Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              ~ - PITTSTON GAZE AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. 3 ttfttkltj Jhtmpnprt-( JDroofrb to J]ruts. 1'itcrnturt, |Mitirs, tjit ftktrtinfilt, JlSiiiing, JUerjjanirnl, ntib 5IgritnI«rnl Snftrtats of fjit Cnuntnj, Sntffmrtton, 5tmttantmtf, kt. )--Ctmi Jlollnra Snin,.. VOLUME 3.--NUMBE11 23. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER 127. sever. Little Willie with childish glee was playing with the tassel of his lather's cane, and seemed to participate in the happiness ot which his parents wereconversing." Alice," said the happy father, after a pause, during which both were intently engaged with their own meditations. "Alice, 1 know that I am ambitious— perhaps too much so ; but 1 feel it my duly to accept a post that has been assigned me in my country's scrvice." nnd confusion, had arrived. Every niggardly artifice which a conniving poliiician ulone knows how to invent, was called into requisition to gain a vote (or each respective party. Cowardly employers gained the votos of their hard-working laborers by threatening their discharge.— Mostly all submitted themselves to be sold, ratber than sutler for the want of employ, ment. Hut there were noble minds whose independence rose far above the anticipation of want, and who would ruther beg than sell their honor. Noble hcurts! would that all were like minded. the bed she endeavoreJ (o force him to it. Hut no. He was transfixed. Within one short moment a complete revolution had taken placo within him. Amid all his faults lie loved hit wife and child with the deepest tenderness. A nd now his child was dead, self reproach usurped every other lecling. lie stood for some lime im movable with horror; but at last he did go forward, and he gazed upon the inanimate body of his child, and as he gazed, ho wept! Yes, the strong man wept. At last, turning lo Alice who stood weeping by his side, he clasped her to his heart, and kneeling together by the body of their child, they prayed in unison lo the great Giver of every good and perfect uift. mm iimHiS, THE MORMON PREACHER. with the swiftness of thfe wind. The mischievous of the forma in which tobacco is used is the taking of it into the mouth and impregnating the saliva with its acrid principle, which compels the expulsion of the saliva thus impregnated.— Some persons are so unwise as to believe they may avoid the baneful influence art. sing from the loss of saliva, by swallowing this liquid ; in this way they introduce in. lo the system a large amount of deleterious principle. In whichever mode the operation is accomplished, its'consequences are pernicious ; the tone of the stomach is impaired, and indigestion, with its ttsin of evils, is the consequence. In many persons the nervous system is affected, and the individual becomes tremulous, fee. Lie, emaciated and sallow ; in short, to. bacco used in the w ay of mastication, is a rfgnlar slow poison, which, if it were administered by another person, would deserve and receive retribution from the laws of the land. 1 will only add that thesn statements arc not exaggerated, but the result of many years' experience and obser. vation, so that when a young man applies to tne a cure of pain in the chest and symptoms of dyspepsia, 1 feel it my first duty to inquire whether he smokes or chews tobacco.TIIE PITTSTON GAZETfE, "Has nobody a pair 6f skates ?'* shouted Tukk, striking his forehead With a gesture of wrath and vexation. AND DHM|tiehAiia Autliracitc Journal His Fight with Ool. Turk. "1 have," answered one of the mob, "but I shall not try them on the ice such a night as this." PUBLISHED WEEKI.V BT C. M. RICH ART ii H. S. PHILLIPS When the Mormons settled in Missouii in 1833, an enthusiastic young man named Mills was their most popular and admired preacher. Indeed, so great was his fame, that w henever he held meetings, a crowd of the saints were sure to be present. Mil Wnt tidtof Main Strata l.MiiI ttory •/ tkt "l.onf Store" uf Wisatr 4* ft'ovd. "Be quick—give them to me !" fixclaimed Turk, in a lone of fiery impatience. The skates wcro produced ; the eager colonel tied lliem on ; and Ihen, swearing u dreadful oath that he would bring back the preacher's scalp, or leave his own, he began the perilous chase. Oh ! there is no daring like the courage inspired by the passion for revenge ! T«» "Qaskttk It Jov**al" it published every Frktay, at Two IDolla*« Mr inonm. Two Dollars unci Fifty Oats will be churned If not paid within the year. H« paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. AdvkitimencCiti are luserted conspicuously at On* lloi.- LA* per square of fourteen lines for three Insertions; andfwaaTT-rivic Ciirra additional forevery subsequent Insertion. A liberal deduction to those who advertise for sis months or the whole year. Jes Wdim.—We have conuecled with our eslablhhtnent a Wall Mieetetl assortment of Jos Tirrf, which will nita Ule us to execute, in the nealest style, every variety of pj!ntin«; : " Henry!" A strong and violent mob of lynchers was hbout this time organized to pui down the Mormons, under the command of Col. Tcrk—one of the most desperately dangerout men that Missouri, or, in (ruth, any other country, ever produced. Some of the Mormons were tarred and feathered, some were scourged with long, knotty hickories till they fainted trom excess of torture and loss of blood—others were forcibly deprived of their properly, and reduced in a day to the condition of beggars— while others shared a doom of more mer. cy, and .wero shot down on the prairie, like so many wolves. At last Turk resolved to take some ol the conceit out ot the young preacher, Mills, and he gave notice to his men accordingly "I will explain. At a meeting of the delegates appointed for the purpose of sc. lecting their political candidates for the coming election, without my knowledge, I was proposed and unanimously nominated, to represent the people of this State in the house of Congress." The day passed oil' as all days of like character do, in lurbulericc and confusion. Hut as we have nothing to do with it, any further than as it worked upon the future destiny of our two principal characters, we will not enter into any particular de. In tho meanwhile Mills had approached the opposite shore, when lie discovered the sUrtling npptrition of nrmed men on the bank. He knew at a glance what it meant. The mob, to prevent any of the Mormons from escaping, had stationed a guard beyond the river. He instantly turned his course down the stream, when a whole platoon let oil their rides, but tho distance was too considerable. A hail of bullets rattled on the ice around him, without doing him injury. '• 1 will toil the fiends yet," he said to himself; and put forth ali his strength. He fled nway ; but soon became conscious that some one was pursuing him. He slackened hi* velocity, and wheeled about so as to abiain u view of his enemy. But the latter was still too remote (or an accurate survey, and the Mormon uttered aloud a mnd prayer—"God grant me that it be Col. Turk, and I am willing to die!" " Yen, ] say unto you there is more joy in Heaven over one sinner tliut repentelh, tlion over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance." POETRY. "Hut, Henry, you ccrtaiuly did not accept ?" asked the young wile, eagerly. tails. For the Plltiton (Intelte. 'tis good, luy denr, Ihnt nomrttniM we, Short iM'r-6!!■C Iiuvc In hjicim! Where wo can neither hour nor tee A tokon from a friend. It was far past midnight before the con. gregaled thousand* dispersed ; and ahout that time two individuals might have been seen ascending the steps that led to the door of a lurge dwelling upon S street. They both appeared intoxicated, and as they reached the door, the older of the two, who appeared to bo the most sober, with an unsteady hand violently rung the bell. The door was opened by Alice Wilier; and O, reader, picture to yourself her ugony, horror, despair, hs tlw drunken Ibrm of her husband reeled and ftll prostrate into the hull. Poor, noble, devoted Alice, thv lears were indeed too well founded.Render, oiw story is soon told. Alice being an only child, succeeded to the property of her lutlior. and with it tlicy lived happy. Wilber, indeed, was nn altered man ; often gloomy and thoughtful, tlio1 kind und affectionate, he seemed to wish to mal'e up for former neglect. O, it is good indeed to pray " Lead us not into tempta- '• No, my love, I have not yet determined ; but 1 feel, indeed, that i*. would be wrong, during the present critical nlluirs of the government, to reject it." For when at homo with you, my donr lit company together, tttfiiitfliim* unfriendly cloud* appyor And nometimef ploawnt weather. " But think, Henry, you would not exchange the happiness and quiet of home, for the bustle and strife ol a political life? And then, perhaps, you may suftur the shume of n.de(ent?" Hut when fmn home I'm far away And on Iho rail-ro:ul ridinjr, I'm thinking of you every day And in your love confiding. tion." - ... It was a dreudtully cold night in midvlntcr, 1833, nnd although the sky was sloudlcss, and the full moon shone out in ill her splendor, the earth lay in that peary radiance, chill and dreary as n frozen omb ; for a thick sheet of snow crusted its mrfhce, and the north wind how led over it i dismal dirge. It wa.s a night to drive even thieves and outlaws into barns and stables (or shelter, and to keep honest people by the blaze of their own routing hearths. " 1 have thought of it all, Alice, and have endeuvored to arrive at the sjme conclusion that you do; but all barriers are over It aped by the cnlj ol duly. If 1 can be of seivicc to my country, 1 know you wovld-llpt liuvc me desert her." Learning to Chew. Convincing a Fellow. When flrnt lo iiurringn «'»«snwl Willi iiu)iilii» conwrmwl, 1 couldu't Ihen forwc tlio nrril lit bttlng Mgiwatuil. Captnin Marrynlt, in "Peter Simple," tells die follo« inz : 6Y TCIl6tmol'LA3. 1 was amused the hut morning wntoh that 1 kepi. We were stowing nxvay t!ie hammocks in the quarter deck nettings, when one ol the boys camo with his hammock t,n his shoulder, and as he passed, the first lieutenant perceived that he had a quid of tobacco in his mouth. In the summer of 1849 I was wending my way homeward to the. village of Gotham. Afaong hiy travelling companions was a good, whole-souled young Hoosier— a quaint sort ot a genius—who had accosted me at a hotel in Toledo, and upoft ascertaining that i was bound to New York, he reekoned I was the very chap he wanted to see, and hoped 1 had "no objections to his travelling in the same cart." rul let tu be apart, my ilenr, A few abort weeks or to, And O how lovely you ap|w»r lu stilling cMllco. •'No, Henry, no," rrplied Alice, "I would not. Hut are there not others who ecfk IbrclTice, who coulJ lili the place with equal propriety V The returns of the election, brought in a lew days later, announced Hairy Wilbcr us defeated. On rushed the pursuer—on, still on, like an avalunche. The noise ol Ins iron skates could be heard above the rour of the northern blast, and his dark form loomed in the glittering moonbeams, large in stature as a giant. As he drew nearer, the young preacher smiled venomously. He recognised the arch-persecutor, Col. Turk, and he laughed outright a laugh that rang over the frozen river like the wild scoffof some demon, when he saw the other unsheulh his gleaming knife. Mills immediately pulled his ow n from its scabbard, and started oil', so as to avoid the coming shock, which might otherwise, through the mere force ol the collision, prove fatal to both. l.et tu»( mj obtcuee, lluui iny U»r He lo your h»art distrain* For in the aequel it will pro*-* A more aulaUantial blcMtti£. Header, we ure, no doubt, influenced in a measure, by the spirit of the rush abead limes in which wo live. Therefore, yielding to the forpe ol example, we will sutler live vears more to roll into oblivion. " Alas, no;" returned Wilbcr, who hud i been gazing at the fair speaker with admi- . ration; '• I'aiitv Si-inir has corrupted | tliom. Oflioe-seekers seek it but as a pro. i teflon ; and as such, care little lor the weal ofwde of ttie country." •' Pa, pa," cried little Willie, running I to the window, " there's a man coming up j the fteps, und ringing the bell." Hut be- I fore rC ply could be made, a servant open- I ed the door and announced Mr. Thornton. I " What have yon got there, my good lad ? a g#hD bile t your cheek is much swollen. And yet, strange to say, in a large log cohin, within three hundred yards of the Missouri river, then frozen from shore to shore, at least one hundred people had assembled to hold a religious meeting. They were Mormans. you may be sure. No fanatics of an old faith would have tumed out on such a night; they must be fresh zi-uiots, with tome new idea, but at its birth, in their hearts, and flaming like a meteor in their imaginations, or they never could have ventured to fate such an icy blast as that. The congregation included mm and women in about equal numbers, and many of the former carricd rifles, which they gr»spcd with one hand, even when they kneeled down in prayer; such was the imminence ol peril, either real or imagined, us they deemed pending over them. t'ir r*i iftrri» ritA t* "No, sir," replied llio boy, "there's no'th ing at all the matter." ?moM thk ri.AU or oi;a V*t»«4 WS33M 'Wmu It was a dark, tempestuous night in New York. The rain fell in torrents, blown about in fitful gusts by u cold, bleak, autumnal wind, The dark, lowering clouds whirled and rolled dismally in the angry elements, shutting out the light of heaven entirely. The thunder rolled and groaned in menacing |.eals, the very toun. dution of earth itself. Thn town-clock striking the hour of midnight, lent an atl ditional gloom lo the dismal scene. None, it would appear, could live nbroad upon such a night. The watchmen themselves, seeing no need of their services, had either sought their homes, or some secure shelter fiom the dreadful tempest,— Hut by the vivid lightning tli/tt broke the sombre darkness, one individual could be seen staggering along an unpaved alley, bordered upon cither side by a row of dismal and decayed huts, whose inhabitants were the offscourings of a sinful world.— The inebriate was undoubtedly seeking his home, for. he paused often to look at the doors ol the neighboring houses, it being too dark to recognize his own. At last exclaiming, "There it is," he trudged on at a quicker pace. The house towards which the drunkard look his wuy, was a dilapidated, two story wood building, which had once been a res pectuble dwelling, but lime and desertion had rendered it almost untenantable for a brute. And yet in tliut hovel of misery dwelt Alice H'ilber. The interior of the house, as may be supposed, corresponded with the outside. It was a drunkard's home ! O, what an example of constancy and virtue was displayed in the conduct ol ihe high-minded Alice. She bad watched with unutterable anguish the full of him whom she loved with all a woman's affectionate heart; she had plead, remonstrated, prayed, but all in vain. She had suilered all the miseries consequent to a life of privation, without a murmur, but now the test bad come. "Of course not," was my reply. He said he had "iiever been in anyjeityafore, and he war kind o' 'spicious some one would try to do him." "Oil, there must be ; perhaps it is a bad tooth. Open your mouth and let me see." OK, A CHAPTKR FROM THK l!OOK Ol' I.IFJ' Very reluctantly the boy oppned his mouth, which contained a large roll of tobacco leaf. When we arrived at Buffalo we concluded to go down and take a look at the falls. While there, I was considerably amused at the verdancy of my friend, and his cOmical observations ; and when I proposed that we should go over to Lundy's Lane, and vieiv ihe spot where Scott gave the British a taste oi American bayonets, he exclaimed—lilf U. II. NANJING '•! st-e, I see," said tfte lieutenint, "your mouth wants overhauling, and your teeth cleaning. 1 wish we had a dentist oij hoard, but as we have not, I will operate as well as 1 can. Send the armorer Op here with his tongs." KRlIE ceremony was over, and amid the A congratulations of friends, and the prayers and blessings of more cxperieu. t ed parents, young U'ilber prepared to conduct his lovely and dearly loved bride from the home of her childhood—a home rendered doubly dear by tlio presence j und loitering euro of an indulgent father | to seek, with the man whose nruiable qualities ar.d unceasing devotion had won | the lirs! and never changing love of her : \ ouiij; and confiding spirit ; a home among | strangers in a distant city. A parting : scene is always distressing, even though ! the separation be short.. To say farewell, i perhaps foiever! To reoeivo tho last par. i ting embrace from a loved Iriend, and be turn ussuoder by the unchanging fiat of j cruel destiny, must ever cell lorth the ' inist dormant sparks of grie.', and oppn , afresh the lung dried njD channels of mis- j " Show him into the back parlor, Edith, and I will join him in a moment " The servant depurted, and U'ilber turn ing to Alice continued : And then organ a series of rapid and cunning evolutions to secure the advantage in this terrible method of combat—the most terrible ever ccneeived. Thej marked the smooth surfaec of tho ice with circles, elipses, angles, squares, parallelograms, and almost every possible fig'ire of plain geometry ; but each seemed a peifect skater, and could not find the other at fault, or take him unprepared. They passed repeatedly within three feetof each other, and made quick thrusts, which pierced lo the bone. And still the cold grew more inlense, and the wrathful wind howled on, while their manoeuvres and flights somehow carried them farther down the river, where the crusted ice was thinner, and cracked fearfully beneath their tread. " Thornton bus undoubtedly come to re. ceive my answer; now, Alice, but say the word and I will refuse to run." When the nrrnoror made hi:i appearance, the tDoy was compelled Jo open his mouth, while the tobacco was cxtruc ed with this rough instrument. "Gosh all thunder 1 I Wouldn't miss going there tor forty sights at this here place. My old grandad done some of that fighting and he has told me lots of stories a befit " No, llottry, 1 will not dictate you ; il I thought 'tttus umbiiion or mere pecunia- ' ry benefit that ucluated you I would indued j oppose you ; but duty calls you and I say —accrpl." She paused before giving ut- ! tcrauce lo ihe last word, not, indeed, that ; she would have countermanded the dictates I ol her own heart, but there was an iudefi ' liable dread in reigning him she loved j best, to a situation to which she had always looked with hoiror. Henry was too much engaged with his own thoughts to notice it, and after gazing at her a moment with unspeakable tcndernen, he turned to seek hi* political colleague, Thornton. "There, now," snid the lieutenant, "I am jftro you must feel better already ; you never could have had nn appetite with such stuir in your mouth. Now, captain of the after-cuard, bring a piece ol old canvass and some sand, and clean his teeth nicely." The preacher—the enthusiast, Mills— had advanced to a thrilling head of his eh (Kjurnt discourse, and was painting in terrible fire-language the bitter persecution which has ever followed llio tootstepsof all great reformers, since the beginning of time. Never before had he been half so animated or hulf so uffecting. His blue eye gleamed like a slar—his voice pealed like a trumpet, shrill as the wind that whistled over the housetop; and his lips seemed lilcrully loaded with music. Gj'oans, tears and wild shrieks from the audience, proved the despotic power of his utterunce. it." Upon reaching the ground, he was perfectly betide himself, and from the numerous questions he asked a guide, I judged he hud a good knowledge of the fight. After travelling about pretty cdnsiderably, wc canie to a stand still, near a party consisting of three cockneys and two ladies. Running one hand down his brecches pocket, and taking his hat off with the other, and giving it a swing in the air, he s8id: The captain of the altnr-guard came orward, and putting I lie boy's heud be. tween his knees, scrubbed Ith* teeth well with sand and canvass for two or three minutes.•'There, that will do," said the lieutenant. "Now, my little fellow, take some water and rinse your •mouth nice and clean, and you will enjoy your breakfast. It is impossible for you to have eaten anything with your mouth in such n nasty stale. When it is dirty ogain, come to me, and 1 will be your dentist." Finally the Mormon took ilie desperate resolve |o terminate the strife by sacrificing his own life so as to make suro of that of his toe at the same time. In the following ru-Dh he no longer turned aside to avoid a direct collision, and frustrated the attempt of the lyncher to that end by swerving hlightly inwards from a straight line. Who is lhcrfD, that has not export need tlio truth ot these remarks ? Who, at least, that lias not witnessed the separa. lion of friends, when amid tenrs of grief and prnvers for resignation, a loved one is consigned to the heartless em'urace of a cold, selfish, and too oft deceitful world. " Pooh ! Mexicans and Britishers talk about fighting Americans! Why, they 11 ight as well try to climb a streak of greased lightning, as tr try to lick us !— Impossible! It are one of thciii ar things what can't be did I" • TV A little, red-faced, corpulcni-looking mail of about forty.five years of uge, rose to meet liirn as lie entered ; and without giving him time to bo seated, exclaim Suddenly three rifles exploded in quick succession before the door, and three sentinels, slinking with terror, lushed into the room, crying out, "the mob! the mob!— Save yourselves from Col. Tumi's mob!" " Well. Wilber, well; let's have it now A t this one of the cockneys turned round and with a flushed brow exclaimed—"You hare mistaken—({englishmen were never conquered !• (lit was ad—d Yankee trick —this fight; hit wasn't hany fight at all!" Hut the (low of lours is far from being a iruo index of the grief ihnt works within, at the parting of devoted kindred ; ami as llie aged father clasped to his heart that spotless jewel of puriiy and innocence, to whom he had looked forward as the stuff to his declining years, who will depict the anguish that rackcd his over-burthened heart. No tear dimmed his sight; and save the quick convulsive start, the settled look of mingled resignation and despair that spread -over his aged yet noble leatures, and the more agonizing emoiions that raged like a troubled s»a in his yearning bosom, he might have been mistaken for a model statue of monumental marble. Hut at last, by a sudden effort mattering his emoiions, in a voice broken and husky, yet impressively solemn, he said : " God bless vou, my daughter, God bless vou and keep you. To his care I resign you. lie will prove a friend loyou when all others forsake you. And, O, my child, observe well his holy counsels." Then turning to NVilber, he continued : quick, but reinernber, it nius n't be anything but yes, for we're determined to " run" you whether you accept or not." The Baby. No pen can depict the scene of dismay and confusion that ensued. The females screamed aloud, as if all hope had departed. Several of the men sprang outol the windows and fled, as it.pursued by a legion of devils, whilst most of those who rcinuined appeared stupefied and totally power, less, either to escape or make ready for resistance. Indeed, there was very , little space allowed for preparation. In a lew moments u mob amounting to hundreds had surrounded the building, and the muzzles of fifty cocked guns and pistols were thrust in through the doors and windows. Still none within lifted a finger for defenco —fear seemed to have turned them into stone. Persecution had not yet hardened the "Latter Day Saints" into veterans, and the afterwards famous "Mormon Legion" existed then only in the imagination ot the Prophet. They met at full speed, and the shock was like the crash of two adverse comets. At the moirieut of their fall the quuking ice split beneath their weight, wi'h a deafening roar, and the wild watery, boiling and hissing liko a hell, swallowed them fore? er—the persecutor bud his victim, both victims now ! BT KjtTtXV FJ2KN " Itahy.carts on narrow side walks are mvfuj, bores, especially to a hurried business man." •' Calm yourself, my dear sir," exclai med Wilber, who was any thing but pleased by the easy familiarity of the polllician j '*calm yo«rself, aitd I'lPjiut you beyond all doubts by saying 1 accept the service which you have assigned to so humble a candidate." " 'Twan't a Gght!" roared my Hoosier friend, "May be some of your friends war thar ?•"' Then -eyeing the party closely, he continued : " Do you mean to tell me that Britishers never w8r licifcd 1" Are they ? Suppose you and a certain pair of blue eyes, that you would give half your patrimony to win, were joinl. proprietors of that buliy ! I shouldn't dare to stand very near you, and call it a " nusiance. " It's all very well for bachelors to turn up their single blessed noses at those little dimpled Cupids ; but just wait till their limn comes! See 'em the minute their name is written " Papu," pull up their dickies, and strut off down street as if the Commonwealth owed them a pension ! When they enter the pflice, see their old married partner (to whom babies have long since ceased to be a noveliy ) laugh in his sleeve at the new fledged diguiiy with which that baby's advent is announced! How perfectly astonished they feel that they should have been so infutuated as not to peiceive that a man is a perfect cypher till he is at the heud of a family!— How frequently one may see llicm now looking in at the shop windows, with intense interest, at little hats, coral and bells, and buby.jumpers. How they love to come homo to dinner, and press ;hal little velvet cheek to their business faces'! Was there ever any music half so sweet to their car, as its first lisped " Papa t" Oh, how closely and imperceptibly, one by onty that little plant winds its tendrils round the pareut storn! How anxiously they hang over its oradlo when the check flushes and the lip is fever-parched ; oud how wide, and deep, and long a shadow in their happy homes, its little grave would cast! But the river still roiled on its tray (o the sea ; the stars nil shone as bright and beautiful as of old, iu the morning of creation, when the angels of God chanted their birth song ; and the wrathful wind of winter howled on over the icy grave of the enemies—enemies no more I •' Good!" cried the little politician, rubbing his har.ds in delight. "Good!" he continued, starling up and grasping Wilber by the hand, which he squeezed in ccstacy:—"By the Lord, Wilbor, we'll make a President of you yet." "That his the meaning of my tiobserv6« lion," was the reply. Little Willie, her darling and only child, was prostrated by a malignant disease, and pronounced to bo beyond recovery. O, what a stroke for un alHictcd mother's heart! And, us if to cap the climax of all that is miserable, the post-boy had left u letter from her native village.— It was from an utlorney, and contuined the fatal intelligence of iier father's death. Reader, you can fur belter judge of her emotions lhan we can describe them. Her first mental prayer was for strength to endure these complicated miseries ; and then as they rushed before her mind with all their force, she sunk upon her knees by tbo bedside of hei' suffering child, und poured forth to Him who " chasieneih who he loveth," her agonized soul in pray, cr. She prayed long and fervently, us virtuous innocence alone can prav ; and when she rose she fell resigned to the dispensations of a kind Providence, that works out its own ends. The little sufferer had slept long, and she fondly hoped that upon his waking, a fuvorable changc might bo the result. The rain beat, uwl the thunder roared without, but she heeded it not. Her thoughts were all absorbed in the falo of her child. At lail the bell loudlv* proclaimed the hour of twelve o'clock, and almost instantly the sick child awoke. Stretching out his amanciated arm, and taking his weeping mother's hand, he said : "Wal, then, ( ain't much at arguing, but i always lite 16 convince a feller, when I'm telling the tiuth. So I'll go six bits that 1 lick the whole three of you inside of ten minutes, and the women shall be judges and stake holders." Reader I am always averse to recording long conversations. Therefore, instead of pausing, we will follow Thornton and our young caudidate as they- passed down the street at a rapid pace, and finally entered one of those large and fashionable eating and drinking saloons ailuated upon almost every corner of the city. The year of which we write (no very remote one) was characterized as el the present time by tin. usual excitement. A chief inugistrato was to be elected by fair or foul means.— A governor for each Stale was to be shouted into office; and lather and son each grasped the seduclive reins of parly spi rit, und regardless of their own best interests, regardless alike of ilic interests of others on their country, they rushed madly on to perjury and crime. All were on liie alert; drinking, riol, mass meetings and commotion was ihe order of the day. Will not our young men, who love life and health, be inclined to pay some regard to the deliberate and Ions-tried opinion ol such a medical scholur and practitioner as Dr. J. C. Warren ? He has recently been questioned on the influence of tobacco upon the human system, and he gives the following faithful and decisive answer.— We find it in the Christian llegisler : Important Teitimomy on Tobacco And 60 saying, my patriotic friend pull* ed off his coat, and was making all the requisite preparations for a tussle, when the cockney, who it seems did not desire that he and his friends should test '.heir powers with the Hoosier, said— i'lesrntly the lynchers,'headed by the all-dreaded and gigantic Col. Turk, rushed in, and began to beat the people furiously with the iron ramrods of their rifles, with very little distinction of mercy as to age or sex. The cries and entreaties of the poor sufferers swelled to a wail wilder than the howling of the wind without. At length Col. Tuuk roared out— «C Henry, you have taken from me my choicest treasure, but 1 will r.ot murmur, you are worthy of her, and of a father's choicest blessings. But 0, Henry, watch over, guard and protect her, and you will be richly repaid in the smiles of so sw«et a companion. I need not ask you, for 1 "Hit wouldn't be fair, to fight three against one." "Hello !" exclaimed the Hoosier, "y*f Britishers have changed yer tactics lately,' I reckon, for yea wouldn't dare try to fight Americans unless you had thr6e to fha# one. But that is the trick we Yankees have, of licking three te one—we leave it to other nations to take you one at a tithe. So come on ! we Americans ain't changed a bit!" An application having been made to me for on opinion on the properties of the various forms of tobae'eo, 1 have undertaken to express the same, in the hope it may be of some use in preventing the further extension of its use. ' Turn out the women and seize the men, and let us havo the hickory switches and the tar and feathers !" know you will." " As be lore the holy aliar, witnessed by Heaven, 1 sworo to guard, protect and lone iny Alice, so chastise me ileuven ii 1 swerve from that duty—that pleasure.'" jeplied the enthusiastic young husband. A last farewell was spoken, a last biess. ing invoked, and the waiting carriage rolled away. Five yearp, bringing about their many revolution of circumstances, had passed, and we transport our readers to the great metropolis of the Empire Stale. In a richly furnished apartment of a large and splendid mansion, situated upon one of the most popular streets, sat Ilenry Wilber and his lovely wife. The countenances of both were radiant with pleasure as they conversed of the bright prospects of the future, and the unclouded reality of the past. Yes, so it was. The young man who five years previous was placed in but limited circumstances, had by industry and economy accumulated property, and was rich ; ho had al#o gained the love and won for his bride the most amiable of women, and va» happy. But one child, tto image of his father, had blebsed their union ; and that child but cemented tho more strongly the tifc whL8h death alone could Tobacco is well known to be u powerftrV Vegetable poison ;• a few drops of the essential oil will extinguish life in man, and many animals; if taken in the stomach, in substance, a very small portion of leaf is sufficient to bring on nausea, vomiting, accompanied with great weakness, and a cold, death-like sweat; many persons have actually been killed by an incautious employment of it for medicinal purposes. When taken into the nostrils in the form of snuff", a portion of it enters the sonorous cavities ol the face, and gradually irtipairs the functions of'the voice ; I have frequently known snuff-takers to lose the power of public speaking ill an audible manner. And the drunken mob shouted, and has. tened to execute the brutal mandate. Up lo this time young Mills had continued standing with the Bible oC their prophet in his hand, but unearthly pole and strangely excited, h» lip writhing, his teeth clenched, und his bright eyes swimming in a halo of fire. Suddenly lie made a bound tor an adjacent window, and notwithstandD ing more than twenty endeavored to seize him, he cffccted his cscape from the "We won't fight," was the reply. "Oh, well, a backout is jist the uhme as getting licked," said the Hoosiar pinking up his coat, "and if I hear yer saying again that Americans can't lick Britishers, I'll made small pieces of you quicker than a catamount could mash a humming bird !" he contiuucd/ as he marched off in triumph, much to the amusement of a Crotfd of young Americans, who had gathered to witness the scene. But to our story. As Wilber and hii friend entered, they were welcomed by o small party who had assembled before them —it would appear by appointment—to revel over the prospects of the coming election. Contrary to his desires Wilber whs compelled, to join them in discussing a bottle of wine, which was unanimously pledged to his successful elecCion at the approaching contest. But, kind reader, we will not pause to contemplate the many bottles that were called for, or tho mony toasts that were pledged. Suflice it to say, that at a late hour the party dispersed ; and we will leave it to the sagacity of the reader to judge of ihoir respective shuations.My deaf, sir, dopend upon it, one's own laby is never a " nutnance." Loce heralds Us birth!—Olive Branch. "Chase him—shoot him ! take him, alive or dead !'" cried Turk, in a transport of rage, setting the example by commencing the pursuit himself. The flight of Mills was directed in a straight lino for the river, and his marvellous agility, added to the start he had first £01, soon placed him at some distance ahead. They fired both rifles and shot guns at him as he ran, but happily without effect.— When ho came to-the river side he stooped down and hastily fastened 011 a pair of skates, which he had carried in his pocket for the last lew days, to be ready for any extraordinary emergency; and then takiug the ioe, skimmed Over the frozen stream house, •' Ma, dear ma, i am dying ! Do not cry, mother, ! will be better in Haaven.— 1 feel that I shall go there. Mother, you —" lie ceased speaking, his ayes closed forever, and without a struggle his pure spirit passed to God who gave it. At this instant the door was pushed rudely open, and Henry Wilber. the inebriate, stepped noisily in. And now flowed n scene which beggars description. With one cry of anguitfh, the wile and mother was by his side, and with teaiful eyes and streaming hair, her whole manner wild and distracted, she exclaimed : Doings in Our School House A Wor.u tiD Littlk Girls.—Who is lovely 1 It is the girt who drops sweet words, kind remarks and pleasant smiles, as she posses along ; who hns a kind word fur every boy or girl she meets in trouble, or.d a kind hand to help her companions out of difficulty ; she never scolds, never contends, never teases her mother, nor seeks in any way to diminish, but always to inC crease her happiness. Would it not please you to pick up a suing of perrls, drops of gold, diamonds, or preobus stones, as you pass ulung the street ? But these are the precious stones that can never be lost. " First class 6f vagabonds, rise !" thundered our old schoolmaster. Well, the Vagahones rose.— " Now answer every question Correctly, or I'H break every bone in your bodies," was the next pronunciamento of the old autocrat of our red school house. The most common and fashionable mode of using the noxious weed is in smoking ; the smoke of vordant; tobacco penetrating the innumerable air-cells of the lungs, heats and irritates, and being absorbed from them into the blood, causes headache, weakness, soreness of the eyes, and brings out pimples on the skin. 1 feel confident also that it occasionally produces ;hat cancer of the lip so frequent a subject of surgical operations, and sometimes terminating in deaths One month which intervened between that time and the day of election, soon passed away, and the day of trial arrived. O, what a day was that ? Who can do it justice by description f None. Tbe politician's harvest had arrived. The day of hopes, of doubts, of fears of strife, bustle " John Brown, what do you understand by accoustics ?" " Why a stick to drive cows with 1 'spose." " Get out, you young vegabone ! did 1 not just see you readitig about the scienc® " He is dead ! he is dead ! Henry, our child is gone forever." Then pointing to