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■lan. 27, 1859. Otf
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Jun 22,1858 10
~ DRUGSTORE
UKQUHAKT <fc CHAPMAN,
■at the old stand of
DAN FORTH (fe NAGEL.
COLUMBUS, GA.
Keep constantly on hand a largo stock of
FRESII AND GENUINE
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whose services have been retained by the firm
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No-13 in ne 16—U.
“JOHN E SMlTir,
GEO. IV. So J 811 IA L READ,
manufacturers and wholesale dea-tets in
HATS, CAPS AND STRAW’ GOODS
Paris Style Bonnets, Flowers,
Umbrellas Parasols, &c.,
120 CHAMBERS AND 50 WARREN STREETS,
NEW TOB Is ,
4th and sth .Streets above I lie Astor House
Feb. 1. 50-3 m.
HIAIMOAI BETH LIVE,
ATTORNEY ATLAW
TALBOTTON, TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
“MEUi THEN.”
SAID SAN'OIiO, “ON THIS LOWER SIDE
your Worship has but two grinders and a
half, and in the upper, neither half nor
wuoie; all is as smooth and even as the palm of
my hand.”
“Unfortunate that lam,” said Don Quixote,
hearing the sad news his squire told him, “I had
rather they had torn off an arm, provided it were
not the sword arm, for, Saticlio, you must know
tnat a A mouth without grinders is like a mill
WITHOUT A STONE; AND A DIAMOND IS NOT SO I’EEClOts I
AS A TOOTH.”
ARTIFICIAL TEETH supplied in the best style
known to modern art—warranted of natural ap
pearance and the plates of easy fit—at
48 Broad Street, Columbus Georgia
Ether safely administered, and temporary set ‘
immediately furnished, when desirable. Senßi- !
five and even aching teeth rendered useful for j
some years. Superior Tooth Powder, and Gum-I
Wash, to suit casts, Floss Silk, <£c.
To Dentists.
First class Gold Foil and Crystal Gold, Plate,
Teeth, Solder, <te. v for sale.
CUSHMAN, Dentist,
, Winter Building.
Columbus, Ga.. Jan. 4,1860. 40-lA'.” •!
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oungs Ga., Traveling Agent nnd Salesman, 1
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IIS npSi Otla.y 47 —ly ’
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VOL. VIII
|J o t i x ij .
will ISli BE HOME 10-NIbHTf
A SONG OF THE “uLl> LOVE AT HOME.”
BY L Mugi VIA mi:veil.
TIIK light lades out bum die ptirplo hills,
‘i he vuKH'lniiilij aie tinuing Imam,
On links .-uni livers mid musical rills,
The shadows me coining down.
A feilil liusli lingeis u ring the sky,
Aiid o’er the mountain's height—
- Oh! speed dmk hours, like suifl birds (ly,
For ue must he home to—night!
See! nestled -stiff in thtdr snews beds.
O'er which the fire light glows,
Peer out three .'golden .curly heads,
And cheeks of die richest rose.
I he board is spread with dainty cheer,
The tapers are all alight,
My loweis in bloom —but—can this he feai?
Oh! will he conic home to-night?
Mine eyes are bright—it’s because they see
Ami mirror with faithful shine,
The stars of love thou w ilt bring with thee,
In those soft, dark eyes of thine!
And the golden gleams, like the sun on streams,
Ami the floating of fancies light
That will dance on my heart in it glad dreams,
If thou wilt come home to-nigii:?
My cheek’s aglow: it’s hecav.se I'm drest
In his fancy's favorite hue;
Come, tell me, lilize, do I “look my best,”
In this robe of the richest blue?
Is my hair in the way he loves, you know,
Is the tali oi the ringlets right?
Do you think me vain? Ah, it is not so;
But will ho Ire homo to-night?
“Look well,’’ you say? lam glad tho while,
And 1 hope he will note the glow,
And the lighted eye, and the sunny smile,
Which charmed him so long ago.
I know that my summers are passing away,
‘i hat l ui not as beautiful—quite—
I know what he'll say, with his smile so gay,
If ho should come homo to-tiight.
Yes—l think he’ll come; o’er the crimson keys
Ol my heart doth the music swell,
Like-the soft, sweet cniming of distant seas
1 {iruuylt lire toltb Gl a lUlldy bliull|
And something that neither of earth nor air
But endowed with an angel’s might,
lias met my spiiit and whispeied (here,
“llesl! he will he home to night!’’
OIj! uod be thanked! who has kept him safe
in his wanderings wild ami wide;
And guided him back like a precious wait
Asi lay on a stormy tide.
Ha! iheie’s the train! with signal shrill,
Oh! daik hour spt-td y out Igi t!
Ha! soul ftjolce—toll’ hei.lt ht- s.lll
lie has coin.-. — he has come to-night!
No Slid* Tiling ns Dentil.
ttri USE HE'S no such i hiuir as death!’
IJL I o those who think alight,
l lts hut the racer casing off
What impedes his flight,
’Tis hut one little act
Life’s li lama must contain;
Onestiuggle keener than the rest,
; And then an end to pain.
| “There is no such thing as death!’’
That which is thus miscalled,
Is life i scaping from'tho chains -
Which have so long enthralled;
’Tis a once hidden star, • ‘
Piercing ill rough til” night,
To shine in gentle radiance forth
Amid its kindred light.
“There's no such thing as death!”
In nature nothing dies!
From each sad remnant of decay
Some forms of life arij&;
The faded leaf that lulls,
AU sear and brown, to the earth,
Erelong shall mingle with the shapes
That give tk<s flowers birth. “*
“Tilers’s no suSh thing as death!”
’Tis but tho blossom sprays,
Sinking before tho coming fruit “Vs.
That seeks the summer’s rays;
Ti-* hut the bud displaced,
As comes tho peerless flower;
’Tis faith exchanged for sight,
And weatiness for power,
- •
There is one good trait about lazy [ftoulo,
and that is, they are always good natured.—
Show us a man who Sleeps eight hours out
of twelve, and we will show you an indi
vidual u-tio will not swear. The only folks
who 10-io their tempers and “lake on,” are
your smart, enterprising fellows who deal in
stocks and get up “corners” on stocks.
A gentleman who had put aside two-bottles
of capital alt*, to recreate some fiends, discov
ered, just bi-loro dinner, that his servant, a
country bum| kin, had emptied ti em both.—
“Scoundrel!” said his master, “what do you
mean hv this?’’ ••Why, sir, I saw that it was
plain enough by tire clouds that it going
to thund’ r, so I drank up tae yale at once,
lest it should turn sour, for there’s nothing I
do abominaje like waste,”
Evt-rvihing iu its time is* easy. —Auge !
Pendolfini.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY JULY 25, iB6O.
Flic Wile Taillrr
It/TRS. Morton was a union—,i young, pret
lu. v, rich widow when Dr. Charles Stra-
Inin made her acquaintance She was a pool
hut Very lundsoii.e woman whell f-’qni't* Mm
ton min riii I lie*, and nr Ins d> nth, two ions
tiller, -lie being the sole lie r, pul on her w bl
ow’s weeds and pocneteil liar deceased hat
band's gold at die same time
Madame Rumoi said that pool old Mortoi
never enjoyed a sii go hour after her man o -
her; Inn how slmind Mail..me Rumor knowV
Os one tiling, however, I call give in; leader*
‘reliable inl iin.ilion. Mrs. Mulom had no!
In en a widow twelve months eie she retired
w ith se-ming pleasure very decided attentions’
firm Dr. Sindian.
. Do you inquire who Dr. Strahnn was?—
Well, lu studied medicine, and had the title
nl M.D conferred upon him, which lie took
great ‘pleasure in attaching to the etui ol bi
name with a grand flourish. But it is asserted
that he never had a Half dozen patients iii S
many year. Ha was a young man of prepos
sessing appearance ; a ready talker upon am
subject, amV was in fact first rate compa. y.
He played the’ flute and sang—was a -o -1
dancer, and an exeelent partner at whist; be
sides, he had some literary reputation. lie
wrote poetry and two column sketches for the
Weekly Leveler,and last, though by nome-ms
least, he dressed in good taste and in the bight
of farhion. How ho did it no olio knew, but
then it was no one’s business.
But l must he allowed to contradict (me
rnmor which gained considerable prevalency,
to tho effect that he supported himself by hi>
literary labors; an ordinary sertber conld
hardly afford Struban’s wardrobe.
Old Squire Morton had been dead hut lit—
tlu over a year, when Dr. Struhan, despite all
that gossipers had to sav, tuanied the widow
and her fortune. The fact was, ho wanted a
rich wife, As to her, she was anxious to
leave her weeds and go into society again ;
and she could devise no readier way to ac
complish these purposes than by marrying.—
When any one spoke to lh§ doctor of bei he
ing a shrew, he mercy ly remarked that he
should take great pleasure in taming a shrew
For three months they lived happily togeilV
er, for it was in the height of th tes6n, ami*
he'ween Cape May, Newport. Saratoga amt
the White Mountains, they were alone with
each other scarce three hours out of the uvFn
t\—four; consequently it was impossible..f i
them to disagree. Bat the season was soon
over and they returned to their quiet home
the place of all others to study a wife or hus
band where there is no onnatural excitement,
no fashionable Mrs. A. to outdress. no piojllt,
g*le Mr. IJ. to outdo in sqitirletiog iJfiitley ;
no one to sue, to please, bur the ••other h; If.”
Altera season of long continued g<,ieti
there necessarily follows one of extreme dul
ness; and when one is dull one is easily dis
pleased. Now Dr.and iVlis.Straban vvere'both
of ihein remarkably dull, and as a matter of
course both preferred being pleased to attemp
ting to please ; and of course both were great
ly di.-pleased.
It was their third day t home, opnn which
ti eir fiist quarrel commenced 1 How it began
neillc r could cleaily tell. It is only known
that Strahnn expiessed a desire to dine upon
roast heel, upon width Mis. S. said ll.at she
aliOniinatt and beef, and staled her prclereriCe to
tie roast -tut kev and oyster sauce— tmli in
consider ill luikey ns chi d’s fond—‘lie’- 1 liivi
heel ul nothing.” Slic’d ImVe luikey . atnllha
coiiiinencvd die war of i|,e Strahans One m
deitd the hulcher not to have low I ; |i,c nth
er gave stiict injunciions not to have li.-i f
brought into the b'Use ; between llreir; lliei
■ were both lik.aimve if tliey remained
at home ; so the doctor'vyi’rit to till vi lage
t iveru and dine! on beef? mle
some ■ f her fiends afid pal took of
Affer dtnuW, Di S -gave a wine supper in
the room which Ink-dignified by then line nl’
“i.tody,”'cßSn/Jt °f -Variety Store, in which In
kept hisjiliriyy, wiling desk and spit town. —
Hare, aJso.Vere two glass cases, one of which
contained a giant’s rkeletoH, hung on wires ;
in ihe d\hei; w-aS an Egypsian inmniny. ‘l’he
halts were bung of all descrip
lions; among tieui a cane Irom a tree wiiirli
grew over Washington’s grave, a Snuff-box
from wood of the Charter Oak ; a chip from
the United States frig a(4 Constitution; min
erals, shells and fossils of all specimen
ears of corn, enoripnus sized fruit and vegeta*
hies, cases of diied insects and j-trs of pickled
reptiles Stuffed biijjs tvero perche.f about the
apartment, and voluptuous Freryeh lilhro
graplts and portraits of distinguished parson ■
ages were hung promiscously on the walls ; a
long leading-table, arm chairs?ajrreScriplion
caso, a mammoth bell-metal p-estltif afld mor
tar, completed the furniture of ih£y“stiudy.’’
During the same evening Mrs.'S ha<J a whist*
parly iu the parlor.
- yVine held her votaries in bondage longer
’than catds, and- Mrs, S. hifll distni-sed her
party and retired hours beliTre tier liege loid
came to his chamber ; and vvhuiiJae did come
he found the door locked. without
and his wile within. jbidlecl to her,
she could not and would not Ijlar.; jnd be was
compelled to Arid a bed elsewhere, which he
did, muttering to himself, “Rfl tame her yet.”
And he laid all night forming a plan Jo bring
her to submission. In the morning lie asked
Iter to walk into bis study ; and there, seated
in an arm chtfir, they renewed their* fierce
wordy quarrel—during which Mis. S. called
her husband aheailtess, brainless who
married her for money. To which the doctor
replied by calling her a low, vulgar woman,
who was only glad to marry a professional
gentleman nnd author to enable her to enter
better society. Alter which-she toyed with
her fan, and finally pulled the bed-coid. and
oidered ( Hie servant ho answered it to bring
her carriage to the door. .
“Where aro you going?” demanded Ihe doc
tor. ;
“To rid#,” replied the amiable Mrs, Stra-j
ban.
“I will go with you, please.” A
“But 1 do not p|. ase.’’
“Then I choose to go.”
“Very well, then, you will go alone; for
tail cannot go-with uid.”
“You cannot go unless I go with you.”
“We will see.”
VWell, we will see,” and flu gentleman
t'allted out of the room, locked the dooi, put
lit: In y into his pocket, and left the house.
/Mrs. 8. did not cii down and hurst into V
vl,ihl ol ti-nis, hut waited patiently I’m lliesei
’ int to leturn w iioin she had sent for the ear
‘i.ige, Wtieii lie'arrived,; she told him, through
ne key hole, to lelurn the horses to-tlie sla
hi-'-, and place H la’der ngiiios. tile s’.udv- win
‘law. I lie lathlci ‘ was placed accoirling to ■
Giee ions, ami a tin key, with ovsters and pas
4y. was bioltglit Up to her. Too ladder- w-i >
lien rci'iovcil, and everything prepared loi
ke leeappearutice of her bust and
Ah ut the iniildle o! the afteitioon, the doc
in- retu nvd homo, slepi ed tol ly tb-ough the
all towaiti the study door mid peeped
. itrough the key • hole, expecting lo see a stri
ding pic.'ineo! humility and contiition.
-sJ-urlge ol his sui pi ise, then, when ho saw
lVli. b. •sitting before his long re iding table,
on tier light his bell metal mortar, in which
was lire and a grate over it, on which she was
“<siing his mammoth specimens of apples,
sweet potatoes, and her turkey. Next him
tiood his water hath, in which she was conk*
,sr,g oyster, and she occasionally stirred them
with his silver spatula; on the table stood one
ol the bottles of wine which had been left
liotu a previous night revelry, w hich the lady,
for w ant of a champague opener, bad deprived
jif its neck with a wedge-wood nestle, and
using a four ounce graduate for a wine glass,
die had cut up champagne baskets for fire
wood with an Indian tomahawk. On the left
j hand stood the doctor’s writing-deck, which
ke had broken open, and scattered on the
desk were lender missives of his earlier flames,
manuscript pages of tales and sketches, un
published ones, poems, and unpaid tailor’s
Ijiills, all in a huge pile, wtiich tiie lady sat
loading, first a sweet love letter, than an ode
on Napoleon, and soon, throwing them page
after page, into the fire. Thus the husband’s
Wain woik and wooden curiosities were made
tr cook iter dinner.
The doctor looked'silently on as long as
he could; then taking the key from bis pock
et, iie unlocked the door, and—it was lulled
upon the inside.
“Mrs. S” ho shouted.
-A'-VVeil, sir. 1 ’
‘‘Open the door.’’
“I’m busy now, and can’t be disturbed.”
“Open the door or I’ll burst it in ”
“Do as you please, sir, but your mummy
and giant skeleton are placed against the door,
so he careful and do not break them.”
The doctor was foiled: For a lew moments
JJdj stood and thought whatcomsa it was best
A<*pur.-ue. Suddenly recollecting the ladder,
he hastened.down tho stairs and through the
ball, out {loots, leaving the door unlocked and
the key in ii. His footsteps bad scarce died
upon the stair.-way hctoie Ids wife had remov
ed both cases from the door, drawn the holt,
and stopd in the entry. It was hut tho woik
of a moment to throw the remaining lelteis
poems and manuscripts in the fire, remove
lie wine and eatables, lock the door upon
the outside and place the key in her pocket.
Meanwhile the doctor vas raising the ladder
to the window, and by the time he had placed
it and ascended half its length, his wife anil
a favorite until seivalit were watching him
limn a low er w inflow,
llicilocior pushed up tho window and
jumped in; the servant out of the low er win
<l-*w and pullled down the ladder. In all ill
slant Btranlran saw- that his bird tia t flown,
and he rushed bu< k to the window j tnt as the
held, r reached the ground.
- Put-that ladder back here again” roared
the doctor from the upper window.
*Di it stay where it is,’’cried the wife
irom the lower w-endow.
“Put U up here instantly, or 111 discharge
you,” bellowed the upper window.
“Let it alone, and I’ll double your wages,’’
chimed iu the lower window.
“Do as I tell you, blockhead,” yelled the
doctor, with iage.
“Come in tho house, John,’’ said Mrs. S.,
very coolly.
And John went into the house, leaving the
medical gentleman heaping curses upon every
body, moulding his wife and servant John.
Ali night long the doctor was kept a piis.--
oner. Just before she retired his wife put
her lips to the key hale and whispered:
“What success in taming a shrew, doctor?”
The next morning she came to the door and
called,
“Doclot!”
“Madame, ’’ replied tho gentleman.
“Should you like soma breakfast?”
“I’m not particular.”
“ There is. cold turkey left if you would like
-it.’’
The doctor deigned no reply, and the lady
again left Inin alone.
During the afternoon she again tapped at his
ih t-lor, and called,
“D-ictm !”
“Well, my dear,” very humbly.
“Would you like"some dinner ?”
“I should.’’
•‘Will cold turkey do for you?”
“Anything, my dear.”
•‘lt I wiil let you out will you promise nev
er to lock mo up agaiu?”
“1 will.”
“And never object to my eating turkey
again?”
“Never.”
“Ami attempt to tame a shrew again?”
“Never.”
“ Then—you—may—come—out.”
. And dm lady unlocked and throw open the
door,
To this day Dr. S. has not attempted to
dictate to his wife in what she shall eat, oi
when she shall ride, and has never been heard
to boast again of “taming a shrew.”
A partisan p iper says it is 3 mistake to say
itliut the oppsite party plays upon a harp of a
rfe> Jkiid strings. —The organ of that party is
A Good Day’s Work.
■ MY X. S. ARTHUR.
‘l’ve done a good day’s work, if I never
do another,’ said Mr Barluw, rubbing his
•lands together, wisely, and with the air of a
man who felt very much pleased with him
self.
And so have I.’ Mrs. Borlow’s voice was
in a lower tone, and less exultant, yet indica
tive of aspiiit at peace with itself.
‘Let ite cQinpara notes’ said Mr. Barlow, in
t.hi| confident manner of one who knows that
iriiitnpli will lie on Ids sid--, ‘and see which
‘dne the best and y’s work’
You. ol cuuiae,’returned the gentle hear
ted wife,
*We shall sea.*. Let the history ofyourday’s
doing pmcedo me.’
•No,’ said Mrs. Barlow, ‘you shall give the
first experience.’
‘Veiy well ’ ‘And full of his subject, Mr.
Bat low began :
‘You remember the debt of Warfield,about
which i spoke a few days ago ?,
Y es.,
‘I considered it desperate—would have sold
out my interest at liiiny cents on the dollar
when I left home this morning. Now the
whole claim is secure. I had to scheme a lit
tle It was a shark practice, but the thing is
done. I don’t believe that another creditor of
Warfield’s will get the'third of his claim.
’ Toe next operation,’ continued Mr. Bailow
‘1 cansidered quite as good. About a year
ago. I took fifty acres ol land in Erie county,
lor debt, at a valuation of five dollars an acre.
1 sold it to-day for ten dollars an acre at a
venture, when he promptly laid down one
hundred dollars to bind the bargain. If I
should never see him again, I am all right.—
1 hat is transaction number two. Number
three is as pleasant to remember. I sold a
lot of goods almost a year out of date, to a
young country meichan't foi?eash. He thinks
lie has a bargain ; ana perhaps he has, hut I
would have let them go at any time during
the past six months at a loss of thirty percent,
and thought the sale a desirable one.’
‘Now, 1 lime’s tny good day’s work, Jenny,
and it is one to be proud 01. i take some cied
it on myself for being, on tho whole, a pretty
bright soil of a man, and bound togo through.
Let us have your story now.’
The lace of Mrs Barlow flushed slightly.
Her husband waited for 3 few moments, and
then said :
’Lei us hear of the piles of stitching, and
the piles ol good things made.
•No—nothing of that,’ answered Mrs. Bar*
low, with a slight veil of feeling covering her
pleasant voice. ‘lliad another meaning when
I spoke of h ving accomplished a gooddav’a
work. And now, as my doings will bear no
comparison with youre, I think of declining
their rehearsal.’
‘A bargain is a bargain,’said Mr. Barlow.
•Word-keeping is a cardinal virtue. So let
your story he told. You have done a good
day’s work in your estimation, for you said
so. Go on, lam all attention.’
Mrs, Barlow still hesitated, but after a little
more urging, she h*gau her story of a good
day’s work. Her voice was a little subdued,
anil there was an evident shrinking from the
subject about which she felt constrained to
speak.
•1 resolved last nigh’,’ said she, ‘after pas
sing some hours of self examination and self
upbrniuiugs, that 1 would lor one dv try to
possess mv soul in patience And this day
lias oeeii the trial dav. -shall Igo on?’
Mrs Barlow look-tl up with a timid, half
Im.-luul air at her husband. Bhe did not meet
Ins eyes, for lie had turned partly away.
‘Yes, dear Jenny, go 011.’ ’The husband’s
buoyancy of tone was gone In its place was
something tender and pensive!
‘Little Eddy was unu-ually*fretful this mor
ning, as \ou well remember lie seemed per
veise, I thought— cioss, as we call it, I was
tempted to speak harsb'v two 01 three times ,
but remembering my good resolution. 1 put
011 tiie armor ol patience, and never let him
hear a tone. Dear little fellow ! When l
went to wash him, after breakfast, I found just
behind,one of his ears a small inflamed boil.
It had made him slightly feverish and worty
some all day. O, wasn’t I glad that patience
bad ruled my spirit!
‘After you went away to the store, Mary
got into one of her cross, perverse humors.—
C>bo didn’t want togo to school to begin with;
then she couldn’t find her slate, and then her
shoes pinched her. i felt very much annoyed,
hot recalling my good resolution, I met her
irritation with calmness, her stubborn temper
with gentle rebuke; ams so I conquered. She
kissed me, and started for school with a cher*
lul countenance, her slate in her satchel, and
the pinching shoe unheaded. And l had my
reward.
‘But my trials were not yet over. Some
extra washing was needed. So I called El
len, and told her that Mary would require a
frock and two pairs of drawers to be washed
out. the baby some slips, and you some pock
et handkerchiefs A saucy retusal leaped from
the girl’s quick tongue, and indignant one,
to mine. Patience ! whispered a small still
voice. I stiff and with an effort, my feelings,
restrained my speech, and controlled ray coun
tenance. Very calmly, as to all exterior signs,
did 1 look into Ellen’s face until she dropped
her eyes on the floor in confusion.
‘You must have forgotten yourself,’ said I,
witli some dignity of manner, yet without a
sign of irritation. She was humbled at once;
confessed wrong, and begged my pardon.—
I forgave ber, after reproof, and she went
back to the kitchen, something wiser, I think,
>han when 1 summoned her. The washing
i required has been done, and well done;and
the girl bus seemed all day as if she were en
deavoring to ; tone, by kindness and service,
for that hasty speech. If I mistake not, we
were both improved by the discipline through
which we have passed.
•Other trials I have had through the day.
Some of them quite as severe as the few I
have mentioned ; but <be armor of patience
was whole when the sun weut down. I was
able 10 possess my soul in peace, and theeon
quest of self has made me happier- This is
iiy day’s work. It may not seem much in
•you* eyes.’
Mr. Barlow •did not look up or speak ns
the voice of his wife grew silrut. Sue waited
almost a miftute for his response. Then he
bent suddenly forward and kissed her, saying
as he did so :•
‘Mine was work, yours a battle—mine suc
cess, yours bonquest—mine easy toil, yours
heroism. Jenny, dear, since you have been
talking, I have thought thus :—My good work
has spiled tny garments, while yours are v illi
out a stain, and white, as angel robes. Loving
monitor! May your lesson of to day make
me a better man. good day’s woik
gives a two-fold blessing !*
A California Trial A fellow named v
Donks was lately tried at Yulia city, for en
tering a minor's tent and seizing a hag of
gold dust, valued at eighty-lour dollars.—
The testimony showed that he iiad once been
employed there, and knew exactly where the
owner kept his dust; that on the night of Oc
tober 19ih be cut a slit in the tent, reached
in, took the bag, and thee run i ff.
Jim Buffer, the principal witness, testified
that lie saw the hole cut, saw the man reach
in, and heard h m run away.
‘I put for Him at i-noe,’ continued the witness,
but when 1 1 ot-hed Li in 1 didn’t fiud li s
bag; but it was found allerwari s where he
bail throw-cd it.’
Counsel for the prisoner.—Uow far did he
get in when he took the dust?
Bullet. —Well, lie was stoopin’over, about
half iu, i should sav.
Counsel -May it please your’ honor, the in
dictment isn't sustained, and I (ball dmand
an acquiital on the direction of tho court.
Th# prisoner is on trial for entering a dwel
ling in the night time with°intent to
steal. The testimony is clear, that he made
•n opening, through which he produced him*
slef about half way, and gtreching out his
arms, committed tfce theft. But die indict*
rent charges that he actually entered the tent
m dwelling. Now, your honor, can a mat:
orter the house, when only one half of his
endy is in and the other ball out?
boc^fe.—l shafl leave the whole matter to the
Judg. They must judge of the law and the
fjuct as proved.
Thejury brought a verdict of'guilty,’ as to
one hail of his body Irom the waist up, ‘not
guilty’ ac to the other half.
1 he judge sentenced the guilty half to two
years’imprisonment, leaving it to tho pris
oner’s option to have the not guilty half cut
off or take it along with i.iin, A judgement,
we think, worthy of Solomon. 3
NO. 23
Rules for Sklf-Govermbnt.—Always
sit next to the carver, if you can, at diuner.
Ask no wom#n her age.
Be civil to ail rich, unless aunts.
Never joke with a policeman.
Take notes or gold with you lo a fancy
bazaar uothiug but silver.
Your oldest hat, of course, for an evening
party. 0
Don’t play at chess with a widow.
Never contradict a man who stutters,
ull down the blind before you put on
your wig, 1
Make friends with a steward on a steamer:
there b no knowing how soon you may he pla
ced m his power,
In every strange house it is well to enquire
where the brandy is kept—only think if vou
were taken ill in the night.
Never answer a crossing sweeper. Pay
him, or else pass quickly and silently alonJ.
One word and you are lost.
—W
Prattling Mary—ln Mariposa, Califor
nia there lived a iarge-eyed, beau ifu! little
prattler— Mary Cannon. One evening, when
all was silent, she looked up anxiously into
the face of ber backslidden farthe—who had
ceased to pray in his family—and said. ‘Pa
is God dead?’
‘No my child. Why do you ask such a
question as that?’
’Why, pa, you never, talk to him now as vou
used to do.,
These words haunted him till he was re*
claimed. He related the incident ome while
1 was traveling the circuit.
Whom Shall I Ask?—“Are vou a **ood
boy, Andrew?”
This question was put bv a Sunday School
teacher to a lad, when lie first came to school.
‘lam willing you should inquire sir,’ re
plied the boy.
Whom shall I ask?* said the teacher.
‘My mother,’ replied Andrew.
It is a good sign when a boy can thus re
fer to his mother for Itis character. Same
cuildren can read and wright very well, and
r-pe u a great many verses of the B hie. and
be very puuclual and regular at Suudiy
achool. and be always reading good books;
and yet when we ask about them at home
or at the day school, we fiod they are care
less, cross, disobedient, seitidi. A child may
say and do many very good things, and still
be very wicaed and nnlmppy.
How the Japanese I’tsu —ln walking
along the bauks we came upon a mm fishing
in a most peculiar way. He was p-rche l on
a brigde leading over a stream Unit joined
the canal. At first I thought he bad hooked
an enormous fish, but 011 closer inspection
found it was merely a live decoy. Its dorsal
fin was laced to two small stick<. on each
side;from these it tethered to what I first took
to be his rod. I’ne fish spotted about in tho
water apparently doiug its best to attention
of its finny fellows. The man held a sm dl
arrow pointed trident, with which lie dexter
ously struck any large firh fl,at c.uni won
dering at the an'ies of tne tethered decoy.
I wonder the same system is not applied
elsewhere
Comforts or Childkbn.-CUII not that
man wretched, who whatever else he suffjrs
as to pain mflicted, pleasure denied, has a
child lor whom he hopes, and on whom be
dotes. Poverty may grind him to du*t, obscu
rity may cast its darkest mantle over him, the
song of the gay may Tie far from his own
dwelling tus face may be unknown to his
neighbors and his voice mty be- unheeded
among those with whom he dwells—even
pain may rack his joints and sleep leave his
pillow—but he has a gem with which he
would not part for wealth defying computa
tion, for fame filling the world’s ear, for the
luxury of that highest wealth, or for the sweet
est sleep that over sat upun mortal’s eye.
Coleridge.
No liberal man would impute a charge
of unsteadiness to another for having changed
this opinion.— Cicero