Indiana American, Volume 17, Number 41, Brookville, Franklin County, 5 October 1849 — Page 1

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VAN OVR COISTRV-OUR COUNTRY'S IN'TERBSTS-AXD OUR COUVTRY'S FR1EXDS. BY C. F. CLAKKSOJf. BROOKVLLE. INDIANA. FKIDAY. OCT. 5, IS 19. VOL. XVII XO. 41.

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Hants Shoulders.

A ITllKlKa SKETCH.

Mr. Crescent, I have often dwelt with pleas- satisfaction to dream of eating ham to-night, it re en the character of the hardy pioneers of are a bargin; bat yon needn't think vou are the Far West- Among them none were more going to get off of a lickin, for I'll gin y on goss truly noble, brave or generous, traa the barge- In the morning, as sure as gun's iron.' With men. The following tale will faintly describe, this he walked right on board the barge and got tome of the scenes of their wild life. . in hi j berth. He wur so everlasting mad he In the fall of 1840 my business required me couldn't eat. to travel throBgha part of the Wabash valley, j It may be as well for me to state here that the As darkness was closing around one evening in captain bore the rather enviable reputation of the latter part ef October, I found myself in being the best man in Vincennes; the bullv of possession of all those exquisite pleasures or en- the Wabash and all the diggins in the nei'ghjoyments to which the poor fated traveler is borhood. He wurn't 'zackly quarrelsome, but sometimes condemned. I had the satisfaction wr quick, passionate, and tarnal death when

oi Mowing mat 1 was the only human being e wur m. lest morning Louey went on the poor, and other-, having no assurance, within live miles. The road I was traveling, board of the boat, and got two very large fine J that such a christiandom as wnow see would Was one tkat led through a dismal swamp. It . bams, and wur going ashore with 'em, when ', do anything for the sick and disabled, have throhad been bat lately opened and was of the order j the captain seen him. i the necessity banded torjether for the

iiiucui lauivauB, uui uciug new iuu rtniuiiig through a forest, this one boasted of huge longs lnneaa 01 lence-rau. asacrossway. Ihecon-j iderate beings who had opened it, in order tej add to the comfort of the belated and wearied traveler, had generously thrown on it about

. ! i " vmiv.Tr 114 ripni. up, ' V.M13IWU ui me cons OI ergTlteen inches of dirt, which having the bene-iacd his hair curled so tight it bgan to be aw- Temperance. The verv existence of these sefitaTplenty of rain, had been worked by other' fully pninful. He walked the deck of the boat crPt "ders is positive proof of the low standard traveler Into a delightful mire which maie a j like a half-starved catamount, lahing himself of christian benevolence, or rather the absence borse'i foot pop as he drew it out, to the great; into a monstrous fury. By and by, when the I of such philanthropy altogether, delight of industrious horse-shoers, and the j boys had nearly finished their breakfast, he had ' Rut. 'n the second place, we will cornea little dread aid disgust of all livery-stable men. To got worked up to such heat he began to scorch. nearer w'th facts still more Ftartling. We will add to these enjoyments was the satisfaction of(Ife couldn't stand it any longer; he walked out ' venlure the assertion, that in ail those places having jonrneyec a long distance that day ;wea-jte whar the boys wur eating on the top of the where church members are making a noise arled and tirod.acold sleeting rain beating in myjbank, and befran t3 rair and cavort terribly bout 'Secret Societies,' ic, these societies are face, the night dark as Egypt, t had an eppe- jtbere; he would snort and squeel worse nor a rioin more for the distressed, the sick aud betite savage m a cannibal. My patience had, fix year old steliion; then he would bray, and reaved than those pragmatic christians vastly long since been exhausted, when I found myself, finally he got down on the sand and began snor- more- Let us sa' l the Indiana churches that nee mora on a good road, and in a short time I j ting, kicking and squealing, and swore he wur are mt'ng, and resolving, and pow-wowing raaeked tha bank ef the Wabash. I snatched ( half boss, hair sandbar, with a small cross of the ga'""t the Odd Fellows, Jtc, that vou can nevthe horn from the stake on which it hung, and , snag, and any craft what could float over him er Put them down in that way. There is but blew with as good a will a ever a horn was, and didn-t get snagged, mout go to sea and nev- one way "nder heaven which vou can succeed, blown before. In a short time the answering er fear hurricanes. unit fha i A i..(... '.i.... ...

signal of the ferry-man on the opposite bank c i waa given, and In the eonrse of half an hour I waa safely landed on the Illinois side. At about a quarter of a mile distant from the bank of the river I reached the high bluffs on which is situated the beautiful and flourishing little village of Mt. Carmel. There was at that date but one tavern in the place. A prince could not have Molded being satisfied with its accommodations. In a short time after seeing my poor jaded horse well taken care of, I was invited into the FUpper Mom, where all the goed things of the land lay spread out before rae, and made them suffer in a manner aetouishing to invalids. After supper I walked into the bar -room, the common sitting room of taverns for gentlemen in those part. An excellent fire blazed in the fire-place, saad which sat tome six or eight persons who Mfimed all attentively listening to an old gentleman of sixty or sixty-five years of age. The attention and respect shown him bespoke him to be a persen af more than ordinary character. He was about six feet one or two inches in height, broad chest and shoulders, straight as an arrow, and taking bim altogether, was one with whom but few even at his advanced age, would care te measure strength. "Come, nncle Joe, give us a tale of barge life; you know we never let you off when you come here without giving ns a tale of some part of your former life, said one of the gentlemen addressing him. This brought all the talkers to silence, and every one prepared himself to listen "Well beys," said the old man, "I'll tell t

yon of a fight that took place not far from here, then the great reputation of Shoulders, which on tho Wabash. As near as I can recollect. J wur little sbort of Mike Fink's, at that time in was in the year 1SI6, that a merchant up yon- j ,h's" dipgins, nde them keep their mouths der inJVincennes, had a lot of salt down i l ( fhut. The odds at betting, too, wur purty conShawneetown which he was much in need of , siraMe; in some instances two quarts of 'red He chartered one of the barges that lay there to eJe' to a pint wur offered on Shoulders, though go down and get it. The owners of the barg ieven those who staked such great odds secretlv

put on board the supply of provisions that was to do the trip, and gin the command to a man , they had long and favorably known as a (rood pilot and one they knew would look to their iuUrest before he would look to their own comfort. In shipping the erew they had procured all old bargemen except one Louey Leblane. Now Louey had been raised in Vincennes, but for the fast three or four years had been absent either trapan, hunting injene, or some such like mosements. He was now grown and well got ap to, soma twenty two er three years old, . -"-i. -fnj njiyvinieu ui nuiuan naier as you would see in a day's travel in thick rettlements. Louey wur a good natured, honest, juT., .euar, ana wur a ginerai tavonte with everyoneon i board. ! 1 1 1 l . . - . . . in senaiug me provisions on board, the ownew had sent two boxes of bulk pork, in one of which wur hams, and in the othsr shoulders. - ' jwow maoaptaia. nao gin order that none of the

nams should be cooked until the shoulders wur closed up their countenances. The boys walkall eat up. Well, this went on very well some f' down and surrounded 'em ; the work wur gotea or twelve days, ontil ai last it come Louey 's ing on beautifully, but Shoulders wur wedged torn to cook; K being then the custom for each in so close under the side of the log, he soon beene to cook torn about at nighland in the mor-jeame satisfied the game wur up, and sang out. aing-enongh to last all day, as we did not stop , take him off! take him off, boys! 'taint no use! ot cnce- J1'"1 convinced that Hams are first rate meat, "Now," says Louey, "boys, t mean to have and Shoulders aint fit for cat-fish bait.' kam. I have eat them fat shnnlders till I'm! Louey wur pulled off, and the captain got up.

-inning out grease." ii you go, we captain wnl ftcX you, sarlm shnra," said one ef them "I don't care," says Louey, "J dott't like shoulders all the time when I can get hams." o Louey went down in the boat and got a fine large ham, and cooked it very nicely. He then ;

""7 V OT" " "" ana ana efl ' rrer. j Well", from that time forth for the balance of the Order of Odd Fellows, last year, in the UniWH, they all set dowa, and the Captaia war the trip we ate ham; and if auy body on board ted States alone, contributed to its sick and helped to a piece. He commenced eating, wheu , woum .-honU-rV in nnr nl'.l .! mmm.e other beneficiary memhers. more. I think, than

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suddenly lie stopped, jumped op, and looked as' who ginerallv carried tha tallest kind of a tail though he warrent mentioned in the bill of fare j -he would just let it come right down ca-slap ! at all. He axed 'who cooked that ham.' The between his legs, and walk off in the greatest j boys all knew there war a storm coming, and 'dudgeon entirely. saidnothing. Loney spoke np aud sayshe'Itj When we got to Vincennes, and our Cargo Wnr X' sir ' ! discharged, the boys gin Louey a ball, at which i "Well, sir, didnl you knew that I had gin non. eniyed hinu-lf Seit-e. or , mrrl.r nor 1

ruers mat no one wur to eooK any ot them j . . aams till all the shoulders, wur eat np?" "Yes, Captain, bat then I thonght as how we had besa eating shoulders now for some time, a thange to ham would digest better." "Yea did eh? Well, I always makes it a praetice of jlrking anybody that disobeys my orders en my boat and the way I'll jirk yon in the morning will be astonishing to equalling babies." - "Well, Captain,' said Louey, 'I does love ham magly. tj spese w. shy if I hiP, we eat'

, ham, an' if yon whip, why shoulders are our doom. 'Ems my sentiments.' ; 'Well,' says the captain, if it 'iil gin you anv

.1 ie re ; w uar are you going with the hams?' said he ' ny, captain, Im going to cook 'em. I thought as how I might as well be whipped for ' three as one.' Tliis made t!i raniain'. l.

. saplings in the neighborhood. He scraped and pawed the sand so fast, and filled the air so full, the boys thought it were going to snow, and wur just iu the act of going to the boat to get their over-coats when the sand began to fall, and , it came down thicker and faster than if you had cnt -the bottom out of the sea and let all the water fa!! through at wunst. Then he lowed and ! rumbled, aud bragged that his mother wur an ' earthquake and his father wur a buffalo-bull, ; and that he would shake that 'ere san&barso far ' into the bowels of the earth that it couldn't be ! found with a ninety foot pole. This brought 'em together, zip, zip ch, milk, and honev. wurn't it ilei;rliir..i . i - - i ore cm . nicy . went at it with such good will. It wur beauti ful to see how close they hugged one another. i niey naun i KicKed and tiounced so, you'd a thought they were kin and hadn't seen each other since the flood. They soon cot to the ' Ir.i .... i edge of the bank, which led off sloping about sixi) yards to the river; then they began to roll down, first one up, and then down came his fist j ca-chunk right into t'other's ribs, and before you could think, t'other wur on top, and down came nu hammers or death, rip, rip. It wur a terrible purty sight. The boys wur all on Louey's side, for they liked his principles best. He wur a real hos to look nt n-;iV, i. b,erni!h : but he wur an untried animal, and .. , "'iiiuu. e-jir-i iv vr hoped that they would lose, so tired wur they of 'boulders. They soon reached the bottom of the bank, whar a beautiful log, about two feet through, lay half imbedded in the sand right at the 'g of the water. This stopped the m. Ick would have it so, that it wur Ham's time to be np, and the log wouldn't roll out of the to give them a fair sight. Tharthev stuck ' wt as a double-manned barge, under headway, run on to the head oft sandbar. full The boys all saw at a glance the game was ni ! with Shoulders. It wur now more than huiran "f .uuiu siami. 1 heir voices just riz in their throats, and came right out like a double charged clap of thunder. It wur no v.se trvinir . . l ii. , "'"' "any longer-they couldn't. 'Hurraw j for Ham!' -go it Ham!' 'jirk it to him, Ham!' : nam loreverl' and so nn ti.,- - - i icid wui sin I that had backed Sheulders at great odds, that hurrawed in feeble voices for him, just for game s sake: hut ihpv . ' ,i o use. and He k,,:r.,ii r i - i : cone the work on the principles of the ace. He ! had done it well and fast. The captain said to Louey, 'There's my hand, Louy, in friendship. I respect your principles, I . and tha mnil that na tnn. n.ni itan't k. friend. the captain " As uncle Joe finished, he rose and walked to the counter to get a light to go to bed by.

This made Luey's blood bile. He just jump- ' rblic meetings, on the Lord's "day, let it be ed right up, and began to shake worse than a a-ed, IS any brother or sister sick, or otherman with a three year old ager on him. Then wise '" want?" If an answer be had in the afhe got down on his all-fours, and began to bel- , firmative, let the sick be visited regularly by low and bawl so loud that his voice split all the sta'ed a"d unfailing turns of the members. Let

What became of Louev, uncle Joe?' asked societies. Real Christianity has no use for them! old lady fell to calculating upon the ends ol her one of the listeners. ' j but men need reciprocal help, and if they can- i fr the probable cost of new linen (or the enWhy. some three or four years after that he ' t find it in the church where God put it if tire family, from Mr. P. down to the ninth edjoined a company of trappers at SU Louis, and it lus been measurably turned out of tho Hoose ition in small clothes, besides a change for her that wnrthelast l ever heard of him. ! of God, they wiil seek it In the world, aud be ', venerable and corpnlaut self.

And what became of the captain?' I ventured' 1 i .... . , . . y i i . 'W bJ l.Jjl! io tp mart.. " ' " ?l"n '

Tl a . . . " 3 y -iew mings about seurei SOCienpA n ra atosl 4U. rl.- . . viirisuan Church? Fellowsh W- 5 rT" i j t - wi a cnipe ranee Sent enintir nu.av rr l j 11u111t.11urr.11es proiessing tiie Christian Religion: cold neglect of church members has destroyed the confidence of thousands purpose of miilu.i! protection in the time of. danger and need. Had Chrisiinnii.- . ! apostles preached it, been fully exhibited to the ' world by its professed friends, there could not 1 have been found room for a lodge of Masons or ! OJJ Ffllnim. f.,a c ,: - ...... .w uinn uidii iiie . i vo ir tlle pick brother or sister have an appropriation! of three or four dollars a week from the funds ' cf the church, from the commencement of the! sickness, till he or she is again able to labor for I a living. Should the brother or sister die, then ' appropriate some 30 for burial. The Odd Fel- i lows and Sons of Temperance do thus, and such ' are the objects of these organizations. Tliey 1 educate the orphan. Go, and do ye like-i wise go and do more and bftter, if your oh-1 ject be to blot them out of community. If you do less for your members than they do for theirs ' it will be your shame, and will make the world j think better of Odd Fellowship than of voir' i,,ii . I ."kuiih-j But already we hear the response coming' from those churches, 'we cannot do this!' ! v eli, if you caunot.shut up your mouths, and ! cease persecuting those who can! But the re- J sponse is deceitful. You cax do it: or. if vou ... cannot, it is either because you are impeded by ' an inefficient organization, or are too stingy and n'ggardly for such a purpose. If the former, I J ou should 1 ibor to reform your church, so that j il may do what was designed to be ascomplish ed by the christian church: if the latter, you , are not fit to be even an Odd Fellow, much less j a christian. Instead of saying, "we cannot," j say rather "we do not." and be ashamed of your parsimony and covetousness. You cannot? Tell it not in Gath! nnbiish it not in the street of Askelon, lest the riiilistians ' rejoice, lest the uucircumcised triumph! You! cannot! What, then, can you do? You can ' go to meeting on Sundays, sing, perhaps pray for the widow and fatherless, and contribute a ! few cents to the treasury to buy wine for the' communion aud oil for the lamps? And this is ! about all you do! But why cannot the church take care of its sick by supplying in money the value of their time? Why cannot she bury her j dead? Why cannot she educate her orphans?! She can do all these things more easily than a

Thin J. '" , "rrrt Soc,c,h- I rZ ' ' ' J .V" nb ' tan.Ele! Wi" U,e

, that evil in some nana, ia i. U Uij ., ... ... nnnd itoa i, ria.. i.. : r i , lie seated himsel f At til frniir if ;

door of the christian profess.on Vfre ll .Jr,. , , , sharp-ned for the enjovment of a good diuner. "k and .wore, sunn aud orauk. till five hot. ! oia 100: you lers was" world bleed at thi. ,'u i necessary, ,n the eyes of the Aft-r imWbing a glass'of wine bitters at the St. tU w"e niPtW, and then broke the remain- j was th tart reply. N. Y. Spirit of the Times. iuitHnnrii .1 r . Christianity world, any other source of benevolence. ! Charles, otir friend of the scissbrs and the quill, jng five upon th-ground, hischaif against the A WMiaK ,;,. ..TT., , ertL IT'" " W'Q0W 'he fa" Wi(low Orphnn'. Advocate. I Invited by his companion to join him in a walked off iu all the glory of hi. MVr . therless, and a.I the sons and daughters of want. quiet dinner at his own domicil. ; liberty." ! e he fev. Ir. Ccoper, of Bethel Chapel at would be turned in that direction, and not be '"""'T.srn C hild d r,..,ry hild. ; "I have nothing nice," .aid he. "for I did not : p . , , . . . , , , I X cholera for .IZai fuJBf- pre"Ie,,C of disannolnteH P.,t ,i, .... " . I think we should reach home In time todine- The President of the L nited fctates has ap- hjho for one of the adjoining owns.to

, , lllc rn 01 want nave lieen BV ai.i.av viii i 1 f t ... ... ... Pointed Nathan r.rnirn . t nmm..i.. !.. .k. "r iiiarrieo. ji navillir Deen rennrteri Ih.i hm

Lodge of Odd Fellows. Every O.ld Fellow in the Courier dss Etats Uuis, of the 13tn instcoiuribules 10 cents per week, the year round; nut, we find the following passage, which we and thus every Lodge can raise hundreds of re-produce: dollars ner annum. Sunoose every christian "The proclamation of Gen. Taylor, in rela-

were required to contribute from ten to fifl v cents per week (and this a verv low tax) according to their worldly prosperity; tli6 result would be a flowing treasury lor the use of the poor, of the sick, and for every other purpose required, and none would feel the burden, while hundreds of the sick would rejoice. Instead of .i,;. v.i..,i i: i i j:.n: tiii iiurioi uuiit. ifluv i ii u 1 1 ii r- Mil- (i h i ii u 1 1 1 1 ir down to nothing, hecausn the members urn too covetous to do anything for the cause. A dime, ' to such men, looks about as large as the sun, .1 I . , 1 1. .-, . . . n 1, 1. I. .. ......( C...U ui.u a iivLLnn am lite IIUIO lirdtrus. ?U!:il men can meet in council, debate, litigate, discuss, resolve, and re-resolve; they can create disturbances about Temperai.ce men and Odd Fellows, they pry into things which they never can know, and their fancies can conjure np ghosts and dreadful wickedness in secret places; while ' 1 they themselves do nothing, or next to nothing, ' for the relief of the afflicted. Such are ever1 . .1, !,.,.). . A .. -..il k.. its members as the Odd Fellows do by theirs! Keader, the genius of Odd Fellowship, gazing out from its Lodge room, looks infinite shame from its goggle eyes upon these misers who Knnvl Af tkwir rolininn' It comes to me from a reliable source, that 20G,Of)0 dollars! Take the churches, h ive they ! done as much for their members? I verily be- j lieve they have not. Mady of them are doing absolutely nothing, and some are doing worse; than nothing.- The same mav be said or all re- i ligious parties I say, then, that we sboold not' oppose or persecute others, till we first ourselves " learn to go before them in deeds of eflective be-! 1 nevolence, and then neither. We do not appear as ths advocate of secret, wiser in their generation than the children of : .... IT1 lic it, llovr oilier men mav leei i Know 1101:1 but for myself I reel ashamed that chri.ti.uity. the last gift of God to man-Christianity, the

ane- f Pce and the highest proof of divine ! P'-i'anthropy-christianity. that once relieved the temporal distresses of its believers, and. ! . ' when earll. f:,il,i il .: "a hUBe DOt wilh ',an!s' elernaI' ,a the r -r- s 'i - Child of the country ! free as air Art thou, and as the sunshine fair; Born, like the lily, where the dew Lies odorous when the day is new; Fed, 'mid the Mayflowers, like the bee, Nursed to sweet music on the knee, Lulled on the breast to that glad tune Which winds make 'mong the woods of June: I sing of thee 'tis sweet to sing Of such a fair and gladsome thing. Child of the town! for thee I sigh; A gilded roof's thy golden sky A carpet is thy daisied sod A narrow street thy boundless road Thy rushing deer's the clattering tramp Of watchmen thy best light's a lamp Thro' smoke, and not through trelliced vines, And blooming trees, thy sunbeam shines. I sing of thee in sadness; where Else is wreck wrought in aught so fair? Child of the country! thy small feet Tread on strawberr ies red and sweet; With thee I wander forth to see The flowers which most delight the bee. The bush o'er which the throstle sung, In April, while she nn rued her young, The den beneath the sloe thorn where She bred her twins the timorous hare; The knoll wro't o'er with wild blue bells Where brown bees build their balmy cells, The greenwood streams, the shady pool, Where trout leap when the day is" cool; The shilfa's nest, that seems to be A portion of the sheltering tree; And other marvels which my verse Can riud no language to rehearse. Child of the town! for thee, alas! Glad nature snreads nor flowers nor erass: tJ:-.l 1 " . ... & ' mm!! iiuuu no nesi, nor in tnesun Glad streams coming singing as they run: A Maypole is thy blossomed tree, A beetle is thy murmuring bee; Thy bird is caged, thy dove is where The poulterer dwells, besidethv hare; Thy fruit is plucked, and by the pound Hawked clamorous all the citv rouud, No roses, twinborn on the stalk, Perfume thee in thy evening walk; No voice of birds but to thee comes The mingled din of cars and tlrums, And startling cries such as are rife When wiue and wassail waken strife. Child of the country ! on the lawn I see thee like the bounding fawn: Blithe ns the bird which tries its wing The first time on the winds of spring; Bright as the sun, when from the cloud He comes, as cocks are crowing loud ; Now running-, c.lioui;.., m.ij Pu .t,u..., Now groping trout in lucid streams. Now spinning like a mill wheel round, Now hunting echo's empty sound, Now climbing np some old tall tree, Forclimbing's sake. 'Tis sweet to thetf To sit where birds can sit alone, Or share with thee thy venturous throne. Child of the town and bustling street. What woes and snares await thy f'-et? Thy paths are paved for five long miles. Thy groves and hills are peaks ano tiles; Thy fragrant air is yon thick smoke Which shrouds thee like a mourning cloak; And thou art cabined and confined At once from sun and dew and wind, Or set thy tottering feet but on Thy lengthened walks of slippery stone; The coachman there careering wheels With goaded steeds and maddening wheels. While flushed with wine and stung at play, Men rush from darkness into day: The stream's too strong for thy small bark. There nought Can sail save what is slark. Fly from the town, sweet child! for health Is happiness, and strength, and wealth. There is a lesson in each flower, A story in each stream and bower, On every herb on which you tread. Are written words which, rightly read. Will lead you from earth's frngrant sd, To hope, and holiness, and God. C;-iirml Taylor's C'nbn Prorlnmntinn. In the Faris letter of M Gallardet, published i:., t n-rt.iin evoeditions nroiected airainst the island of Cuba and Mexico, has produced here verv earnest sensation. The courageous probity of old "Rough and Ready" has been much applauded; and the constitutional has thought proper to call the attention of those ambitious personages who covet Cuba to the fact that, ac- - t... .i.. t:....i c. ..... rnni i ii rr in n it . i v iih i wf mi him 1 1 ii i ir-ti v i i i c r . . l'arnc nnA P.nolnnd. that island, like Havti must remain independent incase it ever be! severed from Spain. The island of Cuba then, j ...... 1... ... ll... A Y. T " .1 I . 1 n O TCflFt K - ' LHIIUUl UCIDIIg IU .HQ niuciiLaii i. . v.., . j. j violation of a mutual agreement between the three greatmaritime powers. Treatieseertainly may beanr.ulled, but this circumstance is, on that account, a matter which the annexationists should not neglect. r M slow it t. rcrv. The cf g voung ,at,y Swajlowed , .. , .. . ... .i. :.. i.. a wnomeuerry , wiiiu.i rrmauieu bihuuui iu uci throat, and was then ejected in a fresw state, is thus "enlarged and improved" by a Boston daily: "The berry had propagated in her throat and a full-grown whortleberry bush was ejected. Two quarts of whortleberries were gathered from it, and the family lived on puddings for a week, besides giving some away to the neigh, bors." "Ir- IV.rtin5ton". I .not. On reading the advertisement of Mess. Hunt "J Barnard's sewing machine, in the Post, with the various reccommendatory notices appended, the other day, Mrs. P. elevated her spectacles and exclaimed: "Well this beats any Baltimore conventioti I ever heard on! 'Two dozen shirts pet diem.:' i.racious: oniy a oime. just iiuuu . '...kri - t.ei l-i . I. ' L. I ae nothing in the bu.nna vista ot luiure agees

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ism, neavens:" should have fa en at this dav.lhrn' na nnany returned ahout four o'c ock with "' u"-i ir a large arm chair, in which IT"

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that II hold a canule to it. Une Gime. and m(jv(OT minil lhn money, I wear

Iridr of Anrotry. . the "proud ouKe oi comersei, a nr. wan 1 -.IJ? Jfd t0 MT th ,. h. piUH Adam, because -, .... - - u ' he hid no ancestors.

From the X. O. Cmcent City. I Am I Cditor Dialog Owl.

Quite a distinguished citizen of our city and nnan 111. mdmhuj nf I j ....... . .uc lurips ruuoriai mane a stiori excursion into t ho rountrv ih t iiteXrlM 80m hou " the breez ndtreej satisfy the demands of hunger for the nonce." : o somei nn? mat wi -uii i m not particular," replied the editor, . "anvthin? will answer mVnr'nn T m nnL i I am one ' or those you know whose "wants are easilv sun- i plied." ' j Shorlenine the wav. bv casv and familiar chat they at last reached the gentleman's dwelling, at 1 the summons of the bell, a favorite female ser- j vant came to the door, her shining ebony face ' e ebon v face ' irra.ll,..! : :1 tv. . r t i...vU...ru (;iiiy iu Mimes. nisperinp a lew i words in her master's ear. as soon as he had r:t?Une?r, I I Now the editor, though bv no means hard of hearinfr.didnniHiti,.o.i .;.i.....i.i.. i.. for the reason that he did not wish to listen to ! what appeared to ho a private colloquy. He 1 thought, however, that the rest of the conver-1 sation was about a fnllnir. "A pair of liueducks." rv3ni "You don't say so." said the host. "Well now I am satisfied. Who would have thought that." "Go into the parlor," said he to his guest, "I uj join you there iu about five miuutes." Tne editorial quietly wended his way alone to the parlor, wondering in his own mind whv such unusual disturbance about the dinner should be made, where everything was always carrid on in the simplest and most unostentatious manner possible; but nevertheless secretlv felicitating himself that the dinner he was to enjoy was far more inviting than it had been represented. Five, teu, fifteen minutes elapsed, and the host did not present himself; fumbled over the pictures and books on the table, plaved a while with the poodle dog which was taking a nap on the sofa, half whistled a tune or two, hummed the fraction of j ly found gazing on a painting of M iry Magdaieu io oiscover new beauties, when his entertainer made his annearance. inst tlm Imnmout looking man the editor ever stumbled upou. "Excuse my detaining you," said he, "but you neara What Hetty said at the door" ' "O yes." "Apair.of em, by Jove." "So I understood her to say." "And a finer nair I never saw. thnuirh la-iv who should not; as plump, as fair, and as bright a nn i 3Ver mid my eyes on; come, join m in a drink." Adjourning to the sideboard, they filled their glasses. The editorgave "Here's to them!" "Good here's to them." The editor was slightly astoniched, for his lnenos 8 way ol rejoicing over the ducks was quue singular, lie tossed off Ins wine, and com

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h.n.l. l. .-l.i:.. -..7 nanus, cimcfeliug, aud occasionally civing vent to a gauffaw. " " r-:- U-'J 1 . u. ..nt, in !! 4.:e nicely, too!" was his exclamation. "How are you having them fixed?" "Oh, I leave that to the women of course; I don't meddle with that business." "But it is a pity, considering they are so very fine, that you had not another friend to dine with you." "Pardon me, t forgot, I am Compelled to ask you to go somewhere el.-e for your dinner!' "To c.o what?" "To dine somewhere else! Yon see all is confusion, the servants are busv as bees, it was j so unexpected In fact I didn't think it would come off for a week." "Come off, why what do vou mean?" "The affair up stairs." "And what the devil is the affiir up stairs?" "Whv I thought you heard what the girl said at the door?" "So I did she said you had a find pair of ; oucks lor dinner." ! "Fine pair of what?" j "Ofducks!" "Fine devils! She tol.l me that while we j have been absent my wife has presented me with n fine pair of twins, both boy The last we heard of the poor editor, he was partaking of soup, 'solitary and alone' at a restaurant on Charles street. To irir Wife. Those eyes that were so bright, love; Have now a dimmer shine; But what they've lost in light, lovo Was what they gave to mine. And still those orbs reflect, love, The beams of former hours; That ripened all my joys, my love, And tinted all my flowers. Those locks wre brewn to see, love, That now are turned to grey; But the years were spent with me, love. That stole their hue nwav. Thv locks no longer share, love The golden glow of noon : But I've seen the world look fair, my love, When silvered by the moon. Tli itbro.v was fair to see, loe, 1 hat looks so shaded now; But forme it bore the care, love, That spoilt a bonny brow, And though no longer there, love, The g!os it had if yore; StMl Memory looks and dotes, mv love, Where hope admired before. A Van her Answer. A wnger was laid, that it wag a Yankee peculiarity, to answer one question by ask i ni ano ther. To sustain the assertion, a down caster, was interrogated, "i want you," said the better, ''to give me a straight forward answer to a plain question." "I kin du it. mister," said the Yankee. "Then, why is it New Englanders always uuswer a question by asking one iu return?" "Iu they?" was Jonathan's reply. Handsome Inhrritnnrr. Jadge Jones, in the Court of Common Pleas,! of Northampton county, Pa., has set aside the will of Peter Miller, a wealthy old bachelor,! who died lately at Easton. The entire estate, therefore, amounting to nearly 400,000 dollars, wilh the exception of a few trifling legacies,' which are valid under will, goes to Feter Miller, of Ohio, the nephew and only heir at law of the deceased. The Easton W'hig says: "The for tunate individual who comes in possession of so large an estate is about sixty years of age, and resides in Morgan county, Ohio, where he has worked a farm as tenant for a long time. He has a large family, a full baker's dozen of children, all poor." Shc" One of Thrni. In St. Louis, lately, a Mrs. Cannon was fined 10 dollars for whipping her hubby, which she I paid with a smiling look, saying. , sottovTCe, the 1 I. do I'm some when I'm at home, and won't I have it out of his bones; well, if I don't you cau kill me," ' CT "Whatever God has made is perfect.' said a western preacher to his hearers. "What do you think of me?" said a hunchback, rising and exhibiting his own de lormuy. - t iiiiiKot yon!" replied the preacher ''why, I think you are as perfect a hunchback as I ever saw in ' mv life."

ExtraTncrnre. I The correspondent of the Baptist Record.r,' at San Francisco, says: ; . . . uur arrival, a man raid S1UU for t"n bottles or champaigne, the nsual price, .. . " tX'"' -'' ' , : How to rain m Hon. 1. Let him have his own way. 2. Allow him free use cf money. 3. Suffer him to roam where he pi eases oa the c .", 1jaV.1' . ., ' VO him fllll HrPHa in U?!..!:.! onnm.n ' . . 10US. c r- u u- . . , . . 5- CalJ hl'n to no account for his misspent

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Pl' ... ... . Pursue either of these ways, and you will P7WB' mo!t marvellous dehver.nre. or V ! ' hv "' and ruined j cl,!'d- Thousands have already realized the sao resu't and have gone mourning to the grave. IT "The little darling he didn't strike Miss Smith's baby a purpose, did he? It was a mere accident, wasn't it dear?" "Yes,. mar to he sure it was, and if he don't behave himself I'll crack him again." 117 There is as much truth as poetry in the following liues notwithstanding they were penned by a poetical genius while upon a "spree." Men brandy drink, and never think, That girls at all can tell it: They don't suppose a woman's nose Was ever made to smell it. O The Boston Post one day lately published the following : I Wouldn't M ould Voa? I wouldn't give much for a girl with a bonnet That cost fifty dollars when first it was new, . Who sports a large mufl' with a hairy tail on it, That hangs down in frout of it, just as it grew ; I wouldn't give much for this female Would you? I wouldn't give much for a woman who prances, Pro.nenadingall the thoroughfares through; Giving winks to the clerks, or else amorous glances. Enough to turn her eyes all as'.ew; I wouldn't give much for this female Would you? The following has since been sent to the Post by a lady, in reply: Wouldn't. Would Tn? I wouldn't give much for a chap who has gone it nose simpering chin has a hoee goatee on it That hangs down upon it, just as it grew; I wouldn't give much for this fellow would you i I wouldn't give much for a chap with a collar That's made to stand up, almost over his ears; Who wears white kid gloves that cost over a dollar, And a coal that belongs to some knight of the shears; I wouldn't give muck for this fellow Would you? ftVThe Cairo Delta tavs that a oettv thief arrested in that town, the other day, was "let off upon iiiamne a promise "to swim the Miuia. sippi and leave Cairo with an exalud opinion of it n.nl. " ' IluHgnrv. The sad intelligence recently received, throws around the following extract d.P .H melancholly interest. We find it flouting as an echo upon the air, and would send it on a million tongues to every heart in the land: Though Hungary, like Lazarus, has burst the gloom. She rises not a beggar from the tomb. In Fortune's frown, on danger's dizziest brink, i Despair and Hungary's name must neverlink. A" have bouuds, plague, whirlwind, fire j r Bnd tiood : .r .urr no spin oh i oounoeu sums oi moon, States caring not what Freedom's price may be, May late or soon, but must at last lie free: For body-killing tyrants csi:noikili The public soul "the hereditary will. That downward, as from sire to son it goes, By shifting bosons, more intensely glows : lis he ir-loom is the heart, and slaughtered men, Fight fiercer ia their orphans, o'er again. O Somebody savs. that out west ther fight i with clubs as big as a dog's body. Some throw j stones as big as a pail of milk'. One chap out iu the region laughs so loud that it loosens his ' teeth'. I IT "Do you like novels?" said a Miss Languish to her country lover. "I can't say," answerred he, "for I neverate pny. but I'll tell you what, I'm tremendous at a j oung possum.' I Cholera. Adrire. Bury berries, be chary of cherries, suspend the currency of currants, appease your hunger ' without peas, do not buy shell-fish of those who are selfish enough to sell fish; don't be ! among those who at night are out in the night j air, and drink from the well if you wish to be among me well. (Sublime. 'Tis oiful grand I ca'kerlate To sit behind an oak. And hear them tarnal bull-frcgs join' In one almighty croak. friendship find ltr. There is no ill so hard to hear. No pain so sharp, no wo so keen, No poverty so great to bear As loss of those, who friends have been; Earth's starry flowers no longer smile. Heaven's stars no longer glow above, Nor mirth no more the heart beguile Shorn of its golden plumage Love. The Abitl. Trip J itf i n fT innmont ftftar cnKnacc f , nnn. piog-the-queslion, is thus descried by a modem H.-ron The spell is broken she has laiJ Hvr tre nbling' lips against his cheek, On her's there is a deeper shade Of crimson, but she does not speak; Her voice is hushed her voice is still 'Tis given, half without her will ! IT An Iron cottage weighing 1500 lbs. 16k,' by IS reet in size, m tWo compartmenU, a ! kitchen and a sitting room, with five plate glass windows, two beds, one table, ohe chest or! drawers, two chairs, a fouiltain," wash stand, and comnlete apparatus ror Cookihir. can be boufht in Liverpool for $153 . I A schoolmaster "who is abroad" out I West of course lately sent to a still house near the w:hool house, and 'getting a jug filled, "gin , i,,,i'i hi irhnl.r. nii "mi." fnllowed, and some of the parties got into the in j eernest. The teacher's excuse , was, that hei ichool!" aad i was tired of teaching a "common sc thouzht he would try hew a hiii school would r.i

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id bqrB was elected JacVe oT the Inferior Court of eone couety in Gaorrria. r. . . - o " " """reins cengiued wile eictalmed "New, my dear, you i..r. ., i . .. . 7 --i------.2 " . - ... ' ' , engagement to be married and I that he died the very morning appointed for the man lage. A servant girl, on being reproved by hsr mis-' tress for having a baby without having hac a husband, deprecat ingly exclaimed, "La mistress it is such a little oue !'' X'r A little bey, seefnga drunken man prosate before the door of a croze-err. osened th . dsor, and putting in his head, said to the pro. prietor. "See, here, neighbor, your ugn has fallen down." . ? t'iif do it. A storv is related of a Son of Te mnmrnnr who dined with an influential friend. The host poring out a glass ef wine desired the Son te drink with him; whereupon he replied: "Can't do it, 'wine is a mocker.' " "Take a glass of brandy then." ' "Can't do it, 'strong drink is raging.' ' By this time the friend becoming itomewb i restive and excited, remarked: "You II pass tha decanter to the gentleman next to you'" "No, I can't do that: 'wo unto him that putteth the bottle to his neighbor's mouth.' " What was the peculiar mental condition of morul state of the gentleman, at this stags of the proceedings, the deponent eailh not. ICT "Did I not g'ive yoo a flogging the other day ?' said a school master to a trembling urchin. "Yes sir," answerred the boy. "well whatdoes the scripture say upon tha subject?" "I don't knew, sir," said tha other,' "exceptit is in that passage which rays, 'U is mora blessed to give than to receive.' " O" A biography of Robespierre, which appeared ia an Irish paper, concluded In the following manner: "This extraordinary man left no children be-' hind him except his brother, who was killed af the same time." This reminds us of a son of the Emerald Isle, who in telling cf hie adventures in this country to a friend, said: "The first feathered bird I ever saw in Ameriky, was a forkentine. I treed him under a haystack, and shot him with a barn shovel; tha first time I shot him I missed fcira, and thesecond time I hit him where I missed him before." try A precocious youngster being asked how many genders there are, replied: "tbreo sir the masculine, thefemiuine. end tho neatral." "Well done, my son now define them." The masculine is men; the feminine is women; a ad thexicLTRAi. is the old bachelors." Like a diamond in the sun, Or a wreath by honor won;. Like the bright effulgent light. Bursting from theatarsof night. Boundless as ths ocesn yet Gentle as the rivulet Such is woman's love Like the lustre of the dawn. Or the dawn of early morn; Like the firmament on highArdent as its changeless dye, Faithful as the polar gem, Peerless as the diadem Such is woman's love. A a (iqruitiea. It mi y seem curious to those" who are not aware of the fiaet, that the first towns built by Europeauson the American Continent were St. Augustine, ia East Florida, and Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico. The river Gila was explored before the Mississippi was known, aud gold was sooghl in California, long ere the first white man had endeavored to find a home on the shores of New England. There are doubtless trees within the fallen buildings of i .uaiua ma. uau commencf a - io grow when the sites of Boston and New York were covered with the primeval wilderness. MrUKible A drier. "If you ever marry," said a Roman Consul to his son, "let it be to a woman who has judgment enough to superintend thn ttinr of . meal or victuals; taste, euough to dress herself, prine enougn io wasn her tace before breakfast, and sense enough to hold her tongue when she has nothing to say." A irrat Pnnthrr Fight A letter from Alapha, Lowndes county, Ga.. to the Savannah Georgian, dated August 24th, contains the following account of a bloody encounter with a panther:. , "On Friday, the 17th inst., two boys, 12 to 16 years eld, sons of Mr. T. S., of this county, went into the swamp near their bouse, on the Alapalia river, to hunt a hog which had got ent cf or been carried off from the pen, and had not proceeded far when they encountered a large .L I t . , ... paniner, wnicn seizea one ol ihem, the other making his escape back to tha house. The lit- . tie fellow struggled for some time with his an tagonist, but in vain, as the panther bruised and tore him violently. At length he, tu'ned his face towards the earth, and the panther thinking his victim was dead, left him, ,a,nd wentoffa short distance, but returned again and covered bim with leaves, brush, &c. Ha then pursued the other boy, but he had got beyond his reach, and arrived home safely. As soon as the little fellow who was lying prostrate saw his enemy was ont or sight, he arose, and taking a circuitout rout, walked or ran home wilh considerable . 1 ,T"w. . 1 . . tl. .ir.:. - . j l ... ' . in the neighborhood, and three men started with' their dogs and guns iu pursuit or the panther. The dnna nnn Ktartert him. when hx Inrnnl in. on the first that approached, killed' him almost b - j ; -r instantaneously, and nut the others to flicht. One of the men, 'Mr. G'., went to the rescue of his dogs, when the panther turned upon him aln. nnrl troiilrl ha v. kilted h''m had nnr Mr J. V ' Lr.--r.Vi itf .t tV. tim. T, t .. . .u . j , .v . tfc mu2lIe ot h" Kon t0 the body of 6 and shot him, but ii hid" so litUe erTect 'that it' j did uot even cause him'tb let'go his hold. The .. . , . . ... . .' . rromocr ei tne pariy, itir. a. n., was soon on the ground, and seizing the animal by fhe neck with one' hand, cut his throat with tho other. Both Mr. G. and the bey have been much injured, and fears "have been entertained ' their wounds wonld fjfove fatal. The fsfmer, however, Is new Considered out of danger, Th), pantle. measnrd niae feet sight f octe'Va;'' , , ., , m

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