BY DAVID OVER. -For thi fnqiirrr and Chronicle. The Tmibifs of a Dimecrat. K -ATTEK I. .Mr. Mi>i tor :—Dear Sir, when a man has troubles, it n-iieves him of them in a measure, to toll them to his sympathizing jrientls; and as I expose that you area ,-ood dimecrat, too, as lam a dimecrat, it incut be as you would have a feller feelin iu vouv bosom for me, who am so much af flicted. But my troubles i not such as ketch a holt at the outward man, but they is of them sort as get at the sperits. And what makes my troubles the more harder to bear is, that 1 have to carry them myself.— It is an undoniaWe fact, that I have a good many kin-folks, but it is jest so with 'em: there is none of'em about, when they know as how I want 'cm. There is a fuller "away down east iu the State of Maine,'" what is some akia to uie, and then 1 have route connections in Indianuy ; one of 'em j>r,.ac : i's a little sometimes, and if you ever read his sarmiut ua "He played oil a harp" Si -o forth, you would say as what, be jxst < in preach ; but I won't say no more about 'cm as they can speak for tboirselves, but i -st leil you uiv troubles. la the lost place, I was born, if my metu ory savves me right, away off in Harrison Townsb'p, and 1 was rai>cd a dnueerat as tiv; •; a dimecrat; and such. fine times as us uiniecrats had sometimes, was a caution. — it was jest so : thar was a good uiauy diui .i-rars-, and then thar was a heap of a rich ; so we could ncai ly always carry of the 'lec tion, till onee upon a tiuie the old sarpiut — i calkelate it was him as did it—sent a lit lie man along our way, vim played bob with ni-. lie had an appiuuueat for night meet en neerdiiy every week some wliar or other, and the people got to runnin to his night iiieetitts—raiig or shiny—ane mout not do much harnt among us but I soon found as how he could do as much mischief in our little viuciuity, as what he done at every other place that he fotched up at. Why a lot of fellers jiued hiui net rdly every week—didn't / sec how he knocked 'cm out ? Aud wasn't, that or ful ? Well, it l;ep on so, as regular as could be, while I lived tliar; and jest before 1 was agoing to move my effects to this ere jlac, be left an appiutmeat for one night at my house. Well, ho coine as be .-aid he ■would, ana I was as perlite as 1 could bt aud he was pcrlitc too; and when the time for the service cum on, he commenced the motions, and 1 held the candle ; aud I tell you uow, it didn't take him long to get one of the uiccsv fellers in all our diggens to jine hiiu. Jest to think ! Why it nterly hosted my gizzard; but it eouldn't be helped. And whir I live now, 1 have sitch trouble's, Sain is round nerc too, a eatin into my party, jest like a pig would cat a tater. And tother night, as I was a settin in uiy house, I seed a big light away off ir. a pitch of a field, and I jest exposed that .Saiu had a meetin tbar agin. Yes, says ] to myself, he is dctnrniincd" to use us up, and tbar he is agin, a trying to git more stronger yit, when be is strong etiuf BOW.— M ell, I couldn't sleep good about it that night, hut in the 'nomin I found as hour Sam wasn't tbar for all; aud then but I A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c M &c —Terms: Two Dollars per annum. was glad ! Iloorah ! Ilail Coluniby ! Why I felt like crowing. Speaking of crowing, puts iu in mind of our Rooster—that big one what the General used to show us some ! tines. Confound it 1 I wonder what has become of ft? I wonder if it has died, and been gathered to its fathers, or if any one j has booked it! or what is the reasou that 4 we don't get to see it no more ? Oh, if 1 could ee that Rooster agio! I am too much affected to write any more now, so Mr. Editor, farewell for a while till I eao write agiu. Truly yours, A DIMECRAT. From the Indiana | Pa.) Register. LEWIS, THE ROBBER. Lewis was the master-spirit of a gang of highway men, who lived by robbing travel lers and committing depredations upon resi dents, chiefly between Chambersburgb and Redfotd, where they harbored in the forests of the mountains. They were a terror to the community, and western merchants who travelled on horseback generally armed themselves when going to the east, so as to be prepared to repel an attack, and for greater security sometimes weut in cornpa- j pies. It was understood, or at least belier- j ed, that sbme of Lewis' band were stationed j In Pittsburg, where, by mixing in genteel f society, and being unsuspected, they I would inform themselves of the time when j merchants of that city and from parts farth- j er west intended making their semiannual trips to Philadelphia, and would then find j means to convey the intelligence to their accomplices along the road. Lewis was a young man man of handsome apperrence and agreeable address, and it was said he supported his mother and sisters upon the fruits of his unlawful pursuit.— Ilis more immediate associates were Conner and Oonnely, who, at the tithe of which we are speaking, kept among the gorge's of Sideling llill, where, at a distance of sev eral miles from the public road, they had erected a shanty, which was well supplied with provisions and other comforts, whether j Lewis, after remaining about Bedford and j Bloody Run as long as he could do so j without exciting suspicion, or uutil he had' received letters which he expected, would j resort and remain for days and weeks, con ceiting measures for robbing some unsus pecting traveller or for obtaining booty in j some other way. Persons who have travelled the turnpike j between MeConnellsburg and the Crossings • of the Juniata will remember Reamer's i tavern on the eastern slope of the mountain , and Xyeutil's on the western, the intervening , distance being about eight miles, which ' formerly presented little else to the eye than i serab-oak thickets, interspersed with locks ] and falien timber, with bere and there a j slight opening, through which tlie cattle , feeding during the summer bad trodde 11 j paths which setved the hunter as a guide and passage when following the game along the ! mountain range iu winter. It was, indeed, | a gloomy road, with nothing to break the monotony, save perhaps, ocasionally the j cawing of a crow as she hovered, overhead, or the sudden bound of a deer aroused from j his lair by the noise ef approaching footsteps j —and the louely traveller, as he wended his | way slowly up the steep ascent, now urging j his jaded steed to greater effort, and now re lieving it by leaping from the saddle and walking by its side, would long to gain the summit, where he might proceed more speedi ly and with more comfort to himself and his animal. On ascending the mountain from the west, one sees now on the south side of the turn pike a patch of cultivated ground, embrac ing several acres, which has been cleared for a number of years, but was a dense for est at the time to which our story has refer ence. It was here, immediately opposite the cleared field, that Lewis performed one of his most daring exploits, aud which led to his arrest and subsequently cost him his life. I It appeared from what transpired after wards, that Lewis had received intelligence : from of hi- gang, of an individual carrying a large sum of .money going eastward on horseback, and thut Lewis and two associ ates were on the look-out for him, ready to make an attempt at securing the rich prize whenever it should coiue within reaeh.— From some cause or other, however, that in dividual's departure was delayed; but about the time designated by Lewis' spy, a Mr. McClelland, a merchant in Pittsburgh, started for Philadelphia to purchase goods, traveling on horseback and having in his saddlebags some two thousand dollars in silver. He had got to Nycum's on Saturday evening, where he remained until Sunday nioruing, and then early prosecuted his journev, thinking to breakfast at Reamer s As bf was walking his horse up the mountain and when lie had proceeded several miles, he espied some distance ahead, a man, who wore a slouched hat an ill-fitting, somewhat tattered coat, walking rather awkwardly, his body inclined forward, now shooting i diagonally across the road, and then, taking tip and balancing hitnseY, moving on again in a stnigbt line. As McClelland ne'ared him, the man once or twice looked around, exhibiting a {.air of blackened eyes, as if be had been recently engaged in a tight: and McClelland inferred frotu his whole con" duct and appearance that be had been in company drinking and got himsoly hand somely purauicicd, without baring becu so bered by the operation. As they approach ed the summit, McClelland gained ujiou the fellow, until at the point which we have been endeavoring to describe he was about passing him ; but at that momeut and before he suspected any danger he found himself dragged from his horse, the drunk en man. as he had taken him to be, having sprang upon him at a single bound, while iu the same instant a man with a cocked pistol jumped up from either side of the road, the one seizing the horse's bridle and tbo other coming to the assistance of their leader, i who was no other than Lewis himself and who had assumed this disguiso to proven 1 j suspecton. The two had been lying in wait ; were Conner and Connelly—and there can j Iks 110 doubt but some ouo of the gang ha'* | seen McClelland the day or evening before, I and that they had prepared themselves i during the night to attack him in the morn ing. Had tarried at Nvcum's nntil later iu i tbo day and perchance got some company, he would most likely been permitted to pass unmolested, and the counterfeit drunkard, who with painted eyes and tattered gar ments, had been seen staggering along the road would scarcely have been thought of again. The spot was well chosen by the robbers for the accomplishment of their purpose.— On the north side of the road, for a distance of at least a quarter of a mile, the woods were more open here than at any other point on the mountain: and whilst McClelland was hurried off by two of the men among the thickets, his horse was galloped at full speed through the open space, so as to be out of sight, should any person char.ee to come along the road. Having commanded M'Cleltand to observe silence if he did not wish to have his brains blowu out, they led him onward for several miles, the other man with the horse bringing up the lear, until they reached the robber's hut, which had beeu constructed ef light logs and covered with bark, where they halted and forthwith entered upon an examination of their booty. After ascertaining the amount, Lewis turned to McClelland and smilingly said he was 'not the bird they had been watching for, never, theless these were pretty rich pickings' and bus associates were auiply compensated thereby for t heir trouble. Conner and Con nelly then proposed they should put Mc- Clelland to death alleging as a reasou that if he were set at liberty he would inform on them and might cause their arrest; against which Lewis stoutly protested an at the same time handed to McClelland his watch and ten dollars, saying that would carry him back to his family and fiieuds. This done, preparations were made by the robbers to start with the money taken from McClelland to some place where they would deposit it for greater security, and he was told that if he offered to move front the spot before their return, his life should pay the forfeit of bis temerity. That they intended to return has always been doubted and it has beeu judged, and with very good reason* that their object was to induce him to re main there during part of the part of the day, whereby they would have gained ample tiuie to get out of harm's way before he could give the alarm and start anybody in pursuit. In order to make sure work, how ever, they produocd a pint flask filled with whiskey and ordered him to drink freely, thinking no doubt that by so doing he, a man uncustomed to strong drink would soon t fall asleep and might not awake for many hours. McClelland thought the liquor con tained some deadly poison and the' robbers were taking this method to get rid of him; and knowing be was in their power and that if his death had been resolved on, all bis pleading for life would be unavailing, lie concluded to die with as little pain as possi ble, and therefore, to their groat surprise, drank the entire contents of the flask fortunately, however, the liquor was not poisoned; but the robbers thinking their prisoner had taken enough to answer all their purposes, now left, after ordering him to lie down in a corner of the cabin. M'Clelland was uow alone. The inci dents of the morniug clustered around his mind, and his distress was indescribable.— Within the space of a few hours all his earthly hopes had been blasted, lie was BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. MAY 28,1856. uot pillj beggared,but iu all likehood doomed to die, perhaps in a few moment--, away from his friends and where his bod v might become food for vultures and wild beasts and bis requium should be the w : nds as they passed howling over Lis bleachiifg hones' He pictured to himself he distress of his family consequent upou his sudden HUJ mvsterioius disapjttJarauee, and their j fruitless conjectures in regard 10 his fate, and then ran wLULLs cdvd'w- eye over the pages of their future history, lamenting their desolate aud forlorn condition as they should be drifted without an earthly proete toron life's wide ocean, tossed by the wave's j and exposed to the tempest, But he fel l admonished to dismiss, these reflections and turn unto others. Every moment he expected to feel a deadly stupor coming over hint, and ever and anon he ea.-.t his eyes upon surouuding objects to assure himself that all was not a dream and that he was i still in possession of his reason. Such was the intensity of bis feelings that it coun teracted the effects of the spirits which he had swallowed, and impelled by that love of life which cliugs-unto man to his last mo ments, he ventured to ascend to the too l of the shanty and theu cast inquiring look far into the forest, anxious to ascertain weather the robbers had actually taken their j departure or whether tliev were still U iier j ing about, awaiting bis death. In a slight j opening iu the woods at the distance of half ; a mile he at length espied them, pressing on | with all possible speed, and in a moment i his resolution was taken to attempt his escape. Mounting his horse he enter* red a ravine near by, which bo judged must had hiiu in the direction of Reaper's and theu urgiDg the a uimal forward cs fast as tie nature of the country permitted, he kept in the ravine* leaping over rocks and fallcn trees, and in an incredibly short time reached the point be was aiming for, whet a he gave the alarm j and urge d immediate pursuit. We may here remark that among those j backwoodsmen who employ most of their j time iu bunt in" ■*. yi- not ! generally reverenced as it should be, and it | therefore caused no surpiise to learn that j wheu M'Clelland arrived at the tavern just i mentioned, he found there some half a doz |en or more of rugged mountaineers, who ! had called in for their "bitters," propara | torv to starting into the woods in quest of j game. Mo sooner were they made acquaiut j od with the robbery that had been comiuit j ted, than they voluuteered to go in search |of the robbers, and iu a few moments had j ail things in readiness and set out, resolved to do their best, j The hunters had a general knowledge of I the topography of the mountains, and di | rooted their steps toward a point some dis ! tance beyond that designated by M'Clel i land *is the one where he had last seen the ! robbers; having reached which they divided ! into two parties and moved some distance J apart, and in this order had not proceeded i very far when they espied the objects of their search, by whom they were seen like wise at the same instant. The robbers tried to escape by tunning, but before they could get beyond the reach of the hunters' rifles, Lewis was wouuded by a ball, and one of the others killed, whilst the third es caped unharmed. Lewis was secured and taken to Bedford jail, there to await his trial, but afterwards made his escape and was pursued, and whilst rowiug himself across the West Branch of the Susquehan na in a cauoe, was shot dead by one of his pursuers. While in prison, Lewis stated that he had concealed a large sum of money under a rock—the specie in a vessel and the bank bills in a bottle—near a small stream on the west of the Allegheny mountain; and after his death diligent search was made for the treasure, by different persons and at dif ferent places, but it is not known that it has ever been found, and the probability is that it bad been moved by some of Lewis' associates. Had Lewis' mind been directed into the right channel and subjected to a proper j course of traiuing, he might have lived an ; honor to himself and his family, and been | useful in his day and generation; but hav- j ing a ptnehant for the romantic aud lawless where be could indulge his passions without restraiut, he became alienated from society an outcast and a by-word, and in bis death we have but another proof of the truthful ness of the proverb 'bat the way of the transgressor is hard, ' —**'" I s Q3^"A young fellow eating some Ches hire cheese, full of skippers, at a tavern one night, exclaimed; •Now I havo done as luucb as Sampson,for I havo slain my thousands and tens of thou sands.' . •Yes,' retorted another, 'and with the same weapon the jaw bone of an ass.' THE GAME AT CARDS. A SCENE ON THE MISSISSIPI. "The darkies are mine'" said the game ster, striking his fist upon the table; "show 'em op, and let us see what tbeylook, like." The young planter, who had lost, sent one of the boat servants below for John and j Helen. The passengers awaited the ap pearance of the slaves in silence, for a long time; but they came not. The servant had informed them of the change of owners.— They were attached to the young planter and wife, nnd did not like to leave tbem; beside, they had children of their own at home; and what was to become of them? The winner began to wax impatient at the delay, and exclaimed— "Home, Danton. hurry up the niggers.— They must move quicker than this when 1 send for 'em or they'll never know what hurt 'em." j The young planter's aristocratic face flur ! ished criiuson at this rude and brutal ex i clamation, but he made no reply. He was : about to send auother servant for John and ! Helen, when his purpose was stayed by the ' appearance of Mrs. Danton. Her hs*band j had been gaming, and she had been weep | ing ever since the boat left H ncinnati; and jwe were uow far down the Mississippi. No I wonder, then, that she was pale and wan, ! and that her eyes looked as though they had been nearly wept away, but she was made exquisitely lovely nevertheless. Although many years have passed since that evening, I can see the sorrow-stricken young wife, as she glided up to the table ! and looked her husband in the face. He could not bear up under her gaze. He had lost all their money, and in a fit of desper ation had also staked and lost the two slaves. Laying her little hand on his arm she said: "I if true, Charles, that yon have lost John and Helen?" Her husband made no reply; lie conld nut ' ttp ~—" Q . .* ■ - - . The passengers were now fast gathering ! round, and the scene was growing painful. ! My father, (who had come north to fetch ! me from school, and was taking the longest j possible way home,) Was holding rue by the j hand, and I knew by the tigbtning of his | grasp, that he was becoming . much ex city. j As Danton did not seem inclined to n --? swer liis wife's question, the gamester rough | !y said" "Yes, ma'am. J.-lin and Helen are mine i —and I want to see 'em quick-"' Danton sprang to his feet, and stooping 1 across the table, hissed in the teeth of the 1 gamester. "Villain! don't you presume to speak to my wife again." The look with which this menace was ao , compauied was perfectly Lla-tiug, and made i the swarthy aud pitted face of the gamester j fairly turn white. j llow inconsistent is man! That accom plished and high born husband could de liberately jeopardize the property and cor rode the happiness of his wife, hour after | hour, day after day, and iear after year. but he-could not bear that the man whom j he had chosen for a companiou should even t so uiuob as to spek to her. i "Yes, Mary; John and Helen are lost,'' I ho said at l ist, as he let the gamester from under his gaze; they are lost, and it can't be helped now, so don't let us have a sceuc about it."' j "I shall not let theoi go," said Mary I firiuly, "and 1 shall have a scene about it. i I did not say a word about the money- but ) now that you have played them away | Oh, Charlie!" and she leaned her head on i her husband's breast. "Ah* here they come!" said the gatnes ' ter, as John and Helen approached. John was a powerful and fine looking mulatto; his face indicating unusual intelli gence and kind-heartedness. Helen was much whiter than her husband, and remar \ kably handsome. The gamester's evil eyes 1 gleamed as he Surveyed her, and turning ! to a savage looking man near hint, said. "I'll sell you John iu the morning, Ham mond. but Helen I shall kepp—at least for a few days." "I'm agreeable," said the slave trader, for sueh he was, but I'd like the gal as soon as possible." A look of indignation ran round the group at this brutal colloquy. My father's grasp grew tighter still; and encouraged thereby 1 whispered to him to buy John and Helen himself; but he shook his bead and motion ed ine to keep silent. "I tell you I shall not let them go," re peated Mrs. l)anton, addressing the stran ger: "They were brought up in my moth er's family; besides, they have children at home, from whom it Would be cruel to sep arate them." The gamester and slave-dealer exchanged sneers at Mrs. Diuiton's sentimental rea - iou for not letting the slave* go, and her husband said: "It can't be helped now Mary , let us go to our room.'* "0, Missus, don't go and leab r.ie wid : dat man." shrieked Helen: '•! shall die. o f : jump eberhoard. O, don't leab A our j true Ilelieti who sabed your life when you ' fell in the byoo." 1 "I shall not leave you, Helen. Do not 'be alarmed. I " "Bress de Lord for dat." Interrupted Helen, '-I know* we're safe now. ka-o you allers dees just what you say yon will." "I think it is about time this nonsense j was stopped," said the gamester, risiiig . from the table—v' You acknowledge Dan ton, that these negroes are my property: conse quently they are mine, and I've a right to do what 1 please with them, no bill of sale is necessary be'trfem t*o gentlemen. And now, you niggers, just eeffie iileng with me, and don't make a fuss, or I'll have you | flogged and fut in irons." The scene now became extremely oxcite ] ing. John drew Ellen to his side, and ! clenched bis tee.th and fists, while their j young mistress stood close iu front, as if , with her feeble arm, she would protect them ! fioin the clutches i f the gamester.' I was ' wild with excitem-nt. and bogged my fath ier either to buy the slaves or shoot the j gamester—l did not care which. A bloody j fight seemed ineuTtable: when a young New | Englander, who had keen very quiet during the whole trip, elbowed his way to the table and asked the gamester at what sum be , valued bis slaves. "Two thousand dollars," said be; "do you want to buy?*' 'V have only a thousand dollars," the young man answered, "I will rive you that for them." "No, sir; but I'll stake 'em against a thousand dollars, and play you a game of pfker for the pile."" *■ "I don't understand the game," said the New Eiig'ander.' j "What game do you play ?'* I have played a few games at all-fours, j (seven-tip,} but I never played for a cent in | my life." "Weil; I will play you a game at n']- fours then, if you like, and stake the ni - gers against your thousand dollars." To the snppri.se of every one pteSMit, the young man accepted the challenge, called for a new pac-k of cards, staked his thous and dollar*, and the game commenced—the gamester having the first diuf. As the company drew more closely round the table, it, seemed jis though a watchma ker's shop were in our midst, so distinctly i we hoard the tick of the watches. The first band the New Englaucier made three to the gamester's one, at Which a buzz of pleasure ran round the group. Thescc | ond hand the gamester made three to his opponent's nothing; the third hand th-v j each made two, which left the New Ear ! lander two to go; while the gamester had ' hut one to make, and his turn to beg: this ! was a great advantage, and everybody seem 'ed to give tip the thousand dollars as lost. The New Englander dealt the cards with a steady hand, however, and turned up the jack of hearts, which placed hitiiereo with 1 his antagonist, hut whet) he raised his cards i I saw that be bad not a single trump in his ! hand, and his adversary was hesitating whether to stand or beg; if the former, the game was his to a certainty; If the latter, there would be another chanoe for the slaves. After drumming on the back of his cards for a short time, he looked at the New Englander to see if he could determine bv his manner what was best to do, but the young Bunker Hill met his gaze without flinching, and there they sat for a long time gazing into each other's eyes. "Run the cards," said the gamester at last. I could have hugged him for his mistake. Buuker llill again dealt, and the qneen of spades was turned. Every heart stoo'd s tilt us the cards were for the last time lifted. '•Tltcy are mine!" shouted the Now Eng lander, "or rather, they are jour's madam," said he in a milder tone, to Mr.-.'Dauton, as he threw down the accot spades, Tlie beautiful and impetuous Southern threw her arms around the winner's neck, and three deafening cheers told the satisfac tion of the audience. Many years after I met the New Eng lander in Mississippi, and claimed his acquaintance, on the score of having been one of the most enthusiastic, partizaus on the night of his well leiuernbered triumph, lie had prospered in business and become rich. He was making his annual pilgrim age to the family hearthstone- -astone which - W - .-fr -V-:. -VjjStfif* VOL 29. NO 21 has more potent chants for pood than that a t which knwl Ma boon Jan devotees in the city of prophet. Lie Mid i.e had neve r touched a card since that memorable game that the thousand dollars that Le then : risked was the sum toial of savings for many toilsome years; hut that the stated it, -an J played the game with a perfect conviction i of success. Ddßton had songht !dm cut, and kept up r-tiie aequoiutaAee over since; vnd .Mrs. ' Datitnii could now travel the world over with her has band without four, for he had j forsworn gambling fmtn that ncver-to-be | forgotten night. i'ITV. As blossoms and flowers are strewn jon the earth by tlie hand of sprintr, d, e j kindness of summer produced) tn perfection the bounties of harvest, so the smiYta of pfty | shed blessing# or. the cliildren of rnisfor , i tanei. lle who pi ieth another, reontuuiendetii | hioweif; hut he who is without compass ron, descrvetb it not. i ite butcher rdientetii not at the bleatirw iof the Jamb, neither is the heartof the eru ! el moved with distress. Hei thcj (ears of the compassionate are , ! sweeter than the dew drops falling from roses on the Lo>oni of spring. Shut not thine ear therefore against the . cries of the poor, neither harden thy hea¥t j against the calamities of the innocent. . ! M ben the iadierleso call upon theo, when ( the widow's heart Ls sunk and she iuiploreih . the assistance with tears of sorrow, O pitv r j her affliction, and extend thy hand to llto.-e who Lave none to help thetu. j H hen thou seest the naked wanderer of t the street,hivoting with cold, and desti lute of Liljiaiion, let bounty c>pen thine 1 heart, lei me wings of charity shelter theui : from oeatb, that tlitne own soul may live. 0 U kilst the..poor man groaneth on the ! bed 01 sickness, wtiiist the •nfbttfnnate lan t guisu iu tlie horrors of a dnngeon, or the f I hoary head of age lifts up 3 feeble tv u. i fboh for pity, O how caj.st thou riot in M . j pei fiuwtt cterwnients, regardless of their j wants, uul'ecungot their woes. liKXTOX A SI) FKKKMQ3PT There is a story afloat, which, whether true or not, is too good to be lost. It ruts thus: (Yd. Freeman*, after writing his famous ♦■j isiie to Robinson, the bogus Governor of Kansas, proceeded to join his redoubtable fa therm-huv, Oid Bullion, in Washington city. After the interchange of salutations, the very perceptible cloud which had gatb ' ereil on the brow oft he veteran politician relieved itself in the following flash of graph* ic inteirrogatioo 14 W ell, sir, 1 perceive from the prints, vir from the prints, sir—that you have been nominated for the Presidency." To which the Coiuucl meekly and blandly responded: '•dome too partial friends, sir, have taken that liberty wub my name, no doubt on your account, tLiukiug that uiy connection with you would render niu acceptable to the Amer ican people." "Vts, sir,' thundered Old Bullion, "no doubt of it sir; no doubt of it. But when these parties learn, sir, that 1 am opposed to the nomination, they will drop you, sir, like a but potato, sir —like a Lot po-ta-10, sit." 'Mr. Filkins, you say you know the de fendant— w hat is his character.'* 'For what, sir - apreeing or integrity'* I 'For integrity.' 'Hell, all 1 eat) say about Jones is that jtf he is honest, IK'S got a queer way of ! showing it. *YV hat do you mean by that'' | 'Just this——that the night before lie uines on turkey, somebody's poultry coop is always broken open.* j 'That will do, Mr. Filkius.' /"'"l'nt, what are you digging there?" "l'igging the ground, sir!" '•I don't want my garden dug up in that manner; what aie you digging that enormous 1 hole for?" "Bckase, sir, ye tould ma yistherday that ! ye was goin' to eet a post of honor from the government, and that hole's for yj to put it in." iEF**A countryman entered Mr. Whip ple's Daguerrotype Saloon, Boston, a few days since, sad wished a daguerrotype of his uncle. "1 can do it, sir: but where is be?" Oh, he's dead," was the simple reply "but I'vo got r description of him in an old I passport." 03' s ~Tbe young lady that fell in love has ! just been pulhd out by the dariug fellow who successfully struggled with the world.