,Y JAS. CLARK.
THE FATHER 15 COMING.
RY MART LOWITt.
The clock is on the stroke of six,
The father's work is done,
Sweep up the hearth and mend the fire,
And put the kettle on I
The wild night wind is blowing cold,
'Tis dreary crossing o'er the Wold.
He's coming o'er the wold apace,
He's stronger than the storm ;
He does not feel the cell), not he,
His heart it is so warm ;
For father's heart is stout and true
As ever human bosom knew !
Stay, do not dose the shutters, child,
Far, far along the lane,
The little window looks, and he
Can see it shining plain;
I've heard him say he loves to mark,
The cheerful fire-light through the dark,
And we'll do all that father likes,
His wishes are so few I
Would they were more, that every hour
Some wish of his I knew!
I'm sure it makes a happy day,
When I can please him any way!
I know he's coming by this sign,
The baby's almost wild;
See bow he laughs, and crows,and stares—
Heaven bless the merry child !
His father's self in face and limb,
And father's heart is strong in him!
Hark ! hark ! I hear his footsteps now--
He's through the garden gate ;
Run, little Bess, and ope the door,
And do not let him wait !
Shout, baby, shout and clap thy hands,
For father on the threshold stands !
SCENES OF TISIE. LAST WAR.
hill!. MANSON'S i..scHT rOom wnsnmaTori
The following account of Mrs. Mad
ison's flight from Washington, and of
the saving of Stewnrt's portrait of Gen.
Washington, when that capital was ta
hen by the English during the late tear;
is from Mr. C. J. Ingersoll's fertlictirit
ing history:
Part of Col. Carberry's regitnent of
regulars was quartered not fttr from the
President's house, in the large hull of
which were stored munitions of war.—
'1 wo canon, served by four artillerists,
were planted before the front door. Mrs.
Madison gathered the most .precious
cabinet papers, some clothing and other
important articles, packed in a carriage,
and made ready for what all anticipated
---flight. Dr. Blake, the Mayor of Wash
ington, twice culled to warn her of the
peril of her situation, and urged her de
parture. The four artillerists fled,
leaving her alone in the house, with no
attendants but servants, the most intel
ligent and reliable of whom was one
called French John, Mr. John Stonsa, a
native of Paris, who came to this coun
try ni a seaman on board the French
frigate Didon, accompanied by the Cy
bele, another frigate, in 1804, commis
sioned to take back Jerome Bonaparte,
whose marriage with a beautiful Amer
can wife gave umbrage to his ambitious
and imperious, and soon to be Imperial
brother. Talleyrand addressed his mas
ter the emperor, When crowned,deploring
the " degradation Of a whole family of
American cousins;" and and then Mr.
Siousa, with several °there Of the French
crews of the two frigates, deserted from
nn imperial navy to establi-h himself
in this country, and becoine the father
of sixteen republican ertildren. Living
first in the service bf Mr. Merry, When
British Minister to the United states,
and afterwards of Mr. Erskine; froth
his family Mr. Siousa went to that of
Mr. Madison, as his porter, and is yet
living, messenger of the Metropolis Blink
of Washington.
Not long after the Mayor's Sectind
hall on Mrs. Madison, pressing, her de
parture, she still lingering for tidings bf
her husband, his faithful, brave young
blare, Jim, returned with . his
. master's
last note, in pencil, directing her to fly
at once. The horses already harnessed
to the carriages, were ordered to the
door, and with her female servants in
one, and only a little black girl in her
ewe, Mrs. Madison drove di.
The afternoon before, Mr. George W:
P. Custis, of Arlington, on the other side
Of the Potomac, opposite to Washing
ton, grandson of Mrs. Custis, General
Washington's wife, in whose family he
was brought up--a gentleman fend of
painting, and of all memorials of his
grandmother's husband, particularly ev
ery variety of portraits of Washington—
called at the President's to save a full
length picture which has been among
the few ornaments of the presidential
mansion during its ten incumbencies,
from that of the first Admits, on the re
moval of the seat of government, in
1800, to the District of Columbia. The
Picture, in 1814, hung on the west wall
of the large dining room, instead of the
east wall of the small parlor where it is
now. The President promised Mr. Cos.
tie that it should be taken care of, and
Mrs. Madison deemed it her duty not to
leave such a trophy fur the captors. It
is one of Washington's likenesses by
Stewart, stamped with his superiority
as a portrait painter, the bead and face
( 7 7 nnfit(bcfn
strongly resembling the original. Neg
ligent as Steuart was of all but the face
of his pictures, the person of Washing'
ton was left for another artist, NA intim
ley, to when President Adams' son•in-
Wth. Smith, stood for the body,
limbs, posture, and manner of this par
ody ; so that Washington's tall, gaunt
person, his shape air and attitude, are
much better given by '1 ruinbull's rep
resentation of him in the several histo
rical pictures which fill pnnnels in the
ttttunda at the Capital. Mrs Madison,
with the carving knife in her hand, stood
by while French John and others strove
to detach the picture uninjured from
its heavy external gilt frame, and pre
serve it whole on the inner wooden work
by which it was kept distended and
screwed to the wall.
Charles Carroll, of Belleveu, a gen ,
tleman intimate in the President's lam
ily, entered from the affair at Bladens
burg, while the French porter, John Si
ousa, and the Irish gardener, Thomas
McGaw, were laboring with a hatchet
to take down the picture, and remon
strated against Mrs. Madison risking
capture for such an object, which Mr.
Carroll urged, ought not to delay her
departure. Her letter to her sister, Mrs.
Washington, states that the picture was
secured before she left the house: Mr.
Siousa, who is highly worthy of credit,
thinks she was gone before it was done,
as the letter expresses the accompliih
meet. The Irish gardener, to ivhbie
aid, in the midst Of the work, Mr. Jacob
Barker came in, according to Siousa's
recollectinn, rrhile he ivas gone to bring
an ii*e, got the picture down from the
wall, and placed it in the hands of Mr.
Barker ; with whom, according to Si-
Ouse's statement, there was no other per
stin except a black man, whom Siousa
took for Mr. Barker's servant. Carried
off, upheld whole in the inner wooden
frame, beyond Georgetown, the picture
was deposited by Mr. Barker in a place
of safety. The Presidential household
god, the image of the Father of his Coen
try--by whom its chief city was fixed
near his home, and by whose name it was
called—was , thus snatched from the
clutch or torch of the barbarian captors.
Such, as near as it can be ascertained,
is -the truth of its rescue, which hits been
embroiled in newspaper polemic by sev
eral claimants to part of the honor.
Mrs. Madison, driving to Georgetown;
went firstto the residence of the Secre
tery of the Navy, then to Bellevue, and,
' joined by the families of Mr. Jones and
Mr. Carroll, returned to the town, insi*
ting that her terrified coachman should
take her beck towards the President's
house, to look for him, whom she unex
pectedly found near the lower bridge, at
tended by Mr. Monroe and Mr. Rush,
Who all reached the President's house
scion after she left it, and stopped there
a few minutes for refreshments. Col.
Laval, with some of his dragoons, the
regulars, and a company or two of vol
unteers, also stopped there, thirsting for
drink, which was furnished in buckets
of water and bottles of wine, set before
the door for a hurried draught, during
whielt Short stay many things were ta
ken out of the house by individuals;
inost of
,them, probably, to be secured
and restored as some were, but not all ;
for the Secretary of the Treasury's fine
duelling pistols, which the President
took froM his holster§§ . and laid on the
table, were carried of f; end neder recov
ered. . As soon as the executive and Mil
itary fugitides disappeared, Siousa, sol
itary and alone in the house, who had
before secured the gold and silVer moun
ted carbines and pistols of the A lgerine
minister, which are now in the Patent
Office; carried the parrot to Col: Tay
lor'sresidenee, and left it there in ehdrge
of the French minister's cook; and then
returning, shut all the doors and win
dows 01 the President's house, and taking
the key tvith him; went for security to
the residence of Daschkaf, the Russian
minister; then at Philadelphia. The
British broke open the house and burned
it, as before stated, without discovering;
as is believed, anything they deemed
worth preserding; if they found a feast
there, as one of theta relates, like har
py's food, it Was consumed in the orgies
of their filthy debauch.
While the ladies of Mr. Jones and Mr.
Carr Al's families lingered in George
town for Mrs. Madison, she accompa
nied her husband to the bank of the Po
tome where one small boat was kept
ready, of the many others all sunk or
removed but that one, to transport the
President, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Mason, and
Mr. Carroll to the Virginia shore. The
boat was too small to carry all at once,
so that several trips were necessary, as
the shades of night set in upon them
like departing spirits leaving the world
behind, to be feiried over an inevitable
Styx President,secretftry, attorney, end
commissary general seemed condemned
to an immortality of at least contempt
and malediction in the world.
HUNTINGDON, PA,, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1849.
About th tt time it must have been, if
ever, as Mrs. Madison is clear in her
recollection was the case at some time,
that Cockburn's proffer reached them of
an escort for her to a place of safety ;
for it was impossible till nightfall, till
when he did not enter the city ; imper
fect remembrance of which event may
give color to Gen. Armstrong's impres
sion, derived from Dr. Thornton, that
Ross and Cockburn tendered the Presi
dent a proposal for a ransom of the pub
lic buildings; two distinct proposals, if
any such were made, of which the es.
(tort for her was declined, and the ran
som for the city repulsed with disdain.
Mrs. Madison, after seeing her hus
band over the river, drove back, attend.
ed by John Graham and nine volunteer
cavalry, to her female companions, the
families of Mr. Jones and Mr. Carol!, in
Georgetown. The President's orders
were to pass the night wherever she
round find a convenient, safe place in
Virginia, and join him next day at a tav
ern sixteen miles from Georgetown,
which was the appointed place of meet
mg. Movieg slowly OnOiard; thti rend
encumbered by baggage wagons and
other hiodrances, their progress was so
tedious that the ladies sometimes left
their carrhige.afid *diked, its the least
irksome and dangerous mode of proceed
ing; in the midst of tumult until they
i reached, after nightfall, the residence of
Mr ',Otte, two miles and a half beyond
Georgetown. on the Virginia side of the
Potomac. where they begged a night's
rest. Mr. Love was abroad with the
troops, but soon returned.
His lady, indisposed, made the best
arrangements practicable for so large an
irruption of unexpected guests, for whom
sofas and other substitutes for beds
were arranged as well as could be ; and
they passed a frightful, miserable night,
all disconsolate, several in tears, airs.
Madison sitting at an open window ga
zing on the lurid flames and listening
to the hoarse murmurs of the smoulder:
ing city, while several disorderly Militia
around the house aggravated the die,
and begrimmed the gldomy scene. Be
fore daylight the next morning the car
avan of affrighted ladies, in sad proces
sion, took their departure obder
Madison's lead, for the rendezi , ous ap
pointed with the President. Conster.
nation was at its uttermost ; the whole
region filled with panic-struck people,
terrified scouts roaming about end
spreading nlarm that the enemy was
comitik froth Washington and Alexan
dria, and that there was safety nowhere.
Among the terrible rumors, one predo
minated that Cliehrane'S proclamation
was executed by Cockburn, inducing the
slaves to reVolt, and that thousands of
infuriate negroesi drunk with liquor and
mad with emancipation, were commit ,
ling excesses worse than those at Hamp
ton the year before, subjecting the cdu n
try to their horrid outrages. About noon
the air was charged with two-fold elec
tricity of panic and storm, as the ladies
pursued their weary and disconsolate
retreat. Gen. Young commanding a
brigade of Virginia militia, in his officitti
report to the investigating committee of
the House of Representatives, says that
they were delayed on their march to
join Gen. Winder, "by an alarm of a
domestic nature, which he was so cred
ulous as to believe, from the respecta.
bility of the country people who came
I to him for protection ; he halted his bri
gade, and sent out light troops, and one
troop of cavalry, to ascertain the fact,
which finally proted erroneous." The
terror of Cockburn's formidable enortni
ties was more conquering than arms.—
; General Young Lext day actually stop.
ped Mrs Madison, insisting that she must
not be suffered to go without an escort.
Tuai.—We have just remar
ked a man on the other side of Broad
way, walking up pensively and alone,
to whom the sudden acquisition of
wealth has given the poWer and inclina
tion to " give up buisness," and
to ",do nothing"
,for the rest, of his life.
Ah I whether it be "the ton" or riot, it
is evidently the hardest work in the
world to do nettling. We know of at
least a dozen of persons in our range of
acquaintance, who are trying to kill
time, kill time. How they will pray
one day for the life of the time they
would now kill ! Do you remember
Charles Lamb's description of his
sensation on being emancipated from
his daily labor at the India House
"It was like passing from life to
eternity— I wandered about, thinking
I was happy, but feeling I was not:
When all is holiday there are no holi
days." Think of this thou men of sud
den wealth ; and if it should so chance
that thou host been n tallow-chandler
in thy days of usefulness; make a clause
in the bill of sale that shall reserve to
thee the right of still assisting at the
factory" on " melting days !"—Knick
erbocker .4logazirie.
A JOKE UPON AN ELEPHANT.
A very intelligent elephant was shown
some years since, in a caravan of wild
beasts at a fair in the west of England.
One of those practical jokers whose wit
lies in pouring melted butter into a
friend's pocket, or conveying a putrid
oyster into his plate, had been doling
out some gingerbread nuts of the first
quality to the elephant, who received
the instalments, small as they were,
with satisfaction and gratitude, man
ifesting the latter by the spontrueous per
formance of some of his tricks between
the somewhat protracted intervals of sup
ply. Suddenly his benefactor produced a
large paper parcel, weighing some two
or three pounds, and presented it ea
masse. The elephant took it as it was,
and consigned the whole to his powerful
crushing mill. Hardly, however i had
he ewaliowed the dose; befdre he ga'oe a
loud roar; and Exhibited all the sytnp
toms of suffering severely from internal
heat, handing, yes, handing, for the
trunk sated as dexterously as a hand,
the bucket to his keeper, as if beseech
ing for water, which was given to him,
and of which he continued to pour floods
sufficient to drive a mill, down his caps'
cions and burning throat.
"Ha !" said the joker, addressing his
victim, "those nuts were a trifle hot old
fellow, I guess."
"You had better be off," exclaimed
the keeper, "unless you want the bucket
at your head and serve you right, too."
The dispenser of pepper and ginger
took the hint; for there was an angry
glance in the drinkers eye, while the
distressed beast was pumping up his
sixth bucket full ; and in good time he
took it, for he had scarcely cleared the
entrance of the show, when the empty
bucket was hurled after him by the ele
phant, with such force and correctness
of aim, that if he had been a moment
later, his joking would in all probability,
have terminated his life on the spot.
A year lied Wasted away, and the
wayfarers from the country Villages trod
over the Withered leaVes that had, When
fresh, green, and vigorous, shielded
their heads from the summer's sun, as
they again bent their steps to the same
amine' antemnal fair *here the elephant
had been before exhibited, and where
he was again ready to receive company.
Our joker was again among his visi
tors, and forgetful of his narrow escape
from the bucket, whi6h ht the time an
other wit obseried he had been near
kicking, came as before, with one coat
pocket filled with "best nuts," and the
other with hot nuts. He gave the ele
phant two or three nuts from the best
sample, and then he drew forth and pre- I
stilted him with a hot one. No sooner
had the elephant tasted it than he seized
the cost tail of his tormenter; and with
l one whirling Stieep of his trunk lifted'
' him from the ground, till the tails giving
I
Way the man dropped half dead with
fright, and with his coat reduced to a
jacket. The elephant, meanwhile, qui
etly inserted the end of his trunk into
. the pocket containing the best nuts, and
.! leisurely proceeded, keeping his foot on
'; the em it thlt s; to discuss eery tint of
them. When lie had finished the last,
he trnmpled upon the pocket containing
the hot nuts, till
,he had reduced them
to a mash and then, after having torn'
the tails to rags, threw the soiled frag
. ments at the head of his facetious friend
amid' the derison of the assembled—
' crowd.
ibirtiLsi:—Men, who are called impul
sive are much slandered. Are not the
most noble, generous actions which a
dorn the annals of the world; referable
to this agent 1 Reason is even exalted
above impulse; but how fallible is rea
son! Is it not often opposed to faith,
and does it not lead to the most danger
ous errors 1 So far as the boundaries of
our experience extend, Warm iiripiilse
has prompted more good deeds than
cold reason. We should sooner trust
that man in whose breast glows the fire
of enthusiasm, than him,who, cool, and
collected at till times, seldom acts with
out suspicion and often deliberates till
the hour of advantage has pa§sed.—
Fa ults, committed without reflection,
are Certainly not more venial than pre
meditated sin: lie who errs hastily
repents sincerely ; but the Wrong done
upon calculation is never WillinglY re
paired. Would that society were more
lenient td impulse ! Even when pro
ductive of harm, it is unselfish, and the
consequences to which it leads are hurt
ful to no one so much as to Its posses
sor. Pity is no stranger to the impul
sive man, and ndt geldom do the tears
of sympathy fall from his eyes. To
friendship he is faithful, and for love he
would sacrifice both interest and wordly
esteem. Let us be compassionate, there
fore, to the errors of impulse, while we
respect the calm dicates of Caution and
prudence.
v tai
n Afro A, 4
"Roll up the Map of EuroPe ig
Was the exclamation of Pitt, as he
heard of the battle of Austerlitz, and,
with the unerring prescience of a great
statesman, saw through the vista ot the
future the terrible chaos and uncertain ,
ty surrounding everything, so long as
the march of the Man ot Destiny went
victoriously on. Full fifty years have
come and gone since the sun of Auster
litz went down ; the younger. Pitt has
lain in the grave as long, and yit may
we say With the same eloquent, appos;.
iteness, "Roll Up the loop df Europe !"
Turn which side soever We We see
thrones shaking, browns falling. The
whol6 lihntinent is trembling with revo
lution. Rebellion rings in our cars, from
the pillars of Hercules to the gates of
Warsaw. Blood and slaughter in Genoa
and Brescia and Naples ; war, and all
manner of civil strife In Spain and Ger
many ; Denmark and Prussia blowing
up each other's ships, and bombarding
each other's towns ; France quiet, but
seemingly only in a disturbed and fever ,
ish sleep, not without token of a bloody
re-awakening—which may Heaven and
' the; sure pikes and guns of General
Changarnier avert; Fiom the complex
ion of the advices brought by the last
steamer but one ; pence, we had dared
to hope, was gradually reassuming her
dominion ; but the character of the Intel
ligence we have now before us, forbids
the indulgence of so pleasing an illusion.
What the end of all this commotion is
to he, no man can tell. The politics of
Continental Europe at present are, it
seems to us, as uncertain ns they were a
brief 12 months ago, it we males a slight
exception to the credit of France and
Paris. " Roll up the mdp Of.Europec'•
then, until such times as we can say
"Here, to-day, are the civil boundaries
of this republic, or that monarchy, or
that duchy," without being cointielled
on the moroovlr to leak for the dividing
line of nations, as we Would it line
drawn in the sand on the sea shore
which every succeeding Wave washed
Erom the sight. up the mbp Of
Europe."—X. Y. Express.
INntmous.—An Irish t*orriari Balled at
a griker's the other ddy; and asked for
a quart Of vinegar. It w•as Measured
out, and She put it in a galldti jug: She
then asked for another quart td be :tut
in the same vessel.
"And why not aiic for a half gallorii
and have done with it," said the grocer.
"Oh, bliss your little bit of a soul,"
answered she, "Its for two persons."
Utica Gazette.
The above is decidedly Irish, but not
half so ingenious as the trick that was
played upon Mr. S—n, who kept a
grocery dewn by the canal bridge; in
years gone by. An Irishman having
gone beyond his usual time without any
of the ardent—then deemed so mush a
necessary of life by all—and being
"short" withal, took a jug, introduced
into it d qiiari of tater; arid proceeding
to the grocery of S.; called for d couple
of quarts of Whidkey, It Was measured
aiid duly immersed in the water of the
jug. You'll trust me till next week,"
interrogated the customer: As he well
knew it would be, the credit was refused,
and S. indignantly withdrew his tWo
quarts from the jog, leaving the Irish.
man in quiet and peaceful possession of
one third of the mixture, with which he
went his way, rejoicin,,g over the success
Of his ...Yankee trick.'
FRENCH FULITENESS.—A young gen
tleman, lodging in a narroir street of
Paris, lately conceited hiinielf enamored
of a lady ivhe appeared occasionally at
an opposite window. With the freedom
of modern Lovelaces, he enclosed a cop.
per coin in a billet doux, to give it the
necessary weight, and threw it with
sufficient force against the cloyed sash,
to break a pane of glass and go through:
His own windoit Was left open, and, in
a few minutes after, a cold roast chick
en entered from the opposite side, to the
leg of which was tied the folloWing note:
./11Oiki.eiti:--tou take advantage of a
means of corresponding with my wife
which proves you to hai , e read the Span
ish romances With some profit. While
I allow your ingenuity, however, allow
me to express a Wish that, in your future
lore letters to her, by the post, you will
let the enclosed weight be of silver M.:
stead of copper, that 1 may be able to
repair the broken pane of glass at yOui
expense. Your humble servant: X.
Woman is the last, most perfect work
of God. A Lady is the production df
silk worms, milliners and dressing
maids.
Men are made in the image of God.
Gentleman are manufactured by tailors,
barbers, and boot blacks.
11:7- What is better than presence of
mind in a railroad accident Absence
of body.—Punch.
VOL. XIV, NO, 29
The Militia.
An old friend Ivho served many yearii
in the militia and goes in strongly for
an annual display of the ~b ulwarks of
the nation," has handed us the follow.
lug speech, said to have been delitcrad
by a Colonel at his last parade. He
wants it published; and we comply with
much pleasure. 'rho Colonel, after
handing his three-cocked hat to the
fourth. corporal, arose and said :
“GtxTr.lnicn :—The militia is the
bone and grizzle of the country. It
locks, bolts and bars the gates of Crea
tion, and stands sentinel on the tallest
ramparts of nature's dominions. The
republic would be a miserable consard
but for the militia. It keeps the ardent
spirits of military effulgence in a glow
of Icelandic fervosity. I'm attached td
to it myself. 1 think it's -ich! The
system can't be bettered, and Adjytari.
Gincral Irwin may as well gin up try=
ing. Folks call it farce: I don't see
nothing to laW at; "faint every body,
that can Poi On the regiinernalities; and
look like old Mars, the aoa of War, with
a decided touch of Julicuin Seizeher
thrown in for gravy. No sir-ee-e!--
There ain't a bigger or more important
critter afloat than it live Militia ossiferi
fill rigged in the full eatoutrameins of
glory, with straps on his breecherloons,
aplets piled up on both shoulders, brass
buttons froin head to tail, silver stars
shinin' on his coat; a cap and plume ort
his head, and a drawn sword in his hand;
Sich a sight is enough to make fallen
man and woman think better of hip
Specie
"1 believe the prelusent delirium of
this destined Republic is centred in itti
militia: It can't stand tvithtiut it. With
it, it's prdud motto is, "Divided we stand
until we fall."
Stop cheering—you flustrate me.
Gen. Washington belonged to the
militia. ' and so did Sippio Africaneus ;
so did Boneyparty ; and so did Wizzi•
goth, itini ravished all Europe, and burnt
its fences and stone ttalls ; and so alsd,
sogers, do 1 !
I believe if a'l out-doors should burst
through the parafurnailye of the animal
ecoothriy; and slide down the greased
plank of ancestral delinquency Icershimp
into the broad sai'annars of this smilin'
land of asses milk and untamed honey;
Wit ntlihing astir could pet 'em out but
the militia! 'that are a fact ! Three
cheers for the militia in general, and the
999th regiment in particklar !
Who's afraid 1 What's Mexico; Ril:
iforniko, and Oregonl Who's afraid of
theml Sogers, the immortal 999th ear(
thrash the life out of them ar yeller, half
Spanish varmint Mexico, any mornin l
afore.breakfait. Our motto is "Liberty
and death now and forever! one and
inseparable !" W hooray for Kaliforni
co ! Down with Mexas !"
Anecdote of Adams and Clay
When these distinguished Statesmen
were at Ghent, negotiating the treaty
with Great Britain, they occupied a
room together. Mr. Clay, who has al ,
ways been a warm admirer of female
beauty, had often remarked the comely
looks of their chambermaid, and had
once or twice joked with iVlr: Adams
about her. One morning he arose some
time defore Mr. Adams; and on his way
to the breakfast table, he met the pretty
maid referred to. Saluting her iu his
usual eiisy and graceful manner, while a
smile played upon his countenance, he
solicited the pleasure of a kiss. It may
here be necessary to state that Mr:
Adams' eyes always presented a watery
appearance, which at times made hirn
look as if in tears. The chatribermaid,
not knowing the cause, we presume, re
plied to Mr. Clayi‘.l do not like to diso ,
blige you, but you will excuse me, when
1 assure you that I have just refused
kr; Adams the same liberty, with tears
in Ins eyes." 11 e need not say that Mr:
Clay had too much gallantry to press hit
suit; but he subsequently met Mr. Ad
ams, who joi ,, ed him in e hearty laugh:
Newark Eagle.
ID-Tobacco is said to be a cure for the
Cholera. It will be hard to tell after a
while; what is not a cure for Cholera—
and people dying all the titrie with it as
usual.
Ei'The Sprtngfield Republican says
that there was once a wan in that towel
who was so polite as to say, as he passed
a lien on her nest, " Don't rise, ma,arn."
nj-- Now then, Thomas, What are
you bunting of my fable therel"
"duly the paper what's written all
over, sir ; i mit touched the clean."
Speaking of powder, reminds ea of a
Iddy we saw yesterday, with so much of
it on her face, that she was refused ad.;
mission into an omnibus, for fear of an
explosion. Wonder if she didn't blow
up the driver.—Syracuse Revcille.