Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 50, Brookville, Franklin County, 1 December 1854 — Page 1

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professional Carte. J, B. DAVIS, M. D.,

1' II V I CI it II suri-uii) B" . 1 J mm mm mm mm mm aa jtrndK at bia catlaa, ornar of Afalaaad Vjiaii tri, Braak till, lad. De. J. W. KEELY, rxrrr Surgeon Dentist, AFHCKOXEDOORiOUTIf ÖFTHR VAUfcY U IlüliBlt, c iTiiu. All wvrk wtrrtoui. fio Harga for ialuilo or advlc. 4-ly Ctltf K I LOO HCV Juillctof the I'eac, anl .ttwraaj autl Couu .alloraltaw, Brookrill, lad. V lUoaoala Katl Itruarai ruoiieaquar 43, ISil. ttt irtonnOVT Attornay and Conn11orat IF ,Lw, Uli ffo. 7 lUUo'a aalldiBK, itrooarill,iadlaaa. Xl-43. IT WC, CnOOKSII4NK( AUornT and Brook III, ladlaaa. 4J-'53 a -i - . ----- 1 1 lit winHiinrii uav. vacm umi ""Ii J IX. !tt'CLCriE, AtlornoyttLaw. OSlca on Burjr..trl, iwodooraavrlh ofCao. Hol iiii'iuma,iiroif in. 4i-aa EVAN"0WENa ATTOMIT AT LAW HOT AKT PTTBL C, lfi. Cavriutl, ludtnna. ALF. WAItU, ATTORNEY at COUNSELLOR ATLAW, Brookrill, InJUnn. Offleolwo doormorlb Burvoa'.HUir. IM. II. MOKUIS.M. I)., P hyslcla u At S u rjjco u Alt. uarmci, inu., 21-263-year. DENTAL bUHUEONS, ni.Catrm.lt Ind., Will do all work .ntrmltd to ther tarn wltb B.aln.M and plipth. Jun 3U lino MOSES J. KELLE Y, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, On dor Month oflh. VIIt Ilona., . Ilrk will, lud.. TTTtLI. Uk arhnowltinul of )df, takt li a.iaerniry uupoiiumia, AOidaviti &e. HARRISON DIRECTORY, TJ PS5JIT.-nKAI.KK IJIOKOCKKIKHAJIU JLv rf". ", Wrl alra.t, lltiii, Omo, k aap on band a good aMortwul.r all article tu I. lino. ALSO a gonaral auortment of rilllNITVIIE. Which bo will aril ctaap for eoah or ronntry pro OCI 87 4 fii, T TILTOX TTTBKILL. OSK lOOK K ST O F AIA um unit k4)f.,iumuo, Ohio, Loal.rtn AMERICAN, FKK.XCI1 AM) E.XCUSII DRY Bonn.u and Bono. I Trliuiuingi of all atyleaand (ll)OM. iiJi, MiM.aand Clillurcna Sum kept eon uintif on nana. nclS7 43 O . a a I ran.. T)KUNX&di LXM0X-DK.tLKR4 is vascY JJ au4 Uoma.iiu üai Uooo., Ladie Drut Uood aary aiB4. Croc.rl.a, nardwar.,quiiaiiwara,llooti,Sboa W.IIII, KS., Coaaaa Mabrit ho Waliu-t STitara, IIA REtSOX, OHIO. Oct I7 4J IUI TB T. . TTJtLES. D A I.Eli l.l DR"C", w .1.UICIH.., rmtmu, Ulli.Varnlshei.Clatt, J)j. IKU wer, Cora. r Mala and Mark.t Rlro.la, IIARRISU.V, OHIO, et 57 43 1131 0? BTTO HOTEL. CO R.IK R MAIS dt MARKET , . ; IIARRISOX, OHIO. D. Fl-ltr.ll, Prwprlotor. Oct 57 44 I1M AV nTTZBZSTTJTO INCIDENT. TimM Pf rnUmltV 111 A IKa n.a.aa I f- 1 . I ....... vi voivitiiii iiau inu 111 caciit giTB riae) 10 many incident that a-reat a. . Atmm ft. a .1 r I I Which WO thmircrtt tunrlliu ..f Thai !a- aftarM. ,.-.-.- . err decent looking woman, ebmr.irta. oiy urcsiudln black, camo up to the bank rid nquireij u ttjo bank IiaJ really failcd. On beinff mured that tuch wn tho fact, ih tottered to th atairwov be lor the banking houac, and aitiinjj on tho tttlra, buret Into tear. A gentle, man who wu patsin;, aeeinj her an gol.h, approached her with word of compassion, that soon wot) from her tho narrttion of her miafortunea. Sho had kepi tho houas of a widower, who on djlng, left her a hanJaomo legacy aa a reward for her faithful aervite. Thia, with her aaved earning, was ppt Into Mtnchea'er'a bank. Tbo Intereat, addedto her labor wilh tho needle, tuffi. ced to keep her; and the principle waa a dependence in tie knene tod a'e. Her only earthly hope and friend woo jrone. Theeornpteaionttv cntleman thenaaid: "Ihavo juat loat my houie-koepcr, who hao got married ; if you will tako her place, your work ahall be lighter than ntakinj atop gooda, and tour Wajjea anaii t at much at you received In 1n1 intereat from tho bank, and you will be boarded besides. I make tho ofler withnut hesitation, because I am euro that one who was houorcd with auch a generoua legacy was left to you, mu-t be Justeuclia person at I req iiro." Wo DfcJnotiay how Joyfully tho ofTer was accepted. Pfatrr IS CosviRaATio. Akin to reverence) in conversation, and probabj iprin2ln2 from I, Is purity j which shows Uaelf by a careful avoidance or very thing profane, obscene, coarsv, or in any way oflVndinjr, delicac. cither In word, tone, or aug8tlon. Tht purity ranootbmoo much Inalated upon; for its oppoiito poisone tho lountains ot tho htrt, dwfitinir t'ie temola whlrh ahn..i.t boadlting.pl4co for thsiljly Spirit. De ictcyani refinement oro too olton looked upon merely at t!. elegit ornaments or poliahcj life. Tn-y should, ooth,o oaiUriry.bs osteomed esitntUU In tho Chrlatlan character. Every thing leaninj toward profanity, obscenltv.or Indelicacy is utterly Incompatible 'with Christian purity of heart. Low at. temptt, at wit, that hinge on vultritv, aro a coommon form of this vlcej and thoao who indulge their propenailiee in this direction aro laying tho fruudaibn for general groaaneaa ol character, such as thoy would now, perhaps, shrink from with horror 2 but toward which they are none the less tending CuArrcD Hasds. Keep your hnoi perfe:ify clean by wahtnthrm well three times a day, once in worm water aod wheat. bran, and twico in cold water, and be sure ibat they are dried per-fa-tly before going in tho cold and wind. This will, in a great measure, preveu ehspplng, War gloves whenever you can conveniently. .Vinegar, fresh cream and sheep' tallow, are each recomniend. ed as remedies. For deep cracks, draw the.n together with court plaster, or if this i not at command, fill tha cracks with a little grafting or shoemaker's wix, and cover it with a small patch of silk or other thin cloth. Ind Farm.

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WOBS8 BT GSOROX MOMUI. itu$Uh W. ttttn. I. Tk tJmoi trt 10 ,tl-lt,M for th ttth li br4 to rV Thourh all fcopa thay'nb ioma lo-taorrowj And ovary ooo looks btaa, and aro la ok a frot, Formooey lit bird ihliif to borrow. So luk dowo your hlo.l" tod looi joar hop, For mooty Ii t hard thing to borrow, Tai, tndatd I II. Tht banktr tooki qulto brtT ti joa ttk tlm for th "chink," Batbt part oot lh ,rady"wlUi sorrow, Forb cannot lUnd Mrun,"tol bt bw btfloa to Uil ok Thai monay la a bard thing to borrow, Let b Im ttki dowa bli ,'ihlngli"anJ ikut up hli hop, For money U a bard thing to borrow, Yl, ladrttl, in. Tboroiuiclin itarti, offlca com i ulgUty lump, And th. moulh ofbla porl at narrow. Itwa.Jii.l U gl aoma ca.h that ba got npoa tb. lamp, FlnJInf monry wti t hard Illing to borrow. Lot him UkdowahllnjU,',aiidhtphli hop, Formouay hard thing to borrow, Y,lnd..dl IV. Th. n.rchant Ucat dowa with bl loadad th.Ir.t In view, Am! no euitomar luya, to kla aorrow, For toon from Xw York h. will g.t a Hllrt aVu.r And money U a bard thing to borrow. Lot blm taka down hlauahlnf la,M and abut np bla hop, For uon.y I bar! thing to borrow, Ya.lodadl Tbo whliky maker Ijbi.ror tbo drouth bra kllUd th.rorn, And h. look on hl pro.poci with horror, For bo knolil frlunj won't tick, wb.u ba ba'tgottbrn,, And money I a hard thing to borrow. Lelhlin lake dowa kltMatilnla"andahutphli hop, For money la t bard thing to borrow, Ye,jdo.dl VI. Cotloneit roan na'er fear thongli lhara coma t inlxhtjr erath. And a not. boulJ fall da. on th. morrow, Jdt call on your frliui, th.y will tparo a Hula cah. Though money la a hard thing to borrow. You can keep opyourihlnia,"andopan wlJe your aUop, Though money I bard thing to borrow, Yet, Indeed I ßtlttlth nie. THE CROCK OF GOLD. BT MARTIN FARQUIIAR TCPriB, AUTlIOn OP "PS0VZBJ5IAL PHTLOSOPnT.CHAPTER IX. Tbo Puacher. tudJcn knock at tho door bcrr . .11.1 lalirt tn,l I Iva wholo pftrty, and Mary Will III Acton, bustling up, drew tbo bolt, tu wit, our irunnt ember-lovincr friend ol w w aa. 1 Ml vl If IMiVIIVIf VtIV Ch-ptcr II.; eecondly, Thomas Acton lU11 nusn, wno carried loo old ruuskol on In lioulucr, findfceracu to have something else under his smock; and thirdly Uon Uurke, a rcrsonago of no small consequence to us, and who, therefore deserves some s peciCo intro duction. Biif lien, othcrwho Mack Curie, according to tho fricndnhip or tho en mity of those who named him, wns a huje, rough, loud, good-humored, dare-devil sort of an individual, who lived upon what ho considered common rights. His dress was of the mongrel character, a well-imagined cross between a ploughman's and a snilor'; tho bottlc-gicen frock of tbo former, pattcrn-stitched aboutthe neck m ingeniously us if a tribo of Wisconsin sijiuws lmd tailored it, and mighty tiahin boots, vast as any French postilion's, acting ns atritiou's tail to symbol izo the littler: a led cotton handkerchief (dirty-red of course, as all things the weru dirty, for cleanliness had litt!o part in Ikn.) occupied just now tho moru native region ot a - halter; and n rusty fur cop crowned tho poacher; 1 repeat it. crowned tho poacher: for iu'liis own estimation, and that of many others too, Hen was, if not quite an emperor, at least an Agamemnon, a king of men, a natural human monarch; in truth, ho felt as much prido in tho tillo Uurko tho Poacher (md with ns great justice, too, for aught I know,) as Ah-lIamet-Ghee-the-Thug eastwards, or WillUn-of-Normandy-tho Conqueror westwards, may bo thought respectively to have cherished, on the scoro of their murderous and thievish surnames. There was no small good, after all, in poor Uen; mid a mountain of allow nncu must bo tlung into tho scales to counterbalance his deficiencies. However coimi', and even profane, in his talk; (I hope llegtntle reader will excusv mo for eliding a fow cleguntcxtracts from his common conversation, and also for remindin him character islicttlly.now and then, that Dun's lan guage is not entirely Addisonian,) however rough of tonguo and dissonant in voice, Uen'a hearlwill bo found much about in the right place; nay, 1 verily believe it has more of natural justice, human kindness, nnd right sympathies in it, than are to be found in many of thoao hard and hollow cones that beat beneath the twenty guinea waistcoats of a Uurghardt or a Duckmaster. Ay, give mo the fluttering inhabitant of "lien Huike'scowskin vest: it is worth n thousand of those stuffed .-irtitlcut denizens, whose usual nest is figured satin and cut velvet, lien stole true.he did not deny it;bnt he ktolo naught but what he fancied was wrongfully withheld him: and, he lock from tho rich, who scarcely knew ho

robbed them, ha shared his savory

booty with the poor, and fed them by his daring. ; Like. Robin Hood of old, he avenged himself on wanton wealth, and frequently redressed by it the wrongs of peuurr. Not that I intend to break a lance for cither of them, nor to go any lengths in excusing; alight extenuation it tho limit for prudent advocacy in these cases. Itobin Hood and Benjamin Burlo were both of them thieves; bold Ken; bad men, if any will insist upon the bad; they ninnrd against law, and order,and Providence; they dug rudely at tho roots of social institutions; they spoke and acted in a dangerous fashion about rights of men and community of things. But set aside the statutes of Foresting aad Venery, disfranchise pheasants, let it be a cogent thing that poverty and riches approach the golden mean somewhat lest unequally, and wo shall not Und much of criminality, either in l'eo or Kobin. For a ceneral idea, thon. of our poaching friend: he is a gigantic, bl.ick-whis.crcd, humorous, ruddy mortal, full of atraneo oaths, which wo really must not print, nnd bearded like the pard, and ho tumbles in amongst our family party, with "Uless your, honest heart, uogcr; what makes you look, so sodden? I'm nlord, if your eyes aVt as red as n hedge-hog's; and all the rest o' you, too; why, you aecm to bo pretty well merry "as mutes. . Hal I sco what it is," added lien, pouring forth a benediction on their frugal supper; "it's (hat precious bclly-acho porridge that's a giving you all the 'tlensy. Tip it down tho sink, dame, will you now, and trust to mo for better. Your Tom here, Hoger, 'a a lad o mettle, that ho is; ay and that old iron o yours as true as a compass; and the pheasants would como to it, all the same nsif they'd been loadstoned. Here, dame, pluck the fowl, will you: drop 'cm, Tom." And Thomas Acton flung upon the table a couplo of fine cock pheasants. lloger, Mary, and Grace, who wero well accustomed to Den Burke's eloquent tirades, heard the cod of this one with anxiety and silence; for Tom had never done the like before. Oince was first to expostulate, but was at once cut short by an oath from her brother, whoso evident state of high excitement could not brook tho semblance of reproof. Mary Acton's marketing glanco was abstractedly fixed upon tho actual corpus delicti; each fine plump bird, full-plumaged. young-spurred; yes, they wero still warm, and would cat tender, so she mechanically began to pluck them; whilo, as for poor downcast Roer, he remembered, with a consctcnce-sting that almost made him start, his stolen bit of money in the morning so, how could he condemn? He only looked pityingly on Thomas, and sighed from the bottom of his heai t. Why. - what' tho matter now?" ronrcd Den; "ono'ud think wo was bailiffs come to ra'me the rent, 'tead of i ton Tom and friendly Ben; hang it, man, wo ain't hero to cheatyou out o' aumrauv uu, uuv uu u yve,.m v wmu neither; so, if you don't liko luck.burn

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the fowls, or burv 'cm, and let brave Tom risk limbo for nothing." Oh, Ren!" murmured Urncc, "why will you lead him astray? O, brother! brotherl what have you done?" sho said, sorrowfully. . . Alis ürace;" ber beauty always awed tho poacher, and his rugged Caiban spirit bowed in rcverenco bcioro cr Ariel eoul; "I wish I was ns good ...... i as you, but can t ;dc: uon i condemn us, Oracoleastways, first bear me.and then say whore's the harm or sin on it. Twolvo hu'idrcd head o' game I ieard John dorse, the keeper, tell it at tr m w the Jerry-twelve hundred hcd were shot at t'other day's buttuw: Sir John

no blame to lum for it killod Kit0 tako 4-man' life? 7so, neMibor,

couplo o' hnndred to his own gun; and a a 1 a ft though they sent away a coacniui.ana gavo to all who' ashed, and feasted themselves chucklull, and led the cats, and all, still n mound, liko a haycock, o' them fine fat fowl rotted in n mass, and wero fluog upon tho dungpit. Now, Miss Grace, that 'ere saltpcu-por-ridgo ain't nice, ain't wholesome; and, bless your pretty mouth, it oui;ht to feed moro sweetly. Look at Acton, isn't ho half-starved? Is Tom, brave boy, fid o' tho fat o' iho land? Who mitüo fowl, 1 slioulU liko to know. and us to cat 'cm? And whcie'a the harm or am in bringing down it bird? No, Miss, them ere breaks, dammem (beg humble pardon, Miss, indeed I won't aijitin,) them ere justices, as they call themselves, make hard laws to hedgo about their own pleasures; and if tho poor man starves, he starves; but if ho stays his hunger with tho free, wild birds of heaven, they prison him Mid punish him, and call him Poacher." "Ben, thoso who make the laws, do so under God's perrri.ssion; and they who break man's law, .break His Law.". "Xonsense, child," suddenly said Roger; "hold your silly tongue. Do you mean to tell us, Ood'a law and man' law are the tamo thing! No, Onice, I can't stimach that; God makes right and'msn mal;en might riches go ;ono way, and poor men's wrongs another. ; Money, money's the great law-maker, and a lull pursu frees him that has it, whilo it turns the jailor's key on the wretch that has it not: one of those wretches is the hopeless Roger Acton Well, well," he added, utter a despondent sigh; "say no moro ubcut it all; that's rL'ht, good wife why they do look plump. And if I can't stomach Grace's texttalk there, I'm sure I can tho birds; lor I know what keeps crying cupboard lustily." , It was aaint effort to bo gay, and it only showed his gloom tho denser. Truly, ho has quite enough tomako

him sad; but this is an unhealthy sad

ess; uienrnis oi mammou-worsmp rising up, meet in the mid selber his mind these lowering clouds of dis content: and (jjo seeming calamity, that should bo but n trial to his faith looks too likely to wreck it. So, then, tho embers were raked up the tnvct stuck a-top, tho savory broi made ready; and (all but Grace, who would not taste a morsel, but went up stra'ght to bed) never had the Actons yet sat down before so rich a supper. CHAPTER X. Ren Burko'a Mranjn Adrentur. "Take a pull, Roger, nnd pass the the flsk." was the cordinl prescription of Ben Burke, intended to cure a dead silence generated equally of eager ap petite and sell-accusing conscience so soyinsf, he produced quart wiclt cr-bottlo, which enshrined, according to Ins testimony, "summut snort, the right atuß, Btinging strong, thitt hftd never seen llio ftce of a whLt-wmIiv ciseman." But linger touched it ipurini'ly, for the vaunted nectnr posi lively burnt his swullow; till Ben pullir.jr at it heartily himself, by way of trivinff moral precept tho full ben fit of a good cxumule, tiught Rogr I I T I .l.'il .1. not to uu niratd Ol u aau so mo iusk was drained. Under such communicative influenco, Acton's talo of sorrows and opprcs aions, we may readily believe, was soonmado known; nnd unreadily, that it moved Ben' indignant and gigan tic sympathies to nn extent ot iropre cation on the eye, timbers, nnd psy chologicil existence of Mr. Jennings, very little edifying. Ono thing, how ever, made amends for the license o his tongue; tho evident sincerity and warmth, with which his course' but kindly naturo proffered instant aid, both offensive and defensive. "It's a blck and burning ahnrae, Honest Rocrer, and rirht shall havo his own, homchow, whilo' Big Bn has a heart in the old place, and hand to hclo his friend." And the oachor having dealt his own broad rcastn blow that would hnve' knocked A tailor down, stretched out to Ao ton tho hu?a hand thathad inflicted it. "More than that, Roger, hark to thi.i man!" and, as h slapped ' hi breeches pocket, there was the chink as of a mmo of money hauen to its foundations: "hark to this, manl and moro than ha.k, have: here, good wifu hold your apron." And ho Hung into her lap n fcmdful o: silver! Hoer ravo a sudden shout of O O . a wonder, joy and avarice: and then as instantaneously turning very pale, ho slow'.v muttered, "Hush, Benl is it bloody money?" and almost shriek ed as bo added, "ana ray pt'or ooy Tom too, with j'oul Ood-a-mercy, raun 1 how camo yc by il?": IIonetly, neighbor, leastways, niddlin ' honest: don't damp a good ! fellow's heart, whenhw mans toserre you." ' "Tell only mat ay ooy is inno tent! and tho uiony. vo. yes, I'll keep tho wouey:" for his wifo seemled to bo pushing it from her at tho thought, "I innocent, father? I never know'd till this minute that Ben had any blunt at nil, did I, Ben? :tndIonly brouf him and Rover htro to eup. because I thought it nti-ihborly and kindlike." I Poor , Tom had till now been very ! silent: somehow the pheasants lay heavy on his atornach. "Is it true, Ben, U it true? tho lad isn't a thief, the lad isn't n murderer? Oh God! Ilurkc.ttll me truth." "Blockhead!" wai the courteous re ly, "what, rotb'dicvc your own soiu Vhv. nef-rhbor Acton, look nt the boy: would that ' frank-fAct-d, ' openhearted fellow do worse1, think you, iivniivta IVIIV j ti1?;n niack Burke? .bud ns I be. tum t And would I, the blood v villain Ben kilU "amc, not keepers: ho eis O aa. his wire frr it hare, but wonldn t go to pick a dead man's pocket. All that's wrong 5n me, num. tho gamelaws put there; but I'm neither burglar, murderer, highwayman, no, nor a mean sneaking tliicT; however ihr quality nviy think so, nod even wish I to drive me to it. Neither, being n ' a a a a I bo no rogue, Muld I bear to live a fool; but I should bo ono, neighbor, and dub myself one too, ' if I didn't stoop to pick up money thnt'a madman flings nwity." ' Madman? pickup money? tell ui how It was, Ben, Interposed femalo curiosity. Well, nel.iligoii, lUten: I was it-set-ling my night-lines round Fiku Island yonder, more nor a fortnight back; it was a dark night nnd a nmzüng, or morning rather, 'twixt ihre: und lour; by tho Hittne token, I'd caught a power of eel-. All ut once, whilst 1 was fixing a trimmer, a punt came quietly up: as forme. Boger, you know I always wades it through tho muddy shallow: well, listen, und n chap creeps ruh ore, a mad cliHp, with never a title to his head, nor u solo to his feet, and when I -ingj out to him to ux hii buines, the lunatic sprung at me like a ti-er: I didn't wish to hurt u liul-weak wretch like him, specially' bring past 'all sense, poornat'ral, so 1 shook him otTutonne, and held him ourtfT this here wice." Ben's grasp could havo crocked.any cocoa-nut. Ho trembled liko a wicked thing; and when I peered close into his face, blow me but I thought I'd hooked a whito devil, no oue ever sco such a face: it was horrible to look at. What nie you nrter, mun? finys I; burying a dead baby? nays I, Give us hold here. Pin blest if I don't see though what you've got buckled up there. With that, the little whito fool, it' sartin ho wat mod, all on a sudden flings at my head u precious hard bundle, gives a horrid howl, jumps into ihu pant, and off again, afore I could wink twice. My head1

- la'n't a soft in, I suppose; but , when a

lunatic chap hurls at it - with alibis might a .barrow load of. crockery at once; -it's littlo wonder that my right eyo flinched a -'minute,' and that my right hand rubbed'my right eye; and so he freed himself and got clear off. Rum'start this, thinks I: but any-how he's flung away a summut, and means to givu it me: what can it be? thinks I. .Well, neighbors, if I didn't know the chap was mad afore, I was sartin of it cow; what do you think of a grown man, little enough, truly, but out 6f long coats " too, sneaking by night to Pike Island, ' to count out a little lot of silver, and to guzzle twelve gallipots o' honey? There it ' was, all hashed up in an old shawl, a slimy mesh liko birdlime: no woider my eyo was a lectio blackish, when half-a-doz en earthen crocks were broken against '. x was antrercd cnoutru, 1 tell you, i to think any man could be such a fool as to bring honey there to cat, or to hide, when at once I apicd summut red among the mess; und what should it bo' but a pretty little China house, red-btickhke, with a split in the roof for dropping, and ticketed 'Savings bank:' tho chink o' that bankyou hears now; and tue bank lUelf is in tho pond, now 1 vc cleaned tho till out." "Wonderful sure! But what did you do with the honey, Ben? some of the pots wasn t broke," urged notable Urs Acton. Oh. burn the slimy stuff. I warn't going to put my mouth outo' taste o' bacca.for a whole jawful of toothaches: I II tell you, dame, what I did with them ere crocks, wholes and parts. I hero a never a stone on Pike Island, l a too swampy, and i d forurot to bring my poskeiful, as usual. Tho heaviest fish look you, always lio among the sedge, hereabouts and there abouts, and need stirring, ns your Tom knows well; so 1 chucked the gallipots fur from me, ri?ht nnd left, into tho shallows, and thereby druv the pike upon my hooks. A good night s work I made of it too, saying nothing of tho, ' Savings-bank; forty pounds o' ike and twelve of eel warn't bad pickings. Dear, It was a pity though to fling away the honey; but what became of tho shawl, Ben? Perhaps Mrs, Acton thought of' looking for it. Oh. as for that, 1 wad minded to have sunk it, with its mess of sweetmeats and pot&berds; but a thought took mo dime, to bo 'conomical for once; and I was half aorry that I'd flung away the iars, for I berran to fancy your ittlc uns might lia liked the stutT; so dipped tlie clout like any washer woman, rinsed,' and squeezed, and washed tho mens away, and have worn round my waist ever since; here, dame, I haven' been this way for a while afore to-night; but I meant to ask you if you'd like to have it; may be 'tnn't the fashion though. Good cracious, Ben, why that's Mrs. Quarles' 6hawl, I'd swear to it Rraong a hundred;' Sirah Stack, at the Hall, ouca took and woro it, when Mrs. Quarks was ill abed, and she and our Thomas walked to church to gether. Yes, "rrctn, edcrcd with red, , and I thought so, a yellow irele In the middle: here's B. Q. for mu!?ci uuanes, m duck cotton at! i' j SA I -1 t .t the corner. ' Lnckapitvl if they'd ieard of all this at the inquest! I toll I you what, Big Ben, it's kindly meant i of you, and so thank you heartily, but J .1 B 1. . 1 i mat nuawi wouni orinx us into trouo-; c; so pleasn take it yourself to tho lall, and teU'cm fairly how you camo by it. I don't know about that, foil Acmi peruana iney luiimi na nie ior i .t .t. . the Knvitigs-bunk, too, eh, Kogerl fto. wife. no. it 11 never do to lose . me money i ici a oygono oo a oygono, i . -I and don't disturb the old woman in er crave. As to the shawl, if it' ke to be a tell-tale, in my mind, this , earth's tho safeNt place for it. i So he Uun. it on tho tire: thero was ; a shrivelling, smoulderin?, guilty sort ol blaze, nnd the shawl was ournt. ; KogiT Acton, you are falling quickataa a. a a

iy ns a snooting star; aireauy it your ing over the passage ot an ncioi proconscience warped to connive, for lu- tection from agonies like hers only

crc'a take, at some on.' secret crimes. ; l ou had belt r, for tho moral of the ; mutter, have burnt your light hand, as ' S.vevoht did, than thut ahawl. lio- ' ware, your tin will bring its punish 1 tnent. 1 to ns coMiscm. . t.. w... tii. ..- ..f a i "trco wntn" wn nitrnt found in thnrn ' tree in Burghley Park. To become uossossed of t.io novelty wns a work ;

of much daring and ingenuity. It the reflection "lUd mis law ocen was eventually secured, and tho'finder.' passed ten years ago I might have dUposed of bis prize for soverign.--i ' tili been a happy wilo and mother inIt was a very beautiful specimen of j "tend of a wiiowtrd and childless, hopetho curiois habitation mado by the lss pauper!" queen wasp ; the nest wi s quite water i , proof, and in tho trco was well rrotec ; Tj10gfJ Ärtt ti,0 best Christians who ted from tho sun and rain, the roof ftremoro careful to reform themselves caving lavvrs of paper similar to that l0 cDSUro others. Ft'LLiR. of "weather boards." The shnpo of: it resembled a bobooa's head. A wri- j When we look back upon those who tcr on "Insects und their Habitations" j have been too much addicted to a says: "It is strango that man should love of the world, what a dream, what never have learned from tho wasp how i a vanity does it appear! how unworthy

to manufacturo that useful article, pa-j per. From thobeginingof tho world i sho has .prastiaed this art under the guidance of instinct; but rncn went on for nearly 5000 years without paper. though they kadly wanted something te.ter tlnn the leaves of plants, the I bark of trees, or tho skin of beasts toi write upon As tho period arrives i for bu üdingthe necessary habitation, ,een wasp may bo seen gnawing - I. J O . o tho qu

mo queen WM mny uu evu ir,',t"t'K i .t . 1 i . ...1. a number of fiber, out of a piece of Pcr8.udo ,7. thatyoubave losi ngwood, which she c irries off, motten. VVZ'V 1 t u. .1. lost all. DODPRIDOX.

with a gummy liquid from ber mouth, and kneads into a sort of paste or pulp; this is spread out by means- of her tongu and feet until it is almost as thin us silver paper, and with various layers of thu material the nest is formed.

''.aCUMMBXimiXDt 11 -The indications at head-quarters isduce us to believe that the acquisition of Cuba, and its aunexation to the Union, is seriously entertained (br thoc in power. As tb the means by which it is to be obtained, we of course are not advised, but - that an attempt; will oe made to secure it, .we nare no doubts. Our ministers to England, France and Spain, have recently held a kind of diplomatic confab, and it is said by thoso who presume to look bohind the curtain, that Cuba was the object of their meeting. They were probably consulting as to the terms they should "propose to Spain for its purchase. It - is also said.luai tno Cabinet at Washington bare had sev end meetings to consider the same sub ject. It may be that skcrxt steps have already beta taken, and we know not how soon tho people may be called upon to ratify theso secret negotiations of our rulen. ' Mr. Pierce and his ad visers doubtless -feet the necessity of doing something which tbey think will secure the approbation of the people to restore their fallen political fortunes. Tho repeal of the Missouri Corapnmiso has awakened the people to a scrutiny of the actions of those delegated with power, and have most emphatically condemned that act. Tho bombardment of Graeytown did not add much glory to the administration and it was lost sight of in tho Ute eontest. Something moro signal must bo done, and that is to bo tho acquisition of Cuba. A feeling1 seems tobe prevalent in this, and other countries, that our "manifest destiny" includes the acquisition of Cuba, if not by purchase, by the general fiillibustoring disposition of our people. A correspondent of Blackwood's Magazine, writ'ng from Madrid, advises that Spain, considering her present financial embarrassments, should sell Cuba ' for a good sum, urging that it will be taken by force, if not purchased. Tho New York Evening Post, a democratic paper, says "Mr. Soule expects to visit the U.dted states within the next two months. Un his return to Madrid (from England) it was hi purpose to demand an official apology for the Black Warriot outrage. In the event of a refusal he will demand his passports At once." . ,.- This Black Warrior aüair tuen is to " . . ... M . . bo the "cause for war" with Spain to acquire Cuba. J ho people would do well to watch Mr. Pierce, and his no ble representative nt the Spanish court Mr. houle. The New York Courier and enquir er has reason to believe that the ru mors of a revolt in Cuba within a shor time are much better lounaea man .a m . ftuch rumors generally arc, Itwill no bo surprised to hear ol hot work mere within a lew weens. Mt-ctimom s at ladium. . .. . i . . ' . TOO LATE In tho vear 1851. a procession o Temperance men was formed in one of the chief villacci in Maine to celebrate Iths passage of the Maine Law, As it passed by the Aims-nouse, wuti wav aa tf 'In:? banners and joyous cheers, to which the majority out of its ranks rosponded, ono poor woman, now in the downhill of life, burst into tears, and - 1 . - S ... 1 a V ! snnckCQ out J wuy wns not uns law passed ten years Ago?" During thoso ten years that woman ;had6ecn her household precip.tated from independence, comlort and res- . t : i peciaDUlly to oegKarv, misery mm shame; her children mercifully taken awav from their desecrated, desolate I. . . . ! LI. L... home, and ner outcan, miscruoi us band following them down to a drunk ard's dishonored crave. Withashaf. tcrcd constitution and a broken heart, tho survivor of these years of calam t7 and suffering was forced to take nsfutro for the wretched remnant of her I. - " aa t 1 days in.lhe Alms-iiousc, wucneo me upectacle of a whole community exaltaroused her to a keener consciousncaa of her own irreparable wrongs. Oth ir mi'ht reioicc and hope, but for he iheT wa no rescue from despair. To her desolate Roul thero vrm but ad ded misery in the knowledgo tlmt all her woes might havo been prevented by thoseasonablo interposition of tho mint toward off tho blow aimed at her household treasures Willi tOO (lead ly effoct, and her neighbors' joy and ecurily only gave a sharper eting to the supreme pursuit ofa creature who is hastening to his final account. - Roar. Iulu.. The Christian religion was revealed, and tho Christian church established,to exhibit the glory of God to the hu mn family. AsaSiukjt. , V 7 J . Ut io w Rtlcmf l? ÄTl V i naw - eiijfia villi Ihllvnii Itavn Intt Your great enemy may succeed so AS tO I bless a thousand times the happy day when first a beam of heavenly light broke in on my soul, when the day-star from on high visited me, and tbo celestial light began to dawnl Mas.Rcwr.

fiELLUQ BUY. 00033. - People generally think that It is

Terr easy matter to stand behind a counter and retail diy goods; but week's experience in the business would convince tho cleverest man. that it ! moro difficult and laborious than tho task of turning a grindstone twelve hours per diem. The office of salesman embodies, in its duties, no cessity for the shrewdness of a politi cian. the persuasion ofa lover, the no litcness of a Chesterfield, the patience of Job, and the impudence of a pickpocked. , There are salesmen who make it a point never to lose a customer. , One of the gentlemen who is in a storo in Ibatam street, not long since, was called to show a very fastidious And frikhiohabln lady,""who dropped in while going to Stewart'," some rich bilk cloaking. Every article ol the kind was exposed to br view the wholo store was ransacked nothing suited. The costly was stigmatized as trash every thing was common and not fitor u lady. The salesman pretended to be indigncnt. "Madam, said he. in a tone of in jured innocence, "I have a very beauuiui ana rare piece or coous a case which I divided with Mr. Stewart. who is my brother-in-law, but it would bo useless 10 show it to you it is the only picco in the city," "Uh, allow me to a-o it, she akad in an anxious tone, and continued, "I had no intention of annoying you, or of disparaeincr the merits of vour ware." Tho salesman, whowaw now watch od in breathless silence by hit- fellow clerks, proceeded as If with much re luctance, and with expressions of fear that it would be injured by getting tumbled, to display an ancient piece ol vesting, which had been lying in the stor for five ycais, and was considered to bo unsaleable. The lady exam ined and liked it much. That was a piece of goods that was worthy to be worn, liow much was it a yard? "Twenty-two shillin-'s." "Oh 1 that is very high." "There," exclaimed he, betinin: to Ml I. ..1 . . w mid u up, "l knew you would say that.""Stay 1 stay 1 don't be in so great a hurry 1" she cried; I'll givo you twenty shillings." "Madam, you insult me again." "Cut ma offyards, and you deduction on some can make up tho velvet which I acquire for trimmings," almost entreated the fair shopper. The salesman, after much persuasion, sold the lady the vesting for which they had ia v.in sought to get uvc sniiungs per yaru, ai me price above indicated. Tho profit of tho sale on vesting and velvet Amounted to thirty-three dollars! out of which the clerks were permitted to pay for a supper 01 oysters. The best of this brief' tale of dry goods is to bo told. The lady had the cleak made, And ono or two of her friends, delighted with it, bought the balance of the vestinc: at the same price, Thero is a moral to this anecdote, which wo leave to be discovered by the ingenuity of our lady readers who occasionally go a shopping. TTXE HAUTE LAW IN C0N2TECTICTJT. Tho following letter, from Gov. Dutton, of Connecticut, on the question and effect of tho Prohibitory Law in that State, han been published by thejgcntlcrnan to whom it was ad dressed: .New IIavin, Oct 30, 1054. ' E. C. Dklkvan, Ehq. Dtar S'iV; I take the earliest opportunity of re plying to your inquiries regarding tho practical operations of tho Prohibitory Law of Connecticut. 1 hazzard noth ing in asserting tt:atno eandid enemy of the law will deny that it has proved more efficient than its- most sanguine friends anticipated. It has swept the pernicious traffic, as a business, from tho State. An open groggery cannot be found. I have not teen a person hero in a state of intoxication incethu I st of August. In our cities and man ufacturing village, treet that were formerly constantly disturbed by drun ken brawls aro now ns quiet as any other. Tho chango is o palpable, that many who havo been strongly onposed to uch u law havo been forced to acknowledge theeflicacy of this. At tho lato btate Agricultural l air, it was estimated that in ono day from 20, 000 to 00,000 persons, of every condition in life, were assembled, and not a solitary drunkard was t-cn, and not the slightest disturbance wa made. The effect was so manifest, that the aw has been regarded with more fa vor since, man it was oeiorc. ino statistics or our courts and prisons prove that criminal prosecutions arc npidly diminishing in numoer. oome tails tire aimoii tenantiess. The law has been tnorougniy exe cuted, with much lets difficulty and opposition tl an was anticipated. In no instanco has a seizure produrel any general excitement. xicsiuincc to in aw would ibo! unpopular, and it has been found in vain to set it at defiance. The longer the beneficial results of the aw are teen and leu, tue moro brmiy t becomes established. The ridiculous idea, so industriousy circulated, that the sanctity of do mestic life would bo invaded, has been shown to be a mere bug-bear. The home of tho peaceful cittsen was never before rr.oro secure. The officers of the law have no occasion to break into his dwelling, and he is now free from tho intrusion of the lawless victims of intemperance. Connecticut, by her own laws, and by the laws of tho adjoining States of Massachusetts aud Rhode Island, is now effectually guarded againat the invasion of one of the worst enemies of tho human race', on all sides except

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tbo west. The principle obstacle fa f.be way of complete success, consists in the importation of liquors from the4--' city of 2cw York, into this State io r casks and demijohns, professedly for : , private use. Älay wc not indulge the hope thst this evil msy soon bo remedied, and" that as the Empire State Is the first la population, wealth and icfluencc, sit". ' will stand foremost in this great effort . to repress immorality and crime, and to promote the happiness of thehuman ' ' family? Certain I am, if her citisetV'; only try the experiment of a stringent -prohibitorv law, all the gold in Cahfor- r nia would not tempt tdin to aband-' -,

on it. . 1 ours. tc. HENRY DUTTON. THE FUTÜEE OT THE EfOW-KOTnTSOi I he New ot.KifTutr Vott iadoJ-. ges in some speculations on the course . that is likely to to be pursued by tho Know-Nothings. It thinks it is Hot - unwncu io i.iii into me nanus ol pro. .1 1 - I . - II ... . I I . m fofised politician, to bo used by them

to promoto their own schemes; but thit,u I

on the contrary, it will be directed by ..-a

the people, and will be uicd to secure -the supremacy ofcertain popular ideas., v

On this subject it says: .

The notion, therefore, that it will be converted into a grand fusion. Union-

savingcons'itutional party, on the Cas- f tie Garden model, is destined to prove a dtlusion.though it seems to prevail '

in certain very respectablo quarters. Without exception, tho men whom it ; has elected to state or national ofliccs Hie taken directly from the mass of tho people and not from the politicians, and, ' on the'grcat question of the non-ex- ' ' tension of slavery, adopt, to the full extent, the prevalent northern view.- . They are not generally inen of experience or acknowledged caapcity, but " at all events on the question, they an " swer for which they were chosen; they i represent tno views 01 tncir Cicciors. - The moment the Know-Nothing orgaa- . zatiou fitils to harmonize with the great sentiment wh'ch has now taken' ' an enduring hold of the free States, that moment it loses its vitality. . . We are informed that the design is entcrlaincdof tl.rowingofliisdirguUe and p calling a rational convention to stsrt ' a great American party. A dedarction of principles is pretty sure to be the resuit, and tuch a document ii will bo ' ouucuii io irame so as to secure a unanimous and cordial support. By discarding us present distinctive char actcr, it will lose the strongest charmy besides exposing itself more cntly to its assailants. prominTEZ rmLOSDPITY 0IEJLI5. . To understand thcphilosophy of this beautiful and often sublime phenomenon, so often witnessed since the crealion of tho world, and so essential to -the very exiatence of plante and andmals, ft few facts derived from obser vation and a long train of cxparimenta 1 must be remembered. '"' 1. Were tho atmosphere everywhere r at all times of a uniform temperature we should never have rain or hail, or snow. Tho water absorbed by it in evaporation from the sea and the earth's 1 surface would decend in an imperceptible vapor, or eeaso to be absorbed' ) by the air when it was once fully sat-. urated. 2. The absorbing power of the atmosphere, and consequently its capacity to retain humidity, ia propor-it Uonately greater in warm than ln.coU air. 'Tho air near the surface of the ' earth is warmer than it is in the region of the clouds. The hiirhcr we ascend - from the earth the colder do we find,tho atmosphere. Hence the perpetual snow on very high mountains m the hottest climate. Now, when from continued evsporation, the air is highly saturated with ipor, though it be invisible and the sky cloudiest, if its temperature ia suddenly reduced, by cold currenls'doscending from above, or rushing from. a higher to a lower latitdue, its ca-, pacity to retain moiuture is diminished, clouds aro formed, nnd the result rain. It condenses as it cools, andi like a sponga filled wilh water and) compressed, pours out tho water Which ; its diminished capacity cannot hold. ' How singular, yet how simple the phil-' osophy of rain!" What but Omtiiscicnci could have devised such an Admiral arrangement for watering the earth! Oklt oc Poor, ia tub Family. The Loulavillo Times very sensibly says: ''If there wss a constitutional way of letting South Carolina ou' of the Union, we would hold up both hand for tho meas-" ure, and run tho risk of her Conquering the bsls'.ce of the United State and laying them under tribute. Hut as it is, wo tnuattry and get alongwith htr.and thank our stars and stripe that wo havo but oro foj I in.tho family." C" On the trial of the parion engaged In tho late riot at Worchester.tho queatlon waa raiao l, whelhe-a oman. could actln Court aa counai tor her h-ia-band. Judge Green docided the could not, and tho wives of the defendants,' for whose benefit tho question was railed, they having employed no attorney, were turned out of Court, whether for cibly or otherwise tho account does riot state. Tho opinions the spirit the conversation the manners of tho parent, influence the child. Cecm, If you go out of the world unjasti-, fied, you must remain so for ever. WlHTiniLD. - 5T"Mr. Swigs, I have just kicked your William out of doers." " "Well, Mr. Swingle, it's the first Bill you have footed this many a day," All does not mean a part Loaxxso Dow. 1

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