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0W H A P V 1N D DP WAR J*
Fear not, be bold, be brave, assert the right,
p or truth will triumph triumph overall;
And Error’s dark dominion, too, will fall,
With Superstition gross as blackest night
Onward, right on; trust not to fickle chance,
But burst that gloomy shroud which is our ban,
The onward, upward path point out to man,
Heeding not scorn, nor its malignant glanco.
Then onward, upward; let us work with zeal,
Each movement then will prove the common weal.
Press onward with firm step and iron nerve,
Crouch not like slaves or minion3 in the dust,
Work for mankind—fulfil each noble trust,
And never let. us from our purpose swerve.
Press onward —upward—though a mighty host
Os Error’s sons obstruct the way; press on,
Though some forsake the field, press on alone,
For Right and Truth will rise the uppermost.
Press on, and make the roughs oflife more even,
And link by love lids world of ours to Heaven.
Let noblest feeling over prompt our breast,
And cherish both the good and the beautiful;
From Nature’s treasures let us ever cull
Things God himself designed to make lifthlest.
Then let us nobly do what good we can,
Onward and upward may wo still aspire,
Truths beyond truths, let us attain the higher,
And tear the veil of gloom from every clan.
Then onward—upward—never standing still,
For we may conquer all things if we will.
EPIGRAM.
Said Eliza to a reverend Dean,
“What reason cau be given ;
Since marriage is a holy thing,
That there is none in Heaven ?”
“There are no women,” he replied.
She quick returned the jest;
“Women there are. put I’m afraid,
Thee cannot find a Priest!”
COL HEATON ON! fOLI> WATER.
The Mercantile Library V,variation of New York
have presented to Colonel Benton a silver pitcher and
‘alver. In acknowledging their kindness, Col. Hen
ton speaks ns follows of the benefits of a system of
abstinence from intoxicating drinks:
In making these acknowledgments ! take leave
to say, that there was an appropriateness in the se
lection of the particular article for the testimonial,
beyond what might have been understood w hen the
pitcher was fixed upon, and which is tin’s: When !
was young I became what Dr. Franklin was—-my
only point of resemblance to that illustrious man
when he worked at his early calling in London- an
aquatic —the term which his comrades appKe to
designate him as a water-drinker. I also drank wa
ter, and nothing stronger, in the early pan of rny
life—the first half of it; and t . that abstinence from
all vinous, spirituous and fermented tiuiusl attribute
the good health and general igor which f now en
joy.
As this allusion touches a point at which a word
might he useful to other young men desirous to ad
vance themselves in life, and to have good health in
old age, I will go on to say that, * that time, and in
the South, if was the custom o offer ■ m.■ hing to
drink to all visitors—even boys ; and, that excuses;
were no defence for those who vould re'u.-w. Pi s- ;
sure, importunity, custom, broke down all excuses,:
and it became necessary to oppose u< ’ where reason ;
wa unavailing; so I made a law for my.srit that 1,
should drink nothing until I sii old b r ‘ in the decline
of life, and might need it; and resolutely pleading;
that law, I afterwards escaped importunity. It was
the first stand, “solitary and alone,” that I over
made; but not the iat I was young enough, and
Eillv enough, at that time to suppose that this decline
would come upon me at thirty; and so fixed that
age as the limit for my law. When thirty came, I
did not feel the decline, and exi. ndl the time; and
eventually relaxed into temperance; and have re
mained at that point ever -in'-c. Thus the first half
of my life was abstinent- the second half temperate;
and to these conditions I attribute whatever of men
tal K nd boldly vigor I may now have, and whatever
of business application I have ever shown.
The laudableness of its objects, and your indul
gence, will excuse this episode; and the classic wa
ter-pitcher vou have sent me —{modelled in the fash
ion of that in which a certain ever-blooming nymph
prtotci) to ftmpmuur. litcraitirt, (Central intelligence, anb ilje I’atcst sUtos.
was .-ui.p v . •• . ham!, bsomething both sweet
er ru>d strong r ‘ban ■ v •>.* to oort.vY mythical per*
>(.ii ig. who el :.o t •• sup. riority over coinmoi
m..i utl> in ei. in thi.i.r except their frailties)— will b<
i continual lvinci.ibranre of liow much I am indebt
ed to ’ln eorly limifi.i',.)i c-f my imbibing faculties t.
the use of ttno innocnot lluiii of which—since thi
disappearance . f H""t\ Nectar and •Inpitor—it has
been the appropriate holder
Very HJ:-pc tdullV, C| ntloi.icu,
your obedient, fellow-citizen,
Thomas H. Benton.
)•( . •• Cli.trie>ton Morcury.—l*ub]ished by Request.
THE V!\E TEMPER W( L.
The Non of Tmpi rance, in the main, are right;
though objections may be presented to the Main.
Law Their efforts are just ami right, as long at
they oppose th. indiscriminate sale of alcohol, undei
whatever p.-eicl name they choose to call it. It i>
a poison; and as such the law of the land ought t.
prevent its indis.riivc .ut, >alv as much so as that ol
arsenic.
The Sons of Temperance are also right in their ex
posing to plain daylight all the abominations of many
of those venders and tolerated public poisoners, whom
business and profit, consist in drugging every kind
of beverage, under the specious name of wines; and
then sell them to an ignorant and credulous public,
as pure juice oi'ilio grape—while they are fully awan
they are selling a poisonous beverage; and if not
immediately injurious, v >ll soon become so by daily
use.
The evils of intemperance are visible more or less
in all the ranks of society. Its disgusting features
need not be delineated here, to render them familial
to my reader, and its horrible consequences are but
too evident to all. Oh, where shall we find a reme
dy ; a remedy that will arrest its destructive effects
on all happiness of generations to come at least, if
not. on the present victims of alcohol.
I am convinced that mere laws, or even moral sua
sion, will not entirely eradicate this great curse that
rests on man. It is in his nature, that in every con
dition oflife, or degree of civilization, he will resort
to stimulating food or drinks of one kind or another,
and he will have it in spite of the wise dictates ol
superior reason, Christian forbearance, and self-de
nial.
The question, then, briefly resolves itself into this,
viz: Since we know that man will resort to stimulant
beverages, which is the one that is the least mischiev
ous or is the least hurtful, even, in its abuse; or is
like to be the least abused, and least dangerous in
its results.
T know beforehand that our friends of the Temper
ance Society, will answer unhesitatingly, “There is
not one to be trusted, and total abstinence is the safi
and sure remedy.”
But will you succeed, think you, Sons of Temper
ance, in getting all mankind to follow your example?
1 greatly doubt 0; and therefore, 1 am for advising
the culture of the vine, the pure juice of which is
both healthy and nutritious, and the least likely to
; be abused by the grower, and especially when it is
raised in the country where it is consumed. Let
vineyards be planted all over the country, and the
fruit of w hich will be used as such, and is the most
healthy fruit for summer use. Let the superfluous
be gathered, when completely ripe, then pressed and
ferment’ and. Let the wine thus made, be kept, at
least, a year; and then used with water, as a bever
age at meal. ; and I am sure the stomach will crave
no more “fit afterwards, uni.:...- it be that of a de
praved person, krona !!.u ..xpenenco of the past,
this country especially, is de .tined and condemned
to drink scarcely any wines, but corrupt, false, and
drugged ones, until we set to work and raise the
grapes and make the wines for ourselves.
1- ‘ich an object not worthy of the wise and ma
ture consideration of .ur legislature ? Is this orrest
boon not vitally important to obtain? Indeed, few
subjects of !• -gMat ion rb •• more attention than
this one.
The win*.* that i- re. ommended by tie must not be
such as is i"iv, generally or manufactured in
the Southern States, by merely pres iving the juice
of the grape in • bout one-third if its bulk in alcohol,
no matter from what üb l ranee distilled. This mix
ture, cal’ it by v;hi:te “i* name ou • ioa-.., label it to
pleas* the with a grand name, still i„ i.>, n nine;
buia mere dr : - ended b. man, by mixing n
poison with the urifennented juice 0? different densi
ty, and never in th 1 tme proportions.
Nothing i. w 1 ight t „• b< called, or considered to
l-e wine, but lb c mi *.*, i, unsophisticated pure juice
jof the frt; 1. gntp fc .ire 1 cuing it- - natural and partial
i fermentation, i. U anew ..ed healthy substance
i is produced, the result of the law of God and not of
j man. and produced by n- ih< r more nor less than
. the healthy icm nation that cry loaf of bread we
; oat h> undergone. And if our frienus, the Sons of
|Temperance, olio .11 -uch wine, as I recom
mend, a poison, then e ery mouthful of fermented
; bread they eat i- no longer the lift, but a poi
•■ori. Stop and r< fieri, v.-. 11 at your position; and in
order t !>•- entirely consistent with your own princi
ples quit eating bn-ad al-o, berati-e ‘ermented, not
only to tlu -v*chatin.- degree, but to the alcoholic
] one, for without undergoing this transformation,
; bread would b neither healthy nor equally nutri
tion \n;l 1 may add, as ah dyspeptic people (and
thev a- •'er’. numerous in the f'nited Stnt'-s from
this cause; practically know, that they cannot digest
! the bread that is over-fermented and sour, or not
i enough ferm--tiled, and heavy and indigestible.
To the T. m| > ranee Society much i- due; and their
untiring efforts deserve the warmest univer.-.a! thanks
;of the peopl* of the I nited States for the poitive
good they have done. Our object and aim is the
mi, in s vri mm. m 21, m.
ami to benefit our race. Wo only differ in the
/v./.is to accomplish it. ! wish their eating fennenf
d. bread could be made to quadrau with the doctrine
hey repudiate, the drinking of the fermented pure
• nice of the grope, and then everything would be
“ight and settled between us. In conclusion, can
.on not, sir, while everything is cold Rml desolate
vithout, inspire a little wan.bh of humanity within
.he bosom of cur legislators n this subject ’
Very respectfully, J, TOGNO.
A Jllfl MAVDF.K.
Among the delegates t*v the oonventien recently in
session at Charles. >n, S. C., was the ocoeiltric brio, n
low, of Tennessee. He wax called upon to address
lie convention, and after announcing himself for the
mnexation of Cuba, was about to leave the stage,
but was called back again by the audience, when he
nado the following address to the ladies:
“If you please, I have said a!! to the gentlemen
that I entend saying to them. I nut a lady’s man,
(laughter,) .<ud with due deference to the opinions of
others, 1 am a pretty fair specimen of Tennessee
beauty, (renewed laughter.) Ladies of the city of
Charleston, during the session of this convention, and
til other times of life, when young gentlemen oiler
you their arms at the doors of churches and else
where, and you are confident, of their having drank
too much mean whisky, (laughter,) when you smell
cinnamon and the clove, you may know • there is
something rotten in the State of Denmark.’ Do not
have anything to do with them. Wlmtdid the ladies
of a neighboring State do to stop the ravages of in
temperance? They determined on holding a tem
perance meeting, at which they adopted a preamble
and some resolutions, one of which was to the effect
that they would never receive the attention of any
young man who was accustomed to drink too much
liquor. Upon the published proceedings appearing
next morning, a certain young lady’s name was at
tached, so to speak, as chairman of the moating.—
She was the belle of the place, and a young man was
paying his addresses to her. When his friends saw
her name in the papers, they gathered around him
and said—
“ George, did you see this ?”
“Sue the devil!” he said, “I have road it an hour
ago ; it is all gammon and stud’, and to convince you
that they are insincere, *hat#edy has been dead in
love with me for the last twelve months. I will go
to church next Sunday, and present her my arm,
and you will see if she refuses it.”
Accordingly next Sunday they all went to church
to see the fun. George marched up the aisle with a
‘ittle rattan, ornamented on top with a gold head,
and, as polite as a French dancing master, he ap
proached her, and says—
“ Miss Susan, shall I have the extreme pleasure of
seeing you home to your father’s house?”
Well, she retreated with dignity, and responded
“No sir-eel’ (Laughterand applause.)
He still pressed his claims, and stuck his elbow out
to her, but she refused the offer, and drawing off fur
ther said
“No, sir, by the grace of God, I have run my arm
through a jug handle for the last time.”
Now, I say, ladies, when young men present you
with their arms, if you know that they have drank
too much, decline running your arm through a jug
handle.”
■ “4 ♦#>■ -
THE I,ART WOBTiR OK NICHOLAS IN RELATION TO
FfcAffCE, ENGLAND AND THE UNITER STATES.
A Russian Noble residing in St. Petersburg, has
addressed the following letter to an “eminent for
eigner’ now in Now Orleans. It is published, ar lit
erally translated from the German in which it was
written, in the Bee of that city. The Bee assurer, us
that it “may be regarded as entirely authentic.”
To the attention of those of our readers who think
our sympathies have been too deciili dly expressed
on the side of Ru ~:ia, :n her contest with Franco and
England, we desire to commend in the strongest
terms, the dying words of the late Czar—a sovereign
whom our country, at lent, never knew hut in the
character ofo, friend. It is long since wc published
a document of more interest than that which follows:
Sr. PiiTKKSBi it.i, Feb. I*M.
Before my letter reaches you, you will probably
have received intelligence • f loss that will spread a
gloomy veil over all J<>. -iu; mr the death of such a
waii is a blow that not only striker, his own country,
but resounds from the shores of the whole world.—
In my lust letter I did not -Irm openly declare what
we were expecting from day to day, for we were un
willing to accustom our hearts to an idea which our
minds were incapable of conceiving Th” hist days
of our Czar are a whol • century in the history of
Russia, and will never be forgotten by those /> ho
witnessed them. Do not imagine that he vs., exas
perated with Ilia foes. Quite the contrary t Impar
tially, like a prophet, he gazed upon the present sit
uation of the different European powers, and predict
ed the future with the accuracy of one who looks fur
beyond the present.
“England,” said he, “ha.’ reached her culminating
point either lor life or death. There is. no middle ‘
path for her to pursue. One thing al* nc (nay save
h"r, and that Ds. f rc<: confession, not onjy by the
government, but by the whole aristocracy, made to
the people, that they have been absurd from first to
last, that the Crown is unable any longer to main
tain its power, and that the jwople must rise and;
unite together as one man, to save the honor and ;
preserve the independence of the country. A can
did acknowledgement of th” truth may t evin now
save England, if her currupt aristocracy can be
brought to the stool of confession. Franc", on the
contrary, can maintain herself only by falsehood and
deception.
“I he Emperor may proclaim to his .-object’ that
ho governs ‘>u.i influences the nflairs of ail Europe
that not s .-hot .an b( Arc. I without his permission,
and tht I ram • is the now. r in Europ-’: bui 0 singl.
shock, one speech ot n detnagorue may overthrow
him and darken the st.r of Napoleon forever. 1
hav.. offered him mi t i, t . 0 f reconcilia
tion, but he has refused it. lb* wishes to avettgt
Moscow.upon me, and St. Helena upon England.—
Short sighted nuiu, who seeks so tvenge the sins of
the fathers upon their children? As iV.r Germany,
j Austria and Prussia, they would not now exist, if 1
had not saved them, when they .'.'ouclied at buy feet
six years ago;’they think to .strengthen themselves
in the mighty druggie between the other nations o!
Europe. But they never have been and never will
be more than secondary powers, s,'.traps holding au
thority bv the clemency of my House, or by permis
sion of the \\ estern Powers. Vet one consolation is
left to me in the midst of all this ingratitude and vil*
lany, and .hot is tin silent sympathy of that high
hearted people on (lie other side of the Atlantic; tin
only hearts in which 1 hear an echo of my struggles
against united Europe. Never have 1 forgotten the
smallest kindness shown to mo by she least of my
subjects, let my children never forget what we owe
to America, and if ever an hour of danger darkens
around the Union, let her find a faithful ally in my
family.”
These words may be of interest (0 you, my friend,
because you are now living amongst tlu* Americans;
and I mention them, knowing that your sympathies
have bound you 10 a foreign land nearly hall a cen
tury. One learns to recognize his true friends in
the hour of danger, and you may rely upon if, that
as long as a Romanoff sits on Russia’s throne, the
American States will never need a friend.
The above, (says tin* Bee) ;. a faithful and almost
literal translation from tins letter which is writb n in
German, by one of the nobles of Courland, residing
in St. Petersburg. From the source whence wo re
ceived it, re hare no fumilo.f.lon in (luuiuntiiitni it*
(I'lthi.iitieity.
PR. \OTT 0\ THU SPHERE OF WOMAN,
The sceptre of empire is not the sceptre that best
befits the hand of woman ; nor is the field of car
nage her field of glon Home, sweet home, is lit 1
theatre of action, her pedestal of beauty, and throne
of power. Or if seen abroad, she is seen to the best
advantage when on errands of love, and wearing her
robe of mercy.
I would not, if I could, persuade thus, of the sex
who hear me, to become the public, clamorous advo
cates, of even temperance. It is tin influence ot
their declared approbation ; of their open, w illing,
visible example, enforced by that soft, persuasive,
colloquial eloquence, which, in some hallow ed n tire
ment, exerts such controlling influence over the
hard heart of man; especially over a husband’s, a
son’s, or a brother's heart; it is this influence which
we need ; an influence, chiefly known by the gradu
al, kindly transformation of character it produces,
and which, in its balmy advances, renovation over
every hill, and dale, and glen, and islet, and chang
ing throughout the whole region ot animated nature,
winter's rugged and unsightly forms, into the forms
of vernal loveliness and beauty.
No, I repeat it, I would not if 1 could, persuade
those of the sex who hear me, to become the public,
clamorous advocates of temperance, ji is not yours
to wield th” club of Hurcules, nr l.end th,* bow ol
Achilles. But, though it is not, still you have a
heaven npproved-of theatre of acti ni. The look ol
tenderness, the eye of .- mpi.-vion, the lip of In
treaty, are yours; and yours the omnipotence of
fashion. You cun, therefore, I speak of those who
are the favorite: of fortune, and who occupy the
high places of society; /oilcan .bang.: the terms
of sori .1 intercourse, and alter the current opin
ions of community. You can remove at once and
forever temptation from the saloon, the drawing
mom and the dining-tabic. Thin ij your empire,
the empire over which God and the u. ..,1 ol man
hi ud have given you domain. Here, within these
limits, and without transgressing that modesty,
which h heaven’, own gift, and woman’ brightest
ornament, you may exert a benign and kindly, but
mighty influence.
WHAT A WOMAN SHOI'LH lit,
We do not agr.-.- with Mr. Musty in considering
woman an angel; first, because our idea* with regard
to angels are exc ssively vagu. and uu'teflncd, wings
Mi.l w hit, drapery L-mg the only fentun which we
I have aa yet ‘ ueevefied in realizing , and, secondly,
because, to verity (he rei .-mblnnro, woman should
be faultless, and we have never yet met with one
v.ho had not some fa: * mating little sin ‘left to show
that she was not toogo> dtm this world. Our notion
of a woman in ti. Is . --c of the wont,
fitting to he help meet for man and this would lead
us into another disquisition, which we w ill dismiss
summarily by stating that wc mean a man worthy ol
ti.c name, not an ape in a red coat, or an owl in a
sad colored one; but a man whom it would not be
mere satire to call a lord of the creation. A help
tneei tor such a one as this should possess a clear, j
scute intellect, or she would Is; unable to conipre- 1
hand bin aspirations alter the good, and true, and
beautitu!; the eftotts of his fallen nature to regain
somewhat of its original rank in the v ale of created
beings. She should have a faithful, loving heart, ;
that when, foiled in his earthly career, his spirit is j
dark within him, and, in the bitterness of his soul, he
confess-.*, that “the good that he would, l.e does not,”
but the evil he would not, that he does,” her affection
may prove to him, that in her love he has one ines
timable blessing yet remaining, of which death alone
can deprive him, and then only for a season | for,
VOL XXL-MMR 16.'.
1 vailing herself of the ttttinc moment with me dul
wtc tact whi.hi ‘Kof'hc ‘'lightest on laments ot
1 lovely woman's heart; sh- -an oll'er him the only
consolation, by urging him to renew his Christian
warfare in the hope thru together they may -turn
the reward of their high -•fillirtu,, a reward so glorious
that the mind of man is impotent to conceive its na
ture. But to ho able to do this, h | M , nll , l(
hare realized by ill. p.>-\, r of fafrh. the bk-xiincsi
of things unseen, and with this requisite, without
which all other excellencies are valueless, we com
elude our definition of “Woman as she should he.”
‘Hire a IV;. BI AI TIH L.
I cannot believe that tho earth is man’s abiding
place.
It cannot he that our lives are cast up by theoccaa
•I eternity to float upon its Waves and sink into not)*
bigness.
Else, w hy it: it that the glorious insoir-.tiors w hi’ b
leap like angels from the temples of our hearts, art
forever wandering about unsatisfied? Why is it
that the rainbow and the clouds come over us w ith t
beauty that is not of earth and puss off and lrav. m
loniuscontli.il loveliness? Why is it that the
stars who hold festivals around the midnight throne
.'ire sot above the grasp of our limited faculties, for
ever mocking us with their unapproachable glory ?
And finally, why is it that the blight foitnsol hornae
•reality are presented to our view and then taken
Iroin 11s, leaving the thousand streams of affection to
(low hack in Alpin. torrents? We are bom fore
higher destiny than that of earth—there is a reaiio
where rainbows never fade, where the stars will he
out before ua hr islets that .'lumber on the ocean,
where the beings that pass before us like shadown,
will stay in our possession forever.
A FAITHFUL GIRL.
A case of woman’s devotion has recently beet
brought to our knowledge which certainly equa s any
thing that we have ever met within the realms oC
romance. The circumstances occurred in this city,
and are perfectly well authenticated. While th*
small pox was raging here a few weeks ago, a young
m.m employed in a store on Lake street, was seized
with the disease. It was, n| course, improper for
hi'” to remain there, and she people w th whom b*
lived, who wore distant relatives of his, refused t*j
permit him to stay in ilieir house. The result was,
that he was taken to the pest house.
It so happened that lie was engaged to be married
to a most estimable and amiable young lady. No
sooner did she hoar of his condition than she deter,
mined at once that rim would nurse him. She un
derwent vaccination, and then went whore they had
taken her betrothed to the pest house. Her. sin}
found him, alone, sick, wretched, deserted by all the
world. And here site remained, like a ministering
‘ngel, waiting beside his bed of pain, soothing hi*
distresses and attending to his wants. He died. But
how consoling must have been his last moments.
Though all the world had forsaken him, she, whom
he loved better than all the world, remained faithful
to the lust. Her hand it was that smoothed his pi!,
low; her eyes still beamed upon him with mournful
but unabated affection; into her ear ho poured hi*
last words of love, of sorrow, and of hopes that in thi*
world might never be fulfilled.
It recalled to our mind, when we henrd it, tho
words that Buiwer puts in the mouth of one of hi*
characters: “To be watched arid tended by the on*
we love, v.ho would not walk blind arid barefoot over
the world I”— U/iicjigo ‘Tribune.
A CITV NT'ClkEil.
One of this class, with w hom / am unfortunately
acquainted, said to me once ;
“I should deem myself happy wre I ma ter of that
house and the Iteautilii! garden attached to it,” point,
ing, at the same time, to a mansion opposite wher*
1 lived.
This conversation happened two years -go. Yes
terday the same individual came m me, and, after hi*
usual number of salutations, said, in a tons of ur:.
teigned sorrow, (I thought :)
“.My father, poor man, I learn by a letter, died
ihre” day-, ago.”
I expressed my regret.
“He died with n disease called typhoon janglwt'’
I ojs-ricd my eyes with astonishment
“And I am going home to see that his affairs ar.j
wound up in proper order.”
To this ! nodded approval.
“I learn also that I am an heir to tea thousand dob
!ars.”
1 wished hiin joy at bis go.si fortune.
“When 1 return, I ;hali take possession of that
line house opposite, which I so often wished to I.*
master of.”
I felt incredulous, but looked at his sober fv.e.
“What! w ill you purchase it?”
“No, not exactly. The fact is, my friend, lam go.
ing to marry its mistress. ’
(An old lady of fifty years, very likely!)
“The deuce you are!”
“A fact! Good-bye, old fellow—l'm off.”
But he lingered. Wbst could he want ?
At length he approached me. and in au off-htvul
tone and manner, asked:
“I say, Tom, can't you lend a feller a quarter?-
True Flag.
Nevi Poet. —A coi re|s>iulent sends us a small po
em, which he wiys “he compozzed awl himself."—.
One verse will do for a specimen;
A sqnirel is a prete burd,
Its got a querlie tale ;
He ttol awl ma daddiz kom,
An t it on a rael
(JAMES T. lilAtX,
( I’ltlNTF.lt.