emilkow N.l ,!t:, . ~, . , , WILLIAM BHEWSTER,} EDITORS, SAM. G. WHITTAKER, . *ielect storg. 31/EY 3Excsserr. It HIGHWAY ADVENTURE. .IJY business called me thrnogh the northern part of the State of Illinois I crossed the Illinois river at Ottawa, in /ending to strike Rock river at Forest's Mills. Forest was an old friend, who had gone out some years before, and erected a mill upon one of the tributaries of tire last mentioned river, he having bought a whole township it; that section, It was curse out u! . c Z way, as my roost direct route wris ve,y i,e,r due . o.est•froin ottawa, whereas this route took me over sixty miles further North. However, I had learned that there was quite a good road to Rock river. and I turned my hoise's head in that direction. I calculated my time, and concluded that by moderate travelling I could reach the mill in two days. During the first day my road lay through a country mostly cleared and was well travelled; but on the second day I struck into a wilder region, and the way was little better than a bridle path through a dtmse forest. I passed several clearings where small Mits were erected, and at Mar , of these latter, I stopped mid got some dinner. I found a young man in charge of the premises, the father having gone to "the mills." I asked what mills they meant, and the old lady said they were .•Forest's mills" From these people I learned that For est's place was forty miles distant, and that the only dwelling, after leaving two by, between here nod there, was t sort of stopping place kept by a man named Dan iel Groome. They raid he generally kept food for man and hest, and also had a good supply of liquor, principally whiskey.— His house was twelve iniles to the mill, This just suited me. I could rench by six o'clock, Gromue',, and there get some topper, end rest and 1,,,t0 my borer. Then I could easily reach Forest's by nine, as turoo on Ur: SVer.r.ll These good penp:e refos••d to Id, toy was trotting around upon his bare feet, and then set forward e;rain. There e,„, ano ther hut at the distance of half a mile, Mid a second about a mile oft. I sow no mow human habitations 'tin reached aroome . s. I found the !ravelling full es good. I had ex ; cried and arrived at the forest inn nt just hnlf•pait five. This inn woe situated on a romantic spot and to a lover of isoleted nature must hat e been a charming retreat. The house was built of log,, • outside surface hewn. and the seams. ..v:th cement formed of some sort el • • ..,gh tttoss and pithh. There were i e separate buildings to this house, the one bstn t r built With the gable en :he road, and the ether two upon eitler running not like two L's. Then there was a barn it short din. ranee off, with a piggery connected. Take it tftogether, it was quite a place for such a locaiity. A small stream ran close by, so that water was plentiful. As I robe up to the door, Mr. Ciremtle himsel' came out. 11t was a gaunt non, with a fiery r and u pace us coarse ns it was But I was surprised when f b' • I had expected n tune i•„., . -.;ow of a bail : bat instead of dx, . • rs fen upon my ear Olie the speech of a woman. Ile smilkl as he spoke, and 1 thought to myself hew his ap- pearance would deceive any one, for in nor versation he was a different man, I I ',formed him that I was nn my iyuy to F'orest's mill, and could only stop long enough with him to rest my horse and got some supper. at gazed into my Ame for. some moments without spenkingand final ly ,aid : "Ah—yon—humph." Then he turned into the entry and called "Ike." Ike came—rt toll , strapping youth of one or two and twenty, with a red head and features that could belong to no one but to a child of my hest. "Ike" took my horse and Mr. Grootne led the way to the "sluing room," as he called it. It was rough but comrortable, and the furniture consisted of a pine table, a mahogany bu- reau, and four long pine benches which were set against the walls. There were no chairs, these benches being sufficient to accomnlodate quite an assemblage. Groome asked me if I would like some. thing warm. I supposed he meant whis key, and I told him no. He said I had bet ter take a little, 'tsvould do me goud. But I assured him I never used it—that I felt better without it. ..But do you neon that you never arink whiskey?" he added, with elevated eye• brows . '.Never!" I told hint. "Brandy, I s'pose ; or mebby rain old gin?" pursued my host. "No," I replied. "I don't use any sti mulous drinks at all." It, . rurst frcm his lips, while he eyed me from head to toot. :iWal. l stranger, I'd give you sun'thin' for your picture to hang up in my house. Never drink ! How in marcy's d'ye live? How do you contrive when ye get wet or cold?" , 'Why," said I, with a smile, "I get dry again as soon as possible." 'Dry, sty sake, I should t'link 'mould be an everlastin' dry ! Never drink ! Wel —here I've iived year in an' year out gels' nn to fifteen years and you're the first mon I ever seed as wouldn't drink a !fit o' wiikkey on the top of a I , ing journey. Fact —strarojer—lis by thunder !" I told him I thought it very probable, and he then went out, and I heard him bane the house. to half an hour my host came and in . - formed Me that supper was ready Ile led one to a back room, where a table was set quite respectably, the dishes being of blue wore and nearly new. 11, and Ike sat ,lawn with me, and as I saw them attack the various articles of food, I felt assured there could be no l Olson in them. The meal consisted of soiled potatoes, fried ba con, and new wheat bread, and I did ample justice to the repast. • ..You think yon must go on to-night?" crtid my host, while we were eating. "Yes.' I told him. wish to see my friend, nod I shall gain considerable time by reachi,:glais placefo night." “Is he expectin' ye?" Groome asked. '•No," I answered. -Perhaps he don't know that you're in this section at nil?' No, h% doesn't" I qnid : and I expect• ed my host would urgo me to s•ay with hstn until moming„ so I hod my showers all preiaa n•d. But I was mistaken. 1-Ie didn't urge any such thing. .o,t the contrary Ile soi.l 110 thell, , ilt I was wise in my rleterminn• t;un. Ire would like my compaly, but it wolin Iv. better 1 , 2 r um in pulh on. I 'o-04 :iorse wos brought to the tin°, i took ,:at try wallet and asked what was to pnv ..flalf a dollar." I paid it and then ask,d what was the most dm•ct route. ‘• You see that big tree, just over the barn there?" "Yes," I said nWal, that's right in the hest road ‘l - 11,., you strike that you can't miss the nut isn't ther, another road,— tvhich fidittws this stream right down to the milk?" I asked, for I had been informed hy . the young man who had taken charge of my horse at noon, that Groome's inn was 'LA by the very stream which gave For, >a hi,: mill valour, nod that the read ft , Powt.d the stream dine!. ' Oh," said my host, turning and look . Mg oil' toward the stream. ' , that road ain't tit to travel now. 'Pother one's the best." ".13ut what's the matter with it?" I a,k, ed ' , Why the bridges aro all washed away an then there's been windfalls across't. 1 tried it, last week, and had to come back.— The upper road is a matter of nr Iwo fonder, but that', untbil% !,, t is good for it, I guars." • 1 told him my horse would stand it well enough, and then asked where the other road struck the streatn. "Bout three miles thin side of the mills?' he replied. “It's all cleir and direct?" s. You can't miss the way." I bad my host good bye, and then start ed on. I d'dn't like the idea of a new road at all. The yotlth before mentioned had told me what ow excellent rood it W 8.9 from Groome's to the mill by the river road. He said it followed thy stream which was very near etraight, and that it we, light ik• open the whole distance. However, of course Groome knew, so I must make the best of it. I looked back as I reached the edge of the wood. I was upon a gentle eminence, rind could overlook the shruLbe ry passed. I looked and saw Ike going ,from the house to the barn ; he bad a sad • die upon his arm, 1 ayes sore it wits saddle—perhaps he had sit errand to do. Ere long 1 entered the wood and found it thick and gloomy. The lath was plain enough; and had evidently been at souse• t;me a traveled road, Aye—l rernetnher ed, now, of having heard my informant of the noontide speak of the 'old road.' He said there used to be a road lending to Rock river, but when Forest commenced his settlement, a new road opened by the stream, and the old one was discontinued. He said nothing about any bridges. I • r /404. 10 to 1 1 1 4 L . 1m • " • „ • • • HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1857. At the distance of two miles, 1 came to! "Au—good evening," I returned. "I and rebutting testimony, the cases were a place where a bed of sand lay across the had not expected the pleasure of your ; summed up. the jurors Charged by the road. It was r sort of Lays ion a stream • company." ! judge and sent out to deliberate according must at some time Lays ion there. I look- "Ne, I expect not," he resumed. in a', to laW end facts. ed, but saw no track upon it. Water had sort of hesitating manner. "And I should The murder case was rather a plain one swept across since any living thing had • not have come out only for a little bosh., but conscientious scruples on the part of trodden it. 1 slid from my saddle and ness I forgot when you were Pt the inn." ; some of the "twelve men goad and true," examined thoroughly; but 1 could find no It was plain as day. My pistols had and doubts on the part of others, with' onk, been rendered useless—l had been sent dogged deterrninntion on the part of two Of course the father of my noontime's off into this unfrequented wood a n d om , o'd nod rather wolhsh jurors, kept the hoot could not have this way And the villain had thought to take my life' pane "sting" off and on. for some eight• yet he had gone to Fost,r's mills. 1 he and money without any risk It' H.; ewe t or.rl roars.--New things were no . g (11 to suspect mischief There had been body and then hide my poor co,ens s in th, JOS: , RjrA . :y wurking in the other case. an uneasy :sensation lurking in my bosom earth, where very likely other had been The jury room in which the financial case ever since 1 left the inn.—Something was hidden before. I , ly eyes Ire,: ' , pen and was being deliberated upon, was immedi Ivor _ . •,, , . lIT gain,d my ;meddle and looked 'my hand Insn'es. : ately over that of the murder case, the nimont. Thw aun was neaten. down, in "A•lny 1 eslc to what business you al. an' in the 3d story and the other in the twenty minutes, at the furthest, it would iude ?" I said, eel of the building Its out of sight : m•Yen," he snapped out, seething i n Tired out. monstrous dry, and weary instinctively I drew one of my pistol, I agreement, with his tenure , "1 want of the monotony of the thing, one of the from the holster. 1 raised the hummer, ' limn y, Tenney, sir." I financial jurors managed to telegraph 1 somebody on the rear around side of the and found the cap to its place. I was ' An he spoke. he raised %pistol. just putting it bock, whe . n 1 noticed a' "'retie care." I cried, raising my pis- court hoes'', and soon a communication mark upon the butt. • It was a peculiar • tot, and aninming it in !:is r i ce. tank place between those within and those knot In the wood. That pistol I always r "I.la, ha, ha," he knelled ie coarse without said jury room. carried in the left holster. It was not so triumph, "your Yankee piste!, wern't "What the—'s up?" quoth one of sure as the other one. I took out the lend, to harm such ns me ! I'll soon pm Ow murder ewe jurors, an he sees a long other and was sure the weapons tad been yen where I've Pat others afore" . ~t rine of vartegated here, dangling down changed by other hands than mine. They When a man knows death i s n t st -i n e . before their partially grated window. had remained in the saddle at the forest him in the face. find the: only!his own net LO ho !" says another, e•going to raise i inn, and it had taken place there. : ,' will avert it, he is not yet to' wait long. ' their liquor!" 1 began to think. Why was Mr. :At least lam not —And my hont's last 1 "Not so bad," says another awfully dry Groome so particular to know if my wards gave me ample proof of the cor. i juror, "in that °the' , j"rY out?" friend expected me? And why should he redress of my sunpicionn. Min "They are overhead ; suppose we no- Le so nri XlOll9 to have me set forward that waiting for him to finish, 1 t i red. Hi , , tify them we're on hand for a drink, or a night, instead of remaining with himand finger must have pressed the ringer of . game of euchre r says the foreman. The payieg hi,,, a dollar or on more than 1 did? his pistol, for within the space of a watch !.PerY soon agreed on that point, and just Then this road-1 believednl bad been tick a sharp report answered and mingled then the variegated string which was corn ' deceived. There sere' no frontlet, to with mine, and may hat shook upon my posed of etindry neck and pocket hand carry away any bridges, fur it was now .head. ' : kerchiefs of the tipper jury, then began to near Autumn and the river rood had been I Daniel Gnome swayed to and fro set. I ascend. travelled all summer.—And then the sail. oral times in Ids saddle. and then with n, "dug of whiskey, by snakes!" said "Sir. Foreman," cries the clerk, have : die 1 had seen Ike carrying to the burn. Gurgling groan sank u; on the earth. I !'m e' you agreed upon n verdict ? "Raise the window, and snatch it in I" ' "We have !" was the solemn response. Th,.,„ wan surely abduct i n n il thi s .. slipne 1 down after hits, and when I stoo. I ' Dantel Groome had daughters in his pod over the body I saw a few dreps of adds another. "Guilty, or not guilty ?" 'I-tere she comes!" I "Guilty !" hence, and, perhaps others, en , a he dirk blood trickling from his forehead. I . S l'ake care, you will be out the win I Devilcatcher. would not have to hear the noise of the . For a few moments I felt awe struck I L• "Stop! Hold on !" cries the prisoner m' tend by 1" . , : robbery. And very likely he emelt! rase and cert.:maned. It was a naturnl km:line ' wish tohave sash a deed cete nee w ed en ,in streh a presence But when 1 came •dew, ma j or !" i "Silence !" It's !muse at till, 0: course rale It 11 e W 1 it reflect upon all that had preceded the! -Held my coat tails, oaptnin, I'll snake . "1 shan't do it" he yells. her !' says the ma or, and leaning : well , "Si lance ms-e !" cries the court. find money. NO O,IV. W,•.,!..1 b.• !:.:vertu. deed. 1 fe't that I had den, ree country 1 , 1 out he grabs the mie The e • nein t ' f past nine be tonic the ma: 31. out of his hoots. but the n u d ge , ac 1 was then trnvelnnen without n ronSid stert.mee I mniic ihe nolikee'te7herime fast 1, • :e n :, -n n ----•-s-lsne- --- •.- • 8 - IL --ff_.l..f "jnnekereineenTedmg rintiejtl4ine 1 " DRWIS • , ttr:• yrctuiN luau on c e :isms. nen might i I reached th, miss at linli nr t ne held the jne,line grim death to a de. : , you d , t e d e g t e , ~ ' . ' t i continues iiry s h ..r Thu irr, d prisoner, oyou k,, n d: • they not lin,ye been tattiest dealt with ? : and lolled ['crest and his fmnily I ceased coffiel pineen.,,,h'rl.:lere cheer:,'' for : ,ori, 7,, I teals the one from else rignt ho ls ter and ; TnmeY were glad to tee me, nail nand, this trittinpn or strategy ever art, when ; examieed it. The 1,11 was in i, ),,,,.., cod me to a Mr. Price, e•hom 1 after. ! o,n,the,e'm of , g''''.tej wards found to be the owner or t . , place ' end the cap on Still I teen not Fa . .:,iird . i• 1111 ? What ?" Fav ,' • • 1. ledge. 1 sl;pned the cap o ff , and found tits per. ' whnre 1 had taken my dinner. Ihe foreman brought them to order by-1 nldere's n !mote m - e .. sn " . that's a fact " cension composition removed There was lOn the following mornlng a party star- .•Hinh- I t ! the sheriff's at the door !" ; e x c laimed the sheriff, as he rushed an t of ". not a particle left within the can, And ; tad out under my guidance. Thee were ''Gentleinen, have you made up a ver. ' , : one court into the other, and inn minute this was riot all I found the tube spitted : Forest and Price, and three men tvho 1 LIM ' ?" rushes hack Again, exclaiming: Not a verdict !' say time jurors. with a little pine stick. 1 worked in the mills. When we reached ' " "Judge, discharge this jury, the cue . I Not ion u r n g y ou a going to hang out Here cans the secret sure ennurnh I i th e s n ot where the tronremly had happened - estd whelp are nll mixed up with the took my penknife and succeeded in draw- .we f" ""'I th e horse as 1 I'" 'l l'lt him, nod ~a , ' l l • Y a o c f e t, F icn i y d how ! Here you've been other Puy, and how they otmixed upin Friday moreing; here's Saturdny ing out the sick, and then I examined; my Lot lay upon the ground f tit" . and 0 .' ,!, ' , ' , ee ~i , 1 this way I'll be shot if I can g find out! " the other pisoil. which !found in the same I cold. lie had not bled at all, .h • 1,..1 ' ' ' ' If: Maher wants you to let him 1 The jud ge gage whether he's get to be bun„ or go • them; A D „. l n" '' plteht. I stoppnd and went to work in I having made but a Mall wound, thluah , • :e e to:morrow. I'll start, you out if . earnest. I had nn excellent screw for •it had passed clear through. - • to jail, from whence he made 11;s sudden .. n't come down s oon • says the removing bullets, mot my pistol larrels ' A little way in the wool We TIM nil a 7, exit that . 't • ..• ' i i... night. blessing his eye sight that ! . were emptied in a very few moments. r , place where the ground seemed at nom, '. 'L ' detected the mixed jury and saved his ha. 'Conte in the mornin nh • :iv' . Lad a serous objection to firing them ca i limo I. have been d's'orhed , . and nnee .n n n„ g' ' ' r ' ' sa J' • eon. Barber, the firmr - mier, t off in ream, "we'll se ttl e the prisoner's I much t 1 . e "g' in Tire woods, where the report might Le- I digging', thnrn eens ftnind two hunme . hod- :i n • p retty i tie calso. tray the knowledge I had gained: So I 1 leg, Sat, i . :Fleetly one more tens fe tt ed ' ', kr ' night ml ' 1 . ..-- TI , sheriff raw visited the other jury, I SUPPORTING A 'WIFE. emptied them, and then snapped a cap I "°l3:' a few rode dininnt. ' the found rather dry and cross ns : A correspondent writes us a long state. upon each. I found them both clear, anti I The batty of Groom. , wits bk., imp to w' ' lead to Forest's mill I i that 1 ,'.' • t With no Ye: 4,Y. After :rat:, meet of his business affairs, hopes isxpec then proceeded to load thOm, edits! ! 1 di d I 111 , hence, mid there we fetteral t t . ' ' lute lie had nrnn probably n in,. it .. . :. i •: n :teen w'mh the inteli sence :lint tin Latienv, desires, etc., and solicits our cfh carefully. te rli.d. ..,:j utatde u 1 ti verdict by next titer- • cid opinion, frum the editorial 'sanctu.n of Ar 1 rnw, how should I proceed ? That . foam! Ins dead father, and fenteng Etna ~., .. '', e. nt nivel) he under the necessity of - i Life, whether his means and prospects l.islB i'aftti ~..',11,1 s 1 ' might be implicated, he departed, i n ' . i starvene tHan out. he left. warrant hits in undertaking the support had no doubt, anti it would be nearer for • Mrs, Groorne, who was it mild, broken • me to keep on than to tern hack. Sn up- down woinini n ninisene!mniend that she had t Let us `%° up `:airs among llie finan of a Wir ' . W"nuwer no 'l'd as the see ten they ore getting , i .ei de involved as • I h n social as well as cn that point my mitel was made up, long been aware of her hushand'n crimes - cl"''' an d ' 11( e • s" sn d ' , Too bad," • I au ndividunl application, we prefer to And next—which way would my host but that the fear of his death had kept her ' . * - . one too bad, there's ;the.: thunderin villinn, Devil !etcher, con- ' make a leader, of a note of the come? . Fur that he meant to rob an I t silent. felt certain, Every Circumstance—avert'. lite, 1 believe, has not yet boon found,; fined iu that room. below us, and he and q uer Y• thing that had transpired h e r n m enn hi m • but his mother is still living in Illinoin I the sheriff have nabbed our whiskey." We are opposed to the principle of one 'Lank here, boyee" says another—"l ;wing supporting another, unless and me—pointed to that ono simple re- with a married daughter. who is well elr. ' cult, AVould he go down the river road n Sh ,, lens grown more strop don'tbelieve in ,,,, , ,. „ ay nr e, a „ i n t e nt that other is entirely incapable of aeltsup. e end haPP.' I room. I'll go a buss that that killin' port. There is no reasen in nature why piece and head me off? or would he fel , since the night on which lhail the high - ; ; scrape jury's there, out as we are, for a a man should support a woman or a wife. low me directly up ? Most likely the fo e way adventure with ray !inst. I considered upon rt a 1 verdict !" any niore than a woman or a wife should whit n nail , •'"*"'""m•"'"'""Imen"' • --•- i support a man or a husband. It in true t nosh on and keep on my , .1 CT ' -A- (- 41-1" 1 1 .._...• C• 15(1'114111ns man y tacit do rapport wives, and many wives supnort husbands, But it is all dark ' . Cl. ...... wrong. It is e false relation entirely. If A MIXED JTI /I Y ; both are capable of selleupport and one support both, it is clear that one has the care and labor of two and the other is idle.• In this way both are accursed; one by ex cessive toil, the other for want of whole some occupation, A wife, as well as a husband, in either useful, or worse than useful, There is no neutral ground. She cannot exist without influence. She either produces or she destroys. She is either properly employed about something, or she degen erates below indolence into vice and disci patios, There is, we repeat, no middle ground. ..... , ..., , • . .._ _._ Well, what do you say," observes an. the, resolved to push on and keep on my (I! '. .other. I supposo we drop 'em a line I" guard. . &ft 4 115(diall1). "Good !Go it!„ cry sundry voices. ...., • The sun went down and it grew dark ' --- in the deep wood; but the moon eras al. .= "Get the handkerchiefs." A MIXED JTIRY; "Here, then, hand over your handker ready up, rind as her beams fell length --- • acre. Now t so, who's going to write I' wise upon the road sho gave roe . consider OR, LIFE IN OLD KENTUCKY. "I'll do " says e uo able light when my eyes had become used some years ago, way op in Bourbon the margin it, of en old th handbillforeman; was and writt p en n to the transition. Half an hour had pas county. Kentucky, there was considera. - ! "are you Devilcateher's jury t" sed since I looked to my pistols, and just table business going on in court. There i The line was dropped to the lower as I began to wonder if I hrid . been inista- was one cusenf.rnutder or wilful shooting! window with the billet, and soon respun. ken, I heard the sound of a horse's tramp of one John Brown, by one AMOR Devil i led I° at no great distance. At 'first it puzzled catcher. The case excited a great de n t of ' "Well, we orb, ole boss !" me to tell the direction from which it came interest with the.ptiblie and consequently "Have you drank all of our burbin up! but in a moment I knew it was in advance much feeling wan enheted he it. Now I was the next question propounded. Up of me. and upon my right hand, which awn tic- , 11111 e time, another else of pe. came the answer. was towards the river. Presently it stop. cultarly intense interest was up before' "No sir 1 Come down and get some!" pod; 1 drew my horse to the left side of the court, in the same court-house; it was "Good ! eu)s one of the upper jurors, the path and kept on a gentle trot, having ii finonrial case; in which J. Barber was let's crawl down to the boys ! Ask them raised the lappel of my right holster. indicted for a conspiracy with intent to if they hove a bench to stick out to drop •In a few moments I saw a dark form I shave certain business men of the commit- I down on!" a mid the bushes, a little way ahead, On I sity, out of their honestly ncquired cash "Yes, come on, bring down your cards, the right. As 1 Caine up n man rode net. 'rho juries en each case heing sworn in. If you've got nu." was the response. The l i It ass niy hoot ! ire business of the tto respective courts i lower window was half grated, but there 1 , •Good evening, sir," he said, with i x- pieeeeded. After much litigation, ques I was en opening large enough to admit the reading politeness, I timing ant; cross-questioning. testimony body of a men. The bench o'er .hrer "LIBERTY AND UNION. NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE. " out, lots were oast, and six of the twelve of the financial jurors pass out of the up• per room into the lower one. Commiser ating their brethren "up aloft," the six fi nancial case jurors proposed that the yet unfinished "burbin" should be sent up, and six of the killing case jurors velar, to ,red to form a committee and go up with rho jug ! Climbing up over one another's shoulders in the dark was no safe nor rapid movement, but nt _length the ardu ous feat was duly accomplished, and the mixed juries as long as tr.o candles and whiskey lusted, had the best kind of n time, all thins considered. lien: mid night they fell into a comforuth;e list pr.= found snooze.—About the break of day a thundering rap ! rap ! rap !at the jury room door aroused the sleeping jurors. "Have you decided, men, upon a ver dict 1" '•\Ve have by snalieft I" cries one of the killing case jurois. “Get up boys," cries the foreman, let's give in a verdict, for I'm about froze and starved out. There was a unanimous acquiescence by the ' , twelve.' The Sher ill's deputy opened the door and marched the jury into court; the sheriff proceeding up stairs t 3 stir up the other jury, "Hare y! ti agreed, men•—are you tea dy to go into court 1" "Lord bless you sheriff, yes sir !" cries one of the fagged out financial jurors. Let us down, 0, sheriff; do !" Open went the door, some of the jurors were none the better of the night's liba tions and sleeping in the cold uncouth room rather inclined to at 'lce tip a verdict suddenly. They seized their bats and marched into court. We are no advocate for making drudges of wires; ror would we make drudges of husbands. We would fain see a large portion of the wives of this country mat, cipnied from one half or three quartera of the toil, confinement and drudgery which • rajrnici , 6s system of eisek , ng mai eat VOL. XXII. NO. 47. ing, and a host of false and extravagant habits and customs have forced upon her. But we would never have her emancipa ted from usefulness. We would have her recognize her equal rights end duties, and we would have her claim the one and per form the other. It is true that a defective system of tlo • mes tic education has transformed many of the females of our country into mere but. terflies of fashion, whose life is mainly spent in aiding the follies of others, and who think much more of marrying for the sake of a man to support them, than for tl:e sake of a husband, with whom to divide the cares and duties, the joys and sorrows, the privileges and responsibilities of the family relation. We object to the principle a husband supporting a wife, because the whole ten dency is to enfeeble. degrade, and enslave t he woman, The supported wife may be well cared for, she may be treated with exemplary kindness. Her husband may be all that a man and husband can or should be But all this will not save her from degeneracy. If her mini. is not cal• led out and exercised in relation .4o the realities of life, it certainly will he in re lation to its tantasies. If she is not in some sense a sound, practical, working. businets woman, she will surely be in many respects. trifling, vain, and frivulous ‘,Ve adhere to the antediluvian notion, thnt n wife should be a help meet for man, as w,ll as a social mate; and our advice to both wife and husband is "help one anoth• cr."—Life Illustrated. Taking it out in Coffins. Mr, G-, a veteran lawyer of Syria cone, used to tell a story of a client, an im petuous old farmer by the name of Mer• rick, who in olden times, had a difficulty with a cabinet maker. As was usual in such cases, the matter excited a good deal of interest among the neighbors, who se. vera;ty allied themselves with one or the other of the contending parties. At lengt hr however, to the mutual disappointment of the allies, the principals effected a compro mise, Iv: which note for forty dollars nt six months, paya ble in cabinet ware Lawyer G-was called upon to draft the necessary papers to consummate the settlement which haring been duly execu ted and delivered, the fang was supposed to be fully and amicably arranged. G---saw no more of the parties until about six months after, when one morning just ns he was opening his office, old Mr. Merrick came riding furiously up, die. mounted, and rushed in defiantly exclaim ing: say, Squire, am I bound to take coffins ?' It seems, on the note falling Inc. the ob,linate cabinet-maker had refusetto pay him in any other way. A Touching Incident of the War. A young English sailor, who, in a skir• mish with the Russians, had shot a man, describes his fee::iigs to a letter to his frien,!: which strikingly shows how great ly tsar is opposed to the sensibilities of our nature. Seemg the man at whom he had fall, he'relt that ho must go to him. .Ele lay quite still,' he says, 'and I was more afraid of him lying so, than when ho steed facing me a few minutes before. It's :,Irtinge feeling to come over you all at once. that you bave killed a man. He was a fine young fellow, Oct more than twenty five. I went down ou nty koeee beside hint and my breast felt so full as though it would break. lie had a real Evils?' face, and did not look like an ene my. 11 hat I felt I can never tell; but if my life would have saved his I believe I would have given it. The wooed was fa. tat, and he soon breathed his last. .1 laid his head gently down upon the grass,' he continues, 'and left him. It seemed so strange when I looked at him for the last time. I somehow thought of everything - I had heard about the Turks and the Rus sians and the rest of them ; but all that seemed no far off, and the dead man to THE NEUTER GIINDER.-- 'How many genders are there ?' asked the gebooknas• ter. three, fur; promptly replied little blue eye, ; , the masculine, femintae and neu ter.' `Cjive me att example of each; said the master. hy, you are muculinw became got are a rasa s and I an) a feminine becalm I am a girl. `Well, proceed' don't know,' said the girl.obnt I reek. on Mr. Jones is neuter, aa he's a bachelor'. lThe decressaj riages in 130. , !ss , maw),