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Wly, fr?e of charge.
'HIE FRENCHMAN'S REVENGE.
'f ljere are but few pleasing reminiscences
jfthel time when business and credit were
prostrated by the hurricane which swept over
5iifT country in "thirty-seven when . the
batiks generally suspended specie payments,
and hard cash, was a phcnornenon. We re
collect but otteknirtji-provokirig incident, con
tacted with the great panic, and that was
ilie present-it ion of a hundred dollar bill at
die counter of a city bank, by a Frenchman
with: a demand for t he specie.
'".Monsieur," said the'-fierce' little Erench
roan, '-vill you pay zis bill? Vill you give
jac ze monnaie ?"
"VVe cannot redeem it at present." said the
ti ller in a very bland tone, "we have sus
pended." i
-Suspended I Vat's that? Hung by ze
neck like one damn thieving dog ? No sare!
vofio deceive me sure! 1 vilj have ze
I'argWit, ze gold, ze silvafe, ze ceppare t"
Ve cannot pay it now. We will redeem
our notes when other banks redeem their?."
' ".When-oder" bank redeem theirs. ' By
gar, ze oder bank say ze same sare
shool vou sire, vis ze pistol, ze' gun.
! I vill
ze can-
non, sare!" : . ' ,
"Yon had better wait. sir. Ydu had
kner keep cool J,' .
"By gar, I viilof vait, I vill not keep
fool I viirh'ave.fi by gar, revenge ! Sacre !
Look eere! I tear your paper note all in
li-etel piece J 3L chew him! 1 stamp on him !
You lose your leetle darii billet note ! There
Ure-I am revenue ! am, by gar. re-
tenLre!'J '-
And hfivinir destroyed the notei lco!:inx
full ilf (liuic'e at lh Carj'aier. Tellers, and'all
.laails. the little Frenchman stalkd out of the
Bank with the air ol Napoleon. lankee
Made. ' : " '
CONFESSION OF McLA LTGHLIN.
We learn from the (Cumberland Civilian
that Thomas Mcliughlin. who was hung at
iml place, for the -murder cf his wile, a, few
weeks since, has made a confession, the sub
tance of which appears to be as follows:
Hesiyp that when residing""a.t Brooklyn he
iducid Ellen Eagan, and was compelled to
marry her against .his will; he' conceived a
great dishke to hvi', and deserted her. On
.arriving' at Cumberland he fell in love with
another ffirl, and wanted to marry her, but
wa prevented, on account of his wife being
U living, of whom he had heard uniavor
le accounts. He accordingly laid his plans
I to rid himself of her. He wrote to her and
induced her to come to Cumberland. He
then proceeded to engage an accomplice in
lie intended murder. He soon succeeded in
wis. Evcrv thin? beinr ready, he started
irora Cumberland with his wife on loot, and
about night fall reached the vicinity of Sec
aon No. 21, where the murder was commit
ted, as he asserted, by his accomplice, he bo-
nu' some distance ofE- at the time. They
'hen buried the body . where it was after
wards scented out by the dogs. Who the
accomplice was he persisted in refusing to
state.
"Spoons " of the New York Mercury, hav-
been recmested bv aladv to write a piece
m -her album, perpetrated the following :
cainaar, on this spotless page,
Allow my thoughts to spread '
Theirselves, like maple lases o'er
A slice of rj-e and injun bread;
Your rosy charms will soon decay
Those blissful joys that childhood brun
By time will soon be borne away,
So go it lady while you're young.
hIa. somebody's coins to die V said
snowing little fellov who was looking out ot
4 window into the el
a
'JJhy" aiked the anxious mother.
vause the dnrtnr's Jnat crntu " wro ilia
reply. fa -j
ngijig
ay
L i
Island
where he
was capsized in the harbor. It
curred near M.t. Pleasant which prevented
thn , nS either distinctly heard or seen.frorn
'"'10. thnnrrlv nc U'o nnflpPBfnnrt K4
efceVfrtr ,J:.: r ; i
luuiciiuuu oi uossetssing suu.iu
Sivr. us 'ortunaieiy nearu oy oapt;
rn,. . : ouccucu iti pivuuiiiiy; nuu
hleut .5.-1.: J V
fescqe the inland-mariner ere he suc
redk,eXtend,ng fur.ther perhaps than he
im f voobridge and Capt.
Ldtheh a-
htm ears Slnce succeeded in saving
the
h the iree n?oe wrecked off the beach,
aud i hii of their commands, Companies F.
of Vi i : r t i
iabuf me national uircus
iiiP,n8V.tuerit3 (for he nominates : himself
U in r nc;A.l,i I CMUCU j 'lilcll
W i V-or of abolishing Flogging in the
ti,L7 mirouucing it into Congress. He
y hat means: sessioijs would be short
' a.d consequently taxes lessened.
t Li rri'fed exteW,wiU b inserted gin me weekly
?'KS at the following rates:
KTJS-itidn. 0,50 1 square, 2 months S2.00
n -
I do. 6 do. 4,00
I 1 do. 1 year, 6 00
I , , From the Charleston Daily Sun
. I ft VED FROM DROyNING.
I I toM veanei5day evening, a bdy-, belo
I lr, ENJ vvhitesides, while oh his v
t ru u Ativan's Island to a s oon
i i
AFFECTING INCIDENT, j
Alyoung lady named Elizabeth Myre, re
siding in the Northwestern part of the city,
it is supposed, committethsuicide. last Friday
evening-. It is said the young lady was en
gaged to be married to Mr. Johnston Motte,
of Terre Haute. On Thursday night last
was the time appointed for the wedding, and
the appointed time arrived, but the bride
groom came not.. Nevertheless the wedding
festival wjis, pr?PTredt th e wed ding garments
put on, and the guests were, assembled.. Still
.he bridegroom came not, and late at" Vight
the bride retired to restriiasassed with feel
ings more wrjetched than words can describe.
Misjj M. threatened to destroy herself, and,
sometime during Friday she disappeared;
and though j the most diligent search ha3
since been made, no trace of her has been
discovered. To crown the strange and mel
ancholy occurrence and complete the ro
mance, Mr. Johnston Molte arrived in', the
city. on Saturday for the purpose ol jfulfiiing
the contract. Cincinnati l imes.
From ike Star Spangled Banner.
MRS. BLUFFER'S MISFORTUNES.
A SKETCH OF HUMBLE. LIFE
BY PAUL
! I
CREYTON.
Mr. Villiam Bluffer, and his" companion,
Mrs. S a cah Bluffer, were a poor couple, En
glish by birth and education, who gained
their daily bread in a manner which, although
not decidedly1 genteel, was fair, honest and
respectable, j i
Mr. William was employed as a porter in
a heavy wholesale establishment, laboring
laithfilly fori his employers, from early morn
to the close of day, throughout the year, with
the exception of certain holidays and Sun
days. ' : . !'
Mrs. William took in washing, scrubbed
iloors and oil! cloths for genteel people, pre
pared Mr. B.'s food, kept his clothes, and their
house in order, talked gossip with her neigh
bors, and nursed her baby. '1 . i
V -l T- i ir. i i
Jiic evening, ivir. ijiuuer. uaving icu ins
store atthe usual hour, went home to hiis
wife and limited tamily of one child, h
pockets over'flo win r with lozentxes, and his
heart with the milk of human kindness
Mrs. B. met him at the door.
-; ;W'at do ye spose I've been doin'i to day
B"illy dear V she asked ,-.
'Anything in particular 1 1 1
'YeSj summat. You see, Billy, afler din
ner, I whs completely tired out, buf,I could'nt
viford to sit down to rest, you know, so l
was woindering w?at I could do, w'en Kate
Cummons called at the door, and said she
wai took sick, and wanted me to go and sell
her nappies lor her, up on Common.
And did you iro ?'
lW'at clo lyou suppose V says she, 'rll
give ye 'alf you make ;' and so I thought ! I
could'nt-do better tha-.i go.
:And vva'tidid you do with the baby?'
O. I took-ihat along with me in course j
couldn't I take care of the baby and sell nap
pies at the-same time.' i
'O, you did wrong to take the baby.' ex
claimed William. ,
'But I made a shilling clean profit on I the
happles. Billy dear.'
1 It's all very well, and I'm sure you meant
to do right, but you; oughn't to hexpose the
baby.' . . ' :, ') ' ' !
A warm idebate followed which Resulted
in worse .than nothing. She was sure she
could take care of the baby as well on the
Common as at hoiiie, but iiilly declared she
couldn't :ho we ver, as is usually the case' .on
such occasions, the wife becahie more firmly
convinced than ever of the justice of her opin
ion and secretly resolved to do exactly as she
pleased. ;
Accordingly having discovered a way of
resting from her severe labors, of taking. care
of thebaby. and of making a fetv pence at
the" same time, Sarah purchased a' stock of
apples, and every pleasant afternoon went to
sell them to the good people that passed on
the common. As Sarah was an industrious
womapr, she soon discovered that she might
still improve her time, by laying the baby
down on a cushion by her side,, when it was
quiet, ind do a bit ofs sewing' when not em
ployed in making change. i i
One sunny afternooh in SeptembefSarah
might have been seen sitting on her stool in
the usual spot, sewing industriously, with her
back supported by the trunk of a sturdy tree,
her apple basket before her, and'ithe baby
sleeping soundly in the liade by her side. '
But it was a dull day for Sarah. Nobody
bought her apples, and what was worse, she
had broke her needle, and was unable to pur
sue her sewing. Having nothing else to jjo
she sat watching the soft countenance of her
baby, which seemed to sleep so sweetly,' and
the quietude of whose slumbers was ".enough
to-raake any one drowsy. At all events, Sarah-became
so, and soon her eyes closed with
a heavy sensation, her thoughts grew dull
and unconnected, and strange to relate, she
actually i'elt aejeep.. Mother and child then
slept soundly,"1 and the footsteps ol people
passing did not disturb their slumbers.
How long Sarah slept; J; havej not been
able to ascertain ; bnt the sun was going
down over gardeji, .? when she awoke..' In
alarm and surprise sh jatarted: to-her feet, not
knowing at first where she was, for in her
dreams she had been , sitting by Williarns
side at homeC But" 6he recollected herself,
and also recollected ' the baby j but while she
rernained in the exact pdsitiort she ha'd sat
down, the baby the darling baby was not
th'ere,; - V -r ' n j-- . ;
Sarah looked wildly around. Not even
her basket of apples was to be seen Baby,
basket, apples and copper and all had dis
appeared. even the cushion " oil whtcli the
infant had laid, ' v -..-
Poor Sarah was out of her senses at the
thought of herloss. The first man who pas
sed, heard iier wild, cry of distress, and stbp-
'Where's my baby ?', she cried, 'where's
my pooty.Billy ? Tell me oo stole my baby V
'btole your, baby !' -, 4 - :
;B1 ess you. yes. sir. My baby and rav
happles ! Boo-hoo ! Tell me something jf
its only that the darling is Mlive!' , .
1 he man had seen neither baby ' nor ap"
ples, and although a group of curious per
sons was soon collected around the pddri wo-
Lmanr not one could give her a word of- con
solation. .. -.:'.''
At length, strange to say, a policeman ap-
peared, having been informed, no doubt that
no personal danger was to be apprehended,
and to him Sarah appealed as to n angel,
to go and find her baby.
Oh youVe a good man 1 know by your
looks V she exclaimed, 'and you can find my
baby. Ijam..sure ! Find my darling, and bring
'im back to rneand eaven will blesh you!
Oh, oo's stole my baby and my happles?'
But the policeman could do nothing but
promise, and in despair Sarah passed through
the crowd, declaring it her intention to go
'ome and 'ang herself, directly.
She met William at the door, and in the
door, and in the wild desolation of her heart,
she threw herself upon his bosom, and explo
ding in sobs
;Oh, my baby!' Billy, they've stolen my
baby! Boo-hoo-hoa ?.
'Ovv w'at, Sarah ? 'Oo stolen the baby?
w'at do you mean ?'
'I can't tell anything about it ! I I I
went to sleep ! Oh. I wish I never'd woke
up again ! for they carried hoff my baby and
my happlea.!.
William was surprisingly cool. He allow
ed the grief of hjs wretched wife to take its
courseand then, calmly said
'This comes rom going cont-ary to my
wishes Sarah: And you
neglected the lit le
hinnocenf, too r ,
. 'Kill me for it I. I deserve.
as a hexample ! '. :
it! j'ang me up
'Ear me.' interrupted William. kLet the
baby go-yoii can take better care ol the
next one ! Let this be a lesson ;
But. William's moral discourse was inter
rupted by a faint, but dear, familiar sound
coming from the bed room. Sarah flew to
the spot and beheld her lost baby !
William allowed his almost, delirious wife
to perform all those foolish and extravagant
jacts pf fondness in which tender mothers in
dulged oiVsuch occasions, and silently wiped
the tears from his eyes
'Oh, where, 'ow did alf this appen V at
length cried Sarah.
Upon which William explained.
'I 'urt my 'and at the store so I could'nt
work, and I thought I'd come 'ome by the
Common and see you. By jingoes, youj was
asleep, and to serve you a trick and teach
you a les?on, I took the baby and the hap
ples, and brought 'em 'ome. That's all.'
Sarah's joy over baby was too great to al
low her to reproach VViiiiam for the cruel
joke; and she has not reproached him seri
ously for it since; nor has she lately been to
sell apples on the Common, nor does she
ever neglect her baby. .William's wages
have been increased, Sarah does , not work
as hard as she did, they love each other tol
erably well, and are, on the whole a very
happy couple. i
WHIPPED BY A FOREIGNER.
( Not a hundred years ago, the Native Amer
icans had a grand procession in the good city
of drab colors and brotherly love, and the
first-and foremost, at the very head and front
tf all the crowd, marched a youthful speci
men from the 'first flower of the airth and
gem of the say."
Jimmy that was his name was a good
and patriotic native, and, as I saicl marched
along as proudly, as the best of them ; but,
unluckily for his peace, not so much of mind
as of body, his father espied him from the top
of a house, where he had jut arrived in com
pany with a hod of. brickbats. Now, the elr
clerly Jimmy was rib lover of the natives but.
on the contrary, rrfortally detested the mlir
therin villians,' andhe inwardly determined
that ;hig s'oh and he7r should suffer some for
being'amongst them.
Well, tit last the marching and mustering
wasiali.Qyer. ' and Jimmy started home as
happy as a clam at high water, not dreaming
whatnvas in store for him, until" he met his
parent face to face.
'le was in the percession this mornm re
marked the ancient taking down a well worn
strap from a nail in the wall.
Tieth I was sir' answered his son, half
shrugging his shoulders at the creepy sort of
sensation which he felt about , the back, 'an'
a mighty mee thing it, was entirely. I
The venerable didii'ticondescend to waste
any more words, but gently raising the strap
he motioned Jimmy. up stairs. -But as the old
song says, ,wnat they done there J iwili not
tell you here although I have an idea I
could come as near it, the; first pop. as the
man who went to the guessing school. Al
any rate sounds of lamentation and woe were
plentifully mingled with the sounds ot falling
leather, and when the boy rushed out of
doors and down to the corner with his com-
'panions, it was with a smarting back and face
flooded with tears.
'Hallo, Jim 1' said one of his friends, 'what's
the mus3? has the old man been laramin'
yer? say.? ':'.
'He ain't been doin' nothin' else! said Jiai.
1 What ! for walkin'- in : thn prpcessio n.
Well. I'm - blest if I'd lubber about it, any
how, if I was you,1 cried another. .
'Trooth Vis not the likes o' that Pd cry
fur,' answered Jimmy looking wrathful ly
back at the house, 'but tfV. being licked by a
fl . . Jurener; thaVsteareii the heart out
' vier
THE MERRY HEART.
'Tis well to have a merry heart,
However short we stay ;
There's wisdom in a merryi heart,
Whate'er the world may say.
Philosolophy may lift its 'head-
1 ' And find out many a .flaw, l
But give me the pnTIosophy :
That's happy with a straw.
If life but brings us happiness
It briaga us, we are told, i
What'a h,ard to buy, though rich ones try,
-. .With ail their lcaps of gold I . .
" Then laugh away, let otbers say
Whato'er they will of mirth ;
TVIk) laughs the most may truly boast
He's got the wealth of earth.
There's beauty in a merry laugh,
A moral beauty too
It shows the heart's an honest heart
That's paid each man his due ;
And lent a share of what's to spare "
Despite of wisdom's fea s, I
And makes the cheek less sorrow speak,
The eye weep fewer tears.
The sun may. shrd.vtself iji clouds,
The tempest wrath begin; v.
It finds a sp.irk to cheer the darky
It's sun-light is within !
Then laugh away, let others say
Whate'er they will of mirth ;
Who laughs the "most may truly boast
He's got the wealth of earth!
Robert Suras the 13Uesti Sou of the Poet.
A correspondent has favored us3with a
communication' relative to the eldest'sou of
Scotia's greatest bard. Our correspondent
writes that, ''Robert Burns is now in his 65th
year, and on a recent visit I paid him. ap
peared to he in full and active possession of
a most vigorous mind, and of a memory in-
comparably retentive, lie was eleven years
Ot age when his lather died. ! Ol him and
his works and character, he speaks with the
greatest" reverence, never naming him ex
cept as 'The Bard, or the Peel.rVFhe Vbnly
pnysicannnrmity unuer wnicn; ne labors is
near-sightedness, with which he is so painful
ly afflicted as to be unable to read without
the book almost touching his face. His en
tire leisure is devoted to study, reading on
an average eight to. ten hours every day.
He is an excellent linguist an an accom
plished musician." Accompanying this slight
sketch of the eldest son and namesake of the
poet, are three of his autograph songs, which
show him to be, in some measure a true son
bf his bardic. sire. . Two of them are English
one entitled "The Daughter of Italy on
the Banks of the Nith, to the land of her
Fathers" which is set to the air called,
Young Terence Mac Donough." a compo
sition of Carolan, the Irish bard, minstrel,
and harper. The other was written liOn
hearing the same lady sing at a public break
fast iu Dumfries," set to the Irish air of "The
sprig of Shallelagh." Though both possess
some merit, they lack he charm of freshness
and originality which breathes throughout
the following Scotch song.
' :; PRETTY MEG, MY DEARIE.
As I gazed up the side o' Nith,
1 Ae simmer morning early,
Wi' gowden locks on dewey lea's,
The broom was waving fairly ;
Aloft uuscen in cloudless sky, j " '
The lark was' singing clearly,
When wadin' though the broom I spied
My pretty Meg, my dearie;
Like drawin' light frae stormy night;
Jo sailor sad and weary, '
Sae sweet to me the glint to see,
O' pretty Meg, my dearie.
Her lips were like a half-seen rose,
When day is breaking paly;
Her een, beneath her snowy brow,
Like raindrops frae a lily
Like two young bluebells fill'd with dew,
They glanc'd baith' bright and clearly ;
Aboon them shone; o' bonnie brown,
The locks o' Meg, my dearie.
Of a' the flowers in sunny bowers,
That bloom'd that morn sae cherrio,
The fairest flower that happy hour, i
was pretty Meg, my dearie !
.- i;. 1.;
I took her by the sma" white hand
My heart sprang in my bosom
Upon her face sat maiden grace,
Like sunshine oh a' blossom.
How lovely seem'd the morning hymn,
Of lika birdie near me;
Bu sweeter, fsr the angel voice,
- & pretty Meg, ray -dearie'
While summer light shall bless my sight,
Or bonnie broom shall cheer me,
I'll ne'er forget the morn I met
My pretty Meg, my dearie ! i
Dumfries, July 22, 1850.
4i:The raectiuerdescribe(Ho the son js-no
fiction, neither is the heroine a fictitious per
sonageher name is Margaret Fullarton.
If the song has no other merit, it at least
o-ives her portrait with faithful exactness.
one is. uesiaes. oi a snape wmcu is riegance
and sym raft try personified. She is nowand
has long been, the wife of Mr. Ross, garden
er, at Mount Annan, and has a ; lamiiv ol
beautifal children. Many years ago. on a
summer. Sunday . morning, myself and Mr.
Smith took a Walk' up the left bank of the
Nith. When we came opposite to Elles
land, we took; off onr shoes and stockings
and waded the water ; ; when we bad pas
sed Ellesland, on our way to b nars , Car3e,
WP ,-et i jsa Fullarton 'wadin' through the
i .,r..t- tt -.--. i vm hia native mace to emDarK on uic wean,
oruum ."vj. wo,;- wmww.wv. " . , "u:u ; etrn-tUpr tnkea the5 particularly the
stances uescnoeu in me song, ilie tune is a'- swu,i-u r -' , . . f.m witnessed
composition oi iiei vow. tie cau::it nis u . ' Vf " -., S,..,,.. ,,:,. ; k ,
collection. 'Mrs. VVemyss. ofCattlehilPs
Strathspey.' Every bar speaka the rough
and spirited accent of the music ol the banks
of the Spey. ,
Robert Bcbxs,
at i ' Eldest son of the Bard.
"Dumfries, July 23. 1S50." ;
i INTERESTING STORY.
, 'Cast thy bread upon the water. and after
mariy daysNit shall return to thee, this is a
ecripfnre,truth, which, like all truth, has.
been-rrersified a thousand times. Tfie fol-
.fr?wing storl may serve Jo illustrate the vart-
f . S. .. .......... ...
eiy oi mis lexir Ailowme. to promise wiai
my Ftory is a true one in nil particulars.- ;
S )m ; 30 yea-3 since, a la 1 of one ol the Eas
tern States, about ten years cf age was tent by
his employer to carry a basket heavily laden
with wares, to a purchaser. While stagger
ing under its weight up a somewhat steep
hill, a gentleman of about thirty years prof
fered his assistance, nnd -beguiled thetedious
ness of the way by a pheasant a riecdoto. good
advice, and kind words. . They parUd-fif-teen
years passed away the senior if -these
two, now nearly ntty years ot age -eat in
his study with a rnelancholly countenance
and a sad heart. His door opened and his
'young and fascinating daughter just bloom
ing Into womanhood, entered to .announce
that a gentleman desired to see her father.
Show him in my darling daughter, and do
you my child leave us to ourselves.' She
obeyed. The old gentleman entered. Well
sir, was his salutation, 'have you considered
my proposition?' rl have, and have deter
mined, happen Wjiat may, I will not f)rce or
sway, by any act of mmV the-- will of my
child. She shall be left to herown choice.'
'Then, sir to-rrorrow, by three o'clock, your
property must go into the hands of the; yier
iff unless you find some friend to pay the
twenty thousand dollars.' This he said with
a sneer, and coldly bowing, he left the house.
The poor father's heart was racked. -1 am a
begi,r my daughter is homelesa L have
no friend to ofler assistance in this hour of
my severest trial.
In the midst of these -bitter reflections,
again his danghter entered, introduced a gen
tleman ot some zq years ol age a stranger.
Am I in the presence of Mr. G V was his
opening remark ; which being affirmatively
answered, he continued by saying that he
was a successful merchant of New York ; had
heard ofv the misfortunes of Mr. G.. andcame
'on purpose to ask the "amount of: his 'liab'iii
lies, that ho. might loan the necessary funds
to relive his wants. Nor was he shocked atthe
mention of the large amount of twenty thou
sand, dollars, tie handed him his check.
which was duly honored the father was
once more a happy man, his daughter- was
not homeless he had found a friend to pay,
despite the sneer of his herd hearted creditor.
But pray sir,' said he, agitated, "to whom
am I indebted for this munificent kindness,
from an entire stranger?' Perhaps you have
forgotton,' was the reply, that some eighteen
years since you'aided a friendless hoy. often
years of age. to carry his loaded basket up
hill-Mhatyou gave good advice and kindly
words?' I am that boy. I followed your ad
vice I have lived honestly I have gained
wealth and now, after many years, I have
.come to return'to you kind ,f"sir, the bread
which you then
ters.' Exc.
cast freely upon the wa-
1NDUSTRY RE WARDED.
An intelligent gentleman of fortune visited
a country village in Maine, not very far. Iron.
Bangor, and was hospitably entertained am.
lodged by a gentleman having three daugh
ters two of whom, iu rich dresses, enter
tained the distinguished stranger in the par
lor, while one kept herself in the'-k cheh, as
sisting her mother iu preparing' the 'food and
setting the table for tea, and after supper in
doing the work till it was fully completed;
when she also joined her sisters i:i the parlor
for the remainder of the evening. The next
mo ning the same daughter was again,early
in thekitchen. while the other two iwere "'in
the parlor. The gentleman. liVqrHfanklin,
possessed a discriminating mind--was a close
observer of the habits of the young ladies
watched an opportunity and whispered some
thing tntKe'ear of the industrious one. and
then left for a time ; but Revisited the same
family, and in about one year the young la
dy of the kitchen was conveyed to Boi?tJ)h,
the vVife.of the same "gentlemanly." visiter,
where she-now presides at an eleg nt man
sion. The gentleman, whose fortune she
shares, she won by u judicious deportment
and well directed industry. So much for an
industrious young lady. Bangor iVhit
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A POINTED FUNERAL DISCOURSE.
The Catsftilf Whig, a few days since, pub
lished a sketch of a sermon by the llev. Df.i
Murdock. over the remains of one Vedder, a j
man of wealth. wh went to California, and'
came home to die. The text walrom James
4, 13: ' Go ye now, vc that say to-day or to-
morrow We Will go 111 IO sucu u cii) , nuu cuu-
tihue there a year, and buy and sell, and get
"ains whereas ye know not tvhat will be on 1
fh- ' Vnr whflt i vour lift- ? It i'
the morrow. For what is jour ire Jt is
even a vapor, that appeareth fr a little time, j
at d then vanisheth away.' The style ot the
terrain may be judged from the opening. - j
A"c giving the California frenzy a review.
th Uvctor saysr T i
i ' N" case, however, has exci'.ed more re-
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ample property, dwelling at iiome-in-iiw
palace "fa Iwose surrounded oy those richly
cultivate! fields, in the midst of his friends
and numerous' relatives,. prospering in all the
crifts which a kind Providence showered uorni
opori htm. is seized witn the goia mania- icdv-
Horn eudures all the eardfhins of that stor
my sea for ti.onih. ihen lands on that strange
covet, submitting himself to the merest drud
gery of work to which n miner's life it ob
jected and after eighteen months'' trouble ,
and difficulty realizes n few hundred dollars,
with which he prepares to return to his. real ,1
ly rich home, and t rubbed of the whole, nnd
left as a beggar in the heartless communiiy.
But finding his way hitberward he endures
still greater hardship trfn his return voyage
sickens as soon 'na he" touches the land of
his native State, and jint pucceed inf reach
ing hb door-siep ivhi death seizes him, and-,
hi grave w dug behirtdwhat ' was ' hi own'v
barii.'V--, , - - - .. y- . t
CELESTIAL LINGO.
We take the following from the Stockton
(California) Journal: .
One of the novelties of California is the
Chinese eating-houses nnd by the way the "
Celestials dish up sublunary fodder" in a
veiy good etyle. In our market they keep a"
sharp look-out for every choice article of food
which" offers, from a grizzly bear to a part-
ridge. It was a matter of curious inquiry!
villi ourselves, how they manage to under-
stand the calls for different article made by
their customers, when apparently none 'of
them understood or spoke our language.-1
Dining one day af their table, the mystery'
was solved. One of the proprietors who un
derstood English, and talked it tolerably wcllfv
posted'himself, during meal time, in thatch-'
en, to superintend the cooking and translate
the calls pfi customers to.the cook; while the
Waiters, who. were totally, unacquainted with
English, echoed the demand upon thedaK
der.;of each person at the table. OneyouW -gentleman
called for a plate of 'mutton
chops," and the waiter not catching the sound,
asked, as plainly as a Chinese could, for a
repetition of the order.' v .' .
- Mutton chops, you chuckle head," said
the young gentleman. I
Mutton chops, you chuckle head," shout
ed the Chinaman to the kitchen.
This caused a general laugh round the ta
ble, and, considerable commotion in the kitch- -en.
The proprietor's vocabulary of EnglUh
embraced no eatable or sauce bearing tkh.
title of "chuckle heatj." The joke took,
among the customers at the table, and pres
ently one of. Jhem called out,
"A glass-ol pigeon-milk, you long-tailed
Asiatic." " . - .' 1 , ' , 'I s . '
"'A-ghiss of pigeon-milk, you long-tailed
"satic,'f echoed the, waiterJ1
' AtbarreJ of homo?pathic soup, old smooth
head," shouted another. ,
''Barrel hoinopatty soup, ,old smooth- ,
head," echoed the waiter.
" A hat full of bricks," shouted 3 third.
" Hat of b icks." repeated the waiter.
By this time the kitchen was in a perfect
state of confusion, and the proprietor in a
stew of perplexity. Perspiring with anxiety
to please and1 ignorance as regarded the char
acter of the dishs. called lor, he presented !
himself Bforte'the hungry assembly for a des
cription of the different things they wanted.
" What do you mean by pigeon-milk, ho-,
mopatty soup, and de brick ? Iow you cook
him, gentlemen?" 1 "'
A roar burst from the table, a,nd the shrenr
Asiatic 'saw iu a moment that they were
hoaxing his subordinates.' ' f
" The gentlemen make you all fools '."said
her rushing again into the smoky recesses of
his culinary department: but whether he
meant that: Uigenliemen were making foola
of. his waiters or themselves, remains one of
the uncertainties' consequent upon a China
man's incorrect knowledge of our language.
Here is a refreshing specimen of the way
they electioneer in California: 1 . i
Notice. I am a candidate for j net ice of
the peace, and request' the support oT my
friends..- Voters will cull at the Union and
drjnk at my expense, until afler election. 1
Major Brown. '
. NevedA, October 10, 1850.
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FUGITIVES AT NEW BEDFORD, v
There are a fiurqbor of runaway slaves in New
Bedford, and the colored population of that city
has been excited by reports that a steamer had
been chartered by the marshal to go down" from'
Boston and make arrests. There is no truth
.whatever in the story, although a person connec
ted with the Commonwealth .newspaper in this
city was sent to make ; speech to the negroes of
New Bedford on the strength of i fcon Sunday
night. The whole thing is looked upon as a tridk
of the agitators of the slavery queitionv The
Mercury advises the fugitives to leave N. B., and
it is said that several lxave left accordingly. -Dot"
ton Post. - . - '
The Fugitive Slave Rescue Cases.
On Tuesday next the U. S. District Court,
Judge Sprague, come in, when a new Grand Ju
ry will be organized. Of the twenty-three per-
sons summoned to form this Grand Jury, six are
nm uuswu, am 1.1 10 iciwuIIUv. .
of the State. The chief business to come before
them are t he cases of thejeven persons held by
Commissioner ' Hallet for aiding ia the late fugi-
. s In the case of sundry constr..
b,es ofthii cjty against whom complaints were
nia(le before the Grand Jury of the Municipal
court for aiding in the' late fugitive slave deten
tion, no bills were found.-
Doston Traveller.
WISCONSIN GAM R.
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We clip the following from the Bcron, Mar-
i nm-tte Co.. (Wis.! Mercury : , ' I
' Mr M Frazerknd Brother, of Fonddu Luc;
throu?h our village to-day on their return
frqm a jmrjting xcursion up to the Wicousin.
xhey had a wagon load of -deer, wolf", and fox
skms. ; They ' haa also,: the carcasses oriour iuu
grown wars, aim u-utwS.ii.wu.iiiB -w.
juvenile part, who haa never
such a s'g it. 1 1 .f
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