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nn il J-!-j .'; I O.'HV.'. ail ,C3?r sow h:i ,v.r. xyii. WOODSFIELD, MONKOE COUNTY, OHIO, MAY 16, 1860. NUMBER-lOr TOLUME N 1 tt v..:' ., .03 LOKENl. The fw'wJl slowly by, Lwena,'f ' r Thaanow is on the grass again;, f ., ( L !e MfcY low down tb sky, Lorena, Tji (rost gleams when the flow'rs have been; 3ut Ue heart beats on as warmly now, As when. she summer days were nigh ; ThatfttniwiU never dip so low, . . .. Adown affieetioni cloudless sky. .,, ,;' ; ". '' ' " " ' A hundred months have passed, Lorena, . 1 filnoe last I clasped your hand in mine, - And fejt thy pulse beat fast,. Lorena,. , J Bat Join beat faster tar. than thinel . , A hundred months Hwas flowery May, Tjfh'en Bp the hilly slope e climbed, Twatehhe'iylng of the day,r ' ' : And here, the, village church bells chime. r , r -..! ' We loved' each other then, Lorena,- . More than we ever dared to tell, And whatj we might have done, Lorena, . , , ioS4 but, our lovings prospered well I ' j Bat, then, tls past Those years are flown; a m not call back their shadowy forms, j say , those lost years sleep on, - ' " .Qtofp. pot heed life's pelting storm's I It matters little, now Lorena, , ! - . The past Is with the eternal past; r6nr heads 'will soon lie low, Lorena, - luLile'a.tide is, ebbing out so fast: ';; Bat there's a future Oh I thank God I . tOrWe, this Is so small a part ; ; , e 1 TU ,,Mp o.cst beneath the sod, ; tj-uPut.ihere, up there,1 'tis hsabt to bbast. 1 -. . I ' About the olose of ls39, (ieorge iiop-1 clown in cneers, in wnicn even tne sworn kins,1 one of tne wealthiest planters and I jury themselves joined, notwitnstanding most influential men in .'Northern Texas, the stern order f the bench.' Thus won offered a gross insult to Mary EIIsob, the derfully susceptible are the Southern peo youne and beautiful wife of his chief over- pie to the charms of impassioned elo- seer. The husband threatened to chastise him for' the outrage, whereupon Hopkins oaded his gun, went to Ellson's house, and shot him in his own door. The murderer was arrested and bailed and motionless in his seat his pale smooth to answer the charge. The occurrence forehead shooting high like a mountain produced intense excitement, and Hop cone of snow, and but for that continued kins in order to earn the tide of popular twitch that came and went perpetually in opinion, or at least to mitigate the genera his face you would have taken him for a al wrath which was at first against him, mere man of marble, or a human form circulated reports infamously prejudicial carved in ice. Even his dim dreary eyes to the character and Btanding of the wo-1 were invisible beneath those gray shaggy man who had suffered such cruel wrongs eyebrows at his hands. . But now at last he rises before the She brought suit for slander and thus bar, not behind it and so near the won two cases one criminal and the civil and dering jury that be mignt toucn tne tore both out of the same traeredv were pend- man with his loner bony fingers. With - - a I ing at the April Circuit Court for 1840. eyes half shut and standing rigid as a pil The interest naturally felt by the com- lar of iron. hi3 thin lips curled as if in munity as to the issue, became far deeper measureless scorn, slightly apart, and the when it was known that Ashley and Pike sound came forth. of Arkansas,' and the celebrated S. S. rentice of New Orleans, each by enor mous fees had been retained by Hopkins, for the defence. , The trial for indictment for murder .V .' M ,T, ; A- TEAR. jDhUOio shall paint the crystal drop, When merey bida it flowf - . - All language is must fail, and stop, The heartulone can know. It starts for joy, it fails for woe, jsoI akowt the.mind sinoere, ;i . And when the bosom's Ailed with glow, TIs mirrored in a tear. '-: 1 In hopes .bright mansions, there 'midst gloom ! tl i : . .,11 . . tt git U liUVWH W lUk ( LTihemes of misery and gloom . , , til Its force is felt by aU. - At bridal festival it steals. , r: ; it 1:,,,, V"tJjueen, unbidden near;- i i jnien death bereaves, the mourner feels - 1 The sad and sUent tear. v , " " Jtititii'-i ,Ci.;.Oi.-r .'.1 .;. :.. i '. U life's young morq it oft appears, ' To moist the cheek of youth It dwells With' anguish, bliss and tears, With constancy and truth. . When storms assail the gallant ship, When all around is drear, ' !. . . ijen solemn yews escape the lip, ,oirivTha,piedge laoft a tear., r Jt f At'u)-!-n ' ,."...;.,:: ,ti Oh, tell me not of manhood's pride, i-ijOf valor,: pomp, or fame; ... . , ; . :. The bravest hero oft has sighed, S 'hi felt a Sacred flame. , ""When1 lovevs first impalse warmed, the heart ,Wth sympathetic cheer, ''-'" . ' ' ! l made our better feelings start, - '& tlV1-1 Ptura claimed a tear, ' r: "it IteUs'whJt language never can, ! ,It U type of peace; " ' ' ' ' Theuobleat tribute paid to man, r -7 Within 4his gem we trace. The brightest feelings of the soul, With all we held most dear, Unbidden from their fountain roll, -And glitter in a tear. ; - quence. It was the fitrarger's turn, lie had remained apparently abstracted during all the previous speeches. Still and Btraight thousand dollars, and the night afterward Hopkins was taken out of his bed by ynchero and beaten almost to death. . . As the court adjourned the stranger made known his name, and called the attention of the public with the announce ment John Taylor will preach this even ing at early candlelight. The crowd all turned out, and Taylor's sermon equalled, if it did not surpass the splendor of his forsenic effort. . This is not exaggeration. I have listened to Clay, Webster and Calhoun to Dewey, Tyng and Bascom but never heard any thing in the form of sublime words, even tified with the C. & T." The contest, remotely approximating to the eloquence thereforo, may be said to have been be of John Taylor massive as a mountain kweeu luW8e genuemeniy raiiroaus, iu and wildly rushing as a cataract of fire. And this is the opinion of all who heard this marvellous man. : At first it i3 lowland sweet, insinuating itself into the brain, as an artless tune winning its way into the recesses of the heart like the melody of a magic incanta tion, while the speaker proceeds without concluded on the 8th of April, with the a gesture or the least signal of excitement acquittal of Hopkins. Such a result to tear to pieces the argument of Ashley, might have well been foreseen, comparing which melts away before bis touch as trost the talent of counsel on either side. . before the sunbeam. Every one looked The Texan lawyers were ntterlv over- snmriaed. Ilia loeic was at once brief whelmed bvthe elocmence and artraments I and so luminously clear, that the rudest of their opponents. It was the fight of peasant could comprehend it without an giants against dwarfs. effort. The Blander suit was set for the 9 th, Anon, he came to the dazzling wit ot and the throctrof spectators crew in nun the poet lawyer,' Pike. Then the curl of ber as well as the excitement. And what his lips grew sharper, his smooth face be seemed strange, the current of public gan to kindle up, and his eyes to open opinion now ran decidedly for Hopkins His money bad procured witnesses who served his powerful advocates. ; Indeed so triumphant had been the success on the previous day, that when the slander case was called,. Mary Ellson was left without an attorney all had withdrawn. The pigmy pettifoggers dared not brave the sharp wit of Pike, and thunder of Prentice. dim and dreary no longer; bat vivid as lightning, red as fire globes, and glaring as twin meteors. The whole soul was in his eyes, the full heart streamed out of his face. In five minutes Pike's wit seemed like foam of folly, and bis finest satire, horrible profanity when compared with the inimitable sallies and exterminating sar- the Ecalhing casmof the stranger, imerposed with jests and anecdotes that filled the forum witri "Have you no counsel?" it quired Judge laughter. Mills, looking kindly at the plaintiff. Then without so much as bestowing No. Sir:-thev have all deserted me. an allusion upon Prentice, he turned i warn "i - and I am too poor to employ any more' around short at tho perjured witnesses o replied. the. beautiful Mary, bursting into) Hopkins, tore their testimony into atoms, tears . and hurled into their faces such invectives "In such a case, will not Borne chival- that all trembled as with ague, and two rous member of the profession volunteer?" of them actually fled iu dismay from the asked the Judge glancing round the bar. court house. ' The thirty lawyers were silent. . The excitement of the crowd was be ' "I will, vour honor." said 'a voice from I comine tremendous. Their united life the thickest of the crowd, situated be- and soul seemed to hare: upon the burn hind the bar. At the tone of that voice many started half from their, seats, and perhaps there was not a heart in the intense throng that Great "Wrastling Match." How it was Done in Arkansas. Letter from John C. Heenan. The Champion of the World. , . ; .... y -n A report which was current in London The recent brawls in the House tl that Heenan had died of erysipelas prov- Washington, remind -us - of a story we ed to be utterly unfounded, Heenan on heard in Arkansas, ? seven, years'" since, the 2 2d writes to the Times:" ' which has never been in print. - It igior I see by your articles of Saturday that disrespect to the present enlightened and wrestlers, named respectively Matt Skin ner and Mose Simmons. It is believed to have been the great "rastle" of the age. Mr. Skinner is an employee of the C. C. & C. Railroad, while Mr, Simmons i3 iden- was quite animated, few cases as 25 cents. In the first round the men, after shaking hands, playfully butted their ' heads to on the the log tongue of toe orator, lie inspired them with the power of his own passions. ne saturated them wivh the poisou of his own malicious letnngs. lie seemed 10 did not beat somewhat quicker it was have stolen nature's long hidden secret of so unearthly, sweet, ringing and mourn- attraction. He was soon to be the sea ful. , of all thoughts and emotions, which rose The first sensation, however, was cbang and fell and boiled in the billows as he ed into laughter, when a tall, gaunt, spec choose.'. But his great triumph was yet tral figure, that no person present remem- to come. bered to have teen before, elbowed his way through the crowd, and placed him self within the bar. His appearance was a problem to puz zle the sphinx herself. His high, pale 'idt In jiai (..HB , VOLUNTEER - COUNSEL. iNTEBisrnra skxtoh , '. ,vojio'- John. Taylor was licensed when a youth of twenty-one to practice at . the i bar .tgqf. r-.; : ,i ' He' was poor, bat well educa f,, ted, and. possessed extraordinary genius ,t,M The graces of his person, combined with t""i auperiority Lof. intellect, enabled him to ''"'win the hand of a fashionable beauty. ' TwelVe months afterwards the husband wis employed by a wealthy firm of that Si eity,,to go on, a mission as land agent to ''."therest. As a heavy salary was offered he bade are well to bis wife and son. He o wrote, baick every week, : but . received not 1 1 OS ' -J AVjHwbu, husband v received a letter from bis employer that explained all. . .wJShortl j After, bis departure for the west, - the wife and her father returned to Mis iisslppl.' 1 Then she immediately obtained I ,iia forth wlJhj .and to complete the cu lenax ef.Jier cruelty . and, wrongs had the ' .'iiame; -of 'Taylor's son ' changed to thato: Marks--that of her matrimonial partner, . 5 5 si r This perfidy nearly drov6 Taylor insane Bit career from that" moment became ec &o Icentrie in the first degree sometimes he x "preached sometimes he plead at the bar, jjtttU t.laBt a fever carried him off at a :0 . eompwatiTeiy early age ..The following is an aecount of one of his effort V the bar. - n .('-Atan earlylipnr bn the 9th of April aialioaWOw;"6! ,V8U" ?n" in Viarfcsvil . dcrti.KTexas,!waa , crowded , to overflowing. -fiite in the war-times, there, had. never ilaT been Witnessed so large a gathering in the viBed Jlwr country, while' the strong feel ing apparent on every face, will sufficieht- lj explain me matter louowiug; Race With a Bull. Some forty years ago the managers of a race course near Brownsville, on the Monongehala, published a notice of a race one mile heats, on a particular day, for a purse of $100 "free for anything with gether for ft few hcnr8. Th5a haTing no tour legs ana nair on." a. muii im iuc neighborhood, named Hays, had a bull that he was in the habit of riding to mill with his bag of corn, und he determined to enter him for the race. He said noth ing about it to any one. but he rode him around the track a number of times, moonlight nights, till the bull had ground pretty well, and would keep right course. He rode with spurs, which the bull considered particularly disagreeable; so much so that he al bellowed when they were applied to his sides, On the morning of the race, Hays came upon the ground on horseback on his bull. Instead of a saddle, he had dried an ox hide, the head part of which, with the horns still on. he had placed on the bull's rump. He carried a short tin horn in his hand. He rode' to the judge's stand, and offered to enter his bull for the race; but the owners of the horses that were entered objected. Hays appealed to the terms of notice: insisting that his bull had ''four legs and hair . on, and therefore he had a right to enter him. After a good deal of swearing, the judges 'declared themselves com celled to decide that the bull had the right to run; and was entered accord ingly. : When the time for starting arrived, the bull and the horses took their places. The horse-racers were ont of humor at being bothered with the bull, and at the burlesque which they supposed was i-ten ded. But thought that it would be over as soon as the horses started. When the signal was given, they did start. Ha 7 s gave a blast with his horn, and sunk his spurs into the side of the bull who bounded off Vith a terrible bawl, Somebody sends us the ' following in teresting account of a great rough and tumble duello-scrimmage, but forgets to say where it took placer ' ;' Quite an exciting wrestling match oc curred yesterday afternoon on Scranton's yoa misunderstand my wishes, and it does I genial State' of Arkansas to say, that fa imva, uBiwBun vwo . weu K.UOWU cuivreu imn orreat lniuslice. i have no dinereucesiiw incipient or xerntonai oavs it was to settle with Sayers, except such as I tried to settle with him on the 17 th, and instead of being called a boy I ought to be termed a baby, if, after having come so far. and not having got a settlement, I should be willing to relinquish my pur pose for a few good natnred pats on the back and being told I am a fine fellow. I have received a great many anonymous letters. ' askine if I am not ashamed of myself, a great fellow like me. to come something in "the House" one day. The rection of Josh. Tyler, while Mr. Skinner over to whip'a little man like. Savers. Hon;.' Mr. Banger of. Napoleons-called had been put in condition by a ' variety of TJnder ordinary circumstances I. should the Hon. fMr. Slanger, of Helena, a. liar, other geutlemenly conductors. - not think of sending a challenge to a man The Hon. Slanger retorted with arbulJeC Tne purse was ?3,00, "and the betting 0f Savers' size .but England thinks him which took off the Hon." Mr. Banger's going as high in a big enough to defend the Belt. . I want it, and cannot get it, except through him. The inclosed letter, which I sent to Bell's Life when I heard that they intended to call on the surgeon to name the day ' be fore which Sayers could not finish the measure. Mr. Simmons had been in active train ing for some time under the immediate di- rather "rough. It was a very common thing for a man? to leave the bosom of his family in adBodr health in the morning and return dead At; night. .Cuttings, slashings. and shootings' were of daily occurrence. , .It was dan gerous to be safe.. The. Legislature was chiefly composed of bullies and blacklegs and the scenes enacted by them were ofteoV very eccentric. A. Jignt . arose u-aooab left ear: Both then sprang into the cen ter of the hall with drawn bowie knivfesj The Speaker said "by G d we must have fair play in the business!"- and rushed ont into the floor, with a cocked pistol in one hand and a . "tremendous "toothpick7' fa nonrlinir affair will iKa tnv nnciMnr. And I the other, and in tones' of thunder" com as Belle's Life has cot published it, yoa manded the Representatives to 'form' a will do me a great kindness by lettingthe ring.' 'A' ring was formed, and in, the English .'' people hear what I have to classics of the time the combatants ."wen) effect they embraced and sat down on the j grass, Mr. Skinner making an impromptu sofa of Mr. Simmon's stomach. ' Great stomach and vociferous cheers for Skin ner. 2nd Round The men came quickly to Lay. r If the late battle is not to be resum- .t . j t i mi l ' - - ' iue ecraiCD, ana Bgaia cmuraccu. xuey anrn nai4 - n frAtBonDAia11 V C'TpA' I tt aj vu nuu tv auu hu bawviuiy w tor a short time, wnen Skinner put Sim mons' left lea in his pocket, causing Sim mons to descend to the ground with con siderable rapidity. - But he arose instantly and jumped affectionately on to Skinner s jon, as referee, the final decision upon the der restored, Mr. Banger arose and saic: ed, and the Belt is not to come to me for -They cut each other frightfBllyr and, for what has already taken place, I claim to I quite a spell it was difficult to decide who be first on the list to meet Sayers again was the better man ' -But finally Banger, for the chance to conquer it. . The fol- by an adroit thrust, cut off 81angers head, lowing is the letter to" BeWs Life: ' and instant death was the result. . Mr. "Not having been able to obtain from Slanger's remains being removed acq- or- back. Skinner summoned all his tremen dous strength and threw Simmons down the bank. He fell some sixty feet, strik ing a grindstone on his head. ' He was unhurt, but the grindstone received an In jury from which it can never recover. Wild excitement and cheers for Skinner. Skinner - the favorite. Two to one on Skinner, . After being brushed eff with a rolling- pin the men came to the scratch for the third round. They embraced,1 and . Mr. Skinner, to show that he entertained no fight of Tuesday last, I desire tb demand "It is my . painful duty to announce to the through vou a new. meeting within the House the death of .the lion. William present week. I make this demand from Slanger, of Helena. He was 'good 'at being informed that it has been suggested or your part that I should give Sayers sufficient time to recover from certain in juries received by him. : Now, sir, while I am willing to accommodate him in any draw-poker and -: faro, and handled the toothpick beautiful. - : He wasn't of no ac count at legislation. . He was middlin' on hosseB. . He pat on too many scollops. He had no family 'cepting his brother v -wr . 1 - T J Tl Z proper way. 1 must not oe unmindful ot uiu, tne Dest poaer piayer on rweu iwvor. my own right. I also received injuries, bat I move resolutions of respect be passed and for'arded to his brother Bill." They were passed, Cleveland Plain- dealer. ' " , .. , .. ,.;r. Denominational Oxen in Texas- Texas is a great State. It has not only His eyes began to glance furtively at the assassin Hopkins, as his lean taper finger assumed the same direction. He I hemmed the wretch with a circumvalla- tion of strong evidence and impregnable brow, and his' small nervously twitching argument, cutting off all hopes of escape. face seemed active with the concentrated He piled, up large bastions of insur- essence atd cream of genius; but then his mountable facts. He dug beneath the infantile blue eyes, hardly visible beneath murder and slanderer's feet, ditches of - w - i - their massive arches, looking dim, dreary, dilemmas, such as no sophistry could over- almost unconscious, and his clothing was leap, and - no secrets qf ingenuity evade; so shabby that the court almost hesitated and thus having, aa one might say im- to let the case proceed under his man- pounded his victim, and girt him about agement. - Has your name been entered npon the rolls of the Stater" demanded the J udge, suspiciously. like tf scorpion in a circle of fire, he strip ped himself to the work of massacre. Oh! then it was a vision both glorious and dreadful to . behold the orator. His at flaping up and down,' and rattling at every jump, making a combination of noises, that had never been heard on a racecourse before. The h arses all new the track, every one seeming to be Beized with a sudden determination to take the shortest cut to get out of the Redstone country, and none of, them could be brought back in time to save their distance. The purse was given to Hays. A general row ensued; but the fan the thing put the crowd all on the side of the bull. The horseman contended that they were swindled ont of the purse, and if it bad notieen for Hay's horn and ox hide, which be ought not to nave been "It is immaterial about my name being actions before as the waves of a golden on yourB," answered the stranger, his thin willow in the breeze, grew impetuous as lips curling up into a fiendish sneer. "I may be allowed the courtesy of the court and bar. Here is my license from the highest tribunal in America,'' and he hand ed Judge Mills a broad parchment. The trial immediately went on. In the the motion of an oak in a hurricane His voice became a trumpet filled with wild whirlpools, deafening tho ear with the crashes of power, and yet interning ling all the while with a sweet undertone of the softest cadence. His face was red examination of witnesses the stranger las a drunkard's -his forehead globed like eviuced very little ingenuity as commonly a heated furnace, his countenance was thought. He suffered each to tell his haggard like that of a maniac, and ever own story, without interruption, though and anon he flung his long and bony arms he generally managed to make each one on high, as if grasping after thunder tell it over two or three times. - He put boltB. a few cross-questions, which with keen witnesses only served tb correct mistakes; he made no. notes which, in mighty mem ories, only tend to embarrass. The examination being ended, as coun He drew a picture of murder in such appalling colors, that in comparison, hel itself might be considered beautiful. Ht painted the slanderer bo black that the sun appeared dark at noonday, when shin sel for the plaintiff, he had a right to the ing on puch an accursed monster, and then opening as well as the closing speech; fixing both portraits on the shrinking but to the astonishment of every one, he I Hopkins, he fastened them there forever. declined the former, and allowed the de- The agitation of the audience amounted feace to lead off. p; Then a shadow might have been seen tb flit across the features of Pike, and to darken the bright eyes of Prentice. They saw they had "caught a tartar," but who it was, or how it happened, . was impossi ble to guess. - !. Col.- Ashley spoke first. ' He dealt the almost to madness All at once the speaker descended from his perilous height. His voice wailed, out for the murdered dead and living the beautiful Mary, more beautiful every moment as her tears flowed faster sill wept and sobbed like a child - He closed by. a strange exortation to jury a dish of that dry coarse logic, which the jury, and through them to the bystan afterwards rendered him' famous in .the Senate of the Union. ' The poet, Albert r Pike followed with a vein of wit, and a half torrent of ridi cule, in which neither the plaintiff nor her I ragged attorney were forgotten or spared - The great Prentice concluded for the defendant, with a glow of gorgeous words and . the brilliant as a shower of falling Btars, with geance.- bursts of oratory, which brought the house -J The jury returned ders. He advised the panel after they should bring in a verdict for the plaintiff not, to offer violence to the defendant, however richly he might deserve it, in other words not to lynch the villain, but leave his punishment with God This was the most artful, trick of al best calculated to insure ven a verdict of twenty I bargained for jhem; and I pat it to yoa as a man of honor, whether, if I had been deprived; through the 'effect of the said ill feeling toward Mr. Simmons, put his fight, of my eye sight or the use of my arm, nose into that gentleman's mouth;- while as in the case of Brettle when disabled by Mr. Simmons gracefully , returned the Sayers, you would have made Sayers wait compliment by placing nis stomacn sun- tor me ior any lengm oi time mat migui oe j growing mixed population-every deniy against Mr. BKinner s leit root, aeciaea oy my private ooctort vv nen tnis arifltT 0f climate and soil, game and stock This act of kindness so overpowered Mr. matter was made, the date of the battle unl lt. oxen haTe become denomi- Skinner that he made a spi toon of his was the 1 6th, or as soon as we could get nationftj not sectarian in name, chatac face for Mr. Simmoas' special benefit, to fight, and according to the rules, if the L. .Lvi TimmnfftfUii. xuejr lueu ouc-saweu souio .ncmj uavugiuuum u iuwuuicu, m w aa iuj i following incident. irom me ring, uuu leu eiuuusieu uaucc a uuuurtutiuuiKg, aim a ,u ucucvb ik is me two-horso wagon. Cries of "foul" on law, that we should fight within the week both sides, and considerable confusion We did meet according to contract; the battle was said to be unfinished, and I am prepared to renew it any moment within lawful limits. If Sayers is not, on account of injuries received from me, and can not meet me according to the rules of manly ensued, in which an intoxicated gentleman threw his hat on the ground and acknowl edged that he was "an original Buchanan n nn hai liar ha hnnv ftQ nrtt "I Ulau, aut uuu no uvi q ' I rnL. lioMfiflltT nawann tira a tKulnnil tt O -11 . . . . . - j I XUIB uiovtuvill Llloiu n . w w uu "lmu6 opecu, tuo Ul.cu uv-um .Karros ta mn nrnarA fnr Unnnc'.lnn T Hemnnrl nnd f1atm that hA tv w vv uuu auw omvh j'tvuivM aw vf f vu,k , ' wnicn ne is not ac- the fourth round. resign to me the belt, They embraced, and Mr. Simmons, for cording te the rules of the prize ring, . en- the purpose of ascertaining whether Mr. titled to retain. Skinner had a strawberry mark on his Hoping to receive an answer from yon left ankle, gracefully applied his teeth to before the week expires, stating your views that gentleman's left pantaloon and gentlv in full, I am, fcc. tore it to the suspender; while Mr. Skin- P- S. Yon will please understand I ner, with the view of assisting Mr. Sim- don't wish to compel Sayers to 5ght, be- yerl tQ the ud then be know, m0Tt mons in bis praiseworthy search tor in- cause ne is represented to oe in a aisaniea .nftn aj tne regfc. The one by his side I formation, vigorously placed his head state, but I wish to "obtain what I have o-mnbellite: he does verv well when I . ... o- . Ii J J Tl 1 T -11 -1 r11 I ; nf against tne seat oi iur. oimcnous' pacta-1 aireauj won, uuu wuiuu i win cuecniuij wl. mi . If r ,L " 1 I . n n I. n. , n n .nw In. n M mot . n. I loons, xne enect oi iuib geuerousiy-cou-i uuuu uav& nucucivr us. ut ouj raiovu ceired movement was contrary , to Mr. I thinks he can take it from me. A minister traveling along the' road, met a stranger driving a wagon, which was pulled by four oxen; as the minister ap proached, he heard the driver say rGet up Presbyterian! ' i tGee Campbellitel" "Haw Baptistl' 'What are you doing Methodist!' The minister, struck ' with singularity of such names being to oxen, remarked . "Stranger,' yoa have strange names for your oxen, and I wish to know - why .they had such names given to them. . , V . The driver replied, "I call that lead ox in front, Presbyterian, because he is true blue, and never fails he believes in pull ing through every difficult place,? perse- Skinner's expectations, for Mr. Simmons' head rapidly descended into the ground; nothing, in fact being visible but bis heels. He was extracted with consider' How Judge B. H -Helped to Load a Steamboat. . : of ours who was an eyewit- yon let bim go his own way, nn'il he sees water, and then all. the world could cot keep him ont of it, ; and there ' he stands as if his journey was ended. This off ox, - behind, is a real Baptist, for he is all the time after water, and will not eat with the . A friend ness to the fact, related to us a short time others, but is constantly, looking, first on since an amusing circumstance which oc-H one Bide, and 'then on the other, 'and at curred while Judge R. 'H- presided everything that : comes near him.2-Th on the bench in this district. other which I call Methodist, makes a On a particular, occasion after his ap- great noise and a great to do, andjon pointment business called him to Liberty, would think that he was pulling all crea- and while there meet in t? with manv of bis tion. but he don't null a pound." - 'f- that Buchanan was a second old George old a880Ciatos at the bar, he got into a The minister having his curiosity rat- Washington. He then called for a stock- C(mvt-OT-af moo&t wn.ca lasted several days, ified with: the explanation, rode oa, won- ingxfull of quick poison and burst iato an(j ongoing but he looked rather worse dering what he should next see and hear tears, i .' for wear. In crossing the river at Owen's in Texas.:, This is no dream but. a teal The fifth and last round consisted prin- indinB- taera waa a boat . discharcrinar fact: aa we have heard it: nor are we in- m . i v ii Jl O a a 1 - '9 ... cipaiiy OI wuat may db ciassicany wsriueu f-eio-ht and in a irreat haste for fear an- , auu kuv Piuai w ta tutu, i a - . . . . i -o ' o the ball another touch with kerbanging, the parties prostratiug their olher boat would pa6S that thcn just hoTe ner. smnner aneaa. Everything was now passing off agree ably, but the intoxicated gentleman at the wheelbarrow threw a wet blanket on the festivities by offering to bet four cents !..- -.r.j .-. able difficulty. Great cheers for Skin did. f Upon this. Hays told them that his bull conld beat any of their horses any how, and if they would put up $100 against the purse he had won, he would take off the oxhide, and leave his tin horn,, and run a fair race with them. His offer was accepted.'and the money staked. They , again took their places at the starting post, and the signal was given Hays gave his spur, and the bull gave a tremendous proud forms upon the grass and shoving in 8i ht bellow. The ' horses remembering the ' their hands together with remarkable pre " " .3 1A A n fPU . K n n n n r. n nn 3 a ii ,t v . 1 C1H1UU aim J.UCT tucu Biuoo auu areaaiui bouuu, tnougnt nn tue rest . was , . ..-. .-v. coming as before. Away they went clasped each other to their respective bo again, in spite of all the exertions of their "mo r r u . L . riders, while Hays galloped his bull a- luenced by dyspeptic feelings, "in telling our readers the ecclesiastical relation of Texas oxen. True Witness. - i The clerk called out: "I say, old man, can't yon turn in and lend the men a hand round the track again, and won the mon ey- ' " Slavery in Utah. A New York Times correspondent de clares that the Indians of Utah Valley are die. The seconds of both, parties at this exciting juncture threw up their sponges ; Tns : Peck Troubles. The commis sioners appointed to settle with the sure ties of Mr. Peck, tho late State Treasurer of Maine, have effected an adjustment with always those on the bond of 1859.' bv which thev (the sponges being furnished for this occa- ready t0 help in time 0f aeed." "Then pay and secure to the State the sum of sion by several .well known chemists) and . in and be aaick." said the clerk; "be st.000. Mr. Dow has paid 8.000. and both parties . were, defeated. It was prob- quick menl, : , the Merchant's Bank $11,000, making ably the.greatest "rastle" ever witnesseu The fif8t thing wa8 a fine marble-finish $46,600. The sum of $T,50T 89 is still in this cy. The parties were done np in ed bureau. In going off the plank, the considered to be owned, and will be paid in taking off that lot of furmturer II will pay you well for doing so, and "dou ble filly" iu the bargain." - - - - "Oh, yes," says the Judge, UlalCB tuaii tuo luumuo ui ui.au iuti iu . L J i .t. cm I o o - r "bought and sold like the negroes 0fthe champhor and conveyed from the field in Jad e Blippedf and the clerk and mate hf the Judge of the Supreme Court ieter- South, and are vastly better off as servants than as free." He also says that the whole of the Mormons are now living off the immense profits made by the sale of their agricultural products to the United States Army. These are Bold at ten times the nsual price. So well satis i mat che i span of wash-tubs No Grabbing Allowed. ripped out with a big oath, "There, now, mine, without litigation, thit it ought to be throw that into the river, will your" paid. - : - : ,.;! .... ... i "Certainly," 6ays the J udge. and giving a Some time about lecturin g some ago, Heber Kimball waB Missionaries who kick with the order, overboard it went "Hello! what's that for?" said the clerk. were "l always obey orders wnen l worn ior a hed have they Decome tnat ii oraers snouia in the tabemacle, and said to them: UB BVUt tu recall tun iiuit. a isivn nouiu i ..Tt t . . j j . - , -r "Brethren. I want you to understand oeionnwim oraerea oy rngaam xoung, - . oa - . . . " " 5 m , Tf .a fore. The brother mtssionanes have been iUvi 1UUU 1U1 UIO UUU U1VUUVO. . tUlO AO UUV I a . . . .1 . . . i . tt i o i i. a u in the habit of picking out the prettiest mnb-Snsw TTrIa Sam now ffti hoo tin v t no r I r O r ,8 .vM.-.n ....H.5-.,Kv women for themselves before they get ker, we do not know what it is. ' . . , Mnaintr nn fv. n(rW ' r m . i . I 1 1 11 Always doubt the sincerity of a nerearter you nave to Dnngmemaii preparing to start out on foreign missions maD. 6aid tle udge. . ",L.eve," Bays he retired. Clerk says, "who is that old man?" A bystander remarked, ' "That is the Hon. Judge R. H -, of the Fifth Judicial District of Missouri." "Oh hell,. let go that liner x-, , Sentenoed tj .be Hanged. , ; , . Belvipeb, N: J. May 3. , Hardin has been sentenced to be hung on tne 28th of June, between ten A M. and three P, M. ; When asked why he should cot be condemned, he said: "I have nothing to say." . . ... . They have no old maids in Japan; when girls don't get married voluntarily, the.authorities hunt np a husband and 200 are said to have been subscribed make them mArry,' willing or not willing. tCgfr Always doubt the sincerity of a H85 nereaiier jou uavo 10 uuugmcuittn xjsuu are saia to nave Deen kuuscrioeui uim j, -. uB. girl when yoa see her Wipe ."W mouth here before taking any of them, and let as inliiverpool by American saptains, forjThe Japanese know a thing, or. two, if aftefyoa kiss her, va As .:s :ihaYe a fair shake. . tb benefit of Heenan; i ; ! they have been walled la for ceututiva. 1 '