Tlirni I’LEASANTLV TOLD.
The eighty-niuth annual Commencement of
Browu University. Rhode Island, waa celebrated
witli niu(*h cnthusiiisiii on the -2d instunt. Among
the oxoroisos was an Address before the Alumni,
dolivi n'd l»v the Hon. Samuel S. (’ox, of (_)hio, a
mombi’r elect from that State to the next (’on-
ffrorfs, and of which we find the following abstract
in thi' Providence Journal, lu thi.-^ Addres.s it
seems to have been the object of the speaker to
hold the mirror up to Americdti naturo and catch
the “manners living as they rise” ann'ii!: us; iiinl
that there is as much of truMi as of caricature in
liis portraiture will, we think, bi> gcin'rally aa-
uiiltcd. The subject, as a\iiiounc'd by the spcak-
. r, was ‘-The N cces.-'itv for More of that B(‘ni;r-
nant Moderation wliich Scli'ilarship should iiitu.'^L'
into Ani -rican Life.” After stating the oxist-'noi-
in uur midst i*f an cxa^'frerated immoderation, he
}ir>o. . Iod til examine into the causes whirl) pr >-
duced it.
Ho ixamincd, 1st, our (’oltic povuliaritit'-;,
whii'li liav" I otitributed not :i little to the reck-
losiic.'ri and extravagance of nur .vinerican liti-.
He Ctnnplimentcd the (’eltic rice iiijrhly. The
pure Saxon and the pure Atigle wo-t-- a stupid
aud inferior race. When combined with tho
I’cltie there has .sprung from the cross tlu- beauty
aud aroma of our civilization; but with them has
grown that exccs.^ive luxuriance which no pruning
can repress Fronj this coiuL»in;ition w - have
that innate ijuickuess of upprehcn.'.iou and h'.ed-
less haste in action under which we are rushing
so fatst and headlong.
•_M. The speaker considered, as a cau^c of ;)ur
characteristic immoderation, the keen, nervous,
unbalanced intellect of America From it has
sj.rung that unrest which allows no tat to grow
u})on our muscles; fritm it we have that nervous
irritability whii-h displays itself in the impatience
and int(>lerauce of our politics. 'I'he .‘•p'vikfr
in.ide a thru>t it the (juick eager inti llect' wh >
go around agita ing the over-stimulated puldic
pul.-ic, “Agitatel agitatel” they cry, when there
is the lea>t reason for it, they being most agitated,
liecuu>f nobody else is.
;>d. ()ur imagination dilated under the great
phy.'ical surroundiii:s, jiolitical pron.inence, aiul
inerea^iiiiT rrai: leur ot the Ki'publie. The speak-
er elaborately illustrated this point by referring
to our immense tonnage, our large lakes, our
Idiig rivers, oar mountain ranges, our manimntli
e.inifi ra, our vast mineral treasures, our wide
prairies, our great crops, our growing cities, mir
enlarging territory, our unrivalled telegraphs, our
extensive railroads ajid their niually extensive
disa.'ters, our meelianical .-kill and its intinite
productions—all of which led the American to
exaggerate his ability, his position, and his cun-
try. lie f und such a unity in the human mind
that it could not be hign strung on one subji-ct
without hein similarly keyed up on all. There
is such an excitement running through our Am. ri-
ean mind on account of our growing importance
that we must aggra- dize every thing with wbieh
we have to do. ,\n American cani.ot sit still
unles- he dues it with miirht and main. lie
must lake an extravagant p.i>itioii. Tl'.e orator
hit this off very happily in the fidlowiinr epi> .de;
“Now the highest eiijoyaieiit of a Frenchman
is to have the last eantatrice in a fashionable
opera. The Spaniard’s transport reaches its cli
max when in the arena the matador, with skill
ful thru-t, stretches his antagonist in the dust.
The N' ajiolitan finds his paradise in the lengthen
ing consciousness of his maccaruni The tJerman
rise> tn his heaven on the cloud of his dreamful
]iipo and misty metaphysics. The KngUshman
grows comfortably cxtutic over roast beef aud
naval gl"ry. The Turk ascends to his sev. iith
heav' II among the- houris while he sinoke> hi-
Xaruhilait and sip.s his luoeha. 'I'hi- Afriean,
with his banjo on his knee, is “off for the other
side of dordaii.” The h'ishm iu’s ehief joy is to
take olV his frieze coat at a fair, and, with shillelah
whirling, invite any gintleman to staini before it;
or, for the love of God, just to step on the tip end
of his coat-tail, and be smashed into smithereens.’ ”
But the American—
“FiiiJs not in the wi>le world a pleasure so sweet
to sit near the window and tilt uji hi.s feet;
I’ufi away at the Cuba, whose il>ivor just suits.
And g.'ize at the world 'twist the toes of hi.- buet?."
His adventurous at;d rovioir disposition wa.'
next adverted to. The American en mnt'- in
Europe, the American on the Borders ut In/me,
the unr sting American everywhere was drawn
to the life, in illustration of the exaggeration of
his national character.
The speaker gave succinctly what we had done
as a nation in the la.-t half century, and found, in
these el'MUeiits of succes.-' tho cause of that exce.-.'
which is so characteristic of tiie Americans. We
hal increased our tonnago, manufactun-', aj:ricul-
ture, nunibers, incomes, and, proj.orfioiiately, our
conceit, jir'ile, and exag;.'cration. Thirty-six years
ago the F^dinburgh Review had eaufioncd us
aga:n.-t the use of that galaxy of epithets l.y wliieh
We pi r.-u.i jed (jurselves we Wt-re t!,.- :reati >t nf
nati'ius. \v e were even then cautioned aguiii.-t
t^.e use of .-ujieilatives. But th(‘ b. lief in Mur
gri atiiess will niake u., so as s':r' 'y ■ - tli'iui'ht
i recedes action.
We do not like people who belittle us. W.'
are great in the [>ast, greater in the present, and
gr(‘atest in the future. We never tire of hearing
>ur own pvaise- ;;ri' not .-atisiie.l with mark^
ingtlie line.- of . nipire in th.- infant face nf the
cradK d [J. rrule>, but we mu.-t b- always liandling
the plump _v..ung ..n.,' nn our knt.-e. and chaiining
liini luit'.! till. M"rid fdj>erves his prematurity (if
.size aii 1 lung*'!
4th.  >ur dialect ha-, become exagi/erated; our
be.st words j" rverted and emasculated. One of
our seluiars has puhlished a dictionary contain
ing 'Ver 4iH) rnir.'s of AmericaHi-ius. We na-
tiira:!/. ’ w. rds ,, ,;,-iIy. Our pe.pj.I,. are mosaic.
\\ e have the Fr'neh, Spani>h, (’.ernjan, Dutch,
Norwegiaiu U elsli, Indian, and Africane.-e.in our
lexic'.._rv:iphy “The metaphorical and other odd
expre.-„,„s beln„;:i,,^, to the West and South, u
bst ofwh.eh Mr, l>M,tlett has collected in his
d.ct.onary ..nginate iu s.nie funny anecdote,
which makes Us way up through many mt.uths,
until It obtains the imi.riniatur of the (’r.ihnv.s-
>-nai (. ub.. and ti.e curre. cy of the metropoTitan
pres-. If the hi.-toryof our own b'xicography
were written it would he a comic one; for where
no an.vdote could be f.und as the ro,.t of our
n. w p.ira.se.s, their origin would be traced to the
ni I t. > ,} uneilucatec] J,ut original geniuses,
w 10 mu ,! Words tor their ideas, jirecisely a.s they
nia I, a new ox-yoke or thrcshit,g machine, which
Woi, ^ >oii bifc iine popular from the oddity of
10 * **''gi in time lind places beside the
* I ^ homely Saxon of our tongue.”
er laps we ought to welcome,” said tho
orator, t iis genesis of new words: since so many
of our good hnghsh words have lost all meaning.’
I he word ‘powerful’ is powerless to convey any
Hignihcance; ‘magnihcent’ is tawdry: ‘mirhty’ is
weak; ‘desperate,’ ‘all killing,’ “all-tire.l’ are gentle
teTms; ‘first-rate’ is generally acknowledged to be
mth-rat.>; ‘old boss,’ when analyzed, i.s found to be
le tern.' rest uppcllatiou of a biped jtivenih;,
without huofs; and an ‘institution’ is any thing
which the in.,titutor pleases—an eating saloon, a
ue- ove club, a shoe-peg factory, a steam fire
engine, a water euro, a six-barrelled pistol, a bar
er s .shop, or a sausage-.stuffing machinel A
A ew )rlcans paper calls the negro an institution.
I heard a young father call his baby an institu
tion The generalizing mind of America .sees lu
the baby the germ of future republics, and he
dare express it. A New York paper sometime
ago offered a reward for a new set of terms to ex-
pt-e.ss what used to be expre.ssed by many of these
familiar words.”
The speaker referred to an Knglish criticism
on our intens.' phraseology, giving specimens iti
illustratiim; also to the manner in which so many
c)f our good old Knglish words h;i l bct'n I'liiascu-
lated by this unmeaning extravagance.
5th. Our ideas are agizr.imlized beyond all
verisiniiUtude by superaddiug ot her iileas to them
atul expressing all in an intense phraseolog\.
The sober hue is lost in th.- glare and distortion
which seems to suit our character. 'N e cannot
irjve but a hint ot' tho varied illusir:'.tioii.- '.d the ,
speaker t>> this point; j
“A Soutlu'rn eilitor wishes to say that the'
Mississipj'i i.i \ 'ry luvv 11 iw d'>e.. -i ■ ni', it;
•The >-iitish ,.re rigging up stern wheeler.-.’ -V
strange geiiiii.-^ de.'-criln.', a lalv-.' in .MiniiesOia as j
so clear that, hy b' >kin^j iiit- it, you e.in see them ;
makiiiL" tea in (’liiua If any thing is iiisignili-,
cant, it is the ‘little end ot notliing wliittletl down ,
to a point.’ It any thing is great, it ‘beat.- thuii- I
der.' or ‘al! creation.’ If fa.-.t, -lightning a-n’t a
pati'hing;’ it lT'^c.s ‘rippity-idiek in //•' tinu’. t hir
boys bet ‘tiu 11 life on it, and iioti'.inj cls. —-go
their .rr//i ■ n it, and nothing les- ’ ”
These illustrations furnished the thri'siudil t)f
that hiini'ir which he ilhistiatcd in all it.- extra
vagance in l'.i> division. . This humi>i- wa-^
’the froth and sparkle, showing the depth ot the
wave Our humor partook of tiie '.'xag;.'erafive
((U.ility more than any other. S.'iiio there were
who could .•■ee nothing but absurdity, rant, and
liyperbole in it, hut the speaker contcnled that
exaggeration was the very essence of tun, and
especially Anieriean fun. FalstaiT’s ni"nst"rin::
his courajie and (\iptain Bobailil’s braggadocio
were cited as samples of Knglish exaggeratinn;
and the numerous gr ifesiiU" and varied illustra
tions which Mr (' ’X gave fr'-in Anieri'-in life
would have sati>tie 1 the iuo*^t sceptical that in; -
verent exag^t‘ratii>n was the litc ot our Huni'ir
We give the following extract on thi- point:
“l'ht‘ proprietor of a nevsly organi/.' '1 eity out
West dilating t'li the unrivalb d :olvan:agt s hy
w ater ainl by rail of his magnitiv-ent siie; or the
Fourth of J uly orator, sweeping the p -riplh iy .1
creation to gather imnieii.-e symbols of ,iur evcr-
la-tiiii: gloiy; or the poet just tUdged, and 'ryiui:
his fi'chlc pinioiis ou the thunder..u- .-^iiiph i.i.-.-
of that almighty heft of wat r at Niagara; or tiie
young attorney addressing his first jury, .and
never in the cour-e id’ Ins extensive jiractiee hav
ing met such .lutrag' ous iiiju>tiee as that rittempt
ed on his client; or uur little !■ lys In hin l t ;. ir
cig;ir>, and down on the ‘old man’ f t - in pa
rental injiinefie.ii: or our biiTire.'t stat.'.-ni tii be
hind thv'ir Senatorial deks. .and duwn ‘ii all t;iaii-
kind fnr their outrages on and pre-unifition t"
w.ards tlii- great nation; all tind exprc'-i iti it; ?lo
s ierilogiou- au laeity ..f our boys. 'I'he utt- r .’.is-
rejiai 1 of sacred thii:gs is n.it eonlin-d a oi,c t i
(lur b lys. In the llei_'n “f Terror in I'ranee,
while the men were cutting i tf human 1^ ,i Is m l
carrying them ar lund Paris on pik- .-. the I lys
W‘ re imitating tlu iu by guilh-tinin;r eat- and
carrying around their heads on sticks; ci, in
America, the jirevailing irreverence auMiii: our
men fin is its juvenile counterfjart. (►I'e iur-e it
was no one but an Anieriean who, iri v. 'Utli
Ameriei'.n city, -tupped the (’atli.dic pr 'ia’s-i.'ti,
whieh bore along the ho^t, t'. light hi- eigar fr.im
the s;uT.-d tapi r! The sacnl> gi >us audaeitv wa-
illustrated by an American e inpany in the M.-xican
war, which during an eartbijUake was drawn up
in line in one of the church' s in the city of M-x-
ico. Whih* the Mexicans were rii-hitii: out "f
tie ir h.iu-e-, erying ‘ 7’/- tnhh,, '.' ‘ T: v.-i’h
consternation; "T drup on ;hcir kn.in eliuri-li
to beseech the \'irgin with must s:tcred pusillaiii-
I'lity, this American c imjiany, at every huriz'-ntal
|u.ike. Would be da-h.’d against the ehureh wail-
What are they thinking of? W ith r ady exag
geration they liken their .-ituation to one ot the
surf-boats they had used at Vera Cruz At e.erv
surge the cry goes round. ‘Shove le-r off boys!’
‘Steady, men, keep your places!' 'N >w s!;- rist -!
shove her off!’ 'I'he juvenile- counti rpart again
appears in the y..uth who w-i- ti I ' tlie -t.iry "f
tho two and forty children wh > were t.irn by 1 . ir^
fur nio,‘king the pr"[diet In-tea'l of lu-eiiing the
m.iral he went ri^l.t ■ ut and-aliite.i :iietir.-r bai l-
headed iii'iividual he met with. ‘(Jo up bald head!
Now bring on your bears!’ Why, n.it 1 dig au' ■,
a gon.l niati addressed one of our S-ahbath sch ' >i>
in Ohio; t'od them of the better world in tones
so patlictie and tear- .so sineere that be seenied to
touch cords of finest f'-tding iu tiu ir •ntie young
bosoms, and coneb: led hi.s remarks fiy requesting
theui t" .-ing ‘J irdan.’ Ins' ad of ‘.Iordan’-
.-torniy banks he wa.- a't^uiii’nd ti; L ar, in one
unbri'ki n u-u". that ;
•‘.Iiir ian aia a ii’ir i r.>a i t" trave!,'
“One w-uld suppo.se in a (’hri-':an country
t!;at .-tr'.ani, eoijsecrated by sueh holv meninrie-. '
Would not be polluted by th. ribaldry I'f our youth
donlan! whoic banks are hallowed by the ‘o .t-
print of pr-'phet and saiiit; whose waters rose up
that Israel miirht bear over that bc:iutc"ii.-^ type i
of our e..y. nant with Ht-aven; whi'Sc wave
mirrored tin clear skv an; the peaceful dove,
descending upoti the baptized Redcetiii r—etnble-1
matic of the Fatticr’s plea.-ure; .lord.an! at the.
mention (.f who.-e name, though the twelve stones ;
' rected by Israel have long tiince mouldered, and I
thou^ih the s'lot where the body of our li'ird was!
immersed ha- no monument for its idi'iitity— '
thoui;h the Bed.iuin roams in its valley, and its;
calcined soil no longer smile.-; with cultivation—is j
still dear t i the (,'hristian of every clime, as with ;
wistful eye he gazes U{ion that fair and hap[»y
huid where his posS'.ssiona lie, and with tlu'pow.'r
ot grace struggles througli it.s swelling flood to
that other bank where the world hath no tempta
tion and the tomb no terror, where immortality
with the dear ones who have gone before bo-
eonies a presence and a transport. .Jordan! whose
flow makes niu«ic with the dying .song of praise,
whose light .-ilvcrs the darkness of the valley of
the shalow, and tills the fading vision with the
glory of the ai.'Wercd prayer, and the .soiil with
the reality ot that country beyond where the
good Shepherd forever enfidds his own in the
sweet pastures by the still waters. Jordan! Aye,
aud what othrr consecrated a.ssociation is not
bitilc' a up hy the ploughshare of ratit, defiant,
independent Voung America? Said 1 not truly
‘that our humor stops at no sacrifice for its fun!'" ”
After touching upon our rampant patriotism, as
exhibited in our Declaration of Indei»endcnee—
which he regarded as a most transcendent and
splendid piece, of rhet »rie—the orator referred,
seventhly, to tho exaggerations of our .social life,
which was turned top.sy-turvy by the unnatural
stimulus to riches. Fraud and dishonor were the
result. He drew a picture of a land sale in the
far \\ est as an example of the inordinate haste
to get gold.
Personal display, unnatural greed, and the over
estimate 0i the value of money are the incentives
to those extremes of daily life which are filling
our insane asylums with our overworked and un
relieved people.
Ill natured people find fault with Miss Flora
McFlimsey because she trundles that hoop of un
approachable circumference; and because, after
flitting from shop to shop through the bazaars of
two world.s, in fevered de.spair, she tills the air
with the pitiful wail of “nothing to wear.” Mi.ss
McFlimsey is but a type of the enbarged urea,
Haunting ultr.iisni, pompous pride, and noisy uut-
terinL' of our enterprising people. Wherever
wealth is suddenly actjuired, Mi.ss Meblimse}
will be found with her uorgcaus nrniy tmn her
lamentable destitution! No .sooner is such a
]>rodigy born than a young miss of thirteen, from
(’oniiccticut—the lan> of steady claims
to be its luothcr!
'I’he .-uneiiitics and luxuries of life ail tlo.it on
•his iT'^ldcn Pactolus; but along with them are
the lauirhing genii w!io puncture the lollies ami
hold till' mirror up to tlie oddities and charms
tliat t)ubblc ami cffervesce iu the wake. Bev
(•'.vaincheese pi-, a,-he-', and fashionable religion,
with lavelidcred handkerchiof, wipes away the
tears that never flow; but (’urtis, the rogue, sits
(i..'murcly by, and .'\Irs. Potiphar goe.s to his caii-
va.ss illustrated by his facile humor. Parvenu
pride tun:'; up its aristocratic nose at {debcian
vocation.-, but Saxe, the wag, is sliding the geie'
ah'gieal line of the McBi'idcs thri»ugh hii fingers,
and liohls up the wax-enl with a chuckle I'ilth
;(V Tuie ■.utcnds the op. ra and the tlu-itre, and,
innocent of itali.iti or I'reiich, akcct.s to die .:\vay
in th. i*ide:ices ot Parodi or sbivi'r with exciti*-
i;;ent at llu'fr'. iizy of K.aciiel; but the lorguet'e
i'f 'liteh. 11 i. Ic'.elh'd at them, ami their -iaguer-
re.eypcs ale soon caught by the sunbeams i>f his
f.ancy,
'riii- humor of ours c.-mnot be ajiared so long as
vu- have so many enipiri,-.- in nu'dieiue, petiifog-
iiers in law. demag.tgues in politic., pretenders
in religion, and -in.bs in society.
Mb 'I'he spi.aker then considered as the chii i
cause of all tuis exaggeration that indivi'lual in-
de]iend-iieo, which in excess is as ilatigerous as in
its pr "per .-{’here it is ennobling to the Americ.aii
eharaeter.
II" drew a ciintrast between the idder civiliza-
tiiin e.f i.th.r land- an.1 t’ne civilization nfonrown
lie found in the latter a stwrn eonf.orshrp whieii
jiroteCtcil the I III/1 while it elevated the
ma.-ses. In the older civilization lu‘ found but a
few (d' the :jrcat and gifted The ina.-s of the
people of tiricce and Ronie were lik'- the inbuhc'
on the out. r heavens, indi-tinct and hazy 'I’he
spirit i f o'.:;- a;^e, liki' the telesc ipe ot Ro--, has
res ii'.-. d til • masses into star.s, eaeh bright an l
particular, the lea.-t as Well as the greatest, as uf
sonic u- ill this universe of light, beauty, and
I etiev i.'iiec.
l’ro;i! a discussion of this individual indcpt>n
deiiee ,'Ir (’"X [irocecded to deduce from it the
lit nclits it !:ad given After dilafing thi-reon, he
pounced rather un- xjectcdly upon the “higher
' IW.” whiidi h is 1. I'll the -ubjcct o! -eV' tal ('otii-
nii'iie. :.;: lit i.rati"lis
In speakin-: of this individual iti'lepen.b nee as
tin- sour, 'it i i^h.'r law aii'l .iimihir extr:ivai.'an-
eie- the ■ :ai r .-ani ir was nn new pr'iblem; it
was .'I.; dd as Ri.g.-r William-, whuse go..d sen.-e
>e t.-h'-'l, it it d.id le t klli it, will'll he met, CoUi-
1'.;!. 1. and overthrrw William Harri-, the “firc-
br.n I" 1 Rli "b l>land, two hundred ye-.ir^ a^o.
Mr ('"X ijii' f ‘d Chief Ju-ticc Durfce in dehn-
ilig hi_'lii-r law and in eondemuation of that “Idea
d' Pur Beas 'n” which sought to supjdant on
earth the coinmon-sen-e understanding td’ man
kind He gave it.-^ definiti-in in the lan^-uage 'of
Harris, viz: " That nny j» nfnn ich't cnt/i/ l oiisi'i-
‘ sm/ In uuijlit nut to aii/imtf f'l mil/ humnn
iiiitlfirity siii-iihl f» e.iniifit from aii law.” He
then pi "ccdeil t.'give Roger William-’s rct’utation;
and t'> pour out up'>n this doctrine his tb uuncia-
ti iii ■!- t!ic w list extravagance ,if the Amcrii-an
iiii’id He I'alb il it 'm- 'f that family of N"W
K:.:'!a:id in which insanity seems to b'here
ditary “li i^ no longt-r a harmles.s lunacy. 'Fhe
jii l.inient of the judges is not contemned by the
iu'iior.anf rildde, but the enthusiastic and gifted
piii't The aiiLireh t>f our d.ay is nut the un-
b arned, but the »i/.deariled. IIc who sh.eaid
irive ni'urishmi-nt to the body politic, by his wi.-i-
:ii ' k ratioii and scholarly talent, is eonteiit to pl-iy
th ■ j.art of a erumh in the throat, which ••ften
iive- till- mo,-t tr.iublc when it afford.-' the b.a-t
iii'uri.-'htnont.
'I'he orator discriminated botwceu liberty aud
law, and ipiot.'d frotu Choate’s eloiuetit speech
on the judiciary in the Ma.-.>achusetts Constitu
tional Convention.
In conclusion, he urged upon the educate!
Am. ricaii the duty of n; 'deration in every depart
ment to curb our Ctdtic impulse;'; to calm our
nerv'iu.-iK-ss into an energy without recklessness;
to magnify our \moriean mind with solid attain
ment- e iminen-urate with (Uir physical greatnc!s;
to chasten our humor with a decency and cheer
which has neither hyperbole nor rant; lo restrain
•iir imp. tu'iu.- iadcpindcncy, which threaten-
the Very exi>tcnce of our social order; to instil
mjre reverence int ) our youth; give more empha-
-i-i t " old age, and to inspire more awe of the
sacred rehitioiis we sustain to our land, our race,
and oui liod. “Thi.s problem has been pressed
up '11 u:-," S lid the speaker, “Can we have in the
i 'nited Stiites earnestness without «.xtravagance,
imagination without wild romance, talent iu full
.-treuirtli and genius in vigorous flight without
vehemence and rashncs.-.''” ‘‘I answer for you,
yes! This I’niversity, for which we feel so thril
ling .a prid(', f.mnded in so noble a spirit, with
beiicfaetions so wise and generous, and so well
celebrated by our accomplished Professor of lli.s-
tory; this institution solved that problem forty-
nine years ago, w hen she .sent forth into the world
WlbLI.\M L.vr.nkk MAKt-y.”
Ilniipsi ill Winfir. — Hoops and crinoline, so
much liked iu summer because they save the
necessity of “heaps on heaps” of underskirts, and
enable the wearer to emulate the light Camilla, who
“scours the plain,
Klies o’er tiie unbending corn,and skims alon^ the main,”
are to retain their popularity through the cold
season also. But an obvious difficulty may be
anticicipated. 'I'hough quille robes and flounces
may delight in the expansion, will not the cut
ting northeaster, admitted freely within its ample
circumference, freeze the delicate limbs enclosed
in the spacious prison'!' Some ingenious artist
might devi.>5e a small portable .stove suitable for
a promenade, or the generator of a heated ga.s,
sent through hollow tubes encircling the (nime
ot tho “skeleton ’ skirt. We heard a gentlemati
who vends the article this morning instructin*^ a
lady (who ui(#estly dropped her veil and averted
her eyes while receiving tho information from a
spruce young man,) in the manner jof meeting
the difliculty. The ladies, he said—aud why,
then, should we hesitate to record it—are to wear
“double” drawers of the clo.sest woof of CantDu
ilaiinel! 'J’his is to be a security against cold,
and one also, we opine, against falls ou the pave
ment to wlhich people are liable in slippery weath
er; at least an overturn could produce no serious
consequeuces. A lady thus encased can defy
rude Boreas, puffing back the northern blast, too,
with her full sail of crinoline, which, not needed
for warmth, may serve the purpose of a walking
balloou, and be swept along by the winds that
cannot rend it. How inspiring a sight on a gusty
morning iu December, to sec these expansions
Hitting and gliding to and fro, like phantoms in
a mist.—X. V. E.cjmxa.
The suspension of two houses at Philadelphia,
manufacturers of railroad iron, will throw out of
employment over two thousand workmen.
For Anfint Youmj Men.—Young men who
would prosper.in love should woo gently. It is
not fashionable for young ladies to take ardent
spirits.
WINK WORKS MURDER.
'I’here is no better story we ever read, illustrat
ing tho effects of drunkenness, than the following
we have found in the Boston Saturd;iy Evuning
Gazette. It is decidedly Frenchy, aud may be
c(]ually as true.
Will you read a .«ad story of inebriation'/' Not
of a poetic inebriation does it treat—one of tho.se
sad ;vnd ;^ighing oiu s; not oii* of the imagination
which has emptii-d its glass to the dregs one
wbieh keeps, even iii its la’i;rht, the name ot the
lovid oiii! :: secret. No; il t!> ats simply of a
worthy musician of tfie orciiesti.i d a theatre on
tlic boulev:irds. 'I'bis tin' f'ellow, having toasted
Bacchus for :i considerable pi riod of time, n turned
home ::t two in the morning, staggering and sing-
I'Ail Ariivcdat his door he fitids a drunken man
i on hisi threshold He interest.s him.self in his
' tVllow -inner
“Come, iny go'ni maM,” s.ay.’ lit', “you ean t
stop tberi;. .^ly i>ed is i.nge — 1*oiler you my
: lei- pitaiity.”
I So ,-aying lie raises the man, wlm is drunker
I than hiio, and ean'e su..,t:un hiiUselt. Onr musi-
j ciaii, l;alf pu.-!niig him. half earry in^r iiiin, la'aclies
at last tiie fnurih -t>ny; be upens bis door, put.-
him in his ci.a'.iber, draws tiie curtains, and puts
j hnn ill t ii"
! Trajiiiuii tin n as to the condition id his new
I iiieiiu, he .says to hiniself, “it’s .shameful, my
1 uoy. ll' Te’.- a fellow drunl;er than you :ire It
1 ought not to be; I repe at, ii inight not to And
; it .-han’t 1..
,\iui rea*^oning thus In' h-aves his room, ami,
' g 'ing tlirough tlie .-tii-. t, stumbles a;iainst a man
I .MreM-hed on the ground It is another drunker
j than t!ic lirst.
He goes to raise him, but he is ,o drunk tliat
it i- impossible. By ^reat efbuts, however, he
i liii.iliy gets him up and c.arries iiim to fii room.
He piaees him on bis bed. and then goes out for
siniiething to drink, with the laudable intention
of being as drunk as his guests
At his do'ir he linos a third drutikcii man.
“What the devil's tliis'r”’ says he. “Another
one! Tnere'll be three in my bed. No matter;
they can settle it am iiii:-t them.-elves.”
II" takes tile third drunkard on his back, car
ries him to hi:- chamber anl thi'iws him on his
b>'d; then. Worn by fitigm*. falls on the arm chair
and goes to sh ep
Pr'.->ently day begins tod.iwn. .\ fresh breeze
aw.ikes our mu-ician. H' looks around. His
bed is emjity and the wind.tw open
“How!'’ -aid hr, ‘ have tlo-y g'Uie without say-
iinj irooil by* ' Mo-.t decidedly I won’t do a good
action agiin."'
He rises, :ind, lookinir out of the window, sees
a man lying on the ground. ‘‘Well.” thinks he,
“thi- is a night f"r drunkards ” Humanity in
due- him t'> d sceiid, ami he find« the man dead
and horribly maimed on the {lavemeiit. It was
his frietid w h'>m he had th’^own out of the window
thr e tune.-, intending to throw him on the bed!
Th' Loaf'— >nce upon a time, during a famine,
a rieh man invited twenty of the poorer children
in the town to his house, and said to them:
i “In thi- ba-ket there is a loaf of bread for each
of you; take it, and comi; back every day -at this
h'lur till Cod seiid-i u-T better times”
The children jiouncod upon the basket, wran-
L'ied and foUirht for the bread, and each wished
to L.'et tho largest loaf; ami at last went away,
witiiout even thanking him
Francesca aloU'-, a p >or but n-at!y-dres.sod little
girl, -to" 1 m I le.-tly apart, took the -nmllest loaf
which was left in the basket, gratefully kis.sed
the griitleman’s hand, and th'-n wen’,, home in a
quiet and becanitig manner
On th" following day the children w.-re equally
ill-behaved, and p'tor Francesca this time received
a loaf which was scari-« ly half the size of the
others. But when :-he came home, and when her
sick mother eut the b»af, there fell out of it (juitc
:i number of brii_'ht silver pieces.
The mother was alarmed and said, “take back
the money this instant, for it has, no doubt, got
into the bread through son; ' mistake.’’
Franee.-ca carried it back, but. th ; benevolent
:;entlem:ui declined to receive it.
“No, no,” said he, “it was no mistake. I had
the money baked in the smallest loaf simply as a
reward for you, my good child Always continue
thus content'd, peaceable r.nd unas-uming. The
person who prefers to remain contented with the
smallcirt loaf, rather than (juarrel for the larger
one, will find blessings iu this course of action
still more valuable than the money which was
baked in your loaf.”
“Hotter a poor but peaceful life,
Thau waiilth and fortune bough: with strit'c.’’
S'ltnr Pnj.—A gentleman left Holyoka on Fri
day afternoon for this city in a buggy, taking a
fav.irite dog with him. As he progres.sed toward
Williinansett the geutleman amused himself by
plaguing the dog, til! he had got the animal into
a state of complete worry. Presently the gentle
man's hat blew off, au'J he went back after it;
leaving bis ln.-rsc and buggy standing iu the road,
then the dog took advantage of his master’s
absence to jump into the buggy and start the
animal, who trotted gaily towards the river,
followed by the gentleman yelling “wo,” to no
purpose. His faithful dog now took a position
upon the scat, where he could keep an eye on
his master and another on the .steed, to see fair
play in the race. 'I'hey approached the Connec
ticut river, into which the waggish brute drove,
and, keeping his seat, floated out behind tho horse,
who swam, after getting beyond his depth. They
were seen, at this juncture, by persons on the
south shore, who put off in a boat, and got them
safely to land,—the dog in high glee at his suc
cessful experiment in driving—and then went
back after their owner, who will, no doubt, leave
that dog behind the next time he goes to ride,
'rhe best of this story is its truth.—Spr. Repub.
A Dcmi-lhixd Riile.—The Syracuse Journal
tells th ' following story of the dangerous adventure
of a ad-hcad”: “A chap, whose name we did
not learu, who was determined to have a cheap
passage from Utica to Buffalo, even if it was a
dangerous one, packed himsolf and valise away
on tho truck gearing under one of the coaches of
the Kxpress train, aud in that position rode as
far as this city, when he was discovered by the
car iuspector. lie wus hauled out, but he
couldn’t stand, speak, or wiuk, for tho ‘dust in
his eyes,’ and looked as though he had been
whipped with a soot bag. He was urged to get on
agaiu when tho train .started, but peremptorily
refused, saying that he had concluded to ship on
route of the ‘ragiu’ canawl.”’
THE WIFE’S INFLUENCE
“This is pleasal.t!” exclaimed the young hus
band, taking his seat cosily in the rocking chair,
a.-^ the things were removed. The fire glowing in
the grate revealed a pretty, neatly furnished sit
ting room, with all the appliances of comfort.
The fatiguing business of the day was all over,
and ho .sat wnjoying what he had all day been
anticipating —the dlights of his own tirt'^ide.
His [iretty wife, Esther, took her work and sat
down by tfie table.
“It is pleasant to have a home of om^’s own,”
he again .said, taking a satisfactory survey of hi»i
own little quarters T!;e c dl rain beat against
the windows, and he thought he felt really grate
ful for all bis pre.sent comforts
“Now, if ww only had a iitano!” exclaimed the
wife.
“Give mo the music of your own sweet voice
before all the pianos in creation,” he dcclareI com-
j plimentarily, though fueling a secret disappoint-
I ment that his wife’s thankfulness diil not chimc
j with his own.
j “Well, but w ‘ want one for . nr friends,’' said
j Ksther.
j “ijot imr friends come to see us, and n ,1 to
j hear a piano!” exchiimed the husband.
: “But, (leorge, everybody has a piano now-a-
i days; we don’t go anywhere without seeing a
! piano,” persisted the wife
“And yet I don’t kiit)w what we w:snt one fi>r.
I You will tind no time to play on one, and I don’t
; want to bear it ”
“'I’luy are .so fashionable; I think our room
j looks ii(;arly naked without one.’’
j “I think it looks just right.”
I “I think it looks very naked; we want a piano
shockingly,” protested Ksther emphatically
'I'he husband rocked violently.
“Your lamp smokes, my dear,” said he, after a
long pause.
“When are you going to get an astral lamp?
j I have told you a dozen times how much we
! needed one,” said Esther pettishly.
! ‘-Those are very pretty lamps; I never can see
I by an astral lamp,” .said her husb-and.
I “But, (rcorge, I do not think our room is com
plete without an astral lamp,” exclaimed Esther
sharply “'I’hey are so fashionable! Why, the
.^Iorgans, .^Iillers, and many others I might men
tion,'all have them. I am sure we ought.”
The husband movei uneasily in his chair.
“W
e want to live within our means, F^sther.”
“We are, no doubt, thought to be mean.”
“.Mean! I arr not mean!” he cried angrily.
“'I’hcn we do not wish to appear ho,” said the
wife. “'I'o complete this room, and make it look
like other people’s, we want a piano and an astral
lamp ”
‘‘We—we want!” muttered the husband—
“there’s no .satisfying a woman’s wants, do what
you may,” aud he abruptly left the room.
How many husbands are in a similar dilemma?
How many husbands have been and are rendered
uncomfortable by the dissatisfaction of a wife with
pre.sent comforts i;nd provisions? How many
bright prospects for business have ended in bank
ruptcy ‘and ruin, in order to satisfy this h»nkering
after fashionable necessaries? Could the real
cau.se of failures be known, it would be found to
result from useless expenditure at home, expre.ssly
to answer the demands of fashion, aud “what will
people think?”
“My wife has luade my fortune,” said a gen
tleman of great profe-ssion, “by her thrift, pru
dence, and cheerfulness, when I was just begin-
ning.”
“Mine lost my fortune,” answered his compan
ion, “by useless extravagance and repining when
I was doing well.”
What a field does this open to the influence
which a wife possesses over the future prosperity
of her family! Let the wife know her influence
and try to u.se it wisely and well.
Be satisfied to commence ou a small scale. It is
j too common for young Lou.sekeepers to begin
where their mothers ended. Buy all that i.s neces
sary to work skillfully with; adorn you house
with all that will render it comfortable. Do not
look at richer homes, and covct their costly furni-
, ture. If secret dissatisfaction is ready to spring
up, go a step further, and visit the homes of
i the poor and suffering; behold the dark, cheerless
apartment, insuflBcient clothing and absence of all
comforts and refinements of social life, and then
j return to you own with joyful spirits. Y'ou will
! then be prepared to meet your husband with a
i grateful heart, aud be ready to appreciate the toil
I and self-denial which he has endured in the
j business world, to surround you with the delights
I of home; and you will be ready to co-operate with
him cheerfully in arranging your expenses, that
his mind may not be harassed with fears lest
his family expenditures may encroach upon punc
tual payment. Be independent. A young hou.se-
kcepcr never needed more moral courage than
she does now to resist tho arrogance of fashion.
Do not let the families of A. and B. decide what
you must have, neither let them hold the string
of your purse. You know the best what you can
and ought to afford. Then decide with strict
integrity according to your means. Let not the
censure or approval of the world ever tempt you
to buy what you can do without. No matter
what people think, provided you are true to your
self and family.
NOTICH! Norici:!'
1AM now receiving (v pood stoi.k of bi,n.. i,
of Paris and Oment, and have ou bnn i
Hair, all of wliich will be sold cheap fui- i''
—ALSO—
Have o» Imiid a good supply of I’hoi'-, ^
Ooflhen Dutter and about Itis i'
yood.
Sept. 17, 1H57.
Tl;
1:; .
B.MIRELS fat No. -i M.\t'KKll; i
oft ](» A 1)0. N, Ij,.
Just received aii'l for sale by
.Sept. 17.
1.
4 HIkI.s. (I'ood ■Mola.s.'sr.s, ioj-
1’ 1’. ,
Sept. ) 7. '
25 Coil.s of Jute Ivojjc, lor
Sept. 17. j ,'
i{,\(;(;iN(;. iuccini,
Ju.-i leeeivfd and tor sale l>v
Sept. 17. IB.')7.
soLi:
Sept. 17, 1H.j7.
i‘. 1'.
•lo-'-
COliN SHKI.LKUs,
■ CoUN SIIKLLKK.S, ditfereut kin l,,
■ ceived and for sale by P. f*.
Sept 17, l.sr)7 j ..
VAXKKK ri:KI) Cri'TKlK
SUl’EHIOIl Vunkee F’eo l-('utt r-,,
ft. ceived and for sale by
i’. P. .lulINv.v,
Sept. 17. 1 . .
SAi/r. sAi/r.
^ S.\(.’KS Liverpool Salt, .ni con-^i.-a-
by
P. P .JOHN-oV
Sej)t. C
(’O'fTON
DI’NIM’K aii'l GUNN'i lJ.\(filNi in juui'-
suit purchasers, t’or sale hy
I J.\. G (I.
j Sept 17. 4
I AKVV ;o()i)s
K)(tK & Johnson are just rec'sivin;: a
, well selected .Stock of Goo'ls, consist
lliinlwaro, C'litlcrv, (iroceric^,
i ory, risii, I^Htter uiul C'ii!
1 All of which will be sold low for caiu,
usual time to punctual cusronier.'i.
j A call from all of old friends and the [i
; rally, as we have a better asiortineut thu
I ever offered before,
i Sept. 7.
iir;
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Tr"
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4‘- ;
NOTICE.
A T September Term 1857, of the Court of Pleas and
.Lm Quarter Sessions for the County of Cumberland,
the subscriber having qoalified as Administrator upon
the Estate of John McLaurin, notifies all persons in
debted to the Estate to make immediate payment, and
all persons having claims against the said Est.ite to
present them properly authenticated within the time
prescribed by law, otherwise this notice will be pleaded
iu bar of their recovery.
D. McLAURIN, Adm’r.
Sept. 15, 1857. 43tf
Sept.
FOR SALE LOW,
BliLS. New Orleans Molassess;
15 Bbls. Prime Pork;
10 Bales Heavy Cotton Baggin^;
470 Bags Quano.
T. S. LUTTERLon.
41-;it
DCj^ The Undersigned wIsIk's to pur
chase TWENTV-FIVE HUNURED BARRELS No. 1
and 2 ROSIN; will pay within Twenty-five cents of
the value in Wilmington. T. S. LUTTERLOH.
Sept. 7. 41-3t
K. M. MlTttCniSO.N.
A. J. HOWELL.
MURCHISON (k HOWELL
Conimission Merchants.
No. 104 WALL STREET,
JUJEW YORK.
WANTED TO HIRE,
ANEQRO QIRL, 1‘2 or 15 years of age.
Apply to A. J. O’HAN LON.
Sept. 9. 4i_3t
" TAYLOR
UAfe removed to the Store recently occupied by
Moore & Brother, where he will be pleased to
see his friends and customers.
Sept. 10. 4|_3t
‘‘REDUCED BV DYSPEI».«»I.V TO A~
IVIERE SKELETO.^.*'
CORKD BY “BiKRHAVK’s HOLLANU BiTTERS.”
Mr. A. Matchett, a trader probably as well known
as any man in Western Pennsylvania, states as fol
lows: “I met with a farmer in Armstrong county who
was reduced by Dytpepnia to a mere skeleton; I persuaded
him to buy a bottle of Boerhave’s Holland Bitters, be
lieving it would cure him. Meeting him some months
after, what was my astonishment at finding him a
hale, hearty man; he told me he now wehjhed 200
pounds, and that this wonderful change had been pro
duced by Boerhave’s Holland Bitters, to which he at
tributed solely his restoration.”
_Sept^2. 42.2tpd
TO contractors! "
Western Kail Road Office,)
„ „ September 9, 1857. I
■;®R()P0S.\LS will be received until the 19th inst.
n ® on the 1st Section of this
being that part within the town limits.
1 ronies and Specifications can be seen ou applica
tion to the Chief Engineer at the office of the Co.
C. B. MALLETT, Pres’t.
41.
I .STOCK, I8.-)T.
\li. V PCARCE & (^1
4 RE now receiving a large and well selei t' I ■.
of ■ m Hit -m'
j consisting in part of:
Black and Figured Silks;
English and French Merinoes;
Plain and Fig’d DeLanes;
French all wool Plaids;
.\lpaciis of all 'lualities;
Black Bombazine;
English, French and American Print;
Chenille Shawls, (beautiful putierMa:
Ladies’ Cloaks of every descriptii
Jaconet Edgings aud Insertioua;
Collars and Undersleeves;
Hostery, (iloves, Belts;
Ribbons, Trimmings. &c :
Cloths and Cassimeres;
Tweeds, Jeans and .‘‘^attinets;
White and Colored Flannels;
Bleached and Browu .''hirtings;
.Allendale 10-1 .Sheeting;
Bleached and Brown Drillings.
Plaid Liuseys and Kerseys;
Marlboro’ Stripes and PIaid«:
Brown and Ble.-iched Table Cloths;
Towellings of all kinds;
Negro Blankets;
Extra quality Bed Blankets;
Spiral, Brass and Whalebone Hoops;
Good assortment of Hoop Skin*;
Yankee Notions of every variety, kiuJ. s
quality;
Silk, Leghorn and Straw Bonnets:
Moleskin, Cassiiuere aud Wool ilat!;
Boots, Shoes, Umbrellas. &c.
—ALSO—
A large and fashionable stock of
JKeadijf^m^MaUe Clothim^
-\11 of which will be sold low for C.\SH, i r u
usual time to punctual customers eithci at It
or lietaii. All persona are respectfully invite ! li - ■
us a call
B. F. PE.\RCE. J. w. PEAUC’E. Ji
Sept. 7, 1857. jti-'
PURE LIQUORsT^r
FOR .nEutv.iL, vsi::
ft CASKS BYASS LONDON PORTER. 1
i mF and Quarts,) direct from Importers auJ
ranted Genuine.
.-Vlso, Golden Sherry, Port, Madeira aii i i
Wiues; French Brandy, Holland Gin, au i ..
Schnapps. For sale by JAS. N. SMITii.
I'lu^i’
Sept- 5. ju-iu,.
POR r WlNl^ ~
madehia wlm:,
FRENCH HR ANDY.
Of best quality, selected for .Medical u.^e;^. Fr.-
S. J. HLNsl'.aF
_AUg. ;^1. ^ 3-;;
100 ounces Quiiiiiie, for sale !»}
Aug. 31.
S. J.
TO COUNTRY MERCIIA.M'
^■IHE Subscriber invites the attention of '
-M- Merchants to his large and select stock
DRUG'S,
•yieftirines. Perfumery.
VE-g TUFFS, &c., ■
Which he offers at the lowest I'RJlK-
JAS. N. SMITH, I'rug^iis^
Nor. West Cor. Market ■
Aug. 29.
FRESH TURNH* SEL.
Large Fiat Dutch,
Large English Norfolk,
Large White Globe,
Purple top Ruta Baga,
Early Red Top.
J ust received and for sale by
S. J. HINSWL!''
July ‘2-1. ■ •ifi-it;
London Porter, Edinboro' Alo. '
received by g j HI.VSl'Al-^
Aug. 31.
3121® OF LlNlfFORllLt
Subscriber, intending to change his
will sell to the highest bidder, on Saturis.'
17th day of September, a Tract of Land cont i-i* '-
342 acres, lying iu Robeson county, joining tin' ■
of M. .McBryde, R. D. .McNeill, and others.-*
eighty acres of which is valuable Swamp L;iii 1.
can be easily brought into cultiv.ation; the ''‘i-'
Wood Lands, which are unsurpassed tiy jilv ■'
neighborhood for Farming Lands. There is '
land a Mineral Spring, containing valuable
properties, which could be made source of profit
but little expense. There is on the preniist"^ n ^
fortable Dwelling, with all necessary out-hou>i*=
Any person wanting further information ci'iicfr: ;
•aid Land can apply to the subscriber, t« '
of Randalsville. ARCH’U McMILLAN,-!'
RandalsviUe, N. C-, Aug. 24.
weannjr a
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gong i;ir"
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tho stfi i,'t
turhcd th
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would he
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