ie&fotft 3n(|Hirer at# Ciirouirte,
BY DAVID OVED.
THE DOUBLE RESCUE ;
—OR, —
THE STRENGTH OF LOVE.
"A dreadful uight—O, a dreadful night"'
uunnured the young wife with a shudder, as
screening the puue with her baud from tbe
bright firelight, she attempted, but in vaio>
to penetrate the storm aud darkuess without ,
'•God grant he miy be near," aud with tbis
heart felt petition she turned from the win
dow, seated herself, and took up her knitting.
Cheerful, homelike was the aspect of that
humble apartment. Nurtbe fire, whose
brisk blaze filled the room with a ruddy
ijlow, and streamed far up the wide eh imuey,
sing the waiting tea kettle; while a neatly
spread supper table occupied the entre of
Vkreioor, which wis scoured aliasst to snowy
Whiteness.
Tbe face of the only iomite of the dwel
ling, the female above mentioned, wore aa
anxious, troubled expression. Ever and
anou, tbe rude blast rsttlel the latch ou
the outer door, she paused in her work, and
raised her eyes full of hope aud expectancy,
then, wheu only the groaning of the ncigk
-boriug forest trees met her listening ear,
sighed, and again strove, by attention to ;
her employment, to confine her thoughts, j
and calm her appieheDsions.
Si >w!y ani distinctly the tali clock at the
back part of the room, told the hour of eight.
The youni: woman put aside her task, and
once more weut to the window. The tem
pest had not tn the least abated, but raged
with the fury of a thousand uncaged lions,
and seemed stiil increasing;. Fearful in
deed was that evening's elemental warfare,
over that bleak Canadian plain!
"Yet be comes uot —niv husband. Mer
ciful Heaven be-friend us!" Tears gather
ed in the eyes of the gentle, devoted wife,
and fell like rain upon her agitated bosom.
For soiite moments she stood indulging their
How, until her heart, like a lightened ship,
rose to its wonted paee upon the Liilows
which had threatened to overwhelm it.
Hope repeat.! i her whispering*; and, in
imagination, the young wife beheld the
■> urdy form of her beloved, nobly
ing the storm, and step by step uearing his
home in safety. Already she seetuetf poui
ug for birn the fragrant, straining beverage,
nd lisieniug to this expressions of thauk
lollies* tor sarroundiug blessings,
She turned to the cut another slice
from a loaf of inviting appearauce, and laid
it upou the already iadeu plate. After re
plenishing the tire, site resumed her seat be
fore it, and gazed into the writhing flames,
that hastily embraced tue tresh fuel, aud
with a serpent-like hiss swallowed the so#w
flikes, as they dropped iuto its red, open
JIWS.
The minute hand of theclook had traver
sed bait the distance around the dial plate.
The evening was fast waning, but tbeabseut
.ae was absent still. About noon of that
fay he b*d bad left home, on foot, intending
to transact business in a village five miles
-distant, and return by nightfall.
At that tun ■no sign* of an immediate
storm were apparent, but * the day drew
near its closo, the clouds began to gather
ibtck and heavy, anil the snow to fall in
huge, feathery flakes. Faster and faster it
descended, till ali the air seemed filled by
one mighty avalanche. Three hours had
passed, and the storin-god in all his terrible
fury was yet abroad.
At length, calmness eon'd be maintained
by the wai'ing wife no longer. Hope and
trust faltered, died within her bosom. Start
ing from her chair, she paced the floor,
wringing het baud? in agony, though her
eyes were tearless, and her paie lips mule
us if scaled in de-itb.
Vainly did she endeavor to persuade her
*glf into the belief, that the fierceness of the
*tofin bad prevented iter husband from
leaving the village—she could not be
deceived. He would never voluntarily
abandon her thus to loneliness and awful
uncertainty—no; the assurance was ail too
that the cold and the tempest
had overpowered him ou his way, and be
had sunk amid ike drifting suows to perish.
.No wonder that her cheek blanched to
auarble hue. and be/ eyes grew wild with
terror! Suddenly she pauses, while every
feature speaks desperate pgsolve. See, she
horridly envelopes herself tn cloak and hood
and now with firm step mores toward the
uoor. Upon what is she dele/mined' Surely
he win rtol expose thai frail form to the
strife that rages without' That were an
set o? itfkartrtv 4
But yes: she lift* the latch, uncloses tbe
i ifi ftre 1%-fiiftf a ftfriom gnst drove
a pwiftji*!! ? the had accumulated
ItgtftWt thl 4hte opposite side of
•lie room. Unable to compete with its ragey
r!)< - £*-•>; ad wife " >feV Jtilt 'back, with a low,
' trdrmiilit* m'-an, and 'applying het whole
J'be door forced tt again to its
\. ceTj!l(4v aifd tbe mugt.
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She waited but a moment, however, the
next alio had rushed forth, closed the door
behind her, and was flanging wildly down
tlte snow-filled path. The storm was over,
the clouds were beginning to break, and let
down tbe rays of the moon, whose broad
| disc bad just risen above tbo horizon. But
while the suow had ceased to fall, the oold
j bad grown more iutense, and the wrath of
j the wind was noihing spent.
Madly it swept ucruss the extended plain,
converting it in aspect to a stormy sea,where
foam-crested waves chase and dash upon
each other, like wrangling demons. Onwaid
toiled that solitary female, through tbe
biiuding, suffocating snow which was con
sequently being hurled against her; though
' aD occasional blast, fiercer than the others,
compelled her to halt for a moment, and
bury her face in the folds of her cloak.—
Then her slender form, swaying to and fro
as if it had been a yielding sapling, seemed
as if it mast be borne down, but affection,
deep, all powerful affection buoyed her up
and led her forward.
It was a dreary waste over which she had
to pass; no cottage window sent forth a
cheering gleam only a suow-covere d plain
and barren trees, iu the distance, could be
seen. No power could have summoned hu
man aid to tbe spot; tbe direst shriek of
distress would have been wasted ou the air.
And now, when nearly a mile lay between
her and home, the wife felt herself exhaust,
ed, and-benumbed by cold to a degree tha I
she could proceed no further. Tbe sharp
winds pierced her garments as if they had 1
keen but a robe of muslin, and put to tbe
torture every fibre of her Lame. Her limbs
refused longer to obey her will, her breath ;
was gone, her very heart's blood seemed j
turned to ice. She tottered, fell, and the
same blast that bore her down, wrapped her 1
in a shroud of snow.
But exerting herself to the utmost, she!
rose to her feet again, for her last glance
bad rested on a dark object a short distance
iu advance, and the possibility of its being '
him she sought, nerved her to make one j
more effort. Fixing her eyes upon the j
object which LaAsttraeted her attention,
she stiuggled forward, and readied it just as .
her last remnant of strength war expanded, j
It was indeed her husband. He bad con- j
tended with the elements, till chilled, wear- j
icd, and almost breathless, then had sunk i
down iu the path in order to recover him- j
self for a further effort. No thought of
perishing had passed the strong man's mind;
but no sooner did muscular action cease,
than the lethargy which but for timely
breaking had ended iu death, was upon bim. j
AH sense of suffering fled, gay colors floated
before his sight, aud the sound of the aDgry j
blast seemed sweetest music.
• . . _ j
He sat with his feet drawn up, and his '
head bowed upon his kuees. How long be
had remained thus be kuew not, when tbe ■
voice of his wife exclaiming, "Thank God
we die together!" sounded faintly in his
ears, aud tbe same instant he felt her pros
traie form aud eucirclingarms. These quick
ly roused him to a sense of their situation,
and that sense warmed the congealing life
current, and scut it lightniug-like through
its channels.
The kuowiedge of the daugcr, the certain
death to which his idolized companion wa 8
exposeJ, and frotn which he alone could save
her at once raied hiiu above the power
fatigue and cold. Starting to his feet, be
folded her insensible form to his bosom, and
bore it toward their home, as if she had been
the merest infant.
The blast to him was but a xepbyr, the
snow drifts bat unresisting air. He paused
not until the cottage was reached: where the
wife was presently restored to animation,
and both to happiness. Kach had saved the
other from a fearful death.
A SCATTERED FAMILY. —A red haired,
herculean Irish girl, was brought up before
the Recorder to New York, last week, for
striking an aged German woman.
'Have you any family,' asked the Record"
er.
•Two children.'
•Where is your husband l '
'Out in the country —in the penitentiary."
'Where are your child run V
'Wan of them's in Ireland, and wan is—
is—up town, in jail, place yer honor.'
'That will do? Oue in Ireland—the oth
er hi jail—and your husband hi the peni
tentiary? Take her below? A scattered
family that.'
PATIENCE. —'YOUENIDO anything if you
only have patience,' said au old unolc, who
had made a fortune, to a nephew who had
nearly speat one. 'Water may be carried
in a sieve,if you can only wait.'
•How long*' nsked the petulant spend
thrift, who was impatient for the old man's
■bttuary. 'Till it freezes" was the uncle's
■coot rep 1*
A NORTH Eli IN TEXAS.
Tbe day before we left San Antonia was
j cold and foggy. The following morning
was warm but still foggy, making our ride,
; with a light wind behind us exceedingly
j oppressive. We three off our coats, and
| soon stripped off vest and cravats; but this,
we found, was not enongb, we were obliged
to stop to take off our flannel. Our borses
| were reeking with sweat. At two o'clock
; the thermometer, in a cool, shady spot,
f stooa at 70 deg., nnd the sky was nearly
; clear. We were very tired and thirsty, and
one of us suggested that this was the very
! country and tbe very weather for mirage
j It was not long after we saw the edge of
| the horiioD rising in the flickering heat, and
groups of trees standing free in the air, as
| an island or a point stretches off into tbe
j sky of a hot day on the sea-coast. Then
; the trees connected themselves with the land
j below upon each side, and we saw a beauti
ful lake, tbe water rippliog in the sun-light.
It grew wider and longer, and shortly after
! like the open sea, wiih a rieh and shady
shore, extending up, at intervals, like bays
| and rivers, into tbe land. Soon the lakes
! were common here and there about us,
; calm of surface, trees of heavy foliage
bending over their banks to rest iu tbe wa
ter. Had w not been prepared, by a
knowledge ot tbe country, we should have
been strongly tempted to ride towards some
of them for a drink of cool water.
Later in the day the air became clearer,
and a pleasaut trecxe played upon our
back. Tbe mirage gradually disappeared,
and we lost it in descending a swell in tbe
prairie. It was near sunset, with a dull
cloud bank in the north. We were still
suffering with the beat, when one of us
said—
♦•See this before us, what is it, fog again
or smoke?"
"A prairie Sre, I think," said the other.
"Probably it is; but what is this on the
hill close by, this is tog, surely? It must j
bo a norther, listen to tbat roar' We must
be getting on our clothes or we shall he I
chilled through."
First a ebiliy whiff, (ben a puff, the grass ]
bends flat, and, bang, ii is upon us—a blast
that woitid have taken a top-gallant sail I
smack out of the bolt ropes, and cold as if j
blowing across a sea of ioe. We galloped
to tbe uearest ravine, and hurried on all the
clothing we could muster. Fortunately, :
though our baggage was left behind, we had
taken a supply, having strapped blankets,
Guernsey shirts, and Grauada leggius, be
our our saddles.
At uiue o'clock tbe thermometer stood
at 33 deg., and at seven next morning at 21
deg. A thermometer haugiug in New-
BraunfeU showed a fall of sixty degress in
seven hours.
These northers on the open prairies are
exceedingly trying. The fierce wind that
accompanies such a sudden change gives
them triple cifoct, especially as they often
interrupt warm, relaxing weather. Team
sters, herdsmen and travelers, caught out
I far from habitations, not nnfreqaeutly per
ish, and v<ry great suffering is caused to
animals. Oattle instinctively uiake for the
nearest shelter of trees; but on the open
i praiiies of the coast, they fall by thousands,
before a freezing rain, which is sometimes
added.
The northers contiouo fiom one to three
days, growing milder at the close, and oc
cur once or twice a week during the winter
mouths. But a tight house and a biasing
fire make one qnite independent of thetn
and such we found in tbj German Inn.—
Olmstfi's Texat Journal.
MRS. PARTINGTON. —"Have you any
tbick little boy's overcoats?" said Mrs.
Partington, as she entered the "Rotundity"
: at Oak llall, as she called it.
The young man in attendance smilingly
asked ber how thick the little boy was.
She looked at him a moment, and seeing
i that he didn't know any better she explain
ed that it was a thick coat she wanted for
Ike. Would yon like a Raglan? said he,
; -aking up a coat thus denominated. "Rag
| lan!" replied she with a tone of astonish
ment, "no, I want a new one, this is rag
enough any more," pointing to the garment
worn by the boy, that showed sundry frin
ges that were no ornaments.
He explained that it was the name of a
new garment of the description that she
wanted, and utteriDg a very extended "O"
she proceeded to negotiate.
Ike was delighted with the spacious
pockets, and when he got home the old lady
took out of 'hero four apples, a pint of pea
! uut.% a pocket comb, a "House that Jack
built" handkerchief a top string, six but
tons, a dozen matches, four pieces of slate
pencils, a bit of beeswax, and two cents.
White hair is the ehalk with which Time
seeps its scores, two, three, or fourscore, as
i the case may tutu's bead.
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1857.
GEN. HOUSTON'S" PRESCRIPTION
TO A BOIIE.
Among the guests at the Dt. Nicholas
Hotel in this city during the past week,has
been General Sam Houston of Texas.—
Gen. Houston is, as all his acquaintances
well know, fond of mirtb and fun, and in
short is what Doesticks would call a P. B.
—perfect briek. Tbe General, however,
entertains an intense hatred for that species
of human beiDg called "bores." One of
these gentry, a good-oatured bat soft chaps
a regular barton holder, cornered him the
other day at his hotel, lie bad managed
to be introduced to him by a gentlemao
the day previous.
"General,,' said the bore, after he bad
bothered Mr. Houston out of all patience,
"I wish you would do me one more favor
A man of yout eminence is so competent,"
"Well, what is it?" inquired Mr. Hous
ton, rather ourtly.
"Well, you see, Mr. Houston, you art
such au eminent uian, such a"—
"Never iuiad that; what do you want to
know?"
"Excuse me, but a person of your abili
ties and distinction must bo aware'*—
"I am somewhat in haste," interrupted
the badgered Benator—'p ra Y eome to tbe
point a once."
"Well, then tell me tbe secret of your
success in life—lnw you rose iu positiuu as
you have done."
"Ah! but ibat wouldn't benefit yon any
I can tell yon how you can rise iu the
world if you wish."
"That's just it" was the reply—"just
what 1 was trying to got at."
"Well, sir, I'll tell you. Undertake to
approach a sore funded bull with a red scarf
on your neck. I**l guarantee your upward
progress immediately on the coiapletion of
the experiment!"
The button-holder collapsed, shoved his
hit on bis head and walked sorrowfully
away, while a cluster of gentlemen near
by, who had overheard the conversation*
fairly screamed with laughter.
WASHINGTON'S ARTIFICIAL TEETH.—
A paragraph in the (Boston Post, lately,
stating that "Gen. Washington had a set of
artificial teeth, for which he paid five hund
red dollars," briags out an old correspon
dent with a hit of private history which is
worth making public. Do you know, gen
tlemen, that that same set of teeth changed
not only the countenance but the character
of Washiugiou, as the latter is generally
understood? Every body has noticed the
marked difference between the "Stuart" ami
the "Truuibul!," portraits. The lattsr is
by far the most spirited, and in >rtial look
ing face, yet for some reason or other it has
never been the popular favorite. The pe
culiarity of the Stuart picture is the wide, !
uaexpressive. grandmother mouth, which ,
one sees to this day in all the engravings, j
But this face was not Washington's, but
was au exaggeration or distortion rather, j
produced by his artificial teeth, which en
tirely changed the expression of bis couu
tcuanee, giving it a certain look of mat
ernal dignity that is not found in the
Trumbull likeness, painted before the den
tist had earned his "five hundred dollars,"
by a job which, though very well in those
days, would uow he reckoued a buugliug
piece of workman sbip. These facts, though
1 have not seen them in any biography of
Washington, are a? well authenticated as
his patriotism or consummate generalship.
Trumbull and Stuart wore accustomed to
uik of the matter together and, in the cor
respondence of the latter, tbeTe is an allus
ion to the artificial teeth, and the strikiug
change they made in the appearance of the
wearer. It may be owing U the fact that
the American people like to contemplate
the gentler qualities of Washington, rather
than bis stern and heroic virtues, that they
uave always considered the dentist's portrait
as the true oue, though in truth, it is as
false as the teeth which distort it. The
fault was not Stuart's who painted his
illustrious sitter as he found bim, but be
had the misfortune to attorupt the heroes
likeness, "in spite of his Uwth," and the
result was suoh as might be expected.—
Boston Post.
k CHANGE INDEED.— A talented, l>u t
dissipated Englishman, who was recently
picked from the gutter in Cincinnati, seeing
an advertisement for a pastor in a country
parish, brushed himself up, went and
preached as a candidate, and although he
had several competitors, carried the parish,
and is now regularly dispensing the bread
of life.
tEir'liepuiatiou may be the rewird of
mediocraty aud fame, of taleat that panders
to popular passions; but imuortal renown is
the endless chant of generations, singing
the praise of God like tnen, who have lifted
their race toward heaven.
TAKING TOLL. —It was winter, clear and
cold, and tbe snow was firmly packed, when
Dr. Meadows was one of a sleighing party,
which he describes so far as he and the
young Widow Lambkin were concerned, in
tbe words following:
The lively Widow Lambkin sat in the
same sleigh, under the same buffalo robe
with me.
"Oh. no, don't, don't?" she exclaimed,
as we came to the first bridge, at tbe same
time catching me by the arm, while her little
eyes twinkled through the moonlight.
"Don't what ?" I asked. "I'm not doing
anything."
"Well, but I thought you were going to
take toll," replied Mrs. Limhkm.
"To//," I rejoined, "what's that ?"
"Well, I declare!" cried the widow, her
clear laugh ringing out above the tnusic of
the bells, "you pretend you don't know what
toll is !"
"Indeed I don't then," I said, laughing,
"pray explain, if you pieaae."
"You uever heard, then," sai l the widow
nmst provoking!y—"You never heard that
when we are on asleigbride the gentlemen
always—that is, sometimes—when tbey
cross a bridge, claim a kiss, and call it toll.
But 1 never pay it.
I said tbat I bad never beard of it before
—but wheu we came to the next bridge I
claimed tbe toll, and the Widow's struggles
to hold tbe veil over her face were not
enough to tear it. At last, ihe veil was
removed, her round, rosy face, was turnei,
directly towards mine; and iu the clear light
of a frosty moon, the toll was taken, for the
first time iu his life, by Dr. Meadows.—
Soon we cauie to a long bridge with several
arches; the Widow said it was no use to
resist a man who would have his own way,
so she paid tbe toll without a murmur.
"But you wont take toll for every arch
mil yon, Doctor ?" the Widow said archly,
but I could uot fail to exact all my dues,
and tbat was the begining— but never minU
tbe rest. The Lambkin hid tue Meadows
all to herself in the spring.
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THE KANSAS YANKEE'S FERRY
TICKET.
The Marangi Journal savs: We are per
mitted to copy the following anecdote from
a private letter just reecived by a gentle
man of tbis city, from a brother, now iu
Kansas. Tbe Yankee referred to is tbe
right kind of a in to to deal with the Bor
der Ruffian* in Kansas.
Yon kuow the test to whieh the Missouri
ans subject ail travellers who make their ajJ—
pearanee at any of ibeir ferries, and ask to
be crossed iutd Kansas. Some days since
a slab sided Yankee arrived at one of the
Northern Missouri landings, with a long
train of plunder of various soits. Byway
of testing him, the ferryman asked him what
stock he had.
•Waul,' says tbe Yankee, 'I here got- two
horses, a yoke of oxen end two keows."
'That's enough,' replied tho ferryman,
'you can't cross here.'
'Why not?' inquired the Yankee.
The ferryman told hitu that his instruc
tions were not to cross anybody that could
n't pronounce the word cow.
•But I said keow ,' persisted tbe Yankee
' Well, you can't cross here,' gruffly re
plied Charon.
'But I've got tickets entitling ue to
cross,' says the Yankee.
The ferryman demanded a sight of the
tickets, whereupon Mr. Yankee stepped
back a little, hauled out a revolver in each
hand crying,
'Them's the tickets, and I'm bound to
ctoss this ferry, keow or no &*.'
KOSSUTH AND NAPOLEOH.—M. KOS
SUTH, in one of his recent speeches, com- ,
pares his lot with that of the man he had
just before affected to condemn. He says: \
•'l will never restate to contrast my own
liumblo lot with the brilliant one of that
great potentate. 1 eat with my children 1
the bitter bread of bomelessness; I ant
staggering joyless towards an obscure
grave. For inheritance my children may
get a legacy of sorrow, yet of devotion to j
their country's cause. Such is my lot; but
whatever may be my faults, my errors, or
even my sios, never have I broken oaths,
never have I deceived nation*, never trifled
with the duties of an honest patriot. Bo
lt APAHTE, on the contrary sits high in power
daxxling the eyes of the short-sighted man
with tbe luster of his propitious star.—-
Still I do not at all believe in the stability
of his successful crime."
[Ejr~Sone one writes of Paris—"This
splendid city teaches idolatry for the gold
en calf—it piacei the ballet girl higher
than the orator, the cook higher than the
poet, millionaire higher than all, for with
his luuiiers Lectin command ballet girl,or
ator, cook and poet. In Paris the heart
mast bronze or break." .
HOW MURAT DIED.
The sentence of ihercilitarv commission
was read to him with due solemnity. He
listened to it, as be would have listened to
the caDnoo of anotlsr battle during his mil
itary life, wilbont emotion or bravado. He
neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for
appeal. Hehad advanced of his own accord
toward tlte Hor, is if to accelerate the ca
tastrophe. The door opened on a narrow
esplanade lying between tbe towers of tbe
castle and the outer walls. Twelve'soldiers,
with haded nun-kefs awaited hiro . there
The narrow space did not permit him to
ataud at a sufficient distance to deprive his
death of i part oi its horrors. Murat, in
stepping over the threshold of tbe chamber,
found himself face to face with them. He
refused to have bis eyes bandaged, and,
looking at the soldiers with a firm and be
nevolent smile, said: "My friends, do not
make tue suffer by taking bad n aim. The
narrow space compels yon almost to rest
the muzzle® of yonr markets on my breast,
do not trembie, do uot strike me iu the face;
aim at my heart —here it is."
As he spoke thus he placed ins right hand
upon his coat to indicate the position of bis
heart. In his left hand be held a small me
dallion, which contained in one focus of love
the image of his wife and four children, as
if he wished thus to make them witnesses o'
his last look. He fixed his eyes on this por
trait, and received tbe death blow in the
contemplation of all he loved on earth.—
His body, pierced at so sbort a di-tanee
with twelve balls, fell, with bis arms open
and his face toward the earth, as if still
embracing the kingdom he once possessed,
and whieh be had come to conquer for his
tomb.
They threw his cloak upon Lis body,
which was buried in the Cathedral of Pizzi.
Thus died tiie most cLivalrous soldier of
the imperial epoch, not the greatest, but the
most heroic figure among the champions of
the new Alexander.
Tax Part A.KI> Tit C HOMAH CATUOXAC CUI-U
'rwAWKRVeX A*D SVlTZSrlassb.— "fri a secret
conclave hHJ at Koine on the 15th of DeCem
t*r, the state of the Soman Catholic Church
in Mexico, South America, and Switzerland
was tak.-a into consideration, auil an allocu
tion since published by his holiness on the
subject clearly shows that th; Papal influence
is considerably less in those countries than in
this. The l'ope complains lii; teriy of the
new gorerniuent of Mexico, which nas Com
pletely set aside the ecclesiastical jurisdiction '
and sequestered the property of the church.
We are told that the metiMtteeatal'llshtnents
bare refused to permit tho "visitation*" of the
bishops, and tltat some of thera have, in open j
deflJrnce of the canonical law#, sold part ol
their property. The permission given by the
government to all sects publicly to practice
their religious rites, is denounced a* an '-ale)- ,
mioable measure, which is calculated to un-:
derminc the most holy Human Catholic reii
gion." After summing up the various Laek
siidmgs ol the Mexican g >veriunet his holi- j
uevs declares all the measures which It has ;
taken against the authority of the apostolic j
f hair to he null and vohl. The Mexican states- j
lueti are also reminded that the church has the
power s< verely to punish those persons who
have the power to disobey her behests. That j
the behavior of a majority of the South Ame
rican States towards the church does not give
satisfaction will he seen by tne following ad- i
dress to the bishops: '-Yon will see, reverend j
brethren, that we mnst necessarily condemn
and abhor the attempt of the c vil power to i
overthrow alls|dt'itus 1 authority and discipline,
and to insult the dignity and might of the ap- 1
otto lie chair."' The st ite of Switzerland!
makes Pins IX quite disconsolate, "so nume
rous sre the encroachments of tire civil an- ;
tborities on tho rights of the church and of!
her bishops and servants. After hurling his j
thunders at those priest* who obey the l aws ;
of the countries in which they live, rather 1
than the instructions forwarded to them from
Home, the holy father entreats the Moat High
to enlighten the minds of mea, and to bnug
back those who hare gone astray into tne right
path. As u math r of course, the Weiner
Zeitung gives the allocution is ex/t.o. although
it is a very lengthy document.— Vici.ua Cor
respondent of the T.me*.
TAKE A PATES FOK TUCR WIFE.—A
friend, says au exchange, not long since told
us a story in relation to one of oar subscri
bers, which contains a good moral for hus
bands, and also furnishes un example for
wives which is not unworthy of imitation
uuder similar circumstances.
The subscriber teferred to, said our
friend, in the presence of bis wife, said it
bad been bis iuteution to call at the office,
pay up his arrears, and discontinue bis pa
per.
His wife very promptly asked:
•Why do yon intend to discontinue the
paper?'
'Because,' said the husband, *1 am so
much away from home on business, and
have &o little time to read, there seems to
be so little use in my taking a paper.'
•Yes,' she replied, 'it may be of but lit
tle use to jou, but it is of great ue tc me.
1 remain at borne while you are gone. 1
wish to know what is going on in the world.
If vou discontinue the paper, I will go
sirs', lit to town and subscribe myself.'
As the p'-pei has Dot- been discontinued,
we suppose the wife's reasoning was conclu
sive.
The moral of this inui len* should not be
overlooked. ■' - • • "a 1
VOL. 30, NO. 9.
J Memphis, Tennessee the other day, a
countryman stood gmg in MamfeM*s
window*, where two skeletons hung suspen
ded—one being that of*a man, the 'other a
boy. A stranger coming up—
"Whcs* bkeletOD ia that?" asked the
eouutryiuan pointing to the larger.
"That ia Shakspeare's," said the stranger,
i "And whose ia that?" continued the coun
tryman, pointing tn the smaller.
"That is Sbakspeare'a too," answered
the wsg. * " ' *■'
"How can it be*'" b'
"Why, that's bint when be was a boy!"
was the rejoinder.
"Ob ! I'nevcr thought of that ."
Aud our country friend walked away,
wondering how theui "queer cusses,'" the
I doctors, got the bones out of Scakspeare's
body when be was alive!
LIKDLET MI BBAY. —It is not generally known
il.at tbi* "Prince of English Grumnrariaoa"
was an American, and bora within tbe present
| limits of Leianon county. FeuntrhrMis. fie
i was born in tlie year 1740, on the Swatara, in
j Svratara, in Kast Hanover township, then Lao
j casti-r, rt< w I.elation county. His father was
' a miller, nnd followed that occuption when
j Lindler wan born. but afterward* devoted his
attention to mercantile pursuits, And amassed
a considerable fortune by trading to the West
I Indies, f.indley was the oldest of twelve
' children, and when about seven years of age
was sent to Philadelphia, that he might have
the benefit of a better education than could
be had at Swatara. He studied law in Nw
York, aud at the age of twenty-two was called
to tbe bir, wbere lie gained for himself tbe
reputation of an • honest lawyer." His
'■Grammar of the English Language" was
composed in England in 1784, and published
in tbe spring n 17So. many millions of copies
of which have been sold. He resided in Eng
' lami twenty-two years, most of which time he
was an invalid. He composed many Work*
i besides his grammar. He died ia a village in
a village in Yorkshire, being upwards of eigb
jty years of ego. He i represented as a Chris
, uan ami pliilanthropist. lie left legacies to a
number of relatives and friends, and sums of
I metier to many religious societies. He also
j directed iliat the residue of bis property, after
the death of hie wife, should be devoted to
j pious and IwneTolent uses.
"I'LL CALL Aaoixn ASb PAY."—
j What a world of woe is contained in these
few words to the poor artizno and mechan
ic! "I'll call around aud pay." says the
TO.UV. I I <•' - -' ■•■ - '
bis desk to get the necessary funds, aud
the poor mechanic is obliged to disappoint
bis workmen and all who depend upon him
for their due. It is au easy matter to
work; tbe only real glory in this life ia an
independent idea of being able o sustain
yourself by the labor of your hand*, and
it uiay be easily ituagiued what crushing
force there is in "I'll call around and pay,"
to the laboring man, who depends upon
that pay for subsistence. II those who
could pay would only pay at once, t would
place hundreds and thousands in a condi
tion to do likewise, and would prevent
much misery and distress.
A GOOD SAFE.-T-A correspondent writh
ing frotu Cleveland, describes a breed of
salamander safes, which we should like to
lnve introduced into this part of tbe eoun
tiy
One of our clerks, on Saturday, bought
a Shanghai rooster, and, at night, uuknown
to u, put it fur safe keeping in the safe
That night, our establishment was destroy
ed by fire, and the safe aud its contents were
exposed to a tremendous heat of thirty-six
hours, at the end of which time it was hoist
ed out red hot. As soon as possible, it
was opened, and y-u may judge of our sur"
prise, when we found within'it the Shangha
rooster, leaning against the ledger, frizec to
death.'
VERY EXPLICIT.—"HOW old are you,
Bridget!" said a gentlemen to his servant
girl. "About fifty, sir," replied Bridget.
; "You are mistaken Bridget, you are not
over twenty. "Yes sir, ftttef is it. I'm
about twenty or fifty somewhere • along
there." This answer indicates a&ut the
same degree of intelligence as that of an
old gry-headed negro in South Carditis'.
"How old are you, Pete?" said a gentle
man to him, one day. "I dunno' Massa, I
feels berry old; I speet I'se about five or
six hundred."
[£/™'Spirtt is now a very fashionable word,
to act with spirit, to speak with spirit,
means only W act rashly and indiscreetly.
An able man show# spirit by gentle
words and resolute aetioost he is neither
hot nor timid. ' f
■ ..r , - ,
! THE OLD SPANISH COSNS-—We
learn that the average yield of worn Spaa
i ish coins at the Mint of tbe United States,
Philadelphia, is as follows-
Quarters 1231 oeeta.
Eighths 10 9^10"
Sixteenths Si u
The Treasurer of the MIDI pays i the
new issue of sliver for atiiouut* exceeding
five dollars in value, immediately upon as
certaining tbe weight of such as are presen
ted, at tbe rate of §1 22 i per troy ounce,
y/*lml4phm Intro***-