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Ng* figls loud oil the soildok grouod. ►od the rtraa+n rime by with ■ di:strains sound /ly heart le tomer ; het many day Slaw 'was Might or joyful Mee peer d away The se.e.sitheas %Rea ea debt aad trim 8..4 'O. al ears ebeerteee sad cold with foe ,tars shoal* stride Os lily cab's floor, Its Ouster points to the Witty floor Summer sad Winter, la gloom or Ilgfat, It halms Wore cm, by day sod Otte I to to toll ot lay little Enna— It follows on, with Its outstretched ern In rein I labor, 1 ears% or Pool it ears& tad Was me 0 •war' •way," Ile lb. Luxbord's Notwa—tllat shape of fear, Rowowed, enstoined, throgeti tile lie* loot year, Ch Meg my Or Wood sour by boar, WM, tbo bligbilei threat ut a deadly power Whoa morning brightens the routers Also, r.so s teetered (IMp arrarteeee'a t etre ; lad I Itscor not ribiether, tenor orettag I ails, I may dart to eater thaw harobio yetis I dig sad pie., bat t sewer thew It oil heads shall ghthat thg crap I low Ant the crop i gather, though good It two s brings haver plenty or pate* to gm 1 ~,or my sweat on the wil like Pao, I coto ockr blood—far &Bather's pin , rde taunt r ..h.t to the toad's rieb hle ow roe ...nit tging I my threatea'd Aeotn Lltti. .041. 110 W 1160,111.0 irOr a, Has a Hills pads* hs calls "al" own fl , o , ha' planted saplings sad alld.Oovers Ow* t rid bs says 'tis oafs to Ms Wits?, ear. 4 . ,14ritcyg knows son tau* , cn toy & start His patting" food to his Whites bout , Nor balms the posts tbd W 'Mika' the Ishiir RL ototbor lists with • eadosti'd seals poor pals wife ' *yen Row I hear The lasollord'sMb 10 Der akuramod pray' r and 1 bear aer say in ber high 11 9 1 9 , ..4 Kay the asetoar walls* tor tee art of steel ' Pray Vary, Jartinp'—pray on Whore' Mr basin t. crumbed, I can pray no more . A Cr. lights up to ray aortated Orata, •ad U. world around taker a eronsoo main Pre!, Mary. darling ‘—pray on rosebrno ' For your own near sulf, sad cny etuldsen tArvw Al noel 1, ,r nipped In • hall-red `tar, west welt ,broad—Las woo wn.i. 111 n aat ' PROFITS OF A HOLIDAY. Findin himself in possession of a holiday, Samson (-own, an arid man of bosiness--eotn foruible bat not a Croeous--betook himself by rail to a village not many miles distant from London. He Inquired at the station whether there were return tickets that commanded a pe , nod of three or rent dam but receiving en en barer in the negative, he paid his scoond class tare down, entered a carriage, and sighed to think how his liabilities would be renewed whoa his holiday expired, be ono. more sought the great metropolis. He submitted, however, to tate, and was soon absorbed in his favorite pa rr I:WECEEEM When, startled in the midst of one of the mutt intereating articles in the F.conomiat, by • harsh about announcing the arrival of the train at the desired statton. Samson Brown ali g ht...l .40. ',amulet ins tarsi itintight was to stxull about the village, and ascertain the nature of the seeomosodatiotia whieb at presented All he lower about the village was this: it stood a very tact,. way down in the page of the month's liradshsw, (which he bad borrowed train a friend) and eon. neguendy it could be reached at a very small it ponse Some years agu, a pinkie ,pher asuertalued that there was uothiog to be sesu to the ooutory, save a field acid a gat.; and Sitosou lir,,wo, being a diacipie uf ehta philo-pher, thought (h et th e field and the gate culLt as wei, b.- at-,u zla‘aply ad at heavy CCAst, The object that first btruck hot eye as he roamed through the village, wee a seat whit washed cottage, of tht• ornamental bpee,eti, the ehuttera elobed lo (rant of the dawio.l we.s a neglected garlt o Strohog further uP, Sam4on Brown observed that t ben , II &I cesrceiy imeh a thing ain , an unoe_ etapied.thesz•uage ur vnement in the plate; yet there were houses infinitely worse situated and worse located than this deserted dwelling As a etimulowi to thought be rubbed his chin, and its touch reminded him that he was yet unsha yen. He had therefore a pretext for calling on the village barber, and placing himself under the acre of that dietinguished artist, he put sev• eral questions relative to the mystery that now occupied his mind. The barber stated all that be knew about the matter in a confidential tone, that was highly flatttring to Simeon Brown. For a tetipun'a now he would have not said as much to the beet friend he Lad ever known; bat he poured it all forth gratuitously into the ear of Sauwoo Brown, whom he had never before seen in his life, acid whose countenance czpressed nothing but unmit, igated surprise According to the information of the commu nicative shaver, the cottage in question was troubled People had been invited to live there for nothing, and, even on these very reasonable teric4, had been unable to remain, in (souse queure of the strange noises that abounded in ev ery room, more eapecially the first back floor.— Doors opened without visible cause, and shut with excessive audibility. L . :rookery and glass had s strange knack of rattling and jingling on the tables, and on the stairs might be heard the ru4tling of that peculiarly stiff silk, which is never worn-now a-days, but was much in vogue among wicked old ladies in the last century. Armed with these formidable Nets, Samsun Brown proceeded to the office of the village house agent, which was situated in the high street; and after the shortest possible preface, asked what was the rent of the avoided cottage. The aunt required by the agent was ridiculously when tested by the appearance of the domici ; but it was perfectly exhorbitant compared with the sum propoaed in his turn, by Samson Brown. The agent affeeted indignant surprise, blit was quailed in a moment by the piercing glance with which Seams Brown eyed him when he said : M. L. Lev "Well," small as toy offer may be, it is better than nothing, and you know very well that even at the rate of nothing per annum more than one person has refused to weepy those suspicious premises. Don't smile I you are perfectly aware that the wave has the reputation of beiag troubled—that's the expression—troubled." Here the agent exclaimed with affected warmth: "I should very much like to know who dares to propagate snob a malicious rumor T" "lie every one in the village has sufficient courage for that exploit—though oot sufficient to live in the bouse—your wish may be easily gratified," replied &woo Brown, with the most provoking coolness "Well," observed the agent in a conciliatory tone of voice, "I admit that there are many Lot isb people hereabouts, and fooliell'people indulge in ' , palish superstitions; bat men of sense, my dear sir—men of the world—like you and me "Stop a moment," said Samson Brown, "don't put you and me together. You and I see the matter from precisely oppofitte points of vies;.— You want to get as much asyou can for the hot. tage, and therefore you disbelieve the report that it is Waited; I vast to sin jos as little as I r r rAiru.s, I= —.Ow— rum •OCt[4olo WOES:, can, and therefore I am a firm believer in super , natural influences." This logic was too much for the agent, and in a few minutes Samson Brown hid segued an a greement by virtue of which, on his own terms be obtained possession of the entrap, together with sundry shabby articles of furniture; which probably left by the last frightened tenant, still lingered in the deserted rooms. At about a quarter before midnight Samson Brown was sitting alone in the dreaded first floor back of the cottage, regaling)himself with a glass of tolerably strong brandy sad water, and inha. ling the fragrance of a mild bier, A small loaf ind half a dutch cheese stood upon the ricke ty Othle against which be sat; also • pint- I carefully covered with a small plate These articles had been brought in by Samson Brown with his own band when be took possession; for 1 ; there was not a cheesemonger's assistant or Immo. boy who would base approached the door of the troubled how. tlis mind we, once more 1.1,- sorbed in the Economist, whioh he read through the fumes that-gracefully curled about his well i defined nose Ae the hour of midnight approached the plate began to clatter terribly on pop of the pewter pot bunion Brown raised from hie ma l es, qui e tly removed the noisy utensil, placed it on a soft piece of baise, which rendered abortive every at tempt to clatter, and was once more deep in the Revenue Returns Presently the door of rho room opened with a crank, sod *limed with a bisng Samson Brown rose, trim his seat, turn ed the key, and resumed his reflections on the prueceds of customs and excise The clock of the village church struck the hour of twelve with • dreary solemnity that would have awed every other occupant of that dfsaial, scantily furnished room; but Samson Brown was pondering over the probability of an increase of the income tax However, at the final stroke of twelve, $ sound in th e room lik e the rustling of stiff silk tallied Samson Brown to suspecl that he WAS not alone. Raising his eye from the fascituitiog paper, he perceived a short female !figure, in an old fash ioned dress bustling shout the room, and *pp* really unconscious of his presence, until, sudden ly turning rancid it fixed upon him two glassy eyes. Then darting forwent, it planted two point_ ed elbows on the table, sad , rested upon two skin ny hawks one of the most evil faces that was ever beheld. Never Vl3 earthly wickedness and %pee lrsl repuleiveness more aptly oombined. Nevertheless, with this most hideous eounte. nines thrust into his countenance; with those eyes of glass pointed against his eyes; with that smile of indiseribable malignity force upon his vision, Simeon Brown simply mid, "Well, mad. am ?" Th'e countehance remained where it was with out moving a muscle—the eyes were still fixed beyond the power of twinkling—the smile was stereotyped, soil Samon Brown after s pause of a few ef:tonds, reiterated, "Well, madam ?" A strange expression came over the horrible features; sod its meaning was divined in a too meet b 5 Samson Brown. The ghost had been used to scare all the world with the mere rustle of its silken robe. Now, here was s man who could return its stare, with another stare more piercing, The eye of etas had met the eye of a hawk. R a isi ng her faoe from her hand aud el bows f r om tha oabte, the ill•Iooking old hag moved t•twards the empty grate, and began ,to scratch the trail above the ehinaney , pines, utter ing at the same time a low wailing sound, which gr 4. rho mono h 4rriblo from boil pg paili by no corresponding effect in the face, whtob was again -xpr,ssionle.m, and completely corpse like. Samson Brown stepped up to the old lady, and exact/turd the wall over hrr head, stooping far that porpo... WI ht. chin alruu re-te lon her sotiqual,d sal "H 4: i se'' '. said be, "that spruce pete of larer has been pasted on sifter the rest-411,w w•,•'—and taking bold ~ f a /a. corner of the paler he pulled it off, thus disclosing a small sp,rture'in the wadi, s t the st e l e of w h ic h t h e ghost, rushing from the hearth, flew about the room with the most frantic gesturea; apparently e xh a usted, it squatted down in a corner, r i sp at ing the low wailing noise "Compose yourself, madam," said Samson Brown, an I taking from the recess a miniature portrait and a piece of filded paper tied up with oarrogreen ribbon, he placed them on the table, at which he resumed his seat Tb miniature represent.‘d a lovely girl of 1r *tout twetay years of at., with her hair dressed after the fashion of a hundred years back. While lamtion Brown was examining it with all the ad miration of which his mind was capable, the ugly old ghost rose from the corner and pointed its forcfiogor with great eagerness, first at the picture, then at the pit of its own stomach As Satni•in Br two had a friend who allowed him a seat in his opera box gratis, he was rather an adept in the language of the ballet "D, you meta, — said he, "that this is a portrait of your. self in your youthful days?" The ghost nodded "Then," said %lama 13r. , wn, "you mast have altered confoundedly as you advance to years " The expression assumed by the ghost OCI the occasion of this remark was certainly ungeuial every feature was dtatorted with rage, the glassy eyes looked like red coals, the skinny right band took a sweeping gesture, and for a moment Sam• son Brown felt as if be bad placed his head is a violent draught fie bad received a spectral box on the ear. "I see," he observed, "the etas of a ghost like bard words break no bones " Laying aside the portrait, be untied and open ed the folded paper, when the worst spelling and the worst band writing he b.d ever seen were revealed to his astonished eyes Every oriole that eatould possibly be perpetrated by mortal in transMitting his thoughts to paper with the aid of a pin was apparent in that vile manuscript. Thereiwere adjectives beginning with capitals, and allittle “i" to denote the first person, and the vdrb "to write" commenced will an "r," while!righte that bad been violated were spelled wrigirt, with a "w " Even Samson Brown could not avoid something like a sensation of awe when tie saw how many sins against every law of grammar, orthography and osligrspby bad been committed within the confined space of a single sheet of paper. "Good heavens! what a fist!" he exclaimed. Then addressing the ghost, who had returned sulkily into the corner, be said, "Is this your bind writing, madam?" •The ghost nodded "Did you learn writing at school.'" The ghost nodded. "And your parents paid Lilo school bills re gutsily?" The ghost podded "Theo," said Sampson Browne , i( emote are condemned ws,lk the earth on acoonnt of sins coortvtted is their lifetime, think you must very often meet the ghost of the ;irking master?" The spectre not condeseending to notice this brilliant sally, Sampson Brown, devoted hie en• orgies to the interpretation of this strange hiero glyphics, With an:sonteness that would hare done' honor to the reader of a roll of papyrus, be at lait anceeeded in eliciting the facts that one “Margaret Stabs" but defrauded one "John Jones" of moneys to the amount of one thou send pounds, sod, oioillsting between uneasiness at the thought of possessing ill gotten treasure and unwillingness to part with a sum so coma& era* had bidden the latter beneath a wow la $1 50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5,1859. the owl cellar. The operations of 'conscience Sad likewise prompted Margaret to draw up a written confession of her guilt, and to place it where, in all human probability, it would never be fooled. The thought that after eath she would wander shout as an ugly ghost, d with her own hand, indicate the spot where t paper bad been concealed, bad elearly never unwed the mind of Margaret Stubs. "Madam l" said Sampson Brown, ..eh? 0! you are there are you?" be continued, ob i serving that the ghost had shifted into soother earner. "Madam, I infer from the ill-written rigmarole I have just waded through, and from the impressive manner in which you revealed w me the place of its concealment, that you are the person described as Margaret Stubrf" The ghost bowed. "I should spell Stubbs with two b'e myself but tiverybody uuderstands his owu trainee best. It appears then, that you defrauded one John Jones--with whose name, I must observe, you take strauge liberties—to the tone of one thou sand pounder The ghost bege.o to toss its arms about, with every sign of the wildest agony. "Now, my dear °feature pray compose your► self, or we shall never get on at all," said Setups son Brown "Listen to me, and let us perfectly understand esob other. From what I have read about ghosts is general, cud reseou►ug by sue. logy, I arrive at the conclusion that, till y o ur stair with John Jones, his executors adminietra• tors, or assigns is made oompletely straight, you ere ootopelled to walk sow these premises every midnight. The hoe of the ghost was distorted by a mali cious grin. "I perfectly understand the meaning of that expression tilthmigh, as I said before, you are compelled to walk about these premises, you feel a sort of wicked pleasure in frightening other people." • The ghost placed its baud before its eyes. "Bat you do not frighten me at all—mark that! You do not frighten me in the least. In fact, I find your society rather agreeable than otherwise. I never saw a ghost before. and therefore your apparition has, at least, the charm of novelty." The ghost began to assume an appearance of an anxiety. "Therefore, you perceive, if you expect that am going to bother myself with looking after John Jones merely for the sake of proounug cessation of your visits you are very much mis taken. eta long as lam tenant of this house," he added, with a smile of something like gallan try, "there shall always be a corner at your ser vice." The ghost was completely puzzled. It not only looked csdaverons—it looked stupid. "Consequently," con t nued -t be re len t fens. Sam son Brown, "if you wish to bring these little Creaks to a termination, it is your own pleasure, not mine, that you are consulting "So, come," he went on, giving his hand a sudden slap on the table, "to make a long matter short, what wtll you allow me per scent. to wind up this affair with the J oneses?" The female figure glided slowly up sad down the room for a few aseouds_,,.with., its Kight foss ringer promised sgalbst its forehead. W ben this movement 444 ceased, it held up Its right bend with all the fingers distended "Five per cent, for s special tronssetiou like this?' exelsimed Samson Brown, perfectly com prehending the sign; "ridiculous: see you .11 I hi. Jnnoa A abort voluntary cough prevvotrd the coat pt tioa of the eeut.•oe•e Apia did , the ghost }Ode up sod down the routs, sod when it stopped ouce more, both its hands were held up, with the augers wi.l,ly dte trad,d “Teu!“ cried Benison Brown "Ten per cent oa s thousand pounds is a ruund huudr:d Make your mind easy, Mrs. or Mtvs Fittealam, whichever you tre If the money be really ,n the cellar, and ttie representattves of Jorwei are reasonably o one stable, this business shall be settled lathe satisfaction of everybody " No sooner had he uttered these woric than the ghost vanished. HOW it wPat, Samson Brown neither knew uor need. He tried to resume his study of the Economist, but even statistics bad lost their power of producing at excitewent, and, lifter a few preliminary words, he fell fast asleep in his chair Sleep did not occasion any loss of tim..— Dreams in a haunted time are of more than or dinary value; and things of more than ordinary value were not likely to be overlooked by Sam. son Brown. He fancied that he vas in an ad .iaeent village, at the shop of one Jonathan Jones, a barber by profession, to whose somewhat oat skillful band be bad entrusted his chin. The slaver tut him not unfrequeutly; but strange to say, while something like blood was appareut the razor, not a single drop issued fr..tu the wound When be awoke io the morning, Samoa Brown proceeded straight to the 0031 cellar; where, after some little rummaging, he found the one thou. sand pounds mentioned in the ill-written docu ment It was a curious aggregate of Dutes, gol4, silver and copper, and was not to be counted without some little trouble 58111.4011 Brown, h owever a s certained that it was all right, and allowed it to glide gently sloug the palm of hi s hand into his breeches pocket, which he buttoned up with a great deal of deliberation and an air of intense satisfaction. Strong•minded people invariably boast that they are above superstition Sampson B ro ws was stronger minded than strong minded people. Reeould be above or below superstition, just as it answered his purpose. A belief in ghosts bad assisted him to get his house cheap; a belief in dreams might enable him to discharge a moral duty. if any of our readers have been pleased to fancy that Samson Brown was so much a lover of gain that he bad no sense of right or wrong we beg leave to correct them in that erroneous opinion. A mere vulgar scamp would have gone off with the thousand pounds in his pocket, and left the shade of Mr. Stubbs to trouble the cot- tage to the end of time. Rat Samson Brown would u soon have committed a forgery as bate been guilty of an act so manifestly paltry. lie therefore went to the village indicated in his dream; sad after sundry inquiries, actually found a barber's shop tenanted by one Jonathan Jones To the respectability of Jones report bore in different testimony. A partiality to beer seemed to be among his leading peculiarities ; and this peculiarity it was sa id, strongly militated against that manipula tive skill which is so essential to the barber's vocation. However, several of the older infor mints, when they had detailed sundry diseepul table facts in connection with Jones, shook-their heads with exceeding gravity, said that if every. body had his rights Jones would have been a very different person from wbat Jones actually was. If reports were true, this would have been highly desirable Entering the dirty and diem derly shop Samson Brown perceived an individ ual still dirtier Old still more disorderly—one of those nogginl y, sottish figures, that seems never to be intoxicated and oever sober—slwsys have red Doses, and always wear seedy black costs.— The individual in question was maid in a nor liar , w ith a short pipe in his mouth, the very per fection of those bad tradefolks who maks apoint of looking at every customer as if he was an in tention'. " Come to be shaved?" said the individual in a foggy voice. For the first time in his life 'probably Samson Brown shuddered. The idea of trusting a pre cious chin to the foul compound of dullness and malignity that stood before him! - There was an awkward pause. Samson Brown turned his eye to the shop-window as the only shopping thing about the pitn, hoping to find some small article of which be might make a purchase. Vain endeavor. Rapidly passing in review a miserable assortment of glass-oases and pasteboard bones, evidently oontsioing the frag• meat of a business ruined years ago, he plainly saw that there was literally nothing to buy his only course, therefore, was to jump at once into the middle of the subject. gi What was the name of your paternal grand father T" asked Samson Brown. You're another!" r wled the barber " Pardon t ne," said Samson Brown, "I don't quite perceive the force of your observation. I asked you what was the name of your grandfa. thew, on your father's side." " Very well ; what was the name of yours?" was the respondent growl. Through this UDeotab question, Samson Brown oould almost fancy he beard the voice of a tempt. ing demon urgiag him to walk of with the mon ey, and letve the surly barber, encumbered with his wrougs, ass punishment for his b.ul manners . However, be resolutely conquer, d the fiend, and, with every show of good temper, resumed the conversation. " Wran't your grandfatbor's name Jobn Jones?" If you gum again, you'll gues3 wrong," wu the peripbra.stie auswer. "In a pcouniary respect, your grandfather-- was better off than yourself?" The besotted individual did not know about that. He knowed that he himself always paid out his coin way ; and that, if other people, who wore fine coats, always did the - same, things would go on much better than they did. " Arc there any other grandchildren of John Jones now sliver This question produced an entire change in the manner of the may professor of shaving. Drop. ping the air of dogged reserve which he had hith erto worn with such consisteocy, he absolutely deluged Samson *own, if he had known any thing of the Greek drama, might have fancied he was listening the chronicle of one of those doomed kinuses that have been rendered immor tal on the Attic stage. There was a lubber . ) , Stephen Jones, who ran off to sea, and who had been traced to the Nies, and all the way beck to Portsmouth , whence, however, be had utter ly disappeared, together with a fabulous awouot of treasure that had rewarded his mastic:tie toil There was a smart, lively little Gus. Jones, who was regarded as the gentleman of the family. mid who not having done `altogether right by his employer, had ended his days in a penal settle. meat There was the ardent and inapetir...us Dan. Jones, who, in consequence of a disapi pointment of love, took largely to Irinking, and was one morning found dead in a wster-outs There was the meditative Phil. Junes,.who un expectedly hung himself, because he was not al together happy in his mind Lastly iht ri was the loved Mary Ache Joher, who bad t<rtntriated a short sojourn in the metropolis by leaping from Waterloo Bridtte Strange to say, the sots sur viving Jones, [fur eueb he showed himself to be,} went through this catalogue of misfortune with an air of malicious satisfaction, as if the miifur tunes cf his kindred were retzir eratif yia4 than otherwise. He concluded with the remark that the Joneses were. a bad lot. lie believed that he iiiinself was the beet of them; but he consider ed that he bitr , elf wee of no great 'count. After a few unguents pause, oacupied with tha digestion of this mass of family bi,t .ry, Samoa Brown abruptly exclaimed : " Mr. Jones, wont(' you lace nine hundred pounds?" As this Wai a question that only a luiittd of one an-wer, J , uattian Jones insrlo no 'comer at all " Would you like" to handle nine hnocired pm:M.4' repeated Samson Brown "Because, if you would, I witl give it to you—now." ''Give me nine hundred puunds—mow:—Come, come, a joke's all very well—" " There ia no joke in"the matter The dist covery has been made that a thousand pounds is due you from the estate of a certain party de ceased, and the discoverer claims vile tiundrid pounds as the rewari of his terl and integrity. So you have only to eigu ihwr, etipt and take the money," and be presented fi small document duly stamped. From a state of dogged atuot lay, Jones bad passed Into a state of dogge d shrewaness.. lie seemed ready for ittforuttitton than for ready cish it Who's this here Mrs. Sntb that this here thing talks about? ' he i rr..al..d f,rlll si gn , at} d ear ai r , withent troubltug your self to ask questions" said Stinson Brown, iw ploringly " Weil, ' , tit w what one Is about ; and then it :ma I'm only to have nine hundred pounds, and I'm to sign f r a iliousand. The other hundred is for the bagent, you say Are you the impair Because, if you are, I think you have taken care of your, , e,t, anbhow." " Flo matter who is the agent and whey to not The hundred pounds in rowlock is agreetk to by Mar Stubbs.' " That mother Stubbs !seems very free with otber , people's looney," growled Jones_ "And I say," he continued with increasing acumen, "if mother Stubbs i 4 dead, how can she agree to anything?" For the infitesmal fraction of a sec,and Samson Brown felt embarrassed.; but, immediately re• covering himself, be said : "'Mr. Jonathan Jones, my time is valuable Sigrt that paper, - without asking any qu e siiee, and-I put nine hundred pounds in hard money on the table. Ask one single question wore, I walk out of the shop, and you'll never shear of the nine hundred gonna again as long as you live." Jones made no observation thit was distinctly audible; but, mattering something about a poor man's rights, and something else about some thing being very hard, -be directed his stepi to a shelf, whence he took a broken teacup containi tug a little ink, and a short black pen, black from one extremity to the other With this un• seemly instrument he scrawled his name at the bottom of the y document; and, whether it was through fate, or whether it was by accident, be .pelt Jones with a (Jo►aes,) precisely after the fashion of Mrs. Stabbii "There" cried Barnson Brown, after counting out the money, whichibe placed on the table. " There, you!" gruffly replied Jones, as he dung the signed respeet &arose the table to Bamt son Brown. Samson Brown retired, and betook himself to his troubled house. Jonathan JOON, ' having se cured his newly retinilred fortune under look and key, sauntered to the nearest tap, where he left a penny in the pnrohp►se of a half pint of beer. During the whole day be was observed to repeat this process at intervals much shorter than usual. At ten minutes before midnight, Mr. Samson Brown, who was sitting alone in the room where be had first made the acquaintance of the late Mrs. Stubbs, now heard the familiar rustle of stiff black silk, and immediately afterward the ghost was visible, with minnetbing like aaistoaity szprassd is its salaam*. " Hai" exclaimed Illeueses Saws is asthma fat tone; ' 4 l. knew this easesesed yes moss this me ; for here you are tan isitsubee Wove your time. Will this be sulieleatt" he eontintesd, presenting the receipt. The ghost extended its band, apparently dosed its thumb and finger epos the document, and then Samson Brown was slope. The receipt was gone; the ghost was gone; whether it had do parted by chimney, chink *Hoy bele; whether it had ascended or deeeended; he wild got tell. He only knew that he was aim*, and that his hundred pounds were still safe in his peeket.— He bad clapped the pocket by a sort of %tablet, at the moment when the spectre mass,. On the following . morning Samson Brown Su aroused from a refreshing slumber by a loud knocking at his door. Of course he opened it himself, and perceived the agent of whom he bad taken the house. His safe egress from the terrible domicile on the previous day, and his bold return to it in the evening, had beset ob served by several of his neighbors, and bad be , come the talk of the village. The terror of the house bad consequently Wen ten per cent., and the value had rises in the some proportion. Feel. ing, under these altered circumstances, that be let the house far too cheap, the agent yelled on Samson Brown, with his check • book in his pock et, to induce him to rescind the contract. On the afternoon of that day, Samson Brown returned to London in a second clam carriage, bearing in his pocket the hundred pounds found in the cellar, and aa_additional fifty received from the house agent, as a oonsideration for can tiding the afreement. How be spent his wonder. fcil holiday is only known to his most confides teal friends; but it is generally remarked that his opinions on two particular subjects are not the same as they were a few years ago. No one in the world was more opposed to superstition ; never was man so severely in favor of stinking to business than Sacumn Brown. Bat now be is occasionally heard to remark that a holiday now and then is a very good thing, if !mop'e know how to make ipe of it, and that, as for a belief in ghosts, there i 4 a great deal to be said in its favor. THZ PEZZLCUTION OP Nay IDlALC—Elarvey, the first who discovered the circulation of the blood, was styled "vagabond of visa," and per, secured through life Ambrose Kris, in the acme of Francis I, in troduced the ligatare,las s substitute for the paio• fel mode of ateunchitig the blood after the *im putation of a limb—namely, by applg boiled pitch to the surface of the stump. Befl was, in consequence, persecuted with the most remorse less rancour by the Faculty of Physic, who ridi culed the ides of putting the Life of a msn epos a thread, when boiling pitch had stood the test for centuries ! Pamela's, introduced antimony as a valuable medicine ; he eru persecuted for the inaavation, end the French Government passed an set making it penal to prescribe it; wissream it is now one of the most important medicines in daily use. The Jesuits iatroduood into Protestant .for lend the Peruvian bark, (invalnabla is a matt, sine) bet beings remedy used by the Jimoste, the Protestant English at duos rejected the drug sq the invention of the devil. 10 1639, Dr. Groeavelt discovered the enrative power of eautharides-in dropsy. As won *skis cures began to be noised abroad; he was commit ted to Newgste, by warrant of the President of the olllege of Physicians, for prescribing tam. toarices internally. Latly Mary Montague first introduced into Euglanci small-pot inoculation, having seen its ,access in Turkey in greatly mitigating that ter• riblc disease. The ftionity all arose in arms against its introduction, foretelling this most disastrous consequences ; yet it was in a few years general, ty adopted by the most eminent members of the profesfoon Jeoner, who introduced the still greater dia. oovery of vaccination, was treated with ridicule and contempt, persecuted and oppressed by the Royal College of Physicians; yet he snbenquont ly received large pecuniary grants from governs meut for the benefit he had conferred on hut cone , trg, by making known bis valuable _discovery ; and at the present time its observance is very properly enjoined by the whole medical profes sion and the legislature. PROPER SENTIMENTS WELL EXPRESSED.— Judge Campbell, in his ehsrge to the Grand Jury of the T: S Court It Mobile, expressed himself RR follosl6 upoo the duties of the government cod of the people in anitaining the laws of the Country "No President has forgotten that solemn in. junction of the cou,titution—lake care that the I taws be faithfully executed.' The judicial de , partm-nt of the G tverumcrit hat never swerved from the doctrines it has inculcated, nor shrunk from the re‘ponsibilities of their high office Through the series (fillibustering and ille gal enterprises) enumerated, what good can be found, as derived either to the persons enlisted in the expeditiuo, or to those who have directed and c 'carolled them? What a frightful waste of life, reputation and treasure has there not been? In how many instances have they not disturbed the foreign relations of this country and embarrassed the operations of our govern tneut: What an amount of lawlessness, social disorgabizatiou and crime have they not origins , tee It dues seem to me that it i s th e solemn and sacred duty of the people of this country to frown indignantly upon any attempt that may be made to violate these laws, either in letter or in spirit The mandate id the eowititution to the President to take care that the laws be faith fully executed, does not create a wall of separat lion between him and other °Seers and citizens ' Every one of us who participates is the'protec. I tiou and blessing of the constitution is under the highest obligation in his sphere of duty to take care to observe faithfully the laws according to that constitution And when the President ap• peals to me or to you to give Mm our hearty no operation in the performance of the duties of his high office, we cannot, without forfeiting our claims to the respect and estimation that belong to a good citizen, refuse his appeal." A RUSSIAN Vali' OP' TUN ACQUISITION OP CCBA.—The Russian organ, published at Brus eels, in speaking of the possible aequisition of Cuba to the V. S., says: "The war which might result from it would be far more disastrous than that Crimean war which has cost so much gold and blood to the world. It would be a wiz vrittry est% s vrto.‘c , products are the first _element of industry in all parts of the world, and whose eoutmereial inter. course makes an imp.otaot branch of income far most governments. It would be a 'joint rup ture of all the arteries of etimmereial simulation; it would be a fatal separation between Europe, which needs America, and Americo, which can dispense with Europe. Take from Sighted the gold of California, and the cotton of Louidass, and her iodustry will a; once be stopped in its prosperous action. We sincerely hope that such vilible occurrence will sot take plain " sr AD ingenins men, wbo desired to go from Needbain to Boston, but had no money, mods 1). Heim that be was the =lndere! of Oarniel, for bum a reward was offered, was arrseted sad taken to Boston, where be was istessdistaly es leased, u not beinf the uss J. W. DOUGLASS, EDITOR. )Ij fro gr. aug Pan } in Nissouri. The following short speech, lately delivered heffte the Missouri(' Legislature, is well worth, the medics perusal. It is short, but to Lim point, sod convened throughout with the ridiculous.— Mr. NU veered the following Rewlwd, That the iipeaker be authorized to cause to be printed and potted one hundred bale, announcing the Bth of January, 1869. Mr. Aboes-1 more to lay that meolution on the table. Pitt---Mr. Speaker, this House passed resolutions, sir, to celebrate in en appropriate, stutter, the Bth of January. This is a resold , lien simply asking that notice be given to the public of that day. We have declared. an Wen• don, and now when we come to publish it, some gentlemen are seised with the "retrenchment pipes," and minion around like a Wog red.worm on a pin hook. (Laughter.) Gentlemeiltnep continually talking about economy. I, myself, do not believe is tying the public purse with cobweb strings, bat when retrenchment comes in contest with petriodem, it assumes the form of "smallness." Such economy is like that of old Skinflin, whet had a pair of boots made for hip little boy, with ,ist soles, that they might last the longer, [Leingtker I reverence the day we celebrate. It is 'fraught with reminiscences the most stirring; brings to mind one of the greatest events ever recopied in letters of living fire upon the walls of the temple of fame by the strong right arm of the ,god of war'. On such occasions we should rise above party lines and political distinctions. I never fought under the boner of Old Hickory, but by the eternal" I wish I bad (Laughter and ap plause J If the old war horse was here now, he would mini know his own children from the side of Joseph's coat of many ecdors—Whigs, Hoow Nothings, Democrats, Hard, soft•boiled, scram , bled and fried, Lineoinites,Denglisitcs and Math erasitee ! I belong to no party; lam free, un bridled, unsadt6d, an the political pasture. Like a bobtailed bull in fly time, I charge around in the high grass and fight toy own flies. (Great laughter.) Gentlemen, let us show our liberal' ity on patriotic occasions. Why, some men have no more patriotism than you can stuff in the eye of a knitting needle. Let us not squeeze five cents till the eagle on it squeals like a 10. oomotive or an old maid Let us print the hills and inform the country that we are as full of pa- triotism as are Illinois swamps of tadpoles.— (Laughter.) I don't believe in doing things by halves. Permit me, Mr. Speaker, to .rake a quotation from one of our noblest authors: Imo to sot the gras4 among Um rod ailiky row, I love to so• the old gray-bon" for rhea be tors, he goer [Conclusive laughter.) After the above speech, the House refused to lay the above on the table, &monism AMlND2D.—Theresre many per sons who cannot speak in sensible, common. plaoe terms—they are always on stilts, and aim to carve out their language in blank ream Lai stead of simply saying, for example, "Ile am knowledges the oorn," they would reader it about thus : R. deth, by troth, with most tbrialoss humor, Goofs tbo totprehapoot,, common fuss Isotta bruited , That with It currier eouvictioo of the tondo. While on the subjeot, we will enumerate a few other trite sayings, accompanied with renderings after the manner of these dignified bores. " It's a Jong Jane that has no turn"- 1.4.7 th‘s dortaror or NW spa i 4% sa.t toada through apso Inttrminsble, Kay b. lay .Jr aanateactios, siemes *soh sou. wiugi respeosele. "The longest pole knocks down the passim' mono"-- It is as a:Wm well reeerestil.l lewma, That, of the slender carol et the forest. the ob. whleh, Ina loggiteditka/ wawa, tapas the pretetteloos of ism fellow*, ]ter eseillate lama their tall, She staple trait et Carellea State. " A fine stand for a grocery"— A stoat caunrucKhous ssta. Where all the multttuchsous fniits of earth, That sourish sad resale the laser mss, kr* held 14 tarter " 0/41 buss, ni see yon in the fall"— want 'swath a canopy of video /AMMON VW all the purple &gum of the state, Sststaer, fa frserstme bmiliem her lite Stray, Abd sober estrum ta e9tilt.ollo4 11l Mint thee, antuptaterd ANECDOTIC OT Moapny.—Tbe Paris oorres— pondent of the National Intelligenoer says : " The following story has been related to me, illustrative of the philosophy of chess, a game which enjoys the traditional admiration of Dr. Franklin, as requiring the exertion of every originating faculty of the mind. fn the ()course of one of the games between Messrs. Morph . ) , and Anderson, a move of the former excited much surprise among the bystanders. He bed Joel/tied to take a piece, which, although apps. rently so exchange of knights, would have re sulted, it 4164 thought, couelosively in his favor. The game proceeded, nevertheless, without ver• bal comment., sod was rapidly won by Mr Dior. phy. Nn sooner did he deliver the 'checkmate' than one of the most intlase lookers on, breath' less with pent-up emotion, exclaimed, 'For the love of heaven tell me why you did not take the knight!" Beesutie,' said Mr. 3forphy, all alive to the nature of his ftiencl's concerti, 'it was a deep laid plot. Ia a few moves I should have lost the game by a statement Mr. Anderson saw the gam. was desperate, and he planed this snare for me.' So saying, he replaced the pieties as they had been at the critical moment, and demonstrated the result by a series of moves whioh would base b-en inevitable had he taken the knight. 'Au I act right, Mr. Anderson?' Precisely,' ejaculated the bewildered gentleman, 'hiokiog possibly that the Prince of Darkness was not wichoos a share in the composition of the young stranger." Tut Tsars GOLDiN Eleccs —The founder of the princely race of the Medici once followed the healing art, and was so proud of his profes sion that he took WI title fit a f a mily n am e , i n . steed of his own, and, even yet, three golden pills are th e a rm s of the Medici, and of that beautiful Lombardy which they once ruled. Nay, the int pawnbrokers in London, who were also the beak , en came from Lombardy, and congregated in Lombard street, as it is still named, where they put up the three golden balls of the Medici to denote their country, which balls are still sus. pended over the philanthropic doesieils where money is lent on pledges—the hapless relatives of "my Uncle" believing that the =yetis *psi I of three golden halls is that the chasms are fir, to one against the redemption of nob pledges SIMPLE MODE 01/ AtICZETAINDIO The Detroit Advertiser gives a new method of computing interest on any number of dollars, at 6 per oent.; it is to multiply any given umber of dollars by the number of days of interest de. sired, separating the right head tiers, sod di• riding by sit; the result is the true Worms of each sum for emit number of days at sin per coos. This rule is so simple sad es lime, senor ding to all bedews we t that every banker, bro ker, merchant or olesk, should post it up for ref, enamel and use. There Wog no nob t►iai is a f ru d on I s it, there is astrooly any liability to error or mistake. By no other arithmedeal pee• ow out the desired information be obtained with so few AVM.
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