Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 7 November 1857 — Page 1

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NEW SERIES- VOL. IX, NO. 16.

THE M1DHI6HT BOBBER

stand this no longer, Nellie oar

,t children most have bread, come #hat will," and. the speaker, who bad been rapidly striding up and down the little room, stop* pen suddenly before a pale, thin woman, wboie wondrous beauty bad defied, in neasure, the ravage* of the demon povcr-

*J .' "s "Courage, Arthur, all will yet be well. I bare nearly finished thi« garment, and

Mr. Wilkins baa promised to supply me with as many as I can make at the usual priee." "And what is the nsual price? Scarce enongh to pay for the fuel that must be bad to keep your fingers from stiffening." "Do not exaggerate, Arthur though the

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clouds loom darkly over us, the sun still shines. There is One above who noteth the sparrows even as they foil. He can command the clouds to roll away, that the sun may again illumine our path." "Would you could imbue mc, sweet wife, with your own sanguine spirit, bnt that would be impossible. Look at those innoccnt childrer.—sweet buds of love, as you once called them—fading rapidly for the want of nourishment, and yourself, too think you I am blind and cannot sec the foe that would snatch you from my bosom? Oh! Nellie, God only knows with what ag£ny 1 have watchcd your aling chcck and dimming eye, and yet you whisper courtage.

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of it no more, it will drive me

mad." And he croancd aloud in bitter­

ness of spirit. Tear after tear rolled do5n the pale wife's chcck, but the fingers only Sow the faster, and at last, as the

the city clock marked the hour of nine tl»c shirt was completed. Softly rising, so as not to disturb the sleeping children, she advanced to a closet. Taking therefrom a bonnet and faded shawl, she prepared 'o go out. Ilcr husband, who had buried his face in hie hands, hearing her light uiove"ment, divined her intention, and voluntecrcd to carry home the finished garment.—

Forcing a grateful smile on her lips she bade him watch the sleeping ones, &s she desired to take the air. Wearily she ^.wended her way through the dimly-lighted 6trccts, starting like a timid fawu at every 'approaching footstep. With a sigh of relief, she cutcred the brilliautly-lighted store, and rdvanccd to where the foreman stood. With a sickcniug leer in his eyes and a half-smile on his sensual lips, he addressed her: "Well, pretty one, what's wanted

Appeariug not to notice his insulting manner, she drew the bundle from under her shawl and laid it on the counter. "Oh! you have brought the work, sweet! Hope it's well done. Those dainty fingers of yourn were never made to work. Feel highly interested in you, dear—must find you some more profitable employment.— Can't you come here at eleven—store closes then. I'll take you to my sister's —generous woman—loves to befriend pretty girls—ha! ha! Dress you like a queen —introduce you into good soeicty—should not mind visiting you occasionally tnya/jlf. There, here comes a customer! Eleven precisely, love don't forget."

And Brother Lougfacc, as he was called by the sisters of church, laid Nellie's bundle on the shelf, and turned

toward the front door of the store. An indignant flush spread over Nellie's facc, but the thought of her starving children restrained her, and she merely aaid: "Mr. Longfacc, I aiu a wife and mother let that protcct mc from insult. Can you pay me?" "It is against the rules to pay out any money after six o'clock. Come in to-mor-row."

Tired and heart-sick, Nellie again entered her rickety abode. Her husband, seoing the tears in her eyes, kindly said: "Nellie, you arc weeping what is the matter?" j.'

Nellie merely told him thai she could not rcccvc the sum till to-morrow. Starting up, he snatched his sap from a nail where it hung. "They will not give mc work," he muttered, "they shall give mc money. Yes, the tide of fate shall engulf mc if my heart's dearest idols can by that means be saved."

Ilia fieroe looks and strange his words frightened Nellie, and she would have detained him, but he was gone, With & shudder and shriek she fell senseless on the bed.

Lena Marcy sat in a cosy arm chair, gating abstractedly into the blazing grate fire. She was drinking the first intoxicating ^draught of love that uight, when, gliding through the quadrille, Walter had pressed her hand and softly whispered 'My Lena.'

The striking of the French clock aroused her from her reverie. Plaeing her diamonds on the bureau, she knelt by the bed and breathed the prayer her mother had taught her years ago the* seeking her couch ahe soon slept the fearless sleep ot innocence: _:"rWhen the low brtathiag fell regularly a dark font} crept Health!^ fnw» it* biding plaoe behind the heavy cartaiM. Caatiously It approaches th* trinkets. ^ef*ket waa already in' ht&d 'iAm'ii* Mknu am*.

ing down, be watchcd the fair girl, and when she again breathed regularly, he rote. An angel of light and beauty she looks as she lay there. As Arthur Milden —for he it was—gazed, his mind wandered to the far off past. He remembered a face the very counterpart of that. It had belonged to his only sister. Where was now that sister? Driven forth by a father's tngcr, perhaps she bad perished by starvation, or—but it could not be—she could meet death, but not dishonor. A slight stirring of the curtains caused him to raise his eyes. The casket dropped out of his hand, and gasing on the picture of his sister, he murmurod: "Lena! sister Lena!" "Who calls?" spoke Lena Marcy, languidly opening her eyes then seeing the dark form beside her, she fled to the door but a strong arm stayed her, and a band was placed firmly over her mouth. "Hush, lady, hush," whispered Arthur Milden as he drew her to the easy chair,

and knelt beside her "I came not here to «l»e co"1 J'P8

harm you my wife and children are starv-

ing, and 1 determined to give them food."

His look of hopeless anguish reassured the frightened girl, and forgetting in her sympathy the impropriety of her situation, she bade him tell his story Briefly he spoke of his past life, how his mother had died, leaving him and a Laby sister to the tender mercies of a man who, though a father, loved only to dreg the wine cup with boon companions. How, when Lena reached her seventeenth year, she was commanded to marry one of those boon companions, a man two years her father's senior how, on refusing, she was driven forever from beneath the parent roof how, oickencd at his father's cruelty, he, too, had foi'ever left the spot of his birth, and among strangers had found a prize of untold value, a gentle, loving wife, whose misfortunes awoke, first ii^ then his love. For six month* after their acquaintance, and three before their marriage, she lad been deprived, by oue fell swoop, of an idolizing father and cxpcc'ant. fortuneIIow, after their marriage, tlicy had enjoy, ed three years of uninterrupted bliss, then lie was prostrated on a bed of sickness till r.ll but the actual necessities of life had to be parted with to defray the ncccssary expenses. How, on recovering, he had vainly endeavored to obtain work, till driven to desperation, he had eccrctedliimscif within her room to rob her of the diamond?, that, turned to money, would procure the food they so much needed. "And now," be concluded, "will you yield the midnight robber up to the hands of justice?"

A pearly tear glistened in the silken lashes as she rose and lifted a locket from the mantel. With a look of mingled astonishment and surprise, Arthur watched her press the spring. As the lid flew open she held it before him, and softly whispered: "My mother's brother."

The first tears he had ever shed filled his cy'cs, as he looked on the boyish face, his owu likeness, given to his sister on her fourteenth birthday. Lena silently watchcd his emotions till they had spent their strength, then, handing him a pearl portmonnaic, bade hint remain silent, for the uneasy stirrings of her maid in the adjoining apartment awoke her fears for his safeto. Wrapping the robe around her, she softly opened the door, aud led him down to the basement hall, for she knew the main door could not be opened without considerable noise. "I will sec you to-morrow and tell you all," she whispered, as he passed out into the silent street.

The dim light of conscience was struggling through the portals of Nellie's mind as her husband entered and placed a basket on the table The delicious flavor of its contents sent a grateful odor round the wretched room. "Where aia you obtain them?" she asked, as one articlc after another was laid temptingly before. "They arc the gift of a friend, Nellie.— Call Nell, our blue-eyed pet, up, and little Lena, too. This pure, creamy milk will be a treat to our cherub. Haste, wife, the sun has just risen, and I long to sec our children eat."

For a moment the astonished woman stood irresolute, then laying her hand on her husband's arm, she faltered, while her cheek grew livid with apprehension. "You—you did not steal—take what was another's?" "No, Nellie, your husband has committed no robbery." "Thank God!" she fervently uttered.— Then waking tho slumbering children, thev soon sat down to the first meal that had passed their lips for two days. .•

Again the city hands denoted to the hurrying, bustling world the hour of nine, but this time the stationary face waa not made visible,with gas.butwith the king.outlay, as whirling past in his biasing ehariot he advanced to lus Bid-day throne. A splendid carriage is drawn upbeforethe door, end Nellie sees a vision Of loveliness lifted by a benevolent-looking gentleman to the ground. Lightly ahe trips op the broken ftsan, ajpi withtheold gentleman ear tap the rfoou "PactoA|ttar»" ah* mja,

"my father and Arthur—what ean it mean—turns and introduces her to the lovely creature as aunt Nellie then the old man and her husband shake hands, and Lena, who is cooing in hor arms, is smothered with kisses, because she is cousin Lena's namesake while little Nell is dragged from behind mamma, to see the pretty picture on cousin's ring. Has the light of reason departed, or is she dreaming?— Who is brother Marty and niece Lena? Her husband had but. one sister, and she they believed dead. Such were the thoughts that rapidly passed through her mind, as she handed seats to her visitors but the mystery is soon explained. Lena had not told her father of the midnight robber, but simply told that she had seen uncle Arthur, and he was in want. This was enough for the kind-hearted old man. He who bad called the wife that peacesfuliy slept in the tomb, sister, was dear to him. Then came Lena's story: Lena the elder, we mean, though it was repeated by

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thedaughter. "Af-

being driven from her fathers home,

her mother had obtained the situation of a governess in Mr. Marcy's home. Orvill, my father was then absent. When he returned, my mother's gentleness and beauty won bis heart, and receiving the hearty approval of my grandfather, he wooed nda won the heart of my mother. One year after their marriage, a daughter, myself, was born. Well did my parent fulfill the charge, instructing me themselves. My mother sought to free my mind from obnoxious thought, but she was called away before the task was completed." Here tears and sobs choked Lena's utterance, and her father had to complete the story, by telling him how she had longed to see her brother Arthur, and that her last wish was to meet him in heaven.

One year has passed, and we arc again in Lena Marcy's home. 'Tie winter, as before, and the cheerful fire burns in the grate. A piano is open and Lena is playjag a spirited waltz, while the little ones lock arms, and grandpa, as he had desired them to call him, laughs heartily at their giddy whirls. When they had thoroughly tired themselves, Lena stopped playing, and turning to Uncle"Arthur who sat beside her, asked why he was so thoughtful. "I am thinking, Lena, of the midnight robber, who was no robber after all," he whispered, as she rose to meet a gentleman who had just been announced.

Do hot think it strange, reader, if we 6ay the new coiner pressed his arm around her waist, and was allowed to press a kiss on her ruby lips, "Twas all right! In one week Lena was to be led to the alter, a happy bride. Her father will not be left alone, however—Arthur, his wife and little oues are to remain, aud gladden his home. Though, do not think for a moment, reader mine, they are recipients of his bounty. The sun has broken through the restraining clouds, and Arthur, by his father's death, is made the possessor of a valuable estate in New Orleans. The secret of that dark hour has been faithfully kept, and his wife and brother know not how near he once stood to the seething pool of ruin, aud was saved by their household light from becoming a mid-night robbetr!

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. The Louisville <Courier> of a recent date says:

While banks are suspending and bankers are breaking, and manufacturers are assigning, and merchants are going to protest, and the people are rushing into financial ruin, we must pause occasionally to muse upon some of the monarchs of the wreck. Our railroads have done as much as any one thing to bring about the present state of things. The twenty thousand miles on which the iron horse now rushes across plains, leaps athwart rivers, bounds over hills, and darts through mountains, have cost $433,000,000 of stock paid in, and $303,000,000 of bonds issued, and $40,000,000 of floating debt created, making in all $770.000,000.

Besides this enormous sum there are sixteen thousand mile unfinished, which, together with the sum necessary to keep

the completed roads from ruin, will cost

the day. The giant Is lying upon his back. The monach [sic] is chained like Prometheus to to the barren promontory. The receipts of $2,476,000 last year could not save his paper from protest. His stock in less than thirty days fell from ninety-four to seven-ty-one cents, and there is no telling how much more it will go down. The 2,700, 000 acres of land granted by congress were not territory enough for such a giant scheme, and his bonds, secured by a mortgage upon these lands, have recently been sold at sixty-five cents. At last the whole concern has gone to protest and made an assignment preparatory to passing into the hands of the bond-holders.

The fall of this road will be a terrible shock to our railroad credit in Europe. No more railroad bonds will be sold there again very soon. The unfinished roads of our country will have to remain as they are for some time to come, or get means at home. We must now have a general squaring of accounts with railroads as well as individuals. We have been living entirely too fast, and we must now look back upon the path our follies and extravagance have strewn with so many wrecks. The day of settlement has been long postponed, and has come upon us in the midst of the products of the earth. It could not, therefore, have come upon us at a better time, for although many of us may break, none of us will starve. We shall cease to pay debts and eat and grow fat in the midst of what the less fortunate would call adversity. ———<>———

A lASII|.\«\VII»»WWIT-- FKKF-I.OVK I'liOCUVITII'S-FIVK AIHOIiOIS itO. I.ANIlltS IN N!Nr Lrl. «il S TIJATIONS.

A good looking and buxom widow, residing on Rnce street, has been receiving the attentions of five different adorers, all of whom she has managed to dcccive in such a manner as to induce cach to believe himself the only favored lover. The widow belongs to the same ethical school as Cleopatra, Helen, aud Aspasia, not allowing the grim law to interfere between her and her affections but this unfortunate peculiarity seems to have had no effect upon her admirers, who have long bccu as ardent as she could have wished. llow she could have managed to prevent one from suspecting the other is beyond our imagining, and can only be explained by a full and abiding faith in female invention and power of management. That she did so, however, we kre assured and the secret of her having five lovers instead of one might have remained inviolate until this time, had it not happened that one of her lovers became intoxicated and called at the wrong hour, entering by a night key with which he had been provided, when he discovered to his great surprise that the widow must possess two hearts, or one equally divided.

The lovers had a row, of course one thought the other a robber, and attempted to throw him down stairs. "Watch" was cried vociferously, ancl" the widow was finally compelled to confess her weakness for both, when they concluded it useless to seek further cause of quarrel and entered iuto amiable relations.

But one of the twain, a kind of Iago-like fellow, suspected, since he found a second lover, that there must be more. So he set inquiries on fuotj and investigated the mystery until it was unraveled. He soon learned that the perfidious female had four intimate friends beside himself. lie formed a plan he invited them by notes purporting to come from the fair widow, to visit her on a certain night about the same hour. No. 1 came, and was hardly seated when No. 2 knocked, and No. 1 was put into the closet. No. 3 reached the door, and No. 2 crawled under the bed. No. 4 stepped gingerly over the threshold just as No. 3 ran into the closet where No. 1 was concealed.

A scene ensued, aud a prospect of a knockdown, with the tallest kind of swearing, when Nos. 2 and 4 came forth and endeavored to tranquillize affairs. This wo'd have made things worse, as all were on the joint of indulging in "the noble sci nee of boxiana," when No. 5 entered, told them they had all been deceived, and that each should bear his burden with a due degree of philosophy. They concluded this the best course, after due deliberation, and denouncing the widow, left her in tears and protesting her innocence in vain.

Since then she has striven with all her arts to win her lovers back again, but they would not come, and next week she leaves for the East, where she can probably live independently, having realized enough, it is said, from the generosity of those who were so devoted to her here-, to do as the Assyrian empress did, and "whistle this idle love to every wind of hcaveu."—C'i/i. Com.

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another $300,000,000. to catch*them. To see a printer old in It is not woudertui, therefore, that rail- years jg a rare thing, because they seem to roads, after causing so much trouble in the j,e particularly under the influence of that finances of the country, should get iuto dictum, which says, "whom the gods love, trouble themselves. And so they are get- jie young." ting into trouble of no ordinary character. The Illinois Central Kail lioad, one of the giant institutions of the age, oue of the enterprises known iu Europe as well iu America, tn2 of the most magnificent undertakings that the financial genius of man has desigued in our country—the Illinois Central lias made an assignment.

There are but two railroads in the whole country that have cost more money than this. The New York and Erie has expended $33,000,000, and the New York Central $28,000,000, while the Illinois Central may be said to have cost $25,000,000. Next in rank to these giants of the empire of steam, are the Philadelphia and Reading, at a cost of $19,000,000; the Ohio and Mississippi, $l5,000,000 and the Hudson River, $12,000,000. To these monarchs of the locomotive crown, all the other roads of the land bow in the humility of not having cost so much money. The Illinois Central is, however, the longest of any road in the land, extending as it does over a distance of seven hundred and four miles.

One of the peculiarities of printers is

t},at

thoy seldom live long enough for luck

Lately there was a young English printer, named Henry Floyd, engaged on the Savannah Georgian, and yesterday he sailed from this port for Liverpool, on the ship 'Georgia,' having received the wclcome news that he was heir to an estate of JCOO,000, about $300,000, a sum much to be dc-sir.-d in 'hard times!'

Flo\d is calculated to make a sensation with bis fortune, so in anticipation of 'the good time coming,' he did certainly 'cut his stick.' Yesterday he sailed down the Bay with a Champagne bottle in one hand and a flag in the other, upon which was written: "Hurrah for the Press which gives good proof of the work and adds to the columns of Liberty." Savannah Georgian.

FIVE LITTLE GIRLS BITTEN BT A MAD DOG.—The Woolstock Sentinel ot the 30th ult, states that five little girls were bitten by a dog supposed to be mad, at Huntley's Station, on the Chicago, St. Paul and Fond da Lac .Railroad.

Bat the Illinois Central, in spite ef its wghty eost, its extended credit, iu grett eo^uette is a rosebush, from lengfti, and its hpge tssets, has gone ihf. viich each jonng bean plucks leaf, aad iragrtf —ilftrt «ttoett*ofithetfconw are left far the hashaad.

CEAWFOBDSVILLE MOITCM)M£RY COUNTY INDIANA, NOV. 7, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 790.

SCALPING A WOMAN ON THE PLAINS. Some weeks ago news from Carson Valley was published which toldof the almost total destruction of an emigrant train by the Indians. A woman who was one of the train, was scalped and left for dead.— It turns out however, that she was not dead, and she has since recovered to tell the extraordinary story of her sufferings and her resolute endurance, which deceived the savages. The Red Bluffs <Beacon> of the 16th of September thus tells the story:

An instance of the most remarkable fortitude and heart-rending cruelty we ever heard of is related to us by a black man by the name of Scott, who has recently arrived here from Missouri, by the way of the Plains. He informs us that, a short time before he arrived at Stony Point, on the Humbolt River, the Indians attacked a train of six men, one woman and a child. The men were all killed but one, who made his escape. The child was also killed, and its mother shot in several placcs with arrows, scalped, and left for dead.

All the while they were scalping her and stripping the clothes from her body, she was perfectly conscious of what they were doing, but feigned death, and let them tear the skin from her head without even giving signs of life, knowing that if she did, they would either dispatch her at once or take her into hopeless captivity.— At one time, when they had left her for a moment, she ventured to changc her position, in order, if possible, to relieve herself from the uncomfortable posture in which she was lying but on their return they very soon discovered that she had moved and, for fear that life might not be extinct, they took hold of the arrows that were still sticking in her body, and worked them about in the wounds, and pushed them deeper into her flesh, and stamped upon her with their heels.

All this she endured without uttering a groan or drawing a breath that could be perceived by the savages: and in that condition was left as food for the wolves. Fortunately, however, a train came along before she had lain long in that condition, and dressed her wounds and brought her along with them and not the least remarkable fact attending the whole matter is, that she is fast recovering from her wounds. Her head, we are told, is nearly well, and the arrow wounds doing better than any one expected. ---<>---

LIFi: IX THE I:AST-NISNA S All HI'S Ilvlto. During the time I was occupied in making my salaam to the Maharajah, my wife was conducted into the zenana. She thus describes her visit—of course the holy of holies was closed to my profane eyes: "1 was ushered into a room in the most retired wing of the castle, through a series of doors, each door being closed and bolted immediately on my passage through. I

This young lady was very shy, hung di«wn her head, and seemed much abashed at the formidable apparition of an European lady of the Nineteenth Century. She was repeatedly urged to spca'i to me, her companions, who said. "Speak to the English lady." At last she mustered up the courage to say, "Apaka misag atcha by memsahib?"—"Is your constitution in good order?" literally equivalent, in fact, to our "How d'ye do?" This was said with her head turned and eves averted, in the manner of the most coy and prim school girj. The other two inhabitants of the zenana, or harem, were a girl of about 12

years of age, and one about 18, dressed in [,. could do so for sobbin similar style, &nd ornamented with similar jewelry. .Such a liberal display of precious stones, at least on these ladies, failed to produce anything splendid in effect, none of the wearers being good-looking, even for native women. The oldest, iudeed, was repulsively ugly, with long, yellow teeth. This lady, who appeared to be the spokeswoman of the party, and particularly amiable and affable, asked mc my age, and in return told mc hers.

I was offered by all these nymphs native peetmcats, &c. They asked me numerous questions about England, and, amongst others, "Whether the ladies and princes' wives (Begums) were kept behind a pindab—secluded—as they were?" and on my telling them that they went about with their faccs perfectly visible in public, they seemed much astonished, but said it was "Bout atcha," "Very good and seemed to imagine this would suit them very well, al'hough I must say that three plainer faces never were sccluded behind a pindah.— Poor things, I pitied them and, after a little more conversation, under difficulties, I made my parting salaam, and, shaking hands with all around, 1 retired. They expressed afterwards the pleasure (hey dcri ed from the interview, and the moonshie (Prang Doss Tewarrie)often spoke of their having repeatedly inquired for me sincc. The' two cider ot the ladies, I was told, were married (sardi) to members of the late Peishwab, but had no family. They said, indeed, to me, "Hummerab pas koncti baba nay. hy,*—i. e., "We have no children." This seemed to distress the elder lady very much, as ahe appealed and exprassed herself to be very fond of thildiw.

TttK M'llVfiX.

Near the Pyramids, more wondrous and more awful than all else in the land of Egypt, there sits the lonely Sphynx.— Comely the crcature is, but the comeliness is not of this world: the once-wor-shipped Wast is a deformity, and a monster to this generation, and yet you ean see that those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned according to some ancient mould of beauty—now forgotten—rorgotten, because that Greece drew forth the Cythcria from the flashing form of the Aegean, and in her image created new forms of beauty, and made it a law among men that the short and proudJywrcathed lip should stand for the main condition of loveliness, through all generations to come. Yet still there lives on the race of those who were beautiful in the fashion of the elder world: and Christian girls of coptic blood will look on you with tho sad, serious gaze, and kiss your charitablc hand with th a big, pouting lips of the very Sphynx.

Laugh and mock if you will at the wor* ship of stone idols, but mark ye this, ye breakers of images, that in one regard, the stone idol bears awful semblance ot Deity—uuchangefulness in the midst of change—the same seeming will and intent foravcr and inexorable! Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopiou and Egyptian Kings: upon Arab and Ottoman conquero s—upon Napoleon dreaming of an Eastern Empire—upon battle and pestilcncc—upon the ceaseless mystery of the human racc— upon kcen-cycd travelers—llcroditus yesterday and Warburton to-day—upon all and more, this unwordly Sphynx has watched, and watched like a Providence, with the same earnest eyes, and the same sad, tranquil mien. And we, we shall die,

arrived at l»«rt hefore a large and handsome quilt, or crimson silk curtain (pin/Jah,) 'and Islam shall wither awav and the Engwhich, being drawn aside, I entered a 1: r^e lishman. leaning far over to hold his loved room, the floor of which was cevered with Lidia will plant a firm foot on the banks beautifully white linen, drawn tight, aud of the Nile, and sit in the seats of the fastened at the four corners of the room. I faithful aud still that sleepless rock w.ll was introduced iuto this 'sanctum sane- lie, watching and watching the works ol torum' by no less a personage than hi* the new, busy race, with those same sad, Highness Treasurer, Baba Butt, who, af- earnest eyes, and the same tranquil mien ter introducing me. left me to commence a conversation with the apparently stolid inmates of the zenane.- The walls of the room were one mass of mirrors from the ceiling to the grouud. 'ihe only furniture in the apartment were three Barcilly

everiastiug. You dare not mock at the Sphynx.—Kothen.

A Fill.NCH SKKTCIl or NA *IIA111. The Athcneum saj that, according to M. Eugene Pcrgcanx, in the Caurricr dc

coucle3, on onQ^of which sat a child of about Paris, wc are all in a mistake about Nena seven years old, dressed in yellow ganzt:, Saiiib. M. Pergeaux does not indeed repthe whole of whose breast was covered resent this fiend as an Adonis but in other with pearls, to the amouut of three lae.s of. respects he describes the too famous Sahib rupees the feet were fare the ank es as having so soft a heart that, despite his were adorned with large ml heavy bangles' whipping children to death and murdering (rings of gold,) cach worth about.5,000 ri pees the arms also were covered wiMi the same description of ornaments of oiifercnt sizes, ext:udiug from the wrist to the elbow.

women, he cannot read a tender line in Bvron or Shakspcare without being moved to' tears! He speaks French, Ital-an and English is acquainted with their several literatures talks English as fluently and with as much precision as any English gentleman, and has translated Hamlet m\o llindoo, to the great admiration of competent critic.'. Then the heart that could comprehend "Ophelia" was. of course, accessible to influences from living beauty and this amiable Nena so loved the fair Miss Margaret O'Suliivan that, when she died of consumption, he went and wept over her tomb, and would not be consoled. He wandered about his palace, this exquisite luver, repeating nothing it "Poor Margaret." then his eyes would suffuse wi tears, and lie would quote some appropriate passage from Byron as well as

Since that time he never lovtd woman, it is supposed, says M. Pergeaux but this adorable individual took to riding steeple, chases, playing in fcncing matchcs and killing tigers couly in single combat. But, best of all, he i3 the man who hr.s music in his soul, and he told "le jeune Wooths" that French Wfosic was his especial delight —the soft, gay, brilliant, light French music—and to show that he spoke with connoissancc de fait, he sat down to the piano and improvised an air that brought down the loudest applause from an audience of connoisseurs. M. Pcrgeaux seems puzzled to account for tiic hyena turn taken by this heroic geutlemau—but he assures us, that he finds, upon inquiry, such was the man whose name now, in the nostrils of every human being warmed by a spark of Christian love and charity, slinks almost as foully as that of Satan himself.

The Athennim seems to forget that the

scntimentalism which M. Pergeaux attrib-jj.

utcs to Nena Sahib, is not inconsistent with a character capable of the most atrocious deeds. Similar amiabilities aro recorded of Nero, one of the most crucl of the Roman emperors.

•flTA gentleman from Kansas reports no bard times there. They have no banks nothing but gold in circulation. Nebraska is in a very different condition. Her sbinplaster establishment has failed, and prices are prostrated.

I9*ln Paris they hire ladj to fium the boxes at a critical passage in a new tvagedj.

The most astonishing thing was, that the HI'-NJ-Y J.AV 05 C.'l.O SL'f FTIACir. child of seven years old had been betroth- Ihe cITocts of tho dcc!rin«? of nrgro ed for some time, I Was informed, to at equality upon the rhitc laborers were thns grand-nephew of the Utc Fcishwnh, and, set forth in IS40 by IJon. Henry Clsy. in incredible as it may seem to European car.s j» letter to Mr. Col ton hi3 biographer, Mr. Was to be formally married to him almost Clay say?: immediately." "The Slnvos, being free, Tronhl bo di«-

Thus tfftded my wife's interview and pcrscd throughout the union they would mine which, though a very cordial and enter into compcticn with the free labor, clamorous audience, was withal a somewhat crs—with the American, the Irish, the stupid one. After it was over, wc mount-! German—reduce his wrsgc, ho confounded ed an elephant, and went to our new rcsi- with him, and afoct his moral ntanding. dence, which for one month I forrad very And as the nltrr.3 go both for abolitionism comfortable. Th- Rajah Nena Sahib mad'e and amalgamation, their objcct is to unite his appcarancc about breakfast time, and usually brought some handsome fiewers or valuable fruit, and his emissaries besieged mc daily with along account of the wrongs he had experienced at the hands of the British Government, by their having stopped the pension granted to former Peishwaha on the demise of the late one, his reputed father, he being the adopted son.— This kind of life continued for oftc month, at the end of which time I returned to Cawnpore, I did not see the r-oi.disant Peishwah again, but he sent a gh&rric and an cscort fo bring mc from Cawnpore to Kittoor, at 12 o'clock ou the last night I .staid in Cawnpore, which was about the cud of January, 1854.

in marriage tho laboring white man and the laboring black woman, to rcduce the white laboring mnn to the despised and degrading condition of the black man."

ANTI-CELIBACY CLUBS,—Several female slubs have been formed in the departments of the Var and Girondc in France, for mutual relief against celibacy. The original club, after which the others arc modelled, has been in existancc for four years. Each member pays lOfr. monthly to the treasurer. These subscriptions produced annually 24,OOOfr., to which is added the amount raised by two half yearly lotteries, of which the prizes are composed of valuable articles tho gifts of the members.— The original club is composed of 200 young ladies. At the end of the year, the Society is enabled to dispose of 30,000 or 40,000fr., which Jerve to give a marriage portion to two or three of tho members, chosen by ballot. If the fortunate candidates are not married within a year, tho money returns to the common fund, and an additional candidates arc portionedthe following year. The members of the club continue tn pay their subscription for ton years after their marriage, and arc bound to faci itatc by all means in their power the marriage of their former associates. The members of the Association, married or single, are bound as long as they live to aid and succor their follow members under all circumstances,

DEATH OF GEORGE IV.—No man cliing to life with greater eagerness than George IV,, or was more unwilling to hear from those about him any hint or suspicion of his apparent decay- When confined to his room, and his case was evidently hopeless, he still felt the vital stamina so strong in liiin that he would not believe in his own danger ho talked of preparations for the approaching Ascot races, which he would attend in person an showed a confidence in his recovery which all around him knew to be impossible. On the 27th of May, 1836, prayers were ordered to be read in the churches for the restoration of the King's health anc although tho work of death was gradually approaching, the most contradictory accounts were constantly circulated of his real state. At length the awful moment arrived. He went to bed without any particular symptom on the night of the 25th of June, but at 3 o'clock in the morning he seemed to awake in great agitation, and called for assistance. Sir Walthen Waller, who was in attendance, came to his bedside, and at his request, helped to raise him from his bed. lie then exclaimed "Watty, what is this? It is death! They have dcccivcd mc!" and in that situation without a struggle expired. —liaihes.

"DIF.D POOR!"—As if anybody could die rich, and in that act of dying, did not loose the grasp upon title deed arid bond, and go away a pauper, out of time! No gold, ojcwel.s, no lands or tenements.— And yet men have bccu buried by charity's hand, who did die ricli died worth a thousand thoughts of beauty, a thousand pies ant n.e nories, a thousand hopes restored.

A DIFFERENCE.—The following is stated to have been a real occurrence on board a Western steamer, the other day:

In the long saloon of the boat, a singular scene was presented. At one end a clergyman was preaching to a small crowd gathered around him. In the middle, gambling was in busy progress, and at the other extremity of the saloon, there was inusic and dancing. Between the several thus variously engaged, the most pcrfect civility prevailed.

Now IS THE VERY TIME TO

AnVEE-

TISE.—Dull times arc perhaps the very best for advertisers. What little trade is going on tlu-y get, and whilst others aro grumbling they pay their way, and with the newspaper as a life preserver, swim on the top of the water, while others arc sinking all around. But the necessity of advertising is the more manifest now, because thus only can a large trade be sccu.cd

ierA rnaii by the name of Dougal McDugald, a Scotchman, killed himself in New York a few days ago, by swallowing a Bet of false teeth, while in a state of dclir.uin.

ATTEMPTED SUSPENSION.—A prisoner named Todd, confined in Jibson county jail, trii to commit suicide one day laat week, by dusponding" himself at the end of a rope

POLITE TO THE LAST.—On his death be a distinguished humorist requested that no one might be invited to hie funeral. "Because says the dying wag, "it is a civility I can never repay.',

t&"lhc Boston Courier has heard of scarecrow which has been invented by a down-easter, so terrific and hideous that all the crows in the neighborhood are bus-

engazcd

in bringing back the corn ihey

stole a year ago!

l&"On Friday last Mr. N. B. Prescott, a carpeiiter, while working upon a bouse at Peru, fell from the scaffold and was so severely injured that he livod but Bix hours after the accident.

iSrThc editor of tho Iowa Democrat, who attended the late Fair in that State, says:

The best woolen cloak was worn by a lady of Muscatine also tho best soeki and best home made shirt.

Some people might be curioca to know how the editor fouftd all this ant.