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Deuoiefr lo progress, tl)c Bights of ll)e nri& ftyc Diffusion of Useful ilnoxoUirge among oil Classes of Working At en.
VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, .JULY 23. 1857. NUMBER 11.*
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AaENTS.
AV. \V. Vai-kkr, Jr., Columbia, S. C.
I'ktss f raAStxr, Esq., Flat Rock. N. C.
A. M i'kokm, Fairview P. O., Greenville Dirt '
. AVir?iAwC. Uailkv, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. (
: C .i*t. R. Q- Avdicrsox, Enoree, Spartanburg. I
^tltcttii ^nttrq.
The Duel?A Seasonable Ballad.
BY THOMAS HOOD.
In (lie Brentford town, of old renown,
Theio lived a Mr. Bray,
Who fell in love with Lucy Bell,
And SO did Mr. Cl?v.
Said Mr. Bray to Mr. Clay,
" You choose to rival me,
And court Miss Bell, hut there your court
No thoroughfare shall be."
" Unless you now give up j*our buit,
You may repent your love ;
I who have shot a pigeon match,
Can shoot a turtle dove."
" So pray before you woo her more,
Consider what you do;
If you pop aught trs Lucy 13ell?
I'll |K>p it into you."
Said Mr, Clay to Mr. Brav,
"Your threats I quite explode;
One who has been a volunteer
Knows how to piime and load."
" And so I say to you, unless
Your passion quile ke.eps,
I who have shot, and bit bull's eyes,
May chance to hit a sheep's."
Now gold is oft. for silver changed?
And that for copper red ;
But these two went away, to give
Each other chancre for lead.
But first tlip.v sought n friend n piece,
This pleasant thought to give?
When they were dead that they should have
Two seconds still to live.
To measure out the ground, not long
The seconds then forebore,
And having taken one rash step,
They look a dozen more.
They next prepared each pistol pan
Against the deadly strife.
By putting in the prime of death
Against the prime of life.
Now all was roady for the foes.
But when they took their stands.
Fear made them tremble so, they found
They both were shaking hands.
I Said Mr. C. to Mr. B.,
" llere one of us may fall.
And like St. Paul's Cathedral now,
I Be doomed to have a ball.
" I do confess I did attach
Misconduct to your name;
If I withdraw the charge, will then
Your ramrod do the same I"
Said Mr. B.?M I do agree?
But think of Honor's Couit!
If w? frn off without a shoot.
- ? - ?
There will be strange reports.
" But look, the morning now is bright,
Though cloudy it begun ;
Whv ean't we aim above as if
YVe had called out the sun. i
So harmless up into the air,
Their bullets they did send ;
And may all other duels have
That up-shot iu the oud.
Stanza of tho familiar song of the " Old
Arm Chair," as sung bj a modern die-away
young miss:
a t Hi lo hove it, hi lo-hore it,
And who>oo sha-lmtl da hare
To-hoo chi-hi-hide me for lolioving
That o-ho-hold a-barm cha chair?
Tkmpora Mutantur.?Just one hundred
years ago, a young Boston divinity
student set sail for Newark, N. J-, to pursue
his studies. The fitst article in his list of
provisions for the voyage, was " five quarts
We*t India rum." He also bore letters of
* recommendation as a young ma? of piety
sad learning fit " for ye work of ye miniej
tr7"n *
9iiterr0tiug Jtittit ^tnrirs.
The Torn Pocket
BY JANE WEAVER.
" My dear," said Mr Huston to hi* young
w ife, ns he rose from bin breakfast tabic, 44 I
wish you would mend my overcoat pocket,
l'he day is pleasant, so that I can leave the
loat oil without inconvenience."
' Very well, my love," was the reply, and
ft moment after the front door closed on the (
husband, who departed to the store, where
lie filled the place of a tesponsihle clerk.
Mrs. Huston rose to attend to her domestic
attaint, and occupied in them, soon forGfot
the torn coat pocket. About noon she
had finished her work, and, having a spate
hour before dinner, sat down and look tip a
late novel. In this way she continued to
overlook the torn pocket until the ineal was
over, and her husband had again left the
house, when going to look for the overcoat,
tho found that Mr. Huston had put it oil,
the weather having grown colder.
"O! well, it will do to night," said tho
wife. " I suppose ho will ?c?dd when he
Finds I forgot it ; but it can't be helped
nnw 11
The truth was, Mrs. Iluston was whiit is
called " a good, easy woman that is, she
never intentionally harmed any one, but
was only thoughtless and forgetful ; her
sins were those of omission. So she found
no difficulty in dismissing all uncomfortable
thoughts concerning tho torn pocket, and,
resuming her novel, was soon deep in the
miseries of tiie heroine.
About dusk there came a violent ring at
tho bell. It was a magnetic ring, as it were,
and expressed anger, or great tribulation,
if not both. It made the somewhat nervous
Mrs. Iluston start with a little shriek. She
slopped reading, and listoned.
Directly the servant opened the door, and
the step of her husband was heard, but
heavier and quicker than usual, ller heart
uuaccoi'Utably began to U;at faster. ' O !
dear," she cried to herself, " what can be the
matter f"
She was not long left in doubt. Her husband
came at once in the sitting room, emotions
of rage and suffering alternating per
ceptibly in his faco. Frightened at demeanor
so unusual, the wife looked up, her
lips parted iu terror, and uuabie to welcome
him as usual.
" See what you have done!" cried Mr.
Iluston, passionately taking oft'his over-coat,
turning the torn pocket inside out, and
throvviniT the irarinetiL into his hearer's Ian
"you have ruined ino wjih your negligence
!"
14 What, what have I done!" gasped his
wife at last, as he sternlv regarded her.
14 lias anything happened fv
41 Anything happened ! Didn't I loll you
I was ruined ? I've lost five lain J rod dollars,
and have heen discharged because I lost it;
and all because you didn't mend my pocket.
Nor is it the first time, as you know, that
you have neglected to do what you ought.
You are always forgetting. I olteu told
you you would rue it some day."
44 Dot how did it happen ? Can nothing
he done ?" timidly said the wife, after a
while.
44 IIow did it happen I In the most natural
way possible. I had a note to pay for
the firm, and as the hank lav in this part of
the town, I brought the money up to din
ner, and, on going out, put it into my overcoat
pocket, supposing you had mended the
rent. When I readied the hank the money
was gone. It was then neatly three o'clock.
Almost frantic, I came hack to within-a few
s'eps of the door, hoping to find tlie money
on the pavement. It wax madness, as I
might have known ; but I looked again and
again, asking everybody I met. At last. I
went back to the store. I tut the news had
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prereacu uie. i lit? nwnrj- inui wimuiv wen
there to protect the note, and my employers
would not hear n word of excuse. 1 was
discharged on the spot."
Am he ceased speaking, he threw himself
on a chair by the table, and huiied his face
in his hands. Ilis discharge, was, indeed, a
terrible blow. Without fortune, or anything
but hia character to depend on, lie
saw, in hia loss of place, and the consequent
refusal of hia employers to recommend him,
a future full of disasters. And all for what ?
All because bis wife could not remember the
simplest duty.
No wonder, ?n this hour of trouble, that
he turned away from her, and buried bis
face in hi* hands. No wonder ho felt an
griiv toward her, the author of this evil.
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r Ul it WIIMO i*l ' I?. tnniwil Miuw IlUb WMMl
to <lo. Ibe teat# ran down her checks, but
she feared to approach her husband. " He
will drive ine away/* she said to herself.
" But I have deserved it all, 1 have deserved
it 1L"
At last she ventured to approach him. and
at last he was induced to Intew. With
many tears she promised never to be neglectful
again, " which she would never forget."
Nor has she forgotten it. Years have
passed, and the Huston* are now comparatively
well off; for, after a while, Mr. ilus
U>i> obtained atiml.tr situation, and finally
became a partner in the house.
But to this day, when tho wife sees either
of Iter daughters negligent, she calls the offender
to her, and tells, ns a warning, the
stpry of the torn'jxKket.
Col. Yell's First Court. 1
FOUNDED ON FACT.
When Colonel Archibald Yell, afterwards ti
killed at tho battle of lhienu Vista, had Ink i
en his seat foi the first ti mo upon the bench, t
the first easo on the docket was culled, and i
the plaintiff stood ready. It was a case ?
that had been in litigation for five years.
General Smoot arose for the defendant, and 1
remarked, in an overbearing tone: "Our
witnesses arc absent, and therefore 1 demand
that the case be continued until licit term, in
course." , <
" Let tho affidavit be filed, for not tili I
then can I entertain a motion for countinnance,"
was the reply of the Judge.
" Do you doubt my word as to the facts V' 1
General Snioot exclaimed sharnlv. and in
volnntaiit>* rained Ids hugo-sword cane. '
" JYot at all," replied tlie Judge with his 4
blandest smile; "but l he law retpiires that the
facts justifying a continuance must appear
on record, and the court had no power to 1
annul a law, nor any wil to see it annulled." 4
The Judge's calin ami business-like tone I
and manner onlv served to irritate the bid- 4
ly, and he retorted, shaking his sword cane
in the direction of the bench : " What may
he the law, I, for one, will not learn it from
the lips of an upstart demagogue and a cow- 1
ard !"
Judge Yell's hi tie eves shot lightning;
hut he only turned to the Clerk and said?
" Clerk, you will enter a fine of fifty dollars
against Gen. Sinoot, as I have seen him
named on my docket, for gross contempt of 1
court; and ho sure you issue an immediate
execution." '
lie had hardly communicated the order,
when Gen. Smoot was seen rushing towards
him, brandishing his sword-cane, all hisfeatuics
writhing murderous wrath, and pallid
as a corpse. Every glance was fixed on the
countenance of the Judgo, for iiU wi-hed to 1
know how he would breuk the coming i
shock of the duelist's fierce assault. But 1
none, however, could detect the slightest
change in his appearance. His cheek grew i
neither red nor white, nor a nerve seemed 1
to tremble ; his calm eve surveyed the ad- 4
vanciug foe, with as iittle sign of perturba- 4
tiuu as a chein'ut might show scrutinizing '
the etfervcrsceuce of some novel mixture, lie
still herf^llv -villi with si kImIV i?I' n*iint. i1
ed iron in his hand. Snioot ascended iIk- '
plat form, mui immediately aimed a treinen- '
| dons Mow at the head of his foe. At that '
blow five hundred hearts shuddered, and '
more than a dozen voices sh licked, all expecting
to see the victim's skull shivered to
atoms. The general astonishment then mav j
he conceived, when they beheld the little |
iron stall' describe a quick curve, an the)
great sword calio flew fioin Smool's lingers,
and fell with a loud clatter at the distance
of twenty feet in '.lie hall * The bullied bully
uttereu a cry of winth, wild as that of
some wounded beast of prey, and snatched ,
liis bowiu knife from its sheath, hut ere it ,
was poised for the desperate plunge, the lit- |
tie iron stall'cut another curve, and the big
knife followed the sword-cane, lie then
hastily drew a revolving pistol, but before lie
had time to touch the trigger his arm was
struck powerless bv his side. And then, foi
the first time, did Judge Yell betray perceptible
emotion, lie stamped his foot till the
platform shook beneath him and shoutvd in
trumpet tones?" Mr. Clerk, you will bio'.
i* 11 f I I <1 i? 'w ti a III A I ii >111 I Ilia r/kll Iiltoe
*111.-* I llllillll r* IMIIIfV II VII* * ? I V. I\'l| * '1 (II | Wl
nevs, as ;t foul disgiaee to the bar. Mr. I
Sheriff, take the criminal to jail." The lat
ter ofticer sprang to obey the mandate, ami j
immediately a hoc no of e.on fuM<>n ensued,;
which no j>en can describe. The bravoe* j
and myrmidon friends of Gen. Sinoot gatli
end round to obstruct the Slierift* while
many of the citizens lent their aid to sustain
tho authority of the court. Menaces,
screams, and horrid cur-es, the ring of im- i
pinging and crossing steel, alternate cries of
I rage and pain, all commingled with the awful
explosion of firearms, blended together a
| vivid i lea of Pandemonium, lint throughout
all the tempestuous strife, two indivhiu
:i!h might ho -observed us leaders of (lie
whirlwind and riders of ihe storm. The '
new Jndgo used his little iron cane with tor J
rihle efficiency, crippling limbs, yet sparing I
life. Bill nullum, imitating the clemency |
of his honored frielid, disdaining the n>e ol i
either knife or pistol, actually trampled and
crushed down all opposition, roaring at eve
ry furious blow?" '.ids is the way to pre
serve order is court,''?a sentiment which
he accompanied w ith wild peals of laughter.
In less than two minutes the party of the
Judge triumphed, the clique of (Jen. Smoot
sutiered a disastrous defeat, and the LuJIy
himself home away to prison.
Such wae the dehnt of Archibald Yell in
Arkanas; and from that day his popularity,
as a man, as a Judge, as a hero, nnd as a
politician, went on rapidly increasing, till
eclipsing tho oldest and most poweiftil
names, it set on the bloody eve of Hucna
Vista.?Keokuk Weekly Timet.
" Ttie Still Small Voice."
BT MISS C. w. 11A RDtn.
"Go not with the multitude to do evil."
4* Come, George, are you ready 1" i
44 1 don't believe I will go to night, Char
ie. I've la-en thinking about it, and have I
on eluded that 1 hud best to stay Ht home." I
44 Stay at home ! why, tho dickens.?
kVhat has brought this about? Wo boys I
ire going to have a ical 4 wake up ' ami ii<?
nistake about it. You don't pretend to say I
hat you are going to stay eooued up hero. 1
n the counting room alone, while we are all
>(1 enj ?ying ourselves, do you ?"
44 Ye*. Charlie, I have a good hook on 1
land, and shall not mind being left alone !" i
"44 Hut we are going U> have such capital j
lines, George.?-lliero will he oysters and
lardines, and uiikey. and pickled lobsters to
tat, and something to dunk ? wine I suppose.
and chatnpaigne and?"
" Ami brandy, interposed Charlie.
** Well, 1 shouldn't wonder! Ma zee lias]
lie ge'ling up of the entertainment, and
Mazca known how such things ought to be
lone, if anvbody in the world does?yen, I
I are say there will be* brandy there, come,
won't you go ? The boys expect you."
George Million shook hi* head. " I canlot
go," he said, " you will have to do with>ut
iiiw to-night, Charlie?sorry to disap*
point die boys, but really I must bo eXCUsl-d
!"
* Well, now, who ever heard the like of j
tliat! You'll miss lots of fun I can tell von.
Robinson will be there, and he sings gl omus |
songs you know."
" Yes, I know?I should like to hear Rob- j
iiiroii sing, ami tliat's a fact, but ? in shoit.j
I've made up my mind that I cannot go, and
I cannot."
" I should like to know what's to hinder," '
'oritiniieil the tempter, diaxving a cigar from |
liis pocket, and sticking one end of it in tin* j
iounting-room liie, before applying it to bis |
lips?' nothing on earth to prevent as I can j
see?plenty of time yet to get ready?1'il;
wait for you."
George Mulien. was as fine a young fel j
low us yon will see in a thousand?atteii- 1
live to business, and intelligent, lie was I
toeial in bis disposition and a general favor-!
ilo. If there was any passion in his soul it'
was a love of music, and Robinson did sing;
>oiios?there was no deti\ in<r it. For a mo- !
merit lie hesitated. Ilo ili<l not frequent |
imivivinl partius such as lie knew this was |
rrniiifr to be, for the hois were boiunl, lie |
well knew, to have a leal " wake up." To '
liave heard the talk, one would havesuppos |
i| they had, individually and collectively.'
M'en asleep tor a (puirter of a century at i
least?real Uip Van Winkles every una of!
iliein. Hnl ho could go this once if hei
i-hose to do so?-tlioio .vas, in realilv, noth- j
inor to hinder. The prospect hi -pueding an I
evening in a dreary counting room, was not j
the most inviting one in the world.
Ho was about reaching out bis hand toj
take the light to go and dress, when, light!
there in the dim. du>ky air of that gloomy :
room, there arose la-fore him a face?a pale. |
dying faee. hut sweet as an Angel's. He]
knew jt instantly. It was his mother's.? ]
Uo seemed to become a hov again, and ho'
felt her thin white Ita id lying upon his yel- I
low hair, and heard her tremulous voice say- j
itig to him, "My sou, my only sou, shun
temptation !"
" Mother," he cried half aloud-, " I will."
Charlie Henderson exhausted all his elo i
ipience upon him in vain, and tinally left
Illll).
Twenty years afterwards, when he was a
hale hearty merch'tnl in piinm of prosperous !
manhood, lie looked around liiin, fir thej
hoys who enjoyed " wake tips " in his youth.'
Few of tliein remained. Most of thein ear-1
lv heeamo dissipated?some of litem had
fail oil in business, and moveil "West"?|
many of iliem ha<l ilied. His thought re !
verted hack to the scene wo have described 1
in the counting-room of his employer, and
lie mentally blessed, " the sliil small coiee"j
of the mother who saved him in the hour of <
temptation.
?s???
A Duel ok Puofit.?An Englishman
fought a duel with an American. The eon
ditioiii* were that hut one shot should he exchanged.
and that the precedence should go
l?y lot. The Englishman got the first chatu-e,
Imt failed to hit his adversary. \s the
Yankee lifted his weapon, the other called
out :
" 1 fold ] I will bnv your alio! !"
All were astonished at sir strange a pro-1
position, Imt the opponent answered
' What will joii give?"
" Five hiimlre<l pounds |"
' Non-tense,'* cried the Yankee, taking aim
again. " I am a good inaikatnau?-you set
loo low a value on youraalf I"
' You estimate meat loo high a price;
hut I will give you a thousand pounds."
' Agreed!" cried the Yankee, and the
duel was at an end.
' I should mightiy like a drive out," said
a dandy to a man, on seeing an elegant ear
riage standing in the street. " Should
yon ?" the man retorted. " Well, gat into
t lint carriage, and 1*11 engage they will
quickly drive you out 1"
Bashful Men. i?"
1)Y MliS. DUNI80K. Ili
Wo never yet paw a genuinely liasliful ui
man who was not the soul of honor. Though at
*uch may blush and stammer, and slung di
(heir shoulders awkwardly, unable to throw si
forth, wi'll ease, the thought* tlint they \v
would express, yet commend them to us fur
friend*.
There are fine touches in their characters
lhat time will mellow and luing out peicep 0
lions as delicate as rlie faintest tint is to the ' t>
unfolding rose! and their thoughts me none j nthe
less refined And beuuiiful, althongh tliev 1 fi
do not How with the impetuosity of the j tl
shallow streamlet. j si
We are astonished that shell men are net j ?
appreciated ; that ladies, with really good ! ci
hearts and cultivated intellects, will reward j
the gallant Sir Mostachio Brainless with si
smite* umi aueuiiou, oecaiise lie c m ioui a u
shawl gracefully, ami bandy compliments j h
willi l'aiisian elegance, while they will ti<>l j <>
condescend to look upon tlie worthiest in in j h
who feels for them a reverence bo great tLi.it i u
every unite glnnee is worship. I a
The man who is ha-hful in the presence j .-|
of Indies is their defender when the loose ic
tongue of tlie slanderer would defame : it is n
not lie who !?oa<ts of conquest, or dares to ?*|
lalk glibly of failings that exist in imagina b
ti ?n alone; hi* cheek will bin-!: '.villi resent* !i
menu bis eye Hash with anger, to hear the a
name of woman coupled with a coarse oath ; t<
and yet lie who would die to defend tin in C
is least honored by the majority of our sex o
Whoever heard of a bashful libertine ? <>
The anomaly was never seen. Ka*o and A
elegance are his requisities ; upon his lips sit ?
tlatiery, ready to pay court alike to blue a
e\es and black; lie is never nou-plussed. lie u
in v. r blushes. For a glance lie i> in rap* ti
tures; for a word be would professedly lay 1 j,
down liia life. Yet it is lie who lills our u
vile city dens with wiet ks of female purity ;; (
it is ho who profanes the holy name of
mother; desolate* tlio sliniie whero domes-J )i
tic happiness is throned; ruins the heart e
that trusts in him ; pollutes the very air lie ?
hreallies?all tinder tlio mask of a gentle- o
man. e
Ladies, a word in your ear: have you I
lovers, and would you possess a worthy litis- s
hand ! Choose hint whoso delicacy of do- S
poi tuietit, whose sense of your worth, leads o
him to stand aloof, while others crowd In
around you. If he blushes, stammers even I a
at your approach, consider them so many i
signs of exalted opinion of your suk. If he j
is retiring and modest, let not a thousand
lot tunes w eigh him down in a balance, for.
depend upon it, with him your life will lie
happier with poverty than with many an- j
other surrounded by the splendor of palaces. (l
A Thrilling Incident. c
Returning from a visit in New Orleans n
we were fortunate enough to secure passage i
in a line steamer, with but few pas?engei>. \
Among the ladies one especially interested t
us. Slio was the widow of a wealthy plan ?
ter, and was reluming with one only child
to her father's house. Her devotion to the! ,
child was very touching, and the ey es of her J |
old hlaek nurse wotil t fill with tears as she i ,
besought her mistress * not to love that !m>v t
too much, or the Lord wouiJ lake him
away from her."
\V? passed through the canal of Louis <.
ville, and stopped for a few moments at the
wharf, when the nurse. wishing to see the! J
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i n >? mil vu ihi; ^ii'U m, in me unvi\ i .
of the Unit, w here, by a sml.Rn effort the S
child sprang from her arnn into tlie turribh* < t
current that sweeps toward* the falls, and j i
disappeared immediately. The confusion |
which eiiMiud attracted 'lie attention of a i 1
gentleman who was sitting in the fore pari
of the hoat quietly reading. Rising lias- .?
lilv, he itsked for some article the child had ?
worn. 1 he nurse handed Jiiin a tiny apion I
she had lorn off in her elforls to retain the ?
l?al?e in Iter arms. 'Turning to a splendid ' t
Xewfuindlar.d dog that was eagerly watch I I
ing his countenacr, he pointed first to the j I
apion, ami then to the spot where the child j t
had gone tinder. In an instant the noble! I
dog leaped into the rushing water, ami also | .
disappeared. Ry this time the excitement J?
was intense, ami some persons on shore, i?
supposing that the dog was lost as well as *
the child, they procured a In ml and stailid <
off to scutch for the body. Just alibis lime <
tin* dog was seen far away with some!fling t
in bis mouth. Btavely lie struggled with
the waves, but it was evident bis strength
was failing fast, and more than one bieasi t
gave a sigh of relief as the boat reached |
Itiid. ami it was announced thai be had the ,
child, and that it was Mill alive. They wen- ,
hi ought on board?I ho dog and the cliild. <
(Jiving a Hinglo glance to sati-fav herself ,
that llits cliild was really living, (be young (
mother ru-lied forwnul, ami sinking beside (
ilie dog, threw her arms around bis neck
and burst into tears. Not many could view
the sight unmoved, and as she caressed and i
kissed his shaggy head, alio looked up to
his owner and said : I
1'0, sir, I must have this dog ; 1 nin rich ;
Inke all I have?everything?but give me
tny child's preserver."
The gentleman smiled, and patting his I
dog's head, said, " I am very glad, madatn, i
??????MM?
tf Iihh been of service to you, but nothing
i the world could induce tne to part with
iin."
The dog looked as though he perfectly
itdcrxtcod what they were talkink about,
xl giving hU si.let a shake, laid himself
jwn at hia master's feet, with an expreaon
in his large eyes that said plainer than
oid-1, "No, nothing shall part us!"
A Soore of Printers.
Tn this otllee arc twenty printers engaged.
?nly look at them ! In ages, ranging front
ventv to forty ; in size and complexion,
on iim ordinary stout fwe never knew a
it printer) to some that might craw!
rn>ugh a greased tlute, as white as Circasans,
and others brown or rosy?as your
Georgia ciacker," or Pennsylvania j ubliin.
Some bearded like the Pard, othe:-?
mouth faced ns the Greek Slave. ffne has
MVelcd all over Arkansas, end the wild
orse in the pampas of South America; anther
has been ?>ut on the broad ocean, and
as seen life befire the mast; another gradated
at West Point, served in the army,
i:?l accompanied Col- Doniphan in his Xenphonic
giaud campaign all over New Mexto.
Waal a book ho can wiite. Another
as kept tavern, sold trends at auction, trav
led over lite United States several times,
een well off mid broken?often. Two have
ctn " on the stage," a pr desaion printers
te imiel) addicted to, for about half the acnin
on the American board are printers,
)ne, we believe, ha< preached sermons, anther
has lecturer] to crowded houses. Anther
has served in Mexico with Gen. Scott,
i sixth has been a stump orator, nienitv r
f the Legislature "out West," and fo tight
duel, we believe. Three have practiced
ledicine, k"pt store and dealt in horjes, colon
and negroes. Two have held inuniciial
offices. Four or five have been officers
>r pr vates in various military companies
)n? served with Gen. Houston in theTexsn
evolution, and one in tiio Canadian iebelion.
Six or eight have edited and publishd
newspapers in various parts of the Unitd
States. One has been officer of a p;u*k? t
ii tho ' raging canawl." One was wound*
,|?|??or off?the storming of Monterey,
toother has clerked it on a Mississipj i
learner; was blown up and slightly killed,
ionie are or have been mariied ; some are
ild bachelors. All have seen more or tas
1* life and its changeable scenes. They are
II live men. good practical printers, speakng
various languages, and foinj a newspa?or
corps haul to surpass or equal.
[ Cincinnati Unionist.
Sevem Children* at a Birth.?When
htriiuui'n baby-show presented us with an
ceular demonstration of " quintuple aliinee
" in the shape of a mother wiih fire
hildivn, all born on the same occasion, we
nude up our minds that ne plus ultra in
his direction had been reached. But as it
vas not our province to affix boundaries to
lie operations of naturo, not to say. of proriessive
life,
" Around how wi le, how deep extend below,"
we concluded, very philosophically, to l>eicve
it possible, barely possible, that six
night occur. Beyond this We resolved not
o believe in a single baby.
Brit bow vain ari*V bum in calculations !
\s if to put our firm resolntion to a test it
an never survive, the story comes that:
The schooner Sarah Battled arrived at
*few Orleans on the 12th i istnnt, bringing
dexiean dates to tbe 20;b ultimo. On the
iOtli ultimo a Mexican woman of the capiat
was delivered of seven male children at
me birth. Both mother and seven children
sere, when the schooner left, piogieasing favorably.
Now the best or the worst of it is, the
itory conies well authenticated. We have
jot to admit the fact, nolens volens. Our
ialf a dozen barrier is broken down, or rath
tr leaped over?our incredulity is shaken to
lie winds. We will now stick our stake at
'en. We will believe up to that number;
lmt if ever a daughter of live presumes to
ax our faith to the tune of eleven, we shan't
tclie.ve?unless we are there to see. Meanwhile
a question suggests itself for discusdon,
not less interesting than that of the
ize of the ciinoline a female has a light to
mrround herself with, viz.?llmv many
-hildren has a woman a light to have at
nice ? Old bachelors will please not read
his article, especially if tliey are nervous.
One of tifk F. F. V?The editor of
lie Souihsiile (Vra.) Democrat has seen the
last female descendant of I 'ocahontas, nod
lie only descendant, in a direct line, in the
diajw of a tall, slightly browned female of
>8 years, her long raven black hair flowing
>ver her shoulders, while she calmly leaned
>ver a Yankee tub, washing open-work
Hoc kings,
' Mr. Jo-ses. don\ you lliiok marriage
s a means of grace ?"
44 Certainly, anything i* ft means of grace
ihnt leads ?? to repentance."
Scene closes with a broortt handle.
" flow dreadful short the dayt ave.4' at
lite womnn eaiti when she let her breakfast
lishes at and til! -he had rend a novel.