Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1858-10-05

              rrrr-- . . . . VOLUME 22. Ibc W. Serpen iDetoocrtflc Bwer, - IS EVBRT TtTKSDaT VOB.HIKO, DI Ij. HARPER. fflce in "Woodwards Block, Third Story. -TERMS Two Dollars per annum, payable in advance: $2,50 within six months; $3,00 after the ex-Miration of the year. Clubs of twenty, $1,50 each. . . O ; lini or a i is r t i T o : Ok o B o 3 o 3 B ! 3 i I !$ e.$ c.9 c. $- c. $ c. $ p. $ o. $ c- l 00 1 25 1 75 2 25 3 00 3 50 4 60.6 10 'J 7tre. - 1 75 2 25 3 25 4 25 5 25 8 00(6 75 8 00 - t- y i 1 . ,i . " ' ' , 1 - 3 tquarct, - '2 50 3 50 4 50 5 05 8 00 7 00 8 00 10 1 ' l i ' i i -! . Aiquart;- J 40 4 00!5 OO'.C- 00.7 00 8 00 10 !l2 : I tquare, changeable monthly, $10; ve?y,... ...... $15 column, changeable qnarterly ........... ......... ...i. 15 J coinmw, changerble q uarfrfy, ................ ......... 18 eomii, changeable quarterly,. 25 1 column, changeable quarterly,. ........................ 40 : STwelvo lines of Jlioien, (this type are coun- . ed as a square. Editorial notices of advertisements, oreallins -attention to any enterprise intended to benefit inli-riduals or corporations, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. : .JSpecial notices, before marriages, or taking precedence of regular advertisements, double usual "rates. - Notices for meetings, charitable societies, fire companies, Ac., half-price. S" Marriage notices inserted for 50 cts ; Deaths "25 cents, unless accompanied by obituaries, which will be charged for at regalar ad vertiKing rates. .CAdTertTseinents tHplayed in large type to be . charged one-half more than regular rates. . jyy-All tranient advertisements to be paid for in '"Advance.- - Cjiotcc THE DTIG WIFE. Lay the gem upon my bosom; Let me feel her sweet warm breath; JPor a strange cli ill o'er me passes, And I know that it is death. I would gaie upon the treasure Scarcely given.ere I go; Feel her rosy dimpled fingers, Wander o'er my cheok of snow. : I am passing through the waters, But a blessed shore appears? Kneel beside me, husband dearest, Let me kiss away thy tears. Wrestle withthy grief, my husband, Strive from midnight until day. It may leave an angol's blessing Whan it vaniahoth away. Lay the gem upon my bosom, 'Tis not long be can be there; See! how to iny heart she nestlus, - Tis the pearl I lore to Woar.-If in after years beside theeT r" Sits another in my chair,. ' Though her voice be sweeter music, . And ber face than mine mora fair; If a cherub called thee "Father!" - Far more beautiful than this. Lore thy first-born! Oh, my husband! Turn not from the ruotherluss. ell ber sometimes 'of her mother . Yon can call her by my namef Shield her from the winds of sorrow; If she errs, oh! gently blame. Lead her somotimes where I'm sleeping; " I will answer, if she calls, And my breath will stir her ringlets, ' - When by voice in blessing fall. Her soft, black eyes, will brighten And wonder wbeuce it came; In her heart, when years pass o'er her, She will find her mother's nuiuo. It is said that every, mortal , Walks between two angels here '-One records the i!l but blots it, If before the midnight drenr -Man repenteth if uncancelled, Then he seals it for the kies: And the right hiind nngwl woepvth, Bowing low with vfcild eyes. I will be her right-hju-.d ael, bt-aling up the gol fr Heaven.- Striving that the midnight vratchca Jr'in.i no misdeed unfwrgiven You will not forget me, husband, hen I'm nleeping neath tho sod; Oh, love the jewel given us, As I love thee. next t God. Frem the Sunday Times. fiDW JANE GREW JEALOUS. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. . Onto morning, some time since, as I was in tire kitchen mixing a custard, I beard a low tap ,t the basement door, and before I could open , it, sister-in few, of all persons io the worW, entered hastily atid seating herself on the nearest Chair, drew out her handkerchief and burst into tt flood of tearsv :." I was much alarmed. " What is the matter, Jane?" I inquired. "Do tell-me at once what has happened ! " "Oh, Emma I "I'm the most wretched woman tn this earth!" sobbed 8'ster in-Iaw-r,,the most wretched, miserable, forsaken creature that breathes!" and she wept afresh. ''I have toUle ta-joo," she continued, "because jou are his sis- ' ' T .i 1. - i . rn icr. x uiutt u buiuc uutj ui uijr uesri win break and ma's gone out; and though its all .over between as forever) still I wouldnt tell a stranger of bis wickedness for worlds I " , - VWbj, Jane,": I exclaimed, "have yon bad a tinarrel with Tom?" "N6 Emmt," said sister "No, that would be easily remedied. No it's not that; but oh, dear mel gWe m a glass of water! Tom is un ' laith ful to mel I'm sure he is I " "J don't believa it. Janet" I answered, indig bantlj. "To ml why, he is a model huabandl" ' fAb, Emma, an angel could'nt have conTinced taa of it," groanad Jane; Mbnt I can't doubt the ' eridencw of my" own senses, yon know. ' I bave ieyes 'mod ears I wish I bad n't, almost and I ' loaly found it oat to-day by the merest chance. 'JOh, Emma! I mean to bay three cents worth of .1 laadanaai at tb apothecary's, and take it down there nowl -. ' ' 1 ' ' :: - - : JiIJnt what are your proofs, Jane? I inquired rrrobably HU all a mistake." '-J' ""A mistake I Jncrer mkmIUle8 Etnms,, yoo aw atom u ion . na oeen out lately very V&U'nVand; IneTer could discover where be' went ' f 'K Of course it ga ve "me some' kind of an sm- tr when I wiei kim bot I knew that ltas lJoctt'2 )opl;u" italts merely an excuse to elude me just as well as I know I'm sitting here. "Well, this morning I wad down-town shopping, and as usual I stopped at Tom's office on my way home. Tom had gone out for a few moments; but the door . was open, and I went in. The moment I crossed the threshold I felt a shudder run all through me a sort of premonition, I believe; and there, on the table, lay a little note, addressed in a delicate feminine hand, to 'Thomas Grey, Esq., present' Oh, dear me! how I trembled as I opened it, and read as follows : " 'Dear Tom I" have waited some time in hopes of seeing you, but being in haste, can delay no longer. Meet me according to appoint ment at No. 550 - - street. Brooklyn, at nine o'clock. Inquire for Mrs. Jenks. Don't fail, there's a good boy. H. H.' " 44 ell,' Emma, as soon as I had finished, I slipped the note in my pocket and ran out. Stay there I eouldn'U Ma, as I told you, has gone to spend the day with some old friends and I must have some on, with me; tor t intend to follow them, and confront the brazen creature and that guilty man this very night!" "Why not ask Tom to explain it?" I inquired. " Do you suppose such a man would tell the truth?" sneered sister-in-law. "Ob, Emma, do come with me, or I wou't answer for the conse quences; and I should remember the children, poor little things! in spite of his. depravity." "Well, Jane," I assented, after some consideration, 'I will go with you; but how do you intend to arrange matters?" ''You know," said sister-in-law, "there is a large dress making establishment within sijht of Tom's office. Just before dark we will go there, and I will have my dresa fitted, or order a mantilla or something; and we can easily manage to detain ourselves until Tom starts, when we can follow about a block behind. We must wear heavy veils and long cloaks, and no one will recognise us. I will come for you before dark, Now I must go home to my poor, miserable, unhappy, wretched, ill-used babes;" and sister in law kissed me hysterically, and deparfed- My heart almost misgave me. I havn't one particle of a French woman's character in my whole composition, and abominate intrigues, plots and everything of the sort coquetry and flirtation included and my Yankee spirit revol ted at the idea of this adventure. Still I reflect that if sister in law . s to commit suicide it would be terrible; and Tom ought to be found out if he really was guilty, or cleared if he was innocent. . Jane came for me at fire o'clock, and in less than half an hour we started. We arrived at the dressmaker's, and Jane so contrived it that our orders, explanations, and bo on, occupied ! time uutil seven o'olock, when I, Btanding at the window, saw Tom emerge from his office and walk rapidly down the street. I gave the preconcerted signal to sister-in-law, and we "followed at once. .' ,: It was fast growing duSK. Tom turned bis steps toward the Brooklyn ferry, walking so rapidly that we could scarcely keep him in sight. Nevertheless, we managed to reach the boat just after he did, and with pur veils down, slipped into the ladies' cabin. Tom stood Outside; and when we had crossed, it had grown so dark that we could just distinguish bis form as he stepped upon the dock, lie turned to the right, and after several blocks crossed over and entered a broad handsome street. "Do you know where we are?" I whispered. "Not I," answered Jatie, in the same tone "Iu one of the worst streeU of the city, of course-Such a woman could live nowhere else." 1 tu: milled and took her arm.. " You can go back if jou choose, Emma," said vKipr.in.kw: difidamfallv. " But i will never " ? . - J . tflrn until I have convicted that base man of his i-rtidy." As turning back was utterly impossible, unless Tom did so, as nfither of us bad the slightest idea of our whereabouts, I did not avail myself of this permission. By and bye onr unconscious guide began to grow bewildered, lie crossed and recrossed, ascending steps, came down again and at last turned into a dim, urilighted street. As wa, followed, looking anxiously in the direct tion wberte Tom's hat was dimly visible, we for got to pick our way with that care which the state of the sidewalk rendered necessary-, and just in the darkest part, down we came plump into a bed of mortar left by some workmen in front of an unfinished house. ,We scrambled out as quickly as we could, and followed in the direction Tom had taken: . Tom apparently began to feel sure of his lo. cality. We were now in a weH-nghed street; and in a few momenta sldocl in the full blaze of light which fell from a brilliantly lighted apothecary' store. What sights we werel mua ana mortar to our very knees. The few people we passed star ed at us as though we were Turks; and if poor Tom, walking unconsciously before us, could bave seen us, 1 believe he would have fainted; I made a solemn league and covenant with my. self that night, that if I ever got ont of the scrape no power On earth should inveigle me into such another. At length Tom pausted before a very pretty cottage like house, with green shrubbery in the garden, ind a pleasant light falling softly through the curtained windows; and aftera moments in vestigation he ascended the steps. - The sound of music and merry voices floated oat upon the air a tb Annr was ooened. A woman's form bow ed graceful welcome at the vjne'Wrealhed thresh old, and Tom vanished from oar eyes. " ' 4,Oh, Emmal" sobbed poor sister-in-law. "How awfnll That bold crealorel Did yoa the roses in her hair, and those jeweled bracelets I No doubt Tom gave' them to heti" 2Iy Tom Oh dearl whoever woald have believed itf No matter, it's all over, and 111 abow him what aa jntored woman can do and say.-; ; ' We" stood daring' this colloquy in the shadow of dark stone church, nearly opposte'hi hoaut "weiehl $ami Bad eoteredTTke saittera j,were pperil and the' gay'scene witliia was only hidden from bar sight by the gloaiy fljs oX IkW whch draped the wi&dovi Tbt cloud vMc& tad MOUNT VERNON, been-Jowering all day long" were gathering in black masses above onr heads, and presently a crash of thunder was heard, and down poured the rain in absolute torrents, drenching us to the skid. . Oh! how miserable we were, standing there la the rain that dark, dreadful nigbtl The storm passed over before longj and just as the last drop had fallen, the door of the house opposite opened, and Tom, with a lady on his arm, emerged therefrom. As soon as the door had closed, and the couple Were sufficiently in advance, we followed.. Tom's voice began the conversation. . - -"- y -:. "I had forgotten the number," he said, ""and had some difficulty in finding the house." : . ''Why,'? answered the woman, "didn't you get the note I left you?" "No," replied Tom, "I bave received no note to-day." " Why, where can it have gone to?" exclaimed the lady. 1 "I put it on your ; office table with my own hauds." - "Emma, I know that woman's voicel" whispered sister-in law. "I am sure I have heard it before. I can't think who it is, but I know her." - r.:: , '; " : . Just as she spoke, a party of young men, very much the worse for liquor, came stumbling around the corner, singing "Bonny Annie Lau rie," in that peculiar style most in vogue by those who "make night hideous," after oyster suppers or other geuial assemblages where the rosy wine has' been freely circulated the first gentleman howling the first verse, while the second gentle' man" shrieked the chorus, and third, contented himself by repeating ''Annie Laurie in melancholy tODes. ' "There she is!" hiccupped one of the trio. "There's Bonny Annie Lauriel That's her. I'm going to kiss her." "Look h ere 1 are yon Bonny Annie Laurie or. not? Tell the truth," said the second specimen of Young America, " 'cause I want to know." "Ohl obf ohl" shrieked sister in-law. "Tom! helol murder! come Quick! Tom. I sav. it's your ill used, ill treated, deceived, deluded wife!" lorn turned in great astonishment, and came towards us. The two gentlemen went very hastily around the nearest corner, and the third fell down an open area, where his . eompauions left him. "Jane Emmal Why, how on earth did you come here?" cried Tom. "Don't speak to mel " said sister-in law "Wretch! villain! don't dare to speak to met As for you, woman, know that your abominable letter is in possession of an injured wife! Yon are in my power, base, vile scorpion that you are! But this much I will know: how long has th'13 infamous proceeding been carried on? flow long is it since you won my husband's affections from my trusting heart? . I have followed you all night to find out this, and also who you are, for 1 am sure l nave neara that voice before. Speak-I command you!" , Laws a massv! replied the lady, dtmly dis- cernable in the darkuess "Laws a massy! Icaii't speak for astonishment. I dou't like to think such a thing of my o-n daughter, hut really you must have been taking something that s got luto your head, Jane, or else you're going crazy!" "Good gracious!" screamed sister in-law, "if it isn't mother!" "Why, who else should it be? said the old lady. "Didn't you hear me tell Tom to come after me to night, as I wasn't sure I could find my way home myself? And justasl was starting, I was afraid he'd forget the number, so I wrote him a little note, telling him where to come." . " . "Yes," I put in I couldn't help it "Yes, and Unit very note has caused . this ridiculous, shameful escapade. On the strength of that lit tie slip of paper we have been following Tom around all the evening, and exposing ourselves no doubt to alt. manner of notice and remark.. Jane magnified the note into a love-letter her own mother into a young and beautiful rival"' the nice 'little residence of your friend 'into a most terrible-; sort of place, and poor Tout dutifully conveying his - iiiother.t'n law hom; into a deceitful gallant, ahout to wrong Lid wife be-youd repaiaiiun by committing; an Elopement." "There, don't Bay any more, Emma.'' pleaded Jane. - "1 m sulbcieLitly ashamed of myself, I as-" sur6 you." "1 should think you would be, said her moth er. - ;" 1 " -V ,-" We went home. Tom Is very good natured, and I verily believe never mentioned the stibject again. But Brother John thought the whole af fair such a joke that to this day be will burst out into the most amazing fits of laughter at an un suitable moment, and al way 8 apologizes by say itvg 1 was thinking of the time, Jane, when you followed poor Tom to Brooklyn." , And Psal ter says -Lorn ought to give J,ane some real cause for jealdusy.after that causeless paroxysm." 1 think that would be wrong," though, for jeal onsy, absurd as it sometimes m, is a proof of lov. 4 , The Pike Peak Gold Mines. The discovery of gold in the head streams of the Arkansas and South Platte is no new thing. In 1835, Carriere, a French trapper now living in Kansas City, got lost from a party f in that region, wandered for some weeks through the country, and collected nnmerous specimens which he carried in his shot "pouch to New Mex ico. A party returned with Carriere to search for the locality. Being nnable to find the streams from which he picked up the gold, he was tied op and severely Shipped by the Mexl cans, who believed he purposely avoided the gold mines. Col. Wm. Bent, of the trading' post in the vicinity, states that the existence of gold in the country has been known to the, Indians for a long time, bat they were unwilling the whites should know abouf it lest they should be robbed of their desirable hunting grounds. - In 1851 a party of emigrants to California found gold while passing through the country, bat did not atop as they had no: shelter or protection for their families. The deTelopment of the gold deposits of that Stats pretehted their return.- Last uprinsr a , partv from Arkansas, a second from . Hissoari, and . another from Lawrence, Kansas, commenced explorations which have re suited ia the discovery of, the great Secret of the; Inaiana, and. the Kansas City Journal ahyt bb fore the now of winter cover the .6aiiliy, k iheusand men will be at work in the auriferous aaads of the mountain streams;" i The despatch from Iea enworth last cight'fiiaUs that .the gold excitement prevails, and thlit parties axe. karing for PDra'a Peak ttarTr eTTf -" - ' ' " ' Interesting fcictir. OHIO : TUESDAY,- The country in the vicinity of Pike's Peak Is said to be well watered and timbered, and suited to the growth of small grain. It is in the tame latitude with Cincinnati, and St. 110011, bat owing to its elevation Is snowy early in the fall and late in the spring. Trappers and traders speak of it as much milder than the conotry at the South Pass. Game is plenty, and the Pike's Peak vicinity is a favorite resort for the Indians, as it affords them plenty of game when off their Buffalo hunts. . The Kansas City Journal, from whose long account we have abbreviated the above items of interest, states that the best route to the new gold region is by the great Santa Fe road, and thence following the Arkansas to Rent's Fort "and the mines. This has been the route of the mountain traders for half a century, and over ten thousand wagons . have passed over it the present season as far as the crossing of the Ar kansad. Over five hundred have left Kansas City Tor Bent'a Fort and the different trading posts in that region of country. The wagons carry from five to six thousand ponnds each, and are usually drawn by bix yoke of oxen. The trip is usually made by Kansas City traders, with t heir heavily laden wagonSjf in 25 to 30 days, starting any time from the middle of April to the first of October. The Power of the Imagination Disinfecting: Property in a Valise. - A correspondent of the Augusta (Ga.) Dis patch writes as follows: .' Cleveland, Tenn., September C; At the depot, as we left Dalton, a corpso was observed among the piles of baggage. It became quite offensive to the passengers, who seemed to shudder as they passed it. Taking the train for this place; whom should I 'meet but friend D., of Nashville, well known aa a good joker and a first rate judge of liquor, as well aa a dealer in the article. lie ; was particularly "impatient at the contiguity of 'oar lifeless traveling companion, and took a seat in the smoking car to try the disinfecting properties of a fegar. In his harifl I observed a small carpet bag, of which he was specially careful. lie had no sooner despatched his segar than he renewed his complaint cf the stench arising fro ; the corpse) declaring it "'or-rible" (my friend is a son of Albion) at the same time casting a look at the carpet bag afore-: said. At length he observed: "I have a little' brandy in my valise, which I take along to coun teract the Effect rof -a change of water, and. I shall be compelled to take a Jittle now, for I am positively sick in my stomach" Just then the door of the baggage room was opened by the Aquarius of the train, when, with a painful show of nausea, my friend resumed;. "Odgh "isn't it an orful imposition io be tVZa' -jrraTeyard.Of a passenger train I declare I must take a spoonful of that brandy." And he walked to the cooler to compound it with little water. I heard no more of the corpse during the evening, and the "rub" of the joke is, that It was not put on the train at all. Marrying a Bridesmaid. A few weeks since, In the neighborhood of St. Barnabu8, a lover conducted his intended bride to the altar. The marriage ceremony proceeded with regularity until the fair one was asked the questiont "Wilt thou have this nlan for tby wedded husband?" To which, with much sincerity, she replied, "No." The poor bridegroom gazed -upon her with astonishment; but no expostulation could induce hor to alter her resolution: She frankly replied that she bad just seen a gen-llernan whom ebe liked better, - This declaration soon brought matters to a crisis. The mart riage ceremony was suspended, and the clergy, man politely conducted the parties to different door3. The bridegroom more disgusted with such conduct than mortified at his disappoint' ment, declared that his affections from that mo-met t wero alienated; and that "nothing should induce him to take, the lady, even if her resolu tion were to alter.. Mr. G. B., the lady's own brother, finding him in good spirits, intimated that, as a splendid dinner would be prepared at hfs house, much time and expense would be spared if he would return to the church and con clude the ceremony with one of the bridesmaids. The hint was instantly taken, and the proposals made, and as the fair one herself had no objec tion, a special licence was instantly procured, they got married at the identical church on the identical morning, and afterwards partook of the identical dinner which had been prepared for th changeable one. Court Journal. - Ilnrder of Five Young Girl in Spain, The Barcelona journals contain an account of a horrible and almost incredible assassination of five young girls, at Vich, ia Catalonia. - It ap- pears that, on the Zlst uit., as six young girts oi the ages ot 23, 21, 14, 13, 12 and 10 years, were walking home from Mataus cotton milli, which are situated near the village of Rod as, to Ingarolas, they were stopped by two miscreants, who; pistol in hand, obliged them to turn back to a solitary place in gerrtidanwood. Here they were ordered to sit down, and wlile one wretch kept guard over five, the other led the eldest a few paces off and plunged his long Cataline knife into her throat. Her dying skriek was heard by her companions, who, one by one, were led away and butchered. The youngest of all, a child of 10 years, on receiving a wound in the neck, fell, feigning death, upon which the assassins, after taking the little money the girls had about them; went to the village of Rhodaa, where they lived. ' " . ' '. . .; ' The crime was. perpetrated at nlht tThe woonded child retoained motionless till daylight, when she crawled to a neighboring- farmhouae. When the authoritiea surrived at the. seat of crime, tbet found the three - eldest, girls dead, and two desperately wosnded.' The auseof this bloody act W iald to nave been jealousy, arising from some display of coquetry at a ball the precedi ng Sunday, where the -prettiest of the girls, the one 21 jeari of age,' refused to dance with bne of the -assassins, or- to' return him'a rimr or some other love token, He : had then looked for n accomplice? and found one in a neighbor. The accomplice, it appears from the detraction of the 'chUdi' would have spared the youofce oneij brfi the other, alleging the danger of discovery; IriHsted npotl"; their , completing theiy bdtcber's work: The aa'tlioritteil ate making the most active exertions todiscovef the lurkinsr laces of tie eolprita; whose persona are well LcovaU tae workmen oi tae nuacr? -3 1 r , i. T .. .- - m .t : t OCTOBER 5, 1858 - - Gas Explosion. ' , r; '; On Saturday night the gas light in thelarge ranll or safe of the Memphis Bank, two or three doori below Madison street, on Main, was left burning. The vault is fastened up so tighly that no air from without can enter, and the light soon went out in consequence for the Want of oxygen leaving-the gas to escape. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, the cashier, F. G. Roach, Esq., opened the vault and struck a light with a match for the purpose of lighting the burner. The moment the match Was on fire the gas exploded like gunpowder, severely burning Mr. Roach and J. R. S. Gilleland, another officer of the bank, who stood'at some distance. Five large sqaares of glass, each a quarter of an inch thick was blown out of the front; the front door was also burst open.: The back door received tbe strong est shock. It was broken to pieces, not only were the pannels burst out, but the solid frame work, which was very strong, was riven to fragments. The heavy hinges by which it was held, the lock and the catches in which the bolt en tered were all broken. The safe itself suffered no injury nor the furniture in the room. The physician of Mr. Roach has some fears that he inhaled the flame, if so, the consequence will be serious, if he did not, no grave effects will result from the accident. Memphis Appeal. "Washington's Family Bible. The agent of the Nashville Bible Society, Mr. R. M. Hawkins, has recently been distributing. Bibles in Macon County, Tennessee, and while traveling through the county met with the old family Bible that found a place in General Wash ington' chamber. Mr. Hawkins says: I took it in my hand, examined it carefully-after which I read the nineteenth Psalm in fam ily worship. I then aaked the brother to tell me how he came in possession of it. He said that at the General's death his niece fell heir to It. Previous to leaving Virginia her son was taken sick and died. - He waited on him until death. The old lady told him that she was getting old and must soon die, and that she bad nothing to give him for waiting on her son save the old family Bible. ' He gladly received it, and brought it to Tennessee with him on horseback. He told me that, he would not take three thousand dollars for it. The gentleman lives in the town of Lafayette, Macon. County, and his name is Colonel Claiborne. Ttou can't begin to imagine "how I felt while turning over its leaves. I really felt and thought that I had found a preci ous jewel. It appeared to me that I would have given any prc"5 for it. General Jackson and his "Old War Horse. ' Everybody must sanction the kindness be- n.ul fin ibft avorite war-horse; and the more than ordinary honor paid him after death by the brave 'master and family. Why? Because he was a faithful servant and an efficient helper in the day of trouble in the hour of danger. I was often reminded of his praise-worthy remembrance of fidelity and merit, eherUhed.by my old friend General Jackson toward his famous ''OldDuke," the hor39 he rode during the Southern campaign of the late war. Though "Dake" grew feeble, was greatly afflicted, , withered and almost helpless in his latter ay, he was not forgotten norsuffered to be neglected, I have, in a walk with the General, more than once gone to the lot which contained this living wreck of mar lial valor, and, while the old creature would reel and stagger, Iocklnjwishfully at his master, the General would sihjngly say: "Ah, poor fellow we have seen hard times together we must shortly saparat'e your days of suffering and toil are well aigh - ended." On one of these occasions, to try the General n a tender point, the writer of this article" suggested the idea of putting an end to the sufferings of "Duke," by having him shot or knocked in the head. "No," said his generous misler, "never, never let hi to, live; and while there is anything to go upon this farm, 'Duke' shall have "a part." Ladies' Biding: Costume. . With, the great increase in the wholesale pracv tice of riding on horseback which baa recently taken place in this city and vicinity, we are persuaded that we should do a great service to our fair readers by copying from a book recently published in England, the following directions for the riding costume of women':" -, "Few ladies know how to dress for horse exercise, although there has been a great improve ment, so far as taste is concerned, of late years". As to the head dress, it may be whatever is in fashion, provided ;t fits the head so as not to re. quire continual adjustment, often needed when the hands would be better employed with the reins and whip. It should shade . from the sun. and, if used In hunting, protect the cape of the neck from rain. The recent fashions of wearing the plumes or ; feathers of tbe ostrich, the cock, the capercailzie, the pheasant, the peacock and kingfisher, in, the riding hats.of oaBg la. dies, in my humble opinion, are highly - to be commended. As to the riding habit, it maybe of any color aod material suitable to. the wearer and tbe season of the year, bot the sleeves moll fit rather closely'; nothing can be mow oat of place, inconvenient, and ridiculous,' than the vide nangirig eteavea fthich look" so well in a drawing room. For country nse; the skirt of a habit may be short, and bordered at the bottom afoot deep with leather.' The fashion of a waist coat of light material for Sudnier, revived from the (ashIon of last century. " decided improvement, nd ao ia the pver jacket of cloth r sealskin for rough weather.", It is the doty of every woman to dress in as becoming and attractive a. manner as possible there is no reason why jpreU ty young girls should not indulge, ia picturesque riding custome, as long as it is apprppnate.r-llany ladies entirely spoiled .the si.';of their srU by retaining the nsoal impediritnt ci pet. tlcoats".. .The best-dressed horseyomen wesi nctalnT r"?rettn a tlannei caemse, w..a ioc, .4 v-J -- --' i . faults' J)cparimcnt. . ' ' the same material and color as the habit; and, if full flowing, like a Turk's, and fastened with an elastic band round the ancle, they will not be distinguished from the skirt. In this costume, which may be made amply warm by the folds of the trousers, plaited like a Highlander's kilt (fastened with an elaslio band at the waist) a lady can sit down in a manner impossible for one incumbered by two or three short petticoats. It .ifthe chest and back that require double folds of protection during; and after stormy exercise. There is a prejudice against ladies wearing long Wellington boots, but it s quire absurd, for they need nevere seen, and are a great comfort and protection in riding long distances, when worn with trousers tucked Inside. They should, for obvious reasons, be large enough for warm woollen stockings, and easy to get on and off. It would not look well to see a lady struggling out of a pair of wet boots, with the help of a boot jack and a couple of chambermaids. The heels of riding-boots, whether for ladies or gentlemen, should be low, bat long, to keep the" stirrup in its place. Satan Bever Disturbs Women. Mohammed relates the following story as an authentic and veritable piece of tradition, illustrative of the fact that Satan has duties to perform In the World, and he was never known to be idle and neglect them: v In the day of Mohammed there was an Arab who had a very pretty wife. Satan transformed himself in to exact and accurate a likeness of her husband thai, she could, not for thelifo of her tell which of the two was her husband. Both claimed her therc&l husband, and Satan in his likeness. - The case excited much attention in the neighborhood, but no solution of the difficulty could be obtained. At length the case . was brought before His Majesty, the Prophet, for solution, Mohammed, after a little reflection, held- up a certain earthen pot in his right baud, - with a spout like a teapot, and said to them both: "Now, which is the real husband will enter this vessel by the spout, and thus established his claim to the woman." Satan, having more capacity In that way than the Arab of real flesh and boneB, entered at once into the teapot, as suggested. The moment he entered, Mohammed closed the top of the pot, and kepi him shut in. By the time Mohammed had kept His Excellency shut op for a few days in that earthen pot, it was getting wrong in its machinery. Mohammed was, therefore, con. strained to let Satan out from Us place of confinement, to take the necessary place in the management of the world; but, - before he restored him to his liberty again, Mohammed extorted a solemn promise from him that " he wonld : never uvnium toe lair sex any more, but confine him- elf to what he could do among the male sex. " iinnirgrapp. t&" No Lcrse ever foend a mare's nesL That discovery can only be made by a donkey. "I have turned many va woman's bead," boasted a young nobleman of France, es. replied Talleyrand, "away from you." ZST" A Dutchman being asked how often he shaved, replied; "Dree times a week; effry tay 6ut SoOr.tay; den I shaves effry tay." Why is the affirmative vote at a meeting like a chap who Is keeled over by a blow between his ocu'ars? Becacse theyes have it- "I believB tbit mine will be the fate of Abel, said a wife to her husband one day, "Why so?' inquired the hnsband. "Because Abel waVkilled by a club, and your club will kill me if you continue to go to it every night." Z&m An Irishman, who was very near-sighted about to fight a duel, insisted that he should stand six paces nearer his antagonist than the other did to him, and that they were both to fire at the sace time.. . V ' A story is told of a miser who refused to let a man light his cigar by thflame of an apology for a candle, saying,-"Oh, go away, I hav'nt got enough light for myself." xy"A person complaining of the smallnesi of some""chops branht to the table, an incorri gible wag observed "Probably the sheep was fed on 7iorf commons" .' : fOr After speaking of the advantage to Eng land and United States of the Atlantic Telegraph Punch hopes "that the American sea serpent will not rudely intervene and be scaly enoug"to snap those ties asunder." JST A few days before the news reached us of the snccessful completion of the Atlantic Telegraph, Peter Cooper, thinking ho had lost a large pile of money, exclaimed savagely, to a friend: ul wish that confounded Telegraph was at the bottom of the ocean!" It teas there. A person in a public company, accusing the Irish nation with being the most unpclished in the world, was answered mildly by an Irish gentleman, "that it -ought to be otherwise, for the Irish met with bard tuba enough to polish any nation on earth.M ' ' ' ' "- . sSyA Hibernian hai come far to see Ifiaara, and while he gazed upon it, , a friend asked him if it was not the most wonderful thing, he had ever seen -To which he replied, "Never a bitj man ; never a" bit! Sure, it's no wonder at all that the wather should fall down there, for I'd like know what coald hinder it. 4r ' tiyThe following are two Coroner's jury vet- dieti lately rendered Jn two , country towns pf Georgia, W tx?rot A Pinion that the Decest met with her death, from Violent Infirmation in the Arm prodaced from TJnoan Canz." We are of opinion that )be deceased came, to his death easal!y by aa aectienlal stroke of thunder.? M Yoo see, grand mama, we ; perforate an aperture in Iheapex atidicorrespondint! aper-tare in tie bej nl Pi ??'jio2 ZZ? the Hps, and forcibly inhaliss the, breath, the shell is eciirery dlscLarged of its . cbntents." fBless nf Sony cried the pld-l3y "Hrhat ;-wonderfoi in prove nenU lie ji or; akel al?ow Ja tay'yonng NUMBER 24. Missmanagement : of the County Infirmary. FACTS FOR YOTiT 10 COi'SIOLl L Ever since our County Infirmary came nndef the control of the Republican party, its affairs have been so miserably managed as to cause universal complaint amongst, ail classes of citizens, without respect to party She present Steward, Mr. Mahbls, it is char-ged, is not only extravagant and wasteful in hij management of the-Institution, but receives a much higher compensation for hia services than other and better men have agreed to accept, who will discharge the same duties in a more acceptable manner to the people. ,' . . The attention of the Directors pf the Infirmary have over and over again been called to tbi sub ject, not only by constant verval complaint, but by written petition and remonstrance, signed by some of the most respectable citizens of Knox county, without distinction of party; and yet, not withstanding these facts, the Directors have pertinaciously refused to remove Marble, simply because he i.4 a bitter Republican partisan, who is more concerned about keeping his party in power, (in ordr that be may refain his bread and butter,) than, in promoting the interest of the tax-payers of tbe count, . To prove the truth of what we have above, stated, we submit to the voters the bouesttax-payers of Knox eounty, the following documents, which have been placed in our bands. ( :: The first is a petition asking for the removal of the Steward of the Infirmary, Mr, Marble, and, the second is for the appointment of Mr. H. K Castle, an honest, worthy man, of small famil, who has offered to discharge the daties of Stew, ard for $250 per annum, o'r $100 less than is paid the present Stexcard. To the Directors of Knox County Infirmary. We, the undersigned citizens of Knox county", recommend to your honorable body a removal of the present Steward, of said Infirmary, and the appointment of same other 'pood man with a Bmall family. We think justice to the citlzeha of the county require iL James Severe, A. J. Leek, John Thompson. 'John Humphrey! ' J. A. Thom'as, .Wm.BirdSr., . , - W. Con.wa, . ; - . jL4Lctt. A. Cam j, C D aa ::-J. D. Austen, " Simon Dewitt, J. C. Walton, James M. Odborn, Isaac Hawkins, E. D. Bryant, Josiah WrUjdli.ejl --'W. Jt -MeGogiBj-- A. J. Updike, Samuel Thatcher, C. Gunsulas, Wm. Youngblood", D. K.Woldruff, Amaha Bradfiel(fr J. W. Crosby, Francis M. nobley . Charles N. Hill, - Isaac A . : Brokaw, -'; ' John Shell, ... Philip Shaffer, Geo. W. Daval, Abraham ftrokaw G. W. Masleller. .'James Thompson , ' ,V. H. Peoples, Bethel Severe, "S. J. Campbell, T. A. Barney, Joshua Opdj he, Joseph Forsythe, ; B. Shaffer, To the Directors of the Knox County Infirmary. We, the undersigned citizens in the vicinity of the said Infirmary, recommend to your honorable body, that H. K. Castle be appointed as Steward of said Infirmary for the following rear sons : That we are acquainted with his family and know them to be of good moral character,, and that he is well qualified to fill the office of of Steward of the Knox county Infirmary, witb credit to himself and justice to the county; bis family Is small, and himself and wife are indus-trions and erprising persons, lie proposes to accept the situation for the sum f $250, wbicli is $100 less than the present Steward has been, getting, and $oQ less than the present Steward, proposes to accept it'; and , being satisfied that,. Mr. Castle will fill the situation equally as weir if not better than the present incumbent both for " the inmates and the county,-and considering the. . size of tEeir families and the salary, we think it will be a great saving to the tai-payers of said county to appoint said Castle Steward. By so' doing we are satisfied that your course will meet with the approbation of the people of KnoxT county, without respect to parties. Perry lloby, Andrew Frazier . Ezra Shair, F.Canoy, Char'es Carey, F. Wilkins, , ;. Stepheri Chapman, John Parrot, G. W. Hauk, W. L. King, Jessie Davis, - Wm.,Frazier, Decorum Daily, G. W. Carey, Jerome liowley, John Bird, J. E. Wood bridge! John Miller, A. Pjle, K.Clark, James Huntsberry, Geo. Browning," Almon IJoll'uUr. . We may add to tbe above that tbe family of Mr. Marble numbers about a dozen of persons " or upon an average about oncthird of the in", mates of ihe County Infirmary I Heep it Before the People, . . That the opposition "ehriex for freedam," bet do nothing to revere it; that every one pf he nine Free States admitted into the Union wuhln the last fifty six years were admitted by Democratic! Congresses, and all but ope (California under '. Fillmore) under Democratic Presidents. , Keep it Before" the People, That when the' Black, Republicans charge that" the English Bill contains a land bribe, or that it" proposes io grant more iana iduum ivuuj granted to new States, or more than was proposed to be granted by the Crittenden Montgomery bill, theyjeharge whsi is xox rars. . ,a ,.lteep it Eefsre tie People, - that the. Black EepubUcaa members cf Con fresS bave Toted to admit Slave States, inta tfi Union, and refused to voui to admit Free StaU; because they suppose thereby they couli Iti up the-slavery, agitaiioru -f . v i - nee? r.sf3;ti$ rK5b,!;j fjx&ttbe present. riacTt VZjh tlx -T .-T .t ev-vr-1 " . . . - "