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From Tjeigli Hum' Journal
DUELLING TWO HUNDKED Afoft
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Sir Thomas Button ami Sir Ilatton Check.
BY THOMAS CAULYLE.
Peace here if possible skin were not
'made for mere slitting and slashing ! You
that are for war cannot you fro abroad
and fight the Papist Spaniards 1 Over in
the Netherlands there is always fighting
enough. You that are ofruhTmg humor
gather your truculent ruffians together;
make yourselves colonels over them ; go
to the Netherlands and light your belly-
ful !
Which accordingly many do earning
deathless war-laurels for the moment;
and have done and will continue doing
in those generations. Our gallant Veres
.Earl of Oxford and the others it lias long
been their way ; gallant Cecil to be cal-
led Karl of Wimbledon ; gallant Sir John
Burroughs gallant Sir Ilatton Cheek
it is still their way. Deathless military
renowns are gathered there in this manner;
'deathless for the moment. Did not Ben
Johnson in his young hard days bear
arms very manfully as a private soldado
there ? Ben who now writes learned
. plays andcourtmasks as Poet Laureate
served manfully with pike and swo:d
there for his groat a. day with rations.
And once when a Spanish soldier came
'strutting forward between the lines Nour-
ishing his weapon and dcfyiugall persons
in general Ben stepped forth as I hear ;
fenced that braggart Spaniard since no
other would do it ; nnd ended by soon
slitting him in two and so silenced him !
Ben's war-tuck) to judge by the flourish of
his pen must have had a very dangerous
stroke in it.
"Swashbuckler age" we said ; but the
expression was incorrect except as a fig-
ure. Bucklers went out fifty years ago
"about the twentieth of Queen Eliza-
beth ;" men do not now swash with them
or fight in that way. Iron armor has
' mostly gonu out except in mere pictures
of soldiers; King James said It was an
excellent invention; you could get no
harm and neither could you do any m it.
..Bucklers either lor horse or foot aro quite
gone. Yet old Mr. Stowe good chroni-
cler can recollect when every gentleman
had his buckler; and at length every
serving man and city dandy Smithfield
still a waste field full of puddles iu wet
weather was iu those days full of buck--Icr
duels every Sunday and holiday in
the dry season ; and was called Iluflian's
Ilig or some such name.
A man in those days bought his buck-
ler of gilt leather and wood at the haber-
dasher's; "hung it over his back by a
' strap fastened to the pommel of his sword
in front." Elegant men showed what
taste or sense of poetic beauty was iu
them by the fashion of their buckler.
Willi Spanish beaver with starched ruff
and elegant Spanish cloak with elegant
' A buckler hanging at his back a man it his
mustaches and boots w'ero in good order
slopped forth with "some satisfaction.
Full of strange oaths and bearded like
Hho pard ; a decidedly truculent-lodkmg
figure. Jostle him in the street thorugh-
fures accidentally splash Ins boots as you
pass by heaven the buckler gets upon
his arm the sword flashes ill his fist with
oaths enough ; and you too being ready
- there is a noise ! Clink clink death and
fury ; all persons gathering round and
jicav quarrels springing from this one!
And Dogberry comes up with the town
guard 1 And the shopkeepers hastily
xjfose their shops ? Nay it is hardly ne
cessary says Mr. Ilowe ; these buckler
fights amount only to noise for most part;
the jingle of iron against tin and painted
leather. Ruffling swashers strutting
along with big oaths and whiskers de-
' light to pick a quarrel; but the rule is you
tlo not thrust yon do not strike below the
Waist; audit was oftcnosta dry duel
mere noise as of working tinsmiths with
profane swearing ! Empty vaporing bid-
lyrboks and braggarts they encumber the
thoroughfare mainly. Dogberry and
Verges ought to apprehend them. I have
seen in Smithfield on a dry holiday
vthtoy of them on a side" fighting and
hammering as if for life ; and was not at
the pains to look at them the blockheads;
their noise was as the mere bcatnigof old
kettles to mo !
The truth is serving-men themselves
and city apprentices had got reckless and
the duels no death following ceased to
bo sublime. About fifty years ago serious
men took to fighting with rapiers and the
buckler fell away. Holies iu Sherwood
ins we saw fought with rapier and he
jsoon spoiled Markham. Rapier and
dagger especially ; that is a more silent
iuel but a terribly serious one ! Perhaps I
the reader will like to take a view of one
such serious duel in those day? and there-
with close this desultory chapter.
It Was tit the siege of JuUcrs in the
Netherlands wars of the year 1009; wc
give thedatcj for wars aro perpetual or
nearly so in the Netherlands. At one of
the storm parties of the siege of Juliers
the gallant Sir Ilatton Check above alhr-
ded to n superior officer of the English
force which fights there under my Lord
Cecil that shall be Wimbledon; the gal-
laud Sir Ilatton I say being of hot tem-
per superior officer and the 6ervico a
stormparty on some bastion of demilune
speaks sharp word of command to Sir
Thomas Dutton who also is probably of
hot temper iu this hot moment. Sharp
word of command to Dutton ; and the
movement not proceeding rightly sharp
word of rebuke. To which Dutton with
kindled voice answers something sharp ;
is answered still more sharply with voice
high flaming ; whereat Dutton suddenly
holds in; saysmcrcly "Ho is under mili-
tary duty here but perhaps will not
always be so;" and rushing forward
docs his order silently the best he can.
His order done Dutton straightway lays
down Jib commission ; packs up that
night rind returns to England.
Sir Ilattdn Cheek prosecutes his work
at the seigc of Juliers ; gallantly assists
at the taking of Julicrs triumphant over
all the bastions "aw half-moons there ; but
hears withal that Dutton is at home in
England defaming him as a choleric ty-
rant and so forth Dreadful 'news which
brings some biliary attack on the gallant j
11 rin Hiiil vmliinnr? Iiiin inn liml At tinl'Ante 1
Hardly recovered he dispatches message'
to Dutton That lie shall request to litivc
the pleasure of his company with arms
ami seconds ready on tome neutral
ground Calais sand for instance-at an
early day if convenient. Convenient ;
yes as dinner to the hungary! answers
Dutton ; and time place and circum-
stances arc rapidly enough agreed upon.
And so on Calais sands on a winter
morning of the year 1G09 this is what
wc see most authentically through the
lapse of dim Time. Two gentlemen
stript to the shirt and waistband; iu two
hands of each a rapier and dagger clutch-
ed ; their looks sufficiently serious ! The
seconds having stript cquipt and fairly
overhauled and certified them arc just
about retiring from the measured fute-
bircle not without indignation that they
arc forbidden to lhrhti
Iwo gentlemen
in this aianmmr
posture ; of whom the
Universe knows has known and will
know nothing except that they were of
choleric humor and assisted in the
Netherlands wars ! They arc evidently
English human creatures iu the height
of silent fury and measured circuit of fate ;
whom we here audibly name once more
Sir Ilatton Cheek Sir Thomas Dutton
knights both soldadoes both. Ill-fated
Engli&Ji human creatures what horrible
confusion of the pit is this 1
Dutton though in suppressed rage the
seconds about to withdraw will explain
some things if a word wcrogiaiitcd "No
words" says the other ; "stand on your
guard I brandishing his rapier grasping
harder his dagger. Dutton now silent
too is on his guard. Good heavens! after
sonic brief nourishing and Hashing the
gleam of the swift clear steel playing
madly iu one's eyes they at the first
pass plunge home on one another; home
with beak and claws ; home to the very
heart! Cheek's rapier is through Dut-
ton's throat from before and his dagger
is through it from behind the windpipe
miraculously missed; and in the same
instant Dutton's rapier is through Check's
body from before his dagger through his
back from behind lungs and life not
missed ; and the seconds have to advance
"pull out the four bloody weapons" dis-
engage that hell-embrace of theirs. This
is serious enough! Check reels his life
fast-flowing; but still rushes rapid on
Dutton who merely parries skips till
Cheek reels down dead in his rage "He
had a bloody burial there that morning"
says my ancient friend lie will assist
no more in the Netherlands or other
wars
Such a scene docs hUtory disclose as in
sunbeams as in blazing hell-fire on
Calais sands iu the raw winter morning ;
theft drops the blanket of centuries of
oveTkisting night over it and passes on
elsewhither. Gallant Sir Ilatton Check
lies buried there and Cecil of Wimble-
don son of Burleigh will have to seek
another superior officer. What became
of the living Dutton afterwards I have
never to this moment had the least hint.
A Hint to Lawyrrs. A case lias
recently come up in England which es-
tablishes the fact that clients have certain
rights iu relation to their connection with
counsel and may have redress for inatten-
tion as well as for any other description
of damage. The case was that of a far-
mer who had sustained a nonsuit through
the neglect of Ids attorney to be present
iu court when the case was called Sub-
sequently a rule was entered in full court
to set aside the nonsuit on payment of
costs which amounted to fifty nine
pounds. The farmer contended that the
lawyer by whose neglect he had sustained
the damage should pay the cost. The
case was tried at great length before
Judge Chilian of the Middlesex Sessions
and resulted in a verdict for the former.
Boston Traveller.
There is a member of the peace society
who has not shaved for years and the
reason he gives for his heard which is a
very handsome one is this; "He is not
going to touch a razor lest by any acci-
dent he should be lending his hand to the
unnoccsarv efiuMouof blood."
SAN ANTOMO TEXAS THURSDAY JUNE .12 1851.
Confessions of a Drunkard.
Could the youth to whom the flavor of
his first wine is delicious as the opening
scenes of life or the entering upon
some newly-discovered paradise look into
my desolation and be made to understand
what a dreary thing it is wheft a man
shall feel himself going down a precipice
with open eyes and u passive wilr-"-to
see his destruction and have no power to
stop it and yet to feel it nil the way
emanating from himself; to perceive all
goodness emptied otit of him anil yet not
to be able to forget a time when it was
otherwise; to bear about the piteous spec-
tacle of his own self-ruins: could ho see
my fevered eyc--fevcrish with last night's
drinking atid feverishly rooking fortius
night's repetition of the folly; could he
feel the body of the death out of which I
cry hourly with feebler and feebler ouu
cry to bo delivered it were enough to
make him dash the sparkling beverage to
the earth iu all the pride of its mantling
temptation.
"O if a wish could transport me back
to those days of youth when a draught
from the next clear spring could slake any
heats which summer suns and youthful
exercise had power to stir up in the blood;
how gladly would I return to Thee pure
clement the drink of children and of
child-like holy hermits! In my dreams I
can sometimes fancy thy cool refreshment
purling over my burning tongue. But my
waking stomach rejects it. That which
refreshes innocence only makes me sick
and faint.
"But lVtncre no middle way between
tdtal abstinence and the excess which
kills you? For your sake reader and
that you may never attain to my experi-
ence with 'pain I must utter the dread-
ful truth that there is none none that I
can find. In my stage of habit (I speak
not of habits less confirmed; for some of
them I believe the'advice to be most pru-
dential) iu the stage to which I have
reached to stop short of that measure
which is sufficient to draw On tomor and
sleep the benumbing a'ppolectie sleep of
the drunkard is to have taken none at
all. The pain of the self-denial is all one.
And what that is I had rather the readi-
er should believe on my credit than know
from his own trial. He will come to
know it whenever he shall arrive at that
state iu which paradoxical as it may ni-
pear reason shall only visit him through
intoxication: for it is a fearful truth that
the intellectual faculties by lepeatedacts
of intemperance may be driven from
their orderly sphere of action their clear
daylight ministeries until they shall be
brought at last to depend for the faint
manifestation of their departing energies
upon the returning periods of the fatal
madness to which they owe their devas
tation. The drinking man is never less
himself than during his sober intervale.
Evil is so far his good.
"Behold me then in the robust period
of life reduced to imbecility and decay.
Hear mo count my gains and the profits
which 1 have derived lrom the midnight
cup.
"Twelve yearsagol was possessed of a
healthy frame of mind and body. I was
never strong but I think my constitution
for a weak one was as happily exempt
from the tendency to any malady as it
was possible to be. I scarce know what
it was to ail anything. Now except
when I am losing myself in a sea of drink
I am never free from those- uneasy seusa-
tions in head and stomach which aro so
much worse to bear than any definite
pain and aches
"At that time I was seldom in bed after
six in the morning summer and winter.
I awoke refreshed and seldom without
some merry thoughts in my head or some
piece of a song to welcome the new-born
day. Now the first feeling which be-
sets me after stretching out the hours of
recumbence to their last possible extent
W a forecast of the wearisome day that
lies before me with a secret wish that I
could have Iain on still or never awaked.
"Life itself my waking life has much
of the confusion the trouble and obscure
perplexity of an ill dream Iu the day-
time I stumble upon dark mountains.
"Business which though never partic-
ularly adapted to my nature yet as some-
thing of necessity to be gone through
and therefore best undertaken with cheer-
fullness I used to enter upon with some
degree of alacrity now wearies affrights
perylcxes me. I fancy all sorts of dis-
couragements and am ready to give up
an occupation which gives me bread from
a harassing conceit of incapacity. The
slightest commission given me by a friend
or any small duty which I have to per-
form for myself as giving orders to a
tradesman &c haunts mo as a labor im-
possible to be got through So much the
springs of action arc broken.
"The same cowardice attends me in
all my intercourse with mankind. I dare
not promise that a friend's honor or his
cause would be safe in my keeping if I
were put to the expense of any manly
resolution in defending it. So much the
springs of moral action arc deadened with-
in me.
"My favorite occupations in times past
now ceuo to entertain. I can do noth-
ing readily Application for ever so
short a time kills me. This poor abstract
of my condition was penned at long inter-
vals with scarcely nnynttempt at conuox-
ion of thought which is now difficult to
me.
"The noble passages which formerly
delighted me in history or poetic fiction
now only draw a few weak tears allied
to dotage. My broken and dispirittcd
nature seems to sink before anything great
and admirable.
"I perpetually catch myself m tears
for any caucor none. It is inexpressible
how much this infirmity 'nddsto sense of
shame and a gcnerul feeling of deteriora-
tion. -4
"These are some of the instances con-
cerning which I may say vfth truth that
it was not always so with mo.
"Shall I lift up the veil of my weak-
ness any further? oris this disclosure sufficient?"
A 'talk with Wild CM.
Among thedespatches recently receiv-
ed at the Department of the Interior is the
memorandum of a conversation between
Wildcat or CoAcoccnn mid' Colonels
Coorm and Templk at EnIe Pass (Tex-
as rti the 27th of March !5:
CoAoocttiru it uppcanCi'ppke first and
expressed great joy tt meeting Colonel
Cooper his old friend He said It made
him feel like he was again in Florida
surrounded by his warriors and his friends.
General Worth Colonel Cooper and him-
self had reason to thank the Great Spirit
for sparing them iu health when so many
of their brothers had fallen around them
A great hxd had pressed him down and
he hud been troubled in spirit; but iuce
he had seen his friend it had beeirrcinov-
ed and he felt happy once more. He
then remark that the Americans were his
friends and that the Mexicans also were
his friends and that he wished to live in
peace with both and remain the friend of
both; that he had made peace with his
great father the President; that they had
smoked the pipe of peace and the white
smoke had gone up to the Great Spirit
as a wiltiess of their sincerity; that they
buried the hatchet in the earth and no
one was to dig it up; that they had raked
up the blood in the war-path and swept
it clean so that both might travel it to-
getherin peace as brothers; that his great
father had given him laud in Arkansas as
a home and his people on which they
might hunt and raise corn and live in
peace with their brothers the whites.
But he said the Creek Indians had come
upon his land and tried to involve him in
difficulties; bad stolen from him his'ne-
grocs; and to avoid war he had left that
place andstaited tosearch for anew home
in Texas; that he twice tried to go to San
Autouio to see his oldest friend General
Brooke but he was forced back by our
troops each time; that he wandered on in
search of a home until he reached Mexi-
co where he had remained until this time.
He said he was not settled in Mexico;
that he had no home but lived in a tent
and was only staying there with n part of
bis people to idtt until ha could get a
home where he cdutd spend his days in
peace. He said he "had seen enough of
war; that he wished to spend his old age
in peace with the whites and in taking
care of his children and people He said
he wished to see his old frunds on tins
side of the river; that he had Wished to go
to San Antonio to seethe general hi com-
mand but the liberty had been denied to
him; that he wished a home in Texas
and that when he found it all his people
in Arkansas would follow him. lie
said that the Indian Agent for the Creeks
had taken the part of that tribe agaitist
him and had treated him badly; that he
could not return to his home or hold any
communication with his people on ac-
count of the Comanchcs on the one hand
and the United States troops on the other;
and that the Creeks iu the meantime had
stolen all his negroes and other property
which he left behind him
This chief was answered by Colonel
Cooper who told him ainoiig other
things that it was believed by many per-
sons that he whs restless and could not re-
main contented for any length of time in
one place and that was thought to be the
real cause of his leaving his home; and he
wished to know truly whether what he
(Coacooche) had stated was the only
cause of his leaving; to vhrtfiio answer-
ed firmly and decidedly that it was.
The Colonel also said to him that all the
land in lexas belonged to the people of
this State; that the President did not own
any of it and that he could not give him
a homo here unless ho could purchase it
from Texas. The Colonel again remark-
ed that he was glad to sec him; that he
was Jus friend; that he had confidence in
him and that he would do all he could to
make him happy.
Coacooche said that the talk was good.
Colonel Temple then informed the
Chief that the President had sent him to
talk with all the Indians on the frontier;
that he was very happy to see so great a
warrior; that ho had heard of him since
he (the Colonel) was a boy and had for a
long time wanted to see him and had
come all the way from San Antonio for
that purpose; that the President had sent
him.iu conjunction with two brolhcrCom-
mWMoners out into this country to have a
friendly talk with all the Indians but that
his brothers were now iu San Antonio;
that he had heard of the wisdom of the
Chief and had confidence in his honesty
and friendship and that ho wished to ask
his opinion about the best means of indue-
ihg the Comanchcs and other tribes to
cease from their depredations and to live
in peace with the whites
The Chief expressed the fdllowingopin-
ion and communicated the facts here
stated namely: That the Comanchcs
Were a numerous race but not bravo war-
riors; treacherous and double-tongued and
no confidence can bo placed iu them; that
they will make a peace one day nnd
steal from and kill the party with whom
they made it tho next; that stealing is a
part of their naturo.and that they imbide
it in their mother's milk as the child im-
bibes poison from tho milk of the mother
who has eaten tho poisonous root dugout
of the earth; that at present they aro com-
pelled to steal but that they would do so
if they had an abundance of food; that
they aro deficient is sense and cnutiot
consequently be easily civilized if at all;
that tho Jjipans are sensible and could bo
easily induced to npamlou their present
practices; that the Comanchcs when a
son is bom rejoice because say they ho
will be able to ste'al rtftd they will have
horses to ride; Wheft a daughter is born
they say thcyvill have a squaw to wait
upon and work for them. He Kiys ttuv
Comanchcs fire the largest Tribe and that
tu'cy "spriM everywhere;" that the Li-
pa us aro li'umerius and that the other
tribes hi this State aru small; that thoTon-
kaways aro cannibals bu that (hey nro
tame lazy and peaceable; thai the Dcla-
wnrra hro ivi thn ivav of nenec. (mmim
the 'Comaftchcfc hate them and ltftt'o the'
Whites because they Are friendly to them.
Ho thctt stated the best mode. of bringing
about a permanent peace. It was to
send tho Kick'npoos into the Indian coun-
try and let them shake hands with the
Comanches and other wild Indians; and
then for himself and commissioners scut
by the President to follow on after them
and get their assistance in making it.
This the Chief fortified by arguments.
The gentlemen who have communicat-
ed tljf intelligence to the Department
say that tho manner of Wildcat was re-
spectful and kind; that there was no indo-
lence no threats no unkind reproaches
hut expressions of deep friendship. Thoy
say that the objects contemplated in tho
visit to that point have been in many re-
spects accomplished and submit the in-
formation acquired on that trip to the De-
partment with the single remark that
they regard it as politic to conciliate rath-
er tlian to exasperate this remarkable
Chief who has the talents and influence
to render eminent good or extensive inju-
ry in tho present state of our Indian rela-
tions in this country.
Elopement Extraordinary.
A Young Englishman Nicely Sold.
A late number of the Reporter publish-
ed at Derby iu England contains the
particulars of an elopement which recent-
ly took place iu that neighborhood the
denouement of which was decidedly lu-
dicrous. Here is the &toryi
It appears that a gay Lothario much
enamored of straw-colored kidand eau-de-Cologne
met with a very fascinating
travelling companion the other day in a
railway carriage. All possible politeness
was shown to tho lady by our gallant
young gentleman und at length a genial
confidence arose between theim He
gave the lady his address and no doubt
pictured his prospects colcttr rlc rose.
The lady was very communicative. She
was none other than tho "Hon. Miss
Lumley daughter of Lord Scarborough"
and had "$10000 iu her own right."
The gentleman's feelings became excited
with the details; Cupid shot an arrow into
his heart and the lady betraying every
disposition to rceriprocatc his feelings
love's flame burned brightly Wo have
not heard what passed between them
from that time Up to" last Saturday morn-
ing hUt certain it is that an elopement
was planned. "Miss Lumley" evidently
exhibited great cagcrueosforr he appeared
before her lover in the town where he re-
sides iti a riding habit stating that h'.-r
brother was "after her" and that' the
knot must bo tied as quickly as possible
otherwise all would be undone 5-Jie
would be snatched ruthlessly away from
her lover and probably bo tor ever after-
wards placed within the precincts of a
a grim wall under lock nhd key. A spe-
cial license was obtained; the marriage
service was performed at dllo of the
churches after some objections on the
part of the clergyman had been removed
by the clever and skillful "Miss Lumley"
und "the happy couple" proceeded to
spend the honeymoon in n neighboring
county. They were seated iu u beauti
fully fitted up drawing-room iu a stylish
hotel sipping champagne and "tolling
talcs of love" when they were surprised
by the arrival of Lothario's mamma and
papa Great was the consternation at
first but the tact of "the lion. Miss Lum-
ley" was speedily iu requisition. She
succeeded in convincing the two credul-
ous parents that she rcitlly was "the Hon.
Miss Lumley" and that she had X 1 0000
in her own right. AVilli the convolution
that matters were not fo bad after till the
parents returned home vherc they short-
ly learned beyond doubt that "the Hon
Miss Lumley" was a nymph of thoir.
Shocked at the intelligence they ugain
went in pursuit of the fugitive son whom
thdy found iu company with his loving
bride at a far fan led and delightfully
clean roadside inn. The duped Ron heard
the character of his "blushing bride" with
astonishment and he uccompauied his
parents home leaving "tho Hon. Miss
Lumley" to her own reflectiohs alid resources.
The Philadelphia Sun says : "Although
Pennsylvania has withdrawn her demo-
cratic 8turgeant Now York has sent a
whig Fish to supply his place It is
only fair that lite t chants of thd Water
should have a Senator while tho earth
has her C7ay ami Downs the trees their
Underwood the beasts their Madgcr
the storms their Ji ale -the sun its Bright-
ness tho soldiers their flhields nhe
mechanics their Cooper and Mason men
their Footc and Soule sportsmen .thcir
Hunter mid Chase churches their Bell
manufactures their Milkr scrvants a
JJutlerilout a Rusk irtonnrchsu King
tricksters their Dodges and tlio young
man's wifo who went to coUsifl Sally
Dillard's party her Wade. The birds
have no senator unless it bo Daic-son;
as for tho progressives they havo a
Walker." r.
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Return from tho Mexican War in 1848.
The return of tho volunteers has been
tnbjc"ctfntitfulof;trarttid4smlieBdurmg
me pasi mouur lviauy r wiuowcu neart
has been set freshly a bleeding' by tho tri-
umphant return of the gallant fellows who
hut a few months since left their homes
full of patriotism and with proud antici-
pations of gtor-V ; inaliy KaVo TcVurft(tl in
sadly altered circumstances some witho'ut
a pIioo to their feet ritid oYlfete without 'a
foot foT their shoc&i All the showy equip-
ments 6'f WaV the pfainds 'tiro buttons
the red cord tho music tho "pomp and
circumstance" of tho army have been dis-
missed nnd nothhig hut tho poor weary
ill-clad badly fed and battered carcass of
humanity islc'fttd'tcll tho story of suffer-
ing and hard TdhgVt tieMp. Well wo
have reaped an abundant harvest of ii'titols
from our contest with the Mexicans
enough to last us for the next century and
us young Wilding says "to dress all our
churches at Christmas with evergreens."
But these arc not all that we have gained.
Not quite. There are some millions of
acres of Mexican territory Which will bo
converted into smiling corn-fields o'no 6f
these days and havo tho stars and stripes
Homing over them and the American
Eagle mantling his feathers upon them.
Our own particular profit has been small
for as yet wc have not gained many now
subscribers from tho conquered territory
but wo shall have our share uy-and-by
when it gets peopled by tho squatters of
tho Anglo Saxon stock who arc always
great tenders.
Our artist who loves to extract Vim'-
beans from cucumbers like Dean Swift
has managed to get a little fun out of even
such dolorous subjects as the returned
volunteers.
One poor fellow whose fond old woman
it may be his wife or his mother is lug-
ging him home ou her back. She is happy
to have him again disabled as he is ;. and
many nu old mother Whose darling yielded
up at Palo Alto Monterey vSa Churulftis-
co would be but too happy to bc'arVuch a
burden upon her back as she borfo him
once in her arms.
A poor fellow who on his rctUrVi niu
not quite got his sea legs on ; dropped his
musket and run for the first time.
Jfoldcn's Dollar Magazine.
"Small Sweet Courtesies of Life1
Extract froin a Letter of the late Wil-
liam Wirt to his daugatcr
"I want to toll you a secret Tho way
to mnko .yourself nleasinc to dihork is to
show that you cdro for them. The Whole
world is like the miller at Mansfield who
'cared for nobody no not he because
nobody cared for him' And tho whole
world will servo yoU so if yoi give them
the same cause. Let every one therefore
see that you do bare for them by show-
ing them what Sterna so happily calls
the small &wect;courtesies df life those
courtcrsies iu which thti'ro is lio parade;
whoso voice Is too still to tease utid Which
manifest themselves by tehder and affec-
tionate looks and little kind acts Of atten-
tion giving others tho preference Hi every
liitlo enjoyment nt tho table In the field
walkingi sitting or standing. This is the
spirit that gives to your time of life and to
your sex its sweetest charm. It consti-
tutes the sum total of ttll the witchcraft
of woniem LcV the World sc'6 'that your
first t'.urc is for yobrsolf hhd yolk Will
.-pread the Solitude of the 'IHas tree
mound you iu tjio same woy by the
emanation ohi poison which kills all the
juices of tho u licet ion in its neighborhood
Such a girl may bo admired for her un-
derstanding and accomplishments but she
will never be bolovcd.
The seeds of love can never grow but
under the warm and genial influence of
kind feelings and aftectionato niannorr.
Vivacity goes a great way in youjig
person. It calls attention to her that
displays it; and if it then be found associ-
ated with a generous scmibilityj its exe-
cution is IrreMstablc.
Ou thu contrary if it be found in alli-
ance with a bold haughty selfish licarti It
produce) 11O farther effect except tho ad
verse otic Attend to this my daughter.
It Hows from a hcurt that feels' for you all
thd hlixicty n parent can feci and hot with-
out a hope which constitutes a parent's
lightest happiness. May God protect
and bless you Your
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ntfc'ctioriate fath-
er.
Wm. Wiut.
Latc Ilouns. At what period wo go
to sleep says Dr. Combo one fact is cer-
tain that we Call never with impunity
turn day into night. Even In the most
scordhiug 6cason$ of the year it is better
to travel under the burning sunshine
than in tho coot of the evening when the
duwsnrofnllhigandthcairisdamp. Two
Colonels in tile Frctteh tinny had a dis-
pute whether it was most safe to inarch
iu tho heat of tho day or in tho evening.
To ascertain this point they got permis-
sion frOm the commanding officer to put
their respective plans into execution
Accordingly the one with his division
marched during the day although it Was
iu thu licnt Of summer and rested all
night ; the other slept iiftho daytime and
marched during the evening and part of
night. Thu result was that Hid first per-
formed a journey of GOO miles without
losing a single man or horse while the
latter lost most df Ills horses aild several
of his men.
The following is a ddny of ttio slgil
Upon an academy for tcachig youth in
ono otf tho AVcstcrll States : "Freeman
and Hiiggs School Teachers Freenan
teaches the bdys and Huggs the girls"
Tho schoolmaster is evidently "at homo"
ill that section of country.
Ocn. Houston In "0hft;
The following wo clip" framHWCfeVo.
InM "Plain Dealer' thcDcmocmtic or-
ffu'U of uorUicrVOfitf. ''Old'SrU 'H.
ton" is not oTuy mi aNo Statesma'nand
military chicftuiu who lias sftrmtfuntefl
greater difficulties nnd achieved more foriP
liant victories in tho faco of fearful oddi
than riny man living hut what W far beN
i t. j. ... "- w-
tor a man of strict Ifutigrfry itatl aVtmim"
ptfachaulo moral character. In support
of such a character' tho democracy'froni
every part of tho Union would rally rim!
do himthc honor Which hisjierc'hliarr ser-
vices iu (bchalf )6f Tdxas Indopcndencd
haVo 'merited. Itolmes Co(Ohio)'Fari
r VfoiJrV SXA flotof AWVince1 th6
vhig ha.Vo.been talking inbput .General '
Scott for tho next President nnd it seema
to be the necessity pf that party to runnon
tlcscript military chieftains (thoyhaV
already. run two "Into the ground1)
the attention of tho Democracy Zfcrtu
and South has ilecYr as if by Instinct'
turned toOld Sam Houston; as a military
competitor worthy that Iiig'u'oulctf. '.'If it
has come (o this that nono b'uttli'oso
whoso professions liu.man. carnage 'can
be elected to the Presidency thatnociylK
inn howeVcr eminent as a statesman 'can
ofliciate as tho chief Magistrate of this
-Na't'ion then wo will give 'thorn a1 man
who has 'slain his thousands ami whoso
very garments smcll'ofgtm powder. ' '
Gen Scott; it is wcirknown has 'rid'
other recommendation thai Ins hnlitarV
Character.- His friends claim ndthirW
more for him. He has becft 'a succe'ssi
flu" General' they say1 'and th'6 pcoplrj
delight 6 honor hint. ' "
All this may bo said df ''Old Sam Houiv
ton.' Ho tdo has becft ra slteccssml
General. Aye a better fighting man than
Gen. Scott over was! Ho has achieved
victories whero Scott would havo 'been
beaten. History fully bears 'tis out in this
assertion. .r
t Gc'h. Scott with it A rogtilar army ani
tho resources of the Nation to back' him
can plan afield fight ami execute it 'aci
'cording to the most approved methods' in
thu book ; brat it takes " Old Sam'1 for; a
rough and tumble fight without money
and without men depending upon his own
unaided genius to carry him through ; -.
It was the Hero or San Jacinto wiVd
first beat Santa Anna nhd the on" Hero
who ever captured him. ' Gcnv Scbt't
bombared Vera Cruz and marched to tiiri
city of Mexico but the wily Mexican
Chief although a cripple 'it the VunoQ
managed t6 escape hum
w But Gen. Houston hab MneranAiVeUct
fc'commcndaUohs for tho Presidency 'than
even Ids military character ami achieve
incnts brilliant As IbVy tiro. Ite 'has
Served Ins country ably and honorably as
ono of her most distinguished civilians.
Ho has already been I-rcsident of ond
Republic the Governor of one State arid
is now. Senator of tho United State. As
a Warridr lie is .fully the equal of Gen.
Scott-asaStatesmahlv he is vastly his
superior. In person lie is as 'tall 'and
commanding. As a writer much..morb
sound (never having burned hfs mouth
with a -"hasty plato' of sonp.") As an'ofl
bund speaker on tYib stUmp Or in tho
Senate ho has few eq'imls All Iti alt ho
is one of the most remarkable men of the
uge. His lire lias bech oho of singular
adventurcs-his history .that of Romance
utid around hishamc clusters moroof'real
gunpdwdcr enthusiasm' than that of riny
man living.
OrUot: 6v I3m!VsTKAKs-.-Udbfsteaici
wcro (liscdvcrcl by a Rorriah' Priest)
whose name we forget though It can 'be
found iu a book tho title of which wo dd
not remembct. Ho had been broiling a
piece of beef to be ofTcrcd to the god' fu
whoso temple he officiated and seizing
it Uy the imlmli nhd forcfihgdr tor Ui3
purpose of conveying it to tho altar ho
found it so hot that ho was compelled to"
df&p it and instinctively placed the burnt
thumb rind finger in Ijls mouth; They
happened to bo covered with tho juico of
thestcuk" which ho tailed and. lost all
sense of pain in the exquisite enjoyment
ttius convoyed to the palate. JJcing &
man of genius tie proceeded to place1
another slice oh tile coalfc which being
cooked ho hicoiutnctly devoured it losing
sight of his ollicidl duties which required
that tho meat should he placed-before tlio
god. For a long time lib pursued this
course until his fat abc sleek appearance
attracted attctltlotij nhd ho was Watched
and the sec ret discovered; He would
have been put to death) but for the judges'
on his trial eating n steak wjiercupon lio
Was acquitted; and made Pontifex Maxim-
ums as a reward for tho benefit he had
conferred on niaukiudt Hoc fs teaks be-
came the nigCi hud ttlt'rtt Mh-y broils cofa:
thmally going oh all oVcrilio J3Hilfc; (or
the Romans Were a little" more quick
witted than the ChUlcsci wliti deemed it
necessary to bilrn down a house to roast d
pijj Utid did not suppose ttiat steaks could
bo cooked only in temples. It .was d
blessed day for mortals When the prieit
burnt tils fingers; Carpet Bag'
Locomotivi: Rnstot or A mb&riiU
AcTnai "Wat a traveler you have' be
come!" exclaimed ah Englishman on
mectlhg all acquaintance al Constantino
filth
"TdtqllydU tile Iflith1' was the fratiK
reply H am HtibLt the world to keep
ahead of iriy character ; the moment it
overtakes fite I pm ruined; but" Ij don't
card who kiww mo to loiig otaje)
incognito." .. .J '
It is said of tho X'rehch IttdleL ibuff "
fondness for cffuct riinito such an extent
that widows; who havo lost tbeirhu
bands practico attitudes of deopair befor?
a looking glass. . .
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