r n. A. BurlLT:q, EDrrog AND PROPRIETOR
VOL.
POETRY.
Anecdote of Wolcott. - 1 PourfcAT, cumosrprEs. 1 A Rsen.-The Washington col - respell-
We learn that Mr. Polk's Commission- ! (lent of the Philadelphia 'Yu,/ tells this sto-
Expressinff my surprise one this- to'iVol- I
f Patents intends to make application ; ry:---'"At the attack on Monterey, you are
cott, that his stitirical disposition. had not ! e , r n . ' • ' '
to the National Institute, or the Regents of ' aware that Lieutenant Ayres was the first
got him into Marc scrapes, 'lie told me he I the .
‘linttlisonian Bequest for room to ext. man who entered the Bishop's Palace and
was -never, in lint one that seriously: alarm s l il . • . .
ii nt political curiosities. The following ; hoisted the American flag. A letter re
ed dun. It was with the late General Alc-;
l are some of the strange things whiCkwill , ceived here gives the particulars• of this
Cormick. We had passed the previous !
have. prominent place : exploit in substance as follows : "Two
forenoon 'alone together, When somethiler I
't 0 1 '"Jaeles K . Folk's Non N''i"lib.lr" companies belonging to Gen. Worth's di
-1 said to the General; roused his anger.- - I in I eff, rt l r s• ; ho said ths colonel wzls - a Tat : itin"tall.
Inc retorted. I Was more sarcastic than ! The sto ne thrown ity James K. Polk st,indinw ;• , isio i n
I were united under the command of
Ile, with one of th e before. He went away, and sent 111 C a ; noon the Potomac to the commit of the Rocky ' "P“ ;int "'
con
challenge for the next morners. Six o'- AT""ntain . s . • . patties, had scattered them as skirmishers,
tcluck was the hour fixed upon; the ground The Celebrated Letter from Polk to Kane--s a id and when the order was given to storm the
to the Green, at Truro, which at that time ;
. Ito be Npuriow
:1 R ail ..
lion ti c l l.h i c iir fet i l l ee li t o ll i at Mr. Biu•liattan is on ! palace, there was a race W.' very exciting
character between the scattered parties and
was striliciently refired. There were no! 'IS regards
company under Capt. Bomlbrd, which
seconds. 'Flu? window of my room, how- 1 l'olk's Poivelot, to:• 1 means of which he interprets I the " I
ever, cominanded the Green. I had scares , the Constitution to his own understanding-the had been kept in close order, for the our
not hurt. pose of resisting any attack of the cavah.y
ly got•olf my bed to dress for the appoint- lllter being' hollimPatilie nun
ment, When I saw the General walking up ' -:‘,
Redeemed Pledge of a Locolbro politician. the skirmishers having n a little time advan
-60,4v. Hinnies interest in the "one term principle." tagc. Limit. Ayres eaving reached the pal
; and down the river It alian hour before his I
of Texas :scrip, owned by an anti-an- ace, found it difficult to edict its cu to
! time. The sun was lust rising cloudily, • ne's A a;h:l ll. on ;nit.
I-. . .
when ' one of Capt. Boinford's men
; the morning - bitterly cold ; w hi c h ,
with the , A Cane made from the Plaquerniin‘ Poll, to be
irushed up to his aid, and by a desperate
1 sight of the General's pistol and his atten-! presented by Mr. Slidell in President }'elk.
. .. . •.. effort pitched iin duo er ai.• t • -
I Dissotvin g • views of General Om, ra«ltannAl , , 1 li t ~,,11 t iii lets .
dants on the ground before the flour ap-, '
panorama of tln! , Presidency, "sin dl by degree,i and ; Lieut. :Ayres immediately, and WllllOlll Oh
-1)01111C11, Were by no moans calculated to ;, heautifully less. 1 struction, made his way to die summit and
strengthen my nerves. I dressed, and ; _ .
hoistad the flag." . .
' while doing so, made up my mind it was! Tau: PRESENT Ye mis s -The observer of •
I 1
„. " s
: a great folly for two old fr iends to pop , •signs ina 8 1
y look upon 1,-,4,vith a (cartel sWIND 11 ,
AGON ON TOE PitAIRIES.-The
.11V.11 at each other's lives. Nly resole-' face. The year begins Willi I . lidlly and Missouri Isspos•tm• ( 1 u - , ••thos the. new
ly
lion Was speedily taken. I rang lie my , ends with Friday- th at very 11111'1(4 . y (1-iv •
s. •. • invented in;mhine called a Wind- W•loon
servant girl.. , 'the fourth
1 the fourth of .filly comes On Sunday- w hi s k is be - 1 • i •1 • 0 ,
use( wit 1 sai s and r i g! as'
"Molly, lighethe fire instantly : make ; very unlucky. For the first time in the • •
a sli p, I In• minim s. over the prairies. The
'some good toast; let the bretiklast be trot "recollection of the oldest inhabitant,'
0 • nizichine•is situ ' • • 1 1•
ply constructed , ant the 111-
in a minute or two." ' there will uo full moon year it
! . be this l the youths says he can run tip and dew n, a
; "Yes, sir." • 1 month of February-unlucky nnmlb• -- (Toss the plains, overcome a steep , with a
-----• ' My watch was within a minute of the Our national political day heaths on Sun- • oontle ascent without difficulty, : I will
ant
MISCELLANY the time. Pistol in hand, I went out the ' day, the 1111 of March, unlucky day.- freight ' I
- carry to dent's fort or Santa Fe' at
- - --0 hack sway from from my house, which o-, There Will be no eclipse visible in the •so
;I s p er hundred pounds. A gentleman
,
EVIL uomessioss.--tsociety is the - at- ' pencil on the Green. I crossed like a lion, Near-unlucky forstar-gazeisS. But as an ' h o l • I I •' ' t ' ; '
n the waffon says, that Wail on
ruosphere of souls ; and we necessarily and WPM up to McCormick. Ile looked', 'offset fiir tile Whole, Jamiary is to be blessed ix r u de . 1 rs •,
v one sad and a hoht breeze; it went at
i •
imbibe from it something which is either firm, but did not speak. I did. . , wi th two full moons, and March with a rile rate of ciolit miles an hour.
infectious or salubrious. 'Die society of ' "Good morning to ye, General." 1 like number-this will he lucky, and per- •
virtuous persons iAsenjoyed beyond their , The General bowed. _ I
• ba p s throW lig h t enough over the dark ; Lyscii Lsw is ILLINOIS.----A band of
company, while vice carries a sting into , "'!'his is too cold a morning for lighting." ; features of the year to overcome all evil , regulators, a gsteg of men who profess to
solitude. The, soviets , or company you; ch er , •
. ( Is but one alternative," said the prognostications.-Pod m
ssuth Journal, • be. troo l ate a
d lbiditer citizens, and in the
keep, is both the indication of your char- General, dist imalsr. I ' _ . _ i 0
;tante and under the profession of ridding
As. A mthticAN AI os•lurro B.ronv.---:111 I
octet and then former of it. In company, ' "It is what von soldiers-call an apology. 1 the country of thieves, "counterfeiters and
living near the Grande River '
When the pes of the i t
are opened, ;My dear fellow, I would rather make -America n' - ' rascals, have been guilty of a number of
-
Michigan, told the following stOry concern. :
there requires more caution than usual, be- twenty when I was so much in the %crows, ! ontraffes such as releasing
some of thei e .
cause the mind is pussive, Ei th er vicious as I was yesterday ; but I will only n i t , ing the mosquitoes. I3eital• in the woods, !
. gam ., who were in custody of the civil ofil
society
_ty ill please. you or it Will nor :if it one condition." ,he mac day was so annoyed by them unit ceps ' ; „hi •• st • , I so b-, • r
lying . 1 Ll,l 0 the 111C111 LIS 0
he took re f uge un d er an inverted potash
does not please you, the end of going will i “I cannot talk of conditions, sir," said • . the grand jury bs, w-hrittf:' th e indictment
- f kettle. His first emotion of joy at his • h a d •
be defeated. In such society, you will the General. i u been found, and also every man they
deliver:ince and secure asylum could catch, who had obeyed the Sheriffs
feel your reverence, ler the dictates of con- ' ' , Why, then I Will consider the condition happy
sion ''guar d.
angels
wear off, come nd"that name at which assented to. It is, .that von will coe in were hardly over When the mosquitos. tno ns to act as a posse or
angels bow and devils tremble, yon will and take a good breakfast with me, 11011' 011 having found him, began to drive their pro
'
hoSeeS 1111'0101 the kettle. Forunately, 1 DIS.NSTERS AT ISEA 011111 NO THE YEAR
hear contemned and abused. Tile Bible the ratite. ` I tun eXeeedinoly , sorry if L
li
will supply material for unmeaning jest or • hurt your feelings yesterday, for I meant 'he had a lon mer in his pocket, and be DS 1 0.-The report On commerce and nay
; I clenched them do we as fast as they came . bration shows the number of disasters
impious buffoonery ; the consequence of noe l() do it."
this will be a practical deviation from vie- l AVe shook hands like old friends, and • through, until at last such a host of th em which, have occurred at sea during time
were fastened to the poor mans domicile ; ye - or eniling June 30, 1846. The lumber
tic, the principles will become sapped, the soon forgot the ditThrences over tea and
that they rose and lleW a Way With it, leav- of VeSSOIS lost was 1 12, (40 ships, 24 brigs,
fences of conscience broken 610\i'il : and toast; but I did not iik. the pistols ant 1 that
i
When debauchery has corrupted the char- ; cold morning; notwithstandino
, I believe' ing lieu shelterless !----Yir I'. !lead's .1::n?- tit schooners, and 1•f sloops,) of the aggre
/grant. gate tonntige of 20,303 tons. 'V he nuni•
inter, atonal inversion Will talc plase, they • manydoels might end as harmlessly, could •
, hau t e -- - --- - , Ler of steamers lost in 1 840 was 22, of
ivill glory in their shame.,/lobert Ba ll . ;th . I
e eom.tatants conuntind the fi eld as eft w I A c URIOITS CIN AIIIIICULTI'IIr.
_ .. _ I l' 1 1
:IS
, l , II , and on such a bitter cold morning We fled in the N. Y. Post 'iii account of the aggregate tonnage. of 4:314 tons.
“God forbid," says Bishop Watson,"that
freedom of inquiry should be checked for ; too' -_teen: 'lhnlth/.// Nagazine• I the prodection of potatoes in the 1'0110%6n, JURY' COULDN'T A MIL E.-A der - s , mm)
in , , 0
gentleman in '
the month of has been tried in Kentucky for I issing
fear of the consequence:3 ; the consequen- '
Cntsf: sti Lot 1: or MoNEV. Of all the ! ~'"'n er " -- . 1
conceived that it was necessary to another man's wife. The jury couldn't
Fes may be subversive of systems of ersor, men on the face of the globe, (and I have ; ""Y
0 cut one . or two more branches from his asrec on the kind of a kiss given ; Whefficr
but never of the rights and well-founded so'ourned mono several nations in my ;
.1
and he accordingly topped .tr it wtts such an one as the apoStle enjoined
expectations of the human race." i life, says a Canton correspondent of the; g ra P e ' me '
. _ I , 1 the unneeessary branches, which CallSCil to give, or one of his own getting up.
aournal of Commerce) I have never seen
GQ01) A evo.e.-A shrewd old gentle- • ,' ' . ' • 1 them to bleed, and to remedy this, he split
any equal to the Chinese in love of money.
__ A FAMILY MEETING.-In New York, last
trnan once said to his daughter : "Be sure !it into two pieces, '.lt Is Said that this people have many idols,' 1) 01 1 1(1 On° of ' wind ' he c 1•• . - •
itistm.is, there Was a flintily meeting of
my dear, that you never marry a poor 'an d ' ' ' ' stuck on the end of Inc bleeding - branch.- '
so they have • but they are all tree. I eight children, a brother and seven sisters,
man, but remember, the poorest man in - ' - ' - 1 I le then tied a raff fast to the branch so as
„
; shipped as a means to some end; and t h e i r' to to
cover whose united ages are fi ve hundred and
the world is one that has money and no- the potato and keep it from falling b
I worship seems to be narrowed down to !, . fourteen -ears being a average
,of over
thing else." ,
that one (Treat end-riches and tie enjoy I ' off 'lnd then left it. 'Pile rag was not dis- . 3 t I ?ein•-, 11
- —- - Cu r b e d
again until, day or te o ; _ . ;
.4 MODERN Slit 0. ! meld of riches. And impious would that ;1 t f heal th .
njoy 1 lent o excellent .
when it was removed anti found to contain ! c
'rho British emiffrant who had reared man be esteemed, who neg lected to light a !
b , 0 a crop of four small potatoes, which' had ! Boil rain Water and scald your tea with
his humble sletnty, Was one day . engaged taper, and Iturn three incense sticks every ;
: grown from the piece stuck on the end of it, if you wish to realize the true taste of
„in a remote part of Ids two-hundred- evening belere that all-adored idol. Even
acre lot in ploughing a small space of now bow does my ears ring with the ex- the branch,_ ! the "plaint divine." Ordinary well or
... _.... _..
ground which he had but partially cleared, clamation of horror which burst from my 'ls m ., T„E !'ours 1, 0 „,„ -The Duke of spring water is goner:illy impregnated
tirnes.,
and lie was proceeding- lithout Ilia coat landlord, some few nights ago, when on, Roquelaur, while on a jt,i • me t,a t a With lime. If so, the lime acts chemical-
gloat to his plough, driVing a' yoke of ox- ; taking possession of his premises, his ill- I ball, at l'oulouse, a young lady or surpri- ly on the tea leaf' and destroys the aroma.
on, when the animals, startin,g- at snme ' cense pot was thrown into the street.- ! sing beauty. Ile could not forget I •• • I
, to, and e-I-An exchan g e !timer classifies the political
r
Wild beast or other object which they-saw The landlord now, of his ' orYll accord,, sent back by: a confidential friend to say preferences of dr• rit, i l al officers of the army and
in the forest, suddenly dragged the plough ' comes almost every evening to my study, I that was the possessor of his heart, navy as follows t t P `1)
between an immense l'allen 11 , 00 011 d ato in reading the Bible, and unithigin and he would give filly thousand lOuis d'ors : ' Wit ins-Generals Scot • • . ' r
t,6aines, 1 aylor, IA °Hit,
stamp, by which the drivers righ't loot prayer to the true God with the disciple, for one hair from her eve-brow. "Make - Asrooi. ltrotiks. Jessup, Kearney, Commodore Coll
or, Commodole Perry, brother of 0. 11. Perry,
and ancle
; were so firmly jammed, that the [Dollar is the Yankee name of this idol.] any compliments to the duke," replied the n
~
and brother-in-law to Mr. Slidell, Captain Alr.y.
plough was not only completely etopped, i ' ~ lively ladv, "and tell him I do not deal in
ItcFLUENCE OF I EGETABLII DIET ON • and Jack Hays.
but immoveably fi xed. For a considera- retail • but since
„ ,
h" .- ,e . nera s at i Non, t‘1„8, I,
LONCEVITII.-11 IS Said 111111 ill 110 other
plc time the poor fellow, standing with his to please him, he may have the whole fur
,er,' •
Quitman, Smith, Col. Harney, and Connuo
part of the world, in proportion, are there that 5 „,„ • ,,
'left leg on his plough, sutrared excruciat- !dose ..stoekton.
'• more instances of extreme longevity, than
lug agony, from which he saw not the
slightest chance of release, At times he among the Norwegian peasantry, who
almost fainted ;but on recoverino
from his , scarcely ever taste animal leod, In the se
miserable dreams he always found himself. vere elimate of Russia also, where the
in the same
inhabitants live on coarse vegetable food,
position-in file same agora y •
there are a great many instances of advan
-in the Same writhing attitude of despair.
The late returns of the Greek
In a fit of desperation he draw his knife , eel a g e '
church population of the Russian empire
from his belt, and for a few seconds tiled
i•c• in the of the deaths of the male
hated on endeavom•ing to release himself ; 141 ' table ' • '' ma le
,by more than one thousand above a hun
,by cutting r off his own 1 . 001,5 1 / 1 11. reflection •
. • 1 Bred years of age ; many between one
; again plunged him into despair, and in t his '
, hundred and forty ; and four between one
agony he remained until lie bethototht him
for. ; hundred and forty and one hundred and fit
of In cfollowing plan, s toop i ng • ty. 'lt us stated - that, whatever ag e the
yards, he cut the bantftiat connected his ; v • , s „ "
,OXCII with the plouffh. _
.., sOon as they ; " exiean """ 3 " s live , 111 eY never become
were at liberty , he drew .
f
patient
nni,. gray haired, They are represented as
constantly on vegetable 1001; 011E11 attain
: ing a bemired years of age, yet still green
ands towards him by the' e-reins he had !P eaceable tillers ofthe , 813 , il ', StibSiSti . li g
continued to 110111, and I . V - ell their heads
were close to hint, he riiissed his hands
down 'his naked arms, winch for
some, and vigorous. Of the South American In
time had been dians, Ulloa says-"I myself have known
bleeding from the musqui
who, at the advanced agdof a hun
toes that hadEeen assailing them, anti then I, l sereral
years, were still robust and active,
daubing the 'horns % of both his bullocks deed
with his blood, he cut their reins short oil' !'whlch unquestion a bly must be attributed
to the perfect sameness and simplicity- of
and striking the animals with their, reins
. •. , their food." But the Peruvian Indians
they inunediately left lom, .and, just as he . •
1 and the Creoles arc remarkably- long lived
had intended that they should, they pro
, and retain their faculties to a very advan
eceded holm:muds. On their arriv a l a t
' cod aor Slaves in'tlfe West Indies arc
'leis logsbut the blood on their horns instant-' . t , -. • ' -
a labourer
who . it:ponied from a hundred and thirty to a
-1v attracted the attention of
hundred and filly years of age.
Jived with him, anti who; fancying that the 1
; unbinds lutisthave gored their master, has- ROGI3III,IY 01 , OCR A sees - roes.-An 1-
tened to the elearanee, where they lotted ; rishman, tel What he called an exec],
:him, !die Milo, fixed in the cleft oak, in lent story, a gentleman observed he had
-.the Aire:l4llW predicament I have described,' met it in a book published many, years
awl from which it was with the utmost; :Pro. "Confouud those • ancients," said
tlitlieulty that he could in txitieated.---S . •ir : the Irishman, "they arelsi• a s stealins•
t t
. I .' Itead's Emis•root• i .111 1 .' ,
s,goo. l ..thblight;i."
-
[From the :New York Observer
MOONLIGHT THOUGHT 3.
Y PARK BENJAMIN
ITo w coldly bright the silent moon
Above yon cloudy pillar shines;
How sweetly, on the treuddiug WIIVC
Reflected, glow her silver lines !
The air4is still, and from each sphero
Of saphire in the distant skies,
Like diamond sparkles, soil and clear,
Look down a myriad starry eyes
Above, the heavens are all undinun'd :
wive on the horizon's verge,
Where one gold•tinted vapor ~lauds,
There drifts no pale and mist• surge ;
Around, fiaVe where the forests throw s
Their dark, collected shadows down,
Tlie landscape's broad and smiling brow
Scent not to wear a single frown.
The peaceful silence of the night
Into nn• secret soul descends,
And dreams of high and holy thouffht
This scene of love, transporting, lends
I would not give an hour like this,
In heavenly musing sweets• passed,
For days and years of common bliss,
Or earthly io)s that ca not last.
In suell an hour, my spirit !TOW;
Ileyond the narrow hounds of 'rime,
Anil soars 11Way,
TO realniii tinfailintr :mil sublime :
`l'o realms where pure and perfect kilt
Is faintly pictured in each izion
That glitters on the zone of Night,
Or g„leithis upon her diadem.
GETTYSIIURG, PA„ 'FRIDAY - EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1847,
TIIQ prOIMIIII IT IS a coicTiliNvorti,
A .S.tri MISTAKE.—V. B. Doward, a
worthy clerk in the Post Office at 7)a ti y ton„ IT
is sometirecs amusing , it is often absurd;
Ohio, was last spying charged with pur- '1 is large, it is small, it is round, it is square,
i l l. rains, and it snows—it , is foul, it is fair, .
loining tE0 , ,00 front a letter which Messrs.
I T is black, it is white—it is lung, it is short,
Chambers and Dards of that city,deposit- : 1: is every thing. almost,. and then . it is nought
ed in the ol jer eto be sent to iSpringl4:ld, 11 is true—it' s a lie ; it i sn't litis l
but v. hich never cane to hand. Th e Indeed the word it is n_lin I • .1
0
m nig am —,,urz. •
charge nffainst. Howard almost drove him I
t.: "How beautifuli? said a lady, "the face
to despair. He immediately resigned and 'of nature looks after a shower!" "Yes,
volunteered for Mexico, where, being of a
feeble constitution, he fell a prey to (115-madam, and so would yours, after under
.
ffoing a similar process."--//eruld of Free
ease and died on the march from Matamo- `,'/ 0 „,
ros to Camargo. A week or two ago the
letter with the money was returned frbm A. soldier who was once wounded in bat :
the (lead letter office at Washington, hay- . tic, set up a terrible bellowing. - .? . 1n Irish,
ing been misdirected.' man who laid near, with both legs shot off,
•,- 1 ...
. -
,
_
. immediately sung out—" Bad luck to the
A teacher, one day, endeavoring to make like of ye—do ye think that nobody is
a pupil understand the nature and applica- kilt but yourself l'?
_
tion of a passive verb, said :
"A passive' verb is expressive of the na- I Brant: FOR MAKING ICE WATER.—Bid
lure of retmiving an action : as, Peter is . .
dr, Said ' we to a raw servant girl lately
beaten. Now, what did Peter do ?"
. from t other side of the pond, bring me a
!
The boy, pausing a moment, With the : glass of ice water.
gravest countenance imaginable; replied, I • 'Yes ma'aM. ,
"Well, I don't know, without he holler- A long time elapsed, and no 'Biddy—
cd."
We commencea a search for Biddy, . and
' we found her before the kitchen fire hold
ing a large piece of ice to the blaze, and as
it melted, she would drop it in the tumbler.
A. cobler, siting in his stall, offended a
gentleman who was passing by. "Sirrah,"
.said the gentleman, "you arc a rascal, and --- ------
ilyon comer
will out
I
~.. give you a kick." Nonr.E—The officers of. our gallant ht
• "Thank you," said the eo bl er , ,iif ~,m Ile navy attached to the Gull Squadron,
would give me two, I Wou 1 d trot come , have, with that magnanimity Which is char
out." ' • 1 aeteristie of their profession, doermined to
.. .
present all the prizethoney now due thew,
Anger has produced hilliotts fever:4;llcm- !to the widoA . v of Lieut. Chivies AV. nor- 1
orliages; inthonation of the bruin, apoplex- - :"ris, the Oliver A‘po fell at the attacli'on‘
icy and tkatlt,
1
• ITtitgo,eo. . . 1
j • .
"FEARLESS AND FREE.''
The 315,re1i of Science,
Written for the V. Spirit of the Times, '•
THE roues; 'UN
A raw specimen of the rawest kind of
Yankee arrived at the Franklin llouse, in
Philadelphia t one day last week, and hav
ing been shown to an apartment, he hasti
ly adjusted his outer man, and made his
appearance in the reception room below.
Ile walked up' to the office, and enquired
of the attendant "whar he could find a doc
tor ?" The servant referred him to the
Clerk.
"Wal, nabur, whiten I git a doctor 1"
"A physician ?"
"No—a doctor."
"Beg pardon, sir—a surgeon you mean."
"No, I don't, mullet. 1 mean a teuth
doctor." •
"Ali—a dentist. ''Yes.".
"Pal-1 do' no' wot you calls 'em,
yere—but we calls 'emteuth-doctors'down
our wav,"
Your tenth trouble you, eh ?"
"Blast it . ! I reckon you'd think so—c
you had it. "faint dun nuthin but jump
like blaizcs for more'n ten hours—an' I'm
gwoin ten hey it out, sure !"
The stranger was forthwith directed to
the nearest dentist, Arriving at the hotel
door, he hailed a cab, and gave the doctor's
address (which happened to be in the 'teal
street beyond !) and having rode some jy
teen minutes, he was backed up in front
of the door! Ile jumped out—paid his
"four levies"—jerked the bell-pull—and
was ushered into the "drawing" room.
I/tiring the operation upon a customer
who proceeded him, lie amused himself
by 'staring at the pictures upon the walls,
or in handling over the instruments—oc
visionally enquiring , what this was for.?"
or "what the man did with th«l?" until his
turn arrived, and the operator requested
him to be seated.
"Whar ?"
' "Here, sir=if you please,"
"I want a tenth pulled."
''l understand, sir." •
• "Wal—'spose you den."
"Ile seated, sir—please."
"Oh, yaas. Therethat's the feller,
Mar," continued the Yankee , ---and he
made such a hole in his face, as safely
rendered it an "open countenance !" The
operators immediately adjusted his forceps,
seized the molar, , and with a single wrench
placed the tooth upon the . table.
! Ow !" shouted the Yankro
—"wont thunder are you deu-in t Con
sort/ you ! .yor've tore a teller's jaw all tau
smash !"
"Not so bad as that—l hope'!—
" duz feel better, fact!"
"I thought it would."
"By gracious ! tho'—you did it slick !!'
"1 shall bo tiappy to sec yOu again," ad
ded the polite doctor
Wal—l do' no' 'boitt that. %Vot's to
pay 1"
"One dollar, sir."
"One what ?"
dollar, sir,"
dev—l mean—that is—forgive me
for swarin'—buc, Mister, aint you mista
ken'?"' •
"No, sir"
"0, git out . --you!re jokin !"
"No, six."
"Wal, now, Ink yore—stranger. you
was'nt long about it"—
!‘I know it, sir"— .
—,"and a dollar for less than a minnit's
work ain't 'zackly detail's you'd be dun b'y
—swan 'taint !"
".z1 dollar is my price, sir."
"A dollar! Thunder and brick bats—
you dont mean it !"
"I do, indeed, sir."
Wall—ef I must—yore's yer money."
"That* you."
"I've lied a 'truth pulled afore."
"So, I perceive—all but the Stump."
—"an' it tuk the doctor moren an hour
to den it!"
—"Possible !"
"He jes had ten drag me round the room,
love and aft, twenty times—and when he
lost his "grip" he'd take a'holt again,
smartci'n ever ! It was the reel nait'ral
kind o' labor" • •
"Astonishing !"
he didn't charge me but twenty-
Jive cents.,
"He was very reasonable."
"IVal, Mr. Dentiss—l believe that's yuve
name—which way is it ten the Franklin
House ?"
"Directly round the corner, sir."
"/Thar ?"
"Round . the first corner."
! Wy-L-I. gin a cab feller
half a dollar to take me to the first doctor
—and he rode me round 'a
,dOien streets,
to git here !"—and muttering :a:Curse upon
toothaches, dentists, and Cab driVers,Ate
repaired to the hotel, brought.. out his - Wk . - -
gage him Self, and trudged 'to thc; Western
cars—dcclarin he would never stop in
"Feledelfy" 'again-until lie had a bigger
pile of tin than liewas blessed•-with on his
first visit ! -
TAKEN FOR A Goon -LOOKING
‘Col. W. is a fine looking man, ain't ha?"
asked a friend of ours the the other
"Yes," replied another, "I was taken for
him once." "Youll why yotr are As ugly
as sin." "I don't care for that CI was ta
ken for him ; I endorsed his note, and was
taken for him by the sheritT."
There will . net.be a tot eclipse of the
sun hi America, until Auftual,,l 869.
TERMS--TWO DOLLARS rp.l,
3WIIOLE NO. 8
CARRIER'S ADDRESS TO THE PATRONS 0]
ERA AT •
AND DANNEI32'
Goon Mons, kind Patrons, rhyme for sale!
Come "fork a bit," and rend my tale
The o.l.lllllitlt, with his store of fun,
His New Year's round has just. begun
With laughing eye and "ropes" of verses:
Now feel ye' for him4h. yrnir puniest
Varied the song that he would sing
In memory oldie year now fled,
As forth the links of rhyme he'd fling
Arolind the living and the dead,
As thought wings, swift, its silent flight,
Back o'er the crowded train, that springs .
Forth front the Old Year's depths to light, '
• And Fancy through the Future wigs;'
A History' scarce could hold the tale,. ;
Our song a Preface e'en will fail.
A year has wrought a wondrous change
Upon 'the face of this great nation ; ,
Events unthought of , vast and strange,
Have forrnrid an Old concatenation.
Tho cry was heard of "War for Oregon l'",
With this the past year's Act begun ;''
When statesmen jarred about
Some claiming up to "Forty-nine,". '
And others, rushing to the sortie,
Cried "War, or Pifly-lohr-forty!".
The soulawits dire—huge talk was made,
And forth, in hostile field arrayed,' • '
Fierce demagognes our Comply brought ;
The wager must be staked and fought ! • •
But milder counsels ruled the day
When Statesmen gave their counsels in, •
And Reason held ibi liberal limy—
Quelled the out-breaking of war's flame— •
And forth, in malety, from this din
The honor of the nation came.
And now the "star of empire' goes
O'er Rocky Mountains( alpine snows,'
And the fur-sweeping, setting sun
Glows 'hove our glorious Oregon
But Annexation rash has brought,
Fast in its train, grim visaged war;
And lands 4, ahnexed " must yet be bought
With countless cost—with human gore!
How changed the scene! since, rhyme in ban
I dotted my cap last New Year's morn: '''
When peace smiled joyful o'er the land,
And plenty poured her golden horn;'
Now War's harsh notes are clanging . wild,
Commingling,with the wails of woe.
The mother mourns her murderedthild,
Or husband rushing on the foe; ,
The thundering tread of arrnieS comes
With shriek of file and r•II of drums.
How strange these sounds—how sad the scene
Peace, frightened, shrinks with haggard mien!
-Southward the fiery torrent sheaths,' '••
And leaps the borders of our land . : •
And shout, and'Sluick, and fierce Sword 7 gleamf
llnrias, and groans, pennon, and brand, - • '
Join in the inaddening'whirl of strife, '
Where foonnut seeks hitt foeman'a 110 7 — •
And o'er 'the - wasted plains ofMexico, -
With chthge and tripmph;on the victors go!
Hark! notescif bold and gallantvictory,
'Prom Pale Alto and from Monterey ! • '
Then news of long and,dangerobs march .
O'er desert plains, through mountain.purs...
Wheie thiist the quivering lips shall parch,
Nor eye shall see one blade of grass—
Such are the notes that vagrant Rpnior hrings
i O'er scenes like these the weary limey
And then, the treasures of theland, • • -
'rho earningS oldie brawny hand;'
That honest toil etnbrowned and strung,
To glut War's maw, must forth he Wrung.
For millions coma as hundredi 110%i, .
And statesmen shrewd can scarce tell how,
The "ncedfpl" forth from nothing 'can lielkongh
Or he from poor Men's Meat and drink distillbd:
Or loans at. "fourth a Century"aan bet•bought-4 ,
So that our empty coffers may be filled. •
Tho war begtm, thp struggle must not cease.
Till triumph crowns it with a glorious peace...'
BO then the cost—eh there's the sachet--
A hundredinillinns; aye; or morn ! '
Tho Treasury—not a dollar its the till, •
And Treasury note's' and stock enough to fill
The Mississippi, or the Rio Grande,
And—the biggest and dm:ilia-10st 'pill—
A debt to last iill Time's last - searld ' -
Congress has sat—adjourned 7 -iind met:
And Our most denincratic Polk* •• • ; •
His Message' sent—the lthigest yet—
Too long by far to read, for common folk !' •
• 4 bar r ister, forsdoth, he seems to be--•
In 'argument as broad as long, - '
But not sq deep, 'tis plain to see—
He fiercely sounds the battle-gong,.
Until lie's roused the startled land •
And proVed our "line" ilia Rie.gmndet
And more—that over Santa "
A fir-famed, bloodless victory'
Wes Won, by Commodore Kearney!
Within our-very territory !
How like a piece of ancient 'history,
Done up in quaint and curious poetry !"
Thus having flourished long his sword,
And grown, in valor, vastly held, ' '•
By one brief fiat of his word' '
The Tariff's to the British sold !
And just Protection's called Unjust, -
Absurd—a theory grey with must'! •
And British goods and British men'
More favored than American= '
'The honest labor, thrift, and toil,
Of the good freemen of our soil
Are left, without Our fostering care, '
With Europe's Paupers to compete— • - .
Who tpil on, by the riiSh-light's.glare,
A nd's•rAnys for lack of bread - and meat!
Take we e. steamer for the'Old'Niorkl's * shore,
A fortnight's sail—the sea we're : x:oo
England l self-Vaunted "mistress of the seas:!
Thy crafty statesmen, cool and Sage, • -
Rule thy frail princess as they please.
And calm, withbread;"thy nuidden'J
Thy cunning statesmen too Live %ri.;..:Alit
An artifice on Yankee talk . ; "
Yes ! and with tree Trade /lei -
And noosed our Cabinet and ou; .1-,
And, lured with "roPripity."and ‘ . n'ew corn laws;;
Lo!a'en thDerticchicy'' is in the LiOnliPaviiil
,
Cracow! thy mournful fall we he 'ar,
With bitter anguish, ferth9: darkling doom!
And Freedoin'sions will drop the teri!•,'
.
And wail as mourners round thy tOtr, „ -
Foul Despotism has hushed, in night', ' '
The hopes thy children long havenumed:
And thou, the free, tlie'beautiful, the•bright ••
With clrtins and thraldom now drt canoed' „
Ali I Poland 1 thou, once mother.olithe
Art smitten childlusalz-T444M'S Priebe t
Our oil and 'goodly "vosser of State
Too leaky bath grown, airs, ILCM flats,'
.And far . too li:tug has beim fillealwitti'aperter;Wl
And than "small beet," or Ifittind„Wfkter;••„,. aV
And verily . we'll need, e'er long, lo
A roaster workman ofrt "„CI.SOTTRr• •
Thai have I scattered 'round "Stiu- n ti 4 r
„:"
• . • Oki .
lUake you merrierAnd"it • •
And now, if Ilse Carrier thirt y : i t tidy,
111 . N. Wrir.-44 "Pri
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