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VOL. V.?NO. 6. CLARKSBURG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 1855. WHOLE NO. 914. WILLIAM P. COOPER,] 1 ?? ? ??!. ? [EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. " WK STAND AND NO BDUAN POWER SHALL DRIVE US ODB POSITION."?JacJcaon. TERMS. Cooper's Clarksburg Register ia published in Clarksburg, Va., ovorv Wednesday morning, at $2.00 per annum,in advance, or at tbe expiration of six months from tho tiino of subscribing; after which $2.50 will invariably bo charged. No subscription will bo roceived for a less pe riod than six months. No papor will bo discontinued oxccpt at tho op tion of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid up?and those who do not order their papor to bo discontinued at the end of their term of subscription, will bo considered as desiring to hi.vo it continued. Ahvektisuhknts will bo inserted at $1.00 por squaro of twelve linos for tho ilrst three inser tions, and twenty-five cents foV each subsequent insertion. A liberal deduction on tho above ratos will bo inado to those who udvertiso by the year. : No advertisement counted less than a squaro. 'l'ho number of insertions must be specified, or tho advertisement will bo continued and charged accordingly. Announcement of candidates for office $2.00. Marriages and Deaths inserted gratis. All communications, to insure attention, must bo accompanied by the author's uamo and post paid. I DID NOT THINK OP THAT. One day, as Mr. Ltwson, a merchant tailor, stood at his cutting board, a poorly dressed woman entered his shop, and ap proaching him, asked, with some embar rassment aud timidity, if he had any work to give out. " What can you do ?" asked the tailor, looking rather coldly upon hi? visitor. ?? I can make pantaloons and vests," replied the girl. '? Have you ever worked for a mer chant tailor 1" " Yes. sir, I have worked for Mr. Wright." "Has he nothing for you to do ?" "No; not just now. He has regular hands who always get the preference." " Did your work suit him ?" " He never found fault with it." " Where do you live 1" " In Cherry street, at No.?" Mr. Lawson stood and mused for a short time. " I have a vest here," he at length said, taking a small bundle from the shelf, " which I want by to-morrow, ovening at the latest. If you think you can do it very neatly, and have it done in lime you can take it." " It shall be done in time," said the woman, reaching out her hand eagerly tor the bundle. '? And remember, I shall expect it made well. If I like your work, I will give you more." " I will try to please you," returned the young girl. " To morrow evening, recollect." " Yes, sir, I will have it done." The girl turned and went quickly away. In a back room in the third story of an o.d house in Cherry street, was the home of the poor sewing girl. As she entered, she said in a cheerful voice to her sister, " I have got work ; it is a vest, and 1 must have it done by to-morrow even lug. ?' Can you finish it in time ?" inquired the invalid in a feeble voice. " O, yes. easily." It proved 10 be a white Marseilles. As soon as iho invalid sister sa<? this, she said, " 1 ain afraid you will liol be able lo get it done in time, Eden. You are not very fust with the needle, and besides, you nro very far from being well." 41 1) >n'l iVar, in the least, Mary ; I will do fill that I engaged to do." ll wSts afiei dark the next night, when . E.kn finished the garment. She was weary and faint, having taken no food j since morning. The want of everything, . und partioulaily for herself and sister, made seventy-five cents, the sum which | she expected to receive for making the garment, a treasure in her imagination. t?he hurried off with the vest the moment it was finished, saying to her sister, " 1 will be back as soon as possible, and bting vou some cordial and something for our supper and breakfast." ?? Here it is half past eight o'clock, nnd the vest not yet in," *.?i5 Mr. Law- j son, in a fretful tone, " I had my doubts j about the girl when I gave it lo her. But ; she looked so poor, and seemed so earn- j est about the work, that 1 was weak enough to entrust her with the garment." | ' t this moment, Ellen came in and laid j ^ie vest on the counter, where Mr. Law- \ son was standing. She said nothing,. neither did he. Taking the vest, he un folded it in a manner, which plainly show- | ed him not lo be in a very placid state of mind. "Goodness;" he ejaculated, turning over the garment, and looking at the girl. She shrunk back from the counter and looked frightened. " Well this is a pretty job for one t) bring in," said the tailor in an excited tone of voice ; a pretty job, indeed 1" at the same time tossing the vest away from him in angry contempt, and walking off to another part of the store. Ellen remained at the counter. At length he said to her, "You need not stand there, Miss, thinking that I am go ing to pay you for ruining a job. It is bad enough for mo to lose my material nnd customer. In justice you should pay me for the vest ; but there is no hopo for that ; so take yourself off, and never let me Ret eyes on you again." Ellen made no reply, she turned round, raised her hand to her forehead, and bursting into tears, walked slowly away' After Ellen had gone, Mr. Lawson re turned to the front part of the store, and taking up the vest, brought it back to where an elderly man was sitting, and holding it towards him, said by way of apology for the part he had taken in the little scene, " That is a beautiful article Jfor a gentleman to wear, isn't it?" The man made no reply, and the tailor, after a pause, said, " I refused to pay her as a matter of principle. She knew sh could not make t|je garment when she took it away. She will bo more careful how she tries to impose herself upon cus? tomer tailors as a good vest maker," "Perhaps," said the elderly gentle, man, in a mild way, "'necessity drove her to undertake a job that required greater skill than she possessed. She cer tainly looked very poor. "It was because she appeared so poor and miserable that I was weak enough to place tbe job in her hands," replied Mr. Lawson in a less severe lone of voice. "But it was an imposition to ask for work she did not know how to make," "Mr. Lawson," said tho old gentleman, who was known as a pious and good man, "we should not blame with too much se verity the person who, in extreme want, undertakes to perform a piece of work for which she lacks the skill. The fact that a young girl, like the one who was just here is willing to labor, instead of sinking into vice and idleness, shows her to pos sess true virtue and integrity of character; and that we should be willing to encour age, even at some sacrifice. Work is slack now, ns you are aware, and there is little doubt she had been to many places, seeking emplopment before she came lo you. It may be that she and others are dependent upon llie receipt of the money that was expected to be paid for the making of the vest you hold in your hand. The expression, as she turned away, her linkering steps, her drooping form, and her whole demeanor, had in them a lan guage which told me all this, and even more." A change came over the tailor's coun tenance. "I didn't think of that," fell in a low tone from his lips." " I did not think you did, brother Lawson," said his monitor, " we are all more apt to think of ourselves than of others. The girl promised the vest this evening, and so far as that was concern ed she performed her contract. Is the vest made very badly ?" Mr. Lawson took up the vest and ex amined it more closely. "Well, I can't say that it is badly done. But it is dread fully soiled and rumpled; and it not as neat a job as it should be, nor at all such as I wished it.'*' "All this is very annoying, of course ; but still, we should be willing to make some excuse for the short comings of oth | O , . ers. The poor gil l may have a sick i mother or a sister lo attend to, which ! j constantly interrupted her, and under j I such circumstances, you could hardly j wonder if the garment come somewhat | suiicu iiuiii uuuci nci naiiuo. /ill iiii.t | may be the case ; if so, you could not Bnd it in your heart to speak unkindly to ihe poor creature, much less turn her ?way angrily, and without the money she lias toiled for so earnestly." "1 didn't think of that," was murmur id in a low suppressed toue of voiec. Ellen, on returning home, entered the room and without uttering a word, threw herself upon ihe bed by '.he side of her sick sister, and burying her face in the p How, endeav r.'d to smother the sobs that came convulsively from her bosom. Mary asked no questions. She under stood the cause of Ellen's agitation. It [old her that the had been disappointed in receiving the money for the work. Juat at that moment there was a knock at the door, but no voice bade the appli- j cant for admission enter. Jt was repeat ed, but it met with no response. Then ihe latch was lifted, the dour sprung open, and the tailor stepped into the room. The sound of feet aroused the distress ed sisters, and K.len raised herself up, and looked at Mr. L-iwson, with a counte- J nance suffused with tears. "1 felt that I did wrong in speaking to j you in the way that 1 did," said Mr. Lawson, advancing towards the bed and holding out the money "she had earned, " here is the price of the vest. It is bet ter made than I first thought it was. To-morrow 1 will send you more work. Try to cheer up." Mr. Lawson finding that his presence was embarrassing, withdrew, leaving the two sifters so deeply affected that they could but look at him with thankfulness. Shortly after, they received a basket, in which was a supply of nourishing food, and a sum of money to procu; e such ar ticles as might be necessary for the sick ; sister. Though no one's name was sent: with it, they were not in any doubt as to j the individual who sent it. Mr. Lawson was not an unfeeling man, but like too ui'nby iu the world, he did sot always think. A Romantic Incident. A soldier who was present at the cap ture of Sebastopol relates the following romantic story : " A party of men belonging to differ ent regiments were paroling from house to house in search of plunder. In one of the houses they came across a beautiful young female about 17 or 18 years of age. Of course, some ignorance was shown amongst the party, who commenced to drag her about, and would have used vio lence to her had not a young man belong ing the ' 18th' taken a musket and threat ened to blow the first man's brains out that laid a finger on her ; whereupon the young woman flew to this man for pro tection. She followed him all the way back to the camp, when, coming in sight of his camp, he beckoned her to return ; but she would not leave him. ?? Whether she had fallen in love at first sight I don't know ; but she came to the camp with him. As soon as he got there he was instantly confined for being absent when the regiment was under arms. She followed him to the guard tent, and cried after him. The colonel of his regiment, seeing the affection she bore him, releas ed him, and sent them both before Gen eral Harris, where an interpreter was got, and she related the whole affair to them. ?' It turned out that she was the Gen eral's daughter, with some thousands.? She was beautifully attired, carried a gold watch, and wore a set of bracelets of im mense value. The young man is now about to be married to her. She will not i leave him upon any account whatever; and if he is not a lucky dog, I don't know who is." REPORT OX SWINE. W. Mitchel, Esq., Chairman of the'Committee on " Shaep and Swine," read a rhyming pieoo at the table at Taunton, Mass., on cho 5th ult., which appears in the New Bedford Mercury, from which tne.following extracts are made : We find the hog hath, Bince'.the^world began, Been much slandered, faithful friend of man ; The loarned traducers on the biped side Sneer at the pig they do not dare ride ; In their sarcastic wuy, tlicy call him fool, Because when sheared he yields more cry than wool. . With all the sense tho critie's skull contains ; Think you a hogshead wouldn't lio'd his brains? If you must throw him pearls, 'tis you who waste, Knowing that aeorns better suit'his taste. 'Tis true, that Empress of coquettish girls? Queen Cleopatra?soaked and sipped her pearls; The more abstemious pig, of frugal elieek. Was never guilty of so mad a freak, You think him greedy since he loves to dine ; I own tho charge but, te'l me, are tho swiue The only creatures fond of feeding found I Are aldermen for abstinence renowned ? You say he's stubborn?that he will pursue Just any path that's not desired by you ; Sublime injustice ! Worthy voter !?say? Oh did you never, on election day, With all your country's welfare on yonr'head? Fearing the knave who hinted you were led? Because A asked you to give Byour vote ! You scorned dictation ? don't revile your shoat. Is he unclean ? Ye gentle dames, who have Your lairier forms in Newport's annual wave ! He seeks no sea side with tho summer's heat; Is that a proof to you ho isn't neat ? Know this is valor's better part in him, He cuts his throat when ho attempts to swim. You know lie's stupid, since yon fail to find Some traces in him of the march of mind, Isho uulotter'd?think how Bacon" shined," And don'tforgct the tales Hogg left behind. Would there were space in this brief lay of mine, To sing the history of distinguished swine !? A neat biography, adorned with plates. With the choicest cuts?Tho Pig in all his States, But time forbids ; my verse can only stay To breathe the important lesson of the day. Lo ! countless pigs respond, in thrilling squeal s, To the grand truths this century reveals. The fattest lion's in Epicures' sty With crisped cracklings to our words reply ;? We'll hint no m ore, nor covertly allude,? Cut boldly speak it?1'ios weke meant ecu food ANOTHER JlLLROOSEl' SfOitY. " How l'etcr "Sold" the I'oliticiuu. J1V S*Y I,\ ANL ."j I'UltAN, T11E YO'. NUJJt. I1- may be readily imagined that so great u blunderer as my friend Peter Mul rooney did not long retain any one par ticular situation, ilandy as he undoubt edly was at any kind of work particularly demanding the use of the shovel, his ex ploits in general farming made even the j "naygurs, the huythons," who were his peculiar aversion, stand and look on, at times, with open mouthed wonder. It was, therefore, no surprise to me to learn that shortly after Peter's unlucky attempt to give black Phillis the bran tnash intended lor the black filly, he had quitted the uer- j vice of my old school-fellow, Stanley, "dis charged the young masther 1" as he sub sequently called it, and had accepted the superintendence of a gang of workmen ou a tailioad, at that time in course of con struction through the election district in which 1 reside. 1 say "through the elec tion district," in preference to indicating the locality of the work in any more pre cise way, because the incidents 1 am about to relate refer Bolely to the politics of the neighborhood. In his new position Peter was. in his jelemeut, for not only were the laborers along the liue his countrymen, but, bet | ter still for Peter's pugnacious disposition, they were divided into those two rival fac tions which so long agitated our part of j the country, under the names of (Jorko nians and Fardowns. Of this latter body I'eler became the acknowledged leader, and it is but justice to say that the post in his hands was no sinecure. Brawls and bickerings multiplied with singular apidity, and in the faction lights which followed, Peter was always the first to [commence, and the last to leave oil. l>ut if this condition of thiugs was fun j.for Peter, it was a serious annoyance to j the contractors, who, after vain cxpostu j lations with the belligerents, had more than once been compelled to call upon the sheriff with an armed force of militia, to quell the disturbance. How many heads Peter broke on the grand occasions for displays, it would be difficult to enume rate. Certain however it is that, if bold undaunted exposure and vigorous person al exertion bo worthy of honorable men tion, Peter Alulrooney's heroism should be ranked wilh that of Harney's at Cerro Gordo ; Rileys at Coutreras ; Quitman's 1 at the Garita Belen ; and especially with | that of Walker at Huamantla. But as Sampson was shorn of his strength by the loss of his long locks, even so was Peter tinally reduced to a condition of compara tive weakness by dismissal from offica, and separation from his companions, who were transferred to a distant section. It was about this time, and before my friend Mulrooney's loss of authority was generally known, that an election ap proached for various county offices, and among others for that of district attorney. As the latter office was rather a lucra tive one, there was, naturally enough, quite an array of eager candidates, who were far more respectable for their num bers than for the scope or~profundiiy ol their legal attainments. Prominent among these hungry aspi rants was a pompous, pragmatical, petti fogging " limb," whom 1 shall take the li berty of calling Jones. This respectable young gentleman being, in his own esti mation, admirably fitted for the office, took the liberty ot blowing his own trum pet, and with no stinted breath, at the various preliminary meetings which wer( held during the progress of the canvass. Jones, however, was not disposed tore ly wholly upon the popular opinion of hit ability, but Endeavored to make " assu rance doubly sure," by taking such other means of securing a majority, as the im portance of the occasion and a pertina cious opposition of his rirals seemed to demand. Now there is engrafted upon our suatute books, a law upon the pu rity of elections, which inflicts, or threa tens to inflict, a serious penalty upon all candidates for office, who seek, di rectly or indirectly, to tamper with a vo ter. Of this Jones was perfectly aware ; but the sturdy character of the oppdsition seeming to render his prospects rather gloomy, he felt disposed to risk the con sequences, by enlisting a number of trus ty agents, whose votes and influence might do him good service at the polls. As the name of Peter Mulroonej had become quite famous in " all the country round" for his exploits at the head of the Fardowns, it occurred to Jones that just such a man, on such an occasion like that of a hotly contested election, would be in valuable ; and accordingly he acted up on the precept of worthy Mrs. Glass, who says, very wisely, that a hare requires to be caught before it is cooked. " First catch your hare," says she; and Mr. Jones acknowledging the force of the suggestion, after making some prelimi nary arrangements with certain of his friends, rode across the country one fine morning to beat up the quarters of our blundering friend. Financial matters had never, at any pe riod of his transatlantic sojouru, been in a very flourishing condition with Peter, but at this time, owing to the loss of his em ployment, and the removal of his friends, be was to use his own expression, "clan ed out enthirely." Under these discour aging circumstances, Jones found some trouble in unearthing him, but after nu tnerous inquiries, and not a little riding to and fro, ho succeeded in finding Peter in " a bit of a cabin in the bush," a log shanty with a stick chimney, where he was " boardin' wid a dacent family, one Doheny, who had nobody but hisself to take care of, barrin' the good woman, six childer, an' a year ould pig." At the door of this cabin Jones descried Peter leaning lazilv over the broken O 4 wonn-fence, aud amusing his leisure by blowing out clouds of tobacco smoke from a short, discolored " dudecn" stuck iu one corner of his inouth. " liow are you, Mulrooney ?" said Jones, in a manner which he at least inten ded should be gracious. :ious glance at the yellow kids of his visi tor, and a slill more dubious one at the roll of placards tie held in his hand. ?' (Jive us a friendly shake, my good fellow," and Jones, alighting from his ve hicle, und advancing. " Upon my hon t>r, I'm glad to see you !" Peter's eyes twinkled ; he rubbed his broad palm up and down his pautalooas two or three times, and then iuclosed the Jo lie ate lingers of his sociable visitor in a grasp like that of a blacksmith's vice. " Confound it !" exclaimed Jones, win ding all over, twisting up his mouth, and ijoiug through the motions of walking up stairs. "1 say?Mulrooney?my friend? you?you? have?tre?men?jus strength jf wrist!" " 'Deed but that's thrue, anyhow," re sponded Peter, quietly. " Sure 'tis the same list as bruk the bones of big Paddy Doyle, when he shuk hands wid me to dhrag me o\vt of the patthren light foot years agone, come next Michaelmas." " I don't doubt it," said Jones, wring ing his fingers, and then straightened them out slowly, as if he was repeating to himself, " this pig went to market ; this pig stayed home; this pig bad roast beef," ?fec., itc. Having at length satisfied him self that all the joints were in their pro per places, he turned to Peter, and said? " What are you doing now, Mulroo ney V" " Arrab, now be aisy," said Peter, with 11 .sly look. " Why will ye be afther exposiu' yerseif like a born ignorayrnus, wid no moie siiise nor a hay then nuv?;ur ? ?< * O Don't ye see 'tis sunnin' myself I am, this biased morn, an' sootherin' the black thoughts away wid the smoke of my du deen. Will 1 hould yer horse, sir ? May be yer honor's lootin' afther a handy boy. Troth but there's not a dacenter, nor a handier, than the one forenenst ye, an' that's myself barrin' the compliment, in ould Ireland. Glory be wid her, an' may the grass grow green there for iver and iver, amin !" Mr. Jones smiled complacently. He thought he discerned in Peter, from his apparent stupidity, and his known fight ing qualities, a very useful ally, while Peter was playing with Mr. Jones, pretty much after the fashion of a boy with a chafer, tying quietly a thread around his leg, and then letting him fly buzzing away but only to the length of the string. Mr. Jones, however, did not know this. Mr. Jones indeed knew nothing of Irish character. He wanted an agent, and all he thought it necessary to do was to buy him. Mr. Jones had great faith in the dollar. He would have sold himself for rather over five. At present, however, he was in search of commodity. " I see you don't know mej Mulroo ney," said he, smiling pleasantly. Had he been more of a physiognomist, he might have seen that Peter did know him at the first glance ; not only by name, but had read him through and through. Knew liim from the crown of his glossy silk hat to the soles of his patent leather boots, and that Peter Mulrooney?didn'i like him. ?' I see you don't know me, Mulroo ney," Jones repeated as Peter stood lean ing against the rickety fence with his eyei cast on the ground. " Ocli I" said Peter evasively, " ma ny's the gintleman I've seen to the fore an' I do be thinkin' yer face isn't sthrang< to me." " Jones is my name," said the candi date, softlv?" 1 am canvassintr the die trict for the office of States Attorney for the county. There are several others oat, who really appear to believe themselves qualified to fill so honorable a post ; but, indeed, between you and me, Mr. Mul rooney, they are"?Mr. Jones shrugged his shoulders significantly, and as Peter winked, as much as to say, " I know what you mane," the gentlemanly candi date continued : " So 1 thought it was my duty to make your acquaintance, Mr. Mulrooney?not to influence your vote, of course." " Oh begorra!" Peter broke out, *' twouldn't be aisy to do that, any way, I does be thinkin'." " Surely not," said Mr. Jones; "and I honor you the more for your sturdy de termination. It is upon you the founda tion of such men as you, my friend, that the pillars of democracy are firmly based." " I beg yer pardon, Misther Jones," said Peter, looking as stupid as possible ; " but what was that ye wor saying; about the foundation ? If ye want a good one dug out, clane an' nate sure there isn't a handier boy in the wide wureld wid the pick an' shovel than meself." "I'll tell you what, Mulrooney,'.'said Jones, now thrown wholly off his guard, " if the people elect me it will be good for them. Don't you think it is a first rate thing to have a friend in court ?" " Sure there's no deny in' that," re sponded Peter with alacrity ; " it bates the world for good luck." " A very sensible answer," responded Jones, with an approving nod. " Yes," lie added, with an oratorical flourish of his scented cambric handkerchief, " the poor man shall find in me a friend and a protector. Should I be honored with the attorneyship, avarice shall never ride rough-shod, over the bone aud sinew of the land. They al6ne, are nature's no bleman, sir ; and our glorious institutions are the work of their hands." " Och ! but that's the beautifullest spache," said Peter, enthusiastically ; " an maybe, Misther Jones, ye'll be afs ther gittin' yer desarts afore long." Peter was too cunning to say what he thought those desarts ought to be ; and Jones, happy in the belief that he had made a favorable impression, interpreted Peter's enigmatical complimcnt according to his own wishes. " Mulrooney," said he, " do you think you could spare time to dine with me to* day ?" Peter rubbed his chin doubtfully.? " Tisn't aisy to say," he replied, slowly ; there's Misiher Urban as lives at the r' ?i n _? t? " Oh, never mind seeing him !" ex claimed Jones, quickly, " ho'B not on our side. Come, jump into my carriage, and let me tool you over to the ' Bell,' I have a few friends to whom I am desirous of introducing you ? Who knows what benelit it may be to you 1" Peter made various excuses, but they were all overruled, one after another. At length lie suffered his bashfulness to be overcome, and presently found himself trundling across the smooth country-road towards the place of rendezvous. A ride of half an hour brought them to the " Bell," a line old-fashioned tavern, stan ding at the junction of the roads leading to Tompkinsville and Saddleton. Almost immediately appeared Messieurs Tims, Mims, Bims, and Bibo, all members of moie ihauone bar, and the especial friends of Mr. Jones, the candidate. Dinner was served in fine style, and Peter took extraordinary care to provision his particular fortress with an assiduity which spoke wonders for his appetite, and w&6 equally honorable to his digestive powers. At length, however he reluc* tan;iy declared himself satisfied, and the debris was removed. Hitherto, Peter had i been too busily engaged in storing away the supplies to waste the precious time in making set speeches ; but when the wine was brought in, he ventured to suggest that he should prefer " a tasta o' the na tive, instead of forrin stuff wid the outlan dish names," and his peculiar penchant wr.s speedily gratified. With his favorite potheen before him, Peter made himself quite at home ; re plied awkwardly when he was spoken to; but otherwise paid but little attention to docket', ca. sa's. fi. fa's, and the number less other legal terms with which the con versation of his companions was interlan ded. After a while, Jones winked at his com panions, who promptly acknowledged the preconcerted signal by filling their glasses. " Here's to your good health, Mr. Mul rooney !" said the candidate. ?' Many thanks to ye," responded Pe ter, demurely ; " sure it's well an' hcar tv I am, barrin' a natiieral wakeness of the digestive fackilities, an' a touch of the rheumatiz." " Your health. Mulrooney !"gaid Tims, with a profound bow. " Niver bettber, barrin' the digestion an' the rheumatiz. Good luck to yer hon or, an' much obleeged to you for the ax in," replied Peter. " My respects to you, Mulrooney, my friend 1" said Bims, lifting his glass; "and may you always continue at your present excellent condition !" " Faix ! I hope so," said Peter. "For sure whin it comes to the typhus and the grampus and other disorders, thim's not so aisy to bear." " Spoken like an oracle," said Bibo ; "and it is now my privilege to wish you a peculiar exemption from all such unplea ? sant caeualiiies. Mulrooney, your good health." ?'Och, botheration 1" said Peter. "I'll ? be takin' to my bed prisently wid yer gos > tber about my health. Musha thin, in in throth, but '(.isn't the tbrue genteels as ? 'ud be afther makin' fun of a poor boy." , " Fun ! my dear fellow," said Jones, > " we intended it for a mark of respect, Fun ! not a bit of it. No person could - possibly be sincerer than I. As for Tims ? he is the rery soul of truth and gravity Mims, is frankness lUelt: ana moo?eve rybody knows Bibo. His integrity has become so proverbial that he is scarcely recognized by any otber name than that of *' the honest lawyer.' " The wily Peter now suffered his brow to olear, and even went so far as to favor Mr. Jones with a smile. He slowly filled his glass from his own especial decanter, and then, rising, said? " Oh faix, if it's dacent manners among the quality, here's wishin' long life to*all of yees ! An' whin the ' have his cor? pus' time comes round, may yees go where all good lawyers go !" " But whether that's up or down," thought Peter, " surra bit I can tell." Neither, apparently, could the parlies themselves, for they received the senti ment with the dubious glances at one an other as if they begau to have an instinc tive impression that, somehow or other, that they had " caught a Tartar." "Hem ! much obliged to you, Mulroo ney," said Jones, breaking the ominous silence. "Dare say you meant well, Bibo, if that bottle is empty, it is time to be off." The bottle was empty, or nearly so, and the company rose,-.soon after, and prepared to take their departure. Tims now approached Peter, and ex tended his hand. 'Of course, Mulrooney, you are one of us,' said he. ' Of coors,' said Peter, putting on his old puzzled air. 'Sure, how would I be otherwise, I would liko to know ? Twoud thruble me mighty to mako out the differ.' ?Ah ! I kDew you were the right sort of a man to stand by youv friends;' said Bims.' ' Begory,' responded Petert sharply* 'I'de like to see the cologne that 'ud say I wasn't.' * I expect you wouldn't mind fighting for theiu, too, if it came to a pinch,' said ' Tims. ' Tisn't a dirty traneen I'd be worth, if I did,' said Peter, boldly. ' Mulrooney,' said Jones, drawing him aside, and taking out his purse, ' 1 dare say you are not overburlhened with mo- j ney just at present.' ' Musba, thin, but it is the blissed truth yees spakin'any way,'replied Peter. ' I thought as much, will you do me the ! favor to accept this ten dollar piece ? I like to encourage modest merit, and I thought that, perhaps a little loose cash might be of service to you. Understand me, Mulrooney, I give you this freely, and ' as a matter of friendly feeling, and not as 1 a candidate for office.' ' 'Tistheral gintlemcn, Mr. Jones, and I'll be proud to sarve ye. Would ye like to hire a handy boy that can bato all Con naught at a nate job of work ?' ' I'll think about it after the election, replied Jones, moving away. 'Oh, by the by,' he added, suddenly, 'I need not ask you, I suppose, to bring all your friends 1 with you to the polls,and perhaps it would be best for you to vote early I' ? Anan?' said Peter, looking unuttera sly stupid. 'I think they had nil better do so,' Tims. ?Augh ! 'tis there yo are after all 1 nuttered Peter, with a queer twinkle of lis eyes that augured anything but suc :ess for the machinations of Jones and his )ackers. ' O, yes,' said Mims, 'by all means vote jarly.' 'Friends vote ! Did you mane mo ?' in quired Peter, assuming an expression of .lie utmost perplexity. 'Not you alone, but your friends also. Ft is a matter of the greatest consquence ,hat we should make the strongest kind of in effort.' 'Deed 1 but that's thruo, I does be .liinkin',' responded Peter, slowly; 'but low will I vote. I'd like to know ?' 'Vote? why as other people dol' 'Ayeh 1 that's a;sy to say; but*? 'But what? out with it.' 'Sorry Lit am 1 nathcralized!' said Pe ;er. Here was a pretty breakdown in the political machinery of Mr. Jones. He was fairly caught in his own trap ; and his din ner, his wines, and his ten dollar gold piecc, nil given for nothing. Tims, Mrcns, Bims and Bibo stuffed their handkerchiefs, n their mouthes. As for Jones, he could ?scarce retain his rage; but he managed to slammer out? O, come, Mulrooney, this is no timo for joking; don't I know very well you have a vote ?' ?Mu.ha, thin '. it's more than I does be knowin' myself,' said Peter. 'Well, then,' said Jones, 'you can surely bring up your friends, tho Fardowns.!' 'Oil, begorra,' said Peter, ? but it's few frinds I have any way ; an' thim'* in an other counlhry!' Tims whistled for an invisible dog ; Mims hummed 'The light of Other days ; ?Bims was taken suddenly.with a very se vere fit of coughing, and Bibo was look ing steadfastly at something in the mea dow which no one could see but himself. ?Come gentlemen,' said Jones, 'let us SO. I can make nothing out of this fool 3 O of an Irishman.' ' Bed ad !' said Peter, turning on his heel, 'I'd be a fool if ye did. The dirty spalpeen, to think of bribin' a gintlemen of anshent discent, wid a dinner an' a ten dollar goold piece. Augb l maybe he'd like me to condiscind to demane myself by givin' him his money back. Troth, if he lives till that timo he'll be the onldest man in this part of the wuteld; an' that's no lie.' Dear reader, Mr. Jones was not elected. Help O.ve Another.?Sir Walter Scott wrote : "The race of mankind would per ish did we cease to help each other.? From the time that the mother binds the child's head till the moment that some kind assistance wipes the death damp from the brow of the dying, we eannoi exist withoat mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it o heir fellow mortals ; and no one who hai it in his power to gtant can refuse with* out incurring guilt!" > TIT FOR TAT. An amusing anecdote has of late been going the rounds of Parisian society. It matters but little whether the heroine was French or Spanish ; it is enough that she was a wife, and young and pretty. One day last week it happened that the lady, in rumaging about her chamber, Found a pair of while satin shoes. " Good !" she said, " there is a ball ihis evening; I will put them on.,' She tries to do it, but the shoes are too imall?her feet will not enter. The husband appears during the pro jess. ?* What shoes are these ?" demanded he wife, pushing toward him with tho snd of her toe the white satin slipper. The husband looked embarrassed. " What shoes ? They ate your*, I sup >ose." " That is not probable, since I cannot jet them on. Look here !" " Ah, you have grown stout I" pur sued the husband; "you dance so much 1" The wife replied?the husband insisted ?and the shoes flew out of the window. Eight days after, the husband, whlie ooking for a pair of gloves, found one, vhich he attempted to put on. He pass id in one finger?he passed in two?but he hand would not pass, yet the gloved lad been worn. " Eh ! Madame, what is this?" hode nands. holding out tho gloves on the tips >f his fingers. " A glove," repliod his wife, tranquil y? " Pardieu 1 I know that very well I? 3ut whose is it ?" " Yours, apparently." " But you see it is impossible to get It in ; yet somebody has worn it. 1" " Ah 1 the gloves, then, probably bes ong to the same person as the shoes." The husband was disposed to bo angry, "lie wife began to laugh. " I found tho shoes, you found the [loves j wo are even." Tho husband pouted for twenty-four lours, after which he wished to jiign a reaty of peace. They negotiated, and he lady consented. A cloak, bordered vith Russia sable, paid the expenses of he war. In accepting it, the lady smiled. " Am 1 not good ?" said she. " I will ell you now, that the gloves belong to ay cousin, who lent them to mo, to help ne revenge myself. Give them back to ao, and if I find no more shoes, you will ind no more gloves."?Musical^ World. itorAL cswikdlinu.?it baa recently been stated that the King of Naples wus likely to embroil himself in a war with England. Tbe King had oommitted ono of these petty acts of mean swindling that a despot can lawfully practice. Tha whole plot is thus clearly developed ; King Ferdinand, of Naples, It appear*, ordered a splendod set of carpets of an English manufacturer, which were made to size, and ornamented with the royal arms. The manufacturer accompanied his goods to Naples, which wore refused, on tbe impertinont ground that they were never ordered, although he produced tbe order in writing. lie was told to sell them, hut that was impossible, as they had the royal arms on them. lie was commanded to put them on board ship and export them. lie did ship them and had to pay export duty. The vessel was then refused a clearance and the carpets were landed. He was then told to sell them by auction. A very low bidding was made, and no advance followed; and he was not allowed to bid ibem in. He got for them much less than the ex port du'y he had paid. But what became of the carpets 1 They were actually bought at auction by one of the King's agents, ngainst whom none dared to com pete, and now cover the floors of the pal ace, for which they had been fabricated. The manufacturer complained to tbe British consul, who demanded redress, but it was refused. Hut since the fall of Schastopol the King became frightened, and has order" ed pecuniary reparation for this attempt* ed royal swindling. His coin will prob* ably bo accepted, at Great Britain can claim nothing beyond ample reparation for this individual injustice. /ST At the moment when, on the 14th of October. 1797, the British fleet under Admiral Duncan, ana the Dutch fleet commanded by Admiral de Winter, were about to engage, two sailors passing by Admiral Duncan's cabin, saw him on hi* knees. " My eyes 1 Jack," cxclaimed one, " what is the Admiral about there ?" ?? Praying to Heaven," replied the ?th er. " Praying for what?" " Tbat tbe Lord give us victory." " Well now 1 that's a shame. We are well able to lick them ourselves. Besides, give tbe beggars a chance/' Souetiiiso tor Fjcmalks to Tbisk or. ?The papers of the day, teem with ac counts of seductions, and suicides in con sequence. Tbe Warrenton Flag, remark' ing npon this subject, says ; " There can be no question tbat wo men hare as much to do with making libertines as the " Evil One." Did the females pat the same value on libertines that men do on " fallen angels." society wonld soon realize the benefit of it. Wo men have more effect on morals tban mil lions of sermons from the pnlpit. t3T By different nations every day in the week is set apart for public worship, i viz :?Sunday by tbe Christians, Monday , by the Grecians,Tuesday by the Persians, Wednesday by the Assyrians. Thursday f by the Egyptians. Friday by the Turks, i and Saturday by the Jew*.