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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1858.
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Tfca Lool mt Drewaaa.
BY W. C. BUT AWT.
A miffhtjr realm is the land of dreams.
Wish steeps that hang In the twilight sky.
And waltering oceans an J trailing streams
That gleam where the dusky valleys lie.
Bnt orer its shadowy borders flow
Sweet rays from a world of endless mora.
And the nearest mountains catch the ((low.
And flowers in the nearest field are born.
Tie souls of the happy dead repair
Froaa the lowest tJight to that bordering land.
And walk in the fairer ;Wy thre.
With the aoula of the living, hand to hand.
One calm, weet smile ia that shadowy sphere.
From eyes that open on earth no more
One warning word from a voir once dear
How they ring in the memory o'et!
Far off with these hills that shine with the dsy.
Ami fields that bloom in the heavenly .galea.
The land of dream, goes stretching away
To dimmer mountains and darker vales.
"There lie the chambers of gnilfy delipht.
There walk the spectres of hope and fear, j
And soft, low voices that float throngh the night.
Are whispering sin in the guileless ear.
Dear maid, in thy childhood's opening flower.
Scarce wean 'd froiuthe Invent chillhood'pUy
The tears on slime eyes are the opening Mower
That freshens the early biuom of May!
Thine eyes are closed, and ever thy brow
Past thoughtful shadows aud joyous gleams.
And 1 know by the moing lip, that now
Thy spirit strays in the laud of dreams..
Ught hearted man, oh, heed thy fret!
Oh keep where that ot l'aradise falls!
And only wander where thou may est meet
The blessed ones from its .kining wails.
, So shall thou come frvu the land tff dreams.
With hvesud peace tf this world of strite.
And tlra light tli.l over iia border streams,
bhall li wn the path of thy tidily life.
tGJ- Tlu-re U more genuine jioelrj the
divinw (trit of u;-sioiinte fonjr, nit until to
liarmonius tj lbm, brcatlictl out in the thirty
lines following-, than usually U to be cin
detisvd Troiu a whide qiturto volume tloue uj
iu gilt inoiocco ami laOc'Utl "I'viiius":
From tlie Crusader of Fieedom.
Taw kUwd Sir.
bt iosir. t. ni Ni
Ton kissed mc! My head had dropped low on your
brvasr,
XTith a T-eling of abetter and itifiiiite rest ;
"While the holv emotion my tongue dared itotspcfck.
Flushed up, 'like a flame, froiu niy heart to uiy
cheek.
Tour arms held me fast-oh y our arms were so bold.
Heart beat against heart in their pus.-ionnte bold.
Year glances vined drauicg uiy soul through
my eyes. m ...
As the sua draws the mist from the sea to the skic.
And your lips clung to mine till I prayed in my
bti'S
They might never unclasp from that rapturous kiss.
You kisaed me! Mr heart and my breath and my
will
Ia delirious joy for the moment stood still.
"Life had for me then no temptations no charms
K vista of pleasure outside of your arms.
And were I this instant an angel, possessed
Of the gk-ry and peace that are givB ,nB !"'
I would fling my while roUea nurepiningly down.
And tear from my forehead ita beautiful crown,
"To nestle once more in that haven of rest.
With your lips upon mine, and my breast on yonr
breast.
Ton kissed me! My soul in a bliss so divine.
Reeled and swoon d like a foolish man drunken
with wine.
And I thought 'twere delicious to die then, if death
Would come while my mocUt was yet moist with
j our breath;
Twere delicious to die if my heart might grow
cold
While your arms wrapt me round in that passion
ate fold.
And these are the questions I ask day and night;
Moat my life tast but aet such exquisite delight?
Weald tow care if your breast were my shelter as
then?
And if you were here, wonld you kiss me again?
CUrcmnt, X. H.
ew E4itlM oT lh osiaa; sar ChIom."
Mr. William Vincent Wallace, a mnttero
of world-wUie reputation, is the composer of
this soaNitirring song-. It is in his best rein ;
Jsrnd Hit) spirit, simplicilj ml beauty of the
melody, which is within the compass of
. erery roice, have caused its popularity to
i exceed all liis other productions. It is nni
iTersally sung in pt irate circles as a sola and
as a choro. and i always received on public
occasions with the rnot tamaltunas applanw.
It is already amonjr the foremost of the na
tional songs of the country, and the great
, demand for it can now be supplied by Xhe
new and beautiful edition of the innic, just
issued by the publishers, William Hull and
.Son, Uroadway, corner of Park Place, Xew
York.
THE FLAG OF OCR UXIOX.
BT CEORGC P. MORRIS.
""A song for our bannert" The watchword recall
Which gave the Republic her station ;
"United we stand divided we fall!"
Xt mad and preserves us a nation !
The union of lakes the union of lands
The union of States none can sever
The union of hearts the union of hands
And the Flag of the Uaiou forever
Aud ever!
The Flag of our Union forever!
What God in his wisdom and mercy designed.
And armed with bis weapons of thunder.
Xot all the earth's despots and factions combined
Have the power to conquer or sunder
The anion of lakes the union of lands
The euiou of States none can fever
The union of hearts the union of bauds
And the Flag of the L'uiuu forever
And ever!
The Flag of our L'uiou forever
Oh keep that flag flying! The pride of the van !
To all otbtw natious display iu
. The ladies for union are all to a ataa .'
But not to the man who'd betray it.
Xbea the union of lakes the union of lands
The union of States none can sever
Tha union of hearts the union of hands
And the Flag of the Union forever
And ever !
The Flag of our Uaioa forever ;
The Raptembtr Session, 4icc.
A correspondent writes ns follow:
Tlir doctrine is well settled, ntid almost
every where and by everybody ner)uieord in,
tlmt the Territorial government nmt be
submitted to until it is fairly (superseded ly
the concurrent action of both houses of Con
gress Admitting the Slate into the Union;
a doctrine mniutainetl ly the nilmlnistrutinii,
by Congress, hy the supreme court, nml by
the Democratic party; u doctrine that will,
most unquestionably, be adhered to in nil
future time. If Oregon should now depart
from it by throwing tiff ami disrcgiriliug
her Territorial and executing and ndhtritii;
to her Stnte organization, she would hue the
prexlijfe of lier fuir and well earned f.tme,
but would 15 regurded and treated n;iiily
of an net of wolution and rebellion. Such
a step, on our part, so far from facilitating,
wonld retard our advent into the Union;
ami, in the meantime, disorder, condition,
doubt and uncertainty would vharacterige
our immediate future.
Unfortunate as the nonnction of Conjrrc
touching our application for admUioii i, or
may hereafter prove to be, it must be borne.
On-gon cannot now afford to tarnish or even
jeopardise her unspotted record ly rxH-ri-ueuting
a la vuyie the eople of Kanxas aud
oilier misguided, ill-gorerned and ill fated
Territories.
I have conversed with several well inform
ed members of the State Legislature who
fully agree with the sentiments contained in
your article, in regard to the meeting ami
adjourn ng of the State Legislature; and I
have no doibt but that the same view will
be taken by all.
Forming my opinions npon all thnt I hare
seen in print and the contents of private
communications from Wa.thimrtou and the
Atlantic Slates, I have very little fear of
the difett, in the House of Hepreentutivr
of the Senate bill, providing for the admis
sion of Oregon. On the contrary, I Rlrot:g
ly Incline to the opinion that we will be nd
initlrd very early in the nest session. Un
der all the circumstance, surely Congress
will not insist that we shall treat nil that
we have done in the orgaiitzitiou of a Stale
government as a nullity, and Torce u to foot
the ex lenses and live on ondrr a colouinl
government until a few thousand more poll
MM'kor, or another rniirntion, two or three
years hence, across the plain", thnll give us
the precise uunilier of 93,400 inlinbilants.
Hie previous action of Congress, diiriiip; the
two or three years la-t past, has grently en
couraged us to take the steps ue hate tak
en they ceitaiuly will not, at this late pe
riod, this Ktnge of our projresa, shut t In
door i i our lace. 1 do not believe tlint Ort
i!oh is doomed to be tied to nud borne down
by that "body of death' called Kansas.
"ewsom' Mili, O. T.. Aug. 12th, ;8.
Orfcon SrjtrFbMA: Permit me to add n
few brief remuiks to yonr well timed end
sound editorial of the 31 iut., upon the mi'i
ject f the Stnte Le'i!aurc of Oregon, to
assemble in beptemlier next. However we
may r gret the failure or cur coiititutiu in
the HoiiM', alter its tiuimphaiit pat' in
t'le Siiiiiite ; yet, nu-h U-ing the f.iet, um
duty, tmr interest and otir future wtjfart le
quire that we acquiesce, in our drfcut. It i
manifest that the Territorial form of jrt
ernment for Oi'eon I in full force and vir
tue, and, ns sue!), must continue till le.al.'v
supcriicihtl by some oilier form of rjovern
iiient. As minor-', we have endeavored to
tef up for ourselves; but "Uncle Sam" our
old lather for some cause unknown and ui.
acvoiintabla rifustd to rt tease us from our
itfnnli'e t'ale. Our part, in frnniinir n
State coi:sutution, voting on it, nud apply
ing to Congress for admission, was tx pirle,
and Congress refusing, the action becamo
void. I contend for State aud Territorirl
sovereignty, but I deprecate any reln-llioii,-or
treasonable movement on our part. The
Mormo'is trhd to srt tip for themselves, and
have sijnnlly failed. - The voice aud senti
ment of North America i mrninst them.
Oregon has ever Ih-cii a quiet, law observing
couitry ; and her elections have been a credit
to her, as marked with order and mildness.
It is "cry certain that" nothing which has
been done by n so far can abrogate or su
persede any office or officer created under
our Territorial form of goverunn'iit. Tiie
U. S. Courts will coi.tiiine to hold their rcg
nlar f esfiona with us the Territorial legis
Ittnre will of course mctt at the regular
time and place the judges of probate ami
all other elective officers, under the old or
present order of thing, will exercise the
duties of their respective offices; aud tbies
will move along quietly, unless we, like
Kansas, have two or three governments on
hand at the same time! To undertake to
overthrow or sujciid our present or Terri
torial form of government would be treason
able or revolutionary. If we, as a people,
hare attained to what we arc, under our
present form of government, we certainly
can rub almg in the same way for a year or
more, and let "Uticls Sam" fori: orer for our
treasury expenses. Now 1 think that the
"shiekerc in Kansas" must have disordered
the old gentleman mind a little, or he
wonM have been very willing to let us set
up on our own expense, thereby relieving his
trhtTHfled treasury of some forty thousand
dollars of annual expenditure ! An Indian
war on our frontier is almost certain, and in
snch event who will be our acting governor?
If oar constitution be iu full force, then Q.
L. Carry ceases to be governor of Oregon,
and the new governor will at once enter on
his duties as the executive of the State of
Oregon. Now, if Oregon can, without the
concurrence of Congress, set up her State
government, so can Kansas, Nebra-ka, Utah,
Washington, or any other territory of the
United States uow in existence, orjlo come
into existence under an act of Congress !
Old men for counsel, and young men for
war, is an old aud true saying. Lit me
then, as un old man, say to the people of
Oregon my people and my home, bear np
under your disappointment, in not becoming
a State. Let peace and quiet prevail, and
let us show to the world our loyalty for the
U u ion aud her law..
DAVID NEWSOM.
Rosebcko, Jnly 27 Lh, 1858.
Mr. Editob CouGdeut that your fearless
sheet ii devoted to defend tlm "light," I
will here submit a 6hort ei;istlc for vonr tie.
rasul, hoping it uiay find a place in your
widely circulated columns, as also meet the
opj.robatiou of the democracy of this Terri
tory. Xot loDg since I was told that Dryer (a
name suggestive of the synonynMiis word
Drier, which interpreted means a quarter
of n cent, ami of course passes for what it
worth.) hud an abusive niliulu in his black
sheet, the Oreffimian, iu which he rants
ajjninst two Israelites iu Portland for dis
continuing hi vile paper, urn! at the Jews
in this Territory generally for committing
the criiuo of nut voting for that dignitary,
Dryer.
I nni authorized in the name of the Jews
in this Territory to lell D.yer that he is a
mean, base scoundrel, and if he wire not an
ifrnoroiiino, he would not call Jews Israel
itc because they detest him, bat would at
tribute this aversion un our part to thu very
fact that Jews must mt touch that which U
unclean. Dryer's idea of Jews is ubnrd,
preposterous; ho might know thnt the Jews
are even forbidden to eut thu swine nllhu'
it be cloven footed; and hence they did not
ngard the motto of liis paper, which leads
off with "equal riirhts,'' but looked Into the
interior of the swine, and found that "tho
he divide the hoof, yet he chewelh not the
cud," nud therefore Dryer with his black
sheet is unclean unto us, lor we are Jews,
and as such, solter, intelligent citisens of
lids great republic, and as democrats, cluini
an inalienable right to choose, such men as
we think fit Tor office; it woutd reflect bull
little credit upon the Jews of Oregon were
they to stoop so low as to vole for the vilest
or the vile, T. J. Dryer!
If the Jews of Oregon choose to discon
tinue Dryer's contemptible sheet because of
its base doctrines, because of its iusiguiB
cancc or its intolerance, we say they have a
"rijiht" to do so without being called upon
by Dryer to account. If the Jews of Ore
gon saw Gt to have a private meeting to
consider the necessary steps to be taken
prior to the late election, we say they bare
the privilege to do so iu thin free land, where
n Jew enjoys the rijjht of franchise coex
tensive with etery American citizen. If the
Jews know that Dryer is an unfit subject
lor cither heaven or hell, and a disgrace iu
the legislative halls, we deem it our privi
lege and our duly to herald it through the
world; and lastly, if Dryer wants any iulor-m-.ttiou
iu regard to the origin of the Jews,
let him look at Christ crucified, (not by the
Jews, tor this was not Heir mode of punish
ment,) aud there read as in letter of fire,
"Jtfiis Cliristus Hex Jadasotn."
Should the Hon. Mr. Dryer bo so dispos
ed as to pitch into the Jews again w ith his
low, c iut word', I will advise him to read
(if he has no brick in his hat) the scriptures,
and he will find tliero that the Jew.t hurl his
nice into their natural clement, the tuirtr,
and would fain associate with a beast thai
is unclean.
I shall be ready at all times to answer
Dryer in behalf of my co religionists, the
Jews, should he deem it ejpcdieuUto expa
tiate upon his favorite lopic once more.
J. N. ClIOVNSKI.
CaMrorMlw Vs. Or, arsn
We find the following delicate mnrcau In
the S.-ira Cul.Ciliien of a recent date.
Verily, the modesty of some of the Cal
ifornia, editors will be tho death if them
yet :
"Thk State or Orecox. Oregon has
been admitted into the family circle of
States, and we hope her pcoplo will, iu pro
ceeding iiecoidiii".ly, strive at once to attain
for herself renown ns far as any of the sov
ereignties have acquired. Out tho people
of Oregon have several rouli currents to
meet and turn. The progress has been
slow; the men have been slow; they won
dered there slowly; most of them are buck-
wiKMisiueii bv nature, of the . est anil
South, who linger ever on tho border of civ-iliz-ttiou,
nfraid of nothing cave tho bright
lights of h u in an advancement. They have
made some good (arms and secured an im
mii tant trade, but have made no cdr.caliou
d protrrcM for themselves and their children
and owing to the small income of spirited
enterprise and refinement, they hate be
come corrupted still more until they have
adopted the vilest J argil. Tliey haveno
uotiility of social intercourse. Their lead
ing men arc the worst of toliticiaus, many
of u lioifi were cast oit of other communi
ties for general debility of wlitical, intel
lectual and moral capacity. The press is
brazenly nud profanely indecent.
"Tiiese are some of tho evils aith which
the pcoplo of Oregon must contend to ar
rive at eminence in what constitutes the
greatness of au American State. Then
they must continue to retain the enmity of
powerful Indians, who hare been incited to
to acts of violence aud of open war by bad
and reckless men of the other races. We
believe the Indians will give as much trou
ble as have tho Scminoles in Florida ; they
arc too many aud strong to be exterminated.
Probably au immigration of such are set
tled citizens of California may soon be in
duced. Jf co, the State of Oregon will
brighten in every feature aud flourish iu ev
ery interest."
It is quite the fashion in California to dis
parage Oregon aud her jn-ople; nud so tho
Sierra Citizeu seizes and improves the op
portunity to pander to the popular preju
dice of its readers, at the expense of truth;
for we cuuuot believe that the editor of the
Citizen is really so ignorant of the condi
tion and affairs of his Orcgonian neighbors
us tho paragraph above would make him
appear.
The Citizen giavcly asserts that the Or
egouiuns are all "backwoodsmen by nature,"
"utraid of nothing but the bright lights of
huu. mi advancement;" and that they havo
"made no educational progress for them
selves aud their children;" all of which,
besides being very untrue, is very silly.
lu no purt of tho world,- and we make
no exception, are there soSAany good in
stitutions of learning, ia proportion to the
population, as in Oregon. Iu no country
upon the face of the globe, is a deeper or
more general interest taken in the education
of youth tli a ii in Oregon. Considering the
disadvantages with which we have had to
contend, our progress ia this respect is en
tirely without a parallel. It is trao that
for many of our institutions of learning we
are "indebted to the religious denominations
which flourish iu oar midst; but where
would have been the educational facilities
f California had it not been for the Ro
man Catholic Church? There is not a siu
gle school or college in California of any
note, if we except the district schools of San
FraucUco, which has not been established
aud uiaiutuined by the Catholic Church,
Oar backwoodsmen, who are " afraid of
("
the bright lights of human advancement,"
ore nil gone or going to California, where
they can revel in freedom from nil the re
straints of refinement aud civilization.
The charge which is also entirely false
thnt the Oregoniaus have "adopted the
vilest Jargon," comes, we think, with n
very ill grace from n paper which habitually
quotes ami uses low, flash terms and phra
se! in its editorial columns.
" With regard to our politician, we con
sider them much of a piece with the same
fclus of men elsewhere. Wo confess to
liavimr some of the class who would not fall
behind even the unscrupulous, scheming,
seflsh and corrupt politicians of California
in the tricks of their trade. Hut these men
are not the leaders iu the country. Some
of them have come here from California,
and some from other localities; they have
lcen puffed and praised by the California
press; but the Oreironians would have
nothing to do with thorn. In respect to
"(Militical, Intellectual and moral capacity,"
our public men will compare favorably with
those or any other Stat in the Union. It
is only necessary to point to our Delegate iu
Congress, nnd to the Judges of our Supreme
aud District Courts to refute tho charge
made by the Citizen.
We also object to the sweeping allega
tion that the "press of Oregon ia profanely
indecti t," although we are compelled to ac
knowledge ita justness when applied to a
few of our journals. With the same con
sistency, the same charge might be prefer
red against the press of California, because
of thu low vulgarity and indecency of Ned
McGowau's " Ubiqifottn and the Sunday
Yaritiit$. Aud we are of the opinion that
the files of the Sacramento Statesman, the
S. F. Bulletin, and sundry other orominent
journals of California, will exhibit as gross
viuiatiuus oi mil ruies oi uceency ana good
breeding, as tho roost depraved of the Ore
gon papers.
The remedy which the editor of the Citi
zeu proposes for the alarming state of af
fair which he supposes to exist iu Oregon,
is just what might have been expected from
his modesty, to-wit: an emigration from
California. From this view we think Ore
goiiiuus generally will dissent. Although
we are favorable to the immigration of good
aud substantial citizens from all quarters,
yet the specimens we have seen from Cali
fornia immigrants have not been of a char
acter to impress our people favorably. IT
you have any good citizens iu California you
had Utter try aud retain them. You need
them worse than we do. And pray, send in
no more of your broken-down politicians,
dilapidated horse thieves, ami seedy gam
blei. Oar hospitality is large, but they
uie crowding it, nud we will soon have to
enlarge our penitentiary on their acccount.
Tray keep your erring fcl!ow-ciiizeiia at
home. Jticktmsrille llera'd.
MalrluioMlal F bllosophlca.
BT A. r. BANKS.
When Mr. Sinuinrs married, he had
fondly hoped to insure douieotie bliss.
Three months after that imMitaut event
he cxprtsstd his conviction, with savage ear
nestness to .Mrs. ifuiu j-ginK, that he liudu't.
If he Imd expected nothing, (ruie an an
cient volume,) he might have been a bless
ed individual; ns it was, he was a wofully
disappointed one. .
Mrs. Stnugius quietly delivered a similar
opinion respecting herself, and went on with
her knitting with mi aggravating calmness.
Mr. S. walked about the room evidently
under the impression that the law for "as
sault aud battery" was both uuhallowcd aud
unconstitutional
Suddenly he stopped.
"Mrs. Suiuggius) Mrs. Smnggios!" he
roared as he received no reply.
"Well, well, I heur you man I hear
you," said that amiable lady; and she took
up another loop. "What is ill"
"Am 1 to have a pudding for uiy dinner
or twit"
"Perhaps yoa may, and perhaps you
mayn't," was his rib's unsatisfactory reply.
"Well, we'll see about tbat," snarled Mr.
S., stamping around, and making his coat
tails fly about.
"Well, my dear, you had perhaps best
go and see aliout it; Sukey's in the kitch
en." And then she dropjied a stich.
"You'd aggravate a saint, Madam," ex
claimed Mr. Suiugirins.
"Do saints upset chairs in that way?"
was tho meek inquiry.
Mrs. Smnggius," said the male proprie
tor of that tuphouioas uame, confronting
his sleeping partner.
"Well?"
"Will you make me a padding or not?"
"No."
"Yoa won't?"
"Don't bother mc I're told yoa once."
"I fancy, Mrs. Smnggius, that yoa enter
ed into a compact to obey me," said her
shamefully deceived lord, beating the devil's
tattoo ou hie best carict
"I won't bo ordered!" was tho reply.
And thu lady, with a great deal of dignity,
picked np her traps aud floundered out of
the room.
In another minuto tho oatroged ' gentle
man was in the kitchen.
"Sufcey," he said, furiously, "make me a
currant dumpling for dinner plenty of cur-
bu n ts '
a ,..
"Why, sir!" replied that young lady,
here's one abilin'I"
Mr. Suroggius was in the, same dreadful
position that we could imagine a certain
editor would be iu if deprived of a "griev
ance." He was fairly flabbergasted idea
less, wordless, with the exception of "Nou
seuse," which came feebly forth.
"Well, look, sir, for yourself," said Su
san, "Missus made it with ' her owu two
hands an hoar ago.".
And there, sure enough, bobbing up and
down, was a glorious sized dumpling the
species of dumpling on which he doatcd.
Considerably inolifled,' yet filled with a
sense of a wronged husbaud he proceeded to
his wife's room.
"Well, madam,' ho began, "so it seems
there is a pudding after all."
"Is there?" wus the echo.
"Yes uinduin, and it is lucky for yoa
that there is."
"Is it, really?" was tho provocative re
sponse.
Yes, madam, it is! In fact, yoa dared
not no, Mrs. Smuggius, dared uot have
disobeyed me. You kuew that it was made
and wauted to give a specimen of your in
feroal caotaocroasness." ',.'
"In-det'dl" replied Mis. S. with n suspi
cious emphasis. "Now, if you don't leave
the room, will; nil thut I've not to say is,
that I won't bt orrltredX" Aud she went to
another room, slammed the door and locked
it. Mr. S , boiling over with indignation,
consoled himself us he went down town
with the fact that he had gained his point,
and tliu his pudding was boiling too.
Dinner time came, and so did our injured
litHliud. (Dinner's the time to bring 'cm
home.) lie sat down, said nothing, looked
daggers, aud pretended to quarrel with the
tenderest of leuderloius. The fact was,
however, that lie was preserving an enor
mous comer for the dumpling.
The dumpling came. Mr. Smugrgns un
did tho lower buttons of his vest, drew j
himself half a foot nearer to his work aud
...-l ll'.l.. . .. M .....
nauueu ins piate, suyiug gruiuy, uire uie
some of that I"
"You can have it all, my dear." was the
mild acquiescence of his wife, as she pushed
the dish towards him.
Mr. Sinujrgius took off the cover.
He turned pale. "What's this?" he 6houted.
"The pudding my dear," was the reply, j
"What the have you beeu doinir to
it?" he fratlically deinauded.
"I rolled it in the ashes, my sweet love.
Yon know you said this morning that 1
dared not disobey yon. No more I have.
mt dear. 1 here's your imddinr eat itl"
The specimen oi conjugal obedience dis
appeared suddenly oat of the room, with a
hearty laugh. It was lucky Tor her trat
the door was on her side, aud had been reft
ajar expressly fox a prompt exit.
Air. b., said many a highly immoral
thing on the impulse of the moment; bow-
ever, he was too much of a nhilosotiber to
let his pudding cool, so he cut it open, and
scooped out the middle.
lie then went down town, and gave a
little boy a lick on the head for presuming
to slip down against htm.
He didn't go home to supper but stop
ped over to Thompson's, and then went to
the theatre. About ten o'clock, something
iu the play seemed so to tickle his fancy
amazingly, fcr he scratched his head, as
though au idea had suddenly taken root
there, and smiled. Hamlet touched the
conscience of a king with a play; had a
play touched the conscience of Thomas
Smujrgius? It looked like it, to judge
from analogy; for the king alluded to didn't
depart quicker than he did. The luaiu dif
ference between Mr. Siuupgins and the
crowned blackguard was, that the former
made his exit with a griu on his phiz, aud
the latter didn't.
Mr. S. carried his smile home with him,
and up to his bed room, where Mrs. S ,
was milking parndoxical preparations (by
disembarrassing herself of her luggage) for
a trip to lilunket Day.
"Deuce take it," said he, in a few minutes
afterwards, with on olive branch creak iu
his tone. "I say, Mary, do you know
where my iiifrht cap is? If you do, I wish
you'd (ret it lor uie; that's a jroocl girl."
"To be sure I will Thomas," was the
hearty response. "Ah! hero it ii."
"Thank you."
"Look lure, Thomas," said Mary, lying
her hand gently on his arm, "we hud words
to-day; I hope they will nnver happen
again. We havcu't been together very
long, nnd we may ns well just make up our
minds to start straight, or wo shall be com
ing in someday or other most confounded!
crooked. I promised to love you; and I
tlo dearly. I promised to honor you; well,
I do. I also promised to oley you. Now
Thomas, ask mc to do anything in my pow
er, iu reason, or almost out of reason, as
you asked me to get your night-rap, and I'll
do it gladly and nnmurmuringly. J3ut if
you ask me to do anything as you asked roc
to make that pudding 'Go nud make a
puddiutrl' I won't do it. I will obey you
Tom, but I won't be ordered."
"I here, now, keep still! naff ced," enmc
merily from Tom's lips, as he closed hers
with a thrilling kiss.
He put on his night cap, blew out the
light, jumped into bed, and, ovcrcomo by
the contending emotions of that eveutfid
day, both were almost immediately heard to
snoro in blissful unison.
MORAL.
Wives Let Mrs. Smuggins be yonr
model.
Husbands It is no disgrace to be ruled
on certain points by a Mrs. Smuggins.
A Good 'Us. We heard tho other day
a capital anecdote of a witty clergyman of
this city, who is said never to come off sec
ond best in a jocular encounter:
As one day he was passiug down one of
the streets of a large village in this State,
where ho was settled, he was observed by
some waggish bnngers-on at a public house
which he was approaching. One of these
fellows, knowing that the reverend gentle
man as a 'hard case' at a joke, said that
he woald bet the drinks for all hands that
he could head Mr. n
"Done," was the response from a number.
As Mr. II came opposite the merry
group, the proposer of the bet called to him.
Mr. H halted and drew near, whereup
on the confident chap thus addressed him:
. "Mr. II , we have a disputo here of
some importance, which wo have agreed to
leave to you as one competent to give a cor
rect decision."
"Ah! what is it?"
"It is in relation to the age of the devil;
will you tell us how old he is?"
"Gentlemen," said the impcrturable min
ister, "how can yoa presume me to be ac
quainted with matters of that sort? Too
must keep yonr own family records." ;
The minister went about his business, and
the vanquished gentleman went in and treat
ed freely. A"mAms ( N.II.) Oasis.
1- Harlan Hyde, of Norwich lost his
third wife one year ago. About a week
since he went to the cemetery, dug open the
grave, opened the coffin and took out a set
nf foist teeth, for the sake of the gold plate !
Hyde justifies himself. He is about 50 years
of age, a house carpenter by trade, in com
fortable circumstances, and a member of the
church. It is currently reported that he
tried to get the teeth out as she lay dead in
his house before the funeral, but the rigid
muscles would not relax. The womca of
Greenville wish to tar and feather him.
"Whv iu such a hurrv?" said a man
to an acrtaaintance. "Sir " I have bouirht
a new bonnet for my wife, and fear the fash
ion may change before I get borne,"
The SHerlSTa Story. '
ar will TBscr.
In the summer of 185-, while traveling
on business in the wilderness of Northern
Maine, we stopped one afternoon iu the lit
tle village of 1' , which nestles cosily iu
the sliado of Saddleback mountain. Aflcr
supper, whiie enjoying our ciirnr upon tho
"porch," we noticed a peculiar looking scar
npon the landlord's cheek. Thinking there
by "hangs a tale," we asked him to inform
us the cause, of so unusual a mark, lie
professed himself perfectly willing to relate
the story, and, drawing a chair close to oar
side, commenced:
"In my younger days I was sheriff in the
county iu which 1 then resided. In the
spring of 1839 a murder was committed in
neighboring town, under circumstances of
anusual atrocity. The deed was doue by a
trenchman, whoso name was Lis'e. He,
with his wife, lived in a. oz cabin iu the
woods, some ten miles from where the de?daitjacj;ejxudi;ihtrs reeling an animal.
was committed, and had long teen suspected
as being a thief and secreter of stoieiiroods.
I was sent to secure him, aud yoa may bo
sure I did not relish the Job much, but go I
must. As 1 had ten miles to ride, I started
early, aud arrived at the cabin about noon.
Tying my horse to a tree, I went up to the
door aud knocked; after considerable delay
in unfastening more than was necessary, the
door was opened by his wife', who demanded
in no very pleasant tone what I wanted.
"Is ycur husband at home?" I asked.
"No he has gone to the village, and will
not be back till night," she answered.
"Then I will wait till he comes borne,"
said I ; and, without giving her time to re
ply, stepped into the room.
One glance around convinced me that the
murderer wayU home. A rifle stood iu the
corner of the room, which he had been clean
in?, as I drot e up, for the water was even
dripping from the tube. I said nothing,
hovever, but sat down, and began to take a
survey of the room. lie could not have
left while I stood at the door, without my
seeing him; so that he roust either have left
before I came, or else, which I considered
more likely, was concealed about the cabin.
My eye lell upon a rag mat, lying on the
floor, aud taking that op, the mystery was
explained. A trap door was underneath,
which probably led to the hole or cellar in
which he was concealed. I lifted tho door
up, and was looking for tome means of de
scending, when a push from the "gude wife"
sent me down without the use of a ladder,
and the door was suddenly shut. I tell you
sir( I was iu no enviable osition, in a dark
ceipjir with a murderer for he was there, as
I very soon after found out.
Thinking I heard him move, I took a step
in the direction of the sound. In an instant
there was a flash, a loud report, and I felt
a burning pain in my cheek. I saw htm by
the flash of the pistol, crouched in the fur
ther corner of the cellar. My blood was
op, and I made a spring and closed with
him. We had a sharp tustle for a few mo
ments, bat at length I m .mazed to get the
bracelets on his wrists, and then it was all
over. Meanwhile his wife was above, stand
ing on the door, aud asking every now aud
then ' -
"Have yon fixed him, Jem?"'
Putting my hand upon the man's mouth,
nud imitating his voice as near as I eould, I
told Iter I had, nnd ordered her to leod the
sheriff's horse into tho shed. My ruse suc
ceeded perfectly, and, as she left tho room,
I ordered him up the ladder, and by usiug
the argument of a pistol ersuaJed him to
go. Once up, the rest was cosy. His wife
was somewhat astonished when she came in,
but seeing I was well firmed, she made no
resistance. The man was sullen, and refus
ed to speak, but I did not rare for that. I
put him on the horse and led the horse two
miles through the woods to the nearest
neighbors. Securing the assistance of one
of the 'men folk,' I bad him securely lodged
in the jail that night, and he is now in the
State Piison serving his sentence, imprison
ment for life. But that was the hardest
fight I ever bad; and I shall carry a mark
of it to my grave." So cuds the shcrifTs
story. -
MlXD WHAT YOU SAY BEroKE CHILDREN.
A ge:itlemnn was in the habit of calling at
a neighbor's house and the ludy bad always
expressed to him much pleasure iu seeing
him. One day, just after she had remarked
to him her happiness from his visit, the lit
tle boy entered tho room. Tho gentleman
took him on his kuee and asked
"Are you not glad to see me, George?"
"No, sir," replied the boy.
"Why not, my little man?" ho continned.
"Because mother don't waut yoa to come,"
said George.
Here the mother looked daggers at ber
little son, and became crimson. But he saw
nothing.
"Indeed; how do yon know that, George?"
"Because sho said yesterday she wished
that old bore woald not call again."
The genllemau'a bat was soon in requisi
tion, and he left with the impression, "great
is the truth, it will prevail.
. Another child looked sharply into the
face of a visitor, and being asked what she
meant by it, replied 1
"I wauted to see if yoa bad a drop in
yonr eye; I have heard mother say that yoa
have frequently."
A boy once asked his father who it was
lived next door to him, aud when he beard
the name, inquired if he was not a fool. ,
"No, my son, be is not a fool, bnt a very
sensible man. Bat why did you ask the
question?" ,
"Because," replied the boy, "mother said
the other day that yoa were next door to- a
fool and I wanted to know who lived next
door to you." ; -. i
lSs "Mary, my lave, do yoa remember
the text thi morning?"
Mary "No, papa, I never can remember
the text, I've such a bad memory." ;
"By the way, Mary," said her mother,
"did you notice Susan Brown?"
Mary "Oh, yes. What a flight! She
had on her lost year's bonnet, done up, a
pea green silk, a black lace mantilla, browu
gaiters, au imitation Honitou collar,- a lava
bracelet, ber old car-drops; aud such a fan!
Oh my!" . -
Mother "Well, my dear, your memory
is certaiuly very, bad." '
' jjg-r rompey what ant dat goes when
the wagon goes,' stops when de wagon stops,
it am no use to de wagon, yet de wagou
can't go without it? I gabs dat jjp Cleai :
Why de noise ob eoarse, . .
HY AUTliOiHTV.
LAWS OF THK USITEU STATES.
AN ACT mnkinjr appropriations for the leg
hlalivo, executive, oud judieiul expenses
, of government for the year ending the
thirtieth of Juuc, eighteen Luudred aud
LTtj-iiiiie.
- lie it enoct'd ly the Senate and Haute of
Representatives of the Untied Stales nf Amer
ica in Congress atsrmlUd, That the following
sums be, and the same ure hereby, epproprn
ated, out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the objects here
after expressed, fur -the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred 8 ad
lifty-uiuc, namely: .
Legislative.
For compensation and milene of senator?,
one Hundred umi sixty-two thousand scveu
hundred nrd fifty dollars.
ior eointu-nsation of the ofiicers. clerk".
salary iu the sertice uLii Sttntf viz: Sec-
retary of the Senate, three thou-anu six ,
hundred dollars; officer charged with dis
bursements of the 8"iiiit, four hundred and
eighty dollars; chief clei k, two thousand
Be Ituuditii doilur.-; principal clerk and
principal executive cieik in the oOice of tho .
Secretary of the Senate, at two thousand
one hundred nud sixty dollars ench; elht
clerks iu the office of tho Secretary of tho
Senate, at one thousand tiht hundred and :
fifty dollars each; keeper oi the ttaliouerr,
one thousand scvi.it hundred an J fifty-two
dollars; two messengers, at one thousand
aud eighty dollars each; one page, at vo .
hundred dollars; Serjeant at-urms, end
Hooikeeper, two thousand dollars; Assist
ant doot keeper, one thousand seven hundred)
dollars; l'ustuiaster to the Senate, oae
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;
Assistant postmaster nud mail carrier, one
thousand lour hundred and forty dollars;
two mail boy?, at nine hundred dollars each;
superintendent of the d.-cumeut ioocj, one
thousand Ere j.uutireJ dollars; t vo uiiis
tauts in document room,, at one thousand
two hundred dollars each; scperiutendent
of the foldiug rooii), one thousand five bun- '
dred dollars; two messengers, acting as as
sistant doorkeepers, at ouq thousand five
hundred dollars inch; sixteen messengers,
at one thousand two hundred dollars each;
superintendent in charge of Senate furna
ces, one thousand two hundred dollars; as
sistant iu charge of furnaces, six hundred
dollurs; laborer in private passage, six hun
dred dollar; two laborers, at four Luudred
and eigty dollars each; clerk of secretary
to the President of the Senate, one thou
sand sven hundred und lift y -two dollars;
draughtsman, one t!iou-aud ti;ht hundred
and lift jf dollars; clerk to UjO Committee oo
Finance, oi.j thousniid eight hundred and
fifty dollar?; clerk la the Committee of
Claim?, one thousand eight hundred aud fif
ty dollars; citk of priming record., one
llio:iuud eight hundred ami kfiy dollars;
musing seventy thousand nine hundred and
four Ucu dollars.
1'or the additional compensation allowed
by the 'resolution of the Senate of the
eleventh cf 31sj, eighteen hundred an fifty
tight, to a liUfcseugtr iu the cCicu of tho
Secretary ol the Senate, fcr the fiscal year
ttidiiig tlie thirtieth cf June, eighteen hna
tirtd and fifty-tight, threo hundred aud thir
ty dollars.
For the contingent expeases o; the Sen
ate viz:
For binding, fifty thousand d-jllars.
For lithographing aud engraving, forty
i'
five thousand dollars.
For stationery, twelve thonsand dollars.
For neirsptipei. three thousand dwiiars.
For Cougrvssioual Globe a:.d biuditig the
same, twenty-four thousand t-o hundred
ami seventeen dollars and twenty cents.
For reporting proceedings, tea thousand
four hundred dollars.
Forcleiks to committees, pages, police,
horses, and carryail., twenty-six thousand
five hundred and tight djliars aud fifty
cents'. - "
For miscellaneous item?, twenty thousand
dollars. -
For s-tationery for f.--cal year ending the
thiitieth of June, tightcen hundred aud fifty-eight,
five thousand dollars for the Sen
ate; and fur stationery for t eal year end
ing thirtieth June, eighteen hunored and
fifty-eight, fire thousand . dollars for tho
House of Representatives. " '
For compensation and tnileflire of mem
bers of the House cf Representatives and
delegates from Territories, fire hundred and
eighty liious an J two Luntlrcd and fifty dollars.
For compcualiou cf the t-Sictrs, clerks,
messengers, and others receiving au annual
salary in the service of the Houe of Rcp
reseulutire., viz: Citik cf the House of
Representative;:, tLieo thousand six hua
dred dollars; two clerks, ct two thousand
one hundred and sixty dollars each; ssvcu
clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dol
lars; clerk in charge t-f books for members,
one thousand eight l.und't J dollars; read
ing clerk, one tiionsftud eight hundred dol
lars; Librarian, one thousand eight hundred
dollars; clerk in charge 'of stationery, one
thousand tight hundred dollars; principal
messengers in tho cfSce one thousaud seven
hundred aud fifty dollars; three messengers,
at one thousaud hundred dollars c&ch; Ser
geant at-arms, two thousand oue Luudred
aud sixty dollars: clerk to the Sergeant-at-arms,
otic thousand eight hundred dollars;
saessenger . to the Sergcant-at-arm, one
thousaud eight hundred dollars; Fostam
master, two thousand one hniKlted and six
ty dollars; one messenger iu the cSce, one
thousand seven hundred and forty dollars:
four messengers, at one tnousand four hun
dred and forty dollars each; Doorkeeper,
two thousaud one hundred and sixty dollars;
superiutendeut of tiie foldiug room, ouo
Uiousaud eight Luudred dollars; superinten
dent and assistant jo the document room,
at one thousaud seven hundred and fifty
dollars each; messenger in charge of the
hail, seveuUtu huudred aud fifty dollars;
live messengers, at oue thousaud five huu
dred and fiity 'dollars each; eight messen
gers, at one thousand two hundred dollars
each; six messengers, at oue thousand two
huuOred dollars each ; , messengers to the
Speaker, oue thousand sevea hundred and
fifty-two dollars; clerk o the Committee of
Claims, oue thousand eight baudred dollars;
cleik to tue Committee of U'aysauu Means
ouc thonsiiud eight hundred dollars: ma
kiug eighty-six tuoassud aevea Luudred and
forty a ght dollars. . ; - : ,
For cootingeot expenses of the House of
See otkrth page.