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VOL 4. YOEKYILLE, S. P., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1858. ' 3STQ. 44.
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CAU6HT IN HIS OWN TRAP,
BY 8YLVANUS COBB, JR.
'Confound the boy ! What does he mean ?
Does he think I'm going to be a father to
him, and not be obeyed as a father? Does
he think I'm going to give hira my money
to spend in business, and take only ingratitude
in return ? What can the young dog
be thinking of. Plague take the youngster !
What business has he to go and fall in love
with a poor piece of trash ! I'll?I'll fix
hira ! I'll?but here comes the rascal!?
the apurner of my counsels !'
And as Captain Jerry Pieman thus spoke
he sank into a great stuffed chair, and looked
daggers: and twice he stamped his dumpy
foot vehemently to keep up his stern purpose.
He was a round-billed, jolly facedj redcheeked
bachelor, just five-aud-forty. Most
of his life he bad spent at sea, and had lately
settled down ashore with an immense
fortune, for the purpose of enjoying the rest
of his days 'after his own heart,' as he expressed
it. His pate was just bald enough
to carry his jolly face high up over the brow,
but yet he had a goodly quantity of dark
curls clustering about bis short, fat neck.?
The only near relative he had in the lower
world was Jack Kendall, an only child of
his only sister. Jerry Pieman had loved his
sister fondly, and when she died?she was a
widow then?she left a prayer upon the reoord
that her brother would care for her orphan
boy. For ten years he had provided .
for his nephew, keeping him at one of the
best schools for a while, and then paying his
way through college. But now that he had
settled down for a home, he bad Jack to come
and live with him.
'Ah?you are here, are you ? growled the
unole, looking up with a very dag ger-like
expression.
Jack Kendal was twenty-three, somewhat
taller than his uncle, but with the same family
look. lie was a handsome, good natur-J
follnw flnrl
ea, geucruuo, ou?uuu?i6
his uncle Jerry with his whole soul.
'Yes, unole-?I'm here,' he replied, taking
a seat, 'and I know you are glad to see
me.'
'Aye?I am glad, for I have something to
say to you,' the bachelor resumed, looking
some more daggers. 'Have you seen that
baggage again ?'
'BdQQCige, uncle?'
Baggage sir. I said baggage. Have you
aeen her ?'
'7/er, uncle? Baggayc??Her? Why
?what do you mean ?
'You know very well what I mean. I mean
that piece of poverty?that hanger-on?that
v?that baggago?that?t^at gal!'
?Oh! You mean Lizzie Brown. The
girl that '
'Thinks to catch you, and thus catch mv
money!' interrupted uncle Jerry, emphatically.
?Jt is hardly fair to say that, uncle, seeing
that I made all the advances myself.'
'Nonesense! Don't you suppose I know ?
I say she set the trap for ye ! But I won't
have it! If I'm to be a father to ye, you
must obey me. Now I've got a choice. I
C* /~1 1 3 )
want ye to uiarry whq ousau uurmuu.
'But sho'sa widow, uncle.'
'So much the better. She'll know how
to make a home for ye.'
'And she's older than I by a dozen years.'
'Just five years. She's only twenty-eight.
It's all the better for that.'
'But I can't love her.'
'Can't love her!' cried the uncle, looking
an immense number of very sharp-pointed
daggers.
'Can't love Susan Garland ! Can't love
the woman who was the wife of the most
faithful friend I ever had ! Let me tell you,
sir, that when the old Gazelle was cast upon
the rocks of Barnegat, Bill Garland saved
my life, and lost his own ! He died in these
arms, sir ! We sat upon the cold wet rocks,
sir! and the last words he ever said to me
were, 'Be kind to my poor Susan !' And I
will be kind to her!' the captain added,
wiping a big tear from his check. 'I'll give
her a husband?a?a?graceless husband,
perhaps?but with money enough to keep
her above want. You must marry her, sir.'
'But suppose I should refuse.'
'Refuse! refuse your own uncle? You
dare not do it, sir! I'd turn you out of doors
in an iostant! I'd see you starve before I'd
give you another penny ! I'd?I'd?take
away all I ever did give you!'
'Ah?you couldn't do that, uncle. The
education I have gained under your noble,
generous patronage, is a mine of wealth of
which you cannot rob me ! and I would not
to-day exchange it for all the wealth you
ever possessed. I can live by my own wits.'
'Aha ! You threaten me, do you ? You
mean to rebel do you ? You mean to disobey
me outright ?
'You do not understand me, uncle. You
surely would not force me to belie my own
heart. If you could know Lizzie Brown
y
'Lizzie Fiddlestick!?I don't want to
know her. I know Susan Garland, and
that's enough, I've had my plan fixed ever
since I came home. I promised Bill I'd
take care of her?and I must do it?and
how can I do it if you don't let me have her
for a niece ?'
'Why not have her for a wife ? asked
Jack, quietly.
'Wife!?Me! Why you young rascal,
what do you mean ? Me?marry ! Zounds,
do you think I'm crazy ? I'm old enough
to be her father !'
'Only seventeen years, uncle. Just enough
to give you character as a husband.'
'Sillance, villian ! Would you have me
make a fool of myself just as I am setting
down for comfort and quiet ? Don't you
never dare to lisp such a thing agaiq. I
shall go and see Susan to-morrow, and I
shall tell her that you will ha?e her. That's
enough. 1 won't hear any more ! By the
Big Fish ! but I'll keep my promise.'
Jack knew that 'twould be useless to say
any more at present, so he held his peace.?
William Garland had been his uncle's first
mate during his last two voyages, and the
captain had not only liked him much, but
he also thought much of Susan, having stopped
at her home while her husband was living.
When Captain Jerry came home with
the care of the widow upon his shoulders, he
had hit upon the happy expedient of making
her his neice, by marriage, and thus having
the right to care for her without exciting
scandal. Jack knew how his uncle had cber- ,
ished the plan, and he feared 'twould be
hard to thwart him. The old fellow was
as stubborn as he was kind hearted, and
where he felt that he had authority he would
not yield. - .
Fiually Jack retired to ponder upon the
subject, and before dark he resolved to see
the widow in advance of his uncle; and he ,
went that very evening. I
Susan Garland was a pretty woman, with
a plump form, and a dumpled, cheerful face, (
over which sweet, genial smiles were contin- 1
ually playing when she was happy. She
had been alone two years. She welcomed
Jack kindly, and after some common-place
remarks, the young man came to the point.
He related the conversation which had passed
between himself and uncle that, afternoon,
and expressed the hope that she ,
would help him.
'Surely you would not wish to take me ]
from the being I love,' he said. I
'Of course not,' the widow replied, with
an earnest smile. 'I should be decidedly (
opposed to any such thing. I know Lizzie ,
well, and I know, too, that she will make ,
you a good wife. You may depend upon
my assistance, for I can tell your 1 won't,
and that will be an end on't.'
They chatted a while longer, and then 1
Jack took his leave.
'He'll' be here to-morrow forenoon,' the '
young man said, as he reached the doorstone.
'I shall be ready for him,' was the reply; '
and a funny light twinkled in the widow's
eyes as she said so.
About eleven o'clock the following day J
Uncle Jerry called upon the widow. She <
had left off her weeds, and now appeared as ,
fresh and fair a a maid of sixteen. She wel- '
joined the captain with one of her sweetest smiles,
and finally took a seat close by him.
By a dexterious turn she got him engaged
in relating wonderful stories of his adven- '
tures at sea, and thus an hour slipped away.
Of course he must now stop to dinner.
'0?no, I must go home to dinner,' he I
said. 'But before I go I have a little busi
ness matter to touoh upon.'
'Then you must wait, sir,'pronounced the 1
widow, decisively. 'It is my dinner hour, 1
and 1 must prepare it. Wait, and eat with
mc and then I'll listen.'
And with this Susan drew out her table,
and spread the snow-white cloth, and soon '
had the dishes in their places. Then she 1
went away to the kitchen, and presently the
captain heard the pots and kettles rattling, |
the meat sputtering, and a brisk, culinary
racket going on generally.
'Egad,' the old fellow muttered to him- !
self, 'she's a splendid craft. What a clean
build. If I had come across such a woman |
years ago, I believe I should have made a ;
fool of myself.'
In due time the dinner made its appear- 1
ance, and the captain was invited to par- '
take.
'Now make yourself at home,' the widow
said, with a charmiDg smile; 'for I look up- 1
on you as one of the very dearest friends I 1
have.'
'Egad ! If she ain't a beauty !' Uncle
Jerry said to to himself, as he moved up to 1
the table. '
The lamb-chops were done as the captain 1
had never seen them done before. So juicy 1
?so rich?so delicately spiced?and so
splendid cooked. And then the little et 1
ceteras j and the pies; and the cake; and
the rich, golden cofiee. But above all was 1
he entranced by the bright smiles and the '
It* ? ./ /? ? 1 i t
spanning wit oi iiis iair nostess. ?
'Zounds!' he muttered, while she was 1
gone away with the dishes, 'aiVlshe charming.'
Finally the widow came and sat down 1
by the captain's side upon the sofa. Her
dimpled cheeks were all aglow; her bright 1
eyes sparkled with a beaming lustre; and ;
o?er her pure white shoulder flowed a wavy, !
curling tress which trembled ever and anon,
as though there were some strange emotion
in the bosom beneath it.
'Now, sir,' she said, I am ready to listen.' !
'Well?well,' Uncle Jerry managed to 1
say, after a prodigious effort at clearing his
throat, 'you must pardon me if I come right
to the point.'
?0f course.' i
'Then here it is. You know I promised
Bill?that is?Bill Garland?my old mate ; ;
or, I should say, my young mate?that I
would look after you?care for you. You
know that.'
'Yes sir,' returned Susan with a grateful
look. 'I know that; and I have blessed you 1
many times for your kindness to poor me.?
Alas ! I don't know what I should have done,
but for your generous bounty.'
'Tut, tut,?don't talk so. How could I '
help being good to you ? How could anybody
help being good to you ?
'Ah?but everybody don't have hearts 1
like yours.'
The captain rather liked the compliment; :
and then it came from such an agreeable
source, too. So he did not dispute it. But
he made another prodigious effort to clear ,
his throat, and then said? ;
'I have tried to be good to you, Susan;
and I hope I have been; but I can't do all 1
I want to do for you at present. I am com- ;
ing right to the point now.' (Another clearing
of the throat.) 'You know you are a
widow.' 1
She did know it. 1
?
'Andyuu know you are yet young and very
beautiful.'
Oh,?No. Not beautiful; and, surely,
not very young.'
'But you are not oM, and?you ore beautiful.
Now this won't do. Scandal will
reach you. I?ahem?am not so old myself
but the shaft of scandal might reach
me, too.'
'You old?' uttered Susan, looking up reprovingly
and yet admiringly. 'Why?you
are right in the very prime of manhood. A
man at your age, and with your genial, happy
disposition, has just reached the full
dawn of life at five-and-forty.'
- - - - - -
Uncle Jerry rather Jiked this, so he did
not contradict as he had at first a will to do.
Then, of course,' he returned, applying
the compliment to bis own purpose,'it is still
the more necessary that there should be a
new and a nearer relation between us. I
love you too well to have a single breath of
suspicion rest upon you. Should you object
to such a relation V
The widow's long lashes drooped, and the
dark tress upon her bosom trembled more
perceptibly.
'If it is your wish, sir, I should have no
apposition to make,' she said.
'And you'll come and live with me ?'
'Yes.'
'And we'll be as happy as kings!'
Oh! I should be veTy, very happy,'she
whispered : and as she did so her head rested
upon the captain's shoulder, and the
bright tress fell upon his hand, with several
tear-jewels glittering amid its curls.
'What a time we'll have!' Uncle Jerry
cried, winding his right arm around her
plump form, and drawing her more closely
to him. 'When you are Jack's wife, we'll
}
'Jack I' repeated Susan, breaking from bis
embrace, and starting to her feet: 'Jack's
wife!' she uttered, dashing the tears from
her eyes.
'Why?bless me, yes.'
'And have you meant for me to marry
him r
,T ?.1 LI I ?L _ .LmU T ~ 9'
'jjuru uieos iuu nuu euuuiu jl uicau >
'And do yon suppose I would marrv with
i mere boy ? Are there not girls enough
for the youngster? Sir! you mistake my
love?if you ;hink I could give my heart to
pour nephew!'
'Bat?bless me! ahem?eh-h-h-m!?Jack
is
'I know, sir?I know him well. He is &
ine youth?a worthy youth, and may be ti
aoble man if he lives long enough. But I
;an say no mere. I am sorry to disappoint;
pou. I am?am?deeply grateful for all
pour kindness to me, and I will pray to God
for his blessing upon you continually. But
ive had better part now. You have spoken
aiy doom ! I'arewell!'
'But?Susan! Hero! Stop! Bless me!
Susan did not stop, and Uncle Jerry found
himself alone, ne said, 'Bless my soul!'
forty-three tines, and then left the house.
All the way home he muttered to himself;
and when he met Jack at the supper-table,
he was moodj and silent. When he went
up to his chamber, he commenced to mutter
again ; and he kept on muttering and pon
dering until he fell asleep. Finally he began
to dream. He dreamed that Susan Garland
became his wife, and be held her to his
bosom, and wondered he could ever have
thought of such a foolish thing as allowing
Jack to have her. But while he held her
thus, who should appear in the nuptial chamber
but Bill Garland, pale and cold, with
3ea-woed for hair, and dark, green morse for
raiment! And the cadaverous presence said,
'Give me my wife!'
The dreamer awoke with a sharp cry ef
fear, and found the sunlight streaming into
bis room. He arose, and sat down by the
window ; and finally he said, in a deep ferment
tone?
'Thank God, Bill Garland hasn't come
back!
For three whole days Uncle Jerry was
like a newly converted sinner. He could
not eat?he could not read?he could not
sleep, and the burden of his remarks to Jack
was?
'Clear out, you rascal !'
On the evening of the third day the captain
made an extraordinary toilette, and then
went up to see Susan Garland. She welcomed
him with a warm greeting, and finally,
at his particular request, sat down by his
side upon the sofa, just as she sat before.
'Susan,' said he?he spoke bluntly, for
bis courage and determination had been duly
+ im fk a oti olfi 1\ CT-TM1I n f. tipffirp tip
U1 UU^jll 1/ U|/ tU HUV gvivatw^ M V>V W ..v .
started, 'you said the other day that you |
should be very, very happy to come and live
with me. Did you mean that you would be
willing to become my wife V
There were a dozen tresses upon the white
shoulder now, and they shook like aspens.
That's a curious question, sir,' she replied.
'But tell me, plainly, did you mean that?'
If I mistook your meaning, sir, you have
no right to question mine.'
'But?Lord bless me! suppose I should
asJc you to be my wife ? Answer me that.'
'You never did ask me, sir.'
'Then, by the car of old Neptune, I ask
you now. Susan Garland?will you be my
wife ?'
'Jerry Pieman?I will.'
'What!' cried the captain, starting back,
and gazing into her blushing, tear-wet face
?'do you mean that you can love an old
man like me ? that you can love me always ?'
'You are not old ; and as for loving you,
I have loved you for a long while; and if
you take me for a wife I'll love and bless
you to my dying hour.'
'Then come here. Come here, Susan.?
Come right here?and if I ever cease to love
you, and cherish y ou, and be true to you?
may?may?that sea-weed ghost come back.'
About ten minutes after this, Uncle Jerry
made the following very sensible remark?
'Why?bless my soul. We are acting
like two fools.'
The widow only smiled, and said?
'Two very happy ones?ain't we ?'
Aod Jerry said?
'Bless my soul?we are.'
* * * *
On the following day, Jack happened to
pass near the widow's house, and he dropped
in.
In a few momenta he was the happiest fellow
imaginable.
'But,' said Susan, earnestly, 'don't misunderstand
me. I.have loved your uncle?
loved him well and tiTily?and I believe he
loved me, but dared not say so. Had it not
been thus, I could not have done this. I
would have helped you ail the same by simply
and flatly refusing you; but I would not
have toyed or trifled with him.' He is a
good man, Jack?'a good man.'
<So he is,' replied Jack. And then he
went home.
The youth found his uncle in the library,
-? i 1 i * 1 Mi l t
witn a dook id Dis nana, saia dook DeiDg
bottom-end up. He sat down and peeped
wickedly out of the comers of his eyes,
while a very ill-mannered smile kept playing
around the corners of his mouth.
'What are you winking, and blinking, and
squinting, and grinning at, you young dog?'
asked the old captain, with tremendous ferocity.
<1 was thinking of a story I once read,'
returned Jack, quietly.
'A story, eh? What is it yon scapegrace ?'
'I'll tell you uncle,' said the nephew, with
the smile and the twinkle more wicked than
ever. 'It was a very funny thing?in fact,
it is the funniest thing I ever heard of. A
man once went to set a trap in which to
catch a very respectable and honorable young
friend of his. He bad got the trap all nicely
set, as he supposed, when What do
you think?'
'When what, you graceless rascal V
'Why, uncle, when the thing was all fixed,
there was the funniest thing happened you
ever heard of. Instead of catching his respectable,
high-minded young friend, the old
fellow got nabbed himself. In fact?he got
caught in his own trap. Wasn't it '
'Get out of my house, you youDg scamp.
Out with you, reprobate.'
'But uncle?when I corne back mayn't I
bring Lizzie with me to see, and participate
in your new and deep felicity?'
'it you win De aecent, you oaring young
villian, you may bring the queen of slatterns
herself; but beware bow you offend me. I
can't bear everything?and I won't. I won't
put up with it. I'll?I'll kick you out of
doors, you ungrateful traitor.'
After this effervescence, Uncle Jerry's
soul settled down to a clear, placid calm;
and when Lizzie Brown finally appeared before
him, he actually kissed her, and said
she was ju3t the girl for his rascally nephew.
And in a few weeks thereafter, Uncle
Jerry had a wedding party. He was married
first, and then he sat down and saw
Jack married.
'There,' said the happy old fellow, after
the thing was all over, as he approached his
nephew and handed him a paper: 'There is
something to make up for the loss you have
sustained in letting me rob you of the best
woman in the world.'
Jack opened the missive, and read it with
tears in his eyes, for it was a certified check
for twenty-five thousand dollars, with a little
note attached, saying that, if he behaved
himself, he might, at some future time, have
more.
Tiir Vnir PnMnnt?oo\f A w Tho A nilnr.
JL I1U XI iU W WilUUJDOOiUaili A ??W AAUWV*son
Gazette remarks, in a tribute to the member
elect for the fifth Congressional District:
Col. John D. Ashmore, as the majority
of our readers know, was born in Greenville
District, and lived there until about the age
of 14 years, when he went to Pendleton, and
became a clerk, we think, for a firm still existing
there. He afterwards left this District
and locating in Sumter District, pursued the
study of law.
Soon after being admitted to the practice
of law, he married. At an early age, the
citizens of Sumter sent him to represent
them in the lower branch of the Legislature,
which position they repeatedly ass gned him,
and which he filled with marked and consummate
ability. For several years, although
a young member, he was Chairman of Ways
and Means, the most important Committee
of the House. In 1853 he was elected by
the Legislature to the responsibls office of
Comptroller-General of the State, the duties
of which he discharged wiith admirable exactness
and correct understanding. In 1854
he removed his family to our town, bought
lands a few miles in the country, and while
completing the term of his office, pursued
at the same time the vocation of a farmer,
in which, we have heard his immediate
neighbors aver, he was most successful.
As a politician he has ever upheld the
nrincinles of mire, consistent. Jeffersonian
r r ? r ' ?
Democracy. In 1851 he was aco-operationist,
and during the recent canvass he has
repeatedly declared himself a State's Right
Democrat, and willing to support the present
organization of the Democratic party,
believing it to be the only reliable party in
the Union. In all respects, so far as we
have heard his speeches, we see little difference
between his political creed and that of
our present Representative. Col. A. is fearless
in the expression of his views, a ready
debater, and possessed of all the energy and
force of character which foreshadow the
working and useful member.
In person, Col. Ashmore is above the medium
height, commanding figure, dark hair
and black, piercing eyes. Affable and courteous
in manners, he speedily wins the affections
of hie fellow-men, and their admiration
of him, where best known, amount to enthusiasm.
As a public speaker, he has a
gallant, dashing style, that interests the
hearer, and asserts that he is imbued with
the true graces of oratory.
We predict for Col. Ashmore an honored
career in tike Federal Legislature.
PkdlaMtts Jleahiitg.
BBEECH-LO ADING ABMS.
At the fair recently held at Springfield,
Massachusetts, the first premium?a silver
medal and diploma?was adjudged to Maynard's
breech-loadiDg carbine. This breechloader
is the invention of Pr. Edward Maynard,
a resident of Washington, and it is a
strong endorsement of the merits of the arm
that it should have won for him so high a
testimonial from a committee of practical
mechanics, in the heart of the gun-making
region of the United States, and where he
was personally a stranger."
The committee speak of this rifle as combining,
in an eminent degree, everything to
be desired in a good fire arm. With a charge
of forty grains of powdtr, it is effective for
any distance up to 800 or 1,00 yards. It
may be readily used with loose ammunition,
or ordinary paper cartridges, though it is
SDeciallv intended to be fired with a metal
lie cartridge. This cartridge, which is absolutely
water-proof, can be used any number
of times, and, by means of a loader, can
be recharged and the ball accurately set
with great rapidity. The ball is in form a
combination of the cone and cylinder, which
insures its axis being always coincident with
the axis of the barrel, so that the projectile
cannot fail to start true from its bed?* desideratum
of the first importance in sharpshooting,
as is well known to every expert
marksman. For military purposes a calibre
of five-tenths of an inch has been adopted,
but for sporting it is designed to put
up in each case two extra barrels, one of
larger and the other of smaller calibre than
the military gun. By this arrangement, as
the barrel can be detatched with facility from
the breech-pieco, the sportsman will always
be prepared for any game he may desire to
hunt?the largest calibre being equally adapted
for shoot or ball.
The weight of this rifle is only about six
pounds, and it is so portable that, with all
its appendages and one hundred rounds of
ammunition, it can be placed in a case some
twenty inches loDg, nine inches wide,- and
three inches deep. The arm is intended to
be used with the "Maynard primer," but it
admits equally well of the use of the ordinary
percussion cap. The machinery for feeding
out the primer is so arranged as to allow
the primer to be returned to the magazine,
if it be not required, and also to be fed out
and returned by hand, in case of any acci
dent to the machinery. The rapidity with
which the gun can be loaded and fired is
likewise quite remarkable. In ordinary
hands, twelve discharges per minute are
easily made, and with a little practice there
would be no difficulty in accomplishing fifteen
rounds per minute.
"We understand that the patent for these
arms is owned by a company, composed principally
of citizens of Washington, and that
the Massachusetts Arms company, at Chickopee
Falls, have a contract for manufacturing
5,000 of them, a small portion of which
are now nearly completed, and will soon be
offered to the public. A trial of the gun was
made some months since, in the presence of
the Secretary of War, and the results, we
are informed, were so satisfactory to him that
he directed the purchase of a number of the
arms for the use of the regular troops.
Washington Union.
Yankee Doodle, a Biscayan Air.?
The Newbury Daily News publishes a curi
ous and interesting communication touching
our national air. We condense the introductory
portion of it. The writer appears,
some years since, to have visited St. Sebastian,
a port in the Basque Provinces, and
there met with Sr. Queheille, an aged Spanish-Biscayan
gentleman, who was United
States Vice Consul. In reference to some
difficulty in which the writer and his friends
had found themselves surrounded by angry
Basques, shouting, Mueran ! mueran ! (kill
them!) Sr. Q.said: 'Had it occurred to
you to whistle your national air it might have
saved you.'
'Our national air!' his guests exclaimed.
'Yes,' the old gentleman said, and continued,
'had you but whistled it, I repeat, they
might have taken you to be what they modestly
esteem themselves?the cream of all
the Basques for purity of race and purity of
language, and indeed originality of music;
for the air is so old they believe our great
forefather Tubal brought the tune with him
when he brought here our tongue. Many a
man, you are both aware, has been saved by
knowing the secret signs the Freemasons use.
Caramba! hijos (my sons,) it would have
been worth the trial.'
'But, sir, you are jesting.'
<Un my word, no. it is most certainly
an old Guipuzcoan air; I have known it from
my childhood. I was amazed?amused, too
?years ago, when I first heard it in Boston.
I asked a gentleman what it was. 'Oar National
Air,' said he. 'No,' I replied, 'it is
onrs.' He said you had got it from the British
at Bunker Hill. I told him that might
be, but that originally it must have come
from the Pyrenees. He did not believe me;
but I can prove the fact to you. Let me
see. To-morrow is one of the days those
gentry outside let their woman come in with
vegetables. Come and take an early breakfast,
and you shall be convinced.'
His campanions, next morning, were punctual
to the appointment. On proceeding to
the Plaza they found it thronged with market
women from the environs far and near.
A woman of middle age, who had sold her
supply, was preparing to depart. Accosting
her in Basque, Sr. Queheille learned she
was from Tolosa (the capital of Guipuzcoa,
some 10 or 12 leagues south of St. Sebastian).
On bis addressing her again, she
smiled, and immediately began to sing. Her
language was strange to her American listener,
but the air thrilled upon their ears,
familiar as their dearest household words.
'There!' exclaimed the consul, triumphantly,
'is not that the tone you play on the
Fourth of ?Tuly, and when you go into battle
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'The very tune.'
'Come along?we have only begun the
proof;' and Sr. Queheille hurried his companions
from point to point of the handsome
square, addressing here a woman from Vergara,
there one from Oyarzun, until he had
questioned the length and breadth of Gui*
puzcoa. The result was invariably the same.
Most could sing words to the tune; a few
could only hum it, like the children in our
nurseries, from the Penobscot to the Gila.
The air, it was clear, was not only known in
that region, but was universally known.
BRIBERY IN ELECTIONS.
The Darlington Flag makes some very
strong remarks on this subject, from which
we make the following extract:
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'Ana wnai sausiacuon can u dc 10 aBy
honorable man to feel that he occupies the
false position of one" "who has the name of
representing a people, when he represents
nothing save the perversions to which he
himself is father ? It is right enough?nay,
it is a courtesy which is due the people?that
one who seeks to represent them should
make himself 4nd his opinions known to
them, and, if he chooses to manifest the
genuine kindness and generosity of his nature,
in proper ways, none can complain.?
But when one, through pretended generosity,
seeks to avoid being .known, by destroying
the understanding of intelligent beings, and
overturning the principles of truth, pretending
to be a friend to the people, which the
very act contradicts, he deserves to be Called
an enemy to his country and a blur upon his
race.
'Virtue and intelligence are the basis of
all good republican governments. How,
then, shall we expect our Government to
stand, while its foundations ore being corroded
by corruption and torn up by violence
and misdirected judgment. These evilsand
vices of which we have spoken, are the
source of sincere solicitude to all who truly
love the genius of liberty and the happiness
of the people.'
The Jews op New York City.^A New
York correspondent of the Christian Register
remarks:
I am edified weekly in remarking the scrupulousness
with which some of the extensive
and fashionable establishments on Broadway,
kept by Jews, are closed on Saturday; the
sacrifice involved being more noteworthy from
lllA *AV\nf A^tAn fllAOA a a vkt a ?\aa*\1a (ah
bUC Ui tULOU ICliiUl&OUlO pcu^iu 1U1
money-getting. However, the poorer and
less educated portion of the race avenge the
ecclesiastically enforced reticence by keeping
open their places of business on Sunday,
as a walk through Chatham street, on that
day, will prove. There are in New York
now seventeen synagogues, among which
the Shaariu Tephila, (Gates of Prayer.)
Bnai Jeshura, (sons of Jeshura,) and the
Temple, are the finest specimens of architecture.
The number of Jews in New York is
probably not far from twenty thousand. Of
the States, Pennsylvania ranges next, South
Carolina and Ohio follow. The number in
trie worm is variously estimated at trom tour
to six millions. According to the lowest estimate,
two millions are apportioned to Europe,
(of which Russia and Poland have six
hundred thousand;) Asia eight hundred
thousand; Africa six hundred thousand;
and America one hundred thousand. Of
the practical wisdom of the custom prevalent
among even the most opulent Jews, and
which they observe in common with many
European monarcbs, of educating their children
to some regular trade or profession,
without regard to their immediate or presumptive
pecuniary circumstances, I have
in mind an illustrative circumstance. During
the commercial revulsion of 1836, an
eminent and wealthy Hebrew banking and
brokerage house in Wall street was prostrated
with hundreds of others. One member of
the house, who had been bred to the profession
of medicine, according to usage, but
with no anticipation of engaging in its practice,
was by this reverse of fortune thrown
upon this reserve. He immediately established
himself as a physician, and is to this
day a popular and successful practitioner among
his nation."
Kansas.?The St. Louis papers contain
a farewell address of Gov. Denver, to the
people of Kansas, on retiring from office.?
He says that henceforth the continuance of
peace in that Territory depends more on the
people themselves than on the Governor ;
that they have an abundance of local civil
officers elected by themselves without disturbance
or interference; that they have
just accomplished the peaceable election of
a Legislature, and it makes no material difference
who may be Governor. He does not
think the Territory yet prepared for a State
organization.
Kansas has been unfortunate with its governors
as it has been in everything else.?
We agree with Gov. Denver that the peace
of the Territory depends upon its own people,
and that they are not yet prepared for a
State organization. The politicians will
scarcely however permit her to remain quiet.
An Elective Judiciary.?TheNational
Intelligencer believes it is now allowed by
j.L? nf oil nnr+ioa in ftll fVlA
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States where it has been tried, that the system
of an 'Elective Jndiciary' is fast sinking
into popular odinm and contempt, from which
not even the surviving dignity and integrity
of its official incumbents are sufficient to retrieve
it.
Do Bucks Shed Their Horns??"We
refer the Administration party to the election
returns from Pennsylvania, for a solution
of this long mooted question.
4?" Kirwan says that a pious Scotchman
used to pray, "Oh, Lord, keep me right j
for thou knowest if I go wrong, it is very
hard to turn me."
Sanitary Condition or New York.? "
The State Senate Committee appointed for
Ifae- purpose of investigating into the sanitary
condition of New York, met in the City
Hall yesterday. The questions the committee
propose to investigate are: Whether
the health of New York is inferior to that
of other cities ib this country or Enrope?
whether the number of deaths is larger in
proportion to the population of the respective
cities. If so, what is the cause ? And
the cause being ascertained, what remedy
can be adopted ?
Dr. John H. Gariscom made a very interesting
statement of facts, showing that the
mortality of New York waa greater than that
of all the cities of Oris country of whfbh he
had statistics, and greater than that of London,
which was the only city of Europe with
which he was prepared to contrast it. The
reason he assigned was the miserable condition
in which the lower classes lire, in total
disregarded of the proper modes of life.?
In this connection he detailed the condition
of tenement bouses and their inmates
in this oity.
As a remedy he proposed that by legislation
it be made compulsory that every sanitary
officer, both legislative and execative,
shall be a medical man, and fully competent
to discharge faithfully the important duties
which would devove upon him. This is in
accordance with the sanitary regulations of
London and Paris, respecting which ho furnished
the committee with much valuable
information. The committee contemplate
holding many meetings, and making a thorough
investigation into everything supposed
to exert an influenoe on the health of the
city.?N. Y. Nevot, 23d.
Let that Hohse Dbink.?When a boy,
I was riding in a one horse carriage with an
aged lady relative, myself holding the reins.
As we passed through a ford the horse showed
a disposition to drink which I thwarted
hu Iruinhincr him villi a whin.
'Stop, my soo, aod let that, horse drink,'
said the old. lady.
'Why, aunty,' I replied,, 'he ia not thirsty;
he only ma&es believe; it's not an hour since
he drank.'
'Let him drink,' said she, he knows his
own wants best. Whethe^rhe really needs
it or not, you sea-it wmpleasefiim to be allowed
to drinl^ and he does a great deal to
please you..,- Always remember, my tan,that
when you can gratify a dumb beast by doing
anything so cheap as a drink of waierTro?4
running brook, it is very churlish to refuse*- %
I have always remembered it. To this ^
day I seldom drive a horse through a fording,
but I think of my gentle aunt, with that
blessed heart of hers for the poor dumb beast,
who knows his own wants best. fier admonition
left a soft layer among the strong ledges
of my human nature, and I hope I have
been a somewhat kinder man for the bias
which was then given to my feeling for the
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How to put out Burning Tar.?-John
Parr writes the following to a New York
paper:
'In the month of November, 1850, Isailed
from New Orleans, bound for Boston j there
were about 130 passengers, including crew.
When about four days out the cholera broke
out among the passengers and crew, and the
doctor ordered the ship to be fumigated with
pitch. The second time of fumigation the
iron chain, heated nearly red hot, aet the
barrel of pitch in a blaze, which ascended,
I should judge, fully six or seven feet high.
Being myself looking on at the time, I seized
two blankets that were lying in a bunk close
at hand, and, throwing them on the flame,
completely smothered it out in less than a
minute. There was a great call for water,
but when it came the fire was choked out by
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tne oianaets. x am connaem mat 11 water
had been thrown on the flame, the ship
wonld have been destroyed. I bad been informed
by my father (when a boy) that a
blanket was the best thing to smother a Are
at the commencement of breaking out; consequently,
I believe the slight knowledge on
that point saved the vessel and passengers.
The ship was the Silas Leonard, (of Portland,
I think,) commanded by Capt. Thompson,
a thorough seaman.'
What it Costs to See Europe.?It is
stated that ten thousand eight hundred and
seventy passports have been issued since
Gen. Cass was appointed Secretary. Allowing
each to cover tbree members of a family,
the aggregate made must exceed 32,000.?
Taking the expenditure to be $1,000 each,
we find that in thiB way thirty-two millions
have been carried out of the country. This
estimate does not include the old passports
used, or those procured from the American
Legation in the British Dominions.
Washington States.
What's a Visitation??Two farmers
in riding together met a large number of
clergymen, and one of them said to the other.
'Where are all these persons coming from ?'
To this his friend replied, 'They have been
at a visitation/ The other, no wiser than
before, asked, 'What's a visitation ?' The
answer was, 'Why it's where all the parsons
goes once a year and swops their sermons/
His friend, thus enlightened, quietly remarked,
'Hang it, but our chap must get the worst
on it every time!'
t&* Here is a new way to get rid of a bad
neighbor. A Mississippi paper tells how a
fellow of doubtful character was induced to
leave. Some of his neighbors made up s
sufficient sum of money-for him to travel on,
and left it lying about loose. He found it,
but supposing be had stolen it, he left?not
the money, but the county.
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Lovers, whose only desire is to take
long and romantic walks beneath the . moon
are not long in discovering after marriage
that they cannot subsist op moonshine. "R|.,
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