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VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 18. 1858. NUMBER 41?
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18 W8LI8HED WEEKLY IV
: ?. P. PRICE & C. M. M'JUNKIN,
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WILLIAM P. PRICE,
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J AGENTS.
Vr.rx* Art .voter, K#q., Slut RocV, K. .
A. M. l'ttuki, F?lr?lf* P. O., Oreonrllla IXst
IIAltar, PleiUMtnt Orore, Greenville.
_ A 't. r. q. Andkii?.i5, Knoree, Spartanburg.
G. W. Kura, Traveling Agent.
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[From Punch. |
^ My FloraA
FASHIONADLB P ASTOK At..
.
* "JT?H me, Gentles, have you seen,
My Worn pass this wnv t
That you may know the Miss I mean,
Her briefly I'll portray.
No bonnet on ber bead,
Hut on her neck she wears:
An oyster shell 'tis said
In sise with it compare*,
Its shnpe no ove can brook,
Its use is doubtful too;
It but imparts a barefaced look.
And bring* much cliiek to view.
tier dress may please the Swell,
For its swollen cxntwrance ;
Site looks a monster Helle
in such Big lien expanse.
Those air-tubes filled with gas
*.* Might lift, ber te the moon ;
ij- The small boys mark it as they pass.
And screech out : " Ah Walloon !
A parasol she bears
Kor ornament, not use :
For comfort, gloves rlie wears
' Too tight, and slaves loo loose.
Behind her hang* a hood
w Just level with l?er chin.
An Indian K?jin?w might find it good
To (nit a hah}- in.
Of her hair she shows the roots.
Sham fiowers the rest conceal;
And she's crippled by her boots
With (lie military heel:
Streets oft' you hear litem stalk
When e'er she ventures out;
And she seems to waddle more than walk
Her hoops so sway about.
ITer figure may be good.
But that no eye can tc'.l;
A mere lay figure would
Show off her dress as well.
She may have ankle* neat,
Bui Utey'ie concealed by skirt,
.h Which chiefly servos to hide her feet.
And gather up the dirt.
Then, Gentles, have you seen
My Flora this way come t
She cannot have unnoticed been,
She takes up loo tuuch room I
I ?LH?1??I I ?
ftlisrdlfltttoiui l&toiiing.
WK? the Slogan of the Highlanders-"?
A Thrilling Moment at Lneknow.
- The war in India has been attended with
many scenes of thrilling interest, and there
have not been wanting pens to picture them
with startling effect. The following graphic
description of the scene at the moment of
?' the arrival of the relief, so long, so painful|v
awaited by the belengued inmates of
Laekoo*, written by a lady of the rescued
party, equals in dramatic intensity the best
f descriptive passages of Sir Walter Scott,
. and surpasses anything done by Hussell in
-illo Crimea:
i y 44 Death stared vt in the face. We were
felly persuaded that in twenty-four hoars
<4 all would be over. The engineers had said
<00, and all knew Ibe wont. We women
trove to encourage each other, and to perform
the light dutiee which had been assigned
lor we, eueh ae conveying order# to
2 *?$ ??d vwwpling the men with
*" prorWonn, cupe of eoffee, which we prepar*ed
day and night. Utad gone out to try
tad make myself useful, in company with
f??eele Brown, the wife of a corporal in my
'husband's regiment. Poor Jeeeio had been
'in a state of restlee* excitement all ({trough
the se%e, and bad fallen away visibly with,
fa the ia*t few day*. A constant fever consented
her, and iter mind wandered oeea,4
titonally, especially on the* day when the reeoUeot^m
of home teemed powerfully pres.
dow^ on tho ground, wrajI^S^p'i'o h7r
plaid. I aat beeide her, promising to awe ken
ber. when, ae ebe said, her hither should
dfKWnvn foot tho ploughing.' She at length
fell into a profound slumber, motionless and
apparently breathless, her hwrd reeling id
,,,j a iinKu wuiii nu longer rwisl I
Ihe inclination to sleep, in spite of tho con- \
tinnal roar of cannon. Suddenly I wan >
aroused by it wild, unearthly scream doae ?
to my car ; my companion stood upright lie *
side me, her arms raised, and her head belli \
forward in the atii'ude of listening. A look c
of intense delight broke over her rounte* t
nance, she grasped my hand, drew mo to- t
wards her, and exclaimed, 4 Dinnn ye hear t
it f dinna yc bear it! Ay, Tin no drenmin', t
its the slogan of the Highlanders I We're *
saved, we're saved !' Then, flinging herself 1
on her knee% she thanked (iod with pas- (
stonate fervor. a
14 1 felt utterly bewild^rd ; my English cars t
heard only the roar of artillery, and I thought c
my poor Jessie was still raving, but she r
darted to the batteries ; and 1 heard her cry r
incessantly to the men, 4 Courage 1 liaik to *
the slogan?to the Macgregor, the grandest c
of them a'l. Here's help at last.' To de- r
scribe the effect of these words upon the t
soldiers would be impossible. For a mo t
i monl ii?a?. ? 1 *
, m.vm? %uo^ imwi iiring, unci every soul lis* t
| teneil with inlen.se anxiety. Gradually, ?
I however, there ft roue a murmur of bitter difc- I
appointment, and the wailing of the women f
who had docked out began anew as the i
Colonel shook his head. Our dull lowland i
cars heatd nothing but the rattling of the
musketry. s
M A few moments more of the deathlike *
suspense of this agonising hope, and Jessie, I
who had again sunk on tire ground, sprang i
to her feet and crird, in a roiec no clear an l >
E'ercing that it was heard along the whole t
le?' Will ye no believe it noo f The i
slogan has ceased, indeed, but the Camp 1
bells are comiti'l D'ye hear f d'ye hear V ?
At that monrent we seemed indeed to hear j
the voice of God in the distance, when the l
bagpipes of the Highlanders brought us t
tidings of deliverance; for now there was I
no longer any doubt of the fact. That t
shrill, penetrating, ceaseloss sound, which '
rose above all other sennds, could come c
neither from the advance of the enemy, nor t
from the works of the sappers. No, it was s
indeed the blast of the Scottish bagpipes, 1
now shrill and harsh, as threatening ven- r
geance on the foe, then in softer tor.es, seem ?
>nS to Promise succor to their friend* in t
need. Never purely was there such a scene c
as followed. Not a heart in the Residency
of Lucknow, but bowod itself before God.?
All. bv one simultaneous impulse, fell upon
their knees, and nothing was heard but burst- t
ing sobs and the murmured voices of prayer.
Then arose, and there rang out from a
thousand lips a great sheut of joy, which
resounded far and wide, and lent new vigor e
to that blessed bagpipe. To our cheer of li
' God save the Queen.' they replied in the e
well known strain that moves every Scot to c
tears; * Should nuld acquaintance be for- I
got,' Ac. After that, nothing else made any t
impression on me. I scarcely remember
what followed. Jessie was presented to the I
General on his entrance into the fort, and at j
the officers' banquet her health was drank r
by all present, while the pipers marched t
round the table, playing ouce moro the
familiar air of ' Auld lang Syne.' " I
: A Remarkable Magician?TheNecroman~ ,
is aa 11 ?- 1
coi in ai^eriaEvery
one linn seen, or lienrd speak of the .
great Kobert Houdin. Besides being the '
prince of conjuror*, he is an able inathema- c
tician and mechanician, and his electric v
clock, mnde for the Hotel de Ville of his
native town of Blois, obtained a medal at f
the Paris exhibition. It is not generally c
known that he was sent to Algeria by the
French Government on a mission connected j
with the black art?probably the first time
that a conjuror has been called upon to exercise
hi? profession in Government employ. J
Some details of his exhibition have just
been published. It* object was to destroy .
the influence exercised among the Arab
tribes by the Marabouts?an iufluence often
mischievously applied. By a few clumsy [
tricks and impostures, these Marabouts pass '
themselves eff as sorcerers ; no one, it was 6
justly thought, was better able to eclipse .
their skill and discredit their science than
the man of the inexhaustible bottles.
One of the great pretentions of the Mar- 1
about* was to invulnerability. At the moment
that a leaded musket was aimed at 1
biro, and the trigger pulled, he pronounced
a few cabalastie words, and *he weapon did
not go off. Houdin detected the trick, and *
_1.?... ...1 tL.t >L. ?L. ?--l- - '
otiuvecu lURI iuo luue-noio wu piuggea.? 11
The Arab wizzard vn*s ferocious, and abused ?
bis Franc* rival. "You may revenge yourself/
quforty replied iiuudm , Ukb a piste;,
load it yourself, here are bullets, put ono in C
the barrel; but l>efore doing so, mark it
with your knife." The Arab did as he was I
told. M You are quite certain, now," said
Hoodin, " that the pistol is loaded and will n
Ei off. Tell me, do you feel no remorse in
lling me thus, notwithstanding that I au
thorite vou ln u Yoa are my enemy," cool p
ly replied the Arab; - I will kill you."? o
Without replying, iloudin stuck an apple a
on the point of a knife, and calmly gave the k
word to fire.
The pistol was discharged, the apple flew 8
far away, sad there appeared in tu place, A
stuck on the point of the knife, the bullet
the Marabout had marked. si
The spectators remained mute from stu- h
pcfaetion ; the Marabout bowed before hist
* mtfTT ' wtwv
uperlor. 44 Allnh is great !" he said,441 am
'anquiahed." Instead of the Untie from
vbicn, in Europe, Robert Hondin pour* an
ndleaa at ream of every description of wine
itul liquor, he called for an , empty bowl,
vhich he kept continually full of boiling
offee, but few of the Aralra would taste it,
or they made sure that it caine direct from
he devil's own coffee pot. ITe then- told
hem that it was in hia power to deprive
hem of all strength, and restore it to them
it will, nnd he produced a small box, so
ight that a child could lift it with hia finjer;
but it suddenly became so that the
trongeat man present could not raive it, and
he Arabs, who prise physical strength above
iverything, looked with terror at the great
nagiclan who, they doubted not. could anlihilate
them by the mere exertion of hia
a ill. They expreased this belief; lloudin
:onfirmed them in it, and promised that, on
i day appointed, ho would convert one of
hem "into smoke. The day ctunc; the
hrong was prodigious; a fanatical Mara>out
had agreed to give himself up to the
orcorer. Th*iv miut? lit?r. 1 ? - *
J > ?* Otaiiu upun 1% Ift'
>le and covered him with a transparent
jauze; then Iloudin and Another person
ifted the table by the two ends, and the
Vrab disappeared in a cloiui of smoke.
The terror of the spectators was indescribible;
they rushed out of the place, and ran
\ long distance before some of the boldest
bought of returning to look after the Maribout.
They found him near the place
there he nad been evaporated, but he could
ell them nothing, and was like a drunken
nan, ignorant of what had happened to
lim. Thenceforward Iloudin was venerited,
and the Marabouts despised ; the obect
of the French Government was completely
attained. The fashion of " test i molials"
having, it appears, infected even the
Vrabs, a number of chiefs presented the
Tench conjuror with a piece of Arab writ
ng, wonderfully decorated, hyperbolical nnd
gotistic, and to which they were so attcnive
as to append a French translation, lieides
this memorial of his Algerine trip,
londin has a rosary which he one day bor
owed from an Arab to perform a trick with,
ind which the ow ner, persuaded that Shiah
in person was before him, refused to reeive
back.?London Timtt Pari* Cur.
Another Exciting Novel.
HE CANMDAL COUNT?On, THE DEMON OF
THE LAOKIt DKEIt CELLAR.
Chatter I.?"Wot ho, there?lights!"
xclaitncd Count Alfonso de iiuinmero, as
? it* *
iu wipcu ma gnzzty moustaches onto the
dge of the table cloth and stomped the heel
if his heavy stogies onto the floor of the
sger-beer cellar in his rage?" NVot ho,
here ! Lights, I say !"
u Yah. mynheer P'exclaimed Carl Schweillead,
as he instantly placed before the linnfry
Alfonso a big dish of fried lights?the
emains of a sheep's haslet, which had been
hrowti out from the sausage meat.
"Enough, catitl", begone!" yelled the
^onnt, as he stuck his fork into a piece of
he savorynes*, and continued his frugal reins
t.
Chapter II.?Speedily did the Count dis>atch
his lights, and then, as a dark scowl
>'erspread his swarthy face, he nervously
lutclied his knife and again his heavy heel
vas buried in the yielding floor.
M Schweilhoad ! he cried, and the white
oam gathered about his lips, * Schweilhoad!
oma er bans!"
" Vat iat der matter!" queried the bluff
andlord, as he stood before his guest.
" Sweitzer kaise und lager P' was the re?lv.
anil tli<? Cminf irmiin/l lit* l??it> i...?
usly.
44 So! Yah P* returned Carl, and be proluced
the required luxuries.
Chapter 1IL?44 Wood and thunder!"
oared the Count, after having wallered a
iuII cheese and a cask of lager, 44 am I nevr
to be waited on ! Schweilhead, I say !"
44 Yah 1" and the trembling landlord stood
iefore him.
44 Sausages and preitzel*!" almost shrieked
lie Count, 44 quick, or die !"
44Oh, mine cot-a-ruighteys, rah P* replied
be host, and the articles were brought.
Chapter IV.?-44 Another bout and I shall
e nerved to the task I" hissed the grim
?ottnl between his set teeth, aa he awallered
is last morsel of preitzel, 44 Schweilhead,
onae hither!"
44 Yah, mynheer ! Vat you vanta, now !"
44 to eat !" roared the en raped
Junta.
44 Oh, mine Cot I" ejaculated the roisera1c
landlord, 44 vot I shall do T*
44 Do, catiff!" shrieked the Count, M haul
o beef steak, mutton-chop, or veal-cutlet!"
44 Nein I" returned Ike host. '
" Then fetch me tomo fried liver, som*
ig's kidneys, a couple o' frit d eggs turned
ver, a couple o' fish balls, some sour kraut
nd half a doaen pickled ing uu! D'ye
ear. monster 1 jump 1"
14 Oh, yali !** exclaimed the unhappy
eh wellhead, ** Cot in llimmel, vot a man*!"
ini the articles were produced.
CnarTBR V.?Again an awful summons
mote upon the ear of Sohweilbead, and be
astened to obey ft. jM,: j..
" Dcteatiblc traitor P roared lite Count,
I " hast anything in thy vile alxsle to keep H
fiiniifhing traveler from starvation! llnst
anything to eat f*
" Nein, mine Col P exclaimed the landlord,
** noting* at all I you eat tip everyting*
1"
" Liar P roared the Count, glaring aavagelv
upon the affrighud landlord, "you have
a beautiful daughter!"
" Oh, mine grashua P exclaimed the miserable
man, " you ton't vants to eat her,
too r
- 44 Itenst P yelled the Count, M nod hither
the fair Katrina !"
And he sent her.
[The remainder of this sanguinary and
exciting story will appear soma time between
now and the ve?r 1900. in the I7??
vrr*al Wttkhj Kerjtummux, (not the New
York Ledger.) the publication of which tremendous
journal has just been commenced.
Have patience!]
[Washington Cor. of the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Interesting Sketoh of Oen. Quitman.
General John A. Quitman is one of the
most remarkable men in Congress. The
son of a Lutheran clergyman, born in the
State of New York, he, at nn early nge,
wandered to the South, which has ever since
been his home. Possessed of great bodily
vigor, an active mind, and a daring spirit,
be was early in the field as a soldier of fortune,
and raised a regiment for the Texas
revolutionary struggle. lie is an old man.
His hair, beard and moustaches are almost
entirely white, but bis eye is yet lustrous
and clear, his arm muscular, nnd his spirit
as high strung as in the days of his prime.
Ilia has been an eventful career. In Mexico
he was greatly distinguished for his skill as
a general, his dauntless bravery and bis
kindness of heart. No general was more
beloved by his soldiers. To General Quitman,
more than ony other man. belong* the
credit of the capture of the city of Mexico,
and the salvation of the American army.
At the battle of Chcpullapec, General
Scott invested him with discretionary power
to move upon the city or not, as he saw fit,
after the hill of Cliapultepec was won. No
sooner was the American flag hoisted over
tlie rampart*, than the command, u Quitman's
Division to the City" wan passed
along the line, and after receiving new supplies
of ammunition, the tired, blood-stained
and shattered troops moved cheeifully
upon the Garita Helen. It was this prompt
movement which decided the Mexican war.
Let lite honor rest where it is due. For
one, I am happy to add my testimony to the
fact. On the causeway, tha column was
foremost, and then the decisive charge took
place. There was the gallant Shields
wounded ; there Major Loring, of the Rifles,
fell. It was a desperate hour. No drums
or bugles cheered on that band of heroes as
they swept to the storming charge. No
banners waved, but tlie Sax?u cheer rose
above tlie loar of tlie battle, the proud slogan
of victory. There, in the front rank,
was the gallant, gray-haired old chief, on
foot, in a greatly exposed situation, coolly
smoking his segar, and waving a rifle, tc
which bis white handkerchief was attached.
Like the w hite plume of Prince lienry at
the battle of Navarre, it was seen in the
thickest of the tight. General Quitman was
one of the first men who leaped the ditch.
nnd, turning to General Smith, asked him
the time of dny. It was twenty minutes
past one o'clock. M Let whoever survives
this day remember that," said tho General,
nnd at the same instant he announced that
they were the first Americans who had passed
the ramparts. 1 have not space to dwell
longer upon the incidents of that memorable
occasion?bow General Quitman led his
column into the Grand Plaza, and formed
it in front of the Palace ; and there was the
American flag saluted by the little bloody
and powder-bogrimmed soldiers, who thus
formed the advance corps of the army.
General Quitman has seen much civil nnd
political service. An able lawyer?he has a
tine reputation at the bar throughout Mississippi
and Louisiana, lie has served in
Legislatures, in State Senates, in Constitu
tional Conventions, and for four years was
Governor of Mississippi. He is a man of
large fortune, liberal, nnd respected by all
who have business relations with him. He
is a good speaker, but lacks the power of
| voice necessary to a popular orator.
A mam has been committed to jail atStafi
ford for various cases of imposture. On one
occasion he represented himself to a woman
aa iter iiunvntid, who bad beta iraeapovted
nineteen years before?and she, though married
again, waa ao completely convinced that
the prisoner was her long lost partner, that
alio I-A I It A man ttknit, ? 1
I .?.* ? ? ? ?nv?n ?aiv unu nmi i inj nilU
' went to live with the prisoner. He played
1 a similar deception on another woman.
Iloora.?At Senator Donglas* late ball
| in Washington, several of the exclusive*, it
t is said, bad small hoops in the bottom o<
, the legs of their pantaloons They were
made of steel, and gave the panla a very
pretty set around the boot.
Pro*. Bach* calculated that the waves n|
the sea travel at the rale of six ami a hall
miles a minute.
Gen Jackson'* Toilet.
The genial temper of President Buchnnan,
his eesv, pleasant manners ami racy conversation,
have always rendered liiin a great favorite
in society, abroad as well as at home, i
and few of our public men have laid up such
a stock of amusing and valuable reminiscen- I
ces. There i* no anecdote which he tells of i
Gen. Jackton, which is so characteristic of <
the old hero that is worth preserving. i
The President relates that once, during I
the administration of Old Hickory, he went <
to the White I louse to ask admission topre <
sent to him the celebrated Miss Betsy Caton. I
Gen. Jackson readily assented, and named I
the next day for the interview. At the ap- I
pointed hour Mr. Buchanan repaired with |
his fair charge to the Presidential mansion, I
and leaving the lady in one of the drawing- t
rooms, he mounted to the private cabinet of I
the President. To his great surprise and
disappointment, he found the General huri- i
_.i i -?
en 111 um u*.hjk? una paper*, nnd attired in * I
plain morning drew, liia chin unshaved and <
his favorite pipe in his inouth. The Sena
! tor from Pennsylvania was grievously em- <
barrassed. lie wis apprehensive thai if he I
announced Miss Caton's presence, the gal i
lant veteran would descend all in neglige as I
ue was. i
Mr. Buchanan did not like to expose the
renowned belle to such a shock as that, and, |
on the other hand, he equally dreaded offer- i
iug a suggestion on the subject to the ffery <
oUl hero. There was no alternative, how
ever, and he had to state that Miss Caton
j was waiting the General's presence in the
green drawing-room. Up jumped Old <
llickorv At the first word and laid down his I
pipe. There was not a moment to be lost, i
so Mr. Buchanan, in a timid and apologetic 1
manner, ventured to observe that " the lady I
could very well wait till the President had i
shaved himself." The General saw what he
was driving at, and shook his frizzled head
at him like the mane of an enraged linn.
44 Buchanan," thundered out the iinpetu- i
I o?* old man, "did you over hear of the man
in Kentucky who got rich by minding his
own business f"
Without stopping to say whether he was i
acquainted with the remarkable individual i
in question, the experienced senator fled |
from the storm, and took refuge with his i
lovely companion down-stabs. In a few i
minutes afterwards the hero of New Oilcans
entered the r>>oin with that dignity of manner
which no man knew better how to as--.1
?- ? -
, miu gicni ww .*ir. Diicnanan s renel
to find that not only wax his face quite vir
ginal in its smoothness, but that he was got
up in his best black suit, with boots of fault
less radiance.
"Let Me Alone."
MARK 1 : 24.
" Let me alone," said an undutiful son, in !
reply *o the expostulations of his father:
44 let me alone, 1 will do as I plense, and I
your talk is of no use." In a few days this J
tipler, gamester, and debauchee finished hi* 1
race in the grave.
' " Let me alone, I am my own guardian,"
' said one, in reply to his beseeching wife, who
was kneeling At his feet, imploring him, in
plaintive strains, not to go again to the tavern
and the card table : u let me alone," he
said, and, leaving her in tears, he went to j
the place of rendezvous, and in a few hours I
his work was finished?he whs in eternity? j
h self-murderer! and his wife and little ones !
were beggars.
M Let me alone," said a poor creature, as
he came reeling to the grogshop, to complete
his debauch : " let me alone ; I know
what I am about; I drink no inore than I
need; I can govern myself; I despise a
drunkard." lie went on his way, and the ,
next morning he was found a stiffened corpse
upon the frozen ground.
" Let me alone," said a man, who was
taking his morning dram, to his wife, who
inildly expostulated with him, and tenderly
hinted her fears that he was becoming too
fond of morning drinks : " let mo alone ; I
drink no more than I need ; I can.drink or
let it alone." A few months after, the same
, man staggered home from a militia muster,
nud for his abuse to bis family, received in
prison a righteous punishment.
" Let me alone," said a manufacturer of
ardent spirit*, as a friend presented him the
Tract called M An Alarm to Distillers M let
me alone ; I am in a free country ; my business
is honest ; I must support my family
In a few months his son was turned out of
the church for intemperance, his eldest
daughter married a miserable drunkard, his
own distiller, and lie himself became endorser
for one of his best customers, who ran
hwh) ; and in one year, ruin, beggary and
shame came upon the whole family.
" Let me alone," said the tavern-keeper :
" let me alone ; 1 do not sell to drunkards; if
I do not sell, some one el>e w ill; and I only
sell to support my family." A year or
two made it manifest that his bar bad at
: least one good customer, and he coded his
days a drunkard and in prison.
Ok the Oth of last month, the doors of
the Ecclesiantioal Courts throughout the
f Kingdom of Oreat Britain were dosed, not
f to be opened again. The Court has been in
ex'steuce for eight hundred years.
Notioe! Young Man.
We heard of nn accident, the other day,
which we li uten to make public for the benefit
of all young men who may feel interested
in the matter of matrimony :
At a certain church, after the services for
the Sabbath were concluded, a certain young
inan named John, Mep|>ed up to the side of
one of the snost handsome girls in the parish,
to whom he had been paying 44 beautiful
attentions " of late, and politely requestad
the pleasure of seeing her home. Like
a good affectionate girl, she granted the
boon, atid they alnrled. Filled with rapture
by the pleasant circumstance# surrounding
lliin. the VOIinnr toon ? ?? ,l??
? ....... ..on iuivwii uq q1s
jfunrd, and being desirous of saying soroe.Iring
particularly fine and impressive, (it
may have been a lay of love,) he turned hi*
face towards his paitner, (very close, as it
loth often happen.) ana whispered his
thought. Alas ! it was an unlucky whisper ;
for the same breath that oonvayed that confidential
message, also carried to the olfactories
of the young lady the fumes of whiskey !
Quietly withdrawing Iter arm from that of
lier gallant, she stopped in the path and
?aid : u Sir, you have been drinking whiskey,
and that of the meanest sort?you, nor
no other Demi John, can go home with m?."
And she tripped on hor way, leaving the
poor whiskey-lover standing with his thumb
in his mouth, completely " dumbfounded"
at the sudden reversion of bis prospects,
while the jeers, the taunts and groans of
the spectators fairly roared around him.
There aro many young walking DemiJohns
; and as the ladies everywhere are
becoming fast friends of temperance, and
adopting the motto of * sober men or no
husbands," we give the above publicity, that
many may see the danger they incur by loving
liquor better than their chosen lassie.
[Spirit of the Aye.
Tuitx of Fortune's Wiief.l?Rich today
and Poor to morrow.?One day two
negroes in California, named Van and William
Livingston, caine along with their picks
and shovels, and a>ked the white men if
they could inform them where they could
?et in. One of the latter rather huffily replied,
"Yes, pitch in there," taking up a
stone and throwing it on the spot designated,
which was to all appearances the very
Inst place that a reasonable Christian tnan
would have thought of working; and the
dir< ction was given more with the ideu of
getting rid of the importunities of the negroes
than anvtliinw
w J O
The hitter, however, took the matter in
good part, and went zealously to work.?
They toiled in season and out of season, in
diggings the like of which they never had
seen before for adamantine hardness. Their
picks soon gave out. ?nd they were obliged
to resort to gunpowder. But on they worked
until they had attained to a depth of some
fifteen or twenty feet, w hen they reached the
clay and gravel that rested on the l?ed rock.
Here they " struck it " indeed. Lumps of
gold were as plenty as blackberries, and our
African friends were in ecstacios. It was
never exactly known how much they took
out of that claim, but the best natlieniicated
accounts state that the sum amounted to
some $00,000 or $70,000. Afler gitting
their pile. Van and Bill went to San Francisco,
and. in nbout one fortnight the whole
amount disappeared through title quiet operation
of gambling, and other kindred amuse
inents. In process of time they went back
to their old stamping ground penniless, but
not discouraged. They tiied it again, but
Dame Fortune never prospered them as
formerly, and they were forced to labor on
hire.
Stop Now!?Young man, if yon are
just commencing or practicing any vice or
Karl KaKi* tin*
?? ...v. iiiiid n' ?i?'p i.i now. Ion
have arrived at a stopping place, and you
may atop now if you please, but if you suffer
yourself to be whirled on by appetites
and passions, you may go so far that when
you desire to atop it may be out of your
power to do so.
If you swear, or drink, or break the Sabbath,
" stop now." If you think evil
thoughts, or tell tilings not quite true, or
sometimes tell a little more than truth,
" stop now." If you are going to dance, or
play, or any place where you may meet bail
companv, "stop now." If you are in the
habit of jesting about religion, or ministers,
or preaching, "slop now." If you think
theie is time enough to become religious byand
by, and that you will pursue the way
you are going awhile longer, " stop now ;**
for the course you are going leads to death.
riia? Recorder.
When the President's message was re
ceived by the Kree State Legislature of Kansas,
some witty member introduced the following
resolution, which was passed amid
deafening cheers : * Resolved. That James
Buchanan, President of the United States,
be entitled to the name of Muggins, and that
a copy of this resolution be sent to him."
A ma ir in Paw tucket lately made application
for insurance on a building aituated
in a village where there was no lite engine.
In answer to the question, " What are the
faciliti'-s for extinguishing ftroe lH he wrote,
* l?. rains aotnetimce.** %.
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