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MATAGORDA, TEXA8. SATURDAY, JVLY 31,1858.
TBB GAZETTE,
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The Stolen Kuúe.
5^T j-n-n.—If paid in advance
.-. '.tjjs'AiB si* montai .. -
id ñnanBT^attrapftlMr7W--r«é ' would not be obl'V
•""continncd ir.itil all arrearage*are paid.! wuuiuuut "c. " p
• -.—Oncxquare '
Many years ago, when a boy of seven ¡
or eight years, there was one thing thai I;
longed fot more than any thing else, and1
which I imagined would make me supreme-
ly happy. It was a jack-knife. Then I
borrow father's ev-
• ry time Í wished t
it, could whittle w'.
[Prom tjie Wt
Teach Girl > the
" Oil! the men are so de<
is the story we are doomed
ed till we tire heartily tired c
able theme, and long for son
whisper, " men are true!"
'. ¡ • ■ v.: all v in
v. M wrmrrtmjm *.*t • «• «.
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00 ;
00;
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r.oi wt
10
is'
1H i
ve i U
<:var I picase
.rrowii. i.'oatf
tbe aid of th
t
- *' ' t
100 00 ; v 60 00 •
,<T a lo-rtw.-meiita of ttPorHnt'i^cnb;J™
;.if vrill lic.ehargcd double price.
r't-culnr or public «adres*®*
¡MM,',
hen
w h«!i wiraia-j
or individut'.l
i* W8S U I'O.V.CI. «' '
my .litar called nv, •• ; .•
1V .| Hrcnlnn «r «mBUB'juwf-'r_' " i wished to go vilo ,
' M will lie chargcd an advertidme. - , ,v;At) ()rirl ;n-|
«^^sesassssr^. „ r,i.:rs- ■
ayYfiii'ly'advertlHers will br coufficd t" - « <■ |,u,,y ' v.<r< --
■ mate busineHs; ifotberv^e.tUey wi.. ^ ^ ...
^-°\rtwrtisemeut3 when banded 'n not w.-.- the, ter onr arrival at the village, uu.W'uiu; ,u>
number of in-ertion. , will be continued until forbid. ¡ fa(|ier was c„gagft<i ¡n purchasing some
mnat be=?v| article in a reniote part of the .tore, my
niu l with
rtion.
«ert<0"* • vmnre-nrat* tor Cor.ntr office., •« asking the pr'ce ot V£
LMitrirtBii'i fionr.-e clonal, tin 5 payment re j which lav on the counter
nuired iwariaVy ¡n « •"'¿c"'j¡Bi* rt^uM address- ¡ very interesting subject t
askinc the pr'ce of various jack-knives
As this was .t
JSS"
nuir— ...
•AM coinmnnioaijon
ubject to me, 1 approacn-
- vil i>,.>-ii--¡.or*. • i ed, "intending only to look at them. I pick-
Ail"#dverti.a¿iuent!". th« y Wi?atio:' ef wWh is re- fi(j onR up( epe0ed it, examined it, tried the
V. Lprings, and tWffht I could never cease
"ir.oT' 'fsa in aU ca « where a ciluliun or other,^m¡r¡D;í jt.
c;.c..rf^iiirt-d t-' i>«^KÍv j«'ioinLhe w-b| thought I, how happy should I^be I ^Just
l>ror
iiar,;>r. the ohiee.
ícr'vj.-e. shall i'C fi-ruwhe'i ;
T,nhiU'at;ou, betore he áh'.u
I , 1 11
vico made.
01 if it were only mine,
,v lnippy should I be I Just
a moment, happening to look up, 1 saw
lerchanr had gone to change a bill for
-,vli<v;e «'wty it mav to mak«' s vu |
-•! ! IV:" prhttr'a .fee for fumh :
be retired to luve such cer . t)¡y tr!erC!1.nt, I|itu
-«OB 'j his Cuv -Vand no one was observing
, 7 I rne. For tear I might, be tempted to do
1 rts Yeteiuv Mu* Eu is-— A ■ vvr;,tlg. | «t.arled to replace the knife on the
copy it here :
"'Mv pretty li tie little dc ir
«ddressing aWtaiu (l.«scnption of youn,
ladies "you ar « m ire fit lor matiiinon)
than á pullet i J to look after ten ch.cKcns.
The truth is. '' y dear ^irls, you want, g n
erallv 4. eakii^. more liberty and lesHasl-
ionab-K' .restraint; mw kitchen ami les*
Sor; mu-ota" and^^aBafa: more mak-
J nnd'lin ¥■ * " uf ,<l''8ty 1 n)ore
viAf ¡' ^AtcHs bustle. J like the bux-
lly slippt
.1. aW(r4^ >4-a« 1 did so. felt a blush of shame burn-
jntj on my cheek ; but tlie store was rather
the
i;nk, and no one noticed it-, nor did
merchant miss the jack-knife
We soon started for home, my father
giving me a puteo to, carry. As we walk-
•?d along my thoughts continually rested on
my k.ilie, And I kept ;<iy hand in ray pocket
ill the time from a so t of guilty fear that
it *vould"be seen. This,1 together with the
bundle in my other hind, made it difficult
father. lío noticed
'i 1
rvspons.
The scene is !l'd
; U'i Í* ifesture An vorf'1^5-48-
f5r <-he following stay :
in a farm h u<c not
above an hunclr'-'d miles from Penuicuik.
atid was enactcil °"'.V a .;hoi t • time ago.
A servant girl '¡red hernoll' in the said
farm house to do dairy work, &c„ about
the place, which "ta did for a short time,
taking care, ho^V01". «" '"-«ave open on
several occasions letters addressed to her-
self, in which continued reference was made
to an estate in the west of Scotland, accom-
panied with a ca.itolla^cd residence, and
worth .£5000 a year. The bait took, anil
the soil of the worthy farmer threw oil' his
old love, said to be 'hi fairest damn in the
kingdom, a id wis t.imediately on with the
new ; questions were a. ked on both sides,
and plausible a nswe:s returned. Fores
ample—" What caused you to become n
dairy-maid ?" " Oh, becau.'o I wished to
be able to instruct, the the servants on my
own estate," That v, deemed satisfacto-
ry enough, and our heroine w is invited to
the 'able in the dining-room, where she em-
ployed the good things of this life, laughing
in her sleeve at the nice trick she had
played. Tilings progressed favorably.—
A match was propos'd and mutually a-
greed upon. The gent.omeu ordered suits
of clothing for several f. iends, and all went
merry as a marriage bell. The castles
built in the air were innumerable. The fine
shooting was dilated upon, and arrange-
ments made for a condescending visit to
see the old folks at homn during the season.
T * fair lady, when spoken to about the
Ji.Utn-VoírívoA • .city,
and no suspicion exislvi*1/' 'V' ra.nr. *
any but that it wi? •)]_ A t lemjtá
the banus were pvojiainVed, and the iy-w-
riage all arranged for ; but when the hour
camo there was a bridegroom, but the
bride ha 1 fled! Of course it was thought
that the lady had been detained by some
unforseen accident; but as time went on
there was no word of her entering even an
appearance. Inquiry was made at the
"agent's," who said he certainly auted in
that capacity, but it was to defend her in
a case of petty larceny and some other
misdemeanor.
hardly help crying, but concealed my fecl-
i K"torrsrtoiiiru!; r ;.od > im ■
1 irould have with mv knife. ^ i couhi
ita^'v say anything on .ny way borne, and
my .-atlier either thinkinp; that 1 was tired
or sick, kindly took my burden, and spoke
soothingly to me, his guilty non.
No sooner did we reach home than I re-
treated to a safe place behind the bona.?, in
try the stolen knife. 1 had picked up
stick, and was whittling it, perlec.lv de-
lighted with the sharp blade which glided
through the wood almost of itself, when
suddenly I heard the deep, subdued voice
of my father calling me by name, and look-
ing up saw him at the window directly
over my head, gazing down very eorrow-
f.illy at me. The stick dropped from my
hand, and will 'the knife clasped in the
other I proceeded into the house. T saw
by his looks that my faltar had divine. Í a:'.
S
1 - - "
side, and in a calm, bw_vou:o, lis asked ins
ta; 1 'o •; one tin:* i. oy
e v. ■ •. t' truth, lienor end
a i constrained !e . *jie~'e,
si: oí such an oe.e, trie:;;
MijUv-.tel with ail the wo
be aj'.j '.aiuf • 1 with their ok-
Now, 1 \v., dd teach girls
loelie.e, a better lesson,
the,a t - guard well l-hefr ow.
ing them free iV :u vanity, c
L :t tin in be tretbCul, conii;
hearted, remembering alwa\
thioketii no evil," a.ud'Vnat f
heart" alono is given that
expressive promise, "they
Teach them to Laulsh ¡ore-
minds that silly roiurmfce wl
to see, in every act of polil
oi* kind i-Oijard, a vuMmiHO of
that
I found him sitting ill hi-s arm en
ing very p^ta * 1 walked diree.il
to
' An assembled family, as the legacy
of each was read aloud, sobbed and wished
that the father had lived to enjoy hit owu
fortune. At last caw the bequest to his
heir,—
'I pive mv eldest son Tom, a shilling to
buy him a rope to hang himself with.'
'God vant,' said Torn, sobbing like the
rest, 'ti nt my poor father had lived to en-
jcy if himself."
' What ugly child is that under the win-!
dow, Susan?" "Why, that is mine," repli-j
ed Mrs. .T "Oh, call the dear, beauMful, i
-■ ... • , • •
where I got*the*knifo. His gentle manner
and kind tone wont to my heart, and 1
burst into tears. As soon as my voice
would allow4 made a full confessiou. He
did not flog me, as some fathers would
have done, but reprimanded me in such n
manner that, while I felt, truly penitent for
the deed. I loved him more than ever, and
promised never to do the like again.
In ray father's company, T then returned
to the store, and <ni my kneesílmgged the
merchant's pardon and promised never
again to take vhr.t. was not my own.
IGp Billy K, w 1;!,« :oak „g a journey ia
aata^j cc.v'i, o v, Ihe y v.v«.l=« ; .
western part of the state, and amused aim
sol! on the way by frequent resorts to the
comforts of a myfej^rious black bottle which
he had with him. Suddenly the coach came
in contact with a large stone, which, with-
out doing any other damage, deprived Bil-
ly of his equilibrium, and down ho rolled
on the ground. "Wot'n thunder are you
doing?" said Billy; "how camo you to tip
the stage over?" Tho driver informed him
that the stage had uot been over turned at
all; and the passengers assured Billy that
Jehu was right. Billy approached the ve-
hicle again, and remounted slowly to his
former seat outside. "Didn't upset d'vou
say?" "Not at all," replied the driver —
"well, if I'd a know'd that," said Billy, "1
wouldn't ha' got off1"
IS- A Yankee has taken out a patent
f r a new bee-hive, which is so admirably
constructed that after makin-r h iey combs
all summer, tibe bees fill it with tucking-
combs and curry-combs in winter.
*ft.There is a young man in Now York
t„ bright, that his'mother can only look at
r.n ru;e
b;n¡e n> itopes n;em a ge-n
lions ur.til k - 's ready to.
point," and tell her iVankly
her aed would m:V:.. iior b;í
rulo were foliowcl, how inr.i
would be pt even led; liow
bitter regret wor.id be spa:
but too impulsive tairr, am
rue and convtani friendshi
enjoym ;nt mi&'iit lie their po
Smith says, "It is a grs-
form a sincero friendship w
and n i one who has proved
odtiess of the:r afPvtion can
curacy of ii'r. jud;'merit.
But s ime may s \w that g
te-iys control their hearts an
affections "thus far shalt
farth i." Fo:.slblv they ca
^ear liitk: ¡Jy afraid
jt ii'j ' : eaoiately t:
study, ui.ipíoj^.f'ov.rscii ves it-
ties, and seek './our happinc
of tho dear home-circle ; an
it, you are in but little dan.i
"victims of man's ¡neonate]
Hi
No SncÁ esa Witiioi
The contineut of North A
be the home Of the world,
all parts of ¡he old continer
as a refuge .t'rijm poverty,
various othei evils inciden'
tied commnu' lies. and hope f
dation, for themselves and
>f a weli-car.iod and honor?
cy in this Western Himii;.
of ll kinds, oharacte? «ti '
hero with thr fondest aik!
anticipations of future hap*
of the-m think that, it i« oi
land upon th -se shores to
comfort and abundance. 'I
poor, the virtuous and t
learn?d and he ignorant,
equally in tbii wildest vls'o
• ' r 1 fhr^n ■
.Uiiu i
ul." '
ear rej
e (lisa ■
1 iViei
W k ■
Iff. a
{.lit; {
ru 1 : '
icate. J ¡
j somethbi;
; poetH
grain
"! like t
-! tors.
wn<
■ tia
e m
. i ■ ink i da <jo:,ntry
i!lc the farn.ais Aroadi
every thing is t .
ueniros and charm tta
"e motioin region j. .
apte did "El Dorado,' w
met/fcl-i Jay scattered a i
rir ion,
; no t
'iU'ien.'i
that:
acy to be picb
•nee of tho old
■ is is nearly a i
. i'.'a \É neoes-;:.
0:1 o their do
lither
Í the
'••■•'4 to
' 1 or
:ia 'iga-
K*Hi the
t a: rich
of a power and fury never dreamed of be*
foro, would sweep the face of the earth, and
scatter things about promiscuously and ir-
respectively ; the seas—released from the
control of their mistress, the Moon, and ob-
eying new impulses—would sweep over
continent* fead Islands; mountains would
sink into tjxe depths of the e&rth, the inter*
r* nil fires "*w<5u1d break forth, and things
pretty pass geru.rill!y—
"1CH
!if t
oct
¡But,
are
and
tiJUOvJ HOiJ VUVV."Í| WluCii úv.
: ever, promising, i^ Tore the
"love, honor and otay" the
beside them so proudly, n-
believing that "all men are d
it could uot. be ! Not then
learned. In the depth of
fountain of love was gu-il.
free; and a doubt of thatlo
would have sent these brig
and chilling as an Alpine ;
the heart. A nd they will no
their marriage, they have le
ter truth. You ask if, consi
troubles, their sorrows a
ments, they do not ¿egret la
and how quick the flush of;
rise in their checks, and th
days brighten the dim eyes.
" No, no 1 he has been a
and we have been happiei
liave been in single life,
have changed since we we
now-a-days, they're dreadful
old souls ! they have read
the world," amis, have ad'
tier i'f advising, without thi
j iry such words may brint
hoping, yet d .¡ibting min
ijirl, whose restless foot .
I esteem it snoh; Is it no-_
in >ri
A'
; 'Viil :i;l!YV:
could Bet
tlie v: t
nnd ?h::; ; ,
iicrn aihvi.'1
Up'
■ ^, 4 a t ;
ythe 1
: ts bi<r
come
litare,
MV. i T,<:\
ví'Il qui'
II U'
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The
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it.J.X'
Yodno Idless.—
is it that so many of the yoi„
this age make it a business to have noth-
ing to da The* become practical loafers
and we assert that this habit baa destroyed
lore young men in onr towns and cities
n all other eauses put together. It ia
a 'lamentable fact. But, alas t it is not
confined to yonng men. There is a l«^fes-
dasi al class of vóung giiis, -u'leil 'young
..... Ufa alanned. Wojladk ,' who arc ¡u a like pitiful condition.
.'••7 liKi' BlUfc prophols,. While then* fathers, honest, laboring men,
> naow Jiüt, Stould ccrtr *c ;¿!; early and late to make a living, and
1 • v i- o •nr,l \in,ov evitara easlave themselves to'kenp
c i.:--,.:!!i t'u>'c Wi -ifí e; ¡ful¡f'-"- u • 1jcjmK' üíéte"
•han any we've tad yet, be* j tolling creatures are iol.ling about, tor-
JU
vviu
ase,
tly vlien
ovir, " under iht.
v.viih none to i;¡c/
* JO
■ i, i/.\*
r all, ;
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: i'iti ?:
!"•
j aim Ui
•' 11- >v at
! ^roa'
And tli
i •' DrjO h'.'. e;
OiJ fiprc'H
orthera .
A'CV ri;*- ••'
1 .1
'c > anu si
iievry oi
, ': at it is
••■;" -v. i|rid c,
imitable j¡
u.Hjn him i.
iiiipeneou oc
t o i aftitu
t'omy, and t'
sail:
lina
o I.
uc«
ira
d,
av
t if .; ¡ Celt fit ■ •
Tcri'efet*; ú.
.. ''¡s French thilo;-:.
bad., as a re
;rce ia the .
.lanet Mere:..
4f/ ami : ait n;a-.«n the
tion t
■ ■it ft
and Í'
•O U:
it fur."
\ Ul
I
lait-j
cot rect- -
tifio to di
,'eroonst.r!
•J oí
ave
hey
lub r of
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'r o abe
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i ace
i ver
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• « . • cit-
t hia
he
•. h's
by
, vas
country,
•; 'riv-
the
V, OJ'i.
a> id
lias
of the
: ation
ould
that
aount
b in a
sition
e not
r own
y en-
J-
be
ai
various
O, Cr&ft
ite'l
How to Tell a Laaiea Ap.
The following table will do it. Jnst
hand the table to the lady, 'aud ask her to
tell you in which c-f its columns her age íb
centained. Then add together the figures
at tho top of the columns designated, and
you have the groat secret. Suppose an
age to be seventeen. You will find the
number seventpen only in two columns,
viz: the first and fifth ; and the first fig-
ures at the head of these two columns
i. Here is the magic table.
make
seven
1st.
2d.
1
2
3
3
5
6
7
7
9
10
11
11
13
14
15
15
17
18
19
19
21
22
23
23
25
26
27
27
29
30
31
31
33
84
35
35
37
38
89
- J.
.1 \>
42
4.8
*£ ■)
49
W
¡íi
* i
• / a
53
54
:on-t
3d.
4
6
9
1
12
IS
14
15
20
21
22
23
28
29
30
31
36
37
8S
4!>
4ti
41
61
0*2
62
4th.
8
9
10
11
12
18
14
15
24
27
28
29
30
31
40
41
49
43
A ,i
v .1
i 5
46
61
„"te
¡5
til
¡>,J
5th.
10
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
28
27
28
29
30
31
48
49
50
!V]
ü'í
ti
55
¡>ñ
5'í
5s
fiíf
"?A""
ií'¿
G*¿
Cth.
33
33
Si
35
36
87
88
89
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
5 3
54
65
60
57
6S
69
62
riE
f,X;.J
üikC,
■d at nothing po e:ucl a-T the idea of
■ing even the salt that ueasons their
i. They despise work, it is so 'unlady
l sew (hey will not, oven should
>n offer them double v/age^ they would
e olassed as 'working "girls/ and that
would cut them off from the fashionable
world. Poor things! doomed to hopeless
dependence through life, and alas! for th#
prospects of the man that weds them. Oh
shame.
A Buck Refchlican Editor's Platform.—
A new paper just started at Doniphan,
Kansas, called the Free Prest, laya down
the following programme:
" We will claim a character to blow on
whom we please. We will puff Doniphan
Oity if we believe it deserves puffing; puff
all merchants in the oity who will remem-
ber the printer ; puff steamboats that wiU
let us ride dead-head; puff boarding house
keepers who don't bother us about our bill,
and will promise to puff any decent politic*
al pirty that will promise not to make
Congressmen of us. We fear God, hate
thejjecompton Constitution, dfefipise all our
cotemporaries, respect the city government,
dorit ask any favors of the town company,
love ourselves, and will lake Atchison
mon^y for subscription. We will make
war ^gainst the devil, against the adminis*
tratiea, and any body that says 'boo' to us.
We won't tell any lies, won't take clubs
over one thousand to one address, and
won':, join either division of the Free State
par; • until we find which ia going to ba the
strongest. We believe in matrimony, te-
ner-* that there are a great many groat
rom h Kansas, and believe the Dutch are
going to be the salvation of Doniphan."
Y
" -rnlHf
Hir
ffirrns
roc.i<íorií
every man
r. as
■a m - .j"-oi
hi
ron"
<lf 1-h:
i
<k\ V
a, }-p. ,
.mu
lis !'
rebeu
ir'n.r
aaultl
j-ar,
one
ifr.
•he h.-i
i tlie ante,
produced,
an ex! entric -
No .. nl.t lie
I:eran..;oi's ¡r
tended vitli .*
lo moria.b ul
i.tid rush e, ;¡i
C€
rfau. 11
•;ak', ol
i not U
and
!y h: \
¡Íjíf rv:
T rí
w wdiibi CO
would be
as that
jer. He
3ill, leav-
ad diving
r sinking
snter :"
milling,
iya:
tumbling,
l^ays,
isnorneriods;
uff— "
irriailB—
noagb.
ew people
2 with the
enough."—
he present
,et that it
reauy was.
rat, in con-
3, it might
little old-
cpoBterous
rial affairs
persons of
irn^of mind
tyof stud-
ly interest-
;e, our lit-
.inder such
]jgnified
ipusand
be-
guardian,
morning
it be ap-
f.the off-
r capers
.ordinary
tempt to
has it,
merely
3n Moth-
• sphere,
follow
ompan-
Intance
ben we
of the
short
¡ point
lly be
r snd
sun-
I dis-
■ eeted
neral
nu ra-
iman
. «iimer i
ii,dign
thoiif
:■•• .arfof
t.o : > 'X ill
■ a penoriii s well as himself. In
this vocation he has no rival. There is
some peculiar opening which no one else
can fill; some ground which ho alone can
occupy. In this one direction all space is
free to Lim ; there are obstructions on all
sides but one. His peculiar talent and fit-
nesB is the call. It depends on his own
organisation ; he naturally inclines to do
something which is easy to him, and when
done, it is done well. ' The more clearly he
consults his own powers, the more clcarly
will he discover that his work, in some
respecta, will be different from any other
man. His ambition should be exactly pro-
portioned to his power.
If in supposing that because in some re-
spects he differs from all other men, and
because he has power to do what no other
man can perform equally well, he fancies
that' he is "not in the roll of common men,"
and roust of necessity be an extraordinary
person, he will become a fanatic, an en-
E
Young man—there is one thing' for
which you have a call, a vocation; thai
you can perform better than anything else.
Look to it in season that yon do not mis-
take your calling. Many an excellent
blacksmith has been lost to tho world by
certain individuals mistaking their mission
upon the earth, and becoming very indif-
ferent lawyers, doctors, or clergymen ;—
many a shoemaker no doubt would have
astonished the world by their brilliant el-
oquence and power in the pulpit and at tho
oar,' had they been placed in a more favor-
able situation, and under different circum^
stances in early life. This is a matter in
which parents nave, or should have a deep
interest. Let them carefully study the
mental capacity of their children, their pe-
culiar bias, and choose their calling or av-
ocation in life accordingly. Make the se-
lection with all proper precaution, and af-
ter mature deliberation, and then anca to
rr.
thusiast. and will spend his mental strength
ns one " who hatolh the air"
A domestic, newly engaged, presen
ted to the master, one morning, a pair of
boot, the leg of one of which was much
longer than tho other. "How comes that
these boots are not of the same length?"
"I really don't know, sir—but what bothers
me the most, is that the. pair down stairs
are in the same fix."
Did yon say, sir, that you considered
i?" asked a lawyei
criminal case. "Yes, sir, I
Mr. Smith insane
witness, in a
did." "Upon what ground did
that inference?" "Why, I lent
umbrella, and five dollars in cash, and
you base
him a silk
he
iJ.it5.- ir?; Savxb his Son.—A writer in the
t\J ¿tf.ostea Courier famishes an essay vum**.
'ales
TiiCi well-known fact that the flesh of a
negro is exceeding grateful to the palate
of a shark, enhances our admiration of this
follow a courage. When he bus an eppor-
tanity oí dining on a "hite man or a negro,
I ¡¡-3 shows a derided preference for th© latter
u is related that a captain unce availed
himself of this preference in rather a ques-
tionable way. While hia vessel wáa mov-
ing very slowly, hia eon fell overboard.
He saw a huge shark making with all
speed toward the little fellow, who waa
bravely working hands and legs to keep
his head above the water. Seizing a negro
who was toddling over the deck, ne threw
it into the sea. The shark was attracted
by the richer odor ; the infant disap
and the captain's darling was save'
Owkrrs or TBB London Tthks.—Mr. John
Walter, M. P. for the borough of Notting-
ham, is principal proprietor of the Timet
newspaper, holding nineteen shares out of
the twenty-four into which that valuable
publication is divided. The publisher, who
is responsible for all libels, &c., has one
share. Mr. John Deleane, tho editor, haa
one Bhare ; and Mrs. Carden, mother of Sir
Robert Carden, the present Lord Mayor of
Loudon, haa three shares. It is estimated
that each proprietary Bhare is worth over
$10,000 a year, making the agreeable sum
of $240,000, to $200,000 per annum out of
all the shares. Mr. Walter's individual re-
ceipts from this source may be averaged at
some $200,000 a year.
Miosionr.—It is midnight—the clock ia
striking twelve. How finely the full tonea
sweep past through the air, aa if they
should take up our thought and carry it
miles away to the very friend you are think-
ing of at that moment. How many baunta
of wretchedness hidden from, the human
eye, in the depths of human hearts, hare
these cold vibrations reached while they.
are dying so carelessly on our ears t What
tales it might tell of secret misery, sickness
unwatched, and preying sorrow, and fear
and care, and the thousand bitter cankera
that lie and feed at the very heart string*,
beyond all reach of medicine—perhaps of
sympathy.
Many a wife sits watching with a broken
heart for her husband's step, and many a
mother for her child's ; and many a ventur-
ous merchant lieB haunted with the fear of
shipwreck and fire ; many an undetected
defaulter fancies voices at the door ; many
a yonng girl just finding out that love is
only a heaviness and fear, muaea bitterly
over the caprice of a moment or an unmeant
trifle. And those are the only watchers for
the happy are asleep save the bride on her
dainty pillow, murmuring in tho ear that
will soon tire of its monotony—or the fer-
vent poet building un his dream into the
darkness, and bis pulse mounting with the
soaring freedom of angela, forgetting the
returned them both." filackstone was sat
I *
idos,. isíiesL
world will trample out
h in
ashea, and laugl
hi towering f£ cy
hia fiery spirit to
scorn thef * "
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