The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 19, 1856 Page: 1 of 4
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kKEil ROOT,
"SWfcHii t*tta«a}tf aw
AUSTIN,
WltRilfA
NOVEMBER
How happy ia tlio blamelens ve*t«r« lot I
Id forgetting, by the world forgot;
trouble
Tho wor
Eternal Runsbine of the root!
A
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Oboaieut alumliertf that oau wake aiul weep ;
Itliclrow I^AVnUAk1^] AtiAH Ait^n ft
mind!
wish reslgnd'd ¡
tho shore,
on to death,
human freight,
holy voioo
•' Peace be
haoli pray'r atontad un
Labor and rt)et, that o<|tiul puriods keep ;
Deliren oompos'd, atteotions over ev'n ¡
Tears that delight, ami sighs that waft to hcav'n ¡
Grace shine* around her with surenest beums,
And wltisp'rlug angels prompt her golden
dream*. [/V/ie'« Ehim.
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i(E intki>i7i<;kncer,
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HOMING.
IV JAN-KYS.
iht fl«d.fWi Wri-ffrtep-nd ^m«MtMl
re#|. T\gm filUrriu# spook* winch dock the
ltu« >I"W UlKt lUt'U cilii <W1 "««fj
* awl Soil MB, one by <• '• Light pecpea
,h,- I1 ut cloud wlliiil reared ftloug
lorhiul rlnon, «'Jt kid tor «oft
Itr hfti>'t't' n the pnllled hru of Grief,
p lunt'iy. Ii.it w.ipt bswlfto dwp
L atumber.
rh.Awolir, Riul with
Hilts rtuwuer. niniiruw^
i'< k s okuMvo t«rt, hi'I hor nid Uoe
ud ua ¡Kwjilni'wtiig Then Ji.j «pung up
n lutii . .cut nod railed her «yo tu prtjr'r,
in".í.<rr«," like s youn# Chsmols,
iidtMj sMmthe «.loudy «pp'd Eort The wiud
ml ta in w«*y bslr *id rawid
miknn tg« which cliutcr a 'round lur full,
in brux o'< r which wm IkjiibJ .u mire baud,
p'd bjr tu «llvery «tur of Morn' A mil,
m me ttali fctule o'er h«r Uubu f*re,
fell roieted ou die « itttord cloud
linaiejtolilt and Mv<H "jht and fair
Liiiii ¿ni l i'^ n«uU[
hole inl null" aui' ns 'tie um
w rl>'d « they «pre I TheirWwnj- wing .
iul aoi il>li-y hreeie leupt lawhuig
u thtMelda, and Irulirkod wtlh
tlaUifchwl" «' "*n' iowor,
wlttiillil, huoiVuft««ntotiMft
(I'd to u their eh firm The cltniann binl.
whirring dai ie hld tli'lt tronibll«g head
nu tk em 1J Wave* -Jmt fondly liuiff
r • nut Irvine* 'rauaá iboui. niurrn'ring 'fptlnsl
rud«- n«ff of the llieft. broad attul wldt«
nolii«hn* ditliciou* pcrfbmi ou
•&ul*runi brt^ttfa of cudiing Mornt
•♦•n, Alh diinpted AecKt put on a/obe
ri.-ymid tqmtkhuf blue, then wreithM hor arms
' «/ f'tmij ftriw# brr h.-nvuie b-caat,
i («med inrioleniiy, neaih the wwro
mliua glanced of burning Sol, who hud
nu hii own in>vjMnui rtre,
d in la blazing car, impatient tloo«
l«lri^% «ce ivuru hi* goldhftxfg «iargera 'round
I World. Aurnr«j lift* her <ycu
qW ■ . .BR WM
a ' hj £a«r, and lo I tho 'fulgent ki««
IMU burn* bern ty cheek, anc *eta
d< w^lrom K>enimuu ou bcr brrnat (
«tartl'd aoc, iri mblli g die fib' —
For the 8outharn Intelligencer
n a a n a .
AN indian TAIJt.
Deep in tho itlllnetts of the verdant valley
Hid the dark midnight; aud the mountain's
crest,
Seeming to stoop 'like warrior altor battle,
Watched hor retreat while uature sank to rest,
Watched by the waning moonlight as It faded,
Faintly and pale Upon the dlstfcnt West.
Trembling upon tho height war sweet Nuoraa,
Veiled In the blaok and solitary night;
Unfiling to where the river gu-gled onward,
Amid tho haunts of all her young delight-
Watching as ono by one the watebflros el umber'd,
all tho wlswanu Culcd from her siuht-
Where was the palo faco who so oft had met hor,
With many a loving word and promise fair—
For a long wenry moon she'd wntcU'd his coming.
liroathing his faithless name upon the air;
And all tho flowers hung their heads In pity,
Seeming to echo—" where, in pity where!"
Within her heart of hearts was deeply bnrled
The crushiug sorrow—and her4 footstep pirest
Upon the clitTan instruí—then the river
Hid all her woes beneath Its sobbing breast;
And bore her " where tho wicked ccase (rom
troubling,"
" And the weary are forevernioje at reít."
tuche
|r hd. whleh o'er her fell a ahiitln/ veil,
ittu'Uvbilly h]h>u the oinbieiit bre<-zr ;
ríí. Wiw piwé trurb?s wiih tho gold
tapie drapery which jealtit*« i*-r
lath lop'd, in únele, ncroM ibe bftriitun.
i|h iu ccHt.M-y, the <¡ ;il of P«y
L:p- and twined one burning ^lnnco into
lout noorfo, wbkii. uuirViug, clMp'd around
..filing form nnd held brr, '. p« ii boundrd
_■ <tnbi'^M turti'd to ment bw ruptunmt gaze,
I' Vk r luir heap upon hi* burning brea*!*
^"'Vtak, bupaMioun, inhU g\)lden lima
íiouiifr.11
- vjteiy v# to the Poil Office,
h ■ "is month riese up to tho
« nn i ¡ /Hit out "Louder!" The
U 8(i|ipjst.M <i« mnn fo be deaf, and
l« was iMstm^u revert of hira to
k loader, •« ho con it hear, asked
in very laid tone, the name of the
n for wliotuhe wanted tie letter.
Loodor!" enfl the man.
4'What njoii" yelled tho clerk.
Louderr afniu bawled Ihc uiati, wlio
supposed tie clerk to he deaf,
he clnrk t )k a long breath, and with
his might fcllowed out in the man's
:cthe uamo (question. "What namer
Is wiw doutju so load a tow that the
seemed t return from the far-olf lillk
'he raau siited b«ck in alarm, shout-
to the vcrjtop of his big laugs :
"Louder, fcr, Louder ! 1 told you
buder 1 my n ue is nothing else !
Oh, ah ! oftho I" «aid the clerk, "your
e is LouderJh ! Hid'ut think of that,
e's your liter ; Mr. Louder, here's
letter." • 1 1
)r. A born ill) the celebrated phydc-
I , of Londot was never more displeased
an V y ha ring\ patfont detail a long oc-
bnt of trouliu. A woman knowing
eroeUiy' l«v< of the laconic, having
"i her hand, ailed at his office Show-
hiin hor Uandshe said :
'A burn."
"A poulticc," quaintly answered the
med doctor.
and said:
Another Gold Mine Anecdote.
• 1
DOCTOR REED AND TUB STEAM DOCTORS.
No man had so groat a contempt for
pretensions to scicnce as Doctor Reed,
tho celebrated Dentist. If the doctor
did obtnin a patent for tooth powder's,
it was bccatiBO gold mino speculations
had prostrated his hopes. There was
genius in the inveution—the patent was
impelled by necessity.
It will bo remembered, that the
palmy days of tho Georgia gold mines
whs about tho time the steam doctors
were in their glo.-y. Tlio Thompsonians
with their Btcam kettles, their lobelia,
nmnbur 8¡x and wonderful stories were
supplanting all men of science and pro-
tended science. No ono was more nkop-
ticul than doctor Heed ; and being a
Drop of Comfort.
If wo can exercise the confidence of
that little child on tiio sea, who, while
the «hip was rocked with wild fury by
(he winds, said serenely, With a smilo
on its lips, but no tear in its eye, " My
Father is at the holm I" we shall never
be disturbed by the clouds and storms'
which gather around us. Even the bit-
terest afflictions aro recospiixod as bless-
ings when wo know they are from a
Father's hand. They are uiedioines
cessary to our health. Thoy are olollds
to sliofter us from the dangerous sun of
prosperity, showers to refresh us in
summer's noon. What is a picture
without shades? Clouds enrich and
adorn a land scape. Perpetual uun-
light weather, and tho freshness and
friurrttneq of a.dowy evenV.ui'« tailed
With ffladiiCBa nfter4 the "lUIlg' Biniiy
lapse of. a summer's daylight." Auc-
tions are tweet tp the Christian,, even
when the heart is almost bursting with
Ifi'ief, for ho is assured that the pain is
nfiicted by a kind Father and fpr tíie
Crofit of his child. ,;In the darkest hour
e hoars the precious assertion, "Whom
the Lord loveth he chostonth," and tho
entreaty, " Let not your heart bo troub-
led." When we arc ia. tho deptiis of
poverty, can wo not romember Him
who feeds the ravons when they cry, and
clothes the lilies? and shall wo doubt
his willingness to niinit^ter to our ne-
cessities? When we are-homeless, v/c
can hear a voice whispering, " In my
Father's houso are many mansions, 1
go to prepare a place for you."
—If wo aro friendless, without an
earthly friend, do wo not read, " There
is a friend that sticketh closer than a
brother." " I love them that love mo""
When wo" are assailed by enemies—
when our characters are aspersed—our
motives maligned—our conduct viliified
—our efforts condemned—
in a Christian spirit, say
little waggish he would sometimes play
off severo tricks, through his friend
■j «un imae, upon imrsieuiuers.—ir mrp«-f -■<
poned ou ono occasion, that Ben Down-
ing wuson the tallostkind of " a bust,"
He was riding oven town, iuti> every
one's store houso and hotel, and going
on for all the world like no one liycd in
that country but himself. And as the
dqvil would have it, ns he was dashing
headlong across tho public square he
was thrown from his horse and his neck
broken. He died instantly. A crowd
wus collected and among them our
1 riend Doctor Beed nnd his friend John
lvoso. The point being settled that the
poor devil was dead and no one die
posed to cry, it was proposed by the
latter to the former, that the Steam doc-
tor should be sent for. Ho was brought
but no intimation given as to the cause
if the catastrophe or whether in fact
\ might not be a caso of apoplexy.
- Th« f
" The heart knoweth its own bitter-
ness," and thorp are sorrows which must
be endured without sympathy, and in
solitude; but is there a grief in which
our Father will not sympathize? Is
therp a sorrow which cannot be whis-
pered in His ear?" " Is His ear heavy,
that it cannot hear?" " Is his arm cvor
shortened, that ho cannot save?" No.
There is no sorrow that he cannot onro,
no wound that ho cannot heal.
Lot us then repair to our heavenly
Father in every dark, distressful hour,
and remember that ho said, " I will
never leave thee norjp^l^
no next day 'he returned
"Better."
| "Contiuue tliipoultice."
i Iu a week sheundo her last Vail, and
fcr speech was hgthened.to three words:
['Well—-your le?"
iothlDJi" ftuHtho «w
ui' "you are ti^ most sensible woman
[" fT NUT."
late English Uier states that Miss
, a lady who us been lecturing on
ctro biology indifferent parts of the
atry turned a eontryman into an M-
. al Perry when Uodge delivered the
dress jhile in the trance
lies and gentlenjn, I have been call-
apon to stand aaa member of Parla-
ht and 1 tbiuk jnperly so. My opto-
I there should ift be no tnrnpikegates
have six shilliii
of you should
*r) Every work-
1% quart, of ale to
a bottle of wine on
ieew.) 1 will mider-
1 with pancake*, and
I with milk and sng«r.
Every man shall kce
«hall l*ve a plenty of mil
far better than tho n*wty, aéW
heavily tá^fcd tea and coffee. IU
taxes dofu. Cigars triatead
three pence each, shall 1* six a pen-
f ery man shall grind hi* own
4j«in of «louueuce was
bnjoouirtt a J , by Miss Jane
Sir «Mm on his mouth
er, who bunt into a fit oí
^laughter in which the aiuUodce
prkiug mnn shou|
and every on
sltoars of
1 #1 >nld ha
pave ¿he
l Knghte ,
wit
have I in heaven but thee? and there
nouo upon earth I desire besides
thee."
A Dead Shot.—A good story is told
of IT. of Racine, an indefatigable and
successful sportsman, " dead shot," at
anything in the game kind, an particu-
larly " one lined " on wild goese, whose
heads were sure to suffer "just back of
tho eyo within range of his rifle."
Not many seasons since, our horo,
with an equally fun-loving friend after
spending a day or two with their dogs
aud guns, were wending their way
homoward, when In the evening twi-
The Steam Doctor commcnced the
examination with tho wisdom of Qalon
upbn his face. He felt the dead man's
pulse ; no motion. Then liis throat,
next Ms heart—no sign of life. He ex
tended his researches lowef down-
felt his midriffo for a long time—then
looking round with oracular wisdom he
exclaimed, " An intestine are broke anc
tho man are dead !" " Are he ? you
<fc—d stupid ass," lisped Doctor Reed,1
"Try him with Lolwlia until you break
every one of those samo intestines as
you have many another."
A death scene ought to make every
«wlomn < but «a tlmt ooaaoion tha
gold miners forgot that they too had to
dio. They gave ono laugh which deaf
ened the poor Steam Doctor. He never
had any more pcaco. The unfortunate
idea and still more unfortunate gram-
mar were every where in his cars.-
Whennext we heard of hiin he was
professor in a Lobelia College in Mem-
phis,
vi
is
woi
I have inót been a 'young lady* long
hut I have already seen enough to con-
me of the hollow mockery of what
led fashionable society ¡ and
fflpch rather be known as the simple
hearted country girl, 'the flower of, the
plantation,' the idol of the colored people
at. honn, than to reign here as 'the
bale ofthe season,' admired for my fading
bianty; courted for my father's uncertain
riches, aijd -vbneed for the very charms
wbioh make uj* attractions "When I am
older and wiser I ui write you a homily
on this subject, g ¡ng tha benefit "
rrience to futu^ generations,
ritain.
Expedient.—a
woman op town says st
somo gentlemen for It
and fash-
'hinks of
bresch ol
that tbe world maj k&aw
-may we not,
v "Shall
not
PRA V K K
We have all netj
Tho life barquo sails ou
waters; ' '
Bin, like a wroclior, roauts al
Kindling l«K> lights ta lure
And Watching With wild eye
We all have need Of prayer (
Onn calm the tumult, wbti
still."
It Is a haud that points us I
ie stars,
Those IVlondly llres that but forever on
Tito steeps of Heaven'"1"
Througli ilarknein'np
Prayer ia avlewlwswUlt wt
May soar ábove the wocut, t
With angels reach the very
Oh f tossed and tempted one,
Unceasingly to heaven, for i
The tempter's many wiles. ]
1'ruy from thy heart aodvlii
And trnst lu (iod to gain Ui
us on onr way
pure thoughts
, side by side
lofQi
race.
tar"-
<IH1 IMI
one
r night and day ;
r -wftli tears,
urt uf l'eocu.
IVwwrift,
The night came and they wore mar-
ried. All wero merrv; the laugh, tho
eclat, tho song and tlio dance, mado up
a lively party until midnight. Tho com-
pany tjien commcncod to disperso and
at 1 o'clock Bill Jenkins was loft soli-
tary and alone in tho hall. Luay Aun
retired, and her bridesmaids were
off in a distant room—Bill Jenkins' wai-
ters aud friends had gone home with
ladies. Bill was now at the point where
he thought his firmness, would fail him
—his situation was a peculiar one.—
He was not certain which was Lucy
Ann's room, although he had been told,
and even had he known, he oould not
go to it.
The watchman cried, past 2 o'clock,
and yet JenkinB was still alone, and a]
an
They toll mo 'tis tli# twilight hour.
They tell me that Nature' smile are
sweetest now ; that morn, bright aud
happy morn, brought yvitli it caros that,
noontide found moro weary and oppres-
sed, jjut that now mom with its cares
hath flown. Hushed is the noontide's
busy hum, and departed day whisper's
to weary man, repose. Morn, did they
say, was brigfit and g-lorious ? To mo
'twas night, 'Tis trüe I heard tho caro-
ler's Bong, and thoy brought me flow-
ers wet with dow, and bade mo smell,
and told me of their different huo. But
they gladdened not mv heart, or caused
me to sigh for their doeay ; for I could
not see his lonoly wastes ; but, too
true, I felt his chilling blast; but it
seemed only- like the common blasts of
life. I have not always been blind. I
remember my childhood, bright and
fair I May, sweet laughing May, then
brought mo joy I I could join the
caroííer's song, and I was happy then.
But now, how changed I Oh, sadly
changed I •
They tell m« earth is most lovely and falri
Dedeokod with sweet blossoms that God hath
placed thcro.
O! would I could seo thoui, though fleeting tho
view,
Metblnks I should over retain their bright hue.
Then tlie glorious sun, with liis mantles of gold,
Aud tbe silvery moon, that such briilianco un-
fold—
And the bright train of stars, that round them
aro twined.
through
" Stop your d—d noise," Baid U. "and
wait a bit. I'll have him jest back of
the oye—you can bet your life on that."
Stepping back a pace, and bringing
tho «old rusty to his lace, U. blazed
away.
"Hal
B
alio, there!" followed back the re-
ort, " what arc you shooting there for.
Wt you know tho handlo of a corn
plow from a goose's neck?"
'Twas enough! U. had shot the han
dio pf a com plow, jest back of tho
eye.
long since introduced to hiti son, about
six years of age, a little brother, who
had just arrived in this world, which
all agree in abusing, bnt none 'ike to
part with it even in exchange for a bet-
ter. Tho boy looked at his infant broth-
er in some little perplexity, and then
raising his eyes to his father, inquired,
whoro did you get it? " Bought him
my son," exclaimed tho father, with a
laudable gravity. Again the boy lookod
at the baby, and after a short timo sa-
gaciously asked, " Why didn't you pick
out a white one, father?"
Pa, was i it Windsor castle, that
Mary Queen of Scotts was confined in?
asked a lad.
'No, my,son, not Queen Mary, but
Queen Victoria ; she, poor thing, ha
been confined in that castle repeated '
iy,'
" Isudore, you have abandoned mo
that is the recompenso for my virtue.-
My Landlord will wait no longer.- come
to-nigbtor 1 shall sleep in the room with
a charcoal furnace. Nasjcrf,."
Isadorc was in no hurry. He went
the next day to seo her corpse! The
furnace was burning, and his own Nan-
iche—was frying sausages!
We celebrate nobler obsequies to
thoso wo love, by drying tho toar of
others, than by shedding our own ; and
the fairest funeral wreath we can hang
on thoir tomb íh a fruit offering of gooa
deeds.—Jean Paul.
The first newspaper printed hi
America was issned in Boston
Only ono copy of it is known to
be in CJristAncc. It was deposited in
London, and was about the sise of an
ordinary sheet of letter paper.
! when shall I see them 1
I'm blind!
I'm blind! 0!
The Path to Shane—A Letter test a Fa-
ther to hit Erring Sob. lep
Our readers,—says the Chicago Tri-
bune of tho 2d inst., have already
found tho circumstances of tho arrest
ot Frederick Bigg and his young ac-
complice, Jnmes Harold, for robbi
the CI Ml
in his coat pocket"
key, who had resided in tho family, liad
been prevailed on by the ladies, who
noticed Jenkins' bashfulness to show
him his bed rooo?, and she accordingly
introduced hursolf to him, in us modest
a stylo as she woll could.
Mr. Jenkins, said she, it's past two
o'clock.
0, yes—I know it; I'm" going home
in a few minutes. Old. woman where
is my hat?
It's'in Miss Lucy's room, sir; you can
get it there if you'll go in. Mr. Jen-
kins, why dont you go to bod? Miss
Lucy is there waiting for you: dont be
so modest, the ladies will laugh at you.
Como with me, and I'll show yon tho
room, for 1 want to put out tho lights,
fasten up the house and go to bed.
Tho old woman seized hold of Jon-
kins and pullod him along until she got
him out of the hall, and his gaze was
'hicago poatotfice, and the trim
J^lsmdcwivictiou of .Bigg, detailed in the
1.^,1 Harrold's arrest, molollowíñg u'ííer
fíxud for a moment upon the entry door;
>oui, and after
efforts succeeded.
but she was determined to p
his Miss Lucy's room, andafU
ut him in
lor violent
Bill Jenkins' Troubles on the First Night of
Hit Marriage.
Bin tremertm was tr^. . .
and although he had mingled wiui'Wtj
world at barbecues, shooting matches,
ba.i rooms and at many etcetera places
where men may occasionally be found,
yet flie was very modest—whenever
placed in tho company of ladies. Ho
trembled when a pretty girl would speak
to him, and folt liko a culprit at the
stand when he was called upon to see
tfiss so-and-so home. Bill never could
explain or account for his singular ti-
midity. He would sing, frolic and bo
as wild as a liover among mén, but a
petticoat would unnerve him instantly.
Lucy Ann Wiggons, a young widow,
had set her cap lor Bill, and was deter-
mined to head him or die. Bill, to tell
the truth, loved Lucy, and was its inio-
erablc out of her company as hü was
timid in it—but as to popping the ques-
tion, that wa8'impossible. Lucy knit-
ted purses, hemmed handkerchiefs, work-
ed Bbirt bosoms and gave them to Jen-
kins, ns well as several gold rings, but
still Bill would nó^ propose. Lucy de-
clared to him repeatedly that he loved
him, and was miserable when lie was
absent from her, and her happiness in
fife depended upon being his wife—but
Bill was dumb. At last Lucy deter-
mined that he should hear thunder, and
when he next visited hor, after nomo
Tlwre ho stood, with the knob of tho
door in his hand—but the old durkey
had boon smart enough to lock the door
outside'.
Lucy pretended for some time to bo
asleep, but that sort of gammou would
not answer;-at last she said:
My dear Billy, what is tho matter?
I W-a-tvant iny h-a-a-t, screamed Jen-
kins—Lucy knowing his modesty, leap
ed 6ut of bed, and after caressing him
for some time, Billy wont to bed, with
his clothes aud boots on, and lay trem-
bling till morning.
owing
wus sent to him by his father. It íb
beautifully written, nnd betrays the
full depth of the shame and despair
into which tho family have been
plunged by the errors of a loved and
darling son. We hope that, should
it meet the eyo of any of those now
upon the briuk of crime, it will be
to them as a voice of warning from
the home circles they have loft, and
serve to recall them to a sense of the
terrible consequences to loved ones of
the crime they may have determined
to commit.
Scarce a year ago, young Harrold
left a home as happy aud as pleasant
as kind, uñeotionate hearts and un
dying love and faith in heaven could
make it. Upon the verge ot his mnn-
hoo unstained and unBpotted, he
left H, to win for himself and honora-
ble name in our-city. To-day he tills
a felon's cell, with long years of con-
finement with other telons before
him. In- the very outset of his crime
he has blasted his owu fair prospects
in iife and brought down sorrow and
shame upon kind and doting parents.
It were better thát he liad died in his
infancy, ere shame had been written
upon his brow, for then those parents
might, as they stood by his little
grave, have gazed through the midst
of their tears up to that better "bet
must be vindicated : I
but to let justice take
But in your extremity wt
recommend better t
should tell tho whole truth t
ourself on the mercy of
fore which you will be trie
one conaulation is left,
repentance aud prayer to Qod.
We had been anticipating a •
for you iu the shape of«
presents, articles of
on your arrival at agé, next.
of sum monney ; but our fon
are all vanished, and untill i
advices from you or Capt< Co
we know not how we can he _
The first Monday in July ia set
for your trial. What a day it
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From the l'blladolpbia Evening Journal,
" Aft tee macnnirftfe
pleted at the Cuyahoga Iron Works,
Cleveland, Ohio, which is capable of
produciug one ton of solid crystal ice
in twenty hours. A trial has recently
been made with the above result while
the mercury stood at 80 degrees in an
apartment. Tho estimated expense of
manufacturing ico by such a machine
is $5 00 per ton, or one-fourth of a cent
per pound. We suppose that this ma-
chine will bo vioweu by our ico men
much in the samo light that tho sewing
machino was regarded by the seam-
stresses. Should it answer expecta-
tions their occupations will be gone.—
At this consummation many poople oi
modernto'mcans will assuredly rejoice ;
for the way wo have beon mulcted du-
ring tho b weltering boats of July, wUen
we needed the crystal and chilly sub
stance to prevent our mortal
a .
tor land."— Now the only vision be-
yond that bitter, blinding mist, is
the gloomy wulls and iron gratings
of a convict's home.
'—TV**
this letter, that his resolutions for
ood may be formed' anew, and that
e may be fully impressed with the
far-rendiing consequences of the
wicked acts ho may bo tempted to
commit.
. N. Y. Juno, 28tli., 185G.
My oeajt james:—Tho* poinful
news of your imprisonment was re-
ceived yesterday, and«t has filled the
minds of your mother and myself
with profound grief, that you, having;
had the opportunity that but few
could possess, even to the selection
in life of any honorable station, pro
vided you would fit yourself for it,
with a home to bo welcomed to, with
every comfort to bo desired, should, ut
tho entronco to manhood, have do-
graded yourself and disgraced your,
tamily.— Where you have copied tho
examplo from is to me a mystery.
For years'have I been the recipient
of situations of honor and trust, hol-
ding many of the prominent stations
in our country, and with friends of
the highest character throughout tho
state. Now review tho picture and
realities you have substituted It
appears to us a dream.
What oould induce you tliuB to
olfend tho luws of your country V
Not want! Did I not tell you when
you left home, that if you connected
yourself respectably I would consign
i'ou goods,—and have I not frequent-
y asked you if by any moans I could
help you.along ?
Look, my erring son, at tho words
I wi oteon tho first page of tho Bible
Eresented you ou leaving home. Alas!
ow true the sentiments they ex
press.
You received introductions to re-
spectable merchants, to one of the
Chicugo clergyman (Rev. W. A.Small-
wood) and .with what entreaties did
your mother and myself urge you to
councct yourself with a church and
Sunday school! We have just road
your first letter, promising to make
for yourself an honorable name, and
associate with respectable persons;
and can it be possible that even at
tliat period you wero associated with
this man Bigg ?
As I write, I reflect what a Iwtflfl
you lost, and where are you ? I
a jail and for stealing ! The first, too
of your family, of which I 'have any
record, who for hundreds of years
have borne a family escutcheon with-
out a stain ! What can I do for
rou t Your mother, almost broken
ear tod, cannot be left, — aud what
could I do were I do to come to Chi-
cago f From Capt. Connett'a letter
it seems that the proof against you is
positive. The laws of your country
my tjpn James, you had diod in your
infancy, unspoted from tlio world.
Your mother sends her love; yes,
we both do, for we havo hope that
this painful and afflictive ciroum-
stanco, your first stopt in crimes will
be your last. Until that is atoned
for, what will you and we have to
autlerf I remain your afflicted *. d
distressed; ' ' Vx tlUgBb, ' "
Tbyinq to thh Bastk.—A Uibel -
nian fresh from the green isle, havin t
sufficient menus to provido himse '
with a horao and cart,(the latter'.
kind he probably nover saw before,)
Wont to work on a public road.
Being directed by the overseer to
move a pile tf stones near by, und
deposit them in a gully at tho sideo5$'
the road, he forthwith loadea his
cart drovo up to the place and had
nearly finished throwing out his load
by baud, when the 'boas' told him
that that was not the way—lie must
tilt or dump his loud ull at once.
I'addy replied that he would luiow
bother" next tiii|c.
After loading again, he drove to
the chasm, put his shoulder under
the hub of the wheel, and upset i'art
arid horse, all into tho gully. Scrat-
ching his head und lookiug doubt-
fully at his atrugling horse below Intel,
he observed that it was a mighty ex-
peditious way, but "begora it must
bo very thrying to the baste P*
A friend of ours, who resides in
ill.
Simplicity.--A neighbor of ours not preliminary soft talk ou her part, she
North
1690.
very affectionately said, Billy my dear,
when are you going to ask mo to marry
you? for 1 want to get iny wedding
dross ready.
Bill fainted on the spot, and harts-
horn and water wore applied for hall
an hour before he Was fully restored.
" What has boon tlio matter, Miss
Lucy?"
Oh, nothing much; you fainted when
you wero about to oak mo to marry you
butl told you yes-^ ^nd oli,how hap-
py wo will bo when we were marriei
1 will love yon so dearly; and as you
said next Tuesday, why I am williug
that the wedding should bo then—my
dear Billy, how 1 do loVc you.
The next Tuesday had come, and Jon-
kins was trembling at the approach of
tho evening, something seemed to har-
row up his mind, and to no friend would
he communicate his deep distress.
You are not afraid, certainly, to go
up and get married—why, to marry
süch a baautifnl, Charming and intel-
lectual being as Mrs. Wiggons, Ishould
wish that time should fly like news up-
on tho clectric telegraph line. Cheer
up Jenkins—cheer up.
Oh, replied Bill, you do not know
what distresses me. * 1 can go up and
get tnarrieit—tliat's all easy enough,
out there ia something—-1 know it—I
feel it--thcre is one thing I am satisfied
I will nover bq able to do, unless Lucy
will assist mo.
Explain yourself, replied his
: to render,you comfortable.
But Jenkins could not explain—he
and if I
deuvor
. ■■■H friend,
can, with propriety, I will on
prevent our mortal part
from "resolving itself into a dew,"
is appalliing to tho contemplation of
"poi'Bpiring youth," to say nothing of
wrinkled humanity. For ourselves,
with all due respect for tho ice-trade,
we say with tho red-shirt fraternity,
" go on with the ice machine. " ,
The abovo would havo been much
moro appreciated by our readers throe
montliB ago. If it bo true that such an
invention lias beon made, Texas will
certainly becomc a much more bearable
country. '
The Florida War.
Our government soems determined
to put an end to this harrassing strug.
gle during the coming winter. The
troops intended for this service, com-
prise nearly two and a half regiments,
orabout twothousand men, drafted from
various posts on tho sea-board and ut
the North-west. Two companies will
leave Fort Hamilton, Governor's Island,
in a few days ; also two companies
from Boston Harbor, and others from
Old Point Comfort. This will increase
■tbout three-fourths to tho United States
force at present in the Peninsula. A
number of large flat-boats of both wood
and iron aro in process of construction
at New York, at the ship yards and
iron fóúndaries, designed to aid the
troops ill penotrating the everglades.
Gon. Ilarney is"to tako command, and
as he is not only a very resolute nnd
untiring oftlcor but one ^who is thor-
oughly acquaiiTCod with tho ground anil
tho enemy, wo may anticipate the
spoedy termination of this protracted
aud very expensive war.
Too Bad.—A gentleman waa lately
asked by a lady acquaintanco, on re-
turning from a party, if ho hod seen
Miss S : there, who was somewhat
notorious for dressing In tho extremity
of tho " low neck " style. Oh, yos, ro-
plied tho 'Goth, I iav> a good Heal of,
ity—ho saw
the Rubicon befora him and bo know
dared not—It waá the timidit;
Ahi
he could not pass it—but ho was deter-
mined to got married and trust to lu?k
aud Miss Lucy.
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V3f Cross-eyed men have a great ad-
vantage in Church I They can stare a
pretty girl full in the face, and at the
same time every body will suppose they
are looking right at the preacher!
North, PtuirL-atoiefri. went ja.fialmi"
the other day, aud among other things
that ho hauled a large sized turtle.
To enjoy the surprise of his servant
girl he placed it m her bedroom.
Tho next morning tho first thing
that bounced into the breakfast room
was Biddy, with the exclamation of,
•Bejabers, I've got tho divil.'
What divil exclaimed the head of
the houso, feigning surprise. , 'The
bull bed bug that bus been eating
the children for tho last month.
As this is a new name for the do-
mesticated assassin, we thought we
would let it out; bull bedbug is good.
A gentleman agreeably surprised
to see a plum
dmnér uudvifihlrwl otliis servantiiow
mp
nqii
'W
surtir
turkey seryedjk lúa.
of his servantiiow
it was got. 'Why, snr,' replied QulT,
"dat ar turkey hab been roostin on
Our fence dose three nights; so I dis
mornin' I thought I would seize him
for do rent ob do fence.
LAiraiuntiE mistake.—A coritem-
iorary tolls a good joke about a ver-
nnt limb of the law who resides up-
on Nactscoko Creek and in tin * of
the absence of tho pastor of the dis-
trict mooting, acted as clerk.
He had a strange way of manufac-
turing words when at a loss fo. the
right ono. •
Well, upon a certain occasion when
he deemed his scrvice in request, he
unqertook to 'give out a oym,' in
which tho word 'doxology' opeured;
as ho could not got hold of the word
hu roqiiuatttd tho congregation t « '>g
four verses and a sockdoiogor!'.
tQr Dick A had tho ropu|;it.ion
of being the ugliest man in tho ci unly
of Harris. One doy aB lie was ijdimf
along1 tfio road, ho met Col. S—•—* with
a gun upon his shoulder. Tho C< ""el
was far from being an Adonis bit
aud as Dick approached witMÓ Jrl0"k-
ing distance, lie levelled Ais gun upon
him, and told him ho ainst prwavi to
die, ns he hail sworn lie would V :1 the
first man ho mot Hr',° was uglier ilotn
himself. WoV, «ays Dick, taking a
good look ol him, if I am uglier titan
(111 II m /dont want to livo-HIBbutand'
j " ' T
A man should nover bo nshamM to
own he has been in tho wrong, w iiit li is
but saying in other words tbat ho I wi*or
to-day thun ho was yesterday.
The other evening a gentleman
out a dandified looking individual io lus
friend as a sculptor. , , ,
"What!"said his friend, "sncli a lu'.k
sculptor?
Ing chap m that a
must be mistaken
He may not bo the kind of one > <*
moan," said the Informant, but, 1 wtU
know that he chiseki a tailor -«it of
suit of clothes last week,
■coivetl
A youthful Frenchman
from bis low the "
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