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Ihe Columbia Washingtonian. DEVOTED T P ’THB* CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE- Is published every Thursday Morning,by the Exec utivoCommittce of the Columbia County Washing to nian Tomperance Society. T e u m s —O n e Dollar p e r a n n u m , payable in advanc or o n e dollar u n d tw e n ty*ftve c e n ts i t n o t p a id in t h r e e •m o n ths. * I A d v e r tisem e n ts c o n s p icuously i n s e r ted a t the tiStial T a les. Address W a u r e n R o c k w e l l , lJ&flS6ti,.Colwnbia County, N». Y. p o s t a g e p a i d . For the Columbia Washingtonian, ■IVlio fill the Drunkard’s Grave ? '\Who i fill the drunkard's grav'c? Rumsellers dure mudt * know} T^ey are the very opes who pave tho way to crime • -aud W0R > '’Tis thoirsto wring, the moihc'r’s heart, tho father’s hope destroy* 'To bid each flattering hope depart they onco felt for thoir boy; •Ah) they the young and fair enslave, 'Who find at length th$ drunkard’s grav'd. \Vho fill a drunkard’s grave 1 Ah \ sure they best can tdifi %Yho dare a noble mind cnslavo, and Ihfis 'their cof fers swell, 'Yes,for the sake of filthy gold they rob the poorofbread, And misery they cause untold in every path they tread* The old, the young, the fair, the brave, Are hurried to the drunkard's grave,, \Vlio fill iho drunkard’s grave ? Go ask the weeping wife, IfVhose husband, plunged in ruin’s wave, hath threat ened oft her life,\ lier children his appearance dread, and hide away in •fear, ■’VVhcrne’er h'rs faltering foetste.ji’s tread breaks on the startled c ar; Ah, yes \ that poor misguided slave •Is hastening to the drunkard’s grave. Who fill the drunkard’s grave? they Whofhe ptfiscffv setl That by its burning, fiery wave is sinking souls to hell, ^ValPfee'.'itfl'r.sSaes of wisdom great, Hmhin its fearful wreck ; sai,' 5 - i )l!\hbecn [rif/ate; long shall man liis friend enslave, I belo to fill tlie drunkard’s grave? Onr . ---- ----- ------------- --------- *>’t.rowing '‘ kliutUlt\ is from a fair one—if it triiirror the fair in their true light, it is not our Mirror for tho Married S WOMAN AS SIIE C A N BE. ( My love,\ said Mrs. Granger, .‘ Don’t take you cap anti c.oak,• lore’s papers, books, and magazines, Besides •sogaw'ta smoke don’t go out this ■c'vc'nmg, Take this chair tho Gbatlcstyorlh’s soil I Yoil havn’t quite recovered yet, o And L fear you’ll take more culd. ^..t Anna take your bools, loro. For do you know l’vo wrought A pair oT prettier slippers Than can anywhere bo bought t And try this footstool, that I fixed On purpose for you, dear; •But mercy, George, don’t •<•» JienJ, I fear- ; mo tbe pattern, Slip got it of McCall, The very day you know she hqught Her thirty dollar shawl; Anil I havo boon a thinking-, If yog wore willing, dear, That Iwbuldsell my shawl to Ann, I’ve worn it now a year; - Sho says she’ll givo mat half you gavo, If I’ll throw in my muff, I think I’d bettor do trjBeergc, It’s getrfng very rough ; Fean get a VOry liandsoiftO ono 6i Clark & Co. for nine, ■■Which, added to a shawl and hat, JWilt make me look divines ’ tGomo, dearest George, mlv answer mV, you cannot help hut hear; Dd you say that I might manage IVith that shawl another year! TilO muifryou think, ‘ is quite unsoildf Oh! yes, no doubt you do ; ’And I presume you think a hat Is quite unnftded too. ' Oh 1 you are d horrid ptoiuler, sir, I w ish I n e ’e r h a d w e d — , Ugh i the room’s so full of that Vile smoke l’n» almost chok-pd and dead; I'll stay at home oil winter, sir, • rj Since I’ve no clothes to wear— ^Jfpooplo ask tho reason,sir, • ***- pl\ tell them, I declato.” ’‘‘(SrotaiftUCa, CfifoUuft’bta, fo (S lo ts ■ D u . D W1 Q II F ‘« H U D S O N , N . Y ., M A Y 13, 1847. WARREN ROCKWELL, E D lto R VOL. VI.—NO. 3— WHOLE NO. 563. An Elopement Extraordinary. . B Y SOMEBODY. Ill these days of romance, fun and frolic, it is no mailer o f surprise lira! young girls are notv and then guilty of sanctioning, if not co'mmit- ing very foolish things. Jenny Richmond was one of these -wilful lit lle misses, who conclude subjection to ‘ the powers that he’ a s little belter than downright slavery, and resolved at an unbecoming age to decide for herself on ail questions of importance. As a matter of course, she enjoyed frequent op portunities for repentance after the commission 'o? sgme wilful freak, the results of which some times detoonslraied Ihe akioto, ‘ two heads are better ihan one, &c.’ Among other foolish no tions she cherished an unaccountable antipathy against her cousin Frank; that is, it would have been unaccountable, bad it not been known that she once overheard her parents discussing the possibility of her union with the aforesaid cousin when both should ’attain a suitable age. Frank was a biack-eyed, roguish-looking hoy of about fifteen, when the unfoitunate con versation occurred, and Jenny a wilful minx of twelve; so that parent plannings seemed rather premature in tlie estimation of one of the parly. From that day Prank dated a series of minor persecutions, but -poorly calculated to concen trate his aBedtkns upon -Jenny Richmond ■; still he could wot throw aside etilire-ly the cousinly interest with which he had heretofore regarded her. His pride, .too, was some what piqued, and Lt Internally resolved to pay qmiKipaiemd In terest for V.tY 'repeated slights, when the fortu nate occasion dlCBired. Mr. Richmond, (he lather of Jane, and gnaruYM. o f Frame, observ ing a growing coolness 'betiveeVrfea cousins, deemed a separation ttecessary. Frank was ac cordingly enlercd ;at Dartmouth, while the daughter found an asylum for the time being a t , Mrs.—— ’s iashionabie Seminary: Some three yearsfpassed away in this man ner daring which the cousins never met. Jen- ( 1 )’ Richmond finished her course at the Semina ry, and graduated witli about a s much honor as one of her peculiar temperament might have I expected to win. A t the ex piration of Frank’s college course, lie asked and obtained permission to travel tjrepugh the Southern States before his return to the family mansion, or.engagement in his profession al studies. Ipso happened that Jenny, now Miss Rich mond had formed, among other pleasant sc- quaintances,.and especial friendship for a young lady of Virginia, from whom she received an invitation to spend tho ensuing winter. As her will had heen for years the only law she ac knowledged, ftreqUlred'-no-great power- df per suasion on her part, to induce her parents to consent to this arrangement, and Jenny left home accompanied by h er father, who had re luctantly offered himself as escort, if she would persist in so soon leaving home, Mr. Rich mond had hoped to detain her until Frank’s re * *’ *r - — - - n n v i n i i s I n hf all for another, and that other an acquaintance of but a few months it was a trial shii had little anticipated. Creeping softly tolthe parlor, she paused be fore the portfaits of h e r parents, a s though their mute faces Were pleading with her disobedieitdA Resides her own was that of her cousin Frank, laken about the Titne sbefcSd overheard the W - versiitjon of her parents in regard to her union with him. This re-called all her former energy. She would Wot marry heV 'ctoVts'in Frank, to please anybody. She wa3 old enough to choose for herself—and she wOffld. Making the best of her way through the gar den, she gave no look behind, lest by that one glance site should lose the courage, the sight Of her cousin’s .picture had inspired. Stanley was waiting with a carriage. Springing in the door closed and the fugitives were soon beyond the reach of pursuit. Arrived in a small village, remote from, rite observation of 'the great 'World', the marriage ceremony was performed fay the village pastor, and the way-waid pair departed for New-York. Ensconced in close quarters at the Astor, Jane -addressed her’ parents, inform- ing them of her safety, and the pleasure it would give her to see them. To this letter Stanley appended a note.— Whatever il was. Jane did not see it. Its ef fect was to bring the Judge to New-York, who as he hastily entered the room ofthe run-aways exclaimed: • Good enongh for you, yon ugly minx, 1 might have known Frank would outwit you in the end.’ A glance of surprise was Jane’s only an swer, as she witnessed the cordial greetings be tween her husband arid father. It was Frank, only cousin Frank, after all, whom sire had fan sw a y wilh and married.— Five yeaiw fesetvee, together with « pair of whiskers, had so compte^JSEhawged him, that Jane never suspected hint ol-faring-(Ire cousin about whom she bad railed so unmercifully, and Judge Richmond though, he had informed Frank ol Jane’s contemplated visit to Virginia, never dreamed that he would Rouble himself about her. The still wiliul lady declares that she will never be caught in such a scrape again—and we sincerely hope she never will, W a rm ing a Red — A good lady in th'e •city of Portland, whose husband was tormented with the rheumatism, was advised by a neighbor to warm his bed with a paq of coals, and throw in a little sugMt She accordingly threw upon the sheet something like a pound o f brown Ha vana sugar, and proceeded to draw a pan of hot coals briskly between ihe sheets, by Which op eration the sugar was soon restored lo its primi tive state, and made as it was when it came from the boiling cauldron. Meanwhile the old man had denuded himself, and. when the pan was Withdrawn, crawled .between the sheets as fast as his lameness wsuld permit. But the bound from the bed gave the lie to his complaint License ami Crime. !lf theie be any point on which absolute progress Ims been made b y lire H ultra n Mind within the last century, Wa believe it to be (hat which regards the trentmeii't o f Crime and Criminals'. Time 'Wab when poor crea tures gtTiliy olf'diseased appetites and peVveiT- efa faculties—'guilty of taking which they had not produced in an illegal w ay—etiihy, in Short-, o f Ignorance, Hunger arid Despoir— we're'si'r u n | up like onions as a terror to tiieir class, while Respectability 5b Vis g ig” irot- ed by, full-bellied and pious, Td thank God, pro form a , for its own righteousness, the tem poral rewards thereof already in possession arid the farther and eternal tewrirds o f which it enjoyed a-comibrtingprospecC. It as not so at present. Men—that is, soine men—have begun to look keenly into the nature and his tory of Crime — 10 analyze its character and search out its causes, itttthedta'te a'nd u l timate—and it is beginning to ho a by no means singular conviction that, however black and indefensible may be the legally a r raigned Criminal, tliete is guilt beside his, perhaps in the eye of All-Seeiog Justice os flagrant as his—the guilt namely, o f those wiser and stronger than he who hedged his dimly-lighted path with snntes and pit-falls ■j-wlto surrounded his tottering slops wul), temptations which they were able nr cunning enough to'withstand, but which he conid not. —or, at least, saw those temptations beset ting his way, and had not virtue enough, self- denial enough, to labor faithfully for their re moval, b a t rather justified and sustained the tempters, even though a brother’s blood cried against them from the ground. In the fight o f these truths, look al the stren uous attempts now making to repeal the New Excise Law o f our State. The loversofAl- cohofic beverages maintain that they are a great majority of (ho community, and of coursocan legalize the sale of L iquors wher ever they see f i t ; but they are somewhat ashamed and conscience-smitten, a n d want to be relieved from Ihe necessity of voting L i- Exciso L a w repealed From the Spirit of the Age. The B loody D o llar. BY -H. MEEKS. ■ Mr. Rencliard was the owner of much pro- f erty, Ids rent-roll embraced dwellings of every cade and ■cha'rS.'c’er ; among them was a fashionable hotel, a respectable tavern, and a low disreputable gCoggery. It was not a matter ot any concern to Itjm how his rent was made, so that it was punctually paid, whether it this Carried hy honest foil, or ex torted by 'frAild and oppression’, whether wrung frorri thp empty stomach, of the o'rphan, ex tracted from the tears and sweat of the widow, or levied from the pocket o f (ho traveler by highway robbery, it was all the same, so he got it. The respectable tavern, so called, was in High street, and kept by a man of no bad character, no peculiar heartlessness. He thought ii right to make money eVe'ti h y ques tionable mean3, especially as he knew the character of his landlord. The large property Of Mafittadukc Medford, the paternal uncle of her children, iiad Unex pectedly fallen into the widow’s hands, and she managed it with great prudence until her son had attained his majority. But with their 'cliingO bf fotrtiin'a llte Wolld had changed. The hypocrisy of mammon he left her, and then tears gashed fo h e r relief. Mr, Eenchard’s agent had been that day lb call upon the tenant of his, and the next day money— for Mr.. ready, and evetj It wad a gf or was cold,J gors, draw’ encampment 'SJljpp^iR H B n n jot .tip ’for th'e particular amusement of that great hatiy j 'fee pub lic. As the once respected, but broken As'etchant wandered through the streets shunned by h is former friends, he realized the fntmeadhrafale depth of Ins fall, and Ihe very multitude'of fatisy eager men made him feel mcre_ lonely and dis-, consulate. He entered 'the. High street hotel! and throwing his dollar at the bar, eaid .“ I want drink for this, give Me as much a s it yvjil buy, and then 1 stop.” The landlord eetheiorb him a decanter of brandy. . ,,. In rripid succession lie swallowed glass after glass until he had taken the worth of ilia mon: e y ; when placing the dollar upon the jeounteK and in an instant he drew a razor blade across his throat, severing it from ear to ear!, ' _ , The hot blood spouted from the tfotfnu, aria bathed the money in ils crimson stre'afih.' The coroner catrie hnd the farce of a n ijiquest w as played ; nobody thought proper t h police the agent in that deil 'of death. , ' . The' dead body was conveyed home, .So n S wife and mother, the one fed insensible io the floor with a piteous gro'itV, the biher gazed .upon the mutilated corpse in silent unutterable nn- gtiish; his aged mother rose ltd m'ote, hie wife was a helpless idiot. , His children were placed iti ihe’dliija house; and the bloody d'dllar went info the riimseller’s till. His 'sister broken hearted already, hy the apathy and unkindness of her mercenary h u s band, fell into a settled melancholly, o i which she soon died. Renchard’s agent called for h is money, and as the landlord counted it out. h is hand rested could now see that Mrs. Medford was indeed on uYe bloody dollar, it seemed to burn him a i a very intelligent and amiable woman, that her [10 threw it over to the agent. n l A « a t » . . L I n n d t i o n e n n « V l » r » m l . . i • _ t . i ! . ? _ - 1 ______ If daughter was a lovely girl, and her son a very clever young man. A few months before, and the widow might have gone to the alms house, her son to a \vhee].faorrotv,and her daughter, lo infamy, and who would have known or cared! But eighty Ihoueand dollars, cannot fall any' where upon the earth anil not be f e lt; the young lady was courted and flattered, and the man pelted and feasted. Parties were given, and every where Mrs. Medford and hfir children were invited. Under the idea of improving their manners and gaining a polish by mingling ih the best society, she en couraged her children to accept these selfish civilities. Mr. Hugh Bagley, of the firm of Bagley & That night his sleep was disfiirfied Mid brok en, strange visions haunted his brain, he dream ed. and while the ghastly 'cdrpse of tbe suicide lay sketched out beforo hint) the aged ftiother stood by his bed ditd pqihiing id the inelahcholy spectacle, exhibited the BidBiiy- Dollar. She passed away, and ihen c'dm'e th'e sister of the poor suicide, and pointing to her wretched broth er displaying the Bloody Dollar. . Then came one mule and motionless with despair, and stooping down she pressed her thin lips upon the cold and rigid brow of the dead, and beheld before the eyes of the sleeper' the game Bloody Dollar. Then came a pair of young and wo-strick'eii orphans, nnd as they stood over.the'inattimate cense—want Ihe Grave Judgos and high digniiarics of Stale unite their exertions with llm s e o fgrog.8ellei8r\“ °“ ‘an'(i; ; d ^ ” ‘^ “ Yi”was”\he'fiist step and lmro drinkers to procure a majority forj(n t!l£ toaj ,0 rto;n,v ow s son was prevailed upon to baptize his - ■ - . . . \ °ae n i U I I U l l i i u IIU ^ IU U \ w M « — . . . . -------- U V U I I H ............ 0 „. turn-, white. Jane was the more anxious to be —no member of the Ravel iaffliHy could* haVe absent from that very reason. vaulted to the floor with more agility than tbe The beautiful Miss'Bicbmond lost nothing sugar scalded old codger, aad no Stentor could in the eyes o f the world by being sole heiress to have roared louder titan he did. in the jump Judge Richmond’s immense estate, though we he struck the dame,and man, woman, two cliit- rtre loth to conclude her fortune,was the ctfief dren, and the hot coals, came to the floor togetii- attraction of multitudes who followed in het er. But tlie coals.were scarce less comfortable train. - than tlie hot sugar, and the evening’s entcrtpin- Tho winter passed on gaily, find, (taiij near ment concluded With' “ ground and lofty s close, with nothing particularly alarming to tumbling by tbe'whoie company.*' But the cx- uu r...irt.o ,h„. i.i-.n was n fils — _____ _ _ a r u c u iaiij' u iu i ......to — iu...ui.i)£ . . j ____ ^ tlie prospects so fong entertained by Judge ercise thus taken was productive of good, and Richmond, in regard to his daughter’s anion barring fee Scalded skin, the old man was ren- with her cousin. , . . tiered move free from pain Hum h e had been for So long as her heart whs free, ftd Jidd ho many years, A T ouching I ncident .— A month or two kjqi IUU q -- - fear; but from a Jelter sober mother, he was eventually Jed to infer' that a changjffhad come over her dreams' She bad met with a young gentleman, so handsome, and so intelligent, and so agreeable, lhat her father deemed i t desirable that she should return home, before she made • •scoveries rirmltfttnan’* SlttrflCtlOttS. since, we received the following story in a let ter froth a private Correspondent in Ngw-York; A visitor of the City Tract Society called, a few days ago, on u family sutTeiing'ivitli ex- (rcme poverty- A JiitJe child, that bad died iht many di of the gentleman’s attractions, tceine puvcujr. ...... -------- ----------------- ----------- A letter urging her immediate return, was day before, was laying on the bed in its every forwarded, bid like midrilndes of other pardnlal day clothes, (he parents being Unable Vo pay ... .il.i-M-ofdsd. She cottlu for suitable grave clothes. The visilor promis. j ._ u . . . i » i a n ( j ng s | ) e w a g je a y so mucn uisap^uui.^u,...... -------- .ue woe , . deceased asked, fin i te l y b e t t e r c o n t e n t e d th a n d u r i n g th e firs t ' ' fe w w e e k s ot h e r visit. Fearing least her headstrong will should lead her iriiq irremediable Jolly, Judge Richmond ■' VV l i n e IO i i u i i i i u taw ai . “ God has taken him away\ said the visitor. “ is Jamre cold n o w l i e inquired, “ No. God has taken him where there is no more cold or hunger or suffering.” I1CI l l « V ______ decided to go for her without delay. more cuiu ur m u jt . — B His arrival was perfectly unexpected ; find The poor boy looked up and exclaimed W e are sorry to say, not quite so welcome an ” Won’t you ask God to take me, too ?— I am ..................... ■ blight have been sup- so cold !”—7/art. Courant, kV - yJJltAD, DOT JjiEKPiiVG-”—A foreign ' jemions a remarkable case of a fe- |_ead, and who came Ve, (>ui was snved from ppppnn.. ’Tnleitnerti rttost rtrirdcttlously. Tlie giil bad sickened and died, (qj lier friends thought) sho was laid out as U 6 U 0 I, and re mained to all appearance as a corpse fur three days, when the time arrived which was appointed for her--burial,—When the under takers cam e to screw down tho lid o f the cof fin, a slight perspiration was noticed upon ((qf- skin, which beibg immedia'ely regarded, •an examination W’aA -rtiade, life was soon found to be in the body,'rind she was restor ed to health- •T h e most interesiingqiart o f the circum stances is the account that the g ill gives of her,own e x p e r i e a a ^ d i m f t z tbejnaoim a to — W 1 fe dreatn that ■ p w J f c ^ f W h i n g m ____ ... h e r, and distinctly .... friends bewail her*death ; she felt them envelope her in' tbe shroud and place her ia the coffin. T h e sensation gave her txlreni agony, and she attempted to speak, but her soul was unable to act on her body. She described her sensations a s very con tradictory, as if she wete in and out oi her body a t the same instant. She attempted in vain to move her arm9, to open b er eyes, to speak. The agony was at its height when she beard the funeral hymn, and found they Were about to nail dowh tho coffin. Tho horror of being buried alive gave a new im pulse to her mind, which resumed its power over its corporeal organization, and produoed the .effects which excited the notice Of those •who were about tn convey ber to a premature grave. . I ” Turkey, it is necessary to obtain permis sion of, magistrate hefo;c one can have a tooth ' § I H 9 l - ' event to his’ daughter, a s ... s PCLUtie Miss Wilful, was Wilful still. ' She N atbbe .—W hen: storms lower, and wintry was not ready to return; and could h o t possibly winds oppress thee, Nature, dear goddess, is be under a month or so. ' beaut.ful, always beautffnl ’. Every little flake Judge Richmond insisted, while \Jane con- of snow ts such a perfect cryslal., and they fall linued unyielding. Things conlinued in a rath- together so gracefuify, as , f fames of the utr lO g e iliei PU ^ t m .v m .1 ; , — ______ er Unpteasaitt\«ale “for ’’several days, Jill at caught water-dross and made them into artificial length, as though weary of opposing his dattgh- a Saf ?! 1 ? I?!??8 A , w it”” lei-, the Judge ceased b is entreaties, and allow- ^ • s saddest of_all things, that even the ed her to pursue her own course, The very m,nJ should dimly perceive (he beauty interesting young man, Wlto.hy the way, bore ‘I1\1 ' 3 8« r around us, a “ perpetual bebedrc- the very arisldcratic-cognomeii of Stanley Mark- 'ton.” Nature, that great midstonary d the -•— .u:_ „„ qoe„i(anI the hints Most High, preaches tou* lorever, in a il tones License ; and (his they ’plodaim a popular' verdict against the Excise L a w , thereupon demanding its Repeal, Let us suppose them successful; und, a few months thereafter, one of their parly who has ceased for som e y ears to talk of his loVe o fTem p etance— in short, become a drunkard—is hauled up before a n other member ofthe License party, and put qn trial for murder. H e has killed his wife in a drunken phrensy—fee proof is indispu table—he i3 convicted, and the Judge, about lo p.ass sentence, asks him what he has tn say for himself. *• I have only this to say,” apawets the nugerabie object; “ my wife w « an angel, and I loved her as well as ever Man loved Woman, and when sober I treated her well, and no pair were ever h a p pier. B u l l unfortunately imbibed a habit of moderate drinking when young aud thought less, which grew upon me insensibly until 7 became a drunkard—a miserable slave of appetite. I was inwardly devoured by an intolerable thirst for strong drink; and, hough it made me a brute ami a madman, t could not withstand (he temptatidrt todriuk a t every opportunity. If wiser mere. With better command of their appetites, did not sell liquor, I could not hove obtained il a s I did ; if the L a w had forbidden die sale, and been eufotced, the overmastering temptation would have bean removed. Yet I madly cherished m y destroyer, for my reason had n f t c o n u o l o v t r m y o g i i o t i q . I -v u t a c L L l c e n s e wilh you. Mr. Judge, nnd we prevailed Rum was sold, and I bought a n d drank; T h o first glass aroused the wolf within m p | the sixth made me an utter njanioc I I Went home andftliey say)killcd my wife, though to mo it would be utterly incredible, had I not abused her before when under the influ-1 enco of Rum. i have sired the blood of her who whs dearest lo me, and must die t I deny not the justice of my sentence 1 I seek no mercy. M t/ crime t will not palliate—W hat must be the verdict olE tctnal Justice on tho rutnscller’s nod yours 1 ” • Would not the Judge, probably, wish to take something strengthening before protteed- nrnnoiinnp sentence?— TrthrtrtUl ing lo pronounce sentence ! believed she was to him,and would no. leave t h e r e u spirit less at ( / e / i c r c u d u e w m v . . . . . . . ____ her for forty fulhers, unless she so decided. unuetstanu ue>, »«..■— » -------- , . As the case stood, it seemed impossible for discord, hears semi-tones tn the ocean and wind e Judge to carry oat his favorite scheme.— al)J when the stars look into hip heart, lie is The cousin must give place to a Btranger, dev stirred with dim recollections of a umversa spile a father's wish, Discouraged, eventually, iauguage, A , rev^ . f A f tA y v J JudgeRichmond returned home to reconcile him- remembered the alphabet.—Afar L . M . Child. self as best he might to his disappointment. , , „ . . The lovers sped well their wooing; after the A T iuai , of M m o r y — A Person was departure of her father, and when the time for faoastmg, tn Foote s presence of tiro exlraor- Jane’s return arrived, Stanley Markham ac- d'nary facility with which be could com m a companied her to her Jather’s house, as her ac- anything to memory, when the modern A c cepted suitor and fulure husband. His daugh- be would w rue down a dozen ■* • —-f W h a t N e x t . —W hat liohhy will the rum party ride next / They have fot p e a ts declar ed o ur license faws to be unconslilional. E v ery bar room in llte land lias been a lyrienm for tbe discusiun of ihis subject and thousands who never read ten lines ofthe Constitution of the United Stales, have reasoned like old gray headed lawyers. T b e license laws have been suirained for more limn half a century by nearly every Judge of every stato in the Union and now Thurlow, Rum & C o ., have been defeated io Ihe United Stales Court, ond the bench have unanimouly sustained tho E x cise Laws o f tire states. W hat bobby will th e y ride next 7— We are a liule anxious to knovv, that we may bo prepared to meet them. Perhaps it will be the unconslitution- ality of the constiiyiion, which so constitu tionally uses up their unconstitutional traflic. W e wait the sa^e councils o f the F rco T r a der .— S tillwater Gazette. ter onco more safely under h is own roof, Judge R., prohibited the attentions of the gehtleman who had so far forgotten (he rights of k father as to persist in them, when he was fully ac quainted with that father’s objections. _ Tho sovereign wilt of woman w as for once insuf ficient, and stolen interviews were their only re source. An elopetnqnt was projected, wilh as great a regard to secrecy as two romantic young lovers could exercise. A very d atk night was chosen for their flight, Markham having arran?‘ ed everything so as to expediate their departute without the knowledge of the Judge. . To disobey her parents was so common an affair with Jane, that the preseat decision gave her no uneasiness whatever; but, lo leave tbe home of her yojrtb, to forsake those who had wgtched pyer hep from ohjlBhoo.d, (9 abatpfop i > u j r . ------- ^ . lophunes said he would write lines in prose which he would not be able to repeal, froln memory, in as many minutes. A wager was inslamly laid, and Foote pro duced the following : “ S o she went into the. garden to ctlt a cabbage leaf io make in ap ple pie ; and at the same time a great she bear coming up the street, pops iiS head into the shop. W hat no soap 7 So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Pickimiuniesf, and the Jobillies, und lbs GdryulieJj and the grand Parrjandruin himself, with ihe liule round button a t the top; arid they a ll foil to ploying the game of catch as catch enn, tiff tbe gunpowder ten out of the heels of their boots.” Such a mass of unconnected non- seoce defied memory, gnd 1 he wit won his wager, It was the object of Pid Bagley to bring in to his own business, the whole of the Medford in heritance, and h e had already pointed out to his son llte advantages 6l h matrimonial alliance with the brilliant heiress, and a Commercial one wilh her brolheT. “ You will thus secured. laVgJe capital with out weakening o r cftctlmb'ifirig (is in.ouV present position,* said he. , 1 “ The young lady is pretty enongh,” said the junior Bagley, “ and may be very amiable, but whether her education or accomplish ments—” “ Pshaw V' said the old man, “ money is the accomplishment, but J have rio doubt she is a sensible girl, and possessed of superior domes tic accomplishments,” “ But” said ‘fee yoftng Inin, ” \Ve mtlsl itave an eye to connexions, to family, and influence of that kind ; do yoli suppose that this ihatcli would be as available in this aspect as one with Matilda Fitz Hugh ?” “ The Fitz Hugh family’’ said the senior part ner *, will bring poor relations-, and no money, a burden of debt and profitless associations; tno Medford girl Will bring you cash, and the un questionable respect, deference, power and in fluence, which gold alone can command; be sides i see not hew else more surely you can reach and control Ihe means of the son, than hy marrying his sister. Thus was an aUidftce planned by avarice, Vo eventuate in Wisely lb Mi. George Bagley offered his hrilkl, li'ot his heart, that was already wedded to gold; ttnd urged by Iter brother, Eliza Medford accepted that, be- liiving she had the other also. The wine clip was an adjunct to the festivites of tlie wedding, and Theodore rejoicing in the imagined happi ness of his sister, took another’step in the road to ruin. They were married, and soon the new firm of Bagley & Medford was doing a heavy business. The (Vanli And lender nifeclions of a beauti ful young girl had beefi exchanged for the sor did idolatry of money, and her heart was doom; ed to wither and pine and perish, for want of the kindly influences of a kindred heart. The whole wealth of two jouhg and inexperi enced creatures, was placed a t the mercy of an old bankrupt speculator. Again came the gaities Mid feasting of a wed ding occasion. Theodort: himself took to his heart the girl of his choice, and received the universal congratulations of his friends. Wine again asserted its power, tlie third slop was taken, and young Medford was another re move from safety. Three years had passed away, anu the yottng merchant wis the father oi two children before he came to that disgraceful point iti public opinion, undisguised intoxjcalion. It was free-, ly spoken of, wise men shook their heads, and! silly ones Iuughed. Blit credit began io suffer, and the cautious old Bagley drew Out of the concern. The loss of a few hundred dollars hy Med ford when under the influence of strong drink, determined the younger Bagley <0 do the same and the firm dissolved, leaving Medford some what priorer than he was a t the start, but stili did seemed a moment to . glisten and tremble thero and then turn to a Bloody Dollar, and as the gentle mourners turned away, Ihe sleeper saw suspended from the neck of each by a ribbon o t flame, the Bloody Dollar, The scene was maddening, fee sleeper ledjpi from his bed, and grasping a dagger plunged i i to his heart. The agent paid-over the money li) Rencliard; and told him of the fate of his tenant. By the dim and trembling light of a taper; the great capitalist sat and counted over his gold ; Ah ha I there is fee Bloody Dollar. H e will wash it, nnd forget how, whence, from whom it caihc. But slumber si’fo liphn liisfeyelids-, 'd tail rind graceful tentale stands lieTore hiht, h e r whitti dress is soiled withS'pols bf dark and bloody hue, and here and there relit ih holes. S h i holds in her hand a volume, iu which he see3 the great law of humanity, “ Whalsoevcr y i would that men should do unto you, do ye evert so unto them.” A hroken girdle iianga froni heruvaist, and upon it is inscribed ‘Love.’ In her left band she holds the Bloody Dollar.—; Having attentively regarded awhile the awe struck sleeper she thus addresses him. “ My name; oh guilty man; te Hu&aniiy, this despicable c'oin you see, is the evidence of the ittjnries you have inflicted Upon me. That coat of blood which you vainJy essayed -td cleanseaway ismybiood. First fell Theodora Medford, the beautiful son the devoted husband, the affectionate father, the generous friend, tha a erous merchant—his blood slains thy ; then fell mother, wife, sibter, children; let their teats scald the steel from thy obdurate heart. Then came the bioorl of thy temint, it is on thee, it stains this dollar j tilt’d fill tliti tears o f theso lonely, and bereaved oaes fall ill bitter g rief Upon this Dollar, but if thoU wish to wash off tho deep stain froln that, first Wash thy soul in the tears o f pehilence, and ‘ tho blood of sprinkling Which cpenketh better things than the Food of Abel.’ A burning thirst Camo over, the dreatner, lie called for drink t and a stately figure approach ed ; iter countenance was stern and her cyd severe, she held in Ohe hand a diawn sword and in the other the scales of Justice o n Which Was emblazoned in letters ofburhisked bright ness, “ with Whit measure yfe kaete it shall be measured to yoU again.” Sho bid Humanity take ilte blebdlng' quiver ing heart of Hie J’olmg rnetehant, and squeeze the black drops jnto a goblet, and fill it up Id tlie brim with tears; and press i t to liis lips;— hut tlie humble maid revolted a t tho task and fled, leaving tho conscience stricken mainmo- nite in tlie august presence of Justice to'think of the Bloody Dollar. ' , About §200,000 have been raised by subscrip tion in tliis country lot Ireland ; about enough to give all the sufferers one good meal. J. H. Green, the reformed gambler, has suc ceeded in influencing the Legislature o f Pennsyl vania to pass a law for the suppression of gam bling. D eaf and D umb P bintebs .—I t will he gratifying to those who wish well to every , class o f mankind, lo know that in fee prin ting establishment of M . Theodore Helard, of Germany, all the compositors a n d press men. ard d e af and dumb, amounting to one hundred and sixty-six, twelve of whom are women. They have been trained a t liis own cost, to Ihe empioyypent in which Ihey are engaged, T h e king ha9 bestowed' upon him a large gold medal for ibis great reclamation of society from moral waste. a wealthy man. But his vice grew upon him, and soon what the cupidity of his late partners did not dare: il stripped him. In his cups lie would endorse with indiscriminate rashness, and when he found himself inextricably involved he flow to the dCn jA the gambler. His wifeTtad watched bis progress, but even her affectionate expostulations oniy tended to hasten his downfall, for being ashamed to ap pear before her when drunk, he would keep so to avoid her. ,m “ Ellen” said he, one evening; “ lend me a dollar.” Tho tear stood in h er eye- and her full heart throbbed to .bursting, tts she drew from her bosom a silver dollar and hiinded him. It was the slender reward oi lier midnight toil, nod was hoarded to procure food for tbeir children. “ ’Tis the last I shall ask you lor,” said he, as he took it, and throwing his arms around her, fie kissed her and went out. — • .i -i l„ . t ), T h e H o r s e F l y . —A gentleman y e sterday showed us several experiments bn the gnat of fly which a libis time is soinjutiousio horses; Tho oil of pennyroyal appears lobe a pre ventative of their nllacks. Placed Upon d pane of glass, atld CjrcutiisCribed b y a blight ring of oil, whenever (he fly approached h , it seemed to sicken abd die. l i is Ihe opinion- of this gentleman lhat to tub a horse’s earsi nostril, &o. witli this oil, would prevent them attacking him. As theii uuncks baVb prov ed exceedingly anDoying, and oven destruc tive, an early remedy shbuld, if possible, bd deVised.—St. Louis. R e p u b lican, ■* “ QV- feat it may he the last,” she sighed as To rem o v e P a i n t raott 'Woox.jcil C l o t h e s . —T h e utost simple abd effectual process for removing painr from woolen clothes is by friction. That ii/ -while fee paint is y et fresh, rub the eloih very quick ri ver the spot and iu half a miutile i t will dis appear. Hojttoiy- H o r n . — T h is iro u b t e .o m o and sometimes fatal disease, m a y be prevented simply by patting “ table spoonful of spirits of torpomfne iii the cavita o r hollow behind wo horns, once a fortnight, during the severs weather of winter aud spttDg. Liberal feed ing and comfortable quarter. boweVely w ilt usually render the foregoing application un necessary, a s it is seldom tfaai cows are at tacked wilh this diease.— Cultivator, ’ .'4
