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PUBLISHED EVEIf? 'WEDNESDAY. a _ c!_ \vxT S C 3 E jS6sa?X 3 sr:E S , EDIXOB. AND PBOPRIETOE,. i M S i rAZETTE TTill Ba sent to If if paid r e o y arreatases are paid, e k e eptat i Pttbiislier* m r m 0? APTBRTi§nf&r One scLtiare. one Y?eek,^... Onee squareitwoi?eeK5i»t.qnare.twoweejvs, H B d rrifw'xS: DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHED 1842.] j B ^ 7 X F X > 3 £ ^ X 'X ‘ 'a£?‘3L«3gS ■ 3 P ' 4 i t . X , 3 L . S [GAZETTE ESTABLISHED 1863 On s ....... ' loo B EHTES MAKE A SSJDASE.) A y e r ^ s S a r s a p a r i l l a j EOS PlEIEYlKa THE BLOOD. in almost eyeiy section of the country, that th. public soarely need to be informed of its virtues \ sSlofnlons poison is one of them&stdestrnetivo THE PERILS OP DEimHG BAD WHISKEY. MaDj-y«ars ago wIieB tHe State o f Georgia was in its infancy, one o f the Circuit Judges was Bela I ■own, an an- or o f that name. H e was a man of ability and integrity, hut like a good estor of fJi© recent “seeesh” Goveri ir o f that n many dlstini day, he loY( whet would turn drank to exci led. On Liislied emheimbers the me of the bar 1 in and help, he sometiro s and beeam B occasion y i 0 f b | . TIE BIYEE OP LIPE. There is a pure and peaceful wave, 'Xh^t rolls nrotmd t te throne of love, ■Whoso waters gladden, as they laV? The peaceful shores above. W hile streams, which on that tide depend. Steal from the heavenly shores away, And on this desert -ivorld descend. O’er weary lands to stray,— There. 0 my soul!’ do thou repair. And hover o’er the hallowed spring. To drink the crystal wave, and there To lavo thy wearied wing. Xhere droop that wins, when fe-r it hies _ h’rom human care, and toil, and strife, Id Lug r. SIShe screamed his name lich prevailed over his lade bim spring of, love and like any other of their acqnaintanee, terror. came alone, and i» the morning, and voice whi ^ ^ succeeded in getting admitted to the sions. It made bim s up, unbdlt presence of the mistress o f *the bouse, the lock, aud the door was thrust open ffi: THE WEI&HT OP A TEAS. A pair of scales before him— A rich man sat and weighed A piece of gold—a widow's a ll. And unto her h e s a id; “ Tour coin is n o t the proper weight, go take it back again, Or sell it me for half its worth— It lacks a.single grain.” ■With tearful eye the widow said; ^ “ 0, weigh it, sir, once more; I pray you not be so exact. Nor didvo me from your door.” “ Why, see yourself its under woieht; Your tears are no avail.''^ Tile second time lie tried it. It Just bears down the scale. Bat little gruessed that rich man, Who held his gold so dear. That the-extra Treiffht that hore it down Had been the widow's tear. erfortt Nfe^pfess^nd tfoubled^^ ^MrioufAppi’cTien- smna orsymptom- convincing evidence o f its restorative power up on trial. I>2tJEri>.AjREI> S T Dr, J. C. AYBK & CO,. Lowell, Mufis., practical and Analytical Chemials, SOLD^BT ALL BRUGdITS EVERTWHEHB. C a t H a - x - t i o J P i i l s j For all tke purposes of a Imtiva Mgaidne. p E R H A P S no_ one medieme is so After the shower, the tranquil sun, After the snow, the emerald leaves, Silver stars, when day is done^ After the harvest, golden sheaves. A RESURRECTONIST STORY. Hr. AI onkxon was a p hysician; and farar ■ advanceddvanced inn fortuneortune andnc 3 so l ■ a i f a mtatiOn as to be able'to retire foi r months every year into the coun try, andleuve his patfents to be ready for his return. There was a very ro mantic Story attached to : at his red face and ( ace and eonsider- preeme, old bachelor habits. _ ______ ___in any quant \nw ob- WOI they exist, such derangements as are the first thOoxr for MowingcTmplai^r^Mch ^^foT^i%^n^ofSdigestwn, J^stlessness, Aan- * Foriipf r tSm»fatnl Mid'its Tatioos srmptoHis, s s i i S f S s r f ^ ^ Por Bv^cnierv Qr Bidwali. nut oue mud dosn ta f l . no one would have suspected. J5ut there was something when one knew m better, Which seemed to intimate I S ' f f l i i i . ' v o fancy, however,' for h e never said one word on the subject, and intimate as lave been with bim, I never dared inquire how much of the things re- ported was true or how much false. The tale was this: When he ivas life a young man, and only begin- ng to make some little progress.ai^ oney in his profession, it was said that the strange chance had happened to him to revive the apparently dead body of a subject brought to bim, he knew not whence, for dissection.— Whether this part of the story was really true or had been adopted to ac« count for subsequent circumstances, I cannot tell. Certain it is, that the knowledge and belief of th e ' story grew up with. and it was long be fore I thought of douhting it. W hat further is certain, is that all the few friends be had at that time remember* DR. J. C. AYER a CO., P R A C T I C A L C H E M I S T S , LOW E E iL, KIASS., W, S . A, moh24yl so.' A profound mystery hi ler, none ever hearing of aother, or former ' was many, indeed,, tunity of inquiriii D R . J . W . P O L A N D ’S W i l l i e P i n e C O m p O J J N J D , The Great F e w -E n g lanS E em e d y 1 DB. J . W PQLAfTD’S W iiite P in e Compound TS now to tlie afflicted tbrougli- it virtues. two or three persons ted intimately to their house; name by j ^ i e h he called her THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND O U R j E S Sore Throat, Colds, Goughs, Diptheria BroncMiis, Spitting o f Bloo^, and Pul- monarff Affections gen&rallp. It is a B&markadle Remedy fo r Kidney Complaints, I>iahetez, Difietdlg of Voiding Urine, Bleeding from the Kidneys and Blad- \h r , G^ravel, and oilt&r Gomplaints. PBEPABED AT THE NEW-ENGhfiHD BOTANIC DEPOT. b o s t o n , m a s s '. For sale by C.W . Palmer, Jr„ and J .G .B n r - t 51, Drnggists. Herkimer. H . Y. n o v llyl ance of his visits. Umbra was- ing, nay, seemed glad to concur in the prohibition, and Moukton informed Ms friend that the al’raogements of his very small and secluded establish ment prevented bim from receiving guests, except when invited. H is Mend thought Mm jealous, and cquieseed ,* but it excited rather than iscouxaged him, and he sought every 3casion to elude the prohibition. A had been given, he ■ calling in the ision to elu( V days after it 1 suing, and iself in tl [in?-] lade some pretext for ^ — - -------- id succeeded ii tie drawing-r( Here he endeavored fo talk to the the ous- lests. It was lear the chief jation, for be __ ... - sr and almost ?er looks; and, in order to keep conversation alive, be told aneedoti and described scenes. burden o f the eonvei got few words from her and 1 anecdotes which she said he, “ with gave a mere passive attention. “ I was walking,” said h e, “ with inly one person along the edge of the iliff I have described to you. The sea was many hundred feet below iis ; the precipice went sheer down to „;„i_ .. -,u(jjen a great layer to unjoint itself entrance, bra, fro'zen to death. N o doubt she had fbllowed him in his flight, and had not attempted to enter, since he had drix'en her away, and had sat down and died on the step. Monkton took her up in his arms, and for three d a y s h e n e v e r lo o s e n e d t h e b o d y , n o t though the dreadful taint of corrup tion spread over it. A t the end of that time his brain reeled, and his strength of himself, ipor, fore he recovi brain reeled, anc red. H iskrins, in-spite 'i, gave way to force; she was taken from him, and he sank into from which it was long be- vered. ,s pi’ofo which a second time beheld her.\ H e A short outbreak of remorse fol- then he shut up hei ii’ofound as the lowed, and in silence as her name grave ifidant; he gave no detail. ^ he took as soon as he int Itself ; yaxvned be- 3 on and the M y its brink. On of the rock seerae from the rest, and a rent in the, ledge we stood n mass o f the mountain, companion sprang into my arms. feel her now.” “ O h , n o , n o !” c r ie d TJm h r a . “ T h a t is a dream. I know i t is a dream,— Don’t speak;; but is it not a dream ?” At Umbra’s voice, at ber most un usual manner, 3Dr. Monkton started up, and then ran to her, and received her in his arms. “ Oh, Monkton, I cannot 'hear to hear anybody else talk of that dream. It seems to become real again. H is foot slipped just on fho vovu odn-o i» “ O, God! who cried Provost, in tl i-gitation. She looked up, and fu ll at him, when she heard these tones of his voice, screamed aloud, and shrank in to Mouktdn’s bosom, pressing her i th e very e d g e !’ Oj OGdl who told you that?” :he most vehement from Mm with such agony o f fear that life' seemed unable to support it, and, gathering herself closer into Monk- H e carried her from^f^ r0om,dmdi would suffer no one to hear the words •of reviving consciousness from, her lips_. But from this moment he could no longer repress the idea that Umbra h a d b e e n th e w ife o f th i s m a n . Y e t he did not allow It to separate her in terest from his. The grave itself had ’ Im. H e had devoted s of f made no One journey was released frem the restraint to which his temporary alienation o f rea son had reduced bim, and at tha! time he xva^ too much absorbed in his OAvn feelings to care whether he was observed or not. They thought he in tended to open the tomb of XJmbra, and see her with his own eyes in the last resting place. They watched him. but he did not go there. H e xvenii to the vault xyhere the wife 6 f Provost was recorded on the marble to lie, and caused the lid of the coffin to be lifted which bore her name.—^ The lid was lifted, and the coffin was empty one. I f e M I w f . H ome a e t e e c h i i d b ^ h a v e g s o w n h i Nothing on earth grows so fast a children. It was only yesterday, aui t h a t la d w a s p l a y i n g w ith to p s , i buoyant hoy. He is a man grown n o w . H i s f o o t -is i n t h e field a n d h i s hand upon the plow. There is no childhood for him or for us. has claimed him. W hen a be ginning is made, it is like a raveling sto c k i n g , s t i t c h b y s t i t c h g i v e s w a y until all are gone, The house has not a child in it. There is no more noise in the hall—-boys rushing in pell-mell orderlly th e d a y l i g h t a r e _______ blue, and glorious to look lipon, but i t i s a t n i g h t t h a t t h e se a p u t s o tt its ’endor and fills the < the watchers with fe( and admiration. The waters of the G u lf o f Mexico are wonderfully phos- ; phoresceut, so highly charged-at times, that it seeips as if the crest of the waves were' fairly aflame,' -Vessels when plowing the gulf at such a tii tsh from their bows a Inmino ing in pel. >w. Thei —it is very order now. no more skates or sledg, bats, balls or strings left scattered about, Things are neat enough n ow.. There is no delay of breakfast for siee^;y folks; there is no longer.any „ jd £ ].picJrL|ao? I n & momi 1 grows brighter ship comes up to his soul to hei ;iven her to hii ,11 the affections o his soul to her,— Any right to claim her by another h e cast off as weak pretense, which,' i f sh e sh o u l d u r g e , w o u ld , b e raor tbat sbe loved anotber bettei This was the ' ' id h i m , ar , lUsy and love, be taring o f rather or friend of any kind. 1 wbo bad tbc op- iquiring, for not above srsons were ever admit- tom. H er love for Monkton had ab-' vexed, to be run o sorbed every faculty that remained dren’s life at work to her, and whatever interfered with it was terrible to her imagination.— dark and doubtful sense of she did him, »ple sa i d h a u n t e d h i m , a n d , in t h e ■ o f his jealousy and love le it the sole’ question between azx<3^ n d 'Dm b ra.. SH h e , ii lere fs 3-ojcdrip, bed-clothes. There are no disputes to settle, nobody to get off to school, no complaints, no importunities for im possible things, no. rips to- mend, no fingers to tie up, no iaces to wash, or collars to be arranged 1 There never was so much peace in the house! It would seem, like music to have some feet clatter down the front stairs I O, for some child’s noise. W h at used to ail us when'we were to re p r o o f h u s h i n g t h e i r lo u d ' n o i s e — c h e e k i n g r ip , w h e n m i l e s a w a y , se e m s lik e a ie r than their noisy frolics, and reproving their rivulet of silver and gold, meandering idea that slamming and banging the doors ? through the trackless deep. W e wish our nmghbors would lend^us an urchin or tivo to make a little noise on these premises. A house ■without ebildren ! ' I t is like a lantern and. no candle in it, ■a garden.aud no flowers; a vine, and no grapes; a brook wit^ \\ sel'iP n. TT nibra- S e, in. \tlie naean-\ time, with purer instincts, saw the - , -. t , • same idea very differen tly. W ith a v in e and no grapes ; a brook with no her i t was a wandering notion, which water gurglmg and rushing in its terrifie^her like sorae dreadful phan- ckannel.^ W e y & n i^to be tned^ to be ties. Durinj he called __ Umbra.” W hether it was a fictitious name or a real one he would not say. The report which these persons made of her was, that she was exquisitely lovely; but as far as intercourse went, but little better than some warm mar-, ble to which Dr. Monkton had a dose of the eliidr of life. +nu story goes, that, like those Athenians who recovered from the p l r \ trace o f her existence had been eras ed from her memory by tbe Him which had consigned her to the grave, id that she retained neither any re c o l l e c t i o n o f p a s t e v e n t s , n o r , - e x c e p t the use of language, any trace of what knowledge she might formerly h a v e a c q u i r e d . H o w e v e r t h a t m i g h t be, Monkton loved her better than every clever and learned creature of rs o f h ei connection he gave ms m ends the idea of a man wbo bas tbe sole inter est forever present to his imagination. I t was about two years after it first beautiful ited bis house, that a > t a d a tolerable inti- witb Dr. Monkton, returned from abroad, and chanced be admitted to presence of bis iedwond( duty, then, came between her and him, it was repelled by all the. efforts o f her will. And yet at times it £ to overshadow her in _a shape she \was not able to drive away. Sh< was firiglitened a t herself when hap piest in his presence, and he was ve hement with her in proportion to his became known that' this ow inhabite jh a n t, w h o 1 shadow mate. H e seemec fully struck by her, and afterwards told Dr. Monkton that i f he had not seen his own wife in the tomb, Ijfi could not hut have believed that she game. nation for which ftiend no cause; but the cause, I sup- was the frightful fea'r that it She, however, was wholly unmoved at sight of the stranger, me, became ware o f the misery which, had growi up in the house of his friend, knew that he himself was the cause. The extreme beauty of Umbra, and^ her resemblance-to his wife,^ moved him strongly to compassion and inter est ; and firmly believing that she was not tbe wife o f Monkton, be felt but little scruple, when- he learned how \ e was' now treated, in endeavoring induce her voluntarily to leave her present home for his. A horrible wavering notion seemed to have pos- essed her that Frovost had a right to lommand her to do so. Then, again, she lost sight of it, and only a vague idea that she was to be cast^ oflP by Monkton, darkened her imagination. When Monkton learned from her own lips the struggle she was endur ing, the last hold upon his passion gave way. They broke that hour o- v e r th e ir b o u n d a r i e s , a n d sp r e a d t h e ir own ruin around them. In his mad ness he himself hurried her from the house, and Jed her to Pro' ‘’iriously rang, am inning to open it, he start- the wind, and xushinj in g t a i l s like^ cornel m e t head,” sings out the here stretching aloi ine of light, which nd brighter as the with all its varie- thxs is uring .'the secular davs this Is igh marked. But it is Sunday which puts a home to proof. That is the Christian family day. The inter- ieup ristian family day. vals of worship are long spaces of ice. The family seem! ,t d a y . T h e c h ild r e n a r e a t h o m e . Y o u c a n . la y y o u r h a n d s o n th e i r beads. They seem to recognize the greater and less lo've, to God and to . 1 ‘ mt 1 ^ friends. Tfle house is peaceful, but not still. There is a low and melodi- ■’ rill o f children in it. But »mesi6S toooo stilltill now. There 5 thathat achesches thehe ear.ar. - Thehere id day t s snee t a t e - T too much room at the table, too mucb it the health. The bed-rooms are a world too orderly. There is too much leisure and too litthecare. A las! what mean imehody growin; and toka i a these things? ng old? Are these ? Is life waning? As the late Rev. Hr. Fringle, o f P e r t h , w a s t a k i n g a w a l k on© s u m mer afternoon upon -the Inch, two 3 took it into their beads UAJUjllAli • And Others. any steps ibr theabsplute exclusion o a ? i s a s 5 & e s i - j bouse, and led her to Jt-rovost’s do( There h e furiously rang, and hearing ime one running to open it, he start- 1 away like th e wind, and rushing to his own desolate' house, locked him self in his room, and neither answer ed nor summoned the frightened ser vant who beheld his return. It was a winter night o f tempest, but there was no light nor fix© in Monkton’s room. H e was not heard to stir from the moment he entered it; and the servant who watched a little while at his chamber door, and once or twice knocked timidly, was fain to retire at 'last, and conceal her fears from her master in her s'till greater awe of Mm. Morning came and she once more tried to obtain an answ< but all. was silent within his rooj their bow politely, they asked bim i he could tell them the color o f th( devil’-s wig ? The worthy clergyman, surveying them attentively a few sec onds, made the following reply—^‘‘Tru l y , h e r e is a m o s t su r p r isin g e a s e l Two men have served a master all the days of their life and don’t know the color of his wig ?”- V ery N ear H is .P eice .^—^Tbe ru mor that General Granville M. Dodge, of Iowa, will succeed to the I ¥ a r De- partm'ent, recalls a capital story of 01 tne war, v c o m m a n d o f a p o s t iu L o u isia n a ,— One day the Adjutant General re ceived an official communication from him,, stating that h e had been offered $50,000 to wink at certain cotton speculations, and refused it. The bid had been increased to $100,000, and then to twice that amount. The Gen eral said he had refused all the offers, hut the fast sum was very near h is price,” and h e wished to be relieved I f „ , --------- ,, THE SEOBSi; OF ?0TJTH.' _ T h e r e a r e w o m e n w h o c a n n o t gre ^ sufficient number to mark the wide difference between this class and the other. 'The secret of this perpetual youth lies not in beauty, for some wo- meii possess it who arc-Uot at a ll hand some ; nor in dress, for they are fre quently careless in.that respect, so far as the mere arbitrary dictates of fesh- idn are concerned; nor in having A GOOD BAME. ..In the sebool Of Ur. Woods, none were allowed to enter the conservatory w ith o u t leave; but a boy’s handker chief, with his name u p o n it. SJOLEH BY IHDIAHS. Thirty- in L e w lsti ■ rb y oHrf, , v i a h i, m m a upon'it, L«a C S found thwe. Just at the close of School;, the Doctor called tbe name of James Howard. The whole school became silent with suspense. ‘‘ James Howard, what has he done ? iree years i Ijved y b y t h e t e a e l >f b o t a n y ; fret people into old age and ugliness quicker than over-work. The charm, we imagine, lies in the sunny temper -^neither more nor less—the blessed gift of always looking on the bright side of life, and o f stretching the man tle of charity over every body’s faults ,nd failings. It is not much of a se- all that we 1 '^atexiGd sucK t ?. _______ _______ to repu. truthfully for the benefit of the sex. It is very provoking that it is not something' which can be corked up and sold for fifty cents a bottle. But this is impossible, and is why the most of US will have to keep on growing old and ugly and disagreeable as usual. A P hosphoeescent T id e -R ip .- Those who have never the sea in ships know nothing lany wonders and • heautii aters in 1 gone down to aothing of its and • beauties. The flight arc bright spray, and leave in their wakes brill iant trails of silver and gold, a the %oast o f Plorifla 26 S what we are pleas- .... ././ .*ciiuiuj.ua,i;e a phosphorescent tide-rip,” or meeting of the tides or currents, a sight as compared with insformation gine, i f you 'Can, a steamer dashing along at 10 knots, under a starlit sky and through phosphorescent waters, in which pur- floises, that sport on'either side are lUrned into huge gold fish, with trail i n g t a i l s lik © co lu m i n o u s ;s. “ B r e a k e r s a- man on the look- tlio- n f along for miles is a lent or two i t is reach es, iiiiuL YwiKiel plunges into a per fect SOa o f em eralds, am e thysts, rubles, and diamonds, which fairly dazzle the “ 28 to look upon. It is only a mo- snf or two, however, that this sne lasts,— the shii and, looking astern, r ip , w h e n m i l e s a v IIAKIUOpI. lead in t h e s e '— is told of Xiiis story- —good- to n days of business ayariGe Nantucket a generation ago : I t ■very severe winter, and the h; had been frozen over four weeks. coal in store had long been exhaust been tom down and burnt to eke out the scanty supply of wood. To the jreat delight of the townspeople the ce broke out one fine morning, and a nr laden with coal was seen and there was muc lack u f fuel. I suffering from the fences had Sehooni laching. There was much excit id belore ik and bef the craft was moor- . sda cbal-dealerhoax-dedher, andeager- y addressed the honest Quaker skip per, Captain Gifford: “ W a ll, Cap’en,” Said he “ you’ve about h it it this cruise; I guess- I ’l l bay to take your hul. rgo. S’pose you’ll want more’n the _ „ual $7 a ton ? W a ll, I like to do the square .thing by a friend, and I ’ll give you $ 12 a. ton for it.” “ Friend,” said < Captain Gifford, thee can have one ago there J L o g a n c o u n t y , Ob: ime of Harris Hop- Oust at the ciose o f ---------- - ^^7 between three ctor called tb e name of I ? , ! •, ■a. T to whole echool the boy started from the house across the field to see his fiitlier. The Iasi seen of the little fellow was when ht left the house. Hundreds and thous ands of people turned out to'search for the lost child. The river was drag ged, the woods searched, rewards of fered, but a ll to no purpose. After days of long and anxious search, the little fellow was given up by the pa rents and sympathizing friends. The few Indians living in that ■neighbor hood were friendly and peaces’ ’ id no suspicion' ever attached ^ e m ; and like all other even stranger circumstances, the affair was forgotten or only talked of as a mysterious dis appearance. The Hopkins family at length left their'home and settled in his wife, that lady aeei A f t e r su p p e r J u d g e over to the only tavern “ James Howard, have you been in the conservatory to-day ?” “ I have not,'sir,” replied James, in a clear, calm tone. “ I believe you, James,” said Dr, .Woods,' ‘‘although your handkerchief has been found there. You are not the boy to tell an untruth. So James sat in his seat unmoved. Every boy in tbe sehcol beliOVed him, and almost envied his good name. Dr. Woods said no more on this su b j e c t , e x c e p t th e s e f e w Avords. L e t every boy learn from this incident, the worth of a good name, especially when, appearances are against bim. How came James’ handkerchief in the conservatory ? for, as I have said,' boy, named John Band, to tie up some nuts the day before, when they had a little ramble together. The boy for got to return it. H e also forgot the rule of the school against entering the conservatory, but, seeing the door open, rushed in to look at some r.are flo w e r s . T h e h a n d k e r c h ie:^ b e in g partly out o f his pocket, dropped up on the ground. See here the evils of heedless for getfulness. The boy had exposed a schoolmate to censure; and, t not been for James Howard’s and, had it been for James Howard’s good name, his teacher would surely have thought him to be the offender. A t le a s t , s o th o u g h t J o h n , B a n d . How ashamed he felt when Dr. \W oods s a i d th e s e w o r d s a b o u t a g o o d name. The words kept ringing in his ears. H e had broken a rule of the sc h o o l, a n d w a s a f r a id to o w n i t . H e thought the Doctor would despise him i f h e kn e w ,* a n d so w o u ld t h e b o y s . A ll the day, all. that night, he had no peace. A t length, he went to see James. H e was not afraid to tell • him all about it. “ I did forget it, James, truly, hon estly, I did,” said the c h ild ; “but I ’m afraid the Doctor won’t believe me, as he does you.” “ Tes he will,,” replied James.—- “ You have been so short a time in er you put it off the harder it will be. Always own a fault at once. Don’t be afraid; the Doctor will forgive y o u . ” ^Thus encouraged, the boy 'went to H i-. W o o d s , c o n ^ s s e d h i s f a u l t , a n d was forgiven; but he learned against forg rememberec ; but b e learned a lesson itfulness which he always len g t h , l e f t their* h o m e a n d ____ Illinois, and up to ten days ago of their old neighbors in Logan coun ty had .expected to see any member of the family again. The. astonishment of the old settlers in and about the neighborhood can be conceived' when week before last a tall man, browned by exposure to sun and storm, and speaking the broken English of the h a lf civilized Indians, made his ap pearance at Lewiston, and claimed to be tbe child missed tMrty-three years ago. H e stated that a Cherokee Indian, wandering through that sec tion, had enticed him from the field as be was going In search o f his fath er, and had carried him to the far' W e s t . T h e o l d c h i e f h a s t r e a t e d h i m as his own son, and having been taken away a t so young an age, tlie memoxy of-his parents and former life had -faded f r o m h i s m in d . F o r th i r t y od d lars he had lived as an Indian, and losed he was the son of the old iw monl fiiddled. On one occasion while travc-h ing on chm it, he reached the village of Hayten, in Dooly COUJlty, Where the court was to be opened next day, and took quarters with a relative of th a tli \ T.i/ior.. Ti-hwii strolled . ^ ----- in the place, :ept by one Sterritt, where he met a number o f his legal friends. A con vivial evening Avas passed; drinks fre- i;uent]y went round, and somewhere about midnight the Honorable Bela was in a state of mind quite, the re verse o f that implied by the old saw-, “Sober as a Judge.” When he was leaving for home, one of the Lawyers, in a spirit of miscl passed some spoons f into the Judge’s p od Oil dressing himself next morning the eccentric official, putting h is hand into his pocket, was greatly perplexed in, discovering three or four silver spoons, / ‘My God I Polly,” said he to his wife, “just look here, I believe I ’v e stolen some o f Sterritt’s spoons! ” “ Let’s see them,” saj’s the wife — “ Y'es, -------■■ the young ihiei, slyly i tumhlers inquir- chief, who claimed to be his father. A few months since the old chief then high in rank in tke Cheroked natlc and very advanced in age, found hii Sbortly death-bed. he he called ;ide, and in- and wliat he was.— old chief was dead Hopkins came to Logan idopted son i formed him who As soon as the old chief id buried, — ■^“-■ ring last w’^eek at Lewiston to grat- ■ the curiosity o f ' t h e old settlers, lo a id e d i n t h e se a r c h f o r hirn. t h ir t y - three years ago. H is reappearance bg&GaHS^auitejas_much excitem^ of a century The joy of his pa rents when he is restored to them can only be imagined, but never ap preciated, save by those who ha-ve 5, sure enough— here’s his verit- initials! P r ^ how did you hap- 0 have them in your pocket ?” “ I think 1 must have been drur when I came home, wasnt I ?” in' ed the Judge. “ Yes,” replied the devoted Polly, “ you know your old habit when y o i i ^ get among those lawyers.” “ Certainly ; I can understand easy enough how it all came about. That follow, Sterritt keeps the meanest li quor in the S tate; but I never supposed that to drink it would make a man stea l!” The spoons were duly returned to e landlord, and the Judge went and opened his court, thinking no more about the matter. Several day? elapsed, and the business of the court drawing to a close, when one morning a rough looking customer was arraigned before His Honor for larceny. ECe pleaded guilty, but said in ffiitigatiou that he was drunk at bhe time of committing the offence. “ W hat is the nature o f the charge g a in s t the man?” inquired Judge “Stealing money from the till at SteiTltt^S +lio “YoUDj emnly, “ ted whei T e s , ; tool? th i s 2 s, your Honor, I was so' jolly d r u n k t h a t th i n g s lo o k e d lik e t h e y were dancing double shuffles, and when I_ went out doors the ground kept coming up and hitting me in the head.” “That will do.” replied the Ju< «ut tell me did 1 me did you get all the and'then stole his : “That’s it exactl;y the worthy magistrate saw ; ’-in is ib a most extraordinary ease, Mr, A t torney, and one, I think, demanding tlie clemency of tne Court. Yon-Will, bSnSlariraffliGtellLnd'lmiS Jlierefore, do me|iG favor of onter- rejoiced.— Register. nolleprosse. That liquor of Ster- AHOIBNT BABTlOSLa-H DOOUflBITTS. I t seems as If the endeavors made at different times and places to extend our know ledge o f sacred, history, ge- ^ ^ i,pliy, and top<^graphy, were about ’ '.nerr— ----------- ^ Qgrap] riarht from the “ gem of the say,\ and he had a small contract on the Con way Railroad in Hew Hampshire, in the year of grace 1855, m which he agreed to take his pay part in cash, part in. bonds, and part in. stock. The explorations in the East, the survey of Palestine and the peninsula o f Sin ai, the excavations at Jerusalem, and the welcome shoivn to the researches scholars. These researches, as sta- researches, a ted by Sir Henry Hawlinson to the Boyal Asiatic Society, have broi ars. Xh< Sir Hem_ iLsiatie Society, have brought to light a series of facts o f the high est importance out of tlie historical documents collected ' at Nineveh ; up its value witl ity. In due time Pat, hi pleted his, job, presented the treasurer’s office for settlement. The money, the bonds, and the certi- :ate o f stock were soon in his pos- the place joined them, saying: “ I Want ten tons of your coal; at j own. price—^name it. enough for ©nee.*’ ,me answei or each.' H e reeieved the' each ton, 2STo love o f gain, no solicita tion, no regard for individuals could moveove honestonest Captainaptain Gifford.ffoi m h C Gi jo ^ d n e e upon a time, before the negro had acquired any other than a pecuniary value, an old colored di- ■yine who was holding forth ’■* ■*\ dienee o f his < ful cafe and the time ly the same paxticulaxs. Sir Henry hirngfilf is at work on a paper In which it will he shown that the natural name oT Babylon was the Garden of Eden, the,rivers being called by the same names as ir. names that thes( in Scripture. dent Babylonian do< And further, lunt of the uments furnish an accoi Flood and of the building of tbe Tow er of Babel. A ll tfiis seems little less fics And what is this, now ?” said Pat, same time a great she* bear, coming up flourishing his certificate of stock, the street, pops it’s head into the shop j hearing the “ broad seal ” of the com- ‘ 'What )any. she very impn “ T h a t is y o u r sto c k , sir ,” b l a n d l y h e r ; a n d there replied the -treasurer. inies, the Jobl “ And is this what Pm to g it for me and the Grand Panjandrum hims< . labor? \Wasn’t me contract for the with tbe little round button at* the gtock?” ■ • to p ; and they all fell fo playing the “ \Why certainly I that is your stock, game of catch-as-catch-can till the W h at did you expect?” “ W h at did I expect?” said Pat, excitedly; “ pigs and shape and hors es, shure!” mighty, and endeavoring to impose upon h is hearers the value of^Ohris- li to ___ th© watch- !gs of the A i ring to in of Heaw “My hr( refi, though you can buy se^ rows for afai farthing, de Almik book to pub down whar ebei^ one upon his hearers th e tian darkey in the illustrated seven s_ ligbty i for a to pub ob dem fa lls.. Now if fie Almighty take so much care oh de sparrow dat only costs one-seventh ob a farthing, wat you ’spose h e do for you. sand, dollar nigger ? cyli from the banks of the Euphrates, aS well as ill the ancient Hebrew and Other oriental 'mamiseriptsl. T he W kon © S ac^n.-r-A high offi cer o f the S( sented hirase grog he had been drinking upon him, at the door o f a “division” for admis sion, and was wail sentinel, to whom he gave the pass word, when the following passed; “ Sir,” said he, “an’ yez are Mr. O’W right, the Grand W orthy Patri arch of the'State o f Ehaintucky, I ’de be afther belavin.” m are perfeet- it why do ask the'question?” “ T o tell you the truth, then, sir, and shame the'devil,” said Pat, “ y ez do.be haviff the right password for a Sbnbf Temperance, entire!;^; hut by the H o ly Pathrick, 1 thoti- J I ^ A young man from college calling on a young lady, and hei”\ asked by the servant what name f.— should give her mistress, replied, “ Amicus,” (theLatin for “ a friend.”) The girl hesitated for a moment, and then asked, “ W h a t k ind of a Chiss, Bxr?” The collegian then gave Ms name, and resolved to stick to. Eng lish hejeafter. JE©“A dealer h ',duslpg Register, PAT'S STOOX, lirty. I got drunk on it myj Pat Donahue was a “ broth o f a hoy” other night, and stole all his rht from the “ gem o f th e say,” and If s it I was ’ and has alwi r e m e m b e r e d not worth 's, I have reason to know, is mean enough to make a man do anything dirty. I got drunk on it m yself the. night, and stole a ll his spoons, i f Sterritt will sell such abominable Stuff, he ought not to have the protec tion of this court. You may release the prisoner, Mr. Sheriff.” C oueen ’ t R epeat it .— ^Macklin once leetnring upon literatu] ) i t s v a l u e w ith r e m a r k a b le u n if o r n ■ ■ ~ , h aving con isented him self £ B ^ “A few m< Central Railroad g( ed an engine approai com ‘ vania iiscover- igine approaching him a t such ate o f speed, that h e was at once . lyiuced that it was without an en gineer, H e ■ instantly whistled his brakes down, the same ti his fireman back to uneoi der,’Lfrom tbe train, wML.__ same moment uncoupled his hose and Qgine, and opening his throttle wide, with his ?red flag jumped- back on his. t ender. H e just looked back and saw his train nearly Stopped, and on dashed tbe two engines toward € other like very deaihonds. H e broke mtlv on bis tender, and finally ed it, and in breatl' watched for the collision, es came together, tbrowi clear off the track, and omaoi to pieces- H e left his tender, and with his flag, ran on to_ meet the ex press going east. It being two min utes behind time, he had just time to psy on money ?” i t i ; I didn’t know iffale sa id : ’ after once hearing it. Poote was the audience,' and at once wrote a sent to the stand that rigmarole that has since grown so fam ous: “ So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage- leaf to make an apple-pie; at of words th e r e w e r e p r e s e n t t h e Picin.- Joblillies, aud the Grayrulies gunpowder ran out of the heels of their boots,” Macklin failed, and so has everybody else that ever tried to repeat it. A drunken Indian, on -visiting the city, having strayed from his ho tel found himself lost on trying to re turn to it. After looking about in strange lodges here and there, the In dian exclaimed, in dismays “ Injun lost!” But, recovering himself and unwilling to acknowledge such skqrt- itedness, continued, drawing him- up : “ N o ; Injun not lost—wif i lost—and (striking his breas Injun here.” N o t a few.men who not Indians have lost their wig- a in tbe same fashion; but poor fellows, they are—-here. ess silance ] The engin- last week. The eldest bet^ on W ild sther, throwing each other Kose, the terms being that i f she won lashed all the youngest sister was to remain sin gle for the term of five mortal yeai-s; but that i f she lost, she must marry within four weeks a young man o f her acquaintance. W ild Rose lost; the r agreement. Dutchman— “ Goot morrer, ;uz?” Irishman—“The we soy tbi company pm- sented h im with a cheek for $-1,000 ? . “ Where was^ John Bogexs burned to death?” said the teacher _ i, me, in a commanding voice- I m a n - “Kess no; ve never l ^ h mooch couldM ttell. To the next, no ans- rain in’der dry dime irishman— “Joshua Ahows,” said a little “ Faith an’ yer right there Smitt, an wer. o’’
