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DEVOTED TO T H E CAUSE OP TEMPERANCE , fs pu.bUstied, every Thursday. Morning’,by the jSxec | utiveCommUtfta o fthb'Colum b ia C o u n ty W ashingto 1 riian Tohipcrahce Society. • : TisaHS-r-O.ao D o llarpbr annum ,payable in a'dvanc j $ r one dollurand twenty-five c o n tsifno fp a id ih thtco mpnth^.. ^ , ■'Advertisements conspicuously inserted a t the usual rates. A d d r e s s W a r r e n R o c k w e l l , H u d s o n , C o lum b ia C o u n ty, N . Y . p o s t a g e p a id ,. •The Dying Drunkard to Ms Wife—A by d. fc. t . WAtcotY; Forg\vg mO| ^ar^f.pfoVgiye, 'You know Fveboen ynfortunato ; , I ne’er intended sq to,dive, x ■ . ( Nor eyen; thgught of sifeh .a fate. This fcai?fu.l,habitfathevfixed, • V Long years ago whep-I was small,~ ' i -JJo firtt the. fatal Vev’rage mixed; < ' ' * And mpde medrnik-tlto swfc'eten^d gall! • ^He made me drihlt^and.dnqk again; T If 1 refused,.! .met hjs frown ; ^ did not love the poison then, , father had Jtoforcq itdayvn.,, •, . .. Ldraqk awhile, theil Ipvqd to. drink; k Nature began !he cup to crayp; But 0, how-little did I think, ‘That! Should \filVja dranlcttrd^graVef- ■ ,BuU>erQ I helpless lie;-ruqdpnq ;* i ,, A spark ol joy I nc/Qr^lrhll ego.; , Jhfy hopes have fled;,my friends haVc gone, ?p Mary, Mary, piiy me;l 1 . > ^’ye butS transient space.to-spefid- I This.sidh 'the grave, be hear the white ;' Forno on'eMsc will c&ndescend, * To notice one sodoWtfcnd vile-! ' f hav.e nol used you well I.Know; J ’v.c spoken j^arshw.ith foaturraf wjJd-; M rvc^trqcjcthe unintoiided blow— ” C u t your reproofs jyejc alwaysftiildl Forgive me, Mary, frg.I die. .’Tis eU jb|g.{v«ni she-ftplied... .> , A brigldheskkihdled in hisicyn.;' i IJe took hqthand, fell bjtc|;, andclipd! .The ©reaiu of a«*JE<litor. AlR— Z Dreamt I Divelt m MaVbl*. f a l l s . 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M ADISON. 1 , ” . .-{•..•.■>* i ■ • i• ' f T^ru? viprone.awax to 5 i)ijep ,, Charms 9 f youtli \vo fo!n Ivottiu keejo: S(iurkling lustro fiom the eyo, , , . - , / ' |*rom tl(o phack jts tubjr Uy*j- t , 1 ' From thosmile its jojvp; lo.fest , . t hVarmly in tho softened breast. , , Yot, lic sornctimq’s fcovps hebiju!, < ’ Mental trcnsurcs mbris thllnetf, . . , Sc'idii bWho |.earj, th’al grow • . 1 Brighter for the to«ch' of «q; Gold in sharp alrjmbio stiriyen^ . ' (rpBis tbah catcliOhc huo oj; Heaven. . * . Lady qf the nobjet rajcn 1 Still in soul a n j grnodji queeja? 1 t : . , He to theestrange lovohath shown, i Spared yputh’s gifts imd left bisownl . 'h i h ; s . i “ © o l u i n A f a , f f i o l u m t i t i t , t o © f t o v s S U i s c , ” — d R . D w i g h t . HUDSON, N. Y„ MAY 5, 1847. WARREN ROCKWELL, EDITOR. VOL. VI.—NO. 2.—WHOLE NO. 202. arm—that’s worse than reefing the top gallant ia a Snow storm ” “ What'.s to be done, Hal 1” asked ohe of the conspirators, . “ Well, vye must tnake short work of it. There’s no time to be lost, as my oid father used to. say, ‘ Henty, always malto hay When the snn shines,’ I never- cared much for the old man’s\ talk, bijt he said 1 would. learn to value bis advice if I lived Jong enough, and now the time is come. \V o must sail a straight course, I sdy ; there’s no other way io do it, and min’d, by-'s, the two sneakers 1 don’t like,- and never did, either. They dnn’t drink grog, nor.use ’backer, .and they will do us—so tnind, to save, out own necks, vve must break theirs ! What dp you say to that 1” We’re all gopd,for tltat,” was the reply. “ Well, we’ll see,’’.said the leqder ot the mutineers, as lie wen£ to his chest, from whicli h<? j.ook a Bible, which lie laid on tiie lid of the chest, and spreading it open said —■ ' . “ Now let every man put his right hand on that.” The chest was lashed to the bunlt or berth; and the-seamen pressed around it, for ming a semi circle, each with liis right hand on the holy book. It was an awfully solemn sight, to see-these men Jn a.stooping position with one standing over them, arid using the; Word of God to bind them, in a confederation of guilt. ' ■ - r “ Swear,” .said tlieir loader,' “ swear that yon will be masters qf this ship, the Tokeah, and all her treasure, and that you will not flinch in whatever may by Wcessary to obtain it ’,’ Then -the muliueer dictated ithe words, ll~ T siceav — si) help mo (Jodi ” canio fro m ove ry lip, like one simultaneous breath, and. the ]qw suppressed tone' went found the forecastle, in a low and unearthly murmur almost start ling that secret band, -■ ’ “ Well done, bays! .weUdqne ! 80on shall we alrbe wealthy, and enough pf.gold and to sparewill be ours.” Thus sp'ake ’their leaddi', Wlio stooped lo place the Hible. liut his hands faltered, and hia lips quivered. The very passage winch he had,>opgnptlaSir,;.ahd vvhictrliad been profaned by tiie unho)y use,\vas.themia which his sister-had marked syith a ,-pencil. The strong man nerved himsell1. yet though ,he appeardd calm to 'fiis'mCSs-mafcs, lie vv as tiie victim (if a vvhirHviiid bf emAtiun. Like a* thousand scorpions in liis brbast, conscience was inflicting a myriad o f stings. lid) iiafltng paused for a .mqm.ent, b u t was startled from his rdvery by the mate’s calling, dovvn-.the forecastle, ' ■ \ ' ’ , . “.Larboard. Watch, eighl bells!’' The seamen hurriedly prepared themselves, for tiie change of yvatch., , i t *y B o y s ^ S u n d a y night. , Aye’paye!” vva^thq response.” , Tho .arrabgemcnti was effiiCted vvitll ihe other watch, keeping it, however, secret'from1 the two who eould not be prevailed on tp lend aid -totsfny dishonorable ojiject ' Suirday 'morning Opened with a , bright shinihg Sun. T h e day passed a; 1 « ' From the New Yqrk , ; , T h e Fir'ate’s F a t e . , tn 1819 the Tokeah, one ofthe most bequli ful iradin\- vessels at that time, left Nevv York with a Valuable cargo, and a large remittance -■of money, for Tftru. It was a beautiful daV in July as th e gallant vessel, with her* Whole canvass spread, went through our noble bay, wooing with' her White sails the favOrjrtg breeze tlmt carried her' like a thing of life into the ocean. . ‘ “ Jack,’,’ said art honest Jar to- hi? maid, who With pirn ‘was watching ,tho fast disap pearing shin. “ Jack, the Tokeah pltiins, tt -likeasliiT ” : ' ft ' “ Yes; Tdijli'shq’s a taught (tight) crait, and More’s the' pity slm should be in sb groat a hurry to’find her grave,’’ , 4t Grave ?!*, ejaculated Toil). u YeS. should she put on. booms, sky scrapers and all, it wont lake her safe into porti W h y .Tom, it was ((inly thr'ee dayu since ! came down to ship in the Tokeali, jintl ■may t never taste grog again', i f the rats wasn’tJeaving her!” ■ , . •“ Theu she’s,bound for Davy J ones’—Sure . •may'Gqd help the Tokeahythen, 1 say.” The' . ..i,!.-., t.'!.<wmnn iri 'eodlVlort * 'Will' 1*0 lit asked .■supdrstitioR common to 'seamen,'will be at •onpo reeognized. No tar1 Will -go to sea in a sldn .wluoh the.ratS Have been segfl tb desert, as it is.considered a sure sign Of the vessel’s destructions .Sailors are generally fatalists. But not to. rtiultiply incidents, let ub piss' over some three wceks or so of the vessel’s coarse, and take a peep .in the forecastle of the Ship, The larboard watch were off duty, and judging from the suppressed tone of conversation •something 'df a secret character was bflin; plafiiifd* -i t , “ So the larboard is all agreed? large whiskefOd' fellow. > “ Aye, a y e ! ” was the response of all “ How dde3tbe st'arboard watoh go?” ask ed the same individual. “ Ben Hosting ’ill tend to that,- though he .sayS there’s two snealtets, as won’t join,” was the answer. “ The devil take the fools, tlien,-1 say!” exclaimed the first speaker, who seemed the •soui of the plot., “ H u t wo can do without them. I hope, when Hen sounded them, ho didn't tell too much. If he did our plan might buy us each a halt&r for Out paips, an it’s not ■the most desirable to haVe the wind whistling Through one’s legs, at the end of the fore yard away, and the conspirators gathered in little squads. 'The twu men’already’spoken bfcould hot Imagine why thqre was such an (effort on the p a rt of the crpw to avoid their company. JJbt evening came) and with if another secret conference in the forecastle. About 10 o’clock^ as the mate W.as pacing 'tliS dock',' Olife o f tiie conspirators whispered to-another, “ Nbw’S thO time, you1 go and give the \vord, and I ’ll keep the mate on the quartblf deek.” . . , i Tlte perSbn thus' addressed proceeded iq the forecastle, and looking down gave the precoh- eettoAsignal, a long, low whistle,with “ l.tr-^ board right ” “ Follow me, boys! ’..said their loader, Hal. Hurling., , 1,1 What are. the larboard vvatdh .doing-on dock f ’ jdpmanded tlio mute. . v Wq hayn.’t lime to tell ynu,” rdplted the cljieffesistaqt, in a tqne ofsqvagq pleasantry. Go Say your prayers, as quick as'possiblo, for tills js'the last chai\ec you-’il gat.” , “ For the love of God,” ejaculated iho alarmed* mate, as ho beheld th'e rufliantsJaeo gazing on him. “ For the love of God, rfu'n'r murder ipe.I” -, ' . 1 . ! -In - . , The, agony qf fear, that suddenly seized the countenance oftho mate-vvro’ught on tlibse present, They relented.- But their leader vyaq inllexihle( . , • • ! . • “ If tiie.fellow hasn’t any sins, over willf him ; why shoqld he scruple about going lo another world I ” * ’ , r Notwithstanding the cries p f the struggling mail t|ie ruffians cast him over. He caught hold of apiece of rope—-Hal; seizing a hand spike, broke thfi. ma.te’s.arm ( exclaiming, as lie fell into; the, dark w'atfcv, “ Go to H— 1, if you dpn’t caye about going to lleavcn !’* RousCd hy the cries qf the murdered mSn, thd captain; springing irom his bed,' rushed pn deck, but. forgot tp present himself arhied. The captain vvas astonished as he saw his faithful subordinate cast over the Ship's side. He at once saw lhat the ship was in a mutiny. He would have gone' back for hi's pistols, but ihe mutineers immediately surrounded him, “ Come, ofd cap !” said the mutineer! “ I believe 1 am captain now, and as it is incon venient to support two captains in pne ship, you will oblige the crew by just stepping ashore.” . , : “ Who dares to question my authority ? ” askbd tlio courageous pan,- glancing, .indig nantly at the revolters. ‘ “ Boys, who’s yonr captain 1 ” asked the whiskered villain. “ Hal Harling !” was the startling answer . “ H a !” exclaimed the captain, perfectly cool, “ we’ll see. Let every one that prefers his proper captain come to-my side, and they that do hot prefer it go to that villain.” , Tbis latter epithet was vqry impolitic, and highly incensed .the blood thirsty man it whs meant for, nor did the matter at aU aid the captain, for the whole crew of seamen, except ■the two sailors who alone remajned faithful their duty, went over to tlieir lead- ,‘f And, what shall be done' with Bill and Bob?” asked the Pirate, gazing on the two teamen. “ I t would-serve them right to send them to keep company witii old cap. since they love him so well. W hat do you say, my brave men, shall these unworthy compan ions be thrown to tiro sharks?” - I ‘‘ H a l will,, hear us-speak, won’t lie?” ask- ed Hill, in behalf of himseli and BoB. • “ Ot course lie will, not that you deserve ahjr tlung of us’, though ! ” was the answer. “ W e would ask of you, Holt .and through yoa of our muss mates, if we are to be mur dered fo f not assisting you in what we could not approve of?' W e have not opposed you in the least,, and had' vve have aided you in this.matter it would he the aid of hypocrisy, and a hypocrite is worse than a thief. Hal, vye cannot approve of what we have seen, and if we are in yoar Way, why, put us on some desert island, we can tell no tales there,\ ' • “ Well, Hill, you was always honest,'arid vve like yog for it. But we can’t; honestly carry on our trado while yob tvvo are with us. So we’ll set you down at the Falklands.” ' H a l was now in reality the captain ofthe vessel. Scenes of disorder hourly occurred. dpptaip’sBtpjo of .Wines' wasmadb free use'of, and ah ancient has said “ wine is a mocker, strong drink iq raging.” In these fits o.f h alf drunkenness, they would discuss iheir future plans, and although Bill and Bob had the prudence to keep away from tlierti at, s^elr tithes, so as not to awake’suspicion,'yet they Jjeard little droppings .which fwiien put tdgedmr quide ,up the plan of-their designs.—1 One day, while there was aliule uproar among the -mutineers, Hill was missing for some time, but he at length appeared, much to the ease of his companion. “ Hill, we must be near the Falklands ” “ 1 hope w.i may be, lor I shall be glad to getaway from this infernal gang, they’ve been, almost lighting about the division ot the gold while you’ve been below. 1 fear nheyil cut one anuther’p throats, yet.” “ W ell, lof us hoper JOr the best. They talk about scuttling the siiip, and putting into some island with a boat after they’ya disposed of us. But God knows what will happen.— Bob, 1 had a queer dream in' the night. It (seemed that the ghost o f the captain came to i seo me, and it looked so real, that I don’t know whether it, jVas a dream orafeal ghost that’came to me. But it made mo weary.— l ’.ve hot felt comfortable since.” “ W h at did he say ?’’ asked\Bub disposed to consider tlie matter a rCal.gliost ( V W hyj hq said, be it ghost or not, that I mflst avenge these murders!” . Oh, it was a dream, Bill. No ghost Wbnld talk such nonsense as' that, becalise it would know better. 1 should: like to see you trying to avenge them,-! would n o t give much for your bacon if you did. lt-vvas a dreanr,. Bill. It wasn’t a ghost. That’s certain.” “ Hob, you’re Johg-sighted, just run aloft and see if you can’t find something like land, if it’s only Gape fly -away it ’11 do, for 1 feel tired of the Tokeah,” Bob ran up nimbly, and in two minutes the cry o f land ahead, brought the mutineers to 'iheir Senses. Land on tho starbotlrd bow,” cried Bob.' It was the Falkland or Ma(ouines islands, grouproup islands. I’T a g of tvvo large and some ninety smaller Ildar a- liand,'boys, out with the jolly boat. We’Jl get rid of these two land lubbers, ahd leave them Jo keep company .with seals,and: penguins, instead of sensible men ” -v Tiie boat vvas lowered, and the tvvo meu ordered TutA it, who were followed by tho pi-( rate qaptain find three of the-' orBW. ' T he weather vvas vpry JirfC, and tiie xvihd light, and soon they came up to one qf the smaller Blands,, with ils \rocks rising lo a fearful attitude, ana presenting so totally barren an aspect that the ‘ hearts ol tho two men quailed within them at tlio thpught of what they must endure. The water looked rugged from the jutting rooks just peeping above its surface. They WSr.e ordered to get oil i and wade to them. ? he, •poor men Were overcome at the pvttspcctbeforo I hem , afffi as the order was given to shove off, both \vould have run back, and returned if they could. Hut it was too [ate, the boat was. beyond reach. A loud laugh rose from the mutineers, as ihoy gazed at the W'ofbl Connte- nancpp o f tho two men on the rocks. Hurrah boys! Lpt them go and starve, while we go to glory.” . The two meb passed their way through;the water until’they found a rdbgh and spital ascent. Hy this they climed the rock And having gained the top, “ Now watch thqin go to-glory,. Bob, the lnSur o f iheir destruction is at hand. I placed near the magazine, a quantity of moist cotton, I set on fire, it may take a day to burn, bnt let us watch.” They saw the men go on board from the boat, then watched with breathless curiosity. In an instant tho Tnlreah was a huge mass, of smoke and flame. The explosion. The mu tineers were in eternity, and the gallant ship a mass of fire. In a few days, after intense suffering, the tvVo men Were taken off the island by a vessel hound to the port they had left. Tiie Yankee Lawyer, BV MEItKILL O. VOtXKG. in ----- - . . , . - er. The captain gave up all hope. There Was no use for, or possibility of resistance. “ Send him after the mate, boys; and let’s have thd matter over!” A. heavy eplash in the water, and a slight groah told the tale too well. Now, indeed, the mutineer was master of the ship, b u t tbe work of death was not complete. The stew ard, a negro, who plead like a child, was dragged from the cabin and also tltrpwji over board. Partly concealed within the borders ol wood, which skirts a scene where a prairie ‘•Stretched in boundless beauty lies,” is situated a cimfming little cottage, nestled in shale and seclusion beneath the foliage of over shadowing boughs. On the Piazza in front of this dwelling a venerable sucker (named Gor don) was seated, one summer afternoon, build ing dreams of thrift as he surveyed his, planta tion, enamelled into heavy crops ripening into plenty. Now as our sweetest dreams are fleet est ami quickest to close, it is not strange that his, although pleasant,were soon terminated by some one shouting— “ Hallo, old dad.” •• Hallo, yourself, and diskiver how it feels,” he retorted, and turning simultaneously with ids reply,.his eye fell upon ayoung man, a stianger to him, leaning on the yard-fence. '• Excuse me,” said the stranger; “ may be you motight be so clever as do tell a chap who otvns thnt erq wheat field Up aside the timber, Won’t you !’t ‘ “ Wall, I will; I own “it !*’ “ Dey say !” said tbe stranger. *• But aint it mighty cute that you allow four legged and sicb critters to be in iir” “ But I don’t,\ said Gordon. “ I seen a boss in it though, as 1 kum along,” remarked the stranger, diyly. “ A lioss in my wheat!” exclaimed the Sticker. “ Zangs and lightning ! Hire liluch- ei*! iSanla Anna, h-e-r-e—fi-e-i-e.” His cull had die efihct to bring forth two dogs, one a hound, with his legs half as long hS an eastern schoolmaster's, the other a bull, the'peculiar quirk of whose under jaw might iead you to mistrust that he was over fond oi what tliff knowing ones call the •• grab game.” Attended with these,Tie trotted off in “ hot baste,” the dogs wagging their tails as their old master Wagged liis tongue urging them to pur sue. The young stranger after wagging his chin a •little awry and indulging in a light laugh iliat made him look suspiciously va-gish, walked to the cottage door—and then, without ceremo ny into the pallor. Here, finding himself alone, he commenced a survey of the apartment _ Before lie had .much leisure, however, cither Id observe or admire the taste and elegance com bined in every thing around him, he was en- tiancedby a gush of rich, wild melody,'suc ceeded liy; the found qf light footsteps, and instantly flitted a creature of beauty ahd come- liness into his presence. Oh! that fair rosy- chesked damsel, (he very personification of blithness. She was startled* though, wh’cn her sofl blue eyes encountered the stranger; and wan hastily withdrawing,- in which, she chanced to cast another glance—her counte nance changed from fright to gladhess-->-she ut tered (lie name, Henry Leslie, mid then ran— not put of the door, but smack into the youn\ Stranger’s arms. Wliat an extraordinary act-? ih-fa-tu a,tjon. She let him—let him kiss her, too.; and listened to his impassioned lan<rtia<m _ why what did the girl mean ? Their conversa tion will, perhaps, suffice to explain, Claris.-m,” sail! the, stranger, *• Clarisse, iny beautiful idol, 1 have come to claim you for mv owp.’ - “ 0 Henry, I fear that our hopes will never change .to realities. 1 love you' very, very much ; but my father dislikes you merely be cause you are a Yankee lawyer. He is obsiu nale and will npt cpnsent,” and the rosy flush fled the, young lady’s chcelc. “ Do npt iear,. Clarisse,” Said Henry Leslie •‘ I can and will remove' his prejudice. I know hpw to work on a farm, and lie does not know me, I will hire to him under an assumed name, and hy the, merit of honest wortii and virtue Win a place in hjs affections.”' Their hopes excited, and consequently their anxieties lulled by the reasonableness of this plan, Jtie two seated themselves on t|te sofa, and enjoyed those bright angel-plumed delights with which a,reciprocal loVe inspiiies young hearts. When Gordon returned, however, hq found, the stranger alone, Clarisse bavin- deemed it prudent to retire at the sound of her father’s footsteps. Gordon was glad lhat the stranger had tarried he wisiied to give him a pealing, for he had searched the fiejj all over and found 110 hor?e “ Nojv don’t blame me, old’man,” said the Yankee, Tor purer and my name is Dick Quirk, I seen ahossi a dead one, ia that’re very wheat as 1 kum along” Oh ! hni old Gordqn, .waxed wroih at thus learning that he had been sent to drive a mere skelclon .from his field ; yet the Yankee con trived to calm liis-rpfflsd feelings, and hire himself to the Sucker ;p “ dew things,” closing the bargain with the impartial agreement, that tlrfy. iqis'ff “ 1'pcns pocus” one another as much aS they pleased; whereupon Gordon licVledlpxTntiet-seli with the conceit, that he ■would make our hero suffer for all the wrongs he had endured from Yankee trickery, even from the \me of his buying a dock from a Yankee pedler, wirch he said kept rime hntfc- watds, down 10 the period when the New-York pettifogger wished ,tu marry Clarisse. Respecting Henry Leslie, he had been in early manhood nn enterprising young farmer, endowed with a broad and beautiful domain __ But being moreover gifted witii an excellent smack uf intellectual powers, lie had been in- duceu to forsake the natural aVocnlion for 0 ne, perhaps belter .befitting1 his ambition, taste and ability—law. In the yil'age where he studied and jnaciised, he became acquainted with Cla risse Gordon, who hud accompanied an aunt from the west, with the design of completing her .education at one of those meritorious insti tutions for female instruction, with which the eastern Slates abound. They love*. The mint wrote to her toother, old Gordon, soliciting his consent for . Clarisse to inarry, explaining af- aiis, &e. Gcio!on answered,\ stating that he shuuld ever negative his daughter’s wish to mnrry any Yankee,- who, it appeared, was too lazy to work, and hence had resorted to petti fogging He also instructed Clarisse to come home immediately, under tlte protection of an elderly lady and gentleman, friends of his, then about to retnrh from the east. Clarisse was obedient—wept—obeyed her father. Love, we ail know, is like wine, a mocker and sometimes prostrates its victims, by tnys terious intoxications. Something of this kind liefel Leslie, His noble ifpbeavings of desire— his. earnest ambition, were staid. The excite ment of business—of practical- life became charmless. And Within the lapse of twelve months, we find him as presented to the reader, disguised under an assumed name, language, and demeanor, entering upon a plan to win his lady love, by the sweat of his brow. Herein was centered the ordeal testing the purity of his affection and proving it as pure and clear and undaunted as the waters of- a mountain spring. He was willing lo labor for her like the patri arch on record; to toil, tp endure the wrong and rack of bone and sinew. Gradually did he Win his way info the old man’s esteem. On good deeds he laid thn base and building up of a good character. By his steady application and his practical skill and ability to labor, he substantiated a reputatjon for industry, and from experience combined with book know^ ledge, superiority in the pursuits of agriculture* In the latter, Gordon Was particularly indebt ed to him, he acknowledged his worth; the plantation too, expressed it legibly, Never theless I do not know what would have been the result had not a circumstance occurred pro pitious to the lover. It was this: G,r!on*\vas very unjustly prosecuted by a neighbor. Arriving at the court nt the time summoned, (it was a Justice’s trial) he iound every body Ihere whom .he wished to see but his own lawyer. The-Justice allowed him to delay the suit to the farthest limits that the law admits of—still no lawyer. He would not be beat for a hundred dollars); yet he knew he could no: conduct the suit suecesstully himself. To a man like him, independent to obstinacy, sucli a situation, without a tentative, was mor tifying m the extreme. As the Justice was I declaring that the case must proceed forthwith, ; Dick Quirk, alias Leslie, whisjiered t j Gordon: May be, seein a s how your lawyer aint cum, you’ll let me try yonr side—I’ve did sich things afore.” Gordon opened ids eyes wide, and stared at him. “ I don’t think you need hang off, for I’ll pay the costs and damage and give you a year’s work if I don’t beat.” Gordon complied, partly from despair, partly because he never knew Dick to fail in any thing he undertook. Five minifies elapsed, and Leslie Was in his element. He had rich sport that afternoon.— The cornering up of some half-a-dozen suspi cious witnesses; the putting to flight halt as many hait-fledged lawyers, the astonishment which the audience evinced, as, throwing off his assumed style of speaking, he merged into a chaste, clear and rapid stream of eloquence. The plain exposition of facts and of the law wovon into one glorious irresistible argument, finally resulting in a verdict favorable to his client,were both amusement and profit to Leslie. Gordon, who during the whole affair had sat with his mouth so wide open that you could have tossed a potatoe sufficiently large for a breakfast down his throat, without his knowing it—said when they Were riding home— “ Dick, if you are a Yankee, I don’t care j yon are an all-fired good feller.” “ So I am,” said Leslie, laughing, “ indeed whether you lake me in the field of labor, the court-room, or in any other place of business you please, do you know any man sujierior to \me hereabouts?” “ No 1 don’t.” “ Now what do you think of my poverty !” asked Leslie. “ I think you wili exchange it for something better, as you did your blamed Taunton lo-day,” answered Gordon. “ Do yon consider poverty a disgrace ?” con firmed Leslie. “ Well now, I shnuld’nt think I did.” YVeil sir,” said Leslie, stammering a little, “ inasmuch as you seem to harbor no sentiment concerning me hut whnt favors me, I will be so bold as to inform you there is a mutual attach ment existing betweeen your daughter and my self, and we solicit youi consent, to our mar riage.” Gordon opened his eyes and mouth agam wider than ever. “ She is yours by jingo,” said tile father after a short pause. “ AH 1 care about is (hdtashc will have to take such a consattied ugly name. Quirk—Quirk—Quirk ; it sounds too like a sick gobbler’s soliloquy, but 1 s’pose we can petition the Legislature and have it filtered.” “ Clarisse,\ said Gordon in the evening,— “ Clarisse, Quirk lifts told me you loved one ’nother, so I have given you to him entirely.- 1 nm glad, girl, lhat you have this time made choice of a man who know's how to pettifog, jam up, without being too lazy to work on a farm.” Clarisse laughed in her sleeve. Henry Leslie and Clarisse Gordon were mar ried, After the departure of the wedding guests on that sweet occasion, evert after the ceremony which launched them into the inextricable, ycleped matrimony, even after the rake, music, tea, kissing, wine, dancing, and coffee, after all wero finished, after all their friends were gone, Clarisse found herself between her husband and her father. She turned her eyes to the latter anil said beseechingly, “ Father will you forgive us “ Forgive you ! for what child!” “ Why you know I—I—loved and wished to wed Henry Leslie, my first flame, but you would not consent to our alliance.” “ And recollect, too, perhaps,” said the young husband, “ that when I first came here, the mu tual agreement was that we were to hocus pocus each Other fts much as we pleased.” “ Weil, what I was about to say,” continued the bride. \ is lhat Dick Quirk and Ilemy Les lie are the same person.” “ Zags and lightning!” exclaimed Gordon, springing to his feet; but he paused and sur veyed both the culprits attentively, and then continued without passion—“ What an old fool I have been lo fancy that my girl did/nt know enough to choose a fit nnd proper husband Forgive you ! yes I will, and Bless you into the bargin. Come to think of il, I am glad.it has ljappertcd so, for wc shan’t have to petition the Generrti Assembly in order to gel rid of thnt blamed sick-gobbler soliloquizing Quirk—Quirk — Quiik. Go to bed children.” They were hurrying away SS ftom fiontattlt'- nation, the hilarity ofthe occasion havino- been suddenly exchanged for mute terror. ° . Hurrying through the crowd, we entered the ball ropm, It was very spacious,, and brilliantly lighted, but deserted-of its occu pants, save a group in the centre, who seemed horror stricken by the sight iiUmaniLy.com- pelled thejm to fitness. \ * On a sofa, which had been drawn from thii side of- the room, sat a young lady in tlm stooping ppsturB, as though in the aet o f rising-, with one hand, stretched out to take that of the partner, who was to have led her lo thfi dancei W ith the smile on Iter lip, and eyes beam ing with excitement, death had seized heh—.. The smila of joy was transformed to a hideous grm ; the beaming eye now seemed, but A glaied mass protruding from the socket. The carmine added to give brilliancy to lie’r complexion, now Contrasted strangely with thfi Sallow hue her skin had assumed. While thfi gorgeous trappings, in which fashion had decked her, seemed but a mocking o f thfi habiliments of the grave. Heath under such circumstances was horrH ble. No wonder the pale mother as shfi knelt beside her cluU groaned Out, “ Not hefe ! Not h e r e ! Set h e r die at home I” We had arrived, too late to render aid. The spirit had fled, and all that could be done was to remove the body find strip it of its senseiesfi paraphernalia. This horrible catastrophe was one of those striking acts of Providence, by which we are forewarned that Death claims all seasons for liis own. When the yonng and beautiful, surrounded by the consolation of religion, depart in the triumphs bf a Christian faith, we botv ourselves to the stroke and be* lieve that a seraph has passed from among us, to mingle with the pufe above. Hut a sudden dispensation, like the onfi above, lqaVes a shadow upon the heart* of survivors, no after seeiic can describe^ 1)6 they mingle with the merry dancers? In the midst of their festivity comes the awful phan tom of the past. In- the silence ef their own chambers jfiiey weep for the departed, and seek in' Vain in memory’s store-house for some fond message, whispered'from the bloodless liy.i, as the spirit .sighed itself away. “ Not here! not here !—let her die at home I\ would be the exclamation of any mo ther, were she to stand thus hy her only child S while the only response Vouchsafed, would bn found in the soul-harrowing exclamation of those around, “ dead! dead! dead! and in a ball room 1 ”— Northern Budget. T h e b o y A N b - d A N D E R - A little bdy, on his return from school onfi day, was assailed by a gander, Und lie fought gallantly for a lew moments, when he retired1 exhausted from the Coitilici. A lew leather's; and a little Hood matked the field ol strife, and resolute determination marked the lace of the schqol-boy. The little fellow had not proceed-’ ed far, before lie met a brood of goslings, and he seized them one after another, exclaiming, “ You will be ganders by and by, f reckon, un less something happen to stop your growing; so I will wring yoUr hecks before you get to be ganders.\ Children, tvtlng tbe Iteekof the bottle in the morning of life, or the habit of using its con tents may grow with your growth, anifSlrength* en with your weakness. The minds of chil dren are like wax to receive, and like rocks to retain impresijSts. You are ladies and gentle- mr-n in miniature, nnd you will soon be the pro prietors of the farmsi factories, mills, shops, ships, and you Will soon represent respectable Constituencies in the council chambers of 'the country, and it is highly important that yon should serve tbe bottle as the boy did the gos lings. D e a t h In a B a l l Room. Tins G d L n r.N C a l f . —In the olden time, th f i Knights of the Fleece, the Garter, and other glories, won tlieir rank upon the battle-field— blood and strife being to them the hand-maids of honor. The chivalry of the Golden C a lf is mild and gentle. It splits no^brain-pah, spills no blood ; yet it is ever lighting. We a re at the Exchange. Look at that easy, peaceful man. Wliat a fiefenity is upon liis clieek I W h at a mild lustre in his e y e ! H o # plainly is h e habited! He wears the livery o f sim plicity and the look of peace. Yet he h a s in his heart the Order of the Golden Calf. Ho is one of mammon’s boldest heroes—a very soldier of fortune. IJe is now fighting—fight ing valorously. H e has come armed with fi bran new lie—a falsehood o f surpassing tem per, which with wondrous quietude lie lays about him, making huge gashes in the money hags of those he fights with. A good foreign lie, well finished and well mounted, is to this Knight of the Golden Calf as the sword of Faery to Orlando. With it he srfiSSetimes cuts down giant fortunes, and after, “ grinds their hones to make his bread ,\^D o u g las Jcrrold's Clovernook. When you see a young lad v looking nt y o n , do not decide that she has fallen in love with you.—Perhaps she discovers a rum blossom nn the end of y our nose, and thinks lhat yon ought to sign t’lie pledge, A Coot. E xcuse —A gentleman was thfi other day looking attentively a t some amusing caricatures in the window of a paint shop, when on a sudden he felt some one a t his pocket. As there was only one person stands ing near him, he instantly .turned around upfirt him, looking him full in face, said, “ Your hand, sir, was in my pocket !” _ “ W as it sir?” the other calmly replied,- “ I really beg your pardon, i f it was, hut\ the' weather is so very cold that one’s gtail tb' put' liis hand any where !”— Fatherless. One beautiful, hut cold evening in January, a ydunggentleman entered Dr. Q \s office, (with whom I was spending a vacation) and hurriedly enquired whero he could find the Doctor. Not being able to inform him, lie requested me to accompany him down the street to H ’s. hotel, as there was a young lady in tho ball room very ill. Supposing it a faintingfit, 1 clapped a bottle of hartshorn together with a lancet into my pocket, and accompanied him. On the way lie informed me, as T already knew, that a ball was in progress at the hall, and had' been interrupted by the unfortunate illness of one of tho belles of the evening. Arriving at the hotel, we were somewhat surprised by the filling and driving away of the carriages at the door. _ W e caught now and then, ah ex-cJamalion, which betokened extreme terror, but heard nothing sufficiently distinct 10 admit of farming a conclusion as to the cause of tiie apparent confusion. Passing up the stairs, we encountered num bers of young ladies. with their mantles thrown carelessly about them, with cheeks as pale, and lips as bloodless as though tlioy wore the subjects foi wjjpm aid was summoned. The greatest invention wliicn has feeentfy come to our knowledge is a machine for whip ping children and scholars. The culprit is placed in a sort o f basket work, and by turn ing a crank, the wliip comes down upon liim like a thousand of brick. In this way, much labor is saved. W hen a sow, fresh from the mud, rubs against you, do not stop to give battle. You may satisfy yonr honor by tbe reflection that she is a female. W hen a man detects a woman in men’s clothes, it is said that lie has a claim to the prize by right of discovery. Cruel kW ness consists in holding your u m h r o f / a over a lady in such a way that the rain pours in torrents down upon her new bonnet. W hy is a drunkard like a Quaker ? !l Because the spirit moves him. ’ ' * W hen a woman gives h er hand to n man in marriage, does she givo him all the rings that are on her fingers a t the :ime ? One of tho most vicious methods of lying is to be lying abed late in the morning.
