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Letter from .llr. Whc.
Gov. fls.vnv A. Wise of Virginia, having been
invited by a Boston Commitlee to deliver a lecture
in Trenont Temple, on the subject of Slavery,
has made the following admirable and cutting re
ply, which we find in the Richmond Enquirer of
the l2ih inst. VVe agree wnh the Enquirer, that
Mr. Wise has taken exactly the right pus it ion
one thai should be followed out by every Southern
man similarly siiuated :"
O.nly, Near Onancock,
Accomack County, Vtt., Oct. 5, lb5o
Ckntlemen On my return home, after an
absence of some days, I found yours oi (he 10th
ult., "respectfully inviting me to deliver one of the
lectures of the course on Slavery, at Tremont '
Temple, in th city of Beslon, on Thursday even
ing. January 10th, 1656; or, if that time will not
suit inv engagement, you request that I will men
tion at once what Thursday evening, between the
middle ol December and the middle of March
- " I I 1 . .... .... , I .. t ... "
next, win uesi aixuuiui-'u.iiu mr.
Now, g mlemen, I desire to pay you due re- j
gpect, yet you compel me to be very plain wi'h j
vou, and to say tbal your request, in every venae,
h uiiul'ing and offensive to me. What su j ct of
slavery have ijo:t "initiated lectures upon? I can- j
not Doncod it from mjsell thai you have under- 1
nken, in Boston, to rltscuss and to decide, ivie
tUer tnij property, in Virginia,, ought In remain
mime oe not, and whether it shall be allowed the 1
protection ol laws, Federal and State, wherever it
may be carried or may escape in the 17. States ; '
r whether it shall b destroyed by a higher law
than constitutions and statutes !
Who are you, lo assume thus such n jurisdic
lion over a suhj ct so delicate and ulreudy fixed in
us relations by a solemn compact between the
S ates, and by States w hich are sovereign? I will
not obey yotti summons, nor recognise your juris
diction. You have no su'bority and r.o jusiific a
Ikm lor thus calling me to recount, at the bar o( .
your tribunul, and lor thus arraigning an instil u
lion established by laws winch do no! reach you,
and which you cannot reach, by calling on me to
defend it.
Vou send me a car I, to indicate the character
ot the lecturers. It re. ids:
' Admit the bearer and lady to the Indepen
dent L-C ures on Slavery. L'-eture Committee,
S. G. Mowe, T. Gilbert, George F. Williams,
Henry T. Parker, W. Washburn, l-i. B. M use v ,
W. II. Spooner, James W. Stone."
it is endorsed i
'Lecture at the Tremont Tempi, Boston,
1854-5. November 23, lion. Charles Sumner,
Rev. lohn Pierpont, poem. December 7. Hon. '
Salmon P. Chase of Ohio. Dee rnber 14, Hon.
Anson Burlinzam. Dcember 31, Wi nded I'm
hps. Esq. December 28, Caasim M. Clay, Fsq.
oi Kentucky. January 4, Horace Grcclv. J in
Mary 11, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. January
I -. Hon John P. Hale. January 27, Ralph W. I
Kmmerson, Esq. February 8. N ilh'l P. Banks,
Jr
O!
February 15, Hon. Lewis I). Campbell, ol
February 22. Hon. Simuel Houston, of
Texas. March I, Hon. David Wilmot. oi IVnn- j
tylvanta. March 8. Hon. Chailes W. fjpham"" !
A II llonorables and Squires, exo pt tioe who are
Rereiefds! The Card does verily indicate their!
chiracter by simply naming them. And your i
letter, g-nd men, is franked by C. Sumner, U. t
.S. Senate. " With ibesa characteristics, I am at
nai losts to understand you and your purposes.
You say, ' during the ii- x t season, ,-, larger num
ler of genii m-n from the South will be invited,!
Sic. die. I regret it, if any others can be found ,
.ti the slave-holding Stales to accept your nnita- !
,i n.
Vou plead the example of Gen. Houston. It is 1
-he last I would follow. I have no doubt ihat you
accorded very respectful attention to him last win-!
kt, and were very grateful lor his services in
your cause. j
You offer 'one hundred nnd fifty dollars to be j
jinid to the lecturer, he bearing his ow n ajrppes.n
; . i me tell you that Tremont Temple cannot bold
wealth enough, to pue ha se one word of d i scussio n
irom me, there, whether mit.e , litre, shall be mine I
xr not ; but I am ready to volunteer, without mo- j
ney and without price, to suppress any insurrec
tion, and repeal any invasion which threatens or
endangers the Slate Right! or Virginia, or my in
dividual rights under the laws and c institutions ol
my country, or the sacred Union, which binds
Slave States and Free together in one bond of Xa
tionul Confederacy, and in separate bonds of - '
dependent Sovereignties !
In short, gentlemen, I will not deliver one of
the lectures of the course on slavery, at the Tre
mont Temple, in B s!on, on Thursday evening, ,
January 10th, 1950 ; and there will be no Thurs
eay evening between the middle of December nnd
the middle of March n xt, or between lhat and
doomsday, which will best accommodate me, or
that purpose.
I give you an immediate answer, nnd, at my
earliest convenience, indicate to vou that "ihe par
ticular phase of the subject" that I will present is,
deliberately : To fiuht IF we must.
Your obd't servant.
HENRY A. WISE. I
To Sam'l. G. Home, Phys. and Sup't. I!ind Int.
Jo. M. Clark. High Sheriff".
Sam'l. May, Meichant.
I'hilo Sanpobd. Ex Treasurer State.
Xath'l. B. Shcrtlk.ff, Phvs. and Antioua'n.
Joseph SroRY, Pr-s't. Com. Council.
Tho8. Rl'SSELL. Judgf.
Ja?. V. Stone, Phys.
Tlit; laiiiis Year.
F rom the old woods, dim and lonely
t omes a moan;
There the winds are sighing only
Summer's gone!
All the bright and sunny hours,
And the green and leafy bowers,
With the summer's latest flowers,
Are aded now;
And the brow
Of the waning year
Has been twined with dying leaves,
And the gathering of the sheaves
Te.l us Autumn's here.
Now the winds go loudly moaning,
Through the vales;
Mournful tales
Of decays that swiftly gather,
Of the coming wintry weather,
Of the snow, that like a feather
Soon will fall;
And the ca;l
Of death is sighing,
Over all the rippl ng streams;
And the Summer's ling'ring gleams
Are sadly dying.
How to make oii Foi iii equal to Three.
G. T. Stewart, Esq., in a recent address be
fore the Ohio Agricultural Society, thus speaks
on this subject :
Many farmers are destroying the productiveness
of their larni" by shallow work. As they find
that their crops are diminishing, they think only
of extending their acres of surface, as they sup
pose their title deeds only gave them a right to
six inches ol earth. If they will take those deeds,
study Ibeir meaning, and apply the lesson to their
fields, they will soon realize, in three-told crops,
the fact that the law has given them three (arms
ii it i
where ihev supposed tney nan only one ; in oitier
words, th .t the subsoil, brought up and combined
w ith the top soil, and enriched with the atmospheric
influences, and those other elements which agri
cultural science will teach them to apply lo their
ground, will increase three-fold the measures ol
its productiveness.
To show to what extent the fertility of the soil
can be increased, I refer lo a statement in the
last Patent Office Report. In the year loO,
there were nine competitors for ihe premium
corn crops of Kentucky, each of whom culiivated
ten acres. Their average crop was about 122
bushels per acre. At lhat time, the average
crop of wheat per acre in the harvest of Great
Britain, on soil cultivated fr cnturt?s, a about
double that prodnc d on the virgin soil of Ohio
Why s this? Simply because British farmers
are educated men ami apply work wisely. They
pay back to ihe earth what i hey borrow; they en
deavor, hv every means in (lo ir power, to enrich
their ground, and in r turn i; enriches ihem. It
our farmers, in'ed ol laboring to double their
acres, would labor In double their crops, 'hey would
find it a vast vttig of time and soil, and an in
crease of profits.
Many of I he hi never thini of digging ten inches
in'o th- soil utiles they have dreamed about a
crock ol gold I; d'l n in ihe earth ; bui il they
would set aboil" the work ol a geing in earnest,
everv man weir,! (in t hi crock ol gold without :h'
id nl lr nis ' ilivo ion.
We have gr it advin' ige iver Bnttsh t roo r
in the fact lha our farmer? o ii n- irly -ill th' lands
which ihey cultivate in fee -i ph-, whib' in En.
land the r- chi fly len nis biting th- land ol
the nobility, pyiig enormous rents lo the pro
prieiors. besnl- s h- avy taxes to the government.
Taxes h'-r.- are Comparatively light, and ur Inr
mers are their own laud Ion's. Hence, they
have been able to pay three-fold wages lor labor
to those in Eur p". and ihe cost of transportation,
and yet undersell ihe British .'aimers in ihurown
market.
Haw to do up Shirt, Bosoms. We have often
heard ladies expressing a desire to know by what
process the fine gloss on new linens, shirt bosoms,
ic, is produced, and in order to gratify them, we
subjoin the following receipt:
Take two ounces of fine while gnm-ambic pow-tb-r
put it into a pitcher, and pour on it a ptnl or
more of boiling water, (according lo the degree ol
strength you desire.) and then having covered ...
lei ,1 set .11 night m the morning, pour it care- j
fully from the tings into a clean bottle, cork it,
and keep it for us. A table-spoonhil of gum wa-
ter, stirred into a pint of starch made in the usual i
... . . . , . I
manner, will g.ve to lawns, either whi e or print- (
ed, a look ot newness when nothing else can re- j
store ihem alter washing. j
To make ROOtl Apple Jillij. I ake apples ol the i
best quality and good flavor, (not sweet.) cut them j
i j. .i. .:o i.. i
in quarters nr slices, .no siew i-iuiium, l,,r"
strain out the juice, being very careful not to let ;
any of the pulp go through the strainer. Boil ,t ,
to the consistency o( molasses; then weigh it, and ,
add as many pounds of crushed sugar, s'irring it
Ci Dstantlv till the sugar is dissolved. Add one
ounce of extract of lemon to every pound of j II v ,
and when cold, set it away in close jars. It will
keep for years. Those who have not made p'ily
in this way will do well to try it; they will find
it superior to currant jeliy.
I
The right time to plant Fruit Trees. Which
is the best time to transplant fruii Irees? This is i
a question that is olten asked. The best practical j
horticulturists agree lhat the best season lor trans- j
plaining is ihe fall ol the year, soon alter the
.
tree have shed iheir leaves; lor in autumn the
root ol the tree is entirely dormant, and there is
no action of sap in any part of the tree; and a
tree transplanted in a dormant condition will ex
perience very little if any de ck from its removal.
Some lime in the month of January the roots of
trees put forth numerous little fibres, which gather
nourishment for the tree, and consequently will
give it an early start in the spring of the year.
Without the nourishment afforded by tlvse fibres,
the tree is likely to perish j and if it lives, its
growth will be greatly retarded. By all means
transplant in the Fall, f. uit as well as shade tree,
if you wish to ensure successful planting, and save
the trouble of a second trial.
A Little too Punctual.
The hour was approaching lor the d p inure ol
the New Haven slehm!oai from her berth ai New
York, nnd the usual ernuil nl nncunoi ra nnil
Irieiins ol passengers, newsboys, fruit venders,
ca t men, nnd doex-luafera, wer assembling on
and about '! boat. We were ttaxinc the mot
ley group from the foot of ihe promenade deck
Stairs, when our att. niton was nitrtctec by iliestn-
golar action ol a tall brown Yankee, id an im-
mense wool hat, chocohte colored coat and pan- were married I Never was a little editor so hap
taloons, and lancy vest. He stood near the star- j P - I' was 'my love,' 'dearest,' sweefet,' ring
board paddle box and scrutinized sharply every mS in our ears every moment. Ohlihat the
i female w ho came on board, every now and then
: consulting an enormous silver boll's eye watch,
; winch he raised from the depths ol a capacious fob
by moans of n powerful steel chain. Alter inoun-
ling gu i ri in this manner, he dashed furiously
' dow n the gang plunk and up the wharf, reapiwar-
it g on bo nd almo-t instantaneously, with a flu?-!i -
I eu ihu' , expressing iuc most intense anxie'v. j
Thi s ries ol oi:prnlioo bo nerfnrmed several iim p !
after which he ruwhed about the boat, wildly and
hopelessly . ejaculating
'Whai's the time er day? Wonder if my re
peater's fast? Whar'sthe cap'ril w bar's the stew
ard ? w bar's the mate? whar's the boss that owns
the shin ?"
' What's the mailer, sir !" we ventured to ask
him. when he stopped still lor a moment.
. . ... .
''Haint een nothin' ol a gal in a blue, bonnet,
with a white Canton crape shawl, (cost 15.)
pink gown and brown boots, eh 1 come aboard
while I was lookin' for the csptin' at the pint end
of the ship have ye, hey ?'
'No such person has come aboard.'
'Tormented iightnin', she's my wife !' he
screamed; 'married yesterday.' All her trunks
and mine are aboard, undpr a pile of bnegage as
tall as a Connecticut steeple. The dam d black
nigger says he can't hand it out, and 1 won't leave
my baggage any how My wife, only think on't,
was to come aboard at half-pnst four, and here
it's most five. What's become of her ? She can't
,M,'" u : "u 1 Uim t":' s " ;""JU;
L. 1 J1 T A ..1. .I.I.I. 1. I
i 'lieu, uo y e. III I. sin : opertK, answer, won i ye :
Oh ! I'm ravin' distracted ! What are they rinctn"
that bell for? Is the ship afire?'
'ft is :he signal for departure the first b'dl.
The second will be rin g in lour minutes.'
'Thunder! you don't say so? Whar's
the
cap n ;
That cpntleman in the blue coal.
The Yankee darted to the captain's side.
Cap'n, stop the ship lor ten minti'es, won't ye?"
'I ca n' l do it, sir.'
Hut ye mut, I tell you. I'll pay you for it.
How much will ye lake?'
'I could not do it '
'Cap'n, I'll give ye tew dollars,' gasped ibe contents.
Yankee. . 'Plum pudding!' yelled the amiable spouse, as no-
The captain shook his Ivad. ticing our mislortune, she deiermined to keep us
I'll give ycu five dollars and a half, and a half down by piling upon our head the dishes with no
and a half, and a h .ll, and a hall',' he kept repeal- i penile bund. Then in rapid succession followed
ing. dancing about in his agony like a mad jack- ihe war cries. 'Plum pudding!' she shrieks xvith
ass on a hot iron pla'e. . every dish.
'The boat starts at five precisely,' said the cap- -Bread pudding'!' in smothered tones, came up,
tain shortly, and turned away. "" the pile in reply. Then it was 'plum pud-
'Oh, you stunny hearted heathen !' murmured I "'ng' i.. rapid succession, the last erv growing toe
ihe Yankee, almost bursting into tears. 'Panin o'er, liU just as J cn distinctly r collect, it had
man and wife, and we just one day married !'
At this mom- iit the iiune paddle-wheels began
to paw ihe water, and ihe walking-beam descend-
d heavilv, shaking th" huge fabric to her centre.
AH who were not JT'iug " N w Haven were
ashore. The hands heir:in to haul in the gang
plank. The lasts are already c.;-i loose.
Leggo the plank,' roared the Ynkee. collar
ini one of the hands. 'Drop it like a hot potato,
or I'll heave ye into the dock !'
'Yo ! yo V shouted the men in chorus, as they
heaved on the gangway.
'Shut up, vou braying donkeys.' yelled the
maddened Yankee, 'or there'll be an ugly spot of
work !'
Flu t th" plank was got aboard, and the boat
plashed past the pier.
In an instant the yankee pulled oil hi3 coat,
flung his hat beside it on the deck, and rushed
wildlv to the guard.
Are vou drunk or crazy ?' cried a passenger,
oeiztno him
I'm going to fling myself into the dock, and
swim ashore? cried the Yankee. I mnsn't leave
S.llv Ann alone in New York city. You may
divide the baggage among you. Let me go. I can
- i
ri ' i..J r,,.;ct.r iUt ih ro.no
f hav Wn ff,,a had nr)t
;,jnn ,fh d hig pUrpose. A prelly
woman, jn blue bonnet, white Canton
rape shfiw pjnk dress, and brown boots, came
j -
to warns htm.
nnp s((.n(orian
; ,, , - .. -
' ( j y' and k is9ed her heartily, !
Mofa M p;is3PI)gpro i
.Whe-e did vou come from ?' he inquired. !
,prom he j.iaip cabin.' answered the bride. I
. .
.Yon told me half.o.st four, bull th.iueht I'd make
an(1 come a, (()nr,
A nn punclua t eaid lhe Yankee i but
., - , H , vou can an ahead
now. I don't care about stopping. Com" nigh
losing the passage money and the baggage, ('ome
;.,k ..t,; Hr.. norl SaiVxr .,11 nceeiint of von .
but itrs all riant now. Go ahead, steamboat ! j
Rosin up there, firemen ! Drn the expense !
When the sun set, the loving couple were seen
' seated on lhe upper deck, 'he big, brown Yankee's j
I . , ..
aroi encircling th slender wa'st ol tne voting wo-
mnn m h ,,,UR bonn,.t anrj ,he nink dress. j
w, b-iieve they reached Uie'.'r destination safe
S()Und 1
j
, , ... ,. ,
A 1, it'll a lnoiir eon I t i t I it 1 1 . .t ; m :
A V? .... . t, . -i n !TlLur u o r if !'.. ' ..?!!.')
1 I 1 11 L O Ml t. II wnw ....... .... . fc " , .
. , , e i- i i
got into a dilhcultv with an Englishman, who in-
i f i ft u . i j
sisted on figh'ing it out. I he fr renchman agreed I
to this, bu: wished to know what he .should say if I
he got beaten. Being told he must cry out enough, j
thev set to. The Frencnm n, however, forgot th- ;
word, anJ cried ou' as he heard some of lhe by
standers do, 'Hurrah ! Hurra!: i To his a sum ish
ment, the Englishman prided all the harder.
This caused monsieur to go to work in good earn
est, and the Englishman son cried nil. enough!
Say dat again, said the Frenchnrnn. Enough!
cried he again. Tbe Frenchman in turn, ex
claimed. Dat is de word I was trying to say long
time ago.
! Killt.r Dreuaiin oh WedtliUK Ckc.
A hacheiot edi or out West, who had received
tram tho lair hand uf a bride a piece of elegant
wedding cake, to dream on, ihus gives the result
f his experience :
We put it under ihe bead of our pillow, shut our
j ''Ves s elly as an infant, and blessed with an easy
; conscience, soon snored prodigiously. I he god
i ol dreams gently touched us, and lo 1 in fancy we
dream had broken ofT here. But no, some evil I
genius put it into the head of our ducky to have
pudding for dinner, jusi to please her lord.
'My dear,' said we fondly, did you make this.'
j 'Yes love, ain't it nice.
! 'Glorious the best bread pudding I ever tasted
m my lile.
Plum pudding, ducky, suggested my wife.
'O, no, dearest, bread pudding, 1 always was
fond of 'em.'
'Call that bread pudding?' exclaimed my wife,
whib her lip sbgh'ly curled with contempt.
'Uushand this is really too bad plum pud
d.ng is iwic- ai hard t make as bread pudding,
and is more expensive, ami is a great deal better.
' 8fly 'his is plum pudding sir!' and uy pretty wifes
A 1 .
! Drow nurheo with excitement
4My love, my sweet, my dear love,' exclaimed
w, soothingly, 'Jo not get angry, 'I'm sure its
! vt"ry god, it js bread pudding.'
You mean low wretch,' fiercely replied my
wife in a higher tone, 'you know it's plum pud
ding. 'Then ma'in, it is so meanly put together, and
so badly burned, that ihe devil himself wouldn't
know it. I tell you madam, most distinctly and
( emphatically, and 1 will not be contradicted,
t J ? t it is bread pudding and ihe meanest kind at
that.
j 'It is plum pudding,' shrieked my wife, as she
j buried glass ol claret in my lace, the glass itself
I.nnnii, I I . . . ,. I .. -, . i f,....
-ft""s V - " '
l'-"u u'juioj; ; gnspcu wc, iuu n u nic luo:,
. ad grasping a ro-.sted chicken bv the leg.
'Plum ponding !' rose above the din, as I had a
j distinct percept ion of feeling two plates smashing
across my head.
'Bread pudding !' we groaned in a rage as ihe
chicki n left our hand, and flying with swilt wing
across the table, landed in madam's bosom.
'Plum pudding!" resounded the war cry from the
enemy, as the gravy dish took us where we had
been d positing ihe first part of our dinner, ai;d a
plate of beets landed upon our while vest.
'Bread pudding forevei!' shouted we in defiance,
dodging t!e soup tureen, and falling beneath its
grown to a whisper. ! lorn pudding! resounded
lik- thunder, loliowed by a tremendous crash as my
wi e kMp' d upon the pile w iih her delicate feet, and
commenced jumping up and down when thank
JJe-.en we awoke-, and thus saved our life.
W
shall never dream on wedding cake again that's
the moral.
How the Mayor of Brooklyn was Solo.
The other night our worthy Mayor was roused
from his slumbers by a stunning rinj at his door.
Ever awake to the call ol duty, the Mayor speedly
projected his head out of the window and dematid
od to know the cause ol such a tin innabulary
commotion at t.uch an unwonted hour.
Said some one on the door step: ".Mr. Mayor j
wiH you step down a moment?"
Mayor Will not to morrow morning b as
i vvel
" 11 Kmger No Inr Heaven s sake come
1 down it is a mailer oi great importance."
' ur kind-hearted Mayor, without waiting to in-
! "ease his stock of clothing, hastens down stairs j
j a"d P' ns ol)or-
' "Well, my friend," said he, "step in and let us
k,,nw whal 18 ,he matter.''.
j "Wh-w-hy you see, Mr. Mayor, was ihe re.
! sponse, I 1 g-got into hiccup) sm'th'ng of a hie- i
cup) sc-s-ccrape. 1 g-got some (h-ccup) ene-
m.es you k-know (hiccup) and -hey m may use it ,
' (hiccup) ...j-.re my re-reputation. Ihey s-say j
(hieee-p) I'm d'drunk,-now wh-what do you;
th ihtnk ? fhiecun.l
1 . ' .
Mayor (somewhat disgusted) What do I Ibmb?
; Be, Rmger Ye's. ( hiccup) I know they lie.d j
(Wcenp) and to save my reputation, I've called on
you to (hiccup) b-ar w-w.tness lhat I am as sober
(hiccup) as ever a man was in J.is life. Am t it
, (hiccup) old boy ?
.1 i - ti i
nere ne M r. i.aving su.oo ...tig cimugn in
the nir, in his Georgia style of costume, to ascer
tain that it was of anything but midsummer tem
perature, dismissed the gentleman s anxious about
his 're-reputation," with a few words of good ad
vice, hastily delivered, and returned to the shelter
i - i i i .i.i
' ' "is slice's, witii tne conviction, aouuiiets, trial ne
had been fairly "sold." Jnd. Press.
-
A etory is 'old of ihe clerk of a little village ,
church in the west of England, where ihe service
i j l.. : :i
is never tuinmciiou on uuuuaj .m umSa umo ;
the 'squire has taken his seat. One Sunday,
however, this gentleman happened to be and i
;) neighboring clergyman, not acquainted wnh ihe j
ways of the place, was 'doing duty.' So lit- com
rueticed as uu a I with ' When the wicked man ;'
. 1 J CI
up lumped the cl'-rgvman, bawling out, itop stop ;
K , V j- '
sir I he s not come yet
J
Mr Loye(. ftf8 gooj necdote of an Irishman j
jng ,he pa,a word al (he hatl,e of Fontenjoy, al !
, , S;, Marr IihI.
The pas word is Sxe now don't forget it, j
Pit. s;iid 'h" Colonel.
'Sacks 1 Faith an I will no! Wasn't my fath- '
r a miller ?'
'Who goes there?' cried the sentinel, sftcr he
arrived at tlw post.
P. t looked as wise as an owl, and in a sort of
whispered howl, replied :
Von Swcitzel on Politics
Mine neighbor, Wilhelm, vot you tink of boli
tics, hey ?' asked Peter Vou Slug of his neighbor
Von Swertel, the Twelfth Wtird Blacksmith, last
evening, as he seated btmsett beside him in a
-Bierha'js.
' 1 t'inks much,' said 8 welt eel, giving his pipe a
long w hiff.
4 Veil, vot you tinks ?'
' I comes to dur conclusion dat bolitics is one
big fool.'
Ah!' exclaimed Pete, after taking a draught
from his mug, 'how you make him dat ?'
Veil, mine frien', i tell you, replied Sweitzel,
after a few whifs and o drink. 'I come to dish
place 'en years lastevening by der Dutch Almanac,
Wit mine blacksmit shop. I builds fine little
house, 1 pools up mine hellers, I makes mine
fire, I heats mine iron, I strikes mit mine ham
mt-r, I gets blenty of work in, and i makes mine
moonish."
Dat is goof,' remarked Pete, at the same time
demanding that the drained mugs be re-filled.
I say that I made much friends,' continued
Wilhelm, re-lighting his pipe. 'Der peebles nil
say, Von Sweitzel bes good man ; he blows in
der morning, he strikes in der nifiht, and be mind
his business. So dey spraken lo me many limes,
and it make ma feel much goot here,' slapping
his breast.
'Yaw, yaw, dai ish gooier,' remarked Pete,
who was an attentive listener.
Veil, it goes long dat way tree year. Tree?
Let me see, von year I make tree hoondree fol
iar, der next tree hoondred an' fifty, der next
foor hoondred and swonzy, and der next five
hoondred tollar. Dat make five yeer. Veil, I
bes here five year when old Mike, der watchman,
who bees such a bad man, comes to me, nnd he
say 'Sw-eilzel, vot make you vork so hard?'
.To make monish.' I dell him. 'I dells you how
you makes htm quicker a9 dat,' he say. I ask
him how, an' den he tells me lo go into bolitics
an' get big office. I laugh at him; ven he dells
me dat Shake, der lawyer vat makes such bur
ty speeches about Paderland bees agoin1 to run
lor Congress, an' dat Shake, der lawyer, dells
him to dell me, if I would go among der peoples
an dell them to vote mid him all der while, he would
put me in von big office, where I makes twenty
tousand lollars a yeer.'
'Twenty tousand ! mine Got !' exclaimed Pete,
thunderstruck.
'Yaw, twenty tousand ! Veil, by shinies, Ishust
stops der striking, an goes to mine friends, an all
der Garmans vote for shake, and Shake bes elect
ed to der Congress.'
Here Mynheer Von Sweitzel stopppd. took a
long draught of beer, and fixing his eyes on ihe
floor, puffi'd his pipe in deep meditation.
'Veil, mine neighbor,' said Pete, after waiting a
due length of time for him to resume, 'vat you do
den, eh ?'
'Veil, I ask Mike, der swellhead watchman, for
der office, and he dells me I gets him de next
yeer. I waifs till after der next krout making
lime, an den I say again, 'Mike, ven v i II Shake
give me dat twenty tousand dollar office?' 'In
two year, sure,' he say, 'if you work for der bar
ty.' Veil. I stop blowio' with mv bellers "gin,
an' I blow two year for derbarty mit mine mout.'
'Two year mit your niout ?' asked Pete in as
tonishment. 'Yaw, two year. Den again I go to Mike, der
swellhead watchman, an' dell him der twenty tons
and tollar about, an he tells me in won more year
I gets him sure. ( dinks he fools me, yet i blow
for the barty anudder year, an' den vat yon
dinks?'
Dinks ! Vy, you gets him twenty t'ousand tol-
lar
'Gets him i Py shinks, Mike, tier swHIhead
watchman dells me I bes von big lool, and dat I
might go to der bad place, an' eat sourkrout.'
'Ho tell you dat ?' I
Yaw. Sure my name bes Von Sweitzel.'
Alter you do der blowing nvtt your mout for
der barty-'
'Yaw.'
Mine Got ! vat you do den, mine neighbor ?
'I makes a fire in my blacksmit shop, I blows
my own beliers again, i heats mine own iron, ind j
strikes mine own hammer. I say to myself,
Wilhelm Von Sweitzel, bolitics bes a humbug and j
boliticians bes a bigger von. Wilhelm Von
Sweitzel, do yer blowing and let boliticiarii do J
der !'
Neighbor Pete thought he had come to a wise
conclusion, and after wishing all sorts of bd luck j
to boliticians, or that cl ss ol men whta?e patriotism
and integrity lies in their pocket, they ordered
their mugs to he again refilled, and changed ihe
topic of conversation.
Vote of Alabama) We give befnw the fol-j
lowing vote of Alabama, at the election in August;
last, for Covet nor :
Winston (Democrat) .... 43 658
Shortridge (Know. Nothing) 32,162
Winston's majority
11,496
Melancholy. We learn that old Mr. Jonath
an Mickle, father of our Colemporary of the Ches
ter Standard, several days ago left home for ihe
purpose ol going to church. lie was missed, and
nothing more heard of him, uniil tin Tuesday,
some persons attracted to the spot by the number
of buzzards flying over it, found there his lifeless
body.
Mr. Mickle was advanced in years, honest, up
right, and temperate in all his dealings with his
lellow-men. Win nsboro' Register.
The Wheeler Slave Case. Judge Kane de
livered an opinion on the 12th instant, adverse lo
lhe reception of the petition of Jane Johnson to
qu ish the writ of habeas corpus in the case of
Passmorc Williimson, pronouncing her lo have
no status in the Court, and lhe matter being entire
ly without his jurisdiction.
Horrible Apfaih. A few days ago, portions
of the body ol a female were drugged from a
burning quarry in Biair county. Pa. It is sup
posed to be the body of a Mr. Corrigsn, wile ol
a farmer of that name, who has been arrested on
suspicion of having murdered her, and then com
miti'd her body to the (limes. He accounts for
her abscencc by saying slie has gone lo Philadelphia.
A Goon Awecdotk. We are told lhat the fol
lowing conversation was overheard among ' the
Volunteer ol the Rm Grande." Scene, night.
Two volunteers wrapped in blankets, and half bu
ried in the mod.
Volunteer 1st 'Jim, how come you to volun
teer ?'
Volun'eer 2d 'Why, Bob, you see, I have no
wifi- to care a red cent for me, and so I volunteer
edand besides, like tear I Now tell me bow
yon came ou hero.'
Volunteer 1st 'Why, the fort is, you know, I
I I have got a wife, and so 1 came nut hero
because Hike pence!'
Hereupon both the volunteers turned over in
their blankets, got n new plastering of mud, sod
went to sleep.
A midshipman asked n Priekt lo tell thn differ
ence between a Priest and a Jacka. The Priest
gave ii up.
"One wears a cross on bis back and, the other
on his breast," said the Midshipman.
"Now," said the Priest, "tell me the difference
between a Midshipman and a Jackass ?''
The Midshipman gave it up, and asked ntl
it Wh9.
The Pri at said he did not know sjny dnlrrsniBe,
'Let me out ! let me out on the sieps !' ung
out a specimeo of Young America, about two
years old, to his mother who was opposing all hi
efforts to get out.
You'll go ofTlho steps.'
No I wont !'
Yes, you will.'
No, I'll be d d if I do!' he said.
4 ep-expej ... -
Fun. 'Bob, lower yourself into the well and
halloo for help.
What for ?'
To frighten daddy, nnd make rouio fun.'
'Bob did as he was desired, but ct more fufl
than he bargained for. It was administered wiih
a hickory sapling. Distance five nnd a half
feet.
A witty gentleman of thii lo-vn, sj caking of r
friend who was prostrated by illness, remarked
that 'he could hardly recover, sinco bin constim
tion was all gone.'
If his constitution is all gone,' said a bystander,
'I do not see how he lives at all.'
'O,' responded the wag, 'ho lives on the by.
laws.'
'I say, Mister, how come your eyes so all fired
crooked ?'
'My eyes 7'
Yes.'
By setting between two gaN, ar.d trying lo look
love to both at the same time.'
A lady who caught her magpie stealing her
pickled walnuts, threw a basin ol hot grease over
lhe poor bird, exclaiming.
iOIi, you ihiof, ynu'vw Ii ccn ol the pll KU'U VUl
nuts, have you ?'
Poor Mag. was dreadfully burned, his feather
came off, leaving his head entirely bare lie loit
all spirits and spoke not a word for more than a
year, when a gentleman called at ihe house, who,
on taking oil' his hat, exhibited a very bald head.
The magpie appeared evidently struck with th
ciicumstance. Hopping upon the back of his
chair and looking bun hastily over, he suddenly
exclaimed, in the ear ol his astonished visitor:
Oh, you thief! you've been at the pickled wal
nut, have you ?'
Juvenile Atrocity. 'Aunty, I saw a gentle
man in the Hotel reading room, ltny a ith two
volumes at once.'
'Why Charley how was that ?'
'Aunty he bad a volume of Dickens in one
hand and a volume of smoke a coming out of his
mouth.'
Naughty Ufangbty Charley F
One day last week, says an English pnper, us
an antiquary of ibis town was passing through an
adjoining village in search of curiosities, fie stepped
into tbe public house and very innocently asked
to be served with a pound of b''er, for euriosiiy'n
sake, as he had been informed that they sold beer
there by lha pound. The landlady promptly re
plied that they did so till the parish pound wan
removed, but since then the space on which it
stood hud been added to the premises, they now
sold by the yard.
Pad.Iy MeShane was annoyed exceedingly by
a strange dog. One cold winter night, the vind
cutting like a knife, after the dog had been turned
out no less dim three limes, Pat was awaken' d
by an extensive fracture of the gbjff. Thedig
was in the house agiin, Paddy wuind up n bun
oHf, and both were abs -nt some fifteen minti'e.
so lhat his old w.man, becoming nlntmcd at
his prolonged absence, roio and wcut lo tlio
window.
'What are yees doing out there, Pddy, aeuahla!
said she.
There wassuch n chattering of teeth tint ihe on
wer for some time was somowhal uiiintelligihi' .
At last it came ;
'I am Ihrytn' 'o frnze the divilish baste to death.'
Col. Bodens, who was very fat, being accosted
by a man to whom he owed money, with a 'how
d'ye do?' answered, 'Pretty well, I think you :
you find I hold my own.' 'Yes, sir,' r joined the
man, 'and mine, loo, lo my sorrow.'
What brutes your southern men are always
smoking cigars,' said a young lady lo a Creole
mis. 'iTes, but your northern men, in Maine,
you know, smoke herrings, was the quick reply.
A gentleman was called upon to apologize for
words uttered in wine.
'I beg purdon,' said he, 'I did not mean to say
what i did ; but I have had the misfortune to lose
some of my front teeth, and words get out every
now and then without my knowing a word aoout t.'
He was going on, wbeii a friend pulled him down
by the coat lad, saying;
" 'Don'i say one word more ; never was there a
more perfect apology. Il you add a wwrd mvfo
you'll spoil it completely.
How to Prosper in Business. B not afraid
io work with your h&ds, and diligently, loo. 'A
cat in gloves eatches no mice.' Attend to your
own business, sod never trust it to another.