Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 5, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 February 1853 — Page 1

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For he must have music to brighten his home. Were I but )i* own wife, to guide and to guard bim 'Tis but little o( sorrow should fell on my dear, For every kind glance my whole life should re* ward him,

In sickness I'd soothe, and In sorrow I'd cheer.

My heart Is a fount, welling upward ferever, When I think of my true love by night or bj That heart keeps lis foltb like a ra*t flowing river Which gushes forever, and sing* on iu way I've thoughts full of peace for his soul to repoee In

Were I but his own wife to win end to woo Oh, sweet, if the night of minfonune were closing To risea like the morning star, darling, on you

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Still and haart-rivens Warm o'er his freexing oheek, Hand* clasped above nlm, Melted her dying ahrlek—

Falsa world, 1 love blm!

The Cincinnati Commercial contains the following gem.

On tbk Death of an Infant.

A baby on a sick bed lay,— A baby sweet and fair,— A troop of angels In their way, Beheld the sufferer there:— They pauaed and whispered, 'Wilt thou go With wings Ilka oura, to guide A voyage back with usT' Whan lo! The naby smiled and died.

Serenading ft Yowng Lady. A friend ofone olour ootemporariee tells the following ,, 1 my young day# I wti extravagantly fond ol attending parties and somewhat celebrated for playing on the flute. Hence it was generally expected that when an invitation was extended that my flute would aooompany me.

I visited a splendid party one evening and was cailed upon to favor the company with ft tune on the flute. 1, of course, immediately complied with the request. The company appeared delighted, but more particularly so was a young lady, who raised her hands and exclaimed it was beautiftil, delightful &o. I of oourte waa highly delighted and immediately formed a resolution to serenade the young lady on the

-]p,» following night. I started the next ntght, In Company with eeveral young friends, and arrived, as 1 i::iu pposed, at the lady *e residence, but made .a glorious mistake by gelling under the evindow of an old Quaker. an 'Now boy*,* aaid 1, 'behold the tetittment* ality of thit young lady the moment I strike 4ip the *L»»t Rose of Summer.* I struck up, but the window remained closed, acd the boya began lo smite. W W'4?' •Oh,' aaid I, Hhats nothing it would no! be in good tastes to raise tbe window oo tbe ilrat air.*

I next struck tap 'Old Robin Gray.* Skill the aindow remained closed. The boys

.** anickered, and I felt somewhat flat. Once more, boys,' aaid 1 *aad the must oome.* I etruok up again, *My love is like the red, red roeo.* Still thens waa

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WILLIAM MOORE AND WM. E. McLEAN.

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For tlx mentis.* .....•....•.$1100 Par annum, if paid withla six months 2,00 Ailcr the expiration cf the year 2£0 If paid on receipt of tbe firnt paper 1,50

CT No paper dUcontinttad notil all arrearages iri paid, except at the option of tbe proprietor*. Terms of *dtxrti*in$. Ono Square three weeka. v. t% -fl.OO Bach additional Insertion per Square.. 85

XX Liberal diacooot made to yearly advartiaers.

O" The following IHtle Poem to a gem of Ita kind, freah from tbe aea of feeling. It wae written by a young Irish lady,and waa originally published In the Dablin Nttibn. It la one of the many contributions from Iriab heart*, whose Inspiration assumed for itself the Utie of "Yosng Ireland." Tbe fair aathoress was "fancy free,'* thoogh aha sang as If she would plight her troth to some noble son of the tear-girt lib. Tbe traneportatlon of Mitchxll utterly onatrung her lyre. After this dsath-stroke to Irish liberty, she bad not the heart •gain to wake lis plaintive chords: Were I but bis own wife, to guard and to guide him, •Tls little of sorrow should fall on my dear— I'd chant mj low lore verses, stealing oeside blm 8o faint and so tender his heart would but bear I'd pull the wild blossom* from valleyand highland,

And there at his feet I would lay them all down— I'd sing blm the song* of our poor stricken Island Till nis heart was on fire with a love like my own

There's a rose by his dwelling—I'd tend the lone treasure, That he might have flowers when tbe summer would come There a barp in his hall—I would wake ita aweet measure,

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Girl of my bosom! thou. Pale cheeked and lowly, Come to my pillow now, "Softly and slowly!

Fain would I hear thee speak Kindly above met Girt of the altered check! Still do I love thee.

8oftly be drew her nigh, Pale cheeked and lowly tip rose his dying eye,

Tearful and rlowly: Stricken and lone thou art, Kneeling be«lde me PuUe of my boyish heart!

Why should 1 chide theeT Mind you the garden-foot Green be It ever! Mind you the willow-root,

Spanning the river: There lay* the drifted snows, Block night above me, When first inv bosom rose,

Siuglng, I love thee! There first thosa lips of thine, Truly and trembling, Emptied thy eoul in mine.

Far from dissembling Falsa was the world, asthore! Why should I tell the moreWhy say we darted? a a a a a

Up rose her gushing eye. Blue as is heaven There did her truest lie,

'^4 «ttetraUon. •Boys,' s»!d I «#ke*s a b»«bo|. Let as slag •Home, Sweet Home»* and if that dpii*!

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Buu ioatead of tbe beautiful yo«»g l*dy, It turned oat to be tbe oW Quaker, la bis night-cap and dresatnggown. •Friend,* aaid be 'thee was oftity home and if I nacoilect rifbutbee eatd then was no plaoe Uke borne, tA if ibatts tme, why don't thee go lothy bomet Thee is not wanted here diet nor none of thy oo»-

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My First and Last Right la Londoa. A LEAF nOM TBS JOUKNAL Of A. HUKT. It was In tbe fall of 18—, that tbe ship to wbicb I belonged, after a voyage of four months in tbe northern Atlantic, bove in 9ight of Sicilly Islands, and, as we were bound for London shaped oar course up tbe channel, and, in a few days were anch ored in the Downs. Having been short of provisions for some time back, we were obliged to stop to replenish. The next day. however, we were towed no tbe river, and entered the Commercial Dock on the 28th of October. It was a grand sight to me, for I had never been in London, and the city seemed like a world in comparison to my humble village in tbe west of England We were to paid off on tbe morrow and I determined, as soon as I was at liberty, to take a stro 11 and see some of tbe sights about with I had so oiten beard. At twelve the next day, ail hands proceeded to office in Leaden hall street, and received, severally, the amounta due them. There were just £10 due mei and I started off to see how 1 could beat make it conducive to my pleasure. I bad been strolling around for some time, looking at the Tower atvd other places of note, and finally walked into one of the parks, to see what could see of the London fashions. I was leaning against a tree, watching a party which had attracted my attention, when was suddenly accosted by a female, apparently about eighteen or twenty, neatly dressed, and with an expression which, though pleasing, seemed somewhat sad. 'What is it you wish, my good lady!' ssid I.

She looked at me a moment and said: •You are a sailor, 1 suppose!' •Yes.' •Have you been here before!' 'Never.' •Well, then, perhaps I can be of some assistance to you. Suppose we take a cab and drive out to Vauxhall this eveningt'

I hesitated for a moment for I thought to myself, she no doubt thinks I have plenty of money and wishes to obtain a share. But then, again, I thought, it makes no difference,

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spend it anyhow, and consent

ed. She call a cab, and in a short time we were at Vauxhall. I pulled out my purse to pay the driver, when she anticipated me, and said:

Never mind, sir—I have plenty. Be aides, I invited you here therefore I bear all expences.'

I was astonished for I had never doubt ed but that money was the principal attrac tion, and 1 was puzzled to think what coyld be her object.

After ordering some refreshments, of which she ale and drank very little, but which she insUted upon paying for. we strolled round the garden, listening to the music, until toward evening, when 1 remarked it would be best lo return.

Yes, it will soon be dark, and we had bet ter go. Bui.' said she, 'you are a stranger in London, and it would be folly for you to look for a hotel to-night—and, besides, it would be ungenerous in me lo allow you to. I reside in street, and if you will aocept a room in my house, you will be perfectly welcome and my husband, who is fond of company, will be glad to see you.'

While hesitating, she ouled a cab, and half forced me in. When theoab stopped wa got out, and I found myself in a narrow street dimly lighted before a large brick house with iron railings in front. She opened the door and asked me to-sit down moment, when she entered into a room close by, and returned almost immediately, and said: 'My husband hai retired I'll introduce you to him in the morning. Here is a light—take the room at the head of the stairs—good night!'

I went up stairs to the room she had ointed out, opened the door and went in.— twas furnished, and }*ou might say richly the bed stood in tbe further corner, with blue damask ourtains in front. I undressed quickly, as I was somewhat tired bv my daya adventures, walked to the bed and threw aside the ourtains, and there lay a man, weltering in his blood, with his throat cut from ear to earl I immediately dressed myself, with a presence of mind which I have never been able to aocount for I then tried t» open the door, whioh, to my horror* I found was locked. Glancing around the room, my eye fell upon the irons in the fireplace I snatched one up, and with one stroke, broke the look and opened the door Running down tbe stares I found the front door fastened also. Having nothing to break the lock with. I darted into the first room I oame to and jumped from the win* dow into an alley on the side of the house, and I bad merely time to conceal myself, whan I heard the people round ory£nc murder, and 1 saw tbe very woman that I came with, followed by eeveral of the police, enter tbe house, thinking, I suppose, of course she would find me. I left as soon as tbe orow4 gathered around and pasted out unnoticed

The next morning I was reading a paper, and almoet the first thing wbicb attracted my attention was a notice of a bloody murder •street, with a reward of fifty pounds

for the apprehension of the murderer. It went further and in the description of the suppos «d penson, described me bfetter tban I could have done myself—even to tbe manner in which I wore my beard.

The first barber's shop received that gra tis so docks, and tbe barit-

and changing my clothing which was a}minutely described, I weot down to

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short, I shipped in her for New York and have nev»r sinca, nor ever wish to spend another night In Loodos. jCs.v-4*r fi.

The following amusing circumstanoe ia stated to have ooettrrad at a fancy ball given in Washington city rsoently. By tbe way, foacy balls are*ali tba go, there now. it was understood that every person waa to raaa in character, and an usher was stationed at the door of the aainajn, to announce to the oompany within, the different character* as they entered. Two ladwe appeared at the entrance.

Yotr oharaotarsf* asked the oahar a whlaaar. •Wadonot appear fa ooeteme to night/

I the two ywwf ladiaa. Tbe ladtee wftkoat any dbidm/ htwbd o«t the nahar the top of his voice

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Love at First Sight

Or tke Major's First Declaration. 'I alway* was/ said tbe Major, slowly filling his glaas, what you might call *a bashful man* among the women. I am bold as a lion with the men, but somehow when I find myself in the company ot ladies. I feel my valor oozing out at my fingers' ends It's a kind of constitutiotyd weakness of mine, decidedly provoking to myself, and troublesome to my friends, and what's worse, I don't get rid of it. and on this sccount, it was most likely, that I lived to be twenty-eight, and bad never made love to mortal woman.

Well about this time (when I had celebrated my twenty-eighth birth-day) the old gentleman (that is the Major senior) had a claim against the government needed 'nursing.' and so he sent me on to Washington to attend to it. He gave me letters to serve on seversl Hon. M. C.'s, with instructions never to stop worrying 'em till I got tbe bill psssed as this would probabty take some time, he recommended me to a quiet boarding houye,' where I would fiud •all the comforts of a home.' cheerfully furnished afthe rate of five dollars a week.— The boarders were numerous but select, comprising, I was surprised to find, quite a number of claimants besides myself, and all equally sure of success. But a most lovely vision, the very first day at dinner, put all claims and claimants out of my bead. Oh. what radiant breathing beauty! 'The rose,' said the Major, falling a poetical vein, 'the rose blended with the lily in her complexion, and her eyes—Oh, Heavens! I can't describe her eyes. But there she sat right before me, and 1 had to stare at her, do what I would. By Jove, my boy, just you tall in love, right off at first sighi, as I did, and sit opposite your inamorata at dinner, and—well, you won't eat much, I'll warrant anyhow, I didn't that day. That night 1 didn't sleep much either. I didn't know the lady's name, and I was too fearful of discovering my feelings to ask any one, but I resolved to wait patiently for an introduction, 'and then,' thinks I, 'I'll go in for her, too.' 'i had noticed at dinner that a pale, meek appearing liitle gentleman, who sat beside her. seemed by his attentions likely to prove a rival, but I felt that if I could only conquer my foolish timidity, my personal attractions, (here the Major gave an approving glance at the opposite mirror) 'would carry the day.The next evening I got an introduction. •Captain Brown,'(I was only Capt- then.) said the landlady, allow me introduce you to Mrs. Triplet.' /Widow, thinks I, and I entered rather tilnidly into a conversation. I felt all the old awkwardness return upon me, and so 1 let her all do the talking, simply becaus I had nothing to say. At length a bright idea struck me. 'Madam,' said I, 'those are beautiful bracelets of yours,' (she wore a' pair of braided hair.) 'Yes,' said she, with a sigh, 'it is the hair of my late husband. Poor man, he has gone to a better home!' •Ah! ha' thinks I, 'widow for sure.' Well. I redoubled my atten'ion, saying 'nothing to nobody,' so fearful was 1 of being suspected, and I even carried my caution ao far as at all times lo avoid the presence of the meek gentleman, whose name even 1 did not inquire aAer, and as we never meet at an oportune moment, I got no introduction to him, and this state of things rather pleased me, and so the time pased away, till at length my bill passed also, and I must go.

The evening previous to my departure I concocted a beautiful speech, in whichvio choice language, I offered my hand, heart and fortune to the blooming widow.

The next morning, assuming as brave and exterior as possible, (in fact, I believe I had all the outward bearing of the lion,) I strolled into the parlor, and, by good luck, found the object of my affections alone.— Like a swimmer who plunges at once into the stream, I began my oration immediately on entering the room. •The faot is,' said I, 'that l'ffi going off in the morning, and before I leave this spot, I—that is—' (oh, Lord! how my head swam.) 'You see'—here fell on my knees and before she could prevent me, seized both her hands. 'The fact is—I love you —I do—1 love you awfully—there's no use trying to bide it—and I can't cure it—it's worse than fever and shakes—it is—— Ob, I hope you love me—do you?* •Young man,' said a stern voice, behind me* 'What are you saying to my wifef'

*1 sprang upon my feet in an instant, and saw the little meek man, standing, black as a thunder cloud before me. •Why!' I cried, turning to the lady, *1 thought you were a mdow* ll^T^is/ ahe said sweetly, 'ia Mr. Triplet, my second husband.' &&*•% ^Well/ said 1, 'what did be do?' £jOh, Lord!' aaid the Major 'i don't know what he did, /fainted/

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Mtso -A very popular preach*

er in South Carolina, and a secession eat withal.harrangued hie hearers on the importance of perseverance and fortitude. He aaid: 'You that is church members must not look beek opon Babylon (eodom) like Paul's wife (Lot's) done! you must be a heap better than the world's people! Religion is like a battle, and Satan ore strong! He bates good men, and wants to kill them at In abort, my dearly beloved bearers, you most do as Gen. Washington dome at the battle of Waterloo. In th» skriMOge his horse was killed by a Brittah cannon ball. Did Washington give op hie, •word to the enemy! Not he! Ha sang out at the top of his voioe, "A ho reel a horse! my tmg4«* for a home!' A horee was brought bim by frank Marion, and he drove the bloody British from the field, and thttt secured the liberty of Sooth *Carotipal*

CoxntT Soars.—4SM* sakfa fierce lawyer •do upon your *ota»» oath awear feat thia ia not yo«r hand wfiHagt* •I reckon not,* was the cool realy.

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•Does it resemble yoar writing! •Yes air, I think it donV •Do yon awearthai daol resemble yoar writing*. 'Wefl I do. oti Ml* •Yon take yoareeJemaoaA Am this writing doaa not reeemhteyonsa ia a eiagie teOerT •Y-a-a-a, m* •Nowhow do jroM know!* 1 -4 •Caneeloantwnte/

"T :'ifl^TERRE-HAUTE^ INDIANA',"9FRIDAY,"'FEBRUARY-. 11, 1853,

Tke Heiress.

A sprightly, rose-cheeked little girl uaed to sit, in the pleasant evenings of June, on the marble steps opposite my lodgings when I lived in Philadelphia, and sing over ahuudred little sonnets, and tell over as many tales in a sweet voice, and with an air of si«n plicitv that charmed me many a time She was then an orphan child, and commonly reported to be rich. Often and often I sat after a day of vexation, and listened to her innocent voice, breathing forth the notes of peace and happiness, which Sowed cheer*' fully from a light heart, and felt a portion of that tranquillity steal over my own bosom* Such was Eliza Hadley.

Several years had elapsed, during which time I had been absent from the city, when walking along one of the most fashionable squares, 1 saw ao elegant female step into a carriage followed by a gentleman and two pretty children. I did not immediately recognise her face, but my friend, who was by my aide pulled my elbow. 'Do you not remember little Eliza, who used to »*ng for us, when we lived together in this city!' 1 did remember—it was herself

She uaed to be fond, said he, of treating her little circle of friends with romance— and at last she acted out a neat romance herself. She came out into the circle of life under the auspices of her guardians it was said by some that she was rich—very rich—but the amount of her wealth was no matter of publicity, however, the current, and as was generally believed, well founded report, was sufficient to draw around her many admirers, and among the number not a few serious suitors.

She did not wait long before a young gentleman on whom she had looked with a somewhat panial eye. because he was the gayest and handsomest of the lovers, emboldened by the partiality, made her ao offer. Probably she blushed, and her heari flutttered a little, but they were sitting in a moonlit parlor and as her embarrassment was more than half concealed she soon re covered, and as a waggish humor happened to have the acscendant. she put on a sen ous face, told him she was honored by his preference but there was one matter which she wished well understood before, by givin a reply, ahe bound him to his promise.— Perhaps you may have thought me wealthy I would not for the world have you labor under a mistake on that point—I am worth eighteen hundred dollars:

She was proceeding but the gentleman started, as if electrified eighteen hundred dollars he repeated, in a manner that betrayed the utmost surprise yes, madam, says he uwkwardly, I did understand you was worth a great deal more—but—

No. sir, she replied no excuses or apologies—think about wh^t I have told you you are embarrassed now answer me nti other time and rising, she bid him good

She just escaped a trap he went next day to her guardians, to enquire more particularly into her affairs, and receiving ihe same answer, he dropped his suit at once.

The next serious proposal follower soon after, and this, too, came from one who had succeeded to a large portion of her epiee but applying the same crucible to the 1 he offered her, she found a like result, ue too, left her, and she rejoiced in another fortunate escape.

Some time after she became acquainted with a young gentleman of alender fortune in whose approaches she discovered more «f the timorous diffidence of love than she had witnessed before. She did not check him in his hopes, and in process of time he, too, made her an offer. But when she spoke of her fortune, he begged her to be silent it is to virtue, worth the beauty, said he, that I pay my court—not for fortune. In you I shall obtain what is worth more than gold. They were married and after the union solemnized, she made him master of hrr fortune with herself. 1 am, indeed, worth eighteen hundred dollars, said she to him, but I never said how much more, and 1 never mean to enjoy more pleasure than 1 feel this moment, wheu I tell you my fortune is one hundred and eighty thousand.

It was actually so but still her husband often tells he that in her he possesses a far more ample fortune.

Take« at HisOffsb.—A

friend, says the

editor of the Waterfurd Sentinel, was taken at his offer a day or two since. Ha publish* ed the following

We shall insert no marriage notion, unless accompanied by the sum of one dollar.— Exchange.

We will insert all such notioes for a kiss of the bride.— Walerford Sentinel. A few days after, a plump-looking colored girl entered bis office, for tbe purpose of iotorming her friends, and tbe colored gentry generally, that she bad taken to herself one Sambo, 'for better or for wus/ The editor replied that he should have to charge her twenty-five cents. She hesitated a moment, and then opening a paper, pointed to Uta ar tiule in question. The editor blushed, and Uta bride turned paU, but wbather they kiss (d deponent aayetb not*

Goon Measdks.—*1 don't know how it is/ remarked a person who was food of writing poetry for the journals, but whose product! oua always met with a rejection, *i have written a great deal—hut, as yet, my pieces have never been published.' •Perhaps.' replied his friend, 'there were faults that you were not aware of, hat easily detected by the hawk-eyed editor.' •Well,* rejoined the poet, can always arrite tbe first line weti enough, but I am perplexed abou tbe second, tfaus— «*TnadMf)rtiy, etmager, ***r tU* fcaBewad daat, At •aaaafatareparted tkemia seaMprofcafeUitytbatif

deat mead year ways—tike aka yea aiaat" •Pshaw! measure.' •Why, man, than la required.'

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The Cineiaaaii Gazette breaks ground aganst the modem idea of fitting op magni&aaiit rooatt ia oar crack hotels, steamboats and lafeafttng them Bridal Chambers/* ft instate (hat the whole tHo* la revolting to good taste and deftoaey of feeling, and hopeatbatHhaeaeeaitsday. Wac* hat in that company, and add ear tnflaaooe i& fiurorof N« tjr aa thaee things create.—Ex.

Tke Babr*

••Baby-carts oo narrow side walks are awful bores, especially to a hurried busi ness man.4*f *7*

Are they? Suppose you and a certain pair of blue eyes, that you would give your patrimony to win, were joint proprietors ot that baby! I abould'nt dare to stand verg near you. and call it "a nuisance." It's ail very well for bachelors to turn up their single blessed no«e at these little dimpled Cupids but just wait till their time ootnes! See 'em. the minute their name is written "Papa/* pull up their dickies, and strut off down street, as if the Commonwealth owed them a pension! When they enter the olfice. see their old married partner (to whom babies have long since ceased to be a novelty) laugh in his sleeve at the new fledged dignity with which that baby's advent is announced How perfectly astounded they feel that they should have been so infatuated as not to perceive thats man is a perfect cypher till he is at the head of a family! How frequently one may see them now, looking iu at the shop windows, with intense interest, at little hats, coral and bells, and baby jumpers. How they love to come home to dinner, and press that little velvet cheek to their business faces! Was there ever any music half so sweet to their ear. as its first lisped "papat" Oh, how closely and imperceptibly, one by one, that little plant winds its tendrils round the parent stem! How anxiously they hang over its cradle when the cheek flushes and the lip is fever parched, and how wide, and deep, and long a shadow in their happy homes, its little grave would cast!

My osAR-siR. depend upon it, one's ourn baby is never "a nuisance." Love heralds its birth.

In the afternoon they were promenading Baltimore street, when the young man's father rather unexpectedly made his appearance—having just arrived in the cars—and collared his son, and told him to leave that *gal' and return home. 'You are loo late father/ answered the son '1 am married/ 'Eh! what! married are you, take that,' and the youth's cheek received the open hand of his father. The old fellow pulled and lugged and finally succeeding in separating his son from the bride and the two started down the street.— Arriving at a pump, the old gentleman took a drink of w*ter, and again collared his son, he proceeded on his way, followed by a large crowd of men and bqys Near the public square, he leoturbd his son upon the sin of running off and getting married against consent, and oonoluded by slapping his jaws when a man interfered and separated them, l®* sfewa 'I'ftzb

The son started on a full run up-Vlreet, when the bride perceiving him, clapped her hands with juy, and running to meet him, they clasped hands and started in a gallop, and the last seen of them, they were going down Baltimore pike followed by a crowd of little boya.—Cumberland (Af. D) Tele• graph.

Experiments ox Marriage—A

petition

has been started in Syracuse, and (we hear) very generally signed, asking our new Legislature, to repeal so much of a recent law as denounces penalties for the crime of seduction, and in lieu thereof enact that the unmarried father of any child (both parents being white) shall from the naked fact of such paternity be deemed and taken in law to be the husband ol the mother and thenceforth bound

regard and support her as

his wife just as th»ugn they had been married with benefit of clergy. Of course, it is further prsyed that every child, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall inherit, in common with all other children, the proper* ty with both parents, being deemed their legal heir.—N. Y. Tribune.

As Good as if it Were JSsop. The Nantucket Islander says tbe following story was lately told by a reformed inebriate as ao apology for much of the folly of drunkards A mouse ranging about a brewery happening to tall into a vat of beef1 was in eminent danger of drowning,and appealed to a cat to help her out

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replied: 'It is a foolish request, for ae soon as I get you oat shall eat you/ Tbe mouse pueouaiy replied that it would he far better than to be drowned in beer. The cat lifted him out but tbe fume#of the beer caused puss to sneeze, and the moose took refuge in a hole. The c«4 called to tbe mouse to come out. 'Dijl you not promise that I should eat joul'J 'Ah!' replied the rnonse, 'i did, hut I ,um in, liquor at the timer

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The following pointed paragraph wa extract from tbe 'iidttor** drawer" of Harper's Magazine. It may|*bold toe mirror ot nature' op to eome jjpi who read it: •Nothing so mdeh vases a physician as to be sent for in great baste, and to find after his arrival tbgtf nothing or next to nothtag is the raauef with hie patient. We remember an *iyj(eai case/ of this kind recorded of anlamiaeni English aurgeon*

He had jolt been eent for by a gen deman wbo ted Joel received a alight woond abdgave his lervant orders to go borne wit* all haste imbgioabie, and fetch a certain

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hope there is ao dangar/

Indeed ibera is/ answered tbe sargaoo. •for if the Mlow doean 't ran like a racehorse tbe woftpd will be healed befoce ha can possibly get back.

Hoax took a largo letter 0 from a theatre hpc Ml i« two, and pooled it oo tos arail in Broadway1, aayiag that ba did it in booor of

Wt fabator, tha •great pcrted.'

Goad Taste.

The following very happy and equally true sketch is from the London Quarterly: •'You see this lady turning a cold eye to tbe assurances of shopmen and the tecommendaiion of milliners. She cares not how original a pattern may be ugly or how recent a shape it it be awkward. Whatever fashion dictates she follows one of her own. and is never behind it. She weares very beautiful things which peopl* generally suppose to be brought' from Paris, or at least to be made by a French milliner, but whioh as often are brought from the nearest town, and made up by her own maid. Not that her costume is rich and new—on the contrary she wears many a cheap dress, but it is always good.—She deals in no gaudy confusion of colours, nor does she effect a studied sobriety but she either enlivens you wiih a spirited contrast, or composes you with a judicious harmony/ She puts no faith in velvet bands, or guilt buttons, or twisted cording*. She is quite aware however, that the garnish is as important as the dress, all her inner borders and headings are delicate and fresh, and should anything peep out that is not intended to be seen, it is quite as muoh so as that whioh is After all there is no great art either in hor fashion or her material. The sccret simply consists iu knowing the three Unities ofher dress—her own station —her own age, and her own points—and no woman dresses well who does not. After this we need not say, that whoever is attracted by the cosiume will be disappointed by the weaver. She may not be handsomer or accomplished—but we will answer for her being even tempered, well informed, thoroughly sensible, a complete lady,

1. Fanny Fsrn.

t/A llich Scene—A Hunawajr Match. On Monday morning last, a pair arrived in our city and might have been seen winding their way to the residence ofone of our ministers—one of the pair a young and verdant looking youth, and the other a lady of whom one could say, comparing her to the intended groom, 'what he did not know she could teach him," for she was old enough. After much trouble the young man had found the place where to get the 'papers to marry by,' and the twain were soun bound in the 'silken cords' of matrimony. Soon afterwards they appeared upon the street, when the bride proceeded by gi^ng him a 'buss,' which highly delighted a number of boys who happened to be present.

Fighting Sat.—A

Ready

A Rurt

Mr. Donlan, of

Philadelphia, having challenged all the dogs in Ohio to a combat with a lighting rat in his possession. Daniel Shead, ol Columbus, writes lo him as follows:-"*'I now take leave to inform Hr. Dnnlan that I have a Sinairdog of the terrier and spaniel breed that I am willing shall fight his rat for one hundred dollars, or any further amount h« may please. 1 am not a sporting character —but I cannot allow the great State of Ohio to be backed out by a Philadelphia rat.'

Vehicle—'Dang

Wit.—A boy having been praised

for his quickness of reply, a gentleman observed, children who are so keen in their youth are generally stupid when they advance in yeare. 'What a very sensible boy you must have been, sir!' replied the child. my.

me if I don't

believe the world's a~ wheelbarrow/ said a jolly inebriate, as he rolled along the pavement, 'and I'm the wheel revolving on a haxis. Now I'm in the mud/ said he, as he fell headlong in the gutter, 'and now I'm on dry land,' as he fetched up on ihe curbatone. His concluding remark, as his boots followed his head down an open celler way was, 'now the wheel is broken and the vehicle is out of repair/

A ragged urchin came running rot] nd the corner of a street the other day, with his face smeared with molasses, and flourishing a shingle in his hand shouting with all his might at another boy a square off. 'Oh, Bill, Bill, get as many boys as you can, and as many shingles as ever you can, and come around here as quick as ever you can, for there's a great big, large hogsit of 'lasses bu*ted all

smash.'

•I II.IM. .iin I

Poor Fellow.—The

Probable.—Tbe

editor of a country

newspaper thus takes leaf of his readers: ••The Sheriff is wailing for us in the next room, so we have no opportunity to be pathclic. Major Nab'em says we are granted, and must go. Delinquent aubscribers, you have much to anawer lor. Heaven may forgive vou, but I never can." „15 •You havn't opened your mouth during the whole session/ complained member ol the late. Massachusetts Legislature to a representative from the same town. 'Oh, yes, 1 have,' was the reply, 'I yawned through the whole of your speech on the liquor bill/ sis*

Lola Montez, it is stated, fainted in New Orleans, whilo performing, in consequence of the reported death of her husband, Mrlieald. The next thing she Wears will be that the report was false tbad aha'll be heal'd again!

The Bridal Chaffer of the St. Nicholas, New York, was first occupied by a California!) and htawife, who took posession of it on Friday^at, and sailed for Europe on Sat-urdny-—time of occupation, 34 hours bill, 91ST,' It was the richest placer in all them

A lady being once closely questioned as to her age, replied that she was forty, and in corroboration, turned to an old gentleman who was rather more famed for sincerity than politeness asked him if it was not true •My dear lady/ be replied. 'I'm sure cannot doubt it, as I have beard you repeat the same f*@( for the last ten years.'

New York Herald ha*

confidential advices from Washington to the effect that ail the bulletins about Cabinet arrangements are unreliable. ,.As yet, we are assured, nobody knows precisely wha timber is to ba used. This certainly looks plausible, and wa shall not ba vastly sur prised if it turns out to be quits true.

At tbe recant poultry exhibition at Btrm ingham, several honorable ladies carried off prizes for the best specimens of game fowls, docks, and hens. Some pairs of favorite broods aoid for 9200 each.

A Connecticut editor has a poor cpl ol New York buildings. During a lata visit be put up at a hotel with vails so fragile that he aaid if be had leaned against one of them While putting on his boots, he would have g»oe through and fallen into the street!

'"'"/The English papers tall na that swarms '2 AhcSfoTaiX are now traversing Sag!and, telling a piteous story about Mrs. Stowa, iffcoar they represent as firing in a garretiaaktateof wretcbed destitnuon and stt&nng.*

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Batter flMSH Cows fed on Hay. I The price of butter is so high this winter, that our farmers will make a'l they possibly can for sale. It has been custom try in for* mer years, to sell the milk, to milkman, after the cows were fed on hay, from the time it took to bring the butler and the want of a rioh color in the butter after it hsd turned. We have often known the p\tienc» of the whole family exhausted, by churning four or five hours, and when at last the ere tro turned to butter, it wis about the color of lard and as tasteless as it was oolorle^ All this difficulty may be avoided, by scald. 1? he milk as it ootnes from the ow. It *houM be strained from the pail directly into a boiler placed over the fire, and should be brought nearly to boiling heat, although not allowed to boil. Then put it in th* pins in the cellar a» usual, and no more difficulty will be experienced in churning than would be in June. The butter will come solid and yellow, and would hardly be known from tho bast butter of the season. This ws have from one who has tried it. Wa would recommend to all, who make butter at this season, to make a trial and see if it is not so.—Af«idlesex Farmer.

Fred Oattlr Rssolarly.—We

find that

very many of our farmers, feed their cattle more than they require, to keep them in good condition, particularly oxen which da n^t work, and horses that stand in the stable mo*t of the time, exoept occasionally, when ihe owner lakes him out to go a short uip, or do alight job. "Keep Dobbin eating,'' says the f-«her, and the boys follow his injunction implicity. and his rack is replenished wilii hay as often .iNthe father or sons pass by his stall, Jill he thinks it is a mutter of course lo have an additional amount of feed placed bs« fore lum every time h» hears any one in the barn, and if not attended to. he gives theiu a call, to quicken their mtmory. AJjch hay in this way i* wasted—the horse selecting only a little of the most tempting, after his appetite is satisfied, and either pulling the remainder through the rack, under his feet, or else breathing on it so much as to render it unpalilable to him. Stock of all kinds should have their regular meals, at fi*od hours, as a man, and be allowed to masticate and digest what they have eaten in the interval*. If they are continually fed at all hours and times, they will bo continually expecting something, and consequently kept uneasy. They will thrive better, on a less amount of hay and grain, by the first method feeding than by the last, ami wilii less labor of attendance from the keeper.—Middlesex Farnur.

Texas there Is

a bird, called the "pisano.'' which is deemed of great value by the Mexicans and Indians on account of itfr hostility to the serpent tribe. It is larger and taller lhan tho chachalacha, dclioaloly and beautifully formed, black aid white speckled in color, and can run as fast as a fleet dog. Whenever one of them discovers a rattlesnake or any other serpent, no matter how large, it commences a fierce cry. which summons to its aid all the pisanos within hearing. They begin 10 run and fiy about the snake in a ciroio, crying and ohattering all the time till their victim becomes confused, when, quick as the lightning's flash, one of them, and immediately others, make a dash at tho eyes of the anake, and with their sharp, unerring beaks, he is blinded iu a moment. He then falls an easy prey to their united prowess. These battles are of frequent occurrence, and are described by spectators as interesting in the extreme.

•Do yon eat w«H'' asked one ofqurmod* ern pill venders, who wsj iu tl\$ process of manufacturing a patient. •Yes, very well.' •Do you sleep well?'

Yes/ 4 •EhI you

do,eht

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Winter

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Gbsrtamas of a small and trival aaHtre sink deeoeet into tbe heart. is the small S-diST^npLents which ar. sppradatod rather than the double eagle onea»

the gentleman in the coffin!"

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Navioat»ojv—The

R'l

That's not exactly the

thing for one in your condition! I'll do away all that for you. Take four of thesa every morning, and four after You'll soon see a change!' "lmBmiT'-J40

Park Ba»janwj? in a letter on the ridiculous Sflld: A friend of mine, passing where th&re was a luneral, stepped up to an Irishman and asked him if he could inform him who was dead. Thn irishman replied I cannot exactly say, air, but

p.esurne it is

A Yankee has invented a new and cheap plan for boarding. One of the boarders mesmerizes the rest, and then eats a hearty meal, the mesmerized being satisfied from sympathy. One of the boarders having recovered, mesmerized tbe landlady, on psy day, and endeavored to settle for the whole company by paying lor one, but it didn't work. ..ij,

Interest.—Tbe

proposi*

tion to increase lbs legal rate of interest from six to ten percent, when agreed upon by the parties, has been defeated in both houses of the legislature. Tnis is right. There is too great tendency to manufacture money. This disposition needs to be checkei rather than stimulated.—Jackson Co. Democrat.

Lake bids

fair to keep open ail winter. The Steamer Cleveland left Detroit for Uuffdo on the 3J, with quite a number of passengers at 910 each, 190 barrels of flour, snd one thousand hogs. Floating ice entirely out of the Detroit River, and the Advertiser supposes Lake St. Clair ts also olear.—Blade.

•Young women/ said the Rev. Dr. Beecb' er, 'whenever you see young men, nibbling at cloves or nutmegs, on entering a church yea may safoly say that mac has just taken a drink.'

But a aiogfo representative of the Mohawk race is left. Would that the suthor of the 'Last of the Mohicans' were slive, to give us a tale about 'the last of the Mo* hawks.'

An old batchelor says women are so fond of appearance that if you could make them believe there are no looking-glasses in heaven they Would sat no more value on salvation than they do on a poor relative.

•How vary seldom it happins," aaid one friend to another "that we and editors who are bred to the buaiaese." "Very," replied the other, ••and hsve yoa not remarked bow seldom the busiuess ia toad to the editors."