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B Y L . F. BARNES. YOLUME 4. ‘ OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COUNTRY’S FR IEND S .” POET JERYIS, E. Y., THORSDAY, DECEMBER 1,.1853. P D B U S il ED E t E K Y THDKSD 4 Y; f'-/ NUMBER 4 .: THE TRI-STATE^ UNION IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AIOR^VINTG, BY L . P . B A R N E S , PO K T JE B T I S , OKAITGE CO ., IT. Y. T ehms of Sm iscniPTios. — §2,00 per Annwvi \lerv delivered by the for Village Subscribers, when Carrier, and §1,50 ior Mail Snbscnbersor sons receiving their papers at the Office, if paid in A d v ance. If paym ent b'e w ithheld till the \5nd of the year,fifty oents willsbe added. ADVERTISING : For 1 squaie 1 insertion. - - • *“ \ each subsequent insertion, ■“ 1 square, G monthsj . . . J column, 3 months, - - . “ “ » 12 - “ . . . zi ;; I :: : : . 6,00 10,00 a ti u 1 . . . 17,00 1 •« 3 « . . . 10,00 “ » 6 “ - - 18,00 t« «« 12 ” - . - 30,00 £ .eg a l A d v e rtisem e n ts charged at the usual C i r c u la r s , Show B i lls, P a m p h le ts B i l l H e a d s , B a ll T ic k e ts, B lanks, C h e c k s , L a b e ls, C a r d s , 'and in short all kinds of plain or fancy printing done with neatncts and despatch, T l ie E r o lcen H e a r ted . ' EY ALEXitYDER S3IITH. She hath loved and been deserted ; and A ll her heart’s wealth was now returned to her Base metal, and not current coin. Her love. Which went forth from her bright and beautiful, Oame back a ghastly corpse, to turn her heart Into a bier, and chill it with its weight Of passive WQe for ever. But the shock Had turned tho poles of being, and henceforth, In circles ever nan owing, her soul Went wheeling,like a stricken bird,round heaven Eyes she had, in whose dark lustre Slumbered wild and mystic beams. And a brow of polished marble. Pale abode of gorgeous dreams— Dreams that caught the hues and splendor Which the riidiant future shows. For the past was naught but anguish . And a sepulchre of woes. Therefore from its scenes and sorrows All her heart and soul were riven. And her thought kept ever wandering With the angels up to Heaven. When they told her o f the pleasures Which the future had in store. When her sorrows would have faded. And her anguish would be o’er ; Told her of her wealth and beauty, And the triumphs in her train; Told her of the many others Who would sigh for her ag.ain— She-but caaglifc one half their meaning, While the rest afar was driven ; ' Yes, she jaurnjured, they are happy/.' /.A i - Wh' a they wJshe(l,on^foar« to sec'her - Mingling w ife the \bright and fair ; When they told her of the splendor And tlfo rank that would ho there; ' Told her that amid the glitter Of that brilliant living sea. There were none so sought and sighed for, t * ’ N ojmj s » beautiful as s h e ; ^ S M sire heeded not the flattery, : Heard, b u t h a lf the utterance given ; ' Y e s ! .she answered, there arc bright ones,' Many too, I know—^in Heaven. W h e |i th e y spoke of s u n l i t glories, , Summer days and moonlight h ours; . Told Aer of the spreading woodland IVith^ts treasury of flowers; ClusYring fruits, and vales, and mountains, ■ ■ FIoYer-banks m irro r e d i n c lea r s p r in g s ; / Wii{ds whose music ever mingled Witli thebum of glancing wings ; . • Scenes of earthly bliss and beauty . from all her thoughts were driven, . And she fancied that they told her ^ , Of the happiness of Heaven. *■ Fcr'one master-pang had broken ■ TTie sweet s p e ll o f h er y o u n g life. And henceforth its calm and sunshine * Were aa tasteless as its strife. Henceforth a ll its gloom and grandeur. Ail the m u s e of its streams, , All its thousand pealing voices, Spoke the Language of her dreams— Dreams that wandered on, like orphans From ail earthly solace driven. Searching for the great Protector And the p.alace-gates of Heaven. ■ . T lie Stars. BV AEEXANnEU'SMITH. Yonfcan not love them, lady, till you dwell. In imgfity tow n s; immured in their black hearts, The stars are nearer to you than the fields, an Atheist in these towns of trade, not for tlm stars.' The smoke puts heav- -> * m o u t ; sect sin-bloated faces in the street, tpi-^irink s sfrom a blow. I hear wild oaths tSlTSes split from lips that once were sweet, astsealed for Heaven by a Mother’s skill, m is with men whoso he.arts of Iiuman flesh, .eneatlj the petrifying touch of gold, iavS gyown as s to n y a s th e tro d d e n w a y . «6C n } trace of God, till in the night, fhilo the vast city lies in dreams of gain, .fc dota reveal liimself to me in Heaven, Therefore it is I love the midnight stars. I A w a g g ish fcliow somewhat troubled w ith an impcAiment in his speech, w h ile one day sitting at a public table, had occasion to |ase a pepper box. After shaking it w ith due iYdieUienco and trying it in. various ways, he i'loaml that the pepper was in no wise inclined i M C..M6 forth. ‘T-t-th-this p-pc-pepper-box,’ I w e ' cxelaimed with a facetious grin, ‘ is so ft sorj-|}-sometli!ng 11-lIke m yself.’ K ‘fWby so V interrogated a neighbor. R y i -po-poori delivery,’ w a s the reply. PtVKG tip S tairs .—If when about to as- d the fftwirs, y ou find that 'a gentlem a n m ig op^ a t the same time, draw back and 1 # a 'w g n ‘for him to precede you. He will ft. and p.iw on before you. W h en coming do t h y i | ^ i h a t tho gentleman m a y id in ^ polished I w i l H t o i V V f t r a signal from the 1 w ill bow and run up stairs, pa‘<sing J h in g o f course, — MU$ Leslie.. daughter of a'Wry worthy, 1; man, who loved her like the apple of lus ! but she was worthy of a throne, nod iulmst exti in i i b«l when his bow How iiMiwIrililiws be arrive at the. P*h4r« po«‘<e88, of the 'i wbiih j^oaUl bend it Ml 4a«|>er(Mton -aeSmt a-Inilstbufc ttoboly ■lit nrrmir strilwi-— TIic T o im g Soldier’s Story. Generally speaking,” began the youth, “ stories have what is called a moral to them ; and if you .don’t know what that means 1 shall not stop to tell iral, becausi comes too late,-' and his voice thrilled as we know,” ran in low mur- “ Yes, yes, murs round. “ Well, mine has no moi lute,'^ and his voiv.c minivu no he spoke ; “ and if it had, its uses would :ry c It matters very little who or what I I have lain in silk revv up as one born to to college, and very wild, harum be very doubtful. “ It matters ver am,” he continued, and purple, and gre command. I went likely you think I was a scarum devil of a fellow—boating, dri- u t i quiet,stUN m oral,” — ving, hunting, ‘ gowning and towning’ it’ llivating wim ly have hean plenty of money do. so, you are misiaken. I was a dious young man, I m so on, as you nay have heard that young fellows-with ilenty of money do. Well, if you think aling wine, cards, and e heard that en. [ n ugh m deen perfectfy true, and peace, was a good scholar, studied music and the arts, fenced like Angelo—there is not a us young man, I might add d his sardonicrdonic laughai iarred and his sa l “ and it would havi I loved books, study, and jarred as before ; the army, perhaps, that can play at the small-sword with me—and quiet as an in fant. I still had a fiery devil in me. “ I fell in love, ha ! ha ! with a little doll of a girl about my age, that was sev enteen, and for whom I would have taken my heart out of my bosom. She was so frail and fairy-like a creature, that I could have put her in my breast to shelter as one would a little bird ; and she loved me with such a strength of faith, that had I been Don Juan himsilf, there was such lavish trust in her that she would hqve converted me from a debauchee into a true, honest man. “ She is as still now as a frozen rill— sleeping like the streams in winter—she will never waken again !” and his head fell on his breast, though his eyes were burning with the pain of his strong agony, were not moistened with a tear. They had dried at the very fountains. “ 1 dare say more than one among you know what it is to be in love, rny lads.— Here is Charlej', for instance,” and our hero gave a start; “ he, [ imagine,can un derstand me.” Yes, yes !” again murmured the sol diers ; “ we know it.” Yes !” he repeated, somewhat scorn fully ;.ali very well that, biit different men have different idea.*! of love. /Some are sensual and depraved, and with them love is mere pollution and miscomprehension of the sublime passion ; and I have met with but few that could understand it as I i|id. hut it was with ipe a oiriion of life— existence r ^ iU WnR* riifTprpnt ; *,he nest trades- ippl eye 1 but she was wormy ot a ihn I would have given her one. As it was, I CLuld make her, I thought — fool that I was !—honored, great and wealthy. She is poor enough now, and so am I ! “ Our dream of love was delicious, but brief. She.eiopcd with me, and as .......... i, I meant her no harm, wife !” he a*ided, with ariled the soldiers, who were not often moved by any strength of and vour sweet babe si ger.’’ “ No, George, no.” she said. Oh, her thin lips, how they trembled ! “ No, George, dear, we shall not live here long, not very long ------- . Give me that bran dy, my lad !” said the young soldier, ab- “ To lose .a parent—to lose a mother one loves— to lose a friend one is devoted to— to lose a dog that has been your compan ion for.years,is all painful ; what was it to this ?” conlinuied the soldier. ” When I heard what she said, I had a terrible fore boding of the future. Was it for this I had sought her? Was it thusmy parents had shown their love ? Was it to see her die that 1 had moved the heaven and earth to discover her ? If tears were rain, and.-not the bitter and acrid shower which scalded my face like caustic, roses would have sprung to life around her dying pil low ; and that golclen hair so dabbled ------ “ ‘7'ake my head in your arms,my dear George,’ she said, faintly. ‘ Take my child in your arms, too. Kiss me---kiss the ba by. You love us, do you not ? God bless you ! God protect you ! Do not sepa rate u.s. Do not forget us. I have borne much—but I loved you so dearly ; and I forgive every one, as I hope to be forgi’ The rough soldiers turned away, and one or two wiped their eyes furtively. A few sturdy but suspicious “ hems” sound ed suspiciously, and they averted their fa- “ Little Alice,” I said, “ are you going without me ? Well, I won’t wait long.” “ *I am only going before,’ she said ; and I felt that she was speaking the truth. ‘ I am going before you ; clasp me closer, let me feel you lips;— lift up my head- put rny baby’s mouth to mine—and—and so she died, my lads ! and for an hour af ter I held her baby in my bosom till it fell cold. U was dead, too !” There was a long, deep, impressive pause, and again he wont on. “ They made my heart desolate, wreck ed and void ; and 1— 1, iir turn, desolated their household, and wrecked their peace forever. As they had two passions to feed and foster.—the most boundles.s Jove for me, their only child, and a pride which, God forgive them ! they had also given to me, and the latter the greater, they saerN ficed me to that pride. Well, I trampled on their pride. They knelt to me in the dust and ashes of humility, and I scorned them.\ They offered me a bride, the fair- the^ofeUGod liveih, I meant her a solemnity that sic for I made her r expression. “ Yes, she became my wife !” he con tinued. “ Your wife !” ejaculated one or two of the men. “ Thunder and lightning, here, Dick, give us your hand, my boy I” and a r.nrdial Drasn was jrlven. “ We thought a cordial grasp was giv« you trifled with the chib “ My parents heard that I had eloped with the child of a tradesman,” ihe sol dier, heedless of this,.went on; “ and threatened tho-poorJhllow with ruin and annihilation. It would not have taken much to have broken his heart, for it was half gone already ; but -what was done could not be undone ; and I thought my father and mother loved 'me loo well to thwart me, and that I had only to bring her home to give her another father and mother, who would love her like her own. I meant to'have put her back into bosom, and said, “ Emlfrace your daugh ter,but also embrace my wife,and you can love her still !” but ibal day' never came. I believed, however, very firmly in it, and I was happy, living in a littid Eden of my own, far from the turmoil of life, and ex pecting then my little baby daily. “ Mj’ parents prevented this,” he con tinued afiei a convulsive pause, during which be drew his hand over his brow several times, as though things were crowding into his brain,and coirfllsing him with their multitudinous variet]/. “ Yes, they hindered all. We lived i^n^W-ales at the time, and'tyhen ■'TBry'bab^ was born, and she put it iminyjbosom, and laid her own sweet little head like a blossoming flow e r beside it, 1— I, prayed' fojuh^r, for both, and loved them more and more.— Then I made up my mind to return to my father’s house. “ One day I went to ray little home, af ter walking, or fishing, or something, and [ found her—gone—both gone ! Off! then the sleeping devil within me woke up.— I learned from the people of the house, that a stern man, and a prpudj-pale wo man, richly dressed, drove 'up in a splen did chariot, drawn by four Horses,and car ried her ofl—robbed.' me or i child. This man—^is wo^r.an* were my wife and ^ ian. were my parents. I travelled/nightjand day, and arrived.at their house in town.., “ I demanded my'wifo 1 they called her a designing, cunning girl—and they said something worse of |ier than I could bear, and-1 silenced theraj and made them turn pale and tremble. |d emanded ray child. They knevv nothing of either. * I,jctrrsed them both, and quitted the house, never to return to it more. - * “ I need not tell how long aftfer, or by what means|I traced my Ali^e through stages of wV’ltched^ess a |d p#^ry, till I found both mother and ba|e, i'^kwifo and j child, dying on a mean ^ lletm a parish i workhou^, jf 1 “ I ceuldf have called curses fwm heav'* r en, nnd'fires from, hell, to aver;1p this IllX' otees adore heaven, I stilled my soul—1 shed no tears ; i heard her ut’er a cry of joy and pain, and then the thin, helpless hand wandered over my head, as I I ' ‘ kneeling by her side in that horrible hole, upon her breast beside my child. ‘ Little Alice !” I saaid, 3 my child. little Alice, you ihall live hero no ion- They could not give me back my liule Alice, and I had nothing else to ask for. I had a grand funeral from that workhouse for my wife and child,and.[ put iny name on her coffin-lid, and after that day I for got that I had a name pr parents, and 1 knejv that I had avenged Alice, for their house is a hom world is to Ihei “ 'And this is the reason, my boys, I don’t care for anything that com goes, that happens or does not happen.— I want to be dead, i want to sleep, for my eyes burn so at night, I don’t close them ; I only see little Alice, my golden haired liule wife ; and I only clasp in my dead baby, till the drum or the i,and then I have on- arms my trumpet wakes me up,! ly the bullet that hits me, to look for. It has not come yet, but to-morrow I sh.all have belter luck ! And so hand me the brandy !” Betook a deep, deep draught, and a strong hectic hue came into his white cheeks. The soldiers were deeply shock ed, and their rude emotions made their hearts throb “ If none go to sleep, and don’t disturb mie ; for I am going to dream of my Alice and her child again and he fell back on his side,and a mournful wind vept wailing by, as if it had been the voica of the dead. painfully in their broad chests, of you can match that story,” said the smldier, “ G od B less Y o u . “ God bless y o u !”—kind familiar words ! Before my eyes the letters swim ; For—tlirilling nature’s holiest chords— My sight with fond regret grows dim, God bless you ! closes up each page Traced by the wcll-bcloved of yore; Wliose letters still from youth to age. That fondly anxious legend bore. I heeded not, in esrlier days, The import of that yearning prayer ; To me ’twas but a kindly plirase. Which household love might freely spare, But now, that grief strange power affo^.s, In those love-hallowedjerolls I find T h e s e e a r n e s t , p le a d in g , s a c r e d w o rds. W ith a l l life’s tend e r n e s s entw ined. A P l e a for B e a r d s. An aiticle inDicken’s Household Words contains sentiments hostile to the use of the razor, and strongly in favor of the flowing beard, the bushy whisker, and uncurtiiiled ustache. This is a specimen of his rea- soning : Sorely, enough has been said to make it evident that the man who, at the end of his days, has spent about an entire year of his lilo in scrapiiping his lilo in scra off his beard, has wor ried himself to no purpose, has submitted to a painful, vexatious;, and not only use- but actually unwholesomelolesome custom.—ustom.- has disfigured himself sysiemalically ._i— . i;r..-------his share of un- c throughout life, accept necessary lie douloureaux and toothache, cotighs and colds, has swallowed dust, and inhaled smoke and fog, out of complai sance la the social prejudice which hap pens just now to prevail. We all abomi nate the razor while we use it, and would gladly lay it down. Now if we see clear ly—and I think the fact is ve 5 v ery clear- ihat the use of if is a great blunder, and if 10 longer such a ‘ we should not wash, or comb, or trim them we are po be afjraid r such a slovenly people i , if we kept our beard in ^ decent way, why can we not put a- iid i our morning plague, and irritate our •ilia aa more as we novy do I K 0am jir.li Ciot I ifftf T lie B i ir i a l o f i.o v ’c. . BY WII.EIAM C. BUX-A-N'T. Two (].ark-eyed maids, at shut of d a y ,, Sat where a river rolled aw.ay. With calm, sad brows and raven hair,,. And one was pale, and both were-'ft ir. Bring flowers, they sang, bring floiV srs unblowft: Bring forest blooms of name unkno 'm ; Bring budding spr.ays from wood an i wild, To strew tho bier of Love, the child Close softly, fondly, while ye weep, His eyes, that death may seem liko'slecp, And fold his hands in sign of rest, | His waxen h.ands, across his bi-eastl And make his grave where violets hide, Where star-flowers strew tho rivulet’s side, And blue-bird.s in the misty spring - Of cloudless skies and summer sing. Place near him, as ye lay him low. His idle shafts, his loosened bow. T h e s il k e n f ille t tba.i a r o u n d His waggish eyes in sport ho hound. But we shall mourn him long, and miss His ready smile, his ready kiss. The prattle of his little fcec. Sweet frowns and stammered phrases sweet ; And graver looks, serene and high, A liglit of Heaven in that young eye, A ll these shall haunt us till the heart Shall aclic and ache—and tears will start. The bow, tho band shall fall to dust, Tho shining arrows waste with rust. And all of Love ihat earth c.an claim. Be but a memoi-y and a name. Not thus his nobler part shall dwell, •isoner in this narrow coll ; 10 whom now we hide from men, In the dark ground shall live again. Shall hi'cak these clods, a form of light. With nobler mien and purer sight. And in the eternal glory stand. Highest and nearest God’s right hand. A V e r m o n t e r . As we were silting in the Uing in the picture-gal lery of the Crystal Palace, inking memos ..................... ill-( randa of its contents, a tall, ill-dressed Vermonter, attracted probably by the be nignity of our “isage, addressed us “ Stranger,what mought they chat let a feller in this ’ere show ?” “ Why, do yt u ask ;you paid at the en- Irancp, did you not ?” “ Ya-a-a-s! I didn't pay nothin’ ; ef 5 ’ew see anythin’green ’bout me, jest yew write, will vou ?” ght ypwr name be Greeley, mis ter ? because I seed a ni£ looked jest like a fewgifi she is, it’s a bully '’bn '— n’t cost How did you gain ndrnittanct*, then ?” Wa-a-all, yew see I traded with a boy out there for a Herald, and gin him an'extry cent to holler ‘ fire !’ ; and when the man with the brass thing on his coat looked around, I kinder^ edged in behind him,” Of course we expressed ^»ur indigna tion, and were about to leave him, when he seized our button hole, saying quick- ly: “ Say, Mister, don’t be rUed, guess they’ll never miss it. Yow talk SOall-fir- ed honest, guess yew must be a ncw.apa- per feller; been taiiin’ notes ain’t ye ?— I’ve he-arn ’bout this short-hand.” We nodded in assent, and he resum- ‘‘ M( r wench, that nigger; and ef chance for yew to spread won’t cost nothin’, nuthor.” We denied that imputation, when be continued: “ I ailers like newspaper chaps ’cause they’re so clever. Been in the fine m yself; taught school three winters, eighteen dolliirs a month and boarded ’reound.” We next stopped to view the fine spec imens of perfumery, among which were busts made of solid soap. “ Hullo!” said the Yankee,-nosing the said goods, “ guess these is made of grave-stun, ain’t they “ No, they are made of soap.” Before we could prevent him he had pinched it to satisfy himself. “ Wa-a-al, guess it Is, it/ce/s soporiferous, any way ; smells rale apocryphal tew, don’t it ? jest like old Mr. Slocum’s ’poihccary shop, tew hum.” A few steps brought us to the statuary, where a number of persons were silently 'gazing at Pmver’s statue of the Greek Slave. Mister,” said he, after a moment’s in spection, pointing to the drains upon her wiists, “ M'/taf’s that critter hoppled for r ' The bystanders roared, and we endea vored to explain to him the nature of the subject; and, to prevent him from hand-. Hng it as he was bent upoii.-doing, point ed to the placard requesting visitors “ n o t TO TOUCH TH E ARTICLES.” “ Don’t touch the articles repeated he, “ W hy she ain't .got the first darn ed, article-on her J\ 'We left.— Jour, of Commerce, There were several persons in-a*tiouse where was a young child of some two or three days old ; among them a liule bright eyed boy of some four summers. When the grandmother soon was particularly plei ed every symptom of delight ; asked his t where she , ' so after came in, he leased with it.und evinc aunt where she got it, and was told she bought it of Dr. Adatqs; then asked how much she gave for it. She told him she doili it. paid-ten dollars. H e then stood by her lap, on w h ich the child was asleep, hiS 'eyes beaming with evident sntisfacuon.-— T h e babe soon aw o k e and squalled vocif erously. Instantly his counienache fell J and with almost disgust pictured on his beautiful face, ho turned around and said ‘ A u n t y if l .w a s you , I’d lake it back to Dr. Adams, and gyl- my ten dollars making such a noise as this !’ A story is going the rounds, of a party of young ladies, who were caught m a making such a ling the rounds, of a 01 young muies, who were caught m u shower, and had the color washed from iheix ch,§^'s. A ^ d y at our elbow thinks the color in some of the gentlemen’s oJiaeks will not bo^v^faed^ut with water a t ^ e s - OYSTERS. ^ OR A 'VA-SIUOXABBE “ TAKE IX.” Quite an aru' 4 ?ing affair'eanm ofl at one of our fashionable hotels a few da}’S ago. A d-dshing. young merchant, who had long been a residcYit of the hotel, and who is noted for his whole-soul hospitality, had been teased for a some weeks by a num ber of femal'e acquaintances to give an oyster supper to his friends of both sexes. He did not relish the idea much, particu larly as he believed It was with the oys ters and n(?Mrim«lhui the ladies were so over anxious to spend the evening. He at iast c o n s^f^ff^ give the fete, resolved in his Qjvn mind to test the friendship of his H^is’one of those dashing fellows who -nevpi- do-Hiings-b 3 :JiaJ,ves, and as soon ns his decision was known, there was not a littlb anxiety among his female acquaintnn- ceg; to receive a hillet doux,' or in more common parlance, “ an invite to the fan dango.” “ Dick,” for that is the familiar name by which he is known, invited about forty couples, and made every arrang ment tor “ do the thinrr up brown.” T1e lagnihcent repas 0 the parlors to resume i f mg . largest parlors, and thehe extensivextensiv dining flail in the houge were engaged express!) do the thi _ e re engaged expressly for ihe occasion. Those who were invited considered themselves particularly fortun ate, and Dick’s oyster sapper was the main topic of conversation in certain cir cles of boa ton. Ladies invited to an', oys ter supper 1 Hotv very romantic, how recerclie! The evening came. Carriage after car riage, equipage after equipage, drove op to the private entrance of the B; ----- hotel, and emptied at the door precious loads of silks and standing collars, diamonds and kids, laces and goalees, braced up beaux, and powdered belles. Dick was at his post, and received his guests with all the politeness of a D’Arcy. The ladies were in an exceeding happy b,appy homor, caused no doubt by bright anticipations of myriads of oysters—fried, stewed, baked, fricassed, souped and scol loped, a la mode. The gents, with the prospect of enjoyment ot a good supper directly before them, and surrounded with the choice of dashing Dick’s, lady friends, could not possibly prevent being elated into the most joyful mood. Not an invited guest was absent, so anxious were the la dies to partake of Dick’s oysters,, and the gents to accommodate the ladies. The parlors were brilliantly illuminated and at a given signal delicious music from a choice band charmed the ears of his in his majgnificent i again to the pai the merry dance. But the services of the musicians were no longer needed. Some of the ladies were suddenly seized with a dreadful headache, others.announc- ed that they were suffering bad colds, and others again were very much fatigued. In fact, finding that no oysters were to be had, the ladies excused themselves and left for home. It is said that .some were in such a hurry that they would not wail for their carriages. After the ladies were gone dick, with a few of his friends, indulged in the oysters, which, had been prepared, but were kept back for a second supper. .The hurry of the ladies to get away after the first sup per satisfied him of their strong aUachrneni —to his- suppers—and while enjoying, afief the departure, the oysters and c'ham- f’agne wnh his male friends he avowed himself a devoted desciple of bachelorism. How the affair got out, we don’t know, but certain it is,,-that no lady can be found who will acknowledge that she attended Dick. —’s oyster supper at the B --------- Hotel. rapturous m azurka. Dick s magnihceni hospitality was loudl)' praised, SO charmed were all with his grand preparations for their enjoyment. “ R e a lly, M r _____ ,” said a y o u n g lady to the host, w h o m he had j u s t ‘led through the m a z y w a ltz, “ really, I did not nm ici- pale such a brilliant e v e n ing. I presum ed that \VOU m e r e ly intended a social gather- It w e m ight be perm itted to enjo)' y o u r c o m p a n y , a n d -------- ” \ « Oysters,’’ interrupted Dick, with a smile. “ Oh ! fie, \ I r . --------- , I have scarcely thought of the oysters during the evening. To be sure the gathering of ladies to i o be sure the ga oyster supper is a novelty, but then the noveltyIty is! lost in ■ 1 so hospitable in the plca.sure of meeting friend as our host on this casion. “ You would flatter me, .Miss ------ , and have me believe that I arn indebted to you for your company this evening solely from th.e pure promptings of friend.ship.’’ “ Indeed you are, Mr. ------ , and I war rant if oysters had not been mentioned, not one of rrs'wouid have been absent this evening. “ You compHinent me highly, indeed,” replied the host. ■ At that moment supper was announced by the bands playing the Jiunger-inn March. With precise step and-military exactness, the gay and happy compa'Uy^ proceeded to the supper room. How their delicata hearts throbbed as they beheld the table filled with covered dishes, all no.doubt full of oy'sters. How the ladies almost danced with joy as they beheld mamojli vases wjthftall and grace ful stalks of celery*—the indispensable a c companiment to thq savory contents of the Baltimore shells. .'They were aboutv.to realize the long-wished-for privilege of partaking of an out-and-out oyster supper, and as most of them had not eaten any thing for twelve hours, (their anticipations were strong,) it may be imagined they al most greedily took their seats. That his ests might not suffer any “ vexatious lays,” mine host had been most careful to have a servant at every seat, an^ no sooner were- the company se.ated, with Dick at the head of the table, than the re gularly drilled waiters commenced their fashionable manipulations. “ One,” cried the steward, and every ervant stood erect, TwO ! ’ and Cach extended a hand across the table. “ 'Phiee ! and foriy hands, from as many waiters,; touched the cover of a dish on the luble.; The anxiety of the ladies to look upun the dainty eastern luxuries which bad bsei prepared for their dainty appetites, wrti now intense, aud for once they seemeA n think that the useless table ceremonies o fashion might be dispensed with.,“ Four!” shouted the steward, and away fiew the i, and avvay flew the uick as lightening, displaying to the guests forty dishes of crackers lowers quick as hgl the longing eyes of fully prepared cheese / There was every varfotyr-old checse and new cheese, c;urabled chuese-, slfccd cheese, mild cheese, and biting. ch«-.ej5e; B o s ton, buitet,‘sodav;^ilcA, sugar und forty other kinds of crficlifors‘ftcli^ri 4 the j ed bewildered. To pd th.e servant, will d e lady bi 4 the g«e»t« look* To polite .questions of de lady bab de d,Ml|»hled or de sliced cheese I no answer Was gi” en i while, what crackers will do;gentle prefer !” was asked, in vain. The looked at each other, at the dishtj#, gnd'at the host, who sat at tho head of Iho table, themselves at home. With the hope that the oysters would appear in the second course, some who had almost starved them selves to give the oysters room, called for a'cracker or a bit of cheese. heartily, and having satisfied his appetite, and none of his guests appearing willing to induge in his ma repast he in- T lie H o rse. In the report of the speeches at the re- ^ cent exhibition of horses in Springfield. ■' we have not seen that any one of the'' speakers alluded to historical matters, i peeling that noble and useful animal, gave any statistics in regard to horses in this country. The first horses brought into any pi of the territorily at present embraced in the United Stales, were landed in Florida by Cabeca de Veca, 1527, forty-two in hichich peris'ished, number, all of wh per or were otherwise killed. The next importation was also brought to Florid, by De Soto, m 1539. In 1608, the French introduced the horse’into Canada. In. 1609, the En glish landed at Jamestown, in Virginia, having seven horses with them. In 1629 Francis Higginson imported horses, and other domestic animals, in the Colony Massachusetts Bay. In 1625, the Dutch Company imported horses into New York. In 1750, the French of Illinois were possession of considerable numbers of horses. According to the census returns of 1850 there were 4 , 335,358 horses in the United States, exclusive of those in cities, which were not returned. The four and a half millions of these animals* in the United Stales, constitute a proportion of one. to five of the inhabilams, New York has one horse to seven persons ; Pennsj'Jva- nia on to six and six-tenths ; Ohio one to four; Kentucky one to three free inhabi- t:ints. In Ohio, and the new Slates of the North-West, the increase of horses has kept pace wjih that of the population. The number of horses in the United Slates is more than three times as large as that in Great Britain. A recent report in France shows.that there are in that coun try 3,200,000 horses. This number con stantly augments in the same proportion as the human rac-, and maintains itself uniformly at the ratio of eight per cent. Somewhat between an eighth and a tenth of the whole number die every year. The supply does not answer the demand, and the Government intervened, many years ago, in order to better to mount the cavalry arm of the military service. ’Rher'e is slTll a deficit, and a decree of the Emperor orders the trial 0f nety experiments, in furtherance of the object. There is not anything inlere.stlng in |he mode prescrib ed, bey'ond the foci of this additional effort to improve the effective means of the ar- my .— Boston TrimserSpt. H e n r y C l a y ’ s advice to Y^ ouno L a w y e r s .— On Mr. 6 lay’s fast visit to the east, in an address Which hfi made to il e stu dents of the Slate and Rational Law school, now removed from Baffston Spa to Pough keepsie, after listening to their speaking powers in the trial of a ficti.Qous cause, he said, among other things When I ccc there was then no institution was in the habit of exercising my speak- ing powers alone in any secluded place I could find. In the winter, often in a barn, in the summer, in a cornfield, convertinj some tall stalk into a judge, and the short eT ones beside it into jurors. To this prac tice, in which 1 had none of the faciliiie-s of instruction and criticism which you en joy, more than to any other cause, do I a'tribute whatever success I attained at the bar. It gave me a fluency of speech, power and rapidity of thought, and ■o'ree of self-confidence, without degree of self-confidence, without which, like muUiludes in the profession, I might have lacked courage at.lhe outset, and by ' — ibfiing the dreaded first efforts, have dbned iff the end all hope of distinc- tfon. I seldom ofler my poo,r self as a pattern, butiiff this you will do |i?e!l to re member and'imitate my example. Here 3S, was superior facilities Tor prac- ruiei m lice improvement. If you improve wies ol the result will be seen and felt with the force of destiny on your future course and standing. My advice to eve'ry' legal student Is, tb make an extempore speech every day; and when he is admit ted, he will have a fast bold. upon the great element of siiccesk at the bari” —*—There fo to be a nn-pling; learned among the philologists .at — this moAlh, to discuss the merits ofjtffer-: *^ ehr lahg'uages, iheoriea, &c., with ^ ^ e w ' •: to create, if possible,'* xinivet 4 S|, li»n-= 'guage.. ilL -- .r axe generally found under the same uns,uccessM;fove^|a;tw a stage in the fiottoitti Of ih left your bow l»bir» ger. ‘ Ko, I ; ------- AbOTO the rest, tre proudly eniineA};,” • t iQ observe the con- in the most ^ap ro ilires of chWee «Mld, well, buttered ! character axe generally f'e hat. There is an itttwnate relationship be tween gOod morals and ‘ the btist .of* ?Ruv & Mattiii. You'may safoly trust your wife, oi pretty maid servattfe, or -youv cash, book, %itii a man who slu! :i^*Vcry iitUft copientsi a Frenchman. TarMan-mlieXtTOcIraQro comfort £com-i.9 Deal Oerftly with My Mother^- WoflA* BY HEXRy CLAY PREDSS. Deal gently with my Mother, world I Her days are in the yellow leefo And time with her is growing brief,- She is not what she hfath been t Her eye hath lost its glowing sheen ; The rose is faded from her cheek, And life’s dark stream grows faint and weak; The forms which walked with her of yore, Come back again, oh, nevermore l Deal gently with my Mother, world, I was not favored by thee, world!. Oh, life was dark, e’en from my birth, ' And I have tired long of earth; But now I know,mine hour is como. And I shall soon be going- home : I feel the doatli-damps on my brow. But, world, I do not blame thee now.- T h o u g h th o u h a s t h e e n u n k in d to me, I cast no harsh 'reproach on thoe; My boyish dreams have passed away,- But with my dying breath I pray, Deal gently with my Mother, world. 6parc her in you: I w.as her favorite. sorrows, world f darling boy. Her earthly hope, lier spirit’s joy. G ob only knows I loved her well— How rauch-no language now can tell. But I am fading in my prime. As leaves in early summer time. And when my soul sh.all leave its clay. Her last fond hope will pass away ; Then, in my deep despondency, Tliis dying boon I crave of thee : Deal gently with my Mother, world! [Knickerhocker. D iitcliy A liead . An old, pin in-looking- and plain-spoken Dutch fanner,Trotn the vicinity of HeldeX- burgh, in pursuit of a dinner,, the other day, dropped in at the Excelsior dining sa loon in Nassau street. Takii longside of a dandylissimo sort of fellow -all perfume,\ niustachois and shirt collar -our honest Mynheer ordered tip hisdin- What will it be sir V asks white apron. You got goal corned-beef, hey ?’ says Dutchy. Yes.’ ‘ You got sourkrout, too, hey V ‘ Oh, yes !’ ‘ Veil, gif me some both !’ says Myn- 1 keen jump, sired fodder. Dfl starts white apro and soon returns with the desired The sour-kroul was smoking hot, and sent forth its peculiar flavor, evidently satisfac tory to Mynheer’s nasal organ, and vice versa to that of our dandy friend, who af ter the dish had been deposited on the ta ble, and Mynheer was about comiqencing an attack on it, exclaimed— ly fwiend, a—are y»u g»- ing to eat that stuff!’ Eat il ? Vy, of course I eats it V 'Well,’ says the dandy,‘I—a—would as lief devour a plate of guano !’ Ah. well,’ replied Mynheer, pitching into the sour-krout with an evident reJish dat depends altogedder on bow yon was brought up !’ Dandy looked kinder caved in, and vie left with the opinion that Duchy was one ahead. on seeing under the influ- The following good epigram on ji pale-faced wife was suggested the husband of the wife under ence of liquor: “ Why is it that oil Emma’s cheek .The lily blooms, and not tho rose ?. Because the rose has gone to geek A place Uiion her husband's nose.” ‘ Daddy!’ said a young hopeful, let’s go up to the nine pin alley and roll.’ R o ll! bey, wh^t do y&n \know about rolling nine pins ?’ ‘ ille know about it ? W hy I can roll your darn’d old eyes out in less than ten minutes.’ , The following item which we find in an exchange, we don’t believe a word of. The thing is incredible ! We hear of an editor wbo writes bis editorials with stolen chalk on the soles of his boots. He goes barefooted while the boys set up the manuscript.” E-F\ The following good advice we find in an exchange : Breathes there a man with sou) so dead— who never to himself haib said—“ I will my village paper tak-’—both for my own and family’s sake ?— ff such there be Jet ' him repent—and have the paper to him sent—and if he’d pass a happy winter— he in advance should pay the printer.” T hat ’ s the Q uestion .’— The snew being a foot in thickness in Franklmcoun ty, Maine, the Franklin, Washington, Jef ferson, Madison Debating Association af- ... discussing the absorbing question, whether the snow fell a foot deep or afoot high, decided that il did. A n alderm a n once called on Dr. Francis, when the following dialogue took place: “ Doctor, I have a strong tendency to ibc arrest it?” Take lucket of water, and a ton o'f anthracite three times a w*eek.” “ How ?” “ Drink the former, and carry the latter up three pair of stairs.” Do not be afraid of diminishing your own happiness by seeking that of o th e r s . H e who labors wholly lor the benefit of Olliers, and, as it were, forgets .uAva;.—IP |gj. hapjpi,.^- l h a n th e m a n w h o a ffoloXeid 'bail , -= jeveniig the following ff'af j i4ooj[J?osrrT Tickets fifty cents. ^vilRoui s ffqnr, pin. w h a t m e a n s be lost hfo cried he,-i.Lflattered4rar:iMt^t5aq% proud to speak to jne.,’ ;;: i ’
