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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
THIS i'OHT 18 PUIIMPIIKU KVKKV FRIDAY,
.AT TWO IMU.I.4H l'H HMICt
i'-l 1M BLt 7-V -4 0 r-l Hi Jf.
Aavertluitinl will ua chared 1 ir quare
fl Ili.M.nr !, far t tie first IrittTtioii, ami ftitetruta for
rh t:tiiiati. t liNrral '"toctlun ntndr to thow
who advent. h j tha year. f0Tpt.-rititidiiiitftilvr'
tlMtnenit iuut mark the nuinlnfr of time ihrydirt
than tntrrted.nr they will b coutintH-d until furlid aud
Charged accordingly.
Fur auuuuucijig Uk.imfcuiiUteif or offlct,5,
obtomrr notfreiover lilinti, charged atttiercgular
J vrttltir ralet.
AtleonmiHisflHilonalnttrDdt'dto promote tha prlvut
ndi ir liitri of Corporation, rWu-tif-Ji.MclfjooUor
Individual, will Urn cfcartjfrd a advrilMn.eirli.
Jo I 'ork ucli n IUuipMru,MiMutt;ii,)irrular,
Carrfi, HI i. lit , HandMiW. A.:., will b cXl-cuUi) in good
fjle.and on reunU uno.
Alllettf rt atLrHi-'I to Hie Proprietor, post naM ,wlll
be pramtly aU-tajdeU to.
Pvri'Mi at a dUtan-. endiair i tli nmfi nffnnr
tf oleent iiilMMirtbrt, will he fntltlvd to a fifth copy r rut It.
No eBimitrinii juMrtt-4 unac aeom pa i lid by
th namr nf IK mitti'tr.
rV orc uo Mais atreet, uxt 4our to the old Jack
tan Hotel.
Til E POST.
ATII K. HIDA V. V. HU I HSU.
New Orleans, Nov. 15. The hews from
Mexico lint been received, announcing that
the City ut Mexico hud been attacked liy the
Liberals, mid four hundred of tlio Zulouga
force were killed.
The Liberal, were in possession of the
whole country, cxeept the Capital.
MoniLK, Nov. 16. The United Stall
loop of war Plymouth arrived hero yester
day with tho Hon. John Forsyth on board.
Outers wuro forthwith issued to tho squad
ron tocufoice llio auti-fillibuater proclama
tion. l-if Tim Greek christians in Bosnia, who
have been committing terrible outrages on
the Mussulman population, haw u beliuf llmt
tiey will be supported by Franco und Russia
iu a disiiiombcimcnt of tho Turkish Euipiic,
and the formulioii of a Greek Coiistanliiiopu
litau State.
1ST Dr. Stone, a celebrated physician in
New Orleans, on being asked how many yel
low fiver patients he hud lout, replied, "about
twenty-fee hundred;" n that number remain
till unaccounted for after the other pliyii
ciun madu their reports.
An EotTort in Luck. The proprietor of
the
'roy Indi'penden. American congrulu-
Iiim.i.lf iini.ii huv'mi a new pair of
brweb tlio cloth cohI him four "bit"
yard. His wife think they nre o hundaouio
that alia wearn lliem hi'rself.
' Tkl.f.r.HAlil. The LAii!elo (Califor
nia) paper ay lliut the book of eubscrip
liou to the utock of the lV'ilic and Atlantic
'JVIegrnpli Company bud been opened ul
Los Anjrcloa, and the roji cl meets with
great favor, mid it wan thought a laro ub
criplion '"ouM be obtained. This i.by the
Memphis stage route, where the telegraph
pole are not liable through the winter to be
thrown dowu by the now loruis, us on the
I'locervlllu and Salt like route.
A Great I'uci. A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Uullotin, writing from Speiuiii,
any it is a place to lick by. The elimuto is
an astonishingly woll regulated one, never
hot, never cold, rains seldom and alwnya lit
night, and thero is a grunt doul of mooiilighl,
a well a a large quantity of criuy people.
0- The "old theology" wu probably
never more forcibly preseuled than in the re
ply of atudent at tho recent examination of,
Audover Theological Seminary. Uuing usked,
Jn whalKcnse Christ died for alll" lie sn
awered, "He died for the elect, to provide a
way of uilvation for them, and for, the non
elect that they might bo uioro ctrcutunlly
iliimued."
NKW YOKK TO BR SOLD AT AUCTION. The
Sheriff of New York advertise that by a cor
tuiu writ of execution (suppoed to be on the
Lowber judgment) he will exposo for aule,
on tho 24th day of December next, all the
real aud peroiiiil property belonging to the
xity and county of New York.
QuauTsiimatk's IUpjrt. The annual
report of the Qu:irlrmater Uenenil, which
jt now ready for the pre, ahow the ex
Deiiae of Hint branch of the War Department
lo have been 9.73a,3i3. The largest
. amount of thi over, four million ha
been appropriated for the Utah campaign,
.and tho next large! Tor the Pudifio Depart
menu fj- ''Inspcelor," the Washington corre
4.oBdeutofthe New York Courier and Ku-
quirer, write:
The declining tiile of the revenue
move that the whole of the twenty million
fiian will be necessity, and thai an incease
uf duties an alone avert the evils r per
manent national debt. There is not iiiueh
aiartiian leeling on the subject, em! the
.Neatest dillioully to be oppreheu.led, when
4Mt uuelion come up lor diseusiloli ill
Congress, i eelioiial und geographical ex
citement. Direct taxation will bo suggested
and will receive ihekupportofaeiuall nnnori.
iu, caiwlally of that remnant of the nullifica
tion und secession party, who hope to make
the Union odiou. by making Us burthens
lutolersble. The taxation of tea and coffee
-lis been ugcld a an effectual mean of
replenishing the Exchequer, but it is likely
jlonteet with but little favor, the West
-will be found unanimous against it I he
controversy will probably resuH in a sub
stantial aud practical return to the system or
.m-
A Touciliao Ditty. When Seth go'
home from muckereling, he sought hi Sarah
Ann, and found that slie, the lieanles one,
had found another nun. And then most
awful tight he got, and so he went away, and
bound himself to go and cut live oaa .in
Florida. Ue pined upon the live oak lands;
he murmur in we giuei in . n..-
.heavy in his hands, all in the wild wood
shades. Musquiltos bit him every here , no
comfort did ho gel ah! how terribly he'd
swear whenever he'd got bit. At last, des
uairing ol rslii'l. und, wishing himself dead,
he went into Hi wood apiece, and hopped
off hi own hind. Thus died poor o:.
Cuv. ititowa of tji.om.iA. The Nev York J
Herald tliui eomplimriita Gov. lirou n, of the j
Kmpire Stale of the Sjatli lor hi recent !
message. If sll the leading men aud papers j
of the South would give the nigger quesiion i
the go by, Gov, llrown has dune, the wind j
woold soon be taken out uf the sails of the i
Abolitionists and the war of the auctions j
cease :
The i:iilak W under if llit World. We
h .ve Cene u Itiu uimual uieiui:e of the
Governor of Georgia lionent Joseph K. ;
liruwn to thu tm house of tlm Stale Leg. )
ialature, mid In tin imi-sx:i,'o of eight clowly
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IIO bl'IUHII.9 ........
ing oil thu subject of niggers. The (ed. ral
government amf adiniiiMratioiirKansa (ves,
KatisiiN,) l'eouipton und the Kogli-li biil,
Douglas, Mwward and the bluek republicans,
slavery and the extension of slavery, aluves,
free niggers und all, are crowded out bv such
liuiiidiuiii sulji'cl us the State finance,
banks, rnilionils, education, school, nsylimis,
&c., &c. If there is any parallel lo be found
fur this iu the annual message of any South,
ern or Northern Governor of the last twenty.
live years, we should like to know it. Only
think of it a Georgia Guverimr, in lit" year
1858, writing inessflgn ot eight newspaper
column without a ainglo paragraph on slave
ry or niggers in any shape or form! Il is llio
eighth wonder of the world. Well done,
Governor llrown. Who speaks next 1
DrMoCiurv Gives Uvkii. The New
York Herald, the only AdmiuUtrutroii paper
iu Ihe city of New York, any the Deinoer.it
ic party i hopelessly distracted in the North
and hopelessly di'uioralizt d in tho South,
and re mail; s :
We know, however, llu.t tho democracy
are in popular minority in the country, und
that even if united they can only succeed
through the divisions of the opposition, us
in every eleelion ill which they have auccecd
ed since the iime(of General Jackson. We
know, too, that u in 18 10, so III 18(10, t.ie
opposition, upon n practical national policy
and candidate, may sweep the country, ami
we believe that some such great und popular
name us Unit of Gen. Scott, identified with
the patriotism and Union aeutiiuuut of the
republic, will do the work from Maine to
California.
Divinr Worship in Irakis. The London
Athennjum any the cereinuny of divine wor
ship at thu Tuilleric is one of the pleasant
bit of dissipation of the Parisian week
Tho congregation is n scented, polished, well
behaved one in full dres and bearing opera
glasses. Flirtations ure carried on, opera
matter discused, acquaintance und stian
gers longuetted, &e. until their Imperid
Majesties arrive, when there is a greater de
monstration ol respcel given t. II,.
of llio French limn at uny lime lo the Lord
they come to worship.
An Imfortant Mkuicai. Fact. Several
days ngu u well-known citizen iittompleil
to coiiimit suicide by taking luudniiUHi. He
swallowed about two ounces and a half.
As soon a the f..cl bocamu knowu niedicul
aid ia called in, tho stomach pump und
other appliances made, but seemingly all in
vain. All hope of averting death was gten
uo bv those ill nlleudalico. Some several
iiours after the occurrence, the physiciaii of
the family arrived, but too late, a was sup
posed, lo do uny good. Thu thought struck
him, however, of testing the elliciency of ar
tificial respiration, so successfully used of
luto in eases uf strangulation by water, lie
proceeded immediately to work, mid soon
began to perceive symptoms uf improvement.
Encouraged, he labored on, assisted by med
ical gentlemen, and in the courso of nine
Iiours micceeiled in restoring tho unfortunate
man. The intended suicide is now well.
The entire success of the experiment is wor
thy of the attention of thu fucully. Cin.
Timet.
AuVICK TO LauIKS. Ilavo the feet Well
protected, then pay the next utteiition lo the
chest. The client is tho repository of the vital
organs. There nbide llio heart and lungs.
Il is from tho impression inndo upon these
organs, through the akin, that tho shiver
come. It is imiuro' quuko the alarm bell
at Ihe omet of danger. A woman never
shiver from the effect of cold upon her
limbs, or hands, or bead: but let tho cold
strike through her clolhii.g on her chest, and
off goes her teeth into a chatter, und the
whole organism is in n commotion. One sud
den aud severe impression of cold upon the
chest llns slain its ten of thousands. There
fore, while Hie foot are well looked nflor
never forget the chest. These points attend
ed to, the natural connection of the dress
will supply Ihe rest, and the woman is ready
for the air. Now let her visit her neighbors,
go shopping, call upou the poor, and wulk
for the good of il, or the fun of it.
Keep away from the stoveor register. All
that I dry or burnt, more, or less charged
with gases evolved by the fuel, i poison. (Jo
up stairs and inuko the beds with mittens on.
Fly around the house like mad, aud ventilate
the rooms. Don't sit pent up In a single
room with double window. Fruit will not
relair. its full form und flavor iu uir tight cans;
neither will women. They need air. If the
shiver cumcs on during these operations, go
directly and put on something moro about
the chest.
Again do not live in d irk rooms. Light
fudes the carpet, but it feeds the flower.
No living ouiuinl or vegoluble can enjoy
health in darkness. Light i ulo necessary
as ejr, and a brown tan is far preferable, even
as a mailer of beauty, to a sickly paleness of
complexion.
Massachusetts requires Voters to
know how to read and write. Out of thirty
applicants or tmnaturalised ciliiens, only two
were rejected for not having the qualifica
tion. The greater part of them showed su
perior attainments In pemnaui lUp. Of about
Ihe :no number of person born in this
country, who have conic of age since the last
election, unit wlio nave nppnen iu na.o mmr
names placed on llio oting list, one, a Boa
ton boy, n also rej cled from Inability lo
read mid wiite. So inconsiderable an ele
ment a these figures show cou'.d have but
very little influence upon elections, not
fiioiu'h crrlu'iily t" require special law to
guard Ogaiusl It, loJ'oil 'J
ATHENS, TEN.Y.,'-JrRIDAY, NOVEMBER -iff. 185S.
THK UAli'IMOIlE MUItDERHIW.
In reply to the falsehood of the eneuiiia
of the Aiu. ric.iu Party, in regard to the U.d
liniore outrages, the Uilliiuore Correspond
ent of the Herald wiile:
It wuuld be uniustand untrue to rharge
upon any political party Ihe fiendish ct of
il, lukkU.M men who way. for llieir own
purpose, happen to adi.pt its creed. In the
pn lit cse, the sti.'Uiil of tlieso foul deeds
cannot bo attributed to the Native American
party of li.illimore, for the three policemen
slreiidy shot were Native Americans; Ihe
District Attorney, Whitney, whose life is
threatened, is n Natiio Americunj the jury
who convielu.l G.nnhrell oil Friday are Nu-
tivi American. No; fie origin and end of
these confederations are not poMiicul. These
clulis nre nothing nu.ro llian thu mere otf
courings of aucicly, composed of Unit ver
min Inch, l,ko rats, iutecl every civilized
community. London slid Paris abound
w ith tlieni, but judge aud jury do their uuty
there, and Ihe gibbet und the penitentiary
keep down the nuisance, I assert that our
cities are perilled and our country disgraced
by these handful) of common mlh'aiis,
w hose lives are idle, w hose habits abandoned,
and whose passion run riot. Thi l the
vital point, und let me nJduco testimony to
corroborate it.
Go with me to the llaltimore jail. In s
room Hell lighted and uired.uud surrounded
by siiine duzen of the same atauip we fii'.d
Henry Gutnbrell, Convicted last Friday of
blowing out the brain of policeman Benton,
just nine week since, lie i stripling,
scarce twenly-one year uf age. Tall, slim,
pale; his countenance denoting dissipation,
and his air Unit of a loose, disordeily youth.
Ho looks reflective and troubled. Hua.ru
morse for hi cowardly crime overtaken him?
Let us see. "So Ganibrell you were coti
vieled yesterday?" "Yes," ho said ir. a cal
culating tone. "Did you sleep last night'!"
"Yes, heller than I have done lately; I am
I! hid Ihe suspense is over. I feel easier to
day." "II , ve you heard of the murder last
niuhl.'" "Yes, and it is bed thing for me."
"Ilowat,!" "Why, it will make a great ex
citement nnd do me harm. I w ish they had
let il alone." There is no evidence iu these
words either of sensibility or repentance.
Nothing else than il selfish cnli'iilutioii of the
cliancc of mi escape from law and jus
tice. Thi bov, Gnmbrlll, kept a drinking .
loon, and has cohabited with n loose woman
fur the Inst two years. He is tho son of a
respectable trades'iuan, has brothers and sis
ters, one of great beauty, just married.
One of his brothers is on bail for arson, as
already mentioned. Tho juvenile nssnssiii
w us culled the pet uf Ihe "Plug Uglies," and
his influence amongst them arose chiefly
from hia drinking saloon being a place of
rendezvous. Going into another room of
the jail, similar to the last, we find hero Peter
(,'orric, wlio assisted Crnpps.m murdering
iiiihceiiinn Iti'irtnn lasl
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Pimm hi'.iuiii in.. . v"" -,
. iwikui
u clocK III me eveoioi:. hsh..ni
ck
set man, twenty-five veurs of nge; his shirt
sleeves rolled up lo the elbows, displays a
brawny arm covered with black hair; Uis ha
zel eyes, bright Willi r malign expression;
liis high check bones and closely compres
sed lips, imparts something sinister lo his
f .ce; a butcher by trade, but for years past
given up to drunken dissipation, nnd without
occupation or means. Ho wus arrested Fri
day night aud iuipriaotietl Satuiday morn
ing, three hours before' I snw him. He is
leaning against the Wall of his cell, hia arms
folded, and hia altitude that of a detected
felon. "Where did you get that bruise on
Hi., nnse?" I asked him. "It was a blow
from tho esputooii of a policeman," lie an
swered, in a tone full of suppressed rage.
"Well, it might have been worse, for a ball
went through your enp, I heur." "Yes,
tli, v missed it that time," he said, in thu snnie
sullen tone. His maimer nnd countenance
betrayed symptoms of apprehension lest he
might compromise himself by some unwsry
answer, and so I turned from the caitiff in
disgust. It was this Corrie who went into
Rigdon' shop and drew his wife aside, to
give Cropps a better aim nl his selected vic
tim. He was pursued bv ullicer Conk for
several squares, w ho tired lit Corrie repeut
edly, which Corrie more than once returned
without effect. I lere is annth.ir specimen of
the tribe of the "Plus Uglies."
But let not the "Kip Raps" despnii, for to
tlieni belongs tho especial renown ol produ
cing Ihe greatest villian, if possible, that
now tenants the UaUillloreJ.il!. That fellow,
sitting tlo ro on a low stool, in n blue check
shirt, without vest or cunt, light brown
hair, grey eye, pale face, with an expression
ol brutal malignity revolting to contemplate
that wretch ia Marion Cropps, twenty
three years old, n "Kip Kap" by profession,
and a drunken rowdy by calling; no trade or
moans nf livelihood, but those of robbery
mid murder. He turned ronnd aa 1 spoke to
him. but stuck to bis stool. There was a
cool indifference, a atolid no-ickalunce In his
uir that astonished and shocked n beholder.
I did not w ish to incriminate him, and so
said nothing directly about his crime of the
previous night. "Did you come in here lust
night!" "Yes," ho said, in a surly voice.
"H ere vou brought here on font!" "No, I
was treated to a hack ride, and he smiled.
"Did you find a bed ready for you!" "No,
but they soon rigtied up one, 1 reckon.'
'Well, I think it likely you will occupy it for
sumo htM.. lime." "Y.s, I guess so, but I
had as 'lief sleep somewhere else."
A BoT-llusnAND Commits Suicide. il
liam Porter a boy husband, eighteen years
0 d committed suicide, at Jackson, Tennes
see, last week, by swallowing strychnine.
He was the son uf the lute Colonel Porter,
who commanded n company in the Mexican
war, from Memphis. The J nek son Whig, of
the 27 1 h ultimo, say ;
Porter cum to Jackson soma four or five
.lays ago, since whudi time he has been pass
ing about tho stivers iii a melancholy mood,
and oi'Casioiiully alluding to a purpose of
ell-deslructioii; but as he wua the must of
the time under thu influence of liquor, no one
paid any serious attention lo his declarations.
On the morning of his death, ho w rote and
mailed a letter to his wile, look strychnine
and then sent for In landlord, who said to
him :
"Porter, y.nu surely have not dono that!"
"Yes," he replied, "I'll be dimmed if 1 huvii't.
1 have a w ife and nothing to support her on
they won't let me have my eslnte, and I
am unwilling lo live any lunger." lie waa
only about eighteen years old, and quite
Political. A Boston Deuweriitio paper
an) s of the election: "W are Iflud the
111 ng is over. Now let us nil settle down and
earn an holies', living." This gives us reason
In believe that somebody ha been earning
dishonest living lutclv'.
I A CAVT10N TO YOUNG MEN.
I A young uirdieel student from M.chigan
wlio hsd been attending lecture in New
! York for 'B?e time, atid considered himself
i exceedingly good looking and Usvinstuig,
uisde a .le ly ensetoo the heart and lortinie
uf a bloi.mii'yoeeg lady who was boarding
j iu the aainefc.Mae silh him. After a pro-
bilged siegsthe Isdy suriendered, They
were insrfieiion Wednesday morning. The
i same sfteruiuJsS tho "young wife" sent for and
i exhibited to the astonished sludrii! a "beau
j liful little daughter," three and half year
, of Bije.
j "Good Heavens! then you were a widow,"
I exclaimed Ihe astonished student.
"Yes, m i.art'nd tins is A'nelia, my
youngest; Lcaprmw Augustus, James aud
Keohen ai'iWyivVfrPnr ' , sad
then I shall hwe all my children together
once more. ;
The unliappy.studeiit replied not a word;
bis feelings were loo deep for utterance.
The next day Ike "other darlings" arrived.
Reuben was six year old, James nine, and
Augustus s saucy bey of twelve. They were
delighted to her they had n"ncw pipu," be
cause they could not live at home nnd have
all the pl.sytliir.jrs they wanted ! The "new
papa," us soon i,a lie could sneak, remarked
that Augustus nd J me did not much re
semble Reuben and Amelia.
'We'-, no," said tho happy mother, "my
first husband was quite a different style of
temperament, color of hair and eyes ull
different."
This was loo much. He had not only
married u wiilvw, but was her third husband,
and the ustoui ded stepfather of four chil
dren. "But hor fortune," thought he, "that will
make umenils." lie spoke of her fortune.
"These are my treasures," say she, ic lh
Roman matron style, pointing to her chil
dren. The conceit was now quitu tuken out of
the Michigauder, who, finding that hu had
made n complete gooso of himself, ut once
retired lo a farm in his Dulivo Stale, where
he could have a chance to render his "boys"
useful, and ninke them sweat fur the deceit
practiced upon him by their mother.
Prostitution in New York. We find
tho following startling statement in the Ex
pr. ss:
There are six thousand public prostitutes
in Ihe city of New York.
The majority of them ure from fifteen to
twenty-live years of age.
Education is ul a very low standard with
them.
One fifth of ihetn ar married women.
One hulfof Ibein huvo given birth to chil
dren, and more than one half of these chil
dren are illegitimate.
The ratio of mortality among hildren of
prostitutes is four times greuter than the or
dinary rulicMtiqg children Iu New Yolk.
MunV lit tiwWv.i.l..i.,n.. Iwimt-U tlm..
uwucJoi'Vic) and obscenity.
The iii' jority of these women have been
prostitute for'lo than foureurs.
The average duration of a prostitute' life
is only four years. " .
A capital of nearly four million of dollars
is invested in (he business of prostitution.
Thu annual expenditure on uccoiiul ul
prostitution is more tliuu seven millions of
dollars.
There is no svcriige of two thousand abun
doned women constantly maintained ut the
public expense in the hospitals on Uluck well's
Island, and their ages embrace ulmost every
period of life, from girlhood lo tottering old
age.
An Isdiubant Woman. Some "horrid
wretch" having ventured on Ihe opinion that
"a woman who loves unsought, deserves the
scorn of the man she loves," is shot dead by
the following from a lady corresponded of
the Buffalo Patriot:
Heaven forgive me! but may the man who
penned that, never see another bonnet! May
no white dimpled arms ever encircle his era.
vat, or bullous vegetate on his shirts. May
no rosy lip ever press his moustache, and the
fates grunt that his dicky strings break short
off every morning. May no woman's heart
ever learn to bent faster except with indig
nation at tho mention of his name, and may
his stockings always need darning.
And when hi nerves nre all unstrung by
disease, and his head throbs with pain, as
though an earthquake were brewing in it,
,n l. hnvu nothing in his sick chamber but
boot heels, aud see not one inch of muslin or
(jives her love unasked ! Oh ! with a true
hearted man, this would, melhinks, be the
rensnn of reasons why he should love her.
si. ..'.ve. In urn her whole neari lor iu
these things womun doe not work by halves
nut fr gratitude, because he loves her;
..... e.,.. .,r ehsrilv. because he has beg.
yed 11 of her; but because because dear
...I ii will take more of a philosophf r than I
urn to account for the undeniable fact, that
women do sometimes love the horrid crea-
lures calleJ men. "uth vilasihu.
IaTSRssf'i.10 Calculation. A Yankee is
s calculating Institution, and nothing comes
along Hint he does not subject to the ordeal
of fi 'uros in some way. The last Instance
that hu come under our obscrvotinn is the
following, which occurs iu tho course of some
editorial speculations upon the comet: It
tail i ut least ix millions of mile in length.
To grease that tail, it is estimated, would use
up a bain of fat ss large as ljike Erie, and
iiDt emulovnieiit lo 6U.U0O "dau
bers" for lep.yeani
Own land Mail. St. .ui, Nov. 17.
The Overt jJ Mail from California, with San
Francisco tlato to the 22d October, has been
r.veived.
The Cnnininnch Indian show signs of
hostility. 1'heir head chief, it is stated, hsd
declared that lie will ago war Upon the
whiles untH ths last ia dead.
Senntor Droderick has arrived here by this
mail route. He had one of his feet froieu,
snd sn othrwi injured by the upelling
of coach iu tli mountains.
That was abeautilul ides expressed
by a Christian lady on her death-bed. In
reply to a remark of her brother who wa
taking leave of her to return to hi distant
residence, that he should probably never
a.'oin meet her in Ike Joiid of lbs living, she
answer, d: "Brother, I trust v. e shall meet
in the land of the living. Wo are now in ths
laud of thedyiiig.
'l-h total assessment of property in
New Orleans amouuts to 8l07,OOU,ciHi.
THE RIGHT ARM: OR THE PATRIOT
AND THE TRAITOR.
Fifty years gu a terrible storm shook the
city of London. At the dsud of the night,
when the storm tn at it highest, an aged
minister, living near ths tubuib ef the eity,
w ruu.d by an earnest cry fur help.
Iiokiui' from hi window, he beheld rude
man, clad ill ths coarse sttir of the sweeper
of the public street. In a few nionicnu, while
the rain came down in torrents, and th storm
growled above, the preacher, le-.ning on the
arm of the scavenger, threaded hi wT
through the dark suburbs.
That very day a strange old wan had fal
len spchw.li, front othMaven'gV
ruile home, riiegoou-neaneu iiecv-crj-
rune nome. i nrguaa-anrn nwnnrni- i
r hsd taken him in, laid him on his own
bed he hud not spoken ouve and now he
wa dying.
This wa the story of the rough man.
And now, through dark alleys, among mis
erable tenements, that eem to topple down
upon llieir heads, into the loneliest and drea
riest suburb the) pass. That while-haired
minister and hi guide. At last iu a narrow
court, and up a flight of sluir that creaked
beneutli thuir trend, aud then into the deulh
room.
It waa, in truth, a miserable pli.ee.
A glimmering light aloud on a broken
hair. There win the rough walls, there Ihe
solitary garret window, with the ruiu besting
through the rags and straw, which stuffed the
broken panes and there suiid a heap of cold
ashes the smull valise wbWh it seems the
stranger hud with him.
In one corner, on tho coarse straw of the
ragged bed, lay the dying man. He was but
half dressed his legs were concealed by
military boot.
The aged preacher drew near and looked
upon him. And asl.e looked throb thiob
you might hear the duuth-wulch licking iu
the shattered wall.
It was the form of a strong man, grown
old with care more than age,
There waa a face that you might look upon
once, and yet wear iu il your memory, for
ever. Let us bend over Ihe bed aod look on
that fuce.
A bold forehead seumed by one deep wrin
kle between the brows lung locks of dark
hair, sprinkled with gray lip firmly set, yet
quivering a though they had a lifo separate
from the life of the man aud then two large
eyes viy id,, burning, unnatural in their steady
glu re.
Ah, thero wus something so terrible in that
face something so full of unutterable lone
liness, unspeakable despair Unit the aged
minister started bk iu horror.
Bui look, those strong arms ure clutching
st the vacant air the death-sweat starts in
drop upou the cold brow the muu i dy.
ing! 1
Throb! throb! throb! beat the death-
uteri in the shuttered wall.
"Would you di in the faith of a Chris
tian r fsltered-lhe prescher.a he knelt there
on the dark floor.
Tho while lip of the death-stricken man
trembled but made no sound.
Then, with the agony of death upon him,
ho rose into a sitting posture. For lh first
lime, he spoke :
'Christian!" he echoed in that deep tone
which thrilled tho teacher lo the heart, "will
il.nl fn'.th rivs mi buck my honor! Corns
wilh me with me far, far over the water.
Ha! vve nre there ! Thia is my native horns.
Yonder is tho church in which I knelt in
childhood yonder lbs green on which I
sported when a boy. Hut another Mug than
that waved when I was a child. And listen,
old man; were I to paas this street a. I pass
ed when but s child, the very bnbes in their
cradles would raise their tiny hand aud curse
me. The graves in yonder churchyard would
shrir.k from my foot-step, and yonder flag
would stain a baptism of blood upon my
heart."
That was an awful death-bed. The niln
istcrhad watched the "last night," with a
hundred convicts in their cells and yet never
beheld a scene as terrible as this.
So.Uenlv the dviiio man arose. He lol-
- j -,. m
tered alone the floor. With those white fin
gers, whose nails aro blue with lh death-
chill, he threw open the valise. He showed
his military coat trimmed with silver, an old
parchment, n piece of cloth that looked like
the w reck of a battle flag.
"Look ye, priest, this faded coat ia spotted
with mv blood!" he cried, as old memuries
seemed stirring at hi heart. This is the last
rout I wore when I planted the banner of the
stars on Ticonderogs. That bullet-hole was
pierced in the fight ul Quebec; now 1 um a
let mo whisper In your ear.
"Now, help me, priest," he said in a voice
growing suddenly tremulous; "help me put
on this eoat of blu and ilvr. For you ee,"
and a ghostly smile came over his face, "there
!. mi one to w in the cold drop from my
brow; no wife, no child I must meet death
.i..n.- but I will mart him. aa I met hiui ip
i,.nl. without fear."
While he tood arraying himelf in that
wuriii-ealen coat of blu and ailver, the good
pre. eher apoke to him of faith in Jeu. Ye,
nf Ibst great faith which pierce ths clouds of
human guilt, and rolls lhui back from the
face of God.
"Faith!" echoed the Strang mna, who stood
there erett. M death-light In his eye.
"Fuith, csn It give me back my hoour! louk,
yc, priest, '.here oyer the wave, sits George
(A'a.l.liititon. telling to l.U comrade the
I pie .anl tory of the eight years' wur thero
' . . . ... .il. ZmM.vnm ut Ivnifl.nfl ha-
lll in roy. " - a
walling m his idiolie voice ths loss of his
colonies. And here am I I who waa tl
first to ruiso the flsg of freedom, the hrt lo
Irlke the blow aguinel thai King here am
I dying like dog'."
Ths aws-strieken preacher stsrUd Lvk
from the look of the dying mn while thrb
throb throb Ual tb desth-wakh lo the
haltered wall.
"Hush ! silence along the line there !" he
muttered in Ilia, wild, abteut tone, though
peaking to lh del; "silence, !ong the
line! Hrk, yoo, Montgomery, we will meet
there in victory or death ! ! Hut ! silence, my
u.cn, not a wh'wper, a you move up those
teep rock! Sow on my boy, now on!
Men of tho wildereeu,' w ill gsin the town.
Now up with the banner of lh star; up wilh
the flag of freedom, though the night I dirk
..,.1 tl.. .now full! New now "shrieked
W death-t4fke) mB, towering there hi the
' -V. . . . w . . . ,
Li.. l.nir.rmi- t an eiatM hm -nana wbt
. - ,1, .
ing In ths air-ow', now 1 OueVoW Rod
Ouebcc i our'!"
Aud look. Hi eyes grew glassy. Wilh
tl.st word on his lips, he stands there sh!
what a bideuus picture of despair, erect, livid,
ghastly! There for s moment, and then he
fulls! He is dead ! Ah ! look at that proud
form, thrown cold and stiff upon the damp
floor. In that glassy eye there lingers even
yet, hoiriblo energy, a sublimity of despair.
Who is thi strange man, dying here slone
in this rudu garret, thi man, who, in all hi
crime, still treasured up his blu uuiform ai.d
faded flag !
Who is this being of terrible remorse!
Thia man, whoso memories link something
uf heaven and more of hell !
It us look at that parchment and the
flag!
The old minister unrolla that faded flag, it
was a blue banner gleaming with thirteen
stnrs.
He unrolls that paulimenl, Il is a Colo
nel's commission iii lbs Coiiliututol Army,
addressed Benedict Arnuld t
And there, in that rudo hut, while the
death-watch throbbed like a heart in ths shot,
terud wall- unknown, unwept, in all Ihe bit
terness of desolation, lay the corps of that
patriot and traitor.
O.thul our own true Washington had been
there, lo sevsr thul good right srm from the
corpse, and-while the dishonored body rotted
into dust, to bring home thst good right arm,
aud embalm it among the holiest mcmuriea
of the past.
For that right arm had struck ninny a gul
Innt blow for freedom, yonder at Ticondero
ga, st Quebec, Chuiiipluiu, aud Saratoga
thai arm yonder, beuealh the snow-white
first raised into sight the banner of the
.Stars.
Il was during the renowned expedition
through tho wilderness to Quubee.lhal Ar
nold encamped for two or three days beside
ih River of the Dead, near s snow. while
mountain, which rose in lovely grsudeur over
II other mountains, into tho autumnal sky,
A single soldier ascended the piuunloln with
the hops of beholding from Its suminii we
rock snd spire or Quebec. When he came
down Arnold took rrom hi breast, where, for
four days iu privation and danger, he had
carried It, a blue banner gleaming in. um-
Uen stars. He raised it Into the ligni, ana
for the first time the Continental Banner
floated over the aoliludo of the Dead River.
This is s fact stlested by history and corrob-
orated by tradition.
IV.K.I.MAN. Scabs that Tax." Most of our
r.sdershav rd lh followiug gem fruiu
the pu of Oeo. P. Morris, but it will do to
repiiut at leust one every twmveuionw ,
Woodman, spar that tree I
Touch nut a sil.Klf bough,
In youth It sheltered me,
And I'll protect it now.
'Twas my forefather's hand
Thst placed il near hi cot;
There, woodman, let il aland;
Thy axe rhull harm it nut I
Thst old familiar tree,
Whose glory and renown
Ar spread o'er land nd
And wouldst thou hew it dowul
Woodman, forbear thy slreket
Cut not it earth buuud lies;
(lh, spar that aged oak,
JSuw lowering to lb skies.
Winn but an idle boy
I sought it (rleful shkde;
In all their gushing joy,
Ur. loo, my sister, played.
My mother kissed in her.
"My father i.resned my baud;
Horgiv thi foolish tear
But let that old oak (laud.
Mv heart strings 'round the eling,
"Close as thy bark, old friendl
Her shall the wild-bird sing.
Aod still thy branches bend.
Old lrel th storm still brsv.it
And, woodman, leav the spot,
Whil Pv a hand tosav.
Thy axe shall harm it uot.
Tits City or Hvdo Hia Cahtal or Ja.
... Tkae:i of Jeddo isssid to be with
out exception the largest city in the world.
1 1 contains 1,500,000 dwellings, sua we
pnrelleled number of 5.000,000 of peuple.
Soiu of the streets are 19 Japsueeorls in
length, which is equsl lo 3i UW
--So gresl has become lh connubial
fever in the Wsba.h Valley that the Lafay
ette Courier says il is in eoutemplstion by
the Bachelor's club of ihalcily to organize
"board or Health."
Af- A Yankee physician, named Bates,
rrom Ashfield, MsschulU, ha stsb
l.shrd hinxelf ud i doing a good buiui
t Kakocandi, Jspsn.
I ff il be born In mind thai the
expenses of Mr. fluchsiisn's sdministrntion
sre about 100.000,000 a yrar or 1 3,000,000
a week, making about ) J.JU.000 a day. Th
Democratic party is truly prodigal ton, snd
If not promptly checked In its career will
ruin the nation, il has certainly lived upon
the people long enough. They had bstt.r
turn It out and ',-arn econcmy by trying In
jinks a living for itsrlf.
VOL. XI.-NO. 531.
ArroxatY au Cuit U Mi
before graduating class of the law fckheel,
at Albany, Mr. laid Dedly KirU. preaekWd
the following jut iws upon th sebj ef
professional uilerevuraet
The subject of rwfVeJ B""
be Ihuaght by btocatb the d'gny
publto occasion, owv i""t .
tioaed her. Il n.boe h "
intercourse between Ihe bench snd the bar
snd the luaauer in which sll ihe pub. tr.ns
sctions of the tribunals are eondeoUd; al
ter upon which lhlr uccaalul woiklog de
pond. There i di.ger of our forgetting,
in the simplicity of our institution and the
of pnvat ill Wrcoursc, thai the diguity of
judicial ffMS requh- certain degree of
attention I manner. There ie eeaaelfcl
solemn in th Bdmiuitfu.if JmeU-e Wr.
should Unbih in Jeeorutn, dworder. n4 I'!..,
even from ttw!ae where il is trar..Ud.
Nerly all Intercourse In .r utirla tst.ee
plsee between th jodg and the doeat
and the nature ef Ihe bus iH-rrormed in
quire thai that intercom huuld I guard
d snd rs.cclfil; courteous from lh bench,
rspecllul fioin tie bar; while lh piesewe r
jurors, witnesses and siveclulur, renders this
couilesy snd r.speet esenlil to the insln
lennnco or ihat consideration Tor judieial tri
bunals, without which justice csnuot long
continue to be well received or well admii.i
tered. I wish it could be uflleieiitly lni
prea.ed upon lh mind of all who take part
iu legsl Uibunsl. thst disorderly oourla can
not long continue to couimsud respect; luat
disobedience, out of doora, will follow con
temptuous demeanor within and lhat those
judgment ar nul cbeeifully ewepted,
which w know lo have been mol ealwly
considered and pronounced. Il ia nut novee.
sary to mention instances of the rslsistiou of
the ancient courtesy. The)' will tcadily IX.
cur to those who have had opportunities of
observation. It I enough tu impieui upon
the mind of law yer, aud especially of young
men tillering the law, that order, quiet, and
thegiLiided observance of formal and studied
courtesy tne important, not lo say essential,
conditions of the successful workings of the
machinery of justice lo which their lives ere
devoted."
A "Smart Woman" atSthwaut". On
Will lo liny l .SI.um I On Friday evening
an elegantly-dressed woman entered Slew
art's, snd asked lo see some shawls. After
assorting and comparing, she nt length made
s ssleclion, the price being five hundred dob
lars. Gruceluily producing her portinoiiuaie,
he tendered the cjerk s two thousand dollar
bill in piivni.nl. lie look it immediately to
the cashier, who examined It carefully, slid
then, to lii-ike himself perfectly ure, enl a
clerk out with it np"taud obUiu
hi opiniou.
Meanwhile the b.dy became very indigoiuit,
and resented Ihe affront which she aid hd
been put upon her. She was nut a disrupter
lfm-t'hn(tf.tlt'i(LI'li;utc!u;y,iiud w;ould
shopping. Presently the messenger relumed
with the intelligence that lh lull was good.
She caught it IrolM l.itn, declaring that he
would not lake the shawl. After a little
while, however, she seemed to relent, slid
said that she had been to a Isig nuiiibw of
establishments, and Unit the shawl vvaa the
olilyonelhalli.nl suited her, she rt ilisiked
that she would tnke It, adding her determina
tion not b. expose luiiaelf again lo a suuilsr
sfl'ront. The clerk was profuse Iu apologies
aa he did up the ailirle, and the two Ihou
suud dollar bill was lakn by ths cashier and
fifteen hundred dollars promptly paid back lu
her, when, without bidding g.-od night, she
look her h ave. The bill tin lime pinved to
Im b counterfeit. She hair paid the clerk
different one from the one firl exhibited.
Shot with Watxh. A young German of
Chicago, named Simon, says ths Puss of that
city, tioiiiiiiiaed suicide on Suturdsy last lu
tks following singular niniiuei : lis weiit
into s shed, look s gun, and loading it with
water, plut ed the muzzle in his tnoulh snd
fired, completely shsltering hisbesd. W!iu
found he was landing in the corner leaning
on his guu. The mom presented lerr.uie
appearuiice, being completely drenched wilu
blood, and covered with pieces of s.d and .
brnins. Ths cunse of the suicide Is lrcd lo
the refusal of Simon's father lo permit him to
marry lh girl of his choice.
A Purr Oitrwuoiiiso a Titlk! The
Londou Time, in so able article on ll.eziowr
cr of the Press, says lh it lie potency oT s
uewspaper lie in the fuel that it in nti.
paper, und not a sheet of tales M.d ..
like lh French journal. "The Publio
Press," ssys the Times, "has purchased lis
right lo express its "pinions by the rseilities
which il has given every man fvt forming
hi own." 1 to the Tuvor hich the press
can confer, the Time sayst "WhaJ is the
Red K.sgto' or the 'Legiou or jlunur,'to
paragraph r amuu which i repealed in hun
dred of daily, weekly, and monthly sheet,
and makes nine humble name s household
word from Cornwall lo Shetland, in Toronto
and Melbourne, in Calculi and Hong Kong.
;-fcr Here, los to the Eq'i ilor, vry
wonderful thing ore to b done, aret our
children' children ill do them. They can.
not allow il forever to be soid that Ihe Ama
zon has a kingly rush or lines or four
IhoussnJ uii.ee, receiving a tribute of kingly
treama at viery fresh bouud, only that it
may be a marvel of Marvel In books lit ge
ography. K ""'" A'"1 iu mu,t
rroui.d srith English industry and with F.o.
gli.h speech. But lUj. Vu injusry ana!
tie !cn may lr UugUfk, thi tmm wtU t
m mixed one. Thr ill be more of the En
glishman than of lbs Americ.n Indian; lha
of Ihe Hj.aniard, the IMchman, or Ihe
Frenchman. It wii! be Ihe race that
ever yel trod the earth. One of the silliest,
most pedantic word. u.d in Ihe. dy i
Ihe word "Anglo-saxon." It i ue.t lo speak
of lb great English race.
. " hct is a gentleman's .il duly
loasids himself , .
Te bur s psir uf plaid p.nUlooiis, n lo
ri.s a huge pair of hiskrs.
TynxiRA m:. At Eimoiis On vfiMir tx
changes) "the " V"? ot Gasconade
county, Mi, thi ;", "limaled at :V
000 gall." The ine crop wa referred lo,
but ii.OOO g ill will make a good crop ut
aivr notw ithst ilniiur
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