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BY SAM. P. IVIIS.
ATHENS, TENN., FRIDAY, JANUARY G, 1854.
VOL. VI. NO. 276.
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THE POST.
Athens, Friday, Jan. 6, 1854.
Baltimore, Dec. 27.
In the U. S. Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. Se
ward introduced a Bill for tho construction of
the Pacific Rail Road.
The death of the Hon. Brookini Campbell
having been announced, the Senate adjourned.
In the House of Representatives, nothing
was done beyond the delivery of eulogies on
Mr. Campbell, of Tenn., whoso funeral will
take pi. ioc on Wednesday.
The Erie Rail Road track and bridge at
Harbor Creek was again destroyed by the
mob on Monday night. The citizens have
held a meeting to endeavor to induce the mob
to desist from their illegal proceedings. Tho
Sheriff is serving Injunctions.
On Tuesday, 6000 bbls. of Flour were dis
posed or at from 6.87a!J7 per bbl. White
Corn was worth from 58a60 cents, and Yel
low from 6164 cents per bushel. Wheat
had advanced.
Tho Pupal Nnncio Bedinl hns been attack
ed nt Cincinnati by a mob of Germans. Tho
police interfered, when nine Germans were
hot one bcini? killed.
In New York, on Wednesday, Cotton was
quiet, and 1000 bales changed hands, i' lour
had advanced 25n37 cents per barrel. Corn
was steady.
Baltimore. Dec. 27.
A tremendous conflatrration has occurred
at New York, involving the destruction of
several wholesale flour and other establish,
tncnts. and shinoinor to a lares amount.
In Front street, the bakery of Messr.
Treadwell St, Son, and the stores or Metsrs.
D. W. Main waring & Co., Jones Si Rowland,
C. Harris Si Co. and R. W. Reynolds & Co.,
Dusenbury's large bell foundry, and Uavulsou
& Young's crockery establishment. The
wind was blowing a gale at the time
Tho destruction among tho shipping was
awful. Mr. Donald McKay's hugo clipper
ship Great Republic, of 5000 tons burthen,
which was nearly rendy to sail for Liverpool
was totally destroyed, all attempts to save
her and her cargo by scuttling having fniled
in consequence, of the shallowness of tho
water. She was insured for $300,000 the
irrenlest nortion in New York offices. Her
cargo consisting among other articles of
about 9000 bbls. of Flour, 60,000 to 70.0UO
bushels of Corn and Wheat, 1000 bales of
Cotton 3000 bbls. Rosin, 1000 tierces of Beef,
&e. was valued nt $600,OUO, but it is not
yet ascertained how much ol that nmount
was insured.
Baltimore, Dec. 28.
Both Houses of Congress, the President,
r.MnM. nd Foreign Ministers attended the
funeral of tho Hon. Brookins Campbell, of
Tennessee, on Wednesday, at Washington.
The Sermon was preached by tho Rev. Mr.
Milburn, House Chaplain.
CiticwiiATl, Dec. 28.
The river hns fallen 3 inches. Weather
cloudy. Flour $5 50a$5 60 : Hogs active,
6000 sold at 84 3584 50, closing firm at the
latter price. Provisions, increased demand,
but prices unsettled, improved prices obtaina
ble for most articles. Whiskey dull at 21c.
Baltimore, Dee. 28.
Advices from Buffalo state that the riot at
Erie on Tuesday was more serious than at
first reported. Several rail road men wero
shockingly beaten, and on attempt was made
by the mob to hang Dennin, the Superinten
dent One rioter was shot, but not killed.
The Company refuse to run beyond tho
State line. Great excitement exists in Buf
falo, and it is feared that unless Government
interfere, there will be a movement among
the people in that part of the Statq of New
York, and that tcrriblo disasters will fol
low. The Savannah Morning News understands
that counterfeit fifty dollar bills of the Bank
of Hamburg, S. C, are in circulation in the
western part of Georgia. They are said to
be extremely well executed, and consequent
ly difficult to distinguish from the genuine.
far The Panama Railroad Bridge over
the Chsgrea River, at Barbacoa, was complet
ed, and a train of five cars passed over it, mi
the 24th November. The engineer expects
the road will be completed to Panama by
next August. There is a great difference in
Ihf Aeight of the tides in the two oceans.
A anarna the tides rise 16 to SO feet; at
A Hawaii they are only 3 to 4 feet. The
summit level of the road between the two
oceans is only 380 feet above tha sea, and
the neighboring hills perhaps 1,000 feet high.
fgr A New Orleans paper says that cop
pr la a cure for the cholera. It is also ex.
celleut in poverty.
EUROPKAN INTELLIGENCE.
By the arrival of tlio steamer Pacific wu
have conflicting accounts of a tremendous
naval engagement the greatest, some reports
allege, since that nt Navnrino which took
place on the 13tli of November, and resulted,
it is said, in the defeat of the Turkish fleet
twelve Russian and fourteen Turkish vessels,
according to rumor, having been sunk, and
fifteen thousand persons killed.
On the morning of the 13th of November,
ays one account, tho entire Russian fleet,
consisting of 24 sail, appeared off the Turkish
harbor of Sinope, a sea port town of Asia
Minor, Anatolia, on the Black Sea, where Ad
miral Osinan Bey was stationed with 14
TurKisli ships. The engagement immediate
ly commenced, and the shore butteries being
of no use, the Russians forced the passage of
the harbor.. The Turks fought like devils,
and would not surrender, but continued the
combat with most desperate bravery, until
one ship after another was sunk, blown up,
or burned. Seven Turkish frigates, two
corvettes, one steamer, and tlirco transports
were destroyed. The Vice Admiral Osmnn
Bey was taken prisoner. Ench Turkish ship,
in addition to the crew, had 800 troops, on
their way to Circussin; also the money to pay
the fleet, all of which was lost. The Turks
burned two of the Russian lino of-battle ships,
three frigates and two steamers. The en
gagement lasted only one hour. The remain
der of tho Russian fleet was so shattered that
it could scarcely reach Sevastopol. All Eu
rope is said to be greatly excited at tho in
telligence. It is believed however thnt a Eu
ropean war can be averted.
This is one version of the story. The most
probable statement, however, is that the
Turkish fleet consisted of only three frigates,
which were protecting tho transports carry
ing the rc-inforcciiients for the Turkish army
in Asia.
Prince Menscliikoff left to convey tho in
telligence of the Russian victory to the Czar.
The main body of the Turkish fleet was in
the Bosphorus.
The Turks have completed fortifying the
coast along the Blu-.-k Sea.
On receipt of the news of the engagement,
vessels were immediately sent out by tho al
lied fleets to take a position in tho Black Son.
It is reported that Persia had resolved to
march an army against tho Turks, and that
the British Charge d'JjJ'airesUai left Teheran
on that account.
It is stated that Sclini Pacha and the Cir
cassian chief Scliamyl surround Woronzozu
on all sides, near Tctlis.
The Mohcmednns in Asia are coming from
all quarters to assist the Turks.
The tunc of the Engljsii press towards tho
Russians is very menacing, even the London
Times leans towards tho warlike sido of the
question.
Tho Spanish Government, having been do.
fcated in Cortez, a Royal Decree was issued
suspending its sessions.
New Southern Mail Schedule. The
Wilmington, N. C, Herald has the following
paragraph in relation to a new schedule fur
tho transportation of the Southern Mail:
We learn that a new schedule has been
made, and that the mail for the South, hereto
fore due nt this place at 9, A. M., will hereaf
ter bo due at 7, P. M., and will upon arrival,
bo transferred to tho Wilmington and .Man
chester Road, instead of being conveyed by
Steamers tho next morning to Charleston as
heretofore. The cars will leave on the arri
val of the Northern train, thus making n dif
ference of twenty-lour hours in favor of tho
proposed schedule, over that formerly exist
ing. I3f A chifforicre recently died at the
Hospice de In Pitro, whom they called the
Countess. This woman, notwithstanding tho
withering effects of suffering and debauch,
was still possessed of some poor remains ol
beauty. In 1831, nearly twenty years ago,
sho wns one of tho most followed and admir
ed lionnes of Paris. After having ruined
several lovers, she finally induced a young
man of good family, who was desperately
enamored, to marry her. Two years after his
marriago this young fool, to provide for the
exageratcd expenses of his wife, blew out
his brains at the police office, on failing in an
attempt to rob the bank of France. It is said
thnt the Countess, in the days of her pros
perity, had chemises of linen cambric, so line
that they could be drawn through a finger
ring; and that after her elegant supper sho
would have vhampuigne brought in a vessel
of chased gold, lo wash her feet in. Such
aro the luxuries in which depraved women in
Paris often indulge, and such is generally
their melancholy end. Many chijforicrs have
in their youth shone in their equipages and
diamonds; but orgies and debauch have soon
caused them to decline, and step by step,
they have finally attained the lowest depth of
misery.
Thirtt-six Davs wnnour Food. The
St. Lawrence Republican givs the seeming
ly well authenticated fact of a Mrs. Paine,
(wife of Otis Paine, of Morlcy, N. Y.,) hav
ing sustained the last thirty-six days of her
life without food, sho having refused to take
it She was insane.
O-Tbe California papers adopt the Eng
lish custom of publishing births, and add a
truly American or "Yankee" peculiarity, by
giving the weight of the young citizen.
3?Aii Englishman named Wilkins has
made improvements in the telegraph, by
which the message is written out by the tel
egraphic instrument.
Rather Ukkihd. Among the toasts giv
en at a celebration in New York, at which
Gen. Wool, one of onr American pioneers
health and prosperity to his declining years.
This was rather an unkind hint to the gallant
General, considering that he is a prominent
standing candidate for tha Presidency.
"Murder Will Out." Arrest of a Fugi
tive. Nearly ten years ago, two planters and
tho overseer of one of them, were travelling
from one part of Texas to another. Night
found them beside a river which they were
unable to ford, and where they would have
to wait till morning before they could be
ferried across. The weather was fine, tho
travellers were well armed, and as they were
accustomed to wild-wood journeyings, they
soon prepared rough accommodations for tho
night. As they hud travelled far and fast
during tho preceding day tho planters were
soon in tho enjoyment of "tried nature's
sweet restorer, balmy sleep," and no suiise of
danger disturbed their slumbers. Not so
with tho overseer. For him thero was no
sleep. Atliirst for filthy lucre, his grcod had
banished sleep, his blood ran riot, and he
saw red! He know that the planters had a
large sum of money with them, and as neith
er he nor they were known in the section of
country in which they then sojourned, he
thought the opportunity a favorable one for
possessing himself of their wealth. But in
order to do so he must first murder them.
They had already rendered themselves inca
pable of defence by yielding to "Death's first
cousin, sleep," and in a moment he could
transfer them to the domains of the more
terrible of the cousins. And ho did so.
A blade, murderously keen, was drawn
with a hand of demoniac firmness across the
throat of one of tho planters, and a leaden
death was sent from a pistol into the ear of
the other. Then did the red robber consider
himself a man of wealth, fur tho sum which
he hud gained by the double murder, enti
tled him so to think. lie fled the country;
went to the federal capital, became a beau,
and participated in wild and reckless plea
sures to his heart's content. Hut gambling
and other dissipations soon gave wings to his
riches, and they flew away. Eventually be
ing reduced to poverty, lie, by tho prosecu
tion of a successful burglary, again filled his
fiurse. But the crime was traced to him, and
ic was arrested, tried and sentenced for live,
years lo the penitentiary. Before the expir
ation of the term he wns pardoned by Presi
dent Polk, and weut to reside- in South Car
olina. A strange train of circumstances recently
pointed him out as tho murderer of the two
Texas planters, and a requisition of the Gov
ernor of Texas to tho Executive of South
Carolina, was responded to by the delivery
of the fugitive to an officer, who had charge
of tho requisition. Tho result is, that the
overseer, under the name of John Sehultz, is
now confined in the First District Police
prison of this city, on his way to the scene
of his greutest crime, and that "tho way of
the transgressor is hard," is evidenced by the
sharp clank of his irou manacles. .Yen- Or
leans Delia.
An Incident. Speaking of tho tightness
of the money market, says tho Philadelphia
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, a little
incident came under our notice on Wednes
day, which is worth relating. I stepped into
one of the fashionable jewelry stores in
Chestnut street, and saw a lady purchase a
lot of diamonds worth 4525 and ordered to
be sent home. A few minutes afterwards I
met the husband of the lady in a broker's of.
fieo in Third street, negotiating a note of live
thousand dollars, at a shuvo of four per cent
per mouth.
Tho Rochester Union, in mentioning
tho arrest of a gang of counterfeiters, and
among others, of n Miss Susan Cutter, says
that "Susan gave the finishing touch to both
the coin and bills." Very likely. We never
saw a young lady who could not give the
finishing "touch" to any given amount of
coin and bills, in tho very shortest order.
J-7" Some years since an Englishman,
whose pronunciation was tinged with cock
neyisms, was scut to preach to the benighted
and wicked Hoosiers of the littlu village, of
Elkhart in Indiana, which Greeley calls "a
tidy, vigorous borough with a future before
it." Ho thus commenced his discourse :
"(.inhabitants of Hclkhart, como to tho hal.
tar."
"All Right Here." A young man was
enlarging to a lady friend the character and
qualifications of a young lady, who was a
mutual acquaintance. The youth wishing to
commend her goodness of heart, laid his hand
upon the region of his own heart, and said,
"She is nil right here " "Oh, fudge," was the
reply, "that is half cotton."
A Ladies' Paper. Last week tho ladies
of Harrodsburg took possession of the sane,
turn, tripod, goose-quills, &c, of the Plough
boy editor, turned him out of doors with a
bowl of egg-nog to gustnte, and then got up
a paper charmingly original and interesting.
They christened it the Mislleto in considera
tion of Christmas times. Happy editor and
lovely ladies f
Astonishing "Feat." A Magistrate in
tho town of Sonimervillc, in Fayette county,
fined a gentleman for burning lire-crackers in
the Corporation limits. The Reporter says
"the crackers wero tied to a dog's tail, and
we understand that it was just 8 o'clock when
the firo was put to them, and In a quarter af
ter that time the dog was seen going through
La Grange, a distance of 16 miles, the crack
ers still popping. We do not vouch for the
correctness of this report, as we got it en
tirely from rumor, but if such was the case,
that dog can lay it on to the 'injine' two to
one.
Mysterious. We have been Informed,
sava the Hacerstown (Maryland) Chronicle
of Saturday, that some days sincea fine black
horse, with a bald or white face, was found
on the mountain, not far from Sinithsburg,
in this count V, with his throat cut. I he spot
is represented to us as being almost inacces
sible to man or beast, and as a pair of saddle
h.-im and an overcoat have sinco been found
nir the nlnce. the impression is that murder
has been committed, and that the animal was
thus disposed of in order to escape detection.
t?9"Santa Anna has accepted the terms of
the Gusdilaxara declaration, and is to take
the title of Serene Highness, with a salary of
M 60.000 per annum, and to have the right of
nominating his successor, in the event of his
death or moral disqualification.
"Wasted." Tho follow5 good thing
is from tho N. Y. TribuncAC
Wanted. A young Man ol industry, abili
ty mid integrity," ie. Ac.
This meets our eye daily in the column of
"Wants," and it is true as the Pontnteuch.
Wanted? Of course they are altvays wan
ted. The market cm never be ovJi stocked;
they will ulwnys"be culled for, and never
quoted "dull," or "no sale." Wanted for
thinkers wanted for workers in the mart,
on the maiu, in the field and the forest.
Tools aro lying idle for want of a young
man; a pen is waiting to be nibbed, a tree to
bu felled; a plow to bo guided; a village to be
to bo founded; a school lo ho instructed.
They talk about staples and great staples.
Honest, industrious, able young men aro the
great staple in this world of ours. Young
man! you are wanted, b Snot for a Doctor.
No, nor a lawyer. Tli'ks in f enough of
them for this generation dcfj-jdair or two to
spare, lion t studv ai
be the profession ift-b
aning,
or some other of
Don't measure t
honorable and ho.
you can do but Id
the women. It i
silks and luces, t;
hat then, like a nl
out doors. Get a
the jewelry of toil
ood set of well-dev
would go, if wo coul
young, longer ago
you know, when one's "o
Besides, if you becon
have to wait "because you haven't expert
ence," says an old practitioner; 'iuccauso you
are too young," say all the wtnen. If you
are a Lawyer, and likely 'i,,',. they'll put a
weight on your head, a la j to keep you
under, or, if you make ItfiuoA argument,
some old opponent, as gray at n rat, will kick
it all over, by sotuo taunt or other, because
you wero not born in tho year one. And so
it will go, until you grow tired and soured,
and wish you had been a tinker, perhaps "an
immortal one, or anything but just w hat
you tiro.
lie a farmer, oud your troubles arc over, or
rather, they don't begin. You own what vou
stand on, "from the center of the earth," as
they used to say, ' up to tho sky;" you are
independent all day, and tired, not weary at
night. The more neighbors you have, and
the better farmers they are, the mure and the
better for you.
There's one thing more, young man. You
arc wanted. A young woman, wants you.
Don't forget her. No mutter if you are poor.
Don't wait to be rich. If you do, ten to one
if you are fit to be married at all, to anybody
that's tit to be married. .Marry while you are
young, and struggle up together, lest in tho
years to come, somebody shall advertise
,'Young men wanted," anil mine to be hud.
Woman's Rights Asserted. Tho Stum
ford Advocate contains tho following spirited
advertisement:
To the Public. Whereas my husband,
Edward II. Junes, has falsely Bdvertisod that
I have left his bed and board, and that ho will
pay no debts of my contracting, &c, this is
to Inl'o-in the wibllo tm'. 1iie aforesaid Ed
ward II. Jones had neither ued nor board for
me to leave, he having been living at the ex
peiise of my father; and f urther, under pre
tence of proem ing money to pay his way to
liirininghan, Connecticut, h.- burrowed a dol
lar of my father, and with t!:::t puiJ for his
lying advertisement against me, and even af
ter this dislurdly act he took all the money I
had, and borrowed every cunt ill my mother's
possession, and left tho town. For the past
three mouths he has been kept from naked
ness nnd starvation by the exertions of my
self and relatives; he squandered in dissipa
tion all thu money his inborn laziness would
allow him to earn. The scamp need not have
advertised that ho would 'tot pay debts of
my contracting, for the public well knows
that he would not even pay his own. He is
a lazy, ungrateful, loafing scoundrel; not con
tent with "living at the expense of my relit
lives and borrowing their money, he publish
es an outrageous lie. His bed and board, in
deed! If lelt to himself his bed would bu
nothing but a hoard, nnd I should not be
much surprised if the bed he dies on were
made of boards, with n strong crossbeam
overhead. SARAH A. JONES.
fjf" Tho man that don't take the papers
was in town last week. His name is Brown,
nnd he lives nt the head of Numbskull creek.
Ho was born principally in Georgia, but has
lived in Harris, Putnam, iii. J.'ikc. His fa
ther touk no paper, aM 1 ' rt'"fU a-going to
nuther. He was a witii""rur "W that he
don't know nothing tWr',,v,,,i. he was'nl
there when thocircuuisfaiifeppmed. Ho
thinks thero used to be a paper ft Auburn,
but ho thought it had dnnc,k.M J "ng ago,
lie was surprised to fi
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gee, as he had lit li
lit in some
lime. He don't want
At's going
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on no how. Thu
worse they do.
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Republican, cau
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pretty hard case
t- lint in-
sist utMin his subscn
ii-publican.
Macon Republican.
The Old Mas. Bow low the head, boy,
do reverence to the old man. Once young
liko you, the viscissitudes of life have silver
ed the hair and changed the round, merry
face, to the care-worn visage before you
Once that heart beat with aspirations coe
qual to any that you have fell; aspirations
crushed by disappointment, as yours are per
haps destined lo be. Once thai lorra siaim-u
proudly through the gay scenes of pleasure,
the beau ideal of grace; now ine ncsu u.
Time that withers tho fewer or yesterday,
has warped that fijLJwA'-""
noble carnage, uo. (' nyv' " f
sessed the thousand-, '"rffc that pass
through your brain noVwishing to accom
plish deoda worthy of Book In fame, anon
imagining life a dream, and the sooner no -woke
from it the better But he has lived
the dream very near through . The time to
awake is very near at band yet his eye ever
kindles at old deeds of daring, and the hand
Ukes a firmer grasp of tho stiff. Bow low
the bead, oy, s you would in your age be
reverenced.
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PThe sympathy which the editor of
the Horald gets to mitigate his "damages" in
the Fry case, seems,' to uso a vulgar cxpres
siun, to be all "over the left." As yet, we
have not seen, among all our exchanges, the
first article objecting to the verdict. The
Albany Express, in the course of a pungent
article on the subject, says:
We had thought that the great prosperity
of Mr. Bennett would have prevailed upon
him to choese a nobler and more creditable
path, and that he would have learned to con
duct himself and his paper with greater de
cency fioiu policy, if for no better reason.
But on the occasion in which we noticed nn
improvement we have ascertained that Ben.
nett was absent and that Mr. Hudson, the
locum tenens, who is a gentleman, kept tho
columns of the Herald decently clean and re
putable. The moment the arch fiend returns
from his European travels is marked palpably
in the grossness and obscenity which creeps
into tho Herald, nnd makes it a disgrace to
the Press and to tho country..
In vain, also, has he been punished with
tho horsewhip, vigorously laid on, nine differ
ent times. Wo were happy to bo present at
ono of these seourgiugs, when a young law
yer in New York, after bearing bravely a
month's ribaldry of tho Herald, took tho law
into his own hands. It wns on the corner
of I'romlway and Whlto street, and it was
pitiable to see the old coward on his knees
and receiving a lashing which ho never dared
to redress either in person or in a court of
justice.
JJut what corporeal ana infamous punisn
nient fails to accomplish, we hope to see
taught by a few such verdicts as in thu suit
of Mr. Fry. 'i'ho American people have suf
fered too" long, nt homo and abroad, under
tho weight ot infamy entailed by Mr. Ben
nett as the head of t'ho American Press. Ho
lias a pocket if not a heart; a purse if not
decency; nnd, as his avarice is his only vul
nerable point, let him bu taught decency and
manners in a few libel suits.
Outwitti.no the Devil. A certain count,
who in order to raise the wind, had made a
league with the Old Gentleman, violated his
engagement, and was suddenly waited upon
by his diabolical creditor, who, with a grin on
his face, cried out lo his victim: "Come, we
must bo otT immediately!" Tho count np
peared most terrified. In a timid tone of ex
postulation, ho said: "Our agreement was fur
forty years; only twenty years have elapsed;
must I go?" "Yes," replied Satan, in n de
termined but dogged tone. "Grant inc but a
year!" "No!" "A diiy?" "No!" "Then,"
said tho count, "you setgthis candle; it is but
an inch long. Whilst it is burning, hero is
another bottle, and a capital u'S!lr regll,.'
Vou. Will you not spare mo until this can
dle is burnt out!" "Yes," answered the in
fernal guest. "Very well," said tho count,
blowing out tho candle and thrusting it into
his pocket, "then I'm snug enough.'
So
saying, he lft tho apartment by another door.
Tb-ilx --'''n black got up, his whole
fraV.'.'.'-fl-e.. .i with anger, ami his eyes
scintillating wilhlurid corruscations of wrath.
He seemed withal decidedly sneaking, nnd
vanished with a clap of thunder!
l-W Genius often misses its mark : Medi
ocrity almost never. But it must bu taken
into consideration that tho target of the
former Is totally beyond tho range of even
tho imagination of thu latter.
Dreadful Loss or I.ii e. A party of fif
teen hundred emigrants for Oregon, have
been lost on the plains. Many of them starv
ed to death.
t-if A fellow in Iowa jumped so high the
other day, that ho says ho saw the dog-stnr
wag his tail.
Passiko an Ai.tf.iieo Bill. "Look Vre,"
said n tipsy individual, who was hanging by
n 1 inin.mist. "Iiok Yrc. didn't vou know
that you'd no riL'lit to go by mo in that way!"
"Why not, uiy friend " asked tho person
addressed, who 'recognized in tho 'tight uu'
nn old acquaintance.
"Because hic hic its agin the law.
"A'.'ainst tho law?"
"Whv vou used to know Bill Nelson when
he was a highly different individual to what
he is now, and'tlier's a big law agin passing
an altered Dill."
A Hint roa Tits Temperance Reform
ERS. The Russian laws compel all persons
found intoxicated in the streets, no matter of
what station or sex, to spend a few hours in
sweeping tho public avenues in broad day
light, under tho surveillance of the Police,
where they are constantly exposed to thu
gaze of the passers by. This badge of re
proach few nro willing lo incur, except the
more base nnd depraved. And it operates,
at least, to keep those who choose to indulge
in revelry and dissipation within doors.
' Advinturesof an Aeronaut. The aero-
naut, M. Arban, who made an oscenl from
Barcelona, Spain, more than two years ago,
and bad not since been heard of, and who
was believed to have fallen into the sea and
been drowned, it it said, has made his ap
pearance again. An Alicant letter says that
his balloon went over to Africa, and that he
was seized and made a slave, and continued
in that state for two years, when nj made his
escape. . '
A Ilirrr Man. Don Jose Manuel has
been elected Delegate to Congress from the
Territory of New Mexico. He does not un
derstand a word of English and consequent
ly can stand the Congress speeches. His own
sproehrs must be delivered in Spanish, which
will be equally a relief to the other members.
LjCfVn NerWhs3IirT..r says, "Ex
travagance has struck inVan aV goes on to
mention how New York ladieMfeave become
accustomed to wear vards and raMa rtasc
iMiibroiderr and stitcninif, where thi
rve cannot penetrate, is in is anomer
of that "mind's eye, Horatio T-BoMon.TimeiZfxw immediate payment, although ihey
"" . always been willing to wail a few
A Uiwycr rcceivea inc loiiowing now
accompanying a boquet from over in Indiana:
"i send a bi the boy backet of flowers.
They is like nil luv for u. The cite shaid
meens kepe dark. The dog fcftimceas I am
HIT '
VIVli,U .
'That looks bad,' exclaimed fanner White,
with nn expressive shako of tho head, as ho
passed a neglected garden, and broken down
fence, in one of his daily walks.
'Had enough,' was tho reply of tho com
panion to whom tho remark was addressed.
'Neighbor Thompson appears to be running
down hill pretty fast. I can remember tho
time when everything around his little place
was trim and tidy.'
'He always appeared to be n steady, indus
trious man, rejoined the second speaker.
'I have a pair of boots at this moment, of
his m.iko, and they have done uo good
service.'
'I have generally employed him for myself
and family,' was the reply, 'and I must con
fess that lie is a good workman; but never
theless! believe I shall step into Jack Smith's
this morning, nnd order a pair of boots, of
which I stand in need. I always make it a
rulo never to patronize thoso who appear to
be running behind hand. There is generally
soiiio risk in helping those who w on't help
themselves.'
'Very true, nnd as my wife desires ine to
scu about a pair of shoes for her, this morn
ing, I w ill follow your example, mid call upon
Smith. He is no great favorite of mine,
however, nn idle, quarrelsome fellow.'
'And yet he sueius to be getting ahead in
thu world,' imswored the farmer, 'and 1 am
willing to give him a lift. Hut I hnvu an er
rand at tho butcher's. 1 will not detain you.'
At the butcher's they met tho neighbor
who was the subject of their previous conver
sation. Ilucertainly presented rather n shab
by appearance, and in his choice of meat,
thero was a regard to economy wnich did not
escape tho observation of farmer While.
After passing remarks, the poor shoemaker
took Ilis departure, and the butcher opened
his account book with n somewhat nnxiuus
air, saying, as ho charged the bit of meal.
'1 believe it is time that neighbor Thomp
son and I came, to a settlement. Short ac
counts muko long Mends.'
'No time to lose, I should say,' remarked
the fanner,
mI.1i-
'Indeed ! have you
heard of any trouble,
neighbor White .'
'No, I have heard nothing; but a mnn hns
tho use of his own eyes, you know; and I
never trust any onu with my money who is
evidently going down hill.'
'Quite right; and I will send in my bill this
morning, i have only delayed on account of
the sickness which tho poor in mi had in his
family all winter. I suppose hu must have
run behind a little, but still I must Like care
uf nil in her one.'
'Speaking of Thompson, aro youf observ
ed n bystander, who appeared to take an in
terest in the conversation. 'Going down hill,
is he ! I must look out for myself, then, lie
owes inc quite a snug sum for leather: but
on the whole I guess tho money would be
safer in my own pocket.'
Here the four worthies separated, each
with his mind filled with the affairs of neigh
bor Thompson; the probability that he was
going down hill, and the best way of giving
him a push.
In another part of thu littlu village similar
scenes were passing.
'1 declare!1 exclaimed Mrs. Bennet, tho
dressmaker, to n favorite assistant, as she i
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whence she had been L'uzing on tho passers
by. 'If there is not Mrs. Thompson, t!,cv!
shoemaker's wile, coming up tho street with j
a parcel in her hand. She wants to engage
Hie lo IO lier WUIH, I suppose, imiv nun ii
woiil't le n venture, every one says uiry
are running down hill, and it is n chance if
ever I get mv pay.'
'She has always paid us promptly,' was the
reply.'
' True, but that was in tho days of her pros
perity. I cannot afford to run the risk.
The iidvunco of .Mr. Thompson prevented
further conversation.
Sho was evidently surprised nt the refusal
of Mrs. 15., to do any work for her; but ns
great pressure of business was pleaded ns an
excuse, thero was nothing to be said, nnd hu
soon took her leave. Another application
proved equally unsuccessful. It was strange
how busy tho village dress-makors had suil
denly become.
On the way home, tho poor shoemaker's
wifu met thu teacher of a small school in tho
neighborhood, where two of her children at
tended. Ah! Mrs. Thompson I am glad to seo you,'
was the salutation. 'I was about calling at
your huiise. Would it bo convenient lo set
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UU Will illllllMb UIIHHIK.IIIVWI, t
Our iii-coiint!' was the surprised reply.
'Surely the term has not yet expired V
'Only halft fit. but my present rulo is to
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v"'"1 V " " V .
man V teachers liavo adopted ol late.
I 'was not aware that thero had been any
change in your rules, and I have niad.i nr-
rangemeiils to meet your uiii in inu usual ,
time. I fear that it will not bu in my power
to do so sooner'
Tho countenance of the teacher showed
irreut disappointment, and as sho passed on !
hi a different direction, sho uiultcred to j
l't'JuiVa.Icxh-cted,Inevershallscea ccnt.
Everybody says they are going down hill. I
must get rid of Iho children in suuin way.
Perhaps I mav get n pair of shoes or two lor
uityiuentforthe half quarter, if I manage right,
but it will never do to" so on in this way.
A little discomposed by her interview with
tho teacher, Mrs. Thompson stepped into a
neighboring grocery to purchase souiu inning
articles j( lainily stores.
'I have a little account against yon. Will
it be convenient for Air. Thompson to settle
it this evening!' asked the polilo shopkeeper,
as ho produced the desired articles.
'Is il his usual limo for settling? was again
the surprised inquiry.
Well, not cxacllv.but money is very tight
just now, and I am anxious to get all that is
. . I 1 ... I t....l -M
uue me. in luiure i iiiu-ihi m .wi- ""' -counts:
there is a little bill, if you would like
to look at it. I ill call around this evening.
Il is but a small nffiir.'
'Thirty dollars is no small sum to us just
now,' and she thoughtfully pursued her way j
homewards. !
Il seems slrango that all these payments
must be met iusl now, while we are strug-
gling lo recover from the heavy i-X -eases of
tho w inter. I cannot understand il.'
I ler perplexity was increased liy Uniting Her
ish.ind with two bills in hi hand, and a
countenance expressive of auxiuty and concern-
.
"Iok, M.iry,' ha said, as sho cntcreJ, hero
are two uiirxpccleacaiis lor money, unu mini
the dealer in leather, from whom I puielws
3 me last stock. The are both very nr
raoalli-, until I could make arrangements to
meatftcir claims. But misfortunes never
eotrt siagle.and if a man once gets behind
haniVouble seems to pour in upon him.'
'JutJtkoJ replied the wife. 'The neigh
bors thbklavre going down hill, and every
one is ready to fMa push. 1 Irro are two
i-rnvn nnwv III!
morn bill for you one from the grocer and
tho other from the teacher.'
Reply was prevented by n knock at the
door,und the appearance of a lad who pre .
sentud a neatly folded paper and disappear '
cd.
'The butcher's account as I live!' exclaim' :
ed tho astonished shoemaker. 'What is L
bo done, Mary? So much money to bo paid
out and very little coming in; for some of my
best customers have lel t me, all hough my
work has always given satisfiiction. If I -.
eould only have as much employment ns usu0
nl, and the usual credit iilloweii, I could sunn
satisfy all these claim; but to meet iht-m now
is impossible, and tilt) acknowledgement of
inability would send us still on the down
ward path.'
'We must do our best nnd trust to Prori
deuce,' was the consoling remark of his wife,
as a second knock nt the dour aroused the
fear that another claimant was ubout to up.
pear.
But tho benevolent countenance- of Uncle .
Joshua, a rare, but ever nvlccuro visitor, pre
sented itself. Seating himself in the com
fortable chair llu.t Mary Iris'.vhcl lo bund
! him, he said in his eccentric, but friendly
! manner:
I "Well, good folks, I understand tho world
! does not go 113 well with you us formerly.
vui,..r- IK.. !.!..?
'Thero need bono trouble,' was the reply,
'if men would not try lo add to thu r.fllictiuns
which the Almighty sees to be necessary for
us. The u inter was a Irving one. We met
i with sickness and misfortunes, which we en-
ileavoreU to Lear with patience. All would
now go well if those around inc were not
determined to push ine in tho downward
path.'
'There lies tho difficulty, fiiend Thomp.
son. This is a scllish world. Lvcry body,
or at least n great m. joiiiy, euro only for
number one. If they see a poor neighbor
going down hill, their first thought is, wheth
er it will ull'cet their own interests, and pro
vided they can secure themselves they euro
not how soon hu goes to the bottom. The
I only way is to keep up appearances. Shi
o sign of going behind hind, and all niil
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Show
n 1,1 fe'01'' '' ' 8
'Very true, L'nelo Joshua, how is this to be
done! Hills which I did not expect to meet
for the next three mouthsar.t pouring in up
on me. .My best customers mo leaving mo
lor u more fortunate rival. In shoit I tun on
thu blink of ruin, and nan-lit but n luiracio
can mivo inc.'
A miracle which is very e-isy wrought, I
im-ngiue, my good fiicml. VVhut is the a
nit it ii l uf your debts which press so heavily
upon vim, and how bim-ii, in the common
course ol events, could you discharge them?'
'They do not exceed one hundred dollars,
replied tho shoemaker; 'and with li'.V usual
run of work, I eould make ail right in throe
or four months.'
'We will say six,' was tho answer. 'I will
advance yon one hundred and sixty
dollars for six months. Pay every cent
you owe, nnd with the remainder of the mon
ey uiaku souiu slight impioveineiil in your
shop or house, and put everything ithoiil tho
grounds in its iisii il net order. Try this
plan fur a few weeks, and wo will see what
effect il has upon our worthy neighbors.
o, no, never mind tliaiikiu me. I nm on
ly trwng a litllu experiment on human nn.
lro. I know you .,! old, and lave no doubt
niy inimey is si in your h.in.ls.'
. Weeks passed by. J ho advices of Lnclo
Josliua Had been smell); lulluwcd, ami tne
hatigu in thu shoemaker's was indeed won
derful. Hu was now spoken of as one of
the most thriving men of tho village, and
many marvellous stories were told to account
fur thu sudden alteration in his affairs.
It was generally agreed lint a distant rela
tive had euliiely lo'ii-ved him of his pecuni
ary difficulties. Old customers nnd new ones
crowded in upon him. 'I'liey had never be
fore realised the beauty an I uunibiiity of his
uoil.. The puiite butcher selected the best
pieces o! iue.it fur bis inspection, in he en
tered, anil Was tot.iih indill, rent as to thu
lime of payment. The teacher ueeonipai.ied
the children homo to tea, and spoke in higlt
terms uf tiieir improvement, pri'imunc ug
tlicni mining her best m-I"I. is. The iliuss
maker suddenly found heisell free I rum tho
great press lur Wi.rlt, and ill a friendly note,
expressed hi r desire to ob'ige Mis. 'i liomp
son in any way in her power.
'Just as 1 expected,' exclaimed L'ncle Josh
ua, rubbing his hand., exmtiiigly, as Iho
graUftil shoemaker called upon liim at the
expiration of six Months, with the money
which had been luaneil ill Die Hour ol need.
I , ,,,,
'J"s' 1111 ' cvpcvbd A strange word! I hey
ready to push a iii-.ii Hp hill, it he seems
l bo ascending
mid just i s ready to push
hull iliillll, II
liiev liihl ih.t his luce Is turn
. i .i i. i. ;..i.i.... 'i i.....,,
...., ........
I son, let everything mum, J yuu wear an air
ol prosperity, and you w. i n; sun-; io pros
,' . J"
placed his money m his pocket book, ready
to meet sonic other claim upon its benevo-
letiee, whilst ho whom ho had just befriend,
ed. with light step and che.-rlul countenance,
returned to Ins happy home.
The ad-ice of Willis fur foiling lungs is
: us follows:
, lvo lor4C.(ji.Ki,1 in the open air, groom
yourself ns your horse is groomed, and cold
iutli after carrying eat for digestion, not
for indulgence give physic to thu dogs, of
leave il to tho doctors.
-gfG'ov. FootC has been writing a "Let
ter lo tho National Democracy of.New York,"
coiiiinendingrfibm, for Iho "gallant defence"
they made for the Union and the compromise
measures, during tho recent election. The
Governor speaks doubtingly of Mississppi,
but thinks everything there will "turn up"
all right by ami by.
. We still have a lively rcccollcvtion of the
way in which a South Sea islander settled
a easo of conscience. The missionary hsa
rebuked hiul for the sin of polvifamr, and he
was much grieved. -Alter a day or two,
he returned, his face r.uli Hit ith j-'V.
-Me all rigtii now. unc wi:e. .uo very
fond rhristiali."
"What did you do with the other!" asked
tho Missionary.
"Me cat her up!"
CSTRev. J.icob W. Cooper, a Methodist
clergyman of South Grotun, Mass., has been
arrested onaehargo of breach of promise of
uiarriag.
The dcvivpiiuJe uf old age is dreaded, but
it is not a necessary arroiiip tntu'teitt. Il wa
a remark of Dr. Bard's that age is nothing,
constitution, and the beauty of msturiiy and
old ago eclipses that of youth, its gr. d is
more imposing and its presence more dignW
Bed. Temperance and activity are atannoli
snd loving confederates of longevity.