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BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
'A little child shall lead them.’
One cold market morning I looked in
to a milliner’s shop, and there I saw a
hale, hearty, well-browned young fel
low from the country, with his long cart-
whip, and a lion shag coat, holding up
some little matter, and turning it about
—our worldly and unscriptural habits
and maxims—stand like a dark screen
between our child and its Saviour, and
keep, even from the choice bud of our
hearts, the radiance which might unfold
it for paradise T ' Suffer little children
to cotnc unto me, and forbid them not,*
is still the voice of the Son of God, but
the cold world Still closes round and
forbids. When of old, the disciples
would question their lord oi the higher
mysteries of his kingdom, he took a lit
tle child and set him in the midst as a
in his great fist. And what do you sup- , ,, ,
pose if was? A baby’s bonnet! Alii- sign of him who would be greatest .
tic, soft, blue, satin hood, with a swan’s J l ^ e |? caven * * **at gentle
down border, while as the new fallen» lea( -'her still remains to us. By every
snow, with a frill of rich blonde around • hearth and fireside, Jesus still sets the
the edge " “ **"•**» * n ine midat of US !
little child in the midst of us !
Wouldst thou know, O parent, what
is that faith which unlocks heaven ? Go
not to wrangling polemics, or creeds
Any one could read that fact in eiery and forms of Theology, but draw to thy
• .... - •' bosom thy little one, and read in that
dear and trusting eye, the lesson of
By his side stood a very pretty wo
man, holding with no small pride, the
baby—for evidently it was a baby.—
glance, as they looked at each other, and
the little hood, and then at the large blue
unconscious eyes,and fat dimpled cheeks
of the little one. It was evident that
neither of them had ever seen a baby
like that before !
‘ But really, Mary,’ said the young
an, * is not three dollars very high ?’
Mary very prudently said nothing,
but taking the little hood, tied it on the
little head, and held up the baby. The
man looked, and grinned, and without
another wurd down went the three dol
lars—all that the last week’s butter came
to, and as they walked out of the shop,
it is hard to say which looked the most
delighted with the bargain.
* All!’ thought I, * a little child shall
lead them !*
Another day, as I passed a carriage
factory, I saw a young mechanic at
work on a wheel. The rough body of
acarrriage stood beside him—and there,
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eternal life. Be only to thy God as thy
child is to thee, and all is done ! Blesfir ■
ed shalt thou be indeed, * a little child
shall lead thee.*
History of the H«
He rises at lour o’clock in the mor
ning, because the baby—who was put
over to his side so that its poor, worn-
down mother could get a wink of sleep
—has made his resting-place anything
but comfortable. Wife wakes up, and
spats the baby for crying, in a manner
which says, as plainly os spatting a ba
by can speak, «• take that, you brute!”
The Henpecked feels it all over, and
inquires timidly whether his love thinks
that he hadn’t better put on a clean
shirt. His love doesn’t know—nor
care much, neither, whether he has a
clean shirt in the house—she is sure she
Amecdotes of Billy Dawson,the York
shire Farmer.
Mr. Dawson was delivering a dis
course peculiarly suited to his genius ;
one that will be long remembered in
many towos and villages of England.—
It was generally known to be one of his
favorite sermons, and passed under the
title of “Death «m the pale horse.**—
As the reader will suppose, it was found
ed upon Revelations vi- 7, 8. It was a
discourse of a starling and impressive
character. In bold and striking image
ry, in powerful, thrilling, irresistible
appeal, it was unsurpassed by any ser
mon I have ever listened to. When
the-prencher was happy^» its delivery,
the congregation seeiped to suspend
their very breathing in the intensity of
their attention* and in the pauses of the
preacher’s voice a long and deep inspi
ration was resorted to as a relief. On
the occasion referred to, Mr. Dawson
was indulging in that peculiarly vivid
imagery wbitfh was the basis of his pop
ularity, and exclaimed: ‘“Come and
** the sinner is in the broad road to
-every step takes him nearer to
hell and further from heaven. Onward,
onward he is going-*=death and hell are
after him—quickly, untiringly, they pur
sue him—with swilt but noiseless hoof
wrapped up suugly, all hooded and expects to go raving distracted with
cloakcd.satadark eyed girl, about ayear j looking after everything and everybody
In ““
old playing with ngreat shaggy dog. As
I stopped, the man looked up from his
work and turned admiringly towards his
little companion, as much as to say, * see
what I have got here.*
Yes !’ thought I, • and if the little la
dy ever gels a glance from admiring
swains, as sincere as that, she will be
lucky.*
All, these little children ! little witch
es ! pretty even in all their thoughts and
absurdities! winning, even in their sins-
and iniquities, See, for example, yon
der little fellow in a naughty fit—he
has shaken his loug curls over bis deep
Jblue eyes—the fair brow is bent in a
frown—the rose-leaf lip is pushed up in
infinite defiance—and the while shoul
ders thrust naughtily forward. Con any
but a child look so pretty even in their
naughtiness?
Then comes the instant change—flash
ing smiles and tears, as the good comes
back all in a rush,and you arc overwhelm
ed with protestations, promises, and kiss-
Thcy are irresistible, too,these little
i. They pull away the scholar’s pen
—tumble about his papers—make som
ersets over his books, and what can you
do ? They tear up newspapers—litter
the carpets, break, poll, and upset, and
then jabber unintelligible English in self-
defence, and wlmt can you do for your
self?
* If I had a child,* snvs the precise
man, ‘ you should see.’
He docs have a child, and his child
tears up his papers, tumbles over his
things, and pulls his nose, like all other
children, and what has the precise man
to say for himself! Nothing—he is like
everybody else, * a little child shall lead
him !*
Poor little children, they bring and
leach us human licings more good than
I they get in return. How often does the
! infant with its soft check and hclples:
Bonnets bf various styles,
Bortnct *ri<l Cap Ribbons,
• - Artificial Flowers. _ j »«•»«. wu t,u«.* auu iKiuts«>
ferny ankle that is desirable for Gentlemen's and hand, awaken a mother from worldliness
Hat.^Umbrella's! 1 an< * c S 0l ' fm 10 0 whole world ofanew
. SBUSwlSn Shades; Hoot.’ end Shoe.| nnd higher feeling. How often does
rested,Clarified and Brown^Sngars; Java j the mother repay this by doing her best
to wipe off*, even before the time the
ISriWL 1
MADISON MARBLE YARD,
AC MsCHss, Morgan Co.. «a.
J T. NIX. !
f this Establishment r
he is prepared to execute any order for mannrsetn-
red marble, freed m best and finest marble, free
the Massachusetts, Vermont, Dover and other quai
lies. He has encased one of the best marble worlc
men that coaid hofootod at the North. He will al
so exeento orders for woHi to be done of Italian and
“ tian marble. All dffchieh wiU be sold as low
slowest. Cmrring its) EngrdriHg dooe in
d styles at Charleston and Anges-
e and a thoioh'ph knowledge of the
s will enable hntt to compete with
a in the Sooth. All he asks is
dew and iresh simplicity of childhood,
and make her daughter loo soon a wo
man of the world, as she has been.
The hardened hqart of the WorWly
tttan is touched by the guileless tones
and simple caresses of his son; but he
repays it in time, by imparting to his
boy, all the crooked tricks and hard
ways, and callous maxims which have
undone himself. |
Go to the jail, the penitentiary) dnd
find there the wretch most sullen, brtltal
J and hardened. Then look at your in-
I fanl son.
| Such as lie is to you, suchjto * Sriffle
I mother was this man. That hard hand
was soft and delicate—that rough voice
was tedder and lisping—fond eyes fol
lowed as he played—and he wa? rock
ed and cradled as something boly.j—
There was a time when his heart, soft
nnd unworn, might have *
tionings of his Maker, and been sealed
with the seal of heaven. But harsfj
hands seized it—»-ana all is over will
« ironing So of the tender, weeping child* is
w—* made the callous, heartless man—of the
ieving child, the sneering skeptic
JS beautiful and modest,ihc shame
nd abandoned, and this is what the
world does (of the little one.
theliouse. She wonders what men
were made for—she does.
The Henpecked goes down to his
counting-house, and has scarcely got
the taste of bis illcookcd breakfast out
of his month, before his dear wife, dress
ed in her best, and marching along with
colors flying, as if at the head of a reg
iment, enters, and begs to know, in the
tendercst voice, but with a glance that
would set the telegraph working if let off
any where in the neigborhood of the Ex
change, whether Mr. Pillgarlick conde
scends to remember that she requested
him to let her have twenty dollars be
fore he went out this morning. The
clerks giggle. Mr. P. pulls out purse
and hands oyer. The lady pockets the
affront, and walks out with the dignity
becoming her station, wbifc- y her lord
and master falls to whistling Yankee
Doodle, (everybody knows there is fun
that,) and whittling the ruler.
He goes home to dinner, and finds a
young gentleman with red hair and san
dy moustache, seated on the sofa be
side his wife, in earnest conversation.
“You’ll find a cold lunch down stairs in
the back basement, Peter, love—I didn’t
get home in time to order dinner to-day;
besides, the dqys are so very short.**—
Peter swallows his rage and his cold
dinner in silence—goes upstairs—looks
at the young tiger in the cradle, whose
claws arc not yet grown, and who
seems so bcauiiful and innocent—drops
a tear, squeezes another into his ban
dana pocket-handkerchief, .and with a
sigh that blows open the street door, he
vamoses, without daring totake so much
as a peep into the parlor. . .
Mr. Pillgarlick is an .Odd Fellow;
and when lie comes into tea, the young
man with the red hair and sandy mous
tache is still there. Mrs. P. in her blan
dest and most bewitching smile, makes
tea, and observes carelessly that, as she
knew this was Mr. P.’s lodge night, and
he is so very regular in attending his
lodge, she has invited little Williatti
here to go to the Opera with her. Lit
tle William (who stands only six feet
in his stockings)—blushes—the Hen
pecked scalds his mouth with a saucer
of hot bohen, thinking all the while of
beau she, and hurries off*, determined
to lay in wait for William 'with a revol
ver. After revolving the matter in his
mind, however, for a couple of squares,
his courage cools, and he concludes to
revenge himself on brandy and water
without, and a stew at Florenc’se—
which he finds rather mdre agreeable
than the stew at home.
At midnight be returns homa with an
empty heart, and is received with
frowns and sour looks; and a lecture on
late hours, heart-brokho wives, add the
miseries of ntatriitiony. f’hus end the
days of the Henpecked), and thus are
his nigbis prolonged. But one Conso
lation has he tell. , Hcfe-hCdrs the itiidis-
tell him that persons do not fefcflg-
b each other in the next world—and
he waits patiently for dcatll;
the pale horse and his paler rider are
tracking the godless wretch. See! See!
they are getting nearer to him, they are
overtaking him!” At this moment the
stillness of the congregation was so
complete that the licking of the clock
could be distinctly heard in.every part
of the chapel. Upon thi3, with a facili
ty peculiarly his own, he promptly seiz
ed, %nd without seeraingrinterruption.-
Lcaning over the pulpit in the attitude
of attention, and fixing his keen eye up
on those who sat immediately before
him, he continued, in an almost super
natural whisper, “Hark! hark!—that
swift rider is coming, and judgement
is following him. That is the untiring
footstep! Hark!*’—arid then imitating
for a moment or two the heat of the pen
dulum, he exclaimed, in the highest
pitch of his voice, “ Lord! save the
sinner—save him! Death is upon him,
and hell follows. Sec, the bony arm is
raised! The fatal dart is poised! O,
my God ! save him—save him—for if
death strikes him he falls, and hell re
ceives him! and as he falls he shrieks,
‘Lost! lost! lost! Time lost? sab
baths lost! soul lost! all lost, and lost
forever!*” The effect * was so over
whelming that two of the congregation
fainted, and it required all the preach
er’s tact and self-command to ride
through the storm which his own vivid
imagination and powerful appeal had
aroused.—Sketches of Wesleyan Ministers.
Newspapers.
It seems th.it newspaper wares are
made.to suit the market as muchas any
oilier. The idlers, the wonderers, and
the gapers engross a very large share
of the attention of the conductors of the
public press.
It is notorious that the public mind
will not remain satisfied unless some
thing really loathsome or shocking is
served up in our daily and weekly
A. Woman can keep a Secret.
The following authentjc story will in
validate the often repeated charge
against women, that “they cannot keep
a secret.” Some years since, a lady
called at a glover’s shop in the outskirts
of the city of London, and purchased a
pair of gloves for her immediate waer,
observing, at the same time, that she
was on her road to Burnet—that she had
left her gloves at her friend’s hou£e
where she had called, and that she was
apprehensive of being benighted if she
went back for them. The glover fitted
on the gloves, and the lady, after pay
ing for them from .a purse well stocked
with bank'notes, stepped into her car
riage, and proceeded on her journey.—
She had scarcely reached Finchly
Common, when a highwayman stopped
the carriage- and demanded her money.
He entreated her not to be alarmed, as
he had no intention on her person—if she
surrendered her property, it was all he
wanted, declaring that distress, and not
his will, urged him to this desperate act,
and he was determined to remove his
pecuniary wants, or perish. The lady
gave him her purse, and the desperado
rode off*.
After he was gone, and her fright had
somewhat subsided, the lady imagined*
that in the address of the highwayman,
she recognized the voice of the glover
she had just before dealt with;* This
conceit struck her so forcibly, that she
Ordered her servant to drive back to
town—not choosing, said she, to venture
further over the heath.
On her arrival at the glover’s she
knocked arid grilrfed admission, the glov
er himself opening the door. The lady
desired to speak with him irt private;
The glover showed her tef a hack par
lor ; when she exclaimed, “ I art! come
for my purse, of which you robbed me
this evening on Finchly Common!” The
glover was confounded ; and the lady
proceeded—“ It is of no use for you to
deny it, I am convinced, and your life
is at my mercy. Return me my proper
ty, and trust to my humanity.” The
glover, overcome with guilt, shame, and
confusion, confessed the crime, return
ed the purse, and pleaded his distress.
The lady, after suitable admonition,
gave him a ten pound note, bade him
mend his way and life, and keep his own
council;adding, that she would not di
vulge his name or place of abode. She
kept her word ; and though the robbery
'drift iitqtAil in ilm nhhlir*.miners, the dil-
From the Richmond Whiff.
That Same Old Cbtfn-—Sews* «>£*.
Thh moon, again, shone silver bright,
The stars in glory crown’d the night;
Once more I heard that same old Coon,
Singing to himatlf thla tune.
Get ont the way, ye’re all unsteady.
Clear the track lor Rtfogli k Ready.
His only one wilf soon expittV
Get oht,&c.
He’s plunged the country iiVto war.
And knows not what we’re fighting for,
With w eminent ability,”
He keeps himself trom danger tree.
Get out, &c.
To aid and comfort Meiicb';
Polk let Santa Anna go,
To lead lier armies in tlie fight,' .
But bh led tbfein better in Uicir flight,
At Buena Vista, firm and rte?
Get ont, Slc.
•m and rttafV,
• Mexican Whig,” old Rough and Ready,
Did aid and comfort S.n?a Anna
In a most uncomfortable manner.
Get out, &c.
Now in the Presidential.nrcje,- .
Tfrfe LoCtfa doubt wfca't steed to plac£—
All Federal nags, well kept in stables,*
Tis hard to juJfge the one most able.
Gei on; *c.
The Federal party to a T.
With modern Democrats agree*
In sentiment they are the same,
And difier only in the name. ..
Get out, &c.
There’s James Bdchariari, who bnt he—
A Democrat pretends to be—
Old Blue Light Federalist, at best
In a modern Democratic dress.
Get out, &.c.
His speed and bottom both hr doubt,
The Locos fear to bring him out;
He still must drag in heavy f tages,
His Federal notions and low wages.
Get out, &c.
There’s George M. Dallas, who in truth,
Forgets the lessons ot his youth,
Progressing backwards—he, alas!
From <U N.iiooii faMCiunW.
Finn Rolatcbei •» M»|or Domil,,.
Crrr or Mexico, March 29,1848.
Mr. Gales §'Stalo*,My deatoldfrltrids^
\Vfferi I hnVe id \VrHfe about the \Var;
and the treaty, arid things of that srirt
that belongs to diplomatics, of course !
send tny despatches to the.i > resk(erifc tf|r
Mr. Ritchie; but when things branch
off into the newspaper line, then I sent!
’erri tri you. We’ve had Gincral Scott
on trial here fivfe (/ays, for high treason
against Ginetal Pillow and Gincrrif
Wo'rih.. If it goes ngin him, I do'u’t
know whethertbey will conclude ttf ftangf
him or siret him up in some of the mines
of Mrixico tor life. But lie fights like ti
Turk, and aint akeeredrif rioihin. The
President bettfef sfc’nd dti Some more
help, for I aint sure that what there if
here will be able to handle him. The
battle has been pretty hot for five days,
and I don’t sfee as they |*et tfte upper
hand of him at all tel. It Would be a
great pity if a man thatt lids been guilty
, of such horrible cfinifcS ris We has out
here in Mexico', should slip through their'
fingers at last, and escape punishment.
1 begin to feel a little riirdlu how it will
Come out; For rity part, I go for jus-
I...A (,»( A'iI.A ^Imilt Yf «. til - - - ■ - '
was Stated in the phbliepapers, the dis
covery was omitted ; and it was not until
recently, that a minute account of this
singular transaction was found among
the papers of the lady alluded to. Even
in the private memorandum, the name
and residence of the glover was omitted ;
and the secret in that particular, rests
with the lady ia the grave.
In fact a newspaper is now pronounc
ed to be a yery dull qnd lean affair, if
it contains no account of murders, sui
cides, prodigies, or nidiistrous frauds.
Such is the demand lor this kind of
news that occurrences!the most trivial
are made to appear as treasonable, the
imaginations of some knights of the quill
are tasked to the utmost to manufac
ture out of whole cloth, tales of horror
and bloodshed, so eager are they to
minister to this depraved taste that they
are never at ease, unless forsooth, they
are chronicling some “ awful accident,”
some Startling rumor, which they are
atixiour to scatter broadcast through
the land.
Some of these miserable articles in
Our papers excite wonder, some terror,
and some horror and disgust. Is there
Any instruction in these tales? Is any
one wiser or happier for readingsuch ac
counts ? On the contrary do they not
shock voung and toiler minds and
addleshallow-brainedmcn and women?
Is it not to be feared that some minds are
turned to mischief by the accounts of
the troops of incendiaries burning our
towris arid chics ? The spirit ol imita
tion is contagious, and we are unaccoun
tably prime to do as our associates do;
If what we have said be true, what a,
fearful responsibility rests upon tlie con
ductors Of secular ris well as religious
presses.- Ifthe public taste is depraved;
it should be the ambiliori of every CditoL
as far as in him lies, It* correct It—if
nothing bnt trash is marketable, let Q
healthier public sentiment be cncourtig-
eil—rathe? let it be torneU in something
solid, substantial and instructive*—Mer
chant's Ledger.
A Republican Blacksmith.
A State Sated.—Amid the many cu
rious scenes that the European, revolu
tions have caused, the following is too
good to be lost. It should be immedi
ately dramatised.
“The Elector of Hesse Casscl (a
small state with about 700,000 inhabi
tants) was deal to all appeals from the
people. The mob, therefore, determin
ed to use force. Seeing this, he lied in
to his gardens and attempted to escape.
He was caught, however, by a gigantic
blacksmith, who carried him back to Ids
drawing-room. The man then locked
the door and demanded compliance willi
the popular demands. ‘The Elector
still said no! The blacksmith; then, by
way of giving an example of physical
force, smashed with one blow of bis arm
a highly ornamented table into atoms.
This done, he shook his fi^t at the Elec*
tor and told him he should never leave
the room till he had yielded all that was
requited of him. The result need hard
ly be told. The Elector consented.—
The blacksmith, however, was a prac
tical man, and was not disposed to trust
the promise of a Prince without fortify
ing birnself with collateral evidence.
He compelled the Elector to write a
proclamation “ willingly according all
his people’s just requests.” This was
forthwith promulgated, and thus by one
brawny arm arid the rough good nature'
of its possessor, a Stale was saved.—
The Elector and his people are now on
the best terms; and seem not to know
how to make enough of each Other/
From a
c steed, becomes i
Get out, &c.
And Lewis Cass, so famous once.
For being thought unlike a dunce,
Subservient, he, to gain the track,
Would take a master on his back.
Get out, &c.
Wilmot proviso man i6-day—
To-morrow, quite another way—
Both sides tlie track he aims to run ;
He’ll miss them both, and run on none..
Get otit, &c.
“ Sir Robert Walker”—the English Knight,
Well imitates an old Blue-l^ght,
For, with his British Tariff Bill,
lie aids and comforts British skill.
Get out, &c.
As Yankee notions he detests,
And thinks what’s English much the best,
The English turf should be his place—
In England he should run his race.
Get out, &c.
Marry, Folk’s Minister of War,
Unluckily, had his breeches tore,
He had them patched—but strango to tell,
To Uncle Sam he charged the bill.
Get out, &c.
To clutch the spoils, lie fain would start,
For the whole or none—or any part J
But run him under spur or whip.
His pantaloons will make him trip.
Get Out, &c.
Ritchie, that arch old Federalist,
Is Polk’s official Organist—
With him the President U king—
The Constitution—any thing.
Get Out, &c.
The official organist may play*
Of do what James K. Polk may say )
Polk names the tune, he plays it out,
Polk tharks the road; he goes tlie route;
Get out, &c.
They fear to run this party hack,—
Lest he should take the backward track j
If in minorities he’d get,
He’ll turn a double somerset. .
Get out; &c.
John C. CJalhotm,we mustagfee;
Is not a Federalist,—not he,—
And, if
Ndl L'fidle-wiffe.- tkis Southern steed
lias never fairly tried his spefcd;
He flies the Democratic track.
The whippers-ifl can’t whip him back;
Gei o'ui, &c.
There ate other Locos, Whorti, I think;
To name would be a waste of Ink;
Twoflld also be X waste of time.
To dress such ponies OtTin rhyme. ^ ^
That old Republican, Don Zac,
A thorough bred, will tqkethe track;
Buchanan then, and all thb test,
Will grew most <4 'beautifully Ibsi.”
Tbe Awtor Estate
I’he journal of (jomnicrce learns from
Very got*! authority, that the value of
the estate of the taie John Jacob Aslor
Georgia Is*ahtxt Battauos.-A letter publish^ docs not exceed $7,500,000, of which
ed iti the ColurifbM Twtei; dated at Pbrtke, March i about $4,000,000 is feal, and $3,500,000
13th, give* a most ntelandirty account Of the auf I personal* The redl is given in the form
lice* hit vC’bo ’twill. If a man will com**'
mit crimes let him he punished for it.
tbu afraid the President lias missej a
figger in leaving it out to such men as
has. It would a been saier and triorri
sure to leave it out to a jiffy of Mexicans/
I’Ve rid doubt the least verdict they
would give, would a been two years in
the deepest and darkest mine in Mexico,'
for his taking Vera Cru* and the castle ;
t\\ o years more for the cutting and slash
ing he give 'em at Ceffo Gordo; two -
years more for Cliapuhepec arid Clm-
rabnsco; and all the rest rif his life for
bis taking the city of Mexico. In that
case, you see, his punishment worild a
been measured out something according
to his crimes*
1 was thinking last night that I ought
to make up a little budget about this
trial and send it on to you, as I promis
ed to let you know once in a while how
things was getting along out here. Antf
while I was bothering ray head to know
which end to begin at, a man came irt
and brought me a little letter. 1 took if
nnd opened it* and I could’nt hardly
believe my eyes at first* to see tbc name
of Gineral Pillow signed to it. He “ re- 1
quested me to call'ai his quarters in the
evening,” on very urgent and important
business. Thinks 1 to myself, what
thunder fcan this mean ? - Then X
thought; may be they had got a' hint ,
that tbc prisoner intended to runaways
and they wanted metohelp kcepa guard
round Gineral Scott’s quarters to see*
that he didn’t escape* -r \
So jest at dark I went round to Gine
ral Pillow’s quarters; He seemed to
be amazing glad to see tnc, and took me
by the ami and (ed me into t’other room;
“ Major Downing,'* says he, “Pm Very
happy to see you. I wish you wouldn’t
make yourself such a stranger to my
quarters ; it would give me a great deal
of pleasure to see you oftener.”
I thanked him, and told him that his
rank was a good deal superior to mine,
and I always felt kind of delicate about
putting myself along side of them that
was so much above tne*
“ Norat all,” says he, “ Major, not at
all; we have to observe rank; to be sure,-
when we arc on the field ; but every
where che we are ail equals, Major, nil
equals; give me your hand/’ And here
he give my hand another hearty shake.
“ Major,” sayshe; “ I understand you
write letters to the National Intelligencer
sometimes,- about matters out here in
Mexico/'
“Wcll^CS, Says I, (zinefal; I do
sometimes, when it don’t interfere with
my piiblic duties ds'the President’s pri-
v ”.tc ambassador.*' **
Then he turned rourid and pril the
door to and beguu to speak in a little
lower trine;
Major/* says be; “ that Intelligencer
is a capital paper, a great paper; it de
serves to be encouraged I take a warm
interest in the prosperity of that paper, and
mean to do something for it. I’ll be the
making oj it yeti when I get to the rank
and situation that I expect to get. I
spose you’ll send some account of this
Court Martial down by the courier to
morrow to go to the Intelligencer,- won’t
jroti ?'*
“ Well, yes,'* says I, “ I was think
ing of sending some little outline of if;
so that the folks at home tn the United
Slates might understand the substanceof
it as far as it has got along/*
lath, etves amon mettncuoiy accounioi uw »ui personal* me rcai is give** n**«*»., «** . «• f
fcrings o( oar volanteei*, »,* their lone, fc, dc»Ui. j Hie estate,, with power of letting ami Thu to took a written paper 60t of
two trom hi. toor -W.K toll selling. Mr. Wm. B. Aslor to. toll the! h.s pocket, ami say. be, Major, Ireto
th'ir ^nnaoo” • residrart personal estate, in hi, own is a clear account, of the proceedings to
' J, „ , ■fodt.toAiol.t,—7at SI 000,000 |o S!,800,00d. fora* they havegonc.allcarefully dt«wrt
Mart!#!* io ha.e rccievet! *700,000 up, m.,1 potting every thing in a
(JoSw’s company (B.) forty; companv (&) firi! and economy, wilfi additions from oth- j nod have it inserted a» coming
!yS»,^ncloJit^IM.I* toot;, litem id [ cr 30urce « f amounted at the dote orins .authentic source; or. tfyou> choose,yod
foot tod si* nomeontwi-ioiorolBcof.) C.j«. ral|!cr , a deceas about *8,000,000,! mm work it in and make it a part bf
Heftey’o company (D.)t«retity*moe'JYa,a«d ^-"1**; «,.• • , . , ? rerieves from tlie \cmr letter, and then nobody will doubt
£ ul wl ,al it comes from an authentic
Trial, and found Faithful.—I have
read of n lady, who having lost her bus*
band, comforted herself with tlie reflec
tion that she had two lovely toys left to
cheer her. By a severe accident, one
of them was soon taken from her. This
was a heavy trial; but she still found
comfort in her remaining boy, and fixed
There was a time when the Divine t ficr affections upon this, her only son.
e stood upon earth, and little children : shortly after, intelligence w-as brought
ighttodrawncarluhim. Bulharshhu-;that her child was drowned; when she
Jj- The Preach government lno'0 determined
ifmt tlie doctrines of Re|mWicnnism .Imll 1* unght
in their schords-cthnt (lie duties of * ertiien.lmil
be inculcated into the mindu of UriMien *Wi. with
tire euleebism, writing lessons, und Ore clsirrcnU
df grammar. M. Carnot, Minister of Public In
struction and Worsbip, intends to mals ll,o teach
er. of public schools throughout Prance, agents at Shared Perote. U» to
the general elections for the National Assembly. fj,’ h in s,., One Hundred and Ninety-three had
— died and been discharged. The Snlgton hat, adoph
rr Arc,retina to the Paris ' correspondent of the ed the humane policy of discharging llio s ch, and
rr According to am ^ c uencc i „„ mb< . r are now being
Courrier dr. EM> l n *“ “ ' j ed to mj home bv the neit train. All the officers
Prince dc Joinville, both Sons of Loon 1 liilippe,, ^ now h good'heaWi. end wo hopethat the fever
and wJ nor, fortunately, ciposed to the
“Of mart? 1*011? Hnndfed men wholelt Colam-
bns in the five companies, we h*ve not towe than
forty for duty. Alm-.l thirty-live fl*”™*!”"*
after the first four,' present estate as tho residuary legntce,
un beings stood between him anil them, i calmly said, *• 1 sec God is determined
rhidding their approach'. Ah! has it' lo have all tny heart, and so he Ml." m— - . • .■ illtcn ,; 011 „f removing
nm always been so? Do not even we, . Jou.a iii,15._Thongh he slaymc,yeti will trust j T?. and hMec-tabBsbioglbcrnselTea. 1 fortSmsy be spared.'
Willi Ojr hard and uosubjucj f. clings ' in I„U1. ..- . the l n.tcd --tile, a
no’rcgnm appaoaching the [ source. X should rather, on the whole,
-.j,. A r,‘ 1 f//. untlefsiood that you would work it m your letter;
tbal Mr. Wm. B. Astor has, tfitlfin a j that voald be the best shape lo put it
few day, past, made several very liber- | to, and would be nest thing to an ofltc.al
nl donations, including SlO.COO^tot.m j (nok k a „j looka[1 ;IW | lilcovcr
The Snigeon has adopt- S, cr , and «S000 to J some; parts of it, snys l “ Gincral, it
ihe Socfcly fbribe Belief of'indigent seems to me it.is most too soon, to send
Females. Other persons in the employ on such a partieular account ns this, for
of the deceased, besides Mr. Halleck, fear of making some mistakes. It most
have also shared in tbe bounty of tin
tl?e small remnant of i
' take some time to pick the matters all