Indiana American, Volume 15, Number 4, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 January 1847 — Page 1

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BY C. F. CLARKSON.

SPOILS 022 For the Indiana American. "HE IS POOR!" T MITCHELL TAUL. Ye slaves of black and hellish Pride Ve scorners 'f your God Ye who take Fashion for your guide And bow uiuo her nod With a servility too base For Honor to endure. Why look with contempt and disgrace Upon the honest poor 1 Ye butterflies of but an hour (Small in the scale of worth.) Why w ill ye crush, when in your power The noblest sons of earth ? Why seek to tread 'neaih Fashion's heel The sons of sore affliction ? Art not afraid lest ye may feel High Heaven's malediction 7 Think re. because keen poverty llaih fallen to his lot, That i) his soul no dignity Can find a resting spoil -Think ye because the man is poor He cannot act and feel, Or thai he will your taunts endure, And at your bidding kneel ? Shame on such hae, ignoble views ! (Apply sage Reason's rod) They uubecmue a form which bean The inline of its Goo, And are a butle-queou the name The not-le name of man, And is a lasting, damning stain Upon Dame Nature's plan ! Intelligence may burn as bright Around that poor man's soul As ver bathed the world in light And shone on deathless scroll, Hi heart may bp as good an one As just deeds can procure A ever bask'd in wisdom's sunBut, Heavens! " he is poor !" Far blacker than the w alls of hell Must be the human heait Whence vile words like these are known Wiih fiendish joy o start, And blistei'd be the venom'd tongue That wouid an utterance vent, Alt' have upon the zpphyr rung So foul a sentiment! " But he is poor !" ye lightnings flash And rend the poles asunder Ye rocks against each other dash And echo to the thunder But let no one presume himself Above his fellow-man Because he hat!i more worldly pelf, Or is in Fashion's van ! Il.v! you, h with your needle toil Fiom rr.orn till dusky eve, And often burn the midnight oil A living to achieve An I you, wiih toil-worn, sunburnt hands. Who eirn your daily bread . By honest labor sweat t.f browFear not lifi up your bend ! I'd lather fill a beggar's grave, Or roam the deseit wild Than be vain Fashion's servile slave And Piide'shase, pamper'd child, I'd rather to obscurity Bend wiih a willing nod A son of bleak Misfortune be Ti;n ihu insult m v God ! The Faults of a Kan. BY ONE OP THE OA-ALS. A thousand faiilts in man we find Merit in him we seldom meet ; Man's incontan( and unkind. Man i fle and iadiscreet ; Man's capricious, jealous, fiee, Insincere and ihflinp. too ; Yet still Hi v, ne.i all agree, For wani .-f h.u.r-h mHstdo! Lfliet. A loi'irel Tin G vern r of Missouri, (a married man) in his message to the L-Jitlatur, recommends that a man iail not he permitted to go security tciVAmtr the content oj his wife. The Lee-islatm-e has referred the recommendation t . ttie cotMiderati in of a select commit-t-The same message sajs: 'Tiie net authorizing the sale of Slate bon is wa defective in n t provi ting a place for their re.lenipiioii as well as the payment of the bonds. Teddy, my boy, j 11 gues how many c'le-ses there are, in this ere bag;au' faiih. I'll give you the whole five. Five 10 be sure. Arrrah, by my soul! bad luck to the man that loulJ ye.' 'Just step into the street, and I'll give you a cowhiding.'said a rowd v to an Irish man. Br my soul, now.' replied p,,t,an' 1 w mld'iudoit if you'd give me two of thf-n.

A Windfall for the "Youns'un "

The following is the "richest" thing 1 1 A M-SlL fc. . , ..r mr, . una nmnjaoay. l a ap preciatt it (says the New York Sprit or the Times.) it may be necessary trf know that some seven years since a perfeon by the name of Burnham died in tnndon without a will, leaving an immenst ,,ropeity behind him, estimated at soiAe millions sterling in value. The news leach ed this country, and the Burnhamsl were consequently in high feather in reference to their property! An agent was chosen to look after the property in Europe! the story went the rounds or the press, and a variety of genealogies and pedigrees ere forwarded to London. It all ended in smoke however;no satisfactory legal prbol having been found that the Burnhams'in England ever 'belonged to any body iiM.nuriuc mirr. a lew days ago aft! eminent legal gentleman of this city) iwno naa oeen engaged by some of the parties interested to ferret the matter out,) addressed letters again to the tupposed heirs, thus renewing the old story about the "Burnham fortune." Our Young 'Un" received a copy of this communication, hich we annex, with his rply: copy. New Yobk, Nov. 4, 1846. Dear Sir, I am desirous of ascertaining whether yon are in any wise related to Mr. John G. Bumham, (of England) who w as lost at sea, some fifty or sixty years ago! or are yon or ihe family of Orrin Buinham, an Englishman, who came o this country somewhere from 1785 to 1788? Be good ennug'i at your earliest leisure to inform me. if you are so connected, and at the same time send me the names and residences of your father, grandfather, and uncles on the father's side. A large landed p.-operly, (some three millions sterling in value.) has been leUby a descendant of the Burnham family in England, and it may be of pecuniary advantage to you to establish your pedigree. Let me hear from you as soon as convenient. Very resp'y, yourobed't,serv't, , Atl'y for the Heirs. To Geo. P. Burnham, Esq!, Fianklin House, Philadelphia. rcplt. Franklin House. ) Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1846. $ Hon , New York. My Dear Sir, Your favor under date 4th inst.. came duly to hand and I improve my earlieit moment of leisure (after the unavoidable delays attendant upon procuring the in formation you seek,) to reply. You are desirous of being made acquainted with my "pedigree." I have to inform you that I have taken some days to examineinio ihe matter.aiid, after a careful investigation of the 'records," find that I am a descendant, in the direct line, from a gentleman very well remembered in these parts, by the name nf Adam. The old man had two sons, Cain,' and Ahel, they were called. The latter, by the other's hands, went dead one day; but as no Coroner had been appointed in the county, where they resided, verdict was postponed, A third son wns born, whom they called 'Seth.' Cain Adam had a son named Enoch, who had a son (in the fourth generation) by the name of Malech. Malethhad son whom they called Noah, from whom I trace, di rectly, my own being, j Noh had three sons. 'Shem,' 'Ham,' jand 'Japhet.' The eldest and younaest, .Shem and Japhet, were a couple of the j'b'hoys, and Ham was a very well dispoSiiioned young gentleman, who slept at j home o'nights. But his two brothers, unfortunately, were not so well i-iclined. mm was a sort rf 'J.nhro the butt of ; his two brothers; ho had done him brown' so many limes that they call-d hiinbiirot.' , For many yea's he . known, therefore 'Burnt Ham. Before hisdeaihhe anP1" (" (he Leg tl attire, in his d'ggins. '"r change of mme. He dropped the r'" as passed eniitling him to the of Burn-hain and hence the srname of your humble servant. S i much for the name. in several of the newspapers of that period, I find allusions made to a very severe rain ttorm, which occurred 'just about this time.' and ihe public prints (of all partis) agree that 'the storm w as tremen dous, and that 'an immense amount of damage was done to the shipping and commercial interests.' As this look place some four thousand years back, you w ill not. I presume, expect me to quote the particular details of this circumstance, ex cepi so fir as refers directir to my own relatives. I may here add, however, that subsequent accounts inform me that sr. ery thing of any particular value was destroyed. A private letter from Ham, da j at that ti.ne.declares thatubere wasn't

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Old Noah found that it was 'gitiin' werry wet under foot,' (to use a familiar expression of his.) and he wisely built a Canal-boat, (of very generous dimensions) for the safety of himelf and family. Finding that the rain continued, he enlarged his hoat,so that he could carry a very considerable amount of luggage, in case of accident. This foresight in the old gentleman proved most fortunate, and only confirms the established opinion.that the family is smart' for 'the storm continued unabated for forty days and forty titghia,' (so say the accounts) until 'every species of animal and vegatable matter had been used up. always excepting the old gentleman's Canal boat and cargo! Now Noah was a great lover of animals he was! Of every kind, a male and female.'did hetakeninto his boat with him, and a nice time" they must have had of it for six weeks'. Notwithstanding the fact (which I find recorded in one or the Journals of the day) that a gentleman who was swimming about, and requested the oil gentleman to let him in, upon being reiaseo, declared he might go to grass withMiis old canoe for he didn't .think it woulJ be much of a thower any how! I ay. notwithstanding this opinion of the gentleman, w ho is represented as having been a 'tery expeit swimmerevery thing was destroyed. Ham wasnneofem hevasl He 'knew sufficient to get nut of the rain, albeit he wasn't thought rery witty 7 He took passage w iih the rest, however, and thus did away the necessity of a life preserver, From Ham I trace my pedigree directly down, through all the erades to King Sol omon, without any difficulty who, by the way, was reported to have been a little loose in his habits, was vety fond of the ladies and Manzimilla Sherry. He used to sing songs; too of which the least said the soonest mended.' But, on the whole, Sol. was a very clever, jolly good fellow; and, on several nccassions, gave evidence or pnssesing his share of the cunning natural to our family. Some thought him 'wise but, although I have no disposition to abuse my ancestors, I think the Queen of Sheba (a very nice young woman she was, too,) rather come it' over old fellow " By a continuous chain, I trace my relationship, to generation, down to Mr. Matthew, the Collector (of Gallilee, I think,) who sat at the receipt or customs.' To this connection I was undoubtedly indebted to the appointment some three years back to the second cashier-ship in the Boston Custom House. Matthew lived in the good old'high tarifTiimes,when something in the shape of duties was coming in. But as nothing is told of his Jinale, I rather think he absquatulated with the funds of the Government and thus I account for my removal fiom office in 1845, by Marcus Morton The old fogy probably snspected me, from the fact that Matthew had 'swaitwouted' But I will cinneto the information you desire, without further ado. You know the 'Old 'Un'' undoubtedly. (If you don't there is but very little doubt but you will know his namesake hereafter, if you don't cease to squander ourtimein looking after the plunder of the Burnham family!) Well the 'Old'Un'is in the 'direct line.'to which I have now endeavored to turn your at tention ,and I'have been called nflateyears the 'Yonng'Un' for reasons that would not interest yon: 'To my honored Se nior whom I set down in the category as my legitimate 'dad,' I would refer you for further particulars, tie is tenjcpns ofhis progenyand loves me; I would commend him to you, for it will w arm the cockles of his old heart to learn that the 'Yonng'Un. 1111 luck. If tou chance to live lonj enough to get as far dow n in my letter as Am paragraph, allow me to add, that should you happen to receive any very considerable anion ni, as my share of the 'property.' for the Buruham family, please not over-! look the fart that I am 'one of 'em' and that I have taken pains to tell you 'whir I cum from,' Please forward my dtvi dend by .4dams Co's Express, (if their crates ohoiild be big enough to convey it,) and if it hn1d prove too bulky, turn, 11 into American gold and charter a steamer to come f r the purpose, I shan't mind the expenscl In conclusion I shall only intimate the high consideration I eniertam towards yonrself; for having pre-paid the postage upon your communication a rery nnuual transaction with leal gentlemen. My sensation upou closing this hasty scrawl, are, I fancy, very near v akin to those of the Hibernian w ho

" j 53-An old lady up town, being told but you will allow me to assure yon that ' . . . . J 1 that down was better than common feathit will afford me Ihe greatest pleasure to r . ers, went and filled her beducks with un meet you st the Franklin House, in this j city, where I shall be happy to give yon any further information in my power; 3 She's beautiful, amiable, winy, retouching thai 'putty' in prospective. fined; full of music, poetry and feeling;

I am, very resp'y your ob t serv t GEO. P. BURNHAM.

COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1847.

WantingGirl?. i Happy girls w ho can but love them? , With cheeks like the rose, blight eyes ' and elastic step, how cheerfully they go w incir won. vui repuiauon lor it, such girls will make excellent wives Blessed ; .A m.A :i . i s .uuecu mrn De o secure tucn prizes. Contrast with these contented, cheerful, smiling girls, those who do nothing but sigh all day, and live only to follow the fashions, who never earn the bread they eat or the shoes they wear who are languid and ly from one weeks end to the nihef. Who hut a simpleton and a popinjay would prefer one of the latter, if he were looking for a companion? Give us the working girls. They are worth their weight in gold. Yon never see ihem mincing along, of jump a dozen feet t0 lw dear of a spider or fly, they have no affectation no silly airs about them. When they meet you, they speak without putting on a dozen sill v airs, or trying to show off to better advantage, and you feel as if you were talking to a human being and not to a painted, fallen angel. If girls knew how sadly they rriiss it. while they endeavor to show off their delicate hands and unsoiled skins, and put on a thousand airs thev would pive worlds for ihe siiua'ion of ihe working ladie, w ho are so far above them in intelli gence in honor in everything as the heavens are above the earth. Be w ise. then, you who have made fools of yourselves through life. Turn over a new leaf and begin, though late, to live and act as human beings as companions to immortal man, and not playthings and dolls, in no oihet way can yon be happy and subserve the designs of your exitence. ence. Portland Tribune. Interesting Facts. Lirge waves proceed at the rale of about 35 miles per hour. Many suppose that the water advances with the speed of the wave, but it is not so the form o' the wave only advances, excepting a little spray, while the water remains rising and falling in the same place. The moon is 230 003 miles distant from the earth. With an instrument that mag nifies a thousatd times, she appears ton 230 miles off. The moon is but the fiftieth part of the bulk of the earth. The sun is 1,300,000 times larger than our globe, and distant from the earth 94,500 000 miles. There w ill i0( be a total eclipse of the sun in America, until August 7. 1 869. Anger has pro J need Billions fevci. hemorrhages, inflammation of the brain, apoplexies and death. Plauiins, w hen he beheld the dead body of his w iTe before him, threw himself tipon the corpse and instantly expired, Profits of Authorship Boz has given another Christmas lale. He is said to binaktng fifteen ihousmd pounds a year. Literature is well pnid for in Europe. Douglas Jeriold, who fifieen years ago was as pooi as a church mouse, now rides io his carriage. Benevolent. The Society of Friends, w ith that spirit of humanity which has ever characterized them, has entered into a subscription of 2000, in Dublin, to relieve the wants of the poor thmu jIioui the kingdom; and the same body in En gland have also subscubed 29,000 fur ihe same purpose. I2om,iniic Story. O.ie of the sons ot Scha'mj l, the hero of the Caurassu, wa taken prisoner some tears ago, when about riht years old, by the Russians. The emperor had him brilliantly educated at the Military School, where ho a considered one of ihe best pupils. He never spoke of his father, and appeared to have lorgotten his birthplace. His comrades and professors were isnoraml f his origin, and he was known by a dif ferent name from hi own. He lefi the Military School lai July, and w.n sent a a Lieutenant to the regiment of Finland. A month hark he Jisappeared. leaving a letter for his colonel, in Which he i.if.omed hi:n of his birth, and declared thai, though young, he never has! forgotten his nn'-ive country, and that he was going to juia his father and brothers. This news caused a great sensation, The young S'nsmyl. who is eighteen years of ae is much beloved by his fellow-pupils who at present cannot help admiring the patience and courage with which he endured his lot for so long a lime. It is sup posed that he has succeeded it reaching Sweden. A family of rich Finland paants have been arrested on suspicion of ! having favored his escape, 1 hot she's married, talking to such a being is like owning a ticket in a lottery already

Scene in CourtA IrinI fir mtltrfa in K ft Atn

or as ,p(,rling men call it, a race for lif and death, came of a short lime ago, withjj je ilin . A -1 A ml.. r ,nn The accused was a hi nro. .hinin m.-b ..-..ht..: :r-j , nim iiir as sun anu coarse ine teeih of a carding machine. Clerk. Piisoner, Intik upon the jnrorj Juror look upon the the prisoner! Do you challenge? Counsel fur the Prisoner. Not pte emtorily. Clerk Ilave you formed or expressed an opinion w'nh regard to the guilt or innocence of the accused? Juror. Why, what a question. How should I? Clerk repeats the question. Juror, Why I never saw him before. Clerk. Answer the question yes or no. Jurot. No sir-ree! Court. No spurt here, it is too serious a matter. Clerk. Have you any conscientious scruples? Juror. I have a few left. Clerk. I mean aboui inflicting capitital punishment. Juror. N ine whatever, I do assure you. This emphatic declaration brought the prisoner's counsel 10 his feet, who w a g-'tng to argue that the manner in which ihe juror's last answer was given was a! good challenge for a cause, but was slopped by the Couit. Clerk, are you akin to the prisoner? Juror. What? Clork rppeats the queslion. "are you akin to ihe prisoner?" Juror. Who do you lake me for? Clerk. Are you akin to the prison er? Juror. Yowr face is blacker on Sun days than mine is on week days, and your hair is wooly. Aie you akin to the prisoner? Clerk. Answer ihe question Juror Akin to the devil! my family are respectable white people! Here the cloudy brow of the court indicate 1 that the conference should be cut short and the prisoner's counsel boding no good from the juror' contemptuous opinion l his client. chaMenged the juror for cause, namely, an opinion expressed. Juror continues. Whit! Iain insulted by that hl irkgmird cl--rk, and 110 v tin 1 ofhis hired bullies has challenged me; no' 111 fU'lit his cleik first, and his bi.lly aflerw ards. Court to Juror. Sir you are challenged, on may retire. Juror. I never turned back on friend or foe I'll not retire. Court. Sir. you are cnmmilteeo' for 24 hours for contempt of Court. Sheriff, take him into the custody. Here ihe sheriff, who was a resolute good natured man, walked off arm in arm with the prisoner. Juior. Why Sheriff", I voted for you. What's this about! Sheriff O nothing, you can eat w iih me and sleep in my room. Juror. You are both savage and kind. Mr. Sheriff; I refused to vote for your ad versary because w hen he was Sheriff he never summoned m as juror I thought he slighted me. I am the first juror called since you weie elected, and I am in jail! D n you the Court, the clerk, his bully, and every hdy else. Why lam going io h m irried to night, and have fifteen miles 10 iHe, The sheriff explained matters to the court, and ihe sentence was commuted to one hoii i's custody. A Medical Hint to Mothers A medical c ilrrespoitdent of an English paper, attributes ihe high shoulder &the lateral curvaHire of the spine, which so frequently disfigures young females, to the shoulder straps of their dresses resting below the shoulder and 00' ihe nwrle of the arm. iiHtead of being on the shoulder, which compels the wearer 10 be constantly hitching her shoulder to keep up her dress, an action that rest-Its in a forcing up of the shouider, a distoiiionof the chest, and a lateral curvature of the spine. He also states that from this dangerous practice and the consequent exposure of the chest J ' lhat inward tubercles are formed, and not uufrequenliy consumption is en gendered. Amiable Simplicity At the marriage of the count d'Aitoi, the city of Paris agreed to distribute marriage portions. A smart little girl of sixteen having presented herself to 'inscribe her name on the list was asked who was her lover. 'O.' said she with great simplicity, 'I h"e "no ,ow ln0D8n 7 t :.v 11,1.. I

Habits of Various Authors-

Homer, 11 is said, had such an aversion

.o,.,ura. music, .na, ne cou.d ne,er prevailed on to walk along the banks or a murmuring brook; nevertheless, he sang his own ballads, though not i the charac-lone ter of a mendicc::!, as recorded by Z1.I -

us. Virgil was so fond of salt that he seldom went without a box full in hn nnrl-. - r et, which he madeuseof from time 10 time, as men of the present day use ha"Zoroas.er.it is said, though the most piofound philosopher of his time, theoretically was very easy put out of temper. He once carried his Irritability so far as to break a marble table to piece with a hammer, becanse he happened to stumble over it in the !ark. Shakspear, though one of the most gorgeous of men, was a great higgler. He was often known to dispute with a shopkeeper for half hour on a quarter of a penny. He gives Hotspur credit for a

portion of his ow,, disposition, when hethenge: up about midnight and take it make him say.-I would cavil on the ! away-next morning to go to tho he ninth pan ofa hair." j had borrowed of and tell th-ns he had Peler Compile, the greatest wit uh killed and sr:i;d,d his hog, 1 ting It tip in time, so far as concerns his works, wK re. j hi- yard under a peach nee, and'that snme rriarkably stupid hi conversation, as was 1 person r ad cm there and stolen ihe Ikalso Addison, who is acknow ledged to j and that he had nothing to pay them w ith have been one of ihe most elegant writers 'Then,' says the Squire, 'the renple j on that ever lived. : borrowed meat from will Piiv you and let Samuel Rogers is an inveterai- punster j you ff; bin mind. Jeff you mo-t suck to ulbeil from his poetry, one might suppose 1 h n ym y.' -I will. S-p-ir-' a-.rf Jeff, him lo be ihe greater w riter in Christen-! killed the ho'?, sealed .-.n,! ;. '

aom. lie has one peculiarity thai disiin-, A. a guishes him from all poets, past, present,! and to coine, i. e. three hundred thousand pounds. ' Young wrote his''Night Thoughts"with a scull and a candle in it befoie him. His own scull wa Inckily in the room, or very little aid would have been yielded by the other. Dryden.it is said, was always cupped and physicked previous to a grand effort at tragedy, Dembo had a desk of forty divisions, through which his sonnets passed in succesion. before they were publi.-hed. Milton used to sit leaning back obliquely in an easy chair, wiih his legs flung over ihe elbow .r it. He frequently composed lying in bed in the morning; but .vhrn he could not sleep, and was awake whole nights not one verse conld he make; ai other titfes his unprecedented effusions were easy, wiih certain impetus boo re-it mm. a ho himelfu.ed to believe. Then, whatever ihe hour, he rang foi his daughter to commit ihem to paper. He would souieiimes ilieute f.rj liii.-s in a breath, and then reduce ihem to half that number These miy appear trifle.; but such trifles assume a sort of greatness, when ielated of what is great. Good Wives. That young My will make a good w ife, w ho does not apHoge when y ou flod her j at work in ihe kitchen, but contiuties at her lar-k Ml the work is finished. When you hear a lady say, ' I shall at- ! tend church and wear my old bonnet and every dy go n, for we shall have a tain storm," depend upon it, the will make a good wife. When a daughter rem-irks '-Mother, I would not hire help, fir I can assist you 10 do all the work in the kitchen," set it down that she wiil make somebody a good wife. v:ien you overnear a young woman sayirg to her father -Dont purchase a very expensive or showy dress for me, but one that w ill wear best.' you are cer tain she will make a good w ife. When yon see a female rise early, get breakfast and do up her mother's work m season and then sit down to sew or knit, depend upon it, she w ill make a good wife. When yon spe a female anxions to learn a trade, so as to earn sometl ing to support herself and perhaps assist her aged parents, yon may be sure that she w ill make one of the best of wives. The best qualities to look after in a wifet are industry, humility, reatnes. gentleness, henevolence and piety. Wheryou find Ihes". there is no danger You will nhtain a treasnre. and not regret onr choice to the last perioj. Portland', 7Vi6trn. Refinement. Jane, yon most not learn Arithmetic. Why, mamma? 6eeaue,my dear.in looking thro'ye-ors yesterday, I saw that the fractions vere vulgar. I shall be at home next Sunday night,' as the yonng lady said, when she follow- . e(j ner beau to the door, who seemed to ; be somewhat wavering in his attachment.

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VOL. XV NO. 4.

j Stickto It I Lnnnboreh county, Va. there reided many year, , go, one Squire Collins ( who was as they termed it 'a good liver ' n(1 in his immediate neighborhood lived Jeff Green.who w, a very poor man ; As the story goes, Jeff had been 0 rested" for the necessaries of iif. nA hA kn,.,. ed meat from Squire Collins, and al' the i ni,i,. n.;.u .... . ( "ig'o'nr, unoer me promise ; that as soon ashe killed his hog he would j return the meat he had borrowed of them. i He had borrow ed more than a ho" from (the Squire, and as much as iwoW. frnm- , ...... the others. The rnornincr nf iie A which Jeff intended killing his hog, he went over to the Squire's and says to the Squire. 'You know the time has come for me to kill my hog, and I can't pay you all; so-1 come, as I owe most of it to you. to know what I ronst do.' Now, the Squire pos-essed a good deal of cunning, and was not disposed to be outdone o he advised Jeff to kill and scJd his kog, and hang it up in the peach tree in the varc': der tVu pea'ch tree. The Squiro bad bee;? watching his movement, and v. ? determined not to be a loser by Jeff so soon ps all was quiet, the Squire got in'o the yard and carried off 1'ie h g. The next morning Jeff called on the Squire in great hasfe, and said 'Squire, yon knovr yes terday nfiemo m I killed mv hog. and af ter scalding it hung it up under the peach tree, and don't you think somebody com? and stole him, sure enough. Thai's rig!i t,' said the Squire, 'yot! are doing very w eil. Mind, Jeff, and stick 10 it, Yes' sai l Jeff, 'hut. Squire, there ain't no joke r.boi:t it-Iwish I may bed d if they ain't gone and stole the hog.' Excellent,' said the Squire, 'slick to it, Jeff, and ihey wilj believe you stick to it Jeff.' Saltillo. The only descripiion we have eon of Saltillo is the follow ing which we f n 1 in a leiter from that city to the New Oi leans Picayune I wili give you a few lines descriptive of this place, w hich is plearai tly Mtuiled on an inclined piano at the fool of u veiv sieep hill, of sufficient height to command a fine view of the town. Some pori'ion of it are beautiful, the houses constructed with a good deal of tast?. psrtirtilarly those aiound the main plaza, while those in ihe suburbs, thoug't well co.is'ructed f-r comfort, have a desolate appearance, being bnili of si;t baked brick. The Cathedral, by fat t;..e iHrgect und nil oignifirent one in this part of Mexo, is yet unfinished. It is loo tich for any description t;f mine to (Jo ju.-tice to. It is divided into two apartments, in each of "hich is an altar made entirely of silver. Giit, brass, and bronzed work, interspersed w ith images and all sorts of ornaments cover the entire wall in the rear of the alters. Beautiful oil paintings, sUiues, ax d rich carved ornaments of ctery description decorate the building. There are two cupolas, with nine bells in each, and the yard in front is decorated with fi u cedar trees. The plaza in front is els handsomely arranged wiih fine trees around it. In the centre is a f nmtain and ieseivoir where those living in the vicinity of the plaza get their water.- There are t o other churches i:i town, hut I have n- t yet visited them. Our army is very well provided for in as conifortabla quarters as the city affords. Beware Girls! A modern writer who appeais to have studied well th-3 feitnld ehar-icter says: ' A man never forgives a w 0x11 v. hi has deliberately exerted tlie witsiiing powers of her sex t" deceive h:t;. Wound his lenderne.. e-oti-e his r'oiisy. overwhelm l.itn w.in re,-...... and he nnv ovilook ec;;? ;:'!. ! But make h:in the -.'ape of apy de-ii. let hmi feel ibat yon have c MSy prel loot your fascinations f ir a e:5h ?"- pose, and e is lost to yo.i f :rc-er ; bn ' even if his heart could return to hi ?'l. gitnee, it would scarcely be won't having." A yonng gentleman al a hi'-'., wh ing about the room, ran his be 3 Ha!'i:it a yonng lady. He began to a ol.i z'. 'Not a word, sir,' s;iid she, 'j: is r.- t hard" , enoughto hart ny body.' ., The Printer hurried to .!.:? esse

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