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y Country’s, God’s nud Truth’s.’
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MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1857,
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TT’OItY.
ttONAl tt'SUSIN'isS, CAf
nstrlti »*tcr 3i« head at 51) cents per tike J or
mitHlhs, 75 tents for sil months, and SI for lie
months. Ties* an CASH HATES.—25 per vent i
k, added if mC cemptied uxtki, . . V'
iiv qeouok uri'Ann.
In tlio shades of tho Wissnhockcn woods,
not moro than half a milo from tho Schuylkill,
there stood in tho time of tho Revolution, n
quaint old fabrio, built of mingled logs and
stone, and cnoirolcd by n pnlisado wall It bad
boon erected in tho earlier days of William
Penn, perhaps some years before tho great
apostle of poaoo first- trod our shores, as a
block-house, intended as a dcfcnco against the
Indians.
And now it stood with its many roofs, Its nu
merous chimneys, its massive squaro windows,
its varied front of logs nnd stdne.lts encircling
wall, through wh.ioh admittance was gained by
a lapge and stoutly built giicb ; it stood in tho
dot of tho wood, with ago-worn trees enclos
ing its veteran outlines on every side.
From the western window you oould obtain
a glanco of tho Schuylkill waves, wliilo n largo
easement in tho southern front commanded a
view of tho winding road, ns it Buuk out of
view, under the shade of thickly clustered
boughs, into n deep hollow, not more than ono
hundred yards from the mansion.
Here, from tho southern casomont, on one
of tlioso balmy days which look in upon tho
dreary autumn, towards tho close of Novem
ber, a farmer’s daughter was gazing with di
lating eyes and half clasped hands
Well might she gaze earnestly to tho south
and listen intensely for tho slightest sound.—
Her brothers woro away with tho army of
Washington, nnd her father, a grim voternn—
ho stood six feet and threo inches in his stock
ings—who had manifested,his love for tho rod-
coat invaders in many a desperate encounter,
had that morning left her alone in the old man
sion, alone in this small chamber, in chargo of
some amunition intended for n band of some
bravo .farmers, about to join tho hosts of free
dom. Even as she stood there, gazing out of
the southern window, a faint glimpse *f sun
light from the faded leaves abovo, ponfing over
her mild fucc, shaded by clustering brown hnir,
there, not ten paces from |ior side, were seven
loaded rifles nnd a keg of powder.
Leaning from tho casement, she listened with
every nerve quivering with suspense to tho
shouts of tho combatants, the hurried tread of
armed men echoing from the south
Thcro was something very beautiful in that
picture l Tho form of the young girl, framed
by the squaro massive window, the contrast be
tween tho rough timbers that enclosed her and
that round face,.the lipspavting,tho linrel eyes
dilating, nnd tho cheek warming nnd flushing
with hope and fear ; thoro was something vory
low are joined by a party of some twenty
ogees, who, clad in their robber uniform, cm a
rushing from tho woods, and with ono bou J
aro looping from tho summit of the wall 1
“ Quick, Boss, my riflo !•”
And look thore — even while the voter i
stood looking out upon his foes—the bra e
girl, for, slender in form, nnd wildly benut\r^
in fnoo, sho is a bravo girl, n "Hero Womtu
—bad managed, as if instinotive impulse,
load a riflo. She handed It to her father, m
then loaded another and another. Wasn’t tli
a beautiful sight? A fuir young girl, graspli
powder and ball, with tho ramrod rising t
falling in her slender fingers 1 r
Now look down An tho wall again! Th
fbgecs aro wimbing over its summit; ago 1
horrible cry, and another wounded man b.
pling down upoq his dead and dying comrade]
But now look ! A smoke rises there ; n f
blazing up around the wall ; they have fi
tho goto. A moment, and tho bolt and b
will be burnt from its sockets—the passage
bo freo ! Now is tho fiery moment of tho
man’s Irial While his bravo daughter loai
he continued to fire, with that deadly aim,!
now—oh, horror ! he falls, with a musket bi
driven into bis breast 1 The daughter’s ou\
stretched arms received the father, as with tl<
blood spouting from his wound, ho topples ba<K
from tho window.
Ah, it is a sad and terrible picture.
That old man writhing thero on tho oak!
floor, the young daughter bending over hf|
tho light from the window streaming ovor tier
father’s gray hairs whilo tho ancient furniture
of the small chamber affords a dim back ground
to the scene.
Now hark! The sound of axes nt tho ball
door—shouts—hurrahs—curses !
“ We havo the old rebel at last!”
Tho otd man raises his head nt that sound—
makes an effort to rise ; clutches for a riflo,
and then falls again, his oyes glaring as the
fierce pain of that wound quivered through his
heart. . l -
Now watch the movements of that daughter
Silently sho loads n rifle ; silently she rosts the
barrel against tho bead of that powder-keg,
and then, placing her finger on tho trigger,
stands over her father’s form, while the shouts
of tho enraged soldiers oarao thundering from
the stairs. Yes, they have brokon the hall
door to fragments ; thoy aro in possession of
the old block-houso ; they arc rushing toward
tho old ohamber with murder in their heartB,
From the Ncio York Vieotjune.
flocstlcks Attends the Performance of bis Hew Play
*, At last tho eventful day arrived for the per-
fi.rmonco of my new piny ; it had been cut out
and
*nd filled in ; nnd curtailed in some parts,
elongated in others ; /had altered it, the man-
jgers had altered it, nnd tho actors had altered
lomo and forgot the rest, so that nt Inst it had
ibout as much resemblance to tlie original picco
is it did to n burlesqno ou Romeo nnd Juliet.
Tho nery we thought would operate, though
here was an obstinate mouutnin which, for n
one time, refused to inovo to slow music ns it
Ijiplit to ; nnd a “ sthset” full of omnibuses
_jgflnm wagons which usually declined giving
»y to “this uninhabited forest, where foot of
iian nover trod before”—and nn ocean scene
hieh would not get out of tho way when wo
anted a view of a kitchen with a range nnd
largo assortment of ton kettles to occupy the
iack ground—but wo finally made all work
mooth ; wo coaxed the mountain, we hitched
nothcr ropo to tho street, nnd we put lard oil
i tho troubled ocean. It took some time to
nch the men how to mnnago tho scenic effects
it was threo days beforo the man would
jhundcr in tho right place, nnd even then ho
hould persist in making tho earthquake swal
low the wrong man.
It took no little management to mnko the
jrcbestrn play quick music for tho dances, and
dow for the deaths, instead of vico versa—the
ader for n week insisting on performing a
end ntaroh when tho characters wanted to
pin in n country dnnoe, nnd in playing n horn-
ipo when a wounded hero was dragging his
[uw length along, intending to expire when his
'oho enmo, with the propor agonies.
But at last everything was ready—tho dress-
wero made, the actors knew ns much of thoir
iarts as they wopld if they had studied them
Sr a year—tho posters were printed, nnd the
ight onmc—fifteen little boys with thick boots
wero furnished with freo tickets nnd sent into
Bio, galleries, with accurate instructions to np-
jJaud at the proper places, nnd all the ar
rangements wero mndo to havo tv. thing go
off; well.
‘ »-In the afternoon I heard a painful rumor to
the effect that my once friend, Bomb L. Boo,
Inow my sworn enemy, because I had one night
jrefnscd to fight, single-handed, six policemen
for his amusement, whilo ho stood by smoking
Inoigar and watching tho fun, nnd resolved to
L jwheak his v ngenneo on mo that oveuing—that
bu bad in pcrsoD purchased thirty-two pit tick-
Uad tl,0 ( 0,d ™"kets, and lmd been observed to distribute them
had arthonsnnd lives, they wero not e forth* ^ solno B , lort boys , nlK ] „t the same time
mg’s purohaso now. PT . . J ’ _ . .
f\ leaning
******
Still that^irlj grown suddenly white ns th
.furnished each ono with u flask of whiskey
hiokory club.
T Bi MORGAN, Atforney at Iavw, La GiWn^s
«| . Georgia. OIBoe with Ferrell « Morgan,
dec 11 68 ly
■ww/- r- SCOTT, Attorney amt Courtsellorat Law,
W » La'Grange, G».: Up-stairs'nt tho Sims
House.—Refers to Got. R. M. Young, Messrs. C.&l.
Hoard, Frank Wadkins, Esq., and Pfof. J\J. Judge.
nov20'SlfTy
1VT M.HAltltlS,—ATTORNEY AT LAW AN1>
1M. NOTARY PUBLIC, AND COMMISSION, r
OFJDEEDS, WILLS, ETC., for the States of South
Carolina and Alabama, Lagrange, Go. Office north
aide of the publio square, ouo door west of Dr. J. M.
Nocll’s Drugstore. ' July 3, ly.
TOHN F. DOUGLASS, ATTORNEY AT LAVV,
J La Grange, Ga., wilt practice In tho several
counties composing the Coweta Circuit. All business
entrusted to h!s care wilt meet with prompt und
faithful attention. jan. 5, 1851—ly
ii. o. staSh-uv,! [.'■ n. TOWNS.
XJTANLEY&TOWNS, ATTORNEYS AT L AW,
O L» Grange, Ga., will practice in tho several
counties of the Coweta Circuit Office up stairs over
Pullen & Cox's'store. , . ....
Juno 2,1854. Jan. 1, ’55*
iSoGER'i’ * FORBES, MERCHANT TAILORS
11 and Gentlemen’s Furnishing Store. South
west corner ol tho Publio Squaro, La Grange, Ga
J. CRAVEN, DENTIST. La GRANGE, GA.
WT A'« Office north-weflt oorner of the public square.
Persons wishing it can bo waited on at their resi
dences. juno2G tf
X71DW. YOUNG HILL * SON, ATTORNEYS
r i at Law, La Grange, Gporgia,—will practlco
In the several oountics df the Coweta Circuit. ^Office
fu the brick building one door ooet of Dr. Ridley’s
office, up stairs
U.oiVBEnKrx.] i [n.j. mohoan.
T^BItRELL & MORGAN, ATTORNEYS AT
8?- Law, La Grange, Georgia. Office at Bull &.
Ferrell’s old stand. fob. 27,1855—Otf.
rftHOS. J. BACON, ATTORNEY AT’ LAW'
1 La Grange, Ga. Office up stairs, ovor Dr. Rid
ley's, (North sido of tho Court House Sqnnre.)
TIT B. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT I.AW,—
W . ' Franklin, Goorgia, will give prompt atten
tion to all business entrusted to his cure.
Fob 7 6S-ry.
I^ETER A. HEARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
JT La Grange, Georgia. Office over Pullen &
Cox’s store. feb M f»G ltn*
TVff ILTON H. RACHELS, ATTORNEY AT LAW
iff J; Ln Grange, Georgia. Office ono door east of
Amoss & HaseRino’sstorc. feb H 66-ly
'TAMES- A. RUSSELt, ATTORNEY AT* LAW,
J La Grange, Ga. Office ovor Pulton W Cox’e
Store. janlS tf
if> PUOPHJTT,—RESIDENT DAGUEKRF.AN
Mi . Artist and Amhrotypist, La Grange, Geor
gia. apr 20,1855—15ry>.
rilODD & BRETT. MERCHANT TAILORS,
JL and Gentlemen’s Furnishing Store. North
aide of the Publio .Square, La Grange, Ga.
oct. 12, ’65—Jy.
JF> II. .fiplinaoii, Deiilhl,
FFERS his services to the cltizoneof La Grange,
, V/a6d adjoinlng nonutry, and hope- from several
rears’ practice, and close application, to share a libcr-
alnorUon of patronage. Special attention given to
^Jb/g*lAln*1^iflldren’s teeth. aug28 tf.
1*1
mOroBrr.
ij ffccir .btiVdiv
down/
ihouse. ... .
daughter, quivfcrtbg With iittpei
ing from the window. He'Vea
house goto ; look:/ He is sun
intiskotS «rd leveled at his 1| '
down «t 4h*ir feat, J
look agotrt': '*He
omljjold jnovfcm
gotejj dn,ihsfiu»fi
soldiors, ijqad wi
wa.R pf logs And-.
drunkoV curses.-'
Now,; Ipok to jfotS"
young.girl stood aim
susponso,,ns she .bobel
for his life,' now stands
his brow, bared,, Ais 'W
while' his gray hairfi frji’
kled and blood-d»dhcd rf
picture of. nn old: veScrjn,'
fight—a stout’worripr r ’p ' *"
struggle.
Dooth-strujMe T Te(t;\ r
Wampolo, bad 'dealt
among the British BoldtSrs-J*
cheated thom'.tOO oftph,.tp psi
moments longer, and t!
by a strong party of
the arms in tno old blo ,
daughter herself, was. to,
Thore was scarcely a :bc
and yet he had detormr *
ftto fight.
Wg musti'b'uff off tl
with a grim smilgj turnin:
Bess, wy girl. Whctr T"J.,
hand mo afiptber' end''So'
shots arc fired. That wfi 1
other sido of tho wall, f
least, and then wo will;*]
for the rest.” , ,,
Look down thore, and
over tho odgo 'gf%hb t
levels his piece-^Umt Britil
with a crushed hand upon'
No longer quivering with w
suddenly firm, tLo yonng girl
riflo to tho voter an’g grsspj-jf
the result.
For a moment all is silt
ish bravocs aro soinew
when a stout old “Rebel,”
ing from yonder window I
low, doop rourmurS, thoy a
A moment is gone and,
above the woll dt onoi
throe ! Tljo old veter
—thoro aro thret^.mot
beneath tho shadow n(
“ Quick, Boss, the ri
And tho bro-ve girl
fathor’s grasp. There'
tor tho other—three m<
like weights of lead .
single red coat is seon,
top of tho wall, bis e;
door, which bo wi" "
Now the last bi
nto tlio stromber. • /** - »
. Now, as if her vory soul was coined into the
«yTiig ^ .
concealing dead kittens in the im
id of
Then thcro wns the grand procession of sol
diers and Egyptinn virgins—they inarched on
tho stage, but it seems tlmt tlio enpinin of tlio
soldiers, in liis nnxicty to lmvo his men nil
propctly dressed, had forgotten his own attire,
nnd went on with cow-hide loots when he
should have had sandnls, nnd shoep’s prny
breeches instead of a spnnglcd tunic; while
the golden helmet he should have worn, wns ill
supplied by tho brown squnre paper cap which
ho did wonr. no wns greeted with a shout
from the opposition which nt once roused him
to a consciousness of his position. Ono glance
nt his legs decided him and he jumped over tlio
orchestra and (led to parte unknown, then the
soldiers and virgins went wrong, and no one
oould get them right—they finally made a grand
scatteration, and in all trying to got out at
tho same door nt the same timo, got into an
inextricable snarl, whilo tho heels of the sol
diers smashed the toes of tho virgins, and the
elbows of tho virgins did fearful exeention on
the ribs of the soldiers.
Tims the curtain went down on the first act
amidst tho shouts of the audience and the ag
ony of the author.
Second net—Jones, my prince, who had been
drinking brandy punches to euro his fright, be
gan to show tho effects of his medicine, nnd
become very unreliable about his legs — lie
looked in n mirror, mistook his own reflection
for tlio manager, and asked himself for nn in
crease of salary, and an instant order on the
treasury for money cnougli to buy eleven gin
slings—then liis cuo was given, and ho had to
go on nnd play a love scene with the heroine—
Jones went on—Jones ought to have taken
(lie middle o£ tlio stage, with liis lady love by
liis side, but instead of so doing, and holding
her in n fond embrace as ho should havo done,
ho walked down to tho corner, pul led his wig
sidoways, scowled tragically, folded his arms,
and addressed her as "hoory headed scoundrel”
—then ns n “black hearted villain,” and chal
lenged her to inslant mortal combat—then lie
reminded her that sho wnB a “ base meddling
slave,” nnd ordered the leader of tho orchestra
to “conduct her at onco to tho lowest dungeon
of tho ensile.” Then ho accused her of being
a Peter Funk, and warned the nudienoo to
look out for their pockets—then he suddenly
changed liis opinion and recognized her as the
“idle of his soul,” nnd invited her to leap with
him “over yonder precipice,” and end both
their miserable lives ut once.
Here somebody threw nn egg, at which Miss
Smithcrs beat nn instant retreat, hut Jones
valiantly drew his sword and stnrtcd to climb
the gas fixtures to get into the gallery and
murder the miscreant. Ho wns, however,
promptly collared by tho manager, and drng-
i itiuitUumwwlatl-
%6tl3if-that young girl, with her faoo pale as
her hazel eye gleaming with, deathly
.fitters this short yet-leaning speech ; •T"
'““nee ono -atop into the room, nnd’l
' is rifle’into/the powder there l”
i quivers from tlio lips of that girl,
lierfbSofution, but thero aho stands,
ilono with her yrehnded father,, and yet not a
soldier daro cross' th* throshold. Imbued ns
thoy .are III deeds of blood,thore is ..somethin;
ajife-words o'
the rifle
ediato neighborhood of the theatre, ovidontly
intention of smuggling them into tho
when the orowd would be too
smell to be immediately detected,
not doubt that these preparations por-
Ondod ovil, nnd I therefore took my soat in my
irivato box with fear and trepidation, hoping,
iowover, that the sensible mojority of tho au-
lichce would be carried away with the boautics
'f my drama, and instantly frown down all op-
ition-.
terrible to those men in thi* shn
that young girl, who stand* llicrd,
[did against the keg of, powder.
They stood as if spell-bound, on the thresh
old of that old chotubcr.
At lost one- bolder thnn the rest, a brifvo,
whose fnco is half conoealed in a thick beard,
grasps his musket, and levels it at the youni
(prl 1 * breast:
. “ Stand back, or by , I will- fire !”
r-Still .tlio girl is Arm. . The bravA adVihdcs
step and then starts book. Tho sharp click
the .rifle falls with an unpleasant ernplmsis up
Mficnr. . " /if
--:*%Bc8S, I nnl dying,” gaspsthe old mu...
faintly extending his arms “ Ha, ha, wo fort-
i rthe*.Britishers. Como; daughter, kneof
Fond say a prayer for, mV and let me fu.
~ warm bcoath open .ny fad*,' for I am
Pick ino up” a Lady.—Tho Courier of
LimogcB lias tlio following :
As a tradesman of Tnrascon was a few
nights ago, at a late hour, going in his gig to
Brivcs, lie overtook, in n desolate port of tho
road near l’uyfort, an elegantly dressed young
woman, who appeared greatly fatigued. As
tonished to pee a woman of her appearance
alone on the highway at such nn hour, he stop
ped nnd questioned her, nnd sho, nftcr somo
hesitation, said in a soil voice :
“Ah, sir, I am very unhappy. My husband,
in consequence of a quarrel wo happened to
lmvo, lias just flung me out of a postebaiec,
and I nm now going I know not where.”
The tradesman snid she wouIJ do well to go
to Brivcs, tho nearest town, nnd offered her a
scat by liis tide, but she said, with nu nir of
great modesty, that she could not think of ac
companying a perfect stranger. The trades
man, however, insisted, nnd, nftcr a while, she
got. into tlio gig.
The conversation that ensued soon assumed
a tender lone, nnd the tradesman ventured to
press the lmnd of the Indy, and to take a peep
iute her face, which, from whnt ho thonght was
modesty, she had kept averted from him. lie
then saw two fierce eyes and a rough beard,
and the sight struck him with terror. After a
moment’s reflection, however, ho let drop his
pocket hundkerebiet into the rond, nnd said—
“Madnmo, I must stop for a moment to pick
up my pocket handkerchief; but no, my horse
is so vicious that I cannot leave him ; is it tak
ing too great a liberty to ask you to pick up
my handkerchief for mo ?”
“Not at all, sir,” said the pretended lady,
jumping from tho gig, and nt the same time
the tradesman, whipping liis horse, drove off as
fust ns lie possibly could. A basket left by tho
bandit in the gig was found to contain a poi-
gnard and two pistols.
I cries for two more brand
ilqg’tfecelTts fatl Arif
’ Bngert uolooi
ho troopers^
JiP
,jmoment.
fe-owBir- .'KM i
* phb clutches tl
her’s aooeuti i
" ,.tn MM
ah bS
lOSIti
Thg ovortur'o was plqycd—curtain didn't go
<ap—audionep beghn to got wratliy—manager
“lied to my box with a gliastly countenance,
I said that Mngghfei was .drunk. It was too
o. Mucgius./who was to play my hero, wns
runk—rusbedf behihd tho scenes, and thero
good Muggins, with his coat on bind side be-
ire, no,dding his head and sleepily singing
iBabbjj) Around,” when ho ought to have been
limned.as an Egyptian king, with n speptro
■“/band, ipouting' the. highest kind of. trag-
thjo (obercst kind of a voico. When
[Ins saw mo he mado.a feeble attompt to
' to. He said he "had the rheumatism
iuldn’t preach 1 my fmfcrai sermon that
„ r . Jjet would accommodnta'.‘ifte\Bq spon as
i tide went out, it ho oould find.liia hatehot,”
the conclusion of which 'iueid spefluh ho
ink my health out of a paint pot, under the
pression that the paint po't" ; w*^B- something
Muggins turned to go''$mvp#hd strovo
us an affectionate fanftibtfv and-.wanted
pbraco trip—in my dcsjpdfr. l jji|!|pc^od,binv-
1,- ajid in iby desperation iboked him nearly
!«#•. ' - ■:
teoee began W moT
dopes, gnajjiwl
' ftwko a- sensatio'
[in** plane, and/:
. tnew flrerjr
leybjfntry^i .
, informed ippt*row4%]
Case of Somnambulism.—A Pittsburg jour
nal gives tho following account of a caso of
somnambulism which occurred at the residence
of a gentleman near that city :
“Hearing footsteps upon tho stairs about
midnight, nnd suspecting buglers might be
about the premises, the gentleman rose from
his bed and look down a double-ban eled gun,
with which in liis hand he proceeded tq
door entering into tho hall,
door, ho applied his ear
heard wlmt lie thought tf
upon the stnirs. r * £a *
the door, ho steppi
gun through the,
thought occurred
daughter, who som
£
the
It lo
thpt “ Hea
forward into' f
el there, while!
t'. jvarm s lies with';
Aftor Jones was thus suppressed, the mana
ger again appeased tho crowd, and offered to
read Hie part himself—ho tried to read, but
wns so flnrriod that ho could not keep 1 the
place, so in sheer desperation he at length
settled on tho dying speech which ho knew
must come in somewhere, and when any one.
addressed him, lie. instantly replied with "Des
pair ami death now dam me for their own”—
when ho commenced mnking lovo, be said,
"Despair and death!’—wlion tho bold knight
challenged him to meet him on tho bloody field,
all ho snid “ Despair and death’’—when
tho father oWRie heroino blessed them both,
nnd told him to take her and be happy, ho on
ly replied, “Despairand death,” and even when
the comic man, who was singing a song, waited
for a little applausa between tlie verses, the
fruntio manager burst in with “Despair and
death.” 1
At last, to my great joy, tlio timo enmo for
him to die, and it was with the most intense
satisfaction that I saw him drink the bottle of
poison, nnd say “ Despair and death” for tho
last legitimate time. Contrary to my fond
hope, he didn’t stay dead, bat soon recovered
from his despair and went out to mako-an
apology to tho audience—ho' had, however,
got no farther than ’‘Despair and deaht,’’ wlion
be was promptly hissed off
I could bear it no longer, and-here I rose in
my box determined that tho audience should
be told how my play had boen treated, hut I
was instantly made the target for a well di
rected pile of stale eggs, defunct eats, nnd
other savory tokens of affection, in tho midst
liss-i- of which I got- out.
iq, k --My piny hod failed, and to thin day, I dare
Sjjj ..*ay,, the publio don’t know whether it is a
tragedy, 'farce, or a fire not pantomime.
« -d fushed from the theatre, in an agony of
despair; Btiimbling over Muggins ns I went;
bo having become partially sobered, instantly
i gave me two Idaolt oyoe..before. I
ro off, Next day, as I was reading
ibrs of tho newspapers, and bathing
.eyes with vinegar, I rocoived n note from
niMjnglr, with a bill for dresses, scenery,
rties, kb., to tho amount of nlnoty dol-
"ira tbhn I had eyer had at any one
mydj/e., y- AT tlio same instant a con-
e:*rrestefc<8ojit the instigation of Mug-
' * A qhSrg'b“fflAssault and battery with
gat my, bail, nor can I
yinpietivo Muggins.
tLAfjDfiR DOESJICKS, P. B.
e hall. With the l
used in- case circdm*
found the apartment |
ing a lamp, he then/
aginc hig'surpriso nnd
the chamber window, tol
es of a tall tree which grew-I
dressed in her night habiliments 1
utterly unconscious of her perilous j
Without uttering a word or making'a^to
calculated to frighten hor, he steppe (font
the window himself, and winding ono arm tight- -
ly around the waist of the sleeping girl, ha
with great exertion managed to gain the hall
with liis precious burden. The surprise of the
young lady when she awoke and was informed
of her perilous adventure, can he better iatafl>
ined than described.” \
Gentlemanly Conduct —Self-respect is
tho sufost prevention against quarreling. Tim
man who is suro of his own position is the.
slowest to suspect another of any design to
question it; and hence the nr! of- avoiding
altercations has generally been deemed one of
the peculiar characteristics of a gcntlenuuL—
Never to seem afraid of being put upon,
phrase goes—never to argue a question me:
lost people oan think you argue it—never
fight simply for foar tho lookers on might think
you a coward—these aro some of the maxims
on whioh nil men of superior minds act, hab
itually and unconsciously ; and it is this habit
which gives to such men that nir or repose and
self-possession before which fools stand abash
ed and dandies aro wild with envy.
Few men can have mingled, even with tlie
slightest degree, in society, without noticing
that ono prominent feature in the character of
a Parveiine, is liis pronencss to take offence.
His ancles aro sharper, his corns moro tender,
than those of other people. Thcro is really
no knowing wlicro to bo safe with them. The
moment you pat your Guger on him, bis bristle*
... v stand out like a hedgo hog’s. Tho best plan,
em.beforol df cdnr.e, i. M lonoeamilnas <' J - '
best lo avoid infringing ott "
lability. It is sensoioss to ■ ' 4
We should do our
thoir ramified irritability,
provoke a man, whoever he may be, wbb has
the power to bo mischiovous.. The men who
wants to fig|it you in the streets, because you
push ngaist him, may be a low fellow, hat that,
will bo no consolation if you go home with a
black eye. Neither will it much mehif. tl
matter it you give him two in return.
whole, you will consider it a very di*ag
business, and wish devoutly you had qover’goV '
into it. ' .
ih in eminent
.till eaoh man J>os* 5ed, |i>
friends of B>'mbBoo, wWb''#4S instant
out Of idodrs, Without having hisvmbni
. ,*t‘qfrossic acid
i of "lifo at-first,;and’ that
be' restoced to dnimniion
of potash apd salt
fhd spine. jRabi
moment is gone!
c old man.stapda
^ Thire is *A
.iiisihanda varsity of,JLe;
rifle 1 At The oyster w
portiontofSistmetion, and no mo«; -wiidered by his
bo ig’enttthid by bfo personal morW.. k - now whore ho
'''■ 'If'." tlio wrong wo .
-ohr wrong man—then Jones was going to-kiU him-
I solf three acts bsfora'we eonld spare him—he'
'’ " - reWverad hia self-possossiop, however,
tented himself with speaking’* couple
speeches that bolor
• he walked- off'M
ked the prompter for-trying
Influence of a —4
is to tho Rimale o. untenarKlji i
is to the landscape.. jt emb'
face, and redeems an ugly on
ovor, should not bocomo E
is the result; nor ahdn"
to.'a smifo on ona 'ifdi
t cue.
' '-
Ml
he had taken all the'wan had 1
Upon hcmorebly 'atqulttod.
dll# chijp, who ttf*k the thread *£
rent of a bouse, bie gon* wr k
,4* patent point for
rafr*
