The Wyandot pioneer., October 27, 1853, Image 1

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i . Lcmnfue yoNG vrrniN.
XA-,Thtre music iu the heart, ;
" A lonMr. (Icon refrain. "
'Ml'ITh'atkMt to'er nrcrnor'i cord Vill start
ui 'Hu nLIke Jlemnoiv'i inciting strain -1 '
The noon-day carol of bird, v:.' .
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Ifl The smilo we caniwtwiii ,,
A loaf bjry morning's ephyr etirreu.
4 ' 1 B Hay touch the heart witbiu. ! ,
1M',!l I.. Ih: 7!-i);'t! !'.' , v'
. n II At times the heart appears all bright,
,,,,;f The future j grows serene;' ;
Within, the soul gay thoughts unito .
.To 'chann the" present scene.
o K t thehUiat care forgets'to'fly, 4
LeJ u J KWhere we in pleasure stray; ' :
Tis thcn.8ome arigel from the sky,
fj.H.j.niiyyVuld point to i)s the way.
i I -c rtws ligiTt vroull want its secret spell,
If we no shade could find;
i"u'l JTor ihonhl we loye the spring so well
j i If winter's face were kind I
: , So if the soul has never known
what. care and grief impart,
7,, t cannot, tell how rapture's tone ,
- Jl !i tca'8 ocr e longing heart.' . ;
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. From the Boston Tost. . ,
OCTOBER. T - 11
'AVidcswatli standing on tlie threshold
of October, speaks- '; ". ! '
The purpling grapes hang on the bending vine,
'The'apples sniile amid the fading green,
TW golden sheaves in yellow radiance smile,
The golden pumpkins glisten in between
Thc, changing h"p upon the maple's breast,
'The sumac's luried glow within the wood, "
The sudden sun descending in the west
"Tlie earth. with fastly falling leaves bestrewed.
These are the sights that meet the musing eye,
Upon the threshold of October sere,
And every, breeze that hastens wildly by
Sighs out a requiem for the dying year.
" The melancholy days!" I'm in for fun -
"Oct ober's Aill of it, had I a dog and gun.
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.HOW SIMMOJIDS GOT HIS WIFE.
A' Pleasant Adventure.
,fJhen railway; travelling was undreamt
of, and mail coaches were "alone in their
dorr.!.': the : ancient and sooty town of
Sheffield rejoiced in.the.jpossession of an
inhaMtantnamed Mr Samuel Peach. To
haye, Inquired i for him, however, by that
appellatioOfi i whould have been next to j
. useless Not only in Sheffield, but through- j
out the length and breadth of . the three
ifitlings of Yorkshire, he was known, and
familiarly 'sopken of, as " Sam Peach, of
the 1 Angel coach-office,' just as people
; spak of t'Tom Vadden, of the Hen and
Chickens, 'at Birmingham," or isaac Tay
lor.'bf the Lion; at Shrewsbury."' '
&Jentric in many things, yet with a
. dash of quiet humor, and a most catholic
7 spirit of humanity inhis nature, was this
Sam Peach. He was wealthy, of course
--for eccentricity is too great a luxury for
!m poor man to indulge in. Of the iinpor-
tance of his position, as autocrat of the
mail and stage coaches which traveled to
and from Sheffield, he had a high opinion.
Not having any connection with the Sta
tistical Society it would be. impossible to
r tate, with the' requisite fullness and par-
ticularity, of detail, how many of, these
coaches he possessed how nany horses
he had "on the road" how many quarts
of oats and loads of hay his cattle annu
ally consumed how many miles per diem
his carriages travelled to how many fam
ilies his calling gave bread. Enough is it
to say, that Sam Peach, engrossing the
"conveyancing department" in and from
Sheffield, was considered a wealthy per
sonagcthe rather, perhaps, because he
stu'dioulsy avoided the display of riches.
He had purchased some land in the neigh
borhood of Sheffield, extensive enough to
be called an estate. He always spoke of
it as " the firm," though the house he had
erected thereon was sufficiently imposing
in' appearance and extent to make it some
times be taken for the country-seat of one
, of the squirearchy.' With thaU'order"
. 6am Peach had no desire to be Identified
Plain and somewhat brusquexxx his manner,
ho was proud of the business by which
he 'had acquired an independence; and it
is yet remembered as a fact, that on one
occasion, when a distinguished commoner
in theineighborhood (since become a peer
arid a Cabinet minister) addressed him as
"Samuel Peach,1 Esquire," the recipient,
" ' who knew the' writing, returned the letter
to the postman, with an indorsement, "not
known at the Angel coach-office!"
.Wealth and integrity, backed by his ec
centricity, ' had made Sam Peach quite a
. popuWeharacter in Sheffield. Ne vef did
any one care less for popularity. His rule
of'conduct was to follow the right, what
ever should betide. His very peculiari
ties ieailcd to mercy's side! It was as
much as any of his coachmen's place was
worthfor one of them to see a tired foot
traveler o'i the road, and not immediately
"pull up," and invite the wayfarer to a
seat.' The sterling character of the man
. was estimated from the ; fact, that most of
the people around him had. been in his
employment for upwards of twenty years
It , is more than probable that Sam
Peach, never heard of the name and sys
tem of Lavater, and yet it is certain that
he had a habit of - taking likes and dislikes
to people's faces, which involved the put
ting tbern'inside for outside fare," or for
, no fare, or4he stout refusal to take them
Inside or outside, of any of his coaches, at
Mf price
;It happened, that one sunny day in Sep
tember, 1 8 1 5, that Sam Peach was sitting
Jn his '. coach-office "his custom ever of
an afternoon"-engagedin examiningaled
ger, for housed to say that, by attending
to- business, he was pretty sure of busi
ess attending to him. A gentleman came
, in nd. asked what was the coach-fare to
London?
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: The booking-clerk, with pen across his
mouth after the fashion of persons who
would fain appear exceedingly busy, an
swered, "One pun' fifteen ottt, two pun'
ten tn," " ' ;
,ThC, traveller desired to be' booked for
an outside place, if there were rooml
"Not one seat taken," said the booking
clerk. 1 ",4 '' .
J '.'I Suppose Ihad better pay you here?"
inquired, the. traveler. r
' "Just' as yo please," was the reply;
"only until we have the money, you nei
ther put foot into the coach, nor on it." .
The money was accordingly disbursed
out of a not very plethoric pttrsc.
"What name? " asked
the .bookinsr-
clerk. , V ' T ;
What name?" echoed the traveler.
"I thought I spoke plain enough," said
the clerk, sulkily. -"What name are we
to book you by? I suppose, you have a
name?", '.'
"I beg your pardon," said the travel
ler, with a smile; "but I have been for some
years where a man's name was the last
thing required from him. Put me down
Ensign Simmonds, of the Tenth."
Mr. .Simmonds was duly entered in the
book, and thence on the w'ay-bill? Indeed,
he was not!
i The" moment that the traveller descri
bed himself as "Ensign Simmonds, of the
Tenth," Sam Peach closed the big ledger,
with an emphasis which sounded not un
like a pistol-shot pushed the fat headed
booking-clerk aside took his place with a
countenance quite radicnt with excitement
and, in his blandest tone, asked what
name he. should enter in the day-book. t
"Ensign Simmonds, of the Tenth."
"Well!" said Sam, in the subdued man-
nerof "a man holding a confidential con
versation with himself. "Well! my ears
did not deceive' me! What, a singular
thimrthis is, to be sure!" Then address-
O . . . ' .' ...
ing Mr. Simmonds, he said, "in the army,
sir?" "' 1
j. "Why, considering that I bear his Maj
esty's commission, I think I may safely
say that I am,", . .
. 'Seen any actual service?"
:"Yes; two years in the Peninsula, and
in the last brush with the French at Wa
terloo." . .
, "Wonderful!" exclaimed Sam Peach.
"Got a.Waterloo medal?" ; . :
"Ay, and a Waterloo wound. ; Indeed,
I have been at home since my return, get
ting cured; and now. that I am on my legs
again, am off to town to report myself at
the Horse Guards for duty. Our second
battlion is to be disbanded; and as we are
likely to have a long peacef I am afraid I
shall have some difficulty in getting upon
full play in another regiment."
.
Then," said Sant Peach, rather anx." ,
iously, "I suppose you are not bound to be
at the Horse Guards by any particular
day?"
Mr. Simmonds replied that he was not.
'That
being the case, sir," said Sam
Peach, "it can't make any great difference
your not being able to travel by any of my
coaches this afternoon?"
"Not go? after paying for my seat!"
"Afraid not. All the seats are enga
ged."
Here the fat headed book-keeper chimed
in with " Not one of em! Only look at
the way-bill!"
But Sam Peach pushed aside the offi
cious underling, and declared thathe "was
a stoopid, who did not know what he was
saying." Then resuming his conversa
tion with Mr. Simmonds, he added:
"The fact is, sir, all the seats are en
gaged. But as your have paid your fare,
I am bound to send you forward in a post
chaise, or make the delay of no loss ' to
you. My house is only a few miles out
of town. I shall feel gratified by your
coming out to dine with me to-day. In
tne morning l snail anve you in, it you
like, and you can start for London by any
coach you please." .
.Vainly did Mr. Simmonds assure Sam,
Peach that he had much rather proceed to
London withdut delay; that he would pre
fer remaining at the Angel. Vainly; too,
did he endeavor to ascertain why (when
there evidently was no real impediment
to his immediate departure for London),
Sam Peach should wish to detain him.
But Sam, determined to play the host,
steadily declined giving an explanation:
and the result was, that, at six o'clock
that afterneon, Mr. Simmonds found him
self at Sam Peach's table, discussing what
any gentleman, even if he had not cam
paigned in the Peninsula, and hadhospita
fare at Brussles for some weeks after the
day of Watclroo would be justified in con
sidering an excellent dinner.
Such a thing as "taking the pledge" (ex
cept at the Lombard Arms), was not
thought of at that time; and therefore a
few glasses of old wine did them no essen
tial harm. Much they talked: Ensign
Simmonds of the adventures he had met
with while on foreign service; and Sam
Peach Avho was a capital listner, pleasant
4
ly keeping up the ball Dy occasiona
shrewd questions and racy remarks. At
last but this was about the conclusion o
the second bottle of that incomparable
port, which tasted like nectar, and smelt
like a bouquet Sam Peach grew commu
mcatue about himself; told how he had
risen to opulence by industry, from a smal
commencement; and boasted how, far
above his wealth, he prised his only daugh
ter.
"You shall see her in the morning.
O 7
said he; "for I did not like to introduce you
UPPlMt BANDUSK
until I' saV wnether niy' first impression
would be confirmed on closes acquaih tance,
It is not every one, I can tell you, that I
would introduce as a friend to my daugh
ter Mary!" ' . , ".
A capital breakfast the next morning;
and not the,, less pleasant because pretty
Mary Peach presided at the board, assis
ted in t such socifl duties (as her mother
(had been, dead for many years), by a
maiden aunt, who was neither skinny nor
shrewish.
."Pleasant weather?", observed Sam.
"Are you much of a sportsman?"
"Rather!" .said Mr. Simmonds. "We
had plenty of practice at the red-legged
partridges in the Peninsula. . , You should
have seen how Lord Wellington peppered
them when he had nothing else to do!" ,
V.Weil," 'said Sam, "unfortunately; I
had not the chance of seeing him. I think
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you said that you are not exactly tied to
time as to your being in London; and if
you only make up your mind not to start
until to-morrow, there's a famous , Joe
Mantonig the hall. . I happen to own the J
reserve across yonder valley, and I can
tell you that not a gun has been fired there
this' season." .
Mr. Simmonds remained for that dav?
.To be sure he did. Fancy a young man
of fivc-and-twenty, who had been on for
eign service for three years, , with a heart
beating quick and strong within his bosom,
and (at that time) notcngaged in any par
ticular' love affair! fancy him suddenly
thrown into the society of Mary Peach
really a well educated and pretty, if not
quite a beautiful girl: pressed to make the
place his home as long as he pleased, and
the quarters surpassingly comfortable!
Fancy all this and wonder, if you can, at
Mr. Simmonds quits forgetting that he
had ever disbursed "one pun' fifteen" for
the outside 'fare to London. Then there
were such beautiful patches of scenery
all along that Glossop Road, which Mary
Peach "recommended him to look at,' and
to which she kindly accompanied him, as
he might not be able to find them out with
out her asststance; and she had so much
to ask, and he to tell her, about, foreign
countries, and the perils he had been in;
and she made him tell her again how he
had his wound at Waterloo; and she had
such a pretty way of seeming to listen with
her dark -grey eyes, and but I need not
go on. It was a clear case!
"Then there were sighs, the deeper for suppres-
sion, -And
stolen glances, sweeter for the theft."
In short, it had come to pass, that Mr.
Simmonds had a palpitation of the heart
whenever Mary Peach spoke to him or
looked at him - -
.'In love with her?" you will say. You
"ft - nriw lirvnr it. will fnd a. Rpnfi-wit.Vi th.fi. la-
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J a k link j-m . . T 1 1 n I r r . rm i: . . 1 ; .
uy a umsu ui in uuaii a uuz.cn u;ai3
the whole to conclude with ; a . whispered,
"Speak to my father!" . : : . :
Not exactly so; for when our hero found
that he was" in love, he took the opportu
nity of speaking to Sam Peach, before he
mentioned a word of the matter to the
lady. : .
You will think that fie was in a pretty J
passion, no aouDtr
Wrongngain. Sam told Mr. Simmonds
that he had been expecting something of
the kind, having full use of his eyes' and
ears; that, under this expectation, he had
made inquiries as to Mr. Simmonds and
lis prospects; that he was satisfied with
what he had heard, and if Mr. Simmonds
could obtain the lady's consent, no man
upon earth would be more acceptable as a
son-in-law.
Shortly after, Mr. Simmonds and Mary
each were united she being too good a
daughter to decline giving an acceptable
son-in-law to her father. What fortune
she had was never exactly known; but
they drove off from the church in a hand
some chariot-and-four, which Sam Peach
had presented "to the happy couple;" and
just as the ' bridegroom was about step
ping into the vehicle, where sat the bride,
all beauty and bland, Sam Peach deliv-:
er himself as follows: '
"Simmonds, you never asked me what
saw in you, when first we met, to take a
fancy to you, and bring you home with
me. Know, then, that in the five-and
thirty years I have been at thehead of the
coaching in Sheffield, I have had hundreds
of military men m my office, to.be booked
tor my places generals, colonels, majors,
and a crowd of captains -but you were
the only ensign that ever came across me!
For the singularity of the thin":, I thought
that phenomenon worthy of a good din
ner; and your own good qualities have
done the rest. Good bye, now! God
bless you! and let me hear from you and
Mary every day!" , ,
33T Tom Moore says " in his J dairy,
"In talking of cheap living, Jekyll men
tioned a man who told him his eating cost
him almost nothing, for on Sunday, said
he, I always dine with an old friend, when
I eat enough to last me until Wednesday
when I buy some tripe, which I hate like
the devil, and which, accordingly, makes
me so sick, that I cannot eat anything uh
til Sunday. . ;
. J3P A Lady who had refused to give
after hearing a charity sermon, had her
pocket picked as she was leaving the
church. On making the , discovery, she
said"God could not find the way into
my pocket, but it seems the devil did."
$3T Nothing can constitute good breed
ing that has not good nature for its foun
dation. ' : : .
Olirp,?,!
Front, the San Fraueineo Times and Trans.
vi ''interesting Prom BTexlcoVV .V
Messrs. Edifon Ttines dndltanscriptt
The last ! fortnight has7 been particularly
eventful ' On" the 1 9th lit'.1 'Gacfsdettmr
new Plenipotentiary', delivered hi creden
tials td Santa Anna, and was weTcomcdas
the' bearer of peace jind mutual' goddun
ders&mding behvecn the twanatiofisi
He arrived on the Texas fiomrNev' Orn
leans. r His5 predecessor, Mr tfdfliling;
took his leave from the President" on the
16th instant, and will return in a few daj-s
to the States. ; ;i ' ' ' ; " u ,r 1 !;
The new Ramsey route has finally been
noticed by the official paper, in aiongarf
tide, stating that the "Compania' de Cor
respondenciii Mexicana por mar y tierra"
has received from the government all the
assistance ' in ! their power to, further the
trade with the United States; China', "and
Australia, by forwarding the correspond
ence and passengers 'fromAcapulco, to
Vera Cruz,' and vice versa. ' 1 The new' line
'has agreed to carry the lettersJ arid pack-
ages m' 72 hours from porf fe bVt;
line win De aany, anu anumoer oi 'laeras,
stage coaches; &c. have already arrived
hi v era viuis iu uu u puu un me ruau.
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The steamer Very Cruz, of 1200 tons,
and the steamer Texas; will run regularly
between Very Cruz andNew: Orleans; the
steamer Golden Age of 2700 tons,1 will be
the first on the new Acapulco and Austra
lia line, and the steamer San Francisco,' of
2200 tons-, on the Acapulco and San Fran
cisco lihet' ' . '' iJ "' "" 1
This shows that something' has been
done already for a more' intimate connec
tion between ; California and the mother
States, and that a weekly line-with 'an av
erage ticrle of 16 days between" New Or
leans and San Franciscowill be the con
sequence. You are' aware of the-' enor
mous benefit thus presented to commerce
in general, and passengers in1 particular;
who will be enabled to pass without delay
through this healthy and beautiful coun
try.
The semi-official paper Universal, is out
against confederation, charging the federal
O 7 , o o
government' with all the ' misery ' of this
rich country; with its empty treasury and
dejected credit, and instigating that'thc
people " would do better by Centralism,
which de facto exists already Santa Anna
ruling without a Legislature and the Gov
ernors of his make being autocrats in the
different States, appointing the municipa
officers without the constitutional elections
and doing away with the departmental leg
islature. " ' ' '" ' :;
Thus Santa Anna ; is bound to be
come Emperor in spite of the Mexican na
tion, the opposition of the United States
and the intrigues of Spam and France,'
which states are working still in favor of
iie Duke-of Montpelier. ' - ' '
Haro, though an intimate friend of Sari-'
ta Anna has left the Ministerial chair, lear
ing thus a void in the treasury depart
ment. 'i' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
The other day Santa -Anna and his fam-
y made a- trip to Mejicalcingo on board
the fine iron steamer "General Santa An
na," the canal having been sufficiently
widened.' This water communication is
of enormous benefit to the city. ' 1 L
The Governor of this State, Gen. Sales,
has publisheded a decree by which all pure
ndians indigenes) shall be Ireeirommil-
itary service; this act will greatly favor the
agricultural and mineral interest of the
States of Mexico, and Toluca in particu-
ar. "; "
From the other side the government has
made some retrogade
by putting an export duty of 8 per cent.
on Brazil-wrood, which receives a premi
um in our neighboring Republic of Guat
amala, by renewing the contract with the
Tobacco Company, : and re-establisliinc
this onorous monopoly all over the coun
try. , : . ... , : .
The Indian depredations have become
worse and worse, in Zacatecas, Durango
and Chihuahua, the people are leaving
their homes by thousands, while blood
and fire show the trail of these barba
rians. " '. , ' ' " .
The highways are infested with robbers
The Toluca stage has been robbed repeat
edly; on one occasion a Mr. Francis Mur
phy received a severe wound; the shops m
this city are nightly plundered,' and though
some robbers have been hung, we cannot
expect any amelioration till the people re
ceive bread by furthering commerce arid
industry.
The toll gates jr of this city have been
abolished iri so far that the alcalaba or ca
sito has to be paid in future at the custom
house, thus reducing considerably the
number of custom house officers.7 i
One paper enquired the other , day why
the 13th of Augusts was not -celebrated
in this city, the great Hernando Cortez
having made his entry in 1851 on: that
day, into: this city , and established; the
Spanish rule, but another paper qustioned
the propriety of doing so, because to cele
brate the Spanish rule in August and the
anniversary, of , independence the month
after, would appear absurd,
The clergy has been re-estableshed in
all its former rights, by reorganizing the
popal functions of Cleftienti,. except the
rmnt oi. reteivinii unco, nuiuu ivaaauu
lisVed in 1824
:f;y-..D
In the little city of MijanOa the .pcopl
ave refused Jto give up their .arms, an,
have refused to giye up
ana
200 men had to" be sent from"
a to
check the spirit of" reyolutidp.
i
In the State of 'Nu'vo Leon" some rich
copper and silver mines have beeri' dis
cove.red.and the ownepB. wj imminence
oKking (bag mmetelyUj i7
produce vast amounts of old'-f nd ; silver
and the mist coined in the inof $i : of ( J uly
ifwaras'pf d.'OOO'tilTer'dfjltar's;' and
' The,'princjpartAe ' arc?,' dced, v;iie
actQrs;liviag lett itor tb exterior. r,fcome
say iiiat me laie resincuons'jouieTSi ine
want p.frpatronageJiSs' shut the doors ,of
Melpomene'd Temple.. r The-Joerr tea-l
tres remain open, protected by tne public. S;
iunas-oanta , Anna, wormping, yig, prin-i
ciples ok Ins Konaan, predecessors
Lea :
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A Highway to the Pacific, i - '
We some 'days since '-received a copy of
a pamphlet entitled ?rA Few Remarksrori
a Railroad to.the Pacific," by "a member
of tie 1 Philadelphia Bar."'!;;The "subject
is ireatea wun mucn aoiuty. ana many in
teresting facts;, are1 stated. Several; pas1
sages are1 quite' eloquent. 'After review
ing theHPkole ground, the writer gives the
fefe,
contingency; of ; the successful construe-;
tion.of a great highway to the Pacific.
Cin. Enq.
1 . It will necessarily secure to us a vir-
- i" ' ' ' i . i f 1 ; j '.
tual monopoly of the; Chinese and Japan
ese markets. ' . , ; , , t ; ,,,,, t
2. Besides the" Mails, .of the continent.
those, of all Europe, for all parts: of .East
ern, Middle and Southern Asia, and of all
European possessions in the Pacific, will
be . carriejd. ,oy er this equally safe and ex
peditious route, and this mail; service will
in itself . constitute a large source of rev
enue." "lyf-iT !-' : ,: :
3. . The United States "Mails between
thes;lwo great; sections of the Union will
boTxarriedvcivcr this' road with, a great
saying of expense to the Nation; ! arid ;
of, time ' to , thb Commercial : community,
ami with a eertainty that cannot be other
wise attained, to-, ' n t;ft ' jii; t, j
, 4. ; All the travel .of Europe for the
larger portion' pf Asia, and all the East-
em racmc xsianas, win pass over tins
road, both gomg and returning. ; .r ; i
,5. .It will be a cheap" and safe medium
of conveyance of dofaiestic exchange and
commerce,1 to the Amount of. millions on
millions every ' year, between .the great
regions of the' Pacific and the Atlantic
States. . .:;...-
! 6 "It will afford an outlet to the shores
of the two oceans for all the productions
of the MississippiJValley States, and ena
ble us to supply with bread the crowded
populatiou both of Europe and Asia. , :
7; ; It will largely.increase- the business
of all , railroads running through the
States; from the main truuk to any Atlan
tic seaport. r y ... :'
8.. It will employ, dunng the yearscon-
sumed m building it,' thousands of pur
aborfhg people in a healthy climate, and
wijl , offer, facilities to emigration and . ay ill
be; the; means "of carrying population to
our - territories, and of creating' new and
happy States in the Vast wilderness of the
Continent."
9. It will be a mighty bond of union,
of safety, and of peace, between our own
American States and with the world.
10. It will enable the Government to
discharge certain constitutional obligations
of ; defense, and protection under which
the : United States exist in ."relation to each
one of the States. -arid which, so far as
California is concerned,, cannot be proper
y discharged without Epme such means
of. speedy and direct communication be
tween herself and the other States of . the
confederacy.'; '
11. '.' It will actf as a powerful stimulus
on the industrial prosperity of the whole
country, and particularly on the business
interests of our great Pacific and Atlantic
seaports.' v
is; It will
be the great world-road o
commerce. .,
Youjfo 'MiarIt should be the aim o
young men to go into good society we
mean not the rich; nor the proud, .nor the
fashionable, but the : society of the wise
the intelligent and the good.' ' When you
find men thaf know more than you do
and from, whose conversation you can ge
information, it is; always safe to be found
with them. - it has oroken down many a
man to associate with thelow -and vulgar .
where the ribbald song, and the indecent
stor told to excite the; laughter or. influ
ence the bad passion. . ; ir,-.;-A
'Lord Clarendon attributed success and
happiness in life, to associating with per
sons more learned "and, virtuous than our
selves. ,,,If you wish to be; wise and re
spected, if . you desire happiness and not
misery, we advise yoiito associate with the
intelligent and1 good.: , Strive for excel
lence arid strict integrity, and you will nev
er.p9 found in the sinks .of pollution, or in
the : ranks of profligates and gamblers.-r-
O nee; habituate yourself ' to a 'virtuous
course, and rip punishment would be grea
ter man, py acciaeni, .10 De oongea, ior
half , a 'day to associate with the, low, and
vulgar:oo? ..ifj !:: iJl
3 $3Tl, 'My brethren, said Swift in a ser
mon, .'.'there are, three sorts of pride: o
birth, of riches, and of talents. I shall not
spe'ak, ofjthc latter, none of you being .li
able of that abominable vice.
, CHEfai"uiss.He vas L true philos
bphcr who "said: 'echcerful liappi
pess is older than misery:1 Adam dwelt in
Paradise arid elover:ra! wbek; before ! th
.11 , . 'r . - . j . . .
devil made1 his J appearance." Hear tha
ye sinners! " " ;' '
From CarsonvYalley.
.'The Sacrime'nto State' ourna learns,
inai jyiessrs. x . u; Hastings ana jrunici ,
af rived at Sacramento on the 23d,' from
Carson .Yajleyavi on
tnc lotu lnfianp-tnatmostot the liorses
& cattle belonging immigrants whojiavej
rcacnea. inat aisiancc, iiavfj Deen entirely
sjeptoff from ihe. use ofthe water found
iirHhal "neighborlroaisuposld to contain
nil jiuauuuba w auxou- . . .. , , , , ,
'Kit. Carson' hjad teacfied the head of the
Valley with s;OOOThfiad f shepp, and &
larcc uumtxr ot eroais, an lnexiienb
rnnnit.inn .
A riurtjbcr of 'the traders who had pur-
chaseoMargely of. horses and cattle from
losses fron the above cause
It was rumored at Ragjiown that alarge
imber of immigrant families were 'on
th'e Humboldt whhQutnimals to proceed
on their journey-their cattle and horses
liovinnf oil 1irt
Crops are looking well in Carson Valley.
Flour is'selling at 35 cents a pound ; Bacon
59 cents
A new trading post has been establish
ed about four miles this side of Ragtown?
It is named Willow City. ' '.
Murder and Lynching. .!
M r. Dexter, of Ohio county, Ky., re
lates to the Evansville Journal the partic
ulars of a murder, some of which he wit
nessed himself. A. Mrr Cunningham, a
Wabash river pilot and raftsman,' was go
ing down the river in a skiff, several miles
above New: Madrid, with his tent, rafting
tackle, and carpet sack on board, when he
fell in with a: Spaynard jvho prevailed up
on Mr. CV to take him' aboard. ' At night
fall the Spanyard seized an. ax and strack
Mr.:- C. from behindinflicting two blows
pon the head and one in the shoulder,
ana -threw - him ovei Doara. tie swam
ashore and- crawled to a cabin, where he
fortunately found Mr. Dexter, who imme
diately set out in pursuit of the Spanyard
nd found he had employed a negro to
take him to Madrid.- Mr. C. caught him
in the lattei place, justih'the actof taking
boat. . ,
With the aid of: the citizens of Madrid,
Mr. D. took him back toihe cabin, where
Mr. C. lay weltering in his own blood,
who fully recognized the Spanyard who
also had Mr. C.'s clothes on. The en
raged citizens took, him, out to hang him
to the first tree; ran him up, .where he
ng fifteen minutes, but when taken
down came to, and he is now in jail.
Hastt Reading. A wag of a corres-
pondent in the very "Far West," among
many other pleasant things," records the
owing: Not far from here resides a
young man who, reading in his "first rea
der" a family-scene in which a cat was
the principal actor, and an old lady knitting,
One of the subordinate characters, read:
"Aunt Ruth was sitting in the chim
ney-corner kittening." ; :i
But Davy B "took the trick," when
le read from the twenty-fifth Psalm, sec
ond verse: ' " -
"Let not mine enemies trump over me."
Ought not that to be laid before the
Bible Revision Association?" Kniclc.
The Beautt Pf Flogging. About the
Pest comment on the custom ot "licking
children" for slight offences that we have
ieard of lately, was a remark made by a
little girl, who was told by her mother to
retire to bed; she was usually chastised
each day about sundown, regularly, but
on this unaccountably overlooked, and she
could not -understand it . Accordingly
when her m6ther told her to go to bed,
she lingered. ' '- '
"Why don't you go to your chamber,
Laura ?" asked the parent . i
'.' Why, mother," said the child; look
ing up with an arch expression, "you hav
en't. whipped me yet " r
The mother gave her a kiss instead of
a blow that night !
A Request Denied. The Cleveland
Herald tells the following good one: Re-
Cently, upon the cars running out of
Cleveland, a lady was peddling tracts,
playing female colporteur. , The tract
which engrossed her special attention was
entitled, Give me thy heart," and was
undoubtedly an orthodox and valuabled
production. . Without a word she presen
ted it to a quiet looking gentleman, who
read its title and replied: ;"No, madam,
I can't give it, this woman is my wife."
The heart-seeker vamosed, and the passen
gers roared, Ur.i :
Koszta Released and Shipped for the
United States. Advices from Smyrna,
of September 21, state that on that even
ing Martin Kosta, the Hungarian refugee,
would sail for the United States on board
the American bar Mimosa. This was to
be done 'with the consent of all parties
concerned, and thus the matter, as ; far as
Koszta himself is concerned, was settled.
Mr. Brown was at Smyrna on the 21st,
to see the business duly finished. " .'
A Reflection. A western editor, in
replying, to, a contemporary, says:- -"It is
impossible that he can have given to the
subject, much 'sober reflection. as he
claims to have done, for to our certain
knowledge he has been intoxicated during
the entire campaign." ) -A.ii
- jirMr Smith' you said once that you
officiated in a pulpit do you mean by that
that you" preached: "JNo sir, I held
light, for the man that did."' ' " ! '
whole?no. 4oe;
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'-t'. ? The Sheep Trard j
A letter from the (American fort,, at the,y
a
mouth of i thief Gila river, received;at San.j -Diego
oo the 10th ult.,' gives an account k
of an'Indian battle between the tYumasj
and Dpcopasrj iu ot -the tatters kiJled andUj
13 wouridod., J; 3 ij'f; .'j -. .
- One hundred and three thousand sheep i ,
were within avfew days marfeh of, the fern
ry- Seven thousand were being crossed,
the day before, the"Major leftf The price',.,
of ferriage istwenty-five cents per .heady
The
e officers and soldiers rat Vprt Yumaa - ." . j;
t all weli!;;V; aS";; yCs. M)nt f".
are.
.." A Wa'shiugton cwresponrlcht states that -'
. information' had been 'recfeifed thatLor5'v r'-
Howderi, British' Miaister ittSpairip had" ' ; - .
ifcf:r-ecded'in''makinff a trcalVwith SrvTn ' ! t V: - '. i:
a treatywith Spain, -'
by which Englisll Risers are pe"rmVttcd "terf
land meu in Cuba'toteatch pianvaSoas ri . ,
for !newlv-impOrtedbslaves.i-"If this fro: 1 . -
ivision ginjuH Be Carried "out, : it 'win "be .
pretty efficient in ::suppreising the traffic?5 ' .
t Serious' Trouble i;fDE CfeyRofcEK'A'
- j. i " ' . i . . 'i ''". - - T. . "
uoyernmeni,, uas( ju.st. Tcceivea .,aaviees.ii
rom the Southwestern uperintendeBcyi;:
of Indian Affairs, saying1 that a portion of
the Cherokee nation are ; in arms against
their tribal authorities ; that some one .hun
dred of the3isco'ntented recently attack-- "
' 'ii ' ;' T" v- , aw -. ' . a :a
ea ana anuraerea John and Washington
Adair, two rioted friends of the Ross jSr
ty; that, as ascertained,' the Wfi-jjossi&s' 1
in arms at this time number some two,.
hundred fighting men, whodeciare their .
determination to kill or drive out from the'
nation persons obnoxious to them, to the "
number of sixty-five men. . '
An Enterprising GESius f-VProfssor! i-
Edward Butt lately absconded from Rock :
Island, 111., with a lot of personal property '.t
belonging to his employer. Traced info
Hancock county, he Svas found in a netf '
character--had got pious and was; posted -o
for a sermon the bill reading:'" r tfr.,i t
: -"Preaching At the school-house, by
Ebward Butt; is the sole he '- had stolett 1
soeleather immortal or 'will the wicked be"'"
forever tormented in a conscious state of
being." -.;.) i.l . !!?.!. ? -.,u)
The 'Squire sent him to Jail, where he :(
will wait for the Grand Jury, i Hes is the o
same scamp who traveled through Jhio a
with a collection of snakes', riot long since; i a
It was n't a bad idea, however, for a. sofc'.z
leather thief to take for his text "is the sole yi
immortal!,"-,:; -sj ,m 1 j.-.ui oJ'.rJ
3ST: Thirty -eight, bmlding.lots.inj'the
suburbs of .Louisville, Ky., were recently
sold at rates ranging from $12,75 to $ J 4,),,
75 per front foot, and bringing in the agf V
gregate $28,000., 7 Nine acres of adjoin-; j
ing land were sold to a railroad company
at $1,500 pecacre.. .T- V.l :
JW To see a wasp-waisted young lady (
n ringlets and an abundance of flounces,
rrrnffnlW sail tn t.1v liparl 'nf-thfi fariln1
o V J w
and with a voice' as angelic "as" tcnof"
flute, call to : the waiter for a plate of cold '
pork and beans" is the most trying tiling1
romance can encounter.
Hot Biscuit. "I'm glad you ; sire . to
stop here to tea, this aftenioon ," said a!f
little boy to a lady visitor of his maternal..,
parent. . ..... ,. . , ,- , - .., r u
"Why soxmy son?" ' . : -, -!
" 'Cause we always get hot biscuit when
there's compkny to teal." ' " 1
&3T A St. Louis paper announces in 1?
its' columns , the marriage of a Mr'. Fore '
horse. . We believe we have no hesitation S
in saying the newly made husband is - a
team.; .- , ; : : -i ii;f
Youth axd Age. : When we are young ?
we are slavishly employed in procuring i?
something whereby we may live comfor
tably . when we grow old, and when .-ire tl
are old, we preceive it is too late to live
as we posscsed. Pope. !; : : : , ; ,
Philosopiiv Teaching by Conundrums. !'J
-i Why are diplomatic papers called '' cit''1
cular notes"; Because they go round about i;
a subject Avithout coming to any definite '
end. They are, moreover, called circu- s
lar because they are seldom on the square.'
Trifles. One half of the unhapiness ,
we have in this life, exists because of ,too .
much sensitiveness" and a morbid disposi- T
tion which allows "trifles to weigh heavily ,
on our minds. A trifling loss or .incon-
venience often causes more annoyance
than a much greater sorrow.' '"'' .
: Conclusive. An. Irishman being ask-."t
ed, on a late trial,' for a certificate of his ! s
marriage, bared his head and exhibited ;a ( ;
huge scar, which looked as though it might v
have been made with a fire shovel. ,
The Wicked. Men. scanning the sur
face count the wicked happy; they' see not '
the frightful dreams that ' crowd a ? bad
man s puiow. . .
Shouldn't Wonder. The man rwho t
"fell in possession of fifty thousand 'dol-::i
lars," found very little difficulty in getting r
up in the world. "i 1 " - , "t" ,
Something in it. A scapegrace of a:.:
Frenchman; once said that oldi-peoplevj
were fond of, giving good advice because- i
they were no longer able to . set bad j fix.-;?
amples. ,i : 'H
. . .. : " : : r : -
' ; D6n!t Forget it. Conceit in the fruj .
mane mind is like fermentation beef. The 4
weaker the elemepts the stronger it works
It is your two cent pop that pops off its,. .
corks and froths over. 1
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