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SPAPER NMTRAL IF POLITICS.
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IKIrON WADDELL.'JIl., J-
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TWO DOLLARS
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EDITORS.
cDptctx It? rtU tijc sintered of fTortf) 'Carolina, ucation, &flricultutc, literature, Mttos, fyc iHarfcta, frc.
RA LEIGH, XORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1853.
WHOLE NO. 80.
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covered with sieet. Xeverthloss, I had '
some humorous thoughts while breast
ing the storm, and composed a Latin
distich by the way. 1 hau just got
tfe last foot of the pentameter correct, "
wien my own foot struck against
something which looked like a black
log;,; On scrutiny, by the light of the
moon, I found it to be my old patient,
TiniViiWr Timmnns. nnnarpntlv snnml
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asleftp,wiKhis beloved rum-jug by his
'(f.'-iTJt'ain shook him to make.
mm aare of bis situation, and seeif
the spirit had left'his body. I shook"
the rum-jug, but there was no spirit
there, not: a drop. ' Timmy,' says I,
4 wake up.' No answer. I. then kick
id him, but he bore it as if h'e had
been used to kicks. He is- dead,'
said I, and passed on to the next
house. There, wJiile opening the gate,
I was fiercely' attacked by a stout bull
dog ; and j while keeping him off, and
fighting my way up to the. house, the
master came out in his shirt-tail with
l-ioi-lnrl mm 4 1 Irtn't vrn Innm ma 2'
r 1 1 o -
p i said I, as he examined the priming;
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A STORY FOE ABOLITIONISTS.
THE "POOR SLAVE."
& WISrT-' ' tLr?H l1 a tvie,f! rVW glSd 'V
tpLi IrsSKjM vpoke when .you did. In a mini
sa?i5 -. ! more I should liae popped you ov
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THE HIPPODROME AT NEW YORK.
!; :aW-s!;-tch frAent. a vWw -of the intfrlAr rt'-ho Hipt?o.?F0tne a f -Madison squ'ir, New York city. TV incisure, which cuvire two acres of ground, is surrounded br a brick wall twenty feet in
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fiit, oi sum. ii'nt ini'" n..v-, -if ii;tiM.-n-H w ill) amtttiH-tus ati-.t umtrft-ses, ana 'inerwi uiumy uniiiiut-uiru . tj(uii ni'
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. T. . ? . .. .i . ! . " : : . . .: 1 U ... .. n....MUfU .nr.h
irh tini t m tn-?' Italian SHVle fI :roiiiieeurf, tno 'laces.oi ooiii'oeiui eiaiwiaieiy uiuiiiiinuru wim jmijvviu.s liihws auu oiuuu.u.
Chvr the lower tioor oi thest- tower? arc the grand entrances to the Umpodronie, the upper mvisuon oetng asstgnea ior rtire.-nmeiu buiwno, urtMsiug ;iwub,
I u) nt .i s:viv . ! luxurious i-ii'i'siic
Be.- ifs the 1v .print
Iiivs,trefJs,.Mjt (rt tw.o ')" tj .rial p ..weiv. thirty tct (. hiirli. htti t
?i f (iiiitiiiiiin two storiY:
3cVi.-s the' tw.'pnii iprJ . ntniiice.-. there are five ff-pnrate p'bersV egress for the audience through, hirprc t.othic do.- rs. r.peni re outwards
:il'-s i whiii Wjng ilwposod with siu h .peculiar titne-? ns to enable art assemblage ot 10,UOd persons to clear the pr noses in three nimu
Th-V-intri- r is surronnde-.l-with rows of oon veni.-ntly eontr'ietd s-ate for th spectatorsTrwing ooe-SbVel.W other lu aVn,5?Ml'S-
ir tonn : ajui' i.t fi!ilii..'M nt:',:!i'ii-i; V to :t' 'in (ii- -(;i t
T-li't'tantcrii!' if at., an 'i, aT.Mjo.l which iJi-'.-p.-ittator
Or.i i- tli'itv ! 'i-t.w d ', . a;:atv- i lrom'tlie speet-it''-
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woh ifn.-:! wa
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ir;ls.-;,Vi Won.- thou-wl teer in circiimtrence, correspordinn n size and lorm with the ancient Grecian sraaiurr. ana cwwi i-yiHw. viuB ..
s hv harru :rs ai-"tWt in h"!2ht. The whole interior, with the exception, of the. chariot course, and- the space occupied by the audience, tasteiuljy
v....-...-r '....,. i.tu or, Trillion ..t' ninmtir- :,m t.th..r i.iants m full h ootn. and a nitr!i:v - omarm-nuM orencsira. . . .. .. . ...
14 -I r - i ill. I" ,Vv;Vr."n.-Vh- Ci.'.h wl.Ii-i. the various procsions and ch,ri..rS--pa-S to the sevne of action, is thnty te.t hiBh and twenty teet in breadth, a opacy i na
Ila-V;-,- "Cr j'fw" wuh.ns living tableaux ot.FV.risian ir lister, superhly grouped, ihu.t.ating the lour sea.on,, ana revolving with the motion of the
fell-;- -,iirr,t rtKnki, ,,f the ,nvo at!f,,-t.ve features oft he Hippodrome, the ennopv, corVtstii.c of licht wnter-proof canvas, manufactured ibr the purpose, arrange! in the style
occupied hv the sP,cta ors, for their better security against the
, A,r:.n,r.;pn:, ,o,,. lnao..o:,. n Jnc..y '-'l lh; Uctron of the roofbn ehundfe.Hn number-are ai. embel bhed with Olympian
i;6b;nrf.Mu,v . ;K;h.- w-.a' U -r.- and to er- .0 n, tn U tt.e r.i. ot th, sun tun lb, xlnbitj. ft 1 ,u J,."i h.. .in,, ,1. tlmnodron.e we are indebted to the Illustrated ews. .
t-ai 1.1: .Mr.atid. id. aud..ai--jni)r'ia-te d ' vices, iiivin svmntftu- ana auu.uuiiai ovauij 10 ok. imuiw. .a v. - ---
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:StLSGT POETRY
ilY MOTHER DEAR.
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At) tuitii'e. r
ni'Mi, 111 .u,e :mie
ess incurifig 'ease
Hi ot i he e'revjit ot 1
the co titi try for' a dozen
fjipago. h:iv.bg wonder-
butlialf the time cheat
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1 11 ..i c;iin -p -ioa. J iw& n
i-.Mijttoh' t cast un mv Us to set? how r;ch I was,
-fil NNiiat could -be made 'outtahd'.n: accounts,
cs t ia : 'jjre'at ma.uy-'evenijigs of hard work to ar-
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rive at line -knowieuge uiar, an i o.s, tieinr paid,- 1
4 a's 410-t worth a ' bi-as- tar'hing ti"i a red cent.
oiwkjistandi'i.g avi tiio iueranve c.-tses of --typhus
Tit- V'V tf.is'n ,j ho e in cliii liioo
'I h:i! 1 femetiiler well.
An i' there a voiie of sweetest to
" 'IVijrhV fairy tak-'sdW ted :
Ati'l g-.-Jitie words and fond ettv'a' e
i Were iven .S'-illi i joy to tne,
Vheti 1 wa in iiiat hapty plac-o,
;'." luh my' m.-.tavr's knei-.
) ; . Mv toiit-rer (Ivfjr, vw n'ioher deaf. .
;., M-y gentle g:.u'tle iito':her
irWh.en fairly tale-: wi re . en A ' '
4 f ( loot! nijrht !" rhe softly 'a!4, .'
he-kised -a:nl laid ine down-to sleep'
Within tny, tiny h. .1.: . . . ,
And ho:y wonls s .e la'ia' tne tae:e;
-..I' Alethink I vet' t an e '
b . . ! T 1 Mi
or anjrel loi:m as-c.-oso 1 Kiieu
lisi'le my 'mother's-knee.
:Mv iiiot!er dear, mv motlirrdcar,
My gent e, jrentie niotlier! .
in'the.sickne-i-of niy childhood, '.-'.'.
And die peri's of my prime,- . .
Tliesb'Tow.s. of my riper vears.
The pride of e eery time, S4
Mieti (lou)it and danger weighed me aown,
Jtill p'ondiist: oft for me,- .
It ;wii's,ri'he fervent prayer Jo Heaven
That hent mv mother's knee.
My ii'6ther..dcar, my mother dear
'v gentUvgent'e f mother !
t"n ., .e o as:-.n I w!i ealle 1" in niidsnm
itti tol a sick man nil the seashore. At'.er
.lav-, hi', family physician, tho renowned
inivo l.fpda tho oHy. and tie- pa
nt was sot n aft r on his ie;s, no thanks to me
and tvady for ti.o surf..
' ll'v m lie-1 :n"o yuit j;. .it: t'i charge him .' -ai.
l).H't..r Jaiiao. . ' '.
.hvl.-ir..' -aid I: ' ; .
...''.- 'make it a hundred.' II - '-
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If ho . Xn.-cts it: sai-'l it w..ul
a 11 t disappoint his tNeetatioiiS
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' Two hi'
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'.aid
act.,
a t
ive 1110 gr' :i
whereujjoii i
a.Uiseolv and r- e ived an honored c'o-ck tor
Phoenix l-mk.
t-i.m, when a!tetidinr one of my
the same .vicinity, while crossing
when the tide was up,- I -came near
su lk v was soon afloat, but
.A .u'.niniiii. .rfsnfhpil tho OD-
Ulld ' . "11 t::(
U atl"til.f CV
own patient-; in
t he ' biir bridge
i-i-ing 'irowm d. .My
t.'v horo. lioiioT a 'i
'1. ite bank. '-NowC beside risking mv own hie. 1
.1 .-... l-tN.i' i-..;nt fn-.tn the verv L'ates ot
4 Souls'; alive V responded be ;, ' I
ou
mmute
popped vou over,
Doe . " boiry to do that. My son
John's got the fever-aig. Here, Bull,
Hull. Hull; Bull ! g' home, Sir !'
'Timmv Timirions,' said I, 'is Ivinnr
-out in the lane, drunk or dead, I
don't know which ; dead drunk, at
any rate. He must be looked after.'
' Wait till I put on my breech
es. What a wunnerfu! nigh-' ! Won't
vou come in and git warm V
1 N : get on yv-ur breeches, and
make haste.' -. , ..
4 Guv ! when I first heered you, I
thought it was Lawrence cotr.in' to
break" house, lles , a dosput fellow.
So I gets up and lxks oat o' the win
dow, and then I werit into the corner
to lihd my gun. and if I didn't -.'
4 Come, come ; do you' want .'
4 To' get the rheumatiz ? No, I d'-n't.
Hold on, Doctor; be down in one
minute.' .
We returned to the congealed Tim
mons. Mv co-adiutor took up the
jug, shook it, and said, 'Not a drop.'
tie then smelt it.
V ' It is rum,' said I, the cause of all
(has misery.'
', Doctor, not all rum ; there s
Wea a little moiasse into tms jugr rjr
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LlttS SliiM VI lb. "... -'. ..; or-'.. : i - -
Lift him up, said I. ' He diJ so,'
and carried his burthen home, where
I brought Timmy to life.
I now trudged on upon my original
errand, hoping to save another life
more valuable than that of Timmons.
Arrived at the house, I perceived it
shut up as if hermetically sealed.
Not a litrht was to be seen. I knocked
'Put to ho d ,n without security -from disturb-! at the door, but no answer. I knocked furiously,
aneo is enouoii t frighten awav sh -op. S.uch is the j and at last a night-cap appeared from the chamber
t "fa cjuutry doctor. I could relate innumerable i window, and a woman s voice squeaked out, Jirios
instances of the utter disregard with which he is i there ?' .
routed from his bed', without occasion, at all houis. ' The doctor, to be sure,' said I ; 4 you sent for
Here is-one in point : ' ; him. What the dogs is the matter V
I arrived 'late one winter evening at my own j ' Oh, it s no matter, Doctor. Ephraim 's better,
.lo .r. after a hard' da vV toil'.' With what a feeling j- We got a little skeered, kind of. Gin him laud'num,
of i-elaxati. n ..lid I divest my feet of heavy boots, j and lie slept kind o' sound, but he 's woke up now.'
set them sm. .king at thV tire", an 1 then regale them; 'How much laudanum did he swallow?',
in ea-v slippers Th- n wrapping about "me a Foft' ' Only two drops,' said she. "Taint hurt him
padded gown, with what luxury did I fail back in : none. Wunnerful bad storm to-night!'
: inv arm chair. -ofuso th i daily paper, and sip a I buttoned up my coat to my throat, turned up
c'.i'jS of. tea 1 ' Now,' said I, the labors of the day j on my heel,' jand' tried to whistle.'
are over. A storm is' brewing out of doors. Ij ' Doctor, Doctor !'
il come here to-night. 11- ' u hat do you want I
Let them oo after Pooardus. You won't charge nothin' for this visit,. will you.'
for an v bodv. It is un-1 row, as 1 traveled back on loot, tne moon ue-
minutes from ihe close ot the enteitainments, and even in less time
liope that ic body w
thev do, I won't go
I won't immolate m-vs?
rea-onable.' With that I pulled down my ledger came obscured, the driving sleet blinded t)ie eyes,
and -ma e a note of the dav's visits, one half of 1 I heard the Atlantic breakers booming and beating
. 1 IT I 1 . 1. . . . . .1 1 1 J.....-, O l-kll
huts, and Irish "j upon the coast ; and with head down, like a bul-
a:i
the
tl
ieir corns liurt them, and, I went with all speed,
iough I .sometimes had occasion to scold them.
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STORY.
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i From the Knickerbocker j
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR. ''
BY. O L
IWPKH S'Al'lTZ. M." P.
abo-.s:
' i , 'i tit lii riin-x-rc'tn'ttoHt. drove
ti.e j-'tundC'e out rf his skin, and. when I came to
ask him tor ten d .liars, he blackguarded me like a
1-1 1-' I .1 1 ... ..' ..nl,.!W mii OlTilTll
cii-CKen stealer. ..aiitl wouiu nevti cu. ..u, ..... . , , . . , .,
Ti,o-f-.-'t is that people in the country-abhor taxes, lietore retiring tor the night, l opened me ou.er
and a d .ct..r U the w!-t of publicans. Tor b ck door, as was my custom, to see the state of the
, thev think is a dead Uss, which thev unchristianly j weather. It was a tremendous night. The moon
oi .... . i . . . . !,,'- f shnnu rlolv. hut the nnd Mew a hurricane. It
;-.grumt e at ; out to nave u av ..iui wmg -u.v, . ..v.. t ---- - - . - -
..... . .... i i it. ' K-.vv iiippk - rat noil, t I aneu. ii miuoi, il iiucu
: thev are, when they lie prostrate in a burning fe
i veru hen their teeth chatter, and the whole house
! jars with their shaking agues '. Oh ! how welcome-
lv the latch is lifted up U) admit you when -life
! seems to hang upon - a hair ! Put get them, on
' their legs, andthe tirst thing which they forget will
; be thafthev were ever on "their backs. If .many
i o't them do"-pav.you, it is under protest, procrasti
, miting the settlement to a time when the account
might be outlawed, clipping down the fair propor
i ti"'ns of a just bill, and giving you the most ragged
' representative of money. V
r cotr th-it whon T o.-i'mo to overhaul mVaceounts,
I was iiot worth ahv thing, and therefore arrived :
.at the'conclusion that it was high' time to marry a.;
wife who' would' take care of my money. I iil so, j
and found mv condition better, but for some years j
' had a hard ti'me of it. Mf children were extreme- ,
lv. pettish and peevish, and what with nocturnal;
. .. t i 1 ..J.vl.t'c rosf for fivA'vears. 1ft
: caiiS, 1 Iiau nea .
' any thing ailed them, they were sure to cry tne
: moht long; but if they were well, they woke up
lono- 'oefore the crowing oi tne cock, .cnmo.i.
shatitees. As to this class, thev loved me like ; rush, I arrived at my own door wet and disconsolate,
brother, and their eouti'ivnee in me was unbound-' saying to myself: ' That little plant callkd Fa-
ed. Tliev sent tor me it ttieir nones aeneq. or iiitiesce does not grow in js.vi.ar usuui"
About eight years since, says G. W. Kendall, in
his last letter to the N. O. Picayune, the Sultan of
Turkey, anxious to introduce the culture of cotton
in his dominions, sent an agent to the United
States for some one thoroughly understanding its
cultivation. A gentleman living at or near Colum
bia, South Carolina, was selected, accepted the lib
ml nffftr marta. and took out with him to Turkey.
besides his family, a female slave belonging to hira,
1 r r 7' r- ' - i. - Jr-- wjh
all brought up on his plantation" and practically
acquainted with the growth of Cotton. One of
these men, a trusty fellow, was despatched ahead
visited Eng.and to make purchases, or on some ne
cessary errand, performed his trust faithfully, al
though he well knew that on English soil he was
free, and met his master in due time at Constanti
nople, after thousands of miles of travel with no one
to look out for him. After remaining in Turkey
some two or three years, and setting a cotton j
plantation in operation, (hi-- ow n negro slaves learn- J
ing'the Turks the practical culture -of the plant.) j
the gentleman set out on his, return to the States j
with all his people. On board an English steamer I
between Smyrna and Malta, on which he took pas- j
sage, it soon became noised that an American, with j
a lot of slaves, was among the passengers, and j
great was the curiosity, among the English in par- 1
ticular,to see and talk with the negroes. The!
master of the latter allowed free converse per- j
mitted the passengers to make any offers to his j
slaves-r-to Use any means thev saw nt, snort ot
actual force, to induce any one of them to acci-pt
proffered freedom yet all failed: thev were anx
ious, the slaves were, to go back to old tarclma,
preferring bondage there to the freedom among
the poorer classes they had seen during-their
European travels. Put the best of the story is to
come yet.
. On reaching Malta, the steamer remained over
night, when, to breathe the fresh land air, or to
see the town, all the passengers, including the
American and his "white and colored people, went
ashore and remained until morning. On g-ing
again on board, at the hour -appointed -for sailing,
it was ascertained that, by an accident in running
back to the hotel for a basket, or some article for
gotten in the haste 'of leaving, the colored female
slave had missed the party, had lost her way, or
nt all events was not forthcoming when the steam
er's 'bell rang to cast off. The American asked the
captain to remain a .few moments, and with suc
ooss lint still the rn'rl did not make her appear-
' c . J
ance. The captain was importuned to remain Vet ;
a tew moments longer, anu utu ueii gumg un
order to east off a space ; but after waiting until
long past the usual time advertised for starting, and
with no sirrn of the lost one in sight, the last, bell
w
agvwaji on her . way. ; lug
geaueman, However, una mue w. wnm n in
nrtU tfi a fiTAnrt nn horA KtJlt.infr that fifl had
dentally left his" servant-girl behind, and requesting
mm to procure tier a passage on a steamer,- wnicn
was to sail the next day direct for Marseil'es, to
which port he was bound, and where he would
T!r1r !,pr un. Tf should hprp he stated tliat the brtat
he was on board of was a coaster, and .was to stop I
at' Leghorn and other places on the Mediterranean, j
on her wav to .Marseilles.
Great was the exultation among the English
passengers w hen it was ascertained that one of the
unfortunate slaves Jiad been left behind, nor would
they believe thatjier non-appearance was the re
sult of accident. She had put her foot upon
British soil, had tasted the sweets of British free
dom, and was not going back to American slavery
and servitude. They little knew the feelings then
agitating the poor girl, but in their rejoicing offer
ed wagers-that her master would never see her
again. Nor did they appreciate the feelings of the
latter, nor of his wife, 'nor of his children for all
the family were attached to the girl, and all knew
how bitter must be her anguish on finding herself
thus Separated from those to whom she had ever
been warmly attached, and thrown among strang
ers, who would take no thought of her welfare.
The steamer put in at her usual ports, landed or
took on board her usual passengers, and at the ac
custohied day approached Marseilles. So confident
was the American that the first person to be seen
on landing would be the girl, as the direct steam
er, must have been in for a tiay or two, that he
hotel I v nskpf the nassenrers to be on the lookout.
And as the boat neared the wharf, and as all eyes
''THE PAPER DON'T SAY S0!"
Mr. .Slocum was not educated in a University,
and his walk in life has been in by-paths and out
of the way places. His mind is characterized by
littlene&s rather than a comprehensive grasp of
great subjects. Mr, Slocum can however, master
a printed paragraph by dint of spelling the hard
words in a deliberate manner, and he manages to
get a few glimpses of men and things from his lit
tle rocky farm, through the medium of a newspa
per, it is quite edifying to hear Mr. Slocum
reading the village paper aloud to bis wife after a
A tew evenings ago,1 iaiuer oiocum was reacting
an account of a dreadful accident that had occur
red at a factory in the: next town, and which the
village editor had described in a great many words.
- 4 1 declare, wife ; that was an awful accident over .
tew the mills.' ' ;
' What was it about; Mr. Slocum ?'
4 I'll read the 'count, w ife, and then you will
know all about it.' j
Mr. Slocum began to read.
' Horrible and Fatal Accident. It becomes our
painful duty to record the particulars of an accident
that occurred at the lowei mill, in this village,
yesterday afternoon, by which a human being in
the prime of life was hurried to 'that bourne from .
which, as the imm'ortal Shakespeare has said, 'no
traveler returns.' j ;
' Du tell !" exclaimed Mrs. S.
'Mr. David Jones ajworkmen, who had but few
superiors this side of the great city of New York,
was engaged in adjusting a belt upon one of the
largest drums f .
. ' I wonder if it was a bass drum sich as has 4 E.
Pluribvt Unum' pi in ted on it ?' said Mrs. S.
' when he became! entangled. His arm wa
drawn around the drum, and finally his whole
body was whirled over the shaft at a fearful rate. ,
When his situation was discovered, he had revolved
about fifteen minutes.; his head and arms striking
a large beam "a distinct blow at, each revolution."
' Poor creatur, how it must have hurt him.'
' When the -machinery had been - stopped, it was
. found that Mr. Jones" a: nis and legs were maeer
' ated to a icily.'
'JVell, did it kill him V asked Mrs. S., with in
creasing interest. ;' ' - '
' portions of the duramater, cerebrum, and cere
bellum, in confused masses, were scattered about
"the floor in short, the gates,-of eternity opened .
upon' him.' - '
Here Mr. Slocum paused to wipe his spectacles,.
and the wife seized the opportunity to press the
question .
' Was the man killed?'
'1 don't know havn't come to that yet; you'll
know wher I've finished the piece.' And - Mr.
Slocum continued his reading :
4 It was evident, when the shapeless, form was
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"The Dizzy Activities of the Times. We need
the spirit of '75 to guide lis safely amid the dizzy
activities cf the times. While our own numbers
are increased in an unexampled ratio. Europe is
.....v.. i penning ii: upxill u lici uuiiuicui vi uvji...u ....
I thought ! nmdlv. and nw rp-rions are added to our domain.
again of the, poor mariners on the coast, and with1, which we are obliged to count by degrees ot lati-
a spent prayer tor thetji, and all houseless, unpro-; tude and longitude. In the mean time, tne most
tpotpil ones. I closed the door and went to bed. . I: wondprful in'srnv-prips of art. and the most mvsteri-
. . . V . i t : i
had just recovered irom ine sniveling ssensittiou ui
cold sheets, and become conscious of a grateful
rome at said Mrs. S."
' Do have a little patience, old 'ooman,' said Mr. ,
S., eyeing his. better half over his. spectacles ; ' I
presume we shall come upon it right away.' And
he went on :
This fatal casuality has cast a gloom over our
vjllage, and we trust that it wi 1 prove a warning
to persons who are called . upon to regulate the
powerful machinery of our milk'
4 Now,' says Mrs. Slocum, perceiving that the
narrative was ended, 'now I should like, to know
whether the man was killed or not V
Mr. Slocum looked puzzled. , He scratched his
head, scrutinized the article he had been reading,
and took a general survey of the paper.
4 1 declare, wife, 'tis rather curious, but really,
the paper don't say.'
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' An Australian Courtship. As all my pri
soner women".' servants have had suitors in plenty,
I have sometimes been amused by quietly observ
ing the growing symptoms of the tender passion,
asexempljfied (in their class of life) by the unfail
ing presents and love-tokens offered by the ena
mored swain as symbols of his sincere attachment,
and signs of progress made, the campaign not
unfrequently opens with the bold demonstration of
a gay print gown, especially if the arriral of a haw
ker's cart At the kitchen door has afforded so ex
cellent an opportunity for the display of fustic
gallantry. The presentation of a bonnet and rib
bons d look, upon as a decidedly serious auvaucc,
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or a c.mo oafiM fpw vards ot ca ;co often 1V6
Ana as tne ooai ueareu in nni, nuu m nn uu m uv.wv j ' ,
were turned in that direction, there, sure enough, 1 a grave aspect to the affair; a shawl, too, isconsi-
. . , ... .1.- ... 1 .1 1 oflT.l ;.. tl.iriir anA I nfiVft KllOWn a
(Standing avi tin nicnjuvv cases i.t tvi- ins long iiwic."- , . . -, - - j
I had'm;ui;rged, 1 .remained poor, ; I leiieve ! meVt the very moment when T b-d cp 7
.;,.U In the chr l av tl.eir fees with alacrity ! head for a short morning nap. But paternal pm
Mhie
that it coble in the city fay their tees wuh a;acntv
rlfc'aJike the charges ate exortntant. hen. a bill
ti-r aihuiidftfd doihirs, for l.Nking twi. or thrve'thfies
a.V:i.,k"ciild, is presented to one w-no ,hes in a
'faniist-ed house in the Upper pirt oflbe town,.
tivtV,- :rt.f.r,MToss i,f the demand ts a delicate com
i.;V...:bfv. to nav. The man of the
sits -dywn at a iihihimmuc.
, , ' l . 1. .1. C.r frit, fl
..11! 1 'l.'tfl ' -II...'IV I - I I...-
Jh.:,.; .- ... .i.- rv ihO" erate : now m;u
i....,
dW,
secretary, and
ainount, -sav-
head for a short morning nap. But paternal pm
losophv can well be reconciled to the sweet music
of-crv"io babes.'some thousands of which have
1-ee.i imported Tnto New-York during the present
year. But the number of people taken sick in the
ilav-time. who send for the doctor by nighty pro
du'eed a compound fracture of 'my time, which sel
dom gave me a comatose state. It-is the sweetest
of-alfconsohitions to lay a weary head upon the
. :m :.i. .i . .1 U.'.Uot t-aJt awaits vou tintil
I'm jh iiii me iiioiiuiii- iu.' .
1 1 .rir v .n "li-A ver IH if I i.'" . ,.,wl iuc i.iuii... ...... .
'stretches through the dark hours 'of the nigut.
H-AU W.n ..'ni the messenger is gone, the pater-
bli! It
. 'uc((s eeiaims, n uiii mi uu....
Is Mil evrfji,;;.... li'irnrr In hi siek '
Its advatitagesilo be attended by a fashionable doc
However, it has
fashionable doc-
Then do the strained muscles lapse into the most
easy attitudes in the yielding couch, and the taxed
I intellect ts still,' and vou- bolt the door upon in
a rni t h . W bile that delightful drowsiness which
! 1 -orders tip n sound sleep sftIe over me, when there
I tame a knocking, impatiently repeated, enough to
i wake the dead. ' God bless roe !' I' groaned out,
' crawling out of Led, and lifting up the sash, 'what
; do you want-?'
' ' D . ctor. w ant you to come right straight away
j off to Banks's. His child's dead.'
! 4 Then-whv do vou come ?'
' He's p'isontd. They gjn him laud'num for
paiegoiicky .' .
' How much have they given him?'
'' ' Dono. A great deal. 1 Think he won't get
over it.' - .
' When did they give it to him ?'
4 Tills arternoon.'
4 Why didn't you come sooner ? How do you
think I am to go two miles on such a night ? Have
you brought a wagon ?'
4 6.'
Then I won't go. Tell them to, ;' and
having prescribed hastily out of the window, I
closed the sash and went back to bed. But the
h.iwlinor wind and rattHnsr sleet against the panes
O v-
had not that soothing effect which they have to one
who lies snug and warm and. irresponsible in his
,nmh. ' WhaL' said I. 'if that child should die
through my neglect! Will it absolve tne from
I criminality because the parents are poor ? I will
! go : I must' With that I leaped out again, kin-
died a Ilimcii, nuei wcui. uunu tuiu u-j ijv. v
choosing to wake my man Flummery, or to disturb
rriy old horse, who was craunching his oats, and
housed for the nistht, I took my stick and set out
to walk. The snow-water went through my shoes
like a ve ; inv neck and bosom were instantly
mysteri
ous nmvprs of n-at.nra. combine to crive an almost
fearful increase to the intensity of our existence.
Machines of unexampled complication ana ingenu
ity have been applied to the whole range of human
industry : we rush across the land and the sea by
steam; we correspond by magnetism; we paint by
the solar ray ; we count the beats of the electric
clock at the distance of a thousand miles ; we an
nihilate time and distance; and, amidst all the new
flfrpneips of eommniiiontion and action, the omnipo
tent Press the' great engine of modern progress,
not superseded or impaired, but gathering new
power from all the arts is daily clothing itself with
louder thunders. While we contemplate with ad
miration almost with awe the mighty influenced
which surround us, and which demahd our co-op-
eration and our guidance, let our hearts overflow
with gratitude to the patriots who have handed
down to us this great inheritance. Let us stri ve to
furnish ourselves, from the storehouse of their ex
ample, with the principles and virtues which will
strengthen us for the performance of an honored
pa; t on this illustrious stage. Let pure patriotism
arid its bond to th hars of iron which are binding
i the continent together ; and, as intelligence shoots
nun tuc cicciric tpam uuui vjto-ii w
public spirit and love of country catch from heart
to heart. Edward Evert tt.)
A Dutchman was relating his marvelous escape
from drowning, when thirteen of his companions
were lost by the upsetting of a boat, and he alone
was saved. 44 And how did you escape their fate?"
asked one of the hearers. 44 I tid not go in te
boat," was the Dutchman's placid answer.
The man who is always behind hand has recent
ly purchased several bottles f ketch-np.
whs the trirl. neerimr with eager eves at the crowd
collected on the deck. And as she saw one after j
nnnth'fr her Vilr friends from whom she had been i
for the first time separated, she commenced jump- !
1-1 1 "11 If C. ; !,.. r,. i
ing i"iKe one oes:ae nerseii ior jo, ouist uiw icmr.
of happiness, and broke out with " Tank God !
dar's massa, and missus too ; and de' childun"
for her ardent gaze had fallen-"upon the children
"Bress de Lord ! dar's de cKildun and all, and I
doesn't neber leave 'em no more !" In the fulness
nf hr inv the Dmmess of Sutherland nor Mrs.
Beecher Stowe never had such a moment of una!- i
loved happiness, nor never will. In the excess of j
her overpowering gladness, sne pusnea inrougn a
i i . j . J
Aar a verv afTttinc thine, and I have known a
lace cap on the head . exercise ft mighty influence
over the heart ; but the grand conclusive stroke of
all, the true love philter, the unerring omen that
bids me seek a new handmaiden, is, when the bolt
of Cupid comes wrapped in flannel ! Print gowns
and new bonnets are, no doubt,! shrewd pleaders ;
ribbons and lace, too, are insinuating things; and
shawls and calico may mean much, but when the
courtship takes the shape of flannel, I know the
work of wooing has sped the damsel's heart is
won; and that the next thing will be John's awk
ward, round-about request for leave to "keep com
pany with Mary," which is very quickly followed
her overpowering giaaness, sue puoncu mivun a , raiJj' ""'J' . - j p. .r ,
crowd astonished at her frantic gestures, jumped by Mary's sheepish presentation of the, memorial
, i i p j i r... ro.;oA " " If rmi would olease ma am. to aK
on txiard tne ooat oeiore it was yet iuue .ii, anu j mi ium- ' . .
seizing one of the children convulsively in her ! the master to please to recommend us . -And
arras, she fairly rolled upon the deck, overcome by I married they are, shortly after, if th lover is in a
emotions over which she had no control. Nor! situation to maintain a wife, which the superior
could her grasp upon the child be loosened but j powers very rightly desire to know before author-
., , 8 ...r. bin p i -i - i. tl,;. i i-Ar. marriniro. A me Y edrt in Australia.
with the greatest difficulty, for she clung to this
mpintwr of the family, as to a Dlank which would
save her from a repetition of such terrible suffer
ing as she had experienced during the past week,
and would prevent a future separation.
It was afterwards ascertained that the poor slave
girl, on finding herself left by her master and her
master's family, lushed like a mad person about
the streets of Malta, calling frantically upon every
one to help her to find her 44 missis and de -childon."
Inthe extremity of her grief she upbraided the
family with deserting her intentionally, and in the
hopelessness of her despair went bitter tears as she
thought that she should never see her friends again.
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Nor would the assurances ot tne genuemaH uu
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izing the marriage. Nine Teart in Australia.
The Dead Wife. In comparison with the loss
of a wife, all other bereavements are trifles. The
wife, she ho fills so large a space in the domestic
heaven she who is so busied, so unwearied in la
boring for the precious souls around her bitter,
bitter is the tear that falls on her cold clay. You
stand beside her coffin and think of the past It
seems an amber-colored pathway, where the sun
shone upon beautiful flowers, or the star, glittering
overhead. Fain would the soul linger there. o
thorns are remembered above that sweet clay, save
those Your hand may have unwillingly plated.
Her noble, tender heart, he. oper ,
i,,d bM -ritten to, and Lo bad -agh. .igbt Yc thh-k of her o -
and tound ner, completely convince nr mn Deauiy ana puniy. . , . ...
... . ' . r ... . a o fjm;ti: i i. j ii. iJa in Tour bosom, rests m the stiu
where no other than a life of slavery was before j darkness, upon a pillow of clay. The b.ndi .that
faer ! have ministered so untiringly are foldedjwhite and
cold, beneath tne gioomy poruiw. iuo uw",
whose every beat measures an eternity of love, lies
under your feet. The flowers she bent over with
smiles, bend now above her with tears, shaking
the dew from their petals, that the verdure around
rfcer may be kept green and beautiful.
We notice in a cotemporary's columns, the
advertisement of a lady for a husband4. Noiie
need apply under six feet." Whew ! but the lady
goes in ferociouaJy for Hj-nn.
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3 it has' .U). -worih'iji God in a fhtonable'
gratitude and strife.
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