Indiana American, Volume 15, Number 40, Brookville, Franklin County, 1 October 1847 — Page 1

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CIB COINTBY OCR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS NU OUR COUNTRY'S. FRIENDS. BV C. F. CLAUItSOX. BKOOKVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1847. VOL. XV. NO. 40.

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The Xwichbqrs.

NOT OK THE B VTTLE FIELD . r JOH PIBRPOST.

t. 1.0,110 in mr utr Not cti field of Sttt'.e, h.-n I .-5U-! Let not the Iron tr-ad Of ih?md war-tiorse rruslt rayHlmrd V-ad: Nor thtr ivekin? kil, T'.i.-.t I hTe drawn Tm a bro-.lier" litr. He in nT katttt uhen death Thunder' an I trample me b-a-atU His fceay squadron's hels.

TV-nrl.oYr it fl t the Mr,pt- ..'white red, '""stnta Ills Hal, and It fell off,

Ami the bad easrie 6rmr sicep .ess wag m ine cars preceivin

I till II I 1 ' S -,-- " 1 " 31 To sparkle in my sisrlit. O, net er let my nirt take her Right! I know that beauty' pyr ! all Uir hri-hter herr tray pennants ft;. Ami brazen helmets dance, Attd -hnn.hine Hashes on the lilted lance: I knun that hsrds have- soil?, A ad pcuple -limited till the welkin runj In h -car of the hraie M ho on the btifte field hare foond grar. I know that oVr their hones llai r jtrateinl hands pil- d monumental stone . Some i f those piles I've sec-. That one at I. - v. niton upon the preen; here the first fctood a shed. That to my country's independence ltd; And nthrrs. sn our shore. The "Hiittr M r.mment" at B l'im-re, And that on Bunker" Hill. At, a:id abroad, a !" more famnn 'till Thy -tomh," Themetoe!, T hat look? out yet upon the Grecian seas, At;.l which the water ki That issue from the gulf of Salami. And 1 liine, too, have I seen, "l'hv men ml of orth, Patmcln, mln-d in green, TStst, V.ke a natural know!, S!,ce e'.ime r.v.d nir.ihle over, as they stroll, VatclK'd by some tnrVaned buy, Von th. r.,a.pn j.'.iiu cf Troy.

Such ten r ?race the hod, I Imt, ti heron the w arrior lays his head And be.r, as i;fe e'obs out. The cvi.eMire 1 flying and the conq-.ieror'a shout. Uul as hist-y -rows dim, v!ii:t .s a c;!'umn t a mound to him? What, to the p3rt:nsr sonl, Tl.e !! note of bnett -s? "what :heroU Of drums? No:letr.ie die Where the h.i.e luaveti bend o"ir me lovingly. And the slt summer air. As :.t r..r, stir my thin white hair, And frem my forehead drie T he dia!h-t!amp a it rather, ami the skirt Sr. v.i w sittiic; to receive :;vscv' to theirel. ardepthsl Or let me leave The werld, w hen round my ht d V'ife, eV!;i en, wt-epinr friend are c;atlierrd, Al;d the calm voice of prayer At.dholy hyrinin? shall r.iysoul prepare To r and he at tvt With kit spirit. who have blesed 1L;- he.man hrotherlitMi;!

By !.tbar, car.. mi coutisels for their good. Am! in n: y dyin hour, Vh-a tiehe. :':m.- and honor have no power 'i h. :ir hv- Spirit up, ttrfion ::i l:p to turn a-i:le the cup Tltst ail niiist drink at last. O. is; n .' draw- retYvshm.-nt from the pasil 't li- n It t my soul run back. V.'i'.h rt r.ee and joi , alone my earthly track, And se il-.atall the seed Thil I .ve scattered there. in virtuous deeds, H.tv vo.itoi up, and have sriven A'.rcidy. fruits t,! w hich to taste in heaven! Atul th. eh no c;rasy mound O;- j;rt.iie pile sa "ii heroic rround Wturenv remains repose, S.iV. I hope vain h.ipe, perhaps! that those V. hota 1 haie strivtn to hies. Ills v.u:idi-rsr v e'.uinv d, the tatkeriess, :l:i-. st:;;:,l aroutid my evavp. With the piit.r pr:ucr, and the poorest slave, And breathe an humble prayer. That they rvay die like him whose bones are inould.. tlu re.

The ronurlor. ihinkitig he haJ missed

. '"me -i uip ;sssensers, came DaCK again.

i ptes."n:iy, and asked to see ihe tickets. I "Wliu. agin!" exclaims the old man; ; "well, I 8Wiw. von airthrt imul nod 1,1

jboiher I re ever eed. Just take a good I look now, and he done." The conductor passed on aain, and Ithe old man stuck hi, ticket in his haljband, and this litna g.t fairly asleep. iTIieinoiion of iha cars in a short time

which, a

he

picked up the citiduct tr's lamp and approaching, the old gentleman, sh uted in

his ear S.oic vo:ir tickets':

' Paiience masy," says the old mnn, "ef here aim another of t ies ticket fellers," and then he pulled out his pocket book . seaithed it, put it btck. fell in his vest pocket, but in vain. "You've Rot it," says he; I gin it tew you, I know." Mere he recollected stukiro in his hatband, and now com nenced a search for head piece. The hat. amid theshnf-

n 1.2 ol tlie passengers' feel, bad been kicked alone; tiduer several d.fToiaiit seats. After a buy search of soit.e miiuites, he thought he perceived it beneath an old lady's seat. In reaching fot it,he awoke her. What do you want?'' she inquiied, vinppijhiy, as even the most amiable old iady would do, when awaken out of a sound sleep. "I'm only reachin' for my hat, matm," ays he; "us got under your seal." 'I tell you taint," says she. ' That's a :ice exsiise to be coming feeling lonnd a body with, when they are asleep. I'll tell the agent, see if I don't." 'Why, goi-d gracious, inarm," says he, "you rtugU sleep an age in thesamebildin' with me, and I'd never dream of techen you." 'You mish'nt dream of doing so," said

j 'What has been the matter, Miss Lu

cy: Oh, nothing much: you fainted when you were about to ask me to marry you but I told you jes and oh, how happy we will be when we are married! I will love you so dearly; and as you id

next Tuesday, why, I am willing the wedding should be then my dear Billy how I do love you.' I am willing, Miss Lucy,' was all that Jinkins could articulate, while Lucy almost kissed him into fits. What a glorious victory! Here we ought to stop, but justice to our narative requires that we should proceed to the finale. The next Tuesday had come, and Jenkins was trembling at the approach of i veiling something seemed to harrow up his mind, and to no friend even would he communicate his deep distress. ' You are not afraid, certainly, to no

I felt a little skittish when I seed we was gwine to have it sure enuff. Perhaps I. did feel a little weak in the jints when I ! cpPft tha n fri r r linhlltlnninn trioir cliirt I

-,viw w..wu.iwnitt0 wail. (. collars, and the men throwin away their canteens and haversacks, as they was marchin' up to the works, whar the greasers was waiiin' for us, every devil with hi gun pi n ted and his finger on the triger I know'd they was gwine to let us have it, and I felt monstrous uneasy 'till it cum. "Out when it did cum when I heard the balls whistle roond my head, anil seed the dust fly from the pavement whar they struck when the whole street was in a blaze of fire, and the men was droppin' round me like nine pins afier a ten stiike when the roatin' of the cannons, the rattlin' of the muske'.s, the sqiiealiu' of horses and the shouts and groans of the rr.en was all mixed up so I couldn't tell one from lother, I never thought of nothin' but grain' at the cusses what was hid

away behind the walls and piles of rub

in

up and get married why, tomarrv such

a beautiful, charming, and intellectual be-hish, in the houses, on the roofs, and

ing as Mrs Liggins, I should wish that cellars, givin' us pariiceler goss." lime would fly hke news upon the Elec- j ' Vou didn't feel 'fraid none?" ax'd a trie Telegraph line. Cheer up Jinkins liule feller, w hat hadn't shut his mouth, cheer up. or tuck his eyes off the speaker for ten 'Oh," replied Dill, 'you don't know what , minutes, distresses me. I can go up and gel mar- "Fraid, the mischief! How could I? ried that is all easy enough, but there is j Wasn't old Zack lhar, on his old mill hoss, something I know it, I feel it there is ptanciu' 'round among the rlattoons and onething lam satisfied I will never be(co'umils' 6vin' his orders like nothin' able to do, unless Lucy will assisst me.' Wa' ,lie matter? Ah,bos, game like his 'Esplain yourself,' replied his friend, li keiclun' jest like the measles, and one 'and, if I can, with propriety, I wiil en- from old Zdck, when he's got his dandeavor to render you comfortable." i dpr uPi would make a woman fight like a Dul Jinkins could not explain he dar- i wiI1 cat- ihe man to fight voluned not it was his timidity-he saw the Rub- ( Per. Thar's no need of a standin' army icnii before him.and he knew he could not . when he's in command, for he'd make ihe

cessioon that is not only indescribable, YALLER PLEDGES: but probably inconceivable, by any one.OR the fight about sally spillmax. who has not himself been in a similar by soltairc.

situation. The course of thought I canj "It iml uiura.1 for a feller to tell about even bow in a great measure reliacr; the bis gettin licked, but I uut tell you about event which had just taken place the.,n,lt ll,ar "fit beitveen me and Jess Stout awkwardness that had produced it the "I1 was screamer, by tbundir! and ef 1 bustle it must have occasioned (for I d,d em ,n;u W8r,0'1 in,lbe c,'u"c of l.u.nan hBdh.PrPn lwnn.an.i,mn frnm thei"'1" ?. Dy tOW eIC. 1 hat gal epOD-

r-... ;. .....Mk..: .,..l"'uui"-v "al,kerco er jess, and besides;

..inline rucu i I'kiu. uaiD wu a uiva. ,,;iuJ , I - r".,-:. ; V .. - ..

,. , - . f Qiis.i,iiuii iu tier, u y uu

chains) the

affectionate father; the manner in

10

auazin' loug spell of courlin.

ber.

I did kin-

ne wouia disclose u tome rest oi me lam- der edge is:o bar lixen. ano "gin to epecily; and a thousand other circui.sts.n8es ulate big oc throwin' Jees. bul thatfi"ht minutely associated w iih home, were the knocked my calculaiioos ail to fritters'. first series of reflections that occured. I'm some in a bar fight, and considerabla They look ihen a wider range; our last, ,mou paaters, but 1 warn't no wbar in cruise, a former voyage and ehipwreck;!lhat,fiSbt with Jess. In course I'il toll

my school; the progress I had made there, Vs ,u uo-8'80 yourselves rouua. and pass j .v.- .: t j .ii !onJ llat corn juica.

he. but you ain't a bit too good to, I'il be 1 ty until midnight The company then

bound co'tutig waking .leople up in the middle of the night, w h:i they are all alone, (U.ere were fifty in the car) talkin' a'loiil ahai why d..ti't you git yer hat, if ii's there, and av iy; J ul I tell von it 'lain; there, iio.n. i!iat is enough, I think for a-iy reason.ible person a! w ays dist orbing petiple idis w ay w hv don't you tie i7. I say ?" Thus commanded the distressed old genilfiuan reached under the seat at the dark looking o' j 'ct he fancied his hat, and the old lady's small pel dog, which he caught hold by the neck, seized him in turn by

the fingers;

c! a t tied he

wuh a .-?t k irot'chtl

'why it's a live

varment."

reckon

pass it but he was determined lo pel greenest volunteer that ever shouldered a

married, and trust to luck audLtiiy. , musket stand agin the whole Mexican naThe night came and they were married, ; ,ion ,t'J " 0)' " the ginerals they can All were mei ry, the lat yh, the that, the muster. The boy s know s he dont never

song and the dance, made up a lively par- surrender, and they don't never think of

sucn a uung themselves." j "Wasn't you monstrous g'ad when yer lime was out, Dob so you could cum home?"' j 'SNot by no maans, I wasn't. I'd staid nil y it, if it hadn't been for old Scoli?" "Why, don't you like Scott?" ! '"To be sure I do he's a fust rale old

would fail him-his situation was a De-1 ,elIowi a"d knows how to lick ihe Mexi-

culiar one. lie was not certain w hich ; la,,s lo- um i oiam eun mm."

w as Lucy Ann's room, although he had

commenced to disperse, and at 1 o'clock Bill Jinkins was left 'solitary and alone' in the lull. Lucy Ann had retiied, and her biidesmaiii w as off in a distant room. Dill Jinkins' waiters and ftiendshad gone home with the ladies. Bill was now at

he point where he thcugt his firainess

been told; and even had he known he

could not g to it.

"'How was that?" "Why, you see, the giueral's got preUy well into the heart of the country now

The watchman cried 'past two o'clock,' tl,e among the w immin, and he says he

and et Jinkins was still alone, and nnna- d0" 1 wa,,t lu enhai any more good lookur

reiuly eng tged perusing an old almanac, ' men- ',e ses "e ' afraid of all the he which by dunce had been left in his coal! Mexicans that bear arms, because he pocket. An old female daiky, who rei- j kntwa ha men wont surrender lothem

ded in the Tamil v. had been orevailed unon I ln,t he ses he dont like lo risk 'em to the

A

Th.

i'NMKAL I'AYLOli. I've kea'd the gjod old u;

fii-c;

; I

b;.'i lie

V'i hicks o' s.ia,' end eyes ' I've fought beneath his e-g

And euirdy heart tUt docs r.t tire. I've kci-.'d him in the loud foray,

en t'eath was !av:ng lv t'::e

hi!.

: ta.ll'

1

t. ill

grew tbo a waters

chsjvara!,

in.

O'

1 o' Wallace and o nruce, ' "u " "1- ' v ('arpphells d.ine .- a e' oi.e approach so near .: .e.i's ; ci'irc as tl.is m :n. i e-i t ..; as lords of old, -w a-il b !J to !.ol; u,)en c e;w !,'-n in the fi'ht, I,'. ? -re? '.ft ye'd b'ilth to ru! o si-j uiitrkle cot.l and brave.

t'.y,i a ItiU.v's rout for pressing grows, ji. u'.c ye t;ut, 1 ti M inlcrcv ,

1:1 beiieitii th-J v.a

M i't i'li at bay

d t:

".Yatp." savs llie old ladv. "I

vou are satisfied that 'taint the kind of, bv the ladies who noticed Jinkins bashful- tirms of the Mexican gals, who never fails

. . . i - . . i I,. I n ii.. I .... . . r .. .. . ... 1

y tu) pum; iu iiio ileal tu every uiiu

some here c anJ seaic . lor vour t W cortiinoiv mtrodiiceil nerse to rum. in as voiumerr iney lmi mar eyes on

hat." modest a style as she well could.

A j -It of 'lie cars nearly threw him in- 'Mr. Jinkins,' said she, 'ti'a past two o'-

to her lap, on which she gave a slight j clock.' scream, and called for protection. I 'Oh yes; I know it; I'm going home in "Perhaps this is your hat, sir." said the , a few minutes. Old Woman, where is wp.g who was personating thrt conductor, my hai?' at (he same time handing him his chap- 'It's in Miss Lucy's room, sir; yon can can, wiih the ticket safe in the hat band' gft it there if you'll go in. Mr. Jinkins With an exclamation of pleasute, he seiz- why don't you goto bed? Miss Lucy is od it. ibere wailing for you; don't be so modest; 'Here lake the consarnrd ticket, will the ladies will all laugh at you. Come ou?"' he txiia iutd, hur.difi g it tit i w ith me and I'll show you the room, for

promiscuous!; but every body refiised.i l want t put out the lights, fasten up the "Won't nobody hev it?' he enquired, j house and go to bed , 4 I vow tew gracious, I won't carry it j The old woman seized hold of Jinkins ar.uihei minit." i and nulled him along until she got him

I 4,67ioir your ticket si"- cxcliiimcd the run-' out of the hall, and his g;ze fixed for a mo- ! doctor, entering to w bith he added "We j merit upon the entry door but she was i nhtirt. di:!biti!i " ! d e t er ni i n ed lo nml i ii into Miss I.nrv's

' l e. : . . er . . j t

room, sou uuer v.n.eiii tuotis sticceeueu

There he stood with the knob of ihe door

in his hand bnl the old darky had been

And, boys, Mexican bullets and lances are bar! things lo dodge, but look out for the black eyes of them Senoreetas, as they

call 'em--you might as well try to bid deft tnce to a streak of lightnin', if you happen to be good look iu' enuff lo draw their mention." "So, then, it was your good looks prevented you from siayin: in Mexico?" ' To be sure it was. They wouldn't give no bounty lo good lookin' men, so I

Icum home." Ba'li more Continent.

DEO W N I N G . The following is from a letter by Admiral Deaufort to Dr. Walluston, in the memoirs of Sir John Barrow; just pub-

are at Auburn, gentleman."

4 Mere take it," exclaimed the old Yan-j I : . . i . . I. 1 1. I ................ . ,.tvi ;

kt e, to u llitl ?itiic t'l r.iiiruirnt, I si j

jut ruther bsi 1 v"Ued up i.i your dodrolted

and the time I misspent; and even all my

boyish pursuits and adventures. Thus travelling backwards, every past incident1 of my life seemed to glance across my recollection in retrograde succession: not. however, in their outlines, as here stated, but the picture filled up with every minute and collateral feauturej in short, the whole period of my existence sec med to be placed before me in a kind of panoramic review, and each act of it seemed to be accompanied by some reflection on its cause, or its consequences: indeed, many trifling events which had been long forgotten then crowded into my imagination, and with the character of recent fatnilarity. May not all this be some indication of .the almost infinite power of memory with with which we may awaken in another world and thus be compelled to contemplate our past lives? Or might it not in some degree warrant the reference that death is only a change or modification of our existence, in w hich theie is no real pause or intcruption? But, however that may be, one circumstance was high

ly remarkable; that the innumerable ideas

which flashed into my mind were all le-

Irospective; yet I had been religiously

brought up;my hopes and fear of the nexl

world had lost nothing of their early-

strength at any other period intense inter

est and aw ful anxiety would have been

excited by the mere probability that I

was floating on the threshhold of elernit) ;

yet al that inexplicable moment when I

had a full conviction that I had already crossed (he threshold, not a single thought wandered into the future; I was wrapped entirely in the past. The length of time lhat was occupied by this deluge of ideas, or rather (he shortness of time into which they were condensed, I cannot now slate with precision .

yet certainly two minutes could not have elapsed from the moment of suffocation to that of my being hauled up. The strengih of the flood tide made it

expedient to pull the boat at once to another ship, where I underwent the Hsu al vulgar process of emptying the water by leiting my head hang downwards.

then bleeding, chafing, and even adminis tering gin; but my submersion had been really so brief, that, according lo the account of (he lookers on, I was very quickly restored to animation. My feelings while life was returning were the reverse in every point, of those

which have been described abjve. One

single but confused idea a miserable be

lie! that 1 was drowning dwell upon my

mind, instead of the many clear and defi

nite ideas which had recently rushed

through il a helpless anxiety a kind of

continuous nightmare seemed to pres

heavily on every sense, and to prevent

,4 ou sec, every tune I come up from Lusiane, I found Jess Langin round that

gal,Saily Spillm&n, lookin orful sweet, and a idler couldn't iro near Ler without

risin' his dander lie was jealous as a hen with youMg chickens. I sot my eyes en her so ainazin iuticin and I 6 war cf a close examination didnt make me yarn arter her like a weaned yeurling. She was ail sorts of a gal tbar warnt a sprinklin too mucli of ber she stack out all over just fir enough without cushmin had an eye that would make a feller's heart try to get out of bis bosom, and then 6ich bar; ber step was as light as a panter'ssnd her brcatb sweet as a prairie fluwer. Iu my opinion if the mother of all human natur w ar an atom slicker model she desirved the pick cf a whole creation and I just felt that I was made a purpose for her! At all the Irolica round the country, down in the Missouri bottom, or up the Osage, Jess was haitgin arter tbat gal, lookin honey arter Ler, and pizen at the Tellers w ho spoke pleasin to Ler. I tho't I'd tiy my band at in a kin him oneasy, so one nigUl, at a frolick, 1 sidled up to her and axed her bow she wur, and ef tbat ailin nigger ef her daddy's was improvin, what ud be the probable amount or' the old man's tohaccer crap this season, and some other intcrestin matters of talk. She said that t-be was tbrivin, as usuil. the cigger wur cumin on as well as could be expected.

and the old man's crap promised purty con

siderable. iNotbin could be more satisfyin, so 1 kept on a talkin, ami she "nt a

I din, and Jess begun a seowlin. I sued he warnt pleased but I didnt e&titnate him

very tall, so I kept on, got a danctn with Sally, and euded by kissin ler good lhat

night, aud luakai Jess jealous as a pet j paoti r. "I wur again to start to Luisane next day with a flat load of tobaccer and other groceries, and afore I went I thot I'd send a present of my pet 'bar cub' over to Sally, jest to have a sorter bitch on Ler till I'd

git back; so I gets my nigger Jim and gins

to m the rollowin note, with the bar cub, and special direotians that he should give em both to Sally, Lcreelf;

4,2 a.'ifcr Crik, near liar Digcrim, ) Juin twenty 4. I

4 To the captivatin Miss Sally Spillman: 'Your leader adorer. Sam Crowder,

sends you tl.e followin fust trophy o! a bum on the Usage the condition of this bar

are s imetliiu like him, the bar are all fat.

be are all taoderiicsc! llopin that you will

gm up a small corner ol your heart to tue

ivn'.er, w hile he is aiming the furriners of Luieane be will ever remember you, and

be sure not to forgit to bring a nledge of

affection trom the south, to bind ouropeniu lives. 14 'Yours with stream, or a gin it. SAM CROWD Kit.'

"I t-tiidilyed that out with considerable! Jitiiculty , and writ it with more, and stick j me on a eaud bar cf that Jess dulnt way-j luy Jim and reed t lie note! May be it

kin up buggin and kissin the pillows, as ef they wur gals at a Luskin. At last I o-et home, tickled all to death at piv future prospepts. I met Jess at tha lan'din bu gin me a s'.arr, looked at the liule yaller gal, and iLea spread h mkolf with a guffaw as if ho war goin into tts. 1 riled up a htt.e, but tbot th&r wux virne enough ta sarve him out, so I pased on. Tie fellers in the settlement seemed to be ll tired pleafed at my gittia back, fur tbev kept a grinnin and towin and lookin at iny littU yau'er gal. 'Wont you take a little suiLia, Sam.'said Belt, the grocery keeper. Not now, I thank you, Jin? ses I. , ' uat J'oa aiat ;goin in for temperance p. edges, too, are ycu!' asked Jim. and then the boys all hollered as cf tbeyd bust the. c heads. . Not ex-a-c-t-Iy!' ses I. Mther slow, tryin all iLc time to find cot what the fua war, bat I couldnt get it through ray kivarin of har, so I gin it up and wect bouic. Next day tbar wur to be a cainpuieetiu down in the bottom, and all the buys and gals wur sgoin to it; so. to make a ehina with Sally, I soot over word tbat 1 would call that mornin and bring with ma my fust plidgo of affection, id can in the parasol, and hoped it ould be to Ler mind

both in texture and color. Back came '.Lis, note in answer:

lished iu London:

' Many years ago, w hen I w asu young-j the formation of any one distinct thought

A'une Holier, Juli 8. 'Miss Spillmau's compliments 'To Sam Crowdcr, Esq: The fust pledga of his affections is a lutle too yaller, and the texture of its har is too tight a curl;and mor'n that, eho aiitt ambitious to hev any ef his pledges cf tha wur all w hite, SALLY SPILLMANV 4I nigh onto burst with madness!- I could feel every har on my head kindlin at tbe eend cause I knew tome cussed lia Lad been told her, arid 1 blamed Jess fur doin it. I jest ewar a bible oath, I'd spile bis pictur so Lo couldnt enjoy campmeetin much; so next rnornin bright and airly, 1 accidentally (ell in with Jess goin arter Sally, wall all bis Sunday kiverin on, lookin as nice as a stall fed two yrar old. 1 rite up aud asked him wbai be meant by teilin lies to the gals about me, tbat I'd Learn on ein all over the settlement. I bsint told no lie on you,' ses Jessy 'fur what's told, you told yourself ef y iu hev nigger babies in the south, yon

noednt insult decent white gals by cilorin to let era nuss em I didnt wait for him to finish afore I hit Kim biff, alongside of his smeller, aud went into him all fours, calamuunt fashion. The thing bad now cuiu to a wii.diii up pint this fiht war to eend the matter about Sally, and as I didi.t w ant lo gin her up easy, I laid myself out for a purty long spell. I could soon see by the way Jess went lo work that he'd ka!culaic upon a purly big chunk of a fiht, loo, so we both began to save ourselves. I had leeiie (ha advantage of Jess, fur he didnt w ant to

: spoil his Suudy fix tips, w hile I di lni

care a cuss fur my old boat suit. When I'd grap his Irowsers and gin 'in a l.iicli, ne'd ease off, and then I'd lend him a staggerer, which was geneially fullered by his making me rly round like a wei-zel creation how tough he wai! "While we war haviu a lite smart lime together, nary un tf us seed Sally ridia along down the wagon track, lookin out

! fur Jess, but she seed us, bitched her

hoise. and climbed out on n slump to see the fight out. A I war carefully leochin fur Jess ear wi:h my grinders, I heeid her ting out Teeth it if you dar! you nigger cannibal:'

iler hoilerin gin Jess an advantage ad

didnt fciir u; tbe alluvial bottom ol bis love ; helped his strength powerlully, lur in a

vannuit cnuiitenauoe

as thu old Missouri ia a

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gi;: and ttoty-

o! sveath that decks los brow, I'. '! land w i' glory. ,-c tl-e us: 1 a mhty cn.M, . . t.-ee uid branch a r"n i u'i jr.';. ve"d fail write, j . y :" ourlU'e grete moti. i s c r. i. l a x r. o u s .

n!d jiil here than travel by night on these i smart enough lo lock the door outside. waggins. A man's eternally show in' his Lucy pretended for some time lobe ticket runn'i! sgin cross dogs, or, what's ; asleep; but that sort of gammon would an all fired Mght wtiss, cross old im-j not answer at last she said e; I 'My dear Billy, what is the matter?' As he leaped from the car his waggish 'I w ant my hat,' scieamed Jinkins, and tour.ei.ter shouted afier.. ' Show your Lucy knowing his modesty, leaped out of

Itirkei!" ' bed, ami after carressing him for some j "l)jrn your tickets and the hull kilin j time. Billy went to bed with his clothes on you,'' he shouted back, as, making and boots on and trembled till morntrack for the hotel, he disappeared in the ing.

darkness. liercille.

From the Xt York Spirit of the Timrs. BILL JINKIN'S TROl'BLES ON THE IT '.1ST NIGHT OV III MARK! AGE.

How Jinkins subsequently managed I matters and things in general, can be known by application lo his dear Lucy ' Ann.

Reader, strange as it may appear, there

ster on hoard one of the Majesty's ships.

in Portsmouth harbor, after sculling about

in a very small boat I was endeavoring lo fasten alongside the ship, to one of the

scuttle rings, in foolish eagerness I step

and it was wuh difficulty that I became convinced lhat I was really alive. Again, instead of being absolutely free fiom all bodily pain, as in my drowning slate, I

was now tortured with pain all over me;

SCOW YOUR TICKETS! ' .. i:m;.koad sxsrcii by soi-TAinr. O iihr u c.,r. tvtween A btny and

i !?)! the Mm who uses Urandreth's h'.Vs! ! are Jir.kins all over ihe w orld.but the freei Bill Jiiikins was very modest man; masonary of wedded life draw s the curland although he had mingled with the ! tain before the eyes of the uninitiated. I world at barbecues, shooting-matches; ra- (Going to bed on the first nighi after msr- ' c.4s, and at many of et cetera places w here ! riage must be among the most delicate men may occasionally be found yet he j situations in life. Ask your married neigh-

u.:! i, t!i J con iuelors

cisfije!, t'ur e-.ch nc w one

..itrise.i in :.-i"e i' ".-how your ticket; 0:i a trip, receni m one of the p s

was mndest.vety whenever placed in the

company of ladies. He trembled when a pretty girl would speak to him, and felt

i i'v.-s rhsrre. hs announces like a culprit at the stand when he was

z a sing

are f;t ; trip,

quently and as

. i i

y the cxclammation" called upon tosee miss oo-sim-so iiome. j Bill never could explain or account for 'i restv old Yankee this singular innidiiy. He would sing

3,o;iers,

anJ h iving : frolic, and be as wild as Rover, an, ong

bors how it was w ith them! N e have no experience, exactly in that way. New Yoek, August 2, 1817.

exh.bi'.od his tiokct to the fiist cosiJuc- men. but a petticoat wouia unnerve mm

tor. he caiefuily p'.aced ii in a well-worn j immediately. racket bjok, button-id it up in the breast Lucy Ann Liggins, a young widow, had 1 ... .. ... . ... I. .. .r n.ii l . . J ... : .. a

ket t f his coat, t uiied It's Hat tignt on j 'set uer cap ror urn, mm a unnmnicu

l.'.s head, uu 1 f il img his arms, resigned hansel to care of Morphis. 'His nassal

organ has scarcely proclaimed him

lo "head mm or oie. truth, loved Lucy, and

Bill, to tell the was as miserable

Too Goon Looking, for Service. One of ihe boys whats just come home from Mexico was telling a crowd v( fellers lother evening about ihe w ar, aud how he fit at Monterey 'Thunder,' says he, you may talk about your yearthquakes and sich. but I can tell you what boys, one real oenpwine scrimmage like we had

at Monterey, is worth all the fourth of ; gone the sudden revolution which appear

red upon the gunwale, the boat of course I and though I have been tince wounded in

upset, and I fell into the water; not knowing how to iw im, all my efforts to lay hold of either the boat or the floating sculls were fruitless. The transaction was not observed by ihe sentinel on the gangway, and therefore it was not till the tide had drifted me some distance astern of the ship that a man in the foretop saw me splashing in the water, and gavp the alarm. The f rst lieutenant instantly and gallantly jumped overboard, the carpenter followed

his example, and the gunner hastened in

to a boat and pulled afier them. Wiih violent but vain attempts to make myself hcaid, I had swallowed much waiter; I w as soon exausted by my struggles, and befoie my relief reached me, I had sunk below the surface; all hope had fled, all exertion ceased, and 1 felt that I was drowning. So far those facts were either partly remembered after my recovery, or supplied by those who had latterly witnessed the scene; for dining an interval of such agitation a drowning person is too much occupied in catching at every passing straw or too much absorbed by alternate hope and despair, to mark the succession of events very accurately. Not so, however, with the facts which immediately ensued; my mind had then under-

for Sally the looked us riled

June rise. "Off I started next day, with my fl n for the imporiiitn of tbe tomb, and as I war floating along, I couldnt help tnrnin otcr in my mind what a scrougin t-murt family the Chowders would be. w hen Sally and I

a j reed upon annexation. I jest lliol I

seveial places, and have often submitted could see 'young Sam, the fust boy stanto severe surgical discipline, yet my siif-!diu on one eend of the. flit, strong s a oar ferings were then far greater; at least in eye like an Ingin sury as catamount general distress. On one occasion I was fair as Sally, and keen as Lis daddy 1 shot in the lungs, and after hing on Ihe vrl'L'J rile out tbinkui unit, deck at night for some hours bleeding "hile I was in this way lollm ,,, cl- - .. " i i . t ,t c ; .. i !ver by picturin what was tobe.tney wur from other wounds I at length fainted . fl,aracter , l0 CUlllltl9 ., al Now, as I fell sure that the wound in Ihe LiC My po,tl0 noU w rait,m B (er. lungs was mortal, il will appsar obvious ,- , frC6iiet 0f wratb against me. That

w Inch

minit I wur on my back and him right straddle on me. 'Sock your teeth inio him, Jesr!' screamed Sally, and about then je-e-e miny, fellars, I leared as ef lightnin had hit me, fur his grinders had met through ".ho flesh she called his attention lo. I squirmed, and snuggled, and chawed meat, but he held on I grabbed his new irowsers, and tore ihem like paper he was agoiu lo let go to kiver his coal tails over tl.e totu place, bin Sally holleied toil again 'Whip the varmint fust, and then I'll

mend em UfV " 'I squalled enough! rile out it warnt no use a fighlin agin such odds. Arter Jess let me up. Sally looked at me and puckered up her innuih as ef slji had hern

lliat tlie overwhelming sensaiioii w men . display of larnin, ub ut bringing home a

accompanies fainting must have produced I pleoge of affection fiom the sunny south, 6aten unripe percimmons: a perfect conviction tit nt I was Ihen in the'mobi unaccountable oversol my wLola fain-j 'Enough?' ses she, 'well, may I get ager act of dying. Yet nothing in Ihe least re- ily prospects. It wor a stumper to Suliy, j f1(!li ef youre fit fur anjihin but to be tha

tumbling the operations of my mind when so tl.e got Jess to explain it, and ihe way

drowning then took place; and when I be

gin lo recover, I returned lo a clear con cepiion of my real siaie."

in outol her company as ne

was

timi I

in il

dream-land, before, another conductor ; but as to 'popping t:ie question, mat cams along, wuh "Show your tickets!"! wa impossible. Lucy knitted purses. The old Y ankee awoke w ith a snort, end ( hemmed bankerchiefs, worked shirt-bos-having been, ma le conscious of what was . oms, and gave them to Jinkins, as well

The

conductor

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as several gou rinss.oui sun nm uuw uui I propose." Lucy declared to him repeat j edly that she loved him, and was miserable w hen he was absent from her, and her I happiness in life depended entirely upon i being his wife but bill was dumb. At

so you kin pasi ou." t last Lucy was determind that he should

nsisted upon looking ; 'hear thunder ' and when he next visited

Julys that ever was nocked into one. There aim nothin in creation like il. Get-

tin' lite on brandy smashers makes a man

feel pretiy considerable elevated for a

while its ver iiisrtiriu lo a man of an

active imaoination. But if you want to ;reased which I imagine was the imme

warned, he exclaimed I reckon you don't want tew be tee!:i' it alt the l.nie, dew you?" "0;tce will do me, sir," says the con ductor. "Well, rcu he seen it lhat offi.n," re

p'ied the old "fnt

. . .. . - , . , .. . .r, i.ii. . ..

U it. an 1 the disturbed passenger unmii-1 ner, atier some prenmmary mm ijin oi.

toned his coat, unstrapped the old pocket her pari, she very affectionately said.'Bil-

b'-i.k.ha-ided out ihe ticket and ihe coti-lv, my dear, when are you going to as

dacor passed by. me to marry you! for I want to gel my

'Them fellers air mity afeard of eittin' ; wedding dress ready.'

cliUe'.ed," asys he. as, placinj his ticket j Bill fainted on the spot, and heartshorn ui hi veil pocket lie aoaln resigned him- mid water wa anolied for half an hour

scl:" ta strej.-. U:.oe ho wtj f.nal'y restored.

ed to you s remarkable and ail the cir

cumstances of which are now as vividly fresh in my memory as if ihey had occurred but yesterday. . From the moment lhat all exertion had

feel taller than a shot tower, bigger than

elefant, and stionger lhan a jackass; if

you want to feel like you could pull up

a tree by the roois and sweep all creation

diate consequence of complete suffocation

a calm feeling of the most perfeel Iran

quiilily superseded the previous tumul

tuous sensation; it might be called apathy,

into kinodom cum with ihe brushy eend; certainly not resigination.tor drowning no

if you want to see further, hear quicker, longer appeared lo be an evil- no Ion

and holler louder, iumn hiaher. and stepjger thought of being rescued, nor was

further and quicker, lhan you ever did, in j in any bodily pain. On the contrary my

your lile ail you nave 10 uu is jei i

take a hand with old Zack at them infernal Mexicans, and be ordered up to the points of iher lances and bagnets like we was at Monterey.' 'Did you feel tkeer'J, Bob?' Skeer'd the thunder!' says he, !diJn't ' have no tim to fel ke cr'd. To be sure

77ie Assault upon Mr. Jtrcitl. The

Buffalo Commercial gives the following particulars of the assault upon Mr. Jewett,

one of the editors of that ptiper;

"On Saturdaylas; we published a para

graph commenting upon an sffray between an officer of (he Navy and a servant al the

American Hotel. This forenoon, about!

II o'clock, the officer referred lo, who is I

Passed Midshipman William W. Pollock,

attached to the U. S. steamers Michigan, called al the counting-room of this paper,

in the back part of Messrs Pollock, attachto the U. S. steamer Michigan, ctlied at

counting-room of this paper, in ll.e back

part of Messrs. Peck's book.siore, and said lo Mr. Jewitt who was at ihe desk,' I wish to see you." Mr Jewell stepped forward into ihe body of the store, when Pollick

said, "I wish to mike an inquiry in rela-

he did it was enormous

"Wl.y, thint you sec.' ses Jess. he means to bring you up one of his nigger childitn, from ihe s nth, to nust! Nothing can be plainer thsr aint no other pledges of aiFfdiiin than children that I know cn. Well, I swarcf she diJnt believe him.

Tha nasty dog,' tea Silly, 'does he think I'm going to nuts any of bis yaller pledges? if tbeui thsr is all he's got to offer, Le aint w uth shucks, and ef you dont lick him for bis oniimnucrly Dole, Jou aint

wutb shucks nuther. Not dreamiu of tl.e row al borne, I was a huntin through Noo Orlins fur presents fur Sally. I bought a roll of ribbon, a

pocket lull of lace, and a bran new bhinin 6ilk parasol, and was a coimn along, slow

and easy, by the St. Louis Exchange, when

I heerd Mijar Beerd crying oft a lot oi field hands. I jest sauntered in as he was puttin up a picaninny yaller ;ial, about five years eld. The little gal bad nu mother hvin, and looked sorter sickly, so nobody seemed anxious to get her. I hollered fitly dollarsnd the little creator brightened

uu when she seed who was a ouinen, i

father of yaller tledges!'

tion lo an article in Saturday's paper, t dulnt look like sugur or a cotton plainer. In answerto what inquiry he wished toLnj IUe creutur seemed glad that 1 warnt.

mxty Collars,

How ta vcigh, a Pound of Suiter. A pedlar in the Highlands of Scotland, having run short of butter, applied to a faru.t er's wife for a supply. "Ho much do you wani?" aid ihe woman. "One pun' will do," said the pedlar. "I canna ink3 jou a pun'," replier! ihe woman "I have ua a pun' weight." Well, what weight have ye? ' said (he pedlar. 'Two pun'," said the woman. "Aud which is tua weight?" "0, it's just the lar.ga." (ihe tongs.) "Well, pui ane leg in the n-aio and t'other oot, aud that'll be a pun'." The woman did as requested, but when it was weighed, she looked doubtfully at

! the butter and said, ''it looks a pun'." -O,

it's all right, woman; how much is it? said the pedlar. "A sixpence," was the reply, which the pedlar paid and departed raiher hastily, lest the woman shoule discover that 'ane leg in and hue leg ool,'

was not the exsit way of weighing a pound ofbutier.

make, he said, "I wish to know if you hold

yourself responsible for that article,' Mr. Jewell replied that he did so; upon which Mr. Pollock said, "Very well, I hold you responsible," and immediately drew a pispie from beneath his cioak and fired. The

nutol wa loaded with three balls, two

of which lodged in the wallet which Mr. Jewell fortunately happened to hare in

dnced .h fatisue. Thouchihe senses his pocket, and which Deyoua . an oouoi

thus deadened, not so the mind: its aetiv- saved his life. Pollock was imnwsdialely 1

ity seemed to be invigorated, in a

sensations were now of a pleasurable cast

rariaking of that dull but contented sort

of feeling which precedes the sleep pro

Some cotioo feller here bid

and she willed right down I thot what a slick present she would bo fur Sally, and bow well she'd do to attend tbe children, so I sung out seventy dollars she knev my voictTand I could see ber eyelids tremble. No sooner did ll.o Major 'ro tha hammer on seventy dollars, than she hokwuth a hundred, she was so pleased at my

buyin her.

We understand that the Secretary of War has directed two more companies of mounted men lo he recruiled in Louisiana. They will be equipped by the Government, but theii hort.es will not be furnished iheru.

Mew Mode or Cancelling a Debt. A 1 1 ! i ii r 5 . f m nor t A in i n 1 1 1 int iinmi f.tir !

Sho was nice little creator, ' ' ,,.:s

' i. i 1 illlllClsii'i) b ourct ii uu iruuuia;iuu,Ba9 but her bar was oiicoummn straight. , r,,-ar,i .

day. wiin niv!" k-"f"- ---1--

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ClIV- saveu HIS inc. ruimvn - . . --isi.art.Buu) uui..v- , .- . . th.ir lialiiliiio Ku n-iloiiii ,a,io orrested and after a bri.f examinauou be i purchases, and time I L on the , ' V

w i ..v aifAncr an i it ne 11 nit? w iniitr luuncru iutiii'iis v oia vw

... - m . i rt i! i.. f 11..I4 hAj r m mtiian irau l tr i w it rtv ji . 1 1 is au riioo.

trhirh rlfle rier nlion for thOUO it ore ronce jusucts wuiiu, o vwM.iui.itsj .-- .......

roo after thought wiih a rapidHy of sue-1 to jail, whei. he now is. I married ta Sally. tbat

I waa eternally wa- day. The wrmh of Suckerd-m li rising-