Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1859-11-15

              --v-rrw VOLUME XXIII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: NOVEMBER 15. 1859. NUMBER 30. Choice DoctfjT. - From the New York Tribune. THE DIAMO.VO WCDDIXG. bt iDirtnn) c. btkhmax. O, Love! Love! Love! what tirars are those. Long ere the ?e of bplles ant! beaux, And Brussels lane and silken hose. When, in th treea Areadinn cloe , You nurriod Psyche under the rrtse, ; With only grass for Aeddine;! . Ilcart to heart, and bund to hand. Tou followed -Nature's sweet command Roaming lovingly tbroujib the land, : Nor sighed for a Diamond Wedding. So we bare read, in clajsie Ovid, . How Ilero watched for ber beloved. Impassioned youth, Leonder. She vu tbe fairest of tbe fair, And wrapt him round wilh her golden hair, Whenever he landed cold and bare, With nothing to eat, and nothing to wear, ADd wetter than any gander; '".''-For Love was Love, and . bettor than money Tne Flyer tbe thoft the sweeter tbe bouey And kii-Mnjc was clover, nil the world orer, Wherever Cujid might wander. : So thousands of year have come and gone, And till the moon is fbinirp on, Still Hymen's toreh is lighted; And hitherto, in thlr lnnd of the Wet,-lort couples in love have thought it best To follow tbe ancient way of the rent, And quietly get united.' Pot now, True Love, you're prowing old-Bought and gold, witli silver and roll, Like a house, or a horse and carriage! Midnight talk?. Moonlight vrtilkg,-The glance of the eye, anil sweetheart iigh, And shadowy haunts rriih no one by, 1 do not with to disparage, But every kin lias a j rice fur its bliss Id the modern code of marriage, : And tbe com met swuet T.i not complete Till the hijfh.C'-ntract'tijr pnrtios meet 1 ISeiore the altur of Mammon; And the bride mui-t be ltd to a si'ver bower, ' M here pearls itnd r'llma fall in a shower That would friulun Jupiiur Amuiun! I need not tell How it l.eMl, (Fim-e Jenkins has told tho story Over and over and over ajin, Iu a strie I tauiK't hupe t italn, Ao-t covered him-elf with k1"I"j!) IIiw it be felt, ore iSuiiiiuer'a lny. The Kine of Cutan -tr';it i tins way -King J miliary" bis Mime, "ibev mj Aiiu tell in li.ve 'with tl-e l iioeef My, The reigning be.le uf Manhattan; Nor liw be bejran to smirk aud rue, And drers a loitr wLo cimuo tu woo, Or ss Mux i!at't7t!( ami Ju'.iicn no, When they it full-blooiovd in tbe la'liei' view, And flourih the wi.udum buto. ITc WTn't one of ydur Pi'il.-h nob'c, WhoBi presence their ouniry omobow trouble, - L And o our filiesi rnptfivc-theui;. JCor one of your make-believe' Spa'nis-h gr&ndeeF, Who ply our dauyhtern with lien andcauuicK, 7 L'ntil the poor girls-hoiievc li.ein. X.i. he was no eneii chariarari Fnll T g:icor.a.de htmI lira vado, . Count de If'ihokcn Flar!i-iti-tht'-pan ' But regular rich TqnEflM ban fanta Crui le ta Jlu--va.!o Senor GrinuiHfimo Ovieilu! lie owned the rental of hnir TTavnni od allMatHnian; nn-1 SHnt'i Anna, Ilich as be wa-, could har dy hold : . : A candle to liht the miiitjn of gold t 4...1..... vw. ..1..1. r..n ..t a: And broart ! intations that, ia Tuund figures, Mereetocked with at least five thousand uigg-rs "Gather ye rosebuds w'.i lie ye may!" ". - The Sinnr fwore to carry the day- .-.'' Tin critnrehe beautiful l'rii:e May, M'ith bis battery of trcarure; Velvet and lace the phouM nut lack: Tifiany, Ilaugbwoiit, A Hiack. Genin Hnd Stewart his .uit should back, ' Aid come and go at her pleaeare; J?t and lava, a'lver and gold, Garnet, emerald rare to bfhold, 1'iainond. rappbire, wealth-unfold, - All were hem to ha -e and to heild: Enough to fi't a peck measure! He didn't bring all bi.s force on :At once, but lik: a crnfty old Don,'. Who many a heart hnd fought a-id won, .'- Kept bidding a little higher: And every time be made hie bid. ""' - '- And wh i t he Faid and all they di J . Twa written down For the ri-mmI of tbe town By Jeems, of the Daily Flyer. A coach anil hcvse, you'd, think, would buy . For tbe Don an eav virtorv: . - - But atowly our Prince yielded; A diamond necklace eanght her eye. But a reath of pearl firt made her igh; She knew the worth of each maiden glanceT; ' And like young coltt, that curvet and prance, She led the Don a deuce of a dance. In fpitaof. tbe wealth he wielded; She food uch a fireof iilk and lace, Jeel.: and golden dre8ing cae. And ruby brooche. and jets and-pcarls, . That every one of her dainty curls Brought the price of a hundred com.-non girls: Folks thought the la demented! But at la;ta wonderful -diamond, ring, A regular Koh-i-noor, did the thing, And,4tij bing with love ofoinething tho same, (U'uat's in a r.nmi?) Tbe princess May consented. Ring? ring! merry br lis, ring! O fortunate few, - With letters blue- Good for a seat and nenrtr view! Fortunate few, whom 1 dare not name! IHltOa-ie! Cremt de Vi eremtf . We commoners Ftood by tfaa street facada : And caught a glimpse of tbe cavalcade; ; W aw the bride In bediamonded pride, . Wilh six jeweled maidens to guard her side Six lustrous maidens in tarletan She led the van of the caravan: Close behind her, ber mother, . (Drest in gorgeous moire antique. That tuld, as plainly as word could speak, She was more antique than the other, . Leaned on tbe arm of Don Estaban ; - ' Santa Cms de la Muscovado Eenor Grandissimo Ovied : Happy mortal! fortunate man! Asd Marqcej of 1 Dorado! In tley fwepf, all riches and grace, Silks and satins and llonitoo lace: la they swept from tbe dastled run, Amd eoen ia tbe ehurch the deed was done. Three prelates stood on the chancel high 1 thlU KJd nl Iv-er can buy, "Utt "t 7t ntle, P""U? "sT fastened; i - What, worth doing at all's worth dolnr well, ; And tbe sale of a yeuog Xeahattaa beSe Is not to be poned or hastened-- Bo two Yery-Heverend graeed the eeeae And the tail Arehbtaoop stood between, ' By prayer and lasting chastened: The fop kifftself womld have eosoe from Borne, . fat argent matters kept hloa at home. . - " . Haply these robed prelates thought " ' ' Thsir words were the power that tied the knot; " Bni another power that love-knot tied, " . And 1 saw the chain round tbe neck of the bride ' A glistening, priceless, marvelous chain, '- Coiled with diamonds again and again, . ' As hefiu diamond weddinr: Tst UU 'twas ehain I thought she knew It. Aad taltway lngt4 for tb will to undo it v XXJ u Mem tears she was bedding, tt int it 4 J, t think, wnnTw : We all go through that terrible B-iver, Wh oae alaeriah tide alon e can sever (The Arrhbibop ays) the Church' decree, By floating one into EternitY And leaving the other alive a ever As each wades through that gbaatly stroam, The satins that rustle and gems that .gleam Will grow pale and heavy and ink a Way To the noisome River's bottom-clay; .Then tbe eoatly bride, and her maidens six, Will shiver upon tbe banks of the Styx, Quite as helpless aa they were born Raked sould. and very forlorn; j ; And tbe beauti nl Empress ever yonder, Whose crinoline made tbe wide world-wonder. And even ourselves and our dear little wives, . Who calico wear each morn of their lives And the ewiog girls and let chiffonier In rags aad hunger all the hv jloug day : And all the grooms of the caravan ; Aye, even the great Don E.itaban j Eau.ta Cms de la Muscovado ; i : Penor Grandissimo Oviedo . That gold-iuerusted, fortunate man! All will land in naked equality; - ; The lord of a ribboned principality-Will mourn the loss of his cordon. ! The Princes, too, mul shift for herself. And lay berroyality on tbe ah elf; Nothing to eat, and nothing to wear, .. Will certairly be the fashion there!, : Ten to ene, and I'll go it alone, j ; - Tboo mist used to a rag and bone Will stand it best when we come to rest On the other side of Jordan. ariet. UASON AND DIX02TS LINE. We extract fro:n a historical wr.rk now in rrpsa written by James Veech, Esq, an eminent lawyer of Pennsylvania, tbe following' beantiful allusion to the sHiurhern "botin-iary of Peunsjlvania. Wasinrjlo!i Constitution' '...'! -. "Tbe southern boundarv of Pennvvania exhibits several sinking peculiarities. Iu eastern en J consists of a cotii -)rale arc of a circle, wbich springing frm the river Delaware, connect itself irh the Itif.idinal part of the Line by e. dt'f'pr sharp in lfrii:itinn or notch, so as to rpspru!.!" what in architf etur? ia cailed a lcnl. From the initial poi'it of the latitu Tina' line, near the tinl, it strftches awav to tb west, tbronl; fi-rlJ and fi.rp-t; intent only unon t.reservinir iti fiurse. withnut b nz d'Heete-J by either the cbatititl of a river cr t!n ce ;f f in i.untiiitt. Cli-nbine obliquely the S'imn-.il t.f thW Allgliif -' tii-?. it turns its Iiik upon th foutitftnis. wbi- b feed ike Atlantic..- - utid, rahittjr 'd.ws), into the Ohio valley, stoops in its pathway to drink of the rrysfal. waters of tl;e Yosjt'hii.'hetiy. R:?in re freshed, .nn-i witb its eye still fixed to the Vet, it hurries on, rer lles3 of tre intersecling lisie of a sutrr sovpr-iijtity; Hri'?, stalking across the Cheat ari.5 ihf M tiowiTn!;-!a. stops amid the Fif-h eree!; hil'?, within hnlf a dny's" j inrney of the ri-pt O'nio, as if exhausted by the ragged route it h is Iravr-ifd, an I tiaahli t' reat-h that grenf tint" urVi hua-tidarr. ' rf og.td by. evry ether State r thuti I'. iiiiRjlvariia. fv-hit ri i:s current laves. L'p itreh-er inspection it will be 8-eu that it 13 eqti.-illy resrnrdjvss of the estaburihed litiea of ad measuren-irnt u;oti thw artha shrface, 'conform' fnv to riei her of. the limits of k - deg-ree of latitude, nor any of it ea:!y-oomprehended part: and this without being- forced into its anomalous j position by any object or obstacle of nature. For; at neither end. doea it terminate, jinr in any part of its extended course does it touch upon any prominent, natural landma.rkl It ij wholly, in every part, arid in ail ii firms, an artificial, arbitrary line without a model or fr-Ilow upon the continent; and yet it. is. perhaps, more unaftera ble than if nature had trade it, fir it; limits the siivereigntj of ur State", each of whom i as lenacious of .Us. peculiar systems of law as of its soil. It is the boundary of empire. Whence fame these peculiarities- this patpa ble "diregnrd of the plain provisions, of n at n re and science for the.-divisions, of dominion?. Is this singular line th-? result of com pulsion or compact of noisy strife, or of quiet agreement? How old is it bat its ancestry whence its ; name? These, with, many . other curious questions which spnntr from the subject, take , bid! upon the past, and fiud their solution ouly in history. ' - Strange sub ject, too, for history 13 a line defin ed to be vJength, without breadth or thickness." Yet this line has a hietory of a hundred years' duration, spreading out over more than half the old thirteen States, aud sinking deep into the very foundations of their being. It abounds in curious conflict of grant aud construction, in bold encroach menu upon vested rights, in artful remedies for inconvenient limitations. Sings, lord-, "and commoners, English, Sweedes, aud Duttb, Quakers and Cutholics, figure conspicuously -in the narrative with dram ntic tffecU Upon much of the disputed margins of the line have beeD enacted scenes of riot, invasion, and eveti murder, which want only the fauciful pen of a Scott or an Irving to develop their romantic interest. Iu the strife and regoiiations which led to its establishment, endurance and evasion were put 10 their highest tesu-; in tracing it, science achier ed one of us most arduous labors. In i-itncacy and interest, if not iu importance, the subject is inferior to none in American history." A Desperate Conflict wltn Pirates. The laet learner brings the news of a terrible and extraordinary encounter by the officers of the ship Ararat, with a gang of seventy-four piratical convicts, whra thej were convejing io Bombaj. Whea three days out, tbe convicts broke loose from confinement, and eodeavored to gain possession r of the ship. They attacked the sentry, stabbed him to the heart, and rushed aft to seize' the officers. ' The pirates fought with marline spikes, and everything they could lay their hand on. They were met by the captain and several of the crew, who fought with the desperation of men who knew that their lives depended on their exertions. It was pitch dark all theti-ne, for as soja as a light was brought t was extinguished bj the pirates. hi ship was rolling fearfullj, and abandoned bj tbe aai lors, chieflv Lascars, who" had take refuge in the) rigging. We extract tbe following setting paragraphs, which give a graptuo descriptioa of the bloody ncodnten Both th cspuia and guard fired into them as fast as tiej eoold load, axing also their Wla asd Uoseto to keep them at b. They Interesting bad desperate men to deal with. ' Na sooner was a musket fired than a rush was made cpoa it before it coald be reloaded, but in no one instance did they succeed in wrenching it from the grip that held it for life or death. Oae bayonet was their only spoil. During thi whole time they kept np a shower of missiles described, above and it is wondered that more mischief was tot done by them. Inch by inch the captain and his party, gained ground, "advancing purposely with caution, lest from behind the water cask, a rush might be made upon them, and their arms their solvation be -seized. And here we have to record one instance of courage as rare aa he roic. Some ten minutes or so after the outbreak' amid an uproar as if of hell let loose, arising from men who were thirsting for blood, the cap tain's wife took her part in the fray, by loading and continuing to reload her husband's pistols, and passing them ap from the cuddy Bkylight. As each hatch was gained it was seized by the guard and fastened down. . Afier an hour's hard fighting the convicts were driven on to the topgallant forcastle, where tbey were chared with the bayonet, and several run through or driven over the bows.' Two or three were seen to lay hold of the fore topgallant studding sail which was lying on the forecastle . and jump cverboard with it. They were shot from tt e poop and qu trterdeck, as well as the darkness permitu d their being made out. The deck now being clear, lights were brcuglit many attempts bad been made to get-l-ght-i during the 'fight,-' but as soon as one appeared it was knocked over by the convicts, and the whole work wus done in the most solid darkness. The nights which the lights, revealed were of the bor-ridest, Here a man with a gashed face, there another catal most in two, thert- another riddled -.With the bayonet, then one Tea, yet living wiiL four bullets through him.- The aspect f the place was that of a slaughter house.. Kiht d'tad bodies- were found on the forecastle, and ibreeon the main deck, including the European tetrry and -ihe Portuguese tw k . r At diiybreiik," a rnan was f.mnd hanr:ng on the' rudder.'' . A .rupe". being let down, he was hauled up. arid was found .'to have heejl shot .ihrough-'ihe l--g. On search filing made belcw tive more bo li"S were found of .nen who on re-tVivlrig enough-, hil f ms h-Li'.v to il ie. It whs fouiidthat the convicts had escaped by cutiing tbrivug-h with a knife, of wliich they had somehow gained . pisses-iton, a htr of a prison door furward. then partly cut'tittg through the inside partition; bar on the port i.ide, which , enabled tbetn to burst the door io altogether. They then shouted to the rest in the other ceils to fj'low. them,, which, with the exception of fourteen, jjiiom the guard were enabled to keep do .v 11, they .'.id.. '.-; ' - .-' At eix the convicts were musterel, when it was fjiind that twenty-eight were dead of. mi3" sirg, twenty-eight, out.-, of tixty " who came oti dtck. The remaining, thirty two, with the exception cf three wounded, were treated to three dozen each. At half past nine the sentries gave the alarm that soma of the convict had slipped theif leg irons. The guard was called aud secured them. :' Qn overhauling: the remainder, it was found that many of the irons were too large and they were accordingly reduced. A welcome siht must Bombay have been to the Ararat, A Child Born with two Heads Success-- - .. - - im Amputation ol Uae. A correspondent of the North And over (Me.) Adccate tells the f.illowing: On the lSih of September last a child was borti in the town of Palmyra, having two beads. The names of. the parents, are John and Mary Ward. The first, a natural head, seemed as i.early perfect as that of an infant usually; the second, or unnatural heal, was connected by a neck of about the. usual length and size, to the back or posterior part of the first one, a little above the point where ihe head and. neck naturally j-)in. Both heads were of about the same size and facing opposite ways. Hair grew per-fectly natural on both scalps, but the second head was entirely wanting in features; there were a few small irregularities where the face or features 6hould have : been, : appearing as if na-had attempted to form features, but without success. The health of the child seemed good, and it grew well until the 19th of tha present month (October,) when the unnatural head was successful amputated, at the neck by Dr. J. C. Manson. of Pitisfield; a dissection of ibis showed the skull to be composed of bone and car'ilage; also, what should have been bone in the neck proved to be cartilage. The head contained a substance almost perfectly ; resembling brain, but of less density. " It has now been some fire davs since the operation, and the chil l is fast recovering. . .. . - The Llsses at Solferino. 'Malskofr. in his last Paris "letter, devotes a good deal of attention Ip an accurate enumera fion of the Allied and Austrian losses at Solferino. They were pnbiished in the Moniteur as about 21,000 casualties for the Allied army. This estimate, ''MalakofF' contends, is purposely fixed far too low. We quote from the letter as follows: Now, since the French Government has thus far concealed from the public tbe facts in regard to the losses at the battle of Solferino I propose to fix here finally and irrevocably an approximative figured their losses, bassed upon the statistics of Dr. Gaalla, and upon my own observations the day of the battle and for a fortnight succeeding that; event Of the French- Wounded that entered . the hospitals of Brescis. 17415; wounded - that coavalesced or died in other towns and villages, 2,500; dead on the field of battle, 5.000; ioty 24,843, or say 25,000 Of Xhe Pied mootese Wounded that eutered the hosptuls of Brescia, 13,959; woanded that con valesced or'died io other towns t and villages, 2,000; dead on the field of bUle, 4,000 total, 19,959, or say 20,000. , Gradd olaI of losses" for the Allies army, in killed, and wounded, 45,000. Tha Bamber of dead bodies foond on the field of battlo hat never been suted officially in any reports -yet v pnbiished. The approximate Cgttrea asiamed abova wHSL not b considered too high ia proportion to lb Dumber ol woafida& To these ought to be added above 3,000 dea'hs of nnded mena low figure srae the battl, and thus we have a total of deaths from, the bat tie of Solferino, in the ranks of tbe Allied army of 14,000 met. Of the casaalties in tbe Austrian army, we know, absolutely nothing upon which we can place reliance,; We learn from travelers that their hospitals were crowded with wounded, and we know, that, all things being equal, an army that retreats can fire fewer shots than an array that advances. At Solferino, the whole Austrian army retreated during sixteen hours over the ground between Caetiglione and the Mincio, a distance of eight miles, and mnst have had many men shet in the back; and when the back is tnrned there is no longer an equili brium between the two destructive forces: in - . - - .... .... , stead of one" equal one ft is then two equal nothing.;; ' ' ' . """'- . '- The Coming- "Winter. It is predicted by the. weather wise, will be an unusaally severe one. All winters are hard on the poor. We daily see children upon the streets with their "little feet bare and red, and their bodies illy prepared for the cold and damp. Some poor people seem blessed-with nothing but little ones, and then to see those little ones in want of all the comforts of life, must very much abbreviate their pleasure in thm. We pray with our contemporary of the Ilarrinburgh Telegraph that God in his mer:y will "temper tbe wind to the shorn lamh,' and that our citizens will give what they Can spare out of their abundance to to make the poverty-stricken little ones comfortable. . - . -" - Among the predictions regarding the severity of the coming winter, the following are mention-ed; The squirrels are said to have thicker coats of fur than us:ial, and to be emigrating in great numbers to the South; the onions, which are esteemed by the weather wise" as excellent weather-guages, have outside coverings which are thicker and tougher than U9ual, by way of pre para, tion for severe frost; the goose's breast-bone, which time out of mind has been the household barometer, and whirh 'has been respected acco;-dinglv, is clouded and dark, an ! it -.betn'k'en-3 an early winter, and a long arid a strong winter. Even the lunar sij-is, which the wise in such matters say t.ev-r fall, iuiicate to the satisfac- ti ui of observing undent inhabitants heavy snow storms at d plenty ot theta. . - How Oysters are Manufactured. The bivulve in q testion, although scarcely an 'invention," is surely a great'insiitulion;" and as such, may'; properly receive our attention.- The cultivation of the oyster, it is well known, has long been art important branch of British industry,: an 1 now it appears 'Ihit the French gov-cniuiciiv has 10 wort tdlonizs The article on the coast of France. Tha plac chosen for the experiment, is a part of the Bay of St, Brience, whicli, for an area of about 3Q, 000 acres is eminently favorable for the purpose.: 3.000,-000 oysters were deposited during March and April, of this year, and means taken to prevent the spawn ;rom being Carrie! away by the cur-tents.: From an official report On the subject the experiment appears to have been a complete success so far; for, Hcafcely si v months after the sowing of the oyster., one of the trees, or fascines, placed to guard the spawn being taken up and carried to PariM for tbe inspection of Imperial ever, was: foind toontain, like fruit on its branoes. 20.000 oysters one inch in diameter, within the space "occupied by a wheat sheaf cu the field. - - fecms Of (LljO To triumph over pur passtotisis of all eonquests the most glorious. ' No men are so deep but that shallow places may be found in them, ' If a man could have his wishes he would double bis troubles. .'.'- A man who lacks a charitable heart lacks also a pure mind. - Love dies by satiety, anl forgotfulness inters it. . ' - Work as though thou wert to live ever; worship as though thou wert to die presently. : Thou may'st be more happy than ever were Alexander and Caesar, if thou wilt be more virtuous. . : r- -. "' A3 a general rule, self-interest is the main spring of our actions, and utilily the test .of their value. . ";'-' If thou wilt live comfortably, let God alone with his providence, and men with their rights. .: When success makes a man belter than be was before, he most be a good man indeed. We are ruined not by what we ral!y want but by what we think we do; therefore, never go ahroad in search of yout wants: if they are real ones, they will come home in search of you. lie that buys what he does not want i!l soon want what he cannot buy. - Life has been likened a thonjand times to a well-worn thoronghh re, beaten into dust by the tread of feet, aud bearing the imprint of everything in turn. The sun shines broad upon it, like a great unwinking eye; the wayside iocs ere many, but the homes are few. When yon look for a daw drop in the grass by night, you find it only by the miniature of the star that shines in it. . , Now almost every man's past is like a drop of dew; he never sees it at all unless it is a locket for an atom of Heaven. - The busy body labors without thanks, talks without credit, live without love, dies without pity save that some say, "It was a pity he died 00 sooner." . .- .- '. : When we record oar angry -feelings, let it be on the snow, that the first beam of sunshine may obliterate them forever. :' - - ' -The mad who boasts of his knowledge, is usually ignorant, aod wishes to blind the eyes of bis bearer. Merit and literature are- always discovered ia few instance unnoticed, narewaxd- d. . . - - . ' r: -. : : :. . f . Vanity is the prodace of light miada. It it tha growth of all climes and of all countries; it is s plant "often noarish'ad' and fostered, ye it savor bears frait plaaaiBg to the taste of aa ia talScnt man, ' . . .,':.'-". ' irnt IM1M0U3 A fieorgia Wedding. The preacher was prevented irom taking bis part In the ceremony, and a newly elected Justice of the Peace, who chanced to be present was colled upon to officiate in bis place. The good man's knees began to tremble, tor he had never tied the knot, and did not know where to begin. Fie had no Georgia Justice or any other book, from which to read tbe marriage service. The company was arranged in a semi-circle, each one bearing a tallow candle. He thought of everything he had ever learned, even to ' " Thirty days bath September, April, June, and November," : but all in vain, he could recollect nothing that suited tbe occasion. A suppressed titter all over the roo - admonished him, and in agony of desperation he began : " Know all men by these presents, that I- " Here be paused and looked op to the ceil'iDg, while a voice in the corner of the" room was heard to say : : " He is drawing a deed for. a tract of land," and they all laughed. ' In the name of God, Amen I " he began again, only to hear another, in a . loud whisper, s i v : -.'.--.' ' . ' - " He is making his will; I thought he could not live long, he looks so powerfally bad." " ' Now I lay me down to sleep, I prav " was the next essay, when some erudite gentleman remarked: -: He is not dead but sleepetb." " Oh, yes," continued the 'Squire. A voice replied : 'Oh, col oh, no! don't let's." Some person out of door sung out: ."Come into courtl' and the laughter was general. The bride -was near fainting the 'Squire was not far from it ; but being an indefatigable man he began again : ' To all and singular the sher " ' Let's run, he's going to levy on ns," said two or three at once. . Here a gleam of -light flashed across the 'Squi-reV fice ; he ordered the brido aud groom to hold up their hands, and in a solemn voice said : . - ' You, and each of you, do solemnly swear, in tbe presence of the present company, that you will perform toward each other all aud singular, the functions of husband and wife, as the case may be, to the be6t of your knowledge and ability, so help you God." . .-: "Good as wheail" exclaimed the father of the brige. First Rate Liquor. ..Joe was foiid of good liquor, or, indeed, liquor of any kind ; and being generally short of funds and credit, too, was in the habit of seizing on remnants of liquor left by practitioners at the bar.' -';-.- ' .,: - - . Thus matters progressed for some ten years, keeping Joe pretty well soaked, when Mr. K. having occasion to make a mixtureTor-curing a diseased hoof had need of some nitric acid, or aqu- fortis, that article being one of the ingredients of the lotion. Taking a common t ambler, and pouring a sufficient quantity of acid into it, be went out, leaving the tumbler op the counter, and a traveler the sole occupant of the bar-room. He had no sooner passed the door than in came Joe, and seeing, as he thought, a tumbler, as usual with some liquor too good to be wasted, immediately looked through the bottom, " as was the nsual custcm," and quickly threw himself oulzide of said liquor, He then went to bis wood chopping, smacking his lips at the nnusoal strength of the spirits. Shortly after Mr. K. coming in, picked up the tambled to go on with his medicinal preparation, but was: very much surprised on finding it empty. Inquiring of the traveller, he was informed that a short, chunky man (describing Joe) had drank it. With an exclamation of sur prise, and consternation depicted in bis counte nance, he rushed out of the room in search of Joe, expecting to find his dead body not many yards off. lie passed around the house, and in the back yard found Joe doing extra execution upon the back logs, working as he generally did when he had on an extra amount of steam. Af ter getting over his astonishment, the followiog colloquy ensued : Mr. K. " Joe, did joa drink that stuff on the counter?"' Joe" Why yaas I thought it had'nt ought to be wasted, you know. All right, I s'pose?" M. K. " I don't know. How did jou like it? How did you feel after it?' Joe4' Feel? I feel first rate lively as a crick-et." :: ' -.. ' . Mr. K. " Well, Joe, bat hsve'nt yon noticed anything out of the way nothing wrong about you?" . . Joe" Any thing wrong? Well, no, not much first rate liquor takes good told-goes further thin common. There's only one thing queer about it, which I can't get the bang of. (here he drew his shirt-sleeve under his nose;) whenever I voipt'my mouth, I burn a hole ia my hirtln Georgia Court A Rich Scene. After a well-known Georgia Solicitor General had administered" tbe nsual oath to the grand and petit jurors and bailiffs, he turned to the presiding judge and remarked.: . - So U May it please your honor, I do not remember any form of an oath administered to the lubby bailiffs, but by your permission, T think I can frame one, that will be. entirely satisfactory to tbe Court. - --. - '" - - Judge Proceed, Mr. Solicitor. : Sol. Put your hand on the booh. Wbereop on a tall, lean, vinegar-fced son of Aoak sup ped np and promptly grabbed the book. ' SoL You do solemnly swear, in the presence of this court, and us lawyers, that you will tike your position in tha lobby, a&d there remain wih your ejes skinned dario .tho oatira seat ion efl tha ooort. That yoa will sot nfWr any oae to peak abora k whirper, aad if aay ona shaS dare to do so in presence of yoar royal highness, yoa will vociferously exclaim, " silence in the lobbyr" and if order is not immediately restored, jou farther swear that yon will, by one ponderous blow of year fist, planted between the peepers of the offender, knock him down. All of this you will do to the best of your skill and knowledge, so help yoa God! . The bailiff took the position assigned him, and immediately alter the court was organized. Tom Diggers, who looked as green as a young gourd, Walked inte the room wearing brogaas No. 11,' and bis hands throst deep in his pockets, aod enquired : ; ; " Hello, fellows, where in lb under is Jim Snel-lings?"44 Silence in the lobbjl" roared tha enraged official. ' '. . - ' - Brogans Yon must be ah alSred tarnel fool ; and ef ye jist Open that bread trap of . your'n a-gin, yonr mammy won't know ye. - Whereupon Jim Jarvis, the bailiff, let fly the dogs of war, and greeny fell fl it on his bark, with bis pedestals at an angle of forty-i ve degrees in the air. He grabbed greeny by the seat of his trowrers, and dragged him wrong end fore- roost into tbe presence of bis Honor, the presiding Judge, and said : ' .Sir. Judge, here's that infernal John Diggers, what wan't never in a court room afore, and be undertook to run over thle chicken ; but 'cord in' to my oath I fetched the tarnel critter op stooding, by giving him a jerk atween the eyes, 'cord in to law, and now say the word, and I'll mtul the dogwood juice outer him afore you ken wink your eves twsce.' Judge Turn him loose, Mr, Bailiff, and accept the thanks of the Court for the prompt dis charge ot your official duty. Exit Greeny with eyes as large as saucers. Independent South Looking on the Bright Side. Here is a letter from a wife in Massachusetts to her husband in California. She don't intend going through the world with th9 blues : -Ify Dear Husband As it is some time since you left for California, I suppose you would be clad to hear bow we are getting along in your absence. .1 am happy to say that we are enjoying very good health on the whole. Just at present two of the boys have got the small pox.. Amanda. Jane has got the typhus fever. Betsey is down with the roeasel. Samuel got hooked by the cow tbe other day, and little Peter has chopped off three of his fingers with a hatchet. It is a mercy that he didn't chop them all off. With these trifling exceptions, we are all well and getting along nicely. . You needn't be at all anxioo about us. I nlmott forgot to iy tlxt Sarah Matilda eloped last week with a tin peddler. Poor girl I She's been waiting for the last ten years for a chance, and I'm glad she got married at last. She needn't to have taken the trouble to elope, though, for I'm sure I was glad enough to have her go. She wrs a great eater, and I find that baked beans don't go off near so fast now as they did. The way that girl would dip into pork and beans was a can 'ion to the rest of the family. Tbe cow took it into her head yesterday to run away, which was very fortunate, I'm sury, for the barn caught fire last night and was consumed. I was in hopes the bouse would go too, for it's very inconvenient, but the wind was the wrong way, and so it didn't receive much injury. Some boys broke into the orchard tbe other day, and stripped all the fruit trees. I am very glad of it, for if they hadn't I presume the children would have made themselves sick eat iug too much fruit. Hoping you enjoy yourself in California as well aa we do at home, l.remaio your affectionate wife."' , The Myriad-Handed Man ; or, the Miracles of Enterprise and Mercy. Familiarity, they tell us, is the amhor of con tempt. Things which we see and handle every day, lose all distinctive value in our eyes. The very air we breathe is an unrecognized blessing, though, if deprived of it for the twentieth fraction of an hour, the world would cease to live! In like manner we have all of us no matter of what race or country been so long accustomed to see the name of Thomas Holloway at the bead of a mdcical adeertisement, that we begin to look upon it as one of the essential concomitants of a newspaper, and hardly pause to inquire into the true significance of this universal fame. Let not our readers faney that this paragraph is a pitfall, at the bottom of wbich :by wnl find a "puff" for the " Universal Remedies," with the fame of which Professor Holloway is assoei a'ed ; it is no such thing. We could say much of the Pills and Ointment; but at present our design is merely to call attention to the biography of a man whose achievements will hereafter be regarded as the surpa&siog wonder of the nineteenth cenvurv I - There are few varieties of the heman race unrepresented in the population of this comopoii tan city. Coolies from China Malays from the Eastern Archipelago Redskins from the West Blackskins from all parts of Africa Whalemen from Greenland "and the regions of the Arctic Pole bronzed half-breeds from Brazil and the other States of South America Borneans, Tas-roanians, Arabs, Hindoos. Armenians, New Zea-landers, and Kaffirs these, with tbe millions from from all parts of Europe, make np the motley immigration wjbich oar world-embracing commerce throws daily upon onr shores. Thousands of such, perhaps, f ave never heard any one of the great names which we have been trained to regard with reverence. Tha name ef Washington cannot thrill their sluggish blood ; of Napoleon Bonaparte, his conquests and his fall, they are utterly ignorant. But band them a newspaper, and sea how rapidly their faces brighten 1 . Tbey recognize its friendly promise they rely. on its long-tested truth ; they rejoice and are, perhaps, astonished to know that the great physician, whoa visit to their owa eouctry formed the e-poch of a physical regeneration, bas likewise been before them oa a like errand of mercy to the land of their futore adoption 1 They- no longer feel that they are strangers ; for Holloway, by his genius, bU labor. ;ad ventures, and world-wide travels, has. established a connecting link between all tribes and races of the human family. Possessed with a burning seal to relieve the aEict-d, and fearing nothing that man can do, he has nrada tLs pilgrimage of tha earth and established ia every spot ha visited aot only depute for tbe Wof his medicines, btt-likewise journal. in tha aatjve tongue. What a romance could ha fratned, frcaa tha labors, perils, and. advastorfia tt vuh a fa I CC & JmniaLn: Slic Hcmcrcratic SJuuuctr A VOICE FROH K.1ASAS ! ' The Herald of Freedcn oa tha C&rper'a rerry Siot. . The Herald of Freedom, published at Leavea worth, has ever been the leading organ of tha Kansas Screech era. The editor of that paper bearing of the Harper's Ferry affair, let out tha following secret: ''The business men of Leavenworth will remember the insane tooremeiits of Jatet H. Lane and these an ti 'peace men who prrjected the idea of murdering tha delegates to the Le compton Coostitutiooal Convention, while oa their way to resume their labors in October, aod the ordering of the whole country to assembla at Lecompion with arms and four day's provi. riots, to take that town and k&ttg the members of the Convention. They will call to rcicd tha meeting in Duncan's building, followed by tha one in front of the Morrow House, in Lawreaca when he was beaded off ia that demon work, and the contemplated sanguinary visit to La-coai ton was changed into a peaceful one to protest against the Constitution then being framed The Lecompton Constitution itself was next made the pretext for bringing oa war. Whoever is able to call np the incidents of tbe 2 2d and 23d of December Convention, held in Lawrence will be able to comprehend that to which we all ode, Crown's jHar Kitchen Convention," as Thatcher and his associates branded the affair, foiled them in their plans; but then cams on the difficulties at Fort Scott, inaugurated by the leaders in all these revolutionary movements, and backed np by Jim Lane, Old John Brown, Red path, Phillips, and all that class of persons. Then was organized the secret oath-bound league, the object of which was lo murder, in cold blood, every officer elected under the Lecompton Constitution, be be a free-State man- or otherwise. The pass-word to that secret organ ization was LANK. The whole plan of assassi nation, of relays of horses for the execution, &c, are in the possession of good men in Law rence, and have been for a long period. But there was a peaceful adjustment of all these matters, because Congressdid not give legal sanction to the Lecompton Swindle. Tha southeastern border, however, was made tha pretext for keeping alive this war movement. There gathered the "buzzards" again, and into active service was called all their machinery for again involving the country in strife. . "Ran- " dolph," alias Wm. Hutchinson, Phillips, Ksgi, Hinton, and all that class of men, were active ia t ying to keep Eastern public opinion with them. While at home, their organ, the Lawrence Re publican, and several lesser sheets, were doing aM in their power to influence the public mind. Falsehoods, as in the former case, were their principal stock in rrsde, and all who did not joia tbem in their revolutionary schemes were bras-ded as renegades from the Free State party. Old John Brown, with his minions, who open ed the blood isue in Kansas, by murdering tha five heads, of families 00 Pottawattamie Creek at midnight, on the 25th of May, 1856, appeared and took charge of the marauding forces.. They attempted to make the whole population of Mis-soori respofiriVe for the . horrid murder near Chattane's Trading Post. Brown was in constant intercourse with men in the East, who declared on the stump,' and in all their published correspondence, that their "only hope of abolishing slavery in the in the United States lay through revolution;" and from tbem he received funds from lime to time, in prosecution of bis war schemes. Whin Montgomery discovered Brown &, Co.'a plans of revolution, to his credit be it said, he protested, and in consequence of their quarrel, probably, more than anything elc'a, the latter raaa- a brilliant coup d'etat irto Missouri, killed Crew, took h s slaves and made a forced march to Canada, receiving any amount of 'aid aod comfort" from his cohorts along the route. At this time Doy was arrested in violation of law, and removed outside of Kansas. Then tho excited lightning flashed again. Lane haran-gued crowds nightly in Lawrence, lie was ready to march into Missouri, and release him by vio-lence, and all the indorsers of a "bloodv issue cried, amen. But their schemes all failed, arid the principal public actor, who bad courage and desperation sufficient to carry into execution his plan witnont regard to cost; and who, in the in terim, bad rturned to Kansas, took his leave. ana determined upon immediate! v consummating plans long since laid for opera ions elsewhere should he fail in again embroiling the people of the Kansas border. We allude to Old John Brotcn. , TEE HARPER'S FERRY PLOT. The whole plan of the organization, mole of operation, Ac, it setms, bas been known in Kan sas for a longtime. We are told by parties who were in tbe secret, that the plan of Old Brown Sc, Co. was to strike such a vigorous blow as to intimidate the entire population of Virginia and the South, who are known to be exceedingly timorous over their slave population. . Wih his few immediate supports, he was to take possession of the armorv. while others.! with teams. were to carry tbe arms and . military supplies to the moot. tains. In those fastnesses he was to erect his independent standard, around which tha negroes were to assemble. A secret organiza tion, permeating all sections of the North, with powerful backing jn Kansas, was to furnish re cruits. Thus strengthened ther would be able to bid defiance to State and federal authority, and tnongn a seven years war would tollow, or hrough half a century, they would keep alivo their movements, acting mostly npoo the defensive at fir.t, till tbe negroes of tbe Canadas and of the South could give them sufficient strength to justify aggressive movements. Tbe Republican party, if true to itself and ita own best interests, will everywhere denounce the treasonable enterprise, and all its aiders and abetors. If they do this, some distinguished as pirants for office, now in Kansas, will find them selves minus a position a few months hence. We bave facts and -figures in our possession. whenever tbey shall be called for.. Fred Doofflas afraid cf being Tagged." This black rascal in a letter cooly appropriates to himself a good deal of Old Brown's glory, excepting tha bravery of it; and then makes eff for England, where be can be received by the Earl of Carlisle and the Duchess of Sutherland.-It seeems that tbe United States officers bsvo made bira "scarce about his former haunts. Id reference to his future plans, Douglass re-1 marks as follows : "I have no apologv for keemnc out of the wst of those gentlemanly United States Marshal, wno are eaia to nave paid Rochester a somewhat protracted visit lately, with a view to an interview with me, A Government reccgutzmg the validi ' ty of the Dred Scott decision, at such a time aa this is not likely to bave any charitable feelirra towards me, and if I am to meet its represent ' tives. I prefer to do so, at least, upon eqnal terms. If I have committ-d any oCVnce against Society, I have done so on the soil of tha Stale of 11 tw York, and I should be perfectly willinsr then t be arraigned before an Impartial jary; bet I bave quite insaperable rejections to v caclt bv the hand of Mr. Bnchanan. ard "barc-l" by Gov. Wise. For this appears to ha the arrangement Buchanan does tha f ;Ltlrj ari huatinj, aid Wis " la ft" tl" ri. T