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VOLUME II.
vm.-. i. :. THE '
r t tONCOED WEEKLY GAZETTE.
' w rubLuiir.p tvr.kt .TrKur mormmu
JAMES 31. HENDERSON,
fcrtlTOR & IUOPKIETOIt.
' XT TWO TJOU.A1W TOR ANNUM. IP PAII
1 S 'ADVAXCK. Two Itollar and fifty
if paiil within nix month. anJTI!!lEKIML-.
" tAllS. if piivinciit be delay till tlie end of
AlJERTbKMEXT3 will be werted nt one
I XHr "periuiuar. of 14 IW. for the fiwt
' ; j fftion. nd twtyfiveoeuUpcr 4uarc.
! r s Jm'IAL XfltWw rUiuvwi 4relc tl ratff. 1
. ' ; i MAHIUAGFJi nd DEAIIIS inerterfre.-
: OUR, STOUT 'TULLE R
. n7w ':Vi"tiim r.v we.trtfa.i, where yung
' ' romance. ' '
r.pvth glad aaw-in hor wcctet trance.
HOW TO PRESEEVE THE PURITY
tl.Ksy;keibocker for December, a cr-
pilal miiiikr, ly the war, Iim the follow-
jnjyapiJSjj Unction tory :
1 Pre$eri inj the purity hEleotiom.
"In the north wcit portion of the Stafo
of 01i in county of AUizt, tJeieii
' ii towntli'itho citiiens of which are priu
cilially .Ocnnan, and notwithstanding their
Swet accent," they arc ? all dtmooraW of
- live rjrulxr 4 tu Unified' stripe. From the
: time of the aroction of the conntry up to
th: yar ciliteen hundred and fifty-t'ro,
, tlicre lud never been awing vote cat in
the to'.rniip p-dcen of, aliliough there
. were over. six hundred' voten : but at the
U election of that your, upon counting
lh b3i.ts it ::ppe.ued jhai'lhcw was one
'hig amount thrin. Thcro sm the proof
a ieul.ir. ?lraiht-out wliig ticket, and
..they drc not ja it by. This i-aued great
c.iniii! ion; their cutcliei.n wa dimmed;
there was a; irJtiy them; that ll't
imwt be wipe.l out, amWitli their conm-o
(l)uUdi of conre) up to fever Iieut in sha le
they went to wmk lyly to find tha "man
ytho jia.l dared to vote th(5 'Yig dicket;'
4bl . Uboi ywort unsu-tWul. . In tlje
.menitime anotHcr year rolled round, ami
'frood "neMlek" were nn assembled'
at the elec tion precinc It had not leen ,
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forgotten, however that at tne tust eiecuoiui
out one had voted tho ' My Dukel?"" 1
lowever that at the last elect ton.t
lad voted Ah' Vij D'uket':AA 1 T
it wa now tlie suijeci u "pu km ......
vrondr. ' . . "
' Whilo thv were having an out-d.or
i a. . f .... i.lttni I' 1 1 . 1
discussion: qf the subject, Sam Starret t a - -peas arc supposed to lie 'of Egyptian ori
; Lite immigrant fnmi the Extern ahore of ,
Maryland came along, and demandod the 'pjie garden bonus came from tire Eist In
, ;au e of the pomniotiun. ' i dies.
" 'Yell, ve vns a. vondering who it vas j -j'ije g;U Jeti.CIesS js from Egypt and the
acted do Yig dicket nt,le hut election,! ?,lM
, iaid an old Dutidiinan. j Horse-radish came from the South of Eu-
, "It was nw,' said Sam 'and it waif t no rppe
ImkIv t-lse " ; 1 he vlnnd flax . slwiws its origin by its
1 ditk not," aid tho ol-J Dutchman ; nanu,
nd the ballancc fh6ok their beads incr- '1'lie coriander grows wild near the Mediter?
Iiilouslyr ; " " '! ' f rancan. - - J
l telt you it was,tltoughf said S.im.pul- : T,e ,Vcr'.s weed is peculiar to Southern
'i'Vi:ij-iut 'wh ticket, 'and' may be chaw-v (,-.nny.
c 1 up if I ain't going to do it.ag.nin, I am ' Tlie Jerusalem artichoke is a Brazilian piQ-
nut the ticket.)
U and vo'c it open, too.
I'll let vou know
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that .I'm air Independent Awncan .( iturn.
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liofn it bv Jemima !'
' So in he we.it to' .b-fosit 1, brdh.t.-
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TheiC'sai me iinec iiiit... j
. election, 'calm ala ummei;.mrniug ;'
and true' to his woid, Sam handod over his
ticket, open. One of the old judges took
' it arid scanning it a few seconds handed
" It back toward the independent voter and
. .10. in a i ' vi, rvns rI
paid :
Yaw dat ish a V
ig dicket.
VII put it in th
e box,' said Sam.
Vat you sayl' said Tie oR Dutchman,
l.rs eves bir with surprise, 'put linn in Ue
box !' t
.Yes sir-rce, put it in de box ! I am go-
in': to vote it P '
Ob no! nixgqot,
dicket. saM ihe old
nix goot! dat isha.Vig
O e9
pntchman, shaking bis
! bead. .',
i - 4Vell, I reckon I know its a 'Vig dick
' et,said Sam, 'and I want you to put it in
the box, daniatiori' qujck, too.'
No, no '. dat i'sih not goot; dat ish a Vig
... dicket, we not take 'em any more, 'said the
old judge, turning to rceivo"goot dickets'
frbai some of his German friends.
'Sam went out and, cursed till all was
blue saiddie had come thar to vote, ad
he d be fiambergastetl if he warn t poinir
to vot in spite of all the Dutch in the
township.. So, after cpoliug off a little, he
'. went in, and tendered his ticket, very nea
tlj rolled ip. The eld judge took it again,
and notwithstanding .S,am's demurring, un-
' rolled it and lbked it over; then turninr
to Sam, in a manner and tone not to be
. misunderstood; said :
I tell you dat ith a Vip dicket ; dat it
ith nix ffoot; anct dat we no take 'em any
Sam again retired,cuningall dinocrxt
generally, and the Dutch particularly, and
aaigning them the hottest corner ftf the
brimstone reqlon,and was going on to curse
every bodr that didn't curse them when he
was interrupted by an old Dutchman in the
crowd with :
"Sam Starret, I tells you vat it iahf jdu
will vote dr Dimercrrat dicket, and leef
der gountry, we gife you to much Jnonisd
&. ilsl- von rara roil ciim Tfdm.
and then said
1d tohc had com thir
vote, and warn't gol.' away, without YOtin,'
he guessed he'd do it.
'Again sam made his appearance heAre
the uid?e.. and tendered hi . vote. ' The
same old Dutchman took.it, and looking
it over quiatly turned t Sam and said :
MYaw. dot uh root ; dat ish a Dimer-
gratic dicket'!' and dropped it into f the
box.. j
'It is only further necessary to say that
Sam went back to the eastern shore at the
expense of (he tqwnship; and that, at that
election,' and ever ' Tnce, that German
township has been 0. K.
'That is what I call 'preserving
the pu-
rity ff Electi6ns,'"
Origin of Plants-
Madder came from the Enst.
Celery originated in fie meny.
The chestnut came from It.-ilv.
I'ho onion originated in Egypt.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia.
The nettle is a native of Europe.
The citron is a native-of Greece. ,
Tho pine is a native of America.
The poppy originated in the East.
Oats originated iu North Afiica.
Rye came, originally, from Siberia.
I'araely was first known in Sardinia.
The pear and iplo are from En ope. ,
Spinach was fust cuhirated in Arabia.
The Sunflower was brought from Ptru.
The mulberry tree originated in Persia.
Hie g)iud is propably nn Eastern plant, i
Tho walnutand pcafiliaiive Aom IVraia
The horse-chestnut is a native of Thib
let. -
- lis cllCuiuber cima from the hast Indi-
ot! .
The quince came from tho Inland of Cie
U.
The radish i a native of China and Ja
pan.
duct..
: Hemp is a native ot Persia and the East
i .
. r A v. . .
; Indies.
1 The -n(nb,,rv is n n.-.tlvo of r,.iv,i nn.l'A .
'rnori,-,
iiu-ih.i. '
The par.nip is sppo,ed to b a native of
.. !
i . I .1 1 1 1 rl
The potatoo-is a well-known native pf Peru
j and Mexico.
The currant and gooseberry came from"
Southern Europe.
j Kape seed and eabbrtge grow wild in Sioi-
ly and Naples.
Buckwheat came originally from Siberia
! and Turtary. i .
Miliet was &.sL known in IuJ;a anJ Atifs.
.
Bailey was found wild in the mountains of
Himalaya.
nops, mustaid, and carraway seed origin-
aten iu Germany.
Auise was brought from Egypt and the Gre
cian Archipelago.
The cherry, plum, olive, and almond came
fiom Asia Minor.
Linseed originally appeared as a weed in
the originally grain crops of Southern Eu
rope.
Kice came from Southern Afiica, whence
it was takeu to Indi -i,aud theuce to Europe
and America.
Wheat was brought from the central ta
ble lands of Thibet whence its repre
sentative yet : exists as grass, with small
seeds.
Turnips and mannde wuHzW n. r.
the shore of the Mediterranean. The
white turnip is supposed to be a native of
Gennany.
The carrot is supposed to have been
brought from Asia; others, however, main
tain it to be a native of the same country
as the turnip.
.1 Ti Big Tree, of (Wirm-y i
A i eflponwlJe gentleman jfrORi Caliform
asaurea us Uiat Ihe foOowmw U't&tfinoslA
cnrale discriplion bf the large, freia grow
mg in that Staie that he ha eoni It will
be found highljinterestinffjf4l- viv;
- Wisnrjfj3Tos Mammoth GaiWrf
'Editor Rkpcbltcaw f Lnii WexnetIaT;i
p.
,f m.t'yestefdajrr On my way hither I passed
throughr Sdnbnt and Columbia,5-crossing
the Stanulkut iXAbbuVepfiit
mountains; f The roaTfrdm Sbtiora to tola
place (Big Tree) .is'faAptetitlid'-b'e'kn
can be travelled '' wil('iferffetja
buggy or carriage.' Tdi disfahee: fr6raJ
Sonora ria Muphy's camp i ttenty-five
miles. - On jarriving at tltls "place, I waa
much snrprlsed to find a fvt-claS' hotel
witirevery convenience of- ti similar '-esta
blishment in a large cky. It is welf fitted
up for the accommodation, of ldte;beinsr
amply supplied with Led-rooms, parlors,
there is also a commodious stable on
the ground which will accommodate some
forty horses. - i .
On the body of the Big Tree thore is1 a
house, 1 4 by 80, which contains two fine
Ijowlirg alleys. The stump of the tree tis
intended for a ball room. , I measuri the
stump 'myself at a distance of eight . feet
from tho grouml, and found it. to be- twen-ty'-aix
feet in diameter at the narrowest
place. I am indebted to Mr Charles- S.
3-ephens for his kindness in guiding me
through tlie forest, and for jivinjf me the
namos of the trees. '
The Mammoth Tree Grove contains in
its valley eiglUy-five- monster trees in an
arena of fifty acrs. The 'Big Tree' is hot
the largest tree in f he grove, .but it is the
largest perfect one. It js93 feet in circum
ference,anI measured, after it was cqt down
3000 feet in lengthy the stump standing 8
ft-ctjiiifh. It i estimated; by the grains J
men were bacupied tweuty-uve days in fel
ling it (which wvs done by boring) aud
three weeks to strip off its bark to the !
.height of 52 feet. -
The 'Miner's Cabin' is 80 fiet in circum
ference, and nearly 300 fet high ; it is o
pen in front about 17 feet.
The.'Three SiterV are a group evident
ly o-rown from the same root, aboiit 300
feet high and 02 feet in eitoumference.
They are perfect, and the most beautiful
ones in the whole group. ,
The "Pioneer' Cabin" is 15 feetO high;
where the top is broken, off it has a smnll
openirg tin ouch it.
! The -'Old --Bachelor' is quite a forlorn
looking jrntleman, baiins: many rents in
his Vack, and the roughest looking bark
in the whole group, and is,300 feet high
and CO feej in circumference., ?
Thelliwband and WifeUre about 250
feet high, and each sixty feet in circumfe- L
rence. They seem very affectionate, lean
I nr. T fill 'I II t 1.1 I" f I l II lUr l a Mill . .
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ti.. it? r i .roi!iiuu
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t,ie fathr, mother, and twenty-four chil-
Uhvn. The father, from appearance was
i . . ; .v .
blown down many years ago .imtree
measures 110 feet in circumference, and
, - .
the supposed height" while standing : was
450 feet ; the remaining length, where Mt.
was broken off by falling against! another
ree, is 300 feet. It is hollow -the ' enti re
engtli, and large enough to"Tde int "on
borsebackT - Nearly balf of ftli trunk us
embedded in the groundfrand"meiPS2
feet in diaih'etevtkre,''tbevwifce2' : "ft..'
The 'Ilbrmit stand entwely, by itself,
and is 320 fe'eUdgb arid feet laVa-curt-"
ference, exceedingly straigbland syime.
trical. -" '
The 'Hercules is 350 feet : high and 10?
feet in circumference : this is the largest
standiuor tree in the grove, and would make
, 25,000 feet of lumber ; it, like many ko"
. . i t. ill..
tlier Jarge trees, is irapeneci, ueiog uurueu
on one side 8 feet.
The Mother' is 91 feet in circum:erenee;
and 1327 feet high.
ie Pennsylvania, so called by two
yonug ladies ot l'lniaaeipuia, ia xeei in
diameter and 315 feet high. ' ,
ie 'North Carolina is 21. feet across
ther'b.-feo and 301 feet high.
Tbe 'Green Mountain State' is 22 feet
in diameter and 300 feet high.
The "Three Sisters' arc a group evident
ly grown from the same root ; they are a
bout 300 ftset high and 93 feet in cifcum
ference ; they are perfect, and the most
beautiful ones lathe whole group.
The "Mother and Son' are together 93
fvet in circumference ; the Mother is 325
feet high and the Son "300 feet.
The 'Siamese Twins and their Guardian
Tbe twiua bare one trunk, but their bodies
are separate at -a beigHt of 0 feet, Tlie j
T by rtho:r aide, a rid
...t :a .cir;".
.r-
euce ana 325k feet
;The3fai:
ffrleiT ; uer eaAu '.
tha "gTore.KeTit;
towing. : pgr hti r,
circurnfcreacA (50 f
.Ii iwi'-rle in. her
j 'ether trunk in
snd i' htly
. 0 feet,"- and the
IwbfVo'uiig ladies w i,; r !a, the firs tr;-.'
den, through liI5 ''Tctlitlfxttlwa
eter in the cfear; " i
calnn has a narrow- entrance two and a half
fi?et iu wldih, a,nd will seaUwOTtyfiveer
fThe;Bridl jobber Forest lit iheTlaij.
gest tree but is -oolei tor having tBl smoo
thest krkN&fyjthe
feet hig1tinj4T6 feet in cireumfetence,;
-Th lieaaty jof fhe Foresfia 5 feet in
circumferenije and full 80Q feeX Jiigh;1 "it
is very straight aad Uendehd nearly fre
bf Iimls l the topN- w surmounted wiUi" a
beautifut and regular-grteir fea ft r r ,
-The altitndo'iof 'flie grove is'fOOV-fUt
above San FahcisW, "and" 2,400 feel above
Murphy's Camp. Jiad nearly " forgotten
to mention "that il inowed at - thia place
laat nigiit to: tlie depth of ' six inches, and
at the time I amwriting it is raining very
hard. 'J-U P i- t
Ie is'lhe'intenlib'if the proprietors of
this groTe to'triake iibne -of lhe'most a
grceable sutmiier resbTts ta befoond in the
State,' and from tlie manner iwsj have
comraenccdl ,'bavte tio doubrthat all who
? ' t : , :.- ; ....
Shadow of Death-
Mek seldom think of 4be great event of
Death, until the dark shadow falls across
their own path, hiding from fbeir eyea for
ever the faces of the loved onevwlio? e liv
ing smile was the sun fight of their exiat
ance. Death is. the giat anUgomsnt of
Life, and the cold thought bf.the tomb is
the skeleton in all our feartsSWe'do not
whnt to go through tbe dark;valler, nl-
tbougb its passage in ay leaJt W Paradise : j
we uo hoi. wish 10 neaown in luameuiay
grave, even .with the kings and prluces for
our bed fellows. . But the fiit of nature is
inexorable. There is no appeal or reprieve
from the great law "that . dooms us all -to
dust. Ve Sourish ami fadeliklhe feaves
of the forrest, and thVTaires flower; that
blooms and withers m a day, Jbas not a
frailer hold onjife than tbf nigbtiost mbri
arch lhat bas fcrer shook tbeeartbj with
hisfocisie. -Oenerjttrons f me appear
willto-morrowf disappear bkefootprints on
the sboreZ Inj the bUfotrfifJoDl,
the instinct of ImmortalitTv so eloquently
uttered by tbe deatb devoted Greek, finds
a dear respoT)in,yerXit3ot1Su"UI nt
wiiea about .to yiew bis totw enaience
as a ucri&csvtoiate, bis. betjothea Clemi
authe asks if they shall not' meet again, to
urbieb lbe;reper', 1. Have" asked tbat
dreadfdt qneatibn of tbe'till biebTIbok
-forever; f tbeitarvaipong whose fields of
figure jn y jrzusea ' spuu usu. waijtea no. jjio
ryAll were dumtyBat wbua" ::Im2
potf ;tby livings face,'T feeFjb'ere 'some
ipmg in 4in,e $qj? wu-ca nianues, inronga
it! beauty Jb.at cannot wjiedly jiervdi. JYYe
snau meet azaiu. svtvuinuuie. - .i-...
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Pepartca LOTea Onti, .
It is infinitely better to mourn the loss ef
a goou, wan never vj j uave Known iu
Give me fneiids, even thbugb J must see
thein pan away. Xttbe fountains of true
arjection do siirrea wuuin me, tnougn tne
obJectTtbal excited tbem'eannet be eiyoy
ed forever... Vbafc l worilirlife be worth
without something tor love f "'And' since
everything ptj eartk is fleet! ng and perish
able, we bold all our treasures bere only at
the" will of'the gyeat Giver. But though
they'die, bir memory does notperisb.-U-
Tbat blooms eternally. In tbeirinauenc
es on us. in tbe memory of their love in
the admiratiea of their lrtues,tbe blessings
of our oear and deVlei ciu ne w die.
J "A tbing of beauty !s a joy forevar
, And tbU holds tbijpforra.'l tbe
casi of cbildreny The; womanlwho has
known the- taptnre of rwe maternal fova
is a ereater !and nobler being for it " There
Jr. 30 a fceLJhigli amt J55fer iu 'eircumfe
ren$eani irTrVtitlsor
fcoHow: trtmk bf teOfcetpa eirgth ft i
visit the place will finl tiieir'word tmc, ; j0n still delay te call around and; pay !
7 shall 'r loat-A' linra ' irJAiv' "flu. CSnr'n' '' . ...
: , : 7 ' I The 5S the new year is a good
when I will write you again. time to reform from bad babita: and we
iriT!mainTbrr-Ced J
ana vamsn-riute me grass. . ana ue county
less multitude bat swarm tlie world to-day
were canacitie t: of her toil.' affections of
bef nafure, of Whoie eiisience she was be
ftre scarcely cbnscjousrid these litre, now
Ueome'aetiva and ra'an!fst Shi can say
as Coeiber the great Ge'riraao Poet makes
onejb 'bis cbaTwters say 8 f " '
tjifi' "I W W and faved.. r; .
and though, her child fades and iperishes,
she has acquired almost a new faculty, she
bts found ftew;sci:rce of happiriesV and
crrrsk!S3i;j1. . riWagU'l-.lotitif '
life 4 rrcber expenenco, andv n trtaauasof
hallowed Wrnories that Ur'tr etiobles her.
.i-"i.-'si.. -t -'"' " " i - ." . .
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UTHW xmn4 and Pay. ;
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What a world of woe is couUined in these
few woda to the artizan and mechanic I
I'll call around and pay! says'tbe rich man
to avoisi the trouble of going to bis dek
to get the necessary funds, and tbe poor
mechanic -is obliged to go horrie, disap
point his workmen, and ail who depend
bpon 6im for their due. It is Jin easy
matter to work the only real glory in this
life is an independent idea of bjng able j
to sustain yourself by the labor of rour.
ownfeands, and itmay be easily imagined
what crushing force there is in "Fll call a
roundand pay" to the laboring rrjan who
depends upon that pay fo subsistence. If
those who could pay would only do it nt
once, it would place hundred a$d thous
ands in a condition to do likewise and pre
vent mnch misery and distress. -1
Readers of the Gare'ife, ponder well
upon the above, and consider h$w long
yon have thought you would "calj around
and pay," and yet' tho day is potbaps as ,
far off as ever. Many of you now; owe for
two years subscription, while others owe
bills of Jong standing for advertising and
job tw-ork, and while you must know that;
we aredly in want of rhe needful, yet
raapectfjllx uyfs ilt he hidajbted tail
put the qitesfion to each delinquent per
sonally : wouldn't you consider- jjt a meau
trick in another to . bite you to; w;ork .for
him rt two or three dollars n vear,. and
then refuse to pay you ! Think of that !
A Woman S trimming the Mississippi.
Llovd'a forthcoming Stambba Directo
ry gives a thrilling instance of the-necassity
for women knowing how to swimj When
the ill-'ated Ben Sherrod jras in ames on
th Mississippi river, and the lacjf passen.
grs who bad thrown themselve&into the
river were drowning around thejboat, the
wife et Captain Castleman jumpejinto the
river, J with" her infant in her iWns, and
swam.; ashore, a distance of half ''simile.
beings the only woman savcl otf sixteen
She had learned to wim whenlsfViil.
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Bean t if ul and True. fn an ifrticle in a
recent number of Frarer's Magziue, this
brief but beautiful paasage occurs :
Elucatiou does not commence with
the'AJphabet. It begins with t mother's
'look,!' with 'a father's smile of arpfobation
Or H ign of reproof, with a sister's gentle
pressure of the hand or a brother's nobbl
aet of forbearance with handsfull of flow -ers
in green and daisy meadows; with bird
nests admiied but not touched; With creep4
ug ants and almost imperceptible emmets,
-who bumming less and glass bee hires,
with; pleasant walk" iu abadyij lanes, and
witb thoughts directed in sweet and kind-
j tones; and words, to mature, to, acts ol
benerblence.to deeds of virtue, and'lo the
source of all good, to Ged Ilunself.'
AGbaitly Spectacle.
i :
is almost incredible to tte the loss
of the Russians fn Sevastopol sJone; thous
ands acd thousands of dead b&ies putrify
tbe airj and indeed almost he earth. I
bare been to see Sebastopol' jnd to dess
cribe the state of it is almosCaiid indeed
utterly impossible. , It is a frightful den ;
the last two bombardments itjave maue a
frightful havoc in (he town i can only be
compared to a seive, u is sa uuiea wuu
Bbot and shell. J ne ouiwinai iook qnuo
perfect from our batteries, bu once, near
tbemysu find them nothing bwt mereshells
nothing remains of the isde but con
fused rubbish ; no staircase, jb floors, no
thing remains except an ireeuily mass
nor is their a single door of rindow to be
seen in any of them. In wktiing through
the town, wherever vou couM turn, noth
ingl but dead bodies piled k each- otber
met the eve, and a horrid sstench ssluted
the nose ; and what was mfre shocking
still, there were casks filled jwbarma, legs,
hands, toes andfisgers pikdjiway in-great
ScBUMiTT. Twas night ; the wind!
bowled fearfully ig the deserted places
of ancient Itome,Dor sweeping witli a dirge
like cadence t e'er ?ome mouldering monu
meot, and snon rusblngVith awful majeiK
ty tbroigii the rains of space Ottering
destruction on ever 'side, An old "and
sorrow stricken man, bending neatb the;
weight of years and misery, opposed J Ids
bosom, to tb pitiless storm ; n son to aid,
m jfrieiMl tovroecormif , teaninjhi a-1
gea irame upoB nw sura, ana in a voice
articulate'.
torn emotion, be ejacuated-
' By gosh bow my boots leak
.FieeWiifet and Six JIutbands.
The
Bostou Trayeller says: , .
'A few dpys since an old man f sixty
one years applied at the office of the, city
rgitar for the fifth marriage certificate,
Ilis intended bride is but twenty-four, it
beinr her first marriage. This is the orilv
case within tho knowledge of the registar
of a fifth mjarriage.' Last year onenian ap
plied for bts -fourth marriage' certificate,
and during! that year more men were mar
ried for the third tiaiethan females. There
is, however a woman in this city of about
forty years who is now living with her sixth
husband. She was first married at the age
of thirteen, and when fourteen was a wi
dow. At tbe expiration of the third year
she was married to her third husband.
alto had had but three children.
A child jvas found at the door f a dwel
ling in lWbester ,N. a few nights s'incel
A paper was found in the basket in which
the child lay, which reads thus : "A stran
ger a child of sorrow but.not of Infamy.
Heed its cries and take good care of it.-
No one will ever call for it." It was taken
in and adopted by the family at whose
door it was left.
' A GoodJ Akecdote.- We understand
that a. country gentleman, residing iu-tbe
wes'crik.part of tbis. county, while ou bis
way to, this city a few days svuee, met up
on the road a Tamable hoiiafseWauT 'of
Col. J. B. tobb'a, named Governor aud in
quired of him where his master was. Gov
ernor replied, that 'be was in Columbus,
running for Congress.' 'Why,':: said - the
gentleman 'Governor, the Colonel has no
chance of being elected he will certainly
be ladly beateu.' 'Well," replied the black
Governor, "It makes no difference, sir, my
master got plenty of money to bear his
own expenses to Congress J'
Columbus (Miss.) Eaglet
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. PaosrjpCT of a Loko Session. The
fist session! of the Thirty-fourth Congress
will most probably be a very' protracted
on4, as it is proposed to refer Longfellow's
"Hiawatha" to the committee on Indian
affairs. ;
The modest woman who gave the 'with
ering look to Captain Jonathan, because
he talked of his vessel iicggivg the shore,
has again had her sensibilities shocked by
tLo naked condition of the trees. While
they were'being stripped she retired to her
room for a season of meditation. 8he will
make her! appearanco on Christmas eve
if the childrcd won't say anything of stock
ings. ' .
If dress makes the inan what doss the tai
lor make ! From ten to twenfy dollars
profit perhaps.
Haaven and immortality are themes for
profitable reflection ; but unfortunately,
many persons think more of new di esses
and late fashion than they do bf their fus
ture destiiiy.
The man who will not, when necessary,
incur hazards, for the sake of acting well
his part in life, will never achieve sucvess,
much less distinction. ''
Wise men are instiucted by reason,men
of less undertaking by experience, the most
ignorant by necessity, and brutes by na
ture. I "
A Fat. Gal-r-A gentlemau iuform the
Sacramento Tribune that there resides, a
few miles from that city, girl sly sixteen
years old, who weighs 41C pounds, and is
increasing in flesh at the rates of three
pounds per week.
A lady Walking, a few days since, on one f
the wharf es i Jfew York, asked a sailor wliotn
she met, wiry a ship was called slif . Tlie
on of Neptune repli-d that it was "because
the rigging cost more than the bulh"
Tbe punishment of criminals should be of use
-when a tjian 's banged he is good fT nothing:
I Vottair: .
Mrs. Willougbby Moore, lady superintend
ent of . the officers' hospital at S-utari. Las fal
n a victim to cbolera.
' That Ba but poets know." . ..
jjrr.: r:r:or.i'--.,. -,
Al lIiairDlREBABBESS. ; i
111 jrott to yoit my friend. I liaf;
That nohe a doubt can harbor
Tfcat all the world's a barbr Up,
;And every man a barber. T
Some shave to make theniselves loot neat.
And soma because 'tis funny ;
. And brokers shave yon in tho treet.
And only share for money.
Someshave their foreheads sin k and l-an,
i If with low heads tliay'rejbothercJ. '
. put then 'tis plainly to be seen
' lit at they're the ones that lathered.
v . To eouit a girl with eloquence, .
The "dandy never frets her :
But lathers her with compliments,.
And shares her when be getaber.'
The maidens also, noxr and then,
Vho are so fond of sporting.
Soft soap the shallow minded men, , "
Andehate 'era while they 'recourt ing;
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Cut men and jftj-lwlio thus wilt bnast'
Of soaping while they tarried,
"Will find at Inst with bitter cost,
Tltat both got sltaved wben married.'
COMICALITIES1
A countiy school-master,' happening to' ,
be reading of a curious i-kiri of an elephant
"Did you ever. see an ejeph ant's skin' V
he asked. 'I have T shouted a lUile "six
year old' at tlie fool of the class. "Where!'
he asked, quite amused t the boy's, earn-'
estaess. On the elenhant. said he with a
most provoking grin.
4.W : ':'-:
An ImaginaUve Irishman gave utter
awce to tbia lamentation --I returned A.
tbe balls of my fathers by mgut'atid I found"'
them in ruins t I cried aloud, My fath
ers, where are they V and echo responde :
is that you, Pathrio McGIathery !'
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A person out West is offering for "sa'e
grass seed gathered from the "path of rei
titude." A religious professor fears th: t
the path must be sadly overgrown with'
grass, as it is so littlo travelled now-a-days.
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A man named Wooster has been fined
1,000 and forfeited six slaves, at New Or-'
leans, for selling them in such a manner
as to separate mother and child, contrary
to the laws of Louisiana.
'Natur is uatur,' and will show itself,
is as impossible to sit by a woman's side,
without getting your arm around her waist
as it is to look at strawberries without wish
ing for loaf sugar and cream.
lie that has no. enemies is one of the
the vulgar, and is without talents, powers
or energy. i
Prosperous providence are for the most
part dangerous to the soul. The moon
never suffeis an, eclipse but at the full.
A number of pien from Kanawa county
Va., with th'iir slaves, passed through C in-
cinnati, bound for Kansas.
The following laconic epitaph carved
upou a Spanish totnbatone, should b re
membered :
WI was well tried to feel better, took
physic and here I am.
A New York Grand Jury have found a
ill of indictment against the Gold lliil
. C: Mining Con for declaring dividends
not earned, and thus giving a false value
to the stock.
The ProstesUnt Bible Society of Pari'
has declared its intention to present here
after every newly married couple of fhe Pro
testant church of France, with a Bible.
Rev. Dr. Duff has left England for Judja,
where be will renew missionary laborsf in:
which he has so long been prominent and
blessed. Ilis health has considerably im
proved.
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A Idy "ked to join one of the di-"
visions of the Daughters of Temperances
She replied, Hhia ia unnereaiiiry astt is my
intention to joio one of the sofis in tbe
couise of a few week.' v "'.,..,
A waterapoal art',ia the harbor of TuU
4 e-wtk five sMfV tt tbe IStb ultltn
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