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ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1847. uwyersity of korgi* library VOLUME XV. NUMBER 23.
BY CHRISTY & L.AMPKLV.
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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
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dent of tbe Argentine Republic; pow- love to me again, at least while—
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e4 once •Momli ItwiBkochargmlTS ceata *
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whta tb« number ofinsertion* ta not
mork*4 upon tWm.wffl be foMUiod til forbid and char*
•4 according!#.
ty Notie* rfiIm ak if Lands and Neeme*. byAd-
ailnitflil*. Esrcnun.or Giardians, must be pobliab-
ed *nrrr bays pnvioas to d*r ofsale
ttr-TlMMleor Personal Property, in like manner,
m<Mt be pnbliibed rom »*T* preeiona to day of tale.
ty Notice to debtor* and creditor* of an cattle most
be pab&abcd rosTY nara.
•ar Notion that Application will be mad* tothe Conrt
j*f Ordinary (*r loaea le aofl Load or Negroe* moat bo
IT NEVER FAILS!
OS. CULLEN'S
the iron# resolution of his character,
which, has enabled him to control and
sway a people whom none save him can
keep in order, and to defy tbe united
attempts of England and France to
break up bis commerce and bead him
to their terms.
We ssy that the lady' Manuelita is
beautiful, but ber talents#' graces, and
accomplishments, alone sustain and
render her beauties, perfect and harmo
nious.
It almost seems a subject of surprise
that this fair lady, so attractive in man
ners, aod so elevated in her position,
should have arrived at the age of twen
ty-five years, without a thought of ap
proaching the hymenial altar, yet so it
hath been ; not however, from lack*of
solicitation and opportunity: for many
■'Cancer Frvaincl**. Old Sores uiecr*'Tetter a and brave cavalier has knelt
Mercarlnl DmeaaeoToriiny other complaints arising and sued for the love and hand which
from imparities of tl» blood, aro requested to read might bless a King, but because:
First, of all ber suitors, not one,
when weighed in tbe careful balance of
her discriminating judgement, but
lacked some of those qualities of bead
and heart which alone could win and
fix ber pure and lofty affections.
Second, had any cavalier presented
himself possessed of all the qualities
which would gain ber love, she could
not leave ber father's side, for as nec
essary as dew is to the flower, as light
in darkness is to man, was she to him.
She has ever acted as his adviser and
confidant; she alone can guide and
sway his stern will; she alone could sof
ten bis stern heart when it is frozen in
its stern resolves. He could not live
without ber. She receives his compa
ny, writes his private and important
documents, keeps watch and ward over
his interests and safety, and it become
even as it were second self unto him.
But to our story :
A short distance up the river above
Buenos Ayres, Gen. Rosas has a beau
tiful country seat, where often in the
warm summer time he and bis daugh
ter retire to enjoy the fragrant perfume
which arrives with the evening breeze
from tbe groves of peach, lemon and
orange, which cover it. A few years
ago during a heavy gale, a ship was
driven high and dry by the winds and
swollen waters into the very midst of
this favorite plantation of the Presi
dent's and when the gale abated she
was left in a position from which it was
found impossible to remove her.
To please his daughter, Gen. Rosas
bought this vessel and refitted her
beautifully, to serve the Lady Manuelita
as a summer bouse and a unique and
beautiful one did it make; im be tied not
in the azure waves of the ocean, but in
a perfect sea of flowers and fruits. In
the elegant cabin of this vessel occurred
the first scene of this brief but true
story.
■ It was on a lonely afternoon in sum
mer* The Lady Manuelita sat by tbe
•tern window of the vessel, enjoying the
sweet breathing of tbe zephyrs as they
came to her from their homes amid the
fragrant flowers. She was alone, and
as she sat and gazed out upon the wa
ving trees and the bright-winged birds
that flew from bianch to branch, she
sighed, as if she felt she had not been
formed for loneliness.
At the same moment the door towards
which her back was turned, was cau
tiously opened. Then, between the
rich velvet hangings which bung in
crimson folds before, quietly stepped a
noble looking cavalier; aod as be slow
ly advanced towards her, there could
he read io bis face the written poetry of
love, ay, even to a passionate idolatry
of her who was ’before him. He was
young, not more than twenty-five, bis
features regular as Apollo could have
desired, his eyes dark and bright as a
gazelle’s bis lofty brow and neck as
white as alabastar, was wreathed by
dark and curly masses of jet and glossy
hair; a glossy muuslach and beard as
soft aod curling as the hair which crept
down upon bis broad shoulders, con
trasted with the rich rosy hue of health
worn upon his expressive and pleasing
face. His tall, manly form was dressed
in a rich uniform, which betokened that
he had a-uoromUsion iuher father’s cav
alry.
Slow and cautiously the young officer
approached the lady, still unseen and
uobeard by ber.
Again she sighed.. He knett by her
side, and gazed upon her snow-white
hand; which, with its taper fingers .cov
ered with jewels, hung dpwn against
the Ottoman upon which she reclined.
Again she sighed. The cavalier bent
down bis noble head, and the lady start
ed to ber feet as she felt a warm kiss im
pressed upon her hand. _____
Not terror-stricken did she scream or
turn to fly, as other maidens would have
done, but with flashing eyes, reddened
cheek, and frowning brow, as she drew
mty of being cored without tbe dan- up hpr stately form in queenly dignity,
or the unpleasant uae of Balsam, she proudly exclaimed,
pleasant to the taste, and leave* “Who dare intrude"—'but ere she
jUTroun, by ROWAND * WAL- finished the exclamation, she saw the
176 Market St. Phila.
, Sr., sole Agent foi
ton, Columbus, do.; Joseph
i,do.; R.S. Roberts, Edge-
hen, fc Co., Charleston, do.
fol properties of
BEAD! VBADII READ!!!
We, the undersigned, haring visited Mr. L
Brooks, Jr. at the oSee of Mesars. Rowand &. Wal
ton, 876 Market street, Philadelphia, consider his
case the moot remarkable oos we have ever wit
nessed or beard of.
Ilia disease waa SCROFULA, and terrible most
have been bis twelve years' conflict with tbe destroy-
Hio Palate, the entire roof of hie Mouth, Nose,
• Upper Up, and lower lid of tbe bight btb have
been destroyed, hie Face nearly eaten up, and part
of the Jaw Boon carried away. And yet we can
give no description of bis case.
Mr. B. informs ns that in January last, tbe whole
inferior of Mo mouth, as well as moat of his foce.
wu a mass of deep and painful ulcers.
On tbe 14th or January last, be commenced
taking Dr. Calient Indian Vegetable Panacea,
which checked the disease in a low days, and from
that time the curs has progressed without intermio-
New flesh has supplied the place of the deep ul
cers, and though badly disfigurad. his face is sound,
and his general health Ir restored.
Wa are assured that in tbe treatment- of Mr.
Brooks' case, no Mareorials, Ointments, or Caustic
Applications have boon used, in (act, the Panacea
alone, has wrought this wooderful change.
David Smith, Backs county, Pa.
Charles L. Rowand, MeadriUe, Crawford ca, Pa.
J. W. Jonas, M. D„ Sooth Second street, Phila.
Jacob Lao, Pemberton, New Jersey.
E. W. Carr, 440 N. Fourth above Poplar st,N. Lib.
8. McCullough, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Ri M. Maddock, 88 North Eleventh at, Phils.
C. W. Appleton, M. D. 46 Sooth street.
~ tbv Caldwell, Marion coaaty Missouri.
betnut Uiil, Philadelphia co., Pa.
i High street, Philadelphia.
M. D. Camden, New Jersey.
J High street, Philadelphia,
lufacturer of Mineral Teeth, 109
sL, Phila.
•r, editor Phik. Democrat, 177 N.
Phila.
Break maker, 817 Market sL, Phila.
John Boll, Erie street, Phifo. (N. American office.)
Aaron Sands, 146 Catherine eL, Phila.
Daniel McGinley, Kessler’s Alley, PhDs.
Andrew Swcaton. Camden, New Jersey.
R. H. Evans, West Philadelphia.
Richard R. Young, Gilder, 409 Market at, Phils.
John W. Aahmead, 60 Sooth Sixth street, do.
T: 8. Wagner, Lithographer, 116 Chcsnut at. Phila.
B. J. Kiosil, 183 Soath ElcrenUi street, Phila.
•Petar8kee8mlth, Editor Native Eagle do.
Joel Bodins, Glass manufocUier, Williamston, N J.
William Steely, Farmington, Vaa Boren e*x. Iowa.
L. B. Coles, it. D. Boston, Massachusetts.
Rasoal Canfield, Physiologist, Philadelphia.
Thomas P. & Roby, MYd. Harrisburg, Penn.
Peter Wright, 167 Market sheet, Philadelphia.
James W. Newlin, 108 Filbert street, do.
John Good, 174 Sprace street, do.
JUv. Wm. Urie, Pastor St. Paul's M.E. Church,
Catherine street, Philadelphia.
R«t. John Chambm, P«*oc lit ItiJopoDdfot
Church, Broad Umt, Phi hi.
T.L. Sander* Pabliabcr of Pledge and Standard,
F. PJSeUm, Editor of the Oliro Branch, Dojrlw-
town, Bachs county, Pa.
Jacob Frick, Editor of the Americas Smtinel, Phil.
Constant GiBoo, Attorney at In*. No S» South
U aTS&® AW., *. PhUa.
Bor. J. R. Nichols, Pastor or Brickmaher’o M P
Chnrch, PhUa.
D. 8. KWfer, PaWsheroTLaocastcr Ajarrican Re-
A. jin No G Cedar Row. Phila.
Samad Ketchmn, No68 North TIM st. t -do.
Roe. Lee! Brink, New York. .-
Edward Parson, No ISO North Front st., do.
J. C. Laycock, Attorney at Law, Washington
ooatitutfng hot«
email portion of those who have visited Mr. Brooks
*t our office in Philadelphia, (and would certify to
the same facta if necessary) are well known, and
their high standing in society precludes the Mem of
their lending their names to carry-on an imposition.
tiot’uitw“w' ma h fcim t d"‘a t, c"co'&JrfaU
or other disease for which we recommend tho Pana
cea, which the medieine has not apcriWy sweated.
We have at this time a multitude of patients on-
reatraent, all of whom are doing well. Among
THE PEESIDENT’S DAUGHTER ;
A TALE OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
Beautiful, peerlessly beautiful is the
Lady Manuelita, tbe only daughter of
Rosas, tbe famous and powerful Presi-
might have known none other would
have dared the liberty which you have
taken."
•• Pardon, lady, I could not have
gazed upon tbe hand which I so long
Have coveted, and refrain from telling
it bow much I loved its mistress."
Rise, Edvardo!” said the lady sad
ly; •• I wish you would never speak of
buHroo all appearances will bs owed la a few
Pro pa rod by Rowasd t Waltos, Proprietors,
-and sold wholesale and retail by Joseph T. Rowand,
No. 378 Market street, Philadelphia.
TOR «AU BY
A. ALEXANDER, Sr., sole Agent for Athens,
Columbus, do.; Joseph
* R.S. Roberta, Edge-
a Co., Charleston, do.
IO CURE NO PAY!
) to cure, or the money rrtnmed.
. . ne is prepared from an Indian
Receipt obtained from one of them in the Far West,
while
The lady blushed confusedly. The
youth observing it, eagerly and passion
ately exclaimed.
44 While!—Ob, what mean yon by
that word! even it gives light to the
hope which alone keeps my heart alive.
Oh, lady, for the love of holy Heaven,
tell me, have I cause to hope? Am I
more to you than the many others who
kuecl in homage to your charms.'*
44 Were you not, do you think I would
permit him to live who has dared the
familiarity for which you but now crave
humbly my pardon ?*'
44 On, lady, then 1 am blessed indeed!
Oh! when may I call you mine?”
44 When I am free from my present
engagements.”
“Free! present engagements! Lady,
it is cruel to trifle with a bursting heart!"
44 1 do not trifle, Edvardo, I am wil
ling to acknowledge that I love you,
but it may be long before wc can uuite.
I have a duty, a sacred, imperative du
ty to perform, which love nor pleasure
aught on earth can induce me to
forego. If you love me, your love will
not fade like yon summer flowers, with
age. My father cannot alone bear the
cares, fatigues and vexations of his of
fice. He cannot spare me, and I can
not marry while be is in office—indeed,
be never will consent to part with me,
so necessary have I now become to
him."
Lad}', cruel, cruel, would be the
delay! Know you not that while he
lives the people will have no other Pres
ident? He alone can please and gov
ern them ; they will have no other—obT
for the love you have but now confessed,
decide not so, else years and years will
roll away, and .we will be as now! His
death alone"—
Oh ! speak not of that, Edvardo,"
said she, as the large dew drops of the
soul rose in ber lustrous eyes; 44 1 love
ray father.”
44 Lady, I must obey, and await my
time," said the youth, and as he spoke,
a wild, strange light beamed from his
eyes, even as if some desperate couceit
bad eutered bis mind. She did not ob
serve it, Jbut rising said:
44 You may now escort me back to the
city, Edvardo. Tbe evening dews will
soon begin to fall, and I must dress for
the tertuila which I give to-night—you
will be there ?**
I will, angel mia!" responded tbe
cavalier as be led ber forth.
• • * • • # •
It was the still hour of midnight and
Gen. Rosas was alone in his private
chamber, seated beside a table filled with
papers and documents, now reading and
signing one, and then another. Yes.
while his people were enjoying the quiet
rest which nature demands, he, the great
est among them, was toiling for their
benefit, laboring both in mind and body
for their good.
His daughter was beside him, busily
engaged in copying a private letter for
her father, but started, as a gentle tap
at tbe door announced a visitor.
Who is there ?'* said the stern Gen
eral, as he laid his band upon a richly
mounted weapon which lay near him.
44 The sentinel !** was the aoswer, in
a low, respectful tone.
** What is wanted ?*'
I bear a present for your Excellen
cy, which has just been left, with strict
orders to be delivered to your excellen
cy alone."
44 Enter!—this roetfainks, is a strange
hour for a present. From whom doth it
come?”
I know not, your Excellency," said
tbe soldier, as he laid a neat square box
of rose wood upon the table and placing
the key on tbe card which was fastened
on its top, departed.
44 Open it, daughter, I have not time,"
said tbe General, as he again turned his
eyes to atnililary report which he was
reading.
Oh, I know who it is from ! It is in
bis hand-writing!” exclaimed she, os she
glanced at the card upon its top. Oh,
wbat present could be have destined for
the father of her whom he loves!"
He, whom, daughter?"
Father, the inscription on this card
is iu the well-known hand writing of the
brave cavalier, Don Edvardo Escudero,
and be bas in this delicate way sent you
some kingly present, TU warrant me!"
44 Well, well, open the box, iny child,
and satisfy your curiosity.”
The lady took the key and turned it
in the lock, but as she opened tbe lid
tbe report of a Volley of pistols almost
deafened her, and with one wild scream
she reeled, and fainting fell to the floor,
amid a' cloud of smoke from the now
open box-”
In an instant the President sprang to
ber side..
44 Ob, God!, my daughter is slain,"
said he in. agony—but his heart was
cheered again, as she spoke:
44 No—no, not slain, my father, but be
—he would have slain you to win me!'
and again she fainted. By this time the
__ . room was filled with soldiers and offi-
sad and respectful gaze of the youth, i cers drawn hither by the report of arras,
who still knelt at her feet, and her anger! and a hasty examination of the infernal
seemed to vanish and her touc softened I machine, for such it was, explained the
as she conliuued: plot against their Generals life. A row of
* v Ab! is it you, Don Edvardo! I loaded pistols bad been so placed along
the box that any one standing in front
of it, would receive the contents in bis
body. It had been sent to Rosas, at this
late'hoor, in expectation that be would
open it himself.
Narrow bad been the escape of the
daughter. She had stood beside, instead
of in front of tbe box \y ben she opened
it, but the fair band which her lover had
kissed but so shortly before, was now
stained in several places with blood
where tbe balls had grazed it, ber arms
and laced sleeves were blackened with
the smoke! but worse than all was the
wouud ber pure heart received, in the
discovery of this horrible attempt upon
her father's life, by one whom she loved
and trusted, and who would have made
her an orphan to hasten ber marriage.—
But she bad named him to W father,
and within one hoar after the discovery
ol the plot, Edvardo Escudero was ar
raigned before a drum head court marti
al. Her danger, confession, and the dis
covery of his hand-writing, had so thrown
him off his guard, that when interrogated
he made no denial. Brief was the trial.
He was sentenced to be sliot on the Re
tiro, or military Plaza, at sun-rise.—
With haughty composure lie heard his
sentence, for he yet dreamed that she—
she who was all powerful with her fath
er, loved, and would intercede for, and
save him.
But he knew not her high, stern sense
of duty, if he thought that love and pity
would have pardoned him who would
have murdered her father. In vain lie
sent to seek an interview with her. Her
answer to his message was brief, but she
would deign no other.
44 Tell him to ask God’s mercy—there
is none for him on earth! No, not were
he my brother."
And when at the morning's first light,
the weeping mother and sister of the
condemned knelt at her feet and prayed
for one word of intercession, (for they
knew that even yet she could save that
son aud brother, if she would but ask his
life of her lather) when in the agony of
their souls they speak of his youth—beau
ty—and bravery—all now altout to be
buried in the tomb of disgrace, with a
cold stern look, as if her innermost veins
were frozen, she answered:
He would have made me fatherless!"
And while in that energy of dispair
RT CEOBCE LIFFARD.
There is another of tbe Signers, whose
death I would like to picture, but am
afraid. In the fearful hour of the Rev
olution, when our army was without
arras, ourtreasury bankrupt, thisSigner,
by the force of his personal character
alone, gave musquets, swords and can
non to tbe soldiers, hundreds of thous
ands of dollars to the Continental Con
gress. He was the life, the blood, the
veins, of our financial \\orld. To him,
the Congress looked for aid; to bis
counting-nouse Washington turned his
eyes, in bis direst peril, and was not de
nied. The dollars of the Signer fed our
starving soldiers; his personal credit
gave us throughout the world that which
is worth more than gold—confidence.
And yet he died—how ? Not in -a
duel, like Button Gwinnett, nor sur
rounded by the peaceful scene# of home,
like Jeflerson and Adams. Nor did he
meet his fute in bhtllc. But he died—
1 am ashamed, afraid to tell it.
Not two hundred yards from the Old
State House, there rose, some years ago,
an edifice whose walls were black,
whose only echoes were sobs and groans,
whose ornaments, some iron manacles
and a stout timber gibbet. It seeuted
like a curse embodied in stone, a pesti
lence impersonified in bars, and bolls,
and black walls. In the Revolution,
while the British held the city, this ed
ifice rung all day and night with the
horrible cries of rebel prisoners, dying
the death of dogs, their hearts eaten up
by a plague, which had been created by
the filth and corruption of the den. Al
ter the Revolution, the place, made hid
eous by a thousand murders, was the
residence of thieves, pirates, assassins,
felons, of every grade. Among the va
rious groups of the felons, who blas
phemed all day, in this stone Pandemo
nium, there was a certain class, distin-
S uishcd from the others by their silence,
leir pale faces stamped with mental
agony, their evident superiority in point
of appearance and education.
Some of this latter class were men,
some were women, torn from their
homes by the bands of brutes, in the
shape of officers of the law. They were
.. OJ hurled through the cates, and left to rot
that would dot listen to a refusal, they >n the company of the robber, the pirate,
yet knelt in their tears and supplications the murderer.
the first ray of the morning's sun cast its # This class ol felons were guilty of a
soft light upon her pale cheek, a quick] hideous crime, deservingof worse pen-
rattling volley of musketry was heard in ! alu e » than theft or imirde#
the direction of the Retiro. Aj its sound ] 'They were called Insolvent Debt-
struck her ear she gasped, her tall and oits.
graceful form quivered like an aspen leaf] To me, this law of imprisonment for
amid the gale, she staggered toward the debt, has ever seemed a holy thing,
window, and as she saw the white worthy of the golden age of New Zeal-
wreaths of smoke rise lightly towards and, when burning little children and
the sky, over the spot where now lay innocent women was a pleasant pastime
bis corpse, she murmered. for the jocular cannibals. It is indeed
“ God have mercy on his soul !'* and ! a blessed law, worthy of the blood and
fainted. | tears which were shed in the Revolu-
Duty had triumphed over love and
mercy, b.ut terrible had been the strug
gle.
tion to establish our liberties. It mere
ly converts your honest man into a fel
on, inviting him most cordially to com
mit robbery, forgery or murder, for
these things are not punished with half
GRAVITATION DEFINED
4< Look-a-heah'Dolphus Johnson, fotch ...
yourself to a parpendickler horizontal i *l ,e severity that visits the head of your
aptitude and squat down nigger, while I unfortunate debtor. Your JForger^ can
axes you sumfin’.” 1 K
What you want ? I ain't gwine to
stop now, kase I’se in dc culminaiy cook
in' business* and dar ain't no time to fool,
black man’.”
44 Berry well, go long, den. I only
want to ax you what de folks mean when
dey talk'bout grabitation—dar, dats what
I was gwine to ax you, btft go long, dat ty. let me beseech you to look t
pot’s bilin’ ober by ilia time.” I *l'c gnued windows of Walnut
“Oh, if dal’s all, your lubinous dark- j gaol, in the (juict of this evening hour,
ness shall hab de flashes ob genus frown T ‘ 1 J r --
buy bis law—sometimes bis Judge ;
your Murderer may procure a pardon
from a merciful'Governor; but whut
mercy is there for the wretch who owes
money which he cannot pay?
In order more eflectually to demon
strate tbe beauty of this law, as it exist
ed some thirty years ago, in nil its puri
ty, let me beseech you to look through
street
on him like de kick ob de telegraff. Y
see, Sam, it all absolves itself into dis
question ob a coco nut. Wbcu you takes
jl drink ob licker you gits high, don't
you?"
44 He-frA! yaw, hey! Dar's no dispn-
tin dat fac."
Well, den, dat dar is, what dey call
elewatin' youself 'bovo grabitation, but
if you takes too much, it lifts de nigger's
heels and folcbcs his head into buttin' de
pavement, and dar you hab de grabiuj
clarly spread upon your thick skull by
decombined action ob.de word butt, and
de hardness ob de brick butted !"
44 Ah-ah, yaw! though}, —you is a great
nigger—'uok I knows all dat, now,
tartin. /”
It is a cell that we bcliold—four bare
walls—a chair or two—a miserable
couch. There is some sunshine here.
Yes, the evening suh shines through the
grates, on the floor of the cell, and
lights up the sad face of the mother, who,
with her children, bends over the couch.
You must not mind their tears; you
must laugh at their sobs, for the hus
band, the father, who writhes on that
courb, is an insolvent debtor.
He was once a man of noble pres
ence, somewhat tall in stature* with a
frank, ingenuous countenance, deep
tranquil eyes, and a brow that bore the
marks of strong intellect.
Now, the mere wreck of a man—face,
form, brow ail withered, eyes dimmed,
and jaws fallen—he quivers on the
couch of this Walnut street gaol.
Why this change? For long years,
f mrsued by honest gentlemen, with thin
ips, pinched laces, eyes bleared with
the lust of gain, this man 1 —he is itill a
man—has weut through all the tortures
with which poets, in their imaginary
hells, afflict the damned. They have
hunted him in the streets, in tbe church,
in the house, yelling a kiud of blood-
whicb honest shame and honorable pov
erty claims in every clime, among all
men, we cannot go on.
• • * * • • ’
What beautiful words these are for
history, to be read in connection with
each other—Robert Morris ! . •; A
Felon's Goal !
HONEYMOON.
The origin of the word is so little
known, and yet so highly interesting,
that we are constrained to give an ac
count of it. It is very ancient, extending
back for many centu ries. It is t raceable
to a Teutonic origin. Among the Teu-
tones, was a favorite drink Called Metheg-
Jin. It Was made of honey and was much
like the present mead oUome of the Eu* J" rae nou*. yeiitog a K.ua o, p,ooa-
ropcan countries. The same beverage! h"tinJ s^ hay all the wh.le, and at last
was in use among tbe Saxons, ns well as: ‘ rl en hlm lnI ° S ao l-
another called Marat, which was also | , •• there—tlv.ng—Ins wife, Ins
made of honey bat flavored with Mul-tehddren by bis side. The curses of
berries. These honied drinks \vere used ! pirates, ihicves, pickpockets, murderers,
in great abundance at festivals. Among through the iron-barred door.-—
the nobility the marriage festival was !>dolher! take your children by ihe
celebrated a whole lunar month, which I hand j lead iliem to the window ; bid
was Called a moon, doring which iheljhom look through ilm green trees, and
festival hoard was well supplied with behold vender steeple glittering.m the
the honey drink. Hence this month, of, That is Independence Halh
festival, was called the Honey Moo,, or I , A "J here, on the debtors couch, in
honey month, which means a month of j the felon s gaol, lies one. of the Signers
festival. Tho famous Marie, is said t0 of the Declaration of Independence.—
have died on his wedding night from tho Here, dying jnetnw agony._wnthes. the.
effects of too much indulgence in Me-
tbeglin* . , " _
A soil of Erin gave the following
toast i—-‘ Here’s wishing ye may niver
die, nor nobody kill ye, until yc knock
yer brains out against the silver knock
er of yer oun d’hoor.'
man who gave arm3 to Washington,
money to Congress, a nd by bis resol ate
energy saved his. country in her darkest
hour of peril.
Robert Morris flying in a felon's
It is too much! F«f the honor 6? our
country, for die sake .of that respect
A TOUCHING PRISON SCENE.
A writer in the Boston Time#, des
cribing a visit to the Penitetiliary at
Philadelphia, thus speaks of an inter
view between Mr. Scallergood, the hu
mane warden of tbe prison, and a young
who was about to enter on his im
prisonment. Few will read it without
deep emotion:
We passed out to the ante-room again
—where we encountered a new corner,
who had just reached the prison as we
eutered. He had been sent up for five
years, on a charge of embezzlement.
He was elegantly attired in tho latest
style of fashion, and possessed nil the
nonchalance and devil-may-care appear
ance of u genteel rowdy. He twirled his
watch chain, looking particularly know
ing at a couple ofladies who chanced to
be present, and seemed utterly indifler-
ent about himself or tho predicament he
was placed in ! The warden road his
commitment, and addressed him with :
44 Charles,I am sorry to see thee here.”
41 It can’t be helped, old fellow !”
44 What is thy age, Charles ?’*
44 Twenty three.”
44 A Philadelphian !"'
44 Well—kinder, and kinder not !’*
44 Thee has disgraced thyself, sadly.*'
44 Well, 1 ain't troubled, old cock.”
44 Thee looks not like a rogue.”
44 Matter of opinion !”
44 Tbee was well situated”—
44 Yes—well enough”— .
44 In good employ.”
44 Well—so so.”
44 And thee has parents ?”
44 Yes”—
44 PerhapsthcehastamoMer.Charles!”
The convict had been standing during
this briefdialogue perfectly unconcerned
and reckless, until this last interrogato
ry was put. Had a thunderbolt struck
him he could not have fallen more sud
denly than he did when the nntne of
“mother” fell on his ear ! He sank in
to a chair; a torrent of tears gushed from
his eyes ; the very fountain of his heart
seemed to have burst in an instant!
He recovered partially, and said implo
ringly to the warden :
44 Don't you, sir—for God's sake don't
call her name in this dreadful place ! Do
what you may with me, but dou't men
tion that name to me !”
There were ten rain other eyes besides
tbe prisoner's, and an aching silence per
vaded the group who surrounded llieun-
fortunutc cotmct. • • * * The
black cap was drawn over his eyes, he
was led to an adjoining apartment and
stripped, and shortly afterward* he reap
peared on the corridor. He passed si
lently oil in charge of a deputy keeper, to
a lonely cell in a distant part of tbe pris
on, the door creaked on its hinges, he
disappeared* the chain dropped from the
outside bolts, and Charles ■■ was
close prisoner for five years to come !
We left the prison with heavy hearts,
relieved however by the reflection that
this was one of the nest devised inslitu
lions of its kind in the world (notwith
standing the libels of Charles Dickens,)
and that its administration in tbe hands
of Mr. Scaltergood secured to its unfor
tunate inmates the most 44 equal and ex
act justice."
DRUMMING OUT A DRUMMER.
A CAPITAL STORT.
Iu New York, some of the wholesale
stores employ clerks, whose business it
is to go to the hotels, and make acquain
tance with Western merchants, in order
to induce them to buy goods oflhe firm
which cnl ploys them. The clerks are
called “drummera" The Sunday Atlas
tells a good story of a waggish merchant,
who played the following trick on one
of his neighbors, notorious for doing bu
siness in v this way. He had been waited
on by a green young fellow from I he
country, anxious to obtain a situation:
* 4 1 dou't want any body just now,* my
young friend,'* lie said, at first.
44 Why, I guess, with all these 'ere
things and heaps of goods you must find
somethin* for a chap like me to dew,
now ?*'
I tell you I don't want any .one.”
Why, there's nothin’ 1 can’t turn my
head tew.”
Well, tell me what you can do,"
said the importer, a little uunoyed at the
perseverance of bis visitor.
44 Wa'al iu the country I can hoe and
plough, cut wood and shake apple trees,
milk the cow and butcher hogs, thrash
wheat and tend a cider mill, and then in
the way of music, I can drum like lliun
der."
Oh! you can drum; I know a firm
that wauls a drummer.*’ ~ .
44 Then I'm the chap; I've, practised
at it for our traiuins since l was ten years
Have you got your drum here In tfie
city?”
4 * Yes, it’s down aboard the slupe* the
Nancy, Capt'n Higgius.”
The importer wrote on o piece of pa
per the names of a dry goods firm in
Fearl st., w(:ll known lor their cmploy r
ment of drummers.
•» There,’ said he, 44 get your drum and
go to that place; the owners are famous
for dramming up customers, and you'llsuii
them to a hair. Don't fail as soon as
S ou get io,' id strike up a tune, and go it
ardT
The countryman as directed, equip-
>ed himself with bis drum, and as soon as
te found the store wording tothe paper,
’ he went, playing “Yankee Doodle”
in a way to stun a deaf man almost.
“ What do you mean ?” said one of the
firm, as soon as be was able to silence
that “dreadful drum."
“ Why, Mr.—-, that roan up there,
said you wauled to employ a drummer”
A brief explanation ensued, and the
whole came out.’ Tbe Pearl stgret firm
were glad to giveYhe Yankee a ten dol
lar bill, with the promise of a .situation
the first opportunity, to keep his mouth
shut. The story goes that they b.ave
not kept a drummer since!
k GOOD HUSBAND.
When you see a young man, modest
and retiring in his manners, who cares
less about lits dress, than bis moral
character, depend upon it ladies, be
will make an excellent husbaud. If
you see one that in kind und attentive
to his mother, affectionate to his sisters,
and industrious in his habits, economi- *
cul in his business, you may rest as
sured that you have found one, of whom
you will never be ashamed. The ball
room is no place to find a husband—the
fashionable assembly is no place ; it is
in the retirement of home^—in tlie place
of business, where yon can study tbe
character and the disposition—where
the best outside externals are not set
forth for eflect and disply. Many a
young Indy makes a sad mistake, who
suffers herself to be carried away by a
bright look and a splendid dress. The
man who makes a polite bow and is
most graceful io his manners, is not al
ways the most suitable person for a
husband.
Ladies, look at the heart—study the
•haracier and learn his disposition; if
possible. I knew a beautiful voung la
dy—beautiful to look ujion—-who turned
up her pretty nose nt ah honest, indus
trious shoemaker, and refused to ac
knowledge a worthy enterprising pain
ter in the street; who married at last a
dashing fop, the son of a wealthy man.
But poor girl! n few years of misery
rolled away, and her hnshand became
reduced. Then she, to maintain him
and her family, was cetnpcllcd to stoop
to the low drudgery of taking in wash
ing of her nc-ighlxirs. Many a shoe
maker’s and many a painter’s daughter
have contributed to her comfort during
the last years of her life;. making tho
old 44 adage” true, that 44 it is better to
marry a man without money, than mo
ney without the man." Girls be wise,
and look at the heart and character if
you wish to get a good buslumd, and
meet with no «huI disappointment.—
Temp. Banner.
NEWSPAPERS.
A child beginning to read, becomes
delighted with a newspaper because be
reads of names and tiling# which are
very familiar, and be will mako a pro
gress accordingly. A newspaper in one
yonr is worth a quartet’s schooling to a
child—and every father should consider
that substantial learning is connected
with this advancement. The mother of
a family, being one of its heads and
having a more immediate charge • of
children, should hcrsell be well informed.
A mind occupied becomes fortified
against the ills of life, and is braced for
any emergency. Children used to read
ing or study arc more considerate and
therefore easier governed. How many
thoughtless young men spend the eve
nings, which should have been improved
in reading, at a tavern or grocery! How
many pnreuts who never spent $20 for
Books ill thoir families, would gladly
have given thousands, to reclaim a son
who had fallen into temptation throbgh
ignorance.
DON’T COMPLAIN
A merchant was one day returning
from the market. He was on horseback,
and behind bissaddle wasa valise, filled'
with money. It rained, with violence,
and the good old man was wet to the skin.
At this time he was quite vexed, and
murmured because God had given him
such bad weather for bis journey.
He soon reached the border of a thick
forest. Whut was hjs terror on behold
ing on one side of tho road a robber,
who, with levelled gun, was aiming at .
him and attempting to fire! Bat tbe pow
der being wet with the rain, the gun did
not go off', and the merchant, giving spurs
to his horse, fortunately bod time.to es
cape.
As soon as he found himself safe, he
said to himself, “How wrong was I not
to endure the rain patiently ns sent by
Providence. If the weather had been
dry and fair, 1 should not, probably,
have been alive at this hour ; the rain
which caused me to murmur, came at
a fortunate moment to save mV life, and
preserve to me my property."
A GOOD ONE.
A correspondent of 44 the New Spir
it” relates ihe following— 44 Some years
since, a N. Carolina lawyer, vet living,
undertook to convince a Methodist
preacher of some celebrity* that his
manner of preaching in threatening his
audience with damnation was injudi
cious; and. that arguments and exhor
tations of a milder character would be
more successful. After listening pa
tiently, the preacher replied—“ My
friend you are mistaken. Sin is like a
terrapin—you may exhort, admonish,
even kick him, and he wilt not move,
but merely draws his head within his
shell and your labor is lost—but place
a coal of fire on his back, and he travels.
HeUfir tit the article.” ■