twenty years ago when you resiled at Kssex?" "Perfectly." 'Well then, sir, perhaps you have not for gotten the turnpike gate through which you used to pass daily? My father kept that gate aud was often honored by a few miuutes chat with you. One Christmas morning my fa ther was sick, and I atteuded the toll bar. On that day you passed through, and I open ed the gate for you. Do you recollect it now i sir?" "Not I, my friend." J osir. lew eucn men rememoer tneiri deeds, but those who is benefited by them. I am perhaps prolix; listen, however, only a few moments, and I have done." The banker began to feel interested, aud at once assented. "Well, sir, as I said before, I threw open the gate for you, and as I considered myself in duty bouud, I wished you a bappy Christ m'asT" "Thauk you, mj lad,"' replied ycu "thank you; aud the same to you; here is a trifle to make it so, and you threw me & sev en shilling piece. It was the first money I ever possess-ed; and never shall I forget my joy on receiving it, or your kind smile in bes towing it. I long treasured it, and a3 1 grew up, added a little to it, till I was able to rent a toll myself. You left that part of the coun try, and I lost sight of ycu. Yearly, how ever, 1 have been getting on; your present brought goodfortuue witn it, I am now com paratively rich, and to you" I consider I owe all. So this morning, bearing accidently that there was a run on your bank. I collected all my capital, and have brought it to lodge with you, in case it can be of any use; here it is." He handed a bundle of bank notes to the agi tated Thompson. "In a few days I'll call again;" and snatching up bis hat, the stran ger, throwing down bw car J, walked out of the room. Thompson undid the roll; it contained X30, 000! the stern hearted banker for all bank ers must be stern burst into tears. The firm did not require this prop; but the mo tive was so noble, that even a milonaire sob bed be could not help it. The firm is still one of tbe first in London. The 30,000 of the turnpike boy is now grown into some 200.000. .fortune has well disposed of her gifts. The last number of tbe Knickerbocker bas a good anecdote of a man wbo rarely failed to go to bed intoxicated and disturb his wife da ring tbe whole night. Upon his being char ged by a friend that be never went to bed sober, be indignantly denied the charge, ani gave the incident of one particular night in proof. " "Pretty soon after I got to bed, my wife said: "Why, husband, what is the matter with you? You act strangely!" "There is nothing the matter with me," said. I."notbing at all." I'm sure there is", 4 'said she; "you don't act natural at all. Shan't I get up and do something for you?" '.And she got up, lighted a candle, and cape to the bedside to look at me, shading tbe light with ber band. "I knew there was something strange abo't you,' said she; "why! you are tohrrT "Now that's a fact, my wife will swear to it, so don't you slander me any mora by say ing I haven't been to bed sober in six months cause I have. A Yankee Dlbliclst. Standing for a moment, the other day, at that paradise of gentel loafers, the Bauk Ex change corner, who should come along but "Old Slapjacks?" Stradling himself, as if to monopolize the small remnant of sidewalk be tween the stationary crown and the curbstone bo commenced upon politics anathemized the administration, and was gM darned if we don't Lave a colored President in less than ten years as black as the ten spot cf fpades; for," said be, "the time is already at hand when there ain't no distinction to be made be tween color of skin, head-vegetatiot; nor an cestry." He built bis arguments upon high and dry moral grounds, having a religious hopo, ard quoted Scripture like tbe d ! At his first breathing-point, I remarked: "Why, Slaps, you appear to be as well posted in Bible literature as you are in a game of old aledge." - "Je-bos-e-phat! guess I know it all. Can begin at Genesis, po right through Job atd Esther, dive into David, clean out Solcmon and bis pumpkin vines, stir np the Evange lists, pitch into Paul, and bis five-act play of the Romans, and clarify tha Revelations clear er than rectified cider!" "Do vou think you could hold your own withDr Scott?" "I don't know any thing about your Dr. Scott; but you know Parson Basset, don't yer? , Wall he's a boss and a balf; but I can just give bim tbe First Bock of Kings, and skunk bim like whittling!" WeiyJtt cf an Incident. At an assembly of friends lately, the absence of a ladj was apolagized for by an acquaintance, who said she was detained by a "little incident 'Ah yes." said Mrs J. Clatterbell, a beautiful lit tie 'incident it was too weighs just nine pounds and a half." iST A few nights since somo thieves en tered a female seminary at Wheeling. Ya ad ministered chloroform to the pupils, and then deliberately carried off tbeir jewels, money and apparrel, not for getting to kits all the pretty girls as they lay reposing in bewitch in- beauty. . X5T Carrier pigeons were used by the an cients. There having been, ia tbe ancient world, nothing in the way of a post office, people wtrre accustomed, when departing from home, to take pigeons with tbem, and re lease one, with a letter tied to its neck, whenever tbey wished to send news borne. The birds fly back to their young with as tonishing directness and celerity Oa one occasion, about tbe year 1818, thirty-two pigeons were taken from Antwerp to London, aud three set loose at seven o'clock in tha morning. At nooa precisely, on the same day. one of the pigeons reached Antwerp. Fifteen minutes after another arrived. Tha remainder all came in on tha following day. The Champion Shimmer. A Sandwich Island boy recently deserted the whale-ship Franklin when twenty miles at sea, jumping overboard about eight o'clock at night, aad swimming all night for the land. By day light be was within half a mile of shore, but there encountered a strong opposing current, and after buffeting the waves s in a vain ef fort to reach the beach, he saw a sail several miles to the leeward, changed bis course for the vessel, striking out to sea agaic, and was ou ber deck by nine o'clock on Friday morn ing, nothing harmed by bis fourteen hours swim. A very clever conundrum was that which took a prize ia Philadelphia 6ome years since: In what manner did Capt. May cheat the Mexicans? He charged tbeta with a troop of horses which they never got. Jt- Don't you think my eyes look quite killing this morning V said a country dandy to a smart girl : and b twisted bis leaden vis ionaries in the most cruel and fascinating man ner, "Tbey remind me" replied the damsel, "of a codfish dying of the toothache." She can piss. "t3-C-ive a man brains and richca, and be is a-kiog; give bim brains without riches, and be is a slave; give bim riches without brains, and he is a fool. tlT A wag in JNpw xork. seein ir a rr an driving "a tack into a card, throueb tbe letter t in the word "Boston", printed oa it, seized the latter and exclaimed. Why, what are you about? Don't vou know that layio? fax on tea in Bos'un once raised a thundering muss there?" A Partington. The old lady told a friend the other day, m strict condence, that a you'g man of ber acquaintance bad committed in fanticide, blowing bi9 brain9 up. in a state of delirium tremendous, ani that the corocor was boiling a conquest over bis remains. That was a triumphant appeal of an Ir ishman who was a lover of antiquity, who io arguing the superiority of old architecture over the new, said, "Where will you find any modern building that has lasted so long as the ancient?" JSJTX Connecticut correspondent sayr: "Having made a call on a neighbor. I hap pened to take np an oil family Bible, and on looking over tie family record, I saw an ac count of a birth written in this wise; "Eliz abeth Jones, born on tbe 20tb of November, 1783, according to the Ictt cf ,er rcccollcc tion!'n SilT The most astonishing Western buster was LorJ Gore, who remaicei nearly three years cn tbe plains, and tbe plateau of tha table lands between tbe Sierra Madre and Sierra Nevada. Ilia retinue consisted of thirty men. sixty horses, large baggage and provision trains, tons of ammunition, and 10,000 worth of improved fire-arms.
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