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VOL. XXXVII.
Staunton Sptdatar-
JOS. A. WADDELL, 1
L. WADDELL, Jr., VProprietors.
RICHARD MAUZY. J
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MARKWOOD & GRAVES,
FASHIONABLE TAILORS, -4a
Opposite the Jflarble Yard, %%
Maiu St., Staunton, Va. --"*•
WOULD inform their friends aud the public gen
erally that they are now prepared to execute
work entrusted to them in the neatest and most fash
ionable styles.
As they have had the practice of six years as CUT
TERS they feel confident of pleasing all who may
favour them with their custom, and they hope by
prompt attention to business to merit a liberal share
of patronage.
Staunton, Sep. 6, 1859.
JAS. H. MCVEIGH. RDGAB T. MCVEIGH.
jas. h. McVeigh & son.,
(Successors to McVeigh k Chamberlain,)
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Liquors, Wines, Tobacco, Segars, &C,
PRINCE STREET WHARF,
Alexandria, Va.
March 29, 1859.—-ly.
Western Virginia &
MARBLE WORKS, M fl
AT STAUNTON j|| II
HARRISONBURG. 3t_
MARQUIS _ KELLEY. i^§
Staunton, April 7, 1858.
GEO. M. COCHRAN. JAMES COCHHa.V.
COCHRAN & COCHRAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
STAUNTON. VA.,
WILL practice their profession in all the Courts of
Augusta and the Circuit Courts of Bath and
Highland. Strict attention will be given to all busi
ness entrusted to their care.
Aug. 24, 1858.
POWELL HARRISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA,
WILL practice in the Courts of Augusta and High
land.
j*-gj" He may be found at his office, adjoining the
Sheriff's office.
Dec. 9, 1857.
GA . SMITH Manutacturer of S%W<
• Ladies' Shoes of all descrip-
tions, keeps a large stock constantly on
hand and offers them at very reasonable prices. Also
MISSES' and CHILDREN'S SHOES. His stand is
next door to thb Post Office. Patronage is res
pectfully solicited.
Staunton, May 17, 1859.
GUY B» W ADDEUL,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
BUYERS AND SELLERS will find it to their ad
vantage to call at their office in the Brick part
3F the Old Bell Tavern.
Staunton, Sep. 6. 1859.
Or. C. YEAKLE,
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
SILVER ANU PLATED WARE,
Opposite Va. Hotel, Staunton, Va.
Staunton, Aug. SO, 1859.
J. M. HANGER
ATTORNEY AT LAW, STAUNTON, VA.,
WILL practice in all the Courts held in Staunton,
and in the Circuit Courts of Albemarle and
ckingha m. Office in the brick-row, in the rear of
he Court-house.
Staunton, Dec. 30, 1857.
JOHN W. MEREDITH,
DEALER IN
JEWELRY, CLOCKS, WATCHES, Ac-
Main St., Staunton, Va.
|__T Watches and Jewelry Repaired.
Staunton, Jan. 17.
MARSHALL HOUSE,
Corner King and Pitt Sts.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.,
M. V. MADDUX, Proprietor.
A. FOX, Book-Kbkpeb.
Alexandria, Feb. 1, 1859—lj*
DOCTOR JAMES M. GILKESON-Having
located in Staunton, tenders his professionalser
vices to the public. He may be found, when not pro
essionally engaged, at the room over the Saddle and
Harness establishment of Mr. G. H. Elick, nearly op
posite the Post Offlce.
Staunton Feb. 8.1859—-tf.
A. D. CHANDLER,
UNDERTAKER,
X _,_,_,_ Staunton, Va.,
EEPS METALIC CASES of all sizes, at Staun
ton and Millborough Depot, at City Prices.
Staunton, July 19, 1359.
R. L. DOYLE,
Attorney at Law, Staunton, Va„
WILL practice in the Courts of Augusta, Rock
bridge, Bath and Highland.
July 29, 1857.
KIRKWOOD HOUSE,
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C,
JOHN H. k A. W. KIRKWOOD,
PaOPRIETORS.
Washington, March 24,1-.58 —ly
EALING WATER.—DR. W. B. YOUNG,
Druggist, has a large lot of Healing Water for
sale, and is the regular Agent for it in Staunton.
Dec. 13.
LOT OF FINE HAVANA CIGARS and
CHEWING TOBACCO just received and for
sale by P. H. TROUT k CO.
Staunton, Nov. 8.
TOVES, STOVES.—We have just received 52
Stoves of various patterns, some entirely new, to
which we invite the attention of the public.
Staunton. Oct. 25. WOODS k GILKESON.
JUST RECEIVED.—The best and cheapest low
price TOBACCO that can be found. Wholesale
or retail by JNO. B. EVANS.
Staunton. July 26, 1859.
CORN MEAL—For sale in large or small quan
tities at the STAUNTON STEAM MILLS.at
market prices. Apply to
May 31, '59. S. A. RICHARDSON, Sup't.
PHYSICIANS can always be supplied with a ful
assortment of Medicines of the bkst qualitf at
DR, 11. S. EICHELBERGER'S.
Staunton, Jan. 25,59
COATToIL— A splendid article, at
DR. W. B. YOUNG'S.
Staunton, Nov. 1.
FURS! FURS!—IS sets of Furs just received,
and will be sold at a very low figure.
Staunton, Nov. 8. PIPER & FUNKHOUSER.
HANDSOME COAL GRATK for sale by
WOODS & GILKESON.
Staunton, Oct. 25.
M"~ TLLER'S HEAVY GOODS-A full supply
tor Servants' Wear, just received by
Oct. 11, '59. TAYLOR & HOGE.
JUST" RECEIVED— A very fine assortment of
CLOCKS to be sold very low.
_ Staunton, Aug. 9, '59. G. C. YEAKLE.
A BOOK FOR FARMERS.—Campbell s
Manual of Agriculture. ROB'T COWAN.
Staunton, Nov. 15.
EATHER ! LEATHER ! !—2OOO lbs SOLE
LEATHER - good stamp—for sale by
Oct. 25. p. n. POWELL k CO.
Stmrntim xvtiimtti.
FOUNDED 1832. CHARTERED 1854.
LOCATED
Corner of Baltimore and Charles Sts,,
BALTIMORE, MD.
THE LARGEST, MOST ELEGANTLY FURNISH
ED AND POPULAR COMMERCIAL COL
LEGE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Students in attendance fbom Nearly Evert
State in the Union.
EVERY YOUNG MAN should write for one of
those Large and Beautiful Ornamented Circulars
representing the External and Interior View of the
BALTIMORE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, Pen
manship, &c, which will be sent by return mail, free
of charge, with Catalogue containing List of Students,
Terms of Tuition, Opinions of the Press on our new
system of Book-Keeping, etc.
FACVLTTi
E. K. LOSIER, Principal—Lecturer on the Science of
Accounts, Business, Customs, etc.
J. M. PHILLIPS, Professor of Book-Keeping and
Commercial Calculations.
H. H. DAVIES, Associate Prof, of Book-Keeping.
N. C JOHNSON, Professor of Penmanship.
S. T. WILLIAMS, ESQ., Mercantile law.
REV. E. Y. REESE, D. D. Commercial Ethics.
TRUSTEES :
Hon. John P. Kennedy, Hon. Joshua Vansant,
Hon. Thomas Swarm, Wm. H. Keighler, Esq.,
Jacob Trust Esq., William Kuabe, Esq.
The time usually required to complete the full
course from 8 to 12 week*.
Large Circulars and Catalogues stating terms, &c,
sent by m&\\free of charge. Address
E. X LOSIER, Baltimore, Md.
June 21, 1859—1y.
FOR NEW YORK.
T>HE New York and Virginia Screw Steamship
JL Company's new and FIRST CLASS STEAM
ER, "MT. VERNON," will leave New York eve
ry Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock arriving at Alexan
_» i about 10 o'clock on Monday.
Returning, she will leave Alexandria every Wed
nesday at 3 o'clock P. M. in time to receive passen
gers arriving by the trains of the 0. & A. andManassa
Gap Rail Roads.
Accommodations for passengers are first class in
every respect.
Passage including Meals, $7.50
N. B.—Shippers will please note that this is the
only Direct Line of Steamers between this port and
New York.
A commodious Depot has been erected on the Com
pany's Wharf, through which the Railroad track has
been laid, so that goods by this line can be received
at all times and shipped without regard to weather
and without expense of drayage, &c.
No commission charged for forwarding.
Insurance effected on all goods, (if desired,) at %o\
premium.
For freight or passage apply to
FOWLE k CO. Agents Alexandria,
H. R. CR( MWELL & CO. Ag'ts, N Y.
Oct. 11, lsoy.
BiiTH A~__X7_¥l SPRINGS, VA.
10 MILES FROM MILLBORO' DEPOT, VA. C. R. R
HAVING taken charge of this establishment I an
prepared to accommodate boarders in a degrei
of solid comfort that will not be surpassed in th<
mountains this season. My experience in the manage
ment of the old Sweet Springs, and more recently th<
Washingtou House, Lynchburg, may afford somi
gaaranty to the public of my disposition to please m]
guests.
The Bath Alum is admirably constructed and equip
pcd —is in an elevated region at the eastern base of thi
Warm Spring mountain, enjoying an atmosphere un
surpassed for salubrity and having a variety of Mine
ral Waters, Alum aud Chalybeate, as excellent ii
their kind as any other in the State, and the pures
mountain freestone.
TERMS:— Per day $2; per week, $10; per montl
of four weeks, $30.
Excellent music from a New York band provided
and Ten Pin Alley, and other amusements, withou
cfiarge to the guests of the bouse.
On these terms, and with a determination to please
I hope to till the rooms early and to keep full to thi
last day of the season. H. SNE AD.
June 21, 1859.
CONFECTIONERY ESTABLISHMENT 1! 1
CHOICE VARIETIES
FOR THE SEASON AT THE STAND
FORMERLT OCCUPIED BT
WM. T. MOUNT, Main St., Staunton,' Va
MAGNUS S. CEASE
WOULD respectfully call the attention of the cit
izens of Staunton and vicinity to his large and
en irely new stock of FALL GOODS, which he is now
receiving and opening, cousisting of Water, Sugar and
Soda Crackers, Picnics, Raisins, Figs, Currants, Cit
ron, Dates, Prunes, English Walnuts, Filberts, Al
monds, Ground Nuts, Pecan Nuts, Lemons, Oranges,
Sardines, and Candies of every description.—
Also Fasct Goods, Febnch Candies, Cakbs and
Tots.
p_T* "Wedding parties furnished at the shortest no
tice, and on the most reasonable terms.
Also Fresh Peaches, Lobsters, Pickles, Catchups,
&c, &c.
He will sell on reasonable terms, and respectfully
solicits a share of patronage.
JSP Candy sold at Wholesale and Retail.
Staunton, Nov. 8. 1359.
GKEAT EXCITEMENT AT THE
CLOTHING HOUSE OF
JACOB POLLITZ,
(brandeburg's old stand.)
THOUGH the Great Eastern has met with serious
accident, vet mv large and well selected stock of
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING will abundantly
show that my cargo of Goods did arrive sately, and
includes the greatest variety of well finished clo
thing ever brought to this market.
My present stand, at Brandeburg's old Corner
and" Opposite the Va. Hotel, gives a sufficiency
of room to show to my customers as nice a stock
of Clothing as can be exhibited this side of Baltimore
and which I will sell at Baltimore City Prices.
The public are invited to examine my stock, before
purchasing elsewhere, at least all those who consid
er that "a penny saved is a penny made."
JACOB POLLITZ,
Brandeburg's old stand, Opp'te Va. Hotel.
Staunton, Oct. 11. 1859.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE.
IN the ALBEMARLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Charlottesville. • The Capital of the Company is
large and well secured, and its business conducted on
tbe most prudent principles. Lives of Slaves insur
ed at the lowest rates. Apply to
HUGH W. SHEFFEY, Agent.
I am also Agent of the CHARTER OAK LIFE IN
SURANCE COMPANY, one of the most substantial
and prudently conducted Compa's in the United States.
The widow of the late John H. Brown received through
me $2,500 the amount of the policy on her husband's
life. HUGH W. SHEFFEY,
Dec. 13.—-3 m. '• '
TANNERY. —I have this day associated my son,
Wm. B. Gallaher with me in the Tanning busi
ness in the town of Waynesboro' and the business will
hereafter be conducted in the name of H. L. GALLA
HER k SON.
Persons indebted to my Tannery are hereby notified
to come forward and settle, aud those having claims
against it are requested to present the same for pay
ment. My son, Wm. B. Gallaher, will always be found
at the Tannery and is authorized to settle for me.
Public patronage is solicited for the new concern.
£_fT The highest Cash price will be paid for hides,
skins and bark at all times. H. L. GALLAHER.
Waynesboro', Oct. 4, 1859. —ly*.
K. JAMES JOHNSTON, SURGICAL &
MECHANICAL DENTIST, having been located
permanently in Staunton for the last four years, would
respectfully inform his friends and the public gene
rally, that he still continues to practice all
its various branches, with the strictest regard to du
rability and usetulness.
Office on the"south-side of Main Street opposite the
old Spectator Office.
Staunton, Nov. 29, 1854.
WHEAT WANTED.—The Staunton Steam
Mills Co. will pay the highest prices in Cash
for Wheat. Farmers wishing to dispose of their
crops will probably consult their interests by bring
ing samples to S. A. RICHARDSON, Sup't.
Nov. 15,1859.
OACH BODY VARNISH, a superior grade of
Copal Varnish, Japan do., Demar, do., Mastic
do., and all other Varnishes, for sale by
Staunton, Nov. 29. P. H. TROUT & CO.
FURS. —A few sets of very handsome Brown Rus
sia, Fitch and Sable Furs. Received and for sale
by D. A. KAYSER.
Staunton, Nov. 22; 1859.
ORN BIIELLERS.-We have on hand four
different varieties of Corn Shelters and Separa
tors. WOODS k GILKESON.
Staunton, Oct. 25.
ADIES' CLOAKS.—-We have just received a
new suppiv of Cloaks of the very latest style
worth, from $18 to |30.
Staunton Dec. 20. PIPER A FUNKHOUSER.
AlTEßS.—Several handsome sets of Waiters.
Also single do. for sale by
Staunton. Oct, 25. WOODS k GILKESON.
LARGE QUANTITY OF SALTPETRE for sale by
P. H. TROUT k CtJ,
Staunton, Nov. 29.
PURE GROUNDPEPPER—ground by ourselves".
Also Pepper in grain. P. H. TROUT k CO.
Staunton, Nov- 29.
'. LL kinds of Iron Machinery fitted up at the work
_ \ Shop of the Staunton Foundry-
Sep.l3, 1859. A. J. GARBER k CO.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1860.
POETRY.
Oar Little Lizzie's Dead.
lines affectionately inscribed TO MRS. SHRr BY
JEMMIE SALTZQIVER.
Gone forever is our sunbeam,
O'er our hearts death's cast a gloom,
Now our little Lizze sleepeth
In the lonely, silent tomb.
Darling lisper how we miss thee,
With thy mirthful winsome way.
Sometimes warbling childish music,
Chasing gloomy clouds away.
Now your little chair stands vacant,
All your toys are laid aside,
With the garments that how often
Thou wast robed with mother's pride.
Now thou'st gone from us forever,
Cold in death thy angel brow,
From the lips that used to kiss us
Warmth of life is taken now-
For we saw her form grow weaker,
And death's dimness in her eye,
Heard her voice grow fainter, fainter,
Saw, at last, our Lizzie die.
Shall we never more behold thee,
Little darling loved so well ?
"Yes," thy angel Lizzie whispers,
"Parents come to where I dwell."
"See this crown upon my forehead,
And this harp withintffl| hand—
Mother, father, come, I'Ugreet you
In my home—this happy land-
Where the pain.of death and sorrow
Is not felt—we part no more;
Loved of earth keep near thy Saviour
If you'd reach that blissful shore."
Words so sweet that spirit whispers,
Parents let it cheer thy heart,
Yes the voice of thy loved Lizzie,
She from whom you had to part.
So, sad parents, could her voice
From above, fall on thy ear,
Kindly cheer you, for bright aagels
Love above, their parents dear.
Woodsboro, Jan. 20, 1860.
MISCELLANY.
Thrilling Eloquence.
Tbe following touching passages are contained
io the speech ot the Hon. Mr. Boteler, delivered
in the House ou Wednesday. We honor the
head acd the heart from which they proceeded.
The incidents narrated cannot fail to moisten
every eye by which they are perused. The lan
guage employed for the purpose is the language
of elevated patriotism:
"The district which I represent, and the coun
ty from which 1 come —that county made fa
mous by the raid of Brown—was the first, the
very first in all the South, to send succor to
Massachusetts. In oue of the most beautiful
spots in that beautiful county, within ride shot
of my residence, at the base of tbe hill, where
a glorious spring leaps out into sunlight from be
neath the gnarled roots of a thunder riven oak,
there assembled ou tbe 10th of July, 1775, tbe
very first baud of Southern men who marched
to the.aid ot Massachusetts. They met there,
and their rallying cry was, 'a bee-lioe for Bos
ton.'
"Tbat beautiful and peaceful valley had never
been polluted by tbe footsteps of a foe ; for even
the Indians themselves kept it free from tbe in
cursions of tbe enemy. It was tbe hunting
range and neutral ground of the aborigines.—
This baud assembled there, and 'a bee-line tor
Boston' was made from thence. Before they
marched tbey made a pledge that all who sur
vived would assemble there fifty years after
that day. It was my pride and pleasure to be
present when the fifty years rolled around.—-
Three aged, feeble, tottering men —the survivors
of that glor.ous band of one hundred and tweu
ty —weie all who were left to keep tbeir trust,
and be faithful to the pledge made fifty years
oefore to their companions, the bones ot many
of whom were bleaching on the Northern bills.
"Sir, I have often heard from the last survi
vor of that baud ot patriots tbe incidents ot their
first meeting and their march ; how they made
some six huudred miles in twenty days—thirty
miles a day —and bow, as they neared their
point ot destination, Washington, wno happened
to be makiug a reconnoissauce in tbe neighbor
hood, saw them approacbiug, and recognizing
the linsey-woolsey huuticg shirts of old Virgin
ia, rode up to meet and greet them to tbe camp:
how, when be saw their captain, his old com
panion in arms, Stephenson, who stood by bis
side at tha Great Meadows, on Braddock's fatal
field, and in many au ludian campaign, aud who
reported himself to bis commander as from the
right, bank of the Potomac'—he sprang trom his
horse and clasped his old friend aud companion
m arras with both hands. He spoke no word
of welcome, but the eloquence of silence told
what bis tongue could not articulate. He mov
ed along the rauks shaking the hand ot each,
trom man to man, and ail tbe wbile—-as my in
former told me —the big tears were seen cours
ing down his manly cheek.
"Ay, sir, Washington wept! And why did
the glorious soul of Washington swell with e
motion? Why did be weep? Because he saw
tbat the cause of Massachusetts was practically
the cause of Virginia; becaase he saw tbat her
citizens recognized the great principles involved
iv the contest. These Virginia volunteers had
come spontaneously. They had come in re.
sponse to the words of ber Henry, tbat were
leaping like live thunder through the land, telling
tbe people of Virginia that tbey must tight, and
fight for Massachusetts. Tbey bad come to ral
ly by Washington's side, to defend your fathers'
firesides, to protect their homes from barm.—
Well, the visit has been returned/ John Brown
selected that very couuty as tbe spot for bis in
vasion ; and, as was menlioued in tbe Senate,
the rock where Seemau fell was the very rock
over which Morgan and his men marched a few
hours after Hugh Stevenson's command bad
crossed the river some two miles further up.
"May ibis historical remiaiscence rekindle the
embers of patriotism in our hearts! Why should
this nation of ours be rent in pieces by this irre
pressible conflict? Is it irrepressible? The
battle will not be fought out here. When the
dark day comes, as come it may, when this
question that now divides and agitates the
hearts of the people can only be decided by tbe
bloody arbitrament of the sword, it will be the
saddest day for us and all mankind that the
sun of Heaveu has ever shone upon."
Signature of the Cross. —The mark which
persons who are unab'e to write are required to
make instead of their signature, is in the form
of a cross, and this practice, having formerly
been followed by kings aud nobles, is constantly
referred to as an instance of the deplorable ig
norance nf ancient times. This signature is not,
however, invariably proof of such ignorance.—
Anciently, the use of this mark was not confin
ed to illiterate persons; for amongst the Saxons
the mark of the cross, as an attestation of the
good taith ot the person signing was required to
be attached to the signature of those who could
write, as well as to stand in tbe place of the sig
nature of those who could not write. In those
times, if a man could write, or even read, his
knowledge was considered proof presumptive
that he was in holy orders. The word clericus
or clerk was synonymous with penman: aud
the laity or people were not clerks, did not feel
any urgent necessity for the letters. The an
cient use of the cross was therefore universal,
by alike those who could and those wbo could
not write; it was, indeed the symbol of an oath
from its holy associations, and generally the
mark. On this account Mr. Charles Knight in
his notes to the Pictorial Sh&kspeare, explains
the expression of "God save the Mark," as a
form of ejaculation approaching to the character
of an oath. This phrase occurs three or more
times in the plays of Shakspeare; but hitherto
it has been left by the commentators in its orig
inal obscurity.
Goldsmith aud his Friends.
iThe lecture of the Mercantile Libra
ry course was delivered last evening in the A
tbeneuin, by Richard O'Gorman, Esq., on the a
love subject. The au i ence was a very large
and intelligent one, aad long before tbe lecture
commenced every scat was occupied.
Mr. O'Gorman introduced ihe subject of bis
discourse by relating the fable of Hans Aaderson,
ot a htlle bird so ugly that it was diiven from
the barn-yard by its feathered brethren, and af
ter a of wa (Lring abroad found itself in
the beginning of spring on the margin of a lake,
and found on seeiug .ts shadow reflected in the
water that it was a swan which had only want
ed time to develop its plumage of snow and fo m
of graceful beauty. We are not to infer from
the moral ot the fable tbat all ugly birds are
swans, but tbat appearances very often deceive,
that those who judg_ bus ily do not often judge
very wisely, and we ought to thiuk twice at
least before we condemn others because their
natures are not precisely like our own. There
are ugly birds among men, awkward, wayward
characters, who grow up among their kindred
unknown, unvalued, m-understood, until at last
they try their wings abroad, and moulded, and
strengthened in the roagii struggle ot life, force
from strangers the esteem &iul consideration
denied them ai home. It is a haru ordeal, arid
tew pass through it unhurt. Society, busy about
its present occupation--, loves best the natures
that can be put to use, and has no time to wait
on characters tbat are slow to develop, and the
instinct of self-preservation leads it to look upon
all who stray trom the irodden paths with a
larm ; tbey are outlaws and must be punished.—
Adventurers, scape graces, vagabonds, are among
the mildest epithets tint the English language
affords tor this obnoxious .lass. In Ireland, a
couutry peculiarly prolific in specimens of the
kind, they are dealt with more tenderly, and the
term '"genius" is applied as the generic appella
tion of all who despise every form of vulgar in
dustry, live by their wits and go to the dogs
with great rapidity.
The town of Bally uiabon, in the county of
Longford aud i_i_.gdo.ll oi lrelaud, possessed a
perfectly developed specimen of this much a
bused class in the person of an awkward lad,
trash from the Dublin University. His father,
a minister of tne Church of England, had shortly
betoiv died, leaving behind him an extensive
reputation for piety and benevolence, and a wid
ow with a young family and a scanty stock oi
worldly goods. Henry, the brother of Oliver,
was already curate of Pubis at a salary of __40 a
year, which lie eked out by keeping a school for
youug gentlemen. The second sou, Oliver, had
just finished bis oourse as a sizer, or poor schol
ar, aud was vow at home enjoying unlimited
idleness aud the dignili.d title ot Bachelor ot
Arts. His other po-sessious were but slight.—
He was then 21 years of age and very few men
of his age had iess to boast of. In person short,
coarse, bluur, awkward a-d ungainly ; his face
was very pale, very ugly, and deeply marked
witb tiie small-pox. His temper was tittul aud
wayward; for theino-t part chejrtul and bright,
with careless gaiety and humo., he was of apt
turn, moody ou small provocation, and indiguunf
at some real or fancied insult, it was hoped
that his mental endowment would compensate
tor bis personal but in college his career
had beeu a tatlure, aud though his name had
never appeared on the honor list, there was at
tached to it a reputatiou ot a less favorable kind.
A bailiff, wbo had ventured iuto the hallowed
precincts of Old Trinity, had been seized aud
compelled to swallow tne obuoxtous writ, and
was then taken to the pump and hydropathically
treated until he nearly expired. Protniueut on
the list of those engaged iv the exploit was the
name of Oaver Goldsmith. It had also been
whispered that the perverse aud misguided lad
composed street ballads which he sold to a pub
lisher who dealt, iv that kind ot literature lor
tive übiJing*. a ballad, aud tuat it w_s bis d_
light to steal out of the college at night aud
listen to his own productions sung in tne diinlj
nguted streets to auy but select audieUGes. Yet
iv spite of all his mauiioid sins ot omission aud
commission he was not altogether without ex
cuse. His condition iv the university must have
been utterly wretched. He was without means,
aud as proud aud sensitive as be was poor. His
life was lonely, for pride aud poverty make no
friends aud the few shillings he made by the sale
of those obnoxious doggiels were, perhaps needed
to save hi.n irom starvation, or were shared
with others whose condition might be worse
chau his own, for the poor schoiar had, if ever
uiau had, a tear for pity aud a haud ''open as
day to melting charity.' 1 Once iv a paroxysm
of pity he stripped oil" his coat and gave it to a
wretch whose raggedue-s was woise tiian hia
own, and on anotner occasion he gave his bed
clothes to a sick family, aud then making a hole
in tne bed he -towed him-elf snugly away a
mong the feathers. All these things the family
council uever heard of, perhaps, or took no heed
of, aud poor Oliver returned iv disgrace. Lifo
in a village is stupid work at the best; spite of
us charms to tne poetical mind, it has uever pre
sented itself to me as very attractive. It seems
rather a drowsy and somnambulistic sort of ex
istence, and Ballymahon a century ago was no
exception to the general rule.
Oue of Oliver's exploits at this time was wor
thy ot his character. Some choice-spirits were
hanging loose about Ballymahon, stray jewels
too rich to be left uuset. These he organized
into a club, and in George Oouway's tavern, in
the village, they sang Irish songs, told Irisa sto
ries, and made night hideous in a variety of ways.
The perpetual president of the club, elected by
aoclamatiou, was Oliver Goldsmith. No memo
ry of past humiliation, no shadow of coming
sorrow, crossed him while at the head of this
jovial crew. They looked up to the young grad
uate as an oracle of erudition ; Irom them came
uo sneer at his poverty or ugliness to check the
flow of his kind, genial humor. Two years ot his
life were thus spent. They passed away, but the
memory of them lingered around him forever,
aud in his hours of misery often shed warmth
aud sunshine on his chilled and wasted heart. —
lie would have been content to dream away his
whole life iv Ballymahon, without a thought of
the morrow; but his family were bent upon his
being an ornament to the ministry, and he con
sented. He was examined by the Bishop and
[rejected, to the infinite chagrin of his iamily,
and no doubt to his own entire satisfaction.
Au uncle, a mau of some means aud much
generosity, took Oliver by the hand and pro
cured tor him employment long enough to get
£30 aud a horse, aud he now determined to try
life ou his own accouut, fur, spite of disappoint
ment, he was still young and full ot hope.—
Where, then, should he turn but to the mighty
regiou of river and forest aud lake beyond the
Atlantic, which Providence from the first des
tined to be the adventurer's home? He may
have heard iv the lectures ot Old Triuity of start
liug discoveries in electricity by a printer in
Philadelphia who had begun to cultivate an ac
quaintance with the lightning*. Or some skip
per arrived with a cargo from James River may
have told him that a Bachelor of Arts would
command any price among the first families of
Virginia; or he may have heard that for those
who have been tried and found wanting iv the
Old World a hope of redemption still remained
in the land of the setting sun. In America he
decided to try his luck, bade farewell to his home,
aud took the road to Cork, where the ship lay
that was to bear him across the Atlantic. Emi
gration to the colonies required a deal of
resolution in those days, to leave the Old World
with all its noble and endearing memories, and
tempt late in a dreary voyage to au unknown
region of difficulty and danger. As he jogged on
through the valley of the Upper Shannon he saw
the pleasant river he before him like a thread of
silver in a robe of greeu, aud his heart shrank
within him, and stronger aud clearer welled up
the fountain of love for the dear land he was so
soon to leave forever. Cork is not a place to
foster one's desire for exile.
Is it any wonder that the young emigrant was
easily persuaded to take one last sip of the cup
ot pleasure before he took his departure for A
merica ? The result was that the end of a fort
night found him not swinging in his hammock
on the Atlantic, but back agaiu at his mother s
door, the £30 all gone, and, instead of the well
conditioned steed with which he set out, his
empty saddle-bags were thrown across the shoul
ders of a lean garron, whose previous owner had
appropriately denominated •'fiddle-back." Mr.
O'Gorman described the cool reception he met
with from his mother, and even his brother Hen
ry, and how he turned away from his mother's
door never to enter it again. His uncle still be
friended him, and encouraged him to study med
icine. He set out for Edinburgh with that in
tent, and with £50, supplied by his generous
uncle Oontarine. He set on bis exdedition and
never saw Ballymahon again; never again be
held his mother's frown nor the face of his gen
erous and indulgent uncle, and never again heard
the merry laughter of George Conway's merry
company. He never set foot on Irish soil again.
What share of happiness was in his life while
there, his own careless genial humor supplied.—
From others he got little love, and much cold
ness, and many slights. As he said himself, he
only brought from Ireland his brogue and his
blunders. Yet he loved those scenes of bis youth.
No spot on earth was ever so dear to him as tbat
village of Ballymahon; no society of wits or
templars he met in after life so congenial as tbat
rough crew of George Conway's. He loved his
home and c >untry with an enduring love, and
the most successful efforts of his genius were put
forward in reproducing the scenes and friends of
his youth, and winning for them the love and
pity of the world. The lecturer then traced the
wanderings of his subject in Holland and other
parts of Europe, until he returned from the con
tinent to London and embarked in the profession
of literature.
In his more prosperous days he made the ac
quaintance of Johnson, Burke, Sir Joshua Rey
nolds, Percy of the "Reliques," Hogarth, and
other literary and artistic celebrities of the time.
His intercourse with Johnson was intimate and
affectionate. If Goldsmith's heart was heavy,
or misfortune bore him down, Johnson was sure
to be at his side giving him wise counsel and ad
vice. They used to walk arm in arm, and John
son, with his great, heavy, slovenly figure, and
Goldsmith, uncouth and grotesque looking, and
fond of gaudy finery, tbey were called by the
wits of the day the nrsa major and ursa minor—
the great and little bear.
Atter a very felicitous description of the scenes
through whicli Goldsmith passed in his latter
days, and referring to the production and publi
cation of bis various works, Mr. O'Gorman com
mented upon the character of his writings.—
Through all his wretched years, in all the mists
and clouds, and blinding storms through which
his own wayward life had blundered along, he
never lost sight of the love of which in its
coarsest aspect humanity is never wholly divest
ed. In tbis respect he knew of no one in the
whole rauge of English literature who could
claim to be his equal.
Swift was a wic and a man of humor, but he
nursed savage indignation iv his tortured heart
through all his miserable life, and poured it
fortft in all ids writings, and wished it inscribed
on his tomb. Tliera vfss a "mocking devil" in
Sterne which, in his most pathetic moments,
breaks out and inspires you with a suspicion
that he is laughing while hs writes, and think
ing how bis fine sentences can unlock the foun
tain of your tears. Thacke<ay leads you to
doubt tbe e*isteuce of truth in man or woman,
and you close the book ashamed of your own
nature, and amized at the depths of meanness
and falsehood Ins remorseless microscope lays
bare. But in Goldsmith's honest laughter there
is no sneer; he gets up no scene of mock pathos,
he lays no traps for your tears ; he writes from
his own tender, loving heart. I think he de
tected shams and falsehoods as quickly as any
man, but he never lost faith in truth, in gener
osity, or religion, and he trusted in them to the
last,
IiIPBISONED IN A VaOLT EIGHI'EKN YeABS.—
A newspaper published at (Jolema, Mexico, on
the 24th ot October, tells the following frightful
story, aud calls upon the public to punish the
criminals: .
Wheu General Pueblita entered the town of
4-yo, in September last, ho exacted a forced
loan from the people, and a share of it fell up
on the" curate of tbe place. The curate acted as
though he would pay, but ha did not make his
appearance at the point designated for payment;
aud Geueral Pueblita ordered him to be arrested.
A party ot men went to his dwelling and knocked
at his door; there was no answer, and they
broke in. They found no one in the house, aud
were about to leave it, wheu they heard a fright
ful voice, proceeding from the ground, saying,
"1 am hungry !" The officer in command went
to General Pueblita, and told him about the
voice. The General appointed a commission to
examine the house. This commission went to
the curate's dwelliug, and after a careful exami
nation, they found a movable stone in the fioor,
aud under this was a stairway leading down
to a vault, which was entirely" dark, and had
no connection with the air, save by the stair
case, and had a small hole which served as a
ventilator. In this vault was found some books,
a few articles ot furniture, and a woman who
had been shut up there for eighteen years. She
was taken to Geu. Pueblita's quarters. When
brought iuto the light where she saw a number
of persons, she tainted. After she had returned
to her senses, a thousand questions were asked
ot her, to which she replied only that she had
been buried in that vault tor eighteen years
without going out tor a moment; that she had
been married, aud had children by Ler husband,
but she knew uothiug ot their fate; that, while
imprisoned in the vault, sbe had children; and
after saving this much she became obstinately
silent. While this was passing, a sergeant of
the Pueblita brigade, then present, discovered
that this woman was his mother, and she recog
nized him as her son, and embraced him. The
son ran for his father, who came up and recog
nized his wife. The husband, fifteen years ago,
was imprisoned three years under charge of
having murdered his wife, this woman.
Thb Minnehaha Falls in Winter.—The
Minnehaha Falls, in Minnesota, are described by
the St. Paul Times as presenting a very beauti
ful sight, especially in winter :
The creek which forms the fall cannot be
seen until you are close upon its brink ; then
the most beautiful sight that "fairies e'er con
ceived or naiads dreamed," is before your ad
miring eyes. The brook comes leaping and
dancing along, seemingly unconscious of the fall
directly iv its path, and over it leaps in a laugh
ing, careless, fleecy-mass: then on again, to
mingle wirb the "Father of Waters" half a mile
below. The ledge of rock, over which the wa
ter falls, forms uuderneath quite a cavern, so
that iv Summer you may pass into it behind the
tall. The tides of the ravine below the fall are
quite steep, aud are now entirely sheeted with
ice from the spray of the water-fall. By dint
of slidiug, creeping and rolling, the bottom is
reached, where you behold a "Crystal Palace"
more_rar« and unique than human mind ever de
vised. The ice has formed behind the fall in
stupendous columns and slender stalactites
reaching from top to bottom, shutting from
view the passage behind the fall, except in one
small place, through which you may manage to
squeeze in, aud then the eye falls upon a most
beautiful grotto. Words fail to describe its icy,
frosty, purity and fantastio splendor. There
hang from the solid rock far above your head
those crystal pearly columns: large and regular,
reaching to the bottom of the fall, and interwo
ven with icicles of all sizes and shapes. Never
did nature In her wildest features produce aught
so exquisitely beautiful as Minnehaha in Winter.
What is the Game of Billiards?— Som
ebody wrote to the editor of the Bucyrus Jour
nal a letter ot inquiry as to billiards, to whom
the editor replied as follows :
"Yes, sir, we can tell you all about billiards.
It is a game consisting of two men in their shirt
sleeves, punching balls about on a table, and
presenting the keeper of the rooms with fifteen
cents, or as is most commonly the case in this
country telling him to mark it down. This
last mentioned custom, has given tbe title of
billiard markers. If you have a decided genius
tor the game, you will make a superior player
at an expense of about $100. Blacksmiths, car
penters, &c, play it for exercise. It was in
vented by a shrewd saloon keeper who waa not
satisfied with the profits on whiskey, and was
too much opposed to temperance to water it.
lietter from Hon. A, H. H. Stuart.
The following patriotic and statesman like let
ter was addressed by Hon. A. H. Stuart to the
Committee of Invitation for the Bailie Peyton
festival in Philadelphia.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 12, 1860.
Messrs. Henry C. Carey, and others, Commitee
of Lnvitation :
Gentlemen :—I have had the honor to re
ceive your favor of the 3rd inst., invitiDg me to
a complimentary dinner to tbe Hon. Bailie Pey
ton, to be given in Philadelphia on the 14th inst.
You state tbat the object ot the festival is two
fold ; first as a recognition of the public services
of Mr. Peyton, in consistently advocating the
great industrial interests of the people, and next
as a means of bringing together men of position
and influence from different sections of our com
mon country,in order that they may unite in such
an expression of sentiment as will tend to pro
mote peace and good will throughout the Un
ion.
Cordially concurring, as I do, in both the ob
jects contemplated, it is a source of unfeigned
regret tbat my duties in tbe Senate of Virginia
are of such a character as to render it improper
for me to be absent at tbis particular juncture.
I am, therefore most reluctantly obliged to de
ny myself the pleasure of being with you per
sonally on the 14tb.
I would gladly unite with you in a tribute of
respect to Mr. Peyton. His name is intimately
associated witb the glorious days of 1840 and
1844, when there was throughout the confeder
acy, "a union of tbe Whigs for the sake of the
Union." It ;s true that in the contest of 1844
Pennsylvania, under tbe banner of "Polk, Dallas
and tbe tariff of 1842," was induced to repudiate
the champion of American industry. But I
trust that, admonished by the past, she will not
permit herself'to be cheated in the future.
It would give me pleasure to bave an oppor
tunity of discussing before you tbe interests of
American labor in all its various departments,
showing not only the harmony that exists be-
systems of Northern and Southern
labor, but, also, their mutual dependence on
each other. Each is adapted to its owu locali
ity. Each produces what the other cannot pro
duce, but what is essential to tbe other. Each
opens to the other its best market, and thereby
invigorates and sostains the other. Destroy
Southern labor and you withdraw the pabulum
wbich feeds the factories of the North, freights
its ships, stimulates its commeroe, aud ministers
to its prosperity in all the ramifications of the so
cial relations. On the other band if you para
lyze the industry of the North you reduce the
South to an ignominious dependence on foreign
countries. Providence designed tbe two sec
tions for each other. We are as necessary for
each other's prosperity as rq_n and woman. —
The Union has wedded us together, and I am
willing to exclajm, in tbe language of the ritual
wbich sanctifies tbe most endearing relation of
life, 'Those whom God hath joined together, let
no man put asunder,'
But we must remember that our Union like
the marriage relation, imports obligations of a
reciprocal character. Happiness and harmony
can only be secured in either case by scrupulous
fidelity in the fulfilment of those obligations,
and by tbe practice of mutual forbearance and
charity.
The present condition of tbe country shows
tbat there has been great fault somewhere. In
stead of the harmony aod "domestic tranquili
ty," which our constitutional union was ordain
ed to secure, discord, reigns throughout onr
borders. Jealousy and distrust pervade the
minds of tbe people io both portions of the con
federacy, and a national divorce i* a subject
now familiarly spoken of as a possible, if not a
probable event.
This is a melancholy condition of things. It
would be needless to trace tbe cause now. Suf
fice it to say, that there bas been faults---grlev
ons faults, on both sides, liach portion of tbe
country has fostered a narrow sectional spirit.—
As a natural resnlt, statesmen of enlarged na
tional views have been driven from the public
councils, and "mousing politicians," who are
ready to pander to local prejudices to secure
personal advancement, have taken their places.
The comprehensive policy of such statesmen as
Clay and Webster, and Fillmore and Everett—
men who had beads to comprehend and hearts
to embrace the interests of tbe whole country—
has been repudiated, aud the dogmas of section
al antagonism and "irrepressible conflict" bave
i been substituted for tliem.
Unhappily, the country is now divided into
two great sectional parties; Democracy ruling
the South and Republicans ruling the North.—
Both look to disunion. Both tend to disunion.
Between the two, the conservative sentiment is
smothered, and we are fast drifting into division
convulsiou, aud possibly civil war. Will not
the friends of the Union in this, the hour of ex
tremest peril, awake from their apathy ? Will
they not snap the pack-threads of party, which
bind them to sectional organizations, end resolve
in the language of Jackson, that "this Union
must and shall be preserved."
The question presents itself, how can this be
done? I answer, only through the agency of a
great "National Union party"—a party whose
name shall be significant of its mission—a party
national in its character and policy and devoted
to the preservation of the Union—a party that
will know no North, no South, no East, uo
West, but look to the welfare of the whole
country—a party that will foster American la
bor in all sections of our wide-spread confedera
cy, and stimulate industry to exertion by secu
ring to it its legitimate reward.
The triumph of either the Democratic or Re
publican party will be fraught with peril, for it
will be the triumph of one section over the oth
er. A sense of sectional pride and arrogance on
the one hand, and of humiliation and discontent
on the other, will precipitate the catastrophe of
disunion. Let me invoke patriotic men of
all parties to pause and ponder the condition of
the country. Recent events, which are regard
ed as the legitimate fruits of the doctrines of the
Republican party, have exasperated the South
ern mind to the last degree. lam uo alarmist,
as my friends, who are famiiiar with my charac
ter and temperament well know.
But I assure you, there is danger ahead. The
Southern people feel that they are insecure in
the presence of such an antagonist as the Repub
lican organization. They regard the Brown
raid as tho first act in a bloody tragedy, hereaf
ter to be enacted. They see before them the
knife of the assassin and the torch of the incen
diary. They are arming for the "irrepressible
conflict." Yesterday the popular branch of the
General Assembly of Virginia passed, with on
ly two dissenting voices, a bill appropriating
half a million dollars to arm the State. To-day
a commissioner, appointed by the State of South
Carolina, is here to make known to our Legisla
ture the views ot his State. They are signifi
cant facts. Their interpretation may be found
in a bloody tuture.
Again, I beg leave to point you to the dan
gers ot these sectional organizations. Again, I
invoke you to recur to the prophetic warnings
of Washington, against all such organizations.—
Again, I appeal to all patriotic men, men of all
parties and all sections to rally to the standard
of a Union party. Let them follow your patri
otic example. Let them repudiate all sectional
purposes, and discard from their confidence all
those "designing men," in both sections, who
seek to array section against section, and to ren
der one portion of our confederacy alien to the
other. Let us honor no man, trust no man, who
will not "keep step to the music of the Union"—
who will not rally under the stars and stripes, and
respond with cordiality to the glorious senti
ment-—"Liberty and Union, one and imsepara
ble." Very truly and faithfully yours,
Alex. H. H. Stuart.
The English style of gentleman's clothes—
small rimmed bats, heavy thick boots, and coarse
stout coats—is all the rage in New York. An
enterprising young tailor from London is in New
York, who visits young gentlemen at their offi
ces, with a large sample of various kinds of fa
brics, and taking their measures, and agrees to
send them out the clothes in six weeks from the
time the orders are given. He promises to give
better clothes, and at a lower price tban can be
obtained here.
NO. VIII.
For the Spectator.
Messrs. Editors : The would be "Hon." David
I Fultz in his address to the voters of this Judicial
Circuit, says: "Statements from the Clerks will
bhow that there were pending in the Circuit of
Nelson in 1855, 559 cases; in 1850,595 ; in 1807,
615; in 1858, 689, aud in 1859, 00_," and trom
tbese figures he concludes that it the business of
the Courts is suffered thus to accumulate, "tho
wheels of justice, already greatly retarded in
their movements, must soon cease to roll on,"
"and if suffered to grow in tbe tuture as in the
past, in what can it result but a total suspension
of justice?"
The charge is here distinctly and emphatically
made: That if Judge Thompson is re-elected,
the result will be a '•'total suspension of justice"
and "the wheels of justice must soon cease to roll
on." 0 tempora ! 0 mores ! !
Tbe gentlemanly and courteous Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Nelsou county, has at my in
stance, kindly supplied me with a triumphan:
vindication of Judge Thompson, tban whbbi a
purer and more learned nia_ does not grace thu
Virginia Bench, the opinion of his reckless ,ac
cuser and opponent to tho contrary notwith
standing.
You will confer a favor on Judge T's. friends
on this side of tbe mountain—and their name is
Legion—-by publishing Mr, Loving's letter.
Nelson.
Lovlngston, February _, 1860.
Mr. , Sib : —ln compliance with your
request I have prepared the following tables, tx
hioiting the condition of the Dockets at Common
Law and in Chancery in the Circuit Court of
tbis (Nelson) county, shewing the number of
suits commenced within the year, beginning tbe
31st of August, 1858, and ending the 31st ot Au
gust, 1859, and tbe number ended within the
same period; also the number ended since the
31st of August last, together with a tew explan
atory remarks witii regard to the nature and
ooudi ion of the causes still pending on said
Dockets, to wit:
Number of suits at law on the Docket 31st Aug ,
185., 290
Number of suits at law commenced witbm the
fiscal yenr ending 31st of Aug., lt>s9, 103
Total ,3<__
Nun?ber of motions at law on tbe docket 31st
Aug., 1-59, 32
Whole number, 4.5
Number of suits at law ended during same time,...2.0
" " " " ■ still pending 31st Aug.,
1359. 205
0_ causes ended September term, 1859 49
Number on the docket at this time, lfi|
Of this number there are about 75causeslof long
standing, which have been continued from term
to term by consent of the parties or their attor
neys—neither party appearing to be ready or
desiring a trial; besides many others of shorter
duration have been likewise continued by con
sent of parties, leaving, in fact, but few cases on
the docket in which the parties are really so
licitous about a trial. Moreover, it may be
proper to add, tbat during my continuance in of
fice, viz: 8 years, all the causes ou the said
docket have beeu regularly called at each ttrm
of the Court, (with the exception ot two terms
when the Judge was seriously indisposed, when
the docket was partially called) and every eiura
tried in its order, whenever the parties announ
ced their readiness for trial; and no cause wis
continued for one party, when the other par, 7
was ready, without good cause shown (iv my •
pinion) tor such continuance.
Number of Chancery causes on the Docket 31st
August, 1858, •}.. '
Number of Chancery causes commenced within
fiscal year 1859,
Off final decrees during same time,
_0d
Off final decrees at Sept. term, 1859, <*
Number on the docket at thi.- _._'«, ta
Of this number there k\ 3, atKult--*,
loug standing, and never s . , a hearing c>
count of some neglect of co., -el in failing to ti
tbeir Bills, or the failure of Sheriffs to •ZMDte
process in other counties am! other ft acs nee<'-
less to mention. There are also 13(X cases 1
said estimate on tbe Sleeping Do,_et, jffbj
them of long standing, but perii»t< . I to renin >i
there for reasons best known lor
whilst others are waiting for repo * | Go*
sioners acting under some interlo. ry teciee
of the Court. Aud of those cause a• _c argu
inent Docket, it has been the practi... during ,_y
term of office, lor counsel to take th* papers of a
cause, wben ready lor a hearing, and submit
them to tbe Court with or without argument,
and without any formal calling of the Dockr-t:
so that most if not all tbe decrees, both inteilo
cutory and final, depend upon tbe action of t'ie
parties or their counsel, and if tbey are uot re.
dy or desirous for the action ot the Court, It
immaterial (I would suppose) how long txu
causes remain on tbe Docket. The interlocuto
ry decrees at each Jerm of tbe Court during the
last eight years, show that great labor has beeu
bestowed by the Judge on this Docket.
Respectfully, O. Loving,
Cl'k. Cir. Court _f. C.
The Buckwheat Straw Principle.—Per
haps mother and marriageable daughter readers
do not know what kind of principle the buck
wheat straw principle is. We proceed to tell
them. Mrs. Payne, a pioneer's wife, living
near Rising Suu, Indiana, married all her
daughters, as she said, ou that principle. She
thus explained her success in getting her daught
ers, married to the first men ot" the country :—
"You may let your buckwheat straw lie in the
open field, where your cattle run without feno*,
as long as you please, and they will never e_. a
straw of it; but just put a light, rickety fence _-
round it, let the cattle break over, and dog th» ;n
out a few times; still mend up the fence, ar. 1
they will break dowu your fence again, and <
up the straw clean; so with the boys and i _
girls. My daughters were well raised, g<: .'
looking, smart and finely dressed; they _tt_- ikifl
public gatherings, and were much admired I
kept my eyes ou them, and whenever oue .
them was accompanied home by a young man
just such as I would like, I would privately tell
some of his associates that he must never be
seen about my house again, or it would not L*
good for him. The priuciple uever failed to jm .
ate, a clandestine marriage soon followed ; the
new son-in-law was forgiven, and all thing*
moved on smoothly, until another daughter was
marriageable."
Swallowed a Hole—The other day, Char
lie, five years old, found one of those curioun
bone-rimmed circles, which, I believe ladies
have named eyelets, and while playing in tho
garden swallowed it. The family wero in Urn
house, busily engaged ou a work on entomology,
when Charlie ran in with mouth wide open and
eyes distended to their utmost capacity. Ilis mc
ther caught him by the arm, and trembling with
that anxiety which only a mother can feel, in
quired :
"What is tha matter ? What has happened .'"
The urchin all agape articulated, "water."
It was brought him; when after druakfh* co
piously, he exclaimed:
"Oh! mother, I swallowed a hole!"
"Swallowed a hole, Charlie?"
"Yes, mother, swallowed a bole with a pie- c
ot ivory round it!"
A medical student joined, without Invitation
a party dining at an inn. After dinner ho
boasted so much of his abilities, that one of
the party said, "You have told us enough cf
what you can do; tell ns something you cannot
do."
"Faith," said he, "I cannot pay my shar* I
the reckoning."
Reading.—-Says the Rev. Henry
go through books is not to read them. - jfl
may masticate thousands of volumes, butjfl
convert them iuto nourishment; after de_fl
ing hecatombs of folios, they m_y ha >r,.M
lanky as before; or if, with acquis.. «vM
their minds increase in bulk, the bulk jfl
obesity and not of muscle." aW
