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_ POETICAL._ |
THE EXILE.
Roll on. ye white surges, with dreadful commotion,
And swallow me up with this desolate shore;
And waft, ye kind waves, o’er the deep-billow’d
ocean,
A sigh to the land I shall visit no more.
Oh. tell me. kind sun. are thy genial rays burning
Where once w as the home of the good and brave .
Oh, say. dost thou find the bright day-star yet
gleaming,
When thou biddest adieu to the orient wave?
Oh, tell me. wild cormorant, thy course art thou
bending
To bring to this hell of keen anguish a smile?
Oh. say, is a friend—if a friend 1 have—sending
Some news that shall light up this storm-beaten
isle ?
But see, in the heavens, the tempest, impending,
Has doom'd me afar from my father's to die :
And hark! tlie deep thunders the ocean-wave
rending,
Forbid me to hear from my cottage a sigh.
Ali! well I remember the scenes of my childhood,
The hawthorn and ivy that t wined round the door:
Full well 1 remember the “deep-tangled” wildwood.
And e'en I remember the bleak, howling moor.
Ah! well I remember the moss round the fountain,
Where many an hour 1 have slumber'd away;
And, ah! the green turf on the oak-shaded moun
tain.
Where I and the watch-dog used often to play.
But mercy, kind mercy, from memory sever
The country and friends l can never more see:
The child of my misfortune, I'm here doomed for
ever
To mourn for a home, that perhaps mourns fu
me.
Then roll on. ye surges, with dreadful commotion,
And swallow me up with this desolate shore;
And end this k n misery, O deep-bil’ow d ocean,
For 1 -igh for a land 1 shall visit no more.
TIIE \YAND Ell Eit' S RETURX.
The day wa^gone. and the night was dark,
As the howling winds wont by,
And the blinding sleet fell thick and fa: t
From a stern : -id • t.-.rmy sky.
When a mourn:1;! vail, through the hashing gale,
Was heard at the- cottage door—
kju . t-urry me i '"...—on: carry mo i)aCK
To my mother's home, once more.
’Twus n youth who hail left his mountain Lome.
He had wandered j..r and long;
He had drain'd the goblet's fiery tide,
At the festal midnight throng;
But a dream of home came o'er his heart,
As he crept to the cottage door—
Oli! carry me back—oh ! curry me back
To my mother's home, once more.
I have left the hall of the tempter's power,
And the revel wild and high —
They cared not in their iv kl mirth
If I wandered alone to die.
Doth the fire still burn on the household hearth,
By the elm-tree, old and hoar?
Oh ! carry me back—oh ! < any me back
To my mother's house, once more.
Like the weary bird that i as wander’d long,
1 will -eek my mountain not.
And lay this aching head • nee mure,
On my gentle mother' ; breast.
Once more will I seek the household hearth,
By the elm-tree, old and hoar—
Oh! carry me back—oh! carry me back
To my mother’s home, once more.
Washington as an Aoiuerr/rrRT-T.—
We copy from Washington's Poetical Lega
cies, to which is annexed an appendix. <• n
tai§ing an account of his illness, death, etc.,
published in Boston, 1800, the following:
*• (\.l. Washington was one of the greatest
landholders in North America; his estate at
Mount Vernon was computed in 1787 to con
sist of nine thousand acres, under his own
management and cultivation; he had, like
wise, various other lai • tracts of land in
other parts of the 8'tato; Ids annual receipts
from his estates amounting, in 1770. to four
thousand pounds sterling, and if was then be
lieved v- d i !,v e sold • Is ■
hundred and sixty thousand p,nines sterling,
which is equal to 8000.000. Wlnit his reve
nue was recently, we do not know, but there
can be little presumption in supp •.-iug if was
much incrca-ed under his prudential guidance
and practical economy, lie allotted a part A
the Saturday in each week to receive the r -
ports of his overseers, which were registered
progressively, to enable him to campare tiie
labor with the produce of each particular
part, and it is affirmed that this weekly retro
spect was duly considered by the great man
during the stormy movements of the Bevolu
tionary war, and his presidency of the limi
ted States, lie raised in one year seven thou
sand bushels of corn on his Mount Vernon
estates; in a succeeding year he rai-cd two
hundred la, bs. sowed twenty-seven bush--is
of flax-sec 1. and plant -1 seven hundred bush
els of potatoes ; at the same time his d imes
tlcs tnanul'cetui ! liecn and w< i o <•!.>;h en
ough for his numerous h u.-el old, which
amounted to nearly a thousand persons. With
him regularity and industry were the order
of each day, and the consequent reflection
made them all luoy.y. Though agr nlture
was pur.-ued I him with such undeviatingat
tention, he used it ratln r ; s tin* means of his
pleasure, than the end of his wishes, which
concentrated in the labor to improve the well
being of his fellow-citizens ; and to effect
this he desiste i from planting tobacco, t > em
ploy Lims'df in llie intr> duct ion and fostering
such articles of vegetation as might ultimate
ly tend to a national advantage.’'
Queen i ictoi.ia s (init'-jtnx Pnwrs
Ticrry.—Two of the little English princesses
once went into a room where a servant was
polishing a stove-grate, and insisted on "help
ing” her. Alter getting po-se.vdon of the
brushes, they polished the woman's face in
stead of the grate. The servant w as ready to
sink with confusion, f r she could no: leave
the apartment without encountering Prince
Albert. lie was astonished to see so dirty
an object emerging from bis rooms, and in
dignantly inquired the meaning of it. The
servant relueti ntly told him ; it soon reached
the ears of the queen, and site was seeu cross
ing the court, leading the two princesses by
the hand toward the servants’ quarters. Her
majesty sought out the woman, made her
daughters ask her pardon, and sent them at
once to the nearest millinery and dress estab
lishment to buy a complete outfit—dress, bon
net. shawl, gloves, etc., and present them to
the servant in lieu of the dress they had
soiled upon her. The articles were purchased
with their own money, and consequently their
supply of that useful commodity was cur
tailed materially; but this they said they
didn’t care for in the least—in fact, it rather
pleased them than otherwise—if was asking
the woman’s pardon they didn't like.
Women.—All the influence which women
enjoy in society—their right to the exercise
of that maternal care which forms the first
and mo ■; ind< ibl of lueati ; the
wholcst*ne and mitigating restraint which
they possess over the passions of mankind;
their power of protecting us when young and
cheering us when old.—depend so entirely
upon their personal purity, and the charm
which it casts around them, that to insinuate
a doubt of its real value is wilfully to remove
thebroadest corner-stone on which civil society
rests, with all its benefits, and with all its com
forts.
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A poor Irishman who applied for license
to sell ardent spirits in one of the provincial
towns in England, being questioned by the
Board of Excisemen to a moral fitness for the
trust, replied, “ Och, an it's there ye are—sure
an it s not much of a character a man needs
to sell whisky
AX ORIGINAL LIFE-PRESER VER.
I have read somewhere of a traveler who
carried with him a brace of pistols, a car
bine, a cutlass, a dagger, and an umbrella;
but was indebted for his preservation to the
umbrella; it grappled with a bush when he
was rolling over a precipice. In like manner
my friend AY-. though armed with a
sword, rifle and hunting-knife, owed his ex
istence to—Ills wig.
He was specimen-hunting (for AA'-is
a first-rate naturalist) somewhere in the back
woods of America, when, happening to light
upon a dense covert, there sprang out upon
him—not a panther or a catamount—but,
with a terrible whoop and yell, a w ild Indi
an, one of a tribe then hostile to our settlers.
AY-’s gun was mastered in a twinkling.
himself stretched on the earth, the barbarian’s
knife, destined to make him bolder than
Granby’s celebrated marquis, leaped eagerly
front its sheath.
Couceive the horrible weapon making its
preliminary flourishes and circumgyrations:
the savage features, made savage by paint and
roddlt. working themselves op to a demonia
cal crisis of triumphant malignity; his red
right hand clutching the shearing knife ; his
lett the frizzled top-knot; and then the arti
ficial scalp coming off in the Mokawk’s grasp!
AY. says the Indian catchpoll was. for some
moments, motionless with surprise ; recover
ing at la-t. In* dragged his captive along,
through brake and jungle, to the encamp
ment. A peculiar whoop soon brought the
whole horde to the spot. The Indian ad
• dressed them with vehement gestures, in the
course of which AY. was again thrown down,
! t lie knife again performed its circuits, and tie
I whole transaction was pantomimic-ally de
scribed. All Indian sedatcuess and restraint
was overcome The assembly made every
.. ration of wonder, and the \\ ig was
fitted on rightly, askew, and hind part before,
by a hundred pair of red hands, (’apt. (lul
; liver’s glove was not a greater puzzler to the
1 ilonbycms.
i i roui the men it passed to the squaws, and
i fiv.in lit.-in iii.u'n to Inc le-ist, nl flio urchins !
\Y.’s head, in tlic meantime, 1‘rying in a mid
summer sun. At length the phenomenon re
turned to the hands of the chief, a venerable
graybeard ; he examined it afresh, very at
tentively. and. after a long deliberation, main
tained with true Indian silence and gravity,
made a speech in his own tongue, that pro
cured for the anxious, trembling captive very
unexpected honors. In fact, the whole tribe
of women and warriors danced around him
with such um |uivocal marks of homage, that
even \Y. comprehended that he was not in
tended tor sacrifice.
He was then carried in triumph to their
wigwams, his hoctv daubed with their body
colors of the most horrible patters, and he
was given to understand that be might choose
any of their marriageable maidens for a
siptaw. Availing himself of this privilege,
and so becoming, by degrees, mote proficient
j in their language, he learned the cause ol
| this extraordinary respect. It was consi lered
i that he had been a great warrior; that he
j had. bv mischance of war. been overcome
and tufted; but that, whether by valor or
stratagem-—each equally estimable among the
savages—he had recovered his liberty and hi?
J scalp.
As 1 ng as AY-kept his own counsel,
he was safe; but. trusting his Indian Itelila
w::Wlic secret of his locks, it Ahjii got wind
I among the sipiaw-. and from them became
| known to the warriors and chiefs. A solemn
was held at midnight by the chiefs.
: to c asider the propriety of knocking the
poor wig-owner ©n the head ; but he had re
ceived a timely hint, of their intention, and
when the tomahawks wore seeking for him.
he wa- on his way, with his life-preserver,
t -ward a British settlement.
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The ('<ah.est Thinu ox Record.—As
I General Scott’s army was marching trium
phantly into the city of Mexico, a profession
of monks emerged from the gate of a con
vent situated mi the eminence at the right,
; i d advanced with slow and measured tread
until they met the army at right angles. The
guide or leader of the procession was a vene
rable priest, whose hair was whitened with
the frost of many winters, lie held in both
hands a contribution box, upon which there
was a lighted candle, and when within a few
feet of the army the procession halted. As
the army proceeded, many a true believer in
St. Patrick dropped some small coin or other
into the old priest’s b< x. And. when it was
ol -erred that a soldier was searching in his
pockets for something to bestow, the old
priest would step forward and bold bis box
to ret‘ ive the donations.
Ultimately there came along a tall, gaunt,
limber-sided, gander-looking Yankee, who, on
seeing the pour priest, thrust his hands int<
j the ■ ;y depths of his breeches pockets, as ii
iu . - arch for a dime, or st.iuei hing of t he kind.
The priest.observing this movement.advanced.
! as usual, while Jonathan, holding forth a
. groat-'.‘-looking roll of paper, commenced very
! deliberately unfolding it. The old priest an
' tiei] ated a liberal donation, and put on an ail
of the most exipii-itc satisfaction. Jonathan
continued to unroll piece after piece of tri
twisted smoking tobacco. He next thrust lib
i hands hito another pocket, and drew forth :
' clay pipe, which, with the utmost delibera
tion, lie proceeded to fill by j inching ofl
small particles of the tobacco. When thb
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hr<: - lies pocket, lie stooped forward and
light 1 his pipe by the old priest’s candle
; .id making an awkward inclination of th<
head (intended, perhaps, for a bow,) lie said
•• -Much ubieegc 1 to ye, '.Squire,” and pro
ceeded on.
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Time.—Ninety years hence, not a singh
■ man or woman, now twenty years of age, wil
be alive. Ninety years I Alas! how many
of the lively actors at present on the stage oi
life will make their exit long ere ninety year.
shall have rolled awav! And could we be
' sure of ninety years, what are they? “A
; rale that is told;” a dream ; an empty sound
| that pa^etli on the wings of the wind away,
and is forgotten. Years shorten as man ad
vances in age. Like the degrees in longi
' tude. man’s life declines as lie travels towards
I the frozen pole, until it dwindles to a poinl
an : v lyshes forever. [g it possible that lift
: is of so short a duration! Will ninety years
erase all the golden names over the in town
i and eouuutry, and substitute others in tlieii
etead? Will all the blooming beauties fade
and disappear, all the pride and passion, the
love, hope, and joy, pass away in ninety years
and be forgotten? ‘ Ninety years’ ’’says 1 )eath:
• do you think i shall wait ninety years? lie
hold, to-day. and to-morrow, and every day
is mine. When ninety years are past, thi.
generation w i 11 have mingled with the dust
and be remembered not.”
j A Wakixu to Euchre Players—A
young man in Rochester, who is very fund ol
euchre, and also very fund of the daughter ol
a pillar of one of the churches, was taking ty;i
at the house of his adored a short time since,
and had some fruit cake offered him. Being
somewhat confused on account of his situation,
as the cake was held out to him, he cried out.
“ 1 pass.” The father hearing him, and hav
ing played some in his younger days, was hor
ror-struck at his infatuation l’or the game, and
thought he would teach him a lesson, lie
spoke bluntly—“You pass, do you? then I
order you up; there’s the door j I shall make
; a march!’’
EARLY RISING.
Arfd here is a wise word from wise Dr. Hall,
on the subject of getting sleep enough :
“Early Rising.—Health and long life
are almost universally associated with early
rising; and we are pointed to countless old
people, as evidence of its good effects on the
general system. Can any of our readers, on
the spur of the moment, give a good and con
clusive reason why health should be attributed
to this habit? We know that old people get
up early; but it is simply because they can t
sleep. Moderate old age does not require
much sleep; hence, in the aged, early rising
is a necessity, or a convenience, and is not a
cause of health in itself. There is a large
class of early risers, very early risers, who
i may be truly said not to have a day's health
i in a year—the thirsty folk, for example, who
drink liquor until midnight, and rise early to
I get more I One of our earliest recollections is,
j that of * old soakers’ making their ‘devious
way’ to the grog-shop or the tavern bar-room,
1 before sunrise, for their morning grog. Early
j risimr, to be beneficial, must have two con
| comitants : to retire early, and on rising, to be
| properly employed. One of the most emi
nent divines in this country rose by daylight
j for many years, and at the end of that time
became an invalid—has travelled the world
over for health, and has never regained it.
nor never will. It is rather an early retiring
that does the good, by keeping people out of
! those mischievous practices which darkness
favors, and which need nut here be more par
ticularly referred to.
‘- Another important advantage of retiring
early is. that the intense stillness of midnight
j and the early morning hours favor that un
broken repose which is the all-powerful reno
vator of the tired system. Without, then,
the accontj animent of retiring early, ‘early
j rising’ is worse than useless, and is positively
mischievous. Every person should be a!
| lowed to • have his sleep out;’ otherwise, the
; duties of the day cannot be properly per
1 formed, will be necessarily slighted, even by
! the most conscientious.
“To all young persons, to students, to the
sedendtary, and to invalids, the fullest sleep
that the system will take, without artilieial
means, is the balm ot' life—without it there
can be no restoration to health and activity
again. .Never wake up the sick or infirm, or
young children, of a morning—it is a bar
barity ; let them awake of themseLs, let the
care rather be to establish an hour for retiring,
so early, that their fullest sleep may he out
before sunrise.
“ Another item of very great importance
is: Do not hurry up the young and the weakly.
It is no advantage to pull them out of bed as
soon as their eyes are open, nor is it best for
the studious, or even for the well, who have
passed an unusually fatiguing day. to jump out
of bed the moment they wake up: let them
remain, without going to sleep again, until
the sense of weariness passes front the limbs.
Nature abhors two things : violence and a
vacuum. The sun does not break out at once
| into the glare of the meridian. The diurnal
• flowers unfold themselves by slow degrees;
*
! nor fleetest beast, nor sprightliest bird, leaps
at once from its resting-place. J »y all of which
we mean to say. that as no ] by.-i >*gioa.l truth
is more demonstrable, than that the brain, and
with it the whole nervous system, is recuper
ated by sleep, it is of the first importance, as
to the well-being of the human system, that
: it have its fullest measure of it ; and to that
i end, the habit of retiring to bed early should
he made imperative mi till children, and no
ordinary event should be allowed to interfere
with it. Its moral hcalthfulucss is not less
important than its physical. -Many a young
mail, many a young woman, has made the first
step towards degradation, and crime, and dis
ease, after ten o’clock at night; at which hour,
the year round, tic old, Die noddle aged, and
the young, should be in bed : and then the
incalculable accompaniment of a fully-rested
body and a renovated brain. We repeat it,
there is neither wisdom, nor safety, nor health,
in early rising in itself; but there is ail of
them in the persistent practice of retiring to
bed at an early hour, winter and summer.
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Makk the Fiki:s!i>e Llkas.vnt.—My
friend, do you want to make home delightful
to the young folks/ Then don’t come creep
ing from your business, with all the day’s
cares and trials hanging, like forty mill-stones,
about your neck / Leave them in their prop
er place! Come smiling to your fireside.
1 as if you expected to enjoy yourself, and
; wanted the rest of ■■the folks” to do the same
thing. If a pleasaqt circumstance has come
under your observation keep it for discu-sion
at your fireside; if a smile-waking thought
i has occurred to you, divide it with the home
circle. Don’t shrug up your shoulders and
draw down your mouth if a few young people
“happen iu”to see your juveniles! Don’t
[Complain about the noise they make! \ on
were young yourself once, and if you go t.,
| work to help them have a good time, our word
for it, the noise will soon cease to annoy you.
The world lia^ a very ^gidizing influence on
its disciples, and if you don’t take the even
: ings to unbend in. you will become an abso
lute automation. Forget, once in a while,
1 that life is not all sunshine—forget youi
• cares, and they will diminish in proportion.
There never was a day so dark but that a
- happy home-evening could gild its shadows !
Make your fireside something, for all to look
i tor waru to, and think about—make it a rest
ing-place—and you may depend upon it, life
will be a pleasanter aliair to you !
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Number of Deaths in a Year.—It b
generally sup]iosed that this cart li is inhabited
j by one thousand millions of human beings, oi
j thereabouts, and that thirty-three years make
a generation; and that therefore in thirty
three years die one thousand million. Thu;
j the number on earth amounts to
Each year thirty millions ;
Kaeli day eighty-six thousand ;
Each hour thirty-six hundred;
Each minute sixty;
Each second ONE.
This calculation must necessarily strike us
If the mortality be so great every year am
every hour, it is not probable that he who re
fleets on it may himself be one of those soor
to swell the list of the dead ! It is at leas!
I certain that it ought to lead us to think seri
| ously and often on this subject. Now, at this
j moment, one of our fellow-creatures is going
out of the world, and before another hour b
past, more than three thousand souls will have
entered into an eternal state.
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Ax Ohio stumper, while making a speech
freuently, paused in the midst of it and ex
claimed suddenly:
“ Now, gentlemen, what do you think?”
Instantly a man rose in the assembly and
! with one eye partially closed, modestly, with
Scotch brogue, replied :
“ 1 think, sir. I do indeed, sir—T think ii
you and I were to stump the country togethei
we we tell more lies than any other two men
| in the country, sir, and I’d not say a word
j myself during the whole time sir ?”
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A “bumptious” traveler, overtaking an
old Presbyterian minister, whose nag was
much fatigued, quizzed the old gentleman
upon his “turn out.” “ A nice horse, yours.
Doctor 1 very—valuable beast, that—but
what makes him wag his tail so, Doctor?”
“ ’Vhy, as you have asked me, I will tell you.
i It is fur the same reason that your tougue
} wags so—a sort of natural weakness.”
A Scrap of History.—There have been
ten specific attempts to defy the authority ot
the Federal Government since its formation.
The first was in 1782, and was a conspiracy
of some of the officers ot the Federal army to
consolidate the thirteen tstates into one, and
confer the supreme power on W ashington.
The second was in 1787. called “Shays
Insurrection,” in Massachusetts.
The third was in 1704, popularly called
“ The Whisky Insurrection ot Pennsylvania.
The fourth instance was in 1814, by the
Hartford Convention Federalists.
The fifth, on which occasion the different
sections of the Union came into collition, was
in ] 820, under the Administration of President
Monroe, and occurred on the question ot the
admission of Missouri into the l nion.
The sixth was a collision between the Leg
islature of Georgia and the Federal Govern
ment, in regard to certain lands given by the
latter to the Greek Indians.
The seventh was in i860 with the I liero
kees in Georgia.
The eighth was the memorable Nullifying
Ordinance of South Carolina in 18.>2.
The ninth was in 1842, and occurred in
; Rhode Island between the “Suffrage Associa
i tion” and the State authorities.
The tenth was in 1856, on the part of the
; Mormons, who resisted the F’ederal authority.
A Scxnk at Tin; Polls.—The following
incident is said to have occurred at one of
the polls in the city ot Haiti more, at the
Presidential election in 1856 :
A very old man approached the polls,
holding his ballot to be deposited. 1 lie
crowd made way with one accord, but one ac
tive Vigilant Committee man, who did not
know the new comer nor appreciate the gen
eral movement, interposed with bis challenge,
and the following colloquy tok place:
Challenger.—1 challenge that vote.
Old Man.—The ground of the challenge,
Sr?
C.—Have you been naturalized?
Ji.-1)0111 111 II**' niimuy.
(’.— Do you live in this State ?
(). 31.— Yes. Sir.
(’.— in this city?
(>. 31.— Yes. Sir.
C.—In this ward?
(). 31.—Yes. Sir.
Cl.—How long have you lived in this ward?
<). 31.—Eighty years. Sir.
C.—What’s you name?
< >. 31.— linger 15. Taney, Sir.
(’—What’s your lmsiuess?
O H.—Chief Justice of the Enited
States. Sir.
The challenger had nothing further to a.-k.
Elit just then "appreciated the tacts.
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A I5iTK.it Hit.—Beaumarchais was the son
of a watchmaker. The popularity lie enjoyed
at court, on account of wit n>id other recom
mendations. excited the envy of the young
i. ►hies about the sovereign; and one of them
1 volunteered to put him out of countenance.
Addresing him before tire whole court, he
said, " Ah, 31. Beaumarchais, 1 am channel
to see you ; mv watch ha.- been for some time
out of order. 1 bee you to look at it. " t cij
1 must tell you «d,
1 am the most awkward person about watches
in the world.” "No matter; I beg yon to
look at it—I insist.” Beaumarchais took
the wateh, most magnificently set with dia
monds and enamel, raised it to his car. and
! let it drop on the marble floor. It was, of
course, totally destroyed. " 3 ou see, my
h>rd.” said the wit. coolly. I knew my awk
wardness better than you did your man.
The Five Dai'limits.—A gentleman
had live daughters, all of whom he brought
up to some respectable occupation in life,
j Those daughters married, one after another
with the coic-vnt of their father. The first
married a gentleman of the name of Poor;
the second a 31 r. Little; the third a 31r.
blurt; the fourth a 31 r. Brown; the fifth a
31 r. llngc. At the wedding ol the latter, her
sisters with their husbands were present. Al
ter the ceremonies of the wedding were over,
the old gentleman said to the guests : •• i have
t ken great pains toeducate my five daughters,
that thev might act well their advantages and
improvements l fondly hoped that they would
do honor to the family ; and now J find that
1 all expectations have turned out nothing but
a loor. Littlr. Short. Hroiru. Hoyt/.
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The movement for a separate kingdom is
gaining ground in Ireland. Large meetings
in its favor have been held in all parts of the
island, and an address to the Queen of Eng
land, asking for a separate Irish Parliament
and the privilege of self government, has ob
tained over twenty thousand signatures. The
late stand taken by the British Government
in favor of the right of the people of Sardinia
and of Italy and Sicily to select their own
rulers and their own government, is used with
great force in support of their demand by the
people of Ireland.
In Petersburg. Ya.. a few days since, while
a little darkey was passing over a (pourt-yard
paved with brick, he felt the bricks givine
way under his feet. Terrified half to death,
he plunged toward his master’s house, think
ing an cattle|itake was after him. and, alarm
ing the house, it was discovered that a space
of five feet in diameter had disappeared in
the pavement. lea\inga deep, dismal-looking
abyss. The occurrence showed that a por
t ion \ irginia was noun a to seeeae, am
| wanted to take tlie “peculiar institution,” ii
the shape of a little nigger, with it.
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Another, now gun has been brought intc
the field. It is loaded with conical ball, simi
lar to the Minnie rifle ball, and is capable o
discharging fifteen shots per minute. It i:
novel in its form, exquisite in its workman
ship, and claimed by its inventor, and thos<
who have seen it tested, to vie with any piee<
yet introduced. Tt is brought forward In
Col. livery, of Painsville, Ohio, to whom i
belongs.
A country apothecary not a little distin
gnislied for his impudence, with a lmpc o
disconcerting a young clergyman, whom h<
knew to be a man of singular modesty, askei
him, in the hearing of a large company, “win
the patriarchs of old lived to such an extreme
age ?” To which the clergyman replied, “ 1
\ suppose the ancient patriarchs took m
! physic.”
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'An Irishman was once indulging in tin
very intellectual occupation of sucking egg:
raw and reading a newspaper. By some mis
chance lie contrived to bolt a live chicken
The poor bird chirruped as it went down hi:
throat and he very politely observed. “ B<
the powers me friend, you spoke a little to<
! late !”
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A AIetttomst and Quaker having stoppec
at a public house, agreed to sleep in the saini
bed. The Methodist kneeled down, prayei
fervently and confessed a multitude of sins
After lie arose, the Quaker observed ; “ Real
ly, friend, if tliee are as had as thou sayes
thou art, I think I dare not sleep with thee.’
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An Unfortunate Printer.—Willian
Phillips, who formerly worked side by side
in a printing office, with Chief Justice Lewi
and Covernor Packer, of Pennsylvania, wen
I to a police station in Philadelphia, the othe
' night, to beg a lodging,
t
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
As the polite omnibus agent of the Lexing
ton and Louisville Railroad was going
through the ladies’ car, checking baggage, he
asked a very pretty young lady if she had any
baggage she wished taken to the Hotel.
Ske'replied, “ No sir.” The agent then asked
her it' she desired a ‘bus? She instantly
nave him a sweet smile and replied, “No sir,
I am not in a bussing humor this evening.”
The agent dropped his memorandum book,
hastily retired to the baggage car, and said
he felt unwell.
A wife was robbed of $150 by her hus
: band, at Philadelphia, on Wednesday. He
was arrested, and told where the money was
buried, when the wife refused to prosecute.
One of the Southern Representatives in
Congress, who had become irritated at his in
ability to get the floor of which the Speaker
possibly thought he could not make a good
use, was heard to exclaim the other day in a
fit of passion, “ I have been in Washington
all winter and caught every d—d thing in
town, except the Speaker’s eye.
A young LADY asked the meaning of the
I word surrogate, and the gentleman explained
it to her as a gate through which parties
have to pass to get married. “Then l imag
ine,” said the lady, “ it is a corruption of
sorrowgate.” “ You are right replied her in
formant, “as woman is an arbriatiou of woe
j to man.”
Listen went to Paris in 1S29. and was
one day noticed walking in front of the Hotel
Maurice, with his tongue hanging out of his
| mouth. “What are you doing that for?'
asked his intimate friend, Potier. “ W by,’
1 replied the eccentric man, “ I’m learning
your language and 1 want to catch the ae
1 cent.
A couple of Kentuckian -, lately visitce
i Poston, and sat down to dine at the Revert
| House. Codfish balls were served at the ta
ble, and one of the Kentuckians taking then
| for corn dodgers, proceeded to break one ir
two. Betting the srent or it, he turned t<
his partner, remarking in the most solemi.
manner—•• Something dead in that. Tom!”
It being hinted to a barrister, who was
wearying the court with a long dull argu
ment. that he ought to bring it to a close, he
angrily replied. •• J will speak as long as 1
please!” “ You have spoken longer than
you please already.” said his antagonist.
Tiik London Saturday Review says:
"The difference betwe u the two sexe* may
often he stated thus : A man gives two shil
lings for an eighten-penny thing he wants.
, and a woman gives eighteen-pence for a two
.shilling tiling she does not want.
A poet was once walking with Talleyrand
in the street, and at the same time reciting
some of his own verses. Talleyrand perceiv
ed. at a short distance *a man yawning, and
pointing him out to his friend, said," Not se
loud] he hears you.”
" You had better a-k for manners than
nioiu'v." said a finely dn-.ed gentleman, to a
he-'gar-hoy who had asked l’or alms. “ i
a-ked for what 1 thought you had the most
of,” was the boy’s reply.
Time for ,u.r. Thixhs.—"Mrs. Briggs,”
said a neighbor, who stepped into the house oi
the former, ju-t as she was in the act of seat
in ir herself at the table. "Have you heard
of the dreadful accident ?”
*• Why, no—what was it?”
“ Mr. Briggs has fallen from his wagor
and is killed.”
*• Is it possible? well just wait until [ tini-1
iny dinner and then you’ll hear crying.”
Prentice says he heard of hut one oh
woman who kissed her cow, hut lie know- ol
many thousand young one who have kissue
very great calves.
The deaths in New York city last wed;
numbered 425. an increase of forty-eight ovot
the preceding week, and a decrease «>f seven
ty-seven from the corresponding week of last
year.
The following dispatch, says The Toledi
Blade, went through by telegraph, recently
•• (’barley and Julia met at S-yesterday
—quarrelled and parted forever—met ogaii
this morning, and parted to meet no more—
met again this evening, and were married.’
A man carried another ten miles in twr
hours and twenty minutes, at Haverhill
Massachusetts, a lew days since, for one dol
lar.
The Philadelphia Press say- that Plymontl
church ( Henry Ward Beecher s) is the onb
place of amusement allowed to be open ii
Brooklyn, on Sunday.
The population of Pekin. China, is abou
2.050,0U0. In 1845 the proportion of death;
was one in forty-two, not including children
A eat in New York recently caught ;
mouse and carried it to an upper chamber
where she nursed it as tenderly as a woiuai
would her babe.
A scientific youth has discovered the causi
of the potato blight. He ascribes it to tin
ro-tatnrv movement of the earth.
Florence Nightingale, the heroine of. Sou
tari, is still suffering from the effects of he
severe experience in that military hospital.
By railway accidents, in 1800, there wor
killed, in the United States, seventy-four per
sons, and three-hundred and fifteen woundd
j —the smallest number in any twelve month
in the past eight years.
David Dunlap, of Callaway county, Mo
lately caught a full grown catamount in
trap.
A quaint writer defines time to be—“
vehicle that carries everything into nothing.
At the last distribution of public charit
• in Cork, Ireland, the town clerk says s' he g>
, sick giving out blankets to drunkards.”
The hospitals consumed 720 glasses of win
and 607 glasses of whisky at Cork, Irelam
I for the week ending December eighth.
> Seven thousand Polish Jews recentl
passed through Posen, on their way to th
United States.
Mrs. Barbara Cheek died in Dearbor
county, Indiana, a few days ago, at the ai
vanced age of 100 years.
Lizzie Dill, an actress and editress, is a car
‘ didate for State librarian, before the Indian
> legislature.
llev. Dr. Itice, of Chicago, Illinois, hi]
[ received a unanimous call to the Fifth avenu
. church, New York.
^ The teller of a Boston bank paid §200
• last wTeck instead of §200. Happily, B. I
Pratt, an honest man. received it.
t ’ ’
“ Don’t you mean to marry, my dear sir?
“ No, my dear widow; I’d rather lose all tli
, ribs I’ve got than take another.
The expenses of the city of New Orleat
? for 1801, are estimated at §3,000,000.
R
r Wanted—an astrologer who has east h
own horoscope and believes in it.
Tiif, Chinese Capital.—The appearance
of Pekin is disappointing. The great width
of the streets makes the houses look small and
mean, but the wood carving in front ot most
of them is most wonderful in the quantity and
minuteness of its detail. Many of these car
vings are gilt, and in a long stieet ot the?e
shops the eiioct is good. In dry weather the
streets are four inches deep in dust; In wet,
a foot deep in mud. rl here is a raised road
in the middle of the street on which two carts
can easily drive abreast; on either side ot this
road there is a lower one ot about the same
breadth. The wall of the Imperial City,
which occupies the center ot Pekin, is high
and handsome, but not intended for defense;
the top has the yellow tile ; inside this wall
are the palaces of the imperial family. The
emperor’s palace, or the interdicted city, as
it is called, is in the center of this city, and
surrounded by the same iud ot wall.
W. B. CROCKER & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Or X* C> O e I* S ,
First door West of J. II. Quisenberry’s Store.
DCS ARC, ARK A AS AS.
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1 rp\KR PLEASURE IX ANNOUNCING TO
i 1 rlie citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties,
I that they are now in receipt of a large and well
I selected stock of
(; U 0 C E R I E S A X1) IIAIID W A11E,
f’onsisting in part of Sugars, Molasses, Coffee,
Candles, Cheese, Vinegar. Salt, Whisky. Rice,
l’ickles. Sardines. Flour, Fish. Raisins. Figs. Cit
rons. .\lni<>nd<. Candy. Soap. Starch, Soda. Grack
ers. Tobacco. Citrars. Nails. Castings. Iron. Steel,
J og Chain'. Ox Chains, lh.le Axes, Spades. Shov
els, etc., etc., with all other articles usually to be
: found in a similar establishment. All ot which
they are now selling low for cash. nuv •»—tt
S VIA V IN I
J2L. o <ex d emy9
PR 4EI£sC COl'XTY, .&RK 1\S IS,
D. M FAYDEN,.Principal.
R. A. RtctiMO.Ni), - - - Assistant.
mUE SECOND SESSION OF THE ABOVE
1 Academy will open on Monday, the -tih day
I of February next. The Principal Hatters h.tuseil
that, having an experience of many years in the
profession of teaching, lie will be enabled to give
i satisfaction to the patrons of Lis school. The
j Academy is located in a healthy region of cmiii
| try, remote from all those localities of dissipation
i and vice, so destructive to the morals of youth,
and hi the midst of a community, combining all
those virtues that compose a good neighborhood.
■ No pains will be spared by the teachers to advance
the pupils entru'ted to their charge. Special
attention will be directed to have them thoroughly
to understand the elementary principles of all the
branches of Science t . :!.t in the school. No
pupil ..I apply for i tion who is unwilling
to tie either g..v< rued < i-tracted. Pupil' will
be charged front the timeol entrance. No deduc
tion will be made except in case of protracted
, illness.
TUITION I’ER SESSION OT FIVE MONTHS.
Elementary Branches. - - - $10 00
, Higher English Branches, - - - - 15 00
Languages and Higher Mathematics, - 20 00
Board can be obtained at from Eight to Ten
- Dollars per month.
Oakland Grove, Prairie Co.. Ark. jy 11 '61-41
I> i: S ABC
MALE ACADEMY,
T. It. OSBORNE, Principal.
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miTE Fl It ST SESSION OF THIS VCADEMY,
■ L located in Des Are. Prairie county, Arkansas.
, commenced January 7, lbul.
The terms nf Tmfbui -ice SI1A stl*) .VA stl.N n,i,1
j S-'i per session ot' five months,
i The government of the Academy will be strict.
; yet mild. ^The mode of teaching will be strictly
1 ( methodical. Parents will observe that it will be
j of great advantage to their sons to be entered at
I or near the beginning of the session. Parents or
’ ' guardians need not enter their sons or wards uu
less subjecting. them entirely to the mode ol
instruction and ol' government established itr tin
g j school.
I Tuition payable from the time of entering till
I tlie end of the session. Deduction in cases ol
prolonged sickness. jv-lH-y
1 j *3,300 WORTH or GOODS
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Just Received on Consignment!
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must uis SOLD!
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'* T UST RECEIVED. A LOT OF GOODS TO SEL1
• •) AT COST, AND LESS THAN COST.
Such as Ladies’ Talmas, Silk Dress Paterns
” Trimmings and Fringes, Shoes. Parasols, Cra
vats. Gloves, Mitts, figured and plain Muslin?
c Robes, Borage, Shall! 's, Cotton Cards, Ciga
Cases, Buttons, Hats, Bonnets. Coats, etc., etc
Attention of Merchants is especially called, a
IS 1 will sell in lots, at less than Eastern prices
Call and sec the bills.
J. H. QU1SENBERRY,
13 Auctioneer, Commission Merchant,
nov30-tf. and Land Agent.
IVES AIi< C ITY 1
DRUG STORE, I
To Plij siciaris Druggists, Merchants, 1
PLANTERS, I
I AND TIIE PUBLIC C EVER ALLY. I
Your attention is respectfully invited to one of I
the best selected stocks of fresh I
DRUGS, MEDICINES, I
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN I
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES l I
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS,
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other articles pertaining to the Drughnsi.
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE.
At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL!
OX ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHOICE LOT OF
Sugars, Chewing A Smoking Tobacco.
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF St'PF.RIOII
I.ntl OKS Kill HED1UAI. USES,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Order* from a l)l*lanre Hill KitcIvc Prompt Attention!
AND Tin: GOODS FORWARD!:!) WITIIOVT DELAY.
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PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and host materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at
til Hours ol' 1 lift* l>aj or Yiijlit !
miv.°,-1y. JOHN B. PERKINS.
rs K W S FO R E !
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ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
M e have just opened our new stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEYS
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LINSEYS,
AND GEORGIA TLA IDS.
VLSO. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS,
De Berages, Mcriuoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
, etc., etc., etc.
ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK OF
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A better assortment cannot be found. Also, the
largest, stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
In the market. We kindly solicit all who wish to'
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
nov 8-tf. _ I)cs Arc. Arkansas.
AT COST AMI CARRIAGE.
I AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Goods at. Cost and ten per cent. Every
body is invited to call and sec for themselves.
My goods are inferior to none in this market, am
J my object in selling off at cost and carriage is to H
enable me to replenish with a stock which will 1'*
. bought exclusively with cash.
1 nov3-tf. * LEVIN HARRISON _
ATTEST IO A OFFICERS!
'. j A LL THE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED ANP
s j\ non-commissioned of the Second Battalion
. of Fiffitieth Regiment-, are hereby commanded to
appear at Dos Arc, on the 23d day of February,'
for the purpose of officers’ drill. By order ot
J. B. PERKINS. Major,
per Russ Eya>’s, Orderly. jaa 25, dl-tf