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NO 22
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Ml TWO PICTURES.
TAKEN IN THE LIFE SCHOOL.
The magnificence of one class evil! ever be
attended by the degradation of another.
The true greatness of any country, the real
power and grandeur of our own. lies in the
equal conditoti of its people, and in the exer
cise of those virtues which forever flow frora
that equal condition, in. the practical recog
nition, of those immutable doctrines of equali
ty, truth, mercy and justice, which form the
.teachings of the- Saviour. -Theodore Sedg-mckht-American
Citizen.
Rather late to-day, Lucy jwhat has de
tailed you, my daughter ?' said Mr. Russell,
to a rosy, panting school-girl, who entered
the room in which he was sitting, and threw
on the table an armful of books.
Iri a moment, father, I will answer you,
when I get rid of this more than Atlas bur
den; for besides the world round, and square,
divided and subdivided, here is a world of
booksand a portfolio of drawings.' She sea
ted herself beside her father, took off her
bonnet, and resumed 'Maria Proctor asked
me to go home with her and look at some
beautiful paintings which have just arrived
from Italy. Her cousin has been" residing
there several years, and executes any orders
that are! sent to him. I svas thinking per
haps ou would employ him, father it
would "qe eo delighlftil to own such exquisite
things!';
- -Arid what are the subjects of those exquis
ite "things that have fascinated you, my
child t' j ,
'Only one that fascinated me, father, tho'
they were sweet sunny landscapes which 1
admired very much, and' that was the Cu
raean Sybil. The Persian was there too
and it was very noble and very beautiful,
but the other oh ! it was an angel, and eo
like indeed, father, I am not mistaken' her
voice trembled ;so like my mother.' She
threw her arras round her father's neck and
j burst into tears. Surprised and agitated, he
pressed her convulsively to his heart, and si
lently gave way to his own feelings.
'Forgive me, dear father, lor grievinsr you,'
s;iid Lucy, after a few , moments, as she rai
sed her head and brushed away her tears
'but if you could only see how splendid those
paintings are, 1 know yon would like to own
tliem.' I
ivir. ivusseii uiu not regain u is composure
"as soon as the buoyant child her heart had
i i I a r t
' TV II 1' 1 .
oeen Druiseu nis was DroKen. Alter a long
Eilence he said ! have been tor some time
deeply .interested in several pictures so hu
ram and life-like, that I am sure you would
Bilmire them. After dinner, if you choose, I
will take you to see 6ome of them.''
'Oh I yes,' ciied Lucy, 'I shall be very
tIou! to go. And what are tue subjects, fa
ther?1 j J
j 'You shall try oiir skill at discovering
I Lucy's dinner was soon over, and her dress
' carefully arranged. Will you oblige me,
ray child by changing your bonnet for a
plainer one?' said Mr. Russell. 'It willlorm
too striking a"contrast with the drapery in
some of the pictures,' Lucy smiled. You
are surely not turning Quaker, father?'
'No. Lucy, although I think their plain at
tire possesses many advantages.'
The change was soon made, and they pro
ceeded to the outskirts of the city. Lucy's
measured tread and decorous demeanor were
left with the hard, unyielding pavement, and
in all the buoyancy of j'outh and health she
bounded like a -young fawn over the green
sod.
"E'en ti slight hare-bell raised its head,
Elastic from her wiry tread,"
E
xclaimed Mr. Russe ll, as he trit d to follow
er eccentric movements.
'Indeed it does seem to me as if a very
small pair of wings would raise me from the
earth,' cried Lucy, springing forward.
At length they reached a shady lane. On
one side a little brook wended its murmuring
course, fringed with flowers, and shaded with
elms and willows, whose branches beaVas it
frere in silent worship to the all-pervading
SDint or loveliness.
What a swt-et picture !' said Lucy. 'I
wonder if this js the picture you brought me
to see.'
'No there is a deficiency here which my
pictures have not human faces.'
I he serial musicians seemed to have got up
a regular oratorio, and to be in the midst of a
grand chorus, each trying to sing louder than
lhe other. 'Well, as there is no talking.'
said the sportive child. I'll join in the sing
lng,' And she sent forth a clear, musical
as merry and wild' as those she was iru-
itatinor.
I
On the nthpr sirtf nf"th lanp stnorl a. flivnl.
jing, which, though nothing but a rude hut.
had been whitened by lime, and covered with
flowertnit vinps htnl iviu nmv the nrettiest
00X imarrinnhlp
Hone
lOOr. like mini.ilprii-ii' ;ni(Tpla hpnrimr fracr-
anceand beauty to age and novelty. The
""Or Was thrnnrn nupn nnrt rPr it. thnncrh
H would have been dificult to get any dis
tance from it, and remain in the room, sat an
Woman lmittinir Hnr Hrps-s thnntrli
JJe, was exceedingly neat and clean a
"k calico ffown. a check apron, and a cap
l A-An rrptit t a
Shakers.
The chairs whose seats had been transform-from-:
willow to wood ; one deal table,
wen looked as if it and the scrubbing brushcj
---worn inends. and a smau oeu covered
.llh a clean patch-work quill, tvere the prin
C1N articles of furniture.
'Ah, Maister Roussell. and I'm vara gland
eeye, exclaimed the old lady, as she
anded two chairs and seated herself on the
"JeofUiebed.
y cy offered to stand but was silenced by
sit ye doun lassie ; and I
ainna shame the auld woman's pauverty.
An' wha may be the yodng canihe veesituf
ye ha' wi' you V JF
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xviy uaugnter L.ucy. Mrs. Duncan, fho is
so delighted with your feathered friehus and
sweet flowers, that I know not whether she
will be disposed to leave them.'
v'Ah, the winsome lassie,' said she, taking
the child's hand, :I've na doubt I when she
becam' accustomed to them, that she'd ken
(har.be ither things mair needful' that wad
na be pae plenty. An' may ye dinna ken
wha bro't me the beauty sae pleasin toj'our
bright een V
I do riot, indeed, but some one of taste I
am sure.' ,-' I (
'Ah, taste an' feelin,' an '
'Hut,' iiiturrupted Mr. Russell 'I think
you eojjt ed the seeds and planted the slips,
your&Jt. Mrs. Duncan.'
, Vera true vara true, but if snm'un han
na given me them, and tauld me what to do,
I waud na had any thing the lang summer
days to admire.'
Her significant wink gave Lucj' to under
stand the name of sujti'nn as plainly as.if it
had been spoken. 1; r
'The old Inquisitor Mrs. Duncan,' asked
Mr. Russell, 'how does he treat you now
does he screw the rack as hard as ever.,
c:Ha, ha, ha Inquesitor indeed.' Na na,
the leenament ye gied me loosened the screw
and I can use my hands, ye see. brawlie.
Ye ha' been vara kind to me, I wad na , for
get the Glide that gives ye the preevilege to
bine up the brauken hearted.' , X
While the old woman went to her little
closet to get an apple for Lucy which had
ben given her by a kind neighbor, the child
whispered
'I think I begin to understand your picture
father.' Mr. Russell smiled.
. Thongh sorry to deprive Mrs. Duncan of
what would have been a treat to her, Lucy
was alraid of hurting her feelings by a refu
sal and after thanking her and taking a kind
leave, they u-sutned iheir walk. ( j
On the way Mr. Russell informed liucy,
that some seven or eight months since hap
pening to puss the hut. he saw a funeral
moving from it. Only four poor looking per
sons followed besides the old woman they
had just seen. Her bent form and tottering
steps attracted his attention, and on inquiry
he found that she was following to the grave
her only child, indeed her only relative.
He had been a journeyman carpenter, a so
ber and industrious lad, for the last year sick
and incapable of working much. As long
aa he was able he made flower frames and
light articles, -which his mother sold; those
with her exertion, kept them from starving,
but wilh all her industry and prudence she
had not been able to keep out of debt, and
the man who gave the information added
iWhat will become of the creature now I
know not, for her strength is gone, and her
heart is with poor Jamie in Lis grave.' 1
Mr. Ru&sell hesitated whether to wait for
the old woman's return and intrude upon
her sorrows, or call the next morning with
aid. He decided on the former, to relieve
her mind from the anticipated horrors of the
alms house.
' Will you excuse my troubling you now,
Mrs. Duncan?' said he as the poor cretre
tottered up to her desolate home. 'Na, na,
I cana spak wie onybody noo. I carina
fash myself wie worldly cares ' she answert
ed, motioing hm away with her hand?
'No matter, ray friend, 1 will call' to-morrow.'
said Mr. Russell, in a sympathizing
tone. It reached her heart, and turning to the
speaker, she said. '
'Ye ha' a kindly luke and gentle speech
cam in, cam in." . ,
When she entered the solitary room and
missed the pale face which she had watched
so long, night and day, she felt that the only
'star which lighted her evening sky was set
forever, and burst into an agony of gnel.
When the expression of her grief had some
what subsided, she exclaimed, 'Oh, that I
could follow the sweet bairn to his grave in
these gay happy claithes !'
Other garments more suited to her feelings
were sent to her the next day, and the dwel
ling which was in a most dilapidated state,
repaired and made comfortable; and row in
the long warm days, she could earn some
thing to relieve the burden of dependence.
I dinna ken what wad a become' o'the
auld crelur. if Providence had na sent ye !'
exclaimed the grateful being, a month after
Jamie's funeral.
'He would have employed some other mis
sionary, Mrs. Duncan,' was the answer.
;And how do you like my picture. Lucy V
asked Mr. Russell.
;Oh, very, very much,' answered the ani
mated child. 'I don't think,' she added,
'that it is as beautiful as mine; but then the
moral, I suppose, is better. CanVa picture
have a moral as weii as a story, father V
:Certainly,' 1
'Any more pictures, father.' v x
'I had intended to show you another of the
same school, but as business leads me in an
opposite direction, you shall see one altoge
ther different in design drawing coloriug
everything.' (
'Is this a private house?' inquired Lucy,
as Mr. Russell stopped before an immensely
large edifice.
'It is and you shall be introduced to its
interior.' he said, ringing at the door. It
was opened by a fiveried servant, who show
ed them into the dining room, and took Mr.
Russell's name, three other rooms were
thrown open, displaying the most costly and
beautiful furniture. The servant returned in
a moment, and requested them to walk up
stairs. The hall anJ stairs were' marble.
The apartments on this floor were also
thrown open, and far exceeded the others in
magnificence. Lucy whispered.'
the remarks Ah
Where can the bed-rooms be, father V
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r
as
'Above this, of course,' was the answer.
Then, thev must have as f;ir to fro to bed
poor Sally Joaes in her crarret ,' remarked
ine cniid.
They were ushered into a email room fan
cifully arranged. The walls and ceiling
were exquisitly painted. On the end oppo
site the window, which was shaded with lace
drapery was the representation ot a window,
with a similar curtain, and peeping out from
behind it was a young and beautiful face.
One one side of the door was Leander, just
landing, after hi3 perilous voyage, and rush
ing into the arms of Hero the moon shining
oat in full glory, and lighting up the most
enchanting landscape. Oh the other Lean
der just commencing his last fatal effort, and
Hero, scarcely discernible in the intense
darkness, kneeling, and with uplifted hands,
supplicating heaven for his safety. Opposite
to these, was the first meeting of Calypso
with Telemachus, on her charming island.
The ceiling was concave, divided into four
compartments, and contained representations
of the four seasons. From the centre was
suspended a lamp ofantique form and equis
ite workmanship. The apartment had been
intended as a boudoir for Mr. Wittless' only
daughter, who had died a few years before,
leaving one child. An old gentleman, and
the original of the arch face at the window,
were the only persons in the room when Mr.
Russell and Lucy entered. The former,
pale and emaciated, was reclining on a da
mask couch; the latter, a very Hebe, was
bending over him, wiping the moisture from
his brow, and trying to lure to his relief, some
cooling air by means of a large fan.
'Ah Russell, glad to see you ! Going fast
you see going fasti'
'Not so bad as that, I hope,' said Mr. Rus
sell, taking the invalid's extended hand 'It
is natural for the worn-out spirit to anticipate
the worst, and have all the applicances and
means that ran aid in your recovery.'
'Yes, thank Heaven ! I've a jewel of a doc
tor; only one fault. Russell only one fault.
Attentive and skilful but such bills ! Never
think of paying one as it is sent always cut
it down to suit myself. From the last bill
I deducted 20 per cent, and then thought the
fellow well paid.'
There must certainly have been a great
difference of opinion,' remarked Mr. Russell.
'Yes. he assured me that he had charged
but half of what the law allowed him
spoke of his large family, etc.; but I was not
to be humbugged through my heart.' i
Mr. Russell's contempt would certainly
have been visible to any but such little mean
blinkers as were now fastened upon him.
'What are you musing about, Russell ?
Any thing of moment on your mind V inquir
ed the sick man, after a short pause.
'Yes the business about which I could to
see you, Mr. Wittless. is of great moment.5
'Proceed my friend.'
'Yo l recollect Edward Miln ? I believe
you and he were cronies in past years.'
'Remember him perfectly. A very clever
fellow was Ned. But he is not living?" 1
'No, but he has left a son, who is very un
fortunate; and I have been endeavoring to
procure pecuniary aid. or influence to enable
him to commence business.'
'Very sorry for the young man, Mr. Rus
sell, but can't have anything to do with the
affair.'
'1 am sadly disappointed Mr. Wittless, for
in making out a list of those whose willing
cooperation 1 expected, your name stood
first.'
I am too old and too sick, Mrf Russell, to
attend to such affairs now. Besides there is
no reason why he should not work for his
money as I h ive done. No, no, I did'nt la
bor in my youth for the pleasure of assisting
beggars in my old age.'
Mr. Russell was hurt. "He is not a beg
gar, sir,' said he , 'and I am very sure never
will be, at least if I have the power to pre
vent it. In justice l him. allow me to add.
that, he is utterly unconscious of what I am
ent'eavorieg to do for him.'
'Well, well, Mr. RusseMl, as you please,'
exclaimed the poor, beggarly poor rich man;
-You can afford it, I suppose I can't.'
A servant entered with a note to Mr. Witt
less. which he opened and read, and then
turning to the bearer, said, 'Tell him to have
them here early in the morning, Ben, and to
call up Mr. Squire, My agent, with his bill.'
Then addressing Mr. Russell, 'This is the
way my money flies a thousand dollars for
a span of horses. My sons will be here to
morrow frora the South, and 1 promised theni
ran entire new equipage.
Mrs. Russell rose, and beckoned n L,ucy,
who was standing in an adjoining room, with
her arms thrown lovingly round the sweet
child's neck, talking as familiarly as if they
had been old friends. They parted with a
warm kiss, mutually delighted with each
other.
When Lucy and her father were in the
street, 'You now see why I cannot purchase
Italian pictures, my love,' said he.
Not that you love beauty less, but hu
manity more, I suppose. But wasn't that an
angel child, father?'
'Too lovely, indeed to be under such de
basing influence,J rem irked Mr. Russell, with
a 6igh.
'Do you know, father, I thought that Mrs.
Duncan, in her flower-covered hut, seemed
more happy than Mr. Wittless, in his great
castle. 1
'But can you think of no way in which the
happiness of both mijlit be increased ?" ask
ed Mr. Russell. i
"By Mr. Wittle.ss giving a few of the
chairs that he cannot use very often to Mrs.
Duncan, who hasn't quite as many as she
needs.'
'Precisely so. I trust, however, that some
day justice will take the place of charity
not that 'charity that suffereth long, and is
"kind, and thinketh no evil,f but that which
doles out with niggardly hand, a poor pit
tance to the troublesome iniruder,. to be re
lieved from his importunities. I am e ure
Lucy, you would rather have the power to
make one heart happy that to own the beau
tiful Sybil.'; .
'Indeec I ivould, just now at least ; yet
when I am drawing o-morrow, and thinking
of color and symmetry, I shall very likely
wish for it just as much as ever. Do you
thiuk.' asked te girl, earnestly, it issinful to
gratify tacte, father ?'
No, my dear.' replied he with much ten
derness. "It comes from the source of every
good and perfect gift, but should not minister
to our selfishness. You know we felt some
contempt for the person on whom we called
a few days since, because, j while his walls
were covered with choice specimens of art.
he was deeply in debt. Now I think God
has made us all debtors'to those poorer and
more ignorant than ourselves; to overlook
them, therefore, in the gratification of our
refined sense of beauty, seems to me not on
ly selfish but dishonest." 1 1
Prom the Greemhiyro1 Patriot.
THE CHARLOTTE MINT.
Uncle Sam seems disposed to vcViTy towards
North Carolina the sc iptural threat towards
a worse character; for while to Virginia, (for
instance.) which hath much in the way of
federal emolument and office, more is given j
but from North Carolina, which hath not, is
taken away even that which she hath.
The Secretary of the Treasury in his re
port to the present Congress, recommends
the discontinuance of the Mint at Charlotte.
The Honorable Secretary may not be as well
informed of our State history and prospects
as those nearer home: to us it appears an ill
limed recommendation, while our people are
hard at work, building a railroad through
the Stale, and furnishing access by steam to
Charlotte from tin? Norih, as well as from
the South. Charlotte will soon be rendered
convenient of access from the commercial
world. Besides, thv original inducement for
establishing the Mint in western North Caro
lina is becoming stronger every day. ' The
mining interest is daily increasing, in extent
of operations, importance and value to the
community. This is the case, we believe,
throughout the mining region of the State.
In our own county of Guilford mining never
has been carried on so extensively and prof
itably to the laboring community as at the
present time. Th works at Hodgin Hill
oJ ai tho McCullocli Mine, owned by a
company residing mostly in this county, and
chiefly superintended by our energetic towns
man, James Sloan, Esq., present scenes of
enterprise, skill and industry deserving the
encouragement of the country, aye, and the
countenance of Government too, so far as
facilities for coinage are concerned ; for we
understand that the Guilford gold is princi
pally sent to our own Mint, to be transformed
into '-yellow boys."
We trust that Uncle Sam will pay no at
tention to the advice of his Secretary ; but
let his servants stay with us and continue to
set his marks upon our gold. !
A Discovery Interesting: to Florists.
The Paris correspondent of the St. Louis
Republican tells us of a most beautiful and
interesting discovery which has lately been
made by a celebrated Parisian horticulturist,
by the name of Hobart: A,
"I was persuaded (says he) to go to his
rooms a few days since, and I assure vcu I
had no reason to regret the long walk I had
taken. Beneath a large glass case, four or
five feet in height and as many in circumfer
ence, were placed pots of roses, japonicas,
pinks, dahlias, china asters, etc., etc., ail in
bud. By means of a certain gas, invented
by himself, and which is made to pass by a
gutta percha tube to any pot required, Mr.
Hobart causes the iustautaneous blooming of
the flo'wers. The ladies in the room asked
successively for roses, dahlias, japonicas. and
saw them burst into full bloom and beanty
in a second. It was really wonderful. Mr.
Hobart is now trying to improve on his dis
covery, and ?o make the gas more portable,
and its application less visible. The secret is
of course his. and his rooms are crowded ev
ery day with the most delighted spectators.
I wish I could send you the Jovtly Camilla I
received, which when asked for was so tiht
ly enveloped in the green leaves of its calix.
that the color of its flower could not even be
guessed at ; and yet the request was hardly
out of my lips when the beautiful white Ca
milla was in my hand. When he has made
a little more progress, Mr. Hobart intends to
get out a patent and deliver his discovery to
the public," I
I NOT TO BE BEAT.
A public dinner in Edinburgh had dwin
dled away to two guests,: an Englishman
and a Highland gentleman, who were each
trying to prove the superiority of their native
countries. Of course, at an argument of this
kind, a Scotchman possesses, from coustanl
practice, overwhelming advantages. The
Highlander's logic was so goodJ that he beat
his opponent on every point.
'You will,' he said, admit that England i
larger in extent than Scotland ?'
'Certainly not.' was the confident reply.
'You see, sir. ours is a mountaneous, yours a
a flat country. Now, if our hills were rolled
out flat, we should beat you hundreds ot
miles.
A SIMPLE.
'My Bre'hcreii," said a preacher, descent
ing.ou the difficulties of the sinner, "it iV
an easy task to row a skiff over Niagara
Falls, but a tremendous jobto row.it back
ajrain." .
THE BRITISH PRESS AND THE U.
, S. NAVY. r. - , . .
The British United Service Journal thus
speaks of our Navy : j
From i 13 infancy to its present state, most
bravely, most gallantly, have the officers and
men in the naval profession of America held
up the honor of their flag. There is scarcely
one action in which the slightest imputation
can be cast on any individual. They hav
never aroided their enemies excepting when
it would have been the height of imprudence
to have faced them.1 They have fought with
the most determined valor. They have, in
many cases, been successful over a nation
which held undisputed, the command of the
ocean; and this very circumstance of combat
ing an enemy flushed with almost universal
victory, adds a great I turel to the navy of
the United States. j
A tenacious adherence to the
riirhts and j
liberties transmitted from a wise and virtu-;
ous ancestry, and a love of one's country are
ne support end ornament of if gnvernmen. i
FATHER MATHEWS RETURN TO IRELAND.
Father Mathev, on his return 10 Ireland
from the United States, was received by his
countrymen with every demonstration of re
gard and esteem. The Common Council of
Cork presented him with an address of con-
it
irratuiation, 10 wnicn ne responded in a
speech of much feeling and eloquence, in the !
course of which he thus referred to the peo-1
pie of the United Stales, and the manner in!
which he was received by them.
JNo language, gentlemen, wnicn you
could frame, can sufficiently expr ssthe mea
sure of our common obligation to the noble
hearted and generous citizens of America,
(hear hear.) You have: had ocular demon
stration of their beautiful sympathy, when,
in the day of your tribulation, you witnessed
in you magnificent harbor, the Star Span
gled Banner proudly floating over the frigate
Jamestown," the distribution of whose pre
cious freight (a great natijn's spontaneous
offering on the altars of humanity) saved in
numerable lives within the precincts of our
famine stricken country. I have traveled
thousand of miles in the great Western Re
public, and never have I experienced, not on
ly in the Capitol, but through the wide ex
tent of America, aught but respect and kmd
necs from its high-minded citizens, (hear,
hear.) My transatlantic tour is fraught with
a thousand fond reminiscences, never to be
forgotten, (hear, hear,) and I fervently hope
that the strong feelings of sympathy and
friendship, which now exist between the
people of Ireland and America may contin
ue as permanent umt durable as the many
virtues they possess in common, (loud ahd
long continued applause!) Your allusionito
my dear expatriated countrymen, whom I
had the happiness to meet in the greut Re
public, and the greater happiness of enroll
ing among ray disciples, has touched a chord
which vibrates through 'my whole frame.
Though painfully struck wirh the sad con
trast which our dearly beloved country pre
sents in many particulars, with the favored
land which 1 have recently left I yet see no
reason for apathy or despair. Ireland thta
is not the place to investigate the cause is
now passing through a severe transitory or
deal, from which I trust she will ere long
brightly emerge, and enter on that glorious
career of national prosperity to which her
ample resources, now in progress of devel
opement most naturally entitle her, (hear,
hear.) I feel delight in already recognizing
marked indications of v spirit of industrial ac
tivity and enterprise, which, combined with
self-reliance and perseverance, cannot fail to
effect for her that social regeneration which
it has already accomp ished for so many na
tions in the history of mankind," (renewed
applause.)
THE MOTHER OF A PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Polk, the mother of the late President
of the United States, idied last week at
Columbia Tennessee. She was' a member
of the Presbyte:ian Church regular in her
attendance upon the services of the sanctu
ary ; humble and exemplary in her deport
ment ; and esteemed and beloved by the
whole community. Her venerable firm
might be seen every Sabbath in thehouse ol
prayer.
It is known that while iMr. and Mrs. Polk
were in the Presidential Mansion, their ex
ample, so far as the Sabbath and attendance
upon balls,' &c. was concerned, was decid
edly favorable to the cause ol religi-m. Mrs.
Polk being a number of the church, and con
sistent in her profession.!
We may hear venture to make a state
ment, of no great interest, perhaps, but going
to show the power of. maternal infl mice.
When Mr. Polk was President of the United
Stales, we were introduced to him at the
White House, and he remarked, "I have
long been a subscriber to your paper foi an
aged mother, who still lives and reads it ws.fi
great interest and attention every week,".
We said to him that hi. respect fir the
Sabbath day had been gratifying to the re
ligious sentiment of the country. He repli
ed, "I was taught by a pious mother to far
God and keep his commandments, and 1
trust that no cares of a government of my
own, will ever tempt me t forget what 1
owe to the government of God."
We have often recalled that remark, as
worthy of being repeated! publicly; and now
that the mother and the sou have both gone
to their final account, it is proper that this
fact should be put on record. Mothers may
teach lessons to their sons which they
will not forget when they become Pres
idents. ;. ; - ;.:f v.
We have heard it said that Mr. Polk lived
t mile or two ifrom his 1 mother, but never
diled to visit her every day of his life, while
he ws in health and in town.
.V. V. Ohscrrcr:. -
NEW YORK POLICE REPORT.
It appears that there have been 180.646
persons arrested in a period of six and a half
yeare, of whom 18,793 were for assault and
battery; 25,164 for disorderly conduct; 2.645
for fighting in the street ; 44,333 for intoxica-
lion ; JOU4oior inioxicauuu uuu iuibuiuvh;.
conduct; and 14 800 for vagrancy. Making
140,792 for offences resulting almost .entirely
from the free use of intoxicating drinks . .
For the six! months ending off the 31t of
December 18,453 arrests were made, being
&x increase over the previous six ntonum ui
6&0; consisting mostly or persons arrested
for .intoxication or offences resulting therr
fronV There were sixteen 'reons arrested
for murder, making thirty-six persons arres
ted forVhat offence during tl.e year 1851.
Since the first organization tf the depart
ment (tiy and a half years) tht re have been
,n l.i!!i.!rpl iiprsnnn arretted c! arced with
UIIV i - - - -
the commi&iou of the crime ol mi r lcr. aver-
. i i i : . iv.
n,.;IlfT 151 nVrsons for each venr. 1 is a fact
vvorthy 0f remark that of the whole number
mentioned nbWe, but one murder has been
coram tted in G years with the view ol ob
taining money. A 1
A baCK EYE.
Whenever vou shit R bl.iok eye by a fall
on the ice, or from running against the bed
pot, apply a cloth wrung out of very warm
w;iter and renew it until the pain ccaies.
The moisture and heat liquifies ' the blood,
and sends it back to the proper channels.
ue warm or hot, bnt never use cold wattr
to the bruise.
Aoe may wear and wastei mother's beau
ty, strength and estate; but Iter relation as a
mother is as the -sun.-when he goes forth in
his might; lor it is always in the meridian
and knoweth no evening. The person may
1. but her motherly relation is
pvpr in its flourish. It may be autum
yea
winter with woman: but with the (m
ther
as mother it is alwnvs spring.
A CURB-EOR WARTS.
Take a leaf of a plant culled the house
leek, which is quite common about house
houlds, peel it and bind it upon a wart when
you go to bed. In the morning, the wart
will be softened to 6uch an extent that you
may pull half of it off. Repeat the applica
tion two or three nights, and the excresoen
ces will disappear, leaving 110 mark behind
We have tried this frequently iuce we wero
a boy, and know it to be an unfailing remedy.
I A YANKEE ON A BUST.
'Massy saiks alive, Eb's back hum again!'
says cousin Sally, running into the kitchen
to Maam Green, who up to 'the elbows in
dough 'tlropt all' and came out to see her
hopeful son slalk into the porch as big as all
out-doors.
'Whar on airth have you fcbin V said the
old lady.
'Whar have I bin ?, Why. down to Boa
ting.' j
'Massy saiks, Eb, what on' airthjj fdid
you dew had you a good time Ebene-zar?M-
t ; . ' '
'Good time? Oh-6-uh, persimmons!
had'nt I a time ! Cute tima, by golly ; a
and marm, I made the money fly did by
golly I' v '
'Why, haow you talk Eb?V says marm
Green. 'I hope son, Ebenczor, you did'nt.
break any of the commandments, br nulh
in?' "
'Break the commandments? W-a-a-ll I
break nothin. Everlastin palvation, inarm
you don't spose a feller's going tue Boating,
and not cut a shine or not bin. You see,
marm, I went into a ' shop to gel a drink
of that almiirhty good stuff spruce beer,
a-and
treat!'
two gats,
sleek creters axed me to
.Laud saiks
alive! va did'nt do it
though Eb?' ;
' Wa-a-ll, I did thojgh now! I was on a
time, marrn, and I did'nt care a darn wheth
er school kept or not, as the boy told his
boss.'
.Ebenezer, don't yonsware?1-
Hain't a goin to, marni ; but you . nee
;them gals axed rne to treat,' and I did and 1
don't care a darn who knows it You see
I paid for thar ttvo glasses of spruce , beer
and mine, that was a lo'pence slap dab ;
then 1 brought two cents wutlt of reesins for,
'em. and by Bunker, I'd ruther spent that
whole ni.ienence. than ii'ine off sneak-
1.1
1
rAtnnn:icn vn tttt? nr'nicj'n
Iii the personal recollection of Charlotte
Elizabeth, the following passage occur.
Her father came in while the tay-maker
was spreading out her buckram, whalebone,
&c. ' ' '.
'Pray, what are you going to do with the
child;?' .1
'G.iing to ft her with a pair of stays.'
'For what purpose V W
'To improve her figure; no young lady can
grow up without them.'
4 beg your pardon; young gentlemen grow
up very well without them, and so may you;ig
ladics.' ... . .: A - - ' v
'Oh, you are mistaken. See what a stoop
she has already; depend upon it. that girl
will be both a dwarf and aicripplc if we doa't
put her into stays.' j
'My child may be a cripple, ma'am, if
such is G mI's will, but shall be one of His
making not ours. ' !
Therefore she grew up without headaehp,
or other lady like maladies.' The stiffening
now put in the dres;s of our females is more
injurious to the vital parts of the body -than
the slays could cver be".- :-rV-
ARREST OF KIDNAPPERS.
Two men .charged: with .kidnapping slaves at
Norfolk, were, by means of the telegraph, nrrcst.
at Weldon.N. C, on Wednescbv l.ist-