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NO. 18.
THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS!
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Golden Christmas, by W. G. Simms.
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Mackey’s Masonic Lexicon, new edition.
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May 6,.1852. ■
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OOD Apple Vinegar, for Sale bv -
nth 18 JNO. A. ERWIN.
sCJtANCE CO.
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HE undersign^], Agent of tteSoititeor
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A CARD.
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that he is just receiving and opening at
his old stand direct from New York, the
largest and most complete stock of Goods he
has ever before opened in this market, to
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public generally. Prices he guarantees
shall please purchasers, being assured that
no one can offer greater inducements. Please
call and examine.
The following in part comprise his stock.
Dry Goods of almost every variety. Hard
ware and Cutlery. Boots, shoes, Saddlery,
Drugs and Medicines, Hats* Caps, Straw-
Goods, Read-made Clothing, Umbrellas,
Parasols, Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods,
Crockery, Sugnr, Coffee, Salt, Iron Nails, &c.
JOHN A. ERWIN.
Cassrille, March 18th, 1852.
The Maid of Cherokee.
BY HON. B. F. PORTER.
Near where Coosa’s placid tide
Pours the bright waters to the sea,
(A flower upon the mountain’s side.)
Dwells the Maid of Cherokee—
The maid that held the cup for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
Far from the world's ensnaring toils,
Where Fashion spreads her gilded net;
In Nature’s innocence and smiles,
This kind and artless maid I met.
The maid that held the cup for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
The hue of health and grace of youth,
Her form and face alike adorn;
Her eyes replete with love and truth,
Shine soft as beams of summer morn.
The maid that held the cup for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
Her lustrous eyes and morning’s light,
At once nnfold their lovely rays;
’Tis fit such kindred beams unite,
To fill with joy the opening days.
The maid that held the cup for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
And when, at eve, a mellower light,
Floats calmly thro’ tho spangled skies,
No twinkling star shines half as bright
As those that sparkle in her eyes :
The maid that held the cup for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
Whether across the dewy lawn,
Or by the spring, her steps I trace—
At noon, or eve, or early dawn—
She seems the goddess of the place.
The maid that held the enp for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
In some sequestered vale, like this,
From vanity and envy free,
Diana held her court of bliss,
Like my dear maid of Cherokee.
The maid that held the cup for me—
My rosy girl of Cherokee.
No, sir—I don’t believe it. Now say
leref
At the house of W & Co. I got a
’rare bargain. You see, they advertised in
the paper that they were selling off at cost.
I knew groceries would go quick, so I went
in and bought a year's supply. Their gro
ceries were all sold before night I didn’t pay
the money, either, for they took my U. S.
Land Warrant at $1 25 per acre.’
« Three to six,” said Miss Fanny, aloud.
Robert led his deuce, which the Major
took his three spot, ahd followed by playing
the king; Robert pat his queen on it. The
Major supposing it was the young man’s last
trump, lcaht over the table, and tapping the
trick with his finger, said—
“ That’s good as wheat.”
Frmale Inflnenrc.
I have noticed, says Washington Irving,
that a married man falling into misfortune
is more apt to retrieve his situation in the
world than a single one, chiefly because his
spirits arc soothed and endeared by domestic
endearments, and self respect kept alive by
Is it?” asked Robert, as he displayed to j ® ndi | ls though all abroad be darkness
* nf tliA ' aDd humiliation, yet there
the eyes of the astonished Major the ace and ■ lf , . 11
. , * . . ,. , , J e ace 411(1 1 world of love at home, of which he i
jack, yet in his hand.
A Lover's Jlishnps;
There was two Sals livin’ in our town—
Sal Stcbbins and Sal Babit; real corn-fed
gals, I swow. Sal Stebbins would lift a
barrel of cider out of .the eend of a cart ni
quick as any other feller, ahd drink it tew.
Sal Babit was so fat she’d roll one way jest
as easy as t’other, ahd if anything, a little
is still a little j easier. Well, there was a ct>rb sh’ncking,
Now, now, Sqnire! that can’t be, for mv jack, yet in his hand. i *** “ e ^ mon ' j and I went alohg.with Sal Stcbbings ; there
lawyer told me that it wasn’t legal to sell! «« High, low, jack, gift and the nme ” ; “"f’ , J* “7“ * .”j\ e . “““ 58 , apt *° Wastc Was a11 the « als and ^ aettia ’ roUDll v ftod
ited Robert. = ’ i and self-neglect: to fall into ruin, like some I got down so hear Sal Babit, that I’ll bo
Out!” sententiously cried Miss Fanny, i d “ erted “ an * i< ?’ f ° r ?® Btofan inhabitan ‘- i darned i f I d! «ln’t kiss her afore I knbw’d
n^rui .a ” „aa~a Tj.i , ' 11 have often had occasion to mark .the forti- | what I was about. Sal Stcbbings she blush-
my land warrant.’
< Very true, some time ago; but the news
come lately in the paper that Congress had
made them assignable.’
« Well,’ tisn’t fair!—it’s rascally ! What I her.
right has these Editors to get all the news
and keep it to themselves ?’ i after that, when anythin;
Good as wheat,” added Robert, as he i ! T -T w * wu ' wual 1 vw,a aDom - BaI swotungs sue Diusti-
5 his arms around her neck and I tud « WI ‘ h _ whlch women sustain the most o- ed; the blood rushed right up into her hair;
flung his arms around her neck and kissed
t j .• ., . , break down the spirit of a man, and pros
In due time they were married, and ever i t
occurred of a
verwhelming reverses. Those disasters which ; she was the best red critter I ever did see.
I thought it was all up with me, and suro
trate him to the dust, seem to call forth all 1 enough it was, for when I asked her if she
the energies of the softer sex, and give much ! would go hum with me, she said,
«Ah! Uncle Joe, you misunderstand it.— ; pleasant nature to the hapnv couple, thev • • , ., , ~ . - ’ . * ,
—j., , . , , , , |. . * 1 mtiepidity and elevation to their character, ,. No; you needn’t trouble vourself noth-
Editors and printers labor night and day to would express tlieir emphatic approbation 1 .. , ... ’ . , j™ aram liuuob, jiuneu iioui
.... i • f .. , . f ^ so^-that at times it approaches to sublimity, in*’tall’bout it.”
gatner the news, and give it to the people— j of it, by the phrase, Good as wheat.”
to instruct their readers—to inform them of m —
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Adairsville, April 14, 1852.
CHA8.0. MARTINDALE. GKO. WM. WALKER.
C. 0. MARTINDALE & GO.,
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CORNER VESDI E RANGE,
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by letter, are assured that they will be as
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Jan 15, 1852. 49—6m.
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best materials. We pledge ourselves to
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MareK 11. 1952—ly.
WE desire to call the atten
tion of the Public to the new
Carriage Manufactory, located at Bone’s old
stand, on Broad street, opposite Hie .Depot
and just below the Hillbum House, where
the making and repairing of Carriages, Bug
gies, Wagons &c., will he done ait tie short-
est notice, fa die neatest style, and with the He said, that he came across our pa-
Griling a Snbseribcr.
Tired and fatigued .from a long day’s ride;
covered with the dust we had gathered on a
dry, sandy road; we called at Squire Hobb’s
to pet our mouth, rest our Ixmes, and have
a chat with the Squire. On our part, how
ever, there was a disposition very soon to
talk less and doze more. This, Hobbs—a
good humored soul—perceived, as by intui
tion ; and soon left us to the soft influences
of Nature’s << sweet restorer.”
Now how long we slept we needn't tell,
and our readers needn’t know. It wasn’t
long, however, for loud talking in the
Squire’s << office” soon aroused us, and we
listened to a conversation highly interesting
to us. If it was cave’s-dropping, it was no
fault of ours. It seems that Joacum Gulic,
Old Joe a clever sober-sided, close-fisted
neighbor of the Squire’s—had called in to
talk about «the craps” and matters and
tilings in general.
Well, Squire,’ said Mr. Gulic, < do yon
know where a fellow can buy a right smart
chance of a nigger boy, these times ?
« Really, Uncle Joe, I don’t know, at this
time. There was a sale in town last week,
of some six or eight at one time.’
i There was ?’
iYes. And I got a right likely negro boy,
eighteen years old, for £450. My word for
it, I wouldn’t take a thousand dollars for
him to-day.’
i Just my hick—why, I never heard & word
of it. Who told you Sqnire ?’
<0, yon know I take the paper. Isaw the
sale advertised, and as I had to go to town
any way, I went on the day of sale, think
ing perhaps I might hit a bargain; and I
did hit a bargain sure.’
« Well, I swear, I have got to have a hand,
somehow. You see I have put in more than
I have hands to work. Who's got a hand to
hire any wheres about ?’
< You're too hard for me again, Uncle Joe;
the hiring season is over. About a month
ago all the negroes belonging to the estate
of H-—-, deceased, were out at auction:—
and I'm told they went very low.’
The d—1 you say. Why didn't yon tell
me, Squire ?
I hardly know why. I saw it advertised
in our paper; and I supposed everybody took
that. More'n that, I didn’tinow yon want
ed to hire. Did yon know I have sold my
Harden track of land ?
No, indeed. Who to P
Why to a rich old fellow from Alabama
It was day before yesterday; and I got the
ysllow boys,’ cash up—only six dollars per
all the improvements of the age—and ame
liorate the condition of society. Their pa
per goes abroad, recommending our people
and country to enterprising and intelligent
emigrants. Can they labor thus for noth
ing ? Should they not be paid ? Is there a
man who is not benefitted by a paper ? Is
not every subscriber repaid four-foM for the
pittance of §2,Tiis subscription price ?’
Stop, Squire! stop right there! I'm
going to take the paper. I'll take six, and
send some back to my kinfolks in Georgia.’
You needn’t go far as that,—here’s the
Editor right in the room.’
Here the parties rushed in upon us, where
we were acting out most admirably a person
fast a^cp. It is enough for us to say, that
after iff introduction, the name of Mr. Joa
cum Gulic was entered on our note book as
a subscriber—paid in advance. And now,
when the parties alluded to shall read this
we hope they will pardon us for giving to
the public the substantial facts urged by
the Squire—aiding us so effectually in (get
ting a subscriber’.— The Herald, Jeffer
son, Texas.
A True Story.
The following remarkable story has all the
Nothing can be more touching than to be- j « Well, if you’re mind to get spunky, t
hold a soft and tender female, who had been j guess I can git a gal that will let me see her
all weakness and dependence, and alive to , hum. Sal Babit, shall I go hum with you ?”
every trivial roughness, while trending the
interest of romance; yet it is true, and the j prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in
parties are still living. j mental force to he the comforter and sup-
Harness
THE subscribers are prepared to
l do all kinds bf work nrfoe above
line, sneh as making anttrepairing
Hernen and Saddles. Abo; Shoes and
Boots made and repaired. They hafve a good
Lotof Haraess. Saddles, Ac , which they will
sell cheap* All wefck warranted and execu
ted with dispatch. 8ktj r over Price’s old
tsfatxL WM. B. BOHANNON.
. Moy 27-3m W3L GOULD3MITU.
per in (Old Alabama.; Ae liked the descrip
tion of the country ; »w my wee bit of an
advertisement, «nid came to see me about dt.
We struck a trade in no time:* -
(.Jerusalem!! And here I’ve bee* trying
! to sell a track iff land foe the last two years,
and couldn't get a dollar and a half an a-'
ere. R’s better land than your’n too, and
you know it Sqmre. Well, what is, tis, and
can’t be ’riser, but, I reckon, Squire foe
best you on sugar. I bought, tut week,
two barrels of sugar at 6 cents, wberieTery-
body ehse lad to give 7 cents. Beat that, |
ehf ;
• With aft ease, Uncle Joe—I bought mine
at 5 cents.’
“Good as Wheat.”
OR, (( seven-up” for a wife.
In the State of Tennessee, there is a cer
tain village, boasting of its tavern, three
stores, and four groceries, where, from mor
ning till night, and from night till dawn, a
person entering the town may fi.id. in the
tavern, stores, or groceries aforesaid, one or
more groups of persons playing cards.—
Gambling there is reduced to a science—the
history of four kings is thoroughly studied,
and from the school-boy to the grey-headed
veteran, from the miss in her tceens to the
mother of a large family, they are initiated
into the mysteries of high, low, jack, game;
right and left bowers; the honors and the
odd trick. One of the best players in the
village was Major , the tavern keeper;
or, as .ie expressed it, the proprietor of the
hotel; a widower, who, like,
«( Jeptha, Judge in Israel,
Had a daughter passing fair.”
Fanny, the daughter, was one of the pret
tiest girls in Tennessee, and therefore one of
the prettiest in the world: for we here di
gress in order to lay down as oar ipse dixit,
that Tennessee women in point of beauty are
matchless. The sweetheart of Miss Fanny
was a yonng former, residing in the neigh
borhood, whom we shall designate hv the
name of Bob.
It happened that one day before harvest,
the young man was detained in the village,
and found him, as usual, at the hotel, seat
ed between the Major and his charming
daughter. After a desultory conversation
between the two gentlemen, on the state of
the weather, the prospects of the approach
ing harvest, and such important staples of
conversation, the Major asked Robert how
his wheat crop promised to yield. In reply,
he was told that the young farmer was ex
pected to make at least one hundred bush
els. The Major appeared to study for & mo
ment, then abruptly proposed a game of old
sledge, or « seven-up,” the stakes to be his
daughter Fanny against the crop of wheat.
This, of course, the young man indignantly
refused, because he could not bear the idea
that the hand of her he loved should be made
the subject of a bet, or-that he should win a
wile by gambling for her, and, perhaps, be
cause he knew the old n an was « hard to
beat,” and that-there was a strong probabil
ity of his toeing both wheat and wife.
It was not until the Major with his usual
obstinacy had sworn that unless he won her
he shonld never have her, that the young
man was forced reluctantly to consent to
ptoy.
The table was place!, the candles lit, the
cards produced, and the players took their
seats, with Miss Fanny between them to
watch the progress of the game. The cards
were regularly shuffled and cut and it . fell
tnthe Major's lot to deal. The first hand
was flayed, and Robert made gift to his op
ponent's high, low, game'. Robert thefl dealt,
the Major begged; it was given, and the
Major again made three to his opponent's
one. •
“ Six to two,” said Miss Fanny, with -a
sigh. The Majoie, as -he again’ dealt the
cards, winked, knowingly, and said—
<< I am good for that wheat, Master Bob.”
The old man tunted up a trump: it was
a spade. Fanny glanced at. fieT father's'
hand r ter heart sank; he held the three
and eight spots, and the king! She then
looked at Robert's hand, a&d lo!. he’hehl the
ace, qneen, deuce, and jack or knave. She
whispered Robert to Leg—he did so.
Take it,” said the Major.
It was in the memorable year of 1814,
when the allied armies were concentrated
about Paris.
A young lieutenant of dragoons was en
gaged with three or four Hungarians, who,
after having received several smart strokes
from his sabre, managed to send a ball into
his shoulder, to pierce his chest with a thrust
of a lance, and to leave him dead on the
bank of the river
On the oposite side of the stream, a boat
man and his daughter had been watching
this unequal fight with tears of desperation.
But what could an old man unarmed do, or
a pretty child of sixteen ?
However, the old soldier—for such the
boatman was—had no sooner secn-the officer
fall from his horse than he and his daughter
rowed most vigorously from the other side :
Then, when they had deposited the wound
ed man in their boat, these wealthy people
crossed the river again, but with foint hopes
of reaching the military hospital in time.’
You have been very badly treated, my
boy,’ said the old gentleman to him; < but
here am I, who have gone further, and come
home.
The silence and the fixed attitude of Lieu
tenant S , showed the extreme agony
porter of her husband under misfortunes, a-
((Well,” says she, ((I don't mind if yod
dew.”
Artcr that, S$al Stebbings married a feller
in our town by the name of Post—blind in
biding with unshrinken firmness the bitter ! one eye! and deaf in one car—to spite me;
blasts of adversity. As the vine which lias ! nothin’ else; so I thought if she was a mind
twisted its graceful foliage about the oak,; to take a feller that couldn't see or hear any
and has been lifted by it in the sun-sliinc, i tew well, I’d better let her slide; so I went
will, when the hardy plant is riven by the j away from hum, and was gone about three
thunderbolt, cling around it with caressing j —four—five years ? Yes, jist about five
tendrils, and bind up its shattered brow, so, I years,’cause 1 know when I got back she
too, it is beautifully ordained by Providence, j liad four little Posts. I then went to 'see
that woman, who is the ornament and de-1 how she got along. She asked me to come
pcndence on man in his happier hours, should in and set down; so I tuck a cheer and
be his stay and solace when smitten with
sudden calamity ; winding herself into the
rugged recesses of liis nature, tenderly sup
porting his drooping head, and binding up
the broken heart.
of his pains, and the hardy boatman soon
discovered that the blood which was gather
ing about the wound on his left side would
shortly terminate his existence. He turned
to his youthful daughter,—
Mary,’ he said, ( you have heard me tell
of my brother ; he died of just such a wound
as this here. Well, now, had there only been
somebody to suck the hurt, his life would
have been saved.
The boatman then landed, and went to
look for two or three soldiers to help him
carry the officer, leaving his daughter in
charge of him. The-girl looked at the suf
ferer for a second or two. What Was her
emotion when she heard hiia sigh so. deeply,
not that he was resigning life in the first
flower of his age, but that he should die with
out a mother's kiss.
My mother! my dear, dear mother r’ said
he—I die without—
Her woman's heart told her what he
would have said. Her bosom heaved with
sympathy, and her eyes ran over.
Then she remembered what her father
said: she thought how her uncle’s life might
have been saved. In an instant—quicker
than thought, she tore open the officer’s coat,
and the generous girl recalled him to life
with her lips.
Amid this holy occupation the sound of
footsteps was heard, and the blushing he
roine fled to the other end of the boat.—
Judge of her father's surprise, as he came np
with two soldiers, when he saw Lieutenant
S——, whom he expected. to find dead,
open his eyes and ask for his deliverer.
The boatman looked at his child and saw
it all. The girl came to lum with her head
bent down. She was about to excuse her
self when the father, embracing her with-
enthusiasm, raised her spirits, and the officer
thanked her in these prophetic words—
« You have saved my life; it belongs to
von.’
After this she tended him, and-became his
nurse : nothing would he take but from her
hand. No wonder that with such a nurse he
at length recovered. Mary was as pretty as
she was good.
Meanwhile Master Cupid, who is very
busy in such cases, gave him another wound
and there was wily one way to cure it—so
deep it was.
The boatman’s daughter became Madame
The Pocket-Book.
Scene First.—A young Gent discovered sur
rounded by his friends, who are jesting
with him, regarding his attentions to a
certain young lady.
Young Gent.—( Boys, I’ll just tell you
how it is. You sec I care nothing for the
girl—it’s the old man’s pocket-book that I
am after.’
Chorus of friends.—(Ha! ha! ha f
Scene Second.—A parlor. Time, 11 o’
clock, P. M. Young lady seated. Young
gent rising to depart. Hesitates as if bash
ful, and then slowly remarks :
( Miss Matilda, excuse me, but you must
be aware that my frequent visits—my at
tentions, cannot have been without an ob
ject—•’
Young Lady. . Ah, yes, so Pve heard,
and shall be happy to grant what yon de
sire. £ Takes from the table a paper par
cel, and unfolding it displays a large old
fashioned and empty morocco pocket-book. ]
This, I have been informed, is that object.
Permit me to present it, and congratulate
you that you will in future, have no further
occasion to renew these visits and attentions.
Young Gent swoons.
squatted; and she tuck a cheer and squat-'
ted; and we both squatted there together.
Her young ones was all runnin’ round on
the floor; she pinted to them, ahd said, in a
sort of bragging way;
«( You see them, doii’t you ?”
(( Yes,” says I, squintin’ np one eye, « I
see, they’re all jist like their daddy—blind
in one eye.”
She was bilin’ dumplings at the time, and
as soon as she saw me shut iip oiie eye, she
out with a hot dumplin’ and let me have it
in t’other, which made me shut it up d
darn’d sight quicker than I ever did afores,
and I haint been in love since that time.
Health Insnranse.
A thin, cadaverous looking German, a-
bout 50 years of age, entered the office of a
Health Insurance Company in Indiana, a
few days ago, says the Daily Courier, and
inquired:
‘ Ish te man in vot inshurcs de pccples
hells V
The agent politely answered, (I attend to
that business, sir.’
(Veil, I vants my helts inshured; vot you
sharge ?’
(Different prices,’ answered the agent,
(from three to ten dollars a year; pay ten
dollars a year and you get ten dollars a
week in case of sickness.’
( Veil,’ said Mynheer, (I vants ten dol
lars vort.’
The agent inquired his state of health.
« Veil, I ish sick all te time. I’se shusht
ont te bed too or tree hours a tay unt te doc
tor saye he can’t do nothing more goot for
me.’
(If that’s the state of your health,’ return
ed the agent, (We can’t insure it. We only
insure persons who are in good health.’
At this Mynheer bristled up with anger.
( You must tink I’m a fool; vot you thik I
come to pay jou ten dollars for inshure my j
helt, rert J vos tcell.’
Her husband is now, not a simple Lieuteir-
ant, tat a Lieutenant General, and the boat
man’s daughter is as elegant and graceful tv
lady ae any that you see at court.
Papular Drfinltions.
What is Fashion ?
Dinners at midnight, and headaches in the
morning.
What is Wit l
That peculiar kind of talk that leads to
pulled coses and brefeea heads.
What is Idleness ? r
V orking yaller mountains on a pink anb-
^oi 1—or a blue-tailed dog in sky colored con
vulsions.
Historical Knowledge.
A little learning is a dangerous thing,”
says the poet—«and darfur,’ saith Mr. Jon-
sing,. a great deal ob learning must be a
possitib ebil.’ People who are much addicted
to personalities, often find that a little learn
ing is dangerous, especially when united
with malicious feeling; and such as ntotmt-
bitioUs of fame fof historical knowledge, and
have not‘the proper qualifications for such a
controversy, get fits of the worse kind when
they show their colors. Everybody has
heard of the fellow who announced, in bis
seat in the legislature, the dentil of . dur
colleague, S. Higgins, Esq ;’ but. everybody
has not heard of the subjoined efforts of elo
quent historical erudition.
< If it hadn't been for Mri Christopher Co
lumbus,’ said Snubb, (General Washington
wouldn’t have been born—hut suppose he
had, what then ?
What did Washington ever do that was a
great benefit to liis country ? There is much
said about his talents for war. To be sure
he performed several masterly retreats, but
what’s that evidence of? Sir, it is that he
was a coward.’
« General Washington a coward!’ Screamed
Foster, the village doctor, iu a voice of thun
der. Gelt. Washington a coward! who so’
base as dare say it ? Look at him at the bat
tle of the Nile, look at him at Waterloo, the
Cowpens, and the plains of Marathon, at the
Pyramids, at Stillman’s defeat, at Bad-Axe,’
and, sir, look at him at the battle of New
Orleans!’
«General Washington at the battle of New
Orleans !’ exclaimed a huge backwoodsman,
gesticulating violently. «Mr. Speaker, is
there such an ignoramus in the house ? Sir;
any school'boy knows that the battle of New
Orleans was fit before General Washington
was born. Let gentlemen read I'l&tnreli’S
lives, the lives of the signers of Declaration
of Independence, or let liim read Arkwright’s
History of the Black Ilawk War, and lit 11
find that General Henry Bodge fit the Battle-
of New Orleans T
Governor Ifotftweli’s coarse on the LiqWor
Bin, reminds one of Moore's famous u Ora
tor Puff; j ~
“ Orator Puff had two tones to his voice,
The one saying Yes—and the other saying
r J\\” ‘ '
Mas. Swisshelm, who conducted the'
Pittsburg Saturday Visitor with so much
ability and suecess, haw taken an editorial
partner,- and exchanged the bigam-chair
behind the desk-, fdf the rodBng.chair beside • stuck in the mud.
the cradle. She hairs!j says: j What is Justice ?
••The late < afiCetive dispensation,’ “which; The opinion of twelve jurymen!,
has placed a crowing baby is. war hitherto ] What is Ambition' ?
quiet Some, appeared life < a call’ to deliver ; A desire to become possessed of g yellow
the pen editorial into Other hands.” I pine leg and a half-soiled eyebrow.
A goodly parson complaiiled to an elderly
lady of his congregation, that her daughter *
appeared to be wholly taken up with trifles
•Sad Stolid]^ fineryj instead of fixing her eyes
on things above. .
( You are certaiiriy mista&efi',' oaui she, I
know that the girl appears to an observer to
be taken up with worldly things, but you
cannot judge correctly of the direction her
mind ready takes, as she is a little cross
eyed.
Sherman and Randolph.—Roger Sher
man was representative in congress from
Connecticut; liis business had been that of
What is Jot l !
To count your money and' find it overrun a | ma king shoes. John Randolph rose, and,
hundred dollars. I fiis usuaI *9 Be * k,J W «>«ads, said,
What is conscience ?
Something that guilty men feel every time
it thunders.
What is Knowledge ?
To be away from home when' people come
to borrow books or umbreHers.
What is Contentment ?
To sit in the house and sec otter people
should like to know what the geiftleWmi did
with his leather-apron before he Set out for
Washington.’ Mr Sherman replied Imita
ting the same squeak, < J cut it up, sir, to
make moccasdons ft# fte descendants of Po
cahontas!’"
Little Kindnesses.—Small acts of kind
ness, how pleasant and desirable do they
make life ? Every dark object is made light
by them, and every tear of sorrow is brushed
away. When the heart is sad, and despon
dency sits at the entrance of the soul, a tri
fling kindness drives despair away, and makes?
the path cheerful and.pleasant, -a