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the youth vanished from he
'I will dress it for his sake.
SAI#
' say it is rich and beautiful. Ah I how
| freely would I destroy each ample
j tress and scatter it upon the winds,
invariably in acivance. For six months, j did he not love to Smooth it with his
dollar and seventy-five cents. fingers.'
ADVERTISEMENTS—Will be inserted at the Months rnllprl rnv inri F1H
rate oí one collar per square ior the first, and 11°"l'1Sl r°U®Cl / >V.a>' ?nCl Hla
fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Ten ! watched her herds in sadness, for
lines or less constitute a cquare. Hall the above nothing was heard of Adolphe, and
the S,*ear ** charge<i those w{i0 a'iveiuse ' - j the demon of war continuedfto spread
Announcements of Candidates for oiT.ce will be j his desolation over the land.
chargcJ for at the same rate as advertisements It was proposed to raise a sum by
I «"«ribution amnni the inhabitants
the same rate as advertisement?
IS
j of the mountain, which should be
o rommur.i^aiion or advertisement of an abu-! placed in the general fund and appro-
- ca?rac:cr WiUbc m-''"m'dwi0Ur culuin!iS; priatcd to í he use-<of thedefendeis of
any te-TVis. ! r • ^ .
i he King.
THE PEÜSSIAN GIRL
A Thirlling Talc of Silesia.
i When the father of Ella was called
\ upon for his proportion lie fiad rtoih-
j ing to give, and the noble, hearted girl
I then*, for the first time, felt the want
During the seven year's war,^the ! 0f wealth.
exertions <<f th" Prussians in that crit- j 'Father, let us seek our flocks,' said
i'.'al moment to support the failing \ s}ie—Jvve will b3 amply repaid in the
tortunes ot their indeiatigiblf monarch j free,-iom we sliall enjoy; and when
were truly worthy of a luminous char- ; peace comes again, I'm sure I can get
acter in the records of history but, work for you.'
they were far outdone by the public) my daughter,' answered the
sacrifices which voluntarily made by j 0ld man, 'our country requires no such
mdivduals to repel the eucrochments ; sacrifice,wo must not deprive ourselves
oí the armies oí France in the year j 0f t|ie means of livelihood.'
Lacb family contributed in J Ella reflected for a long while and
<hilerent ways, to the exp uses oí the formed a thousand plans for raising a
war ; even the poorest hordes gave j Slim Df money that was worthy of be-
in their mite lor the: general good,; ing given inaidofthe patriot cause; but
though it deprived*^p?ir jamihes^ ot jajj her schemes "were impracticle, and
many little lurries w hie ."they before i she even wept in solitude for her in-,,
had hern used to. In one ot the ro- ¡ability to serve her country.
inr.ntic vallies of Silesia, lived a young i 'Would that these locks were
girl ot unsurj.asseu beauty the pride i of gold,' exclaimed she, running her
and delight ot her paints \\ hose j fingers through the clustering tresses
only occupation was to attend flocKSj^g they daiiied with the wind; 'I
and bear the scant produce of their i
little
Ella
wire
scant prcduc
farm to a neighboring town.—
like the wild flowers, had ador-
ned and beautified by the unerring
hand of nature. She had seen little
ot tlie world until the triumph of war
sound d over the country, and echoed
discordantly amidst the recesses of
its solitude ; and when in consequence
of her ¡injuries, her father was ob-
liged to tell her the distracted state
< 1 her native land, the indignant blush
and high heaving of her bosom pro-
claimed how much she felt for her en-
terprising sovereign and the brave
people who were arrayed to defend
his dominions.
'Heaven grant us the victory i* ex-
might give them for the gene, a I good.
Can they not be sold? I will go to
Brcslau and offer them ; théy may
bring but atrille, yet they are all I
have to bestow. But Adolphe—when
he returns and beholds me deprived
of my greatest beauty—he will
turn from me, he will love me no more
Well, be it so, I will sacrifice even
his love to the cause of liberty.'
She accordingly proceeded to Bres-
lau and offered her hair for sale to the
first fristtre in the city. The loveli-
ness of the young girl, and the novel-
ty of her oiler, caused the person to
inquire why she robbed herself of such
beautiful tresses. On receiving her
tiie
answer he was astonished-at tiie ex-
claimed she m the patriotic enthusiasm j inordinary, disinterested patriotism
ot her soul. 1 would father, that na- displayed by one so young and interest-
ture had made rue strong enough to
light.'
The old man only smiled a
and kissed her rosv cheek,
u12.
her
CIS.
eep out of the way of the
reply,
bade
soldi-
'I
SU'I
Adolpiie
The caution was scarcely needed—
Ella knew where to find one whom
she might gaze upon for boni s, though
not dresssed out in trappings of mili-
tary, was more to her than all the
world besides. She was soon at the
mountain's slope watching her
and listening to the mellow not
they flowed from the pipe of
—a fine featured \oung man, who
sat at her feet gazing tenderly upon
her smilling face.
'That hair of yours, Ella,' said he
laying down the instrument—'I would
give the world for one little lock, and
lie ran his fingers through the glossy
tresses as they hung luxuriantly
around her finely moulded shoul-
ders. .
'The world is not yours to give, Mr.
Adolphe,' said she, archly; 'but do
you pnly love me for my curls, which
you are always prasing !'
1 love you for yourself, dear Ella,
but these rich ringlets which might
grace a queen, I almost idolize them,
and you refuse to bestow upon me
one ltttle tress.'
'Have I not reason? Were I to
giYe you a lock, I might never see
"--ain, for then you would have
your idol i>y you ami J should be for
gotten. No, Adolphe—first prove
yourself worthy of the gift, and then
you shall not only have a tress, but
my hand too. if you desire it.*
'Tell me how to become worthy of
so estimable a gift,' exclaimed the en-
raptured youth, 'and I will follow the
path you may point out.'
'There it is,' answered the maden
pointing towards Breslau, and looking
her lover fixedly in thtí lace.
«¿lid what am I to do in Breslau?'
'Join the brave men who arts strug-
gling for our liberties, and ten fold
shall be the love of Ella/
A slight blush overspread the face
of Adolphe, he bade her farewell, and
was iost in the recess of the valley.
1 i re was more courtliness in the
list speech of Adolphe than generally j
tails to the lejL-ef untutored mountain-
eers of Silesia *f% d Ella thought, as
he wended his way down the narrow
* dchlt, that there was more dignity in
his n ¿en than she had ever before ob-
wiil take the locks, my pretty
a..., said be admiring the softness of
| their texture, 'and turn them into
J bracelets. Every body will buy them
! when they know of whose hair they
• were made./ 4.,
i. The delighted girl received the
j proffered?®!!®, Épaid flew to add it to
j the general, fund. The friseur had
: predicted; ¿rlgíft;jhe .story got wind
t jand ladies and.gentAemen of ihc city
-i heros j flocked to his>storOvlo. purchase tjie
trotes as j bracelets marked' ÍT£iV;V. Among oth-
ers, a young man of [ngh rank
hearing «lie story, endeavored to ob-:
tain one. of tiie articles. The vender
had but one left, and he had alreac
raised a considerable sum from their;
sale; he examined the calor and tex-
ture of the hair, and when his eyes
fell upon the name tof Ella, a smile
of pride and gratitude curled hi
lip, and he uttered : It must be she!
lie cmpted his purse upon the cotui-
ter and told the man to take it all
for the bracelet, who being dazzled by"
the sight of so much gold, readily con-
sented. The officer left the shop with
the treasure pressed to his lips.
"Ella,' said Adolphe, as he sat b
the side of the mountain maid, wher
are those luxuriant locks that formely
hung around your neck? I went and
fought at your bidding, and now I
e come to claim my reward.'
olphe, 'answered'¿she, I became
jealous of my liair^ and your heart
became entangled among its curls;
the more I combed them. the more
they webbed around my heart, and
so I cut them off. Do you love me
without my locks?"
'Love you, Ell|£V Gould I do less
tjljp worship you. since you have
sonobly married your beauty for
your country? Look at this bracelet
—the hair is yours—the name is
yours.'
Thus caught, the generous
thought it useless to deny the foe
here recorded.
She confessed it all, and shortly |af-
terwards was the wife of the strati
ger, Adoiphe, Count oí Ruthland
The
The snaaows
ed —rfh r ni hi 11 ' n yet
crescent, casi^Jbut ajfaint light; yet
by its scarcely
fail to *t1íough
'tis true-^two',figures which seemed
to lean against1' the olden Elm, in
Catesby Park4. The old tree, still
glowing with veftlurej* redolent with
perfume, albeit a century's storm had.
howled around its head. One of this
forms wasran Angel—one of thos
bright creátions who kneel in adorá-
tion before the great White Throne,
yet by the inscrutable will of God.
unaware of the sufferings to which
the sons of humanity aré doomed
in this probationary state of existence;
the other was the Spirit of Deifh; and
they thus discoursed. First, the An-
U)t interests of the
stole through
the strains
"I have
beau-
¡n the
Ttain-
which
gel spol*
the hush
of s
tra
tiful
sun
ed cl
he s
w
nev
Queen Victoria's Theatre.
The number of dresses in
wardrobe of her ^Majesty's Th
is five thousand, ||pe hundred
eighty-two, pertaining to every
and nation. The costumes ar
made in the Theatre. There'
served—she scarcely dare ask her- thirty tailors, dressmakers. Mill
Fcheel§
tse; her lips fragran
s of morning. I witnessed her
s the stars danced up the purple
s|fy; and the tenderness and devotr-"^'"
long life will be a foretaste oí
iíeavcn which shall succeed.
passed through a city; its richness
and splendor could not be sm-
all sopke of happiness and prosperi-
ty. I entered, with a group of maid
ens. a festal hall, where the sunny
smiles and radiant eye made sweet
music; and I halted where there was
a mighty gathering of the nation; where
the red banner of victory floated tri-
umphantly to the sound of the trumpet
and" the spirit-stirring drum. It was
a gallant sight to see those young
brave hearts, rejoicing in their coun-
try's freedom. I could not refrain my
voice, as their shouts unanimously
rent the sky—'Liberty or Death !"—
Again I paused, in the dim twilight
to listen to the music which appear
ed to my rapt senses strains from
Paradise: it Was the Convent vesper!
—How peacefully calm! it breathed
the very essence of holiness and con-
tent! In sooth, this earth is a very
lovely place. Do not, I entreat, pass
over her face! stay thy dark wing! let
not the happiness God Himself has
created prove by thy presence so
evanescent!" Then the Spirit of Death
raised his hand; and, by- so doing
cast from before the eyes of the An-
gel the filmy veil, which, when a mere
passer .over the^arth, had obscured
his vision, so that he only saw the
outward shomso&^mortality, and look
when
eet:
P
is sad
to the
"Yes
tain tops
is!thathap-
■vard seeming
^assumed to
heart! The
ictory, so quickly foliow-
; anguish cry of pain—the
the widow—the orphan's
The gay bridegroom had al-
ready min
deserted^ fl
tions ana gSnlíe thoughts; carélessly
he spoke of his love, as a dream of
fairy-land romance; the freshness of
the youth had forever departed from
his heart; jambition had usurped its
place; he .was changed indeed, yet
he sought to believe the change was
in others rather than himself: ®And
his bride! how sad her looks! how
cheeks! her brow thoughtful
her lip had forgotten to
s stamp was on her
the gushing
the charmed
again loo-
ons had be-
saw the
in the
lifeless in
rthern
'Jgd in the world's tumult,
íomé of his young áffec-
seif who ho was; for he had been bui
a short time among the shepherds,
and r.o one knew aught ot his birth or
p.of. >sion ; but eyery one loved him
for is generosity and nobleness of
r hair,' said Ella to herself.
&c. The outlay for materials
dresses alone, was 1,400 pounds,
while the gold lace cosi 300 pouiids.
There is ¿£i^¿|Br|gade attached' to
the T^j^^^ytíiiing a screw, a
fo any
ie house.
the checke3 frown and
sigh strove to be .un
unheard. Hé
sufficient, if the wortd knew not thcu masters
: _l- i. i Ltj u u:. n. '. U*
misery to which he h%d sold himself.'
Sad—sad—lesson for the heart to learn 1
And the gay and thf
ever striving alter
or playing with straws—tran^pling
on the flowers which bloom on their
path—only at length rendered con-
scious by the thorns which pierce
their feet! Andeven the bright sun-
shine is chased away by the rolling
thunder, and the driving rain—
"Alas ! 'tis all but outward show
The sunshine green earth below."
Spirit of Death! your flight over
the earth is indeed a mission of mer-
cy. The wretched and wayworn pray
for thy coming. Stay not thy shaft—
for it speeds the weary spirit home.
í..... ^ . a Specimen of Carlyleism.
The Puritan Recorder says nothing
is easier than to write as Carlyle
wrrites, and dashes off the following
as a sample :
"Come now, O my Thomas, thou
doubtful doubter of my doubts, thou
flounder on the flats, miry and bilgy,
of tideless tofydsm. I have some-
what to show thee.' Look! What
seest thou with those staring eyes of
thine, those eyes so big and bullet
like, globed in such rolling and sphe-
ric speculation ! it shall be told thee
what thou seest. A car, a patent car,
fourwheeled and many sized, and
liless., Not two of the wheels
ame size any two may be-
brvvard pair though in no
rescript and irrevocable. It
forth forebackwardly, hind-
quarterly, and stern foromostly,
and jolteth in many directions at
once, and therefore hath no locomo-
tion. Time and a half i¿t ¡s topsy
turvey; and ot her w hi les - th ciscón ce-
less traveller, therein' encsconced,
Inoweth not whether he is sitting on
his head, kneeling on his heels or
standing on his elbows. Loud rum-
bleth and rough tumbleth this mystic
and portentous car ; and yet it stayeth
where it listeneth, and where that is,
no man knowcth; not even its inven-
tor. And what sort of a car is that?
Ho, ho, Peter and Paul! Ha, ha,
Mrs. Grundy, and dame Partington !
[This means, 'Laugh reader'!] Why,
man dost thou ignore this car ? Dost
thou not rccognize this"car ? Why,
man, it is thyself—it is Car—lyle !'
taught, is that many
g|r, thíé Public; and 1
ng--they are impudent arid voraciou
e unattainable,- continually preying upon
ty ! On every hand he is
Meat, drink, clothing, and ev
icine are to him sources of deíusi
and fraud. Alum and chalk in his
bread, sole-leaves in his tea, "devil's
dust" in his coat, plaster of Paris in
SOIJ^OQJJY.
Can't get along, so, and yet doing
as much business as I did twenty
years ago ! Then I saved my money
—now I'm spendiug it; absolutely
going behind-hand every season!—
What's the difficulty? Profits are
reduced, while rents and expenses
are increased ! What shall I do ?—
It's plain ! I must do more business
—multiply my profits by increasing
the number of customers. How shall
I get more customers? By e;iving
information to a greater number t)¿
the 'people and inviting their custom.
IIow? A.s other people do—through
the liewspapears, cards, lnindbijds, <£e.
In short, I must advertise, or quit
business. As there is no'other reme*
I will make a virtue j>f necessity.
advertise. I will.v Vc
-
Not Engaged bat Married.
Some ridicluous mistakes occur
among foreigners, at times owing to
different meanings applied to the'same
word of our language. During the
absence of a physician of our acquain-
tance, the other day a gentleman cal-
led to see himt and rang the bell at
the door. The summons was ans-
wered by a Dutch servant girl, of
whom he inquired if the"" doctor was
within.
'No.' s\
'Is his lady in ?' o
•Yes.'
'Is she engaged ?'
The girl looked at him a moment,
while a curious expression settled on
her features as she replied:
'Why, no—she is already mim-
ed.'
The gentleman sloped.
-jars but a tithe of the evils the i'dis-
;5prning public has to endure, Nay,|
so confident have some of his decei-
vers actually becomej that they insist
to his very face-that so vitiated has
his taste become that he has ihs reality
acquired a desire for being "taken in
and done for" Like the eels of t|ie
Billingsgate fish wife, nenas, accord-
ing to these disinterested gentlemen.be>
come so accustomed to "skin
that he rather likes the
otherwise. At a meetin;
held in London on
for the purpose of d
put an effectual che
tion of coffee, at
came forward,
faced manner
alleging that
Rsmlnlteeuce of
AUTHOR J. SÍ
s.—I saw/M^^Cadiioa,
e, at Richmond, where ho
ember of a State Ceven-
n 1829, for the revision
tutinu of Virginia. You
the intense] cariosity with
on an individual so illus-
ong a crowd of gentlemen who
hall of the House Of Delegates,
I, where the Convention was
n, I saw one, of lower statue
compeers, slender and deli
liked by the ,
product of the
man present'
Fmoment)
by minstrel's voice; b
his heart, and there was
wasting care within it; hope,
ed him with giddy, empty
a Barrister Poeeu.
the late Limerick Assizes, a
witness of the 'lower classes' was
cross-examined by Mr. Bennet. Q,ueen's
counsel, when the following dialouge
took place:
Counsel - Why do you hesitate to
to answer ne ! you look at me as if I
were a*rouge.
Witness. —'To be sure I do,' -
Laughter.
'Upon your oath you think me
t
on my oath I doa't think
man.'
bntinued laughtei
swearsto thafon your 6ath If
'I do, to be sure, * what el
—m--v ■ r -•
£ «S
why do you fhink
iv, because you arc do;
o make me perjure my
, , r..
distinguished by the width of its
brim, and its total estrangement from the
fashionable block of the day ; in aspect
grave, yet mild; in air and carriage per-
fectly simple and unassuming; of light
elastic step, and possessing, altogether,
what may be called a winning address —
I observed that he was approached by every
one with instinctive respect, (although not
with that expression of awe which~was in
spired by Washington,) and I soon learn-
ed from every mouth, that it was ex-Pre-
Madison. Many members of the
>n then saw him, like myself, for
time. He looked to mo like a
nner, emerging from retire-
e his vote at some important
then purposing to return
his friends with courtesy, hut
moved calmness of manner, dif-
seemed to me, from that warmth
which usually mark the in-
of Virginians, and of Southern
lly. Indeed, were I asked
I Mr. Madison's distinguished
L of his constitutional orga-
ould say it was this very
nified calmness. His tone
pleasant, even cheerful,
undisturbed, ever self-posses-
balanced. Wherever I met him.
d. this original impression rernain-
éred. lío \sfas. in all situations,
gentlemanly, modest',' retiring, and, for so
distinguished a character, more silent than
I had ^expected, lie never assumed the
lead in conversation, and appeared always
more^ disposed to listen than to speak
Nothing can be Conceived more remote,
from all assumption and display. During
the whole duration of the Convention, (and
it sat for sixteen weeks) although of all
present, he was host entitled to speak on
subjects such as those which occupied that
body, he spoke but twice.
When he did speak, however, the effect
of such retiring merit was at once obvious.
While^other members of the body, even
the most distinguished among the elite of
"Virginia, were listAnccct rAApooi
ful attention, but without any special out-
ward demonstration of interest, no sooner
was Mr. Madison upon his feet, than there
was in one moment a simultaneous rush,
from every part of the hall; the ordinarv
de|prem of the body seemed forgotten; re-
gard! ess of all obstacles, every man made
a straight line*to the spot, and he was at
once so completely [hummed in by the
crowd that pressed aro.und to hear, that
his small, figure could .^scarce be seen.—
There waavündeed, oni^ reason for this
movementlfesides the homage which his
characterc
His voice, rievéf strong, was then very
slender.even feeble, (he was in his seventy-
>;) thougá his enunciation was
istinct, and the universal eager
a syllable that fell from
himilSEf-halre quickened the effort to be
¡rom the Jackson prison if hi" ^ n®ar?him as possible. My professional
WBm ttóe. He was on¿eiconvíct occunat,ot1
ation opened an avenue to me, since
i|jW|s my duty take down the speech; but
i" ~as the interest I felt, in common
arround me, to hear the speech,
^t'with difficulty I could prevent
ion from being drawn from my
ying me a listener merely. 1 have
I. notes of that speech, (the last he
ivered) with corrections of it in
i; hand, which I keep with a religi-
ing of veneration. Connected with
ittle anecdote, characteristic in the
egree of the meekness of wisdom
- . 'fro eminently distinguished the il-
lustrious author of "The Federalist."
When I had finished writing out the
speech, I left it with him for his revision.
Next day, as there was a great call for it,
and the report had not been returned for
publication, I sent my s m, with a respect-
ful note, requesting the MS. My son a lad
of about sixteen, (whom I had taken with
me to act as an amanuensis,) and on de-
livering my note he was received with the
utmost politeness, and requested to come
up into Mr. M.'s chamber, and wait while
he ran his eye over the paper; the com-
pany had till that moment prevented his
attending to it. He did so; and Mr. Mad-
ison. pen in hand, sat down to correct the
report. The lad stood near him, so that
his eye fell on the paper? Coming
certain sentence in the speech, Mi
struck out a word, and substitute
cate in form—dressed in a suijrof blackf Speeches, of every grade, from men of
and now dusty from travel, with
consis
mentión ; but th
vihg the oppose
kifers present;
'whom :indeed unblushingly as^erte
that &uch compositions rather "im-
proved tlie streiigth and palatable pro-
perties of tíié infusion. If such re-
velations do not, and that speedily,
lead'to the adoption of stringent mea-
sures for the suppression of the evil,
all we can say is, that John Bull de-
serves no better beverage.
a Desperado.
Justice seems te be arresting her do-
minion of late, and the public is
rid of another curse. At the session
of the circuit court in Hillsdale county,
last week, the notorious thief and des-
perado, known throughout the south-
ern part of this State and Indiana as
"old Sile Doty," was convicted of liigh-
vvay robbery, and sentenced to Jack-
son prison for seventeen yea^s, which
if he lives, will bring him to a ripe
old age. He has spent a whole life-
time in the character of a desperado,
theiving, counterfeiting, highway rob-
bery and murder, and was a terror to
the public wherever he was. He nas
served out one term of two years in
our penitentiary, been pardoned once
by the President, and has broke jail,
generally by the help of accomplices,
nearly one hundred times during his
infamous' career1: He hacPno fears of
a t^ommon county jail, ahd. boasted
that'he couldescape from anjTinwhich
he njpglft be placed, and before his
last conviction boasted thaiUie could
ted of murder in the first
Indiana^while going to
ei from the officer, and?,
got a new trial on the grojf
íséntence should-^ have b
second " degree, and* on'
clear by the hard swearing
ticular friends.-
'in-' v ^Detroit Advert
lL
Heroic Conduct^ of U. Stat
Officers.—The New York Sun
mentioning a number of arrests %
have been made in New?York of cer-
tain supposed Fillibusterian heroes in
embryo, remarks:
We may notice a peice of absurdity,
equalling anything a Spanish Captain
General could do. Immediately af-
ter the further "secet" information that
led to the arrests spoken of above, an
application was made at the Navy
Yard for a strong force of Marines to
place on board the old tow boat Cleo-
patra. Let our readers just think of
the brightness of the United States
authorities in this city placing a strfcijg
guard of Marines on an old stÜmboat,
lying peacefully at her wtiarf, with-
out steam up, and her Captain, under
' ' . , , r . j .. %Uher, but hesitated, and not feelin
They must have beeji afraid th5F^ia'fie<1 ^th thm wnr/í
she would run off with ^herself, w
out any steam, Capt., or any|ot"
the usual requisits for a boat p
to sea. Why have they not s
that sloop, and fillecf her also
mariners. Verily, the U. S. has brig
in N. Y. What fine
they make to Do;
are pure lov says
there werv no white I
4
People.—The census
cities, as an ev-
ople of that region
Ojo Caliente Jose
as 25 chilffilbii liv-
teis-by one wife,
hving, in good
venerable ages,
satisfied with the second word, drew his
' ' ough it also.
son was yonng, ignorant of the
J nscious of the solecism of
be guilty, when in
suggest to
t in his
ual then
berty.—
the in-
eye to the
pHse, and said
with
ijrsHSSe
" thank you, sir—it
he immediately inse:
tiie next day, and he
cumstance, with
young critic.
I was forcibl;
my dailj
deportm^it oi
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
and unfailing in his attendance, ha
occupied the same seat, and I do not'
that in that hall there was another í
dual who paid as uniform and unremitted
attention to the proceedings of the body
Whoever occupied the floor, he was euro of
at least one attentive listener. John
Marshall, himself, did not listen with mere
steadiness and condeeension to the argu-
ment ot a young member of the bar, (and
who that was a young member there, and
did not feel with the deepest gratitut&that
admirable trait in the character of the
great jurist?) than did Mr. Madison to the
every calibre, on the subjects of which
none was so complete a master aa himself
Perhaps the habit might have besa
formed when he was himself a reporter in
the Convention which formed the Consti-
tution. A reporter is a listener by pro-
fession; he is attentive pgr form; t&A,
happily, in this case as in every other of
involuntary and long-continued labor, the*
back, by a merciful provision of Provi-
dence, became fitted to the burden. Ha
manifested a very kind interest, and some
curiosity, as to my mode of reporting, often
made inquiries on the subject, referred,
with his accustomed modesty, to his own
labors in the same ¿ department. "I ob-
serve," said he to me one morning, " that
you often report the more important
speeches in the first person ; that is what
I never ventured to attempt. I gave a
narrative of speeches, endeavoring to pre-
sent an outline'of the arguments employed
but never professed to follow the speaker
in the manner I find you do."
I endeavored to explain to him the
manner, such as it was, in which I tried,
very poorly and imperfectly, but with what
fidelity I could to give a picturo of? each
speech as it was delivered; and hepecined
much surprised to learn that Lflflfr used,
or had indeed ever learned jVstenogra-
phic charactcr.
Mr. Webster Snubbing tiig Boston
Municipals.—Mr. Edmund Quincy, of
Boston, writes to the Anti-Slavery Stan,
dard a droll account oí the reception of
that portion of the authorities of Boston
who carried Mr. Webster the "sober
second thought" resolutions, inviting him
to speak in Fanucl Hall. " They met,"
says Quincy," in a body, to make satisfac-
tion, and were received much as a cross
between a bulldog and a mastiff might re-
ceive a deputation of spaniels and poodles
' I will give an answer in writing,' growl-
ed out the Expounder—as much as to say
I am not such a fool as to trust such
blockhcads as you to carry a verbal answer.
After a pause, which the Defender showed
no inclination to break, his Honor the
Mayor ventured to put in : ' Mr- Web-
ster, nope y(«k eujyy yuui h9
' My healtli is good enough !' infft^Jd
the Thunderer. The Mayor succuming,
one of the worshipful Alderman under-
took to make the friat of the.conversation.
' We have a fine day after the storm, sir.'
' The weather is well enough,' quoth the
Defender: and our civic fathers left the
presence, considering themselves snubbed.'
Precious Developments.—The
Texas Monument gives the following
interesting account of a "promising
youth," who has recently astonished
the good people of Fayette and Bastrop
counties, by the wonderful develop-
ments of his precocious genius. He'il
do to bet on:
A young man by the name of Win.
Richardson, who had been about La-
grange for several weeks, was taken
up in Bastrop a short time since under
a charge of horse stealing. The case
came up before Justice Andrew Mays
on Saturday the third inst., and was
continued until the witness could ar-
rive, who had been detained by high
waler.
Richardson is quite a youth, and has
commenced his career where the most
of malefactors end. It has been but a
short time since he was a witness in
our court-house, and swore positively
to facts which occurred several years
before he was born. It was hoped
that the kind lecture he theu received
would lead to a reformation of his
life.
Virginia Convention,
The White and Mixed Basis.—A
vote was taken on the 1st inst, in the
Convention, upon a motion to strike
out of the report the "white basis"
proposition, which resulted in striking
out—yeas 65, nays 56. The propo-
sition to insert the "mixed basis" was
also lost by a vote of 60 yeas to 61
nays. A compromise scheme was
then offered by Mr. Botts; to which
Mr. Saunders offered an amendment
to give the lower House to the uwhite
basis," and the Senate to the "mixed
basis." The question appears to be
surrounded with difficulties.
Something for Typos.—" • of my
existance, give me an } " said a prin-
ter to his sweet-heart. She immedi-
ately made a —at him, and planted
her & between his ii's. (<Such au
outrage," said Faust, looking ft at
her, is without a g .*'
Cothon Crop in Eastehn Mis-
sissippi.—We learn from this interest-
ing Cotton region that the Cotton
cir" that has come up looks exceedingly
"1 unpromising. It is very low—scarcely
the ground, small, and forms
' stand. Some are replant
has been uncomfor
for several days past.
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