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VOL. I.
THE TRINITY JOURNAL
1* ri' I) I. I H II K |) EYK11Y S A TU II ll A V M l) 11 X 1 X <i (
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DISTltlCT JUDGES.
District—8th.. J. M. Peters.
“ Oth... .ffm. P. Raingerfield,
“ loth.. .. J. S. Pit/er.
Trinity Co. Official Dirirtory.
County Judge It. T. Miller.
County Clerk II. J. Seamaii.
Deputy Co. Clerk, Robert G. Stuart
District Attorney.... II. J. IIowc.
Sheriff lid ward Neblett.
Coroller V. Sill pard.
Treasurer ('. P. I vnn.
Assessor I). W. Potter.
Surveyor II. 1.. Wheeler*
HOARD OP .SUPERVISORS.
District No. 1 A Monroe.
“ •• 2 M. Itucb.
" “ II S. Hailey.
The Hoard of Supervisors meet the 1st Monday
lu February*. May. August and November.
DISTRICT COl'ItT— 15tu Pistkict.
Composed of the Counties of Trinity and lluin-
Loldt.
Terms In the County of Trinity, on the 3d
Monday in February, May, August and Novem
ber, — in the County of lliiniladdt, the lirst Mon
day in January, April, July and October.
COUNTY COURT.
Tkiim —1st Monday in January, March, May,
July, .September, and November.
COURT Oh .SUASIONS
Terms—1st Monday in Pebruury, April, June,
August, October and December.
PRORATK COURT.
Terms..—41b Monday of each mouth.
J. B. GORDON, M. D.
DU. GORDON will eonliiiue to practice Medi
cine ami Surgery. Calls from a distance must
be accompanied iiy Ilia Fin; lo insure his utteutium
Weaver, June 28, 1856, 2il-tf.
J. S. SWELLING, M. D.
DR.SNELLIXG having permanently located in
Weuverville, will cuiitinue to practice Medi
cine uud Surgery. Calls lrohi a distance must I ,
fcqcouipanied hy the 1- he. to insure his attendance.
Oltiee in •• Magnolia" building, on Main street.
Weaver, Sept. 23, 1855. 30-tf.
Sr. 11. A. THOMAS,
TENDERS his Professional sen ices to the citi
zens of Weuverville uud vicinity.
Oltiee at the Cilu /h ug Store, west side Main si.
Weaver, August 23, IS,Mi. 31-tf.
0. H. P. NOKCEOSS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
am. NOTARY PUBLIC.
•Oltiee. on Court House Hill.
July 19, 1850. 20-tf.
H. J. HOWE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ami DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
,Office in tlie Adobe Building, Court street.
‘July 19, 1856, 26-tf.
D. W. POTTER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
fOllico on Court street, near the Court House.
.July, 19, 1856. 20-tf.
C.E. WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Oltiee on Court street, near the Court House.
July 19, 1«56. 20-tf.
V/M. F. VAUGHAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and JUSTICE OF THE PE \CE.
Ori'icK with Williams A Potter,Court House Hill.
July 19, 1850. 20-tf.
WEB! RfWI J
J. LORTSBUrur
vpitTii side pi tfAi-y vtui.et, wkamuivii t.r.
Of’LD call the attention of the eiti
yens of lVeavej ville, and Trinity Co. p • ,-u
generally, to hiaueu and splendid stock of nut*
WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
Also, a largo stock of California Jewelry on
hand, and constantly made to oiMer.
_£•£>■■ Watehes carefully and choice
Specimen it 1 ags and Breast Pins made to order.
Wenter, Sept, 6,1856. 33 tf.
SACRAMENTO
Cl MOKED SALMI)N, for sale bv /fT/V*
n H. I*. 11 EINT/L'l.MAN. ijfeaa
Weaver, Nov. 15. 1650. Id.
\vi:a\kh\ili.i:. trinity county, cal, Saturday morning, November -i-i m\.
Unlike many—perhaps the many—we have not
indulged in panegyrics of Bnvurd TayWf's poe
try, because poetry did not seem to us to be his
vocation, hut lie has recently written something
that in many respects is deserving of a place be
side ' The Burial of Sir John Moore.’ We allude
to his • Song of the Camp.' founded upon an ac
tual incident in the Crimea.
There was a lull in the battle, and the soldiers
cried out for a song:
* Clive us a song.’ the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns of the camp allied,
Grew weary of bombarding.
The dark llcilan in silent scoff,
Lay, grim and threatening, under,
And the tunny mound of the MalaUolf
No longer held its thunder.
i The poet goes on to say who they were and the
song that they sang :
They lay along the battery's side,
Helow the smoking cannon
Brave hearts, fiom Severn and from Clyde,
And from the banks of Shannon.
Tin y sang of love, and not of fame ;
Forgot was Britain's glory ;
Kaeh heart recalled a different name,
But all sang • Annul Laurie.’
If there can be more of touching beauty con
densed in acouplcof lines than in that
Kaeh heart recalled a different name,
But nil sang • Annie Laurie.’
we have not been so fortunate as to encounter it.
The song la described as caught lip and borne
along the lines, and then we have,
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak,
Yet us the song grew louder,
Something on the soldier’s cheek
Washul off the stains of powder.
Beyond the darkening ocean hurtled
Tile bloody sunset's embers,
While the Ci mean valley's learned
llow English love remembers.
Then the scene changi d. the little interlude o
i love and memory was over, the song was ended,
And once again a til'e of hell
Rained oa the Russian quarters,
Willi scream of shot and hurst of shell,
And bellowing ol mortars.
Then a fur away scene risjs dimly through the
r..in, and the • Irish Nora’mid • English Mary’are
mourning for those Hint shall never return :
And Irish Nora’s eyes are dim
For i sing. r. dumb and gory ;
A d English Mary mourns for him
Who sang ol • Annie Laurie. ’
Ah. soldiers! to your honored rest
Your truth mid valor bearing ;
The bravest are the touderest
The loving are the daring.
A i itna. joke was played off on a dairy
man down east recently’. Some wags callei
him at midnight, in (lie midst of a thundei
shower, to go to the rescue of In's most val
uable cow, which was choking. He rushed
to the cow-yard, and found (’runiniic quietly
chewing lar cud, but a mangel-wurzel lied
in the nose of his pump.
The Col,’,; Eni has receivi d the following from
a IVieml at Jack-oil, Amador Co., who kept a file
of the Ou l, in which it Inst appeared :
tiii: t:i n,u. or simiv'-. doq.
Not a growl was heatd. not a yelp nor a hark.
As his carcass from Main Hired we hurried ;
And only some t'liinnmeii followed, to mark
The spot where poor Toivser wo hurled.
We ilraggi d him away from the place he died
\\ lu re the Mtit-ingc-mnkrr.-, lmd slain him
A\ ith /Vyyce. and .luck and <7,7 /toil by our side,
And we sought for a grave te contain him.
No Inix or barrel enclosed liis breast,
Nor mat nor potatoe sack bound him.
But he lay like a dog that was taking his rest,
With the dies all buzzing around him.
Lew and short were the words that we said,
But we gazed, w ith a feeling sickenin',
(In the form of the .mi of a dog who lay dead,
And we bitterly tin light of the strychnine.
We thought, as We gazed nil the lifeless form
Of the meanest cur in the county’,
That the fellow who gave him the* pizon' was one
Who deserved lo lie paid a bounty.
Lightly we spoke of the quadruped gone,
And dog-malire d over lii.s vices ; [moan,
A 'll wi M ornl'lllly jeered at the Ruilsage-niun's
And the consequent rise ol prices.
We dragged him lo Soi.ui/m i/W.i beautiful ImV,
When the tide was at ebb on the ocean,
And found a deep hole.w here the l ictim might lay
Undisturbed by the billow 's commotion ;
And then, having colored his body with stones,
We loft him alone in his glory
Ui solved that his death should be put ill the 'Owl,'
And that Luiian should tell the sad story.
—
.M u mitcknt ‘ Ti un Orr.’—In no city in
the Union, says the (!olden Era, do women
dress more extravagantly tlinu in Sun Fran
cisco, as a general tiling, while many of our
‘ faster’ dames indulge in the most, ‘gorgeous
array’ possible. A lady actjuaiulaiuee of
ours appeared on Montgomery street, a few
days since, in a ‘rig’ which, in point of
costliness and splendor, we have never seen
equalled. Our curiosity to know at what an
expenditure of money she had been procur
ing all the finery with which her person was
‘ illustrated’on this occasion, induced us lo
make the inquiry propria persona, when the
lady very complacently gave as the following
bill of items anti costs : —
Drew*, (the best material, of course,) $ 1 'Jo fill
Cloak, embroidered, 12,5 00
Bonnet. C.’i 00
Yell, (< hantilhi,) U> 00
Collar, (Brussels lacc,) 00
Gaiters, 0 on
I’arasol, 2K 00
Gloves, (tipped with lace,) li 00
lb It ami buckle, tii 00
Ear rings, (diumoud cluster,) -lit) 00
Breast pin, “ •< U00 00
Watch (set with diamonds) and chain, 500 00
■I diamond linger i ings. est'd value, 1200 00
• Xaniele.—’ garments, not visible to
the naked eve, 85 00
Total, 33,404 00
Header, this is no fancy picture ! There
arc hundreds of women in this city who launch
even deeper into the folly of fine dress and
‘ show’ than does the lady whose ‘ fixing*’
we have above described. Is it to be won
dered til, then, when such enormous sums are
squandered by wives and daughters, that
we have so many ‘ petitions in bankruptcy’
to record in San Francisco ?
Keep that man at a distance who hates
tuusiv autl the luiMi of a child.
DEVOTED TO THE TX'TFJ ; KSTS OF TEINm r COt’M’Y.
A Song that will Live.
Divorces in San Francisco.
There is - , perhaps, no better way, under
ordinary circumstances, of arriving at a cor
rect conception of the moral tone of a com
munity, than by observing the number of di
vorce suits instituted, with their causes.—
Marriage is a compact held so sacred among
all civilized people, that a dissolution of it,
when once entered into, is not generally con
sidered excusable unless there is more than
ordinary provocation. ‘ Those whom God
has joined together no man shall sunder,’ is
an admittcii doctrine in all social systems,
and one which should be carried out to the
fullest extent, unless under circumstances
which render conciliation impossible. This
principle is essential to the preservation of
moral feeling—to the cohesion of those hu
man ties and sympathies without which so
ciety itself could not exist, and government
would be a myth, void and without form.
Marriage is the most sacred of all ties—it
is intended to last with life. If, then, its
dissolution can be effected, upon light con
siderations, what security is there for good
faith in any transaction between man and
man. The principle of mutual dependence,
which alone holds society together, is at once
dissolved ; for when faith ceases, there can
be no union.
In the older States, among more settled
communities, applications for divorce are so
unfreipicnt, that when they occur society is
astounded—men and women look at one an
other with horror, as though some dreadful
and unprecedented calamity had occurred.
It is different with us ; it is not so in San
Francisco. The divorces which are grant
ed here will exceed in a tenfold ratio the
number in any other part of the I'nion of
equal population, yet they have been hither
to passed over as things of ordinary occur
rence, unworthy of more than a passing no
tices in a newspaper, and only used even
then when other matter is deficient. Yet,
how pregnant with consequences to the fu
ture well-being of our youthful statists calm
and deliberate investigation into the causes
which produce these hasty dissolutions of
the marriage contract. I'pou an examina
tion of our Court records, we find that since
March 1st, l.Hfif>, the unparalleled number
of one hundred ami fifty-one applications
for divorce have been made in this city. Of
these suits, one hundred and nineteen were
commenced by wives and thirty-two by hus
bands. Now, the question i., to what cau
ses can tin’s condition of tilings be ascribed '!
\Ye answer : First, to lengthy separation,
almost amounting to desertion, betw een hus
bands who have emigrated lo this country
uml wives on the Atlantic side. Secondly,
to the condition of our social system, conse
quent, in a great measure, upon this .separa
tion, and the extraordinary tempi at ions that
exist in our midst. Last, though not least,
to the unusual facility with which divorces
are obtained in San Francisco—a facility
which makes them merely a means of an or
dinary business nature, to the consummation
of unworthy purposes. Divorce suits should
be tried in public. It is a false delicacy
that panders to the desire of cither parly by
legalizing an act. of separation without a
public trial. If the defendant be guilty of
any violation of the laws of God or man,
let him or her suffer the penalty which is at
tached to it. if the plaintiff is honest, and
matters have conic to such a straight that a
separation must be had, he or she need not
fear publicity. Honesty does not skulk ; in
tegrity of purpose need never fear the light
of day or the opinion of the world. We
are opposed to these references in divorce
case s ; we believe them to be a prolific source
of vice and immorality. In the hundred
and fifty-one suits alluded to above, w e could
hear of but two that were publicly tried ;
the remainder Were referred to referees, who
heard the evidence in private rooms, and re
ported judgments to the Court, which were
in most cases endorsed. Sixty live decrees
of divorce were granted—only six applica
tions denied, and the balance still remain un
decided, except a few that have been with
drawn. Here we sec that the dissolution
of the marriage contract becomes reduced to
a mere pleasant business arrangement. The
attorney of the applicant appear.-, in Court,
asks for a reference—it is granted ; in some
secluded room the matter is amicably set
tled ; the referee reports favorably to a di
vorce —and it is granted. W hat an outrage
on solemnity—w hat an encouragement, to
immorality ! Husbands who ha\e a slight
difference with their w ives can now break
their vows, plighted before God and man,
and have the desecration legalized. The
law, moulded for a purpose, indirectly sanc
tions u great crime. How should it be '(
The investigation into suits of this char
acter should be the most rigorou- the scru
tiny the closest, and the impartiality most
exact of any class of cases that come before
our Courts. Fublic trials in applications
for divorce would have a most powerful ten
dency to reduce the evil.
Another and important chock would be
Tumid in the building up of hearths and
homes—the organization of our social sys
tem by becoming homogeneous and settled.
Let those who have families nt the Fust,
bring them to California. U'e have good
schools, and have recently achieved apoliti
cal reform that lias given to society an en
tirely new tone —more of that settled prin
ciple that we have seen in older States.—
Guild up hollies ; let California be no lon
ger a transient dwelling-place, but a perma
nent abode.
In closing this article we will offer one
more suggestion, which, if carried out, would
materially lessen the evil we have complain
ed of. Do not contract marriages too young.
Let the mind be formed and the principles fix
ed, so that both parties in taking upon them
selves the solemn vows of matrimony, may
know what the character and disposition of
VU'.'b vtb%f wjll b'V for life.- ’■
The Enraged Planter,
AND 1I0W !1E DID NOT Cl T TUt ROTE.
A few years ago Captain I?, of Province
town, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, loaded his
snug little schooner ' Polly Ann’ with shin
gles at Gardiner, on the Kennelicc, and sail
ed with the morning tide for Charleston, S.
C , where, in due course of time he arrived
safely and disposed of his freight to good
advantage to the builders of that city, lie
now, for return freight, took a cargo of cot
ton for the Lowell mills, and with one pass
enger, a fair wind, and a jolly, fun-loving
crew, sailed for Boston.
On the third day out, the crew heard an
unearthly, soul-harrowing, agonizing howl
or groan proceed from the hold, —and though
somewhat the victims of superstition, ns most
sailors are, their humanity got the better of
their fears, and they at once opened the
hatchway and brought to light and fresh
air a stalwart, though hulf-sudonated and
starved negro, who had there secretly stow
ed himself, hoping thereby to obtain a free
passage to freedom.
As the negro was brought upon deck, the
single passenger—a wealthy planter, resid
ing near Charleston—was enjoying his after
dinner cigar, and recognizing the abject be
ing before him as the slave of an old friend,
he exclaimed, in passionate and authorita
tive tone.—
‘.lake, you infernal rasoul ! ain’t you Joe
Brown's nigger
‘ Wall, l irus his nigger, mnssa,’ replied
the trembling colored man ; ‘ but day afore
I lell Cha-'ton Mns-a Brown ‘•ells my wife
and chile to do slave trailer, who takes 'em
to de Soul’ for lie sugar fields ; and Mussn
Brown knocks mo down will a club and
kicks me, kase 1 cries so dat 1 couldn’t work.
So 1 fes hides myself in tie cotton, down in
de ship, so 1 might go Norf where I wouldn’t
be no more whipped for havin’ a soul.’
The slight tone of sarcasm in the closing
sentence aroused the indignation of the plan
ter, and be attempted to kick the poor ne
gro for his impudence ; but the good heart
ed, though llerciileau, mate, interfered,with
the suggestion that there Imd never been
any Hogging on board the ‘ Polly Ann,’and,
without the captain’s positive order, nothing
of t he kind could for a moment bn thought of.
Proceeding at once to the cabin, he thus
gave vent to his feeling to the good-natured
and imperturnble captain :
‘Captain B., (1— n your eyes! A run
away negro has just been discovered on
board your vessel, and I demand, in the
name of the Constitution and Southern
Bights, that you immediately 'bout ship and
return to (’linrleston.’
The captain coolly anil deliberately took
from his mouth a Imlf-amnkrd Havana, gaz
id at the excited passenger through the gray
curling clouds of smoke gracefully flouting
about the cabin, and replied :
' You are unduly excited, my dear boy ;
let us talk this miltt< r over !’
1 1 icvn't talk the matter over !’ exclaimed
the planter ; ‘ I only ask for the rights of
tlie South, and those lights I will have,’
‘ But,’ says the captain, ‘ we are three
days out, and isn’t it best for us to discuss
this subject a little before deciding to lose
six days sail, a fair wind, and our own self
respect, for the sake ol gratifying your solf
i-h ambition to rule and command wherever
you are, and to return a poor unfortunate
black man to a life-bondage of cruelty and
oppression V
Perfectly thunderstruck at the captain’s
coolness and audacity to speak of Southern
‘ chivalry’ as a ‘ selfish ambition,’ the planter
sprung to his tcot, seized a pistol in one hand
and u bowie-knife in the other, stalked to
and fro through the cabin a number of thues,
and suddenly stopping in front of the cup
tain, w ho had resinned his smoking, exclaim
ed in thunder tones—
‘Sin !’
‘ J»o you wish to resume the discussion
about the negro V iinpiired the captain, of
fering his passenger a cigar, unit pointing to
an unoccupied chair.
' This is no discussion, sir !’ exclaimed the
planter. ' I came not here to discuss, but
to i/cihiikI South* rn Bights ; and, by all the
powers of Heaven and Hell, I’ll hi re those
rights, or- I’m done with you forever.’
Let ys ihsruss those rights first,’ replied
Captain 1». ; ‘for you are at present a little
excited, brut her K.’
' Don’t l rut her me !' screamed the infuria
ted passenger ; ‘ I am brother to no man
wlio will not give me my rights without dis
cusniou ; and I now give you fair warning
that, unless you ’bout ship and start for
Charleston within eighteen hours from this
time, you shall lie debarred from my friend
ship, co-operation and society in this vessel,’
Having t Ini- delivered hi in-elf of liin over
charged eloquence and spirit, the planter re
turned to the (pint ter deek to devise means
lor a dissolution with the Yankee captain.
'tin.' next morning, ut break of day, on
coming' upon coming on deck the captain
was not a little surprised and amused on no
ticing that the planter had seated himself in
the yawl at the stern of the schooner, unit,
by the aid of the tackling rope had lowered
her to the water’s edge, and .as being
draw n along by the rope—some thirty feet
in length—fastened to the schooner’s tiller.
On seeing the captain, the planter .sud
denly rose from his recumbent position,sprung
to the bow of the tottering little yawl—for
the sea was now heavy and dangerous for
small craft, —drew from his bosom his glit
tering bowie-knife, and exclaimed—
‘ It wants but one blow of this shining
steel to sever forever the cord that now
binds us ! Say that you will accede to my
proposition made yesterday, and the blow
shall not lie given ; but unless you at once
retract your offensive remarks, uml promise
mo under oath that 1 shall not again be
crossed in my desires on bouril this vessel,
the fearful blow shall be given a final i|i■
Si
solution effected, anil the fearful consequence
with all its horror, shall rest upon your head
Speak the word quickly, Captain 15, or the
knife falls ?’
The captain deliberately seated himself on
a hen-coop, lighted a cigar, ami commenced
making astronomical calculations for tlm
day, and when the bell rang for breakfast —
the sea meanwhile increasing with the wind,
the passenger begged like u trooper for as
sistance to hoist tiie yaw l ; for, like an holi
est reputation, he had found it much easier
to lower than to raise.
Being an exceedingly timid man ourself,
it always seemed strange tons that the cap
tain didn’t at once make the required pled
ges, but there arc those who see in the cap
tain, ' Uncle Sam,’ and in the planter a State
that talks loud of dissolution,’and these
men declare that the planter never fora mo
ment intended to cut the rope, and that the
‘ Folly Ann’ w ouldn’t have sunk if he had.
IKtlgti J finical Harp.
Tub Vet no M an’s Leisvkk - Young
man ! after the duties of the day are over,
how do you spend your evenings’’ When
business is dull, and leaves at your disposal
manv unoccupied hours, what disposition do
you make of them ? I have known and do
know many young men, who, if they devoted
to any scientific, or literary, or professional
pursuits, the time they spend in games of
chance and lounging in bed, might rise to
any eminence. You have all read of the
sexton’s son, who became a line astronomer
bv spending a short time every eveninir in
gazing at the stars after ringing the lu ll for
nine o'clock. Sir Win. I’hipps, who, at the
age of fortv-llve, had attained tlm order of
knighthood, and the office of High Sheriff
of Knglnnd, and Governor of Massachusetts,
learned to read and write after his eigh
teenth vear, of a ship-carpenter in Boston.
Win. Gilford, the great editor of the Qv ir
tcrli/, was an apprentice to a shoe-maker,
ami spent his leisure hours in study. And
because lie had neither pen nor paper, slate
or pencil, he wrote out his problems on
smooth leather with a blunt awl. David
llittenhonse, the American astronomer,
when a plough hoy, was observed to have
covered his plough and fences with figures
and calculations. James Ferguson, the
great Scotch astronomer, learned to read by
himself, and mastered astronomy whilst a
shepherd's boy, in a field by night. And
ncriiaps it is not to much to say, that if the
hours wasted in idle company, in vain con
versation at the tavern, were only -pent in
the pursuit of useful know ledge, the dullest
apprentice in any of our shops might become
an intelligent member of society, and a lit
person for mo t of our civil offices. By such
a coarse, tlm rough covering of many a
vontli is laid aside. ; and their ideas, instead
of being confined to local subjects ami pro
fessional techiualitics, might ranee the wide
field of creation; and other stars from
among the young men of this city might lie
added to tlm list of worthies that are gilding
our country with bright and mellow light.
Jut. I V Murray.
Womi. n are cal Id I the ' softer sex,' because
they are so easily humbugged. Out of one
liiindred girls, ninety-live would prefer ns
teiitutiou to happiness a dandy, lunch-cat
mg husband to an honest mechanic.
To which the Chicago Journal replies ;
Well and ninety nine men out of a hun
dred will prefer a rich or a prel'y wife to a
sensible nr accompli lied one o where’ tlm
difference ? ltemeinber the ol I couplet :
‘ Though mailv vices taint tin* I'einnlc lirru t.
Tile) 're lint so bud us men llmugli bail's the he.-1.'
A Flu s< ii woman was engaged as dress
ing maid ton lady <>1 rank in Itussiu One
day, while combing out her mi-dress’ long
black Imir, she hurt hei head ; tlm 1 :i * I \
turned round and gave her a slap on tlm
face. The French woman who hail hold of
her hair, which slm was on tho point of
tying, so that it was gathered together in
her hand, grasped it tightly, and inflicted a
sound correction on tlm lady’s ear with tlm
hail brush. I’crliups it may be thought
that she was immediately punished by being
taken to the police, or at least summarily
dismissed from tlm Imu ehold. Far from it.
The maid knew the character of the Bu -
sians too well, nud also w hat she was about.
Slm was perfectly aware that her mistress
would not dare to expose her, on account of
tlm disgrace to herself ; for it would have
been an imh liable one for a noble lady to
have been beaten, I'm any pluce but ('mint
OrlofTs office,) and especially by a nmniul ;
slm therefore not only took the whole mat
ter quietly, but presented the French woman
with thirty silver roubles nud a, new gown
to buy her silence. She was ever after
treated with much consideration, and at tlm
time the anecdote was told, was in I he same
situation.
Smaiit Bor. When Lieut Gov Falter
son was Speaker of the Legislature of one
of our States, gome dozen boys presented
themselves for the place of messenger, as is
usual at tlm opening of the House, lie in
quired their names, and into tlmir condition,
in order that lie might make the proper se
lection. lie came, in tlm course of his ex
amination, to a small boy, about ten years
old, a bright looking lad.
‘ Well, sir,’ said lie, ‘ what is s our name ?’
'John Hancock, sir,’ replied the boy.
‘ What!’ said tlm Speaker, ‘ you are not
the one that signed the Declaration of In
dependence, are you ?’
’ No, sir,’ replied the lad, stretching him
-elf to hi-, utmost proportions, ‘but i would
f I had been there.’
' ou can lie one of the messengers,’ .smii
the Speaker. ' 1
l" 1 * man who* couldn’t staild it any Iriii
’I’er I'Hi tulidli U S'T.i, ,'tUtJ isilOW COUiftU tuble
[From the Cincinnati Commercial ]
Autumn.
r.Y I ANNA M. RAYMOND.
Over On* broad savannah,
0\. r forest and lea.
Tli- luminous step ot Helper
111 d' « s leiitlv, silvery.
Not la i-i v ywiii; Sprue's soft flushes.
Or Summer's roseate haze,
Than Autumn’s evening blushes—
l bis warm >k\‘s obi brown blaze.
Now kino lo rd eloM 1 logotlicr,
In grassy solitud ,- s calm ;
Snuffing ilm breezy weather,
Pressing the crimson balm.
No longer, on limpid w aters,
The lazy lily floats ;
Tim Naiad’s elfin daughters
Have lost their pearly boats.
Vet some r ell flow'rets muster
In sunny mid secret dells,
I'll uh with the d ws that cluster
I'eep in their honied bells;
And if tbe wandering south wind
Plows thro’ the mid day air,
U s ing the branching w oodbine.
Tossing the grape’s long hair—
l'own in pattering showers,
l ull belry, bed, and d w ;
(.Per ripened limit and flow ers,
posy, orange, and blue.
Qeeen Autumn, swarthy comer!
Hath co niuei hi earth for her own ;
Tie heart's blood of the Summer
lieiUleus her or ■ eon-- tin one.
Not thus, in pniiipous adorning,
She reigns in mine isle of birth ;
lint in garb of sorrow and mounting,
Subsoil the breast of earth,
Or wi eps, in changeful fashion,
1 ler by gone joy s or lovi s,
t 1 ilimit with sudden p ission,
The shield riii iniMinil groves.
Altlio ibe 1 io 1 belling shadow *
1'eeper and colder grow —
Altlio’ the IV.igrant meadows
Have lost their Snimnery glow —
Ah, happy llelds and roses.
What, what have you to fear?
Van til’s beauty but reposes,
Why mourn the ruined year,
Wll 1" Siii in 1 to you di-closo»
1 ,ilh- fri sin v, 1 .ove ns dear ?
Ait'Ni Alone, Alone, Alone! How
mournfully it -omuls like a lilenk wind at
midnight inn place of graves. In (lie great
worM, how umny move amid the throng,
wlin-e hearts arc murmuring ceaselessl?,
‘Alone !’ AIn-, ’iis not tlio crowd tlmt
makes companionships, mid not the desert
solitude.
Wind | >iiin nnd misery and loop despair
(Ins sense of loneliness, this consciousness of
Ii \ i u g without hope or love or-vmpathv, he
)rei . nnd lias begotten, no subtle chronicler
of woe run ne'er relate. Ten fold more
wretched than his fellows deems he himself
who li'ol , in nil his curt lily walks, no breast
respon lie to his own. Ills expectation*
faint, andiit on dies, and each experience
.stiii;;-; anew hi-, sad and swollen heart. Thu
grate mould falls each hour upon his form,
and let lie know no rest.
lie our times dan to hope, to dream ;
beholds, a inouienl, boaulv in his path, the
hue < I Heaven nboi his head ; Imt baleful
truth dart . out, as ddt.ii r from a cloud,
and shiv'-rs the l'top! m world his little suit
has shown upon. V tremor passes through
hi" frame ; his soul i-. stretched upon the
rack ; he mi tiers ns rrouieiiious did ; like
him In- dream i- over. Weeding and torn,
he looks up from his shuttered universe and
finds himself again alone.
T!'C adesl fate nf maii is loneliness w ith
out the strength to be a dweller in and of
himself. Hut w hen he owns such strength,
he has heroine superior to his kind, ami
liken Hutu <l>'d It is man’s duty then to
■ eek and h am how lie may live alone ; how
in the eonlliies of his ow li p 1 1x seal sphere, he
may find mental loud at. I spirit raiment ;
how lie unto him. elf may be all things, if
not. in reality
Hard, hard, p reliance, this learning is,
and pniulul Indy n ij11,site to make it good,
lint all is hard and painful of accomplish
ment, that can advantage mortals, or lessen
their eapaeities to -iill'er. lie who assume*
the I’hilo-ophie enili, must lie prepared to
drink tlio lieunlock-juice, il circumstance de
mand. The pric e el pleasure i-the sense of
pain ; and knowledge l.vrsou its attendant
toil.
Toliveulom we mu | not think wImt rea
lm docs not prompt we mu.-t not bound
along the plain of early life, amt only puuse
to cull the (lowers and weave them into gar
lands fur otir brow , since, though the
blooms limy lill fair days with sweets, they
mii-t mhiii fade and fall, and there he none
to gather like them.
let us walk sobei Iv and -lowly on, nnd
strive to turn our feet from noxious inarshm
mid envenomed thorns So walking toward
the vale where tnmb await our coming anx
iously, ’lis true, we liidl not revel in the
scenes of beauty spread before our eyes ;
have plea-ant biennis while bruoks are whis
pering music t" the li lening solitude; nor
harken joyou Iv to lards of dulcet song ; but
then, when mght and storm and winter
come, wc shall not lui.-s them (), remem
ber thi-, mid vvi epiind wail and sink deject*
id down, because the beauteous scenes, tlio
brooks and birds are seen and heurd no
more.
And so we shall be lifted up to the philo*
sophie bights, to pinnacles on which tha
eldest sages trod, and felt that wisdom which
came not to K.irtli. We may not grow in
chd rlulnc-s nor hopelessness while learning
how to live alone ; but we shall more and
more clearly sec how much of disappoint
ment, grief and torture we’ve escaped l- y
turning skeptic of true sympathy nnd love.
Dark ami dev ious may be the way of those
who have the w ill and pow,, to live ulone ;
but ’ncath tlm plain, it may be sombre, rolies
they wear, an armor is concealed that they
conspiring, treacherous world with all it*
secret and malignant stabs cipi never pierce,
not* mm who wears such armbf ever wound;
— Cincinnati Cellar Tunes.
W , *Ji .'til 1 ; lUktllJ how we. Indulge in
the feelings of a virtuous indignation. Jt
Ltkr h.iiidiornt brother of anger and ftatrvcf,
NO. 11.