North Carolina Newspapers

i '1 : i A FAMILY IE W S P A P E R 1 E U T R A L IK POLITICS, i v -W -W W :) (TWO DOLLARS f PER ANNUM; TERMS Wn.f.tAM I). COOKE. EDITORS. vTTELTON WADDEllL, ,JR tot& to all tilt Stttefcsts tif jjrtft .Catolma, oucation, &wultut, SFitercfore Sefi fte tfttaik& &c - : - : - 1 ! JJ - -A ' ' , . . f . V, , R A LEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, ISATURDAY, MY 7, 1853. WHOLE NO. 75. VOL II 23. -X0. "'It SELECT i .i - . . . POETRY KATY DARLING. Oh I they tell' rrje thou art dead, Katy Darling, "That thy smile I may never more behold! Did they tell thee ,1 was false, Katy Darling, : Or my love for thee had ever grown cold? fTrrirtiia hewdi M Lrm a fcona; J Whetfa love like to thine, KatylDarling, . f ; Is the poal to tlie'race that he puns. i I Then hear me, sweet Katy! I For the wild flowers greet me, Katy Darling, And the"love-6irds are Kinging on each tree; ' Wilt thou never more hear me Kdd.'h'm I'm -waiting for the-. Katy Darling? Darling ! f m kneeling by thy grave, Katy This i" world is all a blank world to me ! Otieouldst thou hear- my -wailing, Katy Darling; Or, think, love, I nm roghing fur thee. Ote lietliiiiks the stars are weeping IJyJtlieir soft and lambent liyhtj; And hv henrWvould be melting Katy Darling, Coukistlhoa see'thy lone Denmot thin night. Q!i hSten, sweet Katy '. ; Fr the wild flowers, are sleeping, Katy Darling, And the love-birds are netling in oac'V tree '. . i VUt lloti never more hear nvt', Katy-Darling, i On, krioNv, love, I'm kneeling by thee ? 'Tis useless all rif .wiping, KJy Darling! I r.nt I'll pray that thy spirit be I And that when my life be epent J. ; Tliey w ill lay ma? down to resit by tliy M'ie. I Oh! a hiiscgre.it grief I'm bearjng, Thong!) I scarce 'can heave a: figh ;: Aiii I'll ever he drfeaming, Katyj Darling,.'-,.; f i Of thy love eve rv day tiil-I die. I Fare weil then, sweet Katy! t For the-wild iloi eis will UoVom. Kntv Darling, And the love-bird4 will warble my guide ; Katy DaiTr g, Fort But jn heaven I jshail meet thlee, Kaly Darling, ic'nv love, il).u"it waiting bn each tree ; for rnu ! not require much penetration to discover the symp toms tf that viwtaiion knowi as the roalignant scarlet lever. It had beeu prevalent in our neigh borhood, and the cases were unusually fatal ; so I told him, as I rested on my knees by the bedside. He aid nothing, but merely clasped his bauds and pressed them very hard over Jiis eyes. ! 4 Have you nothing,' saici lr to close np those- broke.-,: f B:Jftii-jsi' v. - ife took'off liw poor ragged eunt, but I told him .my old cloak .won Id be ; better, which he accepted thankfully, and stuffed it into the apertures of the casement. In coming back' his foot "pushed some thing through the heap of snow beneath th wia dow. It was a piece1 of oak stick about live feet long," and a few inched fn width, studded with nails driven' through it, af if it had been a cleat or bat ten, stripped from Sjojie old house or box ; it was also broken at one end. Jle laid it hastily upon the fire, but it was so saturated with moisture it would not bum. I knew not why, but I watched with intense interest the names idly curling around it. ' , ' 4 How oM U.this" child V I was looking at the wasted feauuirev of this little girl. ' About four years ; our boy was fifteen f he is I deiid : I could almost sav -thank Of d.' :'f5lie has not tiie tever,, l perceive; n i. may take her with me, I am sure I w ill find for, i er a place of shelter.'- (I thought of Aunt Miranda's) To move vonr wife now would be fatal we must make her comfortable here, if possible.' He bowed his head slightly. Y,ou can--you will attend to that, I hope,' he said. 4 If I am tailed away, you have tho money I. gave you, which u-e as you think be-t.' i ' cj ; 4 Money ? you gave ine no Tnoney,' I replied ;. 'you oifed it, but 1 did not take it do'yj.u not ivrnenber-when the otlice-door shut, and you tinn ed around so suddenly V j : the tinra stared at me with a w'ld unutterable look in his eyes, w hich made me shrink b..ck ; he clutched his breast convulsively with his hand, threw open i'he door, and staggered out as it struck with a blow. Jut then I heard foot-steps on the outr-iile. stairs ; then a-noise-,;- voices; then a souffle. -I ran out; two .men, officers of police, had him bv the- arms, but he was! swaying them Snddeiilv one of his assailants slipped ere UlkjfcwQw cABing tipHliefnTrgs turkey huckstern the market. Sh Afi 'ix-Iri vi;.m;w m9nnpr nm. wava bargained for every thinjr paid what s ' , J.. ..r. I t . I 1 i I If mf .-tol.liT u'ltliin greeu ;o pay au Kept iirscu wiuiuiuij ... ihe limits ol her income. So she knew always ex- 5' Hi, ED S TORY AUNT MIRANDA. (Concluded from our lust.) ' I I had a feeling of relief wlienithe watch man ii t cred these, last w ords, w hicit I echoed '.with all my M'ri. Ve .p:issed the bakery,) ikw pailng its in effectual fires, and struck into a farrow cross street. It irew darker, for a cloud cM'4ed the inoon we caine to a "blind ull.-y or .entry) my companion Went in, and.L ' ' I f The snow had ditiued into the alley some distance, "it I sbon foiind niyself upon bare boards, rotted ii -the centre, forming .a sort ofjgutter, An which v f 'ot ca'tght more, than ohce as v'e passed kroti'di. Then we came to a narrow yirtl with a itigh ft iic! ; we .Went up an oujtside stair-case, so Ad iin.l tli rhtv it trembled with everv step; and :Eeu turned into a dark. passage d vhieh we were obliged to grope Unless, 1 telt sbthe trepitlattoti suen a acn a nta:i, in Dtaee. i every step f the attic through our way like reeds. and feil the vhole length of the stairs; in a mo meiit,he had lifted the other and thrown him over the rsils, doyyjuArlps itfrttty feet, into the fiir'H "below?; and then with a bound clestred it h'ni-eif, regained, his' feet, and 'dashed through the alley. I . went down to assist -the policemen. One w;i stunned by the fall down the stairs---in i fact, nearly disjoe.-ited- ids neck ; the oiImt had sprained his ankle and could not walk. ! 4 He's padaled, Jimmy,' said the .man with the bad ankle. . - ' ' Jimmy, -who "was sitting up on his end in the " snow, -assented to the,' truth of the remark by a short grunt. 1 4 That's the man Doctor,' growled the policeman as I assisted bini to rise ; 4 he dropt a roll of bills in your office, whieh belonged to dizeezed.j Also we found hi3 pocket book empty in the street, an,d a piece' of batten, with, three nails that fits the wounds. Where's that Barker V he continut d. Barker hopped upon one leg to the side;ot the stair case, imd picked up the batten. 1 wx'nt up the stairs, iuok otH the now partly burnt oak "stick I mut i from the fire, .and found the fractured end fitted tie girl, for she kept feeling in the vacant place for her. Sometimes she would upbraid her, and say, 4 You1 have learnt my lesson by heart, you wicked Andy ; but you are worse than I, fcr you began younger.' I gave her an anodyne," continued Kowley, "but it baa bad little effect upon her poor thing, she cannot live, I feai. strWC in the! sible, Aunt Miranda, followed by the man with the basket and the blankets. Although her dress was always plain, and never costly, the old lady had such a way with her you could not mistake her for a resident of that quarter; nor would you take her to be a relative or an acquaintance of th6 people there. You felt at once she was-on a mission of some kind ; and yet there was nothing about her of the benevolent lady who might be vice-president of fifty auxiliary sewing societies, and who, by per sonal inspection, kept a sharp look-out that no im postor, in the disguise of a pauper, swallowed any crumbs that fell from the tables of the humane as sociation for the relief of .the meiitonous indigent There was not a drop of haughty blood in her veins nor the slightest toucn ot condescension m ner manner witb-her, it was one of two things, either real, heart-felt kimluess, or firm, inexorable pride. . When she came up, Rowley and I made her ac quainted with the present state of our patient, and of her anxiety for the child we had spirited away. We also mentioned the fact of her speaking of her own mother, and hinted at the possibility of her having committed some unpardonable act ; such as an elopement without marriage, or the like, by which she hd 'disgraced" her family. We did not go into details, however; once or twice a shadow a it verc passed over the face ot .Aunt Miranaa. " Well, well," she said, rather sharply, 41 let us go on, let us go on. aiid see what can be done for her -lioor creature." - I have, read of officers who, in the battle fie'd, preserved the stiff, erect carnage of the parade "crround. but mv -doubt about the truth of the story never entirely disappeared until I saw Aunt Miran da ascend that staii-case. -We reached the room "Rh:ill 1 leave these here? said the man who broiitrlit the blankets. 44 No stay until I tell you to g ," replied Aunt Miranda. He obeyed of course. If the room looked dismal by moon-light and earlv dawn, it was doublv so in the broad, open. the walls,-begrimed wit!iI5iyi?7CT" prying, inquisitive little woman asked her, in a free-' and-eas? sort of way ,if the husband of Mrs. DaK,1: g ERFgtDT had hot met with some terrible accident, . or soknething of the kind, when -he came to his endf ' ' " ' - - Oneda?Tfc wet and fctormy one I remember, the Sl.Ufetmter, she a- aetlv the state of her finances, which she kept not in a book, but in a long ash-colored silk purse. When she came borne she found the man had paid her two cents tod much. So back to market goes Aunt Miranda in a very nervous state, for fear the man might be off before she got there. Fortunate ly the man was there, to vhom she returned the money belonging io inni, uui. uutonuu:jj' sue took a cold, from which she never recovered. It was more like the living than the dead face of Aunt Miranda, that which lay in the coffin, with the smile upon the face Kowley and I loved so much that angelic smije !" A TEXAN VISIT. An entertaining work lately published, entitled 4'A Strav Yankee in Texas," says that when a gen tleman pays a visit in lexas, no matter what press of business there may be, a certain ceremonial is always sacredly observed. Ihe rider pulls up Ins horse, and shouts out, "Halloo . Which means. "Good people. I am here, and j i i ' here I mean to stay until you come out and keep the dogs oft; ' then atter an interval, ttie proprie tor makes his appearance, and very' leisurely ap proaches the fence without speaking a word ; he next throws one leg over the fence, then the other follows; and having attained the- top, seats himself very deliberately upon it, and awaits ihe. next move from, the other party. The latter now brings his horse alongside of the fence, and the convesation commences. "How are ye, judge V "I'm right peart ;Tiow's yerself ?'' 440h, I keep a pushin'; how's the old woman and the boys s" "Considerable sassy, only thar's been a; right smart chance of the ager down in our necst-of l"e woods." "Got a smart cb io a door which bund myself in a to'-" be alone 'with Duty courage muttered. The w rds,went straight to my heart, i nd I was re-assured : we camti : ly. companion, opened, and I i ttle room, . ' . : f Tne cluu l Uifd passed from tjhe moon, and the . ght shone tulr through the dormer-window, cast- :;ig the outlines t the casement down upon tne loor,: whieh Wiis partly covered-with" snow -that i.ad blown' through the broken panes. A bed, it jd 'it could be called, was in one corner, and as ?e entered, a jfiguro sat up, audi turned its face to i rds us and the nioonlighht j, -There have. been moments of! mv life (and such, t-heiitsVe-, Jias been the experience, of many) when what was before me seemed onljy the.remefnbrauce ii something seen before as (if the same thing passed over twice-as if one hsid a glimpse. of pre cxisteticc, identical w ith thisybut referable to life beyond the scope of memyry ; inore vivid than raiv dream,; but more fkctiog and mysterious exactly the puce found by the officers. There was no doubt as to who was the murderer. i , It was now bryad day-light. One of the officers took.a suiver of the loom the wotnan-still lay asleep; then he assisted his limping companion tlVough the alley ; I was again aloiie, but Kowley soon joined roe, Afer a brief recitlal of the-events whicii had passed, I borrowed his j;loakf wrapped it around the little girl, and leaving him with the patient, cai'i ied my light young burden toward the house of Aunt Miranda. . i ' WTas it not strange that site, the proud, unbend ing Aund Miranda, w as the only one of all iny ac quaintances with whom I could takejsuch a 'liberty ? lu truth 1 felt as if I had" been commanded by her to do what I was ding. Such a thing -as her re fuing to admit the taint, thin, ghostly little unfor tunate, 'with its manifold wants icarrying in its veins perhaps, a deadly pestilence never entered my mind. 1 was. not mistaken ; I remember now how gen-tW aiid yet how grandly she toiok the sTu'ht -load'of poverty in' her arms not-holding it ! Such a feeling T had, when that face,' turned to-1 from, but pressing it to her breast how, tin hour f ards us and the moon light, it was tnatot a wo n an. L'ong, black-elf-locks cqiled around a face, lasted, it is true, but still sur?priingly; beautiitil. The brilliant hjct;c which accompanies certain kinds i fever Iwas' in her cheeks, her eyes; were large, ind .from "the. "same cause, lustrous she gave a inile of recognitipn, it seemefl, .which 'showed a Ow of white teeth, and suddenly turning,, lifted a Aindle from the bed, which she rocked to'and fro. 4 It is our little one,' said thel man ; 4 wait here ; amJ going for something to btiild -fire.' He turned, and, then I heard his Inlaw fopt-steps as he Jescended the outside stairs, t Frequent n& had 'jeen .my opportunities of seeinlg the " cou'di'tion-of lljcpoor, uything I had met with could compare with the utter barrenness of tht apartment. With -he exception of -tht bed, whic! lay upon the floor, ta miserable, heap of i ragged jcafepet,) there was aothing to be seen neither tajble, nor chair, nor plate, nor cup, nor a-single article to cook with ; he walls were . blackl with smokle and diiti, but there fas no vestige of a fire ; therej was nothing in the- ioom but tiie rags, the woman! and her child, and the snow. Yet to me it seemed a recollection of lomething seen before. j, I Theman returned now with; short pieces of fire iropd frpm the neighboring bakery, and a bright Sre sparkled upon the desolatje hearth. Then he !aida loaf tenderly by her &di? and said, 4 She has lt tasted such4as t.hat;-for Week's ; but what shall fe'do now, Doctor' J t A young physician has heed of practice among le;poor to answer such .a question. He may ac iiiiiv experience enough in ordinary cases, to ob- Jin a certain uegree oi kiu eAiniuiiig tue ai tiosis of a peculfar, complaint. Sickness is, iii leed a sad visitant among those in Qomfortable arcumstane'es ; sbut when it Iconics accompanied lith penury, cofd; and famine;; when the fever, or ne pestilence sfidks among the helpless indigent, I is indeed terrjpleV Look at the records of the ity inspector,, ye who have abundant means, and felieve m, it is a lesson7 better1 worth learning than Innn .1 1 . l;r. In'vnnr vcl- i jict.iioric sermon you iiaicu w iu-;""1 - "Ct lined wtt 1 Tiie woman now lay . on the floor, motionless in i sort of torpor, with her eves tartlv open : it did after, I found it wide awake, aud settted in her lap, cotnfortably clad in one of those dresses I imagined I had seen years before, on a certain oecasiorj, w hen my boy's heart seemed shrivelled up withj terrdr. I. had told her the story of . the man and His wifv, and asked her advice. She coincided with ine that it would not do to remove the sufferer, but! added, " u ran make her room comfortable, I tru4C arid then, in a stiff, precise sort of way, j4 Margaret and I will nurse the poor creature by turns. Has she nO friends, no family connections here ?" she asked after a pause. J I 44 None, I imagine, surely if she had they would have some pity for her. Even the poorest might have spared something for such an;object."; U think." said "the old lady, 44 1 will go there now. Margaret, iny shawl and hat; bring the muff, too;, it is litter cold. Let, the man stop shovelling tire- snow from the walk ; give him three blankets and a pillow, and let himi go with me. Do you go-on before," she continued, looking at me; you wa;K raster uian i. xueu ucj nni-vv. to the child with one of those angelic smiles Row ley and I loved so much, and lifting it gently from her lap, laid it in a warm little nest she had made for it ou the sofa. I gave her direction, how to find the place, and once more was on myw ay to ward my patient. . v'"Vhen I reached the miserable street m which she lived, I met, Rowley,. He toldnie he had pro cured an old black wench to act as nurse ;; " but, said he, 44 1 fear it will be of little avail ; jshe has been delirious ever since you left, and';calU-in the most pitious way for her child her Andy. From what I gather, she must have eiopea, or some thing of the kind, when very oung. I never stjv anything more touching than the way shejstretch es out her arms and cries 'Forgive me, mother forget aud forgive, oh my mother!'.' I believe, too," continued Rowley, " they were not married at first but a year or so after she ran awajr. I hd some broth made for her, which she tafted but little of, putting it aside and calling, Andy ! Andy ! here iny ciiuu, my cnuar , ; 44 Andy," said I, " is a boy's name." ' I ' . 44 So it is," said Rowley : l do not know how to account for it, but she evidently meant the lit- un-ITglit stained with water that had trickled from the root, were full of cracks. 'and crevices; here and there large pit ces of plaster had fallen, exposing the laths; the floor, no. longer hidden by the snojy,, was spongy witTi age; and rotted away in some places ; and the miserable heap which served for a bed was a sickening bundle of moui ly rags and fragments of old carpet. 44 1 uever saw such mis ery," said Aunt Mirinda, looking at me and clasp ing her hands. 'ihe poor old blear-eyed wench, who was rock ing herself over the -fire, got off the stool she had brought with her, and offered it to Aunt Miranda. The old lady took it with the tips of her fingers, gave it a shake or two, and sat down in her lofty way beside the bed., ihe woman, lying with her face partly covered,' partly turned to the wall, Avas muttering something to herseif. At last we could make out these words : 4 The cunning minx,-when she looked up at me with her bright, wicked eyes, learned that secret then. She drew it from me as I suckled her at the breast; drew it from nie when a babe; I learned it, and she learned it. But she began earlier than I. Why not? The son did so. But he died in my arms, poor boy. when his race was.run. But An dy I shall see no more.' Never, never. That's a lesson for mothers. Your boys are always your boys, but your girls are other men's. My mother ! my mother ! my mother ! Let her pull up the green grass from mv grave, and trample on it, yet T wilh love her better than mv daughter loves ra'e.H Yes, Yes. The sun dies aud the day dies, but we keep close to the men we love. Let him beat me, let. me scoop the crust from thewill of our neigh bors, yet we lov4 on. He stol me in the snow,' and we'll die in the snow. There are the bei's and the Bays round the corner; off only for a frolic and a dance ; but we jnever came back. There she sits, with the light burning, waiting for her daughter- there she sits now mother, He had a sweet voice once ; oh, the soncs the song that won my heart.'" Here she sat up erect in the bed, and turned her' brilliant eyes full upon Aunt Miranda. I had been watching that Gothic countenance during the monologue of the poor creature,, wrap ped in. tier rags, i had noticed the gradation- which passed over it ; first of patient complaisance, then of pity, then ot absorbed interest. 13ut when those large bright eyes flashed upon Aunt Miranda, she started with such an instant, terrible look ot re cognition, with the history of a whole life of sorrow, as it were, written on her face in a moment, that it was absolutely appallinor. I read it at once. The mystery had unfolded iiself before me. Thatinex orable spirit ; those lineaments, saving the slight tremulous motion of the chin, rigid as sculptured stone ; those fixed, dilated eyes were those of the mother who,; without seeking for, had found, after seventeen years, in yonder squalid heap, her daugh ter, her only child, once her pride, her hope-p-now w hat ? 4 Do not hurt me,' said the poor creature, shrink ing from her : 41 will not harm you for the world. I saw the tremulous motion from the chin spread itself over the whole visacre - of Aunt Miranda Tears sprang from her eyes, her pride wan unequal to this trial. Ihe foundation gave away, then the superstructure fell was submerged for ever, and above it rose the beautiful rainbow of consolation. She took the squalor, the misery, the pestilence, the poor wreck ot a life in her arms, and sanctified it with a mother's pity and and mother's blessing. I felt at. this time an uncommon moistening of the ye-lids ; and the man with the blaukets man aged to drop his basket, with a view probably of relieving his mind. As for the poor wench, she was in a corner, and a paroxysm of tears. To tell how our patient recovered ; how little Mi randa, or Andy, --as we called her, budded and bloomed into woman-hood ; how the body of Dan- gerfeldt was found in the river, near the Dry xmy thar f re; been offered 2th on a "Yes, sir. he's some punkhis, su.'- ! ten cows and calves for for him; he's difS,. i ........... Come from down the prairie ?'' Ye, ttY, au4 hurried up my critter right smart, I te.l t." ' "How's the craps?" "Well, they aint nothin' to brag on, though we've got a gush of peaches." The gentleman upon the fence now descends fiom it with due deliberation, and approaching the occupant of the horse, shakes hands with him in ihe most solemn and edifying manner; he then surveys the horse from stem to stern, probably ex amines his mouth to ascertain his age, and having performed all these duties with due decorum, he , IM-.l'l '.1. proceeds to exrnoit nis hospitality. "Come, Judge, Might and tie your horse out. Without anv further remark, the judge did as he was desired, and having found a stake driven into he affixed to it one end ot tne caberos THE WIZARD AND ins feOTTLE Tn following article in relation to fetor Anderson, the Wizard of the North, and the Maine liquor law, as enforced in Massachusetts, M furnish Cha&gtor Rppubltcan) by on of our dti zehsV who has Been lately aoioorotntt in t&caf -ISr FwLay J ctMiciuoUng nw penormances in tne weroown, m Boston, which he did with his " bottle,"; tne auai ence were somewhat alarmed by seeing a 'large body of police rush into the hall, and, without cer emony, walk into the professor's "Magic Temple." A warrant was produced, not only for the immediate apprehension of the professor, but of his u bottle." The professor having read the warrant, assured the audience that it was bona Jide, and that he must, obey the law. Here a scene, which it is impossible to describe, ensued. Shout3 of 44 Don't go, Anderson we'll protect you! 4 ri ever mina the liquor iaw: " Don't give up your pottle !" Mr. Anderson "begged to be heard.. 'When silencee was gained, the professor stated, 44 that in all coun tries he had visited he obeyed their laws, and hoped the citizens would not wish him, for the first time in his life, to dis bey them." He further said, 44 that he was not aware that he was breaking any law, when he supplied the citizens of Boston from his bottle." (Cries of "No, no!") Mr. Anderson asked the officer if the 44 bottle " had to be taken to the police office ? Yes, was the reply of the official. The professor handed him the " bottle." and no sooner was it in his hands than the 44 bottle " commenced to emit streams of liquid fire. As soon as he dropped it, the fire became extinguished. Another officer lifted it up, when the tire again made its appearance : of course he was also glad to drop it. The audience screamed, roared, and never was such a scene witnessed. At last the professor lifted up the " bottle," and giving the audience thanks, and bidding them good night, he walked off. with his 44 bottle " to the police office followed by two or thiee thousand persons, whose shouts, going to Washington street, soon augment ed the crowd to many thousands, all calling out ! " Shame on the Honor law !" 44 Down with fanatics, compulsory and coercive policy!" "Eat and drink what you. please when you please, and in what place you please " 44 No legislation for the stomach !" The professor was bound over in one thousand dollars to appear and answer the charge of selling without a licence; the " bottle " waslocked up as the principal witness against him ; the whole of the officers having had a taste of its contents before it "2rsLr"kpd tin ami liound to aontRr as WlUieBS io SPRING. A bursting into greenness, A waking as from tdep, A-twitter Rrfd a warbU . x That makes the pulses leap ; A tense of renovation, - : TPrirsnneaa aa ot neaia j" . " A casting off of sordid fear, A carltssness of wealth. A watching as in childhood, For the flowers, that one by one, Opon their golden petals To woo the fitful eun ; A gush, a flash, a gurgle, I wish to shout and sing, As filled with hope and gladness, We hail the vernal Spring. A yooso lady said to her beau, after fifteen ; years courtship : ; 44 Charles, I am go:ng out of town to-morrow." 44 Wh, re 1" " I don't know." 44 When are vou coming back I" "Never." . 44 W hat are you going for f" 44 1 am going to look for something which you have not, never had, and you cun give me without . any loss to yourself." "You are vwy welcome to it, I am sure; but; what is it !" - 44 A husband !" 44 Why, you might have had that fifteen years ' atro. if vou had only said the word ; but I was I afraid to begin. j 1 -1 1,1 - J The servant of a Prussian offu-er one day met a crony who inquired of him how he got alongj with his fiery master. 44 Oh, excellent !" ausweredj the servant ; " we live on very Uiendty tirms ; everyj morning we beat, each other's coats; the only dif-j ference is, bo takes his off to be beaten, and I keep. mine on." the ground, hair rope) which was attached to his horses necJc, took off saddle and bridle, hunc them on the fence, offence, imprisonment in the penitentiary ' o . ' i -. , and made for the house. Various witnesses were then called, who stated The gravity with which such affairs are invariably that they had been frequently supplied by the pro- cOnducted. amused me verv much until I became fessor from his " bottle." One, a native ot the Waiting waiting mother, mother ! Rap! Rap! Rap ! knocked an honest Hiber nian the other night at the door of a house in Cher-j ry street A night cap at the window askedi " What's - the matter ?" 44 Be aisy," replied Pa 44 it isn't yours but your neighbor's house is a fire he's no knocker, and I've borrowed yours a bit." j which Mr. Anderson had supplied his audience vvith brandyrJ-um, gin, and whisky according to choice. The professor then left for his hotel, followed by an immense crowd. In the morning, every available inch of the police court was crowded long before the usual hour of opening. The magistrate arriv ed, and took his seat on the bench. "Anderson's case" was first called, when a long indictment was read, setting forth that Professor Anderson, better known as the 44 Wizard of the North," had been in the habit of nightly supplying the citizens of Boston, during the last Ave weeks, with all kinds of spirituous liquor without a licence, and against the laws of the commonwealth of Mas sachusetts ; and was therefore liable, for the first offence, in the penalty of ten dollars fine, and secu rities for one thousand dollars ; the second offence double the fine and forfeiture of bonds ; the third At? editor is Arkansas, was lately ,hot U unpaid paper accounts in his pocket. Evtvi jfe powder could not get through unpaid uewnpaji. bills, and the editor saved his life by the delinquent- cv of his subscribers. " You saved my life on one occasion, said a begj- gar to a Captain under whom ha had served. Saved your life," replied he, 44 do you think I ani 1 . "au 11 -T. it ..,! U , it T nrv. .d under you in the war of , and when yot ran away I followed." "Julius why didn't you oblong your stay at the Springs ?" . - " Case, Mr. Snow, day charge too much." "How so Julius I" 44 Why de landlord charged dis colored individu al with stealing de spoons." j .accustomed to it, aud came to look upon matter of course. it as a AN OLD TUBE. How often, whilo wending our way through tiie lifficult soul harrowing passages of this transitory ue, we are assailed by the music of an old tune, awakeninor instantly within our inner lite sweet, though often painful remembrances ot the p asu Strange that an old tune should thus effect the bosom of humanity. But, true it is, that the out- wara and visible world is so inseparably connected with the inward and invisible portion of our nature. For we often find, "though slight withal the thing maybe" touching a particular chord within, the mere t trifle, such as an old tune, a look, a word, a tone of voice, often carries us back to past times, may be our childhood's days those sweet days ot hope, faith, and love. Oh ! how will an old tune bring forth to our view that golden period of our existence ! How distinctly we behold in our im- magination some familiar spot where wehave often met, and parted from, those we loved ! How visibly ' we catch the smile of a long-lost but well-remem bered and much-loved friend ! How audibly we hear the voice of tender love and kindly admonitions ! these and a thousand other by gone scene, and associations are pourtrayed to the mind's eye at the vibrations of an old tune. Ay, and with ?vhat determined tenacity the soul clings to and revels amid the realities of the past. The past ''dark as Erebus" must that soul be which has not seme fire sod, declared that, " by Saint Patrick," he had hever tasted better 44 potheen " in his life. Here the magistrate asked "if that was the bot tle Professor Anderson was using when he was apprehended ?" "Yes." 41 Did you drink from it ."' . " Yes." i "When?" "Last night before it was locked up in the mar shal's safe." What did you drink?" Rum." said one ; 44 brandy," said a second ; 44 1 had erin," answered a third ; while a fourth aid " he was satisfied with that bottle, for it had blister ed his hands," which be showed the court was the case. ' ' 44 And is this the identical bottle ?" "Yes." The magistrate here asked the marshal if the bottle" had been out of his possession since. The marshal said the safe had not been opened until the " bottle" was wanted in court. This was the evidence for the prosecution. I ro- fessor Anderson, who was undefended, here stated that he was not aware he bad acted m Opposition to the statute, inasmuch as he had presented a pe tition to the aldermen of the city for a licence to give his performances in the Melodeon, which they granted on payment of ten dollars per week for the said licence. Here the professor handed in a re ceipt for the payment of the above ; and he said further, the bottle " ist part ot this entertainment,, dulv licensed and paid for. If anv clause had been . , , 44 Madame," said a cross-tempered physician to a patient, 44 if wc men were admitted to paradise, their tongues would makeUfe-a pt rgatory. j "And some physicians, if allowed to practice there," replied the lady, would soon make it a desert.' i On the final surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga to General Gates, the following couplet was perpe trated by Sheridan : " Burgoyno defeated Oh, ye Fates ! Could not this Samson carry Gates I" There i a young fellow 44 up-river," who went to Liverpool as fireman on board the Pacific; When he returned he was asked how he liked the govern ment of the country. " Oh" he said, 44 first, rate ;; it doesn't snow there near so often as it does here l 44 Mr. Speaker," said a member of the Jamaica i Legislature, discussing a bill for the regulation of f the timber trade, 41 1 know these timber merchant to be most egregious rascals Iwas in the timber j line myself twelve years 1 - : ; 1 I A singular old gentleman cor ceiving himself overcharged in a aurgeon'a bill, sent word by th servant of the practioner to his master, That fof his medicine he would pay, but as ior mi visits oe would return them. . r j kindled within it at the sound of "the past ; callous mnat Ka tlia Viaort 1.J 5c nnt fillurl wirh emotions of joy or regret at the mention of so magic a phrase inserted by the aldermen at the time they granted as the past. Dried up indeed must be the rivulets the licence, prohibiting the performance of the of that humanity whose flood-gates will not send forth a guttering stream at the remembrance 01 mo past, produced by the of an old tune ! soul-a wakening echoes Dock, that fatal morning, would, I fear, not add much to my story. But Aunt Miranda grew in crrace, her pride was gone, she became the meekest of the meek : only upon two occasions, in after-life, did she remind me of her former self ; one w as that of the marriage of Margaret, her hand-maid, to the man with the four children, (who had lost his wife, by the w ay ;) and the other was, when a sharp- How They Used to Plough. In gome parts of Scotland, in formei times, the ploughs used to be ; draw by, four horses abreast, and required the assistance of three men. The business ot one man was to drive. For that purpose, he placed himself between, the middle horses, with bis face towaras the plough, to guide it straight, and in this position ne waoxeu oacn wards with tne reins in nis nauu, Another walked behind the horses with a cleeked staff, which he fastened in front of the beam, and by means of it he regulated the depth of the furrow by raising or loweriner the plough as occasion required. The ploughman followed, holding the tills; and in this formidable and ludicrous manner, they repeated their attacks on the soil. In harvest, a basket machine was placed on horseback for carrying home the grain; and persons were employed oh each side with forks to keep it in a proper poise. It is said that the practice is to be met with in Galloway. Many 'practices existing even at this day in Ireland, are still .more ridiculous. Mr. Arthur Young tells us that in Donnegal, he has actually seen hor3ea ploughing by the tail.- bottle " feat, of course he would not have done it ; but, as he received the licence without qualifi cation, he considered the performance of the "bot tle " as duly licensed with the other- part of his entertainment. The magistrate, after a little consideration de cided that the professor was duly licensed, and could use his " bottle " as he thought proper. He then a&ked if the 44 bottle n was still full ? 44 Qh, yes," replied the professor ; u you can help yourself." " No sooner did the magistrate touch the " bottle," than he dropped it again, stating that it was red hot. The 44 wizard" asked if his honor was satisfied ? He answered in the affirmative, and told the pro fessor that he did not care how soon he left the court; The wizard asked the magistrate to hand him the bottle. The magistrate, taking his hand kerchief from his pocket, for the purpose of taking the bottle by the neck, was about to nit n, woen lo, it vanished ! to the utter astonishment of his honor and all present. An exchange paper observes that a it is a re markable fact that people who go up in balloons are Dot sensible of their own motion.' It dont strikeus as at all surprising, 44 Sensible" people do not go up in balloons. Boston Poet A JnsTir.E in New Jersey lately' sentenced two men to be whipped for stealing; and after the operation was performed he said they might, if they choose, appeal from the decision of the court. j A wtsiDENT of a Connecticut town bad left her iur at a store to be filled with the juice of cane, , On her return, she saia to toe swvccj, Smith, are those molasses ready " Mr. They have got a very benevolent old gently man in Troy. On Christmas, he boiled a dun clota and gave the broth to the poor. Public men of high reputation are like lion in menag rie ; continually stirred up, that the crowd ' ir.r.y see their size and hear their roar. The saying that there is more pleasure in giving than receiving," is supposed to apply chief ly to medicine, kicks and advice . ' i "A man can't help what dene behind hi back," as the loafer said when he was kicked out of doors. , u To Grmce we give onr shining blade," M pork butcher aid when they commenced oper ations. - - A Young Lady once entered a stage with so much powder on her face that she blew up the driver. I TAPREVMrx.dor going mad ia August: Cut their iads efifiu Julj. A; '.f si n l -. . T . '--" t , i . - y. , " - ! ' ' -