The Port Gibson reveille., August 16, 1854, Image 1

About The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857

Image provided by: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

                
i
W
—*™'
—
mwvrt
Button fc »'Roirrifroc,
Urt'UH SIIOIMllkBK.
- <:*
4 **
JIM##? 1
AuvritTisnu ii vri s
t
*
<$►
/v
^'!rstin«« , rtifti. )#>» ««jflnre.'trh fi !»«?•< «r tc «. *•! 00
Kserv «miIim*»|w tit
07" Liberal iledaetions «mute oh yearly ailvf
ti>*-m<*ntK.
(y-y» f •-vt-illf* »•* pnl»li'ti#<l every wSMnitiluv
.JHo pop^r t|i*rontitti>rii until p*t«t tor
pout Master*- aru Kq«Cst«(t,IOMtM agent»
f >r nw
/
-
CM
TERMS.
. V
1
1
H
Tna.Hsoce i * . . . S2 C0
it the e«pirntii>n of air month* - .* .too
At the «mkI oClhe y«'ar . • - 4 Of)
ftT 1 "' AU communication» to the editor mu»,t lie
po«t-pai«l.
i
i
i !
A
' L
Ai
V?
A
4
AS
y
a*
4
-sfc
j-p:
* oluino 3.
» . A POLITICAL, LITERARY, AGRICULTURAL, AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER.
>iiiiiIm i 52.
v*
J- M. Merrlûeld, Publisher
PORT «.ntsov, < i COUm, mss
WEDWKSlUt, AlOUST 16, IN54.
Whole Number, 15C.
• a
-
—
-
wFpjvM fiat«*» -tc*.
'stSso-^Ks;
r-t
1» 0 J T K ï
i
!
For the Port (otanit Reveille,
Young Folks at Home.
nv I'l.ABA r. V. IIA*KK1.I*. '
F10111 ehililbood's sunny joy« ileWreil,
l.ikc lices robbed of the floww-t,
Some harsh disconlant tones e'er jarrctl,
I'pon my happiest hours;
Hut uuny a joyous, blithsome «lay
I've spent, nor cared fo roam.
When the * Old Folks" wire all away,
And th* Young Folks at home.
»'lit this world is always bii-;ht and. gjy,'
Nsmntter where I roam.
It the"Ohl Folks" are all away.
And the Young Folks at home.
When liome from school we dropped our hooks,
All merry, young and free,
A maiden aunt, with prudish looks,
Chided onr childish «lee ;
Rut many « happy gala day
I've spent, nor thought to roam, * *
When my u Old Aunt " was far away, 4,»
W'ith the Young F>dka at. home.
Oh ! this world is ever bright and gay, Ac.
:
i
1
;
*
"T"
1
;
fit» ml-«tame, whom age bad made «0 blttid
She aearee eotiM see the su»,
t'ould always see enough to find
Some fault with every one ;
Hut many • ph-asaut holiday
I've s|K*nt. nor cared to roam.
When the"Old Dame" was lar away.
Ami the Young Folks at hhme.
Oh ! this world is ever bright and gay,
No matter where I roam.
If the 41 O.d Folks * arefsr away.
And the Young Folks at home.
('npiaH Çnüepint* I'tUilutr, Juif* 1 **T» I.
England. Subsequently the sentence was
elmngo .1 to confinement in his house. A
w'ntinel was kept, at his door dnv and night,
k whom b«was wont to call bis nhxrrua-tnry,
^ At last \lxv vigilance of the board of war re
laxed, and the sentinel disappeared ; adora
«tnlo ho wa. roph.co.1, ao,l i . liUl. ro
moved altogether. The doctor used pleas
aotly to remark that, lie had been " guarded,!^
regarded and disregarded " Once \lic Doctor |
tried lo have 'the sentinel let him go after j
aome milk for his family ; but he was firm :
and would not II« then urged the case with ;
the honest but simple ftllnw. and actually in- ;
dneed him to go after tlu*milk while the Doe -1
tor kei.t guard over hiinsclf! The neighbors
filled with wonderment to s£e their pas
tor walking before his own door with the sen- ï
Li'. p,nn, kb Ml« .n.l when
story got abroail. it furnisliod fwl for town
go<4n and merriment for several days
The Doctor had rather a shrew«Wi wife, so
j)M day ho called at tho old distillery tliat
n.^Cil to Blnml oil fitnola itrcct, and acoo.stuJ
•».amMarttai: .
l'î'û Tcpiicd Mr. um.
to Ä" «M w. eLr. -1 .«ou
sanie gll Im ly at nnoU.er time Ho bad
noma curiosities wlneh p-opje occasion ally
called to ace. One day
Mrs. H. was 'in the «ads an LC 1 !
husband to shut her ,n £
Amt Ï
M ï S fi R 11X N S 0 T 8.
— 3 —
•=rs
Tho
Jokir£ Clergyman.
Dr. Bylr* was the most original compound
of religion nnd mirth, ronspicuon? in the lat
ter part ot the last ccntiirv. in N«*w England.
With a good heart, a mind of rtnhle pinciples
nnd decent reverrnco for his liolv office, lie
nevertheless possessed a buoyant and genial
flow of spirit« constantly running over with
pnn* or witty conceits. Ho maintained his
connection with his (the Hollis street) church
for forty-three vears. He was a hale, yet
aged fnan when tho Revolutionary war !>egun,
and in his political predictions loaned to
ward tlie roval side.
In May, 1777 . it was deemed le ensaary to
arrest him as a torv. lie was condemned to
be placed on l»oar«l a guard-ship and «nt to
hibited his curiosities,
cry thing *lse ho «aid :
.« N..w ladies, I have reserved my greatest
curiosity to the last and opening the closet
door, ho cxhibiteil Mrs. B to the lad.es.
ly • slouifli of aciponu
There was au unsrem ■HHHH
U*forc his door, in Ute slrnpe of a quagmire.
Which lie bad rcjicatcdly urged the U»wn au
1 horitic* to remove. At last t wo of >C
effnrers got fairly Uuck in it ; they wl..pH
1 heir horses, they hawed and geed. but they
couhl not get nut. Dr. Ryle* saw them from
his window. He at«>pped out in the
•< ! am deliglOod. gentlemen," said be, rub
hing his hand* with gl«. " «ce you stin -
/ ing in this mailer, at last Hw * ,n -
111 the ground ' was soon after healed.
Coing along the stiect one day, lie found
himself in a great crowd near the North
Church. ... t
•* What is tho matter ? inquired ho of a
bystander. ., » ; . , a t
" Why. sir. there ia a man going to ny from
the fileftplts 1
" I'oh' |K>h !" raid he, " do you come Itère
nwu flv ? Why, I have seen a boric
,P , .
A learned lady of Boston dispatched a note
|«i him on Mio Great Dark l»ay, (May iJ,
17H0.i in rite following style
•« J »ear Ifootor^-Huw <io you acoouut for
tbi* darkness ?''
Hi« reply wa* . z -,,
• Roar Madam-I am A* mu eh %n Ike
dat k s* you are "—Etshnngf Paper.
to see a
»*>
fly
i
__ -
r., « %^ z«* - «rr i
„• brt yX J tl ,ÜT,
hour y"« ' T, 'l f « , , h 1 a ;,y
"*«**;; JCrSÂÎjSÎ . 1 ,
an
What is more contemptible than a scandal -1
manger ? What is more *> he dreaded than
tho «pirit of fow. mean "OMip. that pervade«
too niany heart a ? *
There U a ein«« of meddlers in the worjd,
who mind cvervlKxly s business li.ittheir own.,
- - • - " ■
A Word to Meddlers.
that
Instead of endeavoring to discover the pootl
traits in a person's character, they seek with
tho utmost diligence for the evil. When a
neighlior or an acquaintance falls inti* an
ror, tliey do not ndministet a reproof in
f'liristiaii-like manner rocommendid in tbc
j Bible. On the contrary, ilw*e (MMp> con
st'Uute themselves renorten-in-chief of all
" wT havc no confidence in thoarr who would
rchoar.-e long stories nUut the Lwlth and fob
boa of others, for we U licve, and with rcaron,
too that we have no ccapc.. Tho sincere*«
'nature is, by their misreprerentation, made
i to seem
! torted into falsehood, and religion into a mere
pretence. They arc always wondering why
- •_ n • ; n iif Ci aod w hy
•* *
er
staute themrelve* Tt.
I misdi nir anora wbiob cone under their wutoh
fc \e« Kvery word, look and deed, how
trtvîal, i* magnified by the braieu tnngue
of rumor, till it it a difficult task to ascertain
the truth. * *" * • 4 ' '1 •
■
r».
cv
artful and designing; truth is di^j
: people chose certain conr.-vs
they entertain views opposite to their own.
i Tliey nrc constantly on the alert, that tliey
1 may be duly appraised of the movements of
those around them.
Do?« Mrs. Heine, the rich h«ly across the
way, purchase a common 41 k for a walking
dress, rather than n hroendo, they give it ns
their opinion, that she can no longer waste
much in extravagance, and that «orne omiu
ous reverses threaten to bring her down to a
level With them.
liocs the pour scboolinistresa leave her sit
nation on account of failing health, they
come to tlie sage conclusion, that, though she
hag the plea of illness for an excuse, they be
licvo tlie committee saw that aho had been
.there long enough. % J * *
; Dues Deacon Morton send his handsome
son to a distant seminary, tliey declare in
council that without doubt the young man
was so wild and reckless, his father was obli
ged to send him to the country.
poo* the niillionarie, whose prinecly home
1 excites their envy, decide to tako hi* whole
; family 011 a family tour to Niagara and the
i.akes, they surmise that this is a plan to con
ceal tho chagrin of the eldest daughter, bc
slic could not secure that Luglisb 110
Ml
Oxtn IN Havti.—T he donkey is the most
common carrier ol I layti, and there is noth- j
\n% •> awkwardly shaped whethor it l>e a bar- j
rel of flour or a load of hay. that the islanders
cannot secure it upon their hacks. Occasion
ally a team of oxen may be met with, but no
j K , t(cr cv jj oncc 0 | thejr unfrequeney may be
f(1)jni ] t j >an tfia un «.-kilful manner in which
,| Riy ar0 i, nn ,lled Wo quoto Spat » letter to
,j 10 v* rW y or k Ere nine* Post:'"
They drive oxen as i f they were pigs. One
„ before and «'tows tlicm tho way r
.'""X,' X.
H how them what U uot the way ;*a fourth
„„ tho M a mrt 0 f vigilance com
| and all four whin and scold, shower
j ; th ^, an<1 order9 lipor | the poor animals
: a moat distracting volubility. Four
; |{ av ,; ons drtvin" an ox team make quite as
; l ««wc as "might be expected from two
-1 | lllt| j rc j sailors gettin*« an eighty gun frigate
un j or Rytwecn'thc noise and the scour
• ( | 10 WM , r ; >n ,tcs, who arc rarely more
ï i tl (cî|ij>cnt thau their drivers, have a sad
Tlie same writer says that a cargo of cat
tie, tied together in threes and fours by ropes
aroun j their necks, were landed at Dort au
j» r ; llC0 . ()f course, as soon as they started
^| lC y .jj pulling in different directions,
,„a U f,.ro tlxty l.id got mf a fr-.ni tlie
ts ÏÏÂTÆÂ
äTÄÄ'S
oLtrëingto.ny one of tlic drivers to untie
their ropes and let them walk by thenwclvei.
Five hours, at least, were consumed ,n get
! ting the cattle, abWt fortr tn nnmbcr, hne
blocks from the „bore, aud one perubed on
thejoamey.
---e
Knoi;tino a \VoW*N.-- Hcniauia de Dag
ny. a Frenchman who has spent some years
in Russia, relates the foüowiug interesting in
cident:. *
" In 10 Ô 0 . under the reign of tho imlolcnt
and luxurious Elizabeth, who bad abolished
capital punishment, Madame Lapoukin. a wo
man of rare beauty, of which the Czarina
was envious, was condemned*® the knout and
transportation, in spite of the privilege of the
nobility never to suffer the fortm-r punisli
ment. She had been fetcJ, carcs-wd and run
after at court, and had, it was said, betrayed
the secret of the Empresses luison witli the
l 'rince RiiZ'mmosky. She was comlucte*l i»y
the executioner to the public square, where
sho was exposed by. one of them, who relied
up her chemise as far as lier waiat; when
another arranged her with his coarse dirty
hands, in the required position, obliging lier
to hold her head .town, while a .mau of the
lower classes squatting at InA feet, kept her
Tho tfkeeutioucr cut her fledi into
tfdred «trokes of the knout,
cause
blvman for Her husband.
Rut this is not all : their suspicions and
reports-arc not always so harmless. They
sever hearts that have loved and trusted,—
plant discard and strife where tho dove of
peace should Told her white wings ; 'and make
enemies of those who hare once been friends.
Dear routier, from such gossips uiay you and
wc be saved.— »V, Y Wide Awake,
îegs still.
shred* with 00«* hu
.from her sltodUcn to tho lower portion of
Wn>j ; vf u . rt hc inflieüo» of tho punish
ni( , flf> ( lf . r | 0 „guc wa* tom out, and a short
tnno sub«qucntly sue wa* sent to Siberia.
^ raaaliedm Iflftä by Roter 111. 1
"1 i
•
fl /" BU^ccplikiltty to delicate attentions
i tul o 'sense of the nameless and exquisite teti
.Irrncssuf manner aud thought, cmstitute 111
i
«en »"■! «.«»prewu. .«*«»
t, , nrelv found in the rhiraeterl of men.
*""is -H
A
A Mistake in Weight.
Andre* Wyman was like Lord Byron in
one re^-coet : he had a great horror of grow.
in*;fat. What added tn hi., apprehensions on
thUi Bcnro. was the fact that hi» father, before
he died. attained a degree of rotundity which
would have onat.lnd hitn U» fill respectably
.1v. . -*.s ahlarma».
stood five feci eight in his stock
the ofhe^of alderman.
Andrew 1
ings! and weighed one hundreil and forty-live
pounds—a very reijpeclalde weight—within
which he endeavored to keep himself, by tho
1 , _ t ü ,. .
free use of vinegar and other acids, wbieii are
reported to dimmish any U-ndcncy to pmgui
dity. y
Andrew was in the habit of Weighing bun
self once a fortnight, in öfter to make
that ho was ubt transgressing proper bounds.
Hg bad ltccn absent fnnn home rather
than.a week, and just stepped out of the
oars in the depot, when his attention was ar
r. s«ed by •« instrument jor dcO-rnmung the
we.ght. Mrchaincrdly he placisl himself on
thc platfm m ami adjusted the we.ght to one
hundred and forty-fivc. To his surprise ho
.. . . ®
pounds-sltll .ncff-ctual lmagme his con
sicruation when tiie scales foil at one hundred
and seventy-five ! f
" Hood heavens !" said bo t.o liimaclf.—
There can't be auy giistaka about it —Prr
sure
mow
found ihu not^ uflTuÿent.
\V ith an :ur of alarm he advanced it five
" There can t be auy niistalto about n-nr
thirty pwmis tmUnmaJoUn&Ut
I was af.a.d it would be so. It was so with
my father before me. At tins rate 1 slmlhgo
beyond bun in a few weeks,
tlic *ouso with an a.r of
molnn<-he*lv upon Ins face which exc.lcd the
hare of las wife who had come lorward U)
af ! ür 1,8 ab8 f. ,,co \ v .
ft hy* Andrew-Mr. W y man - what a
Uie matter? she asked,
" Matter enough !" ho groaned. . ** 1 weigh
one hundred and seventy-live pounds ! Hain- j
ed thirty pouuds within a fortnight—or at the ■
rate of fifteen per week ; in three months 1 '
shall bo a perfect monster. I am the most
unfortunate of men!"
" I'm .sure you don't look any larger," said
Mrs. Wyman. "You don't find that your
clothes hafe grown small for you !" *
" Why no."
" I'll tell you what, Mr Wyman," raid his
wife, struck with a sudden idea, " are you
ourc you didn't have your ralixc in your
hand triten you tvas 'weighed
Andrew's face brightened up.
" Wffit a minute,'* said he.
He aped out of the house like an arrow—
flew to the depot, aud renewed the experi
merit. ,,,
A moment after he entered the house again,
his fa®c glowing with joy.
M You've hit it, wife," ho exclaimed.—
41 I've weighed myself again, and only weigh
one hundred and forty-three."
Mr Wyman was so elated by the altered
stale of the case, that lie at once gave his wife
mu „ c ^, CUO iigli to purchase a " love of a eol
| ar -» t;l»o had seen at Warren s the day
[T?-The principle of getting tlm good of
a thing was never more forcibly and aptly d
lustrated than by the littlo anecdote we are
going to toll ; U was the case of a niggardly
man, who adorned the outskirts of a country
tow» iUh I» f—ily m*mf
appoint by tlm villagers, waited upon hint
irt a certain time to secure a Tittle of Ins pc
cuniary assistance to tlie project of pu reha.Miig
a puttie hearse. The sight of tint dreary
looking old bier had long troubled the pc.plo
at large, and it was in accordance with tlmir
refined sentimeut that the committee alluded
to. called to sco if he were willing to give
them a lift. Greatly to their surprise, he did
squeeze his treasury ohest till it leaked to tho
amount of a whole dollar !
JuK :,b™t .,«.r .Hcr.nr.lsrop.
resentative body had oeeamon to attend upon
him again. Thix time, however, it was fur
fielp to baild a bewree-/«o</»r. Tho new Hearse
[ la ,j no t a cover suitable to a vehicle so costly.
Q|j Pcrrcrutint stood aghast.
•• A if-Jl.r more V'«ai<l lie. eacb cf i|if eyufl
»/ i« *• ~ - *•
l* ^ r tcr WI " ^
Only last ycurMgikve a doilar-a whole dol
* r ^ uya * "HSi*the world
it waît anottier
y a * t , til it J l tell you ! Let
dollar^ J^^Vve ^iî aircady.
will vo a«..l liu.n it'll he time euoudi to come
for more'" ^
^ Cüni taitteo on a public hearsc-liouso
\ UT that day, »udgot
. . • on buttons.—*V. Y. !
Journal 1
' / _
" ' " '
Ann's pnn a Statue. I'lyeryhody has soon
or hcartl of tho Vomis of Milo—that wonder
ful creation which of itsell is worth a whole
museum It will be remembered tho hUtue
i ? destitute of arms, and aoademieans. antre
«juartea, ami sculptors liavo long been id dis
potc upon their truo position and movement,
while every artist has deplored their less—
Itseemj that these, arms have been recently
foumWnot the veritable original* belonging
to this particular ktatne, Inrtu o«»py with the
-arms in their rigid, place, na-* ju*t >ecn ex
humed from the trenches of lwo.nc. The Vc
nus of the I«ouvro is nearly seven feet high.
The copy just found is of reduced size, benig
from fonr and a half to five foot. only, lim
Venus, it seems, .has trimuphed over her ri
vais, Minerva and Juno, with whom she has
disputed for the prize. One of her arms, the
left, is elevated in the air. whöro she Uni
the apple which l'aris lias just given her.
The right i.s inclined downward, gilher.ng
and adjusting her raiment thus ha* Je
problem he«h solved ; nit where is the artist
chisel out the arms of tho \euu*
___
, a-.'A gcntkft.au who had borrowed mo
no? of all his friend*, at last rcsortc-l to au
old Quaker who raid, *' friend Fordye«, I ;
dice; but \ will uot be mined by 1 our- ;
. -j«., jte
"It's an ill wind that blows nobody any
good."— True Fla g. m
who dares
of Milo?
two
dice '
Tho Nobleman's ton.
fa a «tatet* earths overhanging »he bay of
Capernaum, a child i*<Ijring.' Uotd 'r.ed lali
cos admit t bo chill IWrober air, to wave tho
gorgeous ha ngings of Tyrian dye
Upon a piio of cushions, embroidered and
spangled in gold, lies a l>oy. whose bloc eyes
and locks, bright as the spangles on his pil
low, j>roelaijn his mother a daughter of tho
Kgean. Tliat mother, leaning upon the no
He form of her husband, gaies upon lier
child with an eve of weary terror, and orte ;,
" Alas ! my lord, what shall we do V'
" 1 know uot." u tuo stem reply. Airacl
approaches.
" If Jesus were here," said t!»c littlo sister
of tlie Kiifhter. " he could cure him—nurse
Judith said so."
And who » Jesoa ?" they demand of tbc
aged tnatron, who jm«t enters the ohauilicr.
"A prophet!" is the reply. lie wrought
manv mighty works at tho Passoydr. He
has just come tn Cana "
"l heard of him!" exclaims tho noble
•VVliat. ho! make ready my chariot!"—
and ho liastrns fbrtli, and prerentiy the sud
den rush 'of wheels and clatter at hoofs ring
through the roidniglit streets.
The shouts die away ; tho dash of the waves
along the starlit shore is only heard. As
dawn approaches, the delirium of the suflerer
roan.
iBoretpcfc ^
His month is furred and black, tho eye is
sunk and surrounded by n livid circle, the
skin begins to bo spotted with black, an omen
too well understood. As noon approaches, lie
sinks rapidly away. His extremities arc
cold, his pulse is gone, and tlie sure tokous of
immediate dissolution appear.
Tho watchers prepare to repeat for tho fit
ting spirit the confession of faith for tbc dy
ing Israolite. The mother and sister are led
j to an adjoining apartment. The maasion
still as flic grave, save when breaks
the mother's irrepressible sobs of un
■ grows
' forth
guish.
All wtil to hear the loud cry of the watch
or: " Hear, O Israel, Jehovah, thy Hod is
one Hod!" and to reply, " Jehovah, he U
Hod !"
Dot the dirgç comes not. Moments pass
like hours. Anguish heightens to agony. — •
When hark !* from tho chamber of death, in
stead of a funeral cry. comes forth the rnusi
eal voice—" Mother !"
She starts—she screams—she rushes to
wards the door—when, gliditig, white-robed
like a spirit, to her embrace, his long locks
floating bock, his olicek, lip and eye, radiant
with health, comes tlie augelic figure of her
son. She clasps him to her bosom, cold, ner
vous, clinging—though weak, her child, her
joy, h r pride!
* * *
. - » xv n
I uapin«; tijeRösebu» A - . ..
often watched an impa c ,p n
T T I f !
fij behold it a full o u ■■ • '
leaves apart, and thereby bn n - 1
ami death.
Th.s morning we paused to look
little ones we nut on "
eluteren w.10 eoukt scarce spe ! ..
dling along with «tiort uneven s p. o
tightly 111 their tiny hands, the tx»o ,
piges for tlmm.^ooald coiitoin W h
V'fY were einbellisüe J, 7
eoh.rcd pictures They uearc it -
^ ÄÄÄtÄ
j! . ' . , • . -."y «huuld rest upon
.' . * , * f ehildhiMMl
" this sudden chan<n>
, , * ', , . : t liar inL* eneu
» • * ?,
' f.ir joang (Äb wil» pure
»? r'^uÄfE
* Tt 1IS3
andtlauko f "tearing open the ro sebud.
PrrnnsTlTOtis —'The thirty Lascars (Hin
doo>) Spart of the crew of"the ship l*,...-,,
of tho Pacific, wjm arenow in jail aa witness
cs on char««, Referred by them against the
capMdCof that ship, art a most superetitioa*
setof,nou. Tlyjy are allowed tlie privilege
of the jail-yard, and will not cat any article of
food which is cooked by a Glnistian. They
! do not cat ;uiy animal food, but live on lisli
and rice, and jure allowed to do their own
cooking. They passed Snnday in tho juil
yard, preferring tn remain in tbc hot sun ra
t j wn j Q +.hade. In their walk aL*ut
^ yar ^» discowr «4 a fig in his aty, at
t |, 0 jiHitbf vyhicli they wc)e greatly alarmed,
0 " nu aoouunk coaid the?, bejndaoed to
tako ;i Hc'comJ | w k at the terriblo crcaturc.^—
of ^ offinCRJ put t j, e boatswain's wiiis
^ ^ bps, and blew a blast; but th*
^ >ont ^ wni(| aiw i iwo ot h t *rs imme«liatcly regain
^ possessionpf llw whistle, and sot to work !
flI bbinig Jff tl*e itt. »in of an left by the officer'*,
^ ^ ^'hristian's," lip* And, as if
rph hure wruiild he unavailing, they retort
0 q tu fi rP t 0 purify tlie mstaumeut .—Boston
r
_ ' —. . ■«-, -
ß'^LCv o i* never lost for language ade
u .j£ BXpr es* H»clf When it i* out ol'
rose-colored adjective« aud gilt-cJged oida- j
^ squocxiuy y f the bauds,
klss ; n „ ' au d embraces. There ta more phi
h^ophy and mcaniog in a single hug. than
jy ^ ut the whole world, in
pUl .l)ng the amorous ton-no of the .Mormons
au j th c entire book of Genesis. Dove, like
murdcr> wi |l " out." if school doc* keep and
candy has " ri*. ' ^
^ M
. IT/" Always trust a pretty girl. Loauty
« raercd It sj* cheat* you n will be a prêt
; ty i art! - bowc 5 cr ! tuilt ***
;
#
*
*
Across the far plains, two chariots rage
fiercely from opposite directions They meet
—tho^panting coursers elwckod suddenly in
their headlong career.
•* Thy son Tiveth j'' is tho thrilling cry.
•' Since when ?" gasp* tho toil-worn lather.
" Yc.-terday, at the acventh hour, the fever
left him !"
"The same!" exclaims the nobleman —
And without anothor word, followed by his
retainer, thunders away to Capernaum.
The True Beauty of Home.
Tho cimntry 1 « a trn« home of beauty. rod
hnrtienltnre is tho free reh«vd of mate, in
which' all our render« may lien. nie »ft pupiR,
if they choose, anil gratified and useful pro
lessor* if they will it. and help to create ns
much beatfy m their spare hours as the
wealthy citisen can purchase, with the gams
of years, to decorate his bnek and lunr
tar palace in the metropolis.
There is no mere ornament, in the house
or out of it. so cheap and so tasteful as heal
thy plants aud flowers; and you will hear ten
i*;r»un* of sense admiring your geraniums nr
fuehsiana, where on« wi I! notice your rieh
curtains and tali mirrors. And ont doors,
the ey< that would never be attracted by glar
ing paint, cornice or column, will be instantly
arrested by the living arabesijuc of a native
creeper, or tlie umbrageous outline of an
American tree. •
Do yon not admire that simple !it& rot
tage, with its gracedd trees, fr.u H our nat.ve
woods? The vines making lrautiful while
tliey conceal tho rough outbuildings; the
little "front yard," or more fitting lawn.
gemmed with shrubbery and Rparkltng with
bowers, with neat walks witli a tingu of vel
vety turf or natural ones over it, all in keep
ing, and all suited to the means of the taste
ful owner. If you have been able to lift the
veil that hides tlie life within, have you not
found real comfort and truo happiness there.
and are uot the inmates really deserving of
what they enjoy? ^ \
And how much in time and money has all
this cost? Pcrhap* less thau a tithe of what
your rich neighbor has expended to rear that
great pilo of tsmrds and shingles, or more
ambitious mountain of brick and mortar,
with a countenance as blank M an overgrowing
idiot's, and as barren of beauty as a lumber
yard or a brick-kiln, and not athiiig--cxeept
weeds in the grounds or paints on the walls
either greener or brighter than the man who
Can deem this huge abortion the ne plus ul -
Ira of architectural taste. .
Ten to one he who built that dwelling, if a
farmer, is one of those who " would rather
have a hill of potatoes than a rosebush," an*]
would sootier raise a snarling cur thau plant
a beautiful tree — Prairie Farmer.
O.ve Happy Heart.—H ave you made one
? m ppy heart to-day ! Envictl privilege .—
How calmly you cau sock your pillow ; h«iw
sweetly sleep ? In all this world, there is
nothing so sweet as giving comfort to the dis
tressed, .as getting a «un-ray into a gloomy
( lcart _ Children of sorrow meet us wliero
uver wc tur „ : tluwo is not a moment tliat
tears aro Wlt »Imd. pigh« uttered.
many of those sighs are caused by our own
thoughticssiMjn ! How many a daughter
«Up U,c ^ 1 of.fon.l
uukindnciw and ingratitude . How many
husbands, by one little word, make a whole
of sad hour» and unkinfl thoughts.—
1,,,w man . y w ' v . cs *. lj >' recnmination, estrange
Jiu^l embitter loving heart« . ImF
Mj"!i^^ ÂÜiï il.
- l «*•
Deaitifüi. Rk.ntimknts —The following
from " The Hous«* by the River Side," is tru
ly eloquent, ami embraces the belief of every
Jl.ri Jan heart : ^ *
" Ho preach to tlie block« and stone.-*, J
who believe that love is ohsyd Go preach to
the d«*a<lly who deny t,he immortality or t in
affections ! Ho reason wiUi trees, or hills,
image* ot wood, or with your motionless, icy
soul«, ye who believe, because there is no
marrying yonder, there shall be no embracing,
or because wc may not use the gentle words,
" uiy wife," wc tusy not clasp those sanctified
forms in our own arms! I tell you, man,
that immortality would bo a gloiipos cheat, if
with all our day, dio all our afleetions. I tell
you ttmt annihilation woald bo heaven it I
bclievcl that when my head at length rests
os», its coffiu pillow, and my lips «ink to si
ieuco and repose in death, those loving eyes
would uever look into mine again, that pure
clasp never be around my neck, that holy ca
res* never bless me inure.''
Propaoation of Hnk Roses-I t may
not be kuown to many of our rea.ler*. that tlie
fine roses of the China varieties maybe read
j|y propagated by means of slips ut from
thewell-ripened woodshpsthreoor four iiieh
e* in length, strip oil a part of the f«* tage,
and insert them tu clean white rami placed
i u pots or boxes. Keep tlicm regularly wa
tcred, so that they may not get too «Iry. ami
at regular temperature. 1 hey strike roo'
very f.cely. Snwo practice wwntig them
with a bell-glass, but those ot most ixpertenee
du uot confier the praotioc necessary. Lie
*'<» * T\T 1 JnZ
^the
a * fruit troc «sw budded .. hwk l* mueh^o
the beauty of the bar» y di^. . » |
"f l " ,ru "^ 7 ^ Wr «tassoal«
^ ,, J( , ra lh c shrubbery of the hotue-sicad
•Tlie Polandors,
A Polish Aneuoote.
though a brave and high-minded jreoplo, had
of the worst government* in tlie world,
and this proved their ruin! It was an Oligar
chy. with an elective Monarchy. They had
a diet or supreme legislative body ; hut instead
of a niajority, a single vote could stop the
passage of any law, or the adoption of any
This often led to «eue* of violence
The diet ou one occasion wished
one
iceasure.
or outrago.
to pas* an important law, which they had rca
to believe would be opposed by one of
their body. They therefore contrived to as
semble earlier than he expected they would
Tliey closed tho doors and proceeded to huai
He got some intimation of what tliey
were about, came to the house, and demanded
It was refusod him. He then
*>n
entrance.
climbed upon the roof and descended through
a large stove-pipe, and lay concealed until the
question wa* taken, when ho unexpectedly
put out hi* head through the stove door and
pronounced " V cto !" No sooner was this
done, than a nobleman who stood by, drew
his «word and cut off his head. I hi* effect
ually silenced all opposition, and the
passed tic mine eonlradicen/c.
measure
Yet how
Tho Conditional Man.
There nrc some men wire* nre never knnwn
{to givfran unenndiiSOnnl »«rout to any j.rep<v
Mt»m. Imwcycr Helf-nwdent.
i We hate in mind a person of this ehan»c
ter to whom, for the «dmjrt convenience, we
shall give 1 he name of \\ lute
! A U aaUful morning. Mr. \\ lute, we
rcrtinijed. 6n one occasion.
" Ves'' »aid he. iloiilsingly, " but T should
nt wonder if it mined before night." '
" Vonr puna is a orreat improvement to
yonr house." we continnc'l.
''Vos. sir ; but it'« u little too narrow. If
J ii was.-a f (K) t, «.y.-wider, it would be just
j the thing
" In that care, yon most like Mr. Smith s ;
for. if I am not mistaken, his is precisely that
width "
' Very troc, buttln*n it's too high.
" I low do yon like our new minister ? H<v|
1» generally popular—a cood preacher, a mssl
p*if.or and a tum». '
" M liy, you, f admit all that , but did'nt
you notice how askew his ncck-cloth was last
Sunday ?"
| " No; but admitting that to lie the ease, it
j was no objection to him in his official cltarac
ter. ^ ^
" Why. no ; hut then wo expect n minister
to pay as much nttcntiou to dress as other
folks.^ •
" Von have a flue field of potatoes, yonder,
Mr. White.
"tes: they look well enough ah >vo ground,
but there's no knowing but they may bo all
rotten hdore they are gathered."
"The new railroad will be a great thing
for the town, and do very much to build it up
—dont you think so !
" Well, I don't know hut it may, hut then
it wjll lie very noisy, so tliat a body can't have
a quiet moment to himself. '»
" We must be content to submit to a little
incmivenience for the sake of obtaining a
great good. That is the troc philosophy of!
l'umv kt — In buildine a
Ralt ïotn w
i' llic b tho intoreourwe-s erf tho brick
The «fleet will be that there
ta W tîUl i» th.1
ïLC The £Z"phy l thus stated :
.„SiuTS which U exposed
Ihe^ ^ ^ atm0ipbcw c¥ , ry |
| Tlie soot thus bcoomiug damp
falls down to the fire place ThU appears to ;
\m«m m Canada.
1 crlisps it is; but toon, them railroads
are confounded noisy. _ _ _
Almost ucspairing of Obtaining a straight
forward, unconditional answer to our umpii
no*, we, as a la^t nMt, pointed out u boy
passing by, and remarked :
" 1 hat boy has^very dirty hands. '
Yes, said ilr. Wlnto, "yes,but but
-hut. he was evidently seeking some way
in which to bring ill an objection. At length
his face brightened up, and lie continued
hut it^ they were washed, they would lx*
cleaner.
Wc left him to hi* reflections.
DG?» Tlicro is a fast buy out in Madison,
the capitol of Wisconsin, who, if he gets no
back .«cts, will scaroely'lail co reach Congre.- s
or the poniteutiary, one of these days.—His
Mbool teacher, a youtig lady, was prosecuted
by his parent* for pretty severely welting the
youtig rascal's 'back for his badness. The
ease wont up to Court, and the verdict of tl c
jury was iu effect, " Served him right." We
givc 0110 of the items of the boy's testimony,
tho wit of which attoned for its rodenes*.—
life.
He asked her to " do a sum lor him "—
which was to subtract 9 from !W. One of
the counsel asked him iTlie could not do with
out her assistance ?
Roy—" I might, but Lhe Titliemtic said I
couldn't aubstract 9 from 8 without borrow
ing 10, and I didn't know where the h —11 to
burrow U !"
It is a little questionable whether a boy
who don't know where to borrow a ten will
ever get to Cougrcs.-.
To DcsTgov Cockroaches —Aid about
a teaspoonful of powdered arsenic to about a
tablospoonfnl of mashed boiled potatoes; rub
and mix them well together, and then crum
ble about a third of it. every night at bedtime,
about the kitchen hearth : it will ali lw eaten
up or nearly so by th* following mdhiing.
The creature is very fond of potatoes, and,
devouring them greedily crawl* again into its
bole and pcrulte*. I had occasion to have
alterations made in the kitchen stove
six months after l pursued this plan, and
found hundreds ol wings and dried mummies
of dcfuuct cockroaches. Their disappearance
not attended with tho slightest p-roopti
ble smell, and though tivo years have elapsed,
not one has again been seen fu my kitchen.
In putting it into practice, any remaining
crumbs should be swept up tho next morning
aud burned.— F. dl■ Homes, A/. L).
*'11111'
[£y— A ghotklbiaii named sHiiweU Wood,
wa* being examined as a witness. Upon
giving bis name, the Judgu said, " Pray, Mr.
Wood, how do you sp«ll your uamo ?" The
geutlcmaii replied :
*• O doulJo T
I double U
E double I«
double (J
double UD."
I'pou which the astonished law giver laid
down hi* pen, raying it w;n the mo>t extraor
dinary name he had over met with iu hi* life,
and, after two or three attempts, declared he
was
vulsed iu laughter.
unable to record it. The court was cou
In the time of Oliver Cromwell, the
magistrates in tho north of England punished
drunkard.* by making them carry what is
called the dcuukard's cloak." 'I'lli* was a
lar^c barrel, with ouy head out, and a hole iu
the other, through which tho offender was
made to put his bead, while bis hands were
drawn through two small hole*, one on each
side. Willi tiii* he wa* compelled to march
along Ü10 public streets.
VV liat a straugc sight it would b\ were all
the drunkard* now-a-daya compelled to inarch
about wearing barrel* for cloak* !
i
POlITICAl.
- - 3 m ■ f... ~r~
Democratic Party net Obsolete
.» "T" _ J
| We do not understand ho* any >1 irem
an< j m * friani] ,, f l(|<1 iS ,j, arpt -„vo
j the idea of Hie disrupt Ion of tire R.*m«*cratic
; |i; , r , y The ninn w'm agents In this more
mont fnm* the b *lief tluit it will contribute
j „nytliin-» to the Seenrity t>f lb *
] Ute strengtiMif the I'nii.n must he very f .r
,,f',] 10 | ( . RS)J „ S ,,f t . x ' iM . r ; cnc0 and very
i blind to »lie inevitable nilration' of mor;il
(«»uses. T'sat On* Soutli finds in Un* a-o*n
. 4 anoy of ,| c [*„ parl y t t c ; | rjn .<e»t
bulwark of i s rid.ls and the Union the best
; ! g n „ rnlltv 0 f \ t - gShility, may Ik' re**arderl as
a nioll g ih„ f,- w p..litieal lrn«.hs that are strsa p
t ihl ( ; of absolute Im«rni1iii'iiiii
1 It is absurd to imagine that nnv <oiua t
ar coa ititi*}« cm» avail « • hokl ihU <x ■ < «1 ,
era cy together hi the absence of other and
j strenger prim-ipl.^ «; e* 4 i«shm. iVriotism
1 ' u a compound af prejudice, of neniiment. ol
habit and of principle, and the *1 »! , and
* atability of every pvlitiual community consist
m „ rj j,, UII j t y ,, f {„1^^ „„J feeling than
1 identity of government and law The Hi
gious ritea and the common games and festi
V m1s of ancient Qreeoe, combined the separate
! yt a |„ j„e (> a M , rt 0 f national unity, in tin
• j midst of incessant collision of interest an* 1
j at -tive political rivalry, in liku manner have
ja partial identity of interest and harmony <»l
j f)<( .| lu;; i mpttr t c .l to this confederacy a strnHl,
, w |,i,.|, „ci more community of government
Pou ld have given it. If, therefore, we fed
j n „y concern for tho stability and pcrpduity
; 0 f the 1'ni.m. we must deplore th** decay ol
* those moral «»anses and principles of cohesion
which have imparted strondh and compact
ness to the confederacy,
T1.0 Democratic party has contributed I*,
the stability of the b'nion nd only by this
a «wicral influence, which it shares more <u
of! with e
Smith or to
U wwuM ^ jf
would encourage young men on amount < f
their good characters, than their good do&c.*
A g Jl reputation is b«-»tor cpiut thau ,»
fin^eoat in almost auy kind of ***** «
»epk wooing a M.iÄte »Uft- n
| -__U^
\XJr The good man is always in lieavco,
; and tho evil man U always iu the other place . J
every national organization, but in
* more upeeinl and effective way. by it. eon
j ^rvative and patiiotie policy. i'n«j'tc*tion 1
| bly if the priucipio* and policy of the Whig
party had triumphed in the administration of
ibç government, the Slates would I ong since
|, av ^ be**n driven to the assertion of their ul
Innate sovercignt y and to their oii-iual i ou-1
1 tion of imlcpendeuce, or else would have been
J subjugated by thp power of Federal usurpa
j ticm-ciiher event being fatal (0 the IT.,ion
' an q ; 0 our hops, of republican liN'rty. In
every crisis ot diili-Milty an*l peril, tho prov
idcut : al ascendancy of l Iso Remuera tin part v
has rescued the Constitution from perversion.
(be Ciikni from inevitable overthrow, and
American fi.tom from hopeless oxtin«^t?on
i I» 1800 when the jealous tyranny ol feder
abam had perpetrated tho great wrong ol
s , The alien and sedition laws, the Democrat 10
' party restored the reign of justice, ami re
1 F»ire*l the wound upon the constitution. At
| terwards, in 1 SI* 2 , the same party rescu'd
'he country from suhservicuey to foreign
c domination, vindicated the national honor,
and established the republic on an impregna
bio basis. Again in 1 N 30 , when tho National
Rank menaced tho country with the domina
tion of n vast «honey corporation, a Democrat
ic l'rosident interposed, and interposed with
success, for the defence of the constitution
and the protection of the interest* of repub
lican liberty. Thus it lias been the mission
of tho Démocratie party, on tlic*«« nod on
other occisions, by resisting tint lids of fed
cral corruption, and by fearlessly assur ing
the honor and wisc'y promoting Mi » interest/
of tho country, to elevate the Cnion to it-«
present exalted position of glory and p >wci
And in that controversy which hastitray« d
section against section in licics antagonism
and which still rages with portentous fury
the patriotic «er» ice of the Democratic party
has been not less signal mid «Jeoidve lu
(»very crisis of anti slavery a:ilalioti. thabrst.
bulwark of the Cnion and the surest safe
guard of Southern rights, has bren found in
the organization of tho Democratic party
Much of applause and gratitude is due from
tho Routh to the Democracy of tho North
Tliey have not hesitated on more than
occasion to rc.-i-t tlm contagions impulse of
fanaticism nml to hazard their ascendancy, in
defence uf tlic right* of tho Routb. . Their
htstory abounds in splendid illustrations ot
devotion lo principle and fearless discharge
of duty in the midst of. prevailing defection
and against every sc«lu*lion of wlfisli interest
Hut for the Democracy ol the. North, (line
would be no law lor the recapture of fugitive
slaves. Rut for the Democracy of the North,
tho H'gma of inequality and subserviency,
involved in the Mis ou i restriction, woo'd
still rest u|H»n tho .South, Rut for tho Re
■Mflracy of tlie North, Urn triumph of al«ol -
tionism, would lung since have Irren çoinplofc,
either *" tho subjugation of tho South, or in
its expulsion from the Imion? 1 In view of its
brilliant sorvwe in the cause o( tho Union, ot
it* present power, aud its promise fur tho fu^. *
turc, the dissolution of the Demoeratic party
would boa national calamity ; and no truo
friend of the South can contemplate the con
tingeucy without alarm and an earnest prayer
that the deplorable event may be averted.-*
Richmowl Enquire/.
of
I
a
one
r
{fy-Judge 3 . had a very wild son named
Rob, who was constantly on a »pro«), 9ml un< n
being brought up for di uukeuusHM, tho J udgo
cried out,
•• Is thatour Bob ?"
" Ye« *ir," rcpliod tho «dork
"Fine the rasoul two dolbtrv and Costs'
I d make it ton dollars
roared the J udgo :
it 1 did uot kuow it would eotuo out of uiy
own pocket!"
ay»The London Morning Chronicle says
tlie Turks do not oocupy the position* which
the Russian* abandon,
is a concession to Austria, which is very joal
of any exercise of the Sultan'* author*! y
north of the Ikmnbe."
This it i* umlorebsod.
•list«.
f
•», 1 r*
i
"k
y.
V