Plymouth Banner, Volume 3, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 November 1854 — Page 1

r A Family Newspaper Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Harksts, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News. VOL. 3. NO. 33 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1854. WHOLE NO. 137.

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til, at the fllr.vi!i prices, t'.z Iriuvs) 3inSw-rtionfS?00 Tj-lay thins !es than asuare, viilecon, silered a sq'inre. j iir:n i:wiiuuiiii'"" '.- - alvcrtisingis done by t!.e year. Lsjal alTerlisemeatsinis: be accompanied hj th- "ishor secure 1, as we eannot al'Aays a-viit the issue of protracted settlements for the printer's fes. Tj'-VH C jTi tiunicat!on? from a distance .'loillbe aJJrssed, PosT-pAip,tothe editor. Gil? II W IX (oscL'j:En.) So ns m MiV.n after this mV own afTtir? Uaviug ben easily arranged. I received a Uuer'fram Mrs. Bro-klr.v, expressing her fearj that the same insiduous m.ilidy (consumption) which lia:l brought !.. liusbaii i to an early grave, would shortly nnke Winny an orphan; and her dying priyer would b. that her daughter m:j;lii be snatched fro:n a profession in which her hushitii au I her3-.!".f perhaps as a just punishment for their imprudence lul s :ir-red so much misery. As I had amp!? leisure, nnd still felt the Sime in terest in little Winny an iniere-t which the' circumstances 1 have detailed can scircelf warrant, and w!'uh I confrss :s a myürv to myself I started for the north. Toe company of strollers wirr acting in this town, and Mrs. Broi kley fortun-itely I ouht perhaps, to say p'ovi len-.iitly f.r th exceeding k;iiOfiess of thit excellent woman IM win h l ' smooth th pill w of the s i Tirer. 1 hid t!ie sittsfictiot! of arriving in time to calm ih- anxiety f t!i dying mother; a Eiuile for an i;iM wt f nie! loroli bat kihet ur tii-.i which i.-'ith v.m? dropping over ih fit-;-, an ! endeavoring to pr-ss my hand h?r list words wer?; 'Protect my litile tirlin;; orr-han Winny!' At firs'. I ihong!,! thechii I would inevitably follow h r ir.o her to the grave; her hc:rt seemed bn-ukitig in continual sobs for d.ar mamma,' but Mrs. Gtey 'scare won the littl crotwrfto ii her in ressjnt grii f. It t? inv J desirab'.o to leave her here for u short lime t!i sjv:ity of the children wjuid j rove t!ü mo?: natural cur for lie r fcorro .v , and 1 oiM tht-i divi? such arrange;n"n!s as were best suited for bringing my lif.'o portag, horn': it is tor t.ut purpose my prrs . . . -,.H" nr his become atUchrd to Mr. und Mrs. -n vistt is pud. 1 p'rceive. tail v in Gtvy av.l thi cliil !r?n, and I feir. fiom her aTc:io:i3t. disposition, h iuld she remiiu l inger hers, the s-p-ntion would be loo piinfal. ari l confirm a shade of ra;hii!i-j!y in ths clnracter of my iuten-d-d-;t b . hriiliant little Winny." Ciptain Siugletoo had conceived a '.rung prejudice against Winny's being seal to sjh.j 1, arising probably from the un!up,)V circumstances of her mother's impruieu' tlopemeul. We had much conrcrsitioa on th sui jsct. resulting in accepting the situation of governess to Miss L5rcU'ey. This was an unexpected and happy event fjr m,i wh'J hid long b?en dejMn tent on my own exertions as a mjr; dru Iging unmixed teach-r; while misters were to be eDgag"d and no expens" spired to make my pupil as accomplished an 1 e'.eg.int as bhn was beautiful. It was a painfu: pir.ing for Winny and the Greys; little E'ien cried bitterly, cl.isping t!ia neck of her play - fellow, and th; buy dec' irei ha would 'go with Winny.' Mrs. Grey proved 'Heaven to LI.'ss .tlr; !:t'.'.2 crph-jn; bnt Abel took the child iu : t arm-;, nDw wrapped up in her furred c!ok anl hoo 1. purchased the day before for the journey by Ciptain Singleton, an I carried Iit, thit col I winter morui-'. to where th miil stol ready! horsed, tvithia five ir.inutes of starting. 'Winny, said gol Abjl Grey, as he placed h -r beside her new guardian, 'there is little likelihood of my ver seeing you agiiu. my pt, though I think I love you as well as either of ray own children; but if any tiling should happen to mike you uahappy or unfriended in this world, recollect there will always b a horns for yrj with Ab"l Grey the clothier. The jj!irny was not very speedily accomplishel in tho days, but in due timi we arrived Sifely at Captain Singleton's etttate in D-'vonshtre. Thrf a)irt:n,nts coinmndin the fine3t prospect w;re. appropriated lo Winny, anl adorned with everything calculated to excite her interest and admiration, in order that her mind, a3 Captain Singleton exprsi I it, might b clothed with the biajiifut. I could se that she was anx om to binish pas, scenes from her memory; but this was not so easily accomplished, for Winny, as her bright anl pprehensire in teiltet expanded, would read poetry iu the most dramatic manner kindling into an enthusiasm that would not unfrequently betray her teachers into exclamations of admiration and applause. But memory shone most conspicuously ia her lore of old songiv Her musical, acquire mgnt ;Trere; considerable,' both

lj"A Iver'.ucis man be paTtcuiBrioi..ai.v . UjjOU ai, s, j, addrr-ss-'S, but wc.s even at ; 1 was wholly unselfish in t!üs matter, tVsn'iub.jrol iMertni.P on the fa ceoftLcau-j tiu.ts pt,llisjl aiul lttr$h j her aiuwers to ': and that I could rfjoice in vour rajuic-Irll-her rMnonstran.es on the Mib-jing at leaving me and my dull home for r V liSril discrant will be made where j-c. At lust, young Augustus Oakdalc ; gayer scenes, an I nearer and dearer ties."

vocal ami instrumental; yet alter e xrcu- : respects, would be a distinguished one, ling with hi illiant effect some fashiona-1 and upon my representing this to you, ble Italian songs of the day, Wiiiny would you seemed to think so too; you calmly love lo sit by the window, and with no j asquiesced in the proposal; not one reothcr accompaniment than the movement gret ever escaped your lips for the ilesoof the clouds or ihe waiving branches of ; la tion your absence ivmili) cause here; the trees, sii -g ihe old bdliads taught her .and your continued, and, I must say, by her mother. Yei it would not be sup-,' unkind silence on the subject, at Icngih posed however that the was unhappy; she j forced upon me the painful conviction,

I was much too good and affectionate for

that, returning the lavish kinuness of her. even your gratitude1' benefactor with singular andengrosäitg ; Winny" wept violently, unable, had she devotion. j wished, lo utter a word. Winny was now seventeen, and had 'Ay' resumed Captain Singleton, 'now admirers from far and nea; undeterred ; von set. and feel the injustice of vour inby any opposition from her guardian who j difference towards mi." made it a point apparently of constrai n- i "Oh," sobbed Winny, "not indifferente ed duty, to give every facility tOF-uch as-j oh. if I durt-d only tell you?"' pir-ints for ht rlunl as wer by character! ''Well, well, if I have wronged you. aii i ein uiust'in es considered unexcep- j forgive me, Winny. This is a more Fetionable. But a 4 lunge Beme.d to come.'verc preface to what 1 have ?o " announce

ovi-r the manners of iny 'l.ither'o sweet! i ....: w: r... ;.. an... .ai i-.uo .m.i;, i.i m-; stantly and pe rrnptorily pul a negative 1 i :i I I wi'!. - lini'a Ir.im fi'i'l.Tllt'lt and posf'siions stretching far c;ii near, caa.e in full pani; and p-jnoply' 13 woo, r.J wjn, Then Ciu'aiti S'ug'etoa sf-emed lohave i farmed a res dution; he positively pro liibitfd a refus tl. wltich Winny unheoiutii.gly and instantaneously would have given. 1 remember ihe scene well, tor I His present. 'Winny.' jaid the

lain I must exercise the; authority which j ken heart, to obey you, and never to forgive tho expression my uni.orin breai he a desire to remain where I thought care and kindness invest me with and 1' my presence was no lor ger wished.' iiui&t on your giving a fair consideration! "Then let m understand you rightly, to this young man's proposal. It has j Vi.iuy,"siid Ca plain Singleton, hniriedever been my dearest wish lint yot! should ; ly. If thii raarriüge bv any unforeseen

be. i ropt-rly seti't d in lite, and here i3 an ai.Hi.cc offered which surpasses even my loftiest anticipations. 'Winny.' continued he. in a tone almost of ttspcrerity, 'it is my duty. i.s your guardian to reccomin nd our ;n ceptan e of young Oak. lie ' As he concluded, a deep b'uh crimsoned to scarlet Winnj's lieek and Lrow, followed instantly by a deathlike pal or as she said in a low, determined voice; "es vou are mi guir li'Jii. and I accept Mr. Oikddle.' Up? this. wi;hout a won!, Captain bingit-tou, rosu au.l Ictl tue rcom. Xt z I day a note firm Captain Singleton brought voting Oikdale to the house; he s- nieil a good natur'ed young man, hut uf iittit? ;ieii"!m!ivtt, a n J v.3 quii satisfit'ii with Winnj's calm nnd even foir.ni acce jla m-t of his proposl; but from thi moui'tit Vinny's ehr. i f-iln- ss was gone:' ev u the (or iiniily imJ joyousness with vxtiich she li.nl rvi-r inl lie r be hp fan to r. di;i;p't;ir!l pulirely fn in her nmnu-r iCinijiu Sinb-tnn. too J:d not srf m to .'cek her ?o.irty is heretofore, but to nil appear ir;c. buried himüdf Mixionsly in :eji:r'.iig ht r the tru st 'mple provision out d !ii.s own fortune, and nuking the most cosily purihuses fc? beuttiiiü presents f,,r so distingi.il.t d a bride as Winny was about to become. Time wore on. and lie nurring was appointed to tak ptjceon Winny's eighteenth birthday, when one morning, on entering her apartment suddenly. I found ; h 1 .ue pale, r.nd wecpinK. in the midst I of weddiiiü llnTv which her maid had been um pacd.i ng, und displaying for her admiration. "What hipptned, my dear Miss "rockley?" I said: "you seem unhappy.' O most ui. happy!" site t-xclaimed throwing herself weeping upon my bosom. -D you remember,' she asked, "ihose vrordw of Abel Grey when I a little child: 4,If anything sliould happen to make me unhappy or unfriended 1 should find a loMne with him?" 'Ye?,'' 1 replied; "but you are placed in circumst'inc?s the very rerese of that. Apparently so, perhaps, but in reality I am miserable." 1 know not how far this avowal might have gone, had not the maid interrupted it, by informing her mistress that Captain Singleton wished for a few minntes conversation with her. Desiring he might be admitted, she requested me to step into the inner room until the interview was over. It was more of a recess than a room a Ir.rf bay window, eeperatf-d from .jdjoisiing apnrtment by a kink cf archnuy, hung with thin muslin curtains; and hcri 1 found myself in t lie cmbarrming yet unavoidable position of a listener to the following ßcene. -Miss Brorkly." said Csptain Singleton an iinuua! formality with him ,4I am sorry to hi. the bearer of a most unpleasent communication. ' Winny's weeping wr.s now over; her pride now seemed to be wounded by her guardian's roldn-ssof manner: she removed tho magnificent welding-veil which liy on the couch b'-sidtt her, anl throwing it carelessly aside, al most spurning it from her, merely motioned to him to be seated. Captain Singleton was closely obser rant of the whole action, and in a kinder tone said. Winny, I think you must feel conscious that I priz your huppinesj above nil other considerations. I have striven to accomplish it by every means in my power, and do not scruple to avow, that from the first day I saw you when a little child, your mother lifted you up into my arms by the wayside I loll deeper interest for you than for any othr human bing." Winny'6 pride vanished in a moment, and fervently but silently, her benefactor's hand was clasped in her own. "In mind, in accomplishments, in beauiy, you were all I wished you to be; my hopes were achieved you made the happiness of my home; and this 1 happi - ness could never be replaced, I consider - ed it my duty for your sake, to sacrifice. The allianct with Mr. Oakdale, in many

' that I had no hold upon . your love not

liiri I intended; and instead of using re ; i .i . . i i i "usu, pcr;Mp;. iu nac uccn forbearing and kind. 1 fluttered myself I 1 1" U 1 ,l-r-. n ...... . . l.r siid Winny, as if her whult heart leaped up to her char, dark eyes to allow its truthfulness. "Cat I thought you were weary cf me that at last the p.or orphan girl, who loved voir letter, ay, a i thousand times better than a daughter j could, had become a burden to you. It was wrong, very wrong; butprile determi::d me, at the cost, perhij-3 cf a brocircumstance, were broken olf, would it not affect your happiness?" "Oh," fsked Winny. in almost cvild extaey, without answering his question, "is it broken off? Perhaps this letter which you hold in your hand contains my reprieve! Oh, if it docs, in mere? sav sol" "It docs." "Thank Heaven! And yon for I am not too proud to beg now you will not j yet discarJ your poor rrphan. Winny?'' .'Never w ill I part from you, Winny. till you br.g tne to do so," said Captain Sinvleton. "Then lam hnpjy!" and the poor girl again took hii hand, and pressed it affectionately lo her lips. 'Ami now," 5jpI Cnptain Singleton, in some t iiiliarri'Ssmciit. "shall I, or shall 1 ,U)l make known to ycu the (ontcnts of t!iis letter from young OaküV young UiKiiaie! i tear 1, i e your pride will bt- hurt y it, winny." 0." rhe replied, artlesdy. "I hid for rotten Mr. Oak dale's letter; hut I can forgive hi in anything, I am 9r much obliged tu him I almost begin to like him!" "It W'-utd seem," said Captain Singleton, opening the letter, "that some one who knew yt,u in infancy now recogui7ms you, cr tenvmbers your parents; for afiera preamble, thes are yo. rig Oikdale's word.: "Notwithstanding my great admiration of Miss Drockley, if the assertion which was made in public last night he tru- namelv that Miss Brocklev is the daughter of theatrical parents, and has actually appeared upon ihe stnge herself I mast, however reluctantly, at once decline the happiness I had promised myself by the alliance." etc. "Oh, almost screamed Winny, "assure him tht I will return to the stag, anything that will confirm lain in his dear, delightful rejection, and get me out of this dismal captivity! "Uut" continued she, in a graver tone, and with a natural revulsion of feeling, "am I to blame for that?" "No, "Certainly not' replied Ciptain Singleton. "It is a pieju lice, very often justifiable; but in this instance, it is the pride, of a shallow foul which rejects a bride, radieut in beati'y and virtue no matter what her oil gin whom an mperor might be proud of!" and Captain Single ton, more excited than I fiad ever before beheld him, walked hurriedly' about the rcom. I never felt so unccmfotuble in tnv life everv moment expecting to be discovered where I had involuntarily become a listener. Winny. no doubt, had forgotten that there wassucha person in cxisinnce as her poor, insignificant governess, and Captain Singleton, after a moment or two of profound silence, whether catching a glimpse of some one behind the curtain or not, I cannot tell, but suddenly he took up the wedding-bonnet which was lying on a chair, desired Winny to tie it on, s if tt were her ordinary attire, and snatching up a shawl, another article of the ill-used lrou9&tK wrapped her in it, placed her arm within hi? own, saying: "Come Winny: you look pale; thenir will revive you, and I have much yet to say," led her from ihe room. Thankful as I was to nmorgo from iny hiding' place undetected, I could not help laughing nl tho unceremonious appropriation of the despised wedding gear, in which Winny. though, 1 believe, quito unconscious how she was attired, looked charmingly. 1 had my own surmise nn to ihe srqual of their conversation, which surmises were soon verified by tho bright smihson all the faces of tho household. "Thank goodne," said Mrs. Smith, Winnj's own maid, the houso is ngnin what it used to be, master has got back all his god humor, and my dear young ladyhas left off weeping; her present intended pleases her better than her last, I believe.' And what does it matter his being twenty ! yean older than herself Why. he is ! only ihirty-eight, and looking so young and , handsome, that there isn't any lady in the Hand but wiuld bo glad to have him. Though the day was not yet specified,

every one supposed the marriage would shortly take place; when a messaga nrri ved to Ciptnin Singleton from his broth er'$ widow, residing in London, who was on her death - bed, requesting his presenco, nnj earnestly cntrer.ti.'ig him to bring Miss Brockley along with him. Captain Singletr t seemed very much agitated at theso unexpected tidings, which opened . up wounds that had long been healed, nr.d also by the singular wiili, which was of course to be complied vv'rh; and Winny horsclf described la incj what took place. On their an ival, Captain Singleton conducted her to thosi:o i f the invalid, who seemed strangely ex:i:ed on bsliolding her. "I have wronged y-a both," said tho dying woman: J-y:.-J have alieady forgiven me. Captain Sinf leton. bnl how can I expect pardni from thi poor orphan girl, whom I havo for yeaJown rislbvchild of my sister?" "At thflso words," said Winny, "Captain Singleton sl irtcd, and turned toward me with a look as if awaking from a dream, without perceiving this, my aunt continued: Pi ido forbade my acknowledging relationship with one who, by the position she had chosen, seemed to have disgraced mo. Wo were orphans, like Wir.ny. The mistress of the school at which we had been placed, for our own interest, complied with iny entreaty to be silfint ui the subject of my sister's im prudent imrri iga, and to the circumstance faded from tho recollection of all savo myself. But my injustice t my r.ieco his been an inccaStni reproach to n:o. Your generosity. Cp. plain Singleion, on the d?aih of your brother, nnd which I so littto meiited ui your hands, claimed sne leturn. 1 knew th? gratification this avowal would havo been to you, and yot pride kept mo silent; but 1 coulJ not dip in peace uniil I had done justico to Winny tardy indeed, but which will, 1 fruit, yet obtain mo her pardon, and give hope and trnnquility to tho fewhours allotted me." The poor lady died that night, and on their return hrxnaäflor tho funeral, Captain Singleton said to me with ur.coiv.roll'ible delight: Now, Miss Howard. I've solved ihe mystery cf Winny's first fasc:nntian.' But who was to give Wir.ny r.way? Captain Siogleion proposed to send for A hoi Grey, ?;$ a proper complimr.nl to lhat worthy man. Cheerfully lie obayeri the summons, and bestowed ihe hand of his "little pot" ns ha called her upon ono who loved her will pes haps the strangely blon led feelings of a lather r.nd a litish-'md. More thM hnppy day young Ctkd"nlH that no ono might labor under the mistake of hii hoing left to wear tho willow cmsoled himself wiih an insipid, unin-tfUf-lo:il be:uiy, soinc .vS.rit pas-S'.-e by tho hy, but iheii she honste l of a pedigrca as ancient ns his own. C.-iptaui Singleton would not 1. rar of my resigning my situation, now o-mparitively a tincPic; r.nd what wü3 perhaps s'ill more gemrous. inMtcd tu my accompanying him tttvJ Mrs. Sir.c'o ton c n n trip to 'Scotland, where loaded with presents for iho family, wo ft'! once more, but under such difiersnt circumstances, assembled round tho happy fire&iJe ol Abo! Gray, the clothier. Father Sinitli nsd 3!a'iaa Jones. Widower Smith's wagon slopped one morning before widow Jones' door, and ho gave the usual country sigr.r.1. lhatjic wanted some body in the house, by dropping the rein, and setting double, with Iiis elbows on his knees. Oat tripped ihe widow lively as a cricket, with a iroincnduous black ribbon on her snow while cap. Goud morning was soon said on both sides, and the widow waited for what was to bo said. 'Well Mt'ina Jones, perhaps you don't want to sell one of your cows, no how, for nothing, any way do you? W-11, ihcro, Mr. Smith, you couldn't have spoke my mind better. A poor, lone widder, like me, docs not know what lo d. with so many critters, and 1 should bo glad to trade if wo can fix it.' S i they adj turned to the meadow. Fanner Smith looked m Roan then at the widow and so on through the whol3 forty. The same call was male every oV.y for a week, but Farmer Smith could not dooid wh-ch cow ho wanted. At length on Saturday, when widow Jones was in a hurry to get through v idi her baking for Sunday and had "ever so much" to do in the. house, t.s nil farmers' wives and widows have on Saturday, the was a litllo impatient. Farmer Smith Was r.s irics;!uie is over. That Yro Downing cow is n pretty fair crflur " but ho stopped to glance tt the. widow's face.and then walked around her not tiio widow hut tho ow. "That 'ere shoit horned Durham is not a bad looking beast, but I don't know" another look at the w idow. "The Downing cow I knew beforo the late Mr. Jones bought hor." Here he Mghrd at tho allusion of the late Mr. Jones sht? sighed, and both h oked at each oilier. It was a highly interesting moment. ' Old Roan is a faithful old milch, and so is llrindle but I haye known better." A long stare followed his speech the pauso was getting awkward, and at last Mrs Jones broke out "Lord! Mr. Smith, if the ono you want, do say so!" The intentions of ihe widower Smith and the widow Jones were duly published the next day, ns is tho law and custom in Massachusetts; and as soon as they were "out-published,' they wero married. Plain Reason. Whv don't you wheel the harrow of coals, Ned?' quoth a learned vender of black diamonds to his man. 'Its not a very hard job there is an inclined plane ti relieve you. Aye, master,' replied Nd, who had more relish for wit than work, 'the plane may be inclined, but hang me if I am,

THE VOICE OF llTim

BT W. C ERTAXT. Tbero comes. Irym youder heiU A so't repining sound. Where forest leaves hi e bl ight, Aad fall like fl dies of ligh'. To the rrouud. It is the autumn breeze, That, lightly fliating on, J jst jkins th weedy leas. Just stiri the glowing trees, Aal isgiaeHe moan by 8 lgy Itco':,And visits with 8gh. The last pal fl iwers thut louk. From rut ihuirtiuuuy nock, At ihe sky. O're shouting children flies Tint lihtOctober wind, Ar.d kishjjr cheeks an i es, . Ho leave their" tutfc erä , '. ' - vTr blhmd:''Aud warders eti to make Th it soft uneasy kouikI. Bv distant Wood aa.l lako, Where distant fountains break, From t'-e ground. N bower vrhprc maidens dwf.-ll Can win a inoiner.t' stay; N rfair un? redden dt l'; lie sweeps the upland sv.il'.. An-l away ! Moarns't thoa thy hoaieles statr?, Oh soft, repiting wind! Tnat e-.ily seek'it su-d ljle Tao real it is lhj tat Not to hid.' Not on the moaatuiti'.s breast, Not mi t'ie r.ce in's .shor, In all the E ist at d Wet, The wind that stoos tc reit I-. taute. Bf valleys, wo id., at:d ?prii;g. No wonder thou th ulds't .-novo F'r all t!io glitrioiii thiuza Tj3 J loaches: with thy wln-js, And must leave. m--mmmm Ratheu Spicy. The editress of the Olive. Branch, pablishtd at lloston. having received a communication from Nashville, Tnn., inquiring whether gome female printers could be hired there to go to Nashville, replied as follows: ''Every girl in Boston who is old enough to work in a printing ofnee, his a lover whom she would just as likely trade off for a Tennesee article as she would be to swap him olT for a grizzly bar. The idea of a lioslon girl who goes to operts. patronizes Julien" concert, waliz-.s once a week, ents ice cratn, rides in an omnibus, wears satin slippers, someiiir.es kisses the editor, going to Tennesee, except she goes thstre as the wiftt of one of your first cla;s Citizens, fditors f xcqiied, U trtily ridiculous. Wouldn't a girl in a silk dress, with laced pantalets end shiny gaiter boots, look wi ll trudging through the mud pud mire of Nas5 i to an old barn of a printin (.fire, while in on1 corner of the sune room two old darluis are j? rking awrsy at an old ramage press, and in the other this editor is squirting tobacco juice over the floor? Wouldn't she. be in a nice fix when the editor end some great brute cfa fellow, w hom Inoffended, got playing at th? game of si. Kling their revolt ers acros. t he ofdee at each others heads! Who would nukti the fire when had run off? Who'd go Imm? with her dark nights? Who would take her out to ride Sunday afternoon, and go to church with h-r on Sunday? No, sir, a Boston girl won't go to Tennessee for love nor money. She can get enough of both nearer home. Infliienrc of Women. Senator Houston was once csked, at a large party given by Mr. Speaker Winthrop, why h'.? did not htteud the usual places of public amusetneut as he had been nccustointd to do. His reply was this let it be read and remembered by the mothers and daughters cf America: "I wake it a point," said the. honorable Senator, ''never to visit a place where my lady, 'if she were with me, would be unwilling to go. I know it would give her pain, as a Christian, to attend such places, and I will not go by myself where 1 could not take my vvife.'? A member of Congress present alluded to his own wife, and added that there was a mutual understanding between him and her, that they should each fallow the bent of their ow n inclinations in such matters, "That may do for you," responded Mr. Houston, "but with me it is different from what it is with many men. My wife has been the making of me. Site took me when I was'a victim to slavish appetites; she has redeemed aud regenerated me, und I will not do lhat in her absence which I know would give her pain if she were present." Mrs. Houston is a member of the aptist church, and is a native of Alabama. Wcsttrn Journal. A Stahtling Statfment. Last Sabbath evening the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered a sermon on the recent disaster lo the steamship Arctic, and, in the course of his remarki, he stated, upon the authority of individuals deeply interested, that, during the past twelve months, more than four thousand American vessels, including those on the lakes and rivers. Lave been lost. During the same length of lime, ihe number of vessels lost throughout the whole wor'.d was ten thousand! Up to Ihe year 18D0, the number of vessels lost, all over the world averaged 3,000 a year. The amount of insurance paid by the Marine insurance Companies in New York, last year amounted to twelve millions. The loss on Und, by railroads and otherwise, amounted to eighteen millions, making tho total loss, by sea and land, to be thirty millions of dollar! An Irishman being charged with stealing a wagon, swore he had it ersr since it was a wheelbarrow.

Ten thousand vessels destroyed iu one J year! How many lives have been sacriflced within the same period we are not able to state, but surely, the number can- ! not f;ill rvlow arte, hunrfml t h m&n n A t

And yet this is but a tithe of the number of deaths caused by. disasters and casuali t ie 3. The number of victims, annudly, if we could errive at anything near the truih, would startle, einazri Its. Instead of human life, beirg renJered more secure ; by the prognssion of our 4race, it does seem to be more uncertain and less valuable. The. occurrence of a '-calamity re sulting in the death of scores-or hundreds. I excites th public sy mpaidües: like a nine ) days' wonder, it is soon forgotten, and j the people continue as before, recklessand thoughtless on their journey through life. Albany Transcripts - v Hnie Story.---" The editor of the S:. Louis Herald rc I laics an tnstanco of a child being fasoina- ! i ted bv a black snake, seven feet six inch- 1 ics long", raid vouches (or ihe truth of lue story. The child, it is said, was a little daughter of a man named O'Mnra, about 13 years of age, residing in Franklin county, Mo. About nine mouihs ng tho parents observed tho child to he pining away, and becoming very weak mil pi!?, without apparent cause. Uy tii? tiroo winter hrvd t-et in, yhe was u mere skelv 1 ton, but bg'in to tevivo wiih ihu cold j weather. As sjoa as eprk.g an i ved, I t . 1. . 1 j . 1 1 1' . - f no w t: vi , mmjiuu.u u'-H u'j prevuiicu on iO rat any victuals in her father's house, Lul would take a piece of bread and butter, or a ie:e cf meat, and go out to tho edge cf the creek cal it. Th? family noticed ler regularly, always g precis d to th s-itno pluce, and invariably com plaining of being hungry after her icturn, when, if moro victuals would bo giver, her. hho would return to the creek as they thought to est. Finally, l or father determined to watch her, and iollowed .her ns .she proceeded to the hank of tha ere t k. We now let the Herald tell the rest of the story: "As sonn as t!- chill was sealed, ihe fither saw a huge black suake slowly rniso its head into her lap and receive? the bread nnd butter from her hand; and i when she would nilcmpt to tako a Lite of the bread, th? snako would commence hissing, and beccmo apparently very s;ngry, whtn tho child, trcuihling like n locf. would promptly return the bread to the monster. Tin fMht-r tvns complete!) paralyzed, not boing able to move h aid .-r foot er.tcrlainir.g a gre-i: diorid for serpents, he felt alarmed (' r the solely of too child; not knowing tho natuio of the .serpent, or tho extent of the ihli'jci.ce cn his child. "His blood b.?carno al:r. -si c'.od in his veins, and he groaned in perlect agony, which caused tne serpent to become alarmed an j glide away inio the water. The child ihcn immediately sprang to h;r feet and ran home, rpparen.ly muco frightr;ed. Iler father followed her, but sh r?fj:'.ed to ni.'swer any questi ns, and he ih' ti revived to detain tho child at home. : hut ho was advised to permit her t go again r:ext day to ihe creek, and to follow her and destroy the serpent. Next morning s!.c went with a piece of bread to the cr!ek; her father followed with his g in in his hand, and as jooh as the serpent made his appearance. sh l him through the head. The little child swooned away, the serpent Fquirmcd and moved him If r.round awhile, and thr-n died; iho child in the meantimo recovered from her swoon, bu' was immediately seized with spasms, noting in a manner resembling tho writhing of tho serpent, r.nd finally died at the same moment iho serpent die", apparently in tho grealej-t rgiujy." Keeping Sweet Ptihtccs. George D, Nonis, of 'New-Market, in the Northern part of Alabama, and within a few miles of the Tenne see line, where the thermometer sometimes sinks to zero, and again rit-es so r.s to render fire uncomfortable, has leen for many yo-.rs past very successful in keeping the sweet potato. He expresses the opinion, in the Farmer's Companion, that sweet potatoes may bj kept ns well at the North r.s at ihe South. He does not usually lose a peck in 400 bushels. His method is in substance as follows: Provide a good open shed; on a dry, well-drained piece of gnund, around which a good trench is cut. As fooxt as the autumnal frosts have killed the leaves. carefully dig the potatoes, handling them as if eggs, and make piles of them under the shed, each pile containing say 10 or 20 bushels. The sepernte piles are for the sake of removing a portion as wanted, during warm weather in winter, without disturbing the r;t. Immediately cover each pile thickly with good ichcat straw (not hay,) as light injures them, and the straw with a foot of earth. The shed keeps the whole dry. This is the whole process. It is found muc h better than packing in barrels with . sand which retains the moisture and rois them. The moisture is absorbed by the straw. They should never be bruised. The most successful keeper of the con0:1 potato whose practice we ever knew, always covered his large heaps (70 or SO bushels) with straw packed a foot thick, w hich absorbed the unnecessary moisture, so that ho rarely lost a peck, in one of these large heaps: Only three or four inches of earth was needed outside the straw; and if he had covered the whole with a shed, doubtless the roots would have heenistill more secure from any danger. Country Gentleman 1 , Brigham Young divides society "generally into "the Lord's poor," "the Devil's poor," and ,4poor devils. The two latter classes exist to a certain extent in all communities.

A Sthasgeb' Those who are termed simple-minded people adopt a curiously innocent mode of expresion occasionally, which comes so near art. at times. bs to render its simplicity doubtful. We hear of a young married couple, from the country of course, who recently attended an exhibition of "Dissoh tng Views,' The I ride being pretty, attracted the attention of a stylish looking city gent, who happened to occupy the seat with the twain. During the exhibition, the audience part of the hall being already obscured, by some accident the light was entirely extinguished. Tending its recovery, which occupied some Httli time, the city gentleman, . perhaps accidentally, pressed tr.e hand of the tride, who was too much alarmed lo offer any resistance. This bold act was followed hy a bolder and .certainly no acrid -.mi la I one; fur the city Lolhaipj absolutely kissed the bri It! This was too much, and the w ife resolved to tell her husband; when the following whispered colloouy took place; "John!" . "Whit!'' "This fellow's kissing m." "Well, tell him to qui t.'' "No. John; You tell him." "Tell him yoursejf.'"N; John. I don't lika to; you til! him; the gentleman's a perfect .rar.g to :ne ." Our informant did not know whether the city gentleman ultimately rreiv; a notice to quit or not: but wes und-r th impression that the unlawful fahre were repeated several tinus tefoie tl. lamps were relighted.

1 In describing the death and Luriil of a lovely child, a correspondent of ihe Ohio Cultivator gives this beautiful and touching glimpse of real lif-; "And now there came a sadder mutr.ei.t than all: tottering with feeble step, the grandmother, with her weight of years, ha I come to offer consolation to hi r stricken c hildren. With w ild emotion, the b-jruvt d mother leaned her head on her parent's Ireast. aud sobbed out her grief. Wiih hf ly words the old lady tonifiTled her trA then Cdine and bowed her het.d to loc k into that cairn, infant face. ' She lo ks lik-an angel, does che not mother? whispered the mourner. She U un ir.gel, ray child, replied the grandmother. A s.l1 :no. lofty awe ov. spr-. adin her lc. she is wistr now there than anv cf u.: fvr site hs rea.l the prcat mystery." CclKSfs in Jcfftfscaville fciafiiiüa!. Yesterday moroiti-, TiiUIip Ashy, the notorious! scamp who was recently tarred and feathered in Jeff isouviile. made Iiis npr-eaninee initio- public ctrrr'.s in the broal glire of day, ar.darn.ed w ith a s-lf-cocltio: revolver, went through tho town seeking his enemies, swearing death to all fie met. The first h encountered wts Mr. J. l Ccx, a lelegrarh operator, whem he shot on sight, the ball entering tho right Ireast and glmciiig out, inflicting only a flesh wound. The next victim was Mr. R. Fuller formerly a rlik n the. river whom he fired ut, 1 1;. rr.hstd him. Fuller who was arnud loo, made two attempts to return tho shot?, but his pistol missed. He de'iberately plartd ihe muzzle of his pistol f?ginst the temple of Athy anj p idled trigger, when the cap exploded without doin cny execution, and the young man was saved frcm the death he evidently sought. He got away from the persrns who surrounded him. but was soon after r-iuQai and taken before the legal aul?;orities. who held him to b;i! in the sum of 6C0 to answer to the charge of sho-ting Cox. and an additional sun. cf -SCOO'for !:jciing at Fuller. Subsequently the citizens became very much excited against Athy, end threatened to take him out of custody cud lyr.ch. him. For better security, he was transferred to the penitentiary, but while cn his way got away from his guards, and ran some distance before he wes recaptured. He rejoices in all the acts he his committed, and still swears vengeance on the people who have thwarted him, end swears that unless he is imrr.i d iately bailed out, he will mike seme developments that will be hirl on Iiis fjrrn?: friends. Louisville Courier. Hard Times. ' An able writer in the N. Y. Enquirer undertakes to cxpVn: the present cause of pecunidry difheuities in the country, end point out the remedy. His elibcrate exposition of excessive contractions and expansions, and the remedy theieef, is interesting. But as wc have not rcom for it, we will sum it up iu a few words. His idea is, that the cause of the present pressure lies principally in the fact that money is not easy to be got by thofe who need it to make payments. The remedy proposed is to straighten matters up alt round isocn rs possible, end get the debts all paid. To guard against future difficulties of a similar character, he proposes that everybody thculj be more prudent next ,time. Perhaps Le lifts got at the truth. Ex. The parentage of a lie is most difficult to trace. It is indeed a clever lie that knows its own father! t KlSSANE AGA IK AEKESTEn. OfilCf I Reed re-arrested KUsane at Cuba, New York, and found him very badly injured by jumping from the window cf a privy where he made his escape. He got on to a freight train instead of the express, and iu that fooled hts pursuers.' lie has been taken to New York. Pain Dealer. What is th difference between the Northern man and the Southern man? One blacks his own boots and the other boots his own blacks.