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‘ll be while in this life, and will be doubly and
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THE TIME TO Woo.
Dost tlioii idly ask to hear ,
At whatvgentle seasons
Nymphs relent, when lovers near
Press the tenderest reasons’!
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Ah, they give their faith too oft
, .'I_‘o the careless wooer;
Maidens’ hearts are always soft,
Would that inenls were truer !
\Voo the fair one, when around
Early birds are singing;
Wlieii, o’cr all the frirgraut' ground,
Early herbs-are springino :
Vi/lien the I)l‘O0l{Sl(I8,l)f1lll{ and grove,
All with blossoms lzideii,
Shine with beauty, breathe of love-—
-W'co the timid maiden.
'Woo her, when, with rosy blush,
Summer eve is sinking;
‘When, on rills that softly gush,
Stars are softly winking;
\Vlien thro’ boughs that knit theibower,
Mooiilirrlit gleains are stealing;
\Voo lie:',Dtill the gentle hour
‘.Vakcs a gentler feeling.
Vi/'00 her, when aiitumiial dyes
’I‘iii;._r,eitlie‘woody mountain;
‘Nlieii her dropping foliiige lies,
In the half-clicked fouritziiii;
Let the scene, that tells how first
' Youtliis passiiigovcr,
‘Warn her, ere her bloom is past,
To secure her lover.
Woo her, when the northwinds call
At the lattice nightly ;
' VVhen within the cheerful hall,
Blaze the faggots brightly;
‘While the wintry tempest round
Sweeps the landscape hoary,
Sweeter in her ear shall sound
Love’s delightful story.
THE OLD l'v1AN’c} E‘ElPa'§3i't?..-‘IL.
I saw an aged man upon his bier;
His hair was thin and white, and on his brow
A record of the cares of many a year;
Cares, that were ended and forgotten now.
And there was sadness round, and faces bowed,
And womari’s tear’s fell fast and children wailed
aloud. ' 4 ‘
Then rose another hoary man and said, _
In faltering accents, to that weeping train, -
\Vhy mourn ye that enraged friend is dead?
Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain,
Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast,
Nor when the yellow woods shake down the ri-
I pencd mast. w ‘*
Ye sigh not when the siin, his. course fulfilled,
His glorious course, rejoicing earth and sk_y,
In the soft. evening, when the winds are stilled,
Sinks'wliere his islands of refresliiueiit lie,
And leaves the smile of his departure, spread
.()’er the warin—r:olored heaven and ruddy moun-
tain liead. " ’
\Vliy weep y-e then forliim, who, having run
The bound ‘of mau’s appointed years. 211 lash
Life’s blessings all ciijoycd, life’s laboi's done,
Serenely to his fiif§il:rest has past ;
\Vhile the soft memory of his virtues, yet
Lingers like twilight liiies, when the briglit sun
is set. “.~ .
His voutli was iniiocent; l]lS'l‘I per age
l\'farkcd with seine act of goodness, everyday;
And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and
sage,
Faded his late declining years away.
Cheerful he gave his being up, and went.
To share tlieholy rest that waits a life well spent.
s
That life was happy; every day he gave
Thanks for the fair existence that was his;
For a sick fancy made him not her slave.
To mock liiin witi: her ‘phantom miseries.
No chronic tortures racked his aged limb.
-For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him.
And I am glad. that he has lived thus long,
I And glad that lie is gone to his reward;
Nor deem, tl_iat‘kiu.'dly ‘nature did him wrong,
Softly to discngzige the vital cord.
’\Vlien his weak l and grew palsied, and his eye
Dari; with the mists ofage, it was liistinle to (lie-
.;.i»....
A lady at sea‘, full of delicate apprehensions
"in a gale 3f wind, cried out among other pretty
cxclaniations, “ l,.Ve shall all go to the bottom.
mercy on us, liovv my head swims!” Madam,
never fear, said’ one of the sailors, “you can
never go to the bottom while your beadswiins.”
'1"/ic Rcvcragicl Isaac Hz'll.——'I‘lie Concord
Statesinan says. a pious lady in tliat place being
S()llClIe(IIl.0 beccimc a subscriber to a rc.ligiouspe-
riodical, replied that she had for some tiuie been
.?1’_StllJSCl‘Il)CI' to one religions paper, the N. H.
Patriot, but as she could never see that the family
was made any better by it, she had no faith _ in
them are religious papers.
Eaclics,’ .I:Ic(irts.——'I‘lie female heart. as far as
my experience goes, is just like a new India-
rnbber shoe, you may pull and pull at it till it
rGflCllۤ/OUl."r1 yardmloiig, and then let go, and it
will fly’ right baclritdfiits o 9.. Their hearts
arei ado of stontleathe _,_ tel you; there's a
gilagny sight of wepriii vein.—Saptucl Slick.
.'C'l'£ma:c.—I stood in the deserted halls of my
father—I ga u ind on the bare walls and
" ding corridors—-I cried
_ my early youth, where
echo answered-“ Re-
ain Cl’7‘2z.t/i.
Religion for the Kitchen Cabinet.-—Th_e
Springfield (Mass.) Journal says, that a clergy-.
man told the Postmaster of that town that if-hel
expected specie for his letters, lieshould not take’
them out, and that the Postmaster; if he choose,
might send_-them.-.to Wasliiiigtcn, to be opened
and read ' re, and as-they were generally of a
religious ,rac,t,'e_r, he hoped they would do
some good\to tlie’r_eadcrs! , ,3
I-Ionoring l/ic 1Iposllr;s.—--Siirclyl have clitor-
gd on the register the strangest name irnaginablc.
A mason’s wife,‘and belonging to the next pa-
rish, presented her Ul‘Cltll1.. \Vliat i0t)l,i’])l£tce is
exact] ‘as, follows: “Say the name, Said I.,
' y1‘.’>'-‘ .; ‘Q17 '
Wm, my _fi‘riger in the water. Acts, ‘sir . said
she. “A"c'ts,” said I. “ what do you mean?”-
‘T|,inl;sI to myself, I will art: the clerk to spell
He did; Acts-—so acts was the babe. and
(re ly‘, so registered, if ever it marries or dies.
A[‘.erwards, in the vcstiy. I asked the good wo-
ifian what made lierclioose such _a name. I-Ier
answer, tcrbaliin : “ \Vl’))’, sir, we be religious
lieoplc. “'e’Ve got your on ’eni already, and they
be called Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and
so my husband. thought be’d compliment the
apostles a bit. The idea of complimenting the
apostles with this little dab of living mortality .
was too much; even could not help laiighing.
I 1.,a,.e no doubts-lie will go on to Revelations,
they being particularly religious people.
SN iu: Fro-ii'r.7-.S'tarll2'72g /lrlvcnI,u..rc.——On
Saturt ay last Mr. John l"oster,.wlio. resides near
the \V.'isliiugton Print. Vvorks, in this town, dis-
covcred near liislioiise a large black. snake: lie
geizeil n billet of wood and pursued him some 20
yards, to near ii siiiall_tree, when the_scrpcut
_tur_ncd, raised liiinsclfin Zll1U[)Tlgl'llpOSlll0D,£1Utl
.~ .‘»*_,"i’€.j'f.,IL.~3.’
’€7tfl?L. XX.
“ D0.1V"'1‘ nivi: U1’ 'ru1~: sinr.”
l"«§éiPEE'i3’i"r’ALE£g CQFJH. V‘v7E~lE“'NE{~‘;
ea:-iiaar, .rtii/Y ‘E 2, it-22:: .
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commenced » a defence. He threw the billet
of wood and missed him, whereupon his sriake—
ship came at liin. full tilt, lii.-3_nioutli thrown
open, and with his fiery eyes and forked tongue
exhibiting all the venom of his species.‘ Mrflf.
seized at small stick, and as be came up made a
pass at him, but he dodged it and gave back.—
This repeated several times, the snake all the
time with his eyes steadily and pierciiigly fixed
upon that of Mr. F. After some two minutes
spent in this way the snake suddenly vauislied,
" and," says Mr. F. “as quick as tliouglit itself
I bclielil him upon the limb of a tree, about ten
feet. above my head, and in the very act of
springing upon me.” The distance from the
ground to the extremity of the limb where the
serpent prepared for a leap, could not have been
less than 25 to 30 feet, and yet Iii‘. F. had only
time to change the direction of his own eyes ere
they met the keen gaze oftlie serpent in liisncw
position. He tlicu called to his brother to bring
him a loaded gun, keeping his eye upon the
snake until he was shot dead. Iicfore they left
the spot a still largci' one appeared, much more
\'€'l]tilllt)llS. than the first, beinrv determined to
revenge the death of its mate. ‘C-liis one they
also killed; slic measurc'd 5 feet 7' inches in
length rind 3;-iinclics in tliunicter. The lnglle
was 5 feet 2 inches long, and 3’iiiclies in diame-
tei'..—I\’oi‘l/L I.’2'i'-07' Tinics. A
'1"/rc Law of Ki'ssi7zg.—At the Middlctown
a‘=joiii'ii-cd sessions last week, Caroline l\’czt‘lo7.v.
was indictctl for assaulting Tlios. Saverlaiitl,
aiid‘ biting off his nose. The complainant,
whose face bore iiicoiitestible evidence of the
severe injury inflicted, stated that on the day af-
ter cliristiiias day he was in a taproomwvliere
ile-lciiiliiiitiiiidliersistcrwcre. Tliesist.erl'.ingh-
iiigly observed that she had left her young man
at Birniingliam, and liad promised. him no man
Slmttlil kiss her while absent. Complainant re-
garded this observation acliallenge, especially
3-ll being holiday time. C'tl!.l_Qlll.I hold of her and
kissed her. She took it in good part as a joke,
but defciidarit became angry and desired that
she miglii. have as little oftliat kind of fun as be
pleased. Complaiiiaiit told her ifslie was angry
he \v0ttl.l kiss her also, and tried to do it. A
sciiill-.9 ensued. and they both fell to the grourici.
After they got tip, coiiiplaiiinnt went and stood
by ilic lii'c..‘§iii<l dcfcndazit fo‘.lov:ed and struck at
him. -IIe"again closed with her and tried. to
kiss her, he was heard to cry out, ‘she ll0.S"gOl
my nose, in her inoutli.’ \Vlicu they were part-
cd lit: was blccdiiig profusely from the nose, and‘
a portion ofit, which the dcfcudiuit had hit off,
she was seoii to spit out of her mouth upon the
gmiiiiil. The defc.'ul:iiit a fat niiddle aged wo-
iiiau, treated the whole matter with great levity,
~‘lt‘itl said he had no business to kiss llC!‘SIslCt‘ or
;ittci’i'ipt to kiss her in a public lioiise——tlicy were
not such kind of people.
kissed, she had a linsbn‘liil to kiss her, and lie
XVEJIS a iuucli lzandsomer mzui than C0lT].pl€lll).'ll)l
cvcr was-—-even before he lost his nose. The
r-liu_iriiian told the jury it niattercd little wliicli
~.v.-iy their verdict went. If they found her
guilty, the court would not fine her more than
one shilling, as the )l‘OS(‘.L'Lll()l‘ had brought the
piiuisliineuton himse f. Tliejury without liesita-
iion acqiiittctl her. The cliairinnn told‘ the
proscciiior lie was sorry for the loss of his nose :
but if he would play with cats, he must expect
to be scratched. Turuiiig to tliejury, the chair-
man afterwards said, ‘ Gcntleuicn, my opinion
is. that ifa man attempts to kiss a woman agaiiist
her will, she has a riglitto bite his nose ofl‘ifslir.-
has a fancy for so doing.’ ‘And eat it too,’ add-
ed at lcarricd gentleman of the bar. The case
caiiscd much la'ugiiter to all except the poor
coiiiplaiiiztiit.
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\
Ircr/l.—“ It is one of the properties of heat,”
said a professor—-“tliat it expands all bodies.”
“ Th'.it’s the reason, Isuppose,” rcplic.tl his saga.
cious pupil, “ why the (lays are longer in .S‘ll7IlI)ZCI',
than they are in u'mtc'r.”
Certainly the following is not in Joe Miller:
Unsccn G/c7ici'osz't.i/.—Aii illitera-te persoiiage_.
who always volunteered logo round with the
hat, but was suspected of sparing his own pocket,
overbearing, one day, a hint to that effect, inade
the following speech : “Other gentlemen puts
dnfvn what they tliiuks proper. and so do I.—
C_i"iarity’s a private C()llC(‘l'll,Q‘ll(l wli_at«I gives is
fiiolhing to 7ioborZ_7/.”— T/ionzas I-Ioocl.
Goiiigtipoit tick.-—A letter from New-York
says, the times are so hard that the watches have
stopped.~ “T0 are surpriseiliat that. (adds the
l\Ietropolitan,) because they are the only charac-
ters that can afford to go on, as they can go 'u_pon
tic}; till the end oftimc.
I1,C1)u.I)l'l(.‘(l7L Siiiiplicily/-.——It. has recently been
asserted in Fiance, asa fact, that the princes and
nobles of Europe have found it_ dillicult to pro-
cure such mirrors as they wanted, because of
the great demand and high prices of the Ameri-
can market.
Goorlfor Et=il.—Thc conduct of a majority in
the last Legislature, unprinciplcd and reckless as
it was, has produced, however iii'iiiiteiitio:i.'illy,
some good results. There were some lioncst
men elected as members of the party, who, as
might have been expected, were completely dis-
gusted with the proceedings, and felt compelled
to’ renounce their company. One case of this
kind, in particular, came to our knowledge. A
member of the House, elected‘ from a town in
Fairfield County, by upwards of fifty Van Bu-
reu majority, remarked to a friend near the close
of the session : ‘ I was elected as a member of
this party, but_I am so no longer. I have seen
enough of them, and shall renounce them the
moment I get home. \Vhy, posiiivcly,_(he con-
tinued) were I to be tried for my life before such
a body of men as this, innoccrice would be the
very last plea I should wish to make l’-——I-I(rrl-
ford C'ou.'r7fcr. -
One fact mentioned by Mr. \Vebster, in his
speech at \Vl'ieeliug, is especially wvorthy the
calm and deep reflection oftlie A111Cl'lC:.lil people.
The charter of the first Bank of the United
stares expimd in 1811, and,»in a single year,
specie payments were suspended tlironglioiitjlie
country. The charter of the late S. Bank
expired in 1836, and again. in a single year.
specie payments have been suspended tli_rougli-
out-the country.——Norwic/L Courier.
If she wanted to ho.
'3‘!I§fl L€F'iE"5‘F.E2l' 'i‘ICE'E'£‘.
BY 1:07..
l‘v'Ir. Isaac Tompkins was a bachelor. lle
had plenty ofiiioney and took mighty good «are
of it. He kept two servants, one of ilie lIl:-l:~i’,'tt-
line and the other ofthe feirieriine geiiilcr. John
was his liostler, footmau, butler and slioe-biimk.
Mary was his liousekeeper, ehamberiiiaid, cook
and scnllion. He lived in a very old mansion,
in which there was sornetliing less than fifty
rooms, with out-houses, stables and appurte-
nances ; including a large garden, two fish
ponds and a high wall fenced about it as black as
:1 uiouastery’s clcisters. Old Tompkins lizid
likewise a dog and ti cat. The dog was of a
mixed breed, and it would have puzzled Builbn
to say what species of canine animal liar. the
liouor to be his father. -His name was Tray.
He had not a tooth in his head, and lie was as
lazy as Ludlow’s dog, which according to tra:.li—
tioii, used to lean rigziiiist the wall to bark. The
cat was a large 'I‘iibby of the iiculcr ‘gen-
der. and ‘both the dog and the cat used
to lay at their riiaster’s feet, in the tll'{l‘n~'lll_1_V
room. He had likewise an old broken kiveed
horse, blind in the weather rye, with a l..i'ge
swelling in the off fcttock. This latter aiiicle
completed old Tompkins’s establishment.
Tompkins was an early riser. and one morn-
ing he got up earlier than usual. Neither Eolin
nor Mary were stirring, and the Ol(l_l.‘il(;llI3l0l‘
walked into the drawing-room in 11 very surly
liunior. Trayjuinped up and barked, whilst.
Tabby made a bow ofliis back and swore like a
waterman.
‘ Down,’ said old Tompkins.
-__ ‘ Bow ! ‘wow! wow I’ said the dog.
‘Mew! fiz fizl liz!’ went the cat.
‘ Damn you boili,’ said old Tompkins, ‘I)oii’t
you know your master.‘ At this they both ‘.‘.'i2l'C
still, and Tray sneaked off under the table.
Tonipkins raiig the bell for ten minutes, and
prcsciitly John came down stairs.
‘ \Vliy were you not tip before,’ said Tomp-
kins toilie man as he entered the room.
‘ Cause I was a bed sir.’
‘ And why didn’t you get up you Iooii I
‘ Cause I w:is‘aslccp, sir.’
‘And why didn't. you awake sir?’
‘Catise I cot.-ldn’t sir.‘
‘ Absolute fool! \Vliere’s Mary I‘
‘ A bed, sir.’
‘ Go and call her up directly.’
‘ Slic’ll wliack me, sir, ifl do.’
‘ Be oil‘ with you, you S('5()UilLll'Cl, or I’ll wiiack
you if you don’t.’
‘ \-Vcll then,’ said John scratching his head,
‘you must whack inc, sir——-I_.’oll hits alniighty
lizird.’
' Go and call her up iiistanily, or I’ll break a
cli.'.iii' over your buck.’
‘I’i:ll':< .'il’_y-: den ‘iii :1 i'iiorrii::_‘ ir.’ ~ y»
('.;‘ouipkiiis takes up a chair and is about to
strike Jolin.) _
‘Oh stay, sir, stay, you’ll break the cliair,
sir, and it’l co:-:1 six shillings and mayliap a few
coppeis, to mend it.’
(Tompkins puts down the chair.)
‘ Fetch me my whip, then, you blackguard.’
‘I. can‘t find it, sir.’
‘ You never looked for it, you scouudrel.’
‘ Yes, sir, Idid.’
‘Do you dare to lie to my face?’
‘No sir, I always stand before my bettcrs.’
1
‘liiiave ! cricd Tonipkius in a fiirv, fetch my .
whip", or I’ll set. the dog on you.’
' II e’s got no tentli, sir.’
‘ .D_tium you, fool, get out of my house,’ roared
Toinpkins as he stainpccl his feet on the floor.
( The dog now gave a low growl.
. ‘ Seize him, Tray I seize him! Turn him out
of the room’--cried "I‘onipkins, clapping his
hands and iointingto John alternately.
Tray likcld John, fin‘ he used to feed him well,
so he only got up and barked ; then he turned
i)8.(:l{ and lay under the table——-looking cut
anxiously for what was to follow, with his head
on his front feet.
‘Fling Tray out the window, John, I’ll have
no dogs in my house that are not obedient-
fling hiui out, sir.’
‘ IIe’il bite me, sir.’
‘IIc’s got on teeth, fool, he can't bite.’
‘Lord, sir, you should have seen him tear the
meat offa bone I gave him t’other day.’
‘ Turn him out, John, I say—I will be obeyed.’
At this critical moirieut down comes M:-try.
and the eyes both of master and man were fixed
on I’oll’s fat corporation.
‘ So ypu’v'e come, you lazy slut, have you!
come at (ISL.
‘Mr. Tompkins, you are lord of this house,
and oftlie dog Tray and the cat Tabby, and the
lame and blind horse, with the stable. ll031l9Ts
out houses and zippiirieiiaimes, iiicludiiig the
garden, the two fish ponds, and the big wall, but
you are not master of me. How dare you, sir,
call me ii slut? I was born. sir, in
‘ The curses ofa tlionsaud plagues rest on you
both,’ said Toinpkins in a fury, as be rushed
out of the room. ’
‘ He’s in a rum humor,’ said Joliu to Mary,
when 'I‘oiripkins left the room.
‘ I'lun‘ior,’ said '.\Iary, tossiiig her head with an
air ofdisthiiii, burner.’ and what right has he to
be in a 7‘l(-Ill. humor, as you call it I I liav’nt
olfeiitlcil him, and I wont put up with it._~ My
pride and tliguity’s injured, John,’ she coiitiuued,
er mg.
)‘]Nay Polly, my duck, don't. cry, you may
soon be as rich as he. Rcmcniber the lottery
ticket?’
‘ Uh I doii’t care for the lottery ticket, John.
and as you’vc been so kind to me I’ll give it to
you,’ said she, taking it out of her pocket and
putting it. into John's liautl.
‘ \Vell, Pol 2y, ihat’s good now, and ifI get a
prize I'll make yoi: a present o 1' a new gown.’
Joliii then gave Polly a buss ziiplhtlie latter
went down into the kitchen whilst o n reinain-
cd in the parlor.
Presently Mr. Isaac Tompkins returns and
orders lllS_l10_l"SC.' .
‘ Stable tloor’s locked, sir,’
‘ Then, go and unlock it.’
‘I want to go mid see about Poll's Lottery
Ticket, sir, and should like to have the horse
in self.’ -
)‘]You impudent Vagabond, fetch my horse
directly.’ '
‘ I can’t carry him, sir,’ answered John-
Mr. Isaac Toiripkins could bear no more, he
struck John to the boards and stood grinning over ,
him, iiisplayiiig no small qiiaiiitiiy ofstivagi-iicrs-s
and ferocity. John l)€_:_‘_:tll io :‘llll,’j_<_1l(5 for his
lll.‘t‘l‘l_\‘, and in doing so the Lottery 'l‘icki.-t slip-
ped out of his waistcoat piickct, and 'l oiiipl-.ii-is
looked over the nuinlicr.s, gave Joiin ililt-)'.li'.:l‘
kick, and niarclied out oI'tlie liouse.
In a few minutes he w:isc:iiitci‘iii_«_roii the road
to L , and a lizilf an hour foiiiitl him in
deep conversation with the principal ofa lottery
ollice. -
‘ Thirty thousand pounds,’ said M r. Isaac
Toinpkiiis. Are you quite sure that is the
aniount.’ .
‘ Quite sure, sir, look at the drawings yourself.’
‘G, '7, 5,’ niuttered the old gcntleniau, as he
glanced over the paper, ‘ That will do, that will
do I (iood tnorrow, friend, good iiiorrow.’
M r. Isziuc Tompkiiis, as I have said before.
was rich, lind a vci'y great. opinion of money,
believed it to be the fzu.-totuin of lil'c—; lie was,
liesidcs this, a great niiscr, as most old li:.iclielors
are. Tlie inoineut then that lie S.'l\\' the unin-
bcis of the Lottery Tit-kct as it slipped out of
Joliu’s pr.-ckct, wlicu he was belnboriug his car-
case in the drawing room, Ill.‘ (lC‘IC‘l’ll|lil("Ll to see
it it would turn up a prize, and as the actions of
a bachelor are tlictatctl by :1 kind of prophetic
inipulse, Mr. Isaac Touipkius (.'t)ll'ltl’lC!lL'C(I pro-
cecdiiigs'instaiitly, and found that the ticket was
a prize for .-£'3fl,(l(l0 stirling.
The old geutleuian could not refrain from
uttering expressions of surprise. and glzidiicss on
the road as he trudged along. He forced his
uiure to put her best fiot forward on the acczisioii
too, and liceded nothing that passed him, so
anxiously was his niiiid _wrzipt up in the idea cf
the lucky ticket.
‘ My housekeeper wortli tliiriy tliousand
poun-ls—tliirty thousand,’ and the old bacliclor,
lifting up his eyes, found that lie was at his own
gate, for the more had stopped, knowingllie way
better than her master.
‘Joliii .Ioliiison,’ lialloocd tVIr.Tompkius, as he
got offtlie back ofliis beast, ‘ John take riiy horse.‘
‘ Coming sir, directly,’ said John.
‘Bequick then, for I’ni in a hurry.‘
‘So am I, sir,’ said John, ‘taking the reins of
tiie mare and leading her to the stziblc.’
‘I shall be into you my covic,’ said John, as
his master went into the house.
‘Back already, sir,’ said the housekeeper.
‘Ah Mary, I want to talk to you seriously, I
love you Mary.’
‘ Law, sir, you flattcrs me confoundedly.’
‘No Mary,’ said Mr. Isaac Toinpkiiis. going
up to her and kissinglicr greasy clieck, ‘no Mary,
I do not flatter; I love you Mary, and we must
get ni:u'i'ieil directly.’
‘ Married, sir? bow sir! married I I thought
you hated all married pcople——l. think yet you
are onlyjoking with me, good M r. Isaac Tomp-
kins.’
‘ ‘\\' iil you rimi'ry me, Mary .1’
‘Yes, sir, but are you in earnest ’
Mr. Tonipkius rings the bell and John comes
up stairs.
‘ Ilarness the mare to my Stanliope
directly.
.Ioliii chuckled and retired. The fact was,
Mr. John had smelt the game, and be obeyed
the orders of his master with woiiderful alacriiy.
‘Gig‘s ready, sir,‘ said John, bowing as he
entered the room.
‘ Clean my shoes, John, directly,’ said Mary
autlioriiativcly. ‘ Be quick, sir.’
Joliii’s suspicious were now verified; he saw
it all clear enough, and he blacked I’olly’s shoes
with an unusual lustre.
‘Fetch my cloak, John,’ she began, as John
put the shoes at her feet.
‘ And bring my best hat, too,’ said Mr. Tomp-
kins, in continuation. * _,
John did as he was commanded, and . Mr.
Tompkins drove towards the person's liouse‘."1t~
T , with Miss Polly, who was his cliam-
berniaid, liousekeeper, cook, and sculliou, along
side of him.
‘They’re gone,’ said John to liimself, ‘and
I’ll go and see whether my ticket’s not a prize,
I’ll bet it is, or’-
John did not finish the last sentence, but set
off directly to L
In about an hour Mr. Isaac Tompkinsreturned,
and Molly found herself in possession of Mr.
Tompkins’ name and half his effects. Asitliey
drove up to the gate and called out ‘John,’ they
were much siirpriscd to find no answer. They
repeated their call and as no one came, Mr.
Isaac Tompkins got out of the gig, helped Mrs.
Isaac Tompkins out also, tied the inare to a post,
and handed Mrs. Tompkins up stairs into the
drawing room.
‘Now, Polly,’ he began, ‘ your lottery ticket
has turned up _a prize of .:L'3,0,(lO0.’
‘Law. sir, my lottery ticket I’
‘ Yes, Polly, your lottery ticket.’
‘\Vliy, I gave it to John, sir, after you had
blown me up because he syriipailiizcd with me.’
‘ Gave it to John I’ cried the old man, spring-
ing from ‘his seat in frenzy; ‘ Oh, you devil, get
out of my sight.’
‘Oh I pray, M r. Tompkins.’
‘ Get out! Isay.’
‘ Iilcar me, sir.’
‘No, I will not : get out, you dcvil, or I’ll
fling you over the bullustrade.’ _
Poor Polly went down into the kitchen, wlulst
M r. 'I‘ombkinscurs(.-d liiuiself for his fully in not
ii qiiiriugiinto the affair before he took so rash
and fatal 1) step. Presently John came up stairs
with a Iiilliu his pocket for C-[$30,000.
‘John.’ ‘ Sir?’
‘ You’re a fool anil a villian, John.’
' Sir, you’re a fool and a kiiave,sir.’
?\Vliat! insult me in my own house I’ said
Tompkins, rising.
‘ Let me tell you, sir, that I'm a man of
.£30,0()l) stirliiig, and ifyou insult ll'lC_. _I"ll insult
you, sir,’ said .loliii, tossing his lieziil and walk-
ing up and clown the room. ‘‘I’m a gciitlciimii,
sir—l shall keep my courage ; sir, :ind‘——-
‘_Ob, damn you, daimi you! get out of my
house,’ and Mr. Isaac Tompkins sivallojwetl his
golden sniill-box. ,
‘ Certainly, Mr. Isaac Tompkins--gootl bye,’
said John, puttingliis finger to his nose. and
leaving the room.—-The World.
JACIC DOVVNINGNS PROPIIECY.
Amongst the other prophecies, which were
made after the removal of the deposites and the
commencement of General Jackson’s ‘ Experi-
rvi or
.0 ,3, John,
1
- . . .. ..".V_1. . _‘
publish one of his t.‘ll:2lfl'.'l(’l'IslIC letters, dated in
.lf:;3o', :1 iiioiitli or two JllIt,‘|' the’ public money
\V.'1s ordc_:rcil to ll!) i.-it.r-ii out of one ]7I)i'/[Cl arid
put into I/iii"/y ui'_;Iu'l_i,.' ;~').='.’.'»'J(.»' all over the coun-
tt‘_\'. \‘i7e Ciill all see now. the truth of \\'llLll llltf
L"ltij0t' told the Usiicr:il——‘v.'c’ve got too iiiuiiy
3""-'liClS for our Ii:f)lll‘)".“.*Z1lItl ‘wlicti we wuiit
it I don‘t see how we shall find it.——.'\.'1i/‘z'.r2,'_r,~’i'c[i/’
l\’(’172(I)]lC£ITL. ‘‘
\V.-.s.iii.‘:(:'i'o.\', Noveiuber 12, 1833.
I have always been toiliu the (}iiicr.'i|, as you
li'l0_“-'. that of all trouliics there was utinc so lull‘
to git rouiid as iiiuiii-y tro-iblcs, and when such
iiizitters git in u siiurl it was worse than Irvin to
strateii a inclitiii line artcr diuiicr. I wits al-
ways afrnid iliiit \vc was gittcu too many liilks to
liaiidli- the iiioii'e_v, and iolii-. li;_vt:iiii at ibé ‘L-,..,m5_
liver 5I!l(‘C I \\'Ll:: :1 liiiy I tilivziys lizitl 11 nuiiim
that the ft-\vcr liuiiils -in t-ouiilin the better.
for the lP()t‘~:? you llilli-Ill,’ ii, .-=iiii‘i£-liow, the ltss it
g.='ows. Atitl Illirll .'l_‘__'lll I ti-ll'tl the (I'lllt.'l'Ell. iivt-r
and over rigiii, ‘ .l\ioii’t iiicdille with the Iiuiik.’
says I ; ‘ tlic nioiicj,-' is sufc t-null" there, and one
pocket,’ sziys I, ‘ (z'iiicr:ii is uctter llinii twcntv.’
Ilut. you know \\'ll(‘ll I ivns in I‘lc\t'—Yiii'lt v;illi
Zckiel Bigclow tryiu to liuii out the cause of
money liciti st':ii‘<-c. uud wiu-ii '/It-kicl broke his
watcli sliowiii me how the Uiiiicil States Bank
worked amoiig other buriks-, lllC folks souicliow
got round the Gl'tICl‘{ll, and the tlcposilcs was re-
moved.
I have been lookiu out for troulile ever since.
though I was boiiinl to stick to the Giiierzil, riglit
or wrong, as I tcllcd liiui I wonlil. I
Totlicr diiy, when we caiiic to that part ofthe
message wlicre we liuvc to speak of money inat-
tcrs, we sent for M r. Taucy, our new Secretary
of the Tre:isiii‘_y. to bring in his accouiits. Ilc
waru’t quite ready, for he ain't so quick ni sifcriii
yet as he will be to i'iglits; so we waited forliim
a spell, and left a place licrc and‘ there in the
iiicssage,jr3st big cnufl to put in figcrs; and so
last night the Giiicrail st.-.'it iigiii, and said he
must linvo the 'L'oniits, ‘ i'r-iitly or not rciidy,’ and
up they came, sure cnuil', iziid not more than
half cooked ; but the Giiieral ,won’t wait for
untliiu when lie’s in n liurry. ‘ Now,’ says he,
‘.\Ia_jor, turn to and see how they stand witii lust
year.’ And so at it Iv.ciit, conipnrin all the
amounts of oiitlays, the ('illlPl’fll all the while
smokin and tliiiikiu pretty hard, with his lI.’(.’l
upon the mantle. ‘I figcred up the sums pretty
quick, _con:-‘idcriu there was it _;yood niaiiy on ‘cut
called estéiiirilcs; and when Igor to the cend
ou't, ‘ ‘low,’says I. ‘(7.iiii‘r-.r2il, you know I leli'd
you that we C()ltltl grit up and put down iinlii'ica-
lion in no ti7iie—we could turn out a cnbiiict
and appoint others l'olks—— we could send uiiuis-
ters‘abroad. and let ‘em ('.()ttit‘. lioiiie as soon as
they pleased. aiiil send oilir.-i’ liilks iii tiijcir places,
and give all full pity too-—we could truck the
United States I}-aiik ziiitl Litptirt: Iiitliiit‘. illl iiiio
“'.5jilii'iteis—--.ve could let our folks go on the Ingiu
new officers here and tlierc—aiid have new
.-iutliiers in settle ’couuts—-niid lcl things go on
in the Post. Otlice and Land Otlice prcuy iiincfi
to suit folks tlic_re—niit| iiistcnil of huvin one
l)1.jlll{ liir our nioney, scatter it about among the
banks ofour irieiiils. All this we could do, and
have done, and have tail-zen the responsibility too,
and the folks like us the better for it ; but,‘ szi_v:<
I, ‘tc/zen. I/icy (’07ilC’ (0 sec 'ZL‘fl(ll if. all costs li’itrc’l/
be trouble iimu 1 tcll_i;ou,' says I.
‘ VVliy, Major,’ says the Giueral, ‘ wliat’s the
iiiatter? aiii’t the Gti\’Crl)ll]CI’ll economical ‘I’
says he : ‘do you expect to niake reforiiis with-
out costiu somctliin? Can you clear up swamps
and cut ditches, and remove old stiiuips without
expense ?’ ‘ Yes,’ says I, (.w'ineral. that's all
true. ‘But plague on‘t.’ says I, ‘it’s ben goin
go so now nigh upon five years; and,‘ says I,
"it“kec_ps cosiin more and more, and we are
nearer lI(3Ti‘n—s_\\'ill1'lp’tl and stuiiip’d tliaii_e\-'er——
here,’ says I; ‘ iiowjcstlook and see what. ‘the
Govcrniiieiit’ COSlS"tt()\\’, and what it cost 'wlicri
Mr. Adams was Presiderit/'; and that ain't the
worst on’t,’ says I, ‘ on r iiirincy is /icrc, (litre, ([715]
C7.‘€)'_7/ll)’/l(37‘C,‘ a-ml I don't see /tow we 5/ialljiizcl it
to/icn. ?L'C 7/,-rinl it’.
As soon as I r_nc.ritioii’d the amount of the sums
I had ligercd up, 1lie (E‘riiici'ziljuii'ips up, and he
did stomp about a spell, I tell you—lic sinasltcd
down his pipe, and it flew into more than forty
pieces--says lic, ‘ Major, ain't you mistaken '1’
‘ No,’ says I, ' tlieit-"s no iiiistzike about me
Gineral.’ ‘ Let mesce tliein accounts,‘ says he;
and be begun to feel for his spectacles, first in
one pocket and then in anotlicr—foi he had no
less than 7 pockets besides his watch fob, and be
coulrln"t'lii:d liis spcctiu,-les—-says be, ‘Major,
have you seen my spectacles‘? ‘ No,’ says I,
‘I biiiu’i-——'.vlici‘e do you keep ’cm I’ says I-
' \Vliy,’ says no. ‘I used always to keep ’t-in in
this side breast puck:-i, but I have been ' so
pcstcr'd lately. I must liuvc t~liaiig’d pockets’-
‘tliat’s bud.‘ says I, ‘ (iiiicral, especially,’ says
I, ‘ \\l’icn one wants a Iliirigiu U hurry. ‘ Now,’
says I, ‘I only keep one pocket ; and I got that
uoiion,’ says I, from Squire Iliddlcv for he keeps
cuy most every thing in one rocket, and lie e_au
ttll in a rniuit pretty iiiucli all about my iliii‘._:__r.'
The Gincrul kept. all the while fecliii and
turniu his pockets inside out, .but. no Spectacles.
Says lie, ‘ M ujor. I reckon tlicui ’cre spectacles
are somewhere in one oftlicse pockets. -'1tNl I'll
find ‘em,’ said lie, ‘ if I have to take my shirt oll ;’
and at it he went, and be off coat and jzicliel.
and I all the while sliakin ’em to find the specta-
cles-—by-and-by I see .11 hole in his pan_i:ilooiis-
pocket ;—‘I’m on track now,’ says‘ I, ‘Gineral,
licrc’s a hole;’ and, sure eiiiill, when he came
to take off his boots, there was his best gold-rim
specs, and all broke to fliiiilers-—aiitl if we hadn’t
seen that ’ere liolc, y_ou never would say they
evcr had been specs, It)!’ tl_icy were all janib’d to
uotliiu._ '
Tlic-re was a curious notion thenjcst chime in-
to my head, and I stood stock still, lioldiii the
(i‘iiicrul’s pantalooiis ii’) one liarid an'l his right
boot upside down in totlicr, and there lay the.
specs on the floor, (or what Ili1:r_e W315 lb“ _0“
‘cm ;) and the Giiierzil stood looking at me with
cny most nothing on him, and the Message and
Treasury ’<.-ounts and my slate lay on my ‘table,
there warn’t a word said for more then ten minutes
——an awful time to stand so. .,
Soto rightsthe Gincral he spoke. and says he,
‘Major, what are you tliinkin o_ii I’ ‘ WliY~'
says I, ‘Gineral, I" was thiiikin,’ says I. it you
had kept your spectacles in your side breast-
ment’--tliose of Major Downing ought not in
these times to be ovei'l_9oked. We therefor? re
pockct, they would be on your nose now ; but,’ _
l
lands in one place and drive tliein olI’in other,
places, and git up an Itl_'_1lll.-\‘~’{ll'—-illltI appoint :
l
said I. ‘that ain't the worst on't I'm afeard,'
says I, ‘ Giueral, we’-cc got to many pockets jbr our
money, und‘w-lien we «want it we shall have to come
to our shirts‘ and boolsfor it.
The Gineral got as lioruety as all nature at
this ; and says he, ‘ Major, I wish now you was
only Calhoun, or Biddle, or Clay, or t\f’Duflie,
or Don Pedro, or Black Hawk, or any one but
Major Dowuing——for I feel as if] should like to
give some one a thrashing.’ ‘ \Vhy,’ says“I,
‘Gineral you ain’t mad nor notliiii, be you ?’
for I am too,’ says I ; ‘and every time‘I look at
the ’couuts,’ says I, ‘.I feel as if I would like to
git hold of some one, and thrash ’em too,’—and
so we stomped about a spell, cussiu and discus-
siii most things till we got cool agiu-—but \\'gg
considerable ofa storm I tell you. ' ‘
Your fricnzl, . '
. . - J. DowNi.\'o, Major,
Dowuingville Militia, 2d Brigade.
L.-\V.~'S OF CONNEC'l‘ICU'I‘,
Passczl JIiz_7,/ Session, 1837.
An Act in Zitltlilldti to an A‘ct entitled an Act for
forming and conducting the Military force. I
Site. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and
llouse of ‘ti-pr-°:scritativcs in General Assembly
convened, 'i“li:i‘t the three Repiirieiits of Hiirse
artilli-ry lmliiiigiiig to the Militia of this State,
shall by an order from the Captain GCXICHII, to.
be ISSUCLI by the lirstday of August next, be an-
m—~.\-cd to such Bi'ig:ides of Infantry as include
within tlieirliniits amajor part of tlie per_so_mt
ceniposi ng said regiments respectively, or as shall
be ilcsiguatcd by ilie Captain General. 4 "
Sec. 2. Be i_i further enacted, That the com-
panies of Light Artillery forming the four Regi-
ments of Light Artillery now by law establish-
ed,shall by order of the Captain General, as_
shall be iiiost conveuir-nt for the interests of said,
conipaiiics, and most conducive to the interests
of the Militiri, l.ic orgziriizcil into separate Battal-
ions, of not less than three nor more than eight
companies each, and be annexed to the several
l3rig:iilcs of Infantry, by the first day of August
next, and on the publit~.'ition of said order the
B rig:idc of Artillr-ry shall be dissolved, ziiiil all 511.
pei'iiiiini-i'ary otlict-1's shall rt-.tain their rank, and
be coiisidcreil in the line of promotion .'-ind be Ii-I
able to fill tiny vncuiicy at the discretion of the
Captain Geiicral or the General Assembly.
Sec. 3. Be it further eiiac-ted, That such Bat-,
talions of Light Artillery as"ni:iy consist ofihrce,
and not less than live t'()mpanieS, shall be enti-
tled to ti iiiajor, who shall appoint an Atljiitaiit,
Quartci'rnastei', Pa_yinastcr, Surgeon and Cliap,-I
lain; and those Bzittalioits consisting of five
C()tnpntilCS. shall be (‘1t1lll(.'tl to Ll Lienteiiant Co-
lonel Comniandiiiit. and a Major, and the Lieu-
tcuaiil Colonel Corniuaiidaiit of such Battalion,
shall appoint an Atljiitarit, Quart(~rn'iastcr, Pay-
mastcr, Cliaplaiii, Surgeon and Sergeant Ma-
jor; and those Battalions consisting of seven or
more couipaiiics, shall be entitled to a Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel and Nlzijor. '
Sec. -’I. And be it further enacted, that the
coiimiuiidiiig ollicer of each battalion of Light
Artillery thus organized shall receive all returns
and orders; and have the autliority, and perform
all the duties with regard to such Battalions as
are prescribctl for coiiirriandiiig otli;~(-:rs of Rt-gi-.
merits in the act to wliicli this is an aditlon. '
Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That when a
majority of the Field and Commissioned Olli-
cers of any Battalion of Light Artillery shall
deem it impracticableor inconvenient for their-
Battalion to parade for annual inspection and
review, such inspection and review may be dis-
pensed with, and the ooniinantler of the Battal-
ion shall in such case, on or before thefifteenth
day of July in each year, notify the eonimand-
ing officer of the Brigatle to which they may be
annexed‘, that such Battalion will not be ordered
to muster for inspection and review; and the
Coiiini‘aiiii;ini of the Brigade of Infantry shall
in such case require the companies of Light Ar-
tillery belonging to such Battalion, to meet for
inspection and re;-'iew_witli the Regiments of
Iul'antry, within whose beat the major part of
film nicnibcrs of any of said companies of Light
l
Artillery may reside.
Sec. 6. And be it furtlier enacted, That I_flI'l_0
Captain General shall deeui it expedient and ne-
ccssary to employ,ai:d shall employ any per-
son to assist liiiri in carrying into effect the pro-
visions of this Act; a rcasoiiahle compensation
shall be allowed the person who may thus be
cinploycd for the services rendered by him un-
der the requisition of the Captain General as
aforeraid, and whenever any company of Light
Artillery shall be so located as to render the or-
ga "ization prescribed in this Act, inexpedieiit
in the opinion of the Commander in Chief, such
company may be attached to such Regiment. of
Infantry as the Captain General may designate.
Sc('."7. Bcitfurthcr euacteil, That all acts
in addition to, and alteration oftlie Act,for form.-
ing and conducting the Military force of this
State, which are IliCOl)SI.‘.~'l(’.lll. with this Act, he,
and the same is lit--reby repealed.
STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
, President of the Senate.
Approved, ,l)3u_rie 10, 1837.
3: ‘‘«'f~TéI:lENRY VV. EDVVARDS.
An Act conceining Banks.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Re-presentatives in General Assembly
convened, That the Cashier of each Bank shall
annually on the last Saturday 0flV.Iill'Cl) prepare
and publish three weekssuceessively in some
newspaper published in the county if there ‘be
any, and if not, in an adjoining county, the
names ofall Stockholders of the Bank, to \x'lio'i‘fi
any dividend has reinaiced due and un(elaimed
for the term ofone year, with the aruount due to
each. I
See. 2. No dividend shall ever be declared by
any batik which shall exceed in amount the nett
prdfits actu.'.illy in the batik at t e tjtne of de-,
claring the dividend. C ‘I " ' ,
Sec. 3. No bank shall esiabli , any branch,
office orgagency thereof, or employ any agent ‘or-
person to inake loans or discogiiits, at any other
place than the banking house. ' " ' “
Sec. 4. No‘ bank or any ofits officers shall at
—any time employ any agent or person to ex-
cliange the bills ofsuch bank, for the bills of any
other bank in this state except at their banking
louse. ‘ ' ii i I
See. 5. V0 person shall he a director in any
bank in this state, or have a right to act as such,
xvlio shrill at the time, be indebted to such batik,
to an aniount not exceeding nine thousand dol-
lars ovc_r ‘and above the stock standing in his
name on the books ofthe bank. ' N "
bank in this state shall be a director in any other
bank.
_ Sec. 7. If any director of any bank in this
non for endorsing any note or bills of exchange
which shall be discounted by such bank, he
shall forlbit to the Treasurer of the county where
such bank is located, the full amount _of such’
note or bill of excliange so by him endorsed.
‘ Sec. 8. No President or Cashier ofany bank
in this state shall be allowed to vote in the elec-
tion of directors for such bank upon any other
stock than his own—nor shall any President or
Cashier request or solicit any stockholder to make
to any person whatsoever :1 power of attorpey to
vote upon the stock of such bank—an_d no per;
son shall he allowed to vote by virtue era poyrgf
Sec. (3. No person while heis a directorofany _
state shall receive any commission or qompensa—;_
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