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JOBS CRAWPOED, ) -Publisher and Proprietor.—) - \^Uij-gtir ivMjfl&tty'*. atkttratq.tfmq, m hlim tfrtitji m^t'tr slit -Uuia tilt roaij.\ BBOWIT -*Hf- r ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY, N. Yr, SATURDAY, JULY'1-5, 18_54. NO. 4.. THE \Will b« published e very-Saturday at Oneida, (Depot,) Madison Co., M. Y. i,. JOHN\ CRAWFORD, Publisher 4 Proprietor. IRA. D. BROWN, Editor. i Office,—PHONIX BLOOJC- (3rd story,) Mill gtrtst. TERMS: . i To Village subscribers,,served by Carrier, •l.tfo per year; Office and Mail subeeribeii 11 .25, payable in, advance, or -within \three months. If not paid within that time, 25 cents will be invariably adde'd. Rate* of AdvertlalHf. One SquafeT** Weeks, ----- $1.00. I- \ \ 3 Months, • - -- - - 8.00. \ f, \ , 5.00. . \ \~—'1 YeSr, \ - - - - - ' 8 .00. Ohe-fQUrth column, 3 .Months, •—-— 'fl.OO: _ ..._ „ 6 - \ -! 8.00. \ . •' 1 Year, - - - 15,00. column, 8 Months, - - • - 8 t 00. 6 \ - •- - • 18.00'. -'« «« - , -l Year, , - - - 86.00. Professionsl-or Business Cards, per Year. 8.00. Legal Notices at the Statute prices. WORSE'S TJEL,EORAPH. CONNECTING With all the principal diliee andiownt in the United Stalet and the Canada*. Office at. the Pott Office, Oneida. ' , \ * ISA D. 3R0WN, ATTORNEY <b COUNSELLOR AT LAW— ONKIOA, MADISON COUNTY, N. Y. Collection* In all part* of the State will teceive prompt attention. , Office, No. 2 Phoenix Block—.directly over Chapin't Jewelry Store. , ' 18tf . , SHOECBAFT & SHOW, ATTORNEYS-& COUNSELLORS AT LAW— . Oneida, Madison Co., N, Y. Office in Empire Block, over Rivenburah's Store. JoiisSxow, Com- m(itioner of Deed*. far Michigan-and-Wi*con*i*r- W- DODGE. ATTORNEY.aivLCountellor at Lavs, . 1_ . Oneida CattleN. r Dr. W. R. FITCH, BEING permanently located at Oneida, respectfully tender* hi* services to th'e citizen* of tltit place and vicinity.. Office and residence on Alain street^Jwo door* touth of the Baptitt Church* J..E. OSTRAHDER, RESIDENT DENTlSl— Oneida, Madison County, N. Y: - Office onMain-st., No. 1, Coe Block. All • \torkmrranted. ' _ For the Oneida Sachem. Lines Written onthe 4th of Jul;, See *tEe banners streaming high, - * Joyful echoes fill the sky. Gladness beams from every ey*,— On this festal day. Hear the cannon's awful roar.' Pealing loud from shore to shore, Sounds of music sweetly pour Through Columbia. Sons and daughters, wake to mirtHT* - Send the ridings o'er the earth, ~ Hail the day of Freedom's birth,. Day of Jubilee. Britain's yoke nd .longer wear, Nor her heavy bondage bear, No-l-We-now-sre-fre**—- \ Oh, well,\ I replied,.\ - n e ver ' m ' n d \ 1 plenty of time.\ \\: : ' There was na_such thing as getting rid of\me without < B quarrel, and that he seemed to be afraid of;' so we all walked on in silence for some distance down a dark turning, and then dowJh another, until we stopped at the .door of a [•cottage, when he said : • • - —Goodnighfeisir—ggfid_night. We are at home now-. Good night. - -The ( Lord be with you, air.\ • . \Amen said I ; ,r gdO') night,\ And away j-I.walked at a brisk pace,never once looking be hind for nearly a quarter of a mile; and. then I turned and n(n back swiftly upon my toes, for I felt a strong conviction tliaT~5Tjmething wasj wrong, although I had no direct clue to what it Was. I had taken sufficient notice of the cot tage to reach it without any difficulty ; and- in La few minutes—rather out of.breath, I admit- But I hear sad notes of woe, While the southern xephyrs blow, —Wheaee-tliev—eomeppfaiu would k Whence that bitter cry I Wailingloud with sore lament,' Hearts with deepest anguish rent, Sighs and groans of sorrow sent Up to God on high. -Ahl-- thouglvwe of Freedom boast, From'the east to western coast, And o'er all our marshalled host, Freed.olB'rb~Sr?ner waves. O'er Columbia's sunny plain's, Proud oppression ever reigns, Loud are heard .the clanking chains In the land uf slaves. By the blood of Lexington, By tho.ehadejif_Washington, - ^ By the patriot fires that burn In our heart, to-day. . By our/glorious s'tripss-andjtars, By tbs name our aouatry beafy have I stood before it. It was one of those Cottages with a door in \ had not gone far bfi7ore.I : met a-wpru*p*,.tcr Whom I saidT v , ,» \ J7* the s,»creoTeiljfice, and, Spragg went inside, while \ Do you know where.M'r. Spragg, tbe-medM'Iy-seeing, an individual with a white bandker- 'cal man, lives*?\ ~1 \ Wliy, Lor' a massy?' she_said t \ you're only just past his blue lamp.' May I make so bold as to ask, sir, what vou —•——\ • . \ Thank you,, tha\t will do,\ said I, ancfT dart ed over_the_ road to a house where^there was a TlurlampTsure enough, indicativeof the .JweJ^ ling of} Mr. Spragg. I should not wonder but that I rang rather^violently, for Mr. Spragg's bell handle came off in my hand ; and when a servant appeared, she had quite *a^-terrified look. • Is^fr. Spragg at-homc^Isaidr- - -- • '• YeV-ye—ytS-, sir. He is at home.^But if it's an accident, Mr. Spragg woulrljj-ather not have anything to do-wtth it.' He UOTiTirke accident* and low people ; UDd adwuet an , ospi(al. rt \l-\pu5b;ed~llJe ^ervutut aside, and~uiade my way into a parlor, where sat an ctfeinitiate>looking The Centre, and a Jatticed wiiido^aTeacirsicleT^uitgrnim-weHris-tej mid muiTuis. \but there were shutters to the windows on the inside-, which provoking!)' prevented me from... - C Pitin E „ glimpo • „n,l thprtf 1 ..^J^n^y-i ^^U ^oJ^ —L_onLy_atteud-to-ladt. •there was some secret within, but totally unable By/the cKinTTne\bondman wears, Down with Slavery 1 Till then, proudly boast no more, Silent.be the cannon's roar Sounding loud from shore to shore, Peals of Liberty. Looneu yejthe heavy band, From your\ brother's bleeding hand, Then, through all our happy land Publish, \ toe are free.\ 3. C. JOHN 8MITH, DEALER in Drug; Medicine*,-Paint*, Oilt,J^r- ^- -pentiner -Burning Fluid, Elour, 'Veal, Gfoceriei, -:-—•Pravhion*, iic.^e._2dldoor t EatU>fJS^,_Gooil_ tain'*, Oneida. —~. RT-JVSTEWAMV —— LEA LER in Groceriei, Provisions, Dpig* arid Med icine*. One door east of Goodwin'* tior'einorth.tide ofMillttreel.- . COE & S0PER, DEALERS in Groceriei, Provision*, Yankee No tion*, Stationery, Trunk*, Willbie- Wure;\/Stone- Ware, Basket*, Fruit, Ftour r Feed, ttc; ic, at the NBW VAEIWY STOBI,— Coe Block, Oneida, T. C THOMPSON 4 Co., : DEALERS in Dry GoodsrGroceries, Crockery, Hard ware, Paints dnd Oils.Satli, Glass, Hats' and Caps, Boot* and'Shoes, <tc, Ac _ Mill'Street, 2d door east _ of the Bridge,-South tidi.' ' — • S. H. OOODWiir, _JDEA£ERin.Diy. GQIHIS , Groceries.Hardware,Crock try. Iron, Sleet, Nail*, £c. AliU-Street, Oneida. T. Gh SEELT, ' ' DEALER in Dry Giods, Groceries, Hardwire, Crock- try, Boots 4utd Shoes, Hat* and Caps, Carpets, <tc. No. 3, Empire Bloi'k. • CLARK «fc STEWART; 'DEALERS IN Dry Good*, (Jroceriet, Hard- tedre. Crockery, Paint*, -Oil*, dec, at the _ —M-Bss-Hiva/i- -No. 2 Cot Bloek^-Ontida, Madison Co., N. Y.\ ' J. A. BENNETT, . MANUFACTURER of Tin, Gopper and Sheet Iron.\ Ware, and dealer in Stoves and Iron Waregenttdlly No. 4. Empire Block, Oneida. mU5 &X!LIL £&nE (DTI7S. • — - z. R. HII.ES, C*W DEALER in Watches, Clocks, Jeaelry, Silver- SrM. Ware, Fancy Goods, (be.—one door East of the Bakery, and opposite the Pfutmix Blsck.mJIUl Street, jar Watches and Clocks repaired aitdKar- ranted. E. T. DEAN, TASHIONtfBLE TAILOR, Will attend promptly to all Business order* in his line. Cutting done on ~ihort^oticeand^rrantcd4o^t**Li r .^pr«p *r!* mader Shop on Mill *t., a few door* eait tf S. //. Goodwin'* store—same side, up stairs. • IWiURAWCE-AO-BWCY. -JfOR-SOUND-AND-KEL'IABLE COMPANIES, AT No. 2 PHOENIX BLOCK, O.NKIDA. Thesubtcriber i* Agent for the Granite Insurance Company, of New York City, and several other good Companies, and trill effect Imurance against to** by Fire, on the Stock or Mutual plan, at tlte option of the applicant Ink D. Baowsv Insurance Agent. • jar* \My dear f how shall we have-our mar riage printed ? Will you have your name sim ply Delilah or do you still insist on that long string of titles you spoke of yesterday J\ M I do most assuredly. Do you think Fm going to be known as simple Delilah ? No, by all flie .goda of love T you sbalf'baVe my natoiev printed -thUa ^-D«lila' Maria.* and then, if youchoose, you may link on ^meHHtEtllattq- TBvE CHILD'S COFFIN; OR, THE REPENTANT CRIMINAL, BY SAMUEL C, WARREN, ESQ, to find our what it was. I fancied, too, that I hgard the muraur of voices, and being resolved not to be foiled, if possible, I found my way to the back of the cottage, where there was a little garden, the palings of which I easily surmount ed, and thence got into akjnd of scullery or wash-house. There wa« a wlnfdow exactly on the level of ray.eyes, and-I at once saw into a room there a scene was going orf^WnictTtransfixed me with horror and astonishment. The man and woman were both in the room,, and on a chair was placed a small, rough-look* injr child's coffin. At the moment tlmt I looked .into the apartment, the woman was upon .liur knees with both hands uplifted, as if in suppli cation, while tho man r .tood owr hof-u-itli Ills •fists clenchcd-and iu an attitude as if to strike her. x \Oh John. John,^'she said,.\ you know he.| is not Ueatl. John, have inerey— -hsyj* mercy Do noWo it.- Oh l\God r God, \do ndt Jet him doit.\ x \ Peace, fool-j-peace, I say, or you will tempt mo to silence\you jnost_eil'ecttuilly, __Got-the_| child—get the child.\ \John John, it only sleeps—it is not.dead Oh ! God, oh 1 God, it is .not dead, John. . \Vn.uJ know I got the hiu.lnnura of Mr. Spragg, mid you gave it. Ofihno, no.no. Youcanuot, now that it has coino to \the point, put llio living child in the ooffin. It will awake—it will re cover. Oh I— oh !—oh! Kill me first.\ _ —'* Damn_yog; _you tconsented.' J _.Ypu..knojT, you consented; and when Mrs. Blanchnrd left vou the? twenty pounds, and said she would not be back from Franco for a year, you cousentod to make way with the brat.\ \ I was mad.\ \ You are mad now. But if you won't get -tJie-clfflilT I'- W IU T—Irvon't awaken tjll-ft's- \I was coming home orio'hight from att6Bditig-| a patient wlio resided at Hendon, and who prom ised not to be long' for this world, when,'as I crossed a stile which led me into the high road, after making which I had a cut across some fields, I heard words of contention between a man and woman. It was an autumnal evening, and twilight was fast disappearing, yet there was sufficient to en able me to see the figures of two persons, who were too intent on their quarrel to see me as they | passed the stile, particularly—as—I-passed and drew back a little. \ You shall carry it,\ cried the man, with a brutal oath; \ y6u shall carry it. 1 know well that if I don't take care that you have a good'| h.and'lu it, you will bfi poaching updn the wlro^e affair some of these days, * Carry'' it—curses !\ \-Oh John, John, I am ill—so ill,\ • \ I'll bs hangeij. Come on. It's an excuse.— You don't likeJLfl car^ a coffin, but shall.\ M I—I am faint, John. I do not know what it is that has come over me, but I—I am very faint and ill. Oli, if (Ills sTlould-bo some judg^ ment of God. . Oh, John, Johu^^ei uj repent.'.' \Silence will you? Damn i£—how do I know but some one may be listening. Give me the coffin. Confound you, wont you common? I wish I had the buying of your coffin instead of the child's. Come on, will you.J What, you will lie down, will you ! Take that, then.\ I heard a blow or a kick given ; and I com menced whistling with all ray might, as I tramp ed on after tbem with a quick step. This had the effect of stopping any further violence, and all was still till X reached the spot where the man and the woman were. Tho hitter was upon the ground, while thg_ rntyi had an odd shaped bundle of something upon his shoulder,which was so well disguised, that if I had not, from their previous conversation, known' that it was a coffin, I cer tainly should not have at all recognized it as so dismal an object. \A fine evening,\ I said\ \Hilloa! anything amiss ?\ - — — - - \•Oh dear—God bless you—no, sir,\ said the man in a canting voice ; * the Lord be good to us—no, sir. It's my wife, bless lier heart—she's arJittle-tired -OT |or, tbat J s-alh-^Comer^'ld—wo--JTiaraed man, get up. The Lord will help you.\ • The old woman struggled to her feet, a»d-tot-~ tered on with difficulty. \ Good evening, sir,\ said~lhe hypocritical scoundrel'; \good evening, sir; ^hank you, sir.\ . • ' u OhrFm going-your way,\ said I. - * He paused a moment. « - \ Oh,\ he said,\ to Hampstead, sir,I suppose. Come, old wonian, keep up; Thipk of the Lord antl_cheefeup.j' , .. * \\Partly to'Hampitead^Lsaid I,\ and partly t.. It'ss a bracingg night,t ain'Iifcl I have come dergrotrmk in tho morning, I'll bobound;-and then il^doti't matter. We haven't killed it, af ter all.* Didn't we-send-jbr-Mr. -Spnigg^-and didn't he look at it and say it \was dead ?' •\ No, no, no, Join:. Mr. Spragg cainn,-but-ho never went into tho room where tho_cJiikl lay You.know ho did \\o\.\ r . \ What's that to you 2 Confound you, the coffin is too small, or you should, go into it as well. On, you won't leave\ go, won't you?— We'll see about that, Take what .you do- serve.\ - ' A blow struck her down, and then ho step ped to a little bed \that was\uTThe room, and took from it what 'looked like a sleeping child, \an3 crammed it ..in the coffin. His wile-recov ered sufficiently to see what he was about, and clung to his knees shrieking. He strurck her with his disengaged hand,~aud commenced put ting on the hd of the coffin. \3 ran round the house, and snatching up a stake, was about to dash in ono of tho windows, but I stayed my hand,.for I thought I' might do better. \John John, John .'\XsuouteO\,\\ not It' a bracin nigh iwilish ^ntoTn'^ lhe-fieluV*nd- doaVknQOi much, abauL ... i jj^- j s tuat a public house ? \ Yes, sir. ' That is a resort of \sinners called\ the ' Buli and Bush.' Ah, sir, if people would jour name-rJouta-poor pigtail appendage it is!\ : ...ScBiMELT RIDICULOUS .^—A man in Wisconsin yihit recemly inserTed a Isngj^vertisemenl In the paper*, offering his farm for sale, closed in the following sublimely ridiculous style : \ sur rounding country is the most beautiful '.he God of nature ever made. -The scenery is celestial, di vine V also, two wagon's to sell and a yoke- of steerer\ \ An exchange paper asW very innocently if it jjs any harm for young ladies to sit in the lapsd of ages. Another- replies' that.it all depends on AhtLkinAxPiJge^flcJ^^ frnmaighta to twenty-fiveit pntsdown as extra hazardous. \ s — • Good God,\ he safd, \ what's that ? I—I reallv— If it's an accident, go to some gener- \ You are a fool, Sptagg,\ said I;\ I 'm a phy sician. This child is suffering from the effects of a narcotic. Get some nitric 1 acid directly, or I 'll have you transported as an accessory, as sure as you are born.—for you sold the laudanum.\ \ Trans—port—ed\I Good God I I didn't live without cold cream, and they don't allow it, I think. . You are a physician—a— a —. My dear sir, whttt do you think is the v,ery best dye for whiskers that have a—a tendency to get a little red ?\ I was amazed and mortified to find such an ass in tho profession. \ Hark you, sir,\ I said \ there is my card and if you don't assist me'directly in what .1 re quire, as sure as vou are a li'vin 0 mm, I 'll IIUVM .you prosecuted as an accessory in the attempted murder of this child.\ Ho was thoroughly stunned. The sight of my name on'my. card, perhaps-, gave him a turn^ and lie'at once Drought the proper restoratives wanted ten minutes of twe've when weVfeached chief at.the door, said to him: \Li-there funeral this morning?\ \ Two\\ he said ; \Mr. Buinpus is to be b~u-' ried ; and a child will be put in the same grave by leave of Mrs. Bump.us, who is quite convinced the clijfd ia respectable.\ - _ __J \ That's _vei-y. liberal p'f Mrs. Bumps/'^said I. - I \ Oh, very, very,\ he replied, without at all perceiving that I intendkl paying.Mra. Buutpsa very ironical compliment indeed. At that moment I saw John'Biggs slink into thechurchy'ard-.- \ Who is that man ?\. I said. \ I don't know, sir; I think he-is one of Mr. Lane's set. They don't belong-to the church.— Prayer meetings, yourkfiow, sir, and all that sort ot^flTmg^ Very. Dad, sir, ~Foiling 'ike the regular parson and .the regular service. But here comes poor AIr.JiUmpns:'L- •\A funeral cavalcade wound its way in at the churchyard gates, and almost immediate!^ ful- io-wlng^TtTere caine a man with a child's colh'u on his shoulder followed by a woman—that wo man was Mrs. Biggs. I could not_see^.what sort of-arr expression was upon her face, for the I mourning hood she wore entirely covered it; but I cuuld see that she shook and staggered so much .as she walked, as to be scarcely capable of getting on along the churchyard path, I carefully kept out of her way, for she had seen me although her husband had nq.t. There was a subdued sort of bustle in the place-as the coffin containing the remains of the respectable Mr. Burjirjus was brought to the edge of a deep\ grave. The clergyman made his appearance, looking as solemn us pos-.^ble, and the funeral service began, amid whis'pers among tho friends of Mr. Buuipus, of What a vury rt:»t)*3ClablA tnaii I'ICWMA . un.l, Lr ,w ooTto tUtu^ it was that he should go as soon, &c, &c. The service was concluded, and then I, who stood nearly behind the parson, to screen myself -fool-Mrs. Biggs, h ^jsss ^gffie-cleik .whisper to Setting > Prisoner Free. 'for tho child, and began blubbering and'erying and begging I wouldn't blamo him. y I know the child,\ be said ; \ Mrs. Biggs had-it to nurse. It's true, they bought some laudanum of me, but John Biggs said it was for the toothache. Ho didn't mention tho child's IMfb^try^GorMnrtlidn't.. Oh, it's a coming- round. Look, look.\ The child opened its eyes, and at that mo- (jnent I fell such a gush of joy, that I had saved it from the horrible death intended for it, that I could not speak to Spragg for several minutes. —I*-rose-<md-rnrt<le—Spr-agg-aBsistHne—in-g-iwng- tho child exercise. An einqttc, too, brought it round wonderfully ; and in hatnah hour I had the inexpressible pleasure of seeing--a little sweot<- looking fellow, of about three years of age, quite restored and sleeping gently on Spragg's sola. By-tlie-byo, Spragg nuvej left oil' cryjllg- aii^holdjn^ an cau do uoToqrne~bottlc to his don't go on crying are \only a foolT\ in that fL gentle- tleman wants'' you at tho ' Bull and'Bush' di rectly.\ ' ~ . \. 1-hid mysclf-instantly, *nd-in about-a-minuto the door opened, and the fellow appeared shad ing the light with his hand. \ What's that ? What's that ?\ ho cried; \ who wants me \ Mr Lane, is it ? • Eh ?— Who called ? I—I must have only famiied it, and yet it was so plain. Damnation.), lcouldj lrtTve sworn it. Never mind.\ He closed tho door again, but-I was not dis posed to give him any peace. He»had given me a hint upon which I acted. \John John,\ I cried again, in a louder voice, \John Mr. \Lano wants you at tlnr' Bull and Bush' directly.\ \ Who tho devil is it?\ gaid-bp-ebming to the door again in a momont; \\who arcyou ? Mr. Lane, did you say ? I'll come, of courso,. di-„ [rectly\ *\» » He weat into tho collagefaTT guessed\ to say something to his wife; and then in about half a ni.muto he came out with his bat on, and Walk ed olf i&tlie direction of the public ho.use I had ^-did-not-.hesitate-a m to-jhe door of the cottage and rapped at it. As jTdicf so 1 found that itjfielded to hand, being merely placed close without fastonfng ; SD I went in atonco. and passing through the first room, reached the inner one, where the woman was, whoso compunction for .the deed she had consented to, had brought upon her so much ill- usage. She* was omier knees by a chair, with her face*h1dden in her hands. . \ *\ Woman 1\ I said. She sprang up with a .cry of terror ; and-J laid my hand upon the coffin hd which was-nail- od down. With my other hand I pointed up- noso. \ Now, Spragg, wayV'^iuU _ lX<\ you rt Thank you, sir— I am.. Oh I dear, yes.\ \ Who and what are the people with whom tliis-cluld was ){£ \Very religious, sir. But I don't know what John Biggs was. Ho is nearly kept, I have heard, by Mr. Laue r a very religious gentleman, who has prayer meetings. They told me, sir, tho child was to bo buried in the yard oPHamp- stcad church, at twelve o'clock to morrow.\ -\ Very-well; now I rather \Think I'have not done enough t'o alarm .the Bigg's, and that the funeral will stijl tafcu place.\ '•Still—still. -Bhjss \mo doctor'you don't inc .Mi \ —o- \ I see I must toll you all,\ said I ; \ and if you don't keep it \secret I will retract my prom ise lo say nothing about your,conduct.\ • I then related to Spragg all\ that had occured anil how I had fastened up the-coffin again, while M.rj. Biggs was insensible, so that the probability was that' neither ^he ,nor her bus- band would think it had'been disturbed. \ What I wish,\ said I, \ is to see if that wo man will repent and make an attempt-to-save the child ; or.Vfter.all, let the funeral \proceed ; so all I want yc\. to do, Spragg,' is to take the greatest care of the child until icorae to you in the morning, and to keep-the-whole transaction profoundly secret.\ !U3ut I must tell' Julia\. „ _ . \ Who is Julia )\ • '\ Oh, my—my servant. I always tell her.\ \ Oh, indeed ; call her in, then, and 1 must judge of how far she is to bo trus'.ed. Shall I ring\\ 'him. \-I beg your pardon, - sir, but if you piease, there's a child to b.e put iu the same grave, thro' the kindness of Mrs. Buinpus.\ \ Oh, very well. The child will be consider ed as iucluded iu the prayer.\ The clergyman turned aside, and' one of the' \graven! iggers'said - : \Where is the child's coffin ?\ '\Here said Biggs, anuHie handed it into-the grave. 1 stepped up, and cast a handful of oartb upon it. \ Dust to dust,\ I sa.id ; \ ashes to ashes.\ •ii^fot-Bo^—8hr -ieked=M-r8i=Biggs'^throwing-off- An etcape-from4>6nd»g«-in -iheM -tlftys-lki upon the public heart, and gives the puis* a quicker flow, particularly when the world learns- .LUal.Aa .m3j1 had, ft just right-ta4e^u«e that pria« oner.pf'his liberty. \-'\I\ —We witnessecU-an; escape—no it - was noff eecape, it was a noble act of setting free—< M*» held^inder-restratn .t =on^-Saturday7—upofHon*- of pur city ferry boats, that gave the heart of more thntr.qne who witnessed it a warmer jglow of gratitude to God, that the liberator hud-a heart\ to feel for others woes ;\ a heart in the right place, where God intended man's* heart should be, and. not in his right band breeches pocket. A man on the boat had a cage full of little birds,(such as go warbliug.abouttlittfields ,'n spring enjo} nig life and liberty, but unlike the Canary, the in captivity,)^ jvlireh-ha. was trying to sell at a shilling a piece. _.\ It is a cruel wayto jnake mpneyX \but*jEhy:_ not seize upon birds', and put them behind the iron grate and sell 'iheor, since-man does- the wime-tbiog-te^is-feltew^rtrand-the his slave—Ins property—Ins chattel—which no body else must steal, because he stole him him self, and the law don't allow l;ut one theft upon a chattel. And if the stolen man runs aWay, his \master\ pursues him through theswainptt with blood-hounds,' or through the towns with, the \.bull dog* of war,\ tureatning death to any one who shall dare to-set the captive free. Not so with the birds ; if they do escape the cage and go back lo the fields, they are not followed with dogs or guns, but suffered to go as best they may back to their own happy homes among the green boughs ami flower* and hills and rocks and woods. \ Going for a shilling,\ said the man with the cage. ' \ Yes*\ said a Jittle blue-eyed boy. at our aide. -' vuo own S u rui <t Miming.\ AIIU lie searched his pockets.fur the coin, an only one, and walked up to lb* man and said: \ Sir, I willoake one of your little birds.— the insignia of mourning; \no no—help ! save tho child—oh, God ! save it, It is uot dead— it only sleeps. Have mercy, mercy, mercy.— Are you all sticks and atones ? I say tins, child sloeps ouly—it is uot 'the bleep of death. Break m)en_the coffin—save it. HeJR, heln,.God—oh, GoiT Air—-air—air Sins fell into tha U\nfls--of\oTie\of-\lh-e-TOrfifie--d bystanders, and her husband made a rush towards lier will* a knife in His hand. ThacT just time to pup out my foot in his way, aud he fell headlong into the grave It is impossible lo give anything like an idea of tho geueral scene of confusion that now ensued. Tho people seemed to be panic-stricken ; and it was not uutil I raised my voice to a high pitch* thllt I got a hearing. \ The child is preserved,\ I said. \ Mr. Spragg, come forth.\ Mr. Spragg, with tho child in his arms, mado his appearance from the church. He was- as- white as a sheet from fear,.bul the moment Mrs. Biggs saw his little companion she stretched forth her arms ; and an expression of great joy come across her face. She In'ed to speak, but naluro was overcome—she fell a eorpse_up_on. tlie-mound of earth by_lho-Kide-of^.th\o grave.' \. - *f J ~~ * * - *• ' * Biggs was transported for lifeand I had the happiness of restoring the child* to.its mother. Ifes, here fe a-fine one, full Hedged ; you see his wings are'perfeci, aud he U a strong, healthy .bird; hia will suit you exactly.\ \ Yes, that will do.\ The bird fancier twisted a bit of paper up 00 his purchaser could carry him safely \ without -» injuring a feather.\ *— Tho-boy marched away- with .bis prize, and sat down to' contemplate his purchase,-** he un did one corner of the papor, aud peeped iu up-, on his little slave. \Ah said we\ mentally, \ what a lonely life- of imprisonment you are destiued to. Wuy 1II1I70II ndt buy 'two, my boy i\ _ * \ 1 had no more money, or I would have bo's the whole.\ \ What a young Turk,\ wo thought. How we wronged this noble boy. As the boat n«ar- ed the shore, he got up and went out upon tl e j^ujuiIpQpeiiiiiLJua^paper^to^ air, and simply said : \.Gpjree^ poor bird -l-I- cali't keep you.\ I What a'happy bird—wh How his eyes -glistoiled! irappier-bay !—- How a doieu'inttn who was found by an advertisement, for Biggs would not tell her address. As for Mr. Spragg, I think the whole affair had a very beneficial effect upon him, for uow-aiid-tlien-tliat 1 after wards encountered him, ho was not above half As ridiculous as he used to be. \ God,\ I said, \ has seen this night's work.\ She shook for a rrrornerftpr twovarrdthon fell into a swoon at my feet' with a heavy dab, ijs if tWnkCpf' their immortal state, it wo~uldJaTirlt>r I she had Been a corpse, for aU. Why—-feby, old woman, atrilr^bnT^et on ? Dear, dear. The Lord help us.\ But for the offered assistance of my artri the woman must have falfea** Dim as the light was, I could see vexation* depicted upon the man's face; and be shifted the coffin first on to one shoulder and then on. to the other; to see if lie colild not helfr' Ihtf wuwm without tuepbut that I took care he -should not do; and I said : -j •*> She seems ill, indeed; I will help you to /ourdoor, if you are not going far;\ „ mjeare going far, be said; \ the Lord •willing.'\ ~~ ' 1 A hammer anjl.&ehise! layupon-the nextchatr. to that which held the coffin, and my first care was to wrench open the hd' of the death-like ro ceptaola, and resc^io the child. . The woman never moved, and : a thought struck mo that I at once carriouTout into practice. I recollected having seen some loose bricks in tho yard, and dashing out -got-fenr-of-them, which I ,'attHa-i-t- No, no—stop. I—I always call her. Jul ia don't I ike to be rung for. Julia, Julia, Julia. A—hem . ,v 3ulia ?\ . — \ - \ Slop,\ I said. \ I might perhaps trust-you, but I won 't trust Julia. Just tell her to get inn a post-chaise, if she can, and you need make no explanation at all. I- will tnko the child wilb me.\ . \ You needn't!\ said the serva'm^ppeninf the door; \ I have heard it all, and. will take care of the etri'dr _ ^IrrSpTaes. I'm Tpjite -Hshamed I of you.\ \ Of me Julia ? 'Ashamed of yourown Sprag- gy-waggy ) • Oh ! dear—oh ! dear !\ .Naughed'iffspite of myself. ''Julia,\ I said,\ you will greatly oblige mo ; and-1 shall-be hero to-morrow morning at half past-seven precisely.\. 1 My readers may be quite sure that I was upon tho following morning quite punctually at my friend Spragg's, when I found tho .child, to whom both he and Julia-bad-paid- the-greatest: attention, perfcctly<*fecoYercd. » ' \ NoWj |^I_ said, \ the church will be open ; and what I want you to do. Mr. Spragg, is to watch there until 1 call for you and iue *cJHlJ.— There is no time Krb<j lost^'so go atonce. As I tell you, I think the funeral will take place.\ \ I know it will,\ said Julia. \lTrdeed} u — - - w- - \ Yes, I went to tho Biggs' cottage, sir, after I left here last night, and listened at the door.— I beard Biggs say in a loud-voice : \ You have been dreaming, woman. No one has been bere. Look—here is. the coffin all nailed down, as I left, it.\ \ Open it—oh! open it,\ she cried; and \ all/-and-replied ;• The- tie coffin, They filled it well,\^Being rather jammed iu. I then fastened the lid again, as I bad found it; and taking the child in my arms I darted, from the cottage, closing the door be? hind me,, and ran oh towards, Hampstead. worms-^will openMt by degrees in the church yard.\ ' . : This was quite coaclusive and just asjr^expect- ed it would be ; so I jMfiked off SpWg with tho chjld at pnce/»nd, followed myMlf .^-«-onlyJ 1- L NOT Bxn.—The Piscataquis. Observer is re' J sponsible for the following :— \ A gentleman called aj^aJiutin tho Aroostook valley and' requested some dinnor. The lady, her spouse being absent, refused to supply his necessities for money or the-love of humanity. \ Very well,/' said the hungry traveler, as he turned his footsteps' from tho inhospitable abode, \you will want nothing to eat to-morrow.\ \ Wliy not 1\ inquired the woman. \» \ Because,\ answered tho weary man, \ the Indians aro digging a' tunnel at Moosehea«l LakeJ aud they aro going to. turn nil tho waters of life- Lake into the Aroostook valley, and you and all the rest of the people are to bo drowned.\ Upon this intelligence the old lady hurried off to tho priest to inform him that a llood was to overflow tho valley, and to usk what was to be clone in ttio\sa(l * who, witnessed'lho act, did tliink what a-noble boy! WJiut a lesson that boy taught us 1 — Reader, it nmy*)teat!h you something. Thiu'k up on it. This story has a moral. Wu need uot tell you thsC If you think, you wtlt fiud it.— Tribune, (^j ^Conseieatioai'Dog. t= [ My father had a don of the spaniel breed, whose •name was Ponlo. Now PontO, though decid«nl* ,ly wayguik in one point, h:.d given evidence of be- coiiniig more religious than many of his canine- neigjibors. True, lie would never turn thH .oThec* cheek, and consequent ly\ wliile lie had a good character with the peace society, ho was scouted by the 11011 resistams. But Ponto was always re gular at church, and in oiio instanco at leist gave evidence tlmt he went there with sri idea that honesty and religion 'iadi<)me connection With each bther.l^ He-was safe enough in this notion, lor a mof o~T _ ... — emergency, The priest endeavored to quiet her fears by tell ing her that God had promised that ho should never send another flood u|xm tho earth. \But exclaimed the affrighted woraam, \it isn't God that.going to,do it—it's the cussed lujins.\ ^ ' •sA S ELL.—Previous to one of thji recent ballot ing* for Senator in the Legislature, a well known borer and agent for Wells approachetLa member [,*nd intimated to liim that a sjtlQO bill'anda vote for Wells, which he held in his hand, were^his', provided ho would \get that vote mto\lhe Ballot box.\ Tho member look the rag and the vote nird snidTrotfrthg. —A-trhour- after, sitting d by ,the side of a. brother, memjjec to the House, he inquired who \be\ was going to vote for? \ IJpr Wells to be suro^-hero is my voto.*' \ Ah, yes, I forgot, your vote is like this, \ holding out the one which he bad received from the borer. \It is.\ \ Well, what \Will you carry- this-vote for)'-' \ Carry it for?—why, I intend to carry one just like it.\ \Well I will give youflO to carry it.\ \ It's* bargain^ Tlje friend of Wells tookjbe (10 and'the \ nyirked\ ballot, and put the latter into the box, where it was duly found by ths^j secret spies of WVds, while the other member -pockefed 190 by the'operaUoif.—Dover (iV.if,) JSiiqvirir. ' | . _ —The reason wky tome people put 00 tun ia because they have nothing else to put on.. nest dog never barked. Ponto'al- wnys walked into church with the family ^though he invariably took his seat on the lower stairs of the sacred desk T and- none-buVthe^oldetjt'inr^ the congregation remembred when his seat was vacant. I ought (oli.ivo remarked sooner tliat Ponto had but one cnem'y iu the wideantrld, who was the Deacon of the church, and our next neighbor. (forget the cause—perhaps.soiuoslander against P01110 in the days of Jiis puppy-hood, whwn^it must be confessed, that he WH * too much'addicted to fun lo comport with a deaconish idea of propri ety. Certain it is, Pouto growled at nobotly but Deacon Drury; and lite Deacon threw a stone at nothing so furiously as at Ponto. If cither exemplified the golden rule toward the .other- Tt'w.-is Ponto. ^ So things stood at a certain time when the good Pastor was callod away for a long journey. But parson or no parson, the family all went to* church on tho follwing Sabbath, and none with a ongcr face, or more gracious step limn Ponto.— His accustomed seat .was taken ; and when the congregation rose for the early morning prayer^ Ponto^-rose— witlr^the Ttnt==ar'be _ lrad alwny» cloue—and stood with 'closed eyes and open essra, waiting for the first word of supplication. T« the utter nstouishment of no one but Ponto, tha word came liulhe voice of his old enemy, the pt> \ ous deacon. If the big Bjble hsd fallen on Pon- tp's tail, he could not have looked for the cause with a more rapid glance then he cast np ward to the pulpit. He fixed his eyes on the face of the deacon, as jf tg b'e sure of the sacrilege, a»d then, with a look of pious horror I shall never/ forget, and with a step as fast as the place would allow, he passed out of-the house andtook a. bye path across the field. From tbst .day forth ae long as-Ponto lived, he could \navrj^be H >*im*-»H or exuorted to enter the church door again; **»d whenover, from necessity, he passed it on' week days, it was with a look that said, to all who knew him aa I did, \ If Deacon Druiy prays the church\ may count Ponto anions backsliders.'' among I M3TA. Western Justice of the Peace ordered a^ witness to \ come up and be sworn.\ He wae informed' that the roan wis desf and duiob.-^ \I don't c«r »^ n -*aid ^--jui !g!) rjHssionafe*/, \ whether he k or not -^-bere is the Cons thai to* to every man the right of speech: ami s o Jong aa I ha>e the honor of ase»>oO this hesieh, it Whm mi shall not be violated or infaded. conetitution guaraateet to a tsse bemaMha^-% 1 reckon.\
