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HUNTINGBO-V   JOURNAL
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A.   W.   BESfEDTCT   PURL.1S¥IP:K    AND   PROPRIKTOK.
Vol.   VI. No. :i7.]
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNKSDAl,SErTKMF.ER 1, 1841.
[VViroiE No. 207.
every
1 year, dwilh-
the time—wheiher m expectation of a ¦-piik, or merely lo eiijuy Ihe benulies ol llie spring, history sailh not; bul aa sonii as she savv Mr. Tloughshare ride up, she modestly vvillulrew bellind the curtain, i As soun as Joshua had pulled down the iiepofhis uniiienlionablcs, which,  saotli
ly on his head and beat it down with his hand—"you may go farther and fare worse."
"That's ray  look out," retorled   the
!i''''
Her third suitor was a shoemaker.    He
also, was an  industrious  vounj;  man,  of
heavy rattan; "jive me none of your sharp I high tempered man,  und  h»dl cftea aaid speeches, or I'll thrash ycu fill ycu beg ] that'Tim was an idle  fellow, and ought ¦     ¦" ' not to be helped, becsuflu he (lid not work
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'The yoan^rster's face paled a little; his lip quivered, but he did not spsak.
"And pruy l.ir," cimliuued Lagarc, as the outward" signs ol vvrulli   disappcired
than six mnutha, uor any puper disconliiiued until all arrearages are puid.
JtT* \ll cunnnimiicatioiis mustbc addressed to tUo I'j litor, POST PAID, or Ihcy will nol be atteii'led to. Advci tiiiim'-'uts uot cxccetVmg one square, *wlll bs inserted three limes for one dullar, aild fur every S'lbsequefit insertion, twenty- live cents per square wiil be chivged. 11'no definite orders arc given as to the time an advertis'jmcnl is lo be continued, it will bc kept iu Ull ordered out, and charged accor¬ dingly.
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T:ie JWjfjileifsitlfl'i Jf:)Hrnfe1.
D miel'Tei'.jue,   Orbisonia; David Hluin J.'.Nq. S.hadc Gap; Benjamin Lease. Shirleys
loud voice, iu order to drown thc noise ofihe dog, who, like many other unman¬ nerly curs, alwuys received stiangers vvith a bark.
Notwithstanding, however, the Deacon spoke loud, Jushua did nut hear him, and vvas ebliged lo knock again.
" Walk in !" replied thc Deacon, loud¬ er than before : bul just at Ihat insiant, in addition to the barking  of the  dog, the
ed how he could be such an awl suflicient fuol as lo think ol coming to court her.
In shoit—tiottorauke a lung story— the scurnl'ul iMiss Molly rejected sundry other respectable luvers of her own de gree, while sho vvas wailing for a higher I oiler. I5ut she waited in vain -, the higher uQ'er never came. At the age of twenty- lii-e, beginning to fear that she might over- stand her markets, she humbled hor pride so much as tu resolve on accepting a   I'ar-
'iW\. Il''est lownsliip ; D. H. Me.ore. Esq Ernnksto-.en; E;)li. (ialbicalh. Esq. Nolli- daijifnir:: Henry iKelf, .dlexandria; Aaron ilurns, IV-Uiaiiishiu-'^; A. J. Stewart. IVater iVrMf; Wm. Reed, l-'.sq. Morris township; Solom-in Hamer. J^eff's A////; J.imes Dvsurt. Mjiilh Sliruce Creek; VVm. M'urray, Esq. Graysville; John Crum. Manor Hill; Jus. E. Stewart. Sinking Valley; L. C. Ktssler Mill Creek.
geese setup a most obstreperous caklin„, . .,      , ,,        - ,-
and Jushua, nearly liiscouragcd. was fain mer. if sue could ge une. Dut no larmer to knock a third time ; when the Deacon, came to woo. Joshua Ploughshare had having Licked the dos umler the table, oiig since got mai ned ; and other young opened thc door, and Vfelcomed in the larmers had heard luu much ol the pride youii" man "' ""¦' *'^"''"'"' -^L'lly to think ul troubling
"I'mtpe'skvdogand the geese." said   her with a similar suit.
-'--''-'• •        '     At the age ol 26 sho  concluded lo  ac¬
cept ofa hl&cksmilh. a shutmalicr. or any other respecluble mechuiiic who might cliunco to court her, Rul Mr. Anvil had long since married, and thu youug man sligmali/.ed by llie name of Mr. Wax, hud succeeded in softening the heart of a mure
Cczussir;
While proiiil vmins women aie wailing
hope your folks are well, Mr. Plou.gli-! share; that jiesky dag, he's getting so saucy I must kill him."
"Oil, don't kill him pa," said Molly, with a scornful luok al her Inver ;he never barks at any genteel tieuple."
"Genteel peuple, you chit, you!" ex¬ claimed Mrs. Gray ; "bul don't you mind what she says, Mr. Ploughshare—-she's a spoilt thing, though she. is my child. But la. she (loa't mean any thing by It."
"1 ilon't know whether sho means any thing hy it. or not," said Joshua, after turning as many colors as thc brown of his face vvould allow ; "but one thing I do know, if that i\e^ was mine, he'd have a dicaiiful sore head afure he was tvveiity- i'uur hours older. I wuuUl'nt keep no an¬ imal to bark ut my friends, cut I." The young man vvus very coiduiUy
"I went that way because it was my way home, /was there again afterward lo meet an acq'jainiance; aud—and—Hull dill not go imo the garden, nor taka any thing avva^ Irom it. I vrould nut steal — hardly to save myseiffram Btarviiig."
"You had better have stuck tu that last evening. You were seen, 'Tim Barker, to come from nnder Wr. Nichols's garden fence, a little afler nine o'clock, with a bag full of something another, over your shoulders. The bag had e'very appearance of beiug fill.i'J vvitii fruit, ami this morn¬ ing lh» niellua beds arc fnund to have beca cuinpletely cleared, ft'ovv, sir, what was Ihere in that bagf"
Like lire itself glowed the face of the detected lal. He spoke nnt a vvord. All the school had their eyes dirt'-ted at hiiu. The perspiratiun ran dovrii his ehite fore¬ head like lain drops.
"Speak, sirl'' exciaiancd  Lugaru, with a luud strike ot his ratiun on the desk. 'The buy loolicl as if he wuuld faint-
for a splendiil malcli, and rejecting K^'-'d offers 111 hupes uf getting butter ones, lliey nut unfrtq'.!enlly oveisland their market, nml in the end are fain to accept of any oU'er they can I'.et, in order lo avoid vvhat they cmisiiler the mure dreadlul alterna tive of liviii';; and dying old maids.
Molly Gruy, of 'Toppiiigluvia,  was : •very pretty lass, and a  very  proud  one.  ceived by the old folks ; who, ai'tcr chat- fShi" .vas the sevenlh daughnr of Deaci u   liug upun a variely of subjects—such as
Nelieiiiiuh Gray, a mndorn farmer,   vvi, i,   the last  sf rm.m,'ihe  '    '"* - t—   .u..
to tax his abilily to the utmust, cuuld ti li j last death, and a" -"- give his (laugiiters each ascttin ceeiliTig Iwo hundred   duilais. eislers had   uU   married   icspectable  lar¬ mers and meclianicr., and vvere well to do inthe world.    IVit .Molly vvus the  beauty nnd pride of the Tiinily,  resolved lo  louk a litiie higher than her sistei s.    She wuuld Bot take up wilh the "humdrum   fellers" —tlie lariners and mechanics nf'Topping- town—not  she.    She vvondereil that l.cr sisters had no mure respect fur llieiiiselves than to marry such   cuarse. uiiiiiannerly
^;i-itters.    T'urlier part. s!ie uu'unt tu havu A ,11311 that vvus (..oinebnily.
Helure she was fairly oi'jilileen she  be«
gan tube W'liued.    Her beauty, the respec-
tabilily nf the Deacun, the Deacun's vvil'-j.
and indeed the whule lainily,   early  |ii'u>
cured her  jilenty   of suitors.    Hut   ihey
wero nut Miss Molly's tasle ; and tliou'ili
kIic felt some little vanity in being woiieil
even by furmers nnd mechanics, she  vvaa
not to be thus von.
Her first luver vvas Jnsliua Pl(iii;;hsliaie.
He vvas a suber, induslrinns, moral yuun^
man. of twenty-three. Well  tu  tive,  and
resolved on gettins a wife.    lie was quite
taken with Molly Gray, insomuch that he
never passed her in the sU'eel, or savv her at church, but iiis heart beat as though it would fiy out ofliisjickef.
"She's an all-fiied liaiulsoinj gal, that," Baid he to himself, "andif 1 could only marry her, I should be the happiest teller in 'Toppingtovvn."
Inde.'d. Jushua vtoa so smitten with the Deacon's pretty daughter that he thotight of little else day and ni;,;ht.    He dre.amcd
marriage,  the ular  news   of ;hu out  ex- Ilovvn ;aiid aficr treating hiin tu some fine Her  six I pijipins, which had been kept thiough  the iiiler. aud also sume bulled cider, which 0 Deacon hud tapped on  puipuse. re¬ tiretl to re-it much earlier than usual, but J    iiling as  an  excuse, that to morrow vvas Monihiy.aiid that it was n(c(!ss,iiy for thein to retire earlier, in order lu rise be¬ times lor llic business ot the vveek,
'Tnis was kind and considerale on tlie part of the old folks as needs be. Hut true love is always diffident; and Joshua's heartbeat like a trip hummer before he CBulil miisler c(iurat;e to speak.
"Haikl" said JMuily. saucily at him— "don't yuu hear a puirid'fi' nrumniir.g ?"
"Pshaw I" exclaimed Jo.-,liua, making a desperale eH'or', and ull ul uuce planting his clii'-ir cluse b.'sidu that of Ins cluiiuier —whai a duced fool I am to be such a covv- 1 believe in my suul love has taken avvay my vvlls."
Yuur wiis !" said the girl, snatching avvay ihe haml which ho had venlured to take ; "vou never had any vvits."
"Oil, don't be so scoriilul," said thc vnung man,-"you don't know hovv uiucli i luve you."
"No, nor I don'l want to know." re¬ torled the girl—"keep away your Cllliy liauils '
susceptible lass, so that he was married in   iiut the u;iii,'rrciful teuchei'. coiiliilent of a month afterwards.   As those uf her re-   liavin-j; brouihi tu light a criminal,  and jectcd suitors who  were slill   unmarried   exulting in Uie idea lit the severe chasti they had no objection to see her wait.
"Ah," suid Ihey'it's goud enough for her. 'The scornful MissMolly who re¬ fused eo many of the must respectable far¬ mers and meclmnics. vvill be glad to tuke up with a tinker by and by." l^n said ev¬ ery budy. yVnd they prophccieJ right, .Molly remained uiiiiiuirieil until tli» luiler part of the 29Lh year, when to escape the apprubium of tieiaj an ukl maid, she re¬ sulvcd on liiariving the first kuuu vvlto vvuuld uller,—tins happened to lis a trav¬ elling tinker who stopped to mend \,et muther'i bru*:. kettle, and with whom she succeeded in biiil.iu.j up a bargain. He v.as nut only a tinker, but he vvus a very 'Turk ii! thc article of mutiimnny—h.iving as many wives as there were Slute.i in Ihe Union- Poor Moily ! sha died in less than ?!.-; months, ol shatreaud uisappiiint- nienl.
./ones generally made his gilts in such a manner that no one knevv any thing abuut theni, except liimsell' and thu cratelul ob¬ jects of Ilis kiudness. It might be, too, that the widovv was Inth to have it undcr- fttuuil by the neighbors that sho received foud Irom any one; fo.-there is ol'len an excusable pride in peopU of her condi¬ tion, which niukes thcin shrink Irom being considered as objects of "charity," as they would from the severvst pains. On the night ill question, 'Tim had been told that Junes would send thera a bag ol potatoes, and the place at which they vvere to be waiting for him, was fixed at Mr. Nichols' garden fence. It vvas this bag that 'Tim hud been seen staggering under, and which caused the unlucky boy tobe accused und convicted by his teaciier as a thief. That teacher was one lillle fitted lor his impor¬ tant and icspunsible oRice. Hasty lo de¬ cide, and inllexiLly severe, he was the ter¬ ror uf the little world he ruled so despot-, ically. Puuislinient he seemed lo delight in. Knowing little of tliosB svveet foun¬ tains which in cliildrens' breasl.s ever open (|uickly to the call of gciillenebs and kind words, ha vvas feared by all for his stern¬ ness aud loved by none. I wuuld that he were aa ibolalcij instance in his profess¬ ion.
'Tho hour of grace had drawn to its clofe.and the liuie approached at which it wfs usaal forLu^are tu j^ive his selicol
the other, and only stopped at the end of a fevv minutes from very weariness. Still 'Tim slicweil no signs of motion; and a». Lugare, provoked at his torpidity, jerked away the child's arms, on which he had been leaning over the desk, his head drop¬ ped down un the board with a dull sound, and his face liiy turned up and exposed to view. When Lugare saw it. he stood like one transfixed by u basilisk. His counte¬ nance turned to a leaden whiteness; the aitan Jroppcd from his grasp; atid bis eyes, stretched wide upen. glared ag at sume monstrous spectacle of horror and death. 'The sweat started in great glob¬ ules Bcemincly Irum every pore in hia tace ; his skinny lips cuntraeted, and showed his teeth; and when ho at length stretched lorth his arm, and with the end ol one of hia fingers touched thc child's cheek, each limb quivered like the tongue of a snake; and his strength seemed as though it would momentarily lail him.— The boy was dead I He had probably been so lor sume time, for his eyes vvere turned np, and his body was quile cold. 'The widow was now childless too. Death was in the school-room, and Lugare hnd been fio^gitig a corpse. 'VV. W.
Frota the Democratic Rivirw. HEATH IN THEfjCliOOL ROOM
A  I'ACT.
Ting a  ling ling-ling, went the lilllc bell   on  the   teacher's  de-ik  of a   villa;^^;e
ment he shuuld nuw bi' justified iu infl ing, kept vvorking liimseif up to a still greater and greater degrte of passion. In tlie meantin.e, the child seemed hardly lo know wiiat to do wiih himself. His !n.i;;uc cleaved tu liie leof of his inouili. Litlicr he was very much liighled, or hi; w'.is ac¬ tually unw''ull,
"tpeak, 1 siyV- again Ihjndered Lu¬ gare; and l.is hand, grasping hi.i ratbiii, towered abuve his headiu a very signiii- cant mair.i'M
"I hanil.' can, sir," said the poor fel¬ low, faintly, Uis vuice was hu?ky and thick, "{"will mil yuu some—some other lime. Pleuse to lul me go lo my scat-—I u,i'tvv-<)l."
"t)h yes, that's vary likely;" nnd Mr. Lugaie but.ied out his no^e ami cheeks wi'Ji cuntyiiipt, "Do you ihiuk to make nil! believe yuur lier-'l I've found you out, sir, pluinly enough; and I am futislied that vou are as precious a little villain
juylully received dismission. Now and ihen one of the scholars would direct a furtive glance at 'Tim, sumetinies in indif¬ ference or inquiry. 'They kno-v lliat he would have uo mercy shown him, and though most ofthem loved him, whipping was too cummon lliere to exaci much sym¬ pathy. Every inquiring glanee, however, remained uns:.tislied. for at the end ul the hour, 'Tim remained vvith his face com¬ pletely hidden, and his head bowed in liis arms, precisely as he had leaned himselt when liij first noiit lo his feat. Lugaie luoked at the buy oc'casiouully vviih a scowl which seeined tu bode ven.jeancu lur liis eulleniiess. At length tiie last class had been heard, nnd the last lessun recited, and Lu^^are seated liim^ieirbehiml his desk ou the jilaif'ur.n, with his luii.;;e&t and stoutest ratan before him.
"Nuw, Barker," he said, "we'll seitle that lillle business ol yours. Just step up here."
'Tim did nut move. The schcol-rnum was  as still as the grave.    Not a suum"
there ia in tlie State.    Bat I vvill posipune | "'''*' t" '"^ '"¦'¦"'d except occasionally a long
sellliiig wilh you ior an hour yet.   I shall i dravvn breath.
call vou up ajiuin; and if vou don't tell 1     "-"•Imd ine, g'r, or it will lie tho worse
lliB whole trulh thnn, I will give vou som-
school one murning, vvhen ihe s'.udies of; thin'g lliafll make yiu remember Mr. the earlier part of the (lay vvere abuul liaUj Nicliuls's meliiiis for many a niniilh tu cumpleted.    /c vvas well   understood  thal|COme—.-•lo to your scat.
Glad enou;;h of the ungracious perniis- eion, and answering nut a suund, the It Kiw ihick-j thild crept tiein'jlingly tu his bench. lie lelr very slrangoly, (l"iz-/,ily—more as if he vv.-'s in a dream llian ia'real lilc; and lavin^c his arms on his desk, bowed down his luce between tliem. 'The pupils turn¬ ed to llieir accustomed studies, lur iluiiiig the rei;;n of Lu lare in the vilhige scliuul, they had hi^en so used to scenes ol vio- Icnca and severe cliastiseiiient, lli-Jt such things ni:;de but little inlerrapiion in the tenor of tlieir way.
iNovT, vvliile the intervening hour is pus
this was  a  conimand fur  silence and ul tluilion; and when these hail been ohia.ii ed till', master spuke.  H set man, aud his name vvas Lugire.
"Boys," said he. "I havu h.ul a com-, plaint entered, that last night some uf you were stearmg fruit from Mr. Nichuls's gulden. I ratlii;r think I kno'.v the lliief. Tim Ilarker, siep up here sir."
'The one to whom ho spuke cr.ino fur¬ vvard. lie was a slight, fair looking buy of a'iout iuartcjn; and his face had a laughing, good humored expression, vvhich even the cliarge nuvv prefeired against him
:tep up here nud take off yuui
The countenance ol tne boy however, wa too unearthly fuir fur heafth; il had, nut- willistanding, its fleshy, cheerful loek, a Killhy exclaimed Joshua, resentfully singular cast, as if sume inward disease, —"there's vvhere you're mislukea -Miss ami that a learlul one, vvere sealed vvifiiiii. Mully. J'y hands are us clean as soap .Vs the striplinj stood befure that place uf and water can   muke  theiu ; liiough  per- jiid-ment, that place,  so olten  made  the
and the stern tune and tiireatening luuku!   sing, we vvill clear up the aivslery of the the teacher, had  not entirely dissipated. 1 bag, and ul young 15ui ker being under the
garden fence on the preceding ni;ht.— The hoy's mother vvas a widovv, ami they both had lived in the yi-t-y narrowest Tnii ils. His lulher had died when he was six years old, and litlle 'Tim was left a sicklv emaciated infant, whom no one expected
haps Uioy aint quite so white as
"White.'"    iiilerrupied   the   scornful lass—"why they're as brown as an Ingen's
of her beauty when aslet p, and mused up- and as hard as a piece of liurii. it must onher charms when awake. Sometimes ! be agentleman'shand that touthes mine.'' 'when dtivin;; his oxen and thinkiii;; ul his j "•'v^'ell, :f that's your luok out," re- love, he would exclaim —"Cume hither, | tur.ied the luver, rising uml taking his hat, Molly!" meaning Berr^', the name ol his "you may havo yuur gentlemaii's hand near ox. And he called a favorite bay fur me." My hands aro ofan honest filly alter the name of the Deacun'sdaugh. color J and ifyou are ashamed ofthem. I ter. am nut—und so good night to yoti.  Molly
Tho operations ofhis heart hnd an efl'ect  Gray upon   " ... -^       ,./5
n'Sif§SAGiii Ofthe President ofihe Uniled Stales, re- turniti'^ wilh his objeclions, thc bill to in¬ corporate the Fiscal Bunk of the Unit ^ ted Stutes, August the 10, 1841. To the .Senate of the Uniled Slates :
'The bill, entitled "An uct tu incorpo¬ rate the subscribers ofthe Fiscal Bank of the United States," has been considered by me. with a sincere desire tn conform my action in regard lo it. to that of the Houses of Congress. By the Constitu¬ tion, it is made iny duty either to approve the bill by signing it. or lo return it with my ohjer lions tothe House in which it originated. I cannot conscienciously give it my approval, and I proceed to dis¬ charge the duty irquiredof me bythe Constitution—logive my reasons for dis^ ajiproving.
The power of Congress to create a Na¬ tional iiauk or uperate fer se over the Union, has been a question of dispute tiom the origin uf our Government. RleQ most justly and deservedly esteemed for llicir virtue, and their patriotism, have, in regard tu it, entertained dilVerent and cunllictiiig opinion. Congresses have dif¬ fered. 'The approval of one President has been followed by the disapproval of an other, 'The people at dilTerett times have acquiesced in decisions both lur and against. 'The country has been and still 18 deeply agitated by this unsettled quei- tion. It will suffice fir me to say, that my ovtn opinion hasbecn uniformly pro* claimed to be against the exercise of any such ])ovver by this government. On all suitalila occasions, (luring a period of twenty-live years, thc upinions thus en¬ tertained have been unreservedly ex¬ pressed. 1 declared in the Legislature uf my n,ative slate. In the House uf Re» presenlatives of Ihe United States it has been openly vindicated by me. In the Semite Chamber, in the presence and heuring of many who ure at this time members of that body, il has been afiirm- cd and reaUiriiied. in speeches and reports, there made and by votes there recorded. In popular assemblies I have unhesitating¬ ly announced il; and the last public de¬ claration which 1 made, and that but a short lime before the lale Presidential election, I referred to my previously ex¬ pressed opinions as being those then  en-
his outside ; nnd he touk uncommun 1 "Good iii^^hl. and joy go with you,"| rod, nnd his iiiuiiy ingeiuo pains to appear spruce at church, at even- said the ^ii I, as she clused tho door and | child torture, will bi» ga'y ing parties, ami wherever there wus  the i bolted it afU"-him.
least probabilily of mpctiiig with his char- Her next lover vvas a respectable blacfc- mer. Indeed he laid out more money smilh, some twenty five-years of a^e. vvho upun his clullies than his habits of econo- had already aecumulated a hamlsume sum iny would otherwise havciierinitted, mere-1 of money, and vvas doing a good business 1/to mnder his person attractive in thei in the vvay of trade. Many a lass would 'Thns he endeavored tojhavcbeen glad to get him; but passing byall uthers. he fixed his  eye niimi th
eyes of Molly
make a favornble impression upon h heart; but on the subj ct of love, it vvas a ] longtime before ha ventured Inbreak the ice. He looked nnd blushed, and sigln'd, but snid nnt a word on the theme which he most whished to speak upon.
At length, however, his resolulion was screwed to the sticking point; and one Sunday evoninn. in the month of May, beheld Joshua lyini: his bay filly to a hook at one corner of Deacon Gray's house. 'Molly was looking oit of {tie vindovr at
eve proud Mully Gray.    He paid her a speci al visit; lie put the question ; he solicit ed her hind.    But it was all in vain.
Faugli!" suid she, huw black your pavvs are! I'd as suon marry a barrel (,f charcoal as man of your trade. No, Mr. Anvil,you're not the man fur me. Y'ou'll never eulcU me going lo church vvith a blacksmith."
"Indeed !. Miss Molly," returned the rejectMl lover, us lie pUntivl hin hatfirm-
le ul heartless and coarse brutality, of timid innocence contused, helpless cliild¬ houd outraged, and genlle feelings crush-' ed—Lugare looked on him vvith a liovvn, whicii plainly told that ho felt iu no very pleiisaiit tnoail. lli»ppily a wo.thicr and more philosuiihical sjsieni is pruving to men that schuols can be governed belter than by lashes, and tears,and sighs, lie ate waxing toward iliut coiisummalion when one uf the old fashioned selioelmas- ters, vvith his cuvvliide. his heavy birch I methods of d upun as a scorned memento ot an ignorant, cruel, ami exploded doctrine. Alay propiiiuus gales speed that day I
"VVere you by Wr. Nichols's garden fence last night?" aaid Lugare.
"Yes sir," answered the boy, "I was." "// ell sir, /am glad to find you so rea¬ dy vvith your v.'uiiie.isiun. And so you thought yuu could du a litlle rubbing, and enjoy youiself in a manner yuu oughl to be ashamed to uvvn, without being puiiish- Qil, did youi"
"I have not been robbing," replied the boy quickly. His face vvas sulTused, whe¬ ther vvith resentment or fright, it vvas dif¬ ficult to tell. "Anil I liid'nt do any ihiug last night that I'm ashamed to own." No impudence!" exclaimed the teach
to livo many monlhs. 'Tothe surprise of all, however, the pour child kept iilive, und seemed to recover 'lis health, as he < er-| tainly did his si/.e and good looks. 'This vvas owinj to thu kind ofiices of an emi¬ nent physician, who had a rountiy seat ill the ueij^hborhooil, and who had been interesled in the widow's little family.— 'Tim, the physician said, miglit possibly outgrow his disease, bat every thing was uncertain,
Il vvas a mysliM'ioHS and ballling mala¬ dy; and It would nut be wonderful if he should in some moment of apparent health be suddenly tuken aivay, 'The puor wid¬ ow vvas nt firsl in a continual suite of uiieasine-s; bul several years had now passed, and nune of the impending evils had fallen upon the biy's head. His niu^ ther seemed tu feel coniiilent that he vvould live, and be a help and an honor to her uld age; and liie two struggled on tu^etli. er inulually happy in cacl, oilier, and en¬ during much puverty and discomfort wiihout rcpiiiine. each for the other's sake. 'Tim's .pleasant disposition had made llim many friends in the village, and among the rest a young larmer, named Jones, who wilh his elder brother worked a large farm on shares. Junes very frc- quenlfy made 'Tim a present of a bag of potatoes or coin, or some garden vegeta¬ bles, whish he look from his own stock;
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'J'ue buy dif.l not stir nny morethan il he had been of wood. Lugare siiunk vvitii passiun. He sat still a minute, as if lun- sidering the Lest wuy to wreak his ven¬ geance. 'That minute, passed in deatli- like sil.Mice. was a fearful one of EOiiie of llie children, lor theii faces vvluteneil with fright. It seemed, as it slowly dropped away, like the minute which precedes lliu climax uf an exquisitely performei! trage¬ dy, when snme ini^'hty master of the his¬ trionic art is treading r e stage, and you and the inuliitude around yeu are waiting vvith stretched nerves and suspended breath, in expectation of the trrriblc ca¬ tastrophe.
"'Tim is aiilcpp, sir," at length said one ol the buys who sat near him.
Lujare, ai this intelligence, allowed his   _ features to relax  from llicir expression of 'tertained,' by me ; with a full  knowledge savage anger into a smile, bul that smile   of the upinions thus entertained, and nev-
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lelt amused at ilie horror depicted on the laces of lliose about him, or it might be that he was gloating in pleasure on the way in vvhich he iniended to wake tbe lit¬ tle slumbercr.
'.Vsleep, are you, my young gentlemani' said he, "let us see if we can't find some¬ lhing to ticklu your eyes open. 'There's iiothiug like  iriakinn; "the  best of a bad
Jul'ed more malignant, if possible, than | er concealed, I was elected by the people, is furmer scowU.    It might be thut he i Vice President of the United States.   Hy
the occurrence of a contingency provided for by . the l?onstitution, and arising un¬ der an impressive dispensation ofProvid.| ence, I succeeded to the Presidential of¬ fice.
Befora entering on the duties ol that office, I look nn oath tiiat I would "pre¬ serve, protect, and defeud the Constitu¬ tion of the United States." Knlertain- case, boys. 'Tim, here, is ilelerHiineii not ing lh« upinions alluded to, and having lobe vvoiried iu his miud about a litlle laken this oath, the Senate and the coun flogging, for thc thought of it can't even
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keep the little scoundrel awake."
Lugare smiled again, as he made the last observation. He grasped his rattan firm¬ ly and descended from his seat. A/ith light and stealthy steps he crossed the ruom, and stood by the unlucky sleeper.' The boy vvus still as unconscious of his impending punishment as ever. He might be dreaming some golden dream of youth and pleasure; perhaps he was far away in the world of fancy, seeing scenes, and feeling delights which cold reality never cun bestow. Lugnro lifted his rattan igh over his head, and vvith tho true aud expert aim which he hud acquired by long practice, brought it down on 'Tim's back Willi a furce and whacking sound which seemed sufiicient to awake a free'iina; man in his last lethargy. Quick and fast blovv followed blow. Without waiting to see the efTect of the first cut, the brutal wretch pliod his iastrumeiit of torture first on one side of the brvy'a litcfc, aad  thm an
try will see ikat I cuuld not give my sanc¬ tiun to a moasure ofthe character describ¬ ed, witho'it surrendering all claims to the rospect ol hoiioratile men—all confidence on the part ofthe people ; all self respcctj all regard fur moral and religious obliga¬ tion ; without an observance of which, no government can be pruspcruus, and ni> people cnn be happy. It would be to commit a crime vvhich I would not wilful¬ ly commit to gain uny earthly reward, and which would justly subject me to the rid¬ icule and scorn of all virtuous men.
1 deem it entirely unnecessary at this time to enter upon the reasons which have brought my mind to tho convictions 1 feel aud entertain ou thit subjeci. 'They have boeu ovar and over again repeated. If Some of thuse who preecedcd' me in this high ofSce have enterlaiaed and avowed ilitl'«rcnt epinions. I yield all confidence that their convietions were sincere. I ' claim only to have ihe same measura mel- ' ed out to'mjself—-Without going fu: l^irr